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TI-IE INDEX.
Z. W. riTXI, frojrlttor.
MIIDICINK LOIXJK, EARDOt'H CO.. KANS
CURRENT COMMENT.
Kr.roia nre that Jamr Carey, the
DuUiit Informer, li.m ?ail'd for tho
United State.
Spain N very much alarmed over the
outbreak of cholera in Egypt and the
Sanitary Council advicd that the maxi
mum period of firrtr:i ntino be imw)ed
upon nil tc-ch arming at Spanish
"rt.i from Eg pt.
A tF-4i'F.R atk attempt wai made re
cently in tin compartment carriage of a
railway train running from Caiaii to
Pari to munlcr ami rob the Rev. Mr.
Witchlornc, nn EnglMi clergyman.
Tli murderer attacked Mr. Witchborne
with n vhM Mabbing him live times. I
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Tho Rosassin tried to ccae, and when
raptured attempted Miicide. J
Bottom's big organ, which fof some
time had been quiet, va again heard
from the other day by a compromise of
the unit to re-train its removal from
Miisii Hall, nnd Win. O. G rover, tho
purchaser, will begin its removal May,
1KI, hcing nlloed two mouths to take
it from Mule I fall. The organ will re
main in Ioton, be improved, nnd a
hall will be built especially, with n view
to its accommodation in the rear cilice
ff the New England Conservatory of
Mu-ie.
'Tur. lati-st reports in regard to Queen
Victoria's health are said not to bo sat
isfactory. It is nNo said that the pre
cautions taken for tho Czar's protection
during the coronation, and the exciting
rumors of plots against his life hail a
depressing effect upon her majesty, ninl
It is thought hc has fears for her own
af. ty. If there nre any grounds on
whieh to base her fears, they have not
x'en made public. In fact she is said
to bo morbidly melancholy nnd inain
taim Mrict rrtiremcut.
At a recent meeting of the New York
Emigration Comini.Moners Commis
sioner Stcphcnioti said he had procured
affidavit from several immigrant.diow
ing that they had been inmate of m-v-cral
iMir-houses in Ireland, nnd were
induced to come to this country by
work-house masters from whom they
l;a rccelcd paxxae lii kcts nnd Muall
sums of money. The Corxnissioners
expressed their determination to put a
top to the landing of pauper immi
grant from foreign countries.
Tirr. opiru'oti of r-Judge R.idgclcy,
of the Siqwrior Court nt Quebec, re
cently Issued, states that the Grand
l.odgi of Free Masons, Prminco of
Quebec, is subject to the penalties im
ptied iii the net of 1V.7 ngain-d ecret
ocictic. Those are only exempt under
the Grand IMes of England, Ire
land, Scotland or Canada the four
named having got special nets passed
granting them immunity from penalties.
The Grand Iodge of Quebec contem
plates taking tlie matter into the courts.
Tur. publication in n Washington
City and n New York paper of the find
ings nnd sentence of the court martial in
the Wasnn ca-e, before the ollicial pro
ceedings bad la-en received by the Sec
retary of War. it is said has cau-cd a
litcly rumpus in the War department.
The premature publication is to be thor
oughly invest i-ratcd. It N suspected nt
the department that one of the oilicers
c.niMisin the court martial divulged
the secret, nnd it is pven out that if the
name of the o flier r can be ascertained
he will be promptly dismissed from tho
ervice.
Mm. lUv Si(.i.kt.n. better known
in Texas as Mrs. Witty, recently at
tempted suicide nt tiahest. m by taking
morphine. This w oman has n remark
nble history. She is a cousin of Frank
nnd Jesse .fames, ho were present
when ehe married F.ay Singleton, in
Kansas City, ncveral years np. Single
Ion nt the time was a fugitive from jus
lice, the oilicers of Mississippi bcinj; af
ter him. so ho had assumed the name t
Walter Witty, the name of a wealthy
banker in his native Stale. After reach
Texas Mrs Witty discovered that
h! had married her husband under a
f ilsename, and compelled him. nt the
point of a pistol, to procure a liccnso
nn. I marry her under the name of Sin
gleton, the latter wedding taking place
In the town of Denton. Her lui.sband
was shot by -Canada Hill" some time
u-To. ami she went to him. nnl tenderly
nursed him until he died. Mrs. Single
Ion served ns ft spy for Quantrclf in
Missouri during the war. She is eald t
or rcspeeiai.le nnd accomplished, but
iron--min.e.l. She stated.to her physi
i nn tiiai. nnnou-h he mi-ht save her
lire this time, sh would yet kill herself.
Tur. city of New Orleans wan recently
consi.lernbly excited oTer tho decision
ofJudp r.illinjrs of the Cnited States
Court directing tho Issue of a mandamui
cmpellm the City Council to forth
with levy and collect a special tax for
I he purpose of paying Mrs. Caine.i th
amount of thc Judgment against the
.-ity some .'.0iX.tM) -rendered bv
him. The press was unitedly opposed
. j .i . .
""mmnj; me orercc, ami not a mem
ber of the Council it wai declared
would dare tote to obey the order of
tho court. Tho city decided to apnea!
the case if a reasonable liond would bo
accepted. If not tie Klicy of the citj
would 1 one of passive resistance to all
orders of th court. The city ofllciah
declared that the aggTossirr movements
must come from the court, and they
worn. 1 1? nrmly met. An effort to com
mil for contempt of his authority on the
part of the Judge would le offset w ith a
refusal to obey, and if the court called
on tho Marshal to enforce it orders the
city would call on lU own polico and
inns iorce be met with force. In brief,
the order of tho court to leTv thc tax
would not be obeyed, ami no one would
t permitted to to jail for disobodi
ence tn tho refusal. It was thought.
howerer, that a reasonable bond would
be accepted Qd. tho case taken to the
Supreme Court. Not the least interest
ing of the developments in this case waa
the fact that Mrs. Gaines waa on the
ftrcet trying to borrow money with
rv " "J uwk to ner Home
In Washington. Incidentally hhe stateti
that she had not a dollar of Interest in
the proceeds of this judgment, aa it was
all going Into the hands of a syndicate
ci lawyer ana peculator.
THE WORLD'S DOINGS.
A fiummnry of tlio Dnlljr cw.
POLITICAL AND PRRHOIAL.
W. H. Vaxdcrbilt Iiri added $100,000 to
the endowment fun.! of the VanderLilt
Cnlrerstty of NanhrilK Trnn., making the
total endowment JT'M.nO).
Thc I'renldent has appointed Colonel
IbdaMrd, Quartermaster Oncral, to suc
ceed Crneral Inall, retired.
Thc Vt Hcvkremd Thomas Walsh,
icar Ueneral of the diocese of Hartford,
Conn., dld recently. HI death wai en
tirely unexpected. He wai flfty-f. uryrars
of a;e, and was born in Ireland.
Tux Democrat and Itepul licamof Madi
son County, II h,., n-t at Canton recently,
and ratified the fuiion of the parties a
proposed by the refertir executive com
mittees. Tho convention was largely nt
ten.le,l. Tho fusion Rives the Democrats
the District Attorney, Ktate Kt-hator,
Kheriff, Treasurer, Clianccry Chile, three
KuiKTTlsora and half the Constables and
"sournie. j ,e ltrmiblicaiis ret two
7 ""ne uset Circuit U.ik,
Assessor, two Kiiu.l..,P. i...if
w. .Magistrate anil Constables. iMh
parties pledged themselves faithfully to
carry out. the terms of the fusion. TIim
nominationa made by the Ilepuhlican tddo
of the fusion are all colored men. Tho
Democrats deferred making nominations
for a month. The fusionlsts, it is U lieve.I,
will defeat the Indejndents at the polls
next Novemtjer. The Iiidej.endents held n
caucus to express themselves natisfiel with
what tho Democrats and Republicans have
done, ami assert they will defeat the fusion
nominees in Novernlx-r.
AliMTIo.tAL charges npalnst Architect
Hill were received by Mr. Munh the other
day, alleging fraud in the selection and
purchase of a ite for a public building
in Denver.
At a late special election in the Mobile,
Ala., district, Jani s F. Jones was elected
to Congress to fill a Tacancy.
. mist KI.LANF.Ot .
Tub receipts for postage stamps nt the
Postofllce IVpnrtment for the first quarter
ending March .11, lxi, were f Il,r..-,1JI, nnd
for the pinrter ending D m!.er .11, ls,
Jlo.OT.Vo, nn increase of .Vt,l .",. Tlie pross
receipts of the department for tho lirst
quarter of Iss.i were JIl.MI.-.'TI ami fourth
quarter of 1 , . I l,4.14,Tii, mi increase for
the first quarter of I.hs.1 f .7(;,.v,t. It is
estimated at the Postnfllce Department that
the ndditional coinMnsation to ll.no) post
cflices, (Tec ted by the act of Mareh , l.sJ,
provhling for the n.tjiistment t postums
ters' salaries will amount to ll,2Jl,(" for
tho seven months ending tteptemlcr 1.1, lss'L
TitK Knstern bnnks have eembine.l
against the trade dollar nnd refused to re
ceive it.
Tur.nr. was an accident on the Kocffestor
tt 1'ittsburg l'.nilroad early the other morn
ing at Kasselas, twenty-flvu miles from
Pradfrd, l'n. The first nectioii of a coal
train, to which was attaehed n passenger
car containing fifteen persons, broke in two
n a henvy grade, and aeven cars, rushing
bnrk ilown tlie grade, ran into th second
seetitm, stnnshingthe cars to pieces, killiug
six, in hiding the conductor and hmkciuati,
and wounding the remainder.
Di utNu n Sunday S hool procession the
other day at M il waukee, AVis., a farmer's
team linnm frightened nt the band ran
away and dashed nmong the children and
then to the crowded sidewalk nnd trampled
the people under their hoofs in every direc
tion. One si hool girl was killed. Kchmitt
owner of the team, received fatal injuries,
nnd Mrs. Hngel, whosave.l the lives of two
little ones by pushing them aside, was
severely Licked. Over a dozen were in
jured. Martix MoRAX.nged nineteen, was st nick
by lightning recently, on his father's farm
near KdgchVhl Junction, Tenn., while
shocking oats, nnd instantly killed. Two
negro men who wer assisting him in the
Held were knoeked down but recovered.
NTKritrx H. 1'iucK is held nt Thilndelphia
as an emtiexzler for losing through specula
tion .:,nil f the KUhnrd-M.n estate,
which was intrusted to him as executor nnd
trustee.
A rAMM.Y of five father, mother nnd
hreo children were drowned in the river
wenty miles below Malisou, I nd., recently.
the waves from a passing steamer ujset-
lug the skilr.
FI.I.M P. I'lilPrM, ex-Superintendent of
the Philadelphia Alms House, recently con
victed for forgery, was xentenced to live
years' imprisonment in the county prison
n separate nnd solitary con linement w ith
iard laiM.r. An appeal to tho Supreme
'ourt will U taken nt its session in No-
vctnlHr.
Tmc st-amer'hi ight Light was sunk nt
Booiiville, Mo., n few days ngo. Total loss,
except maehinerv. which will Im raised.
Tiik annual report of the chief mail di
vision of the 1'cusioii Office show the re-
eijits during the fiscal year to 1h ..::,! I
applications for pensions, nn Increase over
tlie. previous Year of IVi.tai.V There utr
IT.nuo letters received from Congressmen.
Statemext of the public debt for Juno:
Total debt .tl,l,l7l,T-.'s; rash in treasury,
:u:.,:wt,!H.; debt, less cash in treasary,
t I 1 ". I .! 7 ; decrease during June, .flS,-
ivsjol ; decrease since June :io, lsi, l;?7 -
Wlin.r on his w ay to U'ashlncton. Gen
eral Crook stated in a conversation at Den
ver that the telegraphic reports that the
hostiles are ngaiu on the war path are ab
solutely without foundation; that they
weregiailor nn oppoi turity to surrender,
nnd luwyreaitzo mat further demonstra
tions by them would I. most disastrous
A few squaws and children only remain
out. These were expected in hourly, nnd
licyond doubt would bring Charley Mc
Comas.
Oxb day last week fifty-six loats, carry
lng 2H,lX),Oi0 feet of himWr, left I5ay City,
Jlii h., for Ohio and the Kast, being the
largest fleet that ever left that port in one
day.
Ixixdox dispatches say thnt a panle In
breadstuff now threatens England. Its im
minence is due chiefly to the cholera
Hockade against India. There seems to be
no relief except from the I'nited States,
and Americans, lccaue of the probability
of an epidemic of Asiatic cholera, which
will practically cut ofT the India supply of
cereals, nave lefore thetu the best rain
market ever given a nation
TiLtciRAMS received at Helena, M. T.,
stated that atiout one hundred lodges of
L row Indians were preparing to move from
Manitoba south, under the leadership of
Little Pine, ostensibly for the purpose of
hunting buffalo, ,ut hi reality to steal
horses and commit other depredations in
Montana. Col. Ilgei will Intercept them
and see that their sojourn on the American
side of the line is short.
The Dauphin County, To., Alms House
burned recently.
A revere storm swept over portions of
Wisconsin a few daya since doing a large
amount of damage. In Belgium ami Fre
donla alone over JO0 buildings were blown
dawn. At Chikfield, near Fon do Lac, there
was great loss, and at Fort Washington
three men were drowned.
Oovkrxor Di'TLER, of Massachusetts,
sent to the House his veto of the bill to levy
State tax to the amount of $J,Oi)0,OUO. He
does not l-elieve in raising money before
needed and letting it lie in bonds at three
per cent, while poor people who pay taxes
irnst lorrow at not less than five per cent
to pay them with. He reviewed the
finances of the last four year and said
that a tax of f2KW,000 is unnecessary and
unreasonable. He regards Jl.nOo.noo at
sufficient tax and flJ.WO ample.
New York, New Jersy and several of
the New England States had a small sample
of a Western tornado on tho 2d. House,
fences and treea were blown away but no
fatal result were reported.
The amount of stamps imprinted on
check! and drafts received at the Internal
Revenue Bureau for cancellation and re
demption to date is $W,0X).
TiVm. h. Fimax, agrd twenty-four, t-hot
and killed his sister Fanny, aged twenty.
eight, and then killed himself at Throgge
Neck, Westchester County, N. Y., recent
ly. He waa insane.
Axother call for bonds it is thought
w ill ! issued this month.
Tnc number of claims received at the In
ternal llevenue Bureau for rebate on ac
count of totacco, snulT and cigars under
the new internal revenue law approximates
SV), aggregating ?2,000,000.
Tux Swedish and Norwegian Minister
has called the attention of the Secretary of
State to the arrest and "imprisonment of
Swedish emigrants by manufacturing cor
porations at Sun Cook, N. H. It appears
the companies have been importing help
from these countries, and it is claimed by the
corporations the help owe the companies
their passage money, which the emigrants
deny. An investigation is being maae
through somo of their countrymen.
Dcrixo the laun-hing of the steamer
Daphne, near Glasgow, Scotland, the other
day h fell over on her aide and precipi
tated n number of people into the water.
The Daphne, which was constructed for
the coasting rade, is a vessel of WW tons
burden. Two hundred workmen werefcn
lonrd when she capsized. The accident
occurred in the middle of the river Clyde,
after launching. The vessel ran nt a very
fast rate, and w hen she gained the water
she rolled from side to side. Persons on
board, fearing she would be capsized, ran
to and fro. The vessel finally reeled over
nnd nearly disappeared beneath the water.
Those w ho had maintained positions on
that portion of tho steamer not submerged
did their utmost to save those who were
cast overboard. At the same time boats
heavily pulled to assist in tbs work of res
cuing the unfortunate peopie, and suc
ceeded in saving quite a number. Sixty or
seventy were lost, nmong them many
visitors.
Ji'dok Hacoiix was aassinatod the
other night on the road home from Jeffer
son, Tex., where he had been attending a
night session of Court. One ball passed
through the right breast and another pene
trated the heart. The assassin was un
known.
Tub Supreme Court of Missouri on a test
case, decided the Downing High License
Liquor law to lie constitutional.
Tub American in the city of Mexico
celebrated the Fourth.
The contract w ith the I.ee Marble Com
pany, of Massachusetts, to furnish marble
for the construction of the Washington
monument, has been annulled because of
the inability to meet contract requirements.
Advertisement for proposals for supplying
4J,' feet of marble have leen issued.
Tub net decrease in the cost of the Star
Mnil land service during June was $Js,374;
net decrease in the Star Mail steamboat
service during the same period, $1,187.
O.v the iMh of June Deputy United States
Marshal Wilkei son while returning from
the West with a prisoner charged with
dealing in whisky, camped nliout two miles
from Bartlesville, in the Indian Territory,
and the next morning went to the village,
leaving the prisoner in charge of one of
his guards, named McWear. The same
day McWear was brutally murdered, as
wns supitnsod by the prisoner, who made
his escape, taking with him the mule and
pistol of the dead guard. The Indian po
lice started in pursuit nt once, but at last
accounts had hot captured the murderer.
H. H. LfDLt'if, fell from the trapeze of a
I nll.M.n n distance of forty feet at Scran ton,
1 a., recently nnd received fatal injuries.
1 1. Mam S. Cleary, aged eighteen, son
of Judge Cleary the Commonwealth's At-
mey of tho Covington Circuit, and
brother of Edwin Clear', the actor, was
lrowned near Cincinnati recenth- in the
LittleMiami Iliver while bathing.
J am eh C. Fleming, clerk of ex-Treasurer
Folk during his term of office, was taken to
Nashville, Tenn., recently, from Hot
Springs, where he had leen sojourning for
t ho previous two weeks, on a warrant issued
for his arrest, charging him with making
false entry in tho lxHks in the Treasurer's
office. The officer making the arrest admit
ted to Fleming that the warrant was issued
to secure his presence as a witness in the
Folk trial.
A iioiiki ble and fatal accident occurred
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
hnilwny, at n inton Flace crossing, near
Cincinnati, Ohio, thc other night, whereby
six jHTsons were instantly killed. The
Thunderltolt express, coming south on the
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway,
and half nn hour lxhind time, struck a
huckster wagon, in which there was a fam
ily of six persons and a driver. Every one
except William Bertsch, the driver, was
killed, w ho escaped with serious though not
fatal injuries. The wagon was broken to
splinters. Tlie family were that of Mr.
Henry Krocke, and they were going to
their farm, seven miles from Winton Place.
The names of the killed were Henrv
Krocke, his wife and four children John.
aged nineteen, Annie, sixteen, Maggie,
thirteen, and Liz.ie, seven. The bodies ol
tlie victims were thrown in fragments in
the grass by the roadside, where they were
pu ked up by the light of lanterns and
taken to the city.
A i.ate fire at Athens, Ala., destroyed
two blocks in the central part of the city,
mostly fin me storehouses. The loss was
alwiut dx),nni; insurance about $40,000.
At Norristown, Pa., recently, James
Jack, while drunk, strangled his wife tc
do.ith. He was arrested.
ADDITIONAL, DMPATCHES.
A circtlar will soon be issued from the
Treasury Department requiring manufac
turers 01 stomach bitters to take out Recti
fier's license. Tho cause of this is said to be
that many parties are putting on the
market an article purporting to be bitters,
but really liquors intended for sale to evade
local and State license laws, and in territory
where tho sale of intoxicants is prohibited.
The record of dead and wounded conse
quent upon celebration of the Fourth in
Chicago was thirty-eight casualties all
told, including three deaths, five fatally
wounded, twenty-three more or less
maimed for life, and five slightly injured.
The chief instrument of destruction proved
to le the toy pistol and small cannon in
the hands of children.
Heavt storms in the East since the
Fourth, did a large amount of damage. At
Dover, N. II., one of the store-houses of the
Cocheco print works filled with prints ready
ior snipment, was Hooded and 140 cases,
containing 2,2.") yards each, valued at
000, were submerged and badly damaged.
A large stock of gum and colors were de
stroyed. Lightning struck seven houses in
the vicinity, causing a large amount of
damage and killing Martin Frost, I. N.
Elliot and Oliver W. Browlton.
Complaixt was recently lodged with the
Superintendent of Castle Garden by the
Hibernian Society of Philadelohia. that
Hannah Callaghan, who arrived in New
York as an assisted immigrant by the
Anchor line, and has been employed as a
domestic in Philadelphia, is insane. She
waa in a lunatic asylum in Ireland, bas no
means and is unable to work.
The State Treasurer of Iowa the other
day paid the last dollar of the State war
debt, in addition to which the State has no
other indebtedness, of any character not
covered by funds now in the treasury.
Twkxtt-six buildings were destroyed by
a late fire at Evansville, Minn. Loss about
$1.V,000.
Two vessels recently arrived at Pensa
cola, Fla., from Vera Crux with yellow
fever on board. They were quarantined.
' The balcony of the Kerster House at
Kansas, Ills., gave way on the evening of
the Fourth during a fireworks display,
seriously injuring and maiming seven per
sons, four it was thought fatally.
Parties were recently arrested in New
York for the forging of $1,000,000 Missouri
certificates of indebtedness of 1S74.
Archbishop Pcrcell died at St. Mar.
tin's, Ohio, otf the 4th in the eighty-fonrtb
A RiUGiova riot broke out in Belfast,
Ireland, recently. The police charged and
dispersed the mob. Several policemen
were seriously injured.
I.X the libel suit of F J. Lehman t-lnst
the Chicago Herald the Jury gave plaintiff
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
rRorxssoa II. A. Turtox, a prominent
educational worker of Franklin Conaty,
has been unanimously elected Superin
tendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at
Olathe. Professor Turton was for sosne
years connected with the Iowa institution
of the same nature.
A Toc.xo man named Far was shot one
day recently by a policeman at Ottawa '
and seriously wounded. The officer remon
strated with Fay about using a doorway
for a bed, when he attacked the officer
which resulted in his getting shot. ,
Nixxtxex business houses and property
ESregating $00,000 were destroyed by a
late fire at Cottonwood Falls.
The other morning while bathing in the
river at Topeka, James Horn, a son of non,
Daniel II. Horn, thirteen years of age, was
drowned.
Charters were filed with the Secretary
of State recently of the Times, Fredonia,
Wilson County; capital stock, $5,000.
Galva Mill Company, Mcpherson county;
capital stock, $10,.m Walton Methodist
Episcopal Church, Harvey County; First
Church of the United Brethren In Christ of
Emporia.
I.x the case of Frank E. Young, on trial
last week at Wichita for arson, the jury,
after being out thirty-six hours, failed to
agree. The defendant was charged with
an attempt to hire Dave Coffey to burn the
Occidental Hotel in that city. The case
was one of great importance. Young, the
defendant, is the proprietor of theTremont
House in Wichita and a first-class business
taan, with an unimpeachable business
record. Public opinion was with him from
the outset, and but little credit given to
the charges of the prosecuting witness.
Auditor McCabe has made uo and for
warded to State Agent S. J. Crawford, at
Washington, a list of lands selected by
agents of the State in 1SS2, in lieu of lands
lost to the State by reason of Indian
reservations, etc., but for some reason
never certified to the State. The list aggre
gates 18,704 acres, situated in the old and
settled portions of the State, and are valu
able. Wilbur Frank, of Lamed, fourteen
years old, is a mechanical prodigy. II
has recently made a railroad engine in
proper form, everything including bell,
whistle, tools and oil can, in the most me
chanical style. Proportion is observed in
the mechanism, and the work itself is evi
dence that the boy has a rare talent for
work of this character.
Thk National Eclectic Medical Associa
tion recently in session at Topeka, elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
President, E. Younklin, of St. Louis; First
Vice President, J. M. Welch, of Kansas;
Second Vice President, Geo. Covert, ol
Wisconsin; Third Vice President, L. D.
Beam, of Johnstown, Pa.; Secretary, Alex.
Wilder, of New Jersey; Treasurer, James
Anton, of New York.
Miss Jennik Glick, daughter of the Gov
ernor, was married at Atchison last week
to Mr. J. W. Orr. The young couplo re
ceived many handsome presents.
A company from Parsons, it is said, has
leased some land four miles southeast of
Columbus and are prospecting for lead,
with good indications. They have struck
Iwth lead and jack in going a depth of
twenty-five feet and have hopes of making
a rich find.
Hank Sioersox, a horse-thief, jumped
from the Fort Scot train near Olathe re
cently and made his escape from Ike Mc
Carthy, a Kansas Ctty livery stablo keep
er, who had him in charge and from whom
Sigerson had stolen a horse.
A decision was made by Judge Martin,
of Atchison, recently which materially
affects all corporations which claim ex
clusive privileges under city ordinances.
In the case decided the Atchison Street
Railroad asked an injunction to restrain
the Missouri Pacific railway company from
cutting the track of the horse raiload. This
was refused by Judge Martin on the ground
that the city had no authority to grant the
right of way to the street raUroad. His de
cision was based upon the provision in the
constitution which declares that "no special
privileges or immunities shall be granted
by the Legislature which may not be al
tered, revoked or repealed by the same
tody; nnd this power shall be exercised by
no other tribunal or agency." The court
held that the street railway franchise is a
sjecial privilege, which could only be
granted by the Legislature, and not by the
city.
Mr. Sherman, a brother-in-law of Dis
trict Attorney Hallowell, is to le Clerk of
the United States Court, Wichita district,
and reside permanently in that city.
Sedqwick County claims a stand of 138,
300 acres of corn, all looking fine.
Steps are being taken to erect a monu
ment to the memory of Hon. Alfred Orisjr,
ex-Secretary of the State Board of Agricul
ture. The Legislature at its last session
appropriated the sum of $1,.VK) for this pur
pose to be expended under the direction ol
the Executive Council. In addition to this
quite a sum of money was raised sometime
ago by private subscription, and this will
le combined with the appropriation. The
monument will be erected in the cemetery
at Topeka.
Dr. George Raymond, one of the
American missionaries attacked in eastern
Turkey by the robber Kourds, and nearly
murdered, was well known in Wyandotte,
where he was visiting about a year ago.
In accordance with the request of the
Board of Public Charities of the United
States, Governor Glick has appointed Dr.
W. W. Cochran of Atchison, Dr. Gossett of
Paola, aud Dr. H. W. Roby of Topeka,
delegates to the tenth annual meet
ing of the National Conference of Charities
to be held at Louisville, Ky., September
24, 18S.X
Charters were filed last week for the
Freedmen's Academy of Kansas, place of
business, Emporia, Dunlap or Lawrence;
Parkhurst Mercantile Company, Madison,
Greenwood County; Shiloh M. E. Church
of Neosho County.
ATcnisox has 3,109 dogs.
The contract for building the general
offices of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad Company at Topeka, was awarded
to James A. McGonigle, of Leavenworth
for $183,890. The work is to be completed
by July 1, 18S4.
The investigation of Dr. Knapp, Super
intendent of the Insane Asylum, resulted
in his acquittal of the charges preferred
against him.
The Governor bas received a letter from
Governor B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts,
in which he sends his regrets for not being
able to accept the invitation to deliver the
annual address at the coming State Fair.
Rev. Noah Harper, of Indiana, will be
railed to preach in the Emporia Baptist
church.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Western National Fair Association
held at Lawrence recently, a resolution
was unanimously adopted by the Board
abandoning the idea of holding a fair at
Bismarck Grove this fall. This action was
brought about owing to the fact of the rail
road corporations refusing to reduce the
fare to one cent per mile: The business
transactions of the organization will be
peedily settled and their contracts can
celed. Some of the earlier fields of corn in South
ern Kansas are in tassle.
Kansas-made wagons are shipped at fai
West as Puget Sound.
On request of Governor Sheldon, of New
Mexico, that the State of Kansas be repre
sented at the Tertio-Millennial anniversary
at Santa Fe, the Governor recently named
Col.M. Quigg, formerly of Atchison, as
ruclT representative.
The new Fort Scott road has reached
Wichita.
The list of old soldiers of Atchison
County Includes CI 4 white and 124 black,
being a total of 738, and still is incomplete.
Paws rx Countt has raised a bountiful
supply of vegetables by irrigating.
The county officers to be elected next
November are as' follows: County Treas
urer, County Clerk, Register of Deeds,
Sheriff, County Surveyor, Coroner and
County Commissioner.
THE CODE. v
A Tfostlle Meeting ar Waynesboro, Taw,
Itetween Two Bloodthirsty Richmond
Editors Mr. Blerne Shoots nnd Cripples
Mr. Klain In Strict Accordance Wltlx the
Bales of the Dueling Code.
Staunton? Ya July 2.
Bierne and El am, the Richmond duelists,
met Saturday morning near New Hope, In
this county. At the first exchange of shots
neither were touched. At the second shot,
Elani was struck in the upper part of the
thigh, and Bierne escaped unhurt. Bierne
then expressed himself as satisfied, and th
parties left tlie field In opposite directions.
Elani had been concealed not many miles
from the scene of the combat for several
days past He was at the residence of John
Lewis, son of IL J. Lewis. Tho arrange
ment for tlie meeting was matured in Rich
mond at the time when Elara was in this
vicinity and Bierne in West Virginia. Sonic
point about midway between the two places
was fixed as the place. A change of seconds
was made, am the cartel, as previously de
terminednamely, Colt's sixes, at eight
paces, was agreed upon.
Both principals managed to evade the
vigilance of the authorities, and at six
o'clock Saturday morning met in a strip of
woods about two miles trom Waynesboro,
the junction of the Shenandoah Valley
and tlie Chesapeake and Ohio railroads.
The distance was marked off and at the
first hre neither of tlie men was struck.
Bierne, the challenger, demanded a second
shot, which was granted, and the bullet
from his pistol inittedded itself In tlie upper
part of Elam's right thigh. Bienie was un
touched. Elam fell to the ground, and
Bierne, raking his hat to his fallen
opjxment, was hurried into a carriage
and driven rapidly away. Subsequently
he tocrk the train nt Crimona. Elam was
also conveyed in a carriage to a house near,
where Ins surgeon attended lain. It was
found that the extraction of the ball would
be attended with danger, and a consultation
among the surgeons was held. The fact
that the ball failed to force itself through is
taken as evidence, in connection with, the
character of the weapon used and the dis
tance, that it came in contact with one of
the large bones.
No arrests have been made, nor does there
seem any disposition to institute a legal in
vestigation. Elam was removed to the res
idence of J. F. Lewis, and his wife sent for.
When the combatants took position, sev
eral gentlemen present, but not immediately
connected with the affair were asked to re
tire. They did so, and the physician then
gave the word: " Gentlemen, are you ready?
Firel One, two, three!" The shots were to
be exchanged after tho word " lire " and
before the word " three." At tho word
" one," both pistols were discharged in quick
succession, but without effect. The same
programme was then related, both reports
being almost simultaneous, and just at the
word "one." As Elam staggered un
der the effict of a wound, his second
ran forward and assisted him to cushions
w hich lay on the ground. Tlie wounded
man was under thc impression that the ball
had penetrated both legs, and insisted that
such was the case. When assured by the
surgeon that it had not even gone through
one leg, and that tlie intense pain In tlie
other was caused from sympathy, Elam ex
pressed regret ithat he had not demanded
another shot " lie was Krfectly cool and
collected, and gave directions in a strong,
composed voice. Bierne also acted with
deliberation, and, although pale, seemed
perfectly cool, lie was taken away by hi;
second after he discovered that Elam could
not again stand.
Elam was placed In an ambulance and
started for the residence of Lieutenant
Governor Lewis, fifteen or twenty ihilcs dis
tant. It was doubtful what effect the rido
would have, and in case tho wounded man
was not able to stand it preparations were
made for ins entertainment at the house of
some of his prominent friends along the
way. The wound was evidently a very seri
ous one. After the ball struck, Elam gave
one or two steps forward, and from that
it was thoucht that the leg had not been
broken. The surgeon, however, stated that
the muscle would have sustained him that
length of time.
Elam has been removed to Governor John
F. Lewis' residence. The Post Republic.
of Rockingham County, says it is currently
stated that Ulenie has been challenged by a
leading Readjuster to fight again at an early
day.
This is the third duel Elam has fought,
and the second one In which he was wound
ed. During the civil war he fought with
a fellow-confederato soldier, but escaped
unhart. In 1SS0 he fought a duel near
Richmond with Colonel Tom Smith, son of
ex-Governor Smith, of this State, and was
wounded in the chin.
As will be remembered, the duel grew out
of editorials in The Whbj and The State
which reflected upon the editors who met on
the field to-day. Strange as it may appear,
those gentlemen were unacquainted, nnd
until they faced each other's weapons had
never met before. Some idea of . their de
termination to resent the offensive editorials
?an be gathered when it Is known that both
traveled in private conveyances over 230
miles to fight. Their journey was necss
sarily made under tlie most disadvanta
geous circumstances. As the whole State
was aroused, they had to confine themselves
to the by-roads and travel mostly by night,
sometimes sleeping out, fearing to apply for
lodgings on thc road, fording swollen moun
tain streams nnd crossing mountains. It
would not do, however, for either to return
to Richmond without fightng, and no diffi
culties were permitted to interfere with
them.
Fatal Disaster on a Railroad.
Bradford, Pa., July 2.
About three o'clock Sunday morning a
eoal train with a passenger car attached, on
the Rochester & Pittsburgh Eallroad,broke in
two while going up a steep grade near Ras
selas, a few miles south of the Kinzua via
duct Tlie severed section, consisting of
seven heavily-loaded coal cars and the pas
senger coach, immediately started down tho
steep grade and, while going at the frightful
Meed of eighty miles an hour, collided with
the engine of an approaching train.
The passenger car was well filled. The
destruction of life and limb was appalling.
Seven persons have already died from their
Injuries, and others are fatally hurt. A re
lief train with three surgeons and a number
of employes of the company was dispatched
to the scene, and the killed and injured wero
brought to -the city. So far as can be
learned their names are :
8. N. Dolles, aired thirty-four, conductor, re
sldinir in Bradford, terribly mamrlcd: died tn
tantlv. David Ford, bmkeman, Bradford,
both leirs broken, fatally injured internally;
died Sunday evening. Mike Downs, brake
man, liradford, toth feet cut off and
fatally injured; died at four o'clock Sun
day afternoon. Georare Quinn. Bradford,
traveling man. died on the relief train. Auro
lo Odone. an Italian laborer, instantly killed.
L. I McKee. Bradford, leu broken and injured
about the abdomen; died at noon while
beinfr carried into his house. Robert Clemens,
Bradford, neck broken and badly crushed;
killed outright. James O'ConnelU Alton, dan
rerously injured. Joseph Kavella, Alton,
badly hurt, probably not recover. Mrs. W. H.
McCurdy and baby, ; Bradford, slUrhtly cut
about the head and arms; child bruised. W.
. Davis. Olean, N. Y., terrible gash on the head,
supposed to bo fatally hurt. John Collins,
Limestone. N. Y badiy burton head. J. Bos
war, several ribs broken and severe contu
sions about head. J. Cosmillo. an Italian, le?
broken in two places. K. Cosmillo, a brother,
ribs stove in, and condition critical.
"Pop" Downs, engineer of the second
train, was the only one hurt in his crew. He
saw the severed section approaching, and,
after reversing his engine, jumped, escaping
with slight bruises.
Mrs. McCurdy, who was only slightly in
jured, has made a statement, in which sh
says that the conductor and both brakemen,
who were in tlie car with her, were asleep.
It Is not known to whom the blame is most
to be attached.
Panic at a Saturday Mgt Hop.
Atlasta, Ga.. July 2.
A special from Geneva says: Saturday
night as a crowd attending Professor Rob
inson's hop at the City Hall was leaving a
stairway fell, precipitating thirty or forty
men, women and children In a confused
heap twenty-five feet below. A scene of
wild excitement followed and tlie screams
and shouts frightened a team of horses that
dashed madly away. Two daughters of
Philip Ileidlingsfeller, a young lady who waa
with them, and T. L. Crosby, J. J. Jordan,
and Pierce Weston, were seriously hurt.
Others were slightly Injured.
m m
Senator Jones, of Florida, was given t
banquet by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, al
which ParnelL Sexton, O'Connor and Healj
were present,
THE 0YERFL01T.
The Snsslsalppl Gradually Retarding
Within its lianks Business Being Be
nrned. St. Lons, M O., June 3a.
The river at this point fell more rapidly
yesterday than on any day since the de
cline Bet in. The Government gauge regis
tered thirty-three feet three inches above
low water mark, a fall of eight inches with
in twenty -four bourn The sidewalks all
along the levee are now above water, and
yesterday afternoon men were at work
washing off the flooded floors of the houses
along the levee. Business along the cen
tral levee will be fully resumed by Mon
day, and considerable activity was notice
able yesterday.
The flood-waters of Cahokia Creek and
the big sloughs of East St. Louis are still
subsiding aud fast returning to the ordin
ary limits. Some of the tracks across Bow
man's Slough are still under water, but
trains run on them without difficulty. The
new bridge yards are not yet in a condition
to be used, but it is expected that in a day
or two the water will decline sufficiently to
permit a resumption of operations. All the
railroads are running as usual and most
trains make better time than before the
flood. The town is suffering seriously from
the encroachment of siepage water, and
measures will be taken to drain it off to the
natural bodies of water. As yet few of the
people driven from their homes by the in
vasion of the flood-water have been able to
return, and it will le several weeks before
their domiciles will be inhabitable.
Business is improving in Venice and it
gives signs of resuming its wonted activity
with the opening of the railroads. A dele
gation came down yesterday from Chou
teau, Kerr and Gabaret Islands and repre
sented that there was some destitution.
Supplies of actual necessaries were issued,
anuduringtneoayni persons were reieiveu.
The river fell three and one-half inches, and
the back-water dropped two inches. The
backwater is expected to go down very rap
idly after the gap in the Chicago & Alton
track is closed. . Brooklyn continues to fur
nish a great deal of destitution, and ninty
eight families were provisioned yesterday.
The fund will suffice for one day, after
which seventy-five families will be begging
for help.
The River at ITelana, Ark,
IIf.lkna, Ark., June 29.
Col. J. B. Miles furnishes a newpaper
correspondent with the following to-day:
"The indications are that the water has
about reached . its highest point, and
we may expect a fall in two or there
days. "The stage of the river here,
forty feet eight inches, would seem to
indicate at least forty-one feet six
inches or forty-two feet on theCairo gauge,
whereas it is only thirty-nine feet three
inches. At forty-two feet at Cairo there
should be some two feet overflow into the
bead of the St. Francis swamp, and we
would expect thnt swamp to keep the river
stationary or rising for a week or ten days.
But at tbirty-nine feet three inches there
should be but little water overflowing below
New Madrid. The river at Memphis is
alout what it should bo in comparison with
Helena. The only way in which we can
account for this is that the great flood in
the spring was not out of the Ohio, which
does not supply much sand, and the clear
water of that river scoured oui the bed of
the river at Cairo somo two feet, but did
not remain high long enough to affect tho
bed of the river this low down. Although
the levees were badly broken in this section,
yet there were enough standing to prevent
the bed from washing out."
The river during the past twenty-four
hours ending at e?ne p. m. rose n quarter of
Bn inch and stood forty feet eiglit inches
above low water and six feet six inches
below high water, and m about stationary.
Losses by the Flood In Nebraska.
Lixcoln, Neb., June 30. 1
Considerable more damage was done by
the recent floods than was at first supposed.
Now that the water has subsided tho
details of destruction wrought nre obtain
able, and it is clear that it will take many
thousand dollars to make good the loss.
The flood on the low lands adjacent to" this
city has gone down, and the damage is
principally in small houses, .gardens do
stroyed and corn-cribs swept nway. Of
the latter there were several well filled,
and worth a good deal of money. In Saun
ders County there is scarcely a bridge
standing. The large streams of the county
Cottonwood, Sand Creek, Kilver Creek
and Wahoo for fifteen to twenty miles in
some localities, are without bridges. The
greatest rise was of the Nemaha, which
overflowed the bottom lands on either side
for a distence of half a mile. In Richardson
and Johnson Counties many houses were
swept off, to s'ay nothing of fences, bridges
and such like property. The steam-mills of
Linn, Cooper & Co., were flooded for forty
eight hours. -The firm suffers the loss of
considerable flour and corn. The latter was
in cribs near the mills. Six miles out of
Humboldt Mrs. Grubb nnd children wero
drowned while attempting to cross the
river in a skiff. A family by the name of
Baker, consisting of six persons, residing
on South Fork, a branch of the Nemaha,
were drowned; also seven others on tne
same streams whose names nro unknown.
In all seventeen persons are supposed to
have lost their lives by drowning in the
Nemaha and its branches duringthe recent
floods.
A Receding River.
Kansas Citv, June SO.
River to-night about two inches lower
than twenty-four hours before, and remains
nearly stationary. Trains now more regu
lar than at any time since high water. The
first Council Bluffs train for several days
came in over the Missouri Pacific. The
Hannibal, Wabash and Rock Island will bo
obliged to ferry to Randolph for somo time
yet. Travel, however, is rapidly resuming
a normal condition. In this vicinity the
damage has been almost entirely to farm
property nnd railroads.
Gas Explosion in a Vault.
Indi ixapoi.18. Ixn., June 3o.
E. C. Atkinsons & Co.'s Saw-works was
the scene of a singular explosion yester
day, by which three persons were injured.
Last night a gas jet was left burning in the
vault, not noticed when it was closed.
The oxygen in time was consumed, putting
out the light and allowing the vault to fill
with escaping gas. The apparent leak was
noticed this morning, aud three employes
Stepped into the vault and struck a match
with a view to discovering the leaky pipe. A
loud explosion immediately followed, blow
ing Walter O. Williams and Fred Gardner
nearly twenty feet out into the office, badly
burning them about tho face and arms nnd
bruising them most painfully. Gei'rge Fis
cus, office boy, who was in his shirt sleeves,
received the most serious wounds. His
shirt took fire, and he was wrapped in
flames, which burned the skin so that it
peeled off with his clothing. Tlie physi
cians say he may recover, but he will be dis
abled for a long time. No damage was done
to the premises.
A Train Drops Throngh n Bridge,
Bababoo, Wis., June 30.
As a freight train on the Northwestern
Road, drawn by two engines, was crossing
the iron bridge near Norwalk, day before
yesterday, the structure gave way letting
down both engines with three cars on top
of them. Albert Getthing, the fireman of
the first engine, was scalded to death, and
W. H. nallenbeck, the engineer, was
scalded slightly, though not seriously. The
engineer and fireman of the second engine
escaped serious injuries by jumping in the
water. The bridge was a strong one but
was undermined by the floods.
Blown Up by an Explosion of Gun
powder. WrjcyEPEO, Manitoba, June 39.
During a fire in the warehouse of J. II.
Ashborn, this evening, a number of kegs of
powder exploded, tearing the building to
splinters, injuring twenty persons more or
less, and smashing windows in a hundred
principal stores to atoms. Tho concussion
shook the entire city as bv an earthquake.
Those injured include: Chief McRobie, of
the fire brigade; George Seal, insurance
clerk (since died); Fire Alarm Superintend
ent James Aprille; Wm. McRobie, the
Chiefs son; Archie Grant, manager for
Ashdown; Wm. Cade, Assistant Chief of
the fire department, and a number of other
firemen.
X Whole Family Drowned.
- . Dixox, Ixd., June 30.
, rbe family of a farmer named Robinson,
consisting of himself, wife and three chil
dren, while crossing the river in a skiff near
Olpham's Landing, twenty-three miles
from this city, day before yesterday, were
drowned by the sinking of tho skiff in the
swell of the waves of the steamer Charles
Morgan. The bodies were not recovered,
although the farmers in the vicinity
searched all night.
Coxxaxde Hcxlat has been sentenced
to dismissal from the Cnited State's navy
for being intoxicated at the time the Ash
nelot went on the rocks.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
One firm in Dado County, Fla., pro
poses to plant 100,000 cocoanut trees.
There are over 12,000 applications for
official appointments on tile, in the In
terior Department alone, at Washing
ton. A". I". Times.
The Colombia (S. C.) stocking mill
is in operation in the penitentiary, and
is turning out 8,600 pairs .of finished
stockings per day.
The assessed valuation of property
in the citv of New York this year is esti
mated to be $1,270,000,000, of which
$195,000,000 is on personal estate. X.
1'. Sun.
Thc cost of transporting a barrel ol
flonr from Minnesota to Boston is one
dollar. The freight on a pack of flour
holding a barrel, ;from Minneapolis to
Glasgow, Scotland, is 1.20. Chicago
Xcics.
Out of an estimated population in
the world of 800,000,000 people, 250,
000,000 prefer their meat well done,
300,000,000 like it best rare, w hile the
remaining 250,000,000 are not particu
lar. X. 1'. Graphic.
Next to Texas, Wyoming is proba
bly thc greatest stock-growing region
in the United States. It is said that
about 1,000,000 cattle are now feeding
on its plains, the estimated value of
which is about $30,000,000. Chicajo
JJerafd.
Japan takes to the newspapers
most kintllr. I here are now 113 news
papers published in the kingdom, be
sides 13 miscellaneous publications,
and in the three years, 1874-1877, tlie
circulation increased from 8,470,269 to
33,419,529.
A retail dry-goods merchant in
Brooklyn who now requires a five-story
building and employs hundreds of per
sons to transact bis business ten years
ago found a single room, twenty live
feet square, amply sufficient, and fifteen
years ago carried" his stock in trade on
his back as a street peddler in the City
of Churches. Ar. Y. Herald.
The British tramp steamer Canton,
which recently arrived at San Francis
co, brought a large consignment of opi
um. There were 744 boxes of thc drug,
valued at about $630,01)0. Tlie duty
on this consignment is $231,000. The
Canton touched at Macao, where she
obtained the opium, thereby preventing
British officials from collecting export
duty.
There nre ci";ht3r firms and individ
uals in San Francisco who are assessed
for more than $100,000. personal prop
erty. The highest assessment of this
kind of property is 2,132,680. Thir
teen persons are assessed for more than
$500,000 each. The entire assessment
of personal property in the city is $57,
914,865, an increase of $7,827,870 over
last year.
Thc Washington Sunday Herald
claims to have information as to tlie
largest holders of United Slates bonds.
Tlie list of these millionaires in this
country is as follows: Mr. Vanderbilt,'
$37,000,000; Mrs. A. T. Stewart, $30,
000,000; Jay Could, $13,000,000 regis
tered and a largo amount of coupon
bonds; an estate in Boston and three or
four persons in New York have $10,
000,000 each; the estate of Moses Tay
lor, $5,000,000; 1). O. Mills, $4,000,000.
These, with an unmarried lad' in New
York name not given who has $8,
000,000, are the largest holders in thc
United States.
WIT AM) WISDOM.
Why is an old coat like iron? Be
cause it is a specimen of hard-ware.
The very best thing for you to do is
to do the very best tiling you know how.
This is a hard rule to follow, but a safe
one. X. Y. Herald.
Shakespeare evidently associated
the habit of drinking with wickedness,
as he refers to a man who could ".smile
and smile and be a villain." Rochester
(.V. Y.) rosI-Erjyrcss.
I will explain that whenever I want
a thing, and Mrs. McWilliams wants
another thing, and we decide upon tlie
thing that Mrs. McWilliams wants as
we always do she calls that a compro
mise. Mark Twain.
Probably tlie meanest man . on rec
ord keeps a boarding-house in San
Domingo. Last winter an earthquake
turned the edifice clear upside down,
and tlie very next morning lfo began
charging the garret lodgers first-floor
prices.
Wiien Brown failed to. catch tlie
young lady who slapped his hands at
Copenhagen, Fogg remarked that it
was quite a marine disaster. "A smack
lost, you know," he explained" in an
swer to the interrogating glances lev
eled at him from all sides. Boston
Transcript.
A gentleman was complaining on
'Change ono day that he had invested
a rather large sum of money in Wall
street and lost it all. A sympathizing
friend asked him whether fie had been
a "bull"' or a "bear," to whieh he re
plied: "Neither; I was a jackass!"
Chicago Journal.
Weak in geography: An application
was made at a railroad ticket office in
this city not long since for a ticket to
New Hampshire. "To what part of the
State?" was the. question asked by the
agent. "Well." was the reply, "I don't
exactly know but it's next to 'that place
called Vermont." Xcwporl Xvws.
A married woman, who has had
trouble with her female help, sends this
recipe to the press: "Put all your old
love-letters in a pasteboard box in the,
servant girl's room. A supply of old
love-letters has been known to keep n
girl contented in one place for three
months at a time." Chicago Herald.
A poem in an exchange states that
"When the true poet comes, each heart
shall feel Life's deepest fountains ol
emotion stirred; Fond lovers' sighs, the
ring and clash of steel. Shall summoned
be. within us, at a word," etc. From
which we infer that tlie true poet has
not only not yet come, but has not even
started. Xorriatown Herald.
" How delightful the country air is
Ibis morning!" remarked Miss Fitzjoy
as she stepped to the threshold and
looked toward thc rising sun. " I
should like to live here always."
Well, I guess Josh wouldn't object,"
said Farmer Robinson, with a tdy wink.
And then Josh scud around the corner
of thc house and began yelling at tho
cows, and Miss Fitzjoy started inside to
take down her crimps so as to look as
pretty as possible by breakfast-time.
Cldcago Times.
A legal point: He looked like a
rising young lawyer as he entered a
Jersey City Dank "the other day and in
quired of thc cashier: ' Has any per
son presented a check here bearing mv
signature J. Q. Smith?" "No, sir'
" If such a check was filled in for $200
and my name forged to it would it be
cashed?" "No, sir not even if the sig
nature was genuine and the note rilled
in for $10!" " Ah-eh-yes! I was simply
making a legal point. I bank in my
vest pocket! Good, morning." Wall
Street Xevcs.
A new disease ha? broken out ia
fashionable London. It is known to
the medical fraternity as "tennis
elbow." Just how its victims are af
fected our informant fails to say; but
from its name it appears safe to infer
that its ravages are confined to the
elbow, and that it is the direct result of
too great devotion to lawn tennis. It
has rather a genteel sound, and is more
poetical than the broken nose or dis
jointed finger which is the too frequent
outcome of the enthusiastic pursuit of
the great national game of our own
jountry. X. Y. Herald,
RELIGIOUS AM) EDUCATIONAL.
Thc graduating classes in all the
colleges arc larger in number this year
than was ever tho case before x. Y,
Tribune.
In probably no other place in tho
world but Strobeck, Germany, does
chess form a regular course of study in
the schools.
Of tho 1,015 girls who were ex
amined for admission to tho New York
Normal College this year, 964 passed
through the ordeal successfully. X. Y.
Sun.
Although not more than oncrtenth
of the students at Cornell University
are women, out of nine recent elections
to tlie Phi Beta Kappa three wero of
women.
A recent graduate of the Syracuse
Medical College is said to be a great
mesmerist, lie was a terror to his class
mates, whom he put through foolish
antics at will.
Thc total fortune left by Johns Hop
kins to be divided equally between Johns
Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins
Free Hospital amounts to more than
$7,000,000.
Rutherford College, North Caro
lina, matriculated 278 students during
the year just ended. Over 2,000 indi
gent's have been educated there gratui
tously since its existence.
There are Indian girls in the Indian
Territory University who are studying
German, French,Latin and Greek, geol
ogy, moral philosophy, political econ
omy and other branches of the college
course.
Charles F. King, master of tho
Lewis School, Boston, recently said that
in iusion geograpny is more poony
taught than any other branch of study,
and that spelling comes next to it.
Boston Herald.
The late Dr. Clark.of Deering.Me.,
bequeathed $50,000 to the Methodist
Seminary, at Kent's Hill, on condition
that inte'rest shall lapse for any year in
which the faculty of teachers use to
bacco. Thc centennial of Phillips Academy,
at Exeter, N. H., was celebrated recent
ly in worthy style. Two thousand per
sons dined under a mammoth tent, and
George Bancroft, Governor Butler and
President Eliot delivered addresses.
A missionary from the Island ol
Peru, in the Samoan group, writes that
there is not a heathen left. Missionary
labors were commenced thero only
eleven years ago. During this time the
whole island has been evangelized,
churches, chapels, missionary houses
have been built at their own expense,
and the- are now supporting their own
and contributing to the society that
sent them pastors and teachers. Chi
cago Herald.
.The School Journal gives thc fol
lowing interesting proofs of intelligence
ami general proficiency from some re
cent examination papers: "What was
the Star Chamber?" Answer: "An as
tronomer's room." "What was meant
by the year of jubilee?" Answer:
"Lean year." "What was the bronze
age?" Answer: "When the new pen
nies became current coin of the realm."
"What are the letters of Junius?" An
swer: "Letters written in tlie month of
June." " What is the Age of Reason?"
"The time that has elapsed since the
person of that name was born."
Editorial Courtesy.
"We hope we don't intrude, but we
thought we would come in and ask if it
would be any trouble to let us see the
inside of a newspaper office."
The managing editor sprang to fiis
feet, and the Jaw reporter covered his
lunch with his hat. The exchange edit
or poured lu's ink into his bottle of
beer to make it look innocent, and thc
rest of the staff crowded around the two
blushing damsels, eager to offer assist
ance. "Certainly," replied the managing
editor, smoothing down his hair and
approaching thc fair guests. "This is
my room, and there is the peg I hang
my hat on. Only the peg seems to have
come up through' the hat lately. I must
have that peg fixed. This is my "
' Perhaps the ladies would rather see
my editorial on the rise and progress of
mission schools," interrupted the relig
ious editor, pointing toward his own
desk. "Never been in a newspaper of
fice before?" he inquired, tenderly, as
the girls turned toward him. 1 sit here
nt this table, and in this drawer is where
I keep my "
"I think I can show you one of the
most important legal decisions ever ren
dered," observed the law reporter, tak
ing one of the girls gently by the arm
and makingoff with her in the direction
of his desk. "You know that law has
always been "
"I suppose you really want to see the
practical workings of an office," smiled
the exchange editor, bowing very low.
"If you will step here to my depart
ment I will show you on what all the
vast machinery of this institution rests,"
and the exchange editor gallantly
offered his arm, and motionctf toward
Lis den.
."Of course, you would be most inter
ested in the weddings," observed the
society reporter, feeling confident that
he had the bulge on the whole business.
"If you will be kind enougli to come
this way I will show you my account of
a swell affair that came off on tho
Heights last night. The bride"
" This is where all the local news U
put together in shape," chipped in tho
city editor. "Everything that happen
in Brooklyn has to pass through my
hands, an'd I will be glad to hhow you
liow it is done, if you will lie good
enough to take chairs in my little of
fice." " Have you come to visit a newspaper
establishment?" asked thc cashier, who
happened to drop into the editorial de
partment at that moment.
" Yes, sir," faltered one of the bewil
dered girls.
"Then come right down-stairs and
see me make np thc list of marriages
and deaths. You will be ahead of eve
rybody in town!"
"Won't that be nice?" giggled tho
girls, fluttering out after him. "Wo
will know all about it before thc paper
comes out."
And the triumphant cashier stalked
out, while the staff sat down to get up
remonstrance, against that cashier a
interference with the regular business
yf the office in the future. Brooklyn
Eagle.
-There is a beautiful clock with nc
interesting history in the White House
11 is an aianaster ciock, surmounted l
a statuette of tho M
it has ticked in the White House time
out tf mind, for it was a present from
Bonaparte to Lafayette, who gave it in
turn to Washington, who decreed thai
it should be handed down to his suc
cessors in the Presidential office. And
so, w hile the Presidents come and go,
the clock ticks on, and tells its tale of
time to all alike impartially. Washing
Ion Star. J
Two voung men of excellent ad
dress, with their wives of equally good
appearance, offered their services as
clerks in a Missouri store. As tbey
showed a familiarity with the business,'
and were willing to work for half of the
usual wages, the four old employes of
the concern wera - dismissed to give
places to the strangers. Ons dark night
at the end of a month they disappeared
with 89,000 worth of goods. Louisville
Courier-Journal
An intelligent London fish merchant
has made a calculation showing that
72,000,000 oysters are annually con
turned in London. .