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S§(ifmn fbnfcato I. VM SLYKC, CM* Ml Publisher. McHENBl. m I • ' » |I|„I ILLINOIS. I THE WIDE WORLD. & Catalogue of the Week's Im­ portant Occurrences Con- ' \ < f , l ln* _ > *•' « : Intelligence by Electric Wire from t* * Every Quarter of the Civil- * iled World. ̂ ' liTEST DISPATClt̂ . , ~ r * DAKOTA KNOCKS AGAtit. Seeking Admission M a Whole--A Conven­ tion Held at Aberdeen and a Memorial to Congress Adopted. ABOUT *250 delegates were present af the convention, which assembled in Aberdeen, Dak., of those who favor Dakota's admis­ sion to the Union as a whole. The Com­ mittee on Credentials reported fifty-nine comities represented, with (>36 votes. Tho convention drafted and adopted the follow­ ing memorial to Congress: lb the Congress of the United States: The people oI Dakota Territory, assembled in delegate convention, respectfully represent that they are desirous of the admission of the Territory of Dakota as a State into the Federal Union. We are possessed of the requisite population to entitle Dakota to representa­ tion iu the House of Representatives in case Of admission, and we, therefore, earnestly petition for the passage by Congress of an enabling act authorising the election of dele- Kates to a convention for the purpose of pre­ paring a constitution, republican in form, to the end that tho constitution 60 framed may be submitted to a vote of the people of said Territory at tho next general election for rati­ fication, and if ratiiied that Dakota bo admit­ ted into the Union as the State of Dakota. A committee consisting of two from each judicial district and three at large was ap­ pointed to visit Washington and urge ad­ mission. I Convention of Republican Clubs. 1 THERE were 1,353 delegates present at flie convention of Republican clubs which met in Chickering Hall, New York, Dec. 16, and 350 clubs were represented. Sev­ enty-five additional clubs were accredited bat not represented. The early proceed­ ings of the convention were presided over by Temporary Chairman Daniel J. Ryan. As the roll of the clnbs was called, the Jiames Qf the old party leaders were cheered, especially the name of Blaine, although it was noticeable that the Ohio delegation did not join in this demonstration. Resolu­ tions favoring coast defenses and the dis* tribation ef the tobacco and whisky taxes among the States were offered and re*ferre<' A resolution offered by Mr. Grosvenor, ® Ohio, denouncing L. Q. C. Lamar, and de- elaring that he ought not to be elevated to the Supreme bench, caused a sensation. Senator Evarts was made - Baslnesa Prospects. ' i'- BKADSTBEET'S reports 253 business fail- Vies in the United States this week, against 838 the preceding week. R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: "There is clear though moderate improve­ ment in the commercial and industrial out­ look, mainly due to a growing confidence that Congress will finally do nothing prejudicial to business interests. At the same time it is observed that uncertainty in regard to the action of Congress tends io restrict purchases, and contributes to the weakness in some markets. Monetary anx­ ieties diminish, and speculation in pro­ ducts abates. Telegraphic Brevities. A NATURAL gas-well has been struck at near Santa Ana, Col. extensive plant of the United oiling Stock Company will be rte- m Urbana, Ohio, to Decatur, III. is a coal famine in Western Kan- and $12,50 per ton is readily paid for an inferior quality, and vory litiie to be had at that price. RAISED A TARIFF TALK. {tafrasmaa Hatch's Motion f«r Holiday Beces? Sets the Ball Rolling. I* the House of Representatives, on the fast, Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, submitted a con­ current resolution that when the two houses adjourn on Monday, Dec. 18, they stand ad­ journed until Thursday, Jan. 5. Mr. Reed, of Ma ne, opposed the resolution. He said Con- gress was j ressed upon by a serlouB public duty, whicu was the reduction of a surplus which was coming into the Treasury in a manner calculated, under the manage­ ment of the Treasury Department, to be an embarrassment to the finances of the country. All were agreed--at ieust on tne Republican aide--that this surplus should be reduced, and the Republicans stood rea'Jv now to make' one rea iction to which the ' other siue was •greed, and that was in reference to the to­ bacco tax. He hoped that an opportunity woo Id be given them bv the powers" that be, or were to be, to vote thereon and show to the country some proper disposition in this regard. II the gentlemen on the other side found it somewhat diflicult to range them­ selves alongside of the recent message, which had been sent them, that the Republican s could well understand and could give their as­ surances of most profound sympathy. Mr. Cox ol New York, commented on what no termed the sudden conversion of the gentleman from Maine. He did not think that there had been such a sudden conversion Bince the time of Saul of Tarsus. I Laughter. | He could recnll the time when tho most eminent men on the other side of the House had insisted upon the reduction of the tariff to prevent ti;e accumulation of a surplus. Among the rest had been the gallant man from Maine with the white plume. Among them had been Frye and Hale, insisting in the reduction of the tax on salt and other articles, except lumber. Be would like to see every man in the House regard tiiis fiscal question as outside of pol­ itics. It was a business question in every sense of the word. There were members of Congress from Republican States like Minnesota de­ manding the reduction of taxes, but this could not bo done by picking out one article. It must be general; it must ba stable and perma­ nent. He hoped that when a tariff bill was considered all parties would unite and act for the best interests of the whole peo­ ple. and not for aggrandizement of one man or one set of men, or one party. Mr. Mills of Texas offered as a substitute for Mr. Hatch s resolu­ tion a resolution declaring that when the two houses adjourned Thursday, Dec. 22, they stand adjourned until Wednesday, Jan. 4. Mr. Hatch accepted the substitute, and the resolution as modified watftsrojud to. EAST. Ewsesslon as huatai for the Cincinnati, "Garnet's eiMtet" The otgah oMt. Clem Million and Dayton Railroad. His bail, 1 enceaa ana ot. er radical organs make vio- which was fixed at §125,000, was furnished j lent attacks on the new Government, which by his sister. D. DECASTSO & Co., of Mew York, •hipping and commission merchants, failed for a Wont $1,000,000, three-fourth* of which ie due in South and Central Ameri­ ca. The assets are heavy. IK an interview at New York, Postmaster Manley, of Augusta, Maine, an intimate friend of Mr. Blaine, is reported as saying: "I have no question but Mr. Blaine will be nominated at Chicago, and by acclamation, because Republicans in every section of the land regard his nomination as the strongest one that can be made. Of course I do not know what Mr. Blaine will do. bnt believe he is too much of a patriot and ] loo good a Republican, whatever his pri­ vate wishes and desires mav be, to decline such a call made npon him.'" ! : * ' WESTr^ ( 1 A CHICAGO dispatoh says: "The build­ ing at the northwest corner of Adams street and Fifth avenue, which was owned bv Edwin H. Sheldon, and occupied' by Phelps, Dodge it Palmer, wholesale boot and shoe dealers, was completely ruined by fire Monday night. The loss on the build­ ing is placed at $115,000; insurance, $85,- 000. Phelps, Dodge «fc Palmer estimate their loss at $t>00,000, and say that it is about covered by the insurance. Adjacent property was damaged to the extent of $5,000. WHILE crossing the Missouri River, twenty miles below Bismarck, Dak., a fam­ ily cons sting of Charles Whalen, wife, and daughter were drowned. They lost ihe road, and the team passed so near a large air-hole that the ice broke. The bodies have not been found, and it is not likely that they will be, as they have been carried under the ioe. SANDS W. HOPKINS, a somewhat no­ torious yonng man, committed suicide with laudannm at Kansas City, Mo. Five years ago, while Hopkins' Vrife was reading a novel, ent.tled "A Day of Fate," he acci­ dentally discharged a gun, blowing her head to pieces, and since that time Hop­ kins has led a wild life. He inherited over a million dollars a few years ago, nearly all of which he squandered. He was only 28 years old. A STAGE running between Little Book and CanrolUon, Ark., was robbed by three men who appeared suddenly from a thick wood. • The driver put whip to the horses and was only stopped by the robbers shoot­ ing one of the horses. The four occupants of the stage then were ordered oat under the cover of revolvers. Six hundred dol­ lars and two gold watches were taken. The 6tage was then allowed to proceed. « \ expected will collapse after the holi- i. President Caraot in his.mesa age to SOUTB. BODERIQUEZ was banged at Uvalde, Texas, for the murder of Pancho Garcia. He protested his innocence on the trap. Itoderiquez had been a brave soldier in several Mexican revolutions, and was highly esteemed by his commanders. He asked that be might be shot by a file of men, saying that be had always been a sol­ dier, and wanted to die a soldier's death. To the last he refused to wear tho black cap, and was hanged without it. ' THREE children who were locked up at home by their parents near Point Pleasant, W. Va., were burned to death in the house, which was entirely destroyed by fire. This is the third case of the kind that has happened in that vicinity within a year. A COURAGEOUS .young woman of Cabell County, West Virginia, shot a negro burg­ lar, who had effected an entrance into her father's house, as he was trying to make his escape through a window. The shot was fired at random, but fortunately it pen­ etrated the fellow's brain. A SPECIAL from Dade City, Florida, says Dick Hines and Charley Metz, colored, were lynched there Tuesday for assaulting Mis. Oberry and her daughter, living near Owensboro. When arrested the negroes contessed their crime and begged for mer­ cy, but were speedily lynched. No par­ ticulars can be learned save that they were tortured before being strung up, and the ropes were so arranged that they slowly died of strangulation. Their bodies were left hanging, and it is reported thej were afterward riddled with shot. A SPECIAL from Meridian, Miss., says that Mrs. Fanny Husbands, of Smith County, while traveling to her brother's house, some miles from her own home,was assaulted by a negro and robbed. After committing the robbery the negro cut out the lady's tongue. Mrs. Husbands recog­ nized the negro and wrote his name, so that he would be arrested. WASHINGTON. THE recent trouble with the in Chicago and the prosecution of John Most in New York, says a Washington tel­ egram, has suggested the preparation of a bill, which will be introduced in the House of Representatives by the Hon. George E. Adams of Chicago, providing for the ex­ pulsion of dangerous aliens from the ter­ ritory of the United States. THE National Convention of third and fourth class Postmasters in session at Washington adopted a series of resolutions as the basis of a bill to be hereafter formu­ lated and presented to Congress. The principal features are that third-class Post­ masters shall be allowed all the revenue from box rents; that the expense of rent, fuel, and light shall be borne by the Gov­ ernment, and that third-class offices shall be allowed an amount sufficient to employ a competent clerical force to properly conduct the business of the office. It is recommended that the rent, light and fuel allowance of fourth-class offices be made on the following basis: On a salary of $50 per year and not exceeding §100, $25; over $150 and less than $300, $50; over $300 and less than $500, $75; over $500 and not less than $750, $11)0; over $750 and less than $1,000, $150. It is also recommend­ ed that clerk hire be allowed in separating offices where mails are separated for other offices, as follows: One mail per week, $10 per year; two mails per week, $20; three mails per week, $30; one mail daily, $60; two mails daily, $100; three mails Aaily, $150; four mails daily, $250; Ave mails or more daily, $200. it Is I days. the Chambers says: "The Government de­ sires to give consideration to measures af­ fecting labor, public hygiene, and national thrift, and it ©specially wishes to study bow to impftov* i£» financial ooadition, to effect an equilibrium between revenue and expenditure, and to simplify the ad­ ministrative and judicial systems. The government is also desirous to uive a large share of attention to the land and sea forces. It is for the Chambers," continues the message, "to endow the government with power to execute this pgjDgramme, which will secure for the country a Issting era of peaceful and fruitiul activity, and thus give Europe a pledge of the ardent desire of France to strengthen the general peace and assist in the development of good re­ lations between the Powers." The mes­ sage was well received. CMS CHOW and ten other populous cities in the Provinoe of Honau, China, were destroyed, on the night of Sept. 28 last, by the bursting of the banks of the Yellow River, a former rich plain of gieat extent being now ten to thirty feet under water. Thousands of lives were lost, and millions of people arc reported naked and starving. The catastrophe is said to be the most appalling occurrence of modern times. Chinese papers give the following details of the calamity: The river broke its bonks southwest of the City of Ching Chow, and not only completely inundated that city but also ten other populous cities The whole area is now a raging sea, ten to thirty feet deep, where it was a densely populated and rich plain. The former bed of the Yellow River is now dry, and the preeeni lake was the bod of tho rivencenturies ago. The loss of life is incalculablo, and the state­ ment is made by missionaries that millions ot Chinese are homeless and starving. Thomas Paton. one of the American mis­ sionaries, writing from Honau Province un­ der the date of Oct. 28, says: "'lhe newly gathered crops, houses, and trees ore all swept away, involving fearful loss of life. The country was covered with fine winter grain, which is gone, and implies the complete de­ struction of next j ear's crop. 'Bread, bread!' is the cry of thousands who are on the river bank. Benevolent people go iu boats and throw bread among the masses Lore and there, but it is nothing compared with the requirements. The mass of people is being increased by the continual arrivals even more hungry than tho last. There they sit. stunned, hungry, and de­ jected, without rags to wear or fo xi. Mat huts are being erected for them, but what it will be in two months cannot be conceived. Misery is beine increasod owing to the bitter ei>ld weather. • DIED ON THE SCAFFOLD. Ait Iowa Xnrderer Hanged with a "J ,. K*. POLITICS. THE London correspondent of the New York World, whose relations with Mr. Blaine are confidential, and who always speaks by the card when he talks of that gentleman, telegraphs to his paper the in­ teresting information that, 6ince the mes­ sage of President Cleveland, Mr. Blaine has decided to become a candidate for the Presidency. HENRY GEORGE has definitely decided not to be a candidate for the Presidency next year, and not to put the Labor party into the campaign. In an interview at New York he declared that he was not in favor of going into a national campaign for a number of causes, but particularly because of the expense of a national campaign. He is in favor of any party which will declare in favor of free trade. THE vote polled in the municipal elec­ tion in Boston aggregated 51/487, which is larger than any municipal vote since 1883. Of this number O'Brien (Dem.) received 26,621, and Hart (Rep. and Ind.) 24,866, the labor vote failing to materialize. There have been several changes in the making of the Board of Aldermen, the new Board standing 8 Republicans and 4 Democrats, being a gain of two members by the Re­ publicans. The Common Council will stand 43 Democrats and 29 Republicans, the same as last year./ The city voted lor license by over 8,000 majority. GENERAL. MB. SAMUEL SPENCER has been elected President of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail­ road. His salary, it is understood, was fixed at $25,000 per annum. The salary of the late President, Robert Garrett, was $4,000. SIB CHABLES TUPPEB, Canada's rep­ resentative in the fisheries negotiations, has arrived at Winnipeg from Washington to visit members of his family. He de­ clined to say anything specific about the state of the negotiations, but said: We have had a number of very interesting meetings, and the tact that we have adjourned until Jan. 4 shows that we still hope to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. Iam not with­ out hope that we shall reach a settlement ad­ vantageous and honoraole to all parties con­ cerned. ADVICES received from Jamauive, Mex­ ico, located in the State of Tamaulipas, state that there was much troublo there and a riot during the election Sunday. One of the parties opened the polls, when the others began the fight At each of the polls there was a pitched battle and the ballot-boxes were overturned or destroyed. Eight men were killed and over forty wounded. The result is that the old Mayor will hold over for another term. THE Superior Court of Kennebec Coun­ ty, Maine, has declared unconstitutional tho law making the payments of the United States special tax as a liquor seller prima facie evidence that the party paying such tax is a saloon-keeper, and therefore a public nuisance. A DISCOVERY of bushels of buried gold in tbe shape of "spade" guineas, of the date of 1765, is said to have been made by two persons near St Martin's, New Bruns­ wick. The affair has caused a great sensa­ tion. MARKETREPORTS. NEW YORK. .39 15.25 WHILE drunk, at Claremont, Vt, Joel Crowther, aged twenty-two, choked his mother to death. • PITTSBURGH telegram says that Presi­ dent Smith, of the Flint-glass Workers' Association, has ordered a general strike of the tableware workmen. The strike is against the rules and scale adopted by tbe manufacturers. The strike affects 1,400 men and causes a suspension of work in nineteen factories. A NEW YORK special says: "Reportsv Wceived at the Metal Exchange regarding Ae work of the fire in the famous Calumet and Hecla copper mines were of a most discouraging nature. According to these reports the fire has so extended as to de­ stroy the supports in the main shaft, and tbe walls and about an acre of the mine h»ve caved in. Fire and flames are now banting up from all parts of the mine, and all hope of saving the property is now said to be given up. A new eh.itt, from 3,200 to 3,600 feet in depth, will now be required to p«t the ruin in working order, and this Will be a process requiring two or three , jaew." BESEI 8. Ives, the brilliant but erratic > feancier, has been arrested fat New York Mia charge of converting te his own use a Mt for $100,000 which came into his FOREIGR, , THE city of Paris was thrown into a fever of excitement by a vicious attempt to assassinate M. Jules Feny. He was fired at three times by a man named Berc- kein in the lobby of the Chamber of Dep­ uties. One of the balls struck M. Ferry in the chest, another struck him in the right eide, while the third missed him en­ tirely. ̂ Neither wound is serious. The assassin was accompanied by an accom­ plice who was to have shot M. Goblet, but who funked, giving as his ! reason that his revolver dropped to I the floor. When Berckein was searched ' by the police a paper was found on him which indicated that he and his ' confederates had drawn lots to decide who j should do the shooting. The paper ends, "death to intriguers. Our path is marked out to form an intelligent, disinterested and patriotic ministry. So be it." In con­ sequence of the attempt upon the life of M. Ferry there were many quarrels in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies between Moderates and radicals. M. Bouvior joined in the discussion, accusing the Rad­ icals of provoking weak-minded persons to deeds of violence. Several scuffles en­ sued, and it is expected they will lead to duels. THE formation of the Tirard Ministry was brought about by the threat of M. Car- no* to resign if M. Tirard refused to go with the task. It is now called CATTLE ... HOGS WHEAT--No. 1 Hard....™ No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 OATS--White ! Poai--New Meaa | CHICAGO. CATTLI--Choice to Prime Steers I Good ! Common to Fair. Hoos--Shipping Grades J FLOUR--Winter Whoat J WHEAT--No. 2 Red Winter | COIIN--No. 2. 1 OATS--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery..*.*.".. Fin«s Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new EGOS--Fresh *"" POTATOES--Choice, per ba POBK--Mess 14 35 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. A OATS--No. 2 White RYE--No. 1 PORK--Meaa ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed CORN--Mixed I0*55 *5.50 0.00 @ 5.75 .94 «• .91!* •90 ̂ <5 .91 •01 id .02 <S> .43 <315.76 5.50 4.00 8.50 4.75 3.75 .77 .47 .90 i .29 .90 .11* .ao ,80 0 0.50 4.75 & 4.00 6.50 & 4.25 (!» .77$ lit .48 «e .sou ̂ .80 .•-'4 •12* .21 85 .74 .48 .82 .61 15.00 ©14.75 & .74^ (& ,49 « .33 & .63 315.50 .81^ OATS--Cash POBK--Meaa... WHEAT--Cash. (£ORN--May.... OATS--Caah.... TOLEDO. DETROIT. .80*6 4 .47)4® .30 0 ,30!6 14.25 ks 14.75 .83 A .83 ̂ .53<4& .54ft ,33ft BEEF CATTLE.... HOOS KHEEP 1..*. WHEAT--No. 1 White .".... CORN--No. 2. „ OATS--So. 2 White CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed.... CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 .. *. "." PoBK-Meaa LIVE HOOS BUFFALO.'" CATTLB Hoos WHEAT-NO. 1 Hard CORN--No. 2 INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTLE Hoos KHEEP WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed CORN OATS-Mixed "" EAST LIBERTY CATTLE--Prime Fair Common...,..,-.. ... Hoos..... Spur S.75 ft 4.75 4.2) 0 5.00 4.00 6.00 • .64 <9 -85 .54 J* .84 & .Si .85 O .86 .68 & .64 .81 e .85 14.73 <915.1! 6.23 & 5.75 4.50 & 6 50 6.00 5.75 .S3 & .80 .60 & .57 8.60 9 5,00 6.00 & 6.75 *00 8.75 .81 & .81 ̂ .62 & .62* .3S & 4.00 <9 4.60 8.25 9 8.75 SJOO l» 8.60 6.25 9 6.74 IfiO <0 &00 The First Legal Strangulation in the State for Twenty-one •••**;& Years.- - W-f|r <#SB» lfotea Murderers Who Hate tbe Extreme Penalty of the Lav* fOHABLSS COBBESPOND-CITY (IOWA) ENCE.J Chester Bellows, the murderer of Alice Waterman, was hanged here on Friday last. He had to be sup­ ported to the gallowB, and as the rope was placed around his neck he exclaimed three times: "Please don't." As the Sheriff placed the white cap over his head, ho :ex- c l a i m e d a g a i n : V"Please don't; I am V'//)., innocent" In eight 'ii minutes and forty- ,;Ctnree seconds after tho trap was sprung ' " Bellows' heart ceased to beat. His neck Was broken. The rope used was that intended for Anarchist Louis Lingg. The crime for which Bellows suffered the death penalty was tbe murder of his niece, Alice Waterman. He had been living at Min­ neapolis, bnt came here in 188K ana went to livo with the Watermans, a short distance from town. His attentions to Alice and his general conduct soon became suoh that he was sent away July t. He went to the house of a neigh­ bor, Chester Wilcox, where Alice was stopping, and called her outdoors and Bhot her twice while she was on her knees begging for mercy. The last shot was fatal. He then shot himself, bnt inflicted merely ilosh wounds. Bellows is the first man legally executed in Iowa for twenty-two years. From 1846 to 1872, the first twenty-six years cf the Common­ wealth's Statehood, few men died on tho gal- lowa by decree of the courts. Under the old law it was optional with Judges to sentence to hanging or to imprisonment for life in capital casys, and the bench usually tempered justice With mercy. The course of the Judges led to dlscusaion about 1570, as to whether the prae- tice of courts, by showing as far as possible their tenderest side to the deepest-dyed crimi­ nals, did not really create a sort of contempt for the way judicial punishment was measured out. It was maintained that the public morale would be better conserved by repealing the capital punishment clause and making life im­ prisonment the penalty for the liigbett crime. Public sentiment was ripe for a change, and Whefc the Legislature of 1972 met one of its principal acts Was tne passage of a bill abol­ ishing capital punishment. This law lasted until 1878, when, after thorough discussion, during which it was contended that the taking of human life had become much more frequent than formerly on account of this abolition of the death penalty, capital punishment was re- enacted with one important change, which re­ moved the power to tlx the death penalty from the Judge to the jury In a case arising under the law now the jurcrs find tho verdict as for­ merly, but if they adjudge the criminal guilty of murder in the first degree and that the prisoner bo hanged or imprisoned for lite, they must say so in their written verdict, and the court has no power to modify the finding. The Judge must either set aside tho vordict entire, or pronounce sentence in accordance with the verdict. Under the law of 1878 four men have been sentenced to death in Iowa. The first was Fountain Jk George, for the murder of Dr. Epps in th^Rreets of Des Moines. This occur­ red in 1882. The judgment of the lower oourt was affirmed, and under the law he should have been executed not later than fifteen months after sentence. But the assassin was a victim of epilepsy. Doubts arose as to bis Sanity, and a commission of inquiry was ap­ pointed. Their finding has never been made public, but it must have been favorable to the insanity view, as Governor Sherman never fixed a day of execution, and about a year ago George died in the penitentiary. A man named Smith, of Fayette County, and another named Kennedy, of Dubuque, are awaiting execution, their cases having gone to the Supreme Court. Chester Bellows was the fourth. Tho murderers legally strangled in this State richly merited their punishment. In 1&><; Will- lam Hinkle, of Davis County, was arrested for poisoning his wife. The woman had died sud­ denly, and Hintkn iKiiore a year had elapsed, made prapartttrofWo marry a girl who had been working in the family at the time of his wife's death. An investigation followed, which led to Hinkle's indictment and arroiit. He took a ehanee of venue to the ad .oining county of Appanoose, where, after a trial lasting only four days, he was convicted of murder in the first degree on April 1C, 18 ,8. An appeal to tho Su­ preme Court followed, but tho judgment below was affirmed, and Hinkle was sentenced to be publicly executed on the 13th of August, 1&38, between the hours of 1 and 3 p. in., within one- half mile of the town of Orleans, a little village in the eastern part of the county. This was the nearest convenient point midway between Bloomfield and Centerville, the county seats of Davis and Appanoose Counties, and tne Judge, no doubt, thought the people of the two coun­ ties had a common interest in seeing Hinkle die. Nor was he disappointed. On the appoint­ ed day 10.00J people assembled to witness the execution. The condemned man ascended the platform with a rosolute step and firm bearing. .The rope provided for tbe occasion was of home manufacture, and as the trap toll and it re. ceived the full weignt of the heavy victim it snapped, and Hinkle dropped heavily to tbe ground. He was picked up and with difficulty placed on the scaffold. He was asked before the rope was adjusted the second time if he had anything to Bay, to which he answered that he waB innocent. It was generally believed at the time that ho had placed tbe poison in the young woman's bands for the purpose of compassing bis wife's death, and that his denial was, there­ fore, technically true. The second execution was the most notable In the Statu s history. It oocuired at Dubnque in 16o9. A tailor named Gillic k returned homo in the morning verv drunk. His wife asked him for money with which to buy biead. He seized her by the hair, dragged her about the floor, kicki d her, beat her, and at last shot her through the head. He had teen a soldier in tbe Mexican war, a color sergeant As his at­ torney, the clo iuent Ben M. Samuels, told the jury, he bore the flag of his adopted coi.ntry from Vera Cruz to Chapultepec. He tai two trials, the verdict resulting the same in both. Governor Lowo was appealed to for clemency in vain. There had been too many murders in Dubuque in the preceding ten years, and pub- lic sentiment demanded an example. Jjdge Wilson hud ordered that the execution be made public. The gallows was built on a Bandy plateau a short distance south ot Eagle Point, and just north of tho city limits. The people living in the vicinity--tne nearest house being at least a quarter ot' a mile distant, threatened to raze the uallows, but Sheriff Havden put a cuard of sworn deputies around it There were three larpe, well drilled, hand­ somely uniformed military companies in Du­ buque--The Governors Greys, the Washington Guards and the Jackson Blues. Gillick re­ quested that, as he had been a soldier, these military companies escort him to the gallows, and, in order to comply with his wishes, i-heritf Hayden ordered thdt they turn out as protec­ tion, and to quell any disturbance that might arise. The day of execution came. Dubuque ne^er saw such a croud. It seemed as if the people of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illiuois for sixty milos about had flocked into the city ft was estimated that there were 40,00) to 50,000 strangers in Dubuque that morning. It was a beautiful day. Th»- cortege start^ ed from the jail with a military company, headed by the Gentiania Band, in front of a barouche In which Gillick rodo with the Sheriif, and two companies in the rear, while a line of guards was on oither side of ,tbe carriage. The band played a dead maroh from the jail to the gallo.w*, a distance of over a mile The military formed a hollow square about the gallows and within forty f«-ot of it. The ptople i>t lod crowded in closely on all sides-- avast mass of liim.anitv. Hundreds of women were among the spectators. Gillick made a short speech, in which ho warned young men against the uco cf liquor, which had brou Lt him to tiie ^allows, thanked the mili­ tary for the honor thoy had paid him as a sol­ dier, and Hheritf Haydon for kind treatment, it was all over in fifteen minutes, and iu tbe afternoon two-thirds of tho v.;st number of' strangers had reappeared. There have been two more executions at or near Dubuque--cne in 18 tl- and another at Delphi for a uiunler committed at Dubuque in lhtt.i. The last legal execution of which there is a record in Iowa occurred at Ottumwa, Feb. 17, I860, when benjamin A. McComb, a native of Kockford, III , was hanged for tho murder of Laura Jane Harvey, also of liockford. l.aura ran away lrom homo iu company with McComb and George Lawrence, and »he end Lawrence were married at Boloit, Wis,, beforo coining to Iowa, 'ih© party put up at the Jefferson House In Ottnmwa on March 27, 18<;o. During their stay the convocation of the two men was far from friendly toward the vouni; woman. The next day the; went to Eddysills, where the Same treatment of th.1 woman was noticed. Leaving Kddyville the ne.\t day, nothing definite was hour.) of them until the following morning, wlen. the body of the woman was found in the river below the ford. It was ceita.ii) that murder had been commit­ ted. Four months after tho body of a man was found in Copperas Creek, about four miles east of Ottumwa. Investigation proved It to be the body of George La* renew, i.usbiiml of the mur­ dered woman. Four yea s passed without tho disclosure of a solitary ci >e to the location ot McComb, but finally in the spring of IB 4 h* was noognUed by a youn« aoldier fram Book- f<*d. stationed at Camp MoClellan, at Dawn- port, was placed under anwat Mateh 2, and taken to Ottumwa, where his trial resulted in a verdict of guilty June 14 following. The oourt decided that he should be hanged July *7. hut the case having goam to the Supreme Court, tbe exeoutian waa postponed. A great maajr people assembled, however, on the date mentioned, and, 8*$h«rina around the Jail, soon be- •ame noisy wad demonstrative. u>parentfer pos­ sessing air the elements of a mob Finally the question of hanging was submitted to a vote, and, having been carried affirmatively, a rush was made for toe jail door and the prlsoper was brought out He asked tor an hour to prepare /°lf ,?nd it was given him. He waa taken Into the Catholic Church and baptized, ufter which the mob took him in charge. There were no lamp posts in Ottumwa in those days and eonsequontly no convenient place to hang him. He was finally placed in a wagon, driven a mila east of tonn, a ropo put arouud his neck, it was thrown over a bent tree, and the mob were abiut to carry out their design when McComb asked the privilege of making a speech, which was granted. He protested his innneenee, ottered to prove that George Lawrenoo waa attll living, and that be did not murder Laura J. Harvey. At this point a cry Was raised all through the crowd, "Take him back I" others yelling, "Hang him." Then a short struggleTor the possession of the rope ensued, whoa some one called out, "Cut it." This w s immediately dene, and the prisoner rescued from the hands of the mob, placed in a wagon, driven rapidly to town and placed in jail. On the night of Aug. 24 McComb escaped from confinement'by moans of offering the Sheriff's 11-year-old boy a largo sum of money to induce him to unlock the cell door, so that he had nothing to do but to walk out. The Sheriff was absent at the time. August 27 he wai recaptured atout fifteen miles from Ot­ tumwa, and on the 31st another mob gathered. But this time the Sheriff was prepared, and the jail strongly guarded by the military. Con­ sequently the mob dispersed. McComb's case was heard by the Supreme Court in tho follow­ ing December, en 1 tho judgment of tho lower court was affirmed. This necessitated the fix­ ing of a day of execution by the Governor, and Fob. 17, 1805, was named. The death warrant in this case is the only document of the kind on file in the State archives. The return made thereou by the Sheriff shows that lt was duly executed. Woolfolk Sentenced to He Hanged. ; [Macon (Ga.) speelal.l • This was the tenth day of the trial of Wool- folk for the n;urder of nine of bis family. The jury was charged at not n and in twenty min­ utes brought in a verdict of guilty. The pris­ oner was then sentenced to bo handed Feb, 10. In his statement beforo sentence Woclfolk as­ sort e ii his innocence beloro beaven and Baid the witne* see had sworn falsely. He seems to be absolutely without nerves. Another Iowa Hanging In Prospect. The Supreme Court of Iowa has affirmed the sentence of the Fayette District Co irt in the case of Henry Schmidt, convicted of tho mur­ der of Lucrotia l'eck on the night of September 4, 188t>, and he will be hanged at West Union January 4,1SSS. A California Murderer Hanged. Thurston Leo was hanged at Bakersfield, CaL, on i rid ay, fcr the murder of John Smith In Mareh, 1883. THE FEDERATION OF LABOB. Encroachments ot tho Knights to Be Re­ sisted--Sir, Qompera Kc-elocted. iBaltimore spcoial.l _ At the session of the American Federa­ tion of Labor on Friday lhe per capita tax was reduced from J to J of a cent a month. All State federations are to be taxed $25 annually. It was voted to employ a salaried organizer. A rcsolut on compelling local unions to unite into State federations was rejected. The constitution was adopted as amended. ~ It was decided not to send delegates to the Trades Union Congress at London next year. It was resolved to ask Con­ gress to shorten the hours of labor in view of the decreased number of workmen needed on account of labor-saving ma, chinery. The committee on tbe growth of the order reported that the rapid growth of the order resulted 1 rom the fir6t avowed purpose of the federation to allow each trade to govern itself; second, to the dis­ content of the Knights of Labor. The committee recommended, by reason of the mismanagement of the Lnight* of Labor, and their desperate use ot! strikes, that the federation use its utmost endeavor to re­ sist the encroachments of the Knights of Labor, as that organization showed itself opposed to trades unionism. The report was adopted with enthusiasm. The fol­ lowing officers were elected by acclamation: President, Samuel L. Gotnpors. New York, representing tho International Cigar-makers' Union ; First Vico President, Daniel McLaugh­ lin, representing the Illinois Miners' Associa­ tion ; Second Vice President, William Martin, of the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers' Association; Secretary, P. J. McGuiro, of tho Philadelphia Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners; Treasurer, Gxhriel Edmondson, of the Washington Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. It was decided to hold the next conven­ tion in St. Louia. . , r THE WAR ON WHISKY. . Platform of the Anti-Saloon Republican Party of New York. [Syracuse <N. Y.) special.] The Anti- Saloon Bepublican State Com­ mittee adopted a platform declaring that there is an irrepressible conflict between the liquor trailic and Christian civilization; that the saloon ought to be utterly extir­ pated, because the proprietors have com­ bined in open war against the American Sabbath; that the compact between brewers and distillers has reached a point where the Republican party must accept the issue and with "no uncertain sound declare de­ termined hostility to these enemies of good morals and the sacred institutions of our land, or abandon their claims to be a party of law and order, opposed to vice and crime, anarchy and socialism." The platform points to Pennsylvania as an example of success resulting from a bold stand, and favors pnoh bition amendments and local option and restriction by taxation. IT CAUSED A SENSATION. The Efleet of a Canada Paper's Open Ad­ vocacy of the Annexation of Canada. A Halifax special says: "The St John Olobe'n open advocacy of immediate an­ nexation of Canada to the United States as tbe simplest and best way to settle all difficulties between Great Britain and the Republic has produced a great sensation in political circles in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Globe is owned and edited by John Ellis, a member of the Ca­ nadian Parliament for St. John City, and for many years its representative in the New Brunswick Legislature, and one of the recognized and ablest leaders of the Liberal party in Eastern Canada^" FOUR NEW HTAIM Territories Likely to Be Admitted to the , Union at This Session of Congress. IWasbincton special.] There is every indication that tbe Terri­ tories of Dakota, Washington, Montana, and possibly Utah, will be admitted into statehood. While Utah has adopted a new constitution, which prohibits Ihe perpetuity of polygamy within thu Territory, Congress will make the provision that in the event of tho Territory's admission into the Union as a Stn'e the clause of tbe constitution cannot bo disturbed without the consent of Congress. It matters not, however, if thi-y are admitted at this session they will mot. be granted the rigut of national franchise until 1892. THE CROWN PRINCE BETTER. His Present Condition Not Exeltlng Alarm. The new growth which has made its ap­ pearance in the throat of the Crown Pr nee is not of a cancerous nature, says a dis­ patch. It causes no difficulty in breathing. No operation is deemed necessary at pres­ ent. The right side of the larynx is wholly sound. Since the Crown Prince has taken open-air exercise he has a fresh, healthy complexion. He has grown thin­ ner since spring, and this gives him an al­ most youthful appearance. Any one see­ ing him can scarcelv believe him to be a lost man. His great tranquillity of mind, almost cheerfulness, inestimably helps all. Bad Crop Prospects in Illinois. The Illinois State Board of Agriculture is receiving reports of a most discouraging nature witii regard to the crop pro-pacts for next year. The winter wheat crop is of a very poor quality, and the yield will be small. Cattle are being shipped out of the State as rapidly aa possible, because the price ot com is too high to feed with profit. W* IN THE SENATE." . Several Important Bills Intro- 5§d in the Upper of Congress. , V, Mr. Culloms's Bills for a Postal Tel­ egraph and to Amend the In­ terstate Commerce Lair. . Sttato# Cnllom of tllinoie fcas iSfe duced a bill to establish the "United States Postal Telegraph" as a part of the postal system of the United States. Following ii a summary of the measure: It calls for an appropriation of tM.OOO.OCO, and provides for tho construction of the following trunk lines : One irom Washington to Portland, Me., via Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia Jersey City, New \ork, Brooklyn, Ijew Haven, Hartford, Providence, and Boston: one from Washington to Minneapolis, via Pittsburg Cleveland. Toledo, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madi- LaCrosse, and St. Paul; one from New York City to Cleveland, via Albany. Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo; oso from Pittsburg to Topeka, Kan., via Columbus, Cincinnati, In­ dianapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City: one from ioledo to Detroit; one from Washington to Galveston, via Kiohmond, Charlotte, Colum- hia, Augusta, Atlanta, Montgomery, and New Orleans ; one from Chicago to Now Orleans via Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, and Vicksburg; one from Chicago to St. Louis, Jia Peoria and Springfield; one from Chicago t> San Francisco, via Des Moines, Omaha Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, and Carson City: and one from Cheyenne to Denver. Postal telegraph offices are to be opened at the places named and at all intermediate points at which first, second, or third class poetoffice3 are established. Bran h lines are to be con­ structed from time to time, the intention being t® connect the lines with all cities where the postal free-delivery system prevails, but no additional facilities are to be pioviaed in States a ready t onnected with the trunk lines until postal telegraph offices have been estab­ lished in every Stt*te and Territory. The sys­ tem is to bo constructed in straight lines, as near as practicable, but regaid is to be taken of cities that will alford tho best te?ogranh:c facilities to the publio. Tho lines are to be constructed by the En­ gineer Corps of tho army and then transferred to the custody of the Postmaster General. The pole3 are to be of iron, the wires of copper, and all other materials of the best character. Eight wirss are to be strung on the line from New York to Chicago, and four upon other llneB. Tho Secretary of War is authorized to use the militavy fejvJiQ i'tiea of tho United States as TSt fts exjiellient, d'nd aTsdt&Ou,ke alj necessary condemnations of lands Qr bu'lHings at a fair compensation. All disputes as to what is fair compensation are to be settled by the Court of Claims. The Secretary is further au­ thorized to construct, take, and u:e all ma­ chinery and devices, not including telegraph lines, whether patented or not, as shall be deemed necessary, the compensation to be de­ termined in the same manner as condemna­ tions or land. A rate of 10 cents for each twenty words and S cents for each additional teu words ia fixed for distances of under 600 miles and an addi­ tional rate of 5 cents for each 2»0 miles over 605. A night rate of H5 oents and a day rate of 7.» cents is fixed for each 100 words transmitted for newspapers, except that where the same dis­ pateh is dropped off at more than one office tbe rates shall be 25 cents and JO cents respectively for each dropped copy. Among the numerous bills introduced in the Senate is one by Senator Cullom to amend the interstate commerce act. The amendments include the recommendations of the Commissioners, and are in minute le^al form. The following is a synopsis of the more important provisions: ]. To extend the provisions of the aet ao aa to apply to express, sleeping-car, drawing-room- car, palace-cur, stock-car, and tank-ear com­ panies, and "any other companion, associations, or persons furnishing for public use upon rail­ roads cars or other instrumentalities for the transportation of persons orproperty." % To prohibit not only pooling between differ­ ent railroads, but betwoen different railroads and ether carriers. a. In tho sixth section, which relates to the publication of rates, the provisions withrospect to the advance and reduction in rates are re­ peated, so as to apx>lv specifically to joint through rates. The short-haul provision is also repeated, in order that there shall be no ques­ tion that it applies to joint through rates. 4. As to the short-haul provision, it is provid­ ed that where complaint is made against two or more carriers for violating it, and the viola­ tions occur between points on the road of one only, that road only shall be held liable for the violation. 5. The commission is authorized to prescribe the form in which tne schedule prescribed by the law for public inspection shall bo prepared or arranged. No special form is prescribed in tbelaw. r t>. The commission is alao authorized to make provision for the official publication of its de­ cisions, 7. Ail addition to section 15, which relates to compensation for damages, is proposed, to the effect that when a complainant 1b seeking to re­ cover damages the carrier may tile with the commission its consent that the commission may pass on tho question of damages, and in such case tho carrier shall be bound by the de­ cision of tho commission, and the decision of the commiss.on shall stand as a judgment which may be enforced by execution by United States marshals in tho same manner as judgments of tho United States Circuit Court are enforced. In case such assent :s not filed, the commission may investigate and report the subject of dam­ ages, and, if it shall report that the complainant has suffered daniHges vo a specified amount, •it may name the time for the payment for such damages, and if the carrier shall make the pay­ ment within tho time named, tbe sum fhall be in full satisfaction of any claim the complain­ ant may have under the act in respect to the grievances complained of; but if such payment is not made, the complainant may proceed iu an> Vnited Mates Court of competent jurisdic­ tion to recover damages for the wrong suffered, and such proceedings, findings and report of the commission shall be prizna-faeie evidence of tbe facts found. The chief points in the Grand Army of the Republic pension bill introduced by Senator Manderson, says a Washington telegram, are in making provision for pen­ sions to all vettrans who are, or may here­ after become, unable to earn their own livelihood; for a direct continuance of pensions for widows in their own rights; for an increase in tbe amounts paid to minor children; and for fathers or mothers from any date of depend­ ence. The latter provision is the one which bears the strongest resemblance to the dependent bill vetoed by the President last session, though the pauper clause is omitted and one substituted which makes the measure a disability rather than a de­ pendent bill. The object of the bill is to put into the general pension laws the recognition of the principle that pensions may be granted to survivois of the late war without absolute proof of disability arising from the service, which proof, itis claimed, is almost impossible to get after the lapse of more than twenty years. Benutor Ingalls' bill removes the limita­ tion entirely on the arrearages act. It is one which the Senate, shortly before ad­ journment, directed the Pensions Commit­ tee to report to the Senate. Under it, those who failed to get in their applications before June, 1879, the limit of the old ar- learages act, but filed them; afterward, would get pensions lrom the time Of tiling. Among the more' important measures to come before this session of Congress will be a bill making a thorough revision and simplification of tbe pension laws. The pension laws are of as many different kinds as there are patent churns. One of the objects will be to lessen the burden of tbe applicants in the matter of faini h Kg proof to the department necessary to ob­ taining the pension rightly applied for. I" I '! * Winter Decorations. I will (ell the girls how to make lovely wreaths and bouquets for winter decora­ tion. Crystallized grasses are very pretty with wheat, or by themselves, and can be used in almost any design which fancy dic­ tates--crosses, stars, horseshoes, or any pretty design. I have seen mottoes made of them. They can be crystallized by dis­ solving all the alum you can in a half- gallon crock full of water, and suspending the grosses in by strings fastened to a stick laid across the top of the crock. Autumn leaves also are nice. Gather them when they are bright; sprinkle pulverized rosin over them, iron with a hot iron, and they will have a firm and lasting finish, and re­ tain their bright colors till spring, or a9 long aa you keep them. Pressed ferns and almost all kinds of trailing vines, and dainty bits of wood greenery, can be pressed and utilized in decoration for winter, and the long, cold eveninys can be Bpt-nt so much pleasanter for the li'tle bits of brightness they add to the sitting-i$>om. One almost forgets the cold, white snow outside, while in pleasant conversi.tion or reading, when the eyes are gladdened by these oonstant reminders of the cheerful summer. CONGRESSIONAL. Wbifc the Benate fha of Representatives. MAXT bills warn Introduoed In the Senate a^. the 12th Inst, and referred, among thsm tho following: By Mr. Beok, tor the retirement ot United States legal tender and national notes of small denomination, and tke issue ot coin certificates in lieu of cold and silver cer­ tificates. By Mr. Dolph, to provide tor fortifi­ cations and other aeaeoaat defenses. By Mr Edmunds, to provide for the establishment of a postal telegraph. By Mr. Bowen, for the free coinage of silver. By Mr. Hender­ son, granting a pension to every aol­ dier and sailor who is incapacitated for the performance of manual labor and for pen­ sions to dependent relatives of deceased aof- dlers and aailora. [He aaid he introduced this bill at the unanimous requeat of the Grand Army of the Republic.] Also for the admiasion of the State ot Dakota and the organisation of the Territory of Lincoln. By Mr. Cullom--For a pension to the widow of Gen. John A. JLogan; also for a constitutional amendment in rela­ tion to bigamy and polygamy. By Mr. Blair-- for a constitutional amendment extending the right of suffrage; also for the re­ lief of women enrolled aa army nurses. By Mr. Turpie--For the admission of the States of Washington and Dakota. By Mr. Hoar--For tho erection of a monument to the negro sol­ diers killed in the war. By Senator Plumb-- To make it an offense puni«hable by fine and imprisonment for any railroad, sleep­ ing-car, telegraph, or express company to offer any Congreesman or other Govern­ ment employe any free pass or reduction from the ordinary ratea charged, or for any government employe to accent or use auch a pass. Mr. Hale offered a preamble and resolu­ tion providing for the appointment of a select committee of seven to examine fully into tbe present condition of the civil service in all its branches; to ascertain whether appoint­ ments haye been based on metit and quali­ fications or distributed aa partisan favors, and as to the participation of government officials in political conventions and elections, in tne House of Representatlvea, Speaker Carlisle, having called Mr. Crisp (Ga) to the ohair. step­ ped down upon the floor and addressed the House as follows: "It is well known that there is a contest ponding which makes it improper for me, as presiding officer of the House, to appoint the Committee on Electlona. I havi left tho chair, therefore, for the purposo or asking the House to excuse me. from the performance of that duty and take auch proceedings in this matter as its judg­ ment may dictate. I have no suggestion to make except to say that the formation of the committees of the House will be facilitated by having this matter disposed of at the earliest day that will suit the convenience of mem­ bers." On motion of Mr. Holman, a resolution was adopted providing for tho election of the fifteen members ot the committee. Tan Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections investigated the West Virginia con­ tested-election case, on tbe 13th inst,, and de­ cided unanimously to report in favor of Mr. Faulkner's claim to the vacant seat. Mr, In­ galls introduced bills to romovo tho limitation in the payment of aî -eara of pensions and granting arrears in certain cases to those pen­ sioned by special acts of Congress. Mr. Cul­ lom introduced a bill to equalize the rate of pensions. It fixes the pension for loss ot Sight or disability requiring regular medical attendance at S72 per month. Mr. Cullom also Introduced a bill to establish the United States postal telegraph, and another to define and ex­ tend tho powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senator Jones, of Arkansas in­ troduced a bill to open the great Sioux reserva­ tion in Nebraska to settlement. Senator DaWea introduced a bill taxing manufacturers and dealers in adulterated lard, and roquiring it to be stamped. The Senate Committee on Agri­ culture will give a hoaring on this subject in January. The Finance Committee made a favor­ able report on tho Morrill bill to refund to the States the direct taxes imposed by the act of 18G1. The aggregate is about S15,0t)0,000. The bill was placed on the calendar. The Senate votod to continue Senator Cockrell's select committeo to inquire into the executive de­ partments, with leave to report at any time prior to Jan. 25. Senator Chandler intro­ duced a bill to regulate the holding of Con­ gressional elections in South Carolina, Plorida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The House unanimously adopted a resolution offered by Mr. Cannon (111.) declaring that the following named gentlemen should constitute the Committee on Elections: Messrs. Crisp (Chairman), O'Ferrall, Outhwaite, Barry, Maish, Heard, Johnson (N. C.), O'Neill (Ind.), Moore, Itowell, Houk, Cooper, Lyman, Johnson (Ind.), and Lodge. Speaker Carlisle then di­ rected that all papers in the varions contested election oases be referred tothts committee. THE committee report on the West Virginia contested election case was unanimously adopted by the Senate on the 14th inst., and tho oath of office was administered to Mr. Faulk- nor. Mr. Morrill addressed the Senate at some length on his bill relating to foreign immigra­ tion, the principal object of which, he ex­ plained, was to have the character of the immigrants examined by the United States Consul at the port of departure. Ho stated that nearly one-third of the population of the country was com- pesod ot foreigners, and exprossed a doubt as to the possibility of transforming them mt» good American cftizens. Among the bills in­ troduced in the Senate were the following : By Mr. George, to protect innocent purchas­ ers of patented art:cles; by Senator George, to annex the public-land slip south of Indian Territory to the Territory of Now Mexico; also, a bill to appropriate $100,000 for the erection of a public building at Vicks­ burg, Miss. Senator Butler introduced with, slight amendments the bill reported from the Committee on Improvement of the Mississippi. River last session, and known as the Cowden outlet bill. It is ontitled "A bill to make the- Lake Borgne outlet, to improve tbe low-water navigation of the Mississippi Biver from New Orleans to Cairo, and incidentally to reclaim and protect the valley lands of tho Mississippi' from overflow without leveea." The House waa not in session. Lay of the Minstrel. Sad was the song the minstrel sung, in the light of the waning moon, and his voice was cracked and his knees- were sprung, and his eves far out of their socket hung, and he howled a. dirge in a foreign tongue, and his lyre was out of tune. I softly unchained the brindle dog, and loaded the old shotgun; while he scraped his lyre in the damp and fog, and sung of a fairy who drove a frog, and held a court in- a somber beg, by the light of a mid­ night sun. "No fairies for me," I softly said, "so singer, you'll change your tune; yon must sing a ballad of death instead, of ghosts in purple and ghosts in red, of regions where wander the phantom dead, and there are no stars- or moon." He tuned his harp to a dis­ mal lay, that chilled all the blood I owned, and he sung: "There is a land in the far away, where nevev-is gleam­ ing the light of the day, where the* goblins damp and the specters stajy,. and the wind with their shrieks is tone 1. The ghost of the pallid dude- is there, bereft of its gilded cane; it- has no oil for its yellow hair, it has no- glasses to eye the fair, and it can not stand on the street and stare, so the dude is bowed in pain. The dude is- chained to a sad-eyed ghost that used to be wild for gore, that followed the- teaching of Spies and Most, and tried, the law and tbe courts to roast, and was later strung to a towering post, and clamored for blood no more." I loosed the dog on, the minstrel there, and I fired m v gun in tbe damp: and pieces of harp flew in the air, and stogy boots and wads of hair, and all that was left of the minstrel fair was rolled in a postage stamp.--Lincoln Jour­ nal. i__i. Hints to Housekeepers. To EXTINGUISH the flames from kero­ sene, use flour profusely upon them. ' To CLEAN a spice-mill, grind a handful, of raw rice through it. PICKLES should never be kept in glazed ware, as the vinegar forms a poisonous compound with the glazing. WILLOW furniture that has not been stained or painted, can be washed with salt and water and a brush; dry thoroughly before exposing it to dust. To REMOVE stains from marble, take-ox gall, a wineglassful of turpentine, and mix into a paste with pipe-clay. Put tbe paste on the stain and let it remain several days. OSTRICH feathers can be curled at home by holding them over the top of a hot stove- or range, not near enough to burn, with­ drawing for a moment, then repeating again and again. KID GLOVES can be nicely cleaned by putting them on the hand and rubbing the soiled parts with benzine. If much soiled, they con be entirely washed in the benzine, and dried in the open aft: to remove th»- odor.