Ligonier Banner., Volume 14, Number 2, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 May 1879 — Page 2

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THE OLD WORLD. - .Care Town dispatches, received in London and published on the 22d, announce that Lord Chelmsford had, on the 4th, succeeded in reinforcing Col. Pearson, at Ekowe, after a desperate engagement, in which over 1,200 Zulus were killed. On the 28th and 20th of March, Col. Wood’s column fought two " pattles, in the first of which he suffered defeat, but in the second he recovered his lost ground aund routed the Zulus. The Britich losses in these engagements aggregated 220 men, including several officers. The Zulus lost 2,500 men. S A prize fight for the championship of the world and £lOO, which took place in London on the 22d, between Tom Allen of Bt. Louis, U. 8., and' Jack Stewart of Scotland,proved to be a complete fiasco.’ Twenty-four rounds were fought, and the men scarcely touched each other. The referee declared the fight a draw. A BELGRADE dispatch of the 22d reports continued fighting between the Albanians and Serviavs, the efforts of the latter to dislodge the former froms the heights of Samakoff having up to that time proved un- * guccessful. The Servians had lost 700 men.

A LATE census of Spain and adjacent island shows a population of 16,625,860, an increase of 925,324 since 1868. ATt Epsom, Eng\, on the 23d, Parole, the American horsf}Swon the Metropolitan stakes. His owner realized $lOO,OOO by this race. This is the third stake won b; Parole within a week. ; - THE Shakespeare Memorial Theater, at Stratford-on-Avon, was formally opened on the 23d, the three hundred and fifteenth anniversary' of the great poet’s birth, with the performance of *Much Ado About Nothing.” ‘A brilliant audience was present. AN Athens (Greece) telegram of the 23d says that Crete was again in the throes of rgvolution. : : : A HIGH COURT of criminal justice under the Présidency of the Grand Duke Constantine, brother of the Czar, has been organized to try Solovieff, the would-be assassin of the Czar. " THE German newspapers of the 23d published a report that the Tartars of Orsk, fearing compulsory baptism, had burned the town’and murdered the officials. ; OVER 2,000 persons have béen arrested at St. Petersburg, during the week preceding the 23d, for alleged political offenses. TURGUENIEFF, the well-known Rus"sian novelist, has been expatriated. THE number of persons killed by the fire-damp explosion in the Agrappo Coal-Pit, near Mons, Belgium, on the 17th, has been ascertained to be 117. Only forty-seven corpses have 80 far been recovered. ‘ - A SiMpLA telegram of the 23d says Persian troops from Meshed were marching toward the Afghan frontier. ! ~ A LonDoN dispatch of the 24th announces the appointment ef Rev. Dr. Patton, of Chicago, to the Chair of Apologetical Theology in the Presbyterian College of London. A RECENT inundation at Moscow and vicinity has - destroyed thirty-four railroad bridges. i i , AN International Congress, under the Presidency of M. de Lesseps, will meet in . Paris on the 15th of May, to discuss the various schemes for building a ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien. . S THE Porte estimates that 200,000 men will be required for the -occupation of Roumelia, . ! | ‘SEVERAL of the heavy iron works in | England were compelled to close, on the 25th, |-because of inability to obtain fuel—one re- | sult of the Durham strike. ; y

THE widow of Walter Savage Landor, the poet, died recently at Florence, Italy, THE Turkish regular troops have surrounded the Albanian raiders into Servia, and deprived them of their plunder, which will be returned to the Servian owners. SIXTEEN Professors in the Russian Universities have resigned in consequence of the spread of Nihilism among their students. THE Russian Ambassador at Constantinople has asked ‘permission to open all letters leaving for Russia. i THE International pedestrian match in London, Eng., terminated at 9:30, on the night of the 26th. At the finish _the score-stood: Brown, 542; Corkey, 492; Hazael, 473; Weston, 450. Brown beat the fastest previous record (that of O’Leary) by 21 miles, “Over 14,000 persons witnessed the finish, e THE British squadron in the Pacific has been ordered to cruise off the Peruyian coast. g ENGLAND and France have addressed identical notes to the Khedive ‘of Egvpt demanding the appointment of English and French Ministers, and that they shall not be removed except with the consent of England and Franc?. i . ‘A LATE letter from Mocadoz, in Morocco, published on the 27th, states that more than 18,000 persons had died there from huno ! ““Tu editor of a Zurich (Switzeriand) newspaper, the Neue Gesellscha ft, has been arrested upon the charge of plotting to assassinate the Queen of England and, the Kiag and Queen of Italy. His friends state that he is incapable of entering into such a conspiracy. 1 | i : A LoNDON telegram of the 28th says the Emperor of Germany had sent autograph letters to the reigning Sovereigns in Europe, proposing an international holy alliance of rulers against the Socialists, = - [ In the British House of Commons, on the night of the 28th, a resolution censuring the Government for increasing the National expenditure was rejected by a vote of 280 to 803. v i : : TerEcrAMs from India, received on the 28th, speak of the complete break-down of the Quartermaster and Comm issary Departments of the troops o perating in Afghanistan. ; $ | THE European Powers interested have unanimously agreed upon joint meﬁ!ution between Turkey and Greece. THE NEW WORLD, ; BEC’'Y SHERMAN has ordered a revenue steamer to, proceed to Alaska for the protection of the Government interests in that

TaE first Treasury warrant for the payment of arrears of pensions was signed in Washington, on the 22d. It was theught back pensions could be paid as rapidly as the accounts could 'be made up, at the rate of $1,500,000 a month, unless unexpected appropriations are hereafter thade by Congress. A FIBE broke out in Eureka, Nev., during a severe gale of wind, early on the morning of the 22d, and burned over a space of one-half mile in length on Spring, Buel and Main streets. The total loss was estimated . at nearly $1,000,000, on which there was not over §133,000 insurance. Cold weather, accompanicd by a fall of snow, succeeded the fire, causing much suffering among the houseless people. There wasno lack of food, the provision stores mostly escaping the

In the United States Circuit Court. at Charleston, 8. C., on the 22d, Judge Bond instructed the jury to find for the defendants in the Barnwell County election cases, on the ground of 8 defect in the information. All other political cases were continued until the November term. ) .

ON the evening of the 22d, at Penobscott, Pa., three children were burned to death by the explosion of a lamp in the bßed-room.

ON the 23d, Gov Simpson, of South Carolina, pardoned ex-State Treasurer Cardosa and ex-Congressman Small, convicted of bribery, “

. Ox the morning of the 23d, the.roof of the coal mine belonging to the Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Company, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., fell in, imprisoning five miners, who were at work in the chambers at the bottom of the slope, and also crushing two boys who were sent into the mine to warn the men of their danger. o THE Louisiana Constitutional Conven:ion passed a resolution, on the 23d, to the effect that there was no intention whatever on the part of the Convention of impairing or restricting the political, civil or religious rights of any class. ! - TEE Catholic University, at Notre Dame, Ind., was entirely destroyed by fire, on the morning of the£23d. Noloss of life was reported. The ‘total loss was estimated at $200,000; insurance, $60,000. At a subsequent meeting of the faculty it was decided to rebuild atonce. : AT a mass meeting in Cooper Union Hall, held on the hight of the 284, letters were read from Wendell ‘Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison and others. Resolutions of sympathy for the colored people who were leaving the South for Kansas were adopted and liberal subscriptions made. i ON the 23d, the Secretary of the Treasury issued a call for the balance of the [oan of &-per-cents, amounting to $260,000. These bonds are registered, and can be exchanged for 4-per-cents at par, or paid at maturity, on the 23d of July. . i ‘THE following have been named as the Exccutive Committee of the Republican Congressional Canipaign Committee: Chairman, Representative Hubbell, of Michigan; Senators Allison and Rollins, of lowa and New Hampshire; Represeutatives Hiscock, of New York; Fisher, of Pennsylvania; Jorgensen, of Virginia; Davis, of Illinois; McKinley, of Ohio; Orth, of Indiana; Dunnell, of Minnesota.. . . TBE New York Senate, on the 23d, by a vote of 17 to 10, passed the House resolution tendering to Ex-President Grant the hospitalities of the State-of New York, and also adopted a resolution—23 to 4—for the appointment -of a joint committee of both houses of the Legislature to attend the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Albany on the 17th and 18th of June next.

. THE Secret Service of the Govern‘ment, at Washington, has recently come into possession of what is said to be a most remarkable counterfeit twenty-dollar United States legal-tender note, and is calculated to deceive even persons accustomed to handling notes of that denomination. What makes'it more remarkable is the fact that the work on the note is executed with a pen and ink. All the intricate figures and curves, all the heads, the seal, the fine engraving work, and even the fiber in the paper are almost perfectly counterfeited by the pen and ink. The signature of John Allison, formerly Register of the Treasury, is almost exact, while that of John C. New, formerly Treasurer, is perfect. The whole bill, back and face, is pronounced a worderful piece of pen work. It was detected at the Sub-Treasury in New Orleans. CHARLES H. HARTWELL, conductor on the Old Colony Railroad, charged with manslaughter in causing the accident at Wollaston, Mags., Some time ago, has been found guilty. - Shestligie s | SixMeN, named Charles Drews, Frank Steichler, Henry Wise, Josiah Hummel, Israel Brandt-and Geqpge Zechman, on trial at Lebanon, Pa., for murdering an old man named Joseph Raber, in order to obtain the insurance on his life, were found guilty, on the 24th, the jury rendering their verdict after five hours’ deliberation. The ‘amount of insurance held by the murderers on the life of their .victim was $lO,OOO, in six different policies. s -A VicToRrIA (British Columbig) telegram of the 24th says a resolution had been adopted by the local Parliament, and directed to be cabled to London, asking that the Province be allowed to secede on the Ist of May. It was believed that the permanency of the Canadian connection on the Pacific was seriously threatened. ' : , Rev. EDWARD R. AMES, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at his residence in Baltimore, Md., on the 25th, at the age of seventy-four.

BURGLARS blew open the safe of the Laconia (N. H.) National Bank, on the evening'of the 24th, securing about $6,000 in cash and a quantity of securities. AT the session of the Louisiana Btate Constitutional Convention, on the 24th, a resolutiom that the members take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States was tabled by a vote of 64 to 63. : Cor. Wi M. Lowgs, an ex-Confeder-ate officer and Member of Congress from Alabama, on the 25th, sent a challenge to Senator Logan, of Illinois, to fight & duel in ‘accordance with the provisions of the code. The trouble arose from the Senator's characterizing a report that he had, during the incipiency of the rehellion, raised troops for the South as a lie. i THE United States Senate, on the 25th, passed the Army Appropriation bill, with the politieal legislation as ft.came from the House, by the following vote: $— ¢ S . ] lo cortan ol et Bk By, o land, Gordon, (h;oome. Grover, pton, Hargis, Hereford, Hill &Gs.). Hﬂ:‘to-. J%hxuton. onas, Jones (Fla.), Kernan, ar, MeDoaald, é.:ﬁgﬁiu‘mrpﬁm Vnncel%eutnmv.g::l hees, Wa. ker, Wallace, White, Williams, Withfic i’ SECR (A, e Bomnuds: Fotsy, Soomiir. B 8 [OALS: jomwes:

Ailasi, Moreill, Podfook. Piact. Bluss: Bor v (W, Y o oatead wlh Widtims and Hoarv;?ith ich.her:o’l‘,l.; ‘ it L. D. RicHARDS, the man who acknowledged to have killed from twelve to fifteen persons, was hung at Minden, Kearney County, Kansas, on the 26th. - | i JEssE PoMmERrOY, the Boston boymurderer, made an unsuccesaful attempt to escape from the Massachusetts State Prison, on the 26th, by sawing through the bars of his cell. A NEW ORLEANS dispatch of the 26th states that the Migration Relief Association (colored) had formally organized, and was prepared for correspondence with similar associations West, North and East. The Rev. C. H. Thompson is Chairman. A telegrain from Vidalia, Concordia Parish, reported that 8,000 negroes were there on the river bank, awaiting transportation Kansasward. A Manhattan (Kan.) dispatch of the same date says the arrival there of 200 colored refuzees had the effect of setting the people:to work providing for them. They were well sheltered and cared for, and arrangements were being made to procure.them work on farms and in families. = A committee had been appointed to solicit aid. .

PETER E. STEVENS, on trial in Chicago, for the murder of his girl-wife last year, was convicted, on the 27th, of manslaughter, the jury fixing the penalty at fourteen years in the Penitentiary. The trial lasted three weeks. After the rendering of the verdict, Mrs. Young, the mother of the murdered woman, attempted to shoot the ‘prisoner as he was being taken from the court room, but a handkerchief she held in her hand accidentally caught under the hammer of the pistol and prevented its discharge. She was immediately disarmed _and taken to her home, where she was prostrated with a severe sickness, insanity and brain fever being threatened. ,

THE National House - of Representaives, on the 26th, 'passed the Legislative;, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, with the political legislation relative to Supervisors of Elections, ete., by a vote of 140 to 119. All the Republicans voted in the negative. All the Greenbackers except Barlow (Vt.) and Kelley (Pa.) .voted with the Democrats for the bill. -

THE President issued a proclamation on the 26th, warning all persons contemplating a forcible settlement upon lands in the Indian Territory that all so taking possession of such lands without permission of the proper agent of the Indian Department will be at once removed therefrom, according to the laws, and with military force, if necessary.

. In Chicago, on the evening of the 27th, a lad scarcely thirteen years old snapped a pistol at the head of Roger Canfield, sixteen years old, ‘‘to scare him,’’ he said. The pistol contained a bullet, and Canfield was instantly killed. Joe Tinan, the boy who fired it, did not know it was loaded. GEN. ALFRED SULLY, United States Army, died at Vancouver Barracks, Ore., on the 27th. : : AFTER four days’ entombment, the miners imprisoned in a Wilkesbarre, Pa., coal-mine, were rescued: on the morning of the 28th. ; ‘ PAauL BoYToN, who, some weeks ago, started from Pittsburgh, Pa., to float down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, in his life-saving armor, to New Orleans, reached the latter city on the: 27th. He was badly tanned and considerably fatigued. . ' AFTER being out -twenty hours, tbg jury reported that they could not agree on a verdict in the case of Green and Baldwin, of the Olive gang, lately on trial at Hastings, Neb. One stood ‘for manslaughter and the others for acquittal. Ex-JUDGE GEORGE BARNARD, a member of the old Tweed Ring, died in New York City, on the 27th. ! THE Superintendent of the New York State Public Works announces’that the Erie Canal and its branches will be open for navigation, on the Bth of May. A WASHINGTON telegram of the 28th states that, owing to the great pressure upon the Treasury Department in the issne of the 4-per-cent. bonds already subscribed for, and the redemption of the 520 and 1040 bonds, the conversion of the refunding certificates into bonds will necessarily be postponed until on or after July 1. : - ABovur fifty lottery venders in 'St. have been recently fined from $5OO to $BOO each for selling lottery tickets of the Missouri State Lottery, and committed to Jail until the fines should be paid. The aggregate of fines amounted to $385,000. e

Hon. RusH CLARK, Representativein Congress from the Fifth Towa District, died very suddenly in Washington, on the afternoon of the 28th;y He was taken ill the night before. The physicians attribute his death to overwork. He was serving his second term in Congresg. - THE Supreme Court of the United States, on the 28th, rendered ‘a decision virtually annulling the Jurors’ Test-Oath act, by holding that a juror is no more obliged than a witness to disclose on oath that he has been guilty of any crime or infamous act in order to test his qualifications as a juror; if guilty, it must be proven by other competent testimony. Justice Field delivered a separate concurring opinien, but going further and claiming that the Test-Oath act is clearly uuconstitutional. . Justice Strong dissented from the opinion of the Court. THE business portion of the Town of Gorham, N. H., wasburned on the 283{11. ‘'W. F. CasseßoHM, Assistant City Treasurer of San Francisco, committed suicide on the 28th. He left a note to the Coroner, in which he said he bad used $20,000 of the city’s moneyin stock speculations, which ke could not replace, and he preferred to face death rather than exposure. ;

: CON _GRESSIONAL. SENATE.—A bill was introduced and referred, on the 2id, for the relief of the destitute colored perions now emigrating from the Southern BStates. ..The Army bill was again &tﬁe)n :3, and lgmufa Gul;nc%he and Davis .) Mage speec m VOr O toposed repeal of the Election laws, and Mr. Aﬁisonuu gued against such repeal. i House.—The Subsidiary SﬂvgrLCom bill was amended and passed. It provi that silver coins of smaller denominations than one dollar may be exchangeable into lawful money when presented in sums of twenty dollars; makes Jawful money exchangeable into silver coins in like amount; makes suhbsidiary S S g n vate, in ; lany snd milkes akes minor cola reelvable a ces amount o A ﬁ)eﬁciono ﬁl'll‘ Ifeouboncmsi%moAm reported an pused . Legislative riation bill was further debated in Committee of the ‘Whole.

SENATE. —On the 28d, the morning hour was principally occupied with the resolution relative to removals and appointments wi%hout the intervention of the presiding officer, and several amendments were agreed to, but no final action was taken. ...The Army bill was further debated by Messrs. Williams and Jones

(Fla.), after which Mr. Blaine withdrew the amendment formerly offered by him, and gave notice that he would again submit it after the sixth section of the bill had been acted upon. A running and spirited debate ensued between Mr. Bt‘l:mo and Messrs. Batler, Saulsbury, Randolph, e g

House.—Resolutions were adopted—appropriating $3,000 to meet the expense of the Labor Committee. and granting the committee leave to sit during recess; requesting the President te consider the expediency of entering into a convention with France for the negotiation of a treaty which shall secure a more equal interchange of the products a.nrﬁmanuﬁchures of the two countries. ... Addi%ma speeches were made, in Committee of the Whole, on the Legislative

SENATE.—Mr. Conkling made a lengthy speech, on the 2ith, in opposition to the repeal of the law providing for the use of the army to preserve peace at elections, after which & motion to strike out the sixth section.of the Army bill was rejected—2s to 35—a strict party vote. Mr. Blaine then renewed his amendment, providing penalties for any officer or other person who should appear, armed with any deadly weapon, within a mile of any polhng-%la.ce. where an _election for Congressraan was being held, which amendment was also rejected—2s to 85. Other amendments, similar in character, were offered and met with a like fate. After discussion, it was agreed that a vote on the sixth section of the bill and the amendments still g%xlxgmg should be taken at three p. m:, on the

House.—The discussion on the Legislative bill was continued in Committee of the Whole, arnd the time for the termination of the debate was fixed at five instead of two p. m., on the 25th. L

SENATE.—On the 25th, consideration was resumed of the resolution relating to appointments by the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and an amendment declaring that no Union soldier shall be removed except for cause. and that no Confederate soldier shall take the place of any dismissed Union soldier, was deteated by a strict party vote—26 to 34; the resolution was then agreed to. +:..The Arm{)blll was taken up, and an amendment offered | {er Paddock to modx{g the existing law which forbids any part of the army from being used as a rosu comitatus. so that troops may be so in Nebraska, Colorado, Oreion and other States and Territories, and in the Indian co’unt.r{ generally, was laid on the table—4o to 28. The sixth section of the pending bill was then read, whieh prohibits the presence of troops or armed men, under -charge of any Government officer, at the election polls in any BState, unless it be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, with a_ provision that nothing herein contained should be deemed to abridge the Constitutional duty or power of the President of the United States to comply with Sec. 4 of Art. 4 of the Constitution, on application of a State Legislature or Executive. An ¢a..mendment offered by Mr. Edmunds that nothing in this section of the bill should be held to abridge the power of the President under Sec. 6298 and 5299 of the Revised Statutes, recognizing the validity of providing by law for the presenee of an armed power of the United States to repress violence at the polls. whether at Federal or State elections, was laid on the table—4o to 28. Other amendments were proposed and laid on the table, and the bill as it came from the House was then passed—4l to 80.... Adjourned to the 28th.

Housk.——Seyeral speeches weme made, in Committee of the Whole, on the Legislative’ Appropriation bill, thé debate closing at five p. m., when the committee rose and the House adjourned. ; . SENATE.—Not in sessiolx on the 26th. House.—The Legislative Appropriafioa bill ' was taken up, under the fiveminute rule, in Committee of the Whole the discussion ending at 2 o’clock, when a motion to strike out all the proposed legislation except the provision in regard to the test oath was defeated without division. Mr. Garland then offered an amendment, which was also defeated — yeas, 128; nays, 130—etriking out all the proposed le ) 'la.tlpn. The committee then rose and xepdrbethfxe bill and amendments to the House, and all the amendments were agreed to without a division. Mr. Garland endeavored to obtain a sqna.ra.te vote upon the political clauses of the bill, and Mr. Bta.g%oupog an amendment, which he wished to offer abolishing the Southern Claims Commission, but-both propositions were ohgected to. The bill was then passed—l4o to 119.... A motion to adjourn until the 30th was defeated—--91 to 162—and then:an adjournment until the 29th was agreed to, without division.... There was then a rush to introduce bills for reference, and several were 8o introduced and referred, incl‘udm&_ one to establish religious equality in the In Territory, and one (by Mr. De LaMatyr) to substitute legal-tender inoney for National Bank notes. Several other members were on the floor with bills to be introduced, when a stop was put to such proo@edHL:ge by an objection from Mr. Kelley, who said did not want to have Monday’s sessions abolished, &lrld then to have sheafs of bil 8 introduced fathrday after noon....Adiourned to the 29th.

SENATE.—The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was received from the House, on the 28th, and referred to the Committee on Appropriations....The House %oint resolution to repeall certain clauses in the undry Civil Appropriation act of March 3, 1879, was passed.... Mr. Williams introduced a bill which was referred, to rgilulate the legal value of metal money (ranking all gold- and silver coins, including trade-dollars, equally legal tender for all debts, public and private, to any amounts and at their nominal value), and to provide for the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver bullion, and to restore coin to circulation. ... The bill providing for the publication of the Revised Statutes was passed... Mr. Pendleton introduced a bill to allow heads of Departments to hold seats in the two Houses ot Congress, and made a speech in support of the measure, after which the bill was laid on the table to called up hereafter. s HouseE.—Not in session.

A Hunt After Bats. ONE of the funniest stories I have heard for a very long time, says a writer in the London Sporting and Dramatic News, is my friend Mr. Eccles’ description of how he caught innumerable bats one night. It was many years ago, when he was young in his profession, and while on a :tour with a Provincial company. He had taken lodgiings in a clean but rather dilapidated little house.: Soon after goinF to bed he fell asleep, and soon after falling asleep he was awakened by a strange, fluttering noise as of a frightened bird, in the curtains of his bed. He sprang up, struck a light, and saw a dark-colored little creature with wings blundering about the room. Not being well acquainted with natural history, Mr. Eccles did not recognize it as a bat, but determined to catch it, if possible, and examine it carefully in the morning. Taking u&) a soft felt hat, he began the hunt, and ftried to capture the intruder for a lopg time in vain; but at last he pounced upon it, carefully took it from underthe hat, shut it in a drawer, listened to its ineffectual attempts #to escape—wanting to be sure’ he had really caught it—and went: to bed to dream ot?gzing dragons. But he was not destined to slee§ for long. Hardly had he dosed off when another fluttering awakened him, and, lighting another match, he found anor:gher bat. After this one he had another hunt, caught it, put it in the drawer with its brother and again went to bed. Again, however, he was awakened in a similar manner; bats came not in single spies—but if the expression be Epardonable-,—-in battalions. Mr. Eccles hunted diligently and enthusiastically, making quite a collection of specimens, and ’putt;ing them all with %feat care in the drawer. Heated with the chase, he then opened the window, and, tired out, at last enjoyed a few minutes sleep. %Vaking with the morning light, he jumped out of bed and opened the drawer very cautiously, a fraction of an inch at a time, to look for his bats; but, lo! and behold, there were no bats there. He opened the drawer wide, and then disdovered that

it had no back to it. He had, in fact, been passing all his night in catching the same bat, which had flown oat of the back of the drawer as san‘ as he had put itin at the front, and when the window was opened had finally escaped. _ : £

INDIANA STATE NEWS. DANIEL HARVEY, of Wabash, was aroused from sleep, on the night of the 20th, by an alarm of fire. He arose to look out, and went into an adjoining room, where his wife found him five minutes later dead. ° THE prisoners in the County Jail at Noblesville attempted to effect their eseape, on the 20th, by setting fire to the bedding in: their cells. They got a good smoking for their paivs. : ' BrLn LANKFORD and James McNeal escaped from the new Clay County $20,000-Jail on the 20th. : : THE Governor has appointed John A. Finch to act in conjunction with the Auditor of State and Attorney-General in preparing and reporting to the next General Assembly a general revision of the Insurance laws of the State. The salary is $2OO. S a ‘JosEPHE KLOPFENSTEIN was. fatally injured in a Goshen saw-mill, on the 21st, by a flying plank. i : ‘ A STAVE-SAW burst in an Evansville shingle factory, on the 2lst,'and struck James Ellison, inflicting fatal injuries. ; CoNDUCTOR G. C. McMANUS fell under the cars while switching at Fort Branch, on the afternoon of the 21st, and several cars passed over him. Both legs were cut off, and the poor fellow died two hours later. . A vITTLE son'of Warren Malcomb, of Depu--ty, pulled a kettle of boiling water on himself, the other day, scalding himself fatally. ; MARION GARRETT, a farmer, Kving about nine miles northwest of Greensburg, had ten of his horses and five cows poisoned by some scoundrel, the other night. : Rev. E. RowLEYy, former President of the DePauw College, has been called to the Presidency of the Wilberham College, in Massachusetts. : : MRrs. FrRANK GEels, of Brookville, while making soap, on the 23d, was seriously burned by her clothing catching fire. Her screams brought Mr. Utz, a hired hand, to her rescue, who, in endeavoring to extinguish the flames, was himself fearfully burned. Both were seriously injured. . Tee mining troubles at Brazil were supposed to be over and several mines had resumed operations, when, on the 22d, the committee ordered all the miners out, thus shutting down all the -mines and throwing over eighteen hundred men out of employment. JOHXN ScHMIDT’S house, east of Logansport, was burned, on the 22d. Loss, $2,500. . THE women—Mrs. Mary Mauck and Miss Sarah Vaughn—ép terribly butchered up by David 8. Mauck, husband of the former, on the 9th inst., near New Amsterdam, are reported as greatly improved, and the physicians say there is a strong probability of their recovery. These cases, should the women recover, will prove remarkable ones in the history of surgical science. Mrs. Mauck received a terrible blow from the pole of a six-pound ax on the right side of-the forehead, crushing in the skull so that a portion -of the brain matter exuded, and entirely crushing out the right eye. Sarah Vaughn’s skull was fractured for a length of four inches, immediately behind the right ear, and she received six other terrible blows on the head and twenty on her arms and shoulders. TaE infant son of David stewart (colored) was missed from his home in Indianapolis on the afternoon of the 23d. Search was made, and the babe found dead in-a tub of water in the yard. He had fallen in and drowned. ROBERT CAREY, a well-known sauctioneer, living 'at Jackson Township, near Syracuse, committed suicide, on the night of the 22d, by taking an overdose of morphine. .

Two STREET-CAR horses at Richmond have died of starvation and overwork, and the Mayor has ordered the police to prevent othera from being driven in their present condition. He has informed the managers thathe will take the stock into hisown charge if they do not give the horses sufficieat food. The citizens are greatly incensed over the outrage, and travel on the cars has almost ceased. : !

Ix the Circuit Court, at Anderson, theother day, the second trial of the State against exCounty Treasurer Heagy and bondsmen resulted in a verdict for the State and judgment for about $lB,OOO. This amcunt Heagy had in the First National Bank of that place when it failed, and claimed that he was not liable for the money, as it was never in his hands, a check for the amount having been given him by.the former Treasurer, Thomas. The first trial resulted in Heagy’s favor, but the Supreme Court granted a new trial. A HoweLr D. THoMPSON’S brick residence, at Anderson, was burned, on the 24th. Loss, Mrs. SmiTE SMILEY, of Greencastle, attempted to drown herself in Walnut Creek, on the evening of the 24th, and would have succeeded except for the oppértune appearance of a farmer who pulled her out before life was extinct. The causerof the attempt was illhealth. o i

HermAN CHRISMAN fell through a hatchway at Terre Haute, on the afternoon of the 24th, receiving fatal injuries. : ; J. C. Howe'’s saw-mill and wood-working establishment, eight miles south of Logansport, was burned on the night of the 24th. Loss, $3,000. I ' EXPERTS SLATER AND BENNETT, appointed by the County Commissioners of Knox Countys began an examipation of the books of the County Treasurer and Auditor in December last and made a final report, on the 25th, disclosing a shortage in the accounts of exCounty Treasurer Reynolds of over $2,500, which, with the amount reported 'previously, swells his deficit to nearly $5,000. This, with Auditor Reiter’s deficit, makes the -amount nearly $lO,OOO, all of which will be recovered by the county. ' SEVERAL horses have recently been poisoned about ten miles north of Elkhart. No clew to the poisoners. THE saw-mill of Goss & Truax, at Lock Center, was burned, on the morning of the 25th. = Loss, $3,000. L "BAMUEL ARMSTRONG, living eight miles north of Elkhart, had his house burned down, on the night of the 24th, Loss, $8,500. TuE latest reports from Indianapolis givd the following as current prices for leading staples: Flour, Family ‘and Fancy, $4.00@ 6.00; Wheat, No. 2 Red, [email protected]; Corny 34@3414c; Oats, 267 @273¢c; Rye, 50@50Xcy Pork, [email protected]; Lard—Steam, bs3{d O6c; Hogs, [email protected].: - :

—There are some men in the world 80 mean that the{‘ skim the milk at the top, and then sigh betause theg.o can’t turn it over and skim it at the bottom. —N. Y. Herald. 3 '

—lt is the duty of gate posts to stand by each other. - : '

The Death of Gen. Dix—Biographical - : 3 : Sketch, - - : . . - NEw Yorg, April 21. Gen.. John A. Dix died at 11:35 to ni;iht, after liing in a profound and nearlglunbro en coma for seventy-two hours.. The incidents of his illness were. a‘lqng and painful attack of inflammation of the bladder, convalescence after four weeks of suffering, and an accident s week ago Saturday that brought on the fval relapse. Last Friday morning Gen. Dix was convinced that his end was near at hand, and -took final leave of the few intimate friends who called tbat day, among them Bishop Potter and the Rev. Dr. Swope. He also dictated a brief good-by meass&e and blessing to his absent daughter, Mrs. Walsh, now residing in Japan. He then passed an hour or more in conversation with his wife, mson, the Rev. J. Morgan Dix, of Trinity, his daughte’r, Mrs. gl!ake‘, who has constantly. attended him. He occasionally lost consciousness, and at lengh .relapsed into a state of coma, from which he did not once recover until the moment of his death. The four physicians: in attendance: who predicted his sgeedy death on Friday m%?t were astonished at the tenacity with which'he clung to life. All last night he was reported visibly sinking, and ‘to-night .his extraordinary reserve of vitality ﬁave out. . During the day the condition of the ying man underwent no: perceptible alteration, until about four o'clock, when his fa;ilh:g respiration sensibly fzave way, and the dea gray crept gradually over his features. At 11:30 Dr. Gilvoert hastily summoned the members of the family, and they had scarcely argivetd when the heart of the old man ceased to eat. o _ : : Gen. Dix leaves a large fortune, but so selfreliant and rererved was he that only the general %nrticulars of it are known to his only somn, Dr. Morgan Dix. The disposition of his real estate and other _r«,‘»pex‘-ttfl will not be known to his own lamﬁ' y -until :the ‘will is offered for probate. % 0 : The deceased ‘was the son 'of Lieut.-Col Timothy Dix, of the Revolutionalxx Army, and was born in Boscawen, N. H., July 24/ 1798. True to his Revolutionary antecedents, he en~ tered the arm§ when amere lad, servmg in the war of 1812-'l5, first as an Ensizn, and alterward as Adjutant of a battalion. Later he was Aide to Gen. Brown, ‘Commander-in-Chief of the Army. In 1828, having resigned his rank in the army, he settled in Co perstown, N. Y.; as a lawyer, and soon en ered politics, espousing 'he principles of the Democratic party. In 1830 he was made AdjutantGeneral of the State, and in 1833 was chosen Secretary of Statc. He became a memb rof the General Assembly in 1842, and. in 1845 was, elected United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of Silas Wright, eerving in that capacity four vears. Durlng that time he bore a part in the digcussions on the annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, the Orcgon dispute - amd the question of sla.verfv in the Territories, espousing- the views of the Free-Soil Democrats, whose tinsuccessful eandidate for Governor he was in 1848, He was Chairm:n of the Senate Committee on Commerce, and a leading member of that on Militzul';y Affairs. e o eing .an active supporter of Gen. Franklin Pierce for the Presiuency, he was at first selected by that gentleman: for his Becretary of State, but difficulties “arising, Gen. Dix declined in favor of Gov. Marcy. In 1853 he accepted, temporarily, the post of Assistant Treasurer of the United States, at New York City. He was Postmaster of New York City in 1859, and in December, 1860, was appointed by President Buchanan Secretary of tue Treasury, in placeof Howell Cobb, serving in that capacity till the incoming of Mr. Lincoln’s Administration. While Secretary of the Treasury, he issued the memorable order; ‘‘lf any man attempt to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the gpot.?? : . .. Immediately on the incc‘aiption of civil war Gen. Dix took strong and decided grounds in favor of the Government and the Union. He was appointed Major-General of the New York National Guards in the opening of the war, and was commissioned Major-General of the United States Volunteers May 16,-1861;-subse-quently receiving the same rank inithe regu—lar army. In 1862 he had charge of the Degartment of Maryland, and during 'the antiraft riots in New York in 1863 he was in command there, and quelled them. After the close of the war he was sent to Paris as American Minister tn 1866. _ In 1872 he was elected Governor of New York, b(:_inp?'l defeated for reelection in 1874 b{ Samuel J. Tilden. Since then Gen. Dix has lived in retirement, spending much time in literary work, to which he had always devoted a large portion of his leisure time. For several years Gen. Dix has had charge of the finances of Trinity Church, New York City, of which his son is Rector.

- —This is the way a Louisville teacher illustrated the subject: - Teacher—- “ Jimmy, if you were so wicked as to steal your mother’s preserves, and she were to find it out, and were to be-ever S 0 §rieved, and ask you to promise not to do so any more, wotuldn’t you feel very, very sorry,; and’’—Jimmy—*¢ No, 'm!”” - Teacher—*‘You wouldn’t?’ Jimmy—«l'd feel powerful glad, I tell yer!”” Teacher—‘Jimmy! James Storms!’ Jimmy—*¢’Cause why? she didn’t wallop like she allus does—that's why.””— Lowuwsville Courier-Journal.

—¢lt seems to me your loaves are not of the same weight,”” muttered a fault-knding housewife to a baker, as she poised a couple of loaves from his basket; ‘“do yousuppose you can cheat me?” <] don’t want to cheat you,” replied the man of bread, not relishing such an insinuation; ‘I know the loaves were weighed, every. one of them, and one weighs just as much as t'other, by %racious'!fand more tOO, I dare say, if the truth was known!”’ —A prettycornseat—A No. 1 slipper..

~ THE MARKETS. . - NEW YORK,; April 29, 1879. LIVE STOCK—Cattle........ $8 00 @BlO 25 - ; ,'%heep...............A..... %'3B % gag ¢ QIR eb s modisenaneg e s iRy o D) FLOUR—Good to Choice.... 395 @ 450 WHEAT—No. 2 Chicago.... . 0 @ 101% CORN—Western Mixed...... =43 @ 43% "OATS—Western Mixed',..... 3@ 32 RYE—Western .......:...... - Dl%@ 5 POREK—MeESS......voovuveeees - 900 @ 10 37 LARD—SBteam .......,»...... 625 @ 630 CHEESE. . ... . ahinsine 02 @ 08 WOOL—Domestic F1eece......: 20 @ 383 . ; CHICAGO. @ : 8EEVE5—Extra............. $4 €0 @ 85 15 SCholes ..l A Savieaes 20) @ 435 8000 i i acvaediasd 4—o @ 450 Medfam .. fisid e7B 88 4 i Butchers' 5t0ck.......... 255 40 Stock Oattle. ... i 298 385 - HOGS—Live—Good toChoice ' 320 @ 3'38 : SHEEP—Common to Choice.- 800 @, 6 BU'l'l‘ER—Fanc?'Creamery‘..x 18 @ 20 ¢ - Good to Choice......ceees 1L,%; 13 "EGGS—Fresh..........v.uoee . Q3L - 09 FLOUR—Choice Winters.... b2g 550 e o Good Sovtign. 880 @ 400 : r OPrings..... - * Patents......,si.cceon 800 @ 800 GRAlN—Wheat, No. 2 Bprg Yo%k WX Corn, No. 2....5: 5000 .1 83 84% , ORte;NO. 2o ooivviiivane 288 245% RYE, NO: D.ivnininrnreens - 4BH@ -48 X 'Barle{, MNow Doisman o+ WY 88 BROOM CORN—Green Hurl, .- - 08% 04% .- Red-Tipped Hur1......... 'o@ = 03% Fine Green...... ... cvan- 04 . 04%. . Choice Carpet Brush.:... © 04%@ 05 Orooked. ... ceiivistussneios 0k - 02%. PORK—MeBB. i« vossvseisnnes 9 0824 9 956 LM 00 R 812 LUMBER—Ist and 2d Clear. 30 @ 32 08 | * U 'Phird CIeAT. oo diniins BF 28 0 Clear Dresged Siding..... 15 88 @ 15 50 - Common 5iding.......... 12 @ 13 /0 ~Common Bou-ss‘ 10 00 légg Penclng.... 00l il g%% 1 o Tath, oo i N A 8090 (1891 A 5hing1e5..............0. 220 @ 2 26, . BALTIMORE. - TTLE—Best. . .....voo $6 00 @B5 75 :?’é(ﬁlnm.d‘. ”$§ f,tg g gﬁgv OO bil vans it , 82, SHEEP—GOOd.. . .uvuivinen .;_4;80 @ 550 - % . EAST LIBE,R'I.;% ‘!‘o e ATI‘L —8éﬂt........r5....'-ﬂ-‘ ) ) A ’5 m q i Medium....,. iciiyivaniay ] 4 75\ B gﬁ) HOGS—Yorkers.....ooceveiir 840 ‘8 65o Phladelphiis fiviisveveian 873 @ 885 IBBEEP:"Bestn-o{..u-ott sesus 560 i 80 ’Qommbn.-.-........’.,-c.‘..,. 325 420