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J. TAX StiTKK, Mltor * PaMMftlt i T ILLINOIS. HcHENRY, EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Oondmed Telegraphio News. THE OLD WORLB. ̂ >N dispatches of the 30th wit My tl^Warpartv in England was momentari­ ly increasing in numbers and Influence, and the general expectation was that there would be trooMp with Russia early In the coming •pring. About 80,000 native troops and 20,- 406 regulars had been ordered to be in readi- tness to march at short notice from India to ||yot and Turkey. The recent circular of the flBrte asking the mediation of the Great Pow­ ers bavin.* failed of its purpose, at the re- q«c«t«f Die Sultan, England had undertaken done to mediate between the belligerent Pow­ ers. It was yet uncertain how the offer would be received bv Russia. JABEIXSRADE telegram of the 30th ult. iMgrs negotiations were pending for the sur- IWder of Nlsch. The capture «( Pirot by the Jhrvfens was announced. A BUCHAREST telegram of the SOth iAt says the last of the Russian bridges across the Danube, that at Petrocbeni, had that day been destroyed. THE French Academy of Moral Sciences has elected RalpL Waldo Emerson fine of its foreign associates. LONDON dispatches of the Slat nit. mj the English note was understood to have been answered by Russia, in effect, that the Ckar was accessible to peace propositions When properly made, but that no overtures would be entertained unless coming from the Forte direct. Lord Derby had appealed to the Continental Powers to assist in opening negotiations. BUCHAREST dispatches of the 31st «K. say the vanguard of the Russian Army bad reached the Balkans after a long and painful march. INSTRUCTIONS were telegraphed from At Petersburgh, on the 1st, directing the Rus­ sian Commanders in Europe and Asia to re­ ceive any overtures for a truce the Turks Bight make. THE Pope has authorized Cardinal Manning to negotiate with the British Govern­ ment for the removal of certain difficulties which delay the re-establishment of the Cath­ olic hierarchy in Scotland. A BUCHAREST dispatch of the 2d says " that the condition of the Russian troops in Bulgaria was liable to become serious in con­ sequence of the destruction of the Danubian bridge*. and the consequent difficulty of trans­ porting the supplies. , A PERA telegram of the 2d says a conspiracy had been discovered having for its object the dethronement of the Sultan. Sev­ eral arrests had been made and more were ex­ pected. ON the 3d, the fanatical Turks of Sitlmo, !n the Island of Crete, attacked the British Vice-Consul and drove him out of town With bayonets. A British war vessel has left Greece to protect him and British interests. A BUCHAREST telegram of the 3d says the Turks recently attempted to negotiate with the Russian headquarters for an armis­ tice, but that the negotiations had failed he- cause Turkey was unable or unwilling to give Mi equivalent for the advantages the Porte would derive from the opportunity it would bOfre to reorganize its forces. "" A SEVERE battle was fought at Tashe- ean, on the 31st ult., resulting in the capture of the place by the Russians, whose loss in killed and wounded was about 700 men. LONDON dispatches of the 4th say that irreconcilable differences existed in the British Cabinet in regard to the Eastern ques­ tion, and it was believed that its disruption impended. THE Greek Minister of Foreign Af­ fairs has demanded of the Powers the admis­ sion of Greece to a Congress preliminary to the conclusion of peace between Turkey and A BELGRADE telegram of the 4th says there had been severe fighting south of the Etropol Balkans, in which the Turks had been defeated. A CONSTANTINOPLE special of the reports the evacuation of Sophia. CHOLERA has made its appearance in jjieddah and Mecca. OFFICIAL information has been re- «eivcdat 6t Petersburg tint the Chinese massacred 15,000 men, women and children at .tile liashgarian Town of Manas. CARDINAL MANNING has proposed to the College of Cardinals that, on the death of the Pope, the Conclave assemble at the Island of Malta. The proposition was being consid- «nd on the 4th, but no decision was reached. Thomas V, Cooper as Speaker pro torn. This is an adjourned session. COL. F. W. HOLLIDAY was inaugu­ rated Governor of Virginia, on the 1st, with all the pomp and display of mtfc-bdlum times. In his message the Governor took strong grounds for the maintenance of the State credit THE New York Legislature was or­ ganized, on the 1st, by the election of Wit. H. Robertson as President pro tern, of the Senate, and Jas. W. Husted as Speaker of the House. The message of Gov. Robinson was confined mainly to State topics. JACOB BUNN, the well-known banker, of Springfield, 111., has made an assignment His liabilities aggregate about £300,000. THE Maine Legislature organized, on the 2d, by the election of Warren H. Vinton as President of the Senate, and Henry Lord Speaker of the House. TOE public-debt statement for De" cember places the total amount of the debt at $2,233,802,692. Cash in Treasury, $187,847,- 350. Debt, less cash in Treasury, •2,045,955,- 442. Decrease during the month, 971.624. De­ crease since June 30, 1877, *14,202,780. AMONG the suspensions announced on the morning of the 3d was that of the State Savings Bank of Indianapolis, 4nd. The Band Examiner reports deposits of $84,558.78, and assets of $85,513.68. It was believed that depositors would be paid in full. A QUANTITY of nitro-glycerlne ex­ ploded, atNegaunee, Mich., on the 3d, instant­ ly killing seven men and entirely demolishing the car on which it was being transported. The locomotive to which the car was attached was lifted and thrown bodily a distance of fifty feet. ON the 2d, Dr. T. S. Lambert, ex- President of the 'American Popular Life In­ surance Company, of New York, was sen­ tenced to five years' imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. He had been convicted of swear ing to false statements of the condition of his company. AT Bethlehem, Fa., on the 2d, Miss Lizzie Davis was murdered by her lover, John Haddock, who subsequently committed sui­ cide. Gov. CONNOB, of Maine, was inau­ gurated on the 3d. In his address, he depre­ cated the passage of the Silver bill. The sav­ ings banks of the State had deposits of $25,- 002,873--a decrease of $1,633,298 during the year. The Legislature elected S. J. Chad- bourne, Secretary of State; L. A. Emery, At­ torney-General, and L. P. Cilley, Adjutant- General. THE Massachusetts Legislature con­ vened on the 3d. In his message, the Gov­ ernor recommends amendments to the Con­ stitution prolonging the tenure of office of the Executive and other State officers, and providing for biennial sessions of the Legisla ture. The State debt, on the 1st, was $33,- 220,464--a reduction of $330,000 during the year. THE Maryland Legislature organized, on the 3d, by the election of Edward Lloyd as President of the Senate, and F. S. Hoblitzell as Speaker of the House. The Governor's Message shows the net debt of the State to be #6,396,393. OK the 3d, Samuel H. White, a former Vice-President of the Charter Oak Life In­ surance Company, of Hartford, Conn., was, with other ex-officers, Indicted for conspiracy to defraud the policy-holders. FIFTY-TWO colored emigrants recent* ly sailed from New York for Liberia. ON the 3d, a large body of unem­ ployed workingmen marched in a body to the office of the Mayor of San Francisco and de­ manded, through a committee, work or bread. They suggested that public improvements be prosecuted to give them work. The Mayor stated his inability to do what was suggested, and recommended application to benevolent or­ ganizations. The crowd was subsequently ad­ dressed by agitators, who loudly insisted that the workingmen must help themselves bv force, if other means failed AN extensive report was made, on the 4th, by the Aldermanic Committee of the New York City Council on the Tweed Ring rob­ beries. They reported that there was no legal obstacle in the way of a vigorous prosecution of the Ring thieves who were still living there in the enjoyment of their stolen fortunes. Some, whom the committee name, had made no restitution. The report was accepted, and on consideration of that portion which treated of Tweed's fate as too harsh in comparison with the leniency shown his associates, it was voted--17 to 7--that he be released on condi­ tion that he surrender his property as agreed, and aold himself ready to testify as a witnese. The committee stated that the robberies ag­ gregated $50,000,000, of which $1,000,000 only had been recovered. THE number of marriages in New York City in 1877 was 7,129; births, 25,509; deaths, 26,194. The number of deaths of children under five years of age was 12,344, being 1,866 less than in 1876. THERE were 8,026 deaths in Chicago last year, being 547 less than in ISTtt. . VMS RBW VOB1A JpOvEB $5,000,000 worth of property wis destroyed by accidents on the Western overs daring the past year, and seventy lives •ere lost, two-thirds of them by explosions «nd the burning of steamers. THERE were in the United States bn the 29th ult., United States bonds to the amount of |34§,217,550 to secure bank circulation and $13,988,000 to secure pub- lie deposits. National Bank circulation out­ standing: Currency notes, $320,240,385; gold notes,' 91,432,000. -{0"Om of the oldest and largest dry- goodb importing bouses of Montreal, Can., {Geo.Wiake & Co.) suspended, on the 20th ult. liabilities, •800,000* will pay about 75 per oont. DURING 1877, the yield of the precious petals in the States and Territories west of tike Missouri River, including British Columbia^ and the west coast of Mexico, was $98,500,000; being $7,500,000 in excess of the yield of 1876. California gave $15,250,000 in gold, and $1,250,- 000 in silver; Nevada, $460,000 In gold, and $44,320,000 in silver--this being silver bullion, containing, it is said, about 45 per cent, of fpld--Arizona yielded $2,330,000. THE silver wedding of President Mrs. Hayes wascelebrated at the White House, m the evening of the 31st ult. The attend- ; faice was mainly of those who attended the %eddlng twenty-five years ago. THE New York stock-broking firm yjjf John Bonner & Co. failed on the 31st ult, «nd the senior member of the firm fled the ~4jlty. Securities to the amount of $700,000 are fitid to have been re-hypothecated. THE German Savings Bank of Lafay- - Otte, Ind., failed on the 31st ult. The Direct­ ors say all depositors will be paid in full. THE Pennsylvania Legislature was on (be 1st, by the election of ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. THE following are the provisions of law In this State (" Revised Statutes of Illinois,*' Chapter 98, Section 17,) in regard to holidays: Thn following clavs, to-wit: The first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day, the fourth day of July and twenty-fifth day of PecemJier, commonly called Christnian Day, and any day appointed or recommenced toy the Gov­ ernor of tin* State or ihe President- of the linked Btntes, as a day of fast or thank*umnir, shall, for nil purposes whatsoever, n« regards the present­ ing for payment or acceptance, the maturity anaproU'MtiuK and givrnff notioa of the dishonor of bills of exchange. Nmfc checks an<l promissory notes, or other negotiable or commercial paper or instrument, he tr« ated and considered as is the first day of "the week, commonly called Sun­ day ; and all notes, bills, drafts, cheeks, or other evidence of indebtedness, tailing due or matur­ ing on either of said days, shall be deemed as due or having matured on the day previous, and should two or more of those days come together, or immediately succeeding each other, then such instruments, paper or indebtedness shall be deemed as due or having matured on the day previous to the first of said days. GEOROR MCDONALD, an engineer on the Western Union Railroad, was fatally injured at Rock Island, the other night. He had housed his engine, and, in making his way through the yard, passed under the coupling of two freight cars and out on the other side of the train, when a switch-engine passed sud­ denly on the next track, hurling him down, cutting off an arm and mangling a leg. He was taken into the depot and surgical aid sum­ moned, but he died in half an hour. He was conscious all the time, and repeated, over and overi " My poor wife 1 What will become of her?" THE Illinois State Teachers' Association late in session at Springfield, elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows: President, Robert Allyn, of Carbondale; Treasurer, J. P. Slade, of Belleville; Secretary, MissS. E.Ray­ mond, of Bloomington; Executive Committee, Joshua Pike of Jerseyville, T. J. Burrill of Champaign, James Hannon of Chicago; and a Vice-President from each Congressional Dis­ trict. STATE Scp'T ETTER has been appointed a member of the Comhiittee of the National Teachers' Institute to memorialize Congress for more extended National aid to the Nation­ al Educational Bureau, by establishing a Na­ tional educational fund from the proceeds of the sale of lands. JUDGE T. D. MURPHY has been elected Chief Justice of the First District Appellate Court In place of the late Judge Heaton. He wished Judge Pleasants should take it, but the latter declined on the ground that Judge Murphy outranked him, having been on the Bench nearly twenty years. This action was taken immediately, because it was necessary in all processes and other papers to have the name of the Chief Justice, and hence they could not wait until the appointment of another col­ league by the Supreme Court ON the morning of the SOth ult., Geo. W. Hunt, sixty years old, was found dead near his home, four miles north of Mt. Carmel, with an empty whisky jug near him. TUB following is a statement of the receipts and disbursements at the State Treasury for the month of December, 1877: RTrvnyra Revenue fond $27,142 69 Illinois River improvement 7,000 TO School fund 16.948 88 Local bond f and 9,910 88 Total 35 mSBOBSEMKHXa. Revenue fond $83,224 06 School fund 939 09 Local bond fund 136 35 What a Boy Wants. LAST Friday night a chunk of a boy, who, like all of his kind, is in an agony of suspense respecting what the glorious coming Christmas morn will disclose in his behalf, was discovered laborious­ ly writing. His mother kept an eye on his movements, but he held steadily to his task a full hour. At last, in re­ sponse to the motherly question, "What are you doing, my son?" the youngster gravely handed her a sheet of note pa­ per, on which he had managed to scrawl the following. It is given verbatim, and there will not be wanting those who will find it a genuine Christmas classic: DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 21,1 1877. f The pressots I want for Christmas From papa and mama: A pair of club skates A game of the tite rope walkers You by this game of the ropewalkers at the holyody gods store A box of colored writeing paper A book about the pumpkin house Old mother goose A bracket naw and some wood And some transe fers And some candy potatoes And some Mixed candies And A malate for my tool chest And A round chisel And some Nuts And A pocket book with some money iu it And A 2 or 3 bladed knife And that is all and if you dont want to get so much you needent Your son Total #84.299 5!) AT Charleston, on the night of the 31st ult., William Miles accidentally Shot and killed Alfred Arteburn. Bias. JENNIE PUCKER, of Chicago, commit­ ted suicide, on New Year's Day, by taking an overdose (if arsenic. FOR the month of December the revenue collections in Sangamon and Logan Counties, being the first division of the Eighth District, were $140,387."25. DB. W. A. PRATT, Illinois State Fish Com­ missioner, states that he has now on hand over 3,000,000 game fish, consisting of Califor­ nia and other varieties of the salmon, which he will distribute within the next sixty days, to be placed in the waters of this State, These fish have been donated to Illinois by the Gen­ eral Government. Parties wishing a supply should address the Commissioner, at Elgin. Miss JENNIE CULBERTSON, twenty-three years old, a resident of Macon, committed sui­ cides, on the evening of the 2d, by taking strychnine. Iler love troubles are said to have been the inducing cause. CHICAGO put UP about seven miles of stores and houses last year. ON the 1st, at Cobden, Columbus Arm­ strong, a bartender, istruck Mat Houser on the head with a cow shovel, f acturing the skull. Houser died next day from the effects of the blow. THE January payments on account of the principal and interest of the State debt aggre­ gate $890,000. In response to questions fron t'°.e J u'ges of the Second Appellate District, the Gove nor states that he will not at present order an election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Heaton. Judge Heaton was a Cir­ cuit Judge of the old Third Circuit, and was assigned to duty on the appellate bench for the Second District. The question whether the law creating the Appellate Courts is Con­ stitutional is involved in the case of The Peo­ ple vs. Geo. W. Wall, appeal from St. Clair, which will be argued at the January term of the Supreme Court. As already reported, this case was based on the information of the At- torney-General, in the nature of a quo war­ ranto, alleging that. Geo. W. Wall had no right to the office of Judge under the new law. The decision below was pro forma, in favor of Judge Wall, and an appeal was taken. If the decision of the Supreme Court shall sustain the new law, the vacancy caused by J udge licatou's death must lie filled by an election in the circuit created by the new law; but if that law is found unconstitutional, then the election must be held in Judge Hcaton'sold district. In this state of facts the Governor prefers to wait until the Supreme Court de­ cision is had, before ordering the election. AT Rock Islaud, on the 3d. John H. Eigen- wilicli, a German of middle age, was found dead in his bed at a house back of the city, where he transiently stopped. The Coroner's jury rendered a verdict of death by his own hand. The man, who was recovering from a debauch of several weeks' duration, shot him­ self twice in the head, from which death re­ sulted. p s--And a veloslpede. --Detroit Free Press. --Cord'al but Equivocal.--Mamma-- '•Look, Cis*y, here is the dear doctor coming. What a favorite he is! See, even the little chickens run to meet him." Cissy--44 Yes, ma; and the little ducks ciy, * Quack! quack!*" The Fashion?. THE ̂ 44 tailleur " style for ladies' gar­ ments is becoming quite popular. It is conspicuous for its perfect cut. The seams are pressed, the borders simply stitched and left uu trimmed. A cloak in this style is of heavy felt cloth. It forms a paletot, crossed in front, with a turned-down collar and revers, and two rows of large buttons. The 44 tail­ leur" sty lei s also employed for ordi­ nary suits, princess dresses and polo­ naises. The outer garment consists of a small straight paletot, made on the above-described principle. The material chosen is cloth in a subdued color, such as navy blue or Prussian green, unless English tartan with blue and green check is preferred. As the latter "material is of a rather fancy character, it will not come into very general use. The 44 tailleur" style of dress has often from nine*to eleven rows of stitching on the borders. These rows of stitch­ ing vary in number according to the part of the garment upon which they are placed. There is naturally more of this stitching employed for the skirt than for the ends of the cuff. For a princess dress and polonaise the dra­ peries must be slight. The best way of fastening the plaits is by means of large flat buttons, either of wood, nickel, ivory or shell, and varying ac­ cording to the material of which the garment is made. It is very likely that to this masculine style is attrib­ utable the prevalence of black or brown felt hats called 44 melon." This shape is not at all to be recommended. Square low necks, and sleeves termi­ nating at the elbow, will be most worn this winter. Plastrons are used for most of the waists; they are over the breast and in the back, and children's suits have as many plaited plastrons as ladies' toilets. These plastrons are a very great improvement upon woolen suits. A favorite trimming at present is that which is cut out in squares, with silk plaitings underneath. Tinted silks, instead of bright, de­ cided colors, are more and more worn; in fact, such colors as pink, green, blue and yellow, are scarcely to be seen. For those persons who prefer the plain style of dress, black, white and pearl colors are chiefly resorted to. If beaded galloon is employed, hand­ some jet beads are used, or even clair de lune; but the more eccen^ic kinds, such as 44 flam me de punch," 44Ves- uve," or 44 sole il couch ant," beads are never used. The 44 scarabee " bead is another article employed exclusively for the numberless different green ma­ terials now in vogue. The favorite dressy winter suits are made of velours frappe on a satin grounding. Although these velvets do not make a youthful-looking dress, they are, notwithstanding, much in use, and no fashionable lady's ward­ robe will be considered as complete without one of them. These dresses will be made, principally, in different shades of green. They are much trimmed up in front. If the front of the dress does not consist of a band of this fancy velvet, extending down the whole front of the polonaise, thus form­ ing the vest and apron, the dress is trimmed with 44barettes" of passe­ menterie, rich embroidery, or galloon worked with all kinds of metal beads. Almost all the rich materials are com­ bined with plain velvet, the latter be­ ing used for the revers of the tunic, the large pelerme collars and the bias bands forming the borders. The velvet must always be in the darker shade of the figure in the velvet, while the faille trimming, bordering the squares, or the bias bands, are in the light shade of the grounding. Satin is scarcely ever used alone at present, but is combined with velvet. Persons who do not admire the differ­ ent shades of green so fashionable at present can have seal color instead, Bands of sealskin as trimming are ex­ tensively employed. Cachemire de l'lnde and faille suits, bordered with sealskin in place of galloon, make ele­ gant suits. This fur is also used to trim beige cloth, but other furs are pre­ ferred to sealskin for light materials. Parisian ladies are not as partial to the sealskin sacques as the English and Americans, the French limiting their use of the fur to trimming purposes. There is a distinction now made in seal­ skin, the two kinds being called, respectively, summer and winter seal­ skin. One is a deeper brown than the other, and handsomer. There is to be had Kamschatka sealskin, which, how­ ever, is very rare. As already stated, their principal use is confined to bands, deep cuffs, and Richelieu collars. La­ dies also wear sealskin caps. For Pa­ risian gentlemen this fur is made into vests and bands to border the garments, with collars and cuffs to match.--N. Y. Times. A Century of Danish History. A well-authenticated case of longevi ty is reported from Copenhagen. On Wednesday, Nov. 21, there died in that town, at the age of one hundred and two years eleven mouths eleven days, a Mr. Johan Joseph Ronge, a glass-deal­ er and glasscutter by trade, the oldest citizen of Copenhagen. He was born on the 10th of December, 1774, not ear­ ly enough to have seen Queen Caro­ line Mathilde before she was carried to Cronborg Castle and sent an exile to Celle, hut still at a time when as a boy he could from eye-witnesses hear the report of the public execution of that Queen's unhappy favorite, the once all- powerful Minister Struensee. He was a youth of over eighteen when Louis XVI. was beheaded, a man of forty at the time of Waterloo and the downfall of Napoleon I. Till he was 100 years old Mr. Ronge managed his business himself, and attendee! in his shop, though he had been compelled some years earlier to give up working at the glass-cutter's wheel. On the . 10th of December, 1874, he received from the King a decoration, not as a reward for living so long, but as an ac­ knowledgment of an active and hon­ orable life of no common extent. Even after having completed his century, the old man could be seen every day sitting at the same table in one of the most frequented cafcs of Copenhagen, sipping his tumbler of toddy and glanc­ ing at the papers, withered and wrin­ kled as an over-kept winter apple, but withal, hale and healthy, with his men­ tal powers unimpaired, and perfectly able to help himself, even to walk without a stick. His death, which was sudden at the last, was occasioned, not by any decline of strength, but by a se­ vere cold.--London Times --Elder Evans, of the Shakers, at­ tributes to the use of animal food the thirst for intoxicating drinks. 441 have found," he says. 44 by many years' ex­ perience, that whenever I get a man to abstain from the use of flesh meats, much salt, and other condiments, he quite easily leaves alcohol, tobacco and drugs." - The Death List of 1877. The Detroit News furnishes the fol­ lowing chronological summary of the more conspicuous persons who have "gone over to the majority" during the last year: 4 v JANUARY. 4. Com. Vanderbilt, the Railroad King.» 4. Henri Monier, French artist and author. 7. Herman Brockbaus, German Orientalist. 7. Winther, great Danish poet. 9. Lucille Western, American actress. 11. Alexander Bain, English author and schol- 11. Francois Buloz, founder of the Rome de* Deux Monde*, 11. Thomas Page, English architect. 24. Christian roggendorf, eminent German physicist. * . 37. The Rev. G. B. Jocelyn, President of Al­ bion College. ' ---. Joseph Smith, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N. --. --^ Kling, German chess problemist. --T. Siguor Blitz, well-known ventriloquist, etc. FEBRUARY' , . 2. Leon Joseph Gatayes, musician and critic, Paris. * _ 6 James A'den, Rear-Admiral L. 8. N. 6. John Mahony, well-known Fenian leader. 8. Charles Wilkes, Rear-Admiral U. S. N. 10. Theodorus Bailey, Rear-Admiral U. S. N. 11. Sir William Ferguson, surgeon to Queen Victoria. 14. C'liangarnier, French General. 14. Amadee Pichot, French author. 16. Ludwig von Gerlach, prominent Prussian Conservative. 18. Herr Mosenthal, German dramatist. 18. Charles H. Davis, Rear-Admiral U. 8. N. 90. Louis M. Goldsborough, Rear-Admiral U. S. N. 23. John Oxenford, prominent English critic. 23. Jung Bahadoor, Indian ruler. MARCH. 2. Joel T. Hart, American sculptor. 5. Marquis da Compegien, the distinguished African traveler. 6. Joseph Autran, French poet and dramatist. 6. Gordon Buck, distinguished American sur­ geon. 7. Johann Jacoby, great German Soeial Dem­ ocrat. 7. Walter Bagehot, English politician and financial writer. 7. Matilda Heron, American actress. 7. Emory Washburne, ex-Governor of Massa­ chusetts. 7 George Odger, English workman's agi­ tator APRIL. 1. Marechal, great French painter. 8. Badou, noted Belgian painter. 5. Julius Otto, great German song-writer. 8. Dr. W. A. Muhlenberg, author of "I Would Not Live Alway." 20. Edward Belcher, well-known English Ad­ miral, famous for his Arctic explora­ tions. 29. Alexander Braun, German botanist, geologist and paleontologist. 29. The notorious Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee. MAT. 2. John Forsyth, Southern editor, etc. 9. Commodore Totten, U. 8. N. 11. The Rev. Dr. Taylor Lewis, Professor at Union College, Schenectady, and a well- known philologist, essayist, etc. 11. Gustav von Manstein, German General. 13. Louis Joseph Ernest Picard, French advo­ cate and statesman. 17. Edmund Quiney, author, Massachusetts. 22. Mathew Digby Wyatt, English architect and designer of Crystal Palace. 29. J. Lothrop Motley, the American historian. 29. Fletcher Harper, last of the original Arm of Harper Brothers. --. Henry Perkins, English sculptor. JTJNH. 3. Sophia Frederica Matilda, Queen of Hol­ land. 15. Lady Sterling Maxwell (Lady Norton). 15. Mary Carpenter, English authoress and philanthropist. 16. The Hon. D. D. Pratt, United States ex- Senator from Indiana and ex-Commis­ sioner of Internal Revenue. 17. The Rev. J. 8. C. Abbott, American au­ thor. 20. Charles F. Briggs, a well-known Journalist, of New York City. 24. Com. J. R. Goldsborough. 25. Robert Dale Owen, prominent American Spiritualist and social reformer. 36. Santini, Italian astronomer. 27. Hugh W. Mercer, Confederate General. 10. Hels, German astronomer. JULY. 6. Fr. William Hacklrender, the "German Dick6Q8« ^ ° 9. Prof. Sanborn Tenney, of Williams Col­ lege. 12. Sir George Bell, veteran British General. 29. Samuel Warren, English novelist, author of " Ten Thousand a Year," etc. 29. George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the Ad­ miralty, Great Britain. * AUGUST. 4. Field-Marshal von Steinmetz, celebrated „ " Prussian General. 9. Dr. A. B. Crosby, Professor at Bellevue Hospital, New York. 15. William Longman, well-known publisher, of London. 16. Dr. Asa D. Smith, President of Dartmouth College. 19. Henri Conneau, French surgeon and physi­ cian to the late Emperor Napoleon. 20. Henry Rogers, English writer, author of 44 The Eclipse of Faith," etc. 28. Ben DeBar, the American *4Falstaff." 29. Brigham Young, President of the Mormon Church. 90. Admiral Semmes, of Confederate fame.* 30. William 8hannon, ex-Governor of Kansas. SEPTEMBER. 1. E. L. Davenport, American actor. 3. Louis Adolphe Thiers, French statesman and. historian, and ex-President of the French Republic. 14. Constantine Canaris, Greek statesman. 16. Levi Coffin, well-known anti-slavery apos­ tle, and officci* of the underground rail­ road. 16. Henry Compton, English comedian. 30. Louis V. Bogy, United States Senator from Missouri. 22. W. II. F. Talbot, one of the pioneers in photography. 33. Leverrier, celebrated French astronomer. 39. Henry Meiggs, American railroad builder in Peru. OCTOBER. 3. Archbishop Bayley, of Baltimore. 3. Mme. Titieus, the great singer. 34. Geo. L. Fox, American comedian. 38. Joseph Durham, English sculptor. 39. Edwin Adams, American actor. 29. Gen. Forrest, Confederate chieftain. 31. Baron Frederick von Wrangel, Field Mar­ shal of the Prussian Army. NOVEMBER. 1. O. P. Morton, U. 8. Senator, Indiana's 44 War Governor," etc. L Pierre Lanfrey, French Senator and histo­ rian. 4. Duvergler, French jurist. 6. Gustav Brion, French painter. 8. Amelia, Dowager Queen of Saxony. 9. Jose Olozga, Spanish Progressionist leader. 14. Julia Kavanagn, English authoress. 23. Sauveur Henri Victor Bouvier, the well- known French physician and medical 34. VosesH Grinnell. New York merchant, *fui.,.ilron of Polar research. DECEMBER. 7. Benj. Huger, Confederate General. 11. Sidney Smike, English architect. 15. Lord Percy, General in English Army. 17. D'Amelle de Paladins, French General. 93. G. W. McCook, General U. S. A., and of the ,4 fighting" McCook family. Sold for Sent. The house was small, and located in one of the many little streets that are hidden from the public eye by reason of their modest pretensions. A Con­ stable stood outsiae, superintending the removal of a lot of well-worn house­ hold furniture. At the door was a woman, clasping to her frail breast a little baby, scarcely six months old. At her side, and hanging on to her thin skirts, were three other children, the eldest not above eight years of age. No one else was near. Not a word was murmured as chair, bureau, bed and table went out through the narrow doorway and on to the cart that was backed up in front to receive the goods. The face of the mother was the picture of sadness and despair. Her erm were dimmed, her Bps trembled and the little one at her breast seemed to creep closer as the sighs of the parent broke out now and then in & heart­ rending manner. 4 4 Oh! mamma, don't let him take my horse, don't let him take my horse, don't let him take my horse!" suddenly exclaimed the eldest, a bright boy, as he saw the men carry­ ing to the truck the defaced remnant of what was once a decent hobby-horse. 44 My 'ittle chair, my 'ittle chair!** cried another, a wee bit of a girl; 44Ohi mamma he's doin' to take it away!" It was a pitiful sight to witness, and the mother's heart could not help mak­ ing one plea for the things her darlings- craved. It was no use. Everything^ was taken, and in a few moments after the poor woman stood in the center of what had once been a cheerful parlor* now utterly destitute, with only the cold barren floor meeting her gaze. In another hour she and her little onea would be turned into the streets, with­ out friends, without food, without shel­ ter.--Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Leader1* A Practical Hint In Making " Every man his own executor," was the motto adopted by the late Job Cleveland, Esq., of Jersey City, N. J., an honorable gentleman of business in life, and a sensible gentleman of large estate in death. This head of a family and fortune had viewed not without thoughtful alarm the increasing ten­ dency to thwart the wills of men who die leaving the customary testamenta­ ry bequests whereby they give and be­ stow the earnings and savings of their lives to heirs, in the shape of wives, children, friends, benevolent institu­ tions, etc.; he had likewise seen the unfortunate results which oftentime follow the disposition of estates in the law's prescribed form, without wills, whereby property is broken up among the legal heirs and families so often di­ vided in spirit. All this made a deep impression on Mr. Cleveland, and he resolved to inaugurate a new method in the division of his ample estate among those whom he should choose as his heirs. Just what Mr. Cleveland^ new plan was has been kept as his own secret, and was only unlocked to the world the second or third day after his death, which occurred one week ago. Tb^n, in the usual search for papers which follows such events--often with a haste not at all becoming--to ascertain who is the 44 favorite" heir; who is the one 44 cut off with a shilling;'1 and who would probably be contented, and who would likely contend for a setting aside of the will, on account of insanity, un­ due prejudice, or something of that sort--it was ascertained that, so far as the Mr. Job Cleveland 44 will-case*' was concerned, there would never be such a one in the Surrogate's or the Probate Court. There was money, and there were heirs; but in the apportion­ ment of the former to the latter, Mr. Cleveland had fixed everything beyond dispute, even beyond the skill of a hun­ gry lawyer to disturb, for, in place of a will, the testator had made a division of his property in all due and legal forms through the execution of deeds and accompanying documents, proper-, ly drawn, attested to, and recorded in life, but retained in the testator's own possession, and duly directed to each beneficiary. Here was Mr. Cleve­ land's plan as revealed by , the hand of death. It may be that the example of the wise father and man of business in New Jersey will assist materially in solving the problem, which is growing out of the many will contests of late inaugu­ rated, hardly without exception, against every estate of prominence which en­ ters into the Probate Courts of the land, and by which so much of falsehood and scandal is' being evolved. A convey­ ance of property from almost any of these deceased business men and capi­ talists to a stranger--made in life and properly signed and recorded--would be neld as good and valid in any court of justice, despite charges of in­ sanity, undue influence or prejudice, and why would it not hold equally strong when made to a child or other legal heir? It may be that the era of unseembly squabbles over dead men's property can be ended, ankl it may be that Job Cleveland's method of attend ing to bequests will do much toward leading to this much-desired end.--Chi­ cago Journal. --San Francisco fishermen complain that the sea lions, which 4ttre protected by law, are increasing so rapidly and are so destructive of fish that they are endangering the needed supply of food for citizens. --An enterprising Chicago restaur­ ant-keeper announces on his bulletin: 44 Sigars, toboco, and bullony sawsig.* THE MARKETS. 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