Bloomington Progress, Volume 14, Number 45, Bloomington, Monroe County, 23 February 1881 — Page 1

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The distress among the inhabitants of the

UnX provinces of Russia is so intolerable that many of them exchange their male children for bread, and allow ihe female children, who do not seem to have S market value, to perish ' The Greek National Guard has been called out, and the Greek- Government and .people Been to be as intent on war as they have been at any time for the lasfcthrwmcntha, The latest plot the Fenians are credited with concocting is one to blow up Windsor felle.- Fearing that the plot ; may bo carried into operation, e Qneeu ha left there for the " present ' 1 ... .. . The eo-caUed victory of the British over the Boers of South Africa turns out to have beeua.rrather costly affair. A later dispatch says the so-called rebels-behaved admirably;' their aim was almost perfect, and thuir coolness and. bravery were beyond appraise. They lifer erally,ennihilated the British force,4-while there was little or no loss on their side. : X loading iVench journal agrees with Secretary Sherman that the present proportion of to 1 between gold and silver should be nbandoned.T Bismarck has declared in favor of a dftnhla a unAa. M . .

. rarnell and six of his associates in the

Land League held a council in Paris in regard to the funds of the organization. Universal suffrage has been demanded by convention held in Rome. Garibaldi is in full sympathy with the movement, and was chosen President. Thirteen Socialists have undergone trial at Vienna daring the - past week. One was convicted of high treason and sentenced to four years' imprisonment, another to six months' confinement, and eleven were acquitted.

X or declaring that ho owed no allegiance to the British crown, a Land-Leaguer named Habroa was sentenced at the Loughrea assizss to throe - months - imprisonment and bound over to keep the peace for one year, The Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Ashtnead Bartlett were married last week in London, the groom assuming the name of BurdettCoutw before his. own cognomen.. The bride is 65, and the groom 38 years of age. :lima was captured by the Chilians Jan 15 after two desperate battles, in which the. losses ere said to have been 16,000 men. . he Chintse quarter of the city was burned by the Peruvians before the surrender. The Parliamentary Committee of the Home-, Bale party, has decided that twelve membersshall proceed to Ireland d J.jld meetings after the passage of the,; .UiO bill, thus in"viting. arrest."'. Hanlan; the Car . aiah oarsman, wok easfly in his contest with .Laycock, the Australian oarsman, on the Tbanv.tj, There was little bet-

. ting, it hcing.a-foxtgoBeoaeluajon that Han.-'

Ian would win. ; Gen. Colieyand his force at Mount Pros- . pect is burrounded by a strong force of Boers. Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood has arrived at the Cape - from England, and assumed command of the vBitisn. forces. : ' A company with a capital of $500,000 has been organized to run a line of steamers be

tween Brazil and Halifax, K. S.

and Dominion Governments will each give the company a subsidy of $50,000. A plot to blow up the arsenal at Kieff, Bussxa; was discovered recently. Numerous

arrests have been made. : The . British Home Secretary is authority for the statement that James Stephens, the ifeniau Head Center, has arrived in Pans. . : The cotton mill of Taylor & Brothers, in Bolto-England, has been destroyed .by fire; The loss is estimated at 3250.000. ' " A religious fight at Bejrout, originating in "the murder of a Christian by a Turk, was prolonged for two. days," ten-persons being kffled. An attempt to blow up the military bar racks at Beggar's Bush, near Dublin, with dynamite, was only prevented by the accidental

discovery made bv a passer-bv.

A. Republican Paper Devoted to tlie Adanvceiiient of the Local Interests of Monroe

Established A DM 1835.

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in an adverse report upon the woman-suffrage question. The ousl lion-carom n gam: of billiards between Jacob Schaefcr and William Sexton, ut Cooper Institute, New York, wo? one of -the finest ever " played, Tt was extremely close throughout, and was finally won by Schaefer, who made 400 points to Sexton's 306. The Senato Committee on Foreign Relations favors the insertion of a clause inrfftho sundry civil appropriation which would pt-raut the sending of a special embassy io Mexico to uegotiate in regard" to commercial intercourse. Johu EunL, of Chicago, defeated Rudolph Goetz, of Milwaukee, in a 100-mile skating match at New York. The lower hoiwe of the legislature of Tennessee passed a resolution for a joint committee, toentertain any proposition tho holdera of State bonds may desire to make. Two bicyclists of MontvilK Ct will start on a trip to San Francisco , on the" advent of spring weather. ; President Gonzales, of Mexico, has grant-, ed to Samuel Bowman, formerly of California, l7500.1eagnea of land in S.mora, 0a which to colonize 1,000 American families.

Peno

Prof. Franklin Carter, of Tale College, has been elected President of Williams College, vice President Chadbonrne, resigned. Charles E. Forbes, who was Judge of the Supreme Court of Maasachnsetts in 1818, haa jnst died it Northampton.. -r -William Adaitt, the owner of a'stock farm tif over 3.000 acres in Iroquois county, 111., died

last week, near ifuncie, lad. Vfib Cooper's 90th birthday was celebrated last week. He sent a cheek for $10,000. to the trustees of the hooper Institute, and was oon-

Hon. Fernando Wood, of New York, who has served ten terms in the lower house of Congress, died at-Hot Springs, Ark., a few days ago. 1 Representative Tucker, of Virginia, be

comes Chairman of the Ways and Means Com- j

raittee of the House, vice the Hon. Fernando Wood, deceased. - Harry Huater, an actor best known in the character of Lone Fisherman. jdied in the hospital at Cincinnati, of typhoid fever. The late Judge Charles E. Faroes bequeathed to the town of Nor thampton, Mass., $220,000 for a public library. In cafe the conditions are not accepted, Harvard College will become the benePciiry. The President has nominated Henry H, Griffiths to be Receiver of Public Honeys ' at Des Moines, and Daniel L. Bash, of Illinois, to be a Paymaster in the army. Thomas Bailey AldrisV will in March Become editor of the A tiautic Monthly.

Gen. Garfield will start for Washington ou the last day of this month. He has consented to the plans of his neighbors for a public reception at Mentor, and will make a parting epeceh oa thai occasion.. -. Gtenerad. :'" It ia said that. Jay Gould haa purchased the stock of Tames Wilton Brooks in the New YotkDaUy Express, in order to be able to control the KeW York Associated Press in his owii interest. The greater portion of Kew Orleans was .anbmefged last week, and people navigated aomo of the streets in boats. : ' ' AfcuTnas been introduced into the New York Legislature to- authorize a company of New York capitalists representing; $15,000,000 to construct Waterworks; lay pipes etc., to supply tho people of New York city with pure water at a moderate price.- It is thought the company intends to draw its supply from Lake George The floods coaseajienfc on the recent thaw and rains have played havoc with bridges, embankments, barges, and. .vessels in a great many places throughout the country. Property of all kinds along theriver bottoms baa coffered considerably. The greatest damage has resulted in the Southern, States and Pennsylvania. -rOf-the 85,855 emigrants who arrived in Canada last year.onore than half came to the United States; " " ' ;

The Arkansas' legislature has passed.

a bill appropriating $10,06Ofdr the establishment of a normal school- for the education of colored teachers at Pino Bluffs. - -Hie Senate Committee on Territories has authorized Senator Sanaders tq report a bill for the creation of the Territory o Pembina, em

bracing the northern half of Dakota.

a, volcsio has been discoyercd in th AHe-

gheny mountains, in Fayette county, Virginia. . TheDite4tit Narional Bank of New York has been organized. Geo. Grant is one of the Directors. : : Jndge. pardnor, of tho.Cook county fill;) Sri-i psrior Courhaa. rendered an important dccr'sion in very inttreiij cue. ' Mrs. Rappleye, au liiUiiuadii(hUtor.Uie late John Keeley Waliuce. who left two legitimate heirs, claimed one-third of hr fthrrrB estate on the ground that by vnroal contract with her mother before her birth ho agreed to make her his heir. The court hel i ht-r t luim to be wliri, and decreed a part;t: -'u whvb woUd pive Lor the portion shft 'iein uioeJ. : The Maine &.'fiaie utui i;uou-ly coaenmd

PollticsO. A "Washington dispatch. says, that Speaker Randall is unalterably opposed to a rate of rer funding higher than 3 per cent, and any con. ferenco committee of his appointment will en. force his views to an extent fatal, to tho measure. : . " -" .. ' .. ple'apartyv He yays the Greenback party is good enough for him, and thinks it is good enough for the country. t GeK Weaver denies the' story that the Greenback party is about to disband and to be

succeeded by a new ono to be called the Peo-

. Samuel W, King, the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia, was elected over Mayor Stokeley, Republican. Mr. King was indorsed by tho Citizens' Committee. The Citiz ns candidate for Mayor was elected in Pittsburgh. T The Greenbackers of -Michigan nttt in State Convention at Lansing aud nominated Crohn -B. Coipman, of Coldwator, for Justice of the Supreme Court." An unsuccessful attempt was made to remove Moses W. Field from tho State Central Committee. A. resolution

The BraziHaa;kof Sympathy with the eerfs of Ireland was

'passed...

The Greenback Congressmen are said to be figuring -to organize tho next House of Representatives. According to the:r calculation, the Republicans lack one of a majority, and the Greenbackers propose to vote solidly for then, own candidate until the Democrats join them in order to defeat the Republicans.

. CHnanoiAl and Industrial The value of the petroleum exported from , this country last year was $34,505,645, against $37,235,467 the year before. . Tho Detroit and Bay City railroad was sold under foreclosure for $3,625,750, the purchasers representing the Vanderbilt interest if ho Canal-Boat Owners Association of New York has adopted a resolution urging upon the Legislature the i abolition of all tolls upon west-bound freight.

umaiia is to nave a grain , elevator with a capacity of 600,000 bushels. An Electric Light Company han been organized at Detroit, with a capital of ?500.000, for the purpose of manufacturing electricity for lighting, heating, and for driving machinery. Anditor French recommends that the Central PaciSc road ' be compelled to pay to the Government 5J per cent, of its net earnings, instead of the 25 now required by the Sinking Fund act The Huhgcrf ord National Bank, of Adams, X. Y., has gone into liquidation.

Fires and Casual tiea. A teniae explosion was canted in a coal mine a few miles south of Salem, Ohio, by the stupidity of a man named Smith, who, contrary to the orders of the Superintendent went into a mine room Kith a lighted lamp. No sooner had Smith entered than tho explosion -took place. About twenty men were at work in the mine Six were immediately killed, and a number of others were dangerously wounded. Smith was burned to a crisp. - ' -i . A dry-goods house, a grocery, and a newspaper oihee werc destroyed by fire at Denison, Tex. Loss, $58,000 ; insurance, $34,000. Nearly $100,000 worth of property was destroyed by the break and tho ice-flow in the Honongahela river- at Pittsburgh. : Tho Southern Oil Work at Memphis have been destroyed by fire. Loi-s about $200,000. ' Six laborers were burned to death by ah explosion in the Belmont mine, near Helena, Montana, - The Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, at Chicago, has been totally destroyed by fire. Wheu the front walls fell, eleven firemen barely escaped being crushed to - death. The estimated loss is '$50,000. Tho storms and floods of the past week will stamp that period as tho most disastrous for twenty years. In Washington, water covered Pennsylvania avenno to the depth of three feet, and three spans of Long bridge were washed away. Four schooners were swept down the Manmee at Toledo, the steamer Emerald was snuk, and vast damage was done to the railroads. The Schuylkill rose sixteen feet above lowwater mark, and some portions of Philadelphia were submerged. Similar reports como from along tho Lehigh, Delaware, Shenandoah, Rappahannock, James, Mohawk and Hudson rivers, and other smaller streams. In the Northwest all the railroads were blockaded with snow. Tho button-shop or tho Scoville Manufacturing Company, at W&terbury, Ctt burned down recently. Tho estimated loss is $200,000, and 200 men are thrown out of employment A horrible story is reported from the vicinity of Jackson, Moore county, Va. Ton men slept in a temporary shed in the woods, which Was roofed with earth, and had on the roof some rocks to keep it from being blown downl The beams supporting the roof gavo way and came down with a crash on the sleepers. A barrel of turpentine caught lire and eight of the victims were absolutely roasted. Only two escaped with their liven, and they are suffering from many wounds and Dusters. Eight Indians lost their lives by the - recent floods in the neighborhood of Ilges camp at Poplar river. A bag factory in Charleston, S. 0(, was destroyed by fire a few days ago. Loss, $50,000 ; fully covered by insurance. r ' - Twenty 'retail hops, saloons and othQT. buildings rgre deetrcyod : by fire at Denison, Tex. By au exp'osion at Logan & SonH oil works at Hunter's Point, N. Y.-," Thomas Olerton, John O'Uara and Edward Cole were fatal ly injured. ' .-PitrcoM Palace Hotel, of Buffalo, N. Y one of the finest structures of Urn kind in tho country, and valued at -$500,030 has boon dttroyed by fire. The Convent of the Good Shepherd, the principal female Catholic school in tho same city, was alto burned. An enjino and f now-plow, while clearing th road near Hudson, W.t rol'ed down an embankment twenty-live fwt high. Two men wer-1 killed aud eovt rui Kcalde 1.

A loss of -70.000 aroso from tho turning of G. E. Webster's cotton warehouse at Columbus. G a.

Crimes and Crimiimli. 7 Green Jackson, a colored man, was hanged at Marion, Crittenden county, Tenn , n few days ago, for murder. -Julian Vigil, a Mexican, killed his wife and da ugh tor at Canada polos, about thirteen miles from Santa Fo, N. M., and then hung himself. He was rendered insane by too freely indulging in stimulants.' A terriblo tragedy occurred near Fort Colvillo from disappointed affection. Samuoj Buchanan killed a man, wounded a lady, and shot himself through the heart. Two negro burglars at Terre Haute, not content with robbing tho house of Mrs. Scott, clipped her hair close to the scalp. The Northampton bank robbers Draper,' Red Leary and Billy Connors are connlnntlv

j guarded Ely armed men. " The bank will give

tho thieves $100,000 for the return of the other securities. Two companies of militia have been ordered to protect five negro murderers threatened by a lynching party at Springfield, Tenn. John W. Young, son of the lute Brigtiam Y.mng. has been arrested in Denver, Col., fur bigamy. "

The Hirti p. of PeprvMitatiW'n dewtpd the entiro l:iy inn! night t t tin1, i:iiilortiuu if Uu' Jliver aud H;irloi- biil, Tho ii)pi'Sition U thv incatiire was litl !- Mr. Ipdyir:iir, f Iowa, who criticised almost c-very ihnii a it was read. InnnTal!e aiuendiiicu'tH weru uilnrml, Imt uoorly nil were rejected. Tho which wvrv. tl to wt?r', in most cased, merely pxplunalory cf the maimer in which certain alpnpriattoiis eon turned in the hill should bo expuuded. .

CAMEO CUTTING,

ftlroenflc cxlrrl.'y of tho Workman. Oaiuoo cutting is one of the moat profitable arts to engage in. There arn but a few cutters, and there i a stonily do-

When a firo is wanted ft lighted match is thrown into the .stovo and the -rub turned ou. The lire is started at.oneo. The ga possesses great heating finalities,, and

apartments are wanned as qmcKly and

as well by it as hy coal.

I A' DIANA LEGISLA TURE

Gas for illu-

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

A bill was passed by the United State Senate on Thursday, Feb. 10, appropriating $200,000 to purchase ground and erect thereon, a depository of Goi ;rnmout records. Messrs. Tendleton, Anthony and Bayard were appointed a committee to mako arrangements for tho inauguration. Mr. Blair introduced a bill containing most - of tho provisions of the u Sixty-SttrReona' bill, which was excluded from the Tension appropriation bill on a point of order. Some minor matters having been dip meed of, the Postal bill was taken up. An attempt was uiads to amo.'.d it by inserting au item of $l,0lo,(HH to aid In the ettablit-hiiK-ut of American iines of iron steamers, Mr. Voorhees prct-oitted a concurrent resolution of the Indinna LegipJaturo for on appropriation of $l00,G'J(i for tho improvement of tho Kankakee river. Sonic private pension bills paseed. In the House. Mr. Tie-agan succeeded in having the River aud Harbor bill taken lip, and appealed for its passage without muenduient, A loug debute upon tuc provisions of the bill took place, Inntitig the whole cesio, which was raJivened by aflrft up" between

Messrs. Reagan and Cox. in which some bard things were said by boUu Ms. Cox finaiiy expressed regret at his show of temper, and the cloud OJew over. Mr. Mnrch offered a resolution, which was adopted, ordering investigation into the "influence" reported to have beciMiKcd upon memtars of Congress by the Washington Galigut Ct mpciiy in regard to their contract for lighting the city and public buildings, Tho Honee bill granting public lands in Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Wyoming Territories for university purposes was pasfed by the Senate on Friday, Feb. 11; Mr. Hoar Introduced a resolution ' directing the Judiciary Committee to take into consideration the danger arising from the presence of large bodies of armed State miiitia at Presidential inaugurations. In a personal statement Mr. Pawes declared that Secretary Sohurz h-d Mood lit the way of all redress to the Poucas. Mr. Cenk'tng submitted a resolutit.u of inquiry as tc the collection of tolls on the Kanawha river. Senator Wallace urged a'feturn to the district system of voting for rriidcht. A test vote on the PostofHeo' Appropriation thows that tho steamthip subfidy of $1,000,000 will pass. The restion of the House was devoted to private bills, among thnm being one to mako Indianaplib a . port c-f delivery. An ineffectual attenipt was made to put through the Chicago lake-front measure. The Committee' on Appropriations reported in favor of the appropriation for the Jeanneito search expedi

tion. The credential of Senators-elect Piatt, of New York, and Bayard, of Delaware, were presented ' -to" the Senate, on Saturday, Feb. VX MrMorgan, on behalf of the committee having chergo of the matter, elated that no proposition relative to the election of Presidents and Vice President! would be reported this session. Mr. Kcruan reported, favorably the joint 'resolution inviting foreign nations to take part in th International exhibition. A bill wan passed for the protection of ofhrers of the Uniied States in the performance of their offlrir:! duties. Resolutions fixing the hour of inciting hereafter at 11, and limiting debate on -motion to take up a bill or rftKiIutinn to fifteen minute, and ilve minutes to each speaker, were Adopted. The p stal biil was taken up, aad Mr. IianiijnR aiuencUiient, appropriating $1,000,(10(1 for ocean mail rervice, was rnkd out. The bill was discussed until the discovery was made that no quorum was pren'm. . The Uoupe of Representatives, by an a'moFt-unani-moiifl vote, tab:ed the bill in aid of tho Teliuaiitepf-c Ship railway. The bill regulating the import of . materials uf'ed in the constr action or repsir of " ves- . sels engaged hi i no-foreign trade was slightly aiuende'3 and passed. The Senate bill amending ibe charter of the Freedraen's Savings Bank paetl. The River and Harbor bill was taken up, and three of its forty pages were tUt-poned of. Numbers .of petitions from temperance organizations In various States praying for a cenatltutional amendment to prohibit the manufacture and sale .of alcoholic liquors were presented to the Senate, on Monday, the 1-tth lust. Mr. Saunders reported, back the bill establishing the Territory of Pembina, and It was placed on the calendar. Mr. Booth reported with a favorable recommendation the resolutions authorizing- the payment of prize money to the officers of the Farntgut fleet, Thoy were ndrpt?d. Tho poKtai bill was then taken up, and the steamship subsidy amendment further dlscut'sed, aud finally lsid on the tab!e by a vote of 34 to 14. Th5 bill wav then reported to the Fenate and asfed. Tin? refunding bill was taken up and informally laid nvrr. The cattle dieenc bill was under coTisidcration when the death of the Hon. Fernando "Wood was announced, and tho Semite adjourned. Iii the lLtuse of Rfprepentutivef, Mr. Stephenson, presented the resolutions of the Illinois Legislature rclntive to inilroad discrimination nnd commerce between. States. The Senate amendments to tbo jint r-fo'u-tiou inviting Franco to join with the United States in celebrating the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown wero concurred in. Mr. Hill reported back the resolutions declaring tho policy of tho United States in regard to the ititer-oceanic canals. 1 he House went into committee of the whole on the Bendobiilto provide for funding the 8-per-eent; csrttflcates of the District of Columbia, but took no action on the matter.

Bills were Introduced, fixing the first Monday in November as the time for the assembling of CongHB, und to a-imit free articles Intended for the Iu teniational Kxhil itjon of Resolutions respecting the death of ih'e Hon. Fernando Wood were passed, and the House adjourned. - On the opening' of tho Senate on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 15, the Military Committee reported favorably the bill to place' Thomas C. Crittenden upon the retired list of the army with thf rank and pay of m Brigadier General. Hereford presented a resolution of the Legislature cf West Virginia favoring a law for the regulation of inter-State railway truiQa Mr, McDonald introduced a resolution relative to the equalization of taxation, which was laid over. The Cattle Pisea bill, which was tbe regular onler, was laid aside, and the Funding bill taki-n up." Mr. Bayard- hpoke .in explanuticn of tlm unwiirimcnti made by the X'inaiico Committee. He advocated a 5-20, U'ih at 'Ayj per cent, iiiterec.nud opprwid tho claumi making only tho imiw. b'jndirc.vivb.e as security for nations -bank cijcula'ton. The principal debate vsi lu n-fi-r-enee to the rote of interest, and it coiitinued'wilhout result until the adjournment. The Committee on E'ecNons reported to she Honse upon Die couUs;edli ctlon case of MeCaljc versus Orth, from the Ninth Iudiima district, confirming Orth's tit'e to the Kent. It wns concurred in. The morning hour was occupied principally by a discussion on .a point of order, which was left unsettled. Drief addreseos were made on the. accept unce of the statue of Jacob Collamer, of "Vermont, The Jlousi; t ben went into committee of the. whole "on the Kivvr and Heritor bill. Sovenil aniendmcnts were projirscd aud rejected, and finally, without notion on tbe bill, tho committee rose. Ah Jobs than u 0 nor nui had voted on the last amendment, the Hi r-t;efliit-at-Ariiis was dispatched in staieh ol fibwut menit ere. Two or three hours pafine.il in n vain Jittt nipt to Bccure a rptrirum or reach an jiyn;fii.iit which the session might be cloeed. FinaUy a ievv& was taken until morning. Tlio ('ominittco on Foreign Itobtions icportodtothe Senate, on WcdnewJay, Feb. IB, ft resohtrion that the TTnited fittttcs (iovernment Insists that its consent must le obtttined as a condition precedent to the construction of a ship eannl or any other work for the tronnportation of sea-going vcwls across the Isthmus of raiioma. Tlio Fortifications bill was renoricd and placed on the calendnr, 7t was TfFolved tn hold night serious Iwrciifter fr the consideration of mejiiir.-s m the calendar, Mr. McDonald, of Indiana, made a Fpereh on the inequality of taxation. He i'iindmm-d tlio prcwul tariff system, and defended tbe frwtradt p ank of tbn Democmtic platform adopted at Cincinnati. A prolonged debate n the Funding bill was next in order, in which Mr. Hereford, referring to tbo issue of silver certifi rates, said Scunbirv

SUt-riimu was neither a coiupt teut nor s trustworthy ad . her. Mr. Allison thought tho Herniary of the Treasury should hot bn restrictpd to sales a' par. Mr. Bayard announced that ho would press tho measure t a vote next dav.

Human Trees in India, M There are varioun tribes of savages wlio successfully imitate stumps and stonos by remaining immovable in crouching positions so as to baffle their pursncTB. This mimicry is carried to a -wonder-: ful degree of perfection in India. That strange conn try ? ns Dr. Latham says, "of a teemini ingenious and indnstriouh but rarely independent population. It is a country of an ancient literature and ancient architecture," and he might have added, of a modem degradation. A country where such a society as the murderous thugs is possible ; a country where robbers aro educated from childhood for the profession io which they rako great pride, openly boasting of their skill. One of our most skillful and adroit bank robbers would be considered by those India experts but. ft bungling amateur, The scientific manner in which these robbers prepare for their raids shows a thorough knowledge of the dangers of their calling and the best guards against the same, choosing darkness for their forays. When their dusky bodies are

lea -t observable tliev remove their -

clothes, anoint themselves with oil, and with a single weapon, a keen-edged knife suspended from their neck, creep and steal like shadows noiselessly through tho darkness. If detected their greasy and slippery bodies assist tliem in eluding capture, while their razor-bladed knife dexterously severs the wrist of any detaining hand. But the most ingenious device to escape capture is that shown by theBheel robbers. It often happens tliat a band of these robbers are pursued by mounted Englishman, and, unable to reach the jungle, find themselves about to be overtaken upon o;:0 of those open plains which have been cleared by fire, the only shelter in sight being the blackened trunks or leafless branches of small trees that perished in the flames. For men so skilled in posturing this is shelter enough. Quickly divesting themselves of their scanty clothing, they scatter it with their plunder in small piles over the plain, covering them with their round shields so that they have the appearance of lumps of earth and attract no attention. This accomplished, they snatch up a few sticks, throw their body into a contorted position, and stand or crouch immovable until thtir unsuspicious enemies have galloped by. When all is safe they quickly pick up their spoil and proceed upon their way. The Bev. J. D. Woods gives an interesting account of these marvelous mimics, I quote the following : u Before tho English had become used to these maneuvers, a very ludicrous incident occurred. An officer, with a par t-y of horse, was chasing a small body of Bheel robbers, and was fast overtaking them. Suddenly the robbers ran behind a rock or some Buch.-. obstacle, which hid them for a moment, and when the soldiers came up the men had mysteriouslv

! disappeared. After an unavailing search, j the ofiicer ordered his men to dismount

beside a clump of scorched and withered trees ; and, the day being very hot, he took oil' his helmet and hung it on a branch by which he was standing. The branch in question turned out to be the leg of a Bheel, who burst into a scream of laughter, and flung the astonished officer to the ground. The clump of scorched trees suddenly became metamorphosed into men, and the whole party dispersed in ' different directions before the Englishmen could recover from their surprise, carrying with them tho ofiicer's helmet by way of trophy." D. C. Beard, tn Seientic American, The Cat In History. A good deal of attention has been given of late years, by students of natural history, to the question of historical distribution of plants and animals, and many points of popular interest have been elucidated by their researches. It hits been shown, for example, that while the dog has been a companion of man from the verv earliest times, the cat is a com

paratively recent addition to the compli-:

cations of hie. Cuts were tamed, indeed, by the Egyptian priests and accorded . religious honors and even worship. But the ancient Greeks knew nothing of the domestic cat, although mice were known to them from the highest antiquity. Indeed, mice were at times very troublesome to the Greeks, whole districts being sometimes devastated by them and the people driven away, as they are by grasshoppers from soine 21aocs nowadays. In order to cope in some measure with mice, the older Greeks kept weasels or martens, which were tamed for the purnose. The weasel, in particular, occu-

I pied somewhat the same place in the

world that the cat does now, and numerous fables and proverbs relating to the vcusel, which are still current, originated at that period. The old Romans knew nn more about cats than the Greeks, and il is only in the fourth century after Chritst that mention begins to be made about the eat as a domestic animal. Evidently it was at this time, or per-; haps a little ealier, that the domestic cat was distributed throughout Europe and Asia. ritis not a little remarkable, though perfectly natural, that the introduction if the cat gave a new impulse to tales and fears of ghosts and enchantments. The sly, .creeping, hoetural grimalkin took rank at once' with owls and bats, and soon surpassed them both as an exponent of all that is weird and supernatural. Entirely now conceptions of witchcraft were gained for the worl-? when the black -cat appeared upon the scene with her swollen . tail, -ghstenit eyes, and unearthly yell, French PoIIsli. To one pint of spirits of wine add half an ounce of gum shellac, half an ounce of gum lac and half an ounce of gum sandraeh. Place the whole over a gentle heat, frequently agitating it till the gums are dissolved. Then make a roller of list, put a little of' the mixture on it, and cover that with a soft linen rag, which must be slightly touched with cold drawn linseed oil. Rub them iuto the wood in a circular direction, cove" ing only a small space at a time, till tire pores of the wood are filled up. After this rub in the same manner spirits of wino with a small portion of the polish added to it, and then the effect will bo complete. If the furnituro had been previously polished, it must first be cleaned off with glass paper.

Gracce's first experience on eating a

mand for allthevcan orodueo. The cut- ! minatiuff mirnoses is conducted into the

ters are very secretive; and greatly rtis-

pencil.

mam ma; bono?"

i. ; now

e?iton it cloth and all,

what shall I do with tho

like to talk about their work. Most of the cameos are produced from sea-shells. A visit to a cameo cutter's work-shop found him seated at a table covered with tools, varying from a triangular-pointed steel instrument to the most delicate pointed bits of steel wire fastened in handles. Very fine files and knitting needles, set in wooden grips and group! to infinitesimal points, figured in the lotOn a pad of leather, before the cameo cutter, was a block of wood just big enough to be grasped with his hand, and, cemented to tho middle of it was an oval object that looked like a piece of alabas-i ter, just big enough to make a seal for the finger of . a man who did not object to wearing large rings. Upon this the ar-j tist was just finishing ft copy, with a pencil pointed to needle fineness, of a photograph in profile of a gentleman, which was leaned against a little photo-i graph easel before him. Having finished the outline, he: laid his pencil by, and. inking up' a-fino wire tool ho scratched! the pencil-mark around with it. Thenhe took a darning-needle with a sharpj point and scratched the liue deeper. He: worked with a magnifying-glass at his eye, and stopped continually to inspect! the progress of his work with critical miuuteness. Then he went at it again, j working slowly, scratching over the same! line again and again, and always examin-j iug after each scratch. He changed his, tools as he went on, and from the darn-j ing-needle descended to a trifling little I

fragment of steel wire, not as -thick as an ordinary sewing-needle, bet in a slender handle. With this lie scratched and retcratclied,' until the lines he had drawn with his pencil had quite vanished, and a thin, fine streak of a dark color had marked the outline of the head ho had been tracing his way around. Next lie took ono of his huriu-like tools and comrxenced agiuu. This time he worked on the outside of tho outline, cutting and scraping at the surface until the white turned gray, then brown, and finally vanished, leaving the face in relief, surrounded by a black ground that is, the portrait remained intact in the white substance which formed the outer layer of the cameo, while it had been cut away around it to the lower or dark layer. The portrait or, figure is then modulated upon its surface until it assumes tho roundness of nature. The edges are left sauare to tho dark eronud. This is

necessary, as, if they are - gradually !; rounded down, the outline becomes uu-!:

defiued toward its juncture with the re- j

in. At first tho light was not brilliant

and steady, owing toimpm'ities. Proccsse for refining it were invented, and now the natural illuminator is unsurp;issed by the finest manufactured gas. It in ho cheap that people seldom turn out their lights. It burns day and night in stores hotels, private houses and streets.- Con'-1 sumem pay by the month instead oVh tho thousand. Gas-wells have come to be more valuable than oil wells, and the sudden phenomenal appearance of oil in some of the principal wells in tlie gii belt has created consternation 'among' owners and consumers. For years the gas has flowed from wells 'in unremitting volume,. That oil was not to. hfound there it was thought had been conclusively settled. PhiUtdclphia Telegraph. - . A Funny FlamDean. A party of men assembled' at Tommj Gent's bar-room, and. after comparing notes and telling some big stories, the conversation gradually drifted to the comparative siges of the chests of tht parties present. Finally some one proposed that they measure chests. A tape line was accordingly procured and the measuring commenced. Each partv swelled his chest to its greatest capacity, and the measuring continued with an abundance of mirth and good humor.. At last Gent took the line, and passed it around the chest of M. Quinn, and was apparently greatly pleased with- the result. To express his satisfaction, ;he

! placed his hands on either side of Qnimi's

head and commenced rubbing his ears. He had drawn his hands across the ears only twice, when he was frightened' nearly out of his wits by seeing a bright flame shoot quickly upward, reaching nearly to the ceiling. Tho friction caused by rubbiug the ears seemed to have caused the spark, which ignited the haiv and the blace sprang up almost in: stantly. To say that Gent was horrified is putting it mild. He thought he had been the involuntary tool used to bring about Quinn's destruction by fire. The reader can imagine what his feelings would be were he to7 simply place his hand on a friend's ear and instantly he should find the friend's head, in flames. Gent sprang back, threw up his hands, and ejaculated; .- "My God! what' is it?" And'still the flames rolled on.

Gent's face turned pale and tho other

lievm? surface, owinf? to the white of the i! gentlemen in the party hastily made

raised portion being partially transpar- (! room for the human flambeau, who, as ent, and permitting the dark to show i he hastily paced the room, reminded one through it when it is thinned down, j ! forcibly of the Circassian beauty with Care is taken to finish this dark surface the red porcupine hair, only he had fire as much as possible with the cutting ij instead of hair. Some of the inmates of tools, and so separate the white from it tho room yelled "fire, fire," aud others of as to leave it smooth and unscratched. !' a more religious ton of mind commenced A final polish is given it, however, with ;i praying. Gent's knees were beating the putty - powder, applied dry with a stiff j devil's tattoo on each other, as he nerbrush. but the utmost care is necessarv vously clung to the counter, no subse-

in this operation, as the slightest slip j quently said he thought the master me-

will ruin the work. This is tho camco

euttcrs work, the mountings being the jeweller's work. The cameos sell, unmounted, for about $25, Italy is the home of cameo-cuiting, and the finest works of art iu that line arc still turned out there. Genoa and Homo are tho centers of production. There is a colony of cameo-cutters in Paris who produce Borne very good work, The cameos made abroad, are, as a rule, fanciful works, copies of statues, mythological figures and the like. The shells used in camoocuttiug are of several sorts, but all are ordinary sea-shells or conchs. Home come from the East and some from

the West Indies. Many are imported,

chauic from Hades had surely come to

see him. Finally, after some lively work, the mau whose head was being cremated succeeded in extinguishing the conflagration without calling out the fire department. As soon, as he had the fire under control his companions regained their senses and gradually approached him. "Sure an I didn't know you was loaded," said Gent. "Do you have such : speHs often?' asked another. u I knew you were gassing fearfully," chimed in a third; "but I didn't think you would go off in that way."

Ana so tney continued, wnue me man

as there is commonly only enough mate- ! who was indulging in the torchlight pro-

rial available in each one for a single ! cession proceeded to explain, cameo. These shells all have a white! It seems that Quinn is a baker of bread, surface, but the inner layer is red, black I and while at work frequently has oecaand dark claret in color, according to jnsion to look in the ovens, which are dark, the species. The pieces to be used by '! Wheu doing so he merely strikes a the artist are sawed from the shells and ! match. In order to have the "matches

shaped into the square or oval form required on a grindstone. Then they are

readv for the artist, A Matrimonial Shylock. A clerk in a leading "business house of this city became so involved that' he needed $500 to extricate himself from the difficulty. By some means he discovere that-a-table girl at one of the hotels hadj by hard work saved up a considerable; sum of money and to her he applied for' a loan. This was readily granted, and a: note with interest aud a day of payment,; only some months in the future, was executed in acknowledgement of the same. The time came aud with it the same chronic inability on the part of the maker to pay it. : He pleaded for an extensionof time, but this the waiter maiden refused utterly to grant, and informed him that he must either pay the

sum at once or raairy her. The woman was about forty ' years old, and much more than correspondingly ugly, so that the debtor demurred against the imposition of such hard terms. The woman, however, was non-relenting. With her it was either the money or a husband, and, on the whole, she seemed quite anxious to choose the latter. When the hero saw the gravity of the situation he perceived no way to escape it, and finally

capitulated, and tho marriage was per

formed. " The man belongs to a gooa family, and is said to be greatly humiliated by the condition in which he so unwillingly finds himself, in being allied by force to a woman so inferior to himself in sooial position and intellect; The woman, however, was so well pleased that she rented and furnished a house and was ready for business before the wedding day. Indianapolis News.

handy," he has acquired a habit of carrying a handful back of his ears. Using ears for a match-safe is a .new. idea, and should be patented. However the matches being stored away in tho suburbs of Quimi's ears, they were ignited by coming in contact with Gent's hands, which are made, rough by houest toil The hair was oily, and what followed was nothing more nor less than an oil fire. Oil City Derrick. '

A Missing Railroad. When Cheyenne was at the zenith of its glory, a sign of "General offices of the Cheyenuo, Pacific Slope and Sand wich Islands railroad" was. hung out without creating the least surprise; ' If one person had asked another where the depot of said railroad was, there might have been some hesitation about answering, but it was some time after the sign was out before any special inquiries began to be made. Then an Eastern man walked in ono day, carpet-bag in lmnd, and said: "I suppose you connect at San Frixncisco with the regular steamers ? " " Well, yes ; I suppose we shall," wat the hesitating reply. ' " Shall ? Isn't your road through yet ?" "Well, not quite." u Do you take in Salt Lake ? " 1 1 Salt Lake ? Yes ; I think we do, ft " How much for a ticket ? "

Wednesday, Feb. 9. Sesatk. The Senrte parsed the bill authorizing counties to establish homi s and schools for dependent children otherwise confined in poor-houses, find rejected tho measure -empowering tho Governor to appoint the TriHtocs and Directors of tlio various benevolent :uid reformatory institutions. A bill passed authorizing conntten to construct free f$nmd roads by issuing bonds not exceeding 10,000, running eight years at 6-per-cent interest, the bonds to be redeemed by an as?i ssiuciit on tho property along the line of tho road. The Insurance Commission submitted a lengthy report and bill making an emircchange in the law concerning the organization and management of home insurance companies, thov fort U-ini to favor tho organization of home companies at every point. A bill passed limiting the time that cities may contract with waler-worlts companies to five yoarv&nd -Authorizing a tax levy for water, purposes of 20 cents on tho $100. Hocsa After debate W tho' Compulsory Education uul, tho House rejected the minority report unfavorable to its passage, aud recommitted the bill. for further amendments. The vote on rejection stood 47 to 85. The Six-Per-Cenl. Interest bill vraa considered in committee of the whole, and was made the special order for Friday. The bill giving womeu the right to'voto ni Presidential elections was favombVy

reported upon and ordered engrossed, and the one making women eligible for School Trustees

wns' set flown xor Knaay. ino aouse ueuuuvu to abandon tfto one iong session for two each dav. The Governor gave notice of the roa'ppomtmfint of Mreus R. Sulzor, of JeffcrHonr ville, as Ohio Hiver Commissioner, lie was tiivt appointed by Gov. Williams but removed by Gov,1 Gray. ' ' - ': - TimnsDAT, Feb. 10. Senate. The Senate unanimously psssed th bill relating to guardians and wards. Tho report of the Revision . Committee on the civil code was tnado the ripvcial order for Wednesday, and the resolution consolidating the two prison boards went; over indetinitoiy: Itfds were passed: Aboil a bmg rapititl punishment ; giving thw wife of an snsane hu.-i'aiid control of their property; i uci authorizing cities and (owns to vote aid to ititnmlucftiring and mining uuVreats upon petition of two-thirds of the rohidehta. ' Th'ebhT for preventing ttock running at largo failed to Tlh: KdueaUonal Committee was directed to inquire into the necehsities of Purdue7 University. Senator Brown presented a till regulating the cott vf transportation of freight inthwStato ' Housfi. i'fao Attorney. General reported to the House that the-suiU against ex-Auditor Henderson had been removed to Johnson cmnty, and would be pushed to trial. The State Auditor reported the total cost to the"

State for the past six yfrars of Perduo TJnifer-

s.tv st hool was ySSS.Obo.ST. A bill passed giving three months iidditional time to perfect the transfer of railroads purchased in good faith, A number of bills of . minor importance passed. The proposition to exempt indebtedness from the tax-schedule was laid on the. tn"ble. A lively time was had. over the bill for the relief of Silas T. Brandon; Trustee of Jackson township, Jackson county, bat the bill finally passed. A bill also passed, authorizing counties to appropriate 125 cents pei day for the -maintenance of children in orphan asylums. J'uiDAY, Feb. H. Senate. The Senate passed the bill providing for the resubmission of the constitutional amendments by a vote of -28 to 22. All the Republicans voted for it, together with Senators Poindexter and Davis, two Vuiionats, and Senators Woods and Yihef two Democrat;. Then Senator Brown's bill pro viding for a Constitutional Convention was takvn up and defeated by a vote of 28 to 22. Tho ani Senators voted against it that voted in favor of resubmitting the iftmendments.- Monday, April 4, is the -date of the election on tho intendments. House There was some debate in the House over tho bill authorizing the election of women us school orlicers, and a resolution was adopted iu the committee of the v?hole recommending its passage. A bill was introduced authorizing notaries public to perform the marriage ceremony. The fl per cent, interest measure was called up, and au -effort made to increase the rate to 7 per cent.; and also providing against intorf erenco with exibting contracts, but the amendment failed, 45 to 39. The Female Suffrage bill was made tho special order for Wednesday, and tho freer toll road scheme -wonc over until Thursday. Bills were introduced protecting wild game, tinkering rith the fees of Clerks and Recorders, and rolmquishiurr the title of the State in the bed of Beaver lake, in Newton county. Bills were passed : Authorizing the Auditor of Dearborn county to report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction in relation to school funds ; establishing a Superior Court iu Vanderburgh county ; authorizing the sale of State lands in Porter county. ' : In the afternoon both branches met in joint convention, and by a party vote elected Joel J. Finney, of Wayite, Director of the Prison Southland A. C. Belson. of Bandolph, W. T.

Horiue, of Lake, and Leopold Levi, of Huntington, for the Prison North. Saturday, Feb. 12;-SEXATE.The Senate engro. sed the bill increasing the per diem of the Speaker of the House to$10, and indefinitely postponed ,the proposition making all judgments collectable without relief from valuation or appraisement laws;' Senator Wood's resolution calling for a survey of the Kankakee swamp lands for drainage purposes was recommended to lie on the tablpj mt was alterward ' .taiiouup. A number of bilU were advanced a utage. and' adjournment followed until Monday afternoon.- ' HorsE. The1 House engrossed the wifewhipping bill after Voting down an amendment -- by Uudley, of Hamilton, that, the wife injured hhali do the whipping. A bill was introduced recognizing the public school', as suggested by the itovisioir Committee. - Adjourned. 'Monday, 'Feb. 14.-Sexath: The Senate held a short. sensioD, and tbe consideration of 'the bill authorizing the purohase.and mainteuance of full-toll toads elicited a spirited discussion.' So, alKO, the bih appropriating 56000 for the improvement of tho Calumet river. Both wore ci igrosscd, Ti :o customary amount of new tills were introduced, the only one ;of importance being tin act repealing the law entvhbng counties to aid in the construction of railroads.. Horse. The House concurred in the Snalo:

amendments to the bills resubmitting the con

stitutional amendments,- and changed tho date of popular ekvtion from April to March 14. Thv; investigating committee made a report commending the general management of the House of llcf rigeV and favoring an appropria

tion ot : $-15,000. A petition was .received from numerous mechanic asking that the laboring ho'prote :tVd from compi tition with convict labor, ns it; is imposEdyte for honest labor to survive wheri ' contractors "can employ con-

Tbe IViHOn Commit-

visit the Northern

" Well, I can't say exactly, aa we have none on sale juat yet." ' "Can I cet one at tbo dtopot?"

"Well, I think not; wo haven't any I nets at 45 cents per day. 0 rlminf vft " . tee wds gn t n pirtmssion to aK Ll t o ! rrisou on Wednesday. '

" Well, you see, we have no trniua yet." " I suppose I can walk on the track ? persisted the stranger.

" Well, l Buouia have no objection u

Nature's lHsr Gas Tanks.

Bradford, PaM and neighboring places I we had a track" e lighted and heated by natural gus. i "No depot no tickets, no trains,

are

In 1875 an oil company wan sinking a well in a high hill west of Bradford. ' At the depth of several hundred feet they

struck a vein of giis. No oil was hmud. t The force of the gas was tuich that when ; it was ignited a pillar of lire more than iifty loot high was formed. Th roar j of the gas could be heard for a mile aud j more. This burned for months. The ! heat was such that grass and foliage !

crew in the depth of winter as luxuri-

t racks 1 What sort of

you got anyhow ? " "Well, you see it's

no

a railroad nave

oniy on paper

1 Tuesday; Fob. 15. Sksatb. The Senate ses-'

j sion was interest ing to-day owing to tho spir- " Ued discussion 'of several measures, notably .the j bill providing for the care aud maintouance ol I; abandoned children." Tho bill providing for j Mo;;-payiiti'ntof notes secured ur.der falso pn--j hiirn ; was nigrossed. Thw measnro j is specially applicable - to notes scoured '-y hay-fork" agent.-. The bills' nsI movinj disabilities of ; coverture- were

mode tho special order for Tueedav. The rcsor

thus far, but as. soon as we. can sell $8,- ' lulu a looking to tho perpetuation of tho mt-m-000,000 worth of stoek we shall begin j V1? of. Indiana soldiers by a memorial in the;

grading and rush business right along.

It' you happen to bo along wheu .we- got

to going we will put you through as low as auy other responsible route." The stranger stuck his hands in his

tftaio : Hon so corner-atone went ovtr until

Vdnesdny of next week. Consideration ol It in: 1 ! suffrage went over until Thursday; Tin et-mtnittce madn a favorable report on tbe me u uicj providing that hunting and tlshing oi. the S:iihath tdtall Ve considered a special misduir.ear.or. liy a decisive vote tho Henate dc-

mt-d to concur m tho House resolution to pv-

the

nppf intment cf a Superintendent and Board of Managers to prepare for the vjfnrWs F.iir in 1883, aiid appropriating 20,000; preventing and punishing the adulteration of food, drink and mediciucH, and constituting the irovcrnor and State officers a Commission on Claims. A rewotnt:on favoring the taxation or United States treasury nofct-s wns adopted by 43 to 82. Among the claims presented was a- demand from Clarke county for money expended in convicting William Kennedy, a prisoner in the penitentiary south, w bo murdered his keeper. A joint resolution passed asking Congress to open to settlers that portion of Oklahoma not belonging to Indians, Afterward, however, the vote was reconsidered, and the resolution refetred to the Committee on Federal Relation Jfr. Berryman, of Shelby, introduced a bill giving the right to advertise lega notices in whatevt r. paper the person desired, at such .prices as are mutually agreed upon. ' ' thTbulldozersT A Wow Craade f nnnjrnraled AgtLlnnt itepiitilicmia In tHc Sonffi. - fWashingtcnTeJegramnothe-Cnlcago Trlbnna.) The following dispatoheaf have been received in this city by Hon. Horatio Bisbee, Jr.: MaMbo, Fla, Feb. 8, To the Hon. H. Bishe, Jr., 512 Eighth street, W., Washington. B..C: S.ivage was attacked in out-presence in the room taking testimony. The assailant was killed. The Sheriff came, locked the room. . and returned with a posse of militia. Gnus were pointed at Eagau's head with threats to kill him. The Sheriff protected him, but he is in danger. Many of the witnesses are de-' moralized and have gone home.- I think I must return aud take evidence in Jacksonville. Answer. H. Jeseixs, Jr. jACXsosYTLtjSj.Fhi., Feb. 9, 1881. H. Btsben, Jr.. 7f. C: Wo tbmlc Patterson was killed by Savage at Madison' yesterday, upon tlie hearing in your case, Eagau-is. hiding. and.indanger. Jenkins is B.7fe. Two companies are with Gov.: Uloxham at Madison. Great excitement. Trouble feared. , Will advise yon further. Wi W. FTicics, A. A. Kniout. .... . WrxuASi XEDivrra, 0)mDnttee. The explanation of the "above dis-. patches ia as follows :jok Bisbee was a candidate for. re-election. . to Congress last November. His D.emoeratic competitor was Jesse J. Finley. Tinley was declared elected by the Democratic odIt cials by ft majority of about-1,000. Col. Bisbee alleges that this apparent majority is fraudulent, and that be was fairly and legally elected" Within the required period subsequent to the election. : CoL Bisbee notified bis opponent that he would, contest the seat of the latter in the Forty-seventh Congress. CoL Bisbee employed s as' his! attorney Gen. H. Jenkins; a prominent lawyer residing at Jacksonville. : Gen. Jenkins served , throughout the war with distinction as an ofiicer of a

Massachusetts regiment, and was mustered out of the service-as a Brigadier (General by brevet,-' He lias,.beeu a citizen of Florida during the, last sixteen years, but, of course, is still a ' carpetbagger, " and, therefore,' in the chaste language ofMr. Aiken, of South Carolina, is a "legalised politieal burglar." Mr. Eagan, also, has beejcL. reputable citizen of Florida-' during" the last sixteen years, but ne, too, labors under the " disability incurred) by a- previous residence in Nework, andjis, tibrfore, in the same woruof tiie;calfn,.nou-pavtisan Col. '-Hooker, an "aifen and a stranger to the soil and instithti'.nis.'bt Florida," Both Gen; Jenkins 'and Air. -E-im ore reireseuted - to bfO brave and discreet men. Madison, , at wiiieh place Gen. Jenkins telegram is dated, is tho county7 ' seat . ' of:: Madison county, . Fla, In a fair election the county -returns a . Sepnblicaa :. majority of 450 to .aOQ The Democratic Elections Committee of the present House of Representatives allowed Mr. Bisbee a majority in this county in 1878 of S7"-it beside i$2 votes which; were not counted. , After the election, last November, the returns were "doctored" so as. to show . a Democratic majority of about 50 in Madison county. G-ru Jenkins, in his capacity of -attorney, arrived at Madison to take testimony m supiKrt of Col. Bisbee's election contest. He was accompanied by Mr. Eagan, who is a notary public The reeept iun which, awaited these gentlemen is outlined in the dispatch, first quoted, A few further facts about the political condition of Madison county have been obtained from a perfectly trustworthy source. So open and flagrant were rhe violations of the. Election laws last November that proceedings' were begun ajrninat'd number of offeuiTors. Twenty or thirty persons were indicted. - A colored citizen named Ci ?sby, who answered a subpdana of t ao United States District Court, and testified in some of the cases, returned to home; where he now lies suffering fr m a gun-shot wound in the shoulder, uflictedby Democratic would-be assassiT- . who, in' this case, only wounded wK:. they meant to kill. A United States Marshal who recently went with a posse of thirteen men to arrest some of the persons indicted, on his return repdrted that his journey w.-. like a military expedition through an enemy's country. His men were compelled to -carry "and cook their own v i tions, and to" camp in the woods every night. Nofc a night passed that ff o party -was not fixed upon by 4 bushwhackers " from some safe place of concealment. The, .Marshal succeeded in arresting .four of tbe indicted Democrats ' The remainder of them londly swear1 that they will never ubmit to arrest. - -.- Representative Bisbee called upon tho Attorney General" to see what con id be done. Gen. Devens, npbn hearing the facts, immediately eent a dispatch to United States Iistriot Jndge Settle requesting him to go to Miulison and take the testimony desired by Col. Bisbee. Judsre Settle "was informed th:U the United States Marshal will also o sent to the same place and be empower 'I to use, such force as may be necessarv to protect the Judge' in taking tlie te-tl mony and tlie witnesses in giving ir. Col. Biabee fears' that, imleo immediate measures are -taken to reassirre his virnesses and convince - theniithat thoy v be protected, they cannot be pwvns.d upon to testify in his case. "Col. Bfelnr-e is inclined to believo that in several other districts in : ,he Soihern. States whore Reisublicans : l ;u served notices of contest, the tactics : f intimidation1 und vioU.T-o toward witnesses will be resorted to U A have been put in. foxwr with: such eT v?: . in his own district, " .He expiees ti.e fear that no. promise of' protcv: -n offered, except" it tte-by a committee of the House of Represontntives; will so f .v reassure Republican witnesses in niary localities that thoy will feel safe in giving ttieir testimony, which it is absolutely necessary Kopubliesn contestau's shall have in order to secure the ends of justice. There hve been symptoms of ditlieulty in Louisiana Alabama ami South Carolina wimiiar to those wliioh now prevail in Florida; and' there ar some reasons to fear that the 'Democrat aro determined to preserve, by the intimidation of witnesses, the frutta of Uk victories thoy won by fraud and tho intimidation of voters

pockets, stared hard, whistled soft! v.

antlyfor hundreds of imt around as it j and then walked out on tip-too without did m tlie summer. Strawberries momevxaLYaUAeeXllucws. ; Vnlmsh uiui Kriocanah

ripened near tins well in February, i - : The well had been burning for a long ! Publxo opinion on the subject of time before tho feasibility of utilizing it ! faithless husbands is very strong in was thought of. A belt of dry territory, i Somerset, Ky. Mr. Love was that kind

but yielding vast volumes of gun, was subsequently found t" exist iu the vicinity of the origintd gas well. A com pany was formed to carry the gjis into the city. It is now distributed ail over the place by pipes. A gus-pipi with jets attached, is run into the parlor and kitchen stoves. The supply of gas is controlled bv a aropcock on the pipe.

of an offender. His wife led a mob

against him, Ho fled hastily, without coat, trousers, or boots, with the crowd in close pursut. At tho end of a mile he was overtaken, aud left suspended, head downward, from a tree. Ho waif almost frozen to death when, two hours afterward, a humane preacher cut him down.

Home. Forty-four now bills were intro-chu-t'4. The t onaiiitteo reported favorably on tho I ill h oi Kanizing the management of the U iu'vo'i iit institutions, and 'tho name was enKriM'ii," A roKohiiiun pawed calling for nn itciuiwd voport of receipts and oxuomfitiiri of ti'u 'lViTc llaiito Normal Si-hotl and the Viloum in;itim UnivcVKity. The new criminal coda and iiiNurnnro bills .were introduced. Also bills iHimpvliiiig railroad rompanies to transport fviii;iit in tbo order iu which it Is offered for hhipmtMit ; rtslucing nalarics of Trustee of l.cnevok'ut iustitutiouM to -1(M and pricon Dinvtorn to $150 per annum ; authorising tbo

A Boston . corcespoudeut of a N"ew Hampshire paper writes; liTo you m the Granite Stata love to sheer at Btston culture?' : Then your heart will glw: when I tell you about an irreveroi;t New Yorker condemned bv bufduess ol -lections to spend' a weelv here. Think'" ".ig. to amuse himself by seeing the city, he stepped on a Beacon street car and said to the conductor:: Xoes not this ear pass the new-Art JUae-um?1. No,'waa.v; the reply, 'but it passes the new Art;. Mu-a-nni.'M . . At a restaurant: : "Waiter; what havol done to this mutton that it resists mo so?" aUod agentleman who is vainly, endeavoring to, cut a piece of meat. Waiter1 'Itisn Hh-;. sh,-: .v Ah! I see; a xw. 1; i--ov ' surprising that I van'! .- .ju n it '