O. A. Carpenter, suspected of the murder of Zora Burns, at Lincoln, Ill., has been indicted by the grand jury, and is now in jail. It is said that sufficient new evidence to convict him has come to light. It is believed that an agreement has been reached at Pittsburg between the striking glass-workers and the employers. Great concessions are said to have been made on both sides. The strike has lasted five months. The sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives presents bills for $3,461 for escorting the remains of Representative Haskell to Kansas. Among the items is one of $201 for a lunch before starting from Washington. The newspapers say that one of the jurors in the Emma Bond case spends considerable time in crying; another runs from his house when visitors approach it, and a third has been dismissed by a beautiful woman to whom he was engaged. The Hay-Shippers’ Association is getting up a petition to the Canadian Government in regard to the excessive duties charged on hay exported to the United States. It is understood that the Government will present the matter to the Washington authorities. In the French Chamber of Deputies, Monday, Minister Ferry expressed the opinion that to ameliorate the labor crisis in Paris would be a difficult task. The exports were 1,200,000,000 francs in excess of the imports, he said, and within five years 6,000,000 francs had been expended on buildings for which tenants could hardly be obtained. Young James Nutt was acquitted of the murder of Dukes on the ground of insanity. An after examination of his condition resulted in a declaration that he is no longer insane. The case is one of wide celebrity. Public opinion justifies the verdict. The President, Secretary Chandler, and ex-Secretary Blaine, also indorse the action of the jury. [Illustration] MARKETS. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. OFFICE OF THE PRAIRIE FARMER.} CHICAGO. Jan 29, 1884. } Business at the Chicago banks is by no means brisk, and it is not anticipated that it will be until after the first of February. Bonds and stocks are more active than for some time. In New York there has been a great boom in what are known as the Villard stocks. It is said that Gould and associates are boosting these stocks and squeezing the shorts unmercifully. The number of failures reported in the United States during the past seven days was 287, and for Canada 30, a total of 317, against 425 for the previous week, a reduction of 108. The greatest reduction in failures is at the East. Money in Chicago is worth 5@6 per cent on call. Eastern exchange is firm at 60@70c per $1,000. Government securities are as follows: 4’s coupons, 1907 |Q. Apr.| 123¼ 4’s reg., 1907 |Q. Apr.| 123¼ 4½’s coupon, 1891 |Q. Mar.| 114⅛ 4½’s registered, 1891 |Q. Mar.| 114⅛ 3’s registered |Q. Mar.| 100 GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.