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f JfejJewy pitulwler, J. TAX 8LYKK,K4lt*r * PvMlilM*. McHKNRY. ™ : *4 ILLINOIS. EPITOME Of THE WEEK. -Sjjrv • y. Condensed Telegraphic NOWB. THE OLD WORLD. XHBBATE occurred in the British Hpuse of Lords, or. the night of the Stb, in which the policy of England was quit* hjro&dly discussed by Lord Bcsconsficld, ww Granville, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Car- novan and others. A vote of thanks to the Queen, for her message calling out the re­ serves, was finally adopted without division. In the House of Commons, the resolution of thanks and the Eastern question were d's* cussed by Sir Stafford Northcote, Messrs. Glad­ stone and Hardy, but no vote reached. THE full text of Prince GortschakofTs l«p]y to the recent circular of the British Gov­ ernment, through Lord Salisbury, was pub­ lished in London on the evening of the 9th. fn it the Ssn Stefano Treaty is defended as a jnst «nd proper instrument.! Ttussia's sacri­ fices are referred to as justifying the demand for adequate guarantees*, the cession of the Armenian fortresses is justified as a defensive measure; the statement that British interests are threatened in either Europe or Asia is em­ phatically denied; the welfare and peace of the Christians in Turkey sre declared to be the Ciar's only desire, and tho hint is conveyed that some practicable proposition from En­ gland would be acceptable. IN the British House of Commons the debate on tne resolutions of thaiiks to the Queen for her efforts to maintain the dignity of Great Britain was concluded, on the night of the 9th, and the resolutions passed without division. A BUCHAREST, dispatch of the 9th says Prince Ghika had been authorized to in­ form Prince Gortschakoff that the Roumanian Army would suffer itself to be crushed rather than be disarmed. Prince Charles had noti- , ltd the Russian Consul to the same effect. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the 10th says the Grand Duke had demanded pos­ session of additional forts on the Upper Bos- phorue, and th» immediate evacuation of Batoum on the Black Sea, in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano. A BUCHAREST special of the 10th •ays the Russian Army had begun a move­ ment whose object was the occupation Of Roumania. LORD LEITRIX, lately murdered in Ireland, was buried in Dublin, on the 10th. About 300 persons hissed, hooted and cheered outside the church. On the 10th, the Lord Lieutenant proclaimed the district in which the dead Earl's Donegal estates are situated to be under the Peace Preservation act. A VIENNA dispatch of the 11th says that Austria, in reply to a dispatch from the Porte asking what Would happen If Russia in­ sisted on enforcing the Treaty of San Stefano, had answered that she would not protect Eu­ ropean interests single-handed, but would look after her own interests most efficiently. A TELEGKAFH cable has been laid through the Dardanelles to Cartal, affording direct communication with other European countries without passing through Russian stations. A LONDON dispatch of the 12th says the Porte had issued a circular to its repre­ sentatives abroad, in which it recognizes the Treaty of San Stefano as the result of reverses sustained by Turkey in the late war, and ex­ presses a determination to carry out its terms. It also pledges itself to carrv out the reforms indicated in the treaty. THE Porte, believing that the Greek Consul at Salonica was the instigator of the Hellenic insurrection, has demanded that he be recalled, and threatened to withdraw his exequatur. Greece has refused and threat­ ened reprisals if the exequatur be withdrawn. the following State ticket in nomination: Secretary of State, M. Farnsworth; Treasurer, M. L. Devlin; Auditor,8. V. Sweoringer; Reg­ ister of Stite Land Office, M. Farrinirton; At­ torney-General, C. II. Jackson; Judge of the Supreme Court, G. Knapp; Ohrk olthe 8# preme Court, Frank Dowslcy; Reporter, Geo. VV. Rutherford. The piatforin adopted Substantially the Toledo (.Utform. ; S. ANGIKR CHACE, Treas'urtB* of t&e • -Union Mills, at Fall River, Mass^ 'has ae* knowledged that he is a defaulter for #490,000- AT Mcsquite Station, on the Texas Pacific Railroad near Dallas, Tex., on the night of the 11th, a party of robbers captured a passenger train, plundered the mail and ex­ press car, and got away with the ibootf. • "fhe conductor of the train and two or the rowers were wounded. The passengers were not mo­ lested. AT A conference at theSubt-Treasory, in New York City, uu the 11th, .between Sec'y Sherman and members of the late Syndicate, aeon tract was signed for the sale of $50,000,- 000 of the iX-per-cent. Government bonds. ' JOHN E. LYON, President of the Bos­ ton, Concord «fc Montreal Railway, was burned to death at the P^migewassett House, Plym­ outh, N. H.j on tM night of the 10th. Being ill, he arose during the night, fell, and, the lamp in his hand breaking, set fire to his clothing. IN the United States Senate, a few days ago, Senator MitcHjjll presented a cable­ gram from the United States Consul at Tien-tsin, China, to the effect that the famine in China was spreading; cannibalism ex­ isted ; there was no rain, and that matters will be worse next year, and asking if the bill pro­ viding for the return of the Chinese indem­ nity fund to China would pass Congress. THE Democratic State Convention of Illinois was held at Springfield, on the 11th, and E. L. Cronkrite was nominated for State Treasurer, and S. M. Etter for Superintend­ ent of Public Instruction. The resolutions adopted declare in favor of the titration of United States bondB and Treasury notes the same as other property; the immediate and unconditional repeal of the Specie-Resumption act; the authorization of silver bullion certifi­ cates and the free coinage of the silver dollar; against the further contraction of legal-tender notes, and that they should be received for all public dues, and reissued as fast as received; favor the substitution of Treasury for Na­ tional Bank notes, and the repeal of the Bank­ rupt law, etc. ; - THE Oregon Democrats have nomi­ nated John Whiteaker for Congress, N. "VV. Thayer for Governor, Thomas J. Reems for Secretary of State, A. H. Brown for State Treasurer, and Joseph Emory for Superin­ tendent of Public Instruction. WILLIAM M. TWEED, the notorious "Boss" of the New York Ring, died in the New York City Jail, at noon, on the 12th, from clogging of the heart and nervous ex­ haustion. His last words we: e: "I have tried to do some good, if I have not had good luck. I am not afraid to die. I believe the guardian angels will protect me," ...jMr. Tweed was fifty-five years old. ZAMOCANA, Mexican Representative in Washington, received a telegram, on the 12th, from the , City of Mexico, announcing the recognition of the Diaz Government by United States Minister Foster. The same dispatch (from the Mexican Secretary of State) informs Zamocana that he had been appointed and confirmed Minister from Mex­ ico to this Government. MS$. CATHARINE KEEN AN, of Brook­ lyn, N. Y., died in convulsions, a few days ago, from the effects of a bite by a cat \bout a month before. M&ysicians expressed them­ selves satisfied that thei case was clearly one of hydrophobia. WILLIAM A. HOWARD, the newly- appointed Governor of Dakota Territory, ar­ rived at Yankton, on the 11th, and was, the next day, duly installed as Governor. HIV WOl ON the night of the 6th, one of the buildings of the Steuben County (N.Y.) Poor- House, near Bath, was burned, and fifteen of the inmates perished in the flames. The fire was set by one of the insane paupers, who was himself one of those who perished. There were about seventy inmates altogether. Ex-Gov. MOSES, of South Carolina, was arrested in New York City, on the night of tlte 7th, on the charge of having forged and passed a note for $316. It was believed that he would be taken to South Carolina and tried for crimes alleged to have been committed - when ho heM l^h'-oSSetal p intbc fltJte. REV. UFT. GEO. "F. SEYMOUR has de< dined the Bishopric of the new Episcopal Diocese of Springfield, 111., to which he was • recently elected. THE Welltieet Savings Bank of Mass­ achusetts, with deposits of (422,163, and the South Boston Savings Bank of Boston, with deposits of $1,565,962, failed on the 8th. WILLIAM BRADY, Sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, was recently assassin­ ated by a party of four, one of whom was United States Deputy Marshal Weidermann. The murderers have been arrested add placed in the custody of the military commandant at Fort Stanton. THE boilers of the Sandy Fashion, a small steamer running on the Sandy River In Kentucky, exploded a few nights ago. Four persons were Instantly kffled, land * number of others were wounded. GEN. FIELD, the newly-elected Door­ keeper of the National House of Representa­ tives, was sworn in on the 9th, and entered upon the duties of his office. Dqnnovan, Polk's assistant, has resigned. ON the 9th, a telegram was received at Cincinnati from the proprietor of the Lick House, in San Francisco, addressed to Mrs. Vance, stating that her husband, ex-Con­ gressman Vance, who recently mysteriously disappeared, was in the latter city and in­ sane. THE Republican Members of the Na­ tional House of Representatives and Senate met in caucus, on the evening of the 10th, and appointed a Congressional Committee, consist- tog of one member from each State and Terri­ tory represented in Congress by a Republican. A resoiution was offered requesting the Presi- dent to withdraw his order forbidding officials to participate in politics. After debate, this wasi referred t° the Congressional Committee, With instructions to confer with the President •'roe caucus was harmonious. • JOHN W. HOYT, of Wisconsin, was • • '•fi the 10th, confirmed as Governor of Wy­ oming Territory, vice Gov. Thayer. This m. « iiation bad received an adverse report at the ftonds of the Committee on Territories. THE Iowa State National Convention fpet at DesMoines, on the 10th, and freed of the currency, and repealing the internal Rcvemie laws; making it illegal for any mem­ ber of eilher house or Congress to net as gen­ eral advisory attorney for certain corpora­ tions and natentces; a joint rcsy^utfon, pro­ posing a ( onstiuittoftai amendment, provid­ ing fur only one .session of Congress for fcvery two yeai^s. after unless convened by the President The Pension Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of t h e W h o l e . ' . ' . ' * SEN ATE. --Bills weW passed, on the llth, to repair and put Is operation the mint at NeW* t)rleana; the Deficiency Appropria­ tion bill, with aineiidnicuts A bill was re­ ported from the Committee on Pu'iiie Lands for the relief of settlors on imlilR* lfch'1*... .A new Conference Committee WHS ordered on two of the amendments to the hill authorizing the SecrHytty:of the Trunsnrt- to employ teift- W>rnfY .. .Mrs*i>. OiitWron (Wis.) and Eusfct* wer*> appointed additional members of the Committee on Mississippi Levees Ad­ journed to the 13th. HOUSE.-^THE Pension Appropriation bill was. considered in Committee of the Whole, ami amendments were agreed to fix,- ingthe salaries of Pension Agents at 44,000. ftnd allowing them fees for vouchers and ac­ tual expenses for rent, clerk hire, etc., and providing that after Julv 18, 1878, the offices of Pension Agents shall be filled by wounded or disabled Union soldiers. The bill as amend­ ed was reported % the House and passed. SENATE.;--Not in session on the 12th. HOUSE.--A lengthy debate occurred on tie bill to reimburse the College of Will­ iam and Mary, in Virginia, for property de­ stroyed during the war....A bill, reported from the Military Committee, restoring Geo. A. Amies to his rank in the army was passed, as was also a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to relinquish portions of the Fort Hart- suff Military Reservation in Nebraska to homestead and pre-emption settlers The Senate amendments to the General Deficiency and to the Diplomatic Appropriation bills were-non-concurred in: OeiWHESMONiL. SENATE.--The credentials of Geo* H. Pendleton, as 8enator from Ohio, were pre­ sented on the 8th... .A bill was introduced in relation to temporarily filling vacancies in the Executive Department Tne Railroad Fund­ ing bill was further debated, and an amend­ ment was offered by Mr. Blaine. HOUSE--After a lengthy discussion In the House, participated In by Messrs. But Ier, Bragg, Clymer, etc., Mr. Butler moved the previous question for the adoption of his resolution, electing Gen. Shields to the office of Doorkeeper, which motion was rejected-- 110 to 130. Mr. Cox (N. Y.) then took the floor and replied to the remarks made by Mr. But­ ler, and was followed by Messrs. Hale, Black­ burn, etc., after which a resolution was adopt­ ed-- 123 to 109--to proceed to tho election of a Doorkeeper. Mr. Clymer then nominated Chas. W. Field, of Georgia; Mr. Butler nomi­ nated James Shields, of Missouri, and Mr. Randolph nominated John H. Trent, of Ten­ nessee. The vote resulted; For Field, 1 iid Call Democrats); Shields, 101 {all but one-- Springer--Republicans); Trent, 8. Mr. Field was then declared duly elected, and was sworn to, caking the modified oath A bill was in­ troduced by unanimous consent authorizing the President to appoint James Shields a Brigadier-General of the United States Army on the retired list, his pay to commence from the time of the passage of the bill. The rules were suspended and the bill was passed---328 to 6. SENATE.--On the 9th, a bill was re­ ported from the Finance Committee and placed on the calendar to repair and put In operation the mint at New Orleans, Mr. Mor­ rill stating that it was the opinion of the com­ mittee that this would afford all the necessary additional mint facilities A bill was passea to provide a code of army regulations... .Con­ ference Committees were appointed on the bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to employ temporary clerks, and on the Consular aJLd Diplomatic Appropriation bill... .The Pa­ cific Railroad Funding nil] was again taken up, and an amendment offered by Mr. Blaine was rejected--yeas, 23: nays, 35--Mr. Thurman's amendment providing for the indorsement of sinking-fund bonds by the Secretary of the Treasury, was adopted. Several other pro posed amendments were withdrawn, and the bill was passed--40 to 19. HOUSE.--A concurrent resolution was offered and referred reciting at length the present business distress throughout the country, and directing the issue of $400,000,- 000 in United States notes, to be a legal-tender for all debts, public and private, and to be placed in circulation at the earliest moment. ... .A bill was reported from the Committee CM Banking and Currency providing for the issue of $3^0,790,810 of Treasury notes for the retirement of National Bank notes, which are to be received in payment of one-third of cus­ toms duties The Tariff bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole, and Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, spoke at great length in explanation and ad­ vocacy of the bill. He said that, notwithstand­ ing tile proposed reduced rates, the actual revenue under the bill would be about $140,- 000,000, against about $130,000,000 last year. SENATE.--A few bills of a private nature were passed, on the 10th....The bill to repeal the Bankrupt act was further de­ bated, and a substitute was offered in the shape of a bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcy. HOUSE.--Bills were introduced and referred--authorizing the issuing of Treasury notes, the taking up of greenbacks and Na­ tional Bank notes, prohibiting a contraction Burning of the Bath, X.Y., Poor-House. BATH, N. V., April 8.' The building1 of the Steuben County Poor-House, Burned Saturday night, was a brick, thirty by forty feet, two stories high. Nearly all the windows were grated, and there was but one mode of egress from each Story. No night-watchman was employed about the building, and there was no fire-ap- paratus. The County-House is two miles from Bath, and the Fire Depart­ ment did not go out. An insane epilep­ tic from Hornellsville, named Ford, Who was locked up in a cell on the first floor, set fire to his bed with a match, probably obtained from a fellow-pau­ per. All the partitions were of pitch- pine and burned like tinder. The cries of Ford roused the other inmates only after the building was filled with blind­ ing smoke. An inmate who had Ford in charge opened Ford's door, and the flames burst out and ran along the par­ titions and up the stovepipe-hole, into the second story. Ford could not be seen on account of the flames. He had forced his head between the bars of a window, and, unable to pull it back, was crying for help. The names poured out of the window around his head and he perished. The upper story Was occupied by twenty-five worn eh and children, and the lower story-'by eighteen men. A majority were idiotic, cripples, or very aged. Five on the first floor and ten on the second were burned. At the first alarm Eli Carrington, the keeper, rushed out of the main building with an employe, and knocked in a door at the foot of the stAirs leading from the second story. Eight or ten women were piled up at the foot of the stairs, and a cloud of suffocating smoke rolled down. The Women were pulled out, and Carring­ ton started up-stairs, but was driven back by the smoke. In five min­ utes from the time of the alarm the paupers ceased coming out, and in half an hour the roof fell in. The first-floor door, leading from the men's department, was never locked, and no one in the building was locked in a cell except Ford. On Sunday the blackened remains of five bodies were taken from the ruins, and to-day about two-thirds of the debris were dug over, and more remains were found. Altogether they would about fill an ordinary-sized coffin. Heads, legs and arms were en­ tirely burned off, and, in most cases, but a very small portion of any body can be found. No blame attaches to any one, but the county is severely cen­ sured for providing such a man-trap for the occupation of its paupers. Before the fire there were 140 paupers in the County-House. Edward Hudson, aged fifty-six, a paralytic, who crawled out of the building with Jiis clothes one mass of flames, died to-day. / An Elephant on an Engine. "It Appears that a train was going out, driven by Mr. Stone, Locomotive Su­ perintendent, assisted by Mr. Stewart, Locomotive Foreman, when, about the thirty-fifth mile from Rangoon, a large elephant was seen to bieak through the fence and get on the line. Steam was shut off, and Mr. Stone tried to open the waste-cock, wfiich, being in front of the engine, would, by ejecting hot water some distance ahead, induce " tusks1' to leave the track. The waste- cock Was slightly stiff and could not read­ ily be Opened, and the engine was soon upon the unfortunate beast. The brute had turned tail and lied on seeing the engine, but was speedily caught. The buffer beams of tne engine being very low, the beast's hind legs were taken from under him, and he was forced to sit down, 4 as it were, with his hind­ quarters against the smoke-box door, which was, of course, red hot. The poor beast managed to keep his fore feet going, though hustled along faster than ever he haa gone in his life before, and in a few minutes the train came to a standstill and he got away. He moved off the line at the double, uprooted a clump of bamboo, then wreaked dire vengeance on a tree, and was last seen rushing through the jungle, tearing and smashing everything in his path. He was sadly cut and burned in the hindquarters, and will probably never be of use again. The mahout luckily escaped with his life, while those on the engine may safely congratulate them selveson their escape. --Rangoon Times. ---The following conversation took place recently in a hotel: "Waiter." •'Yes, sir." "What's thisP" "It's bean soup." "No matter what it has beenf the quoation is, what is it now?" --Time at last sets all things even with the exception, perhaps, of a hen that is not ready,--Oil City Derrick. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. THE Democratic State Convention met at Springfield, on the .llth, and organized by tho . choice of Gen. II. Black, of Vermillion, as Temporary Chairman. Messrs. Souther, Met* and Howard were appointed Temporary Sec­ retaries. The u'ual Committees on Resolu­ tions and Permanent Organisation were named, and the following State Central Com­ mittee appointed: First District, Henry F. Shmdan; Seeond Dis­ trict, T. E. Court icy; Third District. F. H. Wins­ ton ; Fourth District. H. It. Enoch; Fifth District. F. A. Marsh; Sixth District, John 8. Drake; Sev­ enth District. C. C. Farley; Eighth District, Geo. 8, Hnrrinprton; Ninth District, W. F. Davidson; Tenth District, W. C. Hooker; Eleventh District, J. M. Bush; Twttltth District. T. W. McNMtep; Thirteenth District J. B. Irwin; Fourteenth Dis­ trict, E. A. H.-irrhiper: Fifteenth District, M. A. Cochrane; Sixtwnth Di*trurt, G. A. Vhb Hoor- becke; Seventeenth Dmtrict, J. K. Croppinger; Eighteenth liistrict, F. F. Bouton; Nineteenth District. Robert F. Place. A recess was the n taken for dinner. Upon reassembling, a psimanent organization was • effected by the choice of Hon. M. W. Robin­ son, of Cook, as President; one Vice-Presi­ dent from each Congressional District, and Frank Lawler, F. F. Bouton and II. Sutton as Secretaries. The Convention approved of the following members of the Central Committee at Large: John Forsythe, of Cook; John M. Crebs, of White; A. Qreudorff, of Sangamon; Charles Dunham, of Henry; W. K. Murphy, of Perry, and J. H. Johnson, of Coles. An informal ballot was taken for State Treas­ urer, aud this was followed by two formal ballots, resulting in no choice. On the third formal ballot the vote stood as follows: Whole number of vote?, >ri0o; necessary to a choice, 255; Cronkrite, 297; Prickett, 107; Pool, 88; Mayfield, 48; and E. L. Cronkrite, of Ste­ phenson. was declared unanimously nomi-^ nated. Hon. S. M. Etter, the present incum­ bent, was nominated for Superintendent of Public Instruction by the following vote: Whole number of votes, 508; necessary to a choice, 255; Etter, 811; Jack, 207. The follow-' ing platform was then reported and adopted: The Democrats of the State of Illinois, asicm- bled in Convention, congratulate the country on the final settlement of the questions resulting from the late Civil V,'~r upon the principles of local self-government, so Ions supported by the Democratic party, and reaffirm confidence in the capacity of the people to govern themselves, and their belief in tne supremacy of the civil over the military power, the liberty of individual fiction uncontrolled by sumptuary laws, the separation of Church and State, the support of free common schools, and toe ijuty of all to yield to the law fullv-expreBsed will of the majority; and we de­ clare: 1. That reform must be made in Rational, State, County and Municipal Government by the reduction of taxes and expenditure, the dis­ missal of unnecessary and incompetent officers and employes from the public service, and the strict enforcement of official responsibility, and that the provisions of the State Constitution limiting indebtedness and the rate of taxation shall be strictly observed and enforced. 2. That tan If for revenue only should be adopt­ ed, and if discrimination is made, it should be in favor of the necessaries of life; and in order to remove a part of the burden from the mass of the people, who are taxed too much, a graduated lax on income® over a reasonable sum for support ought to be adopted, and placed upon the surplus profits of the wealthy, who escape their just pro­ portion of taxation. 8. That we are in favor of United States bonds and Treasury notes being subject to taxation the same as other property. 4. That all contracts ought to be performed in good faith, according to the terms thereof, and the obligations of the Government discharged in lawful money, except when otherwise expressly: provided upon their face, and by the law under which, they were issued; and repudiation should find no favor with an honorable people. 5. That it is impolitic to make any further re­ duction i)f the principal of the public debt for the present, and the bonds as they mature, or sooner, if possible, should be replaced by the is^ sue of other bonds bearing a lower rate of inter*, est. It is the duty of the Federal Government to issue bonds in small denominations, to be sold in this country for the accommodation of tliusd who wish to invest their savings in safe securi­ ties. 6. That we are in favor of the immediate and unconditional repeal of the Resumption act. 7. That we applaud the action of Congress in the enactment of what is known as the Silver bill, and accept it as a partial measure of finan­ cial relief; but we demand such further legisla­ tion as may result in authorizing silver bullion certificates and legalizing the free coinage of the silver dollar, the demonetization of which we de­ nounce as an act meriting the condemnation of the people. 8. That it is the exclusive prerosative of the United States to irsue all bills to circulate as monev, and a right which oucht not to be exer­ cised by any State or corporation. ». That no further contraction of the volume of legal-tender Treasu-y notes ought to be al-. lowed, and they should be received for customs, taxes and public dues, as well as private debte, aud reissued as fast as received. , 10. '1 hat the ^ticnal Bank notes should be re­ tired, and instead thereof there should te issued by the Government an equal amount of Treasury nutes. 11. That subsidies in money, bonds, lands, or credit, ought not to be granted by the Federal Govern ntnt. 12. That the Bankropt law ought to be imme­ diately repealed. 11. That the courts should be bronghtas close to the h< men of litigants as economy in govern­ ment will justify, and that, therefore, the judi­ cial power of the United States should be so reg­ ulated as to prevent, in controversies between cit­ izens of the different Hta es. the transfer of cases from the r-tato to the Federal Courts, which are so far r< moved from the people as to make jus­ tice therein inconvenient, expensive snd tardy; and, further, that not le*s than $'5,0 X) should be fixed as the minimum jurisdiction of such courts in such controversies.' 14. That the api ointment by Federal Courts of Receivers oi corporations who resist the payment of taxes, disregard the rights of the citizen*, and turn the earnings of the corporation into foreign channels, is an evil that oujrht to be corrected by law, and Congress ouirlit to en ict. such laws as will prohibit such evils and prevent the interference •. by the Federal Courts with the collection of State. County ftnd Municipal teres by the ap­ pointment of Receivers, granting injunctions, or other procedure. 15. 'rh:it tko vrz^n of employes of corporations engaged in mining, manufacturing and trans- iXHltttioii'tihooId be made a first Hen upon tho property, receipts and earnings of naid corpora­ tion, and that said lien should be declared, de­ fined and enforced by appropriate legislation. 16. Tfaatt-Js© system ot leasing convict labor ought to be immediately abolished by the Ix'gV lature, and some measure adopted to protect the manufacture*f>. mechanics and laborers from un­ just competition with the convict labor of othtft States. In addition to the regular platform the fol­ lowing resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That the contract recently made by the Commissioners of the Penitentiary at Joliet with the Commis -ioners of the Eastern Insane Asylum, to build and complete that Asylum, is without the authority of law, and the act of tl* • Pi nitentiary Commissioners in sub-letting the entire work is a like violation of law, and a fiat- grant wrong to the mechanics mid workingnMn of this State, and the Attorney-General is hereby requested to take immediate steps to have such contracts annulled, and to compel the letting of the work according to the statute. llenolved. That the acts of the leaders of the Republican party in defeating the choice of the people for President and Vice-President the monster political crime of the age, a crime against free government and the elective fran­ chise, which can only be condom d when the criminals are driven from poorer and consigned to infamy by the people wiiom they have out­ raged; and we denounce the act of the President in apDointin? to high offices the corrupt mem­ bers of the Returning Board as a reward foe their infamous conduct, and we condemn the of­ ficers of the Federal Government who have at­ tempted to interfere with the administration of justice in the ooarfgi of Ivonisiana. Resolved, That it is the duty of our Legislature to enact laws for the protection of depositor's in sitvingB and all other b-«nksk and for the incar­ ceration of defaulting bank officers. The Convention then adjourned. In the evening the Central Committee was organized by electing Tomson W. MeNeely, of Menard County, Chairman, and A. Clrrendorfl, of Springfield, Secretary. W. A. Cochrane, of Shelby County, J. M. Bush, of Pike and J. B. Irwin, of Taxewei), were elected the Executive Committee. o Forecasting the Weather. AMY person not having access to daily morning and evening papers, from which to obtain the signal officer's predictions, may make a fair forecast of the weather by observing the following suggestions: Without any other indications, a " white frost" indicates the forming or approach of a storm. A white frost, falling barometer, and the wind blow­ ing from some easterly or southeasterly direction, indicates the approach of a storm, but, if there are no clouds, the center of the storm is likely to be 1,200 or 1,600 miles distant. The appear­ ance of cimi8 or curl clouds indicate the approaching progress of a storm. If the barometer falls slowly, it indi­ cates that the storm is advancing slow- 1 ly toward the observer, or else it may be traveling in a line diagonal to the observer, and more .rapid than appa­ rent. If the barometer ceases .to fall after the indications showed that a storm was approaching, it is probable that the storm center is moving on a line either north or south, but keeping about the same distance from the observer. Under these circumstances, the wind would blow from about the same direc­ tion. and there might be frost at night. Where a storm advances very slow, ©r^is diverted to the north or south, there might be frosts on three or four nights in successions During a falling barometer, while the wind blows from the southwest, south or southeast, the storm center is moving on a route over, or northerly of, the observer;' arid while the wind blows from the east, northeast, or north, the storm center is moving on a route southerly of the observer. During the passage of a storm center from DakotaTerritory eastward fhrough Canada the winds will range from south­ east to southwest. . During the passage of a storm center from Texas through the Gulf and Atlan­ tic States the wind will range from northeast to northwest. While a storm center is passing over any locality there will be a calin, and as soon as it has passed the wind win blow from a northerly or westerly di­ rection. A rapid falling or rising of the barometer indicates a rapid movement £f the storm center* accompanied by igh winds. The following atmospheric appear­ ances are relied upon by seamen as indicative of the weather which may follow: When after sunset the western sky is of a whitish yellow, and this tint extends to a great height, it is proba­ ble that it will rain during the night or the next day. Gaudy or unusual hues, with hard, definitely outlined clouds, foretell rain and probably wind. If the sun, before setting, appears diffuse and of a brilliant white, it foretells a storm. If it sets in a sky slightly purple, the atmosphere near the zenith being of a bright blue, you may rely upon fine weather. A red sky in the morning presages bad weather, of much wind, if not rain; but if the sky presents simply a rosy or grayish tint, we may expect fair weather. With the use of a barometer a dili­ gent observer of atmospheric phe­ nomena may be able to predict the weather with a good degree of accuracy. --Cleveland Herald. Turkish Muglc. MAGIC and witchcraft would seem to be practiced to a very great extent among the Turks; there are those that are accounted magicians, witches and wizards, whose occult power is brought largely (but with much secrecy) to work out results on another's will, af­ fections, property and health. Con­ ceive the case of two rival wives each longing for the other's death. They look in each other's faces with jaun­ diced smiles, and revel together throughout a tournament of screeching music; and each knows all the while the other has, so to speak, sold her soul to the infernal powers for the sake of present revenge. Let such a thing be but suspected by the one, and no power on earth can turn her from courting every spell of the dark craft to outdo her rival. For does not her very life depend on her resorting to more pow­ erful means, to more subtle secrets, than the other knows ofP Where can she find a man or woman "wise" enough to lead her through the labv- rinth of dark ways that have to be trodden before she can arrive in tri­ umph at her goal, and know her evil wishes realized P She sets to work cau­ tiously and surreptitiously, binding some old woman to her secret service. But before spell, charm, or enchant­ ment can be commenced, it is necessary to obtain possession of some object be­ longing to the person who has to be worked on. Say a divorce has to be brought about, two spoons must be ob­ tained bclon^fngtothe p artics who have to be separated; these metal objeets are then securely bound together in repre­ sentation of the bonds of matrimony, which unite their owners. The spoons are then either buried in the ground or hung in some damp, moldy receptacle, incantation having been duly said over them. As the string binding them to­ gether gradually decays, so the bonds of affection between husband and wife will iurely give place to aversion and estrangement, till their two lives fall asunder. IN magic, written words are supposed to -have mighty power, as though they could hold in a concen­ trated form" the dearest and most hid­ den wish of the soul, and, if that wish is written with the heart's life-blood, and in conjunction with the names of some of the holiest prophets, its f^lfilK ment is the more certain. Nearly ev­ ery Khanum wears such an amulet; the religious-minded, as a preservation from sin; the superstitious, as a pro-* tection against shaitans; young girls, t* insure "a happy marriage; the aged, to court long life; ambitious Effendis, to insure advancement; men who have two wives, to set themselves beyond the power of spells; and a beautiful woman to ward off envy. But in the case of a rival wife this amulet is a source of the keenest hope and of the gravest apprehensions. She must hide it from all eyes, and yet it must never leave her. Should it be discovered and tampered with, it would reveal her paramount object--the names of those concerned--and the end to be effected being usually written inside the little three-cornered packet.--Belgravia. • • » • --Mr. Basingbal (city merchant)-- "Most convenient! I can converse with Mrs. B. just as if I was in my own drawing-room. I'll tell her you are here." (Speaks through the telephone) "Dawdles is here--just come from Paris--looking so well--desires to be," etc., etc. Now you take it and you'll hear her voice distinctly." Dawdles-- "Weally!" (Dawdles takes it.) The voice-^*' For goodness sake, dear, don't bring that insufferable noodle home to dinner!"--Punch. "fig The Old Han In Court '¥HEY had brought in an old man. He was not only drunk, but ugly and - obstinate. All night long he haa kicked the door of his cell and raised high riot, and he threatened to tear the fixtures of the court-room out as soon as he came to trial. Bijah had sought to soothe him in various ways, but he would not be soothed. When the jani­ tor sat down on a nail-keg and sadly sang the song of "James Bird" and how he was shot to death on Lake Erie's distant shore, the old man began to • shout the lament of "Captain Jinks" in- his liveliest manner. When tsijah of- fered him a fried-cake, "with the motto,. ••What !s Hothe without an Afffetite,'" parefully stamped on one end^ the bad' old man fliwor it. »/_toss the ccr^'!;-r and* came near doing great injury" lo a mar-- ble bust of Sixteen-String Ja<&, exe-- cuted "by John Rogers." ^ Hia Honor was informed of ttie pres­ ence of the old man, ana of his ugli­ ness, and he said: "Bring him out and let me see if he• has any one to care ;f6r< or one to - be kind to him." , " I can't be driven!" exclaimed the prisoner, as he came before t£e bar and assumed a defiant look. , " When I am old," softly, replied His Honor, "when I am old and broken down and trembling, I shall hope to have children to love me." "Eh? I have no children," muttered the old niah, seemingly greatly sur­ prised. " When my head is white with old age," continued the Court, "when my voice is broken and the harsh words of men cut my old heart, then I shall love to think of the children who, if »ot liv­ ing to lighten my burdens, sleep peace­ fully in graves which the spring sun and warm rains are clothing in green." "Children--dead--yes, I have juried children," mused the old Man, his face growing softer. "If Fam ai poverty, hunger and cold come to me to make me hate the world and feel desperate and look upon all men-as my enemies, I will let drink alone--I will fight back the bitterness creeping into my heart--I will let prayers take the place of curses." ' ' The old man had no reply, be was paler than before, and his chin quivered a little. "The world is careless andhafrsh and sometimes cruel," said His Honor, "but the . world is tender toward the woman whose face is pinched'by old age and the man whose work in the busy marts of life is done. Under the wrinkles and gray locks we look for goodness. We do not always find it, and when we do not, we feel that the world has been too harsh." "Folks haven't used me right!" said the old man, as he brushed at hfs eyes. " They should be ashamed to make trouble for an old man like you.' You are not a bad old man." " N-no, I hope not." "If you have been wronged, the law will aid you to secure your rights," said the Court. " If you are in want, you will find friends right here," " I--I !" stammered the prisoner. " You got drunk, but your old heart was hardened. You were revengeful, because you felt desperate. I shall let you go. See how the sunshine creeps in! Imagine how the green grass is springing and the birds praising God! I wouldn't send you to prison for all the money in the world!" The old man tried to speak, but he could not. Tears ran down his cheeks, his chin quivered, and he groped his way out with all the tenderness in his heart which a man can have. "We have too much law arid too little charity," mused the Court; as he watched the old man out, and he was long in calling the next case.--Detroit Free Press. --A man of wealth and prominence at Fort Worth, Tex., recently foyged a, signature to a bond. A good-hearted doctor and several other friends testi­ fied that the man was insane; but the Judge held that, craay or not. craty, the man mi&t be held to answer for his crooked conduct. If this ruling, is to prevail in courts insane men WIH soon be deprived of all just right to commit crime, and efforts to prove an alibi of the mind will' be useless.--N. ft Pic­ ayune. --A in an who answered an adf/ertise ment, "canvassers wanted," found that he was wanted to canvas hams. This was in Cincinnati, of QOurBe.--Cincin­ nati Saturday Night. --A practical writer suggests that women should be educated by their fathers and husbands to know the value of money and how to take care of prop- erty. ; ••""Y ' • THE MARKETS. NKw ioBK. 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