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®ht 3*uScnr8 §lamdtaUr. J. VAU SLYKE, Pususatt. McHENf|K»>w. imsroia V~*h~ V » O «UV VA ?nn gMMil lflK QUVUlH «BW aSSSe salt sad with ft beaten ,4 AKRICULTI^A*® DOMESTIC. ArJud tfte Tirm* ESEP your afferent Muds of stock in .separate fields »u* yards; |f safe way. FINE -wool being only forty-four cents a pound, lower than since 1857, it is wise to shut up merino rams for the season and cross with (Dots wold. IN M JkinO F^FTETSREES, they will be strongemf faetobat side of the whiffle- tree is nearest the heart timber and the back side toward the bark; they will re­ tain their shape longer if the timber be split in this direction, across the grain of the wood. MILCH COWS don't shrink in milk ex­ cept they are under-fed. Therefore, as the pastures are Almost usfed sp, feed as much as two quarts of meal and bran daily to each cow. Poor economy to starve a cow now and waste food in fill­ ing her up ji! the spring. EVERTFHIKI* about the granaries and corn c$bs ghoWd be made safe against vermin, r'".'Several cats may be fed at the *%*.cost of on® dtog, and they earn their feed far more profitably. Make holes where they can get in ana out of the buildings j and under them, but ft foot or more above .the ground, that skunks may not take possession. GROWHTO BOIATOFESI TJNJMBB SWBAW.-- One ot'ntf neighbors last season raised Is of fine potatoes per acre und«t! straw, while the rest of us in open gfotind hardly got our seed back, the %swuneif being extremely hot and diry. His plan is to plant every shallow (one 6i two inches deep) in rows 18 inchew apart, and when the potatoes are beginning to come up to cover with strawto tine depth of eight or ten inch­ es. llris straw is of advantage in dry seasons, .showing but little if any bene­ fit, and <> (sometimes a positive damage, in wet.--New York Tribune. THE BEST FARHER.--The best fanner is he who raises the best and largest crops on the smallest surface of land at the least expense, and at the same time annually improves his soil; who under­ stands his business and attends to it; whose manure heap is very large and al­ ways increasing ; whose corn crib and smoke house are at home ; who is sur­ rounded by all the necessaries and com­ forts of life; who studies his profession, and strives tc reach perfection in it; keeps a strict sCfOunt of Ms out-goes as well as his iiredttesrimd who knows how he stands at the end of each season. Such a fanner, in nine times out of ten, will succeed, and "not only make farming a pleasant but profitable occupation. Try It aii& see Ikow it is yourself, reader, -i-Farmer** Vindicator. A CORRESPONDENT of the Building News says : " Nothing can be better to exdtode rats than to concrete the surface of the ground beneath wood floors ; not only for this, but also to prevent, as well, damp rising. AU ground floors, whether wood, payed, or tiled, should have a layer of concrete, three inches to four inches thick, between them and the soil. I hflyebeen in the habit of doing this for years, and all such, houses have dry floors, and are vermin proof, as far as the latter are concerned, as rats cannot disturb ^ell-made concrete. The con­ crete should be made of moderately fine gravel (broken flint or glass added to it as an improvement), mixed with Port­ land cement, in the proportion of one of cement to seven of gravel. Not too * much water should be used, but the ce­ ment must be thoroughly mixed with gravel, and, when deposited in place, well trodden: or beaten with a grass- beater. Hrr<5e or four inches at most is sufficient in thickness." THE best, time to cut hard wood"fbr durability is early winter before the sap has ft'thought of moving. December is far better than February, and November or even October, often better than later. During the latter part of the growing season those substances which, with ac­ cess of water, form and enrich the sap, fere produced in the ̂ ood. Th«y <n»du- tlly become soluble as the winter ad­ vances,, and before spring fairly opens (trees varying considerably in time) are in a; soluble condition, and taxing the eoil Jor water to carry them to every twig and swelling bud. If cut thus, when filled with water or when full of coluble substances, the durability of the timber is much less than when these eubsipnees are in a chiefly insoluble con­ dition, as they are in the autumn. The abov9 indicates a general principle. It m^howfever, be considerably modified , in practice. For many trees may be cut I in full lea* even shortly after midsum­ mer to good advantage. For firewood it is important to out soon after the leaves fuL " JB i J- **"* *** TOOTHACHE of the most excruciating sort may be relieved by alum and salt, pulverized, mixed in equal quantities, ramd applied to the hollow tooth in a - plug of cotton. WHEN color on a fabric has been de­ stroyed by acid, ammonia is applied to neutralize the acid, after which an appli­ cation of chloroform will, in almost all cases, restore the original color. BATE TOOTH POWDER.--Mix portions of powdered chalk and cliarcoal, adding a small quantity of powdered curd soap. This simple recipe not only cleanses the teeth, but is pre­ servative against decay. A PIECE of red pepper the size of your <t&ngar nafl, put into meat or vegetables • theft beginning to cook, will aid greatly in killing the unpleasant odor ^ arising therefrom. Remember this for p. boiling cabbage, green beans, onions, -'̂ 'chickens, mutton, etc. I; «»{F KEEPING MICE OUT.--Mouse holes in I walls and closets should be first filled |f. 4 • with lime and afterward pasted over with f; :tiu, plaster of Paris, mixed with water. It - --7 j is a good plan to keep a paper of the lat- Y > ter in every house, as it is useful m flll- | .»'tidng crocks, and, in fact, comes in many ^^<te*«othfcr ways into household economy. FRIED MACKEREL.--For frying, take small mackerel, as fresh as possible. Wash thgnv dry them in a clean cloth ancflrare'tliflan deeply in the back, mak- Ocason them with psssssr. Qscwsfissa j, c*ad than cover them thickly with grated bread-crumbs. Fry th«*m in boiling lard and dish them hot. To Miw Boom Winonoar.-Beef tallow font ounces, resin one amuse, beeswax one ounce. Melt together. &ddt when cold, a quantity of neat's foot oil equal tofche mass. Apply with a raff, wanniiifif the boots Deiore a fire, to the soles as well as up­ pers, «*T»1 nib in well wiiii th« wiu. Two applications, ii is saiu, will sake the boots thoroughly waterproof and still keep them soft. To KEEP the lips soft, use this salve : White wax three drachms, spermaceti one and a half, drachms, olive oil six drachms, alkanet root one drachm. Melt the wo* and spermaceti in a cup, then the oil and root in another, near the fire ; strain through muslin, or fine linen, and mix with the wax ; add Dalsam, of Peru one drachm, essence of bergamot ten drops, otto of rose five drops. MOTHS will work in carpets in rooms that are kept warm, in the winter as well as in thetfummer. A sure method of re­ moving tne pests is to pour strong alum- water on the floor to the distance of half a yard, snmnd the edges, before laying the carpets,. Then, oaee or twice during the season, sprinkle dry salt over the carpet beforo sweeping, Insects do not like salt, and sufficient adheres to the carpet to prevent their alighting ii|wnit?. What UglyItoes Women *,'[ Canova chose five hundred beautiful women from whom to model his Venus, and'among them all could not find a de­ cent set of toe®. If he lived nowadays what luck would he have under the dain­ ty little buttoned boots, with their sharp- pointed heels. As soon as the helpless baby can pnt its foot on the ground, and before it can complain in words, shoes are put on it by which the width of the toes are con­ tracted fully half an inch ; and usually a stiff counter is ordered in the heel, with some vague idea of ** strengthening the ankle." From that time, no matter how watchful or sensible its parents may be in other respects, these instruments of torture always constitute part of its dress. The toes ate forced into narrower space, year by year, " to give a good shape to the foot, until they overlap and knot and knob themselves over with in­ cipient corns and bunions. Then the heel is lifted from the ground by artifi­ cial. means, and thus the action of the calf muscles is hindered and the elastic cartilage of the whole foot is stiffened at the earliest and most tender period of its growth. The results are a total lack of elasticity in the step and carriage, and a foot in­ evitably distorted. American women are noted for their cramped and mincing walk. Southern children are more for­ tunate in this matter than those in the North, as it is customary, even in the wealthiest .classes, k? lei tkeisr'fsstgs covered until the age of six. Mothers in the North are not wholly to blame, however, as the climate re­ quires that the feet shall be covered, and it is almost impossible, even in New York, to find shoes properly made for children, unless a last is ordered for the foot. As a new last would be required every month or so, very few parents are able to give the watchfulness and money required; but, if the proper shape were insisted upon by those buying shoes, dealers would quickly furnish them.-- Cincinnati Commercial. 1 mm BUdHil YOUitre TROUBLES. T8M» Old Mormon Now Destr«a to Anil WhiMU of the Nation's Laws. An inter--ting case came up before a Cabinet meeting here to-day. It was the oaae of Brigham Young--whether he ogald be legally imprisoned for his neglect to pay ahmoay to Ann Ellita xoang. The case in brief is as follows: Some that; ago J^ax EKro decree, granting a verdict of KKGGG i» pay her counsel fees, and an allowance for alimony. Brigham paid the $3*000 counsel fees, but has since refused to pay the alimony. Judge MeKean, before whom the case was originally ttfsd, shortly after the trial of the case re­ signed. Recently his successor noted the fact that the decree of the court ordering Young to pay alimony had not been com­ plied with. In order to soctore this * compliance, Brigham Young was on'yes-* terday imprisoned. The case hat* be$n presented here on to-day by the counsel of Young to see if he cannot be legally released. The view advanced by them is certainly a new one, and it is a wondes that this point was not mentioned in the, trial of the case before Judge McKean. They claim that under the United States law the seventeenth wife of Brigham Young has no standing in the court, and that she, in becoming his wife, under the Mormon law, voluntarily consented to become Ms concubine* under the United States law, and that*, therefore, her claips are not entitled to respect in a Federal court, It is a pusde to the aveiage individual how this case can come up here at, the present time. . If this point is such a good one it is won- de*ed why Brigham did not make the point when Ann Eliza first sued for divorce, and still further, it is a source of surprise that any representation! should be made here when the local oourts of Utah are surely refuges of redress in the case of justice being mis- applied. However, things happen so often here out of the regular order that it should not be such a source of sur­ prise that Brigham should ajpply to the paternal govemment to adjudicate upon a question which, if settled in his favor, will result in his release from imprison­ ment. Young, in allowing this point against his seventeenth wife, surely does not stand by the Mormon doctrines, for in very self-defense, from the demands of Ann Eliza, he can find no better plan than to take advantage of the United States laws, and claim that under them she was only his concubine. The case was but briefly discussed in the Cabinet to-day, and 'was then referred to the Attorney-General for a decision. Mr. Pierreponfc, before examining the case, remarked casually to a friend that he did not see how Ann Eliza's claims for alimony could be sustained, as surely the law could not recognize the relations of seventeenth wife. Another reaefe the soene, of the son. Thus were seven persons hurled into eterniiy in a twinkling.--Middieport (O.) New*. BngVSfe of Knowledge. to rap AWAT BEDBUGS. Dilute oil of sassafras with water, sprinkle thto aheefcs with it and the bogs wilPleave in a hurry. Oil of pennyroyal also exerfhiut.' It lea*w» * yellow stain, >but that can be removed in the wadh. Equally good for mosquitoes. I is Heavy Bank Robbery. 5 A recent dispatch from Scranton, Pa., says : The First National Bank of Pittston was broken into last night by a, band of burglars, and robbed of $40,000 in bonds and money. The robbers by a dexterous maneuvre effected an entrance to the vault, having entered the building through the roof, where they blew open two spherical safes, from which they ab­ stracted the money and decamped. The bank is a one-story brick structure, with a flat tin roof. Through this roof the robbers cut ft hole with a tinsmith's shears several days ago, so as to have it ready for election night, taking the pre­ caution to adjust it again with putty to prevent the rain from going through. The hole is about eighteen inches square, and through this three of the gang de­ scended into the vault by 'means of a rope ladder, leaving two confederates outside to watch and assist them in es­ caping, The vault is guarded by a strong door supplied with a burglar alarm, but they left that unmolested, and entered through the top of the vault. This is occupied by three strong spherical safes, two of which were blown open with powder and rifled of their contents, in­ cluding LaekawaD*\a and Bloomsburg railroad bonds, amounting to $11,60# ; ^ilkesbarre city bonds for $5,000, and Pittston Seminary bonds for $1,000, be­ sides some $20,000 worth of bonds of the Oxford Iron Company, of New Jersey, and a quantity of cash, amounting in all to over $40,000 in bonds and money. ̂ A Physician's Brain* The aotopsy of Dr. Athon's brain es­ tablishes the claim of medicine to being an almost exact science. The first stroke of paralysis, involving the left side, natu­ rally enough excited a great deal of in­ terest among the city doctors, and it was agreed, that it was caused bj; the bursting of a small blood vessel in the right hemisphere of the brain. The sec­ ond stroke, it was also decided, was caused by a more serious rapture in the left hemisphere, necessitating a more complete paralysis of the right side. The doctors also diagnosed the cause of the trouble--fatty degeneration of the blood vessels of the base of the brain. They even .told the exact location of the two blood' clots that formed in the brain. After death the dots--the smaller one on tiie right and the larger one on the left--were found just as they had been predicted, and dissection revealed so ex­ tensive a, weakening of the blood vessels by fatty degeneration that it was a mat­ ter of wonder the doctor had lived so long. The brain itself was large, solid, and fine-looking in texture. It weighed nearly fifty-four ounces. Beiore the autopsy a well-known physician staked his reputation on finding the larger blood clot in a certain locality, and agreed to quit the practice of medicine if it was not found there. He even pre­ dicted the siae of it.--JndiunanoUs Merld. given for Brigham's appeal to Washing­ ton is the fact that he daiaas that the nf TTtali have been -organised by dflfligning politicians with she yw* of persecuting Waihinglon Dit- patch " Fire and the Sword in Spain. A correspondent of the London Times writes as follows from Santander, Spain: It is impossible for any one not on the spot to realize the wanton devastion of property and barbarity to persons with which the civil war is being carried on by the combatants in the Basque Pro­ vinces and Navarre. Many an English tourist who has entered Spain by Irun, en route to Sebastian, must remember the fair country, sprinkled with farm­ houses, orchards, maize fields and groves on gentle acclivities which spread be­ tween thoBe two places. It is now almfpt a wilderness of trampled crops, tree* de­ stroyed and homesteads burnt. The same picture of desolation presents it­ self in Navarre, except that instead of orchards the vineyards are out down with hatchets by the government troops. With this material ruin, the savage spirit of the war becomes more intense,, and, although neither party publicly admits the act, scarcely any quarter is given on either side. The reprisals of Gen. Trillo go too far and are cruelly unjust, because the places he has directed to be destroy­ ed are open towns, or rather villages, not occupied militarily by the enemy, where­ as, Hernani, Guetaria and San Sebastian, which arc feeing cannonaded by the Oswi- iBte, play tho part of fortresses, and are therefore liable to br fired upon. . The pen.cefui places thus doomed by the Al- fonsine chief also contain the houses, shops, stores and furniture belonging to numbers of Liberals. Supporters of the government, who, obliged to fly or ex­ pelled from their houses by the Carlists, will think their devotion to it ill-requited by this wanton destruction of their property. How little AHee Di 4. . < Not long ago Bev. Mr. Winaof|taf Redwing, Minn., met with a painful loss in the burning of his daughter Alice. Her breast, abdomen, legs, arms and hands were shockingly burned, and af­ ter a few hours she died.. She was only about five years old, and as she lingered between heaven and earth a little while, she asked her mother to lie on the bed with her, and when this request was granted she said, " Sing to mo ' I am Jesus' little lamb.'" As her stricken mother tried to press back the torrent of grief that welled up in her heart, and sang the words, the dear little sufferer made an effort, with her failing strength, to put one of her crisped arms around her neck. Afterward, as death drew nearer, she requested her father to sing, "Rock of ag6s, cleft for me," and seemed to be soothed by those grand old words.--St. Paul T>i%patcK. " ~ " ~" I Excellent paper pillows may be made Of old letters--the stiffer the paper the better. Newspapers will not d». The paper should be cat into slips and rolled round an ivory knitting-kneedle. It is then almost like a spring, and makes a much better cushion than the torn pa­ per, being mow • - -7-. . VAMTK OF CORN-COBS. v Th» average yield of corn-cobs m 7. 62 parts of carbonate of potash in 1,000 parts of the cobs, which is nearly twice as much as is furnished by the best specimens of wood. The com crop of this country will supply 15,400,000,000 pounds of oobe, from which 115,500,000 pounds of potash might be made. ilNIMENT. Put Into spirits of turpentine as much camphor gam as it will cut; then add as much laudanum as there is turpentine, when it is fit for use. I have ueed ihis liniment myself repeatedly, when hurt by being kicked or otherwise injured by horses, and can recommend it to other? for injuries inflicte-d in like manner. It will be found as efifatattt md vahaable as it is simple. TO BEHOVE ISK FROM PAPER. Take one pound of chloride of lime, thoroughly pulverized, and four quarts m mtt wafer. Shake thoroughly ana let it ntend twenty-four hours; strain through a cotton ofoth; add a teaapoonfnl of aoetio acid to every ounce of the chlo­ ride of lime water. Dip a stick in the fluid, and apply it without rubbing to the blot When the ink has disappeared, absorb the fluid with a boiler, and the paper is immediately ready to write upon again. SIMPLE REMEDY TO PURIFY WATCKR. It is not generally known, as it ought to be, that pounded alum possesses the property of purifying the water. A lar^e teaspoonful of pulverized alum sprinkled into a hogshead of water--the water stirred round at the time will, after the lapse of a few hours, by pre­ cipitating to the bottom the impure ar­ ticles, so purify it that it will be found to possess nearly all the freshness and> clearness of the finest spring water. A pailful containing four gallons may be purified by a single teaspoonfnl. CKESZRVING FRUIT. . Fruit is kept in Bussia by being1 packed in creosotized lime. The lime is slaked in water in which a little creosote has been dissolved, and is allowed to fall to powder. The latter is spread ovei Dotiom OX H UCIU uOXj DO HUvui viiij in thickness. A sheet of paper is laid above, and then ihe fruit. Over the fruit is another sheet of paper, then more lime, and so on until the box is full, when a little finely pow­ dered «h»rco«l is paotfld in the corners,, and the lid tightly closed. Fruit thus inclosed will, it is laid, remain^ good fof a year. • • - • *4 A USEFUL HINT. If a finger ring becomes too tight to pMa the joint of the finger, tie. finger should first be held in cold water to re­ duce any swelling or inflammation. Then wrap a rag soaked in hot water around the ring to expand the metal, and l*a% soap the finger. A needle threaded wim strong silk can then be passed between the ring flnger9 and a person hold­ ing the two ends, and pulling the silk, while sliding it around the periphery of the ring, will readily remove the lattefw Another method is to pass a piece of sewing silk under the ring, and wind the thread in pretty close spirals closely around the finger to the end--that below the ring--and begin unwinding. « THE CUBA'S qUESTfOS. Wh* S^rsss Spain and the Vnttod states--views of the President. A press dispatch from Washington says: "Since Caleb Gushing went to Madrid in the oapaoity of Minister of the United States, less than two years ago, theoa have been four different changes of the Spanish Cabinet These changes ass the prsvaJeiuw of «iyil war have af­ fected and necessarily delayed the trana- pntion of tha hnsiiHWia with which he was iasfcractiotiE he received j from the government had reference en­ tirely to the acteftl state of the Island of Cuba and its relations to the Unitqd States as well as to Spain. He was also furnished with a selection, in chrono­ logical order, of the numerous dispatches whix&had passed between the two gov- ssnis6*»K TVom them lie derived atrs ertiea, even to we extent of having tin explosive quaHtifia removed. InvWof xBoem in flRanropnen on smp-Doaara, where the means of the extinction oc fires appear in general to be of limited and ineffectaal nature, an apparatus in which this vapor might be employed should prove useful. ILLINOIS 1TEX8. CAIJKG'U** has voted in favor of bogs running at largo m county. t , 5 . THS W«lsn uietjs had to o&eci its **"*» elk*; came it was beooming too vicious. IT is estimated that 12,000 hogs have died of cholera in Morgan county dar­ ing the past year* and tke disease s$BL rages. » FATHERS WAMON, Geist, and Span- , srler. Hire© old and respected citizens oi" information, not only concerning j Plainfield, Will connty,1kave been buried special questions which had arisen from within a week. J1 A Horrible StorjK hwve heavd of a very stressing accident occurring in Jackson County, W«st Virginia. It was a " house-rais­ ing." As is customary on such occa­ sions, chickens had been killed by chop­ ping off their heads, Two little sons of the owner of the house to be raised saw the chickens thus guillotined, end dur­ ing, the day concluded to repeat the opera­ tion. It was just at a time when the men were lifting a heavy log into its place. The father, who was holding one end of the log, casting his eyes toward the little fellows, one of whom had the axe raised to sever the neck of his brother, let go of the lop to save the boy, and it fell, killing six men, two instantly, the others living only a few hoint. The saw fell time to time, but also respecting the genejal purposes and policv of the Presi­ dent in the premises, The discussion of the Spanish Cabinet's reply to what is called in the late Madrid telegram, vThe Washington Note," has reference to the unsettled questions between the two countries, the statement of them being free from the verbiage of corre- spondence, and presented in a compara­ tively brief memorandum. The exact points of this official paper cannot bo ascertained, but they may be inferred from the vfows of the President whlofii form the basis of the instructions to Minister Cashing, and which show that the President regards the civil dissen sions is. Cuba, and especially thesan- gni'̂ arj hostilities, such as nave been prevailing there for the last seven years, as producing effects in the United States seocmd in gravity only to those which tfcay produce in Spain. Meantime the political relation of the United States to Cgba is altogether anomalous, seeing that for any injuqr done to the United States or their citizens in Cuba the United States has no direct means of redress there, and can obtain it only by loi|j and circuitous action by way of Madrid . The ultimate issue of events in Cuba will be its independence, how­ ever that issue may be produced, whether by means of negotiation, or as the resnlt of military operations, or of one of those unexpected incidents which so frequently determine the fate of na­ tions. The continuation of the insur­ rection grows day by day more insup­ portable to the United States; and while tbn attention of this govemment in fixed on Cuba in the interest of humanity, by a* horrors of civil war prevailing mere, it cannot forbear to reflect that the exist­ ence of slave labor in Cuba and its influ­ ence upon the feelings and interests of the Peninsular Spaniards lie at the foun* dation of all the calamities which now ' ifliot the island. The President has not been without hope that all these ques­ tions might be settled by the spontaneous act of Spain herself, she being more deeply interested In such settlement than all the rest of the world. The question, yhat dooisktt* the varna 3iate» auaii make, is a serious and difficult one, not to be determinsd without careful consid­ eration of its oomplex elements of do- meHtic and foreign policy, but the deter- mination of which may at any moment be foroed upon us by oeourrenoes either in Spain or Cuba. The policy of the United States in referenoe to Cuba at the present time is declared to be one of ex­ pectancy, but with positive and fixed convictions as to the dnty of the United States when the time or emergency of action shall arrive." HON. GEORGE L. ZIWK, a prominent lawyer at Litchfield, accidentally away a thumb and index finger of Ms, right hand, while out hunting recently. D. B. BROWN, who killed Alderm<si Lang, a German saloon keeper, at Cham­ paign a short time since, has been aefe- tenoed to fourteen years' imprisonment IXfiNBi JAGGSS. aoavieted at Joliet of- the murder of his wife, has been refused a new trial and will be hung on the 21st of January next unless Gov. Beveridgo interferes, BR. E. S. HAKE* President of the Illi­ nois Horticultural Society and State Horticulturist, died recently at his resi­ dence on the bluff, about six Bdks ahova Alton, *Sfo#an fUness of a few days. TUB Supreme Court has reversed the .verdict of the jury giving Mr. Charles T. Stratton, of Mount ~Vernon, #6,000 damages for injuries raoeived while traveling 0$ the Ohio and railroad. THS City Attorney of Gibson, Fotff county, has entered soils against the drug firms of that city, lor selling liquor in violation of the ordinances of that. city, which prohibit the aakjDa proscrip­ tion or otherwise. MR. CHARLBS A. AUX£BBOOK, a former resident of Plainfield, Will county, this State, but latterly traveling for a Clinton (Iowa) manufaoturiuk firm, died very suddenly at Pella, Iowa, last Week, Of hemorrhage of the stomaOh. He leaves a family itt Clinton. ii i«(t| DR. J. P. Cox, an old phpsieiaB oC;< W: » 'f w ; nij • ; t* - Melancholy Boating Accident. A letter from Bingliamton, N. Y., says: "About a week ago Maurice Goodrich and his brother William, of Worcester, N. Y., were married in that village to two sisters. The brothers, as well as the sisters, were twins. On Wednesday last, to complete their ding trip, the two couples went to Una- dilla to visit the family of Joseph More­ house, who?c wife was- tt sister of the newly-married ladies. On Thursday, morniug the bridal party and Mr. and' Mrs. Morehouse went boat-riding 011 the Susquehanna at Uuadilla. William Goodrich took the oars, and while row­ ing the ladies became frightened. The boat was oapsized, and the entire party thrown into the water. Mr. Morehouse, being an old sailor and an expert swim­ mer, tried to support his wife and Mrs. Maurice Goodrich. The women, how­ ever, threw their arms about him, and the three were drowned. Maurice Good­ rich swam a few feet, but being weighed down withf heavy clothing, was drowned. William Goodnch, bdrab beginning to row, had removed his coats. He was a good swimmer, and saved his wife. The bodies of Mr. qnd Mrs. Morehouse and Maurice Goodrich were recovered the same day, but that of the latter's wife had not been found at last accounts." - r n t f t Too Much Instinct. The jjk£t!nct of Newfoundland save a drowning person has been what painfully tested by an Frenchman. He was walking1 _ country with » friend, who possessed a magnificent Newfoundland, and incau­ tiously questioned the truth of the ani­ mal's sagacity. The dog's master, vexed at the slur cast on his favorite, gave his friend a push and knocked liim into a shallow river. "Turk" iiametMM&ly sprang in, and, seizing one of Ihe tjflfof the immersed man's coat, commeiicealo swim for land. Unfortunately another Newfoundland, trotting along the other side of the river, saw the affair, and also came to the rescue. Dog num^jieft two seized the other tail of the coat, and wished to swim back to his master. " Turk" held fast and struggled for his side, and the owner of the coat cried"* in vain for help. At last the coat gave way, and ea(?h Newfoundland swam proudly home with a piece of cloth in his mouth, so that " Tmrk's" master was obliged to plunge in himself ID save his friend,-- Ifeminlgcence of dm Deep Snow. A correspondent of the Bloomington Paniagraph gives some interesting items of the " deep snow " in Illinois in the winter of 1830-31. He says : The snow fell about thirty niches deep. It then cleared off a little, then it again snowed till it was four feet deep. It was so soft I could walk through it; and the quails, when they flew, would light in the snow and be buried, so you oould run your hand down into the snow and get them out In this way you oould catch an entire oovey by watching where they lit The prairie chickens would die in the drifts with their tails so that the snow banked over them and fastened them in. You could dig out all of these you wanted also in a little while. But the great destruction was with the deer we caught--thirty eight in two days, by four boys and three dogs. A slight crust formed on the snow, which a small dog could run on. When the deer came over a drift they would break through. We were going over or across some hollows when we met three i©er„ with the dogs close behind them. I jumped out ahead of a big-horned fellow, and the dog laid hold, and all of us, being over a hollow tilled up with loose snow some fifteen feet deep, went to the bottom. I happened to get a tail hold, and not fearing the horns so long as 1 had a good hold, we were badly covered up in the snow. The old buck commenced climbing up the side bill till his horns reached the crust, when he soon made a hole through it, but before he got out I out his ham­ string. My oomrades were looking all around to see how they would get us ont. The little dog. followed me out, and started off for another deer. The last four we caught we brought home alive. They had shed their horns and were poor. We put them in a lot with cattle, and they stayed till grass be­ came quite plenty, and then they forgot to come back. The drifting of the snow was Very deep. A long lane with high rail fence was nearly covered, stakes and all. It was a month before we got a road through the lane, and, when the snow went off, the road-bed was four or five feet high, hard and solid. The ten-ox sled-load of youngsters would some­ times upset and dump them in the mud. All through the winter th* snow lay on the ground like a floor, never melting by the sun till near the last of March. The frost was nearly out before this, as we found in hunting for sassafras for tea, which was the drink in those days. ' ** * -rrF' "iA, ' ut "1 II , 1 r. .Vf- * "I-. * I r Medora, Macoupin oounty, aiedrooenify, from the effects of an ovardoaa pf ohjo- roform. Having been accustomed to use it freely to alleviate his sufferings, it is supposed that in Ms anguish he used sash- a quantity that he became overpowered.; MB. B. C. MCWMRRAMB, of Bonrbos ̂ was instantly killed by the cons, near Areola, the other day. He was waiting with his team at ft crossing for a freight train on the Midland railroad to pass. The train had broken in two, and he dill not uuiice the ss-sHosi, asd -•= flrsf -sastia© femS. waeed lie 9^- tempted to cross the tWMsfe? wuan the rear section, consisting of four or five cars^ \ , ; came upon him, JOHH LTOAS, a one-armed watehmcfr' " in Belleville, who has been astonishing' the community by his extraordinary feais of strength, nas received an offisr to travel and exhibit himself, which offer he has declined. He is confident that he will soon be able to add 300 pounds to his last making the totaI3,000 pounds. AN important case against a coal min­ ing company was reoently decided at Peoria, whidi will serve as a precedent. Some time last year the husband of Mrs. Anna Heater wMkiUed in a mine belong- y!_<* ing to the Wesley Qfy Goal Company. * A"J- She brought suit for 920*000, alleging ** "• that, had the company constructed their 1 shafts in accordance with the late law, \ -- the accident causing her husband's derth would not have occurred. The jury sua- >%y tained her, and brought in a verdict for * ̂ $4,750 aganist the company. ' •' ; THE congregation of the Presbyterian :; -PiMUr Church in Henry is in an uproar, and the members thereof have each other by th£ ears in a most lovely fashion. Kev. John S. Glendenning, the notorious Jersey City (N. J.) clergyman who was mixed up 111 some very immoral practi­ ces, has been invited by the rfenir church to fill their pulpit About half the congregation are opposed to the step and swear Glendeunmg shall never preach to them. The other half suoax with equal vehemence that he _ shall. Hence tne row. " How beautiful it is to dwell together in unity." ILLINOIS patents: Husking gloved H. h. Hall, Chicago; gig saddletree, A. Ortmayer, Chicago; combination lock, F. J. Chapiman, McLeansboiO; air pump, J. H. Ellis, Peoria; curtain fixture, B. J. Pospisil, Chicago; hatg vester rake, J. Barnes, Bodkford; ven- • tiliiting cap. Tm F. Befits,. Chicago ; stow^, L. F. Bette, Chicago | hose coupling, , ̂ W. A. Coswell, Chicago; platform scale, ' ̂ A. W. Hess, Chicago ; tire tightner, J. - W. Marks, Sumner; horse shoe nail f*, ,3 isfe - : 1 An Extinguisher of Pain and Firs. Chloroform, which banishes pain, has been found at Antwerp to extinguish by its vapor the flames of petroleum vapor --that most inextinguishable of all flames. Aud other highly combustible gasses when mixed with chloroform vapor appeared tft lose their dangexotti prop- machine, J. Boy, Chicago; coffee er, F. Thomas, Bloomington; dOr'gn for hobby horse (two cases), A. Shottj* inger, Chicago. , f, THE Governor has iasosd his proda- mation setting apart Nov. 25 as Thanks­ giving Day. It is as follows. | in conformity witti the proclamation of tM Preni<leut of the Uuited- States, L Jotm L. Beveridge. Governor of *ha State of DUnois, do liereby reoominaud that Thonday, Nov. 35. 1875, ?te observed as a day of thaakagiving aad preiya to th* Saprraae Baler of th« univffa* for tuo bounties of His nnmdeaoe. In testimony whereof I uievehereunlo s#i :aqr hand and caused the great seal Of tii& to be affltxiad. • Done at the city of 8priAgflald this 9th day of Noveniber, AD. 1875. < F . IT- JOHSL. BBVBBIQOS, Governor Governor: Pi; • ̂ Qw>. HABLO#, Becretary of Statat^; ' Jfc-'- ' '.2^ ' »#• s* V ft i ... ̂ .THE dispute whioh is constantly re­ curring between sportsmen whetlier the raoe-horses of Bngknd are equal to those of th& country is going to have a pradi- cal settlement by a tkial of lf>eed be­ tween horses of the two countries, Smford, of New York, having shipped eight of our most celebrated runners for London, with the intentiotf w contestisig OK the prize cups nest year. " * , IT is estimated that during the next four months more than $200,000,000wQi be paid out in the West in the pork- paokinff business. Thetfood sflsefe of tlds cannot fail to be tottMW o(Mk ' * : 4 r ^ ,̂4% ::u- 'I •it -A y ' Jit , J ft , jt , 4 fi it/ f' %• * Mmi- AV-