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-"i - * , v-'-.t. _ -::^;^pxk ' • < - NEWS CONDENSED. 4TBUS BAST. i hondrod tad ninety thousand people afc- the Philadelphia Exhibition on the ^fmnag day. *WH Centennial Commission has very seosi- >Vtf d<me away with the regulation requiring a «ny-oent note or a fiftv-oent silver pleoe to OBOnr® admission, ^ Chicago Tribune's Philadelphia oorre- apODtdent telegraphs as follows: "The reac- *1*? |n public sentiment regarding the nuraeri- Mtaucceas of the Exposition is beat shown by tbe action of one of the leading hotels, the rfttras»i which to-day reduced its prioe to $3.50 a day. the old rate. The hotel-keepers throughout the city are becoming alarmed as ftke days pass by without bringing any of that vast crwwd of foreign visitor which they have boatt confidently expecting. There are scarce­ ly more outside people Btoppiug in Philadel­ phia than can be .counted in Chicago any day ati the week." ItarjiDELPHiA papers are growling about the w limited numbers and severe economy of the iters to the Exposition," and complain that > business of •' providing for the entertain- nt" of guests has been overdone The aanagers of the big Centennial show, becom­ ing alarmed at the outcry against extortion, mad the depressing effect it was having upon attendance, summoned before them the twta'imteurs on the grounds and compelled them to reduce their enormous rates. The Sager beer vsuders have atao been farced to the price of ilie Leverage ^rom ten to ft* cents. AT *> meeting of the Centennial Commission, aft week, it was decided to make arrangements «n e grand scale for a series of Fourth of July celebrations, to cover a period of six days. It %i Intended to make it the most extensive and ieUii&nt affair of the kind ever touched off. THK WBSI. GBOBOE YON HOLLEN, CITY Collector of Chlo^o, has defaulted to the amount of about #100,000, and fled to Europe--The trials of ff>» and Dame, accused of the Mountain Meadow massacre, in Utah, have been post- to August, and the prisoners admitted to THE bruisers Tom Allen and Joe Goes have beeti matched to fight for $2,500 a aide and the championship of the world. The mill is to off on September 7, within 100 miles of Gncinimti. ABVIC ES from the Black|Hill8 report that three Men were reoently killed by Indians while praapectisg near Custer City.,..The sentence pronounced by the United States court at St. bonis against William McKee and Con Maguire lias been carried into effect, both being incar- ossated in the county jail. All' efforts to ob­ tain pardon or commutation of the sentence were unavailing, the President remaining firm to the last in his refusal to interfere. SOUTH. Two stages, carrying United States mail and fourteen passengers, were recently robbed near Beguin, Texas, by three highwaymen. The passengers were relieved of all their money, but were allowed to retain their watches and Jewelry. Constantinople intimate the probability of immediate outbreak of Moslem fury throui " 'k - *>;• Tam Emperor of Brazil visited the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Md., tbo other flay. It nt the intention to have a splurge in honor of the event, but the Emperor reached the Acad­ emy by steamer instead of by railroad, as was expected, thereby avoiding the proposed in­ fliction--Hew counterfeit tens of the State Bank of Terre Haute, Ind., and of the First Hational bank of Louisville are in circulation. WASHINGTON. RETTTRNS of the redemption of fractional ooxrency show that *4,421,009 in silver had fcstiJi paid out up to the 15th inst. THERE is no doubt that Bichard Harrington, wiler indictment in the Washington safe burg­ lary case, has fled the country, He is thought to be in Canada. The extradition treaty with Sngland does not apply to the offense of con­ spiracy with which he is charged Final ac­ tum has been taken in Washington in reference to the powerful movement in behalf of Execu­ tive clemency for William McKee and Con Maguire, the convicted and sentenced wliisky- n^gafcersof St. Louis. The President, having heea waited upon by the parties in interest, r»ferrefl the matter to Atty. Gen. Piem pont, •*&o declined to interfere, but decided that the <, law must take its course. &r a Cabinet meeting the other day the "CrfKunsna riot formed the principal theme of dwcaiaKB. The result of the conference was the vending of a telegram to Gen. Augur, com­ manding the United States forces in Louisiana, instructing that officer, on requisition of the Governor, and it appearing that the local au­ thorities are not able to preserve order, to give as in his discretion may be necessary prevent bloodshed and violence New eati- »l6p""i,trae»it»T)ppropriatioiis k",ve Imwa aenttb-lfte Moupa Jieprea&nt»r.!ves bv ' Uaerotary Taft. __ Tlia gnri tot?1 ia $o,C07.C0)> isas iiiwi I1 -> r-sthv's.te is'Tnisheil 'Hy HslVwap. •T--^ f!?!iate Jndiclsry Committee has reported to amend the Enforcement act to obviate the objections suggested in the Supreme court's decision. The Republican Senators intend to JMm a bill at an early day. poiamoAXw THE Republicans of West Virginia, in session at Clarksburg last week, expressed a pre fer­ ases for Blaine for President, bat left the (Hfegitee unimtructed. (km. Gm. PIEURESOKT, in conversation with a friend, has expressed the opin­ ion that Gov. Hayes will be the Re­ publican candidal- for President..,. A Sew York dispatch says: "The Union league Club had & special meeting last evening "fa* the election of new members. Among the wpnon proposed was that of Secretary Bristow. There weie 118 votes cast for Bristow, and 12 MtelAalls. Immediately after the result was wade known the wildest commotion euhued. maa jumped to his feet sod exclaimed •pinst the vote, at the same time protesting thai he had no hand in the plot to defeat the the Secretary of the Treasury. The Uukbuluig was not the result of any political opposition to Bristow, but w&s £&used bv iser* atnai feeling." WILUAX H. BA&XUX, Democrat, has been ted United States Senator from Connecti- to fill the unexpired term of the late Sena- • • • •Uninatructed delegates were elected to the St. Lotus convention by the Ne- Democrat*. Tilden is understood to be their first choice, and Thurman second. TEE " Liberal" conference called by William G Bryant,'Horace White, T. D. Woolsey, A. H. Btallock, and Carl Schura, met in New York last mmk, about 300 prominent gentlemen answer- ;ilgtlie call. Theodore Woolsey was elected •resideut, and one vice-president chosen from ^•ch State represented. Sidney Thomas, of Oaeago; offered a resolution putting forward Charles Francis Adamu as a candidate, bat it •wus rejected, the sentiment of the conference being in favor of namina no man, but of iook- img to the Cincinnati and St Louie conventions for a candidate, and if both failed to give them •suitable candidal then to nominate an " In- 4ependent Refoim" ticket. An executive «iiiniittm witkGarl Schurz at its head, was appointed, and an address to the American *w>ple. ofjling npon them to snppott the r»- firui Eiovwaent was adopted. - "jTmt Alarms. Bepublican State convention appointed delegates to the National con- •weation. They are not instructed, but are said to be in favor of Bristow for President. Thomas M- Peters wm nominated for Governor Tlie Ohio and Iowa Democratic State conventions were held on the 17th of May. The Ohio con- lntion, and instructed the delegates to St iLoqis to vote for William Allen, and nominated the following State ticket: Secretary of State, Wm. Bell, of Licking ooun- ty, by acclamation : Judge of Supreme Court, Wm. E. Finch, Perry county; Member of Board of Public Works, H. P. Clough, Butler county. The Iowa platform favors an early return to specie payments, but demands the repeal of the resumption «*ct of 187S. Hie delegates to the National convention were in­ structed to vote as a majority of the delega­ tion shall direct The Tennessee delega­ tion to Cincinnati is said 4 to stand as follows: For Bristow, eleven; Morton, nine; Blaine, three The New Jersey Republican State convention assembled at Trenton, on the 17th of May, and chose dele­ gates to the National convention, a majority of whom are said to be favorable to Blaine.... The National Prohibition convention assem­ bled at Cleveland, on May 17, adopted a plat­ form, and nominated Green Clay Smith, Of Kentucky, for President, sad G. T. Stewart, of Ohio, for Vice-presidewt. ITORKION. THX Prinoe of Wales has arrived homo from his long voyage to India....A London paper says dispatches from the English Minister at an fury through­ out Turkey, and that Christians even in Con­ stantinople cannot consider themselves safe. KICAHD, French Minister of the Interior, is dead A telegram from Constantinople says that a general panic prevails there,, The low classcs of Mohammedans are purchasing dag­ gers and revolvers with money supplied by per­ sons who are plotting the overthrow of the Sultan and the Government, and the massacre and plundering of Christians. The Mohammedans insult ana threaten the Greeks and Armenians, bidding them prepare for im­ minent death. Travelers are leaving en masse. European residents are sending away their families Advices from Panama report that fighting has been going on between the troops of Guatemala and Salvador, and that the loss on both sides is heavy Tbe report that ex- iTesiaeni Dominique, of Hayii, had died of his wounds, is untrue. He is now at St. Thomas. THE ten days for which Winslow, the Boston forger, was recommitted having expired, the application far his release was renewed in Lon­ don on the 13th inst. It was opposed by the Government, and he was recommitted for ten days longer. The Attorney-general said that if Secretary Fish's answer to Lord Derby's note had not been tnen received, the Government would not raise any further objection to his case..... The Servian frontier is completely lined by a cordon of Turkish troops. Free in­ gress or egress is impossible A Berlin dis- Satch says everything points to a complete on-erstanding having teen arrived at by the rep­ resentatives of Germany, Austria and Russia, in connection with the Turkish queotiGS„ They are clearly agreed upon a pacific policy. The decisions arrived at have been communicated to the English, French and Italian ambassadors. CHOLERA is raging fearfully in Mandalay, India. It is rumored that the plague has ap­ peared in Mnscat. The authorities at Bombay and other Indian poets have established strin­ gent quarantine for vessels coming from Mus­ cat THE London Times' Berlin dispatoh says the result of the conference of the ambassadors of Russia, Germany, and Austria is a resolution of the three powers to ask the Sultan for addi­ tional guarantees for the execution of the re­ forms. The scheme, if approved by the West­ ern powers, will be recommended by the Porte in a note. If tbe Porte wishes the desired con- CfeaeiiyiUM. the scheme will not be submitted to the insurgents, who will,be requested to lay down their arms. If the above project falls through in any of its successive shapes, a con­ ference of all the powers will possibly be pro­ posed. ADVICES from Salonica state that six of the principal culprits in the recent outrages have been publicly executed Tranquillity prevails. FORTY-FOURTH C0N6RESS. FKIDAY, May 12.--Senate.--There being but few Senators present, an adjournment was voted till Monday, without transacting any buaineu. House.--Cox was elected Speaker pro tem. during the continued absence of Kerr. The House went into committee of the whole on the Poatofflce Appropriation bill, the question being in regard to abolishing the letter-carrier system in cities of leaa than 40,000 population. The proposition was de­ feated--125 to 29.... Vance, Chairman o? the Print­ ing Committee, made a report on the subject of the Government printing-office. The report states that the committee found evidences of waste, extravagance, mismanagement and in­ efficiency, and recommends the removal of Clapp and the inauguration of the contract system to take the place of the present mode of doing business. The committee also recommend that Clapp be turned over to the District court for indictment and prosecution, and that the office be abolished. SATURDAY, May 18.--Senate.Not in ses­ sion. House.--The caie of Fitzhugh, Doorkeeper of the House, conaumed moat of the session. Glover offered a reaolntion declaring "that it Is the sense of the House that S. H. Fitzhugh is not a proper person to hold the honorable and re- "•ponaibie position of Doorkeeper of the Kour.o. and that IT ' 1 Fitzhugh. as Doorkeeper, be and is hereby <Hsmiaa;e4 tixSs&ft*• • \?.t oiRee.** ' **"•- • di uMi? i,m th« ronolution was referred to the Com­ mittee oil iiuies. MOHDAY, May 15. Smote.--Daring the morning hour a number of reports, of as unim­ portant character, were made from varioui com­ mittees, and the Senate then went into secret ses­ sion, to deliberate on the question of its jurisdic­ tion as to the Belknap impeachment. Howie.--Bills were introduced by Durand, to establish a new boundary line between the States of Missouri and Kansas, south of the Missouri river; by Jones, (Ky.), chartering a passenger and freight railroad from the Southeast Atlan­ tic seaboard to Lake Michigan; by White, (Ky.), to apportion Federal appointments among the sev­ eral Congressional districts; by Willis, to pro­ vide for the repeal of all taxes on bank capital and deposits.... Several resolutions were adopted calling for reports and correspondence as to the whisky ring prosecutions and the dismissal of John B. Henderson as special counsel for the Govern­ ment % the propriety of turning over the duties in the Internal Be venue bureau to the Commissioner of Customs, and for a list of the Government de­ faulters since March, 1865...... Morrison moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill to allow Mrs, Minnie Sherman Fitch to receive, free of duties, a wedding nreaeni from the Khedive of Egypt. The motion was agreed to without the yeas and nays Payne s bill to authoiize the issue of silver coin to the amount of $10,000,000, in exchange for legal-tenders, was lost, less than two-thirds voting in the affirmative. The vote was: Yeaa. 183; nays, 38. TUESDAY, Hay 16. --Senate. --Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, reported adversely on the Senate bill to reduce the interest on the public debt and provide for a safe and elastic currency.... Edmunds, from the Committee on Judiciary,, re­ ported, with amendments, the Senate bill to amend the second, fourth, and fifth sections of the act to enforce the rights of citizens of thejUnited states to vote in the several_8tateg of the Union. Placed on the calendar... Mitchell spoke at some length upon the evils of Chinese immigration, when considera­ tion of the articles of impeachment waa resumed, and on motion of Edmunds, the galleries were cleared and the doors closed....Before a decision was reached, the doors were reopened and the Sen­ ate adjourned. Howe.--The Speaker was directed to certify to the Criminal court of the District the evidence taken against Clapp, Superintendent of the Gov­ ernment printing office... .The Postofflce Appropri­ ation bill wan under consideration. The item al­ lowing compensation for fast mail service was passed Lewis offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Rules to inquire into the proprie­ ty of consolidating the offices of doorkeeper and sergeant-at-arma. Adopted. WEDNESDAY, May 17.--The bill to provide for the'J oilding of a custom-house at Mem­ phis was passed... .Consideration of the article* of impeachment was resumed, with closed doors, but no decision reached. , House. The bill abolishing the tax on receipt* of savings banks was passed The House, in com mittee of the whole, devoted a large portion of the day to the consideration of the rnstnfflnn ftrrrrrt- B10T1MC IN LOUISIANA, SSHMM Fighting Between Whites and Blacks in West Feliciana parish--Con­ tradictory Report*. SKapatch to Associated RX.KAN8, La., May 15.--A New Orleans Times special, dated Summit, Miss., May 15, says : "Information was received here last night of a row between negroes and whites at Laurel Hill, in 'West F^1USSB& parish, asa? the Missis­ sippi line. On Friday night about thirty negroes wont to the store of a white man in that vicinity and called him to the door and riddled him with bullets. A posse from Bayou Sara went out on Sat­ urday for the body, but the negroes would not give it up. A fight ensued, and three negroes were killed; two white men are missing. The negroes are gath- ©FGdij 8*11 CI 1) 1UU HTt3 ISHiU tu UO luiucl arms. The whites are going down froin the neighboring counties in Mississippi, and a serious fight is expected." A special to the Mepublican from Bayou Sara, La., May 15, reports: "Eight colored men have been shot dead and four hanged. About twenty were wounded. No whites were killed. Persons from the scene report sixty blacks killed, but this statement I con­ sider as exaggerated. Twenty colored men are reported held as hostages. Their fate is uncertain, but the supposi­ tion is that they will be killed; also, that the number of negroes killed will never be ascertained, precautions being taken to remove the dead secretly. The num­ ber of regulators under arms is said to be 500, from East Baton Rouge and East and West Feliciana and Wilkinson county, Miss. The colored people are said to be arming in self-defense. On MM/) Ma m ltlIi r» • j-if KWTVUIUOJ AUU UAUUAJ UL^UV A IIUJLUD67 GI colored men crossed to Point Coupee to escape those who are hunting them." Still another dispatch from Bayou Sara says: " There &as been a regular engagement at Laurel Hill between white and colored men. Three whites are reported killed. God only knows where this will end. The country is ablaze with excitement. All the whites are armed and in the saddle." Acting Gov. Ant.oine received the following dispatch from Dr. Kaufman, Sheriff of East Feliciana parish, dated Bayou Sara to-day : " In reply to your telegram I have to say that seventeen colored men are killed and many wound­ ed on the line of Mississippi and Louis­ iana. A large number of armed white men are approaching this town. I can­ not summon and secure a posse comita­ tes for the support of civil authority and the suppression of riots and the prevention of further bloodshed. Noth­ ing but militaiy authority will keep the peace. Therefore, I respectfully request that military aid be placed at my dis­ posal." These dispatohes have been laid be­ fore Gen. Angur, commanding the de­ partment, who has referred ihem to Wsishijigton, TWO SHYER BILLS. Different Plans to Secure the Issue of 825,- 000,000 More of Coin. The bill introduced in Congress by Mr. Randall to provide for the issue of silver coin is as follows : SECTION 1. In addition to the amount OF sub- . • uidiarv coins authorized by law to be issued in iademption of fractional currency it shall be lawful to manufacture at the several mints and issue through the Treasury and its several offices such coin to the amount of $25,000,000. SEC. 2. That the silver bullion required for this purpose shall be purchased from time to time at market rate by the Secretary of the Treasury with any legal-tender notes in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the resulting coin may be issued in the ordinary disbursements of the Treasury, or in exchange for legal-tender notes at par; but no purchase of bullion shall be made under this act when the market rate for the same shall be such as will not admit of its coinage and issue or ex­ change as herein provided without loss to the Treasury, and any gain or seignorage arising from this coinage shall be accounted for ana paid into the Treasury as provided under exist­ ing laws relative to the subsidiary coinage. SEC. 3. That the trade-dollar shall not here­ after be a legal-tender, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to limit the coin­ age thereof to such an amount as he may deem sufficient to meet Ihe espcrt demand for the same. The bill introduced in the House by Mr. Wells, of Missouri, to provide for issue of subsidiary silver coin is as fol- Aows: r . Any v •'&&?- jf""ilvc't .iE:;y.4ej- it y*-ar - anproimr- New Vrtrfe. aiid receive payment therefor Ap sufesMiaiy silver coin at the rate of price per' standard ounce to he Sscdand announced from time to time by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury ; such price to be passed on the market value. The cost of coinage shall devolve on the seller of the bullion, and the profit or seignorage •rising therefrom shall accrue to the Govern­ ment, provided that the total amount of silver ooin issued under this act shall net exceed the stun of #211,000,000. Eyes and Cold Water. The American Journal of Wealth and Medicine says : 64 The aquatic furor has becon e so general that, for the simple reason that cold water is pure, natural product, it is claimed to be a universal and beneficial application. Arsenic is a pure, natural and simple produot; so is Erussic acid, as obtained from a peach erneL A single drop of tobaoco^oil will Mil a cat or dog in five minutes. "Many persons are daily ruining their eyes by opening them in cold waters mornings. Cold water will roughen the hands, and much mora will it do so to the manifold more delicate covering of the eye ; or the eye will, in self-defense, become scaly in the manner of fish; that is, the coats of the eye will thicken, constituting a species of cataract, which must impair the sight. That water, cold and harsh as it is, should be applied to the eye for curative purposes in place of that warm, soft, lubricating fluid which nature manufactures just for that pur­ pose, indicates great thoughtlessness or great mental obliquity. Nothing stronger than lukewarm water should ever be applied to the eye, exoept by medical advice, and under special med­ ical supervision." jwitinn adopted a soft VOnqr reso-1 »tion bill, which waa finally puaed. * Water and Disease* The Journal of Chemistry warns the drinkers of water from wells near dwell­ ings to beware of typhoid poison, sure to be found sooner or later in those res­ ervoirs, if any of the house drainage can percolate to them. The gelatinous matter often found upon the stones of a well is a poison to the human system, probably causing by its spores a fer­ mentation of the blood with abnormal heat or fever. Wholesome untainted water is always free from all color or odor. To test it thoroughly place fml* a pint in a clear bottle, with a few grains of lamp sugar, and expose it, stoppered, to sunlight In a window. If, even after an exposure of eight or ten days, the water becomes turbid, it is a sure indi­ cation that the water has been contam­ inated by sewage of some kind ; if it re­ mains perfectly clear it is pure and safe. •v" The Boston Field* Hie horrible murder of the littlegirl Mabel Young, ir. the belfry of the War­ ren Avenue Baptist church, in Boston, a few months since, is still fresh in the minds of our readers. This child of five years old was enticed into the belfiy, a few minutes after the close of the Sab­ bath school, and beaten to death, as was supposed, with a bludgeon in the hands of the sexton, Thomas W. Piper. The latter was seen in company with the child a short time previous, and was ar- restod for the deed and tried, the result being a disagreement of the jury. A second trial resulted in his conviction. Shortly after the latter occurrence he stated that he saw the child go into the belfry, and followed to warn her that the trap-door was dangerous; that just be­ fore he reached her he heard a scream and the noise of the trap falling. He ran forward and found that the heavy door had fallen on her head and crushed it, Fearing that he would be accused of murdering her, he shut the doors and ran away Although this story looked quite im­ probable, the more so as the fracture in the child's skull seemed made with a blunt instrument instead of the sharp comer of the trap, it seemed still more improbable that this man would delibe­ rately murder a little child like this with­ out any motive for such a deed; and no possibL object for its commission by him could be imagined. Efforts were being made by his counsel for a new trial, with fair prospects of success, when, on Sunday, the miserable wretch astounded the lawyer by a full confes­ sion of the horrible crime. He assigns no motive save pure fiendishness, such as actuated the boy murderer Pomeroy, who still lingers in prison, awaiting the signing of Ms death warrant by the Gov­ ernor. Piper not only confesses to the murder of the little girl, but also to the murder of a domestio named Bridget Landergan, who was clubbed to death in Dorchester abont three years ago. He also admits that it was he who made a deadly assault on one Mary Tyner, in Oxford street, Boston, about two years ago, which, came very near resulting in the death, of the girl. No motive is as­ signed for these crimes more than that already given in the case of the child. It almost surpasses belief that there ex­ ists on earth a wretch so utterly devoid of all human feeling as to deliberately commit such horrible deeds from a sim­ ple love of murder. We do not think that outside of Boston such cases have been known, and it is not surprising that the good people of that city begin to ask themselves whether his majesty the Devil has taken up his permanent abode there. Piper is condemned to suffer death on the 26th inst., and the people will breathe freer when this human mon­ strosity shall be out of the world.--In­ ter-Ocean. The Wheat Prospect. The Chicago Times prints a mass of reports on the condition of the winter wheat crop in Illinois, Indiana, Michi­ gan, Ohio, Missouri and Kansas, from which we gleam the following items of specific interest: From Illinois, 12 counties report but a small amount of wheat in farmer's hands, while 12 report a large quantity; 28 report the acreage of the growing crop less than last year, and 12 more; 32 give its condition as good or fair and 9 as bad. From In­ diana, 21 counties report a small and 7 a large quantity of old wheat in producers' hands; 11 have a larger and 13 a smaller aeerage sown than last year; 20 report the growing crop in good or fan* condition a&d in 9 it is bad. From Michigan, 15 counties report little old wheat on hand, and 9 a large quanti­ ty; 18 planted more and 2 less winter wheat than in the preceding year ; and everywhere the growing crop is in fine or fair condition. Eleven Ohio counties have small and 8 have large stocks on hand; 6 report more, 6 less, and 7 an .acrosge of "winter wheat sown; 16 rejfcA the fxtig •in •'*» 'lair -toadi- .iiSM, ^vhile it is oad in 5. i' loia Mis­ souri, 10 touniies a small and iiiily one a laige stock of old wheat; 3 planted more and 8 less winter wheat than the preceding year, and all show the growing crop in a flourishing condi­ tion. There is little old wheat in Kan­ sas; all the counties heard from planted more wheat last fall than in previous years, and in all it is in good condition. How Inch Batter We Make and Con- sane. Statistics were originally compiled here some two years since, and first published by the Butter and Cheese Exchange. ^ They place the number of milch cows in the United States at 13,° 000,000, and credit them with a produot. of, in round numbers, 1,400,000,000 pounds of butter. They were arrived at first by an estimate mode by an old and very intelligent butter merchant of this city, who has given much thought and careful study to the subject; Aid whose investigations led to the follow­ ing calculation: That of our population, 5,000,000 would consume on© pound of butter each per week; 10,000,000 would consume three-quarters of a pound each; 10,000,000 would consume one-half a pound each, and 10,000,000 would con­ sume one-quarter of a pound each, mak­ ing a total consumption of 1,040,000,000 by 35,000,000 people. This, it is calcu­ lated, is for table use alone, aud one- third is added for culinary purposes, giving an aggregate consumption of nearly 1,400,000,000 pounds, the differ­ ence being made up by the exports.-- Prom the Grocer. Remedy for Barns. Take newly slacked lime, or if pre­ viously slacked, that which has not been exposed to the air, as from the center of the box which contains it; sift through muslin or something very fine. Mix one ounce of lime with four or five of fresk lard or butter, sweet oil and mutton tal­ low, melted together (equal parts); spread on cloth and applv, renewing as the oil substance becomes absorbed. This will give perfect ease in a few minutes, whether the skin is off or not and soon cures : if the skin is off keep the oioth on well. Sufferers try this. PAMSIHG EYMSrm "a,.. •-' <**4 •>? Xnoxville TYibttnc thinks the delegation from Tennessee to St. Louis will vote primarily for Hendricks. THERE is really a famine of small change in the country. People hoard their fractional currency to buy silver, and then hoard silver under an absurd impression that it may rise in value. THE'NOW York Tribune prints lists of delegates already chosen to the National convention, and holds that Blaine will inevitably have the largest number of votes on the first or second ballot. A LONDON correspondent understands that the reason why the Queen did not read her own speech at the opening of Parliament was that she is now unable to read without glasses, and it was thought that the sight of the sovereign in spectacles would look a little unma- jestio. VIRGINIA contributes some interesting historical portraits to the Centennial. Mr. William Wirt Henry sends a por­ trait of his grandfather, Patrick Henry, and the Historical Society sends por­ traits of Pocahontas, Lafayette, Gov. Percy, who succeeded John' Smith, and others. Efforts have been made to ob­ tain from the State Library the portraits of Governor and Lady Spotswood and the parole which Comwallis gave at his surrender, but, as there is a question of law in the matter, it is doubtful if it will succeed. THE French financiers have undertaken a colossal task in agreeing to convert the funded and floating debt of Egypt into seven per cent, stock, redeemable in sixty-three years. In the event of the transaction being completed, the total debt is to be $450,000,000, requiring an annual interest of $31,000.000. Tile Khedive has signed a decree establishing a Board of Control, and introducing the other reforms suggested by Mr. Cave, the British Commissioner. Besides this, money is cheap, and there are grave political and financial reasons for main­ taining the Khedive's credit. MR. THOMAS FLETCHER, of Irvine, Es­ till county, Ky., had a grim sense of humor, which, carried once too far, brought him into serious trouble. He was attending a social gathering in front of the corner grocery, and, seeing a voung man whom he disliked, he said in his grimly humorous way: "Dance or die," at the same time cocking his re­ volver and taking aim. The young man danced until he was about to drop with exhaustion. Then Mr. Fletcher smiled, and said: "You may stop." He un­ cocked his pistol and put it in his pock­ et The victim immediately plucked up spirit, pulled out his own revolver and shot Mr. Fletcher dead. IT would be gratifying to know just how many centenarians were are in the country. They keep tnrning up with astonishing frequeney. Their names pop out in the newspapers like corn out of the ashes on an old-fashioned hearth. They appear here, and then there, ancl then in a dozen places all at once. The country seems to be speokled all over with these excellent people who are hold­ ing over. It is really worth the while to know how many old folks we have on hand this year, and there should be no difficulty in ascertaining. Let every one who is a hundred vears old or up­ ward rise and stand till he is counted. A TRAVELING salesman of a St. Louis establishment has sued a hotel-keeper, a newspaper, and a railroad company for negligence in causing him to miss a train. The railroad company furnished an incorrect time-table, the newspaper printed it, and the hotel man failed to wake his guest up as directed. There seems to be at this point a revival of the famous defense in the kettle case, when the defendant alleged that the kettle was cracked when he borrowed it, whole when he returned it, and, finally, that it never was in his possession ; for, if the hotel-keeper had waked the man up as directed, while the time-table was wrong, what would it have profited him? And if the time-table had been right, what good would it have done a man in the arms of the drowsy god? The St. Louis drummer asks $£^000 damages for one day's delay. THE facilities for transit by street and otoara cars in PfStadelpnia during the ilxhibi^^n are a;- *<i to be excellent. The roads ara represented as xe^.dy for nny cmergerwy, and in a condition to trans­ port at Teast 25,000 per hour. The Chestnut and Walnut street company have sixteen miles of track, and will run 120 cars; the Fourth, Eighth, and Girard avenue a like number, capable of carrying 65,000 persons to the gates daily. The capacities of the other lines will be equally great, not counting the wagon and^stage routes. However, the figures are aots we regret to say, based upon the philanthropic idea of giving every passenger a seat. A good deal of hanging on by the straps may be antici­ pated. # A New Political Organisation A ' political campaign organization called "The National Reform League/' with headquarters in New York city, has been formed by gentlemen prominent in law and literature, but n©fc much known in politics. 'Its inception, dates from early April, and it already numbers about 100 members, distributed through thirty different States. The address of the executive committee to the country is dated New York, May 3, 1876, but^ it was finally approved at a meeting which was held in that city a few days ago. There were present Henry Kandall Waite, editor of the International Re­ view, who has been specially active in organizing the League ; Samuel C. An­ derson, of New Jersey, Gen. Franz Sigel, TFTinfthMi Comwallis, George Cary Eggle- ston, and others. Resolutions were adopted designed to further the organ­ ization of branch "national reform leagues" throughout the country, and an address of tne executive committee to the people of the United States. It is signed by Henry Randall Waite, J. G. Holland, Franz Sigel, George H. Put­ nam, R. Heber Newton, George Cary Eggleston, and Kinahan Comwallis, of New York; James Freegian Clarke, Henry T. Cheever, and Henry F. Bishop, of Massachusetts; M. S. Dudley, of Connecticut; Samuel C. Anderson, and R. W. Weeks, of New Jersey; John Sill, of Pennsylvania ; James D. Browne, of Virginia ; R. Brinkerhoff and M. D. Harter, of Ohio, and John W. Hoyt of Wiaoonsin. The address declares that " the members of the National Reform league will stand pledged to the use of legitimate means for Securing the nomination and election to the Chief Magistracy of the nation, and to all minor offices, national, State and load, of men who shall worthily represent the in8titati<>n8 »li<- i'nit- THE C0D8HATTA TRA6E0T.* Particulars of the Attack on Sanai!^ aTwltchell and Mr. King. [Coush&tta (La.) Cor. St. LouU Globe-Democrst.l 1 he particulars of the shooting of Sen­ ator W. H. Twichell, and the killing of his brother-in-law, George H. King, wiU doubtless prove of interest to the read­ ers of the Globe-Democrat. At quite an early hour this morning a stranger was noticed riding into town. His peculiar attire And appearannfi able attention. The collar of his rubber coat was turned, and the rim of his soft felt hat turned down. He also wore green goggles, and it was his evident in­ tention to conceal as much of his face as possible. He was spoken to by several citizens during the morning, but al­ lowed no one to get a good look at his features. The stranger was armed with arepeat- iiig riue ELIU six-shooter. He visited the blacksmith shop, and after asking the price of shoeing, said that his brother would b© along soon, and that he would wait for him before deciding whether he would have heavy or light shoes put on the horse. He said that he would sit by the window of the shop until his brother came. This window commanded a view of the river for some distance up and down, and there he remained for some time--an hour or two--and was spoken tc ̂by several parties, to whom fie re- Elied in such a manner as to imply e did not care to converse, and at no time did he uncover his face fully. About 9 o'clock, * Senator Twitchell and his brother-in-law, G. A. King, rode down to the ferry and crossed. The stranger mounted his horse and slowly jogged toward the point where the skiff must land, and when the alriff had reached the middle of the river he was 100 yards from the landing. The man here dismounted, tied his horse ̂ and walked toward th*» the river bank in a careles manner. As the skiff struck the bank, or landing, he commenced firing upon the party with his rifle. The first shot missed, the second struck one of Twitchell's arms. King had by this time drawn his pistol and was firing in return, when the strangerjehanged his fire and killed King, who fell in the boat. The negro who was rowing, had managed to get the skiff thirty or forty feet from the bank by this time, and Twichell jumped overboard and hung to the side of the skiff with his remaining arm, and was struggling to protect himself with a board. The stranger, however, kept up the shooting with clock-work precision, and managed to break Twichell's other arm. and he drifted away from the boat, helpless md drowning. At this time, Gen. Mudgett, who was awaiting the return of the to cross, commenced firing at the strang- ger, but did not hit him, and he appa­ rently paid no attention to him- Several persons in town had run over to see what was the matter, and had been or­ dered back. Finally the stranger walked toward his horse5 reloaded his rifle, mounted, and was about leaving when he saw the negro boy puffing Twichell in the boat under the directions of a lady who stood on the bank. He rode to the bank and again commenced firing, this time with his revolver. Otoe shot hit Twichell in the leg, and another struck the negro in the hand. The lady begged of the man to desist, but apparently he paid no attention to her. The lady asked the negro if Twichell was dead, and upon his replying in the affirmative, the stranger turned and rode out of town. He passed several parties who knew nothing of the shooting, but their atten­ tion was attracted to him for the reason that he kept them covered with his six- shooter until he had passed them some distance. Meanwhile the negro had reached the bank from whence they had started. Twichell was shot three times, King three or four times, and the negro once. TN the dining-room of a house at To­ mmies, CaL, a rose-bush crept through a little crack, just above the inop-h -"td, but v»as allowed to grow, and now a bush four feet high and covered with lowers adorns the room. SINCE 1858, when the British divoroe act went into operation, the number of petitions has averaged 388 a year. % 10* • Tn 1.8* 3 ' 3 f ft at as 12* ® 5 2S @ S 0* 0371 m * so (34 2» © 7 IS 8 Oft THE MARKETS. NEW YORE. Beevks. ' 8 Hoes--DREAWD 7 00 COTTON... jjr FMHTB--Superfine Western 4 00 Wmi-No. 2 Chicago l 19 COBM H OATS 40 BR.MManiM, 79 POM--New Meas 21 00 Liio-Steim u CHICAGO. 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