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A Shocking Tragedy in Iowa.

Eldora special:-A bloody and mysteri.
Gus tragedy was enacted in Buckeye town
ship, this county, four miles south ofAlden,
girl was butchered while sleeping in her bed,
and her slayer met death by his own hand.
The latter was George Johnson, a married
man twenty-seven years OF age. and the
victim was his sister-in-law, aged nineteen.
Johnson, with his wife and children, lived
on a rented farm, and to all appearances
vas happy and contended. With them liv-
81 Miss Grace Rand, sister of Mrs Johnson,
\ cultured and accomplished young lady.
The two laSies retired for the night
n the second story Of the house. Half an
hour later Johnson, occupying a bed room
Down stairs with Il young man in his
Employ, proceeded to the chamber where
his wife and her sister were sleeping, and
| Gaming over the bed he kissed her, bade her
! rood night, and Immediately hurried down
stairs. The actions of her sister alter the
departure OF her husband, caused Mrs.
Johnson to turn her attention toward her,
md she was Mortified to discover that the
girls throat had been cut from ear to ear.
IN the agonies of death she rolled from
The bed and lay upon the floor, with
ler night clothes drenched in blood. The
hired man FASTENED to Alden for medi-
cal assistance. When theparty entered the
house they found the body Of Miss Rand
lying on the tloor beside the bed. Search
was then made for Johnson, and ne was
found near the door, sitting on the embank-
ment OF the house, with his knees drawn up
to his chin, and arms across his breast. He
was alive, but across his throat was a cash
which, however, failed to sever the ~iugular
vein. Doubtless at the moment johnson
was kissing his wife h drew the razor across
the throat OF her sleeping sister. Johnson
died without making a statement. 1t is
known that he held his sister-in-law in great
esteem, and violently opposed hermarriage
with a young man OF her choice which was
to take place before long. Sonnet think that
he was infatuated with the young lady and
killed her in an insane fit OF jealousy.
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Casualty Record.

In Norwood, n Boston suburb, $500, 900
worth OF railroad car shops burned.
The Jacksonville Axe company's works
at Troy, n. ", were burned. Loss, $4O,-
600; insured.
Alice and Minnie Cruise, while riding at a
rapid rate in the real seat OF a wagon, at
Freeport, H., fell out backwards and sus-
tanned fatal injuries.
Avery destructive fire occurred at the
village OF Stephenson, Menomonee county,
Mich. One half Of the dwelling and bust
ness portion OF the town is in ashes.
The residence of Josiah w. Evans, small
hampton, Pa, war destroyed by fire, and
to fifteen years, were cremated.
Mr.. Richard Watson Glider, the editor OF
the Century, caught a severe cold at Mr..
Frelinghuysen's funeral, and was, until a
few days ago, dangerously i'll with pleuro'
pneumonia. He is now out OF danger.
Mrs. Henry Blumb, wife OF a wealthy resi-
dent of Peoria, H., fel! from IL south-bound
passenger train on the Northwestern roac
half a mile north of the village o Brooklyn
Wis, and striking on her head, herskull was
crushed, producing instant death.
The bank building at Plankinton, Oak.
which has just been newly veneered and wal
being put in readiness for occupation, wal
blown down by the storm OF the 18th, On,
wall falling into the street and the otherup
on Fosdiek 81 Tillotson's clothing store
crushing in the roof and exposing the stool
to the rain, damaging the goods consider
ab]v lHl ."
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A Golden Text.

In play by Alexander Dumas,
called Denise" one of the characters
enunciates the following sentiment,
which should be written in letters of
gold: do you want to know what is
absolute truth? 1t is to respect the
first woman you have known and loved
your mother-in all the other women
you may meet hereafter. 1t is not to
make them fall if they stand high-not
to drag them lower if they are debased
already; it is to associate yourself for
life with only n woman, your wife,
and to have but one motive in marriage
love. This is truth. All that Dor
rows the name and is not this. has been
invented to suit a sociey which is q.
once elegant and dissolute."
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Marriage and Genius.

The author of "John Halifax" has
positive opinions on marriage rs con-
nected with genius. 1.-TWO people,"
she says, man and wife, of whom one
was supposed to be, and both really
were, wonderfully gifted, succeed in
making one another thoroughly miser-
able. Why? Because the mar
ried out of wounded femenine pride or
(she owned for ambition a self alb
sorbed, egotistical, bad-tempered man.
who had ruined his constitution by his
persistent breaking of every law of
health. Disappointed, neglected, she
does her wifely duty in a literal sense,
but she seasons it with incessant
complaints and the cruel use of that
weapon which Is gentlewoman's
instructive defence against a boor-
sarcasm. He, too, lives a life unjm-
peachable externally, but within full OF
rancor, malice and a selfshness which
approaches absolute cruelty his peas
ant nature p~erpetually binding him to
the sufferings of his wife, more gently
born and gently bred; while her NOR
bid sensitiveness exaggerates trivial vex-
atoms into great misfortunes, and mere
follies into actual crimes. All this
wretchedness sprung, not from the
mans genius, but his other bad 1uali-
ties, which, had he been q brainless
ass, would have made his wife's life and
his WI Just as miserable. Yet society
means out the moral, Never marry a
genius!" OF the worse one, "if you do
marry a genius you must condone all
his short comings, lay yourself down as
a mat for him to rub his shoes on, give
him every thing, and expect from him
nothing, not even the commonest rules
Of domestic courtesy and social moral.
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E-..asEaf.
It is noted as one OF the pest
evidences that the American people
now live better than their fathers did
is foundinthe steady and rapidgrowtb
OF the trade in tropical fruits. 1t is
not many years since the great
majority Of peoplescarcely knew what
a banana was, and considered oranges
and lemons as Injuries to be afforded
only in sickness or on great occasions.
Now, not only these, but other trop-
ical fruits, n bought and eaten
almost as generally and freely as
apples, and the consumption Of
melons, peaches, pears, plums and
berries is on the same universal and
extensive scale.
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Personal News Notes.

Edward NJ. Madden, a prominent New
York Republican, died at Mi%ddletown, aged
81 years.
Mayor Grace of New York astonished the
Mexican editors by addressing them in
pure Spanish. 1t was only a few weeks
slice he spoke in French to the officers OF
the French frigate.
Col. r. H. Leavitt OF Charlmont, Mass,
died in Waterloo, Iowa, aged nearly eighty
years. He reached there a shor time ago
on a visit to his two ons, and was taken
sick on his arrival.
Moncure D. Conway has decided, since
his return from Europe, to make his home
in Brooklyn. During his twenty years res
idence abroad, Mr.. Conway has only made
three visits to his native land.
Father Jardine OF ST. Mary's Episcopal
church, Kansas City, refuses to resign his
rectorship, as requested by the Episco-
palian clergy OF the city. He repeats his
denial of the published charges and pro.
poses to stand ecclesiastical trial. Public
sentiment seems to be strongly against
him.
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At Redwood Falls, Mimi, Israel I. Alex
ander shot his iather-in-lnw, Charles Now
ers, three times, killing him instantly. The
weapon used was Il Smith & Wesson revolt
yer, caliber SO. 1t appearedfrom the state
ments OF the witnesses that lexandercame
on to Second street from Mill street, with
Mowers about ten feet behind him. When
near Chandler's store Alexander turned
and fred, hitting Mowers in the abdomen.
Mowers fell on his side, leaning on his right
elbow, and cried Murder several times
before it was possible to reach him, the
streets being almost destitute of people.
Alexander deliberately shot him three times
more, one shot penetrating his brain and
killing him instantly. Alexander had been
married and separated from Mowers
daughter, who had begun proceedings OF
divorce against him. The shooting took
place but a few doors from the home OF the
deceased, and the screams Of the family
were heertrendins. The deceased leaves q,
wife and two small and three grown-up chill
dren, who were entirely dependent uponthe
deceased.
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DAKOTATERRITORIAL E W
Losses. by q Dakota Cyclone.

A severe cyclone struck Highmore, Oak,
Wednesday evening the 10 inst, doinga
great amount OF damage. The foilowingis
a partial list of the losses in the town. NJ.
E. church, $4,000; A. H. Everhard, store
building, $1,000; z. Wight, skating rink,
$1,000; Combs general merchandise, 81
600; A. f. Vancamp, store building, Ma
tional hotel weecked, 500; Barkoff' store
building, S700; w. w. Yeandle. wagon shop,
$500; ". W. Case, building, 5000; EliJohn-
son., dwelling, $500; Patterson, dwell
ing, $500; Mrs. Campbell, $3.50; Brace
IL Boheymer, building, $780, j.. Wereham,
building, $500; Mrs. Brooks, dwelling,
$500; O'Donnell & O'Connell, lumber yard,
$500; I. D. Bryce, building, $500; DR.. Eos
ter, dwelling, $500; Vt. Hatch, dwelling.
$500; j. G.. Stiner, building, s4oo; y; H.
Barnes, harness shop. $3.50; L. Z. Hhdiey,
building, $500; A. n. Gearhard, lumber,
S7oo: j. Paul, dwelling, $500; A. Sunder-
land, dwelling, $3.50; Hudson Il Irwin,
warehouse, $4,000. AT Hubbard the total
loss was about ten thousand.
At Miller the storm was not so severe.
A. II. Reed, a prominent grain dealer
OF this place, while on the way home ten
| miles northwest OF here. was struck with
lightning, his horse not being hurt.
The horse went direct home, when
Mrs. Reed found her husband dead IN the
Juicy. j.. a q niIt N't'Nt!
o~vertaken by the storm and stopped at
William Cunningham's about twenty
eight miles northwest OF here. They
found Mrs. Cunningham alone with
the baby and while preparing supper
for them she went to the cellarforeatables
when the house was struck by lightning,
which ran down the stove pipe and through
the floor. The gentlemen ran down into
the cellar Immediately and found Mrs. Gun
ningham entirely stripped OF her clothing
which were on fire. The house was not
damaged.
The losses at Hoiabird are as follows:
James Campbell, house and iurnitur'
totally destroyed; damage, $1,000.
J.R. Smith, barn destroyed, house un
rooted, and thrown from foundation;S1oO
Mr.. Lake, house partially %unroofed, sid
smashed by falling timbers; 500,
Mrs. Eastwood, house totally destroyed
$500.
School house blown from foundation ant
totally wrecked $500.
H. b. Dryer: lumber sheds and yard blow
away, 500.
Harry Schlider, blacksmith shop, damag
500.
Law office OF Perkins 4 Levy, $50.
Depot blown from foundation on to tn
main track; all the platform and telegrap
poles are blown down. one freight car wa
overturned. All the small out-buildinss !
town weredcstroyed. Roadmaster Morse
house was blow from its foundation an
badly wrecked; damage, $4oo. The tots
loss is about 1000.
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Cost of Farming in England.

United States Consul Albert D. Shaw,
IN a report from Manchester, England,
for 1884, says: From q careful study
OF the cost of preparing the ground and
putting in and harvesting crops in this
country, I am fully satisfied that farm
expenses are fully one hundred per
cent. dearer, IN many cases, here than
they are in America, Notwithstanding
the much higher wages paid with us.
The fact is that the employment of Ia
bor-saving agricultural machinery is
much more general and varied in u
country than it Is in this. In the mat
ter of hay-gathering, as an illustration in
point, Irecently saw a field of some
ten acres in extent, the crop OF
which was being secured. The follow
ing was the modus o%perandi: Two
horses attached to & cart, tandem;a
boy to lead the horses one mar to pitch
up the hay; two men to load with their
hands a boy to rake after, and there were
three sets OF work-peoplo after this fash
ion on this one field. Now, in America,
with one man to load and drive his span
of horses, and one man to pitch on hay
with a horse hay-fork to unload-more
hay would be secured in one day than
the three sets Of workers were able to
manage. The 'raking after would have
to be done by a boy with a horse.rake.
after the field had been cleared of hay.
This is not an overdrawn picture,
but an important statement of an act
ual fact. What is true of the bayfield,
applies with equal force to the harvest
field. In passing by a field of wheat
last season, l saw a reaping machine at
work, and SIX men, two women and
three boys binding up the sheaves. In
the United States a reaper and self
binder, with the help Of two men, would
10 the same work equally we'll, thus
saving the wages Of five men, two won.
p and three boys. Those instances
clearly show that English farmers are
very unequally handicapped in the
cost OF handling crops alone. An Eng
lish settler in the United States told me
not long ago that he had learned to dc
twice as much work on his own land in
one day as he used to accomplish in q
day in England, and he added that
lie really believed he could go back to
England and make money farming as
the result of his improved knowledge
OF how to e1pedi:iously cut and gather
crops at a great saving of manual labo,
and consequently of expense. I feel
certain that it would pay agriculturists
here 20 send a deputation Of practical
farmers to America to study the system
OF putting in and gathering crops in use
there, to the end that q reduction in
the cost OF manipulating the same
might be made"
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The last national census shows that
Vermont is the greatest colonizinp
State of the Union-that is to say, q
larger ratio of people born within its
limits live outside them than is the
cas with any other State. In 1850
there were found in the United States
428,6S9 white natives of Nermont, but
only 251,112 OF them had RENAMED
in the State OF their birth, nearly AZ
per cent. residing elsewhere. The Gen.
III Of 1860 showed almost identically
the same ratio. trifie above 40 per
cent. of native ermonters in that year
being found in other States. The
neighboring commonwealth OF New
Hampshire ranks next to Vermont as
d %colonizer, having sent away nearly
IS per cent. Of her people. Connect
cut. comes third among the Eastern
States in this list, with almost 90 per
cent. Of her natives elsewhere in the
country; then Maine, Rhode Island
and New York, with about 20 per cent,
and Massachusetts, with 20 per cent.
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Foreign Gossip.

There wasn't any real, good reason for the
Afghan scare.
1t is expected that the increased excise
duties in Canada will produce $1,25o,ooO
additional revenue
Emperor William OF Germany has given
the sultan four splendid horses. Thesul-
tan's master OF horse Is a German.
Had Ellen Terry remained Mrs. George
Frederick Watts, she would now be Lady
Watts, calling her husband ''Sir George"
The Mansion house committee investigat-
ing the Pail Mall Gazette sensations is EN-
barrassed with the richness of the evidence.
A telegram from Berlin states that in re-
Spouse to q meeting of employing builders
in that city, 1000 masons who had struck
have resumed work.
A French paper in a guarded
manner, the counter petitions in the divorce
suit OF Sarah Bernhardt against NJ. Damala
are likely to be presented in a London
court.
Several persons nave been arrested at
saragossa, Spain, on suspicion Of being con
nected with a conspiracy to bring about a
rising in favor OF the establishment OF a re.
public.
In the Dominion house ofcommons a vote
OF thanks to the officers and men engaged
in suppressing the Northwestern rebellion
and a vote $50, 900 so Gen. Middleton were
unanimously adopted,
Robert Casey, a well known stage driver
in Northern Montana, was shot and killed
on the 10th inst. at Medicine Hat by Ben
Hale. Haleis supposed to have fled across
| the border into Montana.
The prince OF Waleskeeps at Sandringham
a book in which the arrivals ~anddepartures
OF guests, their usual habits, special re-
quirements, etc, are entered with the
s%crupulous exactitude OF a merchant sledger.
Count de Lesseps, not content with the
Panama canal scheme, is again proposing
to the French government the old under
taking OF constructing a canal across
France from Havre to the Mediterranean.
The king Of Bavaria has written to Miss
Mary Anderson's manager asking for the
terms upon which Miss Anderson will con-
sent to play ~"Pygmalion and Galatea" in
his theater for a short season for his sole
benefit, himself to be the only spectator.
1T is reported that the British govern
ment intends to grant an inquiry into the
Maamtrasna murders. 1t will be remem-
bered that Patrick Joyce and Patrick
Casey made a deposition asserting the in
nocence of Miles Joyce, who was hanged
for alleged connection with the crime.
Henry NJ. Stanley in London received a
deputation OF citizens who favor emigra-
ton us a relief for the congested districts OF
England. Mr.. Stanley said he warmly APP.
proved OF their scheme OF emigration to the
Congo country. and an appeal would be
made to the government for assistance to
defray the expenses of the poorer classes tc
seek homes in the Congo.
At a conference OF sugar refiners in Lon
don recently a resolution was unanimously
adopted petitioning the prime minister tc
make a tour OF the country and bring be
fore the people the alleged injustice Of the
American government in paying a bounty
through it's tariff laws to American export
ers of refined sugars. The refiners claim
that this bounty is running the sugar in
dustry Of Great Britain.
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Murderers Caught Eighteen Years After.

Samuel Aliff and John Huffman havciust
been arrested for the murder Of an aged
mannamed Stiner. in Ringsold county Iowa,
in 1867. A dispatch from that point says:
An indictment was secured againstthem for
murder, but they could not be found, and
the matter was about forgotten. Three
months since Sheriff Beard, unlocking over
old papers in the clerks Office, came across
the papers in the case, and commenced
working it up. He found that Aliil and his
nephew, accessory to the murder, were liv-
ing in Clark county, kans., not having even
taken the prccaution OF living under ASSUME
cd names. He got acquisitions from the
governors OF Iowa and Kansas, went to
Kansas and effected their capture, bringing
them back and lodging them in the county
jail. Aliff is past fifty years OF age. He is
talkative and very restless, though he tries
to appear unconcerncd. Huffman, who
claims he did not do the shooting, but was
present. is thirty-iivc years Of age. The
case is II clear one, and conviction and pun
ishnent after nearly twenty years is consid-
cred certain.
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Personal Mention.

An inmate of q Vermont jail swallow
,d forty-eight pennies the other day,
hoping they would produce death. But
The odd suicidal attempt did not sue
coed. -.
Mrs. Clemens, the mother of Mark
Twain" says: 'sSam was always q
ood-hearted boy. but he was a very
Wild and mischievous one, and do what
va could. we could never make him go
to school"
The estate of the late c. n. McCor-
mick has made another gift of $1,000
to the Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary at Chicago.
In the obituaries of women who drop
off at the age of 100 years or more it is
n~sually stated that "she danced with
Washington on several occasions But
Polly Fields, who died at Fishklll Land
ing, n. Y, the other day, varied this
announcement by saying that she had
also kissed Washington "lots OF times"
Minister George H. Pendleton hiss
been lucky in securing Senator
Stanford, of California, as o tcRant for
his Washington residence during the
full term of the latter at q generous
rent. Mr.. Pendleton has Just sold his
/ Cincinnati residence for S5O,0OO.
Senator Evarts tells his friends in
Washington who express the hope that
his daughters, who used to preside
over their parents tea things at the
Capital" will be with him next season,
that his daughters are married nov
and busy with teethings in their own
households"
Gust listen to this, Martha !" exclaim-
ed Mr.. Jarphly, who was reading his
evening paper: tOne ofthe dogs at the
London prize showsis valued at $50, 900!
Good gracious! That's more money
than I ever expected to be worth i'll my
life" "Some dogs are worth more than
others. jeremiah" quietly remarked
Mrs. Jarphly. and Mr.. Jarphly eyed
her for a moment and said she need not
sit up for him that evening.
At IN evening reception General
Sheridan being introduced to a lady by
her husband, the general remarked
"Although I have known your husband
for a long time in society, l don't think
I have have had the pleasure of meet.
ing you before" NO." said the lady =
prefer to rest at home" "Ah," sale
Sheridan, how l should like to rest, but
the civilities heaped upon me prevent
my being at home with my family one
evening in the week."
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Hard times may explain the dullness

Hard times may explain the dullness
in the social world. It is said that
pleasure travel has been lighter this
summerthan at any other time in more
than twenty years. The watering
places are not thronged with fashion
able people and hotel reporters, as a
rule, declare that money-losingiuste
OF money-making, is the rule. Aside
from obvious reasons for this state OF
things, the question arises whether
summer pleasure-seeking has not been
overdone, and whether both rich and
poor are not imbibing more sensible
notions OF recreation and pleasure.
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The excess OF exports from the
United States over theimports tothis
.countryfo for the last fiscalyear amount
edto si65, ooo,o 900 in favor OF the
United states-whnD is highly encour-
aging in these Outlines. Theamount
would be much larger if extravagance
could be checked, but that seemsto be
impossible.
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The steamboat business on the up

The steamboat business on the up
per Mississippi is at the lowest condi-
ton that has been experienced since
the advent of railroads, on account OF
the very low rates Of freight. Just at
this season there is some passenger
travel but that hssfallen off immense
", as compared with former years.
Steamboat property has very little
value, for no one wishes to engage in a
business that will not pay. 1t is said
that a fine steamer that cost $780,.
900 q few years ago, was offered TO,
$4,000 and not taken at that price