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?j.j"pTr ";(;'-.TR^ ^ ::«V 1 Sfe H j*. :7r:\.;ri L^I^. 4J~ 2 K K.U.1.^ -DIFEA - *JLTV,. ., ache Jtltienra ftaimfeakr. J. YANSLXKE, POBLWHKB. JFOHENRY, ILLINOIS. SHE SEWS COxVDEHSm • fL A COVERED bridge over the Connecticut river 5 at SorlbaiGptori, Mass., was blown down by a gale last week. A number of people and sev­ eral wagons and horses were on the structure AT the time. A Mrs. Sullivan was killed, < Sheriff Cook, of Hampshire county, fatally iu- ! k» jured, and several others badly bruised. REV. JOHN S. C. ABBOTT, the historian, died last week at his residence at Fairhaven. Ct, at the ripe age of 71. His death was not unex­ pected, as he has been an invalid for a long time. M&. JOSEPH SXUOMAK, the wealthy Hebrew tanker of New York, and member Of the syndi­ cate to place the Government loan, visited Saratoga with his family the other day, and applied at the Grand Union Hotel for apart­ ments. Somewhat to his surprise he was re­ fused entertainment, on the ground that their presence injured the business of the hotel. The managers of the hotel claim that Chris­ tians do not like the company of Hebrews, and lor that reason have heretofore shunned the hotel. There is much indigna­ tion among the Hebrews of New York at this bit of ostracism of their raoe An en ­ tire FreiJaman class of Princeton College, num- • bering nearly 100. has been suspended and sent home for "bulldozing' the faculty Several important discoveries of petroleum oil are re­ ported in Pennsylvania, the new wells aggre- fating a production of over 32,000 barrels a ay. 5 JOHS D. TOWITBEKD, counsel for William M. Tweed, has written a long letter explaining the negotiations with Attorney General Fairchild for the release of his client, and accusing that official of deception and double-dealing. The letter is a very bitter one, and, from its tone, it is to be inferred that Townsend has given up all hope of effecting the release of Tweed Four tramps were killed and one fatally injured by the giving way of the walls of a long-disused lime-kiln near Bridgeport, Pa. They were sleeping on the broken furnace... .The exclusion of Joseph Seligman from the Grand Union Hotel, at Saratoga, on the ground of his being a Jew, continues to excite much public interest, and forms the topic of conversation among all classes of citizens in New York. The Hebrews are quite indignant, and are retaliating upon the firm of A, T. Stewart & Co. (the owners of the hotel), by withdrawing their accounts from that hotise Mr. Short, the inventor of car- Sit-looms, has just died by his own hand in ew Brunswick, N. J. t THE grasshoppers are developing consider­ able strength in one or two counties of Iowa and a considerable section of Minnesota. With these exceptions, the crop reports from these States, as well as nearly the whole of the North­ west, are very encouraging The Black Hills «tage was again stopped by highwaymen, the other day, near Hat creek, and robbed of the treasure-box. None of the passengers were molested. A CATHOLIC priest has just returned to Bis­ marck, Dak., after spending several days at the camp of Sitting Bull, in the British Possessions. The savage chief is irreconcilable in his hatred of the Americans, and refused to entertain the idea of surrendering. A council was held, at which it seemed to be determined that the hos- tiles will remain on the British side of the line at present, being in no condition for successful offensive war. English officers were present, who promised that the savages should not be molested as long as they kept quiet Four persons were drowned at Eagle lake, Ra­ cine county, Wis., one day last week, viz.: Mrs. Oliver Gilbert and Miss Gilbert, and Mrs. Coblet and child. They were attending a pic­ nic, and were out in a row-boat when the sad accident occurred. The boat leaked badlv, and swamped before it could get back to the "shore. THE citizens of the usually quiet little city of Mount Vernon, Ohio, have been thrown into a disagreeable state of agitation by the cold­ blooded murder of a popular hotel-keeper and prominent citizen named McBride, by one Ber- gin, a worthless and dissolute fellow.., .Ex- Senator D. D. Pratt died suddenly at his home in Log an sport, Ind., a few days ago, from heart disease. Mr. Pratt was born in Maine, and was 64 years of age He served in the Indiana Legislature in 1851 and 1855, and was elected to the National House of Representatives in 1868, but never took his seat, being chosen United StateB Senator to succeed air. Hen­ dricks in 1869. He was for a short time Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Grant Hon. John Pettit died last week at his home in Lafayette, Ind., aged 70 years. Mr. Pettit has been" quite conspicuous in public affaire, having held the position of Senator and member of Congress from In­ diana, Judge of the Circuit and Supreme Courts, and was United States Judge for Kansas Territory^ 111854-5, THE Chicago Journal says: " Reports from every CongressionaldistrictofllMnoisrepresent the outlook few corn generally better than it has been for some years past at this season, and a large crop is anticipated. Returns from other corn-growing sections indicate a similar prospect, while other grains throughout the nest and Northwest promise the best results." CHICAGO elevators contain 672,953 bushels of wheat, 8,800,237 bushels of corn, 288.758 bush­ els of oats, 155,022 bushels of rye, and 125,446 bushels of barley, making a grand total of 5,042,416 bushels, against 8,415.477 bushels at this period last year. Milwaukee warehouses contain 718,197 bushels of wheat The First National Bank of St. Louis, for a long time re­ garded as one of the soundest monetary insti­ tutions in that city, has suspended. The as­ sets are said to be ample enough to pay de­ positors 50 per cent to be paid within a few weeks, and 50 per cent within a few mnnrt.. The stockholders are hopeless losers. NEWS comes by way of San Francisco of a formidable uprising of Indians in the region of Salmon river, Idaho Territory, the massacre Of nuny white families, the gathering of the white settlers and friendly Indians for de­ fense, followed by severe fighting, in which, according to the latest accounts, the latter were getting badlly worsted. The dispatches state that there is a general uprising of the ravages, and the whole country is wild with alarm The Indians are massacring men, women and chil­ dren in Camas Prairie, and settlers are fleeimr in all directions for safety." The hostile sav­ ages belong to a tribe known as Nez Perce*, and are said to number 2.000 effective warriors Gen. McDowell, commanding the Division of the Pacific, has ordered troops from a number of posts in the department to go to the scene Of trouble. SOUTH. THE wheat-harvest has begun in Kentucky, and the prospect for a heavy yield is good Fred Douglass, the other day, visited Talbot county, Md., for the first time since he left a fugitive, forty-one years ago, and made' a speech to the colored people. Douglass also called upon his old master, Capt. Thomas Auld, hf whom he was well received. WASHINGTON. IT IS announced from Washihgton that Secretary Sherman has perfected his arrange­ ments for the disposal of the 4 per cent Gov ernment bonds. It is stated that the oppor­ tunity of any and all persons who wish to make subscriptions, at par, to this loan will expire on the 16tn of July, and the people are invited to invest in it up to that date ; after which the syndicate, with which a contract for placing the loan has been made, willoontro) the further sale of the bonds. JOHN A. HABXAH (colored), ex-member of Congress from North Carolina, has been ap­ points* Oolleetor of Eateraal Bevanue for the Second District of thai Btate, vice Powers.,.. At a Cabinet meeting bat week it was agreed that the vaoancy to be created by the resigna­ tion of George F. Talbot, of the Solidtorship of the Treasury, shall be filled by the appoint­ ment of Kenneth Baynor, of North Carolina. Raynor is an old-line Whig. THE President has appointed editor B. A. Thompson, of the Avalanche, Postmaster at Memphis... .A. u. Dookery, of North Caro­ lina, has been Appointed Consul to Leeds.... James Russell Lowell has accepted the Spanish mission, and will shortly leave for Spam.... The question of the amount of silver coin which may be legally issued has engaged the attention off the' Treasury Department and the Attorney General. The latter has decided, in a formal opinion, that the whole amount of "change," silver and paper, must not exceed fifty millions, and that silver may only be is­ sued in exchange for paper fractional currency redeemed or known to be destroyed. THE President is booked for a visit to the White Sulphur Springs of Virginia in the latter part of July The name of Gen. Julius White, of Chicago, is prominently mentioned in connection with the Turkish mission... .The President has appointed M. W. Gibbs (colored) Register of the Land Office at Little Rock, Ark. SECRETARY SHERMAN has written a letter for the purpose of removing any doubt in regard to bis opinion as to the payment of the 4-per oent bonds in gold. He believes that both principal and interest ought to be paid in gold coin Nicholas Fish, son of the late Secre­ tary of State, has been appointed Minister to Switzerland. THE report of the commission appointed to investigate the charges of extravagance in the Printing Bureau of the United States Treasury at Washington shows a recklessness and waste of the public money greatly to be censured. The names of 958 persons were upon the pay­ rolls of the bureau at the beginning of the in­ vestigation, about 60 per cent of whom were not necessary for the prosecution of the busi­ ness. The number has since be«£.ftfOtUably reduced to 867 persons. POLITICAL. Ax election has just been held in Georgia to decide the question as to whether a convention should be held to remodel the State constitu­ tion. The matter wasdecided'in the affirmative by over 10,000 majority The Louisville Cou­ rier-Journal says " the man upon whom the Democrats of Indiana have united to lead them in the fight next year to oust Morton from the Senatorship is Yoorhees, the Tall Sycamore of he Wabash." KENNETH RAYNOB, the newly-appointed Soli­ citor of the Treasury, is a man nearly 70 years of age. He was in Congress in 1839 as an old- line Whig. Of late years he has resided in Mississippi. He was a Union man, a friend of Grant, and a member of the Alabama Commis­ sion Gail Hamilton, in one of her recent letters, charged that George Schneider, of Chi­ cago, loaned Secretary Schurz money to start a newspaper, and, in consideration of that loan, Schneider had Schurz's influence to secure his appointment to the Swiss mission. The latter has been- interviewed upon the subject, and pronounces the story an unmitigated falsehood and slander. THE State. Convention of the Greenback party of Maine was held last week at Skowhe- gan. Resolutions-were adopted demanding the repeal of the Resumption act of 1874, the withdrawal of the national-bank notes and the substitution of greenbacks, the remonetiziition of silver, and the reservation of the public do­ main for actual settlers. Rev. H. E. Munson was placed in nomination for Governor. GENERAL. THE steamer Montana, which sailed from New York last week, took out few missionary work in Europe eighteen elders of the Mormon church of Utah. It seems that Mormonism is greatly on the decline in all the British states. Great Britain at one time furnished 60,000 dis­ ciples to Brigham Young. Now the Mormons in all Europe do not number more than 11,000 souls From Mexico comes new? that the city of Acapuloo has been captured by the followers of Lerdo There were five executions in the country on Friday, the 15th inst., three at Now Orleans, one at Newnan, Ga., and one at Davton, Ohio. Three of the murderers killed women, two their wives, the other two selecting men for their victims The official canvass of the area in cotton this year, as made under the auspices of the Agricultural Bureau, shows an increase of nearly 4 per cent, upon the acreage of 1876, giving a total in excess of 12,000,000 acres. The season has been too cool for cotton, too wet at the time of planting, and too dry since in all of the area except Texas. The plant is now generally small, but healthy, free from weeds, and in condition to improve rapidly with favorable weather. SENATOB COMRUKO sailed last week for Europe.... The Collector of Customs at El Paso, Texas, informs the Secretary of the Treasury of the capitulation of El Paso, Mexico, to the partisans of Lerdo de Tejada A detachment of Mexican Government troops recently crossed the Rio Grande near Fort Clark, Texas, to es­ cape from a superior body of revolutionists by whom they were closcly followed. The iatter pursued and attacked them on Texas soil, killing and wounding a good many, and then returned to the Mexican " side. The defeated Government troops, numbering some forty, were then arrested by the United States military authorities for violating the neutrality laws, and were released 011 parole. Recruiting is actively going on for the revolu­ tionists on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. ORDERS have been Bent from Washington to Gen. Ord, commanding on the Rio Grande, di­ recting the release of the Mexican soldiers who recently took refuge in Texas, if there is no danger that they will be again immediately at­ tacked by the revolutionary forces Reports from Havana say that the condition of Cuba is no better than it was last year ; that Martinez Campos, with the 30,000 men he added to the garrisons of the island, has utterly failed to redeem his promise of pacification; that the treasury is exhausted, the production of the staples of the island interrupted, and all indus­ trial and commercial enterprise paralyzed. The Spaniards and most of the people would be glad to have peace at almost any price. But the army contractors don't want it, and they will probably contrive to have their way. THE case of Great Britain presented to the Fisheries Commission, appointed to adjust the differences between the United States and the provinces of the former country in North America, contains a voluminous history of the fishery difficulties. A total of $14,800,000 is claimed as damages from the United States. THE city of St. Johns, New Brunswick, bas been almost obliterated by Are. The flames broke out in the afternoon of June 20, in Mc­ Laughlin's boiler-manufactory in Portland, a suburb of St. Johns, and raged for twenty-four hours. A strong wind was blowing at the time, and the lire spread with incredible rapidity toward the business portion of St. John, clearing in its career enure streets of buildings. The entire business portion of the city, including all the banks, hotels, news- °®ce8i the Custom House, telegraph offices, a number of churches and public schools, besides hundreds of dwellings, were reduced to ashes in a few hours. Several schooners and larger vessels were burned. Crafts laden with goods and household wares readily caught the flames and were consumed. The fierce wind drove the frames to the south and east and destroyed everything they reached to the water's edge. Five men and two infants are known to have lost their lives, and many 5™ The loss is estimated at from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 and the insurance will not, it is thought, exceed $6,000,000. The area burned over is about 200 acres. Thousands of people are rendered homeless, among whom there is much suffering -- The fast trains between the JSast and West have been withdrawn, and one of the shortest railroad wars on reoord is at an end--A report is noefcrsd by way of Victoria and San Francisco of M uprising bv the Blaok- fect Indians of BtWahdo^nbia. The Rocky Mountain cusp of the Canadian Padflc nOl- road was attacked by the Savages, and all the men killed 1 story. *ve one, who escaped to tell the THK TURKO-BUH8IAN WAR. THE New York Heralds correspondent with the army in Asia telegraphs paeffaolars of the reoent battle or series of in front of Kars. The fighting began on Saturday. June 9, b^ a determined attack of the Russians. The cuanici. renewed at daylight on Sunday. The isau e&eisieti A lodgment in one of the outer earthworks on the previous night The struggle was sanguinary In the extreme. The Russians are reported to have held their Sjund during the whole of Monday and Mon-J night. On Tuesday the Turks began the fight, assuming the offensive by making the most desperate sorties. According to the Her- ai<T» correspondent from a TarUsL source, this resulted on Tuesday in the dislodgment of the Russians, who had l>een inefficiently supported. The Turks succeeded in surprising the Russians by a flank movement., and th« ?l»«ghter ttiftt followed was very great The Russians asked no quarter, and the Turks offered none. The last action of the Russian gunners was to spike the few Turkish field-pieces which they had captured in the redoubt. This was after it be­ came a hand-to-hand struggle, and the guns were of no further servicc... .Typhus fever and other fatal ailments are playing havoe with the Turkish rank and file... j A war corre­ spondent with the army on the Danube tele­ graphs that -'the immense mass of material which the Russians are moving toward the Danube can scarcely be lodged in the depots on the river before the" 1st of July. It is, there­ fore, scarcely probable that any attempt will be made to cross before that*time." The New York Herald correspondent in Berlin telegraphs that Russia's reply to Earl Derby has apparently satisfied the powers. Trust­ worthy information regarding its contents in­ dicates that it rejects the idea of interference with Egypt or the Suez canal. The reply de­ nies all intention of taking possession of 'Con­ stantinople, but leaves the question of the oc­ cupation of the Turkish capital untouched. There is one point on which the document is very clear and explicit It demands an entire change in the administration of the Christian provinces of Turkey, and indicates *>»**. on thin point no compromise will be made. IT is now announced that it is the in­ tention of the Russian army to pass the Balkan mountains in Turkey. Then, if En­ gland prevails upon Turkey to negotiate a peace, Russia will be willing to treat for a set­ tlement of the difficulties between the two na­ tions. Failing in this, the Czar will dictate a peace from, it is to be inferred, the palace of the Sublime Porte, at Constantinople It has been finally decided, as the result of close communion between the Czar and Prince Milan, that Servia shall remain absolutely neu­ tral. ACCORDING to a late Constantinople dispatch, the failure of the Turkish campaign in Asia is attributed to Russian gold and Turkish treachery The cable sends accounts of another desperate battle between the Montene­ grins. 3,000 strong, and a column of 10,000 Turks, in which thebrave mountaineers defeated and put to flight their ancient foes, with fright­ ful slaughter. The Turks repeatedly assaulted the Montenegrins, who were strongly posted, and were as often repulsed. The mountaineers, gaining courage by a momentary wavering of the foe, emerged from their coverts, and, pouring a murderous fire into the thick ranks of the Mus­ sulmans, put them to flight. Then, with the most fiendish yells, they attacked the panic stricken Turks with the bayonet No quarter was asked or given, and but few prisoners were taken, nearly all the Turkish troops that were overtaken being put to death. Over 2,000 of them were killed, besides many wounded. ... .By way of Constantinople we have news of a five hours' battle near Delibaba, in Asia Minor, resulting in the defeat of the Russians. Mehemet Pasha, the Turkish commander, was killed. ALTHOUGH Servia will maintain an attitude of armed neutrality, she has concluded a treaty with Russia enabling that power to transport troops through Servian territory*A corre­ spondent at Batotim telegraphs that the Tilrks fired on a French vessel which wa« trying to enter that port. The FrencL Consul hag de­ manded an explanation and apology for the in­ sult to the flag. LATE cable dispatches represent the situation of the Montenegrins as extremely critical Trustworthy advices from St. Petersburg con­ firm the reported utter inefficiency of the com­ missariat in Armenia and on the Dauube. The Czar is exasperated. The scanty provisioning of troops has caused apprehension The Rus­ sians have again begun to advance in Asia Minor They have re-occupied Olti, and pushed their advance beyond, the Turks retiring on their approach without offering battle The Turks have succeeded in reliev­ ing Nicsics, in Montenegro, and have revictualed it for twelve months.... It is stated that the Sheik-ul-Islam has sent a delegation of Doctors of Law to the Sherif of Mecca, the direct descendant of the Prophet, for the purpose of demanding funds from the Treasurer of Islam to be applied in defense of the Islam faith. This treasure is formed from the annual offerings of the pilgrims, which are accumulated in the Kasbah of Mecca, and is said to amount to 600,000,000 francH From Russian sources we have accounts of horrible outrages upon Christian Turks in the province of Tnltcha. " Villages and farms," it is stated, "are wantonly sacked and burned with a view of rendering the country a desert before the advance of the Russians. Ghastly heads are carried every day by" blood-stained murderers into Tultcha, Matchin, Bsbadagh and Hirsova. The flames of some burning village are visible every night" TURKISH advices report terrible outrages by the Russians upon the Circassian population of Armenia. Towns are sacked, women ravished, and men banished. A reign of terror prevails. The Russians are reported by the Turks to have burned the military hospital in Ardahan. Eight hundred inmates are said to have per­ ished The Turks have again been defeated by the Montenegrins in a five hours' engage­ ment between Dainlograd and Spuz. GKSE1AL FOREIGN NEWS. The ceremony of presenting Gen. Grant with the freedom of the city of London in a golden casket was performed at Guildhall, the other day, in the presence of a distinguished gather­ ing of Englishmen and Americans Lady Sterling Maxwell, better known as the ilon. Mrs. Norton, is dead. This lady, a well-known Soet and novelist was married on the 1st of [arch last to Sir William Sterling Maxwfell, Bar­ onet, member of the British Parliament for Perthshire. The bride at the time was 70 years of ago, and conflnod to her chair with rheumatism. Sir William was 59. PORTUGAL has proclaimed her neutrality in the Russo-Turkish war. Germany will not issue a special proclamation of neutrality President MacMahon, on the reassembling of the French Chamber of Deputies, June 16, presented a message demanding the dissolu­ tion of that body. An exciting debate fol­ lowed, Mr. Gambotta replying to the Ministry on behalf of the Republicans. He advocated dissolution as.the best policy to be pursued.... A Constantinople dispatch savs there has been a dangerous outbreak of from 15,000 to 20,000 mounted Arabs in the district between Damas­ cus aud Aleppo. The country is almost de­ nuded of troops. The Governor of Syria has telegraphed for assistance. THE Bashi-Bazouks are carrying things with a high hand in and around Constantinople. Among those who have recently suffered from then- excesses is an English army officer and an American naval officer, who were beaten and maltreated ma shameful manner The en­ gineers who made the geological explorations and soundings for a submarine tunnel between France and England report that the tunnel is perfectly practicable, as there is a continuous bed of chalk between the two shores... .Two Constantinople newspapers have been sup­ pressed, and the publishers, editors and com­ positors exiled. THE stay of ex-President Grant in England will be prolonged beyond the time at first set by him....Upward of $500,000 worth of se­ curities and railway stocks were reoeatlj stolen from * nail between London and Paris. fff : Ail Editorial Brutus. An editor out West indulges in the following talk to his subscribers and patrons. The famous speech of Brutus, on the death of Ceesar, rendered by Bhak- speare, is made to do service in this ^'uaulg travesty: " Hear us 'or our debts, and get rawly that you may pay; trust us, we have need, as you nave long been trusted ; ac­ knowledge your indebtedness, and dive into your pockets, that you may promptly fork ovter. If there be any among you-- one single patron--that don't owe us anything, then to him we say: Step aside, consider yourself a gentleman. If the rest wish to know why we dun them, this ig our answer: Not that we care about ourselves, but our creditors do. Would you rather that we went to jail and you go free, than that you pay your debts and keep us moving ? As we agreed, we have worked for you; as we con­ tracted, we have furnished the paper to you; but as you don't pay we dun you. Here are agreements for job work, con­ tracts for subscription, promises for long credit, and dims for deferred payment. Who is there so green that he don't take a paper? If any, he need not speak, for we don't mean him. Who is there so green that he don't advertise ? If any, let him slide; he ain't the chap either. Who is there so mean that he don't pay the printers ? If any, let him speak, for he is the,man we're after." Potatoes. As an article of staple food, no vege­ table oompares with the potato. In Ire­ land potatoes and buttermilk are the principal diet, the average laborer con­ suming of the former ten pounds daily. In Holland, boiled in fat with other veg­ etables, they form the ordinary repast of the working classes, who seldom eat meat more than one day in the week. Science teaches that the best proportions of food for the common wants of the system are about 9 per cent, of fat, 22 per cent, of flesh-formers and 69 per cent of starch and sugar; hence, with the addition of a little milk or butter, potatoes are capable of sustaining life and activity. To preserve a large per­ centage of the nourishing properties of potatoes, they should be cooked "with their jackets on." They need to be well cooked, with a considerable degree of heat; if boiled, they should be placed at once in boiling water ; if roasted, the oven should be moderately hot at the start; peeled and soaked in cold water the nutritive, starchy matter is extracted and lost; with a slow oven the skin will be hardened and thickened. To secure the fullest benefits from this valuable vege table much depends upon a proper knowr~: dge of the best methods of cooking. The Depravity of the Armenians. An English war correspondent writes from Trebizond: " Were a European to exercise Ms fancy for imagining the quintessence of depravity, the frightful wickedness of the Armenians would still be out of his power to conceive. Those who are not bankers to some Pasha-- that is, vampires living on the blood of Christians and Mohammedans--are cer­ tain to be panders, and that word in the East signifies something much worse than with us. In Hungary, Transylvania and the Bucowina, Magyars, Germans, Roumanians and Slavs would rather find themselves among the plague-stricken than fraternize with the Armenians. No doubt they are more wealthy than the other nationalities, but by what means have they attained to prosperity ? Their every word is a" lie, their every act a deception. In Trans-Caucasia, the Armenians are the dirtiest, the most im­ moral of all nations, in every respect far behind the Tartars. A European, therefore, is not likely to feel any desire for their acquaintance." Dried Eggs. A large establishment has been opened in St. Louis for drying eggs. It is in full operation, and hundreds of thousands of dozens are going into its insatiable maw. The eggs are carefully " candled" by hand--that is, examined by light to ascertain whether good or not- -and are then thrown into an immense receptacle, where they are broken, and, by a cen­ trifugal operation, the white and yelk are separated from the comb. The liquid is then dried by heat, by patent process, and the dried article is left re­ sembling sugar; it is then put in barrels, and is ready for transportation anywhere. This dried article has been taken twice across the equator in ships, and then made into omelet and compared with omelet made from fresh eggs in the same manner, and the best judges could not detect the difference between the two. Is not this an age of wonders? Milk made solid, cider made solid, apple but­ ter made into bricks! What next ? A Plucky Woman. As one of the women of the Mechanics' Exchange Hotel was sweeping the din­ ing-room after dinner yesterday she dis­ covered a huge rat which had made its way in through the open front door. In­ stead of screaming and jumping into a chair or upon the table, as is common in such cases, she reversed her broom and sallied after the rodent in real earnest, and out the door he went with the broomstick tapping the pavement close behind him. Reaching the street, he dodged into a hole under the sidewalk on the other side of the alley, and lookers- on thought the sport was ended. Not so, however; the plucky woman ran her bare arm in£o the hole and drew the\rat forth in triumph, and dashed him for­ cibly to the ground before he had a chance to turn and bite. Here _ she de­ liberately despatched him with the broomstick.--Sacramento Union. THE gypsies, of whom there are some 200,000 in Roumania, are alarmed with the other inhabitants of that country at the possibility of an invasion by the Turks, whom they hate and fear, and are moving in large numbers to Austria. AT a restaurant the guest called the waiter to him and remarked: "This goose with wine sauce would be most palatable but for a slight mistake. The ngp is in the goose and not in the wine. ILLINOIS ITEMS. BiiOOMENGTON is fairly overrun with daring burglars, whose operations are «anied on almost nightly. THE Methodists of Bock Island am snaking arrangements for a big Fourth of July celebration on Credit island. M. B. CONVERSE, of Springfield, has been appointed Register of Bankruptcy for the Southern District of DHnoia. A MAN named Kingsley was fatally stabbed near Decatur recently by a brother of his sisp-father, named Lane. APPLICATION has been filed to organize the Town of Lake Gas and Coke Com­ pany of Cook county ; capital, $200,000. THE Home Bank, of Bloomington, suspended last week. Liabilities, $175,- 000. It is believed no loss will result to the creditors eventually. OBVU/LE O. Ebey, son of George Ebey. of Scott county, attacked his father with a hoe the other day while under a fit of insanity, and injured him seriously. NEGOTIATIONS are nearly complete in Springfield for the transfer of the prop­ erty of the Springfield Library Associa­ tion to the city and the establishment of a free library. THE State Treasurer will disburse about $1,000,000 next month, in pay­ ment of interest on the bonded indebt­ edness--$700,000 in New York, and $800,000 at his office in Springfield. THE annual convention of the Mc­ Lean county Sunday-schools, at Danvers, has adjourned. The reports show that the schools of that county are in fine condition, with an increasing attendance. NEAB Maroa, within a week, a Mrs. Remm has given birth to four boys, Mrs. Guthrie to three girls, and Mrs. Kress- ler to two boys and a girl. The three mothers and ten babies are all doing well. THE third annual commencement ex­ ercises at the Southern Illinois Normal University were held at Carbondale, last week. Throughout they were very in­ teresting, and reflected great credit to both the faculty and the students. AN elderly man, named J. L. Meserve, committed suicide by drowning in a well at Duquoin, a few days ago. Upon his person were found $569.50, a fine gold watch and chain, and an emigrant ticket from New Orleans to San Francisco. THE First National Bank of Mount Vernon sent a package containing $8,000, per Adams express, to the Third Na­ tional Bank, St. Louis. It never reached its distmation, but a few days ago a package of brown paper was delivered instead. GEN. JESSE H. MOORE has returned from Washington, and will shortly begin the work of consolidating the three Illi­ nois Pension Agencies of Chicago, Salem and Springfield at the latter place. The consolidation is to be perfected in the early part of July, and Gen. Moore is to be the Pension Agent for Illinois. A DARING attempt was made to fire the store of J. W. Twohery, in Braidwood, one night last week. One Tommy Dyer, a married man, was caught in the act by the watchman. He had previously bored holes into the building and filled them with combustible material. When ques­ tioned he stated that he had been hired to do the job. ARRANGEMENTS ace now in progress, and quite a sum of money already raised by subscription, to carry out the details of a novel celebration of the Fourth of July, by the old soldiers of Rock Island and Moline and Davenport, Iowa. It is proposed to go into encampment on the 2d of July, and on the afternoon of the Fourth, tight again the battle of Yorktown. BONDS of Danvers township, in Mc­ Lean county, amounting to $4,000, were presented at the office of the State Auditor Vecently for registration, under the Funding act passed at the late ses­ sion of the General Assembly. These are the first bonds presented under the act. The State Auditor is sending circulars and blanks to the various counties of the State, urging that reports on their registered bonds be made at once. THE Illinois State Register has passed into the hands of its creditors, the prin­ cipal portion of whom assume charge of the paper, and have formed a corpora­ tion !iruler the name of the Stale Register Company, with Gov. John M. Palmer President, J. M. Higgins Secre­ tary, and E. L. Merritt Treasurer; capital, $15,000. Maj. Louis Souther, the actual editor of the paper for some years, retires, and it is understood John Mayo Palmer, for the present, will have editorial oontrol. THE following is a synopsis of the lead­ ing provisions of the new Illinois Game law, which will go into effect July 1. 1. Prairie chickens and woodcock are pro­ tected between the 15th day of January and 1st day of September. 'I. Deer, turkeys and pheasants are protected between the 1st day of February ana the 1st day of October. 3. Quail are protected between the 1st day of February and the 1st day of November. It is made unlawful to net quail at any time. 4. Wild geese, ducks, snipe, brant or other water fowl arcs protected between the 1st day of May and the 15th day of August. 5. It is made unlawful for a non-resident of this State to kill or trap in any manner any of the above-named birds or animals, in any county of this State, at any time, for the purpose of selling or marketing, or removing the same outside of this State. A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at Old- town, McLean county, on Friday even­ ing of last week. John Hendrix, an old citizen, lived unhappily with his wife. On Friday he went to Bloomington and was seen drinking. During his stay in the city he procured the services of a girl named Sophia Plouse to go to his farm and keep house for him. He probably did this to spite his wife. He left the city with the girl that evening, arriving at the farm about 8 o'clock. The girl explained her mission to Mrs. Hendrix, after which he continued his abuse until his wife made a reply. He then gave her a kick, which resulted in words on both sides, after which he drew a revolver and began to lire at her. She started to run and he after her, until he had fired four shots, all of which took effect. The first shot entered the breast, the other three took effect in the back. She fell dead eighty feet from the house, near the gate. Hendrix fled, and diligent search was made for him. At length two offi­ cers discovered his ghastly corpse lying beside a haystack' a quarter of a mile from his liouse, his skull torn by a pistol ball, which entered behind thfe right ear, running downward. Beside him, cov* ered with gore, lav the pistol with which the horrid deed of wife-murder had been committed. THE following is a list of patent# granted to Illinois inventors during thfk week ending June 12; Austin & Hasir ford, Chicago, furnace ; Drake & Smith, Eyanston, ash sifter; W H. Payne, Sand! wich, grain-binder; 0. G. Stromberg| Chicago, druggist's prescription-file; L. D. Webster, C nicago, ©air-axle box B. JSerrieSi, Galesburg .plaiting-mgpt?:... chine* M. M. DeVeara. 8pringfiel<L seed-planter; J. Plane, Bflftvidere, postlfv ' for wire fence; C. EL Hadd, Chicagcf duplex telegraph; O. P.#Sleeper, Clii» cago, packing for piston-rods, etc.; W. Wood, Laomi, illuminating scale* > beams ; W. G. Barnes, Freeport, barbe| P- iron fence strip ; J. F. Best, Galva, ha# ̂ ness-saddle : Clifford & Gielow, CUieagot hose-nozzle; S. DixSon. RosevilM^-*-- seeding-machine; W. F. Flagg, Bloom­ ington, heating and ventilating builc$. ings; R. Hummell, Chicago, lanterna j G. Hunter, Elgin, dust-caps fo§ " watches; W. P. Johnston, Cordova ̂ liquid-measure; Messenger & Irving ̂ Newark, cultivator ; C. F. Sleeper, Chi­ cago, stuffing-box for engine; H. B. Woods, Rock Island, steam-engine valve. Trade-Mark. -- Dousman & > Drummond Tobacco Company, Alton, plug chewing tobacco. THE people of Dixon have been ratly excited over the trial of Rev. S. McGhee, a minister in the Christian church at Ashton, fifteen miles from there, on the charge of having murdered f his wife. McGhee, who is a neat, dan* dyish personage, was installed pastor at Ashton about a year ago, having re­ moved from Huntington, Ind., accom­ panied by his ̂ rife and a daughter of 16. He soon fonhed the acquaintance of Rilla Paddock, the young daughter of a wealthy farmer, and their acquaintance speedily grew into intimacy and evident affection. In February Mrs. McGhee developed a tendency to spasms, and was soon seized with convulsions, nausea, etc., which occurred several times during the month; Finally, on Feb. 26, while McGhee was engaged in revivalistic ser­ vices, she was again seized with pain­ ful spasmB, and in a few hours died in great agony. Exclamations which she made before her death led to the belief that she suspected she was being foully « dealt with, and a post-mortem examina­ tion revealed strychnine in her stomach. It was then discovered that McGhee had bought strychnine and arsenic, and further evidence against liim was soon brought to light, which left no doubt > that he had poisoned his wife. He was indicted, but while awaiting trial his daughter, a half-witted girl, confessed that she had murdered her mother, but soon admitted that she had confessed at her father's solicitation, believing it right to do so, but was really herself innocent. The prosecution produced very strong evidence against Mc­ Ghee, including the testimony of the druggist who sold the parson his poison, and the physician who attended the poor woman during her terrible sickness. His trial occupied about ten days, and the reverend murderer was found guilty and sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary. At the conclusion of the trial, he thanked each juror for asses­ sing his punishment at the minimum provided by the law, and joined in the general satisfaction the verdict appeared to give. He waived his motion for a new trial, and, on being sentenced to four­ teen years' hard labor, with one week in each year of solitary confinement, urged the Sheriff to take him to Joliet without | delfly' ' 1 Worse Than Chicago. The facility of divorce here (Rouma­ nia), unequaled in any land, savage or civilized, is a needful consequence of the national manners. I was shown the other day a lovely creature, of royal blood and great wealth, who had twice divorced herself and once been divorced by her 1 husband. She is now about to marry for the fourth time, at 26 years old. Is not this a state of society to bewil­ der one--for there are many such cases, some worse, and thousands not quite so bad.--Bucharest Cor. London Times. THE Hindoos are endeavoring to in­ troduce their religion into Australia, and Hindoo missionaries have been for a year laboring in that country. TH£ MARKETS. 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