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ST. PAUL. THURSDAY, JUNE IS. 1385.

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ISD. C, June 17, 10p. m.-Observations

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'^Stations. -JBarTTherjW^£T^aul T3feuJs 66 |SW Clear,

fiCrossed 30.07 63 W C ear._____?•." :. ».W »* s S88 *:Ft Garrv . ~ 89-80 64. IS Clear.

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NE Clear.Albany '. 30.11 "°NE Clear.,

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Galveston 30.05 83 S Fair.NewOrleans 30.05 83 |E .[car.SS:::::: :!« S cak.ciearcincinntiu

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Nashville 30.12 69 X_ Fair.Cleveland ;30.15 59 SE Ueai.Chicago 30.16 6o E ear.

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"30.085 rUT" 70.0 ''\u25a0 SW Clear.

Maximum thermometer, 79.7:thermometer, 51.0; daily range, 28.7.; .

River—Observed height, 7.2 feet; rise intwenty-four hours, 0.4 ofa foot.

Note— Barometer corrected for tempera-

ture and elevation. P- F. L*°**Sergeant Signal Corps, U. fa. A.

INDICATIONS.Washington, June 18, la. m.— the

Upper Mississippi valley: Fair warmerweather, variable winds, generally shitting

south. For Missouri valley: Fair and warmerweather, followed bylocal rains and southerly

winds; fallingbarometer.

THE MARKETS.The stock market yesterday was somewhat

active in the morning and moderately irregu-

lar during the day, but at no time was there

anything of special interest in the work ofthe day. At Chicago the wheat market was

steady and quiet with a decline of%c. At

St. Paul it was quiet and unchanged. At

Minneapolis wheat was l%c higher.

NUB of the NEWS.

The grand juryis in session.

The Milwaukee & St. Paul earnings are in-creasing. "

Flour rates from Minneapolis are fairlymaintained. -Jj_L

The State Medical society will meet to-dayat the capitol.

A Minneapolis pick-pocket narrowly es-caped lynching.

Burglars secured about $100 from a safe inAlbert Lea, Minn. '

The Minneapolis high school held its firstclass day exercises.

The majorityof the new Conservative min-istry is announced.

The principal consulates were disposed ofby Secretary Bayard.

The queen will insist upon Gladstone ac-cepting an earldom.

Middleton has been on a wild goose chasein hunting Big Bear.

A Maryland farmer was stung by severalhundred wasps and died.

Chauncey M.Depew was elected presidentof the New YorkCentral.

The powder magazine at Pueblo, Cal., ex-ploded, killingtwo persons.

A Chicago Democrat who calls the presi-dent "Grove" wants an office. y',-.

The State Association of Pharmacists closedits two-days' session with a banquet.

Washington Butcher's Sons' pork packingestablishment inPhiladelphia burned. .

The annual meeting ofthe Minnesota Trans-fer directors was held and officers elected.

Representatives of the Minneapolis Turn-ers have gone to the turufest at Newark, N. J.

The Minnesota & Northwestern route toChicago via its connections will be 483 mileslong. y.1 :'

The transcontinental pool is prolonged bythe lines agreeing to the percentagesawarded.

Articles ofincorporation of the WisconsinRailway & Navigation company were filed atMadison. __^

The passenger agents of the Eastern trunklines will pay no more commissions to brokersat Chicago.

John B. Stallo of Ohio was appointed min-ister to Italy, and Bayless Hanna to theArgentine Republic.

The delegations from St. Paul and Minne-apolis to the national encampment of the G.A. R. have started East.

Additional particulars of the storm in lowashow that in one section several more liveswere lost and many injured. •

Last week's output of flour from the Min-neapolis mills was the smallest on record,48,512 barrels for the week.

Gen. Grant is considered in a very danger-ous condition. - Dr. Sands was telegraphedfor, and he left New York last night.

The Minneapolis ' Millers* associationspassed resolutions of respect to the memoryofthe late manager, Mr. R. M. Hubbard.

Cattle kings called on Commissioner .Col-man to inquire about an office. Finding thesalary attached to be only $2,500, they leftindisgust. T-=-y ,

A coroner's jury held the Minneapolis &St. Louis Railway company responsible forthe accident in which James Hurly was fa-tally injured.

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GRANT AT M'GREGOR.There is a diversity of opinion among

medical men as to whether sleep-in?? with open windows is .: bene-ficial or; injurious. Popular hygien-

-ists assert that night air is noty injur-ious, and that persons are not so liable totake cold' who sleep with their windowsopen during the night time. On the otherRide it is argued thai the body is more sen :sitive to the changes of the atmosphere dur-ing sleeping hours than at any other time. Itis well \u25a0known- that the bodily temperaturesinks slightly during sleep; the physiologi-cal functions; act with diminished activity,and hence the resistance of the economy" tomorbid influences is proportionately les-sened.' The discussion is likely to be revivedby the .' eifiwtybad upon Gen. -Grant bysleeping with. open windows at the Drexel

' cottage <>» il:)imt' McGregor. If be hn- :

proves Vit willbe claimed as a victory '. bythose who advocate the practice ofsleepingin rooms withopen windows. . If he sinksrapidly the other, side will charge the de-cline in his condition to the injurlousnessof night air. At the elevation of themountain top the Illustrious -patient ' is notexposed to the noxious influences which aremore potent in lower altitudes, yStill he ismore exposed' to' the chill of"the night airand /the sudden changes - of temperaturewhich are more likely to occur in themountains than 'in" the valleys, . These aredangerous to a delicate person, and itmustbe recognized •. that a , great risk was runwhen Gen. Grant was removed to MountMcGregor. The fatigue of the journeyhad its weakening effect, and he Is lessable to, resist the changed influences homust encounter than he was ' in his NewYork home. The country will await withanxiety for the next few days to knowwhat the exact effect of the change willbe.

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NEW YORK POLITICS.The Albany Times says that both politi-

cal parties iiiNew York are just now in astate of perplexity as to how to get backthe votes they lost

;. last fall. The Republi-can party is in the worse muddle ofthe two.It lost last year not only the Mugwumps,whose numerical value cannot be estimatedon any basis whatever which will tend toaccuracy; tho Prohibition Republicans, whomay bo set down at 20,000, and a largehandful of Stalwarts, probably estimated at5,000. The return of these recalcitrantsmay be influenced largely by the nomina-tions made on both sides. A large majorityofthe Prohibitionists have evidently goneinto a party of their own to stay, havingshown their strength, somewhat to theirown astonishment and certainly to their en-couragement, by increasing their vote inthe state from 1,500 „ 1880 to 25,000 in1884. lt is quite probable that they willcontinue their party organization, as theold Free Soil and Republican party did,through many years of defeat, with thehope of eventual success. The Stalwartsno doubt were influenced in their oppositionlast year chiefly by Blame's personal candi-dacy and may return to the party in anyevent. Yet it would be a very unwisething for the Republicans, should their con-vention nominate without considering theStalwart sentiment.

Itis believed that there is an immenseamount of latent stalwartism in the party,somewhat increased by the defeat of Mr.Morton for senator in November. Thereis no telling what the Mugwumps would dounder any circumstances, but if they hadenough sensibility to resent insult theywould never vote the Republican ticketagain. Trie Elmira Advertiser, one ofthemost influential Republican papers in thestate, says very frankly that the Republicannominee this year ' must be a man who hasstood by his party all the time and favorsno concessions to the Mugwumps. Itis infavor ofthe Mugwumps forming a ticketoftheir own. Other Republican papers andRepublican organizations declare, that theMugwumps shall never be received into theparty again. This declaration is hardlynecessary. Ifthe Mugwumps left the partyfor high principle they are not likely to re-turn to it again. The loss of federalpatronage deprives the New York Republi-cans of a power that has always been madevery effective.

The Democratic problem is one of easiersolution. The 17,000 Democratic votes thatwent to Butler last fall have returned. TheSun, which was the leading organ of thedisaffected Democrats, is now training inthe front rank -of the regulars. All the

•Democratic party has to do is to nominatea straight-out non-factional ticket and vic-tory is theirs. y.'V;

mMISTAKEN SYMPTOMS.

Miss Abigail Dodge, who was onceknown as a brilliant paragraphlst, aud bet-ter known in political journalism as GailHamilton, writes from the Virginia WhiteSulphur Springs: "This is a place whereloyal feet cannot tread with grace." MissAbigailhas unquestionably mistaken herrheumatism for loyalty. She doesn't seemto 'realize that with old age comes thestiffening of joints and the difficultmotionof the body which robs it of the gracefulmovements of earlier life. Miss Dodge

must remember that a half a century in aperson's lifemakes a wonderful differencein a person's activity. Because little Abi-gail in the blithesome days of girlhoodskipped : over the rugged hills of NewEngland with the graceful motion of thegazelle, she must not expect that fiftyyearslater she can glide over the waxed floor ofawatering resort ball-room with the sameease and graceful motion that marked hergirlhood days. It; is doubtless true thatMiss Gail's feet are as loyal as any woman'scould be, but ifher feet were ever so disloyalthere would probably be the same trouble.There is nothings the matter with theground about the Virginia springs. Thereis nothing the matter with the waxed floorofthe ball-room. The whole trouble is inthe feet. No matter if they are loyal, thatdoesn't bring back the oil of suppleness tothe jointorthe grace of springiness to thetendons. ; Miss Abigailought not to loseher temper and charge the infirmities ofage to the disloyal Democracy. ' The Dem-ocratic party has done a good many thingsthat give ; Miss Gail just cause for com-plaint. Itdefeated her patron saint forthe presidency, and deprived the excellentold lady of the opportunity of bossing theWhite house and dispensing governmentpatronage. But it did not rob her of thebloom of youth, orfilch from her the grace- \u25a0

ful movements of maidenhood. Age andrheumatism are alone responsible for therebellion in her feet. Instead of soakingher feet in sulphuric acid and writing blis-tering denunciations -of - the Democraticparty, Miss Gail would find more comfortfrom wearing shoes a size or two larger anda liberal application of St. Jacob's oil. Ifthis advice ' was "followed her loyal feetcould tread Virginia soil with more gracethan at present. She -has made a wrongdiagnosis of her case.— • • ' " •I B ' .-

SECURITY REQUIRED.Mr. Watterson gives notice through

the Courier- that the tariffreformershave enlisted for the war and they are go-ing to fight it out on the old line until thereform is accomplished. He also gives no-tice that no promise of aid in this directionwill be received from Mr.Randall unlessaccompanied by bond with approved secur-ity. Mr. Watterson is of opinion thatMr. Randall's recent overtures to join atariffreform movement are only a coverunder which'he hopes to be again placed atthe head ofthe house committee on appro-priations; - It is now pretty ; well settledthat Mr. Carlisle will succeed himself ;asthe speaker of the house of representatives,"and in view of the close relations existingbetween Carlisle and Watterson thedeclarations of; the latter have a : signifi-cance. IfMr. Randall desires the chair-manship ,of - the appropriations committeeduring the next congress he may as .well begetting his bond prepared and be huntingup his bondsmen/ : The bond must be good,and strong. *'. '.'/' ' .

iiPROSECUTING THE LANDSHARKS,

\u0084 Ex-Congressman Jenks of Pennsylvaniahas been invited , . by. the interior ." depart-ment to take charge of ; the prosecution ofcases of fraudulent land entries. ; ; Investi-gations going oh in . the interior department

«are constantly: developing fresh' evidencesof: fraud and collusion in • the way. in whichimmense quantities of land have been takenup in the West. Secretary! Lamar has ex-pressed his determination to institute.im-mediate : prosecution, in every case wherefraud has been discovered and will use thecourts ; to :recover^ for the \ government allthat part of, the public^ domain which has

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been ' stolen from it. DHe : could . have se-lected no one better qualified for. the ' taskof prosecutor * than Mr. Jenks. ; Knowingthat if he should undertake :, that service hewould have a desperate ;fight on his hands',Mr,' Jenks* has made it a condition, pre-cedent to \u25a0 accepting : the , office, that- everyofficial In; the land office who is suspectedof being implicated in the frauds . shall 'beremoved. He is right about it, for if thoseland officials suspected of connivance beleftin, office the obstructions which they,and their outside associates could throw, Inhis way.would baffle all his efforts to prose-cute these claims to a successful issue.

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POLITICAL HARMONY.. President Cleveland seems to; have aclear appreciation of> the political rule ofharmony and how to promote the successof the Democratic ;\u25a0' party in states wherefactions exist. In answer toGov.PATTi-son of Pennsylvania, who had called uponhim relative to the distribution ofIfederalpatronage in that state, and, after Mr. Ran»dall and other Pennsylvania Democraticleaders had interviewed ' him on the samesubject, Mr. Cleveland said:I have now hoard all of you. I. have

learned all I could about all your factions,

and Ihave reached this determination; Yourdiffering leaders must differ no longer.Agreement is even more essential to a mi-nority than to a majority.' 'You are oh theunder side and the problem is how to get ontop. , Union only can accomplish . this. Idonot propose to give appointments to one fac-tion and make enemies not only to j myself,but to the party, out of, two or three otherfactions. I distinctly declare that until youall agree to drop strife and join hands Ishallmake no material removals in Pennsylvania.If you cannot agree Ishall listen ' to none ofyou, but shall take the matter inio my ownhands and follow my own judgment. - IfI do

that Ishall take care that no faction hascause to complain of favoritism.

Everybody will recognize this as soundlogic and judicious advice. This politicalpronuuciamento from the president refersto all the states in which factions exist inthe Democratic party. The president underthis rule will no doubt proceed to give theunited Democracy of the country good rea-son to rejoice in his appointments, andwhile he is "turning the rascals out" andputting good men in, he will render theparty invincible then fast-approachingcampaign.

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GLADSTONE'S TITLE TO NOBILITYGladstone never performed a nobler

act than when he declined to receive fromQueen Victoria an earldom. He needs notitle to add luster to his great name. Hewill go down into history as the greatestEnglish statesman of his day, who facedthe opposition of his own people in a grandpatriotic efforttopreserve the nation's honorin spite ofitself. The English people havetreated him shamefully, and their queenknows it and feels it. And yet he is greaterto-day in his republican simplicity thanQueen Victoria is inher royalty orall oftheEnglish nobility in "their envy of his pre-eminent genius. They might cover him allover with titles and garters and ribbons anddiadems, and yet he would only be. knownto fame as Gladstone, the commoner.The English queen does not possess duke-doms enough by bestowing them upon thefallen statesman to rescue her people fromthe disgrace of the indecent treatment theyhave subjected him to. Gladstonesfame is greater than England's. He belongsto the world. His knighthood is the recordof his own achievements. He will stand inhistory ryU. yy.:.Like some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form,

Swells from the vale, and midway leaves thestorm;

Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds arespread,

Eternal sunshine settles on its head.m —

' ONLY WAITING.Arecord ofGen. Grant's musings as he

sat alone on the cottage , piazza at Ma-Gregor last evening, absorbed with his ownthoughts Jwould make interesting reading.As the western winds played among thelocks ofthe invalid perhaps they recalled tohis mind reminiscences of his life on theprairies when it was a daily struggle tokeepthe wolffrom the door. Or their roaringmay have recalled the scenes of Donelsonwhere his star began to rise, or themore historic field " of Appomattox,where it reached . the zenith ofits glory. Or it ' may have beenthat his mind was seeking to explore themisty shadows of the great beyond whoseborders he is approaching. That histhoughts were of himself and of the endwhich must soon come was demonstratedby the memoranda he made immediatelyafter entering the house. Itis a very sol-emn thing to see a man who has filled thefullmeasure of earthly ambition retiringfrom the world to sit down and await, with-out power to avert, the destiny which endshis career on earth. Yet there is an ad-mirable heroism in the patient manner withwhich Gen. Grant awaits the inevitable.

When a man gets to bragging about his ancestors he is generally accorded the same lati-tude that the man who tells the fish storiesenjoys. The newspaper critics ought to letup a little on Mr. Bayard under the circum-stances. It was the first opportunity in along time that the distinguished Delawareanhad to get away from -home. And when aman-becomes a stranger in a strange landthere is nothing he is fonder of than tellingthe people among whom he is temporarily castwhat a dickens of a fellow "grandpop" was.Itgives the stranger an air of importance Inthe estimation of the natives, and is a par-donable tribute to the memory of the old manwhether he amounted to shucks or not.While Mr. Bayard's offense may not be jus-tifiable, it is certainly excusable. And besides,his little fiction was a source of infinite en-joyment to the Missourians, who set a gooddeal of store on these grandfather tales.'yyy-

mA Washington correspondent who saw

Mr. Randall in a Washington hotel the othernight says he wears a fifty-cent straw hat, a$25 business suit and a thick pair of boots,and from this evidence of plainness in dressdraws the inference that Mr. Randall isposing for 1888. Mr. Randall was never anostentatious man and always dressed withbecoming simplicity. There is Mr. Hen-dricks, who is a much older man than SamRandall, and who is fonder ofposing forpresidential nominations,' wears a silk hat, astarched collar and blacks his boots. 'It isnot safe to measure a candidate's aspirationsby the style of his dress. It Is only the manwho spits tobacco juice over his shirt frontthat is an announced candidate.

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The prize-fighter who was captured at amill in West Virginia, early in the spring, hashad his trial, and gets two years in the peni-tentiary. '•.. This is the beginning of a general

movement to break up the brutal custom.Pugilists would do well to put themselves intraining for a more respectable way of earn-ing a living. Public sentiment against prize-fighting is thoroughly aroused throughoutthe country, and there is a fulldeterminationto crush itout.'y~ V '

*\u25a0. :\u25a0•'Ninety and Nine is the song the sizzing hot

thermometers sing these days in Washington.What a comfort to

T the disappointed office-seeker of the Northwest it must be, as hedraws his blanket up over him these coolnights, to know that he doesn't have to swel-

, ter in the torrid heat of a department atWashington. ItIs better to be cool and com-fortable than to hold office and have thegrease fried out.

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-The United States has 163,940 miles oftele-graph line, or.three times as much as anyother country in the world. , Russia . comesnext with 53,736 miles. France, ; Germany,Austria and Australia all rank ahead of GreatBritain. The United States has double thenumber of telegraph [ offices ' and forwardstwice as .*many :• telegrams annually -as -anyother country on the globe. "\u25a0•'•

: \u25a0 \u25a0 —.Senator Ben Harrison of Indiana pro-

nounces Cleveland "a clear-headed, ? reso-lute man.". , ; Itwould %be'- well }fall .the Re-publican senators would drop in op the presi-dent just to find out .what a resolute man he j

is before they undertake to monkey with his-appointments next winter. .'*..-'y

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\' I*ll.; Secretary bayard and, his party, while

visiting %a ; pork \ packing , establishment : InKansas City, were weighed V and ) turned ; thescales at the figures named: Mr. Bayard, 802pounds; '; ; Senator Cockrell,' 209 ; | Senator,VEBT,'I7B, and Gov. Makmadukb, 176.

o;The Ohio Republicans have been thrown onthe defensive already. - A Philadelphia paperwants toknow who is : this ; Jake IThompsonthey are howling about so' vociferously, andthe whole cauipalgn committee are busy look-'ing overthe encyclopedias trying to find out.- f~. \u25a0.

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-; The Goddess of Liberty has at last reaohedour shores, but 'finds no place to rest herweary foot.; Amorica's hospitality has beenexceeded by France's generosity.

;-' m •'..••Partisanship is not '\u25a0 so offensive in Eng-

land as in this country or Lord .Randolph

Churchill would never, have betu thoughtof as a cabinet officer. ,'. '

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The administration mill turned out anothergood grist of consular appointments yester-day. Mr. Cleveland's mill grinds slow butexceedingly fliio. ''•*'•

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Fifteen years ago the \ net forest revenueof :British India was $250,000. j Now.it is$2,000,000. Forest culture has brought aboutthe change. y ",

i—' The council was right. St. Paul ought totryto worry along with 600 saloons.

, . ——— m :—"'..,yy y Wheat Grades.Little Falls Transcript.

. General satisfaction is expressed with thearrangement of the jgrades, but their work-ings when the next crop is marketed will de-termine their merits. It is hoped that thefree and open markets and shipping facilitiesalready assured in all parts of tho state andthe new grading rules will ,' result in doingaway with most of the reasons for complaintwhich the armors have heretofore had. ' -yy;

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Equal to Any.

Albert Lea Enterprise. ,The St. Paul Globe, under the manage-

ment of Lewis Baker, has made remarkablestrides arid equals any daily paper in theNorthwest for enterprise and news. Al-though Democratic to the core \ it is disposedto treat its opponents with '-. fairness and re-spect, and we rather admire its tone as aDemocratic • newspaper. Our Democraticfriends may be congratulated upon havingan organ worthy ofa better cause.

ADDITIONALST. PAUL NEWS.;i^';.y'At Red Rock.

Yesterday the Red Rock camp meetingcommenced, at the grounds;, about sixmiles down the river, by the introductoryservices, which commenced at 8 o'clock last ?evening, with Revs. Wagner, Van Andaand others in charge. The weather wasveryfavorable and the gathering promisesto be very large.

Astriking feature this year willbe theAmerican camp meeting. In ad-

dition, the Swedes and Norwegianswill hold meetings. One strik-ing feature will be the great unionmeeting, which will be .addressed by themost eminent Methodist divines. . The ar-rangements for the meeting include ser-mons on such subjects as Existence of God,Bible Doctrine of Depravity, Atonement,Witness of the Spirit, Sanctification, Char-acter of Christ, Personal Responsibility,Christian Education, The Sabbath, TheBible, Revelation from God, Justification,Methodism and Amusement, Christ as aTeacher, Systematic Beneficence, Phases ofModem Infidelity. y ':. The committee of arrangements -consistsof Revs. Van Anda, Wagner, Forbes, Galeand Kopp, and it is endeavoring to makethe meeting a great success. ,

The Dell Failure.

The assignment of Fred Dell & Co.,wholesale liquor dealers at No. 189 WestThird street, which was announced yester-day morning, 'appears to be considerable ofan affair. . While neither the assignor norassignee will talk, it is supposed the liabili-ties willreach -§30, 000, with assets $4,000

! or 85,000 less. • They had a very small lineof credit in this city, the bulk of their in-debtedness being in Chicago, Louisville,St. Louis, Cincinnati and Peoria. The firmbegan business in October, 1880, the "Co."being nominal.- - Mr. Dell had a good repu-tation in the trade and was reported worthabout §5,000. Peter Hoffman, the presentassignee, was admitted in February, 1881,and put $6,000 into the business. The firmhad good credit, but in August, 1883, Dellbought out his partner. The failure is duetopoor collections. v-

m A Bad Temper. \u25a0

John Oaks was unexpectedly run in lastnight on the charge of assault. Oaks was

crossing the street near the city hall when

a span ofhorses attached to a carriage con-taining the Misses King came along. Thedriver, a lad comparatively, held up to a

slow walk, but one of the horses' headcame so close to Oaks that he lost his tem-per. He grabbed the horses by the bits,jerked them around, then caught the whipout of the socket and struck the drivertwice over the head with it. He had hardlyput down the whip again when Officer Nu-gent, who noticed the whole disturbance,tapped him on the shoulder and escortedhim to the police station. He put up $25bail for his appearance in court this morn-ing. y.yVyy' '_________: . ' -.

" Public Works.. The board of public works met last even-

ing. JThe contract for the Selby. avenuegrading was awarded to Faber & Knapp, .at theirbid of $1, 160. ; The contract forthegrading of Lincoln avenue, from Oaklandto Victoria, was also awarded to Faber &Knapp at $3,950 A couple of samples ofsandstone quarried at Kettle river were ex-hibited to the board by W. H. Grant. Thestone is a light brown, and was pronouncedby the individual members of the board tobe of excellent quality. The board thenresolved itself into a committee on assess-ment. •..-•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' -'\u25a0•- . •- ' \u25a0'

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'"Minnesota Transfer Officers.; Meetings ofthe Minnesota Transfer and

St. Paul Union Depot companies were held"at the union depot yesterday. At the lat-ter meeting only business ofa routine na-ture was transacted," while at the formerofficers for the ensuing year were elected,they being as follows: J. T. Odell, presi-dent; W. H. Truesdale, vice president; H.P. Upham, treasurer; A. H. Bode, secre-tary.- Mr. 'Odell. and Mr. Truesdale suc-ceeded Messrs. E. W. Winter and Manvel.

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. Parsons, Kan., June 17.—There is nowmaking appearance in this vicinity a.scourge equal to the grasshoppers. Largefields of - corn, standing on an average ofeight inches, high, looking fresh and :greenin the morning, before night become with-ered and dead.- Examination ; discloses ineach hill myriads of worms, ranging froman inch and a quarter to one-eighth of aninch in : length. * Apparently they becomecompletely distributed over a. field, thencommence simultaneously •to work, andwithin a very short time the whole is devas-tated. Nearly every piece of corn is moreor less infested. The eggs from ' which theworms are hatched are supposed to be dep-osited by a small yellowish miller. ; Theworm isby the farmers termedthe wetworm.

1 — m• The Iron Trouble*.

: Pittsbukg, Pa. , June There areno signs of a general resumption jof ironmills and there seems to be a disposition onthe part of some manufacturers to ignorethe paction .of: the conference committees.The step taken by the Western manufac-turers has given them '\u25a0: strength. SecretaryWeeks admitted Jto-day that there were anumber of firms here that did not considerthemselves bound by the conference. if<"ln'fact," said he, "I do not expect several toresume for some time." •

",",' '" — '— *** ' .' ...... Grain in Transit. ,'

.;'. Milwaukee, Wis., June 17. Thechamber of commerce to-day 'passed reso-lutions asking the 'New/ York . produce ex-change arid Chicago board of trade to here-after omit from the computation of visiblesupply of grain the amount 'in transit,-stat-ing only the amounts actually • in elevator.The present : system fof'a figuring h grain "fintransit is said Ito lead to overestimates inevery instance.

TOTAL ABSTAINERS.

The Animal Meeting at Stillwater of they State Catholic Total Absti-

. nence Union.

ALargo Attendance Present Ad-dresses by Bishop Ireland and

Mayor Murdock'a Plan for Prevent-'ing Damage by Flood— still- ;/f

water Items.

Total Abstinence Union.Yesterday was one that will be long re-

membered in this city, especially by thosewhp are members of the State Catholic To-tal Abstinence union, as a larger number ofdelegates were present here than '\u25a0'.had everbeen present at a former meeting during thefourteen years ofthe existence ofthe union;One could not but notice the intelligent-looking- and finely-dressed; representativeswhich assembled at the Grand opera houseto legislate for . the - good of ; the » society.And the fathers ofthe church were not be-hind the flocks, but were leading them inthe work of temperance.

The convention : was called to order bythe president, T. D. O'Brien, of St. Paul.In the absence of the state spiritual adviser.Father Ryan opened the proceedings withprayer. The president appointed J. T.Carrere and T. F. Cleary assistant secre-taries, State Secretary > Moran not beingpresent until the afternoon : session. Healso appointed the following committees: :\u25a0-

Committee on Credentials —J. F. Burke,Stillwater; J, C. Hawley, St. Paul; P. J.Moran, . Minneapolis; W. M. Noonan,Winona; John Young, Waverly; P.Rowley,Belle Creek and De Graff;

Address to Ordinary —Rev. A. McDon-ald, Charles Fox, M. Mullett, F. Ruklinski,J. J. Corrigan, J. J. McGranri and W. H.Ward. . ,'_ - \.-\. \u25a0 \u0084.y 'Address to People James R. Corrigan,Rev. P. Riordan, M, C. Malloy, Rev. M.Connolly, M. Johnson, James Dillon andN. Clinton. \u25a0-.-'\u25a0 -.\u0084'.;.'.- . ,y.--y.:"

Address to Young Men F. McGuire,John Wolsey, James St. George, J. Mc-Dermott, T. C. O'Leary, ReY. J. Rawlinand T. Skippington.. Resolutions —Key. L. Ryan, P. J. War-ren, J. F. Burke, Thomas Cumings, T. M.Bohan, Rev. Hugh McDevitt, Henry Bon-cher. y.-. .y; I-^

Amendments — Rev. J. J. Hand, B.Mousso, Rev. J. Shanley, J, H. Gildea, Ber-nard Carter, R, J. Taney; D. J. O'Leary.

AuditingCommittee—Rev. James O'Reiley,John A. McDermott, Rev. P. Danehy.

The committee on credentials -presentedtheir report, which shows the following listofdelegates from the various societies, withtheir spiritual advisers and number of mem-bers: I.' \u25a0'\u25a0i.'.';.^ 'y-.vi

RAMSEY COUNTY. -i;/Father Mathew M. Tracy, president;

J. C. Hauley, James Dillon, 'William Cun-ningham,: V. King, Rev. J. Shanley; 78. -

Crusaders — F. McGuire, president; J.F. Kelley, T. McCarthy, J. F. Carrere,Rev.p. Danehy; 60. y^y^yyyy^y. ;. Knights St. Paul M. Breen, president;W. P. Hudner, J. H. Bell, Rev. J. Shan-ley; .45. >-.-y.;yy. . . .-r^.y.y:;

Cathedral Cadets— A. F. MaGuire, J.O. Donnelly, T. J. Churchill, T. J. Eagau,W. Ryan, Rev. Heffron; 83.

St Joseph's— C. P. Carroll, president;J. C. Nolan, J. J. Farrell, Rev. J. J.Keene; 26. 'v^l-C^^?.:^

St. Patrick's— L. Fahey, president; H.Boncher, Rev. H. Reilly; 21.

League of the Cross— M. C. Melady, JohnStormocher, Rev. P. i Gallagher; 20. .

HENNEPIN COUNTY. . : A'ls JJ.Father Mathew—D. M. Garten, presi-

dent; H. M. Doyle, P. H.Prendergast, W.Dobbin, Rev. T. McGolrick; 47. .\u25a0;:;.•>

Crusaders— J. P. Cartney, president; P.J. Moran, James Smith. A. Hayes, J. R.Corrigan, Rev. T. McGolrick'; 84. . ..yyy

St. Anthony of Padua— T. M. Bohan,president; Martin King. D. . Getcheil, F.Conway, Rev. T. O'Reilly; 68.

St. Mary—Felix McManra, < president;Thomas Dunn, John Swift, FatherDaly; 30. &££". S~y*Wj

St. Anthony Crusaders — Levott,president; John M. Smith, Charles Fox,Rev. F. Tersot; 30.

Cadets, St. Joseph John Wolsey, presi-dent; John Norton, James' Yates, FrankWorthington, P. Fox, F. Kernan, Rev. H.McGolrick; 125. y"::

Cadets, St. Thomas Nooney, presi-dent; R. Hughes, Thomas Donaghue,Father Daly; 70. i f£g£f.-;! & ,-'

Dr. CahiTl, Richfield—Dennis McCanty,president; M. Delaney, R. W. Ryan, Rev.J. McGolrick; 30. .

OLMSTED COUNTY.

Paulists, Carrollsville—James St. George,president; McCoy, P. Towhey, Rev. M.Lyon; 30.

. WASHINGTON COUNTY. ?£s£'*Father Mathew, Stillwater—J. O'Shaugh-

nessy, president; D. Chisholm, Rev. M. C.Murphy; 28. -

Crusaders, Stillwater—J. F. Burke, pres-ident; M. W. Murray, Thomas Orgam,John McDermott, Father Murphy; 74.

St. Aloysius, Cadet, Stillwater—W. M.Foran, president; James McDermott, Rob-ert Mackay, Alex Deragisch, Thomas Col-lopy, Joseph McGrath, James Chisholm,Rev. J. H. Gaughan; 135. '^y

WINONA COUNTY.Father Mathew— P. J. Warren, presi-

dent; W. Noonan, C. Horrigan, Frank Me-Donough, T. T. Cleary, John Hughes, Rev.J. B. Cotter; 110. ->y»:y •

St. Johns— F. Kucklinshl, president; A.W. Prochowitz, A. Pelowski, Rev. R. J.Byzewski; 60. -.

DAKOTACOUNTY. -^Father Matthew, Hastings Schaller.president; P. J. Murtagh, M. H. Millett,Rev. Walter Raleigh; 30. - .-'V;y

St. Joseph, Rosemont— M. Johnson,president: James McDonough, JamesO'Rourke, Rev. J. Hurley: 30.

St. John's, ' Byrneville— James J. Corri-gan, president; E. Jordan, John Cleary,D. Moran, J. McCoy, Rev. P. T. Glen-non; 90.

:':yyy' bice COUNTY.

St.Patricks, Shieldsville—Bernard Carter,president; James Haggerty, Joseph Hag-gerty; John Madden, John Brown, W.O'Connell, James Murray, R. Devraux, M.Duffy, B. Hant, P. McKenna, M. McGin-nis, Rev. J. Slevin; 254.y ryy : ; big stone COUNTY.

Father Mathew, Graceville— P. D. O'Phe-lan, president; William Manning, JohnCunningham, Rev. A. McDonald; 26. -

Crusaders. Graceville—J. J. Bellsburrow,Rev. A. McDonald— :

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N .'SWIFT COUNTY.

Knights of the Cross, De ThomasPowers, president; John B. Lyons, T. Col-lins, Charles Gallaghan, John Sheridan, J.F. Cannon, M. Driscoll, . P." Hughes, JohnWebber, S. Geiseiy M. Ronan, J. C. Collins,P. McDonald, John Joyce, Rev. L. Ryan;307. • : -;. .-. ' ' '

FBEEBOBN COUNTY. ,. St. Mary's, Geneva and Mary—D. J.

O'Leary, president; M. Irvine, Rev. J. Mur-ray; 20.

GOODHUE COUNTY.

Father Mathew, ; Belle Creek— C.Malloy, president: P. Rowles, D. Franklin,W." Gorman, Rev. J. Ansbre; 52.

. \u25a0' SCOTT COUNTY. .St. Patrick, Cedar Lake— Rev. P. Kier-

nan, president; Henry O'Keefe, DennisDealcy, C. Mulkin, Cornelius Delahanty,P. Sheehan, P. Sweeney, P. Hart, JohnVaughan, Thomas llviand, Thomas Cum-mings, Rev. P. Klernan; 230.;' ; ANOKA-COUNTY. ,Father Mathew, Anoka—W. H. Ward,

president; Father .Brennan; 14. ;ytb*SIBLEY COUNTY. .- -. -.y^//)

Father Mathew, iGreen Isle— >J. Mc-Grann, president; I James Kain, .DavidMyers, H. Duane, M. Kernan, Rev. J. J.Hand; 141. . :- y- . -. :• * WABASHA? OOUNTy.

St Patrick's— C. O'Leary, = president;Rev. J. Topic; 15. yy'• "•\u25a0:.•;'.;, r WRIGHT COUNTY.riFather Mathew, Waverly— Lanuriers,president; J. F. McDonald, ' John Young,Thomas Kelly, Rev. J. \ Guillof; 60. ;;

•\u25a0:: \u25a0..; : LE SUEUB COUNTY. ..r. Father Mathew— N. Clinton, president;Rev. R. Deußtennan; :48;y-y ••-\u25a0•.

V Father Mathew, Montgomery— William

Furlong, Thomas Loftus. John Clarkin, M.Malone,; Rev. -William "Connelly it12.

\u25a0'. :\ St. Came —Kilkenny, « John : Byrne,John Shortal, Rev. .William Connelly. yy'v/:

•- ''->;\u25a0 ''-'-•'.; y m'leod county, y. ';: Father Mathew—N. Clinton, Rev. Deus-

terman. , . ~, -J..... AT ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH.'-;'. 'At 10:30 the idelegates proceeded to St.Michael's church, where ' solemn^ high masswas celebrated by Father Shanley,' assistedby Father Fitzgerald as\ deacon,' yFather.Burns sub-deacon, arid Father Murphy, di-rector of ceremonies. The sermon was de-livered by Bishop Ireland, on the Virtue ofSelf-denial. V: Itwas a most powerful appealto' his hearers,- and was listened to withtheutmost attention. ; The church was beauti-fully decorated, by the ladies, with choicestexotics, the. altar being covered : with flow-ers. The music was grand.

; THE BANQUET. - .'"' \: The Catholic ladies of Stillwater did them-selves honor in the grand spread prepared forthe delegates, who, to the, number of some220, sat down to the most bounteous repastthat could be set before any body of men. The'attendance could not have been I improved, jItwas served in Music hall at 2 o'clock.The supplies had been sent in such abund-ance that four times the number could havebeen served.

\u25a0«.' AFTERNOON SESSION.The report of the committee oil creden-

tials was not finished until the afternoon,when several additions were made as wellas changes.

The various county presidents made shortspeeches. The president's address was apractical one*. He advocated the 'formationof a lecture bureau, so that all the societiesin the union could be visited, as the presentlargo number and the distance apart ren-dered it impossible lor any one man to visitthem all. He had seen ,as many as hecould. He found the union in a prosperouscondition, and the report wouldshow upwardof 1,000 increase in membership during thepast year. He ; thanked the delegates formany courtesies shown him during his yearin office. lie would impress upon themembers the need ofelecting their best menin their unions as officers, and then they hada guarantee of success. . - >

; Bisljop Ireland being called upon, said heindorsed what the president said in relationto the formation of a . lecture bureau, andwould do all in his power to further it. Forthe past fourteen years he had given theunion every encouragement, and he con-sidered its work one of the chief works inwhich he engaged. He would give littlefor a parish that was not able to support aunion of total abstainers. Hewished the- chief officers, especiallythe secretary and treasurer, to be nearhimself, as he wished to have access to thebooks, so as to see how the various unionswere reporting and succeeding. Let allthe work they did be for the general goodofthe union, and let these interests beabove private and local prejudices. Haveyour best men as officers, for with a livepresident and secretary any union mustsucceed. He was sorry to see so great aJack of interest in temperance in SouthernMinnesota, but of course he exceptedWinona, Olmsted and some other counties,and he thought they would do good if theytook a walk into Southern Minnesota nextyear. He was proud of the union and ofthe zeal of the delegates,i Father McGolrick made a few remarks,but excused himself, as he would speakagain in the evening. He, however, madea bid for the election of the principal offi-cers from Minneapolis, as he consideredthat they would be near Bishop Ireland.

Father Murphy, being called upon, saidhe was pleased to meet such a large andrespectable number ofmembers of the unionand hoped, they would receive such treat-ment in Stillwater from the friends as totake home with them only pleasant recol-lections. .

The reports from the j secretary and treas-urer were not ready, but will be presentedat this morning's session. The award ofmerit was not presented, as several of thepastors. had not handed in their reports.

Acommittee offive was appointed to re-port upon the establishment of lecture bu-reaus. The session then adjourned untilthis morning at 9 o'clock. '\u25a0

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THE PARADE. \. ,'. '

: Itwas intended that the various unionswould parade at 7 o'clock, but it was somethirty minutes past when ,the Stillwaterunions arrived at the starting point Therewere some 700 in line, and they made amost creditable appearance. The hand-some uniforms of the Crusaders, the showybadges of the Father Mathew and other so-cieties and the neat suits of theCadets were ' favorably commented on,while the delegates to, the convention,'with the handsome banners of their re-spective home organizations proudly float-ing aloft, presented an attractive appear-ance. There were twobrass bands and twodrum corps, and they played with energy.It was expected that many more unionswould have been present, only the Minne-apolis union coming by special train. M.W. Murray as chief marshal, and P. E.Barker, Sr., as assistant, kept the proces-sion in order. '

The Crusaders of Stillwater, 45strong, John F. Burke, president, headedthe procession, followed by the FatherMathew, 25, P. E. Burke, -. Sr.,president These were. followed by theCrusaders, Minneapolis, 50 strong, J. P.Courtney, president; St. Anthony Cru-saders, 40, M. Lynett, president;St. Anthony's of Padua, 70, T. M. Bohan,president; the St. Joseph cadets, Minne-apolis, 44," John Wolsey, president; FatherMathew of Immaculate Conception church,30, D. M. Gurdon, president, while theStillwater cadets, with their excellent drumcorps, 100 strong, William Foran president,took up the rear, and in front of themwere 200 delegates. Several, carriages fol-lowed. The line of march was taken aspublished in the Globe several days ago.:.yjy; • literary AND musical.

The Grand opera house was filled in theevening with the principal citizens andvisitors, and a rare treat was presented.The county president, Thomas Nolan, pre-sided, and made a few remarks in opening.The program was a good one, but as it be-gan at a late hour, it had to be curtailed.The urogram was opened with an overtureby the Philharmonic club.

Judge McCluer. made the address ofwelcome, which was a happy effort, and thequartet, consisting of Mrs. R. S.Davis, MissDexter and Messrs. Haskell and Masterman,gave a song. Bishop Ireland followed withone of his characteristic addresses, whichwas loudly applauded.

The Philharmonic," consisting of MissWelch, Mrs. Van Waters, Dr. Van Watersand Prof. Hague, gave an instrumental se-lection. Then followed addresses by T. D.O'Brien and Father McGolrick, whichwere most appropriate, but had to be short-ened owing to the lateness of the hour, aswere the addresses by Father McDonaldand Mr. J. R. Corrigan. The quartet gavea couple of songs, and after Father Murphygave a short address they sang good night.Alter | the entertainment iwas concluded alarge number repaired to Music hall, wherethe ladies provided any .amount of/ icecream, strawberries and cake, and a pleas-ant time was spent: The day throughoutwas successful in every particular, arid thecitizens of Stillwater did themselves honorin the way they entertained their visitors.

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.Vy.y City Council.At the meeting of the city council on

Tuesday evening all < the members werepresent : The following • important com-munication was received from Mayor Mur-dock: . y ;\u25a0' •'\u25a0 -

The very heavy damage2to individualsarid to the" city by*the two unusual showerswhich have just occurred, willof course de-mand and receive your serious and immedi-ate attention. Whoever 'may be responsi-hie ; for the damage which has occurred,the city must do all in its' power to guardagainst similar disaster in the future. ;.-1 may be mistaken in -my informationand understanding -ofI the chief cause of,these disasters, but : as I-understand it, ; thedamages are directly due g to t the •defectiveand ' . improper arrangement lof the water,company ;in providing . for conveying .Ihowater of ; McKusick 'ravine , under. Thirdstreet,' J: In these '\u25a0, two •' showers , there ; wasno, difficulty in h taking care .of the water,which naturally came down Myrtle street,until-./McKusick's ;' ravine jbecame' chokedup and the water swept \ across to 'Myrtlestreet Itcame with a volume and powerthat could not be .opposed ; or resisted. -; Iam ofopinion that the city must insist thatthe water company shall take measures toconfine the McKusick Icreek to its proper

channel, and provide an ample and suitable youtlet of the same so as Vtoipass the water ':

;.;under (Third street in ;- its •:. natural channel:, yItseems to me the trouble has been ;. occa- '-sioned by filling the natural channel up to 'too high- a - level ; west of Third >; street.When itwas down at a proper depth below <

the grade of Third street . it never did andnever could escape from", its natural chan- -\u25a0

nel. Then the well-hole is too small i and .-with a grating over, it, it immediately be-comes choked up by debris in a heavy shower. |Ithink the well-hole should be made large!and the "top of it brought lower. Then the 3channel of the creek should be dug out andmade lower for a block .or more, and wallaeither ofistone or '.timber constructed oneach side so as to make a broad flume ol yample capacity, with the walls high enoughto keep the water in its .channel. ."

The new grade of Myrtle \ street west ofFifth street will| be utterly valueless unless |protected as fast as completed by the imme-diate^construction ofysubstantial stone gut-ters of•"\u25a0\u25a0" ample capacity. Without /that it .willbe worse than useless, because it willnot only wash away but will send the sanddown to the business part of the city withall' the damage resulting. -j Ithas' often ;' been suggested by some of .our practical men that a street made con-cave \ from ; curbstone >to curbstone andproperly • paved S would; be the best for astreet with steep grade and carrying a largevolume of water in heavy rains. 'Expert- •

ence \ elsewhere has approved this method, ,

and I would suggest that Myrtle is the beststreet to try this experiment -.on!-" 7 ;Wemight first take the lower 'section of-.'thostreet, say from Third street to Lake, andmake a thorough jjob of it. :"; Certainly thedamage resulting from such sltowers asthese would pay for a great deal of paving."

The council took action upon the sugges-tions iii the mayor's communication, . andPresident Bronson and Aid. Covill andKiltz were appointed to take action at onceon the McKusick creek matter, and bidswere. asked for the construction \u25a0of thegutter. y-iy

vJohn Kenny was elected toll collector atthe bridge at a salary of 5i, 300 per annum,he to supply all assistance, and anythingelse required for the running of the bridge.The tenders' for sidewalks were notopened, but there willbe a special meetingon next Tuesday evening for business.

Notes About Town.Senator Sabin was not as well yesterdaj

as the previous day.Dr. C. B. Kibler, Cony, Pa., is visiting

Prof. Carter of this city.r John Miller was yesterday sent to jailfoi

sixty days for stealing a rubber coat fromBoening's saloon. ,;•-; -;-..y -

The board of education met last evening,and Mr. Sargent 'was instructed to have -plans prepared for a new school.

The lake -has turned the scale at eightfeet six inches above low water mark. Th-is a rise of six inches since the previousday.

Frank Howe of Red. Wing was in thecity yesterday. He was looking after logs,and the William White took out some foihim. •"//-."'/;.' y/:y: r

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Miss Dexter has announced her intentionto return and resume her position in theschools. This gives pleasure to her manyfriends.

The steamer Evansville left yesterdajmorning with ten. and one-half strings oilogs and five strings of lumber, for Bur-lington, la. . y*- -

The force who are now in charge of thtbridge are: John Kenny, tender; WilliamShortall, day assistant and Edward Kelly,who has charge at night

The sisters' fair, which was to have beeropened to-day at the roller skating rink, ispostponed until Saturday evening. FatherMurphy willmake an opening address.

Things around Forest Lake are improv-ing. Several from this city will take upquarters with Landlord Marsh and trytheexcellent fishing there.* His place is apleasant one. y'y. , : '-,

St. John the Baptist's day, June 24, willbe celebrated by the French citizens of Still-,water by a 'picnic;' near Somerset, Wis.,where they willbe joined by those of theirnationality in that section. .... The good work ofremoving the flood debris goes on successfully, yesterday showinga great improvement in the streets. T. H.Warren finds that his washout will cost himover $500. Others also find that their lossesare increasing instead of diminishing.

-At the District court yesterday, beforeJudge McCluer, the case of George Wood-ward against the town of Cottage Grove,for taking gravel from his land for roadpurposes, the jury gave a verdict in favor ofplaintiff for 25 cents. He sued for S5OO.but as it was proved that only about thefiftiethpart of an acre was taken, thejury gave what they considered its fullvalue. P. M. Ladd against J. R. M.Gaskell was tried. Dr. Gaskell rented ahouse from Ladd in Minneapolis, and re-mained in it six months and then left, pay-ing for the time he occupied it. Ladd suedfor the balance ofthe year, but the jurygave a verdict forthe defendant. Therewas no afternoon session of court, the legallights being in St. Paul arguing scalingmatters. —-— *Wisconsin Railway & Navigation

Company.Special to the Globe.

Madison, Wis., June 17.—Articles in-corporating the Wisconsin Railway & Nav-igation company have just been filed withthe secretary of state, the object of theassociation being to construct and maintaina railway from a point iv Brown county,that state, near where the Fox riverempties into Green bay, in an easterlydirection through the town of Casto, inKewaunee county, thence to SturgeonBay, in Dorr county, a distance of fortymiles; also a branch from a point on the mainline in Kewaunee county, east to the city ofKewaunee, and another branch from a pointon the main line in Kewaunee county easlto Shuapee, -in Kewaunee county, eachabout fifteen miles in length. The com-pany is also privileged to own and operatewater craft. "The capital stock is §1,500,--000, and the incorporators . are the presentboard of the" Chicago, Freeport & St. PaulRailway company, William O. Wright be-ing president of both corporations.

-o •—A Pretty Brunette Wants 950,000Special to the Globe. ;

Chicago, June 17.—Dr." S. G. Deveney,a prominent physician of2542 Indiana ave-nue, has been sued by Miss Ezrean Fullerfor§50,000. Miss Fuller is a pretty nine- |teen-year-old brunette. She claims that thedoctor" was treating her for a disease.'!^brought on by falling from a" chair on or . .about May 1 last, and when she.was at his office, lie forcibly, tookadvantage of her condition an4{ji,outraged her. The physician has not yet

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been served with a summons, and John F.Flower, the plaintiff's attorney, thinks hewillleave the city before the papers areserved. This he threatened to do Ifpro-ceedings were instituted against him. MissFuller intends to have the doctor arrestedforcriminal assault, as the girl is well con-,nected and well known on the South side.The affair has caused a decided sensation.

The Com Crop.Springfield, 111., June 17.—The ad-

vance sheets of a report upon the corn crop \u25a0:of Illinois, soon to be issued by the depart-ment 'of agriculture, shows: that the areaplanted in corn is ; much larger than lastyear, especially in wheat sections. Insectshave damaged the' growing corn seriouslyin many portions of the state, and the cold,dry season has been 'unfavorable for plant-ing; and growth. Corn In the northerndivision of the state is usually nearly halfthat of the entire corn area ofthe state, and -in 1884 exceeded three million acres. . Theaverage condition of the growing crop June 11 was 84 per cent, against ,9S last t year. -There has been an Increase of\l2 per . cent,

in the corn area of the central division, ascompared "with lBB4,;."when! 2,900,000 acre*were planted. The condition is SO per cent -as against 90 last year.- The area in South-ern - Illinois Is 14 per cent larger than last *year. The Vcondition ;is• 92 as against 81 -last year. , s <\u25a0 '.<•,."\u25a0 - /

An excursion party' numbering twenty- :five \farmers = from : Goodhue 't county > andadjoining '.'.counties; in Wisconsin, •; left vfor iDickinson,;. North Dakota, to select - )lands on the Northern-Pacific railroad.