Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-18

sensation, m ade OF counterfeiting dens, alb
bronsht 70 the ears Of the com nunity.~
| PAlta Tines. I7h.
"The PROSTATE south"
The Sweet Water East Tenn Enterprise
weeps thus: 1T il the general opinion OF
farmers hsreabouts now, that possibly, after
fling all out DOORS they may be sole 10
| md room for the balance o, the cora crop 10
their cribs and barns. The crop will De
MISUNDERSTANDING so In the memory OF
The Oldest inhabitanL'
The Cafterville (GooD Express utters this
bitter cry; "From nearly all points In the
country, we hear OF the most Insignificant cot
Ton ana corn crops according TO present Dat
some OF our farmers VIII not be able 10 house
Is actually begging Ia Iuka now, for the nrst
time since the war"
The Cumberland (Ky.) Courier groans out:
The present time. Wneat, hay ana POTATOES
turned out finely"
The waverly (Tenn) Journal mourns:
hogs now than for many years. Her crop of
pork promises 10 be largely In excess OF any
possible local demand"
The ovens5oro lRy:D Examiner walls
mammoth tobacco stemmeries In this city,
and yet there are not sufficient for the tobac-
co iIsf1c Of Owen.ooro. The contract for the
The Shelby Vile (Tenn.) Gazette sobs:
Really we do not think our people need be
"a ss s1,ng az, q 3pt nankr9pscy and repudiation,
crop, and with such fattering prospects for
a nne yield OF corn this fall, aud besid es the
o. sney ners ss,n ana mules mnes
away by hundrr is aud thousands"
The Mountain (kyl Echo signs: "rhe
recent rains seem 70 encourage the farmers,
abuDdantly blest with due crops. This Gen.
tennial year may also be a year OF Jubilee"
TRApE-UNIoN DEcAY-At a meeting last
Sunday OF representatives OF the various
trade unions In New YORK. the secretary OF
The Crganl zation reported that the members
OF unions had dwindIed from 10000 In 1872 TO
about Is 600 In 1876. This is a decrease of
Al out four nfths. The failing of was caused
iy long and losing strikes, the consumption
of reserve funds, Inability 10 pay dues, and
The discharge or resignation OF the men. To
theSe reasons the Journal OF Commercs prop
erly adds the growing intelligence OF the
members. Recorded statistics show the
gradual decay OF the trade union system in
this country, In lsl u, for example, the COM
binatioDe of shoema kers known as Knights
OF St. Crispin had three hundred branches
and seventy THOUSAND members; now they
have no effective general organization, and
r ss Tbs o. Ine loeal IeeSs
sands OF workmen out OF employment; fac
tories and workshops are stlll clos 4 ia con-
sequence Of financial troubles; strikes have
failed OF their purpose; and the relief fr1ds
OF The unions have run low. Tue tyrannical
rules established by the leaders OF the
they have been enforced, 4 ssfsnce of all
the laws OF demand and supp have arous-
ed the employing class. Counyer orgauiza-
tons have been formed 10 resist the inroafs
OF the unions, and successive contests be-
tween employer and employed have resulted
In STRENGTHENING the former and weakening
the latter. Now we see the beginning of the
end. A mischievous foreign system, intro
duced here by few uneasy men-born dem.
sgoeues whose ambition outweighed their
"A tsNr tnra ta
una merican, IL deserves to die. Being aoe
surd, II deserves no pitaph.N Brook1yaArgus.
A WOMAN WHO TRIED TO CsrnArr HER
HUsBANp:-At New Haven, Judge Blyden-
bursh, OF the city court, Wednesday morn
Ing, committed MIS-. Thomas Bence on Q
charge Of burning her husbands house and
store In that city, August IL. Bence and his
wife have lived unhaPpily OF late. About
Two monlns ago ne ordered her 70 leave bis
walls TO annoy him. BE brought suit In con q
for Q divorce, which greatly enraged her,
and o we In her anger she threstened To-
the fire she was seen about the premises, and
IL 10 charged that she detached the gas burn
e ,s iTem ne pipes IN ths ss1Fs ie Lighted
window by which she b I'D maze an entrance.
Bepce and his son were asleep In the second
o. sns as
The flames enwrspped the building almost
instantly, and Bence and his son barely es-
capped with their lives, losing their clothing.
II rs SIGNIFICANT cIRcUMsrAscE ttat
at the race between the yacht Countess OF
America, built quarter OF q century ago,
sailed beside them, and, though she WAS not
In full racing trim, beat the Canadian ves-
This shows how title the advance has been
in yacht building since the America was
launched twenty i've years ago. The new
yachts may be hsndsomer I'm their Interior
appointments, have larger refrigerstors, and
more cspacious wine coolers, bigger mirrors,
and more elegantly covered furniture; but
In their models they are In no respect ahead
Of the old America. built by George Steers
In 1850, when our yachting was In its infancy.
The America too, was nothing more than q
New York pilot boat, q little more carefully
lsrger spread of canvas-[M Y. Sun, I5th.
THE TlAPoT MEDruM.-In the matter OF
the application for the discharge on haoeas
corpus OF Dr. Flint, the teapot medium, from
Ludlow street jail, where be Is c1ndoed for
non.psy ment OF alimony 90 his wife, under
order OF the court and In which he pleaded
In lorna pauperis. Judge Donohue yester-
day denied the application on the msrits of
the case. but held the law points raised un-
Ger sdvisement-LM y VOID, Eh.
A YouNo GIRL KILLED BIZ LIGHT
NINe.-DuriDg the thunder storm OF yester-
day afternoon, the lightning struck the
house OF William Dolan, South Providence,
instantly killing bis daughter, Mary Aun
out nso
through the Kitchen window, breaking four
panes Of glass { Provtdesce yo,snaL As0. L.
~Qeumbers Win W-up.
~Another church II being converted into
tn atre. This time it In New Haven.
NCedar Clins, Edwin Booths former
srTmer res:denoe at Stamford has ossn
VNeariy every Southern city 10 gaining
largely In Dopulatiou an evidonoa Of be Tar