Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1882 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. Three men were killed and several injured by a boiler explosion at Fairfield, Mau* Mrs. Canfield, eldest daughter of Gen. Lewis Cass, died recently in New York. Only one child of the General survives, Mrs. Henry Ledyard. Some miscreant adjusted a doublebarreled shot-gun at the residence of Dr. A. J. Erwin, Mansfield, Ohio, in such a manner as to discharge when the gate was swung. The doctor received nearly two hundred shot in his clothing, but was not fatally wounded. The forthcoming trial of the murderers of Jennie Cramer, the New Haven beauty, is destined to become a national sensation. Blanche Douglass has definitely concluded to give the full details of the butchery. Rev. Dr. H. W. Bellows, whose work in the Sanitary Commission during the war gave him high honors, died in New York, aged 68. Oscar L. Baldwin, the defaulting cashier of the Mechanics’ National Bank of Newark, N. J., pleaded guilty and sentenced to fifteen years in State prison. Heavy snow-storms are reported throughout tne Eastern States. Lockport, N. Y., was visited by a disastrous fire, which nearly destroyed the flourmills there. The loss is about $200,000. D. O. Mills paid 81,000,000 for a lot in Broad street, New York, and was erecting thereon a building to cost $2,000,000. The Building Commissioners found cracks in the brickwork and breaks in the stone lintels, and promptly condemned the structure. The Grand Jury at New York has indicted Conductor Hanford and Brakeman Mel uh for manslaughter in the fourth degree in causing the Spuyten Duyvil disaster. W eat. The aged wife of Gen. George P. Dorris was murdered near St Louis, Mo., by her grandson, Russell Brown, and a companion, Patrick McGlew. Brown made a full confession that they choked the old lady to death and stripped the rings from her fingers. Young Brown is the son of a prominent lawyer and Prosecuting Attorney of St Louis county. The affair creates a great deal of comment, on account of the position of the parties concerned. The Governor of Michigan has called an extra session of the Legislature for Feb. 23, to provide relief for the fire sufferers, and take action on Congressional apportionment and the report of the tax commission. An anti-Mormon meeting, which was well attended, was held in Milwaukee last evening. Resolutions were passed condemning polygamy in unmeasured terms. A fire on Lake street, Chicago, burned out C. R. Reynolds, dealer in paints, and Whitney & Johnson, crockery. Losses, $125,000 and $40,000. South. A whole family were poisoned at Corinth, Ky., by arsenic, which was put in the bread by mistake. It is believed that the damage by the late floods in Tennessee is not less than $500,600. George Williamson, a prominent citizen of Louisiana, and ex-Minister to Central America, is dead. At Broadway Depot, Va., three young ladies were drowned while attempting to cross the river in a frail boat , A mob of negroes in Union parish, La., took Alpb Davenport, a colored man, from his home and beat him to death with clubs and stones.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. Yellow fever aweptaway 222 persona at Temax, Yucatan, and there are now 1,700 cases under treatment A contract has been awarded at Montreal for tunneling the St Lawrence, at a cost of $3,500,000, the work to be completed within four years. The Cuban tobacco crop is small and ihe quality poor. Guatemalans and Mexicans are fighting over the boundary line, and much bloodshed is reported. To cover the expenses of her war with Peru, Chili has annexed the district of Tarapaca, said to be worth $1,000,000,000. The Illinois Central road has negotiated a lease of its New Orleans connection for ninety-nine years. In regard to the disposition of Guiteau’s body Scoville says it remains to be decided by the prisoner’s brother and sister. The remains could not be protected from resurrection, and the proceeds of their exhibition could be used in paying debts. Mrs. Scoville was interviewed in Chicago, and stated that the body should not be shown if she starved to death; beside, she said, Charles is not going to be hanged. Charles Reed denounces Scoville for proposing to exhibit the assassin’s refrigerated corpse, and refuses to be associated with that worthy any longer. Guiteau says Scoville is a “ crank.” The prisoner believes he will live many years yet. He intends to have a new photograph taken for money-making purposes. His health is said to be bad, and a jail official said he did not think he would live long enough to be hanged. The Eastern trunk railroads have re* stored the old passenger rates.

WASHINGTON NOTES. The small-pox has made its appearance in Washington. Senator David Davis gave the first of a series of dinners in Washington, among the guests being President Arthur, Speaker Keifer, ex-Secretary Blaine and Chief Justice Waite. The bill prepared by the Judiciary Committee of the Senate for the suppression of polygamy, which will be vigorously pushed to a vote, provides that no polygamist shall sit on juries, exercise the right of suffrage, or hold office. Cohabitation with more than one woman will be accepted as proof of polygamous marriage. Another section provides for the appointment of five Registrars of Election by the President. A Washington dispatch says that Guitdau is very much subdued, and says little except to his guards. District Attorney Corkhill has received from Cameron, Mo., a package of new rope with which to hang the assassin. Mr. Scoville has accepted a proposition from a manufacturer of refrigerators in Philadelphia to take Guiteau’s body immediately after death, preserve it, and exhibit it in all the principal cities of the United States and Europe, half the receipts to go to the relatives. By the order of Secretary Hunt, Lieut. Danenhower and a party of nine men, who are now at Irkutsk, will return to the United States, and Engineer Melville and party will continue the search for Lieut. De Long and his men so long as there is the slightest hope of

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discovering their whereabouts or ascertaining their fate. Coinage at the mints during January, $10,450,000, of which $2,300,000 were standard dollars. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue reports the quantity of spirits in distillery warehouses Jan. 1, 73,806,914 taxable gallons, which is about 40,000,000 gallons in excess of last year. The following is the public-debt statement for January: Six per cent bonds, extendeds 129,479,900 Five per cents, extended 401,5030)00 Four and one-half per cent bonds 250,000.000 Four ner cent bonds 738,788,700 Refunding certificates 559.100 Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt 51,534,331,600 Matured debt 13,920,005 Legal tenderss 346,740,906 Certificates of deposit... 11,400,000 Gold and silver certificates 74,187,790 Fractional currency 7,069,493 Total without interest. 439,398,189 Total debt 51,987,649,794 Total interest 10,888,554 Cash in treasury 246,025,468 Debt less cash in treasurysl,7s2,sl2,Bßo Decrease during January 12,978,836 Decrease since June 30, 1881 88,085,931 Current liabilities— Interest due and unpaid.s 1,953,060 Debt on which interest has ceased 13,920,005 Interest thereon 662.949 Gold and silver certificates 74,187,790 United States notes held for redemption of certificated of deposit 11,400,000 Cash balance available Feb. 1, 143,901,663 Totals 246,025,468 Available assets— Cash in treasury.s 246,025,468 Bonds issued to Pacific railway companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstandings 64,623.512 Interest accrued and not yet paid. 323,117 Interest paid by United States 53,405,977 Interest repaid by companies— Interest repaid oy transportation of mails By cosh payments o o per cent, ot net 14,804,021 earnings 655,198 Balance of interest paid by the United States 37,946,756 A gentleman who has taken much interest in the matter—telegraphs a Washington correspondent—says he is satisfied, after careful inquiry, that the President does not intend to do anything in regard to the Fitz John Porter case, not even to the extent of granting him a pardon, which would restore him to full citizenship again John D. Defrees resigned the position of Public Printer by command of his physician, although asked by President Arthur to remain.

POLITICAL POINTS. The “half-breed” Republicans of New York have decided to make Collector Robertson their candidate for Governor, in the expectation that Conkling will head the stalwart ticket. The management of the National Republican has been changed. It is now an administration paper. The Tammany members of the New York Legislature united with the regular Democrats in electing C. E. Patterson Speaker, thus breaking the deadlock which had existed for six weeks.

FOREIGN NEWS. M. Rouzaud, the husband of Christine Nilsson, was one of the victims of the French financial panic. He became crazed by his losses, and is now confined in an asylum. A new French Cabinet was formed with De Freycinet at the head. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: “ The latest news from Irkutsk states that Engineer Melville has proceeded to the mouth of the River Lena to resume the search forLieutenent Commander De Long with the greatest energy, aided by the natives. The bodies of Huddy, the processserver, and his nephew, who recently disappeared from the neighborhood of Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland, have been found in Lough Mask, in bags which had been sunk by means of large stones. The place where the bodies were found is near the house of a man named Carigan, who is now under arrest on suspicion. There is something of a business panic in Dublin and a number of failures are reported. The cause of the stringency is said to be the difficulty experienced by tradesmen in collecting amounts due them from landlords. Banking houses at Hamburg and Cologne have failed, and a Frankfort banker committed suicide on account of his losses. Richard Brinsley Knowles, the only surviving son of the dramatist, James Sheridan Knowles, is dead. The amount required to scatter the Jews of Russia over the United States and Canada is estimated by the London promoters of the enterprise at £1,000,000. A band of Herzegovinian insurgents under cover of night surprised and attacked ten Austrian gendarmes and massacred them with frightful ferocity. Six hundred fishermen perished at Astrakhan in a terrific gale. A reservoir burst at Calais, France, and the torrent destroyed a school house and two other buildings, occupied at the time. Few inmates escaped. The Swiss Legislature has passed a compulsory vaccination law, 89 to 23. Premier Gladstone, replying to a communication asking the release of the “suspects’ (prisoners under the coercion act), says he cannot do so until they have lost their power of encouraging disturbances in Ireland. The Austrians and Herzegovinians have had another desperate encounter at Bilck, in which twenty men were killed on each side. Thirty-five soldiers of a Dalmatian regiment went over to the enemy. Austria is providing for the of 30,000 men to South Dalmatian ports. A dispatch received at St. Petersburg from Lieut Dauenhauer at Irkutsk announces that the whereabouts of Lieut. De Long and party is now known, and that Dauenhauer proposes to remain in Siberia and undertake an expedition in search along the coast of Lieut. Chipp and party. A crowded meeting was held at the Mansion House, London, to protest against the persecution the Jews were suffering in itussia. Resolutions were passed expressive of the opinion that the Russian laws concerning the Jews tend to degrade that country in the eyes of Christendom. The corporation of London has subscribed £3OO to the fund in aid of the Russian Jews. The Rothschilds, of Paris and London, gave £5,000 each. Gambetta has resumed the editorship of his journal, Republique Francaise. The defalcation in the Taganrog Custom House, South Russia, amounts to $47,000,000. In the attempt to capture the murderers of Huddy and his nephew, the Irish constabulary seized nearly every person residing in a town on Lough Mask.

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1882.

FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.

A favorable committee report was made to the Senate, on the 30th ult, on the bUI for a public building at Peoria, HL Mr. Edmunds reported favorably the bill to re-establish the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims and for the distribution of the remainder of the Geneva award. Mr. Ferry introduced a bill for a water route to facilitate transportation between Lakes Michigan and Erie. In the House, Mr. Berry introduced a bill to fix railroad fares at 3X to 4W cents per mile. Mr. Berry also introduced a bill proposing a constitutional amendment making any person bolding the office of President of the United States ineligible for re-election, granting an annual pension of $6,000 to all exPresidents, and making Cabinet officers ineligible to election to the Presidency for the term following that during which they served as members of the Cabinet Mr. Cobb handed in an act to repeal the land grants of several of the unfinished Pacific railroads. Measures were also presented for the admission of Arizona and Idaho as States. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, setting aside $1,198,530, was reported. Mr. Windom reported a resolution to the Senate, on the 31st ult., requesting the President to transmit all correspondence with our diplomatic agents in Mexico and Guatemala since January, 1881. Mr. Harris introduced a bill for a bridge across the Mississippi river at Memphis, and Mr. Morgan an act granting the right of way over public lands in Alabama to the Chicago AirLine railroad. The Sherman funding bill was taken up, and the Vest amendment was defeated and that by Mr. Plumb was agreed to. The latter provides for a redemption fuud of only $100,000,0(16. In the House, Mr. Springer introduced a resolution calling on the Postmaster General for copies of all correspondence in regard to the necessity of weighing the mails between New York vnd Chicago. A resolution was adopted requesting the President to obtain a list of American citizens confined in English prisons. Mr. Robeson modified his resolution as to railroad land grants to include all but the Pacific roads. The annual post-route bill was reported and passed. Mr. Colerick introduced an apportionment bUI fixing the number of representatives at 316, and Mr. Cox presented one providing for 307. Several petitions for the suppression of polygamy were reported in the Senate on the Ist inst A favorable report was made on the bill appropriating $15,000 to the National Board of Health for supplying the people with vaccine virus at cost price. A resolution was adopted calling on the President to furnish copies of alt correspondence relating to a congress of American nations. The Sherman Funding bill was taken up, and amendments were adopted recognizing as binding the agreement made for the extension of the 5 and 6 per cent, bonds, and providing that the act shall not be construed to authorize the increase of the public debt. Mr. Sherman said that if Mr. Plumb’s amendment were not stricken out he should vote against the bill. The President nominated J. 8. Runnels as United States District Attorney for Iowa; Marsden C. Burch, United States Attorney for the District of Michigan ; Hugh J. Campbell, for the District of Dakota ; W. H. Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, Commissioner of Railroads. The House fixed upon February 27 for the Garfield memorial services. Mr. Hill introduced a bill for a reduction of letter postage to 2 cents per half ounce. In committee of the Whole the .postoffice appropriation of $43,529,300 was discussed for three hours. In response to the call of the House for information, the Commissioner of Pensions estimates the amount of money required for the next twenty-five years at $1,347,651,593. The sums grow gradually less annually, ranging from $62,000,000 to $23,000,000. The Sherman Funding bill being under consideration in the Senate on the 2d inst., Mr. Plumb’s amendment to leave in the treasury only $100,000,000 for the redemption of greenbacks, was defeated by 25 to 27. An amendment by Mr. Hoar, asserting the legality of the action of Secretary Wiudom in extending the 5 and 6 per cents, was adopted, after a hot debate. Mr. Ferry reported adversely on the resolution to grant the franking privilege to Senators and Representatives for ofticiil business, and introduced a bill for postal cards with flexible covers to conceal the message written thereon. The President nominated George E. Bryant to be Postmaster at Malison, Wis., and George Fisher io be Surveyor of Customs at Cairo. In theHouse, Mr. Stophens reported back bills for a metric gold piece for international use, and for goldid coins of several denominations. Mi - . Dunnell reported a measure to repeal the export tax ou tobacco, and Mr. Belford an act to lease and and desert land in Colorado. The postoffice appropriation was taken up in committee of the whole, and an attempt was made by Mr. Bingham to add SIOO,OOO for expenses of the free-delivery system, but the House idjourned without voting on the proposition. The Senate amended the Sherman Funding bill, on the 3d, by limiting the withdrawals of bank circulation to $5,000,000 per month, and requiring thirty days’ notice. The measure was then passed by 38 to 18. A bill was passed to appropriate $200,000 for the erection of a fire-proof hall of records for the War Department. The Secretary of the Interior transmitted the draft of a bill to extend over Indian lands the act for the preservation of timber. Mr. Teller reported a bill granting life pensions of $5,000 per annum to the widows of Presidents Garfield, Polk and Tyler. The bill to extend the northern boundary of NebrXtka was passed. The House devoted the day, in committee of the whole, to the private calender.’

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Elvira Sullivan, 105 years of age, died lately at Dallas, Texas. At the outbreak of the war she was a servant in the family of Gen. Sam Houston. She had been sold several times, lived in eight States, and had twentythree children. D. C. White was hanged at Ganton, Texas, for the murder of George Conquest. A dispatch from'Walla Walla, Washington Territory, says: “ A fire broke out in the farm-house of Julius Missick, five mtles from the city. Mrs. Eliza Medler, aged 42; her daughter, Emma Isadore Medler, aged 19, and her son Arthur, were burned to death. The other inmates escaped.” John W. Berry was executed at Prescott, Arizona, for the murder of Michael Shore. Slosson won the international billiard match at Paris, making 3,000 points to Vigneaux’s 2,553. „

The New Apportionment.

A Washington correspondent says the Apportionment bill agreed upon by the House committee “is cunningly contrived to obtain the united support of the big States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, having a total vote of ninety-nine in the House. To this number must be added lowa with nine votes, Massachusetts with eleven, Michigan with nine, Kentucky with ten, Missouri with thirteen, Indiana with thirteen, Virginia with nine and Georgia with nine, all of which gain one member each, between 307 (Mr. Cox’s number) and 320, which is the number agreed upon by the House committee. But it is not conceivable that the 320 bill will get through the Senate without amendment. It deprives Rhode Island, Florida and California of a member each. The whole Democratic vote will be cast against it in the Senate, and the Republican Senators from Rhode Island and California will not agree to it. A not improbable solution of the question is the passage of the present bill with an amendment giving an extra member each to Rhode Island, Florida and California.”

In Olden Days.

Bluff Harry, the much-married, who died in 1617, never used a fork. The great Queen Bess had several presented to her, but only used the article on state occasions, probably when the foreign Ambassadors were present who had presented her the “esthetic” article as a gift fit for a sovereign. High breeding in those days consisted in skill in so using the fingers that the hand should not

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be smeared quite to the wrist. That feat accomplished, nothing more was desired in the way of table etiquette.

THE ASSASSIN.

Mr. Scoville appeared in the Criminal Court at Washington Jan. 28, and filed papers on which he bases his motion for a new trial F. H. Snyder and J. W. Guiteau made affidavits that a newspaper was found in the room occupied by the jurors, on which five of them had writtentheir names. Mr. Scoville makes the pointe that the verdict was an uncertain one ; that the trial was unlawfully extended into the December term of court, and that the court had no jurisdiction of the cause. The five jurors whose signatures are alleged to have been found on a newspaper in their room declare that a forgery has been committed. They are quite indignant, and denounce the charges of improper conduct on their part. Mr. Corkhill remarked to a party of gentlemen that Guiteau will be executed not later than June 10. In the Criminal Court at Washington, on the 30th ult., District Attorney Corkhill asked Judge Cox to fix a day for hearing the arguments for a new trial of Guiteau. Mr. Scoville stated the ruiqprs prevalent in regard to newspapers having been furnished the jurors, and asked that the latter be produced in court or their depositions be taken by a commission. Friday, Feb. 3, was fixed for a further hearing. A prominent man in Washington predicts that the President will pardon the assassin on the ground of insanity. Mr. Scoville issued an appeal to the American people for $2,000 to secure competent counsel to push the movement for a new trial. He says Guiteau’s mail will hereafter be dumped into the Potomac, unopened. Guiteau was brought into the Criminal Court in Washington on the 3d inst., to hear the arguments on the motion for a new trial, and obtained permission to sit beside his counsel. He then undertook to address the Judge, but was promptly suppressed. Mr. Scoville brought forward the charge that newspapers had been furnished the jury, and Mr. Corkhill submitted au affidavit from each member of the jury in denial Judge Cox said he would announce his decision on the 4th. Guiteau made two interruptions, and realized several dollars from the sale of autographs. It is stated that the assassin is beginning to show much nervousness and irritability. He is suffering from a severe cold, which has inflamed his eyes. One jail official says he would not be surprised if Guiteau did not live to be hanged. John W. Guiteau, last evening, spent an hour in his brother’s cell, iu company with Warden Crocker. The prisoner became very much excited, and denounced his brother and Scoville. John W. Guiteau, in a card to the public, disavows all knowledge of the proposed exhibition of his brother’s body, 'and says that, whether his brother dies by legal process or iu the insane asylum, his body shall be disposed of in a manner that will not offend public decency. In view of the recent proposition to make a public spectacle of Guiteau’s remains, it is thought highly probable that Judge Cox will exercise the discretion given him by the Revised Statutes, and include iu the death sentence the disposition of the body.

LIVING ON HUMAN FLESH.

Horrible Details of the Crimes of Beckwith, of Alford, mass. Boston, Mass., Jan. 30. It is now believed that the murder of Simon A. Vandercook, near the town of Alford, this State, a few weeks ago was the result of the cannibalistic longings of a powerfully built man of fine personal appearance named Beckwith, between 55 and 60 years of age, and weighing something over two hundred pounds. On the day when the constable and posse broke into Beckwith’s hut some sicaening sights were presented. In the stove were discovered the head, feet and one hand of a human body, charred and blackened by fire. In an adjoining room was found the rest of the body, the trunk split through, several ribs split off, and the entrails taken out and lying in a basket near by. Great slices of flesh had been cut from the arms and legs, and there were evidences of a ghastly and fiendish purpose having been completed. The theory is, and it is said to be well founded, that Beckwith is a cannibal. It is thought he intended to eat a portion of Vandercook’s body, the liver of the victim having been found in his frying-pan and a portion of it gone. The murderer had also, it is said, washed his victim’s remains and otherwise prepared them for salting down in a barrel, to serve for a supply of food during the winter. That Beckwith’s stomach was not too fastidious for this sort of diet would seem to be implied by the remark of a stage-driver that Beckwith ate one of his horses that died from disease early this winter.” Some of the people of Alford say they have heard the murderer boast that he had eaten human flesh in Australia, and that he could do it again, if necessary. It is called to miud that an old lady, named Mrs. Willeby Peck, went berrying on the mountains in the vicinity of Beckwith’s cabin several years ago, and has never since been seen. At’ the time of her disappearance 100 men made search for her. Now Beckwith’s recent crime gives color to a suspicion that he also murdered this woman, aud, perhaps, ate portions of her flesh. When Beckwith was last in Great Barrington, a few weeks ago, he inquired of one of the butchers whether the latter wished to purchase some pork. When the cabin was reached, soon after the murder, no pork or other provisions of any account could be found, and the startling query now raised among those possessed of vivid imaginations is whether he intended to sell human flesh as pork. Beckwith’s cabin has been burned, and it is reported that there has been found beneath the rubbish a subterranean passage, iu which it is thought that the remains of 190 persons have been burned.

A Desperate Battle.

Danville, Va., Feb. 1.

A desperate, novel and fatal battle took place on the plantation of William Lanier, Pittsylvania county, between Thomas King, one of Mr. Lanier’s tenants, and King’s mother, on the one side, and Gdbrge Blate and wife, hirelings of Mr. King, on the other. A complication of circumstances led to the difficulty, but it was mainly Slate’s aggressive temper and his refusal to deal squarely about some property he had found and refused to advertise. Slate left King’s employment and came back to demand his wages. Finding King in his stable, Slate drew a pistol and told him he would shoot him if he came out of there without bringing with him the disputed property. King called to his mother to bring him his shotgun. The old lady was approaching with the gun in one hand and a cane in the other. Slate, seeing this, told his wife, who was with him, to knock the old woman in the head. The old lady was thrown by the younger female, when Mr. King came running to the aid of his mother. Slate fired at him but missed. A desperate struggle ensued, in which all four were engaged. King secured the gun and shot Slate in the thigh. Slate’s wife then got hold of the gun and knocked King senseless, when Slate himself drew a knife and stabbed him in eight places. Meantime the old lady had been seriously cut and beaten, and a large piece bitten out of her arm by the female. It was a desperate life-and-death struggle. All four of the combatants were covered with gore, and fought until they had to cease from loss of blood. When neighbors came on the scene they found King and his mother dying and Slate terribly mangled, so that life is despaired of. The wife was painfully hurt, but it is thought not fatally.

The Decline of Irish Industries.

The revival of Irish manufacturing industries, largely destroyed by hostile legislation, is much agitated. The statistics of the decline are given as follows : In 1800 there were in Dublin 91 master woolen manufacturers and 4,918 hands; in 1840, 12 masters and 602 hands, 30 master woolcombers and 230 hands; in 1834, 5 masters and 66 hands. The carpet manufacturers in 1800 were 13 masters and 720 hands; in 1841,1 master. The blanket manufacturers in Kilkenny in 1800 were 56 masters and 3,000 hands; in 1822, 42 masters and 925 hands. The broad silk loom weavers in Dublin in 1800 at work were 2,500, and in 1840, 250. The calico looms in Balbriggan in 1790 in full work were 2,000, and in 1841, 226. The flannel looms in the

county of Wicklow in 1800 were 1,000 ; in 1841, not one. The case of the Cork .braid weavers, worsted weavers, hosiers, woolcombers, cotton weavers, linen check weavers, was even worse. These industries employed thousands of hands up to 1820; now there is nothing left but a few wheezy, hand looms near Shandon Church, and an almost extinct colony of calico weavers at Clonakilty. The linen trade once throve in Mayo, but there is not a trace of it now.

FIRE IN NEW YORK.

Loss SI,OOO,OOO—A Number of Persons Burned to Death. A disastrous fire, entailing a loss of about $1,090,000 and the death of at least seven persons, occurred at New York in the five-story building with two cellars owned by Orlando B Potter, and occupying the south half of the triangular block bounded by Park row and Nassau and Beekman streets. The building was almost exclusively occupied by people engaged directly or indirectly in the printing and publishing business. A number of weekly papers, among them the Observer, the Scientific American, the Turf, Field and Farm, the Scottish American and others, had their offices there, and there, too, several leading advertising agencies were located. Adjoining and separated by a party wall, was the .office of the New York Times, which narrtiwly escaped complete destruction, aud near by was the posto&ce bui fling, which was at one time thought to be in great danger. In the rickety old fire-trap in which the flames originated, and which should long ago have been remodeled or else pulled down as a dangerous structure, were employed 500 people, who were all at work when the fire broke out in the hall on the lower floor. The rush for safety through the narrow passage dev<loped with terrible force the danger that had long been known to exist. The means of egress were shamefully insufficient, and an awful horror filled the hearts of the vast multitude which assembled in the City Hall Park as spectators of the frightful drama. The scenes as described in our dispatches were fearful almost beyond imagination—soo people penned up like rats in a blazing trap leaping from the .windows to find death on the cruel pavement below, or falling back into the flames through fear of taking the appalling leap; 100,000 people gathered to watch the issue of life and death, powerless to save or succor. Six or seven persons were taken from the building by firemen or others on the Nassau street side, eight or ten on Beekman street, and five or six on Park Row. The number of deaths assured is five. Ellen Buck, a colored woman 34 years old, janitress of the building, who jumped from the fifth story and had her skull fractured. Joseph Cunningham, foreman of the Observer com-posing-room, 55 .years old, who used to set type at the same stand with Horace Greeley, and was an intimate friend of both he and William Cullen Bryant, burned in the ruins. Richard 8. Davey, an Englishman, a compositor in the Scottish-American office, fell from a fourth-story window ; 40 years <*>" age; left leg, left arm and lower jaw fractured, and severe internal injuries. Allred W. Harris, 38 years old. The assistant foreman of the Observer composing room burned in the building. Mary Blount, New Jersey. Mary O’Connor, city. Mary Smith, city. William Stubbs, photographer, Brooklyn. Three others. Four weekly newspapers were burned out. The postoffice escaped ignition by closing its iron shutters. Munn & Co., of the Scientific American, lost a large amount of patent nm-.1-els. els. A. M. Stewart, editor of the Scottish American, was rescueO by one of his compoaitors.

Blaine and the State Department.

Mr. Blaine, having been interviewed in Washington, has given his version of certain matters connected with the reigning, diplomatic sensaLicn. He pronounces as false and without foundation in truth the assertion that his instructions to Trescott were drafted and for warded without the knowledge of the President, and states that not only were the instructions fully discussed between the President and himself, but after being written out they were no less than twice submitted to him for criticism and change, and he has in his possession the original draft bearing marks of the modifications desired by the President. Mr. Blaine recalls the fact that the President, in his inaugural message, specifically referred to Trescott’s mission and instructions. He promptly acknowledges the right of the President to change bis mind and reverse any policy previously agreed upon, but for himself says he can see no reason to take a different view of the wisdom of the prior course marked „ out. He fears that one result of the change will be the utter destruction of the commercial interests of the United States on the South Pacific coast. In the concluding portion of the interview, Mr. Blaine declares that the spoliation of Peru demanded by Chili is equivalent to the secession of the eleven States in rebellion in the years following 1861, and the loris to the Union of the Pacific States beside. “Jt amounts,” says Mr. Blaine, “to the wholesale'destruction of a friendly republic—a destruction as complete and as cruel as the partition of Poland ” PBESIDENT ABTHUBS VEBSION. A statement is made, on authority traceable directly to the Executive Mansion, which contradicts the assertions of Mr. Blaine in essential particulars. It is stated that the President did not examine or approve the particular draft of instructions sent by Blaine to Prescott, and on the subsequent examination of the correspondence was astonished and alarmed to find that the important modifications ordered by him had not been made, and that the text of the instructions was such as to immediately invite, if not to provoke, a declaration of war by Chili. Upon the discovery of the precise character of Blaine’s communication to Trescott the President directed the telegraphing of counter-in-structions to ward off the impending mischief, and with the same object in view Secretary Frelinghuynen sought an interview with tie Chilian Minister and gave personal assurances that the offensive language employed in Trescott’s instructions did not correctly represent the sentiments of the President regarding the affair with Chili. The President’s desire in the whole matter was to protect the dignity of the United States Without inviting the hostility of Chili and without endeavoring to act as an aggressive intermeddler in the affairs of other countries. The spirit and letter of Mr. Blaine, if they accomplished the one purpose, could not have done so without inviting the hostility of Chili, if not open war with that country. This, in substanee, is the statement of those well informed as to the views of the administration, and it will be seen that this explanation leaves still a very sharp and well-defined issue with Mr. Blaine. BLAINE TO THE PBESIDENT. Mr. Blaine, in a letter to President Arthur, expresses great surprise at the annulment of the invitations to the congress of nations, saying that the voluntary humiliation of the United States could only be made more complete by requesting the permission of Europe for the gathering. The ex-Becretary begs that the invitations extended by the President be not recalled, as the meeting is a necessity to the commercial interests of the country

Probable Fate of Lieut. De Long.

Interesting information concerning the fate of Lieut. De Long, commander of the Jeannette, comes from Lieut. Danenhower at Irkutsk. The record “cached” by Lieut. De Long shows that his party, consisting of fourteen officers and men, reached a deserted hut Sept. 28, and from thence proceeded in their endeavor to reach some settlement on the Lena river. Later records were found showing that on the 9th of October two men were sent ahead for relief, and that after marching south for fifteen days they were found in a starving condition by natives and taken to a settlement Efforts to find Lieut. De Long’s party had to be abandoned by reason of the refusal of the natives to go on further, and a Russian force was then organized, and is now searching. There is reason to fear that starvation may have been the fate of the De Long party, as they had but two days’ provisions, and there was nothing to depend upon for subsistence but the precarious supply of game afforded by that desolate region. Secretary Hunt has selected Lieut. Giles B. Harber and Master W. H. Scheutze, of the navy, to proceed to Siberia and assist Lieut Danenhower in his search for the miming explorers.

READING BAD PENMANSHIP.

Stnpld Keaiier*, Not Bad Poamoa, Malaly at Faalt-Te Aaaljse the Great Thla« Needed. [London Spectator.] Anecdotes of ludicrous, or worse than ludicrous, mistakes occasioned by bad handwriting are numerous enough. Some of them are as obviously invented as Moore’s “ freshly blown noses,” for “freshly blown roses,” and others tell strongly of the stupidity of the readers. A small case of the stupid sort comes to us from Jersey. It is said that the Lieutenant-Governor, General Nickolson, in apologizing for his absence from a temperance meeting, referred to “ the needs of further restrictions on the sale of drink,” but that the last few words were read “in the Isle of Drink,” and that this led to “indignant protests on the part of certain citizens.” This is quoted as a “warning to those who will not take the trouble to write legibly,” but it is equally a warning to readers of handwriting to use what brains they may, happen to possess. All who have had much experience in the performances of printers and copyists know very well that, though misreadings are fewest when the original manuscript is good, some oi the most irritating blunders are extracted from the fairest “ copy ” —those, namely, which make a wretched, bastard sense, that perverts the meaning or enfeebles the style. The reason is obvious ; a less strenuous attention is paid to good handwriting than to bad. Even in “setting up” from plain print, strange mistakes are made; for instance, in setting up the last line of “Guinevere ” in a review of the “Idyls of the King,” the printers of the review, having the book before them, printed, “To where beyond these vices there is peace” for “voices.” Handwriting bears much blame that does not belong to it. Of course, a man’s vriting ought to be legible, but allowance must be made for idiosyncrasy, fatigue, or illness. A handwriting without peculiarities is a handwriting without landmarks or checks upon false reading ; and, as absolutely good writing is not to be looked for in the business of life, the dull school-boy hand, with no special character in it, is not without its dangers. The very worst manuscript may be made out by a reader who can and will analyze, but those who can and will analyze are few. Here, as elsewhere, there are not many who find a pleasure in taking trouble and applying obvious general rules. Take the subject of spelling, for instance. The rule which decides in certain words whether, when the sound is ee, the word shall be spelled ei or ie is so short and easy that any one who had no previous knowledge of human dullness would think it utterly impossible that a mistake should ever be made by a writer who had once cast his eye upon the rule; but what the fact is we have some of us melancholy reasons for knowing. Now, take the case of a badly written manuscript. You will find a whole group of people fumbling at a sentence, and making, as to one particular obscure word, guesses upon guesses, all of which are simply absurd. When it is demonstrably clear that the missing link must be an adverb, you may hear six sane men trying nouns or verbs. It may be clear that the dark word must be one of strong praise of a given kind, the dictionary possibilities of the case lying within narrow compass, but scores of false shots will be made because nobody has the brains or the will to say to himself, “ Whatever this word may be, we can positively determine what it is not, and so limit our range of guessing.” In making out bad manuscript it is more than half the battle to be able to determine at a glance what a word neither is nor can by any possibility be. There are here and there human beings who are by nature incapable of writing a good hand, just as there are others who can not draw a straight line or a true circle, or even recognize one. But the ugly manuscript of the clumsy - fisted struggler after form is usually very clear. Haste, uneasiness, excessive work, nervous preoccupation—these are the chief causes of obscure handwriting with most of us. But when a man’s manuscript has once made for itself a fixed character of its own neither printers nor expert copyists would like it to come round to tame simplicity and correctness. It would be, in another way, the case of the lover with a squint Who ruined his suit by going to the oculist and getting his eyes put straight the lady could no longer meet his eye in the old affectionate way, and she dismissed him. Still, there ore faults of handwriting which are inexcusable in themselves, and which neither compositor nor copyist can possibly like to see. One of the worst of these is lax practice in putting the strokes to such letters as m and n. There is no harm in cutting down certain syllables, such as ment and ing to mere lines or twirls, but where an attempt is made to express the characters the number of strokes ought to be uniform. Another practical observation is that flurried handwriting gains no time for the writer. A downright lazy scrawl is another matter, and so is that kind of bad writing in which we can see in the badness egotistic self-assertion or disregard of the eyes and wits of others.

The Safest Seat.

The frequency of collisions on railroads has raised the question, Which is the place of greatest security in a railroad train? The Railroad Journal gives the following as an answer : It is very well known that the car nearest the engine is exposed to the least dust, and that the rear car of a train is generally safer than the front car. The safest is probably the last car but one, in a train of more than two cars; that is, there are fewer chances of accidents to this than any other. If it is a way train at moderate speed, or any train standing still, a collision is possible from another train in the rear; in which the last car receives the first shock. Again, the engine and the front cars of a train will often run over a broken rail, or a cow, or stone, without detriment, while the last car, having nothing to draw it into the line of the train, is free to leave the track. Next to the forward car the rear car is probably the most unsafe in the train. The safest seat is probably near the centre of the last car but one, and in a very long train, in the centres of the last two or three cars next to the last.

Boring the Ears.

A great deal has been recently written on the subject of boring the ears “ for the sake of the eyes,” says the London Lancet. It is always easy to find excuses for any practice which ministers to vanity. That the counter-irritation set up by boring the ear and wearing a ring may, during the few days following the operation, have some effect on the eyes, supposing these organs to be the seat of any low form of inflammation, is just possible, but that permanent good

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Colored Population of the Country.

In 1860 the colored population of the United States, not including the Indian Territory, which was omitted from the census tables, was 4,441,730. In 1870 the total was given by the census reports at 4,886,387, or, omitting the Indian Territory, 4,880,009. Tnis showed an increase of 438,279, or only 9.8 per cent. Serious doubts have been expressed as to the completeness and accuracy of the census of 1870, and it is altogether likely that the negro population of that period is somewhat understated in the reports. According to the revised tables for 1880, the colored population, not including the Indian Territory, was then 6,680,793, an increase over 1870 of l)700,784, or 35 per cent. The total population of the country for the same period showed an increase of something over 29 per cent. The colored population for the various decades from 1800, with the actual increase, and the per centage of increase during the decade, appears as follows: Increase Decade. Population. Increase, per cent ; 1800 901,436 18)0 1,377,810 476,374 63 1820 1,771,629 393,819 21 1830 2,828,642 657,013 31 1840 2,873,758 645,116 28 1850 4,638,762 765,004 25 1860 4,441,730 802,968 22 1870 4,830,009 438,279 9 8 1880.' 6,580,793 1,700,784 85 If the census of 1870 was even approximately correct, the colored population has not only shown a larger actual increase during the last decade than in auy other ten years of its history, but lias increased by a larger percentage than any other time since 1810. —Detroit Post and Tribune.

The New French Ministry.

The new French Cabinet, aa formed by De freycinet, is as follows : M. De Freycinet, President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Ferry, President of Public Instruction. M. Goblet, Minister of the Interior and of Public Worship. M. Leon Say, Minister of Finance. M. Varroy, Minister of Public Works. Gen. Billot, Minister of War. . Admiral Janregulberry, Minister of Marine. M. Tirard, Minister of Commerce. M. Cochery, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs. The Department of Agriculture is separated from that of Commerce, M. De Ma by has accepted the Ministry of Agriculture. The Post of Minister of Fine Arts, created by Gambetta, is suffered to fall in abeyance. of the now Ministry, as read to the Chamber of Deputies, met with great favor, and the new administration is in a fair way to get along smoothly with the element which put an extinguisher upon Gambetta’s flaming ambition. Commencing with the assurance of peace at home and abroad, he announced that the laws relative to the press and to the right of, publia meeting will be applied in a liberal sense. It is thought best to postpone a revision of the constitution until the next Legislature meets, but the judicial, military and educational reforms already undertaken will be persevered with. An impetus will be given to labor, but there will be no compulsory conversibn of the debt or purchase of railways.

Pope Not a Good Hater.

Pope was not what Johnson called a good hater, for his hatred was often unmanly; but, like Dryden, he always succeeds best in satiPe when a strong personal feeling prompts his verse. A n intense glow of emotion animates his finest poetry. It is seen in the noble praise he bestows upon his friends, and more strongly still in his tremendous assault upon the men of letters and the Grub street hacks whom he chose to treat as his enemies. In nine case 8 out of ten the provocation came in the first instance from the poet, but his indignation, however unreasonable, was not feigned. He really felt what he said, or lie could not have said it so well. When, on the other hand, he utters virtuous platitudes in prose, it is easy to see that they mean nothing. The insincerity of his correspondence contrasts strongly with the eager and venomous sincerity with which he attacks his foes inverse.- The Athenaeum.

The Revolt in Herzegovina.

The insurrection which has broken out in Bosnia and Herzegovina is very similar in its incipiency to that which in 1875 led to the war between Turkey and Russia. The occupation of these provinces by Austria, which was allowed conditionally by the Berlin treaty, hes substantially changed to annexation. Annexation has been followed by heavy increase of taxation, and the taxation has been let out to Turkish collectors, whose methods are always brutal. Following upon the heels of this came the military conscription, and this has aroused resistance. Bo far as Bosnia and Herzegovina are concerned, Austria can make snort ' work of the insurgents ; but the danger is always imminent in the Balkan provinces that an insurrection will spread, and involve Austria in a war of such large dimensions that the other powers may find themifelVes necessitated to interfere. Should the rebellion, however, be confined within its present limits, Austria will not only make short work of it, but she will improve the opportunity to make a further stride toward Balonica, the goal of her ambition. The occupation of posts far advanced beyond her present limits already points in that direction. It is related that a Friend from Nantucket once objected because Daniel Webster asked him 31,000 to go'to the island to argue a case. “T Would as soon argue the whole docket,’’ said Mr. Webster, who dftl not wish the Jpng trip. The Friend said that he would give the great lawyer 'sl,ooo if die would argue such cases as he would present before his own case waa .cMlsd s When Mr. Webster got to Nantucket he found that the Friend’s case Was at the foot of the docket, and that he Was ■expected io argue the whole docket through.. He did so and received the SI,OOO, but his client, who had “farmed” him out, cleared $1,50t), beside winning his case.

Alkali Spots.

A young friend in California writes: “My little -brother, having heard the barren spots in the fields called ‘alkali,* came to mother one day, while an old bald-headed man was visiting here, and said in a loud whisper: “Mamma, that man has an alkali spot on his head. ’ ”

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USEFUL HINTS.

Neats foot oil is the best for softening leather. Aiß-SDAOKEDIime is an excellent polish for silver and tin ware. For tender feet, rub them with spirits mixed with tallow dropped from a candle before retiring. For strengthening the hair use the following : Scald black tea, two ounces, with one gallon of boiling water, strain, and add three ounces of glycerine, tincture of cantharides one- half ounce, and bay rum one quart. Mix well by shaking, then perfume. Garments to be ironed in cold starch should be immediately dipped in boiling water, and ironed as soon as starched. You will, in this way, have no trouble with flats sticking to the doth. Another good way is to wet the starch with weak, cold suds made from white soap. For dandruff, the following is an excellent remedy: Take one ounce of flour of sulphur and one quart of water. Pour off the clear liquid after the mixture has been repeatedly shaken during intervals of a few hours. Wash the head with this every morning, and avoid using a fine comb. How to Detect Incipient SmallPox.—The feeling of tiredness and pain in the back are almost universal and prominent symptoms, but the one thing that distinguishes small-pox from every other is the hardness of the eruption. By pressing or passing the hand over the forehead or legs the feeling is exactly that which wotud be caused by me-dium-sized shot being buried under the skin, and the severity of the disease may certainly be known by the number or thickness of these shot like bumps.

Baby’s First Steps.—A young child’s bones are soft and cartilaginous, and keeping a poor little thing tied up against a chair, when it ought to be lying on its back kicking the air and strengthening its limbs, or crawling on the nursery floor, is positively injurious and sinful. It is done with the view of teaching it all the sooner to maintain the erect attitude; but bent legs may be the result, and, however strong a bent-legged man may be, he certainly does not look elegant. Let the child creep, then, and as soon as he finds that he can pull himself up, and stand by the side of a box, he will do so. This is the only safe and natural process. Soon after this he will, if encouraged, venture upon what parents call the first step. Let him creep, and when he walks and falls, laugh at him. Unless you want to make the child an idiot, do not rush to pull him up. Children are not at all brittle, and they ought to' learn at a very early age to depend upon the strength nature has endowed them, with. Some nurses tie a band around a poor child’s waist, and then shove him, kicking and sprawling, on before them, during which time the child looks as graceful as the golden lamb which hosiers hang out as a sign. The practice is most injurious. Eatingl Between Meals.—ls your children are disposed to be greedy, and desire food between meals, reason with them on the subject A woman who has even a very superficial knowledge of the working of the stomach can explain it to her child in such a way that it will make a strong impression upon his mind. To represent to an imaginative child that the stomach is like a man who,.adieu ho has eat§n his breakfast, pops tp work upon that with all his might, and who does not rest until he has ground the food up and given the good part to the blood, so feeding each portion of the body, not forgetting the lingers and toes even, and who rejects all the bad, keeping you from sickness and pain, will awaken interest in the child’s mind, and be a great aid to obedience. Put it before him, and ask him if it is not unkind and even cruel to give out another tusk before the first is finished and a little time for rest been given. It will help you greatly in enforcing it upon his mind that he must not eat at irregular intervals. A child’s digestive organs may be weak; he may need to oat more frequently than a grown person, but it should invariably be at some stated time. Cake or pastry should be given him but seldom, if at all; there is nothing which is more ruinous to the digestive organs.

Hints for Mothers.

w (Boston Transcript.] When vour daughter performs a task in an ill-fashioned manner, always say: “There, I might have done it myself in the first place,” and then take the work out of her hand and do it yourself. This will encourage the girl not to do the thing the next time she is set about it. Never permit your son to have any amusement at home. .This will induce him to seek it in places where you will not be annoyed by his noise. There is no place like home. Impress this truth upon your cliildren by mak, ing home as disagreeable and unlike any other place' as possible. Never neglect the lock on the pantry. Some boys have probably turned out first-class house breakers all on account of this judicious treatment in early childhood. Never permit your children to contradict. Let them know that that is your peculiar prerogative. In chiding your children’s faults never forget to mention how much better the Jones children behave. This will cause your little ones everlastingly to love the Jones children. Take frequent occasion to tell your children how much more favored their lot is than yours was when you were a girl. It is always pleasant to children to be constantly reminded of their obligations. Don’t let your son indulge in any outdoor games. Keep liim at his books. It will make a great man of him some day, if he should happen to live. Your girls should not be permitted to romp. Let them grow into interesting invalids, by all means. Bo gentle and courteous before company; but if you have a temper, let your children have a taste of it as often as convenient. A mother should never practice deception upon her Brood. Talk slightingly of your husband to your boys and. girls. This will make your children respect their faller. Tell youj child he shall n<atlo a thing Ind then let him teaso you Into giving your consent. * This wilh teach him what to do on subsequent occasions. Make promises to your children and then neglect to keep them. This will lead your children not to place too much reliance upon your word, and shield them from,,many disappointments. , When your boy gets comfortably seated in the easy chair, take it from him. Tins will induce him to appreciate a good thing when he grows older, and stick to it—a seat in a Crowded horsecar, for example. Tell your children they are the worst you over saw, and they will no doubt endeavdr to merit your appreciation.