Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1874 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1874.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. The whisky crusade in this state is '3uraing greater proportions than in Ohio. The correspondence presented on the inside pages with the supplemental extracts give a -vivid .nd telling picture of the singular craze that has come upon the women folks. Tt ts by no means certain that the investigation into the maladministration of the District ol Columbia can be compassed at aü. Onebv one the members of the commit tee appointed to carry on the investigation sk to.be excused. Their prayer is, that this Taitter cup may pass their lips. It is easy to see that members are neither willing to im plicate themselves, nor their fnends, or at the least, engage in an enterprise which will be opposed by the entire administration ma chinery. The ring organs everywhere, are tledsed to throw all the dirt they can, ana deter good men from probing to the core an establishment which is rottenness itself. The yielding up of the charter end right oi the Hudson Bay company, which will take place presently will give the pensive "Fish a chance to put himself abreast of Sewell on the pinnacle of American am bition, the acquirement of territory. The vast possessions of Hudson Bay would form a very convenient supplement to tne icy Alaska bargain and give innumerable Jay Cook's opportunities to work up isother mal lines. There was a meeting ot ex-confederates at Baltimore Monday night, in which some ex traordinary talk was Indulged by the cava liers. The "lost cause" was mentioned "re verentlv." and the mission of the rebel armies declared to be not in vain. Gen "Wade Hampton was received handsomely and he had this amazinc stuff to put forth The object he said wa as important as it was ti liv nriile In the elorliw st ami nhlWiiunii to tJ future. It was to put out that which woul J justify the struggle, . 1. ... ,, nr.,t...a that .nimltMl 1 lift MlUtll LiX ri.viw i - ' - i - ...... . - - - Vf.. ilia w i urattnn KMirl.nf ail who nave nol lost faith or hope in .the cause, the end will be willing that ine nanus mai iisur our iumuunn.ckiii ctitftngtiuu? Are we of the south ashamed of our history? No, thank God, we are not. Immense appiawe.j There is apnerentlv a disposition on the part of the state board of agriculture to invite the hearty co-operation of Indianapolis in working up tho exhibition of the present year. They have given the committee apTwrintv? iiv t ho truarantors a voice and f- M - v J - O vote in all things, and these gentlemen are taking an active part in the daily deliberation of the present session. This spirit should be met halt war, and the two inter ests be made to mingle harmoniously in the work in hand. Business men of this city cannot afford to let others occupy the magnificeut buMding their money has built, and they must see to it that this is not al lowed. Aime and due consideration have counter acted the hasty works of the House on the bankrupt bill at the beginning of the ses sion. The Senate bill passed that body Tues day contains such modifications of the law will nvnid the abuses. or some of the most flagrant ones, at least, and- yet give an even chance to the creditor? of an insolvent firm. There is even reason to suppose that the House is by this time prepared to countenance a carefully guarded bankruptcy law which will meet with the general approbation of business men and everybody, except per In ps that class of attorneys who confine themselves, or are confined chiefly to the collection ot debts. The power of the prophet and the sword Gideon are surely inspiring the children of night. Simultaneously with the temper ance eruption in Indiana and Ohio, the New York papers report the text of a strikiu measure introduced into the Legislature, looking to the suppression of intemper ance. The bill is peculiar, however. Its object is to compel the sale of only pure liquors. J. D. Townsend, Esq., of New York, who is the author of the bill, holds that the law is as competent to prohibit the sale of adulterated liquors as of diseased meats. The details of the bill are a careful provision to carry out effectually the main purpose of the law should it .pass. There is to be in New York city a board of twenty-sevea chemists, to be known as the board of liquor examiners of the city of New York. They are to have twenty-four assistants. These officers Stave power to prescribe the standard fur all kinds of liquors sold, to enter and examine. .cd confiscate, if necessary, Impure goods Dd to punish offenders. Dealers are tied up very close to the requirements ot selling a good article, and punished with fine aud imprisonment for delinquency. There are sev- - eral features about such a law which commend it To begin with, no dealer, wholesale or retail, can make open objection, he cannot ask the right to sell poisonou nostrums under the tome ef good liquors. So that he Is boud to support ana defend the law, Suppose, tbev, it is both enacted and carried out in letter a nd spirit as nearly as may be what is gained! ' Very much. A great part of the trade is .stopped instantly, lor it is well known tha t almost all the current liquors of the t ratio are spurious. Much of it is vile and poisonous inthe extreme. Fine liquors would cost more money and could not be retailed at tb.e same prices, which would have the effect to reduce the number of tipplers. Thlrdly.it cannot be denied that although the nse of intoxicating liquors of the best quality as injurious, the vile compouuds of the trade .are incomparably more so. There will be controversy on this point, as some may content! that the more fatal the better. Yet it does t'Ot appear that tuch is eood reasoning. The advocates of this bill make a very strong ca& a for the diminution of intemperance by the .use only oi a pure article of what Is purported to be sold. Among all the schemes to restrict intemperance, none is less objectionable tha.n this to all classes, and a fair trial of such a law "would be an. instrnctiveexperiment to bV7 the least. , '

HOME CORRESPONDENCE.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP. A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. A SCENE IN THE SENATE AN INTERVIEW WITH MRS. OAINES SHE TELLS HER STORT AND OIVK3 AN OPINION OF CALEB CCSHINO SOCIETY GOSSIP INDIANAPOLIS BELLES AND POLITICIANS. From an occasional correspondent of tbe Sentinel. 1 Washington, D. C, Feb., 9, 1S74. He was neither a prophet nor a son of a prophet who predicted for Washington a dull winter in 1874. The panic seems to have given the city ot magnificent expenses a happy "go bve." or else touched it so mildly that res toration was nuite easy. The "society people" say the winter was never rayer, and judging from the large number of receptions, soiret and "kettle-drums'7 the latest for after noon entertainments that are being given it would be a dulicutt Matter to contradict their statements. However this is the last full week and the indications are that by ash Wednesday toe season will close. A visit to the senate and house on Satur day revealed a most distressing lack of in terest on the part of the members. This day is especially chosen for "speechify-; ing," and those having nothing to tay generally remain away from the building. Imagine then a atuober ot empty desks, with chatting pleasantly, or otherwise, as the case here and there a disinterested member, may be, with his neighbor. The speaker's chair occupied by another, and a meekvoiced meuiber from an exceedingly remote district, wrestling with might (T)and main in delivering a brilliant effort that shall go forth and astonish and delight his constituents, and you will form an idea ol the scene presented to my view. There were but few visitors present, if I except a lot of highly tinted fifteenth amendments who occupied prominent seats in the. gents' gallery. XYRA CLARK GAINES. For the past ten days the press of t .'ie city and elsewhere have called, attention to the fact that Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the veteran liturant, had brought suit against Caleb Cushing to restrain him from receiving from the secietary of theinterior patents tor for certain lands. Since the announcement of the fact it has also been' ascertained that the gallant Caleb had tiled a bill .against Mrs. Gaines, admitting certain points made by her, but claiuied that . large amounts of money were due him, and asked . the district court here to order a statement of an account, and that Mrs. Gaines be directed to "ante up," and also to show what property she has recovered trom her many suits. Learning that this well-known lady was in the city, I took occasion to make her a short call Satuurday morning, and upon being ushered into the parlors was conlronted by the lady herself. She is rather below the medium height, slight figure, very active in her movement, a wealth of bright blonde hair curling gracefully about her head and neck, she looked and talked more the matron of fo:ty than the woman of sixty-seven. She is remarkably well preserved and bears no indications of being faint hearted, and will no doubt light her foes as Ion? as life is spared her. After assuring the little lady that inv intentions were to obtain some of the details of the recent ca.se, she responded to a few questions as follows: THE GREAT REJECTED. In 1860 I asked Judge Black, an abler man than Mr. Cushing, to take my case in hand but he, on account of pre-enj?aeemeiits was unable to do so. recommending me lo the late secretary of war, Mr. Stanton. He was on the eve of leaving for California, and could not take the case, and returning to Mr. lUack was told by him to apply to Caleb Cushing. I acted upon his advice, Mr, Cushing accepting the cases. He gained the suit ot Gaines vs. Heunen, although 1 had employed lawyers irom New Orleans. This rtronertv was very small, being two lots in New Orleans, with a rickety frame dwelling unon it. My attorney ir that city sold the property through art auctioneer for $2,C00, and all I received from it was t.oO, the re mainder being swallowed up by attorney's fees, costs, etc. Mr. Cushing was very angry at me for so doing, claiming yery j ustly that I had not paid him the six ier ci-nt. on the amount realized, as I promised. I felt badly about the matter, but went to Mr. Cushing and said: Mr. Cushing. I am a little bit of a woman, but I've done you a great wrong. I've come to apologize to you and tell you bow it was. Could I do more? I fully be lieve now that Mr. Cushing intended to de fraud nie, and at one time said to him that i the brava, good, pure man, whose name bear, stood at my sido in body an he did in spirit, be would not dare to approach me, and that little as I was I would not permit it. She has had employed, during her torty -seven years of litigation, twenty five lawyers nearly the entire time, while her opponents have retained four times that number. Among her lawvers were General Walter Jones and Frank Key. the author of the "Star Spangled Banner," Reverdy John son and John A. Uamnbell. She expresses more sorrow than anger for Cushing, and re grets that he cares more for a dollar than he does for hi soul, attributing the fact to his being wifeless and childless. I have not time nor space to tell vou all she said, but o( one thing I am assured, and that is that she is the most gentle, persevering woman in Washington or out of it. SLEIGHING ON THE AVENUE. The heavy fall of snow Friday night at forded a pleasure to. .the "ton" which they were not slow to ' lay hold of. About ten o'clock prancing steeds drawing their loads of elegantly-dressed and beautiful women appeared on this grand street, and Irom that hour until dark the air resounded with' the music of the bells. The happy lauh ter oi - gay maidens mingling in pleasant harmony Mud formiug a pic iure a gay pageant wunessea ,very sei dorn in a lifetime, ana graj haired siren and sedale dames lent an added charm to the scene stopping now and then to speak a word of warning to some mischievous son who, thinking only of distancing his neigh bor, heeded not the near approach of street cara or omnibuses, while u in daughter came smiles of love and low cautious' as to wraps. Every sleigh in the city was iii use and i be Hvery men wre unable to supolv lue uemanu, even ai 710 v. jt hour. ; SOCIETY GOSSIP. s Society in every city i has a faithful lew who may be relied upon to attend pleasant receptions rain or shine just sc there in dancing. Ou Friday evening Mrs. and Miss Meyers had a very large number, cotwithstaudiagthe weather was very inclement. The music played the most oewitching waltzes, and, for once this winter, the dancers had plenty of room to revolve.. Assisting these hospitable ladies were her guests, Miss Kussel and Misses KIchardson, Zelline, Old held, Shoenberger, of Cincinnati,. Misses Uecfcwith and Parsons. At the residence of Dr. Lincoln, Miss Annie Smith did the honors lor a lew se lect friends, Friday evening. . It is a very difficult matter to decide just what young lady has the right to the belleship. Miss Conklin&r. Miss Saliie Comings, Miss Myers, Miss Helle Richardson, Miss Edith Fish, Miss Jessie Wallace, Miss Rose English, and Miss Emma Etheridge, are prominently belore the public, and many are the opinions as to who in really entitled to it. Miss Rose English seius to be the favorite at present, which is a fr.ithcr in the cap of Indianapolis as well as hor own,

Mrs. Westmoreland, a lady of rare

culture, wit, beauty, and high social position in Georgia, and who is also a talented authoress, reader and lecturer, will deliver her celebrated lecture on "Kisses,' Saturday next at Willards hall. She will be presented by Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia. The Hon. Dan Voorlwes has been here tor the past week, but left for home Saturday evening. Mr.Voorheos ctcted to your corres pondent at the Metropolitan the other evening, his aversion to public fife, and says that it ts his purpose to devote his entire attention to his profession. W. Scott Ray Esq., of Shelbyrille, Indiana, is here on business connected with the court of claims. Gen. Ben. Spooner and W. II. H. Terrel are registered at Willard's, Judge Hayden, formerly of Indianapolis, is also here. Senator Morton. Jere M. Wilson and Gen. John Love and family, are at the Ebbitt. Mote anon. W. E. THE INDIANA OUTLAWS. KC-KX.rX OUTRAGES IN SALEM. AN ATROCIOUS REVIVAL OF THE LATE DEPREDA TIONSA HINT FOR THE AUTHORITIES RUNNING CITIZENS FROM THEIR HOMES. I From an OccMloaal Correspondent of the Sentinel. Salem Indiana, Feb. 10th,lS24. It seems from the following events that our town is tobe subject to constant outbursts of outlawry. On Sunday night the house of the depot agent, a Mr. Samuel Day, was entered by means of boting out the fastening to a back door with a bit by some unknown parties and some seven or eight hundred dollars taken in a valise in which it was placed under a bed. The robbers inade good their escape with the spoil. On last night arjnbout half-past nioeo'clock a party whose name for the present is withheld entered the bar-room of the McGindly House on south main street. Mr. Williams the proprietor and James Hamilton a young blacksmith being inthe room, the party approached Hamilton and asked him to show him the way to ona Nixon's, a shoemaker. Hamilton tthe time standing at the bardesk writing a letter. He abandoned his writing and went out to show the partj the way. They went down main street a short distance and turned iuto an ally leading to water street. Just as Jthey were merging from the ally they were confronted by a crowd of about fifteen persons, who at once attacked Hamilton aucl threw him to the ground on bis face, considerably bruisinghis forehead. They at once proceedod to blindiold him, and placed a rope about -his neck, at the same time accusing htm ot having stolen Day's money, and threatened to hang him at once, marching him off to the bridge, or arch culvert, were Heffren 1 was hung last summer. They took oil his j boots and socks, as if searching for money. ! Hamilton toid them that the3' could hang him, but that he did not know anything of the robbery, nor never stole a cent of money in his life; and that on Sunday night he was at his hotel near where he worked, the JlcGindley House, and could prove it by the landlord. He asked the mob, and obtained permission Irom them, to make thfc statement, when they told him be had to tell who had that money or leave Saletn to-day and that they would leave him there on top' of the bridge, and it he attempted to remove the blindfold from his eyes before they go away they would SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT. He remained quiet until they got away and then returned to his hotel. The party who decoyed him from the hotel is well known, and lives here. There is no disguis ing the fact that a large proportion of the citizens here regard it dangerous, and are afraid to express themselves against the mob for fear of a visitation of violence from them. This brings us to question the propriety of compromising with the mob a prosecution for the violation of the law, even where their actions were confined to the execution of a great criminal and upon their promise to at once disband. I might add that we might profitably consider whether or not it isn't a disgrace to any town, county or state to longer permit this species of lawlessness to continue.' If the mob are to be left as the sole judges of who is guilty of crime and as to the amount and inauner of indicting tho penalty how often and in how mauy places may we not reasonably expect to 'find the the corpses of victims dauttling in the air who have been tried, convicted, sentenced and executed in a single night without the intervention ot court, judge or the benefit clergy. In the present case it is no excuse to say that Hamilton is a disipatedor wild young man ; hitherto he has never been charged with stealing. His father and his family live in our midst, respected by all who know them. " Salem. A BRILLIANT WEDDING. A SOCIAL EVENT IN COLUMBUS WHO THERE TUE CEREMONY AND THE were PRKSENTS. ' . ' From tu occasional correspondent ot the Settinel.j Columbus. Ind., Feb. 13, 1874. The principal topic here aside, from the temperance movement, Is the marriage, on Wednesday afternoon, of Miss Josie Bran ha in, of this eity, to Mr. James Safford, of Minnaset a. r The bride was and has been for several years, organist of the Presbyterian , church of this city, and her absence from that place will be sadly felt 1 by the congregation, by whom she was much loved, as was evinced by the handsome present from them to her on last New Years' day fully described in the Sentinel at the time. Jl is unnecessary to give a description of the toiletts of the ladie. The bride was the receipient of many hand some presents from admiring friends among them I will mention, a revolving silver but. ter dish front Mrs. Gen. Robinson of Anderson ; a tilver card case from Gen. Robinson, a silver pickle stand from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Donner, a silver spoon rack and call bell from Mrs. Lucas;, silver molases can and tray, gold chain '. handkerchief ring Irom her sister. Miss Lola liranbam, tine lace hatih kerchief, trom Miss Caddy Chittenden, .-of Anderson; paper rack, from Mis Zoe Cookt toilette set, from Miss Cordie Liu ton; silver butter dish, from Miss Libbie Lenton, and nnmerous other presents., .After the ceremony was overihe guests partooK of a bounteous supply of pdibles, and at six o'clock P. M.f they started in carriages for the depot of the J. M. x I., rad, where surrounded by .& host ot friend 8, they boarded the cars for a trip 01 pernapa a month's duration. ; IX. Jr . U. A rumor haying gained circulation that a game oi .base ball was to take place in New Orleans, the ' Republican despairingly says : "Please, Mesara. Professionals, go aomewhe;e else, for we have all the troubles we are able to contend with ; let this bitter cup pass from our lips without a taste." : General regret is expressed that the fa mous horse of Tom. Bowling will not run at the ensuing spring meef ing of the Jerome park association. Mr. McGrath refuses to allow of any extra weight being placed upon the home, as a penalty for his victories. Mr. McGrath is represented as willing to run Tom. Bow ling, on his merits against and horse in an " country, but will -not consent to have, the animal punished for his sue I eass, M . i-r . .t ; ' '

POISONED PIGS. TKRROR OF TRICHINJE HOW THE REPORT S COMK IN. The Farmer and Mechanic, published at Aurora, gives this week lurther news of the fatal work ol the pork poison. Henry, the

second son of Mrs. Threnart, died of trichinae last Friday night, about ten o'clock. For ?veral ?ays previous, it was evident thitthe poisonous worms had so impregnated his system that his vital energies had become gradually weaker and weaker, and he could not recover. Dr. Sutton has given this week an account of this case which will be inter esttng to an readers, but - more especially to the medical profession Tne Utter of Doctcr Sutton addressed to the Lawrenceburgh Register is as I0II0W8: On furnishing your paper week before last with a notice of 'the rases of tri chinosis in our city, which arose from eitiag pork rattened by Mrs. x hrenart, 1 then stated that trichina? had been found only in one or the two nogs wnicn haa been fattened to rether in the same pen. After a more care ful examination I have since found trichime in the llesh of both these hogs. This is an important fact to our farmers, as it shows that the disease may be communicated from one hog to another; and also shows the ne cessity of keeping hogs separated Irom those supposed to be auecteu with trincbime. It is an interesting lact also that but one of thee hogs presented evidence of disease; this was about three months before it was killed: it appeared unwell about a month. but had apparently perfectly recovered, and both animals seemed healthy when killed, and the meat presented nothing unusual to the naked eve. V e see from these facts that meat apparently good taken from hogs apparently free from disease when killed, is capable or producing one or the mo ter rible and obstinate diseases we have to con tend with. Now, as four of the patients were treated some time for typhoid lever, ine symptoms 01 wnicn nave a resem blance to trichinosis, and might be easily mistaken 'or tne disease, it is high ly suggestive this disease occurs more frequent in our country than we are aware of, passing under the name of typhoid fever. The bare possibility that so loathsome a disease can be produced by eating meat, shows the necessity ot having an ordinance making it a finable offense to sell pork in our city aniens examined and found free from disease by a properly authorized meat inspector. In " Flint's Practice of Medicine," page Ö01, it is stated "the affection known in the western states by the name of 'hog cholera,' is supposed to be trichinosis." At the present time a fine opportunity is presented for investigating this disease, as it is prevailing amocgt the hogs in Boone county, Keutucky, a few miles back of Petersburgs, on the farm of Mr. George Terrill, and also at the distillery in Petersburgh. I procured fioui that locality during the past week THE FLESH OF SIX HOUS which had just died of cholera. After a most careful examination with the microscope for hour together, assisted by my son, Dr. W. E. Sutton, I have not been able to detect in a single instance trichiue in any of this flesh, while the pork from whi h Mrs. Threnart and neighbors were made sick is literally swarming with these parasites, the number of which our minister, the Rev. Charles Tinsley, a careful and accomplished mathematician, estimated at over eigbtv thousand to the cubic inch. It appears to me to be proven, after our careful examination of the flesh of these animals that have died of hog cholera, that this disease can not ba produced by trichme. Several vears since we made a series ot experiments with hog cholera, the report of which 1 published in tne May number of the second volume of the North American Medico Chirurgical Review. At that time we proved that the disease was highly in. tectious that the latent period of infection was irom twelve to twenty days that the disease, like measles and "small-pox, was self-limited, and like these diseases, one attack exempted from a second. Subsequent investigations have proven the correctness of those conclusions. We have no evidence, however, that trichinosis in the swine is n highly infectious &n hog cholera or that is it as definitely self-limited in running its course as hog cholera, or that one attack .of trichinosis exempts a hog from a second. After an attack ot trichinosis the poison still remains in the llesh for years, reuly to re-develop disease when this llesh is eaten or taken into the stomach; but after the hogs recover from the hog cholera they are fattened and sold to our butchers, and the meat becomes one of the principal articles of food inthe west, under the form of bacon, sugar-cured hams. A'C. Thousands of these hogs irom our distilleries and farms have been slaughtered tor market, which appears to me must have made trichinosis a much more prevalent disease than it is, had hog cholera depended upon trichime. I have daily attended the family of Mrs. Threnart, with the attendiug physician, since the first of the month, and am keeping minutes of the symptoms and treatment. We made a post mortem examination of the little boy that died of this disease, and have the most conclusive evidence of the correctness of the diagnois, as we have, seen the trichniae alive, coiling and uncoiling in the fiesh of one of these patients. THE WORMS IN CHICAGO. The Tribune of Feb. 13, states that Dr. Ernest Schmidt, at 287, Stare street, is now treating two families who are desperately sick with this terrible disease, trichinae. In these two homes are nine persons in all, who are every one s uffering the agonies ot this complaint, caused by eating sausages made from what wa believed to be pork in prime condition, but which,) unfortunately, proved to be meat fall of the parasites, that work within the human frame such terrible and iatal . results. The doctor has twelve different preparations of different pieces of pork, - taken Irom the sausages, tho eating of which caused the painful sickness of no less than nine persons in the present instance, and although it took a long and troublesome analysis to determine the existence of the trichiate yet when the required intensity of microscopic power was procured, millions ot living parasites were at once;discemable. The particulars of the sufferers in this case are aa follows: At Amboy, about sixty , miles from this city, lives a man named Fritz Krehl, a saloon-keeper. Three weeks ago Mr. . Krehl bought a hog weighing -RH pounds, which had all the ap pearance ot being a Ürst-rate fresh piece of fine pork in; prime. condition. Had it not looked so tempting he , would not have bought it, as i he was not generally in the habit of buying so much at one time. The fmrchase was made of a farmer in the vlcinty, and a good price paid for the carcase. The pork, was given to a butcher in the town with .instructions to manufacture sausages from it, and positive and explicit orders were given that no other pork than that bought by Krehl was to be used in the makinu of the sausages,, as he' wanted them for his own use, ana for the use of his relatives, and wished them to be particularly nice. The sausages were made, but, it is thought, that the butcher did : not adhere implicitly to the order, as in the sausage, since being examined, have been detected pieces ot beef also. The sausages were made anddelivered and Mr.- Krehl'a family, and that of his brother-in-law, Mr. Schubert, . partook of them.' The result was that the entire two families became dangerously. fcick. On the twontv-fifth of .last month the peonla be can to be ailing; and Krehl, who is an unusually i stout; powerful man, became so feeble in

the legs and knees that he could scarcely

stand up. On the 26:h be came to Chicago, where he is doing business. and upon the advice ot his friends, who were seriously alarmed for his life, he consented to obtain medical advice here. lie consulted Dr. Ernest Schmidt, who at once told him that he was suffering from trichina. Krehl was incredulous, and refused to believe it, but unwillingly replied to the doctor's questions, which, eliciting answers show ing the full symptoms, only confirmed to a certainty the doctor's first opinion. Dr. Schmidt was in active practice in Germany auinrongn tne period of the triehime epidemic, in 1SG5, and having made this disease an especial study, detected its existence in Krehl, in an instant. The doctor says "the man had not been in the room ten minutes before I felt certain he was suffering badly from tricbime. Upon asking him the necessary questions, I found him hesitating and incredulous, and unwilling to believe, as a large number of people are, especially Germans, lu the probabilities of the disease. I told him to go home immediately, and to send me some of the sausage that had been used. Three pieces were aent, and the3' looked exceedingly tempting, and palatable, and certainly had all the appearances of being made of wholesome meat." It took the doctor fully two days to prove the existence of parasites in the pork, and then only by the application of microscopic analysis 01 unusually great power, and he found dilllculty, at first, in procuring microscopic apparatus- powerful enough for his pur rose. This accomplished, however, the trichime were plainly visible in millions. Krehl is suffering badly from it in the calves 01 nis legs; his wile is very sick, indeed, and will remain so for at least three months,even 11 she masters the disease. It is probable that she will be stiff in the joints all her litetime. The Schubert family is also very sick. and the doctor has his hands full in attending to his numerous patients. The children are doing better than the adults. The doctor is in telegraphic communication with his patients, and upon the slightest change for the worse in their condition, will instantly proceed there. Incidentally it may be noted that Krehl's com paratively improved state as ascribed by physicians to taking whisky liberally after eating the meat, as it is stated that scientists agree that alcohol, taken soon after eating diseased pork, acts as an antidote of consid erable power. To prove to what a virulent excent this dreadful disease had developed in this fat, tempting meat that presented such an appetizing appearance, a large quantity of it was gien to a number ot dogs, about the pi ice, and no les than eight of the canines gave up the ghost within 86 hours. In view to this terrible calamity, it would be well lor lovers or the tender pOiker to se lect their cut close to the crackling, and to exercise a lastidious care about the brown ing of their favorite pork chops, whether with or without toma'o sauce. . THAT FRANKING -PKIVILEOE." HOW THE AVERAGE CONGRESSMAN GETS ALONG WITHOUT, AND WHAT HR THINKS OF THE 11EOOARLY THIXO, ANY HOW. A Washington letter to the Chicago Times has this inimitable picture: The artist who desires to accurately immortalize the dis contented man will please come to Washing ton. Let him pitch his easel near the ovalglass window ot a vestibule-door in the capitol, and snatch a sketch of a congressman buying postage stamps. As the paje brings in a sheet of the tiny portraits of departed patriots, and the member hands over the unwilling currency in exchange therefor, his face invariably takes on the line? of sul lenness and intractable discontent, which will glorify forever tho name of the modern salvator who can successfully slap them into can vassal have never seen' a congressman paying for his postage stamps who did not look as disconsolate as a man whose wife was rapidly . recovering from a dangerous illness. They hate the law which shuts them out from the old franking steal and hate themselves for having passed it. References to the wonders which were to follow its abrogation are sneeringly lugged into speeches, and several members of the house and senate have openly declared that they wish the old rule restored. The longer a man has been a delegate the harder the rein pulls. The newer arrivals, fresh from the walks of home life, where to purchase postage stamps has seemed as regular as to buy the family flour. do not smart when requested to pay for their gueebucks here, liut Hamlin, of Maine, with his thirty odd years of senatorial life, undergoes the tortures of tooth-drawing every time he gives his three cents for au adhesive medallion ot pater patriae. The grand old days, when Subsidy Pomeroy and his clerks franked 60,000 circulars for the Merchants Union Express company, are brooded over until Abe congressional spleen almost cracks, and the bile grows thick as BONXY-CLABBER. Some portion ol the existing law Is certain to be modified the present session. Members are already in trim for mutiny at being forced to ' pay for the transmission of public documents" which means to stick stamps on the copies of their speeches, which they forward;to distant aunts and wives' mothers, Bills will be Introduced demanding appro priations tor sowing this weakling seed broadcast, or asking that the stuff, be sent free of all postage. The main step thus gained, it is nut a - nop to tne remainder or the nuisance as it was, and diapers may again travel a thousand miles to be washed bear ing the frank of the paternal M. C. Creswell is body and soul against any revival of the fraud. He believes the present sweeping law so good that any material alteration would damage the national revenue incalculably. The only point on which he will listen to proposed modifications is in the cases of postage on country weekly newspapers, and on journals in exchange with other journals. He said, so late as yesterday, that the weekly newspapers, circulating in counties in which they are published, cannot seriously clog the workings of the mails, and that he would willingly see them handled free of charge. He Is, also, the staunch friend of the editorial scissors. He never advised the assessment of postage on newspaper exchanges, and will gladly see it classed with by-gonee. But he asserts, and aits down and proves all he saya by a saucy lot of figures, that the government is making money by the death ot . the franking pest; that the direct income from matter which previously was dead-neaded is enormous, while the saving in service and outlay for handling superfluous material i still greater. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are saved on single railway lines. But the sentiment of congress la against him. Members want the privilege, their families storm tor it, their immediate parasites whine for it, visiting constituents wheedle for It, children cry tor lt,and I think they will all get it, Governor Coke, of Texas, is a good-look ing man, nearly 60 years of age; his head ia somewhat bald, but his iron gray whiskers are abundant. His manner ia quiet, selfpossessed and dignified. The Continental improvement company, which built, and has heretofoie operated this road, has formally transferred posses sion of the road to Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad company, the road being now compieiea. . ' A cable dispatch hints that some sharp correspondence. . has- . passed between the government of : ' Germany and the United States. 1 : As neither nation has any navy to speak of, how is the difficulty to be settled?

GRANTS LOAD. WHAT IT IS, AND HOW HE CARRIES IT. The New Orleans Tlcayune prints this ac

count, as told by a gentleman of that citr. who had just returned from Washington : I have been In Washington for the last three weeks. Things are assuming quite a complex shape there. General Grant is in a very uncomfortable position. I called upon him in company with General Butler, Sen ators Sherman and Thurman. and a Mr. Meyer. General Butler was our spokesman. He said in substance: Mr. President, we have called upon you to ascertain what your policy is to be in relation to matters in Louisiana. Mr. Kellogg, as soon as he found himself finally seated, made repudi ation of the state debt the feature of his ad ministration. The people down there want to pay their honest obligations, and if let aione to govern themselves, they will. Mr. Kellogg, in his annual address to the legis lature, claims to have collected seven millions of taxes, and of that it takes three millions to pay the interest on the debt. What becomes of the other four millions? It only requires one million to run the great state of Massachusetts; certainly it cannot require four to run the little Btate of Louisiana. Mr. Kellogg haa made a direct attempt to take our railroads from us, one of which is mainly owned by a firm who su Wribed largely to aid in your re-election. Now, sir, we desire to know whether it is your policy to support this administration? If it is, let usknow it. Mr. Meyer then spoke up: "I represent the syndicate in FraBkfort-on-tbe Main, who hold eighty millions of United States bonds. We desire to be informed if you sanction the repudiation of the Louisiana debt; if so, Mr. President, we touch no more of your bonds. (At this point in the ihterview the President arose and paced the floor, much agitated.) Will you express your views on this point?" The President was silent, and the deputation withdrew. They met at the door of the white house a delegation of Pennsylvania radicals, headed by old Simon Cameron, who sought the President. Mr. Cameron opened the conversation; "We have come to ascertain whether you can not do something to save our state. In 12 we carried it for you by a majority of thirty thousand; this year a Republican measure has been defeated by one hundred and forty thousand votes. Mr. President you must stop breaking up the party in this manner." During my entire stay at the capital the President was thus visited daily by disaffected partie who attributed their defeats, in their respective States, to the course of the administration in the person of Gen. Grant, lie is having anything but a lovely time. SQUAT. HOW A GANG OK ROBBERS WENT THROUGH A MISSIPPI RIVER STEAMER The New Orlean's Picayune gives this graphic account of a steamboat robbery : It appears that the steamar Ellen D., whicli left here some months ago, fitted out for a trading expedition by Messrs. Krantzfas V Gerson, was tied up at Point Jefferson, ou BiHuff River, during the greater part of last week. Tbey had been doing a pretty good business, and left satisfiaa with the result. On Friday, however, ju-d before dark, live men, whom none of the traders had ever seen before, came on board at nearly the same time. Some of them had crossed the river, others had ridden down to the landing by different approaches. No two arivei together, yet all arrived within the space of fifteen minutes., They were handsomely dressed, good-looking men iu every instance, and there was a striking air of intelligence and refinement ebout them. With the exception of this prevailing similarity, thev seemed to be auite unknown to each other, bent on entirely independant errands, and only assembled tons by the most unaccountable of accidents, They were sitting or standing about, as ail custome's on a trade boat are in the habit of doing. One, a particularly handsome fellow, had just beught and paid for a ;pair of boots ; another was rejoicing in a new hat : others were contemplating diffe rent purchases, and everything seemed to be going on as usual. Suddenly the handsome man cast his eyes-around, and said, in a low, clear tone : Shall we!" and instantly the other four started to their feet. Ready!" they all answered, and quick as thought, their, pistols were drawn, presented at the heads of the clerk, saleinan, pilot and engineer of the hapless boat, and the laconic but suggestive command was given ; "Squat!" It was done like lightning. Before those unsuspecting traders quite 00mErehended the state of things they were tied, lindfolded and lying helpless on the floor. The five elegant looking geutlemen then proceeded below, where the four deck hands were subjected to a similar operation. After this the real business of tho day commenced. It transpired that the five gentlemen knew each other quite intimately, for tbey laughed and talked in the pleasautest way, while they went through the sales and the stock of goods, taking all the money about one thousand dollars and such of the goods as were at once valuable aud portable. Their selections in the laUer which, by the way, evinced the greatest judgment amounted to $-500 and upward. After accomplishing all this with a neatness aud dispatch quite remarkable, the party made off at a great rate, and were far advanced on their road when assistance came to the disconsolate victims on board the Ellen D. A HALF MILLION SUIT. AXD A NEW WAY TO ADJUDICATK IT. The Kentucky bridge company, of this ityf says the Pittsburg Post, contracted for the building of the great bridge over the Mississippi river, at St. Louis, some years ago. The price agreed 10 was fJ.OOü.ouo. in order to reach solid rock the contractors had to excavate 160 feet below the bed of the river to start the foundation for the piers. The bridge has already cost the company over f 10,000,000, and is not yet finished. Dur ing the time the nndge nas oeen under con struction many change and alterationshave been made from the original plans, and out of these the complication ha arisen. For these the Keystone company Mere to .ultra rvTTirunaLion. TiiA tllinoia, A St. XJU U lo LriU0 vuuipnuj uuw uro w time, advanced money on the estimate of the engineers, but a large sum is now in dispute, to settle which both sides finally agreed to a novel plan of settlement as follows: To submit the mat ; ter ia controversy to the arbitration of two persons, one to be judtre of the facts and the Uturrui lilt) in w v iurit uvi-i9iuu v ir uuai Mr. James Park, jr., of this city, haa been selected to determine the facts, and the Hon. Stanley Mathews, of Cincinnati, aa judge of the law. The board will meet at the Monongahela Louse, in this city, and will enter upon the discharge of the duty assigned to them. The terms ot the agreement require a decision within sixty days. The amount in dispute is over $500,000, which the Keystone company claim is due them on account of changes in the original plan, while the Illinois and St. Louis company claim over 200,COO for detentions, etc Sol. Shepley, Lsq., of this city, represents the Keystone company, and Messrs. Lover and Shepley , of St. Louis, the Illinois company. On account of the immense sum involved, and the novel method of adjudication, the. result will bo looked for with interest. I . L. a! m .rl Ant m a Vva Anal A bill appropriating f 100,000 for the centennial celebration passed the New Jersey Senate on Monday.