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-OVER THE GARDEN WALL-1

A brindle cat sat on the fence, "Over the garden iraU." The lack of his head wu foH of denes, "Over the garden wall. Be was all battered np. If ke an old tin pan, His t ack -trsfl skimied from head to tall, So he left Mmaelf out in a mighty Trail. "Over the garden wall." His ours lopped down, and hia eyas were dim, "Over the garden wait He vtpt as be thought of Ms brother Jim -Oicr the garden wall," "Who was courting a maiden Maltesine. Ahk lig all the other cats she was queen Her name was Sown B. Anthony Green, Otct tiie garden wall." Says Tom to himself, "I think m slide "Over the garden wall," And fently tan my brother's hide, Ovw tt.e garden wall; And then, while his feeling were most intense, His tail stock np and he looked immense

Though his back wouldn't baatle the hair had

fonenencd, " "Over the garden wall. Ha silently let himself down on the dirt "Oler the gar-Jen wall," And said to his brother his feelings were hurt, "Over the garden wall." Bin Ins brother remarked that "he'd ham noa of that . JYmn him or any old brindle eat," And then they went at it quicker than acat, "Cher the garden wall." They ijwfwWle they wailed their words o ha 'Over the garden wall ; Till thej loosened the hinges from off the gats "Over the garden wall." And jwcple in passing began to thinS Their netehbors had started a "rolle- rink,"

And that some lovely maiden had fallen fcan,

"Over the garden wall." Whezi morninii dawned, -what a sight was

"Over the garden wall!" The ground was strewn with tufts of hair, "Over the garden walL" Poor Tom lay dead as dead could be. His brother Jimmy, ab where was hef Decamped with Susan B. Anthony "Over the garden wall." All ttat remained of Tom was laid "Over the garden wall," Voder the ash pile in the shade, "Over the garden wall." The gravestone reads, 'This ends my tale lib more win be heard his sad, sad wail ; Hie race Is ran, let joy prevail, "OiW the garden wen." JaaVs Sua.

A POINT OF HONOR. It was daring the great war of the rebellion, a Federal brigade was encamped in a valley in Virginia, with pickets thrown out in front, on a rollingsad irregular ridge. I was on picket duty, and as the moon rose in its fullness, shedding its rajs over the ragged landscape, the scene became surprisingly beautiful. Away below, nearly a mile in distance, twinkled oar eainp-firea, and jar off to the right, some two or three miles from my point of observation, shone the camp-fires of the Confederates; bat within fifty rods of my position, in advance, I eonld occasionally catch a glimpse of the twinkle of a bayonet iu the moon's rays, v here the Confederate picket guard was located. Almost unconsciously I strayed nearer the enemy's advance line than seeesflity required or prudence dictated, and all of a sadden I hear a voice right in front, seeming to come from the midst of a few clomps of low bashes, perhaps ten rods in advance: "Hello, Yank!" Startled by the proximity of a foe, I mechanically answered in the same rein: "Hello, Johnny!" "Don't yon know that yon stand in a very dangerous position?" came the

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I bad dropped, however, at the first interrogation, into the grap, and involuntarily brought my musket to a full cock. "I suppose I tea a little careless," I replied, "but the hour is so beautiful, that I unconsciously strayed too far. And now, with or withont your permiseioi, I will retire in good order;" and forthwith commenced a retrograde movement, all the while closely hogging the earth. Bt I had hardly commenced my retreat before the voice came from the bashes again. "Hold on! We have enough fighting in the regular way. What is the use, or where ia the good of our carrying it on here, alone. I am sure I could have shot yon down if I had been inclined to. Now, if yon will advance half way, I will do the same, and we will be sociable for a few moments, and talk over matten. It won't do any hart I shall not betray any trust, and I don't expect you'll tall me all about the position of your force over in the valley beyond, and on my part, I pledge yon my honor that yon shall go back -asafely." "Agreed, and I give yon the same pledge on my part," I answered, as, rising, I strode forward. A tall figure was already advancing from out the boshes, and in a moment more a Confederate and a Federal soldier were seated together on the ground conversing, as if they were born cousins, and just the same as if i grim war did not overspread the land like a black and fearful cloud. The two muskets lay side by aide on the grass, and the conversation was of the most friendly character. Almost the first question pat to me by my southern friend for the time being,

"Yank, have yon any tobacco about you?" Forth came a generous slab of "navy," and, borrowing a ten-inch bowie-ktife from the southerner, 1 insisted onr catting the plug into two equal parts, presenting him with onehalf, and taking bis prof use thanks in a "not-at-all" kind of a way. It was in the latter day of the war. My southern companion was literally dressed in rags of gray. His hair and beard were long and

matteo, ana bm cheeks were hollow with much suffering and priva

tion. I could see all of this in the bright moonlight I was qniek to ob

serve, al'o, that, although ).oor in flesh and raiment, the heart of a true man was hid lea nudt-roeaih the ragged

blonde, it ad the light of honor and in tegrity shone front those sunken eyes, fij w saying:

'Yes, comrade, this war is a terrible

thing! Friend against friend, brother

against brother! Without questioning whether the principle is right,. or, if

right, on which side the right is located,

I emphatically affirm that war in general is the most gigantic curse that can be inflicted upon humanity "

At this point my mend s voice was

drowned in a mighty roar, as a whole regiment came down upon us at the

double-quick. It was a reconnoissance in force by the enemy, and I found myself, all at once, within their lines, with the enemy chasing oar pickets off the ridge, and following them far in toward our camp. Soon the boom of cannon and sharp rattle of musketry greeted my ears. The reconuoitering force of the enemy had driven oar pickets back until they had met reinforcements, and now the Confederates were in full retreat again. What should I do? My companion had jumped np at the first alarm, and joined the charge of hia comrades. Indeed, it was the only thing for him to do, and I could not blame him. And now the enemy appear again, on the full ran, closely followed by hulf of our brigade. Soon they are all around me, and one of them sings out: "Hello, Yank, what you doing here? Never mind, you're my prisoner; now trot lively." And I did trot lively, at the point of a bayonet, until the Confederate lines were reached, when I was unceremoniously xhncked into the guard-house tent for the rest of the night

I bitterly regretted my folly in straying so far beyond our proper lines, and visions of Iiibby prison rose up before me in all its horror; nor was I able to get to sleep until the dawn was breaking in the east Yet. at 7 o'clock I was aroused by the guard, who brought me about the poorest rations for breakfast that I had yet encountered, and soon thereafter conducted me to a large tent where I was confronted by a Confederate Colonel with a fierce mustache, and altogether stern and martial bearing; yet I thought I eonld detect a kindly twinkle in his clear

black eye. The only other person in the tent was my quantum friend of the night before; I recognized him the moment my eyes rested upon him. "Well, sir," said the Colonel, addressing me, you were taken prisoner List night, during our reconnoissance, and I suppose I ought to send you on to Richmond." This was said in an inquiring tone, yet I vouchsafed no answer in fact I did not know what to say. Not so with my friend of the evening before. "Colonel,'' said he, "this is the person I was speaking to you about, and I promised him, on the honor of a southern man, that if he would advance and talk with me he should go back unharmed." The colonel frowned and tried very hard to look severe and stern, but the

effort was a partial failure. At last he addressed me as follows : "Private Brown, here, has told me the whole story as regards both your actions last night, and, while as a mili

tary officer, I must say that your conduet was highly reprehensible, as a man I will say that I would have done the same thing, in all probability. Yet discipline must be enforced and pun

ishment meted ont to all soldiers who are remiss in duty, and, Private Brown, I shall have to sentence yon to picket duty again this evening as punishment for your offense. As for you, sir,'' turning to me, "I shall have to sentence you to confinement in

the guard-house until night I cannot' have Federal soldiers running loose around my camp."

And the Colonel, trying very hard to

look grim, hastily strode out of the tent "

"It's all right," said my companion of the night before. I explained it to

the Colonel, who, you can see for your

self, has a soul in him, and to-night you will be enabled to go back from whence

you came.

A corporal's guard now entered and marched me back to the guard-house,

where, during the entire day, I was treated more like an esteemed visitor than a prisoner.

At night I was conducted by two

soldiers to the point where private

Brown was doing picket duty, or serv

ing out bis sentence of punishment,

and toft there alone with him. "Now, my friend," said he, "here is

your musket on the grass where you

left it last night Over on that ridge

are your pickets. I'm a hundred yards beyond our line. I'm going back, and when I come this way again I do not expect to find you here. My honor has been kept inviolate. Good-bye, and Chid bless yon."

With these words he turned, and

that was the last I ever saw of the noble-hearted fellow.

1 lost no time in getting back to our

lines, where I was hailed as an escaped prisoner. But many of the boys found out all about it soon after, and it was but one of the many incidents of brotherly love and friendship shown by

ambers of the opposing forces at

different times during that long and

terrible war. O. G.

THE OLD CHIEF.

SHE KXKW mJOW TO FJO VRK IT. "What is the population of the world, papa?" asked six-year-old Edith, who was making sums for herself on a new slate. "Yon must not interrupt me, now, Edith," said her father, who was writing at the same table. "Go to Miss Smith," referring to her governess. Her father was not so busy, however, but that he heard, and was amused by her saying, in a low tone, soon after: "I know how I can find out myself. I'll look in the back of my geography for the United States and Europe, and then I eaa add Aunt Mary's baby and Aunt

Jessie's baby, and that will give it to

me mcftjBoaton Traveller.

Gen. Grant's Fondness for Talking Oner Events of His Early Career in Mexico.

Calm Observations of the Spirit of the . Southrons at the Close of the Civil War.

BerUg't Reminiscences. Ann ng Bon: Perley Poo re's reminiscences In the Boston Budget are the f oHowino- concerning Uen. Grant: Gen. Grant used to love to talk about Mexico better than almost any other topic. He was while there quartermaster of the Fourth In fan 1 1 y, and he could have remained at the rear tu his bagg-age train during- a battle, but Bo was always at the front, and secured, by his gallantry, promotion from the rank of second lieutenant to thai of captain by brevet. K. took great interest in the national cemetery established in the City of Mexico, to which the remains of those who fell in the great battles fought by Gen. Scott's army were removed. In the spring- of 1875 he directed Gen. Belknap, then Secretary of War, to send me to inspect this cemetery. It is a beautiful spot, and I found that Consul Gen. fikilton had it kept in the best of order. On my return from Washington I reported at the White House, and Gen. Grant talked with me for nearly three hours. He showed an intimate acquaintance with the Government and business of Mexico, but expressed no opinion as to the practicability or the possibility of future annexation. He had asked me, before I went, to see if I could find the house at Tacubaya, one of the suburbs of the city7 in which he was quartered, and ho described its locality. I could not and it, and when he went himself to Mexico, a few years later, he was equally unsuccessful. Gen. Grant used to talk about the Mexican cooking-, which he rather fancied. Among the dishes which suited his palate was the olla podrlda,or Spanish stew of mutton, pork, cabbage, beanajonlons, red peppers in short, almost as many things as were contained in the sheet which St. Peter pronounced unclean. Frijoles, small black beans, were stewed in lard and seaweed Willi red peppers. Tortillas were made of half-boiled hominy, rolled and kneaded Into thin, tough cakes, baked between heated stone. And there was pulque, a yeasty beer, which 1b the fermented sap of a large variety of the cactus family, scooped from cavities cut In the growing plant and put up in hogskins. There have been some mysterious allusions to Grant .leaving the army.but there was nothing dishonorable about it. He was a Captain in the Fourth Infantry. In which he fought In every battle of the Mexican war, on both Scott's and Taylor's lines, with the exception or Buena Vista. On his return to the btates his regiment was ordered to the North Pacific coast, where his pay would not allow him to support his wife and children, and whore there was nothing to enliven the round of military duties. He became dissipated, and the result was that he was told by his commander that he had better resign or reform. He accordingly placed his resignation in the hands of Colonel Buchanan, to bo used in oase of his intoxication. A few weeks later he visited San Francisco, where some convivial army friend got him on a "tear," and when he returned to his post be found, to his mortification, that Colonel Buobanan, hearing of his dissipation, had forwarded his resignation to Washington, with such a recommendation as would secure Its immediate acceptance. He was again a private cltisen, and his friends, Alfred Pteaionton, then a Lieutenant of dragoons, and Bufua Ingalls, then the Post Quartermaster, advanoed him money enough to pay his passage to St. Louis by way of the Isthmus of Panama. When he signed his last par receipt before leaving his regiment, he said to a friend: "Ten years hence you will hear from me as a substantial, well-to-do Mlssourljarmer." Grant'B attempt at farming near St. Louis, however, was not a success. The land was poor, and his crops did not prove remunerative. Indeed, his only cash income was derived from fire-wood, which ho and his negro man would cnt and whioh he would haul to St. Louis, going from house to house until he could sell it at 95 a cord. Among his customers was Mr. Henry T. Blow, who was afterward elected to Congress, where he took Mrs. Blow to one of President Grant's receptions at the White House. Mrs. Blow wondered it Gen. Grant would recognize her as an old friend or acquaintance under the different circumstances of their relative situations In life. Mrs. Blow had not been long at the General's before he went to her and said: "Mrs. Blow, I remember you well. What great changes have taken place since we last met!" "Yes, General," said Mrs. Blow, "the war is over." "I did not moan that," he replied; "I mean with myself. Do you recollect when I used to supply your husband with wood, and pile it myself, and measure It too, and go up to his office for

my pay?" "Oh, yes, General, your face was familiar In those days." "Mrs. Blow, those were happy days; for I was doing the best I oould to support my family."

Grant us a Story-Teller. In an interview with a reporter of the New

York Herald, Harry Watkins, the actor, said:

-in .December. 1865. I was fulfulina- a

brief engagement at the theater, Savannah, Ga. (John T. Baymond and Theodore Hamilton, managers), when Gen. Grant visited the city, he having been sent by the Govern

ment to inane a tour or the soutn ana re

port upon the temper of the people. As customary on such occasions it was regarded but as an act of courtesy to invite the General to visit the theater. The invitation be

ing accepted, an announcement to that effect was made In the newspapers. The play was

to pioneer patriot,' ana the sale or re

served seats bad been quite large, reaching

neany tnree nunarea. in one nour after the announcement had been miule that Grant would visit the theater over two-thirds of those who had secured seats demanded a return of their money or a change of tiokets for the following night. The action was soon noised about town, whioh aroused the

Unionist feeling, and the result was a

bouse crowded to overflowing. In talking

over the incident with the General on the

following day, I asked what he thought of it, and he replied:

" tin, nothing at ail. i he close or the war

being so recent, a natural soreness is to be

exnected on the part of certain individuals.

but it wiu soon wear away. Those who acted so foolishly were probably merchants who were thinking of business, or po itlcians who were thinking of the effect on voters. My

iaitn in tne ruxure rests on toe soiaier ele

ment of the South. I feel assured that

thoso who did the fighting may be depended upon to restore tranouillltr.'

"He then related an anecdote that occurred while we were at Corpus Christ! iu

1846. Grant was then a Second Lieutenant

in the Fourth Infantry, and I was playing in

the Army Theater. Two or the most intel

ligent men in his company had conceived a

violent hatred toward each other. The more vicious of the two fancied that his comrade

had betrayed him in regard to some breach

of military dlsolDline. The Orderly geriroant

liked both men, but he had frequently to

punisn tnem ior quarreling. 'We talked the matter over,' said Gen,

Grant, 'and I, by silence, agroed to the sergeant's suggestion to let them fight it out

the next time, in a rew aays the ngnt took

place. It was a bitter one, both parties being badly hurt, and the winner having but a slight advantage. An explanation then took place, and the one who had thought himself wronged found out that he had been lied to by a man who subsequently deserted. The

Banters afterward became the best of friends,

One became a sergeant and the other a oor-

noral in the company. The latter was mor-

ttlly wounded at the siege of Monterey, and the sergeant was killed in trying to carry

hts irlond irom the natue-mna. tuis, con

cluded tho General, Is tiboii t the position of

the Northern and southern soldiers.

GrattVs latter to an VUl Wrien. Aunt Betsy King, an old resident of Georgetown, has many letters from Gen. Grant, and in some of them be gave her descriptions of places he visited. The following is a letter sho received from him Feb. tSS, 1878, dated Smyrna, Asia Minor: Smyhna, Asia Minor, Feb. 22, 1878. My Dear Mrs. Kim?: We arrived at this ancient city of the East to-day, and found a mail, and in it your welcome letter. I hasten to answer It. Probably the papers have kept you fully advised of all my Journeyings, but 1 will say that winter has passed most pleasantly with me and mine. After spending five weeks 1n Paris we came east to the Mediterranean, at Nloo, and took an American man-of-war, on which we have traversed all of this end of the sea. Our first stopping place was at Genoa, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus: the next Naples, from which we visited Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii; then Palermo, in the Island of Siollly; then Malta, where St. Petor was shipwrecked: tbc-n Alexandria, Cairo, and up the Nile, o.vnminingold ruins of cities, temples and tombs built many centuries bef oro the beginning or the Christian era ; then the lied Sea, Joppa

hero Jontih was swallowed by the whale

crusalnm, the Garden or Gethsemane. thS

Ilount of Olives from which you look clotni n the Dead Sea and tile Valley of the Jordan -ftathtahftm flnrt tlia ernhlA Phi-tat iBA

tloru, and all the points of interest abode

crusalem. We will go out to Ephesus toout two hours by rail from here in a day

r two. From here we go to Constantinople, t lenoe to Athens, Genoa, then to Home, and I ftcr that, when the weather begins to get ' arm, to Russia, Sweden and Norway. By i ill I think of returning home. Where to

live when I got there is not determined. I

llave no home. I was much interested to Hear from all my old friends in Georgetown.

Mrs. Grant loins me in wishing to

lie kindly remembered to all our friends in

eorgotown, and to you and Mr. KInir per-

ffcnally we send our affectionate regards.

ours very truly, v. s. Grant. Gen. Grant usually staid with Mrs. King hile in Georgetown. On one occasion white

1 1 their house with Admiral Aivmen they i ere out calling on some friends. On re1 irning to the house she offered to conduct 1 lem to their rooms. Grant said, "1 am not i oady yet Aunt Betsy. I want to talk to ; ou, and if that old salt (pointing to Admiral

mmen) itt-te sleepy let him lie down on the

floor." From the side entranoo to her yard

the old school-bouse where he attended school

tin be seen. Standing looking at it one day.

llo pointed to tho old school-house hill and

(hid: "I bave bad many a slide down that

inn with the gins." pointing to another ihace close by a thicket, ho said, "I have

ut many a switch over there for John D.

fhtte, the old teacher, to whip the boys with."

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SKJUTAV Msmmts Oniw. 9t.B Ar reawt

The DeaS Warrior.

Ituffie the drum, let the rifle point downward;

j. wine crape in your banners; cue soiaier ues low.

lus band shall no more draw the sword from

its scabbard. His wan lips no more cheer his men on the foe.

odl whnta harvest that great soul is reaping The crnndest. the rarest a soldier e'er won

Ifor behold! a whole nation lies prostrate and

weeping At the beer of its savior, its warrior son.

''That shall we say of Mm? How tell his story?

now cnani tne praises oi nun wno is goner Who aboil be worthy to sing of his glory?

wno niazon u oeeas mat our soiaier nas done?

e who have marched with him, camped with

him, rongnt witn mm. On plain and on mountain side, swamp and redonbt.

e who have thrilled at the voice of the leader.

uomraaes oi urani, ns Mine to gpeaa oat.

'ell of the soul that knew no hesitation, The warrior born, a Btranaer to fear.

the sun in the gloom of the land's desolation.

MTbat banished the storm and brought her sons

I cueer. Vho now dare murmur a word of disfavor? Who breathe a slander to tarnish his fame

Who grudge a tear to the country's savior?

wno not nena low at tne sonnu or ms name.'

llolditrs of Grant wl o went down in the battle.

vvaose oones nave, wag xuoiaerea in Boutn and in North.

'omc from your graves, 'tis no musketry's

rarac That bids you, dead heroes, arise and stand forth.

bine in yonr shadowy, awful battalions.

or tne ansae or tne leaaer is waiting ior you: on who met death when he bade you, and

mncnea nut. The valor he trusted, the brave hearts he knew.

Hid the muffled drum's beat, and the wail of

tne nngie. And the swell of the organ in mournful sons.

omea tho murmur of these, the republic's

aeaa sotmcrs, Whose numbers outnumber the sable-clad throng.

tnd sentries unseen by his grave will pace

slowly Side by side with the living who honor that reit.

Met us . for the slumber of heroes is holy.

xnoy wno uiea at ms maaing nave lovea mm the best. -Dan U'Oonnell. in San Franoiaoo Alio.

Mr. Conkttng Tells II etc Grant Zovcii His

Family. Thero is little doubt that the Grant boys

bade choice of New York because they ex-

lect to make their homes here and identify

itiemselves with the city. That is the secret

1 the whole matter, and any student or

uman nature can understand tne processes

f reasoning that led the young men to their eclsion. As tor Mrs. Grant, she was so tenerly attached to her husband that her only

bought has boen to lay him where she may est by his side. I served under Grant hrough the Wilderness fight and to the sur

render at Appomattox, and, from what I saw and heard, I judged him to be stolid, without sensitiveness or much feeling, and any-

nmg out a man or domestic tenderness and

the delicacy of thought and expression

mat women so much admire. I

aeld that opinion until seven or

ight years ago. when in the course

ff a long conversation with Mrs. lioscoe

ponkiing, she told me that Grant in bis home where she had spent weeks with the family)

was simply the perfection of a husband and

acuer tender, considerate, and atrectlon-

tte, and entirely unselfish. She said that

ne love Detween tne General and his wire rassodeep as to be almost pathetic m its nanlfestations and that, too, when he was neaident, and wearied out with the cares of

an office that might easily make the best of

men irritanie. it was a revelation to me, but it was true, as the closing months of

Brant's life have demonstrated. Mrs. Grant

Iras equally considerate. She told Mrs.

onaimg tnat nor reet were so small (she

wears a No. 1 shoe) it almost killed her to

tand up and receive company at the White

House, but she said she would not tell her

usnana ror the world, ana have him anoyed. New York Vorrevomlence Philadel

phia Record.

Eloquent Tribute to the Departed Hero by

Jlis Friend, and. 1'hysiciau. Mr. MacGrkuor, N. T., Aug. 1. My Dear Sister: This is the first dav I

lave felt able to write for a long time. I tave had a long and trying time, and was on he edge of an abrupt break when the di-ath if my patient ended my vigils. It is full hree ir ontbs since I had a continubus night's

sleep. My head was dizzy and my step very

raitering. y worx is enuea, ana i nave how only to follow to the grave the man I

nvea ana to whom l nave devoted my Ufa

these many months. I could not cure him, but I could, by close and continuous care, alleviate his sufferings and possibly nrolong hia

ife. That, 1 think, 1 bave done. I am conented. I go from hero Tuesday with all that remains of my patient and friend, and expect to keep close to him until he is deposited n his tomb. Nine months of close attention jo him have only endeared him to me. I tave learned to know him as few )nly can know hup. The world san know him as a great Genral, as a successful politician, but I know

Him as a patient, self-sacrificing, gentle, luiet, uncomplaining sufferer, looking death mlmly in the face, and counting; almost tho lioura he had to live, and those hours were studied by him that he might contribute something of benefit to some other followsuffercr. If he was great iu his life he was oven greater in his death. Not a murmur, not a moan, not a sigh, from first to last. He died as he had lived a true man. My heart and thoughts are too full to write more now. Affectionately, your brother,

JOHN UOUOLAB. Grant's first tfominatiou. A private In the Seventeenth Maine Beiri-

hnent, residing in this city, tells how Grant

was nrst nominated ror the Presidency. It was down in Virginia during tho war. The Second Corps, to which the Seventeenth was attached, was marching from Cold Harbor to

inonmona, ana one morning when about ten

miles out of Kicbmond, a halt was made for breakfast noar an old church. Some of the soldiers entered the church, out of curloHty, and tho first thing that met thoir azo was

tne inscription in charcoal upon the dead white wail back of the pulpit. It read: " UlysEos s. Grant, may ho be hung, drawn and quartered." This, of course, Incensed tho soldiers, who bad learned to idolize their commander, and they set about getting their revenge by burning tho church to the ground. 'I hoy would undoubtedly have carried their threat Into execution, had not one of the men, not so hot-blooded as the rest, approached the wall, and discovered beneath the first another inscription, that was not

distinguishable from the rear end of toe church. This seoond inscription read as fol

lows: "Hung with the laurels of victory, drawn in the ohariot of peace, and quartered in the White House at Washington." The

discovery had an electrical effect and the

reeling at deep anger gave place to einros-

sions of rejoicings, while the building ran

with the lusty cheers of the blue coats. The name of this church was St, James, a plain white structure, standing close to the high

way, une moment roiaiea aoove win De recalled by a large majority of tho boys who went out in the old Seventeenth and are now living. lildk'ford (ilt-) Journal.

Ho has gone to loin the many dead who

fell as they iollowed his iiug, leaving a poor handful of gray-haired and weary men to talk over the days when they fought with Grant.--Milwaukee Sentinel,

MAXWELL. The Arrival in Si Louid of Souther i Hotei TrUhli Murderer.

the

..t, (St. Louis special. 1 altev H. Lennox Maxwell, alias T. 0. D'Aughier, alias Hugh M Brooks, the supposed murderer of 0. Arthur Preller at the Southern Hotel ii this city on the 5th at last April, arrived here on Sunday from San Fraueisno in charge of Detective Tracy and Officer Badgjr, of the St. Looin police force. A crowd of from 2,000 no 3,000 men, women, and children wete At tb depot when the tuiu arrived, nod there Wits a great scramble unou tliem to get a vie or the prifrouei, but good order was preserved. The accounts of reporters who rods lu from Halstcad, Kan., on the train with Mas well, and luvl free access to him and to the c-ffloera iu charge of him, are to the effect that lie absolutely refused to talk about his case and positively asserted that he has at no lime or place made any statement in regard o it, or in any way acknowledged that he hud anything to do with Preller, or knew anything about it. He gays all (dories to the contrary are wholly untrue. Detective Tracy thinks that further developments will show Maxwell to be a weal: man, mentally, but that he has got the one idea wedged into his mind tnat his safety depeudi on his silence, and tliat ho will startle nobody with a romantic defense. Tracy thinks he killod Preller for money; that the fnw tdtuissions ha has made point in that direction; that hi voyage from St. Louis to Auckland was a moneyspending debauch, and not a well-planued escape from justice, and th-it ft was the luck that takes cure of drunkards iud fools that stood him ir stead, and not any good management of his own. Maxwell was iu Chief Hariigan's office an hour or so this afternoon, and a large number of wallers were introduced to liiin,, but nothing regarding his case or what Hue of defense he 'rill pursue was obtained from him. Churles Bleger, the truukmaker, recognizod Maxwell as the man to whom he sold ths trunk in which Preller's body was found, and a porter at the Southern Hotel recognized him as having been & guest at that house in April last Maxwell will be turned over by the police authorities to-morrow to the Sheriff and will be placed in jail. iVhat other, if any, legal action will be tsken, has not yet been determined. '

GRANT'S TOMB.

a Tast Throug a t Itlverslde Park on Sunday. (New York telegram.1 It is estimated that at least 40,000 people filed post the tomb of Gen. Grant lust Sunday. It was the greatest crowd I hat has visited Clnremot t since the funeml. The visitois came by every road leading to the park, and began arriving early in th e morning. AH the 8t.rfo.oo roads lending anywhere near the park were crowded, and the -elevated lines ran extra trains. There wew a number of extra police as well as many detectiros in civil clothing, but there wis not ithe slightest disorder, and there was no occasion i'or their services at any point in the neighborhood of the tomb, liy noon the crowd had so increased that it was necessary to iform the people in line. The stream otretcitied over the hill for a quarter of a mile, and the visitors filed slowlr past the entrance to the vault three or four abreast. That Claremont has a chann of its own aside from its being the resting-place of General Grant was shown to- day by the numbers who lingered there after passing the tomb. Thousands walked to the top of the knoll beyond, and then spread over the lawn above the bluff which eummands the

magnificent view of the Hudson. Some of

the paths of entrance auu exit about una Hundred and Thirtieth street are steep and dangerous, and .t became necessarv to-day

to olose them. The people take a great

interest iq the a .nip of the regular soldiers on guard, and come as near to the tents as the guards will allow. To-day u double guard was on d ity, and only friends and families of the soldiers were admitted. One oi the visitors to Cnpt Fessenden was Leutenant Brownell. who killed the man who killed Ellsworth at Alexandria,

G. A. R.

The Proposed National Monument to Grant. Washington dispatch. Oeneral S. S. Burdett, Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. B., has returned here from the G. A. K. encampments at Gettysburg and Springfield. To a reporter Gen. Burdett to-day said that at each of these places be spoke to the veterans regarding the erictiou of a monument to Gen. Grant, and they wore unanimously iu favor of its loo:.tion iu Washington. "It would have don! you good," said he "to see the enthusiasm that was awakened at the chance given the boys to honor their dead commander. The Grand Army proposes to subscribe 10 cents from every member, and there are 300,000 of them throughout this country. They mean to erect a monument to Gen. Grant in Washington, and I dou't think the day hi far distant when Get). Grant'B remain: will be placid for final rest in Washington. Iu reply to Gen. B B. .Hayes' letter suggesting that the authorities of the Grand Army of the Hepublie encourage their comrades to contribute to the building of a monument over the crave of Gen. Grant, Gen. Burdett says: "I havu been unable to bring my mind into acoord with yourn ou that point I hold to the opinion tbit the Grand Army will desire first of all to erect its own distinctive monument to our comrade, not nt a great cost, but for ths t purpose raising only such sum as, composed of the equal contribution of each individual comrade, shall be within the reavh and the glad gift of the poorest. The lational monument to be erected to Gene ral Grant should be of naoh proportions and cost as to be beyond the reach of private benevolence, and of right and propriety c ught to be ordered by the Congress of the United States and paid for out of the National Treasury, and that consequently the Gmi:d Army should not be be called upon i'or the effort you indicate."

A DIABOLICAL DEED.

Dynamite Smuggled Aboard a Steamw Laden with Women and Children.

An Explosion Follows, Injuring Sixteen Persons, One of Them Fatally.

(Philadelphia tel-gram. An exp'osion occurred on the stearflef 3. M. P. Hon just ftfler she had left her dock this morning on her trip to Wilmington, Del. As she Was opposite Pier No. (i, so.ith Wharves, the passengers ond crew were Gtartled by an explosion Which shook the boat from stem to stern, and when the smoke cleared away it was found that the entire forward iart of the vessel above the water-line had been badly damaged and a number of passengers injured, some of them severely. The pilot house and the entire upper deck were lifted and fell to the lower deck. The bow presented a Mcene of complete wreck. Tugs proceeded nt once to the injured vessel, and with the assistance of the police tug William S. Stokley, which was lying near by, at once proceeded to remove the injured. The ambulance of the Pennsylvania Hospital soon arrived and took most of the injured to that institution. The list of wounded numbers sixteen, as follows: Jesse Bradley, of Philadelphia, ankle dislocated; J. B. Chester, of Chester, side injured; Geo. Cockaine. of Philadelphia, back and thigh hurt by falling woodwork; Samuel Cooper, of Fraukford, hurt about the chest and head; George Erwin, a deck-hand, severely injured in the side; James E. McDonald, a child, of Chester, leg broken; Silas Beed, of Philadelphia, slightly injured; George Mitchell, deck-hand, of Bridgeion, K. J., right hand severely ;ut and ankle sprained: John McCnlker, passenger, injured about the breast; Edward Spear, of Philadelphia, injured internally it 1 thought he will die; John Stevenson, of Camden, N, J., slightly injured; Charles Quinlali, of Philadelphia, badly braised about the body; James1 Valentine, of Wilmington, Del., engineer of the FeltoH, tint about the head by flying glass; John L. Vantiue, of Chester, Pa., complicated dislocation of ankle: Edward Young, of Wilmington, Del., fireman of the Felton, iniured about head and face; George L. Wil

son, the engineer, who was standing on the

wharf when the explosion occurred, was thrown backward over a bench, and sustained injuries of the right wrist The passengers were mostly women taking babies for a fresh-air trip on the river. Their escane is accounted for bv the nrovi-

denlial fact that but few of them were in

the forward part of the steamer, as the

forward canvas, awning had not been set, and the stln shining there made the passengers seek cooler Spot in the stern of the boat.

Edward Young, the fireman, says that

when the exp'osion occurred he wai carry'

ing only thirty-five pounds of steam to the

square inch. Andrew Linker said to-day that he in-

soected the boiler Inst May and found it in

good condition. The iron was tested. It is stamped ofi.OOQ pounds, and broke at

56,000 rjonnd'. The indentation in the

head of the boiler, however, shows beyond doubt that the explosive force came from

withont. and not from within.

Ont. Wiley, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Mer-

shou. and Mr. Linker made a careful ei

aminaliou of tne wreck for the purpose of

ascertaining tne cause, oi tne explosion.

The investigation established the f ct that

the explosion was causea Dy ayuamue. The explosive had been placed forward,

directly iu the head of tht boiler. The

steamer came up from Wilmington at 8:30,

and lay at her wharf until 10 o'clock last night. She lay at Wilmington in charge of Andrew Jones, of Bridgeton, N. J. He

could net be communicated with to- day.

but Cant Wiley says that if a strange', had

boarded or attempted to board the steamer

last night the watchman would have in

formed him of that fact.

While the steamer lay at her wharf this

morning the passengers came aboard and

took chairs on the hurricane dec or an. The officers and deck hands were busy,

and no attention was paid to the movements of passengers. Several of them carried baskets, so that a bundle or package might have been carried inboard without attracting attention. The official report made to H. F. Ken-

neay, onpenntenaeni or tne r-nuaaerpnut, f Wilmington and Baltimore Bailroad Com

pany, under whose supervision the steamboat is operated, says: "The head of the boiler was indented and cracked about a foot iu length. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a cartridge of some kind placed under the head of the boiler maliciously. " Detectives have been put on the ease.

O ,v. Martin, or Kansas. John A. Wiirtin was bom March 10, 1819, at nrdwnSville. Favette Conutv. Pa. While

a mere lad he lea filed tile tnhle of printing

in the othce of the UrowrisvlUe VHpper. In the spring of 1857 he wont to Pitfabufgh and worked at his trade for a short time.

W Ootober of the same year ho emigrated I

to Kansas.- rtu ionu-tl in Atchison, ana for a short time set iyps for Hie i-olumnsof the ' Squatter SorerHatu He purchased the Squatter Sovereign ia Febrna-y, 1858, changed its name to Freedom' Champion, and on the 20th of the same month commenced bis long editorial career in Knnfai by the issue of the first number Oi the paper with which he has since been so honorably identified. Since that'time he has been elected to ssveral offices, filling them to the utmost satisfaction of bis constituents. He was Secretary Of tlifl Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, and wat s!cted State Senator before he was. twenty-one. B served as delegate to the Territorial Convention, at Lawrence, of April 11, 18fi'l. During the summer of 1861 be assisted in organizing the Eighth KmiSaf! Infantry, of which he was appointed L:.en'enaflt Polonel. Early in 18 he was appointed Provost Marshal of Leavenworth, and in March of the saiaci year his regiment was ordered to Corinth. Miss., and thereafter during the whole war it served in the Army of the Cumberland.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A Brief Summary Compiled few Oar Wide-Awake Reporter.

ST. 1'AUli AND MINNEAPOLIS. Enormous Incr -ase or Population m the Two i lilies Since 1880. 18s. Paul Biiecia!. After long trarail St. Paul and Minneapolis have brought forth, and tbe population, according to tin State census is: St. Paul, 111,307, and Minneapolis, 129,200. Between 1870 and 1880, a ten-year period, the population of St Paul increased from 20.030 to 41,473, u gain of 21,443, or 107 per cent Iu the same time the population of Minneapolis advanced from 13,000 to 10,887, a gain of 'JU,8i!l, jr '2S'.l per cent. Iu the five-year peiiod from 1S80 to 1885 covered by the Ktate ret irus St Paul's population has risen from 11,473 to 111,397, a gain of 69.924, or 100 per cent. That of Minneapolis has inore ised according to this authority frou. 4 6,887 to 129,200. a gain of 82,313, or 17ii.5 per cent The increase of populatio'i in Bamsey County is 7o,313, or 153 per cent and that tu Hennepin is 81,722, or 122 por -sent

Only three Pullman sleepers have ever been seen in CiluinbuR, Ga., two on Mar-di-Gras excursion tiaina, and one occupied by Janauschck. Tm; Ad i or tit Is haw uottled it Tho ond of the world is now positively fixed for Mav 14, I83ii.

Bogus Beer Stamps. Washington sDecial.1 The officials of the Internal Revenue Bureau are working with the officers of the secret service iu the investigation of an extensive system of frauds in New York City. So far their attention has been particularly directed to the counterfeit beer stamps. Up to within a few weeks ago there was not the slightest suspicion that anything of a "crooked" nature was going on, b t an examination of the receipts of the local internal revenue office showed quite a falling off. A more careful examination developed the fact that it was confined exclusively to the brewers. Then came the discovery that counterfeit beer stamps were in use. Up to date about $14,000 worth have been seized, and the end is not yet The officials bore are very reticent over the affair, and decline to give out the particulars for publication. It is learned, however, that they have discovered a conspiracy in which brewers from nearly all the principal cities of the country are concerned. The evidence is now being gathered, and it is uudei stood that at the proper time there will be a series of arrests and seizures which will partake of the most sensational description.

The Cholera. (New York dispatch. A Washington telegram says: "Surgeon General IHamilton, of the Marine Hospital, said that there is as yet nothing to alarm the people of the United States in the reports coming by cable of the spread of cholera. Despite all that has been said about tho probability of the epidemic reaching onr shores this year, lie aays there is not a single circumstance to render the risk greater than it was last year. There is every indication that this year's outbreaks are to follow the course of those of last year, the localities suffering most severely bring those which have not taken the most ordinary precautious of cleanliness and disinfection. Dr. Hamilton says America's danger is mainly from cholera in England or in Cuba. It has been bis impression that if it comes to the United States it would come by way of Cuba, and for this reason the efforts of the service have been directed mainly against contagion iu that direction. "

(iaimiug Everything:. I Houston (Tex.) special.) Three hundred and eighty suits have just been filed in the District Court in this county for the heirs of Mary E. Weatherford, of Tennessee, whioh embrace 335 acres of land in this city and three blocks on Main street. Suits for 27,00:1 acres of land iu Cherokee, Henderson, Busk, Coryell. Bexar, Medina, LitnpaeaR, and Houston Counties, and $10,000 worth of property in Austin, bave al(K been entered.

One of General Santa Anna's widows is st It living iu Mexico, and is brigUt and interesting ai ever. She wok marri' d at the egeof'3.

Lieut. Col. Mirtin was promoted to he Colonel on tbe 1st of November, 1882, and was Provost; Marshal of Nashville) Tenn., from December, 1862, to June, 1883. The regiment under his command took part in the battles o:? Perryville, Ky., and Lancaster, Ky. ; the campaign agninst Tullohoma and Chattanooga; the battle of Chickamauga; tho siege of Chattanooga; the storming of Mission Bulge; the campaign in Eastern Tennessee in the winter of 1863-4; the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta; ar.d tits subsequent pursuit of Hood northward. Col. Martin commanded the Third E igade dnringthe siege of Chattanooga: an!, commanded the First Brigade, Third Divis on, Fourth Army Corps, from August, 18(M, until his muster out at Pulaski, Tent., Nov. 17, 1864. Returning home, he resumed control of the Atchison Champion early iu January, 18C5. He has been Comiiuuider-in-ehi'f of the State Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic; a dslegt to from Kansas to the National Republican Conventions of 1860, 1868, 1872, and USV, a member of the United States Centennial Commission and one of tho Vice Presidents of that body; was elected by the two houses of Congress one of the Board of Managers of the National Soldiers' Homes in 1878, and re-elected in 1882, being Seeond Vice President of that body until 1.884, and was elected Mayor of Atchison in 1865. He was elected Governor of Kansas in 1881, defeating ex-Gov. Glick, the Democitttic candidate, by 40,000 majority. Gov. Dawes, of Nebraska. James W Dawes, Governor of Nebraska, was bom at McConnelhiville, Ohio, on Jail; 8, 1815. Kemoved from Ohio to Wisconsin in 1856, loci ting in the town of Newport. Beceived n common-school education; worked on farm summers, attending school winters. F: om October, 1834, to October, 18G8, clerked forG. J. Hansen Co., general merchants, nt Kilboum City, Wis, Studied lav at Fox Lake, Wis., and was admitted to the bar Jan. 10, 1871. Was married at Pox Lake,, May 11, 1871. Located nt Crete, Nob., Sept 5, 1871. En-

In-buui yobFtffitrwtmi is a list of fairs obe heMia Indiana the wming season: ' Now Ross. New JtoM .... . .Aug. 10 151 Ripley Osgood.... .... -Aug. H JJ-

ueiaware uncle, a ja. ai w. Dxne Lebanon. A tap - Pirke Rockvma. ...... Aug; Dunkirk Dunkirk Aug. 10g . Heirrv. Middletawn n. IS BV

Klintrargb. Edinburgh Aug. 18 Bl

uc&roorn. ...... ivwrenceourK..A.a. ur . Clinton Pi-anklort Aag. t Bri.igetim Bridgeton Aug. - Blackford Hartford CTty.. . Aug. Grant Marion Aug. knightatown . Knlghtatown... .Ana. SS-8& llocotar, Oreenshuig Aug. SO ?. . Hunlfum XobtesviUe. ....Aug. 88 . HaiTiaon Ckaydon Aug. si Sea.. Madison Anderxon Aog. 31 8aj. 4. Pike..: PeteraMn.....Aag. SI Sept; 4. Clay Brazil ag, M-Jgjf-J-Tippecanoe Tavette.... ..A- ttNPItS. Clark.... .... ..Chariestown. ..Sent, 14. Plainneld Danville Sept tC , Shelby BiwlfryvUIS Sept 1 . H. K. Indiana... Aurora. Swpt. 19. . . Xenia Xtnia..... Sept 1 . T.-fferaon. .... . .Madlaon .Spt S-rfc Omoaw .Paoll Sept. Acton Acton ....Sept. 1 tL Montaomerv. ,.CnwtordvUle.'.BaDt 7 IS.

Jasper .Bemeelaer .Sept 8 XL-

liusu nuanvuie p. ou, Wabaah Wabash Sept 811. Bwitzerland and Ohio Eait EnteiprlaeBept 811. Wayne Dalton Sept. S 11. Posey New Harmony. .Sept. 8 IS. Pulaski Wtnlmao Sept 812. Warren West Ijebaoon -Sept. 812. Lnogootee Loogoote Sept 8 18. Allen Fort Wayne.... Sept. -A-1B. 'Washington Salem Sept 1418. FlUrlooust Fairmount Sept. 14 IS. Gibson Princeton.... ..Kept Banholpta Wiaebeeter . . . .Sept, 141. Vigo Terra Haute. . . .Sept. 14 IS. Howard Kokonw Sept 15 UL Newton Morocco Sept 1518. Porter Valparaiso Sept 1618. Bartholomew . .Colnmbua Sept 16 IP. Henry Newcastle Sept 151. Hnntington Huntington Sept 15 ML Miami Pern Sept 15 Ml Lawninee Lawrence Sept 1510, 1 . JitcVaou Brownrtown. . .Sept StUK, Sr Joe South Bend ... .Sept. 1 K5. Tipton Tipton Sept U . La Porte Iji Porte Sept 8S-SS. Francftvilte . . .FTamisvius....Bept 30-96. Cass tagaasport'.....8ept 9S-ML Orlaans.,., ....Orleans Sept ai-SS. Fulton Bocheater Sept S 40. l'eiry RolM Sept 8 Oct . K. E. Indiana . .Waterloo Sept SS-Oet S. Jty Portland Sept SB Oct. 8. Kdble Ugonter Sept SS Oct. 3. Wells andBl'k'dMontpelier Sept. JB-Oct. . La-jnwge.. Lagrange Sept 9 Oct . Miami Maey Oct; 18. Green.. Linton Oct. 5 Monroe Bloonrington. ..Oct 5-a. Stenlwn Angola Oct S-. F astern Ind. . . . Ktndallville. . . .Oct 5Poplar Grove. . .Poplar Grave. . Oct. t . I'aviess.... .. ..Washington. ...Oct 5 . Flkhart Goshen Oct 6 . lake Crown Point. . .Oct 6 ft. Lawrence Bedford Oct 611 Warrick BoonvMe ..Oct 1. ; I'm) vine UrmeyvlDs Oct. 8 Ml Knox Yincennas OotM-rf. nwTri-SateFalrwmrheldaoleo 7-18. ... Unprecedented Kaia-Oall. An immense amount of rain has fallen il the southern part of the State in the past few days. At Madison the rain fell in torr snte from the evening of the 7th of August cntilthe morning of the 8th, at a rate of one and one-fourth inches per hoar. Public property was greatly injured. At Vevsy the river rose seven feet. Six bridges were destroyed in the county. Four hundred and N fifty acres of matured com in Plum Creek was swept away. The loss of grain was very heavy, and several farmers lost some of their most valuable stock. The water fa x the creeks was three to five feet higher than ever known before. Wonder Intlw Clomda.

gaged in mi -rcantile business' from Sept. 5, 1871, to Mi .rch, 1877. Was elected State Senator in 1876. Engaged in the practice of law since 1877. Held the position of Chairman c f tho Republican State Central Committee af Nebraska from May, 1876, to September, 1882. Elected delegate to the Sepublican National Convention at Chicago, June, 1880, and wi named by delegition as niembi'r of National Republican ommittee for Nebraska for term of four years. Trustee and Secretary of Donne College, at Crete, Neb., since 1875. Elected Governor if Nebraska November, 1882, and re-eleciied November, 1884.

Why Hotels Are Objectionable. What I mafnly object to hotels for, says a writer in the San Francisco Chronicle is their singular capacity for spreading whispers. They are regular whispering galleries. A diligent searcher a: ter the truth concerning his neighbors, of whioh description of ma and women there are entire nations oa the globe, can find it one of the most simple am pleasant occupations possible in a h 3tel. The walls are always thick enough to need a door, hut they arc never thick enough not to bo penetrated by the ear of h far-hearing woman. In one of our hotels thoir lives a charming girl, who has a sweetheart. Ho is no great shales, to u; e a colloquialism, but he hai- an unfailing belief in himself. He is a dude and he's glad of it. The other night two sentences were caught They were enough. "Oil I" the said iu on impassioned tone, while tho sound of a smack well, it was moi.-e than that, it was a fullrigged ship came after each word, "lou are just the sweetest thiug in life!" I know it but don't give it away 1"

Gosn th.tt is thoroughly ripened on the stalks in the field, well dried iu the sun, traced up and placed in a room, possesses remarkable vitality. Some seed corn was disposed of at an auction sale ia Vermont in the spring of lftSS said to ls thirty years old, but il sprouted i.'eadily and produced a large

A remarkable phenomenon was noticed in Uie vicinity of Vincennes, a few days ago. At about four o'clock in th.; evening, a funnel-shaped cloud approached the city and finally resolved itself into an immense wator-spoat This water-spoutswept down the Wabash, whirled the water up into the clouds with lightning rapidity, and was the grandest natural phenomenon ever witnessed in that section. In its coarse up the r iver it upset ' boats and other thing that came in its way. It was about 900 feetna, circumference. Praying for a Keeptati. A petition has been tiled with the Goverr or, asking a respite of two months for James M. Dennis, who is under sentence to tang, at CrawfordsviUe, on Septembers, for murder. The confession of John W. Coffee, exonerating Dennis from complicUy . ia the murder, is mode the basis of the appeal. Coffee has also been condennMd

to hang, ana a respite w if a hew trial is secured for Dennis, inoaNfer that he may give his testimony.

A Young ldy'a AaShrUoat. There is a voung lady in Crawfordsville

v.-ho is stranselv afflicted. She has been

sick in bed for three years, with what has

been suppoed.to be consumption, anoaas 1n not collected to live' onv length of naw

e n several occasions. She is now recovering her health, but her power of speech gone. It is thought that her ailment to c aused by a pin which she accidentally t wallowed years ago.

Hrieny Told.

Ces ay

The EvansviUe Furniture

nas been incorporated. Edward Straohsori, aged 1$, w drowned at EvansviUe, while bathing. The new City Hall, now in course .erection at Laporte, will cost $17,775.

It is said that Crawfordsville has i

drawing a pension who was a deserter Arena the army. The Fourth Regiment of Indiana Cavalry will meet at the Court House in Indiunapolis, the 14th inst. The bora of Win. Phillips, Bear Montezuma, was struck by lightning, and ithorses and contents burned. Mrs. John Rowley, Lafayette, fell down

iitairs, breaking her neck and crnshing her iknll. She was 68 years old.

T. M. Smith, late Superintendent of the Orphans' Home at Knightstawn, has resigned by request of the trustees. The huge frame noaringmitt at asmington, belonging to Geo. Hyatt, has been destroyed by fire. Loss, 915,000; insnr. itnee, $5,000. Jackson Pile, aged 35, died very sudlenly last week. He was sitting ou a fence, talking, in usual good health, whfjpjs fall no the ground a corpse. The flouring and saw-mill of t4ha . Xkerd, one mile east of BedfOfd, has burned. Loss, about $5,000. The was $3,000 insurance on it. The Orawfordgville fire companies have ptssed a resolution asking the City Council to put in waterworks, otherwise they will resign and leave the city withoat dre protection. James Costet, a farmer living in Pulaski County, was struck by lightning sod instantly killed. He had aeintothshoos to get ready for bed, and was closing a window when st ok. He leaves large family. -At Sellersburg, a little dangbter of St. Wells had a narrow escape fmabotribta death. 6he saw a bottle of sulpha4d upon the table, sad, not knowing wbjit-tt was, thought it would be a goad ideate drink it. As she uncorked the bottis, the

contents ware smiled over her

burning her body Mversty.