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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1878.
Tiir entire cost of tho Welland canal,
now in progress of construction, is esti
mated at about $10,000,000 ; amount ex
pended up to tbe present time, $7,000,
000. 1 - -
The Orangemen of Montreal have re
solved to add another holiday to their
list, whereon they will march in solemn
procession. The Coroner rubs his hands
with glee, and the dealers in revolvers
and slang-shots have ordered double
stocks.
The Peruvian Government is using
its utmost exertions to promote the emi
gration of Chinese t that republic It
is represented that Peru desires the as
sistance of Chinamen to develop the
agricultural resources of the country.
The sugar-planters want them to work
on the plantations.
In Nelson county, Va., a few days ago,
a hawk was seen at a considerable) height
with a large snake writhing in its claws,
when suddenly the bird closed its wings
and fell heavily to the earth. The snake,
a moccasin, had bitten it in the neck,
but the talons of the hawk were so
deeply buried iu the vitals of the ser
pent that it also died.
A srAN of horses drawing a carriage
ran away in Chicago, and the driver was
thrown off. Three women in tho car
riage screamed for a dozen blocks with
out bringing anybody to their rescue.
Then one of them broke the window in
front, crawled through tho aperture,
reached down to the loose reins, and
stopped the horses. Her companions
saved her from falling over the dash
board by holding to her legs.
Never in modern times has there been
euch a period of famine as in the last
five years. First in Anatolia, Turkey,
then in India, and now in China and
Brazil. Tens of thousands have died
from sheer starvation. Last month the
deaths from this cause in Brazil were re
ported to be as many as 100 a day. Gov
ernment and individuals have dono what
they can, but are powerless to deal ade
quately with the calamity.
English royalty is expensive, the peo
ple of Great Britain and Ireland being
compelled to pay annually for tho sup
port of its royal family the neat little
sum of 2,700,000. Tho Queen receives
X3S5.C00 a year, her children, with tho
exception of Beatrice, who has not yet
attaiued her majority, 121,000, while
the Princess of Wales has 10,000, tho
Duko of Cambridgo 12,000, and the
Duchess of Cambridge half that amount.
The British cotton factory strikers at
tribute the depressed condition of the
trade in almost every part of the world
to tho rapid increase of machinery, tho
excessive working of over time by three
fourths of the mills in that part of the
country, the adulteration of cotton
cloths, tho famines in India and China,
and tho depression of trade of every de
scription throughout Great Britain, to
gether with the present serious compli
cations in tho East.
The question of England's Indian
troops doing service in Europe has sud
denly become an important one. With
India as recruiting ground her supply
of good material for Foldiers is inex
haustible. The spectacle of tho Sepoys
fighting England's battles in Europe is
not a pleasant one for England's ene
miep. The venture is an experiment, of
course, but there is little doubt that
English shrewdness would make it a
success.
Grand Canon, in Colorado, has per
pendicular walls 2,000 feet in height.
The faco of the rock has narrow shelves,
one of which has been enlarged, so as to
make a path, by laborers on the railroad
that runs through the canon. A party
was going along this dizzy path, when
the horse ridden by a woman fell. She
clung to the rock, but the horse went
out of sight, to be suroly killed, as was
supposed. On looking down, however,
the beast was seen standing on a shelf
twenty inches wide, and hugging the
wall with all its might. A rescue was ef
fected with ropes.
The revelation of George' It. Water
man's thieving in Lawrence, Mass.
coming immediately after the more ex
tensive cases of Chase and other mill
managers, has not attracted wide atten
tion. He took from $1,000 to $2,000 a
month from tho Pacific Mills for several
years, and spent the money in high liv
ing. nifl salary wai only $1,800 a year,
and, when anybody spoke to him about
his expenditures, he said that he had
been lucky iu speculation, ne was Su
perintendent of a Sunday-school, nnd
his pretence of piety aveited suspicion
that otherwise would have fallen on him
sooner.
Women have some powers as well as
rights a fact which a certain real estate
firm in Springfield, Mass., discovered
recently; Th3 firm had effected tho sale
of o farm in a neighboring town, of which
its owner had authorized tho disposal.
After drawing up the necessary papers
the agent drove to the place, about ten
miles distant, to obtain the wife's signa
ture to the deed. There was some lit
tle exhibition of wrath and chagrin when
the woman resolutely "put her foot
down" and ref usod to sign the paper and
give up her old home. Expostulation
was in vain, and the sale was not con
summated. Evidently the wife had not
been consulted by her husband.
It is somewhat remarkable that no
accident was reported in Paris on the
opening day of the Exhibition, although
no less than 500,000 persons visited the
Champ de Mars and the Trocadero.
The grand cascade in front of the cen
tral hall of the Trocadero Palace con
tains over 30,000 cubio yards of excava
tion and masonry, and cost 21,800.
During the Exhibition a telegraph and
postal bureau will be established in the
buildings of the Exhibition. Only such
persons as have cards or have paid their
entrance into the Exhibition will have
access to this bureau. Tho Grande
Salle des Fetes of Fine Arts on the
Trocadero is ninety-four feet in height,
and will be lighted by 4,0t 0 gas-burners.
The main building of the Paris Exhi
bition, in the Champ de Mars, is of iron
and glass, tho roof being half of glass
and half of slate, with atvuings beneath
the glass to soften the light. It covers
an aroa of 270,900 square yards, and
lengthwise it has twelve principal ave
nues, six of them belonging to France
and six to foreign countries. England
has 21,82G Bquare meters of space; other
nations a much less amount, in the fol
lowing order; Belgium, Austria and
Hungary, Russia, Italy; and the United
States next, having 4,980 square meters.
Other countries have still less space. The
river Seine separates tho main building
from tho Trocadero Palace, on the hill
opposite tho Champ de Mars, the Bridge
of Jena being the passageway between.
The Trocadero is a permanent structure
of stone, in semicircular form, its central
portion being a huge hall, where musi
cal and other entertainments will be held
during the Exhibition.
A touchino incident ocenrred in a
Georgia court-room not loDg ago. An
old negro of CO was on trial for having
killed another negro who had insulted
his wife. The prisoner was well and
widely known as peaceable, industrious
and inoffensive. Before the verdict was
announced a venerable man arose, and,
in a voice full o! emotion, spoko of the
early life of the prisoner, who had been
his slave. He had been tho nurso and
the companion of his children, and al
ways an affectionate, obedient and in
dustrious servant; and the old master
pleaded for his former slave with earnest
feeling and tearful eyes. Every one in
the court-room was deeply affected. In
consideration of extenuating circum
stances, the Judge imposed a light sen
tence of three years in the penitentiary
the verdict being voluntary man
slaughter, with a recommendation to
mercy.
London papers are trying to allay the
panic created among untisn snipping
interests by reports of Russia's prepara
tions for tho equipment of a fleet of
Alabamas on this Ride of the Atlantic.
Great confidence is expressed that the
American Government will faithfully
execute the treaty of Washington,
winch prohibits the fitting out ol pri
vateers or other armed vessels in the
ports of the United States by any na
tion at war with England. It is also
contended that Russian armed vessels
will be much more likely to be run
down by British cruisers than to make
much havoc among British merchant
men. All this is cheerful enough, no
doubt, but ship-owners who remember
how American commerce suffered for
years from two or three rebel ships will
hardly take much comfort from it. A
single fast-sailing steamer like the State
of California, just launched and sold to
the Russians at Philadelphia, might
sink or capture a score of the most val
uable ships in England's mercantile
marine in a week, by cruising on regular
routes of the trans-Atlantic lines, or by
watching for Calcutta or Australian
steamers. All the vigilanco of a hun
dred cruisers could not bo depended
upon to defeat such raids or to capture
the raiders.
The Chicken Torpedo.
The invention consists in placing a
torpedo charged with powder, slugs and
bullets in the interior of a prepared
fowl. The chicken is placed on a perch
as natural as lifo, and the explosion oc
curs immediately on its removal. Tbe
balls within are so arranged that they fly
in au uirecuons at the instant that tho
fowl is removed from the perch or loest,
and the remover is certain to be instant
ly scattered around in small articles
This ingenious contrivance, the inventor
claims, is perfectly harmless so long as
it remains undisturbed, and no one is
responsible for the sudden death of the
party who tampers with it except the
party uimscu. unjjith (Ca.) Aeitf.
New J ekskt is making extensive prep
arations to celebrate the centennial an
niversary of tho battle of Monmouth, of
mw wiir iur iimcncau independence, on
iuo zom oi next ticno.
OUR YOUXU FOLKS.
Two Little JtoeuM.
Haya Hauuuy to Dk-k,
Come, Lurry ; coui, quick !
Aud we'll tio, and wr'u do, and well do J
Our uiiiiiu'K way ;
BWa goo fcr to Uy ;
and make a groat hullabaloo I
111 too, rl loo, loo, loo I
We'll make a great hullabaloo !"
Hay a Dicky to Ram,
" All wddy I am
To do, ami to do, and to do.
But how docth It go ?
I o little do know :
Tuay, what be a hullubawoo ?
1(1 too, rl loo, woo, woo, woo f
lhay, what be a huUabawoo?n '
" Oh I alammlnga and banging!,
And whlnginga nd whanging,
And rery bad tulachlef we'll do :
We'll clatter and about.
And pull thing about ;
And that'a what'a a hullabaloo
HI too, rl loo, loo, loo, loo I
And that'a what'a a hullabaloo I
" Slide down the front ataira,
Tip over the chaira ;
Now Into the pantry break through;
We'll take dowu eome tinware,
And other thlnga In there-
A 11 aboard for a hullabaloo!
Ill too, ri loo, loo loo I
All aboard tot a hullabaloo ?
" Now roll up the table
lar up aa you're able,
Chaira, aofa, big eaay-chalr, too;
Put the poker aud vaaea
In funny odd place ;
Uow'a thia for a hullabaloo !
IU too, rl loo, loo, loo, loo, loo I
lljw'a thia lor a hullabaloo?
" Let the diahea and paua
lie the woinaua and mans ;
Unrybodv keep till in their pew t
Mammy' gowu I U gel next,
And preach you a text.
Dicky, buith with your hullabaloo
HI too, rl loo, loo, loo, loo I
Dicky, huah with your hullabaloo J"
Aa the preacher in gown
Climbed up and looked down
11 in queer congregation to view,
Said Dicky to Hauiiuy,
" Oh dere cornea our mammy I
He'll thcold for din hullaoawoo,
111 too, ri loo, woo, woo, woo 1
He'll thcold tor di hullabawoo
14 O mummy I O mammy !"
Cried Dicky and Hammy,
" We'd never again, certain true.''
But with llrin tep ahe trod,
And looked hard at the rod ;
Oh, tueu came a hullabaloo i
Boohoo, boohoo, woo, woo, woo!
o:i, tiiPU came a hullabaioj
Number Niue.
" Give it to me this minute 1 it's mine I"
said Lulu.
'Tisn't either yours. I found it my
very own self I" said May.
44 You didn't 1"
" I did 1"
" I just wish you would go away off,
May Stone, so't I'd never see you any
more, never, so I do !"
"Andlwisn you was in the siues,
and could never, never, never como down
again, you hateful thing 1"
Twin waters they were, in tho parlors
of a hotel at Long Branch, disputing
over tho pousestiion of a curious sea
shell. A gray- hai red old gentleman, who had
been an attentive observer of this little
scene, now called the little girls to his
aide, nnd inquired, ' My dears, were you
ever ' Number Nine?' "
Ah!" continued ho with a bright
smilo, "I see you don't understand me.
Well, was ' Number Nine ' once, and
considered it a most grievous misfort
une, too. Yes, I was Number Nine;'
that is, there were eight stout, ruddy,
rollicking boys in tho family circle when
with my uttlo bald pate and toothless
gums, made my appearance to swell the
number to nine, and, although l had a
bona-fide, genuine name the charming
one of Aminadab I was most frequently
tvled ' Number Nine.' Now, I didn t
fancy being the last of a long line of
boys; and 1 11 tell you why. In the first
place, I was forced to master arithmetic
through mammoth grease-spots, re
minders of my eight brothers cold
lunches; geography from under great
blots of ink; and spelling with serious
draw-backs ot hero and there a letter or
word missing. Secondly, in addition to
the worn-out books of my eight brothers,
I fell heir to their cast-oil clothing as
well. Again, I was obliged to yield the
easy-chairs and many other coveted
pleasures to the older lads; and t o
run upon errands, for them un
til my feet would ache, my blood
would boil, and ray tonguo be al
most never quite up to the point of
asserting a new Declaration of Inde
pendence. Again, father, being very
systematic, very orderly, invariably
served us at table according to our ages,
commencing at the eldest, never on any
account skipping one in favor of a
youoger, hungrier stomach, and it
would appear to me, sometimes, that
my turn would never, never come. No,
I didn't enjoy being 'Number Nine.'
One summer a comet cf unusual
brilliancy and length of tail flashed
into the heavens, exciting great
interest and curiosity in many minds,
and in none more than in mine. for. in
my small way, I was exceedingly fond of
astronomy; and so, when an announce
ment apptared in our village paper that
on a certain evening there would be an
opportunity of viewing the wondrous
comet through a telescope, I was all
eagerness and excitement. But wo
could not all go ; and, as usual, I was
the one to stay behind. And I felt very
bitterly over it, I can tell you. rext at
ternoon I was lying on the shady side
of a freshly-stacked hay-mow, idly
listenincr to the merry chirping of the
crickets in the grass, and the lazy hum
of bees, but brooding over my trials
and tribulations, as I styled them.
"Snddenlv a man stood before mo
with the startling inquiry, ' "Would you
like to visit tho comet ?
Follow me, then, continued tho
stranger, without waiting for the eager
assent which I was about to give ; and
he led me out into tho road where was
standing a most singular-looking ve
hide, formed somewhat liko a car, but
with a pipe emitting volumes of smoke
in front, and with great black
wings, similar to those of a bird,
on either side. Into this queer
machine my conductor lifted -me. lie
sprung to the seat at my side ; tho steam
went putl I puu I the wings napped leis
urely; and, gently, slowly, almost im
perceptibly, we rose into the air to the
height of tho hay-stack near which
had but just now been lying. Further
into airy pace wo a.eceiided until our
old farm-house appeared but as the tini
est of cottages, and the village church
a vexy insignificant edifice indeed.
Hieher I higher I 'lhe horses at
work in tho fields, the cattle
browsing on trio hills, the wagons
landing before the burn, seemed like
toys with which children play; the peo
ple like ants as they moved about on
their several ways; and the winding
stream like a silver strand as it stretched
on and on. Higher t faster ! trees,
houses, rocks, hills, blending into one
confused mass as we passed beyond the
clouds and looked down upon the light
ning and the rain. On we flew through
the light air toward that great, round,
nery ban, in the center oi which, formed
by a galaxy of bright stars, I could dis
tinctly trace a large figure 9.' Onl
with the speed of the wind ! The large
figure had broken into thousands, mill
ions of little 9's, sparkling, shimmering,
dazzling. .On I on 1 the bottom of the
vehicle grated upon the pebbly road; the
man in chargeplaco J me upon the ground;
the strange machine once more rose into
the air, and I was left alone.
'After a moment's bewilderment I
looked about me, and was amazed, de
lighted, at the scene which met my
?;aze. There was on one side a great
orest, filled with mammoth elms, ma
ples, oaks, taller much than our tallest
poplars, whose foliage, shining, luxuri
ant, was of the most delicate blue, like
earth's summer sky; carpeted with a
soft, rich, velvety grass and moss of a
similar tint to that of the silver-lined
leaves; and everywhere walked or flew
wonderful birds, of rare size, gorgeous
plumage and matchless voice. On the
other side extended a vast field cf nod
ding flowers, through which flowed
stream clear as crystal and filled
with fish of shining gold. Above
stretched a sky of the faintest pink,
with here and there tho daintiest of
dainty white clouds.
"I was charmed, entranced; but it
was not until I had grown somewhat ac
customed to the novel scene that
observed one remarkable pe
culiarity of the place that every
thing bore some reference to tho
figure '9.' The giant trees of whatever
sort or description were trained to form
it; every blade of grass, every leaf,
every flower, bore it somewhere upon its
surface; the crystal stream traced it in
its wanderings; the shining leaves as they
rustled to and fro in the balmy air,
sighed it; the brook babblod it; the
crickets chirped it; the insects hummed
it; the birds, each in its own tone,
warbled it; and a solemn old owl hooted
in stated measure, 'Num-ber 2fi-ine !
Nuiri'ber Ni-inc '
However, I did not speculate long
upon this strange p? lenomenon. Happy,
delighted, I rambled on until I cazoe to
high stone wall, through one of tho
openings oi which 1 saw a great
city, whoso tall, massivo build
ings were constructed of solid stone,
and aloDg whoso broad streets men and
women of giant stature were hurrying to
and fro, all wearing fantastic caps Irom
which depended nine tiny little bells,
which tinkled and jingled with a sou,
silvery eound at every motion.
"Ot course I entered tho city, and 1
was immediately met by a huge mon9ier
who was bigger than any two of tho tall-
st men I ever eaw. I turned to run,
but It detained me by an immense hand,
and then, strange to say, tpoko to mo m
a kind, reassuring tone. It asked mo a
great many questions and examined rao
curiously. "When it said 1 Come home
with me, I knew, someway, that It wa
was the Comet King. Immediately wo
stood before a palace built of polished,
bluo-gray marble, surmounted by cupo
las, turrets, domes of the finest cut-glass,
and ornamented all along its smooth.
beauteous sides by rows of stained-glass
windows.
"I was eager to enter, but It said,
No, no, you must wait until your eight
brothers have been in.
1 turned away and burst into team of
vexation and rage. I was still 4 Number
Nine.
41 'Do you see yonder broad river?' It
asked.
I did see it rushing madly, tumult-
uously along, and also saw a little boat
tossed about on its rolling waves, rowed
by a single man an old man with bowed
form and silvery iocks.
Well, It said, I am Borry for you,
Number .Nine. I will have one ot your
brothers, whichever one you may desig
nate, rowed to the opposite shore, where
it is eternal night aud wilderness. He
can never return, and thus you will have
at least one less to wait for.
Delighted, I dried my tears, and
ceased my sobbing. And now, which
boy should I select ? I started to my
feet and paced the square in front of
tho palaco door with knit brow and
clenched hands ; but all to no purpose.
I could not mane tho selection.
'Well, which one. "Number
Nine"?' asked It.
But somehow, the more I tried to
make haste, the less haste I made.
Which of my many brothers, indeed,
would I be willing to spare forever from
out my home and lite ? Certainly not
Will or Jimmie, my willing assistants in
study; not John, who so many times un
dertook my tasks in addition to his own
in order that I might have the more
leisure for play; not George or nenry,
who were ever ready to mend my bat
tered sleds and toys; not, surely, Bob,
merry, light-hearted Bob; and by all
means not iud or Joey, my dear play-fel
lows and companions.
'" I am waiting politely said It.
"Oh, dear I I could not make a de
cisiou ; and, besides, I was beginning to
feel a faint impression that I did not
wish any one of the eight Bent away,
after all. At last I hinted as much to
my companion.
"Poohr said It, very impolitely.
Nobody could blame you. If yon wait
for eight, when will you get in think
of it I 1 would dispose of one of them.
" rio 1 I cried in terror. My own
own nromers never j io, n i never
enter tho wonderful place 1'
"I see I must take the matter into
my own hands, said It, turning from
me ; and, to my terror, I saw him signal
the old boatman.
"I seized tho mighty arm I cried
out but the great hand only patted my
ueaa. -xooiisn iittia "is umber .Nino "I
It said.
" I wrung my hands, I sobbed aloud
threw myself upon tho ground with a
hammering In my brain, a chokiccr in
my throat, and a heavy weight of anguish
at my heart.
" Suddenly a mighty clock, tho clock
of Doom, clanged out : 11 '21 31 41 51
61 7! 81 9!
" I opened my eyes with a start, and
there sxod Joey blowing tho dinner
horn close at my ears.
'VI guess you have been asleep,
" Number Nine " ! ' he ?ried merrily.
"I don't suppose Joey over knew
what prompted the energetic hug with
which I jumped at him, nor the boys the
cause of my unusually kind and affec
tionate manner for a few days ; but
knew, and 1 never forgot"
The little girls slid quietly down from
tho old gentleman's lap while he was
. -' 5
wipiug away nis tears, anu waiseu away
without a word. But under the currant
bushes their little arms stole around
each other's waists; their lips met in a
loving kiss, and Lulu said earnestly:
You may have the shell, sister, and
I don't want you to go away one bit."
And Mary replied quite as earnestly.
'And if you was taken up to the skies,
I would be so sorry !" Belle Stuart, in
ide Awake.
WOOD AND M0KR1SSEY.
An AU.Nlght Gam and the Woret Whal
ing John Erer Got.
Says the New York conespondent of
the Buffalo Courier: "'Ben Wood as
everybody has always called him, has
never been other than a thoroughly good
fellow, and of course he had legions of
friends. In fact, pretty much every
one within the scope of his acquaint
ance is his friend, in one sense or an
other, and he has no enemies worth
speaking of. It is well known that he
onco kept up intimate relations with the
tiger, and had a strong penchant for
' bucking' that animal in his lair, and
his failure has set old gossip going
a train. Some of his cuondam chums
have been rehearsing tho famous bout
he once had with John Morrissey, in
tho hitter's club house in Twenty-fourth
street. The story has been told several
times, but may oear mention again.
Ben was in the habit of dropping into
Morriesey's place occasionally for a lit
tle recreation, and one night about ten
years ago he sauntered in as usual, and
fell afoul of the bank. Morrissey was
there and many men about town, all of
whom knew Wood's pluck and hang-on-ativeness,
and the party settled down
for some lively work. Wood had about
$3,000 in his pocket, and as the betting
was heavy he managed to get to the bot
tom in about an hour. In fact he was
cleaned out. But his blood was up that
night, and as his reputation for pluck
among the boys was at stako ho decided
that once for all it should make or
break. His ready cash was gone, but
he owned valuable property on Tryon
row, where tho Slaats-Zeitunp buildiug
now stands, and ho proposed to hypoth
ecate the property to Morrissey against
whatsoever sum, up to its value, he
should lose. The offer was accepted,
and the great fight began. It lasted all
night and up to 9 o'clock nezt morning,
and when a truce was finally called Ben
had won back tho $3,000 he started
with and scored about $120,000 ahead
besides. Vrith the money that Morris
sey had advanced to him on the hypothe
cated property he turned around and
gave John the worst whaling ho ever re
ceived at the card-table. Not a sign of
wincing was showu on either side till
physical txhaubti on forced a cessation of
hostilities. Both men were true grit to
the last, and neither showed the least
ill-temper from beginning to end. It
was on that occasiou that Ben performed
the extraordinary feat of stroking $90
worth of cigars in one night. Morrissey
had a special brand of cigars at $1 each
for his flush customers, and Wood, who
is a tremendous smoker (or chewer,
rather, Yor ho merely chews fariously at
a cigar, and then flings it away), man
aged to spoil nicety of thera while the
fight lasted.
Quixotic Engineering.
Tho Virginia City Enterprise reports
that an Englishman in Nevada proposes,
if $250,000 can be raised, to bore two ar
tesian wells, eighteen inches apart, the
ono a six and the other a foiw-inch bore,
to the depth of G,000 feet Then he will
drop into ono a powder cartridge wrapped
in asbestos, so that subterranean heat
will not explode it until it reaches the
bottom. The explosion then will unite
the two wells, the water poured down
one will be converted by subterranean
heat into steam and sent through the
other, where the power can bo transmit
ted to any required point.
World's Fairs.
The following statistics in regard to
tho six great international exhibitions
which have been held within a little
more than a quarter of a century aire
particularly interesting nt the present
moment:
Hxhibi- ,umberv Mmnb'rvJ bvmbr
tiono Kxkibilort. Vititvr. of Day.
London ... ISM 13,917 6,031.1m 141
1'iirid 1x55 23,7:4 5,162,330 2'0
London,.. 1H6J 2S.653 6,211,103 171
Tana 18B7 JW),2;C 10 200,000 210
Vienna.... 1873 42,584 7,254,B7 186
rbiladelp'a 1876 .857.62fl 1R9
The Left Arm.
Mr. Charles Ileade's eloquence about
the usa of the left arm has elicited a
very characteristic controversy in tho
Frencli papers as to which is the correct
arm to offer a lady when you take her
down to dinner. The chivalrous theory
is to give her tho left, in rder to defend
her with the right; the amatory theory
is to do the same, in order that she may
be next your heart; but the more simple
way is to do as the master of tho hou30
does, who remembers on which side of
the stairs his balusters run, and acts ac
cordingly. Ixarper s Bazar.
Mackinaw is a great resort for hay-fe
ver patients. As soon as tho fatal Au
gust day arrives victims rush to this
most sacred of Indian islands. Here
tho ditemner at onco disabbears. and
the patient stiys iu delightful rural
quarantine until the first frost strikes the
place ho left.
France proposes spending $150,000.
000 on her army and $15,000,000 on her
navy in 1879. Tho low pay of French
soldiers is partly compensated by tho
fact that they can buy their tobacco
from tho Government on very low terms,
and travel everywhere through the ooun
try at half price.
Joum Tatlou will probably be hanged
a second time for a murder committed
ten years ago in Danville, Ky. Ho was
lynched immediately after the crime, but
was cut down by his friend before lifo
was extinct, ard hurried off to Kansas.
where ho lived under an asnuined name
until ue was recently recognized.
JnlCilllUX ITEMS.
Ionxi will have two saloons less this
year than last.
The First National Bank of Muir has
gone out of business.
James Cubrt, of Stanton, is in jail for
"making motions " at another man witk
a gun.
A local Board of Insurance Under
writers has been formed at Kalamazoo,
and rates get a boost upward, it is said.
Large numbers of grayling are being
caught in the Cedar river, Gladwin
county.
Wayne county has 1,144 places within
her borders where intoxicating drinks
are sold.
Tub collections of internal revenue for
the Third Revenue District for April
amounted to $23,127.
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany is erecting at Kalamazoo a water
tank with a capacity of 2,300 barrels.
A yocNa man named Angus Smith was
drowned in the Manistee river, six miles
north of Manton, Wexford county. .
The ninth annual reunion of the Sol
diers' and Sailors' Association of Michi
gan will be held in Kalamazoo, Thurs
day, June 20.
A State Catholic total abstinence so
ciety was organized at East Saginaw, a
few days since. A State Convention will
be held at Bay City, July 4.
At Cornnna, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. John
son, old settlers and highly esteemed,
celebrated their golden wedding recent
ly, with a numerous surrounding of
friends.
Mis3 Fannt Z. Lovkll, of Climax,
Kalamazoo county, proves ineligible to
the office of town Superintendent of
Schools, to which she was recently ap
pointed.
Titb Detroit Telegraph says the State
militia will not go into encampment this
year. Adjt. tien. llobertson is ib favor
or making a brigade out of the three
Michigan regiments.
Tub committee of Presbyterians have
contracted for the erection of a hotel on
their grounds at Petoskey. The work
on the Bay View House, on the Metho
dist grounds, is progressing firely.
The forty-fourth annual convention of
tho Protestant Episcopal Church, in the
Diocese of Michigan, will be held in
Christ Church, Detroit, commencing on
Wednesday, J uno 5.
A woman named Wolfcrd, living near
Crockery lake, Newaygo county, cut
her own throat recently and then tried
to kill another woman, and dropped
dead while chasing her.
Eanrics Smith, a young man, fell
from the Indiana railroad bridge into
the Manistee river, the other day, and
was drowned. Ho went there recently
from Eaat Saginaw, where his relatives
live.
At the twenty-second annual conclave
of the Michigan Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar, held at Detroit last
week, the following were elected: Grand
Commander, H0II13 F. Knapp; Deputy
Grand Commander, Frank Henderson.
Lewis Cameron, a farmer, was instant
ly killed near Newaygo by a tree falling
on him whilo he was " chopping. It
struck him on the head. Ho leaves a
wife, whose former husband was killed
in tho sama manner, in tho same neigh
borhood. John J. Apam, President of the State
Pioneer Society, gives notice that the
State Pioneer Society will meet at Te
cumseh, Wednesday, June 12, 1878, at
10 o clock a. m., there to hold its fourth
social reunion.
LrrooTON boasts of her tall men.
Six of them aggiegate thirty-seven feet
eleven and three-eighths inches; the two
tallest measuring each six feet live and
a quarter inches; and the shortest six
feet three inches.
A Canadian schooner has just taken
from Marquette for Quebec 20,000 cubio
feet of square timber cut in Marquette
county, and which will ultimately find a
market in England. Another shipment
will be made in J uly.
Mrs. Elvira Treadwell, widow of
Seymour B. Treadwell, who was Com
missioner of the State Land Office from
1854 until 1858, died of consumption re
cently at Jacksonville, Fla., aged 73
years. She had resided in the South for
several years past.
Mrs. Nancy Knigiit, aged 74, died a
few days since at Jackson. She had
lived in that county over 40 years, set
tling with her husband, a Christian min
ister, m Hanover in 1835. She never
rallied from tho effects of a fall from tho
omnibus last fall by which her hip was
broken.
Bay City, learning a lesson from the
Saginaw fire, is taking steps to rigidly
enforce the ordinance which provides
that no steam craft shall bo permitted,
under a penalty of from $100 to $300, to
approach within 200 feet of any wharf,
unless the smoke-stack is covered with
a spark catcher haing meshes not larger
then one-quarter of an inch in size.
The number of admissions to the
Homo of the Friendless in Detroit dur
ing tho past year was 374 ; women over
20 years, 173 ; young girls, 30 ; women
with children, 44 ; children accompanied
by parents, 99 ; unaccompanied, 28.
The number now in the house is 54, of
whom 8 are women, 35 boys, and 11
girls. Tbe health of the institution has
been excellent, only two severe cases of
ickness, and no deaths.
Mr. Martin, of Morris A Martin,
millers of Reed City, had a narrow es
cape from a terrible death recently, ne
was caught in the gearing and drawn
backward through a hole about two feet
square, doubled in two, and losing the
middle finger of his right hand, besides
sustaining severe internal injuries,
A little child, 20 months old, of n.
E. Tyler, of Kalkaska, was seriou.dy
poisoned, a few days ago. It swallowed
a coceiderable quantity of bed-bug poi
son, which so atfectod it that for period
of eight days and up to tho latuht ac
counts, it had not been able to take any
nourishment.
T. Bailey, of Campbell, Ionia county,
was married a year ago. A few days ago
he says to his ilannah, "How much will
you take to let me off?" Says she, "I
will take fifty bushels of wheat, twenty
bushels of potatoes and a ton of hay.
Says he, "Chcip enongh ; it'sa wliACk."
They separated, both satisfied they got
the best of the bargain.
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