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JAMKS SEED SON, Prop'rs. ASHTABULA i I , OHIO. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gathered from All Quarters. Gathered from All Quarters. CONGRESSIONAL. Skvatk, Deo. 6. The Senate wag called to ortw at nonn. 3 Am ft L. Pugh, auo- reaaor ni ueunre o. Houston, or Alabama, and Joseph B. Brown, who succeeds General Gor don, of Ueorgla, took the oath of onto. The credentials of Senator Edmunds, re-elected hla own successor, wre road. A recess wm then taken till half pnitc.no o'clock, when tha President's M nu ance was delivered by tho President's private secretary. The reading- of the message waa conctuiled at three o'clock, and the Keuuie ad journed until twelve o'clock on the 7th ... Hol'wa. The third session of the Forty-al xth Congress wus called to order bv Hpier Itsn dnll at twelve o clock. All the l-nditig meiu Itcra were preeent on both sides and the galleries were packed to ovcrtlowlitg. After the appointment of the customary commltteea the House declared Itself In rc,idlnes for busi ness. The Htatea were called for hills and res olution and the following were intnidiiood: Hihiucm hia the Preaident to communicate to the House any oorrcnpondt;ce and trcatlea with China bavin? reference tocmiirratlon and commerce between the tiro oountrlca; a Joint resolution relative to tariff; fur the temporary Increase of Justices of the Hupreme Court of the I'nlted Htatea; changing the time for the election of Presidential Klcctora and Kepro aeutallvoa to the aoconil Tueadny in Octotier! 1 or t he prevent Ion of the aoread of contageous diseases among domestic anlmaia; for the ad mission of Dakota into the Union. The Presi dent's .Message waa received and read and the Houso theu adjourned. Senate, Deo. 7. Mr. JonM pre sented the credentials of Thomaa O. Manning, appointed by the Governor of Louisiana to nil the place of H. M. opoffnrd. deceased, until the neit meeting of tha Legislature. The following- billa wcro Introduced: Authorizing local taxation of legal tender Treasury noteat to ratify the I'to agreement; authorizing the laauc and provldltia- for the exchange and re dcmlion of fractional currency notea. The standing onmmlttea aa constituted at the last session were ordered continued wllh the fol lowing exceptions: Mr. Pugh, of Alabama, assignedVto the place made vacant by the ro tlrctiient of Mr. Pryur: Mr. Blair to take the place of Mr. Ingalls on the Committee on Pen sions and of Mr. Hharonon the Committee on Kducatton and Labor, and Messrs. Hansom and Lamar to exchange plaueaon the Commit tee on Matlroads, thus making the latter ohalr man of that committee. The following- soloot committees wore appointed: To examine the several branohes of the civil service; to consider tho law aa to the election of President and Vice Prosldent; on epldemlo diseases; on alleged fraudslnlhe lata election; Krecdmane bank; providing that heads of do jiamneitta mny occupy aeata on tho rioorof the Kcnate ana House. Tho following soleot committeoe were discontinued: To investl fratc Treasury accounta; on tha negro exodus; on the removal of Northern Cheyeunes. Vari ous communications from tha department wcro submitted, and the Benate went Into executive session, and when the doors were re opened, adjourned HtMSK.-Tho entire time was occupied in debating thoiliostion of priv ilege on tho resolution rotative to tha oount ltig of tho Electoral vote. ISknatk, Duo. 8. Mr. Morgan, o( Alabama, Introduced a Joint resolution pro posing an amend'nont to the Constitution giv ing Congress authority to establish mine and regulutioua for certifying, transmitting, re ceiving and opening the votce of hleatore and for counting such votes by the two Houses. Mr. Puddock. of Nebraska. Introduced a bill to enable the people of llakola to form a Constitution and Htate ttnvernment aud for (no aiiinission or tne stale Into tha Unl on an einallly with the original Htatea. Mr. Itillldolpll gavo nutice of un uiiieiiiiinimt. li the nature of a substitute to the bill for me a'UHi in rnr. joan rorter. Private bills werotnon considered, after which an execu te o scaaion waa held IIiiiimh. .The Heht on the milliner of counting the Kloctural vote continued. Mr. McCook.of Now Vork, Intro- uuocu a joint reaolutlon authorising the Pres ident ui place II. S, Cranton the retired list oi tne army, wnn the rankatul payor Oonoral as a recognition of hta eminent service. Ite- icrroa. a Dill waa alao roportod fur ruf uud- iuk wo puuuu ueuu Sknate, Dee. 0. On motion of Mr. Pcudleton, so much of tha President's anonal message aa refers to olvll service reform, non aaaoasinenta of Government employes for po litical purpoaea, etc, waa referred to a select commutes tu examine the aevoral branches of civil service, with Instructions to report at an early day by bill or otherwise. Tbe bill to ex tend the time for Hllug claims for horses and sKtuipmi-mB lost ny onieera and enlisted men In tbu service of the United mates waa taken tip, but without action the bill went over. A lull waa Introduced by Mr. Withers provid ing for tho Judicial determination of pen sion claims against tha L'nlted Htntes, which waa referred. Mr. Paiidlotuu in troduced a Joint resolution for tho purpose ol obtaining tho privilege of opening a road and highway from the Canadian line or tho United Unites and British Amci lull through llrltlah Columbia to Kurt Wiauuall and Kltka in Alaska, Belcrrrd. Tho Vice president laid before the hentilu a ooiiitnuiilcatlim from the Secretary of War transmitting copies of the correspon dence bad wllh the legal represent allvea of Contislorato Uonorule lliiutg and Polk with a view to the purchase of their private papers relating to the liitn war, aa per aot of June in, Imno. Mr. Itnndolph gave notice that ha would call lip hla bill lor I he relief of Kits John Porter on the IHth. Adjourned until tha 1:11 ts ... llilliae The Fcn-tltlitatlon Aunroiirlti.,n 1,111 was reported from the Cominlltee on Appro- )iiiiiuiiiiHiiMiiwMiininnia nriuieti nilU rC- cointnilled. Tho lollowlug bills wi-re Intro ducod: Bopciiliug tbu tax on bauk cheeks, med clnos, friction mutches, bank capital aud liauk deposits; amending tho law in relation to tax on savings bunks. The Klacloral count resolullon waa taken up and dlaeuased until timo fur adjuuruiaouu Houm, Doc. 10. Mr. Hubbell, from ho Commute on Appropriations, reported the Pension Approprlatloa blU. Ordered printed and reooitimltted. It appropriates a4a,iun,uju fur the payuiont of Army pensions, and $l,llsi,uun for ths paymeut of aavy pen sions. Jtepresentatlveoholly, from the Com mittee on Postofncca and Poitroads re iried the kill providing for the establish ment of Itnas of mall aleanser between the porta if the Unltod Htatea ayl Huulh Ameri can, Central American, J! o bran and Trans I'aelllc ports. Ordered pi Sen and roeommlt ted. Th lloiisa refused to oisastder the reso lution aa to tke counties-of the Klootoial vote. The House then went luto Committee of ths Whole tni the prlvato calendar. Aftar the commlttes roseaevoi-el bills of a private na ture were passed and tho iiouss thou ad Jaiurned until the Uth, WASHINGTON. Adjutant-Genkiul Duum received a dispatch from General Terry at BU haul, Winn., on the 7th, suuog that hs had re ceived Informstlon which ludlcaUd that Bit tins; Bull would probably soon coma In and aurrendor at Fort Uufard. Ukmcral W. A. Milks hu been ap pointed Hrhfadler (Jeneral, Tie Ord. retired. Ta annual report of Theophllua French, Uoverninsat Auditor of Railroad Ac counts, says Uiat for tbe calendar J ear 1H7V, as compared with 1S7S, ths gross aarumgs of nsarlj all the railroads In the United Htates show so Increase of sO,OUO,0u0, or about sight peroent; the working expenses show aa In crease ot t7,rjuu,ouo, or about H per cent. and the aet earnings show aa Increase of ta,. eoo.OUo, or aaors thaa 17 per cent while ths tncrsssed mHeage has bssa shout 6 per cant., or naarlj s.tu mUea. A aotleeable feature of this Increase of business la ths Tsar 187t is thai it occurred nearly altogether on tha rail roads of th Middle, W estern and Southwest crn States, th buslnessof thoss lu ths Paedlo, New Kuglsnd and Southern Slates not having materially Improved. Tn follovrlnjj table container! In the report of the Couimlsslonat of Agriculture aeut to Congress on the Tth, shows ths valus of the most linportsnt of our agricultural products daring the last two rears, and Talus of exportatlons thereof for ths same period : PRODUCTS. Breadatii's 1,U,MJBT t,Ml.ijuo,M) KUuialcd. Valus of sgrlcultural exporU for the fiscal year eudlug June 80, loitfi Itl7. 1880. Animal and animal . matter 14.S1,I 1 1nll,tfl0,l2a II reai let u Vs. etc.... glllil,uM vl,o!o,ll (VHtoil, OtO 17:t,IM.-a SI,lil7,iKs Wood, eto ,li:x7 Ki.uo.imil JMlacollanoous o.'i.iH.i.ioe iv.uxj.oou Total $ HVU,I t Je,8ti7,ll6J Total exoorts of all kluuaaaaueyear. f 717,S88,T77 t KtMt.K) Major CJknkkal McDowkh placed on ths retired list on ths Tth, ' Captain H. W. Howoate, of the Sig ns! Serrtce OfBoe, on the Ith, tendsrad his resignation uoeondltlonally. A stAJORiTr of the leading members of Congress are said to be favorably disposed to ths Panama Canal schems. A Washington dispatch aya the mtmbers of the Senate Foreign Affair Com mittee ssy there will be no Interference what ever on the part of Congreas In ths construc tion of the Panama canal In the manner now proposed, and that no Interference waa ersr contemplated sxceptln the event of a foreign power attempting to build and control ths canil. Secretary Thompson hs been offered the Presidency of the company and he will probably accept and resign as Secretary of the Nary. Srnatok Blaine hu annonncad hla Intention to Introduce a bill providing for the reduction of letter postage from three to two cent. Sknator Cokb Bftye there Is not s word of truth In the report that there Is a scheme planning to diTlde Texas Into four Stales. THE EAST. B. O. AitNOLD Co., coffee dealers st New York City, made anasslgnmenton ths 7th. Tha unsecured liabilities are placed at between 7,"0,000 and $1,(),000. The firm ware the largest operators In coffee and teas la the city and probably In the country. Lata shrinkage In the value of coffee and tea Is as signed ss ths principal cause of their failure. Books were opened In New York on the 7th for subscription to the Panama Canal stock and tW, 800,0X10 recelred. Captain Hbnry J. Ward, 102 years old, died st Syracuse, N. Y., on the 7th. An organization for the promotion of civil service reform has been formed In New York City. By a boiler explosion At Wendell, Mass., on the 8th, Oscar Ueorge and Will C. Brown wars Instantly killed, and a little child, Gsorge Reynolds, fearfully mangled. At Stamford, Conn., on the 9th', an erprasa train struck the carriage of Theodore Davenport, Instantly killing Miss Harriot Davenport snd seriously Injuring a daughter of Iter. J. W. Hyde, and Mr. Davenport. The Republican and Anti-Tammany Democratic members of ths New York City Board of Aldermen formed a combination aeainst John Kelley, on the 10th, and defeat ed his eounnnatlon as Comptroller. Msyor Cooper nominated Allen Campbell, who was oonnrraod by a Tote of twelve to nlna. Dash & Co., coffee dealers at New York City, suspended on the 10th. Liabilities $1,400,000. Hoosac tunnel is to be lighted by electricity. WEST AND SOUTH. xi ear mester, ill., on the 7th, a young man named Louis Took stein, who be came Insane a few days before from religious excitement, broke away from his guards, dashed out ot the house, snd went to the house of Thomaa Ryan, an old man of sixty-eight years, with whom lived hla widowed daughter, Mrs. Smith, and her little girl of twelve years snd a boy still younger. Arrived at the house, Tocksteln, who had stripped himself naked on the road, rushed wildly In, ordered the inmates to kneel down snd pray, saving they had but fifteen minutes to live. TUey all obeyed but the little boy who escaped from the houso, ran to ths neighbors and gave the alarm. Whan friends arrived at the scene they found Ryan and Mrs. Smith dead, with their skulls smashed In by an ax, and the little girl lying headless on the Boor, ths maniac having chopped the child's head completely ou. Haying Anlthed his bloody work at this place be seised the bleeding head o( ths Innocent child by Its long, flaxen hair, and, swinging It at arm's length over his own head, hs dashed down the road again. About a quarter of a mils beyond ho stopped at ths house of Dr. Gordon and entered. Here he found only a servant girl. He orderod her, as ha hsd the Ryan family, to kneal and pray. The girl screamed, which brought a hired man from the stable, aud Dr. Gordon appearing at ths ssme time. After a fierce and desperate struggle they overpowered and bound him with a rope. A sevekk cyclone passed over a por tion of Southwest Missouri on the 4th. At Sarcoxle several buildings were blown down and two little children were fatally Injured. The town ot Marsbfleld, which waa nearly destroyed last summer, was visited by the storm and great damage Is reported to have been done, nearly all the northern part of the town being blowu down. A SKitious act'lilont happened to an east bound passenger train on tha Chicago, Rock Island t Paclllo Railway near Kdgerton Junction, Mo., on the night of the 7th. Ths sntlre train was thrown from ths track and the mall, baggage and two or three passenger cars caught era aud burned. Mall Agent Ly ons wss burnsd to desth, but no other em ployes or passengers wore very seriously In jured. All the stores and other buildings on the east side of Main Street In Lauransbury, N. C, were destroyed by Ore on ths 7th. Loss from 140.000 to ano.ooo. Tub Presidential Elcotors of Georgia, on the 81 h, cast the Tote of the State for Han cock and English. Tim otlioial majority for Tottlgrew, Republican candidal for Congress for Dakota I V.487. A bloody fight occurred between John Brophy and Tom Casey, two Louisville policemen, on the 8th. Brophy wss killed and Casey will probably die. Two okave robbers In Adrian, Mloh., hare Just been ssnt to ths penitentiary tor one year and eighteen months, respectively. Tim Amerloan Fublio Iloalth Associa tion eonvsned at New Orlesns en the 8th. A shocking tragedy ooourred at Newberry, 8. C, on th 8th. James Thomas aud his son-in-law, John Lylss, had a dispute about some property and Thomas killed Lylss. Before tries fell hs shot Thomas and his son. X oong Thomas died on the 7tli. By the premature explosion of a blast In a mine at Virginia City, Nov., on the tth, Charles Roberts and John Doty were Instant ly killed aad Charles Jneellnl seriously and severs! others slightly Injured. Three negroes, on woman and two men, who murdered Mrs. Kennady In Clarea- doa County, & Con the 8th, were captured on ths 8th and hung to the nearest tree to the place of tha murder that would hold them. Nicholas Ford, Republican-Green- backer from the Ninth Congressional District of Missouri, received a certificate on th tth. The Tote, as canvassed by the Secretary of BU, shows ai,77U lor Ford, and 91,788 for Craig, Democrat. It Is claimed that Louisiana cannot be counted for Hancock because the Electors of that Stale met In New Orleans Inalead of Baton Kouge. Mrs. Glassmer, a German woman of Marquette, Wis., In a fit of temporary tnssn Uy, on ths Dth, Instantly killed her babe by cutting ita head nearly off aud then killed beraell by cutting her own throat. The Grand Jury In the United States Circuit Court at Richmond, Vs., on the Uth, Indicted the election Judges of Manchester, Vs., for refusing ths rights of suffrage to voters In the Presidential election who pre sented themselves to vote with capitation tax recelpte, alleged to have been illegally Issued from ths Bute Auditor's ofhVe. John B. Uardie, United Status Dep uty Marehel, was shot by Joseph Culbreath, an Illicit dl'Har, aud Instantly killed, near " ' ntheSih. Horace J. Bone, luded by Culbreath' The widow of General Sumner died at Chariot taville, Va, on ths 10th. The court house of Madison County, Tod., containing all ths county records, wss destroysd by firs on ths 10th. Fiitben buildings at Versailles, Ky., were destroyed by firs on the loth. Captain Payne's expedition started from Arksnsss City, Kan., on the 9th, for th Indian Territory, followed by a company of United States cavalry. The colonists were about 400 strong and several hundred snore were reported moving In from other points. Charles Maieshall, a noted despera do, who, on the 7th, murdered an Inoffensive old man named Jack McCsno, In Bellvllle, Ner., wss taken from the Sheriff by a party of cltlsens on the 10th snd hsnged. The Democruts have a majority of three In the Tennessee Legislature. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The duty on salt in Bussia has been abollehed. Horrible orimes are reported to have been done by the escaped remnant of Vic torio's bsnd In the vicinity of Chihuahua, Mexico. About thirty persons are known to hare been munlered and mutilated In the most horrtbls manner. General Terrassas and ten men were attacked and only Terrassas and one man escaped. A Dublin dispatch says persons are forced to Join the Land League and to sub scribe money thereto. Shopkeepers snd eren peddlers In some sections are required to pro-- ouce ticket showing they are members of the League or they are not allowed to buy or sell. The accumulation of arms In ths country Is regarded with much apprehension. One house st Dublin supplies two hundred and forty re Tolrers weekly to different part of the coun try. Clare Sewell Read, who was sent by the English Government to America to In quire Into American agriculture says thst the Americsn competition In grain will cease In twenty-flve yeara because of the exhaustion of the soil and Increased cost of production, but that the greatest competition will come from the vaat herds nf cattle raised upon ter ritory not fit for agricultural purposes. A fresh and violent earthquake oc curred at Agrara, Southern Austris, on tbe night of the 7th. It was accompanied by aubterraneous rumblings, which continued throughout the night and caused renewed psnlc Four Socialists wore arrested at Darmstadt, Germany, on the 8th, on the charge of high treason. Thr greater part of the village of Flnsch, Switzerland, was destroysd by fire on the 8th. i Counterfeit $10 American Treasury notes are lu circulation In Montreal, Canada, A bailiff was shot dead near Cooks town, County Tyrone, Ireland, on tha 7th, while attempting to execute a decree. The murderer eacaped. . More vessels have been lost in St. George Bay. Several bodies of drowned sea men were washed ashore on the 8th. The British Admiralty has decided to abolish flogglng.ln the navy. A St. Joiinh, N. F., dispatch says dis satisfaction Is felt in consequence ot the Brit ish Government expressing a willingness to pay the American claim for alleged loss by the Fortune Bay outrage. The local legisla ture strongly oppose the payment. In some parte of Ireland the Land Leaguers sre painting the letters "L. L." on the shops where the Lesguers may purchase goods In a large majority of German towns Chaplain Stoecker's anti-Jewish petition has been overldden by protests sgalnst the agita tion. The Land Leaguers in the north of Ireland are trying to conciliate ths Orange men. A terrible explosion occurred on the 10th at Penygvalg, a collery In the Rhondda Valley, Wales. One hundred men and eigh teen horses were In tbe colliery at the time. Eighty-six of the miners were killed. Twenty-two bodies were recovered. The shock of the explosion waa felt for miles around the earth shaking as If there were an earth quake. The Governor of Albania is taking steps to disarm the Albanians and has forced notables to sign a declaration ot fidelity to the Sultan. A number of members of the Jesuit order expelled from Franco, hare lately ar rived at Montreal and tikan up quarters tem porarily with their brethren In that city. A Teheran dispatch says peaoe has been completely restored In Kurdlstau. AN Autartio exploring expedition has been organised In England. LATER NEWS. Since July id the specie In the three great banks of Europe Bank of England, Bank of France and ths Imperial Bank of Germany haa decreaaed t7T,lH,3M, most all or which haa been sent to the United States to pay for flour, wheat, moat provisions and cotton. A Dublin dispatch says each day brings fresh evidence that Ireland is hurry ing on by strides and bounds toward revolu tion. A Teheran dispatch says the Per sians recently destroyed I'chln, killing many Inhabitants. They afterward defeated 13,000 Kurda at Menrewar. Madame TniEns, widow of President Thiers of France, died at Paris on the 13th. Four drunken men froze to death in New York City on the night of the 11th. Secretary Thompson, of the Navy Department, hu resigned. His resignation Is take effect on tha With. A fire occurred at the residence of Charles D. Fisher, Baltimore, Md., on the morning of the l!Hh. Th Interior of the house waa In flames before the alarm was given, the entire household being asleep at ths time. Mr. Fisher and famlla eacaped la aafety, hut Mary Tasker and Perry Dlgga, colm-ed servants, Jumped In their fright from the tilth story wludow and were killed. The Brazil Senate has passed a bill rendering Froteatanta, naturalised foreigners and freedinen eligible to seats In the Cham ber. Five blocks in the heart of Pensaoola, Fla., comprising about nlns-tenths of the business portion of the city, wsrs destroyed by fire on the night of the loth. The custom hous and records were burned. The fire oii 'lnated In the confectionery atore of H, Danitana. His family resided above the atore, and eevrral of them were burned. Mrs. Da mlana will die. - One hundred persons were killed by the recent explosion In ths Psuygi-slgoolllery in Wales. A disastrous fire ooourred at Cin cinnati on tha night of ths Uth, resulting In the death of fiv firemon. The fire originated la tli basement of ths bucket factory of Jamea F. liav A Co., and the firemen, re Sioiidlng to the call, bad entered the second storv, when they were overpowered bv tli smoke and fell senseless. Tne Chief of the IepArtment, who waa leading them, man aged to get out of th room and waa saved. The oodlee were recovered a few bouts later. When recovered nous of them were burned save about tha face and hands, and ail of them could be Identltled. Aslslant Chlel l.ou VYisbv fell through a hatchway aud was seriously Injured Internally. Jay Gould's conservatory at Irving, ton on the Hudson, waa destroyed by fire on the 1 tth. Ths conservatory was th largeat In the country and was filled with ths rarest and most valuable exoth-s and ferua. Many wore imported at great expense, and some were not dunll catedlu the United eltates. Loss said to be luo,uua The Treasury. [Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury.] The ordinary revenues, from all sources for the fiscal year ended Juneau, leao, were anxj,. KJa.am.w. The ordinary expenditures for tho same period were S)v;,a4z,tifi7.7s, leaving a aurplua revenue of Se.l.fKl.aM.1, which, with an amount drawn from cash halanee In Treasury ofJ8 im.lM.il, making 8"8 saa,OS7.4L was ap plied to tbe redemption of bolide, fractional currency, loan of WiH, temiairary loan, bounty-land sciip, compound-interest notes, 7.1a) notes of ltu-4, one and two-year notes, and old demand notes. The amount due the sinking fund for this year was SH7,u;il,r1.AA. There waa applied thereto, from tho redemption of bonds and fractional currency, aa shown in tho above statement, tbe sum ot $73,1104,1117.41, an exoeas of a.w, Aina.iil over the amount actually re quired for tbe year. Tbe rugulrementa of the Sinking-fund law have been auhetantfally observed, and the principal of tbe public debt, leaa caab In the Treasury and exclusive of socrulng Interest, haa boon reduced from fATMil.ta, it highest point, which It roaebed on August SI, luv, to $.fl.tti'iW.r, on November 1, IB) a reduction or "4,4ua,H;ju.64. Compared with the previous fiscal year, the receipts for IKso have increased 'li,'Ui,.K2.i. The expenditures show an increase over the previous yoar of S,llM,isJU.4n. The act of February to, lata!, amended by the act of July 14, 170, providing for a alnklnir fund fig- tbe paymont of .the publlo debt, la ia conformity with the policy which baa prevail ed aluce tbe adoption of the Constitution, of regarding a publlo debt as a temporary bur den, to be paid off as rapidly aa tbe public In terests will allow. The provisions of theso acta have been substantially complied with. They wcro executed literally, until the panic of 1H7J, by largely decreasing the revenues of ths Oovernmeut, rendered it Impossible to meet their requirements. REFUNDING. A largo portion (IM.iiiO.ltiO) of ths publlo debt liecomee payable or redeemable on ur be fore July 1, next. The Heoretury recommends that provision be made fur the Issue of an amount not ex ceeding StUJ.UjO.OUu of Treasury notea In de nomiuatlona not leaa than ten dollars, bearing interest not exceeding four per cent, per an num, and runiilug from on to ten yeara, to be aold at not less than par, the amount maturing during any year not to exceed tbe sinking-fund fur that year, and the proceeds to b applied to the puymunt of live and six por cent, bonds, nia .uring in IKsl. It Is also recommended that authority be given to aeil at par an amount not exceeding liiu,yoo,0o0 of boudeof the charac ter and description of thofour per cent, bonds of the Uulted States now outstanding, but bearing n rate of interest not exceeding three and Bixty-live one-hundredtba per cent, per annum, snd rodeeinablo at tho pleaaur of the United Statoa after fifteen yeara, the proceed to be applied to the payment cf bonda re deemable on or before July 1, leel. RESUMPTION. Nothing haa occurred ainoo my last annual report to disturb or embarrass tbe easy main tenance of apecie payment. United Htntes notea are readily tukeli at par with coin in all parts tif this country and in tho chief com mercial marts of tbo world. Tho balance of coin in the Treasury avnllablo for their re demption on the first day of November Inst was SUl,."tl7,01:l.tll, and tho average during the year has not materially vagied from that sum. The only noticeable ehango in tbo rc aervo Is the gradual increase of silver coin caused by iho coiimac of tho silver dollar and tho redemption of fractional silver coin. The amount of notea presented for redemp tion for one year prior to Noveinbor 1, IHot), waa '.0o,lj;e. Tbe amount of coin or bullion deposited Jn the Treasury, aaaay ollice, and tha mints, during tbu same poriod waa S7l,$ai,5;i6 ,S7. These deposits have usually been paid for In coin, through tho clearing houso, but at tiim-a, when tho currency in the Treasury would allow, and at the requcet of the deposit ors, they bavo beeu paid for In United State note and silver certificate. Goldicoln now enters largely Into geueral circulation. The total coin In tho Treasury, at the close of busi ness, November t, was 21,710,154, of which Slll,MT,0l:l.tfl constituted the reserve fund for tho redemption of United Btato notes, aa above stnted. UNITED STATES NOTES. Unttod Htatea notea are now, lu form, secu rity and convenience, the beat circulating me dium known. Tho objection la made that thoy aro issued by tho Government, and that it is nut tho busmeas of thoUovoruuient to furnish paier money, but only to com money. The aiinwor is, ihul tbu Government hud to borrow money, and ia still lu debt. The Uultod Statoa note, to tho extent that It Is wllliuaTly taken by iho peoplu, and can, beyond question., bo malnliuned at par in ooln. Is tbe least burdensome form of debt. The iss of Interest In maintaining tho roauinptiou-luud, and the oust of prlntiug aud engraving tho preaent amount or United States uotes, are lesa than one-half tho llltereat on au equal sum of four per cent, bonds. Tho puolio thus aavea uvor sevon millions dollars of annual llltereat, and socuroe a sate aud uon vouieut medium of exchange, aud has tbe aasui iuiee that a aurUeleiit resurve In ooln will be retained ill tbe Treunury beyond the teniptatiuu of dluuuutlun, auch as always attends ruaervea held by banks. Auother objection to the issue of ITnlted States no'.os la, that they are made a logai touder In the payment of debts. The ques tion of the ooustitutloual power of Congress tu make thou euuh Is one for another branch of the Oovetainiont. The Secretary of th Treasury tssUU of theoplulon that this quality of legal tender dues not add tu the usefulness, safcy, or circulation of United Status note. So far as a xcitea dlatruat and opposition to this form of olreulatmg-notea It Is a detri ment. The fear that a withdrawal of this at trlbutu will eoutract the currency Is aa delu sive as waa the fear that resumption would Save a like elleot. The uotes would stltl be reuclvud and paid out by tha (iuverunient, and, like bauk-aotea, would not be refused in payment lor debut while they were redeemable and prompt ly redeemed lu coin on ureaeutation. Aa the quality of legal-tender waa attached to those notes when first Issued, aud waa then easeutlal to their value aud circulation, the publlo mind la sensitive when any propoalUon Is made that by possibility might Impair their value, but it is their redemption lu ootu that make tbeui uow equal to ooln and of ready circulation in a'l the marts of the world. White this is maintained It becomes ooinpar atlvoly Immaterial whether they are alegah-teudei- or not, aad If by the autlou of Cougress or the Courts they aro deprived of this qusllty they will still be th favorite money of the people. Auother objection to ITnlted State note Is, that the amount of the issue may be enlarged byC'uugresa, and that thla power la Uable to auuae. Tbia objection may be made tu ail the great essential powers of the Uovormnent. A sutnoieut atiawer ia that, alnco their first laaua they have been carefully limited la amount, and Invented with every quality to improve their vaiuo and olroulatlou. Every effort to inureneo th amount, made during a period of great depression, failed. Now that they are redeemable In ooln there Is no tomptatlon for over-Issue. COINS AND COINAGE. Tbe coinage executed at the mints during the fiscal year haa exceeded In value that of any prevloua year since the organisation of the Government. Ita total amount, not In cluding the minor coinage, waa Sjn.io i.nj.fiU, of which It is estimated iB Om.llou waa proba bly from doinoetlo and il,OO0,goD from im ported bullion. The deposits of gold during the last fiscal year amounted to ',Boo,i.(l4, being tvV&l, S40.UA In oxoeea of that in tb previous year, notwithstanding a probable slightly dimin ished domestio production. Out of a total im port at the port of New York ot ano,iM7,9T of foreign-gold ooln and bullion, H),(i"l,!.l were deposited at the New York assay offlo, and there exchanged for United Htate ooln or bars, or for current money. The ooln circulation of th country on Janu ary 1, 187V, the date fixed for resumption, la estimated from the statistic of ooinage and exoeas of Imports of coin over exports, to have beent United States gold coin 27SJ,S71,107 t'litteil Ktatea gold bullion a.njri.tiv United Htatea silver ooln B6,oia,71S U uiled Hiatus silver bullion 11,U67,W1 Total ejst,6ti3,iw 1 This had Increased, on the 80th of June last, by ootnag and imports of ooln, tot United States gola coin f W.VS na Unllod States Silver cola 14x,W7,tuO Total IMl,snt,71l Thla waa further Increased from coinage aud Imports, during the four months, to No vember 1, by: t'olnageof gold U,M4,SM Excess of Imports fiver exports of United Slates gold coin 1,R20,60 Total., ... IID,m,lix Coinage of silver f.la,0U( Exeesaof Imports over exports of United States silver coin Kl.KU Total 0,ou,624 There was in the mints and assay offices on the 1st of November bullion held for ooinage amounting to 7S,5-W,II.M of gold, and So,. vtl.tM7.V7 of silver, making th total ooln cir culation and bullion available for coinage In the country of: Hold HM,s!,im! Silver irt,i&u,il Total eD!,ac,txK STANDARD-SILVER DOLLAR. In compliance with the provialonB of the ad of February UK, 1H7H, during tho last fiscal year 24,2C',a71.W standard ounces of silver bullion, costing S24.(r7!,ll. si (an average of S.rwi.oiH 4a per month), were purchased, of which 24, 0of.,fl.41 ounce were coined Into 7,gna,760 standard-ellver dollar. Tbe total coinage of standard-silver dollars since the paasagoof the aet, up to November 1, law. has been 972,847, TfiO, at which date tl7,OH4,4nU were In the Treas ury. Of tbe latter amount $19,780,241 wore represented by outstanding silver certlficatea, the amount In actual circulation at that date being ;.ri,7IEI,ail. Since the passage of that act tbe Depart ment haa- issued numerous olrculars and notices to tbo public in which it has offered every inducement which It could under tho law to facilitate the genorul distribution and circulation of theae ooina, It has required United States disbursing officers to pay them out In payment for aalarlos and for other cur rent obligations, and It has offered to place the silver In the hands of the people through out the United Statoa without expense for transportation, when sent by express, and at an expense for regfstration-foe only, when sent by registered mall. Notwlthatandtng these efforts. It la found tc be difficult to mslntain In circulation more than thirty-live per cent, of "the amount ooln ed. While at special seasons of the year, and for speclsl purposes, this coin Is In demand, mainly In the South, It return again to the Treasury, and Its reissue Involves an expense for transportation at an avorage rate of one third of one per cent, each time. Unlike gold cola or United Htatea notes. It does not, to tbs same extent, form a part of tbe permanent clroulatiun. everywhere aoceptablo, and, when flowing Into the Treasury, easily paid out with little or no coat of transportatlan. Tbe reaaonl for this popular discrimination against ths silver dollar are: L It Is too bulky for large transactions, and Its use Is confined msinly to payments for manual labor and for markot purpoaea or for change. The amuunt needed for these pur poaea Is already In excess of the probable demand. 8. It la kn own to contain a quantity of sllvel of leas market value than the gold in gold ooln. This fact would not impair the circula tion of such limited amount as experience shows to be convenient for use, but It does prevont Ita being held or hoarded aa reserves, or exported, and pushes It into active circula tion until It returns to the Treasury, as the least valuuble and desirable money In use. For these reaaous the Secretary respectfully but earnestly rocommenda that the further compulsory coinage of the silver dollar be sus pended, or, as an alternative, that tbo number of grains of silver In tbe dollar be Increased so aa to muke It equal in market value to tbe gold dollar, and that Ita ooinage be left as other coinage to the Secretary of the Treaaury or the Director of th Mint, to depend upon the demand for It by the publlo -for convenient circulation. The average cost of the silver In a standard dollar, as ahown by the purchases for the Gov ernment from the date of the Resumption act to this time, measured by the gold standard, Is SO.liuo, or in a ratio of 1 to 17.84. Upon this ratio a silver dollar, in order to be of equal value to a gold dollar, should contain 465 a gralna. As tbs expense of coining a silver dollar la equal to tbe value of about five grains of standard silver bullion, It is con fidently believed thai a sliver dollar containing ssO gralna, baaed upon a ratio of one of gold to about 17.6 of sliver, could be safely coined, aa demanded for use or exportutlou, without de monetizing gold or disturbing oontraets or business, and with great advantage to the silver-mining Interests of our oountry. Upon the faute stated, It would seem to be wise pol icy now, In the spirit of the Constitution, tu regulate by law the ooln-valuo of tbe two motais so aa to conform t tho market ratio. NATIONAL BANES. The capital stock of tho National Ranks on October 1, 180, was eS7.&53,e50; surplus, I30, 6I8,M8; and the total circulation outstaudiug tlUiLma.KUj. IVational Banks are organized In every State of the Union oxcept M isaiaalppl, and In every Territory except Arizona; and the total num ber In operation ls'2,01, which Is ths greatest number that has been In operation at any ont time. Tho capital stock of the National Bankl Is 947,000,000 loaa and the surplus nearly 914, 000,000 less than at the corresponding date In 1875. The loans of the banks at the date of their last returns were 91,0,'v7,000,un, and the Individual deposits 98T8V 000.000, the highest points reached since th organisation of the systom, the loans belni 9an.0O0,0O0 greater aud the Individual depos its 92oH.tno,OOS greater thsn In Ootober, 187a while th capital and surplus at the previous date were 96,000,000 In excess of their present amounts. The Individual deposits and tbe public, pri vate and bank deposits, not deduotlng the amount du from banks and th amount ol the oloaring-house exohsngea, have Increased mora than stsU,000.000, and amount to th un precedented sum of 91,156,ooa,ooe. The National Banks hold nearly 9200,030,OOC of United States bonds, which will mature on or before July next. The whole amount of United States bondl held by th National Banka as aeourity forelr oulatlon and for other purposes is S4ou,3eo,Soa and the average amount of capital invested by the But banka, savings-banks, and private bankers for the six mouths ending May 81, laso, aa ahown by the returns to this Department foi purpoaea of taxation, Is 9;3 .013,104, making a total of 9ttil,t2i,4M. Th profit upon circulation, to the National Hanks, at the present price of bonds in th market la estimated not to exceed 1H per cent, upon the capital Invested, and the amount of Stat and National taxes Is mors than 4 por oent. upon the amount of circula tion. TheNatlonel-Banklng system haa fully re alised all the i ipeotations of Its founders. II haa furnished a safe currenoy, of uniform cir culation, carefully guarded against counter feiting, protected by ample reserves, and promptly redeemed both at tha banka and h. Treaaury. No other legislation In respect to iaee iwponsni corporations seems to be re quired at the present session. The oltv of Cambridge. Mass.. has recently set three memorial stones, weighing over a ton each, at as many points within its borders to mark cer tain events in its history. One on Ninth Avenue, corner of Spruce Street, is inscribed: "Tho site where four cit izens were killed by British soldiers re treating from Lexington, April 16, 1776." One on Inmnn Street contains the following: "Site of the house wmcn was tne headquarters of ueneral Putnam In 1776." The other monu ment, located on Dunstor Street, has the following inscription: "Sit ol the residence of Thomas Dudley, A. 1). 1030, founder of Cambridge and Gov ernor of Massachusetts." Kach stone also bears the words, "Erected by the City 1880." "Did vou break that window, havt" said the grocer, catching hold of the fleeing urchin. "Yes, sir." "What d'ye mean, then, by running off in this mannerP" '." Flease, sir, I was running home to get the money. I was 'fraid 0 1 didn't run quick I might forget. '. OF GENERAL INTEREST. The Chester (Ill.) Hector. A CHaantn (III.) special to the Chicago Tsntet of the eth gives the following 'account of the horrible tragedy recently enacted In that place: "Last Friday Louis Tocksteln, a man twen ty-six years old, a farmer living about a mile oast of this olty, showed signs of Insanity and was brought to town and placed In Jail for safe keeping. Sunday his brother took him home. In the afternoon, when left unguarded, be forced his sisters out Into tbe yard, making them kneel down and pray, but waa surprised by the return of his brothor. After gotUng Into the house he became violent, and had to be tied down. Monday he waa delivered to the Sheriff, tried by the County tuirt, and ordered committed to the Insane Asylum at Aerie, III. He had to bo held until Tuesday noon tor transportation. , Tho Sheriff placed him In charge of Janata Waters and his brother, Louis Gerlach, locked In a room In tbe St. Charles Hotel, on the ground floor. The prisoner wss very quiet throughout the night and waa awakened to wash for breakfast. He got up pleasantly and started to wash, when suddenly he threw the water Into Gorlach's face and Jumped for th window. Waters caught hold of his ooat, but did not succeed In holding blm. He and Gerlaoh pursued him, but the maniac bounded over fences and ditches llko a deer, and was soon out of sight. He ran west down a long, sloping hill. At the foot of the hill on a little plat of ground stood tbe house of Thomas ltyan, a small one-story whitewashed bouse, about one hundred yards from any neighbors. Tho occupanta on Tuesday morning were Thomas Hyan, an old man, weak and feoble, between seventy snd eighty years of age, his daughter, Mrs. Smith, about thirty-five year old, Mrs. Bmith'e daughter Sarah, aged twelve, and Hyan's grandson, Arthur Bardoff, ton years old. The maniao stopped on the hillside and took off hla boots. Then he Jumped a rail fonoe and plunged bodily through the window, smashing the glass and sash. Overturning the table, be rusbod into tbe bedroom of old man Ryan and oommenood to pull him out of bed. Tho boy, who alept with hla grandfather, woke up and crawled over the foot of tbo bed, ran out-doors, and paascd his aunt and cousin at the corner of the houae, his aunt holding an ax In ber hand. . He kept running, and gave ths alarm to tbe neighbors, who hastened to ths scene, but too late, ltyan, tbe woman and little girl were weltering In their blood, groat Btreama flowing from tber heads and throats. Tbe head of the little girt waa out entirely off, leaving the chin attached to tho body, the bead being carried away by tbe murderer. The neighbors were horrified and stood stunned upon viewing the remalna, while tho maniao bounded over the bills, swinging tbe bleeding head in defiance. Gaining tbe woods, he dis appeared from view, tearing the clothing from hla body and scattering tbe pieces as he ran. He cleared the woods and oame out at the bauk part of Dr. Gordon's premises. Leaping the fence he rushed In -i the kitchen, the oh I Id's bead still In his bands. Tho hired girl, Mary Hlght come, had Juat built the tiro, when Tocksteln struck her with the head, knooking her down. He then rushed Into the bedroom of Mr. Ed ward Gordon, pulled ber out of bed. and would have murdered her, but the screams of both women brought tho hired man, Louis Horn bock, to thoir assistance, who, after a desporate struggle, suoceded In downing Tookstoln. Dr. Gordon and Hornbook tied him securely with ropes. Tho madman struggled doeporately to get the headof little Sarah, aaying it was his sister's head, and he wanted it. He was again remanded to tho care of tho Sheriff. M The Time reporter visited the scene soon after the murder, and viewed tho bodies and tho promises. Hyan's body lay about ten feet from tho corner of tho house. To tibe right lay the body of Mrs. Smith. About five feet on the other Bide of ber lay little Sarah Smith, the head having been returned to tbe body. Tbe slgbt waa horrible. Great pools of blood saturated the ground in boa pa of human gore. Tbe gory ax, on which tbe hairs of the old, gray-headed man were still sticking, was there betweon the bodies, and the gold dental plat knocked from the mouth of Mrs, Smith with her two teeth still attached. The ax showed of the yellow clay on the outside of the house. Thore were no signs of any struggle. They were killed on the spot where they undoubt edly knelt to pray. The maniao, atand Ing there with drawn ax, told them to make their peaoe with Almighty God, and waited with bated breath for them to say amon, striking the man, woman and child al most simultaneously. The blows of tbe ax were heard by the neighbors, like tho dull thud of one hammering leather. Inside the house everything was turned over, the table, chairs, lounge and dishes being brotyn. Tbe scene In the old man'a chamber, although no bloody marks were there, must have boon terrible, as he struggled weakly to defend hlmaelf against the auperhuman strength of tho glarlng-eyod maniao, who forced him out and slaughtered him at bis The Ingenious Jesse Pomeroy. Tng fact that Josso Pomoroy, the notorious boy-murderer, haa within a month made an other effort to secure that liberty which out raged law denlea him has boon made public, but the methoda employed by him to seoure his release have thus far remained unknown. They will be bettor understood after tho cell In which he is oontlned has been described. It Is on tho grouud floor of the Concord State Prison, In a short wing extending westward from the main building between the west wing proper and the kitchen. It la twice the size of those for prisoners of the ordinary character, measuring ten feet by eight on tbe floor lines and being eight feet In height, and It Is lined with boiler Iron five eighths of an Inch In thlokness, except at the wludow and door space. The former space Is filled with thick hammered glaas and heavily barred: the latter la so thoroughly grated that no prisoner can, unleaa a person on the outside be exceptionally soar, commit any of thoss crimes that are all too common with felons ol desperate oharaoter. The cell Is precisely like those in which Whelton, Brown and several others who are considered unsafe are oonflned. They are all separated from the outer air by their rear wall, and lighted from large windows that open from the wide corridor upon whiuh they face. Tbe boiler iron with whloh they are lined Is fastened In the rear to a brick wall eighteen Inches In thickness. In which are Imbedded stout steel rods that form a osge, whose bars are leas than alx lnchea apart, by bolt an lnoh In diameter, their heed being an Inch and a half across. These bolts are near the floor and the celling, and upon tbe upper row Pomeroy operated successfully. By some means, at present unknown, but soaraely uncertain, he obtained several saws not more than three Inches In length. With these he cut off the heads of elghtoen bolts and sawed from the plat a piece measuring about eighteen by twelve Inches, which he oould remove at any time with the shears thst he uses In brush making. His operations were discovered long before he had completed them. The night watoh man heard him sawing weeks before he was warned to desist, but he waa allowed to oro- oeed In ordor that he might see of how little use It Is for him to try to effect his own re lease. When at length be was told that he had gone far enough, he said to the Warden that he would escape sometime. To this General Chamberlain replied: "The minute you put your head Into the yard there will be a bullet put through It," a remark that seemed to dls oouragr Pomeroy more thaa the discovery of his work had dona. His method of concealing his operations waa as Ingenious as his perseverance In It was re markable. Aa soon as he had removed a bolt bead be fashioned a substitute for It In soap, which b placed upon th wall. He was allow ed a nan of paint and a brush to keep the In terior of his cell fresh to the eye,' and by the nse of these he would oolog the soap so that It oould not be told from that whloh It was In tended to represent. The cut In the plate was filled with the same material and atalned in the same maimer, thus preventing the detec tion of the unsoundness of what might begoif sldered au almost impregnable Interior. Warden Chamberlain eay of Pomeroy that he la not Insane: that, on the contrary, he has got th moat tevas headof any oonviot 1n tb firlson, and that bis perseverance in attemps ng to escape Is aa wniidertuias his shrewd ness 1 remarkable. Huston Journal, Between 6,000 and 7,000 important patents expire this year. m This year sees the earliest closing of the Mississippi ever known. PITH AND POINT. Thb actor who can not draw Is worse than a blister. If. O. lHcayune. A CRKDiTam.a action Trusting man for groceries. Detroit Free Vreti. Tub man who makes light of every thing is not neooasarily very brilliant himself. Bolton Ttaruoript. "The Parlor Cattle-car Company " has been incorporated in Cincinnati, and "Houdoir hog-oars " are expeotod next. Botton Pott. - " Tmi deeaited was in straitened clr oumstances," says an exchange. Of course. AU dead men pardon the ghastly pun are apt to be In straight ened circumstances. iV. T. Qraphic. A Westirk quack advertises to "treat patients by letter." If the pa tient is a female, latter B would be the beet letter for her unless she is blind ; then we would suggest letter C. Nor ristown Herald. "Your little birdie has been very, very sick," she wrote to the young man. "It was some sort of a nervous trouble, snd the doctors said I should have per fect rest and quiot, and that I must think of nothing absolutely nothing. And all the time, doar George, I thought constantly of yon." The young man read it over, and then read it through again very slowly, and pnt it in his pocket and went out under the silent stars, and kept thinking, and thinking, and thinking.. But he didn't say any thing, lie only kept thinking. itoci land Courier. A well-known Boston minister, a part of whose official duty is to preach in different pulpits in behalf of a society for the relic, of the poor, seldom fails to bring tears from the eyes and money from the pockets of his hearers by har rowing descriptions of destitution and misery. One Sunday, after he had done his very best in this line, and was leav ing the meeting-house, a gentleman ac costed hira with the remark, evidently made in all innocence, "I declare, Mr. W , those were very sad stories yoa told, and I titppos most of them wert true. Harper's Drawer. A Portrait of Senator Mahone. The following pen-portrait of General Mahone, Benator-eleot from Virginia, appears in a Washington paper: General Mahone, of Virginia, or " Ma hone, Virginia," as he signs himself at hotels, is a very small man. He will probably sink the beam at say ninety odd pounds and in height measures five feet six inches. The biggest thing about him is his hat. It is a slouch mid worn in typical Southern style. His hair, iron-gray, is worn rnthor long, but does not hang way down over the neck. He has a beard and mustache, also iron gray. These hirsutes, while not deserv ing to be called "straggling," are not thick in growth. His right hand is con stantly feeling around his beard when he talks. He stands straight and dresses well. He wears black broadcloth or black ooat and gray pants. His vest is unbuttoned all the way down to the two last holes. This shows a lengt h of per fectly white linen. The collar is equally white, but not stiff, and is surrounded by a narrow black tie carelessly knotted in front. Around his neck is hung a 1 ng gold chain which winds in and out the button-holes of the vest and finally disappears fn the watch-pooket. Then there are his feet. They are very small. They are perhaps the smallest belonging to any man in this country. They would drive a Chicago gfrl mad with envy. General Mahone is evidently rather proud of his feet. They are encased in small calf-skin shoes, with low quarters. He wears oardinal-red stockings, and when he sits and talks with you one foot goes to the other knee, and the leg of the pantaloons being drawn up by this operation you get a good idea of that upon which he stands. lie Is a ready talker and has the Southern ac cent pretty strongly marked. His voice is weak, that organ being comparatively as small as his feet, but it is rather mu sical. (It is evident that be is a thinker and is a pretty big man for such a small body. He will be the Alex. Stephens of the Senate. A Model Electioneering Bill in Ireland Fifty-four Years Ago. DtjRiNO the time of a contested elec tion in Meath, over fifty years ago, Sir Mark Somerville sent orders to the pro prietor of the hotel in Trim to board and lodge all that should vote for him, for which he Teceived tbe following bill, which he got framed, and it still hangs in the Somerville House, in the County of Meath. The copy from which this was taken was found among the papers of the Very Kev. Archdea con O'Connel, Vicar General of the Dio cese of Meath : April 18, ltas. My bill: s. d. To tenting IS li-ee holders above stairs for Sir Hark, at as Sd a head, ' la to me t IS 0 To eating IS more below stalra, and two priest after supper, ia to mo. . 1 1ft a To 18 horsca and ft mutea about my yard ail night, at IS evorv one of them, and lor a man whloh was lost on the of watching them all night, la to ine 0 ft a To six be-is In one room and four In another, at It guinea every bed, and not more tliau four In a bed at any time, cheap enough, iiod knowB.lstome SB lft 0 For breakfast on tray'ln tho morning for every one of them, and the many more aa they brought In, aa near as 1 can guoaa, la to tne 4 IS 0 To raw whiaky and punch, without talking of pinea and tobneeo, as i well aa for breaking a pot up stairs, and other glaaaos aud delph -for the flrat day aud night, 1 am not very aure, nnt for tlie three - -deye and a half of the election, as little aa lean call it. and be very exact, It la U all or thereabouts, as near as I can guess, and not to be too particular, la to me at least.... t U 9 for shaving and cropping off tbe heada of loi-ty-ntue fi-ea holdera for 8r, Mark, at lad for every on of them, by my brother, who haa a vote, la to ma 11S1 Por a woman and nuraeforpoorTom hsonan, in the midst of tbe night, wiieti h was not uxpeoted.is to mo ten hoga. 1 don't talk of the piper for kucplug him eoiKir as he was ' s sober, la to sue..,.. 110 IS 7 signed In ths plao of Jemmy Oar's wife. ilia mark X. Brvan and Garaghty'a mark X. Tou mnv aav $111. ao vour lienor wlr Mark send me this eleven hundred by liryan hint sell. Trim. to no mo.- Ht present. Both Disappointed. ' C . r... . .tU, - 1 . ' liJ llj ojsawu'av uiguv, Juan uwiis mid night, a policeman on Port Street over hauled a colored man who was carrying what he had and where ha got it. "Ise car'yin' homealeetlelniunmaal fur hoe-caiea, an 1 bought It 'down 1 town," was the reply, " Let me see whether it is ooarse or fine meal, "said the officer as he blocked the way. 1k.r. -I t,ul (... ! ..i It. i auviw u-r "'' . iv, UU HID came aown. t n oiiicer tore the paper . cover ana pusnea nis angers aown into a greasy mass. i " It's lard!" he exclaimed, as he held them up to his nose. " Lard I " echoed the other as he bent' over the crook ' I fought it was butter ail de time." . He had lifted it from some grocery, and is now in the clutches of the law to be punished. Detroit Free trtu.