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NEWS NOTES. Dispatcher from Germany report the intense warm weather in that country quite equal to that in England. France and Spain, Many cases of sun stroke are reported. The Canadian customs authorities at Windsor, Ont., stopped the trains on the Great Western railway to ascertain whether the engines or car-wheels were of American manufacture, and brought in without payment of duty. An un successful bidder for contracts prompt ed the act. TooM its, in a recent interview, says he had a great time in getting Lee into the confederate service. Davis wanted to make a man named Cooper the rank ing general, while Virginia wanted la;e made the ranking general. To keep Virginia out of the union Leewasgiven the place. Still another sporting victory for the Americans in England. Frank Hyde, an American ride expert, has won the Albert Jewell shooting match at Wimheldon—the heat shot at a dis tance of I,tXH) yards. This match has been won by Americans three years successively. CAPTAIN t.t’NDHORc., ;■ sweeilisli naval architect, has made designs for a pas senger steamer to cross the Atlantic in six days. The vesssel will he fSIO feet long, 74 broad and he propelled by four compound engines, having22,Boo horse power. Ltihdhorg’fi main idea is to construct a ship whose main body will divide, the water horizontally, anti hr projects the hull below the water-line. Experiments! with suspended electric lamps were made in Paris recently. Four lamps, covered with shades, and burning naked electric lights, were strung across the streets at intervals of about 100 yards by means of light j wires connected by poles forty feel high. Tho light was fairly diffused, hut si, intense ns to he unbearable to the eye. The experiment, was a fail ure. ___________ It apja ars from the official statistics that the reduction of the tax upon tobacco which went into efl'eCt a little more (hana year ago, has been follow ed by an increased consumption of the article and an increased revenue, it is elatmisl that the increase is due to the slight reduction in the cost of maim faeiurc, hut thin is questionable, and is merely a matter of opinion. Shth i A'ttv Wisdom litis issued a cir cular Iransfering to the Internal Reve nue Bureau all business in connection with the appointment of gaugers, store keepers, etc,, This work has for the past, year I ecu done in the appoint ment oflie.c. The circular just issued is a practical restitution to the Com missioner ot Internal Revenue of the the control of the patmilage indicat ed. Du. Bliss has presented a very con rise tliagn isis of the president’s condi tion, and tin- course taken by the hall from Gnitean's pistol, lit l stales that while the president is still weak, lie is progressing toward recovery in a satis factory manner. Tho bullet, according to this diagnosis, has passed through the liver, and now rests at a point where it can he removed without seri ous inconvenience to the patient when his strength will admit of the operation. Tup. refrigeration apparatus con structed to the basement of th" \\ i itc House works admirably. Il snnplies the President's room with IS.tHtil cubic feet, per day, of pure, dry air ai a tem peralme of 54 degrees. The coolness of the sick-room has an excellent ef fect on the patient. Another and more perfect machine w ill he complet ed soon, and will supply cool air to all parts id" the \\ bite linns l , Tut cities of the extreme Smith are having their periodic scare over the re appearance of yellow fever. Two or three cases have been reported, it is not known with how much reason, at Pensacola, and the heat has frightened New Orleans people considerably, al though there has been no outbreak. Notwithstanding the ravages of this plague from season to season, little pro gress has been made in preventing it. Sanitary science, if not hallled, is hin dered by disregard of the ordinary laws of health in every city where A'el low Jack makes its home. An express train on the Kansas City extension of the Chicago, Uoek Island and Pacific Railroad, eastward laiund, was hoarded and taken possession of hv armed men, near VVinton Station, Alo.. sixty-five miles east of Kansas City. After killing the conductor and threat ening to kill the express agent and oth ers. the robbers broke open the safe in the express ear, plundered it of fit,ooo. and decamped. The railway manage incut offer a reward of fo.tHHl for the capture of the p'hhers. The scene of the rohhery is in the region made no torions hv the outrages of the infamous James Brothers. True affairs of that brilliant, but de cidedly er ratio institution, the Ladies’ IVposit Bunk, of Bouton, urn gradually King wound up. At a. meeting of the creditors, u few days ago, a special re port was made by the assignee, from which it appears that there have been presented, up to date, *,W claims, with an aggregate face value of and demands for interest on ninety seven claims, amounting to $1,123. Ih. making a grand total of $330,123.41*. There will lie a rebate of $43,430.30, leaving the net liabilities to date. $2'. , 2.- 003.’J0, but there are still many more claims to l*e presented. An order has been issued for tin: payment of a divi de ml of live per cent, on all approval claims, but beyond that the creditors’ hopes of realisation are not particularly inspiring. F.vSrsvron limn, of Wisconsin who has returned lo AVashir.gton from I’ans. where he aelod as one of the representatives. of the I'uilod fctales .it flie Monetary Conference, says, that while no definite result has been achiev ed by the Conference. it has in the main been bouilkual to the cause of bi mctalism. It has been showu hy Itie conference that Knrope is by no mean* wedded lo the single standard. The representatives of Russia, Austria. Ita ly, and Spain favored bimotalism. and while Great Unbans representatives at the Conferenew were the greatest oh stacles in the way of the double stand ard. they gare indications that they were not so unfavorable as may he sup posed. The attitude of Germany, how ever, was not as favorable as the anti- Conference utterances of Bismark led Mr. Howe and his colleagues to expect. VOL. XV. TISLTCO'RA'PHIC. Coiidensed for Convenient and Ready Reading. WASHINGTON 1 he fund for Mrs, Garfield has reached *1 17.47.'*. Kohoue Conici.ind’s prenfnce in Waali injrton in said to lx* due to legal business connected with the Hudson river tunnel, in which Senator Jones, of Nevada, is largely interested. Pension Commissioner Dudley urges that Guiteau he tried for high treason, as no court would overrule his conviction therefor, and a healthy precedent would l>e established, Harry Foirtu,, a salnon-keetier of K riiglilstown, liuh, who is serving a life tenn for murder, seeks a pardon through the efforts of prominent citizens of Wash ington and Haiti more, hut Gov. Porter turns a deaf car. 1 he grand Jury at Washington has in dieted George W. Ingalls, formerly agent of the Pitites, for presenting false vouch ers. District attorney Corkhill will post pone action in the case of Guiteau till Sep teinher. I he I ic commissioners report to Secre tary Kirkwood that they have selected a reservation near the junction of the Green •ind White rifers in Utah, bn which thev propose to erect temporary agency huiht ings, and they'ask for a military force of I>o men to aid in carrying out their plans. Grirk'.M is represented as having lost some of his foppishness and a small por turn of his vanity, hut none of his impu dence or bis egotism, since he has been in prison. He insists on being treated as a prisoner ot state, and wisiies for better treatment than the other prisoners. Is dressing the president’s wonnd, the drainage-tulle sank to a depth of live anil “ half inches. Dr. Bliss contends that the assassin’s bullet pierced the left side of the liver and struck the wall of the ab dominal cavity. The patient was not so easy last night, having suffered somewhat from the vigorous manipulations of a barber. Mils. Du. St s\ N EdsoN, who is the President’s female nurse, is Mrs. Gar field’s physician ordinarily, that lady in clining to feminine doctors for feminine patients, and also to the homeopathic practice of medicine. The doctors do not like her, hut she is tat and serene and holds her way, conscious that Mrs. Gar field is her powerful friend. A scandal affecting an Arctic explorer is creating great excitement at Washing lon. fhe lady involved was discharged from Iho treasury department on his ac count, whereupon he installed her in a furnished house. IDs wife learned the true elate of affairs and made an Hiian noticed call at the residence, her indigna lion leading her to tear up some costly at lire and pull down some portraits. TIIK president has taken to reading the daily journals, and listens to the telegrams and letters of sympathy which have accu mulated since the shooting, in which he lakes the deepest interest. lie is well enough to laugh heartily at the cuts in the pictorial weeklies. Secretary Blaine received a letter from the Austrian Minister at Washing ton, informing him that the Emperor of Austria desired to express his lively sym pathy with President Garfield, his indig nation at Ike murderous attack on his life, and his sincere interest in the favorable news of the president’s condition and the hopeful prospects of his recovery, pictorial weeklies. FOREIGN. Tin', comet discovered at Ami Arbor l>y S. li:. r liri If liasliccn seen from Vienna. I iii iu iA, ilif t'atUnlie archbishop of I'-KV|t. died while nn hit war to Italy. A r Mil K is tu lie laid from some (ferman port to Valencia, ami thencutn the United Stall's, at a I'Osl of tIHiTgtHK), Snt Kvii.vn AVi Kill will 11 rnha hi v !■ raised to the peerage fur his sneeess in closing up tile war in the Transvaal. tiKSKRAI liJN.ATIKKF has seeured Irmn the i /ar a I'oniiiiiitatiuii of the sentence of death passed upon Messy Helfniaiin, one ol the assassins of Alexander. Tint Algerian insurgents, eoninianded hv ihi* Arab t hiel lion Ann'iia. have had another repulse, and are split hv dissen sion, the elm f having heen forced to flee for his life. \ KNK/rKt \, the most northerly of the South American i .'publics, has a revolu tion on hand. I hi' president, General Guzman Hlaneo, has nearly lll.ltll men under arms. \ iikki in dispateli says that the nihil ists are holding a eongress in St. I’eters hnrg, hut their plaeeol meeting cannot he disi'overed. liik strike ol .‘llt.tltNI nail-makers at Stall.irdshire, England, has ended hv the masters eoneeding an advanee of oil per nent in wages. line l.ondoii ShviiUinl' commenting on the naeni train rohhery in Missouri, con gratulates its readers that such a whole sale robbery eonld not happen on an Eng lish train. Uon AMana. the rebel ehief of (Iran, Algeria, is said hv sides to have murdered the French soldiers na pin red hv him, and spared only thirty-three of the Spaniards whom he took prisoners near Saida. \ mis named ilruniont arrived at Kil mss, Ireland, from Norway, in a half decked boat .'SO feet long, and sailed again for America, where he expeels to arrive in .it' ilavs. Me earried SO davs provis ions. In a private letter to King Humbert, Pope I.eo makes hitter eoniphiinls against the Italian government for not preventing the reeeiit disturbance, and declares he will appeal to Knrope against the position oi’cnp.eil hv the pontiff at Home. A t.Aiuig force of farm lalmrers in the Maeroom disfrief. county Cork, I relaud, have struck lor higher wages, and are on a march through the district compelling others to strike. This is an outcome of the Land League agitation. IiKHI in journals announce that a law student of the University at Bonn has re icntiv been killed in a due), another is a hopeless wreck at the hospital, and a thin! had his nose slashed off in a fight with sabres. Anivtuhk desperate right has taken place at Sfax. in which :luo natives and 300 Arab horsemen were killed. The French commander has ordered the disarmament ef the natives, the delivery of hostages, arid the payment of a war indemnity of l/ 1 'tl.l'"0 francs. Li' HO IK is having its hot s|ieli now. The French t handier is expected to adjourn on the 3!hh, ten days earlier than usual, on account of the heat. Madrid is report ed to lie like a fiery furnace. At LaGran j., the summer residence of the Spanish Court, the heat is said to lie almost un bearable, and London continues to com plain of the excessive heat. Loro Latham ami Baron de Rothschild arc among the directors of the new Italian Opera company of London, which has a capital stock of t’lk *HkA of ordinary shares, ami tIISO,'KX)o/ deferred. The pur chase price of the two opera houses is XIS.A.OOO cash, and £lso,(** in deferred stock. The Lord Mayor of London gave a ban quet at the Mansion IL-nse to the Prince of iVales. as President of the Koval Colo nial Institute. King David Kalakaua was present, and when his Itealth was propos ed bv the Isini Mayor responded with a brief speech. Ills Russian nihilists have transferred their operations from the cities to the country districts, and have met with con siderable succwis. Government detectives sent to watch them are having a hard time. The nihilist detectives are ton acute for them, and when they are dis covered they are shot down. One of their number was shot near Kief recently. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. Andover bridge, crossing the Merrimac fJ7 er at Lawrence, Mass., which cost |30,- UUO, was swept away by fire. The struc- T r ■ ——— . lowa County Democrat. I ture was originally built in 1793, the char ter bearing the hold signature of John Hancock. J. 11. Dean, a son of a hanker at Minne apolis. killed himself with laudanum. A hail-storm inflicted great damage on property in the vicinity of Brockton, M ass- Thirteen business places at Hastings, Neb., were burned, causing a loss of $OO,- 000. Flames swept away the Irving house, at Long Branch, many guests losing ail their eflecls. Hundreds of windows were broken bv a hail-storm at Broekville, Ont.. and tree’s and fences were toppled over. A pike in Kvan A Cumminsky’s tobacco factory at St. Ism is dest roved the building and contents, which were valued at $20,- 000. The (louring-mill of Badger A; Son, at Hast Ambov. 111., valued at $12,000, was fired by lightning and totally consumed. At a stone-quarry at Slatington, Pa., two men were crushed to a jelly by the fall of a mass of rock weighing hundreds of tons. Henry Nickh.ammer, an employe of the St. Louis shot-tower, was precipitated 100 feet by the breaking of the elevator rope. Two buildings <<f the Paquet cotton mills at Philadelphia, owned by William Wood A Son, and valued at $100,OIK), have been burned. A flre at Kart Saginaw, Mich., last evening, burned Pearson's saw-mill, a salt block, and other property, the whole val ued at $lOO,OOO, Mrs. KkouoH and her young son, of Bloomington, lib, weie horribly mangled by a switch-engine. Her husband is the engineer at the union mills. * 01. R. 1.. Mott, of Columbus, Ga., M years of age. one of the wealthiest men in that state, was killed by a train in the Union depot at Atlanta. In Din n Bros.’ wire works, at Hamil ton, Out., an explosion lifted the roof, which tell upon ami injured two men. Flames then consumed the establishment. The propeller Winnipeg caught tire and burned to the water’s edge in the harbor of 1 lillilth. The passengers escaped, but four employes are Hissing. One of the shops in the penitentiary at Columbus, ()., was damaged $2,000 bv lire. One of the guards was prostrated by heat, and lies in a dangerous condition. Flames swept away nine buildings at Red Bank, N, J., valued at S7SIMKI; the ■ diworks of Bush A Denslow, in South Brooklyn, worth $50,000; Ring’s lard re finery, in St. Louis, the loss being $30,000; a block of buildings in East Oakland, ('at., valued at $40,000, and the llackett block at lonia, Mich. CI.AfDE Slvtek. editor of a weekly pa per at Greentown, Did., while standing at a desk, had every vestige of elolbing torn from his body by lightning, and was so paralyzed that lie could not move a mus cle. He has completely recovered from the st rokc. Jest outside of St. Paul, a freight train of fortv-three ears on the Omaha road broke apart, the rear section starting back down a high grade, and striking another train a*, the depot at the rate of sixty miles per hour. George Trider, a veteran engineer, was killed, and a loss of $50,000 inflicted. The track was rooted up for fifteen rods. The pecuniary loss bv the cyclone at New Ulm, Minn., is placed at $250,000. The rebuilding of the city w ill commence at once. Properly is being protected hv the Governors guards, and excursion trains took thousands to the scene on Sun day. At Chatham Four Corners N. Y.. a re tired officer of the army, Col. Henry \V, Jones, attempted to shoot himself audio cut his throat with fragments of a looking glsss. For some time lie has had spe.ls of lunacy, and lie will now be sent to an asylum. CRIME. \V ii.lia n fcaxiTT, a stock-dealer, was chlo roformed in bed at a hotel in Keokuk, la., and rolihed of Jlti.lMHl. foBIC Hli.l , who killed I'r. \V. T. Wil liams, a prominent planter, was hanged at A aziHi 1 at v, M iss. Titos, HaKKU'K, a white citizen of Chi eago, engaged in a light with some negro ronglis on Konrtli avenue, was pitched down stairs, breaking his neck. .1 imks Hi.At k. a notorious counterfeiter, was inveigled into the United States com missioner’s office at Krie, Pa,, hv I'elective McSweeny, and ordered to jail. Gov. Tarrvsas, of one of the Mexican states, while en route to El Paso with a force of troops, was attacked by Indiana, thirty of his men lieing killed. Siikukikf Timiikri.akk, of KansasCitv, is out with thirty men afterthe train-rob bers. It is thought the latter divided near Lawson, aiming for Clay county. At a public gathering at Voting Amer ica, lint., William Green killed Enoch Brumbaugh for endeavoring to keep hint quiet. It is announced that Governor Critten den, of Missouri, will not interfere in the ease of the Talbott brother*, who are to he hanged at Marysville very soon. A li.ANi: of burglars at Atchison, Kan., after robbing sevqn residences, proceeded to the jail and robbed the keeper s family of their jewelry. Hiram McCain, an old and reimtable citizen of Detroit, has lieen convicted of burning one of his own houses to defraud the insurance companies. Ant arii at the jail at Ozark, Ark., lib erated four prisoners on trial for murder. There is the wildest excitement over the act, and a sheriff’s posse is after the butchers. Two outlaws went into the camp of the Mill* Lac Indians, near Aiken, Minn., ami murdered the chief and four bucks. I ho butchers were arrested, and the gov erm ordered them brought to St. Paul. .A NKOiio roustabout, named Antoine A alley, while asleep in a hammock on Imard the steamer Lady Lee at the St. Isutis levee, was shot dead hv Emmet Jones, a deck hand on another steamer, who made hi> esca(>e. Ay attempt was made near Lawrence. Kan., to wreck a passenger train on the Santa Ee road, but a wild freight train was the victim, seven ears being destroyed. The express nu ssenger on the passenger train had fAA.OtIO In the safe. Tag paymaster of the Mexican Central railroad, a member of one of th- first families at the capital, was shot dead hv a guard at Nopala, from an old fend diffi culty in regard to a horse. The pay master’s servant was also killed. At Leesburg. Fla.. J. J. Dickinson, Jr. recently shot a saloon-keeper named Beach, inflicting dangerous wounds. Be fore daylight on Friday a hand of dis guised men took Dickinson from jail and riddled him with bullets. A treasury detective and three deputy marshals accompanied a photographer to the jail at Erie, Pa., to secure a picture of Black, the noted counterfeiter The lat ter threatened to kill any man entering his cell, and the lawyers uiged that he be let alone. Dutty Collector Brayton lef: Green- ; y*Be.C-, with four men. to destroy the illicit still of John McDow, near Central in Pickens county. A desperate light took Plsre, In which Hravfon was killed. Me- 1 IXiw atnl a negro companion, heavilv I armed, threaten the life of anv revenue ! officer who approaches them.' Commis sioner Kanin has instructed the deputy ) collectors in South Carolina to arm t low ! and arrest the murderers. A row oyer a vardmaster at Peoria caused a strike by twenty-eight employes of the Pekin road, who were (rivet, their time, and men were seen red from St. j Louis. The oM anti new forces had a bat- j tie in which two men were seriously I wounded by pistol-shots. Three of the St. | Louis party have been arrested. GENERAL NOTES. bCAXPEBR in New York are selling tick ets to Chicago at from |7.70 to ssf. The army-worm is rapidly extending over the state of Illinois, and in many places many farmers are cutting their MINERAL POINT. AVIS., FRIDAY. JULY 29, 1881. [crops in advance of their ripening. A field of forty acres of oats at Sycamore, 111., was ravaged in fortv-eight hours. Mob MON missionaries have established a branch of the Latter-Day Saints in the Quaker city. Tub railway building since January has brought the tracks of the United Slates to an aggregate of 100,000 miles. Chief .1 i-STicH Shannon, of Dakota, has organized at Pierre the first court ever held in that part of the territory. Senator Bkn Hili. underwent a sur gical operation at Philadelphia for an af fection of the tongue. Another case of Asiatic cholera is re ported from Camden. X. J., the victim being an aged clergvman. William H. Vanderbilt has offered to bear two-thirds the cost of suitable buildings tor a female college at Nashville. Henry VillaKD and party have return ed to St. Paul from a trip to the end of the Northern Pacific track. A farmer near Albany, Ind., named Frederick Stoner, having been sued for $5,00(1 for libel, hanged himself in his barn. A retrograde movement in prices has begun in Wall street, St. Paul common selling down to 120. The bull Interest is slowly liquidating. The New York legislature has elected Warm r Miller senator for the long term, to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna tion of Thomas C. Platt. California lias on hand the largest amount of wheat ever carried over, it be ing placed by the San Francisco produce exchange in excess of twelve million cen tals. Sitting Bull and two hundred follow ers surrendered at Fort Buford and were placed in compartments at the post. The famous chieftain is sullen and insolent. In declining to appoint a day of thanks giving for the recovery of the president, Governor Roberts, of Texas, has drawn down upon himself a whirlwind of indig nation. As heir to the vast estate of Elizabeth Vanattoe, of Syracuse, has been discov ered at Milwaukee in the person of John Green a ship-carpenter. Large crowds of people have been (lock ing into .Maryville, M., to witness the execution of Albert and Charles E. Tal- Ixitt for the murder of their father. A telescopic comet, having a very bright centre and faintly-descril ed tail, has been discovered in the constellation Augira, by J. M, Scboeberle, an a.uateur astronomer, who has access to the observa tory at Ann Arbor, Mich. uKiii’ii.DiNG has commenced at New t Ini, Minn. Henry Villard has given $1,500 to the relief fund. $l,OOO has been raised at Milwaukee, ami St. Paul and Minneapolis have pledged $5,000 each. The number of deaths by the cyclone has swollen to thirty-four. The funeral of Wrn. H. Westfall, the conductor who was murdered bv the Mis souri train-robbers, took place at Platts burg. Iwo train loads of people were present from outside points. The de ceased leaves a wife and three young eliil dren. There are sixteen persons in jail at Chicago on charge of murder. The bail of John C. Hayward, indicted for the murder of James McMahon, has been re duced to $2,500. He lias lain in jail for three years, ami was once convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Killing people in Chicago ought not to be regarded as a joke. Sitting Bi'll, live other chiefs, and forty lodges are really on the way to Fort Buford, in charge of Jean Louis l.egare, and were expected to arrive inside onr lines Tuesday. Major Brotherton sent <mt six army wagons with supplies for the guests. Sherrifk Wood, of Sycamore. 111., was persuaded to take a prisoner named Ed ward Hardy to the barber’s. The jail-bird made a dash when the doors were opened, but was recaptured by the sherriff’s young est daughter, who thrust a revolve/ in his face and forced him to halt. VilwHUKps naruel. MiLWAI'KCK. July 23-Flour.—Scarce and firm. Wheat—Steady and strong; No. 1 hard, muiiinal, Xu. 1, nominal," No. 2 hard, nom inal; No. 2, I.HI*: Lit 1 * tor seller July; 1.le 1 , for seller August; 1.16** for seller September; I.Hi for seller October; l.lti'* for seller November; No. 3. I.o4‘iul.ftj; No. t, nominal; rejected, nominal. Com—Firmer; No. 2, 47',. Oats—Scarce; No. 2, 39 q. live Dull. No. 1, Htl. Barley—Firmer: No 2. September, 7'iq. Market. Chicago, July 23.—-Flour-- Demand good, tending upward; spring wheat, common to choice western 4.00a(i.00; common to choice Minnesota. potonti*, winter wheat ;.50ftrt.7.t. Wheat Unsettled and generally higher, irregular fluctuations wide and rapid; No. 2 red winter. 1.15‘,@1.20; No. 2 Chicago spring. I.lB** for seller cash and seller July; 1 L t for seller August, 1.16 Vil.lC* for seller September; I.l6’a(js 1.16 * for seller Oc tober; No. 3 Chicago spring. 1 Ooal.10; re jected. B.aS7 l , Sales, No. 2 Chicago spring, f.lSal 20 for seller August; 1.111' 4 a1.17 for sel ler September and October. Corn—Unsettled ami generally lower, active, and irregular; No. 2,49 for seller cash; 49* for seller July: 48Sa48** f..r seller August aud September. 4S 7 , for seller October: sales. 4Sa4S T for seller September: 48*h4'J for seller October; rejected, 42'*, Oats —Easier; 44'* for seller cash: 44a 4f*j for seller July; 3t* for seller August; 29* for seller September and seller October; rejected, 355,. Rye—Firmer; 97S t . Barley— Oull and nominal. Flax Seed—l.ls. Pork— I mettled and generally higher; 18.30 for sel ler cash, 18.27 *a!B.SO for seller August and September. Lard—Fairly active and a shade higher. 12.20a 12.25 for seller cash; 11.92*a 11.95 for seller August; 11.67* for seller September: 11.50a11.52* for seller October. Ihe “ Drover’s Journal” reports. Hogs—Re ceipts. 18,000; shipments. 2,800; activo; saloc higher: mixed packing, 6 10a6.45; choice heavy. ii.Aoaii.S7 *; light bacon, 6.50@6.60: pigs. 5.50a ’.2.*; quality poor. Cattle—Receipts, 5.000; shipments. 4,700; steady and firm; no really fine here: exports are quoted at 0.106.30; good to choice shipping 5,75*6.17 *; native butchers’, stronger, 2.50a4.50: Stockers' ami feeders’, active. 3.00a 1.7.>. range cattle, scarce and wanted. 10a 15c higher: thorough grass Texans. 3.10&4.45; rough to medium Montana steers. 3.75a4.25; fat grass Texans. 4,50a4 75. Sheep—Receipts, 1,200; shipments. 500; steady and in fair demand. Thf Kleins of Kesular IHcf^tion Is beat appreciated by rhore who. having l*t have ultimately recovered it. To form an ade quate conception of the hwrpurs of dyspepsia, one must have experienced that malady in iu chronic form. A temporary fit of indigestion, though doubtless troublesome enough, can give no suita ble idea when it has taken continued possession of the stomach. To anticipate and prerent the chronic phase with Hostetler's Stomach Bitters is the w ise course. While that incomparable invig orant and corrective conquers the m<nu obstinate types of dyspepsia, it is always wise to use it early, and thus avoid prolonging the process of cure. Flatulence, heartburn, headache, bilious ness, palpitations, nervousness, hiss of flesh and appetite, and other concomitants of dyspepsia, are all remedied by this sterling medicine. I’se it before meals and on retiring. m m m No prettier compliment can be given than that which come* from the warm heart and quick wit of the true Hiber nian. Mike was laying pavement brick in the hot sun. and the lady of the house mixed up a nice, cool drink and carried it out to quench his thirst. After a long-drawn swig he wiped his mouth cn his sleeve, and said : “Ye'll be in heaven sevin years before the divil’ll find it out.” Honored and Blessed. When a board of eminent physicians ami chemists announced the discovery that by combining some well known valuable remedies, the most wonderful medicine was produced, which would cure such a wide range of diseases that most all other remedies could be dis pensed with, many were skeptical; but proof of its merits by actual trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day the dis coverers of that great maScinc. Hop Bitters, are honored* and blessed by all as benefactors.— Democrat. MORE STAR ROUTES. Koute \D - aISL This route is not to be found on the list of $3 routes which formed the basis of the first official onslaught on the star route thieves, but it is a sufficiently had specimen to find a place in that document, it is located in Colorado, and extended from Cannon City to Del Norte, with 13 intermediate stations, a di stance of 151 miles according to the department, and 144 miles according to local postmasters. The original service was tri-weekly. In the advertisement for bids it was stated that this service previous to the middle of 1878 had cost $ll,BOO per annum. A bond of $12,000 and a check of $OOO were required. There were nine bidders. C. \V. Fos ter, whose address was “care Bradley, Barlow, Ac.,” was the lowest, at $5,500. The route was consequently in good hands. Early in June, 1878,the usual petitions from citizens,indorsed by Sen. Henry M. Teller and Rep. T. M. Patterson, arrived in Washington, and on the 24th the order went out increas ing the service four trips per week from Canon City to Cleora, Go miles, from July 1, and adding $3,156.73 to Foster’s pay. Three months later Messrs. Teller and Patterson returned to the attack, being backed this time by ex- Gov. John L. Routt in lieu of “citi zens,” and presto, four trips weekly were added to the service from Cleora to Del Norte, 8G miles, and the entire schedule was reduced from 43 hours to 30 hours. Mr. Foster having duly sworn that the “increase” and “expe dition” would require 143 pi r cent, more men and horses than he had on the route, he was accorded $4,179.59 for the one and $18,851.44 for the other. His compensation had thus risen in three months from $5,500 to $31,184.97. The net revenue from all the post offices affected hy the last in crease was exactly $1,146. bkady’s extreme hi kuy—i uotest AFTER PROTEST I NTIEEDKD. koi TK so, 44,14!). This route extends from Rosebnrgto Empire City, in Oregon, a distance of 72 miles. There were seven interme diate stations, andj.be advertisement called for a service of six trips per week. The previous exist of running the route was $5,088. A bond was re quired in $O,OOO and a check for $450. Twelve persons put in bids. 0. C. Huntley’s, at $3,714, was much the lowest, and it was accepted July 31, 1878. Soon telegrams began to pour in from the postmasters on the route complaining of deficient service, and Special Agent G. A. Sttel, stationed at Portland, wrote seveml communica tions on the subject, me of which con cludes as follows; “Whoop la* Things- a** Mac. It won't do for any one in connection vith the postoflice de partment, from postmaster general down t* a fourth-class postmaster, to run for office lor 119 years, unless some contractors are heavily lined °r punished in some way. (out this way par ticularity.)” At length official notice was sent that Huntley had abandoned the route, and that his stock had hem seized by the sheriff, and on Jan. !> 187!*, he wnw de clared a failing contractor. The de partment went up the list in accord ance with custom, and as " sua l the r ’K men one aft or ,in-oicr dropped out. \ nfurtuiv.uHy tor the scheme, a local man, William Carll, whose hid was $7,30(1, was sandwiched in be tween, and he had tie had taste to ac cept. In this emergency there was nothing to do but to declare his offer too high and to moke a private con tract, presumably tuder a private un derstanding, which wts afterwards ful filled, with J. 11. Warren at 85,800. Early in April Sens. Lafayette Grover and James 11. Slate - and Congress men John Whittakc;, John H. Mitch ell, and R. Williamswere pressed into service as indorsers okv propositon to re duce the schedule fron 30 to 24 hours. Brady did not happei to have his blue 1 pencil handy at the tine. In his haste he used ink, and he formula, “Do this, Brady,” assume! for once a vi let hue. arren’s pay was increased 87,- 975 per annum, to $13,775. Under dale of Rosebnrg, April 18,Joseph Lane, evidently an old frieid of Postmaster General Key, wrote that dignitary as follows: * * * |1 am requested to say to you. as I candidly do, that any shctning of the present schedule time would he to render the service not only extravagant but almost impossible. The route is really over a rougband broken country. * * * Any contraction of time on this route would prove of n* materia benefit, and would so- i riously embarrass those wio are engaged in car- • ryingthe mail.” The Postmaster U Rosebnrg, under date of May 1?, wrot the department as follows: I return the blank wthout filling in the new schedule for reasons set forth in the certificate herewi h. [The certificat* is not on file.] It would certainly be impossible *> run this route on 21 hours time any linger ban three months, say Jnly, August and September, and I doubt very much if it could be run down to 24 hours even then. The Postmaster a Empire City concurs in those views, as you will st.' In addition to tlife special agent Steel sent to Gen. Brady a long communica tion, in which he sivs: “ Some time a;o 1 malt a rvovnimemlncion that route No. 4t,14y htt roiicoti to a tri-w.-okly. It is all that is ntxvsfarv." No attention was ever paid to any of these protests. THE NEW ULM DISASTER A Thrivfns Town in Minnesota l.aitl Watr hj a ( jrlonr. Mankato, July IS. —Tlie people of New Ulm tire organizing for the work that is before them, and commenced the rebuilding of their city to-day. Workmen from St Paul, St. Peter and Mankato are on hind, and things are beginning to aasime some system. The governor's giurd are on duty pro tecting property. Large crowds visited ihe scene of disastr yesterday and a special train from Redwood run. Ti e following is a partial list of the killed and woundei. and also the esti mated losses of the principal losers: The killed in New Ulm: I.aura Reitz. Anna Warner, Aina Leisch and M. Eggart. The wounded: Mrs. Warner, •-truck by lighthiny. She was K ing on the floor, with a snail babe, which was killed. The bolt struck her on the breast and extendal to her feet, leaving the body as black is coal. She cannot remember any even in her life anteri or to the lime sle was struck, and will probably die. Mrs. Reitz, left arm broken twice: Ida leisch, left leg broken; a Swede loy, name unknown, badly wounded in the neck and head; Mis. Leisch, skull fractured and in ternal injuries, probably fatal, Jacob Miller, left leg broken and internal in juries, probably fatal; Mr. Pliffer’s wife and child, hut in the head; two children in the same house, internal in juries, possibly fatal; Mr. Hoffman’s two suns, injured ii the head and back; Henry Fidler. cor pound fracture of the left thigh ind arrft; Charles Spooner, hole in the jaw; Mrs. Kate A' easen. tnroat oat. laying tare the jugular vein. At Cairo tßenvile county), four and one-half miles northwest, John Hol land and wife anl two troys and one girl were killed. One boy escaped by running away fror the* house. The two boys when found were eighty rods from the house, completely denuded. At West Newton, fire bodies bad bnen found up to the tine of this writi ig. and many were injired, the names of whom could not b* learned. The principal property owners' toss in trw rtM, as near as can be found aut is as fob tows: Catholic cathedral and nunnery, complete wreck, loss $10,000; Hunts mann's hrewerv, completely demol ished, loss $12,000 to $15,000; Epple s block, complete wreck, loss $14,000; M. Mullens store, badly wrecked,loss *4,000, house demolished, loss $8,000; Dr- Weschke, loss on building, $3,000; stock of drugs. $2,000; residence $2,000; Deusman’s brick block, badly damageti, loss $12,000 Sohullaoher's brewery, bad ly damaged, loss $3,000 to $4,000. Esuke’s brick store, completely ide stroyed, loss $3,000; public school building, roof off and part of the north wall gone, lots? $9,000. The Methodist, Lutheran and Congregational churches are entirely demolished; the loss rang ing from $2,000 to $4,000. These are the largest losses sustained. There is not a building but what is more or less damaged. In the majority of cases, roofs, chimneys and window glass is hue, involving a loss of from $lOO to $5OO, and in many other cases the buildings have been sent out of plumb. It can be safely said that $250,000 to $300,000 will not cover the loss. Ain FOR NEW ELM. Milwaukee, July IS.— The Htrail, this morning, called for aid for Now I lm, and by noon eight hundred dol lars were collected and five hundred dollars telegraphed by Editor Cole man. Milwaukee will contribute lib erally. St‘. Pace, July IS.—A New Ulm special says: At a meeting of citizens of New Ulm, a committee of ten was appointed, of which Col. Phtender was elected chairman, Rev. A. Berghold. secretary, and Charles Wagner, treas urer. All contributions and assistance may he directed to the chairman or treasurer. Daring Train Robbery. Kansas City, July Itl. — Information has been received here by an incoming Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train,of a daringly planned and success ful train robbery, which occurred at W inslow, a station on the Rock Island road, a short distance east of Cameron. The robbers were six in number, and supposed to he under the leadership of of Jesse James. The men boarded the train which leaves the city at 6:30 p. m., at Cameron. At Winslow where the train stopped, they stood up in the aisle of the ear with drawn revolvers; one of bandits, a man with heavy black whiskers, advanced with a revolver in each hand toward Mr. Westfold, the conductor, and ordered him to hold up his hands. The conduct r was slow in complying with his demands,and was shot through the heart by the desperado. One of the other men then shot John McCul lough, a stone cutter of Wilton Junc tion, lowa, who turned outward in his scat, through the head. The men then went through the train to the express car and overpowered the IT. S. express messenger, Charles Murray, of this city, who was intimidated into opening tiie safe from which five thousand dol lars were taken. The desperadoes then went to the engine and told the en gineer to start his train. This he could not do on account of the automatic brakes, and lie was at once utilized ns • target by the robbers. The engineer l"U out the lights in tne cab, and crawkvl along the foot hoard to the pilot, extinguished th*. htuul litrht mid lay down on the pilot. The robbers made no search for him, hut departed. No attempt was made to rob the pas sengers. The populace about Wins low rose up on masse, and armed men are now industriously seeking the des peradoes. St. Loris, July I*s.—The generally a jeepted theory out on the road is that the robbers were professionals. One of them, the tallest one, was seen in Cameron all day yesterday, and could he identified by several people. 'Hie men who had been in search for the robbers, to-day found where they had their horses tied in the woods, and say that in their hurry to get away, they did not untie them. Circunistant ial Evidence. A lawyer in Central New York gives the following account of one of his first cases: “My client sued a neighbor for the alleged killing of a favorite dog. The proof consisted in the mysterious dis appearance of the animal, and the pos session of a dog’s skin bv the defend ant, which, after considerable argu ment, was brought into court in evi dence. It was marked in a peculiar way. and was positively identified, with many tears, by the plaintiff’s wife and daughter, as the integument of the de ceased Bose. In summing up to the ju ry, I was in the midst of a highly col ored picture of the virtues of the de ceased, am) the love of the children for their four-footed friend, when I was in terrupted by a slight disturbance in the crowd near the door of the school house whioe served as a court-house. Looking around, I saw my client’s youngest son, a tow-headed urchin of twelve, coming forward with a dog whose skin was an exact counterpart of the one put in evidence. The dog wagged his tail in good natured com posure, and the hoy cried in his child ish treble, ‘Paw, Bose has come Dome.’ I gathered up my law-books and retreat ed, and I have never hail perfect con fidence in circumstantial evidence since.’’ Hay Fever. New York Sun. The writer of this communication has been a suflerer from hay fever pe riodically for the jiaat twelve years, during half of which period she could get no satisfactory relief. The intoler able itching of the eyelids and almost constant sneezing which characterize the complaint in its worse form she had to endure until six years ago, when the following remedy was brought to her notice in the columns of a newspaper: Into a fonr-ounce, wide-mouthed bot tle. half filled with cotton, and haring a close stopper, put the following mix ture: 21 drachms carbolic acid, .3 drachms aqua ammonia, (specific grav ity 0.960), 7. drachms distilled water, 71 drachms aicohol. Inhale through the nostrils. This mixture, being of a vola tile nature, must be kept as much as possble from exposure, in order to preserve as much as poauble its strength and prevent discoloration. It does not purport to be a specific, for that has not yet been discovered; but it has proved itself a ready relief in the case of the writer, and many who have suf fered in the same way. Washington. BULLETIN. [OfteiaL] EXECUTIVE MANSION. i AVasHin-gtov. D.C., July 15.—7:00 p. ai. } The president has had a little more fever this afternoon, which is regarded as merely a temporary fluctuation. At 1 p. m. his pulse was 89; temperature, 98 5-10; respira*" i. 18. At present his pulse is 102;, .nperature, 100 7-10; respiration, 2L (Signed) D. W. Bliss, J. K. Barnes, J. J. Woodward, Bobt. Revetrn, A remarkable change has occurred to the comet. A portion of the nucleus has been thrown ofl some 1,500 miles from the main body. Prof. Stone, of Cincinnati,the discoverer of the change, says the new nucleus, which is located toward the North star, cao be seen with the naked eye. ENDED AT LAST. Thf DruUork at Albas) Brukeu by thf Klrrtion of Lajibam Albany. July 22.—The joint ballot for the short term resulted as follows: Laphaius (U Potter ■ Conklin jc 2S I W oojford 4 Necessary to a choice. 67. Senator Jae bs moved that the con vention take a recess till half-past one o’clock. Carried. The chair then said he had been re quested to announce that the demo cratic members would hold a confer ence immediately: also that the repub licans would hold a conference imme diately. The convention then took a recess. Albany. July 22.—The republicans of both houses, during the recess of the convention, met in the assembly chamber, and Senator McCarthy was called to the- chair. The roll was called and 13 senators and 62 assemblymen answered to their names. Skinner moved that the roll be called for the purpose of nominating candi dates for U. S. senator, to be voted for in the next joint convention. Draper offered as a substitute, that it is the sense of the conference that the caucus committee should call a caucus for this afternoon, and that a special committee be appointed; the result of the caucus committee was to make a call, and in case of refusal on the part of the caucus committee, a special committee call the caucus. He sus tained his resolution by arguing that a caucus must be held, and said, that unless it was held, he and the other stalwarts would retire. He also op posed turning this conference into a caucus, but maintained that it was in the power of this conference to call a caucus. Sen. Robertson stilted he had been requested to call this conference, and was assured by those making the request, that they would abide by the result. K. A. Carpenter, in arguing for a caucus, said there was less than a ma jority present. Hie chair called on the secretary to announce how many were present, and he said 70, which was over a majority. Mr. Robertson said he was now told if this conference would adjourn to 5 o clock I’. M., they would all come in and join with the others. Mr. Wocwdin asked how many had said this. It might be only two; there were members here who refuse to an swer their names. Senator llclbert asked that his name bo called. It was called, and he said the crisis had now arrived, and if there was not a union now the republican party of that state would be hopelessly divided. His re marks were received with great ap plause. L ilts said, the time had come for ac tion, and no more talk of the past ought to be indulged in. (Applause.) He wanted the roll called anti each mem ber to name his choice, (applause.) The question was taken on motion for a caucus at 3 p. m. Senator Wood in favored it, and said the time could he well spent in the shaking of hands over the bright prospects in view. It was carried, and the conference look a re cess to 3 n. m. Albany, July 22. The eaueiis con ference assembled at three o’clock, and a unanimous agreement was had to vote for Lapham. tireat excitement prevailed, (treat anplause, swinging of hats and loud calls for Senator Woodin, and he congratulated the assemblage on the result attained, and spoke in glow ing terms of the action just taken. Mr. Hulhert said ; “Fellow republi cans, of the caucus first, and the con ference afterwards. (Applause.) lam happy at this result; he spoke of the joy to follow this action here. He prophesied this union would sweep the state next fall, as if by wild fire. He concluded mid great applause. Sen. I’itts made a spirited and happy speech. Other speeches followed, and the conference convention adjourned. The joint convention reassembled at four o’clock and voted for U. S. Sena tor with the following result : Senate Lapham 30 Potter Assembly - Lapham 70 Potter ;7 Total vote ; Lapham y 2 Potter jo Necessary to a choice rts. The chair announced the election of ElhridgeG. Lapham in place of Koscoe Oonkling, resigned, and the joint con vention (iisolved. Cheers for Lapham, Miller, Garfield, Conkling and Pof*er followed. The legislature agreed to adjourn sou’s dir, to-morrow, the 28. In the assembly a resolution was tallied that the $2,000 alleged to have been paid to a member as a bribe, and now the custody of the comptroller of the state, be handed over to the widows and orphans of persons killed at the new capitol. The bill passed to amend the constitution so as to make the canals free, and maintain them by a general state tax. At Tin* Capitol. Executive Mansion, Washington, July, 22.—The progress of the presi dent’s case continues without material change. At 1 p. in., his pulse was 08 temperature 98.4; respiration 18. At 7 p. m., his pulse was 08; temperature 100.2; respiration Is. (Signed) D. W. Buss, J. K. Barnes, J. J. Woodward, Bout. Reybtkn. CELEBRATING THE FOURTH. Washington, July 22.—The follow ing dispatch was received at the state department, to-day: To Secretary Blaine, Waxhinyton: The celebration at Leipzig, which was deferred from July 4, is just begin ning. Americans and Germans from all parts of the empire including the rep resentatives of various universities and town councils, send their most hearty congratulations and best wishes to the president. .Signed, White, Minister to Leipzig. Secretary Blaine replied as follows; To Minister White. Isiyziy: The president’s condition grows bet ter day by day. The great anxiety throughout the civilized world for his recovery, has very deeply touched him. Congratulations to your patriotic assemblage. Signed, James g. Blaine, Secretary. .Votice to Postmaster's. Washington, July 22. —Tne presi dent went to sleep early to-night. Dr. Bliss says he is gelling well as fast as ooasible. Washington, July 22.—Postmaster General James to-day issued the follow ing: Order No. 62. From and after this date it will be unde -stood by ail postmasters that quarterly accounts must be forwarded to the auditor of the treasurv for this department immedi ately after the close of every quarter, as required by section 404, po°‘_al regu lations. Delays in observing the re quirements of this section that have heretofore in many instances occurred, will no longer be tolerated. Failure in any case to cany out this order, unless promptly and satisfactory j explained, and to be regarded as snth i cient cause for the removal fr. m tb office. The committee inquiring into j the arrangement and efficiency of sev j oral of the bureaus of the postoffice j department will report the bureaus thoroughly and ’efficient, but will sug gest some changes of duties, of a , number of clerks, and transfer others to promote even greater efficiency. Attempted Train Robbing. K ansas Guy. July ±l.—The report which reached this city, late yesterday, that a train on the Santa Fe road, had been wrecked near I-awrence, by men whose intention it was to rob the east bound express; created no little excite ment, although facts concerning the matter were very meagre; there were five men in the party, which removed the rail. The boys who saw them were waiting about tbe station, and m>- ticed the five men pass down the track on the shady side of the station, open the tool house, which was about -’OO him ’red yards east of it. and each man taking some implement, marched down the track until lost to sight in the woods. The boys thought they were section men, and therefore said nothing about it un til after the accident. They describe the leader as a large man, with red whiskers, wearing dark gray pants, a striped or barred blue shirt, and a light colored slouch hat. Three of bis com panions were medium sized young men, heavy set and dressed in dark clothes, but the fifth was slender and apparently quite young. The rail was removed about three miles east of tbe station,at a point where the track corves with the river bank and where a dense copse shades tiie track. The train came from Bismarck Grove, a sort of headquarters for several weeks osten sibly to bet on any horse race that might be made up and to find out what animals could do before the trotting season began. None of these men were seen about the grove yester day, and although the circus grounds were watched by the authorities, none of them could be seen there during tbe day and suspicion is strong against them. The Famous Chief Sitting Hull anil his Warriors Surrender. Sr. I’An,, July 21, —The following special has been received from Fori Huford, detailing the surrender of Sit ting Hull; Silting Hull and 200 people arrived here at exactly 12 o’clock yes terday, and surrendered their arms and ponies toMajor Hrotherton. No speeches have yet heel, made as Hud and his orator are fatigued and hungry. They were placed in compartmentsbe tween the post and the boat landing, and are secure in Maj. Hrotherton’s charge as if in irons. The correspon dent visited Hull after his lodge was erected and cheered the old man up by informing him that he had the lost daughter whom the Canadians' had told him was in chains only a short time before and that she was well and happy. The chief expressed a desire to have a talk after he had rested and had something to eat. The cavalcade as it tiled to the garrison attracted much attention and would have been regarded with much interest, no doubt, could it have been marehe.l llironorh rhe streets of St rani. It consisted of six army wagons loaded with squaws and children, fol lowed by twenty-live or thirty of the Ismis Legare Red River carts well tilled with baggage. Much eredit is given hereto Mr. Legare for his faith ful service to the government in finally inducing Sitting Hull to come with him. He has used his own means freely in provid ing transportation and provisions, and should he liberally rewarded for bis work. Sitting Hull himself and bis chiefs and head men rode their ponies, and did not dismount and shake bands till they arrived at the place fixed upon for their camp. Capt. Clifford states that Hull has seemed more sullen and insolent than any of the chiefs he had under his man agement, and his actions to-day con firm this statement, hut it is thought that kind treatment will soon satisfy him that the government has accepted his surrender in good faith. A dispatch was forwarded to Standing Rock in forming Crow King and Low Hog of Sitting Hull’s arrival, and it was believed that this news will remove any desire the Indians there may have to leave the agency. He Courteous at Home. Ho not save your smiles, your bright ness, your cheerfulness, fur friends or visiting alone; use them daily, hourly, in your own homes. You will find you will have a plenty of them, and of ,< truer and more spontaneous kind, for society afterward. Yon find it no trouble to he polite, attentive and tol erant of the opinions and peculiarities of others when those others are out side your own family. Make it your business, then to he polite and tolerant to the ideas and peculiarities of those with whom you are intimately assoiateed. You can he interested in listening to matters ; that interest your most ordinary ac quaintance, because politeness de mands that you should lc so. Surely, then, you ought to manifest an interest in the aims and thoughts of those at home. Often an affectionate word of sympathy from a daughter or a sister will have the power of lifting half the weight from an anxious heart, or en courage budding thoughts and aspira tions that a cold or indifferent way ef fectually blight. It is more essentia! that the wheels of emstant intercourse should run smothly than that you waste your oil on a few occasional hours, so that you go jostling and creaking along the greater part of the lime, with inward injury to yourselves and to those with you? It does not, of course, all dej>end on one of you, hut each member must and > a part; if there is a single fail ure it throws the whole machine out of its perfect action, and increases the hardship, to say nothing of the pain, of the remaining members —Arthur Ilmnr Magazine. A Thousand Hollars a Minute. Frum the Boston Herald. Mr. Eddy, the veteaan patent solici tor of Boston, is a regular encyclope dia of incidents referring to inventors. He tells of a man nomed Hard, who belonged to rftoneham, who realized $30,000 and gave the world one of the most valuable inventions ever produced —all tbe result of about half an hour’s thought. His invention was the ma chine now everywhere used for extract ing molasses from sugar. When the idea occurred to him he sketched it down and gave it to Mr. Eddy and au thorized him to take out a patent. Re turning home he forgot all about the matter and applied himself to other af fairs. Subsequently a gentleman en gaged in tbe sugar business saw tbe in vention in Mr. Eddy’s office, and at once appreciated it* value. The solici tor was instructed to purchase the pat ent, which he supposed he could do for a moderate sum. The first offer of 11,000 was refused, and not until the of $30,000 was reached did Mr. uni surrender. Tbe machine is used in all the sugar countries of tbe world. Mr. Kobevtson, who was the American coeul at Hague, and the Aspinwalb of New York, made millions out of the in vention. I> A XI TSHELL. An esthetic person in Boston says i pink And white glass makes a more at tractive luncheon display titan silver or porcelain. In Chicago the main thing is to have the liver ami bacon well done and the dies dredged out of the butter. "1 am waiting, my darling, for thee,” he warbled: and the old man threw up a chamber window and assured him that "he’d be down in a minute.” he lost his grip on the melody and went out of the waiting business. “Sj you enjoyed your visit to the menagerie, did you ?" inquired a young man of hts adored one's little sister. "Oh, ves. And do you know we saw a camel there, that screwed its mouth and eyes around awfully: and sister said it looked exactly as you do when you re cite poetry at the evening parties." The Oil City fVrrteA has hit upon a very simple way of letting the public know at all hours of the nay or night the President s condition. It keeps the American tlag dying, and its height on die staff shows whether the latest bul letins are cheering or otherwise. A Californian who tied one end of a rope around his waist and lassoed a cow with the other, reports that "at first that he thought he had the cow. but at the end of the first half mile he became convinced that the cow had him.” NO. 51. Always acknowledge courtesies in a kindly spirit, throw a boquet and a i card of thanks to a serenading party, if not prepared to invite them in. If you haven't a boquet or a card, throw a boot-jack or a brick. According to Professor Swing, "the coming man will be chaste, merciful, just, generous, charitable. larg beart ; cd, sweet-tempered. Christian, a good neighbor and a faithful citizen. What a nice time the coining woman will have. A Clergyman was once forced to say to a congregation that presisted in depositing buttons in the contribution box: "Brethern who wish to contri buto buttons will please not hammer down the eyes, for while that process does not increase their value as coin it does impair their usefulness as buttons. Pott. A short time since two young ladies near Camberwell were accosted by a gypsy woman, who told them that tor a shilling each she would show them their husband s faces in a pail of water, which, l*eing bought, they ex claimed; "Woonly see our own faces!" Oil. ’ said the old woman, "those laces will be your husband’s when you are married.” An assassin is defined by W ebster as "line who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise < r secret assault.” To assassi nate is "to kill, or attempt to kill.” etc. Assassination, of course, is "the act of assassinating,” that is. the act of kill ing or attempting to kill, Giuteait is, therefore, an assassin, and I’rseident Garfield was assassinated, whether he survives or not. —(\>uncil Hlhi/"* Ami in-tfl. the noble S(. Bernard dog is doomed to extinction, at least as the friend and rescuer of the poor foot traveler over the St. Gothard. In a few months the beneficent and time-henored hospice will be closed. The railway under the gigantic Alps will draw all wanderers away from the mountain road, for the poorest peddler pursuing bis little commerce between Italy and Switzer land. and the most destitute searcher after employment far from home, will rather pay ids small railway fare than risk the avalanche ami the weary walk. So ends a great Catholic charity, one of the most beautiful, brave and self-sac rilicing which the world has ever seen. Jacob Schaffer, of Rochester, heard a bird song in his yard the other day. and on looking after ibis warbler di's eovered that it was Ins cal. which, stretched on the ground, was imitating bird notes, while on the lawn, a short distance from the sweet singer, a robin was hopping, fascinated, towards the eat. Acm York' Trihuw. A man in Ghicago heard a sung in his yard the ol ber tmffo *1 in I nji biiikine afler tbe warbler, discovered mat if rm a car. while in the air, a short distance from the sweet singer, four boot-jacks, part of a wash-board, and three brooms were living, fascinated, toward the eat. "When we are married, Lucy, dear’ said the poor man's son to the rich man's daughter, “our honey-moon shall be passed abroad. We will drive in the Bois, promenade the ITada. gaze down into the bine waters of the the Adriatic from tbe 1 .'alto, and en joy the Neapolitan sunsets, strolling along Gtiiaja.” “Mow delicious,” she murmured, "but, John, dear have yon money enough to do all ibis? for pa says 1 mustn't expect Anything till he dies.” John’s countenance underwent such a change that she couldn’t help asking if lie felt sick. "No, darling,” lie answer ed faintly, “1 am not sick. I was think ing we bad better postpone tbe marri age until after the funeral.” The i’nited Stales statues provide tbe following punishment for an an attempt to kill within the District of Columbia Every person convicted of man slaughter, or of any attempt to kill, shall be sentenced to suffer imprison mi nt and labor for the first offense for a period not less than two nor more than eight years, and for the second of fense for a period of not less than six nor more than fifteen years. “Well, Charley, what are yon read ing?” said a father to his son last Sun day. “Ob, I’m reading ‘Daniel in the Lions' Den.” Father goes over and picks up the book and finds it is a dime novel called "Fete Jones in Africa.” "Why,’ said he, "this is a dime novel.” “No. pa, that’s only the ‘revised’ of ‘Danicd in the J.ions’ Den.”- Puck Man is a noble creatur*;. He will come down town and expend a qmu ter at a harlter shop for shaving and per fnmery. He will spend as much or more on a game or two of billiards, gel bis boots blacked, buy a quarter’s worth of cigars, a plug of tobacco and a glass of ale. He carries home a little paper bucket of ice cream, and heljis to eat it. The cream shows that he is ever ready to deny himself, and he never forgets his darling little wife. Pierced by a Drill. Fmm the Untie Intsr-Mountbin. Patrick Mulligan, who has been in the hospital for about three weeks, was yesterday sufficiently recovered from his injuries to appear on the street, an.) is confident that within a few days he will be able to resume work in the mine No other man in Montana can say that an eight-pound two-loot inch drill ever pawed through his body. Notone man in a million could expe rience the sensation and live to tell about it. Mr. Mulligan sets a great value upon the drill, and proposes to keep it as a memento. Boon after the accid. nt occurred, and when he first knew there waa a possibility of saving his life, he expieased the somewhat superstitious belief that if the drill were jolished and preserved he would ulti mately recover. To gratify the humor, the hoys at the mine have every day devoted a little time to the polishing of the drill, and it is now as bright and glistening as anew silver dollar, and Mulligan is well. ♦— r Hk rapped at the chief clerk’s win dow and put on a brow of sixteen years in state prison as he began; “Sir several days ago I dropped a letter into this office directed to Pontiac—to John Smith of Pontiac.” ‘‘Yes, sir; I presume ac.” "That letter contained a flO bill.” “Yes, sir.” “And it never reached Pon tiac." "Ah! it didn't?’ “No, sir! That letter was doubtless sto—.” “Wait a minute,” replied the clerk, as he step ped away. When he returned he ex hibited a letter which was not onh unstamped but simply addressee: “John Hmitlf, Michigan.” “Is that it?” he asked. “Yes, sir—that is—ahem, sir—yes, sir; that’s tbe letter, and I’m an ass, sir, and good day, sir!”— Df'.foU Free PretM.