Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 15, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 April 1873 — Page 2

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THE EAST. Sew Yobk furtiiithea au instance of cw-ft jutiw. On the 18th of March two pMRg highwaymen John Coujjhlhi ami John (ireen, aged 16 and 17 respectively attacked and robbed a citizen in the utreet. Ou the 19th they

were indicted by the grand jury, on the 20th tried and convicted, and on the 'Jlat sentenced to fifteen yean each in the penitentiary William Foster was executed at New York ou 1 the 21t of March, for the murder of Avery ' D. Putnam in a street-car on the 29th of April, 1871 : and James McElhaney suffered a j like penalty at Boston for the murder of bis

wife Brooklyn ia excited over a mysterious

murder. Mr. Charles Goodrich, a wealthy

citizen, was found dead in his bed, having been shot through the head and robbed by some unknown assassin. Fostu, the murderer of Putnam, who was hung in New York recently, was buried iu Greenwood Cemetery, which is in direct violation of the cemetery regulations, which say that no person who has died in prison, or has been executed for any crime, shall be buried there. Dr. Tyng performed the Episcopal service. Only a few male relatives were present, no ladies attending New York city owes a gas bill of nearly a million dollars, and the authorities have been told thai, if it is not prid forthwith, the gas company will ceaw to supply the streets and public buildings Commodore Yanderbilt gave half a million dollars, a few days ago, for the endowment of a Southern university, and now follows this liberal charity with half a million dollars for the erection of a female seminary on Stateu Island, to be managed on the plan of the seminary at New Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania Geoboe Fbasi Is Train is to be confined in the Ward's Island Lunatic Asylum Diou Boncicanlt and his wife went through the process of becoming naturalized citizens of the Cnited States, at New York, the other day. ;

reenter, the tragedian, has declared lus intention The mysterious murder of Charles Goodrich greatly puzzles the Brooklyn detectives Henry Magruder. the printer uho shot and dangerously wounded a fellow-compositor in New York, a few weeks ago, has been sent to Sing Siug for ten years Julius

Ende, a printer, residine in Jamaica. L. I., be-

Ann AiKir, Muli., the other day. twiUeof whom were ladies. Two female lawverwalao got their degrees A youth named lieorj, Warren, aged 1(5 years, a stiiileut at tho military sch'ol at lullen, IU.. committed mi vide, the other day, by blowup his brains out with a istid.mvaitfeju I at he i reprimanded lain, In the presence of his cla.--in.iii -. for hi- profligacy, and extravagance. Mr. Casnkki.t, of California, is the latini Senator whose election is charged t. liaw been effected by bribery. His fruuds md.uaiitly deiiy the imputation. thk nor tu.

vear lliav be ' l- f-'r' the s n..i. Citl.lu.'U't. formal under nf

reaiKiiatlou "' w'at Heimtnr (ri in K.i'imk i n.' lUuttou eaas i tin ii lakes aw i a sals af to i;, and tin' repurt nf tin nwittfttf n ml... . A resolution oflered m I in,: 1 lie rmiilultttf iMii.i.iriill.iti ..,(.. I., Iii uLi.mI .. li.nnli...

.tiawn (lie extra pay wUiell tuey JWKl tliem- au,t report ut tli- neil errfoti is SB (lie uai niv and

alarv does not exceed ijl.OtMl

permitted to hold local oflices. . . . I'p to tins time shoal tlnue-fourths of (he mcuibcrt, of i. Uoiir.." and iwo-third of ilie Senator have

U-es. .The I'r. :!,. h ha set aiiait aIos

.lays, . Urn-Uy- vml Tliur-days. from 11 to 1 o'clock, for receiving rallim. and thors i ' no use knocking at the d,or" a I any other lime than that recined. ';'; v t

A Hiuar letter, signed

t'nuiM iani:t is tolerated m Japan b? tutorial

edict, at is determined to throw the whole . country open to foreigners. The (iovernssSBl

John McEnerv. endeavoring to form a code

lae.l on

Governor of Louisiana," advises the organize- ' European systems. . . Japan is maaiiigarrange-

tion of tax-resisting associations throughout meuts for a grand I'liiversat l'.x osition at the State A boiler exploded at Ov. ensltoro. ! Veddo France has forbidden the exportation

Ky., killing three persons, and wouuduig two t ' war material from that country to Spam.

others. I ... .Austin Byron Bulwoll A ov in the hands of a soldier, at Nash- , ' arrested at Havana.

ville, was accidentally discharged the other day. the bullet passing through and killing two

1 other soldiers.

Some of the parties concerned in the California diamond swiudles are paying heavily for their part of the fraud. A suit was begun some time ago iu a Kentucky court, against two of these persons, for 350. U00 damages, and they have now cousented to pay $150,000 to get rid of the prosecution Tw o colored members of the Arkansas Legislature engaged in a tight in the hall of the House of Representatives at Little Rock, the other day, over the ownership of a pistol. . . .The Governor of Tennessee has vetoed the " local option " tippling bill Bardstowu. Ky.. was recently the scene of a cold-blooded and unnatural murder. Mr. G. H. Holtshauser. an old and respected citizen, was sitting in his office with one of his sons, when another son entered the door. and. , without uttering a word, pulled out a revolver I and shot his brother three times in rapid snc-

; cession, producing instant death. The tutir- ' derer tied, and is still at large. A widow woman. (50 years old. living near ' Nashville. Tenn.. was takeu out of her bed by unknown parties a few nights ago. and carried ' I to a common, where a gallows had been erected

for dressing hogs, and hung until she was dead. I The following pleasant little scene occurred ' in the Arkansan Legislature the other day i 1 Furbush (colored) called up a bill to create ! Coolidge county. The hair stated it needed

rt.'iYt Warren, has

He is itelieved to

lie the principal in the Bank of England forgeries. It is stated that the United Stales surveying party in Nicaragua has demonstrated the practicability of a ship canal through that country. The Hii of March was observed as a general holiday throughout Geimany. being the 76th anniversary of tho birth of King William. Slavery in Port o Uico has been abolished by the unanimous vote of the Spauish ltepublic. The emancipation is immediate, and the

ext. 'lit of I l.i . Iii:. ,kl .. us .'f ll.c iaIIuuV eon puilrs

I a t ' (lie i t.i' i wer. and ' .. ad'llUoiial . i 1 . -

sVinSSt.'1'Utl.V Ii' guard .1 nmt inlerruptl ill of tlic iwstal mtx i. e ... A resolution a adopted o uftrntidaiiiitf H ..in .hi lue a Is till mi of ulavery in l'urto Tti"u....A rSMIIUttoS ilcl.ti d i. in in.! I. u

eoiiesof tlir i 'tiHtrrMMHHttv .'rem' forll.e Vi.'.'-Pi.-!-j dent and raeli S, nalur, QVV fur Ml Ii liu tabsV ul tile Heust, and M roj Im in I' autd a( east, I Tl'XSUAV, March ".- The resolution Ms j Kratillaliiig St oil the of the I'm to K'.co : Kasasci patios m - ia-. .i anaafaansely tin . tbc utemoriai of ihlii sveu meiuberii at the atls im Lsaialatnre, . i-.tr. in.-iii..t Ikeelsetloa of h .. . to the iHiiafe was tllceled b cotrupl mean-, Hi,Commlttet iu K lectins rssorled that the facts ; stated wrr. UiMitlleli'iil to Jsstlfl the IStHWllglHtlW The resolution tleeiariuu thut Iheeliargrs MStesI 'lav ton were n d aiit-taiurd wa agreed to ! Ill yeas ! to A uays . . . .The case of r-Meuator l'atterson was ' brought before the Seuatc, in the sliaia- f a renilution permitting bim to Die a Ktalemeut to lie puhI I il ird in the i ..'. i ' .Yen. Afttr a loug i deltaic the subject weut over. Weunesuav, March 2(5. A resolution was I adopted iuatructing the Committer ou Transmutation to reHrt at the next sessiou aa to the extent of ' tli' obligation of tbe railway con pan Irs with regard I tu the stMtal service, and what additional legislation is necessary to protect the m-rxiee against interrup

tion by uos'ile action of (he companies A resolution was adopted Instructing the Secretaries of the Treasury au.l Interior to transmit to the Senate information a to the amount of bonds issued by the Central Pacific railway, forming the first mortgage on its property. . . .The resolution as to ex-Senator PalteVs. n's deli use iu the Credit Mobilier matter

was amended so as to be ordered tiled and lirinled

frcedmen are invested with all tho political I w,b the report of the committee, and aa aineudfd

nghtu of other hpauMh MUMM, . .The upe- th- t onnuUttH' ou TrmiiM rtation to hit durtn r.rior ftddrest of Italian diplomav haa won from I S hmaMnta and r port m IIm ubjwt of

. 1 . . iitiiK "'iiai (U ot n irii iuf lull' l uiiu n ihhumi, favor which has . ' , . ..,,,

the Japanese it j eminent a

been denied to other foreigners Italians are to be permitted to live and travel iu Japan without any other restriction than compliance with the usual municipal regulations. This is a privilege that has never before been accorded to foreigners of any nationality whatever. Bradlatoh. the English ltenublican. is com- ! ing over here to study our institutions.... Spanish items : Soon after the adoption of the Abolition bill, a dissolution of the Cortes ; was unaiiimouslv voted. The House broke up 1

.4 TBRILLiNU svese. There is tui element of ilreum-like terror in the following adventure, which hi'fell the feronaut Beiulft, on the occasion of the late vice-regnl marriage feasts at Cairo : A erforuuinee was given even- Sunday in the large Hippodrome

by au Anglo-French trouie, engaged by

amid great excitement in the building, but in the Khedive of Egypt, to which the pub-

the streets there was no disturbance. The Impartial says that a number of foreigners have arrived at Madrid, with a view of agitating the overthrow of the municipality of Madrid, and establishing a Commune in its place. Insubordination has niade its appearance among the troops at Tarragona, and the

lie had free admission. Among the attractions presented by the performers ! was the balloon ascent of the U'ronnut Bassist. Just as the Roi du Ciel,"ns his balloon was named, was about to

rise into the air, Beudet fastened his

Then, with the con- Carlists are increasing in numbers iu that ( trapeze to the car, clung to it with one

I will withdraw the Gd Province. The Epo-n says Seuor Figueras has j ljftUlt nuJ pried "let go!" The balloon " I move tho language be returned from Barcelona discouraged. He . . , . - , . (lU, ,

fears that discipline cannot be restored in the army there The British manufacturers of

engrossing. Furbusli

sent of the House.

d d bill." Millen " I move tho language

taken down and the member expelled." Furbush "I wish the whole O dd d Legts-

rosc to a height of about 4t)0 vnrds

when a cry of horror burst from the

coming dissatisfied with life because his fore- I "- ThelChair-- Mr. Furbush will come

to the bar of the House." Furbush '! will

agreed with bis wife to commit sui -ide ,K to De pciieu, ami never want my

name used m connection wun tius ii a a a Legislature again." Lithgow A Co.. stove

of Louisville, working together, have failed for

a heavy amount. . .Two boys in Spencer comity. Ky., while out hunting, drank out of a pool of

man compelled him to perform meuial ser-

vic

the other day. He sharpened a razor, and, after opening the veins in his arm and leg. passed the weapon to his wife, and she did the same. Then they both went to bed and calmly awaited death. A neighbor happened in. how Aver, and it is believed that they will recover. The murderer of Charles Goodrich, of Brooklyn, has been arrested. Her name is .Kate Stoddard, formerly a writer for the New York Tribune Hon. Augustus Schell was married recently, in New York, to Miss Anna Fox. according to the simple form of the So

ciety of Friends. The ceremony was very j with Gov. Hendricks, and other impressive, and was witnessed by many promi- ; Democratic politicians from Indiana

nent citizens, including Commodore Yanderbilt and wife Foster's children have been forced' to stop attending public school in New York by the taunts and insults of other scholars some of whom went so far as to draw pictures of a gallows with a man suspended, on their slates, and to point them out to Foster's chil

dren as a representation of the death of their j iters to West Point. . . .The commissions of the

agricultural implements have resolved not to take part in the Vienna Exhibition. A ; human fleet has been ordered into Spanish waters with what ulterior design is not stated It is rumored that Oertnanv. Hu-sia

founders, and Mouldon & Co., marble dealers, ( and Austria refuse to recognize the Spanish

Iteputtiie. on the ground that it docs not represent the true will of the Assembly, which yielded to the pressure of the masses iu pro-

water. Thty were shortly after taken with claiming it Three American gardeners will

1? allowed to raise vegetables in Austrian soil to compete for the agiculturat premiums, at the

convulsions, and both died.

wasbim;tos. James F. Gaset has been eounnued as Collector at New Orleans A Washington correspondent sends out the following item of political news: ' Parties who have conversed

leading now in

this city, say that the leaders of the Democracy in that State, have concluded to abandon the ancient organization, and to form a new liberal party based ou the living issues of the day." SeXATOUS SlIEHMAN AND SxEVEXSoX liae

been appointed memliers of tbe Board of Vis-

Yienna Exposition. CorxT Aijiert llEBXsTourr. the German Ambassador to Great Britain, is dead The

w . .

I crowd ; a tremendous rent had taken 1 place in the globe of the " lbi du Ciel." ! The balloon descended slowly at first. ( but the wind soon rushed into the gaping ajKrture iu it side, and turned it literally inside out, whereuion it gave ' out a cloud of smoke and took the form of a flag-caKe. The unhappy feronaut now fell almost perjH'iidictdarlv ; evenheart stood still. Beudet, however,

kept his head ; he seized the bar of his i

' trapeze with both hands, and hung on, trusting to the slight resistance still op-

steamship City of Bristol, which sailed from posed to the air by the balloon ; but its Liverpool recently for New York, took out 100 j sped soon increased ; he shut his eyes

father

The Pennsylvania Legislature has appropriated tLUOO.OUO for tbe Centennial Celebration. ....Boss Tweed, profiting by Caldwell's example, has resigned his seat iu the New York Senate pending the investigation of this case. . . . .Ex -Senator James Dixon, of Connecticut, is dead Bear Admiral John B. Montgomery died recently at Carlisle. Pa. THE WEST. Jcdoz J. O. Bow max, a prominent lawyer of Yiucennes, Ind., committed suicide recently, by -tabbing himself with a carving-knife. Temporary insanity. A sod cabin was burned a few days ago, in Calhoun county, Iowa, and the inmates, consisting of a poor woman named Halleck and her two little children, were burned to death. . . . .In Jackson county, Iowa the other day, a young man named James McAllister, not satisfied with the ordinary method of splitting logs with an ax and wedges, concluded to facilitate his work by tbe application of pon der. Accordingly be drilled a hole in a large oak log, filled the cavity with powder, applied a fuse, and touched it off. Tbe explosion followed before McAllister could get out of the way, tearing the log into splinters, and almost literally beheading the unfortunate man. His brains wore scattered in all directions, and the body mutilated' in a horrible manner A cithten of Chicago has sued the Intrr-Ocmn, of that city, for libel, claiming damages to the amount of tSOO.OOO Another tight with tbe Apaches is reported from Arizona in which six savages were killed. ( apt. Jack, the Modoc chief, is negotiating for an alliance with the Klamath Indians, a formidable sod numerous tribe. He declares that as soon as the grass grows be will leave the lava bed, burn the ranches, and murder the settlers Alexander J. Fen wick, under sentence of death at San Diego. Cal.. cheated the gallows by taking poison. Soirr. time ago au old lady named Langston. and a little girl who was living with her. were mysteriously murdered in Coles county. BL The other day a son of the murdered woman William L. Langston came forward and confessed to having committed tho unnatural crime. He was instigated to the deed by his wife, who had conceived a dislike to the old lady ... .Hon. John C. Cliamplin. a prominent citizen of Ottawa. 111., was run over and killed by a MgM train, in that town, a few days ago. . . .William Stead, aired 76, a native of Detroit, died in that city recently Cochise, the

noted Apache chief, with 1,000 of his band, have quietly gone on the reservation at Sulphur Springs, Arizona. IsWHIVI young doctors graduated at

! present Ministers to the Central American i States will expire on the 1st of July, when, by law of Congress, the missions will be MMsaV ' dated and only ouo Minister assigned to all i those States. Col. George Williamson, of Shreveport. La., an ex-Confederate army ' ofticer. will probably receive the appouitmeut. ....The President has indefinitely postponed I his Southern trip Hon. John A. Bingham.

of Ohio, will probably be appointed Minister to Japan. Afomeb Confederate General (Senator John B. Gordon, of Georgia) presided over the Senate the other day. during the temporary absence of Y ice-President Wilson Seuator Bogy's case was dismissed by the Senate, there being not testimony sufficient to warrant an investigation. Appointments by the President: Oeorge Ingalls, Dlinois. Agent for tbe Piute Indians. Southern Nevada. PostmastersJohn B. Blackwell. Litchfield. 111.: Wilham S. Utley. Bacine. Wis.: William S. Lasur.-, orinnell. la; Cyrus Hall. Shelby ville, III.: Tindil H. Calam. Consfatitine. Mich.: L. B. Johnson. Cambridge City, Ind.: Thomas B. Wood, Franklin. Ind.: Charles H. Howard. Osage Mission. Ks.; William W. Kenyon. Howell. Mich.; Lemuel D. Willis, Grass Lake, Mich.; Frank White. Collector of Internal Beveuue. Second District of Missouri ; ex-Gov. K. B. Hayes, Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati. The Senate adjourned itu die at 4 o'clock p. m. on Wednesday. March 26. The only

event of the session has been the Caldwell

farmers, who intend settling iu Minnesota on the line of the Northern Pacific railway At a ban met given by the Lord Mayor in Loudon, the other day, Mr. Gladstone, in some remarks made in reply to a toast, said tho Ministry had had a fall ami a recover, and were ashamed of neither. Though they had failed to give Ireland a National University, history would 1 rove that the principle was indestructible Marshal Bazaiue will shortly lie released on his parole of honor The 'Jaittaof Madrid con

tains an official announcement of the appoiiit-

! and let himself go but not to destruction. He fell twenty yards on soft ground, and though senseless when taken up, very soon recovered.

( o i w t Thea Tun a ls. The disposition to turn New York courts into second-class theaters seems to increase. For some time past it has been customary to have a woman con-

ment of Gen. Pieltain to be Captain-iieiieral j venient to deliver a "piercing shriek"

' of Cuba, and Gen. liirera to be Captain-General of Porto Bieo Antonio Zambrona, the ( distinguished Cuban patriot, who arrived in New York a few diys ago. reports that the insurgents in that island have abundance of arms ami are in good spirits. They are making steady progress in the Eastern Department, and will very soon compel the Spaniards ' to wholly withdraw therefrom. It is announced from Madrid that Don Carlos has abdicated his claim to the Spanish throne 1 in favor of his son Don Alfonso The Car1 lists are unusually active, and are evidently ! gaming strength. They are complete masters of upper Catalonia. Iu that province there is i much insubordination among the Bepnblican : ranks, and many officers have been compelled j to flee for their lives Tbe death is aunouiiced at Paris of Amedee Simon Dominique j Thierry, the eminent French historian, aged i 76 Judgment has been rendered at Paris in the Memphis and El Paso railroad case. The

accused were found guilty of swindling, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Gen. Fremont was condemned to five years' confinement The Countess Guiccioli, a woman of world-wide notoriety as the mistress of

Lord Byron, died recently at Borne. FIRES.

March 20. Jersey City; tbe Erie railway

when the verdict of guilty is aiinouncetl. On a recent murder trial the wife and 1 child of the prisoner were brought in, j that their weeping might heighten the j counsel's plea; and a few days ago Scannel, on trial for murdering Donahue, j went through a mock exhibition of inj sanity. Now, the trouble about thin is 1 that it is all one-sided. The prosecution ; has as much right to dramatic effect as ! the defense. Let the bloody garment of Ca?ar be displayed on trial. Let the , murdered man be exhumed and brought ! into court, gory with stabs, mashed as

to bis skull, or with neck discolored by strangulation. If we must have court theatricals, let the fair thing be done, and both sides be represented.

case.. . Brisbane's projected pneumatic tube 1 buildin88 w burned: loss, 25O,000.

turns out to be a failure, and he is beginning to be looked upon as a fraud. All there is to

show for the r 1-5.000 appropriated by Congress to enable Brisbane to lay an extierimeutal tube from tbe Capitol to the Government printing office is an ugly ditch that almost rentiers the street impassable. He laid a sort of barrel sewer of thin boards and then covered it up As might have been expected, the earth crushed the hoards, and the thing is s stupendous failure The United States Government has bad threeilver services, consisting of two wine coolers and punch bowl each, made as presents to Counts Iturbide and Sclopis and Viscount Staempfli for their impartiality and firmness In the Geneva Arbitration. Each

service is inclosed in

five feet long, lined with green silk. The boxes slone cost 61, 00 Ex-Senator CattaB. of New Jersey, has been appointed financial agent of the Treasury Department to visit Europe in connection with fhn new loan. Neart.t all the Senators and Beprcsentatives have left the capital, and the streets wear a deserted aspect The Postmaster-General has isnued an order that postmasters whose

Alexandria Pa : loss, f 20. 00(1.

Math ii 25. The bouse of Henry Peters, near Detroit, was destroyed by fire, and three of Mr. Peters' club Iren burned to death ; kerosene did it Allegan, Mich.; loss, (7,500. ....Vicksburg, Miss.: loss, $100,000 Waco. Texas; loss, 60, 000. .. .Providence, B. I.; loss, f 150.000 Burlington, Iowa ; loss, 20,000. . . Elmira, N. Y.; loss, 60,000.

CONOBESSfOAA I. SUMMA Ii Y. sr.NATB EXTRA SESSION. Friday. March 21. A resolution was offered and referro! to tho Committee on Printing, proviilItiK that twolKMind copies of the Cminrewunml Kironfor.the sefsiou lie furnished each Senator A resolution was nresi-nlrd and ordered nrlntod di-

box throe feet wide and rroti" ,u "tumittoe to inquire what

I 111 adllrfi. t ail iw mioi.-i 1.1 tt-itt toiiiury nciirrency convertible iuto r .Id. .. .Ferry (OU offered an amendment t tue resolutions reported by the Committee on Kleetlons iu the Caldwell case.so as lo i .i I Caldwell instead Bf simply ib-claring his cl.vtion void There was a brief discusioii, in Kxeeiitive Hersioii, on the nomination of Casey aa Collector of New Orleau. Satcrdav, March 22. - The Senate was engagi'd all day in debating the Caldwell case, without coming to any conrlitHlon. Monday. March 2i. Tho Yicc-Prcsidcnt laid

NMA-. A cbikis is fast approaching in the new-born Republic of Spain, and we may expect soon to see the experiment, in that country put to the test nnder unfavorable circumstances. All Europe has given the new Republic the cold shoulder, and even the so-called Republic of France is throwing every possible obstacle in its way. The Carlists, Alfonsoists, and all the other monarchical factions in Spain have made common cause against the Republicans, and they are believed to be backed up with large sums of money from abroad. These facts combine to render the situation of Castelar and his brother Republicans a very trying one. The result will in all prr lability be indicated in a few weck at farthest. Things are iu a bad way in Fccjee. A correspondent living there wrttes : "A friend of mine presented a dollar-note to the treasurer a few days since, and could not get the silver for it. The treasurer and his clerks declared that there were not four shillings in the safe."

Bacon says: "Without good nature man is only a better sort of vermin."

ri'llUKXT ITEMS. Nkw Oki.eanh owes $21,000,000. Ai'i'LKH are good for a pmm'l brain. Tick jiotuto bug's existeuoe is M days. Tiiky prohibit dollar stores down South. To i no: am of u eottn is a sign to quit tip;ht lacing. JlAtiTiMOrtK litis a sit loon shingled with oyster shells. Tun Ksqiiimai rarely soar above uu altitude of feet G. Fiftkkn New York actresses have recently joined church. Thk Rocky MwuubÄus ure a great ah. sorbent of ruiu-cloiuls. Cale Cvkiiino was counsel for CaMwell, then for Pomeroy, and finally f(,r SjH'iicer. " Rooms to rent" is a sign displayed in front of a South Nashville cabin, eoutain ing a single apartment. 4

Uncde Billy Pollock, of Lewis county, Tenn., is said to be the physical counterpart of Horace Greeley. Mr, Lanoimin, better known as "Kli Perkins," has been " retained,"' says the Home Journal, by the Uraplth; The Shah of Persia is having a little palace built, (luring his absence in Eu. rope. It will cover ten acres of ground. Tift'HLow W'ked was among the pensioners of the war of 1812 who were piiiil at tbe New York Custom House on Saturday. Alex. H. Stephens has sold out the Atlanta Sun. After erviii"; actively in

politics since 184;?, Mr. Stephens find, himself only 61. Hexry G. Bowev refused $250,000 cash for the Brooklyn Union last week. He holds it firm at $1100, 000, on which it annually pays fifteen per cent. Cait. W. Haxbbioht, a conductor on the Pennsylvania railway, estimates that he has traveled neaily 900,000 niil.diiring the lnsf .iirty-six years. Thehe are lö daily papers published in Michigan ; Detroit having 4, (Jrand Rapids 3, Jackson U, Fast Saginaw 2, Kalamazoo 1, Adrnin 1, Port Huron 1, and Hat tic Creek L Instances are often mentioned of railway trains running "a mile a minute,'' but such n rati' of sieed is somewhat apicryphal. Such an excessive velocity can be maintained only on some favorable piece of road, and for a few minutes only. The fastest running time on any of the English roads is B8j miles: an hour. The Island of Rarbadoes is more thickly settled than China, with her 300, 000, 000. With a superficial area of only about 166 square miles, without any large towns, without manufactures of any description, a purely agricultural colony, she actually supports a population of 1H0.OOO souls, or over 1,084 to the square mile.

One of the most curious argument' ever advanced in a court of law was that by which counsel for the platntitT, in thr .Tumel case, tried to fortify his clientV claim. Madame Jnmel was remarkable for long ears, and a certain " sweet smell of the person," and, as Mr. Bowen has both these peculiarities, he must be her son. This is literally "smelling out" a relationship. VENTILATION. Houses should be thoroughly ventilated every day. In the morning, the skylight, or the landing window, the back door, and the front door shonld be opened for u couple of hours, the front door being guarded tho while from intrusion by means of a door-chain. Now. by adopting this simple plan, you get a thorough current of pure air into your house, which would make it sweet for the remainder of the day. Air pure air is one of the grand essentials of health ; hut, alas 1 although it is so cheap and so plentiful, it is s rare commodity. Impure air is the pabulum upon which many diseases live and thrive ! Many people never open their windows from week's end to week's end tho rooms in consequence smelling foul, musty, and frouzy.

lill.U AMIS. A recent English work on billiards gives some interesting particulars connected with the game. It was only in 1827 that slate tables were substituted for wood ami marble, and only in 18H5 that India-rubber cushions took tfa place of flock and list. Again, it was not until 1807 that leathern tips were invented for cues, which rendered sideatnikcs possible. Ahout 1818 the sidestroke was discovered by one Hartley, the proprietor of billiard rooms at Bath, England. Bnrtlcy bad a marker named Curr, to whom he confided his secret, and Carr, when pressed to reveal it, produced boxes of what ho cslh'd twisting chalk," to the use of whih h' attributed his powers, and which ho sold at seventy-five cents each.