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*. #•» 1 -ajar & J. VAX SLYKE, EDITOU AND PUBLISHER. lioHSNBt, ILLINOIS •• * #• *W'& OUB ^ITVENlLmSk Clover-Seng. J* iaM the ran, looking out at the world; the mist from the meadows broka, and leaves felt a thrill of Iplt And from sleep att his summons woke. Dtwy wild-roses looked everywhere, At the clouds, and the birds, And the traps; "08 went waving til ways, glad ' bottoreapa bnakod at their $0.. AH the field* over, Naught butt the clover Turned to her lover-- r BtMe ohrver leave*, etralght to the Mlk« : • Higher and higher he climbed the sky, * "• Drinking the rosea1 dew-- „ 1 ̂ >• Bwset, frail rosea 1 they dreoped. then fail, ( And faint were all things* that gnv. Bat the calm little clover leaves tamed and. toned, IfUh the great sun keeping pace; t Aa* now each one in the fervid Xiifted its trim ting face. '• <> •* . All fhe fields over, ' v \ Only the Clow v ,«n i i t f c i ; i -- * • True little clover looked straight at the «feb»~- Wowly, •lowly the pun went down Over the MU? so sweet; fltawly followed the clover leaved Bver hie face to toeet. , , f* / Down through the waiting gold aadTri£( Ae at last he sinks from sight, JMtly they drop their faces low, '̂Jltovfag, mute good-night. .• All the fields over, aeejm little clover, / •' Missing her lover-- IhM little clover, ii wake for the sun. *» Mqrck WUe JtfgN^,, '•'X % ir Mmrfie'a £e*»M|. "Ban up stairs, Marjie, and get me my glasses, won't you, dear? * ffarjie was reading. ./• Yes, grandma, in just a minute." Grandma sighed. She knew from experience how long Marjie's "minutes" were. After waiting a quarter of an hour, she arose, and painfully dragged herself up stairs to get what it would not have cost her grandchild one weary moment to have run and brought, as she was requested. Mrs. Kimball same into the room for something an hour later. * Why, Margaret Kimball 1" she cried, on seeing how her daughter was em­ ployed. " Didn't I tell you not to read any more in that book till you had fin* ished hemming that table-cloth you commenced yesterday? " * Ye--e--s--'m," stammered Marjie; "but I only took it up to read a minute. The time must have gone faster than I thought." * How long ago was that I" jfarjie turned toward the clock. Why, it's stopped!" she exclaimed. " *i charged you this noon to tell your father to send Mr. Manning up from the Tillage to fix it. Did you do so?" "No, mother. I saw Lizzie Miles passing, and I had something very im­ portant to tell her. We only stood there talking about a minute; but I suppose it slipped my mind. Can't we hare grandma's clock down here to-night? I oan ride over in the morning for Mr. Manning." " PerhapST'we '̂could. But where is your grandmother?" for the first time noticing her absence. *1 don't know," replied Marjie# "The last I saw of her she was sitting in her chair by the fire. Oh! now I remem­ ber. She asked me to get her glasses, and I told her to 'wait just a minute.' Perhaps she went for them herself. I'll go see." She sprang up Che stain* two at a time, calling, "Grandma, grandma! where are you?" Her vpice seemed to echo dismally in the long hall, already filling with the shadows of evening. < Grandma's door stood ajar. Marjie pushed it wider. There sat the old lady by her window. " What! sitting all alone by your self? " said Marjie, cheerily. " Let me help you down stairs." And she stooped to kiss the wrinkled face upturned toward the sunset sky. *The next moment a shriek, loud and • shrill, startled Mrs. Kimball. f J:tTp the stairs she went, ful^as quickly ; i| Margie had done. * What is it? " she gasped. " Grandma's dead!" almost screamed Marjie. A hasty examination aonvinced Mrs. Kimball that it was indeed so. Her mother had left them without one loving message, without one word of : farewell, There were sad hearts in the old homestead that night, Marjie's most of alL ' >\ I had got her glasses when she . • liked me to, die wouldn't have gone up . stairs; and then perhaps she would have been alive now," she thought, reproach­ fully; "lor the doctor said, two months ago, that any unusual exertion was liable fto bring on the old trouble in her side; . and if it did come again there was no saving her; she might die instantly. Oh, if I only knew! but I never can." These bitter, bitter reflections in the . silence of her chamber resulted in fu­ ture good to Marjie. If, wHen request- ed to do anything, she was tempted to "just a minute," a glance from her was enoughtoremind her of what she had suffered and caused others to suffer by so doing in the past, and she would obey eheerfnlly and at _ A ChWPt Tkmm0*, ' Golden-hair is sueh & dear little girl. I am sure you would love her if you knew her, she is so merry and sunny. When she oomes in it is like a shimmer Of bright sunshine. Her mamma says that it is partly because of the floating, shining, yellow hair, and calls it her precious "fleece of gold;" but I think it is also because she has such a gentle, loving spirit that it fairly shines out from that dear little face and earnest eyes. She is a thoughtful child, and sometimes says the queerest and fun­ niest things. How yon would laugh if you could hear them! I will tell you just one of her odd sayings. She is very eager to learn and to un­ derstand everything well, and keeps some-one busy most of the time read­ ing, talking and explaining. Do you know any more like her, you dear, troublesome mites? She is a real little girl, and this is an "all true" story. One morning not long ago, had been reading to her about this great earth ball of ours--its sise and form, its motions, and how the great ountains are no higher, according to the size of the earth, than the little pimples on the rind of «m orange, or the valleys any deeper than the tiny hollows between. This most puszled and interested her, and she begged mamma to explain again and again. She got a large orange and pnt the active little head to hard study, trying to understand tl»e comparative distance between the bumps on the orange and the mountains on the earth. Mamma told her carefully, and she sat rubbing her little hand slowly and thoughtfully over the orange. After a while she looked up brightly and said: " Oh, I know! If a great angel should rub his hand over the earth this way, it would feel just like an orange to him." " Eat your orange, my dear," said mamma. SHIELDS' INDIAN STORIES, The new Senator from Missouri, Gen. Shields, is telling some big Indian sto­ ries in Washington. At a literary re­ ception which one of the reporters of the Post seems to have attended, note­ book in hand, the General gave some soraps of autobiography in a quiet way. In the spring of 1856, while traveling in Minnesota, near the Big Woods, about forty miles from St. Paul, he came to a lake of such picturesque surroundings that he was tempted to explore it. Fastening his hoarse to a tree, he strolled on through the country, and, on trying to retrace his steps, found that he had lost his way. Night was falling when he descried a Sioux village of fifty tepees or wigwams. Entering the largest tepee he saw some forty Indian warriors. They took no notice of the traveler's presence, and he approached a young and intelligent-looking Indian, and took hold of a string of beads which he wore round his neck, and pulled a trifle too hard, for the next moment the beads strewed the floor. The young mnw rose, seized his rifle, and, pointing to the beads, ordered a squaw to pick them up. He then motioned to the visitor to precede him, and they marched out of the village to a point opposite to where he had entered, and, either by accident or design on the part of the Indian, made a bee-line for his lost horse, which they found still securely fastened to the tree. After making his guide happy by giving him a $5 gold piece, the traveler made his way with­ out difficulty to St. Paul. Delighted with the fertile spot he had discovered, he purchased the tract, including the lalcfl and village, and returned after a few months with a party of ten, and formed ia settlement, which is now a large and prosperous city, HKMKDTl WOM CATTLE DISEASE. ' The suggestion most entitled to faith and trial in the treatment of <&geased cattle, both as a preventive and as a remedy, is the free use of carbolic acid, sprinkled about the barns and yards, and given in the water drank by the cattle in proportions of one. part of pure acid with thrice its weight of sal soda to 1,000 parts of water. This treatment, according to authentic accounts, is no longer experimental, but was effectively used in England and also in this coun­ try twenty years ago. This evidence is borne out by the well-known efficiency of carbolic acid as a disinfectant in all diseases ef an epidemic or epizootic character. This remedy and preventive is abundant and cheap, and every farm­ er and dealer who has property in cattle should avail himself of. its use.--Cfti- cago Tribune. . THE inscriptions to be placed upon the pedestal of Cleopatra's Needle have now been finally decided upon; and at the personal suggestion of the Queen it has been resolved to^add the names of the men who lost their lives in the at­ tempt to rescue the crew of the Cleo­ patra during the storm in, the bay of Biscay, in October, 1878. THE Alabama Legislature has voted down the Moffet register ^ A NEW JERSEY man is credited with having discovered a pcrooess by which the skin of bullocks, calves, and sheep are tanned in from twenty to forty minutes. ^ A STUDY of the Patent Ojfice Gatette shows that inventions go by streaks, Becently it was windmills; still later the minds of inventors were directed to fire-escapee. THE Peruvian miners chew coeoa leaves, which have a mild, sedative in­ fluence, and are thought to increase strength. They assist enduranc*# through long periods of abstinence. B&IOHT colors, gaudy trappings, and even white horses are being eliminated from the French army service, as they furnish a too conspicuous mark for the new anas of precision now naed in war­ fare. THE finest silk in the world is gro^n in Japan. They have few power looms, so the silk is nearly all manufactured by hand. The advent of American ma­ chinery would completely revolutionise the trade. THE health of weakly persons is thought to be affected by carbonate of lead in common white paint, arsenic, or antimony in wall paper, poisonous dyes in dress-stuffs, and arsenical dust from green Venetian blinds. THE making of wooden toys is almost the sole indus|ry of many parts of Central Europe. Schools have been es­ tablished and artistic taste has been developed in a way to make the work done of greater value and more attract­ ive than it has hitherto been. At Sonneberg, in Thuringia, the annual production of toys amounts to some $10,000,000. IN Germany * man who wishes to be­ come a medical practitioner has to pass, some time in the course of his third year's study, an examination in chemis­ try and physics, botany, zoology, anat­ omy and physiology; and at the close of his studies he has to spend sometimes as much as a five-months' session in passing a final examination in the prac­ tical departments. IT has been discovered that if ft per- fon afflicted with color-blindness looks through a layer of f achsine in solution his infirmity disappears. A practical application of this discovery has been made by interposing a thin layer of gelatine, previously tinted with fueh- sine, between two glasses. By regard­ ing objects through such a medium the difficulties of color-blindness disappear. reducing the aggregate market value of the crop about $44,000,000. The crop of wheat in 1878 was greater than that of 1877 by 57,000,000 bushels, but the average price at which it was sold was 80 cents per bushel fowerv sp that the "o&regaie market value of the crop was less than that of 1877 by about $60)- 000,000. The high price of wheat in 1877 was owing to the war in Europe. In 1878, 92,000,000 bushels, or one- fourth of the entire crop of wheat, up exported. (TiXS MKNTY or BLBMP. . er in Scribner for February considering " The Relations of Insanity to Modern Civilization," speaks of the loss of sleep as a prominent cause of in­ sanity. He says: During every moment of conscious­ ness the brain is in activity. The pe­ culiar process of cerebration, whatever that may consist of, is taking place; thought after thought comes forth, nor can we help it. It is only when the peculiar connection or chain of connec­ tion of one brain cell with another is broken and consciousness fades away into the dreamless land of perfect sleep, that the brain is at rest. In this state it recuperates its exhausted energy and power, and stores them up for future meed. The period of wakefulness is one of constant wear. Every thought is generated at the expense of brain cells, which can be fully replaoed only by periods of properly-regulated repose. If, therefore, these are not secured by if the brain, through over-stimu­ lation, is not left to recuperate, its en­ ergy becomes exhausted; debility, dis­ ease, and finally disintegration super­ vene. Hence the story is, almost always the same; for weeks and montbs before the indications of active insanity ap­ pear the patient has been anxious, wor­ ried and wakeful, not sleeping more than four or five hours out of the twenty-four. The poor brain, unable to do its constant work, begins to waver, to show signs of weakness or aberra­ tion ; hallucinations or delusions hover around like floating shadows in the air, until finally disease comes and Plants kit* siege Against the mind, the which he pricks aad wounds With many legions of strange fantasies, Which in their throng and press to that laat hold Confound themselves. INTERESTING CBOT STATISTICS. An important circular has been pre­ pared at the Agricultural Department, in Washington, reviewing the condition of the crops and live stock for last year. The report states that the crop of win­ ter wheat shows a slight increase in the New England States, Gulf States, and north of the Ohio river. In Illinois the increase is especially large, there being an extensive change from spring to fall sowing. West of the Mississippi the average of winter wheat has been reduced from that of last season. The condition of the crop on the 1st of Jan­ uary was not promising. The area of winter rye has fallen off about 1 per cent. The crop of corn for 1878 was 1,000,000,371 bushels, an increase of 29,000,000 bushels from 1877, but the average per cent, at Which it was sold was 5 cente cheaper than in 1877, thus THM WRITEMS OJT THE Moses wrote Genesis, Exodus, Levitt ens, Numbers and Deuteronomy . Joshua, Phinehas or Eleazer wrote the book of Joshua, but it is not oertain which of them. Samuel is the of the books of Judges and Kuth. He also wrote the first acts of David, and probably Na­ than and Gael wrote his last acts; and the whole w»s formed into two books, which were named after Samuel, as the most eminent person, sailed the first and second books of Samuel. Jeremiah most probably compiled the two books of Kings. Ezra compiled the two books of the Chronicles. He is also author of the book bearing his name. f Nehemiah wrote Nehemiah* . | U The author of the book of t̂ istiifir is unknown. Elihu was most probably the penman of the book of Job. Moses may have written the first two ohapters and the last. Some think Job wrote it himself. David wrote most of the book of Psalms. Asaph pened a few of them. Solomon wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Songs of Solomon. Isaiah is the author of the pxopheoy of Isaiah. Jeremiah wrote the book bearing hit name, and the Lamentations of Jere­ miah. Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, probably Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zecha- riah, wrote the books of prophecies bearing their respective names. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote the gospels named after them. Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles. Paul is the author of the Epistles to the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,Thes- salomans, Timothy, Titns, Philemon and Hebrews. James, the son of Alpheus, who was cousin german to Christ, and one of the Apostles, wrote the Epistles of James. Peter wrote the epistle bearing his name. % < The Apostle Job? wrote the three Epistles of John. Jude, the Apostle, the brother of James, called also Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus, a near relative to our Lord, wrote the Bristle of Jude. St. John, the Divine, wrote Bevela- tioa. HOPE, Hope, though sometimes little better than the deferring of disappointment, is, nevertheless, a compensation for many of life's painful realities. Its fruition terminates its enjoyment; but why should we complain that expectation renders us more happy than possession, since the former is a long-enduring pleasure, and the latter only a brief re­ gret? A presentiment of the coming gladness is the summitof terrestrial fe­ licity. Hope, however, is a better de­ pendence at the outset than at the close of our career. To use the language of Lord Bacon, it is a good breakfast, but an idle supper. All wings--like a cherub---hope builds upon nothing, floats, self-suppbrted, like the clouds, catching every flitting ray of the sun, and can raise itself to heaven, even by clinging to a film or gossamer. If there be any truth in the poet's averment, that * Hope springs eternal in the human breast, who shall say that man is not happy? SMALL EEMINDEEM. A flower, small as it is, will bring back a flood of tender recollections. The branch of a cedar recalls our mind all the cedars we ever saw. A little bunch of moss brings to to our remembrance all the moss beds that we have ever lain on and slept upon in the dear old woods. Everything that comes to us as a symbol of what is outside, of what is vital, of what is sweet, of what is suggestive of vitality and sweet­ ness, actually brings all sweetness and all vitality to us. So you see that a little flower brought into a sick-room brings more than itself; it bringB all out-doors, all flowers, all fragrance, into the room with it. - -'r w A HOUSEHOLD CONTENIHNCB, Every housekeeper now-a-days has splashers at the back of her wash-stand, to protect the wall. A very pretty one can be made of white oil-cloth; cut the length of the stand, and trim the edge with crotchet work of a bright color. These are very durable, and can be washed off with a sponge when soiled or dusty. Splashers of white muslin, gath­ ered over pink or blue cambric, with a small ruffle at the top and sides, and ribbon bows at the comers, are very pretty, though not as durable as those made of oil-cloth* ' y ' THE SSOWf'hAKE. Once upon a time, during a snow storm, a few flakes fell upon a piazza. " How unhappy we are," exclaimed one, " for, if the sun does not absorb us, we will sink down on theoold, hard stone beneath, there to melt my and die." " However," said another, u let us hope that a better fate awaits us." As he spoke, some one swept them all off. The flake who had spoken so cheer­ fully on the piazza felt himself grad­ ually sinking into the ground. He traveled slowly on, getting farther into the earth every day, until he came to the root of a plant. As he was, by this time, tired of being in the dark, he began to move up the stem, and one sunshiny day he found himself in the cup of a beautiful blue violet--no lon­ ger a snowflake, but a dewdrop. The violet was very much pleased at having such a beautiful visitor; she trained the leases so as to protect it during the heat of the day, and did all in hex power 1 to keep it clear and lovely. | One day a robin flew down by the violet to rest himself. He talked to her and asked how she kept the dewdrop so fresh and bright. She told him how the dewdrop came to her, and how she con­ trived to keep it. After the robin came every day to talk and mng to the violet. The summer grew hotter and hotter, and for a long time no rain fell. All the flowers faded except the violet; she alone was able to endure the heat. One day the robin flew down, not to sing, but to die. "Why, my pretty vio­ let," said he, "how is it that while all the other flowers are faded and dying yon are so fresh and lovely?" "It is," she answered, "because I have a charmed dewdrop that has lasted all through the summer." As she spoke she bent down her head, and bade the robin drink. He did so, aod then raising his head he burst forth into a song of thanksgiving to God, who had ordained that tho sim­ ple dewdrop should be the means of gftvinrr bin Ufa ' V . quiring, "Who are you? ster slapped rather impolitely. "None of your business," and the _____ man" is obliged to guess his nameimlii the sound of his voice. He ma goes!" but once, and, if he faii« mn« ̂ttj sottMt"1' one else until he guesses ri^ wh«|! &e one which he detects becomes *th#v man." The game depends upon quick* ness of ear, as well as upon the aMBity' "!*' * to disguise the voice, and it show* & ! wonderful difference in children in botfc ̂ , - ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE, SATUBDAY, March 1.--amai--irot ia •ion. Houwt--A motion was mda to «*» wjj House bills on flrat reading, tfeongfe ft *as*vi dent to all that then was no quorum jfttSMA; j tm. undoubted!; bava ** A : tba rate,., This would snd take op the nntiitta in relation to CU* net* inunlnstJon paaaed by tbeSmUa Jt£ Hopkins, who opposed the resolution, denaad^l ed & call of. the boose* when the kok of * inorum wan manifest* rad the Boose . LINCOLN ON THE UOTT. Few were aware of the physical strength possessed by Mr. Lincoln. In muscular power he was one in a thou­ sand. One morning, while we were sitting on deck, he saw an ax in a pocket on the bulwarks, and, taking it up, held it at arm's length at the ex­ tremity of the helve, with his thumb and forefinger, continuing to hold it for a number of minutes. The most power­ ful sailors on boaord tried in vain to imi­ tate him. Mr. Lincoln said he could do this wken he was 18 years of age, and had never seen a day since that time when he could not. It occurred to me, when reading the details of the .plot that terminated in the death of the President, that his abduction, which was at one time proposed by the con­ spirators, would have resulted very disastrously to those who should have had the temerity to undertake it. The plan proposed was to waylay the Presi­ dent at night, during one of his fre­ quent visits to the War Department, where he was in the habit of going to read the telegraphic dispatches, during the time of important military move­ ments, and where he would often re­ main until a very late hour, returning alone through the grounds of the White House. A half-dozen men were to seize and carry him off; but, had they attempted it, they would probably have found that they had met their match, for he had the strength of a giant. •Judge Bwett, of Chicago, who was aa intimate friend of his, says that he has seen him dash into a crowd where two powerful men were fighting, and, U& ing each by the collar, hold them out at arms' length in the most helpless and ridiculous position. WHEN A WOMAN WILL SHE WILL. The Borne (N. Y.) Sentinel has a curious story of a married couple in Springfield. It says: "When a Massa­ chusetts woman forms a habit it is all a waste of time for her husband to try to break her of ft Well knowii* his wife's disposition to make him a present at the anniversary of every birthday, a citizen of the Bay State, who likewise forcibly realised the fact that economy was an absolute necessity in his household, said to his wife, ' This year you must not undertake to make me a present, I insist. It would be absurd to do so at this time, when we need everything we can rake and scrape. I give you fair notice that, if you do carry out your former custom this year, I will burn it as surely as you make it.' So the wife bethought her­ self. She could not bear the idea of being deprived of her annual pleasure. Therefore she gathered together her dimes and bought for her dearly be­ loved, as a birthday present, r tm ei ooaL" A NEW GAME FOE CHTLDXEN. The juveniles have a new game called "blind-man's mockery," out of which they are getting lots of amusement. One of the party is blind-folded, and while he is counting twenty-five the others range themselves as miscellane­ ously as possible in a row, and hold out their hands. The "blind man" slaps somebodyti hands, at the same time in­ MOJRUT, March 8E«ATB.--WLTE TNTA* doosd: To tanpower Jadgee of Oimtft QoortO to appoint raoeivons in vacation; by Senator Riddle, to prohibit teachers and eutpime «| nohools supported in wlmJe orpefTS 2̂* expense from selling or ictorodnetng books,, fornttare, or wparatos of attr in their schools....FeWoae vers iataodnoei ator Kellv moved that the httt renrdimr Uaata* t ionJFetaims against ooimj^ UteSnfS the table and go to a second readiag. Senator Joeljra o*Ued for the ayes sodaoes on them*, tion, which showed that a qnonua was MI m [ r M present, and the Senate «4JoQnwJ. Houss --A telegram tram the Governor of j Nevada was presented, thanking the Illinois '̂ Legislature for passing the Chinese reaolvtk*/ which has not passed the Hoosa. It was sand to the Committee on Federal Relatione....A large number of bills were read aftMtftMi'.. «nd iiotne committee reports were reo«ived...f Now bills introdoeod: Appropriating #34,10? for land condemned for Stats Hons# purposes; to amend the Free School act: providing penalties for whoever •»«»" bring anj diseased domestic animals into the Sti' to aboliah suretyship for debt; Assessment aet relative to oolleeton' wi to amend the Boada aod Bridges aet; te i com penaa tion for poliosmea in certain' oaaaaa to amend the act relative to ooontiessS w to give County Boards control eg all real and personal property of the oottatyf to amend the law of guanuans and wurdsso i to enforce the making of final aooDunte " gnardlaua; to govern sales of mo property in cs<•<>«« where the granitor I ... .A number of petitions wore aWo present ....The House working the whole withont a quorum, TUSSDAY, March 4--SHUT*,--BOls wAtof trodoced: For the appropriation of HOODOO*-. for the institution of an educational school af*" some point in the northern part of tfcs Stats; repeat certstn acta of the wheel away authority from the DirsotoM over Superintendent; to prevent the loaning of money by jpubhe officers The joint resolution offered by Senator Hast amend the constitution of the Stats i elections was then taken up, it having made a special order. After «minviftm discussion, the resolution was adopted bill to abolish the State Board of Equalisation,; was discussed during the remainder of thUl sessioa HOUSK.--Mr. Crooker's Insurance bill, th#' bill defining lsreeny, changing the law t|'* regard to the incorporation of cities, the legal rate of interest at 6 per cent sod th»< tract rate at b per cent., were all, after ii«fH . sionj sent to a third reading... .The Joliet tentianr Deficiency bill was mads Its M order for Wednesday...,TheHonserules' on, the report of the oommittee, changed so to make the sessions of the House begin 9 a. m. WEDNESDAY, March 5.--SENATE.-Bills Intro- duced: For the appointment of Boards of EduiJ* * cation in cities; by Mr, Munn, on the organisa-lc". /':'i tion of the State militia, requiring the militfa|p - . to be composed of not more than l&OOOmMt ^ i altogether, divided into three brigades, M division commander; by Senator Herdinaa, toi amend the law governing the praotiM^ l 3$ of medicine and surgery, so aa feU ' U. permit a licensed physician or snrgso# ̂ to advertise his business; to aawn$^ the School law... .Resolutions of respect totbtr * e\ memory of Hon. H. A. Mills were adopted... Bills passed: Enlarging the jurisdiction oft* C u ity Courts; requiring the Uovsrnor's SB- * VJ po.utees a* Penitentiary CommiMioosrs V0-L- be approved by the Senate; relating to " - care of hedge fences; amendatory o^ the law regarding iniuaetioas; fca regulate town elections; prohibiting the taaas 7 * by insurance companies of suits framtlta State to the Federal oonrts, undsr penalty Of (' forfeiture of their license to do business in thlKv « State The Governor sent his ^ « to the several boards to the Sens mation, but they were not aUacted upon, ohjco* > tion being ruade, which csussd the rsfersus to oomuiittoeb . y, HOUSE,-- Bills introduced: Tt> facilitat^ , farm drainage; ailowing cities havtag aa or* \ ganized fire department to levy a tax QrHsans^p* not exceeding 2 per cent; to proviAe for th«iv" collection of sanitary statistics : eoisl'r' corning conveyances: limiting the eomi#. teisauon of township Treasurers; jo jard to oontiaots of insurance: to pea* tiie tratmjHtrtatkm of stolen stock; aattrd the TuwnBhip Organization act; to regulate i aurauoe companies and pay the ' * written in their policies; amending act... .At adjoiiriiiuent the House w ugon the Joliet Penitentiary Deficiency MflL " 'vV THURSDAY, March 6.-- SENATE.--•Bflle intro* , duoed: To amend the law establishing of correction; to prevent the injury of employed in mines... .A resolution for a eoas|t mittee to investigate the State printing waPi adopted... .The slay's session was mostly tiha np with-diseumfon of the Canal bill, the bill 1 extabiifth an industrial school to gins, and thf bill taxiiit; telegraph comuanissi * HOUSE.---Bills introduced: A bill in ndstio* • to drainage; to allow the establishment of losp<, associations; enforcing the Eight-Hour Libit ' law; amending the Change of Venue act; & amend the Free School act relative to towcS* . ships; amending the law. relating to assignmen ' to amend the act relative to maohinee;, , providing that defendants in certain esses msi<. prove iu extenuation of crime lack of aounl reason through intoxication; amamlinir the la# relative to ttih protection; for the imm ment of the act 'or the collection utbr taxes; extending the provisions of law relating to marriage to illegithn as well _ as legitimate children and resativ in relation to contracts of infants; to asM the AtfsesMuent of Property act; providing 1 one elector from each Senatorial district to r , as a member of the Btate Board of Equalisa<* v tion: amending the Boad and Bridges act; tfe , further define the duties of the Judges of th* Supreme Court; appropriating #34,000 t»*- pay for land condemned for th© nee of " the State adjoining the new Capitol grounds i > to amend the aet relative to Attorneys GeneraL and State's Attorneys; to provide for asosrtainf' ing the amount of damage* to be paid fear open­ ing drains and ditches for the improvesKtttoi, , roads....A resolution was adopted rstavtiagf" the subject of to ineans asylums the Oommittee on Public Charities... .A mittee of ladies then presented a petitions! by UOLOOQ parsons, allowing womsn to upon the suUsctoflkenss toaeUBgwar. ssnesy ladiea were Slowed to address th»H»na»up«t the subject of tempeiaeca. --:--rm--r~ , NASHVIIXE IS said to havef more law* yen than any other city ot its &im in the 1 , ̂ > mm - r'.