Bloomington Progress, Volume 19, Number 1, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 March 1885 — Page 4
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THE NEWS CONDKNSBD.
Thomas Parish Shexmax, a New York lawyer, was nrreoted in Syracuse at the instance of the heirs of Hamilton White, of -whom his wife is one. He is charged with squandering $1,000,000 of the estate in Wall street At Batavia, N.Y Deputy Postmaster Ferren committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. A shortage of f3,000in hut accounts is said to be the cause. Russell Sage, when brought into a New York police-court to answer th ' charge of larceny of bonds, was discharged for lack of criminating evidence. Thb Grand Jury in New York, without unmnumins O'Donoran Boss to testify,
found an indictment against xseult Dudley tar strain it with intent to kill.
The Citisens' Iw and Order League of the United Sates held its sessions last week at New York, the Hon. C. C. Bonney, of Chicago, presiding, in the absence of the a V.l--owl VnIv 1innkkeemr
of the Butler (Pa.) Savings Bank, has do- . . , i . A Ani AAA
campea, leaving a snozaap voo.vjv, whinhhe Inst in oil.
- ATwrtrRH from Pittsburg report thai 70
per cent, of the 7,000 coke ovens controlled by the syndicate are now in operation. tWam. in Hin.Vojl 1nmmmMit in thA tmde.
and all the men discharged during the dull
season nave Dean re-employ eu " " .t.J At... A MsHnir nf Triali lfovoliA-
niatcu uc w amah - - tionists at Bnffalo, delegates being present 'KTas V..-.V r1iion anil Detroit, an
invasion of Canada was projected in case rv - - A ..HA An tliA faa-ill'lan
JSOHalBWU uwin were sou av aaaa. -j" Mrs. John L. Sullivan has filed an npjication- for divorce from her pugilistic
npvuBtr. tun oaja ' drunkard and a brute, and deefcoes that he
has frequently tveaten ana inreawjutKi w uu her. Isaac landauer, dry goods dealer
at Medina, ft. I., ror ine pust iwwuij jtoio, has failed for $30,000. Nkah Williamsburc. Pa., a sled contnin-
iiurnine hovs and cirla dashed down a hill
side and came in collision with a passing
wagon. Alt were wotmue, nva nmw i oasly.
vithout food, end mmey is so scarce that
ginseng and produce pass current. A special measure for relief has been introduced in the State Legislature.
118. Ask Bowliso, be years oia, was
turned to death at Baltimore. Roberta end
Christophine Clay, Msters, aged 16 and 18,
were mtatty Durnea us ireieriiuurs,
Thomas B. Habrisos, of Baltimore,
who was one of the most daring cotton
speculators in the United States, killed himself the other, day rather than be exam
ined aa to his sanity. He made $500,001'.
last year, and just before unnstmas, iosi
every cent or vs.... uysiers nave qunorapieu in nriro at Baltimore, the cold weather seri
ously restricting the supply.
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solved is how he Is to be dropped without
causing unnecessary motion. . . .am. jiuujt v mni n rthinsAm will hrinor suit to re-
nmnnrhr worth tl.000.000 lvittlt itt
tne tjonnstown oHtnct, iu wm
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Ik the District Court in Chicago, after a Mai laatimr fifteen davs. the tutv convicted
J. C. Ma(in, W. J. Gallagher, and Arthur
Gleason of perpetrating election flanas, ..J nnHa Rr HuU. Motions were
promptly entered for a new trial. Mackin .1 laTWniMnp vm linld in aO.000
each, and Gleason in $10,000. Las
Vg&s (K. M.) dispatch: "Later reports bom the murder ot Bon Miguel Hontano and wife, at their ranch at lasnarisa, are to the effect that Jose Gallegos, a raneheroand j t.n lrniow ViMtaM anil Kia
wife in a fit of insanity. After assuring himself his victims were dead, he went to
his own tiome and cut me tnroatwox o entire family wife, two daughters, and a
young soo.Thb right arm and leg of Miss Emma Bond, the victim of the TaylotwriUeHL , outrage, are paralvied, and she can open
ner moutn out smnoenuv wwaummmoywn.
TwnTAws ahont Fort Beno are evhihiting
symptoms of hostility on account ox me Mnt'iW,3ritti nf the Oklahoma boomers.
The troops at Camp Bussell having taken refuge m the fort. The War Denaitment has ordered camps to be
InrnMut Wfatnff fhe hoTtier of TnKm Terti
tory to keep tin boomers away George
A VMWUHJU, WMW .M in T Ua UiJaltiiiian in tnat nf t&BOi from
Utah that the Edmunds law has brad such
msecnritr that business is almost as a
standstill a ad no one feels safe from pros-
Ohio, stoppod their work on finding that
mcynacicm. uie msui umiwih .
log. Tney soon ttiscoverea vcwin n rmir of TevalveTH. and some
an?lr,a?, i .
btnaiars tools. jjjUiegeetion of Oregon and 'WashingloaXjarKory lying east of the Cascades the wiaW- wheat plant is in prime condition, with aj acreage of 3a per cent, greater than at ve5u and in the district the surplus for racortTwfli reach, H is beneved, 170,000 taw. wBBle the Willamette Vallev will have a surplus ot 200,000 tons. .. .The indictMnteUkmging frank James in the r, ;iVConrt of Cooper County, Missouri, were qu.ci-r aoashed at the request of the- pio8cttCtg ttomey. and he is absohitely a free man. z. tt thought that the Governor of Minnesota ?it make a
rCUttlOtftlVU JUL hwabuuww mvmm-awwww. . . . . John B. McLean, the Cincinnati joumaHst.- , j a I M.
nati and Eastern BaOroad, and wfll prompt- j tr assume his new. duties Near Muncie, lnd., s Lake Zrie and Western train was wrecked, a passenger car being thrown against a oank fifteen feet off, injuring several persons. THKBpenaj code adopted by the Minnesota Legislatare restores the death penalty for murder hi the first degree aadrenders murder in &o second degree punishable by hfe innyrisonnient Manslanghter intbe nrst degree is punishable byfive to twenty yeMswriBomiMwt. The penalty for treason is nfe iroirisonraent For bribery a
isnment may be .inflicted not Aeeeding years imprisonment or $5,000 fine, or
joaspiracy ana noei are urmea mis-
nBniBMiMwa. uTOTBg at comes againsc roe person are suicide, homicide, maiming, assanlt, highway robbery, dueling and KbeL Dueling is punishable by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than ten years. The penalty for seduction is not to exceed five years imprisonment or $1,000 fine, or both. The penalties lor body-snatching are the same as those for seduction. Lotteries and other methods of gambling are MMAiAMi ttnaonsft A nmt n fl-Fin va.w
lsonxitinc is nxeaior arson, ana Maeicis punishable by ftve years' imprison-
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gVM, AVW-U-BVUB WJ VHm UV marry persons divorced for other than Seriptnial reasons, nor the guilty party who shad been yo f ge.
iSsl'chebaiise. 111., at midnight.
arnuier train on the Illinois Central Bail
road was brought to stand by a broken truck. The New Orleans express, closely following the passenger, also stopped, buta freight train, coming after, dashed into the express, wreekiagthe rear sleeper, telescopzjlZ. , anri Aivinff them forward
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GUUlSiUH Ww O John A. Mclnnes, of IngersoB. On-
msubnity Hum, ms mwm .
engers were mjureu, wdb
v a tfi Ttknne ine un
v mUmim vnt fn show that
nassenoer and exnress train employes
had taken no precautions to guard against the collision F. Hemple, a savmgs banker of Bower Dam, Wis., who lies in jail on charge of embezzlement, owes nearly $60,000 to German depositors, and has surrendered to-his assignee propertr valnbd at $3,900. TTn -n.il hoen onerat-
ingonthe CUeaga Board of Trade.. ..A medical college at Des Moines bought from his mother the remain of. Cicero Jellerson, who was recently lynched fortbe murder of his father The Toledo and IndiarnrpoHs Bailroad has boon purchased fo4hebond-
wash raciroi. Every pension bill reported favotnhl;
inng this session of Congress oy tne in
valid Pea-kms Committee passed thi
House. Of the 1,200 reports made Cowere favorable.
The como etion of the Washingtoi
Honument was celebrated at the nationa capital with great rejoicing on Saturday.
Feb. 21. The dedicatory ceremonies com
menced at 10 o"c!oclt in the morning, uen. followed to the
grounds by militia companies from Boston, V.. i . I u-.A 1 Dj.l,mnHf1 and Phil.
unarwnon, ubiumiu, - adelphia, which were organized from 16 to 1793. Gen. Fitsshugh Lee led a division of Masonic bodies. Addresses were delivered in the open air by Senator Sherman,
W. W. uorcoran, um. vvj, President Arthur. In the Masonic ceremonies of the District Grand Lodge the gavel
used was one nera in iw wb ui wmnjo wnWaii in lavinc the corner-stone of
the national capitoi. On the return march
from tne monumeir xne procession whs re--j.t In ho Prcsiilimt- Tn the afternoon.
r v. K.11 IVi. TTnnoA nf lliwiMaantatives.
John D. Long read the oration of Boberi
C. Wmtnnro, ana jonn v . Awmei uoutomh an eloquent; address.
Gen. Horace . Capbob died at wasn-
ington from the effects of a cold contracted
at Hut monnment dedication ceremonies.
He was a participant in the laying of the
eorner-siono in . no .- sioner of Agriculture under Gen. Grant, and subsequently held a high position in
A Comprehensive Hap, Showing at a
CUanoB too Soene ot juuuuy Operations.
I
Lieot. gen. Sir Geraed orama; Garrigon in Danger of Sharing who was reoentiy appointed to command iwte tewm wg"
the expedition to open up tne Buann-
Berber route, intends apparently to nf arHllerv. Orders have
been sent to the Chatham Naval Depot
to ship 80,000 loaded snrapnet snens a. a Xi- rrn Ava The Wool-
IU DWAIU " J -" " j - wich Arsenal is working night and day
turning out artillery maiexuu mo mire
the lata of Khartoum A Sketoh
of El Mahdi.
,Mfer -rf
EahibltbiB- the Scene of operations
Egyptr rfpar and well-defincel map
destiwWon. It is probable that "P- ll the British torco. ' ..j Aitin, fmm Aunlrin will extend not Mutineas between dtnerent strateKno
more tnan mv luiiuh imuu. i
Tm enianee of the court-martial in the
nf Jnd Advocate General Swaim as
finaUy approved by the President is as fol
lows: "To be suspended rrom rana aw .,-.... iwoim vMkra. and to forfeit one-
barf his monthly pay every month for the
same period. Ctjbbkkcy to the amount of 9110,000 tuarli rlmtroveii in the recent railway
accident in the Diftnet of uoiumoia, dot i k. 'Tw.A.iTirv riAnartment have
identified the charred remains, and the ex-
w.n-n art II aniTAT I1I11V mmnu lUSO,
FrancS E. Warren, nominated by -nLli.,. IfIIiiifIii lis Governor of Wv-
oming. is a merchant and banker in that
Territory.
both:
The first genuine ballot for United States Senator was reached in the Illinois Legislature Feb. 18, there being but two
absentees. John A. Logan received 101 -.. TB- ft Mnrriann 94: E. M. TTttinxg
4; Jame' E. War 3, 1; Frank Lawler, 1;
and Jonn simtn, i.
A dispatch from Portland," Ore., says: 'There is great excitement over the Senatorial election at Salem, Ore. Night before last me joint convention ot the Legislature adjourned without electing a Senator on the sixty-eighth ballot. The customary forty days of fhe session having expired the Dem.tr, j-i.rl 1mt 111 a Tmrialaime was ad
journed- The BepubKcans, however, having a majority in both houses, passed a resolution continuing the session. The Democrats were angry, and determined in caucus -.. . : . - . -1 , .1
to quit tne tary moraer w ww m tiuuiuu of two-thirds. Yesterday another joint
session was held, atwnien out lew ox me Democrats were present. There was- no
quorum, but the Kepuoacans proceeueo w vnt dfdminir that a maiority was suffi
cient to elect a Senator. There wasno re
sult, however, the votes being wjoeiy acat-
A bhsoiutiok' asking Congress to place
Gen. Grant on tne reurea nsi was unanimously adopted by the Illinois Senate. WW. Hm. mAwh! lw a vnl nf SR to
AJH UWWWJ v.warw "J - " 52 to suspend the rules and pass the same resolution. The Democrats moved
to- add Fits John Porters name ana
MKWlha wionlnrllUI act flUHMH fO B COIT1-
mittet. of live. The motion was adopted. by a party vote Three ballots for Senatw wet taken in the Illinois Legislature Feb. 20, every member being present
f gr" rwice reeeivea iw voun, auu hisu 101 MorriBCn had 96. 97. and 98.
The Demoostie Slate Convention of
Mleh:oan met atSav Citv and nominated A.
B. Mot sc. of IordaVior Supreme Judge, and
Charles B. Whitman, of Ypsibnti, for
Regent of the Univeisity. The ureenoacK Q.A. n-HtunSm mol mt TAnflilw hhH a
telegraphic bargain was made with the Dem
ocrats 10 nominate xa. w . rreia ior xieginiH thus eomnletina the fusion ticket A
Jmm iAMM-a a avonn at. fintinoftttM til..
says the Chicago inter Ocean, predicts that
nettner Men. A.ogan nor uoi. niorraou can W. J-Al CmAa. Tl. Mnllcmon
UC VII-MUM UWAHUK AMD A7BUHH.I.H " heres that in case a vacancy occurs Gov.
wiu appuim Miiiqn aay, ox opnug'
decision has been reached as yet, however, on tins point.
In the British House of Commons, the
other day, during the debate on the motion a .nDM Vr mnilntrmA ftftnRAil the SUS-
WA WUO"'. " " pension of William O'Brien, the Dublin
steamer Allegheny, from Cardiff for Ceylon, has been lost with her crew of thirty
personB A house at An le jjaines,
France, has been engaged for neeu vic
toria for Anril.
An account of the battle or Jan. u at
Ahn.Klea Wells, from the pen of Mr.
Williams, the correspondent of the Cable
News, is cabled from London. Mr, wm-
i .,. (hat rnn iTMtE nn di vuk nil luiit .
which came so near being disastrous to the
. v. wn. Mktiun nv inn iivRrciiiuuniaDiu
ATUUaii, wB ."-" '
of Col. xJuniaoy, wno gave ui
i kaaV ami ihn Arabs forced their way
into the square. It was in this charge that
Pol. Burnabv was Killed. Alter una acuou
and the. one near Gubat the wounded sufm a ,-fnii fmm linat and want of water.
Mr. Williams" report is dated six weeks
back. It criticises ten. nraseioy ii"i i
campaign andpredicts tne retrea. m ucu.
sutler, wmcn uv pmo h-ava ADDltlOIfAL HEWS.
'I'hj. Detroit Times, an afternoon
dalbt has suipenled owing toa lack of funds.
Tha r,tocinnati warohouse and man
lactmmpanr aBioininsr the ancinnatl, Hamilton Dayton Kattroad dopot, at ancinnatl, ,.. MmtmtmA a In a well bored for wa'er
at the depth of 358 feet The guanas a pre -
sure of IS feet to the Inch ana tne company are preparing to use it for heating' the kilos.
and ultlma'cly for llgn'mg tne nuuum. While Sabaltino Cialetta, an Italian,
at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, was Ailing a cart with iim atone at the Uosana f urnaos an un
known man cr - wled up behind him and fhot
him in the back. Completely rldung ntsooay with bnckshot. Th renort ahumcd Uhe-
employes, w.io rushed at ores to Cialotta's assistance, but before they reaobed him life wn Aiilnot and his murderer bad Hod,
Cialetta was very unpopular with a n .ruber
of his countryman emplo,odat tie lurnace and It Is suppesed that he was murdered by one of them. A special from Port Towns end,
WnMiuroi Terrltorr. Mvfll The fol owing
are the particulars relating to the flight of
ex-Mayor Thomas Nevines, or Aunan, icnigan About a year aro he cam) hera from
Whatcome, Washtogtoo Xerrlt ry, and enmted in nraetleinai law under the name of
John B. VoorblJ. Sson he beoamo associated with A. Ia Tle. The firm of Teel . A Voorhis
nourished. On Tee'e's election as Justice of
the peace last November the flr a dissoved. Voorhis bcg.in practice on his own account.
After bis di-iappsarance on siuraay
it trautpirei tha: ho wai tho atiscond
OtntS. . , i mlnaAnil the
Auam3 orSJSMte ac'tlve-orVtions In other parts of the held, bat gave
!MtMW AbeS vaenlf 1ST ?ace?g
" i"v . . i.xu. n itainar mn
piuvo njmnA"" r.-.nna That Oflll.
British ana tnen; "Y&d Ms forces
Kunted?:rnooth5
The f iihtre to do this, through unexpeu
treachery or a pomuu ui uu bj - -"-- SSSntteked all his pinna,, and a retrograde
movement became inevitable m order to con eeutrat;e all bis foroes.
1'IGHTXNO IN THE DESEBT,
A Gari lMn In Peril ol Sharing Uie l?at
of Khartoum
A dip
nf n iirl
&dendoWahtrilinanat
latter upon some umwi "--'
aUU UUtl Ul LliU J11 111- I " J ill... .w " - poan colony is fmull and continnall.v changing: for Khartonm Is a pertect graveyard for Ku.ro-
iwans, and lu the rainy season tor natives also, Uio mortality averaging then from thirty to
forty ier day, whlcn implies a.ooo to 4,hi ior the season. Khartoum is tho conuxieroial ater of th-; Soudan trade, amounting altogether to $65,000,000 a year, and carried on by about 1,000 European and tl.000
Egyptian commercial bouses. Drafts ana auis of exchange upon Khartoum aro as good as gold in Cairo and Alexandria, anr: vice vursa.
From official sources i leiraou mar, muiuiy wu-tai-ntui tUU hntfHAA mn.TlV rttf them l.WO-StO fled.
each having from ten to 150 occupants. Btone 11 - . .1 1 1... .. il - .. ,r. ..Ill llll 111 1 H fl
iugs arc, atter a fashion, substantial, tho heuses
ueionging io ncn mcronani neing wry sjwwua and comfortable. There are Urge bazaars. In which is found a much greater variety
ot European and Asiatic goods than would
bo expect :d iu Bueli diBtant regions. In the spacious markct-plaoo a briak trade Is curried on tn cat -lc, horses, caraels. assoo., and bIiami im u-Ril ilh ffraiti. rmit. and otiier asi icul-
tural produoe. Many years ago an Austrian
lloman uamono mission was cswuHneii auu liberallv sepported by the Emperor ot Austria and by contributions from ibo entire Catholic world. It occupies a largo parallel OKrani surrounded by a solid wall. Within thi inolosuro.
in beautuul gardens or paini, ng, ixjim'sraimc, orange, anl banana, stand a massive catnedral. an hospital, and other substantial buildings, Dcforo the people of Egypt and tho Soudan hud been irritated by foreign interferento, such was their perfect toleration and good temper that the priests and nuns, in their distinctive costumes, were always safe from molestation, not only at Khartoum, but even at El Obeid anil tho neighborhood, where the majority aro Mussulmans and the rest heathens. It was stated some months aga that Gordon had abandoned the Governor's palace and transformed the Catholio nvtadon Into a tortrrss, Its surrounding wall and massive buildings rendering It capable of strong resistance. , A WATERLESS LAND. Gen. Colston's Experiences in the Soudan. Gon. B. E. Colston, formerly a Bey in Egypt, contributes a highly in t ores ting paper to the
Amvnres ennfbumdinn in tha hnsiness
portion of the city of Philadelphia caused
a loss of Si2o,ww. rvnile the firemen were buttling' with the flames another flre broke out ou Pice street, lielow Sixteenth, in the residence of John A. King. The family was sleeping in the upper stories of the bonne and was not awakened until all
possibility of esfflse.-bnd been cut
os. Mr. ng aj twtmiiiaSSSa were burned taALvM,. Mrs. Kincr drooned
bar two cbiJ-. hov of 5 and a tnri of
, "T
jLjta Cataract f hV-
lea a ,?r.M
h. I 4fc Cataract .StatUraL laerondii Cataract j lft?iVpxtirtofl TleUwl fr-r-, 10 JLliUs I .iSt Site: d&T NV Kjuuy - CaoTf io ' iT
HWa-.iiiii
the garrison at Kassala with grain. It Is now ?TT . . ,k. 1... -tl nA Iaba t.han :i.f00
Ittraospirea Hta. no wai wiu wixmim bukuumhuuiuihuw . .. . ; ,i. ' F . , . . , . of the liadendowahs were killed and among the ing Mayor of Michigan, who, wi h a lrtton wjghaik ahMoosa.
of tho CttyCounei', issmd city bonds for
water works and sold tne bonds to the extent
of fBOLSOa. This resulted, in those who were
rerninnniblf. helmr found miiltr. Voorhis
claimed that ho left to screen the others as
suming the responsibility on nimseu, ne Do
ing single, while the others were msrr eo. tie
ing single, wniie me oers were marr eu. f7r Kasaui. These measn also states that he received no money for the .f are n 8uspendcd. Kassala is tl bonds, it being deposited in a New York 1 ank city In importance in the Soudan. It . ? . . m iniJaWtanfji The irarrison numljers 3.
in bint for the ollv of Adrian. The bonds
were subsequently cancelled an I Adrian lost
nothing, when he arrived acre no wa re-
oogniKd by persons who knew him in Michi
gan. He convince 1 tbem tnat ne came west with the desire to ledeem himself, hi they
permitted the matter to rest until ais ngniDe-
Mmn hHwn. Rin friends h. ft claim that his
indebtedness, the amount of which is not
known, will be paid in full.
.TniicA Robert Lotran. of Whiteside;
Illinois, a member of the L gisla ureof that
State, dropped dead in the Cap tal at Spring. aM Rtr thn dnath nf Txicrin. the Ifarislature
Jointly stands, Democratic 103, including
Htree er ana Hinra. tne moepenaont uerooorats; Republican 101. In order to elect a
Senator, 108 constitutes a quorum, conseAtunSv t thn Rrmihllnatui wif osw tn vote aa
Jh)v now nronose. the election of a Senator
in takA nlamt nntJll after the mooessor
to Judge Logan b elected. It was ttiought by
the deatn or laOgan ioz wouu oonsuturo a
mnmm. hut it is understood by the leaders
on both sides that such is not the oaso.
On February 10, Cyrna W. Field siiaH fnr Iflwl ft nrv Ibouch r. editor of the
London Truth and publisher ot that journal,
what ntiav iiav anit ror nnet on rieia was
served on A. Oakey Hall, the London agont for the New To k Herald, and another writ was issued against James Gordon Bennet. awwanriAlm. of thn naimA. InnrnaL
A dispatch from Tangier says that the Admiral commanding tb United States steamer Lancaster, which arrived at that tvM-fc m fiw davs axr.-) to sunnort the drmaids
of the United States Consul for the release of
two persons unjustly Imprisoned, gave not m tn tjin tlnvptrnn Ant at Momoon on the
Slat Inst., that twenty days will bo granted within which the pi-Honcrs shoul 1 be iberatamI Anil antnaratlnn a-Ivmii. and If within that
time the deman 's yiere apt e,"c4eutd 'A e mlr 4 wdld"3enouiico the Madrid cnvon-
in of 18S0, and ref r the matter to the Gov.
SlSlll WaB.WB " ,AW. , . . . -
T.je KSSSnla garrison is auyn. i munition, and, as the place is hard pressed by the enemy despite the recent repulse, surrender must soon r jsult unless the garrison is relieved. The difficulty encompassing the gairison or Kassala is increased by the apiiearance of the ItaliacB at Kassowah, which interferes with the
authority or uol. ;cermsiue, u iuih..., an immense convoy, with provisions, munitions-
tne seconu
innrtance n the souaan. a nas ssuro
Inhabitants. The garrison numbers 3.000. hasi A.v ---UAA-.A-i a linn nf Trnitctpr
strongholds of Senhelt. Amdib, Ghira and Gulm ' It A . 1 1 AAha,AiAV-ArAV 4- IfJ A M.1 tl ll t 1 HMQa.
lann, au or wiuoa wwwoiui "'7S'rx
sola nas necn rjesiegea ior hs offered re-enforcements, but tbecommand-
BUI XT31UWW W1CAM,AH W " . Unless either England or Italy now afford . a ,- 1 1 1 alt.w, . ll A TO 1 11 nf
spceuy reiii, awwa um-v Khartoum. .
Oeoa Brackenliury' Advance Toward Abu-
xxaiiicni. A 'ji ...I. A aitn. Him Rmi-ATAnhlirv.
A UABIHMAJ4, aah4a aia " o.j . ' fAmm.nrlar nf thn late Gen. Earlc 8 forces, re-
uorts from Debbeh, opposite Kanlet Island, that the 2lst February this entire force, includ
ing 780 animals, gnus, ana euuiiuucun uuiuiasw, crossed over to the right bank of tho Mle, ready to advance at daybreak Sunday to AbuHam ed, forty miles distant.
Stewart's murder and found some of Stewart s
vislttnK-cards, papers neionaingw to, n A -V.I-A. i.1mt. 1 11 Till1 Wll',11 llllVWl .
The steamer which conveyed Stewart from
&UlSOum U) .He DW WW" wiuiiw..a.n sixteen feet above the present level of water. She Is gutted and filled with sand. The houses and all jproperty belonging to the blind man. Fatal Elman, one of the principal Instigators of Stewart's murder, were completely destroyed.
March number of the Centum, from which we
quote the following acsenpnon m a iwiiiuu a
uie presenii s m . , , . . .if. i. iunr I -a. i ln I thrni uh the
11 nuu iin. i .in ii-i .-w -- - . - - desert cannot form a Just idea of that "ran6
ana marvelous region, w mum """' conditions of life are completely chanjecl. It is essentially a waterless land, withou i rlycrs, creeks, rivulets, or springs. Once away f rom the Nile, the only supply ol water Is derived from deep wclH-few, s.anty, and far apart. . , . . . c . . Al l. i. T ar.
tiOng amngnis are uwiuaiw " - r plored the great Arabian Desert bstween the
three years: nd when I traveled orer the
Huakim route ana inrouiiu minium., had fallen for t wo years. Between the ;-wenty- . i ... -i . i ni.AiniinHi ifunnwi nt latitude it
111111:11 BUU UUO UMlvmiavi. . . never rains at all Water becomes preci jus to a
degree bevond the conception or inoe no u never known its scarcity. Members of the Catholic missloa H El Obeid, where .-ater ia i u i .... i..l II in.. In t.hn dfMAi'rtS. BS-
sured me tha-, the summer before, water had
been sold as ttlgn as uau a uuuui ,tii j . t i ,i.A fin.- iin 11 u that. 1 All not
dried no. When long droughts occar, the alwavs scanty crop of doura tails aw.y from the Nile, and tho greater parts of th nocks
anu u ros pensu, a ,. . part of the i-opulaUon. It follows n ituraUy t a a. 1-1 . a luiimaii thrn,lDn T.tlA
tn
Krlef Siaraioary of the Proceed
in;a of Conei"eii. I A UBTTEii from tho Secretary of War concerning tho estimated cost of the new lock for the Sault Ste- Marie Falls Canal In Michigan vnifl Inlrl ImfnrA thn ClnnntA VaIi 40 Tfc In Aati-
mated that the lock will cost $1,253,400, and additional Improvements for (lecueclna tho canal, etc., itss,RS. A memorial fron;. the Illinois Loglulaturo wis prcxented urging Congress to acquire the ownership ot the shi p-canal connestiag the waters of tho Kowocnaw Bay with those of Lake Superior, and to male the canal free i for the commerce of the lakes. The Committee on Agriculture reported favorably witn amendment the House bill for the protection of forests on the public domain. The Des Motnes lllver bill was further considered, and several amendments offered by Mr. lispluun were rejected. The agricultural appropriation bill was iwsed substantially as it cami. from the House. A resolution was adopted cal ling on the Scotetaryof th- Interior for Information whctUer the subsiilteed Pacltic roads aro operating their telegraph lines in tho interest of the public Notwithstanding the recommendation of tho Appropriations Committee against it, the Senate decided bv a vote of 33 to H in favor of tho House amendment reducing tlio postage upon drop letters to two cents an oonoo. The House of Representatives passed three bills tor public buildings, appropriating $ii1,"00 for Council Muffs, fso.000 for Clarksburg, tnd tl.iioo ooo for Louisville. When tho river and harbor bill came up. the friends of Uio measure, to expedite matters, yieldel to tne Mississippi llivor clause. The Chiilr ruled that the Hennepin Canal paragraph should bo stricken
iroiu uie mil ou mu gruuuii uiv iw-
came proiwriy witniu me junsuiciiuu ui uw
.omnniiiee on auwiy pun .auaib. .. "w.- , -. , . 1 .. -1 f . . 1. rlaj,fal,-in
iiersuu, ui iuh, niniuo 11 -11 11 1111 cmo .. ii-u 1-
I UO UMA1 Ulll WAO lUmittlBCil AW Hlll.w. Long called the navy "an alphabet irf wooden washtubs," and said that scarcely a nation was .1 .. i. .... . II. ..-.l.i 1. A.trl
KU1HIUEBO LUUU W 1V11-11 111.V-. iiAinu)im laughed at the navy and rellslied the sinking ot
tne laiiaiwosa oy acw uargv ao a l-aioiauwii
burlesque.
Veky little business wai transacted in
finmrreia on Feb. ll. the ceremonies attending
the dedication of the Washington Honument
jv-AiiwInir thn attention ol senators ana Hepre-
. - . 1 'fl. L-.-.t - t,nl, . h-lnf OAARinn
sVUIiAatviia. A 11c agua.v ... .- .
which was devoted exclusively to tne poswinioe - : i ill tl" 1. 1 In..-. .11-1 .....!.(.... (a a
appronriaiion win. aihj uuuai; wm..a -
icgisiauvs way.
Besolutions authorizlnf the Indian Com
mittee to continue Its inveBtiga Hon regarding the leases of Indian lands during the recess of Congress and calling upon tl e Secretary ot the Interior for information in regard to the progress -a T 11 -.1 II.. ,n . ..Mail tn In iKu ftjlTI -
ate on Feb. :Si. The bill to tiulet the titles of settlers on the Ses Moines River lands was passed by a vote of 31 toil. It now goes to the House. The postoftlce bill being taken up, 1 1. . ii . ., avratns flirt SAfirA.
i.IIU AAWUOU ,1111. iij.n.. -.n , T . na at,. Tinuunm tn nlfl fn CAivinA-
Mim with nrivate lUXtiCS for Uie
manufacture ot postage stamps, postal cirda, -i - i -..i. ..... Bt-lAlfAn int.. an
SUU OIAUIPWU 1111 - 1 " , 1 r was also the provision for mi extra ten-cent i . 1 -.1 Ih. ..r.iliul fnr anAnlaJ
IKWtcwe raws WI wio ... -- expedition lu delivery. Mr. Frye offered an amendment apnropriatlng tnMN for the transportation of foreign mails. After a long discussion, in tho course of which bitter attacks were made upon tl io proposed donation" to the Pacino Hallroad kings, the amendment was agreed to by a vote of 20 to 18. A resolution was offend in the House ot Representatives instructing the Foreign Affairs
liORUXlUilVU W lllimUAAW ll'- "i"-. " ation by Germany against American products.
ind report wneiner a had mwnuuuAMgu not be adopted by the Unit ed States against i . I , flMnn ThA
..winATitA tn th Texas Pacific
wiiAiiii I... . - - lanii-ixrant. forfeiture bill and toe
anti-toreign contract labor bill were i I.. XI Dukina Int rrwltlfMI a
couourreu in- -ii. - - n. ... .... . . bill to open the Oklahoma lands to homestead
settlement, ine navai appi uiiavvi nm amended by an item ot $1,780 COO for the comple.1 -a. .-1 I 1 - ...1.1 ll. ohaTU.lt. nAAHAA.
uon or a stcwi i uwai aw awn .-. . Mr. Randall's scheme for ths construction of a I.111-..1 A - nnln n t ArdAr. t.lld I ,hlr-
UaVV WBB Allien uu ,na- - man ruling that it was new bgislatlon, and that
It did not recrencn expeuuivuiu.
A mkmoriaii from the Illinois Legislature
ntn.i in aai-Iv and aatlsfactorv settlement or
the Oklahoma question wmi presented in the Senate on Feb. M. Mr. Dawtt said that it was Impossible to open the lands to settlement in tho present state of the tltile. Mr. Plumb re- -. . . . . . i i ri..i...l. .... Im inrttanA.
Who could be easily bouglit out Mr. Dawes asked unanimous consent to sake up the biU before introduced by him authorizing the President to negotiate for the puniliase of the Okla-
nonuiauun iroui nutj iauaaa iiV. and the bill passed. Mr. Cocfcreil called up the
bill providing for the settlemuntor tne claims ox officers and enlisted men of t lie army for loss of rlvato property destroyed in the service pf tbe ! . - - .1 . . . A lllh.,liin t t.Am VABTM fni UalA
presentation of such claims vas adopted and tte
Dill passeo. a luesoavBc waj. ha.iw -- House announcing a disai raement with th; .-i A. .Lu u iiiii-ii ilnrnl bill, and
the Chair appointed jonterroes. The President sent to the Senate 6ho name of Oscar
B. Knickcrliocker to ne ro'iimasrer auro, 111. Conf ideiation of the river and harbor bill i i . I ,u. llniioc. if TtAnrASAntatlVeB.
UClUli 1 itiiii-i-i i u 1 1 in . t . i.hB decialon of the Chairman of tho conimlttoe
of the whole ruling out th! Hennepin Canal clause on a point of order v as sustained by a . . ..... ... ... .1, .. ...1 Dm mriAranh
vote Ol ivy yrAO w ; na)o, - rr'.TA- ."- was accordingly eliminate! I. Tho following
amendments were adopted: urwjtmg jurisdiction to the United States Circuit Court to contemn any real .- A. 1 1 a AjhJtnal Jaa A t ItntlrAVAA
estate or mawrruu nwnw ai -'-""". mcnt authoriwd by tho bilL Providing that the
Secretary or war may ucciumj m "ft""
THE MAHDI. Biographical Sketch of the Ian Who Is Causing England Bo Much Trou le. The following account ot the Mahdi ws drawn up by the late Lieut. Col. Stewart, who was killed at Merawi on his way down the Nile from Gen. Gordon at Khartoum: Mahomet Achmet, the Mahdi, Is a Dongolawi. or native of the Province of Dongola. His
grandfather was caned ranu, auu "v" iiiS
Island ol
lart oi uie j uimui..i-- .. .. i ". -. . . j .iii.i . mii-iAv t.hrn,lirh thft
tnat wnen uauwvAAniK - - desert, tbe iwraniount question is water. A supply must be carried sufficient to last to the next well, he it one or live days distant. It is usually carried in goat and ox skins suspended from the lamels" i-ack-eaddlcs. These arc the water-bottle of Scripture, which
become leaky from wear, anu considerable portion of their cpnteits by evaporation. The first thing after reaching a well Is to ascertain the quantity sad
ouality of its water, as to wre ii.ui -rnav have been exhausted by a pncedlng caravan, and hours may be required for a new surplv to ooxe in again. As to the iuaUty, desert water is generally bad. the exception being when it is worse, though long custom enables the Bedon ns to drink water so brackish as to be intolerable to all except themselves and their flocks. Well do I remember hpw ut each will the first sknful was tas all around as epicures sip rare wines. Great was the o r if it was pronounced 'moya holwa,' sweat water: but if the IlXdns said Wsb tayib.1 not good, we might be sure it was a solntion of bpapm .alts. 1 ho best w-ter is fonnd in natural rocky reservoirs in deep, narrov? gorges where the bun never shines As to 'live springs, I never saw more than half a dozea in .WJ miles' travel.
into
hong, ratio.
dozen other
quite
Ah explosion of natural gBs atWeKsburg,
W. Va., demolisbed two buildings nut
greatly damaged several others, flames add
ing terror to the sitnatioB. Fire mangled corpses were recovered, and two other per- ........ -.::. A A ffAaa livuianA Aaaarb
BUUV WC HUaBKiy , . . .AUiAva vaa. , i -awimb Boofee and Claries Lange bid v ilglit with gloves. Daring ib& second nnuid lnit aahaiV ah O-ISoaVa anJ IimLa BAma av ttlA TuMrkMI
BU(i.a UUVa UMrVVJ OVUIO ws- hcw wwwa in hie hand." Being unable to continue, tho flght was given to Kooke, although be had a AAT Al. .awl A iA. A A. A
IMtUl IKIAAAAIL WAV WVAR ij. tAK3 AtglHfa HnHftiraT (rASWHG and Pepnty Manning: were shot near New Braunfela, Texas,
the ftnser fatally. They were taking James Pitts iTgwr to tbe penitentiary to serve oat Hfe' sentences for rmstofnee robbery, when the prisonexs tamed upon nioAda killiii fhe former, and
mortaHy woundinK the latter. A woman passer ger wiaJiutby a fteWfcdgAToiisiy woxtnded. Tha desperadoes S if 4w At..- : --t AaaT Plain wan
JWHJA3V- "AA uam aaaa . - - overtaken and killed one hundred yards
mm WW will, xeagor, ao ptowaaw.
was puaned eight miles and shot deaa. Whole families in Gilmer. Biaxtoo. Cat-
'Ua-a lnrh wIau.w nnmi a. ma4trAaa
The boy was killed by the foil and the girl badly injur, d. Mrs. King then jumped herself, escaping with some injuries. Mr. aa-- 1 2 A- AI1 T.S. .11. l.A'
JaJJlg Was aOVUc ll) lunun AAA9 WIU, uuv was overcome by the flames before he could jump and fell back into the seething furnace. Miss Hamilton, Mrs.
s sister, new ou to uie
window-ledge at the rear of the house un-
she was compelled to drop, she also Ult..Jl An- U..i,nl.ln Tl.atitnf. at
Ph&RnAAniM lii V. was (iestroved bv lire.
thelossbeiivg lotl.OOO. Seventy-five children were safely removed in their nightl A1 fl, 1 I I. ..ii . .A WaiaA
I-IUAAE. . . . UIaMUB! AtlAJlUlAIAjO AW H". Britain, ., valued with contents at 9200,000, weMi burned. One man lost his life.... Sixteen business bnildingfi at Stanton, Mich., valued at 930,000. were destroyed by lire. Advices from Baton Bouge, La., MRainrt tit, lawnnw nf thA Rfaatw Pnnitentl-
ary. A lire at Texarkana, Ark., destroyed
f 280,001) wor.b of property.
BX a collision of trains at Delhi, unto, thirteen residents of Cincinnati were more or legs injured. . . .Two passengers were badly maimed by a wreck at Locklsnd, near Ciuemnatl. An engineer and fireman were Hlled by a collision near Canajonarie, N. Y., where $100,000 worth of rolling-stock waa destrored Near Uraftou, W. Vs., ' ' . " ... i a T31a:
occur ICO a cmnaioai ui jAHiuAuvre auu uaw traina. Three men were killed and two others were fatally injured. The wreckage on the track was twenty feet high, and a .... a. . wuaiaaJ Ia aaaav. Ala.
ntgtltg WVTU WAV AAJAAAAAAVAA aw UAAAA AAAA,
corpses.
Gek. MoAdahs. or . juouis, form
erly known as "No. 1," believes that Irish
Nattonalists should make efforts to help the False Prophet in the Soudan, and asserts Al AAA.. . I A A JIm,.. I In til nn
aauaa me man who couiokwi guns to the Mahdi Would be doing more for Ireland than dynamiters could effect in half a century. Hok. T. ft. AiiEXANDEB, a member of the Pariiament of British Columbia, stated to a Chicago Titaes reporter that Us people are still greatly dissatisfied with their nohtica! connection with C'atiaiIa anil that
the Chinese have become a curse to British Mil on the Pacific coast. It is aatd that President Adams, of the
union faciao iiaiiroad, considers the retimnent of Oould and bags from the di
rectory mute probable. Io itsaocial circles
eminent at Washington lor turthcr aotlon.
Ta, Aha Uniiola nn Ihn AAt.h flit. thn Tia-.Rlft.
five sppropriiition bi I was taken up and
passsed. Tbe Silver bl 1 was then considered
until adjournment. The bouse spent tne aay
in an souasion u&'aMnurjr vivn upiicviA'tniAWH
THE MARKETB. NEW YORK. Bievxs .( HoobT. w OS. WmtAT-No. 1 Whlto .90 a .SlHi No. J Bed .W C0WI-NO.A f -M OATU-'Whlte M & POBK-New Moss................ W.W m,Ti A nn
VUAVAV WBeeves Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping. Common to Fair Hogs Fumib Fancy Bed Winter Ex.. Prime to Cboioe Spring Wbisat No. Sited
UOBH -Ola 3 OATS--No. S Rye No. 2 BAHure Na Butcbb Choice Creamery Va.. nah-.
CHEESE Full Cream!'.!!!!!!!!!.. .!
HKimmed Flat Eoos Fresh. Potatobs New, per hu Pons Hess ,. MH-iVATJKKE.
WHEAT nO, 3
: was ikAiicu a au.., : -SiNaft Art! (Art! is Donirolawimf
-island"). This island lies east of and opposite Ordi. the native name for the .capital of J)0n. Aola. His father was Abdutlahl, by trailg'a carpenter. In 1832 this man lelt and, went to Bhlndi. a town on the Nile south. Jf Berber. At that tlfnd his family constetear 0f three eons and one daughter, called respectively Mahomed, Humid, Mahomet Achmet the Mahdi), and Nnr-el-Sham Ojgnt of Svria). t Shindl another son wa8 born .. . 1 1. .l.-ii.. l. a. a knu UAhnmeL i i
CaiieU AUUUUall, -I" A wv.i ... -, oUilMO, was apprenticed to Slierlf-en-deen, nncle, a
DOat- ill, WSAAAUai jav uiiii " i
imaiLC DvU .i MiiiHiA v..w ... - WuneltftsaVBs uncle, he ran away to hhar .outn m4 jolnSl the free school or "Medressn-oi a ftUTt (learned man, head of ' drvls!ie8).
who resiaeu av iiokiiju, v'r r-v ;.,j ; Aini to Khnrtonm, This school is attached to th??omSf Sheik HiEhaU, the pstror. saint of IiAU.rtoum.and who is Kteatly revered by the
WaWWS.!1.. .hhha fcins
SttS scbclndfeed .the poor
handsome revenue kuau vuj 6" " H claims to bo a desaendant of the origin Hoahidi. and through hbn of 11ahomeU lKre he remained for some ttoe
studTlnfr religion mo ten.;--- va IWlpin the more
worldly a,i ntto BerbSf .
."'tiOxooi kept hy i
WHOIO MP jaj.A-.yv. . . i ..A A,l.- . .
BhelkGhubusnar i.tw"'" prouaoiy " ,th hiS ,k KortL
oa i,?",."".-!; ts?j ,rx,;',:rnt iioo: oen. Buimr
yUr .".rrr ".r:t. .tunt i.ioo at
6.15 &7S 5.50 m 4.00 (9 I. SO 4.U 0 S.a5 4.00 S 4.50 S.60 100 .80 .81 .M & . .J7 & M .63 & ,H .43 & M M & .S3
.is a
& .13
.os n .09
.26 tSt .VI 12,30 i'JIa.75
rtnisv Ko. a
OATS-No. tl BYE SO. 1 Baihey No. a.. Pobk Mess-....
M & .38 H) .30 IS M &
.31
.VI
.55
13.30 VJ.T5
fAjAjWA 'ATI jABnAA.AAl. AAA AfAliaAlVMU VUuKV it- is leKsrded. m certain that (iouW will re. fire, lha la)y question KmtijjiitAg to
.78 .43 .8U
thi.vti
Wheat-No. s Bed IT Rnnv-.No. i 42
Oats No. 3 so
ATA. AlUUIQi . WHIAT-No. 2 Red .83 & . Coax-Mixed .37 & ,VH
OATS Mixed. w f hvk &
Pork Mess la- 19lW
Wheat-No. ? Red. 85 0 -BW
Conx. . Oats--Mixed .Sg 9 . Poke -Mess. "oo DETROIT. FlXltJB 4.30 3.09 Wheat No. l White . . Coiw Mixed .44 Oats-No. a Whlto. 31 0) . rork Family 13.88 13.00 . ramAHiMii.ia
Whbat No. a Bed, New ai COBM-Hixed St Oats Mixed 33 BUFFALO. WtfBAT No. 1 Bprin s Cobs -No. a OAte-No. 3. ....... ,JS
CATTi-8 BCQa.,i
. RaaIi
Fir Common.
8.T 5.7i
m 7.90 at 6.19
4. IS 4.73 iS &M
Tmi school is .att tol a gS,
venerated by tne natives. aajo u...j4.... ii ,.iJrt six months, completing his re-
1870 he became a disciple of another d-
Nnr-Dalm subsedwutly ordained him
a Bhelk or ai, ",. "Vi. ......
take no Ills nomo iu uj A.11..1H v. -i'.-'-i neir Kana. on thu Wiite Nils. Here he began hv malrlnAi a subternincan excavation (kliativa wj . . , . ..,i.i..i . n., ,in,,.f ),.i, nf rA.-
AKltreavl lUW wmvn .m .1 , - - - tirinir to repeat f or h urs one of the names of
tne Dlety. and this accompanleo oy iastini?, m-
oense-burmng, mw- --
sanctity oy ueswA""Au a. -Iklahomet Achmet became- wealthy, collected . . 1 J , .1 .. I .. -1 .- n nil nf ii-liilIII
diaetnies, anu juauhw orwai ..-,.. v. ....... -- hawas careful to select from amous tho daughtrs of the most influent Isl Bagpara Sheiks (Basgara tribes owning cattle and .horses) and other notables. To keep within the
focalized unmoor dour1 no m harati of divorotns: the surplus and UkiuK ttoom on aaln acconling to his ianCy. Xbont the end of May, ltwi. ho boSan to write to his brother fakis (religious . . . . i. . 1 . 1 .. , - ,1,. U.liili
onlersi ana w iwu iiiwav aw 1 , -'. , ' foretold by Mahomet, and that ue had a divine
rnmlOU tO reiOnil AHllUU, WI I BI.AIIIII'h a umiwaa eauality, a universal law, a universal religion, . 1... i i...l ,iliiinl'-l i lai
ana a coMAiAiuAiAv-ua mwaao i IA).--" -,. . -: that all who old not balievo in him should bo destroyed, bo they Christian, Mohaminndnn, or
MJX. AUWIla UUVjni HO H 1 11 1 11 1" aiaawaiii.
baien, tray HWIUUU ItUU IUHUChmhi im DontrCila, dlroctlnE him to collect his dervishes A..tlAAl And trlAnila unrl In ifiill him at AllbS.
This Bhelk. instead of complying with his reauest. informed the flovornment, doolart .1. I 1 .1 (Phi. InfAr-
mff tne uiau in un. ui. aha a), a 11,13 in.". matlon, along with that colleoted from other quarters, alarmed his Excellency Rcouf Fash, and the result was tho expedition of Auk. 8. istu . In person the Mahdi Is tall, slim, with
a OiaCK DeaVTU AUU 11a ill uiuwu 1.U11AI HAIUW. 1 n.-
mOSG JJOUBUIaVWlll, I1U ICillltt auu "linn w.a., diflioulty. Ho is local head of the Choclan or
Kadnce oruer ot uerviHues, a buhuu ihi.iuvi,ii by Abdul Kader-el-Qhulaml, whose tomb Is, I
letlOVe, at UUII&ll. uubiuk ievui iuo tunmnj of affairs and policy. 1 should say that ho had
COnsiucramo untuiw uaiii.v. aav .iuu..v . which he has manwed to merge the usually V. 1 . 1 I1 . 1 1. . ,,n.n.no I mil
UlBCOni All u iii 1 ni;n iahxoiiuvi iiwaiwvh ah" vi.Ha had probably boon preparing the movement far some time back.
KORTX. TlwPreaent BrMishlii.se of Operations to Kgrypt. Korti, the hea lquartors of Lord Wolsetey, (m whleltl aotot all the different branouesol : the ei -nedition arc orterod to concentrate. Is at Jthe BharnlSndof the Nile where its course for ah?.S7Aice is toward the west. About ftHy es'lKruebbeh. where jtjtaprobl.ble that the whole force -aIU be estoblisbeilatter
it has been lirouuut lOEeiuei jauav.. a. a.vboh the Nile takes rather a sharp .ija md ra- . . . I.. ,i,ii,.ini i-niiTH. This nlsce U
S on tto border of the trftJ?J, bv the Mudlr of Dongola, a Sheik who nas remained steadfast in Ids fricndsblp for andco-oix?ration with the British. Inpeaosf ul times Debbeh is a place ot some importonce. wauSethero tho great caravan route to ii Kind the Dwlout- region leaves tho Nile Md strikes o.T to the southwest across the Bda Desert. Korosko, the other point mentioned asthe locat on of a portion of the .British force Is some -0) miles farther down the Nile, and from here starts the caravan route across ?bi Nubian Desert to Abu-Hamcd. at the sharp bind in the courie of tho river, 180 ml cs abpre
1 rcauiuK auu ttaik- aract, ana ocio iu a ,., " t S XvaIaaI I went to Berber, I NUe 18 unolistructetL When Lord otoe school kept hy a KV-s whole force is mustered at Kortl.it mil of that name situ- YoUably be alioat 6.50 men stronir, i yolsiH .1.1 -,t iiin.im.i ltu . 1 a 1 .viri ,iii. with him at Kortl.
aUvireiAUjr U 1 ll AA maj -a- , , -,
iiortion of the money approiiriawu oy uua fa i 1. 1 1 1 -Ai. nca Al, 11 l,li.l If la f fl lv llllti
11 IU Illl- UL'lHIWll l-lll- wov w , " . ; is injudicious. Bestrictlng the appropriations
for the improvement or tni 1 mibsissip.ii "-atiic below Cairo to the completh n of the works on Plum Point and Lake Providence reaches, . , .11 . 1. -. Al.. ULMnd onfl MlARiR-
anu PTOVIUlUK vuau mv aimvh-i . sinni River appropriations shall be expended r J.V TL- .iiii.A. f lh HAnrotarr of War.
.... 11 ...if.... . It.i Iml IStntAA Hai-hor
A Ue BCVVA1U ClIAWHH -- . ---. i . , ' a. Board was stricken out, as vas also the section .... 1 l .A.. tLam-tAnr nf WAT to TCmOVfl aUld
. lll-llUll'-lll, H in- uvwivi., - - . . i, .,ii,i tirKiAMi which obsti-nct nivication. A
bill was passed for the allotment of lands in severalty lolndians on the Umatilla reservation .a. I a At. . AHA-nlna eiiroa TrV Th Ail" IWITIMflb-
Mr. Bucknter called up the tonte pUl authom-
in the CommercUl Kationu uanKoi vnicwo
to increase Its capital otoc to wm. hp. 11 !am 1 AnnnttiTifv friA hill. if it
WeilCT, U Ajvv au v-w.n ' j " a . . J.1 4V At. hitafitaaB AitM W(t. 1VLV ftTtli
133 I rUC UIU VWC M7iaaw rv- j--.. - clared it the duty of every patriot to strike ft . . . . - . . . .1 .1 l... .. 1. In rr D-atAIH
aeatn-niow w mm unuiun v -- The bill was passed, with only half 1 dozen
objectors.
Prof. H. H. Allen has purcbaied an Interest In tho Washington Oaxrlto. The Indiana Senate parsed a bill appropriating' 94X1,000 to Perdue Univei'tlty. John C. Taylor, a prominent Democratlo politician ot Lafuyette, died front a stroke of paralysis. At New Albany, Fred Uoardinan was badly scalded by the bursting ot ptpfe in a cooking range. Jonathan Jatias, of Laurel, has been adjudged insane and committed t the hospital at Indianapolis. Honry McBrlle, ot Mauokport, Harrison Ounty, hanged hlnuelf recently, ramlly tronble thn cuiilK-.
At Term Haute, Jacob Tjigle, who had biwn drinking heavily, took a 1 ov rdoso ot j morph 1 ne and died. i 'Duck" Crabli, aa O. Is H. brakeman, had an arm crushed while In the diachage of bis dutioinear MitchcL Foxes are very numerous In the western part ot Jackson County this winter, and many have been captured, i faAni-am Waa.i flt. nf MtshaivakB- a resi
dent ot the county forty-e veil years, has died at the age of ST. Mrs. Maria B. Woodwotth, tbe evangelist; has been conducting a rev.val tit New Corner, Delaware County. At Lafayette, Wl'liam A. lildgeley was
sent to ue state's prison ror eigne ana onehalf ysam for burglary. John Fiauman had an ara terribly mutilated in a nowing machine at th? Hoosier drill works, at Slcbmond,
The State Mine Instractorof Indiana re
ports 2j7 mines producing 2,'0,000 tons an-
n lAllar nn a nanltal of 11.750.000.
The residence of Joseph Laurer, at Bochester, was damaged by llro, on Monday, to tbo extent ot 91,000; no insurant:! . Tho boute of Calvin Barnes, in Marion Township, Jennings County, was destroyed by
Are. Iaoss, 93,1100; lnsutea ror i,wu.
Mm. TtAhAriiA 11 .ririLw. mother of John
MoOraw. onu of Bicamond'a lesdlna e:tiasns.
died of senile thitrili'y, aged 30 years.
StlllwelL wbo atabbed Henrv ui as. at
RliAlhwIllna four davs aeo. and made his es
cape, returned and was arrested and jailed.
Mis-) Bmma Lobrman, in a roller skat race, with three otter young ladles, at Bicbmond, won a gj)d medal, making a mile in 5 use.
.Daviess W. Hannah has to!d the Craw-
fm-d vlllo Jttvicti Democrat! to T. B. CjIUls
and K. Hanna, the formir proprietors of the pajier.
William Watham and a woman purporting to be his wife, living at (XmnersviUe,
were suddenly stricken with insanity a rew
days ago.
Henrv H. Patterson. Mate of the Granite
S ate was struck by a shaft, wW:o unloading at New Albany wharf, and instantly killed. He i c sided in Cincinnati. A vnnnar tmmn named Louis Welter, wbo
says he came from Li tie B ck, A kaosas,bad
both legs tubed by an a & M. tiin west or
Seymour. He will probably dl;.
Mrs. I'. H. Shauver, wife of tne j-otato rvopir fiMnnr. who nloned. three weeks ago.
with the hired man, returned to her home on
the oreok, halt frozen and wholly penitent.
Mrs. John gpnngor, seiv, ot nueiuj vino, AAAirinntAltv Vnrw-Vml hep hushand's nocket-
book, containing 970 in paper, into the lire the other day, nd the money was consumed. A neculiar disease, somewhat resembling
(renders, has broken out among tie live stock
at Hlston and other points Just soutnor iafArAtt. Manv valuable bones and mules
bare died from it, some farmers losing aa high
as n dozen animal'. It is not known want
the dis aae is, but it is on the increase.
.Tm nnstoillcB at HunUnebU It. Dul OlS
County, has been trade a Presidential oftlce, to lake effect. April 1 next. Tali will put the present postmaster out of office, unless ths order increasing tho gr do of olBoe can be made to take efieot before there is a change of administration, and that is improbabl", In accordance with the Irtst-ructkras given at t he boginnlmr ot the present term ot court, the grand Jury at Angola in vostlgateil charge made against persons for betting cm the re
sult of the late election, and found n numoer of indictments. Pleas of guilty were entered and small Ones were aases'ed in all tne cases.
Bight Bev. Joseph Dwcnger, htr-m of the
Fort Wayne Catholio tUooe- -as been selected by Archbisa p Olblions, of Baltimore, to proceed to Borne as representative of the late national council before the College of Cardinals, to advocate the adoption of the acta and decrees of toe recent plenary coun
cil held in B'Attiraire.
.Thn stata Auditor has been examining
into tho swamp land transactions of the State, and hn finds a discrepancy between the swamp land rocordu and the general books of bis niiinA At-ithmit helmr able to discover where
the fault lies. The total amount of expendi
tures, 91,710,836.4(1; total receipts, i, ii,iHis.r,; total balance due, $M,St.T8; total overdraft, 961,870.83; balance due the Btate from coun
ties, 16,078.04. Th taaohera' ineetina. Just closed, at
Thorn town, has been unusually interesting.
Superintendent H. M. LeFolIotte presMeti. B. K Boone, Superintendent of the Frankfort
M OaaIM Tlalln IWIfil aaaW
4 CINCINNATI ABD 8t.
O Solid Daily Trains mnYMmfti.
O CMBV1BHATM ABtp tWVi
A-V a.!!,! Tl-.la, IVaIAA aAaI) Aaal
l ST. LOCIS AND LOUIBVJLLK.
WO Ctaaasv mil Clan t vmmmmmm
WLrmt Taaa St-i a if TUmiLT mad
PuiuttrnMrm all rnrritd aa flut
i Trains, confuting of Palace Si I eUgani Parlor Coadm ami
Vay UoacheB, all l unniKJ i tAT alAI I A A-i A.AA At, A aTAY AS
rilUUVl' lAUa-UVVaB. .t-5, i
Between Cincinnati and &- Zoirfsj'Cr; Sk .' Low and JiiiilllWII. "t.-.-Aa ; But Four Houni ; Urnf Between dndnnmii and lMtOSU. j. The Ohio MImM wUWts
, m the only ue Mmvan -r ;; y 7, - x mt. Xaohu ana cnm&mtm&t
Under one manafemen t, running all its) trains through "SOLID," and in co3 - - quence is the only roeognised Srst. crass - route between those ctt .es, 6i t Earn Grades, IU ttotetdid .. rm m ..Cnm-1. A.
rower, sua iumf Track, and Solul Road r Enable the O. & H. to mlce ftot'';;
age urns inmn any otaor
W I. 1 m, m . ai'-aI
r . .i v-1a Jt a.MmV .
' W n BHaVthO iln. 9mmu.
CINCINNATI. OUiQi . ....
nT.onMTirin'OV
Hfinnnn '- - - AAARiSaaAAAg;
BVSKIRK A DVNC.IN, , fim in New Comer.
ttalrs. Will practice in ftl
State, peclai attention j business, and to oolleclion i
mittance of all claimiL TOVDEN MIEB.I, 1 iwtr First Nation tl
nets of a legal nature (ii
tion in an courts.
fully Mtrant
tion and remittance ('
A'lSiim
L tSKaalRHBffASBBBBMt.
rialUourt," Ilef Avamined bv aid of IaOtAvUVS iWf'
llliias aamat
AUbitQABft
:
Pro
-n r irr.trv pfpmAWs
JYL practice in tteaaHlgOifffe
probate business. Of ice, mgfcA
posiie ne 1: rorr-A j aaaj-a, T OGERS t HENLEY, 111 (lnllAr.tA-ll Off Ml IB
building. Special aitention 411 iIaaaiIajiIa' aval a 1a A aatt tl
probate business, at aisnia
"171 AST 4 EAST, Alto! 14 Klnnminotnn. Intl.
dion't Block, north silo ,atjaan.' 1 1 J 11 Al.i.-'aAl At
oiiainenr idii vmwvawi9m
Aiifninino- niAiintiiHi. lluainesa aslMusd
T a AAH-C V UrhBA-J W. I lllll aaf . JMaa
West Side mealE. WMtaii. ?
tlic probata aad $Mll&:-mQmmMte
Will RIA" .-0AA.A - t. - -.-V,-A,i tion. Business alter ded to 6t jatMsrtat;
-w-sr rr. r.rAt US UirT.K'X '
W 01lHMflvedooiAicHtl rf
corner, ap-etaira. m a gwi and probate bujines. WIB courts of adJoinlne counties.
wannALi. " Attoritat
j, in Kew ocli, mima
Laiia a to- s. vt m AAn4A finAival Att Ah
uvaiin .j. ' . . , . sion Claims and proltte Wtjjy
RA. rviiK, Atrarnag. . w . (en AWeiVanr'; IwUf
over corner room, r h triven to nrobate
prompt collection ol
fj tate and Insurance agaai -
01 titles, anu ciaim viniiniAri. stairs, over corner room in a- HI- A AA I - aa-A.. An3
etcaary ihock. dwiow a-aaiaaaaa-;
Pnnlent, Eyen it Tipsy.
During the war Brown was a train dispatcher at Memphis, and one eveninir prior to taking ho ld of his key ho
chanced to meel i whole family being In groat destitution, ions, and by lingering with them man- wbeo tfae toJ.t foet were fraaenand aged in some mysterious way to get a o The synipnthy or the community rabbit's foot into hi pockol, or, in .IC.d wi M wm ot be pauisneu.
other words, imumea wo . a t Muncli. Fraak Howe an I John Givens'
mash. The conseqiitmee ,wf ' J.ni foc.tpads, utvlertcok to rob Aiender Davis when he found himseU at his jiost of m 3 imn M.
duty he had sense e ao ga W ai who wM wia pounded one ot the
tnat it was imiJ"'Aj aa - ;
ARE VOV 4S!IIB wiiMllI n, .1 l. . A... 1 . . . - H -i. - ,ai
j o cnose wno conn-aAipiiHO m 1 West or Northwest this coming 1 1 a AA. - .. . a a.. -
aesire ru siAgetis uie iiaTiaaoai ..ma ,Mm,ra, .a 4aa tt-A .uata.
Villi AAA.a.aj " av avaaw HA9, - I cIi-a Taa Aiici aAaAAaAim A A WYAltl !--
the attention of thos icten'stwl to the rent
inducements otlerea by the Direct aDAiiA Line in tbe way of .nuok time, prompt r onnectionsanc) une.iualed Ca-'jlitii-s-for the safe and iX!in;'.ribl trnKiiortatiin of p vsBengers ot all lasses. By Ibis route you are carried cei the safest ami best Bailroad in the West Yon are ... a. a . TT. ; . . .. .1 ,. . .. J
S3.t. JAAMJIAV, OIAIA7AAAAAAMAiaJ i mQaia. jjj UUIUU H'J.H-1 TAll'I Fohools, de)iveid a lecture, "A Tale of Two I cape all annoying Omnibus transfers. Cities;" Professor Brll, ot tho State Normal f You can purchase tickets and have your . . At..u. I 1. .. AL-...... .1. m , lndimil nn
I WVAAyi i-uci-ari. aa..iii.a,a, h iniaii hu, aroiiling all vexatioai wiiilo er t-ottfc If you are going to travt i it is to yonr- aiTnia tnge to secure flie beat, and if ;ou niv ticketed via Om Vakdaua Shokt Liau yon' are ante to get it.
HemoentS or inot'miugiun anu iramiy desiring to visit Indinni.polis will tia-i the , YANDililA RoUTK tt' Greeiicastlt' Junation tho safest, the q lickest, and tha best. ' Application for mtes of fare, time tabies etc., should be made to the nearest Ticket a . a a- r. K 11HHII.
va,iaaai. .if. ... '---.-.-.-i .
Assistant Ueneml Fassenpe r Agont, 1SI)1AiA1?Oaa1S, rKD,
School, gave an interesting tdk; Professor
TAvirolletto leotured on "Literature," and rro
fesmr Alfort on Sdencc of Teaching.
.Tn Pierce, a colored boy. at Connors-
yille, who has a worthless father, stole lead pipe and sold it for to. giving the proceeds of
his theft to his mother, wno is Sloa ana nas
avai-aI phfldran vounAror than Tom. the
lAAAAb A A law .... t , thn movement of trains on the road
dtniiAg the night. Tie more no en.1 ..ml in Anil A Wf!V Ollfc OI I11S ttl-
UtMlvtilcu av aa j --- lerania tho more fuddled he became, ah nA Lmf ha i7i-A iiiilicmatit. and.
UUIIAA. IAK A, AAV D" ' " . ' ., - after side-tracking all the trauis on tho
road, he closed ins omoe ana weniiTO i-.j on im f-Ai'm remained on the aide-
AJaTVA. . AAA, I"" , , tracks all night, waiting for orders to
move, wnue tne r5peAvo ua.h.d
their fists and howiea m -neir piowiu.a ipiia A. at I-, rlav Brown was ai8-
XJJI 1 AUD AW" 1 charged. San Framisco Argonaut.
KIIAKTOUM. Oen. Colston's Ihmrriplian of the Chief
, w , .,.,, piaceu u uivuii Khtrtouin is a city niimbsrtas Beto.'n n,g-w (Mrv .lu aaaWIa Rnversl Eutoncan consuls IHUi nv Vitu-ij-
AAA -i-i;rt aiv!Vi,v- - -- - .1-1 - - ,
Waudine Wells, DOKCIOLA.
Tim BlrtUplacei of Kl Malidia The town .if IliraRola, on tlie Upper NUt, lahily iSdcmem-aable by the long delay of Ctau w,, lselev-.-i armv in its advance upon Khartoum,
er ltisdromeuiy iu,-vuau.uiav .Vr. tail white, spcar-pointcd minarets slundinf nn sAtatmt tUc deep blue sky and its feathery pSms oVrshAdowlW the "'ooIikV airrowvtmdotvett, lortrcss-like houses which over?oSr the swift, smooth, coffee-brown stream of tho Nile. But on euteriilK th. St? tho tilth and disorder ohiiracteristic of all Arab townb become (,'larlngly apparent, whllu theli eh blank wnlls thivt surround tho numereus Bardens aivoto the whole place a somber. CriPOT-liKeivtpect- Many ot the clumsy Aral) l oHt and tifts used on tho Nile arc builo here, and among the native carpenters tlms employed thViIeK-styled Mohammedan Messiah .formerly workSl under Wb own name ot Ma&mout Ahmed althoupli it would seem that , he hail staSlounrtthemot
SborraimU7liTly to the" north of" IMngollj niirrow. Mt0l
Sophctics cludoii wbich ti e Mahdi has copie-l. frt"" Ul9 namesiko and prototype Mohammed. tiUHAT. A Sncinl Village. Guliat, the present center of British n"'";; oncrations iu the Foudan, is a village of 18(1 nousts "nil about .00 inhabitants. If is surroundc I with veg.iable esrdens. whltdisnpn
SrtmU 71 ""nlnirb Ua.VhoKh situd" ether side of tlio Kile. It contains, also, th cemetery where wcro Imrlert some ot the most famous iati'ts and cliidf tains of Shendy, a tact
Wlli"ll lliaSP WIU Vlllllftl.- Ottl-IUIl ll AMD Alow-." the entire Slohuinnicdan world, and wUl render iln tuH uuation by the British peculiarly irritating 10 Kl Mahdi. A mauiiIaK bust of Col Fred Burnnbj. paid for by popular subscriptions, is to hi
placed a 11 ineniorwi pi m n -.;!
A Tunnel 900 B. C.
alxiutiive thou-
a. .r.uuoi aaw o , , , j a- a lanirth and conBtruoted at
8IWU won m iobi i, AI least nine centuries be tore the Christian era, has been discovered by the trovof BamoB. Her-
odotus mentions this tunnel, which
served for provtttmg tne oiu bofvi. i i. AAAtnr It is isomDletelv
VlH 11 Ul AlAAVAIII, ,1 I.- . - preserved, and contains water-tubes of i .. i a., ii.... nar fimtm-fl in diani-
aDUUii sweuoj-Aij . . "Ti i a i i... l. nrmniiMi with a lateral
MJr, CiAUU "AAA? a mi. aperture lor cleansin purposes. Ihe twmel is not quite straight, but bent in
tho middle; tins is nanny w
AhiAAiAA AAAvnnilv and both took to fllrht. but
were alterwaid ar.-tst' d and Jailed. Biweand Givens were font to tbe penitentiary a year
ago for the robcery of sir. ma-row a nou e.
near MoCowjn. 3 hey nave neen out out about three months
-Ihe miners of Hosed alo and Ivntanet
have formed a cooperative association tor ihA nnsnlAur of a new coal mine at Fontanel,
Vigo County, and extend an invit tion to the
minors of Clinton and vicinity to co-operate
with them In their endeavor to nrtineinseivcs "from wage slavery to self-employment." The capital stock is $10,000, no member to ho d more than one share, 9100. The President iaC. a Hawkins.
biAi(lmr of tho winter wheat nrosoects.
State Vieologiat Callett stys: It is impposlki. tni aMIaaa k nlAnt Ar an animal to live
without breathing, and b: you stop to con
sider tlat for several weeks the winter wneat has been almost hcrmetrioally sealed under an impervious coating of ice, you must; regard
tbe protpectii for too crop as so mown at, aiscouragilg. I am of the opinion tmattbe wheat crop lit Indiana next summer will not
be morethan half that of average years."
The liennitd report of pardons, commutations andkeprleves granted by the Governor of Indian, during the two years eaciing De-
oiimber 31, IBS, is in print, roe paruoui
deced at,' as the ancient engmeers iiara- u iw)J Jn lBolude1 10 OJ, gotobk artsy, ly possessed measunug matrumenta ot a)(U9 i ,,r 0ovornor Porter in ii,,b nrenision OS those OOnBtXUQteU ,, Anri ntl rh remission of tines by tiov-
no wadaye. Nature.
lrnmiriw for the Wetidinir.
"I say, Ous, will you be my beat own
at the wedding t . . ., "What, you going be married. Al-
puonso r "Yes." "To whom?" 11 I'll nlmiinaA 1
"So she has given oonsent at last, atw
she.'"
nmnr Orflvkirrre 4 in number, by Governor
l'orter 87. Attention Is called by one or tne
p i ut n fiffli to section 148 of the State ijon-
.iiiminn. aHuIi nmvidei that the Governor
hull renort: b the Genoral Assembly at Its
neit meetingsaoh case of reprieve, comniuiatl - n, or pardqr. It held that the report of
innan nardcina.fto.. should have been inato to
tho Lwrlalaturt of 1888 as being the next after
tho acts ot BakBUtive clemency in eaoa ot tne
AWv W VRBAia
aa Ulmllaaaa Vaw AllvAnV lPaVAABA
..r i iin . nn nmvi , a " -in a i - - ' - . AI. 1. 1 , , - II-- 1 A. AAAAllI SlAnlAAAAHl
"Yfis-1 wrote to lull' laat moniu - acre, uii w ingher'to be mine, and she haau't ant wpianatio. hiving engtg d to marry two mb .. '. i, 1 iaiIImi nlthattrltv. one of whom waa
swerod my letter . , - Vw,..,K ,h. ., ,nw
Then how are you going w iuij i' " ' " "
man, nr m i iimmi ia: wan m Ann au ua.
. ,,,, . ...v-- - - -
UA .. . ASH I 1
'Why, doesn't silence give coimeum
-Chicago News,
a..r . mtin lmil made himBOlf.
DAllI AA AAA AAA " jx a i i, n, a. im linel turned out a
pretty good job: "When I was a boy I so tuirated for knowledge that I
worked all uight to nuv oooaa. thou got up before daylight to read
iitMim.
-fltnnii Couleia well-known iuitoe of
Iho p: ace ut Uichntnd, a leading metnburof
tbo H.okeite Orana ot Friends, has dloa at Bolder, Mcl an Oofnty, lllinoit, wblther he
nail gone on a vibii--.
-ESo-hlv cltisonstef DoKalb County have
n.i Honed tho Letwlature to aonronrlate
money foi tho relietf Thomas Ilcvctt, whose arm was blown of naol wha servltifl t. the
ORCHARD HOUSE!
S.BL Orchard ft
PROPRIETOlt.
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mm
l nillCWII I C a. rUITUMl mmnM-'
CHICA80 It
VHV ii i saw ai- - LliKfl S -9ct aad Northwwt
in d inn mmun niimm 11
on tbe Great 8 uthern aa
This roptuar iae fortabte coaches on da iV.. Avalna .Mil aaa A
.11 IK. nriAnlMal tAManAa Mnal'
OAi.th failaVVCat v
Hen Tnrougn -xtoang. crossing and conAtaeCthj
tion, avoiding the dtsasi
ouedana, tne aaiurar c tion, and th expeas:. -lay-over Oat the Joortwri Low-rate, Land SSBj
winter ana onmirire .la nn aaIa in tliAlai aaal
Will obeerlall v give
in regpra ic uh n and msit obaacVi and pkasaat roW;
aaps, lime-j.atAAi aata . mueWtwetal Informattoato
WH IA. , ,;v,. wm; s. BAUwm Gen. Pms. Agx4 Chicago, 111.
Resident
unsu
Office irt-U)e'w CWt Book Sttirt.
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