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J. TAN 8UKE, Kilter * PlWhfclft "l T ILLINOIS. McHENET. EPITOME OF THE WEEK, , Oondanwd Telegraphio New*. THE m.&m the 26tli, the Montenegrihs cap- tared, after a violent bombardment, three for­ tified islands in Lake Scutari. Ill the British Parliament, on the evealug v* the 2Sth, the Cabinet- announced that the grant of money would be asked, not­ withstanding the changed condition of affairs In the East, to enable England to be proper­ ly represented at the coming European Con­ gress, which would decide those matters left In abeyance in the preliminary conditions lately signed by Russia and Turkey. The vote on the request would be looked upon as a vote of confidence in the Government, Of the reverse. 'J. nc Libers! ksuct? GTJCS decided to accept the condition, and announced th.t they proposed to challenge the entire course of the Government on the Eastern question, and overthrow it if possible, and if an adverse vote would do it. The statement is made that, if the Government be defeated, Parliament will immediately dissolve and an appeal be made to the country SPIRITED war demonstrations occur­ red at Athens, Greece, on the 27th and 28th, and the troops were called out and dispersed the mob. A ST. PETERSBURG telegram of the 29th says a misunderstanding had arisen be­ tween Russia and Austria, because the peace conditions had not been submitted to a Con* gress of the Powers. The Russian Govern­ ment had sent a special messenger with ex­ planations. A VIENNA telegram of the 29th says England had sncceeded in detaching Austria from the triple alliance and secured her con­ ditional opposition to the peace conditions. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the 20th says there was appalling misery from the Bosphorus to the Gulf of Salonica. The whole coast was crowded with 'terrified Mohammedans, and hundreds had perished from cold and hunger. ATHENS (Greece) advices of the 29th say order had been re-established, bat the ex­ asperation of the people was increasing. It Was feared that a revolution impended. A VIENNA dispatch of the 30th nit. cays 8ervia demands' as a condition of peace all of Old 8ervia, except that part comprised In Bosnia, and the payment of 180,000 Turkish pounds as a war indemnity. THE Russian papers report that ty­ phus fever prevails amoung the Russian troops fn the Caucasus and Armenia to such an ex­ tent that it may be called a plague. IN London, on the evening of the Slat nit., a meeting called in the interest of peace was captured and broken up by those London- era favoring war. The feeling against Russia was becoming intense. A PERA telegram of the 31st alt. says the wires between Gallipoll and Con­ stantinople had been cut. It was reported that the Ru-sians had appeared before the former place. THE Rotterdam Oourant of the 31st nit. publishes a private telegram from Con­ stantinople which states that the negotiations between Turkey and Russia had been broken off. THE Turks, within the Quadrilateral, an everywhere retreating upon the southern fortresses. AN Athens special of' the 31st ult. aays Thessaly had demanded of the Greek Chamber support and protection in their war­ fare with Turkey. The Chamber was holding a secret sitting to consider the demand. Twenty-four Communes, in the District of Vslo,in Thessaly, had formed a Provisional Government. THE Pope has ratified the plana for the reconstruction of the Scottish Hierarchy, appointed two Archbishops and four Safin* Cans. THE announcement was made in the British Parliament, on the night of the 1st, that peace preliminaries had been signed the day before at Adrianople. A BUCHAREST telegram of the 1st aavs orders had been sent to all Russian col- -limns to remain where they are, and await rrther instructions. A VIENNA telegram of the 1st says the European Conference to follow the sign­ ing of the armistice would be held In that city. A BELGRADE dispatch of the 1st ssjfs Servia was intensely disgusted at the dis­ regard of her interests shown by Russia, and proposed to continue the war until she holds r\t AM ATHENS advices of the 1st say the Greek Minister of War had ordered the mili­ tary occupation of Thessaly and Epirus, and made a statement in the Greek Parliament Which was considered as tantamount to a declaration of war against Turkey. The whole population had been ordered to be enrolled in the National Guard. THE Cretan insurgents have declared that island annexed to Greece. GEORGE CKCIKSH ANK, the well-known English caricaturist, is de&d. * scientific world, and many learned specula­ tions as to their origin w«re made in the re­ views and monthly magsdnes. THE following was the vote hi tin National House of Representatives, on the 28th, on the passage of Senator Matthews' concurrent Silver resolution: TWJI.--Aiken. Aldrieh, Atkins. Baker (IndL), Banning, Burne. BeU. BickaeU,Blackburn MEdlskk.BB!te IB Dim Oad. KeUwr4*^*" ^irn?Keife^Keitfht--®!W» senna, ailliiuw. luaajnel, Kaapp, IfTndft lbobi, ackensie. nwo, j Patterson , lips. Pollard, Poand, Price, Pndemore, Randolph. Rea, Reacan, Beilly, Rice, (Ohio\ R»ddle. Hob- bins, Roberta, Bonuum (La.), Robinson (Ind.), Ryan. Sampson, Sapp, Sayler, Scales, Sexton, Boallenberger, Shelley, Slemona^ Smalte, Smith I •'(?!>. \ Sparaa, Springer. Steele, nwinicuijSwuG ! (Mien.), Stone (Iowa), Strait, Thompson, Thorn- burgh, Throckmorton, Tipton, Towussnd (Ohio) Towmihend (IlL), Tucker.Turner, Turney, Vance, Van Vorhes, Waddeli, Wawt, Welch, White (Pa.), White (InT), Whitthorne, Williams (Wis.),_WiH- iams (Ala.), Willis (Ky.). Willets, Wilson, wren, Wright, Yeatea, Youiyr--18!». NAVS, - iteeop, Bagley, Baker (N. Y,), Ballon, Banks, Beebe, Beke, Blair, Brigss, Bandy, Campbell. Chittenden, Claflin, Clark (N. Y.), Cole, Covert, Crapo, Davis (OaL). Denison, Dwieht, Eames, EickhoC, Ellsworth, Evans (Pa.), Field, Freeman, Prye, Garfield. Hale, Harden- bergh, Harmer, Harris (Man.), Hart, Hendee, Hewitt (N. Y.t, Hnngerford, James, Jones (N. HA Joigensen, Joyce, Ketcham, Landers, Lapham, Leonard. Lindiiay, Lockwood, Loring. McCook, Morse, Mailer, Noreroa, O'Neill, Overton. Peddie, Potter, Powers, Pagh, Quinn, Rainy, Heed. Rice (Mass.), Robinson (Mass.), Schleicher, Sinnickson, Smith OPa.), Starin, Stenaer, Stewart, Swann. Yeeder. Wait, Warner, Watson, William* (Mich.), WillMms (N. Y.), Williams (Del.), Williams ({he.), Willis (N. Y.), Wood--79. THB NEW WOBLB. SEVERAL failures -were announced, enthe26th, among the most important oi which were those of the Casements Savings Bank of Union City, Pa., andChas. A. Eastoa A Co., one of the largest cotton brokerage bouses of New York. THE United States Treasury held, on the 26th, $346,075,050 in Government bond® to secure the National Bank circulation of $330,- and $3,643,000 in bonds to secure Public deposits. A CONVENTION of State Agricultural Societies will be held in Washington, on the third Tuesday in February. HON. JOHN B. KEKR, an ex-Member j«l Congress from Maryland, died nt bis rest -lence in Washington, on the 27th. F' UF to the 28th of January, the popu- ' & 8ub6criPtlon the Government 4-per-cent. . loan segregated a«total of about t2,600,000. f ' ( A MAN named Fitch, said to h^re teen engaged with Hull in making the "Colo- tido Petrified Man," has given a reporter of the New York Time* an interesting statement the construction of the fraud. He also States that Hull made the famous stone tablets Of the Connecticut Valley, in which were im printed by artificial means the tracks of pre­ historic birds. Hall bought a turkey «ad used Hie feet to make the Indentations. These > It will be remembered excited the whole Iiw • . AT a Cabinet meeting, in Washing­ ton, on the 29th, it was decided that the coin­ age of trade dollars should be resumed at the Philadelphia Mint. THE report that Sitting Bull, with his adherents, had crossed the line into the United States is denied In a dispatch from Helena, M. T., of the 29th. The Independent ̂ of that city, says that Maj. Walsh had just re­ turned from the neighborhood of Sitting Bull, at East End Police Post, and brought word that the latter bad said he had heard the Americans were coming to fight him and his people, that they were tired of blood, and would move nearer the Police Poet. Ma]. Walsh says that at no time since nis arrival there had Sitting Bull's camp crossed the line to American soil. THREE members of the Louisiana Returning Board--Anderson, Casanave and Kenner--were brought into court a New Or­ leans, on the 28th, to answer to the charge of forgery, etc. An application for a change of venue was made, argued and denied, and the trial of Anderson began. His counsel al­ leged that defendant could not have a fair N»l in that, rarish hw*n«« of nreiudice. The presiding Judge, In denying the motion for a change of venue, said the jury had been drawn in the most impartial manner, and was com­ posed of conscientious, honest men, of unim­ peachable character. The defense took ex­ ceptions to the ruling of the Court, after which the Impaneling of the jury was proceeded with. A full jury, consisting of ten white and two colored men, was secured, on the 29th. ON the complaint of an English stockholder, Mr. Hugh J. Jewett, Receiver of the Erie Railroad, of New York, has been held to bail in the sum of $30,000 to answer to the chaige of perjury, In swearing to alleged false statements of the condition of the road. ON the 30th ult., Judge Clifford, of the Supreme Court, attended a State dinner at the White House. This is his firBt recognition, socially, of the President. ON the 30th ult,, the President ap­ pointed Alex. McLeod, of Delaware; J. G. Thorpe and R. N. Baker, of Wisconsin, and John W. Mackey and W. S. Keys, of Nevada, as Honorary Commissioners to the Paris In­ dustrial Exhibition. ANNOUNCEMENT was made, on, the 30th ult., that the Secretary of the Treasury had arranged to receive, in payment of sub­ scriptions to the 4-per-cent. loan, coin or cur­ rency checks drawn on banks or bankers in New York. The currency checks will be con­ verted into coin at current rates, without ex­ pense to the owner, and any excess over the amount due on the subscription returned to the subscriber. Similar arrangements would be made in other cities having Sub-Treasury offices. Ox the evening of the 31st ult., the steamer Metropolis, bound from Philadelphia to Brazil, having on board between 200 and 300 engineers and railroad laborers, went ashore, in a terrible storm, and was wrecked off the coast of North Carolina, three miles south of Currituck Light-House. It was believed, on the morning of the 2d, that at least 100 per» sous had perished. A WjswmflWK 0# the 1st an­ nounces the arrival in that city of J. Madison Wells, the fugacious member of the Louisiana Returning Board. A TIDAL wave swept over a portion of Coney Island, near New York, on the night of the 31st ult., and swept away four houses situated a hundred yards from the beach, and drowned the women and children sleeping therein. About a dozen persons lost their lives. THE public-debt statement for Janu­ ary places the total amount of the debt, in­ cluding interest, at 92,215,455,845. Cash In Treasury, 1171,168,479. Debt, less cash in Treasury, $2,044,287,366. Decrease during the month, $1,668,076. Decrease since June 30, 1877, $15,870,857. A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 1st says that the Secretary of the Treasury de­ sired that all drafts sent to him for sub­ scriptions to the 4-per-cent. loan be drawn payable to bis order; otherwise they cannot be received. THE Hew York Postmaster has been notified by the Postoffice authorities that the trade-dollar not being legal-tender, he Is not obliged to receive them In payment of pcrat- e-stamps. THERE were 180 failures in New York City during January. Liabilities, 97,113,- OBO; assets, $1,433,839. THOMAS LORD, Sr., of NEW York City, the husband of Mrs. Hicks, has recently come out from bis retiracy and proposes hotly to contest the suit brought to establish bis lunacy. free coinage of a standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender character, was taken up, and Mr. Morrill made a lengthy speech in opposition thereto. HOUSE.--A large number of bills were presented and referred In the House, among which were--to secure the pay and wages due employes of railroads engaged In imer-State commerce; to retire the clrcula tion of National Banks, and to establish there­ for Treasury notes, receivable for all dues to the Government, and to abolish the tax on banking institutions: securing to all the States equal measure of patronage in the Civil Service of the Government; fixing the numlier of Rei»- resentatives in Congress at 150 A resolu­ tion was adopted--174 to 85--declaring that, in the judgment of the House, no subsidies in money, bonds, public lands, indorsements, or by pledge of public credit, should be granted of renewed by Congress to associations en­ gaged in, or proposing to engage in, public or private enterprises; but that appronriatlons o«pbt to limited to such amount and pur­ poses only as shall be imperatively demanded by the public service... .The Senate concur­ rent resolution, known as the Matthews Silver resolution, was taken up and passed--189 to 79. SENATE.--On the 29th, the House joint resolution accepting Carpenter's paint­ ing of Lincoln and his Cabinet was agreed to --43 to 7.... .Mr. Beck called up and advocated the passage of a resolution previously submit­ ted by him declaring it 44 unnecessary or ln- espeaieai to wwnfAin or imiioKe UIXCB at this time for the purpose of providing for $37,l!J6,- 054.01 asked for by the Secretary of the Treas­ ury for a sinking fund.". . .The House Silver bill was further debated, Mr. Wallace speaking in favor of, and Messrs. Bayard, Dawes ana Whyte against, the measure. Amendments were submitted and ordered printed--provid­ ing that the dollar shall contain 420 grains of standard silver; providing that it shall be a legal f ender for all debts, public and private, amounting to sums over $500. HOUSE.--A resolution was adopted directing that the issuing of passes for admis­ sion to the floor of the House be discontinued. A bill was passed--167 to 100--recognizing the Woodruff Scientific Expedition around the world. SENATE.--A resolution was adopted, on the 30th ult., asking information of the President relative to the survey of public lands in the Indian Territory, and the Indian ownership thereof The Silver bill was further considered, and Mr. Christiancy sub­ mitted an. amendment providing for the coin­ age of silver dollars of 434 grains each--nine- tenilis pure silver and one-tenth alloy--to be a legal-tender for all debts, except when other­ wise provided by law or contract. HOUSE.--A bill was introduced and referred prohibiting any further destruction of legal-tender notes, and making such notes legal tender for customs duties The bill ex­ tending the time for the withdrawal of dis­ tilled spirits in bond until July 1, was consid­ ered, and a substitute was adopted--146 to 112 --declaring a reduction of the tax on whisky Inexpedient. SENATE.--Several petitions were pre­ sented, on the 31st ult... .Bills were passed-- appropriating $200,000 for the erection of suit able posts for the protection of the Rio Grande frontier; to define the rights of persons with respect to homestead entries on public do­ mains.... The House joint resolution extend­ ing the thanks of Congress to Henry M. Stan­ ley, the explorer of Central Africa, was unan­ imously agreed to... .The Silver bill was fur­ ther considered, and Messrs. Morgan and Booth submitted amendments, after which rtii-.-Ii.v-; jaMBiut-ifeiisiiJi o£ llid bill was post­ poned until the 4th, to which date the Senate adjourned. HOUSE.--A majority report was made from the Committee on Elections, in the Cali fornia contested election case, against Pach- eco, the sitting member, and in favor of Wig- ginton, the contestant, a minority report being also made, taking opposite grounds The following additional appointments to com­ mittees were announced by the Speaker: Ex­ penditures in the State Department, Turner and Bundy: in the Navy Department, Pride- more and Williams (Oregon); in the Postoffice Department, Clark (Missouri) and Mi Kinley; in the War Department, Dickey and Reed; in the Interior Department, Patterson and Pound....The Military Academy Appropria­ tion bill, ($272,155) was considered in Com mittee of the Whole. Nj SENATE.--Not in session on the 1st. HOUSE.--A bill was introduced and referred, to provide for funding the National debt in home bouds convertible into currency. ... .Mr. Baker, of Indiana, rising to a ques­ tion of privilege, recited certain statements made to him in writing involving grave if not criminal conduct on the part of the Doorkeep­ er of the House, which statements had since been put into the shape of affidavit*. He of­ fered a resolution stating that John W. Polk, Doorkeeper, had been guilty of corruption - and malfeasance in office; that he had required employes to pay to other employes part of their salaries, and that he is interested in claims and bills now pending before Congress, and directing the Committee on Rules to inquire into the truth or falsity of such allegations. After a lengthy and spirited discussion, the previous question was seconded and the resolution was passed, after tx>insr modified so as to direet the investigation to be made by the Commit­ tee on IkiotB In Ui*} Civil {Service.... Ad­ journed to the 4th. and ascertain what old patents could be found which might be reissued to cover his inventions; and it has been a matter of prudence to secure Bush pat­ ents before investing in ure of an invention liable to be domi­ nated in that way. Further than this, there are patents granted for improve­ ments more or less trivial, differing in comparatively small particulars from machines or articles preceding them. That which seems but a trivial change may amount in praataoe to a. very important and valuable improve­ ment. Since the grant of such patents cannot alwavs be avoided, the ques­ tion arises whether their duration may not be abridged, and for this purpose some process of natural selection be applied to the patents issued by the Government. It has therefore been thought desirable to require, at certain periods in the lifetime of a patent, the payment of fees as a necessary condi­ tion to the continuance of the life of the patent. Such a provision would, in the opinion of the Commissioner, tend to remove useless and frivolous patents, without imposing any serious burden upon those that prove meritorious. * ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. BKLOW will be found statistics of the acres norchards in this State for the year 1877, with the estimates of the value produced per acre in each county, and the total value ot the product. The table Is extracted from the ad­ vance sheets of the report of the State Agri­ cultural Deportment for 1877: :h; •I The Patent Office Report* OBROBUnONAL. SENATE.--Several petitions were presented and referred, on the 28th... .Bills were ihtroduced and referred--providing for the disposition of public timber and the tim­ ber lands of the United States; to reimburse the States of Kansas, Texas, Nebraska and Colorado for expenses'incurred by said States fn repelling invasions and suppressing1 Indian hostilities... .The House bill to authorize the The United States Commissioner of Patents has recently sent his annual re­ port to Congress. He suggests some im- f»ortant changes in the present Patent aws, which, in some cases, the Courts have dccliiiicu ' - He thinks that under certain condi­ tions it will be better to dispense with models in applications for patents. They form no part of the patent when issued. The law makes it essential to the validity of a patent that the specifi­ cation ana drawing thereof shall dis­ close fully the invention to those skilled in the art to which it pertains. He be­ lieves that it will be necessary only that the provision be made requiring mod­ els in cases where the capability of the machine to operate is called in ques­ tion, or where the Examiner is in doubt as to sufficiency of the drawing, or where models may be necessary for ready illustration on appeals or in in­ terference cases. This will relieve the inventor of a large part of the expense attending the applications for patents, and will tend on the whole to make the drawings and specifications more ex­ plicit and better understood. He would, however, advise the col­ lection at the Patent Office of articles of manufacture and working models of such operating machinery as manu­ facturers or inventors may desire to place on exhibition. A collection thus made up of working models confined to inventions actually in use would be of value as illustrating the state of the art throughout the country, and would require much less space for many years than that occupied by the models re­ cently destroyed. Reformation is also suggested in what is now a source of much com­ plaint. ^ This is the reissue of old pat­ ents with claims covering machines subsequently invented, and practically the first to operate successfully. To such an extent has this been carried that when a man had really made a valuable invention it was necessary for him to examine the records of the office THE "PETRIFIED MAN.*' Particular* of the Building of the Col­ orado Stone Man-How the fraad Wa»t Perpetrated and Dnat Thrown In the Eyes of Dlillugntahed Helen* tlstg -- Alleged Kxpertence of the Artist In the manufacture of FnhU« torlc Bird-Track*. A New York special to the Chicago Tribune of Jan. 26 says: Mr. Fitch, said to have been engaged with Hull in making the "ColoradoPetrified Man," has given a Times interviewer some further interesting facts concerning the swindle. What will disgust scientists more than any­ thing yet is his statement that Huil placed in the Connecticut Valley the famous tablets with the marks of supposed prehistoric bird-tracks on them, which aroused so much discussion and interest. Hull bought a turkey, not lit to eat, and used its feet to make the tracks. Fitch is proprietor of a factory for the manu­ facture of artificial stone, by a new process, known as " the Rollins carbureted stone proc­ ess," in the northern part of this State. He said Hull, the maker of the Cardiff Giant, had called upon him in February, 1876, and after a roundabout conversation offered him a price to aid in the manufacture of the new curiosity. Hull told him what he wanted was to get some bones into the figure, and he did not know how. Fitch said he could manage that. A bargain was struck, and in March, 1876, Fitch went to Elkland, Pa., where Hull had leased a farm of 300 acres. On this farm Hull had built a large ice-house of brick, with a small skylight in the top. Here the nondescript was manufactured. Hull made the molds and Fitch did the casting. The molds of the lower part of the body as high as the waist were taken from Hull's son-in-law, a slender young fellow over six feet high, with remarkably long legs. Sections of about a foot at a time were taken by Hull, and immediately filled with material by Fitch, who says the marks of their joinings were perfectly visible to him while the statue was on exhibition, and he cannot conceive how other persons failed to OWfcCt T V viiC-ilt: It was necessary to strip every time a fresh 1 cast was made, ana the atmosphere of the ice­ house being very cold the model was con­ stantly complaining, and finally refused to do duty any longer. Hull was obliged to have impressions taken of the upper part of his own body to finish the work. Hull is the exact op­ posite of his son-in-law, short-bodied, thickset and with an immense chest. This accounts for the disproportion of the statue, something which Mr. Fitch says it has puzzled him that scientific persons should have passed over without comment- l'he statue was built standing up. Two were made. The first one was ruined by falling. The material used was simply Portland cement, with one-fortieth part of metallic-brown put through to color It. The cement was made of the proper consistency with water, and having been Colored with metallic-brown was rammed into the molds and set up. A human skel­ eton was purchased, and portions of it util­ ized in various parts where examination would be likely to be made. There are bones nearly all the way up both legs. A straight bone eight inches long was stuck in the lower portion of the back, with an inch protruding to keep the tail from breaking on. To pre­ vent injury to the upper part of the body, the shin-bone of a cow was inserted through the neck from the middle of the head down to the point of the chest, where the statue subse­ quently broke across in Colorado. A piece of slkull was also placed back of the left ear, where the statue was afterward bored into. Some ground bones were moistened and rolled into little lumps and placed down the middle of the back to provide against a search for ver­ tebrae. The story about blood, and eggs, and ground bones is nonsense. Completed, the figure was laid on a low brick platform under which was a furnace. Over the platform was a tent-like structure covered with tarred paper. Charcoal was burned to make carbonic acid gas. This was let in upon the figure In accordance with the Rollins process, and the action of the gas upon the v/ct cement turned it into stone inside of a week. The familiar process for making artifi cial stone is by means of silicate of soda. The carbureted process is little known, and this was the principal stumbling-block in the way of the scientists. There was no baking done. The cost of the material was $41.45. Hull used up all his money, $4,000 to 16,000, and then applied to Barnum. Bariium sent George Wells, of Bridgeport, to examine it, and his report being satisfactory, purchasedau statue was shipped as a Are machine to Bridge port, and thence to Colorado Springs, where VV. A. Conant, an employe of Barnam, was station-agent of the Santa Fe Railroad. Co­ nant, took charge, by Barnum's orders. The story of his discovery of the " Petrified Man" is known. At Barnum's request, Prof. Taylor, of Bridgeport, and Prof, raise, of Council Bluffs, examined the figure and made their fa­ vorable reports. The way the professors were deceived was this: Hull listened to the di&ussions of the scientific men over the statue and learned that, If it were a petrifaction, crystals of calcite would probably be found in its interior. Tbe professors insisted on boring into the statue, and a day was set for the operation. Hull got some crystals and had them pulverized. He did the boring himself, holding the crystal Adams.,................... 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He completely hood­ winked the learned men. Conant found other petrifactions near the statue. One of these represents a turtle. This was manufactured from a cast taken from a large snapping-turtle, which Hull bdught. A salmon trout was similarly Imi­ tated. The statue Is now In the New York Museum of Anatomy, owned by Bnrnum. While In the Aouariuin there was a loud demand on the part 01 the scientists that it be cut In two to discover whether the necessary crystals were Inside. . Hull has been occupied recently In chisel­ ing a hole In the statue's stomach. In this he arranged nicely a number of crystals of cal­ cite, and then covered the orifice up with sim­ ilar material to that used In the original man­ ufacture. The alteration Is now undergoing the hardening process, and it was intended on Wednesday to place the "Giant" on exhibi­ tion again, and have him cut in two across the stomach for the satisfaction of the scientists, a dodge that will probably not be tried now. Mr. Fitch Is of the opinion that the exposure has ruined Hull. Barnum and his agents ex­ pected to make a great deal of money out of the giant when put on exhibition again, after having been fixed up in the manner described. Hull has gone, under the alum of George H. Davis, and disguised himself to conceal his identity with the manufacturer of the Cardiff Giant, out of which he realized, It Is said, $60,000. He has proved himself one of the shrewdest humbuggers of the age. tEstimated on October report. .. -nmn THE Secretary of State has formally notified the Attorney-General that the time in .which the obligors on the bond to supply the four ad­ ditional acres adjoining for State-House grounds had to execute that trust, under the law, has expired, and that they have not com­ plied with the bond, nor procured or furnished to the State such land, after the four months? notice prescribed by law. The next proceed­ ings, under the statute, will be for the Attor­ ney-General to report the non-compliance to the Governor, who is thereupon required to. appoint Commissioners to appraise the value of the land, prescribe and make report to the Secretary of State, who certifies the sum to the State Auditor, and the latter is required to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the amount, payable out of any appropriation for State-House purposes. As such appropriation Is exhausted, it is safe to conclude that no warrant will be drawn. The obligors of the bond have the privilege, however, which-they may exercise, of paying the condemnation price, and, if they do not do so within thirty days, the law requires the Attorney-General to bring suits, which he will do, against the obligors of the bond, to compel them to exe­ cute their trust. A reason assigned for not doing so heretofore has been that the land is not in market at reasonable prices, and will have to be condemned to fix its value. RICHARD ROBERTS, Superintendent of the 'Colchester Coal Company, was instantly killed lite other night by a portion of the roof of the1 AT a recent fire in Chicago, a child, suffer­ ing by disease, could not be removed and waf burned to a crisp. TUB Governor has pardoned Anderson Mc- Quire, who was convicted of larceny at the May term of the Alexander County Circull Court, and sentenced to the Penitentiary foi three years. The Prison physician certifies that be is in the last stage of consumption, and cau live but a few weeks longer. IT is proposed that a reunion of the 'surviv­ ing officers of Gen. U. $. Grant's command, who participated In the Battle of Belmont, Mo., on the 7th of November, 1881, shall be held at Cairo on the next anniversary of thai event. THE Supreme Court has recently ordered that hereafter the Appellate Courts In the sev­ eral districts are authorized to examine appli­ cants for admission to the bar, subject to the same rules and qualifications as are now ap­ plicable in the Supreme Court, and that li­ censes will, be lsssued by this court on certifi­ cates of sucli Appellate Courts. This Is Im­ portant to both the Supreme Court tnd stu­ dents. It will relieve the former .worn th« burden of examinations, while the latter can be examined each In their owniMstr'rt, with out exoense or loss of time. Evening Bonnets* BvEWtHO bonnets are very prettily trimmed with variegated roses, in very pale shades, placed in a line close to each other, both on. the top of the bon­ net and falling over the sides. They hav<* no leaves. A noveltv in fancy ornaments consists of three large gilded bees. A capote with this ornament may be Of white plush, with three os­ trich tips placed near the ornament. This bandeau is made of loops of white satin ribbon and the strings are of the same material. A pretty capote lately made is of plum-colored plush with a soft brown and shirred brim, lined with are three shaded tips. Tine double- faced ribbon and satin strings1 are in plum and rose color. When double-­ faced satin ribbon is used the right side is generally turned toward the face. Fringes, such as chenille, "frang* muguet," jet fringe and flower fringxt are used on diadems and around tfiie fanchons and barbes of the bonnet*** These are particularly suitable for lone faces. White tulle and crepe lisaQ-" ruchings are still worn under the brims- of capotes as well as velvet satin safe plush b&ndeaus, but their use depends solely upon the style of the face and. the dressing of the hair. Some faoe#« are best suiLeu to a fiat brim, while* others have the hair dressed in such a. manner that the brim had best b6 more, raised to leave room for the puffs aM curls. Capes are in many cases added to bonnets. They are trimmed with lace or fringe. Feather borderiiigs are- mostly used for capotes, but only in very narrow bands. For ordinary walk- '"g purposes, bonnets matchine1 the- suits are habitually worn.--N. ¥. fim&t The Pirate-Flsheraum. THE fish-market of Havana is said to- be the finest structure of the kind in the world. It also interests the travell­ er by its romantic association with the story of Marti, a reformed pirate and, smuggler, who built it and the •' Taoon* I Theater." --f!i During the administration of Tacon*. from 1834 to 1838, smuggling and piracy; * had grown so bold in and about Cub&, ' as to defy the Spanish Navy sent to sup- - press the outlaws. Their leader was a man named Marti, and for his persoW f dead or alive, the Governor-General offered a large reward. « • *' One dark night a man was watching the sentinels pacing in front of the Gov­ ernor's Palace, Havana. .As they turned their backs and separated for a moment, the man sprang unobserved ~ through the entrance. He passed up the broad stairs, saluted in an imperious style the guard there stationed, and passed into the Governor-General's room. The Governor, engaged lit writing, looked up as the man coolly cast aside his cloak, exclaiming: "Who enters unannounced? ' x "One who has information of 4h& pirates." " What of themP" saidTaoon, eai&f 1 estly. . .<'•>;« H.-' "One moment--I must not sacrifice myself." " You have naught to fear. Even if/ you be one of them, you will be pair** doned." 44 Will you pardon and reward me if I reveal the lurking-places of the pi- , rates, and put Marti into your hands?'1 - 441 pledge you my word of honor,1' said Tacon. 44 Your Excellency, I am Marti." The cool scoundrel then entered into; an arrangement with the Governor fot the betrayal of all the smugglers and pirates. Under his guidance, the Span­ ish vessels sailed to the outlaws' hiding- places, and captured those who were not slain. When Marti returned to Havana, he was offered the pardon, which he ac­ cepted, and money, which he declined^ In lieu of the reward, he asked the mo^ nopoly of selling fish in Havana. It was granted, and he erected a magnifi­ cent stone market. When he became master of enormous wealth, he built a theater and named it after the Gover­ nor-General who had pardoned the scoundrel.--Youth"8 Companion. A Laconic Judgment. WE ventured last week to inquire whether a great many of the judgments which are now delivered are not very much longer than is desirable; whether* in fact, it is really necessary that every step of the process by which a learned Judge has arrived at his judgment should be set forth, and that every topic that can be suggested in connec­ tion with the case should be fully dis­ cussed. But we were hardly prepared for so practical a reply to our query, or so excellent an illustration of the ad­ vantages of brevity, as has been given by the Master of the Rolls this week. In an administration action, in which the plaintiff ami iier next door neigh­ bor and the defendant were examined and oross-examined in Court, the learned Judge delivered judgment ag< follows: 4 • I do not believe the plaintift on her oath; nor do I believe Mrs. A., her witness. 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