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**5 K*--'1 Steyens County Tribune. W. J. MUN&OJEditor ud Proprietor. pfORRfS, MINNESOTA NEWS SUMMARY. CRIMES AND CRIMINALS. The trial of Cox, the negro murderer of Mrs. Dr. Hull,l8 in progress in New York and the trial of Buford, the Kentucky desperado lor the murder of Judge Elliott, is in progress at Owenton, Ky. In the case of the negro Cox, tried for the murder of Mrs. Dr. Hull, in New York, the jnry, after being out about an hour, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree, and the judge sentenced him to be hung on Fri day, the 39th of August next CASUALTIES. There was a $90,000 fire at Macon, Georgia, July 18. There was a $60,000 fire in Indiana polis, July 19. A telegram from Calcutta states that the cholera has appeared in Cabul. July 15 there was a $80,000 fire in New! At Buffalo, N. Y., July 19, a section of the new round house of the Erie Railway company fell and a number of workmen were injured. A Halifax telegram oi July 17 gives an account of the loss of the steamer State of Virginia, from New York to Glasgow, which went ashore at Sable Islaud Saturday, July 13. Three women and five children were lost in the surf while landing. The vessel had 74 passengers. 104 head of cattle and a general cargo. Sixty cattle were saved. A terrible hail storm and hurricane passed over Wells River, Vt, July 14, lasting fifteen minutes, followed by a thunder storm Hail stones were two inches in diameter. A third of the glass in the place was broken large trees torn up, fences destroyed, houses unroofed and bams blown over.. It was the most severe storm ever known there. The people were much alarmrd. 1 Edward R. Adams, a discharged sol-| dier, his time being out, is in jail at Cincin nati, O., at his own request, he confessing to having committed a murder. He says he killed Harvey Brewer, in November, 1870, about one mile from the village of Rome, and yet claims that he did it in self-defense. Ad ams' general appearance is that of a dissip ated man, and yet it is alleged that he has a frankness about him, calculated to awaken sympathy. July 16 advices from St Louis, Mo., say, the temperature of that day was very try ing. In the middle of the day the mercury stood at 96, and at 4 o'clock at 98. It was not until after dark that any relief was experi enced. Four cases of sunstroke was treated at the dispensary,none fatal. Four other cases occurred in the southern suburbs ot the city. Three death6 from sunstroke were recorded with the mortuary clerk. The distribution of free ice among the deserving poor was com menced to-day, and on Saturday a series of free excursions on the river under the auspices of the fresh air mission for the benefit of the sick children, will be given. A Boston, July 16th, telegram says, one of the severest tempests ever experienced here swept over the city this afternoon. The duration of the storm's greatest violence was about twenty-five minutes, and in that period great damage was done to life and property. Reports from various points down the harbor contain accounts of serious damage and dis tressing accidents. Many small yachts and other boats were capsized. The most serious disaster yet reported is that o the small schooner Myrtle, of Charlestown having on board six persons, consisting of four women, a man and a boy. The schooner was capsized off Bird Island, and all excepting the man, Thos. Dunham, who clung to the topmast, were drowned. The women were Margaret Dunham, wife of Thomas, Mary Ann Dunham and Susan Dunham, sisters, Lizzie Dunham, his niece, and a boy named Arthur Ryan. A boy named Walker Hittenbaum was also drowned by the capsizing of a boat off Hull. The damage throughout the city can hardly be ascertained at present. Other towns were visited with death and destruction, such as Pittsfleld, Fitchburgh, Springfield, Worcester, East Hampton, and otherB. :. U. '5 PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. The French residents of England will erect a memorial monument to the Prince Im periaL F. J. Boas, lumber dealer at Reading, Pa^ has made an assignment. Liabilities, $160,000. Prince Jerome Napoleon intends visit ing ex-Empress Eugenie as soon as she has recovered. A Paris correspondent alleges that Prince Jerome Napoleon* wholly disavows any intention of becoming pretender to the impe rial throne. Cardinal Manning preached the funere al sermon of the Prince Imperial on Sunday July 13, in presence of the imperial family and large congregation. I I George F. Bragg, a prominent mer- 4. MISCELLANEOUS. Warlike preparations on the Greek frontier continue. In some quarters, the war in Zululand| is declared virtually at an end. A dispatch from Berlin says Russian I military authorities estimate the Tekke Tur-1 komans in arms at 40,000. At Yankton,Dakota Territory,the ther-1 mometer stood at 100 in the shade on Monday, July 14, and for the week previous ranged rom 95 to 98. The entire debt of the Minnesota State! Owing to the incapacity of the sub-| treasury at Baltimore to store the silver re-| ceived, the assistant-treasurer has been or dered to pay out standard silver dollars for| ractional silver coin offered for exchange. jy*. .v The trance newspaper declares that the United States are in favor of a treaty of commerce with France, but not on the basis of free trade. In any case no treaty will be made with the United States until that now under negotiation with England is concluded The negotiations between Russia and the United States relative to the fisheries near Alaska, resulted in an arrangement by which vessels of the United States are allowed to fish n Russian waters in return for the payment of a money compensation. A special from Henderson, Ky., of Ju ly 19, says that on the line of that country with Union, James Luttrell killed Elisha Thomp son by a blow on the head with a gun. Thompson was in the act of preventing Lut trell from shooting a man named Wedding. Cause—whisky. A Springfield, 111., dispatch of July 18, says Gov. Cnllum has received a lc tter invit ing him to attend a reunion of soldiers of the Northwest, to be held at AHrora, August 20th, 21 st and 23d. The convention, by resolution, requested the Governor to invite the Govern ore of all the States and Territories to attend the reunion, and he has accordingly extended invitations to them in the name of the soldiers of the Northwest The purser of the steamship Etna, which Orleans, and a $26,000 fire in Philadelphia. I Port au Prince, reports as follows: At Port au Miss Mamie Daniels was found drowned| Prince, Monday, June 30, Petit Canal, brother in Lake Winona, Minn, on Monday July IS. Accidental. arrived July 17th at New York from of the president, shot D'Lorme, a member of the legislative chamber. A general shooting affray ensued in which ten other members and some of Canal's adherents were killed. The shooting commenced Monday and was kept up until our departure at 4:30 p. m., July 3d. business was suspended in the meantime There was a report in circulation that the reb els would have to submit to the government's demands. A'London telegram of July 18, says in the House of Lords the Marquis of Huntley complained of railway companies for carry in American meats at lower rates than English because of the larger quantities in which the former are sent. He pointed out that such action was protection for American farmers, and asked whether it had been brought before the attention of the board of trade and com mission on the agricultural depression. The Duke of Richmond, lord president of the coun cil, replied that the granting of preferential sales was a violation of law, but Lord Shel- borne doubted it. YELLOW FEVOL MEMPHIS, July 18. The yellow fever is again becoming worse. All trains going out last night were crowded, and many more are leaving to-day. While a majority of the physicians do not apprehend that the fever will rage in an epidemic form, they all ad vise those who can to leave the city. The weather is warm and sultry after a thunder storm of last night. Three new cases are re ported to the board of health this afternoon these make 16 as the total number of eases re ported since the 9th inst. Fred Eckers, who was reported this morning, died at 1 this afternoon, and was buried immediately after wards. Total number of deaths from fever to date is seven, including the death this after noon. Business is almost entirely suspended especially with the wholesale merchants Large crowds of citizens are leaving on every train that departs from the city. The Man hattan and Emmett banks closed their door to-day, leaving their collections and deposits to the care of other banks. A detachment of the Chickasaw Guards and I luff City Greys leave to-night for Clarksville, Tenn., where both companies will go into camp. Mrs. Rob ert Hester and one of her children are report ed to be in a critical condition. The other members of the family are progressing favor ably. Quarantine regulations are again being rigidly enforced against Memphis at various points. MEMPHIS, July 19.—The weather is warm and sultry with occasional showers The development of new cases has given fresh impetus to the exodus of citizens, aud another genuine stampede is in progress. Business is paralyzed, and many retail merchants are closing their stores. In New Orleans strict quarantine is enforced against Memphis. Up to this date it is declared that there has not been a case of yellow fever in New Orleans this season. Movements are being made in Louisville, Ky., and in St. Louis Mo., against the introduction of the scourge, and in the lat ter city, especially, much alarm is manifested MEMPHIS, July 20.—The yello* fever is on the increase. Ten new cases are report ed to-day. A member of the board of health says the outlook is bad. The people continue to close their places of business. Full 2,000 people have left the doomed city since yester day noon. City officials and physicans urge upon all citizens who can to leave at once The Memphis and Paducha railroad closed runing to-day. MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. The Reorganization—Mr. Kelley's Letter of Resignation—Sam. E. Adams Chosen Presi dent—His Offiicial Announcement of a State Fair Daring the First Week in September, It has been generally understood that Mr. P. H. Kelly, the well known whole sale grocer of St. Paul, had declined to accept the presidency of the State Agri cultural society, tendered him last Feb ruary but there has been no official an nouncement made of the fact until this chant, and Major James T. Hoyt, quarter-1 time, when the following letter is pub master in the army during the war, died at lighed: San Francisco, on the morning of July 18. Col. Girart Hewitt, a prominent busi ness man of St. Paul, Minn., died after an ill ness of three weeks, on the early morning of I July 14 He was born at Hollidaysburg, Pa., I Oct 2lst 1821, and was consequently in his fifty-eighth year at the time of his death. He read law in his native town with Hon Samuel I compliment thus bestowed upon me, and Coburn, and after being admitted to the bar I through you wish to return my thanks to the removed to Selma, Ala- in 1845. He engaged I organization f°r the honor conferred. If it practice of law at Selma, and in 18661 Paul to reside permanently. The real estate I v *v. v va i. St. Paul, March 30, 1879. R.C. Judson, Esq., Secretary State Agricul tural Society, Farmington, Minn. Dear Sir: I duly received your notification of my election as President of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, and also the very flattering resolution of your executive board on February 6rh, placing the entire manage ment in my hands. I fully appreciate th a»i™o o„-i iJr tcul were possible for me to do your association an(j was induced to visit Minnesota for health con-1 position so kindly offered, but my business siderations. In March 1867, he came to St I j|ie fajr ju8 tiee I would gladly accept the 80 x-a excitement being then at its height he did not I engrossed by time and attention, and taxes my energies to such an extent, that it really I would be a physical impossibility for me to acj. resume the general practice of law, save as it I been clected. was connected with real estate transactions From that time until his death he devoted himself to a real estate and loan agency busi ness, being one of the largest dealers and cer-1 talnly the most continuous in the business of any one who ever resided in St. Peak-r^ jn ^ie honorable position to which I have I should have responded earlier in this mat ter, but have been in hopes that arrangements would be perfected where oy the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis would unite with all the people of the State in making the State Fair a grand success. I had hoped to see this accomplished before making my deter mination to decline public, but I regret to say that in this I was greatly dissappointed, and Minneapolis having declined all honorable overtures and reasonable concessions on the part of St. Paul, it now remains for this city, supported by the State at large, to make an exhibition worthy of our great and growing 8tate. In declining the Presidency of the associa tion, I beg to assure you that no man in the State will do more in proportion to his ability nor feel a deeper interest in making the Fair of 1879 a brilliant success than myself, and assuring the society of my sincere thanks and drep interest in the enterprise, I am, very respectfully yours, P. KELLY. A meeting of the Executive Board was called a few weeks ago and Sam E Agricultural Society has been paid off, and! Adams, of Monticello, Wright county !_ i was chosen President, to fill the vacancy Albert Scneffer was also elected treasurer at tue same time to fill a vacancy in that office. Mr. R. C. Judson, of Farmington continues to fill the position of secretary vigorous action is in progress preparatory tol the holding of a State Fair in St Paul, the I first week in September. These officers have been at work since their selection, preparing the premium list and making /ther arrangements and •~i SK :•$ "V- Us ,. mm fi&firiiMi '.•if ?. Mr. Adams has now issued the following formal announcement of the next State Fair: TO EDITORS OF MINNESOTA NEWSPAPERS: Frequent inquirieb have arisen relative to the probability of a fuir this fall, to be held un del- the auspices of the State Agricultural So- Please inform the public that the owners of the St. Paul driving park have tendered to the society, free of charge, tlieir grounds and ample buildings, where the annual exhibition will take place during the first week in September that last year's premiums were fully paid at the end of the fair that the reiuaininir liabili ties have been liquidated better railroad fac ilities are assured, and that the prospects for i good old fashioned exhibition which shall edound to the fame of our rapidly growing State were never better than now. Although the accomodations have been deemed ample heretofore, yet nearly every stall and shed is already, ghgaged and more will be built if required. It should be borne in mind that ours is em phatically an agricultural State. Its chief wealth consists in the products of its rich soil, its blooded stock, and the healthful influence of its invigorating climate. It should be the aim, therefore, of our enterprising, patriotic citizens, incited by a laudable desire to excel and to display our industries, to put forth their earnest efforts in the encouragement and aid of the State society, so as to make the com ing fair the most useful and most instructive ever held in the center of this great country. The exhibition is one in which every citizen in the State should feel a pride and personal interest. It is not a local matter, but pertains to the whole State, and every man who con tributes by an exhibit or by his presence, or any other manrifer, is aiding in advancing his own locality in common with the State. A splendid State fair reflects credit upon every town and county in the State It advertises to the world what Minnesota can produce in the most effective manner, and will add to the value of every farm in the State. Farmers, stock raisers, fruit growers and all classes of citizens from one end of the State to the other should consider that it is their exhibition and contribute to make it worthy of them. Instead of being handicapped with debt as in previous years, the society presents a clean balance sheet, with all obligations met and everything favorable for an exhibit of agricul tural products and stock superior to any pre vious year. May we not reasonably expect the hearty co-operation of the county societies, and a favorable and united response from every sec tion of this truly prosperous State of ours, so that history shall show the fair of lb79 to have excelled all previous exhibits in its magnili •ence, abuudauce and solid worth? Very truely yours, SAM E. ADAMS, President Minnesota State Agricultural So iety. Monticello, July 15,1879. A SECOND MAMMOTH CAVE. MHsnovery and Exploration of a Wonder ful Hole in the around Near Nashville. [Nashville Special to Cincinnati Enquirer. News reached this city a few days ago of the discovery of a new cave at Newsom's station, seventeen miles out on the North western railroad. Many were inclined to doubt the truth of the report, and the won derful accounts of the interior. Yesterday, with four of the neighboring farmers, newspaper representative made a visit to the cave and made a lengthy exploration. It is about a mile up the road from Newsom's, on the farm of a Mr. Hutton. The en trance opens on a rough country road running? around the foot of an immense bill four or five hundred feet high The opening is about four feet by two and is almost covered by a large bowlder. Two men passing along the road noticed the hole, and through curiosity enlarged it suf ficiently to admit of passage and explored the cave some distance. They reported their find at the station, and in a day or two par ties for miles around came to see the wonder, To day the exploration was made under most favorable auspices. Preparing them selves with lanterns, candles and ropes, the party of five started on the expedition. For seventy-five yards the passage "was so small that they had to crawl oh all fours. Then it grew largei, widening into large chambers the roofs of which could not ue seen nor struck with rocks thrown unward. All along the sides were beautiful formations, white and sparkling in the dim light. A mile fvim the entrance there was a fork in the passage, one branch leading north and the other south Selecting the northern route first the party preceeded something over a mile, when they came to what seemed to be the end. All along walking was easy, and no idea could be formed as to how high the roof was in places. Retracing their steps the next took the southern passage. A mile from the fork it also divided in two branches. Taking the right-hand branch, the explorers advanced some distance, coming at last to a large lake of the coolest and sweetest water. No attempt was made to proceed bey nd this, but going back they started on the left branch, which they explored nearly a mile without finding any prospect of an end. The further they advanced in the wider and larger was the passage and the more frequent the chambers The finest formation of stalactites was found in the utmost profusion. Several specimens were broken off and brought to the city. The rooms were immense in size and weird in outline, fantastic formations being scattered over the floor and along the wails. Frequently running streams of water were crossed, remarkable for their almost more than icy coldness. This was the third party that had gone any distance in the cave, and all who had been to the Mammoth cave declared that this wonder rivaled it. Some two hundred yards up the road there is another cave, discovered during the war. It has a large entrance, and consists of ona large chamber several hundred feet long and a hundred feet or more high. At the end is a well, the bottom of which has never been touched. A party in the new cave the other day heard noises like a striking of stones, and it is supposed from this fact that tbe two caves are connected. Other explorations will be made in a few days. The proprietor proposes to commence immediately enlarg ing the entrance and passages. The location is a beautiful one, high up on a hill over looking the Harpeth river and valley. The discovery has created great interest in Hash ville. OFF FOB THE WEST. Vnpre ce mted Emigration from, New England to the Western Prairies- Movement That Should Be Encouraged. [Boston Poet, Editorial.] Probably the larger portion of us in the thiekly crowded cities have been and are so busy with our own affairs, and so occupied with measuring the world by the reach.of our own vision, that we do not comprehend the movements that are going on outside of our limited field of effort. But these move ments, though simple, -ire of magnitude and importance. They are tho natural ex pansion and growth of our country. The fasting that the nation has undergone for five or six years has reduced its system like a fever, but, with unmistakable evidences of convalescence, our stagnant industries grow hungry again for something replenish themselves, and capital seeks for places in which it may locate and raise up prosperous families. But the cup boards of the East 6eem a little lean, and though they are in a fair way to be soon sup plied again, the young generation is impa tient and starts off full of hope and energy and buoyed up by ambition for discovery and development. Emigration to the West ern country this last spring has been un precedented, as statistics from the general land office Bhow. There is a feeling among the industrial classes that the time for new plant has come, and they cannot throw away their opportunities. As high as 1,200 entries of government land, representing 192,000 acres, were recently made in six days, and it is stated on good authority that the statistics of the fiscal year ending June, 1879, will show an emigration nearly four times as large as in 1876. We might look with apprehension upon this movement did it seem to be drawing out all the healthy blood of the older aeo -tions that are deserted for this pioneer life. But that ia not the case. Bone and finew, good minds and stalwart purposes are ad vancing to subdue virgin soil and primeval forests, but there ia a healthy leaven of the same left behind. We must not suppose that it is best for the geneial interests of the country to have people and capital huddled and crowded in comparatively few commu nities. An equitable and natural distribu tion is the best for all. There is another feature of this stream of westward emigra tion whioh we approve. A large part of the land oocupied this year has been entered nnder the homestead law and timber culture act. This latter act is one of the saving statutes of our countxy. It was passed to institute an offset to the startling denudation of timber tracts that has been going forward. It provides that the settler shall plant not less than 2,700 trees on each acre, and that at the time of making final proof there shall be G75 living trees to each acre, and thus what was waste land will in time become luxuriant wood land. The railroad system is broadening, and it finds its safety" and reward in the briskness of emigration and the rapidity of industrial development. The movement is one to be encouraged, and let us who remain the East push on the business here to keep pace with the increasing Western ac tivity. NIAGARA SENSATIONS. Sam Patch's Leap—Bloudin's Tiqht Rope Pedestriunism, and Peer's Jump. [Niagara Falls Correspondence Globe-Democrat. In April last—I think it was on the 21st— a Canadian named Harmon Peer, took his stand upon a platform jutting out from the center of the foot and carriage bridge at this point, and prepared himself for a drop into the river which rushes along with such mad fury nearly 200 feet below. In order to pre vent suffocation or suspension of respiration inseparable from tbe rapid passing through the air of his descending body, Harmon fastened a sponge over his mouth and nose. He then sprang boldly into the air, and in four seconds from the time he left the plat form, disappeared below the surface of the river. He was picked up, uninjured, by one of the boats which were waiting for him af ter his hazardous descent The falls of Niagara are among the most gnblime of spectacles. Americans lon^ ago selected these falls, the rapids proceeding the river's headlong leap, and the whirlpool below, as scenes for the exhibition by men of daring athletic feats. It is just fifty years ago since that intrepid swimmer, Sam Patch, undertook to leap ironi a ladder,, suspended at the foot of a precipice, upon Goat Island, into the boisterous and whirling waters be below. 'At length," says a descriptive reporter of that day, "Sam Patch reached the pin nacle from which his plunge was to be made, and, clothed frem head to foot in white, sat for a moment like a seagull upon a cloud. Hav ing made his tremendous leap amid the breathless silence of those who watched him with little expectation that they would ever see him again, the bold adventurer sank into the seething cauldron which closed over him and hid bim from their sight. A boat was at hand to pick him up, but nothing was seen of him until he was discovered clambering up the rocks on the river's bank, some hundreds of feet below the falls. He sustained no sort of injury, although it is said that among those who have been carried by accident over the falls, no survivor ever escaped in sta itaneous death." Then came Blondin, who twenty years or so ago was the hero. He electrified a vast concourse of spectators by walking across the turbulent and boiling river upon a single rope, stre.ched above the abyss from bank to bank. To one who has studied the falls under the full light of the noonday 6un, or beneath the moon,s pale beams, these sense less exhibitions are strangely out of harmony with the surrondings. No one can possibly describe the overpowering sensation produc ed upon his mind by the appearance of the river which affords a vent for the four mightiest fresh water lakes in the world, as they discharge their overflow through the awful gorge of Niagara into the fifth lake which connects them with the St. Lawrence river. Americans yield to no people in love of honest out-door sports, but they must be legitimate games and contests of Bkill, not Sam Patch jumps, like the one this fellow Peer is about to repeat, or like that of the Roman who climbed the Tarquin jpek and thence threw an immortal flip flop into eternity. There is a well authenticated story of an Indian chief who was once caught in his canoe while paddling across the rapid river above the falls, and before ho was aware of it he vortex of the descending st ream sucked him in. Folding his arms with the charac teristic imperturabiiity of his race, he was carried over the brink, and his dead body was picked up in the whirl p-ol some two or three miles below where the river is twisted at right angles in its hurried course toward Lake Ontario. The canoe in which the hapless sachem made the plunge was torn into a thousand fragments attesting the irresistible force and fury of the cataract, which has often tempted men weary of life to plunge into the devouring abvs8 as a means of committing suicide. Many years ago the Buffalo Advertiser printed a sensational story to the effect that '"the falls of Niagara, the unmatched phe nomenon of nature, the centralization of pow er, grandeur and beauty, the theme of poesy and the inspiration of the traveler, the re sort of the ennuye and the delight of the saf ceptible, are no more." It was represent ed that the bastion of Goat island" had fall en into the stream below, and that the sup porting fabric of the gieat cataract had perished under the ceaseless battery of the tremendous body of water carried over its edge. The Horseshoe Tower and the hotel on the American side were said to have disappeared and for many weeks geologists and scientific men in all parts of the world exhausted themselves in speculations upon the causes which had led to this prodigious convulsion. Bat the marvellous cataract still exists surrounded by natural features of so sub lime and magnificent a character that it is in contemplation to create a park or pleas ure ground upon both sides of the stream Such an mternatinal park would do away with the money making fellows who now charge for everything nnder the sun. ANEVADA SCANDAL. Sutro, the Tunnel Stan. In a Bad Scrape. I San Francisco Chronicle. TIBGINIA, Nev., July 8.—The city Is foil of rumors of a scandal in high life which had rise recently at the International hotel For some three months a Washington worn an, known in town as "the $90,000 widow," has been stopping at the hotel. Her name is Mrs. Allen, and the scandal touches her and Adolph Sutro, of tunnel notoriety. Last Thursday Mr. Sutro and family came to Vir ginia to attend the performance of "Pina fore." After dinner the inmates of the hotel were startled by screams of women and calls for everybody to come and see. A general rush was made in the direction of the cries which led to the room of Mrs. Allen, where Mrs. Sutro was beating her over the head with a champagne bottle, and making out cries, calling her all sorts of names. Friends rushed in and seized Mrs. Sutro, when she de dared that she had caught her husband with Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Sutro was removed to her room and commenced making things lively for Mr. Sutro, accusing him of infi delity and holding questionable relations with the woman, whom she continued to de nounce in unmeasured terms. It is reported that Mr. Sutro has long been intimate with the woman, their relations having been es tabhshed at the East but, nevertheless, they i were introduced recently *as if they had never met. That Mr. Sutro was in the lady's room he admits, but denies all else. It is stated that E. B. Stonehill has been retained as attorney for Mrs. Sutro in a suit for di vorce, which will be commenced immedi ateJjr. CARDINAL. What Bishop Ryan Thinks of the Prospect —A'o Truth in a Statement Concerning Certain Instructions. [St. Louis Republican. Previous to the appointment lately of the several additions to the college of cardin als by his holiness, the pope, the chances for America obtaining another cardinal were discussed at length. The pope has lately ap pointed a large number of cardinals, and America was not given one. It is hardly probable, according to the best church au thority, that the pope will make any more ap pointments. These questions have been dis cussed before, and the telegram lately re ceived from Rome has evidently about it the work of a hand with some object in view. With a view to obtaining tbe most reliable information from the most reliable authority a reporter of the Republican yesterday even ing sought an interview with Bishop Byan. The bishop with usual politeness professed hipaself ready to answer all questions. He had seen an article in an evening paper on the subje.t in question but had not read it. On being tol tbe tone of the article and the various questions involved, he expressed him self surprised, and did not think any priest in the diocese had made the remarks credited to him. "It is stated," said the reporter, "that Arch bishop Kenriok has withheld instructions issued to him from Bome to be given to the priests in his diocese." "That is not the case the arohbishop, to gether with other bishops in the country have not as yet issued these instructions on account of tbe different interpretations and constructions placed upon them they are only waiting for advice from Bome for more complete constructions, when they will be duly issued." "It is said that the priests of the diocese are unanimously dissatisfied with the arch bishop's action?" "I know that to be untrne the priests, to my own knowledge, respect their superior, and then," remarked the bishop in a feeling manner, "you know the archbishop has al ways acted like a father to the priests under his care and treated them as if they were his children. His conduct towards them has made him renowned throughout the coun try." "Do you think there is a prospect of a car dinal?" "Oh, no." "What do yon think of a papal delegate?' "Well, a papal delegate is only appointed in case of some great discussion he then acts as referee. A resident delegate is only appointed in foreign countries." "What would be the result of having one out here in the West?" "It would be well enough, bnt then yon know we are all human and I am afraid the delegate would not be without work, though,' added the bishop, "I think it is worthy of mention that in all my remembrance there has not been an appeal to Bome in this diocese." This ended the interview. BILL ALLEN'S PEACH BRANDT, How it Saved Him from Failure on His Examination for Admission to the Bar. At Chillicothe, Allen, in company with his nephew, Allen G. Thurman, entered the academy for the purpose of supplementing his somewhat fragmentary early education in North Carolina. After two yeers of aca demical instruction he determined to prepare himself for admission to the bar. When 21 years of age he resolved to go to Ports mouth and seek admission from the supr me court. His subsequent proceedings are thus detailed by a correspondent of the New York Times: "When he arrived at the insignificant little building in which the court was held he found filled with people, and with many misgivings he noticed that several young men who, like himself, were candidates for legal honors, failed completely, and were re jected. Thus, contemplating defeat, he be came nervous and anxious, was hot and cold by turns, lost all control of himself, and last, in a fit ef desperation, rushed into au adjacent tavern, famed for its peach brandy and honey, a drink just finding its way into Ohio from the South, and, nardly knowing what he was doing, drank nearly a pint the brandy. His excitement was so great however, that the liquor only had the effect of nerving him for the examination. Hi re turned to the court house. In what seemed to him an instant after he entered his name was called. He went up before the ju Iges, fully conscions that all the people were looking at him, and dreading that they would witness his defeat. His fears were not realized. Tbe first question asked him he answered readilv and correctly. The brandy gave him renewed courage. His blood was on. fire, but his tongue wsgged glibly. His answers were all sharp, full and to the point Five minutes after the examination com menced one of the judges, a bluff old lawyer of a school now fast dying out, exclaimed 'Oh, h—l,*that fellow can take care of himself let's go and liquor!' The proposition was agreed to, William Allen was announced a member of the Ohio bar, and so ended the examination of tbe olden time. It may be well to state here that Gov, Allen never relates the incident without de claring that the peach brandy saved bim, but at the same time he warns all young law students against a like preparation for their examination. The heads of tbe present geu eration, he declares, are not hard enough to keep their baianoe nnder Bueh an amount of stimulant. What it Costs. Niagara Falls is the grandest cataract in the world. Half of it belongs to the United States, yet it is not possible fot an American citizen even to look at the falls unless he pays at least twenty-five cents. Wat* ins Glen, New York, is wonderful chasm, wild and picturesque but the frqe American citizen must pay fifty cents to enter it. It is hard to fence in Mount Washing ton, and it has not yet been accom plished, but as the fares are much higher than the mountain, the free American citizen may think he can save money by walking to the top. He is mistaken He will have to pay eighty cents toll to walk up. The Au Sable chasm is gloomy and grand, but it costs the American citizen fifty cents to see it. The Flume at the Franconia Notch is worth seeing—seven ty-five cents worth. The whirlpool at Niagara is sad and sombre, at least makes the free American feel so when he goes there with a party of ladies—fifty cents each. The Falls of Montmorency are romantic, historical and beautiful —twenty five cents admission and fifty cents toll. And thus it goes. If American speculators could only erect a wall along the sea coas^ so that no one could see the ocean .Without pay inga dollar, it is quite likely the free American citizen wojrid go to see it with out a murmur and take his children if they were allowed to go for half price. "We are going out with the tied," said s, young man to a friend, as he filed down the church aisle after a wedding. "In that case" said a lady in front, "you can afford to get off my train," and lie did v %V INCOMPATIBILITIES. A thin little fellow had such a fat wife, Fat wife, fat wile—God bless her! She looked like a drum and he looked like flfe, And it took all his money to dress her, God bless ner! 5 To dress her! God bless her! To dress her! To wrap up her body aBd warm up her toes, Fat toes, fat toes—God keep her! For bonnents and bows and silken clothes, To eat her, and drink her, and sleep her, God keep her! To drink her! And keep her! And sleep her! She grew like a target, he grew like a sword. A sword—a sword—God spare her! She took all the bed and she took all the board, And it took a whole sofa to bear her, God spare her! To bear her! God spare her! To bear her! She spread like a turtle, he shrank like a pike, A pike—a pike—God save him! And nobody ever beheld the like, For they bad to wear glasses to shave him, God save him! To shave him! God save him! To shave him! She fattened away till she busted one day. Exploded—blew up—God take her! And all the people that saw it say She covered over one acre! God take her! An acre! God take her! An acre! —Selected. LETTICE. BY ANNA BRANDON. A bitter day. Not a pleasant day to travel on, by any means but then Lcttice Mainwaring was one of the sort that makes the best of everything. "Its a long journey over the hills, miss," said the wile of the landlord of the little one story tavern that was perched on tho crest of the highway, "and the snow's powerful deep. "I think a winter landscape is the pret tiest thing in the world," said Lettice, cheerily, as she wound her fur round and round her neck." "And old Stoke's stage is awful uncom fortable," added the landlady. "I like stage riding," asserted Letty. "You'll not get there till dark." "Oh, that is sooner than I expected." And Letty climbed up into the stage coach which stood creaking and groaning at the door, having just ramoled up from the next village, a mile or so down the hill. One solitary passenger occupied the opposite corner—a tall, dark man. with a Spanish sort of complexion ancf clear dark eyes, who wore an odd sort of olive green cloak or mantle, heavily trimmed with sable fur. He nodded briefly, in return to Lerty's smiling recognition. Oui little heroine would have talked with a polar bear, had a polar bear chanced to be her traveling companion. Lettice ar ranged her rugs and her basket and her bonnet strings, and wondered secretly how far the tall man was going. "Can I be of any assistance to you?" courteously queried the gentleman, as Letty searched in the straw at her leet for a dropped glove. "Thanks-no," said Letty, coming up again with very red cheeks, and curls a little disheveled. "Are you going all the way through?" "As far as the stage goes—yes." "Oh" said Miss Mainwaring "so ami1 The gentleman nodded interrogatively, and went back to his paper. "Cross thing!" thought Letty, involun tarily pouting her cherry lips. Why can't he talk and make himself agreeable? And he kno^s very well that we are to be shut up here together for eight long hours!" But the wild landscape, as it flitted bv white gleaming with snows, and darkly fringed with the waving boughs, was, af ter all, nearly as good a study as the "human face divine." Letty soon forgot her temporary annoyance and chagrin in the white, skeleton-like wall of a deserted old paper-mill, long since disused and fallen to ruin. "I wonder if it is haunted," said she aloud. The stranger smiled, and laid down his paper. "Do you believe in such things?" he asked. Letty Mainwaring laughed and colored "Of course not. And yet-—, are you much acquainted with this part of the country?" "I have lived hereabouts a good deal." "Oh then, perhaps you know Easter ham Hall?" His face brightened. "Oh, yes. You are going there?" "Yes. I am going to be governess to the little children," said Letty, making haste to enlighten him as to her true po sition, in order that he should fully com prehend that she was no elegant young lady coming to the Hall to make a visit, but an humble little working- bee, who was obliged to toil steadfastly for the daily bread she ate. "Indeed!" he said. And Letty was vexed at herself for noticing the polite indifference in which his tone subsided. "I suppose it is a very fine old place," she went on. "Very—for those who fancy 'find old places.' To my taste, they are apt to be over-run with rats, full of draughts, and picteresquely inconvenient." "And haunted, perhaps?" mischievous ly put Lettice, the rough sparkle com ing back to her eyes. "So far as I know, Easterham Hall is free from any supernatural occupants." "I am sorry for that," said Letty. He arched his eyebrows. "You would like to share your room with a ghost or two?" "No but I do like a little tinge of ro mance about tue place—something to set it a little above and beyond the level of the commonplace." He did not answer and talkative Let ty once more set the conversational ball rolling. "The Easterhams are very so here I Wirt? i rich, I sup pose?" "Yes." "I never heard of them until last week," said she, musingly. "And now—how strangely things are ordered in this world 1—I am going to cast my lot among them." "How docs this happen?" said the gen tlemf.u. He could not very well say less, in rdinarj politeness, and yet Letty felt tru mphant iy that she had "drawn him out." "They wrote to Madame Moligny, my old teacher, to select a governess qualified to teach two little boys and madame knew that I wished for a situation, and am. I wonder how they will like me?" "I hope you will like them," said the gentleman, stifling a yawn. "That isn't the question," said Lettv, imperatively. "Mr. Easterham is a dread ful bear." "You are acquainted with him!" "Oh, no only what I have heard," an swered Letty. 4* w -f "V5. ... 4, I IL V .y.v i Vt -V.&'<* vp V v "And what may that be?' "You are a neighbor?" said Letty, doubtfully. "Perhaps I have said too much already." He laug ed, with more animation than she had yet seen in his manner. "Depend upon it, I shall not betray you to Mr. Easter am. So he is a bear. Well, I have thought so sometimes myself." 'But he won't bite me if I am a good little girl and do iny duty to the little ones and they are very nice boys," per sisted Lettice. They arc very like their father, I be lieve." "Oh," said Lettice, laughing, "I can tame young bears it is only the full grown specimen,with sharp teeth and long claws, i am afraid of. Only think," and a demure, apprehensive expression came over Letty's round, blooming counte nance, "he goes all around the house all day long, and never says a word to any one." "He must be a savage indeed," observed the gentleman. "And Miss Electa Easterham, the old maiden aunt, who keeps house for him, quarreled successfully with every governess they have had," went on Letty, patting her little foot on the rustling straw on the stage floor "but she will not quarrel witi me. I won't let her. I am too good-natured and too accustomed to humoring people, more especially old ones. Madame Eoligny wrote me word that she disliked young and pretty gov ernesses jftrticularly. Now, I'm not young—not very young, you see." "No?" "I was 20 last week," said Letty solmnly, "and I am not pretty enough to disturb hei mind. I am only tolerably decent-looking. Now, if madame had selected Olive Daytors, who used to be in the same class with me—she was a regular beauty, with great shady eyes, and a complexion all pearls and roses— there would have been danger tt.en." The stranger began to look interested. "Tell me more about your school," said he. "I have a sister whom I think of placing in some desirable institution, and I should like to judge whether your Mad ame Moligny's would be a good home for her." Letty's eyes brightened, her cheeks reddened, and little tongue was loosed at once. Her traveling companion was social and chatty, and the time fleeted swiftly away. You are going?" she cried, as at a lonely glenn inn, overshadowed with sil ver-stemmed birches, a light chase drawn by two milk white horses, was waiting. "I had reached the end of my journey," he said, courteously touching his fur cap. "I have intended to keep on to the end of thfc route, but I see they have sent to me here. I wish every success and happiness in your new task of bear-taming." And, as the chaise rolled away, Letty felt herself flushing deeply. "I'm afraid I've been tafking too much," thought Lettv "but what is a body to do, shut up all day long in a stage-coach with a conversable gentleman?" and the rest of Miss Mainwaring's journey was just a little tedious. It was dusk wren they arrived at East erham Hnll—a snowy, cbill dusk which made the glow of lights through scailet moreen curtains and the coral shine of a great wood fire in a stone-paved hall, as seen through the half-opened door, most delightful and welcome. Miss Electa, a tall prim old lady, in snowy cap ribbons and a brown satin dress, stood ready to welcome her. And just behind her Letty saw a tall gentleman, with two little boys clinging about him. This is my nephew Philip," the old la dy said. And Letty felt as if the blood in her veins was turning to fire as she recog nized her traveling companion of the day. "Do I look very much like a bear, Miss Mainwaring?" he asked, lauging, as she stood trembling and tongue-tied before him. "No don't color. I promised you to allow myself to become very tam able. And you must not cry, either," and the tears came into Letty's eyes. "There is nothing for you to cry for." "Why didn't you tell me who you were?" she asked, piteously. "Because you never asked me." Letty resolved within herself that die would leave Easteri am the very next day. But she did not keep the resolution. At the year*8 end she had neither quar reled with Mits Electa nor Mr. Easter ham, and the little boys thought Miss. Letty was perfection. So did their fath er. "Letty," said he, "the year for which I engaged you is over." "Yes," she responded, softly. "Will you stay another year? Will you stay with me always, Letty!" And so, within the yellow shine of a wedding ring, Letty found I erself a pri one forever at Easterham Hall. A Famous Gambler's Career. The weight of evidence, or rather of assertion, is that of Garcia, the famous gambler, is indeed dead. He is a Span laad, and first came into fame as a great player at Homburg, where he arrived with a small capital, some 5,000 orl0,000 francs. A steady run of fortune in his favor increased his capital to half a mill ion and made him the lion of the place. M. Blanc (who died two years ago) en joyed a tilt of this titanic sort, and was also keenly alive to the advantages of a gigantic advetisement. hence he gave the gambler the. privilege of playing five times the limit, or maximum, so that on each roll of the ball $12,000 depended. Alter a two monti s struggle Gareia- left Homburg in his own carriage, drawn by four horses, the w- ole town cheering him, and something like 2,500,000 Irancs in his possession. He went home to Spain, built a church, gave alms liberally, and took an oath never to gamble again. This oath he kept for two years, living in princely fashion in fepain, but spending the gaming season on the Rhine, natch-» ing the pla\Ters with serene pleasure. One day at Baden the Duke dc Morney met him and asked him to play a few" stakes, that he might see something of the wonderful system by which the great gambler had broken the bank. Garcia^ declined and explained that he had re-" nounced play forever, to which the duke replied with something of a sneer that probably he had been prudent in doino so. Garcia, nettled at the remark, put down a note and lost it, and another and lost that. The duke laughed so taunt ingly at this that Garcia went to his hotel, and stuffed his pockets with notes' and gold and returned to the play-room. When it closed at night he had lost near-1 ly $100.000 in a few days the whole $500, 000 had vanished. The Calzado affair.* followed, when Garcia was imprisoned for card-sharping this ruined him finally. Ere play was stopped at Saxon-les-Bains he hung round the place, tendering in structions to inexperienced players after wards he haunted Monaco, where,how ever, he was refused access to the gaming tables when he had money. So he died in poverty. ikj ^M i. .• A v A .l.* ,*. S-JC v y 4'