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PAW PAW. MICHIGAN.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.
A tiro broke out in a building in Sixtieth
ft m ;. No York, u few daya ago, and o rau
MU iliil the tlaii.es spread that tbe inmates,
were unable to escape. Mr. Ktiner. a well
known tea merchant, liin wife and daughter
were burned to death.
r.-Sonator (irahaui, of Now York city, who
-nil . lt d the fund of the Walkill National
ltai !.. c t which he wan President, hits been
ecnteiu ed to ten years in the. Penitential v.
The unfortunate Spanish iron-clad Arapilea
l" again in trouble. While attempting to leave
the Procklyi. navy-yard, the other day. she
went ashore at the too: of lhidge streot,
where she if likely to remain for come time
The polM MiithoritOH f New York city have
issued an order forbidding any Hatred or other
musical concerts on Hunday.
The ntrike in the Pennsylvania eoal held
lots I een fully inaugurated, and MNW
throughout the anthracite regions. The
miners have passed stringent rceohltiom cal
culated to deter any of their weak-kneed fol
low from returning to work at the companies
term-. They will undoubtedly make a stul
born and protracted resistance to any reduc
tion. The mine-owner have announced their
ultimatum, and, having done ho. are holding
no farther communication with the miner.
Thev have cloned their mine, and declare that
they will not le reopened until the men agree
to work at the reduced hchodule of rateH.
Thus the matter stands, and NMM likely to
stand foi flrtl, il not months, to come.
The knitting mill of H. E. Bradford, at
Bennington, Vt., wm binned on the 90th of
January, the tire being canned bj the leakage
of a gasoline pipe The gas. ignited from a
boiler tire, and, exploding, demolished the ad
joining sewing-room. Nine women at work
there were instantly killed or burned to death
in the tire which followed, and many other
were injured, some Hhockingly.
The West.
A hooting affray occurod at Andeixm. Ind.,
the other dav. between CoL Thomas .V Still-
wi U sod Yobs K. Oorwia, in winch the forsMr
was ihol through the head and instantly killed
by Corwin. Stillwell wan Minister to Vene
zuela under President Johnson's Adminisira
tion. Klisha Cow les, the low a postal mail robber
(whose wife in a sinter of Schuyler Colfax),
ha been taken to Omaha for trial.
The content for the location of the next
Iowa State Pair has resulted in a victory for
Keokuk.
The printers of Omaha are on a strike
against a reduction of wages;, and have
started a co-operative daily paper of their
own.
James McOinnin and a daughter, an estima
ble young lady, were burned to death by the
explosion of a kerosene lamp, at St. Joseph.
Mo.. few days ago. Mrs. McOinnis, a con j
aged 1. and an infant daughter, wore so
seriously injured that their recovery U doubt
ful. Some time ago a man named Bah Turner
was arrested in Grant couutv. Wis., charged ,
with murdering his brother. It was suspected ,
at the time that Turner had committed other
murders. Recently he has made a full con
fession, which more than conlirnis these sus- j
picions. and stamp him as one of the most
atrocious wretches unhung. He delights to
talk of 'he many persons ho has killed. He i
gloat over the skill with which he has con
cealed their bodies, and declares nobody can
find them but himself, and that if they were
got together there would be nearly forty of .
them. He say that hi iniion on earth was !
to kill off the people, a there wore altogether
too many people crowding into tin country.
and exhibits a avage atil action in recount-
ing his bloody exploit.
A DspStj Of tiM Iowa State Orange, who
ha recently visted the destitute fanner of
Lyon, Osceola and O'Urion counties, report
1.000 families in need of succor, and thinks
that WHi of them must depend on charity for '
support till spring.
The jewelry store of luehme I Co.. in fin- '
cinnati. was robbed, a few days ago. of 07,000
WOffth of diamonds.
A dispatch from lJuluth. Mum., says tin
Indians at Vermillion Lake are dying of
starvation. They have eaten two children and j
one man. The scarcity of game and failure
of the rice crop in the cause.
Ex-Senator Doolittle is President of the '
University of Chicago.
John T. Harper, the defaulting Revenue j
Collector, who tied to Canada some months
ago, ha returned to hi home at l'.l Paso, 111. !
The Central Union Depot, at the foot of j
Lake street. Chicago, has been burned. Lose,
9100.000,
Washington.
The following it the iuessayu of the ir ei
dent withdrawing the nomination of Caleb
Cuahing :
"BXKCVTIVI Maxell s. Ju. 14, 1H74.
To the Senate of the I inted HUH - :
"Since the nomination of Caleb Cusbing,
of Virginia, to be Chief-Justice ol iheBupreme
Court of the United State, information ha
reaohed me winch induces me to withdraw
his, nomination for tha highlit judicial cilice
in the Government. "U. B. Guam
A Washington dispatch announces that Um
President is not in favoi -of a new election in
Louisiana, as reported.
A telegram of the LOth cave : " Various
names continue to bf montione I in connection
with the Chief-Justiceship. I'rom certain in
dicatimie. the nomination may conn li'in
Now York in the person of Judge Woodr!
The names of Conkliiu: and Curtis, of Mas
sachusetts, are alo prominontiy mentionoil.
The Mexican war veteran had a reunion at
(he capital lat week. OSB. Negley delivered
an oration, and (ion. Albeit Pike recited a
poem.
President Orant say that when his term i
expired he will go to I'.uiope with his family,
to remain abroad until the residence he con
templates building in Washington is com
pleted and ready fo OOOOl -anew So says a
Washington telegram.
The Associate Justices of the Supreme
Couit have united in a letter to the President,
stating that, in case it was decided to promote
ft Chief Tnwtltrt frost the Bench no jealousy
would result, whoever hOttld hi chosen.
The PlSaidStlt, on the 19th int., sent to the
Senate the name of Morrison It. Waito, of
Ohio, as Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Waite will be remembered as one of the
counsel of the Tinted States before the
Geneva Tribunal. He is now Prccidcnl of the
Ohio Constitutional Convention. He in M
years old, i a man of tine physical presence.
and is reputed to bo a line scholar and a good
lawyer.
The legal-tender reserve ha been reduced
from 144,001,000 to 117,000,009.
Tbe Court of Inquiry into the sinking of
the Virgiuius, has found that "it was una
voidable under the circumstances."
A majority of the Ways and Means Com
mittee is opposed to Mr. 1 'awes' bill providing
for a new loan of 020,000,000, at a low rate ot
interest.
Mr. McCrary's bill for the appointment of a
Government Hoard of Railroad Commission
ers, and for the prohibition of unreasonable
charges by inter-State railroad, has been re
ported favorably hy the House Committee on
1 Railroads and Can ill. The committee make a
, long argument to establish the eonstitutioiiul
' ity and expediency of such legislation. Con
gress is distinctly granted power to regulate
commerce between the States, and that, the
I committee argue, with a great deal of chop
j logic, cover the ground. Congress has the
! same power over inter-State railway traffic
that individual State have over their internal
traffic. The regulation of inter-State railroad
by the several States is impossible. There
inu-t be a national regulation or none. The
question, as they put it. i. whether these
corporations shall be controlled by the Federal
Oo, eminent or left unbridled.
The question of the right of the Secretary
I of the Treasury to draw on the 144,000,000
reserve has been dismissed by the Comm. t tee
on Ways and .Moans, who have agreed to pre
sent the subject to the House and Lave it
settled there.
Foreign.
Spanish items: The Madrid Government
announces that order has been restored in thai
city. A jortiou of the force sngagad in tin
siege of Cartagena lias marched against the
Carlits. The Government force-, on I c upy
ing Cartagena, found the formications and
all the buildings badly damaged by the bom
bardment. Tue members of the Junta sur
rendered the iron-clad Numanoia to the French
authorities at Mors el Kebir. and the tri-color
now floats at her ma-th-ad. The condition of
the forts around Cartagena confirms the hi
plslSfl of treachery, and provisions were found
to be fairly plentiful In the town.
The returns from ail t arts of tlie German
Empire show definitely that 100 Fltramou
tanes and HO Ministerial Liberals have been
elected to the Reichstag.
A meeting of the Heputies. constituting a
majority of the !a;e Spanish Cortes, hat been
held at Madrid, and a vote of contidoi.ee in
Senor Cast lar adopted.
The London RfHCe' OOtTSCPOOdcnt at Carta
gena reports that a tumult of the people, who
were eonvinoed.of the treachery of the leaders,
precipitated the surrender.
It is understood that the
The W,
ire met Jan.
el
14th.
then ;
In the -ti hie the Repubh
otftoera by amajority of one, while iu the House
tlte Reformers elected Galrtel Roach Speaker
by a vote of 5h to 5K.
The kuuee I'ariMfcra' Co-operative As
t ion, at Topeka. have unanimously resolved
that they will act in politic hereafter inde
pendently of existing partien.
The newly .elected State officers have been
Ineagnrated in Texai without any opposition
frees Gov. lavi.
WUttaa Pichnaj White i Dsaaoaral I has been
elected United States Senator from Maryland.
Gov. Havi, of Texas, lias twice asked Presi
dent Grant to help him hold the Gubernatorial
chair, and lias twice been lefusod. To his last
appeal 'fie Preeidsnl has replied, through At-
torrey -Oeneral Williams, that he has already
held tiie ( Bo loagSf than the law allows, and
that his rigdM to stay still longer is at least so
doubtful that no Federal troops will be put at
hi disposal, as he request.
The newly-elected otficials in Texas have
gained full possession of the JState Govern
nit nt.
The political disturbance in Mississippi has
been settled by the Supremo Court of the
BtatS, which holds the last election legal and
constitutional. Thie pate AJase la the chair
as Governor!
The Grange.
There are 3S0 subordinate granges in Wis
consin, with an average memlership of 40
parsOBS being about one-tenth of the number
of farmei in the State.
The South.
Tlie negroes on Rayous Lafourche and
Teche. in Louisiana, are on a general strike
against a reduction of wages, and large num
bers of them are roaming about the country
in bands, allowing nobody to work at the pro
posed reduction. Gov. Kellogg ha sent an
armed force to the locality to quell the dis
turbances. Gail Rorden. the well-known meat and milk
condenser, died recently in Texas, whither he
had gone in search of health.
The Georgia Legislature met on the l.'th
inst. The Governor, iu his message, takes a
cheerful view of public affairs. Tlie State
debt is 00,000.000, and the estimated value of
taxable property iJ250.000.WK).
A stage-coach containing fourteen passen
gers was recently attacked by a band of high
waymen near Hot Springs. Ark., who took
I i i. of the mail-bags and relieved the
passengers of money and valuables to the
amount of '2.000.
Chang and Eng. the celebrated Siamese
twins, dead suddenly at their home in Surrey
count v. N. 0 on Jan. 17. ('hang was par
tiallv ; ura 1 last fall, since which time he
has been fretful, very much debilitated and
ntrongly addicted to drinking liquor as a mean
of alleviating bin sufferings. He had be?n
quite feeble for several day, so nun h 10 as to
contine the brother to their bed. On Friday
night, the Pith. Chang became worse, and ex
pned suddenly about 4 o'clock on Saturday
morning, the 17th. Bag Weenie so terribly
shocked that he" raved wildly for a while.
Thin attack was followed by what seemed to
W a deadly stupor, and iu two hours from the
death of Chang. Eng breathed his last. They
were H veare old.
French Oovorn-
ment will deliver to Spain, under the extra
dition treaty, those of the Cartagenian refu
gees now in Algeria who are accused Of piracy
and other civil crimes.
The Chinese Governmei;t has very sensibly
come to the conclusion tO make no treaty with
the new Peruvian Minister until his Govern
ment shall have released and sent back ever
coolie bold in servitude there, and pledged
itself to discontinue coolie importations in the
future.
The Rritish steamship WaKaohia was recently
burned off the coast of Spain.
Hawkins, counsel for the prosecution iu the
Tichborne case, was mobbed bv the friends of :
the claimant as he was leaving eeurt the other
day. and was only saved from serious violence
by the interposition of the police.
The ship Minnehaha, from Callao for Dublin,
has Wen lost off the Sicily If lands. Ten of
her crew were drowned.
There is again talk at Washington over a
prospective cl.ai.ee m :i. hi ad cf the Treas
ury Department.
Thirty-three workmen were killed at To
quella. BpaJa, a few day ago. by the falling of
a railway viaduct.
It is announced that persons passing W
tween France and Italy no longer need pass
ports. Nino-eon i c rsous were recently drowned by
the sinking of a steamer in the pStl of Rastia.
Corsica.
The famine in Rongal i assuming an in
creased importance ami ei,KHg.ng the attention
of the leading men in financial and commercial
circles. At London, there seems to be no
doubt that England will b called upon for
large quantities of food to teed her fami-huig
population in India.
A report has reached London that the King
of Ashantee has sued for peace.
Political.
It is announced from Washington that the
resignation of Judge p Of I niisaas, will
not tie accepted iu the faee of his impeach
ment, but that he wi.l gfl required to prove
his hMMMOMi of tbe ohcrfSS preferred against
him. or W degraded f r m the portion he
holds.
Ceneral.
The strike of the Biinsrs m Pennsylvania
ha assumed a new aspect. A portion of the
workmen have not only refused to accept the
reduction of tragi I pfi Oesd by their emi loj
ors. but have entered a counter demand for
an increase of ten per cent, over the schedule
of 1S7J, and are disposed to insist upon their
demand.
Mr. W. C. Flagg, President of the Illinois
Farmers' Association, delivered an elaborate
address before the National Cheap Transpor
tation Convention, at Washington, in the
course of winch he gave hi solution of the
transportation problem. His plan in brief, is
build eight grand trunk railway lines, connect
ing the North. West. Booth, and East. He
thinks they couid be built for i'JS.OOO per mile,
which would be about 006,000,000 for each
road, or t JOO.OiHl.OOO for the whole- about
07,000,000, on the average, for each State
through which they run. or an as-essment of
00.50 per acre on each aero of land within three
inile- of ii line, or two-thirds of 1 percent, on
the total wealth of the country, which is less
than one-half the annual railroad charges of
the country.
A Washington dispatch says the House Com
mittee on llailroads and Canals have agreed
upon McCrary's bill to regulate commerce by
railroad among the several States, and will re
port i; to the House at the tirst opportunity,
together with a report on the subject of the
bill, which Mr. MeCrary is now preparing.
The National Roard of Trade, in session at
Baltimore last week, adopted the report of the
Committee on transportation appointed a, the
Chicago meeting, some weeks ago. the prin
cipal foatlttSe Of which are a follows :
l. Tli.it liy.mitii n beeOcpead tofMVaajl Ike Si lay
ua active asipnaal ol grain tataaUtaal ior treaepco
tatiii in the 1. anil at eOBMMa curriers.
.'. lhat the onll true rt nu dy tor the esistiug CVUl
in traii-i rtati.iii will le socurni by the SSvetcp-
at i :' water routes, and that it w the duty of Uov
ermneut neither to aaaiat nor give aid or mom y to
U in tit aaj artificial transportation.
;;. That auv attempt to regulate the rate f freight
by OoTammael authority would be bMBpeOaral caO
c ntrary to sound Hoy.
4. XI at tin t.:-t trei(?ht system is WToug and bad
mi it- ti eak eetae, ami that BUb-aeda ahsald ha Mae
1 i. i d t" jerioriii ti.e I ur.in vi trui.sportat;. i.
thi Beaivei ai ee.
ft. That fioraflinXlll may i liarter uny railway
through tayef tteOMareat Mceee, eahjeet to tha
same lecel taati:)u as iaepoaeal by rack states on
railroads li.iw la opwatioa within their Uirders.
Tim Aotionol Crop Atyoftcf of the nub
in:, publishes the final estimates of last
yaar'fl Crop Of oats and hay in the State- ol
Illinois. In hunt, Iowa. Kansas. Minnesota.
Mieeouri, (duo. TsnnasSSa, and Wisconsin.
The estimated total pioduotion of oats in the
States named in ls"2 was. in round numbers.
100,000,1 00 busliels.ai.il the falling off from
this in 17:5 is placed at 10 2-10 per cent. In
diana shows the heaviest loss, being over 17
per cent., and Tennessee the largest gain, or
nearly ! per cent. The etiniate of the hay
crop give an average falling iff of ti I crop of
1K7M a compared with that of 12 equal to
t) per cent., and makes the total yield last
year in the above State nearly 10,000,000
ton.
The Cheap Transportation Convention, at
Washington, adopted the report of the major
ity of the Committee on Railroads, which de
clares that relief must come from legislation,
recommends a national law providing for a
Rnreau Of Commerce and Transportation, etc.:
that members of the Association shall endeav
or to obtain the passage of certain laws in
their rSOpSOtivS States, including a law pro
hibiting all railway companies from making
unjust and excessive discriminations against
places which are not competing points, and a
law obliging all I ill WSJ OOaUpaillac. to transport
the curs of other companies, or of individual.
Howe replied ?n th- speech of Hchiirz. A rcaoln
tloli was adiU't i d iustrilCtlUg the Mu)rVUMUf StUN
i ol tin Maribv ll'plta. Hei . .. . n aie a
. : ii -ver epld imc of IsT.i, lth
r.fersi.oa to detaia oi urevetn . i. and
..ml tinaniii tbe saeae to tie Haauti .
Ho. liyd offered a recelutlou :. oki i:K totbe
regulation ol commerce on the luuc . ilr i:er ; to
protl t tUg-bCgl and "ther eOCBl Ittattcai I to I ftab-
ileh nalfonn rates on reilreeOa. ate. ...A mm v
i it i lovidiug lor au appeal from OtoeaM Oearta
t.i tin eapcMM OoauN laeasei ef iiatiutstrjiu....
i.. v.i.i Applupriatluii b.U waa paM'd.
ruiiAV. Jan. 111. - Stiuitr. - Logan intro
duced bill making- retu i ii.i uls iu the urnu and
luuMiie corps obligatory alter a certain utfr. Also, a
1 1 aatiwvaUag appointment unit aa-aatetlea in
lUe Hitnlicai itlid ordnance depart luetitn ol U.i arinv,
aad for nber i urj uaa. AUo, a nui ie fiirriaag the
pay ilepartiuent ol the army. ... the bill wua peaeed
. i pu i nauiiK ia,IQU lor bust of tar lata Cbtat
Justice Tausy and Chae lor the supreii.e Court
I oi. in ... The deliute mi the tiuauces was ci.ntlii
Batj. Sherman delivered an elalsirate naSah, Ofs
i aateg an) further lelelbiC Of the eurreuey.
Wi'i'in . Sh.i.11 a-ked leave to niter a rewiut..
struetlUK the ( 'oiMiuttee nu Apprnpi atlous to iu
qulra and repurt bon manv l.orses are maintained
I the (iiiveriitni lit in the Ihhtiii t ol Coluilibia : the
) 1im and use-; wh.. nee theui, ami whether
thi J ara reiinn d tor public servtce. Alao carriages
uud other vt iucii owned by the rtov.-i mm m ami
aaed, Btttler objected, eed the resolution wa-not
M eat eil Dcei a, iron, tba Ocnuelttaa d Way
and Maavna, reported e bill to reimburse distiller
for tin amount- paid by tbaan m procuring Tu e
n.it. i bj ordei m tba internal Revanaa iiurvau,
but whu ij aaaean wava kubaoqueaHUy aboliaheu by
law.
Satikoav. Jan. 17. flMMN . Not in session.
Ui'V. The House met iu Committee of the
Whole tor Kneral discussion ou luiacullaaOOSI
topics, liusk iu the chair. Speeches were made
by Harris, of OeoMM, on civ il rights ; by KeUey,
Towneandead Bnreaefdoa Oaeacg Mcuyieacy,
M gDAT, Jan. 10. fintafc. -The linancial
ijueatii u was agaiu diacusaed in the Senate. Louii
Oteda au mllatiou speech, and Wright, ol Iowa, an
OthOf looHad tC expansion. . . . ln-alls pre-ii nted the
1 tition ot citizen ol Kansas, asking that measure
b' taken to issue currency based ou real estate
.in itie .... lulu, introduced: Hv Inahs. to lu
OOrporata the Colorado lrrlatiou and band
Company j by i.e.. n. authonziuK the Praat
iii nt tn a). point a coniiiiissiiiii to collect iiitorniatiou
as to the aifaeta of the liquor trafltc and the practi
oal vvorkiiiK Ot the prohibitory laws, etc.; by Ferry,
nt Mloblgan, eethonetns the bridging of the l
troit riv.rat Detroit by ltainsi'v, eathoetalng the
St. Paul and St. .lame City Kauroad Coiupauy to
COUatrUOl a branch road lioiu Sibley, Iowa, to
Tanktoa, Pihrti.
Hi". Hill introduced : Hy HjH-er, for the par
Obeea Cf 1 MoaiHeatk) homestead Cf Thomas
i. ffereoa ; by Knnter, to eaMad the HaMeael Uauk-
iug law as to pVCVtda tor tree banking, to give
better security to depoottora, to prevent usury,
give aiecMetty to the currency, and place the
UMttOaCM a mors secure ami Kiih-tantial basis;
by Weils, to aetgllllcb a brunch mint at St.
i - WilHou, if Indiana, effaced a reHnhitmu
docleriDf that, " instead ot h v I iiik additional taxes,
thi true policy lie iu the enactment ot such a law or
law as will relieve such stnugeiicv, ami supply tin
mi aus uecessary to the business waul of the coun
try by lucieasing the circulating medium, ami
Inaun ting the OonuLtttaa oe banking to wpect a bill
looking to tins end. Tin- Botkm to anapccd tha
rule and adopt the resolution was defeated yeas
LIS; nays, B8. ... Ward introduced a bill iiroviiimg
thai the heirs ot aliv soldier who was killed or died
while Hi military service during the late war, whose
period nt enlist uu nt was for less than one year, or
wh shall have since died by reason of wound re
i'i ived. ordlsease contracted, shall be entitled to re
Wriva the same ! i i nt it a if said soldier had en
listed for tbrsa M ar A bill was naaaed allowing
Baei ffr foreign countries to Ih-executed at the
I i.it d states Mint.
i t i.siMV, Jan. 20. N no.'. -The linances
l galS the topic of debate in the Seaate.
lirowulow and (iordon argued iu favor of, and
I ibandli r againet, inflation a cuaaber of yetttloaa
from the National Hoard of 'I rade were pteeautad.
... iglesl.y made a upeech tin cheaj. triiiiMportation,
stating that iu hi opinion it wa of more iiupor-
tenoa than the Oncace oacetfoa., .Bogycpeheta
leVCC ol national legislation to open the natural
Water-roUte from the West to the ea. . . .The P. --
l(i. ute bill was takeu up and discussed... The
He ta went into Kxecutive session to consider
thi Pretrial ut's nomination for OUefJacttCCi The
. I ml. clary Committee made a report unanimously
i'.i i .in. mhiig tin- eoaOneetton, a motion to con-
tirtn was m.iiic. WhOffonpoil sumner ob.iieted, aud
thi matter went ov. ;- Morton nu.di a nmliou to
refer tbe oredentJele ol Pinchbeck, of Louisiana, to
thi Ooaunttteccc FTivllegea ami Bccttoae, tor the
InveatigetfcM of jpecceacl charges, and it was so or-
dered, Oaa ol fheee nharece allegee the! Pinchbeck
.it one thM si rv. d a term in the penitentiary.
7e '. . Mi Creary, from the Committee on pjaj
roadaand Cenele, repcrted a bill to regulate com-
. by railroads among tin several State.
Ol dated printed and recommitted. . . .lliiwrn and
Hitli r occupied iOuiderable time of the session in
a paOBCMd debate.
lieneral 'otH.
An exoliitngt tells oi an ,'und'i
takuiK wiacly ulmmloued bt-iore ilwac
bfgjgyp."
Thi Jews in tins country are agitat
ing the question of holding their Bali
bath on the Christian Sdnday.
1'i.ATioKM of the communist : Every
man who saves rnonsy must bs nads
to divide with every man xrho savt-n
kodhtt
Thk rn siilciit of the Swiss Republic,
receives, throe thoVSAltd dollffTS a vrar
sului y. It would pay to import a few
of that sort.
TngajiagL "It'etoo thin," in not a
viilgariam. Bharidan Knowing pnta it
Into the mouth ol AlutHo in tiiu play of
" Boas of Arragou."
An intelligent voter in Burlington,
owa. in serateliing the name of Mrs.
Huger, wrote upon the ballot, u Doant
want no uiimmun in Mine."
Thi. reason a boy gave for being late
at school was, that the hoy in the next
house was going to have a dressing
down with a bed cord, and lit; wanted to
hear him howl.
Somehoov says that one-legged sol
diers should be remembered. This is
the only respectable pun which we
have seen for five years ; and as such
we reprint it.
This is the neat toast given by a
bachelor at n banquet in Newcastle,
England ; The women and coal of
I Mirham county O, how desolate
would the fireside be without them !
Thkue were, at the close of June, 2!H
colleges in this country. Sixteen of
these were chartered before 1780. Out
of 4.4H.J degrees, conferred during
1H712 78, there were 191 given to femi
nine scholars.
IU school population of New York
State is above L,o00,000 of which num
ber 1,060,000 wero in the common
schools during the past year, while
175000 were installed in the academic
and private schools.
j'eteh an Dyke, of New Hamp
shire, lately deceased, requested in his
will that no one should smile or shed
crocodile tears over his grave, but
cover liim up and then hurry home to
tight over his money, "of which he left
$140,000.
The " Emma" mine was sold to Lon
don capitalists, after its walls were
plastered with silver ore, for one
million pounds sterling. Many of the
nil wells in Pennsylvania were sold at
tabulous prices after having the oil
pumped into them.
The native Sandwich Islanders are
rapidly going. The last census shows
thai while for the last six years the
births of children of foreign parents
among the native population exceeded
the births at a rate that forebodes the
extinction of the native race in thirty
years.
The Keren t Indiana Homicide.
AndTJon Jud.) Cor. Chicago Timen.
This afternoon CoL Stillwell, at about
." o'clock, proceeded to the office of
John ('. Corwin, and as soon as he bad
entered remarked to Corwin: "This
a to be tha last of you or me ;" and im
mediately drew a revolver. Corwin
jtim pad upon tbS counter, and, as re
ported by the gentlemen present, en
treated Stillwell to put up his revolver.
No heed was givat) to this, however, and
Stillwell discharged his revolver at Cor
win, tha ball striking him on the right
lide ol the groin, but was prevented
from inflioting a dangerous wound by
the pn lencf Of some silver coin and
keys in the pocket of Corwin. The par
tiei then, it is thought, clinched, when
Corwin Immediately draw his revolver
and tired twice, both balls entering the
back part of Sillwell's head, near the
right ear. He fell to the floor and ex
pired immediately, Corwin delivered
bimeell up at once into the hands of
the Sheriff, to await the verdict of an
in quest by the Coroner's jury, which
is now in session.
The affiair, us may DO imagined, has
Caused much excitement among our
citizen'-, from the position heretofore
occupied bv the oartiea, CoL Stillwell
hag resided here for some eighteen
i an, and at the time of his death was
j in the 47th year of his uge. In 1864 ha
was i !e, ;'(! Representative to Con
tcrsai from the district, on the Republi-
was appointed
A MiNNKsoTA mechanic lias solved a
difficult problem in railroading bv the
invention of a snow shovel, which
clean I roadway wide enough to allow
the cars to pass, takes all the snow
clear down to the rails, carries it up,
deposits ou whichever side preferred,
at a speed of from two to six miles an
hour, according to the depth of snow .
TlHJ is a colony of tive hundred
wild horses on the Island of Chirco-
teagne, about ten miles of the coast of
.Maryland. They are descended from a
pair thrown upon tha island from a j
wreck, two hundred years ago. They '
have been considered worth very little
until recently, but now the people once
a year brand all the colts they can
catch,
A si ientiitc writer has made tin
discovery that a " tinker's dam" is not
profanity, but simply an inelosure made
commonly ol bread around the hole to
be mended, that the melted solder may
be contained till it cools off around the
bread. After being subjected to ,
this process the bread is burned and
spoiled, and is a fitting type of utter
UselessjieHS. "
The relative cost of running railway
trains by the Government and by char
tered companies is shown by recent re
ports to be in favor of the latter plan.
Lh Germany, the cost of making rail
roads by the State for four years ending
with lsti7, was BOj per cent., and in
other Kuropeaii counties Mj per cent. ;
while the cost of working by companies
averaged 41 per cent, in German and IS
per cent, m other nations.
An Interesting Tahle.
llcrw Parker Killed Hi Man.
Eroin tbe Hunday M-f
No wag ever apieared among :..i i
more thoroughly imbued with mischief,
and more ready at all times to put it into
execution, than John Martin Holmes,
He waa well known n. tin- Went twenty
years ago, from St. PhnJ to New Or
leans, and from Pittsburgh to i '.uro.
Whan John resided in St. Louis, ti.i r
was connected with the party he " run
with ' a certain Mr. l'arker, who, lrom
putting on grand airs and dressing in
magnificent array, had rendered him
sell very obnoxious. Holmag resolved
on "selling " this gentleman and crush
ing out a portion of his lalf ligistfgj. So,
conversing with Parker one day, HobjQM -pretended
to become very angry. High
words passed between them, and
Holmes, on reaching his hotel, sent
Parker a challenge. It was accept I.
The weapons chosen WfJW pistols. The
distance was twenty pacea. The time
was to be the ensuing morning. 1I Imt -
gave his second secret ui-tructiM.s,
which Parker's second agreed to chime
in with. They all decided to givi
l'arker a magnificent M seii. '1 he j la
tols were to be loaded with nowdgf iuly.
and Holmes was to be provided with a
small, readily broken bladder of blood,
to be used at the right moment. J
fighting party were on hand at the ap
pointed hour, and the antagonists were
duly posted in the held. At the signal
for firing both tired, and Holmes nag
gored and fell. While thus doing m
broke tho bladder, and the blood cov
ered his face, bespattering also his
clothing. Parker saw, him tall, and al
most crazy with excitement, ran up, cry
ing, "O, Holmes ! Holmes ; my (lo.l
Holmes, have I killed you?" John
groaned, kicked, and rolled his eyes, as
if In a death struggle. Parker thought
him surely dying. "My God I What
shall 1 do ? what shall 1 do . I must go
back to St. Louis and surrender myaall
to the authorities. God knows tiat I
did not intend to kill him." He quickly
procured a hack and started for the citj
prison. On arriving ther.- be told his
story, resigning himself into the hggtdfl
of the warden, and w i locked up.
Holmes quietly slipped aoroeg the river
and remained there during the day and
ensuing night, his friends returning to
St. Louis and telling the lad story ol
his death. Parker spent tin- night on a
rough bed of straw, in a prison. In
the morning Holmes decided to call on
Parker, and being admitted he pegged
into Parker's dismal recess. There stood
Parker. The parties wen- again face to
face. The countenance of Holmes WM
as calm as a summer morning, that of
Parker was an aggravated nipiaagUH of
Hamlet's on seeing the ghost of hie
father. "l'arker, what brings you
here ?" said Holmes, and Parker, for a
moment breathless (ere the light broke
in upon hinih gasped out " Holmes f
Holmes ! Holmes ! d d If I don't al
most wish, now, that I h id killed you."
i ,...t. nt in iKim i,.
ror a jnsi a,... .i .,.a.u. conM.e i,.u,u,.. " I tj Stitt,.s Minister to Venezuela,
by Androv Johnson, serving nearly one
year.
Hanxaeoko k Thompson, Subscrip
tion Book Publishers, Chicago, have in
pn IS an exhaustive History of the
Fajuras' Movmcmrr. by Hon. J. Peri'
am, Editor Western kural, one of our
ablest and best known agricultural wri
ter . Its title is Tin: (iKoiM'Swn.n. It
will be the standard work on Granges,
Clubs, etc., and is certain to prove a
,r hit. Hook Agents, and Farmers
p. dally, should read the publishers
ad( rti-ement. It is bound to sell.
the -.line diHpHtch as for earn beiongiiie, ex
cln-ively to (saiil roads. It calls for legislation
making it a penal offense for a puolie olti. er
to accept or use a free pans of any railway
company, km! proUOOftBg railway gggspfSJfgg
from granting paveea to other than em
ployes, and condemns granting of laude
or etil'sidies in any form. It also recom
mends that railways and canals he constructed
lv the National Government, the manner of
constructing railways; to be by contract to the
lowest bidder that when constructed they
should be BSei for the transportation of Gov
ernment property and when not required for
Government une. all ffttSSM to have the right
to place cars and locomot.veH thereon, and to
operate the same, subject to regulations to lie
provided bv the Government, they paying a
toll tli icfor sutti iont to maintain the road
g ay .
COXOBESSIONALa
ffanaaapAT, Jan. lit flewefs. Um pro
otilu r . i ! m. unimportant nature SehSfl
eMrceaa-J tlie Senate on the flnanc and rummy
qaectioBa, efter hlehthe genei wmt late eacca-
tivi-Pi ssioii, and shortly fheteaflCf ad jouriit-d.
in r. The Bcacci fa OsaBBMce of th Whcta
was i i.ap. il ii, st ol tit day in . ..l.s.il r.l K the
Naval Api'i-opri'.tioii Mil.
Turnsi'AY. Jan. 15. tint . A number of
I't-tiM.ilis wr. il.sd lor the nt'ht ol
sr.flntffs for wi loan . The PSChtghCI 'on.ii.itts
reBccteg feveraMj cm the pettUen that the saiarts-
nf ii tin- arnam CC Saci at OMSO a yur i h
sw-iiat reendeal uuaMeredue i.f ttM reaCrattetn n
j. .. cj :u F lacs Qcwitalttee, am! Moftea .mi
cal-tfie
culation has been made, based ujion
Weather report! Of the last two year--,
that the average rate of pnigress (if a
itorn in .Tanuary is BBO miles a day, and
its average direction live degrees north
el gasl ; l"r Febrttary, 700 miles, and a
direction thirt-en degrees north of east ;
March, 940 miles, eleven degrees north
of seal : and for April, 61S mihs, fix
ti on degrees north of east.
To Menu China. Take a very thick
solution of gum-arabic in water, and
stir into it plaster of Paris, until the
mixture becomes of the proper consist -
n v. Apply it with a braah to tbe frae-
t ind edges ol the rhiua, and stick them
ngt nor. In three days the article
cannot be broken in the same place.
The whiteneas of the cement renders it
doubly valuable.
official census and agricultural reports,
hoWS the average yield per acre of the
products named in six leading Western
States for the five yeurs preceding 1870:
fVeeaage, '. . Mo. M'i. ;. Kan.
IMS.
Iiidiun corn . . . 40 :r. ;i 41 fS 41
Wheel I n H H 14 B
Kye 12 1! li 17 is as
oats g a; 411 JH 44
Barley tj ii 23 a.- 4s
l'otatoeM b4 117 141 1 jo 11J
IS0S.
Indiju corn 36 31 SO 2S :U :t4
Wheel I II M 14 ie 21
Rye 12 is 19 H ui B
OatP 2 :i4 30 XI 37 s.i
Beriey i Vi 26 m fg
I'otaloea 71 St$ w 9l 7a BJ
isr.7.
Indian corn ... 20 23 27 33 33 is
Wheel 10 n 12 12 12 14
Rye 14 is id is B ao
Oats 10 30 30 3 36
llarli-v 21 22 21 25 -jf,
I'oUtoee 78 60 73 V6 10H low
ign,
IikIi.hi ion. 34 34 80 33 37 is
Wheat 11 11 14 13 14 15
Kye 14 Itt 18 1H 1 30
Oat ffg 31 32 32 X
liarlt-y 20 25 24 24 26 22
potatoes MS 71 W 77 m
lHrt!..
Indian corn 23 23 30 jc Itt :(8
Wheat 14 11 14 15 13 Is;
Kye 15 14 U 15 in as
Oats 2 32 ;u H :i7 4J
Rertey 22 20 2:1 25 26 90
Mceoca nw M g 107 ii( mj
Thk BBMASj Famink.-- The gravity of
the danger threatening Bengal is such
as to excite intense interest in that un
fortunate country, but ffg hope it is
greatly exngg. rated by a coi -respondent
Oi the Li, iid, m ',, s, a h states that
the estitnat. d loss of will be lo, 000,000,
out of I population of l0,(MM),(KKI, despite
hi tneaannO taken ejt relief. The fur
ther estimate that RnlgCI igorous meas
ures are tuk u the ligun s gwall to
25,000000oc 90,0rXr,(J00 is iinmilibh
The Ions nf Life in the ( 1 n ine
ol. d 1 ,fKKI.(MMi.
Fearful Tragedies in New .Hexieo,
The St. Louis Sepublioan haa a let
ter from Santa Fe, New Bfezioo, giving
an account of a series of bloody trage-
1 ilies that occurred in Lti - unty
last month. It appears that on the 1st
of December a party of Texan deepen
does visited a resort of the demi monde
in the town and created a Listtirbanoe,
They used revolvers freeiy. The Con
stable of the town, Juan Martin, ordi ti d
the rnffiani to desist, reopon they
riddled him with bullets. Martins
posse returned the tire and killed three
of the desperadoes. Thi r tnainderfled
to the ranehe of Herald Brothers, gfti
miles distant, where, three days latter,
they killed two fanners. A day or two
alter this affair Sheriff Miller, with a
posse of twenty men, went to Herald's
ranehe to arrest the murderers, but was
met by fifty well armed men, and forced
to retreat. A few days inbeeqnent to
this, and while a woddmg party was in
progress at the residen of Isadora
Patross, in the same neighborhood, the
same gang of desperadoes surrounded
house, burst in the doors and windows,
and commenced an indiscriminate tiring
upon the men, women and children as
gambled there. Six pemoni were killed
on the spot, and two women seriously,
perhaps mortally, wVfUaded. The as
sassins then SeO to their itronghold,
where they still defy the aathoritiea.
Ashantee.
The Ashantees in Africa, with whom
the English are carrying on war. get k
to monopolize all the w imen in that
portion of the continent. Thev wage
war with surrounding nations, not tor
honor, or to enlarge their domain, but
to capture their women. thM smaller
tribea, remote from Athanttrf, heap up
wars among themselves : .; the sak 1
getting women and female children to
take thereto sell. Tin p 1 wives
each man can have in Aohantee is regu
lated bylaw, and is in proportion to his
rank. A slave is allowed one a Lfg, while
the King is permitted to have 8,8
Beyond this number he eanAOt possibly
go. If he should find some dusky dam
sel, and should tell her she was the only
woman he ever loved, lie . Id BOi wed
her till some old spou- should die.
cuite a portion of the OR ital city of
Ashantee is set apart for tic reside! c m
of the wives of the King, As ti
monarch is consider d hy his
subjects, a degree of saeradtteagig at
tached to his numerous C rg . No per
son except their attendant can
their portion of the town. Sometime?
the wives themselves are alii Wad to go
short distances from their qu 1 iters, but
on these occasions t). inhabitants are
w arned to abeonl theSMOlveOi Should
any man noticeable to i- ..wa he
must fall on his face till m I dj
procession passes.
Potatoes iu th I nited States.
According to the last decennial cen
sus, Xew "iork is the "Banner State,'"
111 the amount of Irish sitatoes pro
duced, returning the goormons yield oi
28,000,000, Ohio with 11,000,000, Illi
nois and Michigan each with 10,000,000,
Maine with neatly B, 000,0 10 W laoonaiii
with 6,000,000. Iowa, Indiana and Ver
mont each with ujtwardot 5,000,tXo, and
eu Jarwry and New n m ihin with
more than '4,r)(H),(KK) bushel. The par
ticular parts of the country whien yu ld
the iii-st according to the area cultivated
are Maine. New Hatnpshir-1, VOn
and Ni rthera New fork. The b. if
potatoes, also, come from these State,
as the millions of bushels shipped to the
Southern States each year will attest.