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not handle. The fact is that the silver element in the House has been overestimated all along. Judge Reagan says there is a clear majority of fifty, and other men representing the interest put the majority at a 6till higher figure, but the troth, is a very careful canvass of the House Bhotrs a majority of thirty onlj r . It is plain that, as far us the House is concerned, the administration would have a very good chance of controlling about sixteen of these silver men, by means of the great power of its patronage, which would reverse the majority and put through a measure to carry out the recommendations of the message, but the hitch lies in the Senate. Mosby as a Letter Writer. Washington Capital. Colonel John Mosby, of guerrilla fame, has just returned from China, where General Grant first sent- him as consul to Hong Kong. Only two days before bis death. General Grant wrote to Senator Stanford asking him to look after his friend Mosby when he came home, and through his railroad influence erire him a start in tho West. Colonel Mosby has opened a law office in San Francisco, and the railroad gave him his first case. The ex-guerrilla is always being interviewed and made the subject of much comment. His stories are good, and one that he tolls, that by the same mail that brought him his notice to quit the consular service came a pompons letter from young Green, reading: *< olor.H .o!in f*. Mosby, United States Consul at Hone Kong. “Dear Sir—l have the honor to inform you that my government has appointed me consulgeneral at Kanagava,” etc. Mosby. also avoiding the plural pronoun politely used in such connection, wrote back: “Hon Warren Green, Consul-general of the United State?, Ivansgav.-H: “Dear Sir—l hare the honor to inform you that my government has just kicked me out.” Pay of United States Jurors. Fpedal to flu Indianapolis Journal. Washington, dan. 11.—A bill was introduced in the House to-day by Representative Little, of Ohio, which is of very general interest. It is a bill fixing compensation of jurors in United States Courts at $2 a day for the time necessarily occupied iu going to and returning from court, provided jurors residing more than six miles from the place of attendance, and not having a place of business within that distance, shall receive $3 a day. For distance necessarily traveled from their place of residence, by the shortest practicable route, in eoing to and returning from such courts, they shall also receive 5 cents per mile. Nominations Favorably Reported. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 11.—Several hundred nom* iHations were reported favorably to the Senate to-day from committees, including all that have heretofore been published in the Journal, and the following postmasters from Indiana: George W. Cooper, Columbus; Thomas J. Seemane, Wabash; Mrs. Julia Love, New Castle; John O'Donnell. Mitchel; James E. Pinnell, Lebanon; Norman Fisher. Hontingburg, Dnbois county; Francis M. Householder, Noblesville: E. Yolney Bingham, Mishawaka; James C. Carlton, Bedford; Benjamin P. Brown, Franklin; John W. Pence, Anderson. All of these were to fill vacancies. ' _ fA Very Sore Democrat. Special to the liidianaßolia Journal. Washington, Jan. 11.—“ Objector” Holman is about the sorest man on the Democratic side of tho House, and he seems to havo good reasons for his ill-feeling. He has been a member of the House almost as long ns Randall, yet he was not given the chairmanship of a single committee. Nor did ho secure even second place, but is placed down below others who have done far less for the party than he has. Holman is, in consequence, in the sulks, and will probably take bis revenge by not failing to sieze his opportunity to object when someone wants to secure the passage of a bill. Mr. Etlgorton Will Not Resign. Special to the Imlianaooiis Journal. Washington, Jan. 11.—Civil-service Commissioner Edgerton has been overwhelmed with letters and telegrams from his Indiana and Ohio friends, during the past week, asking him to not resign his position on tho commission, an impression having been created, by an error in a name in these dispatches, that he. instead of Mr. Eaton, intended returning to private life. Mr. Edgertou is much gratified to learn of the high esteem in which ho is held by his constituents.

General and Personal. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. IL—Harry Fariss, of Indianapolis, who has been hero some time seeking an appointment, is growing weary of waiting, and says he is going home. He will try it a few days longer before he departs, however. J. G. Gwynn, of Attica, is here. He has his ye on something, but refuses to say whether it is an office. John T. Dye, of Indianapolis, is at the Ebbitt. F. Naersman, of Crestline, 0., is in the city. William Barnett, of Clay county, will be apr ointed a timber agent by the Secretary of the i uterior. Gen. George B. Williams, of Lafayette, was it the Capitol to-day after being confined to his room for several days. His brother. Col. John 8. Williams, Third Auditor of the Treasury, has also been ailing for several days. The Secretary of the Interior, in response to applications of settlers in New Mexico, to have the tract of land known a3 Nolan’s Grant restored to the public domain, has made a decision favorable to this application, which throws open to settlement 560,000 acres of land. in the Senate, to-day, when the nomination of Dorman 13. Eaton came ud, Senator Logan made the point that he (Eaton) was a “mugwump, and that the spirit of the Civil-service required that one of tbe commissioners be a Republican. Senators Evarts. Hoar, and one or two others vouched for bis Republicanism. There are said to have been fourteen votes cast against Eaton's confirmation, one-half of which were by Republicans. Tho nomination of Mr. Jordan as Treasurer of the United States has been reported favorably by tho committee on finance, and au effort is being made to expedite action on the part of the Senate, so as to avoid any possible complication which might arise from the present situation in the sub-treasury at New York. It is expected that Mr. Jordan will bo confirmed to-morrow, and that a nomination of assistant treasurer at Now York will be made this week. Ohio Democrats Nominate Mr. Thorman. Columbus, 0., Jan. ll.—The Democratic members of the Legislature had on open caucus to-night, and nominated Allen G. Thurman for the United States Senate, to be voted for in each branch of the Legislature to-morrow, and in joint convention of the two bodies on Wednesday. Mr. 'Hiurman received thirty-eight votes in caucus, Governor Hoadly thirty-three, and one scattering, The nomination was afterwards made unanimous by a rising vote. Obituary, St. Louis, Jan. IL—Capt Henry Meredith, deputy collector of internal revenue, died at his residence in this city early this morning, from .he effects of au overdose of morphine. Ttab facts connected with his death indicate suicide. Loumville, Ky., Jan. 11.—Rev. Lewis T. Tschiffely, a well-known and prominent minister, pastor of Grace Church, died to-night of aperolexy, aged fifty. He had charge of churches n Wisconsin and in Nashville previous to locating in Louisvillo. Tbe Chinese Are Going. San Fbanciwo, Jan. IL—All Chinese workmen employed by tbe Pioneer, Sacremento and Phoenix flour mills, the Capital woolen mills and the American laundry were discharged today. Three hundred white men will be employed in their places. StMuuahlp News. • New York, Jan. 11.—Arrived: Aurania, from Liverpool. Queenstown, Jan. 1L Arrived: British Prince, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool; City of Berlin, from New York.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of all Kinds in the Two States. Why Mr. McNiel Sought Repose in CanadaMore Indictments Against Ben Blanchard —Arrested After a Long Chase —Notes. INDIANA. Mr. McNiel’s Cogent Reasons for Making; a Visit to Canada. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fowler, Jan. 11.—It has just come to the public ear that Wm. T. McNiel, a long time resident of this county, has taken sudden leave and joined the American colony in Canada. In a letter written by him to a friend he says: “It was either go to the penitentiary or Canada, and I preferred the latter.” Mr. McNiel has been a school-teacher, an editor, an attorney (by brevet and letter-heads) and an insurance agent. The immediate and urgent demand for his departure to a land where extradition treaties cease from troubling, and the embezzler is at rest, was that he collected a note of about $l3O and failed to account to his client for it He was threatened with prosecution for embezzlement unless he made good the deficit. This he could not do, and took refuge across the border. It turns out, also, that he is largely in arrears to an insurance company for which he had been working, and his bondsmen will havo to make it good. He leaves a great many of our people here who have learned another lesson of the uncertainties of the credit system. Arrested After a Long Chase, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Loganrpout, Jan. IL—Two tough characters, Frank Williams and Wm. Mahoney, hailing from Danville, 111., were arrested to-day for robbing three stores, at Kout’s Station, a month ago. Officers from Valparaiso will take them away to-morrow. Enough of the stolen property was found on them to convict them of the crime. Detectives tracked them through Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and back into Indiana. Death from Singular Cause. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, Jan. 11.—Miss Emma Mayer died here, this evening, from a peculiar cause. Three raonth3 ago she discovered in a cistern the body of a Mrs. Robinson, who had drowned herself because of marital troubles. The shock to Miss Mayer w3 such that sho gradually lost her previous good health, and wasted away until sue died. More Indictments Against Blanchard. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, Jan. 11.—Two more indictments were returned by tho grand jury to day against Ben Blanchard? the Prince of Finney County, for obtaining money under false pretenses, in one instance from Dr. McGrew, for $3,600, and a Mrs. Winters for $5,000. Both cases are based on his pretense to give them Kansas land. Drowned Herself in a Well. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne. Jan. 11. —Tho wife of passenger engineer Charles Brinsley, of the Wabash railway, while suffering from typhoid fever, left her bed to night, and was found by tho polico drowned in a well.

Minor Notes. The Greencasile Banner has new prosses, engine and type. Joseph Glesige, one of Evansville's best-known German citizens, died on Sunday of congestion of tho brain. Wm. Edwards, colored, who is only fourteen years old, is in jail at Evansville, charged with numerous thefts. At Hartford City, Nelson Stauffer for the murder of Timothy Morton, has been sent to tho penitentiary for twenty years. George Irvin, seventy-ono years old, one of the proprietors of the Irvin House at Winchester, dropped dead on Sunday after a hearty breakfast while reading. Heart disease. Miss Rolla J. Barth, a former popular New Albany school-teacher, was married Thursday last to Mr. C. E. Reynolds, of the firm o‘s Wheaton, Reynolds Ss Cos., Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Julia Cononghey, the venerable mother of Prof. Devore Bray, died on Sunday at Utica, Clark county, after a long illness, of paralysis of the throat. Sne was seventy-three years of age. John J. Schrack, book-keepor at a foundry at Beaver Falls, who committed suicide by shooting, was well known in Indiana, having been at one time local editor of the Columbus Republican. Clara, the adopted daughter of Captain and Mrs, Matt I. Huette, a highly accomplished and popular young lady, died on Sunday at the residence of her pareuts in Lawrencebnrg, of consumption. She had very many friends at New Albany and Jeffersonville. ILLINOIS. Culliugs from Correspondence and Gleanings fTom Exchanges. The funeral of Major Hopper, of Jacksonville, on Sunday, was largely attended. The body of E. Erickson, found in the canal at Lockport, shows evidence of foul play. There was a wound in the head and the throat was cut from ear to ear. He was last seen alive Dec. 20, about the saloons, and then had only $3 is his possession.* T. B. Day, a persistent violator of the liquor law, has been lodged in jail at Tolono, to servo out two sentences. He had been a fugitive for over a year, staying most of the time is Jasper county, Indiana. Returning to Tolono to see his wife, recently liberated after a long sentence for a similar offense, the officers surprised and captured him. At Freeport, the caso of Hugh Bennehoff against Solomon Fisher was decided in favor of the plaintiff. This is the third trial of the suit, which is to recover possession of a strip of land worth $lO. The case has cost tho county SIOO and the parties $1,500. THE FIRE RECORD. Two Rochester Store-Rooms and a Stock of Dry Goods Destroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Ind., Jan. IL—Bristol, a*village of 800 inhabitants, was yesterday visited by a $20,000 fire, the fourth in the last ten months, involving a loss of SIOO,OOO. S. B. Romaines two store-rooms were burned, and the entire dry goods stock of R. D. Merritt. The insurance was as follows: Home, of New York, $3,400; Springfield, of Massachusetts, $3,000; Royal, $4,400; known. Finding of IML H. Wright's Remains, Louisville, Jan. 11.—The body of Major M. H. Wright, one of the victims of the Trabue & Cos. warehouse disaster, which occurred Friday afternoon, was found in the smoking ruins this afternoon. He was evidently killed by the falllog building. His hands, a foot and the back of his head were burned. The body of Mr. J. 8.. Balmforth, the other victim, is thought to be near the spot where Wright was found, but the workmen have not found it yet At 6 o'clock this evening a fire started iu the Dickenson Furniture Company’s warehouse, just across the street from tho smoldering ruins, and destroyed $12,000 worth of furniture; insured. Loss on building. $5. Out); insured. A Rare Collection Destroyed by Fire. Burlington, la., Jan. 11.—Sunday evening fire destroyed a frame dwelling owned and occupied by George Liowe and Charles Buettner. The former is a noted German naturalist, aud

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his residence contained the finest collection of birds, insects and animals west of New York, the Smithsonian Institution included. In the collection were 60,000 insects purchased two years ago, from Dr. August Hoffmeiater, of Fort Madison, I&. There were many specimens from ail over the world of the rarest beauty and great value. The hydrants were frozen so that the fire department was unable to arrest the flames, and a fearful northwest gale blowing made quick worlc Buettner is in despair over his loss. Two Fires at Wabash. Ppecial to tho Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Ind., Jan. 11.—This morning, shortly before 11 o’clock, the frame dwelling occupied by Fred Grant, and owned by F. W. Morse, cashier of the First National Bank, was discovered on fire, and, though an alarm was promptly turned in, the building, together with a portion of the contents, was completely destroyed. The fire originated from a defective flue. Loss, $1,500; insured in the Hartford for SBOO. Another alarm was turned in to-night, a fire breaking out in the meat-market 'of Joseph Knotts. The entire stock was removed, and the flames were easily extinguished. The loss is smalL Furniture Warehouse Burned. Leavenworth, Kan.. Jan. IL—Early yesterterday morning fire destroyed the four-story brick building occupied by John Larrensou as a wholesale furniture house. The cold weather rendered the efforts of the firemen to subdue the fire futile, and the building and stock were consumed. The loss is $27,000 on tho stock, and SIB,OOO on the building, partially insured. School Furniture Factory Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Goshen, Ind., Jan. 11.—About B.o’clock tonight the large storage building of the Noble School Furniture Company was discovered in flames. It was completely fiiled with material and goods, and. was entirely consumed. The loss is about $40,000; partly insured, but the amount caonot now be ascertained. Dry Goods Store Burned. Galveston, Jan. 11.—A special to the News from Brennan. Tex., says: “Newbonr & Brothers’ dry goods establishment was burned last night. % Loss, $80,000; insurance, $30,000." Fire at Mt, Vernon, Ind. Mt. Vernon, Ind., Jan. 11.— Several small stores were hnmed to-night, involving a loss of $15,000; partly insured.

THE COLD WEATHER. Temperature Rising in the West and Northwest—Railway Traffic Resumed. Chicago, Jan. 11.—The temperature has remained below zero, and the night started in clear and cold.. The trains are arriving a little more promptly, particularly from the West, though but two of the roads have been able yet to clear their Omaha lines. Gentlemen who arrived from the southern part of the State this morning say no authentic report of the storm in central Illinois has yet been given. The Illinois Central railroad is about the only line which has kept up its passenger service. It has managed *this by making up extra trains at different points, and sending them out ahead of tho regular ones. The fatalities in portions of southern Illinois havo been numerous. Two men were frozen near the little town of Flora, while driving cattle from a field. An unknown man was found dead on the track not far from Odin. Two cars of hogs, part of a blockaded freight train, were found frozen stiff on Saturday morning. Many trees in the southern part of the State had budded in the warm weather of the past month. These will nearlv all die. and the loss will doubtless be large. The farmers say flocks of dead prairie chickens, and coveys of frozen quail can be seen on nearly all farms. w Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 11. — Railroad traffic has been resumed, and western trains are moving today, without serious delay. Four persons are reported to have been frozen to death last week in Sherman county, Kansas. Their names are Fred Beride and Jacob Koeningham. at Gardv; Mr. Koens, of Voltaire, and a boy named Harper, also of Voltaire. Notwithstanding the statement current to day, it appears that the condition of the Western railroads is little better than for several days past. Another snow-storm was reported to-day from western Kansas, impeding the work of clearing the tracks. There are no through trains on the lines west from here in or out to-night. Jacksonville. Fla., Jan 11.—This is the third day of the cold wave, the effects of which have been felt throughout Florida. The temperature beeran falling on Friday night, and on Saturday night the thermometer recorded 21° at the signal office, and 15° in exposed places. This morning it was 22 J at the signal office and 18° where exposed. The thermometer fell to 15° at St. Augustine, aud is reported to have fallen to 18 3 as far south as Tampa. The damage done was less than expected. It is not believed the orange trees are injured anywhere in the State. Kansas City, Jan. 11.—TopekA, Kan., news reached here this noon that a heavy snow was falling at Newton, which would iurther interfere with travel on the Santa Fe road. During the afternoon, however, the Santa Fe general officers were informed that the storm had ceased, that the sky was clear and the weather pleasant. Iu view of the fact, however, that all the towns along the road .are crowded with passengers waiting to get out, orders were given to abandon • the regular trains out of Kansas City to-uigbt New York. Jan. 11.—Reports from all parts of the South are to the effect that the cold weather continues. At Staunton, Va., it is 6 below and falling. At Augusta, Ga., it is 6 above, and an ice gorge forming. At Winchester, Va.. tho first train from the East since Friday arrived. In the northern portion of South Carolina, the mercury ranges from zero to 8 below, and two or three negroes have been frozen to death. At Washington no boats are running. Marshalltown, la., Jan. 11.—The Signal Service reported the thermometer at 21 degrees below zero at 7:30 a. m., and 10 below at noon. The railroads were active in cloaring the lines. The Northwestern reports its road open to De3 Moines, and expects to clear the track to Council Bluffs to-night. The Central lowa is running on time. The Diagonal will be open tonight Two train loads on the latter road have been snowed in at farm-houses since Tnursday. Galveston, Jan. 11.—The weather here and throughout Texas continues raw and cold. Reports from the interior indicate that the loss of stock will prove far greater than was at first supposed. Henry Dodge, a hunter, was found frozen to death in his boat to-day. This is the fourth victim of Friday’s storm. A searching party has gone to investigate a report that a Upsized schooner is lying in CatnppoU’jj bayou. Tho Plunderers of the Lancaster Bank* Clinton, Mass., Jan. 11.—S. M. Nelson, president of the West Rutland Marble Company, charged with complicity in the robbery of the Lancaster National Bank, arrived here to-day in custody of officers. He asserts that he can prove bis innocence. He was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and was placed under $15,000 bail, which he failed to furnish. Detective Disson, who came here with Dr. Nelson, brought with hira $15,000 of the mortgage bonds of the West Rutland Marble Company, a SI,OOO Treasury note, and $l2O in gold recovered by him on Sunday in a safe at the office of the company, where they were plaeed by order of Dr. Nelson. He also has important evidence of the complicity of Nelson and others in the conspiracy, that Bank Examiner Gatchell says is the missing link in the whole case. Will Have to £Use and Explain. 61. Louis rout- I >ispateJi. The seven senators who voted against Edmonds's Utah bill will have to smooth it over with their wives the best way they can. One hundred doses one dollar is inseparably connected with Hood's Sarsaparilla, and" is true of no other medicine. A bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla contains 100 doses, and will last a month, while others will average to last not oyer a week. Use only .Hood's Sarsaparilla.

I OF THE SEA. % Captain Olsen Clings to the Rigging and Sees the Men of His Crew Perish One by One. Boston, Jan. 11.—Yesterday morning, Captain Christian Olsen, of the schooner Millie Trim, of Bangor, Me., was found nearly frozen on Calf island, a barren spot near Boston ligbt-bouse, at the entrance to the Boston harbor. He told the following pitiful story of wreck and suffering: “I sailed from Sonth Amboy, N. J., for Rockland, Me., with a heavy cargo of coal. The gale struck me off the Massachusetts coast, and finding the chances of weathering the storm agaiust me, I made for Boston harbor. At 3a.m. on Saturday I struck on Calf island, not being able to see anything through the blinding snow. I immediately perceived that all was lost, and ordered my crew of four men into the rigging. When I took to the masthead, biilows mountains high rolled over the deck of the doomed ship. We clung to the masts for dear life, soaked with spray, which froze our clothing stiff. The poor feliows below me never murmured. One by one, as their fingers became frozen, the poor fellows weakened their holds and the billows carried them away. Suddenly the mast fell with a crash. I was thrown far among the breakers, and as if by a miracle was tossed half dead from the shock on the beach. As soon as I could recover myself, l began to watch for the bodies of my companions, and one by one they were washed up by the waves. I drew them from the water and laid them side by side upon the rocks. The fourth body T did not find. I watched the schooner as she gradually smashed into kindling-wood, and then sot about attracting attention to my condition.” The four men lost were Lerman H. Murphy, of St George, and three Swedes, named Charles, Jacob and Frederick. Tho signal station at Fort Macon, N. C., reports that Captain Thomas P. Clark, the mate and one sailor were found dead in the rieging. One 6ailor was rescued, three men were washed away. The Peril of the Katahdin’s Passengers. Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 11.—The steamer Katahdin, Captain Holman, of the Boston and Bangor Steamship line, arrived here badly stove up and with tour feet of water in her hold. She left Rockland, Mo., on Friday evening, for Boston, with thirty-five passengers on board. At 12:30 that night she encountered the advance guard of the storm. The sea at once became heavy, and the stiff northeaster soon grew into a gale. The waves began to roll mountain high, and the steamer pitched and rolled in the rough sea. She then sprung a leak and began filling rapidly. Everybody now prepared for the worst. The passengers, with the crew, went to work to lighten the vessel. The cargo was given tc the waves. Finding it impossible to keep her in her course, Captain Holman headed her east by south till 11 a, M., Saturday, when she bore for this port. Off the Isle of Shoals, Saturday afternoon, the steamer sighted a large three-masted schooner jnst sinking beneath the waves, with a signal of distress flying at the masthead. As the steamer seemed at that hour to be sinking herself, and every passenger had a life-preserver on, waiting for the final plimee. no assistanceconld be offered. Prior to this the steam pump had been started and the baggage thrown overboard. When the steamer sighted this harbor the passengers seemed to collapse, so great was the reaction. Every person on board was wet to the skin and nearly frozen. All praise the admirable manner in which the stenmer was handled. The Katahdin is one of the strongest boats on t.he coast Her fuel becam exhausted, and the spool wood in her cargo, some tallow and some of the-steara-er's wood-work were used to keep up steam. Her passengers were sent to Boston by rail, and the city fire engines are pumping the water out of her hold.

Foundering; of the Steamer Hylton Castle. Fire Island, N. Y., Jan. 11.—The British steamer Hylton Castle, Captain Colrin, from New York. Jan. 9, for Rouen, France, foundered fifteen tniles south of Fire Isiand light at 10 o’clock this morning. One boat, in charge of the first mate, with a crew of nine men, effected a landing five miles east of here. The second boat, with a crew of ten men, under command of the captain, left the steamer at the same time. When last seen all but three of the oars had been broken. The following telegram has been received at Hunter’s Point: “One boat, with ten men from the steamer Hylton Castle, which foundered fifteen miles east by southeast of Fire Island light, with first mate, rescued. William H. Miller, “Keeper, Point of Woods.” The operator at Fire Island light-house telegraphed: “I was watching for an incoming steamer when I discovered a small white boat about five miles east of here. The boat contained seven men. I watched it, and saw the life-saving crew go ont and meet it. The life-saving crew boat eontai ned eleven men. I watched and saw their boats reach shore. I could not see the steamer or any boat at all ashore. I knew that both boats did not belong to the life-saving station, as I know all their boats and am sure the white beat was a strange ono. lam five miles from Captain Miller’s station, and have no communication with him. The other station is a mile up the bay.” Schooner Lost • Baltimore, Jan. 11.—The schooner Crissie Wright, Captain Clark, which sailed from Baltimore for Savannah on Dec. 30 last, was lost at sea off Beaufort on Suuday. Only one man of her crew of eight was saved. The captain’s body was recovered. A Dangeroue loe-Gorge. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 11. —The ice-gorge in the Oswego river at Fulton becomes firmer and larger every hour, as immense quantities of ice are constantly coming down the river. The water has risen more than two feet since last night, and is rising several inches an hour. The damage already done cannot be estimated. Fully seventy-live families have been driven from their homes, and others are constantly moving out. The families are poor, and as fast as they are rescued are turned over to the poor authorities. Ail the trams that are available are being used to remove flour and other goods from the mills and manufacturing buildings. The grain in the mills is wet. Should the water recede the mills and factories will be filled with ice, and as many of them had large contracts on hand the damage will be very great. Hundreds of people are thrown out of*employment Professor Boynton, of this city, was telegraphed for this morning to consult with authorities about removing the gorge. He visited the place, and says that it eannof be done, and fears that the worst is to eome. The gorge is now two miles long and increasing. Illness of John H, Hoyes. • Niagara Palls, Ont, Jan. 11.— John Humphreys Noyes, the leader of the Oneida Community, is lying sick at his residence here, of a lingering illness. Though hoping for his recovery, his friends would not be surprised at his decease. A Trifle Person at New York Star. Fogg (to tender young damsel)—All philanthropic work is bound to have some effect on the world, sooner or later, Miss De Clare. Now, as to the movement in question, if we don't see any good resulting from it, our children or our grandchildren will, Miss De Clare (rising with a crimson flush)—l beg to inform you. Mr. Fogg, that neither our children nor our grandchildren wiil. Ton put it ou altogether too personal a ground. A Nut for Prohibitionists* Chicago Tribune. If there was no demand for liquor there would be none sold, and the buyers are clearly the prime factors in all violations of a prohibitory law. It would be impossible for the saloonkeepers to commit the offense without the assistance and connivance of the buyers. The latter furnish not only the opportunity, bnt the temptation to violate the law. Thpy bold out money bribes to the sellers; they offer them in effect so much food, clothing and shelter for themselves aud families if they will violate the

law. What sort of logic is it which in such a case holds the seller guilty of a crime and ranks the buyer as innocent? Why should not the latter be regarded as a narHier in the joint guilt and an accessory before the fact? GRAYOON’S TERRIBLE BULLETS. An Indianapolis Man Solves the Problem of Controlling Dynamite in Shells. San Francisco Alta. An Alta reporter yesterday had a most interesting interview with Lieut. James W. Graydon, late of the United States navy. The first subject broached was that of his new dynamite projectile, a discovery which promises to revolutionize eveu modern warfare, and render even the most destructive weapons of this advanced aee insignificant by comparison. His discovery is nothing more nor less than the manufacture of missiles charged with dynamite, which can bg fired from a gun, and depended upon not to explode until contact with the target is attained. The projectiles are simply shells, charged with dynamite instead of the variety of common powder that can be used to charge shells with, and depended upon not to explode with the concussion of the discharge of the gun. When the terrible execution of the present style of shell is taken into consideration and the statement is made that dynamite has fourteen times the explosive force of the best modern gunpowder the frightful capacity for destruction of such a projectile is beyond the power of imagination. “So you want to see my destroyer, do you?’’ laughingly asked the Lieutenant, as the reporter made known his errand. “Well, sir, lam hardly prepared to go into details as yet, as several countries remain to he covered by patonts, but I will explain as far as I can.’’ As ho spoke, the inventor of bottled destruetioh opened a small box containing two or three score of what appeared to be ordinary rifle cartridges, with the exception that each conical bullet was tipped with a little brass cap. “This," said the Lieutenant, “is the idea applied to small arms. The shell is charged with ordinary gunpowder, and the cartridge can be fired from any weapon that it will fit. The ball is hollowed out sufficiently to admit of the storage of the desired quantity of dynamite, wnich is kept in place by this tightly fitting detonating cap (pointing to the little brass tip). This cap, as you observe, projects slightly beyond the edge of the lead, aud its contact with the target fires the dynamite. My invention consists in preserving the explosion of the contents of the projectile until it encounters its mark. It is accomplished by overcoming tho initial concussion; how, of course, is my secret for the present.” The reporter shivered as he noted his host’s careless handling’* of the infernal machine, and was only partially reassured by Lieut. Graydon’s disclaimer of the presence of dangor. “What is the result of a loaded ball of this character coming in contact with a man’s bodyf’ he finally asked, after a long inspection of the cartridge. “Well, his family would be saved fnneral expenses. and there would be no danger of his lingering in a hospital or needing the attendance of surgeons." “Have yon tried it?" “Not on a human being; but there are a few acres of rocks in tho neighboriiood of the Boca Tigres forts that are well fertilized by goat’s flesh. My first shot, after I had satisfied myself of tho total absence of danger, was at a flock of wild goats feeding on tho heights above the fort. The distance was a thousand yards, as near as I could estimate it, but there was a considerable flock, closely bunched, and it did not require extraordinary marksmanship to hit one. Three were killed by the explosion of the bullet, which was a forty-four-calibre. or. at least, we found horns enough for three goats One. the direct recipient of the compliment, was scattered around in pieces an inch or so in size. He was a total wreck. Several similar experiments have been made with similar results, and the power of explosion is something bevond comprehension. I have used large euns—up to the size of a four inch rifle — and I don’t know what can resist a large projectile of this character. Certainly no man of war, no matter how heavy its armor, can withstand the shock of two or three of them, and my experiments have gone so far that every ono who has seen a demonstration of the projectile’s work is perfectly satisfied tiiat any shell now in use can be loaded with dynamite instead of powder. Gun cotton and gelatine can also be used as the explosive, and 1 have tried both.”

What the South Wants. Atlanta Constitution. Theories are very fine things. but the simple truth is (1) that the farmers of the South will never prosper until they have home markets for their products; (2) that they will never have home markets until factories and other industries are built up in the South; (3) that these home manufactories and industries cannot be built up under free trade. A Precocious Boy. California Maverick. A lady living on Park avenue has a very precocious three-year old boy. The other morning he was brought out to be paraded before a visitor. “Won’t you come and kiss me?” sweetly asked the visitor. “No, indeed! Papa says you always smell of onions. The Kind of Poetry Inspired by Cold Weather. New York Mail and Express. The snow now mantles hill, and plain, and dale; the rooster goes about with drooping tail; the cat, high-stepping, picks his careful way; and boys in glee the passing sleds waylay. This in the country; in the city snow is an unmitigated nuisance, as all our readers know. What Joucs Wants. Philadelphia Press, Aquilla Jones is still lookine for offensive partisans in the Indianapolis postoffice. The ancient Jones is understood to be in favor of destroying ail greenbacks printed under Republican administration and replacing them with new ones bear* ing the Democratic trade-mark. An Appropriate Wedding Feature. Loudon World. At Miss Millais’s wedding the bride will be attended to the altar by a group of children, all of whom are chosen for their beauty, and they will be representative types of what the great artist. Sir John Millais, considers the perfection or childish loveliness. A Herculean Task. Louisville Commercial. Sam Jon©3 and Sam Small, the evangelistic comedians, boean the herculean task of converting Cincinnati yesterday. The man who shoveled ice into Hades to bnild an ice palace, had a picnie compared with these zealous, but misguided, men. Philosopher Cleveland. South Bend Tribune. According to President Cleveland there are “bad” newspapers and “good" newspapers. It is for such philosophical discoveries ’as. these that we have Presidents of the United States. What Alla It. Pittsburg Chronicle. “I see the actor Keene has what is called motor paralysis," said DeWiggs. “Ah! I wonder if that isn’t what is the matter with Keely’s machine,” rejoined LeDiggs. A Presidential Example. Logansport Journal. When a public man is mad he had better wait till he gets good natured before he expresses his feelines for publication. A presidential warning on this subject is before the country. Thb celebration of the fifth centenary o? the University of Heidelberg, next Augnst. will be a gigantic affair, over 20,000 old students being expected, as well ns many other guests, deputations, etc. The preparations have already com menced. Victor Vop Scheffel, himself an old student of Heidelberg, aud the celebrated author of manysongs, has written a jubilee hymn, for which Vincent Lachner has composed the mnsic. ws A woman was recently pat on her trial in France for strangling her baby, and at the preliminary examination she confessed her crime. At the trial medical evidence was heard, and the doctor told the judge he did not believe the woman was the culprit The finger marks were fresh on tbe victim’s throat when he made his examination, and the marks were singular. He examined the woman's hands, and found the fin-

gere long, slender, and well-shaped, but tht marks were of a short-fingered hand, stumpy and misshapen, and one of the fingers, the first, was abnormally short. On this the prisoner burst into tears, said she was fond of the child* had not destroyed it, and mentioned in her excitement, the real culprit. He was a man of a better class of life, with whom she had lived as a domestic servant. His arrest followed, and the doctor pointed out that the prisoner's hands were formed as he had described, and, moreover, that the first finger was without a nail and almost deficient of a joint. The jury convicted. w. ———. l i. ■ , In contradiction to reports that the Hungarian patriot Kossuth was destitute of means to provide the oocossaries Os life, a correspondent of the Rappel furnishes an interesting account of his present circumstances. Kossuth’s numerous friends will be pleased to learn that his political lectures delivered in Eniand many years ago were sufficiently profitable to provide a fair income. Subsequently, however, his capital was somewhat diminished by the failure of a bank, and Kossuth consequently published a volume of memoirs, of which the profits were considerable. Hs lives now in Italy with one of his two sons, both of whom are in good position as engineers. They received their education and professional training in France and England, and distinguished themselves in the constrnction of the Mont Gems tunnel. A lamp has been invented on a principle which preludes the possibility of the oil escaping, and thus an explosion is made impossible. Oar readers will be acquainted with the “unspillable” irk-bottle, in which an inside channel of glass about two-tbirds the height of the vessel descends from the top, having an open and somewhat narrowed bottom, the arrangement making it impossible, or nenfrly impossible, for the liquid to escape The same principle is adopted in this lamp, from which the chances of the oil spilling are even fewer than the chances of the ink spilling. The bald head of Senator Isnam G- Harris is a striking object to the visitor looking down from the strangers’ gallery in the United Staten Senate. A deep scar running in a semi-circlo across the top of the, skull marks the energetic effort of a federal cavalryman to end the Southerner’s career on the battle-field of Shiloh. Mr. Harris, as Governor of Tennessee, was with Albert Sidney Johnston throughout that two days’ conflict, and it was in his arms that tho confederate leader expired. Carlyle twenty years ago thought Bismarck a man as much like Cromwell as it was possiblo to be “in these poor times.” The Berlin Post now points out that the Iron Chancellor’s great North sea and Baltic canal project had its origin with the Iron Protector. I have been seiliug Athlophoros since its introduction. It sells better than any rheumatism medicine I have ever had during seventeen years in the drug business. J. B. Bleakraore, druggist, Keosauqua. la. Other druggists support Mr. Bleakmore’s statement.

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