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Rprnrp, supplying 5.335 office*, $879,218; for 316 steamboat route*, aggregating 11,997 miles in leneth. $5,663,002: for 1,621 railroad routes, aggregating 121,632 miles in length, as adjusted to Sept 30, 1885. sl4 758,495; for railroad pogtofficecar serrice, $1,869,488, making a total of $23,483,006. As compared with the cost of the year ended June 30. 1884. there is shown to be an increase for star service of 642 routes, 5,443 miles in length, and $324,863 in cost; for mail-tnesseccer service, an increase of forty offices, and of $15,904 in the annual cost; for steamboat service, a decrease of one route of 3.504 miles in length, and $33,571 in the annual cost; for railroad service, an increase of forty-eight routes, 3,872 miles in length, and of $1,615,380 in the annual cost The sum estimated as necessary for the star service for the next fiscal year is $5,850,000, slightly less than the appropriation for the current year. The reductions effected by orders in this class of service, from April 1 to Sept. 30, 1885, aggregated $148,696. The reduction in steamboat service effected from April to Sept 30, 1885, by discontinuances and curtailments of routes, amounted to $74,256, and the sum deemed necessary for the cnrrent year is $870,648. The amount estimated as necessary' for the next fiscal year i* $900,000, being 7.69 per cent less than the appropriation for the current year. The estimate for railroad service during the next fiscal year is $15,725,432; for railroad postal cars. $1,888,578, and for railway postoffice clerks, $4,877,700. The reductions made in the star and steamboat service are vindicated by 3lr. Knott on the ground of want of necessity "for the service when viewed from the light of postal necessities, and he also takes the ground that the expenditure of the postoffice appropriation should be limited exclusively to the provision of adequate and efficient postal facilities, and not as an aid to the establishment or maintenance of commercial intercourse, except in so far as a full and efficient mail service is of itself an instrument of commerce. Mr. Knott also recommends an appropriation for the continuapco of the present special facilities on the trunk railroads. An investigation is now in progress with a view of determining some satisfactory method of fixing compensation for railroad transportation of the mails, whereby the ratio of increase in cost to the weight of mail matter carried sbr.ll be decreased. THE INDIAN QUESTION. General Sheridan Agrees with the View# of the Mohonk Committee. Washington, Nov. 12.—1n speaking of the address made to the President yesterday by the committee from the Lake Mohonk Indian conference, in which they requested him to ask in his message to divide the Ipdian lands in severalty so that the tribal relations might be destroyed, General Sheridan said to-day: “I have been advocating that thing for nearly twenty years, and if my recommendations had been adopted when I first made them, many thousands of lives and millions of dollars might have been saved. My plan is to give each family 320 acres, and have the government buy the remainder of the reservation at $1.25 an acre, and pay for it in 4 per cent bonds. The interest on these bonds would be enough to support the Indian*, edecate them, civilize them, buy them cattle and agricultural implements, and hire pood men to teach them farming. Take the Crow reservation, for example, where we have so much trouble keeping the Indians on. It embraces 5,000,000 acres of the best land in the world, owned by about five hundred families. Give each family two sections and the proceeds of the sale of the remainder of the land would be at least $6,000,000. The interest on this would give about SSOO a year to each family, and that would give them all the money they need. The same is true of all the Indian reservations. There is not one of them that could not be sold for enough to support the Indians permanently, so that the government need not appropriate anything more for their support. Nearly all these lands could be sold for $1.25 an acre any time, and some of them are worth $8 or $lO an acre. “It cost the government $200,000 to keep the boomers out of the Indian Territory last year —to keep settlers off from lands that are idle, although they are valuable; are bringing their owners nothing. These lands, if sold, just like the Crow reservation, would bring a fund the interest of which would support the Indians permanently. The Indians are the richest landowners in the country, but their property is not bringing them anything.”

MINOR MATTERS. An Economical Comptroller Finds General Raum Owes the Government 8J290. Washr noton, Nov. 12.—The Second Comptroller of the Treasury has disallowed an item of $290 in the accounts of Greene B. Raum, late brigadier general of volunteers, which amount he received as the full pay and allowance of a brigadier-general from March 2 to March 31, 1865, on the ground that, while he was nominated and confirmed as brigadier-general in February, he did not accept his commission or report for duty until March 31. The claim made on behalf of General Raum is that he accepted his commission as brigadier general on March 2 or 3s and is therefore entitled to compensation for the intervening time between that date and March 31. The Comptroller says he finds no • roof to sustain this claim, and he holds that, ven if it is shown that General Raum accepted le appointment on March 3, he would not then o entitled to compensation for the period named, because he was absent without leave, nd performed no military service. He therefore concludes that General Raum is chargeablo with the amount in question. General Raum hasjaddressed a letter to the Second Comptroller, fully explaining the matter, and asking a reopening of the case. Appointments Yesterday. Washington, Nov. 12.—The President to day appointed George W. Glick pension agent at Topeka, Kan.; Erastus Redman collector of customs for the district of Frenchman’s Bay, Minn.; Israel Green, Indian agent at the Lisseton, D. TANARUS., agency, vice B. W. Thompson, suspended, and Frederick F. Mansfield, of Texas, secretary of the legation at Japan. The President to day made the following appointments in the navy: John J. Hunker, lieutenant commander; M. K. Schweuk, lieutenant; William 11. Schmetz, lieutenant; Waldeinar D. Rose, lieutenant, junior grade. The Postmaster general to-day appointed the following fourih-class postmasters: Ohio —At Woodmeton, J. L. Husted: West , Austintown, Samuel Bruenstetter; Steuben, Mrs. Esther E. White: Staunton, M. M. Owens; Rainsborough, John S. W. Pareuer; Licking Valiev, A. R. Freiner; Fredonia, Noah Andregg; Fidelity, Charles B. Curtis; Green Ford, John M. Weikert; Fairfield, John P. Schroder. IniVana—At Crandall, George W. Jenkins; Elrod, George W. Rainey; Fulton, James Wilsrn, Kewana, J. Q. Mowell; Nebraska, W. C. Parker, New Amsterdam, J. K. P. Sommer, V est Point, John W. Haggard. IHi no.s—At New Haven. James O'Neil: Minnier, B. R. Bachman; Cushman, Alonzo Pierce; Naples, Charles A. Sinker. Judge McKemy’s Mission. Fpec nil to tho Imliiuianolis Journal Washington, Nov. 12.—Judge J. C. McKemy, of Hamilton, who has been here several days looking after his application for the United States district attorneyship for tho Southern district of Ohio, has gone home. Some of his fiiends here are making a most vigorous campaign for him, and report pretty fair prospects. Among his numerous indorsers are Deacon iichard Smith, of Cincinnati, and Governor Gray, of Indiana. There are a number of iispirants for the place, and it will not bo secured without a fight. Statistics of American Merchant Vessels. Washington, Nov. 12.—Tho seventeenth annual list of merchant vessels of the United States, as prepared by the Commissioner of Navigation, shows as follows, compared with the list of the previous fiscal year: Total number of vessels, 1884, 26,030; 1885, 25,513; decrease, 1,117 vessels. Saihug vessels, 1884, 17,598; 1885,

17,167: decrease. 331. Steam vessels, 1884, 6,111; 1885, 5,705; decrease, 405. Unrigged vessels, 1884, 2,921; 1885, 2,640; decrease. 281. It is stated that the decrease in the number of vessels is more apparent than real, as is evident from the fact that there were many vessels on the list of 1884 which had been lost or sold to foreign traders; that they were retained on the list owing to a failure on the part of their owners or roasters to report their loss or sale. It is estimated that the real decrease in the number of vessels owned in the United States during the past year was about two hundred. Signal Service Men Reprimanded. Washington, Nov. 12.—The court-martial at Fort Myer, which tried eighteen signal service men on charges of insubordination, found all guilty, and sentenced them to be publicly reprimanded by the Chief Signal Officer. It is said that the court was satisfied that the offense was committed in ignorance of the military law. General Hazen this afternoon issued an order approving the sentence, “the publication of which is considered a sufficient reprimand for men whose intelligence cannot fail at all times to prompt the wish to do right” In the order General Hazen says also: “This seems a proper occasion to reiterate the instructions of the Chief Signai Officer, in 1882, upon the adoption of measures to secure higher classes of men for enlistment in the Signal Corps.” General and Personal. Special to the Indianupolis journal. Washington, Nov. 12.— This morning’s National Republican says: “Register Rosecrans does not like to associate with colored men, so he has secured the transfer of R. B. Bagby, a sec-ond-class clerk in his office, to the Second Comptroller’s office.” Bagby is a former resident of Indianapolis. Postmasters’ commissions were to-day issued for the following lndianians: Wm. F. West, Broad Ripple; Baer Marks, Desoto; Milton G. Storm, Leiter’s Ford; Robert Case, Magley; Moritz Risenbeck, Pikeviiie; Dennis C. O’Neil, Pleasant View. A postoffice has been opened at Carp, Owen county. Star mail service to St Philip, from West Franklin, Posey county, has been ordered discontinued. The Secretary of War has instructed Inspec-tor-general Bayard to make a thorough investigation of the proceedings of the recent courtmartial at Fort Myer, Va., and report to him. This action is based on a formal complaint received from Representative Butterworth and Mr. Garnett, counsel for some of the men who were tried by the court. Secretary of State Bayard has requested Secretary of the Navy Whitney to send a man-of-war to the Samoan,or Navigators’ islands, for the purpose of opening communication with that government. The inhabitants are Christians, and mostly Presbyterians. The country is under the protection of the United States. Obituary. Louisville, Nov. 12.—Beverly Kelly, coroner of Christian county, Kentucky, died to-night. He was the only colored man ever elected to office in Kentucky. New York, Nov. 12. —Charles J. Osborne, for many years a prominent figure in Wall street, died last night of kidney disease, aged forty-six. During the “black Friday” panic, in 1869, he was Jay Gould's most trusted broker. The fortune left by Mr. Osborne is estimated at from four to eight millions. He leaves a widow and son. Cincinnati. Nov. 12.—Capt. Vincent Shinkle, a well-known business man of Covington, Ky., largely engaged in steamboating, died suddenly last night, on board the steamer Golden Crown, of paralysis. He was on his way South for the benefit of his health. Rev. J. J. Hill, aged eighty, one of the oldest ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Ch urch in Ohio, died suddenly last night, at his home in Lebanon, O.

The Hamilton County, 0., Election Contest. Cincinnati, Nov. 12.—Testimony was continued in the election mandamus case this morning as to technical matters of little interest. All the Republican candidates on the Hamilton county legislative ticket filed notices of contest, this afternoon, with Samuel Bailey, jr., as relator. Several candidates for county offices have also filed notices of contest. Columbus, 0., Nov. 12.—The argument in the Supreme Court on the application for a peremptory writ of mandamus in the Cincinnati election case, to compel Clerk Dalton to issue to the Democratic senatorial candidates certificates of election, was concluded to-day, and the judges took the case under advisement. They spent the balance of the day in their consulting room, but had no decision to give out this evening. Two Men Killed and a Third Fatally Shot. San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 12—News of a tragedy on Verdo creek, Bandera county, on Tuesday evening, reached here to-day. A young farmer named Buck Bryant suspected two Germans, August Rheiuhardt and Christian Eckert, of stealing hogs. Bryant went to their house and accused them of the theft, and was fired upon. Fleeing toward home, Bryant was pursued by Rheinhardt and Eckert, one of whom shot and mortally wounded him. The father of Bryant, hearing his son call for help, ran out and shot and killed both of his pursuers. Young Bryant was dying at last accounts. Receiver for the Detroit Transit Company. Detroit, Nov. 12.—Francis G. Russell has been appointed receiver of the Detroit Tug and Transit Company, of which Captain S. A. Murphy is president. His bond was fixed at $20,000. The liabilities of the firm are estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000. The stagnation of marine ■business, which prevailed throughout the season, was the primary cause of the trouble, but a potent reason, also, was the immense loss entailed in the recent raising of the steamer Quebec. Mr. Russell’s receivership does not touch the International "Wrecking Company, which is not seriously involved. It is thought the assets will exceed the liabilities. Killed for Insulting a Woman. Fonda, la., Nov. 12.—S. W. Cutler, of Joliet, 111., was instantly killed to-day, near here, by C. W. Steveuson, a tenant, on account of alleged indecent proposals to the latter’s wife. The deceased was boardim* with Stevenson, and being requested to look for another boarding place, an altercation ensued, during which Stevenson discharged a load of shot into Cutter’s breast. Stevenson surrendered himself. He and his wife are mulattoes. Cutter was a white mao, single, and owner of considerable property. He had on his person about $3,000. The Bowers Deponing. San Francisco, Nov. 12.—-The coroner’s jury in the Bowers alleged poisoning case rendered a verdict, late last night, signed by five of the six jurymen. It charges Dr. Bowers with the murder of his wife by administering poison. The remaining juryman finds simply that Mra Bowers’s death was caused by poison administered by her husband. The coroner has not yet signed either, but it is believed he will sign the first-mentioned verdict The Silver Dollar. New York, Nov. 12.—The Board of Trade and Transportation recently sent out a number of circulars to merchants throughout the country, asking the feeling in their various 'localities as to the advisability of continuing the compulsory coinage of the silver dollar. A large number of replies are published from representative business men throughout the country. A majority of those published condemn further coinage. Settled In Spot Cash. New York, Nov. 12.— A suit for libel, brought by Louis C, Wilson, of Fredericksburg, Va., against James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, for $50,000. was yesterday terminated suddenly in tho Supreme Court by Bennett's counsel offering to settle at once, and it was so done. Malione Will Go Northwest and Grow Up. Fargo, D. TANARUS., Nov. 12.—Senator Mahone, of Virginia, is to locate permanently iu the Red river valley.

TUB INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1885.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS One of Lafayette’s Heaviest Clothing Dealers Makes an Assignment. How a Mnrderer Received nis Sentence—A Bride of Six Bays Elopes —Sanity of Convict Young To Be Investigated. INDIANA. Assignment of Adolph Salinger, a Heavy Dealer In Clothing. Special to the lttdi&n&polis Journal. Lafayette, Nov. 12.—Adolph Salinger, one of the oldest and best-known clothing merchants in this city, doing business at Fourth and Main streets, to day made an assigntment to Mortimer Levering of this city. Liabilities, $56,000; assets, $30,000. He carried the second largest stock in the city, and has hitherto been rated A L The papers accompanying the deed of assignment give the following list of preferred creditors: Amelia Salinger, his wife, $11,022.25; M. & L. Fechheimer, Cincinnati, four notes of SI,OOO each; the same, upon account, $1,420; M. Halstein, Cincinnati, $533.92; the same, $1,500; Rose Salinger, Lafayette, $1,575; Pauline Kauffman, Cincinnati, $400; Amelia, Joel, Logansport, $400; George Salinger, Lafayette, $442.01. and Frank Salinger, Lafayette, $1,487.87 —making a total of $22,831.55 of preferred accounts. Mrs. Salinger has a son in business at Fort Wayne, and in business circles is supposed to be a partner with the son. Much comment is caused by the fact that Mr. Salinger reported to the Dan commercial agency, on Jan. 1 last, as follows: Stock, $17,526.47; good, outstanding indebtedness, $1,800; mortgages against real estate, S4OO. Thus, with an acknowledged indebtedness of $40,000, he was rated being worth $20,000. How a Murderer Received His Sentence. Rensselaer, Nov. 12.—Wilbur Wortens, who was found guilty of murder on Sunday, was brought into court yesterday, and created quite a stir by fainting when the judge began to pronounce the death sentence upon him. When restored to consciousness he could not sit up, and the doctors advised returning the prisoner to his cell till morning, but Judge Ward declined, and declared his intention to proceed with the sentence. The sheriff and bailiffs placed the prisoner upon a table, where he lay, pale and trembling, but he partially recovered from his shock while the court pronounced the judgment iu short, measured sentences, and the interpreter repeated it in the prisoner’s ear. Feb. 26 was fixed as tho day for the execution. Arrest of a Fugitive from Justice. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Nov. 12.—Charles Gale, who was arrested for passing a counterfeit S2O bill Oct. 29, 1884, and subsequently fled, leaving his bondsman, Robert Dwiggins, to pay SSOO, is now in jail here. He was also suspected of putting Paris green in a number of wells about Fountain City, in a spirit of revenge, and has since been suspected, on very strong circumstantial evidence, of several burglaries! He will be called upon to answer the three charges, counterfeiting, attempted murder and burglary. Sheriff Gorman and Deputy Dormer arrested him in Kansas and returned with him this evening.

Thirteen Horse* Burned to Death. Special to the Indianauolis Journal. Rockville, Nov. 12.—The barn of David Linebarger, a farmer of this county, was destroyed by an incendiary fire last njght. It contained sixteen horses belonging to'railroad men at work on the Lake Michigan & Ohio River railroad. Thirteen were burned to death. One of the three that escaped was burned so badly it was killed this morning. The other two had their eyes almost destroyed ind hair burned off. It is supposed that tramps did the deed. A Bride of Six Days Elopes. Special to the ludlanapolia Journal Logansport, Nov. 12. —A sensational elopement occurred here yesterday, and came to light to-day. j Frank Smith, of the new Johnson Hotel, ran away with Mrs. Mollie Benner, a young girl, who, six days ago, became the bride of James Benner, a butcher. The husband overhauled the couple at Peru to-day. The wife was repentant, and gladly returned home, and promised to finish oat the honeymoon. Escaping Prisoner Fatally Injured. Louisville, Nov, 12.—William Mcßride, of Harrison county, Indiana, sentenced for ten years for housebreaking, attempted to escape from the Jeffersonville, Ind., prison to-night, by climbing down the lightning-rod. He fell and was fatally injured. _ Minor Notes. Marshal Ensminger has notified all the Crawfordsville gambling places to close up, and stay closed. John Ranschenberger, of Jeffersonville, has been appointed superintendent of the Ohio Falls car works. Mrs. Charles Twomejr, formerly a well-known resident of Jeffersonville, has died at Fort Calhoun, Neb. Captain J. O. Beard, of New Albany, has been appointed to a clerkship in the Pension Office at Indianapolis. Mrs. Woolsey, of Waveland, has been arrested again for selling liquor. She gave a S7OO bond for appearance iu court. William Morrison has just been sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for petit larceny committed in Montgomery county. For tho first time in ten years a man has been fined for selling liquor on Sunday at Crawfordsvillo. Tho W. C. T. U. are working there. The Crawfordsville Water-works Company has purchased three acres of land of Miss Janie Jones. On the land are several clear-water springs. At Huntington Villiam H. Mygrants sued William Allen for 'ander, claiming $5,000 damages. A jury iu tho Circuit Court gave him a verdict for $25. The Shelby Times, the new Democratic weekly at Shelby ville, deserves success if the typographical appearance and editorial cleanliness of the intitial number are maintained. Capt. James H. Lord, assistant ouartermaster, has been relieved from duty at Cheyenne, W. TANARUS., and ordered to report to Jeffersonville for duty, relieving General Saxton. The largest sheet of plate-glass ever cast in America has been turned out at the DePauw American plate-gla3s works, at New Albany. The dimensions are 210 by 119 inches. Andrew Early, of New Albany, proposes to run Sunday, of the Chicago League base ball club, a 100-yard foot race, pistol-shot start, for any amount up to SSOO, the race to take place in Louisville. David Evans has sued the Curryville Coal Company for $5,000 damages. Evans was fireboss of one of the coal mines of the company, and was the man in charge of the ventilation He entered one of the mining chambers on a tour of inspection. The room was filled with gas, and when he entered wi t n his torch an explosion followed which injured Evans about the face and head. Evans asks damages in the above amount of the company for bis injuries The case is a peculiar one, and will be watched with interest by miners all over the country. The case will be tried in the Sullivan Circuit Court Williams Post, G. A. R., of Muncie, gave a bean 6upper at the rink at that place last night. The building was handsomely decorated and nearly 1,000 persons were in attendance, 590 of whom partook of supper. There was music by the Muncie quartet, Lockwood’s cornet band and a martial band, and addresses by Thomas Bennett, of Richmond, and General William Gross, of New Castle. Groat amusement was created by a foraging party swooping

down (evidently by prearrangement) upon a number of groceries and appropriating a great variety of supplies. The receipts have largely increased the relief fund of the post. ILLINOIS. The Extraordinary Case of Convict Young —His Sanity To Be investigated. Sycamore, Nov. 12.—James Young, the convict sent to the penitentiary for ten years, seven months ago, from Carroll county, and who has confessed to the murder of Hiram P. Allen, a retired farmer of Sandwich, on the night of Feb. 14, 1880, was brought into court yesterday, and in response to the usual interrogatories said he didn’t wish an attorney and pleaded guilty. On being asked by Judge Killom if he understood the full import of his plea, and that he was liable to be hanged. Young replied that he was fully aware of it and persisted in pleading guilty “Then, sir,” said the judge, “vhe court must say this is among the most astonishing cases on record. The idea of a man coming here and entering this plea is almost beyond belief, and the court will not enter the plea of guilty until he has taken some measures to ascertain regarding your sauitv and see whether you are responsible for your acts.” l r oung protested that he knew what he was about, and wished to write out a statement, but Judge Killom would not accept his plea, and will call a special jury to test his sanity. Brief Mention. James A. Parker, ex-State’s attorney, of Henry county, has died at Tolono, aged fifty-eight years. The failure of W. G. Jackson, furniture dealer at Joliet, is announced. The sheriff has taken possession of the store. Dr. Joseph Miller, a prominent veterinary surgeon, of Oregon, shot himself by the accidental discharge of a gun while hunting, inflicting a dangerous if not fatal wound. Ed Jones, a mnrderer imprisoned at Centralia, concealed himself, Wednesday morning, in the bed-clothing, and wheD the latter was carried into the yard to be aired, at an opportune moment made his escape. Among the indictments returned by the Jo Daviess county grand jury was one" against James A. Bauta, of Rockford, for forgery. The defendant, who is now in jail in Galona, confessed recently to the murder of Marshal S. Pritchard, a farmer of Winnebago county, in January, 1879. Mrs. George Bookman, of Freeport, accidentally picked up a dish having in it a quantity of rat poison, and having mixed it with some flour, used the composition in which to fry some chicken. At dinner Mrs. Bookman, Walter Bookman, George Bookman, jr., and wife, Mrs. Henry Thomas, and two other members of the family, seven in all, ate freely of the chicken and became deathly sick. All but one, Mrs. Thomas, eighty-four years old, have recovered, and she may survive. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Charles H. Barker, single, twenty-eight years of age, and a resident of Newburyport, Mass., has fallen heir to $7,500,000, by the death of his aunt, Mrs. Mary Ann Thurbern, of London. At Dover, N. H., on Wednesday, Horace Bogan and Fred Shorey were buried by the caving in of a well. Shorey is believed to be fatally injured. Bogan’s body has not been recovered. The dizziness, which was the cause of the fall of Mr. Van Wagner, of the Alabama claims commission, was produced by intepse reading. He has since taken cold, and is somewhat worse. No visitors are permitted to see him. Eight young men of Ottawa, Canada, hitherto esteemed respectable, were, on Wednesday, found guilty of rape, and wore all sentenced to life imprisonment. The scene in court while the seuteuces were being pronounced was agonizing.

Nineteen crews of brakemen on the Illinois Central railroad struck yesterday for an increase of $5 per month in salary, and payment for all over-time and Sunday work. Some of them claim to be compelled to be on the road twenty hours at a stretch. A cablegram received at New York from Corruna, states that Dr. A. J. Dodds, medical missionary of the Latakeea, Syria, mission, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, was one of the passengers lost on the steamer Synon, which wa3 wrecked on the coast of Spain on Oct 27, last. Alfred H. Stratford, a well-known cricketer, and a member of this years Canadian international team, on Wednesday, at Toronto, pleaded guilty of larceny, and was remanded for sentence. During the foot ball match, on Tuesday, Stratford went through the clothes of the players, securing several watches and chains and $22 in cash. A year ago Luther Evans and John Vaughter quarreled, and the latter was seriously shot and cut by Evans, who was sent to the Kentucky penitentiary for one year. Evans swore he would kill Vaughter when he got his freedom, and, meeting him yesterday at Turner’s Station, Ky., he fired twice at him. Vaughter escaped unhurt, and returned the fire, shooting Evans through the head and heart, killing him instantly. Captain Jennie Wilson, of the Salvation Army, who married IL L. Moore, of Elizabeth, N. J., in May last, having a husband, Charles H. Frye, in Bellows Falls, Vt, was acquited of bigamy in the Union county, N. J., court, on Wednesday. She testified that she believed that a decree of divorce from Frye had been granted her when she married Moore. The trial attracted a great throng of spectators, and the verdict was applauded. The National Grange. Boston, Nov. 12.—T0-day’s session of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry opened with an attendance largely increased over that of yesterday. A laree delegation of members from Pennsylvania arrived last evening, and all the New England States are well represented among the visiting deleeations. The morning session was devoted principally to a continuation of the reading of reports from the masters of State granges. Those from New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Mis souri were particularly encouraging. A number of resolutions, touching upon every feature of the order, were introduced, and were referred, without debate, to the committee on resolutions. At the afternoon session, Master James Draper, of the Massachusetts State Grange, delivered an address of welcome to the visiting patrons, to which Hon. P. Darden, of Mississippi, responded on behalf of the National Grange. Gov. Robinson welcomed the visitors on behalf of the Commonwealth, and James Ripseorob, of South Carolina, responded. Mayor O’Brien ex tended the city welcome, and Hon. J. N. Brigham responded, after which speeches were made by Governor Robie, of Maine; Silas G. Luce, of Michigan, and Hon. John E. Russell. At tlie evening session the various standing committees were appointed, and the remainder of the evening was occupied in listening to reports from the various State granges. Furniture Factory Burned. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12.—The furniture factory of Weakly & Warren was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Loss $35,000; insurance $20,000, in the following companies: New York Underwriters’, Liverpool and Londou and Globe, Hartford, Continental, Connecticut, Home of New York, German-American. The fire originated in the shuck room from a match which struck the edges of a rapidly revolving machine. Rossa Seeks Government Employment. New York, Nov. 12.—The Herald says: “O'Donovan Rossa wants a place in the customhouse. He places a high rating on his abilities, and nothing less than a deputy collectorship of the port will suit him. He called at the custom house yesterday, and loudly announced his intention of securing a deputy’s position. He wanted to see the collector, but the collector was not in.” The Rutter, Egg and Cheese Convention, Chicago, Nov. 12.—At to-day's session of the national butter, cheese and egg convention, resolutions were adopted asking Congress to tax oleomargarine, and all adulterations of butter, 10 cents a pound; to place an import duty on European eggs, and to suspend the coinage of

standard dollars. A resolution was also adopted requesting the joint classification committee of the trunk lines to provide cargo, and less than cargo rates, for eggs and dairy products. Washington Windsor, of New York, was elected president Prominent Man Missing, New York, Nov. 12. —The police were notified last eveuing to search for Mr. Leslie W. Russell, of Canton, N. Y., formerly Attorney general of the State, regent of the university, and a few years since a prominent candidate for the United States Senate. Mr. Russell was last seen at tne Coleman House, on Tuesday morning. On Saturday and Sunday nights he is said to have been in a prominent Broadway billiard saloon, but no trace of his movements can be found from that time until Monday night, at 11:30,when he registered at the Coleman House. Arresting the “Boomers.** Wichita, Kan., Nov. 12.—A Daily Eagle special from Fort Reno says: More “boomers” were yesterday brought in by the military from the Oklahoma district Those of the prisoners who sign an agreement to never again trespass upon the Indian lands are allowed to pass out, but the others will be escorted out by the troops. The work of removing the “boomers” is going on rapidly. Movements of Mrs. Walkup. Kansas City, Not. 12.—Mrs. J. R. Walkup arrived in this city to-night, from Emporia, in company with Mrs. Wallace, her mother. She remained at the Union Depot Hotel, and will leave to-morrow morning for New Orleans. Steamship News. London, Nov. 12.—Passed the Scilly islands: Elbe, from New York for Bremen. New York, Nov. IL—Arrived: Abyssinia, from Liverpool; St eGrmain, from Havre. The Culbreath Lynchers Indicted. Charleston, S. C.. Nov. 12.—The grand jury at Edgefield has found a true bill against thirtyone of the Culbreath lynchers. FATHER OF THE TELEPHONE. An Old Italian Got the Idea When a “Fake” in the Streets of Havana. Extract from Petition in tho Bell Telephone Suits. A true, full and accurate description of a telephone invented by Antonio Meurcci was filed in the Patent Office as long ago as December, 1871, when a caveat was applied for and obtained, which was annually renewed as long as tLe inventor could raise the littlo money necessary; that, inasmuch as Prof. Elisha Gray applied for a caveat ou the same day—Feb. 14, 1876—0n which Bell applied for a patent, the patent ought not to have been issued until the caveator received due notice and an opportunity to complete his application for a patent; that this law was not obeyed, but in the unusually short time of thirteen days after the application was examined a patent was granted to Bell on the representation by Bell that he had filed his application earlier in the day than the caveator, which ought to have been kept a secret of the Patent Office, the truth of which is questioned, and which is regarded as immaterial anyhow, because a day is understood as a punctum temporis. in 1849, when Antonio Muercci was in Havana, he conceived the idea of a telephone from a peculiar incident. He was in the habit of giving people electrical shocks, and on one occasion, when he made his subject hold the wire in his mouth and the shock caused the man to shout, Muercci thought he heard the voice as transmitted through the wire. He had the shout repeated and was convinced that it was .so. The observation led him to experiment, and a few years afterward, when he had removed to Staten Island, he produced a telephone which hundreds of people knew all about and many used. In 1859 or 1860 he published the fact in an Italian newspaper printed in New York, and there was a description of the affair published iu some other New York newspapers, and the fact of talking over wires from one room to another and from one house to another was well known. Meurcci at that time owned a brewery on Staten Island. He had spent many years of his earlier life at superintending the mechanical effects of theatrical stages. General Garibaldi, who was Meureci's guest for several years on Staten Island, between 1850 and ’6O, was one of many who used the telephone and saw it in use. A caveat for Meureci’s iuvention was actually obtained in 1871 and renewed in 1872 and 1873, but afterward was allowed to fall through, because the inventor was not able to pay for the maintenance of it. He had been badly injured by an explosion on board a Staten Island ferryboat in 1871, and by a series of misfortunes fell into a state of abject poverty, and finally had to seek assistance from the keeper of the poor-house on Staten Island. The representations of the petitioners are supported by sworn affidavits from lawyers, electricians, university professors and others of equal authority from all parts of the country: from employes of the Patent Office, including the very identical examiner who examined Bell’s application, and bad formerly examined the old Italian’s application for a caveat, and by dozens of residents of New York and Staten Island, who have used Meucci’s telephone and seen it in use.

AN OLD WOMAN’S AMBITION. Learning the Alphabet in Order to Read the Emancipation Proclamation. Philadelphia Times. The personnel of the night-school at Sixth and Lombard streets would delight the eye of an artist in quest of odd “types.” The proverbial young ideas which are here taught to shoot are in many picturesque instances germinating in very old beads, and the youths who devour the text books in search of knowledge are not a whit more earnest in their tasks than other scholars who are old enough to be their grandparents. In a row of front soats. in which a dozen scholars are studiously conning their spelling-books, are three stalwart colored men struggling with words of two and three svllables, and at the head of the line is a woman of twenty-two just able to get through with the alphabet. A bright mulatto boy, who is the young America of his race, is ages ahead of his mother alongside of him, trying to grasp the difference, between plow and plough. The son, who is evidently familiar with an elementary algebra, patronizingly assists his mother in her efforts to understand some of the wonders of English orthography. But the most striking figure in this incongruous school-room scene is that of an aged female scholar, demurely and earnestly applying herself to the task of mastering the alphabet. She is seated on a low bench, and looks like old Aunt Chloe. The old lady’s hair is white, she is bent with the burdens of more than three score and ten years, but is as eager in her pursuit of an education as though she had life before instead of behind her. She has been a faithful attendant at the school since it opened, three weeks ago, and is diligent, faithful and even enthusiastic. She has not yet got beyond the first pages of the primer, and learns slowly. She expects to be able to learn to read the Bible and “Mars Linkum’3 procrimation,” the latter of which set her free from an Alabama slave-master. She is the oldest scholar yet enrolled in the school, but there are others who have passed a semi-centennial of life, who are delighted when they get to the head of a spelling-class in which the other scholars have but recently learned to talk. _ Mr. Tilden’* Health Habits. Herald of Health. On a fair day he rises about 7:30 A. m., and is aided to his toilet by his valet At 8 o’clock the first meal is served in the breakfast-room. He usually takes three-quarters of an hour for his meal. Then he goes into his library, and, seating himself in the deep bay window, glances through the New York newspapers and such letters as bis secretary thinks are necessary for him to see. This hour Mr. Tilden always enjoys. After 10 o’clock he enters his carriage and rides about the farm, or if the weather is particularly cool, passes the remainder of the morning in reading. His favorite books are those on historical subjects. While engaged In study he will not be disturbed. Luncheon is served at 12:30. This meal he takes in company with his niece The afternoon ir spent in various ways. Asa rule, however, Mr. Tilden takes a drive about the delightful region in which he lives. These drives are extremely beneficial to him, and he uses every fair day to divert business in this way. Oftentimes Mr. Tilden passes an hour in the old conservatory, or in examining the

progress made on the new one. His flowers are highly prized, and a bouquet from bis green* houses adorns the table at every meal. After his drive he usually spends an hour or so in reading, until dinner is served, at 5:30 or 6 o'clock. The evening is passed with the hers of the household. He retires for the night between 9:30 and 10 o’clock. The day is enjoyed in the qui't which comes from the extended grounds of and from the ex* Governor's disinclination to be disturbed, except on urgent business. That he eniovs this existence, free from the rush and hurry of a great city, can easily be appreciated. Respects to Messrs. Manning and Jordan* Atlanta Constitution. As the so-called Latin Union has been sufficient for the purposes of the states composing k 1 i^ rG ’ s no reas ? n why the American Union should not be sufficient to protect the interests of the baited States so far as silver is concerned. All this folderol and nineompoopery this hanging around the back doors of foreign governments—has been undertaken in behalf of the speculators who have given Wall street its good name. The purpose of those speculators is sinister. They propose to depreciate the silver dollar if they can, so as to realize a profit on the vast sums of gold which their banks are hoarding. The United States Treasury, belonging to the people, has been, and is now, manipulating the finances of the country to suit the views of these Wall-street speculators. Under cover of the methods suggested by these wreckers, a contraction of the currency has been going on, the public debt has increased, the law has been violated, and tho interests of the people have been sacrificed. This is the plain English of Mr. Jordan’s management of the Treasury, but it is only fair to say that.this mismanagefnent has not been materially worse than the appointment of Mr. Manton Marble to represent the financial interests of this country abroad. Laying Out tlie Cornfield. Correspondence Michigan Farmer. Last spring I recommended marking corn three feet eight inches apart, and gave as a reason that this distance divided up the spaces between the rows accurately, that eighteen rows forty rods long made precisely an acre, which made it con venient in determining the amount of ground worked over in a day; and also that at this distance a two-horse cultivator would work the whole space between the rows without leaving a ridge in the middle undisturbed. This year I cut up the corn nine hills square, and, by accident, as it were, discovered that the rows made exactly forty shocks. 1 figured a moment in my head and fouud that the 3,240 hills to the acre (which I remembered) divided by the forty shocks made eighty-one hills, so that whether the rows be long or short, if the corn is cut nine hills square, every forty shocks will be an acre. There is no other division into rows so near the proper space for corn that will accurately survey the ground, and nine hills square, where the hills stand two or three stalks, make a better sized shock than a smaller number. Then by husking four contiguous hills, the weight or measuie of the amount will give one tenth of of the produce of an acre. This is a much more satisfactory plan than the rough guess-work of most farmers. Thrilling Literary Incident. Philadelphia Press. When William D. Howells, the novelist, was editor of the Atlantic Monthly a young lady living on Chester Square once sent the manuscript of a short story which she thought above the average. Some time passed and as yet no verdict had been announced. It happened that she one day answered a ring at the door. There stood a suspicious-looking stranger, with lowering nrow and black, hanging mustache. She thought it was a tramp or a peddler, and her motion to close the door abruptly was arrested by the question whether Miss was at home. It was the editor himself, who called in person to explain that her story was excellent, but that a storv of his own, already in type, had a plot so similar that it was impossible to use hers.

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