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i/* ip~'v I?*" \Mrf'' .-V. "7 5f &? *i* f^-j j.' 3? toe ^Mluitttc*. A. P. MILLER, Publisher* W ORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA. The papers .are scoring John B. Gongli for alluding, in a Washington address, to the press as "the mainstay of sin." Is it possible that he give •whisky the second place? The papers severely criticise somt' of the strange freaks of Rev. Jo3epli Cook, without thinking for A moment that theso freaks are simple advertising dodges. Josepli is sharper than his foes. The high water has reached the low er Mississippi and the prospect for mil lers upon its banks are dismal indeed. Still higher water is anticipated from the breaking up of the Missouri and up per Mississippi. While 1883 \vfH a phenomenally bad year for losses of fire waste, the aggre gate value of property destroyed reach ing nearly $10(5,000,000, 1884 give promise of being still more disastrous. The reports for January and February show a total loss of $10,000,000, or al the rate of $ It,000,000 for the year. The railroads have made a materia] reduction in emigrants moveables be tween Chicago and the far west. Th old rate between Chicago and St. Paul is $40 per car load, but the new rate will be reduced to $30, making a reduc tion on the through rates from Chicagc to Minnesota, Dakota and Montana o) from $15 to $.'{() per car. There was no enthusiasm among the French public to sub scribe for the late loan,as was always the case when Napo leon III. called for money for public purposes. However, the entire loas was more than covered by tho demands for allotments fully paid up. There was no crowding anywhere, and the po lice stationed to keep order had an easy time. The new loan has already fallen below the price of issue. Pressure against the Sioux reserva tion is too great to resist, so the govern ment will use all its power to move the Indians, or at least, to open it to white settlement. But the Indian territory at the South is a hundred times as val uable as the bills the Sioux roam o/ej and being some thousands of miles near er to the centre of population, the press ure is proportionately greater. The revival of trade and industry ix tho United States is, of course, a good deal dependent upon tho situatioi abroad. As bearing on this the Lon don Economist's Annual Review, just ai hand, in point. It is held that wliih Hio year's trade was disappointing "then was a distinct expansion in the volume of business." But the profits "wer« undoubtedly curtailed." Supply has outrun demand, says our authority, anc beyond this the potential is seen to ex ceed the actual supply. Again the im proved means of communication is dwell upon. The conclusioh is reached thai "it would bo rash to predict any im mediate improvement in the conditio! of business." Private advice reeved by German American congressmen from German} induce them to think that one of th objects of Bismarck in insulting tliit country by returning the Lasker resolu tion was to causo a tariff war between the two countries. Copies of the libera! press of Germany received by the last steamer confirm this view. A tariff wai with America would seciire for Bismarck the industrial isolation of Germany, to which he is thought to aspire. Th« fcontinued attacks upon Mr. Sargent bj the German official press are interpreted by the Liberals in Germany, as intended to force a rupture of diplomatic rela tions. The newspapers published in the port cities of Germany express the greatest apprehensions as to the proba bilities and the results of a tariff war. The climate of Santa Barbara, Cali fornia, averages 61 degrees for the year, and the difference between July and January is but 15 degrees. During th€ last year there, according to Dr. Brad ley of Aurora, 111., who was suffering from advanced pulmonary disease,there wore 310 pleasant days in which an in valid could be out of doors with comfort and safety twenty-nine cloudy days, upon twenty of which an invalid could be out of doors twelve showery days, upon seven of which he could be out an hour several times oach day ten windj days, confining the invalid wholly to the house, and five rainy days, also pro hibitory. The advantages of the resor lie in the fact that invalids may be near ly all tho time in the open air, and alsc in its having an equable temperature A bill is pending in Washington, with ft prospect of its passage, providing foi a moderate increase in the salary of Cir cuit Judges from $6,000 to $7,000 a yeai and the District Judges as follows Those who now receive $3,500 are raised to $4,000 those who get $4,000 to $4, 500, and the $4,500 Judges are increased to $5,000 and $5,500. The increase if based upon various reasons, which as th expenses of traveling, and the fact thai more money can be earned as an attor ney than as a judge. In some of th states Associate Justices receive salaries mostly in excess of the Federal Judges Massachusetts pays her Judges*$6,000 California, $6,000 Nevada, $6,000 Nev Jersey. $5,000 Illinois,$5,000to $7,000 Indiana and Ohio, $5,000 Pennsylvania $,000, and New York, $9,000. John P. F. Hagan, the young Phila Delphian who bravely rescued eight boys from drowning in the Schuylkill River some weeks ago, has been deser vedly rewarded for his heroism. Sever al leading citizens hare undertaken to shape his career, and the entire cityis so much interested in his welfare that his progress in the studies at the col lege where he has been placed is min utely recorded in the daily papers The opportunity for which every man longs and for which he is seldom pre pared came to this Philadelphia boy when he saw his sled, on which a dozen *XITS were seated, plunge through the tracking ice. While the horror of the scene paralyzed all beholders, Hagan plunged in and rapidly pulled out eight of the victims. One only sank befor* H-:-/n T^y^aK- :.:v -i- :--«i^S'.-.,'. t*'~^* .-'-is.«f TB rift TM WMblarton OoMip ComfirtnmtionB: chaplains, Rev. E. W. Brady, Iowa:Iter. W. H. 8c6tt, Illinois. Post master, Lewis & Wheelook, Owatonna, Minn. ThA Opponents of the whisky bill in ttie house ridicule the claims 6f its friends thai it has any chance of passing. They say it is too dead to talk of that Vrhen a motion to consider a bill is defeated, it is absnrd to talk of getting a ma jority for tho measure. The honse committee on judiciary has favor ably reported, Mr. Raymond's bill providing for two additional justices' of the supreme court in Dakota. It gives one additional judge in North Dakota and one in South Dakota. The judge in North Dakota will have jurisdic tion over Uuited States cases. A sensational story was published here to the effect that thiough the efforts of Senator Logan and Representative Bontelle of Maine, new witnesses had been discovered in the lat ter state Titiose testimony will have the effect of reopening the whole Fitz John Porter case and reversing the recent action of the house. Both these gentlemen deny knowledge of any such discovery, and say they have not only not found such evidence, but have not been look ing for it The whole thing is a fraud. The house committee on coinage, weights and measures agreed to report favorably Rcpre sontatire Bland's bill to stop the coinage of $3 and $1 gold pieces, trade dollars and 3-cent nickels, and to limit the coinage of double ea gles to SO per cent of the bullion purchase. Representative Nicholls was instructed to report favorably a bill to establish an assay office at Deadwood, Dak. The proposed location of an assay office at Deadwood is in response to re quests frequently made by Southern Dakotians •——a. Kail and Stnr Votes. The Omaha has issued anew freight tariff on all freight from St Paul to tho Black Hills. The rate quoted is 85.50 per 100 pounds. This is a reduction of twenty-five cents per 100 pounds from the rates announced a few days ago. **cord of Oassnalti—. The total number of bridges destroyed by the late flood between Pittsburg and Cairo was fifty-live aggregate length. 7,487 feet esti mated cost of replacing, 1310,000. An explosion occurred Tuesday night in a hotel at Fulliam, a suburb of London, believed be another Fenian dynamite outrage. A box containing four packages, apparently cart ridges, was found on the premises. One man was blown to piecos. The court of queen's bench in London has de cided that Lady Aylesford's 1 'molestation" can cels her husband's covenant to pay her an an {""ty- This molestation consisted in calling her illegitimate son Lord Guernsev, the second title of the earl of Aylesford. A destructive cyclone passed near Giinton ville, Ala., H. 8. Hess and Mrs. John Tidmore were killed, and John Tidmore and Mrs. Frank Farmer were seriously injured. About thirty houses were blown to atoms. The storm left the earth after devastating nearly six miles. The wholesale drug store of Woodward, Fax on A Co., Union avenuo, in West Kansas City, burned Friday morning. The estimated losses on stock are $75,000 insurance, $70,000. On the large four-story building, which was valued at#40,000, owned by Leach & Olmstcad, #20,- Stopheu Richardson of Henry eottniy, 111., met with a distressing accidont at North Mc Gregor, Iowa. He is a drover, and while en gaged in taking care of cattle on the cars, the train took a sudden start, which threw him on to the horns of a steer, and one of the borns entered tho extreme lower portion of his bowels, passing up into his body its full length. At last accounts Mr. Richardson was suffering great pain. Tho entire-destruction by fire of Port Spain, Trinidad, is announced. The loss is estimated at over $400,000. The fire originated in the Union Club house, and in a short time the whole southeastern portion of the town was in ruins. Their- joods establ ruins. The principal hotel and the largest dry f'he oods establishment were entirely destrovccL buildiugs were well insured in F.nglish oTSces. At Braddock, Pa., Thursday, gas in tho fur nace of B. Edgar Thompson Steel works ex ploded, instantly killing William McCall, and seriously injuring Chris Toole. The concus sion was terrific, rending the furnace assunder, and scattering debris in all directions. McCall, who was on a hoist when the explosion occurred would have escaped unhurt if he had not be come frightened and jumped. His body was smashed and his death instant Murray was bumed and scalded externally and internally, so that little hope is entertained of his surviv ing. Toole was badly burned about the head, but will recover. The cause is unknown. The Criminal Calendar. At Norwalk, Ohio, Mrs. Blinzey was jailed for maltreating an adopted child. A strange man committed suicide in Vienna. Tho police believe he was on his way to kill the emperor and other members of the imperial family. John McMahon, city collector of Hoboken, N. J., has been missing since Feb. 21. An ex amination of his books shows a deficit the past six months of $32,0001 John Boyle, for four years treasurer of Erie, Penn, and for several years previous tax col lector of tho First ward has been missing since the 10th. His accounts are short #5,000. Tho safe of J. A. Commons at Centerville,Ind-, was burglarized and eight #100 United States 4 per cent, bonds taken. Tho bonds are of the series HK)7, dated July 1, 1879, and num bered 50,425 to 5"J,123. Mrs. Emma Coolidge, divorced from George B. Coolidge, and highly connected in the south and west, was arrested at Philadelphia for re peated attempts to kill her son, aged ten. She was held in $1,500 bail The trial of John B. Griffin, Seneca Mille' and George Mulkins for tho murder of Samuel Greener of Pawling began the 12th inst., at Pouglikeepsie, N. Y., resulting in a verdict of murder in the first degree. Three of the Kid Wade gang liavo recently been tried before Judge Tiffany, in Brown county, Neb.—Culbertson, Morrison and Horace Stewart Stewart was acquitted, but Culbert son received eight years and Morrison seven. When the case of Moses Weftein, tho Fargo clothier, was called in the Milwaukee munici pal court Western failed to appear. His bail was decided forfeited. There were three sop crate indictments) against Westoin, with #1,01)0 bail in each. The exploded mine at Pocahontas, Va., is still on fire, and the only means of putting it out is to close and seal it. This is now being done, and the mine will remain sealed for probably two weeks. No additional bodies nave been discovered. Missouri Valley (Iowa) special.—The sheriff of Brown county, Neb., has arrested William Marsden, supposed to be the leader of the gang who recently waylaid and hanged Mr. Richard son, a member of tho vigilance committee. JUie vigilance committee will probably reorgan- Robert Pinkerton says that G. A. Vincent, under arrest in St Louis for attempting to pass forged checks, is a burglar and aforger, known to the police of both hemispheres as Charles Pernn, alias Williamson, alias Sherwood, alias Stevens. He rests his chief claim to notoriety as uping one of the party concerned in the ex «ri?cli?8 "I18?3'whenupward of •1,000,000 Buffalo, New York A Erie, New York Central, Northwestern and other forged bonds were put in the market The hanging of John and George Stephenson for the murder of John McCarthy, near Troy, Manitoba, in June last, was to havo taken place Friday morning at Regina, but at the iaet moment an order was recieved from Ot tawa postponing tho hanging until April 3. Willows were erected, the hangman readv and the people expectant that the Indian fiends who so brutally slew an inoffensive citizen would be given the punishment they deserve. The cause of this, tho third postponement of the execution is said by the authorities to be some technicality with regard to capital pun ishment in tho Northwest Territories. WlwllmoM liw» got—. o.3^J^8l88iPPi di8trict lumber cut foots up 317,000,000 feet Chicago brickmakers have combined to put the price per 1,000 up 50 to 75 cents. Several pieces of alleged Cceur d'Alene quartz Portland were proved to be from California. The liabilities of BiHups & Co., bankrupt New York cotton brokers, aggregate #680,000 assets, #1,650. Joshna Eggleaton, waiter in a Schenectady, N. Y., eating house, has inherited #1,000,000 by the death of his uncle in California. Shropshire A Co., wholesale liquors, of New Orleans have failed. The firm was established 1875, and claimed tj be worth #40,000. Capt Hunter sues Police Chief Marsh, of Bridgeport, Conn., for #10,000 damage by in terfering with Salvation army meetings. Search is being made for Miss A. M. Free man, of Camberwell, England, who has fallen heir to #80,000 by the death of her uncle. Edward E. Nickerson A Co., boot and shoe manufacturers, of Lynn, Mass., have failed. SIS sported twttheir liabilities are four times 1MIF .^. ,v .«. -»V" ^V*^£**-^g Edward G. Nickerson, a respected businest man having an establishment on Long Wharf, Boston, has. been missing for four weeks, and all efforts to discover his whereabouts thus far have been futile. The value of crop and live stock products of Illinois for 1883 is #250,579,000, or a decrease of #67,404,000 as compared with the previous year, due largely to the depreciation in the val ue of farm crops and failure of the winter wheat and corn crops. The Women's Foreign Missionary society held an anniversary at Philadelphia. Numbers of auxiliary societies, 3,379 increase, 333 over previous year number of members, 89,633 increase, 7,661, with 4,065 life members, 348 managers and 47 life patrons. Receipts of the flscal^ar from Oct 1,1883, to Oct 1, 1883, There were 186 failures in the United States reported to Bradstreet's during the past week, as compared with 211 in the preceding week, and with 333,140 and 133 in tho coresponding weeks of 1883, 18S3 and 1881 respectively. About 84 per cent were those of small traders, whose capital was less than #5,000. Canada had 38, a decrease of 5. Ex-Congressman Canfield of Chicago, now Dakota, says the chances of passing tho bill to open the Sioux reservation are very good, and they hope to secure its consideration in tho senate very soon, Senator Hawes and Con gressman Holman, who have charge of tho bill in their respective houses, are both agreed ypon what should be done, and are earnestly in favor of opening the reservation. The com pensation to the Indiana is believed to bo much greater than they could secure from the land in any other form, and the advantages to Dako ta are incalculable. Personal Points. Jessie Reed, .the giantess, is dead. Wendell Bollman, constructor of the famous Bollman bridges throughout tho country, died at Baltimore aged seventy. Mrs. Lawrence of Chicago, the mother of the late T. G. Lawrence, class of 1881, has given Yale college #50,000 for a dormitory. Oliver Dyer, the Yale sophomore, who was roughly hammered by a classmate in the col lege athletic gamoson tho 8th inst., died yester day from his wounds. The New York World asseife that Gen Grant was tendered tho President's vessel, the Dispatch, to take him to Fortress Monroe, but he politely declined the offer. Mrs. Col. Hunt of Michigan will contest CoL Hunt's will, bequeathing #5,000 each to Josh Billings, Eli Perkins and Artemus Ward The legatees have not made claims. Helen Spangler, wife of Hon. E. T. Spangler of Coshockton, O., and author of "A Physi cian's Wife," and other well known novels, was found dead in her bath room. M. C. G. Lewes writes to the Boston Tran script that "when the 'Biography of George Eliot/ Upon which Mr. Cross is engaged, and forthcoming volume of 'Essays' havo been given to the world thero will remain hardly anything of George Eliot's imprinted. At Grand Haven, Mich., on Tuesday, Esther P. Cutler, daughter of Dwight Cutler, an exten sive lumberman, was married to John N. Bag ley of Detroit, son of the late Gov. Bagley. Mr. Cutler is well kuown in Minnesota, having extensive lumbering interests atDnluth, and being a frequent visitor to St Paul with his family. Vews from Foreign I.ands. A duel with swords was fought at Lisbon be tween Viscount Roberdo and Maj. Scrpa Tinto. The former received five wounds. London Punch publishes along and stirring poem advocating tho restoration of Baker Pa Bha to the coloneley of the Tenth hussars. The Berlin newspapers accuse Sargent of in timacy with Herr Bunden, an enemy of Bis marck's. Members of the diplomatic corps are indignant at tho brutal attacks the press has been making upon Sargent Tho chief of police of St Petersburg re ceived a letter from the nihilists threatening with death any one who informs against Do who was ttjo leader of tho four ni hilists that murdered CoL Sudciken on Dec. 28. The queen has telegraphed Gon. Graham her congratulations upon the victory of the 12th Tho government has received congratulations upon the victory from foreign embassies in London. Tho Morning Post says it is under stood that Baker Pasha will Shortly be rein stated in the British army with the rank of major general The Provincial Correspondence says the Lasker discussion has closed. Germans are agreed it is no affair of parliament to examine merits of foreign politicians, and that the nations' only intercourse should be through the supreme heads. Tho German Gazette at ""jhutos the fuss, to the Berlin correspondent V°n(lon Times, the policy of the editors of which paper, it says, is to stir up strife be tween Germany and other couutrios. Further details of tho desperate battle on the 13th between Graham's forces and the rebels near Tamai wells continue to arrive. During the confusion which ensued when the Arabs made their wild rush upon the British lines and caused them to retreat, the newspaper re porters and other non-combatants took part in the fray, and used their revolvers with deadly effect After the battle Osman's camp and three villages were burned. Amongthe trophies Osman's standard was taken and Tewfik Bey's recaptured. The British losses were consider ably heavier than at first reported. rite John Porter Bill Finally Passed. On Tuesday tho 11 th inst the senate passed the bill for tho relief of Fitz John Porter by a .vote of 36 to 25. The senators voting for the bill were all Democrats except Hoar of Massa chusetts, Jones of Nevada, Pike of New Hamp shire, Riddelberger of Virginia, Sabin of Min nesota, and Sewell of New Jersey. Past Trains to the Pacific. The new fast mail service is to bo extended the Pacific coast Commencing April (», the Northern Pacific will change the time of depar ture from St. Paul of its through train from 8 p. m.,the present hour of leaving, to 4 p. m., and reduce tho running time between St Paul and Portland from 104 to hours. According to the arrangements perfected on the 14th, the time between New York and Port land will bo 135 hours, or five and a quarter days. 1 he time from Chicago to Portland will bo 1011-2 hours, or a little over four and a half days. Bismarck Bather Conciliatory. The St. Louis Westlichc Post publish^ ex tracts from an official dispatch of Prince Bis marck to German consuls in the United States in regard to prohibition of American pork. Bismarck instructs consuls to do everything in their power to cultivate frieiullv re lations between Germany and the United States^ He says the prohibition of Amer ican pork is for sanitary reasons and lias no unfriendly character whatever, and intimates it would be for the interest of the United States to adopt such sanitary measures as exist in Europe, and thereby put Germany in a position to permit tho importation of American pork. The dispatch shows conclusively that the Ger man chancellor does not want to provoke re taliation, but it i* his aim to preserve friendly relations between Gennanv and the United States. AXXHXHO HOBBOB. An Explosion in a Virginia SKino Proves th« Doom of Nearly Two Hundred Ken. There was an explosion in tlie^coal mines at Pocahontas, Tazewell county, Va., Wednesday at 12:30, and 120 to 150 miners were killed. The mine has always been considered a danger ous one, tho soft coal fonnd there being per fectly saturated with the deathly fire damp. There is no hopo entertained of rescuing those in the mine. Thay must all be dead. Such a perfect scene of destruction is hard to picture. The passages in the mine have been entirely destroyed, au4 the entire hill will have to be excavated" to get to some of the chambers. The fact that the mine is on fire makes the operation of rescuing all tho more difficult A number of bodies wore discovered, horribly mangled, some of them with their heads torn from the trunk*, others with the limbs all gone, presenting an appalling spectacle. The work of destruction was not confined entirely to the interior of the mines, but houses, 200 or 300 feet removed from the mines were overturned and in several instances demolished. A large ventilator of tho Southwest Improvement company was blown to atoms, and the mines cannot be entered till another is constructed for the pui-pose of freeing the atmosphere of the suffocating fumes. The men of the mines are mostly Hungari ans without families. A number of negroes from the surrounding section are also em ployed there. The nunes had not long been open, but tho company had gotten well under way and were supplying a large section of country with coaL The prospect was most en couraging. A large coaling station for the sup ply of qcoan etoamers was in course of con struction at Norfolk- While the accident will have the effect of retarding work at the mines, it is not believed it will causo permanent discon tinuance, as a great deal or. monev has been expended there by northern capitalists com posing the Southwest Improvement company. Pocahontas is in Tazewell oounty, 177 miles west of Lynchburg, at the list top mountains, and ML the 'western terminus of foe New Biver taHRfc of jKorfolfc Wwttra irtUwai OOVOBESnOIU 1KATTEBS. Bills and resolutions have been Introduced in the senate proposing a constitutional amend ment limiting the amount of legfel tender notes to #350,000,0u0, unless congress'by a two-thirda affirmative yoto in both houses decides other wise authorizing the United States to resume possession of certain lands granted Iowa to aid in the construction of railroads.. Bills and resolutions have been introdnced in tho House incorporating the Yellowstone Park railroad for a constitutional amendment prohibiting the making of anything but gold and silver coin legal tender except after a de claration of war for carrying on tho improve ment and repair of rivers ana harbors by con tract granting copyright to newspapers. The bill to incorporate the Spokane Falls A Coeur d'Alene Railroad company was reported favor ably. A message was received from the presi dent transmitting the house resolution on the death of Edward Lasker, returned- by Prince Bismarck. Mr. Hiscock at once offered a res olution expressing surprise and regret at the action of the German chancellor and reiterating the expression of regret atHerrLasker's death. Tk« resolutions introduced in the house by Mr. Hiscock, on the Lasker business, and re ferred to tho committee on 'foreign affairs wero as follows: Whereas, it has come to the house that a communication of it to the parlia ment of the German empire, entirely friendly in ts intent, respectful in its character, and sent through regular channels of international communications, has been arbitrarily intercep ted and returned by a percon now Resolved, That this honse does hereby reiter ate the expression of sincere regret at the death of Edward Lasker, and its sympathy with the parliament of the German empire, of Which for many years he was a distinguished tncmber. The Mexican treaty has been ratified by the tenate, but it had a narrow escape. When it Was up before it was defeated by one vote. This time it was carried by one vote, and that Was cast by Senator Pike of New Hampshire, Was the onlv one to change his views since the matter has been lying dormant The opposi tion to the ratification of tho treaty was based upon three articles, tho same being lumber, sugar and tobacco but it is not believed by its advocates that any of those articles will be imported from Mexico in to tho United States to an extent that will inter fere with the producers on this side of the bor der. The treaty will open an enormous mar ket for manufactured articles from the United States^ as the Mexican duty upon wearing ap parel, cured meats aud other necessaries of life has been practically prohibitory, while the tax upon wines and other luxuries has been cry low. Senator Allison presented a memorial fi-om tho Iowa legislature in favor of the regulation of inter-state commerce. Bills were intro duced to suspend for two years tho coinago of silver dollars, and issue #1 and #3 treasury notes making Lake Borgne an outlet to improve tho low-water navigation of the Mississippi from Cairo to New Orleans. Tho following nomi nations were sent to tho Senate: J. E. Irish. Wisconsin, consul at Cognac Abram J. Gif ford, New York, agent Indians, Fort Beithold agency, Dakota Elliots. N. Morgan, Wyoming, secretary of Wyoming Lewis L. Wncelock, postmaster, Owatonna, Minn. Tho senate confirmed:—Col. John Newton, chief engineer with rank of brigadier general Norman Buck, Idaho, associate justico of the supreme court of Idaho W. F. Fitzgerald, Mississippi, associate justice of the supreme court of Arizona John C. Perry, N)W York, chief justice of the supremo court of Wyom ing. In tho House, under the call of committees, reports were submitted by Mr. McCoid, judi ciary ^committee, providing for two additional associate justices for Dakota. By Mr. Rose crans, military affairs, favorably, tho bill to authorize the Cheyenne, Black Hills & Montana Railroad company to build across tho foot of Russell and Laramie military reservations also, favorably, the bill to place CoL George W. Getty on the retired list as major general. Mr. Morgan, same committee, reported adversely the bill to construct a macadamized road from Memphis, Tenn.,to the National cemetery near that city. Mr. Perkins, favorably, committee on Indian affairs, for the sale of the Kickapoo diminished reservation, Kansas. A long par tisan debate took place on Monday. In the house Gov. Wakefield has presented a remonstrance from about a hundred prom inent citizens of Martin county, against any action by tho public lands committee looking to the forfeiture of railroad grants of Southern Minnesota. Mr. Wakefield also introduced a bill in the house to-day to authorize the president to ap point John S. Allman, of Henderson, Minn., late a first lieutenant of the United States army, a first lieutenant in the army and thereupon to place him upon the retired list a* such lieu tenant. Mr. Strait presented to the house a petition of 173 citizens of Renville county, Minn., prav ing for the forfeiture of the giant of lands made to the Hastings & Dakota Railroad com pany, for the reason of tho great injustice and gross frauds that have been practiced by the railroad companies against the settlers. A petition was presented in the house by Mr.' Nelson from A. W. Sites, asking that a clause be embodied in the bill to repeal the timber culture act, permitting all who have claims un der this act, and who have failed to complete their entries for any cause beyond their con trol, to pay for the same at the rate of #1.35 per acre, or less. A resolution was offered in Ihe senate for a constitutional amendment making the presi dential term six years, ana the president ineli li&iblg. to re-elcction. A hill wai. introduced to establish a forest reservation at tho head waters of the Missouri river, and the head waters of Clark's Fork, Columbia river in Montana The bill for the relief of Gen. Porter was debated, Mr. Sewell of New Jersey speaking in favor of it, and Mr. Wilson of Iowa against it The whole of Wednesday the house was given to the consideration of the postoffice bill, and another day will probably be taken up with it The republicans made a bitter fight against the reductions proposed in the bill, and in the course of tho day they resorted to filibustering, but were finally overpowered by democratic members. Mr. Davis of Illinois made the first success ful fight against the appropriation committee's bill in providing for the postal service. Dur ing tho last session of congress the salaries of the postmasters in nine of the largest cities of the country were raised, but the present bill cuts them down to #4,000 each. Davis made a motion to retain the salaries of these postmasters as they are now. He was support^ cd by Bingham of Pennsylvania and Horr of Michigan, but was opposed by Holman of In diana iiiul I'ownsend of Illinois. His amend ment was earned by a considerable majority. An attempt was mado in the senate on the I4tli. to sesuro an appropriation for the sup pression of the foot and mouth disease that is raging among the cattle in the west Senators Cullom, Plumb, Warner, Miller and others urged haste iu the matter, as thero was a need of immediate relief to prevent tho spread of the plague but tho extreme state rights meu insisted upon ventilating tneir views. The most vigorous opposition they re ceived was from ono of their own number. Senator Garland of Arkansas, who took radical grounds in favor of the powers of congress, and is recognized as ono of the ablest lawyers in the senate, his remarks created some surprise, as Garland said there were no conBtitntional western foot this time. The house devoted a great deal of time to tho discussion of a bill to grant a pension to Sep temia R. Meikleham, the only surviving grand child of the author of the declaration of inde pendence. She sat in a front Beat in the mem era' gallery and was an attentive listener to the discussion. Though in comparative want, she has mado no appeal to her grandfather's country through its representatives, for aid. It was only recently that a member of tho committee on pensions heard of her existence, and without consulta tion or repuest from her, introduced the bill for relief. After a long debate, the enacting clause was stricken out by over a two-thirds vote which is the same thing as defeating the bill The Mar— Ui. MILWAUKEE.—Wheat, No. 2,94c bid June Corn—No. 3, 54c. Oats—No. 2,32c. Rye—No. 1, 63c. No. 2, 59a Barley—No. 3,63c. CHICAGO.—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 91%c@93o No. 3 spring, 78@S2a Corn—52Wc@!3)la Oats—3l%@32a Rye—58jZc. Barley—64c. Flax Seed—#1.53. Pork—#17.60(317.65. Lard—#9.32^@#«ra0. Hogs—#5.25(feY40. Cattle—#5.25@6.25. ST. PAUL—Wheat, No. 1 hard, #1.00 No. 2 hard, J8@fl6c, No. 1 regular, 9tc No. 3 regular, 85c@8Sc. Corn—No. 2, 51c@56c new mixed, 45c rejected, 44c@46c. Oats—No. aimixed, 30 a 3 extra, 50c No. 3, Barley—No. 2,60c Rye—No. 2, 53c. Ground Feed—918.00@18.50l Corn Meal—#ia00. Bran—#r2.50@13.50. Baled Hay—Wild, #6L50@7.S0: timothy, #9.oe@#ftto. Live Hogs—#&5Q. Dressed Hogs—#&37@#& 50. Sf«fe MHIBMTA DEWS NHS. Some unknown person attempted wreck the passenger train on the Northern Pacific, at Detroit, Minn., by turning the switch. Fortunately, it was discovered just in time to save tne train thirteen loaded coaches. to of holding tne position of chancellor of the German empire, therefore be it Resolved, That this house cannot but express surprise and regret that it should be even tem porarily within the power of a single too powerful subjcct to interfere with such a sim ple, natural and spontaneous expression of kindly feeling between two great nations, and thuB to dotract from the position and prestige of the crown on one hand, and from the rights oi tne crown on one nana, and from the rights of representatives of the people on the other. Miss Allie White of Duluth has begun suit against the city to recover $3,000 for damages received by reason of a de fective sidewalk. The president lias nominated Judge Wheelock for Owatonna's postmaster. St. Paul's city engineer, Somers, was unanimously re-elected. The Republican congressional com mittee of the first district met in this city Monday. All the counties were represented, except Fillmore, Houston and Olmsted. It was resolved to hold convention within the district to elect two delegates to the national Republi can convention, and to hold a seperate convention to nominate a congressman. The chairman was authorized to fix the date of the convention after the call for the state convention has been issued. Winona was chosen as the place for holding the convention, and the num ber of delegates will be the same as in the Rochester convention of 1882. Dr. Lyon, a New York chemist, has analyzed the water from an artesian well in Mankato, and obtained the fol lowing result from a half-gallon of the wator of 124.396 grains, represented in parts of 1,000, viz Protosulphate of iron and alumine, 32.022 grains sul phate of limo, 45.928 grains chloride of sodium, 15.321 grains sulphate of mag nesia, 13.515 grains silica, 13.025 grains organic matter, 4.585 grains. Total, 124.396 grains. This water is said to be equal to that of the famous Wauke slia springs in medical qualities. Mr. and Mrs. John Odell of Owatonna celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, by a golden wedding. Gov. Hubbard has received a letter from White Cloud, the head chief of the Chippewas—or, as he writes it, the Ojibways—at the White Earth reserva tion. It expressed the thanks of the chief and the tribe to the governor for his friendly feeling and action in their behalf, and assures him that what he wrote to the commissioner of Indian af fairs about the Mille Lacs band was all true, and is in a less degree true of the Leech Lake band. White Cloud writes that "the Ojibway Indians, on account of the rapid and full settlement of the country by the white man, cannot live by hunting." Norman Buck, formerly of Winona has been appointed associate justice of Idaho. Minneapolis is asked to adopt the Chicago plan of hiring detectives to as sess hidden notes and mortgages. The Erickson brothers, supposed to be the ones who made the late murder ous assault with knives and axes on Samuel Wilson and Fish's camp on the Duluth & Iron Range railroad, waived examination at Duluth and were com mitted to await trial. Three weeks ago thieves entered-the barn of Charles Needham, a merchant of Ottawa, Le Seuer county, and stole a buffalo and lap robes worth over $50. Monday night Sheriff Moll arrested at St. Peter Daniel and Charles Long of Ottawa on charge of stealing the robes. Both parties confessed, and told where the robes could be found. They had sold them to parties in Farinington. The prisoners were taken to Ottawa for a hearing, and as they made a full confes sion they will plead guilty and go to jail. They are sons of respectable par ents, but for the past six months have been loafing in Ottawa, St. Peter and Mankato, and spending money freely without doing any work to earn any. I The residence of Mrs. Dresser, at Northfield which was partially destroyed by fire, was insured for $2,500, $1,700 in the German Insurance company of Freeport, 111., and $800 in the Home Insurance company of New York. Prof. Northrnp is reported to hesitate about excepting the presidency of the state university on the salary issue, since the removal will necessitate the the sale of his home in New Haven, one of the finest in the city. The tender has been made of a salary of $4,500, but it is believed that $6,000 will be neces sary to secure his services. Judge Brill of St. Paul granted Flor ance Moody a divorce from Robert Moody, on the grounds of cruel treat ment and desertion. He also gives her the custody of her child, $1,300 alimony and her personal property. Articles of the Sauk Rapids & Mis sissippi River Boom company, to con struct and operate booms oh the Mis* sissippi river at Sauk Rapids, to drive and sluice logs, timber, and lumber have been filed with the secretary of state. The office of the company is in Sauk Rapids. The capital stock is $50,000, and the limit of liability $25, 000. Tho incorporators are C. B. Buck man, George W, Benedict, Erasmus Cross, and Joseph Coats, all of Sauk Rapitlrs Joseph P. Wilson of Min neapolis, II. Oltinan, Rice's, Benton county, end S. C. Hall of Muskegon, Mich. At the meeting of tho board of trade, Secretary Phelps submitted the annual report of the business of Winona for the past year. The first report, pre sented early in the year 1881, showed the business of the year previous to have amounted to $8,088,520. Two years later, in January, 1883, the amouut was $12,865,053. The present statement mounts up to $15,034,629, divided as follows: General trade $12,046,935 banking, $2,193,438 building improve ments, $794,256. Grand total, $15, 034,629. Articles of incorporation of the Co operative Printing company of Minne apolis have been filed with the socretary of state, with a capital stock of $5,000 and the limit of liability $1,200. The incorporators are John R. Berger, Francis G. Drew, C. A. French, George A. Leighton and Dorr Thomas, all of Minneapolis. Senator S. D. Peterson of New Ulm, said in St. Paul recently that the state ment of his intention to antogonize the renomination of Congressman Wake field in the Second district, by becom ing a candidate himself was wholly un true. He disclaimed any such intention. The republicans of Minneapolis have nominated George A. Pillsbury for may or. The prohibitionists nominated J. T. Weyman. Dr. Ame3 will probably be the democratic nominee. At Moorhead, the firm of M. Leo & Co. was closed Thursday afternoon by the sheriff. The firm was one of the oldest in the city, and was thought to be on a sound financial basis. The siez ure is believed to be by Eastern whole salers, of whom goods were purchased. The officials are uncommunicative as to the amount of the debts. At Red Lake Falls, Mrs. Marie Kret zschmar, wife of Carl Kretzschmar, died of dropsy. Mr. and Mrs. Kretzschmar came from Berlin to this country in 1869, and were the first settlers in Fer gus Falls. From there they uQved to TJ jg- Crookston, and each was identified with the building up and developing of that1 city. At 'Vermillion, on the Iron Range road, "Black Jack," and his pal, Brown, went into a camp where there were seven or eight men, and robbed the whole outfit of $187, and one of them dare not say a word for fear his life would pay the penalty. Dr. Van Pahl of Chaska has been ar rested and held in $1,000 bonds, on a charge of ravishing, a simple-minded thirteen-year-old girl who boarded in his family. At Moorhead, William Owen's house was burned. At Moorhead a rumor is afloat that W. H. Lewis, county physician, has left the city for good. He was well liked ap parently by all, and had a fair practice here. He married about fourteen months ago a young lady who had been a waitress in one of the hotels, and it is said that the wedded life of the pair has not been the most felicitous. His* wife and child are still in the city. George S. Dale of Minneapolis lost his wallet with $67,000 in notes in New York. Swan and Corlson are in jail in Duluth, charged with the murder of Sam Wilson at Vermillion, and a number of others have been arrested as accessories. Conrad Boettcher, a pioneer of Le Sueur, died at the residence of his son, Rev. Henry Boettcher, in that town, aged eighty-four years. The Lake house in Alexandria was burned with its contents. Loss, $4,000 insurance, $800. The house committee on public build ings and grounds agreed to recommend the erection of a public building at Duluth, Minn., to cost $100,000. A meeting of the Minnesota Repub lican state central committee is called* at St. Paul March 28th. At Langhai, Pope county, several days ago, while digging a well on land of Gunder Tharaldson, silver, looking as if the outcropping of a vein, was found. William Lyons, an old and respected citizen of Alexandria, died on Sunday, aged seventy-two years, from tho result of wounds received during the late war. The large price that has been paid in Rochester for a few years past for gin seng has resulted in extirpating the plant from Olmsted county, and as the root is of very slow growth, there can be no more to dig for a number of years to come. Mr. C. H. Voorhis died very sudden ly at Faribault of heart disease. He was formerly a resident of Philadelphia, and came to Faribault abont a year ago and entered Seabury Divinity school, with the intention of taking orders in the ministry. The woman who died under mys terious circumstances in Motley, the dead body of an infant being found in her trunk, proves to have been the wife of Myron Fuller of Reynolds. They had not lived together for four years. The roof of a stable containing forty head of valuable cattle upon the Moor land farm, near Moorhead, fell in from the weight of snow upon. Fourteen of the cattle were killed. Nels Ash, a Swede, was fatally in jured by falling from a pile driver be tween Anoka and Champlin, and died soon after. Scanlan & Wall are to start a bank in Lanesboro called the "Home Ex change." Harper & Gillispie and the St. Croix Lumber company of Stillwater have filed claims to the amount of $17,000 and the laborers to the amount of $6,000 against A. S. Bliss, a lumberman of Barnum. The sheriff is now in posses sion. The coroner's jury in the case of Helge Helgeson, killed by a snow plow near Norcross, when two other section men were wounded, returned a verdict that deceased came to his death "by being run down by Engine No. 166, with snowplow attachment, driven by James P. Haines, of the St. Paul, Min neapolis & Manitoba railroad and we further find that the said engine was run at an unjustifiable rate of speed, and without the caution necessary for the safety of the section men at work on the track." In a drunken row at Beaver Bay an Indian named Yellow Bird was killed in attempting to prevent trouble. Doinin ick and Smith fled,but were arrested and examined on the following Monday and discharged by justice of the Peace Saulsbury, although they did not deny that they committedjthc murder, simply swearing that they were too drunk to remember who did it. The constable, spit is reported by those there, furn ished the liquor, which he sold openly to any Indian who would pay for it in money, flour, calico or anything else. The house of Stephen Hewson, an old settler of Oxford, burned Monday, his sick daughter and two children being removed in safety. The post office, kept in the same building, was also destroyed some deeds, mortgages and notes were saved, but his library, valued at $500, was a total loss. The directors of the Minnesota Iron company held their annual meeting at their office in St. Paul, for the election of officers. The resignation of T. L. Blood, aa secretary of the company, dated Dec. 21, 1883, was read. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year C. Tower, Philadelphia, Pa., president George C. Stone, St. Paul, Minn., vice president and general manager C. Tower, Jr., Duluth, Minn., treasurer I. P. Beck, Duluth, Minn., secretary. Wadena expended $68,550 in build ing improvements last year. The report of the Minnesota state sta tistical agent to the United States ag ricultural department for March 1 shows the corn on hand of the crop of 1883 to be about 1,000,450, or 9 per cent of the entire crop, None of it has been sold to go out of the state. About 800,000 or 5 per cent., of the crop is re ported to have been good, merchantable corn and the average ^alue of the crop on hand is given at 53 cents per bushel for the merchalitable and 23 cents for the unmerchantable. The wheat crop remaining on hand March 1 is es timated at 38 per cent., or about four teen million bushels, and 23 per cent, is stated to be consumed within the state 77 per cent being shipped outside as flour or grain. The crop of 1883 is re ported to be considerably better than an average and but little inferior to the crop of 1877. James P. Hicks, of Evansville, Ind., asks a divorce from his wife on the ground that she prays daily that he may die, and as he is a believer in the efficacy of prayer it is beginning to tell on his health. The oldest editor of Pennsylvania, and possibly the oldest printer in the United States, is W. P. Elliot of Lewistown, ho was born on Jan. 12, 1793, and fonnded the liWistowa Qasetteipl811. CAFEMANMI& With four other masculine fellow-suf. ferers—one of whom was 'a small, spec tacled, inoffensive-looking mm—Ned Girard and myself, were the suffering inmates of a nondescript vehicle of the stage wagon pattern, drawn by six small cape" horses, en route from the Bloem fontein diamond fields of South Africa for Wellington, thence by rail to Cape Town. Two-thirds of the truly terrible jour ney had already been accomplished, yet there, were still two hundred and fifty miles of travel over sun beat plain and arid desert before us, with the mercury at a hundred and two degrees, in such shade alone as our tilted conveyance af forded—for, in truth, there was no oth er. Our eyes were blurred and blinded by the ceaseless glare of the sun, whose rays beat down on the sandy desert from an unclouded sky, which was as brass above us. Our bodies were sore and bruised by the unceasing jar and jolt of our rudely hung vehicle. We were parched with thirst, which the lukewarm water along the route utter ly failed to slack, and, though continu ally drowsy, could neitherysleep by day nor by night, because of the intense hear, the sand-flies, swelled and burn ing feet, and intense nervousness en gendered by the foregoing, with the other discomforts and sufferings inci dental to a stage journey of some hun dreds of miles through South Africa. The most of us knew each other by sight, through having met from day to day, for some months, in and about the mining field which we had left. But I will venture to state that six more surly, unsocial fellow-passengers than our dusty, unshorn selves were perhaps never—literally—thrown together. If Ned and myself were perhaps a lit tle more pronounced in general dis Etgreeableness than the others, we con sidered,indeed, that we had ample prov ocation therefor. For thirteen months we had been toiling and perspiring, tak ing our several turns in the "dump" or in our twenty-four-foot mining claim, as the case might be. In nearly—if not quite—a year of unremitting toil, we had barely succeeded in washing out enough small "stones" (the invariable term for diamonds in South Africa) with which to pay our running expen ses and then one stroke of the pick had unearthed a rose-diamond of such size and purity that for full sixty min utes our good fortune was the talk of Bloemfontein. Well, that night, after our frugal supper, Ned without speaking, extend ed the precious gem toward me in his open palm, as we sat at our rude table in our canvas-covered crbin. I do not answer for the scope of my partner's vision, of course. But in the uncut brilliant, as in the magician's stones, I myself saw but one object—sweet, wistful face, framed in a wreath of dark hair, within the depths of whose soft eyes was a look as if of patient waiting for the return of him who had gone to seek his fortune in the far-away diamond fields. "Home?" was Ned's interrogative query, raising his own eyes, which had bent upon the gem, with a sort of far away look, to meet my own suddenly up-turned gaze. "Home!" I echoed, with joyous em- But hardly had the word escaped my lips when a tall form was dashsd through the door, and upsetting the candle by a sudden blow, seized the diamond from Ned's still outstretched hand, and was off in the darkness—the whole event having taken place in far less time than I have occupied in tell ing it. Of course we gave the alarm as quick ly as we could regain our scattered ideas: but though half the male popu lation of Bloemfontein turned out, it was it no purpose. The robber and his booty had disap peared without the slightest clew. So it was that being in local parlance "down on our luck," Ned and myself, disgusted and discouraged, had sold our claim to a couple of new-comers for about £300, and with those composing our present stage-coach party, had taken passage, as I have said, for Wel lington, intending to return home, even though with heavy hearts and light pockets. Beside the small spectacled man, who had represented himself as a sort of colporteur for a religious society at Cape Town, our fellow passengers composed two diamond brokers, together with a young and very boastful fellow, who called himself M'Arthur. The latter had been very successful, and it was with feelings of envy we heard him re late the result of two week's work in a deserted claim, where, as he informed us with many profane assertions, he had struck a "pocket," from which he had taken stones, whose value he declared was £4,000. These he carried in a belt about his waist, together with a considerable sum of money from the sale of his claim—as he said—while girded to either hip was a heavy revolver, as a safe-guard against possible attack from road agents. After a wretched supper at a small, barren-looking station in the Hoog boom Bottom, the journey was resumed with afresh relay of horses, and a slight diminution of our ill temper—the heat being a degree or two less intense, by reason of the declining sun. The conversation naturally turned upon the subject of road agents, some recent depredations of these gentry having been graphically narrated by the proprietor of the station we had just left. "They wouldn't play any of their games on me, "replied M'Arthur, touch ing the buts of his revolvers in a signi ficant manner as he spoke. The pale-blue eyes of the little man, who bore the not uncommon name of Smith, twinkled ever so slightly behind his spectacles at the remark, but he groaned dismally and shook his head. •'My dear sir," he exclaimed in depre ciating tones, "you surely would not commit the awful crime of murder, even to prevent the loss of the filthy lucre which you—hem—claim to have ac quired through your own honest ef forts." "Claim to have acquired?" What the duse do you mean by that?" blus tered M'Arthur as Ned and myself glanced at the little man in some sur prise, for it seemed to strike us simul taneously that there was a sort of con scious significance in Mr. Smith's tones. Yet it was, perhaps, a mistake as well as the fancy that MPArthur's oronzed face changed color never so lit tle, even as the other spoke. Mr. Smith shrank back into his cor ner, as though terrified at the other's threatening manner "Indeed, I meant nothing at all, my dear friend," he answered, in apparent alarm. "I But his protestation was cut short by the sudden and abrupt stoppage of the stage, and a terrified yell from the Krowboy who drove. Almost at the same moment a man sprang from either side of the road with a leveled rifle. "The£pt one that stiro gets a ball sr through his head!" said the taller of the two, a heavily bearded fellow, the very counterpart of the ruffian in a border pi»y- My own revolver was in the small va lise which held Ned's, and my own worldly goods. Even if I had carried it on my person, it is more than likoiy that with the muzzle of a rifle staring me full in the face, I should not have attempted to use it. Ned was unarmed. So as it then ap peared, was the little colporteur. And tho valiant M'Arthur dropped on the bottom of the coach with aery of terror which was feebly echoed by Mr Smith. In obedience to a gruff command, M'Arthur handed his revolvers to the smaller of the two road agents, who seeming to be assured that no weapons were worn by any others of the party, caused up to alight. Ned and myself submitted to be searched, with the calmness of despair. We had about one hundred and fifty sovereigns be tween us, and a bill of exchange on & bank in Cape Town, which the tall rob ber took from us, while hia companion, with cocked hat and presented rifle, did the in timidating. M'Arthur alternately raved and swore, as he was relieved of his belt. The .little man wrung his hands, and raised his voice in meek sup plication, while his spectacled eyes were fixed, as though in a sort of fasination, upon the ruffian who held the presented rifle. "Now, then, gig-lamps, what have you got about you?" was the jocose query. And little Mr. Smith piteously en treated that the muzzle of the loaded rifle be turned aside from his affrighted face. "It might go off," he said, in tremu lous tones*"and it makes me sp nerv ous to have a deadly weapon pointed at me. Do, please take it away!" With a hoarse "laugh the road agent tossed his rifle into the hollow of his. arm. "All right, my little man!" he said", carelessly. "Go ahead, Bill." This to his companion, who ap proached Smith, for the purpose of searching him. Then was a transformation scene in deed. The small man straightened up like lightning, and with a quickness which seemed almost incredible, shoving his hands in the side pockets of linen coat he drew them out, -*itli a cocked revolver in each. Crack! and the shorter ruffian stag gered and fell, shot through the heart. Crack! and his astounded companion, with a yell of mingled pain and rage, sprang for his rifle, which lay beside him on the ground but he was too late. Before his fingers closed upon nis shining barrel he stumbled forward to the earth with a ball through his brain. The whole affair was over in ten sec onds. Mr. Smith ropocketed his pis tols, and taking olT his spectacles, re garded our astonished faces with a ben evolent smile. 'Deadly weapons come handy some times, after all, gentlemen," he re marked. And I noticed a curious change in his voice and manner. So, too, did, M' Arthur, who stood for a moment looking at him with seeming perplexity in the midst of his too evident stuperfection. Meanwhile, Ned, who .was of & practical turn, began taking from the capacious pockets of the taller of the two outlaws the valuables and money of which our little company had been despoiled, at the eager suggestion of the two diamond brokers, who had been lit erally paralyzed with terror during the entire scene through which we had passed, both of them having been re lieved of large amounts. Of course, they insisted upon receiv ing their own property first. Then came ours. And, at the same time,from a bit of wash-leather in the same pocket rolled a diamond, of such peculiar shape size, and color—for it was one of those rare gems, a perfect rose-diamond—that both Ned and myself uttered a simulta neous cry of astonishment and delight, as well we might, for it was our stolen diamond! are in luck, gentlemen," quiet ly remarked Mr. Smith, who had been watching the whole procedure, while M'Arthur stood looking on with covet ous eyes. 'I see that this is the stone that you had stolen from oamp, some days since. I had a glimpse of it the morning Mr. Girard here"—nodding at Ned—"was showing it to Jacobs, the brokers, on the corner of Krall street. I should know it among a thousand." M'Arthur, who, with his recovered revolvers, which he had buckled on, had assumed his usual air braggadocio, was heard to express considerable dis satisfaction. "One diamond is like another!" he growled. And his idea was that under tho circumstances the whole party had a sort of common interest in this one, to which the brokers gave ready assent. 'I'd like to see any one try to take it 1" said Ned, with a dangerous gleam in his eyes. And little Mr. Smith, nodding ap provingly, removed from the dead man's body the money belt of which Mr. M' Authur had been deprived. But instead of handing it to that getnleman, he buckled it about his own waist with an agreeable smile. "What the deuce does this mean?" yelled M'Arthur, whose face was purple with rage, when, no less to his own than to our astonishment, liis arms were pin ioned by the little colporteur, who seemed to have the strength of two or dinary men. And in another instant his wrists were adorned with a pair of shining steel handcuffs. "It's no use kicking, William," quiet ly remarked his captor, removing a faded flaxen wig from his own head,and exposing to view a short crop of stubby black hair. "I didn't mean to have pulled you till we got to Wellington,but this little affair has, so to speak, precipi tated matters a little." And after we were all again en route, having left word at the next station as to the disposition of the outlaws' bodies, the pseudo Mr. Smith informed us that the scowling prisoner on the seat oppo site, who was kept in bounds by the sight of a cocked revolver in his captor's hands, was one William Hardy, with a dozen aliases, whom he—Dennison Hunt the then best known detective in Eng land—had followed from Liverpool to the very heart of South Africa, a reward of a thousand pounds having been of fered for his apprehension as principal in a great London bank robbery. "But I never thought I should be the means of helping you two gents to your lost property," said Mr. Smith, with his customary placid smile, as, after the wearisome journey, we alighted in front of the Diggers' Retreat at Wel lington, with dust begrimed faces and stiffened limbs, four days later. And, to his credit be it said, the de tective would not accept a penny of recompense from either of us. "The excitement of the little 'scrim mage, was enough," he said, as we shook hands at parting. It does not say much for the IMMW» of the people who attend marriages at the fashionable Church of St. George's, Hanover square, London, that the rec tor and church wardens have been ob liged to put up the following notice: "It is earnestly requested that all per sons will -refrain from t»lWng in the church before and after as well as dar ing the marriage services, they will behave as Ul tto hoqa* pf God." 'M