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ft|§enrg §l;tmta!cr. SLTKE, RTTBI-raHER. ILLIXOIS. JTUKAL AND DOMESTIC. Lilies. ! toe lilies " how they grow," Ime with purest bells of mow,* Vply scented, softest white, n asking in the noondav light-- athing sweetness ail the night, arlet ones in brightest sheen ft their cups with graceful mien, Bottled lilies perfumed rare ; ">tod ones fresh beauty wear, nrple-dowerpf^ passing fair here the starry daisies beam, ome with upright chalice gleam, Semmed with deep and sparkling dew. Blazing at the sky's deep hue, "Vbile soaring lark sings la the blue. On^the water's bine expanse. Silver liliea smile and glance In the morning's golden beams, Where the fullest glory streams, Fragrant lilies known in dreams, In damp valleys' shaded della, ' Lilies swing their tiny bells, " ' 86nding perfume on the air, Dee-rest of the lilies fair That have neither toil nor care Bright arrayed, excelling far Robes that richest monarohs weas-- lifting incense as they glow-- dear Lord, we do not know iu»t how all Thy liliea "grow." Around the Farm. *THE Judge of the Leeds County Court has given 125 and costs in an action brought by a farmer for damages to crops by smoke and sulphur created by fireclay manufacturers.--London News. SALT brine impregnated with the blood etc., of herrings, is a good manure. Mixed with five times its measur? of water, it may be applied between the rows of any of the cabbage tribe, and to rhubarb, beet-root, and to artichokes. : DORMANT buds, that start and rob the trees in June, should be rubbed out, and thus save much expense in pruning. If ©very tree in a young orchard is looked over once in a year with careful pruning, looking to the future and seeing in the infant trees the sturdy trunks and well-de­ veloped branches of the full-grown tree, then will the sound of the saw cease to be heard in our orchards.--Maine ^ Parmer. « AN exchange newspaper replies to a t correspondent who Las inquired what is t a good p^ffeturing for sheep, as follows : "Kjre sown on corn stubble in the spring •will ' raaka a tolerable pasture for shfep, and light land managed in this way will be better fitted for a crop of • wheat than to put on oats or any other crop, and allow the same to ripen. The sheep will always keep the land clear, Acj^the rye being consumed on the land • tfls a matter of course, the soil will be \ • proportionately enriched." • DON'T allow your carriage to rattle 1IK« » a threshing machine. Washers of sole leather on the spindles of axletrees will stop the clatter caused by two much play ; a piece of rubber put in between the trill iron and clip will silence mat­ ters ; and a little coal oil on the circle or fifth wheel will stop its squeaking. •Where nuts work loose, cut a thread in front of them with a cold chisel after f screwing them up tight, i A GENTLEMAN who has just returned y from a trip through the northern por­ tion of Kennebec county, Maine, says he was greatly astonished at the efctent of the caterpillar war on the fruit trees. Acres and acres of orchards standing within sight of the roadside stripped of leaves, blossoms, and every green thing, and look as bare and desolate as in December. The caterpillars hang in fesfoons, clusters and ropes of worms from all the trees, presenting a most dis­ gusting sight.--Springfield, Republican. A BOST«N firm have packed pork for the last thirty years. In times past they have received hogs fed on the sweepings of flour mills, but the meat was so bleached and the fat so readily cracked up into distinct masses, that the pork was unmerchantable ; and if all the hogs they prepare were fed on flour their business would be destroyed. They state further that the bristles (hair) of the flour-fed hogs were vory * and tfci'H, to fco vvoithless for the brnshmakers. It is safe to infer that the chances for healthy hair are better with food that contains the full amount of mineral matter than with flour.--N. E. Farmer. WHEN a barn is infested with fleas there is probably some cause for it that might be removed. Poultry will some­ times stock a barn with such vermin when they are permitted to roost in it. If hogs are kept under it, or manure is al­ lowed to accumulate about it, vermin will gather and soon stock it. If any such cause as this exists.it should be removed. Then,when the barn is empty in the sum­ mer, it should be well cleaned out, a quantity of hot, clear coals should be placed upon a heap of earth on the floor, and the doors being closed, a pound of sulphur should be burned upon the coals. After a thorough fumigation, the barn should be whitewashed inside. About the House. INDIAN RUSK.--Two light cups of In- •dian meal, one cup of white flour, one tea- spoonful of saleratus, enough sour or but­ termilk to dissolve, one cup sweet; stir in three-quarters of a cup of molasses. To C:LEAN ivory, take a piece of com­ mon white chalk, scrape it to a powder, add as much water as will produce a paste, and applv this paste to the surface of the ivory. If the stains are very bad, two or three, or even more, applications may be necessary. BAKED SPONGE PUDDING.--Three eggs beaten very light. Their weight in but­ ter, in sugar, and in flour. This quan­ tity makes four large cups. Fill the cups half full, bake in a moderate oven ten minutes, being very careful not to scorch. To be eaten with cream nfnn*, hard sauce, or wine sauce. FISH FBITTKRS.--Take salt codfish, soak over night. In the morning throw the water off the fish, put on fresh and set it on the range until it comes to a boil. Do not let it boil, as that will harden it. Then pick it up very fine, season with pepper, mace, and perhaps a little salt. Make a batter of a pint of milk and three eggs, stir in the fish, and fry in small cakes. Anj Q; codfish makes nice fritters. KEEPING IHSSCJTS FROM EACOJS,--Take cane molasses and apply to the flesh parts carefully, as much as will adhere, then sprinkle on as much ground black pepper as will adhere, and hang up in a smoke house or any place you wash to keep it. In order that this may be effectual it must be applied immediately after smoking, fcr if the egg of the fly. from which the worm is hatched, is de­ posited on the meat before the applica­ tion is made, it will not be effective. A IIADY writing in an English agricul­ tural paper recommends all young house­ keepers to cultivate an acquaintance with culinary art, and there is no better way of acquiring and retaining this know­ ledge than by making a private recipe book in which to jot down all tried and approved rccipss. She began this when about 12 years of age, at the suggestion of an experienced matron, herself a model of order in everything relating to housekeeping, and subsequent observa­ tion and experience have taught her to look back on that friendly oounsel with respect and gratitude. SAT AGE SLAUGHTER. PreTiem Defeats by Indiana--Some Bloody Reminiscences. In its magnitude Custer's is the most- crushing defeat that tho American army has sustained at the hands of savages since the United States became a nation, if there be excepted St. Clair's disaster. This took place Nov. 4, 1791, when the Miiimis, led by Mishekonequoh, better known as Little Turtle, utterly routed the American army under Gen. St. Clair, who lost 39 officers and 593 men. One of the few occasions on which Washington, himself versed in Indian warfare, and remembering the fate of the regulars under Braddock, lost his self-control, was whew he re­ ceived the news of this calamity. , The news was brought to him by a special messenger while he was at dinner ^Oth company. He went out to speak the messenger, returned to his seat, we through the dinner with perfect com! posnre, and immediately attended Mrs. Washington's drawing-room, speaking courteously with every lady. When the company had gone and Mrs. Washington had retired, leaving the President and his Secretary, Mr. Sears, alone, Wash­ ington broke out again and again in ter­ rible explosions of wrath. " Yes," he exclaimed, "here on this very spot I took leave of him; I wished him success and honor. ' You have your instruc­ tions from the Secretary of War,' said I. 'I had a strict eye to them, and will add but one word--Beware of a sur­ prise.' He went off with that, my last warning, thrown in his ears. And yet, to suffer that army to be cut to pieces, hacked, butchered, tomahawked by a surprise--the very thing I had guarded him against. O, God! O, God! (throwing up his hands and shaking with emotion) he's worse than a mur­ derer. How can he answer to his coun­ try ? The blood of the slain is upon him, the curse of widows and orphans, the curse of heaven !" The war of 1812 witnessed no serious defeat, the massacres of Chicago and Detroit having been wrought on de­ fenseless prisoners. In 18B5 came the Seminole war. Gen. Thompson, the Commissioner, when the Indians refused to emigrate, denying that they had signed the treaty of Fort Gibson under- standingly, put Osceola in irons and provoked a war. On the 28th of Decem­ ber Osceola killed Thompson, a Lieuten­ ant and several others at Fort King, and the same day, in the Wahoo swamp, fell on Maj. Dade and a body of 110 regulars and destroyed them completely; indeed, the bodies were not found for a long time. Thus began a war which cost the United States 1,466 lives and $10,000,000. The next great Indian war was pro­ voked by the massacre of some 500 In­ dians, principally women and children, Nov. 28, 1864, at Fort Lyon, by Col. Chivington, after they had been induced to go into camp in the vicinity of the troops. The Indians had vengeance for this in December, 1866. The Govern­ ment had been constructing a new road to Montana, which the Indians claimed would drive the game out of their best hunting grounds ; accordingly they opposed its making and use vigorously. From July 28 to Dee. 21 they attacked every train tbaf passed over the road, and fifty-one times appeared in hostile array before Fort Phil Kearney and killed five officers, ninety-one men and fifty-eight citizens. Dec. 6 they attacked a wood-train two miles from the fort. Col. Fetter man, with fifty men, sallied out and rescued it. This <~ave the In­ dians the hint, and on the 21st they planned a similar attack, preparing an ambush. Col. Fetterman, Capt. Brown and Lieut. Grummond were sent out with ninety-one men, when the Indians, 3,000 strong, fell on them and destroyed Jbhem. Sixty-seven corpses were found in a space thirty-five feet in diameter. Col. Fetterman and Capt. Brown blew out each others' brains to kvoid being taken alive. Number of Nails to the Pound* The following table shows the number of nails to the pound, in the different sizes from "3-penny" up to "20-pen- ny," as well CM the number of several sizes of spikes. v The firstcolumn gives the size, the second 12a1 lon^th in iqche#f and the third the number to the pound : Sizes. Length. No. to lb. 8-peunv .. 1 gjff! 4-penny.. . ljf 3«S' 6-pemiy 1* 282 6-penn y 2 ig7 7-penny...., , 2# HI 8-penn y 2# 101 10-penuy 88 12-penny 8 Si 20-penny. 3# 34 Spikes 4 16 Spikes. 4)4 12 Spikes...... 5 Spikes . 6 7 From this table an estimate of quan­ tity and suitable sizes for any job can be easily made. THE Rev. Dr. Field, Bishop of the Church of England in Newfoundland, is dead. He was Bishop for thirty-two years, and was distinguished for zeal and assiduity. He spent a lafgt, porfcip each year voyaging off the coast of foundland in the " Church Ship," ing his widely scattered flock " bays and inlets of its two thousan of coast line. He had also Labra Bermuda under his jurisdiction, his was the most extensive di world. THJ Bev. Dr. Cuyler sa; pulpii is more influential in than many other. / BELKNAP CASE, - *s Remarkable Testimony. ," " [Washington Cor. New York Tribune.] Mr. Carpenter had not recovered all his good nature since yesterday, but he was brighter, and in his nross-examina­ tion of Mr. Marsh he showed that he knew exactly what he would testify to. "i he testimony itself was most extraor­ dinary. It had previously been proven by the testimony of Mr. Marsh--no longer ago than yesterday--that the pay­ ment to Mr. Belknap began a month after Mr. Evans was appointed as post- trader at Fort Sill; that Evans at first paid $12,000 a year, and then $6,000 a year, royalty to Mr. Marsh for obtaining the appointment; that Mr. Marsh regu­ larly and fiom the first divided the amount equally with Gen. Belknap ; that the payment began a month after the ap­ pointment and continued until last Christmas, when the last money was paid by Mr. Marsh to Mrs. Belknap, by Gen. Belknap's special direction. In the light of his testimony yesterday, that given by Mr. Marsh to-day was most remarkable. He said he never agreed with anybody to pay Gen. Bel­ knap for his appointment, nor the ap­ pointment of Evans. He never had any arrangement with Gen. Belkn&p, never promised to pay him one-half the, or any, amount. He did pay Gen. Belknap half he received. He thought Gen. Belknap was induced almost wholly In making the appointment by his (Marsh's) kind­ ness to Mrs, Belknap and Mrs. Bowen in New York. During the diract examination of Mr. Marsh on yesterday, and the cross-ex­ amination by Mr. Carpenter to-day, it was evident certain points had been, fo some unknown cause, purposely omitted There seemed to be a hitch in the ex­ amination, and the managers and coun­ sel both appeared to be at a loss what next to do. At this point the Senators began to ask questions. Senator Mitch­ ell was the first, and his question went directly t© the mark: "Why did you ve Mr. Belknap half of all the money received from the Fort Sill transac- ? " To this question Mr. Carpenter OMI "* " ' Mr. a brunette. Ollie has a fair skin, aubnrn hair, and blue eyes. They can each converse with different persons on differ­ ent subjects at the same time, and are well informed and intelligent, THE KUMBEB NINE. T Curiosities and Mysteries of the Lut ||f the Nine Digits. ^ . {From the Ne# York Mail.1 v < In reply to our request for the forgot­ ten rule of proving addition or multipli­ cation by "casting out the 9's," we lia^e received several letters from San An­ tonio, Texas; Cape Vincent, N. YJ; Troy, N. Y.; Boston, and other placca The clearest explanation in case of mut tiplicaticm is by N. McG,, of Boston^ who says: I submit the following, which I re­ member to have seen in an old arith­ metic, some twenty years ago, and since! used by me to prove long sums in multi plication. I have often wondered why it should not be still in use, and finally made up my mind that it was because no one could explain why the process proved the accuracy of the work. Take the following example : 874W6 Multiplier 28*372 4 FEMALE BLONDIN. A Woman Walks Ar*ou NtegamFlS7} Tight Hope. [From the Buffalo Courier,] jftie Signorina Maria Spelterini is a genuine belle of the Campagna, the name being her own, as we are positively as- SlllWJ mirl ViAr naHnnolifrr - .,T u.uvj UCOUUU- ably Italian. The Signorina is not par­ ticularly sylphlike ; on the contrary she is quite what might be termed buxom, and physically able to hold her own in the battle of life. Saturday afternoon •this lady accomplished a feat which no woman had ever before esayed. This was no less an undertaking than the crossing of the gorge of Niagara on a tight rope stretched immediately over the point where the rapids boil most furiously, a couple of hundred feet beyond the rail­ road suspension bridge. At the point selected for the exhibition, the same at which the famous Blondin stretched his second rope, the fcorge is something more than eight hundred feet across, and the banks about two hundred feet above the seething water. It is one of the trnl,!nof i._ _j» it • muot biuuuimi jJUiteiOl fcliO rivet. Enclosures had been formed by rough board fences at either end of the rope on both the American and Canada sides, and m admission fee was charged, but on $he Dominion side an unruly mob tum­ bled down the fence and defied the toll collector. On the hither side quite a large number of spectators, both in car­ riages and on foot, who had gained ad­ mission by paying their honest fee of entrance* were assembled, but many preferred to view the novel and startling spectacle from the bridge. This might be considered hardly the fair thing, in consideration that the Signori­ na had been to an expense of $640 for her rope and guy-ropes alone. The rope, we may mention, is two and a quarter inches in diameter, of the best Manila, and weighs nearly a ton. It is held taut by 1,400 pon»-^s <* *uy ropes. The Signorina sorted on her perilous journey promptly at the advertised time, 4 o'clock. When those who went down by tbM train arrived inside the enclosure they saw a glistening figure far oufcupon T} . " tho straight and narrow way," <md idersT differ, re" i with steady, measured steps progressing Our corretmeai^L*or BclSte' 1 The • lady was attired with green bus- >uld any 9 occur in the added, cast it out," There 3ion for that--it comes out, when the sum is divided by 9. " 5ld phrase, "casting out the more elaborately explained by kT , of Troy. He gives a sum proceeding as follows : s 11--9 and 2 over; 9 and 8 are 10-- L over; 1 and 6 are 7 and 5 are IS-- \ remain. ist oat same--3 remain. |t out same--0 remain. ^out Banie--0 remain. \out same--4 remain. But same--4 remain. 1748752 6120632 3633128 8479504 6905008 1748743 248648051873 Add together all the figures in the multiplicand and you get 35; divide this by 9, and it goes three times and leaves 8 over ; put this remainder aside. Add in the same way the figures in the mul­ tiplier and you get 26, which is tVice 9 and 8 over. Put this 8 remainder under the other 8 remainder. Now add the figures of the product, and you get 55. Divide this by 9, and set the remainder (which is 1) at the right of the two 8s. Now multiply the 8s--eight times 8 is 64 ; divide by 9--seven times 9 is 68-- remainder 1. If this remainder is the same as the remainder from the product, you may be sure the multiplication and addition are correct. That is the case in ; 'TfLLINOia ITEMS. til# |ut same--5 remaio* m of remainders, ex- auswer--4 and 4 are 3 are 14 ; throw out kinder is 5 ; that sum Itr from the product trect. i 4 (lave Traffic. [indon Times.] iie to the despiarate jig and arming 80,- roughout the em- ioi do much as as brigands, ^ of insurrec- "of a general is. Hie awful lars, and es- rhave been ear­ ns an earnest of lend the Gov- m its straits. I sources during fthe distressing re- children were sold ^Circassian captors. A banker at Pera, whose lenticfn, has, for humano tilt four such captives, of with #view to rescue them from fcte which awaited them iu the hands rkish purchasers. I am informed I many of the Pashas and Beys are ?lying .their harems with servants this source, and that at Adrianople I trade is carjsjd oil with little, if any, apt at concealment. You "re aware ;thci Circassians have alvmys been [are in the habit of bringiug up their 'ren to stock the harems of wealthy sulmans. No wonder |f, together their own, they offer tpf the highest lere the young creature^ they have 1 in tne ravage! villages of the tans, I ̂ have been assured that a Bulgarian refugee recognized his child in the hands of a Circassian ^dealer, and upon claiming it before authorities his claim was rejected on |unt of the absence of Mussulman asse ) establishing hi9 paternity--- idoubtedly many o! the magis- , in spite of all die sovereign stiil refute or disregard Christian lony. ^-- An Irreconcilable SMrage. |;ting Bull, the leader of\ the hostile lias, since 1856 been in constant Ifcssixe hostility to all the United He has never signed any of the lies which some of his owiibsmd have jnized, and in every case has abso r stood out against any measure tend- recognize the power of tlie United fs Government, and has refused to set those agencies which are striving [vilize and feed the Indians. Sitting was the leader of the Minnesota ire, and has been the author of the ler of countless frontiersmen^ >HN A. MORROW, more familiarly vii as Jack Morrow, died a few days it Omaha, after an illness of 3ii weeks, of consumption, aged 46. pas known as "the iron man of the He resided on the frontier jity years, but the last six years had [ems permanent residence at Omaha, one time he was very wealthy. He | leaves a handsome property, besides insurance on his life. None of |old Western ranchmen are better than he. His life has been full I ventures and daring deeds. He [honorable in his dealings and was pec ted by all who knew him best. I WELL, you know, Bobby, your eye's inflamed ; you can't go out with ly Brown till that speck of dust's of it I" Bobbv (anxious to be off) ; I'm all right--f know it's out now ; stly) I--I think I heard it fall!" Mn», tights of the color nature gives the cuticle of the Caucassian race, a tunic of iet, and shining greon bodice. Her --as covered only by its luxuriant at mffiwLd V>rowu hair. Bands • river played inspiring the foVm of^^^^U1!!^^ now passing up the aseen| to the further shore. A few smre secohdso! intense interest, at least to those who were look­ ers on, and she sttpd on the shining shore of Her Majesty dominion. The accomplishment of Su# passage was the signal far applause fromHioUi banks and tho bridge. Then they w&ite^ proba­ bly ten minutes. At the expiation of that time the Signorina appcureu, (fi­ ance pole in hand, and, stepping %htly upon the rope, began the return jouStey. Steadily she came across the long liW stopping at the center to rest upon on5| knee, then, again stepping forward with measured and steady tread. When with­ in a few rods of the final destination, she stood immovable for a moment in stat­ uesque pose, while an enterprising pho­ tographer secured her presentment. Then she traversed the remaining dis­ tance until safe again on terra tirma, and thus the exhibition of the day wae closed. ing a good business, and it remained fof a thoughtless newspaper man inadvar* ; tently to cause the little soiree to oome ,* to an abrupt end. - * - . .'"III -y BY «I~e upsetting of a boat in Liang1" ' _ lake, five miles'below Peoria, last ITri-s*«• day, Thomas Tomliason and Josephf Taylor were thrown into the water. Tay- ^ lor swam to the shore, but Tomlinson^* * * * was drowned. He leaves a wife madfrj.* i ? child. He was about 48 yean old and a* <• * , * laborer. ' : T; < [ A SAD accident occn rred at Grand Tower,^ ' Jackson county, one afternoon recently, T' . t lesuluug iu the accidental shooting of a * * boy named James Vastine. He was fix- hag a revolver, when, by some accident, * »' it was discharged in his hand. The ball £ struck and lodged in his left side belowi . k" the third rib. He exclaimed, "lam?, ^ ^ ( shot!" and ftil dead. Jlis father, John* "" f Vastine, is an old citizen of that place. >M' * ON Wednesday of last week, a terrible mower accident happened on a farrr. miles southeast of Pekin. A little girL ; ; * 13 years of age, daughter of H. Bolin. • '- was standing in front of the sickle, when; ' - the team became frightened and started1 v to run, throwing down .the unfortunate^ ' ^ _ girl, cutting off her left arm, one of her • ^ / ears, deeply gashing her thigh, and in- x fiicting internal injuries which she cm- F not possibly survive. MABTOC BRIVER, a quarryman, while/,' 2: ' i n a d r u n k e n c o n d i t i o n , a t t e m p t e d t o ̂ ^ ^ ^ ' cross a bridge over the Kickapoo creek, ^ ^ near Peoria, one night last week, but * M V" was run over and killed bv n® e^nmon train on the Chicago, Buriington "and Qmucy. His head and arms were cut * ^ •„ L' off at the shoulders, and his legs at the ^ f- thigh. His skull was crushed in and his ***** remains were strewn under the bridge ' and over the track for a long distance. He was about 45 years old, and leaves only a young boy about 10 years old. DANIEL O'LKARY, the Chicago pedes- ,,a t tnan has returned from his California tour looking extremely well and hearty. *f>' ! f He intends to sail for England shortly to tread the ground of Weston's failures and show the Britishers the best style of , , 4merioan pedestrianism. Some time ' • - Tat beat minufl four < has # The New Postmaster General. James N. Tyner, the newly-appointed Postmaster Generai, was born at Brook- ville, Ind., Jan. 17, 1826. He received a good common-school education, and upon reaching manhood studied law and began its practice as a profession. He took part in political contests in Indiana while yet a young man, and at tho age of 81 was elected in 1857 Secretary of the Indiana Senate. He served in this office for the three following sessions of the Senate, and was chosen a Presidential Elector in 1860. From 1861 to 1866 he acted as a special agent of the Postoffice Department. In 1868 the Hon. D. D. Pratt wad elected a member of the Forty-first Congress from the Eighth Congressional District of Indiana,but was subsequently eltJwOd a United States Senator by the State Legislature. A special election was held to fill the vacancy, and Mr. Tyner was elected on the ^Republican ticket. He was also elected a member of the Forty-second and of the Forty- third Congresses. In the Forty-third Con­ gress he was a member of the important "Committee on Appropriations." In the fall of 1874 he was not nominated by his party as a candidate for the Forty- fourth Congress. A strange Man. A singular man was the Bishop of Ha­ vana, whose death is just announced by telegraph. The dispatch tells us that this Bishop had to be buried by public subscription, as he left nothing, having given all his possessions t»l the poor. Queer, was it not ? Some people will say he was a very foolish man. He had Elenty of chances to make money, which e might have put out at interest until it grew to a fortune. He had a good salary, which he might have hoarded up, and by which he might have enriched his heirs. But, instead of doing any of these things, this singular Bishop had given all his possessions to the poor, not leaving even enough to pay the expenses of his funeral. He died of the vomito, which is raging in Havana. He did' not run away from the city because the vom­ ito raged in it, but remained there for the sake of his flock who were falling victims to it. Some people will say that this clergyman ought to have looked after himself; but, alas! he neglected his own interests in every way. Hardships of Pvlson-LIfe# ̂ (St. Louis Cor. Cincinnati Commercisl^r > - A somewhat remarkable occurrence took place to-day near the oountv jail in this city. William McKee and Constan­ tino Maguire, Government prisoners, undergoing sentence of confinement, were visited about 6 o'clock in the evening by a friend named Heller, who M one of the Judges of the County Court, who invited the prisoners out for a drink, and out they came. Crossing the street, the two entered a spacious saloon and called for liquor. They called again for drink, and soon began to make merry in high style. Mean­ while a curious crowd began to assemble, i the saloon became crowded and was do- any feat rub, Dan, I be lc challtj four endc whic raneeI is coi FaiiH the f] The atOtt in the imtne cross and i lingt conve and i aesu itora.| nob affor do a the ! au welhl sout a i esse tio; and be H , regulat rates. Persons prefc a jUoniJ will find a committee to direct thetn to private families, prepared to entertain them. To such m desire to attend the fUr and etmp Out uiuiiig iiiu Btuiw, Qiuuuic j)ift6€S Will uv u°- sigooti, free of cost by applying to the snper- inteudent of the grounds. Steam railway communication between toe fair grounds and the city. The premium list hae been carefully revised, botli for the fair and winter meeting, 1877. The attention of agricultural boards and horttp,*. cultural associations is particularly invited the liberal premiums offered for display a at Dab • winter meeting. Tho regular biennial election for members of the State Board wiy be held on Wednesday, Sept. 0, on the fair grounds. At this election ; each county is entitled to three votes, to be cast by delegates to be chosen by the County, Union, or District Agricultural Board, when one exists, otherwise by the Baard of Huperri- sore or Comity Board, as the case may be. Editors and reporters will report to the Su­ perintendent of the Press Department, who will extend the usual courtesies, and assist them in gaining such iu formation as will be of interest to the public. A cordial invitation to attend this fair is ex­ tended to representatives of kindred State or­ ganizations, and they are requested to report themselves to the Reception Committee, tint they may receive suitable attention. A package of this premium list will be sent to each Agricultural Board and society in tba State. In the counties having no agricultural organization, tl̂ ey will be sent to the County Clerks. Copies of the list may be had upon peieona! application to any member of the board, or by addressing the undersigned, at Springfield. ;s. D. FISHKK, Secretary State Board of Agriculture. • A MAN in Troy, N. Y., a few days ago caught some boys bathing in a pond an his premises, and seizing the clothing of the lads hid it. The boys apparently took no notice of the man, but after a little while they managed to surround him, and getting him away from the clothes pushed him into the pond, nearly drowning him before he was rescued. FATHER JULY, of Stevens Point, Wis., lost a valuable mare in a peculiar manner. While driving along the road he heard a strange sound, as of running water. Ijooking at his mare he found her bleed­ ing to death from a wound made by a sharp stick in her side. It is supposed she stepped on the stick and that it Amti up and pierced her body. IT was rather annoying, to say the least, when the new clerk of a Boston merchant, who had just been initiated into the mysteries of the trade-mark, inquired in a loud voice, as a customer demurred to the price, "What shall I sell this for ? It is marked $4.50, and cost 50 cents."--Boston Advertiser. J