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•;%;• rr:.i:^^.;'-s>;;;:; f&tgwg glaittfealci J, VAN SLYKE, Editor mi NMWw ^ IfoHKKBY, ILLINOIS. $h?x\ >> • < »t VFERLY IEWS REVIEW. •• TOE EAST* SHE» COOMB has just entered npo* <flib m yemr. *n event which wm celebrated by • party of friends at his residence in New York, fm/mg whom were Hamilton Fob and the Her. Bobert Collyer. IT ooats $200,000 per YE* to maintain ft CatM at Castle Garden. New York, to take charge of the tremendous Immigration. A re- toot decision took from the CommmMonera the power to tax the steamship companies, and re­ newed effort* will be made to have the Federal Government take control of the work. Tne Pfttf-n Unas express a willingness to pay 35 cents head money Judy Powell, colored, did at Pittsburgh at the age of 113. Tfl® Chinese professor at Harvard University died at Cambridge of pneumonia. AT ft meeting in Philadelphia to make provision ft ." Jewish refugees, f5,000 was sub« acribed John E. McDonough, the actor, god at Philadelphia, in the 68th year of his •&> . . • Frra HUNDRED Hungarians who ar­ rived at Boston by steamer were vaccinated by the quarantine physicians, much to the disgust and in spit® of the resistance of the Magyars. .....Hon, Joseph E. Sheffield, projector of the New Haven and Northampton railway and ftmnder of the Yaie Sheffield Scientific School, died after a long illness. He WRS born in 1797, and leaves an estate valued at $2.000,000.... Enos Svlvester, of Providence, IV. I., under the hallucination that God had commanded him to do BO, built a pyre of wood in his house, satur­ ated it with oil, bound his infant son, and placed the child upou the pyre, while he lum- aelf knelt down to offer up a prayer for bless­ ing on the intended sacrifice. Just before ap­ plying the match to the pile, he was discovered, »nJ arrested before he could strike the match, ' f i -- :9 , £ " V (5. •-* V ; . f , ' ¥ >/ M> y'U™ I-"' *-• !* 'x |a ' t* ;v , * * '|wbi Wiu>n, an architect* onee a wealthy citizen of Cleveland, of late imprisoned as a vagrant at Kansas City, hanged himself in Us oell A Deputy Sheriff's posse at Albu­ querque, New Mexico, attacked a gang of high­ way robbers, three in number, and killed them aO. One of the Sheriff's party was killed and ttw others seriously wounded. ¥HB people oi Bismarck have organ­ ised a company with £2,000,000 capital, to build a road of 130 miles toward Manitoba.... Osoar Wilde, the English esthete, delivered his lecture on the "English Itennaissance" to an audience of over 2,000 persons, at Central Music Hall in Chicago. He was given a re­ spectful hearing. THE Chicago papers print what pur­ ports to be a letter sent to Mrs. Garfield by lbs. Scoville, praying forgiveness for the assassin of the President. A LIGHT-WEIGHT prize-fight, for (200 a ride, took place in Minnesota, across the river from Grand Forks, Dakota. There was only cue round, in which John Oook knocked out the eye of Skinny Frost....H. O. Kenvon<k Oo£ of Chicago, a well-known Board of Trade fino, has failed. The liabilities are said to ex­ ceed a quarter of a million. THE Minnesota grange has adopted ] itfeolutions that the new rules for buying and { ' ' grading wheat put in force by the millers cut prices from 10 to 30 cents per bushel, and •track a blow at every interest in the State, and ] wax the remedy lie* in encouraging local buyers and in shipping wheat outside the State Robinson, Kan., had a $75,000 fire which destroyed the business portion of the town, including two hotels, the Masonic and Odd Sallows' Halls, the poet-office. and a doaen stores A young lady jumped from a tBMS on the Lake Shore railroad, near Ripley, Dfcio, while it was running at the rate of thirty WUse SA hour. Strange to say, she was not hurt Joseph Sabuitin and his wife, residing at Evanuville, Ind., were poisoned by daughter, who dosed ttmr breakfast with 7 : THE SOUTH. GBOBOB ATZJEN, cashier ©f the Savan- , aa|i, Fiorida and Western road, is *6,000 short In bis accounts, and has disappeared....An Opinion of the Tennessee Supreme Court de­ clares invalid and unconstitutional the act of April, 1881, to compromise the bonded indebt­ edness of Tennessee at par and 3 per cent. Interest, the coupons receivable for taxes. THE State of Texas has conveyed to Charles B. and John V. Farwell, Abner Taylor aad C. A. Babcock, of Illinois, a tract of land larger thas Connecticut, in return for s con- tact to erect & Capitol at Austin... .Several firms of cotton brokers in New Orleans have stranded. AM were speculative dealers. A OAwa of workmen were sent into the Bnmsylvania railroad tunnel at Baltimore to re­ pair the track. They had proceeded but a few yards whan they heard the distant rumbling of aa approaching train. Hardly had they caught the sound of the one train approaching when the glare of a locomotive headlight WM gem in the opposite direction. The next instant the two trains came thundering along. Terror- stricken and confused, the unfortunate nan jumped from one track to the other only to step into the yawning jaws of death. Several of them had the presence et mind to crouch up against the walls of the tunnel a couple of feet outside the track, and thus made their escape, but five of their com­ panions were struck by the locomotives, hurled forward on the tracks and their bodies then torn and mutilated by the wheels of the ears. Two of the poor fellows had theif tasadls asv- ered from their bodies, and arms and legs wen - scattered for fifty yards along the tracks. A SLICE half a mile square haw fallen from the peak of Bald mountain, in North Oar- ,oUn&, to the fertile valley below. THE town of Columbia, Texaa, was pmndated from the Brasos river. The inhab­ itants gathered in the churches and «nppliwl with food by boats--The death of Bishop Wghtmai, of the M. E. Church South, is an* •OBQced. A VIBE, which originated at the cor­ ner of Third and Main streets, Louisville, de- *(pyed the candy factory of Ehrman & Co. and damaged the carpet stock of W. H. McKnight, the loss being $100,000 The caterpillar de­ stroyed 800,000 bales of cotton last year. POLITICAL. '*»! A OOMTEHEKCE of between thirtv and ; #W«y Democratic Congressmen was held at Washington last week. The chief object of the meeting was to discuss informally a plan of action regarding the coming tariff contest in the v • fleuse. Those who were present are known as "tariff reformers." After a free interchange Of Views, it was determined to make a resolute opposition to the passage of the Tariff Com- •sfeeioi) bill as reported from the Ways and Hft&ne Committee. AT last the dead-lock has been broken 'ftt Albany, the Tammanyites joining with the ••publicans to defeat the Tilden men. Iw the Virginia Senate, at Richmond, Ma the 16th, Mr. Newberry offered a resolution that, as the Legislature of Virginia, when elected, was undoubtedly believed by the peo­ ple of the State fully competent to do the legis­ lative work of the commonwealth, and as Sen­ ator Mahone had been elected to go to Wash­ ington, to act there as Senator for the State, . , instead of doing which he was spending his time in Richmond, interfering with the proceed­ ings of the Legislature, the Legislature form­ ally tender the said Senator Mahone a firm but polite invitation to go to Washington, and there to attend to his own -business. WASHINOXOIT. ^. Pnasnnanr ABTHUB has signed the ">;'v eOminiswlott of Rgderiek A. Tuttte as Govern- orcf Arizona, in place of Gen. Fremont So- teldo, who wa® shot bj Clarence Barton in the ofioe of the Washington Republican, died from his wound two days after receiving it... .Sen­ ator Sherman issues a card to state that the testimony reflecting upon himself and his wife which was alleged to have been given by Cus­ todian Pitney is a pure concoction, as will very soon to shown, by the printed evidence A Washington tele­ gram says: It is possible, at lesst* to state the asset sanation of the esse against Gen. Carr. When the War Department ascertained the ex- , ^ » riafswnlport art to wte a court of Inquiry, but to submit the facts to Qml Oarr himself, knowing that he would ask for a eotufc The charges were these; First, utsmanament of the oampaicn: second, Oiaobedisboe of orders ; third, disrespect to a superior ottoer. This was communicated to Gen. Carr, and to-day a request has been re­ ceived from him for a court of inquiry. GUN. Frre JOHN POBTER WM in Wash­ ington last week, and had a long interview with the President. They discussed together the Pope campaign, and Gen. Porter explained to the President how he had been, as he be­ lieves, misjudged for so long. He invited the Presidem to as careful a parusal of the records as he clainud that Gen. Grant made before recently declaring his belief in Porter's inno­ cence. THE President has refused to enter­ tain the charges preferred by Gen. Wiloox against Gen. Carr, and the latter has been re­ leased from arrest... .The Coroner's Jury find that Soteldo came to his death by a shot from his brother's pistol. SECRETARY HCNT brought abont a con­ ference at his office of the naval committees of both houses, three Admirals and other officers of distinction. Cuairman Harris, of the Honse committee, urged the immediate con­ struction of seven vessels, at a cost of 910,- 000,000, two of them to be of the largest and fastest type. Adm.ral Porter gave a hearty in­ dorsement to the plan. THE Commissioner of Internal Reve­ nue recommends that a tax be placed on oleo­ margarine, glucose and cider champagne.... President Arthur had thirty-seven guests at his first State dinner. The White HOUBC was ra­ diant with flowers....Colored jubilee singers were denied admission at every hotel in Wash­ ington. «BVERA1» Isr order to extend her profitable con­ cert tour, Miwi Clara Louise Kellogg has post­ poned for some weeks her marriage to a Phila­ delphia broker... .The Globe foundry in Lon­ don, Ont., burned, involving 975 000 loss. BY the treaty of peaee with Pern, Bo­ livia is left without a seaboard. The Chilian Government gave a cordial reception to Mr. Trescott, special envoy from the United States, who stated that an unfortunate misunderstand­ ing had arisen, which explan ation would dissi­ pate. The Chilians are to occupy all minor ports north of Callao The President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company dinavows any intention to make a claim for compensation for courtesies extended to President Gsrfield, hit family or the Government., the sarviM ren­ dered being a duty and a pleasure. ADVI CBS from Balinoa, Mexioo, state that an old man named Allen, a sub-contractor on the Sunset road, Charles Bowers, a black­ smith, and Fred Douglass, a cook, were mur­ dered in their camp. They had received their money, and were returning to Texaa. THE steamship Bahama was lost on her trip from Porto Rico to New York. Twen­ ty-five persons were drowned, and thirteen es­ caped in a small boat and were picaed up and brought to New York by the Glenmorag. THE iron steamer Onoko, which was launched at Cleveland is the largest on the lakes, having a length of ovsr 800 feet, and a capacity of 100,000 bushels of com. She will cost about 9225,000. THE Panama correspondent of the New York Herald sends that paper the results of am interview with M, Hersent, who is charged with the preliminary works on the canal The works proper--that is, digging, excavation, etc.-- have not yet commenced. Everything thns far is preliminary. Labor has been devoted to clearing away the forests and jungles on either side the proposed route for a quarter of a mile back. This has been done to such an extent that from an ele­ vated position on the line both boundaiies of the isthmus can be seen. The preliminary operations, it is estimated, will occupy two years and then the real work will begin... .A. B. Meacham, well known in connection with the Modoe outbreak, died of apoplexy in Wash­ ington. V0BEIOH. THE revolt in Herzegovina is increas­ ing, and a provisional government has been es­ tablished Disturbances among the students caused the closing of the university at Char- koff, Russia. * NoTwiTHSTAKDnro the attention of the Russian Government has been called to the atrocities perpetrated in the empire against the Jews, they continue, and fresh outrages are continually reported. An entire Jewish family were recently murdered at Auanieff by the peasants, Russia is heaping up a fearful score against herself which will some day be terribly avenged. Jewish monegr and Nihilistic weapons combined will be a hard foe for the Government to deal with. THE Shah of Persia has granted a French company the right to construct & rail­ road in his dominions from Teheran, the capi­ tal, to Resho. They are to pay a heavy sum on tho completion of the road," and a rental of £5,000 francs a year for sixty years. lit Edinburgh, boxes contimmg in­ fernal machines were delivered at two places, and eight persons were injured by the explo­ sion. A mason named Castello has been ar­ rested for the outrages. Russmr Jews in a village near Kichi- nef were attacked by peasants, ten U thr farmer bang nearly beaten to death. A Yienna correspondent asserts that in seven impor'ant towns no less than 250 women were outraged by Jew-baiters. At Odessa petroleum was mured on a Hebrew's head and set on fire..... The Pope has addressed a letter to the Italian Bishops instructing them to encourage Catholic societies among the laity, to develop the Cath­ olic prsss, to advocate boldly the tem­ poral inaspsndsms of the Holy See.. A French tribunal gave judgment against Knuie Zeds for using the name of a real per­ sonage in me of his novels Mr. Parnell's spring plowing on his farm at Avondale, County Wickloff', was done by farmer-tenants of the neighborhood. ADDITIONAL NEWS. Mas. GABPBSLD acknowledges the re­ ceipt of a letter from Mm Scoville, and au­ thorizes the statement that she cherishes no malice toward Guiteau, and feels profound pity for his sister and other members of his family, but asks to be let alonp with her sor­ row. MABCTUS P. MOBTOIT, an attorney of Troy, N. Y., purchased of one Bixby a patent cevering a valve used on all cylinder steam Are- engines. He has forced the city of Troy to pay him 953,000 royalty, and 'Rem, Butler ia pushing his claim against Boston fop §500,000. All the chief cities in the country will be called upon to settle Citizens of Long Branch rep&rt having seen a fish forty feet long, v,ith a wide head armed with stout horns. A DISPATCH to the Chicago Tribune, from Westover, Md , announces the marriage of Ella Shores, aged 14, to Howard E. White, aged 16. The inteiest attaching to this cere­ mony will be apparent when it is stated that the girl was the divorced wife of her step­ father, Sidney Shores, aged 45, to whom she was married when a child 12 years old. GEN. SHXKMAN and some staff officers are to spend two months in aa inspection of the Department of Texas and a visit 'to the Yoseoiite and San Francisco The Canadian Government have, it is alleged, found an im­ mense revenue swindling system at Marble island, Hudson bay, in which Massachusetts shippers are concerned. FBEDKBICK MAT, of Bennett dueling fame, was married with great pomp at San Fran­ cisco to Mias Coleman, a niece of W. S. O'Brien, the lately deceased bonanza king. A TERRIBLE colliery explosion occurred at Trindom Grange, Durham, England, it is believed the loss of life will reach nearly 100. " ONE cow's milk" may be worse THAW the mixed article, as proven by a case in which a baby fed on the milk of one oow, sickened and died of tubercular disease, the cow itself dying two months later of tuberculosis. Had the milk of that cow been mixed with milk obtained from a dozen others, the child would not have received daily such large doses of the diseased milk, and might have lived. Probably condensed milk is as safe a food as can be used when there is any doubt as to the quality of the ordinary milir served to a family. warn OF CONGKSAlt for the sals ««the Miaai tan* sas was passed ky the Senate «i IM, and a msasors was introduced itt the tkraof the Fort Ltrmd rasemtldft In The bill for the «Uef bfBameoe which involves the lUht of Oonpwst to the sentence of a #urt-martiaC was reoom- mittod at the nqtiMt of Mr. Loftia. Mr. Ingalls introduced aa aet .to adjust the claims of the eonfederatedJPeori* Indians of Kansas, and Mr. Bill a bill to provide suitable agricultural lands for the Southern Utes. Mr. Ye-t made a favorable report on the bill for a public build­ ing at Jefferson City, and Mr. Harris introduced a similar measure for Chattanooga. The Sen­ ate in executive session, after some (l'scuislon, confirmed the appointment of CoL Rucker aS Quartermaster General. In the Hou'-e Mr» Davis introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for eorre-ponaenoe and other information in regard to encroach­ ments upon the harbor of Chicago. A resolu­ tion was adopted railing for facts concerning the perils of American missionaries in Persia. Mr. Young introduced a bill to create the office ©f Mining Commissioner, with a salary of 14,000. Mr. Herodon proposed a constitu­ tional amendment limiting the number of members of the House to 825. The Supple­ mental Census bill was passed. For two and a half hours the clerk® were kept busy read­ ing bills. Amoup them were measures to prohibit polygamiets from voting or holding office in the Territories, for a ship canal from Lahe Pontchartrain to the Mississippi, to re­ duce the whisky tax to 60 cents per gallon, to aid in erecting momimente on Revolutionary battle-fields, to abolish the national banks, ana to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among cattle. Mr. MoDill introduced a bill in the Senate, on the 14th, appropiiating 9100,000 for ths purchase of governors to regulate the flow of gas fe public buildings. Mr, Edmunds was defeated in an attempt to take up the Anti-Polygamy bill out of its regular order. Mr. Yanoe made a speech deplor­ ing the high-protective policy or the Govern­ ment as retarding the growth of the South. Among the nominations sent to the Senate by- President Arthur were those of John C. New, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ; E. H. Nevin, Jr., to be Surveyor of Customs at Philadelphia ; Moses M. Drew, to be Marshal for California s and H. M, Van Arman, of San Fraaeiseo, to be Sec­ retary of tho Territory of Artaona. In the House, Mr. Willetts reported a bill to pre­ vent polygamiFts from holding civil office In the Territories? or serving as Delegates in Congress. Mr. Orth made an adverse report, on the resolution of Mr. Robinson calling on the At­ torney General for an opinion M to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in Great Britain. The Apportionment bill was taken up, and Mr. O^tes argued in favor of fixing the number of Representative# at 250. Mr. Herbert desired to apeak on the question, but the confusion in the hall pre­ vented Ms being heard, and the Honse ad­ journed, Mr, Jgokson introduced a bill la the Senate on the 15th appropriating 9150,000 to make good the loss sustained at the hands of Fed­ eral troons, in 1864, by the Methodist book- house at Nashville. A resolution w«@ passed to provide messengers for seven leading com­ mittees at $1,400 per year. The Anti- poiygamy bill was dubated for two hours. The report of the commission on the cattle plague was sent to the Senate by t ie Secretary of the Treasury. It shows that no lu ig disease exists in the western centers of live-stock traffic. Four Dutch cows imported into Massachu­ setts brought a plague; which was erad­ icated in six years at a coat ©f 977,000. In the House a bill was introduced by the Committee on Agriculture making the Department of Agriculture an executive de­ partment of the Government, greatly extend­ ing its powers and duties, and providing for a Secretary of Agriculture who shall receive the same salary as is paid to chiefs of other execu­ tive departments." The Appropriation bill was discussed in the House. The United States Senate took up the anti- polygamy bill on the 16th. Mr. Vest denounced it as a bill of attainder. Mr. Pendleton objected to the feature excluding known polygamists from the jury-box. Mr. Sherman thought it was nearly time for a revelation against polyg­ amy. By a party vote, it was agreed that not more than three of the Commissioners to be selected shall belong to the same political organization. The bill was then passed by a unanimous vote. In the Honse of Repres^DtatiyM, a bill was paxsed granting Mrs. Cwrfleld a pension of 95.000 ner annum. Bills were favorably re­ ported to regulate the collection of tax on weiss beer, to admit Dakota as a State, to pro­ vide additional training schools for Indian youth, to erect nublio buildings at Columbus, Erie, and Leavenworth, and to fix the term of internal revenue Collectors at four years. The Apportionment bill was taken up. Mr. Seaton's method was defeated by 9 to 149, and a resolution was passed that the basis of division shall be that used in the Forty-sixth Congress. Mr. Anderson's amend­ ment to fix the number of Representatives at 825 was adopted by 162 to 104. After an un­ seemly wrangle H was discovered that no quo­ rum was present. Mr. Kellogg introduced a bill in the Senate, on the litis, to appropriate 91,775,000 for pub­ lic buildings and other improvements in Louisi­ ana, 0000,000 of which is for the water front Of New Orleans. At the request of Mr. Logan, who is seriously indisposed, an executive ses­ sion was held at an earlier hour than usual. Col. Rochester was confirmed as Paymaster General of the army, Edward Ferguson to be Pension Agent at Milwaukee, and Mars- dea C. Burch to be District Attorney for Western Michigan. The President sent in the nomination of Wakefield C. Frye, of Maine, to be Consul General at Halifax. The new Elec­ toral Apportionment bill, fixing the number of Representatives in Congress after March 3, 1883, at 825, passed the House without a divis­ ion. Representatives accorded to any State which may hereafter be admitted will be ia ad­ dition to the number thus provided for. Where an increase of Representatives is given by the bill to any State the additional member or members may be elected by the State at large, and where there is a decrease tho whole num­ ber io which the State is entitled may be so chosen, unless the State Legislatures shall otherwise provide before the time fixed by law for the n£xt election. Memorials against poly­ gamy in Utah and Jewish maltreatment in Rus­ sia were presented. In committee of the whole, a bill to restore Thomas Little to a Cap­ taincy in the army was defeated. Mr. Valen­ tine reported the Agricultural Appropriation bill, which calls for 9302,480. A message from the President was presented, transmitting fur­ ther documents in regard to the war in South America. A long report on the status of In­ dian Territory was transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Interior. It asserts that there are no lands open to settle­ ment or entry, the tracts in the Territory to which the Government holds title being re­ served by treaty stipulations. A proposition that the criminal laws of tne Uuited States be extended over their lands has been made to the Indian delegation now in Washington and will evidently meet their anproval. Ceaionade. There may be poison In a glass oi lemonade if it Is made in a tin vessel. The following extract sounds a timely warning: Lemonade, even when made from lemons, in a tin vessel with soldered joints, or in a galvanized iron vessel, will take up the lead from the one, or the zinc from the other. A salt is then formed which is very unwholesome, and when taken continually, or in large quantities,, absolutely poisonous. The injurious action is considerably tuoremsed if citric or tartaric acids are used instead of lemons in making the lemonade. Consequently the use of such vessels for lemonade should be. avoided, especially if the contents are allowed to stand for any length of time. An overdose of any of these acids is bad, and they are worse when taken in the form of lemonade. Nothing would be likely to give the cholera quicker than a succession of those drinks. Woman's Rights in Britain. The people of the United States are supposed to be very revolutionary in their ideas, and to be ready for any new mtia&ure that looks like reform ; and as the women suffragists in that country keep up considerable agitation of their special reform and make plenty of noise about it, the idea has been developed in the minds of outsiders that the States would be the country for women's rights. As a matter of laefc however, Great tout*1 has made greater progress in In Scotland a Muniei- acthas lately gone into tohiah mtitles women to vote in >!(ns for municipal councils. In of Han they vote for Bepre> la to the body which stands in jptic# Ot local Legos'ature. Women's rights fltiitke better headway in Britain than in tne States.--London Advertiser ITFTTEAU'S PRESENTS. til* Ctttl*tts Thfngv That Havre Ms to the Asuuwin. Iks potyttllr reprobation of the assassin's crime to littll manifested in different ways. Ths common mods Of expressing the feeling against ths 'ffftffillH, Mys a correspondent, is to send a rope suggestively noosed. These ropea began to tome by express and mail before the trial, and are still coming in. They have been sent to the tMstrfet Attorney, to Mr. Scoville, to the Warden of the Jail, and to the assassin himself. A littie room at the jail is strewn with ropes received from various parts of the country. Some of then are ropes cmch as are generally used fat executions, with the conventional haagman"! noose skillfully made. Many other little reminder* of the fate that awaits him come in the mail to the assassin, but the War- deb. M a rale, keeps them from his eyes. CnS4{> comic valentines, representing the gal­ lows tilth i dangling vioiim, are also sent to the Unnniti In every nook in tha District Attorhey's ajke Can be found some testi­ monial of popular feeling respecting the assassin. Many ef the things received have been destroyed. In one corner of Mr. Cot-khiil'a private office is a little heap ot ropefc A bundle of switches was sent to the scoundrel from Fiorida. A citizen of Osceoift, Iowa, in order to testify to his feel- itut in a unioue way, invested 96.50 in a pair of white kids and a fine white satin tie, the tips of which he dyed blood red. He sent these «ith a request that they be worn by the culprit on the soatfwd, the red marks to testify the in- nooeut blood of MB victim. They now form a part of the District, At torney's museum. From Ohip osme the little wooden box, opened On OUk side. It contained a miniaturo tcaffold, on Which a paper image of a man was hanging, While a Score of paper women were hauling on tne rope. They were, according to the inserip&oa on the box, "the women of Ohio." euriosities saved by the Dis- S miniature scaffold and cof- eodstructed, and a gallows-tree, Six or seven inches long sus- H» There is also a little cofiin, lb* opened < if Which exposes a death's head. The coflbi IS inscribed " Stranguktiua pro Anion* tnet Al fin, Vert with d peuded opea Coffin is inscribed" AobotoTuBL* All sorts ot pictures, cartoons and letters have been Motived and destroyed. During the sSrly part ot the trial a great many gags of various pattsfhs, the common form being m eorno-ib with strings tied at each end, were re­ ceived, with S request that they be applied to the prisoner. Some of these have been pre- ftrved. In the same connection may be men­ tioned various pots of glue and mucilage, sent with the suggestion that the villain's mouth be glued up. Many patent-medicine firms, doubt­ less with an eye to an advertisement, sent the District Attorney samples of their wares, proposing that he dose himself with the mixt­ ures so that his health should not fail him until he had convicted the pnsoner. The District Attorney has also received a large amount of Confederate money to be turned over to the prisoner. One imposing testimonial letter, signed " Citizens," contained one copper penny to be given to Mr. Scoville to aid in the deiunse. A letter received from NeW Waterford. Conn., from a rope-maker, proposed to make for the assassin a red, white and blue rope out of bilk or any other material the District Attorney might select One of tbe most ghastly curiosities in the museum is a black cap sent by an unknown friend of jus­ tice. A letter that came from Chieago suggested •assin be fastened to a rope 300 feet long, the other end being attached to a balloon, wliich would give him a veritable "flight to glory." The demon, according to Warden Crocker, has become as docile as a lamb ; doesn't innst upon having his own way as he did during the trial, and dors what he is ordered to do without a murmur. He has lo»t much or' bis accustomed bravado, and does not become so excited when in conversation. Gen. Crocker states tbat he does not believe auy man under sentence of death ever aMrf»W>ly.appreciated the awful situation titan Qfce^naemned. Ho has become very much depressed in spirits, and shows it. He behaves with perfect decorum, and there is not a s gn of insanity in his conversation or actions, lie is denied the privilege of seeing visitors now altogether, and this seems to wony him. ' DOCTOR BILL8L Haw tbe Congressional Committee Will Hemonerat? Gartteld'a Sur­ geons and Atieudautm The time in which bills could be filed with the Committee on Accounts of Garfield's Illness, expired on the 10th inst. A Washington tele­ gram says : There have been all sorts of claims presented, the only conceivable ones withheld being those of railroads for transportation, etc., they declining to make any charge for their services. Tbe statements made by tbe sur­ geons ss to the smount of labor and attention - they gave to the ease will not at present be made public, but, though they make no distinct charge*, it is evi­ dent that Drs. lilist*, Hamilton and Agnew do nbt expect less than 925,000 or §30,000 each. A member of the committee, talking with a Herald correspondent this evening about the matter, gave it as his opinion that they would be awarded veiy much less. Ho could only speak for himself, but, from informal discus­ sions of the matter among members of the committee, he was inclined to believe that the amounts for the leading sturgeons would be trow 97,000 to 910,uOO. Dr. Boyuton's services are recognized as being very valuable m the case, and there is a dis­ position on the part of a. large majority of the committee to class him with those receiving the greatest reward. Drs. Reyburn, Barues and Woodward will not get so much. If the leading members of the staff get irom #7,000 to $10,000, it is reasonable to infer that the others will receive from #8,000 to 95,000 each. Miss Dr. Edson's claim is not to be ignored, and she will probably get a sum not far from that awarded to Drs. Barnes, Woodward and Royburn. Steward Cramp, as well as Miss Edson, suffered greatly in health from his long watch, and, in fact, expended $600 in doctor's bill* during his own illness in consequence; and these facts will not be overlooked by the committee in making awards. Drs. Barnes and Woodward were desirous of being promoted instead of receiving any reward of money. Dr. Barnes, who ranks as Brigadier General in the army, wants to retire with the rank of Major General, and Dr. Woodward wanted to be promoted from Major to Colonel. This in tbe long run would prove more remuner­ ative than a simple cash paynieut of 95,000. One reason why the committee will classify the amounts to be awarded is because some of the surgeons assumed more responsibility than Others, and were naturally called upon to un­ dertake more of tbe management of the case. In compensating Dr. Boynton, Miss Edson, Steward Crump and others, the committee is influenced by the feeling of great responsibility and the burden of care which they severally bore, not only because tbe President was to them an intimate friend, but because he was the Chief Magistrate of the nation, and the re- suits of his death might, in a measure, prove disastrous to the oountry. In that light the committee regard them not merely as nurses, but as ministering, with self-devotion, to tbe welfare of the nation. Charging the Jury. In a country place in North Carolina, sometime after the war, they elected as Justice of the Peace an old white-haired negro, ignorant, but honest, and well liked. His first case was a jury trial. After the pleading was over, the counsel informed his Honor that he could charge the jury. " Hm\ Charge de jury ? " " Yes, your Honor." " Wal, gemmen ob de jury, it 'pears de case am trew, an' I got to close it wid de charge. Considerin' de 'sperience you hab got, I think I will charge you »2.50 apiece." A LADY writer finds fault with the manners of the King of Sweden, b@ca.us® his Majesty scratched his royal head with a fork at dinner. Some people are entirely too fastidious, Would the lady have had his Majesty scratch his head with the leg of a chair?--SomerviUe BORRIBLfi AFFAIB. A Firework* Itoetttary Bxplsdcs at Cheater, Pa., Killing Sixteen aad Woiullng Seventy Pnreana CttesTKB, Pa., Feb. 17. This Is the blackest day in the history of our fair city. Depth in its moat frightful has laid low nearly a score of ova people, and many more have been wounded. The entire city is in mourning. Following close upon the destruction of the military academy--a severe loss of itself to our community--came an alarm of flre from Jackson's fire­ works and magazine. This was in the old Porter mansion, on Seoopd street and the river front. Prof. Jac kson llad occupied it for the past five or six years. He employed eight or ten hands, end Was running the place to its fullest capacity in order to supply his large trade. At 7:30 the alarm of fire was sounded. In five minutes after the alarm, the fire depart­ ment was throwing water on the buikiiug. A terrific explosion shook the city. The noise reverberated throughout the country as far as the Jersey shore. A mass of flame shot nigh into the air, and the fragments of the bu ldmg were hurled about. A quantity of gunpowder had exploded. It was then felt tbat the danger was over, and the firemen ap­ proached the flames until within reaching dis­ tance without apprehension. A large crowd of citizens gathered. At the time when the citi- aers were sure that tolerable control had been secured and the danger was passed, another explosion, more fearful than the first, gave a terrific shock to the earth. The scene was horrible and so awful that it is impossible to describe it. The crowd of firemen were scattered in all directions, many of them with their bodies mangled beyond recognition. Some were so badly torn that it was impossible to tell what part of the body the shreds of flesh were torn from. On tne spectators the effect was scarcely less disastrous. Many of th' m were killed, many were wounded. Those who were not rushed through the city spreading the news. Almost instantly thousands of people, stricken with terror, poured from adjoining streets to tbe tcene of the disaster. The news was quickly spread to the country, and hundreds of people came from there. The cries of women and children, who had lost husbands and fath­ ers in the calamity, and the wild inquiries of others, added to the terrible effect of the masses of bloody corpses and wounded. All the physicians in the city and the priests and pastors were on the spot in a short time to dispose of the dead and to assist the wounded. The nearest house was about a hundred yards away. Many of the sufferers were taken there, and every other house in the vicinity was thrown open, and kindly hands ministered to the relief of the victims. Wagons were hastily transformed into ambulances, and everything that could be done was done tc mitigate the horror. In a little time a rumor got abroad that tbe now rapidly-spreading flames were ap­ proaching another large quantity of dynamite, and a rush was made from the vicinity. After the explosion the ground was covered with victims, eome killed, some seriously wounded and some badly hurt Dead bodies of men lay coiled on the ground while others labored in the agonies or death. A number, writhing in their blood, moaned and groaned piteously for help. Many lay insensible of their surroundings, and others, bruised and bleeding, groped their way from the sdene of the terrible accident. The scene beg­ gars description. People prayed in the open streets, and the shrieks of the dying were ap­ palling. The fire waB abandoned, and every­ body in condition to do so turned attention to alleviating the distress. Houses in the vicinity of the explosion were converted into hospitals and the wounded removed thereto. Six Hen Killed by an Explosion as Atlanta* Ga. ATLANTA, Ga., Feh. 17. This morning, five minutes before going to work, the boiler of the Georgia car works, lo­ cated at Cartersville, four miles from Atlanta, on tho Western and Atlantic railway, exploded with terrible effect, killing six men and wound­ ing a number of others^ some of whom will die, beside tearing the greater portion of tbe building to pieces. The killed are Lawrence Choice, Matt Bowman, Hand Ham­ mond, David Richardson, Richard Patterson and Sam Davis, all coiorod. Ellis Lawe and Henry Hickson are fatally wounded, and are expected to die at any moment Ed L. Hand, the engineer, was turning on steam at the time of the explosion, and so badly injured that he will die. C. E. Lucas, superintendent, of sleepfng-cftr notoriety, he being the inventor of tbe Lucas sleeping-car, was roughly but not dangerously handled. Five or six others were injured by broken ribs and other painful but not serious wounds. When the boiler exploded the gauge allowed only eighty pounds pf steam, and the men were gathered about the boiler waiting preparatory to commencing work. Force Exerted in Piano Playing. The celebrated pianist,Gottschalk, was highly amused on finding bis performaces studied very closely by a scientist who had published a treatise on the num­ ber of muscular efforts that may be made in a given time, for this learned savant found that in one brilliant piece Gottschalk exceededjgreatly the estimate he had made at'ter careful consideration. The number of consecutive percussions given out were found to be quite aston- ishing. Although Gottschalk pretended to be grately entertained by his critics and their widely differing points of view, yet he must have already known that his pliyBical strength was great. Although to all appearance delicate'y constituted, he wrestled with the muscular giants who were engaged in moving his heavy concert pianos, and with a success that astonished them so greatly as to make it a subject of conversation to the present day. When Bulow was on his concert tour through Germany and Austria he met Rubenstein at Vienna. They were both playing on the Bozendorfer pianofortes, hut Bulow would not play on Ruben- stein's instrument. He would have an­ other one provided for his use. Prof. Schmidt, of that oity, being curious to learn the real reason of this determina­ tion, examined the " touch " of each in­ strument, respecting the depth the key sank and the weight required to depress them to the lowest point. The piano­ forte that Rubenstein played required an average weight of eighty-eight grams (one gram beiug equal to fifteen and a half grains), while Bulow.'s required an average of 105 grams. Therefore the keys qf the Rubenstein pianoforte were easier to put in action than those of Bu- low's pianoforte ; but on the other hand the keys sank fully twenty-five per cent, deeper than Bulow's, so that the action of both pianos made pretty equal demands on tbe physical powers of the respective performers. But if Bulow had played on Rubenstein's instrument he would have found his hands sinking too deep, for they are small. To play on an instrument with a deep touch one must have long fingers. Prof. Schmidt counted the number of notes played by Rubinstein at one of liis concerts and found them to be 62,990 in number, and therefore equal to a pres­ sure of 988$ pounds in weight. On the Bulow instrument they would be equal to a pressure of 1,190 5-8 pounds. When it is considered that something more than pressure is needed in a bril­ liant fortissimo, and on a large instru­ ment in a large hall, and that a high de­ gree of velocity must be given to the hammer and not the mere motion due to some weight, some estimate of the ex­ penditure of force necessary to deliver such percussive accents from the fingers, may be made.--Home Journal. A Characteristic of American Life. In the summer of 1836 a barefooted boy was on his way to Honesdale, Pa., walking the tow-path of the Delaware and Hudson canal. When four miles from Port Jervis, and stili forty miles from his destination, he was overtaken by a canal boat. He was asked to jump aboard the boat and ride, which he did. On the boat was a Scotch family, just landed in America, who were on their way to the Pennsylvania coal fields. One of its members waa a boy tbe same age of the young pedestrian, eleven years. A strong friendship grew up be­ tween the two boys by the time they reached Honesdale. The Scotch family went on to Carbondale, the center of the Lackawanna coal field. The boy who had been given the ride in the boat ob­ tained employment on the canal. His friend, the Scotch boy, worked in the mines for a short time as mule boy. Both he and the former barefoot boy rose in the company's service. The Scotch boy of forty-six years ago is Thomas Dickson, President of the Dela­ ware and Hudson Canal Company., His friend, the other boy, is Col. P. Young, General Manager of the oompany, and President of i s Albany and Susquehanna railroad system. Timber Culture. Any person who is the head of a flam- or, if single, 21 years of age, a citi­ zen of the United States, or who has de­ clared his intention of becoming a citi­ zen, may make an entry under the tim­ ber culture or as it is commonly termed " tree-claim " law. The claimant is re­ quired to take out preliminary papers as in a homestead, and this is done by signing an application setting forth the laud selected and making affidavit that the tract applied for is prairie land, and is taken for the purpose of cultivating timber. The fees required to be paid are $10, if the tract entered be more than eighty acres, and $5 if an eighty or less. The commisson also required to be paid is $4 at the date of the entry, and a like sum when the claim is "proved up." Entries under this law are restricted to 160 acres. The claimant (if he entered 160 acres, is then required to break or plow five acres during the first year, and five acres more during the second year. The five acres plowed the first year are re­ quired to be cultivated by raising a crop during the second year, and to be planted in timber, seeds, or cuttings during the third year. The five acres broken during the second year are re­ quired to be cultivated during the third year, and to be planted in timber, seeds or cuttings during the fourth year. The tracts embraced in entries of a less quan­ tity than one-quarter section are required to be plowed or broken, cultivated and planted in trees, triee-seede, or cuttings, during the same periods, and to the same extent in proportion to their total areas, as are provided for in entries of a quarter section. No final certificate will be given, or patent issued, for the land until the expiration of eight years from the date of entry; at the expiration of that time, or at any time within five years there­ after, it must be shown that the claim­ ant has planted, and for not less than eight years has cultivated and protected the required quantity of trees. The number required to have been planted is 2,700 trees to the acre, and at the time of proving up there must be grow­ ing at least 675 living and thrifty trees to each acre. In other words, at the end of the time allowed the settler must have on a 160-acre tract 6,750 trees, or on an 80-acre tract 3,375 trees, and 1,688 trees on a 40. The requirements of law pertaining to an entry of 120 acres are the same as for an 80-acre tract and a 40- acre tract combined. Trees, seeds and. cuttings can be obtained in the Territory at reasonable cost. No resi­ dence on the land, nor in fact in the Territory, is required under the timber culture laws. Where a homestead settler dies before the consummation of his claim, the widow, or, in case, of her death, the heirs may continue settlement or cul^r vation, and obtain title. If both parents die, leaving infant children, the home­ stead may be sold for cash for the ben­ efit of such children; or the chil­ dren may continue settlement or cultivation and receive title. If a pre- emptor dies before completing his claim the title may be perfected by the exec­ utor, administrator or one of the heirs, and the title will pass to " the heirs" of deceased claimant. Under the tim­ ber culture laws the land passes to the " heirs or legal representatives " in case of death of the original claimant. Under the laws referred to, any per­ son coming within their provisions can become the owner of 480 acres of land. Should the settler not feel able to "pre­ empt " he can secure 320 acres under the homestead and timber culture laws. Claims taken under these laws are ex­ empt from taxation until patents are issued, and are not liable for debts con­ tracted prior to that time. Lore Led by Lucre. " No Cigaret-Charley," she said, using the name by which he was known among the wild, reckless set with which he as­ sociated; "lean never be your bride." "Pansy--Miss Perkins," said Regin­ ald, in those deep, thrilling tones ot his, " I oannot--indeed I cannot let you go I Stay one moment--only one moment!" How that rich voice rang in her ears! Despite herself it moved her strangely. " Very well," she said, "I will stay." Darting hastily to the hat-rack in the front hall, Reginald fumbled for a mo­ ment in the npper left-hand pocket of his overcoat and drew therefrom a piece of white paper. Returning to the par­ lor he knelt beside the fauteuil on which Pansy had thrown herself in an agony of grief, and kissed away the bitter tears of pain and sorrow that were welling up '-Qto the beautiful brown eyes. "See, my darling," he exclaimed, eagerly, placing the paper before her. " Look at this, my precious one." Pansy opened her eyes and gazed languidly at the paper. "What is it, Tootsie?" she murmured. Drawing himself up proudly and holding in one hand the paper and in the other his pan­ cake hat, Reginald said in proud tones : " It is a notice of my promotion to the ribbon counter. Hearafter my salary will be $12 per week. Pansv, my {irecious one, we are saved." The girl ooked at him lovingly. " You bet we are, she said, and her arms were clasped about his thirteen-inch neck in an ecstacy of passion. "The Solid Hen of Boston." Concerning this phrase Maj. Ben Par­ ley Poore says: I do not know that it has ever been stated who was the author of thi« quota­ tion used by Daniel Webster. It is to be found in a little English brochure entitled "Songs, by Capt. Morris." One of these songs, headed "Billy Pitt and the Fanner," commences thus: Sit down, neighbors all. And I'll tell a merry itutf * About & British fmrioer And Billy Pitt, the Tory. I had It piping hot From Ebeneze? Barber, Who sailed right from EngTand, Aad Jiets in Boston tasrbor. The song can not be reprinted in New England, although it was not probably considered broad when published. It describes Pitt and his agricultural friend out at night and mistaken for robbers. The seventeenth and last verse is: SOIK! men of Boston, Make no long orattaw; Solid nan of Boston, Sftniah strong potatta--; lUd men of Boston, Go to bod at aundowa, •4 nawr low yon* nr Ms Inartwii tl •en's Pasts. Full dress pants have al ways many objections, ind men have nc been entirely satisfied with the bifurcat garment. If they reach the boot he they must either take the dirt and dm of the street, or men must suffer what infinitely worse--the hideoirsness ot\ walking tbe streets with pants "rolled up." You cam conceive of nothing more " alarming " to the eye of beauty than a man standing in pants whose lower edges are "curled up." He presents the ap­ pearance of having on a garment for which he has improvised dirty and rag­ ged ruffles, made of the same material as the body of the pants. To bring the thing before you vividly, think of a statu® made of a man with his pants "turned up." How would that kind of a figuse look in marble? We have always thought that the author of the novel en­ titled "He Cometh Not, She Said,**, must have been endowed with a fine sense of beauty. She makes one of her characters discard her lover because she saw him passing on the other .side of the street "with his pants turned up." Another horror attending the common pants as worn by men, is that they "bag horribly at the knee." As yol there has been no means suggested to overcome the disabilities now imposed upon ordinary trousers. They will have , to continue/ It was thought that the aesthetic craze might afford some relief but the Cincinnati Gazette sayas- "Accepting knee breeches as thesesthetio clothes, several persons have written ia" their favor that they will avoid that bajj» giness to which trousers are subject at the knees, from the devotional posture^ and from the habit of sitting with on® leg resting on the other. Not to dis> courage this movement, but to prevent disappointment in a worthy effort, it should be mentioned that this idea of the exemption of knee breeches from being kneed is a radical error, for that their being fastened just below the kne^y, and the tightness which befits this gat» ment, allow no slack for the bending at' the knee; therefore would knee breeches be kneed more than trousers. That shorter form of breeches, which does not come to the knee, would be requisite to avoid this bagginess. Yet the tights worn under these would bag. Ths aesthetic clothes are not free from difr ficulty, but no one should be discouraged; The cause is worthy of a great effort, and of a great sacrifice, if necessary. Let every aspiring {esthetic say, with Harry V., 'Once more to the breach, dear friends!' The Scotch Highland costume is absolutely exempt from bagging at the knees. It has also a pictnresqueneas far surpassing Mr. Oscar Wilde's black breeches, black stockings, and stiff dress coat, and more befitting the aesthetic renaissance, whose emblems are the sun­ flower and the lily." The gentle apostle of the aesthetes certainly never visited Scotland, or he never would have adopted the old dull-colored Euglish pants, and left unrecommended the unique High­ land costume.--Indianapolis Herald. To Cure Sheep-Killing Dogs. The question of how to protect sheep from the caresses of destructive dogs, - which has so long agitated the agricul­ tural mind, seems to have been happily settled by the farmers of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey. They tried the experiment of mixing in a few . goats with their sheep, and after the Soats and sheep had affiliated for a few ays, they procured some dogs, regular sheep-killers, and started them for the folds. The dogs, regarding the affair as a sort of picnic, went for wool and camfe back shorn of' their conceit. Tbef seem to run against goats in the most unexpected places, and were struck bar the singular nature of the thing and al­ most drove into the ground by the foroe of the remarks made by the goats with their heads, in the heat of the debate. Mutton, which the dogs had always re­ garded as a delicacy, suddenly palled upon the taste and they felt coyed. No doubt the goats, with customary polite­ ness, asked their guests to pasg their Slates and have some of the mutton, ut the dogs did not care for mutton. They came out of the field limping on three legs, and no word of encourage­ ment from the farmer could induce tliam to go back. They had been broke of sucking eggs. A Cipher. A lady in England requested a "Ci­ pher " of a well-known clerical gentle­ man, and received the following ; A 0 u 0,1 0 thee; Oh 0 no 0, buto me; Yet thy 0 my 0 once [ forego, Till you do the 0 11 0 no. (A dpher yon sigh for, I (ti?h for thee; Oh I. sigh for no c'pher, but nigh for me; Yettliy High for my sigh, for onoe I forego, Till you decipher the cipher, you sigh for ao.) 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