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A Divorce Reform MEETING.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. ia meet
ing i n the interest OF divorce reform
was held this eyeningin Holy Trinity
7. E. church, Right Rev. benjamin.
Henry Paddock, D. D., Bishop of
Massachusetts, presiding. He ex-
planned the object OF the meeting and
referred to the fact that there are
States which show that the plague of
divorce LAYS hold Of one out OF every
ten families. We are rapidly an
preaching a state of decentralization.
and the evil Of divorce is increasing
steadily.
1Rev. Samuel w. Dixie, correspond-
ing secretary OF the Divorce Reform
League OF New England, gave the
ratio OF divorces in the different
States; he thought one of the causes
OF increase was to be found in the
carelessness of court proceedings and
IN q courts themselves. Another
fruitful cause of divorce is the lack
or uniformity of the laws of the diff
1erent States. Reducing the number
OF causes for which divorces NAV he
granted would reduce the number of
divorces One-half.
Bishop Paddock 'ated that an |
effort bad been MADE to inanenca
!eslSiatlon In Massachusetts, and that
intelllgent Roman Catholics would be
round TO support all such efforts.
bishop Gillespie, Auburn, Mich /!
SAID they had no hope from the leeis'
lature of his State.
Kew. Mr.. Dixie said a very impor-
ant work is being done by the league
70 Drlng the States in harmony. Pub
nc opinion, first from the pulpit. and
linen through the press, is what in
1uences the average legislature more
anything else. An effort is be-
!ng made to secure an amendment to
ne constitution OF the United States
the subject.
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After Renegade Indians.

TOMBSTONE, Arizona, Oct, 12.-
News has been received from Joyce's
ranch in the Swisshelm mountains,
of mysterious movements of the mil
itary in that vacinity. Sunday last,
the celebrated scout Micky Free, ar
rived there and stated he had
come from Fort Bowie, and wanted
to know the nearest way to Captain
Rafterty's camp. He departed inn
mediately on being informed. Tues
day following tifty-three Indian
scouts with three white men arrived
there. The latter said they had
come from San Carlos, and were in
pursuit of fourteen renegades from
the reservation who, it was believed
had headed for Sonora, after having
killed two white men in the Chirica.
hua mountains. The inference is
that the military authorities at Fort
Bowie, having learned of the csc pc
OF the Indians, and dispatched the
scout to inform Capt. Rafferty, to in
tercept them in their progress. A
Mormon living in the Chiricahua
confirms the killing of
the two white men.
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The Ohio Victory.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 11.-Neithpr of
the State Committees are making an
effort to obtain definite results frum
the election returns since it has been
conceded that everything is safely
Democratic. The Democratic head.
quarters are practically closed TO-DAY
and nothing has been done bv the Re-
publican Committee. The first
amendment is defeated; and as near.
ly as can be estimated, the second
amendment will get about 30Om
votes and is probably defeated all the
way from 10000 to 1900. Some ad-
vocates of the second amendment
claim it has carried, but have no flo.
ures to show. With Hamilton and
Cuyahoga delegations divided in the
proportion which has been reported
an estimate has been made, in which
both chairmen of the committees
substantially agree. that tie Senate
will stand 20 Democrats to IL Repub-
llcans; House 63 Democrats and 40
Republicans, being a majority of %
on joint ballot. These figures dre lia-
BILE to be slightly changed by the final
results IN both counties.
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"A DlSrun a6 Cahina+

MADRID, Oct. lin a recent in
leryleW with Alfonso, Senior Sagasta
oecilned to form a new cabinet and
ADVISED that the task be entrusted to
Senior Pasada Herrera, who. he said u
would perhaps be able to effect y
union of the different groups of the e.
III hoeral party. Senior Sagasta promised
10 support a cabinet formed on that
basis. King Alfonso then sum IN ,'@i
nenor Pasada Herrera, who under
,Qok the task. The latter visited
Marshal Serrano and offered him
tnree ministerial departments for his
1ollo"ers. but the marshal declined
% consult the members of his party.
a meeting of the latter was held ves.
telday, but it is not known what Do
was arrived at; it is generally
however, that Senior CAM.
emo, late minister of finance. will 70.
sumo that post. The remaining noste
be divided among the dynastic
leit anu the supporters of Senior a.
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That Sub-COmmitraa.

MANCHESTER, N. H., Oct. r.
The subcommittee of the U. S., COM
mittee on education and labor, to-
day heard Col. Thomas Livermore,
agent of the Amoskeg Mills. He testi-
fled that the Mill used forty thousand
bales OF cotton yearly, and turned
out from fifty-tive to sixty millions
yards of cloth, at a cost of between
five and six: millions. The cost of
labor is about thirty per cent of
the total cost of the goods or about
one and one-half millions. The ~
mount of capital employed in the
plant building ETC., is about equal to
the yearly product. American oper-
atives number fifth, they were all
that was employed, they are the best
operatives, and are not disconnected.
He did not believe there was any
labor union in Manchester, although
many efforts have been made to es-
tablisb them. There has not been a
general strike in thirty years, the
principal reason being, the New
Hampshire mills work longer hours
than those in Massachusetts. He
did not believe our cotton manufac-
interest could compete with
foreign countries without a protec-
tive tariff, this was partially due to
the cheapness of labor, coal and iron
abroad.
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Stir Among Railroad Officers

CHIC AGO, Oct. 12.--There is quite
a Stir here among the officials at the
passenger departments of the Trunk
lines over the payment of heavy
commissions to brokers for the saia
OF tickets between all leading points
by the Pennsylvania COMPANY. This
ROAD mas always opposed the payment
VI commissions, and for a long time
refused to follow the example of
other lines, but it has been fenced in
by competition, however, and IT is
claimed Is paying heavier commits
sions than any other line, with the
view to forcing an adjustment of
the entire system. 1t is stated that
high as seventeen dollars commits
sion has been paid on a ticket from
New York to San Francisco.
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San Francisco Stock Market
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-THE
following are the official closing
prices of mining stocks.
The D. & r. e.,

New YORK, Oct. 12.-The Denver
q Rio Grande transfer books will be
open tomorrow. The directors have
issued a circular to stockholders.
which provides that the company
under existing contract is authorized
to offer to its stockholders. appearing
as such on the books at the close Of
business September 18th, 1883. for
subscriptions, pro rata, S., 900, 600 five
per cent. general mortgage bonds,
convertible into stock and
$4,000 of the stock of the company
on the following terms and condf-
tons: Subscribers will receive for
every $3.50 cash subscribed and paid
in $1,000 in bonds and $40, 900 in
stock, subscriptions to he payable in
three installments to be called for
curing one calendar month. The
right to subscribe will expire Oct. 80.
1888. The bonds issued will be cou-
pom or registered, according to the
of the subscriber.
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Rail- DAD

LEAvENWoRTH, Oct. l Union
Pacific officials. aggrievet At A tbn
sweeping reduction of rates nv t the
railroad commissioners of Kansas an'
nounced yesterday that they will
cease to operate the leased line from
Solomon City to Beloit. thus l%eavian
rich agricultural sections withnn5
transportation facilities as the rnus
struc11on company owning the branch
has no rolling stock. Represents.
tives of the Union Pacific, the Pac;-
tic, Santa Fe and Fort Scott roads
to-day went to Leavenworth to re-
quest the Kansas railway commits.
siOners to resclnd their order for tho
reduction OF freight rates on the Re-.
lott branch.
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u Murderers.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. IA
special from White Bluff gives an &C.
count OF q remarkable attempt at
murder. The Rev. A. d. Nicks was
shot in the arm. and three miles
further up the road was shot again.
1t is now developed that a stepson of
the preacher, Rollie Nicks, aged 13.
and a negro boy, Albert Bell, aged
II, plotted the murder of their re-
pective fathers. The negro boy con-
essed and both were jailed.
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The balance of trade of the United
States continues on the right side of
the National ledger. For the twelve
months ending Aug. 81 the exports
of the country exceeded imports to
the vslue Of $1l3, 9O6, 1855. Such a
showing is a very good guarantee of
prosperity.
BOSTON, Oct. ia verdict of$12,-
600 for plaintiff was rendered in the
suit of Edwari Collins, six years old,
against the South Boston horse rail-
road company for injuries by being
run over.
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The Oregon Plonee; q.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE Oregon
Pioneer excursion party, the first ex-
c~urslonists over the Northern Pacifc
road, reached this city at $50 this
evening, via the Pennsylvania rail-
road, and are quartered at the ST.
Nicholas Hotel. The excursionists
numbered $40 when they left Port
land, October I'd, but parties dropned
out at st. Paul, Chicago, Fort Wayne
n Plttsburg, only $50 CONTINUING tn
Inns city. They comprise prominent
business men, manufacturers and
farmers, representing much wealth
n varied interests. Nearly ali of
the party were born in the East
settled in Oregon in the earIv
Jays OF Its prosperity. They visit thee
EaSt simply for pleasure trip; thew
VIII not return in a body.
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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Crop Report From the Agri-
ricultural Department.
Reservation Indians Giving
More Trouble.
Decline in.the Business of the
Country.
Proceedings OF the Episcopal
Convention.
The Sub Committee in the
Granite State.
Army ChanRes.-Notes.

WASHINGTON, Oct IAN execu.
tive order announcing the retirement
Of General Sherman from active duty
November l and changes incident
thereto will probably be issued to-
day.
1t is understood that Major-Gen-
eral Hancock will succeed General
Sheridan in the Division of the Mis-
souri,. Major-G General Pope will sue
coed General Hancock in command
of the Division of the East, and Ma
jor-GeneraI Schofield remains in
command of the Division of the Pa
citic.
General Hazen, Chief Signal OFF,
Ger, returned to Washington from an
extended tour in the West. He had
q conference with the Secretary of
War this morning relative to the
failure OF the Greeley relief expedi-
ton.
The members of the Corean EN-
bassy called at the White House to-
day in full court-dress, and took for
NAL leave. The President attended
by all the members o the Cabinet,
received them in the blue room.'
The presentation was made by Sec-
rotary Frelinghuysen. The Embassy
leave Washington Monday or Tues
day, next, for San Francisco, where
shey will take the steamer, on the
9th inst for home.
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Baptism of Graft, the Murderer.

GRAfsoN, KY, Oct, 11.-Ellis Craft
VINO IS TO De executed tomorrow. was
immersed in the stream at this nlaca
oy a Baptist minister. Great crowds
were present, and a lady presented
nun win a bouquet. His friends and
relatlves have sent word that thew
cannot endure the ordeal of a person.
al good bye, so they have sent him a
farewell letter instead. His brother
urged hlln to confess his guilt if gull
~; ne IS praying tonight, but pro-
Iests his innocence in his prayers.
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A Fast FOur-Year-Old.

LEXINGTON, Oct. II. - Governor
Stanford's bay mare Bonita, four
years old. trotted Il mile against time
at the Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders Association here to-day, in
2;l84, beating Jay-Eye-See's 4-year-
old lime) time, the best on record UNI
I'll to-day by a quarter OF a second.
She made the first quarter in IS Sec
onds, a half mile in LOG; the three
quarter time was not caught. Bonita
IS owned by Ex-Governor Stanford, of
California. and is a splendid looking
mare, Il hands 8 inches high. The
race was timed by W. L. Simmons. OF
kentucky; Hugh Hewett and J. H.
of Rochester, n, Y.
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A Necktie PARTY

LOUISVILLE KY, Oct. 12.-On
Wednesday night, near Russelville.
this state, two drunken negroes NOR.
tally shot and killed Dick Winlock.
q white man, who was under the in
f1uence of liquor also. The negroes
were arrested and boosted of their
crime.
A special to the Courier Journal
says: Last night a mob took the ne
groes, named Nelson Cooper and Sam
from the Jail and hanged them
to a tree near town. The mob ia al
legged to have boon composed of good
citizens.
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Episcopalian Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-THE
| committee ORA canOns recommended
| that the words ''prote>tant EPlsco-
pal" oe not left out of the canons.
and was discharged from further con-
| sideration in the matter. 1t also re-
ported that the court of appeals can
not be affected by The canons; also
! That thew did not deem it ~expedient
to adopt any legislation at the present
time on the subject of organized re-
liyi0us bodies. A message from the
house of bishops informing deputies
of the amendment adopted by. then
relative to the conservation OF Dish.
ops during the recess OF the general
convention, was referred. Bradford
Prince, OF New Mexico, offered
a resolution that the words
1.-THE Lord is in his holy
temple, let all the earth keep
silent before Him" be restored to the
opening sentences in the order for
evening prayer. Referred to COM
mittee on the whole. After report of
the committee on the revision of the
prayer book, Bishop, of Ohio, report
ed that the committee to nominate q
board of directors did not deem 1t
advisable to increase the membership
and submitted for a reduction of the
old board. Adopted. Rev. Bird
well, of California, offered the fol-
lowing, which was adopted: The
delegates of the diocese of California,
having been called upon by the
bishop of the jurisdiction OF Northern
to bear him out in state
ments made in his address before the
board of missionaries, feel constrained
to assert they must add certain quail
fications, if not to direct statements
of the bishop, at least reference
may not be unnaturally
drawn from those statements. In
the house the bishops proposition
|avorably acted upon for Grating
out of missionary jurisdic-
lions, and providing that the mis-
'ionary bishop should be bishop of
he new diocese. Ar amendment
was adopted allowing lay readers to
give public instruction under the di-
of the bishop. It Was agreed
hat Bishop.elect Knickerbocker, of
be c~onsecrated Bishop of
Indiana n St. Marks church, this
;ity, Sunday next.
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IS IT MURDER ?

As there are services rendered to
the civil law against which society
revolts, SO there are offenses commit
ted against the civil law which hui
man nature cannot condemn. The
cases of Carey and O'Donnell are in
point. The former was not q con.
scientious man who sought to punish
participants in a crime he deplored..
He was not a paid spy " detective
who by reason of his obligations or
duty to his superior officers was COM
PEELED to he present at the perform
ance of a dastardly murder. On the
contrary he was a trusted colleague of
those he betrayed; he was a member
Of the same organization-if there
were any organisation-to whose
secrets he was q voluntary party,
and which secrets he was bound by
solemn oaths to preserve. In fact, he
was, according to his own testimony,
the ring-leader, the arch plotter, the
encourager, among those whom he
lured to the commission of q crime, !
and whom, when he found his own
worthless neck in danger of the
halter, he unfalteringly, and in vio-
lation of his oath o fsecrecy, betrayed,
Of course it is held that in betray-
ing his comrades in crime he rendered
the civil law a service; but the SER
vice was one against which all the
finer feelings of man revolts, and for
which he was justly execrated from
pole to pole. Even humble and un-
important as he was in his own
country, where the land
full Of generous hearts,
there could not be found
q roof to shelter his head. Every
man, however humble, turned to spit
upon him as he passed, and ven
yence threatened him at every step.
And when mis- ignoble task had been
accomplished he left his country
stripped of every attribute that ap- H.,
oeals to the respect, the sympathy, :
he pity, of mankind-a hideous ,
moral leper among his race. =
And thus O'Donnell found him, t
With the. brand of Cain upon his 8
ROW, fleeing from the land of his
firth, from the scenes of his boyhood {
rom the arena of his active life, Q
rom his friends-if he left ANY,
rom all that makes home dear the i
layer met his victim. Why he was @
Tiled or what led to the '
1t is not necessary to stop to a
Suffice it to say, had he not
etrayed he would not have met an
venger in the person of O'Donnell.
Iut he was killed and O'Donnell kill
d him. Here an oftehse was commit n
d against the civil law which human I
AZURE does not condemn, and which C
ne average man in either hemi- v
Dhere cannot find it in his heart to D
unish. And vet it is called murder. g
it? ii
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October Corn r port.

w Oct., 1Z.-1QeD ep-
artment of Agriculture fully sustains
the Geographic summary Of the 10Th
of September as to the injuries sus.
tanned by the frosts of the 9Th, 9th
and 10th. There were light frosts,
the most noticeable being later, on
the 10th in the northwest states
| The average condition shows the ex-
tent of injury which was the greatest
was in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio
and New York. There was also
severe loss in Minnesota and Dakota,
aud some damage in elevated por-
tiOns of Pennsylvania and west Vir-
ginia and ia the northern counties
Of Indiana and Illinois: aud in least
advanced fields in Iowa, but scarcely
any in Nebraska, and none in Kan
sas is reported. Except in a very few
places in northern Kentucky and
Missouri there il no mention of frost
in any states south. The average is
Michigan, from 60 to 40; Wisconsin,
from Is to so: Ohio, from 81 to 63;;
New York, from " to 81. Reduction
is 7 points in Illinois, and 5 in Indi-
ana. September figures have been
materially reduced by frosts. The
loss from drought has become more
apparent, causing slight reductions
from September estimates. In many
northern states the general average
condition is 70; 6 points less on first
september; four from frosts in No
vember and two from the drought on
the Atlantic seaboard and south of
the frosted areas. 1t is 5 points below
the October average Of 81, while
there is four per cent incresse in area
It is 81 points lower than the October
average of the census crop. The pro-
duct will be close to 1000. OOO, 900
bushels, with more surplus than last
year, mostly in regions that consume
their entire crop. The yield of wheat
per acre indicates the production
10 be 2 and 4 bushels per acre less
than the crop of last year. 1t is but
bushels per acre in Ohio, 10 in H.
and but a fraction above 10 IN
Indiana. 1t is ABOVE II in Michigan
and Ii in Minnesota, Iowa and Cali
In Missouri the average is
z bushels; Dakota and Nebraska ex-
leeds Is bushels, and Kansas averages
II. These averages are in several
States based on systematically re-
results of the threshing.
While a revision of the records of the
eason may cause slightlocal changes
t is certain that the final yield will
lot differ much from eleven and
hree-tenths bushels per acre. The
aggregate will exceed 400, OOO. 900
and may reach 42O, 900, 900.
rhe quality is not up to the average.
'he yield Of oats is full, and up to
be average, " about twenty-eight
for the whole country.
he average in the western states is
0 in Missouri, 81 in Kansas, about
4 in the Ohio valley, and 36 in the
of Nebraska. The crop in
and Nebraska will aggregate
bout 500, 900 900 bushels; the quail
y is high. averaging SO and 100, be-
lg standard. The barley crop will +;
verage one and two bushels per
ere more than last year, approximate !
~ so, 900 bushels. California, New :
'ork, Minnesota, Wisconsin and :
will contribute three-fourths of
le whole product. The potato crop
in better condition than any year
nee 1875; the average is SO. The
'bacco crop will be below the aver /
&c in yield. t
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Records Stolen.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 12.-It has
been discovered that the circuit at
torney's office was entered last night
and shorthand records of the last
grand jury, which investigated gam
bling, We're missing. The steno-
graphic notes cover all the testimony
of some witnesses in the gambling
investigation and notes on other i'm
pOrtant cases.
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A New Way to Raise the Wind

NEW YORK, Oct. l2.-MiKe Clearv-
Shang Draper and VIM. Bennett
are charged by Thomas Hughes. a
mine owner of Arizona, with swim
ding him out of $1,000 by pretend
ing they had arranged a prize fight
between John l.. Sullivan and Jem
Mace for $40, 600 a side. Hughes bet
$1,000 on Sullivan and deposited
half the money. He learned from
Sullivan that no such fight was to
take lace and demanded the return
OF the money from Draper, This
was refused on the ground that he
had forfeited it because he had failed
to make the final deposit of SIS. 900.
Hughes then had the men arrested.
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Ordered to Stations. -Confrma-
lion of Sentences.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IL. Captain
John H. Russell has been ordered to
the command of the navy yard at
Mare Island, California, to take ef-
feet November l, by which time he
will have been promoted to the grade
of Commodore. Commodore Freder-
lex V, McNair, now a member of the
Naval Examining Board, has also
been ordered to Mare Island Navy
Yard as captain of the yard.
The President to-day approved the
sentence of dismissal IN the cas- of
Lieutenant Colonel Guido Ilges, of
the Eighteenth Infantry, tried by
court martial on the charge Of having
duplicated his pay acc cunts. The
President also approved the sentence
of dismissal in the East of Captain
Edward B. Hubbard, of the
Quartermaster's Department, who
was tried on the charge
of drunkenness. He disapproved the
sentence and dismissed the case of 1st
Lieut.. James F. Simpson, Sd cavalry,
who wa tried on the charge of con
duct unbecoming an officer and a
in having married a
woman who had been his mistress.
He also disapproved the sentence
dismissed the case of Com
mander Fred r. Smith, who was
tried on the charge of duplicating
pay accounts.
Secretary Folger has written a re-
ply to Senator Garland, who recently
presented claims of the state of Ar
for money alleged to be due
under The deposit act of June 23d,
236, in which he says: Since the in
1ebtedness to us has been sufficient
% absorb the surplus revenues, I un-
1erstand the usage Of the department
las been to loan upon the del est
'ct, as being at least suspended, if
lot obsolete. and until otherwise di-
'ected by congress. [ am disposed
posed 10 onc in that usage"
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IN 1866 the best railroad time be
tween New York and New Orleans
was five days, and a passenger had
to make nine changes, many ofthem
long rides from depot to depot. In
1865 the time was reduced to four
days; in 1873 to three and one-half
days, and in 1878 to three days and
only one change. Now the time has
been reduced to only fifty-eight
hours.