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f -i v- - A-NSVV > w V*V ; , '• rp\ J; •* ••". y# y> fa: » . >; , /f •- v,v -" v- *•*•**•«•. •« i:' ^ A j . ! _ " * * * * * * > i THT^T" ^W4rs * *<t • / ( «* ' , 6 J. TAM SLYEK, fMttir * FVUMtor. *' !' ' ILLINOIS* §= tPITOME OF THE WEEK. #"£ Cj^ii Ipew Wallace, of Indiana, has n appointsJGav«wair «t <H»w NmUsa^im 'rtei, ea*pepded. t , ,, ,, Frank Welch, Member of Congress rom Ncbra^ks, diei tt Hfllighj Krtv,«a tMe! tight of the 4th, of apoplexy. ( ' tDuring the week ending Aug. • 81, ere wew* filed 784 petitions in bankruptcy Chicago, The aggregated liabilittesotthese iipiebtora WM $23,356,258. Northwestern Expontioa st Jkfinneapolis, Minn., was inaugurated on the Ifci, Senator Blaine making t.h<» opening, ad- fSress- There we 25,000 persons pre&ent The requisition of tie Governor of rath Carolina upon the Governor of Mwa lusetts, for the surrender of the person of [{ram H. Kimpton, has been refused by Gov. \*^.i|Uee. . • • - • 's^, Postmaster Filley, of St. Lotus, has " -%cen removed for an alleged violation of Ex- ecutive Order No. 1. The etatemTent is made r|jhat he allowed one of his clerks to dabble in politics. - -- : On the 1st, an ex«urakm triin on fhe ,|,ondon, Chatham & Dover Railroad collided . %ith a freight train, near Sitting Bourne, 7 Sing., and was completely wrecked. Eight persons were killed and thirty seiiously hurt. The public-debt statement for August Bhows a total of debt and interest of $2,329,- 107,901. Cash in Treasury, 1300,002,881. Debt less cash in Treasury, $2,029,105,020; de- c r e a s e d u r i n g A n g n s t , M . 4 7 5 . 9 0 4 . t : ' : « • -- • I , : ' At Indianapolis, the other day, m Jit- "fle daugh%er of a man named Westfall was turned to death in an attempt to light the fire With coal oil. Her mother was badly bufned while trying to sa^e the little one. The seventieth call for the redemp­ tion of 5-20 bonds of 1865 was issued, by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the 4th. The eall is for $2,000,000 coupon and $3,000,000 registered bonds, principal and interest to he paid on and after Dee. 4. The average condition ofoatsthtotogh- - out the country, as shown by the August returns to the Agricultural Department, was represented "by 100. The average of tobacco, as reported from twelve of the largest to­ bacco-growing States, was about 89. The House of Bishops of the Protest­ ant Episcopal Church, in session in New York •"City, cs thz Sd, adopted a preamble and reso­ lution, deposing from the imuiBiry Bishop WcCoskrey, and Presidiug-Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, formally declared such deposition' Orville Grant, brother of Gen. Grant •was, on the 4th, sent to the Insane Asylum, at Morristown, N. J. His mind ran on immense •peculations, starting new business on a gi­ gantic scale, etc. He was sent .to the Asjlufi at the request of his friends and Dr. Mortop., , A Treasury circular has recently been issued, announcing that hereafter silver ddt- ttrs will be issued, in sums not less than 1,000 nor more than $10,000, in exchange for greenbacks, and that National Bank notes presented for redemption will be redeemed in u silver dollars. ' ! i. At Wheeling, W. Va., Wfew da^s' ago, three young girls, aged twelve, ten and eight years respectively, daughters of a Mrs. . JlcGee, started the fire in the kitchen stove with coal oil. The eldest was burned to death, and the second was fatally injured. The third . es&ped. ,} ' ' •••'<" _ mi J i V-' ; "iii- The Town of Mickalos,, j* Hungary, Jias been almost entirely destroyed by a hurri­ cane. Up to the morning of the 1st, over fOO t corpses had teen recovered and 300'persons Were still missing. At Eriau, the River Eger broke through the walls of the town and de­ molished whole rows of houses aad ^rqwp«d many persons. ' ~ . - The National Firemen's louinament ( h ; i i s i , t t y ' . W .^4 \u ; iioai ciiicogo and abroad partici­ pated. The attendanss of strangers WM va­ riously estimated at from 25,000 to 50,000. The President aid members of his fithfa**,; Gov. Cullom, of Illinois, Gov. Smith, of Wis consin, and other distinguished gentlemen,, joined in the procession. The President and Mrs. Hayes gave a reception in the evening, Whkh was largely attended. Setfy Schurz has rendered juq, addl-, tional decision to the Commissioner of General Land Office in respect to railroad graats. An appeal had been taken in the Dudymott case for a reversion «r suspension of the former decision, but the Secretary de dined to do either, and the first decision, by which large tracts of land, covered by land grants to railroads, were opened to settlement, is to stand, unless reversed by a decision of the courts, lmmense nwuherg of applications have been made to enter the lands nn^r the • original decision, and it'is expected the rail­ road companies will fffe-y immwii.^ steps to 9, appeal to the courts. ' '-<* - -•' ' a i 1:1, . 4*J#> fl 5i ro-lionrs' sptech^lo the wortgUycmen ©t Sity. ^ '.-r ->v ie SultAtt reowitly lent a dispatch Cl»r requesting him to order the out- on MMBUIOUUIS. in Roum||a, to be ^ Tfc|Cnr replied, m 'ifiaisfc, pressing sorrow at the knarchy Which pre­ vailed, but declaring it to be hie belief that the reports were exaggerated, as the Russian Generals had 8tr!et?o*4f5S|to | ish acts of violence. , A Kagusa dispatch of th^ gd sfys thf) Mohammedan population' of Kblaschih htid seiaed the lor4tfie«>tion# tbew, «ft«r t with two battalions of Turkish r»)pili^|, . Aa insurrection teeentiy broke Out at Tirebhije, caused by the iknowitdge that the Turkish regulars intended to surrender the citadels the Austsrians, in 6bedkace to the order of the Porte, A Constantinople dispatch of the 2d says (he Bosnians interned at. Ntcsics had re­ volted, and that a great many were killed or wounded before the revolt was suppressed. The Turkish troops hate defeated the Adona insurjents and j*c«pti"*d the town, after eight hours* hard fighting. The Vwmont election occurred, on the It was thought, on the morning of the 5th, that Proctor (Rep.) for Governor would have about 17,000 majority. The Re­ publican candidates 4>r|CongresB in the First and Second District* were probably eleetecL No choice in the Third. .> ' •< yu.t- > i' . The Farmers1 and Mechanics,, Sav­ ings Bank of San Francisco failed on the 3d, owning its depositors about $365,000. The usual announcement that '•depositors will W paid in full" was made. On tRe evening of the 3d,' the ̂ Thames excursion-steamer Princefs Alice was run down by the Bywell Castle, a screw-collier, bound north. Within five minutes after the boats collided, the Alice keeled* over and went down in deep water. It was believed, on the 4th, that not more than 150 persons of the 800 on board had been rescued, it was stated that the accident was due.to a inisunderstaad- imr of signals. On the evening of the 4th, the Grand Central Hotel, at Omaha, was destroyed by fire. The hotel Was built In 1873, at a cost of $300,000. Four fireman were killed, and sev­ eral others seriously injured by falling Walls, The Minnesota Republican State Con­ vention was held at St. Paul, en the 4th. John M. Berry was renominated for Associate Judge of the Supreme Court, Samuel H. Nichols for Clerk of the Supreme Court, and O. P. Whit- comb for . State Auditor. The platform in­ dorses the Administration of President Hayes; declares in favor of Bpecie resumption, that the Nation is pledged to pay its debts in coin; favors the resumption of specie payment, and condemns the doctrine of an unlimited and ir­ redeemable paper currency. The Chicago Interstate Industrial Exposition waa formally opened, on the even ing of the 4th. There were present oveV 15,- 000 people. The exhibition was an excellent ens, and Isrsjslv superior, it is to anv that have preceded it It closes on the 19th of October next i The Minnesota State Prohibltibtt Con­ vention met at Minneapolis, on the 8d, and nominated T. G. Carter for State Auditor, Wm. Capp for Clerk of the Supreme Court, G. W. Green for First District Congressman, J. C. Stearns for Second District Congress­ man. N6 nomination iwaitnAde in the Third District ; . . ,• t •: A London telegram of the 5th says France and Italy had jointly notified the Porte that they would not permit the, bombardment Of the Greek coast in the event of waf be­ tween Greece and Turkey. : Gfreece had noti­ fied the Porte that she would invoke the mediation of the Powers if her representations in regard to the rectification of the frontier were not heeded. President Hayes reached St. Paul on the 5th, and was enthusiastically received.* At the Fair Grounds he delivered an elaborate Bpeeeh, mainly devoted to the finance ques­ tion. Pleasant speeches were also made by Att'y-Gen. Dev^ns and Sepator Butltr, of South Carolina. The Democrats of Minuesota held their State Convention at St Paul, on the 5th. Resolutions tore adopted, declaring that the investigation of frauds committed trt the last Presidential election ought to have been made by the Electoral Commission; in favor of the gradual substitution of Treasury for National Bank notes, to be the sole paper currency of tiie country, to be a legal-tender ou a par with :crr*»>; nf/pfrnt, 3^ny i t.' t* jf tl"* A P«r» dispatch of the 50tM *utt J«a^ Gen. Todleben had received orders to discon­ tinue the embarkation of Russian troops, be cause of the non-withdrawal of the British A Vienna dispatch of tlhe SAth ult. says the Italian Consul wis killed in the as- sauit upon and capture of Serajevo by thd Austnans. The Kansas Republicans met in State Convention, at Topeka, on the 29th and 80th edinnomination the following ticket. Governor, J. p. st. john; Lieuten- ant-Goyernor, L. U. Humphrey; Secretary of emith; Treasurer, John Fran­ ces; Audiior B. I. Bombrae; Attorney-Gen- eral, Willard Davis; Chief-Justice, A.H. Hor- ton; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Allen B. Lemon. The platform denounce the issue of irredeemable money as a snecies of repudiation; favors the WaST? National Bank notes, and the substitu tion of greenbacks therefor, the same to be receivable in payment of all debts, pub- lie and private, except as otherwise specified in the contract; advoeates the double-coin standard, Indorses the late decision of tlie Secretary of the Interior in respect to unsold railroad lands, etc., etc. Dennis Kearney was in Philadelphia AB fllA a# fhg ABddillVliaMl etc. Thp nominations are: For Associate Judge of the Supreme Coiirt, Wm, Mitchell; Clerk, Dillon O'Brien; Auditor of State! Mahion M. Black. • The Rational Greenback party of New Hampshire met in State CouveotioQ at Manchester, on the 5th, and adopted resoju- tious demanding the repeal of /the National- Bank act; the issue of full legal* tender niopey; the immediate repeal of the Resumption act; that no subsidies ~be granted to individuals or corporations; that the public lands-be reserved for actual settlers, and that a modification be made of the iron-clad Tramp law enacted at the last session of the State Legislature. Warren G. Brown was nominated for Gov­ ernor. . - I . , ;; The KftnsM Democratic State Con* vention, held at Leavenworth ,̂ on the. 4th, nominated: For Secretary of State, I* W. Barton; Treasurer, C. C. Black; Attorney- General, J. F. Cok; Superintendent Public Instruction, J. F.. McKein; Chief Justice Su­ preme Court, R. M. Ruggles; Auditor, O. Shannon. The resolutions adopted declare that Congress should provide a paper curren­ cy in such volume as may be necessary for the convenient transaction of business at all times, to stimulate enterprise, etc.; favor the unconditional repeal of the Resumption act, the full remonetization of silver, and the re­ tirement of National Bank notes, and the sub­ stitution therefor of Greenbacks, to H a legal teBder for all puroosek. " ' TUB VELLOW PEV£E MCOi (»B. One death from yellow fever occurred ORSE SHOEING ^ A 8FEO£AL iYf# „ ; SPAIBIlVCj , fulness of woaoan. «§ a uevoted lather [NU% patient, attcdtlve wtte, as a ttfe-rtoktc# iter, sister, fitaot Bite wat«)|M uid sand cares for her loved one, tiH h« ves again or passes beyond her aid. The nalty of h«r service of love is generally iath." . The Howard Association was calling, on the 3d, iu God's name, for physicians from all parts of the countiy to mimo to t£t 4witf of the stricken ones of Vicksburg. - Telegrams received af Cairo; on the 3d, from Hickman, Ky., reported over forty persons sick in the latter place, and ten or twelve deaths A-oia wbat was anpposeQ to be yellow fever. , j Up tc the 3d, over (100,000 had been contributed in Hew ¥ork City, *35,000 in Chicago, and corresponding amounts in other Eastern and Wcsterh cities, for the re­ lief of the yellow-fever districts of the South. An order Was issued,^on the 3d, by the Secre­ tary of War, for rations for twenty days, to be issued to 2,000 of the suffering poor in New Orleans. ' There were 212 new cases and sev­ enty-seven deaths in New Orleans, on the 4th. ^mono; the latter were fifteen children under sj^yearsoldi ! ? i A Memphis dispatch of the 4th says that city was one vast cbarnel hou<$fc Over 150 deaths had occurred during the last t'wen- ty-four hours, sixty dead bodies remaining unburied at nightfall. The question of dis­ posing of the dead had become a serious onet and cremation had been suggested, as corpses had been known to lie unburied for more than forty-eight hours, and it was with diffi­ culty that men could be hired to haul them to the Potter's field. The Finance Committee of the Citizens' Association issued an appeal to the civilized world for aid to enable them to feed and clothe the destitute there, furnish necessary material for the sick and dy­ ing, and to bury the dead. The destitute were crying for bread, and the sick for such care as can only be given by open-handed generosity. Urgent appeals for help were also made from Holly Springs, Greenville and Canton, Miss The stores in Holly Springs Were all closed, and all the people who could do so . had left the place. Several cases of what was believed to be a mild type of the yellow fever were re­ ported at Newport, Ky., on the 4th. Addi­ tional deaths of refugees had occurred in Cin­ cinnati. The fever was still increasing in Yicksbuig* • There were, on the 5th, eighty-nine deaths at Memphis, elgbtysix at New Or­ leans, fprty-three at Yiclcsburg, twenty at Hickman and ten at Grenada. There wete over seventy new cases at Holly Springs, and the disease there was very fatal, taking off some of the best citizens. The disease was rapidly spreading in all the above localities, and substantial aid was still, and,would con­ tinue to be for some time, greatly needed. The new cases In New Orleans numbered 201. Strict quarantine regulations were decided upon at St. Louis, to go into effect on the 7th. Every house in Grenada had been visited by the scourge, and the fever in New Orleans waS si)ieadiuj4 to4every part of the city. Sec'j Sebnrc' Railroad Land Decision. pmaaptljr attended to. Osll fad for y*w?*6lC ii. Thompson Itjirn TM A Washington telegram of the Sd gives the following synopsia of Sec'y Scliurz' supplementary decision in the land-grant railroad question: The Secretary of the Interior to-dav ren­ dered an additional decision to the Commis­ sioner of the General Land Office in the well- known Dudymott Case. An appeal was taken for the reversal or suspension of the former decision. Sec'y SeLurz declines to do either, and the former decision, by which large tract* Of land, covered by land-grants tp railroads, were opened to Settlement, is to stand, unless reversed by a decision of the courts. Im­ mense numbers of applications have' been maue to emer lands under the former deci­ sion. It is expected the railroads will take immediate steps to appeal to the courts. Sec'y Schurz says it has been from the earli­ est hisiory of this Government one of the most important and beneiicient principles governing its land policy not to favor the cre­ ation of large estates, but to put the public lands at such rates and in such quantities within the easiest possible reach of the poor and homeless that the latter might acquire homes lor themselves and their families, and thereby promote the healthy development of the agricultural resources of the country. This principle has evidently beeu kept ia view by the law-making power when tid­ ing the construction of national high­ ways by extensive grants of land, and ia accordance with it it was wisely provided in this grant that, unless the iandis granted were sold by the companies within a reasonable time, they should be opened to actual settlement under the auspices of the Government of the United States, and Under f&ej-i'.,y! r-^ .* of tke J?!--.'-..:• iXI r» 7..W, FO ••thirty' (fight faa' uk,v>u.VL.fc oi !•;• : X i z & ; . ! ; • Ci of such sales are to be turned over to the com­ panies. I am, therefore, of the opinion that an actual sale to a bona fide purchaser for |: valuable cunsideratiou within the time limited1 «s the only disposition which it was intended by Congress sliuulu eseis.pt &r»y o£ said Issds from sue under the Pre-emption law. Counsel have filed copies of certain mort­ gages (called deeds of trust) executed by said, companies to secure the paymcut of a bonded. obligation of the same. Counsel urge that the execution and delivery of these mortgages' was in effect a sale and conveyance of a legal title of the companies to all lands inuring to them under sucti grant. For the purpose of determining the question thus presented, it, becomes necessary not only to fix the charac­ ter of the instruments executed by said com­ panies, but also to ascertain whether a legal title to the lands therein described was by said instruments conveyed to the Trustees therein named. After quoting various prominent legal opin­ ions on the suoject of mortgages, to the gen­ eral effect that a mortgage is mere security and does not vest in the mortgagee any estate in land, either before or after the condition broken, and that payment after detault oper­ ates to discharge the lien equally with pay- meut at maturity of the debt, the Secretary expresses the opinion that ttie mortgages in the several States and Territories iu which land granted by the act of .July, 1863, and the act amendatory thereof of July 2, 1864, are lo­ cated, are not a transfer of the legal title, but simply a pledge, a security, a li#n thereon, and that no estate is by such instrument vested in the mortgagee, either before or after the con­ dition is broken. In each and every one of the mortgages presented its this ease the title as well as the rights of sale and disposition of the lands therein described, is retained iu the , companies, the Trustees indorsing the mort­ gage with the full knowledge of the limita­ tions* of the right and authority of the compa­ nies to inake the same. ®" While the companies by the terms of the Enortjrages had the right to sell and dispose of the lands, the Trustees were to receive the . proceeds of all sales of lands made. The right of the com panies to sell lands having ceased by virtue ol the third section of the act of July 1, 1862, the security of the mortgagees will be subrogated by moneys arising from sales when i made by the Government In concluding, the Secretary says: " After ul! consideration, I am unable to find any •eason for the suspension of my decision of ; ruly 2:], 1878, and you will, therefore, without tnnecessary delay, cause directions to be is- ued to the local officers as therein directed.* ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. CHAKLKS TTLER fell into the fiver atCsiro, on the 26th, and was drowned. CHARI.ES LORINO, a young nun from Mis­ souri, who had been visiting His uncle, C. E. LOrlrg, in the northeast part of Vermillion County, bade his relations an affectionate farewell on the 19 th of August and started for his home. About a Week subsequent one of the uncle's fine horses was stolen, and no traoe conld be found of1 it. The matter was put into the hands of a Danville officer, who Started in pursuit of the supposed thief. He returned, on the 86th, having in custody young Lor ing, who was captured at Hillsboro, in Montgomery County, and confessed to having stolen the horse, he having remained in the neighborhood for several days for that pur­ pose, He also gave information that will lead to the arrest of other parties who have recent­ ly stolen horses from the same neighborhood. A FEW days ago, George Robinson, living near Bethany, Moultrie County, was stung by a honey-bee, about an inch below the eye, near the nose. A few minutes after he was at­ tacked by spasms, which continued abont two hours, when, he died in great agony JAM;E9 MILLETT, who arrived in New York from Chicago a week before, was stabbed, the Other evening, in a, hnr-rnnm ot No. 24 West street, by Jeremiah Hanifin, a 'longshoreman. Miliett is an Irishman, and was boasting about the relative merits of Chicago over New York. The matter was about to be settled by another drink, when Hanifin drew a pocket- knife and stabbed Millett in the neck, laying open the jaw bone. He was thought to be fatally injured. , ALF SOWER, formerly Superintendent of the Springfield Rolling-Mill, took morphine the other afternoon--whether by accident or de­ sign does not fully appear--and, though med­ ical aid was summoned and every effort made to save his life, he died about ten o'clock that night. , THE Governor has accepted the resignation of Judge David J. Baker, of Cairo, as Circuit and Appellate Court Judge. The Judge ac­ cepts his appointment to the Supreme Bench, and has filed his oath of office as Associate Judge of the Supreme Court. WILLIAM MCCOBMICK, a switchman on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, was standing on top Of a car, a few days ago, that was going west. When it was going under the Halsted street viaduct, *in Chicago, his head struck one of the timbers and he was thrown between two ears. Before he could 'recover himself one of the cars passed over his legs, below the knees, cutting them completely away. A VERY serious accident occurred near 1111- opolis, a few miles west of Decatur, the other night Two farmers' teams were being driven home from town, when the wheels of the rear wagon ran into a deep hole, throwing the driver out upon the ground, the wagon run­ ning over him, Injuring him quite seriously. The horses were frightened by the dropping of the wheel and the falling of the man, and started to run. They soon overtook the for­ ward team ind jumped into the wagon, in which were three men. Two of the occu­ pants of this wagon were badtv hurt bv the friftiitcucu horses, and one of them died next morning. The other may survive, as may also the man who was thrown from the rear wagon. JANE MOFIELD, an insane woman, set lire to Mrs. Wylie Thomas' barn, near Mount Yer- •non, on the night of the 1st. Upon being in­ terviewed, she admitted that she had started the fire, but said the barn was her own prop­ erty, and she had a right to do what she Would with it. She was sent to the Insane Asylum. THE main difference between the condition of things under the dead Bankrupt law and the condition of things under the laws which succeed it, is defined, by a lawyer who has made insolvency enactments a special study, to be the Inability of a man's creditors to force him into an assignment Under the Bankrupt law, the creditors could produce an involuntary distribution of a debtor's effects; under the State law, the debtor, so long as he is making no fraudulent concealment or effort to permanently evade his liabilities, can snap his fingers at his creditors. He can, if he wishes, pay one creditor in full and let the rest get what they can. An erroneous im­ pression prevails that, under the Insolvent- Debtors' act of Illinois, a creditor can, at will, arrest a debtor and throw him into jail for debt. This is not the case. If a debtor is fraudulently endeavoring to evade payment, he can be arrested and made to show whether he is able to pay or not, and ordered to pay if his ability to do so be established. The Ex­ emption laws will cut a considerable figure in such proceedings hereafter, for the reason jT.jttt .Hi; •_• •^ .fs^mVrc.ontfon JTQircrt**, p( rW H&i. ifowuat • Vi •~TJ« Ii;r tt|is State was modeled upon the Insolvent- Debtors' law of Ohio* which it resembles in every essential point It is very like the laws of almost all the other States upon the same subject. THE Nationals of the Second District have nominated Judge Felsh as their candidate for Congress. AT Vaudalia, a lew evenings since, Mr. Au­ gust Rhinehart and Miss Katie Brown were driving through the city when their team took fright and ran away, throwing out Mr. Rhinehart, the lady jumping out of the buggy, injuring both fatally. SETII F. Caews has been nom inated for Congress by the'Nationals of the Nineteenth District JOHN TBEIX, a Chicago wheelwright, cut his throat from ear to ear, the other night, because some of his creditors had garnishee*! ' his wages at the factory where he worked. AT Springfield, a few mornings ago, Mrs. Jacob Feldher poured coal-oil into the family cook-stove. The flame ran up the stream, and exploded the^can, throwing the burning oil all over her. Her clothing was set on fire, and she ran screaming into the yard. Her body was roasted from the hips to the neck, but she lived in agony till evening. THB Democrats of the Sixteenth District 'met at Yandalia, on the 3d, and nominated W. A. J. Sparks, present meipiberr as their candidate for Congress. FARMERS living In the eastern portion of the State arc complaining that they can't get ears in which to ship their grain- HON. A. C. 8TEVENSON has been nominated for Congress by the Nationals of the Thir­ teenth District faithless are of the other sex While one man forsakes his wife and leaves his chil­ dren to die in strangers' hands, while a son hies to Arkansas Springs and leaves his moth- an^ brothers to be borne by other hands to the grave, ia contrast shlaesout the Indian Longevity. There is an Indian woman now living ttt Josela Peters', near San Luis Rey, in this county, who is at least 124 years of age. Many ;^ears ago her hair turned snowy white, but within recent years it has undergone renewal, and is now as black as a coal. She is now in Young man, don't undertake tot*her second childhood--speaks and lisps, je your uncle's name to that note, for it may a-forger ample time to re­ gret.-- Yonlcers Gazette. - A Maryland paper refers to a cow broking her leg as ft ** tragedy." and has all the mental characteristics of a child. Some fifteen years ago this woman's memory was good, and <*he recollected and told distinctly of the time when the Mission Fathers began building the San Diego Mission and tried to civilize the Indians. At that time--1769--she was a young woman, and living with her tribe near the Valle de los Viejas. The missionaries sent their soldiers and vaqneros after the Indians to corral them and brings them into the missions, and treated the In­ dians with great severity and cruelty. The old woman used to relate that one of these vaqueros threw a lasso over her to catch hor, and in so doing stran­ gled to death the infant that she was carrying on her back. W. B. Couts and other old residents of San Luis Rey know this venerable woman well, have often listened to her relations of past times, and are perfectly convinced that she is at least 124 years old.--8an JXego (CAZ.) Union. " T The Flanet Vnlean«, ; AWEE twenty years of plicated by many doubtful and conflict­ ing observations, the intra-Mercurial planet discovered by the Parisian phy­ sician, Lescarbault, will probably now have to be admitted to full standing among the planets. Ever since Le Verrier completed hfy demonstration of the existence of a dis­ turbing body somewhere between Mercury and the sun, not ia few As­ tronomers have been convinced that only a favorable opportunity was nec­ essary to verify by sight the evidence of mathematics. Among those was Erof. Watson, whose confidence was so strong that he went to Colorado determined to make the search for Vulcan his chief busi­ ness He^said to a townsman on his return: "I was satisfied that there was a planet within the orbit of Mer­ cury, just as I am satisfied that there is one outside the orbit of Neptune. The perturbations of those planets, and some other phenomena, cannot be ex­ plained on any other hypothesis. So when 1 went there I fixed on my plan and stuck to it. I.determined to sweep south of the sun, and to keep within a small space. We had but three and one half minutes, and the time was too short to try to get over too great a space. I meant to search that much thoroughly, and so reduce the amount for future astronomers should I not succeed. It was on the fifth sweep that I saw the object." In his report to Rear Admiral Rod- gers, Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, Prof. Wat­ son says: "I have the honor to report that at the time of totality I observed a star of the four and a half magnitude in R. A. 8h. 26m. dec. 18 deg. north, which is, I feel convinced, an intra- Mercurial planet. I observed with a power of forty-five, and did not have time to change the power so as to en­ large the disk. There is no known star in the position observed, and I did not see any elongation, such as ought to exist lit the case of a comet very near the sun. I will hereafter report to you fully in regard to observations made. The appearance of the object observed was that of a ruddy star of the four and a half magnitude. The method which I adopted prevents the possibil­ ity of error from wrong circle readings; beside I had memorized the Washing­ ton chart of the region, and no such star was marked thereon. By compar­ ison with the neighboring stars on Ar- gelander's scale, the magnitude of the planet, would be the fifth, although my direct estimate at the time of the obser­ vation was four and a half, as stated." Speaking of the disnovery, the En­ glish astronomer, Mr. Lockyer, said that he did not look for Vulcan and did not see it, though he believed in Le Verrier1 s proliecy that it would be found at some time. He added: "We may rely upon Prof. Watson's state­ ment that it is not a comet, and it is certainly not a star, therefore it must be a planet, and, from its position, an intra-Mercurial one." Much to Prof. Watson's delight, his discovery was in a measure Confirmed by that of Mr. Lewis Swift, of Roches­ ter, who was at a neighboring station. Mr. Swift's observation seems to h^ve been, in a sense, accidental, yet there is no reason to question its scientific valne. In giving an account of his dis­ covery to the Rochester Democrat, Mr. ;.{>W.»jft ..u&- j V X\> • "r;i < v , i ^ ' . - - V ' t f 1 three degrees, by estimation, south­ west of tne sun. I saw them twice and attempted a third observation, but a small cloud obscured the locality. The stars were both of fifth magnitude and but one is on the chart of the heavens. This star I recogniaed as Theta in Can­ cer. The two stars were about eight minutes apart. There is no such con­ figuration of stars in the constellation of Cancer. I have no doubt that the unknown star is ah intra-Mercurial planet, and am also inclined to believe that there may be more than one such planet."--Scientific American. to the knee. In fact, they weta of ther lowest orders of the Eaat̂ jmpover ished, fanatical, forlorn, lliy hast­ ened to the tap of the avenge, a part . of those ineaibgvoup runtftag back­ ward. When 'iHiey had assembled to the number of 400, the friends who ac­ companied them separated each clustery of dervishes, and began paving the waj with their bodies. They lay lace do WE in the dust, the arms crossed under tht ^ forehead; they are ranged shottlaer to| shoulder, hip to hip, though UM ,I*--ds| were not always turned in the juuuejii- rection, but Were occasionally few metered at th^Jd Jl]#M:h| of the dervishes, and with the vc non« hrp.nrlt.ko . the prostrate forms rapidly and in«es-fi i santly. In tmtli' the mr^ishes seemed!"T ' fainting with hunger and fatigue, and,- as the crowd pressed close upon them, they would doubtlew have beconw»in- sensible in "a Short time but for the fit­ ful breath afforded by these flapping* sails. I observed that the majority ofU £• the dervishes lay as still as death; bu#. there were those who raised their head#* and looked wildly about until theit friends bad quieted them, or, as in some cs-ses^ IsS-d forcsd. thsGi tc- IKS still, whilp ?? the confusion increased, and the intense - excitement at the lower end of tMe ave­ nue announced the approach of the f. sheik. A few footmen then ran rapid­ ly over the prostrate bodies; beatific- small copper drums of a hemispherical form, and crying in a loud voice, " Al­ lah!" The attendants, as they saw the sheik's great turban nodding abov^tfcl crowd, grew nervous, and some of thou lost all self-control; one man standing close beside me went stark mad, ar three muscular fellows had some dii , culty in dragging him away from the spot. He came, the sheik of the saadee- veh, swathed in purple and fine linepi and mounted upon a gray steed. T$ii| bridle was in the hands of two attead-t ants; two others leaped upon the hind ftliarfflra r»f fV>/» Olllmol DimnnKf V,5a i -- ""iT-*," unsteady steps. The horse Was shot# with large, flat shoes, like plates of! steel, that flashed in the sunshine; he stepped cautiously and with some hesi­ tation upon the bodies, usually placing his foot upon the hips or thighs of the' cfaAl-oKAH dsrvishss] hoof slipped down the ribs of a man, or sank iu between the thighs, for in JUO. case could it touch the earth, so close­ ly were the bodies ranged side by side. If any shriek of agony escaped frofn thV, lips of the dervishes I heard it not, ton, the air was continually rent with the cry of " Allah-la-la-la-lah," the rip­ pling prayer, a breath long, continual­ ly reiterated. The sheik was stupefied* with opium, for he performs the act, much against his will, in deference to the demand^of the people; he rocked; in his saddle until he had passed the whole length of that avenue paved with human flesh, and then withdrew into' a _ tent prepared for his reception, where he received the devoted homage of such as were able to force their way into his presence. IF the farmer improves his farm .«he improves his financial condition. The v more valuable he makes it the more his capital stock is increased, the larger will be his returns, and when he dies* the larger will be the patrimony he * leaves his family. Fix up the old home, then. Clean but the fence-corners. Destroy the noxious weeds. Grub out^ the hazel and sassafras. Burn out the stumps. Clean off the logs and stones.' Make a paradise on earth of your farm, for are you not to live on it while you, remain on earth, and will not your' family live °u it when you lie in yonder; grave-yardP Plant out good orchards,^ so that your family may enjoy the good * fruit that you had the foresight and en- * ergy to provide for them.--N. Y. ^ --One of the most serviceable trail- j ers is the plant commonly called Ge'r-!';", man ivy. It is of most rapid growth/>i with light-green leaves, studded with" pellucid dots and never-troubled bf -ic&'l sects. As a screen for a window, "or covering for a Walk, it is most valua-. ^ ble. It is easily propagated, every * joint rooting if placed in the earth. ̂ The flowers are straw-colored, and often .. '•> f»wohnojj. »«"o#namn THo. 3>i;v!^vis i;iyo"s C:*pefi%$r years. It is admirably adapted baskets--Boston Travellers. »*•] « - -4: •if ?">3 ' ' v " y^f "" for n A Mohammedan Scene -- DeMonBtrft* tlons of Wild Fanatics. CHARLES WARREN STODDARD Writes as follows in the Atlantic Monthly: Our tent was close at hand; we sought it with the nonchalance of travelers who rather enjoy breaking tables of the law. We were glad of the escape and of the occasion of it; likewise grateful for the slight shelter our tent afforded, for by this time £1 Eslekeeyeh was shrouded in a fine, sifting rain that sparkled in the sunshine as the golden light shot through it. Music (plenty of it) growing louder and more lona, and the roar of 10,000 voices swept down upon us, and then the rush of heralds crying, "Make way, make way!" and tne dervishes thus an­ nounced advanced to offer up their bodies to the doseh. They hastened up the avenue in groups; each group was clustered about a staff decorated With holy rags and saints' relics. All faces were turned toward the relics-- the haggard faces of the dervishes, who hung together with arms entwined, compact as swarming bees; sacred ban­ ners fluttered down the whole length of a procession made up of these grouped dervishes. Not one of the victims seemed in his right mind; the majority of them were idiotic. Their swollen tongues lolled from their mouths; their heads wagged wearily on their shoulders, and their eyes were either closed or fixed and staring. Many of thetn were naked to the waist, turbanless, barefooted and barelegged •t.ti" •«* 1 t.i l« .! : ? >< f it'll --The plea of " hysterics," 7rrt.de M "* behalf of female felons, is catching.^ "Sure, yer Honor," said Norah, yes-us terday, when snaked why she should not - be sentenced for robbing a trunk, "I was in a historical condiTion.'*--*N. Y. Graphic. €1 -- THB HABKETSr - NSW YORK, September LIVR 8TOCK-Cattl».. OATS--Western Mixed BYE--Western . PORK--Mean , LARD--Steam r.......' CHEESE Z. 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