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EPITOME OF THE WEEK. S e _ THE OLD WORLD. A PLACARD was placed on a church door in Hocken, Belgium, on the Ist, threatening the life of the King:- o THE Paris -Siecle of the 2d says that numerous groups of Bonapartists had announced their intention of bringing forward Jerome Bonaparte Patterson, of Baltimore, Md., asa prétz;whe ‘Napoleonic succession. l\» S ] - THE Industrial Exhibition announced to be held in Moscow this year has been postponed until 1881, in consequence of the trade depression in Russia. . _A LoxpoN telegram of the 3d says Rev. John Cummings, the Millenfum writer, had heen ordered by his physician to renounce all mental work. He would retire from the ministry. ; : AN explosion occurred in the, High Blantyre coal-pit, near Glasgow, Scotland, on the 3. There were thirty-one persons in the mine at the time. Up to the. eveningof that day twenty-one corpses had- been recovered. ' ! A NEw Egyptian Ministry was constituted and proclaimed on the 3d. . - A Cavrcurra telegram of the 3d says the butcheries in Burmah had been revived. The British Government had telegraphed the Viceroy to interpose betweeu King Theebaw and other probable victims. , PRrINCE BISMARCK gave a dinner in honor of Dr! White, the American Minister, on the night of the 2d. o THE news received from Cape Town on the 3d was to the effect that peace negotiations were pending with Cetewayo, with the prospect that they would soon be brought to 4 successful issue. e ; 2 " THE British. troop-ship Orontes arrived at Madeira on' the 3d, with the remains of the Prince Imperial on board. * ' THE Fourth of July was celebrated in London by a banquet at the Palace Hotel. A large number of Americans participated. A NUMBER of placards threatening the lives of the Sultan and his Ministers were seized at Constantinople on the 4th. A NarrLes (Italy) dispatch of the 4th reports the arrest of the ex-Khedive of Egypt. Cause, not stated. - A Cavrcurra dispatch of the 6th says the cholera had broken out- in British Burmah, and that Europeans were 'dying in large numbers. ; REv. T. DE WirT TALMAGE, of New York, preached to two congregations of 20, 000 each, in Lomdon on the 6th. IN consequence of g hurricane on the river Doubs, in France, a steamer having fiftyfive persons§ on board was capsized on the 6th. Only five persons were saved. ~ A pispaTcH from Kapul, Asia, received in London on the O6th, says the Chinese had retaken Kashgar, and massacred a great mumber of the inhabitants, . A CoNsTANTINOPLE dispatch of the sth announces the escape of ex-Sultan Murad. All the ships in the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmora had been seatrched for him, but not, a trace of his hiding-place had been discovered. i A YoxonAMmA dispatch of the sth announces the arrival there of General Grant and his party. ‘ e CAPE TowN (South Africa) dispatches, received in London on the %th, say that King Cetewayo had not accepted the terms of peace offered him, and that an advance would immediately be made. A Court of Inquiry had censured Lieutenant Carey, who had charge of the escort when the Prince Imperial was killed. Bl e

In the British House of Commons on the night of the 7th, a motion to abolish flogging in the army and. navy was voted down after an exciting debate. . THIRTEEN HUNDRED sheep from Boston, infected with foot and mouth disease, were slaughtered at Liverpool on the 7th. PRINCE ALEXANDER, of Bulgaria, reached Varna on the 7th, and was most enthusiastically received by.the populace. - TaE walls of the fortresses at Widin, Silistria, Rustchuk and Varna have been destroyed in accordance with the provisions of the Berlin treaty. e THE person who supplied the pistol to ‘Alexunder Solovieff, with which to kill the Czar of Russia, has been sentenced to be hanged. ; el ; - A FIRE at Irkutsk on the 4th 'destroyed 400 houses. e , A MADRID dispatch of the 7th says the marriage of King Alfonso with the Archduchess of Austria had been definitely agreed to. b ;

THE NEW "WORLD, DurinG the six months ending June 30, there Were 366 failures in New York City, the gross liabilities of which amounted to $11,582,656, while the assets were valued at $5,990,346. : TaE Maine Demobcratic State Convéntion met at Bangor on the Ist, and renominated Governor Garcelon by 'acclamation. The platform declares for free elections; approves the efforts of Congress .to repeal the Supervisor and Test-oath laws; ®ondemns the Republican leaders for keeping alive sectional issues; favors unlimited and free coinage of silver, and a currency of gold, silver and paper at par with coin; approves the reduction of State expenses; etc., ete. . In the United States Court at Cincinnati on the Ist, Gus Clark, a member of the City Council, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and to paya fine of fifty dollars, for neglect of duty as Judge of Election laét fall, the election being held under the United States Supervisor law. = THE public-debt statement for June makes the following exhibit:-Total debt (including interest), . $2,880,360,178. Cash in Treasury, $353,152,807. Debt, less amount in Treasury, $2,027,207,256. Increase during the month, $24,788. Decrease since June 30, 1878, #8,579,575. e : During the session of Congress which terminated on the. Ist, 727 bills and forty-six joint resolutions were introduced in the Benate, and 2,395 bills’ and 119 joint resolutions in the House. fil THE Democrats of California met in State Convention on the Ist, and adopted a platform condemning the -odious laws by which Supervisors and Deputy Marshals are enabled to interfere with the popular will; denouncing the repeated abuse of the veto power by the person sitting as Eaecutive; approving the conduct of the' Democrats in Congress; opposing - Chinese fmmigration; favoring Legislative control of corporations;

ete., ete. On the following day Huch J. Glenn was nominated for Governor by acclamation. i o : A WaAsHINGTON dispatch of the 2d say: .Alex. H. Stephens and Benj. H. Hill, of Genrgia, who had not spoken for twenty years, .-d ‘“made up,’” and buried their old nimositic . Mr. Stephens challenged Mr. Hill many years “efore the late war, but the latter declined to n eet him on the field of honor, and in doing s. said: *‘‘l have a family to protect and a s¢c 'to save, and you have neither.”” From ti * day until the 2d instant it is said the. two mcn never exchanged a word with each other. - : . THE immigration statistics at Castle Garden, New York, show 55,284 immigrants Janded during the first six months of 1879, an increasé of 17,356 over the same period of 1878. . A RECENT Boston telegram says General Butler’s physician had requirid him to retire temporarily from business. ; A, ,woMAN named Margaret Shaw, convicted of the murder of her husband at Providence, R.- I, has been senténced to State-Prison for life. b - REv. FrANCIS L. PATTON, D. D., bas declined the college professorship tendered him from London, and will remain in charge of the Jefferson Park (Chicago) Presbyterian Church. His congregation and the denomination generally are much pleased at Dr. Patton’s action in this matter. . =~

~TaE Louisiana Constitutional Conventiomhas adopted an article prohibiting the sale of aleoholic and malt liquors on Sundays, and providing that the next Legislature shall pass a law for the punishment of violators of the provision. e & - ‘Tae Chicago Tribune of a recent date published an account of an interview had by a'correspondent of that paper with Sitting Bull, ih which the noted Indian Chief said he only went to war with the whites to defend his women and children, and all he wants now is to be let alone and allowed to hunt. He would never consent t 0 go on a reservation and become a farmer. Other leading Sioux Indians expressed similar views. : SEVERE wind and rain storms visited portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakota and lowa, on the night of the 24 and morning of the 3d, by which much damage was done to building and.other property. and several }ives were lost.. The town of Vasa, near Red Wing, Minn., was one of the severest sufferers, the Orphan Asylum in that place being blown down and three of the inmates being killed” and seventeen others injurdd. Other buildings were destroyed, and nine lives were lost in the town, and four other persons were, it was thought, fatally, and about thirty more or less seriously injured. The aggregate loss of life in the State by disasters conrected A with the storm was about twenty. ' 4

Ur to the- 4th, of the Government refunding certificates issued ($40,000',Q00) $27,100,000 had been exchanged for four-per-cent. bonds, there still remaining outstanding $12,900,000. The large amount still outstanding induced the belief in Washington that a'much larger proportion had gone into the hands of small investors than had really been supposed. : . H. P. PEER, the man who once before leaped from the Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls into the foaming waters two hundred feet below, advertised that the feat would be repeated on the Fourth of July. An immense crowd gathered, but Peer became gloriously drunk and his friends would not allow him to jump. . L

At Lake Quinsigamond, near Worcester, Mass., on the afternoon of the 4th, the steamer Isaac Dayvis; returning from an excursion, was boarded/by an immense crowd just as she touched the wharf and before those on board could be. discharged. The boat careened, and the hurricane deck, laden with a dense mass of humanity, was broken down and its occupants thrown into the water. About fifteen persons were Killed, and a great many were more or less seriously hurt. e t

JOoHN F. SEYMOUR, a cousin of Bishop Seymour, of-the Diocese of {pringfield, lil., was shot and killed by some unknown person in the grounds of the Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Churchin New York City, on the night of the 3d. . . DisrATCHES from Northern Vermont on the G6th say considerable excitement existed along the border because of the alleged discovery, at East Farnham,. Quebec, of Charley Ross. The boy answered the lost child’s description, and says his name is Charley Ross, and that he was brought there from New York by two men, a long time ago. A dispatch had been sent to Mr. Ross, and parties were expected there to investigate the matter. ; e

THE number of marriages in New York City during the year ending on the 30th ult was 7;629. Of this number, 7,435 were white males and 7,447 white females, and 19¢ colored males and 182 colored females. Seventy-one males and thirty-three females were' married for the third time, and two males for the fourth time. Ten males and one femule were married batween the ages of seventy and eighty years, and one male between cighty and ninety vears. The number of mar'riages between bachelors and spinsters was 5,369, and 484 bachelors ‘married widows. There were 704 marriages to every 10,000 of population. S :

A STRIKE among the printers of Indianapdlis, Ind., was ended on the 6th by the newspaper publishers acceding {o the demand for thirty-three and a third cents per thousand ems. ; ANNOUNCEMENT was made on the 6th of the failure of the Semple & Birge Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Mo. : A PARTY of six young men léft Port Colborne, Ont., in a boat for Buffalo the night before the4th, to witness the celebration of an American Indep‘é,ndence day. On the voyage over the boat capsized, and all were drowned. - ATt Lanesboro, Minn., on the 4th, seventeen persons were poisonegyy some substance, supposed to be tart -emetic, in lemonade at a picnic. : ; IN New York City on the sth, Mary Anderson and her infant child were burned to death. Cause, starting a fire with kerofene. . . ADJUTANT-GENERAL TOWNSKEND has been placed in charge of the work of codifying the army regulations, under the late act of Congress. : A WASHINGTON . special of the 7th says reports that the President had any thought of calling Congress together in another special session before its regular time of meeting tn December next were untrue. SECRETARY SHERMAN has recently issued a circular to Collectors of Customs and Internal Revenue, Assistant Treasurers and all the principal officers of the Treasury Department, instrueting them, when submitting nominations for appointments to subordinate ‘positions, to state, in addition to the other information required, the service of the nom-' inee in the Union army or navy during the J IO Vil Wk o vad o Ral s el

IN the Circuit Court at San Francisco on the 7th, Judge Field, gf the Snpreme_ Court of the' United States, decifled what is known as the Queue-cutting ordinance to be invalid, being in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment. The ordinance prescribed that the queues of all Chinamen in the County Jail for petty offenses should be cut off; and it-was éxpected to be a strong deterrent to that class of criminals. : Two men named James H. Holland and Charles G. Wobroth, who had confessed to the murder of a man ifi New Mexico a few davs befow?efi{; hanged .by a mob of citizens ¢ ver, Col. Four Cheyenne Indians were hanged 2t Miles City, D. T., on the 7th, having been tried and convicted on the charge of wounding Sergeant Kennedy, of the Signal Service, and killing a private who accompanied him. AN old man named Joseph Akins, aged seventy-one years, living near Greensburg, Pa., recently shot and instantly killed his wife, aced seventy-three, and, after telling his-nearest neighbor that he had killed the *old woman,” placed the muzzle of the gun under his chin and deliberately fired axd killed himself. The trouble leading to this tragedy is believed to have arisen from a quarrel about a little piece of pruperty where they lived. ]

CONGRESSIONAL. . Y ¥ [ ; s o SENATE.—On the Ist, the adjournment resolution was amended so as to fix.the time at five p. m. of that day, and was finally passed, after remarks as to the failure of the passage of an appropriation for the pay of United States Marshals ang their deputies, {iepublicau Senators laying the blame for such faiiure upon the Democratic majority in Congress, and Democratic Senators holdm'§ the President to be responsible therefor....The joint resolution providing thirty days’ extra pay for employes of Congress was agreed to....Aresoluticn tendering thanks to Mr. Thurman f.ogl the ability, dignity and impartiality with which he had discharged the duties of the Chair, whileacting as President pro lem., was unanimously Yas_sed. as_was also a similar resolution relative to VicePresident Wheeler....A committee appointed for that ptle?ose baving waited on the President and repor that he had no further communication to make to Congress, at five o'clock the President pro tem., after a few pleasant remarks, declared the Senate adjourned sire die, ; House.—The amendment of the Senate fixing the hour of adjournment atfive o’clock was coucurred in....A conference report on the joint resolution relative to the pay of committee clerks, etc., was agreed t0....Mr. Herndon was appointed on the committee in regard to the Cincinnati election, in fiplace of Mr, Samford, declined ...The hour of five o’clock havu%g arrived, and word having been received from the President that he bad no further communication to ‘make, the Speaker, after a few worde of thanks, declared the House adjourned without day.

A SINGULAR WEDDING CEREMONY. An Alieged Materialized Marriage of Two Departed Spirits -The Wedding Supper—'The Bride and Groom Both in Attendance. e . Society and those who have a faith in spiritual manifestations are all agog over a seance that was held in this city last Friday evening, sthat puts everything else in the shade. To be particular and give a full account of these wonderful proceedings, it must first be stated who the parties are. : It is a well-krown fact that Colonel Isaac Eaton is a Spiritualist; in fact, it has now ‘become a mania with him, and all his luck; good or bad, comes from the departed dead. Mrs. Eaton, his estimable wife, is also a strong believer, and they *have made frequent trips to Memphis, Mo., to interview the famous Professor Mott to try and further their researches. Colonel Eaton is as firm in his belief of having geceived messages from the departed, and having seen and conversed with them, 4s he.is sure that the sun rises and sets. In several of his numerous visits to Mott he has seen and conversed with his daughter Katie, who died at the age of three weeks, and who has been a member ¢of the angel band” for thirty years. During his last visit she told him that she was soon to be married, and that Benjamin Pierce, a son of ex-President Pierce, was to be ber hushand. She stated that the wedding would take place on the 20th of June in the spirit-land, and asked that he make the necessary arrangements for a wedding-supper, and she and her husband would visit them during the evening. The Colonel was only too glad to spare neither pains nor expense to further the wedding arrangements, and so a closet in the house was transformed into a cabinet for the accommodation of the medium. Prof. Mott and wife, of Mem»his; Dr. Dooley, of Kansas City; Colonel H. D. McKay, late President of the Alliance Life’ Insurance Company, and Mrs. McKay, of this city, and the immediate members of Mr. Eaton’s family were the guests at this wedding supper. Protessor Mott took, his }fiace in the ecabinet; the table was spread, two covers being laid for the bride and groom, an elegant bouquet being placed beside their plates. After the guests were seated the medium -announced that the bridal party had arrived. The guests one after another arose from the table and went to the cabinet, the lady and her husband there being preseuted to them. They both appeared very distinct and lifelike, and both entered heartily into the general conversation. After this ceremony was over the bride and groom walked out of the cabinet. The bride wore a heavy white satin dress, with flowing veil and orangdblossoms. The groom was attired in the customary black, with‘a button-hole bouquet. _ After receiving numerous congratulations, the bridal party bade their friends good-by, and departed, so to speak, for their celestial home, saying tlzat they would call often. This matter has been obtained from. parties present, and is a verbatim account of the proceedings. All parties concerned - moved -in the highest society circles, and hence the furor this wedding has caused.—Leavenworth (Kan.) Special to St. Louts Republican.

Beating the Boat. ‘ THE other day one of the ferry-boat Ca&wtains found aboard of his craft a cadaverous-looking. chap = who had beaten his way to and fro so often that patience was nolonger a virtue. 'When it was found that he had no ticket ‘the Captain roarded out: o o ~ **What did I tell you the last time 1 passed you over?”’ : 3 “You said you'd throw me into thel river next time I tried to beat my way across,”’ was the calm reply. o . ‘And now.——l!" yelled the Captain, as he started to pull off his coat. 1 ‘“And now you won’t. You are a good-hearted man and I don’t wantyou to qet.into trouble on my account. I will go over-hoard on my own hook.’”

“He stepped to the gangway and made a dive before any one could prevent. The boat was stopped, life-preservers thrown out, and after hard work the man was hauled aboard. The Captain seized him, braced hifn against the cabin, and, shaking his fist under the beat’s nose, exclaimed: : ‘‘ Look-a-here, you miserable, sinful man, I’ve been put to ten dollars’ trouble trying to collect your five-cent fare! After this it is understood that you are always to ride free, &nd if you offer to pay fare I'll lick you!"’— Detroit Free Press. . o

| q 5 INDIANA STATE NEWS. THE followihg are the faire which are to be held in Indiana this fall, so far as they had been decided on up to the Ist: . - Statg Fair, Indianapolis, September 29 to October 4; Allen County, Fort Wayne, September 2226 Barthelomew: County, Columbus, Aucust 2630; Blackford County, Hartford City, September 23-26 :-Boone County, Lebanon. September 8-12 Carroll Connty, Delphi, September, 9-12: Clay County, Brazil, August 18-23; Clinton County, Frankftort, Scptcmger 15-19; Daviess. County, Washington, Gcetober 7-11; Delaware Couuty, Muncie, September : 9-12;; Eikhart County, Goshen, September 30 to October 3: Fayette County, Connersville, September 2-6: Franklin County, Brookville, Scptember 23-2¢: Fulton LCounty, Rochester. September 25-27: Gibson County, Princefon, September 15-19: Grant County, Marion. Septeniber 17-20: Green County, Linton, October 7-11: Hamilton County, Cicero,’ Abril 26-24; Harrison Connty, Corydon, September 1-5; Henry County, Néwcastie. September 16-19; Howard County, Kokomo. September 1-: Huntington County. Huntington, Seprember’ 17, 20; Jackson County. Brownstown, Augnst 25-29; Jasper County. Rensseluer, September Y-12: Jay County, Portland, September 30 to October 3 Jefferson County, Madison, September 17-20: Knox County, Vincénnes, October 13-18; Kosciusko County, Warsaw. September 24-27; La Grange County, LaGrange. September 24-26; LaPorte County, LaPoite. September 24-24: Lawrence County, Bedford. September 9-13; Madison County. Anderson, Septeinber 2-5: Marion Countv, Valley Mills,” September 11-13: Marion County (coloréd). ' Indianapolis. August 26:30: Miami County, Peru, September 16-19; Monroe County. Bloomington, August 26-30; Morcan County, Martinsville, September, 2-6: Noble County, Ligcnier, October 8-11; Orange County. Paoli, September 23-27; Perry County, Rome, September 29 to October 3; Fike County, Petersburg. September 1-5; Posey County, New Harmony, September 9-13: Randolph. County, Winchester, September 16-14: Ripley County., Oszood, August 12-15: Rush Countys Rushvillle; September 9-12; Shelby County, Shelbyvitle. September 2-6; Stark County, Knox, Sepiember. 25-27: Steuben County, Angola. September 23-26; Tippecanoe County, LaXuayette, September” 1-6; Tipton: County, Tipton, Septembter 23-96:; Vigo County, Terre Haute, September 9-12: Wabash County, Wabash, September 9-12: Warren County, West Lebanon. Scptember 8-12: Warrick County, Boonville, October 7-11; Wells County, Bluftton, October 6-4; Whitley County, Columbia City, September 30 to October'3. - ; ! DISTRICT FAIRS. Bridgeton Union, Bridgeton.” August 26-30: Cambridge City A. H. & M., Cambridge City, September 16-19; Dunkirk Union A. and M., Dunkirk. September 2-5; Edinburg Union, Edinburg, September 22-27; Fountain. Warren and Vermillion, Covington.:September. 23-26; Henry, Madison and Delaware,” Middletown, 'August 1422; Knightstown Union, Knightstown, August 26-29: Loovootee A, and M., Loogootee, September 2-65 Middlefork, Middletork, August 25-29; Northeastern Indidna, Waterleo, October -10; Prairie Farmer, Francesville. Septemberl6-19; Russellville Union,! Russellville, August 25-30; Remington A. A., Remington. Aagust 26-20; Southeastern Indiana, Aurora, September 3-7: Switzerland and- Ohio. East Enterprise, September 9-12; Thornrown Union. Thorntown, Septem-! ber 22-26; Union Acricultural and Mechanical, Union City, September 23-27, -

, A FULLY-DEVELOPED case of leprosy exists near Salem. Her name is Chriseson, and she lives twelve miles north of that place. - Her skull in places has “aetually decayed away, so that the brains have protruded and been removed. The bones of the lez have gradually decayed until they are only from one-quarter to one-third their natural size. She is, as it were, a walking' pestilence. The physicians say that it is a real case of leprosy. The un-. fortunate person hasbeen a resident of Washington County for nearly thirty years. KRrozER’S saloon, in Columbia City, was the scene of a shooting affray the other night, which will probably prove fatal. Two tramps refused to pay for what they had ordered, when*Marshal SBupple appeared to arrest tuem. One fired at the Marshal ‘but hit the other, tramp, the ball going clear through his body. ' He is lying very low, and can hardly recover. E The other is in jail awaiting the result-of the injuries. Both refuse to tell who they are. Mrs. MICHAEL Kerry, of Anderson, attempted suicide on the nigcht of the Ist,- by taking Paris-green. A disagreementbetween herself and husband is the assigned cause of the attempt. e : ; - JouN A. Fixcn, who has been appointed President of the Commission to prepare an }nsumnée Code ior the State, has issued a circular asking for information and suggestions. The Attorney-General and Auditor of State are the other.members. THE Trustees have electéd Dr. A. J. Thomas, former editor of the Vincennes Sun, Second Assistant Physician of the Insane Asylum. : :

. BosToN Towers, while engaged in oiling the machinery of his steam saw-mill, one mile north of Leavenworth, Crawford County, fell upon the cirecular saw while it was thaking six hundred revolutions a minute. He was thrown upward several feet from the saw, and again fell upon it, when it threw him off to the floor below. He is fatally hurt. Both thighs, the calf of his right leg, his .shoulder, right arm and- head are mangled, the pelvic bone sawed through and his leftankle broken. THE family of Dr. Weaver, of West Point, a small village ten miles from Lafayette, was poisoned the other day by eating candy supposed to be colored with arsenic. : Mzs. BArTHOLOMEW, of New Harmony, whilé driving along Main street in Evansville on the 3d, with a little boy, suddenly fell back, dropping the reins, and the horse ran against a post on the corner of the street, throwing both from the. buggy. Mrs. Bartholomew was picked up dead. The boy was not hurt. A physician was called, who thinks she had an apopletic fit. : _ JAMEs WHITE, a railroader, was stabbed in the third floating rib in the left side, at an Indianapolis saloon on the afterndon of the 4th, and will probably die. He refusedto disclose the name of his assailant, but he is believed to be ¢ Collier, the Slasher.”

A YOUNG man named Beam fell from the mast-head of a vessel to the deck, at Michigan City, on the 4th, and received fatal injuries. . At Alfonte, Madison County, on the- 4th, Frank Hiday, deaf and dumb, was run overby a locomotive and fatally injured. Eppie MoBES, thirteen years old, was drowned in White River, at Edwardsport, on the 4th, while bathing. NEp HALLEY was run over by a Michigan Central train near Chesterton on the 4th, and fatally injured. . : : At Frankfort, on the afternoon of the 4th, while Ed Taylor, twenty-one years old and others were out hunting, a gun in the hands off John Duckworth was prematurely discharged, Kkilling Taylor instantly. 5 - FREDERICK SHEETS, carpenter at Brownétown, was covering ‘Miller’s mill, a threestory structure at that place, the other mornfng, when he lost his foothold, falling to thel ground, crushing bis skull and killing him instantly, He was about forty-five years old. THE latest reports from Indiandpdtis give the following as current prices for leading' staples: Flour, Family and Fancy, $4.00@ 6.00; Wheat, No. 2 Red, [email protected]; Corn, 85@85Xc; Oats, 31@324c; Rye, 53@533g¢; Pork, [email protected]; Lard—Steam, 6lg@6i{c; Hogs, [email protected]. b . . —Bred on the waters—Mosquitoes,

'HOW TORNADOES COME. = : —" ° o A Report Which Will Interest Every= body—Explorationsby a Signal-Serve ice Officer—-New Facts Given in an Interview. : : ’ ‘ There is perhaps no subject that interests the people of the Northwestern States more’ than that of the tornadoes, which, for the past few: years, have pwid that- section of ‘the country regular visits, leaving in their path signs of dstruction and death. The terrible storms- known as the Irving, the Stockdale, the Wakefield, the first Delphos, the Lincoln -County, the Waterville, all of which occurred in the State of Kansas in the month of May: last, together with the Lee Summit, the Barnard, the Gentry County and the Hackberry Ridge, in Missouri, left such signs of destruction in their path that the attention of the United States Government was called to the fact, and an exploring officer, in the person of Sergeant J. P. Finney, of the Washington Signal-Service Corps, was dispatched to the scene of disaster, with orders to thoroughly investigate the course, probable cause and extentof the storms, and report the same to the Chief of the Signal-Service Department at Washington. In obedience to this order, the Sergeant left the latter city on the 7th day of June last, %oing straight to Lee’s’ Summit, Mo. . These storms occurred on the 29th and: 30th of May, fully ten days before the officer reached the scene. This point was a very disadvantageous one to the explorer for the reason that the country had recuperated from the effect of the storms, the crops in some places show-’ ing no signs of the tornadoes, which but a few days before -had leveled them to the ground. The gentleman also labored under a disadvantage during his stay from the result of rainy wedther, which not only rendered travel wvery laborious but, obliterated nearly all evidence of the storm’s trail. Notwithstanding all these drawbacks the officer continued his labors, visiting ‘over thirty-five cities and villages an covering over 500 miles with horse-and buggy. Last week, after concluding that he had made all necessary observations, the gentleman : started for home, reaching St. Louis yesterday morning,’ stopping here through the day, and continuing his journey wia the Wabash road last night. While in the city he gave the following account of his trip, which will prove of considerable interest to those persons who have happened tc witness a teal tornado: s ; :

~ Said Mr. Finney: ¢ This investigation has led to the finding out of one most important fact, and that is that the majority of the houses destroyed were located in depressions; creek bottoms, etc. Those houses built on high ground were capsized or thrown to the earth, while those in the lower locations were torn into shreds. Thispoint was not only ‘observed by myself, but by others whose attention was called to the fact. I also found that stone houses were much more dangerous to human life than frame or wooden, for the reason that when a tornado was seen approaching the occupants generally took possession of the cellar for safety. If the building was a frame structure and the storm struck it, it would be swept clean away, leaving the occupants of 'the cellar unhurt. On the other hand if the building was of stode, it would be razed to the ground, and the occupants of the cellar either Killed or buried with the falling debris. Colonel Van Horn, of the Kansas City Journal, and other individuals posted on the subject think it would be a good place to have a signal service officer stationed at that point during the months cf May ‘and June when these storms most frequently occur, so as ;to be on hand and ready to take observations immediately after the passage of them. The people in the country which was laid waste by the ‘many storms have gone to work with a will ' rebuilding their houses, etc., while the crops have sprung right up again, so that just before my leaving there it was impossible to tell that a storm had ever struck them. I found that a great many persons lost their lives by running right into or away from the tornado, instead of running ome side. One instance of this kind was that of the Harris family, consisting of father, mother and two children, who lost their lives during the progress of the Lee Summit storm by running along directly in front of the path of the tornado, when, if they had run to the west or northwest of it, they would have escaped its fury. I started out making observations by first finding the center of the track of the storm, and then making corresponding ob‘servations on both sides to aScertain the effect of the wind on each. I found, after a great deal .of question-: ing, that these tornadoes were always heralded by the appearance of hailstorms .and rain, which o’nl¥ ended when the funnel ,disapgeared.: his funnel, which resembled a water:spout, was generally seen ~ap‘proa.ohin§‘ from the Northwest and southwest, an ‘was the embodiment of the air currents coming from both these directions. The northwest: clouds alwayS resembled heavy rain clouds, while those in the southwest were of a light fleecy color, indicating wind. After the appearance of l%xese the inhabitants would notice between the two near the apex a terrible commotion, and in a.“‘ few moments this would be followed by the funnel extending .graduallir. from the cloudg. It was this tunnel cloud that always did the damage. The majority of these storms travel about thirty miles an hour, and while they are on the ground. their force is great enough to destroy everything within reach. In the late tornadoes oocm'rmg in the section which ‘I have explored there is a marked alp?c\#iarity, consisting in their ;;.gnn‘mji' _number, .§hnfine§s§: of path and purallel directions. Heretofore our general storm area has de-. veloped at most but two of thesel terrific tornadoes, while during th prevalence of the May storm eleven o these .‘funnel,iah:fed, furies have ap~ peared under well-defined limit. a@t!m.fi storms have averaged twenty-five miles in length, the Irving, Kan., being the longest, covering about sixtyor seventy miles in length. Of course, it is im-?oss-ibla to: gfitfevthe- public just now the full extent of my observations and work, for the reason that it would be

against the rules of the corps, while it is.also necessary to take the observations which I have now in my possession and compare them with observations taken by-members of the regular and volunteer stations over that region of the country lying adjdcentito that which I have already explored. When this.labor is ocompleted-a report will be forthcoming that will enable us to present facts that will be read with great interest by not only ‘the people of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, but by the whole American people.”’ This ended the interview, the gentleman illustrating on graper a dug-out or class of house which is being %)u_ilt in that section of the country which has suffered by the terrible May storms.— St. Lowis Republiean..,. = = ..« :

Is It Really Hot? i ~ A citizen doing business on Griswold street has given this weather question a great deal of thought, and yesterday he began a series of experiments to ascertain whether imagination hasn’t as much todo with a hot day as the thermometer. At nine o’clock in the morning he entered his office, built a brisk fire in the stove, closed the door, and sat-down to his .newspaper, having his. chair close to the stove. ' In a few minutes one- of his customers opened the: door, and- before he could expréss his surprise the official called out: . : “Come in! What a change in the weather since last night! I hated to. build-a fire, but- it was positively like November in here. Come over by the stove.”’ s dus . .. Has—has the weather changed?” hesitatingly inquired the caller.” “Changed! Why, there’s a difference -of thirty-one degrees since ten o’clock last night! Hear what the weather report says: Northerly winds, great change in temperature, with indications of*a severg frost at night! I wish I. had brou[éght down my spring overcoat.” 4 i A ¢ Well, Ifelt the change, but I didn’t realize the full power & it,” said the other, as he edged over to.the stove and rubbed his hands. ¢ You should watch these things and dress accordingly. I wouldn’t dare come out in that thin coat.- First you know you’ll have a chill.”” ¢ o ¢“J—I know I'm rather careless, but I must look out for myself in future. This fire feels rather good.” .~ . - ““Yes, it does; you'd better get thoroughiy warmed up before you go out in the raw air.”’ B . ~The caller remained there for at least ten minutes, all the time standing beside the hot stove, and yet when the theymometer marked®lo9 degrees he mgde no complaints and went out saying thit he would go home and get on a thicker coat.—Detroit Frec Press. \ A Brave Engineer. = .

The Cumbeérland News. in its account of a'recent accident which occurred on the Pittsburgh Division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, between Confluence- and . Cumberiand, :pays this tribute to a brave man: - The engineer, S. F. Pritchard, saw just ahead a large piece of rock that had rolied down the side of the' mountain:ion the track. Quick as- thought he sprang from his seat, without -relaxing his hold on the throttle, jammed it Bhut and put on the air brakes. The next instant the engine went crashing and grinding over the rock, was thrown from the track and turned over and over, stripping it of machinery, and crushing everything that' would break. The name of the engineer of the ill-fated locomotive de--serves to be embalmed in verse and story. When the horror-stricken trainmen and passengers reached the battered wreck, the manly form of the brave “engineer was found standing erect as if his engine was ranning smoothly over the rails. One h_anlc’l grasped the throttle and fthe other the handle of the air-brake. valve with a clutch that could not be loosed. His lips were pressed closely together, and his face wore a determined but anxious look, that; alas! was never to cha,n%‘e;, for penetrating his side was the cold, cruel, polished irom handle of the ‘reverse bar.” The engine, in turning over, had pressed him against the bar, and he had died—instantly and peacefully—died at his post of duty—died that men might live! = .. . .}

—A writer in the Boston Herald says that Alcott, of Concord, is a muddy Plato and that he is very indolent, especially in house-cleaning time when there are bureaus to move. : s :

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