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PUBLISH*-* THURSDAYS Worthington, Nobles County, Minn. wrior HlBOBtbt. VUtr cents tor UiC^ month* Th«Old Ktttabllshed Paper. Offiolal Paper of the County. A. MTl.I.im, Editor PrtgrrWcr. NEWS OF THE DAY. News from ttushinf/ton. It is certain that Air. Bell, assistant seere tary of the interior, is to retire. It has caused surprise that lie should not remain in the in terior department, for in addition to being an efficient officer who had been long in service" tie had what must be considered the advan tage, under this administration, of being a pronounced stalwart and active orator for Grant in New York campaigns. It is said lie position has been tendered to Mr. Joslvn of Illinois. In connection with certain im porlantchang es in several departments since President Ar thur's adminstration began it is said that the heads of departments have more unre stricted powers in their offices than they had for many previous adminstrations. The president turns a deaf ear to the influence which subordinate department officers enlist in their support and takes the wish of the head of a department as final. Air. Jocelyn, who succeeded Mr. Bell as assistant secretary of the interior, is a resi dent of Aurora, in northern Illinois. He is an ex-member of the Illinois legislature, is an old personal friend of Secretary Telhr, their friendship running back many years, to the time when Mr. Teller hinise.ll was a resident of Northern Illinois. Mr. Jocelyn is also one of Senator Logan's most anient friends and supporters. The house elections committee decided to adjourn till the next session of congress, and will make no further reports in contested election cases till that time. It is stated on the best authority that when the reports arc submitted they will create quite a ripple, and some of the contestants will be sadly disappointed in their efforts to secure seats on the floor of the house. Air. Washburn has taken the initiative in a movement to secure a thorough investiga tion into the responsibility for the loss the Jeannette and the I)e Long party. The Minneapolis brother of the ill-fated Collins who was lost, is the instigator of the inves tigation. The president has received the supplemen tal petition, bearing 59,000 signatures, from the Garfield club, New York city, asking the pardon of Sergeant Mason, together with several other petitions. Representative Strait, of Minnesota, has instructions from the committee on public lands to'offer for passage, under the Pound rule, the bill to grant additional rights to homestead settlers on bublin lands in rail road limits. There are 2,400 applications for appoint ment to office, on tile in the interior depart ment. Ithas been decided not t: relieve Col. La ^nlle as commandant at West Point. Neios of the Hailroads. A Washington special to the Times says: It is charged to-day that a new sensation brewing, involving the Northern Pacific lob by which has been here for some time. here lias been a good deal of gossip to-day, owing to the fact that one or two lobbyists have found out that the Northern Pacific lobby has spent a good deal of money here l.o secure the favors shown it at the hands of the house judicary committee. Thtf formal opening ot the Chippewa Valley & Superior road is announced. The following are the stations between Wabasha and Eau Claire: Wabasha, Heed's Siding, Beef'Slough, Durand, Red Cedar Junction, .Meridian, Cary, Porterville, Shawtown, Eau Claire. The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway for the third week ot July were $337,000, an increase of $12,520. The Canadian Pacific people propose to embellish Montreal with a $1,000 depot. Hecord of Fires and Casualties. Thomas O'Leary, Timothy Breen and William Gilligan, field hands, took refuge under a cherry tree in West Roxbury, Mass., during a thunder storm. Lightning struck the tree, killed O'Leary and Breen and knocked Gilligan senseless. Charles A. Hesse, formerly of Iowa, was crushed to death in Basset saw mill at Minneapolis, on Thursday last. On the •same day William II. Barn urn was run over by thecarsand killed. At. Palmerston, Out., Pennimnre & Me Kinley's flouring mill was burned. Loss, 320,000 insurance, $10,000. Eleven deaths by lockjaw from the toy pistol have occurred at Rock Island and |)aven port. Crimen and Criminals. Richmond, Ind., special: Charles E. Potts, a druggist ofCincinnati. was attacked on the street by Dr. C. Kersey, who fired three shots at Potts, and then retreated. Potts responded, but bis shots failed to hit Kersey. Two of Kersey's balls struck Pf tts on the ankle and one iii the groin. The lat ter made a serious wound. Kersey in In flight met Potts' brother and struck him on the head with his revolver. He afterwards kicked Potts, whom he encountered. The trouble between the parties was caused by a quarrel over the occupancy of Potts' house by Kersey. Kersey was arrested but re leased on bail. Deadwood Special. Considerable excite ment in lower counties over the killing on Monday night of two cow boys, one named Diamond and the other unknown. One re port says that they had been stealing horses and were overtaken by Deputy Alarshal Westfall and posse near Hayward. when, re sistance being offered, both were shot down. Another report denies that they were horse ihieves or had done anything wrong. There is much indignation in certain quarters and an investigation will be ordered. A special says that WiHard's failure and flight from his bank in Jonesboro, 111., grows hourly a more desperate affab It looks as though the shortage will beS200 000. Willard's whereabouts are kept very secret. The general opinion is that he lost nothing by speculation,|but that it is out and out robbery. Some suspicion is directed against his family on account of acts of doubtful propriety done since the disappear ance. Charles Kelly, cook on the raft steamer Silver Wave, was assaulted by five roughs at Aluscatinc, la., when he drew a revolver and shot one through the breast, inflicting a fatal wound. Then he knocked another down and kicked his face out of recognition when the remaining three took to their' heels Kelly wss arrestsd for murder but will proh ably he discharged. Mrs'Aland Parish, the wife of a frescoe painter of New York, has developed into a kleptomamac'of the first class, and having added arson to her accomplishments, she managed to break into jail despite her po sition. John O'Neii, guard in the military prison at the fort at Leavenworth, Kas., shot Pro vost Sergeant John Henry through the head There is no explanation of the nun-den O Neil refusing to discuss it. At Lincoln, Neb., W Reed shot and killed his wife at the residence of his son-in law, where she had escaped from him. Do mestic trouble was the cause of the tragedy. Provost Sergeant John Henry of the mili tary, wison at Port Leavenworth was shot thrown the heart by John O'Neii, a guard. Miscellaneous Sews Notes. The immigration agent of the Canadian government stationed at Dnluth, W. C. B. Graham, states that -he immigration to Afanitoba this season is at least three times as large as it has been in anv one previous I peason for a period often years. Up to the VOLUME present time over 5,000 have registered at the Dnluth agency alone. Mr. Graham is very confidant that 60,000 immigrants will go into Minnesota this year, and if the present rate of immigration keeps up while fine weather la»ts, that number even will be largely exceeded. The government is building a new signal station on Pike's Peak in Colorado, which is 14,147 feet above the sea level, the highest station in the world where observations are made the year round. The building is of stom\ The and for building has to be packed on bronchos from the timber line 3,000 feet below the peak. The cement and lumber has to be packed from Manifou. The water used has to be packed from 1,000 feet below the summit Gen. Grant sides with England in the present eastern controversy. He says that the people of Egypt are ten times worse oft than the negroes of the south, and he be lieves that an English protectorate would help to develop the resources of the country aim improve the condition of the people. The Albany (Nr. Y.) lumber dealers have unanimovsly agreed that on and after the 1st of August the prices of shelving and all grades above be advanced $2 per 1,000, and on lumber below the grade of shelving $1 per 1,000. This applies to Michigan and Canada pine. The steamer Ononko left Chicago las week for Buffalo with a cargo of 108,000 bushels of corn. This is said to be the largest cargo that ever left Chicago. Rev. R. N. WilloughbyofBranpton, Can., has been acquitted on the charge of kissing a pretty sister against her will. The United States survey attic, which was established in Detroit, Mich., in 1841, will be discontinued in a few days. A granddaughter of Martin Yan Buren is now chambermaid at Roekawav Beach, N. Y. Last Alonday was this far the hottest day of the season all over the state. The New Jersey army worms are being successfully fought with fire. Prairie chickens are said to be numerous this year. Personal ami imttet'sonal. Aliss Emily McTavish, of Baltimore, a grand-daughter of Gen Winfield Scott and a prominent lady, entered a convent last Afay, h«s been invested with the nun's habit under the name of Sister Alary Agnes. Tin lady is exceedingly handsome, finely edu cated and has a private fortune of $500,000. Robert and Stephen A., sons of the late Stephen A. Douglas, have brought suit against the University of Chicago to recover lands left by their father to that institution, they alleging that the conditions of the be i|iiest have not been complied with, Col. Coniins, of Winnemucca, Nev., has given to the trustees of "Middlebury college a deed to the Ross Creek silver mine, valued at $30,000, on condition that the proceeds be used in building the Coniins hall of science. Schwatka, the Arctic explorer,lies ill with malarial fever at. the Providence hospital in Washington, and pines for the balmy breezes of the frozen aone, where Washing ton" malaria is unknown. Lewis Richmond of Rhode Island will sue ceed the late Minister Alarsh at Rome, who had held the position with high honor to his country for fifteen years. Secretary Teller will, it is said, soon after the adjournment of congress, leave Wash ington for his Colorado home, to be absent about a month or more. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel was given a compli mentary banquet on the occasion of his leaving Detroit. From Foreian Lands, Two of the terrors of war, pestilence and famine, are now running riot in Cai Eighty thousand people are said to be in a state of suffering in that city alone. The English are hurrying forward the troops, and the queen has called out the reserves, while the army of occupation is taking the offen sive before Arabi's entrenchments near Rani leh. The fleet is co-operating with the land forces, and whether any of the alleged allies participate or not the factious opposition to what little authority there is in Egypt will be promptly put down. This end Van not be accomplished too quickly. The whole of the American colony in Rome and many distinguished guests, paid tribute to Marsh, the dead minister, by at tending his funeral and laying floral offer ings on the bier. Mrs. Alarsh will continue to live in Italv, where she is highly respect ed. Lord Charles Beresford stales, (hat with out the assistance of the A merican marines he would have been unable to discharge the numerous duties of suppressing fires and preventing looting, burying the dead and cleaning the streets of A l'exandria. O lie of the alleged assassins of Lord Fred erick Cavendish has been arrested in Prnerto Cabello. He gives the names of his ac complices. He has been sent to Caracus. The queen has given permission to the duke of Teck to accompany Sir Garnet Wol seley on his Egyptian expedition as a mem ber of his staff. Admiral Seymour has proclaimed Arabi to be a rebel and Aiubi protests that he is a patriot. Politica Point**. In transmitting the attorney general opinion on political assessments to subor dinates in the treasury. Secretary Folger says: "Every man who believes in the soundness of the principles ofthe Republi can party will pay what he can, just as he would a church contribution. If be [doesn't want to pay, he need fear no government molestation." The democratic district committee have met. and issned a call for the Fourth district congressional convention to be held at Alin neapolis, Aug. 24. There will be one-dele gate for each county at large, and one for each 100 democratic votes cast at the presi dential election of 1880. The democrats of the Second (Ind.) dis trict nominated Hon. Thos. R. Cobb for congress. A Due In Virginia Capt. Jno. S. Wise, readjuster candidate for congressman at large, and Jno. Crockett, commonwealth attorney of Wythe county, Va., came to Christianling, Va., on an early train Tuesday morning and fought a duel near there with pistols. First Round—Both fired at the word with out, effect. Second Round—Crockett's pistol went off missed fire and Crockett's fire was again harmless,Crockett the challenging party, ex pressed himself satisfied and the light ter minated. The meeting had its origin in a personal renconoitre which took place Alon day, the 17th hist., at Marion, when Capt. Wise met Crockett and interrogated him about certain language which was attributed to Wise. Crockett acknowledged that he made the statement, and said it was time. Wise denounced it as false and struck Crockett. Before the latter could resent the blow outsiders interfered, and both were ar rested and fined for a breach of the peace. This caused the subsequent correspondence which resulted in a duel. No arrests. When the young man stepped up to the soda fountain engineer with his country cousin, he said he would take the usual thing, giving the engineer a peculiar wink. Yo can bet the engin eer dazed when the country girl said: "Well, that's good 'nough for me I'll take the same, and gave the enginee/ the same peculiar wink. ^-*&^ii£^0.^^^^'i^^:r«nk^:.'^^_^^u^ii E E I A N W A British Intention State by Glad stone— I.ettei- from Arab to Glad stone— Progres of he War Inthe British house of commons in moving a vote of credit. Gladstone stated the expedition to Egypt would consist of 2,400 cavalry, 13,400° in fantry, 1,700 artillery and 3,700 garrison ar tillery, and that commissariat reserve of 3,100 men would sail later on. He de scribed the state of Egypt, the lawlessness of the military and riot and violence of the people. said the recent conduct of the Egyptian leaders was opposed to the first impulses of humanity. There was not the smallest shred of evidence to support the contention that the military party was the popular party. The government had no de sire to intefere with the legitimate authority of the sultan. The government had ob tained the moral assent of Europe to the p-.ilioy they were pursuing. There was a universal recognition that the cause had arisen wherein the interests of humanity force should be employed to suppress the dictatorship. France was ready to act with England to guarantee the freedom of the can al, but thegovernment had no reason to sup iose that she would go further. In reply to those who argued that a sufficient force should have been sent to prevent the disor ders following the bombarding, Gladstone said the landing of a sufficient force could not be made decently to cohere with the statement that a" fleet was oft Alexandria for the purpose of defending Eu ropean interests, and the landing of a force would have been grossly disloyal to the voice of Europe and the confeience. Whether England went to Egypt alone or hi partnership she would not go for selfish ob jects. England's policy would be to sup press tyranny in favor of law and freedom, and the government cherished hope that they might yet give to the pesce-loving, la bo'rous people of Egypt less military glory, perhaps, but more happiness even than she possessed when in a far-oft' and forgotten time she was the wonder of the ancient world. Arabi Pasha wrote the following letter to Gladstone a few days before the bombard ment, but Gladstone did not receive it till after the bombardment: The koran commands us to resist if war is waged against us. Hence England may rest assured that the first gun she fires in Egypt Will absolve Egyptians from all treaties. The control will cease, the property of Europeans will be confiscated, the canal's will be dis troyed, and Jehad will be preached in Syria, Arabia and India. The first blow with which England strikes Egypt will cause blood to flow through Asia and Africa. The respon sibility for this will he on the head of Eng land. Egypt is still ready to be fast friends with England and keep her road to India, but she must keep within the limits of her jurisdiction. Finally, England may rest as sured we are determined to die for our coun try. De Lesseps has telegraphed that Arabi Pasha has declared his intention to respect the neutrality of the Suez canal. Commander Batehelder of the United Stetei steamer Galena says seven of his ofti eers were on shore at the tihie of the riot, but all escaped without insult Or serious molestation. Batehelder, speaking of Arabi Pasha and his support, says: I tind that the idea so persistently enforced by the English press that only the military side is with Arabi Pasha is generally enter tained here. 1 have it fioni persons of po sition who hav* an excellent opportunity of forming a correct estimate, that nine-tenths of the native population of Alexandria are heart and hand with him' E CROPS Comprehensiv iVom Minne sota. Iowa. Wisconsi and a a MILWAUKEE, July 27.-—Trusty corre spondents in the territory drained by the Chi cago, Milwaukee A: St.. Paul railway system, write from 283 points respecting the grain outlook. The burden of these reports is a large wheat yield, half a crop ot corn, and the largest oat crop ever known. In nearly all parts of Minnesota the weather has stopped ped the rust, which appeared in a few coun ties, and a tine crop is insured. The Hea Man fly appeared, only to vanish promptly. Winter grain is being harvested and sprin» wheat, will be *rut in about ten days. In some parts of the state, notably inthe north corn will be a total failure, except lot the fodder weeds, fostered by wet, cold weather .having choked the coils. Tire crop itl be about one-third the average. All parts of the state promise an cuormens yield of oats and an excellent crop of rye. In Iowa, harvesting is more forward, and corn is Improving very rapidly. Otherwise, the condition of crops in the two states is nearly identical. Chinch bugs have appeared but too late to do damage. About three fourths of a crop of corn is expected, and fine weather for three or four weeks may secure it from frost and make the yield consider ably larger. There is not. an unfavorable feature in the oat crop, which will be enor mous all over the state. fn Wisconsin the wheat crop is the best for many years. Some of it has ripened too iniitih, and there is some rust, but. these are incidental, not general defects. Harvest will soon be under way all over the state. Nearly all grain is well' beaded. Corn wili be about a naif crop. The low lands have been too wet. Oats will be the heaviest crop in the history ofthe state. Eye will be a a good yield, but develops slowly, barley ditto. Northern Illinois presents no differ ent features from the other states. Wheat in Dakota is a magnificent crop. Corn is de veloping rapidly, though generally back ward. Oats very heavy. he Assassin of Cavendish The New York Herald's St. Thomas dis patch says: The assassin of Lord Frederick Cavendish, who was arrested at Puerto, Ca belle, Venezuela, gives his name as Win. Westgate. He was arrested the lfith inst. on his own confession. He skipped on .May 8 under the name of O'Bryon, on the Brit ish bark Gladstone from Swansea to Tnca cas. He says he left Dublin on the night of the nth of Alay by steamer to Swansea." The names of three of his accomplices ami other details ofthe murder, were taken by deposi tion before the British consul. He says he was employed by O'Connor and other influ ential persons. Parties who have seen the man give credence to his confession. In a pearance he is tall and slender. He says the pi ice of the deed was £20 to each of the assassins. He said that £20 pounds was worth more to an Irishman than an English man's life. It is believed that the Venezuela government will surrender him, although there is no extradition treaty. a of Minister Marsh. Geo. P. Alarsh, American minister to Italy died suddenly at Vallembrosa on Alon day last. The Italian government expressed its deep sympathy with the widow and tele graphed to Washington an expression of the sympathy of the Italian nation. Mr. Alarsh was born at Woodstock, Vt„ in 1801. He was graduated at Dartmouth college in 1820, removed to Burlington, where he was admitted to the bar and practiced law. In 1835 he was elected member of the su preme executive council of Vermont, and in 1842 became representative in congress, re taining his seat until 1849, when he was ap pointed by President Taylor as minister res ident at Constantinople, retaining that posi tion for four years. In 1852 he was sent on a special mission to Greece. In 1861 he was appointed minister to Italy, which position he held continuously up to the time of his death. Mr. Alarsh was one of the oldest and most respected diplomatic representatives of this country, and was well and widely known both in this country and abroad for his liter ary works, especially translations. mm—• Mr. Benjamin P. Cheney of Boston, is the gentleman who offers the statute of Webster for the State House Parkin Concord, N I It is stated that steamers will soon be ready to run from New Orleans to European ports direct, which will give the Northwest a pew foreign outlet. MOSDAY, JUJI.Y 24. SKNATK.—The revenue bill was taken up, and Afahone's amendment to reduce the tax on tobacco to eight cenb a pound was voted down—18 to 39. The clause in rela tion to rebate was then taken up and adopt ed after a lengthy debate, at the conclusion of which the senate adjourned. HOUSE.—The minority report of the judi ciary committee on the Northern Pacific land grant was presented. Mr. Knott in troduced a bill declaring forfeited to the United States certain lands granted the Northern Pacific company and remaining unpatented July 1, 188/, with a joint reso lution requesting the president to see that no patent be issned to that company for any lauds remaining unpatented July 1,1882, or until congress shall have acted upon this bill. The special order of business was in rela tion to the District of Columbia, but legisla tion was effectively blocked by the fpersist ency with which Representatives Bsyne of Pennsylvania and Cox of New York opposed the passage of any bills unless an amend ment was agreed to repealing the tax of $200 on commercial agents. The chairman of the district committee would not entertain such a proposition although it was demon strated that the tax was unjust and should not be imposed upon persons who had al ready paid tax in another part of the coun try for carrying on their business. As fast as bills were presented relating to district in terests a motion would prevail to lay them aside and in every case the Motion pre vail ed The tax bill was quietly buried, Messrs Hale, Ingalls, Plumb, Hoar, McDill and Kehogg voting with the Democrats to take up the naval bill. Although Mr. Morrill piteously appealed to his associates to stand by him and pass the measure, the young bloods of the senate were too anxious to get away to the seaside, and Air. Alorrill's re marks were in the nature of a funeral ser mon. The. senate confirmed MerrittL. Jocelyn, Illinois, assistant secretary ofthe interior John R. Brycrly, California, collector of customs at Wilmington, Calafomia Lewis Richmond.Rhode Island,secretary of legation and consul general ofthe United States at Rome George AI. Sabin, United States dis trict judge of Nevada. The following nominations were received from the president: J. M. Hinds, Alabama, marshal, United States, northern district oi Alabama. Harrison Allen, Pennsylvania, marshal, United States, for the territory ot Dakota, Horar..—The vote by which the house re utscd to agree to the conference report on the river and harbor bill, Tuesday, was tec msidered and the report agreed to. The bill passed creating the Oregon Short Line Railroad company. The river and harbor bill appropriates the enormous sum of $18 743,875. Tlllk.-liAY, 1C1.Y 27. SENATE.—Air. Williams offered an amend ment to the sundry civil bill relative to the compensation to be allowed to Cfias. 11. Reed, for his services in the defence of Char les J. Gniteau, limiting said compensation to $5,000. Referred. Mr. Caiiieron's motion to recommit the naval appropriation bill with certain instructions was taken up, de bated, and finally defeated—yeas 29, nays 34. The senate confirmed the appointment of Jas. Riley Weaver. West Virginia, secretary of legation and consul general ofthe United States at Vienna John T. Robeson, Tenne ssee, consul ofthe United States at Beirut. HOISE.—Several bills of minor import ance were passed. The bill granting right of way to the St. Louis & San Francisco railway company through the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations was called 'in. discussed at length and uassed. The committee on conference oti the Japanese indemnity bill reported disagreement, and further conference was ordered. The chairman of the committee on foreign affairs reported that the committee was in possession of all the information on the subject of Rear Admiral Nicholson's threat to fire on Alexandria, and at his re quest the documents containing said infor mation were ordered printed. An ineffectu al effort was made by Mr. McKe.nr.ieof Ken tucky, to secure the passage of a bill for a public building at Owensboro, Ky. I'Kfl AT, Tt'I.Y 28. SEWTE.—An amendment to the naval bill dividing surgeons on the active list into three classes w.«s decided by the chair to be out of onh-r, involving general legislation, and on »n appeal the chair was sustained— 2!Mo 21. Under this decision several other amemlmen's were ruled out. HotSE.—To-day was private bill day in the house, and among those on the speak er's table which were passed by the senate was one to retire Gen. Grant. It was feared that this might be reached and a wrangle piecipitated. After a consultation by the leaders of the republican side, it watt de termined to avoid such an event by an ear ly adjournment until Alonday, although some of the more earnest workers rebelled, this plan was carried out. Before adjourn ment, a resolution was adopted, providing for an extei s:on of the' appropriation for the expenses ofthe government for the pres ent fiscal year until August. mm m—mm in W A writer in the Providence Journal re lates the following anecdote of Mr. Web ster's reply to Hayne, which was told him by Mr. John Whipple. was engaged in arguing a case before the su preme court while Mr. Webster was speaking, and did not hear him. said when he waked up in the morning he found the whole city in a perfct furor about Mr. Webster's great triumph, and when he took up the National Intelli gencer and read the report of the speech, he said to Mr. Webster: "It seems to me I have heard all this before some where." "To be sure you have." said Mr. Webster "don't you recollect the lone walk we took together on the island of Newport, last June, while attending the circuit court?" and then Mr. Whip ple said that during the walk Mr. Web ster put to him every possible case of conflict between a state and the federal government. That speech, which gain ed for him justly the title of Defender of The Worthington Advance. WORTHINGTON, NOBLES COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1882. (UNflRKSSIONAJ* TUESDAY, JULV 28. SENATE.—The day was nearly all devoted to the revenue bill, on which, however, no important action was taken. The debate was confined to the sugar section of the bill, and Air. Sherman's amendment providing for the use of the polariscope in testing sugar was defeated after a lengthy argument. Senator Hale gave notice that he would antagonize the tax bill with the naval appropriation bill -and would insist upon its consideration. The president sent to the senate the fol lowing nominations: Pan! Mange, Iowa, consul of the United States at St. Stephens, N. B. W. H. H. Flick, attorney of the United States for the district of West Virginia Edward P. Allen, Afich., agent for the Indians of Alackinac agency, Michigan. HOUSE.—The bill allowing a drawback on material used in shipbuilding was recom mitted to the ways and means committee. Another conference report was made on the river and harbor bill, which the house re fused to receive. Mr. Miller of Pennsylvania received rec ognition for a question of privilege growing out of the recent stricture upon him by Sen ator Butler of South Carolina. He sent to the clerk's desk and had read a copy of the record containing Air. Buttler's remarks. Mr. Miller had read his speech, which pro voked the reply from Senator Butler, to gether with certain documentary evidence relating to the Hamburg massacre. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2C. SENATE.—-After a long discussion, the na val appropriation bill was taken up in pre ference to the revenue bill. A long debate ensued upon the legislative provisions ol the bill, which went over without action. the Constitution was all excogitated be forehand, not only the argument, but those immortal gems of eloquence, those paragraphs which like diamonds have set it off, as equal to the mightiest effort that Demosthenes himself ever made. Who believes, or can be made to believe that the inimitable retort to the taunt of General Hayne, beginning "Matches and Overmatches," was the work of a moment, or that other immortal para graph, which will endure as long as Bunker Bill and the commonwealth of his adoption endure, which begins "Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium noon Massachusetts." •mm W he of a S An American at Petras. I am sitting on the little wooden bal cony of my room in Kerios Chromopu los'a bouse, in the Greek town of Petras. I take my breakfast on my balcony. It is supplied from the coffee-house. Panagi, Kerios Chromopulos's servant, who waits on me is now bringing it in on,a little brass tray the coffee in a bra zen pot, with a handle two feet long. On the tray there is also a glass of ice-cold water, cup and saucer of a very trans parent china, and one little ring-shaped combination of bun and crackers. This is all my breakfast, and, with the excep tion of three or four complementary cof fees, which I may expect to drink down in the Platen, 1 shall have nothing else, until dinner, at midday. Panagi puts the tray carefully on a chair bv my side, and then sivs: "ICali emara Etfen di." I reply: "Good-day, Pauagi," and look at him anxiously, for I expect im portant news this "morning. From a thousand circumstances I know that an interesting event has been expected tc take place in my host's family. From ten thousand noises during the past night, I know that this event has taken place. 1 shall know now if I am to rush at Keri os Chromopulos when I see him this morning, seize his hand, and say: "Na su zese, (may it live to you,) and utter what enthusiastic congratulations I can put into Greek, or—terrible alternative keep out of bis way as much as I canj and when I do run against him put a touch of condolence in my salutation, say in consolation "O Theos teen estelle," (God sent it) and delicately hint better luck next time. The vital question at this moment is: boy or girl? Ir all right I can see it in Panagi's face. A calm expression of triumph, as if to say we know bow to manage matters, is what I read there. He will not speak, evidently enjoying my suspense. 1 can stand no longer this uncertainty. "Well, what is it, Panagi?" "A very fine boy, Effendi," and then I I get an overwhelming flood of Greek, lending to prove that this new subject of King George's is endowed with all attri butes of Apollo and Hercules combined. Panagi, though a servant, is first cousin to Chromopulos, and enters warmly into all that effects tlie family interest. And now you will probably "ask: Wh this great difference between the sexes? Why should a boy or jiirl be a vital ques tion? The same difference us between a merchant's bills pavable and bills receivable. A girf for Kerios Chroiiiopula would have been a bill payable at eighteen years'date, the amount expending should Chromop ulos improve in bis position and wealth Every girl in Greece gets married. No girl can get married without, a dow ry, and the father must provide it. A boy brings into the family treasury. A girl is so much loss. Should the father die before the girls are married, on the sons devolvethe duty of providing dow ries for the sisters. Until bis'sisters are married the son cannot take unto him self a wife, unless he defies the custom of his forefathers for ages. But I see Cbromopttlos coming out of his door to go on the Platea to receive congratulations. sees me on the bal conyj and puts his hand to his heart in an swering salutation to the wave of my hand. He will expect me to follow him and do the proper thing. So I throw away my post breakfast cigarette, put on my "white sun-helmet, and go on the pla tea toward the table at which I see Chro mopulos has seated himself. have made my speech with appropii uie enthusiasm to Chromopolus on the happy event. 'I here are now about a dozen of us, making a ring round the ta ble, drinking the coffee Chromopulos has ordered for all. mm mm to a The ability ofth average understand, ing to follow Mr. Emerson through one of his lectures, and tell afterwards what the real uist of it was, suggests comparison with the old lady's accuracy who undertook to repeat a notable re cipe for cooking "coon." After a mi nute description ofth method of dress ing, the seasoning, etc., to make one's mouth water, her conclusion was, "An then—and then—you bile it or bake it, I forget which.1' B. P. Shillaber, writ ing to the Hartford (Ct.) Post, tells how a business man reported Emerson. One of our merchants, a very nervous man, who had directed his mind more to the sale of dry goods than intellectual cultivation, had a ticket to bear Mr. Emerson given him, which be improved, and sat without moving a muscle till the close, apparently delighted. The lecture was upon "Chance," in which the lecturer took almost, if not quite, evangelical ground regarding mysterious providences which control human affairs, though not, may be, in the same terms. Chance, however, as an agent, was at a discount, bnt not an impossibility, and full of the beautiful parts which lie had comprehended, the dry-goods man next day was enthusiastic in his explanation. "Well," said he to a friend, "I had a treat last night, let me tell you." "What was it?'' "Oh, Jim Gates gave me a ticket to hear George B. Emerson lecture." "You mean Ralph W. Emerson, don't you?" "Yes, that's what I said. 'Twas cap ital." "What was the subject?" '"Chance," and the way he handled it was masterly. His illustrations were fine. For instance, a ship on the sea with her sails blown away, her rudder unshiped, the sea making a clear breach over her, and arriving in port, saved, through it all. It was grand." "Well, did he show how she was saved?" "Yes, he proved to a dot that 'twas either by Providence or chance, but I couldn't exactly make out which!" A W or he S is From the Yonkers Gazette. Some people, ignorant of what good editing is, imagine the getting up of selected matter to be the easiest work in the world to do, whereas it is the nicest work done on a newspaper. If they see the editor with scissors in his hand, they are sure to say: "Eh that's the way you are getting up original mat ter, eh?" accompanying their new and witty questions with an idiotic wink or smile. The facts are that the interest, the variety and the usefullness of a pa per depend in no small degree upon tbe selected matter, and few men are capa ble for the position who would not them selves be able to write many of the ar ticles they select. A sensible editor de sires considerable select matter because he knows that one mind cannot make so god a paper as tfye or six. IME TEST. From the Hartford Time*. Jack Wynter and I w»*re engaged. Jack was a poor fisherman and I a poor fisherman's daughter. We could give each other nothing but love, yet his was to me the greatest wealth the world could hold, and for three weeks were as happy as any foolish lovers can be. Then the first shadow fell on my life. It was a lovely evening in early autumn, and Jack bad taken me out with him on the water. The red sunlight was tinging the whitesails, as the boats beneath, lying at their anchors, rocked to and fro with the heaving of the billows, and the fishermen calling cheerily to each other the result ofthe day's labor. Jack alone was silent. Ho gave some strong, hard pulls, that placed us beyond reach of their voices which rang lar over the sea from the rocks that lined the beach, then rested upon his oars and turned his handsome, sunburnt face to mine. liad such an easy tlemanly way aliout him, so different in every respect from the rough compan ions with whom I had lived since my childhood, that I often wondered how he cared to lead the life he did. "Jennie," he said, "my mind is made up. I can't live this way any longer so I going away." "Jack!" "I know," he added, with a smile, at the amazement in my face, "that you think me foolish, and will do all in your power to prevent me, but—" •'I shall do no such thing," interrupt ed, rather proudly, "of course it's noth ing to me. When do you go?" "Don't be angry, piiss," he pleaded, "ami I'll tell you all about it. You see, dear, though I love water like my life, I'm too lazy here to do enough to keep you and me alive. It's no use to say anything more about it, except, indeed," with his pleasant laugh, "that 1 leave for the city to-morrow." My face fell dismally. "Ih city! we may as well say good bye forever, then, for you'll soon forget me there." I shall remember till my life the look he gave me, from his beautiful eyes, and my own fell before his gaze with a hot flush. "Is that tbe way you trust me, Jen nie?" I answered him never a word, and we rowed home in silence. There was a sudden coldness between us when we parted, which I knew was all my fault. I would not let him kiss me good* by, so he left me half angrily in the dusk, and went out into the world. I returned to my simple duties with a heavy heart. never wrote me a letter to* tell me how he got on, but now and then I'd get a line like—"Have courage, dear, a little longer," and how it made me hate myself because I had doubted him for I knew by the few simple words that he was true to me. But the shadows deepened around me my fath er died leaving me quite alone in the World, and it was now, when I most needed his comfort and aid, that Jack left off writing. O, the wei\ry, weary days. Then when I was about despair ing, help, that I least expected, came to me. A lady in the distant city, where I had been but once in my life, heard ol me in some unaccountable way, and offered me a home, and a liberal money allowance if 1 would be a companion to her. She was very wealthy, an invalid, and I must be willing to submit to her every whim, but as my patience had been tried already, and still was not now out. I went, and— How strange it all was. I arrived there in the evening. It had stor ned all day, and the night was cold and dark. Was it a bad omen* I wondered? Mrs. Hathaway's carriage was waiting for me and 1 seemed to be in a dream, as I was driven to her beautiful house. I did not see her until I had my tea in the room that was to be mine—perfect fairy land, with what I had been accustomed—and fixed my hair anew, the wavy, golden, brown hair that. Jack had praised so of ten. Then, with flushed cheeks and rap idly beating heart, I was led by a liver footman to the drawing room to meet my mistress. She was a stately lady, with a proud, handsome face, which, although not old, was surrounded by masses ol soft, silky hair, white as snow, and wore a heavy black silk, that rustled when she came towards me. Was this the in valid that I had come to care for? "Miss Harmon." I started as I heard my name pro nounced, and felt the cold, light touch oi Mrs. Hathaway's lips upon my own You are tired, my dear, and cold sit down and rest yourself." Her voice was very kind, and full ol pity w..s shivering violently, al though my cheeks burned, and I obey ed her without a word. "Jackl"! She turned away from me now to another part of the room, and my eyes fell for the first time upon a gentleman standing before a cheerful fire with one hand in his pocket and the other outstretched to the blaze. "Come here, and let me introduce you. Miss Harmon, my son." turned his head, gave me a careless nod, and did not move but I bad seen him, and my heart seemed to stand still. I did not faint, though I could feel the color leave my face as an icy chill ran over me. Then I was myself again vet not myself. "Jack." his mother went on, "is Avis in the library? I wish you would bring her in here, that she may meet my young friend." Even though be stood in the shadow, I could s^e bis face light up with hie old, rare smile, and then whistling merrily lie left the room. "Avis is my nice," Mrs. Hathaway in formed me, and we waited his return. "She is an orphan and an heiress, so you must pardon her if she is a little peculiar. She has been humored all her life." "She says," Jack put in at this point, with a low, rich laugh, "that she can't come she is busy reading, and would like Miss Harmon to come to her." "O no, no," I began ea-ily. It was the first time I had spoken and my own voice Bounded strange to ine. "I shall not like to disturb her. Any other time shall do as well." "You nad better come," Jack answer ed coldly, with no sign of reconciliation in his face, "since she has sent for you." Then with bitterness I remembered my station, and meekly followed him. Miss Avis Hathaway was like her name, slight and fair, with a low, cooing voice and merry red lips that parted of ten in soft laughter. She rose, half lan guaidly, as we entered, and extended to me her pretty white hand. After that the two hardly noticed me and I sat apart and listened to Jack's torment ing voice, as he tried to prevent her reading and make her talk to him. So the days went on, aud grew into weeks, the weeks into months, and yet no words of explanation passed between us Though we were often thrown togethe alone, he was the same utter stranger to me «8 at other times, and gradual ly I became as proud and indifferent as himself. But the change told upon me. I grew pale and thin and at last broke down. They had all gone riding, at least I supposed so, and alone in the library, my wea'cer nature gave way in a buret of hot, passionate tears, when suddenly I felt a pair of strong arms about me and Jack's handsome lace, all aglow with joy, was close to mine. "Jen nie, iny own Jennie, how you must hate NUMBER 49. me. Put your arms about my neck and sav you forgive me?" "I waited to hear no more, but did as he bade me. Then he went on: "I de ceived you all my life, Jennie that is what you forgive me for. Now let me tell you my mother was always very proud, and when I told her how I had wooed and won you, she grew angry and would not believe you were what I told her. I saw that she would never consent to our union, but you know the rest—how she has learned to love you against her will, for she has known" all the time who you were. That is why, my darling, 1" have been so guarded. She said it would be your love test." I mm -m- a it About a year ago, Mrs. Powell, a Bos ton widow of great beauty and accom plishment, went to Europe, and was shortly followed by Gov. Rice, who married her in Germany. Almost im mediately alter the marriage, the lady showed signs of mental aberration, and her friends who have watched her with painful anxiety now relinquish all hopes, and regard her as an incurable maniac. Letters of Lady Byron, the wife ofth loet, to the Lady Augusta Leigh, his sister, have been made public in Lon don. They contain expressions of the highest regard and esteem, and effe?tu ally refute the horrible slander that was given form by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and which has been a more se rious blot upon her own popularity than upon the fame of Byron. Of Mehemet AH, the ancestor of the present Khedive, the following story is told: "A milk-woman came to the Pasha one day complaining that one of his sol diers had robbed her of the milk she Nvas bringing to camp. The soldier was identified and denied haying taken the milk. 'What did he do with it?' asked the Pasha. 'Drank it,' was the reply. At a sign the man's head was off his body, and his stomach being opened was found full of milk. 'Go,' said the Pasha to the horrified milk-woman, paying her the value ofth milk 'but -f he had not taken it vour head would have paid for it.'" Tbe dreaded robber chief Gorcsko, whose crimes are as manifold as they are atrocious, was recently brought into court for sentence at the Russian town of Ismail. The court-room was crowded, principally by women, for whom the robber's exploits and, still more, his physical beauty seemed to possess preat attractions. As soon as the sentence, which was imprisonment for life, had been announced, the women present or ganized a committee to take up a collec tion for the prisoner. A considerable sum was at once obtained, and one wo man in her enthusinm, handed Gorcsko a costly jewelled breastpin, and assured him that the good czar would speedily commute the sentence. The Queen's aversion for Paimerston might be called a caprice compared with her loathing for Gladstone. Hi she considers little better than Cromwell. He has never shown her, as a Princess, the courtier-like devotion sovereigns exact. treats her as the head of the State, but shows no personal deference. He never even argues questions of £tate with her. lays his policy before her, points out its purposes, and when the time comes carries it into execution m remorselessly as the voters who send up uncongenial "majorities to Parliament. Adele Hugo, the daughter of Victor Hugo, who has for many years boen con lined in a private lunatij asylum in Paris, is now about fifty years of age, but at a short distance docs not look to be half sc old. She resembles to a marvelous de eree the portrait of Madame Victor Hugo painted by Tony Johannot. To her 'companions in misfortune she fre quently relates her sad story how she was married long ago, without hei father's concent, to a naval officer, and how soon afterward he deserted her penniless, and without power to prove the legality of her marriage. This blow unsettled her reason, and ever after ward she bus been kept under restraint. Year by year she glows more oud ol her father's fame, and has committed most of his poetical works to memory. J. II. Blake, the Irish landlord recent ly murdered, belonged one ofth first families in the west of Ireland. He was the second son of Col. Blake of Fur baugh, in Hie county ofGalway, uncle to the count of Westmeath, and a rela tive of the marquis ofClanricarde, over whose estate, yielding $120,IO0 a year rental, he was agent. was cruel and unrelenting to the tenantry. The mar quises of Clanricarde were generally kind and popular. The present inai 4uis is the opposite—an absentee bache lor, notorious in London through asso elation with the character known as "Skittles." In addition to the Irish es tates, he inherited a large fortune from his uncle, Lord Canning. —*mmm-—•—-mmrnm— A ad a of I Ate. One of the saddest phases of life is thus noted: "A distressing case of finan cial and mental ruin lately came to light in New York. A handsome and well dressed young woman applied at a sta tion-house for a night's lodging, as she had no place to go. It was Miss Lucy E. Laurent, daughter of one ofth wealth iset property-owners of Brooklyn, de ceased. The property was divided equal ly between Lucy and her brother. The boy was bad and squandered his share in dissipation, drew upon his sister to maintain him in debauchery, and finally prevailed upon her to make overall her property to him, which she did about a vear ago. She went into service, but her impoverished condition appears to have disturbed her reason. She left her place and wandered about the streets until she sought refuge in a police station. The next morning she stole on and com menced her wanderings again and was apparently hunting the river, when she attracted attention and was taken back to the station-house, where she was se cured." W on S a a W From the Boston Journal. Last Auguft Mr. Johnson with his wife, who had been doing the pleasure resorts for two months, arrived at the quiet town of X., in Ne Hampshire, where a small hotel, pleasantly situated and very cleanly, offered him hospital ity. After supper the landlord walked the piazza, and he was accosted by Mr. Johnson, when the following dialogue took place: "Where's your sun-set hill?" "Haven't got any." "Is the Devil's Gulch near here?'* "Never heard of it." "How far is it to Lover's Leap?" "Must be fifty miles, but I don't know." "Is the Silver Cascade running?" "Don.t know never knew it was around here." "How far is it to the springs?" "Didn't know we had any hereabouts." "The attractions of this place are very few, it appears." "Mighty few, and getting scarcer." "Wife, this is just the place we have been seeking. There is nothing to see and we will stay here a week." mm President White, of Cornell Universl* ty, is reported as saying that the|national Capitol resembles "a hugh locomotive shed or ureal, roundhouse." ..-.-_^-__- _V_' HOMES IN THE WEST. Persons looking westward forhomes can procure full information concern ing the GABDEN SPOT of IOWA S» Minnesota, by subscribing for t\^ Worthington ADTANOS, published at Worthington, Minnesota. Send 82 for one year- 1 for six months, and 50 cents for three months, to ADVANCE. Worthington, Nobles Co., Minnesota. 1ONNES0TA NEWS. re at he State School. There was a serious fire at the Minnesota state reform-school, near St. Paul, on Wednesday night. The building destroyed was a one-story brick structure, 40x50 feet and cost about $1,000. The engine, which cost $1,400. is a total wreck, andoneofthe boilers and icrhaps both. They were worth about $1,100 apiece. Besides tliis a hundred cords of bard wood and as many of^oi't, •ft.$ nap which brings the total loss up to abottt 500. The building contained a new p*in with hose attachments, which was deemed adequate to protect all the buildings ofthe institution, but the fire had got under such headway that the pump had to be aban doned before it could be fairly started. The Are was finally put out a little af:er mid night, and a roll call among the loys showed that not one had left. The little fellows worked well in carrying wood to make a break in the burning pile. Additio to If aniline University. The corner stone of the ladies' hall of Hamline university, near St. Paul was laid on Saturday last. In theabsence of Bishop Foss, occasioned by feebleness, Eev. Mr. Chaffee conducted the ceremony in the fol lowing words: In the name of the Father, and of the Holy Ghost, we lay this corner stone in the foundation of a house to be builded and consecrated to the service of Almighty God, as a ladies' hall in Hanibnc university, and to le used in tlie interest of Christian educa tion, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal church. Amen. The building, when completed, will he a handsome three story structure, with rough stone basement and cream colored brick wall, being similar in style to the main college building. On the main floor will be spacious parlors and music looms, reception room, matron's room, etc.,]and the lloors will be fitted up as dormitories, the whole being conveniently arranged and well adapted for the pu rpose for which it will be used. Minnesota Charity Conference Dele gates. The following gentlemen have been named by Gov. Hublar.l as delegates to the ninth ati'iual conference of charities which takes place at Madison, Wis., on the 7th of next month: Dr. W. H. Leonard, Rev. R. G. Hutchins, Nelson Williams, Minneapolis Dr. C. II. Boanlman. Rev. M. McG. Dan:, St. Paul C. N. Hewitt, Red Wing Franklin Staphs. Winona Gen. N. C. McLean, Froi.t enac Dr. V. Smith, Dnluth. In addition to these the following stale officers are delegates C-X-Ofiicio: Prof. I). L. Novas, snp.-rinton.lent ofthe Deaf, Dumb and Rliiid asjlum at Fai ibault Dr. C. C. Bartiett, superl'n ndent ol Insane asylum at St. Peter Dr. J. L. Rowers, superintendent of the Insane asylum at Rochester Hon. K. G. Butti of Stillwater and Hon. J. F. Norrish of Hastings, on board of inspectors of Stillwater i»n tei tiary D. V\ Ingersoll, Reform school boar Hon. J. F. Meagher, trustee of hospital Jo* the insane. At Litchfield, Meeker county, Charles Cross, of Cedar Mills, shot by George Welsh of Otter Tail county, a supposed horse thief, died last Monday: after lingering in great pain ten days. A post mortem ex amination showed that the bull had not in jured any vital parts, Death caused through mortification of wound. A telegram was received at Winona, Tues day morning announcing the death of Mrs. Nathaniel Ewing at Oniontown, Va.. eldest daughter of Hon. William Mitchell of Wi nona, aged twenty-nine years. She had been ill for some time with consumption, and her death was not wholly unexpected. Judge Mitchell, wife and daughter, Miss Jennie Mitchell, left for the east on Monday afternoon to attend the funeral. Within a few weeks Judge Mitchell has lost both hi* youngest and oldest daughters. The Austin Paper & Pulp company has organized with a capital of $40,000. The incorporators are Gov. Rusk of Wisconsin, Senator Officer of Austin and eight or ten more. The company will commence man ufacturing veiy early in the spring with fir-t class facilities." The' location selected is at Officer's mill on the Cedar river, four miles south of Austin In Ortonville, during the storm of Tues day of last week, Capt. Hancock's barn was wrecked. Hail fell heavily and utterly ruined Mr. Roberts' crops of all kinds. Mr. King, living in the same- neighborhood, also lost his clops, amounting to about ninety acres in all. The crops of O. C. Wheeler, Chas. Desso, D. Hancock and others in tin same neighborhood were partially destroyed. Several other barns were destroyed in that vincinity. At Adelaide the house of E. If. Chapman was blown down, and in the track of the storm everything was destroyed, wheat fields, gardens and all. The windows of houses facing the storm were nearly all broken. The crops on the farms of J. D. Mayo, John Northrop, L. L. Chapman, P. Brooks, Julia Northrop and Charles Reed were entirely destroyed, nggregating probably 5 000 bushels, ofwhstt, besides other crops. A man named Krick Johnson committed suicide in Alexandria by cutting his throat with a razor. He had recently arrived from Sweden. At Winnebago Prairie, a man mined Win, Spencer and his sixteen-year old son were making hay when the storm of Tuesday came up. Mr. Spencer was struck by light ning and so severely shocked that his re covery is doubtful. The county commissioner of Olmsted county have ordered a tax levied for tbe fol lowing purposes: 58,000 for salaried officers $'J,.riOO for county poor, $1,000 lor county poor farm, .5,00o for.county ex penscs, §1,000 for* county jail, $1,500 for j.istice and consta ble fees, $500 for fund and repairs, $1,000 for miscellaneous expenses, $2,000 for roads and bridges, and one-tenth of'one per cent, for school purposes. mm W a S by An eighty-ton gun, which speaks with the power of :»70 pounds of powder behind a projectile weighing 1,700 pounds, has a voice somewhat louder than that of a human being, but the use ofth tele phone to carry the war sounds of Alex andria 1,000 miles yesterday suggests a query as to how long it will be before the telephone will be adopted for or dinary use at long distances. The Lon don Glolie reports that an instrument was attached to the Mediterranean cable at Malta, which is nearly 200 miles from Alexandria, and the bombardment was plainly audible 1,000 miles away. The fact tliat the telephone which received the Founds was so far from the bom barding fleet makes the success of the experiment especially remarkable. In ventors are at work upon the problem of how to adapt the telephone for use at long distances, and if the sounds of war can be carried 1,000 miies, it seems rea sonable to believe that the use ofth telephone for conversation at 200 miles can "be made practicable. A test of a subterranean telephone at Jersey City yesterday encourages hope of such a re sult. Two English women met in the ring at Middleborough, lately, stripped to the waist, and had a prize fight which end ed after nine rounds, the victor, after putting on her clothes, being escorted home by the admiring throng. The S3 i:ite has pissid the bill aut homing the secretary of the treasury to pay the ex ecutors ofthe late John W. Forney $27,684. 70 for losses sustained by him while secre tary of the senate in making good the deficit in the accounts ofthe financial clerk.