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1 y |J * t K J^l^Z ': *, f ' „, *> - '&w .. ̂ - ,M i jxs - V - -, * "*<£ m JJUtSfiirg $Iatndentn J. VAN SLYKfc, PUBLISHER. McHEliRY, ILLINOIS II ss* IDE HEWS COSDEKSED. TSTE ROCKFORTL CALA MITT. The city of Rockfortl, ELj hss fc©sn the scene of ft heartrending calamity, resulting in the trilling' of a dozen people, and the maiming of as many more. The dome of the Winne­ bago county Court House, which had for some' months been in course of erection and was nearing completion, fell with a terrible crash, burring a large number of workmen beneath the ruins. A correspondent gives the follow­ ing account of the terrible affair: Just as the key stone was being placed in the dome of the main pavilion, the brick-work between the iron and the stone gave way, and the entire dome and the interior walls of the structure came crumbling down with a terrible crash that was heard by persons living nearly a mile distant from the* scene of the accident. At the time of the accident there were from twenty to twenty- five men at work. The whole massive stone top of the dome fell with a terrific crash. A ynnn named Timothy .Flanagan, who was just in Ih« 'v<"ysif>uu of the final cornice, Jumped for the guy-rope of the big derrick in front, but, missing his aim, fell the distance of 120 feet to the earth, and was dashed to pieces. The mass of human beings, with tne exception of four or five who jumped from the windows, fell inside the tottering Trails, and were buried in the debris. At fhia time the whole structure looked as though It would fall, and those assembled were ap­ palled. and knew not what to do. To go near enough the structure to rescue those mangled and bleeding in the ruins was hazardous in the extreme, but brave men, regardless of danger, went fearlessly to work before the dust cleared swav, and commenced to assist to extricate the deacl and dying. Men lay terribly mutilated beneath these rocks, slirieking for assistance that was onlv rendered at the risk of the rescu ers' lives. One unfortunate man named Wm. Gloss was extricated, but one of his legs was left beneath a ponderous stone. He was lifted out upon the green sward, in front of the old Court House, and expired in great agony. A negro jumped from a win­ dow sixty feet from the gi*ound, and, though seriously injured, will probably recover. The rights in and about the ruins were terrible. The anguish of the living was also heartrend­ ing. It was near the noon hour, and the work­ men's wives and mothers were soon upon the spot. Eleven of the unfortunate workmen are Inown to have been killed, and ten or a dozen more mangled in varying shades of ghastliness. The damage to the building is estimated at MO,000 to *65,000. THE Philadelphia International Exhibition, for the season of 1877, was formally op«ned by President Hayes on the 10th inst. There was a respectable attendance, including a large number of distinguished people. The show bias fair to be a success. THE great Pennsylvania coal monopolies are at war, and the consumers are or should be happy. An important reduction in prices has been announced by some of the belligerents. A FIRE in Brooklyn, last Sunday, destroyed $400,000 worth of property, principally oiL THE President and Mrs. Hayes, Secretaries JEvsrts, Schurz and Devens, Gen, Sherman, and several other distinguished officials, visited New York last week, at the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose of at­ tending the 109th annual banquet of that in­ stitution. ALBEBT STEDTWAT, of the firm of Stein way ft Sons, piano manufacturers, died the other day in New York city.....The Laurel Manufacturing Company, with offices located in Baltimore, has collapsed. liabilities $300,000....The coal companies of Pennsyl­ vania have determined to suspend mining oper­ ations for two months The Clinton steam lumber mills and village on the Ogdensburgh and Lake Champlain railroad, in Clinton coun­ ty, N. Y., were burned on Monday afternoon. Over fifty good dwelling-houses were burned, comprising the whole village, except two frame and three poor log structures. Barns, stables, stores, telegraph and railroad offices, school- house and mills were all burned, with consider­ able live stock. Thirty thousand logs and a large stock of manufactured lumber were burned. Over thirty inhabited dwellings and five mills, eight miles below, were burned about the same time. Six hundred poor people are rendered homeless by these two fires. Loss $500,000. • STATUE of lite-Greene Halleck, the poet, has been unveiled in Central Park, New York. ....Fivechildren of Frank Dunnegal, a rail­ road employe at Little Hook. Cortland county, N. Y., were burned to deatn last week. The eldest was 9 years old. Dunnegal and his wife were a short distance from the house when they discovered the fire, and made every effort to rescue the children, but the flames had gained too much headway. The cries of the little ones calling for help could be distinctly heard by the parents A new white whale has , just arrived at New York, and taken up his quarters in the aquarium The recent terrible forest liics iu New York, New Hampshire, Mass" achusetts and Vermont have destroyed millions of dollars' worth of property, and rendered hundreds of people homeless. An immense area of woodland was burned over, and the loss of timber alone is very great. It is be­ lieved that many persons have lost their lives while trying to Bave their homes. TILE WEST. A MAX named Winters has brought suit ag.\inst eighty-one members of the Nebraska .Legislature, for damages in $50,000 for false imprisonment. Subpoenas have been issued to each member, which will compel an extraordi­ nary reassembling of the Legislature The Grasshopper Bounty law, passed at the last ' session of the Minnesota Legisla­ ture, has been negatived by every county directly interested, they hav­ ing petitioned the Governor not to appoint receivers of grasshoppers, fearing that we amount of the proposed bounty, if paid, would be more destructive to the taxpayers than grasshoppers A serious conflict between •taking coopers and the police occurred in Cleveland, O., the other day. There were a good many bruised heads after the affair was over, but fortunately nobody was killed. PBOF. RILEY, Chief of the National Entomo­ logical Commission, has just closed a three weeks' examination in Texas and Kansas of the grasshoppers, and says he finds the favorable re­ ports as to there being no danger from the ravages this year in the main warranted. . THIBTY-ONE counties in Kansas report en­ couraging crop prospects. More laud is nn ̂ cultivation than last year, and cereals promise a heavy yield... .New military posts are to be establisned at the mouths of the big Horn and tongue rivers, in the far West. The buildings will be constructed of hewn logs, matched lined with paper-board. THE Government has seized the premises of ofteof the largest distilleries id Chicago, that of tlMr Illinois Distilling Company, for an alleged violation of the revenue law in the surreptitious filling of barrels which had been previously gauged when a little less than full The Illi­ nois Legislature has appropriated 850,000 to complete the monument to Stephen A. Douglas, the foundation of which was lai4 in Chicago some fifteen years ago Chicago elevators, as per official figures, con­ tain 1,796,400 bushels of wheat; 3,869,444 bush­ els of corn; 158,658 bushels of oats; 166,831 bushels of rye; and 372,474 bushels of barley-- m&king a total of 6,363,807 bushels, against 2,789,905 bushels at this period last year. VICES from the Spotted Tail agency state that Lieut. Clark, one of Crook's staff, enlisted fifteen headmen of his band. The enlistment was made for the better oontrol of the Indians at the agencies. They swore with uplifted hands to be true and faithful to the Government and obey all orders. Three prominent chiefs have been enlisted as ser­ geants to Spotted Tail, lied Cloud and Crazy Horse... .M. C. Page, United States District Attorney for Montana, was reoently drowned while attempting to ford a swol­ len stream In that Territory Ohio and Illinois, by legislative enactment, have made silver coin a legal tender for the payment of all debts,...The Indiana Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows has Just held its semi- 515 ufiuctivg lodges In the State, with a mem­ bership of over 26,000. The amount paid for relief and charitv for six months is $40,000. Theresouroes of {he lodges are over $1,500,000. TSB SOUTH. Miss CHTSOLM, who was recently shot while defending her father, Judge Chisolm, against the attack of a mob in Kemper county, Miss., has since died of her wounds... .The South Carolina Legislature has elected Associate Jus­ tice A. J. Willard Chief Justice of the State Su­ preme Court. WASHINGTON. ROBERT H. CRITTENDEN has been appointed United States Marshal for Kentucky--The President says it will be the policy of the ad­ ministration to thoroughly revise the Consular system, and, whenever vacancies occur, to choose for the new appointees persons espe­ cially qualified to represent commercial interests. Tns national capital hp s been eor.v"1a«';! indignation against United States Marshal Fred Douglass, on account of a lecture delivered by him in Baltimore on the social peculiarities of the people of Washington. The press and many of the citizens clamor for the removal of Douglass In conversation with a Washington correspondent, the other day, Secretary Jherman expressed & confident expectation that the Government will be able to resume specie payment, according to law, on the 1st of January, 1879, if no unfavorable leg­ islation on the part of Congress intervenes. The business of the country, in the Secretary's opinion, is already down to a specie basis, and it would certainly be, as he says, criminal to postpone the day of resumption and thus again unsettle values and disturb the current of trade. The Secretary intends to sell bonds for coin from time to tim'e. as occasion offers, and thus strengthen the gold reserve of the treas­ ury, or employ it in the purchasing of green­ backs. THE indications are, so far, that the estimates of the Internal Revenue Bureau of $120,000,- 000 receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30 will be fully realized.... It is reported that Secretary Evarts has sent a peremptory note to the Mexicans that they must put a stop to the raids of their brigands upon the property of people in Texas. If this is not done, orders will be given to the commander of the forces on the Rio Grande to pursue and capture the thieves and their plunder wherever they may be found. IT is stated that the reorganization of the Consular service will immediately begin. Effi­ cient officers will not be removed. Three im­ portant principles have been agreed upon as the basis of this reformation: 1. Secretary Evarts will endeavor to fill all the important commercial Consulates with men of commercial experience. 2. In selecting Consuls for Ori­ ental points, where judicial duties are to be per­ formed, only educated lawyers will be appoint­ ed. 3. It will be considered an essential quali­ fication that Consuls shall speak the language of the countri in which they are stationed. flimKiiAlw THE steamship Dakoti, of the Williams & Guion line, bound from Liverpool to New York, went ashore at Point Limas, forty miles from Liverpool. There were 200 passengers on board, all of whom, together with the erew, were safely landed. The vessel, which was valued at $750,000, will prove a total loss. It is the most serious marine disaster, from a monetary point of view, that has occurred for the past two years. GEN. POBFIRIO DIAZ has been inaugurated President of Mexico. He declares he will oc­ cupy the office but one term The story is re­ vived of an organization of filibusters for the capture of Sonora, and that the capital neces­ sary to fit out three expeditions is secured. The expeditions, so goes the story, start from Yuma, San Francisco and El Paso--the first by land, the second by water, to Guaymas; these to reinforce the third in Sonora The British Columbians are greatly disturbed by the prospect of war with Russia, knowing that a powerful Russian fleet is within four days' sail of their harbors The reply of the State Department to the formal notification by Turkey of the existence of a state of war be­ tween that power and Russia is to the effect that the United States will occupy a strictly neutral position toward the belligerents. A similar reply will be furnished Russia. A TRAIN of nineteen freight cars, loaded with tea and silks valued at $500,000, recently made the run from San Francisco to New York, via Chicago, in less than ten days, beating by several hours the quick trip of ten days and nine hours made some tame ago • over the southern route Silver coin may oe obtained without the expense of transportation upon de­ posit of notes or fractional currency with any United States Assistant Treasurer or national bank depository, or national-bank notes rnav be sent to the TTnitfd Staffis r"f expense and silver will be returned from the mint therefor. Silver, however, can be sent only in multiples of $1,000, and remittances and deposits should be made in like ssime.... The New York Canal Board have decided upon a material reduction of the tolls on the of that State. This is good news for the West. THE American Tract Society has just held its fifty-second anniversary exercises in the city of New York. From the annual report we get the following summary of ite labors during the y«*r: Receipts, $441,198: expenditures. ;• u 'it ; ^gregate circulation of papers pub­ lished by the society during the year, 6,000,000 copies. Two hundred and nine colporteurs were employed, who addressed 6,337 religious meetings, made 152,883 family visits, and prayed with 98,370 families. The work in foreign lands is represented as satisfactory Fires: At Stevens Point, Wis., loss $100,000* East Saginaw, Mich., 820,000; Rochester. N. Y., .$100,000; in Gold street, New York city $50,000 Disastrous forest fires have been raging in Northern New York and Southern Canada. Large areas of valuable timber and several villages have been burned. THE town of St. Stephens, New Brunswick, has been visited by a disastrous conflagration. One-half the business portion of the town was swept away. The loss is estimated at half a million dollars....At Port Stanley, Ontario, a few days ago, a tidal wave five feet high came rushing ashore on Lake Erie, accompanied by a, loud, hissing noise. The wave lasted but a few minutes, and as quickly receded, followed at intervals for an hour by smaller waves a foot or more in height. There was very little wind at^tlie time. The lake was almost perfectly THE TUKCO-BCSSIAN WAH. THE Prince of Roumania has assumed per­ sonal command of the Roumanian army, which, it is stated, will ,form the right wing of the Russian army operating on the Danube De­ fense works are being constructed around Con­ stantinople A St. Petersburg correspondent says the approaching mobilization of the Rus­ sian Guards is a measure for the protection of the Laltic coast dictated by the increasing jealousy of England Banhi-Bazou^ cropsed the Danube at Kirnodki, and Roumanian peasants, armed with Rims and axes, drove them back, killing two The tribes in the Caucasus are reported to bf> rising* and threaten serious trouble for the Russians--Servia has pledged Austria that she will not disturb the peace.... The Sultan refused to allow the New York Herald corre- roondent to accompany the Turkish army in the t o t L ^ / 2 " h l « u e THESE is a loll in the Asiatic MIHMIP*. though it is a quiet which precedes the storm. The Russians are awaiting the arrival of rein­ forcements, having been unsuooessful in at­ tempting to force the Sogahaula pass The Russians attempted to force a passage of the Danube at Bern, and threw a bridge across that Hueam. They were repulsed, According to Turkish advices, with the loss of a large num­ ber in killed, wounded and captured. The bridge was also destroved. ...For­ midable works for the defense of Con­ stantinople are to be constructed by the inhabitants .... In an engagement between a large Turkish iron-clad and a Russian battery at ibmil, on the Danube, the iron-clad was struck wife a shell, and immediately bins up and sunk, together with her -commander. Has­ san Bey, and erew of 300 men A force re­ sembling the German landwehr is to be called out in Russia for the defense of the shores of the Baltic and Black sea The Russian Min­ ister of Marine has declared the Turkish block­ ade of the Black sea insufficient, Russian ves­ sels having been able to leave Nicolailf. ONE man only of the 300 on board escaped from the Turkish monitor sunk at Reni, on the Danube It is reported that a vei-v feverish and uneasy feeling pervades all classes at Con­ stantinople. The Porte is said to be anxious about the safety of the large consignments of arms and ammunition still to be shipped from New York, or already on the way, and angry with the United States Government for per­ mitting the Russian squadron to re­ main so long in American waters An official Constantinople dispatch says the Russians having attacked in great force the position occupied by the vanguard of the Turk­ ish auxiliary troops in the vicinity of Batoum, an engagement ensued, iasiing eigm una one- half hours, resulting in the complete rout of the Russians, who lost 4.000 men. The Turkish loss is represented as inconsiderable The Bey of Tunis, summoned by the Sultan to send a contingent, excused himself on the plea of financial inability, but his subjects may join the Turks as volunteers. THE cable reports a heavy engagement at Batoum, on the southeastern shore of the Black sea, of which the following brief particu­ lars are furnished : The Russians made a furi­ ous attack upon the heights defending Batoum on the land side, occupied by Baslii-Bazouks. The Ottoman troops were intrenched and opened a terrible and well-sustained fire of cannon and musketry, which literally mowed the Russians down in swaths. They fell by scores and hundreds on the plain below the Turkish positions. During their attempts to make way against this fire, a body of Turkish horse and foot, taking advantage of a thick forest, broke forth upon the flank of the Russian column, and effected great slaughter. The battle lasted eight hours. The Russians lost 4,000 in killed and wounded, and several pieces of artillery Advices from the seat of war in Roumania to the 16th state that the Russians were moving down the Dan­ ube in three columns, with the intention of ef­ fecting a crossing at points west of Rustchuk, the evident intention being to isolate the large Turkish force about Widin, and to secure tne roads leading through the western passes of the Balkans. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch says the Turk­ ish squadron bombarded the fortified port of Sukum Kaleh, on the Black sea. in Asia. A body of troops landed who set the Russians at defiance, and remained masters of the posi­ tion, the population of the neighborhood joining. IN Asia Minor the snow is still deep on the ground, retarding military operations....The insurrection in the Caucasus is rapidly gaining ground It is again reported that Austria will certainly occupy Servia A dispatch from Bucharest, in Roumania, after recording the visit of Grand Duke Nicholas to that city, says : " The campaign will now proceed according to the original programme, the Roumanian army remaining on the defensive within its own ter­ ritory ; the Russians crossing the Danube at eight points simultaneously, and pressing for­ ward toward the Balkans with all possible rapidity, leaving behind in Bulgaria the civil officials charged with the reorganization of the institutions. GENERAL, FOREIGN NEWS. FOUB THOUSAND French pilgrims visited the Pope the other day, and presented him with 79,000 francs Trouble is brewing in Poland, and Russia threatens the restoration of martial law throughout the country. THE Sultan has tendered his grateful thanks to the English Government for the stand taken by Lord Derby in his reply to the Russian cir­ cular For his share in the destruction of the Yendome column, Courbet, the painter and Communist, agrees to pay the $60,000 fine im­ posed upon him in annual installments of $2,000, and the Paris court has agreed to ac­ cept the payment in that way. M. PICABD, the well-known French states­ man, is dead... .Count Andrassy has addressed a circular to Austria's representatives abroad announcing that any declaration of independ­ ence by Roumania will be treated by Austria as null and void The new French Minister has been received by the Emperor of Germany at Berlin with the usual formalities, and charged to convey to the Paris Government assurance of the Emperor's good will toward France. MR. GLADSTONE'S resolutions nave been de­ feated in the British House of Commons by a vote of 354 to 223. It was not expected that the resolutions would pass, but the Liberals have accomplished their purpose and secured "a Parliamentary victory in changing the evidently settled policyof the Cabinet to precipitate a OtiiiiHiuii w ii.ii xt uBtMa, oiiu in uriugiug about thorough discussion of England's interests and England's duties. THE Greeks of Thessaly are in revolt, and an engagement has taken place at Armyros, on the Gulf of Yolo An insurrection against the Diaz Government has broken out in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. A CABLE dispatch says fee American officers in the service of the Khedive have refused to bear arms against Russia. They will remain in Egypt A Ministerial crisis is reported in France. In consequence of a difference with President MacMahon, Jules Simon, Minister of the Interior, tendered his resignation, which was accepted. A majority of the Cabinet took sides with M. Simon and followed him into re­ tirement. There was considerable excitement at the French capital in consequence of the rupture The Pope is again reported to be failing, and his early death is anticipated. A TON of cotton-seed yields about 700 pounds of cake or meal, tliirty-flve gal­ lons of oil, a few pounds of lint cotton, some ashes, and other refuse. The meal is worth $18 per ton, the cake from $24 to $28, and the crude oil 38 cents per gallon. The oil is valuable in paints and chemicals, and when refined makes an excellent table oil. The cake is shipped to Europe for stock feed, the refuse used in the manufacture of soap, and the meal is in constantly increasing demand as a sugar-cane fertilizer. _ SEVERAL valuable Indian relics were discovered within the limits of Auburn, N. Y., last week, embracing stone axes and hammers, arrow heads, and frag­ ments of pottery. The hitter are em­ bellished with different styles of simple ornamentation, and are almost identical in fashion with the specimens of pottery now manufactured and used in Utah and Colorado by the partially-civilized In­ dians living there. THE author of " St. Simon's Niece," an American, says that one sees careless­ ness and a want of reverence in numer­ ous churches, but to watch the perfec­ tion of ill-breeding and disrespect in that lint it is necessary to visit the American chapel, Rue Bayard, Paris, any Sunday morning. ' MABILAND and Nebraska pay male and female teachers exactly the same wages for the same work. i ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE* THUBSDAT, May 10.--SENATE.--This was an uneventful session, but little business of a&qr being transacted The Reform School Appropria­ tion biii was taken up and discussed. An amend­ ment adding $15,000 for a sew building VH adopt­ ed -- The bill appropriating $6,200 to open an out- let from Spring lake to the Illinois river was taken up and ordered to a third reading. HOUSE.--Bash's bill, for a distribution of the In­ come of the school township fund arising from the sixteenth section of land when a portion of the ter­ ritory of such township is within an incorporated | city or town, was reported from the uommittee on KutiCiEiCiOiji nitii & iOUiliiujit ;;v.' iiOt pass. The bill called forth a deal of talk in the House, but was disposed of by indefinite postpone­ ment The appropriation bills were then con­ sidered, and montly ordered to a third reading, as previously reported. FBIDAY, May 11.--SENATE.--House bill 591, appropriating $98,090.98 to pay indebtedness of the penitentiary, coming up, considerable talk was in­ dulged in, out no definite action was taken, toe dis­ cussion being postponed A large number of bills Wtio utuviiihl to & third reading.... Sc-n&te bill 3'J, the State House Appropriation bill, was reported back from the special committee with an amend­ ment suspending the pay of the Commissioners until the work ie recommenced. Adopted... The Senate adjourned to Monday. HOUSE.--A large amount of time was devoted in the House to the reading of bills a third time, and but few important measures passed, among which were the following: Authorizing the Penitentiary Commissioners to sell certain lots in Joliet; estab­ lishing a commission for the consideration of claims against the State; specifying the mode of report- ins, publishing and distributing the Supreme Court reports, fixing the salary of the reporter at $a,«.K)0, with $3,000 for clerk hire and office rent, ind llxeB the price of reports at $3.50 up to the passage of this act, and $2.25 thereafter--114 to 5 The bill to provide means for the completion and furnishing the new State House and for the improvement of the groundg.was referred to a special committee. This bill appropriates $700,000, conditioned that the people shall vote for the same at the next general election... .The bill abolishing the State House Com­ mission was taken from the table and made the special order for Tuesdav next The following bills were passed: For tne protection of passengers on railroads; also a bill regulating speed of railroad trains through cities, making the speed six miles an hour for freight and ten for passenger trains; requiring the publication of application for pardon in a news- paper of tiio county wh.6re conviction was iutd 5 ex- tending the time for taking possession of property under chattel mortgages until the days of grace have expired; providing tbat insane Idiots may be sent to the Insane Hos­ pitals ; amending the law of garnishement; allowing any person holding a policy of insurance to surrender the same and receive back a propor­ tionate amount of the premium paid or releasing him from further unpaid installments; Mayborne's bill, making it a penal offense to sell skimmed milk; to indemnify owners of sheep killed by dogs, and to collect taxes from owners of dogs; authorizing be­ nevolent, eleemosynary,and educational corporations to temporarily hold and convey real estate. SATURDAY, May 12.--SENATE.--The bill to provide for tho ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Government until the expiration of the first quarter of the next regular session of the Gen­ eral Assembly, was made the special order for Tues­ day next 8everal bills were ordered to a third reading The bill to fix the salary of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners was taken up and dis­ cussed, but the Senate adjourned before disposing of it. HOUSE.--Not in session. MONDAY, May 14. --SENATE. --The entire ses­ sion of the Senate was devoted to third reading of bills. HOUSB.--The following bills were passed: Ap propriating a sum sufficient to pay officers and members of the next General Assembly, and salaries of State officers for the next two years; providing security for bonds in the State treasury by proper indorsement thereon; an appropriation of ©,000 per annum for the State Horticultural Society; payment of the expenses of arrest and conviction of murderers in other States for crime committed on citizens of this State; appropriation for Southern Normal University. TUESDAY, May 15.--SENATE.--The bill trans­ ferring grain inspection from the State officials to the Board of Trade was taken up. Discussed'at length and defeated The Senate concurred in the House amendment to the appropriation for the Southern Normal School. The amendments were also concurred in to the bill paying the expenses of prosecuting certain criminals in other States, re­ ducing the amount appropriated to $3,500 Bills passed: Amending the License law so that the punishment shall be fine or imprisonment, instead of fine and imprisonment; authorizing the forma­ tion of an association to raise funds to loan only to members, and known as building associations; deficiency appropriation for the expenses of the General Assembly to June 30, 1877; appropriation for Jacksonville Insane Hospital; in relation to married women; #he general ordinary and contin­ gent expense appropriation bill; providing for the health and safety of coal miners; appropriating $50,000 to complete the Douglas monument; to prevent and punish wrongs to children; amending the Insolvent Debtors' act so that assignee shall be required to give bonds, etc.; authorizing counties to pay bounties on wolf scalps. HOUSE.--Mr. Rowett presented the report of the South Park Investigating Committee, which was or­ dered printed.. ..The House then took up Senate ap­ propriation bills on third reading... Bill 114, relating to taxing capital stock, was taken up and discussed until a late liour, when adjournment was had, with the measure still undecided, but the special order for the 17th. * WEDNESDAY,.May 16.--SENATE.--The Gover­ nor sent to the Senate the following nominations for Trustees of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home: John I. Rinaker, of Macoupin; John C. Black, Cham­ paign; Duncan M. Funk, McLean, which nomina­ tions were immediately confirmed The bill pro­ viding that all silver coyis, the standard value of which has been fixed and declared by the Congress of the United States, shall be a legal tender, at truch standard values, for the payment of all debts, both public and private, which are payable or collectible within tljfi State of Illinois, and which are not made by the wuw of iue contract which created them ex­ pressly payable in other kind of coin, was passed... .The following House bills were passed t To secure equality rrnons th-3 counties the admission of patients into Insane Hospitals ; authorizing the Secretary of State to supply copies of lost enrolled laws, and giving such copies the same legal effect as the originals ; to enable cit'.es and villages to acquire, establish, maintain, license, and regulate ferries, bridges, the approaches there­ to, and the tolls thereon ; Sittig's bill in regard to barley; appropriation for the construction of a Southern Penitentiary ; for securing four acres of additional ground for the new State House; appro­ priating $27,0W to complete the Lincoln monument; allowing mutual insurance companies to avail themselves of the provisions of the general law for amending charters; authorizing county boards to organize certain territory into towns; appropria­ tions for State and county agricultural boards; Thomson's bill, punishing keepers of pool rooms; an act relating to assessment for water tax in in­ corporated cities and villages. HOUSE.--Debate wis resumed on Senate bill No. 114, which was defeated by % to 44 The House ooncurred in the Senate amendment to the Winter bill, amending the License law. The amendment provides that the change in the law proposed by this Dill shall not affect any suits or prosecutions now pending Mr. Morrison, of Morgan, introduced a bill to provide for the levy of a sum susiicient to meet the expenses of the State Government. It pro­ vides for a ievy of $2,(too,000 the first year and $1,- 600,000 the next year, and $1,000,000 'annually for school fund....The following bills were passed: Appropriation for the Soldiers' Orphans' Home; appropriation for improving outlet te Spring lake; appropriation for Southern Insane Hospital; appropriation for workshop of Deaf and Dumb Asylum ; appropriation for additional buildings for the Central Insane Hospital; appropriation to allow trial of the " cottage system " in the treatment of insane at Elgin ; appropriation for completion and furnishing the new State House. This, as amend­ ed, went to the Senate, and was immediately con­ curred in ; appropriation for steam heating appa­ ratus for Southern Normal University; appropria­ tion for the education of the blind; appropriation for the charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary at Chi­ cago ; appropriation for the German National Bank of Chicago, to pay for a lost State bond, with inter­ est, *1,180. Illinois Fairs. The following is a lint of the dates and loca­ tions of all the fairs to be held in Illinois this year, so far as notice has been received at the office of tho State Agricultural Society: Fair. I A/cation, Time. Illinois State Freeport Sept.17-22 Adams county Camp Point Sept. 4-7 Alexander county No organization Bond county No organization Brown county Mt. Sterling Sept.2S-28 Bureau county Princeton .Sept, 11-14 Calhoun county No organization Carroll county Mt. Carroll Sept. 4-5 Cass county Virginia Aug.28-31 Champaign county Champaign Sept. 8-6 Christian county TaylorviSe Sept.18-21 Clay county Flora Sept.26-28 Coles county Charleston Scpt.11-16 Crawford county. Robinson Oct. 2-5 Cumberland county Majority Point.... Oct. 3-6 SeKalb county Sycamore. /. Sept.25-27 De A'itt county Clinton Aug. 14-17 Douglas county Tuscola. ....Sept. 4-8 Du Page county Wheaton Sept.l2~H Edgar county Paris Sept. 4-7 Edwards county Albion.... Oct. 2-5 Fkyette county.. VandaUa Sept.lst-21 Ford county Paxton Sspt.U-14 Fulton county Avon Sept.25-28 Hamilton county...... .McLeansbor# Hardin oounty Elizabeth town... .Sept. 26-29 Henderson oounty. Biggsville Oct. 2-S Honty oounty Cambridge Aug. 27-31 Iroquois county .. Onarga Sept. 4-7 Jackson county ........Murphysboro.....Oct. 9-12 Jasper oounty Newton Sept.25-28 Jersey county Jerseyville Oct. 9-12 Jo Daviess county Galena Sept.25-28 Jo Daviess county Warren Oct. 2-5 Kendall county Bristol. SeptJl-13 Knox county s s Jtnoxvius,Oci. 2-5 . TAko rr.rmix . . . ,. . Wanton <Vt l-fi | of Leecouiiiy.............Dixon". ".iISept.11-13 ' Logan county Atlanta Aug. 27-31 lAwan oounty Lincoln Aug. 20-25 Livingston county, Fairbury 8ept.ll-14 Macoupin county Carlinville Sept. 4-8 Marion county Centralis Sept.24-27 Marshall county .Wenona Sept.24-28 McDonough oounty... .Macomb -Jg"Bt- 2iJ McHenry county Marengo Septf 4-7 ..jc^can county Bloomiagtoa Sept. 4-7 county Petersburg Sept. 4-7 -^crccr county Aieuo Sept.25-28 Montgomery oounty... .HiUsboro' Sept.25-28 Ogle county Oregon Sept. 4-7 Peoria county Peoria Sept.11-14 Perry county. Piqckneyville Oct. 3-5 Pope county Golconda Oct. 3-4 Pulaski county .........No organization. Randolph eonnty....... Sparta .Sept,26-28 Randolph county. Chester Oct. 16-19 Sangamon county Springfield Sept 24-29 Schuyler county. Rushville Oct. 8-6 Scott county.,..., No organization......... . Hteplicnson county No fair Vermillion county.... ..Catlin..."".Sept 26-28 Vermillion county Danville Sept.18-22 »eiimihuji county...... aoopesion .Aug. a <-i>l Warren county Monmouth Sept.11-14 Washington eoanty..... No organization White county. No organization WhiteBides county Sterling .Sept.25-28 Will county Joliet. Sept.10-14 Williamson county Marion Oct. 3-5 Winnebago county Bockford Sept.11-14 Woodford county No fair. A SEA-SERPENT CAPTURED. ^ The Home of Jefferson. As the traveler approaches the home of Thomas Jefferson, at Mpnticello, he passes through a wooded country, near the summit of one of the Blue Ridge peaks, and within easy view is seen the old graveyard with its dilapidated brick wall. Nearly all the Jeffersons are buried there. A common stone, about five feet high, marks the grave of the author of the Declaration. "Born April 2, 1748, O. 8.; died July 4, 1826," is all that can be seen. Time has worn away the in­ scription, " Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia, and founder of the University of Vir­ ginia." A short distance away stands the old home, surrounded by a grove of ancient trees. The aristocratic coach that he rode in from New York to Phila­ delphia stands in the back porch, with its tires fallen off and a general appear­ ance of long decay. The view from the doorway of the house is grand. At the foot of the peak flows the Rivanna river; Charlotteville and the university lie be yond; to the north stretches away the Blue Ridge, and cultivated fields and country homes are seen everywhere. Here Mr. Jefferson lived in retirement from 1809 until his death in 1826. The house is much decayed and sadly in need of repairs; nothing has been done to it since the war began. It was once owned and cared for by Oapt. Levy, of the United States navy, and by his will left to the Government, with an endowment fund for an agricultural school. It was claimed, for some reason, that the will was void. The case got into the courts, and a writ of partition was granted to the heirs. The estate passed into the hands of commissioners, and is still undivided. Meanwhile the home of Jefferson is rot­ ting away for want of care; in a few years more it will be unfit for man to dwell in, and snakes and birds, which live in the mountains, will find their way into its rooms. Lively Scene in a Printing-Office. At the Governor's Guards hop, Brice B. Smith, a printer in the News job office, made objections to the floor man­ agers against a couple of ladies, Mrs. Thompson and Miss Morris, being al­ lowed to dance, and Lieut. S. A. Sliep- perd, the Chairman of the floor managers, told the ladies they could not dance. After some parleying, the women left. Mrs. Thompson (who is separated from her husband) was told by some one that Smith had asserted positive per­ sonal knowledge of her character, and she determined to chastise him. She nursed her wrath to keep it warm till Saturday afternoon, when she gave it vent by purchasing two rawhides, and, ac­ companied by Miss Morris and a waiter named Henry Powers, they sought the job room of the News, and commenced to vindicate her character by laying on vigorously witlx the r&Trhiclc. xnc assailed printer fired off a galley of 1!-- 1 2 -_1 „ JLCOUCU iUUtUCA UitiU UOi WUVU j. vn v*v> attempted to interfere, and got a head put on him with the galley. Mrs. Thompson renewed the assault, and Smith took her a chug under the chin and sent h'er to grass. About this time Mr. Byers, accompanied by the city editor and business manager, appeared on the scene, and the amazed printers rallied and separated the contestants. The only damage sustained by Smith, except what was done to his reputation, was a small welt or two across ms face.-- Atchison (Kan.) Champion. A Veteran Official. The "oldreliable" of the Department of State is Assistant Secretary William Hunter. He entered the Department of State as translator in 1829, was promoted to be chief clerk in 1852, and was pro­ moted to be Assistant Secretary in 1866. lu less than two years he will have per­ formed fifty years of continuous service, under such statesmen as Webster, Clay, Livingston, McLane, Everett, Cass, Sew­ ard and Fish, and many of the state papers for which they have received praise were drafted by him. He is in fact a walking encyclopedia of our diplo­ matic and consular relations, and his per­ sonal recollections, if he would but pub­ lish them, would perfect that chapter of our national history. That he is able, useful, industrious, honest, and, above all, discreet, is proven bv his having been retained in place through so many politi­ cal " rotations."-- Washington Letter. Cut off With a Thousand a lear. The late Rowland H. Macy, of New York, left property estimated to be worth 0500,000. His only son is cut off with an allowance of $1,000 per annum, owing to bad habits and a passion for strong drink. The young man is 29 years of age, and has never contributed anything to his own support. The father directs that, if he contests tbe will, even the $1,000 per annum be withheld from him. STUDENTS of Russian history state that for several hundred years no quarter of a century has passed without an annexa­ tion of more or less territory to Russian dominions. A Highly Monster of the Deep Appears |H m Town in Scotland--He is Attacked and IWven Ashore by a Party of Volunteer*. Late foreign papers publish a circum­ stantial narrative by a resident at Oban, ocotland, from which it appears the sea- serpent has been actually captured at tnat place. The correspondent writes: most extraordinary event has oc­ curred tka -4 j; i _ tho yuy.t.il.U the Caledonian Hotel,"<5ban.*" About 4 o clock yesterday, an animal or fish of gigantic size was seen sporting in the bay near Heather island. It was of the serpent species, carrying its head fully twenty-five feet above the water. ̂ boats were soon launched and proceeded to the bay tiiG crc^rs armed "wntli such we&puns. as could be got handy. They headed the monster, and some of the boats were within thirty yards of it, when it sudden­ ly sprang half a length out of water and made for the open sea. A random fire from several volunteers with rifles seemed to have no effect on it. The boats ranged across the entrance of the bay, and, by screams and shouts turned the monster's course, and it headed directly for the breast-wail of the Ureat Western Hotel. One boat had a most narrow escape, the animal actually rubbing against it. A little past 6 the monster took the ground on the beach in front of the Cale­ donian Hotel in George street, and his proportions were now fully visible. In. his frantic exertions with his tail sweep­ ing the beach no one dared approach. The stones were flying in all directions, one seriously injuring a man called Baldy Barrow, and another breaking the win­ dow of the Commercial Bank. A parly of volunteers under Lieut. David Men- zies now assembled and fired volley after volley into the neck, according to the directions of Dr. Campbell, who did not wish, for scientific reasons that the con­ figuration of the head should be dam­ aged. As there was a bright moon thin continued till nearly 10 o'clock, when Mr. Stevens, of the Commercial Bank, waded in and fixed a* strong rope to the animal's head, and by the exertions of some seventy folk it was dragged above high-water mark. Its exact appear­ ance is as follows: Extreme length 101 feet; the thickest part about twenty-five feet from the head, which is eleven feet in circumference. At this part is fixed a pair of fins four feet long by nearly seven feet across. At the sides further back is a long dorsal fin extending for at least twelve or hirteen feet and five feet high in fronc, tapering to one foot. The tail is more of a flattened termination to the body proper tlmn anything else. Tbe eyes are very small in proportion and elongated, and gills of the length of two and a half feet behind. There are no external ears. Great ex­ citement is created, and the country peo­ ple are flocking in to view it. National Bank Circulation. From a statement by the Comptroller of the Currency it appears that the whole amount of additional circulation issued to national banks from June 20, 1874, to May 1, 1877, was $30,366,495. The amount of legal tenders deposited in the treasury during the same time to retire bank circulation was $69,993,547. This shows a net decrease of $39,627,05$ in the bank circulation, accomplished, or in process of accomplishment. Of the additional issues Massachusetts banks received the largest amount, $7,371,915; New York banks next9 $4,931,970, and Pennsylvania next, $4,063,480. These three States received more than one-half of the whole. Only six States received, more than one millioii each, the three not already mentioned being Kentucky,, Ohio, and Indiana. The banks of New York deposited $15,309,166 to retire cir­ culation, being nearly three times a» much as either Massachusetts or Penn­ sylvania, deposited. Illinois banks deposited $6,586,560, or more than either Massachusetts or Pensylva- nia, while they called for only $870,975 of additional circulation. The Western States generally surrendered more and took out less than tho Eastern States in proportion to the amount pre­ viously held by them respectively. ON the 7th of April a man was put up- and sold at public auction to the highest bidder in Si. Francois county, Mo. H© was convicted of vagrancy, and the term for which he WOB sold was six months. THE MARKETS. @ 71 @ 52 ® I 00 @16 25 9K ® 5 60 @ 5 35 @ 4 25 <3 4 50 <& 5 00 @ 5 60 ©11 00 @ 7 75 @ 1 63 «4 50 61 42 86 80 25 11 @14 25 NEW YORK. BEEVXS 9 50 @12 00- 5 75 @ 6 00 COTTOH. 103£(AJ 11 FLOUB--Superfine Western 7 00 @7 50 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 85 1 87 CORN--Western Mixed 67 OATS--Western Mixed 45 KVE--Western 97 POBX--New Mess 15 00 XiABD 9tf@ CHICAGO. Bxivxe--Choice Graded Steers 5 40 Choice Natives 5 10 Cows and Heifers 3 25 Good Sccond-olaee Steers. 4 00 Medium to Fair 4 75 Boos--Live 5 00 FLOUB--Fancy Wliite Winter 10 50 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 7 25 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring l 62 No. 3 Spring l 48 COBN--No. 2 50 OATS--No. 2 41 RYE--No. 2 94 BARLEY--No. 2 70 BUTTER--Choice Creamery 23 EGGS--Fresh 10 FORK--Mem 14 00 LABD 9 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 1 1 78 <A No. 2 1 72 @ CORN--No. 2 52 <$ OATS--No. 2. " 39 ̂ KYE 90 Q BABIOT--NO. 2 80 A 8T. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Fall 2 05 @ CORN--Western Mixed 51 @ OATS--No. 2 44 @ Rye 80 <§ PORK--Mess JL4 50 @1 LARD. 9 § HOGS 4 50 @ CATTXX 4 60 @ CINCINNATI. WHEAT 1 75 <& CORN 49 @ OATS 45 O RYE 90 PORK--Meos .14 50 @1 LARD 9#@ TOLEDO. WHEAT--Extra 2 05 ® Amber ..'.; . . 2 00 <3 CORN 60 (5* OATS--No. 2 *8 <£ DETROIT. FLOUR--Medium 8 75 ($ I WHEAT--White 1 85 @ ! CORN--No. 2 56 @ OATS--Mixed 51 & RYE 1 10 @ 1 PORK--Mess 00 @11 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Hoos--Yorkers ® 20 @ ( Philadelphia* 6 65 @ { CATTLE--Best 6 00 Medium ® 75 8mr -- * •# 6 00 1 as