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• - * ̂ i \ -•:: 'mm) , %• *"* \ * " i Mss p;§: * A**! V JftcHcirrj §latiulenla J. VANSLYKR. PCBUBHEB. toHEKRT, ILLINOIS, • tts ' * ' •fVp. tHE NEWS CONDENSED. . THK EAST. lATitftininfT «*S Bjitedfe fey a w&cad train near Pompton, K. J., flfee other day. Simon Demerest, Miss Taylor, Of Paterson, and a young man, were killed, and tfac other two fatally injured. The body of John T. Daly, the wealthy New Yorker who recently disappeared so mysteri- onsly, was found the other day, hanging by a kandkerehief to the door'of a deserted house 4m Lens island. Financial embarrassments rendered him insane, and ledtohis oommitting OTicide. THE Attorney General of New York is said to to disappointed with Tweed's oonfession, and apposed to granting his release in exchange therefor A serious mining disaster occurred •ear Pottsville, Pa., a few days ago, resulting In the death of six miners and the serious in­ jury of seven others. The acqktaat wai caused \fj an explosion of fire-damp. THE W55ST. TERRE Hams, Ind., is greatly excited over foul ramrder of one of hor prominent citi- iins, A. C. Mattox, who, as he was passing •long an unfrequsnted street at night, was set 2on bv a highwayman, robbed and fatally ot. 'bxe asuassin escaped... .Sam Orr, a noted desperado and murderer, was executed last week at Mount Vernon. Lawrence county, . ||o The court docket of Roekford, 111., is iNUrdened with $>100,000 worth of libel suits. . A SALT LAKE dispatch states that the feeling JBoused throughout the United States by the testimony at John D.'Lee's trial, relative to the Mountain Meadow massacre, has led the Latter- Day Saints to apprehend the arrest of Brigham Xmmg and other heads of the church, accused of sanctioning the commission of that horrible grime. The Saints have determined to resist any movement against Brigham Young by the Ibderal authority, and to this end they are aecretlv arming and drilling Advices from Camp"Robinson, Neb., report the surrender of Crazy Horse and his band of hostiles. AT Fontanelle, Neb., a few days ago, a man jwmed Taliaferro shot .and killed Marguerita Jelindi because she refused to marry him. '•he murderer then shot himself through the Iteart They were both recently from Italy. THE Gentile residents of Salt Lake City are «tmsiderablv alarmed by the war like attitude of * Ibe Mormons. Brigham Toting, during services & the Tabernacle, on Sunday week, is credited nith using very intemperate language. He add, if the Gentiles " wanted blood they could liave it, and, indeed, they were likely to have •tore of it let out of their veins than they could spare." The Mormons are said to be drilling 4md organizing all over the Territory, and an jg predicted at an early day. TBS SOUTH. NEAR Glasgow, Ky., a few days ago, four Ignited States Marshals sought to arrest two Illicit, distillers named Reynolds. In resisting, both were shot, one being mortally wounded. 'TThe officers at first refused to be arrested, but Subsequently surrendered, several hundred •ivilians having volunteered to assist the Sheriff 'fc takiner them if necessary. They refused to give up their arms for a while, but at last sur­ rendered them in open court, when the Judge Sad cleared the room of spectators. There was ' -lionsiderable excitement over the affair. WASHINGTON. AT the meeting of the Cabinet last week it |ias resolved that Congress shall not be con- t ^Itemed until the 15th of October. An examin­ ation of existing laws and of the War Depart­ ment's financial condition has satisfied the administratifen, it is said, that the army can be and clothed until the date' named further Congressional action, b© 4ity¥*d...i;' State Department has, from oar Minister Mexico, official information of the release of American Consul at Acapulco. and Secre- Evarts has instructed our Minister to enter formal protest, and demand from the Govern- it of Mexico an apology, and full repara- for the outrage Resident Hayes has ted the invitation of the Boston Board of to visit that city during the present th, on the ground that, owing to the con- ition of public business, he cannot protract e tir»e which will be spent by him in Phila- ilphia and New York. A WASHIN GTon correspondent, who has had a ^Conversation with him, reports the President as , f4 frank and outspoken as to bis purpose to reo- ,; ̂ jgkmmend a liberal system of public improve- i • fcents.".,.. President Hayes has issued «is proclamation convening Congress in •xtra session on the 15th day of October.... It is rumored that ex-Secretary Bristow will be : dominated to succeed Judge Davis on the Su- . ®sreme bench when Congress meets Anof- jM&l statement issued by the Treasury Depart- ' Hient shows that the decrease of the United fttatcs debt from March 1, 1869, to April 30, . ||877, «ss ^455.104.842. ^ , THB Attorney General has ordered rewards ' " ' ^obe offered for the apprehension of the law- ' ' less distillers in the mountainous regions of . Aeorgia, who have so far successfully eluded ,, , ;.j|he pursuit of the authorities Forty pension ftgencies have been abolished by order of the "!Becretary of the Interior, leaving eighteen offi­ ces for the disbursement of pensions The , Secretary of the Treasury has called in for re­ demption $10,114,550 of 5-20bonds of 1865, May *ad November. The amount called in consu­ lates the residue of those issued under the act itf March 3, 1875, dated Nov. 1, 1865. The call . % for $8,581,000 coupons and §1(533,550 regis- , tered bonds. The principal and accrued inter- 1 ' 1st will be paid at the treasury on and alter ! t'fLag. 5,1877. 4 ! n t THE Mexican border troubles were the sub- ^ discusidon at the Cabinet meeting the day, and it was agreed that organized ~ "©-stealing, and other depredations upon »erty in Texas, of American citizens, must effectually stopped without further delay or attention on the part of the Mexican au- ' \ thorities Ex-Senator Carpenter has perma- ^ "teentlj located in Washington for the practice Ms profession Secretary Sherman, not- r e fwithstandiug adverse reports, is verv hopeful as \ \ no the success of the negotiation of'the 4K per iff" .11 «ent loan. t e ? ' THE proposed consolidation of pension agen- will be completed by the end of June, il k*ve been issued to the several Agents •i 4*% throughout the country to havo their accounts 1»„,|l,War lor th« discharge of 2,500 men from the ' w^jready for inspection by the 1st prox., .i§ jfwitn a view of closing up their busi- vj|J(t^i»e88 by the end of the fiscal year. • • • • An order has been issued bv the Secretary ' •f ,• .5!--!'of War for the discharge of 2,500 men from . .^^the United States army between now and the of July* This red,lction will restore the ?«? ^^iarmy to its numerical strength previous to the t ; f jypucrease which was authorized by Congress in rt^jConsequenoe of the necessities of the campaign '•y* against the hostile Sioux. The nominal u SSrtSn*®* will be reduoedto about IH ' " - OENKKAL. OTTAWA, Can., had a severe earthquake ":f shock May 3. On the same day a heavy snow- visited Quebec A brief dispatch from ^Montreal, Can., gives the bare particulars of a ̂shocking accident on the river Veillat, in the "parish of St Genevieve. A mill built on the oankn of the stream was overwhelmed by a r. ;t ^'Jind-shde, and ten persons crushed t* death. The river was blocked up by the land-slide, / *;>«ausing an overflow, and seriously damaging • ®^the adjacent farms. A CHICAGO journal thinks the drama hag muSkj degenerated in city, or rather that ttie popalar tMte for the higher order of dra­ matic entertainments has deolined; and, to sub­ stantiate the claim, cites (he fact thac at only one place of amnsementr-MeVioker's Theater --is the legitimate drama being played. The frath is. me theater-going public has itself alone to blame for soon a condition of things. If people would stay away from those places where trashy and sensational plays are present­ ed, and patrooiie first-class and reputable the­ aters, where the higher dements of the drama find a home, we should soon have less of the former and more of the latter. TmtR* will be great rejoicing at the downfall of the K%auMci rawing-machine monopolies. AH attempts of the sewing-machine patentees to secure continuations of their patents at Washington have failed, and a number of the most valuable of these patents oome to an end this month. The sewing-machine corpora­ tions have worked faithfully for the pro­ longation of their restrictive rights, but the renewal of the patent of the last, and one of the most important inventions extant-- the four-motion feed--has been denied The boilers of the Anchor steamer Sido- nian exploded when three day from Queens- town, on her last trip from New York. The Captain, three engineers, two firemen and a trimmer were killed by the explosion, their bodies being terribly mangled and disfigured. THE United States treasury has been made richer by the payment of $1,000,(W0 of the $1,500,000 loaned to assist in the completion of the Centennial Exhibition buildings at Phila­ delphia. The remaining $500,000 will be paid shortly The schooner Francis lfenimsn'fiol. lided with a steam barge at East Tawas, on Lake Erie, and immediately went down, drown­ ing two men. Loss on vessel ana cargo, $130,000. THE President and Soorotftty of War have approved the verdict of the conrt-martial which recently tried Maj. Beno on a charge of slandering the wife of Capt. Bell. The sen­ tence was that he be cashiered and dismissed the service ; but, in consideration of his emi­ nent services and brave conduct upon many battle-fields, the President mitigates the pun­ ishment to suspension from rank and pay for two years. POUTICAL. A POLITICAL combination is being effected at Washington by the friends of Gen. Banks, look­ ing to his elevation to the Speakership. So says a capital correspondent The Repub­ lican State Convention of Iowa has been called to meet at Des Moines on the 27th of June. AT a meeting of the New York Historical Society, a few nights ago. to commemorate the 100th aiu^iversary of the Empire State's political birth as a free and independent sovereignty. Charles O'Conor. who was the orator for the occasion, delivered an address, in which he Baid he would abolish the system of legislative representation by districts, would reduce Legis­ latures to one House, and would take a new Governor by lot each month from the Legisla­ ture. The Presidential term of office he would modify on the same plan. THB TURCO-RUSS1AN WAR. IT is said that the Russians will bridge the Danube a little below its junction with the Pruth, and also at Turna, nearly opposite Ni- kopo'is Lorge numbers of Bulgarians are coming into the Bussian lines. As fast as they arrive they are foimed into battalions ofiioered by Russians Several Russian merchantmen have been captured by the Turkish fleet Roumania has called out all her militia, and is making extraordinary military preparations. THE Russian army in Asiatic Tin-key, Turkish reports to the contrary notwithstanding, has thus far made a successful advance into Ar­ menia, and seems to have been victorious in every important encounter with the Turks..;. All the Russian ports in the Black sea have been declared in a state of blockade by the Sublime Porte. GENERAL distrust of England is spreading in Russia, and the Government is strengthening the fortified points and planting torpedoes in the harbors of the Baltic A cable dispatch states that Austria lias determined to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina. Whether this move­ ment will be of advantage to Russia will be seen front tl)6»coarse of fait-WE ivnts^Aii demanding possibly Itaving fan effected between Russia, Austria and Germany In Asia the Russian forces, numbering about 140,000. are advancing in a semi-circle towards Erzeroum, while the Turkish forces are concen­ trated in a triangle of Erzeroum, Olti^and Kar$.. .... A dispatch from the seat of waf in Rou­ mania says: "The bulk of the Turkish forces appear to be massing toward Silistria and Rust- chuck, and this is the direction in which the Russians, by their movements, would appear to indicate a desire to pass the river, but the Turks Keem still content to remain passively on the defensive." A SHARP engagement is reported between Turkish gunboats and the Bussian batteries at Tamrova, below Galatz. The Russian camp was fired by a shell The Russians com­ menced to bombard the Turkish town of Wid- din from Kalafat, on the opposite bank of the Danube, on the 8th inst....A dispatch from Bucharest says the murder of a number of Roumanians by Bashi-Bazouks has greatly in­ tensified the war feeling in Roumania... .It is said Servia will observe strict neutrality.... Gen. xcherneyaff has been readmitted to the Russian army The Czar has returned to St, Petersburg, where he was euthusiasiicaliy re­ ceived.. . .Turkey has granted general amnesty to the Bulgarians. A VIENNA dispatch to the London Times 61 May 7 says: "News of the unsuccessful at­ tempt of the Russians to carry Ears by coup de main is confirmed by Russian bulletins, which speak even of two attempts to svorm the cita­ del. The supposition that the Russians will not sit down before Kara, but will invest and pro­ ceed with the bulk of their forces toward Erze­ roum, seems likewise to have already found confirmation, for both wings of the army ap­ pear to be moving to turn the positions of So- gahaulo and Dagli, and thus force Moukhtar Pasha to withdraw and leave the passes open for the Russian main force." CABLE dispatches chronicle an engagement between the Russian troops and the army Moukhtar Pasha, on the road from Kars to Erzeroum. The Turks are said to have been defeated, with the loss of 14,000 men The upper part of the Dobrudscha is almost de­ serted. All the Mohammedans have gone south. The Christians have been taken off by passing steamers A Vienna dispatch reports that the Turkish commander has resolved to make the first stand in defense of the Dobrudscha on a line from Kustenji to Chernavoda, and his next defense within precincts of the quadrangle formed by the fortresses of Rustchuk, Varna, Hhumla, anil Silistria. Two monitors will be stationed so as to harass the Russians when they attempt to cross the Danube, which will most likely be near Nikopolia.... If a London dispatch is to be believed, the banner of the Prophet is to be raised by the Sultan, and the faithful of &U Asia, numbering countless millions, are to be summoned to the rescue of the Crescent in Europe. and the authorities are ilmliM II will for potting the city under martial law....|fift» gland is mating preparations for war Ob an extensive scale. IT is announced that Russia has effected a loan of $20,060,000 through a syndicate Of French, German and Dutch bankers Thomas Offito, the well-known English essayist, has written a letter Utterly <xtnaemt)ing the anti- Rnssian tendency of public opinion in Tgnj|jp»a especially in Government drcles.... The l̂tttte republic of Transvaal, in Bonth A trick has been annexed by Great Britain, - Tiii *nrnivV»MM ilM roir'n vha D«rhjV reply to the Russian circular. Tix a diplomatic note, written by one grave and, forum! Minister to another, it is conohed in very plain, not to say sharp, language. Lord, fisrby writes: "In taking actionuMiartnta> ^on his own part, ant having reooone to arms without further consultation witk his> allies, the Emperor of Russia has separated himself from European concert, and has at the same time departed from the role to which he himself had solemnly record­ ed his consent • * * It is impoe- sible to foresee the consequences of such an act."....Advices from Egypt state thct the King of Abyssinia has again declared war against the Khedive, for violating the i rentier. The Khedive, in consequence, has refused to further assist the Pttrte.... A cable dispatch conveys intelligence of the death of Henry Sawyer, for twenty-three years the Consul of the United States at the Para­ maribo colony of Surinam, South America The Captain uenerai of uubft IIH* issued a de­ cree pardoning ail persona heretofore banished from the island for political offenses. LORD DERBY, in defending his reply |o the Russian manifesto, in the House of Lords, the other day, bluntly .said he did not wish to doubt the good faith of the Czar's peaceful promises to Lord Loftus, but he could not forges that at the same moment Russia was preparing fbr war, and that very different declarations been made by the Czar himself at Mosco. He con­ tended that England had a right two express an opinion on the merits of the quarrel, since such an expression had been invited by the presenta­ tion of copies of the manifestoes of both the belligerents. A FLEET of German iron-clads is to be sent to the Mediterranean sea. The intention is, of course, to put Germany in a position that will make her navy effective in any diversion she may choose to attempt in behalf of Russia, when the English fleet is dispatched to the Bosphorus British officers have been dis­ patched to Egypt, under orders to select a site for an intrenched camp commanding the en­ trance to the Suez canal. • f)s H.l CpJ A Chamber of Horrors. A gentleman has just died In Paris who owed most of his celebrity to the quaint manner in which he managed to disembarrass himself of his creditors. No sooner did a dun present himself than he was ushered into a room hung round with a variety of mirrors, some convex, others concave, etc. In one the unfortu­ nate creditor beheld himself with a head as flat as a flounder, in another his feat­ ures were nearly as sharp as a knife, in a third he had several heads, and in a fourth he was upside down. Here he had the broad grin of a clown, there the long- drawn visage of an undertaker. On one side of the room he saw himself all head and no body ; on the other side it seemed as if a dwarf had put on the boots of a giant. No applicant, however pressing, was known to resist this chamber of hor­ rors for more ikaja a quarto%< .̂ An hour. • ' Co-Operfttion. A A new feature of co-operation has been developed in Massachusetts. The New England Shoe and Leather Association lias inaugurated a bureau of debts and debtors. Its object is to create a fund to employ counsel, to prevent business failures and compel better seufcpents. Every snb8«rib«r is t4 contribute ai&ra- ally according to the amount of business transacted, as follows: $100,000, or un­ der, $25; between $100,000 and $250,000, 350; between $250,000and $500,000, $75,- and $500,000 and over, $100. Each sub­ scriber is entitled to receive the benefit of the total fund during the current year of his subscription. Attempts will be made to have the special counsel take charge of the business of a man likely to fail, and, by a species of arbitration, de­ termine a compromise that will protect both the debtor and creditors from the ravages of public legal controversy. t THE BELLIGERENTS. Estimate of the Fighting Forces of Xwrkiigr and Kumiia. [From the New York Tribmu.] In Turkey the army has been organ­ ized under regulations issued in 1871,) Its ranks are entirely supplied from th« Mohammedans, except in certain priv­ ileged districts, such as Albania and Bosnia, which furnish special corps of their own. In the rest of Turkey every able-bodied Tvmasiilmn,!! of 20 wrtb nn<l upward is bound by law to in tlie standing army, but notwithstanding tkis law a young Turk of the wealthier classes can always obtain exemption from the service. The period of service is nominally twelve years; that is, four in the Nizam or standing army, two in the Kedif or reserve, and six in the militia ̂ but practically the soldier re­ mains in time of peace only three years nnder the colors, and is then sent on un­ limited furlough. The number of re­ cruits levied yearly is from 30,000 to 40,000 men, about 20 per cent, of whom are supplied by European Turkey, and 80 per cent, by Asiatic Turkey. The total military forces of Turkey, exclu­ sive of the " sedentary" army formed of those who have served twelve years, is use follows; Regi- v ^ ments. Infantry.... u... X 36 Cavalry.. ....24 Field artillery.... 6 Artillery in fortrwes>.. 4 Engineers 2 Detached corps in Can- dia, Tripoli, and Tunis 8 ished with % sting, but no such result occurred, The toad was twice removed o quite a distance from the hives, but both times he returned to the spot in a few hours. tSSSS=SSSSSSS=SSSSS t ILLINOIS LEtilSLATUB& ̂ War footinq. 117,86ft 16,000 170,378 Peace footing. 100,8(10 17.280 7,800 6,330 1,600 -16,000 148,680 , ..148,680 *. 75,000 .. 87,000 GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. CUBAN planters have decided to go into the importation of Chinese labor on an extensive scale. A company with $2,000,000 capital has been formed for this purpotsc in Havana.... The Hungarian and Austrian Governments have madu practically identical replica to the interpellations introduced in their respective Parliament on Eastern affairs. The replies will iirge that Austro-Huugary will best fulfill her European mission, and consider her own interests, by doing all in her power to insure the localization of the war, and thereby bring about the possibility of sooner opening the way to mediation. EX-QUEEN ISABELLA of Spain has appealed to the Pope to use his influence with her undu- tiful son, lung Alphonso, to dissuade him from contracting a marriage with a Princess not of the Catholic faith. It is said that the Pope is indisposed to interfere. ...The freedom of the pros has been suspended in Constantinople, Died for Love. Two human bodies, tightly fastened together by means of a strong cord,were recently taken from the river Seine at Rouen, in France. They were those of a young man of 20, named Henri Dam- inois, and a maiden of 18, named Eliza rinpre, his sweetheart. Henri was the son of M. Dominois, who occupies a good position in life, and Eliza was a simple Work-girl, pretty and honest, with whom he fell desperately in love. A letter found in the pocket of the young man told in a few plain words their short but tragic story. "Our pa­ rents," said this little manuscript, " would not allow us to marry, and we resolved to perish together in order that we might not be separated in paradise." The bodies had remained in the river from March 6, when the two young peo- Ele disappeared from their respective omes. Wealth off the Bonapartes. An official French document recently made public, which purports to give only the real estate held by, or in trust for, the ex-Empress Eugenie and her son, rates the Paris property at $1,065,000, on which there are mortgages to the extent of $240,000. Her other estates are valued at a like sum, on which an in­ cumbrance of $'200,000 exists. Other members of the Bonaparte family also hold a large amount of property in vari­ ous countries. The personal property of the imperial exiles is variously esti­ mated, varying from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. Problem Solved. In the secret language of the tramps, the letter " H." on the gate-post means that the residents will give the caller a handful of grub ; " S." thathe will get a seat at the table ; "S. M." that he will get a square meal, and " Q. B." that he will get the " grand bounce." Now that the secret is out, let every house-owner hie himself to his gate-post and dig in letters deep and that cannot be misun­ derstood, the mystic sign " G. B. !" Here, at last, is the complete solution of the tramp problem. OF the Prince of Wales' sons, only Prince George is intended for the^naval profession, although both the two elder are undergoing instruction on the Britan­ nia training ship. It is said that there is agood deal of fagging on the ship, and the two voting Princes will have to learn to be ordered about Total.... .....8 Reserve Auxiliaries. ......, Irregulars................ Total of forces 459,860 TURKISH NAVAL ARMAMENTS. The war fleet of Turkey consisted, at the end of the year 1875, of twenty iron­ clad ships and seventy other steamers. The greater number of the ironclads were built in Great Britain. The Turk­ ish navy was manned, in 1875, by 30,000 sailors and 4,000 marine troops. The time of service in the navy is eight years. Divided into three classes, the Turkish ironclad fleet is as follows: Av'ffe Horof- Xumber. Gutia. power. Frigates 7 114 971 Corvettes 8 36 862 Gunboats. .10 10 160 THE NAVAL STRENGTH OF RUSSIA. Great progress has been made in the strength and efficiency of the Bussian navy. It consists of two great divisions, the Baltic and Black sea fleets. Each of these two fleets is again subdivided into sections, of which three are usually stationed in or near the Block sea. The Mediterranean section is now in Ameri­ can waters. In March, 1876, the strength of the Bussian navy was returned as fol­ lows : 1. The Baltic fleet, 77 men-of- war. 2. The Black sea fleet, 9 men-of- war. 3. The Caspian sea fleet, 5 paddle- wheel steamers and 3 dispatch boats. 4. The Siberian fleet, 11 ships. The total comprises 108 men-of-war, 1,477 officers, and 7,217 seamen, exclusive of small squadrons in the white sea and Sea of Aral. The ironclad fleet (included in the foregoing statement) comprised in March, 1876, the following vessels: Sum- Horse- Ton- Ironclads. ber. Gune. power. nage, Mastless turret-ship 1 4 1,300 9,662 Frigates 8 76 4,600 86,185 Corvettes 8 10 600 5,161 Turret monitors 14 90 1,600 18,500 Floating batteries 3 74 1,110 10,285 Total 29 184 9,210 74,793 THB RUSSIAN ARMY. , . The organization of the Bussian army fe 'Biffipe afcd efficient. Under the law which went into force five years ago, there is an annual conscription to which all men over 21 are subject. The pe­ riod of service is fifteen years, six being spent with the regiment and nine in the reserve. Last year the strength of the Bussian army, on a peace footing,was as follows: Battalions, 852; squadrons, 281; guns, 1,422 ; officers, 33,043; rank and file, 732,829, making a total force of 765,872 men. Placed on a war footing, the strength of this army would be 1,213,259 men, including 39,380 officers. The strength of the various divisions of the Russian army, according to an official return, was as follows in 1874. The same relative proportions still probably exist ̂ between each arm of the service: L--RKOCLAB ABHT. Peace War footing, footing. Infantry 884.422 693,511 OavnirT... 88,306 *3,1S3 Ariiiiory 47,731 4o,77;> Engineers 13,418 16,203 Total .457,872 808,470 ii.--ABKT or riasx KKBEHTX. Troops of the line 80,405 74,561 Garrison troops in regiments .... 80,455 23,740 Garrison troops in battalions .... 19,830 29,892 Total. .180,840 127,923 in.--ABHT OF 8EOOKD RESERVE. Troops of all anus 207,812 276,664 General total 846,424 1,213.257 In preparing for the present war the Bussian Government called out or "mobilized" only part of the reserve. According to trustworthy reports, the army organized for the conflict consisted recently of 275,000 men, 20,000 cavalry, and 900 guns. Effective Temperance Lecturer. Seven years ago Francis Murphy kept a saloon, lucked a man down stairs, and was sent to jail for man­ slaughter. Last December he conducted a most remarkable temperance move­ ment in Pittsburgh, where he obtained 20,000 signatures to the pledge. Subse­ quently he visited eighteen towns in Northern Pennsylvania and Western New York, and induced 35,000 persons to sign the pledge. In Buffalo a vigor­ ous campaign was opened against in­ temperance, and about 2,300 converts put themselves on record. Mr. Murphy is now meeting with unequivocal suc­ cess in Philadelphia, where liis disciples already number 10,000. He preaches what he calls gospel temperance, and does not favor prohibitory legislation.-- New York Tribune. THURSDAY, May 3.--SENATE.--The following bills were passed: Providing a mode of disconnect­ ing territory from cities and villages; for appoint. lug CofnnalaaionerR * ptmi*h!nsr ireck- Isjssucss "la crcctioii of buildings \ p*crV*uiBg jTor- i ioi' DOOks oi coriioraiiuuB wxxjugluliy wllli- held; for publication of insurance reports annual­ ly ; requiring railroad companies to maintain uepots at all towns of 500 inhabitants; fixing the flre test of petroleum oila at 150 degrees; for appointment of officers to prevent cruelty to animals at the Stock Yards, was reconsidered and passed... .The bill amending the Landlord and Ten­ ant act was tabled Gov. Cullom nominated to the Senate the following gentlemen to fill vacancies on the Board of Charities: W. A. Grimshaw, of Pike; J. C. Corbus, LaSalle; 3. M. Gould, Rock Island. HCTTSE.- The ?O!!CTI2S bills trcrc pssccd: Amend­ ing Road and Bridge law in counties not under township organization so as to allow unused cart­ ways to revert to owners of the freehold; providing that receivers appointed to close up the business of corporations shall in all cases be residents of Illi­ nois, and Bhall give bonds payable to the State for the use of parties interest­ ed in such penalty as the court shall fix The bill for the purpose of taxing or licensing dogs to raise a fund to pay for the sheep Killed was lost, m was also the bill of Smith, of Sangamon, provid­ ing for a uniform system M school text-oooks, to be miMMurad by Rtata authority. Fuii>Ak, May i.--Sema'CB.--The House ad­ journment resolution was made the special order for May 9... .The Northern onnal School bill was j killed--22 to 17... .The bill for establishing a Board of Health was reported unfavorably and laid on the table.... The Matthews Be venue bill came up as the special order, and further consideration was post­ poned until May 8... .The bill for a transfer of the grain inspection from State authority to the Board of 1 Trade, which the Senate refused to order to a third reading yesterday, was called up by a motion and reconsidered. An amendment by Mr. Castle was adopted, and the bill ordered to a third reading--23 to 17. Mr. Castle's amendment is as follows: " Pro­ vided, that whenever, in the opinion and judgment of the Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, any inspector shall be deemed incompetent or unworthy to hold such position they shall have the power to remove such inspector, and Lin successor shall be appointed as hereinbefore provided." HOUSE.--Mr. Matthews, from the Judiciary Com mittee. reported back the Senate bill for the reas­ sessment of capital stock, for 1873-4-9, with amend­ ments, and recommended its passage The Peni­ tentiary Committee reported its investigation into the management and condition of the penitentiary. ... .Tho following bills passed: For the protection of hotel guests; providing for the punishment of a husband deserting his wife; appro­ priation for the Normal University; for the permanent survey of townships, a bill to establish tho lost lines and corners of the original surveys Mr. Gallon got the floor to report prog­ ress of the special committee to investigate the Tribune correspondent, and stated that, because of the solicitation of alleged friends of the accused rep­ resenting Ilia penitence, and because of the absence of witnesses, the investigation had not been pushed. He then proceeded to have read a communication from the accused demanding an investigation.... Representative Thomas, the colored member from Chicago, was a temporary occupant of the Speaker's chair this morning. SATURDAY, May 5.--SENATE.--Mr. Hamilton called up his motion to take from the table the Board of Health bill, which was tabled yesterday in ac­ cordance with tho report of the Appropriation Com­ mittee. The bill was ordered to a third reading Mr. Arntzen called up Matthews' House resolution asking Congress to appropriate money in aid of the construction and repair of levees along the Mississippi rivor. and tributaries in the State of Ilinois. Adopted The Senate then took up House bills on the first reading. The House Militia bill was called up by Mr. Lee and made a special order for Wednesday next. TTOTTRB.:--Several billn were ordered to A third reading No other business of any importance was transacted. MONDAY, May 7.--SENATE.--The Senate trans acted no business to-day. The body convened and on roll call, only twenty-three Senators answering to their names, adjournment was taken. HOUSB.--In tho tho House an afternoon session was held and Senate bills on the second reading were taken up. None of any importance passed. TUESDAY, May 8.--SENATE.--The following bills were passed: Enabling corporations owning IIMIM to regulate the delivery and use of water power; enabling the Industrial University to confer degrees; allowing the Common Council of Chicago to pay additional salary, not exceeding $5,000 in all, to Judges of inferior courts of record ; to protect purchasers of land where decree or order of sale has been declared void or illegal; appropriating 818,000 for heating apparatus for the Southern Normal University. HOUSB.--The House passed the following Senate bills: To provide for releasing the sureties on bonds of guardians, conservators of idiots or insane per­ sons, or trustees appointed by court*; fixing com­ pensation of treasurer of Highway Commissioners; amending law of toll roads so that plank, graveled or macadamized roads fhall have a track eight feet wide, also allowing toll-road companies, on extend­ ing their road half a mile, to collect tolls thereon after approval of County Board; requiring the registration of school-district lands by the School Treasurer; amending the Game law, and changing time when game may be taken; amending the County Court law, so as to increase the jurisdiction to cases involving $1,000, and allow­ ing appeals from Justices' Court to the County Court; appropriation bill of $51,353 for completion of the Copperas Creek dam and lock on the Illinois river; authorizing railroad companies to purchase railroads Bold undor power of foreclosure und oper­ ate the same (it is specially intended to allow the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy OonminT to purchase and operate tho Roekford, Bock leland snd St. i-ouis road); amending the Insurance law so that mutual flre in­ surance companies may commence business outside of Chicago with 100 applications and premiums of $50,000; authorizing County Boards to remove drift­ wood and obstacles from water courses; Sittig's bill to punish the treating or fumigation of barley or other grain with sulphur. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9.--SENATF.--V resolution was adopted for final adjournment May 24....The House Bevenue bill was taken up and discussed. Several amendments were offered and accepted, and the bill ordered to a third reading... .The House Militia bill was alwo passed to a third reading. HOUSE.--The special committeeJiaving in charge the bill of Mr. Kearney, giving Judges power to appoint court bailiffs, reported amendments so that It shall not apply to Cook county, and ordered it to third reading... .Mr. Herron called up resolution for a committee to investigate claims for damages by reason of the construction of tho dam ami lock at Henry and the lock on the Little Wabash river. The Senate substitute, changing its terms so that BO member of tho committee should be appoint­ ed from the counties where the damages are claimed, was adopted, with the understanding that if tho bill establishing a Court of Claims i-hftll be­ come a law the committee Bhall not be appointed. The bill dividing' the State into judicial districts was ordered to a third reading Tho bill extend­ ing time of the liability for aid donated, or sub­ scription* voted to the capital stock of any railroad company until 1880, was passed The Senate rco- lution for adjournment May 24 was concurred in. Toads and Bees. The mooted question as to whether toads eat bees has been settled by M. Bruuet, a writer in La Nature, who as­ serts that, going into his garden one day, just before a storm, he observed the bees crowding into their hives. Near one of the hives was a toad which every now and then rose on his forelegs and made a dart, with surprising quickness, toward blades of grass. Ho was found to be devouring bees which were resting on the grass blades awaiting their chance to enter the hive. M. Brunet waited until twelve victims had been devoured, | expecting to see the toad's voracity pun- Savrdust in Mortar. One of the German scientists recom­ mends the nse of sawdust in mortar as superior to hair in preveuting cracking and peeling off under the action of storms and frost. His own house, exposed to prolonged storms on the seacoast, had patches of mortar to be renewed each spring, and, after trying without effect a number of substances to prevent it, he found sawdust perfectly satisfactory. It was first thoroughly dried and sifted through an ordinary grain sieve to re­ move the larger particles. , Tho mortar W s made by mixing one part of cement, two of lime, two of sawdust and five of sharp sand, the sawdust being first well mixid dry with the cement and sand. A YANKEE, having patented a device for making the tops of fences impassable by cats, advertises as follows: " Prac­ tical tests of the invention have shown that it is discouraging to cats in a high degree. Tom cats of exceptional in­ telligence, who have long treated with contempt such trivial obstacles as spikes and broken glass, have retreated baffled before the teaser." A Grand Hunt. I 5 Bradford is now one of the largest ia area and most populous counties m Pennsylvania. The Bucks are a ruling family here. When the Bucks, the grandfathers of the present generation, came here, the place was literally a howl- x ing wilderness. Wolves in great droves ' hunted almost every other living thing. "About seventy years ago," said ola Mr. Buck, " we had a great hunt here--- a eirejila? hunt, taking in the country thizij jsiluii. It is said ihsti oyer 600 men were engaged in it, and that was a great many for those times. There was a Captain over every ten men, to see that they did not shoot each other m the excitement. The place of meet- Bg, rather the center of the circular hunt, was a round hill near Le Kay sville, on the head-waters oi the Wyalusing. The hunt laated three days, the first to drive in the game, the next two to kill and divide it. On the morning of the second day the round mountain was covered with all kinds of game, and the growls of bears and howls of wolves, and the rush­ ing of deer in every direction, made the men, many of whom had not hunted much before, nearly crazy. At daylight the firing began. The ring closed in until the aaen Btood eight deep around the circle. The great elk and deer would make a rush from the center of this frightened group, and leap clear over the heads of men and get away. The pan­ thers had to be chased from tree to tree j the wolves would sneak behind with grin­ ning jaws. They were the strong, wiry, northern kind of wolves, and had claws as long as a man's fingers, and as sharp as needles. They could tear a dog to pieces in a twinkling, but their great offense had been the foiling of sheep and calves. The firing continued all day. Toward evening it was tremendous. As it grew dark the men gathered together, and at the word all fired together. The night was spent in dividing the game. The result was 600 deer, thirteen great wolves, ten bears, and three immense panthers. There were no more calves killed by the wolves in that part of the country.-- Reading (Pa.) Eagle. i--i_ Bevaccinatioa. There is no evidence, according to the London Lancet, to show that revaccina- tion, once efficiently performed at or after puberty, need ever be repeated. On the other hand, the frequent repeti­ tion of vaccination, which has become oommon during alarms of small-pox, is distinctly to be deprecated. Such repe­ titions are as a rule futile, they are wasteful of vaccine lymph when lymph is most precious; they tend to unsettle the minds of people regarding some of the best-established facts as to the preser­ vative power of vaccination, and they are unnecessary. The official memorandum of the Local Government Board on re- vaccination says ; " Bevaccinfition once i properly and successfully performed does not appear ever to require repeti­ tion." The nurses and other servants of the London Small-Pox Hospital, when they enter the service are invariably sub­ mitted to vaccination, which, in" their case, is generally revaccination, and is never repeated ; and * so perfect is the protection that, though the nurses live in the closest and most constant attend­ ance of small-pox patients, and though also the other servants are in various ways exposed to special chances of infec­ tion, the resident surgeon of the hospi­ tal, during forty-one years of office, there has never known small-pox to affect any * of these nurses or servants. Short and Sharp. Mr. Boker, United States Minister a£ | St. Petersburg, returned to his home in Philadelphia, in a recent interview con­ firms a statement which has been made many times, that the Turkish army is in a demoralized condition and cannot ex­ ceed 300,000 men, while the Bussian army is in perfect order, and can muster 1,000,000 men, well drilled and disci­ plined, plentifully supplied with arms and material of war ; and that Russia, in six weeks after the war is commenced, can, if she is so disposed, be at the gates of Constantinople, and that, between the two great armies, tlie Turks will be ut­ terly exterminated. I THE Secretary of the Treasury has re- . ceived an anonymous letter postmarked Washington, D. C., containing the sum of $800 as a contribution to the conscience fund. • " \ • i. THE MARKETS. SEW YORK. BEEVES 0 00 @11 35 HOGS #75 ($ 6 26 COTTON I 10?I® 11 FLOOR-- Superfine Western 7 60 8 00 WHKAT--No. A Chicago. 190 COBN--Western Mixed 68 OATS--Western Mixed.-. 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