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3. YAK 8lYKE,Sdit<** #HKNRY. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. , THE OLD WOMB. A Constantinople dispatch of the vj Jim* of Commissioner* s to ^borate bills to fweeping administrative, Judicial, financial ml military reforms. . , i | A Vienna dispatch ot the 12th says] Vince ^orwiiakuu, the HUifisiaB Ptctsfesy Ivas not likely to recover, andthafchi* lltUl or was already selected. i Neahut 160 persons have lately been Arrested at Waraawta Poland, aa aecoqNpliccs t>f the Nlhiltet movement recently unearthed R u s s i a . „ i : ' " An attempt was nftde, onthe.lltti, to issasslmate the ISripwt* ®f Germany.1 Two $bets were Sred into the Emperor's carriage, lither of which took egeet. The would-be fwsin, munedEmil Hoedel, and his accom- llce, wanted Kraeger. were arveafed A ST.*..PttrlsiairtTTO dispatch df the 3th Pays Berlin bankers had' taade Rtewfe* limlnary advance of 50,000,609 tmMm, A roclamation was Issued on tfcat day ft* the rmation of a volunteer flctot to defend the just cause in case any adversary of Russia ould provoke war. >» Ten wile of John 'Bright, the British '""tfttatesmiD, died of apoplexy, on the 13th.' News from the Mussulman insurrec­ tionary districts, received on the 14th, wm to' we effect that the movement was spreading fapidly. Large numbers of Bulgarian; and , - Albanians ware participating. . .«•* A torrible explosion occurred in ap , ,;^mm unit ion manufactory in Paris, on the 14th, ' .^"iFhich destroyed the factory and numerous " adjoining buildings and eaused the loin of **#everal lives. - : •«* • ' "> '$M Okubo. the Japanese Minister ttfthe J * '*|nterlor, was recently assassinated.' • > , ; f According to London dispatches of ## *"^hemh, the political atmosphere was once ~ w ' :liore clouded, and the opinion In England ras well settled that war would be declared efore many days. Instructions were re­ ceived at Chatham that no officer or soldier %as to have an hour's leave of absence under s*ny pretext whatever. The statement was *aade that Lord Salisbury had said at dinner at day that peace or war would be decided Chteura, a tew dan tobehydtopfcoMa. weeks before supposed to hi The nadian Militia ha* entered i ftf uyfmt m mmmmmmrnrn ! St* L&BWb? daauMter of tsflMllilm <1 iiS^|iq)rli»<fc>r, •ysteploMsiy ikffl lo&ttog doWH'to^^ti--mi, orfWi* aM placed I# lite skill the bank of a entk'tadMytttlMttfejlMfrf." where the undcrbju&U ^sealed ̂ jCTWn'db • &Qivationj tjiat ^rethe boat reja^jaeduptil the. rope' rotted, wh/eu it floated doVirttir^aip, ' and irks secured as stated."' ' ; " , * "In Chicago,' a*' few ftays;a£oV* woinar^ Kdd'biA fttlmftU,' and5' ft htoftrbf^M^T memo*}* 4 wike was? being hefd, surprise#!# ft vtv-: Jha jfcpon within ten days, and he believed it would be war. • !. UNSER the pressure of Hungary, the opposition of the Porteaad the influence of .llEngland, Austria has abandoned her intention ,|o occupy Bosnia. ?The Russians are said to be throwing J lip intrenchments at San Stefano, and arming " Ihem with Krupp guns. •^5' Gen- TODtEBEN has notified the fbrte £ *iJf|hat,unle88 the Turkish Commifisioticrs induce' ..M,/|he insurfrentato disporse, he Will adoptsevere^ -Ift -j|epreseive measures.' - ! . , ? M A riot occurred'in Blaokbtirn, £ng., . #n the 15th, brought about by the refusal, of "le masters t<i compromise with the strikers.- ">e warehouse was burned. Tile military Prevented further destruction. rt: Tt iyM The Prince of Wales m&de a fornial it to the Ame*1ean section of the French sition, on the 15th. He was accompanied . bj the Princess and the Princ« of Denmark, *' manlfe#te^ g^eat iixterest in the . A BERLiK'dTspatch 'ofc thei 16fcfe says! **• >1|he Pan-Selavist party was dnce mbre gaining ft^fce ascendency In St. Petersburg, and that i m'i. fair success meant war with Greaft Britaia. > t. jssifjal The, Servian corps of observation, lUtherto cofcisting of 15,000 men, has been in­ creased to S^OOO la consequence of the eon- • fjeatration of Turkish troops on the frontier. . -tj iA. St. Petersburg telegram of the £th says Copnt Bchouvalofl having^suoceeded converting the Czar to his paeifie Vlewfi, would return at once to London. II was be- ; 'Beved that the European CObfipeArfwould meet • '^rlthin a fostnlght &oi.'mo«s noiapljpatjpiif ^ 4 9 f O t e . ; r . . - • , • Gen. Todlkbeh sent a note to the i" • Porte, on the 17th,demwdlng: First, the lm- , .mediate evacuation of Bh^mla^.y^na and: Batoum; second, thg remova^ of the Tm^ki^. " !Mar?r.v>\ittdt!:!rd#.petlQi!E£!ento oceu*. '•'•""llJr ByuSSere. A'"'Cdnstkuti^ple dispatch of,t •> / iHtat date eays the Turks. w^lLflght *»th^- ,tftan . ufleld to these demands. ...!t v ( r '4df.'jie 17th ^annoonces the resipiti^ o(^ , . v A i ' *• Russian :nji!itliiy' 'anthoa^bft' liave forbidden the Beteafablan Deputies is •" IBhe Roumanian Parlla&ent'lo aittend fittings. i. -H n- i. f»m i t ' X. rrwaartfpottedfroin Yieiina,:on the IS'th, that the Maasulcaaii iag^irgents had' taken and were holding three pi • the Balkan lt!W - ! .V I •;<; The Tar^s have attacked the Chria- ||ans in the Island of Crete,on^ more.' > {> The General byterian Tenn., jtfi-tl D.D, ^ yew. T bcrl Tcnn.,»n the 18th. SJ& BuBhnell, D. D., of California, was elected Moderator. Ofw ettfl^em^iAlliotieeei-F Presbyterian Chureh of Itorth Ameilea met in fini:1 i . ... VltfUhWMMAiMfle State C^nven- R8-, X-XPIA SbERMAN. the Derby "^'-d in the donnecticd^Siald Prison . . a' »w dky ilhiVasilerving, ^WhUt&noer-' «-M : Wbolution tAojiled^ tbaiNaddaaltiBausfc of Represen-' >ta*We4^t tte XUbi ««M forth^i its preamble claring tnaidue effect iras not given to the ' tSn^^ralroSji'c^s^t^ (nat Stlie last £>ecem- returns iu the Bletttlra^v*tei liDm1flori(la and Louisiana, •a^Ss^l%r^#^ «#ldft*|f(Of ^cLiR alleging : whSreby thc choice m w people oz tnal State was an- lfWWa^'aM further set* forth the aHesed the ftefe of fLouts,ihna,: whercbv a quorum, une can snowea wra memoers hepfcfWMans still refrained u I'otiMi: ot? the, moAton*! to.i-aecond the aoiourn friends by coming back to life &he Baa,»t#j'»"'ll*?llc«pit was brought about in jOiat State. Hersott siarrow escape from ahoiTjbledmtl|. had given her' an overdose of clfoto the phjslciaiils"had'pVoMotmced,her«Jtead.^ _ 'te Maifie'" ** Natlonkl Gre^nbabV^ 1 party will hold a State Convention at Lewis- t o n o n J u n e . % . » i ! . * - » J , * ' * ' < i Tmn Mii^giU'2>aaooraAicStatie,Oofi- vention will be !>eld at Lansing t>n the 35th of ^ u n e . , ! , [ l - ' , i i . I ; i . . i • : AT.Si Louis, j4fo1t pp tHbtX8thr Mirs.. Elizabeth Dowler was "shot and iiista^t^ killed by her nepliefr,' a lad aljout six years old. A revolver w$a lrfft in the bureau drawer, and the little fellow got bold, of it arid accidentally £red 1) off, with thf result stated above . One s^'de q| the publig square at Pulaski, TenU.',1 irik burhed,! o| ttiv 12th,' in­ volving a lote of a^ont fHJD, Prof. Hb;nrt, of the Institute. <1?ed at. WasMiftoi^ IX C., bii l^th. He was about eighty yqhrs old. t Thb amount of /legal*|eiider' United States notes outstanding, o* the l3th, leas $346;681^16; fractional cuittncy, f 1JS^O9,,081, making a total of $368,485," Gen. Thomas S. D the American Rifle Team. _ City, on the ISth, of paritryi •• • ' '^HK •u :<•; 3*»ai Ok4tafiRIN£; E. BEECHEfc, ol lk Henry Ward Beecher,.dfed, On the 12th, at the 'Residence of Rev. Thos. K. Beeclier, in Elmira, N. Y. . . ,, , ' Kate Morris, of New Orleans, Was burned to death a few days «ioce by the explo­ sion of a coal -oil lamp. i The sixty-eighth amiiversapy -of <the , t American Board of Cpnu|j||slon era of For^gp . t l^issions was held ln^Newfiyort: City, on the stl pth. Since its orgitaiinmlm, in 1810, jLhe " Board' lias sent 530 ordafnM missionaries'to all parts of the world- They are now wottdtig , In fifty-six different tonguef, among various races and climes, virtually giving the gospel ' to 100,(100,W0 people. They have educated more than 400,000 pupils and organized 350 churches, with a membership pf 83,000. The present number of. laborers from America, men and women. Is 391, of whomjSl are or­ dained missionaries. There air* 1,10ft native • laborers aiding In the worki •1 " A recent Washington telegram savs the Secret-Service Division had received infor­ mation that tlOO-counterfeit-notes had ma^* their appearance in Chicago. They are on the Second National Bank of Wilkesbafre, Pa., and the National Revere Bank of Boston, and were transferred from the counter­ feit piate of the Merchants^ National Bank oi • New Bedford, Mass. The work is well exe­ cuted, and all National Bank notes of this de­ nomination should be carefully examined, as ottier ̂ "aterfeit issues from that same plate , j| • iite]y to be produced. • BISHOP McCOSKRY has recently ad- Jt'v"; * dressed a letter to Bishop Smith, of Keii- i President of t» Howe of Bishops, MitiMkawtag u» »n4 announcing in, Captftin ofi d in ^few Yori^ of the heart, ,,- AitoiE Farrelx, eigttteeti yeara old, a servant girt in the employs of 8. J. Moe, of Chicago, was burned to death, a few mornings ago, by the explosion of a efn of kerosene oil. She .was buildhi^ a fire in t^c kitchen sMte. • A caucus ot tthe JDepooratu; naem- bers of the National House ,of Representative ^was held on the 14th, at waich it' was unani- " Inously agfeetl that the pdtter lUtestigaj^pn *es0l«*tions, then before tlie House, should be finally aeted upon before any other business should be transacted; and U was also resolved that all Democratic members out ot the city be notified to return toWashington, aud, after due notice, that aii.existiBg pairs l^e declared a t u l e n d . , , • . j . , i g a ' k > : ' ' Tije Thirteenth Annual, i Cobvention of the National Temperance S^oicty was held in Chicago-, on the 14th, Rev. W. W. Bveits, of Chicago, delivered the Ivelcoming address. The annual "report of iibe Corresponding Sec­ retary started ttaat the liquor problem was be- eoraing aiore. and more a que&tion practical politics. The receipt^ for the year, 4s re­ ported by the Treasurer, were: From publica­ tions. f46.838.fcS1? doiitM&iM," The expenses for^e ftfame pericid ^i-ere $54,- mao., • ; ! •: , : ' A CALL has been issued fg? a DefinO- craticS,tate Convention, to pieet at Pueblo,' CoL, on the 15th of July. ~ •' " The Pennsylvania Supre^ Court has recently decided 'that whep1 an lssiired person is in such a state of mental 'fncajaacity m to he unconsclo'os. of the coaM^aence of his acts, sHiiciae by Mm Mis Wit&bBt thie pro­ vision agalnst.s^lf-ilaugh|er ̂ pfe poUcy, 'arid does not absolve the insurance company from l i a b i l i t y . ' * , r ; ifrfe OiSo* "tUrk iMgiiiac tur^k; hdvls ld|ourhlK!, thl' WruM? iihtili 4an»; i f l r y i i i l t , . a n d * t h e l a t t e r s f t i # j £ BllI'toaidiMt wo-lod'tO tM £r&iI3f5f law. ','A^4a?teu<5'ti3,;dKL.3 siiSai- bers of the National House »f'Representor' tives, held fja tis| 'I5th, iK feas.iiBitiimoufily r«? solved that thfe if#tt«r resolution then pend ing to/l-he Ilouse^was "up »ttem^t,'in a form unjustifiable and Illegal, to reopen the ques­ tion ^oieMoty"settled"by the* action of the f ortj*"fcnlrt!fc<0(*»|fwssi, and" therefore revolu.- HoBM-yaadd«WlfaefcivQ ,o£ .goo# orfler, bnei- ness pr^fp^ty and the peace of the country." It was also resolyed, almost unanimously, that the effort of £3heT>emoeratic majority to force Upon the ties**, without opportunity for aB^ndraent §r ^debate, a measure of sack a ravoiutionary, c^aractfr, fhould be, resiited by all iroa^w^ch are au^ioj-iaed by the rules of The , Republicans" 6f' ttfeyltaiiia keia tbcfi* fits/Ms Contention osi the 15th.1 6eh. Harry M. 'H$#i was bominfttedfor Govei*nor; €haa. W. Stone for L^eutenantrGoveruer; James ||.^errett;for Supreme Judge; Aaron jL. Dunkle |Qr{ Secretary of Internal Affairs. The platform adopted declares bp^osMbn to free trade in whatever foriA prtesehted; favors proCectioh to hoaie iqdustry »that labor and capital may both be profitably employed*;de- commerce should he r^v^siftglhe true vote thereof. The resolu- Lion provides for the appointment of a com- •hltte<fJ of'elevfeii meinbefs' ot "fhfe (HoU& Aitjutine Iftto th«i iaWuged fiatfdi, ~..u the said ceibfnittee shall have power: to sehd .'or persons and papers, to admiuister oaths uid.to take testimony, and to detail sub-com- inittees ^fith like full authority, and with power to sit in Florida and Lotrtsiaha. The rasolution offered by Mr. Hale, and wliich Mr. Potter refused to accept as aa amendment, extended the scqp%of the proposed investiga­ tion by including* Oregon, Mlssf'^iptii and otlidf States where frauds or ' attempts'" at frauds wet-a alleged to have beenJ committed.; S^ncer F. Baird, Assistant Secre- 'ai'yofthe Bmtthsoakin I»ktitute, haB been Blocked Secretary in plaqe ol Prof, iieary, de­ ceased. -i : . / , Thb ewi York ^yndicf^te, which recently cp^trset^d with. the Secretary of the "Treasury to dispose, ;0f^ f^),'000,0w of 43^-per ceat^bonds by Jan. 1,1879, hra tkteh the«»-' tire arnouni'^ Sekate.--^Not session on the 11th. QousE.-r-Bills .were passed--yfor the relief of settlers on public lands; providing that any person who shall plant and maintain for eight years ten acres of timber land shall be entitled to a patent for a full quarter sec tlon ; permitting Nebraska to cede certain ter­ ritory to Missouri; providing for the ssia <4- timber lands in California, Oregon, Washing­ ton Territory. Nevada and Colorado, in qu.in titles not exceeding 160 acres to any one citl-t zen, at a minimum • price of $2.50 per acre, and making it unlawful to cut any timber on public lands....A bill was reported from the/ Committee on Public Lands and referred to the Committee of the Whole providing for the loan of ;$8O0 to every (person Who shall settle on the public lands under the Homestead law, the act to be in operation until #10,000,000 have been thus expehded: ' SitNATE.--A bill wtts introduced, on" the l8th, to levy, by the Moffett bell-pupfeh, a tax on liquors in all places in the District of Columbia where intoxicating liquors are sold, by the drink. Several amendments to the sPostoffice Appropriation bill were agreedto... House.-^Mr. Potter presented areso- luflon directing an investigation by a select committee of eleven into the alleaed frau>if< committed it) Florida and Louisiana in the late Presidential election. After confeidefabk:' diseassion, the . Speaker • Aeeided that the preamble jmd resolution presented a question of the highest privilege, and must be. reoeiveii. An appeal was taken from tl^is decision, and a motion to lay the appeal on the table was agreed to^--128 to 108. Mr. Hale asked Mr. Potter to yield to him that he might offer an amendment, which he desired readL Mr. Potter refused to allow the.ameiidiment to be read, but asked as toils mprpqftt and ou subsequently ascertaining that It embraced the question of alleged frauds In Othe* titan the twb States named hi the resolu* t^on,.refused tp receivje the amendment on the ground that it Was not germane to the resolu­ tion, and would be ?df 110 practical effect., When Mr. Potte^irateted upon the previous question, the RehublicAn members refused to i»Mta vote, thus hidle««ngvild quorum present and voting,...The Away ApRvopria^iotu bil| was reported A bill;v, as passed prohibiting the further eoina*gfe"©f three ana nVe'OAit sUvvr " y felt^red, find home ^tt^rprise enveloped by the National Gyvernuxent; tliat" the public lands wftwldbe resei*ved exclusively for1 kctmil settlers-, Melaree opposition to the payment of clmum from thie Kational Treasury tp t^osp lately engaged in, or sympathising with, the Rebellion;, expresses »fcy»jpathy with the Southern Republicans li in th« unequal cotftest to which they are subjected 14r civil liberty and the maintenancd at tbeir 4k>dstitutionul p | i a i k ^ 9 W , f f > O t c 4 , ^ The j-ectTitdnougbt in i>«tqerfera, 4 district of British (jkjla^a, a dtrabK^ofee to 4he ylawtwa a< 1 between $8,000,00®j and t , / V ,, A iiecenx e^rtUqj^aJce^at ,Qja,\Vem- zuela, caused, the Joas of 600 lives, l)cside the d^Btruptlon of a grpat quantity of proprty.^ *•' 4-^nt Ajisciuuf j ijf. t||£ PriSr bj-terian Church of the United State* met in Pittsburgh, on the 16th. O wing tp the ab­ sence of Dr. Ellis, of Oakland, Cal., who was prevented by sickness from atteiManee, the opening sermon w&S preached by Rev. Dt, Morris, of Cincinnati, who also acted ae Mod­ erator. The Assembly, after recess, elected Rev. Frauds L. Patten, of Chicago, Moderator 'Ji;5JAXE:-- Oa lbe> Hili; < Urn* IXQu^e<. anjeadTHeutB 'WtlKr'biir authorizing c$^eps of; Colorado^"'KdViidrf• undf^the'iJtrritories to •fia'J ftiid remftv* on the* public domain for mining and domestic purposes were con­ curred in, and the bill was passed ,.. .Several -bills were reported from committees and giaced pn the calendar The Postoflke Ap­ pro ijriation bill was further amended and passed..... Messrs. Coke, And Hapris Spoke lb tPri^d^ the( Specif Keeamp- H6it»e'. --The dead-16ck continued op th6 Investigaliou'nkbltition of Mr. Potter, the Speaker announcing regular order to bS on seconding the demand for the.,previous I ' Itiestlon. J«" Repubtlcan8_ refrained from 1877, and 5,000 copies of the Colonial Charters and Constitution*,_wa* JNMged.. . .The bill to repeal the Sj ered, dment, ^vldlng for when redeen ^^UOO.WU1«^fe§H^er^ovidil reserve fund orfTwj000,0u0, and that bonds of the United States shall He sold for to^iKton- * shall be Sa--la oooatim except debt. «imr of wwnplaints «• civate pouM Si tD the State inatit a. tfeneml, the authority conferred npon thu Governor by the la»t clause of the fourth aeetunutf an aot ^EN^T«.,T-Se^raJf .'l?e,^6>n bUW were passed on the i7th. ...Ann mber of bills wen reported A"o<U cothmlttefee attft t»Keed on t1m,', ealendiair A k^solutioa. was adopted in- slnwting the Conw»l|tof, oiyPples to consider darlnff the* sessions thereof..,,Adjourned to the '2uth. ! '-Hoosb.---Uhe Senate amendment? to ttie'Indian Appropriation • bill weret nort^eon* cufred in by the'House... .Aftev a protracted struggfta apd the tss^iug of a warrant to the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest and bring in such members as were absent without leave, the Democrats sticteeded In'seenring & quorum of their own nvimberi and the. previous question on tta/Potter resolutipp WM .ordered--148 to i. ' A motion t'o lay" the resolution on toe ta­ ble was then defeated---115 to 145--*ari the ' preamble ' and "resolution wsre finally adopted--142 to 2--ths Republicans re­ fusing to vote. Messrs." mills and Moore (Dem.) voted in the negative. During the contest on the previous-auerilon motion, Mr.. Goode explained why he TOtedafter a previous pair irttk Mr. Loring, and' Mr..Conger aiadc the remark, that }t was simp)# a question of iionor whether he . (Goode) would break his pair. Mr. Goode replied that he could take care of htS oWn hohor, and Mr. Conger assailed it be should be held personally re­ sponsible. Demands being maue that the re- inai-ks of the gentlemen be taken down, the Speaker decided that the words of Mr. Conger were not parliamentary, if they were UfedHta an offensive sense, and that a manfs honjr could not be called in question without allow- £|3, the Inaanries of the several in^titntioaa. oounty xam- ete, you will oners o I mil f«l Kleking a Be^ Jack was in the woods, on his way home frona the sap trees, where he had been boiling maple sugar. It was a mild day in March. The snow was six feet deep* and the warm spviag air Wl softened the surface so that no* one" could walk on it without snow-shoes,, a pair of which Jack had on Ms feet. He was unarmed. As he walked on, he came to a fallen tree directly in his way. He stepped upon it, but as he did so, a large bear rose up behind it and rashed at him with open pawls. warm air h«4 rouse* the ereatuW from her winter sleep and she was furi­ o u s w i t h h u n g e r . . . . , Taken wholly by surprise, jack gave a tremendous leap which carried htm a distance of ten feet from the trunk of the tree. But he sank deeply into the anow, .and the bear was upon him be­ fore he could extricate himself, , Then the battle began, man and beast rolling over and over each other in a desperate struggle. As often as the bear tried to seize him with her teeth* or overpower him with the fatal hug, Jack would save himself by kick­ ing hey on ti^e.nose wi% M§."snow- shoes. • • ! t' FinaTly, with ohe fierce plunge of t-Tuvps and teeth, the brute fastened upon Jack, and failing to hold him, tore off, almost all Wis clothing at a single sweep. . . ; Fortunately just at this moment jh«j hit the top of her nose a powerful kick. A Mow on the end of the nose causes pain so acute as to disable a bear for a time, and it had the effect in. this casflf-f t The brutfij gave back a little, and, while she was wincing under the pain. Jack regained his feet and got several steps aWay. • His assailant started after him again, but the snpw was so ; soft, she almost buried herself at every step, while Jack walked on the surfade, and escaped. §0 his snow-shoes, which rendered him. a clttfhsy fighter, finally saved his life. iForest^arai Btreani. ; fi 1 < r? !M hi oting, thus leaving the House without a quorpsn, as there were but 113 Democrats- present, 146 being necessary to make a quo­ rum. After further filibustering an the part of the.Republicans, a motion to adjourn was carried--180 to 104. ' Senate.--On the 15th, the petition oif Robt. G. Ing&ioil and others favoring ̂ re­ peal of the law forbidding the transportation' of obscene literature through the; .malls was reported from the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and referred to the Judiciary Committee--The bill authorizing the pub­ lication for sale of an edition of the narrative of the Polaris Expedition was passed.. ..Bills wera introduced and referred-rto authorise the Postmaster-General to place mail Nrrle» on any public highway, river ofr railroad, wherever, public service requires it; Ihcreds-' Ing to seventy-two dollars a month ;the pen­ sion of certain pensioned soldiers and sailors who have last both arms, or kioth feet, or the ^l^ht of hotU ey^a, iu tbf) aervfce of the eoun- HotJSE:--The Senate resolution tor iihal aftjMirnment of Congress, on the 10th of June, camo up as a question of the highest privilege, -ami a motion was agreed to---130 to 106--to postpone it^ further consideration until the 2i)th ot May... .Tl»e dead lock 011 the Potter resolution continued, the highest num­ ber of votes) cast by tlie Democrats, on the fno- "tion to second the previous question, being; 120,' the Republicans still refusing tri vote. A call /showed 2tSi members prosept^ but efforts to get a quorum to vote were ineffectual; and the Heme linaHy adjourned* Sen ate.--A concurrent' resolution '#tts submitted by Mr. Butler, of South Caro­ lina, and referred, on the inih, providing for a commission, to consist of two Senators, three members of-"the House and three officers of the regular army, who have served uqt less than teq years, to whom shall be referred the whole subject of the reform and reorganiza­ tion of the Army, the commission't{> assemble as soon as ^ractk'alile, and to report to the; ' next session of Contrress thvouuh the Presl- j dent of the United States... .TU« House joint ; r - - v Z c l c y i i Q w is Ho dccouni extant!of how thev telephoriS acti Wfifen utlder fire. The "»3estruetIoii of t.Se Free Press butid-t ings gave -the little instrument a fiery prdeal to pass through^ telephone ^n the editorial,,rooms communicates with the residence of the Managing Editor, Wm. E. Quinbv, No. 777 Jeffer­ son avenue, a mile and a half from the newspaper office. When the ire struck the . editorial rooms, the bell at Quipby's re^dence began to violently. As the fire increased in in tensity the ringing of the bell became more impetuous, pealing in gusts as the 'fire seemed to surge around the com­ panion bell in the burning building. It w;as an epil>qdipi«jiit qf foe's lines on " The Bells" where the rising and the quelling of the fire could be bjr the ri " " rising and the fall of' the anger of the bells. At last the clamor of the t^ephonic bell became unbearable to those in .the room, and the bell-was1 muffled with cotton which partly stop­ ped the alarm'.,. But here the strangest swish of the water from the engine, and the ,pouring of the floods from the roof could be plainly heard. The crackling of the burning timbers and at lasrt the cr^sh of floors and falling partitions came and every sound of the conflagra­ tion in all its inflections faithfully re­ produced, and the sudden stoppage of all sound showed that communication was broken and the voice of the won- defjfyt in^trui^yent was stilled by th^ scorching flames. --Detroit Free Press. --The Wheeling (Va.) Standard says: "We earnestly recommend every man who is languishing for a job to re­ tire to the country; rent a farm, raise everything that you will need for the support of your "family; sell what you cannot use; be frugal, enterprising and industrious, and afl the panics that the world has ever seen may oome and go, for they will not affect you in the l e a s t . , M ' / --The air is heavy with the sighs of bean-pole belabored carpets.--New Ji&tHbn Telestra^n^1 " " *»s the earliest their several u witt/oaeh' ; ** for qv reliml to PWr^' Oit^reoeipt tocomparetoepriceii charged drawiwSI any, the irutitgulaqnd«ri?«s ^m thkaonree. .11 dfiKraUe^ron will amo IuM samples 01 clothing Kud laaterifl tm ttefftwie sent for inspection. I dessre to know, first. What complamtabave.be^b .made; second, howamoh foundation for the siitoe exiiita in fact; thud. What am the principle* and tnetftoda (Ktopteaby theiemal ihstitkiuns iv tlw panhs*ind isw . , of clothing: fourth, the manner in wmohtS®y "blue keep their clf^inp acwante; fifth, whether they have in siriy instances charged unreasonable priitesroif olothing, etc.; sixth; whetlwt Che qoal- ity cf ^othinc fnrniHtiea is bettor thM it should be;wiventh, tb* msraer in wbieh payment is made, wad what guarantee the State has that all moneys received on this account are paid into lions. In exsmiaethe same and report to me in writing their conclusions and recommendations. "Very respectfully, SM. Cin,t/>M, Governor. The 13th was the last day for filing claims against the State under the law passed by the last General Assembly. The total amount filed |»,%TOI,04a(»k of whieh $J,690,046.:J6«Pe baAd*fts %he'dbnftt'nict!ion of Opferation of the Xlllnola d^Mlthtga» (Mnal; JS1J85.46 on the building of the" Industrial tfnivfertftjT and ^ie fajtar^qf the fo@tractor4. and, $989,611.20 90 fxliftcellabeous transaction^.' Tsfc Gowemor bas ordered allthe officers jOfthe sta,ff to report in full unlfprm to Adj't- ufen. Hilliard, op the 23d, for duty, oir'the oo* casion of removing the flags to the new State- House. „ Th* steam-boiler at Cox'scpal mine, in Thm- 'av^ai eitploded on the aft*rr»o«n of the 13th, icillingtwo men aud fatally injuring two qthers. "The following call er & AepUbliam State Convention has .been issued: * Headquarters B^fuhucam Stats Central Cohmittke of Ilunoi M ' : ; CatCAOo, May 13, Tht Republican voters of Illinois are requ to send delegates to a Republican State Conven­ tion, to be held at bpringfield, on Wednesday, June 26, at the hour ot twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of nominating candidates. to be Voted for at the November election, 1878, to fill the following offices, to-wit: State Treasurer; Superintendent of Public Instruction; leta. - kTE » requested One Clerk of the Supreihe Court in each Grand fierk of the Appellate Ck)urfc ijlieach of lellate Dig ricta. jwis of representation will be the vote cast for the Republican Presidential Electors at the election in 1876, to-wit: One delegate for every four hundred <4u<i) votes, and one tor each frac­ tion of two hnndjrd (200) v The follov -in" s! ows the number of delegates each con iuf ~ -1 Adams 12 Alexander... ^ £ Bond -- to.... 4 Boone... I Brown.. S Bureau........ i Ujiiilui } Carroll....... 6 8t& i>a *0.. .'IT Christian ( Clark C Clay ,,...4 Cluitoir.... ...8 Cofes V Cook- en titled to send, to-wit. Greene 4 Montgomery. 6 Granny ...... BMortran 8 Humilton.. . 2 Moultrie S Hancock 9 Ogle..........10 Hardin 1 Peoria... 12 Hendfiaoa.. . S Perrv 4 Henry lOPiatt * Iroquois.... Jackson.... Jasper .... . •letterrion.... Jersey o Daviess 4. S, Dint...If XI S. Diet...20 it 8. Di«t. .. i Sh 8. Dint...17 fith B. Diet...11 fith S. »i^t...l( : List...If mfatd.i .. 3 Cumberland.. 3 DeKalb 9 DeWitt I Douglas....«. | DuPTipe 6 " 'w«rda...v..3i ham Ford 4 jnujucnii site 9|Pike... IpufaAi.".". 8 Putnam... 8 Randolph. 1 Richland Jo&taup-. .1.. 3|Rock Island.r 10 Kane......J...13lSaline .. 1 Knox Lake-- LaSalk). .ngamon.. ..12 hny ler.... .. 4 .tt 2 slby 5 ••mv* 4 tlair 12 phenson... 8 ell 7 n Macon 8 Vermillion., Macoupin--9 Wabash Mndisoa. v . . ..11 Warren ...... 7 Marion........ 6 Washington.. 5 Marshall...... 4 Wwn > 4 Maaon 4 White 8 cHehry...'. Wil'iamson... 4 McLean 16' ,,'innp,ia"o.. .11 ., 8jWobdU[^rd .... 4. * ' ^otai...;; Signed by the Republican State Central Com­ mittees A. C. Baboocm, Chaiiman. . (pAKiEL Sipspasd, Secretary. , v.VtKsv. JOHN W. LOCKE, D. 'President of McKendrle College, located at Lebrttion,1 has resigned, to take cffcct on the 18th of June. Up to ilkC 15th, J. P. Reynolds, Chief Grain •I^spcqtor, h?d. $ep<^ed col­ lected since May 1. ' ' Lawrence Yocbtem; three years old, living *piclted Up a bfkDL cdal the other morning and attempted to swallow itv but the coal lodged in his throat where it remained Until the little one was strangled to death. The Board of Penitentiary Commissioners have commenced an investigation into the af • rtWr#i#tthe3»^mi0!U !.<ii ' fMji A BOHEMIAN, named Sparks, shot and klfell an Irishman, named Dewitt, on the nigh^pf the lSth, because the latter bad Insulted him and hie people. The murderer was subse­ quently arrested, and chuckled over the com­ pleteness of the job. HAKt\iii,E was married, In Cairo, aU*w "Utelife# a»-o, a'ad during the night was given several mock-serenades. With the last party he remonstrated, but without effect. Finally a quarrel ensued, during which he was stabbed If the left breast, the knife-blade penetrating the pleura, "about one Inch from the' apex of the heart. Two boys, John Petrie and Ferdi­ nand Koehler, are charged with the criipe, and have been arrested. j :Tf4,cofstt»§l!& jfflkhe t^.]Dr. Bmxess as Bishop of Quincy, 111., took place at' his church, in Springfield, Mass., May 15. Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, presided, and was assisted in the ceremonies by aix okher Bish­ ops. Bishop Huntington, of Cehtral New York, preached the sermon. At It Democratic Convention held in Cen­ tralis, on the 16th, John Q. Harmon, of Alex­ ander, was nominated as Clerk of the Appel­ late Court, and Jacob O. Chance, of Marion, as Clerk of the Supreme Court-for the South- mq&WMntm- . L*>-y Suits for Small B i , ! THE suits worn, by small boys are very much simpler than the kilt suits lately worn, and altogether more com­ fortable for the child. In the first place, the clumsy vest is dispensed with; then the kilt is not so heavy, as the toiost stylish kilts are plain in front and have only ubout eleven plaits behind, all turning one wajf. Moreover, this kilt skirt is sewed to a waist of silesia some­ what in vest shape, the whole garment is buttoned down the front, and when the eutawaj coat is put on the suit is •ompleto. Far wy plain suits these are made ihlffl 'IjljlitHiW lin n " with darfc-talKWHHk tost $8.60. Mlarv olive mixt- ket-woven d. Dresa _ are of dark brown or IHBS cloth, fepftuooth that it is called batiste cloth. Theseluare two rows of fine silk braid doubled for trim­ ming, and very small flat plain but­ tons. The collars are cut deep and square. Similar t*uitri Atf Jfaiade of bite pique for teW*MaVleuows. and « UlfiliiW WlUl pp Mm? Dark lue ^anne^iHlmined wMI Hp§k, blue Instead "of Ihe yoke ^poiiS Worn by lto?gfrtl7 ^ Wthree yeai behind aikd £n'Utetefr 'Belt, to slip on easily over their snowy-white under- l A b l f c e S i i # l t i l * i i f f i O Boyft just intcowjsers ^sar^ee pan-; taloons and single-breasted cut-away ? coats him worn with 5 kuts. Sometimes off and th^y V«ar, rifeFWst of white percale, with colored. (Wtti Pgure or Japanese design, or<els#»pots of: ^own wXxwTTyHHtK • 1 eafh >sid< .'Bie hsw«e ww 'fpiaita rvbut the backs are gathered. Tney are long enough to read* qvqt 4^ie hips, and are held in shape by a b^lt ftiteM fn the outside; on this-belt are eight bJttons, to which their other garments are to be fastened. The collar is Byron shape and the cuffs are square.> Suolm yvaists are sold for otae dollar; <br*Dhe» same f>rice are white waists with .fcuaited inen fronts. boys made cloth. Light'overcoats for small tjMh* /forests, I ratewhich DestructioncMT' i^eiraBtsl f I! ,;»M> .• J _,J..... We all rejoice, commercially^ when we read such statements as that over One billion feet of Iambi* w**es market­ ed in Chicago last yea*. Bui; vfj| seem to take no cognizance of the fact that upper Michigan fend Wisconsin are be­ ing rapidly denuded of and that consumption* at the: it has been going on for some years past, will soon exhaust the source of supply. It is true, trees will ^i/w, and in due time come to be of serviceable size; but it is a slow process, and a generation or two will pass awavbefore they come to useful maturity, l There should be some systematic plan adopted for the preservation and re­ newal of forest trees. The Gkrvfeinment has offered inducements in tbj&-direc­ tion in the treeless prairie States^ still} it Is not extensive enough to accomplish the object desired. An agent |^s been employed to prosecute inquiries leith a view of discovering the means best adapted for the preservation and re­ newal of forests. It is all-important that this agency be continued,# for a country stripped of its forests loses a large portion pf its means of prosperity, both directly and indirectly. In Europe the vital importance of this . subject is; far better understood than With us. There the Governments were compelled, centuries ago, to face this question, and forestry, in all its branches, has been made the subject ot the most thorough scientific inquiry, followed by practical action. We have acted, evidently, up­ on the idea that our forests were inex- • haustible, and so we have cut, and slashed, and wasted without • restraint or thought of the future. / c« We have known in our experience of streams on which there were mills and factories in the early settlement of the region in which they were locked, so dried up by the removal of the<j forest upon their head-waters, as to be utterly useless, and in some instances they have almost entirely become dry, except dur­ ing the season of rafns' iq the spring and fall. And .this process is going on, upon a large scale, all over the coun­ try. Therefore, the question of timber culture, as well as of the careful hus- on public ana pnva portant one, and it ha& cone pass that something fciust' be &0: stay the hand of wholesale'.dftstVt? ly im- tp that Lone to ction. -~VkiMgo Standard. ; ---,4 pedestrian,-!;: Monies,! lov/a,1 t3rfihfi( to ay vv rJk across the Continent, Je for a from San „ glllf days. his would W an average jot otbt forty miles per d^cy. , 1 '•; --The target season h^ atrived. when grown men can lie down on their backs aqd fin^ enjocment shooting over th&f toe#*rah afflfle.--N. O. Pie- Francisco to New 1£orl£s ifc This ' ' TP M0iHEBf;-S|09id thOab^Auflering with any of the disorders of babyhood use Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup at once for the trouble. itEtftOrfK.' LIVE STOCK--Cjattlf.j • • Sheep-- Ho FLOC R--GAod to s. WHEA1- OORN-\L _- OATS--Western RXE--Western. JRS-Mess..%..... -Steam........ -Itomostic !Weei»....,!. CHICACKX ., BEEVES-Extra. fR.10 Medium HOOS--Live--Good to Choice.. SHEEP--Common to Choive.... BUTTER--Fancy Creamery.,.. Quod to Choice..':,. EGGS--Fresh V FLOUIt--Choice Winter... Choice to Fine Sprhig Patent .v.. GRAIN--Wheat No. 2, Spring.. Vit 1.12% 6, 6.60 L10? .40 . (in m • !-WA Corn. No. 2. Gats, No. 2..f. llye. No. 2 . . . . . . i _ Biiriey, No. 2 . . . . . . . . J . BBOOH CORN--Green HorLfc.' Red- Tipiicd do J>f. Green iirunh Red-Tipped do j S' jiFn Grooketi.a...<«« . % PORK- M e a s . . . , . 4 & £ 6 " LARD h.l...!..!.1:'! l . H M 1200 Lath...., 1.75 A Shingles..*......tM CAT&E-Best. Ifi il'fe 1k8l% Medium. "4.00 HOGS-Gond 4.75 SHEEP-Good 4.00 . EAST JjUSBSSHf. CATTLE--He«t. . ..„_T:. *&.25 . iium--............. 4.75 HOGS-Yotkere t.45 sxo ••••••••a•• , 4.« % n |5.75 ® 5.10 &55 S.75