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TURNER CO. HERALD. W. C. BROWN, Pububhkr. HURLEY, DAKOTA. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. An Interesting Summary of the Important Occurrenoes of the Week. Hndpct of News Gleaned From (ho Latest Dispatches From Far and Near. ADVICES BY TELEGRAM. IN tho RcnfttetholGtli Senator Blair presented tho incuiorlul and resolutions of the Knights of LMior general asBcrobly, in favor of an Investi gation into tho management of tho bureau of rngravlng and priutinK. and for such legislation lis will prevent the debascmeut of currency, notes, olc. also for an luv silgatloii an 1o the present method of supplying poet itllice s'&iui>s. etc. Among the bills intrtnluced were tho following: To idenmify sottlcm on the Des Moines river lauds, above the Ituccoon forks, Iowe., for paymcuts made upon lands Hiibhrfjiicntly taken from thoin, aim also for dawn os sustaiued tliorcbv. It authorlr.es the president to appoint three commissioners to determine the amountB which should bo paid to cuch settler. For tho establishment of a bureau of harbors and waterways in tho war department, to be otliccred by a corps of United States euglueors. Hie proposed bureau is to be chargod with tho construction, conduut and preservation of harbors and water ways. Senator Vest, front tho committee on pitbllu buildlngB and grounds, reported favor ably a bill to appropriate 91,200.000 for the erection of a public building at Kansse City. The house mmittt-e on murine and fisheries ropoitod tho Dc-nnclly resolution, calling for information relutive ti tho discrimiuatlou In tolls ngaiii6t American vessolB pnssiug through tho Wrlltmd can 1. On the call of states the follow fng bills nnd resolutions wero Intro luced and referred: To redttco tho treasury surplus and to grant bounties to wheat-t:rowors. To OB .itabhsh anatloual cemetery at Quincj*, 111. For tho relief of purchasers of swamp and over flowed lands. For tho erection of a ipublin building at East Ht. Iioufs. To pro vide tor tho retirement of United States bonds before maturity. Appropriating #200,000 for tlis ..creation of a jtnbltc building at Chicago also, to test- the Rcleiico of spelling and to provide fot establishing 100 schools for that purpose. ..Making grants of public lands to tho stato of Illinois. Authorizing tho commissioner of public landg to furnish citizens with innpa at cost. Amending tlio Paciftc railroad acts, and to Ftrcure to the United States the payment of all Indebtedness of certain companies therein .,named. Placing all kinds of lumbor on tho freo list also, to repeal tl.o law for tho payment of -.attorney fees on claims for increase of pension on account of the Increase of IOIKI, tho disability/or which tho pension is allowed. —Jniiics O. Blulno htm arrived nt Venleo. —Kugenu Higgius has turned over tlio ofllco of cliicf of the appoint m-nt buruiiu of tln! troiiBury department at Washington, to his MKM'uBsor. Perry C. Smith, tuui lius re tired to private life. —W. H. Itiglow. of Maine, has been ap pointed postmaster of the United States 'honate. —O. A. Hawyor. an engineer on (lie Omaha was instantly killed near Hoskius. Nob., while bucking snow roei'iilly. —Huron Von AlveiiRleben, the Oerman minister at Washington, arrived on tho stcamel AVerra. —Leuding Kniglits of Labor lit l'lilliidel plnu talk of bringing suit against the Phila delphia ami Heading road and coal com. pany, in tho nnmo of tho state, on the ground that in tlieir refusing to arbitrate and settle tho diflieulties with the minors and railrord employs they are failing to do tilings Hint are roit'ln»l by tlieir clnirtor. Several speeille eliarges are mado on which to base suit. —The lGt.h was the coldest day experi enced at Muscatine, In., for fifty years. —Tho Austrian government has decided to begin tlio movement of troops to the frontier at an early date, in order to bo in position to eheek any move that may bo made by Russia. —The secretary of the treasury has trans mitted to congress an estimate of $151,000 to cover delleioneles in tlio postal servieo for tlio present fiscal year. —Lamar, Vilas and Dickinson wore con firmed by tho sonato tho other day. Tho vote on Lt.mnr's confirmation stood 28 to32. —Dr. Norvin Green and G. G. Hubbard will shortly appear beforo tlio sonato com mittee on jiostofllces and postroads to nrguo upon tho government telegraph bills. The sennto postofflcc committee lias order ed a favorable report on the bouse bill al lowing certain marks aud imprints on third nnd fourth class mull matter. THE FAR EAST. —A terrible state of alluirs exists in Peru. The people have become suspicious of the paper money of the country and refuso to tuko it. Bhopkoepers and merchants refuse to accept it in payment for provisions, nnd tho people have been rioting In tho streets, forcibly ontering stores and helping them selves to prevent starvation. There is very little coin in tho country, and it is feared that serious disturbances will arise beforo order and confidence are again restored. —The Areto Free J'reen says that Russia recently proposed«to Germany and Austria that Prince Peter Karageorgoisch bo made ruler of Bulgaria. Austria flatly refused to accede to the proposition, and Russia with drew it. Lieut. Schwatk'i, tho notod explorer, has boon investigating certain portions of Alnska, and his reports Indicate that that territory is much moro valuablo than is generally supposed, lie says that the ter ritory is almost an inexhaustible source of lumber supply. Moreover, the groat forests cover the country along tho coast and through vast regionB which are permeated by navigablo rivers, so that they are acces sible and may be readily utilized when needed. As to mineral treasures. Lieut. Schwatka says lb fit only a minute fraction of tho valuable ores have oven been visited, not to say examined. —The removal of tho remains of Napoleon III. and his son, the Princo Imperial, froai Chisolhurst. England, was surprisingly quiet nnd free from ostentation. Every de tail was conductod amid most respectful silence. Crowds ot people filled and sur rounded tho chapel nnd lined tho routo from the former resting place of the dead to tho chapel and thence to tlio railway station, but there was far less noise than is ordi narily heard in the streets of the quiet little town. —Tho Allgemeine Zeitung says it lias re ceived information Irom a reliable source in St. Petersburg that a plot against tho Czar has been discovered, and that numer ous persons, including several army offi cers. havo been arrested on a charge of be ing implicated in it. —Trouble has occurred among tho crof tcrs of Aigiiftli district, in Invenshire. Scot land. Landless crofters to tho number of 1,000 drove tho sheep oil the /arms and offered determined resistance to the police and troops sent to tho scene. Numbers wore wounded on both sides. Many crofters were arrested. —Tho French Official Journal publishes a decree suspending M. Vlneuu. examining magistrate in tho legion of honor decoration scandal cose, on tho ground that ho acted contrary to the law nnd professional dignity at tho first examination of IT. Wilson and Slme. Batazzi. —Mows has reached. Ottawa. Ont.. that Operator Lawson and five of tho Canadian Pacific railroad officials had beon arrestod and placed in jail at Port Arthur for tho negligcnce which resulted in the recent Horse Shoe curve horror near Buck Fish, Lake Superior district. •—Gaudllla. In tho Wsgt Int'les, was iu undatcdljy a huge 'wave recently, which swept away fifty-three houses and caused great loss of property. Tho stono wall of the cemetery was carried away and cloven todieB carried out to cea, -—Tho lemaini /if Napoleon and his son, tho princti imperial, hays been' removed town Chlselhurst to Farnborough,. whore thoy will bo deposited in the mausoleum erected by ox-Empress -uyuiie. After ro llgious services at Chisolhurst tho bodies were conveyod to the railway station, I PERSONAX. -'IB 8- —Jefferson Davis* daughter Varina liaa WRITTEN a LONG article OH "A German "Water ing IMacc". for a Tennessoo paper. It ia eatd that she will mako literature lior pro fession. —Moses Hull, A nogro who died nt Wash ington. To., recently, was Stonewall Jack son's body servant and attended him through the war of tlio rebolHon. was ninety years old and left a family of fifteen children to mourn his loss. —A young girl in North Adams. Mass.. has seven grandparents living. Sho lias one great-grandfather, two great-grandraoth ers, two grandfathers and grandmothers. —Prof. William G. Hammond, formerly at tho hoad of tho law department of the Iowa Stato university, nnd now dean of the St.. Louis law school, has gone to Boston to deliver a courso of lecturos on the "History of the Common Law" at tho Boston Uni versity Law school. —The father of Lieut. Schwatka, of Arctic fame, died at Salem, Ore., lately. He was 78 years old and was ono of the founders of Odd Fellowship in tho United States. —"Grandma" Garfield, the aged mother of tho late President Garlleld, is ill at tho old homestead at Mentor, O.. and as she is very old it is thought that she cannot live long —Luis E. Torros, ex-governor of Sonora, A. T., aud party passed through Nogales re cently in a special ear en route toEnsenada, Lower California. The governor will at onco enter upon tho duties of tho ofllco of "Jcfo Politico" on hif» arrival there. Gov ernor Torres confirms the reported killing of Bernal at tho Nuestra Sonora mining camp in Sinatoa, but could give no partic ulars. —Mrs. Otis Puller, of Telford, Ind., was accidentally shot and killed by her husband, who was cleaning his revolver near by. According to Mr. Fuller ho was in tho act of laying the weapon on tho table when it discharged, shooting her through the chest, and instantly killing' her, Tho deceased was twentv-ono years of age. —Prof. Harrison Webster, of Rochester (N. Y.) uuiversity, has been offered tho presidency of Union college. —James G. Blatn" a grandfather. The wife of James G. Blaine, jr., has presonted him with a son, —Dr. Schweinfurth. tho African explorer, writes from Cairo, under date of December 30. that tho news that Stanley had reached Kmin Bey arrived at Cairo December 22, Moro deflnito advices are expected shortly. —Itov. John Lawther, an English divine, and rector of Bolton, near London, suicided recently. Ho had been summoned to an swer a charge of indecent assault upon a servant. Tho deceased was a cousin to Lord Lonsdale. INDUSTRIAL WORLD. —The dissatisfied members of the Enights of Labor of New York and vicinity have fol lowed tho example of their brethren in Chi cago. Cincinnati and Philadelphia, and at a mass meeting appointed a provisional com mittee against the present management of tho order. The committee has issued a long manifesto, couched in tho same language as that prepared in Chicago, giving their reasons for rebellion, and calling on all locals to join them. —Senator Stewart has offered an amend ment to the bill providing for the invest ment of certain funds in tho treasury. It provides that any person may deposit, at any mint or assay ofilce, gold or silvor bullion, and receive certificates therefor. Tho price to be paid for gold bullion is flxod at $1 for 25 and 8-10 grains, 9-10 fine, while tho price for silver is to be fixed by tho sec retary of the treasury, on the 1st and 15th of each month, at the average price of sil ver in tho New York market during tho pre ceding fifteen days, provided that the price shall not exceed an ounco of go^d for six teen ounces of the same fineness. —Tho thirteenth annual convention of tho Bricklayers'and Masons' International Un ion, met in Bcston, 200 delegates being pres ent. Tho convention was welcomed by Mayor O'Brien. President Darragh, of tho St. Louis union, responding, Dclegato from Union No. 1, of the United Order of American Bricklayors of Minneapolis, wero admitted, and a special committoo appoint ed to investigate tho financial condition of that union and its method of work. The convention continued in session ten days and had two meetings each day. Re porters wore excluded from tho meetings. —Delegates representing the national as sociation of wool growers, wool, manufac turers and wool dealers met in Washington for tho purpose of agreeing upon a mutually satisfactory revision of tho tariff on wool, woolens, and wool substitutes. Tho con ference was composed of leading mea of tho wool industry, who represent in their private business not less thau $100,000,000. —Tho Iowa Agricultural society mot at Des Moines recently .over 100 delegates being present. Tho reports were read, showing the society to be in debt about $5,900. The following officers were then elected: Presi dent. H. C. Wheeler vice-president. John Hayes treasurer, G. II. Maish secretary, J. R. Shaffer directors, P. G. BallJngall, F. N. Chase, L. C. Baldwin, J. W. McMullon and C. C. Carpenter. FROM WASHINGTON, —The report of the public printer. Bene dict, /or the fiscal veiir ended Juno 30, 1887, has beon submitted to congress. It claims that tho public printer hns added greatly to the convenience and working capacity of the ofBce, but still there nro marked defi ciencies that ought to bo suppllod. The output of public printing for the year was considerably larger linn ever beforo. and this result, which has disposed of a great deaf of delayed work, was accomplished at a cost greatly below the average ot the pre vious years. The report claims that the actual cost was $202,481 less than the cost of tho preceding yenr. —Representative Clilpmnn, of Michigan, has laid before Secretary Bnynrd tho com plaint of S. V, Tolsma, a citizen of that state, alleging that his nets havo been seized and that lie hns been unlawfully de prived by the Canadian authorities of the right to fish in St. Mary's river. Tho troublo arises out of a dispute us to tho boundary lino between the two countries. —Tho valuo of tho exports of brcadstufts lor the twelve months ended December 31, 1887. was $158,301,768, as against $146,123,020 for the twelvo months ended December 81. 1886. —The house litis received the annual re port of tho board of managers of tho national homes for disabled volunteer sol diers. The average number of inmates presont during the your was 9.718, an in creaso of forty-four per cent, during tho last five years. Tho death rato for the year was sixty-one per cent, moro than the rate of men of similar ages in ordinary health. During the past throp years tho number of those admitted on accouiit of wounds re ceived during action has materially fallen off. whilo those received owing to ago inflrmatives greatly Increased. Tho hoinss are now fllle'd to their utmost capacity. —Beprescntnllvo Struble, of Iowa, lias Introduced a bill In tho house making it lawful for any person or company or cor poration to construct and maintain under the 1(IW8 of Iowa' and Nebraska a high wagon bridge across the Missouri river at or near Sioux City, for tho passage of wagons and vehicles o( all kinds, for the traslt of animals. accomrftRdation of foot passengers, etc., provided that tho plans and specifications shall be submitted to and approved by the secretary of war before tho work is begun, —Acting Secretary Muldrow has request ed the attorney-general to lnstttuto suit In the name of tho United Rtates against tho state of Iowa, for tho recovery of about 22. 500 acres of land in O'Brien county, said to have been wrongfully pattented to tlio stato under the grant for the benellt of tho Sioux City and St. Pnul railroad company, approv ed May 12,1801. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. —The full extent of tlio damage bj" tho re cent storm is not known. Ileports of death from freezing, especially in tho territory, continue to cotno in, and already tho list reuches nearly a score. Everybody says it was the worst storm ever oxpcriencod in the northwest, and in extent it was remark able, covering tho cntiro territory from tho Itocky mountains to Lako Michigan. —Frank F. Thul, of Des Moines, Iown, lias been indicted by the grand jury, thrco times for embozzlcment aud twico for for gery. His career has been a remarknblo one. He was bookkeeper for tho King Iron Bridge company, of Clevoland, at tho ofllco of tho general agent, for tho west in Des Moines. For about tlireo years ho lias been carrying on a systematic robbery, stealing nearly $10,000. —Two school children named Fitzgerald, nt Inwood, Lyon county, la., lost their way whilo returning from school Thursday evening, tho 12th, and perished. A man' named Allen, nt Mitchell, D. T., was out with h.is son uftcr cattle, mid tho boy was frozen to death and tho father loses both arms. W. B. Hoadley, of Pnrkston, D. T., was frozen to death. —Tho man who about a year ago swindled the people of the City of Mexico out of $30, (XX) by tho sab of spurious tickets to a series of concerts by Pattl. has been arrested at New York and locked up. .He is a well known and dungerous eonfldeneo crook. —The dead body of David Miller, a sub stantial farmer living near Cuba Junction. Mo., was lound six miles from that place lying in the doorway of an empty cabin. Ills face was mashed in with a blunt instru ment and a bullet holo was lit tlio back of his head. Two hundred dollars, which had been on his person when last seen, had dis appeared. Lewis Davis, a neighbor, was arrested for tho crime. Ho denies the charge, but such is tho belief in Ills guilt that a party has boon organized to lynch him. —M. P. Handy, of the New l'ork World, hns brought suit for libel against the Cen tral News company, or Philadelphia, nnd To'en Topics, of New York, for an ulleged libelous publication. Everything is in readiness for the exe cution of Henry Schmidt at West Union. In. A high enclosure about the jail lias been built, inside of which is the gallows, the same that was used at Charles City to swing oil Chester Bellows. Sheriff O'Neill has brought Schmidt from Auamosa. He seems to bo indifferent to his impending doom, nnd laughs and jokes like a half-witted person. Ho says: "I don't tink I done noding to get liung»for I mean not to kill Mrs, Peek.' —Bob Smith, JackSmithand one Rhodes, alleged train robbers who captured tho Salt Lake oxpress on tho Rio Grand road, havo beon lodgod in jail at Grand Junction, Co 1. This makos five of the gang of six im plicated who have been arrested. GENERAL PARAGRAPHS. —A Prlnccton. Minn., special says that, a Swcdo livingtwenty miles from tliero is said to have killed his wife and sevon children chopping their heads off with a broad-axe. boy of 18 jumped f'-om an up-stnlrs win dow and escaped. When asked*by a neigh bor what ho hod done, tho murderer re plied: "What I have intended to do for a long time." —The corner-stono of the ice palace at St. Paul has been laid. There was aparado of snow shoo nnd toboggan clubs, and speeches by President Thompson, Gov. McGIll and Mayor Smith. —Tho president hns pardoned Levi G. Pratt, convicted In February, 18SG, in tho southern district of Iowa, of passing coun terfeit money and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. —Both houses of tho Mississippi legisla ture have passed resolutions ulogizing La mar, nnd extending irti invitation to Jeffer son Davis to visit Jackson during the ses sion and to address both houses. —It. Is reported that a rich gold find hns been made at Eureka. Neb., in ground that has not heretofore been worked for min eral. —Micager Hancock, living near Monon, Ind., ceielirated tho ono hundredth anni versary of Ills birth tho 10th. Mr. Hancock" Is a grandson of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and was born in Delaware. He went to Indiana in 1844, settling in Wabash county. In 1830 ho moved to Tolnski counly. whoro he now lives. Ho has six children living, their ages ranging from 50 to 71 years. He can read without spectacles, has a good memory and excellent health, and walked to town a dis tance of six miles, within a yenr. —Master Workman Powderly is slowly improving and stendily gaining strength. Ho denies tho report that ho intends going to Florida. —Tho heaviest snow ever known in Kansas, fell recently. It was ono foot deep. —Tho president has nominated Joseph Block, o! Clcvelund, to bo consul at Buds Posth, MARKET QUOTATIONS, NEW YOKK. WHEAT—Ungraded 87*4® .MJ* No. 2 rod .9054 CORW—Unftraded 60H& .M OATS—White 38 .40 POBK—New mess 15.SO ©1B.00 1ABD 7.70 7.72I CHICAGO. BEEVES—Shipping steers a.00 & 5.60 fit-ockerff and foedern.. a.20 A3 S.fiO Cows, bulls and mixed. 1.75 @3.15 HOGS 5.IS 5.05 SHEEP. 3.50 5.00 FLOOR. ,. 3.50 & 1.00 Triuie to choice spring S.50 ($ 4.50 WHEAT—Cash 77 77H COKN—No. 3 48 48X OATS—No. 2 Jll'i® 34U HTE—No. 2 02 BARLEY—NO. 2. 73 83 TLMOTHT 2.43 & 4.40 FLAXSEED 1.43H0 1.44 DDTTKH—Choice creamery 93J£ 31 Fine dairy.... 22^6$ 25 Eons 20 (8 22 CHEERK—Full cream 11 ft LIY I.iRht skimmed (I7M 3 OR Flats nw 9 ia Point—Mess 14.80 «15.27 6NOULOI:RU) BTE—No. s.oo 5.90 BDOBT CI.EAB 8.15 8.20 SHORT Bins 7.67*4 I.ABD 7.45 FFL 7.87)4 HIDES—Green salted 06 0634 Dry Salted 12 e5 18 TALLOW 0S«fi WMSKT 04 l.io MILWAUKEE. WHEAT—No. 2 7OJ40 .82K CORN—No. S .48J, OAT»—No. 2. .3451 1 64 & .64)4 BARLEY—NO. 2 76 ®J .7754 PORK—Moss 14.75 @15.00 OMAHA. HIDES—Green butchers 05 .05^ Dry salted 0B»® .09 POULTRY—Terkoys 10 .11 Chickens 07 .08 FLOUR—Patent 2.45 is 2.60 Second quality 2.00 & 2.35 BirrrEB .19 EOOB 20 .21 BEEVES 8.75 & 4.25 Hoos 6.20 5.60 SHEEP 2.25 3.50 ST. PAUL. WHEAT—No. 1 hard ,77W® ,78V No. 2 73 .74' CORN—No. 2.. 47«C5 .48 OATS—No. 2 mixed .31 gg .32 Bo ITER White si 0 .MX FLOUB patent 4.15 & 4,25 Straight 3.35 3,65 30 & 23 Eooa 20 0 .22 CHEESE .11)40 .12 BOTH...... 2 to ®3.7« Hooa £.10 (9 5.50 BBtSlft 2.25 9 4.65 BIOUX CITY—UNION STOCK YARDS. CATTLE »2.30i»4.00 HOOB...^..... 5.10(35.40 Wagon hoci £.00 0 5.15 S.50S3.W NORTHWEST HOWLER. Appalling Horrors an I Loss of Life ... in ths Eecent Blinding, Blizzard. Over Fiffy People Reported Dead in Da kota, Minnesota, Nebraska nnd Iowa. The Oldest Inhabitant Fulls to Ileinember Anything Approncliinir tho Severity ofthe Storm. iSioux City, Iowa, Correspondence.! Tho blizzard which swejit over tho coun try January 12th, was in mnny rcHpects one of tho most remarkablo winter storms known in years. It was short, swift and fu rious. Other storms have extended over longer period, and often thoro lias been a heavier fall of snow, accompanied with nn equal degreo of cold, but there lias rare ly been such a sudden rush of a wiuier hurrieauo aud such a wild KIRO of tho tho Stonn Kiug. It was the demoniac commingling of howling, sweeping blasts with blipditig masses of chaotic snow which gave the storm a crown of added ter rors. Even the most solidly built portions of cities, and in the most sheltered places there, tho storm swept irresistibly nnd man and beast fled to shelter. Upon tho open prairie, where the wind could wreak its full vongeuce, the fury of tho gale wns terrific, aud this is tho story of nil of tho descrip tions which have been sent over tho wires. Tho sorry feature is tho great loss of human iifo which is reported. The reports, tpo, are not com plete as yet, and there is ground for appre hension that when tho list of "missing has been fully investigated it will be found that many more have perished. Tho storm covered an enormous stretch of territory, including all tho region from Manitoba and north of tho Ohio river, but it seems as if it vented its most malicious spito upon the prairies of the northwest. Iowa, The storm was very severe at and in tho vicinity of Sioux City,.but so far no lives are reported lost, though a number of per sons were badly frozen. Tho storm began lato in tho afternoon, aud continued during the day and most of the night. Tho mer cury gradually settled to ubout 30 degrees below zero. The blizzard wns accompanied with but little snow. During tho prevalence of tho gale in Sioux City lire occurred in tho business center of tho place, nnd it required hard fighting by tho fire brigade to confine it to tho buildings in which it started. It was subdued after an all night's effort. Many of the firemen report frozen hands or feet. During tho night men were kept busy hunt ing for the supposed remains of a missing !)-year-old boy, who was found at a neigh bor house about half a block away next morning, where he stopped for snfety. Sev eral school children had narrow escapes from being lost in tho stonn. Numerous adults were nnnble to reach home, and found shelter at a neighbor's. Two 111011 perished near Primghar, and two boys and ninety-live hoad of cattle near Larchwood. The worst blizzard of the season is re ported in tho vicinity ot Muscatine. The snow was heavy nnd deep. Koads were badly blocked. It snowed steadily all day at Des Moines, delaying trains several hours. Next morn ing it grew cold and changed to a bliazard, storming violently. All trains were aban doned except on the Pock Island and Chi cago, Burlington and Quincy and they wore much delayed. The storm was very bad at Knoxville. The mercury stood 16 degrees below zero. Tho snow fell all day at Manilla, coming from tho southeast. The tcmeraturo was 20 degrees below zero. Suddenly at 5 o'clock, in nn insiant, it commenced to blow violently from tjie northwest, hurling tho snow in such frightful gusts that it im mediately became dangerous to travel. The temperature continued to fall rapidly until it reached 24 degrees below at 7 o'clock next mraping. Iris impossible to fully realize the fierce ness of the blizzard that raged at Council muffs. It had beon snowing heavily dur the day, but tho wind was from tho south and the snow was falling through a warm atmosphere that rendered it wet nnd heavy. At 4 clock when the snow-fall was the heaviest, the wind suddenly whirled to the northwest and blew a gale. It quickly checked the snow-laden clouds, nud pack ing them in dense masses, sent them back boforo it in such density that almost Egyptian darkness reigned. Tho olec tnc light maeliinory had.to bo started up and the gas and lamps lighted fo enablo business to bo contiuued. The wind blew with almost the force of a tor nado and gathering up tho suow that had fallen mingled it with the mass iu tho air nnd sent it howling over the country in blinding volumes. Tho thermometer reg istered 24 below zero. At l'clln the storm was equally Bevero. At Dubuque" the eveuiug of the 12th tho temperature was 30 above zero. Next morning a tremendous hurricane wind pro vailed and the mercury was 18 degrees be low zero. Such a blizzard hos been un known for years. Tho snow piled in huge drifts, completely blockading tho highways and the railroads. Shortly before the storm John Olney and Bernurd Bell, aged 10 years each, left their homes, two miles north of Marathon, to. go to town. Their horses became wild when tho storm struck them nnd they be came separated. Bell left his horse in a slough and went east with thostorm, reach ing Laurens moro dead than alive. The following day section men found Olney's horse tied to a snow fence two miles east of town. A crowd immediately started in search and found him five miles east frozen dead. Dakota. The loss of life is shown to have been by far the largest in Dakota. The follow ing summary shows the names of those who perished, thus farroportcd: At Hitchcock, Emil Gilbertson Mitchell, Geo. Allen, Jr., Josoph Anderson Minot, James Smith and two 60ns Raymond, Wm. Drivers and two sons. Charles Heath Huron, T, E. Gilkeson, Robert Cham bers, Emil Gilman, Thomas and William Nelson, and an unknown man Aberdeen, William Love, Judson Wcstgate Bowdle, Mr. Paine Roscoe, Peter Terhumc Vir gil, Frank Nirisou, Yvilliam Nirison, Jos. Wilson Iroquois, J. AV. Gosleo, Mrs.' Divine, Adam Geruer Parks ton, W. B, Headley Delnmare, Miss Corn Curtis Brookings, un known young man CInremont, Miss Stineburner, of Amherst, dead, nnd threo others missing Wntertown, "four farmers dead'and three missing Leister ville, two men nnd two children, names not known Gary, Chas. Staltzenberg, of Altamont, started to procure a coffin for his dead son and has not been heard from. Two children of Joseph Hutchinson, living west of there, perished whilo going home from school Sioux Falls, a lady teacher named Jacobson, and pupil named Ginde G. Grunstorm, two others names not known were frozen to donth in that section at Leistervillo Jocob Krntz died from the cold and his wife badly frozen ond Freder ick Milburger may die from exposure an other man, unknown, is known to havo been frozen Ihree deaths are re ported from Tyndall, Bon Homme county, and two girls near Wakoudn, Clay county Flandrenu, it is snid reported that njadv school teacher in the northern jjart of the county wns frozen to death Miller, tho body of J. AV. Gassier, a wealthy farmer, lost in the blizzard, was found two miles from his home At Fnulkton, Emma Lomar, a school teacher southwest of there, ami Cnrrio Atiman, a pupil, were frozen to death Doland, Will G. Curthwaile, a far mer's son, got lost in ihe blizzard when going from his father's house to tho burn, and was found dead in tho snow. A very pathetic story is told of the suf fering, bravery and death of Robert Cham bers, who lives six miles southwest of Huron. Mr. Chambers, with two sons one 9 and the other 11, went to Rush, a place one mile distant, to wnter the cattle Chambers was on foot aud each of the boys had a horse. The father seeing indi cations of a stoirm sent the older boy home, as he w'os troubled with rheumatism. This bov reached home snfely. Chambers and Johnny, tho 9-ycar-old boy, undertook to olive the cattle. They werp. soon bewildered and lost. Johnny says that when his father saw they were lost he made place ia the snow for hira _and_ wrapped him up the ess* he could, They hid po overcoats or extra clothing. Johnny says he was so covered up that he was warm. The father went out and called nnd tho St. Bernard dog barked, but no answer came. Then tho father nnd dog got into tho snow beside him. While he was warm and, knew his father was getting cold, he urged his father to try and find tho trees, and then they could mako tho house. The father said: "No, I cannot go and leave you here." The boy urged, but the father would do no more than ciulfor aid, within a certain reach of the boy's bed iu ihe snow. The dog kept with the boy. Through the night they had conversations about perishiug, but tho father kept assuring the boy that they would get through all right if ho would only lie still. The boy knew that his father was freezing, but was quite com fortable himself, and finally fell asleep. When he awoke it was near morning and his father was still alive. Discovering that Johnny was awake, his father said: "Now Johnny you pray. I will pray and then I know Ifc'd will take you through all right." Thoy prayed and soon after the father was dead. The boy, entirely covered np except a littlo breathing place through tho snow, laid still. The dog stood sentry and af forded the clue by which tho body waB found next morning. Joseph KocawTek, who lived about eight miles north of Tyndall, tho wife of Frank Ballbor, and an 8-year-old son of Michael Hoff, wero frozen to death. Several moro parties aro missing. It is feared that more lives are lost aud great numbers of stock. A farmer and team near Sioux Falls were frozen two men lioar Marion Junction ono man near AYhito take four school children near Lenox. Miss Lizzie Ashton, aged nbout 25, residing with a brother, iivo miles northwest of Arte sian, was lost" iu tho storm aud per ished. Sho had gone to a neighbor's, half a mile distant, aud was returning when tho storm struck her. Blinded by the snow she passed within a short dis tance of the house and her dead body was found twenty rods from the building. The storm was very severe 011 stock near Mitchell. At Ashton, Chas. Osmnn was frozen to death. Northvillo reports that Miss Bessie Stansfield, a school teacher, a few miles south, perished while attempt ing to go to her boarding place, and was fouud a short time after near the school house. At Athol a German named Buethen was out all night, and will loso one hand. Mr. Swoyzl and another man left Northville to drive' iu tho country and havo not been heard of yet, and are probably lost. Westgalo and Love, of Mina, reported lost, are safe. At Miranda one man was found dead and another missing. Bowdle reports that Mr. Pino, a stago driver, is lost, nnd no trace of the team or mail bags has yet been found. At Roscoe Mr. Terhune is lost, and has probably perished. At Raymond two sons of Win. Driver wero found dead a few feet from tho barn. Chns. Heath is missing, and T. H. Clad badly frozen. O. E. Stearns, teaching school six miles north of DeSmet, with his three children, were caught in the blizzard and were out in tho storm twentj'-four hours. A boy had his feet frozen to the ankles. Ho walked a mile in this condition, his feet giving out, and then crawled half a mile to Porter Lowellen's. Ho will lose both feet. A girl was so badly chilled that sho was un conscious five hours after being found. Stearns was not badly frozeii. The storm wns the worst ovev known iu the vicinity of DeSmet. The mercury was 30 below zero. Cattlemen anticipate heavy losses on the ranges. Lewis Merriman, aged CO, nnd his sou, living fifteen miles northeast of Hitchcock, perished in the storm. Ncliruska. •T. V. Hincs, living in the northern part of Schuyler, started to bring his children homo from school. On his return he be came exhausted just beforo reaching the house and had to be helped in. He soon after died from the effects of his exposure. The storm nt Neligh was tho worst ever known, and the weather changed from pleasant, with the wind from tho south, to a northwest blizzard, and tho temperature fell twenty degrees in twenty minutes. Large numbers of cattle havo been frozen to death. The only person lcuown to be seriously frozen is F. W. Taylor, of Clear water, who was picked up barely able to speuk, aud will probably not recover. w. J. Austin, of David City, had his hand terribly frozen, and three children belonging to John Denlinger, of Garrison, who had attempted to go homefroro school, lost their way and wero ont all night. When found they wero partially hurried in the snow. One of them was frozen to. death, and tho others, thotigh suffering in tense agony, will likely reco\ er. Judge Geo. AV. Post and another man, who were out bunting, were caught iu tho storm nud are yet missing. In several school districts scholars and teachers wero compelled to shelter themselves iu the school-house dur ing the night. Two persons are reported lost and two children badly frozen at Atkinson. Tho thermometer waB 18 degrees below zero at Lincoln, and the storm very severe. Among the fatalities reported ate: Sirs. P. Smith was frozen to death ntAVoodlawn. John Spnrks, ex-member of tho legislature, was found frozen dead nine milts wost of Beatrice. Emil Grossman, of Peru, farm laborer, wns found dead within twenty yards of his house. A child named Rodine is reported missing near Nobraska City. Tho death of an old man named Matthews is reported from Dr.st.in. Ho was lost in going from the house to the stable to feed his stock. Other 1'oinlH. A blizzurd struck the vicinity of Gold thwait, Texas, tho lltli, when it becamc almost dark. The wind suddenly shifted into ihe north niul in two hours ihe mer cury dropped from GO degrees to 20 de grees. Tho day opened summer-like. At o'clock at night tho tliovmoneter regis tered 16 degrees. It snowed hard. The Btorm had no appreciable effect ou live stock 011 the western ranges, so far as reported. North Platte, Sidney, Cheyenne arid Laramie say that the losses, if any, arc light. Stock is reported from all points as being in prime condition. No trouble is anticipated now as the weather is moderat ing Bteadily. In Chicago tho snow was dry and hard, and whirled in great clouds through the streets and over the prairies, bringing to a standstill all traffic that could bv anv pos sibility bear delay. At night when the out look was apparently for a blockade that ^ould last (Inye and cost the railroads nloue many thousands, tho snow suddenly ceased and tho howling wind became almost balmy. By lO r. M. a light sprinkle of ram had fallen, and tho snow was molting somewhat. No serious delays to trains wero reported, but (elegrnph communica tion was uncertain and slow. Advices from all parts of AVisconsin say the most severe blizzard of tho season raged all the afternoon of tho 12th. Trains wero generally delayed, but nono of them wero stalled. The murcury at AViuchester, Virginia, registered four degrees below zero. A Billings, Slontana, special of tho 12th says:' Tho weaf her has moderated. The snow it, rapidly thawing, nnd vast trivets of bare ground are reported all over the coun try. Grass is good everywhere and plenti ful. An intermittent snow storm prevailed during tho day nt Springfield, 111., turning to a light rain in the evening. The storm at AVinnipeg extended through the territories. Nenrly all tho Canadian Pacific trains were abandoned, and great suffering is reported with mUny fatalities. The mercury early tho morning of the 12ih, in Ontario, stood as follows: At Ot tawa, 17 degrees below North AYakefield, Quebec, 28 below nt Maniwaki, Quebec, 31 below, at Pembroke. Ont., 30 below, and at Mattowa, Ont., 39 below. The weather reports the 12th showed the following below zero temperatures: Hele na, Mont., 24 Bismarck, 2G Moorhead, Minn., 12 Querppclle, 31 Minnedesa, 26 Fort Garry, 24. A fierce blizzard prevailed iu St. Paul. Several farmers living twelve to fifteen miles north of Adrian, Minn., started home from there, and havo not been heard from. At Denver the temperature suddenly dropped from zero to 20 below. All trninB were greatly retarded or abandoned. A heavy fall of snow between flagstaff and AA'illiums, Ariz., on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, suspended all business. TIT.L the fifteenth century 110 Chris tians were allow to receive interest for money, and the Jews were the only usurers, and therefore often banished and persecuted. In England, under Edward VI, interest was forbidden en tirely from religious motives. RURAL TOPICS. Some Practical Soggestifons for Our Agricultural 3§f§ Readers. Information of Value to the Fanner, Stock-Brecdcr, Housewife, aud Kitchen-Maid. AGRICULTURE. 1 That T/jreo Can I)o. Three weeds, of modernto size nnd growth, will occupy as much ground, draw as much nutriment from it, tnko in ag much of the life-giving sunlight and of the food bearing atmosphere as a good stalk of corn. It must be a rich and strong soil that can stand tho full draft of two crops growing on it nt the same timo, ono of corn and one of weeds, nnd yet stint neither of them. The rays of snn, so necessary to the life and growth of nearly all vegetation, of all crops, come to the plants in direct lines, and if interrupted by the stalks or leaves of weeds, cannot go around them (0 reach the corn. The carbonic acid of the air is the groat supplier of tho main portion of all crops, both stalks, leaves, and rootB. But this carbonic acid cxistB in very small quantities in the air, only about ono (jnart of it in 2,500 quarts of air. Air must be moving quite rapidly to bring in onough of thiB gnseons carbonic acid to supply tho wants of a roady-growing corn-stalk. A whole gallon of the carbonic ncid weighs only li:i small grains, of which it takes 7,1)1/0 to weigh pound. Now, if weed leaves stand niong with, or near corn leaveB, (hey stoal away a good deal of this carbonic acid that corn leaves want and it is only when the wind is blowing strongly (hat enough comes to meet the wants of bolh corn-stalks and weeds. '1 he practical lesson of this is that every weed growing with or noar tlio corn is robbing it of the very things it wants from the Boil and from tho air, and is also stoaling somo of its needed sunlight. Sixty to soventy corn-stalks yield on nn average about a bushel of corn. Two hun drod weeds, on tho same ground, nse all tho materials that aro needed by corn stalkB onough to produce a bushel of corn. He must bo a poor, slow worker indeed, who cannot with a boo cut nud kill 2,000 weeds in a dn3', if ho taken them when small. Tho evident lesson from this in, ihat after wo have nsod the horse implements to kill out what woods we oau without go ing down to disturb the young roots of corn, it will pay grandly to havo men go over tho ground with hoes and remove the lost woods which are loft. 1 ono man kills 2,000 weeds in a day, he has destroyed a sufficient nnnibor of thieves to steal fiom tho soil, tho air, and (he sunlight, which would support stalks enough to yield len buBhels of corn, worth $3 or SI. If the weeds are not Inrgo onough nud growing thickly enough to rob the corn of all its noeded earth, air, and Bunlight, yet evory wood that does grow is doing somethiug io diminish the health, vigor, growtU, nnd ultimate yield of corn. Brethren, think of these things, and koap the hoe going now. Look upon every weed allowed to grow up as beiug us much a robber of your crop as is tho thief who takes it at night out of your corn crib, with only this difforenco, that the weeds rob tho Held in open dnyligbt, right be fore your eyes, and when you at perfect liberty to murder them without mercy and without any formality of dragging them before courts of law.—Prairie J'\irmcr. Farm .Yofev. RAW onions, choppod fino and mixed with the food twire a week, are said to bo a preventive of chicken cholera. THE freshest eggs aro heaviest." Placed in a pan of water thoy sink older oggB partly sink and stalo ones fiont on tho top. PvifETHitrM is not poisonous to verte brate animals, but a little of tho dust blown upon insect of almost any kind is sure and speedy death. NEW EXOLAKD farmers attribute the disease known as weak loins in hogs to lying iu hot-house manure. It is a rheu matic troublo which may be cured by active and continued rubbing. It may also bo cured by exercise and fresh air. A SAKATOGA, N. Y„ farmer reports that he keeps crows from pulling tho corn by scattering a few quarls over tho field for them to pick up, and repenting it if nocos sary. Tho crows eat enough grubs and cut worms to jiny for the corn. RUN green clover, rye, wheat, oats, or com through the feed cutter, set to cut in half-inch lengths, aud feed to fowls con fined in yards. This is tho soiling system applied to poultry-keoping, and works ad mirably, as those know who have tried it. FAitMEits do not, as a rule, pay suf ficient attention to the comparison of re sults obtained from different animals. For instance, one cow will give fivo pounds of bnlter per week this at 20 cents per pound for twenty weeks, tho average period of usefulness during the year, would ai&ount to Now if another cow yields eight pounds of butter per week for* tho same timo al the aamo price, tho result would bo S32, a difference of S12 or per cent, on $200 for tho year. And supposing an other cow to yield ten pounds of bntter per week at the same prico for the Bnme time, the difference would bo $20, or equivalent to the iuterest on $333'.oO for the year nt per cent. Improvement of the stock is a s(ep to improved farming, and tho samo care should be exorcised by farmors that is exercised by professional breeders.—Gerntanlotrn Telegraph. FLORICULTURE. Floral Itinrs. ItoseB, grape-vines and chrysanthemums, besides hundreds of other species of plants cultivated both iu tho open air and under glass, are more or less alfectod by mildew and aphis. A pertain remedy is to apply a mixture of ono part of black or virgin snl pher to nine parts of tobacco dust, applied "with a sulphur bellows, whou the loaves are wet, at least onco week, while twice a week.is better. It iB bestto apply the sulphur and tobacco dust mixed, tho sulphur being tho specific for tho mildew and the tobacco for the aphis. Those remedies most be persisted in. One or two applications may check the troublo, but will check it only. Every kind of plant known iobo liable to be attacked by nphis or mildew should be dusted over with the mixture of sulphur nnd tobacco dust twice each week from June to October. Of course, at such times as tho TOSOS or chrysanthemums are in flower, or when the fruit or grapes is ripenine.it must not be used. But these conditions only oc cur for a short season during tho summor. Soot water is a cheap nnd easily made fer tilizer for pot plants. It hot only bonofits all kinds, out it clonrs worms from the Boil. It should be used after the roolshave taken to soil freely. To mako it, half fill nn old bag with soot, adding a brick for weight. Tie up tho mouth and sink it in a barrel of water. Commenco its nso in moderate doses. In tying out tho branchos of geraniums, chrysanthemums, and many other plants, in training for good shape, a leading difficulty met is in the matter of places to tie to. To render this matter easy, somo English gar deners employ simple and convenient wire devices in tho form of circles, the same be ing supped over tho pot from tho bottom up. and resting againBt tho rim. AVith small projecting bnds in tho circle, places are af forded by which to attach the twine. By the aid of snch a collar, nlmost any plant oan readily bo lied out for increasing shape liness of torm. A Wisconsin ilorist remarks that for bril liant huos and for constant succession of blossoms, no annuals can oxool the petunia and the phlox. They aro healthy, robnst plants that nro successful with amateurs. Asters aro desirable because they come into bloom after the greater share of gardon flowers have passed their prime. Tnlips lire riot of colors, and no counter spread with velvets ever showed BO soft and lustrous as a bed of pansieB. AVhile prairio roses and multifioras frequently fail, the old-fash ioned French Boursalts yield neither to winter's cold nor summer's drought. In houBe plants a few 'fchoico flpecimons are better tnan numberless poor ones. Horticultural societies are using their in fluence iu iecommending to colleges, acade mies and all other institutions of learning which own arounds, to plant and protect in growth on these grounds as man different species of trees and shrubs as may be prac ticable, both for tho ornament and shade thoy will afford, nnd for the aid they will render in -giving.losgons to the students on their distinctive character and value. AJ this season of tho year water Bhouldbo applied to pl&nta in the morning. Let it be of the same mean tomperatre as the air in which the plants ait) growing. Never give a littlo water. ,liather give none until the lant8 aro dry enough to need it, and then let it done thoroughly. Blooming plnnta of abnlilons, and those whose pots are well filled with roots, delight in liquid manure at times. Y»ung plants need to be shifted as required. Practice pinching for securing bushiness. As the supply of cuttings increases, propagate iu this manner. Air shonld bo freely given to plants on favorable occasions, yet avoid draughts. Aim for a uniform temperature. Plants placed in cellars for the winter Should bo examined occasionally^ Guard against damp, but do not permit them to shrivel or dry np.—AmericanCultivator. STOCK-BREEDING. Il/ir/ Hoff* Aro .Vol Ilartlu. Prof. AV. A. Henry, of the Wisconsin Agricultural Eiperiment Station, writes the Breeders' Gazette: Because com is cheaply grown and tho hogs like it, it does not follow that corn is tho best food for hogs at all times sugar of lata years has become a very choap article of human food, nnd children and many grown per sons aro very fond of it, but we know it can very oaBily be nsod to excess. The experiments of Prof. Sanborn,of Missouri, onU tho writer show beyond all question that tho exclusive feeding of corn, oven to a hog of considerable maturity, will greatly chango the structure and composition of the creature's body. These experiments plainly show that by feeding corn alone the blood is greatly reduced in amount, tho hair grows lighter in weight, the skin thinner, whilo tho kidneys, spleen, nnd liver shrink in uizo and woight to a marked degree. The muscular system can bo but .partly developed on corn, and the bones nro lightor than they should be nnd greatly I lacking iu strength. By consulting the data of tho experiments roferred to above I tho londor will nolo that by feeding corn exclusively for 13G days to hogB 100 days I old nt the start wo reduced the breaking strength of the thigh bonos over 300 I pounds each, or a weakening of over two pouuds a dny in tho natural Btrongth of these bones from what they should have been. What nro hogs with weaker bones, lOBsened blood, reduced kidneys and other organs, less hair, and thinner skin but hogs with pooror constitutions than thoy should have? Suppose hogs of this char acter are used for breeding pnrposes, and each generation of offspring is fed as the paronts wero, how long enn such irrational leading nnd brooding go on beforo the re sultant nnimals form but a weak, sickly type of thoir progenitors? Such is the nverage hog in tho gieat corn belt of tho AVest in far loo mnny instances. That the pigs aro born woak nn 1 dio easily is not to be wondered at whilo it', perchance, run I ning tho gantlet of ills t' at besot thu modern pig, it Tenches that uncertain ago when we call it a hog, the creature is still Bubject to tho ravages of swine plague, hog cholera, nnd many other mysterious I but very fatal maladies. In vain we search for honlthy race of hogs. Lot fresh blood of vigorous, healthy stock be intro duced, and bo it ever so popular at first, in a few genorotions it runs out, and tho Block of hogs stands just whore it did. Be it remomberod I am speaking of the aver- 1 nge hog in tho corn diatricts of the AVest, aud not tho animnl uuder care of thought ful brooders and feoders. How, then, shall we improve? To know tho cause of tho evil puts us, if we roally propose to do bettor iu the future, woll on tho roud to improvement. Excessive corn feeding is, of course, by no means tho only cause of the poor constitutions of our swine, but it seems to nio wo mny lay a goodly share of the ills of hog flesh' to 1 this ono great orror. First of all, wo must feed to all breeding stock a ration which has in it an abundance of muRele nnd bone-making food. Heading this list we would place skim milk and buttermilk, and following close after come shorts (shipBtuff or middlings), bran, oatmeal, pcamoal, and clover pasture. For young pigs threo partB by weight of milk to ono or com inoal or corn is about tho proper proportion. If shorts, mix three parts to one of corn, whilo if oats, nbout the same mixture will do. As tho pigs grow older increase the proportion of corn and decrease the other constituents of the ration. Brnu is too coarse, and does not suit hogs as well as shorts, but it is valuable if ono cannot get shorts as a rule, though, leave it for the cows. Pigs fed with tho mixtures nainod above and running to clover pasturo if passible, but in all cases given cxerciso, have tho oppor tunity and kind of food to grow into healthy, well-developed breeders or feeders. If to bo fed off when the frame is grown, corn can be tho exclusive diet, with no harm to the creature at so late a period in life. HOUSEKEEPING. JJowto I:oast .Veaf. Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, of the school of domestic economy at the Iowa Agricul tural College, says: In roaBting meats of all kinds the method adopted should bo the one that in the most pbrfoct manner proBerves tho juices inBido ihe ment. To roast beef in the best pos sible manner, place the elenn-ent side of the meat upon a smoking hot pan, which must be over a quick fire. Press it close to the pan until seared nnd slightly browned, llovorse nud let the opposite side become similarly seared and orown. Then put it at onco in tho oven, the heat of which should bo firm and steady, but not too intense, nnd leave it undisturbed until cooked. Tho limo that should be al lowed for cooking beef in this manner is twenty minutes to (ho pound, if it is to bo rare, less half an hour deducted from the aggregate time on account of searing. In other words a five-pound roaBt of beef will requiro an honr and a quarter, a Bix-pound roast an hour and a half, and so on. If the oven is not too hot tho beef re quires no basting and is better without it. AVhen the oven is at tho proper tempera ture and the cooking is going on all right, tho moat will keep up a gontlo sputtering in the pan. If, upon cpening the oven door, this sputtering is not perceptible, moro heat is required. But if in addition to tho sputtering any smoke is discerniblo in tho oven, tho heat is too intense and should be lessoned. Unless the heat of tho ovon is too great, tho drippings in the pan will not burn and smoke, and when tho meat is cooked there will be a thin coating of brown jelly in the pan where the meat restod, which, by tho addition of stock or water will mako a delicious gravy. A roast of beef should never be washed, and if it has accidentally beon wet or moist ened, it should bo carefully wiped dry be fore it is seared or put to cook. Searing almost instantly coats the cut sido of a piece of meot, and prevents tho escape of juice in the after process of roaBting, while a firm, stoady hoat gently but thoroughly cooks it, and thus both juice and flavor are preserved. Basting is a troublosomo as well as damaging process. And as salt and wator havo a tendency to toughen and ex tract tho juico of meat, they should not bo used on it whilo roasting, if it is desired to havo tho meat swoet, jirey, and tender. Tlititti to 11 otinrfctepers* KEEP largo pieces of charccial in damp corners and in dark places. NEVER use a sharp knife in cleaning tho nails. I' ill under tho nails with soap, and then removo it by brushing with a nail brush. VF.KY pretty curtains which can bo laun dered and look as well ns new ones aro made of whito muslin with large round dots the size of a silver half-dollar. FOB tho dyspeptic, fried oysters aro for bidden. AVhen roasted in the shell oysters are delicious, and can bo digested with case ovon by a weak stomach. If molasses is used to mix the mustard with, the muatnrd plasters will remain flexible and not dry, as when mixed with water. Lay a fine cloth over the plaster: then it will hoat without blistering. Foit a burn or scald, make a paste of common baking soda and water, apply at once nnd cover with a linen cloth. AVhen tho skin is broken, apply the whito of an egg with a feather this gives instant re lief, as it keepB the air from tho fleRh. PiTcUEiis of milk should never be al lowed to stand aronnd after they are taken from tho table, unless placed at once in a refrigerator containing only milk or cream tind sweet butter, ttancid butter will com munioate its odor and flavor to milk or cream. To uitifliiTEN Brussels, or any carpet that is fadod, sponge in a mixture of one part ox-gall to two parts water. This is excellent. A lady recently bought a much* faded oarpot (Brussels) at a second-hand store, and restored it to almost- its orininal beauty in this way. AT the first signs of a ring-round, take a cupful 01 *ood ashes, put in a pan with a quart of cold water, put tho p&u ou the stove, put your fiugeriu tho pan, *keop it there until the water begins to boil, or as long as it can bo borne. J'fineat onoe o* twice if nocegsary, r,: .. DIED ON THE GALLOWS. Hanging of Henry Schmidt, the Young Murderer, at West Union, Iowa. He Makes a Statement 011 the Scat fold, Saying He Was Hired to Do the Daed, Henry Schmidt, tlo aoeond ,nia BENBY ABIVAM LEOXAJtlK employed by Mr. had diuagreod •from Peek to to st the hands of thu hangman iu luwa iu tb6 ilsl twenty year?, was hanged at AVest Unioa on Friday, tho 13th hist, for tho murder of Lu cretia Took. He was alBO. charged wiM, mg murdered Abraui, the husband of cretia Toelt, and with having BT,o? Ij.t" tempted to kill Aliram Loon&rd at the time. 0,1119 Schmidt was takon to West Union from th« Penitentiary at Asamosa 011 Tuesdiy, the 10th iust., and froni tlwttim» up to the hour of his execution ho occupied Imnaolf in eonvoraa" freoly and pleasantly with acquaintances vji "K -*2" reading Ihe l)cw»paiwr,' S/S J\. and smoking cigarettes.' llo looked calmly un™ hiB lnipoiidingiloomand declared ho would die bravely. Ho displayed a strong aversion to newspaper men, for the sciraiDT. reason that he believed 1 they had misrepresented him. The onlv nreM representative Ihat ho conacntod tu roceivo wi« an acquaintance of his in West Union. To him he relarod nolhing particularly now. Ha told over again his connection with ihe crime declaring that he was hirod for $500 by 121 h son T. Smith to murder Leonard that he would not havo killed Mr.*. Took had elio not got in his way, and that Kllisou T. Smith killed Sir. Peek by beating him to death with a club noar tho gato. llo said $"00 was too strong a temptation for him. llo declared himself willina to dio for tho murder of Mra. Peek, but he thought Eilisou T. Smith BIIOUM also bo hanged for killing her husband. Schmidt waB only 20 years old. About forty persons witnessed the lianRiug. Schmidt was escorted to tho ecaHold by Sher iff O'Notl and addrossed a few romarks to tlio crowd before him. lie ropoated hiB confession boforo mado, reiterating tho charge against Hmitli. His voice was clear and rang out upon the frosty air with remarkable dis" tinctnoss. llis face did not botray tho least emo tion, and only ouce whon I10 rtcognized tho tliroo sons of the nuirderel woman U10 crowd beforo him did his voioo fatter. Ho assisted tho Sheriff in adjusting tho noose, and whon tho cap wai drawn over hiB eyes, shutting out tho light of earth for ever, ho awaitod tho ond without tlio tremor of a muse'e. Exactly at 10:36 the drop fell, and his body shot through tho drop. Iu thres minutes his heart ceased beating. His neck was broken by the fall, nnd death came to him almost without pain. There wero 110 convul sions of the body until the final moment of dissolution, when tho musclcs of his faoe contractod slightly and then instantly relaxed T.ucnirm PEEK. TJU2 SCENE OP SCIiMIDT'X CIlLWli. —then all waa ovor. The gallows \vaa the eamo used in the execution of Chester -Bol lowtj at Charles City last month, and was an oxact model of those used in the execution of tho Chicago anarchists. THE STOKY OK THE CRIME. »Tho story of Schmidt's crimo, as brought out at the trial, is as follows: Mr. aud Mrs. Peek lived on a farm near West Union and Abratn Leonard resided with them. All were aged people. Mr. Peek was 75 veara uld and Mrs. Peek was 00. On Sunday, Jan. r, 3887, as the da}* dawnotl. Leonard,*' half dressed, dazed, and blooding-, aroused a noighbor, and nunouueed that Peok had been rmwlerod, his wife badly wonndod, aud that he (Leonard) had two bnllots in his side. Neighbors went at once to tho Peok house, aud found Mr. Peek lying doad near his gato, with his head and faeo terribly mu tilated. A fouco hoard, with which ovidently he had been beaten to death, lay noar. Mrs. Peok was* found on hot bed, suffering from gunshot wounds. Suspicion fell at onco _. upon llenry Schmidt, a a Bavarian then but J'.) years old, who had r* eently come to this country, and had boon, Pock. lie and Peek about the amount due hnn, and a lawsuit be- tweon them was pending. Schmidt was ar rested and iden'itied as her asssailant by Mrf. Peek, who lived until Sopt, *5. Schmidt was tried, and, on Oct. 1*0, couvicted of murder, aud sentenced to bo hanged. The evidence brougnt ont in tho trial of Schmidt showed that tho murderer entered tho Peek house some time in the night, carrying some straw, to which ho immedi ately sot fire. Ho then began shooting into tho room, where thore wero two beds, occu pied by Mr. and Mr*. Peek and by Leonard. The latter was shot first* and Mrs. Peek made au attempt to jump from^dpa wm- ABIIAM VKEK. dow, when ho w&s shot from tho ont aide. Sho Baid: **Ilenry, wbv would you hurt meyn and the assassin said, "I didn't mean to hurt yon, Mrs. Pook." Later a desperate strugglo was had noar the gate whoro Schmidt brauiod Peek. Eleven days after the trial Schmidt mado a confession in which ho mado the charges against EUison T. Smith, reiterated ou the scaffold. Schmidt was at the time in the om ploy of Smith. Tholatter's wife would inherit property from Leonard upon his death and this was the implied motive of tho alleged in stigation. Smith was arrested and tried, but thero was so littlo evidence against him that ho was acqu'tted. PETITIONS ron CLEMENCY. After it bocamo apparent that Schmidt would bo haugod numorous petitions woro presented to Gov. Larr.xboo asking that the sentence be commuted. It it) said that theBO petitions boro the names of 1,800 signers The Gov ernor, however, declined to interfere, and it is supposed that hia decision was greatly in fluenced by a lettor written him by Judfto Hatch, boforo whom tV.hmitdt and Ellison T. Smith worotr.'od. This letter is now first pub lisho.l. In it .ludgo Hatch says that he b*-, liovea thnt tho murder wa& tho work of Schmidt alone and was prompted by his own depravity, nnd that in tho liopo of executive clemoncy ho sought bv perjury to send to the gallows a mau whom ho knew to bo innocent rtmLic orretoN. Schmidt's dyin^ declaration, which was in perfect accord with his confobeiou and with ovory statemont mado by him since ho first coufossod, has done much to lead public opin ion to tho belief that ho was not alono in planning the murdor. Still, thero are somo who Btoutly maintain that ho was alone in tho crime, and they cite tlio fact of tho boy's previous life, and also that his father com mitted murdor in Bavaria, a fact that has boon substantiated by thorough investigation. E li son T. Smith, who was tried for the samo crime on Sohmidt's confession and was acquit ted, has goue to Kansas. AUTOPHY. An autop -y waa held on the romains. Tbs bra weighod forty-four ounos«*, and the top of the head was quits noticeably flattened, making tlio transverse diamotor greater than normal. The livor wa* very much enlarged and showed a slight scar, but the cause of it could not bo a9certa:nel. Tho body was placed in ihe town-hat1, where all who wished wero allowed to viow it. Piatt OustMl. Tho jury in tho oase of the Stato against ox-Senator Thoma* C. Piatt, to oust him from tho position of Quarantine Comrnis siouer of tho city of New York, ou the ground that ho ie not a resident of that city, returned a verdirt againBt Piatt, and an oider has been isfiued ouflting him from tho offlce._ Fresh News Items, \. PimsiDKNT GAiiriEiiD'8 mother is ill at Mentor, and nearing the end. BY the aid of tho big telescope in the Lick Observatory ut San Francisco, a new star has been discovered iu the constella tion of Orion. THE block tin market ia cornered by a syndicate of French capitalists, and prices have been advanced 00 per cent, above the minimum within tho last sixty days. IT is proposed by tho New York Pcmo Qr&t-jM&o celebrato Samuel J. Tilden's birth day, February fc, by a big dinner, to which President Cleveland, Governor Hill, Mayor Hewitt, and other prominent Demoeratv Trill bi invited,