Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 16, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 February 1874 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER,

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C. DOAXE. PubUiher. . - INDIANA.

CURRENT NEWS. WASHINGTON. The ll'ue Committee on In. li. in Athiir will report a bill, the main feature if which m.ike it a u;il offense to cheat or dcfi'iiud :in Indian, or t fraudulently obtain signature or mark to rcc ipt tor money which ha not been fully explained to liiiu. The bill peiicrally ha the effect of r t t inn Indian from w indlin;,' iiir'iit, contractor. tc w ho have heretofore j:ro n rich at tin ir expense. Tin- S:uiih Minister has informed the Secretary of state that he lias received a tclejcram antiouncin;r a blockade ly his tiovirninctit of tin- roust of Caiitobria from Cape 1'. na to Fuentcrrabia. except ports (ijjoii. Santatidar and saiiebastian. It is reported that thr Committee on Indian Atlairs are maturing measure for lis ii-in with the present Hoard of Indian Commissioners and restoring thr manariiu nt ti the War l partnn nt. A p lu ral reform iu Indian agencies will 1m- p-commended. The President has signed the act to provide for the removal of the Flathead and other Indians from Bitter Root Valley, in Montana. EAST. The hurniiu; ol the Memphis and Louisville Kailroad machine shop at Memphis was done hy John McCarthy, a former lireinaii on tho ...ad. who iUMvJ thr otS.c of tin- taster mechanic, and pretenditur to Ik- drunk. raied a row with the w ati hiiian. whom he knocked down with a billet of wod. then lit it ui.it h and set tire to a lot of papers. He was urMied hy a watchman and shot at several times., one hall it was said hitting him. hut ho finally klleeeedi'd in making his escape. James 15, (irooine has hern elected fioveruor of Maryland for th" unexpired term of tiovernor William I'itn kney White, elected I'nited tate senator. The strike m the New York and o.vvecu Midland Railroad w as terminated on the 4th, when the company commenced pay inr otfthe men. The National K form Convention in session at Pittshurjr, adopted the lollowin Ieclaration of Principle : 1 . Tnis country and it Institution were founded by nnsti.ins and should remain Christian. i v li.tiirr acknowledged or not. .Ieu I hrisi Uniterm the naiion ol the world, and U.d' moriil Un is tin- nation's liii i t . 3. 1 h constitution llir the moral statu oi the eople, anil, It' the .institution be Christlau , the i.'ple will lie 4. hrpdian 4 I he objecia oi the association are the jieriiettiiit on of the I liristiaa MMiaili ; t in.iinUiii the ll.ble in tue public. s.-Ii.m.Is U eUblish pni-r regard lor the sanctity ul the niairmice relation ; and tue suppression of intemperance. The ImmHo of the Siamese Tw in have hern secured by committee of Philadelphia pliyci ians and taken to that city, w h-re a ;horiiuh autop-y will betnadefir the beuclit of wietice. Joseph W. Davis was executed at Westminster, Md., on the 6th, for the murder of Abram Lynn, in April, 1872. He confessed the crime. And on the same day, Wm. H.. McCotter was hanged at Cambridge, in the same State, for the murder of Robert Insley, his father-in-law. Just before the drop fell, McCotter cried out. " I killed Bob Insley ; I forgive everybody." A New Vork dispatch of the ;th ays: The principal through lim-s to the West have adopted a uniform wale f classification for freights. The cla-sitica'ioti has n f rciu-e to hulk and cost of jfoods. Ili'h-priee.l giMKls and bulky li;ht giodwi!l charjre.l hili rates, and low-prieed and heavy goixls low fibres. The followinr are the rates of varfoim classes of pixnls to some of the principal Western cities: ('hiearo tir-T. !.); M-coud, (Oiimts; third, T. cents; fourth, ) cent; cp-cial, 45 cents. St. Iouis tirst. 1.2; ieeiiid, ( 1 . 10 ; th i rd . !7 cent s ; f. ,ti rt h , cents ; f isi iul, 01 cents. incinnati first, W cents ; necond, HO cents; third, 70 cents; fourth. ,V wnts; sMM'lal,4l cents. Ilwin lt'Mith, the well-known actor, lias tiled a petition in bankruptcy Amonjr secured liabilities Is a claim of Make Ames' estate for J IIH.(MM. Itenoni Howard, a well-know n match manufacturer of New York City, and said to Is- a millionaire, has been convicted of counterfeit inz revenue stamp and sentenced to the Penitentiary for five years. At a recent meeting of the Cheap Transxirtation Association, held in New York C ity, information wa given that a x-ople's frciirht railroad would soon be built across the continent w hich would ! managed in the interest of the people, and that after the wurk was fairly Im'uh it would ! completed in three years. The Republicans of Connecticut have nomi

nated Henry It. Harrison f r tiovertior mid John T. Wait f r LieutctianMtowrnor.

dead. Wyatt confessed hi guilt before death. A serious accident occlli'ivd oil the Chicago and Northwestern Kailroad. near Howard. HI., oi; the oih, caused by a broken rail on a bridge. The w hoh train w as throw n from the track, and tim e pa( n'cr eoa lies, one sleeper, and the baggagiM ar with its entire contents, w re burned. Only sewn persons were injured, and none seriously it was said. Tin csenpe of the passenger was a little k than miraculous, as the train was running at full speed at the time. A committee of the Iow a Senate appointed to incstir.iti' the condition of the alleged suffering homesteaders in that state, have n1tiirued from a tour through the counties of I.inn. o'P.rieii, Osceola uml ioe.;.-. They report great distress among the people, and the necessity of immediate action to prevent suffering and to enable fanners to seed their lands. The I'tah Northern Kailroad is completed to tg It ii, mid the til t train passed over the road from Ogdeti to Logan on the bth. A suit has Ih'cii brought against the Chicago and St. Louis Kailroad by the Attorneytiencrul of the State of Illinois for violations of the Kailroad law. The Attomey(ieiieral recites several eases hi which more than a fair and reasonable compensation has been charged by the company for passengers as well as freight, and demands the legal damages. This is the tirt prosecution of the kind under this law, and the result is looked for with great interest. Representative Farris of the Missouri Legislature, w ho w as on the train that w'aroblntl at liadshill, says that it was the original intention of the roblicrs to throw the train from tin- track, hut at the earnest solicitation of his son. whom they held prisoner, they finally agi d that if he would consent to flair the train and open the switches they would not obstruct the track, which he promised, and did do, to save his father's life. The woman's temperance movement, recently inaugurated in Ohio, i rapidly extending, and is meeting with mu-t encouraging results. In Kiplcy, Ohio, sixteen out of the tw enty-three saloon-keepers in the tow li have signed tin' pledge and abandoned the business. Aconvirtcd saloon-keeper of New Vienna. a., has started out on a temperance iruade, lecturing ill various places. The K.ilisas llotlsc of Ki pre.M Iit.ttiV i s, by a vote of .")7 to 2, has passed a resolution re(iiesting the County Attorney to take steps for bringing rx-Senatr Potueroy to trial. A bill has been introduced in the low a I-g-ilature, w hieh projMiscs to take the railroad taritls in ue on all railroads in that State,

February .". 174, and reduce" the rates twenty jxr cent., which shall lie the railroad taritl law. An Omaha dipatch of the loth says; The

excitement over the Indian news is iH'coming

very jrivat. There is no doubt but that in con-enience of the failure of the airrnts to

prov ide for them, the Indians are leav ing their

ri-ervatioiis for the purpose of providing themselves at the expense of the settlers.

herders and ranchmen. Some ranchmen near

Sidney had been raided bv the Indians, and

the commanding' officer at that ostwa ordered to send out cavalry to scour the country. A telegram from Fort Iiramie state, that on the !th. Lieutenant Kohinoii, Fourteenth Infantry, and Corporal Coleuiaii.Company K, Second Cavalry, w re surrounded by forty or fifty Indians, ten miles from the fi.rt.ainl murdered. Their Inslies were found riddled with bullets and arrows, but not otherwise mu;ilated. Two companies of eav alrv .under command of ( apt. Lagan and Lieut. Allison, had been si nt in pur-uit of the Indians. Frank Appleton.chi. f clerk at the Red Cloud Agency . had also 1 en shot, and the airciit dared not return to Red Cloud for fear of his lif.-. T legrunis of the 11th, from various tow ns in Snithern I ihio and Indiana, show- no abatement in the women's temperance crusade. In Xetiia, O., four hundred women had orfranied for the w ork, and In Springfield seventy-live women had v iitej saloons, and onehundred and sixty-live more women had la-en added to the visit i"? committee. Ill ShelbyVille, ImL, the saloon-ki-epers served a written notice on the ladies that they would hold them resonsible for their loss of bu-iness, and on the next day an immense im-cling was held, and an ineorjwrated company organized, with fclVMi.nnn capital, to tight the li.pior tr.illie legally, if other means fail. In Ripley, O., only two saloons continued open, and these were doing but little huines. The ladies were extending their work into the suburbs. SOI Til. A steam Iniiler in Itaird A Roper's shiimle mill, at deep Creek, eight miles from Norfolk. a., exploded on the .'.th, killing four persons and badly seeding four others. John McCarthy, who is charged with firing the !,tiiv ille Railroad machine shops at Memphis, has In-rn arrested. Arson is a capital crime in Telines.ee. John C. lb nry, Chief Clerk of the I 'nited S'-ite Revenue ollice at Lynchburg, Va., has absconded with a large sum of money, said to le $im).im).

Mi:tr. The National tirange of the Patrons of Husbandry convened at St. I,oui- on, the 4th. All cX'-ept three or four ot the Mates Were represented, a large proportion of the delegates ln-ing ladies, (irand Master iMidley

W. Adams of low a presided. Master T. II. I Allen of Missouri made un address of i

welcome, which was responded to by Mr. i The Conservatives replace seventy-one Lilc

Saundcrs of the Iistriet of Columbia. The heeretary n'ioits flint n) (Granges had heen ailded during the past vear, and the Treasurer

reoned a balance of over f.'in.ntx) in his j has returned an adversennswcrto(;hnltone,s hand to the credit of the order. apts al. The elections lu Ireland inav show

iohi:i;. The returns from the Parliamentary clc

timis in (in .it liritain, up to the morning of

the 7th. showed 44 niemlx r returned, of whom 'J.Vi are Conservatives and "JJ Liberals.

A building in Kvan.ville. Ind., occupied by Chris. Mebr as a grin-cry and residence, was burned on the morning of the .Vh. There

were ten persons sleeping In the house at the j time, and of these, four, Mrs. Mdir and time children, were burned to death. When the IhhI'ii-s were found, the mother had her three j children cla.pcd In her arm., nil Ixdng burncd nearly to a cri-p. Others were more or, biir.iiil. I Charles Wyatt. a negro, who murdered a :

Mrs. Thomas Ryan, in ar Ciirbond.ile, III., r

crals, mid the latter have ousted twentv-seven

Conservatives. The Imlon Tour of the ith savs; It is now evident that the coinitrv

ap

unlooked-for results, but nothing is likely lo restore the lo.ses of the l.il rals in Ureal liritain. I .raeli is bound to accept nllicc if the (ioVertlUiellt, follow illg hi example iii 1u, reign w it limit w ail in ; the p assembling of Parliament." tieneral Sickles took his final leave of the Spanish liovernnient on the t;th, and plaeml Secretary A dee in charge of the legation. M. Piilllet. has becll re- eeted President of Hie French Assembly.

grcts that he cannot attend the opening in person, lie enumerates, sis among the principal mea-iircs to U- submitted during the session, bills relating to the army, the press, trades-unions and marine Jurisdiction. The speech conclude with nil assurance that all the nations of Lurope are resolve J to preerv e peace. Thirty thousand unemployed workmen in Vienna have petitioned the iov eminent for relief. Tin' Lngli-h Parliamentary elect i have been prolific in rioting, attended in several cases with lo., of life. Ill addition to those cas.-s already mentioned, later dispatches speak of seriou disturbances in the pottery districts of Slatl'tird-hirc, at llanley.Tunstall. Willctihall and Hastings, and in Linn-rick county, Ireland. The follow ing dispatch from the commander of the Ashatltee expedition vv a received In London on 'he ."th : " All white prisoners held by the Ashantces have been delivered to me. The King accepts my terms for i'i a. lion of hostilities for which lie asked. and has agreed to pay annuity of fJiNi.iMNi. We have been tor a few days thirty miles lroin Son nutssic." lavid Frederick Straiis, the eminent tier, man theologian. Is dead. The Captain-lieiieral of Cuba has issued proclamations declaring the entire island in a state of siege ; enforcing a rigid conscription and jH-rinittiiig no one subject to draft to h ave the island w ithout giving bonds to furnisli a substitute in case he is drafted ; and ordering the ow ners of slav es to give one out of every one thousand in the island to work in camps and on the fortifications and in the trenches, at the end of the campaign the (ioveminent to lilx rate these slaves, paying their owners I.ihk for each. Returns from the Knglih Parliamentary elections to the 11th show that up to that date J s! Conservatives and H Liberals had been returned to the llou.e from Knglainl. 1") Conservatives and lit! Literal from Scotland, and Jl Conservatives and 44 Liberals and HoineRulcrs from Ireland. There had In en much rioting at Chesterfield and Itariisley.and many policemen were injured. Jules Mieheb t. the well-known French author, is dead. A heavy gale which prevailed on the 11th on tin- P.allic Sea, caused ail overflow along the entire eastern coast of Schlcw ig-Iloltein. Tl. dyki s prob.ting th." hvv lands bur-t In many places, and great trartsof country were fl odil. The damage to prox rty w as immense, and serious loss of life w as feared.

A I'.erlin telefram of th .ith says: The

centlv, was taken from the jail at Miirphys- session of the Reichstag w as opened t'ndMv j irslib- eisciissi

loro by a crowd of several hundred men, on with it speech from the throne, delivered bv

the night of the Mh, and hanged until he was j the Inijirial Commission. The Lmpcror re-1 pn. tt,c ruli-e, and aiupt a n Wutiuii 'iitciam.g

XLIIId (Vinirn'- First Session. In the Senate, on the 4th, the consideration of the num-rous anieinliia uU offered to lie-bun krupt lull occupied nearly Hie rntir lv. Mr. iilisli)' siiii'inliiii nt was the uccHsion lor a bniK and tediou debate. lie il.ireil to strike out a rertiin asBi-w hii"h says, "or who has stip-il or iispenilrd, ami noi r snrnel p in nt of ins roiliiiiereul pr within the irio-l i-f lortv itay," o tnl sTsins ol tlmt class shall nut he runsnlcreil bmikrupt. Hr. sheriiun in nM'kinir on this ann-mlmi-nt, hi I Ihut the Kiis'lih and rrench baikrui't Itws a ere even inure strict than our old laws. Mr. vlesl.v thoiiKlit that, with the exr.jitioii of the M,rlioii' be ilrtoreil lo trik-out, he Lelu-vi d the iti n-1 no tit were Just aid lair, and the people ! the whole country wmM lie satisileit with it. l'i ii'lintf ileu-.mn the nste aliurned III tin- I..u.e, on the 4th, Mr. Ib k otfi ri d an aiuenilmeiit to the item for trans)sirlution, prividiii( that only actual traveling HiiM'i shall te alluned t any -ron whatever III the

service o the lnite.1 slat, s, ami il.-cunnif

illi i?.l ull allnwarn-i-s i.r milt une and tranir t.tli'iri in races ol the aoiount aciiia'iy pal.'

I li.- iiiiestion ot the n-ht ol tree (i .vi rninent

ttaa-i'orutiuii over miv railroad which either

whnliy or in pari was con-tructed by ai-l ol i irrsnl f puiilic lunds.oti i-omliu m tlmt such rail

road should lie a public hiichw ay lor the Use ol the txiternllient ol the I lilli-l Ut. , lr-e ol to I

or nlhi r ch .ive lur such Irani'portation . Was set lied bv Hie .-s.ic ol a bill offered by Mr. VV il

lani ol t-rinont, that on and alter the passage ol sai-l loll such a railroad shall be considered a h'Khway I r the u-eol the iiovc rmurnt in tuue ol

iicace or war

III the Senate, on the ."th. Mr. Carix liter ili-

tro duet d a lull, of which he had given prt v ioua notice, in relation to lxui-inn affair. I he bill all. .-i s tlmt tin re Is not at lh present time a le-

iritiiiiMte Mate ,tverniin-ut nor a b irally-elerte,!

Legislature in thai stale. It proride further lor

new election The bill will come up curly next week... the bill which given the iecnt.iry ol W ar lull control over Ihe inoir'i of the Mineinsippi, now in course il exravi lion or i ;--ive-tli-nt. passed . . I onsideralion ol the lit s lipt

lull was resumisl, but no iltllnite actum was tak

en III regard to It. In the House, on the Mh.the session w as sh-rt, and no business of public interest was transacted. Th-evening session waa ilcVut. lto the lull pruviding or the revision of the law and roniidertble progn as waa made,. In the Snate.on tM' (ith. the day wasalmo.t entirely devole-t to consideration ol the lUnkrupt bill. 1 he thirty-ninth section of the original law wan parsed. It Oxen the lime of forty days withinvhirh any banker, broker, merchant, trader, luaiiulrtctui'i r ir iniiit r, whi haa alopp, d or susliemled and not reauria d payment ol his coiumerrial pspei, shall .vit be niued liaiikrupt, and pnsi-nbea the lees, commissions, rh.irk'' a and allowancea, excepting Ihe actual and necessary ilislmrseiiienta ol an-1 to be mle by officers, ariitn, mrshaU, fne- nc rs, anniirncea and registers, in rnses of bankruptey. shall b rcdur d t. one-half the allowance heretolore provided tor the Justices of the .Supreme Court, W ho are lo liiske m w rules and -cguhtllon in rese ct to the law, and are empowered to consolidate ihe duties id ' register, assiino-e, iiiar-hal and clerk, and to reduce the cost ol' rhario s to Ihe end that proluitv, delay and unnrceasary exH-nae maybe avoidid. In the House, on the i;th, it Ix-ing rivatebill day, a nuiiilxT of unimportant Pills were p.,ss-d, and no buiness of public interest wjs

transai--d.

In the House, on the 7th. the session was for ib b ite only. I'oil w as in Iherhair Speech' a were made bv t ritt nd- n on the Wealth and wants

of the West ; I lark of Mis-ourl on i-Ih-hii transMirtnlion; Vanre on internal revenue; Kelli y on Ihe sue of J iv.-.rsi bonds; 1 liornhiirir on iismsilion of cIhIiih lor iiiarlerinasters' alorea; aI ol ludiuna aaainsl pnlent moniiMiliea; ll. i k Bk'Sinst tariff niomsiliea; llawley ol I omieelicut declaring tue r-adiness of New Knvlandto dsieris; w ith tariff protection ; Cos on reveuiiy tariff, and Ksnsu ron civil ruhts III the Senate, on the Hth. consideration of the bankrupt bill was resumed, the nding

amendment being that of Mr. 'I hurtnan, to ubol-i-h the ollireof Register in II inkruplcy, and auihoninir Itn- Hisinct I ourt to Iish.m- ol all suit In banruplry and to appoint a m Mcr commissioner when nece-siirv to perform Ihe duties ol

registers. Mr. Iliunnan, In advie- itimr the d iptlon of Ihe amendment, said iu effect would he lo f( really ilecriitse the cost III bankruptcy r;.es . John . tlager, Senatoi Irollil alHorni.1, w as sworn in. In the House, on the Mh, Mr. Iavves oMi rrd a concurrent resolution lor tne dxr adjournment on the .Ml, if May. Mr. Iterkrein.uked that that whs an llort In have bill rust,, ed through under pressure ot time. I .in-id-

rami- eisciinsion ensin d when the resolution Wa Una y rel, rrrd to the I ..u.Hiillce of Wava

an 1 M ana M r. smith of Uiio move I (o sus-

it to be wiihin tin" roustitutiiuiHl sWcr of I'ollgreea, b law, solo iis'ldate iclllinwice among Mulis a to piolccl Hull poilnoi ul internal commerce which la among (he bch i -I Mud a lroin all unjust or oppn esivc lolla. Uvea, oi.slnii'lions, or oiin r burdi ns, w hrilu r imp.e.1 by railroud euiiipaulea or hy c .uiiliiii.ilioiia iln teoi, or by oilier common rai I lei s; and tlial Ihe pi si nt 'i-oiuliiioii and inusnitude ol commerce ailiolU Males di liliiiid the prompt ulul Vs Is,- evercise ol thou- kvv era and iluln s. ai rie.l r i. I n; nav, ...Mr. liainlall inovid lo aiu-pen-l the rules, and udopt Ihe I .-.olul loll ih clarnig II' any lucirase ot currency sliull be directed by I o'ogress, the sunn-iiiii;hl lobe ol I lilleil tules notes, coiiiuiouly culleil greeiihacks. 1jbI )t as, i.i; niiva, ! i. lu the si nate. on the bMli, Mr. Itogy pnseiited a joint resolution of the I.i gislutuu- of M lesiiurt In regard to illegal chargi s nuele by the I'lilou PacMh' Kuilioiel oinpai'.y . Kelerred .. Mr Ing.ills iiitioibicid a tun dirt cling Ho- sitict.n yot the Interim' lo appoint a commission to locate ai.d om-ii a rnal lor military, poetul and ioiiiMiili l.il purpose across the Indian liiritor lroin the nioutli ol' tin- Main Cir-hc Uiver. in lexiis, v la r'urt obh, tort sill, uml llieWachita Agency, lo the nioutli of V iitnut Kiver, in Kansas, the said loud, liii-lmliiig a lull of e'oiinh y one an-1 a hull lliihs in bieadlli, to be ki pi opt n lor driving ami transit oi lin n hmdlse Iree linin chai j:r forever. Kelel le.l . .1 he bHi.krupt lull amended as hrrttoloiirepotted, pas a-d the M-nale h a Voteot lurlvtliree to eleven . I olisl lei. il loll was Una resumed of I tie lull authorizing the Comptroller of the Currency lo wilhuraw the national bank currency lroin stales having an eneess in circulation, and issue It to those Slates and Icrril d'ics having less than their pro)Hrllon, provided, the whole amount ol lue i-ireulalloil ho Wllhdrawn and issued shall not exceed UOojsw. Pmding ittsciiasion the Senate alj .urned. Ill the House, on the loth, tin- Army npprtpriation bill wiisiugain disciisaeil, but u action w as taken upon it . Mr. f!uller rose to personal explanation, in which be severely denounce.! newspa r proppriciom and corrcrpondeni lor publishing lalsihiMids about him V re-.. 1 ill ion waa adopted, instructing the Committer mi lUnking mid 1'urreiicy to examine into the condition ol the suspended First .National II ink of VYuehingtun at the tint of lis failure, and into Us prior Iraiiaaclions and general luoiageiiii iit, witu power to send lor persons and paiei a I n the Senate, on the 1 Ith. amen. Iiii.-iils to the joint resolution for a military court of inquiry iu the case of lien O . II. iward Were taken up and concurred in ... .A long and exciting debate arose over the bill lor the ciuali.alioii ul the currency, some aharp temarka were made by Messrs .Morton and Logan, these gentlemen accusing New Kngland of uprising anything that Would improve Hie llaancial condition ol the el an-t South Iii the Hoiie, on the Uth, Mr. Itwe. from 'he Contliiillie on Indian Affsira, resuted a lull extending to the nrst of January, the tune w it It in winch antlers on the h r..ke etrip in U-oi-sh may make pr.Mil of settlement and of p lie nt, Itie'delerred payments lo l-ar live ier c, lit. tllterest. 1'assed . Mr tiiddlligs, lroin Hie same romm.ttee, rejsirtrd a bill aiiiluriiiig the Secretary of War to construct ant operale a line of ti I graph connecting the military poela on tlie line ol the l.lo (nainle; also, a lull lor the removal of Ihe Alabama, iiuacuiia. and Muscatine Indiana from lexaa and J siu.ian to the t rees. Nation lo the Ind inn I el i it it) ; botnol which were referred .. .1 lie Anny upproprialiou I. ill waa discu,d it some leuglli, and thirty thousand dollar appropriated lor the lorl at W'llleit'a Point, M. . A iter progressing through u'icllt one-half of the bl.l llie lloii -e adjourned. Kliuharh. The ( ieriiKintow ii Trl'qrajih ha the follv itiie ";imm word lor t huharli :

Un re is large cla who are fund d

il. It I llllli'llg llie earliest ";recll 1 1 1 mi' :

and though no one classes it aiuoiiv: th' cliiiicit of horticultural gilt, in tin- a'e-strai-t. j i t mi iii coiint f it arly growth it will always ! ctii nnsl. Its carline.ss Isr-iiio- ui of it va'tiabto Jinitits, a Jil.ui- shiiubl In- M-lct ted fur it where it will s-t all the ailvautaes of arly spring; miii. Snne s-ijilc help it by putting: barn Is over the rits. '1 hi ke p out the mid ; and, as the rhtilnirh . stiuiiilati d to grow by a very little lif-at. tin-nat-ural Wiiruith ! the gT,uiu brings it up it

tin-trust la-kept out. lheti the barrel In Iji to branch it a little, and it i imt ijiiiti- - Miitr a when h ft to gmw n.iturally in it own wav. Rhubarb i piMir stullWIien

stringy, and it is the aim of o-,kI grower to have it a tiiilpya possible, l liercfori' he soil i to I- made very rii h indi--d a oimm u. Iiialiun- call liu'ke it. lien grtwn in tlti- way. even tin1 outside i tender, and it may la-cut up lor use without even Ki liiig:.as is ooneii done. Some varieties an-, however, more tender than others. There are, however, four popular kind w hii h, w hen well crown, an- all of altout eipial Value. These are the N'i.toria. I. inn. i n. Mag'iiuiii lionuiii uml 1'riiK- AlU rt. The Liniia us i thelx st know n, not lN--:ine it is any U tter than the other iiatnisl, but simply Uiaiise sotne men who hapM iied to have a lar-re sKk k f if. some Vear air", hit on the brilliant idea ofpushinjr it oil'iL the " w ine plant,' Mini thus a ileinaiid wa esai-i.illy created lor thi one. thereby eutlin' out, by this brilliant trick id' th" trade, other men who had large stocks of the other varieties. Onlv the " l.inii.i u." wa thti made thf true Pinion Pure. Kliulwirb I very raiidly increased by cuttiliy; an old "crown " to'pieei. 11 "these ar- split downward, mi a lim- with the growth of the root, every ii of p"t will "row, though it be e-j.lit" into a wore of piiHt-a; but pieces of rMit w ill not Tiy unh-s there is a Mrtion nf the "crown " with it. Tin-crow n i the upNT portion or h-af btnl. ju-t under ormiinl. If very lar;.'e to k la-desireil. tin- plant should lint be set too close. A TiMt to every four eipuro lisj-t Nenoui'li fh.it iio say, the idniit should opovv two feet from one mint In r every way. A the rhubarb is h oross, lit-di-r. if they ! put closer than this tin y w ill likiiv starve one an

other.

-. A fihirioiiH Hiscovery. Wc are Informed by an Iln'lish 'pajs r, whic h i very exultant over the lin t, th.it

"an mil iijuary, nib r a lou and painful c-

lunnation of old document, b.i discover

ed that the name of ( haui-er' inothcr was

V";nc." It i probable that ll ton;'tie

will ever la-able to tell what il load tin

t ike oll'oiir iiiind. l or year we have Isi ti haiitited by a dark and disni.tl dread that It would 'turn out that Chaucer' inotlier". name wa Mary Jane. If '.rood-

ei over us like u iii-'iiliuare : it iiaunieu

in like a ''obliti. We would wake up at

ni'dit and f.i l the cold chill mn down

ii r back :l we iimlilatcd iiimn the unut

terable horror w hieh attcnd"d the possibility of the discovery that that woman' iintne whs Mary .lain-. We h it that if it should In- found that she had that li.'ime, all the hatipiiies would Is- blotted out from our life, existence would Ih-coiiu' n burden, annihilation would be bli. .ind oriH-crie and niarki tiii"; iiseh baubles, lint her name wa Asrnc, and tiling are sen in-ii";:iiii. That i. they lire partially serene; wi-cannot Im-entirely happy until some otherniiiiii' iry n-certains II Chaucer's maiden aunt had :t wart on her nose. Clear this up, and the world will iinloner he a olooiny rison for in.

A Kcjdilf lit Home In u Voting l.adj's

Stoinacli. Tbe N'ashv ille Jlnuii-r say : Tln re i ;i yoinio; lady liviu-r wiihin a tui'e and aipurier of ( hi isti.uia, w ho i. alllicted a sinnlal'ly li wu.s Ihe celebrated Miss (Jod-ey, the Iei pin Ih-.nity." For four year past -lie ha la-en Mtllciiii"; with violent l.iititiii' spell, tb;it conie on periodically, and are pt'iKlueed by flu- stiaiivdin c;iu.ed by some kind of reptile w hieh i-mics up into her throat. Mm is clinked to sin-h an extent III it lur IIIII-cli'S ls eiiliu- 1'il'id. her extrcinitii's cold, the pupils of her ey e diI. di d, ami the skin break on In r hands and 1. n e. and she is. jo all other liarticii-

i lar, thoroughly convulsed. .s,o j, rnlv i relieved by the reptile itself Is in', a It Is j thought, partially choked, vv ithilr.ivviii"; it

self into tin- stom.u li. The reptile ha. at previous times Im-i ti si-en by ilillei'ctit jH rsotis. (n one occasion a'Meiliodist preacher w as vi-it'ni at the home ot her parent, when she wu sci.cd w ith one of the usual attack, and the parasitical object even fame out ot lu r nioulli and wa ora-ped by Mn- miiii-ti r. llein of a very superstition turn ol mind she bad conceived the iili-a that its doth wa. lu r death, and n fii-cd to have it moved, although that could at that time have Ih-cii easily accotiipli-hcd. Tin- luinister avowed that the reptiv felt as cold and clammy as any itln r iiiike. but that it nth-red no particular resistance when he clutched it with hi hand. When it n 1 1. 1.it aipearatitv outside flu-nioutli il curli-d it head ral her tuiiicr tin-t hin.' but when loo.c went immediately down the younv lady' thro;.t apiiii. ft fnUciitly comes up into the nioutli. mi l the yoiino; ladysays that wheticvi r it diH-s so it appears to lick the roof of her mouth with it. horrible toiicftie. and then recedes a'.iin. A neicfhltofin 'hvii iati has been att lu r duri::- the fcri.)d t !' h. r 2i..!i Misitioti. and has Imcii tn aiinx' her lor taa--wollil. la lieviny that to la- Ihe trim malady. The luploin an-, however, entirely ilillerciit iroin tho' produced by t.ipiworiii. The o-irl still continues nbut instead of la-in cmai iati l. and tluappctile. instead of la-iii"; I'aVi noit. is licklc. at tiine scarcely t.ikii'V' any food, W bile at olhcr tinics she ha :i very o, iipH ti:e. The strongest tape-wol iii rentedies were u-sed. but vv il In mt anv ll'ei t whatever, and her physician. thinkin; the ca-e boM'les... ae it iiji it slurl time upt, when two others wen-calli il hi. who are tisinej everv mean in their power to cfh-ct a enre, w i'li w hat re-nlt Tet!!::i:i to he seen. The first step to I- taken wa to tliabue her mind of the Hiicriition. that had taken possession of it ill li zard to In r tiillictioii. iie h.'i i-otiseiiti d at l.i-t to allow the monster to la- removed, if inisible, and destroy i-d. a he i now cmi-vim-cd lu r life ie!-iid ujioiiit. Thephvsician in attciidanci-are anxiously aw.utitio an opportunity to lb 1 1 a removal, and are keeping constant watch fur the ap-Js-aran.i' o the reptile. Alcohol ha already la-en pn p in d for its n-coptiiin. so that, w In n it shall In- di placed, so str.inoe a pheiiotni iio!i may Ipreserved. 1 he reptile, so f ir lis h i Im i II iieert.iiucd. i. alHiiit half an 'un h i.i iliaincter, of a dark color, vv itii a sort of hairy nutincf. but no one is capable ol judin of it. lenvrth. It has m-vcr l eii o cloi ly nthtiniei hy any one a- to tell w In tin r it ha eye, but, thai, we la lieve i. hardly mi.sib'ie. All that i jet know n of it is that it fteijllel tl V conic. Up into the III' nit II. I In 'k- ; - .1 . - I 1.1 i t . :i i

' nix i "e j;iri anu i n rovv in hit into ierri;u-' ! convulioii. It i attracting universal at

tention alHiiit ( liri-T i.iti.i. and all the monso liocauso ln-r lib- h.i lain si rimi-l v threat lied by tin- peculiar movement i f tlu reptile. . -4 Tiik San I'ranci-co T.ul Ul'm say s tln re are two or three tlnui-aml outlaw s in the inoiintain of Califortiia. who live bv rotsUrv and violence. They oieasionally make a raid on some villae and -trip it of valuable. Tin y are juiti secure from arrest in their mountain fa-tnee.c..

THE MARKETS.

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