, 1879-10-02

OF CONSEQUENCE. the result has not been dis
astrous except N three cases on change un'
Ill TODAY, when several small operators sus-
nended, but the total amount OF their liabii-
tiles will hardly be $4,000. Provisions are
also strong at decidedly buoyant feehng'
Farmers appear TO be holding back thelr
supplies for better prices
Pedestrianism.-
Nrv YoR5. Sept. 2I-1 A. >M.-Wes:on,
173: Rowell, 2l5; Hazael, 1856; Guyon, 2Oo;
Ennis, 1856; Panchot, l5i; Merritt, l9i;
Hart, 1893; Krohne, 100; Taylor, 100; Jack
son, 100; Ferdermeaer, 100. At one O'CLOCK
the only men on the track were ENNIS, Mer-
nit and Hart; the others having retired
some to take long rest and others an heur
Cargo Of Grain Lost.
MONTREAL, Sept 29.--The propeller Albion
ran ashore on Lake -St Louis, vest OF La
chine, last night during'a fog. Only 2'5UO
bushels of grain sut of cargo OF l6,OOo
bushels, will be saved. '''
Minister Killed by his Inssne Wife.
SrRArFoRp, Conn.,, Sept. 24.-Rev. David
L. Lounsbury, rector OF Christ's church, was
shot dead this morning by his wife as he lay
asleep. The woman was temporarily insane
from sickness. r.. .f =
wheat at Chicago.
CHICAGO. Sept. 24.--Wheat declined heav-
ily again to-day. No. 2 red in P. II. call,
was ll1 cents lower than the highest price
yesterday. ~ y. ~. 80. %
NEW YoRK, Sept. 25-1 A. M.-Westoa,
251 Rowell. $40 Hszsel, 276; Guyon,
27O; Ennis, 22O ]. Panchot, 2O5 Merritt,
2s7 Hart, 272i; Khrone, 253 !; Taylor, l50
jackson. $50; Federmeyer, 800. ,Hazael,
Merrit and Rowell, in the order named,
marched around in single file, foot from
each other.
The Fever. .
MExpHn, Sept. 2-Noon. G-Seven cases
reported six deaths have occurred.
Sept. 24-lOP! M.-Ten cases; two more
deaths. -.fl t-.,---,L- L-yysJ' .-tnr. 4
JANEsvnIR, Wis, Sept. '2S.-One OF the
most brutal murders ever committed in this
State occurred on the farm OF A. White, in
the town of Porter, Rock county, at 7Io'clock
this morning. Mr.. White leftthe farm ear
ly in the morning to make some purchases,
and while gone his little fve-year old son
was missed from the house, together with
Geo. Bartingarter, q German farm hand
Search was Instituted, and at o'clock this
afternoon the body Of little Sandy was dis
covered lying under a mangerin the sheep
barn, with his throat cut from ear to ear.
He was entirely disemboweled. Barringar-
ter had Aed on horse taken from the farm,
The fiend was afterwards captured, and is
now in Jail '.+' ~ a. ~. - '@ ~ --
Novel Suit.
CHICAGO, Sept. GA novel suit was be-
gun here to-day. The widow of Hugh Nc.
Gonville, the man murdered by Sherry and
Conley, for which the7latt were hanged,
began suit for $4,000 damages under the
state law against the owner of the saloon
where Sherry and Conley procured the liquor
which got them. intoxicated, against the
owner of the building and against the agent
who leased the premises. ..!4 nH
Mp. II. Il. Directors EIectet.
New YORK, Sept. 24.-Att the annual meet.
ing of the stockholders Of the Northern Pa
eifc Railroad, held here to-day, the follow
ing board of directors were elected. Fred
erick Billings, of Vermont; Joseph Dilworth,
Pittsburg; G. b. Wright, Joseph d. Potts
and ]. Frailay Smith, Philadelphia; b. p.
Chevy, Boston;J. NJ. Denison, Baltimore;
Alexander Mitchell, Milwaukee; J. G. Aims
worth, Portland, Oregon; Johnston Living
stoa, Hugh Mccullough, Wenton Ferguson
and JAS. b. Williams, New York
The Northern Pacific Railroad.
NEw YORK. Sept. 25.-The following is
from the Evening Posts financial article ia
addition to the report published yesterday
of the Northern Paoi6cs annual election:
We are informed that the actual amount OF
Northern Pacific stock outstanding is S37.-
100000, $4,000 shares Of the par value OF ST.
zoo, 900 having been taken during the year
in payment for lands sold by the company.
The only bonded debt of the company now
in existence is about $4,000 900, secared by
about !, 100 miles OF road.
Ship Ashore.
PROVIDENCE Sept. 25.-The U. S. practice
ship Minnesota broke from her moorings
this morning in Newport harbor and went
ashore at Fort Adams.
The Tramp.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-l2 O'Clock, noon.
score: Weston. $685. Rowell, $50; Hazael,
322; Guyon, sos; Ennis, 2G3; Merritt, 322;
Hart, 29s; Krohne, 2G5; Taylor, 1Gl FEEDER
meyer, 2I7.
Mrs. L0undsbury Pleads Guilty.
BRIDGEpoBT, Conn, Sept, 25.-A few
hours after the coroner's jury had acquitted
Mrs. Loundsbury Of criminal responsibility
for the murder CT her husband, a complaint
was issued by the grand jury and returned
TO Justice Smith, who went to the residence
OF Mrs. Loundsbury, and after reading the
charge put Der TO plead without counsel.
In agoniziDg tones she plead guilty. The
NLak L.. Al.