The Country At Large

The prellmlnary examination of the Polish raurderderers who engaged In the riut ia Toledo a fews days apo resolted in 17 beiug held lor murder in thenrst degree and thirteen for assaalt with iuteiit to kill. 81x were dischareed. -!BN AND H0K3ES BUKNED. A lire broko out in Belfast, Maine, Sunday Jnly 18, resulting ia the death oí two men. Tweuty valuable liorscs also perlehed In the flaines. The lire broke out iu a livery Btable, uud was undoubtcdly caused bydmaken hacklaeu who had been smoking in the b.irn. tOOKS SERIOUS. Reports rcc-eivd from the Indian countrj State that the Cheyennra aio oommltting serious depredations, and the lives and property of the settlers are in jeopardy. Twelvecompanies of infantry were sent by special train irom Omaha. Gen. Sheridan has been ordered to proceed to the seat ol war. STORM SWEPT. A storm of wind and rain, with all thedeathüealing coneomitants swept over portions of Wisconsin July 9. Depots, churehes and houses were demolished, lorests swept away, and crops leveled to the ground. New York state was also visited by a severe storm on the same day, and the usual damage is reported, DECLARE!) IXgAXE. Several weeks ago the Polk street depot in Chicago was the scène of a most startling tragedy. A man named Reaume, a passenger on an incoming train irom Denver, went mad outside the city limits. When the train reached Chicago his capture was attempted by a Íilatoon of pólice. In an encounter which folowed Offlcer Barrett was shot dead by the maniac. The latter was wounded, tt was thought mortally, but taken to the hospital. The other morning Reaume was taken Into the county court and deelared insane. DISARM THE INDIAS. There is official authority for the statement that government ofBcers in the Indian territory have recommended that the Cheyennes be disarmed, and that Col. Sumner, who is on the ground, concurs in that view. Gen. Schofield, Êowever, does not think there are now sufficient troops in the teriitory to accomplish the work and on this account has issued an order eoncentrating the troops abont the Cheyenne reservation. Should the troops make an unsuceessful attempt to disarm the Indians Gen. Schofleld intimates that a bloody Indian War Hould ensue. DROWXED PLEA9URE SEEKERS. Shortly after 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. July 12, a heavy wind and rain storm passed over Lake Minnetonka, near Minneapolis. A small steam yacht, the Minnie Cook, with eight persons on board, was capsized and the entire party drowned. The entire party were all f rom Minneapolis. Ten persons were on board, all of whom perished. The party eonsisted of Mayor Rand, aged 55 ; his wif e, 50 ; his daughter,"Mary, lö; nis son, Harvey, 13; and nis nephew. Frank, 17; J. R. Coykendall, 35; his wite, 27, and daughter, Xatie, 4; Engineer George McDonald, 27, and a boy 12 years old named Robert Husssy. THE COl'NTKï'S WHEAT SUPPLT. The June report of the Agricultural Department shows a slight improvement in winter wheat, which advances the general average from 62 to nearly 65. In Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri there has been a slight Improvement. The winter wheat región, which does not include the territories, now promises about 215,000,000. The condition of spring wheat continúes higher, though the average is slightly reduced. The indications now point to a erop of about 148,000,000 bushels, making an aggregate of 363,000,000 bushels. The condition of corn is higher than is higher than in any year since 1880, except the last; the area is 74,090,000 acres. Winter rye has an average of 87 and oats 97. A DARING ROBBERY. Two men representing themselves to be plumbers called at the resiilence of Thomas Sinith, 50 Eldredge Uourt, Chicago, about noon a few days ago, and stated to Mrs. Smith that they had been sent there by the landlord. Suspecting nothing wrong, Mrs. Smith admitted them to the house, when they at once assaulted her, and buund and gagged her. The robbers tore open the bosom of her drcss and took about {1,000 which her husband had given her in the morning. The robbers proceeded to ransack the house and then returhed ana coolly discussed the best and most expeditious way of killing Mrs. Smitb. Burning and drowning were considered, but after a brief consultation the robbers lcft the house, and Mrs. Smith securely bound. After some hours she sueceeded in attracting the attention of passers-by, and the pólice were notifled. Mrs. Smith is" ütterly prostrated, and her life is despalred of. BRUTAL TREATMEXT OP COXVICTS. About the middle of June Gov. Thompson of South Carolina, was informed tbat the eonvicts employed in grading the Savannah Valley railroad in Aobeville county were cruelly treated; that one convict had died in consequeuce of brutal wbippiugs bv the guards; that they were oycrworked, aud that excessivc niortalitv prevalled among them. The governor immediately instructed the superintendent of the penitentiary to investígate tbe charges. The oilicial report, which has just been made, shows that 10 deaths have occurred since January 1, out of a total f orce of about 120 eonvicts ; that seven are unable to work ; that the eonvicts are required to march nearly three miles to their work with shackles on their legs; that on account of the bad quality of their food scurvy has made its appearanee and that there has been excessive cruelty in punishing the eonvicts. In flescribing the effects of the beating of Henry Porter by A. W. Jackson, who had temporary charge of the eonvicts during the absence Óf the regular overseer, Dr. D. S. Pope, penitentiary physician, says: "As evidence of the severity of the whipping inflicted, I would state that the tissues have sloughed, leaving an open sore 18 inches long by 10 inches wide. The punishment must have been very cruel. I doubt his complete recoverv." Otfier eonvicts were also cruelly beaten, although the condition of those now at work is said to be "very fair." Jackson, the inhuman guard, has fled to Georgia, but efforts are being made to secure his arrest. There is great iiidignation at these outrages, and steps will probably be taken at the next session of the legislature to discontinue the practice of farming out the eonvicts to railroad eompanies and phosphatc mlners. FOUB HÉROES BURNED A fire which destroyed several thousands of dollars' worth of propertv broke out on North Pearl street, Albauy, N. V., at 5 o'clock the pther morning. Four of the most heroic flremen in the city were burled onder a falliug wall. They were Rufus H. Townsend, John A. Luby, Fred W. Wallen and Daniel Wheeler. Luby was taken f rom the wreek in an almost lifeless eondition and has since died. Wallea's collar bone and wrist ivere broken and a deep gash was cut in his forehead. One of Townsend's legs was broken in two places and his back seriously injured. Wheeler was killed outright. Buroh's stables, where the fire is thought to have originated, contained twentyeight horses and many valuable carriagos, together with barness, leed, etc. All but five of the horses perished, and the building, with all its other eontents, was destroyed. The flre soon communicated to James A. Gray's piano faetory, a large three-story structure, with an extensivo aduition adjoiuing on the north, and so rapidly did they cuvelope the building that within ten minutes after they attackea the structure every window of the factory was a furnace of shooticgtongues of fire. The building contained valuable stock in various stages of manufacture, besides a number of completed pianos. Nothing was saved from the factory, which in an Incrcdibly short space of time was complctely gutted. Besides twenty-eight horses in Burch's stable there were ten coaches, two hearses and a varlety of other vehicles. A large quantity of hay and feed were also destroyed. The stock was valued at $15,000 and is Insured for $12,000- Boardman & Gray's factory was used as an office and show room on ihe first floor, where a number of fine pianos awaited ?liij.ment. Their loss is about $25,000, and insurances $10,000. Several frame buildings uljoining the stable and factory were partially destroyed. The total loss is between $75,000 and $100,000; insurance uuknown.