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te: ff§§cntg f?toiutlciilw I. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pnbllsher. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. A HUMANE burial society is to be or* ganized in Bridgeport, Connecticut', the object being to take charge of the Itodies of those whose death may admit OF doubt, and thus prevent OQA being buried alive. THE new marriage law f& Petrtwyl- Tania imposes so many penalties npon the officiating clergyman who violates any regulation that a special handbook or guide has been issued, with which the wary minister goes around on all occasions. i IN a recent paper, Sir John Lubbock says that ants of the same nest, however large it may be, have a means of recog­ nizing each other not easily explained. The recognition is immediate and com­ plete, given after an absence of a year from the nest. Concerning the long­ evity of ants, he said he had kept two qtieen ants for twelve years* * THE expression of the eyes of per- sons killed by violence is considered an important matter in criminal juris­ prudence, but its value has been greatly lessened by reason of its evanescent nature. A French scientist has found a means of restoring the life-like ex­ pression. It consists iq applying a few drops of glycerine and water to the cornea, _• MRS. A. T. STEWART is credited with ingenious charity in employing a num­ ber of poor women to clean her marble palace daily. They work four hours and receive $2.50 each. Other women are employed to clean silver at $3 a day, and men who brush the statuary get $5 a day. These latter are said to , be old sculptors, past other means of earning a living. MRS. ROGERS, the cattle queen of Texas, inherited from her first husband a herd of 40,000 cattle. The widow managed the business, and in due time married a preacher twenty years younger than herself, who had seven children. She attends to her estate herself, rides among her cowboys on horseback, and can tell just what a promising steer or cow is worth at any size or age. JUDGE LOCHKAHE, of Georgia, is es­ timated to be worth $500,000. He has one-tliird of that invested iu Atlanta real estate. A fee paid jointly by the East Tennessee and the Memphis and Charlestown roads give him about $100,000 iu bondp, Ilia resignation as general counsel for Mr. Pullman has aever been acceptod. Ho lives luxuri­ ously, laughs heartily, has a fancy for fine equipage, and thoroughly enjoys his prosperity. A HEAVILY loaded street car in Phil­ adelphia was stopped by the falling of Dne of its horses from exhaustion. The poor beast was lifted to. his feet, and was about to be reharnessed, though his shoulders were raw, but no one protested until a young ludy vehe­ mently warned the driver that she Would procure his immediate arrest if he persisted in trying to drive the horse. The driver sneered and swore, but took the hint, and the horse was lent away. . ! :--' ~9 THE last formulated idea in crazes is an international cooking match. This is to take placc in the Aqnarium in Westminster in December. It means the production of the favorite dishes of each nation. The Briton will present his plum pudding and roast beef, the Spainard olla podrida, the Italian his macaroni a la garlic, the German his bratwur8t and sauerkraut, the Russian his kapoosta soup, the Frenchman his fricassee, and the Norwegian will teach how to cook eggs in that variety of ways which astonishes the traveler in his clime. I A GOOD joke is going the roundB with respect to a Scotchman who has been recently knighted. Sir Richard Cross, who had "the braw laddie" in tow, carefully enjoined that he was to take the Queen's hand and raise it rever­ ently to his lips. All this he-promised to do, but at tho critical moment I19 forgot his lesson, and seizing the Queen's hand, gave it a fervid shake, axclaiming: "Many thanks, your Maj­ esty; many thanks." Sir Richard nearly fainted with horror, but the Queen laughed good-naturedly, and thanked him for his hearty gratitude. " THE debts of the King of Yavaria unount to $7,500,000. The private thea­ trical performances at Munich have been suspended, all building operations it the new castles have been stopped, and the royal stud has been largely liminished. The great mountain-castle >f Herren-Chieinsee, which has been building for ten years, and has cost $7,- 300,000, is not half finished. It is an »xact copy of Versailles, only more splendid, and the interior decorations ire of indescribable magnificence. A •ingle chandelier of porcelain, which hangs in the Salle des Glacea, cost 134,000. _ REV. COLIN ANDERSON, of California, and his mother, living in Scotland, were lately reunited, after a separation of thirty-two years, by means of a jack rabbit. The minister had been taught to believe that his mother was dead. He was going home, lantern in hand, ane night last winter, when a jack rabbit, frightened by the light, allowed itself to bo taken up by the ears and carried off. The story was written up by local papers, copied into Canadian journals, and one of these was sent by a friend to Mrs. Anderson, who at once wrote to her parson boy. A week or two ago the two had an affeetionate meeting in Scotland. THE sexton of a Connecticut grave- fard says that an English gentleman »ho visited the place last summer "sifted three graves* to find a sirnet ring believed to have been bur:ed with its wearer, one of the earliest settlers of Connecticut. The ring was wanted to make good a claim to certain prop­ erty in England, question being raised as to the authenticity of the impression on certain seals. The necessary permission having been procured, the Englishman, a lawyer, representing a well-known family, sifted with the utmost care the three graves, but the dust of mortality yielded up no ring, andT he returned to England empty-fianded. AN Elwood, New Jersey, correspond­ ent in a letter to the Boston Traveler says: We have a case which goes to the credit of the prescribed mosquito, which at times is uncomfortably abund­ ant in this region. A young lady from Pennsylvania was sent here in a very feeble oondition as a last resort by her physician. The result was not partic­ ularly encouraging till, by an unusual visitation of the musical insect, she was so bitten on ail parts of her body ac­ cessible as to cause a painful illness; When this disappeared she rapidly re­ covered from the former disease to the enjoyment of perfect health. The doctors declared that the mosquito treatment saved her. .----A. COMTESSE DE MA A'TON, of Paris, said to a reporter at Chicago: " r am on my way to join my son on his cattle ranch in Texas. I assure you I am glad to be in a true republic, away from that fantastic imitation of one that the people have been pleased to create in Franca Already, though, I think the French Republic wavers, and to me its doom Beems not far distant. My hus­ band died on the field in the Franco- Prussian war, and since the downfall of the empire, the untimely deaths of the Emperor and Prince Imperial and the cruel exile of our beloved Empress, France has lost much of its brightness and Paris is peopled only with ghosts and shadowy memories of the brilliant past" IN discussing British farmers' earn­ ings and taxes, Mr. Harris, M. P., in an article in the London Economist, esti­ mates the salable products of the soil in England and Wales at an aggregate of $562,500,000 annually. The taxa­ tion of farmers is put at $80,075,000-- nearly 15 per cent, of the value of the annual product, which is regarded as excessive. Several English statisti­ cians have given estimates of the farm­ ers' incomes, varying greatly. Mr. Craigie gives good reasons for estimat­ ing the farmers' profits at not over $150,000,000 annually, which, added to the rent cliargea of $3.30,000,000,would give the total profits derived from the products of the soil as $480,000,000. According to Mr. Goschen they amount to $700,000,000. THE Siberia, an Asiatic-Russian pa­ per, says: "The French Professor Pasteur, who has made him himself famous by inoculating men and cattle with disease-germs to insure them against epidemics, ought to yield the palm of priority in that discovery to a humble priest of our own country. In 18G8, when the Siberian plague was killing the cattlo in this place. Father Andrew Joakimansky of the Troitzky Village resorted to a desperate means in order to save his cows. He got some blood from a dying cow, saturated thread with that blood, and passed these threads through the ears of the healthy cows, numbering eleven. At the place inhere the ears were punctured there appeared tumors the size of pigeon-eggs. In „a short time those tumors disappeared, and the cows remained alivo and healthy, though the rest of the cattle of that village perished " FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. The Paris Abbattoirs* The abattoirs at La Villette, which have replaced the analogous establish­ ments scattered throughout Paris, cover an irregular surface of nearly fifty acres, and the buildings cover about 58,000 square metres. The gen­ eral aspect is rather imposing. The facade towards the Rue de Flanders shows a grille about twenty metres, in­ terrupted by pilasters intended for al­ legorical groups. From the principal front six large avenues radiate, inter­ cepted by smaller cross ones. All tho buildings have Cronij stone dressings with filling of rough-dres-sed masonry, or of brickwork. The partition-walls are in hard brick covered with Port­ land cement. The floors are ot iron, covered with plaster and bitumen, the roofs entirely of tiles. To give some idea oi the importance of the abattoirs and of the service they render, we may add that the work of the establishment occupies 150 slaughter houses, con­ tained in eight groups of buildings, that the dwellings for butchers and sheperds, etc., occupy ten blocks of buildings, and that the stalls can allow space for 2,000 oxen, 7,000 sheep, 2,700 pigs, and 2,000 calves. Each yedr there is some new improvement in the gen­ eral arrangement Now it is a special railway to be made around the line of enclosure, communicating with all the other railways radiating from Paris to the provinces; now, another suspen­ sion railway is constructed for th* quicker circulation of the meat, etc. Farther on, three large pavillions are occupied in roasting pigs by gas; not | to speak of ptlier structures for the ; cleansing of" offal, the triperies, the blood store, the extraction of albumen and animal oil, the preparation of calves' heads and sheep's feet, etc. For the purpose of having everywhere the indispensible element of cleansing, water from the Marne and from the Ourcy is received into sixty iron reser­ voirs which project into the establish­ ment at all points. This is not all, for when the buildings are completely fin­ ished they will cover a spaoe of 87,000 metres, and contain 311 slaughter houses, of which 179 only are at pres­ ent in work. The works have cost up to this moment about 10,000,000 francs; about 7,000,000 more will be required to complete them. The cattle market which forms the compliment to the abattoirs, and opens on the Rue d' Al- lemagne, was commenced in 1867, and has Cost about 19,000,000 frsncs.--The Builder. TEXAS ft progressing wonderfully fast. In 1870 the grand total value of farm products of the State was $49,- 000,000. Now it has swelled to the enormous sum of $8140<H),000i « A List of Members of the Hew -' 8»nat> and Honse of B*p- : " . resentatives. Their Politics--Expiration of Senato­ rial Terms--Representatives Re-elected. The Forty-ninth Congress, which meets Monday, Dec. 7, will stand as follows: Sen­ ate--Republicans, 42; Democrats, 34. House---Democrats, 183; Republicans, 140; Greenback-Democrat, 1; Greenback-Be- publican, 1. A complete list of the mem­ bers is printed below. \ THE NEW SENATE. lilt #f Membra* ud the PWMIWIICB Their Terms Expire. Republicans .43 Democrats 34 number of members........^. 76 ALABAMA. • .'** Term • Term f- ' expires. expires. JunesIj. Pugh,D..18911 J T. Morgan, D..... 1883 ARKANSAS. James K. Jones, D..1831 | Thos. W. Berry, D..1889 CALIFORNIA. Ii. Stanford, R 1891 | John J. Miller, R.. .1887 COLORADO. Henry M. Teller, R.1891 | Thos. M. Bowen, R.1689 CONNECTICUT. O. H. piatti R 1891 | Jos. R. Hawley, R..1887 DELAWAUE. Eli Saulsbury, D...1889 | George Gray,D... .".1887 FLORIDA. Wilkinson Call, D..1891 | Ch&a. W. Jones, D.1887 GEORGIA. Jos. E.Brown, D... 1891 | A. H. Colquitt, D...1889 ILLINOIS. John A. Logan, R, .1891 | S. M. Cullom, R....1889 INDIANA. D. W. Voorhees,D. 1891 | Beuj. Harrison, R..1887 IOWA. Wm. B. Allison, K.1691 | Jag. F. Wilson, KANSAS. John J."Ingalls, R..1891 | P. B. Plumb, B....1889 KENTUCKY. J.C.8.Blackbnrn,D. 1891 | Jas. B. Beck, D....1889 LOUISIANA. Jos. B. Eustis, D... 1891 | K. L. Gibson, D... .1889 MAINE. Eugene Hale, R--1887 | Wm. P. Trye, R... .1889 MARYLAND. E. K. Wilson, D 1891 | A. P. Gorman, D.. .1887 MASSACHUSETTS. « H Ii. Dawes, R 1887 | Geo. F. Hoar, R.....1889 MICHIGAN. O. D. Conger, R 1887 | T. W. Palmer, R....1889 MINNESOTA. S.J.R.McMillan,R.. 1887 | D. M. Sabin, R......1880 MISSISSIPPI. J. Z. George, D 1887 | E. C. Walthall, D..1889 MISSOURI. George G. Vest, D..1891 | F. M. CockreU, D..1887 Nebraska. C. H. Van Wyck, R.1887 | C. F. Manderson, R.1889 NEVADA. John P. Jones, R.. .1891 | James G. Fair, D...1887 NEW HAMPSHIRE. Henry W. Blair, R..1891 | AustinF. Pike, R..1680 NEW JERSEY. Wm. J. Sewell, R. .1887 | J. R. McPherson,D.188D NEW YORK. Wm.M. Evarts.R. .18911 Warner Miller, B..1887 NORTN CAROLINA. Z. B. Vance, D 18911 M. W. Ransom, D..1880 OHIO. , H.' B. Payne, D 1891 | John Sherman, R. .1887 OREGON. Jno. H. Mitchell, R.1891 | JOB. N. Dolph, R. ..1889 PENNSYLVANIA. J. D. Cameron, K.,.1891 | J. I. Mitchell, R....1887 RHODE ISLAND. N. W. Aldrich, R.. .1887 | J. Chace, R... SOUTH CAROLINA. Wade Hampton, D. 18'J1 | M. C. Butler, D... .1889 TENNESSEE H. E. Jackson,D... 1887 | I. G. Harris, D..-...1889 TEXAS. 8. B. Maxey, D.... .1887 | llicbard Coke, D.. .1889 -• VERMONT.* J. S. Morrill, R.*.'...1891 | Ci. F. Edmunds, R.1887 VIRGINIA. Wm. Mahone, R. . .1887 | H. Kiddleberger, WEST VIRGINIA. J. N. Camden, D.. .18S7 | J. E: Kenna, D 1889 WISCONSIN. J. C. Spooner, R 1891 | Pliiletus Sawyer, Rfl887 <* THE NEW HOt'SK. A Complete List of the Members-Elect. Democrats J.. A...... .183 Republicans .J... .140 Greenback-Democrat ...;...... i ............ 1 Greenback-Republican.' 1 Total number of members ..325 Members of the Forty-eighth Congress re­ elected to the Forty-ninth 185 ALABAMA Dint. Name. 1. James T. Jones, D* 2. H. A. Herbert, D* 8. Wm. C. Gates, D* 4. A. C. Davidson, D Dist. Name. 5: Thos. W. Sadler, D C. J.M. Martin, D 7. Wm. H. Forney, D* 8. Joseph Wheeler, D* ARKANSAS. 1. Poindexter Dunn,t>*| 4. John H. Rogers, D* 2. C. R. Br'keur'ilge,I>«! 5; Samuel W. Peel, D* 3. Thos. C. Mcllea, Dt | CALIFORNIA. 1. Barclay Henly, 1)« i 4. W. W. Morrow, R '2. J. A. Ix)uttit, R. 5. Chas. N. Felton, R. 3. Joseph McKenna, R. I 6. H. H. Markham, R. COLORADO. 1. George G. Byrnes, R. CONNECTICUT. 1. John R. Bnck, R. I 3. John T. Wait, R.» 2. Chas. L. Mitchell,D* 4. Ed. W. Seymour, D* DELAWARE. 1. Charles B. Loro, P* FLORIDA. 1. R.H.M. Davidson,D*; 2. Chat. Dougherty, D GEORGIA. 1. Thos. M. Norwood, D i. Henry G. Turner, D* 3. Charles F. Crisp, !)• 4. Henry R. Harris, D 5. N. J. Hammond, D* ILLINOIS, 1. R. W. Dunhnm, R.*|ll. W. H. Neece, D.* 6.. James H. Blount, D* 7. Jud. C. Clements, D* 8. Heaborn lteese, D* 0. Allen D. Candler, D* 10. George T. Barnes, D 2. Frank I.awler, D. 3. James H. Ward, D. 4. Geo. E. Adams, R.* 5. A. J. Hopkins, R.t C. Robert R. Hitt, R * 12. James M. Riggs, D.* 13. W. M. Springer, D.» 14. J. H. Rowell, R.» 15. Jos. G. Cannon, R.* 10. Silas Z. T,amies, D. 7. T. J. Henderson, R.»il7. John R. Eden, D. 8. Ralph l'lumb, R. 118. W. R. Morrison, D.* 9. IJ. E. Pavson, R.* |19. R.W. Townshend.D* 10. N.EWorthington,D* 20. J. R. Thomas, R.» INDIANA. 1. John J. Kleiner, D* I 8. J. T. Johnston, R 2. Thomas R. Cobb, D* 9. Thos. B. Warde, D 3. J. G. Howard, D |l0. Wm. D. Owen, R 4. Wm. 8. Holman, D* 111V Geo. W. Steele, R 5. C. C. Matson, D* - |l2. Robert Ijowry. D» 6. Thos. M. Browne, R*il3. George Ford, D 7. Wm. D. Bynum, D \ IOWA. 7. E. H. Conger, R 8. W. P. Hepburn, R» 9. Joseph Lvinan, R 10. A.. J. Holmes, R* 11. Isaac S. Struble, R* 5. J. A. Anderson, R.» 6. Lewis Hanback, R.* 7. S. R. Peters, R.» 1. B. J. Hall. D 2. J. H. Murphy, D* 3. D. B. Henderson, R* 4. W. E. Fuller, R 5. Ben T. Frederick, D 6. J. B. Weaver, G-D KANSAS. 1. E. N. Morrill, R.» 2. E. H. Funston, R.* 3. B. W. Perkins, R.« 4. Thomas Ryan, R.* KENTUCKY. 1. Wm. J. Stone, D. I 7. Wm. C. P. Breckin- 2. Polk Laffoon, D. ridge, D. 3. John E. Halsell, D.*l 8. J. B. McCreary, D. 4. T. A. Robertson, D.*l 9. W. H. Wadsworth.R. 6. Albert S. Willis, D* 10. W. P. Taulbee, D. 6. JohnG. Carlisle, I) *iU. F. L. Wol/ord, D.» LOUISIANA. 1. Louis St. Martin, D. |4. N. C. Blanchard, D.* 2. Michael Hahn, B. |5. J. Floyd King, D.» 3. Edward J. Gay, D. |ti. Alfred B. Irion, D. MAINE. 1. Thos. B. Reed, R.* i3. Seth L. Milliken, R.» 2. N. Dingley, Jr., R.* |4. C. A. Boutelle, R.» MARYLAND. 1. Chas. H. Gibson, D. 14. J. V. L. Findlay, D.* 2. F. T. Shaw, D. 5. Barnes Compton, D. 3. Wm. H. Cole, D. |6. L. E. McCoinas, R.* MASSACHUSETTS. 1. R. T. Davis, R* 2._ John D. Long, R* 8." A. A. Ranney, R* 4. P. A. Collins, D« 5. E. D. Hayden, It 6. H. B. Lovering, D* 7. Eben F. Stone, R* 8. Charles H. Allen, R ,9. Frederick D. Ely, R 10. W. W. Rice, R* 11. W. Whiting, R* 12. F. W. Rockwell, R* MICHIGAN. 7. Ezra C. Carleton, D# 8. T. E. Tarsney, D 9. B. M. Cutcheon, R* 10. S. O. Fisher, D 11. SethC. Moffatt, R 1. W. C. Maybury, D* 8. N. B. Eldredge, D» 3. J. ODonnell, It 4. J. C. Burrows, R 5. C. C. Comstoclt. D 0. E. B. Winans, D* MINNESC TA. 1. Milo White, R.» I 4. John B. Gilflllan, R 2. J. B. Wakefield, R.* j 5. Knute Nelson, R.* 3. H. B. Strait, R * I MISSISSIPPI. 1. John M. Allen, D. 2. J. B. Morgan, D. 3. T. C. Catchings, D, 4. F. G. Barry, D. MISSOURI. 5. O. R. Singleton, D.* 6. H S. Van Eaton, D.* 7. E. Barksdale, D.* 1. Wm. H. Hatch, D.* 2. John B. Hale, D. S. A. M. Dockery, D.* 4. Jas. N. Burnes, D.* 5. Wm. Warner. R. 6. John T. Heard, D. 7. John E. Hutton, D. 8. John J. O'Neill, D.* 9. John M. Glover, D. 10. M. L. Clardy, D.* 11. R. P. Bland, D.* 12. Wm. J. Stone, D. 13. Wm. H. Wade, R. 14. Wm. Dawson, D. NEBRASKA. 1. A. J. Weaver, R.* I 3. G. W. K. Doner, R 2. James Laird, R.* I NEVADA. L Wm. Woodburn, U. NEW HAMPSHUTE. L1I.A. Haynes, R.* I 2. J. H. Gallineer, R. NEW JERSEY. 5. W. W. Phelps, R.» 6. H. Lehlbach, R. 7. Wm. McAdoo, D.* 1. George Hires, R. 2. Jas. Buchanan. R. 8. Robert S. Green, D 4. Jas. N. Pidcock, D. NF.W TOBK. 1. Perry Belmont, D.» jl8. H. G. Burleigh, R.» 5. Felix Campbell, D.* 19. John Swinbump, R. S. DaxwinR.James,R.* 20. George West, R. 4. Peter P.Mahoney,D.!21. F. A. Johnson, R.* 6^ ArchibaldM.Bliss,D. 22. A. X. Parker, R* «. Nicholas MuUer. D.*]23. J. T. Spriggs, D.« M' 7. John J. Adams, D.* 8. T. J. Campbell, D. 8 9. Joseph Pulitzer, D. 10. A. S. Hewitt, D.» 11. T. A. Merriman, D 12. A. Dowdnev, D. 13. Egbert L. Viele, D. 14. W.G. Stahlnecker.D. 1R, Lewis Reach, D.* 16. J. H. Ketcham, R.* 17. J. D. Lindslev, R. 24. John S. Pindar, D. 25. Frank Hiscock, R.* 26. S. C. Millard, R.* •217. 8. E. Payne, R.* '28. John Aniot, D." •29. Ira Davenport, R. 3U. Charles 8. Baker, R» 31. John G. Sawyer, R IV 32. J. M. Varquhar, R. 33. John B. Weber, R. 34. W. L. Sessions, R. = NORTH CAROLINA. 1. T. O. Skinner, D * 16. R. T. B^hnett, D.* 2. Jas. E. O'Hara, R.* 7. J. S. Henderson, D. 8. W. J. Grocn, D » U W.H. H. Cowles, D. 4. William R. Cox, D.*| 9. T. D. Johnson, &. James W. Reid, D. | OHIO. 1. B. Bntterworth> R. 2. Chas. E. Brown, R. 3. J. E. Campbell, D.* 4. C. M. Anderson, D. 5. Ben). Le Fevre, D.* 6. William D. Hill. D.* 7. Geo. F.. Seney, D.( 8. John Little, R. 9. Wm. C. Cooper, R. 10. Jacob Romeis, R. 11. W. W. Ellsberry, D.| OREGON. » . L Binger Herman, R. PKNN8YLYAXTA. E. S. Obborne (at 14. Frankin Bound, R. 12. A. C. Thompson, R. 13. Jos. H. Outwaite, D. 14. C. H. Grosvenor, R. 15. Beriali Wilkins, D.* 16. Geo. W. Geddes, D.* 17. A. J. Warner, D.* 18. Isaac H. Taylor, R. 19. Er.ra B. Taylor, R.* 20. W. McKinlev, Jr..K. a. Martin A. Feraa,D.« large), R. 1. H. R. Bingham, R.* % Chas. O'Neill, R.» 3. S. J. Randall, D.* 4. Wm. D. Kelley, R.* 5. A. C. Hexnier, R.» «. J. B. Everhart, R.• 7. T. N. Evims. ».• 8. D. Ermentrout, D.* 9. J. A. Hie.stand, R. 10. Win. H. Sowden, D. 15. F. C. Bunnell, it. 16. Wm. W. Brown, R#» IT. J. M. Campbell, R * 18. L. E. Atkinson, R.* 19. John A. KWOJK), D.*| 20. A. G. Curtin, D.» 21. Chas. E. Boyle, D.* 22. Jas. S. Negley, R. 23. Thos. M. Bayne, R,* 24. O. L. Jackson, R. £5. Alex. C. White, R. OUR PICTURE GALLERY, A. P. Edgerton, Chainnw tte Civil Servke Com- f mission. ̂ Alfred P. Edgerton. of Indiana, who has been made Chairman of the Civil-Service Commission,is a native of Plattsburg,N. Y., and is now seventy-seven years of age. He was in early life a clerk in a mercantile honse in New York City, bat while yet a young man went to Northern Ohio as the agent of the Northern Land Company. He established a law office at Hicksville, Defiance County, at which 140,000 acres of land were sold. In 1852, Mr. Edgerton 11. John B. Storms, D.*26. Geo. W. Fleeger, R. 12. Jos. A. Scrantou, 11. >27. Wm. L. Scott, D. 13. C. N. Brumm, G.-R.»i RHODE ISLAND. 1; H. J. Spooner, R.* | 1 Wm. A. Pirce, R. SOUTH CAKOLINA. 1. Samuel Dibble, 2. Geo. D. Tillman, D.* 3. D. Wyatt Aiken, D.* 4. Wm. H. Perry, D. TENNESSEE. " 1. A. H. Pcttilwne, it.» 0. A. J. Caldwell, D.* 5. J. J. Hemphill, D.* o. Geo. W. Dorgan, D.* 7. Robert Smalls, R.« ./ 2. L. C. Hoult, R. 3. JohiiR. Neivl, D/ 4. B. McMillm, D.* 5. J. D. liichai-dgon, D.ilO. Zach. Taylor, R. TEXAS. 7. J. G. Ballentine, D.* 8. John M. Tavlor, D.* 9. P. T. Glass,'D. 1. Charles Stewart, D.* 2. J. ,H. Reagan, P.* 3. J. H. Jones, D.* 4. D. B. Culberson, D.* 5. J. W. Throckmor­ ton, D.» «. Olin Wellborn, D.* 7. W. H. Crain, D.» 8. J. F. Miller, D.» 9. R. Q. Mills, D.» 10. J. D. Savers, D. 11. S. W.T.Lanham, D.« VERMONT. 1. John W. Stewart,R.*| % Wm. W. Grout, R. VIRGINIA. 1. Thos. Croxton, D. 2. Harry Libbey, R.* 3. Geo. D. Wise, D.* 4. Jas. D. Bradv, R. 5. Geo. C. Cabell, D.» 6. Jno. W. Daniel, D. 7. C. T. O'Ferral, D,* 8. Jno. S. Barbour, D.* 9. C. F. Trigg, D. 10. John R. Tucker, D.* 6. Rich. Guenther, It.* 7. O. B. Thomas, R. a Wm. T. Price, R.* 9. L Stephenson, R.* DELEGATES. WEST VIBGINIA. 1. Nath. Goff, Jr., R.» 13. Chas. P. Snyder, D.» 2. Wm. L. Wilson, D.*| 4. Eustace Gibson, D.* WISCONSIN. 1. IJ. B. Caswell, R. 2. Edw. 8. Bragg, D. 3. R. M. LaFollete, R. 4. I. W. VanSchaick.R. 5. Jos. Rankin, D.* TERRITORIAL ARIZONA. Curtis C. Bean, R. DAKOTA. ' Oscar 8. Gifford, R. IDAHO. John Hailey, D. MONT AHA. Joseph K. Toole, D. NEW MEXICO. Anthony Joseph* D. UTAH. John T. Caine (People's Ticket).* WASHINGTON. Charles S. Voorhees, D. WYOMING. Joseph M- Carey, R. •Member ot the Forty-eighth Congress. tElected to succeed James K. Jones. D„ elected to tho Senate to succeed Augustus H. Garland, P., appointed Attorney General in President Cleveland's Cabinet. ;Elected to succeed Reuben Ellwood, R., de- coa-sed. tiF.leeted to succeed Samuel S. Cox, D., ap­ pointed Minister to Turkey. itElected to succeed W. A. Duncan, deceased. BAKK8 AND BANKING. Points from ComptroUer Cannon's Annual Report. The annual report of the Comptroller of the Currently contains some points of special interest. Qire fully compiled tables show that banking is much less profitable in this country than in England or the Provinces. This is a" point that few people will be ready to accept without proof, and the Comptroller has taken pains to prove it. The rate of interest charged by banks on the other side of the water is usually lower than here, but unless a depositor has a balance of £'200 or upward in the Bank of England, for in­ stance, he is charged for every check he draws upon tho bank, or for any business the bank mfty do for him. and even when he does have a balance of that amount he is lii&ited in tho number of checks he can draw in .a year without churge. In short, it is the theory of the English banking system that the banker must be paid for everything he does. What would an American think of being charged for drawing a check on his deposits? The enso with which checks are drawn and circulated in this country is a great stimulus to busi­ ness. Any one can keep an account at the bank and check it out with impunity. No other country is so easy in this respect ex­ cept France. But in France the system is so different from ours that it is hard to make a satisfactory comparison. The bankers there take charge of valuables, etc., to a much greater extent than here. In France the bankers are obliged by law to do the business of the peo­ ple at low rates and be very accommodating, but even in that countiy charges are made that people here would never think of. Mr. Cannon calls attention to the fact that private banking institutions generally seem to be on the declino in this country as well as in England, and that the national banking system seems to be gaining in favor with the people on account of uni­ formity and security to the people. He is confident that the national banks in some form or other will continue. Fate of a Peacemaker. Bradford (Pa.) telegram. At 8:30 this evening Officer McCleary, while walking down Chamber street, heard the sound of loud talking, and perceived a man named John Titus scuffling with his wife at the corner of Congress and Cory- don streets. Hurrying to the spot he en­ deavored to separate the parties, when the woman ran away. McCleary at once took hold of the man, intending to arrest him, but as he did so slipped off the sidewalk, which was covered with several inches of snow, falling on his hands and knees into the gutter. While in this position Titus turned, drew a revolver, and fired twice at McCleary, one ball taking effect in the back and the other in the back part of the head, without, however, destroying consciousness. Rising after a second or two McCleary saw Titus fleeing down Cory- don street and instantly fired one shot after the fugitive, which missed its mark. Titus, turning a corner, passed from view, and it is supposed that he left the city. Before going Titus went to his home and kissed his baby a fond good-by. Telegrams have been sent in all directions to intercept him if possible. ' McCleary was at once removed to his home and medical assistance called in. His exact condition cannot at present be ascer­ tained, as one of the bullets remains im­ bedded in his head. He is in a serious con­ dition, but may recover, J. C. HIGGINS, of Florida, is six feet four inches high, weighs 415 pounds, and has had a hat expressly made for him at Camden, N. J., which measures thirty-two and one-half inches in circumference" E. A. LEVER, a prominent journalist of New Orleans, who served at various times in the American, Peruvian, Chilian, and Mexican armies, has just been commis­ sioned a Brigadier General by the Honduras Government. THERE are 633 German papers published in the United States, of which eighty-three are daily, seventy-six Sunday, and 474 weekly. The circulation ranges from 400 to 65,000. A SWBTEBBANEAN outlet to the Great Salt Lake of Utah has recently been found. The lake was discovered by Col. John O. Fremont in 1846. A NEW YORK correspondent of a Detroit paper makes the announcement that Judge Hilton is to marry Mrs. A. T. Stewart. WHISKY AND TOBACCO. Annual Report of Mr. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. found himself the owner of 40,000 acres in Northern Ohio, which he sold to actual set­ tlers on the most liberal terms as regarded, payments. He reserved for himself a country-seat near Hicksville, which he still holds, and where he resides part of each year. In 1845 he was elected to the State Senate of Ohio. Here he opposed Alfred Kelley, leader of the Whigs in that body, and brought him­ self into wide repute thereby. In his offi­ cial action he evinced such knowledge of the finances of the State thdtiie was strong­ ly urged for Governor by leading Dem­ ocrats. In 1848 he was a delegate-at-large to the Baltimore Convention. In 1850-- after the close of his term in the State Sen­ ate--he was elected a member of Congress from the Toledo District, and re-elected in 1852, and was the Chairman of the Com­ mittee on Claims of that body. In 1853 he was elected by the Board of Fund Commis­ sioners the Financial Agent of the State of Ohio to reside at New York City. In 1850 Mr. Edgerton was Chairman of the Na­ tional Democratic Convention at Cincin­ nati. In 1859 he was very appropriately appointed bv the Ohio Legislature one of the Votmmittee to investigate frauds upon the mate Treasury, and made an elaborate report, exposing the frauds and their au­ thors. In 1857 he removed to Foit Wayne, but retained his citizenship in Ohio until 18(52. Two years later he was a delegate-at-large to the Chicago Convention. In 1859, in connection with the late Pliny Hoagland and Hugh McCul- loch (late Secretary of the Treasury), ho became'lessee of the Indiana canals, and then general manager. In 18(58 he was nominated on the ticket with,Hon. T. A. Hendricks for Lieutenant-governor of In­ diana, and was defeated by less than 1,0Q0 votes. He.declined the nomination of the O'Conor Democrats for Governor in 1872. By appointment of ex-Governor Porter, Mr. Egerton is now a Director of Purdue University. He has been engaged in many successful business enterprises, is in easy circumstances, and is a practical student of public affairs. He is a man of such high integrity that he paid over $500,000 to the creditors of his brother-in-law some years years ago, although his legal obligation was, at the outside, $200,000. He was for many an intimate friend and associate of Chief Justice Waite. who. with Senator Henry B. Payne, Governor Gray of Indiana, Vico President Hendricks, and many leading citizens of Ohio and Indiana, warmly in­ dorsed him as possessing qualities peculiarly fitting him for the work of the Civil-Ser­ vice Commission. Ho is in fullest sym­ pathy with the reform. ELECTION ECHOES. The Official Figures In New York. The complete official vote of the State of New York for the State officers voted for at the election held Nov. 3 has been published. The vote, of Davenport, Republican, for Governor, was 489,727; for Hill, Democrat, 501,418; for Jones, Greenbacker, 2,127; for Bascoin, Prohibitionist, 30,866. In 1881 Blaine's vote in New York was 562,001, Cleveland's 563.048, Butler's 16,- 955, St. John's 24,999. In a total vote of 1,171,263 Cleveland had a 'plurality of 1,047. The total vote at the last election was 1,024,138, or only 147,125 below the very heavy vote of 1884. There was a fall­ ing off in the Republican vote of 72,274, and a falling off in the Democratic vote of 61,630. There was a falling off in the Greenback vote of 14,828, and an increase in the Prohibition vote of nearly 6,000. s Official Count in Dakota. The official canvass of the vote cast in Dakota at the election held Nov. 3 shows the following results: For the Constitution 25,138 Against the Constitution t>,'527 For Prohibition 15,572 Against Prohibition. 15,218 Following is the vote on the location of the State capital: Huron, 12,695; Pierre,- 10,574; Chamberlain, 3,170; SiouX Falls, 3,338; Alexandria, 1,374; scattering, 602; total vote, 31,815; Huron's plurality, 2,121. Following is the vote on the State ticket, there being no opposition: Governor--A. C. Mellette, 28,994; scat­ tering, 226. Lieutenant Governor--A. E. Frank, 28,- 726; scattering, 200. Secretary of State--H. S. Murphy, 28,- 417; scattering 156. I Auditor--Frank Alexander, 27,323; scat­ tering, 47. | Treasurer--A. W. Diggs, 29,170; scatter­ ing, 47. i Attorney General--Robert Dollard, 29,- '067; scattering 152. Superintendent of Public Instruction-- !A. S. Jones, 28,406; scattering, 161. j Commissioner of Schools and Public fLands--W. H. H. Beadle, 28,311; scatter­ ing, 127. I Following was the vote for Justices of the iSupreme Court: First District--D. Carson, 28,661; scattering, 115. Second District-- [A. G. Kellam, 29,149; scattering, 122. Third District--John E. Bennett, 28,130; ^scattering, 120. : Following is the vote for members of {Congress: O. S. Gifford, 29,181, T)ieo. D. jKanouse, 28,750; scattering, 184. The following were elected Judges of tho Circuit Court: First District, E. G. Smith; Second District, H. H. Keith; Third Dis­ trict, D. C. Thomas; Fourth District, C. H. Dillon; Fifth District, Seward Smith; Sixth District, J. W. Newlan. «* FLOUR-MILLS SHUTTING DOWN. Their Owners Think tho Freight Itatei Am Too High. Minneapolis special. The flour-mills all either close to-day or will close by to-morrow night. The reason given is that with the advance in freights - -17 J cents to Chicago and 25 cents beyond --while wheat and flour maintain their pres­ ent relative prices, there is no profit in grinding. Should all prices maintain pres­ ent ratios there will probably be but little more flour-grinding until it is time to lay in the stock at Duluth for the opening of lake traffic. Local orders will occasion some work from time to time, and some of the mills have enough orders for local con­ sumption on hand to keep them tunning' until the end of the week. A* Falling Off in Receipts as Com­ pared with the Previous Tw, . ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. The annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shows that the total re­ ceipts from internal-revenue taxation far the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, were $112,421,121, as compared with $122,510,- 039 for the previous year. It was estimated that the receipts for the last fiscal year would be about $115,000,OOQ, and that they fell over $2,000,000 short of the estimate, resulting from the seven months' extension allowed for the exportation of distilled spirits in bond on which the tax was due. There are now about 7,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits abroad, which to find a market will have to be reimported. This, with more than 10,000,000 gallons that had on June 30 last been in bond for three years or longer under the seven months' exten­ sion, afforded amplo margin for assuming that the receipts for the current fiscal year would aggregate at least $115,000,000. A table giving the receipts during the last two fiscal years shows that there was a decrease of $9,394,117 in collections on spirits and an increase of $344,688 on to­ bacco, an increase of $145,827 on fer­ mented liquors, and an increase of $27,558 from banks and bankers. The total de­ crease was $9,168,919. The largest col­ lections were made in Illinois, amounting to $23,075,865; Kentucky was second, with $14,842,475; New York third, with $13,823,- 645; Ohio fourth, with $12,565,516; Penn­ sylvania fifth, with $7,371,209; Missouri sixth, with $7,276,165; and Indiana sev­ enth, with $4,031,866. The smallest col­ lection was made in Vermont, amounting to $29,890. The total receipts for the first quarter of the present fiscal year were $28,670,749, being an increase of $23,866 over the col­ lections during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. The cost of col­ lection for the present fiscal year was $4,455,430, agaiust $5,076,914 for the pre­ vious fiscal year. The total expenses of the service during the past year were about 3-9 of 1 per cent, of the amount collected. Twenty-four violations of the internal revenue law have been reported by revenue agents during the year; 234 persons have been arrested on their information; prop­ erty to the value of $171,052 has been re­ ported for seizure, and $52,869 for assess­ ment for unpaid taxes and penalties. The Commissioner recommends an increase in the number of revenue agents. ^ ~ The report of the tobacco industry for the last fiscal year shows gratifying results. l?ot only has there been a small increase in the amount of taxes collected, but there has been a marked increase of manufactured products, and an unusually large increase of the quantity of these products exported to foreign countries. The number of grain distilleries register­ ed during the year was 1,195, of which only 918 were operated. The Commissioner in- .vites special attention to the necessity of legislation having for its object the taxing of all fractions of a barrel of distilled spirits, and says that the operation of the present system of taxation has resulted in the loss of a very appreciable amount of revenue. He adds that the plan has been adopted at several large distilleries of sub­ stituting packages of ten gallons capacity aud upward in place of the spirit barrel of ordinary size, for the sole purpose, appar­ ently, of obtaining the benefit of the un­ taxed fraction as frequently as possible. The Commissioner also recommends that the provisions of the law under which grape brandy products are permitted three years' storage in special bonded warehouses be made applicable to distillers of brandy from all fruits. The quantity of distilled spirits in the United States, except what may be in cus­ toms bonded warehouses on October 1,1885, was 90,107,026 gallons, and the average stock of each retail liquor dealer in the Uni­ ted States is estimated at 150 gallons. There was a decrease of $1,690.014 in the assess­ ments on distilled spirits made during the past year from the amount assessed in the previous year, mainly because the produc­ tion of distilled spirits three years ago was less than it was four years ago, and because large quantities of spirits on which the tax had become due were bonded for export and suffered to remain in warehouses with­ out payment or assessment of tax for a period not exceeding seven months. Alluding to the importation of exported spirits the Commissioner says: Bemdeu the 7,000,000 gallons of domestic spirits on which the internal revenue tax has never been paid, which remained in store in foreign warehouses at tlio close of the year, there then remained in distillery warehouses 10,229,473 gal­ lons of spirits which had so reriiained for a pe­ riod exceeding tho three years from the date of the entry for deposit. It appears that under an opinion of tho Attor­ ney General of Dec. '24, 1884, such spirits as are covered by transportation Ixmds or exportation bonds are allowed to remain in distillery ware­ houses during a time reasonably necessary in the process of exportation, even after the expiration of the three years' limit fixed by tho warehousing bond. This time was limited by my predecessor, with the approval of the then Secretary of the Treasury, to seven months. Not being able to see the necessity for so long a time to accomplish the transportation of tho spirits to the port of ex­ port, 1 have, with tho approval of the present Secretary, reduced the time to thirty days, and BO limited tho time . within which such bonds may be tiled as to collect the tax on or before the expiration of the time (three years) within which spirits may remain in distillery ware­ houses. The only tiine now obtainable in ex­ cess of the threo years is that which occurs through tho necessary delay in enforcing the payment of the tax. O'Donnell, thirteen years old, died at Aurora of lockjaw, which WM caused by a toy-pistol. < --HQW natural that gourds to lie stmt •!.% After worrying along for three days in Bt 'i: Louis, the Western Association of Archi. s tects d?cided to meet in Chicago next tims f and fled.--Chicago Herald. - --Mrs. Charles Kerry, aged seventeen, who a few days ago was Katie Faith, of Freeport, chloroformed her spouse in a Dubuque hotel, took from his pocket $3W> s and valuables, and absconded irith vuMtkt' NAVY YARDS AND DOCKS. Abstract of Commodore Harm&ny's Re­ port. Commodore D. B. Harmony, Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks, in his annual report submits estimates from the command­ ants of the various navy yards for the fiscal year ending June 30,1887, aggregating $9,- 666,698. The amount to be expended upon }-ards and stations, ho says, depends large-y upon the policy which Congress may de­ cide upon with regard to them. In order thjit the matter may be fairly before it, he gives estimates for certain desirable im­ provements, in addition to necessary ex­ penditures for "repairs and preservation and maintenance." The estimate for the bu­ reau itself aggregates only $4,384,737, as follows: For support of bureau $11,980 General maintenance and contingent.. 840,000 Support of Naval Asylum 196,661 Repairs and preservation 800,000 Improvements at navy-yards.,. 3,008,337 The Commodore says a large appropria­ tion for repairs is necessary because of the general state of decay resulting from meager appropriations heretofore; in fact, everything seems tumbling to pieces--rot­ ten docks, wharves, warehouses, etc., are all alike dilapidated. He adds: The appropriations generally have been well expended, but they have been so small that lit­ tle could be done. There arein different yards five hundred and five buildings, some of them covering as much as forty thousand square feet of ground, three stories high. In addition to these there are several miles of wharves, be­ side stone dry-docks with their appurtenances. Many of these buildings were built fifty to sixty years ago, and from age and want of care con­ sequent upon tho need of funds are in a dilapi­ dated condition. For tho care of this vast amount of property only $125,000 was appropri­ ated for the last two years. Considering that owners of property estimate that at least one per cent, of the value of a building is necessary every year to keep it in proper or­ der, and that this property is worth not leBS than 850,000,000, and could not be replaced for that, it at once appears how inadequate the appropria­ tions have been. Not less than $800,CHX) should be appropriated annually for the next three vears to jmt the property in good condition, and t sincerely hope this amount may b# given. Under the heads of different yards Com­ modore Harmony gives his views of such of the estimates as seem to him deserting of particular notice. The most important item mentioned for Mare Island yard is that for finishing the drydock, for which $191,696 is asked, to 1M immediately AVAIL* able. --In East St. Louis, Captain John fi. McGinnis was beheaded while attempting to climb on a freight train. He was Super­ intendent of the connecting railway, and a bitter enemy of the murdered ex-Mayoe Bowman. --Young women in the •Cadets' School <jfc • the Missouri University are alio wed real ^ guns in their drill. In future fends down there these damsels ought to be capable o£ assistance in keeping down the family mor­ tality; still, we must profess a greater fond­ ness and admiration for the Chicago gill's way of asserting her right to bare arms. i t; is beautiful.--Chicago Tribune. --The tremendous business operations ot Chicago add so largely to the revenues of the Post Office Department as to overcome the deficiency in the remainder of the State, and enable Illinois to return each year a handsome surplus to the National Govern­ ment. Illinois is a great State and Chicago is its chief city.--Chicago Journal. --Chicagoehas been heard from by 11M Galveston sufferers. Among the donations received is one from Jas. S. Kirk k Co., of Chicago, for $200. Messrs. Kirk & Co. de­ serve especial mention, as they appear to be the only ones in this great city who have taken any steps to pay a portion of the enormous debt which the city owes to fit&* ization.--Chicago Timta. j --On and after Dec. 10 the Chief In­ spector of Grain is authorized to charge 35 cents per car-load, 10 cents per wagon-load, or 40 cents per 1,000 bushels from canal- boata, and i of 1 cent per bushel for grain in bags for inspecting grain into store. Charges from store will be 50 cents per 1,000 bushels to vessels, 35 cents to cars, and 10 cents per wagon-load to teams. --It is rumored that Mr. John Obedjv ex-President of the International Typo­ graphical Union, will succeed Morton Mc- Michael, as Marshal of the District of Columbia. Mr. Oberly is a gentleman of recognized executive ability and integrity, who commands the respect of those with whom he is brought into contact, and com­ bines in a pre-eminent manner the soaviter in mcdo with the fortiter in re.--Inland Printer. --Springfield telegram: A verdict .of guilty and a sentence of fifteen years' con­ finement in the penitentiary was given John Mosier, for the murder of Walter Amos. Mosiet is an ignorant German, and shot the boy Amos with a double-barreled shot­ gun because, while passing across a field rented and tilled by Mosier, iu company! with some other boys from town, on the way to a swimming-hole near by, Amos re- / - fused to turn back and take a different route. Mosier was defended by ex-Govern nor John M. Palmer and Hon. James C. Robinson. Public sympathy is strongly against the murderer, and the finding of the jury does not give satisfaction. There ii a strong and general opinion, freely ex­ pressed, that Mosier ought to swing. --Captain John W. Connett, an old cit­ izen of Chicago, died this week at his home in Michigan. He came to this city a great many years ago from New York §tate, where he was born, and became conspicuous as an ardent Democrat, fight­ ing the local battles of his party from year to year,but never getting any reward for his services beyond the satisfaction of being a recognized character. In early times he was captain of a canalboat. Some years ago he obtained a situation in the city Law Department, and while in that service met with an accident from a brokeil walk. He sued the city for damage got enough • out of the treasury to let1 rest easy the rest of his dttys. The tain was an eccentric-but good hearted and honest man, who was' generally Veil liked. --Chicago Journal. --"Quit farming, Jim? I thought yon were down in Southern Illinois?" "Sol was, but I sold out last week." "Didn't you like it?" "Oh, yes, well enough. But I had too good a chance to get out at a profit. I was digging a well for watering stock in one of the fields, and had got it' down about thirty feet. One day I let up on the job to go to town and haul home my house-coal for the winter. I Mas nearly home with a big load, when the horses go* frightened and ran away, tnming through the gate into the field where that well was. I jumped just in time, as the wagon went over on its side, shooting about two tons of anthracite down that hole." "But how did that help you to soli the farm?" "Why, don't you see--it salted a claim of the big­ gest kind! I hauled the wagon away and let on I'd really been digging for coal all the time, and had struck it rich! I sold the farm to a neighbor for $5,000 more than I gave for it. He thinks he's got the only screened egg anthracite coal-mine in tho countiy! H*'s getting up a company now, to follow the vein!"--Chicago Black JKtt* mond. • '--The news comes, in a roundabout way, from an Eastern newspaper, that the con­ gregation of Mount Zion Church, at Tol- ono, in this State, has been driven from thfl sacred edifice by woodpeckers. It is al­ leged that woodpeckers nest in the attic oC the church and make so much noise thaw that the preacher forgets his text, and the deacons forget their prayers, and that, in consequence of this trouble, the buildings which is an old one and not worth mraeh, will be abandoned by the congregation* We are rather inclined to donbt this 6 UMJ, which appears in on Eastern newspapexw The Hlinois woodpecker is, it istrue, a psg* sistent and pugnacious bird, one that whtt he gets a good thing tries to keep it, hut th* same thing may be said of the THinojl her. It is improbable that aa$ preacher has literally been driven from hi4 urch in the manner described. It ttf .ore than likely that the building is to eserted merely because it is becoming oMI d untenantable. Clergymen in variooflj parts of the country have been to leave their churches raoeqtfy, wood̂ eckeni.--Chicago JVib wm* *1 V'fj % ri rVJS d ' a J fi < "i ^ ,V& ' I? .i *1^'^.,.2 ie'f J A.,*. Uf-v, . J i