The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Jfefyvy phiMer. 1.ni 8LTKK, SMwikMllriMr. i T ILLINOIS. HFCHENBY. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. fkradeawd Telegraphic Hews. rr. r P •U WORLD. •'• A LONDON dispatch of the morning of the 14th says news had been received that win. Gonrko had occupied the position lately hfiSd ty Sufetiuaii, HIIU thai » column of Sas- sl&n troops were being hurried toward Adrian­ ople. In Constantinople it was stated that the latter defensive works were only partially manned, and it was believed that they could «iMly be carried by assault Yeni Saghtm was Oecupicd by the Russians, on the 13th. Two TURKISH delegates have been appointed to negetiate far peace with the Rus­ sian Grand Puke Nicholas. THE German and Italian Ambassa­ dors to Turkey have notified the Porte that, if it permits the British fleet to come to Constan­ tinople, Germany and Italy will also demand permission to pass through the Dardanelles. OVER 100,000 persons attended the tkmeral of M. Raspail, at Paris, on the 13th. THERE were rumors in Constantino­ ple, on the 14th, of a heavy battle near Tatar- Basarjik, in which the Russians were defeat­ ed, with the loss of 3,000 men. OVER 20,000 fugitives from Roumelia leached Constantinople during the week pre­ ceding the 14th. THE Turks claim that their fleet has bombarded and destroyed the Russian ports of Enpatoria and Yalta in the Crimea. THE Servians have captured Vraiza, and, on the 14th, were marching on Prishtina. DR. SLADK, the American Spiritual­ ist, has been expelled from Vienna because he was unable to explain his vocation satisfactorily to the police. A BELGRADE special of the 15th says Starvia demands, as her price for peace, the -independence of the Principality, the cession «f Old Servia and Indemnity for Turkish dev­ astations in the last war. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the Mth says Philippopoli6 had been evacuated by the Turks and burned. Adjos and Karrabad kad«lao been burned. AN Odessa dispatch of the 15th re­ ports further bombardment of Crimean ports by the Turkish fleet. Among the towns thus attacked were Sebastopol, Theodosia and Anapa. THE Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the 16th, addressed a note to the Powers respecting the misunderstanding • iHtich bad arisen on the subject of an ar­ mistice with Russia, and asked their interven­ tion to bring about a suspension of hostilities. A LONDON dispatch of the 16th says .ithad been learned that Suleiman Pasha's Army was between two Russian Armies on the road to Adrianople, and that it was likely to 'lie captured before an armistice could be con­ cluded. .:A SPECIAL to the Yienna newspapers e 16th say that the Turkish Commander rzeroumhad offered to surrender, ifal- ed to retire with his troops. AN Athens (Greece) dispatch of the 16th says the National Guard of all towns in Greece had been called to arms. It was be­ lieved that an insurrection impended in Thes- aalyand Epirus. The Cretan Assembly was about to declare the annexation of Crete to , Greece. *THE British Parliament was opened, *' till the 17th, by a speech from the Queen, in i Jwhlch she stated that, while neither Turkey nor Russia had so far infringe d on the condi- . Hons of British neutrality, circumstances might arise which would render it incumbent en the Government to adopt measures of pre­ caution and prevention, and she trusted to the liberality of Parliament to supply the means to perfect such measures. * • :1T was reported from Constantinople, !fjl the 17th, that, should pending negotiations OK an armistice fail, the Porte would unfurl I the flag of the Prophet and permit the En- gun fleet to pass the Dardanelles. *' 4 A VIENNA telegram of the 18th says «* the Porte had abandoned the hope of Suleiman '• ' • • jlfcsita being able to reach Adrianople, and had - . .--directed its evacuation. THE Russian vanguard has occupied P^ki-Saghra aud Yeni-Saghra. : " •• VICTOR EMMANUEL was hurled with ,,|0reat pomp at Rome on the 17th. ' V r A PERA dispatch of the 18th says the %/( Ijfrand Duke Nicholas had, on that day, met the Turkish Peace Commissioners, at Jamboli, * and announced that he had decided to treat r only at Adrianople, which, he demanded, Jhoold be immediately evacuated. The dele- • jutes assented, and immediately telegraphed # i ^Ipe necessary instructions. . .^7^TARTAR-BAZARDJIK and Philippopo- /§ were reported, on the 18th, to have been ' Ifocuated by the Turks and burned* raw WORLD. ~ ' : I ' T H E State Savings Bank (known ^fcl|l»ese*s Bank), at Trenton, N. J., stopped fpayment a few days ago. jri THE Crispins at Lynn, Mass., inau- ' . gurated a strike, on the 12th, which threatened v fo become general among the workmen in the •hoe factories in that place. .. ,t I EX-CQNORE88MAN JOHN R. FRANKLTN a few days ago, at Baltimore, Md. : JUDGE MCALLISTER, of the Chicago a v tjp'rcuit Court, has lately decided that the •rdinance, recently passed by the Common Council of that city--regulating the size of fruit packages--is In restraint of trade, and ^therefore unconstitutional and void. HON. JOHN BUEHLER, A State Sena- i (tor of Cook County, 111., was dangerously frrty jptabbed in Chicago by a Bohemian, named |iarso, on the morning of the 14th. m-. *T was reported from Annapolis, Md., on the Mth, that members of the Com- "? v |nittee on Federal Relations in the House of Delegates, to whom was referred Mr. Blair's -itft *.memorial relative to the Electoral Commis- *^on> were individually opposed to reopening iv W ̂ tnrbing the question of the Presidency. iii AN organization of 5,000 colored res- rf-rt.,' Identsof Florida, having appointed Rev. Mr. ^Storks to inquire into the advantages of Hayti f ' SIUttd San Domingo, as points for them to emi- • "*|p*te to for the bettering of their condition, - 'Mb. 8. has obtained a great deal of informa- relative thereto, but, still being undecided |n the matter, he had an Interview, a few days Itgo, with President Hayes, and laid the situa­ tion before him. The President has responded |n a letter, in which he says: "I am not well- nformed as to the advantages offered by San to iaMBigranta, hot 0J impression Is >! that your people should not be hasty in de­ ciding to leave this country. The mere differ­ ence in climate is a very serious objection to removal. The first generation, in all such re­ movals, suffer greatly. It is my opinion, also, that the evils which now affect you are likely steadily, and, I hope, rapidly, to diminish. My advice is, therefore, again t the proposed emi­ gration." THE inauguration of Richard M. Bishop, as Governor of Ohio, took place at Columbus, on the 14th. Nothwithstanding the unfavorableness of the weather, quite an imposing street parade and military display was Indulged in, but the inaugural ceremonies were held in the State-House. HON. GEORGE H. PENDLETON was, on the 15th, elected United States Senator by the Ohio Legislature to succeed Hon. Stanley Matthews, receiving 91 of the 188 votes in joint ballot. THE Crispin strikes which begun at Lynn, Mass., have extended to Marlboro, several strikes being inaugurated in the latter place on the 15th. GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN was Inaugurated Governor of New Jersey, on the l&lh. AT a Silver Convention, held at Springfield, IH., on the 15th, which was pre­ sided over by Hon. C. B. Lawrence, of Chi­ cago, a scries of resolutions were adopted de­ manding the remonctization of the silver dol­ lar, and claiming that the Government bonds were legally and rightfully payable in gold or silver, and declaring that, the Government cannot, with a due regard to the rights of the people, restrict itself to payment in gold only. SAMUEL BOWLES, editor . of the Springfield (Mass.) XepubUean, died in that city, on the night of the 16th. He was con­ scious until within a few minutes of the end, and contemplated death with the same com­ posure as when first stricken seven weeks be­ fore. ON the 16th, the Presid nt appointed the following Commissioners to the Paris Ex­ position: Geo. A. Halsey and Wm. B. Shippen, of New Jersey, and Bronson Bayless and Peter Staub, of Tennessee. AT their State Convention, held at Concord, on the 16th, the New Hampshire Democrats nominated Frank A. McKean for Governor and H. B. Fowler for Railroad Com­ missioner. The resolutions favor a stable currency and honest payment of the public debt; oppose all measures tending to impair the public credit; approve the refusal of Con­ gress to appropriate money for the Army while used in illegal and despotic oppression of citi­ zens; demand more complete protection for the savings of the industrial classes, by stricter supervision and control of savings banks, in­ surance companies and other institutions in which the people's money may be invested. Ex-Gov. WASHBURN has donated his residence and sixty acres of land near Mad­ ison, Wis., worth $100,000, to the State of Wisconsin for the establishment of an Indus­ trial and Reformatory School for Girls. THE Iowa Legislature effected an organization, on the 15th, by electing Repub­ lican officers in both branches--J. A. T. Hull being chosen Secretary of the Senate, and J. Y. Stone, Speaker of the House. A Republi­ can caucus, held In the evening, renominated Hon. Wm. B. Allison for United States Sen­ ator. HON. JOHN H. GEAR, the new Gov­ ernor of Iowa, was formally inaugurated, oi the 17th. GEN. JOHN S. WILLIAMS was elected to the United States Senate by the Kentucky Legislature, on the 17th. He succeeds Mr. McCreery, the present Incumbent. THE National House of Representa­ tives adopted a joint resolution, on the 17th, extending thanks to Henry M. Stanley, the African JExplorer, for solving the most impor­ tant geographical problem of the age. THE late Senator Morton's unfinished report of the Chinese investigation, conducted by the committee of the United States Senate of which he was a member, was submitted to the Senate, on the 17th, by Mr. Wadleigh, and ordered to be printed. It is said to be favor­ able to the Chinese. . THE number of killed in the recent railroad disaster near Tariffville, Conn., was reported, on the 17th, to be fourteen; wound­ ed, forty-five, some of them severely. ACCORDING to the annual circular just Issued by Dun, Barlow <fc Co., the number of failures in 1877 were 8,872--226 less than for 1876. The total liabilities for 1877 were $190,- 660,000, against $191,117,000 in 1876. In the Eastern States, the percentage of failures was one in every fifty-eight; in the Middle States, one in every seventy-three; in the Western States, one in every eighty-four; in the South, ern States, one in every eighty-five, and in the Pacific States and Territories, one In every forty-four. HON. GEO. WILLIAMSON, late Minis­ ter-Resident at Gautamela, was, on the 18th, nominated by the President as Collector of the Port at New Orleans. AT the meeting' of the State Grange of Illinois, recently held in Peoria, A. C. For- sythe was re-elected Master. EX-SEC'T BRISTO W was banqueted, by the citizens of Boston, on the 18th. ON the 18th, the Legislature of Mary­ land elected ex-Gov. James B. Groome United States Senator, to succeed Mr. Dennis for the term beginning March 5,1879. THE members of the Louisiana Re­ turning Board were arraigned before the New Orleans Superior Court, on the 18th, and re­ quired to answer to the charge of forgery and alteration of the returns of Vernon Parish. They pletided not guilty, and were held to baiL traduced in the Senate, on the 15th, among them the following: To authorize the pay­ ment of fees of counsel for the defense of poor persons in the court* of the United States; to extend, facilitate and cheapen land and water transportation of freights and pas­ sengers, and to promote industry and labor without further appropriation of public prop­ erty or increase of the public debt... .Mr. Morrill submitted an amendment to Mr. Matthews' Silver resolution, reciting at length the various acts of Congress pledging the faith of the Government, etc. A resolution of inquiry was adopted relative to the amount of Government bonds sold since March 4,1861 Mr. Voorhees spoke upon the resolution previously submitted by him de­ claring it of the highest importance that the financial credit of the Government be main­ tained. lie claimed that every Government bond which did not exorcpsly stipulate pay­ ment In poin ww justly payable in legal-ten­ der notes, and that three-fourths of the Na­ tional debt was thus legally and justly paya- ncy; ne favored the m ILLINOIS 8TAT£ NEWS. ble in National currency; he favored the re­ peal of the Resumption act. HOUSE.--Bills were introduced and referred--for reduction of postage; to prevent further contraction of the currency... .In Committee of the Whole, Mr. Price spoke In favor of the remonetization of the silver dol­ lar. ' SENATE.--On the 16th, a motion to refer the Matthews resolution in regard to paying bonds in silver to the Judiciary Com­ mittee was rejected--yeas, 19; nays, 81--and, after some discussion, the further considera­ tion Of the resolution was postponed until the 18th Senator Cockrell formally announced the death of the late Senator Bog;', of Mis­ souri, and eulogies were pronounced by a number of Senators. HOUSE.--A communication was pre­ sented from Elizabeth Thompson, of New York, tendering as a gift to the Government Carpenter's painting of the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President, Lin­ coln to his Cabinet, and a resolution was adopted accepting the gift, and designating Feb. 12 as the day for its formal reception Bills were passed--authorizing holders of un­ stamped documents to affix the necessary stamps in the presence of the Judge or Clerk of the Court ox Record, who shall make a cer­ tificate to that effect; appropriating $40,000 for the removal'of snags ana other obstruc­ tions from the Mississippi, Missouri and Ar­ kansas Rivers, and 16,000 to open the naviga­ tion of Red River above Shreveport. SENATE.--A bill was introduced and referred, on the 17th, to punish the forcible obstruction of inter-State commerce by rail­ ways--Mr. McDonald submitted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Senator Morton, and made suitable remarks upon the life and character of the deceased. Eulo­ gies were then pronounced by Messrs. Thurman, Conkling. Morgan, Bruce, Edmunds, Burnside, Booth, Anthony, Wadleigh, Pad­ dock and Voorhees. HOUSE.--Bills were introduced--to restrict Chinese immigration; to extend the provisions of the laws relating to soldiers and sailors of the War of 1812 Bills were passed --to make persons charged with crimes and offenses competent witnesses, at their own re­ quest, but not otherwise, In United States Courts, but their failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against them; directing the Secretary of war to pay to the officers and soldiers engaged in the War with Mexico the three months' extra pay already provided for by act of Congress. SENATE.--A bill was introduced and referred, on the 18th, reviving and continuing the Court of Commissioners of the Alabama Claims, and for the distribution of the unap­ propriated moneys of the Geneva award.... Several petitions were presented and referred. ... .A message was presented from the Presi­ dent mclosing a report from the Attorney- Genen^ttjKjllMIJbfkthe Ytosident had I non; Chaplain, the Rev. Samuel Paine, no oblige the Medical Director, Dr. L. C. Mitchell, Pacific Railroad Company to desist from an TgEef Council of Adm Tna law constituting the State Board of Health provides that the term of one member shall expire on Dec. 81 of each year. Accord­ ing to the lot drawn when the Board organ­ ized, the term of Hon. N. Bateman was for one year only. On the 11th, the Governor re­ appointed him. The State Board will assem­ ble at Charleston on the 24th Inst., and at Cairo on the 28th of February. THE State Auditor has issued a compilation of the Revenue Laws, for distribution to the County Clerks and other officers engaged in the assessment and collection of taxes. THERE were in the State, on July 1, 1877, nearly or quite 6,000 practicing physicians. Of these there are already applications from over 8,400 for certificates. Twenty-nine hundred certificates have already^been issued on evi­ dence of practice and graduation, and 200 of the remaining 500 have been examined and will, in due course, receive certificates. The other 800 are in course of examination. CRAWFORD COUNTY taxes are high, hogs low, and farmers grumbling. THB people of Anna and Jonesboro propose to put up a telephone between those towns. UNDRR the new State law of Illinois requir­ ing the registry of all births, the records of Sangamon County for seven weeks show that only four children were born, and one of them was dead. A MORGAN COUNTY fanner has 17,000 bush­ els of corn in his cribs. AT Charleston, this State, every man wear­ ing a blue ribbon receiyes a cup of coffee free at the coffee-house. AT Chicago, on the morning of the 14th, State Senator John Buehler was murderously assaulted by a German debtor. The Senator was stabbed in the forehead, cut badly in the arm, and the knife plunged into the abdomen. The last threatens to prove fatal. The diffi­ culty arose over the foreclosure of a mortgage which Mr. Buehler formerly held on the would-be assassin's homestead, but which, be­ fore the climax, he had sold to one Iser. Marso, the assailant, thought Buehler had treated him badly in the matter, and proposed to get even with him by plunging his knife iuto his body. He was arrested, and confessed that he had done the act premeditatedly. HON. A. A. GLENN has filed in the Supreme Court a petition for a mandamus to compel the State Auditor to allow, and the State Treas­ urer to pay, him $2,503.70. In the bill it is re­ cited that, as President of the Senate and de- facto Lieutenant-Governor of the State for two years, he was entitled to an annual salary of $1,000, as fixed by the Constitution for the pay of Lieutenant-Governor, and that of the amount to which he was entitled he received but $564.80, the amount of his per diem as a State Senator. He furthefc claims that during the absence of Gov. Beveridge from the State he acted as Governor for sixty-five days, a6 follows: April 27 to May 10, 1875, thirteen days; Dec. 2 to Dec. 14, 1876, twelve days; Jan. 3 to Jan. 18,1876, fifteen days; June 17 to July 6,1876, twenty-five days; total, sixty-five days. The Attorney-General filed a demurrer, and the case will be heard iu a few days. THE Twelfth Annual Encampment of the Department of Illinois, G. A. R., met in Springfield, on the 16th, seventeen of the twenty-two posts in the State being repre­ sented. The election of officers resulted: Commander, T. B. Coulter, Aurora; Senior Vice-President, E. D. Swain, Chicago; Junior Vice-President, Gen. C. W. Pavey, Mt. Ver- «ONOBB8*IONAl* SENATE.--On the 14th, Mr. Davis, ot Illinois, presented the petition of 400 bankers and business men of Chicago in favor of re­ taining gold as the single standard of value, and against the repeal of the Specie-Resump­ tion act; also the proceedings of a meeting held at Bloomington, 111., in favor of the remon­ etization of the silver dollar Several other petitions and a number of resolutions were presented and referred.... Mr. Edmunds sub­ mitted a long amendment to the preamble of the Matthews resolution declaring the right of the Government to pay its bonds in silver, etc., which was laid on the table and ordered printed Mr. Bailey spoke In favor of the Matthews resolution. HOUSE.--A large number of bills were introduced and referred, among which were the following: Providing for a Commis­ sion on the subject of the alcoholic traffic; increasing the special tax on wholesale liquor dealers; for the removal of the tax on depos­ its with State and National savings institu­ tions and trust companies... .A resolution was offered and rejecteel~-yeas, 107; nays, 140 --providing for a session of the House, on the 19th, for the purpose of hearing representa­ tive women petitioning in behalf of a Consti­ tutional amendment prohibiting the States from disfranchising citizens on account of sex--The Speaker announced a change in committee memberships, Mr. Price going to the Committee on Elections, and Mr. Cox (Ohio) to the Committee on Civil-Service Re­ form. . SENATE,--A number of bills were in- unlawful use of its road, if such use exists, nor is he empowered' to ascertain whether the law is being violated; these questions are for the courts to determine; until the rights of the companies are judicially ascertained, it is not advisable to have them defined through any criminal proceedings tinder the act of July 20, 1874... .The Matthews Silver resolu­ tion was further debated, Messrs. Merrimon and Maxey speaking in its favor... .Adjourned to the 21st. HOUSE.--A bill was introduced and referred donating lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the education of females The Military Academy Appropriation bill ($272,155) was re­ ported and made the special order for the 22d. Majority and minority reports were made in the contested election case for the Fourth District of California, the former declaring that the Democratic contestant (Peter D. Wig- ginton), and the latter that the Republican (Pacheco), is entitled to the seat Several private bills were referred to Committee of the Whole....The Senate resolutions relative to the death of Senator Morton were adopted Hid eulogies pronounced... .Adjourned to the 21st. The Fenr-Per Cent. Loan. The following circular in relation to the popular 4-per cent loan has been issued from the Treasury Department in Washington: TREASURY DEP'T., WASHINGTON*, Jan. 16. The Secretary of the Treasury hereby gives notice that fioni the 26th inst., and until fur­ ther notice, he will receive subscriptions for the 4-per cent, funded loan of the United States, in denominations as stated below, at par and accrued interest in coin. The bonds are redeemable after thirty years from July 1, 1877, and bear interest payable quarterly, on the l6t day of January, April, Jul}' and October of each year, and are exempt from the payment of taxes or duties to the United States, as well as taxation in anv form by or under State, mu­ nicipal or local authority. Subscriptions will be made for coupon bonds of $50, $100, #500 and $1,000, and for registered bonds of $50, $100, $500, $1,000, *5,1X10 and $10,000. Two per cent, on the purchase money must accom­ pany the subscription. The remainder maybe paid at the pleasure of the purchaser either at the time of subscription or within thirty days thereafter, with interest on the amount of subscription at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum to date of payment. Upon receipt of the full payment the bonds will be transmitted free of charge to subscribers, and a commission of one-quarter of 1 per cent, will be allowed upon the amount of subscriptions, but no commission will be paid upon any single sub­ scription less than $1,000. The forms of ap­ plication will be furnished by the Treasurer at Washington, the Assistant Treasurers at Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia. St. Louis and San Francisco, and by National Banks and bankers generally. Applications must specify the amount and denominations required, aiid for registered bonds the full name and Poetoffice address of the person to whom the bonds shall be made payable. The interest on the registered bonds will be paid by check Issued by the Treasurer of the United States to order of the holder, and mailed to addresB. The check Is payable on presenta­ tion, properly indorsed, at the offices of the Treasurer and Assistant Tresisurers of the United States. Payments maybe made in coin to the Treasurer of the United States at Washington, or Assistant Treasurers at Bal timore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis and San Francisco. To promote the conveni­ ence of subscribers the Department will also receive, in lieu of coin, called bonds of the United States, coupons past due or maturing within thirty days, or gold certificates issued under the act of March 3, 1803, and National Banks will be designated as depositories under the provisions of Section 5,153 Revised Stat- utes of the United States, to receive deposits on account of this loan, under regu lations to be hereafter prescribed. JOHN SHEKMAH, Secretary of the Tread or jr. i m 0 m --Samuel Graff, of Newton, was as saulte4 on the highway the other night, and suspicion points to a foe-to-Graff. Worcester Press. Administration, £. A. Sherbun, Chicago; S. L. Swinney, Springfield; J. W. Burst, Sycamore; T. G. Lawler, Rock- ford; H.H.Thomas, Chicago. Delegates to the National Encampment, which meets at Springfield, Mass., next May, Gen. H. H. Thomas, Chicago; Gen. J. N. Reece, Spring­ field ; alternates, J. W. Burst, Sycamore, and E. S. Weeden, Chicago. The officers vers In­ stalled. Galesburg was chosen as the place for the next annual Department Encamp­ ment. EIGHTT acres of land situated in Scott County, five miles from Winchester, recently sold for eighty-five dollars per acre. The land was not all under cultivation, and there was no building on it. THE store-room of J. D. Cooper & Son, at Chapin, in Morgan County, was burned, on the night of the 15th. Loss, $14,GOO. The Postoffice was In the store and was also burned. A SILVER CONVENTION was held in Spring­ field, on the 15th, over which ex-Chief-Justice C. B. Lawrence presided, and which was at­ tended by men of both parties heretofore prom­ inent in the politics of the State. The resolu­ tions adopted declare in favor of the remone­ tization of silver, and insist that justice de­ mands that the legal-tender quality formerly attaching to silver be restored. THE Danville Banking and Trust Company suspended, on the Kith. Condition of assets and deposits unknown. THE protracted conflict between Christ Church, of Chicago, and the Episcopal Bishop of Illinois has been brought to a close by the recent decision of the Supreme Court, that the church property vests in the congregation or Trustees, instead of the Bishop, and is subject only to the Constitution and laws of the State. The case will hereafter figure only in ecclesi­ astical history. ^ A DECIDED sensation was created at Mount Vernon, on the 16th, by a witness, John Brad- dock, testifying that he had broken Jail in that city some three years ago, having been im­ prisoned for stealing wheat. Upon stepping from the witness-box he was arrested by Sheriff Yost and lodged in jail. He is wanted at Osceola, Ark., for murdering Joshua Kin­ dle, of Mississippi County, some two and a half years ago. He admitted the crime. THE State National Bank of Springfield has bought the bank building of Jacob Bunn for $20,000. J. LOWCRANE, of Morgan County, was ad­ judged a bankrupt, - on the 16th. His debts are about $90,000. THE store of Mr. Withel, Bethel, was entered by burglars on the night of the 15th, the safe blown open and $200 taken there­ from. THE Manayunk Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania has withdrawn from business in Illinois. REV. SAMUEL CHASE', D. D., Vice-President of Jubilee College, died on the morning of th& 15th. He was sixtv vears old. --They lived in Kansas and had a nice homestead. Then they were divorced. Then she, taking several of the chil­ dren, and being thus the head of an­ other family, took a homestead along­ side of the old homestead. Then they remarried after a cruel separation of a week. Be it ever so humble there's no place like--two adjoining homesteads. --Detroit Free Press. --Said an excessively fleshy woman: " I can scarcely make a remark but that my husband is always ready to take me up.11 "Madam," replied printer, "your husband is always ready, then, for a fat take." TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Two EnglBMh a Ban>ge and Three PauMeng«r Car* Pall Through a Broken Bridge near TartflTvtllc, Covin.--Over a Dozen Persona Killed and Ifanjr Others Injured--Statement of the Conductor. HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 16. Latest advices from the scene of the railroad disaster last night, and from places where the woundeel were taken, {•lace the number of dead at thirteen, t is possible that more may be found in the wreck. T. M. Elmer, conductor, thus describes the accident: I had l>ecn in the mail compartment in the basrgagtroar, whore I left Mr. Jones, Superintend­ ent, tuutorting tii ket*. 1 hail started to go through the tmin, and hud K<>* j«F,t by the front door of the tmpgace-car, and was about to oj»en it, when 1 felt the rear end fx ttling «nd heard a loud cra«h. My hand iihnoft on the door-knob. Close by m a corner of the car WHS H Btove m which was a verv hot fire. My thought WM to get away from the fire BO a« not to be burned. The ie ir eiul of the car went down a little, and wttled, and then the whole car dropped down with very little pitching one side, and struck. I had Jninucd liack from the door and was a few scuts back, clone to a window, when the car brought, np. Just as it struck, a heavy beam fell down upon the roof, and came *h hrnd. knocking me wells, as compared with short-lived {iroducers in some localities. Chi Fridav ast, the Cooper Well, on the lease ad­ joining Emerson's, and the Thomas Well, on the McClymond's Farm, ad­ joining the Riddle Farm, struck the fourth sand, and began, running at ft. rate that promised to eclipse "Old: Te^er,1'--Pittsburgh CommcrcvciL fACTS AND FIGURES* THERE are 700 vessels engaged ii dredging for oysters in fiarylanx down, and cutting ine on the temple. 1 was i stunned by the blow, lint soon saw what the situ­ ation was. There were three other men in the car, al) passengers, whom I did not know. It was very dark in the ear, to that 1 could see nothing excepting a streak olT light which cam* through the hole m the roof made by the I team. This hole was large enough for a man to crawl th rough. Hie other men saw the ot»ening, and we tried to Set out, but found we could not reach the roof, teamvliile the water wan coming into the car through the floor and windows and was rapidly rising. It got up to a point above our waists and stopped, when we knew that the car had struck bottom and we felt safe. There were no expressions of alarm by eit'ier of us. We waited for the time being without mak­ ing an effort to jret through the hole, but, when everything came to a standstill, we went to work to rescue ourselves, which was accomplished by lifting one man up to the roof and after he got through he assisted another, and then the others were helped out. After getting out we went to the car behind, which was lying rorner ways, out of which the passengers were crawling through the windows. This car was pitched down, and it appeared as if more of the passengers mast be jammed on the lower end. The cries were heartrending. Men and women appeared to be suffering from extreme pain. Some were crying piteously: "Oh, don't step on me;" "Getoff, for my legs are broken;" "Help up, do," and all such cries and appeals. We as­ sisted several ladies out, and got out one young man who was up to his chin in water. After doing this, I was so thoroughly chi'led through that 1 became numb and had to give up. Mr. Elmer was about his regular business yesterday, and ran on trains back and forth to Tariffville. He wears a patch over a cut on his temple. The bridge was built by A. D. Briggs & Co., of Springfield, Mass., in Decem­ ber, 1875. It is a Howe truss with two spans, each being 163 feet long. There seems to have been nothing wrong with the structure. The timbers where they were broken off and splintered are sound. The spans were long, but some of the most experienced railroad men agree that the accident was wholly caused by,the tremendous weight of two engines passing over at the same time. Both certainly weighed sixty tons, and possibly more. One man, who stood at the depot in Tariffville as the train left there, noticed its make up, and reports that he waited in sus­ pense to see whether it would pass over the bridge safely, and, while he was waiting, heard the crash. The suppo­ sition is that the supporting iron col­ umns broke, causing the timbers to snap. The bridge is elevated about ten feet above the river at the pres­ ent stipe of water, is approached from the east by "an embankment, and from the west by a large trestle-work across meadows. The first locomotive had cleared the west span and entered upon the trestle-work, when the entire span gave way, breaking off imme­ diately east of a heavy stone structure in the center of the river. As the structure gave W|y the first engine was hurled violently over, imbedded in the ground and completely wrecked. The other engine and the baggage-car went down with the wreck in an upright position, and the side of a heavy truss fell over upon them. The first passen­ ger car was whirled around and sank to the bottom of the river, lying nearly parallel with the stream. The second passenger car went down end foremost upon the first car, smashing the largest portion into kindling-wooa, the rear end resting upon the bridge. The next car occupied a similar position, but swerved to the left, and did not rest up­ on the car in front. None of the re­ maining coaches left the track. The crash and cries of the wounded and dying speedily brought assistance, but the first-comers worked at a great disadvantage. The cars had broken through the ice, which made it difficult to approach near enough to Teach the passengers. The scenes on the relief-train were heart-rending. In every car were men and women with heads bandaged apd arms in slings. Some had been terri­ bly scalded. In one passenger-car were the bodies of three women, and in the baggage-car two more, just as they had oeen taken from the wreck. The Rev. Mr. Thomas, of Winsted, with both limbs fractured and severely injured internally, crawled out of the wreck, through the roof of a car, to the ice and then to shore. Nearly all the dead were in the first passenger car, which is almost a com­ plete wreck, although one body was taken from the second car this evening, where it was found caught under a bro­ ken seat. Five young men from New Hartford, among the killed, were of a party of six who were on the platform of a car enjoying a moonlight ride and whistling in chorus. The only survivor of the six was inside at the time. A Fortune in a Tew Honrs. IMPORTANT petroleum developments are being made on the Riddle Farm, of Karns City, in Butler County. The ter­ ritory is not new, as for severai years past several third-sand wells have been operated on it. That of O. E. Emer­ son, small, and considered of little value, was recently drilled deeper, when a prolific fourth-sand rock was struck, and the well named " Old Teaser." This well, \»th machinery and five-acre lease, were offered for $3,500, and, find­ ing no buyers, the owner, just for luck, concluded to drill the hole deeper. This was done, and in a few hours an unex­ pected rock was struk. In one day the $3,500 property was increased in value to $100,000, and a sensation created in oil circles over the development. Ex­ tensive preparations were at once made to drill the old wells in that neighbor­ hood deeper, and work on new rigs commenced. Leases were in great de­ mand and fictitious prices paid. The great incentive was the known value and lasting qualities of fourth-sand in* arylaad waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its- tributaries. * THERE were 160 failures in Boston fait the last three months of 1877. The ag- a gregate liabilities were $4,287,740; the- assets, $735,510. THERE are now 851 manufacturing" establishments in San Francisco, whose aggregate products amount to $62,- 338,000. Tney employ over 26,000 pttN sons. THE common theory that wann weather at this season is not healthy i* not substantiated by the health repcrts- of Boston, which show that while the- deaths from Nov. 1 to Dec. 20 in 187fr were 923, for the same period this year* • - they have been only 849. * IN Philadelphia, last year, 16,008per- sons died, a decrease of 2,889 as com- Eared with the previous year. The eaviest mortality was in July in both } years--that in 1876 reaching nearly 2,523, and in 1877, 2,097. Of those who died, 104 were from 90 to 100 years old, seven from 100 to 110, ana one i over 110. THE Glasgow Herald gives the fol­ lowing as the number and tonnage of ] vessels launched on the Clyde during' the last five years: In 1877, 219 ves­ sels of 169,710 tons; in 1876, 229 vessels of 188,323 tons; in 1875, 252 vessels at > 228,083 tons; in 1874, 195 vessels of 282,309 tons; in 1873, 143 vessels of 224,792 tons. THE Paris' Bus Company emplov 10,--. 187 horses, of which 6,128 are stallions-^ and 1,352 mares. Half of them are Percherous, 20 per cent, come from Brittany and 12 per cent, from Nor­ mandy. The daily rations of each horse is 17J pounds of oats and corn, 20> pounds of hay and 24J of straw, with 1| pounds of bran. DURING the year 1876, the total pro­ duction of amber in Prussia amounted to 135 tons. The mine of Palmmcken yielded* eighty-five tons. The amber- was exported principally to Austria, France, America, Russia, China and Japan. The number of men employed in Prussia by this industry is nearly 1,400. THE New York^WN prints a list tit, the embezzlements5*and defalcations in this country for the past four years, beginning at a period just prior to the panic of 1873. The money stolen dur«> ing that time, by means of defalcations, embezzlements and breaches of trust on the part of city and county officials, trustees of estates, etc., foots up at over $30,000,000. THE peach crop on the Delaware Peninsula last year is estimated to have amounted to 3,892,000 baskets of fruit, of which 2,124,102 were shipped 10 market by rail. The water transporta*- tion lines carried away 948,518 baskets to market, and enough fruit was canned and dried (319,675 Daskets) to mSse the total amount utilized and marketed 3,392,000 baskets. It is estimated that 500,000 more were lost from the trees by the storm in September. The Every Evening, of Wilmington, estimates that the quantity of fruit utilized has netted the raisers at least fifty cents per bas­ ket, thus giving to the Peninsula $1,- 700,000 for its year's surplus. This is thought to have been the largest amount ever realized for a crop between the two bays. FROM trustworthy figures just com­ piled regarding the liquor traffic, it appears that there are nearly twice as many drinking saloons in New York as in any other State. The exact number is 23,854. Illinois follows with 16,548, Pennsylvania with 16,105, Ohio with 14,248 and California with 8,408. In Massachusetts there are onlj 6,386 saloons, while in the comparatively in­ significant District of Columbia, the seat of National Government, there are no less than 1,105. North Carolina heads the list with 1,205 distilleries, while New York has only 111 distiller­ ies. In addition to these, however, there are 379 beer breweries in the State. On an average there is in the Union one drinking saloon for every 280 inhabitants. Considering the pro­ portion of the population, most of the whisky is consumed by our brethren . in the South, while nearly all the beer is drank by the people of the West fchd North.--N. Y. Times. --Harper's "Editor's Drawer*' is said to be prepared by a wealthy New York banker. THE MARKETS. MEW XOBK* Jan. LIVE STOCK--Cattle *9.26 Sheep.. 4.26 Hogs FLOUR--Good to Choice WHEAT-No. 2 Chioaqo CORN--Western Mixed.. OATS--Western and Stats RYE--Western PORK--Mess-.-. LARD-Sfeeam CHEESE WOOL Domestic CHICAGO. BEEWE8--Extra $5.00 Choice 4.40 G'.KXI • 3.D0 Medium SiSO Butchers' Stock 2.10 Stock Cattle 2X0 HOGS--Live- Good to Choice... 3.86 SHEEP--Live 3.10 BUTTER--Good to Fancy .23 EGOS--Fresh 16 FLOUR--Choice Winter 6.B0 Fair to Good Spring.. 4.60 GRAIN--Wheat. Spring, Mo. 2.. 1.03 Corn, No. 2 .893 Oats, No. 2 38P> Rye, No. 2 .61 Bailey, No. 2 £1 PORK 10.85 LARD 7.40 @ 7.42V! LUMBER--1st <fc2d Clear, 1 inch 33.50 & S4.Q0 3d Clear, 1 inch 27.50 & 2s.OO Common Boards.... 11.00 @ 12.90 Fencing 10.60 & 12.00 "A" Shingles 2.60 <& 2.00 Lath 2i)0 <& 2.26 BALTIMORE. CATTLE-Best...., »5.00 ® *6.00 Medium 3.76 @ 4.26 HOG8--Good 6.00 ® 6.75 SHEEP--Good- 4.00 & 6.0D EAST LIBERTY. _ CATTLE-Best @ If.* Medium 4.75 @ 5.00 HOGS--Yorkers 3.» # C10 Philadelphia*. i *«••••••••••• ViW IP