Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 April 1879 — Page 2

WEEKLYOOUBIE& JASWO, - - - INDIANA.

CURRENT NEWS. The DcaMcratU Ssaaterml Caucus, ob the 3hl, formally decided to retaia permanently H ef the ywint omosrsof the Senate. Asw! these are Capt. Imm Bt, A4tnt Doorkeeper, mhI the venerable Wm. John (welt known m keeper of the main deer ef tee S carte Chamber), berth l whom have 1mm n the service ef tbe Senate years or mere; awl ate Amxl Smith, Superintendent ef the Document Hoot, together wttk two of the Acting Aiaiotant Doorkeepers who are cripplsd Union soMlcrs. It wa alm agreed that changes hi the force ef the elerieal employees shalt he gradually made during the Bfcsowt math is such a manner as te avoid iazeavealeeee m mueh at poihle. Th Soaate bee eeaf rmed the nomination ef Prof. Andrew D. White of KewYerk as Minister te Germany; Consenue A. Logan ef Illinois as Minister te Central America; alee, A. B. Xertoa, UrH4 States Marsha far the Nerthera District ef Texa, and Jeffersea P. Kidder, Associate Justice Supreme Court, Dakota. The President has nominated Davkl T. Cerbin ef South Carolina for Chief -Justice Supreme Court, Uuh, aad Thee. II. Wadsworth el Illinois fee Reeeiver of PuhHe Moneys at La Mesllla, New Mexico. Prof. C V. Riley, late eatomologi-t of the Department of Agriculture, says the cause ef hie resignation was aa unwillingness to iaear further risk of heist; treated d i-courteously whenever he made any suggestions lor the bene! t of this division. The members of the National Beard of MeaHh hare agreed to recommend t .tl etabtkMae; a rigid quarantine, fore'pa aad lamed, aad authorizing its enforcement by Federal authority. It is recommended that at river titles aad other polite where the epidemic prevails the met rigid surveillance e vete be enforced. The Seat hern Senators aad Representatives it is Mid will insist upon legielatiea oa the yellow fever aad eholera epidemics before the preheat aetcioa adjourns. Prof. Cyras Taenia of Illinois has beta teadorad the positics of Entomclcgfet of the Department of Agriculture, made vaeaat by the reotfaatiea of Prof. Riley, but he has declined the appointment. The erganizatlea of the Natieaal Immigration Aid Society, having for Hs bjtettbe rogulatica of immigration from the South te the West, hM heea further perfected by the ohoiee of a Natieaal Executive Committee, eeaeleting of Senator Window, Ir widest; Seaators llamlin, Che adleraad Teller; Representatives Garield, Chsrtee G. Wii"HaaM aad Jorgeaeea, aad a number of other geaUeaMa. Prof. R. T. Grteaer k SeereThe PresWeat has aeaiiaated J. TL Hoilewell for U. S. Attorney, Kansas, aad Arthur L. Thomas of Peaasylvaaie, Seeretarr of Utah Territory. The Seeretoryof the Treasury nee frraed the ataety-'fxtk eaH for the redeaptiea of beads of IMS. The beads celled eoaiarise the entire aatouat eatetaadineof tboe jetusd under the act of March 3, known as ooasols of ms, aad are the last ef the linked Stotoa5-a0boad. j The Commercial riBtiar-oBlee at Davk Cky, Decatur County, Iowa, was burned oa the Bight ef the 30th ult. by iBceadlaries. Oa the following day two men, Irving Tucker, a notoriously had character, ami one named Tartar, were seized by a mob, aad Tucker hanged. Tartar was rescued and placed in Jail. A bagnio, kept by Martha MeClair, was visited by the mob, tbe buildtag torn down aad contents destroyed, A special te the Galveston Xew, from I Tort GrhSn, ays that oa tbe Bight of the' 39th uH. nine disguised aad armed men took i BossewioB of Hamburg's More, on Tepee Creek, near Staked Plam,eovering the clerks J aad others with pistols until they robbed the j store of all the money, arms and ammual-' tie. They then attacked the eamp of a party ea route to LeadvHlet takiagtbem by aurprSee, aad shooting Mr. AadcrHm, who attempted radsUnec. They took about ?rX)i aad ail tbe live htoek of the party. After i leaving tbe rkaaity they weat te Blanco Canyon, robbed the store of Conrad Roth of i $IM$ worth of arovhiloBfl. arm. u TWv ' are heMeved to be the notorious Reeve. gang from Lincoln County, N. M. The rangers are la pursuit of the outlaws. The Iewa Democratic State Ceaveatiea WBl he called te meet at Council SluCi oa May 21. The LeuitTille, Nashville aad Southern Hallway Company ban obtained fosee-ion, by tbe purchase of securities, ef the Southera DivieietM ef the Southeastern Railroad, running from Evaasviik, lad., to NahviHe, Tena. The two lines have hitherto beea rua la sharp competition. Waker Watsoa was haaged at Newport, lad., oa the Sd.fer the murder of Ezra Comptoa in January last. Or. Hearv Mever aad Mm. Ilnrr r:. i. densMa are under arrest in Chleago, charged wRh murder. Some time ago Meyer's wife and Mr. Geldermaa's hufhead both died quite Middealy, and under eircumstanee which, taken la esmeetion wRh the kUbsefpent conduct ef the surviving huebsnd and wKv were deemed tmptdeus. The bodies of the two iteeeaeed were aeeordingry exhnmed aad both shewed uamittakaek traces of polfoalag. Wmfem Harris died m LouhnilJe, Ky., on thcSM, frtm a wmctMir fcij, supposed to have reeuHed from executive fatigue aad echassHlon following a six days' pedetrhm eenteot hi which he came out a eJoc seeond. A committee of prominent itver men, appeotcd by the recent Oaetaaotl Rrrer ConveatCMteesaasme mto Ceptaea Cowdea's " V!?r fc llwre, moke a repe rticmmiBMuc, the aeepweaf the

pleas protean by Caatota Cewdeafor the reoieaiatlna of ever wowed leads la the "Mis-

ulttlppl VaHef.oC artiaeM outlota for the water at various points alea the Hae of the Mintislppl River. They further reeoaiasoadtaat a eenveatlsn be hehl at St. Leuis aad aa exeurtiea awde to New Orleaae by at easier, aad that all Senator, members of CoMrrose aad others iatemted li eheap traasportaUea be invited to attend. The eoaunHtee aWe indorse the resoliitions poMed by the Xew Orieeae CeaiaiereMl Coeveatioa kwt Deeeatber, aal rspeet fully reauestthe Geveraon of the several Mates bordering oa the Xisieippi River to appoint eoatwiiiionera oa behalf of their repeetire States, beHevies; that thereby a perawaoat fountain head will be establiehed, from which such rpeekl iafonaation may be disseminated ss wlH eventually raretheaeeeaiplbhmentot the deeired end. The bueiaets bloek loun4ed bv Fifth Street, Washington Aveaue, St. Charles Hreet and Pourth Street. St. Louli. wapartially destroyed by ire e the night of tae-lth. During the eonaagratioa two gal mat framea, Billy Ruetz aad Fred Nitron, wore killed by falling wal. Mr. George

W. Farrant, aged 2!, a member of the St. 1 Bonaparte proceeded to bngland, where fcer Louis National Guards, -was a loo killed son, Jerome Bonaparte, wa born. The latwhlk) trying to save setue of the company's ter died in i860. Mme. Bonaparte made property la the Armory, the roar nf I several efforts t 'lire tbe recognition ef which was oa Mre. The occupants ' herself and son by the French Government, of the 'wilding destroyed were Apple- but never succeeded, although an Imperial tea, X .yes & Maude, wholesale boots Council in 1852 decided that the oa might

aad bee (is hands of assumee) : L. M. Hamilton & Co., wholesale piece goods Mack & Co., wholesale clothiers; Jacobs Brothers & Hoffman, wholesale jeans and etetbing; Dodd, Brown A Co. (goods on storage); Altheimer & White, wholesale hate aad caps: Miller, Graat & Co., retail Mees aad faaey gefeds, besides a number of other smaller dealer?, occupying More on Fourth Street and Washington Avenue. The total lose is not far from $500,W0; Insurance probably about $M0,OX. ; The Southern Padnc Kailnwd of Arizona will be opened May 1 to Marlccpa, A. T., 50 mk ea-t of Yuma, the irestit tiriBir.n. The trial of Tern Buford for the murder ef Judge Elliott of the Kentucky Court of Appeals ha been set for April 2$, a epeetal term of the Criminal Court having been called for that purpose. John Couover ami Frank Stewart were killed aad Jake Corbin dangereu!ly injured by the explosion of a jaw-mill boiler at Jefforsonvftle, Ind., on the 4th. It is authoritatively announced that the German Mi--km was tendered to and declined by Whitelaw Reid of the New York Tribune in December last. Three bey, named Kelly, Gilbert ami Smith, were drowned in the river at WellsHle, O., on the 4th, by the upsetting ef a ' ' " skhf. The Americaa ship Laaea$ter, htden with 1,708 bales of eottoa, was burned oa Galveston oa tbe 4th. A total Ism. Simon Sevarne aad Willie Hughes, the letter aged ealy 18, were killed by the explefrica of a saw-mill boiler at Lima, O., on the 3d. The jury in the ease of Warren Tate, who i killed William Love in the Ourt-beuee at i ' IndiMasolU la Sontaabor kurf. r.ard . . . . .

verdict of not guilty. " j Lockermouth, England, has committed suiA band of IndUas, supposed to be strag-, SM5' , gliag Stoux and Ores Ventres from theK J"st'B ,McCarth"' tk,e ";nile eandlNorth.are raiding he Yeewtone Valley, fate b ,hn, rKUVRvd teParliameat from

ptnriag etoek aad driving the settlers into the military posts. Troops have beea sent out from Forts Custer aad Keegh. A man Bil Rlaad. wka 1ai1 ctnln . horses from near Fort Seott. K.nsa,. and

lied to Goliad County, Texas, was recently f ed ob the third volume of " Kritische eaptHred there by a pursuing oalcer, aided , Philosophic," committed Mikrkle atESsenby a posse of citizens, and lodged in jail. ratH from over study. Subsequently the vigitantes took posfesion 1 A dkpateh from Berlin says that Burnerof tbe culprit and hanged him to a tree. " arrests of students suspected of Social - At Davenport, Iowa, oa the night of the . IsH have been made. 4th, Harry C Watt, keeper of a cigar store, A dispatch from Cape Tewn, March 19, aad Ms wife's sister, Louisa Filter, both , -ys that Oham, Cetewaye's brother, with committed suicide by drinking pruMie acid, his eldest son aad 9M warrior?, surrendered Watt left a letter to his wife, acknowledging j unconditionally and are bow in Col. Wood's that he had illicitly loved Louisa, and that eamp. Oham is supposed to be an a pi ran they bad mutually agreed to end their lives ior Cetawayo's throne, simultaneously. Some months ago, Watt,, The English troops ia Zululand have met while handling a revolver, bot his wife in with additional disasters, and it is feared the breast, nearly killing htr. It was then the wort i not yet known. Col. Pearn's supposed that the shooting wa accidental, ' command, which had been for seme weeks

out it w bow supectou that e Intended to take her life in order that he might marry' her frte4er. Tl;e Michigan State election, held on the Tth, reunited in the election of Campbell as Justice of the Supreme Court, and G reive ner and Shearer w K?&t of the University, all Republicans, over the Demo cratic and Greenback coalition ticket, by a i majority of about 2,500.

At Giiord, Iowa, a small station on the Derby to Luncburg, escorted by 101 m of Central Railroad, John Bell, station ngrnt, , the Eighth Itegiment, was jti.pried on the It yesn fdd, deliberately $hot MIm Itebldns, j River latorabea, and only 15 escaped hk lady friend, through the heart twice, slaughter. The dead aad mining comprise thntenphed the nllroademeiakte send I Captain Meriarity and 40 men. Twenty another operator up as he was going to kill wagon loncis of supplies were !ot. Col himself. Shortly after he red two shots In- Teamen's situation was considered tlestohh abdomen and lay down to die. The perate, ami it is probable ere this that his girl wot the wt estimable daughter of a whole eommshd has beea slaughtered.

prominent mereaanu .Jealousy being the The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Compaay has made arrangements with a fyndleate ec eapUalMs for the Capital ne5ary J,eliHS IT V? Le4vl,k? d9H'n li ? . Ss" JUaB i O'Uary hes challenged all comer to a 75 hours walk for a ehamplon belt and other prizes at the Chkago LxpeHkn Rulldlng, eomcncfng May 28. Jaeb,RcptiblIean,h been elected Mayor of Cincinnati by about l,m majority. Frank Nevlns, Spring Held (III.) correondent of the Chicago Tribune, has been

committed te the Otnty Jail for contempt very ordinary discretion of n corps comof the Hotiw;, In reful to answer queetlons wamkr, and that it wa hU plain duty to m regardtne: the source of hb informatloa for cxercl-e It. Gin. Porter ii entirely t-xoncr-certala dfpatehes for that paper. ) ated ly the report, ami tlw ltanl says that The Pope has declined to receive Arch-, several of the witnewx, upon whose tc&tibfcdmp PureeM's re4gnatha, ea account of , wony he wtw eonvktctl, delilK-rately made Ms leas; service to the Church. He hs . falM: statemcats te ireudiee thcxaAe agahikt

neea awtaoncsa to select a coadjutor, with the rijrht of iweeseiOH to the .Sec of dnefnMti. KT A3fl SOtrTKKAST. The Ktiode Island HUM eteetioB, held en the Uf reeuKed la the weetfea f Vaa Zaadt,

Kopublleaa, for Govemor. The total vote S,M; Greeabaok aad seat tor lag, 377. A severe tornado pasted over Brewa Summit X. C, oa the M. Several houses wore blown eewB, itaKsrint; the f uraHure broadoast. One bey was killed aad away seri-' ously injurotl by foHtot; timbers. Trees aad feaees were prostrated and great damage The venerable Madame Elizabeth Pattersea Xeaaparte, widow f Jerome Koaaparte, yoiiRRfst brother of the Kmperer Xapoleon died at her home in Baltimore on the eth, aged W. Her marries; took plaoe la when the young Reuaparte was on a vik to this country, helping at that time 1 and he 18 years of age. The Kaperor refuel to ree&iCHize the marriage, ami forbade tbe young wife to enter Frauee. Her husband left her at LWh, Portugal, and proceeded to Paris for the purpose of making aa effort

to el conciliate the KmiHTor, but failin liU minion, and nnally weakly gave in to the Emperer'rf ambitious project and wedded the, Prineess Fre1eriea Catherine, daughter of the King of Wlrtemberg. The American Madame bear the name of Bonaparte. He lived some time In France, and received a handsome allowance from his father. A destructive Mre occurred in Philadelphia on th'i morning of the ttb, the property destroyed being several large business buildings on the square partially bounded by Brown, Itace and Fourth Streets. The total lee is about $750,600. Albert Fruh was killed and several others Injured by falling X-ORKirjN. It is .aid that the KnzlUa Government his made preparations for placing Wall Mohammed, a cousin of the late Ameer, oh the Afghan throne, in place of Yakoob Khan. It appear that Wall Mohammed has alw:ty proven Bimelf a friend of the English, and after learning of the death of Shere All, he left Cabul and patted over into the Knglbh camp. A quadron of the Tenth (I!ritish)Huar6 wa& swept away by the current while crowing Cabul Itlver, near Elcmalabade, India, on the SIst ef March. A Lieutenant and 40 men were drowned. A tribe of the Afrides recently captured, on the road frem Peshawar to Jelialabad, 700 English soldiers, who were ransomed for , V7 Vl "'T " ,'A , Afrides occupy the territory south of Ivhyber ' Pa.), the center of their district being only 2S miles distant frem 1'eshawar. i Peru and ISolivIa hve concitided an ofenUive and defensive alliance and both couni trie have declared war aealat Chili. The British under Capt. Gouglt have defcated 5,000 Afghan, killing 400. The Brit-l-n ioh was three omcers anu tares men killed and 31 wounded. T Vt - m M I m ' Js lefcner, jiemoer oi x ar lament lor J 1loru' The annual boat race between the Oxford ! aad Cambridge University crews was won ' v . i. n t . r . oj ih uiavrrajce iey$. Prof. Goering of Leipsic,who has beea beleaguered at Ekowe, and was nrebablr en the verge of starvation, made a desperate , attempt to cut its way through the Arricin , forces by which it was surrounded. Tbe (Zulus attack' 1 the Krtle party with great vigor and ferocity, killing the lartf.fr Bumbcr of them ami drhlng the rc.it !acK to kkowe. About the same time a caavoy of supplies Intended for the beleaguered command, proceeding from eKXKRAI,. Theboardof omettanndafitA,tB Into tbe evidence upon which Gen. ritz John ; Porter waa cendemBed by a miliiarv court 1 Marthl-tbe charge bemir of not "having i vcd his command on the night ef August , 1M2, In ollience to an wder from Gen. I poixj-repott that It was a manifest phyMeal Imbllity te march oyer that road that night; that nothing would have leen gained by the attempt, ami that it would have been wl-r If Gen. Porter had delayed the attempt Mill longer than he did: that he exercised the t.t.., jnisii The United States steamer Plymouth, which sailed frem Boston, March U, fer a cm fens to the West Indies, has returned, the yettsw fever having broken out when JWO miles southcMt of RcrmHea. Kgan, the boat wain, Hied ef the disease. The ship

from the West Indies kstautuma

wkh yoHew fever, and k was thought that fumigatiea aad the frot-ts of a Nertkom winter had destroyed all geraw of the dts- . 1L aa J theaetor,.0 to be wd in the pr execution of Currie, who killed Ren. Porter at Marshall, Texas. Suberiptioas for 4-par-eent. beads to the amaunt of nearly $W,WK),XW were reeeived at the Treaeury Uepartmeat recently in a single day (Aprilt), In respoase to aa advertisement of the Department, offering for I riruke TutadlaT. The ' Xew York Bank of Commerce took .fW.OOO,o, vi r-, v-.u4i H.ir cia (Krtjum. ami

tee'centinental National Uank BWm&S! It is understood that thee subscriptions rIJL1..,..

.,L (b th IntarMt of rtln tvnill. oate, and that a considerable jwrtlon of the bonds will go to Europe. C0X0KESSI0XAL I,KEEDIX6S. In the Senate, en the 3d, various bills were ' introduced, tmnnK them one by Mr. Harris (I)., Tenn.), provMIng for a treat' with Mex- ' too. Mr. Hoar's losoliiHon condemning a I niitfomrtitattottMl and revolutionary the Dem , ocrntic programme of legistHtiOH wax laid oh th tnble by a vote ot 36 to 90 a jwrty vote. ' Mr. Blaine (K.. Me.) atd at a future time the , ltpiibllcaH would ask for h dlrvct vote on the rtfKOlutton. Mr. Sanlsbury (l., Del.) nub mlttd th majority report agitiii'H the ad- ' Milton of Mr. Kwl as Senator from New I 1 1 am rM ii ire on appointment oi tne iiivwnnr. ' Mr. Hoar (K., Mass.) prescntod tbe views of the minority of the committee in favor of ail- , mtttini; Mr. Boll, ttlgnctl by hitneelf . Cameron " (K.. Wit.), and Itigalh (It., Khh ). Tito Senate then went Into executive m-1oh, rhiI, wlten . tlw iloors were reopened, adjourned In the llooMf. an effort wae maocbyMr ,Swrki i (I)., 111.) to tlx a time tor closing thodbat! on the Army Appropriation bill, but objection wan made on botlt lle and the t-(H-Hker xhvu it as ms cxK-rtrnco thHt an un Mr. Williams lit., vvin.) then tiok in minot.iton to the bill , h wax tolktweit by Mr.Towitoaead (i., HI.), ho by Mr. Calkin (It , Ind I. ami then by Mr. Herbert (I Ata.), Mr, ItiNior (I)..Ky). Mr lluckner (I).. Mo.), and Mr. wtiK; (K.,I;t.). The Committee then arowj ami the itoue adjouraetl. In tbe Senate, on the 3d, the report of the Committee on Privilege! and Kloctlonson the credentials of Charles H.Hell.apiKiiHted by the tiovenwir Senator from JCew Hamjwhire, wh taken up and Mr. Hoar (K.. Mn4.) argued in favor ot aihnhttnx Mr. H.-ll, Miying ihero an unbroken line of treceleni for wi doing. Mr. VoorlHK't (IK, Iml.) Intrmlaeed a bill to authorise the Presiilent V appoint Jm Sbii'Mf a Itrigadkr UenerHl ot the Army. Mr. Cockrell (O., Mo.) pre-eniel a memorial from the Mif sHirt lgbiatum a-k-Ingtiiu iagonf an act grutning )xnioR4 to Mirvivom ot tlie Mexican War. After an executive bekntlie Benito al)ournedttU Momlav In tlwi llous., the detmto on the Army Appropriation Mil was continued Mr. Knott (t.. Ky.) led of. followed bv Mr. Honk IK., Teirn.), and then Mr. Itlackbnrn (!.. Ky.), wedby Mr. Kobeson (K., N.'j.j and The Senate waa not in session on the 4th. The debate on tbe Army Mil was contln- , ned In tbe lloae, Mr. Singleton (I)., ill.) opening. He was followed by Mr. Weaver (G.-D., la,), who rahHMl a laugh by deecribtitK how two political parties, after waging a ' Wrtcr part1an war daring too week, met together every Saturday and voted like I brothers to carry over the semtkH: till Tuwday. m as to prevent tin? partv of tlieCen J , ter" from Introducing measuie; of Nnandal 1 renet. tie xavoreu tne uemocrattc amemlmcnts to tbe bill, as did alo Mr. De la Matyr (t., Ind.). Mr. Jones (G.D., Texas) on an appropriatioM bill. Mr. Hawiey (K.. SS. raMl?-". .j their favor. Mr. Gariteid fK.. o.i i...ie

further remarks, in wiich be cxpreed his words, let the air be dry and clear, bat wUltsgnetH to help tbe Democrat to wipe tt,!a 4t-i tfni,i m1. tnmthesttut! books the law antbortaing . Kms w.BOt Btial. Hold J our melalthenscot the army at the polls, but i-aid a be surface at right angles to the direcbm for that parposo should be intndticeH in 'tion of the wind i.e.. if the wind is the regular manner. Tin? committee then Vm i ! i . ro-e. and the House onlered all debate on th , north, hold your surface east and west, wn etoei to morrow (Saturday) at i;:3o p. but instead of holding the surface vertim., alter which it adjourned. Cal, incline it about forty-five degrees The Senate was not in session on the Mh. to the horiaoa, so that the wind stnUng ......in the Hotise, the debate on the Army glancea aad flows over the edge (keepkin and amendment was continaed, and a jt straight) as water over a dam. vote being anally taken the bill itase4lyeai v-xL. ,i, IIS. nays lii. Allot the Greeubnckeni. with Kht carefnlly over the edge at . k. ... , Uau. . I I . . .... fc. ..... 4 m ,1 ft mm . i .kln.

uemoeram in me amraiauve. a ido tion ut adioorn to Tuesday was then made anu carried yeas 1.M, wavs W, Tn (reenbackers, with theeiceptkmof Mr. ltar tow t.) vottt in tneitcgfttu-p, a-i uiu uuo a number of Democrats. (Thi clfeet of ml-Jouniliitfovi-r .MomUy i to prevent the 1btroductton of all ivew htlld.) In the Senate, ea the Tth, bilk te repeal' the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad xraiit end for tlMj relief of the Central Branch Talon PaciHc lUilroed Company were introduced. Tho Any Apprtjpriation GUI, received Imm the Homsk;, whh relerred n the Committee on Appropriations .There was no Msiion ot tne Houe. In the Senate, on the Sth, the Army Appro priation bill wm reported without amend mentii. Mr.lilaltie (P , Me.) gave notice of sui atiiemlme.t.t making it a penal ogen, pun l.lmlile wtn 11 ne ami itMpritmimeHt, for any military, naval or civil orticer, or anv other person, except for the Jrpoe- named In the bill, to apwar armed with a deadly wrapon of any decripthtt within a milo ot auy)Mdling piaef; Wtierw a general or special elect i"H for Kepre-entatlve to L'onre4 U lieloic hdd. ' Tho Mee-l'reldent apprnnted on tbe Committee to Investigate the AlTalni of the -rrecdmen'M Savmxa and Trant Com-h pny Messrs. IJrucs (K., Mis.). Cam-1 errm Km, WM.), Gordon (!., Ga.), Hithers (l., tt. and Garland (!., Ark,), Mr. Mayard (IK, Del.) introducetl a bill retteallnK the act invncd In iirovhllnir for tet oaths and dlmiialiacation of Juinrs in Conm ot the United Hate, and nked hnh1oh eofwent topnt tlielnll on H pas-age wltboat referriRK it to any committee. Mr. Kilmendt (K., Vt.) eldce!, and tho bill was referred to the Commltt- on .Itullelary. ConMeratlonof tlte.Vew HamuMhire Sena, torlal ea!wnHtlteH re-Hmel, and after do bate tho M'Hhki ail)iiiriel without action.... In tlie lloune. the U-gislalive bill was taken up In Commltieeof the Whole and muiic (W pattc dbpoid of before adjournment. , inat It is generally supposed a peculiar plant. anu can oniy oe grown in 5t, dames 1 ft mL in 5t, dames Mm,, m i a(B, loutsiana. i im is a mtswiKe. It te merely subjected to a peculiar treat-1 meat. While tbe plant is growing the smaller leaves near the top are stripped - on, anu tne lower leaves muun a pro digious size in consequence. These are then taken and pressed for some weeks without being allowed to dry thorough ly, rerique is largely ueeu in tne manufacture of cigarettee. An exchange says : " You can't advertise enough in a week to last a whole jear, aay more than yon can eat enough ia seven days to last 365, and yet some so-calletL business men aad boardiBghouee keepers seem to think so."

A Heealj Pslat af PrMNaelatiea. At a wedding la South Carolina last ajoa4h aa iaahtewt oeourroU aptly m. kraciag wwial life in the Unked Sutea. The bridagroon, who belonged to tbe ft rat Soutbarn fanilnM,1' took uxoep. tion to the phraseology of the officiating otergjmaa aud remarked,, You should n t nay those una whom the Lord hath lined together, bat theui una n

1 The preacher, who prided himself upon the " high-toned" quality of kU lan guage, quietly dropped Mis hand into i ; " You gt paddWa , your own ca. , . 25SSf i y?S5ff hi . K18 mm " J- . runln' this tea "S" v- - a mo. tioa toward his hip, but before he could draw the minister fired from hut pocket and the young man fell daad at his feet. Instantly the whole church was filled ' with blazing pistols. In I&m than five second the only persoa left alive was the bride, who had ducked behind tbe pulpit early in the action. Toe half, married female gazed musingly around t aad remarked aa aha started for home: "Theee self-cocking revolvers is playing the mischief round hare, and that'sa fact!" English Paper. The Heart-hrekea Merchant. Tbe shrewdness and business capacity that have made tbe Yankee the first of traders and promise to turn this conntry into the workshop of the world, received a striking and happy illustration the other day. The scene was here, about, the characters a ris'tne vounc . merchant and a pretty woman. lie had an atiection for tier, sue a liking for him, so they became betrothed. After a time she found out that she didn't love him well enough to marry him, and the match was broken off. It was a severe blow, and he staggered under it; Irat be fought well for himself, protested that his lift) was ruined, asked if she could not learn to love him, and in all ways did the proper thing. She was immovable, however, and he sadly and reluctantly took his loave. While his eyes were fall of gathering tears he bade his faltering farewells, then closed tbe door upon bis hopes. A moment later he opened it,stepped back into the room, and with tears in his voice, brokenly ninrmured, I hope this will make no difference about your coming to the - M q whh us? Ishall be happy to give tbe usual discount. Our stock is large and varied, our aim to please." And tbe door shut finally,, leaving him alone in his grief. Portland (Me ) Iress. Hew te See the Wlad. Take a polished oetallic surface of two feet or more, with a straight edge a large naau-saw will ass war tbe pur- ! pose. Take a windy day. whether hot or cold, cler or cloudy, only let It not rata or the atr be murky; in other and you will see the air flows over as water Hows over a dam. Make vour j - ., j I water Hows over a dam. ' observations carefully, and you will hardly fail to see the air, no matter bowcold ; the reeult is even better if hen the sun is obscured. Thk School Board of Des Moines, fowa, ban prohibited rope-skipping by the pupils of the public schools on the school-grounds, on the plea of danger to health and life, a young girl having lost her life by over-exertion in that sport. THE MARKETS. NKW YORK. April S, 1879. BKKviss attvo steers SHEKP-CommontoOhotee. &.60 t;.r HOGS Live 1.10 COTTOX-Mlddlln .... m 3.SS l.HS'W 41 lih 4Je 1.11 V lata.v PU)UK-Gnod to WHhAT Xo. 2 Ked. COKN-UHKrudetl 0.vTSWetrn Mixed. 31K IORK New Mess Mi ' HT. LOUIS. j COTTON Middling HKKVliS-Choiee to Paney.. 10V s.c 4.! 4i0 40 4.'.1 a.25 4.s l.(f Uf 4.75 11.P0 10.71 21 h. 4.86 Goodto Prime.... 4.M I Nativo Cowa XW 1 Texan Steers 3.1M ' HOGS-PackliHt 3.M 1 BIIKKP-Nattve 3,'JS fLtJUK-Cltofee 6.M 1 T XX 4 W VVIIKAT-Red WIntor. So. 2 l.at Red Winter. No. 3 l.TO CORK NO. S Mixed OAT&NO 2oeceeoeccco KVK-No. 2 TIMOrilV SKKIIPrime.... A. 1.15 l.0 4.t 10.'i5 3S 10M TOBACCO lhrk I.tum. New. ' Modlttat Dark Leaf HAV ;iwice Timothy HUTTKR-Cholce Dairy t? I". ...I. i K " vvooi. i a nn 'ij-tn.fTiaci.aii tin cttttt ti s -Tub washed, Choice Unwashed Mixed... S1K CHICAGO. I1KKVK5 Comw'H to Choice 0 m , HOG9 commonto Gftoien.. 1 SHEKI Common to Choice 3.70 41' 4,70 bJif) ii, T'W 21 41 S 10.33 1i.!S FIX)UK-WHIW Winter 4.36 Spring Extroe S.S0 , WIIKAT-SjHmt No. S, lkg. SJ " No.S, Iteg. TO CORX-Fresh XI OATS No, , Rtgular...... 21 I-ORK-New Mes N'KW ORLKAX8. PIltJR-Chotee Family .TS CO KN-Whim 4SX OAT8-t.lXHls.. lIAV-ChfHce.., MJW I0RK-New Mess..,,. UM HACOK W UirtON-Mlddllng . uft'.