A Nice andJtrave Thing for tJie United
"
Stales Kot to Pilch Into"rier.
Washington special : Tho Critic publisher
the following interview with Congressman
Ben Butterworth of Ohio on tho Cutting
affair :
It would bo a nice and brave thing for the
United States , would it not , to pitch into
weak little Mexico , and all on account of
such a man as Cutting. Everybody who
knows Cutting , and he seems to have been
a very picturesque and well-known in
dividual in many parts of tho country , tes
tifies that ho is a dead-beat and a generally
worthless character. Instead of Cutting bo-
ing the kind of a man we should worry
about because he is imprisoned , it strikes
me that ho is one of these people tho most
welcome announcement concerning whom
would be an invitation to attend his
funeral. And I see that he says ho did not
circulate his libel on Mexican soil , but sim
ply , after printing it in his alleged news
paper in Texas , walked over the border and
casually gave a copy of it to ono of his
friends , who is proprietor of a cafe. Tho
simple fact that ho did this constituted in
the eyes of tho law as much the circulation
ol a libel as if ho had'distributed a thou
sand copies in Mexico.
I do not believe in all this bloviating
about Mexico , because we could take that
country upon our knees and spank her.
You will see that we aro not bloviating
any concerning England while ono of her
colonies is daily committing outrages upon
American citizens and causing thorn per
sonal inconvenience and also to suffer ex
tensive pecuniary losses. Wo could not
bloviate towards France or Germany ; wo
would not even bloviate towards Chili.
What a bullying and small spirit it there
fore is for us to be bloviating so extensively
towards poor Mexico.
Of course I do not think that hostilities
will grow out of our bloviating'and ii Mex
ico is able to make a good fight againt us
there would bo no bloviating.
Do you think that tho accession of the
three northern states of Mexico would be a
desirable thing for this country ?
By no means. Wo do not want a single
one of these states. We do notwant any
portion of Mexico , and any accession of
territory belonging fo her would cause us
no end of trouble and broils , if we did not
before that wipe out completely its pres
ent population. Let us rather look to our
selves. We have elements in , our popula
tion which need tho strong arm of regula-
- tion. We have plenty to do at home with
out going abroad.
It cnnnow beauthoritativelystated that
Gen. Sedgwick , of New York , goes to Paso
del Norte and Chihuahua by request of Sec
retary Bayard and in connection with the
Cutting case to secure for the department
of state fuller information in regard to tho
case.The records of Mexican courts aro
not published as are those of this country ,
and tho diplomatic channels through which
they would naturally go are roundabout
and elow , owing to tho distance between
tho scene of the trial and the capital. Gen.
Sedgwick , in addition to securing the rec
ords , will look upon the facts in the case
an&study the legal features , reporting fully
and as early as possible to Secretary Bay
ard. No further steps are contemplated
by the department until Gen. Sedg\vick
Bhall report.
ZLITXERS JOT THE OLD WORLD.
The Irish Times ( loyalist ) reiterates the
statement that Parnell will shortly become
a Roman Catholic.
The princess of Waleshas § 50,000 ayear
spending money , while the wife of tho crown
prince of Hussia has only § 25,000.
Queen. Margharita ol Italy has chosen a
woman physician , Signora Margarita
Fame , one of tho first Italian women to
study medicine. .
Gen. Boulanger , French minister of war ,
has prohibited the publication of a pamph
let giving his biography and referring to tho
scandal with which his name was connected.
Central Russia , especially tho Moscow
district , has been devastated by a tornado
and water spouts. Many buildings and
bridges and thewheatcrop were destroyed.
An imbecile widow named Leboi , residing
in St. Denis , was burned to death at tho
stage by her sons , who had endeavored to
obtain admission for her to a mad house
and failed. The woman was 60 years old
and had tho reputation of being a sorceress
The emperor of Germany's health has
been somewhat improved by his stay at
Ems , but tho aged monarch is exceedingly
irritable at times and grunts at everybody
who approaches him without special per
mission.
"Queen Elizabeth of Roumania , " says
the London Graphic , "has just brought out
two. novels 'Astra'and 'DesDeuxMondes. '
Instead of her usual nomdoguerro 'Carmen
Sylva , ' the queen signs her new works re
' ' ' ' in order to
spectfully as 'Ditto' and 'Item ,
disguise her authorship. "
The London Times censures the Protes
tants of .Belfast for their refusal to submit
to the authorities. Referring to the report
that Randolph Churchill is preparing an
Irish measure , the Times says ho will have
a long and arduous task. The nature of
the local Government proposed must de
pend ia some degree upon the attitude of
tho Irish people and possibly upon the ac
tion of the Irish convention at Chicago ,
but It is quite certain that nothing like a
statutory parliament will enter into
Churchill's scheme.
SERVICE REFOR3T.
The civil service commission contemplates
another important change in the system of
Dxamination for admission to the post-
office and custom house servicet which will
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shortly be formulated and promulgated.
It will be made in response to the desire of
the Civil Service Reform association that
local boards of examiners for admission to
the postoffice and customs service should
be composed of men who are not them
selves in the civil service. The proposed
system of independent examiners the com-
missioners do not consider practicable , so
far as they are concerned. In tho first
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place itwould require a change in the civil
service act , which provides that the exam
iners shall be taken from the civil service ,
Bnd in the second place it would necessitate
the creation of several hundred new officers.
The commissioners think that the pro
posed change in the system will effect the
same result in a betterway. Theypropose
fo have the local examiners send all the
examination papers directly to tho civil
service com missioners here , to be marked
v or graded , instead of marking or grading
them themselves , as at present. Thus , the
marking and grading will be uniform and
will not be affected by local influence. It
might not be practicable to have examina
tion papers sent from the Pacific coast to
the civil service commission for this pur
pose , but it will probably be arranged so
that they can be sent to a special board of
Examiners at San Francisco.
. . . , s , w ° Bttyrw ] xnEjruBTv
Hie Defense in the Anarchist Cotes Has ITU
Court's Attention.
The closing week ol tho great anarchist
trial opened on tho 16th. It was inBuffer-
ably hot , with scarcely a breath of fresh
air in tho court-room. Every inch of space
within tho four walls was occupied by spec
tators. Foster resumed his speech by de
claring that he was not there to defend
anarchy. When ho expressed that senti
ment Saturday he expressed tho sentiment
of his associates. Tho verdict ought not to
bo based upon tho statements of any coun
sel.
sel.This
This assertion was apparently made with
tho view of undoing tho effect of tho state
ments mado by Solomon in his opening
utterance. Foster quoted the adage'that
"Barking dogs never bite. " Spies never
concealed his sentiments ; they woro made
public timo and again through tho press.
Tho man was talkative , that could not be
disputed. There inunt be something in the
construction of tho man's brain which
made him give utterance to his wild talk.
The man loved notoriety.
Proceeding with his remarks Attorney
Foster said that the state wore making and
exploding bombs and bringing in splinters
as testimony , and for the purpose of horri
fying the jury , but there was only one issuo
in the case and that was , "Did the defend
ants destroy thclifeof PolicemanDcgnon ? "
The celebrated "revenge"circular , Mr. Fos
ter said , was simply ono of frenzied rage
and passion. Itdidnot call a meeting any
where. Whether the attack by tho police
at McCormick's was justified or not , coun
sel said ho would not inquire. It had no
connection with this caso.
Referring to tho Hay market meeting , he
said that men in times of great excitement
had a right to arm themselves and appear
in full force , but that Spies refused to speak
at that meeting'unless the objectionable
lino "arm yourself and appear in full force"
was stricken out of tho "revenge" circular.
One of the best points made by Foster
was in substantially the following language :
"The prosecution find great significance in
the publication in the Arbeiter Zeitung of
the word 'Rube , ' which they say means
rest , peace ; now when tho police arrived on
the HaymarketCapt. Ward said : 'I com
mand you in the name of the state of Illi
nois to disperse peaceably. ' To this ,
Fielden , who was speaking , answered nat
urally enough : 'Why , captain , this is a
peaceable meeting , ' or 'wo are peaceable. '
Now , should the state see anything so sig-
nificant in this remark ? The evidence
shows that the meeting was peaceable and
I say hero it was never intended to bo
otherwise. If at that moment some ono
on his own responsibility threw tho bomb
among police , and thatfact wasnotknown ,
the ' ' ' remark 'wo
word 'ruhe' and Fielden's ,
arc peaceable , ' would then have a natural
significance of the meaning on the face of
them instead of being , as the state insists ,
symbols of riot and bloodshed. " _
Foster , after enlarging upon this feature
of the case , and declaring that the evidence
fell far short of proving that the Haymar-
kct meeting had any connection with a con
spiracy to attack tho police , devoted con
siderable time to , consideration of the
testimony of John Bernett , as approved ,
to that of Harry L. Gilmore. Bernett ,
Foster showed , had been interviewed by
the state. He had been shown a picture of
Schnaubelt , and upon honestly declaring
that he could not recognize it as that of the
bomb thrower , was allowed to go. Ho
could serve the state as a witness. Called
by the defense Bernett swore that the
bomb was thrown from a point fat enough
from that fixed by the prosecution to over
throw the theory , based on Gilmore's testi
mony , that Spies lit the fuse of the bomb
and that the bomb was thrown by Schnau
belt from the mouth of Crane's alley.
Mr. Foster ridiculed the idea that seventy
or eighty men , who met at 54 Lake street ,
were organized to overthrow the govern
ment. If that was their purpose they
ought to be tried for insanity , and not for
murder. Anarchy , the speaker asserted ,
would never rule in this country.
The counsel characterized as false and
unreasonable the testimony of the witness
Thompson , who asserted that he had heard
Schwab and Spies , in the mouth of Crane's
alley , whisper about pistols and police.
All this story was to give the jurors the
horns of a dilemma , so that if they could
not convict by taking one they could take
tho other.
BRIEFS JJF THE WIRE.
The bishop of Metz is dead.
Cholera has appeared at Carniola , ,
Austria.
An oil train was burned at Easton , Pa. ;
loss , § 50,000.
Russia has an American in jail for spread
ing Jewish heresies.
Cattle in Northern Montana are suffering
from lack of grass.
Turkey will stand byPrinco Alexander in
case of further trouble.
The pope is seeking information concern
ing mission work in China.
Hon. T. C. McRae , of Arkansas , has been
renominated for congress.
The Pennsylvania democratic convention
declared in favor of tariff revision.
Thomas and Daniel Ryan , of Chicago , are
accused of murdering their father.
De Freycinct protests against tho ap
pointment of a papal nuncia to China.
Two persons were killed and seven in
jured in'a railroad accident at Brattleboro ,
Vt.
Vt.R.
R. W. Pierce , of Milwaukee , says very lit
tle green pine was destroyed by the forest
fires.
fires.The
The pope acknowledges the receipt of
"Peter's pence" from , the St. Joseph , Mo. ,
diocese.
As the president of Uruguay was entering
a Montevideo theater he was shot at by an
assassin , who was at onco lynched by the
crowd.
Chauncy F. Black , of York county , Pa. ,
was nominated for governor by the state
democratic committee at Harrisburg on
the first ballot.
Jacob Gaudour , the American oarsman ,
and William Beacht the Australian sculler ,
have signed articles to row a race on the
Thames on Sept. 18 , for 1,000 pounds a
side.
side.The
The ninth annual convention of the
American Bar association was held at
Saratoga on the ISth. Shepard Barclay ,
of Missouri , and Charles F. Manderson , o
Nebraska , are members of the general coun
cil.
The Pennsylvania state democratic
ticket is as follows : For governor , Chawney
Black ; lieutenant-governor , Robert Bruce
Ricketts ; congressman at large , Maxwell
Stevenson ; secretary of internal affairs , J.
Simpson Africa ; auditor , A. J. Brennau.
A young colored lady entered a Fredricton ,
N. B. , store and asked for a pair of flesh-col
ored stockings. The clerk immediately pass
ed her down an assortment of black ones , and
ever since he has been expecting an invitation
to seek another situation.
What is Set Forth by the Department of Agri
culture *
The agricultural department has issue
its crop report for August. EegardingMin
nesota , the report says : "The corn crop
at this timo promises a largo yield in thU
state , as also tho early amber cane. , Ir
some portions of the state the wheat pros
pects aro very promising , in others les
favorable in consequence of dryweathe
and insects. Tho weather during tho hay
ing season and thus far during tho harvest
ing of tho grain has been very favorable tc
the farmer. "
The reports of Illinois nresummarized as
follows : "Tho growing crops that were not
nearly or quite matured in the early par
of tho season are seriously injured by'thi
prevailing dry weather of July. Earlj
planted corn is now filling well , and th
late planted is stunted in growth. Insom
of the fields tho lower leaves on the stalks
are fired and dried up , often extending
above the shoots. Under these influences
tho average condition of the crop has
declined since July 1. The ab
eenco of rain has made it favor
able for tho harvesting of small grain
and hay. Spring wheat shows a slight re
duction owing to insects and dry weather ,
but will not fall far short of the expecta
tions of a month ago. The oat crop hai
suffered from like causes , and has ripenec
prematurely. It is light and chaffy , ant
has lost eight points as compared with the
condition of July 1. The condition o
timothy hay is the same as that of lasl
year at the same date , while clover hay
shows a decided improvement in quantity
and quality as compared with the corre
sponding date for 1883. Pastures are so
dry in some localities as to be readily sel
on fire by sparks from the passing railroad
engines , and several instances have been
reported where fires that have originated
in that way have communicated with
shocks on the stubble fields and stacks on
the meadows , destroying considerable
quantities of grain.
The summary of crop conditions for Da
kota is very full and interesting. It is as
follows : "Tho month of July has been a
trying one upon the crops , a severe drouth
beginning in June extending over nearly
portion of tho territory , has held undis
puted sway until the last week of the
month , when , with the local showers , light
at first , but becoming heavier and more
frequent until August 1 , it can be said that
the great drouth is broken , although there
are localities where they have not been re
lieved by the rain. The drouth was accom
panied by excessive heat , the temperature
registering 109 in the shade in many locali
ties , and as if the elements had conspired
to defeat the crop the much dreaded hot
winds prevailed for several days with their
blighting influences. The Red river valley
did not suffer as much with the heat as the
country did elsewhere. West from tho cen
ter of Barnes county to the. Mississippi
river the drouth was very severe and the
damage correspondingly large. Where tho
soil was light or inclined to be sandy crops
suffered most. There are localities scat
tered pretty much over the territory that
were favored with a shower at an oppor
tune time , in which the wheat will make a
good yield. "
In Southern Dakota there is quite a scope
of country where there arc fair crops of
wheat. It is proven that where there is a
fair quantity of moisture in the soil when
the seed is sown it requires but little rain
to produce a large yield of wheat. Hot
winds caused much injury to wheat in Cen
tral Dakota. Heavy hail storms occurred
in Northern Dakota during the last of the
month. They destroyed the grain in a
large tract of country , estimated at 1,000-
000 bushels. Some of the best fields of
river country wore devastated by hail.
Wheat is about all cut in South Dakota
and threshing commenced. It is too early
to judge of the yield from this source. The
farmers who have threshed generally reply
that it is yielding better than expected.
MR. EGAlf REMEMBERED.
His Friends Present Him With a JBeattlifUl
Service of Plate.
A largo meeting was held at the artillery
armory in Chicago on the evening of tho
20th , to hear addresses by Michael Davitt
and the Irish parliamentary delegates. The
interesting feature of the evening was the
presentation to ex-President Egan , of the
Irish National league , of a beautiful service
of plate from his friends in Ireland. The
presentation was accompanied by an ad
dress , signed.by nearly three hundred lead
ing Irishmen , from which the following ex
tract is taken to explain the cause of the
" return to Ire
presensation : "Upon your
land , last December , after a prolonged poli
tical exile , many of the foremost citizens
of Dublin were desirous of entertaining you
a * a public banquet to testify the affection
ate cordiality with which your fellow citi
zens were eager to welcome you home.
That intention was laid aside in deference
to your emphatic intimation that , scour
ged as Ireland , was with coercion , and
darkenedwith hideously familiar shades
of famine , the moment was not one in
which you could bo a party to fes
tivities in your honor. While yielding
to your wishes in this respect it was found
impossible to repress the anxiety of your
friends to take some method signalizingthe
gratitude and esteem which you have earned
trom your countrymen bjr life-long services ,
as modestly given as they were priceless to
the Irish cause. Without any public inti
mation of the object , friends from every
part of Ireland sought participation in the
compliment. They have made us the
medium of tending to you the accompany
ing service of plate , more valuable in your
eyes because wrought by Irish hands. We
beg-your acceptance of the gift as a pledge
of your countrymen's appreciation of your
sterling qualities as an Irishman and
friend. "
In the course of his reply accepting the
; ift Egan said : "I beg you , sir , to convey
to the numerous signers of the address and
donors of this presentation my warmest
thanks and my assurance that in the
future , as in the past , in whatever part I
may be called upon to take in the national
movement , my every effort shall be directed
toward keeping the green flag of Ireland
nailed to the mast until the not-far distant
lay when we shall see it wave over an
[ rish parliament on College Green , making
! aws for a prosperous and happy Irish na
tion. "
CATTLE TO JiE CREMATED.
Ottawa ( Ont. ) dispauch : The depart
ment of agriculture has received advices
Tom tho dominion live stock inspector to
the effect that the entire shipment of cattle
recently made from Scotland to Canada ,
now in quarantine at Quebec , is afflicted
with pleuro-pneumonia , and orders will be
; iven that the entire lot be slaughtered
and cremated at once. The shipment con
sisted of fifty-seven head of. full-blood Gal
loways , owned by Hector McCrae , of Mon
treal , recently purchased in Kirkend ,
Brightshire , Scotland , and valued at $15-
300. There are also 300 other cattle be-
onging to Andrew Allen , of Montreal ; J. J.
Hill , of St. Paul , Minn. ; Senator Cochranc ,
jf Hillhurst , Canada , and W. Dawes , of
Lachine , Quebec. Of this lot the greater
aart are black polled cattle , for which high
Sgures were paid. The whole 357 head are
valued at § 300,000. All must be sacri
ficed , as those not now down with the dis
ease have been exposed during shipment.
The postofllco department , with tho view
of affording tho public additional facilities
for correspondence by mail , has completed
arrangements for issuing a combined lette
sheet and stamped envelope of a pattern
which can bo readily understood and used
It is styled a "letter sheet envelope , " an
is of only ono denomination two cents ,
For the present at least it ia deemed exp&
dient by tho postmaster-general to confin
the issue ol the letter sheet envelope to a
few of the principal offices. Tho conlrac
under which the envelopes aro furnished tc
the government provides that they sha'
bo transported , free of charge to tho gov
eminent from New York , tho placo of man
ufacture , to any postoffice in the United
States to which they may be ordered , anc
also that the department shall pay th
contractors only for such letter'sheet en
veldpes as may bo sold. These envelope :
will be sold for three cents a single sheet
two sheets for five cents ; pads of twenty
five sheets 58 cents , 100 sheets for § 2.40.
Acting Secretary of tho Treasury Fair
child has issued a call for § 15,000,000 of J
per cent bonds to mature on Oct. 12 next
The bonds included in this call are as fo
lows : § 50 , original No. 104 to 123 , botl
inclusive ; . § 100 , originalNo. . 1,522 t
1,677 , both inclusive ; § 500 , original No
650 to 728 , both inclusive ; § 1,000 , orig.
inal No. 4,207 to 4,996 , both inclusive
§ 10,000 , original No. 10,248 to 11,063 ,
both inclusive. Total. § 15.000,000.
Tho president left Washington on th
IGth'for his summer vacation in the Adi
rondack mountains , accompanied by Mrs ,
Cleveland , Mrs. Folsom and Mrs. Lamont ,
When the president appeared on tho por
tico of tho white house to take his car
riage he was confronted by a small partj
of tourists from Kentucky , who paid hfm
their respects. The president shook hand
with each of them and as the carriage
rolled away the people on the portico
most of whom were ladies , waved their
handkerchiefs and shouted a hearty
"Goodbye. " The party occupied a specia
car , tendered by tho directors of the Dela
ware & Hudson River railway company to
o presi dent during his absence. Any
public business requiring his inimediat (
consideration will be brought to his atten
tion by cabinet officers.
The postmaster-general has issued a cir
cular of information and instruction to
postmasters concerning and preparatory
to putting into operation on Oct. 1st tho
act of Aug. 4 , 1SSG , authorizing the exten
sion of the general delivery system to all
postofiiccs and to all mailable matter.
The circular provides that every postoffice
in the United States and territories and
District of Columbia , now established , and
which will be established while the foregoing
act remain * , is hereby designated as special
delivery offices. These regulations take
effect Oct. 1 , 1S8G , after which date every
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postmaster will be held responsible for the
immediate delivery of every article of mail-
able matter , which may be received , ad
dressed to his office , properly stamped with
a special delivery stamp. Such immediate
delivery must be made when tho article is
directed to an addressee residing , or having
a place of business , within one mile of the
pos'toffice. The circular is a long one , and
fully * explains every detail of the new sys
tem ? ? * Every complaint of failure to com
ply with the provisions of the act will
promptly be investigated and the response
bility followed with proper consequences.
DOES CHINA MEAN WAR ?
A. Report that the Celestial Government Will
Force Indemnity front the United States.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Aug. 19. An after
noon press dispatch to-day from London an
nounces that the Chinese government is
making active preparations for military opera
tions. The dispatch mentions as part evi
dence of this assertion that the Chinese min
ister at London had bought for his govern
ment 200,000 rifles of modern pattern for the
use of the Celestial infautry. This rather
curious piece of news has started a story
here to-night which has at least the
quality of novelty if not of plausibility , that
the Chinese government is making prepara
tions to enforce its demand for indemnity
upon the United States government for
damages to Chinese subjects at the Rock
Springs ( Wyoming ) riot ami massacre. It is
still too fresh to "be forgotten that the late
Chinese minister , Chin Lau Pin , made a per
emptory demand for 6147,000 as the amount
of damages suffered by his people by the
Rock Springs riot. A bill for this purpose
was reported favorably from the foreign
affairs committee , but Chairman Belmont
failed to get it through the house , although'
the bill was on the calendar three months
before the adjournment The pigtail dip
lomats had frequently "intimated" in their
serial intercourse with representatives of
other governments here that if congress did
not grant the indemnity the only course
left to his celestial highness would be to
make prey of American property in
China and invite responsibility for what
might follow. The government at Pekin has
doubtless been apprized by its vigilant repre
sentative here of the threatened rupture be
tween the United States and Mexico , and it is
assumed that this is thought by the Celestial
government to be a favorable time for a
hostile demonstration against American
interests in China , It'was fair to
issuine that the peremptory demand
by Secretary Bajard for the release
of the American citizen who is held to be
illegally deprived of his liberty , followed as
it has been by the failure ol the Mexican
government to comply with it , would lead
soon to aggressive operations , and it was
also fair to assume that a nation with one
light on Its hands , siiid nothing much to
3ght with , would not be in shape to cam-
on another fight at the same time. This looks
ike cue of the ways that are dark , if not a
irick that is vain , of the heathen Chinese.
There may be nothing in this talk ; it is going
on iu well-iufoi mud Circles to-night , btit it is
not a miss to bear in minil that pig-tail
diplomats are no slouches , and TV ill bear
matching.
THE OHIO DEMOCRATS.
The platform adopted by the Ohio demo
cratic state convention congratulates the
country that the party has been restored
to power and that the promises of its
eaders and the hopes of its followers are
3eing realized. It expresses sincere sorrow-
it the loss of the country by the death of
3urbin Ward and Samuel J. Tilden , the
atter who was for many years the leader
) f the democracy of America. The resolu-
iious also deeply lamnnt the death of Hen-
Iricks , McClellan , Horatio Seymour and
5eneral Hancock. The platform reaffirms
he principles laid down by the national
lonvention on the just revision of the ex-
sting tarifflaws. Thepolicy of paying out
; he surplus revenue is heartily approved.
Dhe platform demands that both gold and
silver , as established by the constitution ,
shall be maintained as the basis of our
noney system , and denounces the attempt
; o change the measure of values from gold
and silver to gold alone as an act of mon
strous injustice.
_ , XV OPERAXLOyOCXOBER IS.
Xhe Special Delivery Service Shortly , to be
Inaugurated-
k
The postmaster general has issued a cir
cular of information and instruction to
postmasters concerning and preparing to
putting into operation , on October 12 , the
act of August 4 , 18SG , authorizing the ex
tension of tho special delivery system to
all postoffices , and to all mailable matters.
The circular provides that every postofllco
in tho United States and territories and
the District of Columbia , now established
and which shall bo established while tho
foregoing acts remain , is hereby designated
as a special delivery office. These regula
tions take effect October 1 , 1SSG , after
which dajo every postmaster will bo held
responsible for tho immediate delivery of
every article of mailable matterv/hich may
bo received addressed to his office properly
stamped with a special delivery stamp.
Such immediate delivery must bo made
when tho article is directed to an addressee
residing orhaving a place of business within
ono mile of the postoffice. The obligation
to so deliver does not extend to an ad
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dressee beyond that distance , but tho post
master will b o at liberty to mako such de
livery beyond such limits and receive com
pensation thpreforas in any othercase. It
is commended to him as a proper and con
siderate thing tobedoneinaccommodation
of tho sender whenever it is reasonably con
venient. Thehours within which immediate
deliveryslmllbemadeshall be at least from !
7 a. m. to 7 p. m. , and further , until the ar
rival of tho last mail , provided that such
arrivalbe not later than 9 p. m. Post-
mastcid are not required to make delivery
of special delivery matter on Sunday , but
will be at libevy , however , to deliver spe-
* ial delivery letters and parcels arriving on
Sunday. Such immediate delivery may , at
third and fourth-class offices , bo made by
the postmaster himself , by an assistant or
clerk , or. by any other competent person
ho may employ as messenger. The service
contemplated by the law requires that all
special delivery matter nhall reach the ad
dresses with the greatest possible expedi
tion after it arrives at the postoffice. Post
masters should .open all matter at once on.
their arrival and immediately separate
matter bearing the special delivery stamp ,
and stamp or write on the envelope or
wrapper the name of the office and tha
date and hour when the matter arrives.
Next the matter must be numbered , after
which it must bo delivered without loss of
time. For every special delivery article
delivered the postmaster must take a re
ceipt. After a special delivery article has
been taken out for delivery and has been
returned with the information that tho
person addressed has removed to the de
livery of another office and the article is
then forwarded , it is not to be regarded
as entitled to special delivery at
the second ofiice. Registered matter
will be entitled to special delivery
tho same as ordinary matter when bearing
a special delivery stamp in addition to tho
full postage and registry fee required by
law and the regulations. No effort will be
spared by postmasters or any other officer
to expedite the mailing of matter bearing
special delivery stamps. Tho words
"secures immediate delivery at special de
livery ofiico" will , however , be changed to
read "secures immediatb delivery at any
postoffice , " on the special delivery stain ;
now in general use. The uso of the stamps
with the fewer words will be continued un
til the present supply is exhausted. Suita
ble supplies of the special delivery stamps
will be sent to any postofHce in the coun
try , which may make requisition for them ,
and are to be sold by postmasters in any
amount , and to any person who may ap
ply for them , but they can be used only for
the purpose of securing the immediately de
livery of matter. Under no circumstances
are they to bo used in tho payment of post
ages of any description , or of the registry
feC , nor can any other stamps be employee
to secure special delivery stamps. The
special delivery stamp must be in addition
to the lawful postage , 'and any article oi
first-class matter not prepaid with at leasl
one full rate of postage , and any parcel ol
any other class of postage on which has
not been fully prepaid , in accordance with
the law and regulations must be treated as
held for postage , even though bearing a
special delivery stamp. Postmasters al
fourth class offices are not entitled to com
missions on the special delivery stamps on
letters and parcels mailed by them. No
failure in any instance where delivery is
possible can be considered excusable.
Every complaint of a failure in such a de
livery will be promptly investigated and
the responsibility fixed , with proper conse
quences. No office , however small the of
fice , which on tho 1st of October , . 188G ,
may bo free delivery offices , are hereby ex-
cepted from the operations of the above
order , so far as the same prescribes the
methods of immediate delivery , and at all
such free delivery offices the special delivery
system will be maintained through the em
ployment of a regular force of messengers ,
as at present , and postmasters at such
offices will continue to be governed by the
regulations in the circulars of August 11 ,
1880. pnblibhcd in the "Postal Guide" for
January , 1886 , and by the instructions
issued in pursuance thereof , except as the
same as herein modified. Postmasters are
not required' to make delivery of special
delivery matter on Sunday , but will be at
liberty to deliver special delivery letters
and parcels arriving on Sunday. The law
deciiles that the postmaster-general may
contract for the immediate delivery of all
articles from any pobtoilice at any price
less than S cents per piece when he shall
deem it expedient. " Postmasters at free
delivery offices will , therefore , forward any
propositions from corporations or other
reputable parties for performing tho imme
diate delivery of mail matter at their re
spective offices , with a statement of all
facts and such recommendations as they
may &ee proper to make.
EILI.ED 21T HIS SOA"
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Aug. 20. The Times'1
special from Steeleville , Mo. , says : Near
Osage , in the southeastern part of Crawford
county , lived Elburton Clouts and his aged
father , Albert Clouts , and his brother George.
For twb years an old family feud has caused
laiv suits and troubles that went to make up
deadly ill feelings , particularly against Elbur
ton Clouts.
Tuesday George and his father were at Mac-
Farrar's , near Osage , when Elburton rode up
and he and George became involved in a
heated quarrel. George iinallr seized Elbur-
ton's mule by the nose when the latter drew
his pistol and struck George in the head and
shot his father in the abdomen. The old
man died in a few hours. George was not
dangerously wounded.-
Elburton is now here under arrest and
claims that the shooting was purelv accident
al and that the lick he struck Geo'rse in the
head with the pistol caused its discharge ,
shooting the old man accidentally.
The old man , however , makes a dving state
ment that his son had shot him "before be
struck George in the head and that he believ
ed Elburton meant to kill either him or
George. \
The Clouts fanilv is one of the oldest and
most reepected-in the county.
AN ASSASSEPS END. "
MONTEVIDEO , Aug. IS. As the president of
the republic was entering a theater last night
a miscreant fired a revolver almost pointblank
at his head. The ball entered the president's
cheek , inflicting a slight wound.
The infuriated crowd attacked the assassin
and maltreated him so terribly that he died [
shortly afterward.
IN A HOGSHEAD THIS TIME.
Buffalo dispatch : Two morb''men came
to light to-day who intend tho 22d inst. to
mako tho journey through tho whirlpool j |
rapids. Tho notoriety seekers this tima
are Frank L. Promo , a painter of East
Buffalo , and Frederick M. Becker , a fore
man for tho street-cleaning contractor.
Their boat is to bo an old beer hogshead
which has been in a brewery cellar for fif
teen years. It is fivo feet two inches high ,
and the heads aro four feet six inches in di
ameter. It is made of two-inch oak staves ,
with heads of tho samo thickness , and is
bound by eight hoops. Threo inches back
of each bend is sot a second head of two-
inch hemlock. Tho hogshead when in the
water will lie horizontally. Three-quarters j
of it will DO occupied by a box fitted t
hold 1,500 pounds of sand ballmt. Th * . '
top of this box will bo an incline on which
the men will rest , and which will be cush
ioned , as will the sides and top of the hogs
head. Tho conventional manhole will also
bo cut in tho top , ami several windows two
inches in diameter will bcinserted. "These
fellows have been going down there with all j
their fancy rigging , " said Prcmo , "and now j
we will show peoplo that they can go
through in a washtub. " Tho hogshead
boat is now almost completed , and will be
tested early next week. -
THE PATRIOT'S
At the Chatnuqua ( X. Y. ) assembly tho
Rev. Edward Everett Hale , of Boston , lec
tured in the amphitheater on the "Human
Side of Washington. " The lecturer said ho |
would try to enable the audience to appro- |
ciatc tho fact that Washington was a real' 4
man and , not ndcmi-god. Washington was
singularly human. Tho real Washington
bought lottery tickets and had a habit of
falling in love , and was greatly troubled }
because tho young woman would not fall in -
love with him. Ho was a bad smeller ; he
traded horses always to his own advan
tage , and ho was the richest American ol
his day. Lord Fairfax brought up Wash
ington to become a thorn in the ilesh o !
George.III.
Tho lecturer had no doubt that the-
hatchet story was true and Washington 1
was a-man of principle and honor and in " j
the time of the .stamp act was recognized
as the Virginia patriot. He was as talka-
tivn among friends as Grant , but as silent
as he was in hc presence of reporters. lie
asked a blessing at tho table ; he had his
mug of beer and his glass of wine , and was
a healthful , cheerful , active man who en
joyed life as if it were worth living. Ho
had great passions but he held them in
magnificent control. He had home faint
idea of the American of to-day.
IRISH-AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago special : Patrick Egan was asked
to-day if he would again accept thcposition
of president of tho Irish-American National
league. "No , sir , " was his reply ; "I have f
set my foot down about that. You are j
probably awaro of the fact that I tendered
my resignation at tho committee meeting
last January , but was forced to retain it
until the convention. I am extensively en
gaged in tho corn business , and I find it ab
solutely necessary to resign the presidency
in order to pay more attention to personal
matters. Secretary I. P. Sutton , of Omaha ,
will also resign. Ho was elected last Janu
ary. "
"Will Dr. O'Reilly , of Detroit , retain the
treasuryship ? "
"We would all be very glad to prevail on
him to do so. I don't know how that will
be. "
Mr. Egan did not have any idea as to
who his probable successor will be , but it is
said that Chicago will make an effort to
have a Chicago man elected to the presi
dency , and that either Alexander Sullivan
or John Finertv will be the man.
DECIDED TO HE INVALID.
Mr. H. L. Muldrow , acting secretary of
the interior , has affirmed a decision of.
Commissioner Sparks regarding some pine
lands in the Duluth land district , from
which an appeal was taken. In 1SS4 nine
teen persons filed pre-emption entries on
pine timber lands at the Duluth land office.
When they came around to prove up
Special Agent Eaton was in the office and
put the claimants through a cross-exami-
nntion , in the course of which the entry
men confessed that they had not made the
entries for themselves , but were hired to
make thorn by C. E. Brown , a member of
the John Martin lumber company. Subse
quently persons who had taken mortgages
on tho entries from nine of the claimants
applied to have certificates issued in order
to protect them. Singularly enough , the
register and receiver recommended to tho >
general land office that the certificates bo *
issued. Commissioner Sparks decided that
the mortgagees could have no better claim
than the entry men , and the latter had
confessed that they had no valid claim.
Mr. Mnldow's decision of the appeal affects
the claims of mortgagees of nineof theentry
men , but the caserf of the other ten are
similar , and will be decided in thesamo
way. '
"THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 57 @ 57&
BARLEY No. 2 50 @ 52
RYE No. 2 37 @ 37&
CORN No. 2 mixed 28J ( @ 2SJ
OATS No. 2 20 @ 20"g
BUTTEK Choice table 13 @ 15
BUTTER Fair to good 10 @ 11
Ecus Fresh 9 ( n ) 9
CHICKENS Old per doz 2 00
CHICKENS Spring per doz. . . 2 00
LEMONS Choice , perbox. . . 9 50
APPLES Choiceperbbl 2 50
BEANS Navys 140
ONIONS Per barrel 3 50
POTATOES Per bushel 40
TOMATOES Per bu. box 1 50
WOOL Fine , per Ib 10
SEEDS Timothy 2 20
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 30
HAY Baled , per ton 5 50
HAY In bulk GOO @ 700
HOGS Mixed packing 4 35 @ 4 55
BEEVES Choice steers 420 @ 435
SHEEP Fair to good 2 00 @ 3 50
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red 8-T4@ S3
WHEAT Ungraded red 81 @ 89
CORN No. 2 51k@ 52
"
OATS Mixed western 33 @ 3G
Pome. 10 50@10 75
LARD 730 @ 735
CHICAGO.
FLOCK Winter 4 0. @ 410
FLOUR Patents 4 30 @ 4 GO
WHEAT Perbushel 7GM@ 77
COKN Per bushel 43 " @ 45
OATS Per bushel 2G ; < @ 27
PORK 9 G2' ' @ 9 G5
LARD 7 30" @ 7 32&
Hoes Packing shipping. 4 75 @ 5 00
CATTLE Stackers 2 40 @ 3 50
SHEEP Natives 3 50 @ 4 25
ST. LOUIS.
\YHEAT No. 2 red 77 @ 78
CORN Perbushel 40 @ 43) )
OATS Pec bushel 25 @ 27 ,
Hoes Mixed packing 4 50 @ 4 85
CATTLE Stackers 325 @ 4 10
SHEEP Common to choice 3 00 @ 4 00
KANSAS CITY.
IViiEAT Perbushel 65 @ 65VC
COH.V Per bushel 34 @ 34&
OATS Per bushel 27J " @ 28
CATTLE Stackers 2 30 @ 2 75
Iocs Good to choice. 4 80 @ 4 95
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 75 @ 4 58