Ji GRAND FRENCH WEDDING.
Due do Morney and Miss Gasman Blanc's
Marriage In Paris.
jParis special : The Due de Morney's wed
ding with Miss Gusman Blanc came off at
the Church of the Madeleine to-day with
splendid eclat. The weather was the ideal
Parisan summer day of dazzling sun and
cool northerly breeze. At noon the mass
ive bronze doors of the Madeleine were
thrown wide open and a crimson velvet
carpet was spread from the granite steps
and reached down to the boulevard. The
vast church was filled to overflowing , hun
dreds of ladies standing on tip toe on chairs
> to catch a glimpse of the bride. The toi
v lets were beautiful , lavenderpinkpale blue
straw and white predominating. Thou
sands of people gathered on the sidewalks
and in the balconies and windows facing
the Madeleine. At 12:15 the nuptial cor
tege appeared , The Due de Morney
alighted from a coupe drawn by two superb
bays. He looked very pale and serious.
He was in evening dress , and wore a large
cross and ribbon of the grand commander
of the order of Charles III of Spain.
His fiancne drove up in a largo landau ,
with dark brown horses covered with
white satin ribbons , and with coachman
and footmen in brown , crimson and gold
livery. She worea white satin bridal dress
with a very long train , very simple and
entirely covered by her white tulle veil.
She was attended by three bridesmaids.
In the nave of the church six abbes'in full
canonicals performed the marriage service ,
Abbe Pattis pronouncing the nuptial bene
diction. The music was very impressive.
J Deluding the Deus Israel of Beethoven , the
Ofons Pietns of Haydn , and Gounad's Ave
Marie. The organ was played by Theodore
Dulcurs. At 2 o'clock all fcft the church ,
the Due and Duchesse de Morney driving
off in a coupe drawn by 'two superb bays.
The wedding reception and breakfast were
at the Grand hotel.
The due's presents to tlio brido were
equal to those ol the famous duke of Buck
ingham. I will only mention four of them :
A superb riviere of diamonds , not mount
ed ; that is to sny , held together by a wire
of gold so fine that when worn on the neck
the diamonds only are visible , and have
the appearance of hundreds of huge drops
of dew. Another present was a magnificent
diadem of diamonds , worth at least
§ 20.000. Then a broad ribbon of dia
monds ; attached to a sort of gold chain-
work , so as to tie and untie about thoneck
like an ordinary'silk scarf. Then a fan of
white feathers , literally powdered with
thousands of small diamonds.
The flowers that the due sent to the
bride during the thirty days preceding the
wedding were superb , no two bouquets ever
being tire same. One day there would be a
ship of carnations , filled with rosea ; an
other day , a South American hammock ,
made of twisted lilies of the valley and
filled with orchids ; the next day a bicycle ,
made of corn flowers surmounted by roses ;
then a balloon of lilies , with jasmine and
pansies ; in short , every floral originalitv
that a vivid imagination could devise.
THE STATEMENTS OF PARNELL.
Lord Salisbttry Denounces Tliem as Utterly
Untrue.
LOXDON , June 29. Lore Salisbury has writ
ten for publication a letter denying in detail
every assertion made by Mr. Parnell concern-
Ing the alleged negotiations made on behalf
of the late conservative government to secure
Irish support In return for the concession of
home rule. He pronounces every one of the
statements as ' 'baseless fabrications. " He
lays : "It is false that Mr. Parnell was given
reason to believe that If the conservatives were
In power after the general elections they
trould give him a statutory parliament. No
body connected with the government gave any
men indication. It is false that I ever showed
the slightest leaning in favor of such a con
cession. It is false that Lord Carnarvon urged
such a concession on the cabinet ; it is there
fore false that the cabinet did not refuse such
a concession until the polls went against us.
It Is false that Lord Carnarvon urged a
statutory parliament for six months ; it is
therefore false that he urged it without
the cabinet opposing it to any extent It is
false that after "the result at the polls
were ascertained the cabinet swerved around
because it never had the slightest in
clination toward a statutory mrliament I
need hardly add that the story that the land
purchase bill was passed in deference to a
wish expressed in an interview on August 1 is
simply impossible , because the bill had al
ready passed the house of lords and the gov
ernment had publicly pledged itself to the
bill. The government resolved upon the pur
chase bill as soon as it entered office , a mouth
before August 1. "
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The fiscal year to close with Wednesday ,
June 30 , will.find the national finances in
pretty good shape. The public debt , which
twenty years ago was § 75 for each man ,
woman and child in the country , is now
§ 23 for each person , and the interest
charge , which at that time was over § 4 per
head , is now 75 cents per capita. The
total debt to-day is just hall what it waa
then and the annual interest charge-bu *
one-fourth of what it was at that time.
Then the interest-bearing debt was § ,332-
000.000 and interest from 5 to 7 3-10 per
cent. Now the interest-bearing debt is
§ 1,220,000,000 and the interest rate from
3 to 4J per cent. Then the population
among whom the debt was divided was
35,000,000 , now it is 60,000,000. It is a
favorite occupation with people with bad
digestion to complain that the country is
terribly burdened with debt. So it is , but
it is especially happy in this line when com
pared with those of some other countries
that are supposed to rank very high in the
school of civilization. For instance , while
our debt is § 23 per head , that , of Austria
is § 30 , that of Russia § 35 , that of Spain
§ 80 , that of Italy § 80. that of Great
Britain § 100. and that of France § 130.
DEMOCRjlTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
In the New Hampshire democratic con
vention at Concord , the following proceed
ings took place : The convention pro
ceeded to nominate a candidate Jor gov
ernor by "ballot. L. H. Brown , of Concord ,
withdrew the name of Charles H. Amsdcn.
Charles , F. Stone , of Laconia , presented
the name of Col. Thomas S. Cogswell , of
Gilmanton. The ballot resulted in 432
votes for Cogswell. His nomination was
made unanimous and a committee was ap
pointed to notify him and request his pres
ence. A resolution was then adopted en
dorsing the course of the present Speaker
Carlisle , Mr. Morrison and the democratic
members of congress in their efforts to re
form the present tariff law. Col. Cogswell
appeared and was greeted with hearty ap
plause. He made a brief address. At the
conclusion three hearty cheers were given
for him and the delegates divided into
county conventions and elected members ol
the state committee.
SHOT BY A BURGLAR.
MILWAUKEE , Wis. , June 23. At Beloit this
morning Professor C. W. Merriman. in astrng-
gle with two burglars , was shot and probably
lataily wounded.
'
'A. FORMIDABLE'ORGANIZATION.
St. Louis dispatch : Several very impor
tant meetings of tho leaders of tho Law
and Order league have been held recently ,
both here and at Sedalia , Mo. A promi
nent officer of the league says-the intention
of these meetings is to establish an organ
ization from one end of the country to the
other in support of law and order which
can be largely massed at one point if neces
sary. For instance , in case of trouble in
St. Louis with which the league here could
cope , preparations being made for the pur
pose , enabling officials here to call on Chi
cago or any other place for reinforcements ,
members being bound to answer such call
at a moment's notice. As means of getting
forces out in a moment's notice , the ad
dresses of all members , business or resi
dence arc taken. Beginning in Sedalia and
spreading to Desoto and Hannibal , it was
taken up by St. Louis and from there
spread to Corondolet and Clarksville ,
Crystal City , Mo. , Belleville and Chicago.
111. , Jackson , Mich. , Evansville , Ind. , St.
"Paulj Minneapolis , llochcster , Newark ,
Milwaukee and Baltimore , and is now
gaining a strong foothold in Iowa and
Kansas and other states. It has reached
a membership of over'seventeen thousand.
Included in membership , it is said , are a
largo number of workingmen , engineers ,
conductors , and Knights of Labor. Tho
league has organized a greatmany branches
and has committees working in all direc
tions. The principal object is to prevent
labor disturbances and discountenance
strikes and boycotts. The latter comes in
for particular condemnation.
A. MONTIPS WORK YET.
Washington special : There is very little
prospect of the adjournment of congress
before the last of July. In its debate upon
the postoflice bill today , the senate showed
a disposition to insist upon an appropri
ation for the transportation of ocean
mails , and the democratic senators were
the most emphatic of all. The members
of the house appear quite as determined in
their opposition to the measure"and
neither will yield without a long struggle.
The president has given notice that he will
not sign any midniglitlcgislation , and tlyit
will prevent the bills being rushed through ,
as is usually the case on the last day of
the session. He can take a bill and keep
it ten days if he chooses , and congress has
got to wait for him to consider it. It is
believed that he will hasten an adjourn
ment as much as he can , but will oppose
hasty legislation , and it would be just like
him to veto one of the big appropriation
bills because * of some single objectional
item in it. Therefore the prospects of de
lay are better than those of adjournment.
PROBABLE TIME OF ADJOUNMENT.
"Washingtonspecial : The prospects of an
early adjournment has received a setback
by the president. He informed members of
both the senate and house that he will not
sign any bill without first carefully reading
it through and informing himself as to its
provisions. He asserts that lie will not go
to the capitol and approve bills as fast as
they are Drought to him , for the sake of
expediting adjournment. With regard to
appropriation bills he regards it as his
duty to carefully consider every item an/1
he warns members of the two houses that
they need not expect to send him long bills
appropriating large sums of money within ,
a day or two of adjournment , with any
idea that he will sign them blindly ; that ha
will not do anything of the kind , in view of
his feeling of responsibility. Through those
best qualified to speak as to adjournment ,
the opinion prevails that the president's
determination to have time for thorough
examination of all bills passed will proba
bly defer the day of final adjournment to
July 25th. -
THE FISHERIES MATTER.
Ottawa dispatch : A member of the Do
minion cabinet , when asked to-day what
he thought the outcome would be of tha
stringent measures the government waa
enforcing for the protection of the fisheries ,
replied that he firmly believed the whola
difficulty would be settled within a very
few days to the satisfaction of all parties
concerned. He further added that thers
was every prospect of some sort of a reci
procity treaty being arranged between tha
United States and Canada. He further
said that , basing their opinion on the re
sult of last year as regards' the mackerel
fisheries , the Americans made a sad mis-
tnke when they said they cared nothing for
the Dominion fishery within the three-mile
limit. Last year the mackerel were all of !
shore outside the prescribed limit , but this
year they are about all taken within this
limit , from which the Americans are ex
cluded.
BEECHER AND GLADSTONE.
Liverpool dispatch : Henry Ward
Beecher was interviewed last evening after
the great liberal mass meeting and was
asked by a reporter of the Liverpool Post
what he thought of Mr. Gladstone's speech.
He said : "Mr. Gladstone's speech was
luminous and powerful. It delfghted me.
I told Mr Gladstone I was too much over
come to express my appreciation of his
speech , and that it had given me a greater
insight into Irish affairs than I ever had
before. Mr. Gladstone said in reply : 'I
take that as a compliment , for you are
as competent to judge as anybody. ' "
LTTELT TOTES IN CONGRESS.
"Washington special : This evening's
Critic of this city says : "Mr. Cobb of In
diana , and Mr. Laird , of Nebraska , got
real ugly at each other in the house yester
day on the land question.
" 'Don't threaten me , ' yelied Mr. Laird.
" 'Don't threaten me , ' said Mr. Cobb ,
'for when it comes to public lands , I think
I know a job. '
"And then they shook their gory fists
outright at each other's faces , and savagel-
ly _ they chewed their chops across sixty
foct of space. They wiped the floor all up
in spots , they kicked their chairs around ,
they glared across that open space , and
finally sat down. "
THE CAMERON DYNASTY.
Washington special : As Don Cameron
came into the senate this morning the sen
ators all clustered around him and began
to shake his hands irithembs6 hearty man
ner and to congratulate him as though ho
had had a narrow escape from something.
It transpired that the cause of the demon
stration was the report that Mrs. Cameron
had presented him a daughter Sunday
morning , and the senator admitted it was
true. It is the first child by the senator's
second wife , the youngest child by his first
wife being about 17 years old.
TOE ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS.
The Arkansas democratic state conven
tion met at Little Rock on the 30th. Tha
convention nominated the following ticket :
For governor , Hughes ; treasurer , Wood
ruff ; land commissioner , Cobbs ; attorney
general , Jones ; judge of the supreme court ,
Battle ; secretary of state , Moore , and sup
erintendent of public-instruction , n Lomp-
eon.
UNCLE SAM'S INDEBTEDNESS.
A Statement Settlmj Forth the Situation Re
garding the Public Debt.
'JL'lie public debt was reduced last month
over § 0,000,000 and for the fiscal year
which closed June 30 , over 590,000,000
ncainst § 63,449,709. the preceding year.
The bonded debt shows a reduction during
the year just closed of § 50,136,850 , all of
which AVOS in the 8 per cunt loan. There
has been also during the year a reduction"
in outstanding certificates of deposits ,
$11,330,000gold ; certificats , § 50G85,355 ,
and silver certificates , § 13,414,721 , mak
ing a total reduction in this form of indebt
ed ness of § 75,430,076. The column show
ing the debt on which interest has ceased
ins increased sincelast July about $5,500-
000 , caused by the call of bonds and their
transfer to the non-interest bearing debt
upon maturity. The total amount of 3
per cent bonds now outstanding , subject to
call is 8144,046,600. During theyearover
836,000,000 of 3 per cent bonds , held to
3ecure bank circulation , were withdrawn
from the treasury , thus reducing the na
tional bank circulation § 32,553,000. One
year ago the amount hejd for the redemp
tion of notes of liquidatingbankswas § 38-
160.938. It is now § 60,146,726. This
represents the actual amount of United
States notes deposited by reducing , liqui
dating and failed banks in the treasury , in
lieu of the bonds withdrawn , and that
amount of United States notes is withheld
from circulation. The gold fund shows a
loss since June 1st of § 5,977,275 'in bul
lion , and a gain of § 2,390,665 in coin ,
making the net loss § 3,586.610. The
bullion was exchanged for certificates ,
and doubtless withdrawn for ex
port. The treasury holding of gold ,
however , shows no material change
For the month just closed , theamountheld ,
not covered by certificates , being § 156- ,
793.749 , an increase over June of about
$500,000. The amount of free gold held
by the treasury July 1 , 1885 , was § 180- ,
296,895 , which is nearly § 36,500,000 less
than the amount now held. While the
treasury gained this large sum in gold dur
ing the past twelve months , it materially
reduced its outstanding gold by redeeming
nearly § 47,000,000 in certificates , cutting
lown these liabilities from § 127,000,000 ,
on July 1 , 1885 , to § 80,000,000 , on July
1 , 1886.
The number of silver dollars in thotreas-
iry is 181,253,506 , an increase for the '
month of 3,000,000 , and for theyear'of
15,840,444. The number of these pieces
held , not covered by outstanding certifi
cates , is 93,137,341 , an increase of over
29,000,000 since July 1 , 1885. The num
ber of silver dollars in circulation is over
52,000,000 against 39,000,000 one year
ago.
ago.During the year the outstanding silver
certificates were reduced from § 101,000-
000 to § 88,000,000. The available bal
ance reported by the treasurer is75.191-
110 , an increase of § 34,514,179 for the
year. Under the old form of stating assets
and liabilities the available balance would
be § 215,116,225 , against § 172,800,852 a
year. ago.
The receipts for June were § 32,510,620 ,
an increase of over § 5,000,000 compared
with June , 1885 , nearly all of which was
from customs.
DEATH OF EX-SENATOR DAVIS.
An Old and Prominent Citizen of lUinois
Breathes His "Last.
Judge David Davis died at his home in
Bloomington , 111. , on the 27th. He sank
into a camatose state twelve hours before
the end and' passed painlessly away , sur
rounded by his family. The cause of Mr.
Davis" death was Bright's disease of the
kidneys , aggravated by a weakened condi-
tioii'of his system , dating from the time
when he became affected with a carbuncle.
The following brief biographical sketch of
the deceased is from the Omaha Bee :
Judge David Davis was a prominent and
distinguished figure in 'the politics of the
country for the past twenty years. Ho
was born in Cecil county , Maryland , March
9 , 1815 , was educated in Kenyon college ,
and studied law in the New Haven law
school. He followed the tide of settlers to
the west in 1836 and settled in Blooming-
ton , 1111. , which has ever since been his
home. He was a member of the Illinois
legislature in 1844-45 , and .a member of
the constitutional contention which
drafted the constitution of that state in
1847. The following year ho was elected
judge of the Eight judicial district and was
re-elected in 1855 and again in 18(51. ( On
the bench he displayed signal ability and
impartiality , and was elevated to the
United States supreme bonch by President
Lincoln in October , 1862. The anti-Grant
movement which begin in 1870 and cul
minated in the nomination of Horace
Greeley two years later , found in Judge
Davis a strong supporter , and his admir
ers in both the independent republican and
democratic parties strongly urged him for
the empty and fatal honors which fell to
the founder of the New York Tribune. He ,
however , secured that year the nomination
of the national labor reform party for the
presidency. Durimj the stirring and anx
ious days following the election of 1876-7 ,
and before the result was determined to the
satisfaction of either party , the republicans
of Illinois quietly acquiesced in the move
ment to elect Judge Davis to the United
States senate. This , had a two-fold object
to retire him from the supreme bench and
make certain the election of R. B. Hayes
to the presidency. The plan worked suc
cessfully ; he was elected to the spnate and
Hayes was declared president. During his
term in the senate that body was closely
divided politically and on party questions
the balance of power was held by Judge
Davis. Therepublicansnominated him for
president pro tern and he was elected over
Thomas F. Bayard , the democratic nomi
nee.
nee.Judge Davis was married in 1883 to a
lady many years his junior. He was re
markable for great mental powers and phy
sical dimensions weighingatone time over
400 pounds. He has been in poor health
for the last two years , and his sufferings re
duced him to a skeleton. His weight at the
time of his death was not much over 150
pounds. He leaves an estate valued at
about § 300,000.
A DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED.
Cheyenne ( Wyoming ) special : Sam Baker
alias Brown , a well-known Northern des
perado , killed Deputy Sheriff Dave Loyd of
Buffalo on Powder river on the 1st inst.
Baker was wanted as a witness in a horse-
stealing case. Loyd went to summon him.
He was admitted to Baker's house at night
by a woman. Baker shot him as he step
ped in the door. The slayer ga-yo himself
up the next day , declaring that he thought
Loyd was a man who was laying for him
and trying to get the drop on him , and
claims that the killing wns'done by mis-
take.
A RECKLESS MAN JUGGED.
Ottumwa ( Iowa ) special : Kinsley Jor
dan , oras he is commo'nlyknown , "Stormy
Jorden , " the most notorious saloon
keeper in the state , has just been jailed for
violation of the prohibition law and will
have to servo 300 days in jail. He kept
the notorious saloon at the Ottumwa
depot whcse sign bore the legend , "The
Road to hell. "
AN ADDRESS TO ELECTORS.
Gladstone Appeals to the People for tha
Cause He Espouses.
London cablegram : Mr. Gladstone has
issued a manifesto to the electors of Wales.
"It is not the first nor the tenth time , " he
says , "that the tories h'ave raised a cry of
alarm and predicted ruin of the empire.
TJiey have been at it all their lives and
always when those great and good meas-
UTPS were proposed which have made the
age illustrious the reform of parliament ,
the abolition of the corn laws , of slavery ,
of religious tests , of church rates , and the
Irish church , the freedom of burials , the
dcfcn.se of tenants' rights , and many more.
Which of these did they give you ? Which
did they not oppose and cry down as de
structive to the constitution , the throne ,
religion , prosperity , and all the rest ?
People say the Irish will never be content ;
nor would you be content if you had been
oppressed as they have been , and above
all , if after you had your own parliament
500 years it had been taken away by a
mixture of violence and corruption with a
union which disgraces the name of Eng
land. This parliament the people of Ire-
laud have ever since striven to get back.
They no-v ask not for the rejieal of the
union , but only for a subordinate legisla
ture as a colony , Give it to them , because
it is just that they should have it. Give it
to them promptly and graciously ; not
waiting , as Wellington Availed , for the
emancipation of the Catholics , who failed
under the terror of war. Let Wales upon
this great occasion be worthy of herself. "
BOYCOTTERS SENTENCED.
New York dispatch : The convicted boy-
cotters on Theiss , the proprietor of the
concert garden , were arraigned in court to
day for sentence. Judge Barrett made
some strong remarks to them on the law
lessness of the crime of which they were
convicted. He said that this was a viola
tion of the peace to the country that wel
comed foreign born citizens to a country
that offered freedom and the privileges of
right ; they had violated the public rights
and opinions and theh offense was not
short of blackmail. The distribution of
circulars before places of btibincss was a
conspiracy and was punishable as such.
Their conduct , if unpunished , would lead to
savngery. They may have been misled by
bad advice , but tbuir counsel should have
rebuked them. They did use money for
their own advantage and this pacified the
citizens. We are told that it has been the
custom to rob in that manner. He would
not impose the full penalty of the law as
they were working men. The judge then
sentenced Paul Wiltzig and Holdorf to two
years and ten months at hard labor ,
Michael Stroh and Julius Rosenberg to one
year and six months imprisonment ; Daniel
Danenhouser , the most violent of the boy-
cotters , got three years and eight months
in the state prison.
GOING "OTER THE ROAD. "
Sedalia ( Mo. ) special : Edward Page ,
who stole § 10,000 from the Adams Ex
press company while agent at Golden City ,
Mo. , in January last , passed through Se
dalia this morning , en route to the peni
tentiary , to serve a two years sentence.
The case attracted wide attention at the
time , from the fact that Page donned
female attire and fled from the scen.e of his
crime. He was captured by Detective Ers-
kine in St. Louis , his identity having been
discovered while a passenger on a Missouri
Pacific train. Page was cheerful this morn
ing , and diactmsed the theft with all who
cared to talk with him. He realized that
he was about to be discharged from the
company's -employ , and fearing that his
wife and two children would be left desti
tute , he determined to take the money.
When arrested , § 3,000 was found on his
peison , and the remaining § 7,000 was sub
sequently discovered near Golden City ,
where Pase had secreted it in the woods.
FIENDISH WORK.
PHILADELPHIA , PA. , June 23. Exactly 314
people were poisoned at last Thursday's pic
nic near Flemington , N. J.
Six of these persons will probably die , and
twenty are In a precarious condition.
One of the physicians in charge of the cases
has examined the ice cream cans , and says
there was not enough sulphate of zinc about
them to do any damage : that the symptoms
are those of arsenical poisoning , and from the
fact that those who first ate of the cream es
caped , he is of the opinion ttiat the poison
was put into the cream by some one purposely.
As a large number of people were engaged
in crving the cream , it will be difficult to
catch the perpetrators.
A BLOODY RIOT.
PARIS , June 29. Thirty thousand people
went last night to witness the performances
in the immense bull circus at Nimes on the
departure of Card. The entertainment had
been extensively advertised to be given under
electric lights.
The lights went out soon after the perform
ance began , and owing to the defective ap
paratus could not be relit. The people became
enraged , and tore down the fittings of the cir
cus and made a bonfire in the arena of them
and the furniture.
Troops had to be called to restore orcler ,
which they only succeeded in doing after a
desperate conflict with the people , many of
whom were wounded and arrested.
I'llOSECUTIXG THE DRUGGISTS.
Sioux City special. Judge Wakefield has
taken the cases against druggists of this
county for not complying with the require
ments of the state liquor statutes under
advisement. The court was occupied all
day in hearing arguments on a motion of
defendants to dismiss the cases. Consider
able interest is manifested here as to the
outcome. In connection with these cases
it is certain that the temperance people are
preparing to make an attack all along the
line. Just what shape the prosecutor will
assume and under what leadership carried
on does not yet appear.
AS IRISH PLOT TO MURDER.
BIRMINGHAM , June 30. Joseph Chamber
lain told a reporter of the Birmingham Jfnil
to-day that well informed friends informed
him that there was in existence an Irish plot
to murder him. This information , he added ,
had been corroborated by the London police ,
which had warned him of the plot and in
formed him that the assasins meant to kill
Lord Hartington also. Both himself and
Lord Hartiugton in consequence permitted
themselves to be placed under police pro
tection.
RAILWAY PASSENGERS JCILLED.
DUBLIN , June 30. Eight persons were in
stantly killed to-day by an accident to a mail
train from Belfast to Dublin , which was going
at a high jate of speed aud which left the
track at Knockbridgc. Twenty passengers
were wounded and the train completely snfash-
ed. The accident was due to the expansion
of the rails , caused by excessive heat. The
driver and guard were arrested , but it is
believed they were not to blame.
MOSES DOW'S BEQUESTS.
Boston special : The will of Moses A.
Dow gives to the Dow academy § 6,000 for
a permanent fund ; to the fund of the Win
chester home for aged women at Charles
ton , § 100,000 ; § 35.000 in private be
quests , and the balance of his estate to
trustees for his widow. The will provides
for the sale of the Waverly house lot for
not less than § 390,000 and of the Waverly ;
Magazine property to the highest bidder.
STANFORD AND MEISSONIER.
Tlio Callfornlan Gives the Pointer
Points on His Arts.
Mr. Stanford , of California , has a portrait of
himself by Metssonlcr , painted in Paris when
the senator was there a few years bade , writes
a Washington correspondent of The Cincin
nati Enquirer. The price was $10,000. It la
not considered to be a good literal likeness ,
and very few portraits of Americans by French
artists are. That-intultlou for truth and the
habit of getting at it which portrait painters
of the British and American schools possess
the French gives way to his artistic disposi
tions ; he is always searching for something
which shall Improve one's nature. I have of
ten spoken of the American Inventor In France
who wanted some portraits made for a machine
he was building to spin silk automatically. He
went to the best pattern-makers in Pans , and
not a pattern could he get precisely like his
model , which all the French with them knew
but little more about than he did. Finally he
had to send to the United States for the work
he desired to do in France. Mr. Stanford
gave Melssouier a cood manv sittings , about
three hours for each. A curious incmcnt hap-
Eened with regard to one of the most cele-
rated pictures of the artist. He had painted
for Mr. Stewart , of New York , the dry goods
man , one of his largest and most impressive
pictures a battle , where Napoleon is sending
In his Guards , aud as they go past him they all
salute him. Mr. Stanford had spent § 40,000
iu photographing horses in motion , lie ob
served , among other things , that when horses
were in rapid motion , or galloping , they never
struck on their toes , but on their heels firmly ,
because they would have fallen and
broken their necks. He observed that the
foremost figure of the officer , whose saber Is
up in the air , was coing in such a way that his
horse would strike on the toe. So , seeing the
first drawing of this at Meissonier's studio ,
while the artist and sister were conversing on
the subject of how the horses moved , Mr. Stan
ford said : "Will you bring that horse forward
a few feet iu the same action he is now mak
ing ? " "I was , " said Mr. Stanford , "certain
that the horse would not strike on his heel if
he continued the action. " Meissonler continu
ed the movement , and in a moment he per
ceived that what the two men had been talk
ing about convinced him , and his especial forte
was drawing horses ; he had horse models with
all their anatomy movable , especially about
the legs and feet. He turned to his model and
brought the animal forward , aud he suddenly
perceived that his great canvas had made an
anatomical mistake. He put his hands into
his hair and began to race around his studio
like a manvhd"had lost his wits.
DISGRACING THE SABBATH.
CLEVELAND , O. , June 127. This nlternoon
an excursion party of about 300 men , women
anil children visited Fairview , about thirty
miles east of here. A dozen or more men , who
had been drinking on the boat , visited a sa
loon on their arrival at Fairport and soon suc
ceeded in starting a quarrel which ended in all
the windows of the saloon being broken by the
excursionists.
Stones were then hurled through the win
dows of a larce tenement house occupied by
1'olaiiders. The latter to the number of fif
teen or twenty armed themselves with clubs
and moved on the excursionists. Several
Clcvelanders were cut and bruised , and one
Polandur named Michael Peeler was struck in
the temple bv u stone. He fell unconscious to
the ground and was carried away by his com
panions.
The Polanders chased the men , women and
children SOO yards to the boat , over railroad
tracks and ore piles , but just as the pursuing
party reached the dock the boat moved away ,
preventing further bloodshed.-
A WEAPON AGAINST BOYCOTTERS.
Binghampton ( N. Y. ) dispatch : A nen
weapon against the boycott was brought
out here to-day. John H. Dann , John
Doyle , Edward Barnes and George Sauls-
paugh , cigar makers , were arrested undei
the federal laws for boycotting Fred J. Hill
a cigar manufacturer , slfc is claimed that
Hill , by paying his internal revenue tax
thcrebv acquired the right , under the inter
mil revenue laws , to manufacture cigars
and that the right so acquired is a right
secured by the laws of the United State *
within the intent and meaning of section
5508 , under which the action is brought
This section provides that if two or more
persons "conspire to injure , oppress ,
threaten or intimidate any citizen of the
United States in the free exercise or enjoy
ment of .1113'right or privilege secured tt
him by thu constitution or laws of the
United States they arc subject to an ex
treme penalty of § 5,000 lino and ten years
imprisoument.
FLOWERS FOR SENATOR ZIANDEIiSON.
Washington special : A very large and
magnificent floral offering occupied thedesk
of Senator Manderson on the floor of the
senate to-day. It was in theform of scales ,
representing justice , and came from the
employes of the government printing othco ,
for whom he advocated gallantly a bill
which recently passed the senate , giving a
month's leave of absence every year with
pay. Heretofore the printing office people
have not been given an annual leave like
other government servants.
THE MABKETS.
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RYE No. 2 40 @ 45
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OATS No. 2 20 @ ' 27
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Eocs Fresh 7J4 © 8
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CHICKENS Spring per doz. . . 200 @ 300
LEMONS Choice 8 00 © 8 50
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APPLES Per bushel box. . 100 @ 125
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POTATOES New , California ,
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CROCKER'S EYESORE.
Tlio Tcnco Uullt by tho IJallroaC
About n ! N olpliT ; > or's Lot. .
Tho stranger in San Francisco win. I
goes about to view tho dwellings ot J
the rick is struck with wonder at :
singular monument which rears its un
sightly shape on Sacramento street , be
tween Taylor and Jones. On all sidci
but one it looks like an overgrown ici
house , and ao it stands within the broac
shadow of tho palatial homo of Charlei
Crocker , tho observer who does not
look beyond appearances is disposed tc
vow eternal admiration of a love foi
cooling beverages which manifests
itself by the keeping of a sheltered ice
berg so'near to one door. This con
clusion , however , is erroneous. The
other side of tho mysterous structure
tells the story. It is entirely open tt
the street , and as the eye plunges intc
it also reflects the
a genuine cul-dc-sac ,
surprising fact that there is no rool
overhead. The enclosure is no ice
house , but a mere pen , minus a gate.
It is formed by a heavy , leaden-colored
fence about twenty feet high , with a
level and continuous coping on top , and
strongly braced at short intervals on
the outside. It encloses , in fact , a
building lot , thirty-six feet wide bj -j ,
ninety long , in which a variety of ex- , - ,
uberant weeds hold riotous sway the j
year round.
About nine years ago a house stood i
there , the property of a wealthy under- '
taker named Yung. When Charles , [ I
Crocker had secured the whole of the
square plot which his residence occu- i
pies , except this parallelogram , ho waa
willing to pay dearly for it. Mr. Yung ;
knew that tho lot was worth a greai
deal more to his affluent and powerful
neighbor than to any one else. When
Mr. Crocker made him an offer he de
manded a much higher sum. After n
while the would-be-purchaser resolved
to pay the price , when he found that it
had again been raised. This experi
ence was repeated several times , Mr.
Crocker's final oiler was $20,000 , but
Yung wanted $25,000. Then the mil
lionaire found himself at the cud of hia
patience , and he registered a solemn
vow never to buy the lot from its then
owner. Futliennore , as the presence
of a dwelling so near his own mansion ,
into whose ample rooms it looked , waa
a cause of hourly annoyance , he gave
orders to haye a tallfence erected
around the lot , shutting out all view
on three sides of it. The lot was then
a good deal lower than the grounds
surrounding the Crocker mansion. Tho
fence was built almost thirty feet high ,
and intercepted every ray of sunshine
that did not descend almost vertically.
Mr. Yung may have repented of hia
obduracy , but he made no sign. Tho
vengeance of Mr. Crocker was compar
atively complete. The enemy beyond
the fence did not venture into litiga
tion , and after a year or two the house ,
which has been put in blinders , as it
were , was removed and the lot was left
vacant It was subsequently , leveled
up to the grade of the Crocker grounds.
The fence was blown down , but a new
one was erected a score of feet high.
It is still there. Charles Crocker
professes the greatest indifference as to
whether.the lot ever becomes his or
not Intimate friends , however , con
fess that it has been a sort of hated
thorn in his side , and it will probably ,
therefore , be good news to him to learn
that there is at last a pro = pcct of ita
being plucked out , and without it be
ing necessary for li'm to break his vow.
Mr. Yung , the undertaker , is dead ,
and his widow is well enough to do to
disdain the consideration of a fev
thousand dollars as a hopeful incentive
to the keeping of a persistent clutch
upon a property that is to her useless.
People on California street hill were
astonished about two weeks ago to see
the sign "For sile" posted up in lofty
conspicuousness on Mr. Crocker's dis
mal fence. The agents are a well-
known firm on Montgomery street
Inquiry at their office revealed the fact
that Mrs. R. Yung , the relict of the de
ceased undertaker , is far less exhorbi-
tant in her expectations than he was.
She asks $12,500 for the lot , which is
equal to $363 a front foot It is under
stood , however , that these figures are
far from being her ultimatum. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Advertise Your Town.
In this busy , bustling age , when
everything goes at lightning speed , the
man who sits supinely down and waits
for the procession to catch up , is apt
to find , when he wakes and rubs hia
eyes , that the procession has gone by
while he slept , and that he must do
some pretty tall running to overtake it
As with the individual , so it is with the ?
city or town. To rely upon natural
advantages is to allow those advantages '
to go unimproved , and to cultivate a
large crop of lost opportunities and
faded hopes. The man who undertakes
to do business without advertising , in
some sort , has leisure for much reverie J
and contemplation , and pleases the i
sheriff' , who is sure , sooner or later , to
form an attachment for him ; but he
does not create any sensation until the
sheriff makes a public announcement
at his expense , or the newspapers give
him a free advertisement The city
that thinks it can grow and thrive with
out the aid of judicious and persistent
advertisement , will find itself dropping
back towards the rear of the proces
sion. Texas Farm and Ranch.
Tarred Floors.
Some months ago the floors of many
Austrian garrisons were painted with
tar , and the results have proved so uni
formly advantageous that the method
is becoming greatly extended in its ap
plication. The collection of dust in
cracks is thus prevented , and a conse
quent diminution in irritative discasea
of the eve has been noticed. Cleaning
of the rooms has been greatly facilitat-
ad , and parasites are almost completely
excluded. The coating of tar is inex
pensive , requires renewal but once
yearly , and presents but one disadvan
tage , viz. , its somber color. Medical
Xcws.
A recent rain-storm In Texas is described aa
having been ' regular root-soaker and gullej- c
washer. "
