Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 22, Number 23, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 May 1880 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

iO. IXaAXK, hMWwr. JAlPKR, 1XDTAXA,. TOPICS OF THE DAT. News from Everywhere. rltOXAT.i AND POLITICAL. The Florid RepabKoaa State ConmliM MrwHiNt Ms dologatloa to Chicago to vote a a unit for Gee. Grant. Ex-St'ATOR Chkisti ahoy, Minister fteFsra, kesbeguaiH-eesedlegs for divaree ta tke Washington eeurts. Aerew-blll will be tnmiedietely tied by defeadeat'a attermsyi. Thr Urittek Admiralty have about jivea up an hopes that the trakdag ship AteJeata is still aaeat. The Florid Repablioaa State CotiTiitln nemlaeted 8. B. Ceeever for Govner mhI Gta. W. M. LedwRh for Lleutea-smt-Severner. The House Ways aad Mnh Comanmeekave voted to Xarer adjournment cm JlajM. The President has signed tke Consmkr mm Dpoitks Appropriation bill and Mm MM for tke relief of seUiers ea public The Africa M. E. Church Conferi kae elected w Bishop tke Revs, n. M. Tuner, of Georgia; W. T. -Diekerson, of XewYerk, aad R. II. Caia, of Xertk CaroBok. Wm. Huxtkr, AseieUat Secre tary of State at Washington, was stricken by apootoxy oa the lfttk aad it was tkeught he ala aot mover. Tkk PorU a mi (He.) Jdwcrtoer pubMooes a interview with Hob. E. B. Wasuwae, of Illinois, or a visit to his brother Ja tkot Stale, in which tke former k reported m saying that he will notl a candidate for President under any circumstances ; that ttk for Gnat first, but ami all tke time; amdthet ke repudiates all combinations witk lOtkir eaadklatos. Chikf-Justice Sartord E. Church, mt the Xew York Court of Appeals, died of peplexy ea tee ltb, at kis kerne la Albioa, Orleeae Couaty. Postmaster Jambs, of New York CKy, wHI net aeeopt tke posrtieu of Post-msaster-Geeerai, wkiek H is understood has keen offored kirn by President Hayes. N. G. Ordtat, of 'New Hampshire, m keoa aomiaated for Governor of Dakota Territory. Mr. Ordwaywaa formerly Ser-t-at-Anes ef tke House of KepreseaOOMMERGB AXD TNDVSTRY. The DeaTer aasl Rk) Grande Railroad 4a new epea for Vaslaess to Seatk Arkansas, edxty atHes weet of Carson City and forty aHti freai Leadvltte. Tke read wfilbeeonyletsd to Leadvltte before July 1. The Natkaal Aseooiatioa of Window Mass Xanefaetureri have resolved to susgeadpredueUea tkreeaontks, aetksg from 9m 1. A preposrUon to redaee tke priesIsst was aaaaisaewly defeated. Tarn Hoaee CoVaaaiUee oa Railways iaad Caaak have reported favcraWy a bill Jmeemarattag tke Cherokee and Arkansas Tirl j Company. Tke proposed road h to i through tke Iaetaa Territory, eeaaeet tke seutkera aad eeatral portieas of via tke Little Rook aad Fort Smltk d Little Reek Railroads, -wttk tke IITeeieslppi Hirer at Menphie, ahirshy, as tke report declares, "reaching eke nseet proftatrie and natural market for saila prndiirts of that portion of Kansas, Ifssapkfe being tke chief distributing point tfer sarreapkag States." Am investigation into tke affairs of the lint Xatioaal Bank of Augusta, Maine, repeated tke foot that tke late Cashier, Israel Seetkky, who eosMtitted suiekte Feb. 9, w a defaulter for ever 91,009. CRIMES AMD CASUALTIES. A xob eom posed of about oae haaslred asaeksd awa, oa tke atemiag of tke Jtth fereftly entered tke Jail at Osecola, St. Oak County, Me., took out three prisoners, W. R. Staitk. Charley Pierse and Jokn Tarks, allot whom were awaiting trial for aanrder, aad kanged them wRhla lour huaWd yards of tke Jail. Israel Brandt, Joeiak Hanameland Meaty Wke, tke three asea wke murdered JsilakRefaerki order te obtain kis life iadaHTMMMI WTC lMMfOfl IiQfeMHMae a?A OS ke 1Kb. Jtowix Hatt was kaafed at BridgeTen, Cone., ea the 19th, for the murder of Jus father, George Ilayt, ia June, 1878. Rev. L. M. Hunt, pastor of the ConjfegatisBal Ckarsh at South Haven, M(ek., esBMaKtted euieide by tkeeting kiaHolf siepresstoa caused by ill keahk. Thomas White, a white man, was hanged at gpertaaburg, S. C, ea tke litk, Jer tke murder of Pet Hawkins, a colored sVUtte ha eTjWW44WJ lBSre At Corpue Ckrieti, Tex;, or the 14th, Msraoe Burr attempted to kill his wife, his asetker-kvlew aad Ms lterialaw, aad sAwafeet himself dead, ilk mother-is-law. Ma. Beraard, was fatally wounded. There kad been a family quarrel, ending ia Mrs. JRnrr's return te her father's heme. Two of tke ladiee burned at tke Atlanta Opera-house have died of their ia. Juries. Tmkb aten were killed by the oaviag la of a eheftef the Lumbsnaen Mining Comanmy, at Norway, X4eh.,ea tee Mth. Tnirmen wke were working m tke row sued m a klf-guff seated eoa- . anjhigaka aMsusWkal laklUHi sksmak AAmMkska f Xmmi was a report eurreat at Lead. me, ea tke leek, that a party of prespesters fat Ska The Mrvlam. -'- im niyt.i mseaered by the Iadieasi Aa

Hfert, from Lake City, was k

effeet tlMtaprtr of twelve had met the mm hue m tke OxrhImhi e watry. Neither roport was sredetna by the military autkerl-

K Day 1 1 ot, a cigar wker, and three aitttMM at a widow attned Smith, wr kurned tedeatklnakouwat AHla, 1ml., MtkealKktof tke Mik, Mn. Smitk wa absent turn kosne. Fry went to tke kou-ro late, in aa Intoxfetted eoHdittoo, ami it Is oMBtmeod Mpt a hmv white going to feed. A umpatch (row Fort Dhy'w, Tx.t tttk.say tkat a aarty of tftylaUiaiw sttaekedaneailiemttrHia Roi wset atko previoue day, kllliag o aua wl ee woavsn wauBdlHsr two men. Two otker we a ware MlMinc and their fate was unknown. Av explosion ooourred at liirchill's Hall Ironworks, EaitlaaJ, o the loth, by whieh tweaty-llve peroM were killed and about otxty injured. The bou of W. K. Fars, near Gore. O.. burned on tus l&w. a young ohlld, wke kd been left alon ia the koue, asleep and looked la, perused la tae Hantes. XlSCKLTxANKOlTa. Ex-SknatokCiikistia.mcv, Minister to Pern, has bogua proeeediBi for tltvoree ia the AVahin:teM oeiirt. A eroM-bill will be Immediately tied by defHUat'e attor neys. Skmor Hipouto vt Uxiate, Span ik Comul at Xcw Yerk, roceivetl an 1h faraal naaohine tlimurU tke malli. In tear hut mwH the appsrently termless paper box in which it wm iaeloeed, the affair exploded, burning Seaer Urlte atlKhtiy oa the haml and setting the carpet on tire. It was chanted with most deadly explosive, aad that it did not do greater damage was beeattse of its imperfect eoa&truatioa. Forest fires of a most alarming natnre are reported from Monroe and Tike Counties, Pa., aad from various eeotieaeof Kew Jener. Anotiikr cremation took place at Washinto, Pa., oa the 12tk, the body lnclacrated being that of Charles GugUvPoetz, of New York. Tiik entire business portion of the village of Stuyveasnt, Y., together witk a number of Hue private resiliences, wat bunied on the 13h. A tramp was arretted charged with causing the ire. Gkk. McKkkzik's command, about 1.000 stroaic. left Fort Garland on the 12th for the Los Phi os Agency, and will occupy the heart of the Ute Country, under in structions to keep out prospectors and to eonaiet betweea the Indians and tke whites. It is reported that the Colombian Government will interpose an objection te the summary manner in which it is claimed the United State took possession of Laguna de Ckirtaui and Golfo Dulce as a coaling station on tke Isthmus of D;tricn. The revenue-cutter Thomas Corwin is about to sail from San Francisco to tke Arr.tle Seas In search ot tke Jeaanette and the m issin wk&Iers. Milton, a large and prosperous town ia Northumberland County, Pa., was nearly wtuod out bv lire oa the Utk. The whole tsnctk of Main Street and. the principal atawi tet were sweot clean. Tke Aeademv of Music. Sve ckurebes, all the hotels, gasworks, banks, newspaper oftees, railway aad telsgrapk emoes, ncfclBC-shp, and many private reddeneei were burned. A high wind carried tke tsBten so swiftly from one end of tke town t'tbe otker that several Beoole lort their Uvea and others barely es mivfl. There k treat destitution and the Governor kae istiwd aa appeal for aid. It is reported from Denver that a cret organization has been formed, witk headquarters in that city, to take peessMlon of the Ute country and to ;kt the Indian for poseessioa if Beceseary. Carl Mamke was hanged at Buffalo, N, Y., on tke 14th, for the murder of John AtloaT, in April, 1879. A Tuoeox (Nev.) diatch from a most reliable source reports that Gen. Marquez, with 180 Mexican revolutionists, recruited In tke neighborhood of Yuma, ie now stationed around the e4d town of Stevaaita, oa the line about 150 miles from Yuma and the same dhtance from Tucson. The troops go from one side of the line to the other as oeeaeiofl requires. They are being elosely watcked by tke Mexican troops. Tke Mexieaa Coaeul stationed there kas called en the United States military authorities to assist him in suppressing the movement on the American frontier, and to maintain the International lawi between tke two Governmentfl. It is reported that it oargo of arms and ammunition and one hundred men have been landed in Cuba from an American vessel, and that the struggle for lndependee will bow begin anew. Gen. Garcia is in command of the expeditionary foreee, and Gen. Callxte is Commander-in-Chief. A regular provWonal Government has been formed, with Gen. Ynlguea as President. The report transmitted to Congreee by tke Secretary of the Interior oonesrnlng fraud and oovniptpractice of Indian Agents, mentions tke names of eight remorse or suspended ea aocoHst of frauds, eerrupt Braetke. etc.! Geo. W- Fox, at Crow Agency, Montana; W. II. Danlelten, at Fort Hail Asenev. Idaho: F. 8. Godfrey, at Meeealere Apache Agency, If ew Mexico, and II. W. Jones, at Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory. The others are at Living Star, Bridesman, "White man whI Hart. CONGBtRSefONAL. May n.tkMteMT. Voorhees submit ted n retelutton directiiwUie Secretary ot the Iaterior to report to the Senate the names of all railroad eersorastoni in the United State to wnem art nets of land have been nude by eomB)tiiaia with tartna of vranta within the time sesetnlseretH: aleo the miiflber of acres of unearneil land claimed by each ef eald railroad corporations, and the period of - time when their rbrlit So Mtem exntred ueeer the ditnltation eoatu aed. in said arants. AseeM The bill passed aboll'Mng all tells on the Lenievlile smd Portiaad Osmal after Jsly l, HSS, aad autkerhdngths fMscntaryef War

IIwn4on spoke Hpen tke Ppogord-KoHam ivmXmMohs. lie otH0 tfttt UHteattHf

Miiosrir. or mhi Mrutma mc mm tmm u h sqKisU. aixl ihih net be reiMHed. ww Kotowed k- Mr. CiurMetiter, wao (laiMod, a )iuwKTut httiMl UiflMlews to arove ueawdonofUkeeetiate weenaai mMteca e.... The lNclsMUve, icxcuim mhu JaA)illritt .H I4U WM tHi. I (h Ooiiimltiea of the Whom. A soo.l d'Hlof eoiitUKlon wh nerasloneil hflr Mr.TowuMlisnd (D III.) clalmliiK imh(ih! tloiv t itrivllHtfe the iijlit to vve it iu in liooee a numuww mimih m r m Mio)ttton of i ha tsx oh salt. The SiMVt)r ruled tiiHt thM ltetiUous must be retwriud kiku tHeptWti. h.im.. Mr.uoeit (u., latt.i 04tued a Mil ajiproprMttatr JS.oe W to iHinnly tien'teiuttt ih HiHoiHtHtKiiH for the navmetit oi nsatons lor tilts present neal year, and mkmi for its present eomdderation. Mueli opposition wh iiihiiIUHml wt ttiis course, nad it wns finally N ferrtKl to the Commit ee m Appropriation. Mr, SiMlawer. then too the flmirto ifplyto tiie Hiteecn recently ihhin uy -nr. urui jr., lnd.) In reference to the VeneKticlan oUiinH. May H. iSenete The Kellogg-spogord rwoiutiotM were tuttlier considered, and Messrs. Pendleton and Cameron (of WteoHlu) lKih 8ioke in op(Kmoii to tna reeoiu ttou unsoMtliix; Kwllo.it. Mt-er some mkK'ellaHMtM liusineM liHtl beon disposed of the frriv. ate Hdloiiriwt tilt Monday. ftnt The l.etrtHlHtlve. Kxecutive ana juuiviri iiiii ptUsed after a biief awcislon of one or iwo seciMin. m.h iuvwiwn wien cHi up ot oonnit'pninf tun reooiu tloti for atljournuient, otierwi uy Mr. uiiieen (I)., I-h.), irom tiie ways nun mhmhs committtv. Mr. Tucker (P.. N r.) rHl-wl the question of eottttideration. sttitltii; that he desired to move the House retolvn it sell into committee lortlioisnmUlerHtlouot tio taiiK utii. upon the uuetrtlon hehne put th House determineil. by h vote of lxt te 75, to eonftlder t lie leoolntion for final Hiljoumtiu-Ht. Mr. Mllle (I)., Tex-) then moved that ttie adjourn Hitmt resohition bn rfm'd lMK;k to tiie Cum. mlttee on Whv anu Mean, witu iiitHnHrtinim to rerHirt a bill providing lor the lrc Im portation oi JHUsami jM iniiMK ircr uvmic it nnnrta n n)liitkm for final Hdlourninont. The motion whs defeated yoaa 9S nays 118. No ot Her artton was taacn ana menouse noon after adjourned. May 15. Henate Not in seesion.. . .JIowKt The concurrent resolutkm pi-uvklittg tor final adjouminent on May 31 was called up and lel to h lorn; dIctiaioti, the avilnilon Ik'Iiik stromtly oppeevd generMlly l-y those uieialeni favoring the lutssaice of the tailtf bill amr before ttie House. A vote resulted in ttie adoption of the resolution by a vote of 121 yeas to vu nays, xnoae voiinic nny wem Me-trs. Aeklfii, vnder.-on. Arinneld, Atkins, Be.ford. Merry. Btckneil, Hrlxlit, Cabell, Caldwfll, Calklnis Cannon, CnrlUle, CliaiRUrx, Carle (Mo.J, Cobb, tolerlck. Conven-e. Cox, Craven. CalherMin, IMggect, Davli (S. C.l, DAVie (No.), we Ja .XHiyr ucuitT, uiurcn, Dunnell, Eiam, ems hwing, n'lvon, j-omi, Forney. Glllite, Go-.de, Oonfrr, Harris (Vs.), Ilaakel, Hatch, Henry. Herbert, Hooker, Hottt-r, llnune, lluntoa, JturtI, HutciiIns Jonw, Kiteliin. Knott, Iv-wt, Lowe, Martin (W. Va.), MeKemte. McMUIsn. Mills. Money, ew, rarsom, runups, riuer, Stun I .ml, lawyer, Scales, SUnonton. Hn Springer, S ele, Stovcnsnn, Townehend (III.), Tucker, O. Turner, T. Turner, Up-on, Vauce, Waddill, YWaver. WetllKirn, Miittaker, Whitti.orne, Willlsms fAla.), Wl He and Wilwn. The Democratc ltcprcseatntives tnileefneiitly held a oaucne mid re-olveu that tne vote on uie re-HHiiiion should bo rcoonldfrMl, and that the quo-' tlon of adjournment should bo rtponeu till Important lc(chdatlom bow pending ia dinpoeaoi.i May 17. Sfeal Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on jHdictary, reported the WII lately introduced by him reg .lntlnjc the imy Had appolutmfnt of Deputy MarxliaU. The rost-ofllee Appropriation bill wax Ukn up. and afierannn.bvrof amenumpn auaaueen made, ineluding one striking out the provision for annulling and releMIng certein star routo contracts on the lrt of October, the bill named. ffewse Mr. Cox (U., X. Y.) Introdnei'd a resolution requesting the President to communicate te the Htms- alt correspondence In reMrd to tke peroecutlon of Je by the Russian Government. After a abort debate, a mutton to fHieprnd the rule an1 pass the Klver and Hat her bill was agreed to -yeas, 1J9; nays, 17. cSBEirsiirTiucQSAMg. Im the Senate, oa the 18th, Mr. Plumb, from tke Committee en Public Land, reported favorably on the bill creating aa additional Iaad district ia Kansas. Passed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee en Military Affairs, also reported favorably on the Senate bill making an additional article ef war prohibiting gambling. Placed aa tke calendar. Mr. Paddock, from the Committee ea Public Lands, report ed favorably a bill amending the act to provide additional regulations ror homestead and prf.-emptlon entry. Tlaced en the calendar. Tke River and Harbor bll wax received from the House and referred te the Committee on Commerce. The House resolution providing for adjournment May 31 was laid before the Senate and read a first time. Mr. Conkllng called attention te the fact, that the resolution was worded aa a Joint and not a concurrent resolution. He objected to the second reading, and It therefore was laid on the table. Mr. Morgan then spoke in favor ef the Kellogg-Spofferd resolution He did not think that former caes decided by tke' Senate had established the practice ef res adjudicate In the House, the Pension Deficiency bill passed, and the Agricultural Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the

Whole. The bill to establish an assay oWee in St. Louis was referred to Committee ef the Whole. Dr. Gabriel Kaiskr, a well known physician of Indianapolis, committed suicide upon the grave of kis wife at Louisville, where she was burled about six weeks ago. Since her death his mind had been unlet tied by excessive grief. He was a member of ilm Knights of Pythias and several other societies. Sknor Juan P. Bacoa and his uncle, Scnor Gonzales, were both shot and killed at Sparks' ranch, forty miles east of Trinidad, Cole., In a quarrel arising out ot some dls pitted sheep. The Sparks brothers, Henry and Arthur, were the, other participants In the tight. Great excitement prevailed among the Mexicans on account of the affair aad further trouble was apprehended. Two little girls, children of rolkemanCalbeals, of South Bend, Ind.,were playing on the bank ef the river when tkey fell In and both were drowned. A fioiit ooeurred at Montreal, on the 18th, between striking stevedores and the police la charge of the wharves, ia which several crowns were cracked. A gang of MalafaetoM who attempted Ie wreck a train oa the AHdahjelaa Railroad la Spain have been sentenced, thirteen te death and thirteen te life Imprisonment, I'hk rraeideat will nominate Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, at present United -- w !.!.. f fiiintimtlanalr tn aueesod Judge Key as Puiwaastw-Ueaeral.

P1R4MIXAL Ah LITERARY.

Ralph Wai.ik) Kmkwhmi kaafM eowa aad aalki milk to Conuori; kouiskeuu Mat. LiM.iK Dkvkkkaux Blakh has written an eay oh " The lMtaulvautngaa of lining Pretty." Moat girls are good-HaUii'tHl anil willing to put upwith the disadvantage. ikmim It ie understood that Mr. J. Idiot Cabot, who hat keen for some years Mr. Emerson's conHtluutial literary adviser, will be ititnuUed with his unpublished Imnera, autl will have authority to write da life. Paul Bartlrtt, aged fifteen, 1ms sent a bust of hie gratulniothur to the Paris salon. The jury of nine of the most eminent sculptors of France noueptud it, and mmt to the boy their pergonal felicitations. Mtts. Huk.vktt, the author of "That Lasa o1 LowrleV Haworth's," etc.. ie so interested in aad fund of Iter owa creations that she talks of them as personal friends. The hero of 'Haworth's" is her great favorite. Mbs. Ex-Prrsidknt Tvlf.r, according to a paragraph iu the fhilailelplila iVesu, is now an Inmate of a convent ia Georgetown. For soino years she resided at the Louise Home an institution for ladies who wore in times past in positions of attluenoo aad lull tionco. The widow of Mr. MuGahan, the well-known special war correspondent, is engaged upon a Kussian translation of tho poems and storloeof Edgar Allen Poe. The work, which will till three volumes, will appear in tiie course of a few months. Airs. McGahan is a Russian lady. Noudknskjolp is about middle height, ids head is almost square and high, his nose ie straight and aquiline, his hair is short, strong and fawn-colored, or drab, and his complexion would be a German blonde if it had not absorbed tho gold which ought to burnish his hair. A WoitnswoKTH club is in process of formation in England. Its object is tho investigation of the text and chronology of the poems and of the localities with which they are associated. It is proposed to hold an annual mooting, in onlur to explore and study the scenery described in the poems. Mhs. Dinah Mulock Ckaik, the autlioross, is now on a visit to Rome with her husband, who is the editor of Mho wiUaii's Magazine. Mrs. Craik is doscribed in a letter to the Evening I'od as "a not elderly, but more than middle-aged woman, thoroughly En glish in her appearance. She is not handsome, but has loving gray eyes, and dresses plainly in black silk or vel vet, one lives about ten raues irom London, and will soon return thither. but both she anil her htishnnd are so pleased with Komo that they say it shall not be their last visit." Miss Nkilsox, who has boen playing one of the most successful engagements in her professional career, will, it is said, be worth ne-irly $ 1,000,000 at the end of this season. The present engagement will net her about $65,000. Her profits in this country are all invested in American securities. Miss Neilson is tho wclthiest actress of the time. Indeed, it may be doubted if any actress who ever trod the stage has so large an income from investments as .1.. 1..... ... Mic... Vnllnn mrUa blv Miss Crabtree ("Lotta") is the richest lady ia the dramatic profession. "A FleaRt Irl.M A traveler in Norway, last sumnr, came to a village early one morning, and was struck by the air of gloom widen pervaded tiie street. Unable to speak a word of the language, he could not ask the cause of this, and concluded that some sickness or financial trouble had fallen upon the community. As the day wore towards noon, however, the houses were closed, shop.windows were covered, all trade and business ceased. It was a death, then? Pros ently he saw the people gathering for the funeral. There were tiie village of ficials, the noblemen from the neighbor ing chateau, and apparently every man. woman and child in the village. It must be some dignitary of the church who was dead, or some county omeiai. As he stood watching the crowds pawing down the little rocky street, he caught sisrht of the face of a German known to him. He beckoned to him. "Tiie town tiae lost some great magnate, apparently?" he said. ' Ah, no. It is only a young maiden who is dead. JNo. one was not beau tifnl nor rich. But oh, such a pleasant girl, monsieur! All the world seems darker now that sho is dead!" It is a singular fact that, when we reach middle life and look back, it is not tiie beautiful, nor the brilliant, nor the famous jieoplo whom we have known, that we remember with the keenest regret: but some simple, sin cere, "pleasant" soul, whom we treated as an every-day matter while she wan with us. Go Into a family, or a social circle, or even into a bail-room, and the woman who has the most friends there, aa rule, is not the belle, nor the wit, nor the heiress, nor the beauty; but some homely, charming little body, whose tine tact and warm heart never allow her to say a wrong word in a wrong place. The "pleaaaat women'' are the attraotkm that everywhere holds society aad homed together. Any woman hewever poor or uglv, may be one ot them: hut she meet first lie candid honorable, tmaeitisli and lo viae. If she Is these, the world will he better ant happier for every day of her life, aad as in the case of this poor Norwegian it will "seem darker whea she is dead."

FaUUs Kefc.Tall Creek.

MPu.teUya what this 'era Crowbar Ctey Reads an' aaust kav," aaid Slather., Johneoa, as Va mouarferi a barrel ami looked aroaad en tke miner. "We want a City Goverameat a Common Counoll a body to make ordinance an' euforee 'em aa " The reel of hi speech was drowned by the cheers f the oroa tl. It was in 'ft, and Crowbar City was a. collection of shanties aad hub on lIpb-TaU Creek, in Nevada, We ware doing well en migh, aad the eamu was vaiy peacefill and quiet. Slathers Johnson wai the laxlest miner in the camp, hut wa looked up to at a great polit Kuan, Back iu the SlsUw he had been Constable, Overseer of Highways, Tax Collector, School InsHjetor, and so on, but yet his hankering was not, aatbdiud. It waa finally dcoHled that Crowb.tr City lie divided into eight wards, ami that eaoli ward be entitled to one Alderman, while a Mayor, Treasurer ami Clerk should kk elected at large. There were about four huts or tents to a ward, wkii a constituency of from five to eight persona for oaeli'Ablerman. How shall we mireeed to elect?" blandly inquired Slathers, as he remounted the barrel. Tliero was dead silence for a minute, and then Raccoon Bill, of the bloody Sixth Ward, threw his old bat on the ground, pulled, his shooter and kindly inquired: 'Ar' thar' any buzzard here from my ward who don't think I'd make a howlin' old Alderman? If thar' ar1, let him edge uji this way fur about ten second-!" No one edged, anil Raccoon Hill wa? declared the unanimous choice of the electors of hia ward Several others elected themeelvcs in the same ofT-haud manner, and there was no trouble until Blue Clay Smith said he thought he could represent the Eighth Ward atMiut as well as any other resident vulture. If not, why not? Three resident vulhires at once stepjHjd forward to contest lys election, and there wm a fourlanded nsrht which lasieu ten minutc3 aud decided the election in favor of Cross-Eyed Turner, of Ohio. Slathers was then elected Mayor uv acclamation, as were also the other general oflieers, and the largest hut in town was cleaned out for a meeting of the Common Council. The eifdit Aldermen sat on tho ground in a circle, and the Mayor sat in the center on a bag of raeal,and opened tho session by saying: lias any Alderman any motion to make?" " I 'spose a mosbtin that thin 'ere honorable body purvide itself with a bar 1 of whi-ky at the expense of the citv would be in order," remarked the Alderman from the Third." Not by a durncd sight!" bawled one of the crowd at the door. 'Order! order! or I'll bust a dozen heads out there!" shouted the Mayor. " Sou here, old boss, haint you puttin1 cm a hean of stvle fur the fust meetin?" asked the Alderman from the Sixth, aa lie leaned forward. There s a moshun peedin 1" answer ed the Alderman from the Third. Which 'ere moshun is as follcrs!" remarked the Alderman from the First, as he hit the chap from tho Sixth on the car. There was a little performance of ' otirht hands 'round and the Mavor III the middle," and it was fifteen minute before order was restored. Then the Alderman from the tourtli shoved his bitten finger into hie eeoket aad said; 'My constituents, wnoar among me heaviest taxpayers in the oity, believe that the price of washin' is too Warned high, an' they demand ." when did you ever nave an wasmn done?" interrupted the Alderman from the Seventh. " Git tke drop oa hlra. Billl" j'elled a man at the door. "Order! The Mayor commands order!" shouted Slathers. Three shots were fired, four or five Aldermen knocked down, and when the cyclone aed everybody had his shooter on his knee. " When interrupted, we war' about to take up the order of unfinished budnosey' remarked tne Mayor, as uc nursed his bitten ear. " I move that we adjourn!" 'Adjourn be hlowed!" "Question!" "Ayes and noes!" "Order!" "Some onery coon ont har ha.1 kicked my dog!" said the Mayor, as tk ycljts of a oauine rose above all othei sounds. "Sot down, you old lie-wolf!" ycllei some one, and at that the light was up set and the circus began. We locket the door on the crowd aad got undei cover of the rocks, hut that hon couldn't hold 'em. In five minute they were fighting all over town, am every ward bad a rally and a knock down. It was four weeks before all ih bullets were dug out arid tho brokei heads healed up. Slathers lost an eland two lingers, and his farewell me. sage was brief. Hu wrote: "Aldermen: Fame is a mockery, of flee is degradin', and I resign in favo of any coyote you kin agree oh. U mans, farewell. I oame, 1 aaw.and go chawed!" But Crowbar City had had enough o politic. Detroit Free fVesw. . .. I, ' Brfokk the war, tinder the slav system, the average yield of cotton o the famous Sea Islands near Charm.tow, S. C, was from eighty to one hun dred pounds n sore. Under the nev system, aad with free llor. the avei ag prodiietie to the sore has been ii creased from eighty to two hitndrc aad fifty ptmnds, and some of the plan ers last year made a net profit of f 10 aa aere. .

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