Bloomington Progress, Volume 17, Number 17, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 June 1883 — Page 4

NEWS CONDENSED. Otelegrophte Sommaryj EASXEXK. Graduating week at Vassar College did not paga off pleasantly, them being a difficult? between the facnty and the class as to the manner of awarding prizes. Asa remit of a protest by the graduates the faculty punished the class by prohibiting the delivery of the valedictory and salutatory addresses. Robert Morrill, Chief Auditor of the Philadelphia Gas Trust, charged with forgery and embezzlement, has been committed to jail People boating on Findlay'e lake, in the Western corner of New York, report seeing a scaly serpent with a body as large as that of an average man. The corpse of Mrs. Mary Bleschen, a member of the New Tork Cremation Society, was incinerated at Washington, Pa., last week. The ashes are to be sent to her former home in Germany. Gray's Opera House at Boston, a variety theater, burned daring a performance. The audience was small, and reached the street without beoominff panic-stricken, though the workmen in the large building in which the theater is located, had to fly and leave their tools behind. The loss Is placed at SlOO.OOO. Arthur H. Blaney, cashier of the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company, confesses having embezzled 44,000and lost it in mining speculations. Joh- iKrrov, the editor of the Irish

Jfaffe, who had accused August Belmont of misappropriating the funds of an Irish so" ciety, was found guilty of libel The jury recommended the clemency of the court and the chief prosecuting witness Joined in the stayer. The condition of the principal crops of Pennsylvania is reported as most encouraging. Ex-Senator George E. Spencer, of Alabama, was seen in a New York hotel the other evening, but mysterirusly disappeared. He fled to Europe to avoid giving testimony in the star-route trials. ' In the cellar of a residence in Philadelphia, formerly occupied by Dr. Isaac Hathaway, for a long time suspected of be

ing an abortionist, there were found buried the skulls, or portions thereof, of twenty-

one infanta His wife alleges that Hathaway has committed hundreds of nrtrarnal

orations

The Harvard and Columbia crews rowed their usual annual race at New London, and victory perched over the shell of the former. The four miles were made in

2i minutes 42 seconds. Catholic Archbishop Wood, of Phil

adelphia, died of Blight's disease and blood

pOftSOSiBgl

John F. Carter, editor of a newspaper at DadevUle, Ga., was shot and killed by B. B. Sturdevunt son of ex-Probate Judge Sturdevant, whom he had attacked in his paper. Eight persons, men and women, were drinking in a Floyd county (va.) brothel, when a discarded lover of one of the women threw a blazing pine-knot through a window, upsetting the lamp, which exploded and set the whole party on fire. The house and one man were consumed, and the remainder of the carousoi-a were shockingly burned. Not long ago Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the champion litigant of this country, obtained a judgment against the city of New Orleans for about 3,000,000. The city refused to pay, alleping'no goods.

Mm Gaines thjreupon applied for a man-

Dion Boucicanlt is said to associate only with Irish revolutionists in Iiondon His wife alleges that he has sacrificed Mi fortune in behalf of the cause, and sh teems to believe that he is the genuine No. 1. In a battle between the Turks and

Albanians in the Hotti district, 350 of the ' Turkish forces were billed and wounded. The Albanians also lost heavily. Five hundred influential citizens of

Great Britain have tendered subscriptions toward a bust of Longfellow to be kept in some public institution in New England as a testimonial of esteem. A dispatch from Sunderland, England, says: The number of deaths from the catastrophe at Victoria Hall has now reached 20i. The funeral ceremonies over the victims were very impressive. The streets were crowded with sympathetic peo-

damus to compel the levying of a tax to sat- ! pie, most of whom were in mourning. Tho

My her judgment Alter some legal spurring Judge Billings issued the mandamus. This decision suspends the constitutional provision limiting municipal taxation in any one year to 10 mills of the assessed valuation of real estate It is more than likely that the officials will refuse to obey the

writ

blinds of the houses were drawn and tho

church in which the funeral services were held had a black flag at half-mast. One hundred tree graves were prepared in one cemetery for the reception of theviotdms, exclusive of those for which tho parents of children who lost their lives will pay.

The cable chronicles tho death at

A Mexican named John Yoara out- N,t31, nt onim, th author nf mimv

raged a 14-year-old girl at Austin, Texas, and ; reuirious works.

then beat her head all to pieces and stabbed her little 10-year-old brother to death. At Bay St. Louis, near New Orleans, during a heavy thunder-storm two cattledealers, Adam and Borden, were struck by

Mains in a condition of "mild melancholy,"

. . . . s . . , r"? which causes much anxiety, owing to Hie near the railroad depot engaged in a hot 1 . . . . . , ., . 't , j ..V. , . tendencies of her family to dementia. Her l"" Bvrden hold a kng butoher-knlfe . . ..., .

The schooner Hamburg has sailed from Hamburg for the Arctic regions, with provisions and instruments for the German expedition.

London Truth says the Queen re-

ttaly in the fall

Fire in the royal dockyard at Amsterdam, Holland, destroyed one war vessel and badly injured another, and the total loss la placed at between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 Sarins.

WESTEBR.

The failure of McGeoch, Everingham

ft Co., of Chicago, was a heavier one Hunt first reports indicated. It appears that HoUeoch sank tL.0SO.000 in the deal and

Daniel Wells, Jr., $750,000, a total of 1,800,000 up to the morning of the failure. The collapse involves a loss of 1,800,000 in addition, equally divided between them. A tabular statement of the actual losses involved in the failure now stands a follows:

Bank in the

3tatar McGeoch .. tl.05O,S0O Daniel Wells Jr........ ..... 5S,90 Failed for Peter McGeoch. ........ .... 800,000 Daniel Wells Jr 80,000

Other

3. M. Bail

XeGeoch WeuS .....

.3,400,000

. 160,000 Ol608

HoUev A Ann 50.0ml

Tslwr Wilson 40,000 X. B. OrafU A Co 30,000

..... so,om

BmsLbhtaer..

A Ansa...

Onnd total a,73,0M James W. Sheahan, one of the ablest writers connected with the Chicago press, is dead. He was the founder of the Chicago TIm, but for the lass eighteen years had occupied the position of leading editorial writer for tho Tribune. Prescott BrotherstghoJeabraBd reIvantinM Vnrt Vmnui Tut

Liabilities, 75,000;

The reoent heavy raing in Kansas and Eastern Missouri placed an emhai'gu on travel. The railroads were under water for mOea, and tke Missouri quartet of river towns was cat off from the outside world. - The greater part of Grant's Station, Ore., was swept away by fire, causing a lora of lso.ooa Alderman Kelly, of Cincinnati, deifbexateiy shot a wag amnmd Jmmea Toal for exchanging hats with him at a fire-engine

The case against Frank James fox

in connection with the Gallatin

bank -robbery and the Wlnsted train-robbery Were called last week at Gallatin, Ma, and npoa application of the defense wera oontmnedantU Aug. 20. A dispatch from Seneca, Kan., says: Beside the seven lives previously reported lost by the flood near here, particulars have been received of the drowning of the family of John Gribb, living north fourteen milesDuring the height of the flood he attempted to leave Us house with his wife and children. The wagon was overturned by the current and Mrs. Gribb

and all her children drowned This makes

tweive lives lost by the flood m this county. The failure ia announced of the extensive Chicago commission house of M. & Nichols A Co., who claim to have lost 9150,-

000 by the collapse of Peter MoGeoch. Feck & Baaahex, lard refiners, Chicago, have also

tatted for 0150,000.

Morton's block, in Post street, San

Francisco, was i.wept away by fire, causing

a loss of 0300,000 At ftenxx, CaL, tea

building were reduced to ashes, entailing a

km of 070,000.

St. Iionis has prohibited corporal

pnnWimentln the public schools. An assignment has been made by the

Williams ft Stewart Paper Company, of St Lotus, Its liabilities are r-'l 9,500 and its

A gap of 118 miles, which will be

covered about the end of August, is the

only break in the all-rail communication

between Dnluth and Pnget's Hound.

The Kail way Commissioners of Iowa have decided that the samples of traveling

salesmen need not be accepted for fljatlaga

trains, and that the tariff in use for express packages Is a fair guide by which to regu

late rates for sample-trunks on passengertrains. Dalrymple, the wheat king of Dakota,

is in ecstasies ever the prospects of Ids favorite eereal He says the acreage in Da

kota is fully one-half larger than last year, and the plants are so vigorous that an increase in the average yield per acre would

not be at att surprising: He has made a tour

thr)ngh a large portion of Dakota, Minne

sota and Wisconsin, and the indications

point generally to a very good orop of spring wheal SOUTHEMC. Two colored, men named William Hard and Solomon Hewett, were privately assented at Conway, a C Last October they murdered Jeremiah Stalvey, a eountry storekeeper, for' 2& A month ago they swde their escape from jail after killing a prisoner who would not jcin them. The fugitives were followed by bands of armed

seen and Uoodhounda,

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of his opponent, when the fatal bolt fell

and ended the quarrel H. N. Ogden, ex-Attorney General of the State of Ixmisiana, died last week at New Orleans. The officers of tho Virginia Military Institute courteously tender to the oity of New Tork the flag captured from the Sixteenth New York volunteers.

The monument erected to the mem-, ory of the Confederate dead by the women of Kershaw county, & G, was dedicated in the presence of a large assemblnge at Cam- I den. Senator Hampton was the orator of ,

k- . . !. . k! 1 Durbin Ward received !9 Votes for Gov-

scars of war were being obliterated by ,

time; and counseled that obedience should

LATER NEWS ITEMS. The Ohio Democracy met in convention at Columbus -and nominated George lloadlov for Governor, John U. AYarwIck for L'entenant Governor, Marlln D. Follctt and Selwin Owen for Supreme Court Judges, James Lawrence for Attorney Genera, and Peter Brady for Treasurer of State. Gen.

be paid to the laws and the constitution. Wesley Warren, a colored murderer, was lynched ;t Prospect, Tenn. WASHIHGTOW.

The Grand Jnry of the District of Columbia has found another indictment against Gen. Thomas J. Brady, formerly j Second Assistant Postmaster Qeneral, for ' frauds in connection with tb star mat route between Socorro, Hew HexicO, and BaverCity. The indictment was found upon , the evidence of John A Walsh, J, B. Price, i and others.

einor, and, on beiiig' called to address the convention, rebuked his political brothren for ignoring his claims and announced himself a candidate for the United States Senate. Is the third ballot for Senator from New Hampshire, where 163 votes are necessar .- to a cuok) Harry Bmghani, Democrat, re eived 11!) votes, laid Edwin H. Boiling, Bcpubhcan, lia About 1,000 barrels of old Pennsylvania whisky were burned in warehouses at Gibsonton, Pa,, involving a loss of $500,000. Fifteen persons were severely scalded by the explosion of liquor. The Mahoning Furnace -Company at

completed BerdelL who had

pleaded guilty and turned State's evidence, came into court the osher day, accompanied by Messrs. Merrick and Ker, of counsel for

the prosecution, and asked permission to

The last scene of the star-route farce ' T anassurnmonu

wm. x. (Jook 02 uo., straw-gooas manufacturers at Foxbore, Mass., are ih- ' solvent. Tneir liabilities are placed at a00,ooa I At Wheeling, W. V., a reservoir of

withdraw Us original plea. Judge Wylia . natural gas Was struck by well-borers at a

allowed it to be done, and stated that, as depth of 810 feet, the names when ignited the other star-route operators had been ac- 1 rising thirty feet in the air, quitted, one man could not be held guilty of Telegrams from various points in conspiracy. A nolle proa was accordingly ( Germany announce disastrous floods, entered, and BerdeD retired. The Nevwla, whioli left Washington telegram: Tho fate of Queeustown for New Tork, among other the RepnHican party and the destiny of passengers, brings 871 Mormon converts. itouinry,aceordhuto 8ome of Dttrsey's , Care the Irisn informer, has been

SJvZZLT , .T" formed that he may remain in Dublin

u, Mmm.umm m null avoraw m ui ujunratte cotrespondenne which he claims to have recqtvtd as Secretary of the Bepublioan National Committee, and to have retained as his personal property, and that correspondence is to he published in chapters, as bis purpose or his malice will be

served by It.

xne uourt of Alabama uiaims ( decided that British sabjesta living in the ' United 8tatet: 2nd sailing on the high seas under" the American flag during the rebellion are entitled to compensation for losses suffered from Confederate privateers. Thomas H. Tullock, Postmaster at , Washington, and Gen. Charles Ewing, of Ohio, a brother-in-law of ' Gen. Sherman, '

have passed from earth.

pouncAXt The HliniB Democratic State Central Committee, recently in session at Springfield, authorized the Hon. John H. Oberly, its Cliatnnan, to appoint a commit

tee of four to act in conjunction with hint-

self and Mr. Gondy, the member for DUnoia were """"B eproperuei uesoyeu. of the Kattenal Wminittee, to secure the,e.0t0!10der",?o,a1

without police protection, or proceed to some of the British colonies. An American horse, Xiorillard's Iro quois, which was nominated by the Prince of Wales, won the Stockbridge cup, beating Magician and the marvelous jockey Fred Archer. Lorillard'e M-nraa also won the Jw; for the Johnstone plate, The latest reports concerning the British wheat crop are rather discouraging, The early autumnal sowings promise fairly well, but the others are weak and thin. With a line summer the c op at its best will not exeeed the average of the last seven years, There is consolation for the British mind in the fact that the apple-orchards indicate an unusual yield of cider. Dr. Knickerbocker, of Minneapolis, has accepted the Episcopalian Bishopric of Indiana, and will take up his residence at Indianapolis in October. Salt Lake City was the victim of a serious conflagration last week. The old Council House and Claws.ms wagon dopot

Were among the properties destroyed. A

selection of Chicago as the place to hold the next Nati onal Democratic Convention The Prohibition Convention of Ohio, in session it Columbu nominated a ticket as follows! Governor, Ferdinand Schumacher, Summit county; lieutenant Governor, H, X Ogden, Hamilton county; Su preme Judfe (short term), 2 (X Payne, Franklin county; Supreme Judge (long term), JX C. Montgomery, Knox county Clerk of the Supreme Court, J. H. Beach Ford, Prebto county; Attorney General, X W. Bosenborough, Fulton county; Auditor of State, Gersham Lease, Hardin county; Treasurer of State, V. M. Whiting, Huron county; Stane Commissioner of Schools, H. A Thompson, Franklin county; Member of Board of Public Works, a Z. Cruzen, Hardin

The Poswffice Department has sent

an agent to sxamine the Niobrara and Bapid City mad route, which was created by Congress on the representations made by Hon. E. K. Va'entine, of Nebraska, That gentleman claims that the hosti'Jty of Senator Tan Wyok to the project springs from personal motives. Mr Valentine admits the absence of population along the route, but insists that ever 50) miles are saved between the Elkhorn vail ey and Deadwood. A caucus, of the Republican members of the New Hampshire Legislature nominated Hon. E. H. Bollins to lie his own successor in the United States Senate. Upon the second ballot Mr. Rollins received considerably lens than enough to elect.

M ISCZXLAHEOTJS. The business failures during

the

seven days ending June 16, as reported to B G. Pun A Co., numbered 186, as against 173 the preceding week Of these the New England States contributed 34; Middle States, SB; Western, 63; Southern, 85; Pacific Btatos, 18; New York city, 11; and Canada) M. . The Alfea Steamship Company is said to have offered its business and vessels for sale for 010, '100,00a A cycle ne at Steubenville, Ohio, wrecked houses, destroyed trees and fences, and did dasiage amounting to 015,000. The southwestern counties of Pennsylvania wore also swept by a tornado, demolishing structures and killing stock At Pittsburgh a fierce rain and hall storm raged, hailstones falling as large as eggs, and cellars being flooded by the downpour: The rebellion in Hayti begins to assume formidable proportions. The insurgents have captured Jacinet and are in possession of most of the western coast An attack from the sea was made on Hiragoane, and the Government troops were seriously repulsed. . His serene Highness Prince and Duke of Took, who married into the British royal family and has ever since been subsisting upon British taxpayers, has been losing

seksaylly oa hotse-races that he has been

buildings destroyed was exploded. The loss la estimated at 100,0 10. The Butte (M, T.) stage, carrying eight passengers, was stopped by road agents, who carried off tile treanirf box and all tho money add valuables belonging to the travelers. In an interview with a correspondent at Tucson, Arizona, Gen Crook declared that Secretary Teller's policy would drive the Chirlcahuas aga'n into the mountains, Whereas now they are ready to rotarn to the reservation humbled in spirit andwcaiy of war. As he holds a portion of every band, he thinks the remaining renegades will soon surrender. The Illinois Legislature appropriated for the next two years no less than 910,370,000, and the levy is claimed by experts to be 0400,0 short.

"Never engage in anything you would not open with prayer," said a strict orthodox preacher. Ho did not say what he would do with a dozen oysters.

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TEXAS STEERS.

A Herd of Them Create a Panic in Chicago. Two Persons Killed An Excitinjt ttttut for the Had Beasts.

IFrom the Chicago Dally News. One hundred and ton wild Texatt tteera making up a herd just received by Libby, MoNeil & Llbby, broko from the driving oor. ral, early on the evening: of tho 80th, and created the greatest stampede and excitement known in tho Stcok Yards region for many years, causing children to shriek and women to faint, and spreading terror and dismay In the southwestern section. This cott'e were driving quietly until Halstecl and Fortieth streets wore . reached' whbn a giant bull sounded the Warfii bellow, and the herd at once took it up. In an Instant horns wont down and tails went up, and with tetrifyinjf snorts and bellows the inad creatures broko. For a moment the people on the streets Fecmed dazed, but speedily gained their souses and lidded shrieks and .veils to thooriesand moons of the cattle. After a concerted tush for two blocks the herd broke and scattered in all directions. A lot of sixty took possession of Wentworth avenue, and cleared the streotof everything living or moveable. At this point George ftweency, a genuine Texan cowboy, in charge of the herd, put in an appeal am-b mounted on a herder mustang and armod with a Winchester rifle. Waiving all preliminaries, Sweeney dashed after the Wentwortli avenue section and killed nine of the animals in rapid succession. Be followed another section down suth street, killing fourteen, and when he reached South Park avenue he put an end to the remaining three. Sweeney took another turn, making a sort of a skirmish detour, followed by hundreds of men and boys armed with weapons of every conceivable sort ranging from a Bridge port sandbag and billy to an old army re voiver, and the stag hunt was fully and fairly inaugura'ed It was difficult to locate the steers, but Sweeney directed his volunteer army to scour the side streets, and de tachments left with a whoop and ayelL The Bringeport citizens considered thft stOers their meat, and lost time in securing in. Within the Twelfth slreet police precinct between twenty and thirty animals were killed. At tho corner of Ashland avenue and Rebecca street, a small, cream-oolored Toxan ran up against a houfo. and was dis, Satohed by live pistol-balls, at Wood and ineteenth streets two were killed .by shot; guns and rooks; a brief but bloody battle occurred at Morgan and Harrison streets, where a big steer fell and broke two fore legs, and was murdered bv a saloon-keeper's ax; Blue Island avenue was terrified, and and one steer clashed through tho showwindow of a small dry-goods store, causing general havoo. Tho proprietor got even by killing the steer, and the neighbors helped dress the carcass and carry it away. The neighborhood of Fourteenth street and Stewart avenue was wild with excltemont Five maddened animals bore down on Mrs. Marv Mulholland, of 430 Rebecca street, ar.d trampled her to death. Tho bodv was removed to tho home of a married daughter on Fourteenth street Another dash of the steers carried them to Maggie Carney, aged 8 rears, on her way home from a Stewart avonue store with a pail of milk and a loaf of bread in her bands -The child stopped, transfixed with terror, and the steers crtielly trampled on her, inflicting fatal injuries. The little one was taken up tenderly, still grasping the milk-pall, and borne to her home on Maxwell street, where she died shortly afterward. Ode of the animals was slain by a street-oar driver, but the others escaped In the vicinity of Morgan and Maxwell Stroets another steet was captured and his head beaten to ia jelly with stones and clubs. At the eoi ner of Halsted and Meager streets Signal Sergeant Fox met four of the stags, and, after a desperate fight, killed them, escaping with nothing more serious than a bruised hand. One maddened creature lumped Into the river at the intersection of Fifteenth street, and was captured by the orew of the outward-bound schooner Winnie Wing. Tho boat was hurried up-stream, and the sailors will have plenty of fresh meat on their voyage At the corner of Bine Island and Center avenues a steer weighing 1,300 pounds was killed bv a laborer with a crowbar. Scarcely had the biute failed when a remarkable scene ensued Twenty or thiity men and women crowded around and began to fight for the carcasa It was skinned iu patches, and while the body was yet quivering the meat was cut off in hunks and chunks and carried off amid triumphant shouts andlaughter. IU less than fit tenn ro'r.uU'S after tbAcroWhar struck the animal, nothing but the .skeleton and entrails remained, and an old woman returned and secured the heart and liver. The sight was little less than diss, gusttag. and the semi -cannibals wore shock big in their blood-begriramed faces and clothing. Mi 8 Gorman, of SS Brown street, narrowly escaped a terrible death, One of the steers entered her garden and she started to drive it outH thinking it was a vagrant cow. The animal lowered its horns and was within six fet tof the terrified woman, when Officer La Plant rushed up and planted a bullet in the creature's brain. Mrs Gorman fainted and was carried into her honse suffering from a nervous shock. Of the 110 steers In the herd when it broke, iortv-three were killed or lost-, and the remainder secured after a night of hunting by the stock-yard moil. One ingenious fellow w. s determined to catch his game alive, and actually succeeded in securing a steer with A rope and tying it fast to the dock at Mason slip, in the south fork. Libby, McNeil A Libby lose abdat 01,000 by the stampede. fKKSONAt ASI OTHERWISE Sib Arthur Sullivan, of 'Pinafore fame, has gone to Carlsbad, Germany, for his health. Bostosiavs claim to have discovered that the ancient ltomans were very fond of baked beans, Ckableb li Bri'sh, the Cleveland inventor of the electric light of the name, is worth 1,500, 000. Editor Warburton, of the Philadelphia Telrgraph, has taken up his pen in the de fense of the sparrow. A persoh with a big nose should wear much hair nt the back of the head, so as to re-establish the balance. M. Jules Verne is said to be seeking election to the French Academy as tho successor of the late Jities Bandeau. Will WaIlace Harvet. the promising young magazine poet of a few years ago, now turns up as a writer on geology. The brother of Robert J. Burdette, of the Burlington Uaiekfje, is to enter the Baptist ministry, having graduated from Newton Wrruis teii days af.er tho marriage of the Duke of Genoa and the Princess Isabella, of Ilavaiia, the young couple rocolved over 20,000 bogging letters. The talk about Gen. Sherman's dubilitadte phys'o d condition is greatly exaggerated, lie has not looked so well iu ten years as he does now. His habits of life are regulated bv the strictest military discipline, and he avails himself of every opportunity to exercise bis muscle. Whjjam H. IIeatty, a weslfiy banker of Toronto, was asked one day recently to lend his four-in-hand to drive t n; Marquis oi Lome and th 1'iincess Louise from their hotel to the race-course. Mr, Dcattv, who had two 01,000 bills in his hand, said: "Not much. 1 would rather tear Uieso notes up and throw them into the street than lend that party my four-in-hnnd." Gen. Sherman has been acting as Secretary of War during the absence of Secretary Lincola A day or two ago a friend asked Sherman how he was getting on. '-Oh," said Gen. Sherman, quick as lightning, "I am getting along splendidly. 1 am now Acting Secretary of War, and for the tirBt time since I came to Washing on there is a port'ect harmonv between the General of tho Army and tho War Department " Mita S. P. Hales, wife of a prominent cltison of New Concord, Ohio, has applied for a divorce from her husband on tho most strange and singular grounds. Slio alleges that Mr. Kales holds fam:Iy worship three times cai-h day, and at every service ho selects from tho Bible suoh passages as severely condemn all manner of sinful acts, then," in the presenoo of her children, he hnrls reproaches on her, making application of tho pas-ages read to her ease. This manner of thus abusing her by moans of Uie Script ni O!) is certainly tho height of rolincd cruelty, and Mrs Sale-), it is said, asks a divorce to escape Kiicli treatment INTERESTING. At' Yaso Min, the now Chinese Consul in Now York, spends several hours a day ovor his ugllsn grammar, lie is rapidly mas ering the Inimunge, ami is confident that, within six months lie will be able to conveist- fluently. New York has nine widows none of whom has a fortune of less than a million To particularize, our are young lo s than fits-mid are i rctty, throo are In Europe at tho pro out time,' and one is ongagod to bo married onee again. A (ievtlbman who recently visited Ex-Gov. Hendiicks at his homo In Indianapolis, found 1dm amuN.ng himself with a white pet iinn-e. He niftilu tho acquaintance of the little cieaturc during h's looont Uluess, and a strong friendship b BjHHOft up between taem,

GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

The Tryst.

Well, thank SoodneiK 1'irt here at iasti and I don't believe I'm Istss The cluck on tlieclmn-h, as we passed, was just abo it strikinireinht. The car canio infernally slow; seemed to be drawn lv a snail. , She'd be certain to wait, I know, but I never like to rail To be hsre riEht sharp on tho dot It's enough fur ner to do To take ehanera of be ng caught In making this rendezvous; It would be c.-trcmoly unkind to keep her waiting alone; A f How, you know, doei-n't mind, though Its rather cold, I'll own. It's a aort of silent cold; n keen wind to bring the tears. But frost that takes active hold of a fellow's feet and ears; Why, even tho black, naked trees seem to sMwtt I sup:oH" . ... They're stiiTl l,y a very alight breeze, that ghost 1 ke anWiv I lirjn po. And, by Jove; It 's Kcttinic tunc for her swuetirosa toa.p"ar! . She must, kaiw, very well, that I'm impatiently waittni; here. And life it too abort to allow the minutes that make us old To It' l"st as I lose them now, in the moonlight takhwcnld. , I didn't coiao iullineout here In a car for the delimit Of adi rniiur tho landscape drear for an hour alone to-nisbt.' Can it be 1 have made a break and got here an hour Umi soon? A look at my wateh I will take; there's light enough f i om the monn: What's t lis ia my iockct? The mystery clears, but great uaUui fail ! TIs inv note appointing th tryft, which I'd forgotten to mail, Hasina J'unt. Chum: iu Matrimony. ' Another discouragement that Dr. Dix miirht have prescribed for divorce ia persistent, unselfish intention, on the part of married couples, to.be companionable. Companionship is the basis of all lasting unions of male and female, even among the animals. It is quite true that most married couples were originally tnismated, but no foot is better known and recognized, ontaide ot family circles, than that extreme differonce of intellect, taste acquirement; disposition and nature, are no bar to the most delightful and enduring friendship, unltews, in one person of the other, thore are positive vices or selfishness that prevent fio formation of any true and honorable bond with ttuy man and woman tr) perpetuate alia perfect their union by mutual and persistent devotion toward each bthor. But Dr. Dix had indirectly discouraged this in nearly all of his lectures. His injunction that wives shall bo obedient to their husbands; his reprobation, or at least suspicion, of modern women's desire to lie well informed on subjects of which their husbands talk; his criticism of who are not content to be housekeepers and nurses and nothing more, arc all calculated to make women the inferiors of their husband, and consequently to a groat degree uncompanionable; The lecture might justly have given liis male prtrishioiiorSj respectable and otherwise, some hard raps, for the custom of many of thend is to devote the better part of tho day to business, mo.-t of tho 1-emaiuder to their male acquaintances and only their stupid hours to their families. And, if marriage is the holy institution that preachers proclaim it to be, why did not Dr. Dix blame the clergy of all the churches for making its duties and blessings tho subject of frequent sermons and instructions? Sermons on regeneration, adoption, sanotification, total depravity, redemption, back-sliding, malice, envy and uncharitableness abound, but what veteran church-goer has heard, during all his life, a dozen sermons on marriage? SaU-UiUes Of BcaUty, "It is & curious and striking fact,'1 says an Eastern correspondent, "of which intelligent men take notice with a mixture of envy and jealousy, that women qf.In'gh culture ami endowments so readily accept the attention of fashionable bobbies. I once asked a charming miss, who was no oxception to the general rule, the meaning of this, when she replied that ladies were fond of receiving attentions, and so long as they got them they were not so particular as to the source they came from, "Beside." said she, "however excellent men of sense are as husbands, they make very indifferent beaux j they are so dreadfully in earnest in what they say or do, and overpower you so with their sense, that it is positive relief to turn to one of these more amusing tri' flers." "Well," saitt I, a little nettled" by this explanation, "if sense is so little appreciated, teach me to talk nonsense, that I may make myself more agreeable to you." "Oh," said she, "yon are doing very well already. But seriously," added she, "the greatest objection to sensible men, next to their being so few in number, in that they prefer to be the slaves of their own whims rather than of our.s. A man of sense enthrones one among us as the queen of his affections, and restricts his attentions to her alone, while every one of those ' dawdlers,' as you call them, is the loyal subject of at least a dozen, who. however, never permit him to approach their throno but to bow before it, and to bear away their commands." ' Women at a tire. Anyone who has failed to see the average woman at a house burning hasn't half made the acquaintance of the "rum oreeters." Thoy have a mood for every occasion, and half a dozen for a fire. They will whoop and yell like Ravages; will rush back into a burning building to savo a bang, after having been brought out in abject terror by a fireman ; will stand out in the middle of the street, and shriek, as if frantic with I'ii'ce: "Why don't the firemen come! It's an age since the alarm was wn sounded! We shall all be burned iu our beds; I know wo shall! Oh, dear! oh, dear! ! will they never cornel" Then, as an engine dashes up, in less than two minutes after tho alarm was sei.t in, "Oh, you've come at last, have you ! Why didn't you wait till wo wero uil burned up!" At a.rccent fire, discovered in its ine'pit noy, an alarm being given without ilcb'.y, a woman came rushing frantically out of the house, and in tones of wild entreaty, as if hor child wero in mortal porili exclaimed to tho lapidlygatheriug crowd of men and boys. "Won't some of you gontlomon please help me find the imp!" and then she commenced Robbing hysterically. At this moment a middle-aged Samaritan arrived upon the scene, and, in evenly modulated tones, said, soothingly, to the mourner : "Bo calm, madam; bo calm. There's not the slightest danger. I can hear the engines coming now, and in two minutes Micro will not bo a spark in the house." "What do I care for the house!" exclaimed tho woman spitefully. "It's tho pup. 1 can't (boo) iiud (hoo) him !" And then she tore up the street and around tho corner in a search for a halfgrown pup that, frightened by the racket, had hidden under a lounge, while the gentleman of soothing speech turned sadly away and quoted the philosopiottl remark of tho "man with the stubby beard," "rum erectors is wimmin." Cihis of Other Lands at Work. The theory that girls exist merely as lav figures to display lino drapery and to' look pretty is not entertained amoug half-civilized or savage tribes and nations. Tho eccentric notion still provails throughout Asia, Africa, and in somo parts of Europe and America, that they are born to labor. In Turkestan anil on the Tartar steppes the Kirghose Sultanas and their daughters, and Princesses in whose veins flows the blood Qt log liuoa oi King, etill wilk

the sheep, cows and goatst and porform the nlenial offices of the household as the Sanscrit inaiden did 8,000 years ago ui the same ldcalitiesi They cook, take care of the ydur.ger children, Wake garments, cure the nkins of wild fowl with the feathers on for caps, spin cotton, weave cloth and tan leather by means of sour milk. In this delectable region the mother wears .rich attire-, while the daughter goes, in humbler wefecls like Cinderella. If there is apiand, the mother plays on it in the front room of the tent while the daughter brews tho koumiss, stews the mutton and broils the .camel chops in the back kitchen. This is the benighted condition of jpatriarenal peopU Who adhere .to a nearly obsolete theory of filial duty. Similar ideas . prevail throughout India, , China, and among the. native tribes of Siberia, who have been driven qortlivard by aggressive, neighbors. The Tuugusian girl gathers, the snow, melts it, makes the tea, and tho fish soup, sews) and', being skillful iu archery, helps i keep the lardei supplied with gamo. The Yakut and Saiuoyede maidens, and all those whq dwell along the Aretio ocean, help in summer to lay up winter supplies, and in winter to perform all necessary domestic duties. The Abyssinian girl grinds corn in the s mple mil's in usij iu that country. The Kaffir girl weave.1 baskets and draws water. The girls in other parti of the dark continent pulverize the grain, weave mats, make earthen vessels and are the hatters oj their tribe. The theories of the tribes of Asia and Africa .ire shared by the Indians of North ard South America, Who compel the yrting girls to learn the duties and hardships of life at an earLy ago. San Francisco Chronicle.

0CB YOUNG F0LK& A Rbjrcm About BabioM Copper-colored, white and brawn: In the woods and in the town. Far tord the Northern toti Little babies romp add roll Little baby Esquimaux) In a world of ice and snow.

Little Chinese babies, too;

nana une unarur ana uni Look in babyish surprise.

Want Che China and Chi Chung Lod,

From their narrow Almorid-ey i

Learn as little liablei i can ., it. To hold their chop-sticks; wave their fan. To eat their plate of snowy rice, And now and then a roast of micol In a sunny island home', , Where the great ships go and come. Babies frolic in the breeae,; Underneath the orange trees. V I v . I Where the starry heavens span Waving palms of HindoitanTIn the land of gems and elik. Babies sip the cocoa-milk; Play wi h ivory rings knd balht By tbe'fearfnl mountain walls; Ride with baby merriment On a tall, tame elephant, English Iwblee sweet and fair; Germans with noft, flaxen hair: Dark Italians with mamma Floating in a gondola. Babies diamond, pearl and opal. From Norway down to Constantinople: Precious Jewels everv one, Tho dearest things beneath the sun. Bat which of all that I have told Is sweetest, dearest. Just pure gold Made of many mingled charms? Why, of course the baby in my arms. Jfr. At. F. Butt, in I outh'n Companion.

The Squatter Caught The descendant of the' old squatter can be very accomm xlating at times; but the time must be very favorable; His evasion, even of the simplest questions; illustrates a peculiar humor; repaints a, fancy handed clown to him. . The other day, while the proprietor rjf a very, retired piece of batUy-improved. property was steading at Iks gate, a gentleman rode up and pleasantly bid the farmer good morning. "Wait '11 1 fix this yoke-bow," ho replied, taking up a piece of steer-harness and beginning to whittle on it, "an' I'll answer yo' interrogation pints." After whittling awhile longer, be added, "How are ye?" "I'd like to get some information " "Ain't got none. Never went to school a day in my life; "jut my son, Nick, is a snorter. He ken gin yer all the information ye want. He 'lows to teach schodihoxt falL" "YoU evidently dc not catdh my meadbig. 1 want to know " , Tell ye I ain't eddybated. Beckon I coidd ttdl a man like you anything he don't k:iow?" . The gentleman, more amused than annoyed, said: "You are a prominent man in this community, I suppose." "Now you're hitton me." "Take your drir k regularly, and attend ohurch when you plea-e, I suppose?" "I'm a little shiky on the church, but act mighty natehul when drinktn' time come. The ole woman makes the soap, an 'tends to the church, and we boys run the whisk v. But I ain't got a drop now." "Are there any blind tigers in this community?" "Cap'n, It ain't wuth while to fool with mo. If thar' j a blind tiger anywhar near here, I never have hearn him howl.1 "How far is it to town?" "Thar ain't any town in this country." "I mean the Court Honse. I am the Judge of this circuit. Good day." "Oh, Lord!" exclaimed the squatter. "Hole on, I'll tell you anytliing you want to know. But Fm the biggest fool in this country. Gome back and get some lickerl"and turning, he ran into the house and said to Ins wife, "Give me a nuther shirt and a jug of the stuff. I'm the blamest fool in this section. Talkin' to the Judge, and didn't know it. Got to lay in the wood's now till court's ovor. Take care of the blind tiger !" and leaping the fence, he disappeared in the Woods. Arkansaw Traveler.

The Oldest Railway Conductor in the

United States.

Conductor William Coulter, who runs j the

the fast morning express between New York and Philadelphia, on the Pennsylvania railroad, has been a railroad passenger conductor for nearly half a century, and is the oldest conductor in ptint of active service in the United States. He began railroading when there were but three railroads in the country one in South Carolina, one near New York city and the old New Castle and Frenchtown road, on the route between this, city and Baltimore. He was one of tho first conductors of the old Now Jersey Transportation Company, taking charge of his first train, which ran lietween Newark and Jersey City, in 184.0. "Kailroading in those days," said Mr. Coulter, "was not so comfortable a business for the conductors as it is now. We were compelled to assist in braking, help the baggage-master and not infrequently lead a fight against the roughs who insisted upon riding for nothing. Iu place of tho splendidly upholstered saloon cars now in use, connected with tho. engine by a bell-rope, and with patent steam brakes, we ran compartment cars, after the English fashion of to-day, with the passengers facing each other. There wer a no cushions nor any backs to the seats.- Mr. Coulter says that less than 300 passengers daily constituted the entire through traffic. During tho forty-three years he has been a conductor, Mr. Coulter has ridden not less than l,5O0,00C miles in New Jersey and hundreds of thousands more in Pennsylvania, and has attended to the numerous wants of over 4,000,000 passengers. While ho was on the Jorsey City and Newark trains he ran 100,000 times between the two cities. For twenty-five years his average run per day was 128 miles, and ho now averages 1K2 miles per day. Mr. Coulter looks as if he were good for twenty years more of service, although he is nerly 70 years old. Philadelphia Record. The Hot-Water Remedy. In the IFoWd of Science a physician advises beople not to take tea or coffee after dinner or ot breakfast. Cocoa is recommended for breakfast for those who ean digest it, but hot water is bettor. Thoso who dine lato, and need a diluent drink an hour or two afterward, but cannot drink tea on account of being kept awake by it, are also counselled to use hot water. "I find," he says, "that dining solidly at 7 :30, and ofteu needing to work from 9 to 11, a tumbler of hot wafter brought into my laboratory is the liest drink, and, after a few evenings, w 11 bo as .much rolished as tea. The hot water assists to complete tho digestion of residual food, nets upon tho kidneys, and will be found to wake one up without injuring the stomach or keeping the brain awako after bod time. In cold weather warm water is the best drink at dinner time, and iu hot weather is wholesomer and more -rooting than iced water." Tun Empress of Austria goes to bed at i) o'clock, and in fond of dining at 7 on corned beef and cabbage. The circus nuuugor, Colo, has made, it is said, 4,000,OCQ( Mlilis only 33 yw old.

Willie's Hirst Party. "Yes! there was quite a commotion! Let toe tell Jrou about it. You see, the door bell rang, and a little missive was handed in for Master Willi Grey. We all pushed to see it opened rgrandnrji; aunties and all (I am the alt) Mamba drew forth frbm the envelope .the' dainty little card announcing that two dear little girlsStella and Itosie Qlds would bo happy to see her little boy at their party; on Thursday evening; and so the . pet of the household received his first invitation: He was to make his debut, so to speak; Willie himself was highly delighted, and thought, of course, there would be no lion in the way, but mamma saw a great many lions, and they were xuite formidable. "Of course he will go, Eleanor," said Aunt Lulu, very decidedly assuming the role of mentor. Grandma, excitedly seeing an objection in her daughter's face, spoke up : "Go, why not? What is there to hinder, child, I should like to know? "Now," said mamma, "don't att of yott get excited. It is Very nice that Willie is invited, but at the same time I don't thiilk he ean goy and at this sentence of doom, Willie's bright eyed fell: "How silly!" exclaimed bis Aunt Nan requite, contemptuously. V"I should like to know the reason why?"

"Well, you see," mamma said placidly, "his winter olothes are not quite fresh enough, and the weather is very cool I should not dare have him

change to anything thinner." "Just as if he could not put on heavier underwear. I declare, sister," continued Miss Nan, "I think it would be perfectly cruel to disappoint him."

"Another thing," said mamma, "I

don't like him to go out in the evening,

without me, and I could not possibly go. He might get overheated and take cold, and then I would never forgive

myself; indeed, 1 really see so many reasons for not accepting the invitation that we will not talk about it" And so the family committee were silenced, each one, however, solacing herself with the thought that there were several days yet before the party, and much might happen in the meantime. In the evening, Willie's papa and. his Uncle Ned came home, and they were duly apprised of the invitation and

greatly admired the daintily-decorated card. Immediately they enrolled themselves on the committee, and decided quite peremptorily that Willie ought and should go ; still mamma maintained

her position. Sleep soon came, however, down on the excited household to ease the burden that this little episode had rolled upon it. Quite early in the morning, before the sun had peeped from behind the clouds, Willie's big black eyes were wide open, and his face was unusually

j thoughtful. At last he softly spoke to

the dear sleeping mamma. well, mamma. I don't think I have a single

spot on my clothes; you know, you said I had been very careful." - "Why, so I think you have, dear; you are the neatest littlo boy I ever knew." "Well, mamma, I thought if you brushed them up real well that maybe I might go to the party?" Mamma smiled to herself, and thought she had been quite entrapped by ner wary little son. She had often told him that it did not matter what he wore, so he was neat and clean; and now, to bo quite consistent, she must maintain her position and show that she really meant what she said. So she thought it all over before she rose, and she decided, that if possible, the darling should go, even if he were to appear in his winter costume. But in the evening papa came home with a large package, and there was much whispering and smiling, and at length Willie was invited up to his mamma's room and tho door was shut. The curious family down stairs were at last enlightened by the appearance of the pet, clod in a bran-new spring suit, pronounced by papa and TJnele Ned decidedly nobby and just the thing for a boy. But when, a short time after, he appeared again in the cutest sailor-suit imaginable, it captivated at once the hearts of the ladies of the committee, and there was a division. "Too babyish," said tho male members, and "p'orfectly lovely," chimed in the feminine voices. Then a wonderful discussion and examination followed, all the pros and cons were duly set forth, and at length, to the great delight of the smart masculines, the nobbv boy's suit was chosen, and they were happy. Willie himself was charmed, and felt that one lion was removed from his path, and the dear boy's spirits were exuberant all the evening. The next day was memorable as a shopping day, and tho evening before the important one found a lovely soft gray suit, long gray stockings, cute Newport ties, rose-colored bow and lace collar, all nestled lovingly together on the spare-room bed, looking for all the world as if they ought to belong to just such a dear boy as our own splendid Willie. In the morning at breakfast Uncle Ned said in a very matter-of-fact way : "I will hurry home early this evening, Eleanor, so as to take Willie to the party. You know you promised I should." "Oh-l" exclaimed Lulu, "no indeed you won't, Ned; lam going to take him myself, I thought it would bo so nice; I could stay with him all the time and should on joy it immensely." His papa watted until they all were through. At length his voice was heard : "It is very kind and good of you all, but it seems to me that Willie has rather more ehaperones titan ha needs. I will take him this evening." So the momentous question was settled. Sweot aa a rosebud "juat washed by a shower," and dainty and faultless as if he had just stepped from a picture -was our darling aa he mode his appearance in the library and submitted himself to our admirina irlanees. His pan just

Um drT uj, and, tfter hjs otoo

. . . MP:

was carefully put to, and adviee for the last time by the anxious mi?rHs;, Willie rode dff in triumph to the party. All evening we" were quikHed and nervous, wondering how ttuj a&tri Wf would get en with a hundred other little people like himself ; and long before UU time for him id return we were hi a stU of expectancy; His mamma sUttone herself at quite an early hour at the win dow, ostensibly to enjoy the moonlight; but whether she could tell ntuch afters Vard bf the floating' clouds and thd silvery .effects rjf the m8dn oh the liodscape, I cannot affirinC , When at Jength tb!e daw yoSoe.waij heard, . all rushed and nearly,, ovepf whelmed the, little tired party-goer ii4 amid questions, and; happy little Mplui he was borne tnmphantly to, hfff mamma's room, and during the process of disrobing, the busy tongue was ponring out all the delight and wonder of the evening.- ! v .'',; t -v Oue by one we left him, and the last sound I heard was his low dreamy voice talking to his mamma,- who was so happr to feel she had given so much child ion joy to the darling of her heart. Do you wonder there wm ft slight ripple on the surface all the week? A Ionker (hat lived la a CasiJe. Many years ago we lived in the Tale of Wight, England. About eight milea from our house was Carisbrooke Castle. In the castle lived a handsome old door key. His name woe Jack. Ha had lived iu that grand old place Sat nearly . thirty years. In the castle was a Very deflO wnij,. Perhaps VSu will trnrJss now whv'JatOt

lived in the castlts; The well ig JOU feet deepj and I don't believe -We should

ever have tasted that bright, spark

water if.it hiittut been forgot Jack's heln. tie likt stonsirito'i

iiindlass-wlieer. . Patter;. rtattoJ? '-8 little .hoofs for a minute ,bt two", turik the big. wheel; and up come

Euckotful of the best water, you.revw: . tsted:. Then Jack comes ont of.Ui great wheel: , The Children ait.gaihef around and pat and pet him; We;te4 . him with the cakes; apples or, btynchaf bf water-cresses brought on purpose for . "dear old Jack." !, No wonder the "well-donkeys" air; ' fat and jolly, and live to be old. ' Th. well-keeper told us that one ha4 tfvwl to be 50 years old, and another 40 years, I shouldn't wonder if our friend Jaek .

lived as long as any of them. In

mer a great many visitors go to i

xamons ota ouuaing, wnaus era and the famous old donkey that ft caetle, Our LilUe Ones.

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WB1 Uvsste

A Story of Bishop Peek.

.An incident is recalled of

Bishop Peck that made natitii

at His expense oyfer thirty years I

a clever . tr ek oi, the undergrade

tsJir-

perpoarajMcr

.r

'mi. Ab iiawh&v-v ' tfrnnMnsTifitoiftfr1

C .,.J6iF

boys of Dickinson. College;

annn after his aitraw n Ht ha lmai

of the devisers of the scheme. Is h: : - ,uin 1L. Tt-ll.: - -

Staunton, Va., the seat of one 'of iflslp three State lunatic asylums. "Wnflft f President Peck Was on his way to-th;' conference the young roseate. ift'jSSt'1' College of Carlisle wrote a ktter,to.UMr Superintendent of the Staunton Aisyv -lum, stating that ft lunatic haoe'iesg!: from confinement-in Pennsylvaniftii . very large man, very bsld-heaoe wm great round, staring blue eyea, wfcpe v' special form of mania was that bsWftw a Methodist preacher and Preskiem of' y-.: t ! ffthA'i1 -

the conference, to wnicu lie lanctea o : belonged. He answered to the njMne'- -'-: and title of "Dr. Peck." The friends off this unfortunate gentleman would lie exceedingly obliged to the 'Staunton Superintendent if he would watch the X cars, and, if the individual described made his appearance, quietly take- . charge of him and keep him; under wr. Inm ro&traini-. till ttnflMt friend .1hflinla'.3f-

Hon woumi ue Kuuipwy unm. -

Superintendent was on nana ftt

time indicated, singled out his readilv. and courteously addressed

"Dr. Peck, I believer fm,mmf-k "President of Dickinson CoUefe4?i4: " Yes, sir." "I have a carriage . Witt

for you." "You are very land, said tM unsuspecting stranger, as he took nil

seat in the vehicle and was forthwith; r whirled off to the lunatic limbo, where ' he would have been incarcerated a . dangerous maniac, if the preexdwie of : the conference had not m tof errand assured the keeper of old-dominion ' y cranks (mat the Falstafuan doctorwas ' as sane as the average of humanity ftnA only the victim of ft ridiculous jokeff j tv.; The Handsomest Hen inF$ftji0.J , . Nowhere in all France can C. 5 men with finer or more robust frtaMbf or of handsomer features- th-n . Lower Normudy. As A mtiMr of . statistics, the men of the CMenaV ' v though unable as a.body to stand back to back with the men of the Doubs and Jura departments the descendants of. the "sven-feet Bnrgun.lians" hftvn. it seldom to be excluded from the ranks of the French cuirassiers on thegronnd "' of insufficient height As ft matter . el - ;

personal observation, it is sufficient to . visit Bayeux or Coutances on . market. , days to be convinced thftttttMV'fS athletic-looking formers who -ftWggg over the sale of their stock m&km: belong not to tho conventional Frnek:; type, but to a wholly-different one, ftinj

tnat 4Utonio or cjcanuiuavmu. w jpoint of complexion," too, we notice,: least in certain districts, ft like cospv formity to the Northern races. Antong. the factory "hands" of St. Lo and thnw'.V artisans of Coutances large pwpo . -tion are found to possess the fair

ores light hair and blue eyes J ftj0 long visage which are the ohairMteristtosf -. ' of the Danish and the Norwegian type?-

And the fact of those poouliftritmlJB

rendered the more conspicuous when

we contrast with the doduIswMS of

these towns and neighborhoods' ttaMnt

Granville distant not twenty nuins

from Coutances where the pffWBMft

of a dark and wholly-dissinulftlf ypn ; suggests the presence of ft essoins) colony, possibly of Basque OrtguVBritish Quarterly Berne'. ,g Swapping a Jackass An- a 49Q t&kjM

Henry Clay once owned the los.iftffejss joining the White House ia Wasbinttej.3 and Commodore John Kogera Wftfttedlll it, but the old Whig pj8wiste i fused to dispose of it On his .ejpragg from the Mediterranean the Oonttnow dore brought in oue of hut veela ir4tij Andalusian jackass which Clay Mktf$Jgf for his Kentucky stock-farm. All 1mm offers were rejected, until one dey'-t' Commodore said, in a joke : "Yon jjSJil have him for your lot oppotb White House." Done."!SM plv, and the animal was shipped gM Kentucky. The Commodore baiMittjSgffl now-historic house, which QuoitgOTlI Seward occupied during the war. nS Payne endeavored to assintejl on the night when President JjBWWg,g was shot. The lot is now v ;5 $40,000. Pittsburgh BF jt Thev tell good joke down in da of a shark that was swunnfcS a schooner and ftuapped nps&MagE ionk that wna aelniftHWSr

overboard. An honjfs saft '

alarm went ofT, 4 shark were musl to-

The.d