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Svnura c n o C03DB53SC. » v* . ',1 •> %'• «* saw mMjtn, V THB Hon. Israel Washburn, ex-Gov- M«( Maine, died in Philadelphia after a ' Mef Illness. He was bora to Iiveraom, Ma, Itt 18ia In 1850 he was for the flrat time to OoBficti. and served tor five He was afterward elected Gk>v- of the State, and some time after the " Ion of his term waa ap- Collector of Customs at Fort- Maine. He was a brother of Hon. E. B. Washburne, of Chicago BUM the saloons are closed, at Wiikee- j---» Pa., Sundays the proprietors want barber ana cigar shops and livery stables »hn prohibited, and the sale of milk stopped, i rat toe Major will not interfere. A WILLIAM B. CARROLL, deceased, a <tlerk in tie office of the Comptroller of the City of New York, 1* discovered to have Ctolen |105,6 0 from the city. His thefts ftegaa with email sums in 1879, ccntlnuing- iratii August, ltitfci. . i WILLIAM E. SAWYER, an electrical in­ ventor cf a universal repuation, has just iflied in New York. He was under sentence cf four years' imprisonment for having shot f)r. Tbeophilus Steele, about three years ago, but had not been sent to the pemten- " laiy pending an appeal for pardon id ur on the value to the coun- of his inventive talents There are 189 Odd Fa.lows iu Pennsylvania. A NEW YORE man has brought his fourth suit in six months to recover dain- /"• . - - '#g«s for the alienation of his wife's affec- f J laons, adinerentman appearing as defend­ ant in each action. The claims for damages v vary from f5,C00 to #80,000. * BY the death of the venerable Bishop J J - J'̂ esseT. Peck, which occuire3 in Syracuse, „-•* *» It. Y., the other day. the Methodist Episcopal Church loses one of its foremost leaders and „ s; jjlnost beloved membtra Bishop Peck was born in Mlddlefield, N. Y., in 1^11, and was ffci licensed as a local preacher in He be- j»L' , came a Bishop in 1871'. Rawitzea Bros". tJour mill, Staffcrdville, Ct, and thres tene- „ , fnent houses were burned. Loss, t'^,0 /0; insurtd for $34,* 0.'.... .The Farrott Yarn:'sti Company's iactiry, at Bridgeport, CU, was •^•I^Samaged by fire to the amount of #00,000. rax wis sr. , THE cyclone which did such serious damage at and around Kansas City extended Over a greater area than was indicated by jfihe first reports. Numerous small towns ||rere visited by the storm, dwellings and mblic buildings being damaged or de- iyed, and in several instances loss of life occasioned. At Macon City five were killed and ten or fif- injured Several of the wounded Kansas City cannot recover. The ~ property losses will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Wind and hail did great damage in Southwestern Michigan to farm-houses and young crops. The great­ est destruction occurred in the vicinity of Stuigb, where several dwellings and barns im wrecked. There was damage done by lull at several points in Illinois, also. The Tillage of South port, near Indianapolis, was partially wrecked by a tornado, two churches tnd a school house being among the build- ten demolished. A frame school-fiouse at |Vliite Ppreon, Mich., filled with children, 4 g^K'iras overturned by a hurricane, one boy be- «-- killed and several little ones badly in- .. .The iron steamship Mississippi, by the Oregon Improvement Com- , . • pany, burned at Seattle, Washington vl:* •"^fltonritary, with 1,100 bushels of coal *The chief engineer waa burned to death. The bunker timbers fell, killing one man i. •'<. -and injuring another. The vessel was a tot al iShe former" y belonged to the Govern- 1 " and was used as a blockade runner fruit growers in Southern Illinois are alarmed at the ravages of an insect vm attacks ripening strawberries, render- iag them unfit for market. OHIO trovera and maltsters bald a meeting at Cleveland to consider the Scott law tarijng sa oons. The President delivered an address denouncing the Scott law as un- constotut oaal and unjust The meeting adopted res luttons protesting against the alleged in.er erence with the brewing busi­ ness by unwair^nted and impracticable leg­ islation, and decided to recommend to tne wp&m, entire liquor inte: e <t of Ohio a policy of op- 'J5* ' "position to all candidates who are no*; in • entire aocoid with them on all matters [ • • of legislation. It was also voted to employ 4/ .. counsel and orecare a case by whicn tne i !,constitutionality of the 820U law can be 5 ' . tested before the State Supreme Court.... |,'Hail-stones fell at Mound City, I1L, measur- lngnine inches in circumference and weigh- in? six and one-half ounces. At Lafayette, Ind,, th3 Kton's were as large as eggs, and knocked down a horse and it« iider. Hail- l-it» stones eleven inches in circumference, and (,* / weighing ten ounces, fell at Fredricktown, Ohia' pohtioallssMla fetor* oampalrw, bat that MBttSstt tBOT«BMOrtw«wiii aoeept the WMWwgw law, Pry -nd the "Liberals" aa represented by Mahone and Biddlebexger on some new issue WASHINGTON telegram: A gentleman who recently talked with Senator John Sherman regarding the political situation la Ohio says he positively declines to be the Bepublioan standard-bearer this fall Mr. Sherman has faith in his ability to carry the State for Governor, but conoedes that there is danger that the Legislature will be Demo­ cratic, in which event, if he should be elected Governor, the Democrats would se­ cure both Ohio Senators and the organisa­ tion of the United States Senate. IN an interview the other day Con­ gressman Henderson, of the Third Iawa dis­ trict, expressed the opinion that the Repub­ lican State Convention, which meets June lii", would renominate most of the retiring officers, and would not make any declara­ tion in favor of coercive teetotaiism. He be ie. es that Iowa, which sent a solid Blaine delegation to the last National Convention, will Bend an unpledged representation to that of 1884 THE Kentucky Democratic Conven-. tton, in session at Louisville, nominated ex- Congressman Proctor Knott for Governor. The pla'form, after indorsing the princ pies enunciated by the National Convention of ls7<l and which were reaffirmed in 188 ', pledges liberality toward the public schools, and recommends the calling of a convention to amend the State constitution so that it shall be mora in accord with the spirit of the times WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT ARTHUR has not yet fully mapped out his programme for the summer months, but it is quite certain that he will take a trio to California about the 1st of August....A statement prepared by tbe Sixth Auditor of the treasury shows the re­ ceipts of the PostofHce Department from July 1 to Dec. 31, 188:3, being the first two quarters of the current fiscal year, to be 1! guilty fc> to ssurder, wet* sentenced at "7, to tea years' penal servi- .jomas Doyle, oonfessedly "*• ! sf asbaflaroffsaso, ma sentenced to ' Sve years beyond the seas. MatfchiasBrady, ^~)USbtlo£ threatening the life of the fore man of the taw which convicted his brother Joe, pleaded gnflty, but the crown and the intimidated Juror assented to his dircharge. TUb ended the labors of the special paael sonuaoned to try the assassins of Lora Cav­ endish and Under Secretary Burke, and the furors were all thereupon discharged ... King Cetewavo's peep into civilised methods as prisoner and guest of her Britannic Majesty has not proved of much benefit to him in his efforts to re-establish his power in Zululand. His brother Oham and another insurrectionary chief named Utibepu united their forces to resist the army of Cetewayo, whom they defeated with great loss in a pitched battle, recently Advices from Asia leport another encounter between the troops of the Ameer of Afghanistan and the Shinwaries, in which the Ameer was defeated. Seven hundred Shinwaries were' killed and their heads F ent to the Ameer of Cabul....The Paris Figaro publishes a letter from De L?sseps, stating that the Sues Canal Com­ pany propose to construct a eeoond canal across the Isthmus. ADDITIONAL NEWS. A/CYCliONK which wrought great de­ vastation swept over sections of Wisconsin and Illinois on the evening of May IK. The j greatest damage WJS inflicted upon the city of llacine, Wia The storm struck the noithwestern portion of the town, destroy­ ing a')out one hundred and fifty houses and fifty barns, killing twenty people or more and causing serious injury to about one hundred persons, many of whom will not recover. A correspondent, describ­ ing the onset of the temble visit­ ant, says: 'The day was ushered in bright and cool, with a fresh wind blowing from the. 01thwest. During the aftei nmoou the temperature was about <s0 degrees, and altout (1 o'clock, when heavy masses of c ouds, which gathered " ia the west, portended a storm, the • air was oppressively, wtrm. The cyclone was anuounc3d by a breaking of to the Frienda of Bwesysrasra. I of Savan, tho executive bead Hatlonal League in America, meeting at tae residence of >, Treasurer of the League, in oouncil consists of DK W. B. IW York; James KeynoMs, of : Judge JL O. Donndly, of v. Gannon, of Davenport, Iowa; P. JX A McKenna, of Hudson, Masa; John F. i 1 lignum of Angussk. Oa.; and Senator Mypf .Sevada; all of whom were present exolpt the last two. Dr. Reilly and ilmnttr Sullivan of Chicago, Presi­ dent of ttw lisague, took part in the meet­ ing. The' council definite, y determined the functioMt of Dr. Beilly as Treasurer, and providcQ that he should at stated t mes traanolt alTlhoneys to the Tiea-urer of the National Levae in Ireland. The status of tbe league B Ameiica was fixed as simp y auxiliary and subordinat e to the organiza­ tion la Ireland All funds from the local branches In the United States and Canada must be seat to Dr. KeiLy. A plan for the uniform organization of Diancnes in every State and the Canadian pxovinoes was adopted Quarter:y statements were ordered to be issued by we Treasurer and Secretary, after 0SJ.VTS). Expenditures for the same period, the clouds, wuich took on a wh r i ig mo- #30,645,445---leaving a surplus of 11,389,584. SECRETARY FOLGER has requested the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation to prepare a report on the law relating to the landing of pauper immigrants. This action is to meet complaints that Great Britain is sending paupers to the United States POSTMASTER GENERAL GRESHAX has issued a general order directing Postmas­ ters to co-operate with custodians of public bui;dings in aiding the Civil Service Com­ mission in all reasonable ways in the dis­ charge of its public duties A LAWYER named H. Clay England, who Is alleged to be insane, promises to bring about a termination of the star-route trial for the present bv shooting Judge Wylie, who ha.t given orders tlp$ lie be ex­ cluded from the courtroom. GENERAL • THE annual convention# of #Mr branches of the Presbyterian church in the United States began on May 17. The Gen­ eral Assembly of the church North met at Saratoga, the Bev. Herrick Johnson, D. D., of Chicago, the retiring Moderator, preach­ ing the annual sermon. The General As­ sembly of t e chinch South met at Louis­ ville, Ky., before which body the Bev. Dr. tion, and struck the earth with a n3ise winch might be compar3d with the roar and rum­ bling of a thousand railroad trains thunder­ ing ov r a bridge. The path of the storm, is a attle ove: half a mile long, and perhaps a qua 1 er of a mile wide. In this territory here and there a bui d ng is left standing. A l, brick end frame alike, collapsed, and their sites are marked only by heaps of formless debris. Many oc­ cupants of the houses escaped by seeking the cellars and other places of com- parath e safety, bus the cyclone came with such li»h.niug quickness that many were killed before reaching the cellar-. In only a few cases wer-i houses moved from their foundations, ihosj in the center of the storm center t imply exploded and fell in ruins where they had stood. Some nearer the circumference weite turned around^ and some light articles, such as wagons, were swept into the lake. The cyclone as it moved from the city out upon the waters of Lake Michigan presented a giand spectacle, each as is seen but once in a lifetime. The whirling columns of air seemed monster wreaths of smoke, as they whirled over the watery expanse. All the physicians of the city responded nobly to*the calls for assistance, and did what the v could to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded, who were at once conveved to St Luke's and St Mary's Hospital. The dead were taken, tome to the houses of taken, tome to K & SmooCoTAuf^TexM?patched the j tr'eml* and ROrae to the Coart HotSi" opening Eermon. The Cumberland Presby THREE murderers were sentenced at S^^^t miTdeSantS ' <®e beThan^ tCn^Z at 0ranfe- Reformed Presbyterian church of North ' S. C.. onJnne «... Richard Jeffcoat for America held its* annual convention. This ' the murder of Louis Kumph, Wm. Trezevant latter sect is numerically weak, there being rniv about 110 congregations in the United Statea Its members re­ frain from the exercise of the elective franchise, believing that to vote would be to sanction the omission of the name of God from the constitution. Varipus other re­ ligious anniversaries of a national character have been in progress, including that of the Dunka ds, at Flora, Ind., and the Young Men's Chris ian Assoc ation, at Milwaukee, beside numerous diocesan and State con­ ventions. FOREIGN. JOE BBADY, the first "Invincible" convicted of participation in the Phoenix Park butchery, was hanged at Dublin on the morning of the 14th inst Reporters were denied admission, the Irish executive and British Home Secretary having sternly re­ solved that none but officials should witness for the murder of Frank Mitchell, ani Hor­ ace Hall for the murder of Daniel Glover.... Two judicial executions occurredin Georgia on Friday. May 1H. Henry Knight Was hanged at Lexington for th i 'murder of Ed­ ward Hunter, and Joseph Cohen at Way- cross for the murder of his wife... .Twenty- four persons were poi oned at a church festival in Chattanooga, Term , nonefa.aily. THE attempt to remove the head­ quarters of the International Young Men's Christian Association from New York to the West was defeated intlie annual convention of the as oration at Milwaukee Jere Dunn, who killed Elliott, the bruiser, *ome weeks ago, has been a3qultted by a Chicago jury. IN the synod of the Reformed Pres­ byterian Church at Philadelphia, the report on tha sighs of the times stated that Nihil­ ism in Russia, Socialism in Germany, Com­ munism in France, and Fenianism in Ire- :: 1 if:. a:-'j & f- A TORNADO in Coventry, Montana, did % •. great damage to dwellings, eta Six men were injured, one mortally Mumford G. J-Beeso-\ member of the Indiana Legislature, committed suicide in Richmond, Ind., by n * cutting the jugular vein with a penknife ' The Pioneer Lumber Company's mill at Eau j • Claire, Wis., was totally destroyed by fire. * ' .'Thelcmver yards were saved. Loss, £50,00); Insured for F IO.UOO. THE Harrison Reduction Works, at ' , f Leadville, a branch of the St Louis Smelt­ ing and Refining Company, were destroyed , ;hy toe- Loss (6J,t00 to*#70,010. Swink A Co.'s furniture factory,. Brown A Co.'s **'<* ' woodenware factory, and "a residence in ^aI akc.ne a, Ohio, were burned to the •/--?' ground. Loss $;MJ,000; uninsured Dis- v patches from points in Illinois and Iowa re- a. , port that the protracted wet weather hai _ . , caused much of the corn that has been e*,- planted to i;ot in the ground. V • THE SOUTH. Cf ' As D. G. HUTCHINS, who had killed a tttan near Shreveport, La., was being taken to jail his guards were surrounded by a mob I bent on hanging him Seeing that escape | was impossible, Hutchins drew a dirk and •tabbed himself to the heart The Han­ cock building at Austin, Tex., was totally destroyed by fire. Loss, ?225,000; insurance •76,00ti THE dwelling of John Martin, of Stanford, Ky., was burned, consuming two of bis children, aged 2 and 4 years An older daughter in attempting to rescue them was badly burned. A TERRIFIC hail-storm passed over the eastern fee tion of Maryland, and played havoc in the extensive peach orchards in that locality. Insomeparts the hail covered the ground an inch deep, and stripped thouEands of peach trees of their fruit-Dios- eoms. Cne of the large grower's lost TO,COD baskets of peaches by the storm Many of the smaller trees were torn up by the storm THE Wilmington (Del.) City Council brought the Western Union Telegraph Com­ pany to terms by directing the City Auditor to remove the poks from the street? units* the tax of #1 per pole was paid.....A verd.ct of no; guilty was returned by the jury in toe case of Congressman Phil B. Ihompson, Jr., who killed Walter H. Davis at Harrodsburg, Kv.. because or hts alleged criminal intimacy with Mr*. Thomp­ son. The crowd in the court 10 un yelled itself hoarte in approval of the verdict A JUDICIAL execution, the surround­ ings of which were of more than the usual horror, occurred at Pitttsboro, Miss. Henry Fleming, who was convicted of the murder of a man named Gardner, attempted to an­ ticipate his fate, and while on the scaffold cut his own throat with a penknife, inflict­ ing a terrible wound The wretched man was attended by a physician, and as soon as his wound had been dressed was lawfully strangled... .1 N. Dehart's planirg mill and rotideace, Mrs. Cronin's grocery, and J. K. Smaliey's carriage-shop, Naslrvlie, Term, were reduced to ashes. Loss, 930,0001 ' POU1ICAL. In an interview the other day, ex the execution. Io is sought to make the cul­ prit's fate mysterious and ignominious, and. , . . 4 ^ , to ca-t all possib e obloqu*" upon his memory, t l?n. vv,t!^e 111K. °* rearer, and that the The Duke of Connaught, third son of United S.atts was ia a good po.itlcal condi- Queen Victo ia, has been appointed to the tion, even coneidering that, Uta'i 'lerritorv command of a brigade in India, in order 1 , Oneida Community were wituin to give him an opportunity to qualify its borders... .Cuban uewtpap.rs complain himself for tte office of Viceroy of Induk j of the quailt\- of American lard im cr.ed, which tbe Queen desires to eoe him occupy. ' an<^Ja8^ the Government to enforce the reg- ....'Jhe International Fish Exposition at, ^fcttons. London was opened by the Prince of A SETTLEMENT of the Mexican debt Wa'es, who regretted the unavoidable ab-'t v , „ senceof Queen Victoria, but, in her Majes- to English bondholders, is announced. New ty's name, returned thanks to the nations fifper cents aie to be issued f :>r half the old participating in the display Bismarck's 8-per-cent. debt, and the English agree to illness is now said to have been greatly ex- make a new loan of $ -V,- iKi.ouuatper cent., i greatly i aggerated, his only ailment being his cus­ tomary neuralgia A CABLE dispatch from Rome an­ nounces that a letter has been sent from the Vatican to the Irii-h Catholic Bishops de­ claring it to be intolerable that Catholic priests, much more Bishops, of the church should promote any such object as that of raiding a fund for the benefit of Mr. ParnelL It is said that the document goes on to con­ demn all collections '•which may be em­ ployed as a means of exciting rebellion against existing laws." JOE BBABV, the first of the Irish In- •inclbles to get his neck into the hangman's 4 * MS I noose for the murder of Lord Cavendish and j Under Secretary Burke, was visited by his I mother just before the execution -She | was heard to exclaim: "Mind, Joe, no statement" Brady smiled, and replied: "Don't be foolish; do you think I am a 1 fool?" It is stated that the mother threat­ ened to disown her son if he gave the Gov­ ernment any information. Brady made no statement to the jail chaplain or to the Gov­ ernor of tbe prison. One of the last things he did was to write a letter to his mother. Brady was a stonn-cutter, an intelligent, well-in­ formed fellow, and a powerful young man I'1'" physically. He leaves twenty-four brothers and tisters, all of whom occupy good posi­ tions in society. His father and mother are both living, and are under tiO years of age. IT is alleged by the London Times that THE MARKET. MEWYOBE. Ban $ s. 40 HOOS 7.60 FLOUR--Superfine 3.8J WHEAT--No. l White l.lfl No. 3 Bed * 1.24 CORN--No. 2.. OATS--No. 2 PORK--Mess 9 7.3S <9 7.75 & 4.20 @ 1.17 1.25 & .67 & M (rt.20.50 .1154^ .12 .44 .48 20.25 . 4 an attempt was recently made to destroy an emigrant steamship plying between Liver­ pool and New York, a box having been given in charge of the ship's steward by some un­ known man, under circumstances that aroused suspicion, investigation proving that it contained an infernal machine. The story is not well authenticated, and steam- boatmen on both rides of the Atlantic de­ nounce it as a senseless canard. A treaty of peace between Chili and Peru has been signed, the latter conceding Tacna and Arica to the conquering power for a term of years. A PROFOUND sensation has been caused in Ireland by the message from the Vatican containing words of disapproval of the prominent action of some of the Irish prelates and priests in reference to the National movement, and in a pointed man­ ner regarding their assistance to the Parnell testimonial fund. Condemnation of the sction of the authorities at Rome is general, and there is boldness and significance in the declaration of the pro-Catholic organ, the J-'r< em<m's Journal, In saying that the Pope's circular is "The most important document since Adrian's famous bull. The Vatican is grossly mi-iniormed. If it censure* the illustrious and beloved Archbishop of Cashe!, it must also censure nine other dis­ tinguished prelates and the entire priest­ hood of Ireland. All must obey the Pope's command, but the regeneration of Ireland will yet be eft'ectedbv tue union^tf priests and J people The explosion of a dynamite bomb Gov. Seymour, of New York, said that Sam- ] during the progress of a public fete in a vil- uel J. TUden'a business habits had caused ' *aiie near Lisbon, Portugal, killed four him to be misunderstood by the Democrats ! injurld '®veralf; • • • . ., , , ^ , , 1 he Aorth (lerman continues its at- of the country, but nevertheless he was an aide man. On the tariff question Mr. Sey­ mour favors one for revenue only, and CHICAGO. BEEVES--Good to Fancy Steers. C.15 # a.65 Cows and Heifers 3.50 e-4 5.75 Medium to Fair 6.7."> @6.10 Hoos. 6.'JO <$ 7.05 FliOun--Fancy White Winter Ex. 6.00 0.25 Good to Choice Spr'g Ex. 5.00 ($5.25 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 1.11 1.12 • No. 2 Bed Winter < 1.13 <311.14 COBW--No. i .05 (<£ .56 OATS--NO. 2 .41 & .42 RYE--No 1 .64 ® .68 BARLEY--No. 2 .79 & .80 BUTTEE--ChoiceCreamery....... , .22 <$ .24 Eoos--Fresh."....'..' .16 «$ .17 Pons--Mess 19.75 <926.00 LABD u9i@ .H MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 I.U & 1.12 COKN--No. 2 M © .56 OATS--No. 2 .41 & .42 RYE--No. 2 * .61 .62 BAHLEY--NO.2 70 # .71 POKE--Mess..... 19.75 #20.00 LAUD vi%& .12 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed 1.13 & 1.14 CORN--Mixed .52 k» .53 OATS--No. 2 43 & .44 GYE- .58 & .59 PORK Mess. ao.35 020.60 LABO. .1154® .12 ... „ „ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. Conn OATS. * RYE. "• POKE--Mess LASO. ... "* » TOL'iiia "* WHEAT--Na 2 Bed 1.14 CORN M OATS--No. 2 M DETROIT. FIOUB TM WHEAT--NA 1 White 1.12 COBN--No. 9 .eg OATS--Mixed ,«t POBK--Mess 20.50 „ INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--Na 2 Bed 1.12 CORK--Now 2 JH OATS--Mixed ,41 EAST LIBEBTY. PA. 1.13 .55 AS .64 20.75 §1.1* .56 & .46 © .65 @21.00 being fin* submitted to the Auditor; and the president appointed Bey. Father McKenna, of Hudson, Jusa, Auditor of the council for the ensuing ye&r. The members of the council, while they had no power, officially, to take partis the Parnell testimonial fund, gave the move­ ment their most hearty support personally, and authorised their names to be appended to an addrenlnits behalf. The address is belngprepared by Rev. Lit. O'Reilly tnd Rev. Father XeKenna; and, at the request of the President, the Rev. Father 'J homas J. Con- aty. of Worcester. Mas&, has consented to act as Treasurer for America, of the Parneil testimonial fund. -> Detailed plans for State and local organi­ zation were prepared and ordered printed and circulated. All localities desiring lesiures by Mx. Thomas Breaaan, of Ireland, were requested to apply to the National Secretary, who will answer through the National Committeemen of the respective S.ates. The following address was approved: To IRI&H-AJCERTCAX SOCIETIES AND AT.T. FRIENDS or IBKL»AND: The convention of the Irish race whioh assembled in Philadelphia has passed into history. The Land League having been forcibly suppressed in Ireland, the Irish people, still rising intellectually above the force and tactics of the r op­ pressors, formed themselves into a new organization, the Irish National League, pre­ serving the alms of its predecessor, enlarg­ ing its scope, and gathering within it3 lines the entire population except the foreign garrison and its beneficiaries. The Land League of America, wnose glorious if brief career shall ||e forever remembered as a splendid testimony of the devotion of a sea- divided rase to Its distressed kindred, ac­ ceding to the desire ot its Irish exemplar, met in preliminary convention, audited i.s hooka, adjourned sine die, and its delegates, together with those of numerous other Irfsh-Americitt societies, aggregating more than twelve hundred, entered into conven- tion for the jpurfOse of uniting ail th9 elements of the Irish rjee in America, the more efficiently to a d their countrymen at home. The prudence and wisdom which characterised the deliberations of the groat body thus constituted command­ ed too respootof reflecting men. Unreserv­ edly aoooptingthe platform of the Irish Na­ tional League of Ireland, of which Charles Stewart Parnell is President, it solemnly or­ ganized the Irish National League of Amer­ ica, end thus inaugurated the most com-* pact, the most cohesive, and the most in- EptTing movement of the time for the pro­ motion, of an object at once humane ana po­ litical That object is the restoration of ael̂ -goveromen ̂to a people whose poverty, eminently descending to famine, and al- wayn on uio *erge of it, is not due to the roll,but is the result of the blind viciousness of a hostile foreign power which, annually drafting out the naturally created capital, lirfiitiMi (UMiiik ol tiiiMr ind lawless- • *em. rnhao^of peaec^and a fotsl bitxritt: in the way of industrial sad social develop­ ment. The substitution by legitimate means of national self-government for this coercive and destructive force is the chief dm of t ie Irish- National League. The di­ rection of the movement in America was unanimously intrusted by the convention to & council consisting of a President and ex­ ecutive counci' of seven. Th s body is now formally organised. Jn compliance with tbe duties imposed upon us, we request all Irish-American be­ nevolent, temperance, military, literary, so­ da', patriotic and musical societies repre­ sented in the convention cr desirous of affiliating with the Irish National Loague of America immediately to tend to the Secre­ tary, Room 5, No. 81 Clark street, Chicago, 111., their full name, with time and place of meeting, the name and correct; postofllce address of their • respective Presidents and Secretaries, that they may be supplied with the platform, rules of organization, aud lit­ erature to be issued in the future, by means The Bridal Ornament Will Ask tte Himadai or fraisa aai (Watftegtea Telegnm to CliKaga Hrlliaaal ' It is probable that the State Departmeat is ooadaettag very searetly negotiations for anew ertradlMoa treaty withGhreat Erltain, and that the President may send to the Sen­ ate nest Deoember the draft of suoh a treaty. Correspondence to that end has been had at Intervals since the Fenian troubles in Canida, and cerreepondenee, t̂ mulated by Irish troubles, has doub.liss recent y beea renewed. It Is communica­ tions on this snbjeot, and aosas to the e x- traditlon of pixtlcular persons . that probably have been received at the State .Department, and the official den'als hiva goiie to tie lep^rts that tuere were communications as to these persons, but not as to the hegotiat ons as to extradition The presenfrexUadltiOB treaty with Great Biit- ian is thesAshbnrton treaty, negotiated forty years aga\The list of extraaitabla crimes wh ch it dontains is very shoit The "Ash- burton treaty pxovides only for the extradi­ tion of persons accused of murder, assault with intent to commit murder, piracy, ar­ son, robbery, forgery, and the utterance of forged paper. [Washington telegram to the Chicago Inter Ocean.] There Is reaion to believe that, after all that has been said on the subject, the officios at the State Department do not expect Great Britain will ask the extradition of Wabh and Sheridan. It is undei stood that the Gladstone Government has had it3 attention called to the situt tion, and com­ prehends its delicacy. With such a vast Ir: sh-Ameikan population in the United States, it Is shown how impossible it would be to conduct extradition proceedings with­ out great excitement.. Such a commotion would be likely to tjisue at any time when a race question might be raisgd, but especially so when the crime alleged wa3 regarded to a greater or less extent as of a political nature by a large number of people who sympathize with the ; ccused in poli­ tics It is understood that these considera­ tions have been brought to the notice of tha British authorities, and it is said they ap­ preciate the inadvisability, on their own ac­ count, to agitate the Irish element in the United States more than necessary. Ail the money used for the emuarnssment of the Biiiisn authorities is believed t > come from this country, and there is no desire to stimu­ late interest In Irish affairs. Gen. Duncan E Walker, of counsel for Sheridan and Walsh, returned this morning from Lowell, where he has been conferring with Gov. B a tier. He sa? s that no demand has yet been made for the extradition of his clients. He adds that they will not bo surrendered if their extradition ,;<*v de­ manded ( THE WHIPPING POST. Mink' tTwOer «*• I*sh tti Sfofrcastle. • recent dispatch from Newcastle says: The Sheriff at this place was busy yesterday. Seven culprits, two white and fire colored, were lashed at the public whipping-post, and one of them comoelied to do penance for an hour with his head and arms throat through the apertures of a publio pillory. The whipping-post and pillory, a two-story structure, stands In the center of the jail yard. Just before the whipping began, the Sheriff opened the main gate of the yard, which leads to the street. Immediately a human flood rushed in--white and black, young and old, male and female The prisoners were let out, one at a time, and handcuffed to tae main post in a prayerful attitude. The Sherltf then be­ gan his work. If the prisoner is a hardened wrtmfoal, the lashes are well lal& oa* bu3 there aie ease* where tho prisoner manages to get a little sympathy, and consequently the lashes are light. Tae tirst prisoner whi ped was a yoong white man named L slie Marr, aged 20. He was sentenced to receive ten lashes for stealing pistols. Leslie did not bear up well under the punish­ ment The chances aie that be will steal no more in Delaware. Next came Frank Mullen, white, 45 years old, charged with larceny. He get ten lashes He squirmed and writhed in agony as the lashes were slowly but earnestly administered He went to bis cell with a f-ore back and a contrite heart. Thcmas Mason, a darky, about SO, was then marched out. He was convicted of horse-stealing, and sentenced to twenty lashes and an hoar's pillory prac­ tice. He was rot p aced in the pil ory, owing to the awkward, unnatural position -i + " •%* Reviewed by Prartdent Arthur- CSS* S&VS6Q : _ : A»xrot«C0members of <lie%a îHie Army of tbe Potomac attended tbe fifteenth annual reunion of that body in Washington The parade waa a splendid feature of the exercises The veterans, about SCO of them, escorted by the United States troops and the District militia, paraded some of the princi­ pal streets, and, passing by the Executive Mansion, were reviewed by President Ar­ thur. . The veterans were also given a recep­ tion bf the Presidents who was introduced to them in the blue-room. At the business meeting of the society quite a spirited contest arose over the election of a President for the easu'r g year. Gen. Mann, of North rmliiiA nom­ inated Gen. John Newton, and Mai Stone nominated Gen. Grant The eligibility of the latter for the position was at once questioned, he being < nly an honorary mem­ ber of the society. Gen. Newton was elect­ ed, receiving 155 votes to 117 for Gen. Grant Brooklyn, N. Y., was selected, by a rising vote, as the next place of meeting. Theexetdses in the evening at the Na­ tional Theater consisted of a poem by George Alfred Townvend and an cratijn by the Hon. Martin Maginnis. Every available teat in the theater was occupied. Mr. Town- send's poem was greeted with much ap­ plause, especially those portions deifying Linio n, the maityred Commander-in Coief of the armies, the vast audience rising re­ peatedly, cheering and waving their nata Maj. Maginnis, tne o.ator, was enthusias­ tically chcered throughout his effort At the conclusion of Maginnis' oration, which was cherred at every point, Gen. Sherman was called for. He came forward and made one of his characteristic speeches He addre fled the gathering as "friends and comrades in a common cause," and made his first joke by stating that a ne ghbor on the plattorm had told him they did not want to hear from bummers to-night He then, in a quiet way, twitted the Potomac fellows for taking too much credit to themselves for the suppression of the rebellion. He thought the g^eat West contributed a little bit toward downing Jeff. Davis and his fol­ lowers. "We of the West," eaid he, "have a fancy that the Mississippi is considerable of a stream. We believe that its arms, the Ohio and Missouri, embrace a large scope of country. We know that it is densely populated. We know that it is peopled by intelligent, industrious and sober clasfesL They think themselves ot some importance. When they were cut off from the Gulf of Mexic o and the ocean, I assure you that the opening of that river to New Orleans, by the joint efforts of the army and navy of tfce United States, substantially achieved the success of the caute for which we fought." (Jen l itz John Porter's old corps--the i'lfth --adopted a resolution urging his re;t3ra- ticn to the army. The second day of the reunion was de­ voted to an excursion to Mount Vexnon dur­ ing the day, and a banquet in the evening. GEO ROE ALFRED TOWNSEND'S POEMS. The poem of George Alfred Town'end was a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Commander- in-Caief of all the armiea It was a piece of smoothly-flowing verse, and is undoubtedly Ong of the best productions of the poet- journal Bj. It is as follows: Civil soldiers, reassembled by the river of your fame! Ye who saved the virgin city bathed in Washing­ ton's clear name! Which of all ycur past commanders doth this day your mtmory liaunt? Scott, McDowell, Uurnside, Hooker, Meade, Mc- Clcllan, Hallcck, Grant? There is one too little mentioned when your proud reunions come. And the thoughtful love of country dies upon the sounding drum; Let me (all him in your mutt?rI Let me wake him in your griet! Captain by the constitution, Abr'am Lincoln was your chief. Ever nearest to his person, ye were his defense and shield; He alone of your oommanders died upon the battle-field:' All your Generals were Ms children, leaning on h m childish-willed. And tbey all were filial mourners round the mighty tomb he filled. Tender as the harp of David his soft answers now be com 1, When amid the cires of kingdoms rose and fell some Absolom; And his humor gilds his memory like a light within a tent, Or the sunken sun that lingers on the lofty monument. • ^ 1 Like the s'avc that saw the sunrise with his face toward the West, As it flashed, while yet 'twas hidden, on a slen­ der steewle's crest,* So while Victory turned her from bim, ere the dawn in welcome came. On his pen Emancipation glittered like an altar flame. Feeling for the doomed deserter, feelln# for the of his head, and tte necessarily bent posi- j _, dratted sire, tion of the body. The old man presented a For afire, Mercy kept him grim as Moloch, all the future pitiful appearance Isaac Taylor, black, ft) years of age. received a" sentence of rrUbttlo vO IJC boUcU ill lliC iUbUTc, U> mcUliS V , . , 0 i . -. , ,, ,7 of which the cloeesr. union between this | „^f:,n 'V. a8t'?8 stealing meat He stood guaranteed by a percentage of the cu-tom* duties Daniel Ourley, another of the Phoenix Park assassins, was hanged at Dublin, Hay l\ In a letter to hi-- wife he said lie would let his secrets die with him. and that> he would die in peace, forgiving hisenein e- An officer of the liu *ian army, who nad been a rested on the charge of beingainem- ber of a military revolutionary c.ub, made disclosures upon his examination indicating that the organization was an ext nsive one, although it has no connection with the Nihil­ ists The police of St Petersburg ciaim to have ' uneurthed a plot to assassinate the Czar on the day of his coronation. THE Prohibitory Liquor amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution was defeat­ ed in the State Senate, by a vote of ~l yeas to 18 nays--less than a constitutional major­ ity. country and Ireland will be constantly maintained. Each society will continue its special work under its own name; but, at members of the Irish National League oi! America, each will be designated ".branch No. --in the order in which they comply with section 11 of the plan of organization. We request that all societies belonging to the league, and all intending to join iu it, si mil meeo singly or in groups on the evening of Tuesday, June 5, for the purpose of ratify ng the proceedings of the conven­ tion; and we suggest that, in addition to ap­ propriate addresses, the platform of th3 IrishNational League of Ireland and the plat­ form of the Irish National Leag ue pf America be read. We earnestly appeal to men of our race, not members of societies, conscien­ tiously to consider the critical condition o£ their kindred iu Ireland at this time. The platform of the Irish National League is one upon which all reasonable men of lrii-li blood can honestly stand together. Its method is 0:1c by which all can work vigorously and efficiently together. Its object is sanctioned by the hi- hest moralit3\ and the experienco of mankind demonstrates that it may be achieved by persistent, c'.elermined and united effort. The sympathy of our Ameri­ can countrymen we earnestly invite fcr tho j us c claims' of a country whose people, in Ameiica and in Ireland, have been, from the earliest dawn of rebellion in the American colonics to the lateat hour of American In* dependence, their stanch and e! a .̂wart aUie .̂ JLLTIXAHDEL SOIJLXVAK. President IPTRR NGINRTCO O'REIULY, D.D. Treasure ;̂ ffomi J. Hrsas, Secretary. .11$ tacks uoon the character of the American hog, which is unfeelingly represented as an ... --- incorrigible disseminator ot trichinlasis.... subject widely dis- I Fitzharris. the Dublin car-driver, was con- CATTLB--Best Fair. Common.. HOOS 6.(0 #.»« 8.78 7.30 2.M 0 1.18 .80 « it 94.89 e> 1.14 & M & .46 <$'21.00 & 1.13 & .84 & .42 9 0.75 L» 8.50 VV 0.40 & 7.80 <0 6.90 PRESIDENT ARTHUR. It Is Positively Asserted That He Is sCM* dUIute for Re-election. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune telegraph s as follows: The prospects of the Illino.'s Candida.cs for Com­ missioner of Internal Reven e have not im­ proved Senator Cul'om h: s retired from the field although when ha left i e.e he d d not indicate tai.t i> 1 h .d aba' donid the con­ tent. Said a prominent illino.s politician, «.'hose voice would be one of eutliority at home if ie should pe:mit his n^iue to bj used: "It would not have made any oiffer- ei-ca if both the St nat^rs had joined in the earnest reccunenda^lon as tne s:a t It was net in th? bockt that llano s should have the p.ac3 r.nd it is njt in ih>> books that John Logan shell h&Ae mu h mere influence with Pre-fide 1.1 A thur. The trouble is that Arthur is now oercadnly a < andida e for the Presidency. Tne re is no onjier 1 nv doabt about it I Co not think an. thing auout it. 1 know 1.. X krew it b«r e.ert'tbing tl:a apaliic man > aa do io indicate h i pur. ose. Gen. Arthur himseK, of course, doe * not say it. He pos­ sibly might deny it. but he is a candidate, and is trj ing to make a good administration with that tnd in view. He is not doing everything that the politicians want him to do. and he is doing a great manv things that they do not waut him to do. lie is not go­ ing to do am thing to build up Logan In Illi­ nois or Harrison in Indiana, or aryofthe numerous rival Western candidates in their own States. A CSNTXPEDB caught a lizard and began making a meal of it as it ran, but, not relish­ ing dining ort the wing, it formed its body In the shape of a hook and caught onto a stout weed. The lizard was not strong enough to break loose and the cannibal reptile ate ite fill and then allowed its victim to crawl off and die; so says Prof. Whitell, a reliable WeJ«h naturalist. without tinching as tho < at in t Sheriff's hand* descent1 ed upon hi? bare back At firs: a whit - stripe would aprear. but before long the darky s h de eave way to the tort; re. Nathaniel iiingle and George Ilobin on, <'a.k es, 1 f>o: ::0 rears old, wa.e thun broight out. Tliiforri.er reciiv d ten lashes, and the latter five, f.ir stealing ch rkens. They begged 1 iteo s v for meroy. While the darkles were bjn? whi; ped, William Brown v a • so. tier lug from a terri­ ble back-a jhe, he na\ing been gLv< n an hour hot the jpillory. He re<*el\ed ttolen good:. AHM.V MATTERS. SecrtUttlng Stations--More Soldiers .Wanted --Army Retirements. [Washington Telegram.! Though unusual for this t me of year, tho War Department keeps open inor-t of the re­ cruiting sta'.lms through'lit tho country, and, from the fr >quent orders fcr more re­ cruit®, it may bo inferred that .he service hardly keeps pace \\1 h the number of de- sert.ons and expirat.on of terms of enlist­ ment. lliere ar: in the neighborho. d of fifteen reciuiting stations, and all are a-.xei to sesure, with due regard to pioper »luai - fication ^ of applicants, us many more enlisv- mentu us possible. The dts ie' tcv more re­ cruits ha.n n >toccasioned tuy diminution ct the standard required, ar.4 it i-. noticeable that the mcraie of the atmy is ete_diy -m- pro\ing. The Arinxi and Navy Regitter has jus?} printed the first complete list o' army re­ tirements lor the comin r ten years. In IsftKJ ;;the prominent oleers retired are Gen. In- galls, Aug. -'S\ Col James A. Ekin, Aug. hi. Col. Hunt, Fifih Artillerv, Sept. 14; CoL Getty, Fourth Artillery, Oct 11118S1, Gen. Sherman. Feb. 8; Gen. Wright, Chief of En- fineers, March 0; Col. Reynolds, Engineer; larch 17; CoL F. T. Dent, Third Artillery. Dec. 17; in 1885, Chaplain Van Home, July 6; Gen Augur, July 10. in 1^8", Col, Hatch, Second Cavaliy, Jan. 9; Gen. Pope, March 16; Gen Sackett, Apiil 14; Gen Sturgis, June 11; Gen. Newton, Engineer, July 1; in 188^, Gen. Hanacck, Feb. 14; Gtn. Baird, 201 THE ENGLISH CONSCIENCE. A Kenaarkablo London "Tiine<t" Editorial Addressed to Americans. The London T.mr.» recently printed a lengthy editorial on tbe Irish question al- dres ed to Ameiiians, the following extract of which is sent across t ie At.antij by cab.e: "The speech <f Gan. G aat it the :ecen: a* nuai banquet ot the New York Chamber of Corcmeice is a fair 1 ample of 1 he opinion of the American people, wh ch is at pr sen; arou'ed o\ er th ; do ngs of tha dynamite Jiartv. It is j.o sible thai if O'Dcno.a--loss'a keeps temporeri y quiet, the Ameri­ cans will again lose sight or the true l'a^ts of the Irish (.ueston. In alt candor end kindness, we avk the Ame ican 1 eo- ple to rid their minds of preiuuice i and recoinue that denunciations by Irishmen .of Engltnd ire not now jus itied, but refer to bygone history. We do not a«k the people of the Unit id States t ) put down organized ruffianism which pretends to impunity tnd encourage­ ment under their flag. If they do not bestir tnemseli es for their own character and com­ fort they are little like v to do so to oblige England but they should recognize fact*. The whole cf England is convinced that the Governmi nt has dealt generously with Ire­ land. but must lesist the demands of the feoessioni'ts. Americans do n>t in their 1 where the sun'n earliest r»> wtiainc, rm.1 ii hearts believe that all Englishmen are hypo-, "1 see it." He had ix.«u u>ld to do HO l<y a w crites and tyj aut>, and should consider the citizen, who sU>yM nt home. Tnls citizen, effects of reckless language, and cease aay-1 FeRle<l bv the slave, they matlc Ktag, and he WJH 1ag what they do not think" * the wisest that ever reigned there. babes to free. And eternal i>eace to garner for the millions yet to be. Not a soldier of the classics, he ooold see through learnc 1 pretf-nse. Master of the greatest science, military com­ mon sense; As he watched your marches, comrades, hither, thl her, wayward years, O11 his map the roads von followed, you can trace them by his tsars. In the rear the people clamored, in the front the (ientrals missed: In his inner councils harbored critic and antag­ onist. Hut he ruled them by an instinct like the Queen's . emcn'i the bees. With a Health of soul that honeyed Publicans and I'harisses. Paint of faith, we looked behind us for a man of higher tono. While the voicc that drowned the trumpets was the echo of our own; Ever thus, my old companions! Genius has as by tiic hrnd. Walking on the tempest with us, every crisis to command. Like the buele blown at evening by some home­ sick son of art, Lincoln's words, unearthly quiver, in the uni­ versal heart. Not an echo left of malice, scarce of triumph In the strain. As when summer thunder murmurs in pathetic showers of rain. Years forever consecrated, here he lived where duties De, Never crying on the climate or the toil's monot­ ony; Here his < arling boy he buried, and the night in vigil wept, Like his Lord within the garden, when the tired disciples slept. How his call for m»n went ringing, round the world, a mighty belli And the race» or creation came the proud revolt to quell! Standing in the last reaction on the rook of human rights. Worn and mourntul grew bis features in the flash of battle lights. Once, like Moses from ths mountain, looked he on the realm he won. When the slaves in burning Richmond knelt and thouL'ht Mm' Wisliirigton, Then nn cnvlcus l ravo snatched him frcm the tlieaterof ihln^s, To become a ^aint of Nature in the Pantheon of Kings. Faded are the golden olievrdns, vanished is the pride ot war; Mild in tovcii) is moral glory lingers like the inori ine st ir. And tLie ire 'man's w.no of cotton his white spirit semis to b?. And the insect?, m tho harvest, beat his army's r.-velle. All aro nd him spoiled or greedy, women rain ami hnncrspsnt, Still his fa 1th in human nature lived without dls- couniir<m?nt; For bin country, which could raise him barefoot, to tho monarch's hijlit. Could he mock her, or his Mother, though her came she cor Id not write? ' • D>ep the wells of humble childhood, cool thi spii;ipa IK side tiie Hut-- „ Millions more as j oor as Lincoln see the door he has not shut. . Not till wealth luu» made its canker evtry ) oor white cabin throue.Ii, Shall the treat. Republic wither or the infidel subdue. Stand around your irrcat Commander! Lay aside y ur li tl • feais! Every Line/ In carric > Fxeedasa's car along a hundrad years. And when the n^xt c *11 for soldiers rol!s along tfce Roldeu l»elt. Look to fee a mightif"- column rise and ma 'eh, prevail and m?lt. •NOTE.--The people < T a city wer* commanded by the oracle to assemble 01a pit 11 outside <>f the city, and he w.10 hrs; s ,wthe snn r'se sl o 1 I Ijc made lvirip. A sl;tv0 ;u"iie<l. his Imcl; 1 o > snn and looked up the shaft of a huh tein m last --otrd nnsfnif #ii ' ~ tmhr a little Wow out, <m the oe- caalon ̂tbe tw« " of oor wedding. I bag ot yon mentkm it, at I suppoae tiMdfetta most aoloĉ il lcol aŝ l̂ tibal ever was ainoff Adam dngaagtewormeia the ' J garden of Edem, iM pnt them in anold~ ' s tomato can and went fishing for bull- „ heads. It makes me ache to think of , :i it, and I am sick." - j "Well, tell ns about ft, in confidence," - said the friend, winking at a lew other | fellowb around a flour table on the floor , y of the main room. | "If it is in strict confidence, I don't mind," said^the victim, as 1m took off. * his ping hat and wiped the perspiration / I from hut bald Head. "You see, I don't J believe in parties at all, and would go \ to St. Louis at a moment's notice if I knew there was going to be a party. * ' My wife knows this, and she seldom' i goes out. I have so much business that ~ I don't think ot anything el#e, and to go ;T̂ to a party, where you can't talk about wheat, makes me sick. Why, I went to a party two years -ago, and talked * 1 with the women two hours on fashions and things, and I got so nervous a . friend had to take me to tb a smoking room, and I think I would have died ifltll a friend had not taken compassion on me, and bought 40,000 May wheat of*:^ me, right there. I couldn't have lived five minutes more. Well, Monday my wife said that the next day was our' twenty-fifth anniversary, and wantad to- know if we couldn't have a little party. I kicked on it in a minute and told her- " ^ I would give her a check for a thousand; dollars to get anything she wanted, but for heaven's sake not to have a crowd; ; of people around to drive me mad. She took the check, and that day and the • next she was driving around spending it, and I thought it was a cheap way, out of the affair. Tuesday night I went home, and she was as smiling as a basket of chips and dressed, up to kill. After supper we went to- our room, and she asked me if she> wasn't as pretty as she was when I mar­ ried her, and I told her she was. You know we have got to lie some in our business. Then she told me I better put on my dress suit, and I flared up and asked her if she had been inviting' in a gang of people, and she said no, but several knew it was our anniversary and they might drop in to congratulate' us. So I went and harnessed up like a. dude, and perfumed myself, and combed. j the hair over the bald spot, and looked like a 'lo the bridegroom cometh. Then she said I better go down and light the gas in the parlor, and I went down and scratched a match on my leg, and the brimstone fell off on the car­ pet, and I stepped on it, and swore a little, and said matches were not near as good as they were twenty-five years ago, and I made facetious remarks about people coming to a house prowl­ ing around after cold victuals when they were not invited, and my wife said ' h-u-s-h ' and I took another match and scratched it on my leg four or five times, and it would not go, and I swore a little more, and said I didn't believe there was half as much electricity concealed about our persons as there was- twenty-five years ago, and ray wife came in the room and pulled my coat tail and said 's-s-h-h,' and finally I gob a match tliat would light, and when I wen%4o4urn the gas burner it wouldn't turn, and then I said some more harsh words, and burned my fingers on the match and threw it down and stamped on it, and was going cn to give my opinion of parties in general and people in particular who did not know enough to stay at home and let decent people alone, when my wife, who had got up on a chair and scratched a match heaven only knows where, lit the gas. Well, you could have knocked me down with a crow bar. If there was one person in that room there were a hundred, and they burst out in a roar of laughter that shook the building, and the chair my wife stood on tipped over, and she went down kerflummux into a clothes basket full of dishe 4 the surprise party had brought. O, I thought I should sink, but I didn't have any sinker, so I floated around on the surface of society, and every man and woman was laughing. After my wife got out of the basket, and a neigh­ bor had wiped the chicken salad off her dress, where she had sat down in the basket, and got the ice cream off, where she had run her arm clear up to the elbow in it, I tried to apologize, but my tongue seemed clove to the roof of my house. I just stood there and per­ spired my boots full, and everybody seemed to enjoy it. The worst of it was the minister of our church sat within/four feet of me when I was talking obout the matches, andf^ when I thought of my class in Sunday- 5 school, and liow the minister had wanted | me to be superintendent, I felt sick. You know I am not a bad man, notwith­ standing the business I am in, but when I saw the pain on the minister's face, and noticed how his wife looked at me as though she thought I was a South Chi­ cago rough, I would have sold May wheat at 90 cents and thrown myself in. It was the worst case of misplaced con* fidence that ever was, and I wonder that I am alive." "How did it turn out? Did they get mad at what you had said, ana go away'?" said his partner. "Mad? Did they go away? Not much. I will bet some of them are there yet. They took possession of the house and "had the biggest spread you ever saw. I opened up the wine cellar to show that there was nothing mean about me and we had a lightning time. I was ripe about 3 o'clock this morning, and ? my wife picked me off the banisters, and * when I hugged the minister and his wife as they went away, and wished them many happy returns, they had changed thtir minds about me and thought I was a blue grass thorough­ bred. But that settled it. No more anniversaries for me. Lordy, how my" head jumps! How's wheat ?" And the man went into .the wheat pit as though he had been shot out of a cannon.-- Peck's Sun. , . .-v j m -i m CURBAX happened to tell Sir Thomas Tn it on that ne ooold never speak in * public for a cuirter of an hour without moistening bis lip3. Sir Thomas de­ claim d thaa he had spoken for five hours in the House of Commons cn the Na­ bob of Oude without feeling in the least, thirsty. "That is remarkable, hi­ de; d," observed Curratj, "for everybody agTocs that it was the driest speech of the session." BRITISH peerages to the number of thirty-seven, ohe-tenth of the whole number, became extinct in the last fif­ teen years; 309 peers and 234 peeresses ! died at ages from two to three times greater than tli£ average of the com­ munity.