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mm m Jttrirnrt! flaindcaler. J. VIlN SLYKE, PUBUWKIU ,i McHENRT, ILLINOIS. LI" -- THE HEWS CQffDEKSEP. THB KABT. - IT I« proposM to fonn a rtwl wnptay In Philadelphia and parehaaa tfce !5ain Expow- tfcn building, to be devoted to faiurfe exhibi Hong. The cost will be abont #500,000. A public meeting baa been held kbA a committee 5f organization end an eaeeot&ve committee Sinomtwd... ,Or»e f.bniit aw** ^rhrsei: .in the iope of the Do)aware, .Ladkawaona ana West­ ern Railway Cwiroany, at Amnion, Pa,, are a strike, in «ou»eq'jiertce -«T a reduction of f0 per cent, of the.r wages TLe ecgine, iaggacc-car, eenokin^-car, «wi one paseenger- Car of the passenger train 'ooucd west were thrown from the track on the Erie railroad near Qeneeee% N. ¥., last "roek, by utrikinfj a boite. Th* engineer, Olaife, was killed, «od the fireman, brakemaaaBt a tramp were btdly *r.irrpd. tSiree paaeengva were slightly ta- tOMd. A TDSHEU. holcciTist" eccnrred at New York • one day last week,involves? the lives of fire <per- *' tons, a»& will probablycKsao.lt in the d«eth of twoothare. The Bremen packet ship Furopa, which' IOT several FEARS lias been engaged W • the kerosene earning trade between «t»e Uni­ ted States And Geraaanv, w&3 placed on a large -balanee-clock at. the to*. or Itatgers "street, tor the rerpose of roceivix^ a general overtiming. A larye foroe o: ealkerB, ehip-oaii«> ters "and blacksmiths were pot to work. A Ship-carpenter named. John Gasey ' • atrncfr a match for tho purpose of lighting his pipe, and then carelessly threw tlxs burning matt'h to the floor. A. large pile of estate-was close bv, and the ssatch falling in 6 thread of heap, get the pile on Are, Oaeey, m end««m)r- ing to smother tha'-' ames, was BO badly burned that his life i« despaired of. The flooring of the vessel having feecome saturated with kero­ sene. benzine and other highly inflaaaaable : liquids, in a sscKsent canght fire, awl the flames spread wit'i lightning rapidity. In a second the entire hold, from stem to stern, was a mass of flames, which gained constantly. •;John Sever, another workman, resMfcig in Brooklyn, was badly burned, Imt the woret - was vet to come. Numerous workmen in the • bold"of the ship were shut off from. air,, and as • though they had been in a tab filied with • fire. Several of their number, who were at work • Rmidship. wereocrapletely surrounded oydames, and those who were not in the midst of the " flames were exposed to the deadly fumes which arose from toe-fire. The firemen were prompt­ ly on hand and succeeded in extinguishing the flames in ahoct half an honr. A nrmber of workmen were then discovered to be mi ssing, and a search revealed the dead bodies of five men. Another was BO badly bunad that he cannot recover. WHILE three loaded care were being hoisted from the siojw of the Middle Lehigh colliery, at New Boston,' Pa., a few days ago, the rope broke, and the ears ran rapidly to the bottom. Four miners named William Backus, Joe IWknr, Thonae Jones and Ed. 'N&uss were Mailed. JOHN FITC* CLEVELAND, for mare &an thirty years a valued and esteemed member of the editorial staff of the New York Tr&vine, died last week. Tbe primary canse of his death was disease of the heart, which was fol-ovred in the latter portion of his sickness by am en tiro sus­ pension of tbe circulation in his lower limbs. He had been ill cbout five weeks, but bis ease was only pronounced hopeless a fe*v days be­ fore iiifi death. ..Pat Maguire, of Mount ' Vernon, N. Y.. during a quarrel with his wife, - charged he~ with infidelity, and seising theh.- children, one e.facr another, exoiahned, &b he dashed them to the floor: "This is not mine!" One of the children has died froir. the injuries and the others are in a ̂ pnoarioac <-oemdition. THE entire In mUmim p N: Y., was burned last week. Tbe Roeaee are • over $200,000. HOC WEST. THB Ute Indiana in Colorado and KowMioioo are reported to ha*3 assumed a hoetiieattitado to the whites, and an outbreak is said to be feared at any moacent. This news is rather disquieting, in vie* of the utter failnre of icur campaign against the Sioux, of whioh it is highly probable thg Jtes have learned by this time... .James W. Gilchrist, a farmer, while Jhoree-racing with taia brother-in-law, near Cal­ houn. Mo., was thrown off by the gisth break­ ing, Ms head striking a stomp near 'Ute read- side, breakmg his aask. Death enatwd almeet instantly. A COLLISION occumod last week oe the La­ fayette, Muncie and Bloomington cailrocd, about four miles east of Lafayette, Zn<L,4»e- • tween a stock train going east and a gravel train, resulting in the killing of A. J. Riddle, of Oxford, Ind., who wes in charge of the c&ttia I'm the train, and wae on the engine at the time • .of *'_.o colllaion. Beth jhcoraoiivca wero b&Sv* iSsmsged, cad nine head of cattle killed. NEWS taton Fort Fettazmam statee tkata HVY- r ^orrnnted. Tha kMB is #850,000; $220,000. THB steamboat Southern Belle was recently b irned on the Mississippi river, near Plaque- mine, La. The boat and cargo were totally destroyed, and several lives were lost. A NEW OBXJKAXS dispatch says that many lives were lost bx, the burning of the steam­ boat Southern Belle. Among those known to fes lost are William Von Pho!, Mr. Droee, Mies Fannie O'Connor, and another lady, all of Baton Rouge ; Mr. Franks, of Port Hudson ; Sir. Ling Frank, an employe; the steward and his crew ; Catholic priest, name unknown, from Bayou Sara; A, C. Griffith; George Thomas, chief steward, from Louis­ ville ;• Gus Davis; Hollonder Curtis; Boon Grifid, tender of the cabin, and fcouis Horn, texas tender. The four last- UMIIVU ju»spc« CVDRBCSRD IRD UTUIMOU, wliie Mr. Van Pt«l, Dr. O. Z. Griffith, and the priest are easd to have perished in the OcmeH At Mt. Washington, Ky., last Sun­ der, Sam Burket* (colored) entered an African church under tbe influence of liquor. William Barnep, an elder, asked him to leave, when Burkett answered: "You and your church oan go to hell.-* Barnes asked for a repetition of the remark, and receiving such, shot Bur­ kett through She heart, then escaping, wA8MINQTON. THE totsfi'^oinage at the mints dwiiig Sep- tamber was f7,000,000, including f4,500,AO* in gold coin, f590,00";" trade dollars..and S2.>000,- 000 8nfceid*ry silver The Comptroller of tho Cumtsry has called for report** from the national hsootks, showing their eoswiitteii at the close of fesiness on Monday, the ii?su THB tkirty-Bixth call for the redempMon df 5-20 fceeds of 1865, May and lSovember, pro­ vides fee their payment on aiid<after the'6ih of j Janaafy, 1877, upon which date interest will. c-eRse. The call is as follows-: Coupon bonds, *100, No. 12,401 to No. 17.000, both inclusive ; No. 19,001 to 22,100, both inclusive; SI.Qv?"., No. 46,851 to No. 53,1100, both inclu­ sive. Total coupon, $5,000/800.. Registered bonds, $50, No. 51 to No. 200, both inclusive ; $10€, No. 1,651 to No. 3,450, both inclusive ; f50O. No. 1,811 to No. 2,730, both inclusive ; •f l,0tO, No. 5,751 to No. 10,000, both inclusive ; $5,000, No. 2,901 to No. 4.150, botk inclusive ; $1, 000, No. 8,951 to No. 5,150, both inclusive. Total registered, $5,000,000 ; aggregate, $10,- 00f,000. QSmBOL. VK PASSENGER train on the Great Weetem rail- way of Canada ran off the track 'With fatal re- mtlta near Paris, Ont ̂a few days ago. The train rolled down a high embankment, the ksggKge car took fire, and in a very ehert time rfc, together with two passenger coaches, was consumed. Driver Cooper, fireman Irving, iaggageman Wright, exprese»meeeenger An­ drews, and a man supposed to be named Mc- rBride. in the ^mpSoy of Hendrie & Co., at Oetroit, and who was riding in the baggage carat the time of tbe accident, were killed. None of the passengers were hurt, beyond a few scatches. To PRESENT date, says a Bt. faul papor, near­ ly $11,000 have been received at the First National Bank of St. Paul in response to a circular to banks asking donations to the fund for the benefit of Mrs. Heywood, widow of the bank cashier killed bythe robbers atfNorthfield, and BO far responses have'been received from but one-tenth of tbe banks of the country. AT Hamilton, Canada, a few days ago, Francis M. Alden, a traveler from' the United Statee, met night-watchman Jeffersen, and accused him of stealing his baggage and rail­ way checks. An altercation ensued, and Alden fired five shots at Jefferson, three taking effect, one of which entered his back and came out at the right breast, and will prove fatal. The wounded man's deposition was taken, and Alden was arrested. FOBEKM. LATE news from Cuba is to the effect thkt the insurgents are beginning an aggressive campaign tha^ foreshadows trouble to the Spanish authorities the coming winter. There «ro Jbottvy d&BCj-tio««ttint)np- tha Spanish troop&. which are exposed to privations and misery, whilst a great many officers who -walk the streets af Havana appear to be living well. It is said that the Government intends not to harass the troops amy longer, but garrison all places, and use the soldiers to arrive from Spain to protect all estates during the next crop. This policy would only increase starva­ tion and strengthen the insurgents, whose cause would gain immensely by another fruit­ less winter campaign. A LONDON dispatch ef tbe 7th inst. aays: "LordDerby's dispatch to flir Henry Elliott regarding the Bulgarian atrocities was issued last night. The British Ambassador is directed to demand a personal audience with tho Sultan, communicate Baring's report, demand repara­ tion and justice, urge the immediate rebuilding of the houses and churches, provide for the restoration of the industries, and give assist­ ance to the persons who have 'been reduced to poverty." IT is stated that Russia has .offered Boa- mania absolute independence if Russian troops are allowed to march through Rouma­ nian territory... .In the present unsettled state of affairs in the republic of Mexico, the Con­ gress, now in session deem it amadvisable to hold the election which is soma in order for the choice of members of that body. They have, log party of twelve man and seven OK teams were attacked by a band of twenty or j however, deemed it necessary that the people^ Indian?, twenty-five milee from the above post, should be represented in Corvgiese assembled, badly wonting John *3fctens, wagonmaster, ™j^erefor? the simple and unique and killing <*neliorse. Two of th7 party, oat 8 ̂ te?m8 °f 8erS08 hunting, heard a war so^g, and hastened te i - tn *®9 J? continue in office , the train, whidi was immediately prepared to!Zl ZHL I nation may be defense. Fatr of the men started to find tbe i f t jnsk ,.he or- . Indians, whioh they did, ant made a lively K>- , mode. of choosmg Congressmen.... treat, hotly panned by Indians to within fifty • yards of the train, when eigla'. men sent a vol­ ley into the r«Js, who retreated to tbe shelter of the bluffs &si I commences!,- Sriiig upon t!»e < train, which waa at a disadvantage, and com- |>ell«i it to miKe 200 yards, aad the fight con­ tinued neariy fotJ hours. Tho number of reds killed was unknown. Two were seen to drop. The Indians shocked great courage, and were etrongly armed ja.ith Winchester and army rifles A fire at Cleveland, (i)tuo, last week, destroyed $250,©0G worth of property. A. im: named ktode, who was herding cattle near a rc.nche on Ob rseshoe E&.v»r, <forty miles iaorthwaat of Feci Tiaramie, wae reoently killed, scalped, and had his ears out off by .Indians At Beaver, Utah, a few days ago, .Judge Beieman passed sentence upou-John D. Lee for participatioafjxi the Mountain Meadow 'massacre eineteen years ago. In doing so he .called attention to tha atrocity of the<crime, the inability heretofore of the authorities to procure evi&snce thatci-e conspiracy,to murder ^W418 wideeprfead ; that he was finally offered up >aa a sacrifice to popular indignation, but that •others equaltj guilty la^ght hereafter expect punishment. The prisoner, having the right under the la^s of tlie Territory to choe-se •death by hanging, shooting or beheading, and liwring chosen to be shot. *?as sentenced to bs • «hot to death Jwl. 26, 1877. A ; « OXJ> robbeey was perpetrated ai£nov irUle) Iowa, one dty last we4u. At 7 o'clock in torn evening the Coznty Treasury was catered fej' two masked imm, who overpowered tbe Treasurer and witk drawn vevolvera forced liim to open tide sate. The waount t&k«.u is about Caot, Ben F, Hutchinson, for forty years one of £he most noted eteaai- lioetmen on the Western rivero, and during the patt tea years somewhat famous as a breeder of thoroughbred horses, died last week •( his residence near St. Louis, aged 70 yean. msoon. THE thfrty-finrt annual meeting of the NIR Uomi Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows (colored) b®ld at Memphis last week. Fatty-six Hei&gfciee were in attendance. A, n&t at Hooston, Texas, lact week; de- the entire block on the east ride of : street, between Preston and Congress. j the buildings destroyed were sc me of i handiiOftest business structures in tbe city. WmsUtru Union telegraph office was utid communication by telegraph was A telegram from Shanghai says an imperial • edict has been published expressing teg ret for Mr. Margary's murder, and affirming the right of foreigners to travel through the country, and to enjoy the protection of the authorities. An envoy with a letter of apology for the Yun nau outrage is to go to England at once Joveliar has resigned the Capt&in-Genecalship of Cuba. He is to be succeeded fcy >Gen. Martinez Campos. A "MADRID dispatch says: "Tbe draft is proceeding. Twenty four thousand soldiers for Cuba were drawn yesterday, without dis­ turbance. and these men will soon follow the 16.000 who are already on tueir way." AJI- othec large public meeting was held in London, on Monday, to consider the Eastern question. A letter from Gladstone was read, severely at­ tacking the administration for what he calls persisting in a policy condemned by the nation aud not supported by Parliament Hecr» ressc.v the oon'vtation that making Boshia, Herzego­ vina, and Bulgaria independent ef Ottomau will wouid end the controversy, but he declares he has exhausted all hope that the Government will see the true merits of the caae. lAgwiation of Ideas. Eddie, a eimp of 3} years, was sent to the corner store to get two wicks, but be got into the store minus a knowledge of what his mother wanted. The kind keeper, to helt> out the little fellow, who began to cry, Ixigan naujiFigt several ar­ ticle?, at last mentioned the herb thyme; •"That's it!" exclaimed he, " something about time. 1 fink Bhe told me to buy a fortnight!" "Why, my little man, afort- night is two weeks." " That's it!" ejac­ ulated the little messenger, in high i glee, " mamma told me to get two wicks --two lamp wicks."--Albany Journal. LORD LYTTON'S recent fall over an Indian precipice is described as a fright­ ful sight. He fell fully 100 feet before he was stopped by a tree. Strangely enough, he escaped without a scratch, was able to scramble up, mount another horse, and continue his ride as if noth­ ing had happened. The horse, too, was nearly unhurt, though the workmen had to cat him a road before he could be got up again. GUOD NEWS FOB THE FABXEBS. American Grain to be In Demand--De* flclencies In the European Cropa B*- pected to Prodnce a Brisk Kxport Move- mast at Fatr Prices. [From the New York Tribune.] Dispatches .from Iiondon have been received in this city stating that there will be a deficiency m the com supply of England, and that much interest is felt in the American crops of cereals. Much of the English wheat went into market in a damp condition, but drier weather has allowed the thrashing to proceed under better cireumstanoeB, Much attention is now given to the in­ gathering of Scottish grain crops, and nr\nai/?<ir?b'<o nninpfy in rpjmrrl tn thPTtt has been felt for some time. The con­ ditions under which the crops have been harvested have been unfavorable, and the publication of the agricultural re­ turns for 1875-6 has forced those inter­ ested in the matter to the conclusion that the United Kingdom will be more than usually dependent upon foreign im­ portation for her bread supply. The questions which arise from these facts are. whence is this sapply to com«; «wid hew will the demand affect the fall and wiater grain trade of the United States? Mr. Walker, statistician of the Pro­ duce Exchange, oo Tuesday furnished a Tribune reporter Hie following facts: Europe will demand from abroad a supply of 120,000,000 or 150,000,000 bushels of grain. The United Kingdom will need for the«ereal year, from Sept. 1, 1876, so Aug. m, 1877, an estimated supply of 104,000,000 bushels, includ­ ing her present stock and the anjbunt now in transit^ which are about 16,000,- 000 bushels; consequently 88,000,000 bushels must fee drawn from foreign sources. The following are the coun­ tries which usually import grain, with the amounts of the importation: Bel­ gium and Holland, about 12,000,000 bushels; France imports and exports, but her imports have exceeded her ex­ ports for the past few yeacs by from 10,000,000 to 30,000,009, depending upon the paucity or abundance of her own crop--gust what France will raise this year is not yet known; Switzerland takes 3,OOQjOOO or 4,000,000 bushels, which go by way of Marseilles; Italy wiil import more than usual, her south­ ern crop being light and her northern crop only an average one- Germany will also import more than msual, for her crop is folly 25 per cent, short. The rye crop all over Europe is undoubtedly very short, and this fact will also increase the demand for wheat. The countries whose grain crops ex­ ceed thek necessities, "with the amounts which tfeey furnish, are as follows : Rus­ sia's supply for export is from 30,000,000 to 70,000,000 bushels. 'Her average ex­ portation to all foreign countries for the past ten years has been about 50,000,000, of which the United Kingdom has taken 20,000,60®, and the other European countries 80,000,(MX). Her crop this year in the north is estimated to be 70 per cent, short; Russian Poland and Central and Southern Russia will fur­ nish an average crop, in the vicinity of the sea of Azov, and in the Crimea, the crop is short. The countries which will be called upon to supply the deficiencies of Europe will be Chili, which will fur­ nish 4,000*000 or 5,000,000 bushels; the United States, 70,00§9000; Australia, 3,000,000; British India, 5,0M(TOQj; Austria and Hungary, 8,000?000; and Russia, .50,000,000. The total supply from these countries amounts to 141,- 000,000 bushels, and the United States, therefore, wall have a <wery fair oppor­ tunity to push the surplus of the crops to market, but the demand will not jus­ tify exceedingly high prices. These in­ ferences from the statistics are support­ ed by tbe opinions of prominent dealers in wheat aad flour, exporters, and ship­ ping agents of this city, whose conclu­ sions in the matter have been drawn from different sources. .4 Hard Breakfast. . In ante bellum days an old fellow named Thompson kept a hotel in Atlanta, of whose quiet humor and frolic many stories are told. But once Thompson allowed himself, as he afterwards said, to be caught napping. At all events he met more thaa his match. A wayfarer called very late for his breakfast. The meal was hurriedly pre­ pared from leavings not over abundant. Thompson, feeling that the meal was not quite what it should be for a public house, made all sorts of apologies in an indirect and roundabout way ; but the guest paid no attention. He plied his knife and fork in silence, not intimating in the remotest manner that he recog­ nized the presence of the host. This apparently sulky demeanor vexed the landlord, and, probably smarting under the knowledge that his table was not a credit to bis house, he allowed himself to become exasperated. In his wrath he stuck his thumbs into the arm-holes of his vest, and, swelling himself to his utirost proportions, he exclaimed : " Now look here, stranger, confound me if 1 hain't made all the apolo§y necessary--and more, too, considering' the breakfast, and who's eating it. If you don't like my ways you can leave. Perhaps you don't like your breakfast ? Let me tell you, I've seen victuals of worse quality, worse cooked, and worse served, enough sight." The wayfarer laid down his knife and fork, wiped his lips with his bandana, and, looking benignly and blandly, he said : " You've seen it, landlord ?" "Yes, I have--many times." "Well, I'm blamed, old hoss, if you hain't out-traveled me!" It cost Thompson something to get out of that across the continent was commenced several years ago. On the Atlantic ooast the starting point was on the Chesapeake, and the tnangulation is completed to Harper's Ferry, and from the latter point a special reconnoisance has bgen made to the Ohio river, striking it on the thirty-ninth parallel. Coming east from the Pacific coast, Prof, Davidson, of the Ooast Survey, is in charge of the tri- angulation from a point above San Fran­ cisco to the Sierra Nevadas. Some three or four years ago 'the survey was started at St. Louis, working both ways to join the work from the East and West-- St. L&UM Republican. K WALLOWS HOBBOB. Measuring the Continent, Mr. George F. Fairchild, of the Uni­ ted States Coast Survey, is engaged in a transcontinental triangulation. The ob­ ject of this survey is to determine the lengtti of the thirty-ninth parallel from the Atlantic to tne Pacific poast, and which will connect the surveys of the two coast lines. It will also furnish ad ditional data for determining the shape of the earth's surface, and then all these triangulation points will give accurate data for the surveys of the different States. This will be the longest triangu­ lation ever made in any country, the dis­ tance being some 3,000 miles. Eleven measurements of degrees, for determina­ tion of the curvature of the earth's sur­ face have been made bv other countries, of which nine only belong to the pres­ ent century. The present triangulation Sickening Scene at the Execution ot Fran- cta Spt, at Coahootoa, O. The Cincinnati Enquirer thus de­ scribes the terrible scene which occurred during the execution of Francis Ept at Coshocton, O., for the murder of Abra­ ham Werfheimer: The next moment the fatal cap shut out daylight forever from the vision of the murderer, and a second later the trap was sprung and Francis Ept was dangling in the air. All held their breath for a moment; some, faint at heart, turned their faces away from the ghastly sight. Just then a low moan was heard issuing from Ept's breast, and soon his piercing cries of anguish filled the air. The noose slipped around in such a manner that its knot was over the hanging man's chin, and, the fall not having broken his neck, but merely for a moment stunned hint, he was now, amid the agony of death, crying for re­ lief. "Let me go, let me go!" he shouted in German. " Oh, have mercy on me, oh, have mercy on me!" " Oh God, the Father, haWTmercy on me!" "Oh, let me go, let me go!" "Oh, Mother of God, help me!" "Father Ep- ping, cut the rope and let me go!" Cries of horror sprang from the audi­ ence, while the Sheriffs and Father Ep- ping ran to the edge of the scaffold plat­ form. "Shoot him and put him out of his misery," suggested a bystander. "Oh, shoot me, snoot mo!" ejaculated Ept, who was now fully sensible; "I was ten years a soldier; shoot me, and don't hang me like a dog." " Pull him up!" said one of the Sheriffs. Two strong men seized hold of the rope and dragged the dangling victim, hand over hand, to the platform. Here he was placed in a chair, while his cries, moans and pleas for mercy would have melted a heart of stone. "Courage, my son," said Father Epping, " think of the suf­ ferings of our Redeemer, and be a man.' "Oh, Father Epping, for God's sake cut the rope and save me," prayed the quivering wretcli. Thus he cried until the trap had been readjusted, and then he was again lifted on to it. Now his nerves were unstrung, as %ell they might be, and he was almost m limp as a rag. He never ceased begging for mercy, and in the midst of one of his cries the trap was sprung, and this time the work was effectively done. All About Hold. A cubic foot of pure gold weighs 1,218.75 pounds avoirdupois; a cubic foot of pure silver weighs 626.25 pounds avoirdupois. One million dol­ lars gold coin weighs 3,658.8 pounds avoirdupois; one million dollars silver coin weighs 58,925.8 avoidupois ̂ If there is 1 per cent, of gold or silver in one ton of ore, hit contains 291.63 ounces troy, of either of these metals. The average fineness of the Colorado gold is 781 in 1,000 and the natural al­ loy; gold 781, silver 209; copper 10; total, 1,000. The calculations at the mint are made on the basis that 43 ounces of standard gold, or 900 fine (coin), is worth $800, and 11 ounces of silver 900 fine (coin), is worth $12.80. One ton (1,000 pounds avoirdupois) of gold or silver contains 29,163 troy ounces, and therefore the value of a ton of pure gold is $603,799.21, and a ton of silver, $37,704.84. THE EASTERN QCE8TI0H. A Brief but Comprehenalve Statement of the Situation. [From the Chicago Tribune, Oct. II.] The Vienna correspondent of the Lon­ don Times gives the details of the Eng­ lish proposals reoently laid before the Porte, which it will be remembered had previously received the genera! absent of the other powers. The proposals are classed under three heads. The first demands the status quo ante-bellum, "toughly," for Servia and Montenegro. The word "roughly " was inserted so as to allow of modifications or discussions of questions of secondary importance, such as some kind of formal satisfaction from Turkey for the invasion of Servia. and some ' rectification of the fron­ tier of Montenegro, suoh as Russia would be likely to demand. The second point proposes the signing of a protocol with the representatives of the powers in Constantinople by which the Pftrte would give Bosnia and Herzegovina a system of local government that would give the population of those provinces control over their own local affairs and A Maine Man's Freak. For a sensation of the serio-comic or­ der, the town of Saco, Me., is now pre­ pared to furnish an excellent illustra­ tion. A young man belonging to the United States navy returned home one day last week, and, before meeting his wife, learned that she was about to go to the Centennial Exhibition with another man. He immediately olackened a spot on his breast soft coal, pierced a vein till it bled, proceeded to the house with a revolver in his hand, entered the family room with his bleeding breast exposed, discharged a revolver under his arm and fell to the floor as if dead. There was great. con­ sternation in the household for a few moments, which was then followed by a storm of indignation at the fright the man had caused. Hard Times In Germany# A European correspondent writes: " Great hardship^ and suffering are re­ ported from the Rhine. With the close of summer the chances of employment have rapidly diminished, and great num­ bers of laborers are reduced to extreme necessity. The situation threatens to be even worse than that of last winter. One House of Correction at Brauweiler has 800 inmates, including 500 men. Most of these were arrested for trifling thefts, often of the barest necessities of life ; and if they are released they at once repeat the offenses. Similar stories come from all otlu r parts of Germany." Loves Dogs Better than Mem Ida Lewis now has the charge of the Lime Rock Lighthouse, and lives there with her mother and her dogs. She has not much regard for the tyrant sex, al­ though she has saved so many from drowning. When complimented upon the walls of her house, which she tinted herself, she said: " The Government gives us men to do this, but we'd have to board them, and I'd rather do any­ thing in the w6rld than have men in the lighthouse ; I like dogs better." And she patted affectionately an immense Newfoundland, and glanced lovingly at her pet terrier. FKBTELK. --Young oysters oome out of their shells with a temporary swimming apparatus, which enables them to float and search a solid body, to which they nan attach themselves. The number of young oysters expelled at each period of breeding from tne mantle of a single mother amounts to from one to two millicftis. guarantees sgainst the sxereisc of arbi­ trary power. The third proposal relates to Bulgaria, and provides that the same guarantees against maladministration shall be given that province. These points, sent to the English Minister by Lord Derby, are, it will be seen, iden­ tical with those proposed by Mr. Glad­ stone in his pamphlet upon the Bulga­ rian atrocities, and indicate that tne Tory Government, rather than lose its power, has retreated from its former position, and yielded to the popular pressure of the power behind the throne. Although the powers have given their assent to these three propositions, it is by no means certain that they will secure peace or Settle the distracting questions at issue. The proposals are not a formal treaty, but only the basis for a treaty, like those of Villafranca and Versailles, which admits of discussion. Turkey has not yet signified her acceptance of them, although three or four weeks have elapsed since they were presented, and in the interim England Is calling for a conference of the powers. A difficulty has alreadu arisen with regard to the conference. Russia, England, Italy, France and Austria have given their consent to the conference. Germany is ominously silent. Russia demands that Turkey shall not be admitted to the conference, while Austria demands that all the signatory power?, which would include Turkey, Servia and Montenegro, shall be present. Another complication threatens in the future also. If Turkey refuses the English proposals, Russia and England might agree upon some plan of military occu­ pation, but Germany has joined Austria in refusing the proposal of occupation. Meanwhile, Russia, acting upon the as­ sumption that there can be no peace, is continuing her military preparations. In view ot these preparations; there is a panic on the St. Petersburg Exchange. The reserves have been forbidden to leave their places of residence, and Ron- mania has been offered absolute inde­ pendence if Russian troops are allowed to march through its territory. If these signs mean anything, they mean that Russia either believes war will be inev­ itable or is bound to force a "var. A very few days must tell the story. .-.i The Missouri Bandits. Tbe James and Younger brothers--the Missouri bandits--are the relics of the once-famoms, or infamous, Quantrell band of border ruffians. For years these " boys" have ravaged and plundered throughout the Southwest without let or hindrance, .but venturing too far North, recently, were checked in their career in Minnesota, for the first time. They have robbed express companies, railroad taains, banks, fair grounds, and indi­ viduals for the past ten years of an aggregate sum of probably one-quarter of a million of dollars, and had come to suppose their " facilities" for making money as endless, until they struck the people of Minnesota and got struck back. The Younger brothers and four of their assistants have been either cap tured or killed, and the only pity is that tho two James brothers should have been permitted to cscape and return to Missouri. The men now in jail at Fari­ bault will be tried and sent to prison, probably for life, as the laws of Minne­ sota permit the deepest-dyed murderer to escape the death-penalty by pleading guilty, and the rest of the robbers, now safe in Missouri, will doubtless confine any further operations to the borders of civilization. A Carious Apple Tree. There is growing in Pohuck, Vernon township, Sussex county, an apple tree which bears both sour and sweet apples. Not only this, but sour and sweet apples grow on the same limbs, and some of the apples are both sour and sweet. One n«.n pick an apple and find it intensely sour, then pick another from next to it, and find it extremely sweet; still another can be picked from the same limb, and both be sour and sweet--one-half sweet and the other sour. Over a quarter of a century ago, one William Babb, now de­ ceased, in experimenting, took a bud from an apple tree which bore green­ ings and another from a tree which bore sweet apples. Cutting them in half, he placed the sour and sweet halves to­ gether, and, budding them to uie tree, the above has been the result. Some of the apples are entirely green in color, while others have a yellowish cast.-- Newark Advertiser. Beaeonsfleld. Curious persons generally wish to know what the late Mr. Disraeli's table, Earl of Beaeonsfleld, means. Beacons- field was the former home of the English poet Waller and of the Irish statesman Edmund Burke. It was once a splendid place, but the house in which the poet and the statesman lived is destroyed; yet it is not unattractive as a country seat, and bears a noted name to this day. The aristocratic snobs, bent on ruining their language, call the place " Beckons- fleld," as they say Darby instead of Derby. ... Cons YOUNQKB, one of the captured bandits in Minnesota, writes from prison to an inquiring correspondent as follows: "Dearciir-- I am proud to say to you we were raised by Religious Parents, and attended Sunday school regular in our Boyhood, and 1 ha«l charge of a bible class while in Texas, at Seyene, Dallas County. I have always respected Christianity. I have known the right and endorse it. I condemn the rong„ but yet the rong pursued." This same canting cut-throat said to a visitor, " I love flowers because those I love doJ* A HOTEL SWIMMING MATCH. Am Englishman Swims Against m-Bog %r swatl Low ii the Kaea, [Fr£h the London Sportsman.] Such a match as that oontended at Uie Welsh Harp, Hen don, on Saturday last, is, we believe, without precedent. Cer­ tainly, in reeent years, nothing of the kind has been chronicled, and, therefore, the issue afforded the greater surprise, restating, as it did, in the defeat of the man. Thai, a dog eouid compete with any chance of success against a moder­ ately good swimmer many were loth to believe, and, although conceded a start Qii this occasion, the almost unanimous feeling was with the biped. In fact, it was generally considered a "good thing" for Parker, who, as a professional swimmer, has taken very high honors and is at the present time teaching the art of natation * at both the Peekham and Kennington Th« Mucins stipulated that Par­ ker should concede to the dog a start of thirty seconds in half a mile, the time to count from the moment the dog entered the water and not from any signal ten­ dered by the starter. Mr. Ef.de hag named his dog "Now Then," and he tells a very interesting story of the manner in which he first discovered the powerful merits of his animal in water. It appears from his account that being some distance off Margate in a boat, accompanied by the dog. he un­ fortunately lost his two sculls, and how to reach the shore he was at a loss to know for some time, until the bright idea struck him of utilizing the animal. This he did by means of a ̂ pocket hand­ kerchief, which he attached to the collar of " Now Then," wno was known to re­ trieve well in water, and, as a means of keeping him in the right direction, his owner cut the stretcher up into numer­ ous pieces and so threw them just ahead of the dog, who, being thus encouraged on his way, successfully towed the boat ashore. "Now Then," a half-breed re­ triever, is black, and shows remarkable strength in the forearm, while his paws, when spread, are unusually largp, and in swimming the whole of his back is visi­ ble. A straight half-mile had been marked out with flags denoting the course, and at a few minutes past 6 the dog leaped off the punt. Hisowaer, lean­ ing over the stern of a skiff which pre­ ceded the animal, enticed him with cooked liver, and in the half-minute allowed he traveled nearly forty yards, the speed with which he propelled him­ self being particularly noticeable. Par­ ker slightly reduced the gap in 300 yards, but, keeping a beautifully straight course the dog began now to positively draw away, and, to the chagrin of the swim­ mer's backers, at the end of about 450 yards the dog was seventy ahead. After this Parker eased, and never again went at top speed to the end of the journey,, the dog thus winning very easily in fourteen minutes and three seconds. . Heroic Treatment. A poor factory operative reoently had his leg amputated at the Manchester, (Mass.) Infirmary, and during the opera­ tion lost so much blood that the attend­ ing surgeon gave it as his opinion that 4 nothing but ftn infusion of Mood could save him. Thereupon one of the stu­ dents volunteered to be bled, and twen­ ty-five ounces of blood were taken from Ms veins and transfused into the dying man, and at last accounts both were do­ ing welL NOT GENUINE.--Dignity, unless genu­ ine, and resting on a firm basis, becomes not only a mockery, but also a farce. It makes him who counterfeits it as hid­ eous as the one who feigns great wealth by decking himself in tinsel and cut- glass, and believing that men will pro­ nounce them gold and diamonds/ The world is quick sighted, and sees charac­ ter and merits through the flimsy soil of conceit and pretense. THERE has been an interesting in­ quiry in Paris lately as to whioh trees stand town life best, and it is decided that boyond all question no tree is so good for urban wants as the plane. The same verdict is returned in London. Smoke does not seem to affect them, and few finer specimens of this graceful aqd umbrageous tree can be seen than those in Berkeley square in that city. 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