Bloomington Progress, Volume 15, Number 52, Bloomington, Monroe County, 12 April 1882 — Page 4

Ghabuk T. Bmiux, one of the

striking compositors of the World, ot New York, w.i sentenced toimnnaoameat for tea daya for threatening the pabliahar. Thr Andre monument at Tappan, S. Y., bu again been m itilated. A few night ainee a load explosion sta--tled T.ippaa and Tarrvtown. Inve8tieathn proved tbat ohmthing was wtonp at the Andio monument, and upon going to the spot it naa found that a piece about two feet lonir and weighing perhaps 100 pounds had been blows . off the shaft by using dynamite. A hole liad been drilled in the atone, rather nt skillfully, beginning at the bottom of the shaft and working npoard. A e-kitlcd workman with tho same amount of labor and matcrfo. wonld have blown the shaft all to pieces. 1 no position of the monument remains unchanged, and tie inscriptions are uninjured. A tebbibijl accident it reported from Phoeniivillo, P. Five bovi were digging a tunnel, when the earth caved in and buried then". Tlireo of them were' taken out dead, the other two nearly so. Dtjbiso a furious storm at Beading, Pa., a numbt-r of persons scnght refuge in a thed adjoining the city reservoir, the wall of which was blow j over on tot shed by the force of tho wind, and three people were killed, one fatally wounded and two seriously injured. . . . A Boston dispatch says that Mrs. Julia Johneon, a colored woman, loft her home at GayItead to goto a neighbor's, lea ring three children in the bonse, tho eldest !mt 5 years. The house took too in anna nnknnwn manner, and the children were all burned to death. In a Philadelphia court, in the suit of tho Keeley Motor Company against Mr. Keeley, the latter was ordered to divulge hie secret to the stockholders. He aaswered that the court eoutd not compel him to open his month, and was informed away would be found..... Cornelius J. Vs.- iderbilt. who was generally regarded as the black aneep of the Tanderbilt Sock, and whoso contest of the will of the old Commodore, by which he was virtually disinherited, was eventually disposed of by a comvroraiee, committed snieido at the Oknhara Hotel in Now Xork, by -hooting himself through the head. Hkkbt W. Lonofsxlow bequeathed annuities of 330 for life to his smter, Mrs. Annie It Pierce and hU lrotlier Samuel, $1,000 to each of the ohUdran of his toother Stephen, S 5.800 to his toother Alexander, 1,WK to each of the children of George W. Green, of East Greonwieu, R. , and the restdne to his own offspring. ... flames swept away the shoe factory of Bridges & Co., at Hopkinton, Mas., beside thirteen raeideiices, Tow a Hall, and a church. Ejtiiusted loss, SSSkOOfr. . . . . A fire at Putsburgh, Pa., dwtrored the refinery of the Standard Oil Company. Los about $156,000.

Wiraa a month the Chicago, Milwiukee nd St Paolraad faaa absorbed the Battings and SUlwaior, the Illinois and consin, the JanesrDIe, Bockford and Beloit, and the Iowa Eostern. These four lines ropnect about 2,OOD,0, and each had received adTaoces toward its construction The store and pcatoffico at Antonia, Mo., kept by Joseph Yager, was setoafire and wh-su the Postmaster sought to extfaartasti tho flr.me be was ihot dead by some jxxaoc aaosa the street Pokblo, CcL, has been the scene a of wholesale lynching affair. A mob of sixteen men quietly took from the county jail two notorious catUe-thievea, Yf. T. Phoebus and Jay W. HcOnn, and hung them, to a tree within 1( yards of the JaiL The vigilantes did cot end 'heir work here, but struck out to dispose of the rest of the gang of cattle-thieves and treat them in the same manner. Proeeediig to Cuaatine's ranch, ten miles distant, tliey surrounded the house, and, alter careful preparation, entered and captured three men, 8. P. Cluwtinr, ft rry Chaatine and Frank Owaby. With hands securely bound, tho vigilantes on borseb&'k drove the men to a thick patch of timber a short distance away, and without much further delay strung them wp, waiting long enough to be sure they were dead. Br neglect erf the Legislature of Colorado, that Bt ate was left from March to June of last year without i-ny law covering larsemee or fekmk-a. Ilia) is the decision of the State 8npreme Court and it win release IOC criminals. The rst to be set free was Bobert L. Heatetberg, of Denver. Charles Alnaon, the stage robber, and- Garvey, a murderer, will be Tnlraand Yam broke out in the -wooden bnildirterarjorarily eeewpied as the Dakota Territorial Insane Afrrlum at Yankton, and four of too rnmatra woe burned to death. There were fifty patients in the institution, and all had been safely removed, but these four escaped from their keeper and ruthed hack into the burning structure, and eonld not be again reaensed, K St. Leeds paper publishes an account of the winter wheat crop from over 150 different Mints in Kansas, Miseouri, Ilnnois. Indiara, Ohio and !"", aU of which are quite favorable and represent the wheat in an advanced state and the prospects for a pood crop very fine A fire at Stockton, Oaf, destroyed. Sperry A Co.'s large flouringaiiH and warehouse and other propertv, to the amount of KmftW, and several men were severely injured. . A Tucson (A. T.) dispatch states that a party of fifty Chinese laborers who were going to work for a railroad contractor were find at by a party of white workmen.

8kvkral business "men of New York having aieniHled ex-Qov. Moses as a swindler, his picture has been placed in the rogues' gallery. The Governor of South Carolina has ordered the Attorney General of the Stateto defend the election conspirators in the Federal eonrte a! r?eisBoger and BSl Ledlaw were hansed at 8ehna, Ahv, for the murder of Jessie B. Weisanger in December last The prisoners raaje lengthy speeches, protesting their innocence. Dock Wright (colored) was hong at Chatham, Va., forthe murder of J. C Arthn.

Bishof Paxsa; of the African Metlv odisi church, having boen ejected from a firstclass car on the Jaeksoavme road m Ptorida, the colored people of Nw York held an indignation meeUng and wged that action be brought againtit the railroad and carried to the eupreme Court of tlw Uniteil etafea, and that the church raise 25,0O0 for the contest. .. .The Cathohe Provincial Council, in session in Cincinnati. promulgated a pastoral, in which some very strong kunrnage is used and some "bad newspapers" indicated, the Mt World being speotlly mentioned. Th f ezieaB Hattonal ntUm is makipg rapid progress, and Chicago will soon havo a direct connection witn the City of Mexico byway of Denver and the Denver and Bio Grande, wbjch will connect with the Mexican National at the border Una. The announcement ki just made thatths Meiican Government baa accented nnother laro section of the new road, from Zacatscaa to San Luis Potoai, and wilt atocce pay the company the portion of fie aubwdy thns earned. SrEPHKS A. flDKLBTJT, Minsterto Pern, died at Lima, of heart disease. He was a native of Charleston, and served as an Adjutant of a Bonth Carolina, regiment in the war with the Seminole Indiana Hu removed to Berridera, IlL, in 1845. where ho practiced law, and was several times elected to the Legislature. In Kay, 1861, he was commissioned as Brigadier General. He took part in the battles of ShOoh and Corinth, and socceeded tien. Banks in command at New Orleans. Be waa Minister to the United States of CotanMa daring President Grant's administration, and waa then elected to CooRream. Ha waa appointed Minister at Liaia by President Carlisle Sergeant Mama has been secured a '.inmau, at 1,500 per year, by an enterprising clothing house of Chicago, his term to eommeiMO thirty days after his liberation. The contract waa signed rt the Albany penitentiary At an ieolated ranch, near the Vera Croc line, in the State of Oaxsxa. a ranghero, wife and fear children were brutally murdered for money supposed to be concealed than. Tb perpetrators win captured. MLaTSCAI. Bbgbrabt of Was Lnrcou has been examining the entire list of employes in hb department to find from .which States they are appointed. He flntli in the Hut over 1,Sju appointed from the Dutrict of Columbia, which Illustrates the fact that distinguished ofiiciatg there ask for mare apfietntments from the District than they do for their own eonstttaent. Pretty daughters of Wasbimrtott laudladum are largely responsible for the large representation of the District in the dupart-

As a result of the enactmnt of the Pond Honor law, imposmg a ntease of S90O apoa all saloons in the huge cities, at the lecontsessinn of tho Ohio lagiiibtture, theBepnblkan were badly beaten at the municipal elections throughout the State. The Derooorats carried Cinoicna Cfevehad, Toledo, Columbus, Jloiint Yernon and other citia by very ilsekave majorities, In Cincinnati the majority w aooat 5.000. Cleveland, which usually goes Republican by 3,000 of 4.00C, gave tho Dtmocratie ticket 1,000 majority. Toledo el xted the Dacratic ticket by about 1-W aority, jjidiaopofc, lad..

also gave a Democratic majority of 600. the German vote being generally east against the Bepohtkana. In Democrats were successful in the Chicago municipal election, a majority of the Aldermen chosen being of that political penmasion. The Democratic candidates for town officers were chosen in the North Division by 4,500 majority, in the West Division by 400, and in the South Division by 100. Minneapolis had an exciting contest on the saloon question, Ames, the representative of the liquor interest beating Loricg, RopnbttV-an, for Mayor, by nearly 2,000 votes. In Milwaukee John H. Siowell, Democrat, was chosen Mayor over Lndington by about 3,300 nv.jority. The Democrats mado a clean sweep of Madison, Wis., carrying every ward, and electing their Mayor by 908 majority. In Bipon, Janes villo, La Crosse, Watertown and Oshkosh, the Democratio municipal tickets were also ejected, the Bepeblicans carrying Berlin, Jefferson, Manitowoo and Portage. Fort Wayno, Ind., elected a Democratic Mayor, while the Bepublicans were successful in Wabash, Elkhart and Madison. The Republicans made a dean sweep in the local election at St Josepn, Mb., electing; their Mayor by 1,096 majority. At Topeka, Lawrence, Junction City and Kan., the election resulted in the defeat of the Temperance tickets, the liquor question being the sole issue at stake. Tarn House Committee on Elections decided, 10 to to report in favor of ousting Gen. Chalmers from the seat for the Sixth district of Mississippi, and admitting Lynch the colored contestant Under the recent reapportionment the county in which Chalmers resides has been placed in a district with 10,000 Republican majority. WAIBL1GTOV, Skgkktabx LnroobN had up to the 1st instant supplied the sufferers from the floods in the South with over two million rations, valued at 221,760 The Gnitean bill nf exceptions will be presented April 24. It fills two quarto volumes of 1,000 pages each. A Washtmstos dispatch says that unasaessaxuy alarming reports are circulated as to thecooditionof Senator Logan's health. HU illness lumbago which of course is extremely.

painful, is not of the alarming character that baa been described in some headquarters. His

pnygiciana nave reeommerwinq mm togototne Hot Springs. Foixowxho is a statement of the pnb-

hc debt at the dose of business March 31 :

Zxteadsd ffa... .$ TOB,9o;,000 XxtecdedS'a. 401,50 V0O lour and ouo-hal per oeat bonAi aw.noo.ooo Tour per centa.. 7;W,S'J3,4S( Befundtac osruocatss 512.390 Kavy penatcn fond. 11,(100,000 Total interest-hearing debt 51,511,733,700 Katarrd debt. 3 12,,fM Legal tendm 48,74,fl Certtacaeso(aTQit... 11,140100 Go!J and sflvar serttOeatn 7322,210 ZiaeUanaieuneDey 7,0(1,8118 Total without Interest. 4.18,468,038 Total debt ,j;i,rcr,,is,:t.v4 Total tatenst 1S,i;71,i Csahla neaimj, 3W,!21,7nl Pebtlass fash tntrassmy tl,72r.,2fif.,42Q Deemas during March. 1,4C3.'J4 Decrease unce Jase 50, US1 tU,382,aa CnmntBaMBaas Intmtduaand unpaid.. f 1,.11,39 Debt on which insanstbascsased 13,K5,Sl Interrat lhereon e.y,21!i Gold and silver eeruacaaia t3,52a,2ao Uatta-bStateenotee bald for redaniptkm of coruscate of depnat 11,140,000 Gash balaaoa avallabis April 1, 159,088.341 Toad. $ 333,291,761 Available asseto Caab la masury .3 053,291,781 Bonds issued to Paoiftc railway oomoaawi, liiterent payable In lawlul money, prtDdpal outKanding t M,623,m2 lntereat accrued and notvetpsid...... yC3,:i52 Tnteresl paid by United States. R.tOaTT Interest repaid by conisanMSBv transoortatkn serrlcs 14,887,478 Bycasnpaymsntsof f psrcsm.ot set earnings 35,108 Balanoa of interest paid by tbe United 8tatss 37,8sV9l A Washinoton dispatch says that

Guiteau has closed a bargain with the agent of a circus for the sale of the suit of clothes which he wore at the time of the assassination of the President, and the suit which he wore while

arranging court ana at tne tone &e was snot at by Billy Jones when being driven from

the Court House to the jaiL The price said to have been paid is 8350.

The House Committee on Indian Affairs has

decided to report favorably on tho bill granting a right of way through the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to the St Louis and San Fran

cises read. Secretary Frehngknyiun has re-

eel vea a ojspatcn irom sunister iwou mating that in deference to the wishes of the United

States Government, Dr. Lamson has been re

spited for two weeks. This will give his friends an opportunity to produce evidence bearing on his alleged insane tendencies.

"Washington telegram: The Utah

Commiesuni provided for in the snti-poligatny

bill wi& be appointed by the President sometime ta April. The commission will set out soon after its organization in this city. It is now estimated tbat six mouths will be required for the commission to perform its work and perfect the machinery for the government of the Territory. It ii evident frcm tbo spirit already indicated among the Mormons here that they intend to make a stubborn passive resistance. The work of the commission does

not promise to be easy. The situation in Utah

this summer promise to be intensely interesting, as the full power of tho Government will be tested in the solution of the vexei problem of the suppression of polygamy.

Is the case of Sergt Mason, the Free

ident will not act until the Supr sme Court de-

odea on the legality of the sentence. The Sec

retary of War sustains the Jndse Advocate General in renouncing invalid the proceedings of the court-martial

Orposrnos to the reform of the Spanish tariff led to strikes in various towns, and many miHa have been closed. A mob in Barcelona attempted to stop trains and was fired utfon by the military. . . .Secretary Hunt has aatructfcd Lieut. Barber, at .Jrkmvk, Siberia, to cnarter another steamer to search forthe missing explorers, as the owners of the si earner Lena wanted much too high a price Bradlangh, the infidel contestant for a seat in Parliament, has been adjudged a bankrupt in the Court of Queen's Bench, London. . . .Two Egyptian Cabinet officers have been detected in a plot for the restoration of the ex-Khedive. Their heads are endangered. Weils driving on the boulevard at OdesBa, Gan. Strcelnekoff, the pnbhe prosecutor of the Kieff military tribunal, was shot through the bead by two men in a carriage. Three persons were wounded in an attempt to arrest the assassins, but they were finally conveyed to the police station.. ..The Cxar has ordered the commutation of all death sentences passed at the recent trial of Nihilists to Indefinite hard labor in the mines, except in the esse of the marina, Lieut. Snchanoff, m which tho sentence was confirmed, as his position as an officer aggravated the crime. He was, however, granteda military execution, which took place op the 31st utt. A Spanish steamer on the way from Liverpool to Porto Bieo collided off Cape Fmiatarre with the Boyal Mail Company's steamer Douro, from Brazil, and both vessels were sunk. Thenomber of Tjersons drowned must have been very huge, as 'he number saved, so far as known, ii probably kas than one-fourth of the passengers and crews of the two steamers. . . . The murder of Arthur Herbert, an Irish Justice of the Peace, has been followed by the stabbinsr of eleven lambs on his estate. A sister of Thomas Power O'Connor has been sent to jail for advising tenants in Boecommon not to pay rants The Czar, on being apprised of the murder of Gen. Strelntkoff, ordered the two assassins, who were arrested on the morning of the 1st inst, to be executed within twentT-four hours. Tjes- were accordingly hanged at Odessa. A scnsationai dispatch from Paris states that Gen. Ignatieff has learned that Sweden and Norway are pledged to support Germany in event of war between that country and Bussm, the restoration of Finland being the reward of the Scandinavians ... .Banian heat Boyd, the English earaman, in the aquatlo contest on the river Tyne. In Parliament, Mr. Gladstone said that there was a strong presumption that the Land League was behind the awful crimes that had been committed by the Irish penssnts.... Sarah Bernhardt was reeontly married to a Grewk gentleman in an English Episcopal church. . . .The Calderon Government, of Pern, is now firmly muted.

A MISSISSIPPI HORROR.

Burning; of the Steamer Golden City, at Memphis-Shoe lUug aeas of Life. The steamer Golden City took fire when approaching the wharf at Memphis, early on the morning of the 80th nit, and was burned to tho water's edge m an inorodiMy short tone. There were forty people on ' ard, and the loss of life is estimated, at this writing, at between twenty-five and thirty-five. Among tho lost wore the wife and throe children of Capt Kountz, a noted steamboat owner. Bobort Kollv, the second engineer, remained at his post and was cut off by tho flames. Memphis dispatches give the folio wiug particulars of the disaster : The Golden City approached the city nosr tho foot of Bealo strcetnnd signaled for a landing. Just then tho boat was discovered to bo on fire. She was directed to shore notwithstanding, and ran into n, number of eoni-iUvU. Tho fire sprerd with thy rapidity of lightning almost, and 800 barrels of oil fed it into a fury in a momont Tho boat tried to attach itself to the city dump-boat but could not fUoceed in doing so. The flames began in the center of tho boat, snd spread both wsys, and people rushed pell-moll out of thoir sleep and jnmiieJ over upon the dump-boat aud coal data. Efforts to attacu the boat proved nnsvMluig, audshediiftedaway down tho r.vor, a thing of glittering splendor. Quito a number of people wore on board, and as the whole boat was a mass of flairo, fed by the oil, they must All havo been burned to (loath. It was nnlike most fires. It was so quit k and deadly in its results that womsu did not have time to shriok nor men to i'-all for help, Everybody was paralyzed with horr ir. A great crowd soon collected on the river bi.nki and watched tho fire. AU sorts or minors were soon sproad about the disaster. The loss of lifo was variously reported from tws.ily to 100 souls. The firo was caused by the cap! in of thn watcb, who went through tho engiuo room to see if any one was in it Accidentally tho bottom dropped from his lamp iuto some hemp, which caught fire immediately and spread rapidly, and in almost an im-tant the boat wes doomed. Those who escaped had to do soimmcdiately, and they were not very particular how they got away. Ono individual was soon to loap over upon a coal fiat in his night shirt, holding his clothes in his bauds. When he readied terra firma he was to possessed with fear that he ran away up the hirto with tho speed of a Kentucky thoroughbred. When last seen he had stopped and was pulling on his pants. One gentleman aboard, who had two or three ladies and tho samo number of children nnJcr lus charge, Stched tho children over upon the float knowg that they never could get off otherwise, and then jumped over with the ladies. Several persons who were about to be loft jumped into the water and were pulled ashore, or swam ashore, or were drowned. The condition of tboso who escaped with their lives was pitiable in the extreme. The women had but scant olotbing on, and the men were no bettor off. Many of thorn had sustained pecuniar- lots. One gentleman sat alone by himself in his night clothes, shivering and crying. His wife and children were lost He seemed to be totally unconscious of bis -plight For some time so great was the exoitement that no attention wna paid to him ; but a kind-hearted lady living on Shelby street sent him her husband's dressing gown. As the boat was carried away by the current it was noticed tbat several women and child ran in their night clothing Btood in the stern, with the alternative of rushing into the flames or jumping overboard. Af no one saw them fall over it is supposed that they were literally bnrned to death. Additional fuel was fnrn-

t iahed theflames by several tiers of oakum which

were consumed use under. xnose on board hardly knew how thoy were awakened. The main point waa how to escape. The flames had the oompletoet possession of the boat in five minutes, and f earful sheets of flame shot into tbe air, while immense clouds of smoke enveloped the scene. Tbe one ropo holding tho boat was enable to stand tbe strain, and the Golden City began gradually to bo drawn into the current Down the river she floated, furnishing to those on snore a picture of unrivaled and fearful beauty. The wators gleamed in crimson, and the Arkansas shore was distinctly drawn in red. The steamer did not make a long trip to her doom. A trail of firo followed her close to shore, then out a short distance iuto tho current All the time tho boat wan burning furiously aud tho fire was eating its way U the water. The boat drifted off beyond President's island, some SU0 or 400 yards, and when within 100 yards of the Tennessee shore the vessel, with its poor, dead bodies, its cargo and everytliiug, was imprisoned in the wave, and the fierce elements were soothed in the, twinkling of an eye. It is the general impression that those who died wore suffocated to death rather than burned. Afterward those who passed tho place saw only a part of tho debris and a few chairi upon it. Thai was the only evidence of the wreck. It was a wonder to most people that there was not an explosion, and the only way this can be accounted for is that the steam pipe burst and thus allowed the steam to escape. The most horrible feature of tbo fire wat the death of children. It i). supposed that seroral others in addition to those reported were lost Tbe little ones were kindly lent a helping hand. The struggle) of all classes to get from tho boat resulted in great eccirusiou. A great number of those on board had to leave without making their toilets. Stowe's circus was taken aboard at Tidalia, La., and six cages of animals and birds, together with tbo ticket and band wagons, tents and horses, were lost Marion Parcel, one of tho pUoa, was in the clerk's office when the alarm first sounded, and be rushed through the cabin, bursting in stateroom doors, awakening passengeru. So rupidly did the flames spread that within five mi uutos after discovering tbe fire, which broko umiilthips, the after part of the steamer was all ablaze. Thosu that were saved bad to lloe iq Uieir nutht-olothes. Wh n the baming sbiamer touched tbe wharf the flro oominuuioated to the ooal:fleet' and the i.ug Oriole, which also burned. i As near as ean be ascertained them were twenty-three ladies aboard the ill-fated i teamer, but two of whom, as tar as known, were saved. Felix Lehman, who was a passenger, says there was a mo cry party aboard, and nearly all the passengers remained up until midnight They had one or two gontiemou aboard who played tne piano, and they entertained the passengers with music aud stngiog. He was awakened by having his state-room bursied in, and heard tho cry of " Fire !" Seizing his clothes he ran forward and reached the barge just in time, as tho nei t ininnto tho vessul floated down stream. The books of the stsannr were lost, so it is mpossible to gather a complete hit of ti.o lost and saved.

MOP PEBTJYIAy INYESTIUATIOX. Jacob B, Shipherd reappeared before the House Peruvian Investigating Committee at Washington, on tbe 6th inst, and the taking of testimony was resumed. Chairman Williams read a letter from the late Minister Hurlbut stating that he wonld sail April 6, and that the United States bad a bad reputation in Lima. Shmberd read a postscript to his letter of May SO, in which he announced that his clients had reconsidered their intention of offering Gen. Grant the Presidency of tbo company. He then expressed the opinion that Minister Hurlbut had obstructed and frustrated his purposes, and was seconded, by his chief, the late Secretary of State, ' '

DOINGS OF COBQRE88.

The United States Senate passed a bill on the 80th nit. anthorizingthe Secretary of the Treasury to report the amount expended by the State of Kansas in suppressing Indian hostilities. A resolution favoring reciprocal trade relations with Mexico raa reported favorably. Mr McMillan reported, with an amendment, the Honee bill for bridging the Mississippi at Keithsburg, 111 The Indian Appropriation 1 ill was taken up, and an amendment adopted giving $5,000 far schools, lands and seeds for the Seminoles in Florida. Mr. Hoar urged the appropriation of 2,000,000 for the education of Indian children, bnt travo notion that hu woidd compromise on 400,000 Mr. Williams introduced a bill prohibiting tho importation or nest eattla from Canada. Tho House adopted resolutions for tbo printing of 9I,(I0U copies of tbe first volume of the ctnaus. air. Updogrsff reported a bill to carry into oflVot coastitu ional provisions in regard to tho election of President and Vice President In committee of the whole on tho Tariff Commission bill speeches wero made by Momrn. Dunnell and Hewitt, iho latter s-ving noti v; that at the close of the debate he should niovo to r.counait the measure with certain instructions. The Senate, at its teepion on the net ultf passed the bill to reimburse Mr. Ingalls for expenses incurred in defending the title to his seat Bills were passed for the erection of public buildings at Eric, Columbus and Hot epilogs. A joint resolution was adopted appropriating $100,000 additional for tho rcliof of sufferers by the recent overflow, Mr. McMillan reported a bill to incorporate the nroposed Garfield Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hill, of Georgia, was i ranted indefinite leave of absence. The Indian Appropriation bill was taken ay, and ?2SO,000 was set aside for tbe education of young savages. The item for toe expense! of tne Indian Commission was reduced to (4,700, wiien the committee rose and the bili was passed. The House passed an additional appropriation of SIOO.OOU for tho distribution or rations in the Southwest In committee of the whole on the Army Appropriation bill, Mr. Butterworth stated that the clause for oompulsory retirement at the ago of 63 would take US nfficer from the army within six years. Die House of Representative, at its session on the 1st inst, passed tho Senate bill to facilitate the payment of dividends to the creditors of the Freedmaa's Savings Company. An act was reported for an additional member of the preecut House from Nobraska. A hill was pastid to make St. "Vincent, Minn., a port of entry. A bill was reported appropriating 1SO,(!00 for work on the Washington monument Tim armv appropriation was taken dp in comnuttoo of the whole, and Mr. Calkins iifored an amendment oxcepting from compulsory retirement the General and Licutonant Qcucral of the army. The Senate was not in session. The Senate passed a resolution, at its session on tne 3d inst., appropriating 10,000 for a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson at Mongcelio, 'fa. A bill, was introduced

for a bridge across tho Missouri rivor near Harrison oonnly, lows, and to compel the Kansas FaciQc road to pay the cost of surveying its lands. Mi. Toorheos submitted a resolution denouncing the imprisonment of McSwecney and other American citizens in Ireland. Mr. Garland reported a bill to secure the safe keeping of money paid into tho Federal courts. Tho President transmitted a letter from tho Secretary of the Interior asking provision for tho payment, of the Utah Commissioners and election officers, and recommended that the salaries of tho Commissioners lie fixed at 95,000 per annum. A bill was passed authorizing tho redemption of outstanding $10 rofundiuR certificates at tbe market price. In executivo session tho Scniito rejected, without debate, tho noiniuatims of James Q. Watmoujih to bo Paymaster Gonoral of tno navy and Samuol Scabury as Naval Constructor, In the House. Mr. Singleton presented a petition from 5,000 citizens of Illinois for tho improvement of tho Mississippi levees. Bills wore introduced to authorize he construct ijn of a bridge across tho Mississippi at Memphis, aud to apply the surplus revenue to the payment of tho public debt. A hot debate took place on a resolution to fix a date for taking up tho bill to extend tho corporate existence of national banks, which was votod down by 123 to 77, Under suspension of the rules, bills wero passed to readjust salaries of Postmasters, to oxtond tho bond period for distilled spirits, and to erect public buildings at Louisville, Bochestsr, Columbus and Minneapolis. The bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua was favorably reported upon in the Senate, on tho 4th inst Mr. Congor obtained leavo to vitit his mother in Illinois, who was dangerously ill. On tho bill to grant right of way to the St. Louis and San Francisco road, Mr. Ingalls moved to require the consent of the Councils of tho Choclaws and Chiekasaws. Mr. Toiler was courteously given an opportunity to pass tho bill admitting freo of duty articles for tho Colorado Exposition. In the House, Mr. Chalmers introduced a bill to amend tho Apportionment law, providing tbat in no State shall tho difference in tho population of Congressional districts exceed 20,000. In committee of tho whole tho Army Appropriation hill was taken up. Mr. Henderson moved to insert a proviso tbat whenever an olileer bat served tbirty-llvo year ho may apply to tho President and be placed on the retired list, and if be has served forty years, or is 62 years of age, ho shall be retired. An amendment .was adopted providing that any supernumerary officer may be honorably discharged at his owu request on receipt of ono year's pay and allowance. The committee then rose, when a communication was received from the Secretary of Slato with regard to American citizens imprisoned in Ireland. A message from the President setting forth his objections to tho AntiUbiueso bill waa received and read in both houses. Mr. Saunders, of Nebraska, reported a bill to the Senate, on the 6ih inst, for the admission of Dakota as a State Mr. Miller, or New York, introduced a measure to suspend Cainoso immigration for ten years. A motion by Mr. Farley to take up tho vetoed Chinese bill was adopted by a vote or 29 to 25. After a prolonged debato, Sir. Morgan's motion to refer Iho hill to the Committee on Foreign delations was lost On the question of paasurr tho bill over the veto the vote was 59 ayes to 21 noes, the measure failing for lack of a two-thirds vote. A resolution was adopted asking iho aumbcr of pensioners on the roll and the amount paid them. Mr. Morgan otf rod a resolution, which was patsed, to placo trado with Mexico on a more reciprocal basis. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, reported a bill appropriating 200,000 for the relief of tho officers and crew of the Monitor which participated in the batUo with the Herrimac, The President nominated James R. Partridge, of Maryland, to succeed the late Gen. Hurlbut as United States Minister to Peru, and Homy C. Hall as Minister to the Central American States. The House wont into committee of the whole on tho Army Appropriation bill. In regard to chums ponding hi the Quartermaster's Department. Mr. Blackburn stated that he held evidence to show that clerks in tho Quartermaster and Commissary Departments had exacted blackmail of 5 percent, for recommending claims. An amendment was adopted increasine to 310,000 the appropriation for the army medicil museum. The committee rose, when an amendment was Agreed to, forbidding an expenditure in investigating claims by tho Quartermaster General's office Tho bill then passed. ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The Italian Government are considering a scheme for a sutJmarine tunnel between Italy and Sicily, to cost $18.000,000.... Discussing bi-metallism, tho Berlin Korlh German Gazette wants gold currency placed on a bound basis and tilver reinstated in its former position Three Russian soldiers murdered a Jewish family of nine persons at Sjubetg.... Tho Londoa Times says: " Tho condition of Ireland is a subject of the deepest anxiety to all tho members of tho executive. The recent murders are causing serious anxiety." Rabbi Lilienthaii died at Cincinnati, in the 65th year of his age. The deceased was, for more than a quarter of a century, a conapicuomi leader of American Judaii-m, and was identified from tho beginning ith the reform movntmint James HcAuloy, of Chicago, had himself boxed and express d to Philadelphia for economy's sake. The "package " was overhauled at Tan Wert, Ohio. ... Sergeant Mason aud his wife have both been hired to chirk in a Chicago clothing house. Waseisgton telegram : The Seuretary oi War, in art port to the President on tbo oase of Sergt Mason, tikes issue with the Judge Advocate (reneral on the question of tho validity of the sentence. Attorney General Brewster and Judge Advocate General Swaim are Bervedwitli notices to show cause before the United States Supreme Court the 17th of April why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue in the case of Sergt Mason. Whixh' removing the Forepaugh's menagerie from their winter quarters at Philadelphia the tiger burst into tho lion's cage and killed the long of beasts Eight jewelry factories and thirteen dwellings at orth Altleboro, Mass., were destroyed by are, the estimated loss being 125,000. De Lbsseps denies and authorizes the contradiction of the statement emanating from Washington, to the effect that the Panama Canal Company intends to take np the Nicaragnan oonoasaion if the American grantees permit it to lapse. Thomas F. Noon died at his home in East Feliciana- parish, La., aged 93. Firty years sgo he was a well-known portrait painter. He painted in 1828 the portrait of John Randolph, which still hangs in a Washington cliiliroonf. He whs once a noted politician. Tbk trial of John Bugler and Creed Chapman for participation in the Blue Cut. train robbery came to a sudden and entirely unexpected termination, at Independence, Mo. When court convened in the afternoon, and while the defense were preparing to close their case. Prosecuting Attorney Wallace stated that during his visit to St. Joe, ho had learned (main facts that convinced him tbat Bugler, as well as the rest of the Crackers' Neck boyr,were innocent of tho charges, and he would therefore ask a dismissal of tho indictments. This statement was liko a thunderbolt from a clear sky, and for several moments tho court, the jury, cttorneys and everybody else were perfectly paralyzed with astonishment After being discharged the jury look a vote upon tho case, and a unanimous verdict of guilty waa agreed upon, which shows bow narrow was the esoape of tho parties. Land mado a now confession, in which ho said that his former statements wero false. He will be proceeded against for pergory. This municipal election in Kansas City resulted in a sweeping victory for the llepublicans. Keokuk and Dubuque, Iowa, eloctt d Democratic Mayors. Ixmdvillo, Col., elected the Republican municipal ticket In tho Michigan local elections Democratic Mayors were chosen in Niles, Marshall, Charlotte, Ionia, Tpsilauti, Alpons, Ann Arbor, Ludington, East Saginaw, Saginaw City, Adrian (succeeding the Republican "kid"), Ht Clemens and Greenville. In Lansing and Grand Rapids, tbe Iiemo-Greenback fusion tickets wero elected. Tbe RepubUcaus earned Coldwater, Dowagiao, Flint Hillsdale, Mason, Jackson, Port Huron, Grand Haven, Big Rapids, Monroe and Pontiac The Citizens' Temperance tickets wore successful in Battle Creek, Eaton Rapids, Marquette and St Clair. The Greenba clears carried Hastings.

Mb, Hattom, Assistant Postmaatcry

uvnnai, nan amuewnai muuiiieu uie mnngeuoy of his latter forbidding Postmasters from participating in politics Gov. Littlotlold has been re-eleoted in Rhode Island by tbe usual Republican majority.

"Whebb do naughty, bad, -wicked folks go to when they die?" asked a Sunday school teacher of her class, Inst Sabbath, in this city. One bright boy, who hud probably heard his fnthor tnfk) answered: "Chicago I" Who know bnt that the boy may be right. Exchange. A KAIifT SIT.

A rulnv day a rainy day. The heavy drop fall l hick and fast Thr skies frown down In llireateniggray, Th rhMids are crushing in llic fray Om lives are as a rainy day, The sun will shine at last, -Lampion

DISINTJEORATINU B0URB0NISK. rrt.m tbe Obirago Tribune. Bourbon disintegration continues in the South, and in one State after another the rople ore rising in revolt agaitiBt the Bourbon Democratic aut.ooraoy. Commencing in Virginia, it has sprorid iuto Texas, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee with a determination and enthusiasm which will eitlit r compel the Bourbon Democracy to adopt more liberal platforms or turn those f3tnl.es over, for ti tinv) at least, to the Uepublloar. party, Tho Washingfern convsponcout of the New York Tribune fur tislies that papex with a mass of interesting information showing that tho loavou in alto working in North Caroliun, and much more rapidly and encouragingly for Republicanism than in the other States named above, and he bases a prediction upon conversations with men from all parts of the South that in the Presidential contest of 188A at least four Southern States will be debatable ground and in more than ono of them the chances of success would seem to lio with the llopublican party. In North Carolina tdero is already an Independent Deraociatie organization in every county wliich stands ready to co-operato with the Republicans. This has been brought about by the dissatisfaction of the rank and file with the ring-rule of the Bourbons, which has completely excluded the young men from oflice and from all political honors; also by the discontent of that olass of voters whioh has grown np since the -war with t)i3 obstacles placed in tho way of the material growth and interests of thoir State by the Bourbonism of the "Solid South." Tho prohibition folly of last year gave tl is element an opportunity to show iticlf. The Bourbons championed the bill, aud anti-prohibition organizations wero formed in every county, which those young and progressive Democrats joined, and with the Bepublicans .'hey votod prohibition down by 118,000 majority. The organizations still exist and are ready to combine against the Bourbons, and a pUm has ah-cady been matured, which the 2V6une's correspondent gives substantially as follows : "North Carolina elects next November tour Superior Court Judges and one Supreme Court Judge on a State ticket, a Legislature, members ot Congress, of course, and such local officers as the Democratic rings have left the people the power to elect. It is the judgment of such Republican loaders as Congressman Hubbs that the State ticket should be divided with tho Independent Democrats, aud that iu every Congressional district axcept the Second, which is overwhelmingly ltapublicon, the Republicans should support the Independent Democratic candidate for Congress. It is understood that one will be put in tho field in every Democratic distriot in the State. The Democrats who took part in the anti-prohiuition movement and are ready to oppose the Bourbon organization ore expected to meet with those Democrats who did not take part in that movement but who are tired of Bourbonism, during tho coming summer, and adopt a party name under which they can rally all the elements of disaffection. The name of ' Liberals' is the one they are thought most likely to adopt." The prospects of success are very flattering should such a combination be formed, for it only requires a comparatively small diversion from the Bourbon Democracy to revolutionize the State. The State is naturally Republican, not alone among the blacks, bat also among the whites, whoso Union sentiment is very ntrong. In 1876 Tildon's majority over Hayes was 17,108, but in 1880 Hancock's majority over the Republican and a small Greenback vote 'combined was only 7,208. The majority of the present Governor was only 6,237. As to the Congressional vote the Tribune's correspondent says : "It is expected that the whole Bourbon delegation in the present House will be renominated, and tbat every one of them will be opposed by a Liberal Democrat supported by the Republicans. Of the ceveu - Democratic members from North Carolina, only two had a majority of more than 2,000 votes, and in one of these cases there were two other candidates, but no Republican, in the field. The majorities wero follows: Latham, 508; Shackelford, 1,339; Cox, 1,310; Scales, 1,934; Dowd, 4,035; Armfield, 1,918; R. B. Vance, over a Greenbacker and an Independent, 6,519. A change of 4,000 votes properly distributed would have defeated five of these Congressmen. North Carolina gains a member under the new apportionment, and the Democratic Legislature will, of course, gerrymander the State. The best arrangement thoy can make, however, would seem to leavo them at the mercy of the new movement. An analysis of tho majorities in the districts which they intend to make shows a Republican majority in one of (5,000, and Democratic majorities in tho other eight ranging from 900 to 2,500. A change of 6,000 votes properly distributed wonld dofeat every Bourbon candidate." Tho Liberal movement in the South is evidently making great headway, and should it continue in anything like its present progress for two years longer it will have to be considered as an important factor in the contest of 1884. The young clement of the South does not share tho war prejudices of their elders. They are -anxious for Die growth and pro8ieriiy of their section, and they are satisfied that nothing con be gained in that dh-ijction by keeping up a solid South any longer. Tho change is a natural one, and it cannot but a fleet politics. Even should it not change tho political complexion of Southern representation by the next Presidential election, the change is sure to come before another. ' There f,re good grounds for hope that it will bo manifest by 1834.

The South Carolina Uallot-Box Stiif1'erg. The bulldozers and the inventors of the tissue ballot in South Carolina are just now on the ragged edge of despair, for fear that they are about to bo visited by what Mr. Beooher would call " a section of the Day of Judgment." rhe new Attorney Geueral of tho United States, Mr. Brewster, was requested some time ago by the United States District Attorney at Columbia to send him a lawyer who was a Democrat, to aid in tho prosecution of the election cases, which has boon done, aatlthe coses will be tried in April. A Democrat was wanted to enter the case as of cotnuiol for the Government, becauso it was thought it wonld divest tho trials of tho appearatico of being prosecuted on account ot partisan zoal, rather than to vindicate the law and obtain justice ; and so a Democrat, Mr. Dallas Sander.-), ban been sent to help to prepare for tho tri lis. One of Mr. Brewster's letters of intttruotiou to Mr, Smdorr. has reeontly found its way into print, and its pp ntsal literally mtilces fhu chiv.vlry tremble in their boots. Mr. J.! ro water hits been reading the evidence taken- before Mr. Calkins' Committee on Privileges and Elections, in tho House of Representatives, especially tho testimony given in tho case of Small vs. Tillman in tho Fifth South Carolina district, aud his zeal to prosecute the ballot-box stuffors has naturally boon very much increased by the facte therein f et forth. An extract from his letter will convey an idea of tho method ho intend to have his subordinates pursue. Ho says : " The right of suffrage must bo protected, no matter who suffers. I wish Mr. Melton (tho District Attorney) to be told by you that- I wpoct thv h

will prosecute forthwith the most important persons who havo been concerned in these attempts to defeat honest elections by fraudulent or forcible means. I say the hi ghest and most responsible people ore those whom I desire to be first prosecuted and first pursued. There will be no examplo if insignificant persons are first taken hold of. Those who stand high in the community and have thus ventured to violate the law aud encourage others to do it are the very persons to bo first prosecuted, and, if convicted, punished in a signal way." That sounds like business, and it is only to bo regretted that there is not some slight hope of bringing the bulldozers, night-riders, intimidators and ballot box stnfTers to justice. Bat with all Mr. Brewster's well-directed zeal, and all Iho courageous efforts of his subordinates who havo beon selected to prosecute those oases, wo fear that they will find themselves greatly at a disad-' vantage. These criminals will bo tried in South Carolina by a Democratic jury, and conviction is next to impossible under the circumstances. Thoir guilt is notorious, and has been, publicly admitted a thousand times. Senator Wade Hampton said not long ago on the floor of the Senate, speaking on this subjeot : " Wo know that thero have been irregularities and frauds. I admit it But I plead ns justification the cruel wrong3 inflicted upon our people. Lifo and the State itself wero at stake. My unalterable determination is to rectify as soon as possible these wrongs wliich I have admitted." The leading and most widely circulated Democratio paper in South Carolina, the Charleston New twuf Courier, in defending its Senator, said : " Tho people will not put uri with this kind of work any longer. The Democratio masses cannot bo whipped or spurred up to the point of taking tho chanco of the Albany penitentiary." It was one of the editors of that paper who naively said to a member of the Toller Investigation Committee : ' I hava told our peoplo that we must quit killing niggers, in order to carry elections. It's bad policy, and ought to be stopped." People who have read the testimony taken by the investigating ..committees, sent by Congress to the different Southern States during the reconstruction period, to look into alleged cases of fraud, need not be told that South Carolina would not be represented in Congress to-day by a solid delegation of Democrats, if the elections had been free, and the count a fair one. And the election cases that are to be tried in Charleston will end in smoke, because the dominating influence in South Carolina has determined that, in spite of all theories to tho contrary, this is a white man's Government, and that the whites shall rule in that State at whatever cost, Chicago Journal. ISDuifA ITEMST

The store of Connor AL-vftins, at Spencer, was swept away by flames, the loss being $25,000. A new poetoffiee has been opened on tho Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Narrow-Gauge, in Grant county, named Sims. The discovery of a cose of small-pox in the Fort Wayne jail caused a big sensation among the prisoners and jail attendants. Tub corner-stone of the -new Court House at Worsaw will be laid with appropriate ceremonies on or about the 14lh of May. A phtsician in Fort Wayne claims to be able to cure sruall-pox in three days. Ho was sent to experimentalize at tho Chicago pest-house. Mr. Leeob, of Shultztown, Cass oouuty, on waking from sleep, a few mornings ago, was horrified to find his wife dead by his side. IiosEUT E. Fogg was crushed to death by a train, between Lafayette and Muncie, while coupling cars. He hod been married but a few weeks. N. J. CiiTUEB, a prominent phyiiician of Bloomingsburg, Rochester county, was lately prostrated with small -pox, having contracted the disease while visiting two patients who died, Mks. Mabv Abcitew, of Torre Haute, widow of the late Samuel Archer, will shortly institute suit against the Indianapolis' and St. Louis Railroad Company (or 10,000 for killing her husband. A negress called at the house of William Shouso, iu Evans v tile, and asked to look at the corpse of his wife. The request was granted, and after she had gone it was found that she had taken the crape from tho door with her. Edward McNabney, a former in good circumstances, while walking on the track of tho Wabash, St. Louis and Fa cific railway, at Lafayette, was instanlly killed. He was deaf, which it is thought was the cause of tbe catastrophe. Therh are five coal mines in Founbun county which employ 402 men, and which yielded 187,880 tons ot coal lost year, The capital invested in them aggregates $113,000. Pebu is to have a new opera-house, the funds noce--sary to erect the building having been subscribed. Work ttII be begun at once, and tho house will be ready for use in September. Hereafter the convicts in the Stite prison at Jeffersonville who behave oil are to receive chewing tobacco. The Warden has refused them permission to use tobacco for four years past. P. D. Fields, a farmer residing near Geneva, Adams county, committed suicide by cutting his throat. Insanity is the alleged cause He attempted the B une twice before without succor. He leaves a largo family comfortably situated. Siuox Lanpkrty, traveler for Kohn & Co., Rochester, N. Y., was killed by a Wabash train at the depot in Fort Wayne. Lauferty was trying to cross the track. He was literally out to pieces. Ho wa-t a nephew of a prominent banker of Fort Wayne. Tub boiler of Ed WesssD's heading saw mill, near Kempton, exploded just as the mill wus being started after dinner. Ed Henri, a resident of Sharpsvillo, was blown fifty yards and died almost instantly, G. Smitbson, another employe, was injured beyond recovery. Sin. and Miss. Bowbb, of Jeffersonville, wore divorced. Mr, Bower, who had been tho complainant, went to the woman with an offer of marriage. She consented with pretended gladness, and thero was a gay wedding, immediately after which she disappeared with 81,800 taken from the bridegroom's pocket. At Tunnelton, Lawrence county, while a boat-load of cattle were being ferried over tie White river, the boat was overturned by a high wind. Hon. Alfred Guthrie, to whom the stock belonged, saved his life by dinging to the boat. One of the men with him seized the tail of a steer, which swam asboro and landed him safely, while the other, a young mtm named Dxend, was drowned. A short time since, as five young men wero traveling a country rood noor Webster, Kosouisko county, a short distance north of the Wabash comity line, an immense meteor fell to the ground in the road, not far from them. The report as the mass camo into collision with the earth was deafening, and residents of Warsaw, ton miles distant, heard the explosion. It is also stated that window panes in houses a mile distant were broken by tho concussion. The young men Btoutly insist that they had not been drinking, and that they actually saw tho me;eor, which is described as being of adfisiziing brilliancy, and at out two leet in liiametor,

1'ABH NOTES.,

Hens seldom pay expanK after they are three years old. In Sweden, oh well its Norway, rye oakes are used by all c!.assi as a common articles of food, A oolossaj. pine which was. lately uprooted by an inundation in Oulais, Finland, was found to ha ye 1029 annual, rings. The first eggs laid by a pullet or hen after moulting may be slightly bloodstained, but it need not give any cause for alarm. The special advantage of ( Teen manuring, or tbe plowing in ot green crops, is in the large t.mount of hum w which tho soil acquires. Tits flour made from sorgo seed is nutritive and healthy, and many Western experts claim that in the near future it will be largely used for human food. imertcan Cultivator, BouKANiA exels all other countries in Europe in the production of Indian corn. The average yieid is thirty-four bushels per acre, the total crop aggregating about 108,000,000 bushels. As oiiD orchard can never be made

young again, but by good care, pruning

and cultivating it can be niiide to Dear a fair crop until a young orchard ean be set out and brought into bearing. The general dffect of lime is to render available the pl vntfood already in the soil, without itself supplying any significant amo int. Limir.g -cannot, therefore, be su&sessfuUy repeated except at considerable intervals. In 1873, I Prance had 633,500 acres in sugar beets. It is estimated that the cultivation of tho sugcir beet has increased fivef aid since 18-10 snd doubled since 1862. This culuire was many years in securing a foothold in Franco, There is little if any abac-lute fertilizing value in coal ashes, bnt when mixed with clay sail in large quantities they render the soil lighter and more porous, and allow the air and sunshine to penetrate it, For this purpaio they are highly esteemec. by gardeners. Russia raises 1,650,030,G4 bushels of grain annua Jy, of which 610,938,768 are of rye, 589,774,616 of oate, 221.360,342 of wheat, 124,051,128 of barley and 97, 905,800 of millet and other small grain. The average yield per acre in wheat is 17 bushels, of rye 17, of barley 26 and of oats 32 bushels. Potash for grape vines is being tested in France. A variety of b3ack muscat has been found defective in color where potash is defective in the soil, aud a writer recommends that one vine of this grape be pitoed in every gripe-house to how by its :full or deficient color whether or not the border for th a roots has a sufficient supply of potash. The village of Oakham, near Worcester, Mass., boasts of a tame pat ridge which has teen the pet of the owner of the old mill for several' Ke.tsons. The bird responds to colls and will fly out of the bushes and light on one's ahouMer with the utmo; t readiness. H-j take special delight in making new aeounintances, and is so well known to the sportsment in the nighborhoid that thus far he has escaped being shot Ckiokjum should not be allowed to roost till from four to five months old, and then on braad perches, two or three feet from the ground. Exhibition birds are better loos bed on shelves, covered with sand and littered with straw ; but then they inusi be kept very clean, and the straw riust be frequently changed. On no account place perches one above another, so that the dropr ings fall on birds lodged lower down. Cleanliness is the great; key to success, and the-'oost-ing-places mould be scraped out daily and resanded. The greater the number of fowls the greater must bo the care. Quinsy, the well-known writer on bfee culture, sars: "If there is any article that I would cultivate, especially for honey, it would be catnip. I find nothing to surpass it" This is high authority, and ought to entitle this common but little utilized product of nature to a place among the valuable items of the farm. It is but another instance that goes to how that our people fail to utilize the native resources of their farms an they should. They have not learned the value of the things they trend upon, and often ruthless y dcatrov. a okiiEuraieii Irish farmer gives this advice to ono young iu the business: "As a breeder you must be careful not to lose the calf-flesh. If you do so by starving the animal at any time of his growth you lose the cream, the covering of flesh to much prized by all retail butchers. Where do all the scracorv. bad-fleshed beasts come bom that we see in our market, and what is the cause of their soragginens? It is becauso they have been stinted and starved of their growth. If the calf flesh is once lout it can never be regained, A great deal of tallow may be got internally by high feeding, but the animal can never again be made one that will be prized by tbe retail butcher.

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irrom tat Dtroll Prn Pm " EonHhoM." An Excellent Vabnish. Two parts of turpentine to one part of boiled linseed oil. Mix and rub on furniture with a soft cloth, olishing dry with another. Cheap and reliable. Tea Cake One quart of flour, one heaping t up of sugar, four eggs, butter the size oi a ben's esor. one tablespoonful-

of yeast wder. Season to taste. Tho-

proporuoQs con, o: course, do aoutueti. Ham Pie. Pick tho ham into small, fine pieces, boil a cup of lieu, beat up two eggs, and stir it with the ham and rice; season with pepper, salt snd onions; put it into a deep paa, and bake in a moderate oven. Griddle Cabxs. -One pint of sifted white flour, three teaspoonfids of baking powder, it half teaspoonful of salt ; mix with twe -thirds of a quart of milk and water ; s'ir -;n one egg and one tablespoonful of molasses. Bake on a very ho', gridclo. Lemon Burma for Tarts. Lemon butter is excellent for tarts. It is made as follows : One pound of pulverissed sugar, whiten of six eggs and yolks ot two, three lemons, including grated rind and juice ; cook ten minutes over a slow fire, stirring all the while. Otstek Catsup. Take fine, fresh oysters, wnh them in their own liquor and pound them in a marble mnrtnr ; to a pint of oysters add a pint of sherry, boil np and add a teaspoonful of salt, two of pounded maoe, ono of cnyenno pepper : let it come t. a boil again, skim and rub through a sieve, at.d whan coldbottle and cork well. Baket Pumtkins. Slice he pumpkin a quarter of nn inch thick, peel and lay in layers in a baking pan, then a layer of sugar with a sprinkle of ground oinnamon and a piece of butter : repeat till the pan is full ; let the top be well covered wiNh sugar ; bake in a moderate oven until the sugar becomes like a thick syrup. PioKTsn Raiswu. Pluck the stems from a box of raisins; pour ovor thorn enough vinogar to cover w ell. Season with one ounce of mico and oinnnm n mixed, two tahlespoonfida of oolerv seds ; 8dd Swo pounds of sugar and put upon tho fiie to boil. After thov begin boiling let them remain onlv flvv minutes. In a few days they 'rill bo read v for use. Banana ahd Atom Tabt. Make crust of fln6 floor and fresh butter. Make little crust, but make it good. Slice apples fine and pat in dish with tlreo or f.ir bananas sliced, only adding sufrar aud perhaps a little tyrnp if yon have it Cover crust ovor fruit, brush a little melted butter over top, strew wit i wHte augai, ud bako twenty minuted or more, a repyrcd,

FrfiBKBT Tabt. Grind one-half pound of Albert kernels fine wirh orange-flower water; mix with one-half pound of powdered sugar ; add gradually eight yolks of eggs well beaten, two ounce of flour and eight whiten of eggs beaten firm ; spread this paste oat into three" layers of equal sfce, three-quarter of am inch thick; bake in a moderate oven; spread peach or uprioot marmalade between each layer and ico. Fbted Chicken. After neatly dress ing and carving in pieces of proper size, parboil a half hour or longer, until tender ; take out with a fork, and place in a trying-pan of molted butter ; fry brown by frequent turning to keep from bunting. A niee gravy is made by pouring the broth in which it waa boiled into tho frying-pan, with a thickening of flour and any seasoning preferred. Curled' parsley, arranged as a garnish, adds to the general effect v Ioe-Cbeam Cake. The whites of thirteen eggs, three and one-half cups of flour, two and one-half iips of sugar, ' two toaspoonfuls of yeaef iwder, threequarters of a pound of burir. Mixture to spread between layers : IHtree teacups of white sugar, one teactm of bofling water. Cook to a thick synl, then pour boiling over tho beaten whites of- tare eggs ; add a teaspoonful of oitrio acid (powdered) and flavor with-vanilla. E am sure that, once fairly tried, thin ri3k become a favorite cake in ''The Household." - SaijI,t Lrnt One pint ot eweet milk, a quarter of a pound of butnir, a little salt, a heaping tablespoonfnl of sugar. Put tho butter in the milk and set them on the back part of the range, -or in some warm place where the buter will melt and the milk will not burn then stir inflour enough to make a grooR dough, like that for pound cake (a g od stiff dough); when the flour is. well mixed with the milk and butter, ac'd, beating vigorously, ' a tablespoonfnl of yeast- Put the donga in a buttered tin basin ana, when light, bake. It will need baking about, an hour. ' A Horrible Tragedy and its Sequel. I cannot close tliu letter without: chronicling a tragic event which took' place recently. It was on tho northern frontiers of this empire,- over against Saxony ; tho s cone, an inn ; time, evening. Many old customers of Uie place were assembled in the snug room, with its time-polished tables, its tail-tfled stove, its amazing pictures of uaints and angels. Beer enough to float an ironclad, wine enough to intoxicate a conti-, nent, hod been eerved out in that ptac since its first dedication to Btux;bj,i two centuries ago. To-night the wontll of of the wine-crowned deity waa proweoVg as merrily as usual, and tho air waa thick with tobacco smoke, w.hen .o man with a sleeping child in' his arms, slouched in and sat down in a corncK, He drank a glass or two of bec-r, while the child, a goldou-haired little fellow of about five, rested his head ou tho table and went on with his nap. The jolly toilers soon forgotetU about the stranger, who after a while desired 4o lie shown to . his room, as he wished to puts his son to bed. But soon an angry dispute waa heard without, at the foot ot the stairs, the father using shocking language, the child whining piteously: ' Father, father, you know I have been unable to go up stairs by myself ever since I broke my leg." " Uonseuse," exclaimed the manmenacingly, ' you can get np very well if yon choose, and, besides, yon have only yourself to thank for your broken leg up you go or I will beat yon black and blues" and he administered a cruel blow to the cripple. Several of ther gnostH had come out into the passage, and now remonstrated vehemently with the brutal father. "Is that your child, you monster?" asked one. "What's that to you?" was the answer. "Yes, on, yee, he is my father, moaned the boy, as he eat helpless on tho stairs, and' rocked himself in nn agony of tears. The man become htiH more enraged, and would, doubtless, have belabored his son, had not one of the persons present laid hold of him, exclaiming, "Cease your brutality, or we'll fetch the police." ' Bat this only had the effect of throwing the father iuto .a real paroxysm of rage. Ho drew a knife, and struggled t'rar.ticuHy. " Take care, take care," screamed tho boy," he wiil rip us a'l up, same as he did niv poor mother." " Little fiend," yelled the fnlhr, and freeing himself with a great eftWfc, he burned the knife in the diiid's body. The poor little soul sank down with a groan. A shout, of indignation came from the others, who rushed nt him en matsc; bnt the man, tatting his hat off politely, said with a wiiu-jng Mnilo: "Gentlemen, wo have to i' ih a wood n child. I am a ventriloquist and no men i one either, as you will admit A pause of speechless astonishment, dur ing which could have beeu heard the dropping of the traditional pin, and tl n the rafters shook with prolonged (Hum- -eric) laughter. The clever deceiver was dragged into the parlor, where, besides . exhibiting many a funny trick of voice, he took much more wine than was good . for Mm, and finally rolled to bed with, his pockets full of money, and his murdered child smiling blandly under hi arm.- -FVwra a Viaina Letter. Db. McDermott, of Montieello, Ark., r bas invented a flying machine. It doea not' fly yet, but is expected to. 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