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Doesn't Wont War,

New YoRK, August l6.-Ex.RSpreSentS'
I've Rice, Of Massachusetts,, who recently
spent three months In Mexico, In long
communication 10 the Tribune says! "All
the best interests ot Mexico are involved
In the maintenance ol peace with this
country, The. suggestion that she desifes
war 10 get rid Of some Of her northern
StAlaS and their turbulent popula'
lion 10 % wild and baseles1 q
A lunStlo'S dream. The idea thai
she, with depleted treasury and Low
financial credit would Incur the yabt lla'
billtieS Of war In order 70 dispose oi 1
part Of her domain for nothing 10 too Il
dlCulou1 10 be considered. II abe should
desite such disposition Of her territory
she would rather aim 10 cell II 70 ts at I
large price and 10 teplOnish rather than
tutth0N exhaust her te1outpVa
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MATTHEW ., HULTi
Editor ofUl Weston Republican
Another "Job Lott"

Parttrtburp Esaiiad (Dtm)
Government otticeholders were promi'
nent In the Richie convention and very
active for Mr.. Gibson. Among those pres
ent and at work for him were, Jonathan
Haddox, postmaster at Smithyllle; Var
Zsyely, postmaster at Cairo. There were
others also violating the Prealdent's civil
bAfyice order,
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NGw YOSE, August 1O.--Danlel Madi.
gan, teAmStsr, fell from the roof Of a
house on Madison street to-day and was
killed. Thomas Donovan, aged twelve
years, who wAS pAS8lng along the street At
The time, had his right log ttactrfed and
was internally hurt BY AadiE'n striking
him,
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DANylLLE, Pa, August los. W. Arml.
stead, Assistant Postmaster at DAnvillG
committed suicide to-day by hanging
He left q letter saying hs was tired Of life.
Nothing 10 wrong ID his accounts. The
deceased was q prominent man here, aud
was PaSt Noble Grand Master In the order
Of Odd Fellows.
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DUBLIN, August l5.-AS Minnie Palmer
and her company were nearing Belfast in
o railroad train last evening the windowB
Of tile train were struck by q number Of
bhots aud stones, and one bullet struck
within A few inches Of Miss pAlnef's head,
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Nh, TllDES had the wisdom to provide
IA, Ms own monument IiGeneral Grant
b,d been in a position to do this New
York would not have found 1t necessary
n throw itself on the national charity,
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the devastated region, places the lumber
and standing pine damage at several mil
lions, He says unless heavy rains inter
vepe within fourteen days half the timber
resources OF the counties will be destroyed,
The dIouth has been 90 great thai
swamps and marshes have dried up,
streams have dWindled into Insignificant
nyulets 80 that everything burned like
tinder with no barrier to impede. Hun
dFeds Of thousands OF acres OF openinga
where the second growth Of pine was grow
ing have been burned over, From the
best information obtainable It Is estimated
that fifty saw mills were consumed along
the line OF the Wisconsin Central railroad,
Hundreds oi cords Of piled wood, ties, etc.,
are In ashes, The number OF homeless
families Ia estimated at 700, representing
some S, 900 people, Their individual loss is
comparatively light, but In the aggregate
reach over one million, mostly uninsured.
The cranberry marshes desIroyed were
among the largest in the country, As
several years will be required TO replace
the bushes, the loss Is severe, It is esti-
mated Rt 100000.
Cattle and hSrses perlshed by the hun.
dreds, Many were sufocated or died
from inability 10 obtain water, Hun
dredA Of acres Of grain and Thousands Of
tons OF hay were consumed, Summar-
lied the loss to actual settlers is
aa-, tollows, according TO estimates Of
people who have visited the regions
devastated At Spencer, s250,000; /;
Dspere, S60,0OOi near Colby, Unity, Mil
adore and elsewhere, S250,0O0; in the
vicinity Of Green Bay aud along the Door
county peninsula, S4OO,OOOi Calumet,
Chippewa and other counties, $500, 900,
This, Of course, 10 exclusive ol damage TO
the lumber interests.
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BRUSSELS, August l5,-Twenty thousand
provincial worknen and Socialists took
part In the Socialist procession to-day, de.
mAndlng universal suffrage, and amnesty
10 Coflnate and othur rioters. The dem.
onbtfaLlon was conducted In an orderly
manner,
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HOG Cholera n tjapadS.

DErROir, August i6.-Ths Canadian
Government Inspector has been in Essex
county, Ontario, investigating and lSht.
Ing the hog cholera that has been 90 dc.
stfuctiye. He reports the disease stamped
out, only two Isolated oAses Remaining:
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Enrll,n,,nLn M Main.

LONDON, August 1b.-ThrSe shocks ol
earthquake we're ielt in Malta yesterday
atlntetvalS oi eight hours. No damage
vas done, but the people were made
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More Of tiiS Same Kind.

Fa'ku ,butp stniiAel tDta)
Seven poStmaGterS, according to the
Democrat, were in the Putnam convention
At work for Mr., Gibson. We call their at'
tention 10 the Preaident'B order.
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BrOOklyu Shut Out.

ST. LOUIS, August l5,-Ths Brooklyns
gave the most miserable exhibition OF ball
playing seen here this season. Terry re.
tired in the eighth inning to Left field,
PinCkney pitched the remaining innings,
Outside ofthe Browns batting the game was
without feature, and the 5000 spectators
were glad when 1t was over. Score:
niugu.,-,,,,,,,,,~,,,,,, l 2sA6 $50
BTooiiy yn,,,"""',',"'',.. Q . . . . . . Q %
Earned runs. St. Louis 8. Two base hits,
CAruthers, 0'Nsil, Foutz, Bushong. Three
base hits, Oaruthers2. Total bases on hits,
st. Louis 90; Brooklyn 0. Passed balls,
Peoples 2; Clark l. Wild pitches, Terry
1; Pinckney /.
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Earned runs, L3lIsVIlle, 49, Baltimore,
!, Three base hits, Gross, White, Macul-
ler. Home runs, Hecker 8, Passed balls,
Gross, l Conway, |. Struck out, Hecker,
Il Conway, 4, Bases on balls, Conway,
U; HeGkeF, 1. Umpire, WalEh,
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BLACKENED WASTES
WHERE vERpuREs eREENNEss
Once GladdsnOd the Picture of the Land
scaps-Ths Forest Fires of Wisconsin lay
Waste Fruitful Fields and Render
Homeless owe 5000 Persons.

GREEN BAY, August 14,-A correspond
emit drove southeast from Green Bay thil
morning through the burnt region in thil
vicinity, East Of Green Bay the county
has been cleared Of timber and Is occupied
by farm houses. Every one Is suffering
from the drouth, and the crops are very
poor.
The ravages Of the FIRE became spparent
Little patches Of burnt timber Stood among
the surrounding pine trees, The ground
in places was covered by the gray ashes o.
the brush and leaves, which had been
consumed, and here and there great
"windlall," as tree which had fallen
down Is termed, gave out red glow.
A kick on the massive trunk sent up Q
shower OF sparks, and little flames dRrted
forth from the crevicss In the log. The
woods looked as though nipped by an
early frost, The leaves on the oak and
hickory trees were brown and faded FROM
the effects Of the heat, while In the por.
tions Of the woods where the frs had
swept away the leaves and small branches
the great trses stood, grim and bare,
spreading out their great bIRCkened
branches without obscuring the rayaof the
sun. The woods were devoid OF life. In
my six,mile ride l did not see a single
bird or living thing Of any kind,
The township OF Eaton has suffered ter.
ribly, and the loss Of property has been
great. Near what Is known as Lilly Lake,
mere pond near the junction Of Belle.
yue, Depere and Eaton Townships, stood
Woodruff's mill, which Is owned by one
OF the finest typical young Americans
ever knew-Aarry Woodruff. His name
will be remembered as long as Brown
county lasts. All along for the past week
Harry has been anticipating the fires, and
during that time worked like q beaver
hauling water to the place, and then 10
his neighbop who were greater distance
from the source OF supply.
On Monday he left his house with a
number OF barrels OF water for James
Clansen, a German neighbor. Returning
at a slow trot he saw the smoke approach.
ing and whipped up his horses. "At one
moment" said Mr.. Woodruff, "thsre was
not sign Of FIRE. Five minutes later II
seemed as though the woods all round me
were blazing" He started the team to.
ward home at q mad galop, barely es.
Gaping with bis life. Thon the fight with
the FIRE began. He wet down the house,
barn and old mill with water, OF which hG
had lain in good supply, and as the
tirebrands came around extinguished
them. In less than an hour the dre had
sYept on and left him out OF danger.
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CIs GttteIIi3gsurer
oues, No., 70 and ~ fourteenth street,
Az exchange prints eight authorised"
no,,,ajts Of Mrs, Grover Cleveland. The
i,miIy resemblance is not striking,

GpsrRAL HA4RS is of to the Pacific
Coat. We shall have no weather until
he returns,
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Of SKINNER Shoes and slippers at greatly
reduced prices, /, Y, BLOND.
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Fire ut Black Diamond Steel Works.

NhN NS NANNh AtWAANHA HhVVA
PlTrsBuaH, August l5,-The machine
shops and one Of the hammer departments
Of the Black Diamond Steel Works ol
Park Bros, & Co., on Railroad street, were
totally destroyed by fire this afternoon.
The building was located in the centre ol
the immense works and for time the fire
threatened the entire plant, which Is one
Of the most extensive In the country,
Through the prompt work of the Fire De-
partment, however, the flames were con.
lined TO the one building.
The structure was 100 feet square and
twoBtorles in height and contained valua-
bic machinery, which was Of course en-
tireIy ruined. The loss will be from
S75, 900 to 100000 and Ia fully insured Ia
Boston companies. The fire will not in
teriere with the filling Of orders by the
firm, as they carry q full stock Of manu-.
lactured goods. Work was resumed as
usual tonight In all the otherdepartments.
The origin Of the fire Is not known.
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q ]. Fihucane, charged with the theft
oi $4,000 worth Of stamps from The Minn.
eapoliB pogtoltlCe, waived examination at
Chicago Ball waa fixed At $500,
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VOLUME XXXIv,--NUMBER 8o7.
as solicitor general, and this latter ap.
pointment Is considered a mark OF the
Administrators continued confidence
In Mr.. Goode.
BASE BALL.
HeeksF, Of louisville, Breaks the Record
A Remarkable Game,

hemnFkAbIe Gnme,
LOUISVILLE, August l5,-Two games
were played to-day bstween the Balh-
morea and the homs team on account of
the draw game Saturday, About 1900
people witnessed the morning game,
Kilroy was battsd freely while Ramsey
was fairly afFactiYa.
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oIScISSArI,o o August tl5.-Hartpitched
great game for the Athletics this after.
noon and the Cincinnatis only scored one
hit. Pechiney was hit hard when he was
hit, and the visitors ran the bases In a
daring manner. MCPhee and Bierbauer
had excellent records. Score:
lunings."".,...",..". l 2345 7s9
Cl1G,nuatl~".... ..,..... Q o / o 0 0 90 0-l
AthletIcs"."",.,,-. .m . 02 0 0 / 0 o 0-S
Earned runs, Athletics, 9. Two base
hits, Hart, |; Blerbauer, /. Three base
hits, stoyey and MCGar.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-16

EDlron HOLr, Of the Weston Republican,
iayors tho ISrELLlGEScER with q copy Of
a circumstantial letter to the President
concerning the "obtrusive psrtisanship'
OF olnce.holderB about convention time.
For the information Of those gentlemen
holding office who, in the rush of business,
may have overlooked the Presidents or
der, 1t Is here reproduced:
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ttfENr or rnr nAMLor.

MtLwAukEE, August i6,-so wide 10 The
territory traVetsed BY The forest afsV In
Northern and Middle Wisconsin, aud 90
meAger the information As 10 the extent oI
the damage that the loBseB can only bV
roughly ApproxlmAted, The greatest
damage was 10 the standing timber, which
10 the Bouf0e ol wealth Ia this district
Portage, MAfethon, Wood, OlAft, Door and
Calumet counties suffered most severely
President HllOB, ol the peStetvillS 4 Lake
Superior road, who returned to-day from
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Ihe aILernoon contest was Wllneesed by
5000 people, The feature OF the game
was Hecker's tremendous and unparallsl-
ed batting, He made three home runs
aud three singles with q total Of fifteen
bases, which has never been equaled in
the history oi the national game, Hecker
also made seven scores out Of seven times
at the bat. He now leads the batters OF
the American Association by nearly thirty
points, Conway was batted all over tho
field, twenty.three base hits with total
OF thirty.iour bases being made of him,
Ga the other hand the visitors could do
nothing with Hecksf's pitching which
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-08
"a Continental Da NJ.


Two bits of old currency, one a seven
dollar government security, dated one hun
dred and ten years back, and the other a
state certificate from Massachusetts, calling
for eight dollars, are in the possession of
he was showing them to some gentlemen
the other day, one of them remarked:
This is continental dam that you often
hear alluded to-
IA continental DAMP" said the other,
''thats swearing"
mo it's not swearing" was the reply,
sit is simply one of these bits of old cur
rency."
When asked for an explanation he said:
when man says of a thing that it is
not worth a continental dam he is not pro-
fame. After the war of the Revolution one
of the acts of the new American government
was the reputation of certain kinds of
currency that had been in use during the
continental days. The certificates were
called in and across the face of each was
written the word Notwithstanding
or worthless. Some of these were let loose
and attempts made to pass them. They
were. OF course, of no value, and from the
word written on them were called ''conti-
mental DAMS" From the fact that they
were worthless they came to be used as a
synonym for anything that had no value,
and whenever one wanted to make an obi
Gus comparison. he might remark: 1t is
not worth continental dam'-meaning a
bit of this old scrip. So when a man says
continental DAM don't at once jump at
the conclusion that he is breaking one of
the ten commandments"
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of smoke were sent out into the room.
-Four times this was repeated, and the men
paid their bill and left.
They gave you no order; how did you
know what they wanted?" asked GLOBE
reporter OF the man who had waited on
them.
They are regular customers" was the
reply. They come in every night and
often daytimes. drink their coffee and
smoke their cigarets. Sometimes they
smoke as many as six cigarets without
leaving the table, and they always drink a
fresh cup of coffee with each cigaret. They
very seldom, or never. want anything be-
sides the coffee, and so [ know how to fill
their order before they give it to me-"
DO you have many of these customers?"
''There seems to be quite number in
the city. l know several business men who
take no lunch at noon but cigarets and cof-
fee. l should say we had dozen custom
ers who take simply that. They seem to
have sort of craze for the smoke and cof-
fee. and sometimes drop in three or four
times during the day for two or three cups.
l don't believe they smoke cigarets at any
other time, for they never will smoke a
ready-made article. and they always have
their papers and tobacco here. Somebody
could make a good thing by starting a place
especially for cigarets and coffee"
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The Haddock Murder.

Special to the Globe.
Sioux CITY, Aug. Much Impotence
is shown by the citizens over the lack of
visible re sults from the coroner's jury in
the Haddock assassination. The inveSti-
CATION is still being conducted with closed
doors. A great many witnesses have been
subpGn2d. 1t is said to be the
intention to subpena every saloonkeeper
in the city and to put them on record as to
having any previous knowledged of the
affair. There is authority for the state
ment that there was previous plot for the
murder of Rev. Mr. Haddock. The plan
of the conspiritors was to create disturb
ance during the hearing OF the INDUCTION
cases at the court house and then shoot him.
Apparently the conspiritors lacked the
nerve to carry out the plan and afterwards
resorted to assassination. The finding of
the revolver yesterday adds color to the
theory of conspiracy, and that one of the
men present at the murder dropped the gun
while running. All the prohibition ALI
ances in the state are likely to contribute
toward the fund, and at least IS, 600 re-
ward will be offered for the arrest of
the murderer. There has been subscribed
by citizens over $500 to aid in the investi-
CATION of murder. The amount will be at
the disposal of the committee appointed at
the meeting the night following the tragedy.
Letters offering financial aid and sympathy
still continue to pour in from all parts OF
the Northwest. The public will soon get
at the bottom of the whole matter.
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CIGARET AND COFFEE.
Whiffs From the One Thickly Interspersed
With Sips From the Other at
Midnight.
A Custom of Drinking and Smoking
That is Growing Popular
in This City.
What Constitutes a Continental Dam
lit is Alleged Not to Be
Profanity.

1t was about 3 o'clock the other morning
when two gentlemen walked into an open
all-nght restaurant, walked to table in
the rear of the room and took seats. A
moment later, and before they had given
any order to the sleepy-looking man with
the apron on, two cups of coffee were
placed before them and a small tray on
which was bunch of cigaret papers,
package of tobacco and some matches. An
instant later two cigarets had been rolled
and the two men were slipping coffee and
between each sip sending out clouds of
smoke. In five minutes the cigarets were
ont and the coffee gone. For FIVE
minutes they sat talking and
then fresh coffee was ordered,
fresh cigarets were rolled, and fresh volumes
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also dwelling on the loss to Democracy by
the death of Samuel j. Tilden. The re.
Spouse was by Maj. Burke. who thanked
all for his hearty receptions. Soldier.
Civilian and Public Officer" by L. II.
Bowman; 1.-THE Retiring Officer" B. E.
Hutchinson, who expressed the opinion
that in 1883 the Republicans would
again make what he hoped might
be victorious battle; Soldiers
DeclaratGries," Gen. Harris; 1.-The Boys in
Blue" A. A. Rowley; Guests from Fps
wich." by Mr.. Parmley of the latter city;
1.-THE Press" by G. W. Startling; ''The
Two Americas" by Capt j. b Hauser.
Both parties were well represented. and it
is believed that Maj. Burke will give en-
tire satisfaction to the whole Aberdeen land
district.
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R ocheSser.


ROCHESTER,, Aug. Mrs. Peckham has
returned from the East. =. Prof. D. Darling
has gone to Wisconsin for two weeks visit.
-. Miss Thatcher of Minneapolis is visiting
with the family OF her uncle Mr.. J. Frank
Smith City Marshal Kalb was rendered a
reception at Mrs. Ieraths Thurday and pre-
scented with handsome chair on the occa-
sion of Miss Annie Zierath, whose guardian
he has been, attaining her independence
Prof. Sanford Niles has removed his paper,
School Education, to Minneapolis Mr.. G.
A. FrizZell has accepted position as book
keeper with Chase Lowell of Minneapolis.
-. The china wed ing of Mr.. and Mrs Milo
Matteson was celebrated last Thursday even
ing. Some l25 persons were present. The
presents were numerous and were presented
by Rev. j. w. Mower. The little twin
daughter, Maria of Mr.. Mathew Russell of
High Forest, died on Thursday and was
buried on Friday.
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A Peculiar Case.
special to the Globe.

Speclal 10 tue OtoDe
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Aug. 7.-Octave
Babllard, Frenchman from Thorp, was
brought to the American hospital here late
last night in a state of great debility from
loss of blood from a lacerated hand. He is
an example of extremely rare cases noted
by scientists in which a patient from pc
culiar disorder of the nervous system and
temporary paralysis of Will power
cannot resist the impulse to imme-
diately execute any act which
he is suddenly ordered to perform. In this
case careless companion, knowing Babil-
Iard's weakness, held up to him an open
razor and shouted, Grab it," Babillard
seized the razor and nearly severed the
fingers of one hsnd. On previous occa-
sion he had jumped from a fourth story
window while laboring under similar un-
contrOllaple impulse.
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The last time that you saw ME I was
locking good deal the worse for wear
but, by cracky I do believe that Pm fash
ing up good bit, but you may not think
SO and l may not look so, but, by thunder
feel so-feel spry and clipper, you know.
Time was instead of going to some place
of amusement I'd sit and croak at home
and generally averaged three or four spats
day with the old woman, but lately I
have taken to going to ''Messrs. Sackett and
Virgins Dime Museum" "a to 90 East
Seventh street. and have good laugh, and
l feel better all round. by gosh do.
MEssRS. sACKETT AND WIGGINs
Beg to announce the arrival of twenty
three new artists at their
DIME MUSEUM,
"a to So East Seventh street.
Everything new, refined and humorous
and the doors open from 1 to 1O:3O every
day.
Admission to all ten cents.
Commencing Tomorrow, Monday.
Entire change of program in both thea
tiers and also in the museum:
Theater No. l, Upper Theatre No. 2, Lower
Hall, Hall.
CHURCH s. CARLISLE s The funniest of Irish
Brliliants. Comedians,
Composed of coterie JOHN T. KELLY.
of the best Profess
ional Stars: In the funniest of
CHARLEsCoWLEs, comedies in two acts,
CHAs. JOHNSON, with new music, new
Bella Brooks, songs. new dances.
Gen. Cardenas, ETC., entitled
And the MCANN'S NIGHT OFF
FAMOUS PHoITEs With a full cast, in
which are such excel
Fun. Making lent actors and act
Pantomime Co. resses as
John Kelly.
Paus LePetrie,
Flora Zanfretta,
II James Wall,
Miss Annie Adams,
Andy Adams,
George Putnam,
Thos. McDonough.
Both Stage Shows running continu ously
Doors open daily from l to 10 o'clock
p. N.
Admission to all, 10 cents.