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8Cht Pfltnrg §lamdtaler. J. VAN SLTKS, Fnunn. MOHENRT, ILLINOIS. TH£ NEWS CONDENSED. " V - TBI KAS*. A TBVBii explosion, attended with fright- (l) low of life ud property, occurred in the iron mill of Zug A Oo.. at Pittsburgh, P», ]*at week. A bsttery of three large boiler* in the nail mill of the firm buret, the terrible force of the oonoussioii lifting the roof and fiYfruk of almost that entire building many feet into the air, and dropping it, mere it wm crashed and broken upon the machinery be­ low, until the whole was converted into pieoee the majority of which were email enough, for the purpose of kindling-wood, The force Of th* ATTilnriinir mmr WM ho jrmnt, and seems to have"be«n eo evenly distributed all parte of the boilers, that they i broken into hundreds of pieces. One of was carried across the river to Allegheny. Another large pieoe, going in the same direc­ tion, dashed through the roof of the muok mill on the opposite ride of the street, tearing down two of the furnaoes, snapping giant timbers like splinters, and breaking down tbe huge crane which is used to lift tons of iron and HMtaL Th© foiling furnaces ignited the mill, and it wm partly consumed before the flames ooaM be chested!. Fire nail machines sstssJ maaj a life. Had the mill been as open as an ordinary rolling-mill, it does not seem possible that a single one of the inmates would have escaped with his lite. There were employed in the tnilim, si the time of the accidert about 300 persona, Of these, 150 werfcefl in the nail department, where the explosion took place. ' The scene presented was ona of Agony and despair. The fidnity was transforaeed into a hospital and charnel-house, where charred and mutilated remains were brought. The shrieks Of some off the wounded were fearful, Four­ teen were killed almost instantly, rati some forty others wounded seriously, severs! of whom wUl die. Men were taken from the rains maimai »od bleeding, only to die in delirious agony- Relatives and Mends begged, threat­ ened and ooaxed to be admitted within the lines, but most *J1 were refused, because there 'was a dread that there would be too many of the curious let in, who would only be in the way. Physicians soon cam© to assist to dress wounds and allay the sufferings of the wound­ ed. The fxcitemeut throughout the city was most intense. A FRIGHTFUL row occurred the other day at the grounds of the Westchester County Driving Park Association, ne«r New York city, which resulted in one man being shot in the arm, another having Ma skull badly fractured by a bludgeon, & third being stabbed in the neck, and • fourth having tti» muscles of one of his hands severed, white several others ar© report­ ed more or lees injured. It seems m negro, em­ ployed on the grounds, got drunk and took Eieesion of the liquor stall, when a free t, with the results stated, followed Centennial people are preparing an elab­ orate programme of ceremonies to be ob- •arved on closing up the big show An express train from Fall Elver for Boston, on the Old Colony railroad, came in collision, a few mornings ago, with a, local freight train at Randolph, Mass. Two engines of the ex­ press train and the engine of the freight train, with the baggage and crate care were complete­ ly wrecked. The engineers and firemen of <he three locomotives were killed, and several ••Bengere Injured. A SKSABFUL murder took plaoe in the wood neat Pittsburgh, Pa., one night last week. Henry Schaffer, a cattle dealer, was found dead, with the top of Ms ha&i crashed in so that the brains protruded, and the left side of the face battered dreadfully with a heavy stone. The pockets had been rifled of their contents, the boots removed from tbe feet, and hat, vest and boota carried away. Suspi­ cion rested on Henry Lenkner, partner in business with Schaffer, and he has been placed under arrest....(Jen. Bufus King, for many years a prominent citi­ zen of Milwaukee, died in New York, last week. He was the grandson of Gen. Rufus King, first United States Senator from New York, and was a graduate of West Point. Leaving the army in 1836, he became editor of the Albany AdvtrUaer, and in 1840 accepted an editorial fttsitJbn, which he filled for five years, on the Albany Evening Journal, and was Adju- . tant General of the State under Gov. Seward. In 1845 he removed to Milwaukee, and became ytt owner .and editor of the Sentinel and Go- wette, which he retained until 1861. when Mr. Lincoln appointed him Minister to Rome, fie was OB the steamer, ready for Bailing, when news came of the firing on Sumter. He at once left the steamer, resigned his position, was made a Brigadier General, and for a time WBS in command of the First Division of the Eirst Corps of the Army of the Potomac. His health failing, he resigned from the army, in 1862, and in 1863 was again appointed Minister to Rome, and remained there until the abolition of the mission in 1868.... A desperate conflict between tramps and drunken miners occurred aear Shomokin. Pa., a few days ago. The fight lasted several hours, and resulted in the death of low of the participants--Nick Taylor, Joe Lordnei, George Grady and John Dugan, alias the "Big Bully," The first two were Uamps, and »wo miners. A NEW YORK telegram of the 18th says: "Enroposa advices. .ccscsrnSng the Tarko- flervian w«r creatAd * great deal of excitement daring the day on the Produce Exchange, le­ gitimate sales being made at the wheat table of nearly 500,000 bushels, purchased mostly *or export and speculation. The telegraph waa surrounded by an eager crowd of telegraph operators, who bought or sold on options be­ tween 10,000,000 and 12,000,080 of bushels. Wheat advanced 5 to 6 oents„ A considerable amount of money changed hands tmm» the operators. Many email fortunes of $10,000 ana $25,00© were mad© and lost during the Cay, which waa the moat active for some yean." TUB WBST. FB&HK JAKES, one of the Missouri bandits, WSft arrested last week at the residence of Dr. Hoiand, lea ailea west of Kansas City. Pink, •rton's detectives, five in number, surrounded the house and made the capture without any ex­ citement save sueh aa the female portion of the family manifested. Frank was at the doctor's under treatment for a gunshot wound in one of his knees, received in Minnesota.... TSiere is some show of activity in military cir- Hills country, and some rie- OMttty rap it, too, Judging from the numerous mrara of iadian aepred&tiona in that region. Gen. Memtt, with 500 soldiers, has started on an expedition, the destination of which has not been made known, though it ia snnooned k°®^H®®°mewhere among the Hills who can be induced to wait for the troops to come and fight them !Rie Chicago Journal of Friday says: Mr McVicker has gone to New York to prepare the Ipoeum for the engagement of Edwin Booth. Mean wink he m catering well for Chicago We are promised five week* of opera befS™ the 1st of January; the introduction of Miss Anderson, who ia making quite a stir in the flieatfieal firmament; and also the Deduc­ tion of a grand spectacle for the holidays McVioker haa always been fully up to the de­ mand of the times, and seems fully determined to make Chicago a " oenter " for the legitimate drama. A BOBBIBLE murder has been perpetrated at Michigan City, Ind. A German laborer by the name of John Schultz cut the throats of his wife and two children, then cut his own throat and hung himself. The wife and children (a boy about 8 years and a girl 3 years old) were found in bed with their throats cut from ear to ear; the father with his throat cut and hanging in the next room. A letter written in German WM found, saying: "They have tried to kill me, and now I will kill them." 13»e cause SB eupoosed to be fear of want, although *38 was * found in his pocket.... The businms and fashionable circles ef Springfield Ohio, were thro wis into a fever ef ascdtement the other day, by the suicide of Frank W. Deshler, the well-known teller of the Franklin National Bank, of that city, and one of the prominent leadera in fashionable social life. At first it was thought by some that financial troubles might have induced this sudden taking nff, bat examination of the bank books speedily dissipated such an idea. It was then discovered that domestic infelicity was the only reason for the rash act....A Salt Lake dispatch of the 15th aaya: "The Ann Eliza vs. Brigham Young cam oame op before Judge Shaefer to-day, who decided that unless the money previously adjadged the plaintiff waa paid in ten days an attachment should issue to bring defendant into oourt for oontempt. Even bets are made that Brigham will not pay the alimony decree, and will go to jail. His lawyers have exhaust­ ed all their legal powers to save him, and, un­ less the Lord oomes to his aid, it ia likely to be a hard case with the old man." . ..Twenty head of horses mad mules were reoently stolen from the Government oampy near Ouster Oity, Wyoming, by a Meiican and white man. A detachment of soldiers trailed and overtook the thieves on the following day, and after a deeperate fight sucoeeded in killing both and recapturing eleven head of stock. A uaai number of citizens of Indianapolis have been arrested and will be prosecuted for betting on the recent election. GEN- TERRY'S oommand, consisting of the Seventh Cavalry and a small force of mouited infantry, followed by a wagon train conveying supplies, left Fort Lincoln on the 19th inat It* object is understood to be co-opera­ tion with OoL Merritt, moving from Cus­ ter City. Black Hills, in an attack upon the large hostile oamp believed to be located near the fork of the Cheyenne river.... Chicago elevators, as per official figures, con­ tain T,891,842 bushels of wheat; 2,044.444 bushels of com; 598,817 bushels of oats; 131,918 bushels of rye, and 758,363 bushels of barley, maVd/jg a grand, total of 5.424.784 bushels, against 2.541,936 bushels at thin period last year.... .Hie man recently arrested by St. Ltrnte detectives at the residence of one Dr. Noiand, near Kansas City, Mo,, and supposed to be Frank James, turns out to be <1 otm Good­ win, a respectable and law-abiding citizen. It is said he will bring suit against the city of St. Louis for heavy damages for false imprison­ ment. A CHWMHI dispatch says that almost every hour brings news of new depredations by In­ dians upon ranchmen located west and north the Chng. A large body of Indians are en­ camped at the head of the North Laramie, dis­ tant from Fort Laramie fifty miles,... An em­ bassy fiom Sitting Bull visited. Fori Peck the other day, and presented a modest request that his warriors be permitted t© visit the post for the purpose of buying ammunition A dis­ patch from Yuma, Arizona, says that ground was, broken Oct. 18, £on the Texas Paciflo railroad, on both sides of the Colorado river. The work will be vigorously prosecuted both east and west. THK SOUTH Tmc emergency in the yellow fever ravages of the Southern ooast cities is passed, word having been sent from moat of them that fur­ ther aid is not needed, as the epidemic is sub­ siding rapidly, under the influence of frosty nights. All humane people will heartily rejoice that this terrible visitant of the South hag been thus checked without reaching the devastating proportions of some previous years.... Gen. linger, commander of the Department of the South, arrived in. Columbia, 8. C., last week. He had a long consultation with Gov. Chamber­ lain and with the Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, and assured them both that as far as it was in hie power he would secure in South Carolina a fair and honest election. He would, he said, protect Democrats and Bepnb- lioans alike. THE reports of the Department of Agricult­ ure indicate a reduction of the oondition of cotton during the past month in the ten prin­ cipal cotton States, from an average of 92.2 to 83.2. Tbe figures for the condition of the States are as follows; North Carolina, 84; South Carolina, 80 ; Georgia, 85 ; Florida, 80 ; Alabama, 70 ; Mississippi, 88 ; Louisiana, 82 ; Texas, 91; Arkansas, 86; Tennessee, 94. LOUISVILLE, Ky., was lfst week visited by the most destructive fire the city has expe­ rienced in many years. ' Several large wholesale establishments were swept away, involving a loss of at least $600,000. As A quantity of converted steel 'was being poured into an ingot mold at the Vulcan Steel Works, in South St. Louis, last week, the mold burst, scattering the melted steel in every direction. A large|number of men were work­ ing in that part of the building at that time, six of whom were badly burned and otherwise injured, two of them perhaps fatally. ' I POLITICAL. COMPLETE official returns of the Tnffimt elec­ tion give the Republicans fifty-three members of the House of Representatives, the Demo­ crats forty-five, and the Independents two. This gives the Republicans two majority on joint ballot over the Democrats and Independ­ ents. The official majority of Williams over Harrison is 5,424. FERNANDO WOOD and Abram 8. Hewitt have been renominated for Congress by the Demo- crate of New York city. WASHINGTON. Sores the surrender of Tweed, some informal action lias been taken with a view to negotiate an extradition treaty between the United Htaten and Spain... .The rush of <5entws«i pilgrims to Mount Vernon haa so enriched the .Aj^ocia- tion as to enable it to pay ail its debts and to leave besides a handsome sum for further im­ provement of the grounds and surroundings. FRANCIS PBEBTON BJLMR, Senior, the father of Montgomery and Gen. Frank P. Blair, died in Washington last week at the age of 87.. Orders have been issued for various detached bodies of troops to report to Gen. Ruger at Columbia, S. C. Gen. Sherman states that the available force in the Military Division of the Atlantic will not ©sceed 5,000 men....The McPherson statui was onveiled last week with imposing oeremoniesc UKMEKAL. WOODWARD, the friend and -- o f T w e e d , who was reoently arrested in Chicago, has been taken to New York, and, in default of $8,000,000 bail, comnuttei to orison. A civil suit to re­ cover over $6,000,000 has been brought against him. MARTIN FARQUHAR TOT-FIR, the English poet and philosopher, is now on a visit to this coon- try--James Ryan, a wealthy merchant of Peterboro, Ontario, haa been sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. THE quarterly circular on the business out­ look for the past nine months .has just been issued by R. G. Dun & Co., of New York. It will create surprise and some disappointment to learn from figures which it contains that mercantile failures throughout the United States for the past three months, 2,448 in number, show an increase over those of the second quarter of the year equal to 25 per cent. The amount of liabilities involved in the failures of the third quarter of the year show a decrease in proportion to th© number of failures reported, The average amounts of liabilities for each failure in the last quarter is •19,500, against %24,300 in the preceding quar­ ter, and against $30,600 in the corresponding quarter of last year. Taking a rang© of the whole seven quarters of the two years thus far elapsed, the indebtedness involved in each failure of the past three months is $5,000 lass than for the quarter preceding, A comparison of the past nine months of 1876 with UUomi of ^V-ot at all oheering, as will be seen by the following: Failurt*. Liabilities. First nine montha of 1876. 7,000 #166 279 ooo First nine months of 1876 6,884 Ml'lTii'ooO toru!w 1'71* 126,100,000 ... Uadet Midshipmen W. N. King, of Georgia; F. B. Parsons, of Massachusetts; George A. w w nan*;,,J- F- of NewYork, and W. W. Russell, of Maryland, have been i in missed from the Annapolis Naval Aoademy for refusing to tell who "hazed" the "Blebs,*" The expelled ntadentw refused lo iwtlfj, to save other students from being «rp«n*> for "basing," for which there isthe additional penalty of being "cashiered." Hie expelled cadets may be reinstatad, bnt a "cashiered haasr" cannot THK OCTOBKB BL.VCTIPX8. We present below a summary of tip result of the elections held in Ohio, Indian* <and West Virginia on the 10th of October: OHIO. STAT* omaxaa. Milton Baroee, w. W. BoyntcnanA James a Evans, the Be publican fandidatwi. respectively, for Secretary of State, Supreme Judge, and member of the Board of Publio Wotvs, ure elected by majorities ranging from 6,000 to ~ ooHommsKDr. The result of the election for Members of Congress is as fellows--Republican# In rocaan, uemocrats initalic.* IHatriet. 1. Milton Sayler. 9. H.B. Banning. S. 'Mills Gardner. 4. John A. JfcJfMon. 5. A. V. Eicc. 6. 'Jacob t>. O04 7. Henry L. Dickm, 8. 3. W. Keifer. 9. 'Jamea 8. JoQM.. 10. Charles Foater. Diltrict. 11. 'Henry 8. N«»! 12. Thomtu Swing. 18. M. /. Southard, U. B. B. Finley. lu. K. u. van Vorhes 16. Lonuo Danford. 17. William KeKlnley. 18. James Monroe. 19. Jamea & Garfield. 90. *Amoa ToWnaend. •Gain. INDIANA. STATE OFFICERS. ' ' Rie following. State officers, all Democrats, were elected in lndiana by majorities of about 5,000: Governor--Jamee D. Williams. \ Ijieaisiiant Governor--Isaac P. Gray. g2s> Secretary of 8tr»to John Enos Ken. §P" ~ Auditor--Ebenezer Henderson. Treasurer--Benjamin C. 8haw. Attorney General--Clarence A OOSORE Th® result of th© election for in Indiana is indicated by the ann< r. .BtukhC District 1. Benoni 8. FhUmt. % tfames it. Cobb. 8. Gf orae. A, Metnell. 4. "Iwmidas Sexton. 6. "Thomas M, Browne. 6. Milton 8. Robinson. 7. 'John Hanna. District. 8. Morton C. Hunter. 9. Michael». White. 10. 'William H. Calkins. 11. James L. Evans. 13. Andrew H.Hamilton. 13. John H. Baker. 'Gain. .J Andrew Humphreys and Nathaa T. Carr, Democrats, were elected for the short Con- SBeaional terms in the Second and Third Dia cts, to fill th© vacancies caused by the resig­ nation of Governor-elect Williams a™* the death of Speaker Kerr. WEST VIRGINIA. ' The following State officers were elected in West Virginia by about 12,000 majority. They are all Democrats: Governor--Henry M. Matthews. f . School Superintendent--'W. K. Tf)liiHii|i| Auditor--Joseph C. Miller. Treasure Thomas J. West. •J Members of Congress will not ba obosen in West Virginia until Nov. 7. FCWKIGN. THB conditions are announoed on which the Porte oonaents to an armistice of six months. Servia is to be forbidden to occupy the posi­ tions now in possession of the Turkish army ; the introduction of arms and ammunition into Servisi and Montenegro and the passage of foreign volunteers into the Turkish provinces are to be strictly prohibited ; and Servia and Montenegro ar© to be prohibited from giving any assistance to the insurgents in adjacent provinces. It ib stated in a London dispatoh that 8ervia refuses to b® bound by these one-sided conditions. It is also announced that Russia has signified her refusal to' accede to th© prohibition in regard to the passage of volunteers into Servia--which is th® most im­ portant. of the Tardish conditions. If this avowal has been mad® by Russia, i I is in effect a plam declaration of active sympathy with Servia m well as dissatisfaction with the entire peace programme of the Porte. Booh an at­ titude on the part of Russia would bring mat­ ters in the East to an immediate crisis, and the situation is regarded as more critical than at any time sine© the proposi­ tion for an armistice was submitted,... A Paris correspondent telegraphs an ac­ count of an interview with an offioer in the Egyptian army, who gives th© circumstantial details of the horrible events which have taken place in Abyssinia, during the attempts of Egypt to chastise the Abyssiniana. There have been two expeditions. The first, which was dispatched in October, 1875, coitoiating of 4,000 men, was surprised in the aefiMUOoun- del, and massacred to the last mta.^FbeVsObd expedition, of 6,000 men, started in January last. It met the Abyssinians in February, in a defile of Goura, ana was overwhelmed, 4,000 men being killed. The Abyssinian King then went into the interior, and, according to the latest reports, repeated the defiles of Goundel and Ooura by again crushing the Egyptians. The details of this, as of other expeditions, are guarded with great secrecy it is officially announced that Count Von Arwim has been condemned to five years* imprison­ ment in the House of Correction, for treason and an offense against the Emperor and Prince Bismarck. A CAULK dispatch informs us that the Rus­ sian Government has determined to issue a loan of 800,000,000 roubles. This, in connec­ tion with the Czar's outspoken and undis­ guised sympathy for th® Sclavic portion of the population of the Turkish provinces, carries with it a more pronounced flavor of war than has heretofore manifested itself in connection with thb Eastern difficulty.... A telegram from Mauiiu states that the Bifihop of Minorca hae issued & new circular onjoiumg on the masters of primary schools not to admit the sono of Protestants and other dlcasitfeere. Tss European news is decidedly warlike, and indicates unmistakably the early precipitation of active hostilities between Russia and Tur­ key. Ruseie. lias not been idle during the dis­ cussion of the armistice proposal. Quietly but rapidly she haa been engaged in gigantic prep­ arations for the great storaggle Arrangements have been completed for massing an army of 250,000 men upon the Turkish frontier, the Roumanian railway companies having engaged to transport Russian troops at the rate of at least 25,000 daily. England is bestirrhur her­ self to be in remdiiieas for her part in the bloodv business whenever that part shall nave been defined by the unfolding of events. An autumnal session of Parliament is to be convened; the Government has applied to the Lloyds for ships for the transportation of troops to the Mediterranean; and three army corps have been ordered to be in readiness for the voyage. A London dispatch says: "All Russians in Paris under the age of 40 have been ordered home. The new Russian iron­ clad Peter the Great is to leave Cronstadt im­ mediately for the Mediterranean. Rut-sia has issued a circular note announcing that, in the interests of humanity, she feels bound to march troops into Bulgaria and Armenia. There are 82,000 men at the camp of Bender, and 64,000 around Tiflis. Austria's Eastern policy will conform to that of Russia and Germany." SOOTH CAROLINA. A Proclamation by the President. WHEREAS, It has been satisfactorily shown to me that insurrection and domestic violence exist in several counties of the State of South Carolina, and that certain combinations of men against the law exist in many counties of said State known as " rifle clubs, who ride UD and down by day and night in arms murdering some peacenUo citizens and intimidating others, which combinations, though forbidden by the Iswa of the State, cannot be controlled or suppressed by the ordinary course of jus­ tice ; end WHKRKAS, It is provided ia the Constitution of the United States that the United States shall protect every State in this Union on application of the Legislature, or of the Ex­ ecutive when the LegiHlature oannot be con­ vened, against domestic violence ; and WHEBEAS In pursuance of the above it is provided in the laws of the United States in all oases of insurrection in any State or of the obstruction to the laws thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive when the Legiala* ture cannot be convened, to call for the militia of any other State or States, or to employ such part of tbe land and naval force sa sfaahba Judged necessary for the purpose of suppress­ ing such insurrection, or causing the laws to be duly executed; and Wants**, The Legislature of said State is not now in session, and oannot be convened in time ta meet the present emergency, and the Executive of said State, 'under Bee. 4 of Art, 2 of the constitution and laws passed in porsnanoe thereof, has therefore made due application to me in the premises for such part of the military force of the United States as may be necessary and adequate to protect such Mate and the citizens thereof against domestic violence, and enforoe the dne execution of the laws; and WHKBSAS, It is required that whenever it may be neoesM&y ia the judgment of the President to use military force for the purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith by proclamation oommand suoh insurgents to disperse and re­ turn peaceably to their respective homes within a limned time; Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, Presi­ dent of the United States, do hereby make proclamation and command all per­ sons engaged in suoh unlawful and in­ surrectionary proceedings to disperse and retire peaceably te their respcctivc .bodes within three days from this date, and hereafter abandon said combinations and submit them­ selves to the laws and constituted authorities of said State, and I invoke tbe aid and co­ operation of all good citizens thereof to uphold the lawB and preserve the public peace. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this 17th day of October, in th® year of our Lord 1876, and of the independence of the United Skates WW uui~.ui.~thi aiUil une. [L. SJ U. 8. GEAHT. BY the President: JOHN L. CADWALJ,AI)EJ&. Acting Secretary of State. Order of the Secretary of War. WAB DXFABTM*H*,Y • WABHINQTOH CRY, Oct. 17, !87fl. / Oen. W. T. Sherman, Commanding United States Army: SIJB: In view of the existing condition of affairs in South Carolina, there is a possibility that the proclamation of the President of this date may be disregarded. To provide against such a contingency, you will immediately order all the available force ia th© Military Division of the Atlantic to re­ port to Gen, Ruger, commanding at Columbia, S. O., and instruct that officer to station his troops in such localities that, they may be most speedily and effectually used in case of resistance to the authority of the United States It is hoped that a collision may thus be avoid ed; but you will instruct Gen. Ruger to let it be known that it is the fixed purpose of the Government to carry out the spirit of the proclamation, and to sustain it by the military foroe of the General Government, supple­ mented, if necessary, by the militia of the va­ rious States. Ywy respectfully* your obedient servant, J. D. CAMBBOK, Secretary of War. Why Are Civilized Races White! Some very curious physiological facts bearing upon the presence or absence of white colors in the higher animals have lately been adduced by Dr. Ogle. It hes been found that a colored or dark pigment in the olfactory region of the nostrils is essential to perfect smell, and this pigment is rarely deficient except when the whole animal is pure white. In these cases the creature is almost without smell or taste. This, Dr. Ogle believes, explains the carious case of the pigs in Virginia adduced by Mr. Dar­ win, white pigs being poisoned by a poisonous root which does not affect black pigs. White sheep are killed in the Tarentino by eating hypericum ertscum, while black sheep escape; white rhinoceroses are said to perish from eating euphorbia candelabrum.; and white horses are said to suffer from poisonous food where colored ones es­ cape. The explanation has, however, been carried a step further, by experi­ ments showing that the absorption of odors by dead matter, such as clothing, is greatly affected by color, black being the most powerful absorbent, then blue, red, yellow, and lastly white. For few, if any, wild animals are wholly white. The head, the face, or least the muzzle or the nose, are generally black. The ears and eyes are also often blaok ; and there is reason to believe that dark pig­ ment is essential to good hearing, as it certainly is to perfect vision. We can, therefore, understand why white cats with blue eyes are so deaf--a peculiarity we notice more readily than their defi­ ciency of smell or taste. But though inapplicable to the lower animals, this curious relation of sense-acuteness with colors may have had some influence on the development of the higher human races. If light tints of the skin were generally accompanied by some defi­ ciency in th© senses of smell, hearing and vision, th© white could never com­ pete with ̂ the darker races, so long as man was in a very low or savage condi­ tion, and wholly dependent for existence on the acuteness of his senses. But as the mental faculties became more fully developed and more important to his welfare than mere sense-aeutesiesss the lighter tints of the skin, and hair, and eyes, would cease to be disadvantageous whenever they were accompanied by su­ perior brain-power.--A. E. Wallace at the British Association. Sir William Thomson on the Center of the Earth. A remarkable address has been deliv ©red by Sir William Thomson, in the Physical Section of the British Associa­ tion, on the subject of the fluid or solid nature of the ear-fill's kernel. While not denying that certain por­ tions of the earth's interior are in a mol­ ten or fluid slate, Sir William Thomson maintained,on various more or less recon­ dite grounds, that no large proportion of the earth's interior can, by any possi­ bility, be in the condition of molten fluid. " I may say, with almcwt perfect certainty, Ibat whatever may be the rela­ tive densities of rock, solid and melted, at or about the temperature of liquefac­ tion, it is, I think, quite certain that cold solid rock is denser than hot melted rook ; and no possible degree of rigidity in the crust could prevent it from break­ ing ia pieces and sinking wholly below th© liquid lava. Something like this may have gone on, and probably did go on,for thousands of years after solidification ILLINOIS ITEMS. limits hold offioe in tbe Young Men's Christian Association of this State. THB Texas fever has appeared among the cattle at Wilmine, Piatt county. THE School Board of Peoria are with­ out a dollar of funds in their exchequer with which to pay teachers' wages and incidental expenses, and were not ex­ pected to have before next spring. Henoe they have had to bonow $10,000 to keep the schools running. HON. JAMBS KNOX, one of the oldest citizens of prominence in the State, died at his home in Kxsoxville, a few days ago. He represented that district in Congress from 1853 to 1857. He was a liberal patron of education, and Knox College, Galesburg, bears his name. He was over 60 years of age. rarely seen at lower elevations. On onfr day recently every metallic surface was. covered with jets of light, the telegraph wire was a continuous liua of flame, and the cups of the anemoter looked lifce four revolving balls of fire. The phe­ nomenon was aooompanied by a continu­ ous crackling noise. JENNIE BONNETT'S FATAL FREAK*- The Tragic Knd of a Woman's Masqaeral*- ing in Male Attire. _A letter from San Francisco says: The persistency of Jennie Bonnett in wearing male attire, after making her, whim for several years a diversion for* herself and her acquBinframves, has end* • t? dreadful death. She was bom in Paris twenty-seven years ago, and her father and mother were actors. The family oame to San Francisco in 18521 AT ens night last week, being able to speak English with -- ̂ ' commenced--surfaoe portions of the melted material losing heat, freezing and sinking immediately, or growing to the thickness of a few meters where the surface would be cool, and the whole solid dense enough to sink. This pro­ cess must go on ULtil the sunk portions of the crust build up from the bottom a sufficiently close-ribbed skeleton or frame to allow fresh incrustations to re­ main, bridging across the now small areas of lava pools or lake*." That is a striking P'C lire of the growth of the "round eartn," which was once supposed to have been made fro <> the first *' so fast that it cannot be m<m d." We are rather sorry to be robbt-d of the belief in the central lav* ocean after alL --London Spectator, City Marshal A. p. Cook arrested Jo­ seph Giles, formerly of Erie, Pa., for committing the crime of grand larceny in that city some months ago. Photo­ graphs and letters giving Giles' de­ scription were sent to the Marshal, and through that means the arrest waa made. THE Superintendent of the fair held at Galesburg, last week, having all the proceeds in his possession, absconded at the close of the week, leaving for parts unknown. He took with him several thousand dollars, and not a cent remains in the treasury with which to pay the premiums or other expenses. The fel­ low's name is Ben Moats, and he is evi­ dently a great scoundrel. THB Clinton Register says: " The cholera is making fearful ravages among the hogs in. this county, and if it con­ tinues a week longer there will not be hogs enough left for home consumption. It seems to be more violent and rapid in its effects than in any former year--a hog being to all appearances healthy in the evening and dying before noon the next day." A XOUNG man named Hendriokson created a sensation at Oarrollton by ab­ sconding a day or two since. He has for some time been in the habit of pur­ chasing goods on credit and selling them and pocketing the proceeds. Lately he has bought a carriage, a horse, and one or two other articles, and, turn­ ing them into money and marrying a wife, has fled to parts unknown. He leaves unpaid debts amounting to nearly $1,000. THE biennial report of the State Treasurer is in process of preparation, and is nearly completed. It shows a large amount of money received and dis­ bursed. On the 1st of December, 1874, there was a balance in the treasury of $2,126,532.06. The receipts since that date to September 30, 1876, were $9;- 262,169.99. The disbursements during the same period amounted to $6,978,- 747.71; leaving a balance on hand of 82,408,954.34. Of the reoeipts, $769,- 336.74 came from the 7 per cent. Illinois Central Bailroad fmnd9 which is less than the amount received from that source during the preceding biennial period. This afternoon, or to-morrow, the rate per cent, of the levy for State taxes will be determined upon. It will be about twenty-eight cents on each $100, which is two cents less than the levy last year. LAST Sunday, at the First Universalist Church in Peoria, a service called "The Golden Harvest Festival" was held, and proved to be a very interest­ ing one. The church was trimmed with autumn leaves, mosses and fruits. Huge pumpkins and other product? of the garden were piled in profusion about the pulpit and altar-steps. Large ears of corn, and sheaves of wheat, barley and oats depended from the chandeliers and from organ-pipes, while the air was redolent with the perfume of flowers and the sweet music of birds. The children of the Sunday-school took a leading part in the exercises. Recitations re­ lating to the garnering fruits and honest products were given, and songs celebrat­ ing autumnal beauties and blessings were sung. Miss Hattie Earnest and Miss Ettie Baker deserve especial men­ tion for their fine singing. The Bev. J. Murray Bailey delivered an excellent address to tne children, replete with good advice and kind suggestions. A Be¥«%! Indium Clilef. A touching story is told which shows the better Indian character. Back in 1841, a party of hunters in a Wisconsin forest came upon a solitary grave over which floated the tattered remnants of an American flag. They soon met a band of friendly Indians, of whom they inquired the meaning of the strange sight The reply was that it was the grave of an Indian chief who was a brave ally of the Americans in the battle of Tippecanoe. After the fight, Gen. Har­ rison presented him with a silk flag in token of his appreciation of his services, which the chief preserved as more valu­ able than life, and commanded that his body be buried in the wilderness, and the flag presented by Gen. Harrison be unfurled above his grave, there to flutter in the breeze unmolested so long as a thread remained. This command was religiously obeyed by the Indians, who frequently visited the grave to see that the flag was undisturbed. -- Boston Transcript Goethe and Schiller. Prof. "M«»r Muller gives the following fthMHAtor sketches of Germany's two great poets in a late number of Macmil- lan's Magazine: " Goethe had his cold, repellant hours. He could play the privy counsellor even toward Schil­ ler. But who could triumph more nobly over his own weakness than Goethe, when he recognized in the long- avoided Schiller the long-sought for equal and friend ? Schiller, too, suf­ fered lrom attacks of narrow-minded­ ness. Sometimes he longs for Goethe ; then, again, he is miserable when near him. At times he rejoiced in the halo of the court; then, again, he mourned over the self-deception which made him see ordinary things in a false radiance. Sohiller's mind suffered from Schiller's body; and how truly and touchingly he expresses the consciousness of his own weakness, the sufferings and strug­ gles of his genius, when he says, ' How ifficult it is for a suffering man to be a good man 1' " THB summit of Pike's Peak ought to be a pleasant summer retreat, for the mean temperature during the last sea­ son was 38 degrees. Besides, there are i electrical displays occasionally of a kind sufficient accuracy, was employed during the next dozen years or so in the poorer theaters. After that he was employed in a mercantile estab­ lishment. Jennie gjrew up about as she would, and her ways were wild. One of her fancies was the wearing of male at­ tire, and she wore her hair short in order to assist in the disguise. Her features- were not femininely delicate, nor her voice as light as is common with her eex; «and consequently no stranger would guess that she was not a good- looking, boyish fellow. Her dash in amusement was in keeping with her business vim. She dealt in frogs, sup­ plied the large hotels and restaurants with them, and derived from them an ample income. The money thus se­ cured was spent in luxurious living. Yesterday Jennie started out in her favorite disguise, with a young com­ panion named Blanche Buneau, on an excursion of fun. They hired a horse and carriage at a livery stable, and drove to San Miguel, stopping there at the San Miguel Hotel, a small establish­ ment that thrives on its restaurant, be­ ing close by the railroad depot. The landlord knew Jennie because she had often^been in his bonse, and her free ex­ penditures made Mm a safe guardian of her secret. That day Jennie and Blanche went horseback riding, and in tlie even­ ing they dined sumptuously at the hotol,, drinking more wine than women usual­ ly do. They had intended to return to the city earlier, and had so informed the livery man, and, alarmed by their con­ tinued absence, he followed them to re­ gain his property. He quarreled with Jennie and was about to strike her, whereupon the landlord told him tliat she was a woman and he desisted. The horse and wagon were then taken away by the owner, the women deciding to remain all night. Blanche had an accepted lover, William. Deneve, whom she was engaged to marry. He was a Frenchman, and extremely jealous. Once he saw her with Jennie, who was unknown to him, and whom he at once regarded as an in­ terloping young man. Deneve at that time upbraided Blanche, but she did* not undeceive him as. to Jennie's iden­ tity. It is believed that he saw, or in . some way learned of her departure yesterday for Sao Miguel, was furiously excited by her apparent fickleness, fol­ lowed them, and watched their move­ ments until the terrible end of the ad­ venture. The room in which Jennie and Blanche were to sleep was in the first story, ad­ joined a balcony. They retired late. Blanche got into bed first, and Jennie was preparing to do so. Suddenly, without previous warning, there was a gunflash and a report at the window, and a heavy charge of buokshot entered Jennie's side, killing her instantly. Blanche ran screaming to the door, arousing the household with her cries. The frightened landlord hesitated to go to the balcony, and before he braced his courage sufficiently to make a search the murderer had escaped. A Clerical Hit on the Head. Ministers will have their little jokes- like other people. " Come over and preach for me to­ night," said a Chicago divine to a cleri­ cal friend whom he met on the street not many days since. "I can't to-night," was the reply ̂ "I'm almost down sick with a head­ ache." " Well." drolly observed the other, "I guess yon can do it, for if yon Ereach as you usually do, you won't ave to use your head any 1" Then they both laughed, and pinched each other in the ribt and said it was a*., good one, just as heartily as though they had been the worsfe kind of sinner* all their lives.--Chicago Journal. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BBKTSS 6 50 #10 SO HOOH 9 00 & 8 35 OOT'FOH 10XO 11 Fi,oua--Superfine Western 4 CO 5 00 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 18 OOBN--Western Mixed 66 OATS---No. 2 Chicago....... 48 RYE--Wefltera 73 POBK--New Meaa 16 7# LABD--Steam CHICAGO. 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