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VOL. IV. OVER THE OCEAN. Monster Laud Meeting Addressed by Par nell -IVace Overtures by the Boers. HOXOnS TO PARS ELI.. Drßi in, Feb. 30.— Parnell addressed 15,000 people at Clara, Kings county, to-day. He was received by large crowds with great en thusiasm at railway stations along the route He advised the people, especially tenants, to -remain linn, and congratulated himsell on having by obstruction in parliament prevented a suspension of the habeas corpus seven week?. RECONNOIBSANC*. London, Feb. 20.— A New Castle dispatch states Gen. Wood, with 100 hussars, made a reconuoissance over seventy-five miles and penetrated within ten miles of Wakkenstroom. He found the country almost deserted. . The general assured the inhaMants the Boers who return to their farmes immediately will not be molested; 300 soldiers sailed Saturday for the cap*; 350 leave early in March. „ .; peace ovEinrnr.s. London, Feb. 20.— The Times says the Boers have mad overtures for peace through the president of the Orange Free State. The proposals appear to be to the effect that the British shall evacuate Transvaal, and a com missioner be appointed to settle its future re lations with Great Britain. Gen. CoJJey re plied that if the garrison in Transvaal were left unmolested and free to obtain supplies, and hostilities were immediately suspended by the Boers the British would agree to appoint commissioners. Gen. Colley has received no final answer as yet. Burial of Fernando Wood. New York, Feb. 20.— Fr*m the World: The body of Fernaado Wood reached this city yesterday morning. The members of the Con gressional escort and returning committee of the board of aldermen, and hearse, received the coffin. The procession moved up Broadway and the Boulevard, past the late residence of Mr. Wood, to Trinity cemetery. As the car riages neared the late residence of Mr. Wood they wore joined by a number of carriages containing friends and acquaintances. Several old servants were at the cemetery. The Tribune Bays of Fernando Wood: "It Is understood he left a large property to be di vided among his four surviving children. He was married three times, but had no children by Ills first wife. The house and grounds surrounding it, occupied by Mr. Wood when in the city, are worth over $500,010, and he was possess! d of a great deal of valuable real estate in other parts of the city. When a heavy fall in real estate was reported in this city following the financial revulsions of IST", Mr. Wood was for a time seriously embar rassed financially. Later several judgments were obtained Against him and he transferred most of his property to relations. Recently he cleared these judgments and the rise in real ■ state made him a wealthy man." A Fickle Woman. New YonK, Feb. 21. Otto Crola has begun suit for divorce against his wife Josephine, and also to recover $21 ,250 from her for pro perty she ',",.- poa.-csses is belonging to him. In 1872, defendant, who was the daughter of a wealthy merchant in Cologne, eloped with Otto Meyer, a music teacher. Subsequently she met Crola, who was then employed on a German paper in Jersey city. She represented • her marriage with Meyer was illegal, nnd went to live with Crola: The latter fell heir to $400, -000, and for a time the couple lived in an ex travagant manner, until last spring, when she became intimate with Albert Renter, a com mission merchant, and deserted Crola, who now livings lie suit. Stabbed by Her Husband. New York, Feb. 20.— Mary Simpson was fatally stabbed by her husband, William R. Simpson. The woman states she lived at 145 Paroma avenue, Jersey City, that her husband sent her over to New fork to make money as ,i f-trect walker. Her husband met heron Water Btreel and having no money to give him she went to the house of Mrs. Feeney, where she again met her husband, who plunged a knife in her left Bide in the abdom inal region. Her husband was confronted with her nt the hospital and she fully identi fied him as having stabbed her, and said Feeneyand bis wife were witnesses to the fact. Weather To-day. Washington, Feb. 21, 1 a. -Indications for the lower lake region, occasional light snow, followed by dearer weather, warm southwest veering to colder northwest winds, rising, preceded In the eastern portions by fall ing barometer. For the Tennessee and Ohio valley, partly cloudy weather, aud occasional snow, followed by clearing weather, winds mostly west, stationary or lower temperature, rising", followed in western portions by falling barometer. For upper lake region, clear or partly cloudy weather, variable winds, mostly westerly, falling followed by rising tempera ture, anil rising, followed by railing barome ter. A Narrow Escape from Cremation. Cincinnati, 0., Feb. — A fire occurred at Sixth street, near Broadway, this midnight. The flames ran up the stairway and' shut off escape from the inmates of the third story. The tire department, with ladders, rescued the women from the froni window. Miss Jose phine Bretain, an occupant of a rear room, hail made a rope of sheets and pillow cases which •he was In the net of using when rescued by a ladder. The fire did trifling damage. Terrible Accident. Dayton, 0., Feb. 20.— Last eveninga shock ing accident occurred at Sleddar's Agricultur al Works in this city. Several workmen were carrying a large can containing 1,300 pounds of molten iron. on trucks, when it upset in water, caus ing a terrible explosion. The workmen were frightfully burned and threw themselves into the water to relieve their suffering. One of them will die and the recovery of the- others is doubtful. Church Despoiled by a Deposed Minister. New Orleans, Feb. 20.— The officers and friends of Rev. Mr. Bristow, the last pastor of the Ames Methodist Episcopal church, caused the entire floor to be torn out and the furni ture of the vestry to be removed, and locked the church against the congregation. Bris tow was removed by the council of bishops, un complaint of part of the congregation, charging him with undue familiarity with female members. Ton Years in the Penitentiary. St. Louis,* Feb. 30. — The criminal court was in session a short time to-day to receive there port of the jury in tin case of Antoiuo Parati, the Italian who has been on trial several days charged with raping Mary GraiHno, a. married woman, last June. "The jury found h"n guilty and assessed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. A motion Will be made fora new trial. _ Wealthy Cattlu Dealer Mu r«lere«l. Qalvestox, Feb. 20. -News special of Sat urday evening: Four shots were beard in the neighborhood of the Texas Pacific passenger depot, Dallas. The crowd gathering found the corpse of A. R. Struthers, a wealthy cattle man of Ennis, Texas. No clue to the mur derer. A Wedding Postponed. Mr. John O'Reagan is not in love with the new system of street numbering. Saturday afternoon he called upon Justice Wood and arranged with that gentleman for calling at 357 St. Peter street, at 7 o'clock that evening, to unite him in marriage to Miss Elenora Rubcdo. Naturally Justice Wood looked for 387 nt the " upper end of the street. He continued to look until nearly 11 o'clock at night, when he gave it up as a bad job. Yesterday at noon he was vis ited by a very irate individual in the person of Mr. O*'Reagau. The "justice, however, success fully explained his efforts to till his engage ment, and that there might not be another slip, accompanied Mr. O'Keagan to BS7, the new number, but. a short distance from Third, where the marriage ceremony wes duly sol emnized in the presence of a few friends. " _ ' Killed by the Cars.. Harrison ßCßG, :Va.; Feb. 20.— A freight train on the Valley road was wrecked by a slide a short distance from Fort Defiance. the depot agent at Harrisonburg, John Waller, was probably fatally injured. Although the train was a complete wreck, no other person was Beriontly hurt. . Ship Carpenters' Strike. Milwaukee, Feb. 20.— The ship carpenters in nil Milwaukee yards met to-day and resolved to strike to-morrow. They will demand 50.C. per day increase. FLOUR EXPORT TRADE. Minnesota the Banner State as Compart With California by a California Paper-* Figures as to I' rices anil Supply. .'i, ~ A San Francisco paper recently contained a carefully prepared article about the flour ex port trade, in -which it was shown that Minne sota now boasts a population of 750,507, and a wheat crop of 40,000,000 bushels; while Cali fornia is credited with a population of 804,836' and a wheat crop of 40,000,000 bushels. The hard wheat of both States is especially adapt ed for milling, and their flour competed for many years side by side, first in the Eastern States and afterward in Great Britain. Even so late as 1573-4 their flour product was about the same. But since then the flour export trade of California to Europe has steadily de clined, while that of Minnesota has as steadily increased. This season California will ship say 250,000 barrels of flour to Eu rope, compared with Minnesota's 4,000, -000 barrels. The result is that the Minnesota farmer finds a ready home market for his crops, and obtains full prices, while the Cali fornia fanner is deprived of both. It is a well recognized economical fact, adds our authority, that the farther wheat has to be shipped to market, or, in other words, the higher the cost of freight, to the greater extent should it be reduced to flour. Some of our grain men who served their apprenticeship to the busi ness in eastern cities are old enough to re member the time when America exported her surplus almost exclusively in that way. But according as freight rates across the Atlantic declined so did the proportion of flour exports until the rise of Minnesota, the pioneer wheat State of the west, whose long and expensive inland carriage made the shipment of the manufactured article again compulsory. And now probably ♦ the most flourishing manufacturing export business in the United States is that of flour. Year after year it makes fresh gains in competition with wheat and in crowding out the European man ufacturer. The relative progress is fairly rep resented by the exports of the last two calen der years, when flour increased from 5,885,131 to 6,645,920 bbls, and wheat declined from 737,975,715 to 134,701,146 bushels. This im portant trade is almost exclusively in the hands of Minnesota, a State that in several re spects has been frequently com pared to California. Both may be said to have begun their career in 1849, when some of our pioneers before crossing the plains had actually assisted in organizing the new Territory. Both have, ranked since 1860 as wheat States, and as such maintained a lead ing position together for years. The same journal goes on to remark" that good prices this season will be main tained is tolerably certain, from the course of the Chicago market, and the unusually small stocks in the United Kingdom. A compari son of those on the 31st of December, with the stocks held in former years, will throw considerable light on the present situation there. The amounts represent quarters: Year. Jnne3o. Dec. 31. 18S0 825,000 1,240,000 1879 1,700,000 2,290,000 1878 1 ,870,000 1,350,000 1877 1,850,000 2,300,000 1876 2,600,800 1,700,000 1875 1,300,0C0 3,200,000 These figures prove that the stock of wheat in the hands of John Bull was remarkably low on the opening of the new year, and slocks during the last five weeks have suffered a still further decline. The constait bareness and firmness of the English market this season is owing to the remarkable uniformity and moderation of American supplies. The East ern farmer has discovered the knack of selling to the best advantage, and of holding on to his crop, however large, till it suits the conveni ence of the buyer. The shipping season is all the year round, and if his deliveries are greater at one time than another, it is because the demand is also more urgent. But the main factor with regard to prices this season is the world's supply as a whole, which it was at one time very generally believed would be excessive. It is certain that the sum total this cereal year has been much larger than in the preceding one; but this of itself could be no proof of excess, since 187H-i> was n year of famine, and the reserves, which were then en tirely ex-jtusted, required to be made good. The Scott County Treasurers. [Shakopee Courier, Feb. 17.] On last Saturday at the expiration of the time set 03' the court, when sentence would be pronouueed against both Ring and Baumhager, they having been de clared guilty, at their respective trials, of embezzlement, the defendants appeared, and Herman Baumhager was first sen tenced, as follows: To be imprisoned in the county jail for six months and to pay a fine of $106.50. And it should be stated here, that the amount of the embezzlement which Baumhager was found guilty of by the jury, was only $53.25, and therefore was not of an amount sufficient to make it a State's prison offense, it should also be borne in mind that Baumhagcr has not been tried upon the two other indictments that were found against him for similar- offences by the last grand jury. And further, that he has not been indicted for the shortage of $1,028.30, when he turned over to O'Dowd, and is bound over to appear therefor before the next grand jury and term of court. • King was then called up and sentenced: To be confined at hard labor in the State's prison for the period of two years and six months, and to pay a tine of $21,472. The judge in delivering this sentence stated that he did not feel like making any remarks in connection therewith, the duty was altogether too unpleasant a one, but he had studied well the case and framed his sentence accordingly. Both of these parties have taken an ap peal to the supreme court, and given bail to abide its decision, Baumhager in $500, with John Jenicke and Tom Skal nek as sureties; and Ring in $15,000, with J. B. Conter, Peter Ficker, Peter Meias, and Jacob Mares on his bail. w A Great Loss. The burning of Dr. Pierces palace hotel at Buffalo last week, was in reality a public calamity. It was a credit not only to Buffalo, but to the entire country, it was one of the finest hotel structures in the country. Work was commenced on the building June, 187 C, and it was formally opened for business in May, IS7B. It had a frontage of 210 feet* with wing extensions of 125 feet; was 216 feet in depth, six stories high and 258 feet in height, in cluding the tower. It was "completely and elegantly furnished throughout. The total cost of the finished structure aggregated nearly $500,000. The flames were first discovered in the baggage room situated in the sixth story, about two o'clock, and in less than thirty minutes, the flames, fanned by one of the severest gales that have visited that sec tion for a longtime, had spread to even* portion of the building. The origin of the fire is a mystery,' the most plausible theory being that of ignition by a gas jet. The house was fully equipped with tire extinguishers, but the tank bursting ren dered them useless. The insurance* will probably cover about two-thirds of the loss. ':"•■-'•" '/I Hull: for the Championship. New York, Feb. Entries for the walk at Madison Square garden, for the , belt pre sented by O'Leary. and the championship of America", closed to-night The number of entries, 22, comprises the following names : Allen Burns, Bendigo Bandstridge, Benjamin Currin, John Ennis, Thos. Golden. John Hughes, F. 11. Hart. «eo. Henaker, F. Krohne, Richard Sacousc, J. C. Mulgrew, Owen Mc- Carthy. Peter J. Panchet, - Pierce Ryan, David Seanlan, M. Lymau, Harry Howard and three unknown. __• Abducted. Ottawa, Feb. 20.— While in a procession of Sunday school scholars at Hull, a girl named Garrett was abducted by her brother-in-law, aided by over a hundred French Canadians. who attacked the procession The wherea bouts of the girl is a mystery. ■-;,-; Death of an Old Citizen. - New York, Feb. Charles B. Richard, founder of the firm of G. B. Richard Co., formerly C. B. Richard & Bros., agents of the Hamburg line of steamers, is dead. Richard was born iv Reicenbocb, Silesia, July 30. 1518. Daily ASSERTING THEIR RIGHTS. M Reply to the War Against the Scandi : ' navians" . To the Editor of the Globe. St. Paul, Feb. 11, 1881.— In your ©lobe of to-day is found an article, the title of ."which" is, ''The War on the Scan-, dinavians.- It is said the Scandinavians are importunate and should be repressed by the Republican party; that they num ber 150,000 in the State, and that they cast about 25,000 votes, and as long as they confined themselves subordinates and voted the Republican tickets placed in the hands of their lords and masters, they were esteemed and cajoled. But some of them are preposterous, and think, in addition to voting, they should be entitled to the holding of office; that they contented themselves first with local official positions, that they managed to get into the legislature, then claimed the most lucrative State office and threaten to secure a Congressman now, and the Republicans stand aghast with intent of repressive measures. Is that so? Does it meaii a war, inaugurated by the Re publican party leaders against the Scan dinavians because they are not mindful of the important benefits they have de rived from them? ; *"*.'. Be it admitted that the Scandinavians lave, heretofore, been subservient to the Republican party; while they did not enow it was contrary to their interest; that some of their countrymen have mis ed them to support Republican can lidates to offices, by inducements of )enefits to be derived, through the influ jnces of Republican leaders and office seekers, in order to gain votes of sup lort by the Scandinavians. Now be it therefore known, that the Scandinavians of the State of Minnesota ire not fools, but humble, law abiding utizens, emigrated from a country of high :ivihzation to Minnesota, in order to bet er their financial condition, and not to ie imposed upon by Republican party eaders. They do* not ask any favors. They will in due time return to the alle giance with the people, which constitute he ever-living Democracy. The Scandinavians are made of the iame stuff as their ancient forefathers, vho were valient enough in the middle iges to conquer the greatest part of Europe, who discovered and occupied >arts of the American continent up to .347, and who now are fulfilling the irophecy of Odin, to go to and occupy he central parts of the American conti ient,the land flowing with milk and hon :y, where they can cut large slices of the at swine— "syrdmer," participate in the •ights and benefits of the most beneficent ivstem of a free and enlightened govern uent for the people and of the people, of vhich the}' now constitute an integral >art, which they by passion and ' perse verance of hard labor are supporting and vill maintain, regardless of highfalutin jolitieal leaders, whose intent it seems to >c to subjugate and subordinate them as serfs. The Scandinavians in Minnesota nay be deficient to some ixtent in regard to the English anguage and in statesmanship, so as to constitute efficient members in the legis ature. -Still, there are found amongst hem men with such required qualified ions, even to occupy the highest position n the State, as well as to become repre sentatives of Congress, and the days are lot far distant when such things may lappen, provided they leave the nearly unken ship of the Republican party and issert their independence with the peo )le'°.party, and then good-bv political eaders. The Norwegians were among the first immigrants who settled in Minnesota, and hey have by energetic labor, not only nade the then a wilderness blossom and )ear fruits for their support, although hey were surrounded by extreme poverty; nit they have as common laborers worked m the pathways of railroads, in the woods cutting timber, in" the fields cul tivating the soil for the golden harvest. The young men and maidens of their race have subordinated their ambitions and have been servants to their fellow cit izens and as a general thing been honest find faithful. That much cannot be said to the credit of them who assume to be their lords and masters, and what would have become of them if the Scandinavians had not been the toilers for them. The Norwegians are in no sense politi cal office beggars; they will very soon know how to govern themselves, and the Scandinavians are not only destined to occupy the lands in Minnesota and Da kota, but there can be no doubt, they in the future, will become the most import ant factor in the central part 'of the American continent, and infuse new life and activity in its great destiny. Don't be scared if you see the elephant and the Norwegians elect their own member to Congress. "No curbing of their ambition will be tolerated, nor will the Republican lead ers bo able to lead them by the ways they know not, and the voting cattle they seem o have heretofore l.e?n, will raise in their majesty of the people and dictate the future, * for the well being of good government and humanity. Forward. . The Morey Letter. New York, Feb. 20.— C01. Hartley writes the newspapers he never saw or heard of the Morey letter until after publication, and sug gests the authorities offer a reward of $5,000 to $25,000 for the author and immunity from punishment to the person who did write the letter if he will make himself known, it being understood neither myself, nor any member or agent of the Democratic national commitiee shall receive the reward or immunity. The Colonel further proposes if the authorities will guarantee immunity he will undertake to place the reward agreed upon with sums named in the national bank to credit of com mittee, who shall have authority to pay it over. - A Lively Blaze. . Silver Cliff, Feb. 20.— A fire which broke out at noon in a saloon on Cliff street de stroyed a number of buildings. Total loss about $50,000. Among the losers are the fol lowing: * M. Friedman, stock of clothing and building, $5,500, no insurance; W. Ronker, stock confectionery, $5,000, insured for $2,000; Murphy & Osgood, saloon, $2,000; F. L. Mil ler & Bro., stock of groceries, $8,000, insur ance $4,000; Ed Silk, saloon and theater, $3, -000; Kanster Bros., stock of clothing and building, $6,000; A. E. Bartlett, stock of fur niture, $2,500, insurance $1,500; J. A. Mclvin, hotel and other buildiug, 55,200, insurance $2,000; G. G. Miner, $2,500; Pinney * ITenrv, $3,500, insurance $1,500.. Freak of an Insane ."Man. New York, Feb. 20.— Carl Jansen, aged 28, while lying apparently drunk this afternoon on the battery sea wall was approached by two policemen. Jumping up suddenly Jansen leaped upon the ice floating in the river, and turning toward the officers, emptied a six barreled revolver at them. He then drew an other revolver, but changing his mind as he was about to fire, sprung into the water, from which he was dragged by the police and a boatman. Jansen is believed to he insane. He i? from Stockholm, and has been seven months a farm hand in Illinois. ' Fire in a Coffin Manufactory. Cincinnati, Feb. 'I . -Fire in thenew'fonr story brkk block recently erected as an addi tion to the factoryjif the Cincinnati coffin com pany, on Call street, north of Richmond street, this aiternoon, inflicted a loss of $30,000. The ilam.= destroyed the fourth story, used for manufacturing hardware S an.l " silver-plated goods, but did not extend below. Water de stroyed fine textile trimmings and robes stored in the second story. Insurance, $105,000. placed nearly equally in about sixty companies all outside of Cincinnati. v»^, V Sherman's Successor. . New York, Feb. 20.'— The Times says Chief Justice Folger of this State will be secretary of the treasury in President Garfield's cabi et. SAINT PAUL, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1881. DILLON'S OPINIONS. What He Thinks of the Coercive Meas' urea in the British Parliament. [Cable Telegram (Feb. 19) to Chicago Times.] There is a great deal of excitement over the action of parliament with regard to Irish meas ures. Large crowds lined all the approaches to the house of commons on yesterday. Com' ments on the proposed action with reference to arbitrary cutting off of debate on Monday are loud and unfavorable to the ministry. De tecfives swarm all over town, and every move ment of Irish members of parliament is watch ed. It Is a prevalent complaint that the gov ernment has suddenly become despotic. In an interview with Mr. Dillon, that gen tleman was asked what are the effects of pro longed opposition to the coercion bill. He replied: "It has rendered it impossible for the government to make the wholesale arrests originally intended, and it has made it exceed ingly unlikely that the English government will ever again attempt coercion in Ireland." "Is it true that the prolonged opposition has injured constitutional liberty in England!" was asked. "Yes," repliad Mr. Dillon, "but it is well the English people should know for the future that they can take away the liberty of the Irish people only at the cost of parting with their own." "What effect will be produced on land lords?" "The government have destroyed their orig inal bill and are now preparing a much strong er one." "Is there auy force in the accusation that the Parnellist party is standing between the people and the protection which the govern ment intended to afford them?" "No; the land league put an end to evictions up to the time the coercion bill was intro duced, and will confine its labor to this end as long as it is permitted to exist. By coercive action the government declares it will neither protect the people nor allow them to protect themselves." "Will the coercion bill destroy the league?" "No; it will have the effect to increase the strength of the league. A thousand Ulster men who held aloof from the league, having confidence in the liberal parliament, have been joining the league since the introduction of the coercion bill. Farm ers all over the country see their only hope in the league. Arrests will only increase the anger of the people." "Is there any danger of an armed rising?" "I think not. The national party is too sensible to attempt to resort to arms when not prepared. The present authorities at Dublin castle are endeavoring to get up a ris ing, but I believe the peopffc are too wise to be caught in this trap." Mr. Dillon leaves for Ireland to-day, to re main away some time. WISCONSIN NEWS. The city debt of Racine Is $213,000. The village of Braudon is incorporated. Two more saw mills are to be built in Eau Claire. A tub and pail factory is being erected iv Dexterville. The Richland county Democrat has been sold at sheriffs sale. A Scandinavian literary association. has been formed in White-head. In several localities the measles have been mistaken for smallpox. Last year in Dane county nearly 7,000 acres were planted with tobacco. There arc cases of smallpox iv Ooonto, Ah napco and neighboring towns. The authorities of Racine ha vo the establish ment of a ship yard in contemplation. Cyrus Evans, one of the oldest citizens of Green Bay, died las! week, aged 77 years. The establishment of a morning nerttan paper is in contemplation at Appleton. Th<- Janesville shoe factory is turning out 300 pairs per day and employs 100 operatives. A Portage county farmer had his entire ilock of twenty-one sheep destroyed by dogs recently. The mortality among tuna th! 3 v.- inter in the county of Msmitowoc^ts reported to be very great. The realdamce of David Cowan, EauGulle,wns recently destroyed by fire. Loss £2,000; insur ance $750. Over one-tuird of the schools in Sheboygun county are closed on account of scarlet fever nnd diphtheria. The total amount of money on deposit in the banks of Eau Claire is $2!t8,2'.»3: in Chippewa Falls $270,000. The project of huilding a railroad from Stevens Point to Neillsville, fifty-four miles, is taking shape. Dennis Crow, of Racine, did not know the shot gun was loaded, and he blew off one of hisftngen to find out. The burning of the Wisconsin Central road paint shop at Stevens Point involves a lass of $-2,000; insurance, $7. r >o. The total sales of the Grange store at Evaus ville the last year were 878,044, an increase of 25 per cent, over the preceding year. Pierre Labash, a logger in the lumber re gion, was killed at McKinuey's camp a few da\s ago, on the Yellow river, by a falling tree. Farmers in the neighborhood of Green Bay have great difficulty in reaching the city on account of the extraordinary accumulation of suow. The robbery of the treasurer's office of Ke wau nee county, has been proved beyond doubt to be the work of the treasnrer, Jandu, who is a defaulter in the amount of 5'J.000. Mr.*. F. Boardman, of Farmington, hung herself recently. She was 28 years old, aud leaves a husband aud three children, the young est a month old. Cause unknown. A Wisconsin farmer twenty-.three years ago planted a piece of land unfit for cultivation with black walnut trees, which are now from sixteen to twenty inches through, and have been sold for $27,000. . Frank Wheeler, of Beloit, when returning home the other night from a masquerade was fired upon by some would-be assassins from behind a wood pile. The bullet lodged in the bundle of masquerade clothes which he had under his arm. . The Situation at Frontier Agencie*. , Gen. Cook, Indian agent at Rosebud agency, passed through the city Saturday. He reports the weather exceedingly unpropitious in that part of the country. He has lost fifteen per cent, of the cattle received as a four and a half months' supply, owing to the severity of the winter.The supply of cattle is not sufficient to last until April Ist, and he will probably have to call on the contractors j for deliveries at an earlier date. As there has not been a spot of ground seen since November loth, and the snow is badly drifted besides, it will puzzle the contractors to make their deliveries, but the contract price is such that they will probably have a handsome profit if they have to employ bull-whackers to carry the "steers -on their shoulders one or two hundred miles. ; Annie Pixley To-Night. Lovers of the drama will not forget that this evening Miss .Annie Pixley begins her engagement at the Opera house in the border play of "M : li3s." No dramat ic representation of the year has received more universal commendation than this, for the presentation of tvhich Miss Pixley appears to be peculiarly adapted. She will be supported by an unusually strong com pany, embracing quite a number of old stage favorites. The sale of reserved seats will open at 9 o'clock this morning. Sons of Benjamin. New York, Feb. 20.— third annual convention of the Independent Order of Sons of Benjamin was held to-day, Wm. Heller, grand master, in the chair. The organization has 370 lodge?, three conducted by women. Paid endowments past year, $7,410; income of lodges, $15,458; expenditures, $13,009. Wm. Heller was selected grand master; Edward Wetheirmer, deputy gran.l master; Adolph SOberstein, gian<l ?. vi. \r,ry. J. ?. ' Wallc-nsteiri, grand treasurer. :'SI~'J ii New Yohk, Feb. 20.— The annual.conven tion of the grand lodge of tb-- order of Koahel Shel Barzel was held to-day. The endowment committtee report receipts" for the past year of $62,915, and disbursements of $59,273. The surplus amounts to $19,701 . Sinking fund in the lodges, $25,000. I«aac Manx was chosen grand president. . . : Congressional Temperance. ' Washington, Feb. 20.— The : Congressional Temperance society held, its forty-seventh an niversary this evening. Addresses were made by Senator Davis and Representatives Price Munro, Ward and Ballow. Resolutions were' adopted requesting the President to forbid the sale of liquors by storekeepers at army posts. AIX ABOUND THE GLOBE. Skobeloff is returning to Russia. The striking colliers of Yorkshire, Eng. , have refused to submit to an arbitration. Charles F. Beretou, an old and respected cit laenof Milwaukee, committed suicide yester day. The village schools at Redwood Fmlls have been suspended on account of the lack of fiie). The horse distemper ha 9 again broken out in some of the New York street railroad stables. Germany has given its adherence to the pro posal for an international exhibition of elec trlcity at Paris. It is reported that the Canton, Ohio, car works will probably soon locate a branch fac tor j in Mankato. B iptiste Costa, the Italian who killed his brother near Collinsville, 111., Friday night, has been arrested. Ex-corporation counsel Joseph F. Bon field, Chicago, died Saturday evening at his own residence in that city. The Georgia Southern or Mobile railway routi to New Orleans is again complete, the floods having subsided. Mrs. Wilson, at Petersburg, Va., has been found guilty of the murder of her husband, and sentenced to be hanged. It is understood the English cabinet and Boet government are discussing terms of pea«e proposed by the latter. The village of Brevieres, France, has been completely destroyed by two avalanches. Ten of tue inhabitants were killed. Rockwell & Churchill's printing establish ment, of Boston was damaged by fire yesterday. Losi, $30,000; partially insured. An enthusiastic movement of citizens of Detroit, Mich., is in progress for suppression of variety theaters aud concert halls. John M. Justice, a prominent citizen of Erie, Pa., while on a hunting expedition Satur day, accidentally shot and killed himself. The pope is said to be indignant because the and league leaders appear to have formed an alliance with the anti-clericals of France. The Maine House, Saturday, indefinitely postponed the concurrent resolution passed by the Senate, expressing sympathy with Ire land. A new Corliss engine, sixty horse power, is soon to be put in Berry's mill at Marshall, to take the place of the old and weak one now in use. ) •. ' ' Atn planing mill in Sunbury, 0., Saturday, a saw broke in pieces, one of which entered the breast of L. D. Green, causing his instant death. ;.;; .£. . A synagogue at Neustettiu, Pommerania,' has 'wen destroyed by an incendiary tire, which occurred shortly after an anti-Jewish meeting had teen held in the building. The grand hotel built at Omaha by George Francis Train, which has been closed several years, has been bought by parties who will re build it and reopen it as a hotel. ' v Senator-elect Fair, of Nevada, arrived at Omalta Saturday evening, on his way to Con cord. N. H., to visit his two children at school there, before going to Washington. :•- ■; Mr;. Rebecca Corseilline and Mrs. Darely, her mother, have been arrested at Columbus, 0., on charge of murdering the former's first husband at London, 0., two years ago. - Du'ify and Murphy, the Laprade 1 (Teun.) murderers, who turned State's evidence.are re ported to have been found hanging to a tree near Guthric, Term., Saturday morning. The report of the receiver of the Onio & Mississippi railroad for 18S0 shows a large in crease of net earnings, reduction of the lloat ing debt and improvement of the roadway. Tlv municipality of Marseilles, France, by a vote of 83 to 1, has annulled its grant of a site for ejection of a statuo to Thiers, on the ground thai he was an enemy to radical Ideas. '•'— 'i'l.' Boston 'lancers"-' ami Charleston cadets, oil iIK-ir way to New Orleans to participate in the SJardi Gras parade, had an enthusiastic military and civic reception at Chicago Satur day.' — The 1' Paducah & •Elizabethtowu .* road of Kentucky, has abandoned the experiment of impress business find,, entered into : con tract for it with the Southern express " com-' pany. Body-snatching continues of frequent occur rence in the villages near Montreal. Saturday the police of Montreal recovered the . stolen body of a woman in the dissecting rooms of Bishop college. \- * ; ; ;- The elevators at St. Louis are busy loading barges with wheat and corn for foreign ship ment via New Orleans. Three to four hundred bushels will be sent out early this week, and more will follow." Joseph H. Wade plead guilty 4t Indianapo lis Saturday of the murder of Brown, [of which he was once found guilty and sentenced to be hung, but obtained a new trial,] and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The Norwich line steamer, City of Boston, and the Elm City, of the Hartford line, were in collision on Long Island sound Saturday in a fog, but without serious injury to • either boat or harm to passengers. Henry D. Klotlie, a wealthy farmer living near Glasgow, Mo., suicided yesterday morning, shooting himself through the head He was a prominent church member, and highly es teemed. No cause is known for the act. The body of the late Dr. Kourden Hounsen-" berg, of Indianapolis, was cremated •in Le Moyne's furnace at Washington, Pa., Saturday afternoon. This was the tenth cremation there and created no excitement in the village. A Deer Trail, Col. , dispatch tells of 'W. A. Middlemost, a wealthy stock man, of that region, being found frozen to death, with two of the four horses he was driving also frozen to death, and the other two in bad condition. The family of Fernando Wood having for bidden any public funeral ceremonies at New York city, his body on arrival there from Washington, where funeral services were held Saturday, was to conveyed direct to Trinity cemetery. :.. ;,.- The jury which has inquired into the late fatal accident at the Buffalo depot of the New York Central railroad, finds that the roof fell because of the parting, from causes unknown, of the rods which held the trusses of the roof in position. ; - - . . O'Leary offers to wager $5,000 that hi 3 un known will in the commg six day pedestrian contest excel every previous six day record; and also offers to wager $5,000 that his con tract with the "unknown" is already signed and witnessed. The international medical and sanitary cx T ' hibition will be held in London on occasion of the meeting of the international medical con gress, from July 16 to August 23. Applica tions from America for svace will be received until April 16. The two murderers of Baber, having waived •examination and been committed to the Nash ville jail, were taken from Winchester to Nash ville under a strong military guard, much to the dissatisfaction of a large crowd which was ready to lynch them. £ James Adams was arrested at Lee's Summit, Mo., near Kansas city, Friday night, for the murder of Samuel Armstrong, at New London, Conn., three years ago. Adams has been liv ing at Lee's Summit two years under the name 5f J. P. Halls. * *. J. T. Ogden, supposed to have formerly been a resident at Port Jefferson, Ohio, committed suicide at St. Louis, Friday night, by shooting himself. He lay on a bed and fired the pistol into his mouth. Cause, despondency on ac count of ill-health and poverty. The steamer Fairplav, with 800 bales of cot ton, and wharfboat Katie, with 500 bales of cotton and a I large amount of merchandise, were destroyed by an incendiary fire Saturday morning. The people on the boat barely es caped in, their night clothes, and one, Eddie Hancock, a printer, was burned to death. j At a masked fete of students of the academy of painting, Munich, Friday, the costumS* of some of the students caught fire, and four stu dents were burned to death, and eight serious ly injured. . None of them were Americans. A German student started the fire in lighting a cigar, and spread It by running among the others. '■''.-■'■ ,:?->-"' Death of Miss Darlington, of St. Mary's Episcopal Chnreli. '.- vT- ; . Miss S. P. Darlington,- principal of st. Mary's Episc^al school, died in that institu tion last night, of pneumonia. Deceased moved to this city in 1860. and has- been con nected with the Bishop Whipple schools ever since, holding the position of principal of St. Mary'fl school from 1860 to the day of her death. She leaves many friends, both here and in St. Paul, to mourn her loss. - American Tract Soci ety. Washington, Feb. 20.— At the annual meet ing of the American Tract society, addresses •were made by Justice Strong and Representa tive Haskell, the latter giving the result of his personal observations as to the usefulness of colportage on the frontier. Aggregate re- 1 ceipts for the year, including balance brought forward, $382,283.79. (Klnbe. RAILROADS. St. Pawl & Duluth Shares -A Proposed Railroad from Moorhead to Brecken ridge via McCanleyville. The New York World of the 17th remarks: "The rise in Northern Pacific gives additional evidence of the low prices at which St. Paul and Duluth common and preferred shares are ruling. The latter road is not bonded at all, and the probabilities of a consolidation with the St. Paul and Omaha (though often denied) nre still great." The Argonaut, of Moorhead, Minn., of the 17th lnst., publishes the proceedings of meet ings held at Moorhead, on Tuesday and Wed nesday last, at which the preliminary organ ization was effected of a company which pro poses to build a railroad on the Minnesota side of Red River, from Moorhead to Brecken ridge via McCauleyville. Articles of corpora tion were agreed upon and signed by twenty one residents of Moorhead, Breckenrldge and McCauleyville, and the following named were chosen for the board of directors, viz: 8. G. Coinstock, A. A. White, H. A. Bruns,'|F. J. Burnham and John Erickson, of Moorhead, and J. R. Harris and David MeCauley, of Mc- Cauleyville. After obtaining some further signatures to the articles of incorporation at Bredcenridge, they will be filed with the secretary of state and the directors will be ready to negotiate for for building the road. The route, following an almost level plain, one-half mile to six miles from the river, will be direct, easy and cheap in construction. It is probably a far better route than could be had on the west side of the river and it is possible therefore that the new company may in time yield place to the M. & St. P., Si. P. & M. or N. P., to either of which companies the proposed road may prove a valuable acquisition. The Argo naut esteems the project for its promise of con tributing to make Moorhead a railroad center nnd consequently a stronger commercial town. CITY GLOBULES. Supt. Birge has established a new fire alarm at the St. Paul & Manitoba' railroad, to be numbered 43. Collecler Bickel returned Saturday evening from an official inspection of the Red river and St. Vincent branches of his department. The annual ball under the auspices of the Liederkranz society, intended to signalize the close of the private dances of the winter series, will take place to-night. The arrangements are fully perfected, and a very pleasant time is expected. About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon a team, attached to a covered sleigh, from McKin ney's stable, became frightened, ou Hill street, and started to run away. The animals scudded up Hill street with the rapidity of greased lightning, coming to grief on Fort street, where they collided with a rig driven by Mr. Simons. Both vehicles were demoralized, bnt no personal injury was inflicted. About noou, yesterday, Dr. Cha9. N. Dori on, while passing from Christ church, on Fourth street, after the morning services, slipped on the ice, and was thrown upou the sidewalk', sustaining a fracture of the left ankle and other painful injuries. He was as sisted to his residence, corner of Fifth and Washington streets, and may not be able to leave the house for some days. He will con tinue his practice, receiving patients at his residence. The entertainment given by the Rosen field sisters and Seibert's orchestra at the Atheuae nni last night attracted a large, and enthusias tic audience. The programme was substanti ally the same as that given at the Open house hist week, and the musical talent of these ac complished artists was never displayed to bet icy or more satisfactory advantage.' The per formance was highly enjoyable throughout, and thf: artists were ♦lw recipients of enthusi astic encores. There was a dance utKnapp's place, Roger's block, Saturday night, and after the glims had been doused, which was late yesterday .in iiii.it, .-evera! of t&O merry makers, went up stairs to bed. Among these was Joe Ack erman, who possessed, ou retiring, a valuable gold watch. On waking up yesterday morn ing be discovered that the "jigger" had been cabbaged from his vest pocket. Two men were arrested on suspicion, but as no evidence was forthcoming they were released. The ladies of the Fanny Parnell Land league are preparing a grand entertainment to be giv en at the Opera house ou the evening of the 24th inst. Besides the laudable object pro posed, namely, "to assist the women of Ire land to defend their homes," the programme will contain many attractions. Addresses will be made by Rev. Father McGolrick of Minne apolis, and Messrs. Wm. L. Kelly and C. D. O'Brien of St. Paul. Tbe Misses Banning have kindly consented to read selections from Fanny ParneU's beautiful poem?. There will also be vocal and instrumental selections, league songs, etc,, under the direction of Mr. Wm. F. Markoe. About 8 o'clock last evening, while passing along Third street near Jackson, the attention of Sergeant Walsh and Officer Nugent was at tracted by the unseemly conduct and loud conversation of a man and woman, both under the influence of liquor. They were ordered to make less noise and move on, whereupon the man became cranky and threatened to whip the officer. They were both put under arrest, and as the female refused to walk, a cutter was procured by Officer Nugent while Sergeant Walsh started for city hall with the man. The nutter had only proceeded a short distance up Third street when the woman jumped from the cutter and tried to escape. She w^s over taken by the officer, when a lively scumfe en sued, the irate Amazon showing fight. rgfAfter great difficulty she was locked up. The wo man's name is Ella French, well known in St. Paul, and the man is a Minneapolis duffer named Frank Mallory. KACO UKAQEJUENT FOR IREL A XD. Interesting: Meeting of the Sixth Ward Land League. The SLxth W ard Land League held a very successful meeting yesterday after noon. Father Gallagher presided and kept business moving lively. Short and stirring speeches were made by Chief Justice Wood, P. Crowley and John Q. Donnelly. An interesting incident of the meeting was the reading of an extract from an Irish paper by Mr. C. M. McCarthy of the central league of this city, referring to a speech of Michael Davit t, made before some two thousand Orangemen, showing that the land ques tion is uniting Irishmen as the}' were never before. The resolutions adopted by the central league Saturday night, published in yesterday's issue of the Globe, were endorsed, in addition to which the following, presented by Aid. Jerry McCarthy, were adopted : Resolved, That- we hail the approaching unity of the Irish people, as now indicated by the present agitation of the land q uestion in Ireland, nnd the kindred agitation in the United States, and believe that the time Is not far distant when all local barriers and'differ ences will be absorbed in the one thought, that Ireland must be united and free. Resolved, That we believe and hope that the congress of the United States, the legislatures of the several States thereof, and all public commercial bodies, will speedily nnd strongly declare in favor of the rights of the Irish people to own, as well as to occupy, the soil of their native land . Resolved, That we tender our sincere thanks to the governor of this commonwealth, Hon. J. 8. Pillsbury, for the promptness with which he communicated the cheering news of the action of our State legislature to the friends of the cause in the old country, who will be greatly encouraged thereby. Some twenty-five new names were en rolled, making a total membership of over one hundred. On next Sunday after uoou the league will be addressed by Senators Adams, Crooks and Bonniwell. Voral and instrumental music will also be provided, making the meeting the mr.-.t interesting of the league After war, pestilence and intemperance c^ds lead to the greatest destruction of human life, mainly in consequence of their being syste matically neglected— "left to go as they came —until a" simple, curable affection is converted into a serious and generally fatal disease. It i is better to take care of a cough or cold from : Its incipiency, by using promptly Dr. Jayne's 1 Expectorant, a remedy thoroughly adapted to 1 remove these complaints, and equally effective in the primary stages of consumption, asthma and bronchitis. Business men go to Stees Bro.'s for Moore' j Patent Counting House King Desks. MINNESOTA NEWS. A uni«n high school is to be established in Shakopee. There were eighty-eight freight cars snowed in at Willmar. Owatonna will give a site for the new State prison, and 110,000 besides. The liquor war at Worthington, Nobles county, continues at white heat. The New Him Review records two more deaths fronl diphtheria in that village. George Parker has been appointed deputy coal oil inspector fer Kittson county. The sheriff of Pope county meanders about on snowshoes to serve bis legal papers. The public schools of New Ulm were closed lust week on account of the drifted snow. The Baptists in Grove City, Meeker county, are holding a series of religious meetings. It Is alleged that over 1,000 deaths from diphtheria occurred in Minnesota last year. The Bulletin says the indications point to an active building season in Wabashaw during IISBI. A new semi-weekly mail route has been es tablished between Sleepy Eye and Fort Ridgely, via Golden Gate. A family in Wadena were poisoned the other day by eating canned beef. By timely remedies their lives were saved. The house of S. S. Dickinson, of North field, was destroyed by fire last week. Loss, $1,200; iusurance $75u. The temperance people of Winnebago City are considering the matter of establishing a temperance paper in that place. Not a single member of either House of the present legislature of Minnesota is a native of the State. Carpet baggers all. The merchants of New Ulm have received but little freight since Christmas, and are low, or out of many kinds of goods. All the State papers are "storm bound," heir columns heavily "blockaded" with "bliz zard" accounts and storm articles. D. W. Compton, one of the oldest settlers of Fremont, Winona county, is dead. He has lived in that town twenty-one years. Material for a new Lutheran church edifice is being placed on the ground in Long Prairie, preparatory to building in the spring. The imports into Blue Earth City in 1880 amounted in pounds to 2tf,465,202, and the ex ports amounted in pounds to 11,708,765. Recently P. G. McGuire's office and ma chinery warehouse in Crookston, were de stroyed by fire. Loss $1,500; uninsured. At Albert Lea it is said Bjornson struck a church revival among his countrymeu and talked infidelity to them, and was not appre ciated. The other day Sheriff Hunter, of Lyon coun ty, was severely wounded by the discharge of a revolver which he was carrylug in his panta loons' packet. Farmers living four or five miles from Fair mont, Martin county, went into that town the other day for store supplies with hand feleds, teams being snow bound. The Mapleton, Blue Earth county, Censor has been ooliged to suspend its publication for lack of patronage. It has been published between nine or ten months. A wild cat weighing fourteen pounds was caught in a trap at Glenwood the other night. Its appetite had demanded the slaughter of twelve hens the night previous. It is alleged that long, hard, snow-bound winters like this are uniformily followed by immense crops of wheat. A compensation of this kind is now confidently looked for. The deep snow is making wolves hungry and bold. Recently, at Sauk Center, they Fol lowed a team from the woods, howling and making angry demonstrations, till the team reached the village. Recently the barn of H. Brady, on his farm four miles from Benson, Swift" county, took fire and was totally consumed with all its con tents, including three horses, two cows, a number of calves and fowls. The report of destitution among the farmers west of Sleepy Eye, in the finding of a family consisting of father, mother and three chU drcn, frozen to decth in their shanty, is de nounced as a sheer fabrication. One of the. farmers of Fr^eborn county, for the purpose of exchanging wheat raising lor stock raising, bought seventy calves last sum mer. Forty five of them have died, it is thought from improper feeding. W. W. Williams, of the Albert Lea Standard, had a hand-to-hand-scuffle with J. R. Ellerton, recently, in a saloon, in which the former came out second best. The difficulty grew out of an article in the Standard. A good reason why there were no quarterly meeting religious exercises held in (Henwood, Pope county, the other day, was that there was no presiding elder, no minister and no congregation present. Snow bound. A family in Zumbrota came near losing their lives recently from gas from n coal stove in the night time. The cover of the stove had been left off. A timely discovery only saved their lives. They were seriously aflecteu by the gas. A 15)4 year old son of James Burke was drowned in the Mississippi river, opposite Winona, the other day. He ventured too near an opening in the ice, the ice broke, he fell into the water, and the current drew him un der the ice. William Glutting, of New Ulm.was recently operated upon with the surgeon's knife for strangulated hernia, successfully. The dan gerous and difficult operation occupied some twenty minutes, and the patient has fair pros pects of recovery. Some of the older settlers think that the winter of 1858-7 equalled this in the severity of the cold and the great amount of snow, while other old settlers declare that this win ter, for cold and show, is without a parallel since the settlement of the State. St. Peter Tribune, Feb. 16: Five hundred shovelers worked on the Winona & St. Peter railroad on Friday shoveling snow, and the wind on Friday night filled in twice as much as the five hundred men took out. It is very discouraging work, this trying to open up snow blockades. John C. Carlson, a Norwegian living near Dexter, Mower county, had a little one year old girl scalded to death. The Careless mother put a teakettle of boiling water on the floor, where the little one was creeping about. The child pulled the kettle oyer onto itself, with the result noticed. A chopper was cuttingdown a tree by the roadside in Morristown, Waseca county, the other day. Just as the tree was about to fall Mr. Hoblin drove up with his team, and the tree falling a limb struck one of the horses, killing it. The other horse was injured and so was Mr. Hoblin, slightly. The town of Mankato is reported to be one vast wood yard this winter. The vacant lots around the railroad, mills and factories are covered with immense piles of wood, while thousands of cords are placed elsewhere for next fall's use. One firm are getting out 11, -000 cords for shipment. Last year the name of the village of Sleepy Eye was changed to *'Loreno." The newspa pers and the villagers refused to accept the change and stuck to Sleepy Eye right valiant ly. Now a bill has been introduced into the legislature to change the name to "Sleepy Eye Lalje," and the villagers kick at that worse than they did at "Loreno." They refuse to take any "Lake" in theirs. Sleepy Eye, pure and simple, and nothing else will* satisfy the sleepy fellows. Grove City, Meeker county, Times, Feb. 11: On Thursday of last week a fourteen or fifteen year old son of Henry Halverson Thon, of the township of Litchfield, was killed in a -sudden aud deplorable manner, The boy was driving a horse hitched to a horsepower, used for driv ing a circular saw. As It was cold, the boy was walking behind the sweep to whioh the horac was attached. Suddenly the hitching arrangement broke, letting the sweep fly back with great power, and striking the unfortun ate boy ou the chest with such force an to In stantly kill him. Western Union Telegraph Stock. New Yobk, Feb. 19.— 1n the < onnty clerk's office, to-day, a certificate increasing the stock of the Western J'nion Telegraph company to 180,000,000 Was* filed. It was signed by Mar vin Greene, Edward Morgan, Augustus Schell, A. Durkeo, Samnel F. Barger, Joseph Harkr-r, A. B. Cornell, Russell Sage, Jno. Van Home, Cornelius Vanderbllt, Wilson G. Hunt, E 8 Sanford, Thomas F. Eckert, D. C. Mills, O. H. ISaljner., Samuel A. Munson, Jay Gould, Aueon Stager, Edward Worcester and William D Bnjjop. The certificate is filed because of ques. tions that have been made as to whether the articles of association under which said com pany is organized have provided for the in crease aforesaid and te exclude all possible pre text for doubt respecting the same. tfonderf al Bargains at Llndeke's. Don't forget it, ladies. Ooly one week more. Splendid bargains. Goods still being marked dowD. Nothing like the rush. They most be closed out before March Ist. NO. 52 AMONG THE HORSES. Sport on the Ice Track-English Spring Handicaps -Miscellaneous On the Ice. / The speeding track on the river is now Id excellent condition, in fart could not be im proved, and presents a lovely scene each after noon. Saturday last there was a goodly crowd, including crab, cob and trotter. Mr. Heron, with the chestnut gelding Stacey, and Mr. Burwell with his speedy mare Kitty 8., show ing the most speed, were accorded the right of Z*Z: .fIT? Orally had the best of the mare, she being at times unsteady and rant, but when well °, n her feet made the pace hot for Mr. Heron's horse These gentlemen evi dently enjoyed their afternoon's sport, speed ing down the track together repeatedly. •• btacey ( was in fine feather, going level and - fast, evidently to " the satisfaction of Mr. Heron, who could be noticed when jogging up the stretch, casting his weather eye to wards town, probably looking for Lady Brown ' to make her appearance, but Charley didn't ■how up, much to the disappointment of the crowd, for his mare has greatly Improved in speed of late, many believing her to be able to show her heels to Stacey. She would have required worlds of endways to . have done it . hat day, but she was not there, and specula tion of this kind is as cheap as ever - The "architectural" wonder, . Golden Star, was out in the crowd, but Mr. Radcliff did not show his quality, but the cobs and crabs were . sent for all that was in them, and more, too, and the boys, old and young, had lots of fun. Hoofer. The English Spring llamHcaps. [Kentucky Live Stock Record, 19th.] The acceptances for the English Spring Handicaps have come to hand, from which it appears that Robert thejDevil is de clared out of the City.and Suburban, leaving Peter the top weight at 128 "pounds. As a whole the acceptances are large as they usual ly are. Out of the 115.eutries for the Lincoln Handicap 38 declared out, leaving Peter the top weight at 131 poun«b. Of the 47 entries for the Newmarket Handicap 11 declared. For the Newmarket International 17 declared out of the 52 entries, includ ing Fashion and Westbourne, the two top weights, which left L*etta at the head of the list with 120 pounds, and as the top weight must be 124 pounds, the weight on Lucetta was raised four pounds, as also were all the others entered for the race, including Wallenstein, who has now 118 pounds, Neriad 114 pounds, Mistake 111 pounds aud Brake speare 101 pounds. For the Epsom spriug meeting nine declared out of the Great Met ropolitan and sixteen out of the Great Surrey handicap, for which Mr. Keene's Spendthrift is the top weight at 128 pounds. The Prince of Wales stakes lost eighteen, including the four top weights, which leaves Wallcn stein occupying that position at 130 pounds. The City and Suburban lost twenty-one only out of 108 entries, all the Americans remaining in, Including Uncas at 103 pounds. Neriad at 91 pounds, Iroquois, Fosall and Barrett each at »l pouuds, and Seminole at St pounds. The Chester cup suffers more in proportion than any other race, 19 declaring out of the 47 entries, none of the Americans having been entered. For the Liverpool Grand National steeplechase 13 declared out of the 47 entries, Liberator, the winner in 1879, being the top weight at 175 pounds, with Regal, the winner in lt>76, second on the list at 166 pounds and Empress, last year's winner, at 165 pounds. Miii ■ lliineou.i. The. leading turf papers have abandoned tha 2:30 figure as the trotting zero, that rate of speed having become too unanimous, and have adopted 2:25 as the maximum of time allowed for a horse to get his nose under the wire in order to obtain a record worthy of being con sidered par excellence. The number that can now respond to such a roll call being nearly 400, it will soon become necessary to drop an other five seconds, as there are about 100 others that are now excluded to a fraction of a sec- . ond only, that will soon be claiming fellow ship in the aristocratic equine circle. Among the curiosities of breeding can be cited that of the stallion Tatler, by Pilot, Jr., having two of his get in the 2:25 and better list, Indianapolis and Voltaire, each having the same record, 2:31. Walkill Chief,' by Hainble tonian, also has two in the list, Great Eastern and Dick Swiveller, to whom he has transmit ted equal speed, each having a record of 2:18. Mr. Charlea 8. Lloyd, a well-known turf mau, died Thursday last of. Haimdel, New Jersey, of heart disease. The entries for the sprirg rceetingj of the Nashville blood horse association, which closed Thursday, are unusually large, guaranteeing an interesting and successful meeting. The St. Louis Jockey club have changed their dates to June 6th to 11th inclusive. This will give ample time between the Chester Park, Cincinnati, 0., and St. Louis meetings, and enable owners to run their horse9 at both places. W. P. Balch, Boston, Mass , has purchased from R. P. Conklin, Northport, R. 1., for a gentleman of Worcester, Mass., the brown stallion Wedgewood, 2:19, ten years old, by Belmont, dam Woodbine by Woodford. It is stated, however, that Wedgewood and Parana will be in Splaiu's stables the coming season. In the case involving the ownership of the trotting horse Charlie Ford, of Chicago, the Wisconsin supreme court h; s found in favor of James McKesson. • Mr. W. C. France, of St. Louis, owner of Hattie Woodward, Alexander, Lizzie Smith, and other trotters, is, it Is stated, about to take up his residence in Chicago. Mambrino Hambletonian, the siro of the grand young mare Parana, died the 29th ult., of typhoid pneumonia, in the stables of his owner, Mr. Emery, at Cleveland, O. An Intelligent and Noble Dog. As a general thing dog stories having refer ence to the marvelous instinct and sagacity of this most intelligent and faithful animal of the bnrte creation, are, to employ a vulgar saying, as thick as hair or fleas on a goat. The ■ latest and by far the best illustration of the sagacity and intelligence of the canine is now going the rounds in this city and it is not only vouched for by competent authorities but is , susceptable of daily verification. Mr. 8.-, a Seventh . street } saloon keeper, owns a valuable ' dog, part pointer and part Newfoundland.. Now B, who is accounted a very intelligent man and a great reader withal, subscribes for both of the St. Paul morning papers, the Pioneer Press and the* Globe. Outside of - his residence at the gate .is a wooden receptacle for mail,' and into this box the papers arc " dropped each morning. The dog had .been trained to visit the box each morning: and bring the papers to the house. Latterly Ihe has only brought one paper, the Globe. ' Thinking it strange that he should not receive the Pioneer Press, Mr. B. came to the conclu sion that it was not delivered, or if so it . mast be stolen from the box. i A few mornings ago, on looking out . the window, his attention was attracted ■ by the - strange conduct of the : dog. The animal was observed to go to the '. box, take one ■of . the papers and tear it up; the other paper he - brought to the house. Investigating the af fair, he found that the animal had torn up the . ' Pioneer Press and, as usual, he brought the ■ Globe to the house. * v , . .^ ; Whether or not he has a T prejudice . against the carrier of that paper is not known, but while bis reasons are not known, bis good judgment cannot be questioned. , - ; ; The Sixth Ward Levee. The Ramsey county delegation in the : legis lature gave audience during the recess ■ yester ; -, ' day noon to a committee representing the Sixth ;■' . ward, which consisted of Messrs. - J*. i C. Me Carthy, James Starkey; C. :H. > Lienau, Wm.~ Berlandl, 8. D. Lord, Thomas Cochran, Jr., and Ansel Oppenheira. The object of the com- j mittee was to urge favorable action upon the B bill authorizing an expenditure ?of ; 125,000 Tor acquiring property and ■ building a leve along the Sixth ward front, and that the amount should be increased to $40,000. Mr. McCarthy - was the principal spokesman for ~ the committee, and made a strong ; argument, " which he elincued by the } declaration that nearly $400,000 worth of ■ buildings . and 2,000 s ' people are in danger of a flood, - t which may destroy the property and drive the people away. "How much would not the ! city of St. , Paul ■ pay, he said, for an addition of 2,000 people ' and 400,000 worth of building? ;, How much will it pay to keep them?'! <:•. Before the confer ence closed it was agreed t that the bonds to be ' authorized should be increased to $40,000 ■ and it was understood the whole ; delegation will ■ cordially support the bill as amended. - - . • v .*. personal. - Ex-Sheriff Johnson, of Washington . • >:' ' ', now of Fargo, is visiting in. St. Paul, -. ;-•