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'4 \ » *.?' * ..." .' .. >>«*\ «. .*V i ' ...iwfe , , ' * -"V *•-.•- f * y ' r f * ^ rc>(V>^:^ . r-^i *1 * |gc||cur|» flfarodcafcr 3. VAN 8LYKE, EDITOR ASD PUBLISHER. Mclil^BY, - .' ILLINOIS. MB PJ[<Sf2* WEEK. **; --• rs:v'" J'&OMBSTIC JVKIF&- The East. Yessaont, Massachusetts, New pabire, Connecticut, East New York, Penn­ sylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia 0OHB6 reports of the recent heavy rain-falls, wauhouta and serious floods, with great IOM of property. At Battleboro, Vt, the lower part of the town was submerged by the high water in the Connecticut, and conr aiderable damage to railways, highways and bridges is reported trim all quarters. At Northampton, Mass., fifty houses were flooded, aha a number of buildings and iron bridges were swept away. In New York the Hudson river and other streams were overflowed, sub­ merging railroad tracks and washing them •way in places. THE First National Bank, of Sara­ toga, N. I, has suspended owing, to a run growing out of the defalcation of County Treasurer Wright The run waa then precipi­ tated on the Commercial Bank, and its doors werecloeed The West. • v^fTmc other night a fire destroyed the Kfeshtegton county (Iowa) poor-honse. The building was occupied as the residence of the Superintendent, Mr. Robertson, besides whose family there were in" the house twenty-six pauper inmates, some of whom, it is believed, were insane, as they occupied cells. Before the alarm was given the fire had gained too nuch headway to be put out, so that all that ttyuld be done was to try and save the lives of the inmates, which effort, however, was far from being successful, as five persons perished in the flames. Robertson nearly lost his life in endeavoring to save the inmates, and was car­ ried from the burning building in an insensible oenditkm. The building and all its contents were entirely destroyed. The loss is $10,000. ON® evening last week the Anchor •ill, in Minneapolis, owned by C. A. Pillsbury A Co., took fire by much the same means which occasioned the great mill explosion last May. One of the millers went to the basement for the purpose of removing an obstruction from one erf the elevators which carries the flour from the basement to the middlings purifiers, which an located in the upper story.̂ He carelessly placed the lantern im­ mediately in front of the door of the elevator, when the fine flour-dust puffed out aid an explosion of flour-dust took place, set­ ting the mill on fire, and, before midnight, it Wir 1nmnxl to the ground. The mill was val­ ued at 975,000, and the wheat and flour lost in tte fire at about $10,000 more. It was insured for *40,0001 REPORTS regarding the winter-wheat 0«tlook throughout the Northwest are generally <rf an encouraging character. In many lo­ calities the acreage has been reduced by reason of the unusual drought which prevailed during the fall months, while in others the acreage has been largely increased, and prospects are good for an abundant crop, Two ALLEGED cattle-thieves, named Sjfetchum and Mitchell, were recently taken fibm the possession of the officers of the law in Coster county, Neb., by a mob of masked men, who tied them to a tree and burned them to death ... .Mrs. Harison and her three children were recently found murdered in a hay-stack on their l*m, a few miles south of Kearney, Kearney M&wnty, Neb. ̂ F* CHICAGO theaters are all doing a re­ markably fine business the present season, but, of course, the old stand-by--McVicker's--re­ ceives the largest share of patronage. During the present week, Mr. 0. W. Barry, with McVicker's regular company, are playing a dramatization of one of Mrs. Sneddon's novafe, entitled "Dead Men's Shoes." The South. BY order of Quartermaster General upon advice of the Surgeon General, the 1,500 tents shipped to Memphis during the yel low-fever epidemic will be burned. HON. EWWGHAM LAWRENCE, a mem- bar of Congress from Louisiana in 1873, died Mar New Orleans, a few days ago. IN the Virginia Senate a resolution lN|a been passed appointing a special committee "Iff nine Senators to consider the matte, : the alleged usurpation of State jurisdiction by United States Judge Rives, of the Western *ict Of Virginia. ; Gov. WADE HAMPTON, of South Car­ olina, will long have reason to remember the 10th of December, as on that day he was elect «d United States Senator and also suffered the amputation of his broken leg... .A mob broke In the jail at Bainbridge, Ga., a few days ago, and literally riddled with -bullets William Coop­ er, a negro, confined for the atrocious murder of a prominent citizen. The cotton cljop of 1878, in round lumbers, is 5,197,000 bales, allowing 460 pounds the hale. Political. ;^A WASHINGTON correspondent, who has interviewed Judge Kelley, who will proba- Wy be the candidate of the Green backers for Speaker, asked him what position he should take with regard to the Resumption act He aaid: " I do not propose to introduce or support any measure calculated to embarrass Sherman In carrying out the Resumption law." Judge Xelley expressed his belief that the intercon vertible-bond system afforded a basis to which the extremists of both sides could come. 8o far from the discussion of the finance question ending with Jan. 1,1679, it would be - then only beginning. IT has been decided to have a meeting i® Washington on the 22d of February of all the National Greenback Congressmen-elect 1a lie Forty-sixth Congress. The object of this (aonferenoe, a call for which has already been teued, is to get all the National Greenback members of the next Congress together before the 4th of March (when they will be Congress­ men de facto), for the purpose of comparing views, and determining upon a plan of action. Col. Crandall, in charge of the National Green­ back Executive Headquarters, says quite a number of letters have already been received from Congressmen-elect, pledging allegiance to the new party, so that it is already evident that the new party will number more in the jMxt House than sixteen, the number heretofore «3aimed. AT the recent municipal election in Boston, the total vote cast for Mayor was S7,986, Prince, Democrat, being elected by a candidate, received .431 votes. Edman, the Re­ publican candidate, received 18,000 votes jgajnetPrince's 19,54& ~ A WASHINGTON correspondent, writ­ ing about Senator Conkling and the adminiatra- Uon, n?yi' V b»ft determine* to «ntw ̂the Hats in opposition to the President's New Vork Cus­ tom Hpuse nominations, and it jA thought probable that he can succeed both in securing an adverse report from the Committee on Com­ merce, of which he is Chairmafi, and in the rfe-j jection of the nominations by the Senate. He still sticks to Arthur and Cornell, and from present appearances he is likely to carry his point... .Ex-Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, has served a formal notice of contest on Seth H. Yocum fop his Beat in Congress. \ Washington. A JOINT commission appointed at the last session of Congress has just made a re­ port, in which they make the following recom­ mendations: The army, exclusive of the Signal corps, is limited to 530,000. The artillery ser­ vice is changed from a regimental formation to- batterios or companies, and is consolidated with the Ordnance Department The staff corps, as a distinctive branch of this service, is abolished The Engineer and Medical corps is not ma­ terially changed." The Adjutant General's and Paymaster General's staff are abolished. Pro­ vision is made for the reduction of officers by the discontinuance of promotions and appoint­ ments until the number is reduced. The offices of General and lieutenant General to terminate with the death of the present incumbents. THE United States Senate has con­ firmed the following Postmasters: Illinois--G. W. Hutton, Auburn; Samuel H. Webster, Shel- byville. Iowa--William Bell, Washington; Charles H. Talmadge, West Union; John D., •Wilson, Belle Plaine; John J. Steadman, Creston; W. L. Spottwood, West Side. Millard Jones, Neenah, Wis.; Hiram Roff, Hutch­ inson, Kansas; Algernon & Badger, New Orleans; Mrs. A. J. H. Thompson, Memphis; J. H Jessup, Noblesville, Ind The Potter Committee lately decided that the sub-committee should continue the investiga­ tion in Louisiana in case a further grant of money is made by Congress. Chairman Potter is to be one of the proposed sub-committee, and will select the second Democratic member. THE Senate has confirmed Thomas Hillhouse, of New York, as Unitod Btatea Assist­ ant Treasurer for New York; Sidney W. Barnes, of Arkansas, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico; D. C. Moody, of Da­ kota, Associate J nstice of jthe Supreme Court of the United StateB, Territory of Dakota. IT is now positively asserted that Atty. Gen. Devens will not at present retire from the Cabinet His retirement might be disadvan­ tageous, perhaps, to the administration, and Gen. Devena will, it is said, defer his own wish to become a Circuit Judge, and retain his present position.... The finality in the celebrat d ikcGar- rahan New Idria claim suit is said to be reached in the decision of the Secretary of the Interior to issue a Government patent for the New Idria quicksilver mine to the company which has BO long contested McGarrahan's claim. The case has been in progress about eleven yeara. Miscellaneous. LooK out for spurious standard silver dollars. A successful counterfeit has been brought out It is slightly lighter in weight than the genuine; also Blightly thicker, and the milling is imperfect on the edges. EXPORTS from seaboard ports last week include 74,464 barrels of flour, 2,350,000 bushels of wheat, 1,011,966 bushels of com, 640,689 bushels of oats, 60,203 bushels of rye, 7,048 barrels of pork, 7,896,046 pounds of lard and 15,921,709 pounds of bacon. GEN. GRANT expects to embark at Marseilles, France, in the United States war steamer Richmond, for India, via the Suez canal, about Christmas; thenee he will proci in the same steamer, to China, Japan, AUB and the Sandwich islands, reaching San Fran cisco in May next The steamer Richmond has been placed at his convenience by Presiden Hayes. HENBY WELLS, one of the origi­ nal pioneers of the business of express trans­ portation, and who had for many years been at the head of Wells, Fargo & CO.'B Express, died in Scotland last week, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. His residence wastjup Auburn, N. Y. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. A REPORT was received by cable Dec. 8 to the effect that the British advance upon Jelalabad has been ordered to take place at once, and that the Ameer, appalled at the disaster ralization that have been produced among his forces, and having no notion of being taken prisoner in Cabul, has fled to Turkestaa An answer has just been received by the Viceroy of India to the ultimatum Bent to he Ameer. The reply concludes with the declara­ tion that he entertains no enmity towards the British Government; that he desires to resume his former friendly relations, and will not re­ sist the visit of the British mission to CabuL A LARGE number of Cuban slaves have notified their owners that unless they are paid for their labor they shalT stop work after the 1st of January... .The Directors of the West of England and South Wales District Bank have issued a circular announcing the suspension of the bank, owing to the drain upon its deposits caused by the persistent and often unjustifiable adverse rumors which have been circulated for weeks past They say the books show that the bank is solvent The liabilities of the institu­ tion and its forty-two branches are stated at •17,500,000. COL. B. HAMMER has been elected President, and Dr. E. Welti Vice President, of the Swiss Confederation for 1879 Chief Jus­ tice Monahan, Attorney General during the troubles of 1848, in Ireland, died in Dublin the other day The contractor for raising the Grosser Kurfurst has signed a contract to raise the Pommerania. THE cable announces that an Afghan official has arrived in Gen. Browne's camp frotn Jellalabad and invited the British to advance to Cabul and establish a new government in con­ sequence of a genpral rising against the Ameer. THE Russians have decided to leave 50,000 men in Bulgaria, and concentrate all troops in excess of that number at Adrianople until the definitive treaty is concluded. f </ ' CONGRESSIONAL. \ DECEMBER A-On the Senate, Mr. Edmunds de­ livered a speech in favor of his WU changing the mode of electing the President and Vice President. ... .Mr. Cameron put through bis resolution calling upon the Attorney General for copies of reports made by the United States Marshal of South Caro- to inquire whether it will not be wise and ex­ pedient, by appropriate legislation, first, to pro­ vide for a revision of the existing laws regulating intercourse with the Indian tribes in the Indian Territory; second, to issue and deliver to the Treasurer or other proper authorities of said nation bonds of the United States bearing 4!* per cent, interest in lieu of all moneys held in trust for them by the Unite;? fHntos. lu.;.. 1 He i-H iiattf, iu executive confirmed Huibert K. Paine, of Wisconsin, as Commissioner of Patents. Tbt> following new appointments were Rent in: E. J. Hall, of Indiana, to be Consul atl'esth: Dsn-id H. i.aih y, of Ohio. Consul General at Shanghai: Jas. Gallup. Postmaster af Grand Kaplds, Mich.---- In the House, a number of bills legalizing the trade dollar were introduced Mr. Felton (Oa.) introduced a bill requiring national banks to receive silver standard dollars as an equiv­ alent of gold coin Several hundred other bills were introduced, among them the following: By Mr. Burchard, requiring natihnal- bankiug associations to receive legal-tender coftos on deposit at par and in exchange at par for United States and national-bank notes; also directing the United States Treasurer to receive coins of .the United States in exchange for United States notes; by Mr. Buckner, amending the 8ilver Remonetiza- tion act; by Mr. Cummings, to provide for the redemption of the subsidiary coins of the United States and for their reissue; by Mr. Page, to enforce the Fourteenth and Fif­ teenth amendments to the constitution; by Mr. Hewitt (N. Y.), to make silver standard dollars interchangeable with gold; by Mr. Vance (N. C.). to repeal the United States Electoral Supervisors' law; by Mr. Atkins, to make minor or subsidiary coins legal tender for all debts due the Government, including the payment of customs dues.... Mr. Fort moved to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution declaring that the legal-tender quality o£ the silver dollars of 412'tj grains shall be main­ tained and enforced, and ttiat any discrimination against them by any national bank in refusing to receive them and treat them as legal dollars shall be deemec! defiauce of ti.e laws, and instructing the Banking Committee to report a bill for the with­ drawal of the circulating notes of banks so offend­ ing. Defeated--yeas. 150: nays. 89--not the neces­ sary two-thirds in the affirmative Mr. Chalmers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill pro­ hibiting contributions from officers of the Govern­ ment for use in the elections, but^ went over with­ out action. DECEMBER 10.--In the Senate, consideration of Mr. Edmunds' Electoral bill was continued, and Mr. Morgan spoke in favor of the measure... /Mr. Wallace introduced a bill to authorize the exchange of subsidiary coin for trade dollars... .The Senate passed, by a vote of 89 yeas to 21 nays, bill for the appointment as Assistant Surgeon in the United States army of Dr. Julius Powell, who served in the Confederate army when a minor.- The House devoted the day, In com­ mittee of the whole, to <tho consideration of the Diplomatic appropriation bill. The amendments of the Appropriation Committee reducing the sal­ aries of first-class foreign Ministers were all de­ feated by a very close votejfat DECEMBER 11.--In thowenate, Mr. Beck in­ troduced a bill for the repeal of the section of the Revised Statutes which prohibits the appointment to the army of any person who seryed under the Confederate Government. Laid on the table for the present... .Mr. Ferry introduced a bill to fix the salary of persons in the railway mail service. Referred On motion of Mr. Hamlin, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolu­ tion submitted by Mr. Blaine m regard to an inquiry as to whether, at the recent elections, the constitutional rights of American citizens were violated. Mr. Blaine spoke in favor of the resolu­ tion. Mr. Thurman offered an amendment that " the committee shall also inquire whether any citi­ zen of any State has been dismissed or threatened with dismissal from employment or the deprivation of any right or privilege by reason of his vote or intention to vote at the recent elections or has been otherwise interfered with; and to inquire whether, inythe year 187H, money was raised by assessment or'otherwise Upon Federal officeholders or employes for election purposes, and under what clrcum staiK'ewand by what means.and.it so, what amount was so raised and how the same was expended; and, further, whether such assessments were not in violation of law, and shall further inquire into the action and conduct of the United States Super­ visors of Elections in the several States, as to the number of Marshals, Deputy Marshals, and others employed to take part in the conduct of said elections, in what States or cities appointed, the amount of money paid or promised to be paid to them, and how or by whom and under what law and authority." Mr.Thurman addressed the Senate in support of his amendment and in reply to the speech of Mr. Blaine. Mr. Lamar also spoke in favor of the adoption of the amendment, and was replied to by Mr. Edmunds. In the House the Naval and Diplomatic Appropriation bills were passed The Pension Appropriation bill was reported and referred to the committee of the whole The bill to regulate inter- State commerce was passed by a vote of 139 to 111', after a lengthy debate. The bill makes it unlawful for any person or persons engaged in t e transportation of property by railroad from one State to another, or to or from any foreign country, to receive any greater or less amount of compensation from one person than an­ other for like and contemporaneous service. It also makes it unlawful for any person so engaged to allow any rebate or drawback on the shipments made by them, or enter into a combination with an­ other carrier to prevent tue carriage of property from being continuous, and prohibits the pooling of freights. > DECEMBB4 LAI--Tlie Senate passed>the Forti­ fication bill anijyhe Hot Springs Commission bill. ... Mr}\ I'ad^ock introduced a bill to amend the posse-cpniitatuB clause of the Army Appropria­ tion bill for the present fiscal year, so as to 'pro­ vide that it shall not apply to any part of the army employed in States orvJTerritories subject to Indian incursions. Referred."TM?; Davis (HI.) presenter a petition of citizens of Chi cago asking that a tract of land of not less than 1,000.000 nor more than 3.000.000 acres be held and us -d for a National Charity Farm, where all classes of poor, sick, disabled or infirm persons may have a home... .Mr. lJurnside, from the joint select committee to prepare a plan for the reorgan­ ization of the army, submitted a report, accom­ panied by a bill and numerous documents bearing on the subject. The bill was made the Mpecial order for the 8th of January. In the House, the Geneva Award bill and the bill relating to the improvement of levees on fhe Mississippi river were discussed A resolution was adopted providing for a recess from Dec. W to Jan. 0... .The Pension Appropriation bill was passed... .Mr. Morrison introduced a bill to repeal the duty on quinine. Referred... .Mr. Evins introduced a bill removing the political disa­ bilities of ex-Senator JameB Chesmet, of South Car­ olina. Passed... .Mr. Banning submitted the report of the Military Commission. Ordered printed and made the special order for the 9th of January. DECEMBER 13.--The debate on Mr. Edmunds' Electoral bill was continued in the Senate, Messrs. Bayard and Morrison advocating, and Messrs. Eaton, Garland, Hill and Thurman opposing, the measure. At the close of the debate the bill was put to a vote and passed--SB yeas to S3 nays.... A bill was passed authorizing duplicates of the registered bonds stolen from the Manhattan Savings Bank of New York Bills were introduced by Mr. Conk­ ling to amend the laws relating to pensions; by Mr. Plumb, to provide for the temporary increase of the army in emergency, and by Mr. Gordon, to secure a more efficient collection of the revenue oa cigars. The proceedings in the House were tame and spiritless. A large number of bills on the Speaker's table were taken up and referred. Mr. Wood's resolution looking to an investiga­ tion of the official conduct of United States Super­ visor of Elections Davenport, at New York, was adopted Mr. Wilson (W, Va.) introduced a bill making the trade dollar a legal tender. Referred. ... .Mr. Gibson introduced a jointrenointion giving notice to terminate the convention of June, 1(^75, with the King of the Hawaiian isl£s. Referred.... Adjourned till to-morrow. IN view of the frequent murders which are reported from all parts of Switzerland almost every week, Swiss papers are beginning to express consid­ erable doubt as^o the wisdom of having abolished capital punishment; and one or two of them have proposed, as a sort of substitute, the establishment of a secret international police, for the pur­ pose of rendering the escape of male­ factors from justice impossible. None of them propose the restoration of the punishment of death. Public sentiment is too much opposed to such a measure. JAPANESE farmers are in distress. Floods of extraordinary magnitude have swept the lowlands; insects have de­ stroyed 80 per cent, bf the bean crop ; small insects have devastated the rice fields; and an various parts of the em lina regarding the recent election trouble- . . , . Mr. Garland submitted the following: virulent infectious diseases ara re- gpjority of 1,10®. Xing, the Workingm«n's I That the CommittM OB Indian Affairs be instruc!e^M>rted among horaes and cattle; FRESH TOPICS. JL MOVEMENT is on foot to give Gen. Grant a series of brilliant receptions in the Eastern cities on his return from Europe. THE annual official reports of the rail­ roads of India place the length of rail­ ways there at 7,558} miles, of which 402} miles were completed during the year 1877, as4 223 miles sinoe the close of the year. IN Ohio there are listed 122,684 dogs, valued at f 9,443,546. A tax of $236,758 is realized from this source and applied to indemnifying farmers who suffer loss through the maiming or killing of their sheep by dogs. Some $127,384 were disbursed in this way upon proper proofs of loss in 1876, leaving a large surplus. THE Canadian province of Manitoba, in the Northwestern British Possessions, is now, for the first time, in railway communication with the outside world, through a complete line from Winnipeg to St. Paul, Minn., a distance of 487 miles. The last rail on the Pembina branch of ihe Canada Pacific railway was laid a few days ago. It cinnecls with the Manitoba branch Of the St. Paul and Pacific railway ten miles north of the boundary of the United States. THE Stewart grave robbery will un­ doubtedly result in greater precautions for the protection of the remains of the dead. Some of them are heard of al­ ready. The grave of Mr. Powers, at Philadelphia, who recently died, will be watched by night and day, four men be­ ing employed. To the tombstone will be attached a key to a watch locked in a case, which the men on guard will carry. The watch must have the key at the grave inserted every half hour, and it will beh inspected twice a day to see whether it has been carried to the grave at the intervals required. MB. SEWARD, the American Minister to China, is being hotly assailed by the Pacific coast, press for his assertion "that more Chinamen have left Califor­ nia than have come irito it in the past two years." It is saiqjthat the excess of Chinese immigration bv^r the number that returned to China was 8,000 to 10,000 in that period. The total Chi­ nese population of California to-day is estimated at about 100,000, to 750,000 whites. The Chinese are nearly all men, but of the whites the adult males probably number less than 200,000, making at least one Chinaman to every two white men. TRAVELING by steamboat on American waters seems, on the whole, to be safer than is generally supposed. From the report of the Supervising Inspector General it appears that the total number of lives lost on steamboats in the United States during jthe fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, was 212, Upward of 200,000,000 persons have traveled on American steamers during the year, so that the proportion of lives lost is really small. Nevertheless, as some of the accidents on steamboats have plainly been caused by neglect or carelessness, some of these 212 lives have been needlessly sacrificed. There- lore there is room for improvement. ESTIMATES of the population of the country in 1880 are now in order. In 1840, our population was but 17,000,000; now it is nearer to 50,000,000 than 40,000,000. Mr. Elliot, of the/ Bureau of Statistics, estimated our ^population in 1878, at 47,983,000, jmd in 1880 at 50,858,000. Gen. Walker, Superinten­ dent of the Census of 1870, places the probable population of 1880 as between 46,000,000 and 48,000,000, with a preference for the higher figures. In 1870, the United States had a popula­ tion of but 11 to the square mile, while Belgium had 450, England 400, India 307, China but 110. In 1870 Massachu­ setts had 212 inhabitants to the square mile. The wheat crop of 1870 was but 84,000,000 bushels, the corn 388,000,000; that of 1878 reached 400,000,000 wheat, and 1,400,000,000 of corn. Two INSTANCES of cruelty ^bipsane persons come simultaneously into public vi#w. In the city of Syracuse, where there are churches, Christian associa­ tions, charity societies, and an organiza­ tion for the prevention of cruelty to animals, an unheralded visit to the asylum by « committee revealed that five persons, Bqpelessly bereft of reason, had been thrust into a foul underground inclosure, and were existing there with­ out beds or covering other than the rags upon their backs, their food being passed to them through the bars of the cell windows. They lived like hyenas, and were treated, if the committee's re­ port be true, worse than hyenas. The other case was in St. Paul. It is yet more serious, for it involves the death of two persons. Here, too, a committee mak<?s report. One patient was choked to death, and the other was put into a bath, the water of which was so hot as to cause her death, Such reports, in­ credible as they^ may seem, are from time to time reputed in different parts of the counts. Nevertheless,' our churches are sanding missionaries many thousand miles to convert savages, who do not act in nearly so inhuman a man­ ner as do these asylum keepers. DURING a religious revival IN Living­ ston, Ky., the Rev, Robert Carter was to conduct a meeting in the Baptist church. He came on horaeback, dis­ mounted, put the saddle on his should­ ers, and in that way carried it into the church. The congregation stared at him, but, as he was a somewhat eccen­ tric revivalist, it was thought that he in­ tended to draw sdiiae novel religious les­ son from the saddle, which he grave placed on the desk. Then he knelt as though to pray, but remained so long on his knees that a brother went to see what was the matter with him. The re- vivaJist was discovered to be very drunk. .An almost emptied whisky bottle stuck out of his pocket. The meeting was closed, but Carter was bent on preach­ ing, and fought so hard against being silenced that a general melee was the result, a party of roughs taking advan­ tage of the chance for diversion. A child was wounded by a pistol shot. and again dark and At last A BOY'S XtllHS WITlr A PANTMKM. A lumberman living in Ulster county, N. Y., had a son named Elias, 11 years old, who was very helpful and active, and frequently drove six miles with a load of timber from the mountains to a Hudson river ship-yard. One day, when he had left his load, the workmen who were to accompany him home went off on a carouse, and he waited for them until it was nearly sundown; and then, fearing to be overtaken by the darkness, he set out alone. The horses, being well rested,^ trotted along briskly toward home. Elias whistled as loud as he could, because it seemed the best thing he could do to keep from feeling cowardly. On they went until five miles pf the way lay behind them; then came the long hill, a gradual slope, three-quarters of a mile from base to summit. Just as he commenced the ascent, he saw shaking of the bushes at the side of the road. Then he heard a loud scream that made his heart stand still with fear, and a large panther sprung into the road back of the wagon. The frightened horses dashed up the road. The panther gave another scream, and sprung upon the back part of the wagon. The boy was almost senseless with fright, sitting there, ex­ pecting every moment to be torn to pieces by the panther, y*0* The anima| sat on the wagon, which had been- coupled long for the sticks of timber, until half-way up the hill; then, with a louder scream than before, it sprung over among the bushes and disappeared. I expect his ride was the hardest shaking up that Mr. Panther ever had. " I wonder what does make Tjias stay so late? " .said our mother, going again the door as it began to grow did not come. heard the wagon on the 1 made a loud noise. is the matter? It must be 'Lias, and the horses are running away." My father ran out to the road, and succeeded with some difficulty in stop­ ping and quieting the horses; but what was the matter with the boy on the wagon? He sat still and pale, holding the lines loosely in his fingers. " Tiias, do speak and tell us what has happened," said mother, anxiously. Still he did not move. They took the lines from hid fingers and lifted him down, and at last, after rubbing and working with him for some time, he could speak. Then he told us what hadhappened. . A DOG MAKING A MAX Of HIM­ SELF. y „ In spite of a John B. Gougly and score of other eloquent temperance orators, and in spite of the price of drinks, a dog has so far forgotten his inborn digbity and pride of birth as to become intoxicated. Things of this kind ought, according to the fitness of things, to have their origin in the East, and gradually, if at all, make their way West. But this conscienceless canine is here, and must be accepted as an estab­ lished fact When he was a pup two months old his owner, a Fourth street saloon-keeper, took him to his saloon. The little fellow immediately developed a passionate fondness for beer, running to the tin in which was contained the drippings from the beer barrel, and lapping up the drippings at an astonish­ ing rate. The first debauch had ap­ parently a very injurious effect upon him, and he fell into a stupor from which his master feared he would never awaken. He recovered the next morn­ ing, however, and immediately upon awakening, presumably with a headache, lapped up a new supply of beer." The saloon-keeper, being a man of philo­ sophical and inquiring mind, tendered the pup a little whisky by way of ex­ periment. The liquid was Bwallowed with even a keener relish than the beer had been. A series of experiments soon convinced the owner of this dissipated dog that he had a liking for every in­ toxicating beverage in his saloon, from absinthe to porter, and, so far from be­ ing dwarfed or injured by their use, he grew larger and stronger every day. On the morning after/ & spree the dog (named " Whisky Straight *) appetn p morose and Hnllw rinti! he hns a round or two of whisky, when he cheers tip wonderfully and frisks around in the liveliest manner imaginable. Additional potations, however, change his mood; he becomes cross and quarrelsome, and finally falls into a condition of drunken stupidity.--San Francisco Chronicle. GA KIEL KSSKRSSIJT GUARDING JtONDS. Speaking of carelessness in regard to money and bonds, a Washington tele­ gram says that recently a man present­ ed to the Treasury department for re­ demption bonds that wOuld^ amount to a number of thousands of dollars. He hid them in the earth at the bottom of his smoke-house for safe keeping, and forgot where he had placed them. Fall came, and he commenced to smoke hams. A fire had been burning a num­ ber of days before he remembered thai. he had placed bonds there. He ex­ tinguished the fire, and found the bonds had been baked. They could, how­ ever, be identified, and new ones were issued for them. Instances have been reported where bonds and notes have been stored for safe keeping in old stove in the summer and forgotten until after fires had been kindled in the fall Recently there was presented for pay­ ment at the treasury ah old obligation of the District of Columbia for $100, the accumulated interest of which amounted to $112. It was found in an old trunk. The treasury officials remem­ ber a great number of instances which have come within their observation, and estimate that the actual loss of green­ backs by fire and carelessness amount* to $20,000,000. ANNOYING ACCIDENT. A Birmingham (Ct.) farmer, while or­ dering a coffin for his wife, agreed to give the undertake* a half bushel of wal­ nuts in part payment. On the day of the funeral, when the rooms were filled with friends who had cbme to sympathize^ and when everything Jwas hushed and still, the farmer went up stairs to fulfill his plromise, and, just as he was about to descend the stairs, tlie' ^ bot­ tom of the measure fell out, and with a terrible rattling noise the- walnuts rolled down the uncarpeted stairs, alarming the people below. They rushed out to see the cause of the dis­ turbance. The poor farmer Stood hold­ ing the bottomless measure, not know­ ing which way to turn. The friends as­ sisted in gathering up the walnuts with as good grace as they could muster, more than ever convinced, nS doubt, that there its a time for everything. HONORING A HANGMAN. The famous English executioner, Marwood, went down to Wales the other day to hang the Spanish sailor, Gar$ja» who killed five persons last summer. The prisoner was so odious that the people gave his executioner quite an ovation, and when Marwood left Usk, after the execution, he was escorted to the station by a large crowd, who cheered him loudly. At the station he held a levee in the waiting-room. Many peo­ ple shook hands with him, and a man made a speech, stating that Marwood had done his duty, and all were proud of him. Marwood replied that he never before had received such a reception, and he hoped he would soon come that way again. ^ " ADELINA PATTI'S engagement in Ber lin covers nine evenings, for which she is to receive the round sum of $18,000 (90,OO©1 marks). \ THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. 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