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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 27 May 1885, p. 2

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LTKE, E titer and Publish*. ILLINOIS XKW8 00NDKN8SD. Baltimore, land guilty, and sentenced to death. Mim Gmv's evidence created in­ tense excitement, and on ly the stringent police protection afforded thd*prisoner pre­ vented his being dragged froin the court room and ljnch«d«.. .TA horn* for Confed­ erate soldiers, established near Richmond, was formally opened last week. Gen. FitzJragh Lee is Chairman of the Board of ' WMUIMTot THE Supreme Court of Louisiana has affirmed the decision of t|ie lower court sentencing Pat Ford and John Murphy to be hanged and Thomas J. Ford and Court Officers Caulfield and Buckley to twenty years' imprisonment for the murder of , .. , . Capt. A. H. Murphy on the street in New t*"1 ,B1X week" aK°'®DA ^Pat Orleans last December... .A Sunday fight time there has ne\er been any hope e - 8t Hickory Grove Church, near Jackson­ ville, Fla., between the West broth- „ ere and the Langford brothers, resulted Wtieno--'-.A, P°lK:ema" *ew in the death of William Langford and the York, ftt 3 o clock ia the mom- gerjous wounding of the other participants in the row. Taff and Babe Langford were falaly hurt and John and Abraham West were badly cut Col. Cash, the famous South Carolina duelist.was last week married to a daughter of Dr. Clayton, of Kockhill, » , „ », S. C..... A mob of masked men at Liberty, 2£!Slifdmi^S A°n Va., took H. W. Terry, who murdered T. A. strangling with a handkerchief. . An jet€r> from aiu| hanged him. Six HUNDRED THOUSAND ounces of sil­ ver were purchased last week by the Secre­ tary of the Treasury for coinage into stand­ ard silver dollars. Treasurer Jordan does not think that the Secretary will necessarily continue to buy silver at weekly intervals. He thinks that the purchases should be stopped. Secretary Manning is, however, of the opinion that the law is mandatory and that the purchases must be made. SECRETARY BAYARD has received appli­ cations from 200 persons for the Consul Generalship at Paris..... An amusing letter was received at the Postoffice Department the other day from Sergeant Bates. He want* a place under the new administration in the Postoffice Department The letter m a™ lllu,u, iuui,„il>uic i(juuiuuii is ingeniously biographical, and relates obtains*his full amount of sleep, takes his nour- j that the Sergeant has walked 48,000 miles, lahment without difficulty, and is quite free 1 made 2,1100 lectures, and all the while car- grom pain. At tne consultation Mav i\ Drs. ! rie<i the United States flag, and advocated Sands, fihrady, and Douglas being present, it I ma found that the swelling under the angle of | the jaw on the right side had increased in size: that the glands were etill indurated and deeply FREDERICK T. FREEING HTTYSKN, ex- retary of State, died at his home in Park place, Newark, N. J., aged 68 years. For many hours previous to his death he was entirely unconscious. The fatal character tit the disease was announced to the public Ulan six weeks ago, and since that there has never been any hope enter- d by the physicians, who were aston- l by the extraordinary vitality of patient... .A policeman in New oik, nt 3 o'clock in the mom- ing, discovered a Frenchman named XfOuis Francis carrying toward the North Stiver a bag containing the mutilated corpse of his mistress. Francis at first stated that die died a natural death, and that he was finable to afford a funeral, but his subse­ quent admissions made it a clear case of ng with a handkerchief... .An autopsy upon the body of Kobert E. Od- lnm, who jumped from the Brooklyn bridge, •bowed that five ribs were broken on the light side, upon which he struck ihe water, •nd it was evident that the heart had been affected 4>y the shock, causing almost im- mediate death. AT Pittsburgh, Pa., Frank Karlind, a Bohemian, 18 years of age, killed a 3-year- «ld girl, daughter of a man named Lepig, •with whom he boarded, fired a 6hot at the Child's mbther, and then fired two shott|| Into his own heart, causing instant death. No cause is known for the deed... .Follow­ ing is Ihe weekly semi-official bulletin in ICgard to Gen. Gmnt's condition, which .appeared in the Medical Record (New J York) of May 23: | During the r>ast week Gen. Grant has been in | a comparatively comfortable condition. He ids, Shrady, and Douglas being present, it I ^ D(jtion that 8ectionaf hatreds, engen- waukee, were chosen members of the Board of Trustees. tIPTURE# toed; also, that there was a tendency toward diflnsed infiltration into the ad­ joining tissues of the upper iaw and anterior portions of the neck. There was, conse­ quently, some rigidity of the jaws, preventing the wide opening of the mouth, thus in a measure interfering with the examination of tile throat. The palatal curtain was somewhat swollen, but the destructive processes : t the aide of the uvula had not markedly extended. No change had l;een noted in the appearance of the right tonsilar region nor in those of the pos­ terior part of the pharynx. The niceration on the right side of the base of the tongue showed a tendency to extend backward, was more ex­ cavated, and had an elevated and indurated border. At the examination on Wednesday, made by Dm Douglas and Shrady, the local conditions were found to be unchanged. THE WEST. derail by the war, should be forgotten. The Sergeant says that he would rather have a place adapted to his ability than to be elevated to a position where the honor might be greater and his capacities be in­ adequate to the duties. rOLSTICAL. 1 SOUTHERN Kansas was visited with a se­ vere rainstorm, flooding Elk and Verdigris Bivers. Seven persons were drowned on Card Creek, neat Independence... .Kirwin (Kan.) dispatch* "A cyclone passed through Book County, dealing death and destruction •long its entire course. Nearly fifty per­ sons were injured. Among the fatally in­ jured are: Bev. Mr. Grimes, wife and child, killed. Child, name unknown, fatally in­ jured. George Campbell, missing, supposed to have been killed. S. J. Johnson, brother of M. H. Johnson, banker of this city, badly injured by falling timbers in a stable where he had taken refuge. The loss at Bull City and Stockton consists of chim­ neys blown down and window-glass broken Jby hail-stones which measured four inches in diameter. The damage in Books County will probably reach S50,(K)0.".... Two citizens of Des Moines, Iowa, a tinner •tuned Newport and a bartender named Stovast, were drowned while descending ft fish way at the mill-dam in a rowboat. A waterspout descended upon a ravine near Kearney, Neb., during daylight, washing a family of emigrants named Scott from their Wagon and drowning two children.... Tele­ gram to Detroit Free Press from Mason, Mich.: "Some time ago a family named Turah killed a hog that had been sick but had recovered. The family and several others, eight" persons in all, partook of the meat, and about a week or ten days later were taken sick, all being simi­ larly affeeted. On Wednesday John Turah, aged 18, died. The elder Turah, his father, «nd Mary Brathaure and her little daughter, it is said, cannot recover."... .A man named Bosine, a gardener on the farm of A. B. Cook, at Libertyville. 111., was re- eently smothered in his bed by robbers and thrown into a small lake. * The sum of $1 ,100 was found sewed up in his clothing. , MARSHAL HENRY AUER, of New Straits- irflle, O., in a quarrel with Albert Guest at that place, was shot by the latter several times and mortally wounded. One shot missed Auer and killed a boy aged 11 years. fifty yards away. Two hundred masked Men broke into the prison at night and compelled the Constable, at the point of re­ volvers, to give up the keys. They secured and took Guest to the woods, hung him to '• tree, and riddled his body with ballets r, ... Fire in a building at Cincinnati, oecupi etjl-Lftm bert Tree, Senator Logan received President Cleveland has made the fol­ io win gjevenue appointments: To Be Collectors of Customs--Jephtha V. Har­ ris, for the district of Key West, Fla.; Wind­ ham R. Mayo, for the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Ya.; Richard L. Cropley, for the district of Georgetown. 1). C. To He Collectors of Internal Revenue--James Robinson, for the Seventh District of Kentucky; Charles H. Henshaw, for the district of Rhode Island; John T. JlcGraw. for the district of West \irg nia; George M. Helms, for the Fourth District of Virginia; Andrew L. Ellett, for the Second District of Virginia; and Samuel Klotz, for the Fifth District of New Jersey. The President has also appointed the fol­ lowing Postmasters: Illinois--Aurora, Michael W. Corbett, vice O. B. Knickerbocker, deceased. Wisconsin--Menasha, Curtis Reed, vice S. M. Bronsin, commission expired. Indiana--Delphi, A. B. Crampton, vice J. M. Watts, resigned; Lebanon. .Tas. E. i innell, vice C. S. Wilson, resigned; Columbus, Geo. W. Cooper, vice J. T. Brown, commission expired. Iowa--Tama City, liobert E. Austin, vice F. J. M. "Wonser. suspended for irregularities; Marion, Norman E. Ives, vice H. L. J. McClel- lan, resigned; Ida Grove, Geo. S. Winters, vice C. N. Clark, commission expired. • Michigan--Otsego, Charles A. BOWWP, vice H. E. Botsford, commission expired; Union City, Marshall P. Maxon, vice D. J. E as ton, resigned; Adrian, Willard Stearns, vice J. H. Fee, commis- sijn expired. Kansas--Anthony, Cyrus A. Rider, vice A. S. Lindsay, resigned; Chetopa, J. P. De Jaraette, vice J. M. Cnvaness, resigned; b'abetha, Gott­ lieb Christ, vice V. T. Clongh. commission ex­ pired ; Waterviile, George H. Titcomb, vice J. C. Dickey, commission expired; Mankato, Eugene Brancroft, vice J. D. Vance, office just become Presidential. Nebraska--Kearney, J. C Morgan, vice R. M. Gdines. re-igned. Colorado--Pneblo. Matthew D. Crew, vice J. W. Stanton, commission expired; Brecken- ridge, Milton H. Huntress, vice S. D. Wilson, resigned. Kentucky--Mavfield, James D. Watson, vice John T. Happy, resigned. Maine--Houlton, Albert B. Page, vice Eben Woodbury, commission expired. New York--Tarrytown. Jacob B. Odell, vicc M. D. Raymond, commission expired. Florida--l alatka, l aul B. Laline, vice W. C. Snow, resigned. South Carolina--Marion Conrt House, Sue Dubois, vice A. H. Dupont, suspended for in­ competency. Texas--Victoria, Thomas R. Cooke, vice Will­ iam Hillings, resigned; Denton, Willis H. Bates, vice John B. Nicljolas. commission expired. OK the one hundred and twentieth bal­ lot, after a contest lasting four months, the Illinois Legislature elected Hon. John A. Logan as his own successor in the Senate of the United States. Every member of the Legislature was present. The Demo­ crats declined to answer the call, and the Republicans quickly recorded 103 votes for their candidate, Bepresentative Sittig mak­ ing a protest. When the absentees were called every Democrat voted for Lambert Tree. Some of them changed their votes to Charles B. Farwell. but no Republican fol­ lowed suit. At the end of two hours the Speaker announced the election of Gen. Logan, 96 votes having been recorded for a printing office, dyeing works, and plating establishment, spread so rapidly as to cat off the escape of several employes. Three girls and two men were killed bv jumping from windows, and in the burned building were found ten other corpses of girls. Telegraph and telephone wires pre­ vented the firemen fiom raising ladders to •id in the escape of the victims. A young man and three girls were injured, two of them fatally Some of the large propel­ ler lines running from Chicago to Buffalo •re offering to carry wheat at 1 cent, per bushel, the lowest price ever knowh The Rev. J. R. Beasoner, pastor of the First Fresbyterian Church at Collinsville, BL, committed suicide by shooting. .On Ihe Grand Trunk track in Detroit, Elijah Smith and wife were killed while attempt­ ing to drive across ... In the case of Mackin and Gallagher, in the Federal Circuit Court of Chicago, Justice Harlan and Judge firesham failed to flfcree, and announced 4hat the point would be certified under seal to the Supreme Conrt, and that a decision Would be reached at the October term the defendants to be held in $50,000 each. THE SOUTH. dispatches from Republican frieads in all paits of^the^country congratulating him upon his victory, some of them conveying the prediction that he would be the next Republican nominee for President. When President Cleveland was informed of Sena­ tor Logan's election he expressed no sur­ prise. It is said that the President has de­ sired from the first to avoid the -appearance of interfering in a struggle in which the propriety of his participation was question­ able, and which he never regarded as like­ ly to result in victory. IN conversation with Gen. Lieb and Com­ missioner Black, Rays a Washington tele­ gram, President Cleveland alluded to the unfriendly criticism lately indulged in by the German press in reference to his ap­ pointments. He said that the adminis­ tration had doubtless made a few mistakes, but the people ought to make allowance for the difficulties it had to contend with and exercise a little patience. . IfN THE growth of Mormonism in Tennessee, North Caro.ina, and Georgia was never inore marked than to-day. It is taking deep |; *oot in the rural districts, and the number •f converts is increasing at a rapid rate. The fe J/ f^wis County (Tenn.) murders in August last, instead of intimidating the elders, r teemed to inspire them with more zeal, and f he recent act of the Legislature making it a ,1 psnal offense to preach polygamy in the State f;apparently has nerved them to renewed ef­ forts. A dispatch from Chattanooga announ- r , Ces the arrest of two Mormon Elders inCarter County, Tennessee. The feeling ran high ' And there were loud threats of lynching the ^missionaries A cyclone at Taylor, Texas, demolished the Missouri Pacific, freight ' fiouse, and wrecked the City Hall and a •/>;; dozen other structures... .At Paris, Texas, lit farmer Samuel P. Holmes murdered his ft divorced wife, her sister, Mrs. W. P. Tiche *nd Prof. J. W. Youmans, hacking their bodies w^th a large bowie knife in a most iiorrible manner. IN the Commercial Convention at At­ lanta, Ga. , a resolution that public interests required a continuation of the silver coin­ age was defeated by a heavy majority.... Orders have been received at the Ports- month navy-yard to prepare the Cormorant for sea and expedite work on four iron­ clads. HOWARD COOPER, the negro assailant of Miss Katie Gray, the daughter of a wealthy jEarmer of1 Rockland, Mi, was tl'ied at FOKBKUI. JLKTTMBKK ot valuable paintings BY Sir Frederick LeightOn, Alma-Tadema, Millais, and other oelebmted artists, now on exhibi­ tion at the Royal Academy in London, have been badly mutilated by some malicious person. There is no clew to file perpetrator of the outrage.... A sentry at a powder magazine at Chatham, England, was found dead at his post, with a revolver lying be­ side him. The theory of suicide is accept­ ed by the officials..... The Britisn gunboat Forester, with a force of 100 policemen and marines, has gone to the Isle of Syke to arrest crofters on the Kilmuir estate. AUJ the leading London journals con­ gratulate Canada on what they deem the practical suppression of the rebellion in the Northwest. They compliment the troops on their skill and the courage dis­ played by the commanders and men. In most quarters the hope is expressed that the Government will not repeat the error of showing leniency to Beil.... The mo­ hair mills of Mitchell Brothers, at Brad­ ford, England, were destroyed by Are. The loss is estimated at from $750,000 to $1,000,000... .Publication has been re­ sumed by Le liosphore Egyptien, recently «UjgjkM'«ssed by the Khedive's government ADDITIONAL NEWS* THB Presbyterian General Assembly at Cincinnati tabled a resolution offered by Judge Drake, of the Federal Court of Claims, declaring that the Roman Catholic Church cannot be recognized as a Christian church, and that its priesthood can only be viewed as usurpers of the functions of the ministiy. CHARGES having been published in East- 1 ern newspapers reflecting upon G. N. Lothrop, the new Minister to Russia, for his connection with tha Phoenix Bank case, the Michigan House unanimously adopted resolutions c ngratulatiug the President and the people on the appointment of a gen­ tleman of such ta ent and integrity to a diplomatic position. The resolution was tabled by the Senate. TIPU TAIB, a powerful Arab chief in the region of the Upper Congo, has entered upon the <*mqt\jNst of Central Africa. He has already anrfexed the Congo region in behalf of the Sultan of Zanzibar, and his army is row on its way through the Tan­ ganyika district, marking its progress with pillage and missacre. It is feared that this uprising may cause the International African Association trouble, and that the founding of the new Congo State may be seriously opposed by Tipu Taib.... Victor Hugo died in Paris in great agony, in his 8ith year. He declined the offer of spiritual consolation at the hands of the Archbishop. The deceased left his manu­ scripts to the Republic, with a request to select a burial-place for his remains. Bon- nat, the celebrated painter, took a sketch at the death-bed, to be transferred to canvas. The Italian press is urging the recall of the expedition sent to Massowah, on ac­ count of the lavages of typhus fever. POUNDMAKEB, the Indian chief, sent a priest with all his prisoners to Battleford asking for terms upon which to surrender, and was referred to General Middleton. The prisoners say they were well treated. The Indians are reported as washing off their war paint and concealing their rifles. A special from Winnipeg to the Chicago Inter Ocean says: Your correspondent interviewed Attorney General Hamilton to-day as to how Rlel's alleged American citizenship would affect his triSl and punishment. He says: Riel can be tried by military court-martial just the same as if he were a British subject. No right of citizenship gives protection in case of such offense. Riel could also be tried in the civil courts and con­ demned, and in either case the sentence could be executed with perfect safety, even if he were an American citizen. He forfeits all protection by violating the laws of the country in which the act providing for punishment in such ca«es was passed. A military court-martial is likely to be adopted in Riel's case, and doubtless in any event the sentence will be executed. F. X. Lemiend, M. P., and Charles Fitz- Eatrick, distinguished advocates, of Que-ec, have been retained to defend Riel.... The bark Brilliant brought to Quebec the crews of the bark Bayard and the steamer Mary Louise, which vessels had been crushed by ice on the Newfoundland banks. The crew of the Bayard were on a berg three days-and-nights and suffered great hardships, and had barely been rescued by the Mary Louise when that craft was crushed, both crews then taking to boats, and being finally pictefed up by the Brilliant. THE bloodthirsty Apaches are again on the rampage in Arizona and Newj Mexico. They killed two men at Eagle Creek, and four at Alma. Troops have started after the cut-throats.. . .In the United States Circuit Court at Chicago bonds of $50,000 each were renewed by J. C. Mackin and W. J. Gallagher. The certificate of division of opinion filed by Judges Harlan and Gresham asks the Supreme Court to decide whether the crimes charged are infamous; whether the defendants can be tried other­ wise th^n on an indictment; whether the Clerk of Cook County is a pnbiic officer under the Federal election law,and whether the facts stated in the information consti­ tute a conspiracy. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. $7.60 6.50 1.06 1.04 .66 .43 13.00 .07 m. SENE1UI. A DISPATCH from Calgary, in the North­ west Territory, reports that Gen. Steele's advance guard, on its way to Fort Pitt, met the Indians and lost several men in a skir­ mish. Old-timers express the opinion that the trouble is spreading, and that all the Indians in the country will be in arms presently. The claim is fnade that Louis Kiel is an American citizen, having taken out naturalization papers in Montana, where he took part in the election of li<82, being, it is asserted, an active Republican worker. " v THE annual report of Georo^W. Cope," Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, shows that the production of pig iron in 1884 was 4,589,613 net tons; of all rolled iron, including rails (and includ­ ing nails and excluding rails), 1,931,748 tons; Bessemer steel rails, 1,1 lt>,6*21 tons; and rails of all kinds, 1,144,851 tons. The imports of iron and steel aggregated in vaiue $38,211,800, and the exports $10,902,150. Altogether, 487,820 tons (gross) of iron ore were impoited. The statement also gives the total produc­ tion of coal 99,851,870 in gross tonB, in­ cluding30,718,293 tons of anthracite. The fabulous quantity of 02,110,069 bushels of charcoal was required to make fuel for the iron-works of the country. The balance of trad? in favor of the United States in the hrst eight montns of the fiscal year of 1885 was $159,592,359... .The brewers of the Lnited States, in session at New York last week, elected William A. Miles President, and decided to hold the next meeting at San Francisco in 188(5. Andrew E. Leicht, of Chicago, and Einil Schaudeiu, of M' 1 - HOUK WHEAT--NO. l Haid ..... ...... No. 2Red....... CORN--No. 2 OATH--White PORK--New Mess Lard CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. 6.50 Good Shipping........ 5.2J Medium 4.75 IIOGS. ... 4.00 FIXJL'B-- Fancy Red Winter Ex., 6.00 Prime to Choice Spring. 4.00 WHE\T--No. -i Spring Cojsn--No. -l OA-IS--No. %... Ri'E--No. '2 ;... BAHU:Y-NO. 2 ..1 BUTTEK--Choice Creamery...... Fine Dairy CHEESE--V ull Cream Skimmed Flat. EGGS--Fresh POTATOES--choice, per bn POBK--Mess Labo TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 1 Red Cons--NO. 2 OATS--No. 2 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. A ; COKN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2...^. KYE--NO. 1 .'UBLE V--No. 2. POBK--Mess 8T. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COKN--Mixed OATS--Mixed RYE HAY--Prairie...... ............., POKE--Mess....; CINCINNATI. WI!EAT--No. 2 Bed CORN OATS--Mixed RYE--No. 2 Fall POBK--Mess DETROIT. FI-OUR WHEAT--No. l White COKN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 White..... POBK--New Mess INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. CORN- Mixed OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair Common Hoos SHEEP .88 .48 .<2 .19 . .-.to .08 .05 .12 .40 11.00 0.60 .03 .60 .87 .88 .48 .34 .74 .66 11.00 1.06 .47 .87 .72 11.00 11.00 1.06 .62 .88 .72 11.26 , 6.60 1.02 , .61 , .40 1Z00 1.06 .47 .36 # 8.60 & 6.73 @ 1.06 @ 1.04!U & .57 & .47 <312.60 <?4 6.00 ® 5.75 & 5.25 & 4.NO & 5.2) # 4.50 & .80 © .49 .35 .73 .64 @ .20 & .18 & .10 «e .06 & .13 <& .45 @11.25 m 7.00 .93?i .51 .89 .49 .35 .75 .58 A (heat Work Complete After < * Labor Lasting Ottr v41 Fourteen Years. I 6.25 K.2S 4.26 >.25 4.50 I «9 ® & & <9 111.25 & 107 .48 & .38 .78 (S12.50 @11.50 & 1.07 0 .58 «9 .30 & .76 @11.76 @ 6.00 & 1.08 9 .62 & .41 @1X60 & 1.05!$ & .48 & .37$ ® 7.00 0 6.00 ® 5.00 & 4.60 M 5.00 The Revised Version of the Old Testament Completed and v Qhren to the World* Bat Few Changes Made In the Famil­ iar Oftjeets of the Scriptures-- The Alterations. w:*L, CHICAGO WOOL MARKET. J Reported by HHKBMAM HALL & Co., Chicago. HI.] Price* of T'nwBHhcd Wool (old clip) front Indiana, Micliipau, Illinois, and Iowa for the jiant week are unchanged an follows: Fine, lTfeiite; Fine Medium 2ic; Medium, 2!(o!Bte; Low Medium. Coarn*-. l*.«20c. Delaine--Fine, 'Mkttlc; Medium, 20ift 21c. Combiner--Medium, 22f>(24c; Low Medium, 82® 23C ; ('<>arno, 1S0I21C ; Braid, 17C<tl9c. Total receipts for vaM week, 244,249 tba; and ainoe January 1,1,11K,'J24 Iks. Trade in much re»tricted by depleted Ktceki*. The of Medium Unwashed jit#*' • 4 . - j of the complete nmr «wr •ion of the Hoi; Bible was presented to Queen Victoria on Friday, the 15th of May, and at midnight of that day copies were delivered to the London press for com­ ment. The Committee of Revision was ap­ pointed by the Established Church Convo­ cation tho 6th of May, 1870. Of the six­ teen members then appointed only six sur­ vive. The revisers sat altogether 792 days of six hoars. The whole work wns gone over in session three times. The first time a bare majority carried an alteration. The •Iterations were then printed nnd circulated among the revisers, who hnd the advantage before the second revision began of sug­ gestions by tho American revisers. On the second ̂ revision a two-thirds majority was necessary to confirm ihe alterations. The third (revision was devoted to objections and p6int$ reserved. As for the general result--says a c^ble dispatch- When the whole work is examined it will be found that the revisers have on the whole been Very conMrrative. The alterations in the Old Testament are much fewer in proportion than those made in the New Te-tament. There have been very few--merely verbal altera Ions. The revised Old Testament Is almost cxactly the same length as the old one. There are im­ portant alterations in the arrangement of chap­ ters, which are printed in paragraphs, so as to keep the oonaeontive sense, but are not divided Into verses. Poetical passages are printed like blank verse. The first axiom ot the revised translation was: "Cling to the pure native sitcniticance of the words." This is a specimen of the blank •erse: Create in me a clean heart., O, God, And renew aripht npirit within me; Cast me not away from Thy presence. And take not Thy holy spirit from me; Restore iinto me the joy of Thy aalvatioA, And uphold me with a free spirit. Adam and Eve only take their names after the fall. Before, they are man or wife. No changes in diction are made in the first chapter of Genesis to aid or puzzle debaters on faith and science. The old account of the deluge is left as it was. The Mosaic books are but little touched. The Joshua miracle of the Bun and the moon are left intact. Job is mainly printed in blank verse. "1 know that my Redeemer liveth" stands but the marginal note destroys all its signlff cance in relation to the Messiah. "O, that mine adversary had written a hook" becomes: "That I had the indictment mine adversary had written." "Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?" changes to "with a quivering mane." "Hell," comments the ltaiiv Telegraph, "is injudiciously dismissed," and the Hebrew "sheol" is substituted throughout. The Globe says: "Go to sheol" will now be­ come a more j ieasant phrase of the angry ir­ reverent man. The italics of former editions yield to com­ mon type in the text. The psalms are divided. There are few Im­ portant changes made in them, and those with piteously scrupulous care. The beaut iiul Psalm xxih., ""Ihe Lord is my Shepherd," re- ma 11s untouched, as does the passage in lva m xxiv. beginning: "Liit up your heads, O ye gates;" but in Tsalm xxxvii.: "The wicked- man no loneer spreadeth himself like a green bay tree," but as *'a green tree in its native soil;" nor in Psalm xiv. is the KIUK'S daught r said to be "all glorious within," but "The King'B daughter within the palace is all glori­ ous." A well-known verse In Psalm xcii. now reads: •*The days of our years are three ecore and ten, or even by reason of strength four-score years, yet is their pride but labor and sorrow, for it is gone and we tiy away." The Prcverls ana Song of Solomon are ar­ ranged as poetry and triaingly Interfered with. A celebrated passage in Isaiah now reads: "As one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we esteemed Him not." The London Times, in a lengthy review of the new revision, says: The work of the New Testament Committee continued until the autumn of 1880; that of the Old Testament Committee until the close of 18N4. The whole Bible after these twelve years" labor appears in its revised English version at this time before the people of Great Britain and America. This revision is now a fact of history. Those who have labored in the pieparation of it have carefully and conscientiously re-examined every verse, sentence, and word; they now com­ mend it to the English-speaking world. That It will meet unfavorable criticism--sometimes severe, sometimes thoughtless, sometimes from the conservative and sometimes irom the pro­ gressive side--as a part of it has already met. such criticism, they do not doubt/. But they in­ trust it to the future, knowing that the book will live while the critics will die, and wishing only that their labors may contr bute in this generation or the coming ones to make the licriptures clearer in their true meaning to all men of the English race. The Bible appears bound with the New Testa­ ment. The preface opens with a statement of general principles on which the revision has been •ond.xted. Ihe revisers have borne in mind their duty not to make a new translation, but revise that already existing, and have de­ parted irom it only where it disagreed with the translators of ltill upon the meaning of a word or sentence. The terms of natural history are only changed where it is certain that the au­ thorised version is incorrect. Where it is doubt­ ful or there is an alternative, tne rendering is given in the margin. In some words of frequent occurrence, the authorized ver­ sion being either inadequate or in­ consistent, changes have been introduced with as much uniformity as practicable; for in­ stance, "Tabernacle of the congregation" has everywhere been changed to "Tent of meeting." In regard to the word "Jehovah" the usage of the authorized version is followed, the revisers not thinking it advisable to insert it uniformly In place of "Lord" or "God," which, when print­ ed in small capitals, represent the words sub­ stituted by Jewish custom for the ineflable name. Of technical terms from the Hebrew, one in three seems to have been generally intro­ duced. The word "grove* (Judaea vL, 28) has been replaced by "ashera," with its plurals, "ashcrini" and "asheroth." In the poetical books "sheol" replaces "hell," which has been changed in the prose passages to **the grave" and "the pit." with "sheol" in the margin. "Of these readings, hell," says the preface, "if it could be taken in its original sense, as used in the creeds, .would be a fairly adequate equivnlent for the Hebrew word, but it is so commonly understood as the place of torment that to employ it frequently would lead to inevitable misunrierstanding. In Isaiah, xiv., where "hell" is used in more of its original sense, the revisers have left "hell" in the text, putt ng "sheol" in the margin. "Abaddon," which has hitherto been knoyrn to Enalish readers of the Bible only from /the Kew Testament (Revelation ix., *i), has been Introduced in three passages--"once in Job and twice in Proverbs. " The term "meat offering" has been idianged Into "meal offering," the former term having ceased to be the generic name for all food. A new plural -peoples--has been introduced, although sometimes this becomes Gentiles when the contrast to the chosen people is marked. All headings of chapters have been dropped, as in the revised New Testament, and the text has been divided Into paragraphs, but the chap­ ter and verse div.sions have been retained Tn the margin fur convenience of reference. By this means the revisers have been enabled to rejoin Psalm x. to Psalm lx., and Psalm xiii. to Psalm xl!., and to begin Isaiah liii at chapter lii., verse 13. The several days of the creation are made more prominent by breaks ot a line between the verses. Thisexpedient has enabled the revisers to make use of the dialogue form and to show the dramatic character ot the song of songs, the iirst chapter of which, for exam­ ple, is divided into seven speeches. The Psalms are definitely divided into five books, the last four beginning respectively at Psalms xlii., lxiii., xc.. and evil A striking improvement is the printing o? all poetical passages in poetical form. This has been done in the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, and the Canticles. But the Prophets have been lett in prose, however passionate their oratory. The songs of Lantech, Jacob, Miriam, Moses, Debo­ rah, and Hannah; the Psalms of ,Ion®h and Habaxkuk, and David's lament UnSfesond Samuel, I.) api ear in versified ballad. The origin of Joshua's m-racle: "Hun, stand thou still upon Gibeon," Is Indicated by its verse character. So, also, is the triumphal cry of fcamson (Judges xr„ 1CI. Examination of the more familiar passages and phrases discloses the fact that care was taken in preserving intact household words of the Old Testament. The old literary form has been held s icred, and the revisers cannot lie charged with any pedantic straining after the original text; but not all the familiar objects of the Scriptures have escaped untouched. The high priest no longer casts lots for the scape­ goat. He does so for Azazel. The summary for each day at the creation "now runs according to the formula: "And there was evening and there was morning, one day." "There was evening and morning, a second day," a third day, and so on, giving a suggestion of successive stages with lontr intervals. The "apples of got t," of Proverbs xxv., 11, are now cnca«td in "iigurcd work" of silver, not in "pictures." "Vanity and vexation of spirit" (Ecclestfstes it, IT) has become "Vanity and a striving after mind." "Hsnnr is the man that bath Ida quiver fnUef •iJkjkV.V.: WMMtmnssMNnmnpi thMa" (Psalms exxviii., 6) ] the man that ' llwbtB'i we <0--ssu water thonahalt not exoel,"aMri bless water, have not thou " tsdlnto 1 quiver MfS|aW- --*-77- desire Is that the Almighty would tnswer me and that mine adversary had written a book," Is revised, "Oh. that one would hour me. Be­ hold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me. and that I had the tadlctmenfrf which my adversary hath written." The authorized Psalm vili., verse S: "For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angols" Is revised: "For Thou hast made Mm a little lower than God." The authorized Psalm cxvt. verse 11: "I Mid In my haste, all men are liars." is revised; I said when I made haste to escape, ail men are a lie." Eccle*iastes xlL, 13: "Let ns hear the conclu­ sion of the whole matter; fear God," etc., has been revised to read: "This Is the end of the matter; all hath been heard; fear God," etc. Proverbs xiv., 9: "Fools make a mock at sin, but among -the righteous there Is favor," re­ vised, reads: "The foolish scorn the guilt offer­ ing, but among the upright there is good-will." Ihe above are nearly *11 of the passages In which A shook is given to old Msociatious. ID other passages there are foond variations which cannot be called rash alterations. For instance, Isaiah, chap. Hi, verse 13, in the authorized ver­ sion reads: "Behold, my servant shall deal prudevtly; he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high." The revised Terse reads: "Be­ hold, my servant shall deal wisely; he shall be lifted up and shall be very high," Isaiah liii., :t, in the authorized version is: Ha is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not." In the revised this reads: "He is despised and rejected of men: a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hid their faoes; he was despised, and we esteemed him not," The same chapter, verse 7,is changed to read: "He was afflicted, yet he opened not his month; as a lamb that he led to the slaughter," etc. Same chapter, verse 8: "He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who shall de­ clare his generation?" is revised to read: "By oppression and judgment he was taken away, and who considereth his generation?" The Christology of the Old Testament is almost entirely unattested by the revisers. The crucial passage, Isaiah vii , 14; "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son," remains unchanged, except that the margin suggests the virgin is with child and beareth." In the lifth commandment, "Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the laud which the Lord thv God giveth thee." is rendered: "Honor thy father and thv mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." The following are examples in which the actual work of revision is distinctly seen: Authorized version, Genesis xxiL, 14: "Inthe mount of the Lord it shall be seen." Revised version: "In the mount of the Lord ltBhall be provided." Authorized version. Exodus xiv.. 40: "And it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave ight by night to these." Revised: "And there was the cloud and the darkness, and gave it light by night." Authorized version, Job xxvili, 4: "The flood that breaketh out from the inhabitant, even the waters forgotten of the foot, they are dried up; they are gone away from men." Revised: "He breaketh open a shaft, away from where men so­ journ ; they are forgotten of the foot that pa«s- eth by; they hang afar from men; they swing to and from." Authorized version. Job xxxi., <05: "Behold my desire is that the Almighty would answer me." Revised: "Lo, here is my sign above; let the Almighty answer me." Authorized version. Job xxvL, 18: "Feware lest He take thee away with His stroke." Re­ vised : "Beware lest thou be led away with thy sufficiency." Authorized version. Psalm xii, 5: "I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him." Revised: "I will set him in safety at whom they mock." Authorized version, Psalm Ixviil., 4: "Extol him that rideth upon the heavens." Revised: "Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts." Authorized version. Psalm lxviiL, 19: "Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits." Revised: "Blessed be the Lord who daily bear­ eth our burdens." Authorized version, Psalm Ixviil, 30: "Rebuke the company of spearmen." Revised: "Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds." Authorized version. Psalm lxxxvii., 7: "As well the singers as the players on Instruments shall be there; all my springs are in thee. vif ed: "As well the singers as they that dance; all my fountains are in thee." T Authorized version, Psalm cxll, B: "And let Him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil which shall not break my head." Revised: And let Him reprove me; it shall be oil upon the hea I; let not my head refuse it." Authorized version, Isaiah xl.,3: "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness. Prepare ye the way of the Lord." Revised: "The voice of one cr.eth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the Loid." Psalms ti„ 12: "Kiss the £on," remains, and references to entirely different versions are giv­ en tn the margin. Similarly in Genesis xllx., 10: "Until Shiloh came," isf kept, but "Till he caihe to Shiloh" is noted as an alternative. In all these eases, as in many others, there seems to have been a strong minority among the revis­ ers, which held out ior the alternative readings, and succeeded in putting them in the margin, whi; h contains most of the scholarship of tho vision. The first verse in both the authorized versions is • he same. The first alteration oc- curt in the saconu verse, where, Inst- ad of "The earth was without form and void," we read, "And the earth was waste and void." The text of the story of the creation is with­ out other striking variations. The same may be said of the descript on of the fall and the iiood. In the ten commandments are eomi verbal alterations, the most striking being that bf the sixth: "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus xx., 13) becomes "Thou shalt do no murder." Deuteronomy, chap, xxxii. verse 5: "Thev have corrupted themselves; their Bpot |s not the spot of his children." Revised: "They have corrupted themselves; they are not hla chil­ dren; it is their blemish." Following is a list of the eminent Amer­ ican theologians who took part in the labors of the revision. 'Iho membership was necessarily limited to scholars whose resi­ dence was not so remote from New York UB to make their attendance at tne monthly meetings of the committee impossible; Philip Schaff, 1). D., LTJ. D., President, George E. Day, D. D.. Secretary. . Prof. William Henry Green, D. D. LL, D., Chairman, Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J.; Prof. George K. Day, D. D., Secretary, Divin­ ity School of Yale College, New Haven, Conn.; Prof. Charles A. Aiken, D. D., Theological Sem­ inary, Princeton, N. J.; Rev. T. W. Chambers, D. D., Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church, New York; Prof. Thomas J. Conant, D. D., Brooklyn. N. Y. ;Prof. John De Witt, D. D., Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N. J.; Prof. George Emlen Hare, D. D.. LL. D., Divinity School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Prof. Charles P. Krauth, D. D., LL. I)., Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, 1 hiladelphia; Prof. Tavlor Lewis, LL. D., Union School, Sehenectady, N. Y. ; Prof. Charles M. Meac^e, Theological Sem­ inary, Andover, MasS.; Prof, Howard Osgoode, D. D., LL. D., Theological Seminary, lloches- ter, N. Y.; Prof. Joseph Packard, D. D., Theo­ logical Seminary, Alexandria, Va.; Prof. Calvin Ellis Stowe, D. D., Harttord, Conn.: Prof. James Jjtroncr, S. T. I)., Theological Seminary, Mad­ ison, N. J.; Prof. Rev. C. V. A. Van Dyck, D. D.. M. D., Theological Seminary, Beyrout, Syria (advisory member on questions of Arabic). NOTE --The American Old Testament Cont­ ra ttee lost by death Prof. Tavlor Lewis, who died in 1m77, Dr. Krauth, who died in January, 188', and Dr. Stowe, by resignation. Of all the London papers--and each de­ votes columns to the version--the Daily Teleg raph seems to be the most tender and loving commentator on the great English classic. In conclusion the Telegraph says: Let us at once sta'e that the Old Testa­ ment has been more fortunate than th • New in its revision. The revisers not only laid down correct principles, but. generally speaking, kept to them, and the result is that we now posset-sa version which retains the beauties of the book so long familiar and that are stored in a million memories. Our first impress;on of their work is to the effect that learn ng and taste, under the control ot reverence, have achieved a great success. The grand old music rings out strong and true, and many an obscure passage has been made clear, f-uch results are well worth the fourteen years of labor .that produced them. Pr*8» > 0111111 vn t. . [New York Herald ] It Is remarkable that the alterations mada< 1 were not greater. The Bible, which has been in use for two hundred and fifty years, when tested by the critical scholarship of a very scholarly and critical age is found to need very few changes, and it is sate to say that the conscien­ tious work of the revision committee has not even jostled the old-time fafth of Christendom. TNew York Sun.J The intei national task now, after fourteen years, concluded was projected on the assump­ tion that the authorized 1- ngllsh versicn of the Bible is not treasured by English readers as a fetich, but prived just in pioportion as it is be­ lieved to laithfully repeat the actual word-' ut- teied or written by the Savior and His dis­ ciples and by the Hebrew lawgivers, prophets, chroniclers, and bards. It was also tak­ en for granted that more trustworthy Hebrew and Greek texts ot the sacred writings and riper powers of analysis and interpretation were available at the close of the nineteenth than at the beginning of the seven­ teenth century. If the new revision shall ap- I>car upon mature examination to be a marked improvement on' the old one--the esseut al fea­ tures of scrupulous fidelity to the Hebrew and Greek originals--a result yet undetermined-- then no consei vative lorce bf habit nor well- aimed objection on the score of rhetoric will perhaps prevent its gradual acceptance. The DyBMiters, Cnnninghan Ml Bur- Sentenced to Penal vitnde Iter Life. !• The Crime. The crime for which Burton and Cunningham have been convicted and sentenced was com- plicity in the recent Tower and Parliament House explosions in London. The trial excited much public interest. Daily the Criminal Court-room in the Old Bailey was densely packed with spectators. So great was the crush, and so much was an attempt to rescue the pris­ oners feared, that only those having passes from the proper authorities were admitted to tne court-room. Irishmen Indignant. [New York special.] Irishmen In this city express aurprise and In­ dignation over the conviction and sentence of Cunningham and Burton. Patrick Ford said: "The evidence was en­ tirely in favor ot the prisoners, and I did not believe that even an English jurv would data convict upon it."' O'Donovau Rossa said: "I am not much sur­ prised at the convitt on of the pr soners, for I know English juries well; but I am surprised at the sentence. The Judge must have been thoroughly satisfied ot the falsity of the verdict when they failed to hang Cunningham and Burton." • Mr. EdwArd J. Row*, President of the Irish Confederation, said: "Public clamor in En- land demanded victims and Scotland Yard waa bound to furnish them. That is something the police never fail to do when a crime is com initted and Irishmen are credited with it. The men were convicted before they were placed in tho dock. The jury was selected for the sole purpose of pronouncing them guilty. English­ men boast of their love for fair play, but in this trial is shown what little basis there is on which rest such a boast." Re-- iSM,.,, „ K ASSER-ED-DEEN* f The Career and a Picture of the Baler of Fsr-Awajr Persia. Nassar-cd-Deen, the Shah of Persia, is a son of the late Mehemet Shah and Queen Velliet of the Kadgar tribe, and a grand­ son of Abbas Mirga. He was born in 1829 and succeeded to the throne in 1848. The Shah is well versed in Persian and Turkish, and is somewhat of a historian. Unlike many of the smaller potentates, he fully un­ derstands the position he occupies in regard to the greater powers. In manner he is mild and gentle, and his. habits in private life are extremely simple. With all his mildness, however, he is endowed by nature with considerable energy, which he makes felt at times. When the war between Rus­ sia and Turkey was begun he declared his neutrality, but before the close of that never- to-be-forgotten conflict, entered into a com­ pact with Russia. In the year following the close of the war Herat was occupied by Persian troops, and in consequence war -- THE only lady who was ever made an Orderly Bergeaut during the war, says the Cleveland Pluindealer, was Miss Theresa Kelly, now a resident of that city. OOCK-FIOHTIMO every Sunday Is programme aroand Memphis. . afe / w. the Both Protest Their Innooence unfl Meet ,*r3hjBir ?ftte in a - Spirit, dispatch from London.l * .u A'li?» ?. Cunningham and Burton at the Old Bailey has been brought to a con­ clusion. The court-room was crowded with people to h< ar the Judge's charge and to see the termination of the case. Among the notables Pr.f 8C'lt ^5e.t £,?rd Mayor and United States Minister Phrdps. lhere were many ladies in tlic room. I he prisoners wore an anxipus look and followed JudgeHawkins- charge with intense Interest. Ihe drift of the charge was clearly against the prisoners. Mr. Phelps sat beside Justice Hawkins while he was sentencing Cunningham and Burton. Just:ce Hawkins, in charging the furv, said the prisoners had been ab.y <ie'endedand'that their trial ha 1 been iairiv conducted J" I'1 >^ners. Justice Hawkins said 1 hat they had Item convicted of a crime as bad, wicked, and cruel as had ever entered the heart of man. The jury then retired. They remained out not longer than fifteen minutes and returned m.1 a.,vcr<lk1 guilty against both prisoners. The deep silence following the announcement of the verdict was broken by the Clerk, who •aid: "Prisoners, you are found gnilty of treason- felony. Have yon anything to say?" Immediately Cunningham, with flashing eyes, and in a sharp, harsh tone, almost deiiant. made a speech. Leaning forward, he vigorously protested his innocence. He thanked his coun­ sel and friends, and concluded bis remarks with the bitter exclamation: "You may destroy my body, but it is impossible for vou to hurt my soui! ' Next Burton rose, nervouslv, and spoke in more collected and bitter language than Cun­ ningham. and with some dignity. He also pro­ tested his innocence. "English prejudice, ho said, "sends me to eternal punishment." The Judge then, with stern look, and much impressiveness ot manner, am d nrotound silence, sentenced the prisoners to penal servitude for life. Then stillne.-s vielded to ap - plause, which the attendants vainlv attempted to suppress. ' Cunningham and Burton maintained a cheer­ ful appearance after being taken back to New­ gate Prison, Mid chatted freely with the war­ den. They still Insist that they are innocent, but fay that the verdict and sentence are no more than they expected, especially after the Judge's charge, as It was evident the court was organized to convict. was ueciarea on ;N'ov. 1, 1855, by the gover­ nor of India against the Shah. After a few months' hostilities a treaty of peace was signed at Paris by Lord Cowley and the Persian ambassador, in which ample satis­ faction was given to England. Subsequently the Shah had wars with several neighboring tribes and was successful in an expedition against the Turcomans. In 1873 he visited Europe and was received with great eclat. Although he was absent froni his kingdom from May until September, not the slight­ est discord occurred there, which fact at­ tests the popularity of his reign. He vis­ ited Moscow, St. Petersburg, .Berlin,_ Co­ logne, Brussels, London, Paris, Milan, Vienna, Constantinople, and many other places of less note. During his tour he kept a diary which was published in the original Persian and subsequently transla­ ted into the English and produced in Lon­ don in 1874. In 1878 the Shah again vis­ ited Russia. In the event,of way between En ?lanil and Russia, he may find it difficult to remain neutral. # A KITCHEN HEROINE. anff ProfesJor Odlum Flanges from Brookfya to the Waters of East RiYe% and' Is Taken Oat A Brave Chicago Olrl Ov.-rpoWers Capture*.a l*u<l llitrglar. [Chicago special.] A young and come.y brunette, Misn Annie Andersou, of 124 Dearborn avenue, Chicago, is deservedly the heroine of the hour in that neighborhood to-day. Miss1^ Ander-on is a domestic, bnt she is a girl of spirit and pluck. Last night, a bold, bad burglar named William Madden enter­ ed the residence and proceeded to rum­ mage the rooms from eud to end. During his foray he came to the room occupied by Miss Anderson. The noise of an open­ ing drawer awoke her and she saw the man in the rcom. For a moment she lay mo­ tionless, stariug at the burglar, who helped himself to sundry articles, among them two or three of ^liss Anderson's favorite rings, which he secreted in his mouth. At this the girl made a leap from the bed, throttled the burly fellow, and actually choked him until he disgorged the rings. Then she clung to him until Officer Hearle arrived. WILLIAM T. WALTERS, of Baltimore, owns $1,020,000 worth of paintings and statnes. Wii>IIIAM SCHRODER,, of Kew Haven, haa toiled thirty years at perpetual motion* « [New York telegram.] A eab left the New York entrance of the Brooklyn bridge and was driven to the middle of the great span. Here the driver pulled np and two men got out and began to climb the railing. Before they had reached the top a bridge policeman came toward them brandish­ ing bis club and ordering them to "get down out of that " While be was talking w:th the young man a covered wagon containing: Prof. E. Odium and a companion stop­ ped about 100 leet behind the can. uuickly divesting himself of the blue flannel in which he was dressed. Prof. Odium, clad in a red shirt and trunks, jumped from the earriace, and sprang lightly to the ramp*- He auickly reached the top, and, poll­ ing himself for a moment, ha. steed erect and glanced hurriedly at the surface of the East River, far below him. The people oh the bridge sent up a cry of horror when they saw the Pro­ fessor prepare to plunge off the bridge Into Ihe river, 135 feet beneath his feet The po­ liceman, whose attention had now been di­ rected from the two men, rushed toward the Professor. Before he had gone a dozen feet Prof. Odium, without a moment's hesitation, had leaped out from the rail­ way and into the air. He held one hand above his head as a rudder to guide Mm in his descent. A tug and a schooner floated lazily in the stream several yards be-low the bridge. The tug was filled with club men and reporters. Boyton stood near the prow, anxious y watching the bridge. The moment Professor Odium's body was seen to leave the railing, t arry E. Dixey, the actor, started a stop-watch, which he held in his hand in order to time the descent. For nearly a hundred feet the Professor came down all right, feet fore­ most; he shot downward with the speed of a meteor, his red suit making him easily (Hsoern- ible for a long distance. When within thirty ffet his body began to turn. As if realizing his danger. Professor Odium brought down bis hand with a warlike motion to aid him in recoveilng nis balance; the movement was, however, made too late, his body had now turned so iar it was impossible to change Its caurse. Half a second later, with a mighty splash that threw up the water on all sides as if torn with a shell. Prof. Odium's body struck the water on one side, and sank out of wight- A rowboat soon came to the rescue, and Prof. Odium was taken from the water. A few mo­ ments later he was transferred to the tug and restoratives were administered. After consider­ able rubbing the eyes of the Professor opened. "What kind of a jump did I make?" he whispered. "First-class, my boy," responded Bovton. you'll be all right in a little while;" but he wan insensible again before the words had hardly left his lips. The tug steamed hastily to h-r slip, and just as the pier was reached a shudder passed through the frame of the Professor, and then, after breathing heavily once or twice, his heart stopped beating, and he was pronounced dead. The body was taken ashore and conveyed to the undertaker'?. Prof. Robert £. Odium was formerly the professor of a swimming bath in Washington, but latterly has been a clerk in Willard's Hotel. It has been his ambition to jump from the Brooklyn bridge. He made the attempt once, before the bridge was completed, but was pre­ vented from carrying out his scheme bv the police. He was seconds in the air before striking the water. He was unmarried, 8S years of age, and a man of good habits. Prof. Odium was born in this city, and hla mother and sister reside here. His sister la Mrs. Charlotte Bmitli, who is well knowh In Chicago from her connection in opening na# fields lor woman's Industry. GE0RUE T. N. LOTHROP. The Kew Minister to Russia* George Van Ness Lothrop was born1 Easton, Bristol County, Conn., August 4L 1817. His early years were spent on hit father's farm. Graduating from Brown University in 1838, he entered the law school of Harvard University, but in 1839 removed on account of ill-health to Prairift Honde, Kalamazoo County, Mich., where his brother, the Hon. Edwin H. Lothrop, had a large farm. After restoring his health he went to Detroit in 1843 and resumed the study of law, beginning practice in 1844 as a partner of D.-Bethune Duffield, under the firm name of Lothrop & Duffield, which continued until 1856. In April, 1848, he was appointed Attorney General of the St ite of Michigan and held the office until January, 1851. He has |wo or three times received the complimentary vote of the Democratic members of the Michigan State Legislature for United States Senator. He was a member of the Michican State Con­ stitutional Convention of lHli7. For twenty- five years he was geneial attorney of the- Michigan Central Railroad. From the time of his entrance upon active professional life Mr. Lothrop has enjoyed a wide celebrity throughout Michigan as a lawyer and poli­ tician, and a cultured, courteous, and pop­ ular gentleman of the old school. For many years he has been considered the most prominent lawyer and orator of Michigan, and the fact was tacitly recognized that if the Democratic party ever came into power he would be given one of the best positions. Mr. Lothrop led the Michigan delegation at the Charleston National Convention in 1860, and really headed the Douglas sentiment in that body. During the war he gave cordial support to all just and necessary measures of the Government. Mutilated National Bank Notes. [Washington special.] Treasurer Jordan has made a slight change in^tbe working of the national bank redemption ngeney, whioh will resnltin some reduction of expenses--how much re­ mains to be seen. The Treasurer of the United States is authorised bv law to re­ deem mutilated rational bank .currency. It has been customary to construe'the word "mutilated" liberally, and bills not mutilat­ ed but considerably worn have been sent to the Treasury, new bil s returned, and the old ones destroyed. Mr. Jordan constmea the law more strictly. National banks have been asked to send in only really mu­ tilated bills, and when bills that are still serviceable are sent in new bills will be- issued in their places, but the old bills are to be paid out by the Treasury. It is not expected that this will make much differ­ ence with tha number of persons employed in the redemption agency, bnt it will prob­ ably reduce the amount of work required of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; but it will Le some time beforo this result becomes appurent. This policy is the re­ verse of that pursued by the Bank of En­ gland, which never pays out the same note twice, no matter how good its condition may be. Mr. Jordan's action is based on the belief that the IAW does not authorise the retirement and destruction of bills that are still serviceable. « i MA J. BUBKE, the retiring director of the- New Orleans Exposition, has suffered muehi in health from his work in that capacity,, and- is also said to have incurred persogji! obligations to the sum of f 150,000. A JAMESTOWN (D. TJ Justice decidm that profanity is not punishable at law when caused by a neighbor's hens scratch­ ing up the defendant's garden. THE Hon. John Bigelow is soltcil^pg funds for the erection of a monument to William Cullen Bryant in Central Park. MRS. TOM THCHB, now the Countess Magri, wears for shoes a child's No. 5, and the Count wears a child's No. 8. THE Governor General of Canada MFE o«Ttsa aalaiy v. A •

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