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* o" x <. V :- ^ 1 , r Yf~ „ A f * _ i StolBSsShtMki. uJ&st^uxLiuki/*. a> * •^a< '̂'liJit%'nto[t i fi'n ~ ±. A, iiii? aite Jftrljeitrg §lamdealtr. J. VAN SLOT, PTREUHHKB. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. ATTJUCULTURAL AMD DOMESTIC. Arooad the Farm. -;4%:: -jk i-JtBimR -mites to the Elrai» "Fairo- ;• era' Club that alcohol is a sale and sure cure for lice on. animals, injuring neither hair nor skin, and it is seldotn put to so noble a use. SKDOEID milk, or sour milk, or milk in any condition, is a moat excellent - drink for poultry, It is meat and drink II both. Borne of the finest chickens we ever saw were raised upon the free use of milk with their food. Hens lay as weii, or better, when furnished with this, than upon any known article offered them,-- Utica Herald. AMHOUGH peach-growing is not a very encouraging business to engage in, yet I believe that a few trees planted each vear will repay for the care and ct- 1 tention bestowed. Old peach-trees are of iio vartienlitr except for fuel, and not specially valuable for even that; and they should be out down, and new ones planted in their places.--Chicago Tribune. IN all systems of manuring one fac • should be borne in mind, that manure should be placed in as close proximity as possible to the plants it is to nour­ ish, since in all cases of decomposition the disengaged substance enters into new combinations.at the very instant it is thrown off, muoh more rapidly than it does at any subsequent period.--Massa­ chusetts Plowman. THIS matter of windows in stables is one of vastly more importance than some farmers think. Animals, no more than vegetables, can thrive in the dark. Our long winters are sufficiently trying to the constitutions of our farm-stock, un­ der the best circumstances, and an ani­ mal upon whioh the sun scarcely shines at all for five or six months will come out in the spring in a bad state of health, even though the feed, and the ventila­ tion, and the temperature have been all right. The sun is the great life-giver.-- Vermont Chronicle. FEBTHJUNO LAWNS.--A first-rate top- dressing for lawns is rich, well-rotted mold, mixed with superphosphate, guano, or bone-dust, salt, and plaster. Barn-yard manure would be good if ft were not for the large quantity of seeds of weeds it contains. Salt will not hurt grass, except in large quantities. The quantities of the manures per acre may be: Of the superphosphate, guano, or bone-dust, 300 pounds; of salt, 100 pounds; of plaster, about a bushel and a half. The lawn-mowings should be left on the surface and not raked off, as is usual.--Toronto Globe. THE cheapest meat for the farmer is mutton. It may safely be said to cost nothing, as the fleece from a sheep of a good breed will amply pay for its keep­ ing. Then, for additional profit, there are a lamb or two, the pelt of the animal if killed at home, the excellent manure from its droppings, and the riddance of the pastures from weeds, to which sheep are destructive foes. With the excep­ tion of poultry, mutton is also the most oonvenient meat for the farmer. A sheep is easily killed and dressed by a single hand in an hour, and in the warmest weather it can readily be disposed of be­ fore it spoils. Science and experience both declare it's the healthiest kind of meat, and a foolish prejudice alone pre­ fers pork, which, whether fresh or salt, is the unhealthiest of them all. When people gain more wisdom, farmers will keep more sheep.--Moore's Rural. To TKLII TBS Aon OF Fowis.--If a hen's spur is hard, and the scales on the legs rough, she is old, whether you see her head or not, but her head will cor­ roborate your observation. If the un­ derbill is BO stiff that you cannot bend it down, and the comb thick and rough, leave her, no matter how fat and plump, for some one less particular. A young hen has only the rudiments of sours; the scales on the legs are smooth, glossy and fresh colored, whatever the color may be; the claws tender and short, the nails sharp, the underbill soft and the comb' thin and smooth..,. .An old hen turkey has rough scales on the legs, cal- . lossltiea on ihe soles of the foot,and long, strong claws; a young one the reverse of • all those marks. When the leathers are on the old turkey-cock has a long tuffc or beard; a young one but a sprouting one; and when they are off the smooth scales on the legs decide the point, beside the difference in size of the wattles of the neck, and in the elas ­ tic shoot upon the nose.... An old goose, when alive, is known by the rough legs, the strength of the wing, particularly of the pinions, the thickness and strength of the hill, and the fineness of the feath­ ers; and, when plucked, by the legs, the tenderness of the skin under the wings, by the pinions and the bill and the coarseness of the skin.... Ducks are dis­ tinguished by the same means, but there is this difference--that a duckling's bill is much longer in proportion to the breadth of its head than the old duck's. .... A young pigeon is discovered by its pale color, smooth scales, tender, col­ lapsed feet, and the yellow, long down interspersed among its feathers, A pigeon that can fly has always red-col­ ored legs and no down, and is then too old for use as a squab.--Rural New Yorker. A boat the House. AUNT NANCIB'S CORN BREAD.--Two eups of sweet milk and one of sour; hree cups of meal and one of flour; one- half cup of molasses; one teaspooniul of soda and one of salt, and steam two and one-half hours. NITRIC ACID FOR HOARSENESS.--Dr. W. Handsel Griffiths says that a few drops of nitric acid in a glass of sweetened water, taken a couple of times daily, will be found an excellent remedy for the hoarseness of singers. EGG BUTTER.--One quart of good clear molasses; four eggs well beaten; fftir briskly together and then place over the fire and stir until thick as desired; lift from the fire and flavor with vanilla, lemon, or whatever is best liked. Nioe foi tea. PICKLED BEETS,--Boil, and when ten­ der remove the skins and slice; lake equal parte ef vinegar and »igar,.with one teaspoonful each of ground cloves tnd cinnamon, tied in a cloth, to each quart of vinegar, Mid poor boiling over ihe beets. To PiCKiiH RED CAB^oit--'Wa«h very dean; remove the ooarse Waves and cut into shreds; put into a jar and cover with hot brine; wnen oold, renew the brine, and when again oold, drain. Allow one cup of white sugar to every 'gallon of vinegar; tie into a cloth whatever spioe you choos#^ uud when just boiling throw over the cabbage. PICKIJRP ONJOWS.--Peel small onions and throw into a pan of boiling salt wa­ ter; set them over the fire and allow them to simmer ten minutes; remove them to a cloth to dry, and then put carefully into glass jars. Boil some vinegar with ginger and whole pepper and, when oold, pour over the onions. FRTOT OASS, Scr.K thrcs teacupfuls of dried apples over night in warm water; chop slightly in the morn­ ing, then simmer two hours in two cups of molasses; add two well-beaten eggs; one cup of sugar; one cup of sweet milk; one-half eup of butter; one desert- spoonful of soda; flour enough to make rather a stiff batter; flavor with spioe to suit the taste. Bake in a moderately quick oven; this will make two cakes. CANNING CORN.--Out the oorn from the cobs, and scrape the cobs enough to get off all of it; select a large cob to pack the oorn in the jars, and cut the butt off square. Have a funnel to fit into the neck of the jar, and fill with corn, pack­ ing it solid with the cob. Set the jars, with tops partly screwed up, into a boiler having a grate in the bottom, or some­ thing to keep the jars from direct contact with the bottom. Fill the boiler with oold water to the shoulders of the jars, bring to a boil, and keep it boiling three hours; take up and screw up tops tight. In an hour screw up again, and set away in a cool, dark place. The Turks Underestimated. Upon the Turkish Bide, it is to be taken into account that their numbers have been underestimated from the very first. They have in the field a force which is nearly, if not quite, as large as the Russian, and the whole Turkish population is in arms. It is virtually a Ivey en masse of the most desperate and reckless fighters in the world. The same mistake has been made with refer­ ence to their officers. It is now known that the Turkish army is led substan­ tially by foreign officers. The fat, indo­ lent ana incompetent Abdul Kerim has been shelved and his place supplied by Mehemet Ali, a Prussian by birth, who has been educated in the best modern military schools. There is very proba­ ble evidence to show that Osman Pasha is no less a person than Marshal Bazaine, the disgraced French hero of Metz. Valentine Baker, the socially- disgraced English officer, holds an im­ portant command under Suleiman Pasha, and Raouf Pasha, commanding in Roumelia, is stated to be an Austrian. The General second in command to Muklitar Pasha in Armenia, and who won the bat,ties of Zewin and Delibaba, is a Hungarian,, and Hobart Pasha, the Turkish Admiral, is an English officer. French, English, German, Austrian and Hungarian engineers and subordinate officers are plentifully scattered through the army. It is now also known that the Turks are better armed than the Russians, having Martini-Henry repeat- ing-rifies and JVrupp cannon, and thus far have conducted their campaign upon the plan of fighting behind intrench- ments, while the Russians have fol­ lowed their old tactics of massing heavy columns in the open field--with what re­ sult has been shown by defeat after de­ feat both in Europe and Asia. So far as the irregulars are concerned, the Cos­ sacks and Bashi-Bazouks appear to be evenly matched, while, as between the regular armies, the question of superior­ ity is yet to be proved by a pitched battle. That battle may decide the present campaign, but it cannot decide the war. If the other powers do not in­ terfere, the victory must evidently rest with Russia. It is impossible that a na­ tion of 80,060,000 can be overcome by one of 18,000,000.--Chicago Tribune. Paste Diamonda. The victim of the shrewd swindle noted below is D. D. Spencer, President of the State Savings Bank, of Chicago, which oollapsed a few days ago. We oopyfrom the Chicago Tribune: "Soon after Spencer went into the bank, a gentleman dropped in and said he had borne diamonds, on which he wanted to borrow some money. Dia­ monds, if genuine, are an excellent col­ lateral, of course. Spencer was not a judge of gems, and he took these over to a jeweler, who pronounced them of the first water. An advance was made on them of about $5,000, the jeweler stating that their value was about $20,000. The loan was at a high rate of interest, and for a short time. "At the end of the month, or two months, the gentleman paid the money and the interest, and took back his jew­ els. A week or so later he came again, wishing to borrow $10,000 on the same diamonds, and a few more. Spencer had them examined again, and they were pronounced all right; the loan was made, and was paid at maturity. Per­ haps onoe more the same individual put up the eame diamonds, got the money, and paid it back. " Then came the grandooup. He bor­ rowed about $20,000 for a oouple of months on his diamonds. By this time Spencer had gained so much confidence in the man--out of whom he had made considerable money, for he charged a pretty high rate of interest--that he took the diamonds without having them ex­ amined. The sixty days ran out, and the borrower did not turn up. Spencer waited a day or two; still no sign of him. Then he went and consulted a jeweler, who informed him that his precious stones were all paste, with hardly an ex­ ception. Whether Spenoer pocketed this loss, or whether the bank had to pocket it, is not known." THE BOCK 1SLAKD DISASTER. Aahtebal* Strongly BcwUmI to the story of an Rye-Witnea*--A. Terrible Conftaton . of Tempest, OarkawM) B«ta, nd Death. .R. M. Chei% <*f the flnuof A. B. Meeker & Co., CKinfO, who was a pas­ senger on the Oh&oago, Rook Tsland and Pacific train thai recently met with such dire disaster near D«s Moines, Iowa, gives the following account of the terri­ ble catastrophe; "The accident occurred about half-past 2 o'clock in the morn­ ing. It was raining fearfully at the time--pouring down. I was in the sleeper, partially awake, and felt two or three slight jars. I raised the window and looked out, and heard the rush of water below. I knew something had happened, though I could see nothing. It was very dark. I got up and put on my pants, and the first thing I saw was people rushing out of the rear end of the oar next to us, and it was not long be­ fore I knew the character of the terrible accident. Of course, everything was confusion, and it was some little time before those who were unhurt could get to work and relieve the others. It seems a stone culvert had recently been built, and on each side of it was trestle-work that was being filled up with earth. The fireman, who ©scaped, says everything looked right when they ran on to the bridge, but the next thing he knew was that he was lying along-side the engine in the mud below. Engineer Rakestrard sailed to him, but that was the last the fireman heard of him, and he probably died almost instantly after­ ward. There were thirteen persons in Bamum'e advertising car. The car was completely annihilated. Seven of the occupants were killed, three badly wounded, and they will probably die, and three were slightly wounded. It was a miracle that anybody at all got out of car. One of the wounded men was oarried down stream and landed on a small island, from which he was after­ ward taken off. The baggage-car shot across and over the engine, and landed on the bank beyond, with a rail through it lengthwise, and one through it side­ ways. It sits flat on the track right side up, but, without the trucks, whioh dis­ appeared in this wonderful leap. The employes in this car were not hurt, strange to say, and even some blooded pigs that were being shipped by express were unharmed. The baggage was not damaged at all. The smoking-car then came along, plunging downward, the rear end raising up and allowing the next passenger coach to go under it, and then the next oar went under this last coach, the rear ends of the two last coaches resting on the bank. There were three cars thus wedged in, one on top of the other. A lady crawled up through a hole and got on top of the smoking-car with a (mild in her arms, and got down on the roof of the next car, where she left the ohild. She then returned dcPwn into the smoking-car and brought up another child in the same way, and next helped out an old lady from the same place. I helped her down from the car myself. Out of that hole which she had left, we took five or six others, among whom was the conductor, who was badly wounded, while several persons got out themselves without aid. All that we helped out were severely wounded. We then went into the car and made a thorough examination, but found nobody but dead persons, of whom there were four or five. By this time it began to grow a little light, so we could see better to work. Up to this time we had feared that the cars were going to tip over, but we now saw that they would remain upright We got under the rear of the top car, as well as under the other two cars, and released four more that were fastened in. W© used rope to pull them out. A corps of physicians and train-wreckers now arrived from Des Moines, and they all went to work with a will. The physicians especially de­ serve the greatest credit for their untir­ ing efforts to relieve suffering. They did noble work. The ladies in the sleeper also rendered efficient services in assisting the wounded. A girl who was pinned fast in the wreck was finally released from her dreadful situation. About 8 o'clock we counted ten persons in that pit. We had out out the side of the middle car in order to rescue several persons. There was more loss of life in this car than in any of the others, except Barnum's. Eighteen dead bodies were taken out. There were thirty wounded, four or five of whom will die. I cannot describe the terrible scene and do it justice in any respect. No one can realize such a situation unless he be there to witness it, and even then he can­ not picture it to others in all its vivid­ ness of detail as he himself viewed it." A MAW in Boston made a savage as­ sault the other day upqn his doctor, while suffering from temporary insanity, brought on by a too-free indulgence in bam and eggs. The Globe calls atten­ tion te the fact that a too-free indulgence in that toothsome viand must therefore be regarded aa a most dangerous and deadljpMim. XormonigHb The death of Brigham Young revives interest in the tenets of the church over which he has for so long a time pre­ sided. They are thus laid down by a re­ cent writer: "The priesthood of the Mormon church is organised into the following quorums: The First Presidency, the Twelve Apostles, the High Council, the Seventies, High Priests, elders, teach­ ers, and deacons. The First Presidency (in 1875) consists of Brigham Young, George A. Smith, and Daniel H. Wells. They preside over and direct the affairs of the whole church. The Twelve Apostles constitute a traveling presiding high council. The whole hierarchy is divided into two bodies, the Melchizedek priesthood and the Aaronic priesthood. To the former, which is the highest, be­ long the offices of apostle, seventy, patriarch, high priest, and elder. The Aaronic priesthood includes the offices of Bishop, priest, teacher, and deacon, and can be held only by • literal descendants of Aaron,' who are designated as such by revelation. The Mormon church teaches that there are many gods, and that emi­ nent saints become gods in heaven, and rise one above another in power and glory to infinity. Joseph Smith is now the god of this generation. His supe­ rior god is Jesus, whose superior god and father is Adam. Above Adam is Jeho­ vah, and above Jehovah is Elohim. All these gods have many wives, and they all rule over their own descendants, who are constantly increasing in number and dominion. The glory of a saint when he becomes a god depends in some degree on the number of his wives and chil dren, and therefore polygamy is incul­ cated and wives are 'sealed* to saints here on earth to augment their power in the heavens. The gods are in the form i of men, and they ar® the fathers of the souls of men in this world. The ten commandments are considered the rule of tile, together with a revelation given to Joseph Smith, Feb. 27,1888, which is called ' A Word of Wisdom.' It teaches Sat it is not good to drink win# or wrong drink, exoepting in the sacrament o# the Lord's suppar, and then it should be home-made grape wine ; that it is not good to drink hot drinks, or dhow or smoke tobacoo; that strong drinks are fo* the washing of the bofy, and that tobacco is an herb for bruises and sick cattle; that herbs and fruits are for the food of man; that grain is for the food of man and beasts and fowls; and that flesh is not to be eaten by man except in winter, cold, and famine. This •Word of Wisdom,' however, is not regarded precisely as a oommandment, but as a revelation to show forth the will ef God, and ' suited to the condition of all saints, yottng and old, male and female, with­ out distinction.' Infant baptism is con­ demned, but the children of the saints are considered old enough at 8 years to be baptized. Baptism for the dead is practiced, a living person being public­ ly baptized as the representative of one or more deceased persons. Washing­ ton, Franklin, and other famous men have thus been vicariously baptized into the church." DEATH OF BRITTHAM YOUNG. Sketch of the Lite and Adventures of the Pclypialit-Clo»e of the KventlU Career m Remarkable Ma*. Brigham Young, the head of the Mor­ mon church, who died a few days ago at Salt Lake City, was born in Vermont June 1, 1801. His father was a small farmer, and Brigham enjoyed very few advantages in the way of education. While yet quite a boy he was appren­ ticed and learned the trade of painter and glazier. During his early youth he developed strong religious proclivities and united with the Baptist church. It is even said that he occasionally preached about the oountry as he trav­ eled working at his trade. His earlier life is of but little public interest: he pursued his rather humble calling, probably diversifying it with an occa­ sional turn at farm work, and made his way* westward, stopping some time in various parts of Central and Western New York. He is reported to have worked a little while as gardener to William H. Seward, and afterward re­ sided for a time not far from Roohester, N. Y, In 1832 he was ordained an Elder of the "Church of Jesus Christ of Lat­ ter-Day Saints," having been converted to the Mormon faith a short time previ­ ously, and began his peculiar and cele­ brated career as a preacher in the Mor­ mon settlement at Kirtland, Ohio. Since that time he has been closely iden­ tified with the rise, spread, and interior history of this terrible religion, being for most of the time practically the " church" itself. The ohurch had already been started as an organization in Manchester, N. Y., and, in 1831, removed, with all its mem­ bers, to Kirtland, O., under the leader­ ship of Joseph Smith, inspired, as he said, by revelation. Grave suspicions of the integrity of some of the saints arose in the minds of their neighbors, and, on March 22,1832, Smith and a saint named Rigdon were tarred and feathered. It was at about this time that Brigham Young made his appearance among the saints at Kirtland. At the period of his accession the government of the church consisted of a Presidency, of which Smith, Rigdon and Frederiok G.Williams were the incumbents. His talents and shrewdness speedily made him promi­ nent, and, in February, 1835, a further step in the organization of the hierarchy was made by the institution of the quo­ rum of the twelve apostles, and he was ordained one of the twelve and sent forth with the other apostles to preach the new doctrines. His field of labor wan the Eastern States, and he was signally successful in making converts. In 183(5 a large and costly temple, which had been for three years in process of build­ ing, was consecrated at Kirtland, and, in 1837, Ore on Hyde and Heber C. Kimball were sent as missionaries to England. In 1838, the bank at Kirtland having failed. Smith and Rigdon fled to Mis­ souri in the night, hotly pursued by their oreditors. " . The prophets were soon snrrounded by ike faithful in Missouri, and the col­ ony throve for a while notwithstanding the enmity of the Missourians. This broke out at last m a fierco contest, and most of the saints, to the number of 15.000, took xefuge in Illinois. The town of Nauvoo was started, under a charter from the .Legislature of Illinois. As early as 1838, it is said, Smith began practically to carry out his revelation of oelestiel marriage and plurality of wives, but it was not until 1843 that fgamy was publicly authorised, en the " reyelation" became public, a great deal of indignation was felt even in Nauveo, and serious disturbances took place, the result of which was that Smith and his brother Hyrum were thrown into prison at Carthage, 111., where they were murdered by a mob, June 27, 1844. Smith's death caused great agitation and confusion among his followers. Sid­ ney Rigdon and others aspired to suc­ ceed him, but the Council of the Twelve Apostles unanimously elected Brigham Young, and from that day to the day of his death the history of Brigham Young and Mormonism are one. In 1845 the Legislature of Illinois re­ voked the charter of Nauvoo, and the saints determined to emigrate" beyond the Rocky mountains. Young sent out explorers, who returned with favorable reports of the great Salt Lake valley. In February, 1846, the first emigrants crossed the ice-bound Mississippi, stopped a year or two in Iowa, and then marched under the strictest discipline across the great wilderness. Brigham Young arrived in the valley July 24, 1847, and the main body of the Mormons in the fall of 1848. Salt Lake City was soon founded, an emigration fund estab­ lished, and settlers poured in from all over the world. In 1850 the Govern­ ment of the United States admitted the new Territory under the name of Utah, and commissioned Brigham Young as Governor and Indian Agent. District Judges were also appointed by the Fed­ eral authority, but these were regarded with great dislike by the President of the Church, and the saints generally, and were finally driven out of the coun­ try in 1851. Brigham Young was now suspended from his office of Governor, and ty>l. Steptoe appointed m his stead. He ar­ rived in Utah in 1854, but found it pru­ dent to withdraw from the country. The Mormon President said boldly at this time: " I am and will be Governor, and no power can hinder it until the Lord Almighty says, ' Brigham, you need not be Governor any longer.'" During the ensuing years collisions between the church sad Federal officials became so frequent that the whole of the latter were forced to leave the Territory, A now Governor, Alfred Gumming was appointed in 1857, as also a new Super­ intendent of Indian Affairs; besides a force of 2,500 men was sent under Gen. Harney to enforoe obedience to the na­ tional laws. Brigham Young attacked the supply-trains, and forced the expe­ dition to winter at some distance from Salt Lake. Early next year negotiations were had, and the Mormons submitted to the Federal authority. A nominal regard for the supreme au­ thority ef the General Government has been maintained ever since the time al­ luded to, but it has been only nominal. There was and is but one law or author­ ity recognized #>y the Mormons, and that that is the church, through its hierarchy. Brigham Young was assisted in the Presidency by Daniel C. Wells and Heber C. Kimball, with twelve apostles and two bodies of the priesthood, but while the doctrines of tine church give these some authority, as a matter of fact everything and everybody over the length and breadth of the great Territory of Utah has bowed to the iron will of this man without education, without hu­ manity--a man of low degree. (ton. Harding's threat Tramp. (Jen. Harding, one of the Railroad Commissioners of this State, is engaged in the work of inspecting the railroads. He makes it a personal and particular business, walking over every mile of road in the State and treading on nearly every tie in them. He began the work about a month ago, and to this time has walked from Kansas City to Lexington, from Lexington to Sedalia, from Tipton to Boonville, from Centralia to Columbia, from Louisiana to Cedar City, and from Hannibal to St. Joseph, inspecting six roads or an aggregate of 455 miles. He intends to keep on until he shall have walked over the 2,300 miles of road in the State. When his task is ended he will know all about' th© actual condition of the roads that is worth knowing, and a great deal more than could be learned by riding over them in a train at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour; for he" will have learned the relations of the roads with the people, the ra+es of freight and passengers at every station, the discrim­ ination made in favor of what are called competing points, the excessive charges (if there be any) for way business, the character and condition of the bridges, and all other facts that Railroad Com­ missioners must know to enable them to write an intelligent report Judged by the usual method of making such inves­ tigations, Gen. Harding's long tramp would be called unnecessary; but, when it is remembered that he is gathering in­ formation that he could not otherwise prooure except at second-hand from the companies, it will be admitted that, he is only preforming an official task intelli- gently and thoroughly.--St, Louis Re­ publican. Southern Pacific Railroad. The Texas and Pacific railroad people have been holding an annual meeting, and settled upon what they are going to ask Congress for at the next session. They have wisely abandoned the branches to take care of themselves, and ask aid only for the 1, 400 miles of main roadway from Fort Worth to San Diego. The form of the grant desired is $35,000 per mile in Government bonds of 5 per oent., $5,000 per mile to remain in the treasury as sinking fund and surety, besides which a first mortgage will be given on the road and its 18,000,000 acres of land; the limit of the Government's liability to be $2,500,000 a year, and this so secured as to forbid any ultimate loss. The company has already 408 miles of track this side of Fort Worth, of whioh 110 were built during the last year. For this amount of roadway, with fifty looo- motives and 1,000 cars, the liabilities of the road are $18,500,000, of which the floating debt is less than three-quarters of a million, with $400,000 in bonds to meet this. The business of the running road the last year was $2,382,000, of which $319,000 were profits. The con­ cerns of the corporation seem to be ex­ ceedingly well managed by its Vice Pres­ ident, Maj. Frank S. Bond, the value of its property constantly increasing, and its liabilities deorcasing. --Springfield Republican. Bridging the BospfcorM. Capt. James B. Eads, engineer of the iron bridge at St. Louis, has made elab­ orate plans for a grand iron bridge over the Bosphorus, connecting Pera-- European Constantinople--with the AsiMac shore. The bridge, if built, will be alxmt 6,000 feet long--over a mile-- will have fifteen spans, will be 100 feet wide, and, save the masonry and floor­ ing, will be built of iron. The height of the roadway above the surface of the water will be 120 feet. The central arch will be 750 feet span. The two central piers will be fifty feet thick, of solid granite blocks, locked together with iron braces. The main piers will be 270 feet high from the foundation to the summit. It is estimated that the cost of construc­ tion will not exceed $25,000,000, and the time six years. Capt. Eads is now 58 jears old. This bridge will probably be the crowning work of a great engineer­ ing experience. Ftmny Scene in the Virginia Convention A very funny passage occurred during the morning. Mr. Hinton alluded to a man in front of him as a " miserable dog." The gentleman indioated arose and panted to know why he should be called a dog. Mr. Hinton--"Torn oalled me a liar, sir." V *» The gentleman--"I beg your pardon, sir; indeed, I did not." Mr. Hiafcon--" I was within the sound of your vijoe.'* The Gestleman--" You are mistaken: I said the 2pth of July." This was fie key to the difficulty. Mr. Hinton thereupon made a graceful and ample apologj. " GONE to \py husband's Funeral-- back in thirty minutes,'* is the notice found on the o^ce door of a lady law­ yer in Oregon, recently. ILLINOIS ITEMS. Ton reoent railroad strike State of Illinois about $200,000. THK Lew Fire Insurance Compw. of New Ton, has applied for to business in this State. J. C. WALDO, a prosecuting witness in the Hightower murder trial, fell dead at his home in Carbondale while walking. Tm? com crop in Alexander Pulaski counties is reported as being better than before for many years. THE Department of Agriculture has received a diploma awarded at the Cen­ tennial for the of ti !»!>*•• products by the State Board of Agri­ culture, J. D. MOINTTBB'S distillery, at Pekin, was totally destroyed by fire the other mghi. Loss, $30,003, ̂ oxauce, *iu,00a Barney Murray, a blacksmith, perished in the flames. THK Commissioners to locate ty Southern penitentiary have agreed upon Chester, Randolph county, which was act strongly urged by the St. Louis rii» packet men. MB. HOZEA HATHAWAY, aged 65, com­ mitted suicide the other night at the vil­ lage of Grand Tower, by cutting hi* throat with a razor and then jumping out of a seoond-story window to ground. STATISTICS of the hay crop reported from the counties to the State Depart­ ment of Agriculture are as follows: Acreage in 1877, 2,443,360; estimated yield, 4,044,967 tons; estimated value of crop, $21,971,368. THK Alton Telegraph saya; ••The middle and northern portions of fkis State are favored with prospeets of an immense crop of corn, far superior to that of the southern counties. This year atlea8t 'Egypt'will be a poor place to go for a supply of this grain." EIGHTEEN buildings--almost the entire business portion--of Ashland were de­ stroyed by fire one night last week, in­ flicting a loss of about $35,000, and with only about $8,000 of insurance. It was supposed to have been caused by inoen- dianes. JOSEPH PAOB, «U old and highly-es­ teemed citizen of Mount Vernon, fell last week while stepping from the door of his residence, Mid fractured his hip- joint. Mr. Pace is nearly 90 years of age, and has for some years been afflcted with total blindness. AT Joliet, a few days sinoe, a peniten­ tiary convict, named Oharles Reilly, while working outside the west gate, took to his heels and escaped. Reilly was sentenced from the southern part of the State in June, 1876, to three years' imprisonment for burglary. . Officers immediately started in pursuit. A OOIIONY is being organized MWMG the miners of Braidwood to go West and settle on farms. A committee, consist­ ing of the Rev. Thomas Gunn, pastor of the Presbyterian ohurch, and other leading citissens, has been sent to West­ ern Iowa to select a place for the colony to locate. THE State Department ol Agriculture, in a circular letter to county fair authori­ ties, formally announces the completion of arrangements for a State Agricultural Museum for the reoeptien Of samples of agricultural products, and invites the Bending of the same in for exhibition and display in the museum. A MAN was found dead on the railroad track, about three-quarters of a mile from Camp Point, a few days ago. His body was somewhat mangled, and it is supposed he was killed by an extra en­ gine on the Wabash road going east. From paperB found on his person, his name is believed to be Isaac Bissell, of Washington, Kan. He was about 56 or 60 years of age. A SAD accident happened to Joseph Kinsey while driving to Leroy in oom- pany with his wife. When they were going down a hill the horses took fright at some sheep at the roadside and ran away, throwing Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey out of the buggy. Mrs. Kinsey was so severely injured that she will not likely recover. Mr. Kinsey received some in­ juries, but not serious. The buggy was broken to pieces. FOMJOWTNO is the monthly statement of the receipts and disbursements of the State treasury for Sept. 1: BEOE1FXB. State revenue fund Illinois river improvement fund...... State Bchoo! fund Illinois Central railroad fund.... Local boud funds "• riss#.- r M flan fo# ufi\ •Jt' '• i ^ jfc. : -y'i rrplfH i i •^4 ! *** .. '.•rndf ; U ii-r ri«r. • Total receipts. . .IIM.84MS 181.66 .. 91,(507.01 .. 198,745.17 .. *1,172.48 . .$48^061.70 . .$170,787.64 .. 1,366.68 .. 11,119.78 Mi >1- a ; ..rsr'^ '*? -i1 State revenue f*ad State school fund |<ocal bond funda................. Total $183,964.00 THX Trustees of the State Historical Library and Natural History Museum 1 met last week, and decided to publish a circular setting forth the objects and plan of the operation of the institution as provided by law. Donations of geo­ logical specimens, historical papers and documents should be sent to A. H. Worthen, Curator, Springfield. Speci­ mens of reptilia, hymenoptera and cryp- togamic plants and fungi should be sent to Prof. I. A. Forbes, Normal, for the State laboratory. THE following statement shows the taxes paid on spirits in the First District of Illinois: June. July. AuguH. 1877 $480,518.10 $487,831.80 $671,188.60 1876 384,929.10 383,237.10 474,804.90 lucre-->, $ 93,639.00 $ 84,684.70 $196,383.60 Aggregate increase for the above three months in 1877 over 1876, $376,557.30. The only months when the receipts have been larger than August, 1877, were as follows, since 1874: July, 1875. $691,174.80 September, 748,268.10 October, 1875 713,451.73 November, 1879 764,815.30 December, 1879 674,176.50 AT a meeting of the State Board of Equalization, last week, Auditor Needles presented a statement of the acreage of swamp lands in Illinois, donated by the General Government by the act of 1850, and since granted by the State to various counties by legislative acts. Wayne county has the largest swamp land acre­ age, viz., 205.998 acres, and Coles the smallest, having only 42 acres. Cook county has 2,561 acres, The statement further shows that seven counties have not received any donations of swamp lands, viz., DuPage, Kendall, Knot McDonough. 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