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' MCHENRY, IT ' flttg ̂ ItundcaUt J. YAH BLYKE, Ewro» AXP Ptmusmnt. ILLINOIS. OF THE PA ST WEEK, domestic news, TheRmtL ^ _ My'ffigelow, William*, ott©6f the ? 1he*Tlesi real-estate •peroton In - Boston, hM v<", ' 'Ailed for 12,250,000. l" Rev. Justin D. Fulton, a famous f !|̂ |B*pti8t polpit orator of Mew ToA, has been :» ^rfepoeed from t h e ministry by* conference of $u , ihis brother ministers. His offense was the Uh™ .'Using of offensive language to Rev. Dr. Simp- y »eon, and then refusing to apologize. * >4 Eight students in Trinity College, at * £ ' ?/V Hartford, Ot, have been suspended for nnrnlj , * r .u, 4s I conduct Other students refuse to attend col- -a lege exercises unless their fellows are rein- istfj; gfcted, anfl have appealed to Bishop Williams, -'•/is.,I-- - •S'fr'i'* ̂ A schooner went ashore at Barnegat, V N. J., during a gale, a few days ago, and the bis wife and three aeunaa were Captain, drowned. £ & " *• ' George Bextran, of Lawrence, Mass., l' iK* \ 1 ] while in a drrsnien frenzy, knocked his daugb- \* * ̂ \ ' liter down with a poker, and immediately after V<" iM-j' ̂ a»e blow he fell to the floor a corpse. The Le Moyne crematory, at Wash­ ington, Pa., is to be turned into a fertiliser feetoxjk "Xe what base nsea." The South, ̂ A cofofed member of the Arkansas legislature swears that United States Senator- elect Walker paid him money for the purpose of influencing votes. Walker swears, on the other hand, that he did no such thing, and that the "membah" is guilty of flat perjury. A United States mail coach was re­ cently halted by two highwaymen inside the city limits of Fort Worth, Texas, a town of 12,000 inhabitants, wtyo compelled the passen­ gers to give up their money, and relieved the mail-bags of fourteen registed packages. Maj. A. N. Hutchins and Thomas MeNatt, neighbors, and highly-respected dti- , mm living near Iuka, Miss,, visited the village the other day. Hutching drew |l,700 in gold ( from the bank, and the two started for home in the evening. That was tho last seen of them alive. Their bodies were found by the road- '.v.r\ aide, terribly mutilated, and the money missing. Texas item: "A stage containing four passengers was halted near Peg-Leg station by two highwayman, who ordered the passengers out singly and took their valua- bles." Albert Seibold, a Baltimore Judge of Election, has been found guilty of ballot-box ttuffins. The Wmu The Kansas House of Representa­ tives has passed a bill creating a Patriot Guard for the frontier, with a view to repelling Indian invasions, and appropriating $25,000 for its maintenance; and the Senate has passed a bill forever prohibiting the manufacture of liquor In the State of Kan Baa. The town of Stockton, GaL, has been the scene of a shocking calamity, by which six­ teen people were suddenly launched into eter­ nity, and twenty-six others wounded, several I ' . of them fatally. A crowd of more than 200 people had assembled to witness the trial of a new propel lei pump set in the slough and run by a threshing engine, which exploded. Those who stood near were prostrated. The body of tte engine was blown a distance of 150 feet through the large crowd. The dead lay prostrate in every direction, some falling into the slough from the bridge. Ten or twelve dead bodies lay in one heap near the bridge. Others lay strewn dead and dying on the street, blown from fifty to one hundred feet The Jbueads of some were blown to pieces. Others were blown to the ground with such foroe as to break every bone in their bodies. Their faces, hands and bodies were steamed in dirt and smoke and cinders. The explosion was the result of recklessness on the part ot the engineer. The steam gauge refused to work, and, after the engineer had attempted to fix it and failed, he screwed down the safety- valve and went on with his work. Many were blown a considerable distance and escaped un­ injured. The body of the engine, weighing 2,50C pounds, was blown over the telegraph wires and landed on the plaza. Little Wolfs band of Cheyenne In­ dians ara raiding through the Black Hills, tak­ ing scalps and attacking a wagon train occa­ sionally. News comes from Idaho Territory via Portland, Oregon, of another massacre of In­ dians. The rather unintelligible account of the affair telegraphed by the press agent at Port­ land states that "the settlers from the Lower Weiser (in Idaho) some three weeks previously had organized to pursue into the Salmon River mountains a band of IndianB, who, after being dispersed by Gen. Howard last summer, had raided that country, driven off stock, and killed Munday and two others who pursued them. These Indians were re­ ported to be returning toward Payette, when the settlers organized to intercept them. They proceeded across to Payette, and soon found signs of Indians. They quietly reconnoitered, and made the discovery of thoir camp. Waiting a favorable opportunity, when all were in camp and not in the least expecting the near pretence of white men, they suddenly surprised and at­ tacked them, and killed thirty-six of their num- ̂ l>er, nearly annihilating the whole camp." A dispatch from Madison, Wis., says •much excitement was caused there by the ar­ rival of Hon. *Ho' Stephenson,, a prominent and reliable citizen of Marinette, with the report tint rich silver and gold deposits bad dis­ covered in Menomonee county, Mich., Jnstoves the Wisconsin border." The East St Louis Baal Mill, located at the town of that name in Illinois, opposite St. Louis, Mo., has been destroyed by fire. The mill formerly gave employment 4o 400 men, but has been closed since 1876. The loss is estimated at #150,000. In October last Charles W. Angell, Secretary of the Pullman Palace Car Company, atole about $100,000 of the corporation's money and fled to Europe. He was pursued, arrested la lisbon, Portugal, and taken back to Chicago. 3Phe second day after his arrival there he was arraigned before the Criminal Court, and, plead­ ing guilty, was sentenced to ten years in the Bl̂ ois penitentiary. For years Angell had been one *£ ft* leaders ofgenteel society in Chicago.. r~ The great Chicago dry-goî i firm of field, Leiter & Co. have purchase^Rhe Singer fcollding, on the corner of State and Wash­ ington streets, their old stand, and they will immediately reoccupy it The price paid was tmooa At a barn-raising near Liberty, Ind„ Joseph 8hrackangast was killed and Clarenoe Leonard fatally injured by the frame of the barn falling upon them. ̂ Carbon Hill, a small place in the Hook­ ing valley, Ohio, has been the scene of a shock­ ing calamity by whioh seven persons were burned to death. The particulars are as fol­ lows : J. M. Lunsford, who kept a small store attached to his house, was awakened by fire and imoke at midnight, and at oooe set about removing his family. The wife Mid a baby aged 3 years were lafely plaoed out of danger, when the father proceeded to rescue the balance of the family ap-stairs, but was overeomo by smoke and suf­ focated. At this time the villagers were aroused and the doors of the store broken in, which created a draught through the store to the dwelling, and, in five minutes from the dis­ covery of the fire, the frame structure was completely enveloped in flames. The poor victims' shouts and cries for help were heard above the cracking and hissing fire with which they were surrounded. A quantity of resin in the store aided in feeding the devouring flames. Ail efforts to succor the unfortunate inmates were without avail, and their bodies went down into the seething furnace bekftr. Washington, The Beno court of inquiry reports that evidenoe was not educed to warrant a court- martiaL The sentence of Capt. Blair, the bigamist, is dismissal from the army. Lieut. Fletcher, of the navy, who lately deserted his wife and family and eloped with a handsomer woman, will be dismissed from the service. IT is currently reported that ex-Sena- tor Ramsey, of Minnesota, is to fall heir to the Berlin mission. SECRETARY SHERMAN, in answer to an inquiry from Hon. Fernando Wood, states that the amount of gold in the treasury on the 15th nit was #183,377,271; of silver, #35,565.438; total, #168,742,709, of which amount #136,467e- 264 was available for resumption. Senator Bnrnside has apologized to Senator Conkling for the hasty words nsed in debate, a treaty o! peace has been signed be­ tween the two gentlemen, and everything Is lovely again. * The President has nominated for Col­ lectors of Customs, Healy Akeley, for the Dis­ trict of Michigan; Pinkney C. Hall, for the dis­ trict of Vicksburg; Postmaster at Flint, Mich., Francis H. n*.nMn PolitUmU « Washington correspondents make mention of a very ugly bit of unpleasantness that came between Senators Conkling and Burnside, during an executive session of the Sonata The trouble arose, out of the discus­ sion of a Bhode Island appointee of the President, whose name was Up for confirmation, Conkling charged Burnside with trickery in commit tea Burnside said the statement was incorrect Conkling then re­ peated his assertions, and appealed to Sen­ ators to sustain him. At this Spencer Jumped up and declared that Conkling was stating the truth. Burnside by this time had worked himself into a furious state of excitement, and gave Conkling the lie direct, and took occasion to express a fervent wish that he bad the tongne of a Blaine, in order that he might make a fitting reply to the Sena­ tor from New York. The National Democratic Committee, at a meeting held in Washington a few days ago, authorized the Executive Committee to ap­ point an auxiliary body to act with the latter in all political matters. The Congressional Com­ mittee will also appoint an Executive Commit­ tee for the same purpose as the auxiliary com- mittee. CoL Isaac E. Eaton, of Kansas, was appointed to the vacancy on the National Com­ mittee caused by the resignation of Abram 8. Hewitt Headquarters will be at Boston, and the next meeting will be held there Feb. 23.1880. The State Conventions of the Dem­ ocrats and the National Greenbackers' of Michigan met at Lansing, on the 28th ult, effected a fusion, adopted the same platform, and nominated the following union ticket: For Judge of the Supreme Court, John B. Shipman, of Coldwater; for Begents, GeorgerP. Sanford, of Ingham county, and Henry Whiting, of St Clair county. The Potter Investigation. --When the committee met on Feb. 24th, the Chairman laid before the body an affidavit of C. W. Woolley, of Cincinnati, offering to file a sworn statement of his connection with the elec­ tions in Florida and Louisiana, Mr. Woolley being too unwell to travel to Washington. The committee voted to hear him at any time, but declined to receive an affidavit Mr. Alex. Thain, who is said to have offered to sell the Florida Be turning Board, asked leave to testify, bnt no action was taken by the committee. James H. Maddox, replying to Marshal Wharton's statements, said that Wharton knew that Gov. Wells was for sale, and he proposed that they should see Packard in regard to it They talked the matter over with him, and #30,000 was mentioned as the sum that would be required. A few days afterwards it was suggested by Wliarton that Packard should promise an office to Wells. Maddox reported the conversation to Wells, who declined the offer. He said that he might want to leave New Orleans, and did not want an office, but money. D. J. M. Jewett, who acted as Secretary to the Republi­ can Campaign Committee of Louisiana in 1870, testified to false protests made from several narishes of Louisiana. The Potter Committee were in secret ses­ sion at Washington Feb. 25. The agent sent to Tallahassee to subpoena Solomon reported that he wan not to be found, and it was thought he had gone to Mexico. The question of present­ ing a report to Congress upon the evidence ad­ duced was discussed, but no determination was reached. --On Feb. 28, the Potter Committee was in secret session for a part of the day, when Mr. Potter read all of liis report with the exception of that part relating to the cipher telegrams, which was not quite completed. The minority were to prepare a report, and Gen. Butler said he would probably have one of his own. JRlWllMMMII. FRANK GIRARD, the well-known Indian interpreter and scout, has indited an open letter to Maj. Beno, in which he indicates no small degree of contempt for that officer. Cowardice, mendacity, venality and vulgarity arc among (he choice expletives he uses in characterizing Beno. Paul Boyton has undertaken the ex­ traordinary task of floating down tiKe Ohio and Mississippi rivers, from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, clothed in his life-saving suit He began his weary jourfley on the 24&«f Feb­ ruary, the river at the time being fall of float­ ing io& Grain in sight in the States and Can­ ada: Wheat, 20,736,750 bushels; .corn, 10,351,- 246 bushels; oats, 2,846,964 bushels; rye, 1,358,- 631 bushels;barley, 4,300,391 bushels. Joseph T. Bushman, Veterinary Burgeon to the Quartermaster's Department at Washington, says pleuro pneumonia is not found west of the Alleghenies. He suggests (hat the Governors of Western States prohibit the importation into their States of cattle from "Hw East or seaboard. FOmpiGX INTELLIGENCE, The yellow fever prevails as an epi­ demic at Bio Jabeiro. The English Duke ofNewcastle is dead. The French Atlantic cable is broken In 600 fathoms of water 160 miles from shore. Despite the official report of the dis­ appearance of the plague from the infected dis­ trict of Russia, confidence is not by any means restored to the populations of Central Europe. Much alarm prevails in Eastern Prussia on account of a report that Russian recruits from Astrakhan are being placed on the Ger­ man frontier. A dispatch from Berlin reports that the Chinese Government has bought cotton- spinning machinery in Germany, and will establish mills in China in order to free that country from its dependence on English and Russian importers. Count von Boon, Field Marshal of Germany, has just died at Berlin. The Bulgarian Assembly was formally opened, amid great enthusiasm, at Tirnova, the ancient capital, on the 23d of February. The news from South America re­ lates chiefly to revolutions and earthquakes-- none of them, however, of any great conse- quenoe. Turkish rale is being re-established in the Roumelian districts now being evacuated t>y Bussia. Queen Victoria is booked for a visit to Germany and Italy this spring. . The work of burning the plague-in­ fected houses in Bussia is in progress. Bismarck, in a speech in the German Parliament the other day, had this to say rela­ tive to his commercial policy: "It is my duty to stick to my convictions. That is how 1 mean to act; and, if I do not obtain immediate suocess, I shall try again. That is all." A cable dispatch reports tremendous storms and destructive floods in Spain and Southern France. A bark, name unknown, was wrecked at Corunna, and thirty persons drowned. The steamer Memphis, from liver- pool for New Orleans, ashore at the entrance of the harbor at Corunna, has been abandoned. She is considered a complete wreck. A treaty has been signed between Tttrkey and Montenegro. Charles Peace, the English murderer, was hanged at Leeds, the other day. The French Prince Imperial has gone to South Africa, as a British volunteer, to light the Zulus. Dispatches from Bome give particu­ lars of a disastrous storm on the Italian coast The whole coast is strewn with wrecks, ami at many ports small craft were blown out to sea and lost The new quay at Posilippo was al­ most entirely destroyed. In the interior the storm was equally violent, and caused consid­ erable loss of life. Krapotkine, the Bussian Governor of Gharkoff, who was shot, the other „ day, by Ni­ hilistic rioters, has died of his wounds. A London dispatch says the plague is still marching on; that Russia is adopting an ostrich-like policy, denies the truth, and sup­ presses journals which chronicle it Fresh pre­ cautions are being taken by Germany, Austria, Italy, France and England. Brazil items: An outbreak of yellow fever of a very severe character has occurred among the shipping at Bio Janeiro.--The Gov­ ernment has contributed largely to alleviate the distress in tho Northwest.--A riot occurred in Gessor, the military expelling the commander and chief magistrate from the town. Nine persons were killed, and many public and pri­ vate stores sacked. Advices from South Africa report that the British forces in Zulu Land are acting on the defensive. In one district of Sheffield, England, the Mayor reports, 400 families are actually starving. CON GHES8IONAJL. i Fkbbuaby 22.--The Senate spent the day on the Army Appropriation biU, and struck out all the reorganization features,together with the posae-com- Itatus clauac of the House bill... .The credentials of Messrs. Logan, of Illinois; Call, of Florida, and Slater, of Oregon, were received and placed on file. ... .The Senate, in executive session, confirmed a number of executive appointments, including that of H. O. Burcliard, of Illinois, to be Director of the United States Mints. In the House there was an animated discussion of the bill to repeal the Resumption law, Messrs. Garfield and Ewinj? being the chief participants. At the conclusion of the debate the bill was laid on the table by a vote of 141 yeas to 110 nays The bill restricting Chinese Immigration was passed, with the Senate amend­ ments. FEBBUABY 24.--In the Senate, Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported adversely on the bill granting the privilege to the American Atlantic Cable Company to lay and oper­ ate a cable between the United States and Europe. ....The House bill authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept for a voyage of exploration, by way of KehringM straits, the ship Jeannette, tendered by James Gordon Bennett, was passed The Army Appropriation bill was passed, rcjcctlnjj au amendment to the telegraph section ot the bill, proposed by Mr. Beck, repealing the right of the Government to take possesion o* tho Western Union Telegraph Company's lines at any time when CongresH shall see fit The bill to prevent the Introduction of contagious diseases was discussed, but no action taken. -- The Ilonse took up the Revenue bill, disagreed to the Seuate amendments to the tobacco tax. and or­ dered a conference committee upon tho disagreeing portions... .The Sundry Civil Appropriation hill was passed under a suspension of the rules. FEBRUARY 25.--In the Senate, the bill to pre­ vent the introduction of contagious diseases into this country was passed... .By a vote of yeas 25 to nays 36, the Senate refused to take up the resolu­ tion declaring David T. Corbin entitled to a seat as Senator from South Carolina In place of M. C. But. ler, the present incumbent. Messrs. Cameron (Pa.), Conover, Matthews sad Patterson voted nay with the Democrats... The Deficiency Appropriation bill was considered. There was a sharp parti­ san debate in tho House over the amendment to the Lefrfslative Appropriation bill repealing the Election Snpervisors' law. The amendment finally went through the committee of the whole by a vote ot 1SS to 110. The amendment repealing the jurors' test oath was adopted without division, the Republicans Interposing no opposi­ tion. The bill, as thns amended, was then reported to the Bouse and passed... .Mr. Harris, Chairman of the Committee on Elections, reported resolu­ tions in regard to the oonteeted-electton ease from the Third Congressional District of Missouri, de­ claring that b7G. frost (contestant) is not, and that lb S. Metcalfe (sitting member) is, entitled to the seat. * FKBBUABY 98.--In Hie Senate Mr, Edmunds reported a bin further to protect the constitutional rights ot fitttBsas, and punish violations of the none. Plaoed on tho calendar....Mr. Burnside submitted a resolution providing for the appoint­ ment of a ooxomlttee to examino and report upen the whole subject of ordnance as it related to the army, navy and militia. Laid on the table, under the rules....The Senate devoted most of the day to minor appropriation bills. An item in the Deficiency bill of 1850,000 to pay Deputy Marshals gave rise to a long political debate, the Democrats opposing and denouncing it as an ap­ propriation to pay men illegally appointed to eon- duct electiona for party purposes. The House discussed and finally passed tho bill providing for taking the census of 18S0... .The bill to modify the tax on sugar was then taken up and occupied the balance of the session. JTKBBUABY <57. --In the Senate, Mr. Teller, from the special committee to inquire into the alleged violation of the constitutional rights of citizens during the late elections, submitted the report of the majority, and said that the minority reserved the right to submit a report. Ordered printed.... Mr. Teller also submitted a resolution continuing the committee until next ses­ sion, and authorizing it to sit during the recess. Objected to by Mr, Bayard, and laid aside....The bill to pay arrears of pensions was discussed.. ...The River and Harbor, Sundry Civil and Cousun Appropriation bills were reported and placed, oa the calendar... .The Senate, in executive session, confirmed a large number of appointments. The St. Louis Postmastership Ire- suited in the confirmation of Hays, who succeeded Filley, by a vote of 88 to 19. The opposition to Hays was led by Senator Spencer, who took occa­ sion to deliver a bitter speech against the adminis­ tration... .The nomination of Sfcratton for Supervising Inspector of Steamboats for the New York district was rejected. This was the case that had led to the unpleasantness between Messrs. Conkling and Burnside. The name was rejected by a large majority. Mr. Hamlin next took the field against tho administration, and charged that the nomination of Fox for Collector of Customs at Ban­ gor was withdrawn in order to retaliate upon him (Hamlin) for his antagonism to the New York appointments, and appealed to the Senate to resent the insult offered one of its members by the Executive. The Senate rejected the nomination oi is tone as Jfox's successor. In the House, Mr. Randall mado a personal ex- Jdanation in regard to the charges against him In m etter, written in September, 1878, by Special Agent Williams to Maj. W. B. Moore, in regard to the ap­ propriation of warrants issued to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and offered a reso­ lution for the appointment of a special committee to inquire into such charges. Messrs. Hale, Kelley and Thompson, Republicans, paid a very fine tribute to the integrity of the Speaker, and scouted the charges as unworthy of serious in­ vestigation. Mr. Randall, however, insisted that a formal inquiry and report was due to him and to the country, and therefore, by unanimous vote, tho committee was granted... .The resolution to have George F. Seward brought before the bar of the House for contempt Was adopted. FEBUUABY 28.--A communication from David T. Corbin, contestant for the seat of M. C. Butler as Senator from South Carolina, announcing his with- frawal from the contest, was received and read.... The bill making an appropriation for the payment of arrears of pensions was, after a long debate, passed... .The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was under consideration until after midnight, when a recess was taken till 10 a. m., March 1. George F. Seward was brought before the bar of the House by the Serjeant-at-Arms, and Mr. Springer submitted a motion declaring him in con­ tempt of the House. An amendment was offered referring the matter to the Judiciary Committee, Tho latter motion prevailed The Postoffice Ap­ propriation bill was then taken up. and occupied the House the remainder of the day. The Senate amendments, subsidizing the Brazilian steamship line, and providing for the classification of mau matter, were non-concurred in, and a conference committee ordered. STRANGE! ADTRNTURB. y The many friends and acquaintances of ex-Polioeman W. XL Howard, who went West three years ago next spring, will be pleasantly surprised by the intel­ ligence that he has finally turned up, after five-months' absence from his fam­ ily, during which time it was supposed that he had been murdered. His ad­ ventures constitute a story strange M fiction, but substantiated in every point beyond doubt. After leaving this city Mr. Howard was engaged for some time as an express agent at Omaha, Neb., and, on the 26th of last April, after de­ positing a large sum of money, he went in the afternoon to the barracks, some distance from the city, to collect a bill of about $30. Nothing was seen or heard of him by his wife until the last of August, when, as she was preparing to return East, she received a letter from him at St. Paul, where she shortly after­ ward rejoined him. Mr. Howard, as he was returning from the barracks, had been attacked by a band of some half- dozen robbers, who evidently expected to get more plunder than they did. Mr. Howard recognized one of the fellows, and, under these circumstances, they deemed it unsafe to let him return to the city. They accordingly bound and gagged him, and took him a long distance in the woods, where they left him to die, after giving him a terri­ ble beating. After several days lie was found by some woodmen, in a delirious condition, and taken to their hut. There he laid for several months, hover­ ing between life and death, but finally recovered his strength, though his mind still wandered. He then wandered away, and when he came to his senses was in St. Paul. He immediately pro­ cured work, and communicated with his wife. His story is corroborated by the finding of some of his clothes in the woods, and by the statements of those who cared for him during his long illness. His wife writes that she found him al­ most a skeleton, but his health is now steadily improving, and he has a good job in St. Panl, running a stationary en­ gine.--Springfield (Mass.) Republican. ^ iyfALLIBLS. An excellent receipt for being com­ pletely miserable is to think only of yourself, how much you have lost, how much you have not made, and the poor prospect for the future. A brave man with a soul in him gets out of such piti­ ful ruts and laughs at discouragement, rolls up his sleeves, sings and whistles, and makes the best of life. This earth never was intended for paradise, and the iwiui who rises above his discouragement and keeps his manhood will only be the stronger and better for his adversities. Many a noble ship has been saved by throwing overboard the most valuable cargo, and many a man is better and more humane after he has lost his gold MB. JOHN WELSH, ouf Minister to Great Britain, has written a letter to Secretary Evarts complaining that his salary of $17,500 per annum is not "suf­ ficient to maintain the dignity of his office," and asking that some measures be taken to increase it, • - * THE great woman's club, Sorosis, has made its headquarters in the upper par­ lors of the famous restaurant of New York--Delmonico's. There the fair but strong-minded ladies possess in their own right for a time, glittering chande­ liers, pier-glasses from floor to ceiling wreathed with smilax, reception-rooms, dressing-rooms, accessible refreshments, white kids, dress coats, long trains, beauty, silk, velvet, satin, six-button gloves, music, a supper, poets, philoso­ phers, leading editors, men with names and positions, men about town and soci­ ety men. All this under the name and title of "Bights and Reforms." their despair is Ireland, where the fig­ ures are but12 1-10 to the fei JUST tally one for Bergh and two for the State of Louisiana. One Jennings, a well-known dog-fancier, embarked at New'York for New Orleans with twenty ferocious bull-dogs, to fight the South­ ern pups during the Mardi Gras season. It appears that the wide-awake Presi­ dent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals telegraphed a word of warning, and, while Mr. Jen­ nings was at sea, the Louisiana Legisla­ ture hurried to pass a law for the pre­ vention of cruelty to animals, and a hu­ mane newspaper man prevailed upon the Governor to sign it without a mo­ ment's delay. When Jennings reached the Orescent City the police told him to move on, and he is now looking for an eligible site in Mississippi or Texas for a dog-fight. Jennings don't believe Mr. Shakspeare told the truth when ho declared that "every dog has his day." A MASKED effect of the failure of pub­ lic life insurance companies is the in­ crease in the mutual beneficial associa­ tions among secret societies. AB a rule, the assessments per dpath amount only to$l. Some of the older associations, having a considerable fund invested, pay stated sums at death, from $500 upward, the average being $1,000. A compilation of annual reports for the year 1877 places the number of such as­ sociations in the United States in that year at 204, with a membership of 155,- 686, divided as follows: Masonic, 55,- 758; Odd Fellows, 38,280; other similar societies, 61,648. The total number of deaths was 5,476; the death-rate per cent., 1.03; average amount paid by de­ ceased members, $18.92; average amount of insurance paid, $710.34, and average cost of insurance, $6.93 per $1,000. The sum paid to beneficiaries by Masonic organizations was $3,996,- 704.85; by Odd Fellows, $1,457,490 50, and by others, $2,113,136.74--making the handsome total of $7,567,332.09. THE latest prison romance comes from Connecticut. Fourteen years ago Charles Gilbert was sentenced to prison for life for the murder of Henry Cad- well, in New Britain. He was convict­ ed on circumstantial evidence; and, al­ though he could have taken advantage of evidence tending to prove an alibi, he did not, and his strange conduct had some influence in securing his convic­ tion. Gilbert's father died last October, and it has lately come to light that the prisoner has declared that the death of his father has removed an obligation of secrecy that he put upon himself at the time of his trial, and that his father was really guilty of the crime for which he, the son, has been convicted. Neither at the trial, nor since, he says, could he tell the truth without disclosing facts that would put the rope around his father's neck. His story of the murder committed by his father is believed by those familiar with the case, and the prisoner's statement is now before the Legislative Committee on Pardons. THE Statesman's Year-Book for 1879, which has just made its appear­ ance, contains some interesting figures relative to the population of the Old World. It credits Bussia with 86,286,- 139 people, of whom 8,000,000 are in her Asiatic territory. Great Britain, with her colonial dependencies, claims 285,- 250,000, the United Kingdom itself hav­ ing 31,817,108. The German empire numbers 42,727,360, more than half of whom are in Prussia. France, includ­ ing her colonies, numbers 43,427,470, thus slightly outnumbering her old enemy. China is set down at 425,213,- 152. Japan has a total pop­ ulation of 32,784,897; Turkey,/ 21,000,- 000--of which number only 4,27 ,̂000 are in Europe--while Greece has only 1,457,864. Servia most faithfully obeys the scriptural mandate to increase and multiply, there being 48 6-10 births to every thousand of the population. France is least faithful, there being only 26 3-10. Ireland is the healthiest, olaiming but 17 8-10 deaths to every thousand, while Austria is the un- healthiest--35 5-10 of her people out of every thousand dying each year. The old maids' paradise is in Switzerland, where there are 23 2-10 marriages to every thousand of population, while WHEN Cowper wrote about "the de- ̂ ligktful task, to teach the young idea \ how to shoot," it is safe to say that he' , never taught school in Chautauqua coun- : ty, N. Y. Mr. Irving Fiske, of District No. 6, in the town of Poland, in that county, attempted to chastise a big boy named Charles Staples, when Albert Walrod, another strapping fellow, and a boon companion of Staples, came to the rescue with an iron poker and struck the pedagogue a blow over the head that rendered him insensible, and will cause him to forego the delightful pastime of "teaching the young idea how to shoot" for some weeks. In District No. 12, the teacher, Miss Benedict, undertook to punish a 17-year-old boy named Waite, when he felled her to the floor with his fist and ran home. His father escorted him back to the school-house and told her to punish him. Miss Benedict rose t o the occasion and gave the boy a sound drubbing. In Tarbox school district, the teacher applied the rope's end to an unruly 18-year-older, who drew his knife and began slashing the teacher. The latter attempted to wrest the knife from his grasp, and in the straggle the boy was badly cut. CAPT. A. B. TUTTLE, Arctic navigator, has been interviewed bythe St. Louis Republican. He was with the Japan expedition last year, and states that he saw an open polar sea. He encountered the ice-belt in latitude 81. By olimbing to the highest points ̂on the icy barrier he could see directly into an open polar sea lying beyond, and, by tracing along the belt eastwardly, he found a passage through it into the sea, with a depth of 90 fathom ̂or 540 feet. The water waa quite warm, and a gulf stream waa steadily setting out with a velocity of from four to six miles per hour. He pulled through this passage in whale boats, and found it to be eighteen miles wide. In the north part of this open-- sea he found nearly fresh leaves of plantains, bananas, and other tropical plants floating on the water, and show­ ing that they had been off the trees but a short time. .Last October he found a large female whale going north through the open passage before mentioned, and also saw migratory birds going north. In July these birds went back south with their young, and about the same time he observed whales going back south with their young. Capt. Tuttle believes that this open polar sea can be explored, and he is going to Washing­ ton to lay his observations and plans be­ fore the Government. TURKISH: WOMEN. The life of Turkish women is a pain­ ful one. In the seraglio, discipline is still maintained by corporal punish­ ment. The practice of striking young1 girls on the soles of their feet has been abandoned, but blows are given else­ where by the eunuchs who execute the; sentences, and rods are substituted for the stick. 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