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»VV " * - \ r , f •<>:;< v . ?** * * •• /• - • ,-*1 ̂ <i ̂ *r ' VV/>>.**' * ' .f'V ^ A-'- •* «r|» |fliUttdflifcr: jr. TAN SLYKE, EDITOB AJTO POBUBRSB. U* . 1 rfyrnHTEISnRTj ILLINOIS graphical Survey, and Gen. Francis A. Walker Superintendent of the forthcoming census. John M. Morton, son of the late Sen­ ator Morton, who has been speoial agent in charge of Government interests itt Alaska, has Dew* appointed Ooawl at Hwlttln, ̂ »*wiofa THE JPAST WEEK DOMESTIC NEWS* ' y-Ki i"* ' ••" The Jtask • - ,» • ;« it is reported from New York that * .• . l Robinson has decided to remove the Cor- '" " doners of the city, and that Mayor Gooper will .̂ wŝ ijprefer charges against Comptroller KeUy for 4 ̂ ̂ jtrregolaritioa in hia office. neWmt. | The Chicago Times prints detailed efop reports from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ira, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, ndiaua, Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri, which show that the growing crops of winter wheat '&&&are, almost without exception, owing to heavy •now, in fine condition. In Ohio increased acreage is reported, and the promised yield is .i- * > j«et down at 80,000,000 bushels, In Indiana *the acreage ia increased, and the yiald ia er- ĵpeeted to be 25 per cent better than last year. V'1" lln Michigan a similar result is anticipated, and F%n other regions the prospects are generally re- J . T-rfcjportwl above the averaga The question of i lrt'lblighred seed for a spring-wheat crop is nor* |̂î |:'-:agitating several localities. ' ^ The investigation of the affairs of .̂̂ tî Aiehinshop Pnrcell discloses the fact that his • > • liabilities amount to $3,874,871, of which 185,000 is secured by mortgage. The assets, in addition to the real estate which has been assigned by the Archbishop's brother, have a nominal value of $481,000. It is reported, at Omaha, that Indians . from Bed Cloud Mid Spotted Tail Agencies are . slaughtering a great number of cattle along the Kiobrara river in Northern Nebraska, and sell­ ing them to purchasers at the agencies, The Indians are also setting numerons prairie fires, and trouble is anticipated. Rev. Dr. James De Koven, for the past twenty years Dean of Badne (Wis.) Col­ lege, died at that place last week, aged about SOyears. A letter to the public from Arch- bishop Puroeil, Of Cincinnati, explanatory of , Ma financial difficulties,' has been published. He relates the causes that led to his present •joeimiary embarrassment, gives in detail his ex­ penditures on behalf of the diocese, which he aays should have been borne by the members of the churches; recognizes the sympathy ahown him by both Catholics and Protestants, and appeals for aid to "those who feel for oth­ ers' woes." A State convention of colored men of Wisconsin is to be held at Milwaukee, in M*y, to discuss plans for odkaiirtng themselves in the far Week A committee has been appointed by the lower house of the Legislature of Missouri to frame articles of impeachment against State Treasurer Gates. An Omaha dispatch sajB "another terrible prairie fire baa occurred in Lincoln eaunty, San., burning the house and all the property of Mr. Montgomery, living on Bitter creek, and doing much other damage. A little san of Mr. Montgomery, 12 years old, perished v.«»..5in the flames, and Mr. Montgomery and Isaac i Pfaff, a neighbor who attempted to save Mont- ^SOMERY^WERE BADLVBURAEDANDDI^M . .*• ? * " *h t*' »' ' • ' • •? <«.» i * Large nnmbers of negroes have re- % ; iOently arrived in St. Louis from Mississippi and jyJXouieiana, under the impression that they .jlwould be provided with means of subsistence liwhile there, and free transportation to "f'flwhere, on their arrival, they were to receive .̂ ffbnds from the Government, money, ;;̂ %nules, plows, eta Many of them are destitute and unable to obtain employment. By whom or for what purpose these poor Macks have been hoaxed in this manner, is something the Si Louis authorities have been endeavoring to find out, but without success. A fire on Dryades street, New Or­ leans, burned 150,000 worth of property. Hon. George Goldthwaite, formerly United States Senator from Alabama, is dead. Twelve persons, convicted of counter­ feiting, were last week sentenced to various . -tenug in the penitentiary at Met, HL, by J udge Ballard, of the United Mates Court at •.. Louisvifle, Ey. At Yieksburg, Hiss., a bloody shoot­ ing affray occurred between Oapt W. F. Fitz­ gerald, Capt W. H. Andrews and W. L Greene. Andrews and Greene were k*ad al­ most instantly, and Fitzgerald dangerously wounded. Dispatches from Lynchburg, Va., State the Grand Jury of United States, Judge Beeves' Court, has indicted the following named County Judges for refusing to recog­ nize colored men in impaneling juries: Bay the, of Campbell; Henry, of Amherst; Bimmons, of Bobtown; Brown, of Nelson; Wharton, of Bedford; Griffin, of Boanoke; Parish, of Buckingham; Bowles, of Fluvanna. At the roc#nt election in Louisiana, for members of the Constitutional Convention, about 100 Democrats and 3* Bepublicans and Independents wero chosen. At Marshall, Texas, a few nights ago, after the Warde and Banymore. combina­ tion had finished the play of "Diplo­ macy," the company repaired to the depot to await the train. Maurice Barrymore, B. C. Porter and a female attache of the combination were in the lunch room, eating a lunch, when James Currie, a detective, entered the loon attached to the lunch room. He made some slight remarks about the lady, when he was told by one of the men that she was a lady, and under their charge, and should not be insulted. After some more words Currie drew hie pistol and shot Porter in tho abdomen, killing him almost instantly, and, turning, shot Barrymore through the left arm near the elbow, the ball coming out under the left shoulder, making a very severe if not dan- ̂ gerous wound. Porter and Banymore were unarmed. Currie is in jail. Washington. y P»e three Chairmanships of standing committees accorded to the Bepublicans, viz Bevolutionary Claims, Piivate Land Claims and Engrossed Bills, have been assigned, in accordance with the decision of the Republican Senatorial caucus, to Messrs. Anthony, Ed­ monds and Oonkling, respectively. Western Bepublican Senators complain very much be­ cause all of the Chairmanships to which they i entitled were given to the East The President has ̂ appointed Clar-xne i'resident nas x appointed uiar- ot ^aeo- The Bepnblioia Eepresfintaiivw in Congress, at a cauous held March 17, unani­ mously nominated the following candidates four weymiia sleotiva oflfcM of tten Hsmse; Speaker, Gen. Garfield; Clerk of the House, ex-Congressman Itainey, of South Carolina \ Sdrgeant-at-Arms, Jeremiah M. Busk, Wis­ consin; Doorkeeper, Jams* "Melton, see; Postmaster, Gen. Harry Sherwood, Mich­ igan; Chaplain, Dr. Najlor, of the Metho­ dist Episcopal Church, Washington. The fol­ lowing resolution was adopted: kResolved> That it is the sens© of this caucus fhat no legis­ lation shall be entered upon daring this sesftibn of Congress other than that for which tho ses­ sion was specially called." The Democratic caucus met at about the same hour, and re­ nominated Mr. Randall for Speaker, he receiv­ ing 75 votes, to 57 for J. C. Blackburn, 4 for Cox, 3 for MacMahon, and 2 for Morrison. Messrs. Adams, Thompson, Field and Haftlson were renominated by acclamation for their old posi­ tions of Clerk, 8®rgeant-at-Anne, Doorkeeper and Chaplain.--The Greenbackers also held a caucus, and decided to support Hendrick B. Wright, of Pennsylvania, for Speaker. A new Democratic morning paper, called the Heto>Mt has been started in Chicago. It Is an elgM^oolumn fbllo, and is sold at 2 oentsa oopy. • Ex-C ongressman Garter Harrifion his been nominated by the Democrats for Mayor of Chicago. The National Executive Committee of the National Greenback party has issued an address to the people of the United States, in which they state that no dependence is to be placed on the professions of the avowed friends to the cause; that the hope for financial relief within old party lines has been extinguished, and that they have been, in several instanoes, misled by nominees of the party and others who ob­ tained its support It is only possible through a new organization to found a party which shall accomplish the desired end. To succeed, a uniform effort must be made, nad'a position bold, aggressive, independent, and uncompro­ mising must be taksa. The Rhode Island Bepublicans held their State Convention last week. Alt of the present State officers were nominated for re­ election. The Democrats also met in conven­ tion and nominated Thomas W. Logan for Gov­ ernor, J. D. Bailey for Lieutenant Governor, D. 8. Baker, Jr., for Secretary of State, and C. ' 1L Page for Attorney General. ' Senate Committees. The Chairmanships of the leading committees of the United States Senate, as re­ constructed under Democratic auipioes, are dis­ tributed as follow' STAMUNO OOICXITTKB& The Democratic members of the Ave principal committees are: Fihance--Bayard (Chairman), Wallace, Ker- nan, Voorhees, Beck. Appropriations --Davis ftfT. Va) (Chairman), Withers, Beck, Wallace, Eaton. : • 1 Foreign Relations--Eaton (Chairman)̂ John­ ston. "iorg&fcj link Pendleton. Commerce--Gordon (Chairman), Bansom, Randolph, Hereford. Judiciary--Thurman (Cha!rmari)t McDonald ̂ Bayard, Garland, Lamar, Davis (111.). Other Chairmanships are distributed as fol­ lows: Privileges and Elections, Saulsbury; Military Affairs, Randolph; Naval Affairs, Mc- Pherson; Postoffices and Poat-Roada, Maxey; Public Lands, McDonald; Indian Affairs, Coke; Pensions, Withers; Claims, Cockrell;Manufact ures, Grover; Agriculture, Johnston; District of Columbia, Harris; Patents, Kernan; Publio Buildings and Grounds, Jones, of Florida; Ter­ ritories, Garland; Railroads, Bansom; Mines and Mining, Hereford; Revision of the Laws, Wallace; Education and Labor, Bailey; Civil Service and Retrenchment, Butler; Printing, Whyte; library, Voorhees; Contingent Ex­ penses, Hill; Rules, Morgan; Enrolled Bills, Vance. SSXCCT COMMITTEES. On Transportation Boutos to the Seaboard-* Senator Beck. To Examine the Severs! Branches of the Civil Service--Senator Vest To Take into Consideration the State of the IAW Concerning Electoral Totes for President, etc.--Senator Morgan. To Investigate the Treasury Department Ac­ counts--Senator Davis (W. Va.). On Census--Senaitor Pendleton. On Epidemic Diseases--Senator Harris. On Mississippi river--Senator Lamar. [Note.--This replaces the select committee on "Levees of the Mississippi river."] BXOBGAN1ZED. The select committee into the alleged frauds in the late elections, commonly known as the "Teller Committee, is reorganized, with Wal­ lace as Chairman, and Bailey, Garland, Mo- Donald, and Kernan as the other Democratic members. The select committees on the subject of the removal of the Northern Cheyennes to the Jn- diataTerritory, and to inquire into all claims of United States citizens against Nicaragua, are to be continued with the same memberships as at present, their respective Chairmen being Sen­ ators lvirkwood and Hamlin. Hie u»uuu* left three Chairmanships of stand­ ing committees to be filled by the Bepublicans, viz: those of the Committees on Public-Land Claims, on Revolutionary daim^aftfi en En­ grossed Bills. U Miscellaneous. Fears are entertained for the safety of die settlement of Sitka, Alaska, which was threatened by the Indians. The new Canadian tariff, under which the import duties are almost doubled, has just gone into effect, and the Dominion ranges it­ self under the banner at protection to home industries. r A six-days' pedestrian contest for the championship of the world was begun at Gil* more's Garden, New York city, on Monday morning, March 10, and concluded on Saturday evening, March 15. The contestants were Daniel O'Leary, of Chicago, heretofore cham­ pion of America and of the world; Charles Rowell, of London, England; John Ennis, of Chicago, and Charles A. Harriman, of Maine. O'Leary, who won the Astley belt, for which the men were struggling, and brought it from En­ gland to this country, gave out and left the track on the third day of the race. The other thfee remained cn the track to the end Rowell made 500 miles, thus winning the belt, whieh he carries back in triumph to England Ennis traveled 475 miles, and Harriman succeeded in tendance during the progress of the match, and the gate money, after paying all expenses, amounts to almost #50,000, of which Rowell re­ ceives 50 per cent, EnaAi 90 per eent, and Harriman 20 per cent Capt. 2?a«l Beyton, the man-ftth, is making' - n*s |go$xcsB Ja his long swim from Pittsburgh to KaWiOfclsao n He arrived at Cin- cinnati jMt week, rested a few hoars, and again took to tlrtf water and proceeded on his nata­ torial journey. IimsLLlGfcNCE. The Suegedin (Hungary) calamity tutus out to ha>ve been of more appalling pro­ portions {hUi even the first reports Indicated. Of 9,700 houses, all except 261 were swept away by the avalanche of waters that rolled sud­ denly upon the. doomed city. • dis­ patch from Peeth says "the lowest estimate now current fixes the number drowned at 8,000. Many persons believe that 4,000 per­ ished, as the gale prevented a majority of the inhabitants from hearing the first alarm. The whole country below Szegedin and Temisvar is strewn with caravans of people. All vil­ lages and boroughs have hospitably opened thefr houses and stores to the refu- These was an wimnngo f :vi * ~ • > ' i n The International Court off Appeal his sstrt a strong protest*) the European pow­ ers against the Egyptian Government's non­ payment of the sums decreed against it The court requests the powers either to insist upon payment or relieve it of the duty of hearing cases against the Government. A dispatch from London aays the Portuguese explorer, Pinto, has ar­ rived at Pretonio, South Africa, with eight followers, all fhat remain of 400, With whom he set out on the expedition. War has broken Out between Chili and Bolivia. There wis an exciting discussion, in the German Reichstag the other day. Herr Iiebknecht,Socialist declared that his party was the party of reform, not revolution. He de­ fended the course of the Socialist Deputies in not rising from their seats when cheers were given for the Emperor. The President of the Beichstag, amid cheers, remarked that this eon- duct offended the moral sense of the Chamber. Herr Iiebknecht continued; "If a repub­ lic is established in Germany--" He was un­ able to finish the sentence in consequence of the uproar which the words occasioned. The President threatened to deprive him of his right of speech. At the close of Herr Lieb- knecht'a speech, the President of the Reich­ stag threatened him with forcible removal from the tribunal The tumult at the time was in­ describable. Ex-President Grant ifl traveling in India. ! A cable dispatch from Pesth, in Hun­ gary, says that 130,000 persons were rendered homeless by the recent overflow of the river Theiss, that 8,800 houses wese swept away, and 1,900 persons drowned. A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, re­ ports that the British steamer Bolivar, plying be­ tween Liverpool and St Thomas, came in col­ lision with the Haytien steamer Michael. The latter sank, and sixty persons were drowned. Many avalanches have recently oc­ curred in the Austrian Tyrol At Bleiburg ten houses were crushed, forty persons killed, eighteen seriously injured, and fifteen mis^qg. A dispatch from Calcutta says the origin of the trouble between the BurmMMiA.. the British residents at Mandalay.is latter protect and • refuse to deliver up to slaughter two of the royal Princes and their families who have taken refuge at the Resi­ dency. The King of Burmah, who is said to be mad with drink, urged by fanatics and the reactionary party, threatens to force the Resi­ dency. Piuto, the Portuguese African ex plorer, has succeeded in making hia way across the dark continent He telegraphed to Lon­ don: "I struggled with hunger, thirst, natives, floods and drought I have saved all my papers, twenty geographical charts, many topographi­ cal maps, three volumes of notes, meteorologi­ cal studies, drawings, and a diary of complete explorations of the Upper Zambesi, with sev­ enty-two cataracts." The Wigan rolling mills, one of the largest iron manufacturing concerns in Lanca­ shire, England, has suspended payment The Emperor of Germany has just celebrated his 83d birthday. A cable dispatch reports that the French floating battery Arrogante sunk off the Mediterranean coast of France. Forty-seven of her crew were lost One hundred and twenty more French Communists are to be pardoned. The Swiss State Council, by a vote of twenty-seven to fifteen, has resolved to re­ store capital punishment in Switzerland. Herr Anderson, the celebrated chess player, is dead. CONGMMS8+ The Forty-sixth Congress assembled in special session at Washington on Tusadajr, March 18. The Seuats was called . to order by the Vice President. After prayer, the President's procla­ mation was read, and then the roll was called, and the new Senators and those who were re-elected were sworn in. Clerk Adams called the llou«« to order, and read the proclamation of tho President convening Con- freae in extra session. The roll was culled, after which the election of officers was proceeded with. AD the nominees of the Democratic caucus were elected. The vote for Speaker was: Iiandoil. 144; fiarflelrt, 125; Wright, 13: KeHey, 1.---Neither Boaae transacted any bnaineoa beyond organizing. The Senate, on the second day of the session, ltith, went to work as U it meant business, nu­ merous bills were Introduced; One, by Mr. Eaton, to revive the Court of Commissioness of the Ala­ bama Claims; by Mr. Burnside, to reorganize the army, and by Mr. Beck,to remove all political disa­ bilities imposed by the Fourteenth article of the constitution; also, a bill to repeal the act of July, 1863, requiring the test oath. Mr. Edmnnds offered a preaiublo and resolution, with a view to conAning the buHlness of the extra session to the objects for which it was called. The President's mes- •aifft was reaelwAf NMd and referred. It is as fol­ lows: Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and ffovtte of Ttepre- stHtuliveH: The failure of the last Congress to inake the rcqtiinitc appropriations for legislative and judicial purposes, for the expenses of the sev­ eral executive departments of the Government, and for the support of tho array, has inado it necessary to call a session of the Forty-sixth Congress. The estimates of the appropria­ tions needed, which were sent to Congress by the Socretary of tho Treasury at the opening of last session, are renewed, and are herewith transmitted to both the Senate and House of Rep­ resentatives. ^ Regretting the emergency which re- quircs a special senHion of Congress at a time when [• I".,"10 general judgment of the country that the public welfare will behest pnunoted by perma­ nency in our legislation, and by peace and rest, I commend these few necessary measures to vour considerate attention. [Signed] RUTHEBVOBD B. BATXS. WABHIKOTOIR, March 19,1879. The Viec President laid before the Senate a memo­ rial signed by a number of members of the Legis­ lature in Kansas, asserting that the election of Senator Ingailx was secured by bribery and cor­ ruption, ami asking the Senate to give them a full ^ojgjiort unity to offer proof ol these asserttow, Ba- ferred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. The House qccupied the day in discussing the disputed esse from the Second Congressional Dis­ trict of Florida. Bisbee vs. Hull, which was decided to favor of Hull, the DezaoeraUc claimant. Very little business was transacted by either bouse on the 90th. The Senate was in session but * few minutes, and did nothing. After adjourn­ ment the Democratic Senators met in caucus. John C. Burch, of Tennessee, was nominated for Secretary; Richard jr. |iright, of Indiana, for Ser- geant-at-Arms; ex-Congressman Sohrober, of North Carolina, for Chief Clerk; Col. Sexton, ol Virginia, for Executive Clerk, and Rev. J. G. Bui- tack, of Virginia, for Chaplain. In the House, Mr MoMahon called up the petition of citizens of Cincinnati in relation to the election of Messrs. Butterworth and Young, and the whole matter was referred to a select committee, with leave to sit during the recess. The committee were also directed to inquire into the operation of the Supervisors' law in Cincinnati at the last election. A caucus of Democratic members of the House was held immediately after adjournment, for the purpose of considering the order of business, and measures to be taken during the present extra ses­ sion of Congress. After considerable discussion it was decided to refer the whole matter to a joint committee of the Senate and House. A large number e ̂ billa were introduced in the Senate on the 21st. Mr. Beck introduced a bill to repeal that section of the Revised Statutes which provides that no person who teld any position in the Confederate service shall ever be appointed to any position in the army or navy of tho United States. Mr. Beck also introduced a bill to call in the trade-dollars and reeoin them into standard dollars. Mr. Windom intro­ duced a bill to extend tho time for the completion of the Northern Paciflo railroad. Mr. Edmunds called up his resolution providing that all bills and resolutions other than appropria­ tion bills should be referred to appropriate com­ mittees, and not be acted on until the meeting of Congress in regular session. Oil acotion of Mr. Wallace it was laid on the table by a strict party vote. Mr. Hoar introduced a resolution that the action of one branch o£ Congress, in refusing to pass tho necessary Appropriation bills, is revolutionary, an1, if persisted in, will en­ danger the national life. Mr. Wallace objected, and the resolution went over. There was a sharp de­ bate over Mr. Wallace's resolution directing Secretary Sherman to inform the Senate as to the amount of salary paid to Deputy Marshals employed in the States of Ohio, Pennsylvania. New York and Mary­ land, in October and November, 1876. Mr. Conk- liog moved to amend the resolution so as to include Deputy Marshals in all the States, in­ stead of in the four named, which was rejected. Mr. Conkling then offered his amendment as an additional resolution, but providing that the in­ formation called for be distinct from that called for in Mr. Wallace's resolution, which was agreed to. Mr. McMillan submitted a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States giving the President power to except, in his approval of bills, other items of apptopriation or special legislation, giving his reasons to Congress, the item so disap­ proved to be treated as in the case of a veto. Mr. Logan introduced a bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors and marines of the late war for the Union; also a bill for the relief of the Chicago Sol­ diers' and Citizens' Colony, Referred. The Senate then adjourned until the 25th. The Honse was in session but» short time, and transacted no busi­ ness, Adjourned till the 95th. OMISSION or DUTT. It is the easiest thing in the world to fritter away time, and leave the dnties unperformed for the alleged want of it. Neglectful habits arid easily formed. Keep a strict account of every hour of your own time for a single week, setting down correctly the exact manner in which every hour is spent, and see whether, when you come to review the record, you do not find it full of admo­ nition and instruction. In this simple way one can readily understand the secret of this want of time. He will dis­ cover that he has given hours to idle talk, to indolence, and to inconsiderate trifles, which have yielded him neither profit nor pleasure. What is the remedy ? Arrange your work in the order of its •^comparative importance. Attend first 4o the things Which are essential to be done, and let the unessentials take their chance afterward. The difference in the amount of work accomplished will be astonishing. Duty before pleasure. Those who practice this precept have plenty of time for pleasure, and enjoy far greater satisfaction than those who reverse this rule. FRESH TOPICS. THE Mennonites who emigrated to Brazil are returning to Russia. Those who immigrated to this country are en- courasinff more to come. S F V «* A. CANDY TRir. Jack Ward had been down into the State of Connecticut on one of his candy trips. On arriving home, Mrs. B , the deacon's wife, who saw him leaving one of the stores and going homeward--it being the same way to her own home--asked him for the news. "Nothing new, mum," said Mr. Ward. "Well, it is strange if you haven't brought us anything in the way of news," said Mrs. B ; "we are so dull here., I really wish you'd try and recol­ lect something." "Well, ma'am, the only thing I can call to mind is, a woman down in Stafford was bit by a rattlesnake, the other day, before I passed through there." "Oh, dear me!" said she, " that was terrible! And was she alive when you came away? " "Oh, yes, ma'aan," replied our jolly neighbor; "she was all right, but the snake was dead!" As soon as she saw the Jmint clearly, she exclaimed, "What a man you are, Oapt. Ward! Ill not ask you another question as long as I live! And the Captain reached home minus a part of his vest buttons. covwnm AS AN IXVIQOBATOH. A correspondent of the London Lan­ cet, who owns a water-power mill, says: "I am frequently compelled, during this season of the year, to have men working in water, even in frosty weather. I find the following allowance gives great satisfaction to the men, and we never have a case of cold or injury to them iif any way: Kettle of ooffee, made with half sweet milk, half water, three or four eggs, whipped, poured into it when off the boil; hot toasted bread with plenty of butter of the finest quality. Serve up this every two and a half hours. The expense is mueh less than the usual amount of whisky, and the men work far better, and if care is taken to have the milk (cream is better), bread and butter of the finest quality, the men are delighted with it. I am persuaded it would be worth while to this allowance instead of grog. Furnishing the men with grog gives the men the notion that it is good for them and perpetuates the belief in stimulants among workmen. IN Persia a girl is expectaft^o yield her parents a good, round sum at mar­ riage, and the people of that country are indignant and horrified when told that in America daughters are given away m marriage, as though the parents consider them worthless trash. does not occupy that rank next year sh& > will surely do so at a time not re­ mote." A COUBT order has been issued for­ bidding the circulation in Canada of Puck, the New York illustrated and satirical weekly. The cause is its point­ ed allusions, in cartoon, to the low-neck- dress rule which prevails ̂ UM^^omin- ion court receptions, j- . ̂ SENATOR SHARON, of Nevada, it is stated, out of his four years' member­ ship in the Senate has not attended its meetings more than sixty days, skipping two long sessions altogether. , Still he has drawn his pay, his mileage, his sta­ tionery, etc., sad his net profits of 'the office are estimated at nearly $30,000. BUFFALO ̂are so scarce in Manitoba that the h l̂f-breeds hear Wood mount­ ain are driven by starvation to hunt on the American side, and in retaliation the Crows steal their horses. The Govern­ ment tried to quarter them upon th Assiniboines for the winter, but the lat­ ter allowed only forty of the 265 fami­ lies to remain. ANOTHER French exposition Is talked of. A movement has been begun in Paris to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution in 1798 by the grandest international exposition yet known. But this project may interfere with the similar one entertained in America to celebrate the inauguration of Washington as President in that year. A REAL telegraph has been invented by an English mechanical engineer. A writer in London moves his pen, and simultaneously at Brighton another pen is moved in precisely similar curves and motions. The writer writes in Lon­ don,> the ink marks in Brighton. The pen at the receiving end has all the ap­ pearance of being guided'by a spirit hand. The apparatus is shortly to be make public before the Society of Tele­ graphic Engineers. > THE champion mileage claimant is the Sheriff of Ulster county, N. Y., whose bill for 1878 was for 6,428 miles, at a cost to the county of $820. In January he traveled 1,879 miles, besides tendihg court twenty-two days and waiting on the jury forty-nine days. On one day of that month he performed five sepa­ rate journeys--three of 132 miles each, one of seventy-three miles, and another of fifty miles--earning $71 for the day, and it was a very stormy day at that. GUMIOV8 COINCIDENCE IN A0M. Dr. Irenama Prime, in the .New York; Observer, mentions the following coin­ cidence in ages: At a fuheral of a dis­ tinguished citizen of New York a num­ ber of the clergy were present by special invitation. The late Rev. Dr. Springr pastor of the Brick Church, Was one who bore a part in the service. As were leaving the house to enter the carriage in waiting, he took my arm, for his eyes were dim and his steps uncer­ tain. I assisted him into the carriage, and Dr. DeWitt took a seat by his si<? e. Dr. Vermilye entered also, and I waa shutting the door when one of them bade me come in. I said, "No, my' place is with the younger brethren." This was speedily overruled, and was seated with these fathers of the church. As the procession moved Dr. Yermilye said to me: " You declined our company because of your youth; pray, how old art thou?" " I am fifty- one; and you ?" Dr. Y. responded: "Sixty-one." We turned to Dr. DeWitt and begged to know his age, and he said, " I am seventy-one." It was now die patriarch's turn to speak; we looked our desires to Dr. Spring, and he an­ swered : M If I live until February next I shall be eighty-one." Perhaps a more extraordinary coincidence in ages was* never ascertained; four men finding themselves in the same carriage, with a decade between the years of their birth; now all of them beyond the half century, and ascending by tens to four­ score. • ' ' COOLING A LECTUBES. Once upon a time a little asthmatical individual, whose worldly possessions consisted of a saw and buck, found his way to a certain small town in the in­ terior of the Sucker State. He was odd, eccentric, and was considered a little "off." One night he told soihe of the boys that he intended to give a free lect­ ure -- subject, tobacco--if they would find a suitable building. His offer was accepted, for there seemed to be fun ahead. An old deserted workshop was selected for the purpose, and one night, escorted by a crowd, he wended his way to the designated place. Mounted on a ~ dry-goods box, he opened with: "Ladies and gentlemen (no ladies present): To­ bacco is a filthy weed; it was old Scratch he sowed the seed; it takes your money, scents your clothes, and makes a chim­ ney of your nose." Ah, unfortunate man! Just as the last words had left his lips down came the contents of » bucket of water from a scuttle hole ovegfet- head, drenching him from head to foot ̂ After venting his rago at the boys fof some time, he departed a sadder if noi - a wiser man. SPOKEBH^VE. WAUBXCK, Wis. NEAR Ashland, Ore., early oner morn­ ing recently, a forest of pine trees was seen bending down as though bowed by a terrific gale of wind. At the same time not a breath of air was in motion. During the previous night a furious storm had passed over the forest, accom­ panied by rain and snow, and the steady force of the wind had bent the trees and held them in that position until the falling snow and the freezing rain had fastened them in unyielding bonds of ice, and so they remained until the sun set them free. Louis SCHNEIDER, the late amanuen­ sis of the German Emperor, was a man of odd notions. The pillow on which his head rested in his coffin was the work of his own hands, and he had been engaged in making it for thirty years. It was stuffed with his own hair, which he had preserved from the clippings of his lifetime. In color it varied from the light brown of youth to the snowy white of age. In his will, Schneider de­ scribed in detail the way in which he wished to be buried, and wrote out the epitaph that he desired to have placed upon his tombstone. AMERICANS will soon be prepared, if they are not already," remarks the New York Journal of Commerce, u to compete for the honor of being the richest people in the world. They are fast gaining in the race, and will soon pass France and England. No country has become rich as rapidly as this in the past twenty years. The last three United States censuses gives the total (not as­ sessed) valuation of real and personal estate, exclusive of Government proper­ ty, in the States and Territories, as fol­ lows: 1850, $7,135,780,223; 1860. $16,159,616,068; 1870, $30,068,518,507. Between 1850 and 1860, the wealth of the United States more than doubled. fTa/1 the gain continued at the same pace since 1870 the coming census would put us far ahead of France, even allowing her to count in the national property, which we omit. • But the known shrinkage of values in the United States for the past few years forbids us to expect confidently that this country will take the lead in 1880. But if she MOW MEB SIGHT WAS IMPBOTED. Mme. O., dressmaker, has a great deal of trouble with her sewing girls. The other day one of them came to her to say, " Madame, I fear that I will not be able to work much longer. I think I am getting blind." " Why, how is that? You seem-to get along pretty well with your work." Yes; but I can no longer see any meat on my plate at dinner." Mme. C. understood, and the next day the young ladies were served with very large but very thin pieces of meat. " What happiness," exclaimed our Miss. " My sight has come back. I can now see better than ever." " How is that, Mademoiselle?" "Why, at this mo­ ment I can see the plate through the meat."--ForrtAyProgress. THE MARKETS 10 76 @ 4 35 90 a 1 * 80 & 1 81 84 £ I 35 93 M I 94 46 § » 47 75 1 1 75 92 « i 95 12 « 1 15" 8 50 1 110 17* 6*2 • NEW YORK. 75 010 ft Hoos /... 3 80 COTTON 9>£C<$ FLOUH--Superfine S 25 @ 3 65 WHEAT--No. 9 ...., 1 1 16* COUN--Western MixeA. 43 @ 45J. 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