Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1870 — Page 1

THE EVENING NEWS.

VOLUME 1—NO. 24S.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1870.

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PHYSICIANS. A. W. JPATTEBAAN, M. »- Office—135 North Alabams street. Residence—124 East Ohio street. S. C. TOMLKHSON. Office—30 North Delaware atrwet. Residence—Z75 North Delaware street.

X. A. COMINUOR. Office—No. 3TNorth Delaware street. Residence—38A North Liberty street.

JAMESON A rUNKMOUSER. Office—SS East Market at., onp. Journal Office. Resldencee—24* N. Ala., and 44 N. Mias. sis.

W. B, FUBTCMEB A C. E. WEIGHT. Office—107 North Alabama, comer ef Ohio.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CHAH. W. HM.ITH, Attorney ut Law. OFFICE—No. ft Yo hn’a BUek.

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1RW00MB, MITCHELL ft OTOE AM, Attornpfs at Isaw, He*. 21 end 23 Hast Wtvahincton St. y augi:-3Hi

NICHOKj ft JORDAN. Office-Capital Building, No. 1«}£ East Washington street.

JARED X. RILL*. Office—Ne. 82 North Delaware Stmet.

T. A.. Attorney at .Law, Noa. 4 and 5, New’s Block, Next te tke Pest Offilee. Mgft-te

CainniAL Cmccrr.—State vs. George W. Hall; grand larceny. Prisoner withdrew plea of not guilty, and entered a plea of guilty of petit larceny. Was fined one cent, sent to the penitentiary one year, and disfranchised one year. The Grand Jury will report at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Common Pleas.—Charles A. Wolfrom et al vs David Beibert and wife; action for damages. On trial before jury. City Court.—Sam. Trowbridge assaulted Carry Barns, both colored, and cashed an assessment of $10. Mary Sahrs and Ellen Canaday were found to be wandering prostitutes, and went to jail for thirty days. John Mack and Jerome Eggart were drunk and disorderly. Mack was jailed, and Eggart paid $4 70. Plymouth Congbkoatioxak Church, corner of Meridian and Circle streets, is being materially improved. The pews and pulpits have been removed, the windows taken out, and tbe roof of the audience room is being taken off to-day, and lowered several feet. An ornamental gable, on each side of the front pediment, is to be raised, and the whole surmounted by a magnificent cross. A choir gallery is to be built in tbe rear of the pulpit platform, with an ante-room on each side. Some additional pews will be added, also. The plans were drawn by Messrs. Daggett & Roth, architects. These improvements will add materially to the beauty of the locality. James H. Beaver, from the country, was arrested yesterday, at. the instance of Eliza J. Breedlove, upon a charge of bastardy. Last evening he came to the residence of the County Clerk, obtained a license to marry, and at about half past ten o’clock the parties were married by H. H. Boggess, Justice of the Peace. Mrs. Beaver then withdrew the proceedings against Mr. Beaver. Much of the time at the City Court sessions of yesterday and to-day has been employed in investigating a neighborhood quarrel, wherein a Mrs. Skettles and husband, and one Mrs. Jane Todd are the principal actors. Bnlldlnv Permits. The following is a list of the permits issued by the City Clerk during the week ending at noon to-day: Henry Miller, brick butcher shop, Massachusetts avenue, between Alabama and Mew Jersey streets, $450. Charles H. Wehling, frame residence, Douglass street, between East and Wright, $500. John Bchuttheis, two frame dwellings, Peru street, between Home and Christian avenues, $1,500. John Shaughuessey, frame addition to dwelling, $300. John Harthuery, frame addition to dwelling, $1,000. James Frank, brick business block, fronting on Pennsylvania street and Madison avenue, between Merrill add McCarty streets, $3,600, and a brick dwelling on Pennsylvania street, between Merrill and McCarty, $2,200. H. S. Hutchins, frame residence. Alabama street between St. Clair and Ft. Wayne avenue, $3,000. James Pedlow, frame addition to dwelling, $390. Rooker, frame dwelling, Tennessee street, between First and Second, $2,100. Robert Gordon, kitchen, $160. Charles Reitz, brick shop, Merrill, between Delaware and Pennsylvania, $400. George Eberhardt, frame dwelling, Market street, between Noble aad Liberty, $1,400. Mrs. Esther B. Elvin, frame addition to dwelling, $2,00. Joseph Carson, frame dwelling, Delaware street, between Merrill and McCarty, $300. R. W. Shilling, frame addition, J500. John A. D. Mueller, firame dwelling, Spring street, between North and Walnut, $300. Samuel Fonts, frame dwelling, Ash street, in Butler's addition, $1,400. R. M. Casby, frame church, corner of Home avenue and Ash street, $4,250. Michael Conlen, frame business block, Indiana avenue, between St. Clair and California streets, $350. Frank Ricker, frame dwelling, Tennessee street, between First and Second, $2^024. Daniel Nicholson, brick dwelling, Georgia street, between Mississippi and Missonri, William Wilkison, brick dwelling, East, between Louisiana and Georgia streets, $750. John Rupp, frame dwelling, McGinnis street, between Macaaley and Ray, $540. John McCloskey, frame dwelling, Bright street, between New York and Vermont, *1,000. H. Baumhofer, frame dwelling, Chestnut street, between Wilkins and Morris, $800. G. Kellermeier, frame dwelling, ^Alabama street, between Duncan and South, $1,000. Henry Miller, frame kitchen, $100. Miaor permits;, $145.

Additional City News. There's a scareity of runaways for a day or two past. There is an unusual amount of building going an in the city just now. We hear: nothing more about the Rink transformation. Has the project collapsed. I.O.O.F. At a regular meeting of American Degree Lodge, held last evening, the following persons were elected officers for the ensuing term. D. M.-John B. Kelley. A. D. M.—Joseph Watson. A. D. D. X.—Samuel Raymond. Secretary—D. DeRuiter. Treasurer—Joseph Kiagan. Warden—John Egger. _ Conductor—George Hummel!. I. G.—R. Collum. AL Qr.—W. G. Roberts. The masonry now being constructed in Pogue's Run, below Delaware street, is for the purpose of cunriug the bed of the Run for a distance of about taro hundred feet, with a triple arch thirty feat wide. This arch will .support the tracks of the Jeffersonville, MadUwwwBd IndiAmlpoiis Railroad, running from tbe Depot to the Union tracks, and the track of the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad, bow running upon an old treetleway which is to be removed. The work is a great improvement to the dty, and may prove the initiatory step toward covering the entire Jeogth of the Ran.

On the Spire ef TrftmJty. A man named Francis Benjamin Jacobus, from Newark, says the New York Standard, the other afternoon went up the outside of Trinity steeple and performed a variety of startliug and foolhardy antics on the spine, such as lying along the cross bar and throwing out his limbs, standing up unsupported and moving his arms, making a pretense of being on the point ot falling, and standing on his hands and clapping hu feet in the air above him. The performance was viewed by breathless thousands on Broadway and Wall street, the attention of gazers being attracted even above Canal street. Rumors cot about to tbe effect that the conspicuous figure was that of a crazy man, a drunken sailor, and a determined suicide, which were followed by a wilder and more eager interest along the throngs of the street. After playing upon the feelings of the multkade for about fifteen minutes, the ailly pate descended to one of the tower windows, resumed a portion of his clothing, where he had left it, and emerged from the charch, followed by a crowd of ragamuffins down Liberty street. Officer Henry H. Pellett, who ascertained the name above given from the man himself, also informed our reporter that the feat had been performed on a wager of twenty dollars. Tax on Sales The Commercial List waxes indignant in regard to this tax. It remarks: The recent decision of Mr. Delano on this subject has taken the business community by surprise. They hare been laboring under the delusion that the unjust and oppressive taxes on sales would cease hr limitation on the 1st of November next, bat they have counted without their host. This decision is naturally creating a good deal of restlessness on the part ot the business comraunitv in all parts of the country, and if some legislative change is not speedily effected, which will secure an

pie may be tempted to make short work of the present Revenue Bureau, by wiping out the iniquity.

PRICE TWO CENTS.

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European News. PRUSSIAN ADVANCE AT KADI.

Paris Oat Off.

ZB-A-Z-AHEYIE _A.T S IE ID-A-IDT.

Canrobert Marching to Paris.

NO PROSPECT 'OF PEACE.

Italians Advance on Rome.

FIGHT WITH PAPAL ZOUAVES.

The mission , to England.

RUMORED APPOINTMENT OF ORTH.

[WKSTXBN ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES] FOREIGN.

ITALY. Florence, September 16.—After the occupation of the Papal States, Italy will instantly summon a National Parliament, to be chosen by universal suffrage. A collision occurred yesterday between the Italian troops and the Papal Zouaves, five kilometers from the city of Rome. Only a few were killed and wounded on each side. The Italian headquarters on Thursday were fourteen kilometers out from Rome. General Bixeb has reached Coronto, near Civita Vecchia, and doubtless Veletri and Volmontone will be occupied to-day. The Papal officers, soldiers and people fraternize with the Italians, who are received with acclamation. ENGLAND. London, September 16.—It is reported that the railroad trains leaving Paris yesterday were attacked and captured by the Prussians. Several passengers on board were killed and wounded. After to-day communication with Paris will be uncertain. All the regular troops as well as the French Turcos have left Paris to oppose the movements of the Prussian army of the Loire. Bazaine’s army is well supplied with provisions at Metz. The Prussians are slowly concentrating around Paris. From dispatches received from Florence, it would seem that the Italians have surrounded Rome by this time, if the programme of the government has been faithfully followed. The Times this morning has a special telegram from Berlin, giving the following summary as the latest intelligence on the question of mediation: Russia declines all further effort for mediation. Bancroft denies having involved America in intervention. Prussia is satisfied with the reserved attitude of England, as defeating the French hope for armed intervention. Germany demands the cession of Alsace •and Lorraine. FRANCE. Paris, September 16—Noon.—The Prussians having captured a railroad train at Sevils travel in that direction stops immediately. One hundred and fifty thousand Prussians are at Joinvilln. The city has been declared in a state of siege. None of tbe combattants are to be expelled. It is reported that the American ship Queen has arrived at Tonlon with five hundred American volunteers and seven thousand rides. . Tbe Prussians were yesterday at Joinville, seven miles from the city. There have been no railroad trains beyond Pont Vis since Wednesday last. The forests around the city are now entirely consumed. BELGIUM. Bol'illon, September 16.—Marshal Canrobert’s forces, which late'y cut through the Prussians at Metz, and now marching toward Paris, were 6,000 strong. ^ Marshal Bazaine has gone to Sedan; Civilians are withdrawing from Strasbourg. The Ministry has made public the following intelligence: The Prussian headquarters, on Friday, were at Meaux. _

HEW YORE CITY.

Tke Forelga Hewn. New Yobx, September 16.—The World’s correspondent telegraphs: It does not appear that the Prussians are in any great force directly before Paris. Their main body seems to be stretched in a semicircle from about Villiers Cotterets, on the northeast, to Melon and Fontainebleau, on the southeast of Paris; and from Chateau Thierry, in the rear of Meaux, to Provence, on the railroad to Tours. The result of the refusal of Soissons to surrender certainly embarrasses their operations for a time. There is a curious rumor of the escape of Marshal Canrobert from Metz, and of his advance upon Sedan and Meizieres, menacing Rheims, Laon and the Prussian flank. It is not expected the Prussians will attempt, for some days, to begin tbe serious bombardment of the works of Paris. * * v * Numbers of women and children are still permitted to leave Paris. The gas has been cut off. It is used so little in Paris bouses that this makes comparatively much less trouble than was expected. The railway to Lyons has been cut by the French authorities between Bercea and Charenton and several splendid bridges were destroyed. * 4 Many dr the Paris journals are moving their offices to Tours, among them the L’Union and

La Gazette de France, but the chief papers are still to be published in the capital. The Times Washington correspondent telegraphs that there is excellent authority for the statement that the English Mission was offered, seven or eight days ago, to a prominent V estern politician, and that his letter of acceptance is now in the hands of the President. It is generally believed that Judge Orth of Indiana is the gentleman selected. Mr. Orth was, it will be recollected, unanimously recommended last spring by the Democratic delegation in Congress for the mission to Berlin, which it was thought would be offered to him. He is a leading member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and one of the strongest men in Congress. ILLINOIS.

Diocesan Convention. Chicago, September 16.—The new Canon introduced into the Illinois Diocesan Convention, and rejected by a tie vote on Wednesday, providing that any clergyman who appealed from the decree of an ecclesiastical court to a civil court for the purpose of arresting any eclesiastical sentence against him, should be suspended ipso facto from the functions of the ministry, was again brought before the Convention last evening, and after discussions and strong protest against it by Messrs. Tyng, Sullivan, McGregory, Powers, Thompson and others, and no word of defense from its friends, was passed as follows: Ayes—ministers, 37; laymen, 13; noes—ministers, 22; laymen, 7. The new article is as follows: % No clergyman shall resort to a civil court or tribunal for the purpose of arresting, impeding or avoiding any ecclesiastical proceeding against him. The penalty for any violation of this article shall be suspension ipso facto from the functions of the ministry. In order to ease the effects of this article, Mr. Lee remarked, the following section, providing for an appeal, was introduced and adopted: The bishops and rural deans Of the diocese shall constitute an appellee court of the diocese, of which the bishop shall be the presiding judge. In case of the bishops absence from the diocese, or if, for any reason, he does not sit, one of the deans is to be appointed by the bishop. In his absence from the diocese the standing committee shall act as a presiding judge. A majority of the members of the appellee court shall be]a quorum for the transaction of business. The court shall appoint a clerk, who shall keep a correct record of the proceedings. CALIFORNIA.

Honors to Slierman—Railroads—Oregon News. San Francisco, September 15.—There is a ball to-night at the Lick House, in honor of Generals Sherman and Schofield. It is a magnificent affair. The army and navy is largely represented. The California and Oregon railroad is completed to Saleo Station, sixteen miles north of Chico, and the northern travel is now principally by railroad. In the Oregon Legislature, Governor Woods yesterday presented his biennial message. The Governor was inaugurated to-day. Bills discouraging Chinese immigration were introdneed. The Nevada Democratic National Convention to-day nominated Major L. Bradley for Governor, and Frank Denver for Lieutenant Governor.

MISSOURI. Political Matters. St. Loots, September 16.—The Radical Convention in the Sixth District yesterday nominated ex-Lieutenant Governor Smith for Congress. The platform adopted is silent on the suffrage question. In tbe Fifth District the Convention refused to adopt the Brown platform, whereupon the Liberals retired and nominated E. L. King for Congress. In the Twelfth District of Illinois the Democrats yesterday nominated William Heintsell for Congress. The Democratic State Convention, of Kansas, met at Topeka yesterday and nominated the following State ticket: For Governor, Ira C. Sharp; Lieutenant Governor, A. J. Allen; Secretary of State, C. C. Durren; Auditor, H. McMahon; Treasurer, H. C. Sephert; Superintendent ef Public Instruction, F. H. Murray; for Congress, R. C. Foster, of Leavenworth. The nominated platform takes strong grounds in favor of taxing bonds, doing away with national banks, against Coolie labor and acr eepting the fifteenth amendment as a finality INDIANA. *

Mysterious Case-Thief Shot. New Albant, September 15. Considerable excitement has been created in. this vicinity by the recent discovery of a skeleton of a man and an old gun with the lock rusted off, In a ravine five miles below the city*. Since the discovery at least five persons have been reported missing for the past two years, one of whom, Joseph Miller, left his home in this city two years ago. An officer went to the scene of the discovery today, and is led to believe that the remains are those of Miller, as the gun was the same he had when he left home. Yesterday a man named Edwards arrested a thief who had stolen a watch from him at Greenville, in this county. The thief attempted to escape, when Edwards fired upon him, inflicting probably a fatal wound. FROM WASHINGTON.

strong disposition on the part of the Executive to appoint him. It is believed by promine ift officials that Orth is the man selected. The State Department has information that Minister Washburne has issued thirty thousand passes to Germans leaving Paris, since the order banishing them has appeared. He has been directed to keep his account for additional expenses incurred in these duties separate from his usual returns, and appropriations to meet money thus used will be asked of Congress. Mr. Washburne has been officially thanked for his action in this matter, both by the Prussian government and by the officers of the French Republic. TKLEORAFHIC' BREVITIES.

Cholera is increasing at Havana. The Cuba and Jamaica telegraph has been successfully laid. The Atlantics were defeated by the Mutuals yesterday—11 to 10. Three of the crew of the steamer Bienville, at the New York quarantine station, have died of yellow fever. The receipts from tax on spirits, etc., during July exceeded the amount realized during July 1869, by $1,287,285. Galveston has established a quarantine of twenty-five days on all small vessels from New Orleans and Bras hear. Patrick Eagan, for complicity in the robbery of the broker Jackson, in New York, has been sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen and a half years. The quantity of chewing tobacco manufactured in Richmond, Virginia, in 1869 was double, and the smoking tobacco quadruple that of 1868. The express train which left New York on Wednesday evening, collided with a sleeping car at Rome yesterday morning. One lady was seriously injured and another slightly. The international boat race, which took place at Montreal, on Wednesday, between the Tyne and St. John crews, resulted in a victory for the former, they coming in six lengths ahead.

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Orlb to Succeed Motley. [From me Cincinnati Gumctte’* Speekloftkis in*.] The President tendered the English mission about a week since to a Western politician, believed to be Judge Orth, ,of JndUna, and a notice of acceptance has jn*t reached the department; the name; however, is withheld till theTjarpevs emr brseut to the President. j Q9l before tbe adjournment of Oofiftees, when a change of the Minister at Berlin was talked of, Judge Orth wag recommended to the President by a large number of Senators and Rep. resentatives, and by the entire Democratic delegation in the House, and there wai a

We take the following items from last night’s dispatches: Trochu says that Paris can be defended by 75,000 men. The Prussian force marching on Paris is said to number 400,000. Eugenie and the Tranquil Prince have left Hastings for Torquay. Additional instructions have been sent to Thiers, and it is still hoped that his mission may not be useless. The report that Victor Emanuel is moving at the dictation of King William causes great excitement throughout Europe. The Prussians attempted to transport their heavy sie*e guns by the Canal de la Marue, when the water was let out, leaving them stuck in the mud. A part of Bazaine’g army, under Canrobert, has cut its way out of Metz. Sedan is placed in a state of siege, expecting Canrobert to move on that point. All the lines of communication with Paris have been cut off except the railroad leading west. It is expected that the city will be entirely isolated to-day. INDIANA ITEMS.

Mrs. Mary E. Haggart, of Danville, is lecturing at Richmond. She is spoken of as a young lady of fine address and fine oratorical pow-

ers.

Three young ladies of Lebanon became enamored of the “circus fellers” last week and were only prevented from eloping by the efforts of vigilant parents. On Thursday morning Samuel Katzenbach, a brakeman on the Indianapolis and St. Louis Road, fell from the train a short distance west of Ashmore, and was instantly killed. He was a young man without family. Mr. James Lemay, who resides three miles northeast of Corydon, lost two valuable horses by a lightning stroke last Saturday. Another horse was severely injured. Mr. L.’s house was also struck, but not materially injured. The Kokomo Journal is to be revived. It will be “backed and sustained by a fair amount of brains, a large amount of capital, and a still larger amount of determination to make it a triumphant success.” So says an extra just received. The Corner Loafer. The following sketch of a specimen of the corner loafer tribe, taken from the Daily Saratogian of Saratoga, will no doubt be fully indorsed as correct, in every respect, by all who have come across any of this shiftless, corner-obstructing class: ’ “That yonng squirt on the corner, with his hat a little on one side, the stab of a cheap cig&r in his mouth, and a stare for every lady that passes—is a loafer. Do yon know where he gets his money? His mother earns it for him taking m washing. Poor soul! She thinks her boy will get work soon. He could find work enough to keep him busy fifteen hours a day, if he wanted it. But he is a lazy loafer, and don’t want to work. If he gets a place he shirks or does his work so poorly that he. is soon discharged. He never works for the same man twice. Or, perhaps, he is particular what kind of work he does. He iswiL ling that his mother or sister should sew or wash to earn money for him to spend, but be M particular, he is, what work be does with his hands, fie looks down on that sweaty carpenter who hurries by him, nods condescendingly to his friend, the shoemaker, and sends a whiff of smoke into the eyes of the bedaubed painter, with both hands lull of pumt pots and brushes. He couldn’t borrow ten cents of any one of them. They know he never would pay it. They earn their money. He begs of his mother. Stylish boy, isn’t ne7

of colors and tints; with iron, he gets the tenes from the lightest mauve down to black; with alumina, all varieties of pink and crimson, including the brilliant Turkey red and by a mixture of these two. difftaeaft

shades of chocolate are produced.

In the distillation of coal, a substance is attained to which chemists give the name amthracene, and it is ©ut of this, by a beautifc synthetical process, that they extract alim-

nne. Then it becomes imnortant to

mme whether this alizarine is really the saftw as the coloring principle of madder: and bow the spectroscope comes into play, and it » found that the absorption spectra of the twft substances are identical, and thus refinement in chemical science are confirmed by rr&owments in optical. And now he question m aato the production ofanthrace foinsufficieut

quantity.

One authority states that two thousand Waoft of coal must be distilled to obtain one ton® anthracene; but Mr. W. Crookes, F. R K hasshown that some kinds of coal-tar eontaiaa large amount of anthracene. Hence, wo nxmr suppose that for some years to come manuAft luring chemists will exercise all their ingeuffiity in Endeavors to extract the largest possvli* Quantity of anthracene from coal. MeanwhOa the price ol anthracene is regularly adyertiNA in the chemical journals, thereby showhv that its production has become a steady brandh

oi industry.—Chambers’s Journal. Aceldenla at Niagara Fall*.

A correspondent of the Springfield Rtwafelican says the Indians have a tradition, ifeat

b ?v an .^ lly aKrificed’ to tim

Great Spirit by the “Thunder of WateoL* Within the past six months four have rr thence to where there are greater t'nunderuonB and voices. An old mau of seventy-five veana a few weeks ago, stepped into the rapids *®2 surrendered his hold on life. About the r time, a student of De Vaux College, (an Kvfecopal school for boys,) violated the rule* mf the institution and went into the fearfwl whirlpool to bathe, and shouting “cowa^V , to a tew shrinking comrades on the sboaev went down into that terrible gulf forever. But a few days ago, two little children, a girl and a boy. were enticed by a drunken fatter into a b(. above the rapids, where, duriaf~ the revelries of the father and an intoxicate*

companion, the boat upset, and the two erable creatures escaped, but both of Ite children were drowned. There was yesterday

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a very narrow escape from a fearful catamitr on the Canada shore. A little girl fell o ff tii* bank, but lodged in a tree and was rescaedf

unharmed.

Where the Blow Will Fall. It is thought that the brunt of the attack wa Pans will fall on the northern section of Ute works. At St. Denis three great roads cooverge, and here the armies which are advaaft ing from Soissons on the Aisne, and Eperoaw on the Marne, may reunite their forces. Tte three :orts known respectively as the Doabla Couronne du Nord, the Fort de la Brichc aad the Fort de 1’Est, which cover St. Denis nod the approach to the heights of Montmartnc will, in common with the Fort of Aaberrilliers, situated at the northeast angla of tte fortifications, doubtless sustain the first a»sault of the Prussian artillery. The Freacfli will make a resolute defense of these fortnft ses, and their capture will prove far more di£ □cult than the affair at Sedan. A Good Thing lor Germany. The manufacturers of Germany and Belgium, though regretting the severity of tte French government against the German nmidents, are not ijl-pleased with it in an indwtrial point of view. The German workman were always considered among the best te France, and owing to their aptitude and diligence, they were mostly employed in thcae branches of manufacture in which the Frencfc have maintained a certain superiority. Ttejr are received in Germany with open arms, not only as workmen, but as industrial teacbem. Their cruel expulsion may prove as great a commercial as it is a political blunder. It is, in fact, a nineteenth century edition of the Edict of Nantes. Road (Steamers. A road steamer has been running for several months over a wretched road near Aberdeen, Scotland. In many parts of tlpe road tte grade is one in eight, over which the steam engine draws ten tons with great case, at tte rate of three miles and a half an hour. Tte engine performs four trips daily,during which its entire consumption of coal is but a quarter of a ton. To do the same work in the ordinary way would require an ontlay three times as great, and the cost of support more than tern times as much as that of the road steamer.

Alizarine. A recent discovery in chemistry has established the fact that the pure coloring substance of madder—alizarine—can be extracted from coal tar. The process by which this di*ooiery was achrered was worked out in a most philosophic way by two German chemists; modifications have been introduced, and B°. w , Vjere are four methods by which artifieiai alizarine, a brilliant scarlet substance, may be produced. Madder costs forty-fire pounds a ton, and the quantity imported into England is worth one million pounds a year; consequently the discovery of a method by which its coloring principle can be derived from a material which we possess In abundance, is of prime importance commercially. With alizarine at command, a dyer, by varying hi? mordant, will poduce a great variety »

citing considerable interest throughont Dm world. It is seriously contemplated in Bog land to attach them to artillery. The Holy Hog. Don Fmtt thus does up a clerical guest a Saratoga: “Look at that huge animal at tie next table. He is a clergyman of distinettea who is here to benefit Bis health, after Us arduous labors of his parish. He weighs 2a if a pound. See how the oily flesh pleats am folds under his double chin, and, Lord belpoi see him eat! He is known to the profane tee as Die holy hog, from the way he travels froi soup to desert. He exhausts the bill of fora and the very waiters grin and wink to be* him talk about his ill health. He married : rich widow, has a heavy salary from his uw gregation, and here he is, with the best room in this hotel, puffing around through tte whirling sea of sinful folly like a porpoise ■ a rolling sea.” • Tlie Thing in Jewelry. Jet jewelry is more than ever in favor. la gold, the different shades, from yellow to ccf* per colored, are combined with very rich ef fects. The shapes are rather grotesque than beautiful: squares and triangles are the favorite models. Ear-rings are very long, ate brooches have long pendants. Even sfeevw buttons are now made square. .Very pretfe moss agate sets of pin and ear-rings, mountte in French gold, may be obtained for abaft five dollars, and are useful for morning weac

SOCIETY DIBJECnORY. MASON IC LODGES. Center Loose WO. 23.—Joseph Solomon, W. X., Charles Fisher, Secretary. Meet# In Mian BnDAing. Marion Loose Ho. SE-Jackson Saylor, W. MJoha M. Bramweil, Secretary. Meets In Grate? Masonic HalL Teutonic Loose Ho. 178.—Charles Deahna, W, M., Louis Belle, Secretary. Meets in Grand Masonic HalL Capital Crrr Loose Ho. S12 —Wm. Ireland. W. Mwo^fSaSl rieminK ' ®* cr ® Uj T- Meets in Groml Ancient Lanokarrs Ho. SI*.-Julius C. Walk. W$ M., & Hartwell, Secretary. Meets in iEtna Bnllding. Mystic Tib Ho. 9*8.—John Caron, W. M., W. £ Cone, Secretary. Meets in Grand Lodge HalL Block.**** ** 8tX>T ™ H *«*•-*«*» la YteftT AnownuE Grand Lops* or Pebtectioh. ^Mmi Caven, T. P. G. M.; E. Hartwell, Grand SecrteBy* ■araiat Council or Princksov J rruualem — * Q *•; sJZZSW Gt* 1 !** So™ (fernaid, M. W.; K. Hartwell, Grand Secretary. tort.—Edwin A Do-jfe^Ote*»JJtein-€hter; George H. Hernias Yobx Rite—Meets in Masonic Hail, InoiANATOLIS CorwcTL, No. 2.-HofW POM Grind Master; Charlra Fisher, RecorlerT NoJ.-Rof* Parry te luent, UKimataei, chette Fisher, heeocrier.