Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1882 — Page 1

VOLUME XXV

Small-pox exists in sixty-on places in Illinois. The negro exodus from North Carolina still continues. Small-pox is moving west—it has reached Omaha. Small-pox prevails now in sixteen states and two territories. Florida receives more wealthy set- , tiers than any other state. In the past twenty years there have been fourteen postmaster generals. The new assistant secretary of the treasury will come from the west. It cost the state of Ohio $38,836.57 for expenses incurred at Garfield’s funeral. The editor of the Philadelphia Ledger has a collection of clocks valued at $30,000. Henry Ward Bercher regards hanging as necessary for the protection of society. Jay Gould’s latest project is to lay a cable between the United Statesand South America. Queen Victoria gives each of her daughters, when married, $500,000 out of her private purse. In North Carolina, school teachers are paid less than men who shovel dirt on the railroads. Twenty million dollars more of government bonds have just been called in by Secretary Folger. Indiana has fifteen hundred commercial travelers who sell annually goods to the amount of $75,000,000. Ybllow fever, small pox, and all sorts of diseases prevail on the isth mus of Panama, and the canal is in a bad way. Booksellers in New York and Boston are complaining that the re vised edition of the New Testament is “dead stock.”

Maryland is anxious for immigrants to settle within her borders, and is offering tempting inducements. Captain Eads wants the government to indorse $50,000,000 of the bonds for his ship railroad across the isthmus of Panama. A Sioux Indian has been sentenced to death at Fort Sully, for the crime of murder. The Indian question is apparently being settled in a sensible way. Fairs In the winter are rather unusual, but the state of Florida advertises that its state fair will be held at Jacksonville, commencing February 21 st. Illinois enjoys the dubious honor of having furnished all the defense In the Guiteau case. The prisoner and both his lawyers have practiced law' in Chicago. i i— J Congressman Houck, of Tennessee, says that state is going to be Republican hereafter. Tariff and state rights are the straws that have broken the bourbon back. Mr. Springer, of Illinois, has introduced a bill in congress fixing specifically the degree of insanity necessary to clear a man from the responsibi 1 ity of murder. Bismarck wishes to call a congress of the European powers for the purpose of making the guarantees of the independence of the Holy See stronger. This bodes trouble to Italy. “American Snobs hovering around a celebrated English ass,” is the cruel way a New York paper alludes to the enthusiastic reception in that city of Oscar Wilde, the English aesthete. So many committees have been created by the last three and the present sessions of congress that the scarcity of committee rooms in Washington is becoming an alarming quesion. A rather novel bill was before the Ohio legislature recently. It was in the form of a special enactment to authorize an incorporated village to issue bonds for the purpose of building a factory. _________ A United States Senator at Washington expresses the opinion that if a panic occurs before the next election a man will be chosen president who favors confiscating the railroads to the people.

The street car company of New York city, while paying enormous dividends of 15 and 30 per cent, on a vast capital of watered stock, have let their small license fee to the city lapse until they now owe the corporation nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.

A French author, with an evident intent to produce a work on the two most dangerous things known, has written a book entitled “The Sword and Women. Meissonier, the worldrenowned artist, has illustrated the book, which is said to be the typographical gem of the world.

AN exchange says that “» doctor in a Massachusetts town was summoned by telephone to a ease ofcroup in another town two miles oft. The night being dark and cold he ordered the child brought to the instrument, listened to its cough and wheezing and prescribed a successful remedy.’ This leads the Chicago Tribune to think that it is the correct principle. Rv alwavs keeping the medical professton two miles from sick people ib“ will eventually become a very healthy country.

The Decatur Democrat.

TELEGRAPHIC. Boston, January 27.—A heavy gale to-day from the west and northwest did much damage in portions of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. It was very severe at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The Congregational church steeple was blown down and another steeple badly damaged and much loss occasioned by the tearing up of trees, fences, the demolition of chimneys, signs, etc. Three persons were injured, Mrs. Godfrey probably fatally. At Adams and Cheshire a thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed, At North Adams a one story brick building 800 feet long, belonging to the Jularite works, and containing some valuable machinery, was blown entirely from its foundations, and the bricks scattered in all directions. Tlie walls of a two-story briek building belonging to the same company were so damaged that three hundred feet in length will have to be rebuilt and new’ roofs laid on the whole works. The works are owned by New York and Boston parties, and the loss, it is said, will reach SIO,OOO. The steam engine house at Cheshire and the ice bouses attached, the property of the Housantic ice company, blew down with damage of s2O,uOb, and the covered highway bridge at Bordwell's ferry was completely demolished. At Newburyport about 100 feet of tin roof, with timbers attached, blew oft Grand Army hall, smashed in the “L” of a dwelling house. At Nashua, N. H, a four-story shoe factory building was raised two feet out of its perpendicular and caused two hundred’workmen in it to stampede. Julian Clark jumped from the second story window and is thought to be fatally hurt. The others were bruised or frightened. At Rochester, N. H., the large exhibition building of the Rochester fair association was overturned. It was filled with caniages which were all .more or less injured. At Lewiston, Me., four chimneys were blown down, plate glass windows blown in, a horse car overturned and church steeples started. At Rockland, Me., the roof of the gas house and many chimneys were destroyed. At Gardner, Me., the, ice h use of the Old Orcband ice company was destroyed. Burlington, January 27. — This morning the city was visited by the severest gale for many years, doing great damage to property. One wall of the Burlington & La Motte railroad depot, a lofty brick building, was blown in. The roof was also blown off of two buildings of the Burlington cotton mills. Many chimneys were blown down and a large number of trees prostrated. New Y t ork, January 27.—A ferocious wind storm prevailed throughout the interior of the state last night, seriously interrupting telegraph communication. At Syracuse a school house was blown down and other damage done. Alliance, Ohio, January 27.— About six o'clock this evening a Mrs. Shoemaker, a middle aged lady residing in Alliance was run over by an engine at the crossing of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroads. Her face was mutilated almost beyond recognition. She was watching a west bound train which was just approaching the crossing when the engine backing through the yard struck her. She leaves three children, all of whom are nearly grown. Sturgis, Mich., January 27.— About 12:15 o’clock last night two freight trains on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad collided a mile east of this place. Both engines were badly demolished and fifteen cars wrecked. The cause is assigned to the night operator at Burr Oak, who failed to give proper orders to the conductor. No lives lost and no one seriously injured. Detroit, January 27. —The assignee of the recently suspended Peoples bank, of Tecumseh, this state, made a report of the condition of its affairs as follows: Liabilities $49,396; nominal assets, $48,271; probably available, $29,410, including the property ol Col. Fitzsimmons, president of the bank, which is estimated at SIO,OOO, Steubenville, 0., January 27.— This morning the unknown man who died from small-pox at Elliottaville, was buried after remaining four days in an out-house. He has been identified as Benton Coulter, aged twenty years, a native of Illinois. He formerly traveled with Sells Brothers’ circus.

Chicago, January 27. —J. Cohn & Co., jobbers in tobacco, have failed through having attempted to do a large business on a small capital Liabilities, $40,000; assets, $60,000. The debts are almost entirely in the east. Albany, January 27.—The insurance department has been notified by the Union aid association of Buffalo, a co-operative life insurance company, that owing to the failure of members to pay the last assessment, it will discontinue business. Louisville, January 27.—C. W. Gillmore, a man of family, a paperhanger by trade, fell through a hatchway at Brayley* Gilbert's book-bind-ing establishment this afternoon and was fatally injured. London, January 27.—The following stock exchange firms have failed: Charles Ray, jr., with heavy (differences in Eries; Dox Casta & Field; Nathan <fc Hertz, dealers principally in foreign securities; also the old established firm of Manner, Sutton A Graham. The liabilities of the last name 1 firm are estimated at SBO,OOO. Newburg, N. Y., January 27.—The wheel mill of Laflin & Rand’s powder works was blown up to-day.

At Richburg, N. Y., Charles Barry was blown to atoms by the explosion of four pounds of nitro-glycerine. W H. Vanderbuilt is suing ex-Sen-ator Barnum for S7OO. About nine years ago Mr. Barnrm chartered a car to carry some freight from NewYork to Connecticut, and was run on a side track after being unloaded, where it has remained ever since, Mr. Barnum holding that the New York Central company should come after its car. Nashville, January 30. —A member of the bridge crew on the northwestern division of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway, at Kingston, was found to have the varioloid to-day, and the crew have been quarantined. This is the first approach to small-pox in this part of the state. Pittsburg, January 30.—Nineteen new easesjof smallpox inPittsburg and five in Allegheny w-ere reported to the boards of health to-day. Twenty-four deaths from the disease occurred in the latter city last week. Cincinnati, January 30.—Twentysix new cases of small-pox were re-

ported to-day, the largest number yet reported in one day. On Saturday there were twenty-two new cases. The greatest number are found in localities were vaccmation is not popular. Cleveland, January 30.—Oberlin is excited over a somewhat strange phase of the liquor question. All the druggists of the place agreed not to sell alcoholic liquors even in prescriptions. A recently opened drug store changed bands, and the new apothecary sold liquor in prescriptions and possibly otherwise. The strong total abstinence spirit of the village was at once aroused, and movement set on foot to watch him to discover if he sells spirituous liquid in any form. A mass meeting, presided over by the mayor, was held there last night, and was addressed by President Fairchild and others. The largest audience room in the village was crowded. One hundred thousand dollars were subscribed, subject to assessment by the temperance alliance to prosecute the temperance work in the village. Resolutions were adopted calling for a local option law for college towns. The business men of the place lead in the movement, and are represented to be substantially unanimous in it. St. Louis, January 39.—The supreme court to-day affirmed the decision the case of Charles T. Kring, for the murder of Dora Braemser, a married woman, and sentenced him to be hanged February 24. Kring shot Mrs. Braemser in 1875 because she wouldn’t leave her husband and marry him, and has been tried four timest for the crime. Once the verdict was reversed and once a juror was taken sick and once there was a mistrial. He has been in jail for seven years, and conducted the most bitter legal tight ever known here. The supreme court’s decision is much commended by the public, and sentence is sure to be carried out. Atlanta, Ga., January 30.— Thomas Richter & Co., furniture store; Dohrmeir & Duffy, grocers; McNaught & Scrutchin, hardware; W. A. Shannon, grocer; Llebman & Kuffmann, trunk factory; VV. Motes & Co., harness and saddle factory, burned. Partly insured. St. Louis, Sanuary 30.—The antipolygamy meeting called some days ago was held at the Pilgrim Congregational church to-night, and the house was filled to overflowing with with the best citizens of St. Louis. Rev. G. J. Nichols presided and spoke, and speeches were made by Bishop Robertson, of the Episcopal church; Rev. D. Wilson, Rev. Dr. Fulton, Judge S. M. Brackenridge, Colonel John C. Orrick and others, all of whom took strong grounds against the iniquitous practice, and called upon congress to root it out The committee on resolutions reported a long address to the senators and representatives in congress from Missouri, asking their earnest influence in the preparation and passage of such measures as will enable the government to put an end to polygamy in the territories.

Chicago, January 30.—The grand jury this morning investigated the methods ofbusiness on ’change with a view of ascertaining whether they were indictable as being akin to gambling. Some prominent members were examined, together with reporters and experts and participants in corners. • New Orleans, January 30.—The Houston, Texas, telegraph office no titled New Orleans that the block in which the telegraph office was on fire, and later that the telegraph office was burning. No later news. Chicago, January 30.—Anna Dickinson appeared as Hamlet at McVicker’s tiieatre to a large audience, who received her with every demonstration of approval and enthusiasm. Meridian, Miss, January 30.— Jones (white) and Miller (negro) were sentenced to be hanged March 3, for the murder of the Walker brothers. New York, January 39.—Daniel W. Waller, the veteran actor, died to-dav after a short illness. Cheyenne, January 30. —Charles Hatton, agent at Fort Washakie, Wyoming, with five Arapahoe chiefs, passed through to-day on their way to Carlisle, Pa., where thirteen Arapahoes children are at school. The chiefs will then go to Washington for a big talk with the great father. The fact of the children being at school greatly pleases the chiefs, and is a splendid preventive of Indian wars. The children have only been at school shortly over a year, and have written letters to their parents in English which were translated for the chiefs. Other Indians west will send their children to be educated. Fight With a Whale. Eastern Shore (Va.) Harald. On January 6, at 3 o'clock p. m.. an alarm was given by one of the men at the life-saving station that there w'as a whale on the bar. The surf-boat was launched at once. The gallant crew, full of excitement, sprang to oars, and the boat soon reached the monster. Captain Cobb, with his large double-barreled gun, fired ten times with the largest sized shot, which seemed to have no effect upon the whale The party had no harpoon of any consequence or lance, but they went’to work to stop up hisspout with a pole, and that seemed to have no effect. The next movement was to try the effect of an axe on the head of the whale to cut a hole into him, which Captain Spady did with great alacrity and expertness, while the fish was floundering in the water, but this did not even produce the desired effect.

The party resolved to make a last desperate effort upon his life, and sharpening a good-size pole, drove it into the hole which had been cut a distance of three feet and broke it. The party had one small harpoon, which they threw into the whale, but the cord parted. By this time the tide began to rise and the whale began to get a little lively. While the men were talking the whale gradually moved off as the tide rose. He was not less than seventy feet long, and grounded in twelve feet of water. How much beam he had no one could tell. Night coming on probably saved the whale's life, for he went as straight out the inlet, says one of the party, as Captain Corneil could 1 ave steered his vessel. The absence of good restaurants continues to be conspicuous at Chicago. In fact, outside of New York, the whole country does not possess ten such establishments. Good judges complain bitterly of the cuisine in some of the gorgeous western hotels, and would thankfully surrender the magnificent carpets and mirrors in favor of more palatable food. It will be years before St. Louis, Chicago, ana Cincinnati become really civilized places.

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1882.

CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE . Wasaington, January 23.—Immediately after the reading of the jour nal, Mr. Anthony submitted a resolution in respect to the memory of his late colleague, Senator Burnside. Eulogies were delivered by Senators Anthony, Maxley, Hawley, Harrison, Jones, of Florida, Hale aud Aldrich. Mr. Hampton paid a beautiful tribute to Gen. Burnside’s bravery in the field, and bis magnaniminity in peace and patriotic efforts after the close of the war in reconciling the two sections, which he said with hie gentle and noble nature had won for him the respect, esteem and affection of his colleagues from the south. Mr. Ransom said the prisoners of war taken by Burnside in his victories in North Carolinia, at Hatterat, Roanoke Island and Newburn uniformly spoke ol his courage, kindness and magnanamtnity. The resolutions were then adopted by a unanimous vote aud as an additional mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, the senate adjourned. HOUSE. A bill was passed that five trustees of the Lincoln monument association shall coestitutea quorum to transact buisness. Bills were then introduced aud referred. Mr. Orth, of Indiina, from the committee on foreign affair, reported back the resolution that the president be requested to obtain from tne British government a list of all American citizens (naturalized or native born) under arrest or imprisonment by authority of said government, with a statement of causes of such arrest by imprisonment, and especially such citizens as may have been thus arrested and imprisoned under a suspension of the habeas corpus in Ireland. Mr. Robinson, of New York, said the government had the right and it was its duty to demand the release of members of parliament elected by the people of Great Britain, and whom the British government had imprisoned. The matter then went over until tomorrow, when it will come up as unfinished business.

Public business was suspended, and eulogies upon the life and memory of Senator Burnsides were delivered by Messrs. Cbace and Spooner, of Rhode Island; Browne of Indiana; Rice, of Massaehusets, and Henderson, of Illinois, and out of respect to the memory of the deceased the house adjourned, senate. Washington,January 24. —James W. Me Dill, of lowa, as senator for the unexpired term, was sworn in, and the credentials of James F. Wilson senator from lowa for six years beginning on the 4th of March, 1883, were placed on file. The bill for the relief of Mary Lincoln passed. It appropriates sls'ooo for her immediate relief, and increases her present pension to $5,000 per annum from and after the bills enactment. After the introduction of new bills aemessage from the president was releived transmitting the drafts of bils to increase the salary of the commissioner es the general land office to $5,000 per year, and create offices of assistant commissioner general of the land office at a salary of $3,000 per year, and five surveyor generals and a list of land officers. Also to increase the salary of the commsssioner of Indian affairs to $5,000 and create the office of assistant commissioner of Indian affairs at $3, 000 per annum’and the draft of certain lands of Creek Indians in Indian territory, to the Untied States for the use of the Seminoles. Mr. George introduced a bill to prevent discriminations as between shippers and consignees by railroads engaged in inter-state- transportation. The senate, without action on the bill went into executive session, and soon adjourned until to-morrow. HOUSE. Mr. Belmont, from the committee on foreign affairs, reported back the resolution calling on the president for copies of all correspondence, etc., relative to the efforts of this government to bring about peace between Chili, Peru and Bolivia. Adopted. Mr. McLane, from the committee on commerce, reported back the resolution calling on the secretary of the navy for all reports, communications, etc., relating to the subject of Churiqui coaling stations. Adopted. Mr. Carpenter, from the same committee, reported back the resolution directing the committee on commerce to inquire wherein the existing laws can be amended so as to afford relief to the merchant marine engaged n the foreign carrying trade. Adopted. Mr. Haskell, of Kansas, from the committee on ways and means, reported back the bill admitting freeof duty all clothing and other articies charitably contributed fro the relief of colored people who have emigrated to their homes from other states, and not for sale. After some the bill passed.

The house then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Robinson, of Massachusetts, in the chair, on the fortification appropriation bill. The total amount appropriated is $375,000. After an unimportant the committee rejected a couple of amendments and reported the bill passed. Pending actions upon the report of the committees upou accounts, designating committees entitled to clerks, the house adjourned. Beaten by Chicago. A Toledo commercial traveler who has been opening up a new route in Indiana this winter, encountered one dealer who didn’t think he had better change his custom. He had been dealing with a Chicago house for several years, and he had no fault to find. “I can make your brooms for $ — per dozen,” urged the Toledoan . “Yes, but Chicago beats that.” “How’s —cents a pound for starch?” “Oh, Chicago beats that.” “I’ll sell you good tea by the chest for —cents.” “That's purty fair, bat Chicago beats that.” “Our house will give you four months' credit.” "Chicago's ahead of that.” The traveler couldn’t mention a thing that Chicago didn’t beat, and at last, d spairing of receiving an order he remarked: , „ “I did think of stopping over Sunday and going to church, but it seems—’’ . „ “Oh, it’s no use in trying that on, interrupted the dealer. “The agent of a Chi-ago house has been runnng our choir over a year past, and a Cincinnatti house has already agreed to send us on a Sunday school library! Maybe you can do something in the next town, but we’re chuck full here and (wouldn’t touch a Toledo house unless it promised us a twenty-acre lot for a new graveyard!”

THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU. FIFTY-FIRST DAY. Washington, Jan. 23. —Guiteau entered the court room this morning with a cleanly shaven face, and ap peared to be in good spirits. Before taking his seat in the dock he said that lie had received several hundred letters yesterday, the majority being from “high-toned” ladies, all of which breathed very tender sentiments, for which he returned thanks. One of tlie letters suggested that he ought to have a cabinet position. He then continued, “IfJudge Porter attempts to mislead the jury we will stop him.” Porter then began his address to the jury with much effbrt, being ill; so iii in fact, that there is some doubt whether he can conclude his address. He opened by saying that Scoville’s speech was a deliberate misstatement and a perversion of the testimony. He then said that Guiteau’s argument was the last interruption which should lie experienced from that source; the prisoner should not again leave the dock until sentence of death was pronounced upon him. He proceeded to denounce the assassin, saying he had been selfish from his youth, and possessed only lautal Instincts, and his drawing of the assassin’s true nature was most vivid and convincing. Early in the afternoon bis efforts told visibly upon his strength and he asked to be excused from speaking further, thereupon the court adjourned until to-morrow. fifty-second Day. Washington, January J 4. —As soon as court opened Judge Porter was about to begin his speech, when the prisoner forestalled him and called out from the dock, “I desire tossy that some 'crank’ has signed my name to a letter that appears in this morning’s papers. It is without my authority, and I repudiate it. Judge Porter, who had paused to permit this preliminary announcement, began by saying that “the prisoner, as usual, had made the opening speech.” After thanking the court and jury for their consideration yesterday he resumed his argument being continually interrupted by the prisoner and his counsel. Judge Porter went over the whole line of defence in detail showing it to be a sham and imposture. The first serious outbreak of the morning occurred when Porter, adverting to the statement of the prisoner’s counsel, and reiterated assertions of the prisoner himself, that the notes of Stenographer Bailey were destroyed by the prosecution. Scoville interrupted Judge Porter insisted he had a right to deny the statements of tlie same character made by the other side. Judge Cox thought that the counsel had no right to make any statement as to the contents of such papers. Judge Porter with much feeling, protested that he had been a | ractitiouer longer than the judge, and had nevei before beard such ruling. Reed, with considerable excitement, said: “If I was judge, I would put him under arrest. Such insolence to the court should be punished.” Judge Porter resumed his argument and proceeded to discuss the question of reasonable d übt as the element of defense in insanity. After which he tried to discuss the law as lain down by Judge Cox in this case, aud continued his review of testimony up to the hour of adjournment.

fifty-third day. Washington, Jan. 25.—As usual, ' Guiteau opened the proceedings of , the court by announcing, ‘‘My sister , has been giving some silly talk in , Chicago. She means well, but she is no lawyer.” Judge Porter immedi- , ately resumed his argument, being unintentionally interrupt d by prisoner. Mr. Porter closed his argument as follows: “Gentlemen, the time has come when I must close. The government has presented its ease before you, and we have endeavored to discharge our duty to the best of oui , ability. His honor has endeavored to , discharge his. I know you will be , faithful to your oaths and discharge yours. So discharge it that by your actions at least political assassination . shall find no sanction to make it a precedent hereafter. He who has ordained that human life shall be shielded by human law from human crime presides over your deliberations and* the verdict which shall be given or withheld to-day will be recorded where we all have to appear. I trust that the verdict will be prompt; that it will represent the majesty of the law, your integrity, and the honor of the country, and that this trial which has so deeply interested all the nations of the earth, may result in a warning (to reach all lands) that political murder shall not be used as a means of promoting party ends, or political revolutions. I trust, also the time shall come in consequence of the attention that shall be called to considerations growing out of this trial when by international arrangement between the various governments the laws shall be so strengthened that political assassins shall find no refuge on the face of the earth. At 3,15 p. m. Judge Cox charged the jury and at their retirement, recess was taken until 5 p. nt.,—ten minutes later the Jury called to the baliff that they were ready with their verdict. Judge Cox soon took his seat and the crier called “order,” and the jury, at 5:35, filed slowly into their seats. Every sound was hushed save the voice of the clerk as he propounded to the toreman the usual inquiry. Clear and distinct came the reply, "We have.” “What is your verdict, guilty or not guilty?” With equal distinctness,came the reply, “Guilty as indicted.” The pent-up feelings of the croud ound expression in uproarious demonstration of applaus and approval. Upon a demand jfrom Scoville the jury was polled and each juror was called by name and each in a firm voice promptly responded “guilty.” As the last name was called the prisioner shrieked, “My blood will be upon the heads of that jury. Don’t you forget it.” Judge Cox then turned to the jury and said. “Gentlemen of the jury, I cannot express too many thanks for the manner in which you have discharged your duty. You have richly merited the thanks of your’eountry- . men. and I feel assured you will take with you to your homes the approval of your consciences. With thanks, gentlemen of the jury, I dismiss you.” With this announcement the court was declared adjourned, and the now famous trial which has absorbed public Interest and attention for more than ten weeks, was ended.

They Shot the White Deer. It has always been a superstition among the hunters of Pike county, Pa., that kill a white deer would take | away all good luck from any one so thoughtless as to fire the fatal shot. White deer are among the rare animals that roam the woods. They i are so rare, in fact, that many people believe them to be

myths. Old hunters declare that they have seen deer as white as snow bounding over the Pike county ridges in years gone by, and relate instances of the fate which overtook men who were so rash as to kill them. A wellknown resident of the county expresses his sacred belief in the superstition, and relates a singular incident to show how well-founded it is.

“White deer,” he says, “are all gone from our woods now, the last one having been killed in 1872 by Hornbeck Shimer and two others. /That deer was yVell known to all tlie old hunters, but of course none of them ever raised a gun against it. Hornbeck Shimer moved away from this county about the time the war broke out, made some money in the army, and bought the Exchange hotel property inWilkesbarre. In 1872 he was worth SBO,OOO. He was a good hunter, having learned how while he lived along the Lackaw-axen. While camping up on the Bhohola in the fall of ’72 with L. E. Bevans, of Port Jervis, and Henry Frank, I think his name was. of Luzerne county, they heard that the white deer had been seen over near Greening's. In spito of the protest of the local hunters with them, they determined to drive the ridge for the deer and kill it. They succeeded in starting the deer, and all got a shot at it, killing it, and bringing it into camp. Not long afterward Shimer’s health began to fall, although he was as rugged and strong as an ox before, and still a young man. He died a lingering death two or three years afterward. You all know that he was brought to the old homestead up the river and buried. It was found that within a year or so he had become involved financial ly. He died in the midst of domestic trouble, and out of the fortune he had in 1872 there was hardly anything left. His property in Wilkesbarre was all run down, and was scattered at public sale. In 1874 Henry Frank failed in business, and died with a malignant disease, with scarcely enough money to bury him decently. L. E. Bevans, one of the leading merchants in Port Jervis in 1872 soon afterward became a bankrupt. He was never the same man that he was before, and the other day he blew his brains out in Port Jervis."

How a Catamount Was Killed.

“i don’t mind telling how I did it,” said John O. Smith, who recently shot a catamount near Frenchtown, N. J., weighing twenty-six pounds. “You see, my barn is only a short distance from a sketch of woods which lies between here and Stockton. The other morning I went to the barn to get a robe for the wagon. My shotgun rested against the wall in the harness room. Just as I went in for the robe, I saw’ a head at the back window, which w'asn’t an ordinary head, Grabbing my gun, I started around the barn. Tlie animal got to the corner before I did, and jumped out at me. I had no time to siioot, for the catamount—that’s what it was—had its claws on me before I could do anything. I yelled like a trooper, and, reversing my gun, struck the critter on the head with the butt. The catamount was stunned for the moment and sort of let go its hold, giving me a chance to move back a few'yards and bring the gun to my shoulder. Just then my wife appeared on the scene, and I yelled to her to run and bring out a pail of hot water — the hottest she had. Then I fired, aud hit the cuss square between the eyes. It ought to have settled him, but it didn’t. It only made him mad, and he crouched down to jump on me. 1 dodged, and got in another blow on the animal’s head, laying him on his baek, but not killing him. My wife had then returned with a pail of boiling hot water, and she threw it at the catamount. Part of it scalded the animal, but the most of it struck me, and took the skin clean off of one of my legs from the knee down. I danced around with pain, and the catamount raised up as though he he meant to show fight again. I gave him another blow’ on the head, which settled him. This is the first day I’ve been out since.”

Those Chinese Students. Letters received by friends of the Chinese boys formerly studying in Connecticut bear dates of November 12, and tell interestingly how the boys are faring. They were then at TieuTsin, where they had bedn taken from Shanghai. They- were stopping at the Chinese navigation company’s building, and were, as the letter which we have before us says, "well treated by all the officials and people.” The feeling toward the boys if it was unfavorable, must have changed. One rep >rt that was widely circulated about them was that they ail had had their queues cut off, but, when they arrived in China and were seen by everybody to have their queues still, the falsity of the story was manifest. To quote the letter: "We have been to see the Tao Toy, or governor of this state, and were examined in his presence in what we have studied in America; had towrite a short English composition and translate it into Chinese. The climate here is almost the same as in New England, but we feel the cold more from putting on the Chinese shoes and loose gowns. Where we are now we have used open grates in each room to keep us warm. The people are tall and large. Most of the bouses are made of mud. Labor is very cheap. Servant boys can be hired for a dollar a month. » » * I. am getting very fleshy, do nothing but eat, have no outdoor exercise; miss my base ball playing very much. You know it is not considered at all dignified for any Chinese over sixteen, especially a student, to play any kind of outdoor games. I shall ride on a mule every day for exercise. It costs six or seven cents to ride a whole hour. The rider has nothing to do but hold the reins, as each mule has its own driver, who runs behind and whips up the mule for the rider.” The Kazor Back.

To the traveler through Texas one of the strangest and most, particular features of the landscape is the razor ' back hog. He is one of the Swiss cottage style of architecture. His phys ical outline is angular to a degree unitn >wn outside of a text book on the science of geometry. His ears—or the few rags and tatters of them tha the dogs have left—are curled back with a knowing, vagabondish air. His tail has no curl in it, but it hangs aft like a wet dishrag hung out of the back window to dry. The highest peak of his corrugated back is six inches above the level of the root of his tail. He does not walk With the patrician Berkshire, but usually goes in a lively trot. He leaves the impression that he was late startI ing in the morning, andjis making up for lost time, or that he is in no doubt about the payment of that eheck and is hurrying to get it cashed before the bank closes. The only effective way to improve him is to cross him with a railroad train.

MIDWINTER MERRIMENT. The Mormon question—Willyou be r fraction of my wife, darling? Fresh: ‘May I have the pleasure?” M.»e Society : "Oui.” Fresh: “What does‘we’ mean?” Miss 8.: “Q, U ■.nd I.” Qualification: She told him that he could read his mind like an open book and then softly added, “blank book.” Sympathetic: “I feel for you deeply,” said the hungry man, probiug about in his soup bowl for a stray oyster. A Missouri man deserted his wife and t wins to elope with his mother-in-law. It may have been love, but it was probably fear. The man who stood in front of his glass for two hours getting the right color on his mustache said he was just “dyeing to see his girl.” The fellow who wrote "Nothing is Impossible” never tried to find the pocket of his wife’s dress wh.an it wo® hanging up in a pawn-shop. “An that’s the pillar of Hercules?" she said, adjusting her silver spectacles. ‘‘Gracious! what’s the rest of his bedclothes like, I wonder?” “Now, then, what’s ycur papa’s name, Freday?” “Dunuo.” “Don’t know your papa's name! Why, what does your mamma call him?” “Brute.” A Chicago girl’s usefulness: Thirteen men crossed Ffth street dry shod yesterday by simply following in the tracks of a Chicago girl who is here on a visit. A north country fish wife went to buy a dress. “None of your gaudy colors for me,” she said at once to the man at the counter; “give me plain red andyaller.” An exchange, speaking of Jennie Cramer, says: “Her feet went down to death.-’ If Jennie was a native of St. Louis, public sympathy will be on the side of death.

A wife who was so mewhat exercised about hasty burials said to her husband: “You attempt to bury me as soon as the breath is out of me,and you will hear from me.” “Do not marry a widower,” said the old lady. “A ready-made family is like a plate of cold potatoes.” “Oh, I’ll soon warm them over,” replied the damsel; and she did. A Cairo girl, whose lover is called Peleg, blushingly addresses him as “Petim.” Her modesty is of several years’ duration, and has baffled the skill of the best physician. J. W Riley has a poem on “The Lost Kiss.” He doesn’t make it very plain how he lost it, but it is presumed her mother came into the room just in time to catch him at it. A young widow was asked why she was going to wed so soon after the death of her first husband. “Oh, la,” said she, “I do it to prevent fretting myself to death on account of dear Tom!” Darwin says man sang before he talked. Os course, they were forced to invent language, then. They had to express disgust which singers always entertain for each other’s vocal efforts. Narrow escape: “Ike has an irrigating disease; Charlotte russe broke out all over him, and if he hadn’t worn the Injun beads as an omelette It would doubtless have calumniated fatally." Illinois has a cow which weighs 3,000 pounds, but as she only gives three quarts of milk per day and can’t kick any harder than a cow weighing 800, we don’t see where the bulge comes in. The Boston Post has a poor opinion »f a man who wasts his time chuckling a baby under the chin when he can flirt with its mother, but seems to forget that this Is the first step to the flirtation.

One of the meanest things a man can do is to break into his wife’s preserve bank, drink up the brandy and leave the peaches. Such a man would steal stationery from the Treasury Department. A German complaining of the overshadowing influence of militarism said: • See the effect on our children ; if we have handsome,well-made boys, they Join the military; if girls, the military join them.” A small boy testified in a justice’s court that the affray took place on Sunday. “How do you know it was Sunday?” "Because that day I had to go to the baek door of the saloon to get beer instead of the front door.”

About this time the astute clergy- t man takes pains to' cough a little in j the presence ®f the lady sheep of his a flock, and gets rewarded in May by a , ticket to Europe and a purse from the s brethren. Now, an ordinary man on- f ly gets set down as a public nuisance ( when he coughs. A bad case of n. g.: Gus Singsadly I is as deaf as a post. During one of the cold days of last week a friend told him he would freeze his ears if he did not protect them in some way. "Suppose they do freeze,” said Singsadly, “wbat harm wili that do? They’re no good.” "But 1 pass,” said a minister recently in dismissing one theme of his subject to take up another. “Then I make it spades,” yelled a man from the gallery, who was dreaming the , nappy hours away in an imaginary , game of euchre. It is needless to say that he went out on the next deal, as- ,

listed by oue of t :e deaeons. ti Frank White, of’’Leadville, returning alone from a trip in the Indian | country, found himself freezing to death in a blinding snow storm on the Grand river. Remembering that o he had heard old travelers on the r plains talk about the latent heat in a , snowbank, he dug a deep hole in a E drift with his bands and crawled in. ~ Presently he began to feel more com- a fortable/and the delighful but om- a nious drowsiness which precedes s death by freezing stole over him. He ( fought against it in vain, and at last t became unconscious. The next morn- , iug he awoke, not in eternity as he . had confidently expected to do, but , in the snowdrift as warm and snug as the traditional bug. A Paris special states that there is much indignation felt at the declaration of Gembetta that “should the congress of both chambers exceed the i scheme for the revision of the constitution it would place itself in a revo- ; lutionary condition.” 5 Governor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, t has issued the death warrants of I Frank and Henry Rumberger, James y Nevling, Frank Small, Joseph Allio I son and Jonathan and Uriah Moyer. I March 24 is fixed for their execution.

NUMBER 44.

The Origin of Wine. When Bacchus was a boy he journeyed through Hellas to go to Naxia, and as the way was long be grew tired, and sat down upon a stone to rest. As he sat there with his eyes upon tlie ground, he saw a little plant spring up between his feet, and was so much pleased with it that he determined to take it with him and plant it in Naxia. He took it up and carred it away with him; but as the sun was very hot, he feared it might wither before he reached his destination. He found a bird’s skeleton and stuck it into the hollow of the legbone. Under the genial warmth of his thaumaturgic handling, the branch throve at a rapid rate, and it actually began to sprout at both ends of the bird’s bone. Hereupon he found a lion's bone, scooped out a sufficient orifice and thrust the sprouting vine and the case into this new receptacle. In a few hours the vine thrm-t forth its tendrils at the top and bottom of the lion’s bone. Shortly before reaching Naxia he found a donkey’s thigh bone, with a very iartre borP, into wEioh. Lu tbc vine, the bird’s bone and the lion's bone. When about to set the plant he found that the roots bad twined themselves around the bird’s, the lion’s and the donkey’s bone, and as he could not take it out without damaging the roots, he planted it as it was, and it came up speedily and bore, to his great joy, the most delicious grapes, out of which he prepared the very first wine ever tasted by the human race. It was noticed, however, at that time, (and the phenomenon still prese- ts itself at this day) that the vine had gather ed a certain dist inct quality from each of its three successive receptacles. When a man first begins to drink he sings like a bird, when he has drank a little more he becomes vigorous and gallant like a lion, when he continues drinking he becomes a ass. Yellow Flowers in Favor. The appearance of the golden, feathery acacia, the trees of which are the perfection of grace, with their waving, weeping sprays of soft yellow bloom, is always charming to the admirer of plants. The cut bloom of acacia, with its small, fantastic foliage, combines finely with other flowers for vase decoration or for bunches or bouquets for personal ornamentation. Yellow' blossoms were never more popular than at present. Roses of this tint are eagerly sought, from the pale Perle des .lardin, the strawcolored Sprunts and the orangeshaded Mme. Talcot in the “teas” to the rich Marechai Neils, which fairly rings with gold. Yellow tulips, yellow daisies, buttercups and even the big straw-tinted immortelles are in more constant demand than flowers showing other colors. A corsage bunch of Neils or Perles is greatly improved if it rests on a fan of acacia sprays. How lovely itcombines with violets; how gorgeously it festoons a basket of scarlet tulips. At a wedding on Thursday, at one end of the draw'ing room each corner was grouped with tropical plants, which met al the pier glass, where an immense horse shoe of blossoms holding the monogram of the bride and groom was suspended. A lover’s knot and horseshoe were hung in the back parlor. In a recess a bow and arrow five feet in length were suspended. Balls of rich flowers swung from the folding doors and the mantelpieces were banked with bloom, The staircases, to the top of the house, were garlanded and on the newel posts tall bouquet ( and trailing vines were fastened. The three bridesmaids carried bouquets of Bonseline buds. The bridal bunch was of Ninhetos roses and lilies.—[New York Commercial Advertiser.

Barnum’s Show for This Year. A feature of the ring performances will be the grand gladiatorial act of the Gilfort Brothers, entirely new to this country. The three Ronaldos, technically known as "high-kickers,” will prove another novelty. Mme. Dockrill, the peerless, whose equestrianism has delighted two hemispheres, will continue her services There will be no less than sixteen dens ot performing animals; the only baby giraffe ever born in captivity; the one and only baby elephant, two genuine wild men of Borneo, captured in an untamed state, but not before three or four men were killed; Brunstad, the Norway giant; CheMah, the Chinese dwarf, who raised rebellion against the emperor; Myrtle Corbin, the child born with four legs; Major Atom, weighing but fifteen pounds, and twenty-six inches high; ten full grown giraffes and twenty-one ponderous elephants, are only a few of the salient attractions. The $20,000 handsomest woman in the world to be escorted by the $lO,000 handsomest man, are to be pre-

eminent features, to be surrounded with magnificent paraphernalia, enthroned upon two of the tallest elephants alive, in the gorgeous free street parade, and exhibited under the huge canvas, on pedestals peculiarly adapted, of costly design and beautifully arrayed. No less than sixteen open cages of wild and trained nimals (the largest show heretofore never displaying more than two), with a lion, bear and tiger led by hand, will appear in this same parade. The ’world-famous Lulu-jump, which created a frenzy of excitement at Niblo’s theatre a few years back; the catapult, an instrument of warfare in vogue with the ancient Romans, by which a human being is projected with meteoric velocity through space the entire length of the canvas, and a most marvelous per-

formance by three native Egyptian athletes, will be substituted for some of the older acts. Also a comely maiden will slide down a wire from apex of the canvas to the ground, sustained only by her hair. I ♦ Imported Turnips, Carrots and Celery. New York Sun. Large quantities of turnips, carrots, onions and celery are expected to arrive at this port from foreign countries witbin the next few' days. The turnip crop in this state was an utter failure, the celery crop in this state was an utter failure, the celery crop amounted to very little, owing to the scarcity of water, and carrots suffered from the same cause. Imported potatoes and cabbages have been arriving in large quantities for mouths. The prices of Irish turnips and potatoes are lower than those asked for the home product. The Irish turnips are immense in size, and when cooked are not stringy. They are better than the turnips brought here from Cana- ' da, and command a higher price. Lafayette is greatly excited over - learning that a dancing bear, which has been in charge of two Italians, ~ escaped from its keepers just outside f the city and was killed by a family it s attacked. The Italians are missing, j- and-from the discovery of bits of their r. clothing in tlie vicinity, it is f :. that both were killed, .