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ILLINOIS. CONDENSED. i&'W- ••li-'. 6 »'• « iW"'1 ^ "iv'-. •*• .-S-SlfTp* «V «#r / THK BAST. TRAW on the Baltimore AND Ohio railroad struck- and killed four children hanging in ages ' from 5 to 17 years, near Con noils ville, Pa. They had been out walk- tag and were returning home along the rail­ road track. At the point indicated they had Stepped off the west to the east, track to avoid * a passing freight train, when the east-bound paeaengtr train thundered around a curve and caught the party, crushing them to dSBth. DAVID ADAMS starved himself in Washington county. New York. The sum of $16,000 has already been found secreted in his bbusc, and the heirs are searching for $20,000 more. His wife died of starvation ten years ago The carriage factory of Cordell,. M*stori & Butler Co., and Horace Johnson & Co., in Plainville, Ct., burned. Loss. $t-'0,000 ... .Pere Hyacinthearrived at New York last SMB. MATTHEW ARNOLD mode his first i public appearance before the American peo- ple at Chickcring hall, New Yor% He was welcomed by an immense audience for whose benefit hc^expatiated on the moral inferiority .of the French people as compared with their ^German neighbors. Represented his pecul- i«r ideas on the subject of majorities, believ­ ing the mere preponderance of votes to be pernicious, and expressed but little sympathy ' With the American form of government as a whole At a tannery in Allegheny City, •" where a deep vat was being dug, three men . Ipet their lives from foul air. t , A SHALL frame structure in New in tufoowc of demolition fell while . ctiiifdren were gathering kindling wood, killing two of them instantly, woundinjr an­ other fatally, and injuring a carpenter se­ riously. ... Burglars took $7,000 in stamps and £500 In cash from the postoffic#fct Haverhill, An hour later they were attacked by live armed negroes. In the encounter which fol­ lowed, Holder and three of the robbers were almost lnttantly killed.... Fire broke out in Garnet, Stubbs & Co.'s warehouse, at Savannah, Ga., consumed it, and, spreading, destroyed the Electric Light works, Tynan's foundry, and several wooden dwellings. Three thousand bales <>f cotton in the Garnet structure were burn ml. The total loss will reach $1,000,000.. ..Mitchell Putnam, 103 years of age, traveled alone from Texas to South Carolina to seo his for­ mer home. He was a soldier in tka War of 1812-and in the Texan struggle. •WASHINGTON. IT is said that Gen. Hancock is likely to go to Chicago as the succcssor of Gen. 8heridan. The commandant at Governor's island is personally much averse to leaving New York city. THE President has famed the follow­ ing thanksgiving proclamation: In furtherance of the custom of this people at the close of each year, to upon a day set apart for that purpose, special festival of praise to the Giver of aV Good, I, Chester A. Arthur, President «Xth#United States, ilo here- bv designate Thnrsdiw tfee 29th day Of Novem­ ber next as a day or nnffonal thaaka^^iving. been The , the fra- and and ther I do k"' •;?' THE WEST. THE case of the unfortunate girl, 2ora Burns, who was so cruelly and mysteri- *OOsly murdered near Lincoln, 111., continues to eAibc a large share of the attention of that community. Prof. C. Gilbert Wheeler, of Chicagd, last week finished his analysis of the stains on the buggy, lines and whip of Orrin A. Carpenter, and reported to the Iincoln authorities that he could discover no indications whatever of the' presence Of blood, either by microscopic, chemical, or Spectroscopic examination. Mrs. Ekikes, sis­ ter of Zora Burns, appeared -on tne scene, having journeyed from Dakota in com­ pany of an officer. Sheriff Gorman, of lUchmond, Ind., is reported to have dis- covered, in Cambridge City, a ring marked ^ With the name of the deceased, it hav- been purchased last Friday of a i#W-dressed man, who looked to be 33 Pens rid. Sojne excitement was created by tbe flatting, near Bloomington, of a sachel alntac a rope and a bit of ribbon. It was to Lincoln, in tho hope that it might The vear which is drawing to an end replete wi h evidence* of divine goodn< prevalence ot health, fullnessof tbe bar standing o* peare and order, the growth teraal feeliue, the spread of Intel" learning, the continued enjoyment < religious liberty--all these, and counUc blefwlnfjs, are cause for reverent rcjolorai therefore commend that on the ds~ named the people rosj from tlielr aoci labor?, and, meeting In their several \ worship, exprc.-s.their devout gratitude that He hath dealt so bountifully with th tion. and pray that His grace and tavor with it forever. CHESTBS A, AKTH FOLLOWING is a recapitulation debt statement issued on the 1st inst.: Interest bearing debt-- Three and one-half per cents $ < Four and one-half per cent*....,™. 2* Fonr per cents - «•» Three per cents 80. Refunding certificates. , Navy pension fund Total interest-bearing debt.... .$1,312,44 6,050 Matured debt ............ 4,8*?,746 and both sank. Thirteen teamen from thl Alhambra and two from the Holyhead werf lost, the rest of the passengers and ere* escaping in safety... .The Prince of WalM closed the Fisheries exposition at Ixindon in the presence of a vast assemblage. He said the snow had been very successful, the profr its large, and hoped the buildings might bo kept standing, so that hygiene, invew tkms, and colonial exhibitions might b< held in 18St. Itw5, and 1886, respectively Rumors are published io Parte'that ex­ plorer Be Brazza was killed by a bajidoi negroes in the Congo country... .It is assert ed that Bismarck informed the Orleanj Prlnoes that Germany would not approve ol their making claims to the Frence - •j Hicks Pasha reports to the Khedive of Egypt that the False Prophet has probably been done up. * OHANOEMEN at Londonderry, Ire­ land, seized the Oty hall to prevent the Lord Mayor of Dublin from making a Nationalist speech therein. Wien the procession escort­ ing tho Lord Mayer to his hotel passed the building the Orangenen opened fire ana also throw slates from he roof and windows. One man was killed and another man ana boy were shot and iangerously wounded. The police dispersed a mob, which gathered after the Nationalist procession dispersed tad stoned the window: of the City hall..... A French Admiral has seized a strip of the African coast 250 miles n length, including a dozen towns. Three mn-of-war command the chief points, and traps will be stationed ottie*- places. Deht bearing no interest-- Legal -tender notes. ... ...U Certificates of deposit li,«9u,000 Gold and silver certificates .. 182,908,081 Fractional currency w.. 6,990,303 Total without interest.. $549,268,300 Total debt (principal)*....*^......$1,866,662,995 Total interest 0.801,243 Total cash in treasury 364,347.501 Debt, less cash in treasury l,511,50S,7;i7 Decrease durine OcBob r .... . 10,30*,798 Decrease of debt since June 30^ 188J. 39,684,470 Current liabilities- Interest due and unpaid ..,...$ Debt on which Interest has oeaaqd.. Interest therein. Gold and silver certificates U. S. notes held for redemption ot certificates of deposit. C&sn t>..lanoo available Nov. 1 3,698,175 4,818,745 888,857 182,908,051 13,620,000 l#l.i-«,«' Total Available aaaeta-- Cash in trew"' $964,347,501 364,347,501 „«rove to be the missing sachel of the mur- ' oered girl. Orrin A.. Carpenter was visited at the Jail by his wife and daughters. Tbe meeting and subsequent interview were very • affecting. Public opinion is divided upon the question of the guilt or innocence of Car­ penter. TH* Executive committee of the »western Dairyman's association has iwtto hold the annual convention and **" at 'HKato, Minn., from Feb. 5 to 8 next. ^APT" WALLACE, an import­ ant factor In the Gout,,Jr.MRndlor Bult Bt Lar 'fayette, Ind., made a savage attack on John a. Williams, editor of the Lafayette Vimca, on iftocount of an article published in that paper, Construed as connecting the wife and mother Of Wallace with Nelllng. now in jail on charge Of murdering Ada Atkinson The Farmers/ tective alliance of Iowa, being in debt .bout $3,000, has nesolved to cease fighting he barb-wire %onopoly unless the wish to Send at fwrieulturists contribute more freely..... "fc . -An pounds of giant poST jsonds Issued to Pacific railway com& panies, interest payable by Unite* States-- Principal outstanding $ Interest accrued, not yet oald. Interest paid by United States Interest repaid bv companies-- By transportation service. $ By cash payments, 6 per oent. not ' earnings. Balance of interest paid by United States M,«-M1> r 1,2 U.470 89,222,093 •Id frw^ iwquirsmentt Orders headqwurte Rallrond to on tftiing MI,' most appear now golnt urr meats o . suits, whs*. W\ * 1 79 j 1'j.l Jbg tb« flamef®"' PuunuB OI giant itow- xptodei. 1--r"n*' buildings, timber and =-^_H-mfeverydirection, and injuring a ,m^r people, one fatally. The loss is aced «<; $50,000.... At Caldwell. Idaho. Mc- jfdden, oe Winnipeg, and Martland, ofNBt. "is, engurod . in a prize-fight for After tne fourteen^ und Martland was carried from the ig insensible, and may not recover.,... vo masked men robbed the vault of (the tr^8"ry at Vir^ginia City, Nevadat, of ,000, and then locked up the Treasurer.... ank James, the notorious outlaw, has been admitted to bail and released from Jail at Gallatin, Mo. THE cheap newspaper tidal wa^e, which started in the Hew Y«*-k Time* office, • a taw weeks ago, has reached Detroit in Its wsstwyd mareh. The and 7V<bunc ands have announced a reduction of » nssi 910 por year to $7, and from 6 is per single copy to 3. of Zora Burba, at Lin- •otu, lIltAtKaraodeall the following ver- <<ticts " In the aitlA inqiH^lticn on the fody of .Missouri Burns, deceased, held at Xalnooln, 111., from Oct. 17 to Kov. 1, we, the anderslgned jurors, sworn t<> itr,uire of the 4s*tk of Missouri Burns, on oath <*> find that she came to her death by the metns of a wound In the throat produced by some sharp Instrument In the hands of g0me per­ son or persons to the Jury unknown."... Tbe Illinois and Michigan canal commission met In Chicago and reorganized by electing John C. Dore President. Addresses were de­ livered by Senator Cullom, Mayor JIarrison, Congressmen Sjyinger and Henderadn, John C. Dore, William Broes,^. C. Bonney, and Several others. It was resolved that the Oovernmcnt ought to conduet a waterway from the lakes to the Mississippi in the In­ terest of cheaper transportation for the products of the Northwest. ' ' NELLIE "B. BAILEY, 21 years old, well educated and good-looking,, agreed to go to I «;®e*as with a rich Englishman nattaed Clement jSothe'my and start a sheep ranch. In Indian 4 ayerritory she shot and killed him, burned his " pody, and took possession of his money, Jew- ; #lry and outfit, In all worth $107,C00. Then jM»e started south, but was arrested, and is |»ow in jail at Wichita, Kan. The ' • Woman formerly moved in good so- Jfiety in New York and New Jersey - 5*n a land case at Denver, Judge McCrary «ecidcd in favor of the cancelation of sixty- ^;pme patents fraudulently obtained in Colo- ; • fado through the pre-emption law, although jfhe title had paseed into the hands of innocent . nartles... .Fourteen Federal Marshals andde- tectives had a desperate engagement at asta- Jfion near Svansville, Ind., with a gang of Counterfeiters, nine ol whom were captured, ' two of them being dangerously wounded.... ; #Hss Aggie Hill, claiming to be Mrs. Sharon, §ias brought suit for divorce against the Cali-ornia millionaire, asking a division of the "Community property and alimony Two thildren were suffocated at Middleton, Ohio, And a lady and hfr grandson at Cincinnati, p'. |»y fires in their houses. Annual Report of the Board of • , " , m Operttions of the Anti-Polygamy Act-- Recommendations. THK SOUTH EIGHT members of a Kn-Klux gang In Banks county, Ga., have been convicted of rfliggraceful outrages, and sentenced to from to six years in the penitentiary. The f-ingleaders are men of considerable wealth. Yhon the verdict was read, several of the jsed sobbed audibly In New Orleans, Alfred Gossott was being taken to the Iminal court to receive a life-time sentence *for the murder of Policeman Coffrey, a young ' »on of the latter killed the criminal on a «- . ' street corner with a revolver Grave rob- *' tff *>ers made an attempt to steal the corpse of lllanche Moses, the fat woman, burled at t' Baltimore cemetery. j „ A BULL met a train on the Kentucky Central railroad and hung a baggage-car and f ,4>vi»V if,*hree locomotives out over an embankment, i-"* '^.It was for the bull, however, a dear-bought . » , and gory victory over the inarch of modern ® 5jimprovement The first bale of cotton ever 4 ' i iplcked fwyn the field by machinery is on ex- ' Inibltion at the Charleston Cotton exchange. r JOE HOLDER, an industrious colored . >-. i" ,man, while herding his hogs near Toomsboro, ,, surprised a couple of negro desperadoes V '% '^skinning one of his swine, which they had ^stolen. Both of the thieves fied Into the I swamp. Going back to the settlement Holder , » £ ' enllsUjd the aid of a couple of white men in a v • J*e*p°h for the culprits. The morning's search % -*1 proved fruitless, and the three men laid down \ w - l»asslh a tree at noontime and went to sleep. 17,056,755 NUN 41.510.138 IN their report to the Secretary of the Interior, the Utah Commissioners declare that unless the Territorial Legislature Bhall adopt Uws looking to the extirpation of polygamy (which It will not likely do) the commission will be prepared to recommend to Congress the most stringent enactments compatible with the limitations of the con­ stitution which may be considered necessary for the suppression of BO great an evil. The Superintendent of the Railway Mail ser­ vice reports 093 lines, and recommends an in­ crease of $50,000 in the appropriation for cars and of $318,000 for clerks. ONE of Hallett KilVrarne's dinners while he languished In a Washington dungeon under the accusation of contempt of one of the houses oi Congress., cost S31.55 The ! w&r depflrtiw11^ hns oracntt ca ctmtc wr la- ~ •"^estlgate the cause of the failure of the Greely relief expedition. COMMISSIONER MCFAKLAND states that over 19,900,000 acres of public lands and 400,000 acres cf Indian lands were disposed of during the year, t»r which $11,718,833 was received. He recomiWjjg tjje repeal of the t e r l a w s , a n d t h e amendment of the Homester^ that much valuable timber lanat»^»j,„ Pacific coast is being taken up by person(Ti«i_ftd for that purpose. POLITICAL. 4^TEE a long conference with Presi­ dent Arthur, John C. New has decided to re­ tain the Assistant Secretaryship of the Treas­ ury. CONOBEBMAN EBMENTBOCT was knocked down and badly mauled in a political light at Beading, Pa. GENERAL IT is stated that Clans Spreckela, pr%prietor of the California Sugar Befinery company, of 8an Francisco, who holds a mo­ nopoly of the Hawaiian sugar trade, has con- tracked to purchase the entire crop of sugar of the islands on condition that all shipments be maaVinVls vessels. Lord Coleridge has sailed for England, but his son will travel ex­ tensively in the West ON and tfter the 18th of November next the new time adopted by the railroads of United States and Canada will go into Tfcvease against the Collector of Customs^ VvMontreal for confiscating the works of VotUfre and Paine has been dis­ missed upon a teismicallty, the Judge not en­ tering upon the meK^s of the suit.... A mili­ tary guard will be stained at the Govern­ ment house, Ottawa, ana, the watch on the Parliament buildings is to be doubled With twenty-seven oil wells completed in OoL tober, there is a decrease of 319 barrels in tbe daily production. * A NUMBER of disasters are reported to the lake shipping. Two large schooners laden with ore, the John B. Merrill, of Mil­ waukee, and the Sophia Minch, of Cleveland, went ashore near the latter port. The schooner Ketcham, of Chicago, went ashore near Leland, Mich., and is probably a total loss; and the Homer H. Hine, abandoned by her crew, was driven on the rocks near Am- berly, Ontario, and will be a total wreck The Directors of the Pennsylvania road have declared a semi-annual dividend of 4H per oent. roRuax. EXPLOSIONS occurred in London the other night, in the Praed Street station of the Underground railway and between the Charing Cross and Westminster stations. In the first instance from forty to sixty persons were injured. The lights In the stations and cars were extinguished and the glass and woodwork shattered. In the latter oase tho windows of the signal stations along the line were broken and the roof of Ch ft ring Cross depot partially collapsed. The reports re­ sembled discharges of artillery and created the wildest alarm. The explosions are attributed to Fenians it being asserted that rocket-like contrivances were found in the tunuel near Praed street Morris Hanger, a heavy Liverpool cotton merchant, has suspended, wittt liabilities es­ timated at £050,000. Two firms of brokers were carried down by the failure At a meeting of Conservatives in Sligo, Ireland, the British Government was roundly de­ nounced for permitting Nationalist meetings throughout Irelarfl. REGARDING the London explosives, details show that the number Injured is fully as large as first reported. It has also been determined that nltro-glycerine entered largely into the composition of the explosives used. The Irish in London are £eatly ex­ cited, and are free to confess that the crime was j.lanned by enemies of tho National movement. O'Douovan Itossa claims the ex­ plosions were caused by Fenians, of whose movements he is aware. All the banks, pub­ lic buildings and prisons at Glasgow are care­ fully guarded against explosions. The ex­ plosive used at FrankfortK>ri-the-Maiii was nitro-glycerine, whir# had been placed In eight smidl glass shells, |>erforated with holes. WHEN twenty-fiv# n^ilea off Holy- hea^in the Irish sea, t^ British steamers Alhambra and Holyhead came into , ADDITIONAL NEWS. . THE report that Fnak James is al­ lowed to walk the streets oi Gallatin, Mo., Is untrue. Ho is not permlttei in tho jail yard unless accompanied by an ottcer. FOUR ^ell-known citizens of Erie, Pa.--John Wl^Eyster, Frederick C. Kesley, iles Russell and Charles ,Brown -- were aught In a storm while duck shooting in the ay, and drowned. Eyster hadihls life in­ ured for £20,000. COLLEGE rowdies, known as "Fresh­ men" and "Sophomores," of the Reisselacr Folytechnlc Institute, at Troy, N. in­ dulged In a row which damaged the bdidlng to some extent and seriously injured several of the participants. Both classes have >*r!n suspended, and many students have left 1,* their homes it is reported that the an­ thracite mines of the Pennsylvania railroad are soon to be leased to a s\ndicate, headed by Wm. L. Scott, which will scud 3,000,000 tons westward from Buffalo and Erie each year Jos. Mcl'neany, cashier of Thompson & Co.'s Fteel-works, at New York, ha« been arrested for embezzling $35,000, which lie lost In betting on the races. Gov. ^RDWAY, . of Dakota, devotes much space in his annual report to the ar­ raignment of certain portions of the people whom he characterizes as factions, and makes a long argument In defense of his opposition to the efforts to create a new State. He asks Congress to provide for a Constitutional con­ vention for Dakota. FRANK CHICKERING, a lumber-dealer of Grand Rapids, Mich., is Insolvent, with assets and liabilities estimated at $103,000 each A. J. Scott, a stock dealer at Paris, III., has made an assignment to cover llablli- tlew»f $53.000.... J. B. Vogel & Co., merchant tailors at Fort Wayne, Ind., have been closed by the Sheriff Kautner, organ manufact­ urer, and R. H. Savage, hat-maker, at Reading, Pa., are insolvent Simon Lauterbach, shirt manufacturer, at New York, made an assignment, giving preferences for $120,00).... Business failures in the United States and Canada numbered 215 last week aceordlng to Dun's report, three less than the week before The liabilities of the Rev. G. M. Pierce, of the Rocky Mountain Christian Advocate, Salt Lake City, are $38,000, with assets of $8,000. This is the largest failure for years in that sec­ tion. A NUMBER of failures among the Brit­ ish cotton merchants have followed closely after the big collapse of Morris Ranger. The latter's liabilities reach the stupendous fig­ ures of $3,500,000 The betrothal of the Crown Prince of Portugal and the youngest daughter of the Austrian Emperor is an­ nounced Five hundred pounds reward is offered by the Londoh authorities for infor­ mation which will lead to the arrest and con­ viction of the persons who caused the explo­ sion in the underground railway A Polish actor named Protowski, who was arrested at Dirschau, East Prussia, confessed that ho was a Nihilist who. had been selected by a band of conspirators to aesasinate Prince Bis­ marck . ATTACHMENTS were issued last week against tbe property of the Rock River Paper company, in Chicago, and the concern is now in the hands of the Sheriff. The company operated several paper mills in Illinois «<nd ^Wisconsin. Investments in real es- J^*0*-upon which they were unable w^en pressed for money, was tne cause of the collapse. The old, old story.. The St. Louis grand jury has retnrned indlctan^ntg against Police Com­ missioners Dr. Lutz a'naDavid W. Caruth, tor conspiracy; Henry S. Newman, Commis­ sioner of Labor Statistics, lnalUsjince; Hugh G. Bradly, member of the Legisbture, brib­ ery; Warren F. MeCheeny, lender of the gamblers' ring, attempted bribery; and against Managinar Editor Moore, of the I'uxt- Dispatch, and F. D. White, a reporter on the same paper, for abstracting court records. The report censures Gov. Crittenden for grtinting pardons, particularly to convicted gamblers, and suggests that the pardoning power be taken out of the G overnor's hands P. W. Parkhurst, Cashier of the Clyde bank, at Clyde, Ohio, is being looked for by the bank officials, and pending a is return tho institution is closed to the depositors.... About twenty stores, dwellings and barns were burned at Willoughbv, Ohio, re­ sulting in a loss of $100,000; half insurance. ... .fix-Senator Tabor secured a Judgment in a Denver court for $20,000 against his former partner, William H. Bush, whose claim for aid in securing a divorce was not allowed. Ibe Utah commission, composed of Alex. Ramsay, A. 8. Paddock, G. L. Godfrey, A. B. Carlton, and J. R. Pettigrew, have made their report to Secretary Teller. The elear intima­ tion is that, unless tho monogamic Mormon Legislature shall enact laws which will carry out the Edmunds act in the spirit and provido for the disfranchisement of polygamlsts, the most severe legislation compatible with the limitations of the constitution will be recom­ mended. The Commissioners privately say that this reserve recommendation is the abo­ lition of suffrage. They do not expect tho Legislature will enact any such laws, so that it may be presumed that tho most important recommendations for the overthrow of polyg­ amy will be made in a report next January or February. After making a statement of tbe former legislation ol' Congress in relation to bigamy or polygamy, the commission said: . The duties of the commission appertain only to matters of registration, and election, and eligibility to office, while the punishment of the crimc of polygamy is left, as under the former law, to the courts of justice. Under the Anti- Polygamy act the commission had good success at the general election of August, 1*83, in ex- cludinir polycamlsts from the poll«. and as far as advised "very little if any illegal votes have been ca"t in Utah since the commission took charge of the registration and elections in Au­ gust, l*8i The enforcement of the present law against 12,WKJ polygamists wiio have been ex­ cluded from the polls (-hows the act has been fully and successfully executed. It Is thought that fhe discrimination between those Mormons who practice polygamy and these who do not, while not likely to have much effect uixm elderly mm who have alreaoy a plurality of wives must have great weight on thd :-oung men of the Terri­ tory, manv of whom are ambitious ind aspir­ ing, and would not like voluntarily ro embrace political ostracism, "" *" *""" The very existence of a law disf ranchising i>olygamists muBt tend to destroy their influence whenever i' is understood it is to be a permanent discrimination. The tact also that it will lie necessary to the preservation of the political influence of the "People's party" (as the Mormons style themselves) to have a large bodv of their members who are not poly- ramists, mnst tend in time to weaken the prac- tu-e of i olygamy, f r every Mormon who takes bu; one plural w ife loses three votes for his party--his own and those of his two wives (woman suffrage being established by law in Utah). Concerning plurality of wives, that a doctrine and practice so odious throughout Christ' ndom Should have been upheld so many years against tne laws oi Congress and the sentiments of the civilized world is one ot the marvels of the nineteenth century, and can be scarcely appre­ ciated, even ly those familiar with t^p world's history in relation to the difficulties of Govern­ ments to contntk or suppress religious fanati­ cism. Certainly no Government can permit the violation of laws under the guise of religious freedom, and, while Congress may not legislate as to mere matters of opinion, yet it may de­ nounce and punish as crimes those actions which are In violation of social duties or sub­ versive of good order. The right of Connres* to su'press this great evil is undoubted. It is equally plain the dignity and pood name of this great Government among the nations of the earth demand such Congressional action as shall effectually eliminate this national dis­ grace. v The commission renew tho recommenda­ tions contained in the report ol Nov. 17,1882, notably tho one regarding the enactment of a marrige law by Congress declaring all fut­ ure marriages in the Territory null and void unless contracted and evidenced in the man ner provided by the act. If tho next Legisla­ ture shall fail to adopt measures in conform­ ity with the provisions of the act of 1882 forthe suppression of j>olygamy, the commission "will be preparod to recommend, and Con­ gress ccrtainly will not delay the adoption oi the most stringent measures compatible with the limitations of the constitution that may Ve considered necessary for the suppression of this great evil." y Tbe Annual ftoport of Price. Commissitner RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. 8.V0 1.0» 1.07 47 •S3 ll.it 0 # 75 & 5.50 <9 3.80 @ l.lOVi & 1.07% «l .57H )»11.50 C<0 4.40 5.35 4.35 6.3*> 4.76 HK seldom lives frugally, who lives by chance. Hope is always liberal, and they that trust her promises make little scruple of revelling to-day on the JUloiita ol to-morrow. --Johnson, rW • JSCSjELr;zr::irr.: ~ TSS RAS MARKET. 'V NEW YORK. BREVES 4.65 HOOB 5,00 FLOUB--Superfine.., WHEAT--No. L White*;-,*'" No. a Red COBN--No. 2.... OATS--No. 3 POBK--Mess LARD CHICAGO. BEEVES-- Good to Fancy Steers.. Common to Fair ...... _ Medium to Fair H008 FLOUB--Fancy White Winter fix. Good to Choice Spr'g Kx. WHEAT--No, 2Mprtng „ No. 3 Bed Winter COKK--No. 2 OATH--No. 2. . ItVE -Xo. 2... uaulev--No. 2 UUTTKU--Choice Creamery E(i«s~I«'resh POBK--Mean LARD MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 3.... COKN--No. 3. OATS--No. 3. RYE--No. 2 IUKI.ET--No. a...,. POKE--Mess LAUD BT. LOU IK WHEAT--No. 3 Red Go KN--Mixed OATS--No. 3 11TE POHK--Mess LAUD CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 3 Red CORN OATJ RTE. PORK--MCSSM LARD TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed CORN OATS--NO. 3 DETROIT. FLOUR WHEAT--No. l White CORN--No. 3 OATS--Mixed PORK--Mess INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 3 Red CORN--No. 3..... OATS--Mixed EAST LIBERTY, PA .07)6® .0734 & 7.00 & 5.30 & e.oj <& 6.25 & 0.00 M 5.00 .mm ,ya?4 l.oo <2$ l.oi .4694".$ .40 7m .27 Jslff .27 74 .56 «$ .66 .60 & .COH .30 & .28 .3* g .31 10.80 10.40 .O7Mi<0 .07 % .93 .4794 .27»4 .65 .61 010.40 ® .07J4 .47Sj«# .3ff 0 MU& .60 ($ 10.35 m •OO's® 1.00 >4 . 3 0 . 2 7 .5 • <p) ,»ov. 10.00 &10.75 .07 H .07 '4 1.04 9 1.03 .40 <0 .42^ .WH& .80 .54 11.2* @11.(0 .07 & .07)4 IMK® 1.03 !v .si .»» 4.00 L01 .50 .39 13.25 & 6.75 «* 1.01'4 & .51 & .39$ <312.60 .TOVi® 1.00 .47^<gi .64 .2SJv® .2J CATTLE--KENT Fair _ Common.. Hoas....»i#.,....... 5.75 4.75 4»'0 440 *25 0 6.00 ($!.§.> # 4.7C 01.10 0 4.(0 Interesting Statistics from Superintend* | ent liionipgon'g Beporfe Operations of the Free Delivery Letter- Carrier System. Supt. Thompson, of the Hallway Mall Ser­ vice, has submitted his annual report to Postmaster General Gresham. The number of railway post office lines in 1883 was 903, an increase of twenty-four over 1882; the num­ ber of miles of route for which the railroad; were paid was 109,827, an increase of 9,264 over 1882. The number of miles of railroads traveled by clerks was 86,180,430, an increase of 10,438,902. The number of pieces of mail matter handled was 3,081,582,280, an increase of 1,429,902 over the preceding year. The 8uperkitendant asks an increase of $318,000 in the appropriation for tho railway postal clerks, and $50,000 increase for the postal cars. He recommends^that the Postmaster Gen­ eral be authorized to pay the widow or guard­ ian of minor children of railway postal clerks killed in the service a sum equal to one year's salary of the grade held at the time of death, and to grant leave of absence, with pay, to Clerks injured in railroad accidents until their recovery, not exceeding one year. In conclusion, the report says, as the Northern Pacific railroad is now completed some change may bo made in the system of forwarding tho PaeiBc coast malls. The estimated amount of postal revenues for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next, in­ cluding $430,000 estimated receipts from the money-order business, is $47,104,078. The es­ timated expenditures for the same time are $50,082,189, leaving a defleloncy in tho reve­ nue of $2,968,111. The estimate for the com­ pensation of Postmasters next year is $12,250- 000, an increase of $3,000,000; for clerks in th© po8tofficos, $4,000,000, an increase of $125,. 000; for free-delivery service, $300,000; rail­ road mail transportation, $12,750,000, an in­ crease of $1,050,000; steamboat route*, $625. 000, an increase of $25,000; star routes, $5,- 600,000, an increase of $3,500,000; railway postal service, $1,625,000, an increase of TSO - 000; and for railway nostal clerks, $4,295,2U* an increase Of $318,169. ' The annual report of the Superintendent of the free delivery letter-carrier system shows that 104 offices, employing 3,680 carriers, were In operation at the close of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1883. During the year 1,324,627,701 pieces of mail matter were de­ livered and collected, an increase of nearly 16 per cent, over the number of pieces handled the preceding year. The cost ol •HE service for the year was *3,173,336, an increase of more than 2FL per oent. over the cost for 188S. The average eost per PIOOQ for the matter handled was 2 4-10 mills, an INCREASE of 1-10 OF a mill per piece over the cost the previous year. The excess of postage on local matter over the total cost of the service was $1,021,894. There were collected and delivered during the yens 791,658,699 letters, 261,718,952 postal-cards, and 268,319,8*7 newspapers. The following table shows the aggregate number of pieces of mail matter handled at a NUMBER of the principal olties: Baltimore.... 89,312,496:New Orleans. 11,763,360 Boston.. 93,587,018:New York.... .358,M>)0,064 Brooklyn 34,81.1,417: Omaha. 4,0 W.C3S Chicago. 186,K#6.:«6 Philadelphia..LFU,I>:in,<II s Cincinnati 29,7Sf.,:iOO Pittsburgh. . N ILL 851 Cleveland..... 20,150/,78!Rt. Louis 4«,075',4.W Columbus, O.. 6.622,634 St. Paul...... 2U Dayton, O.... 8,436,442 San Francisco 24*727'771 Detroit 18,01.",4«".U Kan.t r .xkv, O. 492*597 Indianapolis.. ll.'ir.ii.'Y.W Springfield, O 2,135*7.19 Louisville..... l«,5«o,2 54 Toledo, 0 7,oioVoi 13,F5S,372|Wanh!ngton.. 15.231.6T4 5,831,9otfiZanesvllle, O. 1,503,62C Progreai of the Movement for Educating r- v tolled Mm ' %>•* " * N ' " Wfewlnf is a synopsis of the annilSl report of Indian Commissioner Price: A decided advance has be3n made in the mareh of improvements amon? the Indian tribes, particularly in the matter of industrial school education. Some tribes have been persuaded to send their children loschcol that heretofore resisted all efforts to induce them to do so. One question may now be con­ sidered settled beyond controversy, and that is the Indian must be taught to work for his own support and to speak the English language, or give place to a people who do. Among tbe things needed to secure success and efficiency in solving the Indian problem are: 1. An appropriat'on to survey the bound­ aries of Ind'an reservations, so both the In­ dians and the white men may know where they have rights and where they have none. 2. A law for the punishment of persons who furnish arms or ammunition to the Indians. No such law now exists. 8. More liberal appropriations for Indian police* _ 4. An appropriation sufficient to defray the expenses of detecting and prosecuting the persons who furnish intoxicating liquor to Indians. No ardent spirits should be intro­ duced into the Indian country under .any pre­ tense whatever, nor their sale permitted with­ in twenty miles of an Indian reservation; but, under existing laws on the subject, it is a notorious fact that ale, beer, and prepara­ tions of alcoholic stimulants disguised as medicines, are sold at the military posts to soldiers and civilians, and, although the poSt- traders are not permitted to sell it directly to Indians, yet it is an easy matter for the Indians to obtain it from the soldiers and civilians to whom it is furnfehed. The pun­ ishments imposed by law for this offense should be made more severe. The practice of approving contracts to col­ lect from the Government money due the In­ dians is one that ought not to exist, it has for years been tho practice to approve con­ tracts by which outside parties have taken from the Indians hundreds of thousands of dollars for services which ought not to cost the Indians one cent. During the last four years agreements have been entered into be­ tween Indians and different attorneys by which these attorneys were to receive from the Indians $765,221 for collecting from the Government money said to be due the In­ dians. It Is the duty 9f the Government to see that the wards of the nation receive what is justly due them free of cost, and equally the duty of the Government to see that 90 unjust claim is paid. Congress should confer both civil and criminal jurisdiction on the several States and Territories over all the Indian reserva­ tions within their respective limits, and make tho person and property of the Indian amen­ able to the laws of the State or Territory in which he may reside, except in cases where such property is expressly exempted by treaty or act of Congress, and give him all the rights in the courts enjoyed by other per­ sons. The recommendations for legislation for the protection of timber on Indian lands are renewed. During the year there was paid in cash, as annuity and otherwise, $745,000. Less than $200,000 of this amount was for the payment of annuities proper, many of which will expire In the near future by limitation in the various treaties. 1 The increase in accommodations for Indian pupils which the school appropriations for the last fiscal year made cosslble has been fol­ lowed by a corresponding increase of attend­ ance of pupils. Exclusive of the five civilized tribes the number enrolled at the boarding- schools during the year ju6t closed is 5,143, an increase of 654 over last year. The attend­ ance on the day-schools has been 5,014, an increase of 748 over the preceding year. Of the 5,143 boarding pupils,4,396 attended schools on the reservations or in their immediate vicinity. Boarding and day schools on the reservations have made a creditable record. Eight new boarding-schools have been opened, making the whole number now in operation, exclusive of training-schools, seventy-seven. The early attention of Congress is invited to the deplorable condition of the Indians in Montana, that steps toward assisting them may be taken as soon as possible. The report concludes with the recital of the agreement signed in Washington July last be­ tween Chief Moses and the Secretary of the Interior which will, the Commissioner •says, if ratified by Congress, restore to the publlo domain 2,243,040 acres of land in Washington Territory upon terms favorable to the Gov­ ernment and for the best interests of the Indians. SHERMAN AND SHERIDAN. Tbe One Step* Out and Other Step* In. the Milwaukee.. Nashville...... GLEANINGS. GEH. GRANT denies that he's a millionaire It's Fred. ISMAIL PASHA will live In Florenoe with hie seven wives. • PiTTsnriwi man snfoided because he bet on the wrong horse in a race. Mas. 8AMUEI.R, the mother of the James boys, calls reporters "theological students of tho newspaper press." A DOO in Washington county, Ohio, cured himself of a rattlesnake bite by burying him­ self up to the ears in mud. THE entries of Freshmen at the various col­ leges of Cambridge University, England, thie year exceed those of 1882 by fifty-one, the numbers being 716 and 767 respectively. The name of Prince Edward of Wales heads the list at Trinity. JAMM C. OjfODFRcr, a wholesale merchant Ot Brooklyn! died from smoking cigarettes. Old Tecumseh's Retirement from the Head of the Army. Gen. William T. Sherman retired from act­ ive command of the army on the 1st day of November, and the power was transferred to Gen. P. H. Sheridan. Gen. Sherman goes to his home at St. Louis, where he will live in re­ tirement. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was born at Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1820. He graduated at the Military academy at West Point in 1840, served in the Florida War, In the war with Mexico, and elsewhere until 1S53» when he resigned his commission. During the next four years he was a banker in San Francisco; and for the succeeding two years a lawyer at Leavenworth, Kan. In 1859 he was appointed Superintendent of tho Louisi­ ana Military academy, but resigned in Jan­ uary, 1861, when the State seceeded from the Union. When the Civil war commenced he was commissioned as Colonel of a regiment of Infantry, and commanded a brigade of volun­ teers at the battle of Bull Run, and was made Brigadier General of Volunteers. In Octo­ ber, 1863, he succeeded Gen. Grant as com­ mander of the army Department of the Ten­ nessee. His career since that time is too fa­ miliar to the public to require repetition here. The correspondence incident to the retirement of the old warrior, is as follows: 8HEBMAN TO UKCOLM. Th* Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War* 81*i By the act of Congress, appeared July 15,188^ all army officer* are retired on reaching the age of 6* years. If living I will attain thai; age the Sth «f February, )884,but, as that oerioj of the year 1* not suited to the changes neces sary on my retirement, I have long contemplat­ ed anticipating the event by some months to enable the President to make these changes at a more oonvenlent -season of the year, and alno to enable my successor to be in office before the assembling of the next Congress. I therefore retytesfc authority to turn over the command of ths army to Lieut. Gen. Sheridan the 1st of November, 1883, and that I be ordered to my home at St. Louis, there to await the date of my legal retirement. And inasmuch as I will have tqr a long time much correspondence about the war and official matters, I also ask the favor to have with me for a time my two personal Aides-de-camp, Cols. John E. Tourtelotte. and John M. Bacon. The otiurs of my personal staff---viz: Cols. M. Poe and J. C. Tidball have already been assigned to approjtr.ate duties in their own branches of the military service. All should retain their rank and pay as Aides-de-Camp until Feb. 8, 1884. By °fi J[or® the 1st of November I can complete ^ effieial rej>orts, and I believe I can sur­ render the army to my successor in good shape c®ndltiou, well provided in all respects, and attributed for the best interests of the country. ',lat mV physical and mental ? ™ remains unimpaired by years, and am thankful for the liberal provision made by Con­ gress lor my declining years, which will enable J?™,* >™??.pond, l'ro'«l>tlv to any call the Presi- make tor my military services or ^ as 1 llve- 1 have the honor to oe your obedient servant. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, General. ^ _ _ MNCOLN TO 8HERMAN. OKVLTT" 8h?""an' Washington, D. C. VonMetter of th?^submitted to the President be relie^.inf inst.. requesting that you nt 1 command of tho army the 1st Le tortX1't-h? ^lm a m°re convenient nine xor m&icing the changes in th** fX^tive tervlemtUl8t t0,,°W, >°ur r<* your retirement under^he^Uw in °f his approval of your^ toe health and happiness in y4ear* of gratitude of vour fellow-ritiy^nu the S&ram0et rtlS,tingnW,R<1 public ^rvice*»m®It necessary the honor servant. X- v <• it sSMKiSi.. - :J' til T™*- * wishes respecting dera be. General, your most~obedient BOBEBT T. LINCOLN. -- Secretary of War. te-fiut SaSSRffta-*-!* • •UBLIC LANDS. Report of the Commissioner of the General Und Office. < (Jen. Sherman's Final Report--The In­ dian Question Discussed--Strength of the Army. The Commissioner of the General Land Offloe, the Hon. N. c. McFarland, in his annual report, states that the disposals of public lands daring the year embraced 10,- 030,789 acres, and Indian lands 399,235 acres, an Inorcate over 1883 of about5,000,000 acres, and over 1881 of about 8,000,000 acres. The reoelpts from all sources in connection with disposals of public land were $11,08^,479, and from sales of Indian lands $635,401, a total of $11,713,833. Public lands were disposed of as follows: ......... M Piivate entries 2,i7<t Prc-emptioa entries aiwVin M neral entries .....! ' 3162 1 Homestead entries I .It 1 8 17l '»u Timbe:--cnltnre entr e-t. " Vuo i):W Entries with military boanty land War*- * ' r^nts ^5 En rit-s with land-claim scrip i '*5oa Total number of entries and tilings posted during the year 251,B85, aggregating 30,000,- 000 acres. The increase In number of claims recorded in 1883 was 55,548 over the vear 18*2. The Commissioner states that he is sati-fled tho pre-emption filings are mode or pro­ cured to be made to a great extent for speculative purposes. He renews the recom­ mendation that the Pre-emption law be re­ pealed. The report recommends the amend­ ment of the Homestead laws, requiring a period of not less than six months after the settlement of a claim has been placed oil record before flnal proof shall bo admitted, irrespective of the alleged time of residence prior to tho entry. The report further recommends the total repeal of the Timber Culture law on account of it? inherent defects. The construc­ tion of 1.210 miles of land-grant railroad was reported during the yeir, making a total Of 17,449 miles of road reported as construct­ ed under all grants to June 30, 1883. The Commissioner asks that his salary be fixed at $5,000 and for a moderate increase of the salaries of the principal officers and clerks of his department. The character and respon­ sibility of the olBee, together with the fact that its business has increased 82 per cent since 1881, appears to the Commissratier to justify this request. FOREIGN MAILS. The Postmaster General has received the annual report, of Judire lllackfan. Superin­ tendent of Foreign Mails. The total weight of mails dispatched to countries in the Postal union, with the exception of Canada, was 2,532,990 pounds, an inerca e of 329,114 pounds over the weight last year. Of the letter mail dispatched, 41 per cent, was cent to Great Britain and Ireland, 23 to Ger­ many, 27 to other countries of Europe, and 9 per cent, to Postal union countries and colonies outside of Europe. The amount of letter mall dispatched last year increased 77 per cent, over the amount sent in 1880. The printed matter increased 74 per cent. In the same time. The sum paid for sea transportation of mails was $316,52:2, an increase over the oost of 1882 of $30,358, or 58 per cent, over 1880. The estimated amount of postage collected in the United States on foreign mail matter was $2,078,913. GEN. SHERMAN'S PINAL REPORT. The last annual report of Gen. Sherman is in the hands of the Secretary of War. Tho army consists of 2,143 officers and 23,335 men --the figures being almost identical with those of last year. Gen. Sherman considers Crook's Apache campaigns Buccess. Military education is treated at some length, and the opinion expressed that tho Military academy at West Point and the schools at Fortress Monroe and Leavenworth are among the best in the world. The Indians are regarded as substantially eliminated from the problem of the army. The railroad which used to follow in the rear, and now goes forward with the picket-line lu the great battle of civilization with barbar­ ism, has bad a great iatluence. The recent completion of the last of four great trans­ continental lines of railway has settled for­ ever the Indian question, the army question, and many others which have hitherto troubled the country. The recommenda­ tion of last year is renewed that the strongest posts be enlarged and the minor places abandoned. " The sol­ dier," says Gen. Sherman, " must be treated as a fellow-man. Let him live in comfort, and he will respond to the call of duty, even to death. When the soldier is em­ ployed as a carpenter, mechanic or laborer, it is only fair that he should be paid for such labor." The opinion is expressed that it will be found wise to provide a common organiza­ tion for all such arms of the service, and that Congress should provide for the transfer of regiments from remote to home sections after a fair period of service. In this con­ nection particular attention is called to the case of the Twenty-ilrst infantry, which has been on the Pacific coast for fourteen years. GEN. DlttTM'8 REPORT. Adjt. Gen. Drum has submitted his an­ nual report. He says tho State militia has steadily improved in discipline, soldierly bearing and knowledge. He recommends the retirement on full pay of men who have faithfully served thirty-five years. It is sug^ gested thai increased pay for re-enlistlng be made to depend on immediate re-enlistment in the same regiment, and that the man re- enlisting be granted a furlough of one, two, of three months, according to the number of terms he has already served. A bi-monthly settlement of the clothing accounts is recom­ mended, and a statement made in this con­ nection that the Government lost $10,000 last year in clothing overdrawn by deserters. Notwithstanding great efforts to fill the army to the authorized strength, it Still lacks 2,149 ftien of the full quota. HERE AND THERE. MAHOKI IS bald-headed and has gray whis­ kers. IRVINO, the aotor, is a continual cigarette smoker. MATTHEW ARNOLD does not like American newspapers. THOMAS NAST is talking about starting an illustrated weekly. NEXT year's crop of Mormon immigrants is estimated at 75,000. A KAINHOW was seen at night, recently, in Orange, Tex., while the moon was out of Sight. MAT FORNET, daughter of the late J. W, Forney, writes fashion articles for Philadel­ phia papers. GOOD butter retails in Tuscon, Arizona, at $4.25 a pound, while eggs are In demand at«5 cents per dozen. ON the person of a thief recently captured in Hartford, Ct., "was found a drait for $1,028.55, dated June 24, 1S44. AN Arkansas editor announces that he is compelled to retire from his paper on account of being so afflicted with the gout. "GAME hash" is one of the dishes sen . the Yellowstone Park hotel, but visitors said to be somewhat suspicious of it. THE authorities of Grand Rapids, Mich., have given orders to tho undertakers to take funeral processions through the back streets. LORD COLKRIIXIE speaks of Nathaniel Haw­ thorne as "our greatest writer, the master of an exquisite and an absolutely perfect style." A MAN in Burlington, Vt., shows a curious freak of nature in the shape of three fully- developed cabbages growing from a single root. IT is said that a brother of Gen. R. E. Lee years ago killed the grandfather of the Ford boys, who subsequently suppressed tbe James gang. THE grave caved in at a Hartford, (Ct.,) funeral, the other day, just as the coffin was to be lowered, and one of .the bearers wen with it. c EX-SENATOR GWIN, although 78 years old- Is as erect and sturdy as an osk. Gen. Jack­ son appointed him United States Marshal for Mississippi fifty years ago. AT Montgomery, Aliy, Mr. Beocher told his audience that if he had been living in the South at the outbreak of the war, he would undoubtedly have-been a Confederate. THE newspapers of Duluth printed col­ umns of puffery of one Anna Eva Fay, an actress. She finally appeared. The next day they had one liue saying "Anna Eva Fay is a fraud." "MR. CONKLINO," said ex-Senator Gwin, the veteran Buchanan Democrat, tho other day, "has felt more than any other promi­ nent man the need of money. Poverty, ho recently told me, had been the great Lane of frig life." k Vox-syrinaaL two feet in length was jOTTAtPE.' Hat Max *• A Btntuuurr.--If anj one Is fatigued the beat restorative », hot milk, * tumbler of the beverage as hot as can be sipped. Thia is far mora of a restorative than any alcoholic; drink. GOOD DEDOBIZERB.--Coffee ponnded in a mortar and roasted on an ironic plate, sngar bnrned on hot coals, and vinegar boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and furniture of a sick room . ' • are excellent dedorizers. A WISE PRECAUTION.--An English S "Public Analyst" says that all cheese ' § should be washed before using, as a custom prevails among manufacturers of brushing them over with a solution of arsenic to keep the flies away. WASTE in little things makes away with many a hard-to-be-aocounted-for dollar in a year. Do not throw away the exarch which is used in making cold starch each week; let it stand af­ ter using and settle in the bottom of a clean bowl; when the water is clear above it drain off; let the starch dryr Cover the bowl to keep the dust away, and this starch is ready for the next •washing-day. Of course you may need to add a little to it. CKEAM CANDY.--One coffeecupful of ' white sugar, fouiPtablespoonfuls of hot water to dissolve it; boil without stir- " ring, in a bright tin pan until it will . crisp in water like molasses candy. Just" before it is done put in one-quarter teasponfnl of essence of lemon, vanilla or peppermint. When done pour into ; a buttered pan, and when cool enough to handle, work like molasses candy un­ til perfectly white; pull in strips of the thickness of your finger and cut in short pieces with the shears. Lay on buttered paper on plates. WHILE it is the true way to put the piece of corn beef in cold water in the kettle, a chicken should never be treated in this way. A general rule cannot be applied to fowls and meat; experience proves that hardly any two articles, of food can be cooked just alike; hence there is great opportunity for the . exercise and development of judgment. A chicken should be washed in luke­ warm water with a little salt scattered in it; let it come to a boil, and then After this it is best to let it cook slowly. It is sometimes improved in flavor by. cutting a part of a lemon in slices and letting it boil with the chicken; this is particulary the case when the fowl is very fat. THE RIGHT WAY TO BRUSH VELVET.-- The art of removing lint, dust ;and light matter adhering to velvet consists in the proper mode of managing the brush. Take a hat-brush--not too soft» but having the bristles elastic, and re­ turning ^ at once to their original state after being pressed aside--hold firmly under the ftalm of the hand, in the directidn of the arm, and with the bris­ tles downward, and pressing them first into the substance of the velvet, thenV twist around the arm, hand and brush together, as on an axis, without moving them backward or forward. The foreign matter will thus be drawn up and-flirted out of the flock without injury to the substance of the velvet; and the brush must be lifted and placed in a similar manner over every part required to be brushed. By this means velvet will be improved instead of deteriorated, and will last for years. From the Anvil to the Pulpit^ the contribution bos. I in Fayette •ounty, Ky., recently Bobfert Collyer, the celebrated^ di-> vine, was born Dec. 8, 1823, at Kelgli- ley, in Yorkshire, England. He re­ ceived but four years of schooling, and at the age of 8 or 9 went to work in a linen factory, where he remained six years. He was then apprenticed to a blacksmith, his father's trade being the same, and for twelve years remained at the Ilkley forge. To the duties of those twelve years he owes, no doubt, the robust frame and strong lungs, which are so rare in the clerical profession. # In 1847 he was converted to Method­ ism, and on Sundays, at the neighboring chapels, gained his first experience as a {ireacher and laid the foundation of his ife-work as a minister. In 1850 he dicided to emigrate to America, and while at Shoe- makertown, Pa., obtained a license as a preacher, working at his trade through the week. Later he became acquainted with Dr. Furness, who invited him to preach in his pulpit. He did so, thus incurring the charge of heresy, and losing his right to a license from the Conference. This occurred in January, 1859, and in February of the same year he was invited to the pulpit of the Second Unitarian Society of Chicago, newly organized, with a congregation of only forty, but which rapidly became one of the most flourishing churches in the Northwest. After twenty years of work with this society, and with much hesitation, he accepted the call of the Church of the Messiah in New York city. The Unity Church sent to Ilkley and purchased the old anvil at Collyer's smithy, and it is cherished by them as a memorial of the humble beginning of his life. The luxuriant growth of hair, streaked with white, which covers his large head, and the general oast of his feat­ ures, remind one forcibly of Beecher. He has the plain, honest, earnest, and enthusiastic manner of speech and flow • of thought which appeals both to the feelings and the reason. In his essays and discourses he uses the An^lo-Saxon words almost entirely, preferring to link his thoughts together with hooks of steel, rather than with elaborate silken syllables. -- Chicago Inter Ocean. Sex fa Work. charming inconsequence which cHbguishes so much reasoning upon thisvfteral subject, some stal­ wart defentl^^f the "natural sphere of woman" may Wfhaps conclude that an employment which is of no sex is not "womanly" or feminine." He is a lit­ tle late. George Herbert's familiar line disposes of the matter: "Who sweeps i room as for thy laws Makes that anci the action fine." 7 Or the old adage, what man has ioiie man may do, may be pliaraphrased, what woman can do women may do. Exceptional acts, like Mrs. Patten's steering the ship, will be infrequent. But all the employments developed by modern invention and by the greater perfection of machinery will be more and more open to women, not, however, as women, but as skilled and dilligent laborers.--Easy Chair in Harper**. NEVER hold any one by the button, the hand, in order to be heard out; if people are unwilling to hear yon, iptT h«4 better hold your tongue than them. --Chesterfield. WITHIN three years the number ol? 1 sawmills in Arkansas hai A .T • "i: •.. fronj,319 to 1,200