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SJIte ptirnri? |l;tindc;tl?|;. "-2L .., • "• .. - ,--Tjrt-- . »*$*•'. jr. 'yiNSLYKE, rvnUBBtt. AIcHEXEY, - • ILLINOIS. TlTR SEWS CONDENSED. THE BASS. jrvtaB WtermooK, of a Brooklyn oourt, baa A«6ided to grant the motion of the defendant in the case of Movdton-va. Beecher, to change the venue to a northern county, and Delaware obanty will be selected unless n good reason for not doing eo is given Information from fit Albans, Vt., is to the effect that arms and ammunition are beiug OGiiO«iitr£tc-».» tiiers »J-V the Fenians. Maj. Gen. Smith, in Canada, is taking every precaution to have volunteers in xtMdineBS in case of an emergency. iHE suit of Mr. Francis D. Moulton against : «v. Henry Ward Beecher, for malicious prose­ cution, in which damages were laid at $50,000, has been discontinued, owing to the change of venue to Delaware county. A fsKKtotw riot ooeurred at Scranton, Pa., the other day, between th® Delaware. Lacka­ wanna and Western Railroad Company's mechanics on a strike and some of their num­ ber who recently returned to work. The fight occurred in the vicinity of the shops as the men were quitting work. Bars of iron, stones, and other missiles were used, and several were seriotisly injured. A to accord women the came privileges M men has been defeated in the Vermont Boom of Beprefiontativee--1J1 to48. . THB WK8T. A BAILWAY accident ooourred on the Hannibal •ad St. Joe railroad, at a point about a mile ttas aide of Brookfield, one morning last week, by which fourteen passengers were injured, three or four of them seriously. THE Chicago bank clearings for last week fbot up a total of $20,548,702.04, being $1,500,- 000 less than for the corresponding week last year....There is said to be an immense stam­ pede from Deadwood, in the Black Hills, for Wolf mountain, where marvelous discoveries ham been made, surpassing any in the Dead- wood region. THE Marine Bank ef St. Paul, Miun., has failed. The closed doors bear the announce­ ment of an assignment to William Rhodes. Capital, $100,000. It was the smallest, but one of the oldest banks in tbf>t city, having succeeded the private bank of Territorial days known as Decan Ofcldwell's Bank....A new road is projected from St. Joseph, Mo., to pass through Glidden, Green county, Iowa, and Pomeroy, to Minnesota; also, a road from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to intersect the ChilJi- cothe road, on the Iowa State line, in Page county : and one from the State Line road, in Appanoose county, Iowa, which is in operation from Keokuk. t ABOUT 7,000 school children in Milwaukee, Wis., have reoently been vaocinated. Small­ pox is apparently not worse than at the time the last report was waned, but the deaths are still too large to be viewed with oomfort. }I:T H THE SOUTH. A ram at Hot Springs, Ark., one day last week, destroyed the Hals House and the Urge banking house of Sumpter & Smith. Soon after, a fire was discovered in the bank iag house of S. P. Young & Co., which, to gether with the offices of Dra. Westbrook and Amaud, and the office of Morgan, United States Receiver, were destroyed, Loss, about *35,000. AH affray occurred at Stanton, Powell county, *y., on the evening of the election, resulting in the wounding of seven persons, three fatally, «ne of whom is missing. A ULBGE fire in the depot cotton-yards of the Georgia Central railroad at Sfvannah, Qa, moenftta destroyed one w&ehouse, twenty empty can, and about 1,000 bales of cotton. te engineers on the Georgia railroad, be­ longing to the Brotherhood of Locomotive En­ gineers, struck for higher wages one day lately; Thirteen freight and two passenger trains were out on the road at the time. WASHINGTON. 1KB. AUOUFIDBB B. SHEPHERD, of the Dis­ trict of Columbia, last week, called together a number of his personal friends and creditors, stating to them that he was pecuniarily embar­ rassed, and submitted to them a statement of assets and liabilities, showing an excess of liabilities of upward of $600,000. A commit­ tee of five was appointed to t xainine into the details, and in a few days a meeting of his creditors will be called to hear the report. THE pardon of Wm. O. Avery, one of the St. Xaouia whisky-ring conspirators, was signed one day last week, by the President. "" A MEETING of tbe"*rred;FTS of CX-GPT. Shep- trtrd TT?3 held lately. Ninety per cent, of the rneditors were present, and unanimously agreed to «stcnd for a period of five years their sev­ eral claims. Mr. Shepherd has turned over all Ids proDertv to the Hon. George Tavlor, H. A. Wil lard, and Samuel Cross, aa trustees, for the benefit of his creditors, but with the agree­ ment that he is to have the management of the realization of his assets. The detailed state­ ment of his affairs showed an excess of about •500,000 of assets over liabilities. His friends confidently anticipate that he will be able to settle up his affairs long before the expiration of the time granted The Congressional House Committee on Appropriations will meet . on the 2.2d of November to prepare the bills for the nest year. Col. Stevens, the clerk of the committee, has been at work a month or more, wd has them nearly all in form, and he thinks the committee will have at least threa bills ready for presentation by the time the House meets. QENBKAL. W*. MCKK, member of the St Louit whisky fittg under sentence of two years in jail, has been pardoned by the President The steam- „ boat Arlington was sunk at the Cumberland Maud dam one morning last week. She will be a total loss. No lives were lost. 1'HKKE thousand five hundred persons have been vaccinated in the West End of Montreal, and 2,000 in the East End. Only four objec­ tions were made out of 5,500 persons vaccin­ ated.... A moose from Nova Scotia, that can trot a mile in harness in 2:20 u amusing I he .novelty seekers ip Philadelphia. THE Quebec Legislature was formally opened '%» Saturday last by the Administrator of the ' Government with the customary speech from the throne. His Excellency complimented the House on the fact that the loan authorized last session had been advantageously placed, and that the credit of the province occupied a .fateh position in the English marbet. lie •aid it was the intention of tiie Government to oeme to the aid of the railways in the province •sekiug relief. Ho believed the reports to We laid before the House on coloniz tion and re­ patriation will establish the fact that the coun­ try continues to make satisfactory progress Honolulu pa;>ers received at Sun Fr&neisco bring news of the arrival at Honolulu of the brig Three Brothers, with 190 of the crew of the whaling fleet abandoned in the Arctic. The statements made by the masters of the Three Brothers and Arctic, are corroborative of the story of those masters of the abandoned ships Who reached San Francisco. IT is reported that negotiations are pending tfetween this country and foreign powers look­ ing toward an interchange of criminals. In consequence of this, Sweeney is naid to hava left Paris, and Connolly i* traveling under an assumed name under a British passport.,.. (Jorneliua H. Call, a freight conductor on ths Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Indiana railroad, was shot by a tramp, at Shelby, Ohio, last week. THE trial of the claim of Admiral Porter and the North Atlantio squadron for prize-money, growing out of the capture of Richmond, was begun recently before Judge Humphries in Washington, D. C. About $1,600,000 ii in­ volved in the controversy The steamer Moche, belonging to a line of steamers run- ingbetween Havana and Porto Rico, was seized by a number of the ptuweug^re, and the Cap­ tain and other officers killed. They then pot the rest of the passengers en shore at Romero Key, Cuba, and put to sea. POLITICAL. Os aooount of the excitement Concerning the election, and charges having been made that the Returning Board of Canvaseera of Louisi­ ana were unfair, the heads of the two politi­ cal cauipai^u comiuitvttod iuijUtiiiou iu6 pres­ ence of a number of distinguished gentlemen from the North at the official canvass of the vote or that State. The following wore among those invited, who have already gone to New Orleans for that purpose: William M. Evarfcj, John A. Dix. E. W Stoughton and Van Allen, New York ; Mr. Schaumberg. W. D. Kellay, Pennsylvania; Cortland and Parker, New Jar- sey ; Senator Sherman, ex-Gqv. Noyes. Gen. Garfield, and Judge Stanley Matthews, Ohio;1 C. Irving Ditty, of Maryland; J. A. Kasson, Iowa , visa. Ben Harrison, Indiana ; E= Bock- wood Hoar, Massachusetts; Hoary D. Mo- Henrv, Senator Stevenson, Henry Wattereon, Kentucky; Senator McDonald, Gen. Love,. Indiana; ex-Gov. Palmer Lyman Trumbull, Illinois ; ex-Se>nator Doolittle, Wisconsin ; Gov. Carroll, Mar?laud ; Senator Bragg, James O. Broadhead, Erastus Wei la, Charles Gibson, Missouri; ex-Gov. Curtin, Pennsylvania. Several of those invited declined--among then Senators Logan and Edmunds, and Hon. W. F. Coolbaugh, of Chicago--but the delegation is one with whose decisions the country will feel satisfied. Gen. Grant telegraphed tho fol­ lowing orders in relation to the canvass from Philadelphia to Washington: PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10. Gen. W. T. Sherman, Washington: •• Instruct Gen, Anger, in Florida, to be vigilant with the force at his command to preserve peace and good order, and to see that the proper and legal Boards of Canvassers are unmolested in the perform­ ance of their duties. Should there be any Krounds of suspicion of a fraudulent count on either side, it should be reported and denounced at once. No man worthy of the office of President 8b on Id be willing to hold it if " counted in," or placed there by fraud. Either can afford to be disappointed in the result. The country cannot afford to have the result tainted by a suspicion of illegal or false re­ turns. U. 8. GRANT. . PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10, 1876. To Gen. Sherman, Washington: Send all the troops to Gen. augur that he may deem necessary to insure entire quiet and peaces able count of the ballots actually cast. They may be taken from South Carolina unless there is reason to suspect an outbreak there. The presence of Citizens from other Btates, understand, is request­ ed in Louisiana to see that the Board of Canvassers akc a fair count of the vote actually oast. It is to be hoped that representative and fair men of both parties will go. U. S. GRANT. THE total vote of the State of Connecticut is in, with this result: Mr. Tilden's plurality is 2,989 ; his majority is 2,390. Hubbard's plu­ rality (for Governor) is 3,523 ; his majority is 2,144. The total vote of the State is, for the Presidential tickets. 121,446; for the Gov­ ernors', 121,696 Lieut. Gen. Sheridan has left Chicago for New Orleans to take command of the troops there in person. NEWFOUNDLAND advices report several ship­ wrecks with loss of crews. A brig drifted into Crow harbor, Fortune bay, with four of the crew dead and lashed to the rigging....Chi­ cago elevators contain 2,812,742 bushels of wheat; 746,741 busbats of corn; 430,962 bushels of oats; 173.474 bushels of rye, and 967,366 bushels of barley, making a grand total of 5,140,285 bushels, against 2,555,296 bushels at this period last year. THE Legislature of Colorado has elected two United States Senators--Hon. J. B. Chaffee and Hon. A. M. Teller. They are both Republi­ cans. FOREIGN. THE district of Backergunge, India, was rav­ aged by a cyclone one day last week. A thousand native houses were destroyed. The town of Dowlattkan was snbmergeS by the waves, and 5,000 persons are believed to have perished. The Government has seut relief to the desolated sections A dispatch from Vienna states that Montenegro, finding here elf incapable of maiutaing troops in their present position during the armistioe, has opened ne­ gotiations with the Porte for a prompt conclu­ sion of peace. THE port and roadstead of Cronstadt, in Bus- ia, are icebound, and navigation is stopped. The River Dwina is frozen, and navigation is closed. The River Neva is also choked with floating ice from the Lake of Ladoga Gen. Loma has ordered the inhabitants of the Basque provinces in Spain to immediately de­ liver all their arms to the authorities New York city had a 850,000 fire in a Broadway business block one day last week. THE following i.i the text of the speech de­ livered by the Czar at Moscow, in reply to an address of the citizens, on Friday of last week: " I thank you for yonr sentiments respecting the political situation, which is now more clear­ ly defined than before. You know that Turkev has yielded to my demands for an r'Tiituodiato armistice to ond tb© n$s6l©ss 8ls,unrLiter in Bcrvia and Montenegro. In this unequal struggle the Montenegrins, as heretofore, have shown them­ selves real heroes. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of the Servians, notwithstanding the assistance of our volunteers, maov of whom Bhed their blood for the Slavonic cause. I know that all Russia joins me in w rmlv sympathizing in the suffering of our brethren and co-religioniste. The true interests of Rus­ sia are. however, dearer to me than all. My wish to the utmost is to spare Russian blood. Therefore I have striven and will still strive to obtain a real improvement of the position of the Christians by peaceful means. In a few days ne­ gotiations will commence at Constantinople. My most ardent wish is that we may arrive at a general agreement. , Should this, however, | not be achieved, and should I see that we can- I not obtain the guarantees necessary for carry­ ing out what we intended to demand from the Porte, I am firmly determined to act independ­ ently. I am convinced that the whole of Rus­ sia will respond to my summons should I con­ sider it necessary, and Russia's honor require it. Moscow will lead the van by its example. May God help us to carry out our sacred mis­ sion." Gen. Gonzales arrived at San Do­ mingo, Hayti, on the 19th ult. The interior town of Santiago and seaport of Puerto Plata capitulated to the Gonzales party, and com­ munication between the seaport and the in­ terior is established'. Gen. Gonzales has not imprisoned or banished a single partisan of the fallen Government It is reported from Calcutta, India, that 20,000 persons perished in the cyclone of Oct. 31, and some estimates place the loss of lives as high as 40,000 In a town of Barrishol, the capital of Baekergunge district, 3,000 houses were leveled with the earth. Letters from survivors report that a great wave nine feet deep swept over the large island of Dakhin, Shahabazpore. The whole of Eastern Bengal appears to have suffered severely from the "jvelone, and Cal­ cutta narrowly escaped. The reports of famine from Bombay are worse. A water famine is feared in Bome districts. CARDINAL SIMCONI, recently Papal Nuncio at Madrid, Spain, has been appointed to succeed the late Cardinal Antonelli as Secretary of 8tate to the Pope Three steamers have arrived at Havana, from Spain, since the last report, with 3,000 troops and four Geneials. Ths General- in-Chief, Martinez Campos, with staff, have left that city to take the field A Greek bark was run down in the English channel, one dav last week, and eight of her crew perished.. There has been a hurricane at Lisbon. GEN. MAUTINEZ CAMPOS, now commanding the Spanish troops in Cuba, has issued a proc­ lamation intended to test the loyalty of per­ son •» who have deserted from that army and joined the insurgents. The proclamation gives such men until Dec. 31 to return and take their old places in the Spanish army, failing in which they are threatened with death by the bullet in case they are captured thereafter The Czar tow ordered the mobilization of the Russian army. A circular of Prince Gortscha- koff, the Russian Premier, to Russian repre­ sentatives abroad, explaining this manure, says: "The Czar does not wish war, anl will, if possible, avoid it. He is. however deter­ mined that the principles of justice Wh«h have been -©cognized as necessary by the Wiolo of Europe shall be carried out in. Turkej under efficacious guarantees," A BKVTER telegram from Conataninople says: "All the powers are stated to be in accord respecting the conference whfpfc is ex­ pected to commence its sitting at the and of November. The Poite has made someobjeo- tion. but its adhesion appears certain, Kiel and having made urgent representations."... . The British steamer City of Manchester, fron Liv­ erpool for Calcutta, was sunk off Akaynli. In­ dia, recently. All hands, except the Oiptain and steward, aro supposed to be lost... .The army which Russia will mobilize forthwtb, or as rapidly as the state of the weather will per­ mit. is stated to consist of 195,202 iufcntry, 26,788 cavalry, and 624 rifled cannon. It s also reported that Russia will not wait, until April for her next year's contingent of 200,000 men, but will call them out at once. END OF TB£ EXHIBITION. The Ceremonies Attending the Fcrthal Closing of the International Exposition for 18T«. A special to a Chicago paper, dated Philadelphia, Nov. 10, thus describes the formal closing ceremonies: The light of the world's fair of 1876 went out to-day in the midst of a dreary rain-storm, a sea of mud, and a general feeling of excitement and discomfort. A grand stand, with accommodation for 1,800 persons, had been built along the west­ ern front of the main building and decorated with the flags of all the nations represented in thto Exhibition. Facing this was a semi-circle of seats accommodating nearly 4,000 persons, but ,it became evident early in the day that these arrangements would have to be abandoned on account of the cold and dampness, and when the rain began to come down at tfoon the Judges' hall was made ready for the cerercdnies of the day. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, however, the attendance was much larger than tpe average, the cash admissions up to 1 o'clock reaching 92. < 00, and at 6 o'clock the turnstiles registered 106,474, including 4,466 at half price. By 1 o'clock most of the crowd had packed themselves into the area between the Main building and Machinery hall. President Grant was escorted into the Judges' hall at 2 o'clock, and then the thousands changed their base with a rush, 100,000 people trying to get into a building that would have to stretch * to hold 1,800. Invitations to attend the ceremonies had been sent to the President of the United States and his Cabinet, the Judges of the Supreme Oourt, the foreign legation, the 8enate and House of Representatives, the Governors of the States and Territories, the Mayors of fifty-five cities, the United States Circuit Court, foreign Consuls in Philadelphia, the Judges of Awards, Centennial Commissioners and members of the Board of Finance, the Centennial Bureaus, noted American poets, orators and musicians, and enough other distinguished personages to fill one or two of the main buildings. On the platform in the Judges' hall were the Governors of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey and Delaware, Chief Justice VVaite, the United States and Foreign Centennial Commissioners, and many oth­ ers. The Presidential party, a few minutes afterward, entered the main hall in the follow­ ing order: Messrs. McNeil, Blake and Lynch, of the Centennial Commission ; President Grant, escorted by Gen. Hawley, and Attorney Gen­ eral Taft, with Secretaries "tish and Cameron ; the Rev. Joseph A. Seiss, D. D.. and Geo, W. Childs, escorted by President Welsh wad Direc­ tor General Goshorn. A row of honor was then formed on the front of the platform, with President Grant in the center; Gen. Haw­ ley, Director General Goshorn, the Attorney General, Secretary Cameron, and Geo. W. Childs on the right and Messrs. Morrill, Fish, Seiss, Welsh, and Patterson on the left, After Wagner's inaugural march had been played, the Rev. Dr. Seiss opened the ceremonies with prayer. The orcnestra then performed Bach's ohorale and fugue, after which the Hon. I). J. Morrill delivered an appropriate addrws. This was followed by selections from MtfTe Deum" by the chorus and oreii#trfl|wter which Mr. John Welsh, President of the Cen­ tennial Board of Finance, spoke at length. The orchestra performed Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony," and Director General Goshorn was then introduced for an address. Then fol­ lowed the "Halhelujah Chorus!' from Handel's " Messiah," by the chorus and orchestra, after which came an address by the Hon. Joseph R. Hawley. The chorus, orchestra, and many of the audience joined in the performance of "God Save the Queen," during which the original Union flag was displayed above the platform. Its unfurling was the signal for applause long and loud, and at the same time a salute of forty-seven guns, one for each State and Territory, was fired frem George's hill and simultaneously from the United States steamer Plymouth in the harbor. A Federal sa­ lute of thirteen guns had been fired at the same points simultaneously at sunrise. After the mnsic, Gen. Hawley, turning to Gen. Grant, said: "Mr. President, we now await your pleasure." The President arose and said: "I declare that the International Exhibition of 1876 is now closed." Gen. Hawley then announced that the President would give the order to stop the Corliss engine, whereupon Presides L Grant turned toward the telegraph instrument, reused his loft haud, and immedi­ ately the signal was dispatched to Mr. Corliss. It was jnst 40 minutes after 3 o clock when the great engine stopped. The ceremony was ended with the Doxology, "Old Hundred" by the chorus, orchestra and audience. The to­ tal number of cash admissions to the Exhibi­ tion up to date is 8.004,214, and the total cash receipts from admissions $3,813,693.99. The Proposal for a Conference Upon the Louisiana Canvass. The following address has been issued at New Orleans: NEW OBUEANB, NOV. 14. To the Hon. Stanley Matthews, James Garfield, John A. Logan, Wm. D. Kelley, John A. Kasson, J. Irwin Ditty, John II. Shoenbcrger, Wm. M. Evarts, £. W. Stoughton, John A. Dix, and others: The undersigned arrived here yesterday. They came in answer to a telegram from Hon. Abraham S. Hewitt, Chairman of the National Democratic Committee, dated at New York, Nov. 10, 1876, as fellows, viz: "The citizens of New Orleans urgently request that a delega tion of prominent gfntlemeu come there at once to counsel peace and fair and honest re­ turns. You are earnestly requested to be one of ten or fifteen gentlemen, all widely known, to meet at the Louisville Gait House, OD Satur­ day evening, proceeding directly south, or. if more convenient, meeting at the Charles Hotel, New Orleanp, on Monday morning. Your prompt acceptance by telegraph is requested. This emergency appeals to your patriotism." The undersigned are informed you have come here i? t'1^r . reclue8t the President of T» 6 ^ United States to see that the Board of Canvassers make a fair count of the vote actually cast. While in the late can- yasB you gave your support to Hayes and Wheeler as candidates for President and Vice lke undersigned gave their sup­ port U) Tilden and Hendricks for these offices, they feel assured that all good citizens of all S«rV»eH reSaid an honest count and truo returns ?iL •; Vote HctU4l)y caMt of greater moment toan the success of any candidate for office, ,®r6 10 all that honorable men i71l.do Becure BQCh return of at ^ lat0 election in the State of Louisiana, which assumes more than ever before a national importance, and uponi which lu this crisis may depend the very existence of constitutional government. The undersigned, tbeiefore, in view of the unhap- K?rovfe8 which have heretofore amen from tho action of the Returning Board of the State, where its action could not in anv event change the result of a Presidential elei tion and in view of the desire of all good men that effect should bo given to the will of the majority as lawfully expressed, reapectfullv ask you. or such of you as are present, to meet and confer with them personally or through committees, as may be deemed most wise in order that such influence as we possess may be exerted in behalf of such a canvass of the votes actually cast as by its fairness and im­ partiality shall command the respect ana ac­ quiescence of the American people of all parties. Tours respectfully, John M. Palmer, Lyman Trumbull, William R. Morrison, Illinois; Samuel J. Randall, A. J. Ourtir, Wiu. Bigler, Pennsylvania; J. K. McDonald, IuiH- atia; J. R. Doolittle, Geo. B. Smith, Wisconsin; (Jeo. W. Julian, M. D. Manson, John Love. Indiana; Henry Wattemm. J. W. Stevenson. H. D. Mo Henry, Kentucky; Oswald Ottendorfer* New York; J. B Stallo, Ohio: Lewis V. Bopy, James O. Broadhead, C. Gibson, Missouri; John Lee Carroll, Wm. F. Hamilton, Maryland; W. S. Sumner, Connecticut. ILLINOIS ITEMS. MRS. CLARA B. BROWN, a most esti­ mable lady, wife of Hon. William Brown, of Jacksonville, died one night last week of spinal meningitis. AT Grand Tower, Jackson county, one evening w<wk. a young man named Fred Able fell into the Mississippi river and was drowned while ^pushing a flat- boat from the steamer Belle Memphis. BURGLARS entered the residence ®f B. M. Watson, at Bloomington, a few nights since, and stole a diamond ring worth $1,200, two overcoats, and other property. Mr. Watson had about $1,500 in money tinder his pillow, which they did not find. . LAST Saturday morning the yards of the iCJhicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, at Quincy, were the scene of a fatal accident, resulting in the death of a switchman named Wm. Stewart. He was engaged in cutting off some freight cars when his foot caught between the rails so that it could not be extricated before a loaded freight car was upon him, knocking him down on the rails and crushing his body into almost a shapeless mass. He was taken to his residence, but lived but a few moments. The deceased was 19 years of age and was highly respected by all who knew him. JUDGE AXFRED KITOHELL died at his residence in Galesburg on Saturday morning. He was born in Crawford county in 1820 ; was State's Attorney, Fourth Judicial District for twelve years. In 1849 he was chosen Judge of Rich­ land county, and later Judge of the Twenty-fifth Judicial District. He waa a corporate member of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, and one of the Direc­ tors. He removed to Galesburg ten years ago, has been one of the Directors of the First National Bank, and an active member of the Board of Trustees of Knox College. The Circuit Court, on the announcement of his death, ap­ pointed a committee to draft resolutions, and immediately adjourned. The funeral took place from the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member and trustee. ONE of the most remarkable instances of a supposed corpse coming to life again ever known in this part of the country took place last week at a little place called Middle Creek, in Winnebago county. The daughter of a well- known fanner, named Andrew Mc­ Gregor, died last Thursday night of scarlet fever. The funeral was arranged for Friday. The corpse was brought in, after having been driven a distance of seven miles. The sermon was preached by the Rev. M. Braddock. After the ser­ vices the friends and chief mourners com­ menced to take a last farewell of the beautiful corpse. One of the mourners observed there was a moisture upon the inside of the glass. In a moment the lid was corn off, and the body gave evident signs of life. The greatest confusion and excitement ensuea. The parents of the departed were almost frantic with joy, as they saw yet a hope for their dear one's life. Medical assistance was pro­ cured, and the supposed corpse was forthwith removed to the minister's house, situated a mile and a half from the church. Considerable excitement was occasioned in the neighborhood about the incident. When last heard of, Miss McGregor was alive, and hopes are entertained of her recovery. PATENTS recently issued to residents of this State i Transplanters and post- hole diggers, Wm. Ryan, Macomb; measures, J. Ash, Chicago; copyholder, H. Deyo, Chicago; horse brushes, J. F. Furter, Chicago; bows and arrows, C. Goodwin, Chicago; stovepipe thimbles, D. W. Bryant, Chicago; egg earners, P. Tulp, Chicago; turbine water wheel, A. H.Wagner, Chicago; water meters, Van K. Higgins, Chicago ;abdominai supports, Nancy J. Hanchette, Chicago; cigar cut­ ters, F. Winkler, Cnicago; harvesters, G. H. Spaulding, Bock ford ; seed plant­ ers, J. W. Brigham, Bockford; grain ventilation, P. Holland, Decorah; hoist­ ing and tramming machines, T. Rhoades, Ollana ; bedstead fastening, L. Schnei­ der, CarlyJe; harvesters, E. Emmet, Harmon; ironing boards, J. M. Kendall, Prophetstown; boilers, J. Marrs, Friend Creek township; seed planters, L. J. Bos worth, Monmouth; shaping plow handles, E. A. Conner, Metropolis; grain headers, A. J. Hodges, Peoria; 3-horse eveners, W. Haisting, 8r., Fow; ler; watch barrels, J. A. Shanver, Knox ville; sickle grinder, H. S. Stevens, Waukegan; harvester, E. A. Peck, Syca­ more; coupling for canalboats, Raymond & Hanley, Lockport; corn planters, Thomson & Ramsey, Aledo; medical preparation, T. C. Clarke, Chicago; cigars, W. H. Romerman & Co., Jack­ sonville. THANKSGIVING. The Governor issued the following proclamation : STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. John L. B^veridge, Governor of Illinois, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: For the blessings of the year aud the cen­ tury, 1st all the people, in their places of wor­ ship, in their homes, aud in their hearts, ac­ knowledge the goodness and favor of Almighty God ; and to this end I, John L. Beveridge, Oovernor of tho State of Illinois, do set apart Thursday, Nov. 30, aa a day of thanksgiving. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the great seal of the Slate. Done at the city of Springfield, this eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and of the independence of the United States th« one hundred and first. JOHN L. BEVEBIDGE. By the Governor. GEOBGK H. HABLGW, Secretary of State. MARTIN PINE was tried in Hender­ son, Ky., for an assault, and the lawyer who defended him deemed it politic to say that he was cowardly. Mr. Pine publishes his card : "I would an­ nounce to the citizens' of Henderson, and especially to a learned gentleman who pronounced me a cowcrd before a jury, that if he will take the trouble to select his friend and repair on the other side of the river, the matter can easily be decided who is the greater coward of the two." JERSEY JUSTICE. Prise-Ring Murder ot Philip Koster Avenged. A telegram from Salem, N. J., Nov. 8, gives the following -acconnt of the trial of the participants of the Weeden- Walker prize-fight some months ago: "The speed with which the jury in the case of Weeden, Collyer, Goodwin, Neary, and Clark, tried for the fatal prize-fight, arrived at a verdict yester­ day afteruoon was a matter of surprize to all concerned in the case. At least two of the jury were known to have favored the acquittal of Neary and Clark, on the ground that they had been punished enough, and it was thought that they would "hang" the jury. They subse­ quently agreed to a verdict of convic­ tion on the understanding that the jury join in an application to the Court of Pardons in behalf of Clark and Neary after a few months shall have expired. At 10 o'clock this morning Mr. Henry L. Hope came into court and made an application before Judge Reed for a new trial in the cases of Clark and Neary, on the ground that the verdict of man­ slaughter was against the weight of the evidence, the two named prisoners being merely innocent spectators. The court refused to grant the application. After the consideration of several minor cases before the court Mr. Hope asked that before sentence was passed upon Neary and Clark he should be heard in a plea for mitigation. The court assented, and thereupon ordered that all the prisoners be brought into court. This was done. The men looked muoh dejected. The mother and sisters of Weeden were present, and the wife of Clark, and, at sight of their relatives^ burst into tears. The , Court asked Mr. Hope if he had .anything to spy before sentence was passed. v The counsel replied that he had, and proceeded to plead for Neary and Clark, on the giound that they were not prin­ cipals nor seconds in the ' fight, but merely spectators, and they had left the ground when warned to do so by the Sheriff. After a short delay Judge Reed ordered the prisoners to stand up. Addressing Weeden, Collyer and Goodwin, he said that they had been found guilty of com­ ing from a foreign- State and engaging in a brutal fight--a crime against the laws of the State. They had willfully participated in this crime, and a more dreadful one had been the result, that of murder; they had therefore been guilty not only of a misdemeanor, but of the highest crime known to the Jaw. It was imperative upon the court to see that an example be made of the prison­ ers before him, and he accordingly felt it his duty to sentence Weeden, Collyer and Goodwin to six years in the State penitentiary, at hard labor. Turning to Clark and Neary, the Oourt recited again the circumstances under which they had come into the State. There were, however, mitigating cir­ cumstances, they having departed when the Sheriff desired them to. He sen­ tenced them to two years at hard labor. The prisoners were then removed to jail. The Sheriff will take them to the State prison at Trenton immediately. As stated above, an application for the pardon of Clark and Neary will be made in a few months. It is rumored that Judge Reed will sign it. A HEW BOUTE TtKCHIITA. Discovery by a Swede ot a Mew Water Communication Between Russia, China and Japan--An Open Way to the Arctic Seas. Mr. C. Julian Dannfeldt, the chief of the Swedish Centennial Commission, has received news from his country that will be of much interest to geographers find scientific men and to all who feel interest in the problem of the Polar regions. Mr. Dannfeldt's information is from Prof. Vordenskiold, the eminent miner­ alogist and geographical explorer, who visited this country as a member of 'the Jury of Award, and who sailed for Swe­ den on the 29th day of June. The ex­ plorer has already successfully per­ formed the Siberian journey which he had contemplated. He sailed from Sweden in a small steamer chartered by two prominent merchants, one a Swede and the other a Russian, who loaded the v easel with merchandise for sale. Prof. Vordenskiold was placed in command of the expedition He sailed from Ham- merfest in the beginning of August, and after an eventful voyage succeeded in demonstrating »the correctness of his theory in regard to an open way to the Arctic sea. He reports having encoun­ tered no obstacles and considers the way now quite open from Europe to China via the northern passage and the valley of the Zenessee river, by which streun communication is obtained across Siberia and almost to the frontiers of China, • An immense unmeasured area of ex­ tremely fertile and valuable soil was found in this region, all of which is ac­ cessible for immediate cultivation. The commercial value and the important re­ sults to flow from this demonstration of the feasibility of a northeastern passage to Liberia and China can hardly be fore­ seen or overestimated. Vordenskiold, whoso letter is, unfor­ tunately, brief, writes that he has also obtained results of great interest to science. Dredging and scientific ob­ servations were constantly carried on during the entire voyage. Large acces­ sions have been made to the previously obtained collections from this heretofore unknown region. One of the unexpect­ edly favorable phenomena of the pas­ sage, the Professor reports, was that the water was uniformly found to be surpris­ ingly warm. Fossil Frauds. Every one remembers the Cardiff giant, says the New York Tim-s, and the success which that fraudulent fossil achieved before its true character was fully exposed. It now appears that the alleged print of a human foot, which was said to have been recently discovered on a slab of Connecticut sandstone, is mere­ ly another attempt to palm off a ferged fossil upon a confiding community. Not only does the print of the foot furnish intrinsic evidence that it was made by the foot of a modem Connecticut farmer, but the slab itself proves to be a lump of artificial stone. The forger first made his slab and then put his foot in it. If he had not committed the rash mistake of using artificial stone his deceit might have succeeded, and geologists might have accepted it as a final aud fatal blow to Moses and his cosmogony. These two instances of attempted fraud in the manufacture of fossils ought to call our attention to the fact that we are wholly at the mercy of the geologists in respect to fossils. NIBHTMARE. ) Who Eats a late and Hearty Supper Pay the Penalty. There are persons who cannot eat very rich food, or too hearty an evening meal, or late suppers, without being visited the following night by somo terrible dream. It may be that they a19 f falling from a precipice, leaping from a high window, in battle and about to b<y shot, wrecked at sea and drowning, at­ tacked by midnight robbers and likely to be murdered, the hopeless victim of unrequited love, or tormented by a sour- tempered mother-in-law. Such dream® take innumerable fantastic find hideous shapes. In whatever form {hey come they are designated by the compreuen- • sive name of nightmare. Sometimes there is but an indistinct • impression of such dreams remaining after waking; at others, the recollection is vivid for days. They are always most unwelome visiters, leaving behind then* painful associations of thought. The nightmare is a hard and galling horse to* ride. At the same time, it may-not be an- evil untempered with good* to. be liable to this prompt and most disagreeablo penalty for an infringement of the laws of health. The tendency is to make ono iftore observant of regular iiourg and , wholesome diet. Some philosophers have maintained that the most robust constitution does not afford the best chance for long life. This W|s the opin­ ion of Sir George Combe, the author of a remarkably perspicuous and profound work on •« The Constitution of Man." Moses Brown, of Swansea, a?i£ch, benev­ olent, and highly esteemed member of the Society^of Friends, who lived to the age of nearly 100, held to a similar doc­ trine. He said that when a young man he was so feeble that, had it been possi­ ble, he would gladly have compromised for forty years of life. His very feeble­ ness, however, and the quick penalty he was compelled to pay for any inattention to the requirements of health had made him constantly careful of hiinself; and the consequence waa that he lived to a great and unusual age. A person with what is called an iron constitution may do what he pleases in the way of indulgence and excess with­ out experiencing any immediate dis­ agreeable effects; whereas one of less hardihood and endurance has to pay as he goes. The two have been pptly com­ pared to the credit and the cash systems: against one the score ultimately becomes large and ruinous, and he finally sudden­ ly breaks down; while the other, never having a long account against him, settles the more easily because ke settles so often. We are inclined, therefor^, on the whole, to regard what is often spoken of, and not inaccurately as the horrid "nightmare," as, in reality, a minister to health--a useful and moral agency. At the same time, we must admit that he is a minister and a moral agent whose utility depends upon his being avoided. His place is better supplied by the sweet influences of refreshing sleep which wait on manly exercise, a wholesome and generous diet, early and regular hours, a alegar consaienoe, nn ̂ a .gopd newspaper. " Going to War." The man who wants to go to St. Petersburg and enlist in the Russian army to fight the Turks was at the Cen­ tral depot yesterday to see about his railroad ticket. With his hat on his left ear, pants in boot-tops, overcoat belted tightly around/ and a fierce twist to his mustache, he walked up to the ticket window and asked : " What time does the train leave for Russia?" " Five o'clock," answered the agent, nevei smiling in the least. "Good! What's the fare to St. Petersburg ?" ' "Five hundred dollars." " Too much. I'll give you $400. "We have but one rate," said the agent. " Ajid you won't let me go for ̂ 400?" " Couldn't do it." " Then I won't go. I'm a patriot, from head to foot, but I can't let no railroads 1 swindle me. I'm the bloodiest kind of a border wild-cat and Russia wants me bad, but that $100 opens a great gulf between us.--Detroit Free Pr688. THE horse and stock" columns of two of the New York dailies are edited by women. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BSEVZS 8 HOGS 6 COTTON FLOUR--Superfine Western 4 WHEAT--NO. 2Chicago... 1 CORN--Western Mixed OATS--No. 2 Chicago BTI--Western POBK--New Mess .............17 LABD--Steam ... CHICAGO. 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