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ILLINOIS •pfetit fui of WM unprece- h*d been wait- It a prompt nities. ITER »*LLB Kfciajsi,/ of Williams- port, Pennsylvania, -who Is 23 years dCifj^^anii for breach of prom* st ex-sheriff Zanger, aged 80, ^000 damages. A board of allowed bet jldOO. 8h« has k^poaled the case and retained coanseL d&rent: The only wij a' mill- an make raqfteyin times hke te get men to vlbrk for him. Water" does not belp hflba now. The li es have had more sleepless ill an the people. The men at present out of. employment will soon be ii demand by' the capitalists. ? _F WHILE the wedding reception of W. G. Ager and Hiss Maddsn, who had been married an hour previously, was ill |M?©g*«is at: Lockport, New York, tlie father of the bride received a note stating that the groom had committed bigamy. This Ager at first denied, but iJater {onfeesetl thai, he thought his wife wks dead. Tlie reception was ended abrupted, and the bride was stunned •1^1:1$ B$ock,".f .K f ; /•;. .PEORIA Transcript; It is not farmers lo tliat are crying for deliverance from the grain gamblers, railroad com- !>inati<rm, millers* associations, and atock-yard extortion. The consumer comes forth and says there is an abnnd- •woe of <feod and to spire, and yet the bread and meat we are eating enriches JiOtthe producer, while the prions we pay are enough to impoverish the man dependent upon honest labor. fiiB .completion ol. the Maekey-Ben- nett cable rhakfcs tba total length of submarine cables, according to the jElectrician, about 68,000 miles. Each cable contains an average of forty strands ol wire, so that altogether there ore over 2,oW,000 miles of wire used in their construction, or tea times the distance from the earth to the -moon. Practically, all this has been laid within the last twenty-five rears; the greater part within a decade. A PARIS jeweler has been prosecuted for illegally practicing surgery. He lpd pierced the ears of a obild two years old for earrings, for -which he charged half a franc. The ears became inflamed, and the incarnation spread to the neck, and the child died, the doc­ tor attributing death to the ear baring been pierced too high up. The de­ fence was that all jewelers pierced ears, and that the mother must have used some injurious lotion. The jeweler was fined 50 francs for homicide through J^prudehcp witte Jfid fr*pi»aj#nages to the parents. • A DETERMINED effort will be made in New York this -winter to save the Adirondaeks, or the North woods, as they are called, from Spoliation. Lum­ bermen have stripped of timber all the fiotliills in the region which supplies the Hudson with its sources, and forest fires have devastated many of the . mountain peaks. The. land is unfit for 'cultivation or even gazing, and unless the State takes some measures to : protect .Ike timber, the sources of the most beautiful river in this country will soon be dried up. TliG moat feasible method suggested is to convert the North woods into a State .. park, as Califorxua has done with the '.I Ipseemite. .. . THE force with which the gas issue* from seme of the gas wells in Pitts­ burgh is tremendous, and in one in­ stance * drilling machine weighing 3,000 pounds was thrown high in the air. The pressure is irregular, too, and therein lies the chief difficulty in utiliz­ ing the gas for household purposes, as the danger of leakage and explosion can hardly be overcome, though various contrivances are employed to lessen it. The gas-bearing stratum is here in a bed of soft, pebbly sandstone, at a depth of 1,600 feet, underneath solid rock. The rush of gas is weaker in the morning and stronger, in the afternoon, wad there is also a general fluctuation corresponding with the changes of the PEOPLE with safes guarded by combi- K' nation locks will be a trifle discouraged *$ter reading of how some Cincinnati jbjprglert go into one about as easily as they would break open a cheese-box, . and without a particle of noise or dan­ ger. They drilled nearly through the beveled edge of the combination lock jttst the right distance, a hole not over a third of an inch in diameter. Into this hole they had inserted a knife- Ulsde, or some other handy implement, and then, by careful manipulation in turning the handle, were enabled to catch tlie combination and open the •*'«ate, without«ny noise or disturbance. The trick naturally suggests that there are pofe manufactories in that town, e, and that, in all probability, some one . connected therewith had % hand.in C lacking this particular safe. f." • ji T " A T a Christmas dinner, a short dis- ^ ̂ tance from Boston, there wore seated abound the table seventeen persons, v each related to the others, whose an- ' cestors aU arrived in this country be- ' tweon the years 1620 and 1630, and landed -within twenty-five miles of the place where the family gathering occur- . red. Of the company assembled,two were U descendants of Gov. Endicott, seren M descendants of Roger Conant, eleven descendants of Mme. Margaret Lee, sister of the wife of Gov. John Win- throp, the second; three descendants of Peregrine White, the first white ̂ born in the eoloij; fire descend' Onu des|ead*ue o. BMor Brew.-ter, and eleven descend­ ants of Jbhn Gallop, who, Cooper in his "Naval History" says, fought the first American naval battle. THE importance of the dairy interest is the State of New York may be ap- 1 _ A--.-. .1 & At, A a«V4wwu waavt m iMUctui ftbUUjr ui buc ngv.rss Ison* the annual re­ port of the State Dairy Commissioner, and representing the total ralue of the dairy products of the State for 1884: Milk, 463,541,261 quarts, value, $11,- 563,531; cheese, 136,223,634 pounds, valtte, $14,984,603; butter,. 127,541,821 pounds, ralue, $31,885,455; cream. 3,104,^44 gallons, ralue, $1,893,814; number of calves, 1,500,000, value, $1,- 000,000. Empled in the dairy--Acres of land devoted to dairying, 4,549,230; milch cows, 1,516,410; value of land, $251,179,540; ralue of cows, $35,074,- 350; value of machinery employed, $261,827,775; ralue of products, $58,- 433,589; total, $7,314,902,125. To this must be added the value of cream, $1,893,814, and of calves, $1,000,000. IN the last number of Science fresh interest is given to the subject of earth­ quakes, which have lately caused alarm in both hemispheres, by a statement of the number of noticeable shocks in the country during the twelve years from 1872 to 1883, inclusive. No less than 204 earthquakes are recorded as occur­ ring in Canada and the United States, not including Alaska, within the above period. Of thgse the Pacific slope had 151, the Atlantic coast 147, and the Mississippi valley 66. Thus it appears that an earthquake occurs about once in every twelve days somewhere in the United States or Canada, and about once a month on the Atlantic coast. These are exclusive of the lighter tre­ mors which do not make an impression on observers, but which would be re­ corded by a properly constructed seis­ mometer, an instrument designed to de­ tect the slighter shocks. t • THE Salration Army, accor#ftf&4o Its reports for 1884, has now 910 corps-- namely: In Great Britain, 637; France, 8; Switzerland, 7; Sweden, 4; United States, 50; California, 5; Can­ ada, 71; India, 14; South Australia, 35; Victoria, 21; Now South Wales, 21; New Zealand, 23; Tasmania, 3; and the Cape of Good Hopo, 11; total, 910. Of Little Soldiors' Corps there are 444, which have held 933 meetings during the year, attended by 41,688 children. The army ut home is ofK-. cered by 1.147 persons, exclusive of Majocp, who number 14; aides-de-camp, 29; and "specials," 37. There are 188 cadets in the training barracks, and the training home staff" . numbers 20. Abroad there are 688 officers, the total at home and abroad being 2.332. In connection with the "village warfare," it is reported there are 303 villages reg­ ularly occupied in Great Britain, bo- sides 100 occasionally visited. A sum­ mary of the financial statements for the year ended the 30th of September last shows a total income of £74,665, 18a., tid. The army lias added to its mer­ cantile operations by the sale of "mn- sical instruments; watches specially de­ signed to remind the soldier of his God and his duty; mottoes and other arti­ cles for home use, all contrived with the same-end in view; ®.nd now, last of all, tea and other things, which cannot, except by means of covers or marks, hare so direct a bearing on the propa­ gation of the truth, but which will at least answer another great purpose which experience has taught ui we may safely aim at --the raising funds by trade-profits." American Fables. A crow who was bitterly complain­ ing that the coming winter had de­ prived him of an opportunity of scratch­ ing for corn, was overheard by the rat, who said: "But you must remember that it is only after the farmer gets his corn in the crib, that I hare any show at all." "Winter is my enemy," put in the hare, "because it leaves my tracks in the snow to be followed." "And only for that," added the dog, "I'm afraid 1 should not taste of hare once a year." Moral--Dame Nature realized that she couldn't satisfy everybody, and she didn't try to. THE WOLF AND THE GOAT. A wolf proposed to a goat that they go off on a hunt and whack up even on the profits, and the goat readily ac­ cepted. After working in company for several hours the goat remarked: "I have not only scared up all the game thus far for you. but von have had the pleasute of eating it all." "That's not my fault," replied the wolf, as he gulped down the last of a hare, "You should be born with a taste for blood and flesh." Moral--Don't drop the grocery busi­ ness to buck against a faro bank. THE FOX AND THE TRAP. A fox having appeared at a picnic with one of his fore paws missing, was at once interrogated by all hands as to how the accident occurred, and he pres­ ently replied: "The truth is, ladies and gentlemen, I got that foot into a trap and ate it off rather than be knocked on the head." At this confession there was uproar­ ious laughter and much ridicule, but the fox calmly waited for a pause, and then said: "While it has cost me only a foot to learn the wiles of man, the rest of you may pay for your experience with your lives." Moral--If you learn another man's game for a $5 bill, you hare .nothing to kick yourself about. THE PEASANT AND THE BOBBEJL A peasant who had lost his purse while journeying upon the highway was bewailing his ill-luck in the most vigorous terms, when a stranger stepped forth from the forest and said: "How little cause you have for those lamentations! Had you not'lost your purse I should have robbed you of it, while it may now be found by an hon­ est man, who will put the cash to good use." Moral--How few of us know when we are doing a real clever thing.--De­ troit Free Press. THE custom of hanging people for stealing was abolished just about the time that umbrellas were first intro­ duced in England. Singular coinci­ dence! . •• -Si. -• . LEim And Why They Fall. withered glories of the Bum­ mer, 'their fall in the sere and yellow state of autumn, are symbolic. There are rivid and noisy pleasures; there are those of the qniet kud, and not the less pleasing, even perhaps more cher- These SOiilC aiWueita. itilU m SUCII tt iiiUOU have I watched, on a still, calm day in latter autumn, when no breath of wind was stirring, the leaves settling straight down in silenV^tremulous fall, "one after one," suggesting and recalling the friends and loved ones that had successively passed away in peace. Yet it is not altogether surceaBO and loss; the leaf-fall, better undeistood, may suggest brighter associations. The poet, indeed, expresses, in his gifted strain, the common thought which associates the phenomena of the fall of the leaf with the transitory ten­ ure of all life,--the inevitable course of youth to maturity and decrepit age, of uplifted waving greenness and lresh- ness to the sere and withered return to earth and dnst. Ask a . fr.end why the leaves fall in autumu. He will answer "they fal I because they die." * * * The phenomena of detoliation are com­ pared by my old friend Loudon with the sloughing of dead parts,--a state initiated in the leaf "by the cold of au­ tumn, and accelerated by the frosts of winter." And such may still be the common notion; it was long my own. But some summers ago I was led to think a little closer of the matter by an effect of a thunderstorm which took placo in July. The lightning struck a tall elm tree, one branch of which it killed. The leaves became brown and died; but they did not fall. When au-* tuinn came their bright brethren, fad­ ing to a similar tint, fell. When win­ ter frost had set in, and the crisp snow oversprea 1 the park like a gigantic bride cake, the elm was all stripped save the thunder-striken branch, and the only leaves that remained were those that had been killed in midsum­ mer. Tliey were never shed; they rot­ ted oft' bit by bit. This led me to ex­ amine the nature of the attachment of some leaves in some trees in my own garden. The expanded base of the petiole, or leaf stock, is attached by continuity of woody tissues, including parenchymal cells, sap-vessels, air-ves­ sels, and the cnticule of the bark con­ tinued from the branch into the stalk. The plane and sycamore are good sub­ jects for the examination, Soon a del­ icate line of the cuticle indicates the coming place of separation; soon also iu the sycamore, and most of our decidu­ ous trees, a tiny bud peeps from the axil, or angle between the leaf-stalk and stein. Now, next, I may remark, that, watching the autumnal period of the fall, I observed that defoliation was accelerated not so much by early frost «s oy unusual warm and open weather in November, and then, especially with the plane-tree, that many of the leaves which naturally fell were not in the "sere and yeliow" state, but were green, as full life. Even now you may see the difference of color between such leaf shed when living, which I hold in my right hand, and the ordinary withered leaf in my left. My examination at this period leid me to perceive that the im­ mediate cause or stimulus of the fall was the growth of the baby-bud at the base of the leaf-stalk, which, pressing on the tissues of that part, caused their disintegration and disappearance in a manner analogous, to that of "absorp­ tion" in the animal economy. Pursu ing the examination in different kinds of d> ci luous trees, I found that the mother-leaf was pushed off in different ways, and that these represented the different ways in which deciduous teeth are displaced by their successors. Thus, in the plane tree the bud pushes vertically up the middle of the base of the stalk, while in the sycamore it ex­ cavates obliquely the side of the base. The shed plane leaf shows a conical cavity at the detached part of the peti­ ole. I ke that at the base of a shed tooth of the crocodle; the fallen sycamore leaf shows an oblique lateral depres­ sion, like that at the base of the shed tooth of lizard. In the plane tree the central part of the parenchymal cells attaching the stalk are first pressed, and successively yield to the growing bud, the disintegrating process spread­ ing to the periphery, not along a trans­ verse, but a conical surface; although, by a sort of sympathy, the epidermis, ere the killing process reaches it, indi- cates the line of coming solution of continuity. The leaf stalk may for a while be supported by, being sheathed upon, the bud, after it has been wholly separated from its stem; and the pro­ cess of this separation provides against any rupture or "bleeding" from sap- vessels. Nothing can show greater con­ trast than the separated surface of a leaf stalk thus orderly detached and that of one violently torn off. Mild weather accelerating the bud growth, pushes off the leaf before its time; eariy frost, checking the bud growth, may turn the color of the leaf, but de­ lays the fall. Young leaves killed by vernal frosts rot off, but are not shed entire. The autumnal fall of the leaf, then, occurs not because one leaf dies, but because another leaf is born; it is a phenomenon that may be associated with perennial and every springing life, rather than with decay and death. It is a process, therefore, which if it naturally at first excites sentiments of sadness, may and ought, when rightly understood, to call up a cheerful and grateful sense to the power that pro­ vides ample compensation for seeming loss.--Prof. Owen. A Valued Confidential Clerk. I heard of a clerk once in a dry goods store who was smart and quick and a splendid manager, and all that, but he got uppity and biggoty, and put on consequential airs until hfe was very disagreeable, and he took occasion to say to his as-ociates that the concern couldn't possibly get along without him. So the old gentleman, who was the senior partner, called him in the office one day, and says lie: "Mr.^ Jen­ kins, yon have been very efficient, and we appreciate your services, but I hear that you have repeatedly asserted that ii you were to die the concern couldn't possibly survive it, and this worried mo no little, for you. like all men, are liable to die very unexpectedly, and so we have concluded to experiment whilo we are all in health, and see if the con­ cern will survive. So vou will please consider yourself dead for a year, and wo will try it."--Bill Arp, in JLtlmitd Constitution. ; I A Dress Reformer. «. .. "Mrs. Blank is a dress reformer." "I nevf r heard that. I always knew she was a strong-minded woman. Does she wear the new divided skirt?" "No; she wears her husband's breeches."--Kew I ovk Graphic. No WOMAN is educated who is not equal to tue successful management of a K burnap. The Dynamite Chipf Shot ty an York Street. RELIEF IN RESOLUTIONS. PrssissS £&s Ssr Csase* Uss4 • • m* *aitto lAre u twiiera| from His Office. • , WewTork«pecWL] ̂ ̂ A slender young woman, neatly dad in black and wearing steel-bowed ej-e-glasses, sent a summons to O'Donovan Kossa to meet her in Chambers street, near Broad­ way, at 5 this afternoon. She had previous­ ly met Bossa, and he hastened to respond! to her message, which was delivered to him in his office,' No. 12 Chambers street, by a District Telegraph boy. . Rossa walked from his office to the place of rendezvous without any suspicion of impending danger. The greeting between tho young woman and Ross i is described by those who w it- nested it as being cordial. The couple re­ mained standing on the sidewalk about two hundred feet from Broadway for two or three minutes and con-- versed in low tones. Then they stepped into the comdor leading from Chambers street into the Stewart Buildiug. After a while they reappeared, and liossa turned his face toward Broadway and started to walk away. The woman took a few steps with him. then stopped, raised her right arm, and there were a flUsh and a loud re- poi t. Bossa turned quickly, and beheld her within six feet of him, with a smoking revolver in ht r hand. A second report fol­ lowed almost immediately, and the assailed man instinctively raised his hands, as if to shield his head. The young woman stood perfectly still and fired three more shots at Bossa. The bullets rattled on the 6tone and glass of the Stewart Building. City Marshal James McAuley was present at the time, and, breaking through the crowd that had collected even before the shooting was over, seized the woman, who still held the smoking pistol in her hand, and told her she was under arrest. Tha woman offered no remonstrance, but al­ lowed herself, to be taken throneh the mass of citizens and to the City Hall Station- House. George W. Bartow, a merchant of 146 Beade street and Peter Y. Everett, for­ merly a reporter, who witnessed the shoot­ ing, accompanied captor aud captive to the Station, saying they would be witnesses. When the woman had ceased tiring O'Donovan arose to his feet and made an effort to find his way back to his office on Chambers street, which he had just left. He paid: *1 am shot," trying to place his hand on his back under his shoulder-blade. After a few steps somebody in the crowd suggested that he should go to the Cham­ bers Stree Hospital. A c- upleof men lent their arms, and O'Donovan did as suggested and directed his steps toward the hospital. He walked all the way there, a d stance of nearly a quarter of a mile. He bled con­ siderably on the way. Once in the hospital he was undressed and examined by Dr. Dennison. It was found that the bullet had entered his back directly below tho left shoulder- blade. The doctor pronounced the wound not of a dangerous character nnd began to probe for the ball. A great crowd of people had followed the wounded man down Cham­ bers street and blocked the roadway in front of the hospital after the door was locked behind O'Donovan Bossa and his eseort. " Bossa had been placed in a cot in the same ward with Captain Phelan, who was stabbed by Richard Short in O'Donovan's office several weeks ago. O'Donovan was within eight beds of Phelan. An examination of the wound by Dr. Kilty showed that the bullet had penetrated the back about half an inch above the left shoulder-blade. The boll ranged up­ ward and inward toward the spinal column, but did not touch the Vertebra;. The bullet is evidently lodged 4n the muscles of the back, and beyond a slljgfct shock Kossa has suffered little. It was at one time learned that the bullet had penetrated the lung, bnl as the wounded man had expectorated no blood, this was afterward pronounced im­ possible. Had the spinal column been injured there would have been signs of paralysis, but hone appeared. The doctors probed unsuccessfully for the bullet. They concluded that no large blood-vessel had been injured, and as O'Donovan is a fleshy, muscular man of robust constitution there was no danger to be apprehended. Bossa, in the Chambers Street Hospital, made the following statement to Coroner Kennedy: "Saturday, Jan. 31. about 4 p. m.. I received a letter at my office, No. 12 Chambers street The message was in writing and was delivered by a messenger- boy. The note stated that a woman wished to see me; that she was interested, in the Irish cause and desired to assist it. She did not care to go to my office and remain waiting there until I came. She would only ask for ten minutes' time, and the boy told me the woman was at the telegraph office in the Stewart Building, Broadwasr aud Chambers street. I went with him ana met her. I told her it would be well to go to some hotel, as the telegraph office was no place to talk in. We came out and went to Sweeney's Hotel. We went into the la­ dies' parlor, and she said she would be able to give considerable money if any­ thing good was done. She then said she would call Monday. Feb. 2, at 4 p. m. To­ day she sent another message to my office and I went to the same telegraph office and there I met the woman. She showed me a paper which I was to sign. She then suggested that we go to some place. W e walked down Chambers street toward Broadway, and when we got a short dis­ tance the woman stepped back and fired two or three shots at me. One of the balls entered my back." Rossa'a Career. Jeremiah O'Donovan has been a con­ spicuous figure in Irish national affairs fo|| years, says a New York dispatch. He tacked on the word "Bossa," which in Gaelic means "red," after reaching this country. After having been discharged from an English prison, he came to this country with Thomas Francis Bourke, Dr. Denis Dowling Mulcahv, and John Devoy, about 1869. He was engaged in a number of enterprises in New York, having been ticket agent for a transatlantic line of steamers and hotel-keeper. He ran for State Senator in the Fourth Senatorial District against William -"'M. Tweed, and was badly defeated. He opened a hotel at the corner of Chatham Square and Mott street, which for a while did a good busi­ ness, being a great resort for Irish Nation­ alists. His custom fell off, after a time, and Bossa was compelled to shut up the place. He subsequently founded the United Irishman, a radictl dynamite organ, and of. which sheet he is the purported editor. O'Donovan Bossa is 53 years of age, but remarkably well preserved for his years. He has a wife and five children, and lives with his family in his own house, af.&o, ii3 Duryea street, Brooklyn. ' ; •' Rejoicing in Lomtos, J (London cablegram.] The first news of the shooting of Bossa was bulletined in this city at midnight. It caused the wildest excitement among the people on the streets and around the popu­ lar resorts at that hour. Men gathered in groups nt corners to exchange comments upon the affair, and the general impression was that of satisfaction. Persons who hud learned of the shooting stopped even those who were strangers to them to ask if they had heard the news. There were frequent hand-shaking* of congratulation, and even hurrahs, and men rushed to the bars in the hotels shouting out the good news and laud­ ing as a heroine the assailant of the mach- despised dynamiter. A State Convention of Okliftonin Boomers Meets at Topeka, j •*?*»'; tiMW, . 9 * fTOD«k» (Kan.1 dtap«toh.1 has been in session here, with about forty delegates present. Resolutions were adopt­ ed to the effect that the use of the United States army to expel the settlers from their homes in Okl ihotna, who had settled on lands subject to homestead under the laws of Congress, lias but one parallel in his­ tory, to wit: Interference with State legis­ lation of Kansas by United States troops in 1856, iu the old border ruffian days. They denounce as an outrage the use of United S'at-r-; troops to deprive the people of their homes and property with­ out any warrant of 1 iw. and ttiat there is no exense for the recent exercise of arbitrary power in the Ok'ahomv country, and de­ nounce the iuvasion of any territory by an aimed foroo nnd?r.auy pretense as among the greatest of crimes. They aunounce that they ar.1 opposed to interfering with the rights of Indians to their laud-# existing un­ der the laws and treities of the United Slates, and will not defend men in the vio­ lation of their rigbti, and demand also that the protection of the Government should be extended to all settlers alike on the Gov­ ernment lauds: that it is not a crime to settle upo i Government land, but a right given to every American citizen by law: that the Indian title to the Oklohoma lands has been extinguished, and under the laws of the United States statutes the lands are subject to settlement, pre-emption, and homestead. The staud taken by Capt. Couch and his followers was commended. The action of t'io P: esident of the United State* in ordering Col. Hatch to shoot down "man, womea, and children, whose only crime wis a desire to ^venpy Govern­ ment lands," was charac'erized as an out­ rage that would disgrace the worst monarch­ ies of the old world. It also resolved tlvit the boomers have a right to se tie upon the lands, and that they will exercise that right. Tha resolntio is nra finished by declaring that "the dispatches sent by tho Asso­ ciated Press agent at Caldwell relating to the status or settlement of the Oklahoma lands, and charging that there are now cat­ tlemen holding large herds of stock inclos­ ed by fence on said lands, are willfnlly false, nnd calculated to mislead the public." EXPLOSION IN A COAL MINC. Tkiw Mm Killed ami Score# [Deniaou (Texas) dispatch. 1 A terrible explosion of gas occurred re­ cently in a coal mine near Savanna, Indian Territory. There were 10i1 miners working in tha mine at the time of the explosion. Three are reported killed outright, eighty- nine are seriously burned, and forty-two are slightly burned or otherwise injured. The names of the killed are: John Hous­ ton, William Paxon, and Edward Griffiths. Only a jmrtial list is obtainable of those seriously injured, among whom were Mor­ gan Hughes, William Courtney, Peter Far- reil, Frank Grimes, Bohert McChellup, David llichardson, William Boyle, Henry Davidson, Peter Caribou, James Orlander, Charles Turpou, James Besch. George Farr, H. Kerr, John Gibbs, Thornton Miller, Peter Curren, and William Cam­ eron. Savanna is a small vil'age on the Mis­ souri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, ui the very heart of thn Iudiau Nation, about twenty-five miles south of McAllister and fifty mitee north ot Atoka. IRON AS1> STEEtT The Tirade In Th«>M3 Metals Looking Up. [Philadelphia telegram.) A general improvement has overtaken the iron trade of the East, and is showing it­ self at present in an active demand for nails an improved demand for bars, and an active demand for bridge and plate iron. Nails have advanced to $2.15, and will likely ad­ vance to $2.20 or $2.25 within ten days, owing to the fact that there are no stocks to fall back on, and all the factories have been curtailing. Bars are $1.80, and active, and inquiries are arriving ,showing that a good deal of bnslnets is to be done. Beams and channels have be?n reduced from cents to 3 cents, and negotiations are pending for 8,0IKior 4.000 tons of material, for which inquiry has been hanging on tbe market for some time. It is probable that the next large sales of steel rails will be made on a basis of $27, or possibly less. Small sales are made nt $28 and $28.50. Crop ends are selling at $20; old steel springs at $18, and old rails at $17 to $17.50, JLAM'S DAT. # Triumphant March of El ModltPs N Followers Into the City of Khartoum. . --,-- #-- ,c . > WOMEN MOBBED. Dlsgraceful Conduct of Young Hoodlum*. rNew York special.] After the monthly meeting of the Ladies' Health Protective Association in the lect­ ure-room of the Beekman Hill Methodist Church to-day, Mrs. Wendt, Mrs. Tmut- mann, Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Norris, nnd sev­ eral others visited Kane's manure grounds, on the East lliver, to see if Mr. Kane had completed the removal of the filthy stuff, or nearly so. The women were surrounded by more than a hundred children, who kept up a continual yell. As the procession walked along First avenue there were 300 to 400 of the young hoodlums, aud soon rottjn potatoes, pieces of cabbage, old shoes, and tomato cans began to fly. Many of the missiles struck tho ladies on their backs. Two gentlemen endeavored to assist the women, but were beaten off with a shower of bricks. CENTIPEDE COFFEE. §>f,, ,, IsLv-ui .t A WOMAN of Tuckertown, Fla., is sue- cessfully running a saw-mill. A CHILD recently died in Bye, England. it fright caused by a boy wearing a mask. ' j » ( . \ " • • Cnrtou* Cwn of Poisoning; in Texas. [Dallas (Tex.) special.] George Starling brought news to the city to-night that seven wood-choppers were foisoned at dinner to-day on Bois d'Arc sland. about twelve miles from this city, and that William Stroud, John llaynes, George Tripp, and Bob McCall were in a dying condition when he left, and that three others, James Smeed, Thomas Lawrence, and William Boll, were suffering violently. The poison was in the coffee that they drank, and on investigation a worm was found in the dregs which was pronounced by the men in the camp to be a centipede. It is presumed it had been dipped up in a water vessel from the creek near the camp. Physicians with drugs, etc., have hastened to the unfortunates. IT WAS THE CAT. The lllWSill That Dlitnrbed Qr»vt> • COM , grMimen. v [Washington special.) The members and attendants about the Honse lobby have lately been disturbed by catcalls and the crying of young kittens, coming apparently from the solid walls of the lobby. The sounds were mysterious and unaccountable. Workmen were sent for to-day to penetrate the wall to see if Poe's "cat" was walled up in the masonry. The register in the vicinity of the sound was removed and out rolled three little kittens. Some homeless cat had crawled into the heating apparatus and finding her way be­ tween the walls had deposited her young there, where they would be protected from the winter blast-). They have been named after three prominent lobbyists. THE principal of the public schbols at Halley, Idaho, is about to lose his place be­ cause he insists on pronouncing "Indian" "Injun" and plays billiards. HENRY WARD BEECHES has been elected President of the Bevehue Beform Club of Brooklyn. MASK TWAJH smokea tunix ciann a "• » * * '"WW# * , -- dtjb of ine Imnsier ̂ 1 steraatlon Tfcmnghent 1)1 •, England. . Hioadon cablegram.) The streets are filled with an anxioaa aadr dis­ mayed people, eager •» catch the last syllable ol intelligence from the distant Eiryntlan desert Universal depression has taken the place of the jubilant Riadness which a few days ago greeted the news of Stewart's victory near Metemnoh. Thin exciting state of affairs is dne to the fact that intelligence was received this morning that Khartoum had been captured by the Arabian rebels. Nothing is known Of General Gordon, who is nrobably a prisoner in the bands of the victor*. A Cabinet counsel has been summoned to meet at onoe. Gla atone Is tearf ally disturbed by the news, and some people believe he will resign. Acto-dins to the Daily Chronicle, the first telegiam was received at the War Oftioe last night from Gen. Wolsel-y the Ifailjt Tele- urnph. asserting that it did co on official au­ thority, published the report, which, no to i oon, vra* not confirmed by the War Office. Shortly after noon the War Oflic? made pub­ lic a trlcsrram from Gen. Wo'.seiey announc­ ing that t'.ie tall of Khartoum took place on Jan. 2t>. Col. Wilson arrived at Khartoum Jan. 28, and was greatly surprised to And that the enemy were in po*sesnion of that place. H J im­ mediately started on h:s return down the river and proceeded untler a heavy lire rrom the rebels. W hen some miles below the Shnblaka eataradt Col. Wilson's steamers were wrecked, but he and his whole i>arty managed to reach nn island in safety, where they are seenre. A steamer nas gone to bring them back to the British camp near Metemmeh. Gen. Wobeley says he has no intormation regarding the fate of Gen. Gordon, and does not know whether he is dead or alive. Further details reveal the fa'-t that the first news of the fall of Khar- tomn received by Gen Wo'selov was bronght by a messenger, who left the inland where Gen. Wilson got stranded and came on toot to Gubat. Two messengers were dispatched to Kor i, via Abn- Klea and Gakdnl. They reached their des­ tination, which is ranardeil as owing to the news that hhHrtonm's tall was not known in the desert. The intelligence of the disaster, however, has since spread far and wide. Some tribes that hitherto professed iriendsliip for Kngland have declared for El Mahdi. The Arabs still hold Metemneli. The garrison there received the news of the fall of Khartoum with repeated salvos of artillery. When Col. Wilson's flotilla approached Khartonm he was compelled to run the gauntlet ot a heavv fire from both banks. The rebels had four Krnpp guns on the river banks at Halttyeh to bombard the steamers. When the British force reached Omdnrman numbers of rabels con­ tinued the fusillade. Things looked worae when it was discovered that the enemy was in posses­ ion of the island of Tutt, jnst oatside the city. The Knglish still pushed ahead, but were dis­ mayed to find that the garrison commenced fir­ ing upon them. No flags were flying from the public hnildings, and the town appeared in un­ disputed possession ot the enemy. The palace seemed gutted. Finding it impossible to land in face of the overwhelming numbers of rebels, the liritisli were obliged to retire. The rumors concerning the fate of Gen. Gor­ don are many and varied, bnfe all agree that El Mahdi captured Khartoum by treachery. The most reliable reports point to one Faraz Pasha as tbe traitor. It is said that lie, being left in charge of the ramparts, opened the gates on Jan. t(i and admitted the enemy. Some rumors state that El Mahdi, together with a few Levan­ tines, is cooped up in the church. Others say that Gou. Gordon was seen wearing El Malidi's nniior>!\ The majority agree, however, that Gen. Gordon was kilted. Col. Wilson had three steamers, two ot which were wrecked hulf-way between Khartoum and Metemneli. Tho third steamer, bearing Col. Wortley, came on, and brought the news to the British camp near Miteinneli. Lord Wolseley does not consider the British position at Gubat in any immediate danger. Gen. Stewart is doing well. All tbe British wound'd have been brought back to the camp at Gakdul Wells.; A native report s tlmt the Mahdi had fio.ono men in tlie vicinity of Khartoum, and lie introduced a number of his emissaries into the city. These emissaries minified freely with the native troops under Gen. tiordon, and by brilies, threats, and working on their religions feelings induced (.hem to nuitiuy. Seven thousand of the garrison deserted to the rebels, leaving Gen. Gordon only faithful soldiers. With this small force be attempted to hold the city against the Malidi's gn at army, but after severe fighting, iu which a large number ot rebels were killed, he was compelled to surrender. Military authorities arc of the opinion that Gen. Gordon sent the gre >ter part or his troops down the Mile to meet Stewart's forces, and eo depleted the garrison in the town and citadel of Khartoum that an attack by the enemy from Omdnrman was rendered much easier. The greatest activity prevails at the War Depart­ ment and many officials remained on duty all last night. The capture of Khar­ toum has cr ated grave fears, especially in army circles, for the safety of Gen. Stewart and his army. A number of military officers of repute even express the opinion that unless re-enforce­ ments are hurried forward to Korti the fall of Khartoum may lead to disasters to the forces under Lord Wolseley and Gen. Earle. It is un­ derstood that the fsll of Khartonm will not check the advance of Gen. Wolseley, whose main body of troops will probably march across the desert nt once and besiege Khartoum at the earliest moment. Commander Cameron, the African explorer, has offered to start immedi­ ately for the Soudan. Troop ships are being fit­ ted hp at Portsmouth. At a council held at the War Office this even­ ing it was decided to advise the dispatch of 3,000 troops to Huakin immediately. Gen. Stephenson telegraphs that R.ooo men will be needed to clear the road to Berber, as the news of the fall of Khartoum will Induce the central tribes to join Osman Digna. Gen. Htephenson also advises the present strength of the troops in up]>er and lower Kgypt to be maintained, and re-enforcements to be drawn from England and India. Gen. Wolseley has renewed his de­ mand for an expedition to Suakin of men under Gen. Greaves Orders have been dis­ patched to Woolwich to immediately prepare to send a month's rations for K.OOO men for the Kliaitoum expedition. Wilfrid Blunt, th6 friend and counsel for Ara- bi Pasha, says that it is his opinion that El Mahdi, being humane and well accustomed to Uitt usages of war, will treat Gen. Gordon welL CHARLKS GEORGE GORDON. A Sketch of the Remarkable British Sol­ dier's Carver. Ma1. Gen. Charles George Gordon come* ot old Highland stock, but was born at Woolwich England in 1833. He was educated at Taunton and at the Woolwich Military Academy, where ho obtained his commission in the Iioyal Engineers. His earliest employment was at Pembroke, but he was ordered to Corfn during the Crimean war and soon was actively engaged. Here he made such a mark' as to bring him distinguished employ­ ment wnen the war ended. Afterward he acted as Asssistant Boundary Commissioner in Bes­ sarabia and Armenia. At this time the Chinese war broke out and he joined the army which was advancing on l'ekin, and arrived in time to witness the surrender of that place and the de­ struction of the Summer Palace. In 186'J the Taiping rebellion had made great progress, and the insurgents had nearly arrived at (Shanghai. Gordon and the British trcops were engaged in driving them away. The leader of the rel>ellion, like the Mahdi, thought himself inspired, and called himself tue second celAtial brother. Although impeded by every imaginable opposition and obstacle. Gordon managed the campaign against the horde of fanatical rebels with eon-' Humiliate military skill. Several mutinies oc­ curred in his troops, but by his firm manner of dealing with the ringleaders the outbreaks were nipped in the bud. His whole con­ duct of the campaign Was such as to gain for him the warmest admiration in military cir­ cles. The six years following this he sjient at home, and were marked by good deeds done by stealth. He spent liis salary as royal en- giueej on the poor and in teaching boys whom he had picked out of the gutter. His houae was school, hospital, and almshouse in turn. After a brief service as Commissioner at Galatz, Gordon succeeded Sir Samuel Baker as Governor of the tribes in up­ per Egypt, and hts first act astonished every one but his friends. The Khedive ottered t'im a salary of $r>0,0( 0, but he would only acoept $10,1 to*i, his former pay at Galatz. He lauded at Su'ikin Februuiy, 1873; reached Berlser in March, ascended the river iti March, and then started for Gondokoro. Heie he began his work, and his policy soon relieved the suffer­ ing people from the horrible oppression, »nd curbed where it did not suppress entirely the abominab'e slave-hunters. He investigated the work personally, aud abol­ ished many abuses when he found them. He went among the miserable, degraded people, ministering to their wants with his own hand. In 1*77 he obtained the command of the entire Soudan and was also deputed to look into the affairs of Abyssinia. This he did with good ef­ fect and then returned to Khartoum to rebegin his work as a. reformer. Unable to stop bribery, for example, he put the money Into the trta^nry. H> established a water supply which, dur ng the long siege, has proved price­ less. After Gordon quitted the Soudan he re­ turned to Europe, accompanied Lord Kipon to India, bnt resigned his post at Bombay; subse­ quently went to South Africa to assist in ter­ minating the war in Basutoland, a task he tailed in accomplishing. He again started for the Soudan in January, 18X4, npon the sudden command of Gladstone and the Cabinet. Hts operations since that time have been cio*eiy fol­ lowed by readers the world over. i f . . I t u ? i 0 | • PRAven by ti^ltAHyinin, a rl minutes, and aidjoarament, sum total of tlie proceedings of the id Inst The Honse met helm, and during praycra the !£,T'<srSg2S*&' A large numbs* or member* sprim* ~t#- bills on criminal jurisprudence, and Mr. of Sang* men. got tn a resolution to i tweatjr-flve page* and net mora llsiln men. Thia resolution was carried by avthretaen;,: vote, and a motion to adjourn m mt u| >->j c* tried. ^ MR. KEIXT'S amended resolution Car •' •"*'% joint session of the two houses on Tnesdaf aatf " Wednesday. Feb. 10 and 11. to IsOot far UaiMI States Senator, came up in the Senate on IfceM inst., bnt no action was taken, the UepabUaana t being opposed to th) propoetttoa. Baastwr \ Funk's pleuro-pneumonki resolution was", adopted, liills were introduced aa follow*? Br Senator Bell, amending the titutlou Ipr so as to prevent the tpltipca by Senator Wheeler, special appropriations tor tbe KSBkMSe Asy um; by Senator South worth, a 1» enabling the Billsbero School Trnstesa 4$ chase and dispose ot some real estate;by Sanaqpr. Oruan, changing the time for holdfnir odlm fp 'tthite County; by Senator Hogae, the M§ti? roid act providing for pi lliniliilll lllgflll--IJWij by Senator Mason, enabling Board* ot SdSMK ̂ tion in cities of more than 3U,000 to exMIBbW' tne right of eminent domain. .JM "Imr Honse Sir. Crafts ottered a ntoluttaa 'CXMla Tuesday, Feb. 10, at it a. m., aa the ttawflar tlft- Senatoriai election. The Republicaiie<MMM# the resolution by tilibnstachut tattjfin ftliiihng the bills introduced were the following: Wy Fuller, to appropriate (so,!**) foe maVlnf uXi Illinois exhibit at tbe Xew Orleans I^apositfdpS ' by Mr. Baker, to abolish convict labor; lijr 5 Bickeihaupt, to amend toe Harper * license bill so as to provide a form liquor-license of $200 per «« by Mr. Houtell, to regulate elections hi by Mr. Campbell, to appropriate *i»,ono far "HE building the South lntirmarv at the Kanjtafeat-. V Insane Asylum, whieh was reoently bntned: br Mr. Dill, to repeal the Harper high Ueenae har: by Mr. Fu lcr. to prevent the adulteration of food and drugs; by Mr. Harper, toprovMstog the appointment by the Governor of a Copmfi* sioner to look after the pension, bounty, and other claims of citizens of illtaofo who aarred U the late, war; by Mr. Parker, to enable the city of Chicago to transfer Jefferson and Uuten Parks to the control of the Park Commissioners; by Mr. ~ ~ of Jackson, to authorize the ernor to appoint a State Agent at Waal to attend to the business Of foMiers and who served in the lato war; by Mr. Snndetina. to prohibit all persons not registered from row­ ing at elections; by Mr. Quinn, to oonaotidate the t wo State Penitentiary Boarda and aboflah convict labor; by Mr. TRprnas, to hwalfae pri­ mary elections and provide far their govern­ ment ; also to provide for the protection ot citi­ zens of Illinois in their civil righta, maklM obligatory the admission of ctikned people ̂ all public places, including hotels, barber-ahosn and places of amusement. A JOINT resolution requesting Illinois Be*;' stor-; and IU-prescntatives In Congress to use theft" influence for such legislation aa will open, tin ' j Oklahoma country to settlement untax the homestead laws, was ottered in the Senate (Ma the 4th inst. by Mr. Streeter. The foUowthffMllg were introduced and referred: By Senator GiU- the railroad and wamhowae aet ltd chESS ham. amending by making the Commissioners elective lengthening the term to six years; by f Hereley, repealing tlie act of two ago which shut out several elevated railroad enterprises; by Streeter, making the passenger .fare on the larger railroads not to exoeed two and one-half cents per mile and tlires centa on the smaller ones; by Sen itor Ciough,amendiiurthe act concerning lease, bailments, and conditional sales of railway rolling-stock so as jo enable car-irust companies to tile mortgages with the Secretary of State instead ot in every ooanty where the line runs; by Senator Hamilton, male- : Ing an appropriation of |5,<)b0 for tbe purohaae of books for the state Law Library; al»ov mak­ ing an appropriation of $.(,000 for refUraiahinjr the library; by Senator Hogan, amending tfia act to indemnify owners oi sneep so aa to require the licensing of doga; ojr Senator Hogan, making an appropriation m for the ereettob of addition*! bnlhQTlga at the Southern Illinois Penitentiary: by Sena­ tor Merritt, the "bucket-shop act oC two yann ago compelling Boards of Trade, etc., to mates their quotations public; by Senator Maann, two ' : •i bills to permit guarantee or anrety no "pa»iea ' "justness m the State, practically brnutfng them undo: the general insurance lawa. Tho thegonaewaa greater part of the session of frittered away in n fight over ating (5,000 for the Illinois Orleans Exposition. There waaa a proposition ot Mr. Keyea to ts.ooo for tbe Woman's Department. Thai to n!o«(L and with t> nr«lnrftit TV Wile it* " "• oiuiura toVuiiv iwuniu *sm- substitute forthe DemooraUor teat against the artkte fr ex-<3. the Leinan-Brand case. The ant that a flagrant fraud had been 1 that the tkanka of all honest the ex-Governor far the part ] ing a Democratic achHne to jority. ot the Legislature. was ordered before a vote The Democratic caucus to ^KMB toriai c andidate was held in the jt St . Nicholas Hot -1. two Senators and < resentatives (tnolnding Hainee and Olr being absent. A motion to postpone the I \v.is voted down, and Mesara. Hantaan and Morrison were placed in nomination, the ballot resulting, after changes had been made: Mer- risou, ii7; Harrison, It; and BchulhuM fe vflb nomination of Morrison Waa made ttntnfUWns. Morrison and Harrison addreaaed tha. aaMM*» ing, and the caucus adjourned after the an­ nouncement was made that O'DonneU wouaft support the nominee. THE discussion of the Brand-Leman •"Mr took no the entire time of the Senate on tht Mh inst. Mr. Streeter (Dem.) defended the'vllon of Gov. Hamilton. Further speeohea ̂ on the question by Senatora White,r Cochran, and Hlnehart. At Mr. suggestion the Whiting substitute i to the Committee on Elections and h reached on Duncan's resolution oensndn* Gov. Hamilton. This was lost by 21 ayee te Mnaea, Streeter voting with the fopnhltoaao. <lttbe bills to amend the election laws wetei In the Senate. They provide for exceeding 300 voters, for the election of ja^Ne h# minority representation, for polling-p:aaaB ant side of saloons or bowttng-afleys, aadfatMh ing the polls at 6 a. m. and closing theaa**4V- at The House spent two hours m a quaftM over the appointment of pages. Mr. flnv, at <MK tian, offered a resolution thit no page ahonld he appointed who was related to a member af : wife, bnt it was ruled out by the Clpir. 1 discussion ended by defeating the for more pages. Mr. West's joint _ recommending the passage of the bill fore Congress providing a quarantine pleuro-pueumonla and other contagions diseases was passed without debate. A feWbiBa, of local interest only, were introduced In the- House. The Republican Senatorial cancua HM* in the ladies' ordinary at the Leland HIM, in the evening. Senator Mason waa made Chair- man. Logan was nominated by Mr. Vhltlna who said by nominating him no mtataka, cenla possibly >:e made. It being certain that no other nominations would be mar!a, tha aeooa&lHK speeches were many. Representative Cooky was the first. When Mr, Schartkn rasa hfe waa. greeted wiin a storm of ftanta. Ha had been quoted as one who would not go into caucus. He seconded the nomination Ott behalf of the Grand Army of the HcpaMk. Ha was followed by Senators Thompson, dough aud Morris, Representatives Hamilton and Pifca. Mr. Fowler cut off all opportunity to teeaid ab­ sentees by moving that Logan be naaatnatod by acclamation, which was carried witk K wild ciieer. While the committee waa ab­ sent to bring Logan befogp the members joined in singing ing Through Georgia." Logan w re­ ceived with great applause. In infer*-* dining him Maaon saidr "Although X the cheek usual to Cook Qqnnty, 1 will noir give a greater exhibition of tt than ever br In­ tro a ucmg John A. Logan te thle SepnbUoaB caucus." In giving thanks for the honor con­ ferred, the General said that he meant to attaia the Senatorship by honest and honorable maana ̂ or not at all. Ex-Governor Hamilton and othere also made speeches, calling npon KepafeHoansto. stand firmly together, and the canons i with cheers. Chantictoer ia Cl--tie IjrtMh Cock fights -were represented % tfc* Greeks on coins aud cut stance. Mr. Pcgge caused engravings to be made of two gems in the collection of Sir Will­ iam Hamilton, on one of which is seen a cock in the hnmble attitude of do- feat, with its head hanging down, and another in the attitude of victory, witk an ear of corn in its bill as the object of contest. On the other stone two cocks are lighting while a mouse carries away the ear of corn, for the posses­ sion of which they had quarreled. Two cocks in the attitude of lighting are . ^ represented also on a lamp found la ' Herculaneum.--Boston Budget. SITTING BULL announces that be would like to be made a eitiien and allowed to TOtt. EVERY day ia a little life, and ||| whole life is bnt a day repeated. There* fore live every day as if it would be tfe* s. ̂ j) last.--St. Jerome. ., > •V'.' ONE of the best ways to ieamJMpr to foretell tne weather is to go oiiplp get a case of rheumatics, and kMjp close by you. , ABABI PASHA, » CsjkjLliMH' J T eloped into a achool teaelttr andWana . JL « . . . . 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