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®«fllaindealfr. MrHENRT ILLINOIS. NEWS COMSED: i; i* -.iwia?. ' Unfit • <f?i : •"*«*- ' «<«f • } - "isr,--J -- ^ New York, the'other day, by a **1K,. ,r*irick Donalia*, the proprie­ tor of tfs* Boston Pifc* recently failed ami into hukniptcv. tad now it turns out ht iiaa squtodered thoasuids of dollar* of tnrt funds that oooflding fctonda bad placed tn his keeping. THE game of billiards played at New YOFK between Cynlle Dion and A. P. Rudolptae for the fth*mpiftnwhip of America, a diamond cue, and $1,000, on&fonr-poeket table, 1.500 points, WMB wonbv Dion, Kudolplie scoring only 8iH.... ihfc New Jersey House of Representatives has tabled, by a, vote of 45 to 15, a bill f or the tax­ ation of church property . .Dre. Btorree and Bodingtou, the wall-known Congregational clergymen of Brooklyn, have Jonas!!v »iUi- dnwn from their fellowship with the Congre­ gational association, on aoooont of the Beedier •ouiflah A TEEBLELS baler explosion occurred at ' JSHghamton, N« Y., laet weak. Three per- Mttfl were killed, two seriously Injured, and % number of others slightly injured. AXKXAJTOEB T. STEWART, the great New York dry goods merchant, died in that city on the 10th mat., of inflammation of the bladder, .with which he had been afflicted for the past six years. Mr. Stewart was born in the North of Ireland in the year 1808. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and the earlier part of hia career was devoted to echool-teaching. fie came to New York city in 1823, and, after teaching school for a short time, he etarted a re- ' tail dry-goods store in Broadway. His business increased steadily, until, for many ysars back, he has owned 'and managed probably the largest dry goods house in the world. His fortune has been variously estimated at from •80.000,000 to #60,000,000, but, like the late William B. Astor'a, it will probably prove to have been exaggerated. THE new census of Philadelphia, just taken, shows a population of 817,448--John Seal, one of the tellers of the Security Savings bank, of New York, has been discovered to be a de­ faulter to the amount of $69,000. AN explosion of fire-damp in the Nesquehon- ing mines, near Allentown, Pa., last week, killed three' men and seriously injured five •then. THE WEST. A SHOCKING tragedy was enacted in St. Louis one day last week. A wealthy citizen named W. W. Jilz had seduced a girl named Shane, who was working in his house as a servant. A brother of the girl, a mere youth, attacked Jilz in hid own mansion, firing a fatal shot through his luogs. The latter defended him­ self with a revolver, firing four shots in rapid •accession into Shane's body, and inflicting almost instantaneous death. Jilz is the owner of a patent auger for boring wells, from which he has realized quite a fortune. He was a man of considerable inventive genius, but of • restless, roving nature, and has lived in scores of towns in Illi­ nois, Indiana, and Michigan An immense indignation meeting of property- owners and tax-payers was held in Farwell Hall, Chicago, one day last week, to protest against the ballot-box outrages perpetrated Dy the bummer politicians at the recent town elec­ tion in tbat city. The leading men of the city participated in the deliberations, and judging from the tone of the speeche« and resolutions, bM hftftn |rrj¥id it Vl tW people of the city that the town effioers who were fraudulently counted in shall not be per­ mitted to assume the duties of the position to 'W&idi tLc j clzxim. to been Rng. geBtions of vigilance committees, lamp-posts, «tc., were freely indulged in, and in a manner which indicates that the most radical and sum­ mary remedies for the evils complained of may possibly be resorted to in case of emergency. JOE TAYLOB, engaged as a guide for Custer'B expedition against Sitting Bull, who arrived at Fbrt Lincoln a few days ago, from winter trap- " ping above Fort Buford, reparts the massacre >! oy Yanktons, near Little Rocky river, of seven whites and two squaws. The Yanktons pre­ tended friendship, and often visited the eamp. ' Thev finally came armed, and at a given signal j; ^jred and killed the entire party. ,, , . A SECOND mass meeting of Chicago property- , owners and tax-payers was held in the Exposi- V*4 oon building in that city, on Tuesday evening, April 11 It was probably the largest meeting ever held under roof in the West, the attend- wide being variously estimated at from 25,000 • <4© 35.000 people. Hon. Thomas Hoyne was nom­ inated for Mayor by acclamation, and commit­ tees were appointed to wait on Mayor Colvin - jBid the town officers who Trere fraudulently S' niited bs the xccent election, and leqaest etn to yield to the will of the people and step &>wu iuu Gut. SpdoOhdo Sole iiiade by Hon. John Went worth, Hon. Leonard Swett, Rev. 1 v Boberfc Coliw ?, I ether Ibtinguished citi : ** srnc. The spirit of tha monster accomblage, as reflected in the speeches and resolutions, " Indicates a fixed determination on the part of 7 tiie people of tax-ridden Chicago to rid them­ selves of bummer rule, and inaugurate an era at honest municipal government, Two MOBE of the Chicago whisky ring, Frey- ringer and Beavers, distillers, have been con listed. SOUTH . f A NEW OHLKANS dispatch of a recent date - isa^s: " At a meeting, to-night, of the South­ ern Republican dob, a wrangle occurred over the adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting. A fight ensued, and daring the firing three men were shot, one of whom, Lucien Adams, Jr., will die. The other wounded are -Lucien Adams, Sr., and John W. King. Others jure reported wounded, but their names are Jikept secret by members of the club." Tmbxx young men of Newport, Ky, drowned in the Ohio river, opposite that city, last week, by the sinking of a skiff in which they were rowing across the stream Jeffer eon, Texas, telegram: "F. J. Pattillo, local editor of the Leader, met and attacked Ward , Taylor, editor of Jimplecure, with a cowhide, which he used freely till Taylor got his pistol ->;; out, fired, and killed Pattillo immediately, the ( ball entering the heart. The difficulty origi * nated in publications in their respective papers.' i • ... .The large wholesale house of William H, , Brown & Co., Baltimore, was destroyed by fire last week. Loss, 1225.000. A DAUXNO attempt was recently made to rob an express car on the Missouri, Kansas and .1 fTexas railroad. As the train approached Blue lio f " jacket, a side-track station thirteen miles north |> -;i J tef Ymita, Indian territory, a light was dis piuyed. When the train halted etx or eight •ill t-<robbers, white mea, began exchanging ah„ts ' ' , jrfih thirteen of a marshal's posse who were " posted at different positions on the train, an­ ticipating an attack. The robbers were com- pletely repulsed. One was killed on the grtond, two captured, and the rest escaped. ,i WASHINGTON. ' if ijtroimATtON received by the State depart- l! ment justifies toe conclusion that the British " Government has folly decided not to surrender Winslow, the forger. Under the British laws , i the criminal will be held for a periodol sixty days from the 21st of March, and can then de- mmi'l to be released under a habeas corpus. If • Win-;low is release! from custody, the extradi- • » tion treaty between the two nations will un- ,. . i doubtedly be terminated The House special committee in the whisky prosecutions in Jms- j: souri examined Diat. Atty. Dyer at Waslungton, p one day last week. Mr. Dyer now seems to think that all the auspicious he frankly enter­ tained of everybody in Washington, except Secretary Bristow and Solicitor Wilson, were t>is< Ml 1 #n:» groundless. The testimony taken before tbe grand jury, Dyer states, was given to the de- (MM by * jnror named Fox, one of the two wbo voted against indictment, who afterward Wttnt to WaHhMigton and gave the testimony •way, citing in some way his sou appoiuted to an offioe. On. BABCJOGK, Levi P. Luokey and A. C. Bradley, who were charges! by the dotective Bell, is; his taatimcny fcsfors the Clymer Com­ mittee, with having hired him (Bell) to abstract important papers aud evidence from, the District- attorney's office at St. Louix. have been heard by the ixWunittee touching the matter. Bradley, who, it seems, was a kind of secret attorney for Baboo 'k. admits having directed Bell to get copies of all the evidence he could, and in cas»e he could not get copies to secure the sub­ stance and forward it to him in Washington. Itaboock and Luckev both deny having ero- ployed l>ell to perform the service alleged by him. According to their story. Bell represent­ ed to them that there was a great conspiracy against the President by Bristow, Dyer, Hen­ derson and others, with a view of breaking down the administration, and hence they hired Bell as a kind of spy on the doings of Henderson and Dyer. A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 7th inst says: "A subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of the House hits had the safe burglary subject under investigation for several days, and to-day struck something substantial. IL G. Whitelv, iate Chief of the Sseret Service Division of the Treasury department, was in­ dicted with Harrington." ex-Asaistant Dietriet- attornev. and some others, for the safe-burglary cocspiraev. Whitely wa« examined by the committee to-day, and for three hoars gave the history of the conspiracy and tne manner of earning it out. His testimony, if true, convicts Gen, O. E. Babcock of having given the first orders that set the conspiracy at work, and of having had a knowledge and a certain participation in it to the end. Whitely testified that Babcock, for him and in his own house, de­ veloped the service he was expected to perform." .... The Boutwell eouuuittee ou the Mississippi troubles have decided not to begin their labors until an appropriation is made to the contingent fund of the Senate, which is reduced to 82,000. Trcnor W. Park testifies before the Con­ gressional committee that the Emma mine ex­ ceeded in value tke representations of tbe ven­ dors The House Committee on Appropria­ tions have decided in the Legislative, Execu­ tive and Judicial Appropriation bill to reduce by consolidation the districts of Internal Rev­ enue from 209, the present number, to 105. It is,proposed to make a compromise and establish the number at 166. GEN. BABCOCK denies the story of Detective Whitely implicating him in the safe-burglary conspiiacy. He admits having dealings with Whitely, but claims that the work he assigned to him was the ferreting out of newspaper men who had been denouncing him (Babcock) for false measurements of work made for the Board of Public Works... .Col. Broadhead, of St Louis, waa in Washington last last week, and called upon the President. The latter said he had long desired to explain to him (Broadhead) his action in revoking the order transferring supervisors, as he had .ob­ served that Broadhead in his argument before the jury in St. Louis had followed the same line of argument as Henderson in censuring this revocation. The President explained his action at great length. He said the first idea of a change was original with him, and that he afterward revoked the order upon the repre­ sentations made to him by Tutton, in whom he had explicit confidence. Tutton said the trans­ fer would be a mere advance notification to dis­ tillers, and that the only way to discover crooked distillers was to send an honest man secretly into the suspected districts. Broad­ head says Grant's explanation satisfies him en­ tirely with the President's sincerity of purpose in the matter. THE President has lately expressed himself as being opposed to the House bill transferring the Indian bureau to the War department, and has gone so far as to intimate that if the bill is passed by Congress he will veto it The Committee of Ways and Means has ootb- pleted tlW^MorTlsonTRrlff Ml]. and twdered 4t to be reported favorably to the House. The tax on coffee of three cents and on tea of fif­ teen cents was stricken out. The concluding proviso of the free list has been amended to read as fellows: " Provided, That alcohol to be exclusively used for the manufacture of ethers, chloroforms, and vegetable alkaloids, made free by this act, may be withdrawn from bond free of the specific internal revenue tax per gallon on quantities not exceeding 1,000 gallons at any one time, under such rules, regu­ lations, and bands as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe." IT is said the President will not appoint a successor to Minister Sciienck for several weeks. Rumor credits him with the intention of return­ ing Gen. Scheack should the House Committee on Foreign Affairs make a favorable report in his case The House Committee on Terri­ tories has voted to amend the bill making New Mexico a State so as to provide that the election for the adoption of the State Constitution shall be held in Jnne, 1877, instead of "not later than January, 1877," as the Senate proposed. This will prevent the new State from taking part in the next Presidential election. A™ *i,r> oeive 160 votes on the first ballot at Cincinnati. TBB Veititont delegation to Cincinnati is said to stand six for Bristow, two for Blaine, and two neutral The South Carolina and Texas delegations are said to be solid for Morton. VORBIOR. Tax London'Datiy Netos severely condemns the action of the United Btateu (g rejecting the nomination of Mr. Dana..Thirty persons were drowned at Aberdeen, Bcotland, the other day, by the sinking of a ferrv-boat which waa being drawn across the River Dee by means of a wire rope. OFFICIAL advices from Madrid announce that the Government of King Alfonso is carefully organizing a force, which will include some of the troops which recently surrendered under uon Carlos, for tlio suppression of the Cuban rebellion. The army will sail for Havana about October 1, as it la not thonght advisable to commence operations until after the siokly season in Cuba. A DISPATCH to the London Times from Odessa represents that the insurrection in Bos­ nia and Croatia is assuming dangerous propor­ tions. The majority of insurgents are veterans of the Austrian militia. The Governor of Bosnia han advised the proclamation of holy war. He has been recalled. The intelligence is HO alarming that the Russian Government ia afraid to publish it in Odessa.,.. The St. Peteri!- burg correspondent of the Allegenteine Zeitunq maintains that the Czar really intended to abdi­ cate, but thy idea was abandoned in conse­ quence of restoration of his health.... If, is given out in St. Petersburg that the Rus­ sian government thinks the addition of "Extt- presj of Indiato Queen Victoria's title is just about the right thing, and will good-naturedly give it official recognition as Goon as the Queen officially assumes it The English university boat race this year waa won by Cambridge. . AFFAIBS on the Rio Grande are gettiug de­ cidedly interesting. A fight recently occurred between Mexicans and Americans, in which three of the former and two of the latter were killed. The fight was about branding cattle. On the 10t.h inst. the Mexicans at New Laredo opened fire upon the American citizens and soldiers across the river, wounding several persons. A hot fight ensued between Mexican and United States troops on opposite sides of the river, the latter throwing shells at a lively rate into the Mexican town. THE Mark Lane Express, in a review of the British grain trade, says : "A full crop of wheat must not be expected. The acreage un­ der wheat appears to be about five-sevenths of that of 1875, and the quantity of wheat sold in the country for sowing has been considerably less than usual." ACCOBDING to late European advices Rusfeian intervention in Turkish affairs is among .the probabilities The Madgeburger Zeitung says it is incontestable that the Czar has declared his intention of abdiqating as soon as Russian interests necessitates war It is said the em­ igration from Ireland for 1876 will be tbe smallest since 1851 The University of Prague has prohibited the attendance of women at their medical lectures. i* QlfirClCltATia DcxiinO the quarter ending with the month of Much the receipts of the United States Fatent office at Washington were 8227,181.09, and the-e>:pen*itur«s §101,239.78, leaving an excess of receipts to the amount of $65,891.31. SECRETABY FISH has sent to the American Charge d'Affaire at London an official note in­ forming him that the United States cannot un­ der any circumstances take cognizance of the act of the British Parliament of 1870 touching extradition treaties, and peremptorily refusing to give any assurances whatever that Winslow, the Boston forger, shall not be tried for any crime except that for which extradition is asked. He alBO gives notice that the enforcement of this condition will be regarded by our Govsrn- ment as an abrogation by Great Britain of the Ashburton treaty. PRESIDENT PRADO, of the South American Republic Of Peru, arrived at New York last week. He will make a quiet tour of the coun­ try and visit the Centennial in May. A CONVICT in the Vermont penitentiary named Geofge Miles claims to have been the mechani­ cal expert in the famous Washington safe-bur­ glary affair, and says he was hired by Babcock and Harrington to perform the work. The latter, it is proper to say, deny the allegation, and denounce the alleger as the ohampion liar. FOUT1CAX.. THESE was no choice for Governor in Rhode Jul and by the popular vote, of which Lippitt (Rep.), received 8,212 ; Howard (Prohib.), 6,228 ; and Beach (Dem.), 3,472. It now de­ volves upon the Legislature to choose a Gov­ ernor, and as that body is strongly Republi­ can, Gov. Lippitt's re-election is an assured fact. ( THE National Colored Convention at Nashville, last week, was quite largely attended. Resolu­ tions were adopted reaffirming their devotion to the Republican party ; that, nevertheless, they j have just reason for complaint against those members who have proved recreant to their trusts •, returning thanks to the friends of free- j dom ; and disfavor any desire to cherish ill- feeling against the ex- slaveholding element of the Soutn; express gratitude to President Grant and Senator Morton for their efforts in betialf of the colored race, and favor a oompul- sory educational law in the South, A WASHINGTON dispatch to the Chicago Tribune Bays: M There is good authority for the statement that the President has discov­ ered that he has been deceived by Babcock and others in very many things during the entire course of his administration, and that he will soon take occasion in seme decisive way to oonvince the public of this fact. Those who have recently conversed with the President say that be has become keenly conscious that he has been grossly deceived and betrayed by those around him, and that he has never been fully aware of this until quite recently.... Blaine has returned to Washington, exuberant and hopeful. He says that he expects to re- "FOBIY^FHUMTIA €03UBESS. THUBSDAY, April 6.--Senate.--Sherman, from the Finance Committee, reported the House Silver- coin bill, aa amended by the committee. One of the amendments provides for the recoinage of the old American dollar, and making it a legal tender to the amount of $20, instead of $50, as fixed by the House. Another amendment provides that the trade dollar shall not hereafter be a legal tender for any amount whatever... Wright, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported adversely on the Senate bill to abolish capital pnnishment, and it was indefinitely postponed Boutwell introduced a bill making an appropriation to defray the expenses of the com­ mittee appointed to investigate the Mississippi election The Postal bill was again up for con­ sideration, and Harvey offered a substitute, allow­ ing four-pound packages to go through the mails at the rate of one cent for two ounces. Morrison also offered an amendment creating a fourth cl»s» of taail matter. Houst.--TherPrtatlfltg Gemmlttee providing for the purchase of the property of the late Congressional Qlobe The bill fixing the President's salary at 525,003 after Sf&rch 4, io77, was reported from the Appropriation Commit­ tee, and passed without discussion The bill fixing the rate of interest throughout the country at six per cent, was defeated--yeas, 75; nays, 135. .... There was a lively debate duriug the evening session. It opened with an attack on the Appro­ priation Committee by Joyce, Dunnell, Townsend (Pa.), and Williams (Wis.), which waa repelled by Randall, WhitehouBc, and Willard. FRIDAY, April 7.--Senate.--Not in session. House.--After a sharp discussion the House, by a vote of 89 yeas to 138 nays, tabled a resolution authorizing Oen. Weitzel, of the army, to act as trustee for the Cincinnati Southern railroad.... Whitthorne, the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a resolution instructing the sub-committee to proceed to the Philadelphia and League Island Navy-yards to inquire into certain alleged abuses and frauds. Adopted The House then went into committee of the whole on the private calendar. SATUBDAY, April 8.--Senate.--The Senate held no session. House.--The proceedings in the House were lim­ ited to the delivery of speeches, to which there were few listeners, either on the floor or in the galleries. MONDAY, April 10.--Senate.--In the Senate during the morning hour a large number of bills and petitions were presented and referred. The House bill to provide for the deficiency in the Priuting and Engraving Bureau of the Treasury department, and for the issue Of silver coin of the United States in place of fractional currency was taken up and passed as amended by the Senate Finance Committee.... \ resolution was adopted authorizing BoutweiTs Mississippi Commit­ tee to employ a clerk and stenographer, and to send for pernens and papers. A bill was also introduced appropriating $10,000 to defray the expenses of the committtee. House.--The Committee on Elections reported a resolution tbat C. B. Farwell is not entitled to his seat as a member from the Third Illinois district, and that J. V. LeMoyne is entitled to such seat. The minority report, in lavor of Farwell, was not ready, but leave was granted to present it. Both reports were ordered printed, and to lie uwon the table un­ til called up for action The House suspended the rulos, and, without any consideration or dis­ cussion, passed the River and Harbor Appropria­ tion bill. The total amount appropriated is $">,872,- 850... A resolution was adopted inquiring into the cause of the imprisonment of £. O'Meagher Ccnden. TUESDAY, April 11.--Senate.--A bill was passed to provide for the expenses and admission of foreign goods to the Centennial....Howe intro­ duced a bill, by request, to provide for cheap trans­ portation of freight between tide-water at or near the Atlantic ocean and the Ohio and Mississippi val­ leys by railroads. .The Senate passed the bill for the improvement of the Capitol grounds, with a pro­ vision that none of the funds appropriated shall pass through the hands of Gen. Bobeock, as Com­ missioner of Public Buildings and Grounds.. .Ed­ munds, from the Comnii;U-e on the Judiciary, re­ ported adversely on tho House bill to protect wit­ nesses who shall be required to testify in certain cases, with a written report. Stevenson, of the same committee, preseuted a minority report The Senate was engaged nearly all day in discussing Hamlin's Postal bill. House.-- A bill was pasted authorizing the bridg­ ing of the Mississippi river at Sioux City.... Wells (Vfo.), from the Appropriations Committee, reported the Deficiency bill. It appropriates $65*2,480.... The evening session was devoted to the considera­ tion of the Legislative Appropriation bill. WEDNESDAY, April 12.--Senate.--Spencer in­ troduced a bill to prevent panics and give elasticity to legal-tender currency without impairing its vahie -- Hamlin's bill regulating the postage on third-class matter was passed ... The bill to provide for the sale of extra copies of public documents, and for the distribution of the regular official edi- ions thereof, was passed. Hott*<e.--The House passed the Deficiency bill without opposition.... The bill cisse up, and tho Senate' amendments were concurred in without debate and without division.... Hoar offered a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire what steps have been taken for properly representing the Interests of the jtnited States in the suite instituted againut the Credit M/ibilier and others, under the provisions of the act of tbe 3d of March, 1873; and, also, whether the Union Pacific Railroad Company has not forfeited its cUa< tor. and whether the same should not have b en repealed because the company has resisted the re- cm ery in its behalf of its capital stock wrongfully withdrawn bv means of fictitious construction con­ tracts or unlawful dividends. Adopted.. .*nevn- ing session was held for the consideration of the Legislative Appropriation bill. > The Impeachment--An Interesting Scene. ' After some dispute in the House as to whether it was necessary for the whole House to go to the Senate or not, it was finally decided that the managers only need go, and they went. They were preceded to the door of the Senate chamber by Sergeant-at-arms Thomp­ son, and were met at the door of the Senate by Sergeaut-at-arms French, of the Senate. The scene was quite interesting. Tke galleries of tbe Senate were crowded with spectators, and on the floor were many prominent men, among them Ben Wade, of Ohio. When the managers reached the entrance, Sergeant-at-arms French cried out: " The managers of the impeachment of William W. Bel­ knap on the part of the House of Repre­ sentatives desire admittance." The President of the Senate replied : " The managers of the impeachment of Will­ iam W, Belknap on the part of the House of Representatives are admitted, and the Sergeant-at-arms will conduct them to their seats." The manage*? then came in, Mr. Lord, of New York, the chairman, walking ahead, with his hands full of papers, his coat buttoned up very tightly, his collar very white and stiff, and his boots newly blackened. Behind him came Proctor Knott and Lynde, of Wisconsin, both looking very solemn and clasping arms. Then came McMahon, of Ohio, and Jenks, of Penn­ sylvania. They were also arm in arm. Then came Judge Hoar and Ij&ph&m, of New York. Mr. Lord, who is a very fluff? man, fumbled around among his papers, then got up, and, addressing Senator Ferry, said : "Mr. President." Mr. Ferry--Mr. Manager. Mr. Lord--The managers, on the part of the House of Representatives, are ready to exhibit the articles of impeach­ ment against William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War. , s The President pro tem.-^The Ser­ geant-at-arms will make proclamation. The Sergeant-at-arms--Hear ye ! Hear ye I Hear ye ! All persons are com­ manded to keep silence, on pain of fine and imprisoment, while the House of Representatives is exhibiting to the Senate of the United States articles of impeachment against W. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War of the United States. The managers then rose from their seats. Mr. Lord--The managers will now ex­ hibit the articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives in the name of themselves and of all the people of the United States against W. W. Bel­ knap, late Secretary of War, for high crimes and misdemeanors while in ofliee. Mr. Lord then, standing, read the ar­ ticles of impeachment, the other mana­ gers remaining in their seats. The read­ ing of the articles occupied about fifteen minutes. On the conclusion of the reading the President pro tem. said : The chair will inform the managers that the Senate will take proper order on the subject of the impeachment of W. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, of which due notice shall be given to the House of Representatives." Tfee Emma Mine Heiress. The young lady after whom the fa­ mous K.mmn, mine is named is a board­ ing pupil at Miss Grant's flnisfhmg school for young ladies, on North Dearborn street,, an aristocratic stone mansion, with an air of exclusive gentility about it. She is a tall blonde, with a satin- smooth, ivory-tin ted skin, and light, waving brown hair, which was coiled in a loose, classic knot at the back. Her dress was a simple Maria Louise blue. A long scarf of black lace was tied about her throat. She was guiltless of the smallest piece of jewelry, and her long, slender lingers were unadorned by a single ring. A soft fringe of curling hair outlined a low, wide brow. This was Emma Chisholm, sole daughter of Robert Bruce Chisholm, of Elgin, 111., a few years ago half owner of the Emma mine, now a retired capitalist. I ex­ plained my visit to Miss Chisholm, who laughed merrily, and said: 44 Well I I have always eluded an inter­ view, and all those newspaper reports have been solicited from papa and the boys. I found the notoriety of the mine unpleasant at first, but I do not mind it now. Three years ago I visited the mine, and enjoyed the trip ver/ much, espe­ cially the ride from Salt Lake City to Alto, the little village at the mine. I found the miners enjoying a brand of cigars called 'The Little Emma,' and they actually had my picture on the box." The young lady laughed merrily at the recollection. She further added that she was only ten years old when her brother named the mine after her as a voluntary peace offering, as she was con­ stantly importuning him to "oome home to his dear Emma." She was born in Eastern Minnesota, April 6, 1869.-- Chicago Letter to Q-raphic. An English Schoolmistress* Considerable amusement was caused in the Bideford County court in England, the other day, by a case in which a schoolmistress sued one of her patrons for 15s. 4d. for the tuition of his child­ ren. On being asked by the judge for her account, the plaintiff produced three almanacs, upon which were marks signi­ fying the attendances of the three child­ ren, and a piece of paper with some pot­ hook signs showing the money paid. She told the court she could not write, and, therefore, was obliged to keep her accounts in tins manner. The judge gave judgment for the amount olaimed, but expressed surprise that a parent should send his children to a school the mistress of which could not write. , Animal Food in Hot Weather. It has hitherto been the habit to recommend a temperate use of animal diet, and to replace it by a free use of vegetable food in hot climates. This has been proved by Dr. Livingstone, by careful observation and experiment upon himself during his travels in Ceutrai Af- r?.'?*, to be a false theory. He says that among the natives the appetite for animal food is voraoious in the extreme, and is not the result of a savage nature, but a natural consequence of climate ; and his conviction was that "for all climates, and under all ciroum?tances, the most valuable of all food is beef." THE grangers of the United States have over $18,000,000 invested in their various enterprises^ •m: ]^ASSl*e EVENTS. Hamlet oago Journal. REHAT, the Sta& fefto- mologist of Missouri, in the course of a recent lecture in St. Louis on "Insects," said that the annual loss to farmers, caused by insects, averaged $100,000,000 a year ; that the chinch bug alone, dur­ ing 187*, caused a loss of 830,000,000 in the Western States, of which §19,000,- 000 were lost in Missouri. Prof. Reilly estimated the losses by locusts (grass­ hoppers), during the last three years, at $60,000,000. THE Khedive of Egypt has undertaken to manage the general business of that country as well as run its political ma­ chinery. The two do not go well tor gether. He is finding it out, too. His finances are in a bad way. A few years ago he was accounted one of the richest men in the world, and his country was prosperous. If he would conform to the modern theory of political restriction, he would find it very much better for himself and his people. The floating debt of Egypt is £14,000,000. ELIZABETH TATOOB GREENTTELD, some­ time known as the " Black Swan," died suddenly of paralysis at her home in Philadelphia a few days ago. Deceased was born a slave in Natchez, Miss., sixty- eight years ago, and was manumitted when one year of age. At an early age she became somewhat distinguished for her peculiar vocal abilites, and her sub­ sequent success was rapid. She visited Europe, and sang before the various crowned heads, receiving everywhere lavish praise and innumerable presents. THE Little Emma scandal has seriously confused the journalists of Constanti­ nople. They ascribe the difficulty to the jealousy of a herd of hot-headed Occidentals who are clamorous and wrangling suitors for the favor of a fair infidel named Emma Mine. The col­ umns of a recent issue of the Stamboul contain a picturesque recital of the coy damsel's coquetry, and the eagerness of her admirers which must greatly surprise the chibouque Smoking Turks, among whom such irregular flirtations ore un­ known. THE politeness of the Californian was well demonstrated at the recent big race at San Francisco. A man who lacked tbe lucre to secure him admission at the gate perched himself on a monument on Lone Mountain cemetery and composed himself to watch the flyers, when sud­ denly another fellow, reaching up, touch­ ed him on the leg. " I want that seat, sir." "Oh, you be damned." "But it's my family tombstone. My grand­ mother lies buried here." "Oh 1" said the sport, and acoomodatingly climbed down. LARKTN G. MEAD, the American sculptor, has vindicated his fame against the charges of the ambitious Italian stone cutter who claimed to be the de- signet' sim well as the sculptor of Meade's most important work, the Lincoln monu­ ment. In the suit brought by the stone­ cutter for compensation he was defeated, and upon appeal to the higher court he was again defeated. He is the same in­ dividual who has persistently slandered neatly all the Acerican artists in Italy by allecing that the work olaimed by mem was really done by their Italian w o r k m e n , • \ y r , , ^ . . , ^ . THE latest estimate of Yanderbilt's wealth places it at . a hundred millions, and it is increasing every day. The old man has a large library which consists of scrap-books pasted full of government and other bonds. He could buy out half the crowned heads of Europe. No­ body, not even himself, knows the exact figures of his wealth. There is no danger of his following the road so dis­ astrously traveled by Daniel Drew, be­ cause he is more careful about scattering his protnissory notes around, and sticks rigidly to his library of government- bond scrap-books. He is the richest man on the American continent. STILL another expose of cruel neglect and brutality practiced upon the inmates of a public charitable institution by the officials in charge. This time it is the Government Insane Asylum in the Dis­ trict of Columbia, in which it is shown that the food was scant and unwhole­ some, and that the half-starved maniacs who proved "unreasonable" were beaten, handcuffed, and otherwise ill- treated in such fashion as, of course, must have aggravated their mania, while inflicting upon them tortures which the law does not suffer to be visited upon criminals. Naturally enough is coupled with it revelations of how the superin­ tendent made money «ut of his position by running a job. REPRESENTATIVE SCHLEICHER, Chair­ man of the House Committee on the Texas Border Troubles, has reported a bill for the protection of the Texas fron­ tier on the lower Rio Grande. It au­ thorizes and requires the President to station and keep on the Rio Grande river from its mouth to the northern boundary of the State of Tamaulipas, above Laredo, two regiments of cavalry in addition to the infantry for garrison duty, and to keep each troop to full strength of 100 privates. It also author­ izes the President, in view of the ina­ bility of the Mexican Government to prevent the inroads of lawless parties from Mexioo into Texas, to order troops to cross the Rio Grande, and use such means as may be found necessary to re­ cover stolen property and to oheck raids, guarding, however, against un­ necessary injury to the peaceful inhabit­ ants of Mexioo. Edwin Bootiu Mr. Booth, who is now playing a four weeks' engagement at Mcvickers' thea­ ter, Chicago, has created a new gem in the dramatic diadem, and with as much success as ho has kept all the old ones bright and clear in their luster. The press of the country award to Mr. Booth the meed of praise which is justly his due--to him we look for the elevation of the dramatic art--he is the grand ex­ ponent of the very highest of the most difficult art to acquire. Mr. Booth's last study, "King Richard IL," is now creating a great sensation in all the principal cities of the Union, with an accord which must create a feeling of pride in the great tragedian. He is the acknowl­ edged head of the dramatic stage in American. The press of Cincinnati thus speaks of his "Richard II.": "Those who witnessed Mr. Booth's touching ' LeAr' may know something of his power in * Richard II.' Hia wonderful voice, with its thousand inflections and^ CATTtB~i£?JiL:r its clearness of utterance and searching power, came out more fully and with less hindrance from cold than in pre­ vious performances of the engagement. Take,n altogether, the latest triumph, ' Richard II.,* was glorious and memo­ rable in every respect. It is a very great characterization, and as worthy of study as Ma * ffamlat' n» « AKAII ' " /YJkV or * Richelieu. Detecttve Bell. * A Washington correspondent furnish­ es a few brief scraps from the history of C. S. Bell, the detective who represents, that he was hired by Babcock and Luokey to steal papers from tlio District-attor­ ney's office at St. Louis: "It beeiiiM that Bell was originally from Gaiesburg, ill., and was a liember of the Nineteenth Illinois infantry. He volunteered to become a spy for Gen. Hurlbut during the war, and went through considerable danger aM hard­ ship in the service. At one time he went from Gen. Hurlbut through Johnson's army to Gen. Grant at Vicksburg. He got into the confidence of Johnston and undertook to carry a lot of secession caps from him to Pemberton in Vicksburg. He came to Grant's besvloj imrters witii the caps, gave Grant his dispatches from Hurlbut, showed him Johnston s dis­ patches to Pemberton, and after having dampened the caps so that they were use­ less he went on through the lines to Pem­ berton in Vicksburg. He remained there some days, drew a map of the fortifica­ tions, which he concealed between the soles of his shoes, got some dispatches from Pemberton to Johnston, and start­ ed off. He delivered the Pemberton dispatches and the map he made to Glen. Grant., and both proved very useful. Ho was once seven months in the rebel ar­ my, and in communication with Hurlbut all the time. He rose to be a sergeant in the rebel ranks. One of his charac­ teristics is his wonderful eyesight. It is said that he can distinguish objects at a distance that would be impossible to other eyes unaided by telescopes. He can read ordinary manuscript or news­ paper print at a distance of two yards, and this wonderful faculty is very useful to him in his business as t a detective. Since the war Bell has been making a livelihood by blackmailing and borrow­ ing money, being much of the time in government service. He pretends to be editor of the Southern Journal, printed at Chicago, and exhibits a contract with that paper authorizing him to solicit subscriptions and advertising 04{com­ mission." \ The Increased Cotton Field. It is well that the people of the South should realize that the low pric^li of cot­ ton during this season are not caused as much by the large size of the particular crop now being marketed as by the steady yearly increase in the yield of the South in the past and the prospect of the con­ tinuance of that in the future. And while the consumption has also steadily increased, to the extent of using all of the production, yet the price at which the raw staple has entered into consumption has been yearly becoming lower and lower, the result of the steadily increasing supply. The following sta­ tistics will show how regular the increase in the yield of the South has been since i822, and from them we may form some lea of what may be expected in the fu­ ture. The yields of 1875 and 1876 are of course only estimated* and tbe aggre­ gate yield of each decade is given as showing more clearly the average steady increase. It will be observed that the average weight of the bales has increased from about 300 pounds each in 1822 to about 480 pounds each in 1876. The yields of the five years from 1862 to 1866 are omitted, as the south was too much disturbed to render statistics re­ liable: s Crttpn frcm Bales. 1822 to 1831 7,861,000 1832 to 1811 .14,952,000 1842 to 1861 i 23,226,000 1852 to 1861 86,598,000 1867 to 1876 88,113,000 It appears from the above that the yield of the ten years since the war has exceeded that of the decade immediately prior to it by about 2,186,-189,000 pounds, equivalent to about 4,700,000 bales of 460 pounds each. In the sta­ tistics above given we have estimated the crop of 1875 at about 4,600,000 bales, which is quite the general estimate now, and that of 1876 we have assumed to be about 4,500,000 bales; for, of course, in a period of two years a difference of even 500,000 bales would not materially affect the results of our calculations. --Balti­ more Gazette. ' Pounds. 2,357,138,000 6,233,446,000 9,290,479,000 1G, 103.521,000 18,290,000,000 FIFTY-NINE State conventions arf held within two months. be THE MARKETS. 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