Decatur Democrat, Volume 26, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1882 — Page 1

VOLUME XXVI.

K fl. AtLis- *> , Fres't. W . H Niruc* .CubM*. l». Sn-|»*«ABFR, Vice ’’ree l. THEADAMS COUNTYBANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, This Dank it now open for the transaction "t * general banking buainesa. We buy and sell Town, Torrmlrip and County Orders. 25jy79tf PETERSON & lIUFFMAN, attorneys at law, DECATUR, INDIAMA, M ill pracii'e in Adires and adjoining eeHti’irs. * -pec Hi 'ii'eniLn fe ivrii io coi|pc "‘iis an 1 titles to «ral (.state. Are NoUriu Public and draw deeds and mortgagee .Real estate bought, sold an ! rented on tea*onaW« terms. Office, rooms 1 and 2,1 C <>. F. building 25jy7y<f FRANCK I KIN*;. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, I) ECAT tit. IN DIANA. E. N WICKS, attorney at law, DECATUR, INDIANA. Al! legal business promptly attended to Office up stairs in Stone s building 4.h door. v’25n24 year 1. D. BIXLER. BERNE, INDIANA. Retail Dealer in WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY. Spectacles, cfco Repairing done at lowest prices to guar I antee good and sound work DasihlsrSiWi'is, Mothers, i 1 N /fe Dr. J. B. UTIC N Y , pwcovk h»i or DR MARCHTSPS UTERINE* t TIIOLICON A POSITIVE CURE FOR FEMALE C S O LA!HTS. Thi* R-ni‘dv will ac in batm«” v with the I Foma »h at alt hi»i aie>* »inin« d a»ely tip m th- abd'imi nt and uhrin- tt.'im: c“ ami re-t ire th ■ n to a hei’tby and strong condition. Dr. Marcbt-i's Uterine • aiholic -n wi ’ cure r i‘. n_'<»fthe Wo no. L’liccorrhce*. •’* roi.ic In- i (Linen* inn and ric»Tation of the womb, fnriden | tai He.u » rhage «»r H »odiag. Patiilo'. M»ppre->-e(i , awl !r VL.U ts Mi-n-trn itmn Kid* ey Comp'a’nt i ai d ?•* <•-[> t a''y adapted to ti <• Chai gr of l ife. | Send i»«r ptmph'ti, in-e. A I k-tr< r us i. airy «n*w , i , il M r •• as a mv KtifsUJlD ALL Dili <•GI*FS. fa'• <1 5' per b •tt’f. I’» • ««'•• mi,.| a-* tor I *r. I Uterine Calhol C<m Take t■> ••th- r ' 4 ft (Aj X£v *■ l i SUNNY S LOPE I \\ ’ll. HANDMADE. tr // \\ DISTILLED J. f I HNNfy • AL- w CORN .-J 'LRACKErC \\ HAND MADE. // Both ofthese famous brands of M hiskey arc kept in stock for sale at THE “OCCIDENTAL.” J. H.

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The Decatur Democrat.

r 1 Tie D<‘moc i•a t. Official Paper of the County. A. J. HILL, Editor and Hilliness Manmcer. TERMS t ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS IN ADVANCE : TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IF NOT PAID IN ADVANCE. ~a. it. iiolloway. m. n~ PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, bKCATVR. INDIANA. Office ever Adam? Co. P.sr.k 2nd door. Wil a:tend to all professional calls promptly, night or day. Charges reasonable. Resi dence en north side of Monroe street, 4th house east of Hart's Mill. 25jy79t( ~W. IL myersT FricA- A’Atoiir .Uff.Kon ( onlrac'r DECATUR, INDIANA. lolicils work of ail kinds in his line. Persons coutemplatii g building might mane a poi.it by consulting him. Estimates on application, ▼25n45m3. K N WICKS, J. T. MKKUYMAN. XyiCKS* MERRYMAN, <f/<ornf t/.s al Law AM) Real Estate Agents. Deed*, Mortgages, Contracts and all Legal Instruments drawn with neatness and dispatch. PaXition. settlement of decedent’s estates, and collections a specialty. Office up stairs in Stone’s building—4th door. ▼ol, 25, no 24, yl drTkitchmiller will be at the BURT HOUSE, DECATUR, INDIANA, Every second Tnesd.iv and Wednesday of each month to treat ail < hrouic Diseases. Consultation free Call and see him. All letters of inquiry re vived at the borne office at Piqua.Oho. will icceive prompt att» mion. Write to him and make a statement of your case —v2‘-n->»> I y. Thousands of graves prolonged, happiness and health restored by the use of the great GERMAN INVIGORATOR which positively and permanently cures I illp<)(«*U( > -caused by » xcesses of any kina) Seminal WeaknrNH nnd all diseases that ioilow as a sequence of SelfAbuse, as loss of energy, 1. ss of memory, universal lassitude, p iiu .n the back, d mness of vision, pnm-t'ure old age, hnd many other diseases that lead to insanity or consumption and a premature grave. Send for circular* wi h te-tlmonals free by mail The In% is sold nt fl per box, or six boxes lor $5, by all druggists, or, will be sent fee? by mail, securely sealed, on receipt of price, by addressingj F J ( iBFA El, 187 Summit St, Toledo, Ohio. Sole Agent for the United States. R. A. Pierce -i Co., Sole Agents at De?atur S n F.l IM Satista the mo»t fastidious as a perfect Hair Restorer and Never Fails to Restore Grey or l aded Hair to Vise youthful< ior. cts. andsl sizes at all Get A. the M U Giagtr, Rucliu, Mandrake. Stillingia and manv >f the l-est tnedi«:ines known are here ccwnbined intoa medicine of such varied and effective I powers, as to make the Greatest Blood Purifier&the Best Health and Strength Restorer Ever Used. It cures Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Sleeplessness, all diseases of the S: mach, Bowels, Lungs, Liver, Ki Incys, and all Female Complaints. If you are wasting away with Consumption or j any disease, use the Tonic to-day. It will surely ' h-!pyou. Remember! it is far superior to Bitters, ! Essences of Ginger and other Tonics, as it budds up the system » >th nt intoxicating. 50c. and $1 B sizes, at all dealers in drugs. N one genuine without ugnat ure of Hr-cox & C-x.N Y. Sei-d for circular LARGE SAVING IN BUYING THE DOLLAR SUE.

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1882.

Weekly news review. THE EAST. Two negroes and two white men | were caught in Philadelphia with the corpses • of five colored persons, which were being taken from Lebanon Cemetery to Jefferson Medical College. Crowds of negroes blockaded the street with the intention of lynching the offenders, but the police retained their prisoners in default of SS,(XX) bail each. .... Another of Arnott’s mills in Philadelphia, occupied by several Woolen artd cotton inahufacturerK w burned last week, causing a loss of $130,000. Joe Coburn, th© pugilist, has been released from the penitentiary at Sing Sing, N. Y. He was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for shooting two policemen. He was granted a rebate of 33 per cent for good behavior, and Gov. Cornell commuted nine months of the term. Interments in the free colored cemetery at Harrisburg, Pa., have been made so carelessly that many bodies are exposed to the air. and dogs have been feeding on the uncoffined dead for many years..... The building 307 to 311 Canal street New York, occupied by the Manhattan Suit and Cloak Company and Powers A Co., was damaged $70,000 by fire. • The indiscretions of Mrs. Langtry seem to be the chief topic of conversation along the Atlantic seaboard Fred Gebhardt, the wealthy young New Yorker who followed her to Boston, and has been so much in her company, is understood to have been driven away from the theater by Manager Stetson. Mrs. Langtry suffered an attack of nervous prostration while playing in Boston, and was quite ill The Trustees of the great East river bridge, connecting New York and Brooklyn, expect to have the structure ready for foot passengers by Jan. 15.... A copper still containing twenty-five barrels of whisky exploded in the Gibsonton distillery, at Belle Vernon, Pa., injuring one man fatally, wrecking the building, and destroying the United States warehouse, which contained many thousand barrels of whisky. The distillery’ was the largest in the country. The loss is estimated at from $500,000 to $700,000. THE WEST. The snow-storm of the 6th inst. was general throughout the Northwest, and was especially severe in Northern Kansas and Southern Nebraska, It assumed the proportions of a “ blizzard ” in some sections The widow of CoL Slavback, of St. Louis, has brought suit against CoL Cockerill for $5,000 damages for killing her husband. At a Mexican wedding feast at Saballo, a small Mexican town near Ijw Vegas, N. ML. Francisco Notan, a drunken guest, shot and killed two brothers named RovaL Notan then proceeded to his home, where he amused himself bv cutting his wife's ears off. The scoundrel was afterward arrested and confined in jail The works of the Saginaw (Mich.) Barrel Company, together with dry kilns, drill house, saw mill, a quantity of product and 2,000,000 feet of lumber, were consumed. The loss is placed at $175,000.... The Denver Fire Insurance Company, which was organized in 1880 with a capital of $1,000,000, has collapsed. The Marietta and Cincinnati railroad, having 255 miles of track, was sold to Robert Garrett, of Baltimore, the only bidder, for $4,375,000. A school teacher at Cumberland, Ohio, named William Frazier, was assaulted by two pupils, named John Hayes and Charles Luse. Hayes was killed with a knife, and Luse got badly cut... .Josiah A Noonan, a well-known citizen of Wisconsin, died in the insane asylum at Milwaukee, at the age of 70... .The "Edwards County Bank, at Kins- j lev. Kan., was robbed of $12.00(1 THE SOUTH, The Santa Rosa ranch, in Cameron county, Texas, comprising 60,000 acres of ' land and 50,000 cattle, has changed hands at $140,000.... The steamer Morning Star ex-, ploded her boiler near New Orleans. Three , persons were killed, eight drowned and six badly scalded A large portion of the business section of Covington, Tenn., including the Record office, was destroyed by fire. The loss is about $50,000. Gen. Sidney Burbank, a retired officer of the United States army, died at Newport, Ky. He was an officer in the Blackhawk and Seminole wars, and served in the .Army of the Potomac The Wilev block of business houses at Columbia. S. C., was almost totally consumed, entailing a loss of $r»i»,000. kleven convicts at work on the Little Rock penitentiary disarmed a guard and escaped. They killed three out of a number of bloodhounds sent in pursuit The authorities of Louisville have got traces of an embezzlement in 1879 amounting to about $ 100,( XX). Those implicated are the former Tax Collector and late Deputy Assessor. A dispatch from Opelika, Ala., says the two factions, the old and the new City Councils, which have been quarreling foi = several days, raised a riot in which the i Mayor and ‘police were involved Nine white 1 meh and one negro were shot down. | seven of whom will die. Owing to the I troubles the Alabama Legislatures passed an act vacating its charter and authorizing the Governor to appoint a local Government un- | til a new one can be elected... .Robert J. Crampton, for five years cashier and paymaster of the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway has disanneared with SIO.(XX)of the company’s funds... .Gov. Stephens, of Georgia, has pardoned out Capt Edward Cox, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of CoL Robert A. Alston in 1879. wV ASHINGTON. Judge Wylie, of the District of Columbia Court, was exceedingly severe upon the sensational class of newspapers in his charge to the Grand Jury the other day. He said: Newspapers were constantly containing scandalous libels on public men and on private character. That was a species of offense that created more unhappiness and misery in society and did more injustice than any other form of crime, and ail probably a printed lie. He rather suspected that the writers for periodical newspapers had among them more than the usual proportion of liars. They were paid for lying. The more sensational the lie was, and the more calculated it was to blast the peace of families, and the spicier it was the more the paper would sell, and the newspaper men would laugh in derision at anvbodv who undertook to talk to them serioiislv on the injustice of a thing of that kind He knew there were men of integrity and honesty connected with newspapers. who entertained and cherished honorable and Christian sentiments, and he thought, as a whole, there was an improvement going on in that respect If the public would cease to patronize such papers as he alluded to. such a low vice and crime would soon die out In the Criminal Court at Washington, Col. Ingersoll submitted a motion for the continuance of the case of Brady, Dorsey and others, on the ground of the illness of Dorsev. A long affidavit signed by all the defendants was read, setting out that they could not safely go to the trial at the present term, because of the acts of officers of the Government in endeavoring to influence opinion against them, and to intimidate and coerce witnesses, jurors and officers of the court, reciting the arrest of Dickson, the removal from office of Henry, Aingeret al. for the avowed reason that they were in sympathy with the defendants, and expressing the belief that in the selection of talesmen influences prejudicial to the defendants u ere set at work, and t hat the appointment of McMichael as Marshal, waspart of that schema Th'- affidavit also claimed that Judge Wylie was so biased and prejudiced against the deteudant* that he could not fairly and itnnartlallv administer the law. and concluded by retj aeetmg a continuance of the caea to

the next term Judge Wylie pronounced the paper an insult to the court, and promptly overruled the motion Ex-Delegate Cannon, of Utah, who isl in Washington, says that the polygamists do not feel bitter toward the Government They think, however, that they have been unjustly treated, and are misunderstood by the people of the East He says the monogamists expected that the Edmunds bill would disfranchise the polygamists, and are disgusted in Consequence* of the inisconSeption.

Secretary Folgf.r lias ordered the cancellation of bonds to the amount of $950,000, bequeathed to the Government by the late Joseph L. Lewis, of New York The United States Railroad Commissioner reports favorably on the condition and prospects of the land-grant and bonded roads, and notes many improvements in the past year. Important suggestions are made touching discriminations, wars about rates and the funding of bonds, and the Commissioner recommends the adoption of a uniform system of signals. In his annual report the Commissioner of Pensions recommends the remodeling of pensions according to disability rather than rank. At present there are 117 grades of pensioners. The Commissioner regrets the fact that no enumeration of the pension population was made iu the last cen.'iis, but an approximation shows that out of 2,(‘4>3.391 soldiers enlisted in the war of the rebellion, only 26 per cent have applied for pensions. If the stories told to the Citizens* Committee are true, as alleged by O'Leary and Murphy, convicted bunko and monte men. then the detective force of the city of Washington is about as crooked an institution as could well be imagined These men allege that detectives u stood in” with the thieves who robbed the Government Printing Office and who carried off Minister Christiancy's diamonds, and shared in the results of these and other thefts... .Senator 1/rjan sa\ > that he will oppose to the bitter end the lull for the relief of Fitz John Porter He claims that Gen. Grant does not know as much about the case as he himself does. GENERAL. At a special meeting of the Western Iron Association at Pittsburgh the trade was reported to be in a fair condition, and or(I, 1 * 1 ;■.<! ecumulated since the reduction in prices. The report Os the Commissieii was discussed, the iron manufacturers opposing certain recommendations, particularly the reduction on scrap, while the steel nn n expressed great dissatisfaction at the t nd nj of the commission touching their product Fit* m Mexico corner intelligence of a terrible Indian massacre. A band of Apaches, numbering 500, crossed the border, d< -eended upon the little town of Casa Grande, in Chihuahua, and began indiscrimj massacre, fullv seventy -five persona falling victims. Several girls and women were carried off by the savagea A large quantity of stock and other property was stolen. * The houses of the unfortunate Mexicans were burned, dead bodies stripped of their clothing and jewelry. The murdered persons were among the wealthiest class, several of the most-prominent families being among the victima Five murderers were sent into eternity by the public executioner on Friday, Pec. 8. Will Porter, white, at Perry*, Ga.; Ed Congers, colored, at Swainsboro, Ga ; Gustav Paul, white, at Donaldsonville, La.; Albert Sanders, colored, at Charleston, Mo. • and Hong Ah Dack. Mongolian, at San Rafael, Cal Tom Robinson and Bell Cephas, both white, and a negro named Wesley, were hanged by a mob at Bastrop, La . . . At the entrance of Stretcher’s Neck tunnel, twenty-two miles west of Hunton, W. Va, a collision between a freight and a passenger train resulted in the killing of three persons and the serious injury of five others. ... The failures reported to the mercantile agencies for the week ending Dec, 9 numbered UK), being the largest of any period during the year. Montreal has suffered an irreparable loss by the death of Sir Hugh Allan. He came there from Scotland when 14 years of age. and acquired a fortune estimated at $ 15.1 h x».(XX). He was President of one of the largest Canadian banks and of twenty-two other corporations, and gave each his personal attention. He was engaged to be married to a ladv in Quebec as his second wife. He leaves eight daughters and four sons. The Riverside rolling mill and the Triton cotton mill at New Castle, Del, closed for indefinite periods. The Delaware rolling mill at Phillipsburg, N. Y., which has been idle for a month, fired up, and the South Chicago steel rail mill extinguished its furnaces... .The Governor General of Canada, upon his arrival in San Francisco from British Columbia, applied to the United States Government for an armed escort as far as San Antonio, and Secretary Lincoln detailed a Lieutenant and ten men to protect them. POLITICAL. The Governor of Louisiana has given William Pitt Kellogg a certificate of election to Congress from the Third district.... M. C. Butler has been re-elected as Senator from South Carolina It is reported that Congressman Manning, of Mississippi, who ran against ! Chalmers, refuses to accept a certificate o 1 election from the Governor of that State, as he believes he was not fairly elected. The Governor, however, still refuses to give a I certificate to Chalmers, and says he will or--1 der a new election in case Manning persists in refusing the certificate. FOREIGN. Arabi Pasha writes a letter thanking England for her interposition in his behalf. He says that he would prefer to live in Damascus. or. if that is impossible, in London. He expresses contentment with his lot, because he knows his misfortune has been the means of securing for the country he loves the liberty and prosperity it deserves. He feels confident that when Engiand carries out her good work she will permit him to return. She will soon learn ne was no rebel when he set himself at the head of the people, who wanted nothing hut justice.... Von Flotow, the composer, has become blind from cataract of the eye. . Louis Blanc, a distinguished journalist of Prjis, died at Cannes.... The permanent Presidency of the Deht Commission, which in future will have control of the Egyptian revenues, has been offered to France by the British Government Premier Duclerc has refused the proffered gift believing that the duties of the office should be performed with impartiality. Great Britain has been reveling in the 'severest snow-storm known for years Telegraphic and rail communication was greatly retarded, and in some sections was entirely suspended Numerous shipwrecks occurred on the coast and the loss to all descriptions of property was very great A Cairo dispatch savs that Mahomed and Abellah Pashas. All Fehiny and Toulba Pasha were arraigned and pleaded guilty to the charge of rebellion. The prisoners were sentenced to death, but their sentences were commuted to exile for life by the Khedive. A .'entence of exile was also passed against Mahomoud Fehmv. Arabi's military engineer, and Kakock Samv, his Under Secretary of War Manv millions of marks will be required to repair the damages by floods in 1 the Rhenish provinces. An entire block of buildings in th® heart of London, occupied by three wholesale firms—Foster, Porter A Co., hosiery; Rylands, drv goods; and Silver A Flemming, ! bronzes, clocks, watches and fancy goods—was swept away by the fire, the flames rag- | inc for ten hours before the fire ■ brigade could get them under control The houses burned nut were among the largest in London. The loss is estimated at $15,000,000... The fest val of St. George was observed by the Russian court with much ceremony. At the ban i iie r the Czar toasted the health of Emj eror William of Gei many.... Though the ! rincipal seaports of Germany, through tLeir Chambers of Commerce, hare protestci against the embargo on American perk, sriil the Crsyentmant xa raanlred tn vrohxbU

its importation... .Arabi Pasha will hereafter reside in the island of Ceylon. Several thousand members of the foreign colony at Alexandria assembled the other day before the consulates of the great powers and demonstrated their impatience of the delay in paying indemnity for losses bv the bombardment A thief in a theater at Barcelona, Spain, raised a false alarm of fire,. One person was killed and eighteen injured in the panic which followed Herr RichtEr, in the German Reichstag, said the interdiction of the importation of American pork was more of a protectionist scheme than a sanitary measure... .Cablegrams announce the death of Sir Joseph Napier, of London, and of William Galignini, the last member of the wellknown journalistic family of Paris.... The Lora Lieutenant of Ireland has commuted the sentence of death imposed on the five murderer* of the Joyce family to imprisonment tor life... .Parnell has petitioned the land court for the sale of his property in the County Wicklow. THE DEATH RECORD. Anthony Trollope. Anthony Trollope, the famous English novelist, died at London on the 6th of December, in the 68th year of his age. The death of Mr. Trollope is the loss of the last link between the old school of fiction and the new. What made his writings great was their fidelity to actual life. He did not jKissess the melodramatic power of Dickens, nor the keen satire of Thackeray, nor the metaphysical analysis of George Eliot, nor the realistic pow'er of description of Charles Kingslev; and he did not have the ingenuity in plot-weaving of Wilkie Collins, nor the power of fascinating ami holding the attention of his reader that Charles Reade has; his forte lay in building a novel, distinct from romance, but being an analysis of real characters and the arrangement of real—this is. possible anil natural —events and circumstances. In this Anthony Trollope was the leading novelist of his rime; He never exceeded the limits of probable matter in his stories, and his works are truer to life ti an either those of Dickens or Thackeray, being at the same time remarkable for the command of language which they di-play. It has been truthfully said that his novels have no plot in them, but this is just what English life is—1 lenty of character, but little incident in it. Samuel T. Worcester. Judge Samuel T. Worcester died at Nashua, N. H , aged 78. He was a brother of the lexicographer. Worces’er was an ex-member of Congress from Ohio and a member of the judiciary of that State. M. Louis Blanc. M. Louis Blanc, the distinguished French journalist and politician, died at Cannes, in France, aged 69. He was born at Madrid, Spain, and was of Corsican extraction. When 19 years old he went to Paris and began his career of journalism, which he followed nearly his entire life, at the same time taking a prominent part in the uolitical agitations of his time. The Transit of Venus. The cloudy weather in various parts of the country was a great disappointment to many astronomers who had nqyje laborious and elaborate preparations to observe the unusual and infretjuent celestial event—the transit of Venus—which occurred on the 6th of December. They knew it was the only opportunity they would ever have, for another transit would not occur for more than a century to come. The transit was successfully observed at Chicago, where Profs. Hough, Burnham and Garrison took the time of the contacts and • secured ten photographs. The FrencH astronomers at the old fort at St Augustine, Fla are highly satisfied with their labors. The German p rty at Aiken, C., partially tailed in their object. Pro® Waldo and his associates at Yale College rejjort satisfactory results. Profs. Wilson securing 150 full plates. At San Francisco fortv-eight photographs of the transit were obtained. Prof. Hall, after gnat difficulty, took 201 photo* graphs at San Antonio, and Prof. Honzeau, the Belgian astronomer, took 20 measurements. The appearance of the planet as it crossed Ihe son s disk is described i>y the observers as simply that of a round black spot with a smooth surface. There were no indications of mountains and volcanoes which the ancient astronomers claimed to have seen, but which have never ap; eaied to modern observers. Bo< n after the tirst contac the whole planet could be seen, and it was surrounded by a fi inge of light due to its atmosphere, a circumstance which was noticed by the astronomers who viewed the transit in 187*. An Arkansas Boy. “Pa," said the Bev. Mulkittle’s son, “Samson was a strong man, wasn’t he?” “Yes, Samson was the strongest man that ever lived.” “Tell me abont him.” “It was intended that Samson should be the strongest man, and before he was born—”

The bewildered expression on the child’s face arrested the minister in bis narration. “Before lie was born?”asked the boy. “Yes; before —that is, before he was found in a hollow stum —” “Just like little sister?” “Yes; just before he was found an angel appeared and foretold of his strength, saying that no razor must touch his head.” “Was the angel afraid that the razor would cut him?” “No; the angel meant that his strength lay in his hair, and that his hair must not be cut off?” “If I let my hair grow long can I lift more than I can now;” “I don't know about that.” “Are women slronger than men?” “No.” “But they’ve got longer hair.” “Yes; they have longer hair.” “A woman couldn't whip you, could she?” “No; not easily.” “Was Samson a Democrat?” “I don't know.” “But why don’t you if I was as old as you. How many men was it that Samson killed?” “One thousand.” “He was bad, wasn’t he?” “No.” “But when a man kills anybody he’s bad.” “The Lord was with Samson.” “But the Lord says you mustn’t kill anybody. Did Samson go to Heaven ?” “I suppose so.” “He is the strongest angel there, ain’t he?” “You are getting foolish again.” “But I want to know. Will you know Samson when you go to Heaven ?” “I suppose so.” “But you won’t fool around him, will you ? If he wuster hit you he'd break your wings, wouldn’t he?” “Go to your mother. The next time von attempt to question me about the Bible I shall whip you.”— Arkansaw Traveler. Economy is wealth. It takes a child six or seven years to learn to read or spell intelligently. But an English gentleman says his little boy of 4 years will read any phonetic book without the dighest hesitation, not even balking at the hard names in the Bible. His j father taught him to read after this method in eight hours. Another genj tieman says that he has taught poor ! children in Glasgow to read the Sermon lin the Mount, phonetically, in the course of six hours’ study. Time is noney. _

Fourteen car-loads of material from the old permanent exhibition of Philadelphia passed through Harrisburg the other day bound for some point west. The cargoes consisted of iron pillars, girders, and roof-truaaes. and attracted consider able attention.

CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

Both houses of Congress went into session without formality on Monday, Dec. 4. No opening of that body in late years has been attended with less interest or excitement, the attendance at the Capitol being about what would be found there on any ordinary day in the middle of a session. Piesident pro rem Davis

cal ed the Senate to order, and after the introduction of a few bills o minor importance tne annual message of President Arthur was received and read Then Mr. I town, of Georgia, announced the death of Senator Hill, and offered a resolution of regret, wh ch was unanimously agreed to, whereupon, as a token ot respect to the deceased, the Senate adjourn- d for the day. Speaker Keifer called the House to ord> r at 11 o'clock. Rollcall d.sclosed the presence of 2u2 members. The report of the Tariff Com-mi-sion and the Indian Appropriation bill were pre,sented and referred. Bills were introduced by Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, prohibiting ix>litical a-sessments of Government emjiloyes; by Mr. Kasson, of lowa, for the better regulation of the civil service: bv Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, to 1 create an Agricultural Commission: and by Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, abolishing the offices of Assistant Secretary of War and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for information aS to the amounts of appropriations under the River and Harbor bills of 18'1 and lbß2, withheld, and under what provision of law. Mr. Kasson offered a resolution granting the Committee on Civil Service Reform leave to report at any time. Mr. Cox favored the re-olution: asked what quickened the conscience of his friends: made some jocular remarks as to his candidacy for Speakership, and yielded to Mr. Springer, who twitiei his friends on the other side upon the failure of the assessment policv. The death of Mr. Lowe, of Alabama, and of Mr. Updegraff, of Ohio, were announced by Messrs. Herbert and Saylor, the President’s message was read, and the House adjourned. There was little business transacted in Senate on the sth nst., reciting the fact that the National Republican Committee levied assessment' for political puqxises and ordering the Committee on Judiciary, to investigate. Mr. Barrow was sworn ih an Senator from Georgia, to fill the unexpired term of Benj. H. Hili, deceased Mr. Platt introduced a resoluj tion calling f< . formation as tb the number of pensioners on '. ne rolls, amount of pensions, number of pending applications, etc. Alter debate; the resolution went oyer. A long debate took place on the proposition to change the hour of meeting of the Senate irom noon tn 11 c clock A bill to amend section 1,860 of the 11 vised Statutes, so as not to exclude retired army officers from holding civil offices in the Teiritories, passed. In the House the Committee on Ways and Means reported favorable on Mr Kellogg’s bill to abolish internal revenue taxes on tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes. The bill provides for the unconditional repeal of all internal taxes on all kinds of manufaetured and raw tobacco. Eleven members of the cbiri-’ mittee were present when the vote was taken fdr the reported bill, six voting for and five agaiilst favorable action. Mr. Springer offered a resolution to print 2,000 copies of the rules of the House, remarking that the new members of the next Congress would need them to study up in preparing for the session. Mr. Holman objected and the resolution was lost. The House took up and passed the bill pertaining to the discharge of American seamen abroad. It repeals the law which requires the payment of three months’ wages on such discharge and simply requires shipowners to furnish discharged men employment on other vessels or pay their passage home. Mr. Beck offered a long resolution in the Congress on the 6th inst., the sessions of both houses being exceedingly brief. In the Senate’ petitions were presented from citizens of Ohio and Kansas for an increase of pensions to those who lost an arm or a leg in the war. The Commissioner of Pensions was instructed to furni-h a list of such sufferers. Mr. Anthcnv introduced a bill to prohibit the use of the Capitol for other than its legitimate purp< ses, and Mr. Chilcott an act for the erection of a public building at Pueblo, Col. Mr. Ingalls explained t he provisions of the bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. In the House, Mr. Willis offered a resolution for an inquiry iuto the assessment of Government employes for political purposes Mr. Caswell offered a resolution, which was adopted, authorizing a clause in the Postoffice bih reducing letter postage to • cents. A bill was passed to refund to the State of* eorgia Ju.j.-hhi cxpende_d by the State for the common defense in 1777. A bill to authorize the extension ot the Chesapeake and I Ohio toad otcr military lands at Fortress Monroe was referred. Mr. Kasson and others made a minor tv report against the abolition of the | tobacco tax, on the ground ot uncertainty as to the amount of money required for pensions. The President sent to the Senate, in executive session, quite a batch ot appointments, including the following: George E. Waring. Jr., of Rhode Island, to be a member of the National Board of Health: Henry H. Morgan, of Louisiana, to be Secretary of the Legation of the United States to Mexico: Vac lUnda, of Nebraska,to l>e Reviver of Public Moneys iat Niobrara; James P. Luse, of Indiana, to be Register of the LandOfthe at Deadwood. Indian A.ents: William O Connell, of Ohio, at Umatilla agency, Oregon: D. M. Riordan of Arizona. at ti e Nav jo agency. New Mexico; John i Clark, of Michigan, at the Colorado Kiver agency. Arizona; A. H. Jackson, ot Nebraska, i at Pima agency. Arizona; Brig Gen. John i Pope, to be Major General; Col. R. S. Mackenzie of the Fourth cavalry, to be Brigadier General: Maj. William A. Rucker, Paymaster, to be Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Paymaster 1 General; M <j. George H. Elliott, of the corps of to be Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers; Commodote Earl English to be Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, Department of the Navy; also a large number of army promotions. Seven members presented petitions in the 1 Senate, on the 7th inst., for an increase of pensions to one-armed and one-legged soldiers. The Bankruptcy bill was discussed and amended Mr. Beck called up his resolution in reference to political assessments during the late ; campaign, and Mr. Hale offered a substitute calling tor an investigation into levies upon | liquor-dealers by the Democratic Congressional Committee. 'I he House passed a joint icsolutii n to print 20,000 copies of the Tariff Commission’s report; passed the Indian Appr* priation bill, which sets aside $5,2*)8,« 999; killed the bill authorizing the building of a home for indigent sailors and soldiers at Erie, : Pa., ai d adjourned. The President nominated to the Senate, iu executive session, Edmund R. Calhoun to be Rear Admiral in the Navy, U>- | gether with a long list of minor Postmasters. Several petitions were presented in the Senate, at its session on the Bth inst.. asking action on the tobacco tax and urging the , passage of a bill to increase the pensions of 1 soldiers who have suffered the loss of an arm or a leg. A bill was passed to establish title to the site of the military post at El Paso. There I was prolonged debate on the resolution as I to political assessments and on the Bankruptcy bil . An attempt to strike from the bill all pro- • vision f< r inv< luntary bankruptcy was defeated, . but Mr. Morgan secured an amendment to in- ; dude option trading in sto< ks, grain, 'tc., in acts of bankrui tcy. On motion of Mr. Morrill, i the internal revenue bill, with its pending ■ amendments, was recommitted to the I Committee on Finance. In the House. IMr Burrows reported the consu ar ap--1 propriation, which §e:s aside sl/58,255. in comI n it’ee of the whole, the hili tor the re ief of he I officersand men of the monitor which fought ti e Merrimac was defeated. Mr. Bingham reI por tda bill to reduce letter postage to 2 cents. Mr. Pendleton gave notice to the Senate, at . the s ssion of the 9ih inst, that after the Bank--1 ruptcy bill was disposed of be w ould move to take up the Civil Service bill. Mr. Vance sei cured the passage of a resolution directing the j Secretary ot the Treasury to furnis t a detailed : statement of the cost of collecting internal revenue in each district. Mr. Haw ey intoduceda i bill to prevent officers of the United States irom i col ecting subscriptions or assessments from I each ether. A brief executive session ‘ was held. Petitions from tobacco- <!< alcrs we e presented for a rebate equal to any reduction that mav be made in the tax. In the Hou'cof Representatives, Mr. Pace renorted a r solution ending on the Secretarv ot War tor informa ion whether the turn ? < ■' asid • bv ’he River and Harbor bi 1 wei a propriated for works not ot interest to commerce or navigation. and. if so. requesting that specifications be furnished. An exciting debate i f< llowed, in which McLane and Robeson supI ported ti e resolution and Cox and Kasson opposed it, but it was adopted. Mr. Kasson reI ported a bill to improve the civil sei vice. A bill was passed to recii'y the title to the military post at El Paso. Mr. McCoid introduced a bill to regulate in er state commerce. Mr. Slater introduced a bill in the Senate, on the llth inst., to forfeit the unearned land- of the Oregon Central road. Mr. Ferry presented a measure to increase the pension of soldiers and sailors who lost an arm or leg in the service Mr. Van Wyck offered a resolution of inquiry whether a railroad is being constructed across the Niobrara military reservation without authority from Congress. The Bankruptcy bill prei pared by Judge Lowell and recomI mended general!v by Eastern Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce, was substituted for what is known as the ‘ Equity l I bill.' which was championed by the Western . | and Southej-n Senators. The vote stood 34 > to /■ nd the substitute was sent to the JuI d.ciorv Committee for revision. A motion ’ I totake up Mr. Pendleton's CXvil Service bill ‘ was carried; but the Senate dismissed arid 1 defeated a echeme to release the Memphis •Ad Ujtlt Bock road from it» obllgauojjf to

carrv troops free and malls at The Senate confirmed the nominations Gen. Pope and Col. Mackenzie, to be Major General and Brigadier General respectively. In tim House, Mr. Springer introduced a joint resolution providing for an amendment to the constitution which shall extend the terms of the Preaidettt *»»»♦! Vice President to six years and render them ifi**Bgible for re-election. It also fixes a threeyears’ term for Congressmen, anil provides that, beginning with the year 1885, the Congress elected in November previous shall meet on the first Wednesday of January. Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, introduced a resolution rCcitin* th*-, efforts, of certain railway managers: to prt’verrt the’ cortstrnotion ot competing lines in the Northwest, and directing the Committee on Commerc# to report a bill to prohibit and punish such combination. Mr. Waite introduced d bill to stop the coinage of silver dollars until the stock is reduced to $50,000,000, and Mr. Ellis offered a measure to authorize the State of Louisiana to establish quarantine stations. Mr. Dibrell presented «*! act to abolish internal-revenue taxes and allow » rebate on whisky and tobacco, and another to reduce the specie in the treasury to $150,000,000. A bill was passed to authorize brevet commissions for distinguished conduct in Indian campaigns. HAVOC BY EXPLOSION. Eight Workmen Blown to Pieces at Shawneetown 111. Their Bodies Shockingly Mutilated by the Bursting Boiler. A boiler in the saw-mill o£ A. J. Vincent h Co., at Shawneetown, lib, exploded the other day. killing eight men and fatally wounding another. The victims were seated around the engine eating lunch P.em-j nants of the boiler arid portions of the bodies of the employes were found 300 yards away. The details of the shocking affair are embraced in the following telegram from Shawneetown: It appears that the men were seated around in various positions in the cicinity of the boiler, eating their noon luncheon, when the boiler exploded, creating terrible destruction. There were eleven men in the null at the time, anil of these the following eight were instantly killed: William Montgomery, Charlesßloss, Henry Hughes. Charles Baker, George Price, W. P. Grove, .lames McLaughlin, Samuel Kennedy. Several of these’ were blown into fragments. The sawyer was blown to pieces, so that scarcely a common pailful or his remains could he picked up. One corpse was blown into the river, and two others were thrown a distance of full# 200 yards. Wade Kee, another employe, was thrown a long distance from the mill, and had his lege and arms broken and otherwise injured. He v as picked up shortly afterward and died in less than an hour. The other two men are hurt, one probably fatally. The mill is a complete wreck, portions ol the boiler lying iii different directions and at various distances, ranging from 100 to 000 feet j , . Thh riccldfirit is the worst ever recorded here, and has created great excitement Several of the victims leave families, some of them in comparatively destitute cireumstuuccs Nobody is left to give any clew as to the probable cause of the accident, and nothing apparently can be known but that the disaster is appalling and complete. Report of the Secretary of War. The annual report of Secretary of War Lincoln shows that the expenditures of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30,18*2, were , ;n)3.9. The appropriations lor the cm rent year are $55,662,420, and the estimates fur the year 188 5-81 are $38,817,620. This great decrease L. however, apparent rather than real, as the estimates include only $4,513,602 for public works, the items lor improving rivers and harbors and fi r the unj rovenient of the Mississippi river under the River Commission being omitted bv Mr. Lincoln. Nearly $l,B .<',ooo extra is asked for the maintenance of the army and the • Hilary Academv. and the Secretary concurs in Gen. Sherman s recommendat on for an increase of 5,< o-j en isted men, making the li i i 3 ,<oo. During ti e past yea 'here xsere 7,341 enl:s:mt.nts and re-enlistments and : ,721 desert’ons from «he army. Mr. Lincoln thinks i would be better and cheaper to raise the soldiers’ pay to sl6 ]>er month than to be called on to replace so many of them. He is in favor of the substantial encouragement of the militia service, and directs at tenth n to the anomalous condition of the law governing retirement, and to the insufficiency of existing laws to punish raiders into the Indian Territory.

How Not to Talk to Children. One day I sat in a car seat on the Eastern read behind a pale, care-worn lady who was taking a little boy from Boston to Malden. As the little boy was of a very inquiring mind, and everything seemed to attract his attention,"! could not help listening to some of his questions. “What is that, auntie?” the little boy commenced,’pointing to a stack of hay on the marsh. “Oh, that's hay, dear,” answered the care-worn lady. “What is hay, auntie?” “Why, hay is hay, dear.” “But what is hay made of?” “Why, hay is made of dirt and water and air.” “Who makes it?” “God makes it, dear.” “Does he make it in the day time or in the night?” “In both, dear.” “And Sundays?” “Yes, all the time.” “Ain’t it wicked to make hay on Sunday, auntie?” “O, I don’t know. I'd keep still, Willie, that's a dear. Auntie is tired.” After remaining quiet a moment, little Willie broke out: “Where do the stars come from, auntie?” “I don’t know, nobody knows.” “Did the moon lay ’em ?” “Yes, I guess so, ’’ replied the wicked lady. “Can the moon lay eggs, too?” “I suppose so. Don’t bother me!” A short silence, w hen Willie broke out again: . “Benny savs oxins is a owl, auntie, is they?” 6, perhaps so!” “I think a whale could lay eggs—don’t you, auntie ?” “O, ves—l guess so,” said the shameless woman. “Did you ever see a whale on his nest?” “O, I guess so!” “Where?” “I mean no. Willie, you must lie quiet; I’m getting crazy!” “What makes you crazy, auntie?” “O.dear! you ask so many questions.” “Did vou ever see • a little fly eat sugar?”* “Yes, dear.” “Where?” “ Willie, sit down on the seat and be still, or I’ll shake you. Now, not another word!” • And the lady pointed her finger sharply at the little boy, as if she was going to stick it through him. If she had been a w icked woman she would have sworn. There are eight million little Ixiys like Willie in the United States.— Brockton Gazette. The registration in Boston is 55.530, which ia very large for an off-year.

NUMBER 37.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Th A lOonir of Notre .DaiiiO. We understand that Patlicr Son Prof. Oregon, the we)l-kuJ*» ttiiL «ud Architect Edbrooke are perferbag arrangeitfcwtn for c new and nplendui feature at Notre Dame University, namely, the erection of the dome oveg the main building, which, it is said, will be the finest thing of the kiadjn t!ii» country, the dome of the Capitol at; Washington alone exempted. When completed the dome at Notre Dame will lie 2W feet high, and she statue niirmoUnting it will be fllnwinated at night bv an ellipse Os electric jets. Tim Ulterior will be painted in the highest, style of the art, of which lie is master, by Prof. Oregon. The arch •>£ the cupola will Im adorned with .36 allegorical paintings fdjtreseusmg the. arts and sciences, among others, philosophy, astronomy, law, physics, Uieology, agriculture, music, poetry, the mechanic arts, etc. The dome wtw designed in 18H)by Mr. W. J. EdbroOke, «f Chicago, in his plan of the college buildings. It is to be a strong and massive sfr«ettfre of irrin, gilt on the outside, similar to that of the Hotel des Invalides of Paris. It will cost from 325,000 to $30,000. The foundations were laid deep and strong, when the new college btliMing was erected, and the massive structure or brick on which the dome is to rest Was raised to a height of 75 feet. The pressure consequent on the erection of the rather college buildings, and the want Os sufficient means compelled the college authorities to close in the dome temporarily and suspend work upon it, but after a delay of three years their CWI> anxiety, added to which are the solicitations, and, it is said, even the reproaches of some of the friends of the institution, have caused them to move iu the matter and determine to finish the dome. In the meantime the original plan has Veen made to include the new features of tlie interior decorations and the illumination ‘4 the exterior with the electric light,jtS mentioned above.— South Bend Tribune'. State Auditor’* Annual Report. The Auditor of State, Colonel Ed. H. Wolfe, has presented his annual report to the Governor, allowing the condition of the State finances. The figures are I given below*. The State Auditor reI views the ■working of the new assess- ' meat and tax laws, and suggests a num- ! her of Amendments which, he thinks, I are necessary in the interest of the ■ State. He also calls attention to the i absolute necessity for changes in the . insurant?© laws# that the fraudulent ■ anil unsafe insttftttic© companies started I in this State within the last two years may be brought under such mipervision as will prevent the people of Indiana from b«.ing Swindled. The following statement shows the balances in the State 1 r<wuiry to the credit of the several funds at the close of the fiscal years of 1881 and

General Fund*278,228 22 *101,729 2t CoTftlfmn School Fund.... 3,092 29 3.21. 23 School K.-Vefilie for tuition 149,396 os 132.889 44 College Fund 17,866 14 18,648 3.> College Fund interest..... 157 28 18< 33 *rhree-i>cr-cent. Fund .... 1,993*9 Ileal Estate Fund 12,435 59 12.529 KI Unclaimed Estates Fuad. I,%’> 97 1. * or Escheated Estates Fund.. 1,570 02 2,177 01 Sinking Fund in excess of bids 2.087 52 2.088 52 New State House Fund.... 272465 30 423,2.16 st Totals*7lo,6so 72 *689,059 52 The receipts from all sources dating the fiscal year ending October 31, 1882, have been as follows: General Fund School Revenue for Tuition 1,86 ■-w *» College Fund College Fund interest ..JI ‘ l Swamp Land Fund “ . Unclaimed Estates Fund JS Common School Fund - New State House Fund ' ff - Total Treasurer’s receipts filed during the year...*1,502,130 1J Deduct transfer warrants; Schosl Rev. for Tuiti0n..*234.286 99 . New State House Fund.. 200,<w %— *3*.956 9.1 Leaves net cash receipts*3,oo7.B43 50 Add cash b dance October 31, 1881... 740,0iu .1 Makes total receipts.*3,Boß,494 24 The warrants drawn on the State Treasury from the si vcral funds for ’■ year reach a total sum of $ ’.oil .' 1 .6> and the net cash disbursements ifter . o'ducting the $434,286.99 of the transfer warrants included above, is $3,110,424.70, leaving the cash balance in the Treasury of $698,069.52. The statement of the State's indebtedness shows the figures to be the same as last year, $971,825.12 of foreign debt. The estimates of needed expenditures for the next two years are as follows: 1884. 1885. Executive and administrative* 63,890 * 70,490 Judiciary 137,200 187.200 Educational institutions.... 28.300 28.500 Benevolent institutions 317,018) 317,000 Penal and reformatory iti.s-'i-tut.ions 211,500 211,500 Public printing and advertising 12,000 24,000 Miscellaneous. inchr line payment ot bonds 283,‘>00 w 409.5% Totals *1.115.590 *1,21x490 TUe Baleful Motes. Science is a disillnsionizer. Who would dream that the beautiful motes which dance in the sunlight, are the cause of many diseases which inflict humanity! This fact was brought out at a recent sanitary congress at Manchester, which was attended by Professor Tyndall. M. Pasteur, and other eminent savants. The most horrible contagions are often conveyed through a pure atmosphere by these apparently innocent and often beautiful motes of the sunlight. Some .scientists go so fur as to say that the human race will never live under proper conditions until air or water is manipulated or “cooked,” as is food. That is to say our water must lie distilled to free it from alldisease-pro-during germs, while we must live in great cities of glass, the air inside oi which can be cleared of all impurities. Th" sweetest and most sparkling spring water is often full of infectious infusoria, while the foulest contagions are communicated through air that seems perfect to the senses. The eminent sanitarians of this congress all agree that life could beat be prolonged by frequent bathing, and living and sleeping in well lighted and well ventilated rooms. It has been found that a pig that is frequently washed increases in flesh fai more rapidly than one which is not washed at all. Therefore, O! good reader, wash not only that you may become clean, but that you may enjoy better health.— Demorest s Monthly. The four miles of iron mains ronveV* 1 ing Salonstall like ' -r to ? lie* ▼en. Conn., tue sseailv