The farmers' union., 1894-08-16
BELGIANS-ARE FUNNY
HOW THEY REGARD OUR Ma
TlONAL GAME.
Oisastoa 70 Ferry In Michigan Waters
.Chine's Rife Factory B0rned by lncen-
disEies-Pepper Knocked Down-Hsney
Told Ina Few Words.

-Employes .0f American exbibiSOrs ~
the Ant werp exROsition aad Pxwnoe Bits
Wild WEST show furnished two Teams OF
players who put up the first game OF ball
over played in Belgium the other day. 1t
was decided In sPawDee Bill's inclosed
grounds. which is one OF the leading feat
ures OF the exposition. The papers an
uounced tho Kame and mentioned that it
would be played by forty players on each
side. In commenting On tho game next
day La Metropolis, ths, Flemish paper. said
that ~the game of. base at Pawnee
Bilrs camp was disa ppointing exhibition.
as owing to the dangerous character OF
the sport. only nine men on side could
be found with enough courage to par;ici-
pate in it ~. Another Journal said: "Fully
2. 900 people were at Pawnee Bill's yester-
day to witness what We supposed was
70 be game Of football, but 1t Was not foot
ball; they only tossed small ball from
one to another. One man, who had d
stick In his hand. tried to hit the ball when
It chanced to come his way. nut 1aile to
do SO in almost every instance. and when
one OF them did succeed ia hitting the bail
he would run. but for what reason we
don't know. as they invariably only ran
short distance. and then would walk over
to u beEch and sit down. One poor fellow.
whom every one tried to abuse. stood be-
hind the man who had the stick and kept
Jumping out OF the way OF the bail. and
every time he dtd so would shout out some-
thing In English. The game will never be-
come popular here. for where could we find
mon foolish enough to let a lot more throw
balls at them and endangor their lives!"
The passenger steamer Puritan crashed
into the ferry stehmcr Richmond at St.
IndnrN Mi<h Gspn do nfp,,y ffnO
the ferry completely in two Fortunately
there were no passengers on the ferry at the
time, but the crew of three had narrow es-
capes from drowning. after a close call
from being crushed by the bi. steamer 1t
was q fortunate thing for the Graham &
Morton passenger steamer City OF
Chicago. which was lying at the
deck abreast OF where tho collision
occurred, that the ferry boat was
struck first. for had rot the Richmond
served as u fender and deadened the shock
OF the collision the big steamer would have
undoubtedly been cut down The Puritan
was in Command OF Capt a. McGui1gan.
and the Richmond was commanded by
Capt. Boswell, her owner.
.-Advices from the Orient tell of the
de.truction by fire OF tho recently con-
structod rife factory at Hang Yung. The
vicerOy Of the province had been working
ON this factory for several years. and he
expected 1t to demonstrate that Chinese
wOrkmen could turn out AS good guns as
foreigners He also expected to fill large
orders for the government to supply troops
for Corea. just at this time some work.
mon who had been DISCHARGED set fire to
the plant The buildings would not have
burned had the vicerOy followed his archie
tect's advice. but he insis, cd In substitute
ing wood IN tho bearings and supports OF
the roof for iron. The total loss will reach
81. .0SO. O00:.
AT Lexington. Ky, an exciting fight
took place between Judge George h
Kinkead. an Ovens man. and Colonel Tom
Pepl or. known through hout the country for
his whiskey. Pepper Is Breckinridge
man aud isssulted Judge Kinkead during
an argument Kinkead knocked Pepper
down twice. but was taken away by ].
Hull Davidson. OK Mayor Of Lexington
CHARLES Haney. who xas recently fined
In the United States Court at Owensboro,
Ky. for violating the civil service law by
soliciting campaign contributions from a
government official. WAS arrested under
capias for the time and put in Jail
Friends made up purse " $500 and had
him released This Is probably the first
Instances OF man being jailed for viola
ton of this law.
-R G. Dun 4 Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade says:
Ihe advance In corn discloses general
belief that the injury to thi, most impor-
tant crop has been SO great as to affect
materially the traffic OF railroads, the de-
mand for manufactured products. and the
cost OF meats for the coming years Unless
emit q
ceived our country will have to face a real
calamity in the loss OF something like 5OO.-
O0o. 900 bushels OF corn. and this loss con-
sumers have to share through the advance
Of IA cents In two weeks and cents later
Neither official nor unofficial statements
Is yet preclude the hope that the loss may
prove less serious. but At current prices
!. 500. 10000 bushels would cost as much
rs 1000. 000. 600 bushels would have cost u
fortnight ago Wheat rose 81. cents III
the fortnight and 2is cents during u week,
although Western receipts have been g.
2:a. LIS bushels against. 3. l62. 694 last year.
Atlantic exports are still about half as
large as u year ago. 500. ass bushels
2. 2.:3a.:S4 last year Pork products are a
little stronger. as is natural Cotton has
twice risen and again declined 1-l6. with
Increasing prospects OF u vory large yield.
Closing without change for the week.
The Popultst CT Wyoming have made
these nomin ations: For Governor. l. c.
Tidhall OF sheridan County: Congress-
man. s E Seeley. OF Laramie City: Secre-
iary Of State. n. W. Elliott, Cheyenne:
Treasurer. W. r. Williams. buffalo: Audi
tor. J. F. Pierce. Rock Springs: Super!n-
tendent OF Schools. !. X Rollmun. Sara.o.
Ia: Supreme Judge. W. T. O'Conner. Chey-
enne
Obituary. At St. Joseph. Mich, Carl
Dah1grcn. OF Chicago At S.. Joseph. Mo,
Colonel J. d. Hall At New Orlenus. Chas
Chane. Sr Al Virginia. Ill. Mira Nancy
Thompson: Mrs. Matilda Parry At New
York. Mrs Croker, mother OF Richard
Croker
Annual report OF the North western
shows = handsome surplus in spite OF de-
0sea&sd freight earnings
y W. 2einhart, President and one Of
he receivers OF the Atchison Il ,ad, has re-
Gig ned to promote harmony.
Col h f. nobynA leading politician
Of Missouri. died Of heart disease at his
home In Mexico.
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