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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-18
The MIDLAND JOURNAL and Ameri-
can Farmer one year, both for $1.25

The Fifteenth Annual Exhibition
of the Oxford Agricultural Society
will be held on The Society's Grounds,
in the Borough of Oxford, Chester
county, Pa, on Wednesday. Thursday.
and Friday, September, %, "a, 25,
1885. The premium list embraces
every article of Household and Me-
chanical Manufacture, as we'll as all
Agricultural Products and Imple-
ments. Running, Trotting, Hurdle
and Dog Races. Amusements and
music each day. The Managers will
leave nothing undone to make the
Fall Fair of 1885 the largest and best
ever, held in Oxford. Excursion
trains at reduced rates. Exhibits re-
turned free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-18
(, The Great Yacht Race.

Two matches were sailed between
the American yacht Puritan and the
English yacht Genesta, in New York
bay for the prize silver cup, the Puri-
tan winning in both races. The first
race was on Monday last, with light
wind, the Puritan beating the Genesta
l6 minutes and 10 seconds. The sec
ond race was sailed on Wednesday
with stiff wind and rough sea, the
American yacht crossing the line only
one minute and thirty-eight seconds
ahead of the English cutter, so little
that the race might be called a tie,
but it keeps the prize cup in America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-18

There were seventeen deaths from
smallpox on Saturday and eleven on
Sunday in Montreal.
There was frost Sunday night on
the lowlands of Main, which did con-
siderable damage to corn, beans, &C.
Maud S. made an unsuccessful cf.
fort at Narragansett Park to lower
her record. She made mile in 2.13.
The steamship Island. from Copen.
hagen landed 25O Danes in New York.
Many of them intend to join a colony
in New Mexico.
Seven hundred thousand dollars
have been expended in new buildings
during the past year in Montgomery,
Ala.
the annual convention of the Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginir bee.
keepers will be held in the court house
in Hagerstown on Wednesday, Oct
ODER 2l.
A heavy wind and hailstorm did
much damage to the crops in Charles
county on Saturday afternoon. To-
bacco and cornfelds were stripped,
and barns were blown down.
The period of forty days fixed by
the President for the removal
of the squatters from the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe agencies ex-
pired Tuesday, and the squatters are
already leaving.
There is no other journalist in
Philadelphia who owns trotting
horse eqnal to the famous pair be-
longing to Mr.. Singerly of the Rec
ord He also owns the best Holstein
COW in the world
Henry Ward Beecher has accepted
an invitation to deliver an eulogy on
General Grant at the public memor-
ial services to be held in Boston.
81 was never buried alive" said
an old clerk, relating his experiences,
but L once worked week in store
that did not advertise. When I
came out Ey head was almost as
white as you see 1t Solitary confne.
ment did t. Cincinnati Gazette.
An elephant connected with cir
Gus in Philadelphia broke 10, Sc on
Monday. and created great excitement
He was foally secured after tossing
into the air and severely injuring o
young man named John Kimberline,
of Altona, Pa. The police declined
to assist in the animals recapture.
Commonplace people are content to
walk for life in the rut made by their
predecessors. long after it has become
so deep that they cannot see to the
right or left. This keeps them in ig-
norance and darkness, but it saves
them the trouble of thinking or acting
for themselves. The man who SAYS,
Il never split my ticket is one of
these.
General Grants family appear to
be amply provided for. The mort.
gage of $60,OU0 upon the Grant man.
sion was paid off by friends of the
family, it is said, during the Generals
illness. The royalty from his Men,
oirs will amount to $250,0GO and be-
sides this there is the $2500OO fund,
raised for General Grant, which was
assigned to his wife, and which yields
an annual income of $4,000, guaran-
anteed. Congress will also vote Mrs.
Grant pension of $4,000 and prob
ably the Generals half-pay of $500
for one year. So that altogether
Mrs. Grants income will be $4,000
or $4,000 q year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-18

Every lady wants the MIDLAND for
its literary and ladies' Department. 1t
contains a pleasant story every week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-09-18

Since the cholera appeared in Spain
there have been 1887 deaths out of
1S7, ,565 cases.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
LABOR AND WAGES.
A Large Majority of the Iron-WOrkers of
Pittsburg Go Out on Strike.

Pittsburg Go Out on Strike.
PITTsBURG, June 1.-The workmen in the
iron mills where the new scale has not been
far, ten out of the thirty eight iron and steel
mills in this district, have signed the scale, but
there does not seem to be much prospect for a
general resumption in the near future Among
the iron manufacturers there seems to be deter
mined opposition to the terms proposed by the
union. If their utterances are in earnest the
chances for speedy adjustment of the diff
culties are exceedingly SLIM The Amalgamated
authorities, apparently, fare not worrying much
about the outcome. Although some of their
predictions have not been verified by the course
of events, they still express themselves confident
of coming ont on top in the present struggle.
Two firms signed the scale today They were
Singer, Nimick & Co. and Smith, Sutton & Co.
Their action has no particular significance, as
they work steel almost exclusively.
Secretary Weeks, of the Western Iron Asso-
citation, received reports to-day from every mill
in the West At o'clock this afternoon he re-
ported that the Russia Iron Company. of Niles,
o., was the only firm outside of Pittsburg that
had signed the SCALE
This afternoon the Amalgamated Association
obtained the signature of Long & Co. to their
scale. This makes eleven firms in this district
who have signed. The manufacturers
claim that the end has been reached.
The others. they assert, will stand firmly
together until the workmen agree to their
terms. In this district careful estimate shows
that 13 900 men are idle and 4. 300 working In
the mills west of the Alleghenies nearly 65, 900
men, averaging in wages So per day each, have
been thrown out of work by the strike.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02


Midnight Warning from Masked Men.
Louisville Commercial.
The town of Corydon, Ind, was greatly ex-
cited yesterday over the appearance of $50
masked horsemen, who entered that town at mid
night Saturday leaving threatening letters to
the county commissioners and certain county
officials. The signal for the assembly of the
maskers was made from the hill back of Cory
don. They assembled from all points, and rid
ing into the town, passed through the streets in
very orderly manner, deposited their mail in
the Office and retired. Each horse and every
rider was masked The tenor of the letters to
the commissioners was a demand of them that
the investigation of county affairs should be
made thorough and without fear or favor.
For some time past it has been known
that the county treasurers books were not In
good shape, and an investigation by the commits
sioners not satisfactory. few days ago
it was discovered that $40, 900 in county orders
was outstanding, and the debt of the county,
with $40, 600 orders known to be floating, is over
$50 600. A few years ago the county was free OF
debt, and the people are not satisfied with the
suddenness of this accumulation of debt The
letters to the officials were in the nature of a
positive request to the commissioners alone and
throw no obstacles in the way of a complete in
vestigation of the county's affairs. There were
also letters to the newspaper prOprietors, but
the nature of these letters was not made pub
lie. The people of Corydon were greatly ex-
cited over the matter yesterday, all agreeing
that it may lead to good results. Those inter
little alarmed at the ominous visit of the masked
horsemen
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
A Patent Medicine Firm in Trouble.

NEW YORK, June 1.-The Evening Posts
Montreal special says: Last week the customs
authorities here seized large consignment of
patent medicines from the establishment of j.
G. Aver 81 Co.. Lowell Mass. An investiga-
ton has been going on for the purpose of showing
that the last ten or fifteen years this firm has
by undertaking. their assignments. defrauded
the Canadian revenue 1t is claimed by the Of
ficers here that they have succeeded in proving
that at least sl5, 900 year has been lost in this
manner The firm defend their action by saying
their medicines were compounded, and were,
therefore, sent in bulk. and valued merely at
cost. An old employe of the firm testified. how
ever, that the goods were compounded and
ready for sale at price 80 per cent. higher than
they were invoiced at. The goods now under
seizure are valued at over $15o000n
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

The Presbyterian General Assembly Com
pIetes It's Work and Adjourns.
CINoINNATI June 1.-The Presbyterian Cen
eral Assembly at this mornings session discussed
for some time the motion to abolish the regular
committee on temperance, and in its stead have
a committee appointed at each Assembly The
motion was finally lost The remainder of the
time was taken up in hearing the report of the
committee on synodical records These, with
two or three unimportant exceptions. were ap-
proved.
The Assembly adjourned at 6 o'clock this
evening The various standing committees
m ade their final reports and were discharged.
A resolution against restricting Chinese I'M
migration was discussed, but finally withdrawn
because any action ON the subject was considered
impolitic.
Resolutions upon the death of Rev. r. S.
Stanton, who died at sea, were passed and
copy ordered sent to the family of the deceased
minister
Westminster Presbyterian Church, of Minne
apolis, Mimi, was chosen as the next place OF
meeting.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
A Religious wave at Atlanta.

NEW YORK, June 1.-The Sun publishes the
following special from Atlanta, Ga, under date
of May 81: ATLANTA has been swept by wave
of religious excitement, which promises to eclipse
anything of the kind ever known in the South
1t had its rise in the meeting of the national
convention OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion. The sessions of that body were attended
by ali the magnates of business and fashion in
the city. They were welcomed by Chief. justice
Jackson, and prominent place on the stage was
held by Governor McDaniels. The proposition to
build $75 900 house was made, which was after
wards taken up in secular circles, and to-day the
cash subscriptions have swelled to So. 000 While
this excitement was up, the Methodists in
duced DIR. Lea Munhall, of Indiana, to remain
over and conduct series Of meetings AS if by
wildfre the heat spread and the social circles of
Peachtree street, hitherto engaged in progressive
euchre and the german, began to quote Bible
texts; and one after another the announcements
of the conversion of noted men added fuel to the
flames. Go where you will, there is nothing
talked of but the souls salvation"
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
John Wilkes Booths Remains.

Washington Special.
IT never noticed until to-day" remarked n
well known comedian, 'how near all that Is
above ground Of John Wilkes Booth is to the
spot in which he stood when he killed Abraham
Lincoln. Just about where the private box in
which Lincoln was shot Stood in Ford's Theater
now the Army Medical Museum, there is glass
case in which is exhibited the portion of the YER
tebr8 of Booth in which the bullet of Boston
Corbett was found remember John we'll and
played with him often, and it sent shudder
backbone was shown me. When Edwin Booth
was given permission to have the remains of
John Wilkes Booth dugup from the penitentiary
grounds in which they were buried so that he
could have them removed to the Booth family
burial ground in Baltimore, he was distinctly
promised that all of his body was in the box in
which it was buried. 1t strikes me it would
have been better if the government had not re-
tanned this piece of bone 1t does not serve any
good purpose in having it exhibited in the muse
um / am sorry was induced to look al it,
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02

fore the CivH-service Commission, and when
Hunter was appointed he was designated as chief
of the division on account of the General Land
Office The law at the present time recognizes
no such Office, and, besides. the salary of the
place to which Hunter is appointed is cnly 81 800
year. while chiefs of divisions usually
allowed s., 900 year. A large number Of the
Democrats who have been given chief places
have been looking around to see o. pophole
through which the civil-service rules may be
avoided and friend or two given place where
he can draw a government salary. The Com
missioner of Pensions, a short time ago.
appointed his brother-in-law to clerk
ship in the bureau at a salary of $720 year-a
figure lower than that covered by the rules.
That brotherin law will be on hand when way
is discovered to boost him into one of the higher
grades without competitive examination
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
The United Presbv,erians.

TOPEKA. Kan, June lin the United Presby-
terian General Assembly, to-day, communities
ton was received from the DIR. j. G.. Brown,
asking to be relieved from longer acting as cor
responding secretary of the board of home
missions
The report of the committee on the petition
from the Presbytery of Wheeling, W. Va,
relating to the distinctive principles Of the
United Presbyterian Church, psalmody and
home missions was read They report that
unless the evils mentioned in the memorial are
corrected, the objects fer which the United
Presbyterian Church holds a separate organiza-
ton will be defeated. They recommend the
passage of several resolutions, the extent of
which is that the distinctive principles of the
church shall be taught in the Sunday school, and
that the assembly declare anew it's adhesion To
the principles Of the church relative to secret
societies
The United Presbyterian Assembly, in session
this evening, adopted the report of the com
mittee on board of foreign missions. It appro-
PIRATES for the Egyptian mission $4,000, the
India $3l. 200 and 5000 for other expenses of
the board The Indebtedness of the board is
$23. 98l.61.
The report of the committee on bills and
overtures was next read. In memorial Of the
Xenia convention in relation to instrumental
music the memorialists ask the board to grant
them relief by declaring instrumental
music in church illegal The committee
says that there is diversity of opinion
as to the question in the church, and that
conscientious convictions are positive ON both
sides. belief is prevalent among many
that the use of instruments in church is not
warranted by Scripture, and others be-
lieve that their use is but an Incl
dental thing to the worship of God, and
should be left to the various congregations.
They recommend the passage of resolutions
in substance as follows: That the action of
former assemblies enjoining sessions to avoid
reference to matters that might cause division
he reatirmed. While making no demand for re-
moval of instruments already introduced,
it is the feeling that the law of charity
requires that brethren refrain from grieving the
hearts and wounding the conscience of any dear
brother who feels that the use of instrumental
accompaniment in worship is corruption of wor
ship and that further than this the PRAYER of tho
memorialists be not granted. The resolutions
were adopted.
The evening session was taken up in dis
cussion of the prohibitory liquor question,
without any action being taken
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
ILLINOIS.
Gleanings from Exchanges and Cuttings from
Correspondence.

Gleanings from Exchanges and Cuttings from
Correspondence.
The new glass works in process of erection at
Ottawa. Kane county, will give employment to
300 hands.
State Senator Wheelers residence at Kanka-
kee was robbed, the other night, of a quantity of
silverware.
The boiler of Wabash engine exploded at
Havana, slightly injuring the engineer, j.
Welch, and the fireman. +. Crane.
August Seedorf, a well known farmer living
two miles south of Kankakee died from the ef-
fects of fall from a wagon three days previous.
Confidence men travelling with circus swim
died Langdon Bethel of Council Hill, out of
$400, which he had been induced by them to
draw from the bank
Mrs. Julia Wallace, seventy-fv years old and
demented wandered from her home In Galena,
and was found drowned in a creek, rather
smothered in the mud.
MERIT Fletcher has been sentenced to be
hanged on June 10, at Napervile, for murder.
This will be the second hanging in Du Page
county since its organization, the first taking
place twenty-one years ago.
Ulysses Grant Williams, young man, acci-
dentally fell into Galena river and wading to
shore walked home to obtain change of clothes
When he arrived home he became unconscious,
and remained so until death, six days later.
PC Murray, prominent farmer living south
of DeKalb. bought some horse medicine and
also some medicine for his own use. The bot
ties being together, in the night he drank by
mistake, half ounce of aconite, which ended his
life in q few moments. He leaves large
family.
At Mascoutah, as Louis Gerbs was driving on
Mill street his horse became frightened and ran
away, throwing Mr.. Gerbs from the buggy
breaking his leg and bruising him severely about
the head and back A little child of Mr.. Henry
Weidler was playing. on the street near by
and was run over, and it is feared fatally in
jured.
A fourteen year old boy. of Peoria, named Isa-
dore Miller, struck his mother a severe blow in
the face with base ball bat, because his dinner
did not please him, and succeeded in driving her
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
Disreputable Temperance Lecturers.

DUBUQUE, Ia. June la special from Sioux
City says that for several days a man and wo-
man, calling themselves Mr.. and Mrs Deutcher.
have been holding temperance revival there
with great success. They were very popular,
and were invited to the best homes in the city
Yesterday it became known that the two were
not married, and that each had abandoned their
respective famlies-Deutcher whose real name
is probably Anderson leaving his wife in Ohio,
some place near Hamilton. Mrs. Deutcher is
from Indiana. They have been ''doingn the
West for two or three years at big salaries. in
the employ of the w. G. T. u. They left town
late last night, to avoid an unpleasant visitation.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
Minor Notes.

r. B. Wilson has sold the Charlottesville
Evening Argus to Walter Rosebro. Mr.. Wilson
has made success of the Argus, and it is re-
gretted by his friends that he is going out of the
business.
On Sunday Johnnie Rush, aged seventeen,
and Willie Higley, aged eighteen, were drowned
in Flat Rock river seven miles northeast of
Rushville, while bathing. Thomas Fitzgerald,
who attempted their rescue, barely escaped a
similar fate
of the car works at Logansport has given birth
to triplets, two boys and one girl The mother
is doing we'll and the children are likely to live.
The girl weighs five and one-fourth pounds and
each boy five pounds.
George Eichelbruner, a well-known citizen of
Logansport, has died from the effects of injuries
received by falling timber at his house. where he
was making repairs. Deceased was employed in
the Panhandle railroad shops, and was a mem
Der of several secret orders.
At Peru while John Armitage, wife and two
children, were returning from a cemetery the
buggy upset. the horse falling on Mrs. Armitage,
bruising her badly. AS Mr.. Armitage was try
ing to extrcate her. the horse fell on him, break
ing his leg and crushing his arm badly
At Danville the ditch commissioners presented
an answer, yesterday, to the charges against
that body, presented to the court at the March
term, charging them with abusing the trust con-
ided in them. The report was spread on the
records of the court, and the judge will make his
report on it at an early day.
Since last Saturday the yards and gardens
about Charlottesville have become alive with
locusts. One tree in yard was almost com
petely covered, and each weed in the woods
seemed to have two or three upon it. The letter
w is plainly seen on each wing. which by the
superstitions is believed to be sign of war;
The Grand Trunk railway which the In
diana headquarters train will run to the Port
land .encampment, has consented to return all
who desire to return via Boston, Albany and
Niagara Falls, with a side trip from Albany to
New York at So for the round trip The ndica-
tions are that at least one thousand persons will
go from Indiana
The funeral of r. r. Overstreet, at Spencer,
on Sunday, was attended by large concourse
of friends. The deceased was only twenty four
years old, but had recently occupied the position
of assistant professor of pure mathematics in
DePauw University and gave great promise OF
usefulness. The sermon was preached by Dr.
Goblin, of the university. Messrs. Null and
Wheeler, of Greencastle, members of the Delta
Kappa Epsilon fraternity attended the funeral
as representatives of that society.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
A Libel Suit Dismissed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYyILLE, June 1.-The case of the State
vs. Charles X Matthews editor of the Daily
Republican. charged with libel, was dismissed
this morning by the prosecutor entering nolle
prosequi This case has been pending since
October. at which time an Indictment
was returned based upon an article which ap-
peared in the Republican on the 10th of Septem-
ber, 1884, concerning Isom Wray. Mr.. Wray
also sued the paper for $4,000 damages. and the
case is now pendingin the Johnson Circuit Court
on a change of venue.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
MINOR TOPICS.
Mr.. viias's Chief Cseri< and the First Assistant
Postinaster-General

Mr.. Vilas's Chief CsefiS and the First Assistant
Postinaster-General
Special TO the Irdianapolis Journal.
WAsHINsToN June lit is asserted that
Postmaster general Villas has determined to get
rid OF the chief clerk of his Office. Mr.. MARI
The reason given is that rhe old gentleman is
inefficient. and the reason is poor one. Mari
is a Democrat. and has held his place through
all sorts Of changes in the personnel of the office
lie has been in the Department upward of fifty
years, and, although a very old man, is always
at his post of duty, and always attends TO his
work He cannot last many more years, but as
long as he does last he is capable of accomplish
ne more work than the First Assistant Post
master general himself. Mr.. Hays ten days of
lbor have worn upon him greatly and the
elief is growing rapidly that he will succumb
ong before his chief clerk. He can econcnize
more easily than by dismissing the old man now.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-02
w. b. Hawley,s Defalcation.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
Nothing further has been heard from w. B.
Hawley, the absconding cashier of the j., M. q
l. railway All the money he secured belonged
to the Air line railway, and the amount taken
was 5000 rs. He took this between the 10th
and 23d of May. His bondsmen, Hon. Jonas G.
Howard and Capt. A. j. Howard, did not give
bond for any transactions with the Airline
Company, and it is therefore probable that they
are not responsible in any way. 1t is said that
Capt w. b. Hawley win turn over this property
to secure Mr. Frazier. the agent, who trusted
his SON. 1t is believed that Hawley is now in
Canada, and will remain there 1t is the gener-
al belief of the railroad officials that he has
nearly all the money in his possession.