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PMMMmt. ILLINOIS. 3J&' f V'"' ' jOKUB CONTENTION. ivwntion, to merge the Land League, assembled la Horti- Phibulelphfii, on Wednesday, It ww largely attended, and the per- of the convention favorably Impressed S-lookers. An organization was effected by the following officer*: President, m &. Moaner, of Buffalo, President of the LandlieaafAe of the United States; Secre- ,S.J. Hants*, of Buffalo, Secretary of the Irish i LiOMme of the United States: Assistant , William F. Sheehan, of Buffalo, and of Washington. iYesi- Jooney delivered an address of It was highly eulogistic and denunciatory of Gladstone, received with great applause, twere twenty-five female delegates in the __, and lira. Fundi occupied a position of oa the stage. Secretary Hynes' report 1 that in the last year 179,038 had been re- ; that $66,657 had been sent to Ireland for t awl relief purposes, and that 650 branch Jaagucs existed In the United states and Canada. After a somewhat lengthy debate, daring which > considerable oonfusion, a motion the appointment of a member from delegation as a ©ommittee to Cevise • plan for the merging of the Land Xjeague Into the National League was adopted and the committee appointed. The attitude of , the United Scales toward Groat Britain was dis­ cussed, and Father McKenna, of New York State, offered a resolution denouncing the ^ l«oacse of President Arthur as oowardly, de- ,daring that, shonM he be a candidate for re- 7. election, he should receive no Irish rotes. He was promptly ruled out of order. Father Conaty, of < the commi lee appointed to report a plan for the f weigtttg of the conventions, raid the committee was In favor of allowing the convention to say whether or not it should carry on its organiza­ tions in the panesent.fonn by adopting the plat- 'form of the Irish National League. They; '^however, recommended the adoption of • :two resolutions, one indorsing the prin­ ciples and objects of the Irish National tlltesKM, and the second that the delegates : attend the convention in a body to-morrow and < assist In promoting the onion of all Irish patri- wgotte bodfes. The report was formally received. ;,Mr. O'Brien, of New York, moved that the con- ,a*entfon step from its platform to that of the :>flrish National League, and that the officers be elected immediately, so that it might go •itnto the convention an organized body. "Sir. Brown offered a substitute to the effect that ^tfae chair appoint a committee of seven, with ..rjwwer to declare the Land League adjourned. !rhere was long and spirited wrangling, and this «ubstitute was carried: "Resolved, That when thl« convention adjourn it be to meet with the lit- jOODvention to-morrow, and that the Chairman . c . appoint a committee of seven with power to de- , . 'one the Land League adjourned sine die, I",.. {provided the convention to-morrow complies with the reports submitted and adopted f-i " ibere this evening by the committee 'appointed to submit a plan of reorganization." ;r jSpeeehfs were made by Brennan and Egan, the latter stating that white he was Treasurer of the , League $1,330,000 passed through his hands, r » ' ©Donovan Roesa was present in the hall, but % merely as the representative of a paner with > \ • which he has a nominal connection. The con- I. '*ortion adjourned at 2 o'clock a. m. i,- ^ Tte delegates to the Irish National League ' Convention assembled in Horticultural Hall, > , Philadelphia, to the number of 1,200, on the %notning of April 36. They represented Irish so- J*' / eiettes af evcry description in all States and most *K I at tbs Teiiltoilea. Forty of them were women, fef: b ttietemvoraryorganisationtheBev.MauriceJ. \ - Donney, Of Chicago, was made Chairman. Anan- t inated debate ansa upon the adoption of the : ^puit of the Committee on Boles, some of the f jtlewtti declaring that the rules submitted wo&ld snppreas the liberty of debate. The rules >»" 'WW* adopted. Congressman M. A. Foran, of Cleveland. Ohio, was made permanent Presi- *Mht, O'Doaovan-Bossa and other pronounoed ^advocates of the dynamite theory were ad- Kitted to the convention without protest. " ITtriegram from Charles 8. ParneUto the Presi- • ' flnt of the Irish-American Convention was " Mr. Pantell advised the framing of a which would enable the Irish ; League and the constitutional agi- I In Ireland to accept aid from at the same time avoiding viinytiiiiic which might fnrnish the British Gov­ ernment with a pretext for suppraning the na- onantin Ireland. He expressed his that if prudence, moderation and rated the convention the cau& of Ire- glsf jl would be advanced. Kititir the aanounoe- mlfat of the comihtttees the convention ad- toWi ued for the d»v., ' i THte KA8T. 3 A 8UMUEU ol patrons of O'Uxien's ' circus at Dovdr, Dg%, took an emph atioWn an- expressing tbetr poor opinion of the performance. As a portion of the wagons -were being driven to the depot to take the ,. cara for the next town on the circuit a crowd men opened fire upon them with repeat- t ing rifles and revolvers. Ten or twelve of >^the circus men were wounded, one of the 'proprietors, Charles Henderson, being shot in the eye. Under the protection of the sheriff's posse the remainder of the vans i |jwere loaded and driven to the depot with- J s^«nt molestation. A number of houses in tie ^locality where the attack was made were ^ liddlea with bullets. No arrests were made ....A Haying party of five young people ; ": were drowned in Meadow pond, near " Rochester, Mass. THE extensive cooper shops of E. L. Jewett, at Baffalo, N. Y., were wiped oat by fire. Loss, #75,COO; insured for I^OOO. ; THE New York Sun hag a leading ^ . editorial article urging the nomination of * Tilden by the Democrats in '84. ^, Frank LARKIN, the ball-player, went drunk to Williamsburg, N. Y., shot his t~' probably fatally, fired at an officer and then cat his own throat. Larkin was ® t, for two years pitcher for the Chicago Base- ' Bali Club, and was regarded as the most- '{; . expert tosser of the sphere on the dia- ^ ^ mond field until liquor impaired and _ ultimate y destroyed his usefulness.... The erection of a statue to the late Peter vvCooper, in front of the Cooper Union, is be- t- -' . ing discussed by the New York Board of •>«". < Aldennen--Two Italians fought a duel in •? Brooklyn, exchanging efeht shots, without injury to either IM the Tewksbuxy (Mass.) alms- investigation a witness testified to t *'4:; ,, > tanning human ekins--presumably taken > o. from corpses from the almshouse--for »; various doctors, and exhibited a pair of np- pers for slippers made from the skin of a ^ woman. 7 ~ - i % THE banking firm of George F. Work it. f ^ A Co., of Philadelphia, is accused of embez- -J<*iing something like #1,000,000 from the v ,Tc , • People's Passenger Railway Company of that ; ," city. Two members of the firm have been arrested..... Whifcelaw Reid gave a dinner at his residence in New York to ex-President Hayes. Other prominent gentlemen were also present THE WEST. 4 HENRY T. i , - , ^ a- j r " • •|%v ^ t, WBIOHT, Assistant Post­ master at Racine, Wis., was Imprisoned at ! Milwaukee for embezzling #5, COO of the Government's funda He confesses the crime, but some of his friends .raise the Z, L claim that his mind is unbalanced Two •/ , ^ n young men, well known in Chicago Fred ; Mid Charles Ward, sons of Dr. E. P. Ward and nephewg of ex-Coi^ressman C. B. Far- well, were murdered at Devil's lake, Dakota a few days since FOB refusal to levy a special tax of 92,000, which had been ordered by the United States Court for the purpose of pay­ ing an installment on a judgment obtained against the county. Judge Krekel committed woof the Judges of the Lafayette (Mo.) County Court to jail for contempt.... From Albuquerque, New Mexico, comes the •report that one of the chiefs of the Jus Apaches captured Prof. A. F. Bandelier, of the American Archaeological Institute ; a F. Balden, of Tucson, and a Mexican, near the Tillage of Ban Cristobol, in the State of Bo- nora. 1 he Apaches took the prisoners into the mountains, and it is nearly certain that they have been murdered. Prot Bandelier has been engaged in the investigation of Indian antiquities of New Mexico and Ari­ zona for several years. His father and fam­ ily reside at Highland, Madison county. Ill • few miles east of St Louis.... .At Leav- ittsburg, Ohio, James De Lon<*, a widower •hot and killed a widow namedGriswold, and then committed suicide. The woman had refused to keep house for her murderer. A DISPATCH from the West states that little Charlie McComas, who was cap tared by Apaches at the time of the murder of his parents in New Mexico, was subse quentfy killed by the savages because he was on ble to keep up with them In their retreat to the mountain* THE wholesale clothing firm of New- burg, Frenkel k Cot, of Cincinnati, has made an assignment The liabilities axe Jtotatfld JU JMflCOt te .MMULjaA MMMHtdtol . tmm«i twwrtg-flveyeaia n»aoom A OimsHAN largely interested in o&ttie, lately retariioil to St. T^xiis from an extensive trip among th« Texas ranches, says ninety-five herds of cattle, averaging 2.5U0 each, will be driven out of the Btate this spring. The entire "ilrive" is esljl- mated at 240,000 head, against 850,(00 head last year. Most of these cattle will go to Dodge City, Kan., and Ogalalla, Neo Wyatt Banks, the murderer of Add Wisner, after being permitted to address a crowd of 2,0* 0 people, was executed by the Sheriff of Robertson county, Texas. ELIZA PINKSTON, the negress whose testimony created such excitement before the "visiting statesmen" ia Louisiana in 1878, died in jail at Canton, Misa. tile other day, and was buried in the potters field B. J. Koop, a prosperous fanner and miller, lived on Hillahatcnie creek, six miles from Frank­ lin, Ga. 'The creek rose rapidly at night, and lifted (he building, which started down the stream with all the inmates, Roop, his wife, three children, and a negro servant The house finally struck a tree and went to pieces. A flash of lightning just then enabled Hoop to see the family sink. He grasped a mattress and floated down until ae struck another tree, in which he remained until morning The great trottinjr stallion Monroe Chief-- record 2:18*^--waa recently sold at auction in Louisville, Ky., for #10,100, to an Arizona man William Pack, a wife-t&ater, was ffiven twenty lashes in the jail at Annapolis, Md, PINK BLXEKKB, residing AT Temple's Mills. Fla., whipped his little nephew until the blood ran; then he tied him in the chim­ ney, head downward, till his flesh began to sizzle, when he took him down and poured water over him The Ministers' State Temperance Convention of Kentucky has declared in favor of prohibition of the man­ ufacture and sale of spirituous liquors of all Idnda. WASHINGTON. THE subject of conspiracies m the United States against Great Britain was dis­ cussed at a meeting of President Arthur's Cabinet the other day, but if any conclusion was reached the fact has not been made known The rules and regulations pre­ pared by the Civil Service Commission for the carrying into effect of the law under which that body exists were presented to the Cabinet last week for examination. SECRETARY FOLGER'S health still con­ tinues very bad, and his friends fear that he will be compelled to again relinquish his duties The money-order system will be extended to 334 additional postoffices in July next, principally in Western and North­ western States. SECRETARY CHANDLER has issued in­ structions to Rear Admiral Baldwin, com­ manding the United States naval forces on the European station, to proceed with his personal staff to Moscow to attend the forth­ coming coronation of the Czar. A WASHINGTON dispatch says "there is good authority for the statement that the Government has sent secret-service agents to Philadelphia. This would indicate either that the attention of our Government has been called to this subject by Great Britain oi' that the State Department expects com­ munications from Great Britain. POLITICAL. THE Massachusetts Home rejected the constitutional amendment permitting the appointment of women as Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public.... .At the elec­ tion for Governor in Georgia, H. D. McDanlel was chosen without opposition to fill the un­ expired term of the late Alexander H. Ste­ phens The Iowa Democratic State Con­ vention is called to meet at Des Moines on June t» The bill to prohibit "treating" was defeated in the Pennsylvania Senate. So FAR as Ben: Perlev Poore can jndge the next Republican candidate for President will come out of this list: William B. Allison, of Iowa: Chester A. Arthur, of New York; James G. Blaine, of Maine; Ros- coe Conkling, of New York; George F. Ed­ munds, of Vermont; Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana; Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecticut; RobertT. Lincoln.-of Illinois; John A. Lo­ gan, of Illinois; lohn F. Miller, of California- John Sherman, of Ohio; Win. T. Sherman, of Missouri, andWm. Windom, of Minnesota A stanch C'ameronian named Keim, of Read­ ing, Pa, has been appointed Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Commission. The sec­ retaryship of the commission has been be­ stowed upon a young- lllinoisan, W. Woods White, recently an insurance agent at At­ lanta, Ga Prohibition has Deen voted down by the Michigan Senate. THE prohibitory amendment resolu­ tion failed to pass the Michigan House by not receiving a two-thirds vota, GENERAL. Sot JOHN A. MACDONALD, Prime Minister of Canada, was arrested at the wed­ ding of his 6on, in Toronto, on a charge of perjury preferred by a person who claims to have written political pamphlets for the Premier, the services being estimated to be worth $5,000, in payment of which Sir John, i is alleged, promised him a position in the civil service at a salary of 92,500 per annum, a promise which has not been fulfilled The alleged perjury is said to have consisted in swe ring that certain of the claimant's affi­ davits were falsa THE .Canada Pacific Railroad Com­ pany and other capitalists of British North America offer to transplant 5,000 families, aggregating 25,000 persons, from Ireland to the Canadian Northwest territory, if the- British Government will loan £1,000,000with­ out interest for' the purchase of farming outfits for the colonists, the loan to be guaranteed by the railroad company and its associates in the enterprise. * They would also provide for the settlement of 50,000 per­ sons on the same terms. The Government, according to Lord Carlingford, re­ gards the proposition favorably.... Jem Mace and Slade, the pugilists, and Mine. Patti, sailed from New York for Europe in the same steamer Adelina Patti has signed a contract with CoL Maplesoa to sing under his management next season for the modest sum of f5,000 a night THE United States of Colombia, Cen­ tral America, have been visited by an earth­ quake of the liveliest description. In Anti- oquia the old cathedral was badly damaged, and in Santa Rosa, Yarimal, Aquidas and Abejiral the churches, prisons, town-halla and many houses suffered severely. The volcano of Ometepe, near Lake Nlcaraugua, is in active operation for the first time in history, and a large Island in the mouth of the Atrato river has disappeared entirely. FOREIGN. IN the English House of Lords, Lord Dunraven and the Marquis ot Lansdowne, leading representatives of the landed ana- tocracy, urged the immediate adoption of a Government scheme of immigration on a large scale as a remedy for Irian distresa The startling statement was made that there were a quarter of a million tenants in'Ire­ land whose holdings were insufficient to support them and their families even If they were not called upon to pay any rent what­ ever. HERR JAIXNER, manager of the Ttmg Theater at Vienna, convicted and sentenced for negligence that made the disaster of December, 1881, possible, has been pardoned by the Emperor, after serving out about half the term of imprisonment to which he was condemned.... .An inspired article in Paris papers says no matter what treaties the Malagasy Envoys may make, France will permit nothing which may en­ danger her rights in M<t^nxrM^nr FfAiament Premier Gladstone it would be inimical to public interests to state whether the United States Government had been communicated with touching the dyna­ mite outrages--A dispatch from Berlin suggests the probability that United States Minister Sargent will soon find it advisable to resign his post FOE the second time the jury which, held in its hands the fate of Timothy Kelly one of the men accused of complicity in the Phoenix Pack murders, has illsagi risil lka ^twenty _86?TO n berth of ti* German Mtgiitn', inoludlag Bisnaatfk, great present incapacitated from work by illness Helen Maroovitch, who attempted to kill King Milan, of Servta, has been aentenoed to death THE examination of the alleged dyna­ mite conspirators of London, Birmingham and Glasgow was resumed in the Bow Street Police Court, London, on the 26th of April A Police Inspector testified that early in the month Bernard Gallagher had offered him­ self aa an informer, and related what Gallagher had told him regarding hla connection with the conspirators, both in the United States and in Great Britain. The movements of himself and others pt the party, Gallagher said* had been directed by his brother, Dr. Gallagher. .The latter had a poor opinion of the dynamite schools at New Yon. Another witness testified re­ garding Whitehead's purchases of acids to use In the manufacture of nitro-glycerine at Birmingham. A SPEECH by Gladstone in the Com­ mons, on the Affirmation bill, is thonght to be one of the best efforts of his life... .Six­ teen cabinet-makers were burned to death by fire in a workshop at Warsaw, Poland IDOMONAL NEYTOT A'^RIBAUTRE NDINQ accident happeiitei at Middletown, Ohio. The little daughter of lohn O'Connell fell into the canaL The father plunged in after it, but he was unable so swim. He was seized with cramps, and suddenly ceased to struggle, and went be­ low the ' surface for so long a time that his tfife, who had been watching his efforts, ivent to his assistance. She struggled with all the desperation of des- jair, but in vaia. In two minutes ifber the father went into the water after ihe little girl, the father, mother and child jank beneath the water. The mother's cries a ad been heard by a number of men In the vicinity, none of whom arrived in time to rescue the drowning Between Olivet and Believue, Mich., the breaking of the pipes connecting the engine with the air-brakes affected the stoppage of the passenger train an the Grand Trunk road, when a freight follow! nar dashed into its rear, telescoping two sleeping coaches,which were completely wrecked, and injuring thirteen persons, five mortally. Notwithstanding that the freight train was flagged, a heavy grade and bad #urve precipitated the collision. Experi­ ments with see'd-corn in Wisconsin and Mi nnesota appear to establish the belief that the germinating quality of the grain was destroyed by the severe cold weather of last winter. There is, therefore, apprehen­ sion that the oorn crop this year will be short DEVINE, a Fenian informer, detailed at Dublin the plottings of that party against Judge Lawson, Juror Field and the police leaders, and stated that one of its members had been sentenoed to death by the clique for not obeying orders in committing a mur­ der. The evidence was presented at the trial of Debney and Kingston for conspiracy to murder Michael Fagan was convicted at Dublin of complicity in the Phoenix Park murders, and will hang May % He declared that he was a Fenian and would die one, but protested his innocence of the charge for which he was condemned....Frederick William, Crown Prince of Germany, was cor­ dially welcomed at Vienna by the Austrian Emperor The German Government, to be prepared for an emergency- in transporting troops, has determined to lay an additional traca on all railroads leading to Russia A NATIONAL convention of colored men is to be held in Washington, Sept 24, to discuss the best methods of securing to the race the full enjoyment of their social and political rights. To convention concluded its labors on Friday, April 27, after having organized the Irish National League of America, with Alexan­ der Sullivan, of Chicago, as President, and John J. Hynes, of Buffalo, as Secretary. A National Committee of one from each State and Territory was chosen, who selected an Executive Commit­ tee of seven, consisting of the Rev. Mr. Mc­ Kenna, of Massachusetts; Dr. W. Wallace, of New York; James Reynolds, of Connecticut; M. V. Gannon, of Iowa; Judge J. G. •«. . . •» » j_ _ t-u-- n * JUOBUeiiy, ox »iavuui»u, - Mm- strong, of Georgia; ' and United States Senator James Fair, of Nevada. The first hoars of the day's session were occupied with speeches and the reading of letters of sympathy from various persons. The platform of the or­ ganization was then submitted to the convention by the Committee on Resolutions. The resolu­ tions Ktart with a fierce arraignment of English government in Ireland, and declare that "there is no form of retaliation to which despair oi madness may resort, for which English cruelty in Ireland is not exclusively re- rnsible." Specifically, it is charged t English rule has annihilated liberty in Ireland; that landlordism has im­ poverished the people, while a selfish policy has not so much as permitted manufactures to ob­ tain a foothold in the island; that England has not maintained peace and order in Ireland, but for 700 years has kept the country involved in bloodshed and anarchy; that the pretense of Irish representation in Parliament is a mockery of the shallowest sort, and that, while measures proposed in Parliament by mem­ bers from England or Scotland receive polite consideration, the fact that a bill is intro­ duced by an Irish member suffices for its arro­ gant rejection. The resolutions then assert that the course of the English Government has de­ prived it of any right, if one ever existed, to rule Ireland; pledge material and moral sup­ port of the Irish lit America in all efforts of their countrymen at home to recover the right of self-government; incidentally score Forster and praise Parnell; express sympathy for the farm laborers of Ireland, who are commended to the kindly consideration of farmers; coun­ sel Irishmen to buy nothing in England that can be procured from the United States; express contempt for the Liberal Ministry of Great Britian; condemn the action of the En­ glish Government in sending impoverished Irish to these shores; thank American prelates for the aid they have secured for Irish emi­ grants, and indorse Mr. Egan's administration of the Land League finances. An attempt to discuss the resolutions seriatim was overwhelm­ ingly defeated, though Congressman Fin- erty, of Chicago, entered a Vigorous protest. At the closing, Mrs. Parnell, who was elected President of the Ladies' Land League, made a short address, and, amid great en­ thusiasm, placed a wreath of laurel on a picture of Gen. Washington. The song, "God Save Ireland," was sung by delegates and audience, and the convention was declared adjourned sine die. L THE MABKET. :'W. NEW YORK. i: $ Ml HOGS 7.50 & 8.00 fFfcOUp--Superfine 8.60 <3 4.05 WHEAT--No. 1 White 1.10 @ 1.15 No. 3 Red 1.14 (<» 1.36 COEN--No. 3 .07 & .6# OATS--No. 3... 50 t§ .64 PoBK--Mesa 19.35 @19.50 LABD cracAvar- 'u* BBXVSS--Good to Fancy 8t*m. 6.16 & 6.70 Cows and Heifers s.«0 & 5.36 Medium to Fair 6.65 & 6.00 Hoos. ........ 6.8) ® 7.60 FLOUB--Fancy White Winter Ex. 6.00 @5.35 Good to Choice Spr'g Ex. 4.75 (4 5.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Bpnug 1.08 VT 1.09 No. 3 Red Winter. 1.11 » 1.13 CORN--No, 3 .63 0 .55 OATO--N^ 3 41 & M RYE--No 2 .60 & .61 BARLEY--No. 3 .75 & .78 liUTTEB--Choice Creamery....... .35 & .36 Eoos--Fresh .15 & .16 POBK--Mess 18.26 @18.60 I.iRn MILWAUKEE! 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A eydtaaiijiiito moat destructive charac- terswqpt ' on tlio laid the Tillman Southwestern Mississippi of Sunday, April 02, and of Beauregard, Wesson, mce in rulna Thence it east through Georgia and devastation at Albany, East- towns and villagea The number of jpwsons killed is estimated at over 100, amd ifae wounded at more than double tha^ ' kilo catastrophe of like charac­ ter has be«n recorded in many years, and it isfearadtfaat the worst is not yet known. A dispatahlrom Jackson, Misa, says that for three dSSNl tiie wind had blown a gale, elouds indicated a coming m the storm's approach was rambling sounds, rattling quivering earth. Thunder the lightning flashed with De and daszling vividness, fury of ten thousand demons, the gwe burst npon the town. Fences were torn to pCeoss and «6nt whirling through the Sir; teees thaftliad stood the fiercest storms tor ages wmauprooted and hurled hundreds of yteda XBases were demolished, and the pine forest Mkcircllng the town was blown out of exMfebce. As soon as the wind's violence had somewhat abated, and the dtizena had! begun to look about, the churoh beUs ftmg out in load peals the sig­ nals of distress and death. Men ran from all directions*toward West Wesson, though the rain was pouring down in drenching torrenta When Peach Orchard street had been reached; a scene terrible in the ex­ treme, tut aixnpiy indescribable, burst upon the view. There the houses of a large num­ ber ot the operatives of the Mississippi Mills had stood, and there the greatest de­ struction had occurred. Dwellings on a 1 sides had bean torn to atoms, while under the debris the groans of the wounded and dying wars heard, striking terror to the stoutest heart A momentary hesitation osdy occurred, and then the work of removing the dead and extricating the wounded began. The maimed were re­ moved to the nearest houses which had es­ caped the tornado The dead were taken from the ruins and laid on the grass, while the rescuers turned hastily from them to answer a cry of distress. Several of the corpses layjovt in the storm and rain for more than an hour, but as soon as the wounded and living were cared for they were taken i&> and reverently placed on stretchers In the churches. Sixteen persons wane killed outright, and eighty wounded, at fc .U*0 .1294 L08 0 1.09 m e .55 .41 0 .43 .59 (9 .60 .70 0 .71 18.50 @18.76 •UK& .11* 1.10 A correspondent gives the following graphic description of the scene at Beaure­ gard: Many people in Beauregard saw the Dlaok wind ooming, for its roaring and moaning lwd brought them to the doorB of their housss and stores. These people described It as like a black smoke, filled with flame, rolling along the earth, while high above It wage tossed trees and plants and bricka The smoke seemed to do little harm, but in the vottex which was behind it every­ thing- went down. It wss about a minute in reaching Beauregard and three seconds in passing over it, and when it went by, the town was no more, the houses and treed being beaten down and ground into dust and spUatera The route of the cyclone was followed by the cries of fear and the wails of anguish of those who were buried under the ruins of the buildinga A deluge followed the blow. The rain came down in sheets, and the ditches and gutters beoSme raging rivers. The Mayor statss that Whan he came to himself he act­ ually feared that he and his family would be drowned The darkness of the night fol­ lowed the darkness of the storm so closely that it Was impossible to realise the terrible destruction, but the morning sun laid bsre a soene af deooistlon, with every house, save three, swept away, and nothing but splint­ ers left behind. Even beyond the to wn where Stood a heavy pine forest the trees had been felled and carried away in the path of thaSyolone. Martin Moody, aprom- lneiit mmteitftwu found close hv a tree. Ids face bKt in his hands, and fatally wounded, tin Wife near him, also badly in­ jured They were out walking when the storm came up, and sought refuge in a box­ car in which seven negroes were playing cards The car was lifted from the track and carried away a hundred yardB, three of the negroes being instantly killed Br. Lampkin's residence was in the center of the town. When he emerged from the ruins of his house he found his wife painfully wounded, and her little boy seriously injured They had been blown away a hundred yards. On thd porch of the house were John & Terrill, Dr. Jones, his wife and two children, and a 1&> tie boy. All were dead. Only one child of the Jones family Is alive. Mr. George Hol­ lo way and J. Wester tie Id sought refuge in a deep gully, but were struck by flying tim­ bers a id Westerfield injured and Holloway killed. Mr. Will Parker, his wife and son were buried beneath the timbers of their bouse. Mrs. Parker will lose an arm. The other two are dead The cyclone went through Beauregard due north and south, nearly ilong the line of Main street, the chief business street, demolishing the most solid brick stores, and leaving only three houses standing in the upper portion of the town, and killing twenty-six and wounding 100 jaersona. Tie scene m the town is fearful It looks as if a fire had swept over it. The houses are not blown upside down, but are flattened out and torn to splinters. Twenty-six persons were found dead in the iuins of the town, and over 100 >vere wounded, many of them beyond the hope of recovery. The *jwn of Tigblman was almost in the track of the tornado. Several houses were demolished, and four or five people ki'led The cyclone passed over that portion of Aberdeen known as Freedmen's town, in­ habited almost exclusively by blacks. Fif­ teen lives were lost, and about fifty people wounded, mostly negroes. At Caledonia several houses were blown down, three persons killed and ten wounded At Stark- ville, many houses were razed, five per­ sons were killed and sixty maimed Meridian, West Point and other towns suffered heavy losses in life and prop­ erty. Through the rural districts the cy­ clone swept everything before it leveling houses, fences and trees, and kLIHng many people. A section of the tornado was also felt in Alabama and Georgia, though not so severely as in Mississippi At Albany, Ga., a house was blown down, killing a man and his wife. Afloat on Flint river were six colored men, named Edward Jones, Pink Simmons, Chancey Griffith, Ned Lester, John Kim- brough and Peter Smith, who ran against the shore and in paddling in the darkness for land all were drowned At Oruger's Postottiee, near by, six were killed and eighteen wounded At Eastman and vicin­ ity half a doeen were killed and some forty wounded. In and about Preston, four or five were killed and many injured The track of the htorm was about %0 yard* in width; it did not blow more than fifteen minutes, and was followed by torrents of rain and hail 8ome of the hail-stones were, four or five Inches in dlanftter, and weighed a pound MINOR NOTES, r 3 1.11 .50 .43 0 .44 0 .67 018.75 • -UK .56 18.50 .11 ̂ .ffea Jadgss of the Iowa Ouprssie Court hmnagtto decided adversely to the Pro­ hibition constitutional amendment, adopted fegr the people last fall There are two opin­ ions, Judge Beok dissenting, as in the for­ mer rendering. Following is the summary of the majority decision: The question of the eourt's jurisdiction is elaborately considered, and the case of Luther vs. Borden, upon which the appellants mainly relied upon the rehearing, is considered at length. It Is shown that that case involved the question sstethe right of a court holding its powers under a constitution to pass upon the validity of the constitution under which it is Itself organ­ ised, and that it has no application whatever to an amendment not affecting the Judicial author­ ity of the oourt; that the right of a people to alter or reform their Govern­ ment at pleasure consists simply in the right to change the existing Constitution in the manna: provided in it, or by revolution, which Is a right not under but above the Con­ stitution; that the right of revolution can be made effective only by superior foroe, and that failure subjects thos? undertaking to inaugurate the change to the penalties of treason; that un­ less voluntary acquiescence is yielded to a pro­ posed change in the Constitution, the question oan be determined only by an appeal to the courts, or an appeal to arms, and that the main­ tenance of social security and of republican institutions require4 that the courts should de­ termine the question. The opinion maintains that this Jurisdiction has been exercised in the seven States of Ala­ bama, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin, and has been denied In none. In the coarse of the opinion upon this branch of the case the oourt says: "It is well that the powers of the people and their velationB to organised society should be understood. No heresy bus ever been taught in this country so fraught with evil as the doctrine that the people have a consti­ tutional right to disregard the Constitution, sad that they can set themselves above the instrumentalities appointed by the Consti­ tution for the administration of law. It tends directly to the encouragement of revolution and anarchy. It is incumbent upon all who influence and mold public opinion to repudiate and dis­ countenance so dangerous a doctrine before It bears fruits destructive of republican institu­ tions. It will be well if the people come to un­ derstand the difference between national and constitutional freedom before license becomes destructive of liberty." As to the conclusiveness of the recital of the Nineteenth General Assembly that the Eight­ eenth General Assembly bad duly agreed to and entered upon Its journals the same resolution that the Nineteenth General Assembly was about to submit to the people, the court holds that there is nothing in the constitution or the statute or the nature of the subject making the recital oonelusive; that the District Court 1b a oourt of general jurisdiction; that everything is presumed to be within its jurisdiction until the contrary Is shown, and that the burden is upon those who deny that the juris­ diction of the court extends to inquiry into this recital to establish that fact, and that they have failed to do so; that the jurisdiction of the Nineteenth General Assembly to submit the proposition to the people depended upon the fast that the Eighteenth General As­ sembly bad screed to the same proposition, and that the Jfineteeuth General Assembly could not courts from Inquiring into this jnrisdlc- by a mere recital that the facts exists, as the journal of the Eighteenth Gen- issemblv, which Is the constitutional record proceedings, sho» s that the fact did not The court maintain that even the setion of a oourt Is void and liable to be collaterally 1 upeached if its records show that the fact upon which ft* jurisdletlen .de­ pends does not exist. After a full review of the authorities cited upon this branch of the; case, the court closes this point of the opinioif as fol­ lows; "The constitution makes three Steps necessary for the adoption of'an amendment- vis. : the proposal of an amendment in one Gen­ eral Assembly and its entry upon the journals: the agreement thereto by the next General Assembly and Its submission to the people; and the approval and ratincation thereof by the peo­ ple. These steps are distinct, independent and essential. No one ot them can be dispensed with. It is necessary that the proposition shall be concurred In by two successive General As­ semblies. If. however, one General Assembly can cut off all Inquiry into the action of ite pre­ decessor by a mere recital of what it has done, it follows that an amendment may be incor­ porated into the constitution which has never received the sanction of more than one General Assembly. Such a construction might lead to a clear violation of the constitution. We cannot give it our sanction." Upon the question as to whether the resolu­ tion as enrolled is better evidence of the legisla­ tive action than the resolution as entered upon the lournal of the Senate ot the Eighteenth General Assembly, the court holds that the constitution requires -each house ox ute uenr eral Assembly to keep a journal of its proceed­ ings, and the statute provides that the proceed­ ings are proved by the journal; that there Is neither constitutional nor statutory provision nor rule of the General Assembly requiring the enrollment of a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution. The court holds that the journal upon which the constitution requires an entry of the amend­ ment to be made constitutes the better evidence Of the terms of an amendment uropo-ed. Upon this branch of the case the court says: "No au­ thority has at any time been cited during the progress of this case which holdB that, as to a paper required to bs entered upon the journal, the enrollment can overrule the journal entry as to a bill. We concede the correctness of the authorities cited. Under the oustom of legisla­ tion the enrolled bill Is presented to the Speak­ er of the House and the President of the Senate , for their signatures, and is approved by the | season. Governor, it is in all respects treated as the original act. No entry of it is required to be made upon the journal, and hence the jour­ nal could not contain any evidence of its con­ tents. But, with regard to a proposition for an amendment of the constitution, whether it ho In the form of a resolution or of a bill, the pro­ visions of the constitution are different That is required to be entered upon the journal, and if this requirement is observed the journal does contain evidence of its contents, it is evident that the authorities which apply to the case of an ordinary bill have no application whatever to the resolution in question." The court discusses and answers the various CM (MMk AY«*ag» Yield of WkeaL The New York Arfbnnt ol April M pub­ lishes a lengthy srtlele on tfcs aondttlen of aUttha wheat glow lag santismof ths felted States exoept California. "These reports," says the Tribune, "are not merely estimates made at a single point of observation in each State or Territory, but are compre­ hensive reviews based on exaot And irT"1*" reports from the vacioua coo&wMor town* They thus afford the most own- cars nas been tskeh to have tite 1. n<>*0*tteo<"'*P**heaal're but entirely AEOTIL- ̂otyarotions and es- g»in.dealers and speoula- tors, but ofdisinterested investigate*, who •̂••onghtMily to give the facto without color any kind " Theee reports show that SToodfOrsa average crop of wheat this year. -- • -- - , -- Hie reports of damm ooMpw^to have beenan founded In nearly all cases. From Mlnne- Kfo Netam-ka, Indian., lilln^K^ Michigan, Miraouri, Iowa and Dakota the reports are all favorable for a fair aterafte crop, sad in some cases for an inorSase over l«t year. There will be a slight falling off in the prodhot of Minnesota The failing off in tftat State, however, will be more than counterbalanced by the increas d acreage in the newer wheat- growing Beofclone, like Dakota, which will almost double its acreage and noislblv double Its yield Some of the comparative­ ly older States are also increasing their acreage. Wisconsin will incresstfEuft no less than 20 per cent, Missouri from 10 to 16 per cent, Kentucky 10 per cent, and so on; the greatest falling off Will be in Ohio. But even Ohio prospects have brightened visibly during the last week or more, and it IS be­ lieved that the yield will not be more MMW A third smaller than that of last year. The Tribune says In its summary: "The nrosnect to-day is good for an average yield It may be not as great as that of last year, but that, with the exoeption of the tremendous yield In 1880, was the largest the country has ever produced Both winter and spring wheat crops will have a favorable start, and it is not surprising, in view of thin encouraging fact, to see the prophets of a short crop re­ vising their estimates. A month ago they were sure the crop would fall below an av­ erage yield anywhere from 10 to 30 per cent Now they admit that the shortage will not exceed 15 per cent, and may fall an low IS 5 per cent. Conservative judges, who have all along claimed a fair crop to be the most probable outcome,are strengthened in their view sad are Inclined to claim a slight advance over an average yield Judging from present data their estimate seems entirely reasona­ ble This estimate includes the California crop, which is now generally oonoeded to be in good condition, and to promise &n atetige yield in all save a few limited acres, FASHIONS IM D1 The J^en. Enousat tweed hats will be Worn to match suita Tos high-button style of drees is rapidly going out of fashion. MALACCA or bamboo walking-canes should have a curious design for a top. CUFFS have square corners that meet When fastened by linked sleeve-buttonal THE new stundingjcollars are higher in front and cut away, anaare called the Myron. OUVB, gray and brown'are the fashionable colors worn by young men In business suits. THE frock coat will be worn to some ex­ tent with a low roll to show the shirt-bosom. GiiOYEs are almost universally worn on the street, for walking, for driving, and at church. Siut handkerchiefs, worn in the breast­ pocket, are cardinal, blue, olive, mandarin yellow or polka dotted, with a wide hem­ stitched hem. FOB silk hose black is still preferred for dress, with colored clocks on the side or wrought in small designs on the front ot the leg and instep. THE Germanic turned-down collar is most comfortable, and has now more than an inch space open at 'the throat and widen further to the pointed enda THE stylish silk hat for a middle-aged or elderly gentleman has a orown inches high with a rolling brim inches wide The brim has a light standing curve. SCOTCH homespun plaids, worsteds and ca^simeres of neat, small checks and mixed threads of color are used for the entire suit, coat, vest, and trousers worn by men during business hours. THE shoes for men who' prefer comfort to style have wider soles than those worn last season, but those who wear closelv-fitting trousers that do not spring over tne ankle and make the feet conspicuous, wear walk­ ing-shoes with nointea toes and narrow soles, as these have the apparent effect of diminishing the eue of the leafc . The Women. position of counsel on the argument upon re­ bel hearing, and concludes the opinion as follows: "We have approached and discussed this grave question with a full appreciation of the respon­ sibilities which it Involves, and we have given to OoiA hasbeen discovered in Alachua ettah- ty, Fla * LAND in Hot Springs. Ark., recently brought f412 per front foot OVER EXERCISE on roller-skates has killed four ambitious Louisville girls. THE hat for general wear will continue to be a black, blue or brown Derby of medium height, with slightly wider brim and binding. THE walls of Paris, which are to come down, cover a strip of ground ltfO feet wide and twenty-tive miles long, and tho city will gain # A',tXM,00<J in land by their removal. THERE is Iving in the United States trcasu-, ry more than 910,000,1)00of unclaimed money --Interest and principal of public debt, some 1 back to 183 J. its consideration the earnest attention which its importance demands. We have sought to main­ tain the supremacy of the constitution at what­ ever hazard. It Is for the protection of minori­ ties that constitutions are framed. Sometimes constitutions must be interposed for the protec­ tion of majorities, even against themselves. Constitutions are adopted in times of public repose, when sober reason holds her citadel, and are designed to check the surging passions in times of popular excitement But if courts could be coerced by popular majorities into a disregard of their provisions, constitu­ tions would become mere ropes of sand, and there would be an end of social security and of constitutional freedom. The cause of temper­ ance caa sustain no injury from the loss of this amendment which would be at all fomparable to tho Injury to republican Institutions which a plain and i.alpablc violation of the constitution would inflict. That large and respectable class of moral reformers which so justly demands the observance and enforcement of law cannot afford to take its first reforma ory step by a violation of the constitution. How can it con­ sistently demand of others obedience' to a con* stltuflon which it violates ItselfV Tho people can in a short time re-enact the amendment In the matter of a grrat moral reform, the loss of a few years is nothing. The constitution is the palladium of republican freedom. The young men coming forward uj on the stage of political action must be educated to venerate it; those already upon the stage must be taught to obey ' it, whatever interests may be advanced or may suffer. Whoever or whatever may be voted up or voted down, no sacrilegious hand must be laid upon the consti­ tution.- Abidingly and firmly convinced of the correctness of our former conclusion, recognis­ ing no superior higher than the constitution, acknowledging no fealty greater than loyalty to its principles, and fearing no consequences ex­ cept those which would result from a derelec- tion in duty, we adhere to and reaffirm the doc­ trines already announced. The petition far re­ hearing is overruled. ^ THE DISSENTOWO OPINION. Justice Beck's dissenting opinion takes the broad ground that the adoption of an amend­ ment by the people of Iowa is a purely political question; that t he courts of the State nave no Jurisdiction over the matter whatever, and that the vote of the people having declared the amendment a part of the State constitution, no errors that may have occurred in passing or publishing the amendment should have any weight whatever in determining its Legality. The Judge quotes .from many authorities that sustain the position taken by him. CLASPS on the collars and in the necks of dresses take the place of brooches and lace- pins. THE ibis, lotus and other Egyptian designs are features In spring goods of the finest grade. COACHING umbrellas come with short, club-like handles that look heavy but are really light NEW raglans are given a bouffant polo­ naise effect in the back by the looping of the drapery. PLAIDS in subdued colors are made for traveling-dresses or for the morning wear in the house. THE costliest embroidered veiling robes are marvels of open needle work. They cost 950 a pattern. GOLD braid, gold oord, and gold effects in millinery goods are a feature in Bpring hats and bonnets. THE new bonnets, trimmed with upright rills of gathered lace, bows of ribbon with forked ends, and many small flowers, look very aspiring and defiant NEW parasols of black satin, having one or two black Spanish laoe flounces, are varied with single or double fringes of gold bullion between the lace falls. THE trimmings of new spring wraps are sleek chenille fTlnges, guipure and soutache laces, braids, passementeries, cords, tassels, and metal buckles and slides. THE latest importations of brocaded silks show Ottoman grounds with satin and plain silk de-slgns,flowers,leaves,and conventional, mediaeval, and Oriental tig urea CASHMERE figured stuffs, especially those with palm leaves, remain in favor for ele gant spring wraps for the carriage, and with evening costume for the theater. THE new silks and satins that come in broche patterns show a prevalence ot Ori­ ental harmonies of color, brightened with flume, orange, and mandarin yellow in van­ ishing effecta EMBROIDERED robes of French cambric, fine as batiste, and in all colors, including scarlet, have the embroideries done in old sampler cross-stitch, with colored linen threads in all the Oriental shades. of which dates ] OUVE-GROWING is one of the most Interest* ing features of agriculture in California The State possesses some beautiful groves, and one ranch-owner--Klwood Cooper, of Santa Barbara--is said to hare derived a Srofit of 32,200 an acre from hia plantation, thera, however, express doubts as to whether this species of fruit culture can be made generally and permanently profitable. One continual source of apprehension must always be the scale worm, which threatens most of Californla'a fruit trees, the olive not excepted. California could easily raise an PENCIL AND SCISSORS. BATON ROUGE, La, has a band of organized thieves composed of boys. A WHALE eighty feet long recently grounded on the bar at St Johns, Fla ROANOKE, Va., is only abeut two years did and has a population of '4,500. Da D. E. SALMON has been invited by the national department of agriculture to make experiments with Pasteur's process of pre­ venting the spread of contagious diseases among farm animals by means of inocula­ tion. THE baby camel, who la now flourishing in Central Park, New York, is about the size of a colt, with long legs, and without any hump on Its back. The neck is very short, hut will develop in time. As the mother waa born in the park, the baby camel is a The Children. Children's dresses this season are even more than usually pretty. Bright plaids, gay colors and happy combinations are the rule, and the material/ are particularly soft and delicate. Plaids of silk Mid worsted are of large pattern, and have a deep stripe cor­ responding with the color selected for the plain material Where, as is often the case, the stripe is of a bright vivid color, and the body of the plaid is deep shading, a very handsome result is obtained Dresses for smaller children have the kilted skirt and Jersey waist with deep sssh soarfsof plaid, while for older girls trimmed skirts are in favor, with the becoming Jersey waist The Bayadere stripe is again in style, and la specially effeenve for misses' skirts. little girls of 8 and 10 have skirts of plain material trimmed in plaid, and round jackets to match, finished off with bands or the same plaid Street costumes are all in combina­ tions--fine checked oheviots and larger plaids, or fine cloth and bright silk facings and trimmings axe muoh liked, illuminated beiges, with plain, self-colored materials, mix exceedingly well Fancy trimmings of every kind are entirely out of style; gimp and braid are scarcely seen, ribbons of good In 1802 OlivaK Mnlffl--1 of Loidn Valoowt, to to j% between Now Natoblfc Thebotfwas Kenttpoky and tho engino-- pressure--at PWl̂ elphia, and bofe Were sclii to New Orleans, but crs Ho > craft could bo fitted it was destroyed by a hurricane, and the engine set to do. useful though inglorious service--9 'V, sawing timber. This was five years be-- />j fore Fulton's successful Clermont »s-S|^ cended the Hudson. The first Western steamboat waa ̂V5 launched at Pittsburgh, March 17,1811u ̂ Her builders were Fulton and Livings V* ston's agent, Mr. N. J. Roosevelt. Of! her first trip Mr. J. H. B. Latrobe has, published an interesting account. The* ? New Orleans was built on the site of" the Pittsburgh and Connellsville rail-" . road depot, at a cost of $38,000. Shdk'i was 116 feet long and 20 feet beam*- with a 34-inch cylinder; she was i|f» stern-wheeler, and was painted of a-,; , blueish color. Mr. Bossevelt was se-£ verely censured for permitting his wifefc v: ^ to accompany him on the penloiis trip.- i it being very justly observed that, " however reckless he might be of hirfi - ^ own life, he had no right to peril hers^S:; They were the only passengers, and the j crew consisted of the Captain, engin-^ eer, Andrew Jack, the pilot, six hands, $ two female servants, 9 cook, a waiter and*a Newfoundland dog. All Pitts- ^ burgh turned out en-maese to cheer the! ^ daring travelers, and Mr, and Mrs,- Roosevelt were so much excited thai; they could not sleep, but spent the first - night on deck, watching the banks fly-, y past at the rate of eight and even tenj, '• -r miles an hour. On the second nighty out they cast anchor at Cincinnati," levees and wharf-boats being things of the future, and received an enthusi­ astic welcome, though nobody believed!' that they could ever get the boat up stream again. At midnight on the 1st - of October, 1811, the New Orleans . reached Louisville, where the glare of, her furnace and the escaping steam in­ spired the townsmen with the belief . ? that the comet had fallen into tho river--the comet of 1811 being, it wilt be remembered, a particularly formid*^ 1 able celestial visitant. All were de­ lighted at seeing a steamboat, but there was deep regret felt at the reflection ' that the New Orleans would never be - able to force her way up stream. This. despondency was dispelled when, whil# - a luncheon party was on board, Mr,. 4 Roosevelt rap the boat up the river, tch •; the consternation of the guests, who at first feared that she had broken front, her moorings and was drifting to de-' - Btruetion. Afterward he took the boaiS;?|f up to Cincinnati, to wait for the rive^ S to rise, so that the falls at Louisville-- could be run safely. The first shock of the great earth- 1 2uakes of 1811 was felt as the New.'. >J Orleans was lying below Louisville^' having made the passage of the falls, )| and they accompanied her far down the- river. At one point a canoe, manned by Indians, came out and chased the • New Orleans; at New Madrid, Mo., which had been nearly swallowed up in . " J the "convulsions of nature," of that- J eventful year, half the people begged., to be taken off, and the other half ran ' away and hid, the spectacle of the* i steamboat proving too much for nerves; sj already unsettled by the comet and the -/ earthquake. The earthquake had BO^Jj changed the channel of the river thatf jl it was by luck rather than by knowl­ edge that the pilot could take the boat- down. In due course the New Orleans arrived at Natchez, to meet with an en-A thusietic reception, and, byway of end- , ing the romance of the trip, the Cap- | tarn was married to Mrs. Roosevelt's maid, as soon as the boat had been tied up. The New Orleans ran for a long time between New Orleans and Natchez. In 1814 she carried Gen. Coffee down With reinforcements for Jackson, an­ other steamer, the Enterprise, taking part in the defense of the city. The* Enterprise was a vessel of seventy-fivef tons burden, and was the fourth steamer | launched on the Ohio, and the first that 'eyer ascended the two streams. , Giving a Serenade. Up Second avenue the other night five young men softly entered a yard, arranged themselves in a semi-circle on the grass, and suddenly began to sing, ; while a guitar and a banjo added their ' sugary notes to the general sweetness. As the song was finished a sash went up and a masculine voice called out: "Splendid! Beautiful! Gentlemen, please repeat!" The band on the grass was only too happy to accommodate, and "Only a Pansy Blossom" went floating again on the night breeze. "Entrancing--positively entrancing!" exclaimed the man at the window. "Gentlemen, I don't want to put you to trouble, but if you would only sing that over once more!" The song dragged a little this time, and the alto voice seemed to have swal­ lowed a troche down the wrong pipe, but it ended at last, and the old man encored and called out: "That's what I call singing, that is! Gentlemen, I'm no hog, but if I could prevail upon you to render that delight­ ful poem once more it would be a kind­ ness I never could forget!" There was a great deal of cussing and growling in undertones, but the leader gave the key, and for the fourth time the neighborhood was filled with dreadfully-faded pansy blossoms. When the last note died away the old man clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Better and better! You have my heartfelt thanks. The old woman is deaf, my darter is in Pontiac and the: hired gal quit yesterday, or I'd have 'em all stick their heads out to thank' you in person! Good-night, gentle­ men--good-night; and if you see fit to come to-morrow evening I'll have the 5^ old woman sot up with a bed-quilt * wrapped around her!"--Detroit Pre**- * Mui and ; ̂ Lucy Stone complains that the law does not give a man's wife more prop­ erty. But the law, in some cases, is very good to the wife. For instance, a. man may say to his wife: "I will bo just. I will take half the property, > and you may take the other half." The wife takes her half, spends it on seal sacques, spring bonnets, etc., and pres­ ently has nothing left. Then the law •ays that, although the woman has wasted the money that would have sup­ ported her through life, her husband: must take his money and pay it out- that she may have food and clothing and continue to paralyze all other fe-- males in the matter of dress.--Louis­ ville Courier-Journal. i I : 1; . . v ' . . . . . . \ . "< 'c. •. 1 • .- • - i