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TOPICS OF THE DAT.
Aoaui : The Chines must go!
Omaha has contributed $3,500 to the
Irish relief fund.
The Republican State ConTention of
Illinois is called to meet ilay l'J.
The California Senate decided, by
a'vote of 33 to 5, not to hare a chaplain.
A home for infirm Israelites is to be I
esUbliahed at Cleveland, Ohio.
Kearney endeavors to maintain his
identity in California .
There are now about 9,000, 000
barhels of wheat stored in Chicago.
Ix London now they have music dur
ing dinner. ' ' '" '
Or late they speak of it as the United
Bute of Ohio. -
The United States Government pays
salaries to 88,000 persona.
Thus far this year 246 miles of rail
road have been constructed in the L nited
States. ,
The Ohio General Assembly averages
three days in the week either way you
choose to take it but always busy.
A Chinese Free Mason lodge has been
incorporated in New York called the
Lone We Long Eng Ti Association.
TfXAS will hang tLree murderers in
April. This will . reduce the number
a boat .0012. -'
The Chinese population in New York,
since 184, has increased from 157 to
8,000, in 1880. ,
It is rumored that James Gordon
nennett is aoout to organize a racing
stable at Newmarket, England.
Ex-Governor Pinchback has been
nominated for Naval Officer at New Or
leans. The Southern Railroad !s doing busi
ness between Cincinnati and Chatta
nooga, and a very good business, too.
josefh r- i em ple, a retired mer
chant of Philadelphia, has donated 60,-
000 to the Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts.
. Edward Waldo Emerson denies
that his father has been converted to
orthodoxy under-the ministrations of
Rev. Joeph Cook.
LiFHTHEKiA is prevailing to an
alarming extent in Central Russia.
Over 40,000 persona have died of the
disease since November.
Abut officers traveling under orders
west of the Mississippi rtiverwill here
after, receive in, lieu of mileage a p:r
dim Of $4. - :'
There is a bill before tho Iowa Legis
lature prohibiting the practice of treat
ing at public bars, and making it a pun.
tenable offense . , . ,
Wm. IT. Vanderbilt is the owner of
$31,500,000 in registered four-per-cent.
bonds, upon which he will draw "$300,-
000 interest every three months.
The Young Men's Christian Associa
tion haa petitioned the' Kentucky Legis
lature to tarn the Penitentiary over to
its care. 1
At the skating rink at Brighton, Eng
land, recently, appeared the following
notice: "Land plays at 4 o'clock, and 1
Mrsv Langtry will be present"
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With all the perils of the former, it
were safer perhaps to be Caar of Russia
than Governor of Utah opposing matri
monially inclined saints.
The Iowa Democratic State Central
Committee has decided not to nominate
State officers until after the National
Convention.
Ir the money which is being poured
into Ireland is honestly applied there
need be no unappeaaed htuiger in the
Green Isle.
,m m. me new lork grain
1r . - .
broker, is turning his attentions to
horses. He made one shipment from
Lexington, Kentucky, to New York, of
thoroughbreds, valued at $75,000.
At a meeting of Mexican War Veter-
aua, ai x riniion, jvy., iney passed a
resolution demanding pensions as a right,
and resolved not to die until they were
granted.
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A thorough canvass of California
shows that the crop prospects are, al
most 'without exception, excellent, and
that a greater area than heretofore is
under cultivation.
Talmage says that the press on Mon
day spreads abroad more religious truths
than all the tract societies do in six
days' cT the week. They publish Tal
mage s sermons.
Seven TY-Two you ne men have been
sentenced by default at Berlin to a fort
night's imprisonment and 150 marks fine
for emigrating without permission and
evading the conscription.
The Detroit Free Prut says that the
reason. the "etar" Postal Service got
that title is because it comes so high,
"like a diamond lathe sky," or any
otner very costly article. -
ihs ou passed the Star Route
Deficiency Bill amended, which appro.
priates 1970,000 to meet the expenses of
inland mail transportation for the re
mainder of the fiscal year.
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A oeneral strike is now predicted
foi the first of ApriL- Although the an
nouncement is something of a periodical
nature, this statement is founded on the
movements of the New York Trades
Unions.'
There has been no bulletin lately
from Edison in regard to the electric
light, but something may happen any
day. j Gas storks are pretty high attain.
and there is a promising chance for an
other bear movement
The three politics! National Conven
tions will be held in June that of the
Republicans in Chicago June 8; that
VOLUME VII.
of the Greenbackers in Chicago June
10, and that of the Democracy in
Cincinnati June 22. -
Mb. Edward Jenkens, the author of
"Ginx's Baby," is to be the editor of a
new illustrated daily newspaper in Lon
don. It is to be of a satirical turn, and
its Parliamentary reports are to come
through a telephone.
Figures from England illustrate
anew the terribly depressed condition
of the farmers of that kingdom. In
1878 the number of those who were
bankrupt was 477, in 1878, 816, and in
1879 the number swelled to 1,431.
Queen Victoria, it is reported, is
cut to the heart by the radical talk in
Canada, and has in conversation more
than once recalled the pathetic declara
tion of Queen Mary when she heard
Calais was cut off from her kingdom.
Jeff Davis expects to make from 800
to 1,000 bales of cotton on his Miasis
I s'Ppi plantation during the coming sea
I son. He is busily engaged on his
1 Memoirs of the War," in which he is
assisted by his wife and his nephew,
General Joseph Davis.
It appears from a statement recently
made by the Secretary of War that
869,823 pounds of cannon, condemned
as useless for army purposes and worth
1111,345, have been given away by act
of Congress for soldiers' monuments.
The supply is nearly exhausted.
Pkof. Andre, of London, England,
looms up as a rival of our own Edison.
He has been so successful in his experi
ments about house lighting that he
will introduce the electric light into the
Stafford House. The Prince of Wales
also promises him a contract.
California averages higher rates for
farm labor than any State in the Union,
viz., $44 a month without board, and
$2.27 a day for transient help in harvest
times. South Carolina is said to pay the
least, or an average of $9.83 per month
without board. Transient help is paid
for at the rate of eighty cents a day,
without board.
The ' Cincinnati Commercial philo
sophically remarks that as the indebted
ness of the Dominion is now $183,974,
753, and increasing, and it is at the rate
of $50 per head of the population, the
proposition to undertake the building of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad single-
banded is not looked upon as practi
cable. England is expected to foot that
bill. Evidently the Canadian is not in
a condition to do it.
One happy result of the upheaval in
Russia is said to be a reconciliation be
tween the Czar and Czarina. The grati
tude of the former at his escape from
death was so great that he addressed a
communication to his wife expressing
regret at past misconduct, and promis-
ion that in the future there wouli be no
a -
occasion for scandals, ihe Uzanna s
health is reported much improved , in
consequence, and the reconciled royal
pair are preparing for a season of retire
ment in the mountains of the Austrian
Tyrol.
Life or death is a matter that does
not seem to trouble the Royal family in
England to any great extent as long as
it is not a member of that family who is
concerned. One of the London papers
says that a lady living in Carlton House
Terrace was dangerously ill and her
physician said that the firing of cannon
there, when the Queen went to open
Parliament, would cause the sick lady s
death. Application was made to the
Duke of Cambridge to have the guns re
moved from the immediate neighbor
hood of the house, but he refused. So
the sick lady was put under the influence
of chloroform while the firing was going
on. The journal does not mention
whether she recovered or not.
The North German Gazstte says that
when once a belief is created among the
Russian people that an attack on the
part of Germany is feared, it is only a
short step from that point to a hostile
excitement against a threatening neigh
bor. If it be true that Russian designs
against Germany, of which Gen. Milion-
tine, the Russian Minister of War, is
credited with being the chief promoter,
ere only postponed until trance is
ready, then fortifications against a peace
ful neighbor may be regarded as a sure
preparation for a future aggressive war
with uermany. IN either fiance nor
Russia has ever been attacked by Ger
many, and the colossal armament of
these two States, which by compulsion
weigh upon all Europe, can therefore
only be based upon an aggressive policy
John Gilpin and Ella Stanford
NswTorkWorM. - ' '
John Gilpin was thin, callow and
awkward; Ella Stanford, bonnie. bnxom
and loving. They worked on neighbor
ing farms at Middletown; Conn., and
last Wednesdaythey went before' the
'squire ana were married. The- next
thing on the programme was the wed-
ding tour.
reunernaa money." Both
had good, stout shoes. Keeping excel
lent step as both hearts beat as one.
they set out to walk to - Woodbury -to
visit John's old folks. Wednesday night
found them on the road pushing oo
through the snow. All day Ehnrsday
they pressed on. and as Bight fell they
stopped at a little Inn by the -roadside.
John was very much used upon Friday
U . . 1 ..... ' .
uccauieoi me long walk", tu EUHV ieni
him a shoulder, and so the1 wedding
wur wn cuniiDUCQ. AS tne IWO BP'
1 J I.t- m - .. ' .
pruueueu wiinm iour or ove mi es
Woodbury, John gave out, and persons
who kindly asked what was the matter
heard oniy iron &na a request to borrow
a wheelbarrow. At last, when m nih.
boring farmer learned that the' Dedes-
trians had lust been married, he lent
mem a Darrow, ana, tenaeriy piacini
the groom in this, the bride wheelei
him in triumph to the old folk
Woodbury.
HEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tns Illinois Bspnbliean Stats ConTention is
to b held at Springfield, May 19.
: Tas colored phvsioinns of Tenses see hare or
ganised a State Medical Aesociation.
' A riax in Albany, N. T-, malted in tbe de
struction of property to tbe valus of $100,
000. Tbs President has nominated Henry
Sterne, of Indiana, United States Conml at
Pesth.
Fivs'mea, among them a priest, have been
aiTested at Pickaaoek, Ontario, ebarged with
ineendiarism.
GnEHriKLD, sentenced to hang at Syracuse,
H. T., haa again been respited by the Gover
nor to April 23. -
: Tas town of TJrfa, Asiatic Turkey, the sap
posed seat of " L'r of the Chaldees," has been
nearly deetreyed by Ire.
' With all the material aid rendered to the
suffering of famine stricken Ireland, the num
ber of destitute continues to increase daily.
1 Axotbib slight oscillatory movement has
been felt at Havana, accompanied by a noise
like an explosion.
Thb Louisiana Senate has suspended Sena
tors Demas. Simms and Stewart, charged with
contempt in signing the Kellogg memorial.
Thb Greenbacks! of Michigan hare called a
Bute Convention at Jackson for March 17, to
select delegates to the Greenback National Con
Tention at Chicago June 9.
Addiboh C. Bbows, of Seymour, Ind., shot
and instantly killed William Postlethwait. The
difficulty was the result of a quarrel at a mas
querade ball in progress at the time.
1 Thibtv-focb indictment have been found
against the Comptroller, Treasurer and Clerk
of Elisabeth, N. J., for conspiracy to defraud
the city.
: J. Llotb Haioh, wine manufacturer, of New
York, whose operations mainly caused the
failure of the Grocers' Bank, has been indioted
for forgery.
' A rsiTATB telegram from Tiflis reports that
Persia is actively assembling troops, and trust
worthy information has been received that the
Persian army will march on Herat.
A Bebmh dispatch says that by the dissemina
tion of news from the United States that trade
here is reviving, emigration from Germany has
reoommenced on an appreciable scale.
Tas Iowa Democrats will hold their State
Convention for the selection of delegates to the
National Convention at Burlington, Wednes
day, April 15th.
BxrvBLicAi Cohvbntiobs were held in all
the Congressional Districts of Indiana on the
25th for the purpose of selecting delegates to
the Chicago Convention, and with an occasional
exception, delegates were not instructed.
Two men, Curly Wood and his son Charles,
were hanged by vigilante, near Deadwood the
past week for cattle stealing. Two others, Gus
Johnson and Bad Land Charley, guilty of the
same offense, fled, were pursued and shot.
' Mas. Ehgelhan, of Chicago, has recovered a
judgment of $4,000 against the estate of Solo
mon Senn. Senn murdered her husband and
immediately afterward killed himself, and she
sued the estate for $50,000 damages.
A Baptist minister earned Mark Sumner
has been found guilty in the United States
District Court of forging pension papers, and
sentenced to six years in the Albany, (N. T.)
Penitentiary,
Thb Secretary of the Navy, has ordered a
survey of the United States ship Constellation
at, the Brooklyn Navy-yard, preparatory to
putting that vessel into commission for carry
ing supplies to Ireland.
Robbbt Vint, pedestrian, the little Brooklyn
shoemaker, at Cincinnati last week made the
best time on record in the eighty-tour-hour go-as-you-please
match. He scored 432 miles and
fire laps. Harriman's score was 421 miles ;
Guyon,416; O'Brien, 408.
In Cass County, Texas, three men were ar
rested for outraging and then murdering a re
spectable married lady. One of them eonfessed
this crime. A mob eolleeted, and after horribly
matilating him, saturated his clothing with
eoal oil and applied a torch to him. This over,
they hanged him. .
A FiBgT cousin of the late President Lincoln,
Jacob Linooln, a wealthy'dtUen of Harrison
burg, Va., was brutally murdered for his
coney last week by two notorious characters
named Reed and Woods. They have been ar
rested and lodged in jail.
Hkavt and disastrous snow storms have
been prevailing in the Northwest for the past
two months. The most extensive snow storm
ever known occurred there last week. Travel
on tbe "Northern Pacific is almost impracti
cal
TI
Is announced that the Government of
Germany has resolved so far to retrace its Bteps
on the questinn of remonetixation of silver as to
increase silver circulation to twelve marks per
head for the entire population of the Empire,
or to about the gross amount of $129,000,000
Nkwb from Havana states that the Insur
gent Chiefs Rojas, Cayos, Peres and Vasquei,
surrendered, with more than two hundred
armed men and several families and freedmen.
The remaining insurgents are closely pursued
by the 'Government troops.
Thb Rev. Henry W. Richardson, a Metho
dist clergyman of Sea Cliff, near Glenoove,
Long Island, eloped with his wife e sister, a
comely young woman of nineteen, named
Lissie Louther. They were captured just as
they were in the act of sailing for Texas.
A grkebal fight occurred on the turnpike
near Murfreesboro, Tenn., between eizht
negroes and three white men, about giving the
road, which resulted in the death oi one white
man and one negro. The entire party were
pretty badly bruised up.
Gesbbal Hbsbv Dabbell has just died at
Madrid Bend, Lake County, Tenn., from the
effects of two pistol wounds received at the
hands of Albert Nail in 187S. General Dar
nell makes the third who received fatal wounds
in that difficulty, and the fourth member of his
family who has been killed.
A Tebbksseeah, E. R. Hayes, for five years
a elerk in the Dead Letter Office, at Washing
ton, has eonfessed to having stolen $802 from
letters passing through, his hands. He said
his object was to pay off debts he owed in
Tennessee, and that he expeoted later to re
place the money from his salary.
Ds LssRKrs, bis wife, three children and
number of his engineers have arrived in New
York. They now figure up the cost of build'
ing the Panama Canal at $100,880,000, but
perhaps may be able to reduce that to "$li0,-
000,000. It will require eight years to do the
work.
Mas. Catbabiks Zell, of Carlisle, Penn.,
sentenced to be hanged for the alleged fatal
poisoning of Mrs. Mary Kiehl, eighty-two
years old, who died last May in a little house
in the outskirts of Carlisle, has been granted a
new trial by the Supreme Court reversing the
judgment of the lower Court.
Oiuvok, the leader of the unemployed in
Kan FrstinlsAn. haa sssnUBHSd that thelv srnvk
I of visiting employers of Chinese is about eon-
n eluded. " When U is done," he says, we
I will make less noise. ' Our meetings wHl be
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SOMERSET, OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1880.
secret and dangerous to those who have re
fused to comply with eur demands." '
Jambs Howabd Males waa executed at
Ozark, Ark., last week lor the nwrder of his
mistress one year ago. He became jealous of
her, dragged her from a ball-room by the hair
to his home and there so badly maltreated her
that she died from the effects. Several thous
and people witnessed the execution.
Rev. A. W. Pane, of New Haven, Conn.,
has pleaded guilty to the charge of sending
obscene letters through the mails, and been
find $200, and cost of prosecution. ' In default
he was taken to the Hartford County Jail.
New Haven seems to furnish ad abundance of
bad ministers.
A Constantinople a Greek has been arrested
for having in his possession an infernal ma
chin o. He claims that he is an English . sub
ject. He first admitted, then retracted the
statement, that he eontomplated an attack en
the Sultan, and asserted that the machine was
bought by his brother, who was consequently 1
arrestee. - -
A feabfvl fight occurred sear Seward, Neb.,
at a school-house where nightly religious meet
ing have been held lately. A party of men at
tempted to break up the meeting. A lively
scuffle ensued, in which many shots were ex
changed and eight persons wounded. William
Bates died on Friday from, his wounds, and
Levi Bates is probably fatally wounded.
Ax umbrella-vender named Harper fifty-five
years of age has been arrested at Toledo, -whio,
for the .abduction . of a tea-year-old girl from
her home at Maumee nearly a year ago. Be
had rooms rented of people to whom he repre
sented that the child was his own daughter,
but with whom, the girl relates, he has lived
in the capacity of husband. She was powerless
in his "charge, he using, she now says, the
most blood-curdling threats agamst her life if
she ever dared to betray him. He will doubt
less get the benefit ef the law.
Tbe Republicans of New York State at their
convention at TJtica on the 25th instructed for
General Grant. It was "Raolved, That the
Republicans of New York believe the renomi
nation of U. 8. Grant as a Presidential candi
date is of urgent importance ; and the delegates
this day assembled are called . upon and in
structed to use their most earnest and united
efforts to secure his nomination." A motion
to erase the name otV. S. Grant and substitute
therefor the name of James G. Blaine was lost
by a vote of 180 to 217. It was a field day for
Conkling.
Air inquiry into the fall of the bridge over
the Frith of Tay, on the night of December 28,
by whioh many lives were lost, is proceeding
at Dundee before the Board of Trade. Several
painters who painted, the bridge last summer
testified that they saw -numerous bolt holes
empty, found bolts in holes where there snouia
have been rivets, and found rivets without
heads, and bars loosened and nuts nnscrewed ;
that one of the supporting columns of the high
girders was cracked from top to bottom, and
held together with four hoop-bands ; that some
times the oscillation of the bridge was so great
they feared it would fall.
I is thought at the Treasury Department
that the total receipts from customs for Febru
ary will be nearly $15,000,000, and from inter
nal revenue about $9,000,000. Taking this as
a basis, it is estsmated -the total customs re
ceipts of the Government for the fiscal year
ending June 30 next, will be about $155,000,-
000, and from internal revenue $117,000,000,
thus making the total income of the Govern
ment, including receipts from miscellaneous
sources, about $300,000,000. It is calculated at
the department that the total expenditures, in
eluding tbe sinking fund and interest on the
public debt, will foot up between $275,000,000
and $278,000,000. This would leave a profit to
the Government of about $25,000,000.
Tax usual modern Kentucky unpleasantness
has assumed an animated form in Linooln
County, resulting in tbe death of one man and
erious wounding of two others. Sam Williams
and Clay Powell, of Hustonville, were return
ing home from the searoh of a stolen horse,
when they were attacked by two men whom
thev met in the road. Williams was shot in
the breast and Powell In the abdomen. Wil
liams dismounted, and getting a shot-gun, shot
one of the assassins, named Rowsey, mortally
wounding him. The sheriff went in pursuit of
his accomplice, named Curry, but failed to find
him. When he returned, Bowsey's elan,
twelve in number, had surrounded the house
into which he had been carried, and swore that
the sheriff should not interfere. The man was
dying.
A Troy, N. Y., the polishers in Hoyt A-
Wynkoop's nickel-plating establishment struck
for an advance of wages, which, the proprie
tors failing to accede to, has resulted in several
serious encounters. Two of the strikers en
tered the building, and after assaulting George
and John Wynkoop, were ejected. In the
evening John waa again assaulted with
stone with which he was struck in the face and
knocked down, whereat his two "trotbexs
George and , Herat, ekme to his . asststaaee'.
The attack was made by thirty of tha . work
men. Herat was weunded in the head and had.
his arm broker,. - When '. John'-isaw ' that) his
brothers could not rescue him) he drew h Is re
volver and fired seven times. -Four of the as
sailanta were shot, Dnn, the principal
tacking party receiving' three balls. " He will
probably not recover 'Eight of the assail
ants have deen arrested.
ThK National Democratic Committee assem
bled at WiTIard's ' Hall, Washington-, oh the
23d insU, for the purpose of selecting the time
and place for holding the National Nominating
Convention, ' After -all the representatives bf
the respective States, had presented the same
of the city of their choice for the coming con
vention, and at some length, of course, pre
sented the, whys and wherefores of the superior
advantages accompanying ' such suggestion,
an informal vote was taken' resulting as
follows:'-" : ... i' '-
Cincinnati
Chicago
St: Louis
14
10
4
- 4
i
Philadelphia....'.....;-..... 1
Jscksoa.Mlsai... . I
Eugene City, Oregon . 1
Blank.-L:l.u!;...i... 1
Wsb in .too......
Baltimore....-
Total .88
The formal ballot was then taken, with the
following result :
Ciaelnnat' 24 I Washington............., 1
Chicago ....... 8 BJankT... 1
61. ixmll...... ........ ....... s i -
. . - - -Total..M... ...38
Twenty vo'es being necessary for a choice,
Cincinati waa eeleoted. '.June 31 'waa? then
fixed as the time. , . ; '-"'"'. ' "i..
Virtual Abdication of tho Czar.
A cablegram from St. Petersburg says :' The
Csar has appointed the members- aad" defined
the powers of tbe Commission of Supreme Con
trol, Oeneral Melikoff chief. Prince Gondowf
kofl" Korsakoff will succeed General Met Ikoff at
temporary Governor-Goners! ef KharkofT. -The
Imperial ukase lssaed by tbe Cisr nominating
members and defining the powers of the Cera
mission of Supreme Control is dated February
25th, and is addressed to the Senate. It sayst
" Being determined to pat an end to tbe re
peated attempts of eriminals so undermine
the order of State and society, a Supreme- Ex
ecutive Commission is established , ixt St.
Petersburg for the protection of order. ' Oen
eral Melikoff is appointed to the head ef the
Commission, and the appointment of its
other members will be made rm 'General Mali-'
knfTi suggestion. . By the Imperial- erdinance
the head of the Commission has moreover the
right to summon upon the Commission all whose
presence he may consider useful in order to give
united character to the action of all authori
ties. The head of the commission, setting aside
the right of the Commander-in-Chief ef St.
Petersburg, shall have direct control over all
political trials held ii the Capital, in the Mili
tary District of St. Petersburg and throughout
the Empire. All local authorities, Governors-
General and Town Commandants are placed
under the jurisdiction of the head of the Com
mission, and all employes in various Depart
ments are bound to afford him their entire co-
peration. The head ef the Commission is at
liberty to adopt any means which may appear
to him desirable for the protection of order in
the Empire, and the orders he may issue are to
be unconditionally obeyed. The offioe of Pro
visional Governor-General of St. Petersburg is
abolished."
KllUrr Iswsel Wswrsusia.
The bffl which is now pending in Congress I
to reimburse the eta tee for i per cent, or the
value of land granted by the General Govern
ment on military land warrants will take
$3,948,173.70 from the Treasury aud distribute
it among the nineteen States. Representative
Willits, of Michigan, has made a careful cal
culation of the amount that will go to each
State if the -bill should pass, as it very prob
ably will.
Tbe following table will show the States
which are included in the bill, the number of
acres of land entered on United States mili
tary land warrants in each, the value of such
land at $1.25 per acre, and a calculation show
ing 5 per sent, of the same, which is the
amount that each respective State will receive
if the bill becomes a law t
No. of acres Value at Five B ct.
. entered. $1 2$ per of same.
Mississippi.,
fjoioraao.H
Oregon..,,
jisfiaa
Total
63,170,764 $78,963,455 (3,948,171
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Summarized from the proceedings of tbe past week.
'BBK4TB. '''
The bin to authorize a compilation and printirg
of a naval Mttarv of the war was passed. The
question ot admitting free of duty certain contribu
tions ii ii in a i mu i u kiu ti, bun imviru iviukk. ,u
Kansas came up and excited general debate, and
finally toe Senate adjourned without action.
On motion of Mr. Savard (Bern, of Del.l the Ben-
ate adioumea on tne zja in respect oi ue memory
aueorge naaniDgion.
Mr. Vest nresented a petition aimed by over two
thousand citizens of Missouri, .Kansas, Arkansas and
Texas, praying such legislation as may be necessary
to oDra Indian Territory for settlement on terms
just to the Indian tribes and. honorable to the gov
ernment. A iso, a memorial i venous vmeis uu
heads of families of confederated reoria ana mino!
tribes, nrmvinff such lesislxiion as mar- ft bo' la h
umam in common, and to eive Indians title in
severalty in Indian Territory. Mr. Wallace nre
sented resolutions of tbe Philadelphia Hoard of
Trade, praying the passage ot a bill providing lor
tbe prompt settlement of disputed questions arlsi g
in electious of President of the United States. The
Committee on Epidemic Diseases reported a bill to
Increase theemcacytf the National Board of Hea'th.
Placed on tbe calendar. Mr. Biyard, from the Com
mittee on Fina' oe, reported a joint resolution pro
viding for a joint committee ( i tne senate ana toe
Wn and Means Committee of the House, to con
sider alleged losses of revenue arising from evasion
of the stamp tax on cigars and other articles subject
to excise duties and report as to what remedy is
practicable. The bill refunding tbe duty on the
alter from Rome for the St. John's Cathedral at In
dianapolis was passed.
Tbe bill to hare the political disabilities of J traes
Monroe Hevskell removed came up. Ileyskell
s rved in the Onfederat" army when a boy, and
under section 1218 of the Ke vised btatutes. Is Ine 1-
gible to appointment in the army. Mr. Garland
mOVeU lOM SCC11VD VI ban XMIV1BVU OUHUKI
(namtnx its provisions) be, and the same is hereby
repealed." Tbe amendment was agreed to and tbe
question being on the third reading f the bill, it
was determined in tbeaffirn-aiive yeas 86, nays 21
Argument en tbe Five Per Cent. Bill waa resumed
Several petitions were presented for admission free
of duty of materials used in making paper.
A resolution bv Mr. Blair was adopted directing
the Becntaiv if the Navv to transmit to the Senate
any information in possession ef the department In
relation to the present condition of affairs in Alaska.
Eulogies on tne late senator rtoaston, oz Aiaoama,
were delivered by Messrs. Morgan, Hamlin, Davis
of Illinois, Tburman, s'anisbury,. Pendleton and
Pryor.
Tbe following bills were introduced : Organizing
a Court of Pensions to consist of tbe Chief Justice
aad four Ast-istant justices who shall recelv, an an
nual salary of $4,0)0 each ; to provide fur the intro
duction and cultivation of trie cbinchona plant In
the United States: by Mr. Muldrow (Dent, of M s-.l
piecing on the free list psp?r suitable fur bonks and
newspapers; by Mr. Blackburn (Dem. of Ky.)
abolishing tne tax on tobacco and re luring the t)-x
on distilled spirits to fifty cents on m rj pror f cat
ion: by Mr. Ultason (I.m. of l.a.) appr. priatiug
(200,000 for deepening tbe mouth of the lieu Ki ver ;
by Mr. Le Fevre (lKin of O ) for the snpprt ssijn of
infectious and coutsgious diseases of dmu stimted
animals; by Mr. Anderson (Dem. of Kas ) f .,r the
taxation of lands granted by Cungress to ai I in the
construction of certain railroads. MeuioiUl ad
dresses were delivered upon A. M. Lay, of Missouri.
The Committee on Elections submitted a majority
report relative to the - Pennsylvania contested
election case of Curtis vs. Yokum, dtclaring tiie
election null and void, and remitting the qnettion
to Ihe perpl of the district. Mr. B aine, from the
Appropriation Committee, reported the f tar service
Deficiency Bill, which was ordered printed and re
cr mniiited. Consideration was resumed of the bill
for Court removal. - The Speaker lall before the
House a message from the President transmitting a
communication from the a ttorney (General relat ve
to the appropriation for United States Marsbals.
ine mnuunicauun was reierrea.
The Star Service Deficiency Bill being reported
back from the Cmmltteeon Appropriations, waa
referred t) tbe Committee if the Who The
Hou-ewent intj a Committee on tne bill. Mr.
Blount explained the bill, and in the course of hia
speech denounced in very severe terms the Post
master general ana me oec m assistant resimnsier
General for their violation of law in making cob
tracts to the amount of tl. 700,000 hevond the anoro-
priatioa, and thus placing Congress fn the attitude
either of indorsing their action or of leaving Ihe
ciuutry without sucb mall service for three
months. Mr. Blackburn had real for Information
an amendment wnich he proposed to offer, provld-
1DK teat tne appropriations niaoe ov ine Din
not exceed C&OO.eoi. Mr Baker had read a sub.
stitute--which he propose 1 to offer f r the first
section of the bill, appropriating (500 000 to meet
the deficiency in the Biar service. Mr. Bicknell.
Chairman of tbe Committee on Presidential Elec
tions, reported back tbe joint resolution amending
i he vonsiuuuon as io tne election oi rrtsiaent ana
Vice President. Becommitted.
A tolnt resolution was Introduced by Mr. Warner
reamrmlna the "Monroe doctrine ' relative to the
Inter-Oceanic Canal Committee. The House went
into Committee of the Whole (Mr. Scale in the
chair) -en tbe Star Service Deficiency bill. Mr.
Baker, on the part of the Committee on Appropria
t'ons, submitted a substitute for the whole bill, ar-
nrooriatlna 19)0.0 0 to meet the expenses ot Inland
mail transportation on 6tar rout s for the remainder
of tbe current fiscal year at or within contract
prices as iney existea on retwuary i, iss'j, pro
vided, tbat on anv route where there hash ?en an
increase of the original contract price during the
last or current fiscal year for expending the de
livery oi malls on any sucn routes at ine iat- o
more than 823 000 the compensation for expedited
service on such route shall be reduce ! to the terras
of the oriainal oontraot on and alter March 1, 11-80
and nothing herein contained shall be construed to
require a reduction of the number ol tiips per week
on anv such route: and during tbe cuirent fiscal
year no app op lation tor expediting services on any
postal Htar route snail ne male. Beet ion z ai pmpn
ates (100,000 to enable tbe Postmaster Oeneral to
Slace the service as authorised by law. Mr.
fount's substitute was agreed to yeas, I'd; nays,
not counts L Mr Blount then movt d to amend toe
atcond section of tbe bill by striking out the appro-
finatlon ol (Iflft.i 0 1 to Increase the service on exist
ng routes. Mr. Dunnell offered an amendment
permitting the (100,000 appropriated for the pur-
f ose of enabling the Postmaster Oeneral to place
he new service authorised by law to lie used ; also,
for inereiae of the service on existing routes others
than those reduced by the first wci ion. Adnptel.
Mr. B'o-tnt's amendment was then adopted. The
committee then rose snd reported the bill to Ihe
House, when it was passed.
Thb congregation sang, " We are
going home to die no more, in a Went
field (Mass.) church, and an irreverent
fellow, leaning over to a dyed deacon,
said in a loud tone, " Then you'll be
gray in a week."
acre.
Iowa ........14,099,825 17,624,781 " 881,239
Illinois 9,533,8.51 11.917.31S 595,863
Missouri 6.818,988 8.523,736 426,186
Wisconsin 6,465,781 8,082.227 404,111
Minnesota... 6,990,291 7,487,864 874,3!3
Kansas 4,331,856 5,414,821 27m, 741
Michigan 4.331,273 5,414.092 ' 270,704
Arkansas... 2,260,903 J, 8264 23 141,3 6
Nebraska .... 1,939,233 2,424,047' 121,201
Ohio 1,817,501 2,271,877 113.593
Indiana.... 1,312,436 1,640,545 82,027
Alabama 1,159,611 1,449,513 72,475
Loaulana.... 1,158,8!. 1,448,503 ' 72,425
California 811,431 1,014,289 50,714
Florida 469.981 586.351 29.317
384,977 ' 481,222 24,061
tM AAA ' O.B BM M n.
1. 79489 98986 4949
OHIO STATE NEWS.
A. Compendium of the Week's Erenta.
Lancaster is to hare a new epera-honse th
coming summer. ... - ...
Peter Urbane was killed by falling tree
near Flndiay. -
' Charles Gossing was killed by the can nea
Elyra. . - , -
Hrs. John Gregory, of Columbus, committed
suicide by taking arsenic. Cause, melancholy. '
Dr. - L. D. Converse's ' celebrated trotting
stallion, Washington, valued at 12,000, died at Cr-
W. H. Corliss, of New Straitsrille, got drunk
and laid down on the railroad track. The train
fioally came along. -. -i .-- .
Charles Fisher, whote body was found near
Van Wait in a badly mutilated condition, is sup
posed to have been murdered. -
The trial of Mrs. Smith, for murder, at
Cochocton, is slowly progressing. A correspondent
says she has the general public sympathy.
While Mrs. Philip Beam, : of Bellaire, was
pouring hoilirg water into a giass jar, tbe vessel
burst and a little daughter was tatally scaldel.
Camp No. 43 of the Patriotic Sons of Amer
ica gave a street parade aud banquet at Zanesville
on the anniversary of Washington's birthday. '
Mrs. Harriet E. Powers has sued the city of
Cleveland for (10,000. Her husband lost his life by
walking off the viaduct last November. ,
The total number of petitioners that have so
far united in asking ihe Ohio Legislature for a local
option law is 48.600. -
4 A postofBce war is raging at Findlay. The
present incumbent, Q. De Wolfe, in face ef strong
opposition, is working for a reappointment. .
i Telephone companies were last week incor
porated in Toun.stown, Xenla, Springfield and Ur
ban! with a capital each of 110,000.
4 The investigating Committee of the City
Council of Urban, appointed to ascertain the ex
tent of Clerk Hovey's defalcation, have made an ex
haustive report.' The deficit is 6 1,778.18. "
' A call has been made at Akron by the sol
diers of that community for a meeting to Be held en
the 6th of March to adopt resolutions' denouncing
the Weaver Bill. At a recent meeting Buckly Post,
G. A. B., passed resolutions denouncing the bill. "
: 'While Henry Stigmyer, a farmer residing
near Tiffin, was cutting down a tree, a decayed
limb broke off, and filling in an upright manner,
struck him on the head, crushed his skull and
killed him instantly.
' Frank Murphy, of Attica, shot his stepson,
L. Sam peel, in the arm, because the latter protested
against the extravagant manner in which Murphy
was getting away with bis (Sampsel's) mother's
propei ty. Both men are about the same age.
- Conrad Doll, of Akron, has heed arrested on
a charge of bigamy at the instance ot Catharine
Near, whom he married in January, 1879.. 6h
charges him with having a foimer wife now living
la Germany.
The Bev. James Vernon, jun., pastor of the
Chagrin Fails Disciple Church, has filed his petition
for J10.000 damages against J. J. Stranahan, editor
and proprietor of the Chagrin Falls Exponent, tar
alleged libel.
The elopement of the fourteen-year-old
daughter of Rev. John Plants, of Bradoer, Wood
County, with a rather dissolute character has
highly Incensed the people of that community. The
mother is frantic with grief.
The following are the penitentiary pilgrims
from Eiyria: Mary Munn, 3 years, administering
poison; Wm. Lane, 7 years; D. Luntzford. A.
Smith, John Coons, 2 years each; Oliver West and
U. Warren, 1 year. .
John C. Huster, landlord of the St. Charles
Hotel, at Steubenville, Is a bereaved man. His
wife ostensibly went on a visit to hr parents at
union port, ue received a letter from her written
at Columbus, saying tbat she was going further and
would never return to him again. He Is ia pu.suit
Mr. Frank Hern, a wealthy and respectable
farmer aged 70 years, residing near tiailipili-, com
mitted suicide by taking laudanum. After taking
the Uudanum, thinking i'a work notspeeJy enough.
be attempted to cut ma throat. The knife waa
taken away from him, but later the laudanum got
la its work.
; Six young men, all respectably connected,
res ding at Bushylvania, L-gan County, have been
arrested, charged with burglarizing the stores of J,
Q. A. Bennett and J. K. Black, of Bellefontalne,
last September, uonsideraoie excitement . wee
created by the proceedings against these "youi g
Moods "
Samuel B. Foster, editor of the Dayton
Saturday Evening Record, was assaulted in his office
o j the 23d Inst, by Jake Bitty for an alleged libel
ous publication charging the litter with conducting
a gambling house. After striking Foster, Bitty
drew a revolver, but waa prevented from using it
by employes in the office. ; -.
The Clerk of the Board of Education of
Cleveland has begun making arrests under the State
law punishing employers for having children under
fourteen in their employ during school' hours when
not compelled to work on account of poverty. It
la the Intention ef the authorities to have the law
rigorously enforced.
A virulent disease, resembling the epiiotio,
has broken out among the horses In Cleveland and
it Is estimated that more than one-sixth ef all the
city are affected.; Tbe symptoms are, running at the
nostri's, inflammation of the mucous membrane of
the air passages, followed by pneumonia and then
asphyxia, and ia all cases they are preceded by
great emaciation. The worst form is that of glan
ders, which is epidemic in some localities.
Enoch Young, at Waldo, Marion County, be
came involved In a fight In a saloon and was se
verely punished. He went out, and directly return
ing, bringing with him a large knife, he approached
Israel Bensley, who had taken no part in the fight,
and stabbed him twice, ia the face and in the region
of the heart, killing him instantly. Toung is
jail Court Is in session, and a special grand jury
will be called.
OHIO tiEXEKAL ASSEMBLY.
Huminari.ed from the proceedings of the pant week. I
8E.NATK.
Cleveland asks for a Beard of nine Aldermen
Mr Sir v Iter's House bill omsnteinii IheCiiv In
firmary ol Cm ionati was pa-srd. Tbe following
hills were introduced : By Senator Van Cieaf, di
nensintr with the nubiicaiion ot tne delinquent pit.
sons I tax list; creating a Board ef Co-amisstoners
who shall have tbe management of the Fire Depirt-
ment in the eltr of Devon: authorizing the village
of Germantown, Montgomery County, to build a
railroad, and to lease and opera e the same; peti
tions were present d from citisens of Cincinnati for
the repeal ot the Building and Loan Association
Laws; also from cit'sensot Clark County, asking
that Children's Homes bs placed beyond partisan
control.
B lla were Introluced as follows: Providing that
a lease may bs to-felted at any time on demand of
payment and failure to meet the same; providing
for enlarging a culvert in Harrison Township, Pick
away County ; authoriz'ng the city of Springfield to
issue (it o,uw in oonua lor sewer purposesi provid
ing for improvements on State and unfinished roads
au'.horlzlne- townships in Noble and Guernaev coun
ties to open snd operate roads; to apply tbe surplus
do j tax in Hardin County to pay the debts of tbe
Cunty Agricultural Society; providing that all
pleadinas and answers in court shall be construed
more sincuy accoraiua io tne uocumenis sunmutea.
T ie House bill authorising the transfer oi funds ia
Margriretta Township, brie County, wss passed,
The House billauthnriainE mm tiauafer of doe-tax
funds not to exestd (1.300 in Williams County waa
passed. Mr. Bcott-s uouse out mating appropnv
tions lor the support common scnoois eras passed
The Committee on County Afla'ra rr ported in
. . i . : . v.. r-...,u. ... nt. I - n u i ..
Clermont Cunntv, to levy a tax for the payment of
tta bonded dem. A Dill was introduced by Dr.
Scott making any officer or member of any board
personally liable for contracts ma le requiring the
expenditure of any amount of money greater than
that previously appropriated for said purpoa. This
seems to apply to tne tmmlttee on Stoves and
Furnercs oi the Cit einnatl Board of t luestion
The following- Mils wire lutndurrd: Making to
convertiU4 by guardlaus to Ibtlr own use- the
propeity of tnt-ir aarus emuessiemem; requiring
the County Treasurer of Hamilton County to rfund
to the school fund tbe surplus dog lax to theseversl
tonnahlps In which collected; requiring panles
asking struck Juries to s cure payment ol easts of
same io case of niiMienieanora; aulhorlalua the
Auditor of Clnv ntatl to Issue duplicate birds
a here they bare been lost or destroyed. , .
Tne following bills were Introduced: Increasing
the lower ot City Council t to regulate e prohibit
shows aud ot w ainusemeuls and the sale of in
loiieatlng liquor on Sunday; Increasing the general
power of muuklnal o rn jaUoos; authorising tbe
Commie Inner ol Fiankiiu County Io extend a road
levy; reduclug Ihe time for record! a deed to
thtitydajra. ihe following bills acre passed: Rs-
NUMBER 48.
eulring a Special Master Commissioner to give
Donas; autnortzing teiommiasioners oi van neii
County to eatead a loan; De. Hcott's bill makiaa
appropriations, to pay the- interest and principal of
the State debt; Senate bill providing that canals
and water courses may constitute ward boundaries;
allowing the troposittoa ot both a fine and imprison
ment for selling liquor contrary to .law; ,Mr.
Brown's bill allowing Sheriffs mileage on each name
ta a writ or subpoena. . - -
The Senate bill of Senator Atkinson allowing the
citisens of Guernsey Couaty to vote an additional
tax of $33,000 on themselves for the completion of a
court-house was pawed. III. Cole's .House bdl re
ducing the penalty on delinquent teres from 15 to
a per cent., ana air. ration's oiu aaiaonstng tae
employment of additional counsel' to collect tbe
same, were indefinitely postponed,,. Another ff irt
was made to nasi tne cggieston senate omir creas
ing the piy of real estate appraisers and their aa
sisiaats, but after Some discussion the matter -was
laia ever until neat weta.-f iw: vi ; . f, r-i0
' 'lTlm to Save.
The speculative mania which seems to
have broken out ' all over "the country
with the return of commercial prosper
ity unless checked or restrained willr-
tainly precipitate, sooner -. or later.
another financial collapse.- ' .It seems
stranp-e -that eur people should have
learned nothing from the- bitter experi
ence of the past six or seven years, but
so it is. ine same men who passed
throusrh the panic of-4873. are- rushine
a crain into all kinds of enterprises with
the idea apparently, that an era of uni
versal money making ia at hand. Many
of them, probably, will draw . prizes'
from' the lottery, but the majority will
lose their money.7 A general break-down
may loilow the overproduction resulting
from this condition of affairs, and the
country will then be ' forced to Again
underge a period ot commercial depres
sion, in this respect the United States
but follows in ' the footsteps of other
nations, lhroughout the commercial-
world 'periods of inflation-and depres
sion succeed one another as regularly as
night follows day. Instead," therefore,
of launching out into new expenditures,
the prudent man will . husband his re
sources on the theory that it is easier to
save now than it is to make up his 'de
ficiencies when the period ol depression:
comes. If every one would , bear this
economic truth in mind,' the constantly
recurring " panics " would be much less
frequent and much less severe than they
have been in ' the past. ", Unfortunately, ,
the-'TAmertcan- people - have sot -yet
learned that in time of prosperity the
true policy is to save and not to specu
late. ;
Chicago Justice. ,.
Correspondence 6t, Paul Pioneer Press. . i
The following f cane,' which' occurred at
the jail the otaer -day, will show 1 the
great rerpsct whici a "D.s tniei will
receive here. It was somewhat after
this style: '3- ' ''- ' '
ISheriH " What is : that prisoner
charged with?" -
Jailer Tetty larceny, sir."
Sheriff "Well, ran him into one of
those ur p -r relii-. .What is this mart
charged with 7' '
Ja'.lr-rfin whisper) "Ihis is Von
Hollen;' bijr; thief : stole over f 100,000
from the city; g-eat friead of -,and
, acd . , ,
Sh. rifl' "Oh, yes. How do you do Mr.
Vo i Hollen T Sorry we i have not a
better ro m tiofTer you, sir; but if you
will ry and nuke vourself comfortable
for a whle ia my office, I will have the
jailer's p-ivate apartment - fixed up for
you. Jaile-, s e that' Mr.' Voa Hollen
has everything he wants.- Have my soft
bottom thai . Do you tinokr,' Mr.- Via
Hollen? Try o .e. JCo so good, I pre
sume s you a eactuatom d to. '- JaiUr,
bring Mr. Von Holieu a spittoon, 'and
admit 'hi j fr c jts ' tiee'y will make
thin, s as pleasant fs pcssible for you.
GooJ day, sir." ' I he b gger th" 'thief
the more comfortab'e the iquart rs an 1
greater the politene-s. :
Going to New Orleans In , Character
Shortly'af ter the collap.-e of the Con
federacy, an ex-soldier; who had -spent
all his pav in riotinz and whisky drink
ing found himself inShrevepo'rt strapped
ana busted, yet lulr' ol ' expedients.
Desirous of reachimr his home he 'in
quired the Tare, and to his dismay found
it to be ?10. rvow that amount was as
big as a million in-' Bith's sight. After
casting about be bethmight himself ef a
scheme, ihe steamer .national was
nearly ready to leave her berth when
Billy made his appearance on the wharf
ana san? out.
1 say, (Japtain, how much do i ou
charge to carry a barrel of ; whisky to
aw Orleans i" -
"Two dollars," replied the Captain,
" All rieht." replied Bilk "Send out
a couple ot your deckhands and roll me
atioaraj - .t- . .? . . ,."r
I Cap. Hamilton saw' the joke, and
sent out the mad clerk to take the marks,
wc-ieht, etc., of the- freight.",' - : . -
' Billv was invited to a mat at the cabin
table by the Captain," and traveled" to
New Orleans in style, as a barrel of
whisky," by which name he ; was after
wards known.
The Mistakes the "W orld Sees.
Of all profesim in the world there
are r one in which the mistakes made are
brought so prominently before the
public as that of ' journalism. A mer
chant may make mistakes in his figures,
in his pr ces or weights or measures, but
it doe-i not appear where every person in
the city and .vicinity an -see it. It is
not proclaimed to thousands of eyes the
next morning, nor published where all
can know it. If a doctor fives a wronz
prescription it isn't knownbv everybody.
But in journalism every such bluader n
seen and notd by thousands, A word
mi pelled, a letter out of placv, an un-
grammatical sBntenre or misstatement oi
Lets overlooked in the hurry and bus
tle of rapid work, is pomc-d on by
cri ics and the journalist informei -that
uch mistakes are inexc stole.
Journalism on Wheels. :
' An editor in ons of the North Georgia
counti -s owns a portable printing ounce.
The editor is a flist-ratc blacksmith,
and occasional 'y cbances his location.
stopping in any neighborhood where the
farmers are disposed to furnish him
with work, and as soon as he gets hit
shop in good running order,: he sets up
his old ilea r ran in u nana press, buy
a gallon or two of syrup, a few pounds
of glue and casts a roller. Then he buys
a dozen quires or paper, and- in a few
days "The .ThunderbolV of - Freedom'
makes its appearance, claiming a large
circulation and offering superior induce
ments to advertisers.
A woman in the hospital in Florence
has a strange history. - She entered the
Italian army in ' order to svre her
brother, a married roan, from military
service. She served with distinction
daiin the war with Austria, and re-
eei vi d a medal for bravrry la the field.
When there facts were known to King
Humbert he presented her with the
en,- of hia order and gave directions
for her discharge on an annual pension
Wx sent last year to Europe 1,000,000
hides.-4--; - - - -
' Chicago makes $15,000,003 worth bf
cloth a year. - - -
Neari, y"800,000 persons are employed
on British and Irish railroads. .
- The defenses of Paris have been im
proved until that city is believed to be
impregnable. 1
Some enterprising Bohemian has dis
covered that Mrs,.. President Hayes
weighs-174 pounds. ::' - . .
The fifteen car manufacturing es
tablishments in this country turned out
37,350 cars in eleven months. .
' The town of Waltham, Vt;.is eighty
three years old and has never' bad a
church or post office within' ita li mi W ' ;
The Israelites- of Austin, Texas,
are building a synagogue which will be
one of the handsomest buildings in the
city. J .- " '-- .
The Chicago and Northwestern Ball
road is building a new. bridge over the
Minnesota River that will be 2,000 feet
long. . 1 ' ' " " . " "'"
- Chicago's lumber receipts tho past
year have been greater by 25 per est
and its shipments by 151 per cant, than
in any previous year. , ; r , ,. ,.,.. t :
J i lead miDe lias.' been' found in
Denton" County, Texas, 'and this' was
not found ia tho body of a horse-thief,
either.
Mrs. OtjrAY cannot play the' piano,
but she can -"chew tobacco," which
shows there is always some compensat
ing blessing. in this world.; ; ? r , - ,
1 . Noeth Carolina has six newspapers
edited by 'negroes,'- Louisiana -three,.
Tennessee ana Texas two each, and
Virginia, Alabama and Mississippi each
one. '"
" : Manufacturing clothing in Chicago
gives employment' to80,C00 people) and
the value of the-goods made is 115,000,
000. This industry has doubled in four
years.-! x .mi ; . f
The Alabama planters are wild on
cotton planting. Food crops are . neg
lected, and exclusive attention given to
cotton. Same in Northern Mississippi',
very little wheat is sown.-- - a .
-Counterfeit gold "coin is abundant
in California, and must gradually find
its way eastward. It is in the form of
five dollar : pieces, exact imitation, but
light in weight. -. , . . : ,,.
The total value of the imports for the
year 1379 was $513,745,748, and during
1878 was $431,812,483. The valuo of
domestic 'exports in 1879 was 1754,656,
755 and . the value of exports in 1878
was $729,023,238. - - - ; -
Dr. ' En'os s Lowe, the founder of
Omaha and the gentleman who directed;
the survey of - the first town site, hast
just died in that ciiy. ' Only one of his'
companions in that pioneer excursion
now lives. .
Last year . 646 people were divorced
at San Francisco, 104 of the decrees be
ing granted on the ground of cruelty and
desertion. - In the same city 207 persons
came to their death by violence, eighty-
eight of whom committed suicide.
Mr. Charles Freeman, of Illinois.
is going to build a creamery this spring
near the city of Boone, Boone County,
Iowa. It is to be run on the principle
of - collecting only the ; cream ' from '
farmenv .;- ' v-v-i"
' Less than -fifty years ago one man
could not make over; 14 pins a minute; ,
bow he can make more than 1,400.
Then one girl could 'stick on papers
about 10,000 pins a day ; now a fair
day's -work 1b from 800,000 to i,000,-:
000; .' - - ' ' ri: '' -i : "' ''
Oshkosh, Wis., has the largest match
factory in the world. It cut bp 2,000,-a
000 feet of loirs into matches, and used
$300,000 worth of . revenue stamps dur
ing 1879. Besides, , it manufactured
one-fourth of all' the merchant work
sash; 'blinds 'and doors made in the
United Btatea. -" --.t iu.-'.L
The new ferryboat for the Central !
Pacific-. Kailroad Company now being -built
in San Francisco will be the larg-.
est in the world, and will have a greater .
breadth of beam than any vessel afloat. '
Its length will be 424 feet, width 11 '
feet, and - the wheels will be thirty leer
in diameter. : :t ! ' . v: -. ;
M A DEMOISELLE ALICE DE OlLBERTON
DB Bretjilles, a young lady of distior ;
guished family, has just fallen a victim t
to her' love for mountain climbing." ' She
resolved, without a guide, to ascend the
Pic dn Laraont, in the Pyrenees. -She -had
mounted some idistance -when her
foot slipped and she fell into the abyss
below. . - ...
' The Drawer's EesponsiblUty. - '
To lose by one's own 'icrnorance or
carelessness is more mortifying than to
lose bytanoiherVdishoneBty.. It is cer
tainly aggravating enough to lose by
both. To. illustrate now uttie tne law
ill help a person who does, not know
how to do business and to show the
importance of frmall - details the 'JVeto
Xorl Mercantile journal Cities an actual
Case..': : sfi i v ::; i v.v v-.i u r : - : '
A man drew a note promising to pay
one hundred dollars. He used a printed .
form, and did not close up the blank de
voted to dollars, and after passing It as
negotiable--paper, ' - somebody inserted
"and fifty after the one hundred ana
before the printed dollars. ...
I Ihe note, thus altered, got into tne
hands of ah innocent party,- who pre
sented it to the drawer, and the Su
preme Court decided the maker of the
note was liable for its face, because
through negligence . he did not draw a
line between tie word " hundred " and
the printed word ?' dollars. :
t Any testimony that the drawer might
offer to establish the fact that he gave
tbe note for one hundred dollars must
ro for nothing, as there was nothing on
the face of Ihe note showing that it had
been altered.--- 1
I Evidence of any alteration on the
face of the note would have changed the
case. Let this be a lew on to all drawers
of promissory notes. " No one can be too
careful in inch matters. - . -''
Dangers of Feasting the Poor.
I Strang, but some people gromble
when their government will make ao ef
fort to relieve a starving portion of its L
subjects, and others are dissatisfied if .
the government takes an opposite course.
The latter is the case in Germany, where "
the government haa taken woch th .trough '
means to prevent loss of life by tie
famine in Upper Silesia that the large ,
landed .'proprietors are represented as
being disgusted at its liberality,- com
plaining that their laborers will not '
hereafter be contented to live upon the
food to which they have been accustomed,
but will demand higher wages that they
may secure something better. This is
axplaired by stating that although the
diet furnished by the government con
sists merely of bread, nutritious soup,
bacon and now and . then pea sausage,
the average Silesisn peasant finds that ,
this food far surpasses, both in quantity .
and quality, that to which he has been
accustomed. The wages of a laborer
there are not more than seventeen cents
a -day, and it is not surprising that a,
plenty of the viands above enumerated ,
should seem like a rare feast to him. ;
Gambktta, the statesman, wants to
provide a National system of higher
instruction for girls" in France, He Is
persuaded that if girls are not educated
up to the level of the Republican ideal .
the Bepublio will fall down to their no
tion of what it ought to be. He says
the best advbera he had not alone as ;
to the eondnct of his private life, bat in
politics -t. were good women." . . -
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' A TOY maker of Montrose, Pn., v es ,
600,000 feet of basswood every year.,