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vim* Jk*viAib*lkikiJtokjL m ^ ,- <»rf <M.,'w"i . ( *«« * u ., ..•;- . , *v, . , , 1&" B* mois EPITOME OF THE WEEK. «0 ̂ vnuunrr rARA«iuFn. I^NVMHbMfraawtMFPed'** •I 'Ifi W .*j mj&mqfrfo night ol the nth. teel Lunt Caldwell, D.i>. th. elected President of VaasX • tave d< lftc Ided that shall cofci arrests bsw >»* made tfrtoplt, of penof* olmaptrin* *» feto-frfltan Murad. j «i Application mu made at the Treas- '* M Waehiegtdn, 6c the ;ao# lOtt*. for * /"Itfooo standard Silver dollars. ' ' * .ISSl'!•»««?? ' ' a - •• -S ,:,.*• -ii -i ;<)n© hundred students, suspected of f* ItlhHism.batw been expelled ftbtn tM Vn|ver 6!&es ot 8t» Petft)«burff and Kief. ••<*!$•• •J» id' • ftit *y1 a in 14 to -*»!; iM.' ~i0£ • ."• £*» • !«•«*• i • djj 1"' J Deiin!4 Kearney addressed a large •Of „f wortfi rig-men In Union Square, -r%t - -Jlkjy York City, on the evening of the 6th. He t/.-T ? • " §NV. .1 bU'V *» \'%e ftth, and effected a permanent organiza- /flcm on the 10th, 1 JShlps at Italian ports from *dif bartoff tfev United States have been or- placed M quarantine. ^ > "*TVo Inches of snow fell in Wyoming ' IplTrltbî dm the inontfiig of the 8tbC< The ^ 'temperature at Cheyenne was'SS deg.^ * t»"(The German Parliament was opened, Kg th? 9'h, by i «n*wh from the throne, in *%hteh the hope was expressed that the Antl- ftodaltet bill might pass. r" The Paris International Congress of ' ty'dlgbta, Measures and Coinage has adopted a favoring a universal tandard of tenth alloy for gold coins. le one of hiis characteristic speeches. 1 The Oregon Legislature convened, on The vote for Governor was . .canvassed, and shrfwed Thayer's majority to "p6 sixty-nine. •. . • ' It is said that the Russians atKus- ,4fchdje, on the Black Sea, are again arming the beries which they dismantled a month ago, that the orders for the embarkation of tpc ^ave been countermanded. Dr. Nobeling, the man who attempted assassination of the Emperor of Germany, ; * -'i - • MU mb H £ J» iV , t ^ l«r .« h; 7 J'\ j'jiome months ago, died on the 10th, from i , j^ralysis of the lungs, the result of his self-in- ' *f<^f^Wj|.w<HMMs at th^time of his arrest. ' •* • <®ectio118 spain» recently com j* ^.. ' '"j^leted, have resulted in a large Governmental • {,# , .Jnaj nty. The Opposition were successful to Almeria and Barcelona.' A conspir- t Jii^ h s been discovered in Seville to establish f ^•"jgled.nJgtpubllc. , ; ' ,j0^f 4-my«, H. M. Holden, President of the' sus- {^e»dod First National Bank of Kansas City, „j|Io.j E. H. AUen, Vice-President and. J. J. Work! • 'Y« I ' •s.^C ti 1-^.. , - C •. - 't" v »e>Kaatin, Cashier of the late Mastin Bank, of • • -that oity, were arrested, oa the 10th, on the * d «Mwe el me&¥m 4«»o»tt« wb*u tl^ey feve* t. 'Hfcete bai#|# ̂ ra /^njs. They were each held mttftait*! *7,m ..;, * Dnftag lfcrweek ending. Seyt 7r a ^tatfopallKwian'a Tounmaent waa held in "4 * t * "Ctoiraist®.' The Barae% HoBe Company, of Bur- «i •*'» lOn&rton. ¥U, »«ceived a prlefe of 9500, one - - Biun>|jmMRl < Luse-carii mm i,nc lisiiuQ&l o^S" =" * bhktjti^oti bob# belt. Other first and second t*' »|*f«elirt#ll Warded to wmpaniM from Tlll- **' • 'ndSIf l^MWajhl and Wiscmsla. Km attend* iioj j - ' great, and % larg« aaaount ol werfeawirdei. •' ' •- Indepei te platlorm indoi the payment of the public debt " aocordlag the spirit and letter of the law." A frightful mm*?! eurred in the Abercorne Coal Mine, near New­ port, Wales, on the 11th. The were 371 open in the pit, of whom only elftHty had beet* re- awe--A up to the ar«i0us of vthat^* , ^^ mine fras pn fire, aqd was believed that the rest had miserably penshWl. It was believed * in Vieani, on the llth, that the anarchMal «end!tion Of Albania would compel Austria to oocvtpy that 4*roviaoe also. A Semlln letegHwn of the ll th states} that Russia had advised Servla not to disarpa,, and promised to continue her subsidies. The Massachusetts National Green­ back Convention, which met in Boston on the Uth, nominated Gen. B. F. Butler for Gov­ ernor, and left the matter of placing candi­ dates in the field for other State offices to be decided by the Greenback Clubs. The plat­ form adopted demands the immediate repeal "Of tfte Resumption act; the passage of an act, by Congress, forbidding the issue of interest- hearing bonds unless authorized by the direct '•ate of the people; the sustaining of the Labor Bureau; the abolition of the Associated Press monopoly; the abolition of the tax: upon what' one owes; the removal of the poll-tax restric­ tion; the reservation of the public lands for actual settlers, etc., etc. The Massachusetts Prohibitionists met in 8tate Convention, at Woicester, on the 11th, and nominated Rev. Dr. Miner for Gov­ ernor, Geo. C. Ewing for Lieutenant-Gover­ nor, D. 5. Curacy tor Secretary of State, J. H. H. Orae for Auditor, D. N. Skellings for Treasurer, and O. T. Gray for Attorney-Gen­ eral. The platform is strongly Prohibition, and declares for woman-suffrage fnd hard money. • Cleopatra's Needle, the Egyptian ob­ elisk. was successfully placed upon its ped­ estal, on the bank of the River Thames, in London, on the afternoon of the 13th. On the 12th, the bakers of Constan­ tinople discontinued the sale of bread, because of the high price of wheat and the deprecia­ tion of the currency. The. Sultan thereupon remitted the grain-tax, and appointed a com­ mission to devise means far retiring the paper currency. A report, received on the 11th, that Gen. Miles had been surrounded and cap­ tured by a body of Bannock Indians turns out to have been unfounded, the facte being ex­ actly the reverse. On the 4th, he, with twen- ty-eeven men and thirty-five friendly Crow Indians, surprised and attacked the Bannock hostiles in the pass in the National Park, Wy. T., §nd after a desperate fight, of about two hours' duration, captured thirty-four Ban­ nocks--men, women and children--and about ,200 head of horses. Capt. Bennett, a French scout, and one Crow Indian were killed on the side of the troops, and thirteen Bannock Indians were slain. Not more than .three or four Bannock .warriors escaped. A Washington dispatch • of the 12th says the silver standard dollars Were rapidly • going West OA the lltb, $75,000 in cur­ rency were exchanged for the silver dollars, mostof wllifeh was for the Northwestern States. . Frank A. MoKeon is the Democratic candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, bn a platform which declares Ja favor ~ of a ^'stable currency, the just payment of the, pub­ lic debt, and one currency for the Govern­ ment and people, the laborer and office-hold­ er, pensioner and soldier, the producer'and bondnolder," and that such currency should be issued for the benefit of the whole people, and not for the btneftt of \tbe capitalist* at) the expense Of the people.- . !;:?© illi' *«fli <t»tst tu»« liM o **4l« ifi* « llnrttfj I 1* *1 timt 1o -«e .•» Ala i A Now York t«#ra«4t % 11* says the dinpaioiws received Hiere showed the number of deaths f»m fellow fever at the South was, so far, iP*MNl; <ttd&Q. The • O&tsag® - '«* • |K« i^th publishes a list of contributiona for the f«llef of the yellow-fever sufferers to that date, which aggregated the sum of over *S&,000-- .•roade up m, follows; Ko8ton» fBO^OOt; Newsf ||1JHS0I8 STATE UJI^S. York, $160,0(X); Philadelphia, $33,000; Balti-| _ '* . ^ ore. $27,000; St. Louis, $40,700; Cincinnati, Mia " 0101 $20, JUM); Chicago, $46,297; miscellaneous sources, i, $187,'" " ,(30011> anaf oils, $5,619; Loblgril]^ «5, laneous sources. 000 had been al- TMK Vll.LOW.nVKR SCOVIU9X. The Young Men's Christian Ass6ci&> tion, of New Orleans, published a statement; on the 7th, to the effect that, while they were In full sympathy and cordially co-operated with the Howard and Peabody Associatioi snt and responsible < the dispensing of fundb com- Th^currency bal^ee lii the United ] ^ weVM^^e^ndeVt^Jretp^7ble"£ ^ W1*, Walfc $11,880,000, gauization for the dispensing of fundb c< $10,000,000 for the redemption giRted to their hands. They had so far done <$ai^enCj« 9233,963,000 in iibbut $10,000,000 In standard Of the'110.0)0,000' of fractional ;l® 1^2, over $4,CK»,0(KI. werp g. Of Jhe' three arid fivc-eeat 11Q63, probably over.|s2,iM)0y&)0 The entire amount of frac- nw j • " ilftS-lV? .*• • *T~" • »> ' 1 - '« • g^at xajciciag' "la DtilAft,- 4q tie 8tfe, mm' ttce release' of ; Condon, the ' " ' " ^ A m e r i c a n F e n i a n c o n v i c t . *** *'*** '* ~A";3- • -» • car-driven, on the Railroad, ,ot the_ UiiJ ""ol their work efllcieutly,'ecoeon)ically and faith­ fully, and would continue so doing. They ask the fullest recognition throughout the country as an effective channel through which the benevokmoe of the charitable can be dt#- peosed, A lengthy- appeal was issued, on the 8th, in behalf of the stricken regions of the South, signed by Congressmen Ellis and Gib­ son, of Louisiana; Senator Morgan, of Ala­ bama; Wia. U. MeAidle, of Mississlpbi, and Cyrus BussCy, President of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. After alluding to the generous contributions already made, in the different cities and sections of the Union, ! of i e?0» ait •hf **,» -mujI (<jeularfa»ttM» Sbih 4« p«WaiM)»s» te I,, x#ura Avenue Street Railroad, New Jork Cttj* 1JS fl» ynd^ on the 6th, by the company agree- . the appeal goes on to say that great as has ilflw; f/»»IWto i»y the men fl.90 per day. A strike heen the charity, the necessity Is yet greater ?*u4*re* in peoftreee oa th^ ^eeoad Avenue Una 1 At New Orleans, Vicksburg and Memphis, as l»mu#i«-f The Austrians entered Trebinje, in r* -1 Rr)Her«eg:ovlna, on the 7tA, tbeTurks evacuating «-£ *'•Jthe citsdel aad retiring. iZTZ?./ A CJopstant^nopJe dispatch of the 7th hn*m* lha,41ba«4sn insurgents had ssMMlnatad 4,J nwijthf <M«P|o?#I|*ls»a?4 t*n other oArials, 1i j , iaehidiug Pasha Mehaiittet AIL ni 'X A ¥IHina telegram of the 9th says " the AaiiHttt troops In Bosnis number 200,000 "W , Of the 9th says the % had recently sent * dr. s* the Bertin Tr«ftty, fbtps with a mt^t-u iiitlwiai jKmiUlw the P^v^te execute the Mj'ow oMtpaimtkim of the • tmsty. Austfia, Fnuiee !*> «nl teik M .r-iglie# ei|rM«Aive|y. ' • ' '.VA'l:, a«to» «,opitheto. the jaatunw»up totheworatan fi* theM^>4lca^,mn<)n-electto»iof a -*«.Ti receiving the leiaest vote, but not a mfiivelfj (A all the votes cast. ., One hundred And fifty towns give him 30,387\ t.^f ,••»}> (l>Sj"-)» 21.661, and Garcelon (Green- iisptf! i'?v The Republicans elected their candidates for Congress hi the First, Second m Districts. The Fourth and Fifth sill J 4 , Districts were in some doubt, with the }>(,-)chances in favor of the Greenback candidates. 1 ji iti ^ The Upper House of tlje Legislature would {k1I> «<t>' probably be Reuublican; in the Assembly the x:»o*rt Democrats and Greenbackers would probably vdi ttn « have a majority. •«i» «i/i « Up to the evening of the 10th. over 600 bodies hafl been ieootetSd from the wxeck edt 1 ol tiis Princess Alice. - <»ftv ^ Vienna dispateheb of the loth inti- mate &ai ihe Austrians were meeting defeat In theft* attempted occupation of Bosnia, and -wasteth at nooodav that the preient efforts in that directloa were likely to be abandoned. , At aDMfopr^e caucus held in Bos-' ton, on the iWWlng of the 10th, to choose well as in the smaller Towns of Holly Springs, Grenada, Port Gibson, Canton, Greenville, Brownsville, Baton Rouge and Delhi, all business was suspended, and large numbers of poor employes were deprived of the labor necessary for the support of them­ selves and families. Of these unemployed poor there were in New Orleans about 15,000; Memphis, 8,000; Vicksburg, 2,00^ and in the smaller towns 2,000--27,000 in all--most of whom are heads of families, and represent a j total population of not less than 1014,000 in actual and desolate want. These people have l no means of getting away from the pest-ridden ' cities, and for.them then is no labor, no wages, no bread. And this condition wouM probably continue for at least flft_, ! days, for there will be no stay of the pesti­ lence and no resumption of business until frost. The tost for subsistence alone for these people for fifty days will aggregate over $1,- OOfr.OOO, saying nothing for medicines, cloth­ ing and proper sustenance for the sick and $194,581. Of this sum, ready sent South. The weather in Memphis, on tha 11th, *ra* quite cool^ which was unfavorable to the sick." The new oases numbered SjL"H deaths, 104. There were in the city 3,500 sick ^ pro­ vide for and 10,000 well people to feed. The average increase of cases of the fever was TOO, and the averages death also 100, per day. It was ho;»ed the cooler weather might have the effect to reduce the number of new cases. Fifteen to twenty caees of yellow fever and seven deaths since the 8th were re­ ported in the vicinity of Galiipolis, Ohio, on the 11th. The disease was brought thereby the plagqe ship John Porter, which was moored within two miles of that city* Much excite­ ment prevailed. One hundred and fourteen deaths were reported in New Orleans, on the lltb. There had been a sudden fall In the tempera­ ture, which accounts for the increased mortal­ ity. The thermometer indicated 09 deg., 20 deg. Jower than the day before. There seemed to be no abatement in the interior towns, f while daily the plague was making its appear­ ance in new and previously exempt localities. It was estimated that there were 50,000 peo­ ple out of employment in New Orleans, owly 11,000 of whom w^reifed by the charitable or­ ganizations. SJany persons had died of the pre7alng disease who had the vellow fever in 1867. Tom Nally, editor of the Cairo (III.) Bulletin, died, in that city, on the 12th, of yel­ low fever, and Ike Mulkey, working on the same paper, was very low with the sinne dis­ ease. No other cases were reported. The BvXUtm had suspended publication and peo­ ple were leaving the city* The weather was cool for that latitude. The weather was generally cool. throughout the South, on the 12th, but the average number of new cases of fever were reported, and the fatality was about the same. Physicians and nurses who had not had the fever were cautioned to keep away from Vicks­ burg. Lands for Aetnal Settfori* Sbc'y Schurz has, after healing argu­ ment from the railroad companies in­ terested, affirmed his decision made in July that all the lands-granted by Con­ gress to the several Pacific Railroads, and not sold by those railroad compa­ nies within three years after the com­ pletion of the roads, are now open to private entry and pre-emption at the regular Government price for public lands of $1.25 per acre. The several grants provided that these lands should be open to private entry and to pre­ emption unless they were " sold and otherwise disposed of" by the railroad companies within the time limited. In some cases, as in certain Iowa roads, the railroad companies sold their lands in bulk for cash to land companies, and Gatents therefor were issued by the initedStates, and suchia&da y«e been held as private property, and regularly, taxed by the State and local authorities' as other lands patented by the Govern­ ment. In the other cases, the compa­ nies executed mortgages of the lands, c»r ponveyanues of the lands to trustees, wiUx power to sell .and give title, and apply the pwftfld* tr» t,h« hannfit of the Companies. Mr. Jerry JBlack has given an opinion that this conveyance of the land to trustees, to secure debts or lia­ bilities of the companies, fully over­ comes the requirement of the law that( all such lands not' sold, "or otherwise' disposed of," shall be open to private entry. He has declared that in his opinion the conveyance of the land to trustees to secure the payment of mort­ gages was a " disposal" of the proper­ ty, in the contemplation of law. Mr. Schurz, however, takes a differ­ ent view of the case. He claims that it has been the uniform policy of the United States to avoid the creation ol large estates, and to place the public lands at such rates and in reasonable quantities within the easiest possible reach of those seeking them for actual settlement. The accumulation of lands in large quantities in a few hands lias already been regarded with distrust, and as opposed to the best interests of the country. When Congress granted the immense quantities of land to aid in the construction of the several Pacific Railroads, the policy of securing the lands to actual settlers at reasonable prices was not abandoned. The com­ panies were required to sell their lands Within three years at such prices as could be got for them, or the land was to be opened to private entry at the sale of all their land* jtfhpl.25 per acre, and its cultivation by ductive ' ~ profitable mg of the land ftidefii^el .mi the consequent --Chicago ber. vahit. it The following ft a statement of the total ftssessment pf all property In the State for 1878, and showing the details of each class: Amrmffg ipebtt. Number, ra'n*. otall age*.. S*»4 Cattle of all a#es • - l,77ov Mules and names of Milages, 125.W5 Bhesp of all agen-. 776,757 Hogs of all affcis- •. 8,385,660 Steam engines, in- _ ' 8,887 volta, $2fijB!7,B60 19,861,633 4,077.147 69-1,036 4,91*1,276 IMT J»l« 10B,»1 eluding "boilfts.. 8,337 821 M 1.074,406 Fire or burglar." proof safes .... JjK$. r-.-Jl.iB, $0Ml2 Billiard, pigeon* - L o l e . - b a p n t e i l e « £ . • • : . - . • i • ? b r ­ other similar ta­ bles Carriage*) and wag. onn of whatsoever' kind Watches and clocks Be wine and knit­ ting machines. • •. Pianofortes Meiodeons and or­ gans Franchises ;.... Annuities and roy­ alties Patent rights....... .lbtean; boats, sailing vessels, wharff boats, barges of other water craft' 373.596 288,260 166.198 21,011 35,670 88 ® 61 18 88 3 62 10 44 67 47 28 85 878 96 934 29 176 87 7.058,660 ! 1,024,600 1,735.481 1,416.534 748,191 20,065 28,027 10,789 Ml m 51 634,560 ' Total assessed valne of enumerated a properly $70,785,696 AMOUNT Ol VNENUXEBATEt) rHOPEUTV. Merchandise <.... $27,621,417 Material and manufactured articles Manufactured tools, imple­ ments and machinery.... Agricultural tools, imple­ ment* and machinery.... Gold and silver plate." and' plated ware 108,960 Diamonds and Jewelry..... Moneys of banlm, banket*. brokers, el$ Chedits of banks, bankers, brokers, etc.. Moneys of other than bank­ ers, etc 10.689,092 Credits of other than bank­ ers, etc •.. Bonds and stocks Shares of cap. stock of cos. not of this State Pawnbrokers' property-- Property of corporation noi before enumerated Property of 3sIoons and eating houses-- . Household and office prop^ erty Investments in real estate and improvem't* thereon Shares oi stock. State and National Banks All other personal property 2,599,139 1,947,540 4,981,771 108.960 86.410 2,596.687 1,263,745 17,673412 884,833 TSS 546,977 487,474 14,006,79(1 801,448 7.298.846 6,678,011 Total assessed valne of unenumerated property $99,029,408 f Total ass'd value of pers'l prop'ty. $169,815,099 RAILROAD PUOPEOTY--ASSESSED VAMJ*. Glass G--Personal property ft 815,802 Class D--Lands 1,201).385 Class D-Lots 2,182,236 Total value of railroad property $4,198,423 REAL ESTATE, LANDS--ASSESSED VALUE. Improved lands $401 473,948 Unimproved lands 45,259.201 Total value $446,788,144 REAL ESTATE, TOWN AND CITY LOTS--ASBEhBKD VALUK. ImproVed %1(50,871.371 ,Unimproved 85,832.646 Total value.. 4196.724017 Total valne of a!! taxable property $817,470,688 Railroad Property. At. mine. Class D--Lands. No. of acres. 1,637.296 $ 75 32 Class D-- Lots, No. of lots.... 4,499 4$ 05 Av. value Real Estate--Lakdb. NO of an-es. p r acre. Improved lands -- 25,PS3,072 $16 54 Unimproved lands. 8,657,660 6 29 $12 99 i. value 74 47 standard price per acre, and be open also to the right of pre-emption. This would open tnem to all persons of lim­ ited means, leading to the early settle­ ment of the lands, and furnishing cheap homes to the industiious. Mr. Sehura decides, therefore, that the only dispo­ sition of the land intended by the law to take it out of the right of pre-emp­ tion and private purchase is a bona Jide sale of the land within the time indica- tedf by law. He holds that a mortgage is a mere security, vesting no tiue to the land in the mortgagee either before or after the condition is broken, the burial of the dead. It is suggested that j because the mortgage can be discharged central depots be established in the great \ as weH after as at maturity. The com- citiee of the Union for the reception of further j panies in none of the cases have parted supplies for the needy and suffering regions, ! with the title to the property. He thus where all contributions may be sent as fast as ! "determines the matter finally: raised, and that they be forwarded to New 1 Orleans as a central point,' to be sent from there, under the auspices of the Howard and , Peabodv Associations, to their tlnal destina­ tion. Free transportation by land and water is offered for all supplies for the stricken cities. The appeu concludes as follows; "In the cause of com­ mon country and kindred humanity, we in- While the companies by the terms of the m«rt- pMre* had the right to sell and dispone of the •anas, the trustees were to receive the pn»ceeds of all sales of lands made. 1 his right of the companies to sell lands having ceased by virtue the third section of the act of Julv 1. lows, tue security of the mortgagee* will l>e sub- y rooneys arising from sales when made , by the Geveniment. i , | This decision stands as the law of the case until reversed by the courts. In i i«rt l»«ft ; ,^-t!,r* - "|i , i r ' "" voke for our stricken, dying and starring pea- the meantime applications have been pie the charliy of those whose homes and made at the Department for lands here- loved ones are secure from the pestilence that (tofore held by the railroad companies, walketh ire darkness, and the destruction that and now open to private entry, at $1.2d Total ^ .v. 84,395,722 $12 99 B*al Kstate-Towh and Av. value CITY Lars. , ; No. »f lot*. Improved....'. .* .*..i.......456.4 4 Unimproved, .tu.«••»>?.«»»< »J. *.481.11H Total...... ii ac-... Ki14 857 $234 79 Acres in Cultivation--Wheat, 2.009 663; <orn, 7,627 735; oats, 1.45fi <544; meadows. 2 302>88; other field products. 111,228. Acres in inclosed pasfhre, 3.760.071: in orchard, 294,081; in woodland, §,007,- Iflh A MiK named Merrill has secured a verdict of (2,000 against J. A. Haywood, aPana hotel- keeper, for injuries sustained by falling through an elevator at the hotel last spring. , The Republicans of the Fourth District' have nominated John C. Sherwln for Member Of Congress. The amount of State tax on real property forfeited to the State for the past six rears was reported to the 8tate Board at Equaliza­ tion, on the 5th, as follows: , • . < H Years. ^4»W0"»M Years. ' ' Amnuat. 1871,W.i-.j....$ 42,431 4!!l875.»..^....$146 851r63: 1872...., 49 071 46,1876 146103 68 181.935 03! |87I,..a*„- 103,951 gli Total. .... .. f649,182 » Theue were 1,667 convicts in the Joliet Prison, on the 1st, of which-number 1,641 were males, Snd 26 females. Alpreo Ri7E, of-Jerseyvllle, took dinner as usnal, on the 5th, and fifteen jninutes after­ ward was dead. Cause, heart disease. The Democrats of the Thirteenth District have nominated A. E. Stevenson for Congress. Mr. Stevenson is the candidate of the Nation­ als also. Mh. John 8hbxan had a valuable span of horses stung to death by bees, about five miles north of Taylorville, on the 6th. Mr. Sheean Is a peddler, and called at the residence of Noyes Ladd, and while engaged In- conversa­ tion with the family, the bees, evidently at­ tracted by the odor of the i>eddler's wares, at­ tacked his horses and stung them so badly that both died soon afterward. While John Ackerman was driving ctakes with an ax in a vineyard, in West Galena, on the 10th, the handle struck the hammer of a pistol in his pocket, exploding it and lodging a ball In his body. He was fatally hurt Vai/en'Tink Resor was found In a pool of water by the side of the Illinois Central Rail­ road track, near El Paso, on the morning of the 10th, with his right arm and right thigh broken, and internally and fatall) injured. It Is supposed that he was walking on the track and was knocked off by a passing freight train. On the afternoon of. the 9th, Bylvester E. Dean, a Chicago baggnec-mfn, prompted by jealousy of his wife, uttempted to cut her throat. He then drew his rasor across his own throat, and Inflicted such injuries that be died a few hours afterward. The woman was pot fatally hurt. 1 Mns. Nickeksos, wife ofJ. A. Nickerson, an employe of the 8pringfi<*ld watch factory, committed suicide at an early hour on the morning of the 9<h. She wrenched off the gas fixture in her room, shut the door and windows, lay down and allowed herself to be asphyxiated by the gas. A six-TVar-olp son of Mr. Bradway, .living at Wavorly, in Morgan County, swallowed a grain f corn the other day, which lodged In his windpipe. IU was found to be impossible to extricate it, and the child died next itajr In great agony. gentleman he low-eat bowed! in the hofe&ifarlor, and sang that ol<£ fashioned bass in "Coronation" and •• China" rn tjhat sonorous up and down styia whieh'country choristers used to practice in accompanying the big fiddle, and withal had the bland be­ nevolent look of a good old up-country 'deacon. u'~ T "" '"*• - , f|e waft *»lo«kf«f the house" next night, and stepped in where some of the boys were playing cards--some­ thing where they were talking of "calls" and "raises" and "seding." The boys looked a little disconcerted, but the old man didn't say anything till the hand was piayed out, and one of the party, under pretense of having an engagement, winked to the others and said he must go, intending to break up till the old man bad gone away and then resume the game. But he had scarce turned his back when the aged visitor remarked: ' , "I wonder he didn't 'raise1 ye with the hand he held." 5' ' \ -- 1 "Do yon understand the game?" asked one of the party, taking a cigar from his mouth. " Wall, a little; I've seen 1em playm' on it, an' sometimes thort that Fd like to take a hand jes' for fun." "Just so," said another; "suppose you try a game or two with us." "Wall, I don't mind jes' for the fun er the thing." So the old man sat down and with a good deal of instruc­ tion managed to get through with the game snd "ron 05 the n«nnv ante. "Thar," said he, " if that feller that's Sine had been spunky and put in $5, )'d got it instead of these eight.cents, oulanHheP'r ?' "Why, certainly," said one of the young men; "'certainly; it's your deal, uncle; now, whv don't you go in for a $5 ante?" " Wall," said the old fellow, throw­ ing around the cards, " I dono but I wul, but 1 hain't got nothin' but a $20 bill that I drew outen the bank to come here with." " Well» uncle," said the other, gath­ ering up and glancing at his cards, "I'll go yer twenty, and you can put it in the missionary box when you win It if you like." ' " Sho! so I ken,", said thp old man; " I don't think 'twud be gambollin' at all ef that's the case." " Not at all," said the other, winking to his companions. ," Wall, then, 1 don't care ef T go yer this 'ere other fifty--but I s'pose you'll think I'm doin' on it to skear ye--but our denomination's tarnal poor, and a .big contribution is just what they're hankerin1 arter," "Oh, no; I cover your fifty, uncle, we ought to be liberal, you know," and so the game Went on till finally the old .man remarked, "Wall, I'd no idee I had this ere roll o' bills in my pocket-- so you call, do yeP--$500 upf--yes, you hev got three picters--three queens and a jack! Well 'tis kinder queer I got tother queen--haw! haw! haw!" " Yes, I'm sorry for you, " but what are your other cards," said the young man triumphantly. 48 Well, three on 'Mb iz Kings--why, sure's 1 live, all that we pot o' money's mine, young fellerT1 said he, stretching out a powerful paw and squeezing the bills out of the hand of the young man, who had already begun to roll them up. " Praps, mister, yoiTd like to take your hail(l n ^ fltttH hfl tjy tUo MKoy urhn had returned meantime; "they are ;oin' to sing some sam tunes upstairs t>efore going to bed and X promised I'd jine 'em." ' There Was a blank look of amazement in that circle as he left, and the thought forced itself into more than one mind of the danger of trusting to appear­ ances. --Boston Commercial Bulletin. ;:Jfi delescafc! to,th« #ap«*$usette State Conven- . tlon, fiepfesentatlves' were selected from near- ly every ward In favor of Gen. Butler, who #• "• had already acCepted.a nomination for Qovern- per acre. If this decision be allirmed. Among the many sad eases reported, *t will lead to the sale. for.cash, or suh- pn the lltb, was that of the family of Charles stantially cash, of an immense area of Riddle, at Vicksburg. Mr. IL had taken hi* public lands along the lines of the rail- boat to Haines' Bluff and there buried two road, leading to the rapid occupation * " * " *nd settlement and the tilling up of the country with a productive population. We have no doubt that the railroads would profit largely by the immediate children. He had since died, and his body waa lying unbailed on the floor of a netro .cabin, his wife and tire children were all sick, and had been takeh to Vieksburjt --Experience is a dear teacher, is it? Somehow the experienced hen always knows that the foraging in the next yard is the best, and sne never paid cent for the experience, either.--Keo­ kuk (Iowa) Constitution. Lip-sebvick--Kissing. ^mporthqt I otisication' Respecting Forfeited Kallr<Mii Lands. ^ WASBXKOTOJr, Sept. 6. A circular of instructions has been issued by the Commissioner of the Gen­ eral Land Office, under the recent de­ cision of the Secretary of the Interior in the Dudyinott case, and is addressed to Registers and Receivers of the United States District Land Offices. The Com­ missioner's instructions apply only to lands granted by the act of July 1, 1862, as amended by the act of July 2, 1864, and the act of March 3, 1869, au­ thorizing thu transfer oi a part of the grant to the Union Pacific Railway Company. The instructions say: _ Where-any person shall apply to file apre-emp- tion deehuuxy statement nor a tract or tracts nut exceeding £ quarter nection within the limits of isuuh urant, mid where the entire road shall baye beenjoompieted for more tiian three years, snoh applicant will be required to show tha^he or she is daiv qualified a« pre-emptor. There­ upon the declaratory statement will be condition­ al! v received and the proper note thereof made. 1'ou will immediately thereafter call upon the propeiNiflicerot' the railroad company for a state­ ment showing whether the lands applied for had been sold prior to the date of the application to hie a declaratory akttement thareuf. If the company shall report that the land had been sold, the report mu*t show the date of such sale and the name of v.he person or persons to whom sold, and give a {deaeftption of the deed or in­ strument of ooiveyance. On rece pt of such re­ port you will reject the application to tile a de­ claratory statement Rumeut to appeal to this office. If the company shall state taat the land tiaa not been so sold, you will receive the declar­ atory statement, and. upon the applicant show­ ing at the proper time a full fcompliaisce with the requirsmenU of the Pre-emption laws, permit Mfcyment at entry at fl.% per itcre. Following i» the list of companies whose grants are clearly under or sub­ ject to the terms of the act of July 1, lb62, with the date of completion ol Such roads, as appears from the records of fcUe Department: Union Pacific Railroad, completed July 15. 1869: Kansas Pacific Railway, completed Oct. iy, 1872; Union Pacific" Central Branch, completed Jan. 20,1872 ; Denver Pacific Railroad, completed May 2,1872; Sioux City & Pacific, completed March 2, 1869; Central Pacific Railroad, com­ pleted July 16, 1869; Western Pacific Railroad, ooirinletad Jan. §1- tAQQi Sharks. Recently, while a large seine was l>eing hauled ashore at East Haven, Conn., a violent commotion was no­ ticed among the heads and tails of the thousand whitefish which were strug­ gling in the moving net. As the net came on the sand-beach it was found that the sharks were gorging them­ selves on the whitefish, and when they saw the condition they were in they the wrfHNr* whirled themsefcea which their of thfetNew in hand, sharks and dealt two of the largest a powerful blow. But it only tnem a little. With a large having a rope attached, he then struck the hook into the nearest»shark# iuid/ with & bun ont heavy iron hook in his ifMii pnllad 4otM» men at the onto the dryj*pd.~ The sam£ opera- tjon whs triidf fcn other Jakartaf until five of them ware makiQgraMfcdfly,, and snapping t&eirsaw-tlMi M%most savage way. A bean-pole inserted in the mouth of one of them was held as if In a vise, aild pieces of Voaidl were bitten in two. The largest of the five was eight feet long, the next seven feet, and the third six feet. .As soon as some of the' sharks fbtum them- selves on land they discharged from their capacious jaws a shower of white- fish. One of the smaller ones had his- head bitten completely off when insert­ ed in the open jaws of' the one eightfeet long. Tfee litne-Klln Club--Brother Oari- Rebuke. These was a grieved look in: Brother Gardner's face as he hung up hi? . hat, deposited his cane in a corner and mo­ tioned for an opening ode on the trian­ gle. » " Gem'len," he huskily observed, "I hez a painful dooty to perform* Fd sooner gin de bes' bar'l o' flour in De­ troit, but dooty am dooty. Lord Byron Sanders will piease stan up." The individual named turned almost white, with emotion, as he rose to his feet. After a mingled look of sorrow and reproach, Brother Gardner laid: " Lord Byron Sanders, you was down on de docks de odder day. You went down dar to sniff de spice-laden breezes an' feel de system whoopin' up at de rate of a mile a minit. So fur so good. A stranger come 'long arter a time an' said you was de perfeck pictur of d© King of Madagascar, Dat pleased you. He axed if you was a bank cashier^ an' you grinned wid delight. He reniarkea dat you had an eye like a hawk, a figger like a candle,,a foot like a gazelle, and you blowed your nose w ul all de sweetness ob a little lamb. When de stranger had we all fixed he took ye 'roun behin' a coal- shed, produced free cards, an' after fro win' dem aroun' in de humblest manner possible, he axed you. to pick out de fifteen spot o' clubs. You picked. Den he axed you to bet dat you could do it agin, an' you laid down five dollars --money dat you wanted to buy shoes for de chill'en. You picked agin, and lo! it was de ace ob hearts dat you held! Den de stranger sighed like a babe, wiped a tear from de co'ner of his eye, an' you war lef alone, sittin' on a'salt bar'l and wish in' you had dun gone an' jumped into de wild and im- Secunious ribber. Lord Byron San-ers, spoke up and make your defense." " Ize reddy to sink freu de flo'T' re­ plied the distressed member.R T dun went freu all dem operations, an' lost five dollars, and Ize willin' to be sot down on an' all mashed up!" ' " Brudder Sanders," rtsumed the President, 441 want to frou a feu words of advice in your pathway, an' doan you forget it: Doan git acquainted wid strangers at a faster rate dan ten miles an hour, for a hos-thief kin dress jist as well an' look ji$t as humble as a Con- stahui. , - " De' pusson who flatters yoxf, hez a plan to deeeive. . 44 De man who ^plays a,game, plays it to win. 1 \f 4 4 De chap who am alius wan tin'a loan, will sooner or later strike you for all he kin, an' slide out. ' ' 44 De man who wins your confidence wid a few soft words, not only gets your money, but 'spises you to boot. 44 De pusson who bets to git s^ad of anoder am certain to be cleaned out in de end. . , , , 4'Brudder Lord Byron Sanders you kin now sot down. Let dis be a great an' perishable lc3son to shrRG Satan whareber you And hfm. 44 May de horse-flies eat lue up if I doan do it!" was the earnest reply of the brother, as he fell back. -Detroit Frtc Press. • * ,.<«»»» .' ' --Bereaved relatives, who iend in a long and very flattering piece of obitu­ ary poetry, ask, 44 Do you think we could add anything more?" Yes, you might add a five-dollar bill as a guaran­ ty of good faith.--Rome (N. Y,.) Sen­ tinel. THE MARKETS. HEWlOBtf. Hon FLOUR--Good toChoio*. ..... WHEAT--No. 2 Chi CORN--Western OATO-We^sro RYE--'Western.... PORK-Mess fikgpt. 18. •7JID Uiuoaqo i Mi*<*4 Mizad... BBITIS-Extn Ohpioa.... Good..... Madiui Botch« ium. sere' Stock Stock Cattle. IOGS--Live--Good to Ghoioa.. „ a toGhoiea... „ dreamery.... [to Choice,.... HOGS--LiTe--Gooc g^P>--Common BOOB-Fnsb FiAJUR--White Winters Fair to Good do Red Winter*.. S p r i n g s . . . . . . . . . Clioioe do...../...... Patent do. Rye Flour OBADI--Wheat, No. S Spril«. Corn, No. 2. Oats, So. 2 8^i IS 4.00 6J» 1st and 2d Clear.... 32.M 3d r PORK LARD. IiUXBKR - d Clear.. .. - 28.00 'lear Dressed Sid g. 16.00 Common Biding-- 14 00 © . Oom'onand Femo'g. 10.00 a Lath 1^0 U AShinslea 2^5 & EAST UJUSBTX. CATTLE--Best TZZT... a Medium &25 w HOGS--Yorkers S.70 & Philadelpldaa-- 440 o 8HKEF---Best. 4.00 S Common... &25 a _ Baltimore. r OATTLlr-Beat $LT6 O 91 9446 4.75 4.10 4JS0 4.26 8M 9