Bloomington Progress, Volume 15, Number 39, Bloomington, Monroe County, 11 January 1882 — Page 4

THK EAST. Aw' mtmuatiiij, billiard game was pUjrd at New Yoik between Sexton ami Schaefer for fODO nod th gate money, kwer to pay all expuiisct. 8 xtoa won with a cOn of Witf, tt.-fciofej- scoring 476 point. Tax will of William F. "W'eW, who died recsall.f at Piolidctpuia, covers an estate oT 2l,000,0, tb lulk of which goes to four granlcliiMrcn. Too niiknr and daughter am l,iwn annuities -of (-20,000, and two eon will it-x S 00,000 eaeb. Is a six-days' valking match at New Tort. F tzgcraldcaraa in first with record of S$3 mik and fifty-I've yards, beating the- best previous record hi t of Bobtrt Vint, 573 miles, la Hit, 1881) by four miles and a lew yards. . . . The total number of deatlts trom smalt-pox in lbslwk test rear as 450, and from scarlet fever, 1.961. Thai a 410 mora deaths i-on maU-pox thaa In 188)1, and an excess of 671 caae of tearkt foter. The recotd of all Glasses of contagion diseases shows a great increase over On record for 1884.... New Turk reports tor the year the erection of nearly 2,500 imikhotjs, at cost of 47,000,000. By ih tnminc of boarding nonet) at Bteblurg, N. X., Oilbert Abers and wife were serious y Liirned, aail their taxes children perubd ia the flames. - Bx tiio breaking of a bridge over the Kdontbnuk river a insseacer tram on the Boston and Maine railroad was precipitated down a high embankment, and, the can taking fire, a scene of horror occurred. Oat of the 100 passcngem v.-ry few escaped uuhnrt. One was kaUM, oqu fatally wounded, three serieeab hart, and sixty others bruised and injured. .. . Orfar Wilde, tne Eeghsh lesthete, who armed in Mew Xoik last week by the Arizona, ia 28 ve of age and six feist lour iuches in height, lie says he came to luctiirc and see the country, and will not return to nglaod aanl he does. TOJS fUli The -railroads terminating in Chicago nuke a good ahovriug of the year's bnsinsss. The Borthwestornreporta earnings of $21,738,095, and tbe omn( Irliou of f63 miles of new track. The-gross revenues ot the Bock bland are placed at 12 SH0, and a large elevator waa be ilt in Con-ago. The Burlington show earnings of netrly 23, 000,000, and 300 miles of I rac k have bisn censtiacted, The St. fan! report gross . renames of 016,740,100, and it has built 2WI mike of road.... Vn, Orcz. living at Florence, Los Angeles eooatv, CsL, gwie brti. to six female children. i-iaall-nox ban liesn reported fromthirtyseren towns and villages in Illinois, ia most of wbicn tbe epidemic -a nnder control. H. CsJnrsHAW, asndoon proprietor of Kansas City, ant arrested for beating his wife. He tinned npoaMfeer Hvnes, tbe oldeat member of thepolico lores, and fired foursbots, kniing ton rathe street" The officer succeeded in inH kiting a mortal wound upon his murderer. At San Francisco, CaL, clerk named Bead, rendered temporarily inaaae by close application to weak, abot and killed bis mother-in-law, fhiaUy wo rinded his daughter, and then failed hinwetf... .Ihe receipts .or the single performance of tbe "Hawaii "at Cincinnati, wiui PIU u ta,5 principal attraction, were 10,443. At Short Creek, Mo., two boys named WhBt and QxU, aged ? and 3 years, while at raar quarreled sad bad a fignt. Before this waa ended yunng Willi .ma ran into hi home, close by, anu seen, a revolver fcetjiigib u one of 'the elder Ei.moers or tue family, aiu dbeharged tux weiio at his hi tie aavenan, silting aim almost anstamly Trace men tukwsyed in the Par line inanel, near hilvertoo. Onlondo, were bunud 1U0 feet deep m a saow: afide.

TUB

Qabsto We-IB, a negro, was hanged in Ya'eraboro fcr the murder of Frederick BeSbger, another negro, in 1878. William Henry Erb waa hasiged at St. Louis for the murder of his wife, A triple hanging at Minefield, was forestalled by tbe recent escape of the condemned nxn from the jail at Hhrwre-P"ct-A nkobo trom Cairo infected the wholo town of Stan, Temx, with amall-pox. Nearly tenor eases are tracer treatment, and two peet-honaee have 'been established. Tern perpetrators of the recent terrible tragedy at nshfand, Ky have been arrested, aad they have made a lull confession. Their names are William Neal, Elbe Craft and Gcorgt EUia, all wliue. Iho strangest part or the ator ia that all these o t- men were in-sent at tbi burning of this rouse, which they had set oifirs to conceal tlioir arime; bat one or then drove the hearst at 'ibe tnneralof tbe thro iethaavand another acted as pall -bean r.... A firigntfnt tragedy vss lately enacted nei-i 3fmden, La. Iicbert Lewis, son of the lat Judge Lanedon Iiewia and brother of Witt ti IjCwis, sbofHra. Will 11 Lewis and her sister ' Mrs. Thompson, both severely, and then kul' d himself. Tbe ansa of the tragady is nbIrjown. Thbks hroihers named McDonalJ, who Bmrdered a man Bmed Martin, madei. attempt to esearjc from jail at OralmnvTeww They first sprang npon and disarmed a tnrn kT, saootiiiK hist uxttte hand. Anothir otli M came to his rt lief a .id was instantly kill They then fled irith the wounded jilr, an were pawned fcr 300 yards by tbe eitirts, tb murderers being sCled :e the battlu. Two o the ettizens were wound d. W.k8BINCXeI CoiiKEssit.Tr Hkusbsor, of Illinou, ia detannined to posh his or some other Interstate Oommeroe but ttmsgh Congress tin session if posailjiti. He says legislation of the character indicated is . absoiately necessary, net ordyfor prodrxersand traders, bat far railroad stooldwtder. Ho points to the growing abuse under which a lew rich spnenlatoTa. aeamous of conti oiling eertaia riilrasds, irauat orate a war of ratea against such mads in order tc depreciabi the stock that tbey may nnrrliaae it cheaper rates. Be think tbaJ for the protection of the stockholders and tbepradneeraaBd traders a mimmtrm aa well aa a msxioraaa freight rate sbimld be fixed.... A rumor as floating about the court-room at Washington Oat one of tbe Jttrors baa expressed the opKion tbatCoitemaaa semadae a March ban. . Tm attention of Coogrem ia about to b eatted to thairreeilahties inlhe office of tte Cam4rcller of .he Curreotty in winding up insolvent nation si banks. It is alleged that exorbitant fees hnv sbecn aBoweiito receivers and aUorreys. and that one bank in New York lias been favored with the sale of all bonds beloEijng to wreaked iuaatnuonsv CasGBXasxAix Hitwic8t, of Alabama, recently introduced a bdt, now m the hands of the Bones Judiciary Committee, whes, if pasted, will eoniuleteh- revulntiooize the present syttem of ptnng United States Diatnct Attomeyt. It abolishes tne nominal salary, fee and KieeniageH now allowed bv law. and pr-

vides a yeasty ralary in ton thereof..... The

lYealoent rxturc a from New York to tlie While Ilouseon the list das of the old vear, and on New Ycarrs day gave a pa lkrecextion. Fob tbe twelve months ending Nov. SO, 1881, the excise of ux porta of merchandiie

from tb Umted States was 0193.123,212, and

the excess ot imports of cold and silver com

ana ouiaja lortue same period was 162,983,039, aa agaimt an excess ef 49,342,903 for the jre ceding year.

Tax following the pot tie debt Rti-

ment ior Deeseatcr t

BjxparcwX beadi. esamdad. a 149.atn.9no

rive per etata. extended Mtfitnj 'er aad cue-hall per earnv bonds Kn.Mlli.0 KI tear war cesbonos fa8,m,sjj IMmmatB cernaralss..... rVt.1r) Mavy panaaiiB fana.. I4,(na,Baix Total farterasbeirias; debt. ........ .$1!5V34,K) Matured daiit....... 11KM,WI

...a oiwas

lOeeleaiedeptett... tJKOm I and euvar ceru.

437,J7,3H

Bold l

Total debt Total mlemst

. .li,OVl:l3.07 1M:M.1 ... 233Tt,Sl

Be laas ew te treaauiy. tl,Tfi.-.,9l ,: it rJaorasM danaw Hiieaaibaa. Ii,79.l,lM XlienaseriiKiBJniieaa.lan K,lVlJ!t CarrenlllabUiUea tesarastduesslaiiiiakl. f l,Sll,tS IlaMoawliiebMKnatkaBeSBSSd. ll,ilrVi iarsi letjaamjae, - 714,1 V Oeld aadaUveresrnileaias- TXajOJlO Vmted Statoaixitei taM for teaenipthn '

aniaiqw .......... IDIMW

i iwlawBs avatlaMa sen. A. isajauaa

Total AvsllsUsaasnas

jrinctpal owtttandma;. Inlereat aecrasit and not vol patd IsinestsaMbjF Dnttad Statu.

iiro i ijmi uf axafmmn-

psyBta.9f esas-esBLel est

ot Manet paid brtb CiiKed

...t M317,

it67,m

M,T07,S aM

.. SS,KM,IM

haa refused io take any remuneration whatever for his services. Ho also refused to takn anything for his wrvlcee diving tho illuotn ot Mrs. Oarfield. and returned a 01,000 cut oil which Oen. Oarfield bad aont him therefor. Dtnr, Wmn & Cos meroantilo agency reports the business failures throughout tho country for the week ending Dec 30 as 151, which is towel' than tbe preced-ug v-eck, but fully up to the highest average whicb Iiiih been maintained fot some months past. 71m dintribntiou is aaJoHom: Weitern Ktstes, W; H nthem, 44: HidTUe, 27; Eastern, 15; Pacific, 5; Now York city, 10. Gen. Obamt has recently reaohed the conclusl3n that Gen. Fits; John Poncr waa deeply wronged by dismissal from th army, and he will address an earnest appeal tc- rrnaident Arthur for the prompt restoration ot the disgraced leador. Abtkiles of incorporation hftv.; been prepared for iho Gulf and FaciOo Kiilway Company, whi ih proposes to cousin ct aliout 1.130 miles of track from Now Orleans tc Iolota, New Mexico. It is intended to nuik Gen. Daniel E. Sickles President. James th Dliiiu -, 6. J. Randall, the Selignuuu of New Yo k, mid the Nickersona of Boston, are said to 1 interested. Postxasxkks throughont the country are appealing 1o the department at Washington for protection against the small-pox. Four postmasters have died from tho discav, contracted, it is auppnaed, from infected mail raMtrr. POIiTTICAIai At n secret conference held at Dullaa, Texas, attended by about thirty Bcpub'ioaus from various parts of tho Stafr, G. Wash. Jones was determined upon for Governor, and Judge Bincklev for lieutenant Govornor. It waa aim determined to support indepenth nts for county officers at tho spring clcrtinnu . . . The Honse Oommittos on Elections wiil, it u said, decids that neither Cannon nor Camuoell are entitlel to tho Utah seat in Congress. A t30bocoh reconciliation seema to have taken place between President Arthur and Collector Robertson, and it is said that tho candulacv of tuo latter for Governor of New York ia 'looked upon -with favor by the Chief Usgutrate. FORE1CK. Ms. Fobstbb, the Irish Chief Secretary, replying to a recommendation of an English Ibuhcal (not Liberal, as stated in the cable dispatches) for the release of tha Irish luspertu, saj s that the state of Irol.-nd would ni t justify any such course of proced ire. Somh l,7ll0pereons have been orrestod m Warsaw for participation m the anti-Jewish riot growing out of the church panic of Curixt-mas-day. Tiio persons are mostly ycutiff men... '.The auti-Socialiat law of Gi imniiy has, in three rears, been the means cf (fcfio: vng 22S Socialist socieliea, and ot suppressing 7S8 of their publications. One coasting steamer and two steam

ers engaged in the Mediterranean trade aze finally given np as lost during the No rember gates. The less of life is 110. The trial trip through the St. Gothartl tunnel was highly success! uL The time occcined in the paisage of Uio train was fifty miiiuies one way i.td thirty-tliree tho other way. Javes Gcbdok Bbnxktt lias gone to St. Peb.'raburt: to confer with the Czar in regard to a polar cxpediiion on a new plan, in which tho base of operations will be tbo month of tbe Li-na. . . .Once more a failure is nicordcd in the effort to fix up a commercial trusty between 1'r.mcf and England. Tuis time the bitch ojctm ed on tlio duty on cotton an J woolen goods, tho French Commission failing to redone ti o fi(Cuie to tho minimum lixtd by tho English ConuiiiBf iom ra. Ehpebob William received nnmeroua congratuiatio as on the seventy-fifth anuivcrsary of his entrance into tho German army .... In one of the suburbs of Loudon, two Mormon miastonarieii, attempting to hold servk'e, w re forced by a mob to seek refuge at poUVe headquarters. .. .The President, Stcretary and Treasurer of tbo Lndtoa' League st Roeconimon, Ireland, bare lucn arrcnti-d.... By means of fonied cablegrams from Madrid in icgird tofc lotteiy ticker, a laokin-!ione in Havana was tricked into negotl uing a ?5-'M,-OliOpr ze. 1a fchi-me was soon ixiwutil, the pnncii'al operator arretted, and most f tbe money rcovsod WiMiain ILiintoii Aiuswortb, tbe English aovcUst. has just died at tbe age of 7ti years.

A3DITI05AL SEWS.

Is a speech at Birmingham, England, John Bright supported the policy of the Government in dealing with the situation in Ireland. He Justified the coercion meaurag on the ground o- absolute necessity, and referred to the ruling spirits in the recent Chicapo Convention as though mistaken, honest and patriotic, but they took their ideas of Ireland from the baws of bygone times." Joseph Charriol, of Bordeaux, France, has boon formally declare i a bankrupt His liabilities are 15,000,000 francs, and he has absconded. Gbn. BcitnaNOEB and the five remslning members of the French commi wion to the Yorktows celebration, after having visited svery part cf the United States, sailed for Europe last week. .. .Death has claimed Dr. John W. Draper, tho author : Clement G. Clay, an old-time 'Southern politician and former Senator from Alabama, and Dr. Hotchkiis, of BuSalo, a famous tteologian. The following ia an official statement for tho year ending Dee. 31, 1881, jtuit coraptated by the Treasrry Depsrtment : Decrease in tbe principal of the interest-bearing debt, 4120,730.8.10 ; decreiwe iu the intiarcst accrned and unpaid, 4-6,050,750.35; total decrcawi, $126,701,553.35 ; less increase in tbe debt bearing no

iato.e ; 24,134,011.80 ; increaso in tho debt ,

on wincn niierrst nag ccisca, i;i,sio; total

increase, zt,i7a,7el.ttu : net docrcwo in principal and int-rest, 3102,611,777.55; increase or eashinthe trvssnrv, t:ll,07S,24i.3S ; total not decrease, tl33,6'J0,tiia9i. James Jsok died in Richmoud, Ky., hist Sunday, after having attained the age of 102 years. His life was an eventful one. During the war of 1812 he passed the time in a cave iu the mountains, making saltpeter for the manufacture of gmitewder for the American army.... Near Eagle Springs, east of El Paso, Tex., eleven Cnuumviu engaged in surfacing up the track of the Sou; hern Pacific were massacred by Amche Indiana, Nkab Lotusinna, Ma, John Morgan Shaw, one of Bill Anderson's guerrillas, was shot and killed by bis brother, Morgan Shaw. The murder arose from a family f curl about the division of tbe father's property. Iu Mav, 1880, Jonn Morgan Shaw shot and killed his brother, Perrin Shaw, aud this second tragedy is tbe result of tne first. Washwotoi Botchers' Sons, of Philadelphia, hava sett ed with their creditor.: at the rate of 40 per cent Hi. Darlington, tho head ol the Chicigo branch, haa retimj.

18S1.

The Wrecks by Sea and Oilier Dlsasters of the Fast Year.

Deaths by Suicide, HoiTiloldea and Executions.

WreckM ol Ue Year 1681. The most disastrous wrecks of the year are givon below, with the numbers O f lives lost appenied : LlmlM Bark Happy Hnire, Kova Scotia S Steamer f'wfcy, coastjof JuOand, all on board lost. . . Ship In iian Oulef, month of tho Thames 18 Steniiici Hsrrelda anil steamer Leon, collision, tKiaisuiik nnrk Jnbn Zttaon, Engllfh coaat. 6 Ships Cape Bable and Wild Rose 8S Ship I.npnla, all lost Jtlane ateiimer sunk near Yokohoma 61 fclliip Luonon-, EnRluih coaat 9 Three vesaeln lost on Englleb coast 4 Slcatiiernt Singapore, India 70 Twelve Ashing vnsneln in Bay of Biscay 48 F.Hglinh liiamer foundered, 18 s.-.lp Ureuien, Shetland lalna 18 Steamer Uolienuan, HiuileiKb bay.,, 82 Hark Hazard, off Nantucket 7 liars r'aimie, nover heard from 2i S.:houer David E. Wolf Steamer Clatsop Chief 4 K li(Kuer Inilift G. Hull, off Newfoundland..... 9 Birk Ajaca, off llockawuy, N. Y. IS Twei.ty vwela on Scotch coaat. ...900 s, hooiier N. H, SUimicr. off CapB Cod 7 Kr amer lout on EimliKh coaet 14 sehiHWier Minnie, New Hi-unswick 4 Schooner Huntinttton 8 Hu-anier Miipah, near Copenhagen 11 s-eamer Tarsrua, New Zealand , 80 War aloop liotorel 145 Svhoouor on Nova Rcotla ooaxt. 30 sutioouerKraeisthie, Nova Bcotta coast 6 Mt'anier Victorla,:Xj-mdon, I'anada 213 Hteamer Teuton, Sjinh Africa. 318 Prtipe.ler Colunilna, lakes Sti Scln oner VnVall:cnberg, lakes 7 Miip osburg, Oregon 10 MnplAoi lta 33 8:liooueriirr Onanli.gham, Orand Banks 14 ?-teniiicr Cyprian, Wolah coaat '22 fnamerCiriHi, Cape Roes 21 Steamer Clan Macduff. Wolrh coaat 40 Steamov Ko tig di r Ncderlander 178 tiieiinier Jimnje OJebriat, Mlaalaaippl rimr...... 8 Steamer Cal.iope, Spanixh coaat, all on board. ... .. Steamer Calcutta, Melbourne 23 Sli p Unwha, all iiamlst Scb oner K. P. D irr, iort on Lake Erie 7 -Sli p Ctiloran, Ei glmli coaat 57 Stoamer A. bit, U'Wr Panama 3i Steain-yactil Luctrne, near Oravescnd 7 Steamer Jucknl, foundered In St George's channel 10 Propeller Jane Midler, Geoixlan bay.... 38 S:ennicr S.iaon Mmarchv llay of Biscay 40 Steamer S.ilway, i,xploalon, Irfali channel 11 Lark Helen We, sunk, Qiicciiitown 9 The total number ot lives kmtnpcn the ocean so tar as tliey were reported will reach nearly 5,000. . Disasters. Below wo print a list or Iho groat disasters durun; tho yctir, v th accompauyiug loss of hfo, both in ttiis couutry and abroad. The summary iiiclndos only those which have boon reported ne telegraph, aud is as follows in the UuiU-d States : lAvet tout. Barcing of a tenement. NftwYork jo lxii'er cxpto ion, AJentowu, l"a 1:1 Burning of asylum, Scraiiton, Pa 17 Sinking of lcrry lioat, E glu III 10 Dii-ttuery m:p!oi n, IVoiia. Ill 14 Forest Ores, MlcSlM,'on 400 Sinkiui! of Icrn, Ixiat, Atlanta, Oa 12 Fire. Fhilndelptila 20 Sinkilpg of lcrry boat, Tro , N. Y IU Exploa.on on ateamer West Point '. 19 Uitrnng of poor-house, Dmvr, N. 11 13 Iu addition to them detailed disaster. we have prvpiircd tho tnlloaing general summary of the loss of lile in Ibis country hy nind, wuter, lire, (xploiiions and other causes : Xi .''(. Boiler explosions Im Varnish ezp!o.ioim 4 Powder czpiiwiius 30 NHro-glyeeriuo cup'osiona 26 vie 91 Keroecuo esploions , 11 Ianseed-oil explosions 13 Xijiinniite expluaioiis 6 Lifihtuilli: 7 Snow aUdes 44 Foods 43 Mines 41 Tornadoes ..187 Miscellaneous 49 The mere important disasters cot in this country iiuva boon a-i follows : Lift Lost Burning of theater, Crcnatadt 8 B 'Hit explosion. Shrewsbury, England 11 Flooding of minn, Corr. wail 8 Colliery explosion, llHI, England 15 Avalanche, 8vi,SiiizTland 15 Torjiedoaploelcn, Meltiounie 6 Eiirtliquak.-, Icbw. 300 Unrniug ol open hjusv, Nice 12.1 Enrtinpuuto, Solo, 8,000 1'ire, Quebec n Uaitroad accident, Guaut.a, Mexico SOS Co licry explosion, Dartmund, Pruwla 17 Powder exploslor, alazaUan, Mexico 60 Mine explosion, Lourohos, France 10 File, San Dr.iningo. 28 Falof tenement, Vienna 20 Fall of tenement, Marsull es 17 llallroad aeoiileu', Cbanutou, Franco 33 Forest flreis Algoria 1 Land-slide, Switzerland 200 Eirlliquokt-, Anatolia. '. U F.ivbets, Mexico 600 Wat'.n-spcnt, Algoria 05 Storm on Englisl. coast 367 8tor?n at lloulogac , 110 Colliery eaploaion, Kpuin 15 Ota explmlon, Italy 40 Dynamite exptoe.ou, Ergiaud. 13 ("o.licry ciplosion, Bolgltinu 66 Burning of Ring Tluat-r, Vienna 449 Bursting of dam, Algeria 400 Colliery explosion 42 Paiae In church, Warsaw v Total abroad 11,273 Total st hems 1,243

Bank Clearings in 1SS1. Tho year just closed has bouu one of unexampled prosperity throughout tbe business and industrial circles of tbe country. This is refioetcd shsraly in tlie clearings at tl.e cfcaringhouses in the large cities, all but ouo showing an incn ase in the year's business over that of 1880. It is a striking evdenre of tho growth of our con airy that tho total pross earning of the large citilies have increased in one tweivemontn rrom $5ft,88,034,n88 to 64,409,80,907, or 27.1 per cent. List year the increase over 1879 was 81.8 per cent. Tested by these reooris, tbe business or 1881 rppcsr tb have surpassed that of any previ ui year by between 1-IS and 1-6 in volume Tho niost remarkale inorease of the year was that of LooiaviUe, with 33 per cent (fain, followed by Kansas City, 32.9; Chicago, 30.5; Pituiburgh; 30.6; Sew fork, 38 6; Boston, 27.il; Cincinnati; 17; San Francisco, U3; Indianapolis, 22.4CleToUod, 21.8; HpnnRtitkl, 17,9; He Louis, 17; New Haven, 16,8: Worcester. 10.5; I'tuladcl; pOU, 15.3; Lowell, 14.9; Hllwaukca, 13.8, eyracuse, 10A-, Prcv deuco, 8.8; Baltimore, 7.6, New Orleans, 7.2; aud Memphis, with a decrease of fcX

Da. Bonrxoir, who so faithfully

bytteiedaideof President Garneld.

BnUness Failares in 1S81. The total number of business failures for the entire year 1881 throughout the United States is stated by the mercuntilo agency of R. O. Dim Co. to be 5,582, involving hub: lilies of aUgbtly tner 181,0110,000. The failures for tbe yer previous were only 4,73!S, with liabilities of f65,000,000. The increase is, liowevcr, rcgiirdel by the agency as small iu prnpuition to the enormona growth of the volume ff trade, and especially iu proportion to the nnnibci or persons engaged m business. Coin par d with 1878, tbe showing is strongly to tho advantage cf tbe year just closed, tho failures in thai year being 10,400, and lml..lnirs 4"-'34,-000,000. In the rear 1881 only imu rorsou in every 140 engaged in business has railed, while in 1880 tho j roporMon was one in ovciv 158, ip 1870 one in every 105, and in 1873 one iu every tixty-fonr. The figures of tho year and tbo fasts presented am interpreted by th agency as eonnrnatory of the impression that tho trade of the country is prosperous aud in a safe condition. THiBTv-ForjR men in Uvalde winty, Texas, own and graze over 2,000,000 aheep.

Exeenilonai. Ninety person were executed by legal process m tlio United States during tbe year 1881, ot which twenty-four were in the Northern citato acd sixty-six in the Southern Stales. The list by States is as follows :

New Jersey 2 North Carolina ., 3 New Mexico 1

Norada 1

Oregon 1 Pemisylvatiia 1 South Carolina 3D

Texas. 3

Tennemre 6

Vermont 2

Virginia i

et Virginia 1 Washington Territory. 1 Total 90

Arkansas

Alabuma. . Arizona California Colorado.. Florida. . .

Georgia. Idaho Indian lerr.tory Illinois luir.&ea...... Maryland MiniRippi Mi'sonri...... New York

161

8 1

2

3 .8

1 1

1

3 . 6

Rnllioad Disaslcm. The year 1M1 has been comparatively free from treat disasters npon raib-oads in this country, tnough the loss of. life by minor accidents has been very largr, and much larger than tho telegraph announces, as it brings tut few details of railroad di'Strtiction. The principal disasters have been as follows : 7i'cra Zest. HU'ed by a passing train at Midd's creek, Neb. . . 7 Post:- iii" thrown f ron track at Tioga, I. Y 5 Collieitm nn Northern Pennsylvania tutlroad 4 Train wreokt r! on Hiiititibal and L Jm r.ulroad. 6 Train wrecked on Denver and Rio Grande railroad 7 Train wrecked on Northwestern road (Rock I-iiand im-Mnn) at Alliany, Hi 8 Colh-iou on Tex is Pacific 5 Collision on Kentucky Central..... 7 Col is on on Walaah railroad 4 Train wrroVed on Ixmieviue, Cinclniiati and Lexington railroad 7 Collision on New York, Lake Erie ttud Western ral'rosd 6 Collisi in on New York and Erie railroad 8 Collision on Now York and New K tg aiul railroad 5 Gang of convicts run into by strain atCusioaun, Texaa . 23 Tlie total number of persons killed in various ways by railroads dnriug tbe yoni't as reported by telegraph, was 1,017; of sw iom injuiftcs, 627. a:rinic. Tho forowing raniranry includes tho number of murders committed in tho United States during Ihe year 18al, as reported by telegraph, and tluir causes o far as ascertained. Of course this inciudos only a part or tne whole number, as many of the inurdurs are not reported. The list is as follows : I.lqnor ', 105 Jealousy and domestic infliicity 1H8 In aeif-defousc A Qunrrela. 4!" Insanity 47 Infantici.m ond chlld-kitling U Keaentlnit lnsu I. 10 Resisting arrei-t. 6 By hlgbwiijinei: 87 Burglars Mid thieves. 31 Wmn. n killed ii outrsfs 1I VriMs and iciidotuw. f) FmtdeWe. 14 Unknowu cam 0'. "7 Total "l20n Siilcldeau Tlio fdlowiiig isa-IMof tbo suicklmi earnmittcd in tho United State during 1RS1, and their raiisoa, Uio list only iucluuutg those reported by telegraph : Mnianeholy. 32t Finaiulal losses V7 Llipior Insanity 9 Domestic infelieity 82 M-hcalth. S Dia piwiiutimnl la lota 30 Sham; 8 Unknown cautcs.. ...1,10

005

Total..

Iiccciieo of Ceaafnrlnn, Tho following oon'euarians hnvo diod tlie year 1881 1 Xanranii ftesMsiim, narrttt S. Owier, St. fnla, Mo Hmall Joliustnn PiqttS, Ohio Bridget (lallagl or, Cincinnati, Ohio Iiamel O'Brien Scranion, Pa Farnh Curk, It :11a. Mo Mil crDuvitt, A'ngula, Iiid. Samuel line, Mount Vornon, Olnn. Rlctiard Pciiae, itumaome, N. J Jaqucs Nc-ouo, If'iunt Clument, Mkh Hamuli Cole, ltome, N. Y , James Uatea, V. bans, Ohio

during ....fffl 102 107 ....in 12.1 KB 123 ....I0i .....105 105 ,....125

Abrara Johnson, Salem, Pa Rebecca Pelaney, Columbus, Ga Thomas Cnitty, Rmjillo, Ct. Mrs. Judith HaUiaway, liuxbury, Mass.. Betsy James, Nnsl ville, Tonu Hannah Coj:, Iliilrloniess, N. II Margaret H.ne, W:l iantnhurjf, N. Y.... Mm. Sarali Mosole Madison, lud Gabriel Whllo, Piqvs, Ohio

108 101 Ill 101 105 107 Ill 100

RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION. Rlore miles of Bonds Until Last Ycui Ttiftii liver ftt'fore. From the Railway Age. Tne year 1881 has been especially notable for the enormous extent and rapidity of railway construction in the United States. Although it opened with a very severe wiutt-r, and snow and frosts, protracted into tho spiing, delayed the commencement of operations in a large part of the country, and although during tbo summer and fall railway work in tbo West was retarded by an excess of rniti and mud, still wo are able thus early to present a tablo giving, we believe, a comparatively comploto summary of the nnmtxr of separate lines and the milos of track actually laid down hi tho various States and 'Jcnitories since ihe let of January, ISSl. As tho month of December bss been unusually mild iu tbe northern half Of tho country, cotisid' ral'lu track no doubt l as been laid within tho bsl few days, of which we have, as yt-U iecoivd no report It is probable, alo, that in sumo otlur cases the last reports have not ibown the enliro amount of track laid or thtit will have been laid at the end of this month. While, therefore, the figures which o am iinw able to give are necessa-'ilyincomplotu, and will I avo to be supp!ement&l in a future art'clc giviiig tbo record of construction in detail, mo may my that it has been made np with very uitkI omc from numerous sources, railway uinnapotR, State Bailroad (!ommissioiieis mid other Mate ofheers contributing tluir sssihtaiire, and that it is reasonably complete for so ouily a pnblicttiou. Our ngures ehow that track hits W u laid on 258 different linos although not ty aa many different compauies and alioady aggregates no less than 8, 242 nil es. This is much the largest uulcigo tvir constructed in any ono year, that for 1881) being given by " Poor's Manual " at 7,174 miles, wbioh in turn was far great r tluiu the mileage added in any previous yeai.- rxcrpt in 1871, when it reached 7,379 miles. Allowing for returns yet to be rcceiTctl, belicio it salt to estimate that the track hud in the United States in 1881 will prove to havo lecn very httle, if any, lees than 9,000 miles. The following ii tho tablo, as far as wo ar now able to complete it, of now construction iu

1B3I,

.Vo. I

Slate. Hurt. Mtltr.

Statt. Alabama.

Arkansas Arizona ... Cnlifoi-nia..... Colorado. Dakota Florida Georgia , lim Illinois Indiana. Kalifaas . ..... Kentucky Iiouiaiana Michigan Massa chiisetta

Minnesota 9 Missouri. 11 Maipe 2 Montana a Miraisaippl... 9 Maryland 2

Ko.

h'fies. Mile.

. 1 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 15 . 10 . 4 iS . 14 . 1.1 . 0 . 8 . 2

12 7

14 Sew Ilanuvi'ro 2 7y Jiei Nevada 2 133 : Noitii Carolina 7 149 7.1'-, Nnw York.... 15 aasjj 4!;l iKebrai-ka 5 247 43 s New Jeney. . . 8 Ct!)o H " Sew Mexico.. 4 M Ohio 10 117;.i ti Oregon 2 as 341 I'ciinsrlrauia.. 10 1)1 V 37.5 lib.nle Island.. 1 i'j 13-J 8. Caroliua... 2 07 143,Vi Texas 20 1,411 234 " euuessce.... 6 S? 2. Virpinia 8 i73s 4'-i,S, Vermont I 2 18-2 V. Vh-Kinia.. 1 12 229 vVvoming 1 55 32 WbsIi. Ter..... 4 V.VX 156 ' Visconsiu 7 281 2 Totals 2",8 8,2

TUB FAHTLT DOCTOR.'

It will be soon that tho work of railway ex

tension has been carried on iu forty-two States and Territories the only Slates in which no new track is repotted laid being Connecticut and Delaware, and the only Tcrrilonca thus distinguished being Idaho, Indian Territory and Utub, slthongn it is probable that a few uiilo were laid in tl.e latter. Tbe remote possession of Alaska of course docs not ccmo into this category. Texas leads the country in respect of railway building, having added last year, by our table, 1,411 miles, which final returns will probably increase to 1,500 or inot o. Colorado appears to come next with about 500 miles, of which no less than 370 are officially reported to us as laid by tl at enterprisiug narrow-gaugo railway company, tbe Denver and Uio Grande. This company built during the year no less than ten different Unci or portions of hues, Iowa comes next with nearly 500 miles, and Dakota and Ohio also show thus far between 400 and 500 miles. ludia ja, Illinois, New Mexico and New York appear to have added between 300 and iSO miles. Tho narrow gauge makes no inmgniheaut showiug in the -list Ot rail war mileage constructed in It 81. Of the 258 differ-lit lines thus far reported to bo built during tho year, no less than forty-three, or over 17 icr cent, wero of thrte-foot gauge ; and of tho 8,240 miWs of new track, which we already report, 1,400 miles, or about 11 per cent,, wero ot that gauge, (iii M I mi. i r.lt. Kim Change of IBVurl Caaut iHucia Talk. A Washington telegram says: The recent rank, uncqn vocal dorluraiion of Oen. Grant the effect .hat his opinion of the Fitz John i'ortor case has radically changed, and that ho s now convi i:cd Porter is a greatly injured nan, is becoming mnro and more a subject of lisoussion among Congressmen, ofliials, and army people. Gen. Grant's datemcnts aro a great surprise to persons who utvu for ma w years bitttrly denounced Porter

.nd stubbornly defended tbe action of tbe 'ourt-marttal. Gen. Grant's outspoken concision of his own error in this case, and bis ieturminatk'U to make amends by doing all io can to remove the stigma from Porter's eccrd, have br tight embarrassment to nen like C-on. Logan and Gon. Sherman, vrho during the last Congress claimed to havo iven a carefnl study to tho evidence produced of ore the Schoticld Board of Inquiry, and who, lospite that evidence, stuck perstcntiy to thenold opinion. Tho friends of Fitz John Porter were very much elated at Iho Irank avowal of Gen. Grant that Porter has boon wronged and ongbt to bo vindicated, Thoy expect to get a bill for Portor's rolnstatenicnt tlu-ongh this Congress now vi.hout much difficulty. A prominent llopiiblicausaid to night tont Gen. Grant'.! hanpoof opinion would not influence Senator Log mi to inverse his judgment and favor tue ll to ront .to Porter. Ho said Logan may, out of respect for Grant, remain silent, but he w.li not -vote for such a bilL The Democrats enerally give Gen. Grant credit, for au honest change of opinion in this matter. A leading Ileinooratic Senator said to-night that lie took no stock in the theory that Grant was maneuvering to catch Dcreocratio votes in lavor of a bill fcr placing bin own ni.mo on tho army retired lis' . He laid bo know Grant to be a very candid man, and one ready to make acknowledgment if he discovered himself to be in error-; that, having recently studied tbe case for the first time, Grant reached tho conelirdnu that Hi previous opinion had bcrn wrong, and frankly said so. This Senator t.dded thai, iu his opinion, the bill to retire Grant will pR, as several Democratic Senators perhaps half a dozen intend to vote lor it. Any bill to simplv reinstate Purter will receivo the support nt ali the Donio 'rats in Congress ; but tdiould it propose to reimburse him in the sli? o ct hack pay it will meet with strong opiosiliu from totua Doniociata. A Spoiled Actor's bxtravngaiiee.

When tho dresbes were being selected for the Merchant of Venice nil the actors were assemliW in the creeu room

and tbe materials were spread out before

them. All the costumes were decided upon save oue for a minor character, and

Irving was very desirous of having a certain color or combination of colors fcr

the said costume. At last, he seized

from tbe moss a, piece of stuff nlout three yards square, exclaiming, ' This is just the thing," mid directed tho man in charge of the goods to make the dress

from tin. material, "Do you know, sir, that the value of that pie-30 is one hundred guineas ?" "I did not ask the price," replied Irving. "Do you know, sir, that it will take three such pieces to make the costume yon describe ?' ' Make it, then," was the answer ; and throughout tho run of tho Mesehanl ot Venice a minor actor in a very small part (I forget which, one) appeared iu a dress that cost three hundred guineas, or over iif teen hundred dollars. London Letter in tte Hotton Transcript. Frightful Catastrophe During a Knights of Pylliias' foitiral a Shancsville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, tho floor gave way, precipitating tho company liunibeni.g ovor 200, to tho floor below. To persons were instantly killed, three others fatally injured, and between fifty and sixty uioro or less bruisod or burned. Tlio bnildim? took flio almost iustnntlv, producing a rcone of tbo w ilded exi'iU'lilolit, 'l'lio lights wero ni-iu ly all uxtiiigubned, lodvmg tho shnoliiiig, stuiKliiu; imiss of .'lUiimnity to groiie their wsy liom the ruins almost in tho dark. IJv the prompt aotk n of tliuse who osoaped uninjtued, ami otnt r C'lir.ons siiiiiinoned by tlio tirriblo alarm, tho fire was subdued, but not until quite a number hud been more or kus burtiid. Tin; night was very cold, and tho scene is described as iriglilfql in tim oxtrome. Tub Rev. Dr. John E. Todd, of New Haven, Conn., states that ho lms counted 150 instances of faulty English in on of the Epistles to tho Corinthians.

The following is recommended foi inflamed eyes: Borax, half a dram; camphor water, three ounces. The above simple prescription is in common use by tlie highest medical authorities, it mokes a ivuhIi unexcelled for the treatment of inflammation of the eves. In using it, lean tlie head back and drop ihreo drops in the corner of each, and then open tbe eyes and let ic work in. Use it as often as tho eyes feel badly. "Food and Health" recommends, ae an antidote against infection (in smallKx, scarlet fever aud diph'jieria) the limits of baling limit viuegur. It is claimed that "they dispel infections particles rapidly and. kill their virulence, partieiilavly if used iu time. Where IhoKo luinns are used windows and doors slioul l bo closed mid not opened for about twiury minutes. After this lime the fresh air can be freely admitted. When thiMo fumes are used, repeatedly disease will assuredly bo kept oil"." Tuehf. is no law in tliis country to "vcnt the consumption of hot bread Wt I no law ef common sense, and unfortunately that is a dead letter as a governing puinciple in the lives of a greut mat y people. That hot bread in niuo eases out of ten will produce dyspepsia in no newly.dfaeovered fact, tind erpcfiull.f is this terrible result sure to follow pi i m& tent iudulgonce on tlio part of those whose pn,"uits aro quiet, indooiii nutl sedentary. Aud j'tt the rclormerii, or those who call themselves such, the men and women who work themselves into while heat over the sale of a glass! of cider, will go on year after year, not only making no outcry against this pernicious indulgence, but actually liilirg themselves up day by day with tho not and poisonous gases of the oven. This servant of the housewife can be made as terrible a stomach destroyer as tho distillery, and tho sworn foes of tho latter are apt to ln its best patrons. Dyspepsia paints the nose and sours tlio temper as surely as dram drinking, aud

many sullerers lrom the former, though j by their own willful acts, inveigh the most loudly against the latter. A, welldefined case oi jim-jams is the climax to a course of intemperance, and warns tho victim that his alternative is death or immediate reformation. But the dyspepna that hot bread, mince pie and kindred abomination cause has no sudden warnings. The mi. u who uses thein goe'i on making himself and lho&e around him wretched, and refuses to acknowledge that ho is a sinner above those w.uose lighter faults ho fiercely condemns. A Babt is a very tender thing, jieople say, but most of them aro very far from knowing how tender. Imagiue how ncroous you are in certain btates when recovering from illness, say, when the fall of a book or the ulnm of a door makes yon quiver and feel faint, as if eomo one gave you a blow. A puff of wind will set it gasping, its little breath blown q.tito away. A noise will make it shiver ; a change of summer .p.ir makes it turn death cold. A baby ih the most nervous of beings, and the tortures it suiters in going to sleep and being awakened by careless sounds when "dropping off" are only comparable to the same experience of an older person during the acute nervous headache. Young babies onght to pass the first months of their lives in tlie country, for its stillness no less than its fresh air. But where silence is not to be commnnded.. baby may be soothed by folding a soft napkin, wet in war.nish water, lightly over the top of its head, eyes and ears. It is the best wny tc pnt nervous babies to sleep. It has been tried hundreds of times with a child so irritable that paregoric and BOoHiing simp only made it wide awake. A line towel would be wet and laid over its head, tho ends twisted a litt.e until it made a sort of skull cap, and, though bitby sometimes fought against being blindfolded iu this way, live minutes usually sent him off into deep and blissful slumber. The compress cooled the little feverish brain, deadened sound in. his ears, and shut out everything that took his attention, so that sleep caught him unawares. Teething babies lind this very comfortable, for their heads are always hot, and there is fevered beating in the arteries each side. Lowell Mill-Girls, OM Style. Tlie home life of the mill girls as I knew it ia my mother's family was nearly lise this : Work began at 5 oVloek ou summer mornings, and at daylight in the winter. Breakfast was eaten by lamplight, dnring the cold weather ; in summer, an interval of half nn hour was all wed for it, between 7 and S o'clock. Tlio tine given for tho noou mral was fiom a half to threc-qnnrt.r of an hour. Tne only bonis of leisure were from ha.f past 7 or 8 to 10 iu tho evening, the mills nosing a little earlier on Saturdays. It was an imperative regulation that lights s tould bo out at 10. During those two evening hours, when it was too cold for t io girls to sit iu their own rooms, the dniiug-rooin wag used for a silting-room, where they gathered around the tables, aud sewed, and read, and wrote, aud studied. It seems a wonder, to look Kock upou it, how they accomplished so ranch a i they did, in their baited allowance of lime. They made aad mended their own clothing, often doing a good deal of unneccfsary fancy work besides. 'Ihey subscribed ior periodicals j took books from the libraries; went to singing schools, conference mejtings, concerts and lectures ; watched .it night by it sick girl's bedside, and did doub.e work lor her i the mill, if neeessnvy ; and on Sundays they wero at church, not differing in appearance ftotn other woilrirussed and decorous young wouvm. Strangers who had been sitting beside I hem in a house" of worship were often hoard to ask, on coming out, "But where were tho factory girls V Lowell was eminently a ehurch-going ylace; and the hush of the old-fashioned f5uhbat!i had there a peculiar charm, by

sontrast with the week-day noise. The

mill-girls not only cheerfully pi'id their pew-rents, but gave their earnings to be built in to the wails of new churches, as the population increased. Their contri-

butione to social and foreign charities also wero noticeably liberal. What they did ftr their own families keeping a little

sister at school, nendinnr a brother to col

lege, lilting tho bnrden of a homestead debt from a parent's old age was done so frequently and so quietly as to pass withom comment. Tueir independence was as marked us their Generosity. While

they were ready with sisterly help for

one another whenever it was needed, nothing would havo berni more intolerable to most of them than tho pmpei spirit into which women who look to relatives or friends for supiHirt so easily subside. Perhaps thoy orrud iu tho direction of a too resolute self-reliance.

That trait, however, is a part of the common Now Kugliind inhi rittmce ; and thrro was, ii.deed, nothing peculiar

about iho Iiowell miil-girls, except that they wre New England girls of the oldier ond hardier stock. Lacs Larcom

mine Atlantic.

A Little Two-Vcar-Old's Idea f a

Baby.

A lit'lo 2-j'ear-old tot, Uio daughter

of a well-known resilient of this city, received among her birthday presents a little luttii-iKTclm. doll of ih kind Unit

squeak when compressed. Against tins

doll tho little one mamfiwtcd the strongest repugnance, culling it "kwiuky dollv." and could never ba induced to

jocognizo it lis n legitimate number of

her dull family. Iitust wmdi auutlier doll came into that household ot the kind which -,ho angels are said to bring, mid tho little heroiuo of ihu narrative wan t tken to its lnotlKu's chamber to coo Jh"e i.t'w arrival. U.uvly had ulio caught a

glimpso of the little stranger, ensconsed in its first fluffy, downy suitvftim it

asserted its infantile prerogative and nt. tered a shrill "squeak." Hastily jumping from her faUier's arms the precocious conuoiBsenr in dolls rushed from the room in disgust, s reaming at the top of her voice ; " Anodder nassy, kwoaky dolly ; anodder nassy, kweaky dolly," and would not for a long time be reconciled. New York Mercury. What Constitutes a Congressman. We hear it sometimes objected against a member of Congress that he has "originated no great measure." The ambition to originate " great measures " has destroyed tho u-efulness of many a membt r of Congress. Of these " great measures " uineteen-twentielhs never emerge from the committees to which thoy are referred, aud the greater part of the other twentieth is rejected. Yet many member see no better way of keeping their names before the public than by tho introduction of "great measures" which never pass beyond the primal stito or legislation. The member of Congress who attends to his business, watches the interests of his constituents aud of tho country, guards the treasuiy, gives his support to the purity of government and against its corruption, who speaks when he has something io say, aud who speaks to the budy which ho addresses, not to Buncombe, Is far more valuable than ho whose vision is so straiuod upon "great meastirefc" that have no prospect of lwmg accomplished and little of being reached, that ho overlooks the practical, the present aud the feasible If every member of Congress wore to " originate some great measure" during his term, we should have an average of a hundred and fifty " great measures in the House, and a round dozen in the Senate, annually. .Think of the avalanche of debate that would follow. Three hundred and sixty-five days, of

twenty-four hours each, would not anffioo for tho talk, or if the irrepressible

orators should obtain leave to "print, the Congressional. Itecvrd would swell

to such proportions as to affect the price

of paper. Think of four hundred men,

good and bad, wise and foolish, accomplished and ignorant, bursting and overflowing with the advocacy of some "great measure" to be launched upon a suffering Congress, and an afflicted people 1 The number of measures, great and small, introduced into the Foity-second Congress was 10,698, of which 634 became laws, and tho other 10,001 went to the general limbo of most "great measures." The most ustfu! member of Congress, those who best serve their constituents aud the country, are not the most frequent or tho longest speakeri" , or the continual originators of "great measures." Providence Journal. Writing Compositions. Tlie use of too many words is one oi tho createst faults in writinR. We were

attracted the other day by an article in a uewspaper entitled "Gumption,", and

iitdstily concluded that a writer woo. could ado bo homely and strong a word as the

title to his article must have something good to say about it. And so he had ;

hut he employed a wide superDunaance of words to express his thoughts. For example : "There are many persona, the majority of persons, in fact, who see, but do not perceive." This awkward sentence becomes a good one by simply leaving out the reiliinrlout wiiriln thus! "Tho maioritv

of persons see, but do not perceive." It

would still be better, perhaps, to avoid tho long word majority, and say: " Most persons tee, but do not perceive." Thus, by erasing niue words from a sentence of sixteen, the thought ia more clearlv expressed because it is more directly stated. The writer then remarks that many persons have a habit of " postponing and putting off, what ought; to ba done at once.1. The words "aud" aud " postponing" are useless. In explaining the " process" by which men are to get gumption, he throws about his words with a lavish hand. "It is neither, 'ho says, "more nor le.'S than the doing and completing of anything that nee lu to be done on the instant, withont delay or postponement, aud at the same time a careful observation of what is going on around one." By tho omission of more than half the words of this bad sentence, it is

.converted into a fairly tolerable one:

" it is the doing ol what net ds to tie done upon the instant, and carefully observing what is going ou around." We advise our young rend -rs, after they have "done" there compositions, to let them lie in their desks awhile, "to get cool," as Washington Irving used to say. Then go over them again, bearing in mind Sydney Smith's recipe for good writing, "leave out every other word.'' It is often possible to oboj this rule almoss litTfilly, as we see in tho sentences quote i above. Daniel Webster tells us that whatevei excellence he may have attained in the ai t of composition, ho owed to a d scovery which he mode when he was about nineteen years old. He learnee that "all true power in writing is iu tin idea, not the style." From that time lit pruned his sentences of redundant words, and gave hi t ideas with directness one simplicity. The Jurisdiction of Kcutal Discipline The real and designed purpose of oui schools is to prepare tho student for the practical duties of life. Discipline of the niiud, then, lies at the base of our scheme of education ; and the question to bo answered by the professional teacher is : " How may the greatest degree of mental discipline be attained?" Whoever takes the pains to glance at the course of study that lun been adopted by the school authorities throughout the country, and considcra the tune devoted to it, will discover that about all a student ean do is to memorize tho text-books, with no lime lett to assimilate whac ho has learned. To prove that the real purpose has not been accomplished, ask a recent graduate of the high school to work out a problem in partial payments. He was au rdept at it in the grammar school, but that was four years ago. He did not make the law his own, and has to go to his book to hud out what it is, and the chances are that oven then he will appeal to some one to explain it for him. His mind haa

not boon disciplined to tne anility oi nidi pendent thought. We do not decry Iho ourriculum ol our schools, but tho manner in which a Btuden!;is put through it, or rather in which it is put iuto student. It berimes a nauseating mass that leads to disease of nv.ud and laxly. The processes of mental discipline, when prope ly pursued, are a delight even to childhood, and tho happiest hours of tho child's Hfo aro passed while under the kindly pressure of nn intelligent and conscientioni teacher, who really teaches yonng ideas how to shoot. These processes, however, become irksome and mere drttdgt ry when pursued through false and unnatural methods. The remedy or relief that the untutored boy resort to is truancy, and fear ol couso ment punishment is all that prevents the remedy from becoming almost universal. The true remedy lies in the reversal of methods ; making the acquisition of knowledge an incident of a disciplinary co'irso the moans to nn end, and that end the power of independent thought. Oabo BnodgruM recently applied to Bev. Amiuidab Btedso, of the Blue Light Austin Tabanmclo, for some pecuniary assistance. "I jess cen't do it," replied Parson Bledso; "I has to support my poor ole mudder." "But your poor olo mudder says you don't do nuftin for her." "Well, den, ef I don't do nullln for my poor olo mudder, what's da use ob ail outsider like you tryin' to make m shell out?"

INDIANA KFirj. Indiana. Education In Cauac. The annual meeting ot the school teachers of the State was held at Indian., apolis December !!8-9. Gov. Porter delivered an address of welcomd winch was responded to by the retiring President, Prof. John. Cooper, ol Evniisville. Prof. Brown, of the State Normal School, presented a paper, his theme being, "iJchoo! and Skill." The requisites;?' a ( killed teacher wore enum-.'i ied : 3- A in isti ry of the fnndanieiitsu jiri::e.'pt ; a l.ncwledpeof the child-i'iiinl : :t, h, otii'iy ol net hods; 4, n study c f jsodeia ot:.rt in tcachiiiR; 5, euhjeo:io:i to disviplilii: cf Ilia school. He itrgiM-A that, tho finest leaching is done if tin region cf the primary schools, nnd rcveh of tho poorest in tho rerrion. of the Jiisrl or e'sdes. Prof.

Micklebor'.'ngh. ef Ciuoinn&ti, insisted"

that t here t a science ,n education, and that ir.eimpeteit permit should not be licensed to te.uh. l'rof. Walter B. Houghton, of tlie Bait University, read a paper on "'.Clio I'rion of Our Public fi'-hool Hystenn." It was a triple system in his judgment elementary, intermediate and university and there was a lack of unity in tho several departments. The first remedy is to require tho country si hools to l graded. A second is to gn.nt diplomas to those finishing the elementary branches and passing them into the high schools, thus filling up tho gap betw.-on the first and second departments. The s-coii .l gap in filled by the third remedy, the granting of a highschool diplopia adinhtiag pupils to the colleges a no inr.veisiti'.-a. The speaker claimed tnt the success of Michigan University auJ other prominent universities uieut'oued is owing to the odop

tion of Mxe uch unity of action between the. different departments of tho

educational system, lilts paper was regarded importa'it, and was gener

ally discussed. Pi evident White, of Purdue University, took strong irrounds

against preparatory cud college students being brought together undor otte discipline, and advocated too divorce of the two departments. l'rof. J. J. Mills, of Indianapolis, submitted a paper on

"Conscience Training in the Public

Schools." There was a running debute

ou general topics, Ml lowed i.iv an elec

tion of officers, resulting : President, H. S. Tarbell ; Vice Presidents. W. &

Almont. J. HI. Wallace, W. McBlake, Katharine Miller, B, 3. Page, Sheridan

Cox. W. Jt. Ualluiw: liecoidins Secre

tary, Auuii: E. IL I.eraon; Executive Committee, It. Ch Eonie, Chairman ; Secretary, J. F. Merrill. The State Collegiate Association was in session at IndianajKilis simultaneously with the State teachers. President Moore, of Earlhcm tjollege, presided. After electing tho following oilicors, the association adjourned for one year : President, Dr. Fisher, of Franklin College ; Vice President, Dr. Holt, of Purdue University; tiecretary, Prof. Coulter, of Wabash ; Tieisurer, Prof. Benton, of Butler University. The high school teachers of the State also met in separate convention and agreed npon the propriety of forming a State organization looking particularly to high-school work, Piof. Burdsall, of Richmond, was chu en President, and P. L. McUlcary, o:! Vinceones, Secretary, The President was directed to appoint an executive committee, and the permanent organization was postponed until the uext meeting of the State Teachers' Association. A Fight Ins Sclbool-Teaclier. Wo clip the follow Jig from tho Shclbyville Dispatch . Near Morristown, this county, is a district school taught by Charles Gregory, a young man of unimpeachable integrity and marked ability. For some time he has been toi mented almost past endurance by the conduct of one of his pupils, Add Anderson, an overgrown, double-fisted count y boy, who conceived the idea than it was he and not the teacher who had charge of the school-room. Mr, C regory bore the impudence and misooni net of the refractory man (for he is 19 yenrB old) till patience ceased to be a virtue. Deeming it improper to bodily chastise such a person, the teacher very mt -ufully put the case in the bauds of the School Directors, where a thorough and impartial investigation was made. The facts sustaining the word of the teacher, the pupil was expelled. Atulei-son then appealed the ease to thoTownskp Trustee, but here he found no relief, as that official affirmed the decision of the Board of Directors. Led on by tie evil that is in him, young Anderson, a.-companied by his father, wont to the school house yesterday with ihe predetermined resolution to' further harass Mr. Gregory. While old man Anderson would stand outside tho hopeful "on wonld enter the room, and, while there, would make all manner of noises, nud would then boisterously bolt for the door, always heaping abuse with threats on the seemingly h lpless pedagogue's hood. This wua done s-veral times when Gregory concluded to defend hss school. Accordingly, when Anderson entered again he was' ordered on", but of course did not go, as this was wlmt ho wanted. Oregorv then advanced to put him on the ouh-ide, and, as he did so, Anderson put hia hand into his pocket, as if to draw a revolver, but, before ho had time to haw a weapon, Gregory leveled his revolver on the ex-stadent and fired. The ba 1 caught him iu the shoulder, but injlic.ted only a slight wound, ono that is not serious. The two wero so closo together when the shot was fired that Andet son's faco vas ladly burned with finwdcr. Finding that there is still a httlo grit left iu tlio average Hooier school teacher, Andorson beat a retreat, while Gregory went on with the dailyexercises of the day. Late last night ho canto to this city, and put his case in Uio hands of Mr. K. X Adanw, bns it is not probable than lie will ever be arrested. After Anderson lefc he returned, with the avowed determination to kill Gregory, but was ioiled liefore he reached him by a young man who chauced by. Popular sentiment in with the teacher. Indiana. II irUciiltural Society. The State Horticultural Society had an interesting meeting at Muncie. II. Furnas, of Dau ville, delivored an earliest speech in favor of planting catalpa spieioso in quantity as au investment paying more largely than money loaned at (I per cout. The nvpid growth would make tho tree desirable, an in twenty years tho tree wou d make the best of fence-posts aud rail read ties. By planting four feet apart they would not ueod pruning, and tho pr-tcess of thinning t .ut nt four roars wi uld give tho fane many needed t ticks for repairs of fences, etc, Griuviile Cawing, of Muncie, road an interesting paoer'on the "Production of Potatoo-i." Mr. Cowing is a successful grower, and lias thoroughly tested all varieties introduced dnring twenty years. Hon. J. C. :0uilcliff. President of tho Purdue University, gave a report of the horticultural department of the school and its progroiis in educating tho youug as tillers of tho soil. His report showed tho school to be in .t flourishing condition. The election of officers malted iu th j re-election of the following geutlemea : President, Sylvester Johnson, of Irvington; Secretary, W. ti Bagan, of Clayton; Treasurer, Dai lie i Oox, of Carteraburg. Tho following Yke Presidents were elected : Firsi. diats'iet, J, B, Elliott, of

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the Insane: There were xn fined at , the beginning of the year 1,010 par . tients; admitted since thea, 7; dia charged by recovery, eto. , - 857 ; improved, 83; unimproved, 102 ; not insane, 1-1 ; idiotic, 2 ; escaped, 4 ; died,

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total expenses, S-sio.OH i rteiemnp to the social statistics of fie State th management say the Lunacy act of 188L in operation since Sept, 2, has seearad

greatly increased tuorongraess ot w quests, and, as a consequent e, additional protection to tlie liberty of citirena. Fewer patients are received in arUcula mortis, and dangerous mat .Lies are now to bo restrained in aplte o injudicioaa friends. Under the provisions of the set reliable and important information is now being collected relative to sociology aud State hygiene. The number of insane in the State is estimated at about 2,500. The hospital hae a capacity tar 1,100, and there is great need for the jompletion of the eighi unfinished wards in tho department for women.

A Genuine Swedish Dfnmr. Says a correspondent of the San Fran cisoo Post i "Now, no one who h is. lived all his days beyond the borders of Swedes) knows precisely what a pec iliariy formal, and at the some time what a peculiarly free-and-easy, feist the genuine Swediab dinner is. Sui generis an it is, the fol-. lowing description may do partly what' only participation can wholly do : The company ia standing in little groapa, and as the preparations for lunch are completed the buzz of conversation gradually ceases. Kerr a god (please), say the genial hostess, bowing to the chief guest, and she walks np te ihe side-tabh spreads a piece of bread with buttnr, and walks away eating it, standing meanwhne and entering rgain into conversation, while the others (ladies first, then gentlemen) follow in tnrn. At the outset, too, the gentlemen feel the need of a wine glass of brnadv as an appetizer, and some drink two or three, bat most of the ladies desist.' One or two pieces of home-made biscuit, or of tho particularly thin, h&rd-baked barley bread, with slices of cold loeats or boiled eggs inlaid follow; and the lrmoh ended, the company sits down to dinner. A roait and boiled potatoes are brought steaming from the porter's lodge. The same rules of etiquette aro observed as before. Each helps hrmsrif and begins eating at once. II he wis iies more bread it is not oasst-d, but he leaves his place at the table for it Ail eat heartily of the first coarse of the dinner, as, properly speaking, it is wisely, the doctors will say the last. Then pudding Coir desert is eaten; and the busy hum of conversation bright and remarkably intelligent conversation, tot , it in continues for a half-hour, when fruit is raton. and a enp of eoffeo with toasted bread finishes the Swedish dinrer." Why m Publisher Palled. Says tlie editor of the Denison (Tex.) Democrat : " There ia a man at present living in Qenison, who thought he couM run a newspaper. His idea was a adopt tne sensarioual style, so ho let out, and in a week bis p-irtner disnolv.jd with him, but anil ho kept on, and in two weeks he had been whipped twice, had locked himself np in his room once, had been put in the calaboose three tameo, and paid over $100 in fines. He saw this would not pay, and so he dropped down to the conservative wbin& and all his old customers- quit reading7 tho paper. Then he published an anti-prohibition article, and tlie churches and temperance people sat down on hiss. Then he let a temperance article go into his paper, and the whisky men at ones refused him credit for drinks. Then ha tried blank verse, aud his exchanges ail published him aa a fool. Then he wrott a poem, and his wife threatened to ken him. He then went in cm obituaries and the relatives of the party deoesaed mobbed him. Then he did nothing for too weeks, and his advertisers all withdrew their cards, that man waa onrseU.'

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