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fHE raws COHDEKSED. I. VANSLYKC, McHENBY, ami Publisher. ILLINOIS. ; , t1 - . ,-v &:/• L'-» - > -i* *sV" * <»> f 'C; V • §%;;, v _ *v; •*,% \\ 4 ..*!<' * » vV f i 1 • « * * 1 . .4&i "1 k , k , •&JO "•I »y «" '¥ [ ' » A PfcizK-nanr of the most stubborn reccnrrcd laths parlor of a wealthy resident of Altoona, Pa, the ring' being1 marked out on the carpet The contestants were John O'Neal, of Pittsburgh, and James Kohne, of Philadelphia, and the oombat, which WM for a puree of •1,000, was made the more vicious Rom the fact that the men had been rivals in love. The fight lasted nearly two hours, thirty-six rounds being fougitk and O'Neal proved the better man. The Philadelphian war badly used, the Victor escaping- with slight punishment A NEWSPAPER published at Union town. Pa, alleges that perjury can be proven against several members of the Dukes Jury. Incarnation rt'eetingSr have been held at several towns in the vicinity of Unlontown, at which resolutions condemnatory of the jury's verdict were adopted... .Fire de­ stroyed the white lead works at Washing­ ton,* Pa, the loss being estimated at from #80,000 to flW,oOO, with an insurance of *30,000. EIGHTEEN THOUSAND persons partici­ pated in the benefit given at Boston to John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, and thousands could not gpin admission A fire LB the cotton mills of Caleb J. Milne & Sons, Lom bud street, Philadelphia, caused a loss of #GQ,OOU Insured. THE New Jersey Fire Insurance Com pany, which has been in existence Utj years, has retired from the business. FOREST Crrs\ Cal.s suffered se­ verely by fire, the greater portion of the business houses being destroyed, the loss reaching into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. One man was burned to death Property of the value of $7'.i,000 was consumed by fire at Bloomington, IikL, the insurance being f^ti,000 During the past twelve months Chicago packers slaughtered 4,3£2,7S0 hogs. The cummer packing footed up 1,664,1157, and the winter packing 2,557,tea. Tbe above figures Bhow a decrease of 877,704 hogs as compared with the packing operations of the corresponding previous twelve months. THE Northern Pacific Railroad Com­ pany has purchased 400 acres of land in two tracts, one in and the other near St PouL Upon the tract in the city there will be erected a Union Depot, and at the other stock yards, and slaughtering and packing houses will be established. Other improve­ ments are also planned by the company Oby E. Owen, who embezzled something aver 1200,000 from the Third National Bank of St. Louis, has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment Pattison A Cud- well's Miami Distillery at Hamilton, Ohio, was burned, involving a loss of about #100,- ooa A BARN 'with a quantity of stock, the property of a farmer living near Helena, Mont., was destroyed by fire, and there was reason to believe that incendiaries had been at work. A v^ilance committee appointed Itself, and with little delay fastened the crime upon two men dwelling in the vicin­ ity- The committee quietiy and deliber­ ately hanged the two men,"and delivered the bodies to the authorities at Helena Flames swept awav Lintxen- berger's flouring mill and several other buildings, at Lafayette, Ind, causing a loss of #50,uOO; a number of business bouses at Sheridan, Mich., valued, with their contents, at $50, MX); Mann's ware­ house and contents at Dudley, I1L, entailing a loss of #90,000; and INDIAN AGENT TOWNSEND, who has recently passed through the Creek reserva­ tion on the way to his post, reports that a •tate of complete anarchy prevails there In consequence of the animosities existing be­ tween the two factions of the tribe, work being neglected for marauding, and that the entire population are badly demoralized. ta^Townaen? urre m necessity of Qov- maa&t Intervention to restore order.... From NOT. 1, 1882, to March 1, 1883, there were 425.4C0 hogs packed at Cincinnati. MOTAKA stockmen report that their herds have wintered unusually well, the losses not exceeding 5 per cent Grass is coming up finely, and there is every reason to expect a favorable season The Cincin­ nati Price Ourrent publishes an elaborate report of the condition of the wheat crop throughout the winter-wheat belt of the West. Comparison with the condition last year, which is placed at 100 shows the present condition as follows: Ohio, 85; Indiana, «•;; Illinois, HO- Missouri, 98; Kan­ sas, 91; Michigan, 96; Kentucky, 70; Ten­ nessee, 80. The winter-wlieat "sections of Wisconsin promise well, the general average being about 10 per cent below last year The spring-wheat sections of Minnesota. Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska show no essential change in area com­ pared with last year. The most notable sale of horseflesh which ha& occurred in the West in many a day was consummated at Chicago the other day, when the great trotting Btollion Jerome Edy, which ba<! a record of 2:16^, changed ads, the conside&tion being #25,000 cash ifMuuid paid. nut sounu "FHE iron furnacemen of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia have formed a com­ bination to control the market for pig-iron. It Is alleged that all distinctions as to price will be abolished, the object being to compel all furnaces to turn out iron of a uniform juility The burning of a compress and S30 bales of cotton at Texarkana, Ark., en­ tailed a loss of #100,000, on which the insur­ ance was #35,000. . DURING a performance in a tent known as Faranta's Summer Pavilion, at Mew Orleans, a panic took possession of the audience, consisting of about 5,COO people, In consequence of the tent canvas taking fire from a lamp, and in the crush that en­ sued rive persons were seriously injured At Jacksonville, Tex., property of the value of #100,000 was consumed by fire, and the woolen mills at Mexico, Mo., were burned. Loss, #50,000; insurance, #30,000. A DISPATCH from Austin, Texas, says that Max Thompson, the young boy who as­ sisted in robbing a train near there, a few rks ago, has been captured All four of young rascals are now 'i Is 13 in jail The years old, and the oldest only . A* inT--tigation of A# ooosumptisft nrf dtaMMteaot corn and wheel to Itaefc hand at that date about 880,000,000 boshsfct iTiW8 per oent of the crop, or about 140,000,000 tmshola Tbe toroportkm of the last firs years at thai dace was nearly the same. CoianssiONXB OF AGRICULTURE Loft- ma has oalM Dr. Salmon to Washington to make investigations into diseases of oattle, swine and poultry on land provided for the purpose and iappuw with the necessary animals, proper buildings and apparatus for inoculation, autopsies and chemical analy­ sis. The system of inoculation adopted by Pasteur will be continued, and the valuable discoveries of Dr. Salmon in tills country will be applied. The investigation will be made especially in Texas fever, pleuro­ pneumonia, and the hog and chicken chol­ era. Dr. Salmon feels confident that he can ere .long place in the hands of the farmer means by which these disease can be prevented or cured Pres­ ident Arthur has appointed George R. Gage United 8tates Judge for the Southern dis­ trict of Ohio, and D. B. Russell, Marshal of the Eastern district of Arkansas. He has also ordered the suspension of Evert on J. Conger, Associate Justice of Montana Terri­ tory, against whom charges of drunkenness and gambling have been preferred. Paul Strobach has been designated to 'act as United States Marshal for the Southern dis­ trict of Alabama, vice Osborn, suspended.... Mr. Mullett, ex Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, is urging before the Court of Claims his demand for #23,000 that he alleges is due him for salary by the Gov­ ernment The bill passed fey the Forty- seventh Congress re-adjusting' the salaries of Postmasters is inoperative because of the failure to provide in the Postoflice Appro­ priation bul for the payment of th$ increase of salaries involved. ' , - ; ^ : ' rounoUk * , THE lower house of the (Connecticut Legislature, having in mind the abominable orgies which attended the funeral of the murderer McGloin in New York, has passed a bill placing the funerals of executed crim­ inals under the control of the Sheriff of the county, with the proviso that the dead hom­ icides shall be decently and quietly buried at the expense of the State. THE New York Senate passed the bill compelling New York city and Brooklyn telegraph and telephone companies to bury their wires after March 1.1885 The Legis­ lature of Tenressee has passed a bill pensioning all Confederate soldiers from Tennessee who lost an eye or eves dur­ ing the war of the Rebellion..... The Capital Punishment bill recently passed by che Maine Legislature failed to specify a mode of execution, and is therefore inoper­ ative A dispatch from Harris burg says the sub-committee of the House Judiciary Committee decided to recommend the ex­ pulsion of Nicholas L Dukes without a hear­ ing. There is much feeling against Dukes".... The Legislature of Tennessee has passed a law requiring that executions be conducted hereafter in private The Rhode Island Democratic Convention has indorsed the nomination of William Sprague for Governor of the State. KSHSL 1 A swtottl. dispatch from London to theJNew Tctk Mtraid says: "Thoes likely to bebesttnfataed to-dagr regard Um ahHW* meat of Lady RozeMteDixie *• to the <£. tack made upon her near Windsor as a pore fabrication. Mot a trace of any struggle coold be found on the damp mold on whiah the. straggle Is alMid to have taken place. Lady liarenoe herself !• bewlktafedl about !t, and it is unnecessary to say that she has the reputa­ tion of being half-mad. It is now known that she wrote to Parnell on his release, avowing herself to be a strong Nationalist, and urging him to act with her." WHILE descending the stairs of the palace at Windsor, Queen Victoria slipped and fell, receiving an usjly bruise of the knee, ana, as she persisted in attending to her ordinary duties, swelling and tion set in, which caused her considerable pain. A report gained currency in London that she was in a precarious state, which for a time caused intense excitement in England. Mount 2Etna is in a state of eruption, and an earthquake has occurred in the vicinity. Several houses have been destroyed, and the people living thereabouts are great­ ly alarmed. i>?'! • : gunge* WAH. LEB, A Chinese laundryman, has sued the Louisville Courier-Journal and Commercial for libel, claiming #3,000 dam- rjjfor publishing evidence in a trial that Chinaman kept an opium-den and house •fill repute. A DISPATCH from Little Bock, Ark., reports that near Booneville, Logan county, (Sheriff Grady and posse attacked four men Ssupposed to be the Little Rock and Fort lith train-robbers. A running light fol­ ded, and one of the fugitives was fatally Wounded. Capt Ellington, of the Sheriffs posse, was wounded. VAaaciaTOE "TT has been decided by Attorney ileheral Brewster that the law nmfcfag re­ tirement from the army compulsory on offi­ cers who have reached t'n years repeals the taw which limited the number ou the retired yt to 400 In accordance with this decision • fcdditional officers have just been Wfered, and a permanent increase of the list Will follow. OFFICIAL returns just made public * <4M>w that since Jan. 1, 1888, the United 6i*tes Government has paid #115,854 as fees to special counsel in the star-route cases. Of tWs sum George Bliss received, up to Jan. 3*, 1883, the magnificent allowance for fees a&d personal expenses of #59.069. Merrick drew #20,000, the lastp avment beintr made in Ootcbr, 18®}, and Ker" received 912 un to Dec. 21, 1882. How large the additional Ciaims of these gentlemen may be is not stated, and what their bills will reach to by tbe time the trial is ended--if it ever (Old--cannot even be guessed at In addi- tio-. to the amount mentioned above there is cost of court expenses, pay of jurors and justnesses, mileage and • hundred other lnjumto be reckoned iq, 'f J " -M, IT is stated as a fact that direct telephonic communication has been had between Cleveland, Ohio, and New York city, a distance of over 000 miles THE Mexican Central railroad has been oompleted to a point two hundred and eighty miles south of Chihuahua Lieut. Harber has been authorized by the Navy De­ partment to continue the search for the missing boat's crew, commanded by Lieut Chipp, of the Arctic steamer Jeannette, through the approaching summer, if, in his opinion, such search is advisable. SUPERINTENDENT SNOWDEN, of the Philadelphia Mint, says the new nickels will not be called in, and that the dies for the alterations will not be in readiness for two or three weeks yet CAPT. HORACE E. "MULLAN, the com- manderof the United States war steamer Ashuelot, recently lost in Chinese waters, is to be tried by court-martial THE annual meeting of the Holstein breeders of America was held at Syracuse, N. Y. . with an increased attendance. Durinsr the year, 2,007 animals were added to the registry--Ice gorges and freshets have caused unparalleled floods in Vova Scotia. Many bridges have been wrecked and rail­ way tracks washed away. fOKEUOk "LONDON and the whole United Kingdom," says a cable dispatch from the British metropolis, "have a new and startling sensation in the shape Of the reported at­ tempt to assassinate Lady Florence Dixie, who has for a year past or more been con­ stantly nagging the custodians of the Land League and insisting that they had misap­ propriated large funds. The details of the attack are thus given: Sir Beaumont and Lady Dixie were walking in a favorite part of the grounds of their residence near Windsor, when Sir Beaumont pushed on ahead, leaving Lady Florence alone. Immediately afterward two disguised men, who it is Bup- poeed had been following her, assaulted Ladv Florence. One of the men stabbed her in two places in the breast, but the steel ribs of her corset deflected the point of the knife, and prevented her from being wounded. During the struggle that ensued Lady Dixie fainted, and on regaining con­ sciousness found that the men had disap­ peared. Lady Florence says that one of the men thrust tilth into her mouth, preventing her from making any outcry. Sir Beaumont Dixie says he frequently received threaten­ ing letters while living in Ireland.".... A treaty between several of the European and South American Governments, to secure to the citizens of the various states the same rights as to trade-marks, patents, eta, as each country accords to its own subjects, has been arranged Great Britain, Russia and the United States hold aloof for tbe pres­ ent-- Row ells, awaiting trial in connection with the Phcenix Park murders, died in an epileptic fit in Kilmainham jail... .Bvrne has resigned the Secretaryship of the National Land and Labor League of Great Britain. A LONDON dispatch says that "no so­ lution of the mystery surrounding the al­ leged murderous attack upon Lady Florence Dixie has yet been reached. Lady Florence adheres to her first statement of the affair; but a gardener working at the time withA thirty yards of the spot where the assault is said to have occurred says he heard nothing unusual The police and the detective forces of the citv of London are being largely augmented, owing to the recent outrages by alleged Fenians The Archbishop of Tuam, in replying to Earl Spencer, Lord Lieuten­ ant, on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland, writes that the action of the Gov­ ernment in insisting on extending relief to the distressed people through the work­ houses is an outrage on humanity, and a covert system of exterminating the native ~ ce, KARL MARX, the Socialistic theorist and organizer of the International Society of Workingmen, died In London, after a long illness, in the 65th year of his age He has lived in a very secluded manner for some years past, and his only attendant dur­ ing his last sickness was his friend. Dr. EngeL His funeral will, in compliance with his own request, be conducted in private and without any religious ceremonies.... Traces of phosphorus were found in the internal organs of the late Prince Gortscha- koff. He had given his mistress a written promise of marriage. A STUDENT who recently attempted suicide at 8t Petersburg confesses that the Nihilists commanded him to shoot the Czar at the banquet and fete given by the Finland regiment The student was present at the banquet disguised as a waiter. His courage failed him, and, knowing his fate from the Nihilists, he resolved to commit suicide.... A large employer at Birkenhead, England, has discharged all of his workmen who are Irishmen, saying he would be disgracing himself by employing people who foster assassins... .An official of the I)uchy of Saxe- Coburg-Gotha has- been assassinated by a person whom he had refused an appoint­ ment The murderer committed suicide.... Lord Carliisgford (Mr. Chester Fortescue) succeeds Earl Spencer as Lord President of the British Council, and also assumes the duties of Minister of Agriculture.... A 8t Petersburg dispatch says "the Govern­ ment has resolved to expel all Italians with- out permanent occupation. The Governor of Moscow has reoelved a letter warning him that the Kremlin, where the Czar istoba crowned, will be blown up during the ooro- ADDITIONAL NEWS. THE Czar has extended an invitation to all the crowned heads of Europe to attend his forthcoming coronation, but not one of them will avail himself or her­ self of the honor of accepting the invitation by attending in person. They will, how­ ever, be represented by Ambassadors or other proxies. Evidently there is no intention on the part of royalty to place itself in the Vicinity of dynamite when any of its faith­ ful subjects will answer the purpose.... Mr. John Bright, in an address delivered to the students of Glasgow University, made a remarkable declaration. He said that the Declaration of Independence, the French Revolution, and the English Reform bill of 1X12, supplemented by that of 1867, trans­ ferred political power from Kings to the people. With regard to Ireland, he said that if the treaty of Limerick had been observed and freedom of religion had been grant­ ed the pad history of Ireland nrg'it never have been recorded. He considers the East Indian question as the great prob­ lem of the future James Russell Lowell, United States Minister to the Court of St James, is mentioned as a candidate for the rectorship of St Andrew's University, the oldest of the Scottish institutions of learn­ ing. THK Cree Indians have been com­ mitting depredations in tbe vicinity of Fort Conrad, Montana, killing at one place seventy-five work oxen. A party of Piegans led by two white men and Chief Little Dog set out in pursuit of the marauders, whom they encountered about daybreak. A fight ensued, in which two Crees were killed and two Piegans wounded. The hostiles are re­ treating down the Marias, and fears for the Fettlers are entertained NearChorlestown, Arizona, a pariy of prospectors, while en­ gaged around some newlv-discovered coal­ fields, were attacked by a band of twenty In­ dians "without warning, and several men killed and three wounded ARGENTINE and Chilian troops fought on r&tagonian soil, and many were killed and wounded on both sides. The battle re­ sulted from the invasion of Chili by the Argentines The estimates laid before the Dominion Parliament for the ensuing year aggregate #45,COO,COO, of which #13,250,000 is for railways The debt of the Dominion Government is #167,000,000. WASHINGTON telegram: "According to a report current here, Minister West has informed the State Department that be if instructed by Lord Granville to e&y that the violent expressions which cer­ tain professed American citizens have given utterance to since the dynamite ex­ plosion in London may disturb tlie otherwise amicable relations existing between her Majesty's Government and the United States."... .The fact has been developed that no effort has ever been made by the Bureau of Agriculture to gather statistics relative to trichinae in pork. THE Governor of Montana recently mi>» tuw wiliuwing dispatch to the Postomce Department: "The vigilantes at Greenhorn, M. T., have removed the Postmaster by hang­ ing. Government fuel must be scarce, as he was caught barn-burning. The office is now vacant" This Was in Boston. It Is seldom, says the Boston Jour­ nal, that the idea of dignity is asso­ ciated with the act of serving a term in State prison, yet even this degradation may be borne with a patience that ap­ proaches dignity. A woman who was standing as witness in a case was sud­ denly asked: "You have served a term in State prison, have you not?" "Yes," replied the witness, "and I served it like a lady." She was proud of the fact. Boston's Ideal. Two young fellows stood in front of a bill-board intently perusing the an­ nouncement of the Boston Ideal Opera Company. Finally one remarked: "What is the 'Boston Ideal,' anyhow?" The other looked at him half contempt­ uously for a moment and replied in a deprecatory tone: "Don't know what the Boston ideal is ? Why, you ninny, it's baked beans."--Hartford Globe. THE withered leaf is not dead and lost. There are forces in it and around it, though working in inverse order, else how could it rot? Despise not the rag from which paper is made, or tbe litter from which the earth makes corn. --Carly le. T&B MABKEfe HEW YORK. BKEVIS.. ..#s.M mm HOGS.... 7.70 <9 8.10 FLOUB--SupcrAn*. a.70 *4 s.W WHEAT--No. L White 1.09 @ I.IO No. a Bad i.it «$ l.ra Cobn--No. 3 .67 M OATST-NO. 2 SO .61 PORK--Mess 19.3S me. 76 Las© CHICAGO. Buvw--Good to Fancy Stem. Cows and Heifers 8.80 Medium to Fair 6.00 HOOS. s.45 FLOUB--Fancy White Winter Ex. 8.95 Good to Choice Spr'g Ex. 4.78 WHKAT--No. 2 Hpnntr 1.06 No. 2 Red Winter. 1.00 COBN--No. 2 64 OATS--No. 2 39 Ry*--Nj|,2 m BABLET--No. 2 74 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery .97 Eoos--Fresh. it POBK--Mess 18.00 LAKD .u MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. a LOS COBN--NO. 9 M OATS- -No. 3 '. M BYE--No. 2... J4 BAKLKT-NO. a .• .82 POKE--Mess 18.98 Lard : M ST. iovi& WHEAT--No. a Red 1.06 COBN--Mixed .to OATS--Nou a....... .40 RYE- 87 POBK--Mess. 18.00 Laud Wito M CINCiNNATL WHEAT--No. 9 Bed. 1.08 COBN *4 OATS. ..I. m R*E. POBK--Mess 18.50 IiABD. 41 „ „ TOLEDO. WHEAT--Ma a Bed i.o» CORN. u OATS-NO. 9 M _ DETROIT. FLOUB 4.as WHEAT--No. 1 White. 1.06 CORN--No. 2 ,m OATS--Mixed ; ,43 POBK--Mess is.80 .11*® .lift 6.90 0 7.28 & 4.75 6 25 ® 8.06 & 5.59 (<S 5.00 (9 1.08 & 1.07 & 67 & AO & .59 & .76 & .30 & .If @18.28 & .UK & 1.08 (St M @ .40 <$ .58 .83 £$18.50 & .11* 0 1.08 0 .81 & .41 ® .58 @18.25 0 1.88 " .58 .44 .84 18.76 MM I LI# .87 « INDIAN APOLia WHEAT--NO. 2 Red 1.06 CORK No. 2 .so OASS--Mixed .48 „ EAST LIBEKTi. PA. CATTLE--BEAT 0.00 Fair 8.60 0 4.50 0 1.08 0 .58 Siag 0 1.08 0 .51 0 .44 jdiMi Itiiai (Inmwny MM9rTfcMragfc the Mall. tWssfciuSton SpwIaU authortaday the 3-oeaft "postal that its provisions shall be put ktton bv the Postttaster Oeneral months afanrt&e date of its ap- the President. The act was signed 8, and the postal notes must, there- ready for the pubtie by Sept 8, "" ie latest Tho department officials ly to state precisely the time at iy can be issued, but there be no guou reason why -should not be available at of the new fiscal year, July 1, iw law requires little additional Some time will be consumed in for proposals for the new blanks, j aro necessary, which, however, furnished by the Public Printer and of Engraving and Printing-, if thntf Iwtlinnl ni are below those received from pWvate persons. A model of the pro poaedL postal note is printed on the back of the jl^brts of the committees of both house* It is about as long is agreenback. At the fight hand are two columns giving the months ot the year, and the dates oftwelwe years beginning with the present. At the wft hand are three columns of iig- ures. One, representing dollars, is num­ bered to to 4; ihe second, representing fjTnuinbered up to tt; the third, rep- ttf cents, is also numbered up to 9, and eadB series ends with a cipher. The note Is ftfc sums less than $5. The Postmas­ ter at tae office issuing the note will punch the nuNgth and the year, the number of doll­ ars, nux&ber of dimes and number of cents in uieir respective columns, thus preventing any alteration ot the amount or date. By thM system the postal notes can be issued for auj rnua from 1 cent up to 94.99. No written implication will be necessary. The note vfflle bought like a postage stamp and will be payable to the bearer at any time within tttree months from the last day of the month Qf issue The body of the note is a form stating the office at which it is issued ar.d t&e jOflice to which it is sent. When paid tka |»er8on obtaining payment puts his signature upon the note. It is not claimed that thejpostal note furnishes the same ele­ ments Ofsecurity as the postal order now in use, Whftte the sender's name is privately forwarded to the office where the order is to be paid; but it is believed that its convenience to all classes of people will be so great as to render the decreasein security of trifling importance. It is expected that it will tak • the place for transmission of money through the mails of the old fractional currency. Since that was withdrawn there has been no safe and agree­ able way-of transmitting small sums except by postage stamps, which are not regarded with favor as currency, or by the cumber­ some process of the postal order. The pos­ tal note system has been in use in Great Britain Just two years with great popular acceptaqoa. The last annual report of the British Postmaster Gen­ eral stows that 4,462,920 of these posts! ofders, amounting to £3,-000,017, had been issued in one year. The average time they were in circulation was six days, show­ ing that there was no foundation for the idea that they would be devoted to perma­ nent use as currency. The United States postal note is, however, better adapted to public jtse in several respects than the British postal note The note, costing three cents, can be issued, as already stated, for any sum from 1 cent up to #4.99, while the. British notes can be issued only for ten fixes amounts from 1 shilling to 30 shillings, no provisions being madu fur inter­ mediate stnna Our postal note will require only a single blniik form, while the British system calls for ten different blanks for the ten grades of orders. The fee for the lowest British postal note is a half­ penny; for the highest, 2 pence. The fee for United States postal note will be the same in all cases, up to #5--3 cents. The new rates for postal orders, which are to some extent reductions on existing rates, are as follows: For ordesa not exceeding #10, 8 cents; be­ tween •Iff and $15, 10 cents; between #15 and #90, Ifi cents; between #30 and #40, 20 cents; btyjween #40 and #50. 25 cents; be­ tween #50and #60,30cents; between #60 and #70, S5 cents; between #70 and #80. 40 cents; between #80 and #100, 45 cents. No money order is to be issued for a greater sum than #1UI . , - - The New Senate* The tJklted States Senate Is now fteiir* stituted as follows, one plaoe from New Hamp8hHb being vacant: -I _ • Term " ' sxyircs. ATiAWAMA. MISSOURI. J. T. Morgan, D lS89|Geo. O. Vest. D... .1885 Ju. L. Pugh, D 1885F. M. Cockrell, D..1887 ARKANSAS. A. H. Garland, D... .1889 J. D. Walker, D 1885 CALIFORNIA. Jas. T. Farley, 1>... .1885 John F. Miller, R.. COLORADO. T. M. Bowen, It, N P. Hill, R CONNECTICUT. O.H. Piatt, B. 1885 J. R. Hawley, R 1887 DELAWARE. E. Baulsbury, D....18R9 T. F. Bayard, D. 1887 FLORIDA. Wilkinson Call, D..1885 Chas. W. Jones, D. .1887 GEORGIA. A. H. Colquitt, D....1883 Jos. E. Brown, D.. .1886 ILLINOIS. NEBRASKA. C. F. Man(ierson,R. 1889 C. H. Van Wyek,R. 1887 NEVADA. ..„™,John P. Jones, R.. .1885 1887iJtfs. G. Fair, 1) 1887 | NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1889 To be chosen June(R) '89 . 18851H. W. Blair, R 1885 NEW JERSEY. J. R. McPherson,D. 1889 Wm. J. Sewell, It.. .1887 NEW YORK. E. G. Laphanx, R...1885 Warner Stiller, it... 1887 NORTH CAROLINA. M. W. Ransom, D.. 1889 Z. R. Vance, D 1885 OHIO. G. H. Pondleton, D.1885 John Sherman. R...1887 OREGON. 8. M. Cullom, R 1889 J. N. Dolph, R 1889 John A Logan, K. ..1885 James H. Slater, D.1885 INDIANA. PENNSYLVANIA. D. W. VoorUees, IK. 18851J. D. Cameron, R...1885 Benj. Harrison, R...18*71 John I. Mitchell, R.1887 IOWA. | RHODE ISLAND. J. F. Wilson, R. 1889 H. B. Anthony, R...1889 Wm. B. Allison, R. .1885:N. W. Aldrich, B... .1887 KANSAS. SOUTH CAROLINA. P. B. Plnmb, R 1889!M. C. Butler, 1) 1889 John J. Ingalls, R. ,1885lWade ampton, D..1885 KENTUCKY. | TKNNESSEB. J. B. Beck, D 1889-1. G. Harris, I)...... .1889 JohnS. Williams,D.1886[H. E. Jackson, D....1887 LOUISIANA. TEXAS. R. L. Gibson, D 1889 R. Coke, D 1883 Ben]. F. Jonas, D. ...1885iSam. Bell Maxev, D.1889 MAINE. | VERMONT. W. P. Fryc, R 1889 Justin 8. Morrill, R..1885 Eugene Hale, R.... .18871Geo. F. EdmundsJR.1887 MARYLAND. J. B. Groome, D 1885 A. P. Gorman, D....1887 M ASSACHUSETTS. G. F. Hoar, R 1889 H. L. Dawes, R 1883 MICHIGAN. VIRONIA H. Riddleberger, I. .1889 William Mahone, 1.1887 WEST VIRGINIA. J. E. Kenna, D.... ..1889 J. N. Camden, I>....1887 WISCONSIN. Hoos.. 7.50 40 8.00 §6.98 8.90 <9 e.75 T. W. Palmer, R 1889 Annus Cameron, R.189* Omar D. Conger R.1887iP. Sawyer, R 1887 MINNESOTA. SUMMARY. D. M. Sabin, R 1889;Republicans ...88 8. J. R. McMillan,R.1887! Democrat* >6 MISSISSIPPI. I Independents. 9 lu Q. C. Lamar, D...1889I J. £. George, D 1887) The Third Tariff Redaction* If we start with the manufactures created by the war of 1812, and the consequent ex­ clusion of imports, and count the tariff of 18145 as the beginning, we can easily grasp the ups and downs of our policy by the aid of the following table: Tariff of 1816, four years, 21 per cent Tariff of 193)0, four years, 36 per centk Tariff of 18M4, four years, 88 per ceufe. Tariff of 1828, four years, 42 per cent Compromise tariff, 1832, witn sliding scale for ten years, reducing 2 per cent a year, 42 to 20 per cent Tariff of 1842, for four years, S3 per cent Tariff of 1840, for eleven years, 24 percent Tariff of 1867, for four years. 10 per cent Morrill tariff of 18151, decreased in 1872, in­ creased in 1875, amounting upon the dutia­ ble imports from 48 (1807) to 43 (1882) per oeiit Commission tariff of 1883, probable rate, Wper cent It should be added that, whereas the value of articles imported upon the free list fifteen years ago was less than 5 per cent of the whole, Tt was 80 per cent of the whole in 1882, and will probably be fully one-third under the new tariff"--Springfield liepub llcan. Illegal Advertisements. XE. Brooks, Chief of the Secret Servioe Division of the Treasury Department^ has received notification that persons in the West are canvassing the various States for the sale of advertising cards which are made to represent treasury notea The canvassers sell these Imitation bank-notes to one dealer in each town and enter into a written con­ tract to give the exclusive rijrht to use them for advertising purposes. This is in direct violation of Sec. 3,708 of the Revised Stat­ utes, and the treasury officials aro deter­ mined to hunt down tne guiitv parties. The latest complaints come from Cairo, I1L, and Goldsboro, N. C. The penalty is 91#0 for each note distributed.-- Washington telegram. AM Austrian race-horse that had won fifty- four races, never having- been beatep, was Ol AM IIS ftnlTTie HBUf Wll tM IMWK TTwss a monitor, too, ffceogh tts lWjrdi Yetthef lived though nations attend; Aad Its votes, still starono. wanted old j Voioe of friendship faltered; _ ' it said--"Quick, quick to bed-- . . For nine Fv» given you warning; v Up, up and go, or else yon know, 7' You ll never rise Boon in the morning." , 4*4 A friendly voice was that old, old clock, - •> As it stood in the corner smiling. And blessed the time with a merry chime. The wintry hours beguiling; But a^croea old voioe was that tiresome old As it called at daybreak boldly. When the dawn looked gray on the misty wav, Aud the early air blew coldly: Tick, tick," it said--"quick ont at bed-- For fiye I've given warning; You'll never have health, yoqH nevsr get wealth, Unless you're ap soon in the morning." Still hourly the sound goes round and round. With a tone that ceases never; While tears are shed for the bright days fled. And the old friends lost forever; , Its heart beats on though hearts are gone _ That warmer beat and younger; r' Its hands still move, though hands we lots Are clasped on earth nolongerl "Tick, tick," it said--"to the churchyard bed-- The grave hath given warning-- Up, np and rise, and look to the skies, ud prepore for a heavenly morning." --Christian Intelligencer. OLD DAN. recently killed by its owners, ably affected with the glanders. lincur- Tra crops outlook in the Pacific coast sua Territories is said to be excel- Farmer Henderson came in from the barn one morning with his hands and olothes wet and covered with mud, his face red and his eyes flashing. "Ned!" he shouted, as he entered the kitohen. "Where's Ned?" 'Here I am!" came a cheery voice in reply; and an instant after a bright, strong boy of some 16 years entered the old-fashioned country kitchen from the adjoining woodshed, where he had been cutting potatoes for the day's planting. "Do you want anything ?" "I want to tell you this," said Mr. Henderson, as he washed himself at the sink, and rubbed his face with the coarse towel until it was even more red than before. "Old Dan most be killed I Just see the state I am in, and all from that worthless old rascal I I won't have him about the house another day. He's good for nothing but to make trouble, and be must be shot be­ fore night 1" added the farmer wrath- fuUy. Ned was about to plead for his pet, when his little sister came into the room. "Why, papa, what is the matter?" she cried to him in astonishment. "Did you fall into the creek?" "I might as well," he replied, half laughing. "Old Dan butted me into the watering-trough." There was a shout of laughter from both children, in which their mother joined. Well, Jedediah," said Mrs. Hender­ son, ooming into the kitchen and still shaking with mirth, "what could you have been thinking about to let an ojd ram 'most 20 years old knock you into the watering-trough ?" "But," explained the husband, "he took me unawareB. I had just filled one pail to carry to the barn, and was stooping to fill the other, when the old rascal came at me like the wind, and knocked me completely into the water I He scampered, I can tell you, before I could get out. He knew he had done mis­ chief. Anyhow, he's got to be killed to­ day, sure. He's only a nuisance, and IH shoot him to-night when we come back from town, if he's on the farm 1" Two hours later Mr. and Mrs. Hen­ derson drove aw$y to be absent from home until night. As they rattled out of the yard, Old Dan suddenly appeared olose to the gate, and, wagging his tail as if in derision, gave utterance to a hoarse "Ba-a-a!" The farmer turned, shook his whip at the fellow and cried: "This is your last daVj my boy; make the most of it!" Ked and Carrie were the only chil­ dren. Leaving Carrie in the house alone, after they had considered for a while whether there was any way of averting Old Dan's sad fate, Ned shoul­ dered his hoe and mdrchcd off to his work, planting potatoes with Bronson, the hired man, in the "back lot." But the little girl of 13 had no thought of being atraid. She had the breakfast dishes to wash, some sweeping to do and the dinner to get, all before 12 o'clock, Time fled. The dishes stood in shin­ ing rows upon the pantry shelves, the broom had performed its work and Car­ rie was preparing the vegetables to be boiled, when there came a faint knock at the door. Supposing it to be one of the neighbors, the little gui did not rise, but called: "Come in!" The door was slowly opened and a man stepped within. He wore a long black coat, buttoned to his chin, and very threadbare. His. trousers, too, were very black and shiny and much too short for liim. On one foot was a boot, while the other was graced with a ragged shoe. He carried a battered silk hat in his hand. His face was long and solemn,' but quite red, and altogether he was a queer-look­ ing visitor. * "Is your ma at home, miss?" said he, in a half whine, as he glanoed sharply about the room. "No, sir," replied Carrie, wondering why he asked; "she has gone to Under- hill. Did vOu wish to see her?" "Oh, no, the man replied. "I only asked out of politeness, you know," and he smiled solemnly at the little girl and winked one eye. "No, I came on busi­ ness with your pa--particular, urgent business. S'posa he'a round, is he not?" "No, sir; he went to town with mother," said Carrie. "Now, that's too bad!" exclaimed the visitor, as he seated himself; "and I've come so far to see him! But, perhaps, your brother and sister would do as well." "I haven't any sister," said the little hostess, laughing, "and my brother's over in the back lot. He'll be in by- and-by, though, if he'll do." "Well, I don't hardly believe he will, after all," said the man, shaking his head thoughtfully; "and I can't wait to-day anyway; I hain't time. But I'm terribly hungry. If I could I'd stay to dinner, miss. However, under the cir­ cumstances, perhaps you had better give me a light lunch before I go; a piece of pie and a oup of tea and a little cold meat, or something of that sort." "Oh, certainly; only I can't give you the meat, for we haven't it in the housesaid Carrie, rising; "but I will find something." And she brought from the pantry a whole apple pie, which she placed before him, with a knife and fork. "If you will help yourself, I'll have the tea ready in three minutes." "All right, my dear!" said the man, seizing the knife and drawing the pie toward him. "I will act upon your ad­ vice. The last time I took dinner with Gen. Grant," he continued, aa he nut a and. h#. plraokled merrily and nodded his hMQ tt the delioious-looking pastry before him. Carrie wondered a Utile at the table manners of the man who had dined with Gra&t, but she steeped his tea, flavored it with rich cream and sugar and passed it to him. "I am not much of a hand for tea," saiu the juau as he ui aiued the oup, "but my dootor says I must drink it for mv digestion. Bulled my digestion while I was in the army, you see," and he winked solemnly. By the way," he continued, picking up the silver tea­ spoon from his saucer, "have you any more of these? They are as neat a pattern as I ever saw, and odd, too. I should like to see the rest of the dozen if you have them." "Mother has only eleven," said Came, in her innocence, "and she is very proud of them; but I will show them to you." Then she brought the little box with the precious table silver--eleven tea- spoons,four table-spoons and an ancient cream-jug---all pure silver, and shining brightly--and placed them before her inquisitive visitor to admire. He had finished his "light lunch." That is, the pie was demolished, and the teapot empty. As the little girl handed him the treasures he arose, took the box to the window, examined its contents with a critical eye for a moment, and then, as if in joyful surprise, cried: "I am right! They are the very spoons! The very same identical spoons that my friend lost when he was a boy! How lucky it is that I have found them at last!" With these words and a very low bow the rascal opened the door and slipped away with the spoons and a silver cream-pitcher down the path toward the gate. For an instant Carrie stood motion­ less--then rushing after him she shrieked: "Give me those spoons! They are my mother's spoons, and you are trying to steal them! Yo are a thief--a thief! Bring them back! bring them back!" The man, however, paid no attention to the child's cries, but ran rapidly down the path, carrying the box in his arms, and the spoons and pitcher would have been lost forever if a new party had not appeared on the scene. ' Old Dan was quietly nibbling the grass near the gateway. Hearing his little mistress' voice he looked up at the very instant the tramp passed. What he saw about the man that dis­ turbed him I don't know, but, erecting his head with a hoarse "Baa-a-a!" he shot after him like a cannon ball. The man turned to receive him and defend himself, but the ram struck him fairly in front and knocked him, half senseless, flat on his back, scattering the silver in all directions. For an instant the fellow remained sprawling in the dust, then he slowly arose, limping and groaning, and with­ out a glance at his enemy began to gather up his stolen spoils. He had partly completed his task when Old Dan, who all this time had been watching the proceeding from be­ neath his shaggy eyebrows, shook his long beard, and with another tremen­ dous "Baa-a!" dashed at him again and over he went a second time, his treas­ ures flying from his hands. And now began a strange battle. With cries of rage and pain the man re- pqv f̂edi hjis feet and turned upon the ram, lacking and striking at him furi­ ously, while Dan, accustomed to such warfare from years of experience with the boys of the country-side, easily eluded him and in return butted him to the earth agaim and again. The spoons and cream-pitcher ver< knocked hither and thither as the com batants struggled, the road was tram­ pled into something like a race-course, the air was filled with very bad lan­ guage, very angry baas and a great cloud of dust. But, after some five minutes, victory declared itself upon the side of th< quadruped; and, bruised and bleeding, with clothes in rags, minus hat and shoe, the vanquished man suddenly turned away and ran, limping down tha road, leaving his antagonist in full pos­ session of the field and the stolen silver. Old Dan remained motionless, gazing after his enemy until he disappeared around a distant turn in the road; then, shaking tbe dust from his coarse wool, he gave utterance to a low grumble ol satisfaction, and, wagging his tail, re­ turned to his dinner in front of the house. Half an hour later, as Carrie washed the coveted spoons and the bright little pitcher and laid them carefully away onoe more, she told her_ brother the story and how the robber was foiled, and Ned, full of enthusiasm, cried: We will not kill Old Dan at all, for I do not believe that father would shoot him now for $100!" And the boy was right. The old ram won more than he knew when he fought the tramp and conquered him. He won his master's regard and a free, happy life for the remainder of his days. 4MB* iH* Ail jNqpir •pokeiip ' " Hew Hark Twain's Father Commanded Silence in Court. In 1843, at Hannibal, Mo., John Marshall Clemens, the father of Sam­ uel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), filled the ancient and honorable office known as Justice of the Peace. Here on court days, When the Judge climbed upon his three-legged stool, rapped on the box with his knuckles and demand­ ed "Silence in the court," it was fully expected that silence would reign su­ preme. Late in the fall of 1843 the case of Allan B. McDonald vs. Jacob Smith was on trial. Frank Snyder, a peaceable citizen, had given his testimony in fa­ vor of defendant Smith, and resumed his seat, when McDonald, with an ex­ asperating air, made a face at him. As quick as thought Snyder whipped out an old pepper-box revolver and emp­ tied every barrel at McDonald, sligl^tly grazing Mc's head with one shot, hurt­ ing no one eise, but filling the room with smoke and consternation. In the confusion that followed Judge Clemens, doubtless remembering McDonald's mean tricks, instantly concluded that he was the aggressor, and gathering up a hammer that lay near by he dealt him a blow that sent him senseless and quivering to the floor. Then "silence like a poultice came to heal the blows of sound," and the irate court was com­ plete master of the situation. Judge Clemens was a kind-hearted man and was mortified when he learned that he had struck the wrong fellow, but the oldest inhabitants never heard him admit that it was "a lick amiss." He held his office for years and years afterward, and it is not rec­ orded where any other disturbance ever occurred in his court-room. ib ftrrei^ir dishes Fd got wiped. "Why, Shi," says I*, readin' out loud: ̂ "Send twenty-five oents at m»e and leant now to keep your well fromfreee- in' in the ooldest sights. Thi» may ho worth hundred* to you. Scud at ouoe to W. P. Smith, 165 Blank street, Boe-' ton, Mass. "I believe I shall send, Philura." "What on earth do you want to know for? Our well aint never froze, and. if it did, we shouldn't care, for here's ow - runnin' water that never fsfla us," hjiL "Wal, I know, but mebbe "twffl freeze, and then, beside, I know two • or three men in this town who'd give twenty-five cents to know how to keep their well from freezin', and I can tell and 111 bet I can make money at "Johnson Winter!" says I, "if you are so anxious to make money, do, go tof swappin' horses or peddlin' fresh fish that have been froze up half the winter. Any such waste of money as that OBI some scamp that wants to get money in some way without workin' for it makee me sick. It's a fraud, just as sure ae my name is Philura Winters. Why, , you aint forgot, have you, how yom Bent off fifty cents last summer to a sure way to get rid of potato bugs?" "Wal, now, what's the use flingin' that in my face? But this is a religious newspaper, and I don't believe but what I shall send." And he went off into the settin' room and wrote to the man for information, in regard to wells. I finished up my dishes, and then I went and got & printed slip of paper that he had paid his fifty cents for, and went and pinned it up on the secretary right in front of~. him, as he was writin'. It read: "Sure Cure for Potato Bugs! Pro­ cure two short pieces of board, catch your bug and place it on one of the pieces; then place the other board on the top of the bug and press down gently but firmly, and if the bug is not dead, vour money will cheerfully be re­ funded." John finished his letter, and then looked up and saw it. "Dummit," says he, "what do yon want to be BO aggravatin' for?" • • • • • To-day noon, Stufflebean's hired man come along with our mail and brought John the answer to his letter about the well freezin'. It was--"Take it into tho house by the kitchen stove, nights." He tried not to have me see it, but I in­ sisted upon it, and now I've got that pinned upon the secretary--though John says, "What do you want to keep • hectorin' a man about a little thing like that for, anyway?"--Aunt Philura in Boston Timea. ^ The Status of Story-TeUUgs/ It may be deplorably true that the art of story-telling is dying, and there are those who assert that the so-called story of modern literature is not a story at all; but be that as it may ill regard to the literature of the period, it certainly is not altogether true in social life. The present writer is not able to vouch for the status of story-telling among women when they are by themselves and without the restraining influences of the other sex, but you shall rarely find a coterie of men who has not its story-teller or several of them- ©Jer- flrrmBXL andJawyers. nrhntr thrift nrmwnn at their stated yearly or quarterly gath­ erings ; physicians, when they meet, as they often do at clubs or otherwise; art­ ists at their informal meetings in one another's studios, enjoy many a hearty laugh over stories, told with admirable dramatic force ̂ and capital powers of mimicry. Thavtoo many of the stories' --excepting, of course, and by court­ esy, those current in clerical circles-- are "off-color" must perforce be ad­ mitted, but this is by no means true of all, and the story-teller still has a recog­ nized seat at masculine reunions every­ where. But how curiously his type va­ ries ! There are those who seem able to introduce a story at any time; there are others for wliom an opportunity has to be made; and others again who are apparently always on the point of tell­ ing a (jrood story, but never succeed,' and this applies not only to stories, but ̂ to more or less extended remarks of all- kinds.--The Continent. Population of the Globe. The population of the entire globe ia _ still far from being definitely deter­ mined. Hardly two original investi­ gators agree. In this country the esti­ mates of Drs. Behm and Wagner are generally accepted as the most reliable, yet their latest figures differ from those of two years before by upward of 22,- 060,000. Then they stated the popula­ tion of the entire globe at 1,455,923,500, whereas now they state it at 1,433,887,- 500, distributed as follows: Europe. .337,743,400 Asia .795.591,000 Africa 205,823,300 America.... 100,415,400 Australia and Polynesia 4,232,000 Itoiar regions 82,500 One might infer from this that instead of increasing, as would be naturally ex­ pected, the human race is dying out; bttt inoser inspection shows that the es­ timate of the population of China has been reduced about 55,000,000. Accept­ ing this and all the other estimates, there seems to be an increase in other countries of about 33,000,000; part of which is due to thq fact that tho geog­ raphers had the benefit of the census takers in different countries in 1880 and 1881, showing the growth of five to ten yesw. . ^ . Brotherly Love. 4 fboy of twelve summers wtetit up Austin avenue at such a rate of speed that everybody who saw him was fully persuaded he was going for a doctor, particularly as there was a scared ex- Eressioa on the boy's face. A kind-e&rted man caught the flying boy by the arm, and asked him: "Sonny, is there anybody very sick at your house?" ' " "No, but there will be, if you don't turn me loose." "Who is going to be sick?" "Well, it's my brother Bill. He'wijl be a remains before night if I dont get there right away. We have oysters and things for dinner, and if I ain't there to get my share he will try to eat for us both, and he will founder him­ self, sure. Please, let me go, so that I can save my little brother's life."---I&c- as Stftings. IK France, whenever a fireoeenrs oo a man's premises, the onus of proof of his innocence of incendiarism rests with him. To STAND on one's head is the taost difficult feat one can perform ontheioe, and yet the new skater always trios to do it. "}• -i* "V/.- n' v"' \ , A ... ._ .•