Ligonier Banner., Volume 16, Number 47, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 March 1882 — Page 2

Sy O UL e R The Ligowier Banuer, o e W, — 'fIiIIRSbAY. MARCH ﬁ, ‘lBB2.

SPECIAL NOTICE. j Persons-wishing to confer with me personally will please call at THE BANNER ganctum from Monday morning until Wednesday noon. ‘T'he remainder of the week I am enzaged on the Daily and Wcokl,i' Monitor in the city of Elkhart, L J.B.STOLL.

BerweeN forty and fifty persons lost their lives by the floods along the Mississippi river, and about 30,000 cattle have been drowned. :

TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY, means that taxes, instead of inflating the pockets of a few monopolists, go into the treasuty of the United States,

THE PRICE PAID by the Republicans to the Tammanyites was the Senate chairmanships. The New York Republicans are now in full ~fellowship with the successor of Boss Tweed.

Tae OweEN CoUuNTY Democracy at their recent county convention unani- ' mously adopted a resolution favoring { the nomination of ITon. Bernhard Yehweitzer to the office of State Treasurer of Indiana. e o

Miss ANNA lIERMAN who is voluntarily starving herseif to ‘death in the (lark county poor house, has succeeded in going without food for forty-four days. She has long been insane and cannot be induced to partaks of any kind of nourishment. °

PAILADELPHIA, @ city that has for years béen a solid Rephblican one, has been slowly but surely- decreasing the Republican majority, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer prophecies that “one more election and Philadelphia will be a democratic city.” . ~ “ e Tue Posey COUNTY BANNER.is the title of a new Democratic paper established at Mt. Vernon,’ Indiana, by our clever and excellent friend, Thomas Collins. It is an eight column folio, tastefuily equipped and edited with Tom’s old-time sprightliness. Though the field is necessarily somewhat circumseribed, we have laith to believe that Bro. Collins ‘will make ‘his' new venture a success. Our best wishes are cordially extended. = ) 0

QUEEN VICTORIA was shot at last Thursday by a youngman named Roderick Mecl.ean, a grocer’s clerk in London. At the time the shot was fired the (Queen was entering hier carriage at the railway station on her way to Windsor castle.. ' The would-be assassin was immediately arrested and ap attempt was made by some.lEaton scholars tolynch-him, The physicians pronounce MecLean perfectly sane. During her reign of forty-four 'years, Queen Victogia has had seven personal attacks made upon her. . BLAINE is said to be living quietly in Washington, getting ready for a last struggle for the Presidency. With him it will be next time or never, for he is getting old.” All the energy and ‘power of the great political leader will be used in the struggle. ~Blaine is 4 powerful man in tl}e’republicvarr par ty, and has a larger following than any other man in it. e was the friend #nd adviser of Garfield, and it is said that Arthur refuses to quarrel with him. No one will deny that Blaine would prove a formidable opponent to the leaders of his party who may try to defeat him in nomination,

“TneE NOMINATION of Conkling to the Supreme Bench,” said a promiuent Republican at Washington, “will make the next Congress Democratic;”” Hun dreds of Republicans, when titey heard of the nomination, declared that they would never vote the Republican ticket again. The conduct of the Ohio Legislators while at Washington also dis gusted and sickened sensible Republicans. These men, who represent the people of ‘Ohio, headed by the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, went in magnificent style to. call oo and flatter the vanity of Guiteau; - whomn they lionized and of whom they purchased his photographs. .

Tur Lawrenceburgh Register, edited by that most worthy and conscientious Democratic journalist, Dr. W. H. D. Hunter, was recently enlargedto a 36 column folio, and is how among the largest and neatest paperd published along the Ohio River. . Underthe Dr.s judicious management the Register hag acquired an enviable reputation as a first-class newspaper and as a most valuable medium for the dissemination of correct political principles. ' We are pleased to know that the Dr.s efforts te supply the Dearborn county Democ racy with an organ of which they may well feel proud, is' meeting with proper encouragement, and that its circula tion is steadily increasing. :

GUITEAU may - now congratulate himself that bis murderous act was not in vain, ~ Conkling has been again elevated to political power and placed

in one of the first places in the land. < lis position as AsSociate Justice of the Supreme Court must, however, seem rather tame to the impetuous Copkling. He is more used to the heat and contest of politics, and besides his legal learning is not what it slionld b in one who oceupies such a positiou. As an eminent member of the New Y ork bar said, “Mz. Conkling does not rank high as a lawyer among lawyers.” This seems to be the general opinion of the Stalwart leaders, and there seems to be something absurdly incongruous in his appointment to the place. - |

IN ouR 18sUE of February 16, mention- was made of the elevation of General Rucker to the position of Quartermaster - General in place of General Meigs, who had been fetired on account of age at sixty-five, General RRucker was, atthe time of his promotion, seventy-two years old, and after two days’ service was retired. The two days, however,; were long enough for the accomplishment of General Sheridan’s scheme, that of se- ‘ curing for his father-in-law an advance in rank'and pay. To what 19 our , government coming that such things sare not only permitted but sanctioned by those having authority ? | The United States can justly boast of ~ excelling all other nations as a great benevolent institution. for the protection of its officers and publiec servais geneérally, I . S

© AW ALLEGFD “democratic”’ paper, edited by an individual who hasn’t the first conception of what constitutes genuine Demccracy, and who readily embraces the Isms and humbuggesy that periodieally emanate from the narrow: minds of fanatics * bigots, can hardly be considered a proper medium for passing judgment on the mo tives of men who are Democrats becaunsethey believe in democratic principles and insist on maintaining these under any and all circumstances.

- THEREIS A growing dissatisfaction being manifested by the laboring class ‘and “serious “indications of coming labor troubles. The promises made them by the Republicans do not seem to have amounted to much as yet, and those deluded workingmen who formed such a conspicuouis teature of the Re-publican-processions and whose voices were loudest in praise of Republican candidates, are now fast arriving at the conclusion that they have been lied to and deceived. There is nothing like experience to teach people what the honied promises of the republican party mean. - e

Tue INDIANAPOLIS Jonrneal, in speaking of the country préss of Indiana; says: § s ;

f"l‘he'r,o has been a marked advance in the character of the cmmi.ry ‘mewspapers of the State within the past ten or fifteen years. It has fore than kept pace with the improvement in ¢ity journalism. Connected with these papers there is nearly always a completely equipped printing office. A community is largely judgeé by, its papers. 'A ptblisher who Has jp‘vesfed_! his time and means in a zood prinfing establishment, and in putting in his energy, enterprise and ability in the publication of a creditable ne\vsl)a;)(x',__;s’ePLlip]ed to the generous support of the people whose interests he is espousing, and with whose prosperity he is identified. There can be :nothing higher than the obligation resting upon exéry community to accord full support to its local press. That is the way to make it better. Suppert your own paper {irst.” 5

- McLxEAN, the man who fired upon the Queen, says ‘that he has nothing against the Queen personally, and that it was not his intention to kill when he fired. Ie megely wanted to remind an oppressive system that the common people of England were not treated as they should be. It is” just possible, however, that at his. trial his good intentions of bettering the condition of the Queen’s subjects will not be taken into consideration, but the fact that he fired at the Queen will be fully recognized. Besides, his plan of shaking up a bad system wasg a.vile and cowardly one. Open revolution has always proven to be the better way. But the condition of ‘he common people will eventually be bettered without resorting to either means. ‘lnfluences are even now at work in English politics which ‘will promote the popular cause without murdering the Queen. |

———— et & e e WE ARE IN RECEIPT of 4 copy of the Z'aylor Countyl)e'n'iqr’x:rat, published at Bedford, lowa, by L. M. Walters, ard edited by our esteemied friend, Col. A. T. Whittlesey, formerly editor of the Evansville Courier. Weare somewhat surprised to find so sterling a Democrat as Col. Whittlesey locating in a radical Republican stronghold, and greatly regret his removal from Indiana. The Colonel is a writer of extraordinary force, a clear headed and sagagious politician, and a true patriot. We have known him for twelve years, and always found him true to his professions and faithful to his obligations. In his new field of labor he will doubtless be instrumental in disseminating the gospel of ‘pure Democracy, and in that laudable undertaking we wish him unbounded success. A pai)er edited- by a terse and vigorous writer like Col. Whittlesey, is deserving of an extensive and remunerative circulation.. j

Tur REPUBLICAN EDITORS of this State imagine that they have escaped a dilemma by passing the following resolutions at their late convention in Indianapolis: : WurereAs, The right ofpetition has ever been a cardinal ar}d sacred principle of the republican party ; ‘and : ' WanEREAS, The republican party is.based upoen the intelligence of the people, and that they are competent to decide all ques.tions of public policy in a “‘zovermment of the people, by the people, for the people;”’ therefore : e i Resolved, - That as remn%lican editors, we will ever maintain and aggressively advocate the submission of all questions of changes in the original, or any other law of the State, to a vote of the people, upon swhic¢h any respectable number of them ‘haye petitioned for. this privilege. -

That sounds very pretty, gentlemen, but we rather think you will have to come down from that lofty fence. The cry of “submission to the will of the people” will not answer. You will have to face the musi¢c fairly and squarely. For or against the amend ments is the question, and it cannot be evaded, however much trimmers and time-sewers may try.

FORrR THE INFORMATION of sundry quill-drivers in this part of the State who seem to be greatly worried over the publication of the letters of promiuent Democrats in relation to the prohibition‘ and woman suffrage amendments, we beg leave to say that the editor of this paper had nothing whatever to do with the printing in’ pamphlet form of the aforementioned letters nor with their distribution. These letters were published in THE BANNER last summer, and thus became public property, Had we been consulted in regard to the matter we would have urged the publication of all the letters received, in full, without a partiele of abbreviation. They are excellent letters, replete with incontrovertible truths and solid facts, and should find their way into every household in the State of Indiana. They express the gsentiments. of representative Democrats all over the State as well as the sentiments of an overwhelming major-

|lty of the rank and fi'e of the Demoeracy. . They emanate from men who‘ have studied the fundamental princi-‘ ples ofeDemocracy and who have convictions based upon investigation. The authors of these letters are no trimmers or time-servers, but men of intelligence and ‘courage. Their utterances will be recugnized as sound and. logical long after the clatter and chatter of the long-haired men and the Short haired” women who are clamor\ing for prohibition and woman suf{frage shall have.been forgotten.

CIVIL SERVICE REFOMM TALK, . 'Phe other week Senator Dawes; of Massachusetts, ‘gave expréssion to his ideas, in the Senate, about reforming ciyil service. It was the purpose of Mi. Dawes to show tlie need of devising some plan for the reguldtion of the

appointing power. He said that “the nation has outgrown its own constitntional provisions_for appointments te Offige, “and ifs . fnitiph nctigh according to'the original plals Wh 1,00‘“911 € e 6 ug h ca yob ] the operations of the Government when it was framed, 100,000 are now required.” Mr. Dawes seems to have a very fair idea of the situation. During'the past twenty years, under the management of the Republicans, the functions of the general Government have been so enlarged and multiplied that the “original plan” is no longer sufficient for their needs. When the’ Constitution” was first framed there were but three milliori people to be governed by it, but now, although the number of people is fifteen times as large a$ it was then, the number of officeholders has been increased a hundred fold. The chief aim of the republican party through ail the years they have been in power, seems to have been to multiply and expand the powers of the Federa]l authorities, so that affairs that were formerly under the direct management of the people are ‘now- subject to'the Central Govern‘ment at Washington. 'The machinery of government, in their hands, has be-. come 80 vast and elaborate and the complication of offices,is such that the number of clerks and other servants necessaty to fill them is simply enormous. The Republicans cannot quite fit the Constitution to their needs as it now is, but the Senator from Massachusetts thinks he sees a way out of | the difliculty by establishing more widely extending regulations than now exist for the benefit of republican of-fice-holders. That kind of ‘‘civil ser‘vice reform” is just what the people do not'want.

Road Superintendents. _The Kokomo.Dispatch says that the new law creating the office of super intendents, who are to be elected in April,provides that heshall take charge of all roads, highways and bridges in his township,and keep them in as good repair as a prudent use of the means in his hands will permit. He shall have control of all funds: of his township for road, high ways or bridge purposes and shall with the concurrence of the Board of County Commissioners in his county, in June next, and. ans nually thereafter, assess a road tax of twodollars upon each able-hodied male resident of his township over the age of twenty-one years and. under fifty, except idiot, insanse, deaf, blind and such as may be unable to pay said tax on account of physical infirmity and poverty; to levy a road tax of not exceeding twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars of the property of the township liable to taxation, and to report the same to the County Auditor, to be by him placed on the tax duplicate, to be collected as other taxes are. He shall also in the months of April, May and June of each year, first put all the highways of his township in good repair, and with such other means as may béin his hands proceed to do cther work denominated extraordinary,. upon some portion of the highway of hig township; and shall .expend all available means in his hands applicable to such purpose by the 15th of Novem-. ber of each year —in Juue and in Aug: ust, to the end that all noxious weeds and thistles may be destroyed. He may employ a competent engineer, at reasonable wages, to make plans, specifications and estimates for work on roads and bridges. Tle shall each year appoint one or more road masters in his township, and become custodian of all the tools, material :ar.d other property - pertaining to roads in his township; and may purchase such other tools or materials as may be necessary for the use of his road. The salary of the officer is flxed at two dollars per day. 2 _, . LR i “;"

: Campai‘;l ‘C'orl'n ptlr‘n'. The special Washingtou dorrespondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal writes as ‘follows: “The Republican managers are already looking to the Indiana election, next fall. They are determined, if possible, to keep the State in the Republican line. The hat is everr now being passed among the officers. Only the Indiana office-hold-ers have as yet been called upon to contribute to thé furd for the fall campaign. -But as it gets a little nearer the time for active operations, there is no doubt that all government employes ‘ will be asked to contribute. The amount asked of the Indiana people holding office in. Washington, varies according to the salary which they are in the employment of. One Indiana Republican, who has a good place In the Treasury Department, says he has contributed $25 towards the campaign in the fall.” This makes the outlook for heavy campaign work in York township quite promising. Wonder what the price per vote will be fixed at this vear? :

And They are Stilt Prosperous. : Kansas City Star-Mail. Quinine now sells for $2 an ounce. Before the repeal of the prohibitory duty it sold for $4.35. The 23 eastern firms for whose benefit this duty was levied are still in business, their employes are as well off as ever, and the vast public which uses quinine 'is greatly benefited. Similar results wo’d follow the abolition of most of the “protective” duties which now weigh S 0 heavily upon the people.

Will flay iavee With the Party. Peru Sentinel, - = The Indianapolis Sentinel of yesterday published an interview with Mr, J. 0. Cole, the Peru brewer, in_which Mr, Cole takes occasion to Bay that many will be driven:from the Republican party if prohibition is made a question. It will destroy millions of dollars worth of property belonging to brewers and distillers without advancing the cause of temperance a single step. . i

There are over 20,000 men and 100,~ 000 horses and mules employed in railroad building in Texas. _ There are about 2,000 miles of road under eontract and about 6,000 more to be contracted for. ¢

Since 1875 there have been twentynine revenue men killed by whisky distilling “moonshiners” and a number dwounded. A bill in Congress provides for pensiouns in the cases. % 3

; TOWNSHIP CAUCUSES, 4 T ot fuiisit by . ELKHART TOWNSHIP., . ... The Democrats of E}lqhart town are requested to meetgn‘z mme a‘.gég, gg, in Wawaka, SATURDAY, M“An:%I , 1882, at 2 o’clock P. M., for thé putpose of Hofffnat. ing township officers to be voted for at the April election; also to appoint a township committeeman for the ensuing yearsand to transact such ofher bugh;esia%lgg_ ;omp before the nfee’tlng. ! e Sﬁ H; Wawaka, Marech 1. Committeeman.

s . 1 OUR NEIGHBORS. DgiaM, @Bty farmers have been. plowing of@orn during;the pleasant. Eidér Butns living about a 6 (xosfien, is sick with smallpox: 5 o mild-for: fk i w " One da¥ last Wweek, Peter Motsolf; 6f Steuben confity, was kicked by a horse 80 severely as to bring on acute peritonitis. His life is despaired of. o, ~ The residence of Rev.J. M. White-, bead, of.Goshen, was burglartizcd on Sanday evening of last week, and some clothing and money taken. - A bou ied by a family named Henry, in ﬁ.&b coz n y,ivhiyphrtial-;i 'Ru destroyed Dby fire last week, The ooss was fully covered by insurance. During the recent revival at Elkhart about two hundred hymn books were carried away by persons who, in their zeal probably, forgot to return them. Jerry Alwood, of St. Joseph county, ingreaching over a well tolitt a bucket therefrom, lost his balance -and; fell. x::sn taken out he.was found to be‘

' - Elkhart county has ten weekly secuJar newspapers, two dailies, and some Bix or seven religious papers published by twe Mennonite establishments.— Goshen Times. :

A man-in Larwill, Kosciusko county, picked his teeth with a vaccine point, and now suffers with a vaccinated tongue. But whata queer choice of toothpicks. '

As T. B.Lahury was riding on a load of hay, one day last week, . near Angola. he fell from the load, striking on Lis head. Although badly bruised, no bones were broken.

Stores are kept open in Butler in spite of the Sunday law. If the strong arm of the law should reach out and'grasp a few offeriders, it might have a salutary effect. ’

Warsaw is agiin suffering from the ravages of the festive midnight burglar, From the account given by the Indianian, it would seem that they are a hungry set of individuals. Thieves broke into the store and residence of Loren Congdon, at Bristol, one night last week, and succeeded in getting away with about $l2 in ‘cash. The burglary is credited to home tal ent. e - ;

The editor of the Auburu Cowrier has been ‘presented with a genuine specimen of the tools used in the “stone age,” in the shape of a finely formed stone skinning Knife, which is still sharp, :

A ten.year-old daughter of Samuel Smith, of Nappanee, Elkhart county, last’ week fell down a stairway, and striking upon her head and side upon the sidewalk below, broke an arm and two ribs. Ttk ;

At the meeting of the Chautauqua Circle at South Bend, in honor of Longfellow’s birthday, Mr. Leman, the Secretary, exhibited an autograph and read a.mote received that.day from the distinguisbed poet. ‘Frank Fifer, living in Steuben county, was so severely injured last summer at a barn-raising that it has become necessary to send him to the asylam at Indianapolis. It is thought that he cannot live long. ‘ At a public sale held by Henry Haskins, of Butler, one day last*week, the crowd was 8o great that the lower floor of his large brick barn gave way under the weight and sank sixteen inches. Noone was injured. '~ “Solomon Simons, living three miles south of Garrett, DeKalb county, was struck and instantly killed by a falling tree, on Monday of last week. Mr. Simons was about 40 years old and leavies a wife aud one daughter.

The prospects are' getting brighter for the construction of a railroad from Sturgis, Mich,, to Danville, Tll., to be built by the way of Middlebury, Goshen, Bourbon, and many other towns in this State. -Middlebury is jubilant accordingly. R L At North Galvestaem, Kosciusko county, a man, by name Hiram Smith, took out a policy for $5,000 in an Ohio life insurance company, and paid $BO or more in assessments, and on the death of the party insured he realized the enormous sum of $l4. . Quite a curiosity was takep from an egg and is exhibited in the drug store of C. G. Baker, of Pierceton, Kosciusko county. It is over ome inch long and resembles a lizard. “Tts head and body are said to be quite perfect, and the tail lies along one side. A class lof four young ladies, the first class in LaGrange county, graduated. the exercises taking place at the Beaty school house on Friday evening, February 24. The essays written by the young “girl graduates” are said to have been very interesting. The Goshen Democrat gives an account of a day’s work performed by Rev. J. M. Whitehead, of that place, on Sunday the 26th ult. According to the account, he preached four sermons, attended prayer meeting, led the opening exercises in Sunday-school, united a couple in marriage, and baptized two candidates, all in one day. | ~ Theremaining Indians of the Miami tribe who recently received their last ‘annuity from the government are rapidly drinking themselves to death. Bill Godfrey of the Allen county Indians was the first to go. Since he received his money he had constantly ‘been’drunk, but at the last seemed to painfully realize hig shortcomings. The Cheese company met at LaGrange on the 25th ult, for the purpose of discussing the profits, etc., of the business. 'The attendance was much larger than that of last year. Although last year was an éxceptionally poor vear, all who had tried the experiment spoke favorably of it. Arrangements will be made for enlarging the business this season.

The pastor of Bloomingdale Methodist church is a jolly fellow. who believes in enjoying moderately the pleasures of this life as well as ‘the joys of the oneto come. S 0 he. advises his congregation to bave a good time, drink, smokeand be otherwise unrestrained on the Christian path, but to use all these things prudently. The minister in a recent sermon said when he felt like taking a drink, he took ‘one; or like smoking he bought the best cigar he could find. Notwithstanding, his conscience don’t trouble him.—F#t. Wayne Sentinel,

Isaae Farver, of DeKalb county, has a piece of carved work, the work of his own hands, which consists of three wooden towers. ‘The Auburn Courier thus describes them: ' ‘One has three stories, each supported by eight columns, between these columns liefive balls. Abovethe third story are five oth er stories, éach'containing a single ball. Another'has fiverballs on the first floor, with seven single ones on asmany'storles above, and pendant from the top hang four beautifal chains. The third tower ig less elaborate but stils wonderful. A finecarved chain is also of the lot. All'are carved in nice white bass wood, and show an amount of skili and patience that are remarkable. p

T. J. Foster, -whose: disappearance from Fort Wayne, two weeks ago, was ‘the canse of considerable newspaper comment, has returnéd, -and publishes in his paper.(the Journal) an explana: tion of his eonduct’” He says he had 0t to drinking 4o éxcess, and went away to seber up, with the firm “inten~ tion of totally abstaining from the use’ of liquor i future: * He'set out 86 goto Pittsburg, but’ stép;)ed at" Crestline, 0, Me'«éan;; when, finding thit he was not able to ‘ontrol m:“..z?‘petlce, he Bought tlie “advics ‘of &~ Catholi¢ prie‘;g‘ and by his mt}éé‘ Went to ‘the s home fn thét cfty, whiere ""4 vas SOO WAL 1l ooudiHin 0 refuri home and resunie his usiness, He feels confidertt thit 6 will be able tg' keep his résoluition to practice total al. 1 stinence in the future, "

_ Pensions for Everybody. . Pike-County Demgccrat. I B ¥, 8 Républican Sena t,or 0 ¢ “- a 8 introduced « billin:the Un ltates Senate, pro'YV'Q ng "x R 0 le' persom. i i the service of eith 1 *“r@'; Supon tl;r‘leeths of ‘salary at thetinde of his retil Bt Conites has always leg islated in a liberal spirit towards soldiers and employes of thegovernment, but it should refrain from engrafting this system upen the treasury. Our pension: lst has already swollen to alarming proportions. Men are not fore:id into the United States, Sglx‘lt?te ouse of ,Representatives. They shels Abé. Plab.| They abe iraday 1 ) mw.mméé&d gmbarrass. ments, and the proposition to pension a mun who'sueceeds in once getting to Congress at the rate of 83,750 per year 80 long as he shall live, is not only wrong, but is contrarcy to the spirit of our institutions, because ‘it creates a favored class at the ‘expense of the people. This is in a line with Republican policy, to create in this country a civil list after the fashion of the old countries. Every man enjoys equal rights, or,shoul:!’. in this land of the free, apd we cannot denounce too strongly our opposition to this innovation upon our constitutional methods of government. How. do our hardy sons of toil like the proposition to’ pension every man who succeeds in getting to Congress, for life at the rate of $3,750 per year, as contemplated in Senator Anthony’s bill? What one of our readers who has a terrible fight with poverty and taxes to .contend with, is willing to longer support a party that thus tries to add to our already over-bucdened tax list over six hundred million dollars more per year, to pension decayed and retired memibers of Tgnggs? Not- one we are sure. 1, lé® fhem come out on the democratic side -of economy and retrenchment.” Let them join with us iu restoring this country to the simple government: of our fathers, and if a man succeeds in breaking into Congress, let him take the consequences

Gov. lie-dri'cks on the Grant Pension Business. tlnterview in New York Star) - “What do you think of the action of the Senate in placing Gern. Grant upon the retired list with a pension of $12,500 a year?” | ; o “I think it not only wrong, but infamous. How a truly good Democrat could vote for such a measure, I am at a loss to 'umderstand; and I do not hesitate to sav that such Democrats as did vote for the bill have placed themselves in a position contrary to the very principles of their party, and which deserves the condemnation and censure of every Democrat.” . “Which.of the cardinal principles of Democracy does the action of the Senate violate?”.

~ “The aetion 0f the Senate might bave been presumed, but certainly not with the concurrence of Démocrats. General Grant is a rich man —so recog* aized—who receives $250,000 subscribed for him one year, and comes before the National Congress the next, begging for a princely anuuity, Now this pension opegates not upon the ciyil services as signed, but as Chief Executive, and to that, the action of the Senate relates. By the advocates of the measures it was declared to be only an honor to Gen. Grant for distinguished services. Now the civil services he rendered in his civil capacity, take precedence of his military services because he was the superior military officer. 1f the purpose was simply to honor Gen. Grant. it is opposed to the spirit of the Constitution as 1t relates to titles of nobility. When I was a member of the lower House of Cougress, an effort was made to elevate 'Gen. Scott from a Major-General to a lGenera], and I well remember the )strong opposition with which Democrats met the project. | And our action was based upon that section of the ‘ Constitution which applies to this case. Wihile in the' one House they were | wrangling overthe methods of distrib‘uting the small pension to the common soldier, they are alloting princely anouities to the civil officer in the other.” . & e ——Y < — The Démocracy of New York Con- ¢ gratulated. ¢ - The Anti-Kelly Tammany General ‘Committee on the night of the 28th ult. passed the following: ~ Resolved, That the Tammany Hall Anti-Kelly General Committee congratulates the Democracy of this State upon the alliance recently entered into between representatives of John Kelly and a portion of the republican party, for the réason that we believe by this -alliance the democratic party has finally gotten rid of an exacting and treacherous ally, who will hereafter,as an open foe, be far 'less able to injuriously affect its future prosperity and SUCCEss. i

Substitute for Calomel and Quinine. Simmons’ Liver. Regulator, purely vegetable, is equal in power to blue mass or calomel, but without any of their injurious properties. “I have used Simmons’ Liver Regulator, and find it a most excellent medicine, acting like a charm on the liver. 1t 18 a most excellent substitute for calomel. Have tried it in several cases oi bilious disorders, chills and fever, and find it effects a cure,in a most satisfactorymanner. UR.J. H.BROWN, ! Clinton, Ga.”

W. W. Woollen for Secretary of : State. Boonville Enquirer. We observe by our exchanges that the name of Hon. William Wesley Woollen, of Indianapolis, is mentioned as a suitable candidate for Secretary of State. Mr. Woollen’s contributions to the press has made his name familiar to the fraternity throughout the State, and his zeal in the advancement of Democratic principles to the party generally. His knowledge of the history of the State particularly qualifies him for the position, and his name would be an honor to the head of the State ticket. ) :

] - B _.Xhe 'Age of Miracles is past, and Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” will not raise the dead, will not cure you if your lungs are almost wasted by consumption. It is, however, unsurpassed both as a pectoral and alterative, and will cure obstinate and severe diseases of the throat and; Jungs, coughs, and bronclhial affections.. By virtue of its- wonderful alterative properties it cleanses and enriches the blood, cures pimples, blotches, and eruptions, and causes even great eating ulcersto heal. ,

i It is High Tume. - ' New York Times, Since the -opening of the session scarcely a word has been spoken whieh would indicate that there had ever been a civil war 1n the United States,' and pot one thac betrayed.on either gide the survival of marked animosity growing out of ‘the recent struggle. On the other hand, the time and attention of Congress have been taken up with preasnres relating to the interests aud: the economie policy: of ‘the Goverpment. s

: Annoyance Aveided. Gray hairs are honorable -bat their ‘prémature appearance is -annoying. Parker’s Hair Balsam prevents the ‘annoyaneé by promptly restoring the youthfal color. i , “Sara ‘Bernhardt told Oscar Wilde ‘that'theré were only two things worth ‘seding 1n America: one wis Clara Morris and the other some dreadful way; ‘they hive of killing hogs in the Chicas gostock yards, < " ¥ . WL I et By Trt [Lgatarrh, ; “"Don’t fail to ask yotr druggist for 8, bottle of Papillon if you wish to be ‘Gnﬂi‘efz “felieved from this most dis‘}W‘a le'and very prévalent disease. It eures speédily, pleasantly and surely.

A couple uf ¢aseés were really tried last week in Kuseiusko couaty in which the defendants were :i%ed to have broken ‘the fish law. The evidence was saislight, gmver,‘iﬁat the. cases both fell#hiou ;ﬁ o R .

IR TR S T > ¢ EPITOMﬁ F ﬁﬁE ? e Interesting News Compilation. : - XLVIIth Congress, _ Tuvkrspay, March 2.—ln the Senate Mr. Gorman offered a resolution directing the Postmaster-General to transmit a statement of the cost of fast mails and a list of yailroad companiés which performed the sexviees. Mr. Cnl:.gzr made a favorable report on the House “bill-torimprove the life-saving-service, with amendments providing for pensions for widows and childven of keepers Josing their lives. Messrs: Farley and Hear debated the Chineze JLmmigration bill, when the Senate went into executive session. Roscoe Conkling was confirmed as Associate-Justice by 39 yeas to 12 nays. The nomination of Aaron A. Sargent to be Minister to Germany was approved without division. In the House the Oregon contested election case of McDowell vas. George was dismissed. Debate on the Consular “and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, which sets aside $1,198,530, occupied a great portion of the day. The Senate amendments to the Post-route bill wére concurred in. 2 'FRIDAY, “Marelu 3.~ In tfie. Semate Mr. Butler presented a memorial from citizens of South Carolina for National aid in the eduncation of the youth of that State.”/ Mr. Hoar reported adversely on the petitions in regard to the celebration of the discovery of the mouth of the Mississippi. Bills were passed: To ~compile and print the naval history of the war: to reduce the charge for licenses to engineers and pilots, and to make Denveér a port of delivery.. The Chinese bill gave 'rise’ to a prolonged and spirited dlebate, ‘and before reaching a vote ‘on the bill ‘an adjmuwnment was taken to the 6th. Tln the House Mr. Gibson introduced a bill fo appropriate $6,113,000 for improvements along the Mississippi River. A, bill was passed to reduce fees for licenses to oflicers of steam vessels. The Committee on Foreign Affairs was granted leave to sit during sessions of the House, to investigate the «Chili-Peruyian correspondence, SaruroaY, March 4.—The Senate was not in session. In the House a hill was passed for holding terms of the BDistrict Court at Wichita, Kan. A resolution was adopted to dismiss the Louisiana contested election case of Smith . vs. Robertson. Mr. Horr reported a bill to prevent shipping adulterated food and drugs into the United States. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was completed in Committee of the Whole, but the final vote was deferred.. The salary of the Consul at Liverpool was fixed at $06,000. The Consul at Jerusalem was given an ‘advance of $5OO. Mr. Reed presented a petition from Yankton against the admission of Dakota as a State. ~ Moxpay. March 6. — In the Senate Mr. Ingalls reported favorably a Bankruptey bill embodying the equity system; Mr. Vest, a measure for thie incorporation of the Interoceanic Bhip Railway, and Mr. Teller, the House bill to pension Mrs. Garfield, with an amendment to inclade $5,000 per anmum for Mrs. Polk -and Mrs. Tyler. Bills were introduced: for the construction of the Illinois & Mississippi Canal; for a commission on the liquor traffic, and to enable claimants against the Government to bring suit in .any Federal Circuit Court. Debate on the Chinese bill occupied the remainder of the session. In the House the Consutar and Diplomatic Appropriation hili was passed. Mr. Belford introduced a resolution requesting the President to appeal to the Czar to protect the Jews in Russia. Mr. Hewitt| introduced a _Dill to resfore to the pension-rolls tlie names dropped for participation in the rebellion. A debate took place on the bill to permit producers of leaf tobaceo to sell the same without license, but the rules were not suspended. The Dbill appropriating $lOO,OOO- to continue work on the Davis Tsland dam in the Ohio River was passed. i . :

:From Washington, TrUE bills against a large number of Starroute copspirators were reported by the Grand Jury at Washington on the Ist. . THE public-debt statement for February ghows the following: Tqtal debt (including interestﬁ $1,995,347,016. Cash in Treasury, $252,617,643. Debt, less amount in Treasury, $1,742,720,368. Decrease during the month, $0,783,511. ' Decrease since June 30, 1831, $97,« 869,442.1 For the twelve months ended Januarvy 31, 1882, the excess of exports of merchandise from the United States ‘was $142,485,405; excess of imports of gold and silver coin and bullion for the same time, $44,4'§7,215. 1 CORNELIUS A. LogAN, of Illinois, was on the 2d nominated by the President to be Min. ister to Chili. ¢ At Washington on the 2d the Court-martial for the trial of Sergeant Mason adjourned sie die. Tre Senate, in executive session on the 2d, confirmed the nomination. of ex:Senator Conkling as Associate Justice of the United Btates Supreme Court. The vote is - reported to have been 89 yeas against 12 nays. The following is given as the nay vote: Messrs. Hoar, Morrill, Dawes and Hawley - (Republicams) ; Bayard, Johnston, Hampton, Jonas, Call, Farley, Camden and Pugh (Democrats.) THE President sent a congratulatory dispatch to Queen Victoria on the 3d felicitating her upon her escape from the bullet of an usgsassin, & @

THERE arrived at the customs poyfs of the United States during the month of January 18,480 immigrants. During the seven months ended January. 31, the totgl number was At Washington on the 84 the .Grand Jury presented indictments against James B. Ilcnderson, James W. Donohue, William W, Jackson, Albert E. Boone and Samuel’ G. Cabell, Star-route agents, for conspiracy to defrand the United States. s Durixe the seven days ended om the 3d there were 152 business failures in the United Btates, an increase of seventeen over the total of the preceding week. Tar President on the 3d nominated Jom{ M. Wilson, of Ohio, as Consul at Bremen. AccorplNG to a Washington dispatch of the 4th Mr. Scoville had ended his comection with the Guiteau case, and would return to Chicago. One’of the assassin’s relatives in Boston had announced the discovery of important evidénce regarding the insanity of the condemned man.

AT a meeting in aid of the Hennepin Canal scheme, held in Washington on the evening of the 4th, speeches were nrade by David Davis, Robert T. Lineoln and others.” A resolution was adopted to organize a committee to take charge of the subject. TaE Director of the Mint séut‘a lettor to the House a few days ago stating that from Mareh, 1878, to December, 1881, the average monthly cost of silver bullion purchased by the Treasury was $2,067,805, and the average amount of coinage $2,200,891.

Ox the 6th Ex-Senator Conkling sent to iPresident Arthur a letter formally declining the appointment of Adsociate Justice of the Supreme Court. The President then appointed Senator George F. Edmunds, of Vermont, to fill the position declined by Mr. Conkliug. " STATISTICS recently tabulated by the Census Bureau shows that, of the 50,000,000 of popu: lation of the various States and Territories, 90,000 are insane, 75,000 idibtic, 50,000 blind, 380,000 deaf and dumb, and 250,000 paupers and prisoners. : St At

The East, } VerY heavy Tamns occurred throughout the Tast on the 24, and the rising of the riyers was causing great destruction to property and liveistoek. ©/ -9, : - Ensox L. Fur Lek committed suicide in the Vermont State Prison a few days ago. e Avas imprisoned for the murder of Melvin Witham. . F 3 - Tae cugine and baggage car of a passenger train'on the Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain Road ran into a wash-out near Ogdenshurgh, a few evenings ago.: - James Chambers, the cn--gineer, and. Henry Petrie, the fireman, were drowned. )

A STRIRE.at the Bessemer steel-works at ‘Homestead, Pa., led to .a riot on' the 2d, in ‘Which thvee men were injured, one fatally, By the will of Charles A, Reade, of Newton, Mass., his family receives $lOO,OOO, the town of Salem gets $40,000, and $40,000 goes to the city of Newton, The income from the last ‘two gifts Is to be ‘used in giving pienics to children, scientifie lectures and relief to poor “widows. He also left $50,000 to the United States Treasurer, to be applied on the payment of the National debt. : Wonk was stSpénded i a blanket factory “in Marlbovo, N.:H:; a few days since, the employes having buen takensuddenly and ws‘Sericusly 411. - ¥t was believed that somet ng ‘ln the wool'was the cause of the trouble. > D#mixa the months of January and Februavy.there were 6,903 deaths in New York City, 4,800 births and 1,871 marriages.. ¥ ABouT noon: on the 8d Rowell, the Englishman, withdrew fhom the Now York pedestrian mateb.. He had then 415 rolles to M‘fm

RHETIR TNe SR T e R eFEST R I ” = ih%b?ﬁ!iha;éﬁﬁrd”wﬂflfeqﬁ?faé"fér‘"re: ! suming business, $4,203,60), was- paid /in to. the Directors of the Pacific National Bank of Boston... . et gy %‘n ANBURY (Conn.) hatters being on'a strike the 3d, the Governorliad prdered the mili?ia )t Hartford £o be iﬁ’i&adgsd:tb move. ' _THE British proposal "to shoot a match at %rﬁmmr,f nedr New York, next September, has been accepted by the American Rifle Association. re Tur Western Hotel and Erie Railroad depot at Attica, N. Y., were burned a few days ago. OX the 3d the Haverhill (Mass.) Relief Com--mittec acknowledged the receipt of §12,440 in cash, and considerable provisions and clothing. . : It is stated that Philadelphia will soon adopt.the cable motor system on her street railways. - . j f -Luß flood at Bangor, Me., on the sth carried away the mmchine-shop of the »t. Croix & | Penobscot Railroad. . ‘ MiLtox 8. Latay, ex-United - States Senator, Prestdent of t‘be New York Mining and Stock Exchange, and Governor of California in 1859, died in New Yorkeon the 4th. - TnEesix./days’ pedestrian contest in New York ended at 9:15 on the evening of thé. 4th, when Hazael completed his 600th mile and Fitzgerald Lis 577th.. .The gate money amounted to $30,0J0, to be distributed among Hazael, Fitzgerald, Noremac, Hughes, Sullivan and Hart, who were in at the finish. AN engineer and two firemen were killed by a collision of a passenger and freight train ne.r Earlville, N. Y., a few days ago. The accident was due to a misinterpretation of orders. : i : Tue Congregational Church at Great Barrington, Mass,, was destroyed hy fire a f(;,\\‘ evenings ago. Loss, $50,020. SEVERAL of the larger cities of the Union on the 4th celebrated the one hundred and second anniversary of the hirthday of Robert Emmet. - Cuiries A, SweET & Co.'s banking house, in Boston, suspended on the:6th. Liabilities reported at from £3,000,000 to’ ®4,000,000. . Ix New York"('it)‘ a few days ago several of the leading retail merchants were arvested on the chargeé of crnelty in not providing’ their female clerks with seats. After a hearing, in | which the women expressed a willingness to testify in behalf of their emplovers, the latter were discharged. » § Ix Maine on the 6th the munieipal elections resulted in the choice of Libby, Republican, for Mayor of Portland, with five Aldermen and fourteen Councilinen of the same faith; Jamies 1. Leigh, Republican, was chosen ‘Mayor of Hallowell: David Farrer, Republican, Mayor of Lewiston, and George 8. Woodmun, Republican, Mayor of Auburn. Tue Hudson River was saill to he open for navigation on the 6th, =~ - ° THE morocco manufacturing firm of William Rutter &Co., of New. York, suspended a few days ago. Liabilities, £175,000.

. West and South. : Frve business houses in Athens, Tex., worth $35,000, were destroyed by five a few days ago. o : i ; Over $1,100,000 worth of eotton was recently shipped from Galveston, Tex., for for: eign ports. : A POLICEMAN at Grand Island, Neb., named George W. Hart, recently convicted of the murder of Michael Cress, asked to be executed within ten days, and not on a Friday or Saturday.. Judge Post fixed Thursddy, June 15, for the event. i { Avice MUFFERT, a Chicago colored woman, who recently murdered her white husband, has been sent to the penitentiary for twentyseven years. IHer defense was emotional insanity. i RaTroxs ordered by the Government are being distributed in five overflowed counties in Arkansas, ; : Tue New Orleans Foundry Company failed a few days ago for $200,000, and the tobacco firm of Albritton & Davis, of Mayfield, Ky., magle an assignment for $95,000 At Cairo, IIL., on the Ist the water was fourteen inches higher than the mark made by Abraham Bird in 1815, but the levees stood the test.. 3 A pisparcitdrom Ifelena, - Ark., on the Ist states that a big break had occurred just beTow Concordia, Miss., and five persons were drowned.

Ox the 2d the Secretary of the Illinois State Board of Health reported a general vaccination of school children Llu-oilghqu_t the State and a very decided diminution of small-pox. The number .of infected places in the State 'had been reduced from 118 to 19. Tae Western Distillers’ Association held a meeting in Cineinnati on the 2d; at which it was resolved toreduce the aggregate amount .of bushels mashed 5,000 per day. At Toll Gate, W. YVa., a few days ago a passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ran upon a stone and was thrown from the track. The engine ran into the store of George W. James, and the store and train, except one sleeper, were burned. John Gigley and John Bremer, engineer and fireman, were instantly killed. = The- passengers escaped without injury. : . ] THERE were 114 new cases of sinall-pox report‘}d in Cincinnati for the seven days ended on the 2d. . : .

A 'MULATTO confined in jail at. Georgetown, 0., named Charles Fry, broke the furpiture in his cell on the 24, and made a murderous assault on Sheriff Heibling, when a son of the latter shot the desperado dead. REPORTS received on the 2d from nearly every county in ten of the chief wheat-grow-ing States showed a high ratio of condition of winter-wheat and an important increase in acreage. e . It vas reported on the 2d that over one-half of Mississippi County, Mo., was under water, owing to the overflow of the' Mississippi River. Huudreds of people had been driven from their. homes, and g number had _beén drowned. At Indian Bay, Ark., steamers were running through the streets. Arkansas City, Ark., was from six inches to four Teet under water. Soad OwING to the -overflow of the Mississippi River, Rosedale, the. county seat of, Bolivar County, Miss., was six feet under water on the 2d. ; : A BILL passed'the Towa House of Representatives onthe 2d, by a vote of 90 to ‘l, appropriating §l5O for the purchase of a gold medal for Kate Shelley, the Boone heroine. : Ox the 3d the thermometer in Manitoba indicated six degrees below zero. In Chicago it was forty-cight degrees above. ;

I New OrLEANS is making -arrangements to - obscrve the two hundredth anniversary of the { discovery ol the mouth of the Mississippi, by La Salle. The celebration will take place - during the month of April. ] A cann was'issued on the 3d for a State Republican Nominating Convention, to be held at Nashville, Tenn, on .the. 2ith of April, and 1 for a Constitutional Convéntion in August, . TuE Dewmocrats of Oregon will hold their State Convention at Portland on the sth of April, and the Republican Convention is called at the sanie place on April 20, s By the explosion of boilers in a s aw-nill a Stone Station, Ind., recently, six men were killed and three others badly injured. . _ At Aberdeen, Miss., on the 3d._Robert Jones, a white man, and William Millery colored,, were hanged for the murder of three brothers named Walker in Novembor last. TWELYE tons of earth in the Lowthian mine at Ishpeming, Mich., fell a few days ago, killing two men and wounding a third. Desp-Swor, Dandy Jim and Skippy, the three Indian scouts who gave the signal for the onslaught on General Carr’s command, were hanggd at Fort Girant, W. T., on the 3d: " A pisraTcH from Greenville, Miss., on the -84 states that the people were seeking refuge -in trees from the flood. In Arkansas the White, St. Francis and Arkansas Rivers were reported to be. falling, but the gloomy re 'ports of death and suffering continued to araiges o It was reported from. Little/R:ek on the 4th that 12,000 people had been left destitute by the floods in Arkansas, and that 20,000 ‘head of cattle had been destroyed. ResoLuTioNs have been-. adopted by the Utah Legislature ealling a convention April 10, to form a State Constitution for submis‘gion to the people. It is claimed .that the ‘Territovial system is not adapted to the conditions of the community; that hindrances to their admission to the Union are unjust, and that they have a right to demand republican government. S 3 :

ON the 4th the Governor of Missouri telegraphed a request to the Secretary of War for an increase in the rations ordered for the flood sufferers. Recretary Lincoln replied that eight days’ supplies had already gone forward to the inundated portion of Missouri, and .that the Arkansas Commissioneérs asked 15,~ 000 rations for forty days, which would. exceed the appropriation. - Fight army officers were detailed to investigate the needs” of the )‘ people, and it was thought that $400,000 would _he required. : u © NEpaR Louisville on the sth the steamer Jamies B. Parker was wrecked on some rocks, and then set on fire by the overturning of /a stove, Nplives were lost, ‘but a cargo valued at $lOO,OOO was destroyed. > Tue suspension of the Mysenberg Btove Company of Bt. Louis, which had been work‘ing about one hundred convicts in ‘the Missquri Penitentiary, was gnnounced a few days 880, Tidabilities, $60,000,

ACTTAT fom the fourth Story windiw xjy‘f;f{; hotel in Cleveland, a few days ago. caased the instant death of | Alice Wright, the so Ibrette of a theatrical troupe. ~ She had become: deranged by typhoid fever. .RTs i o Iy Ban Francisco on the 4th an: immense «demonstration was made’ in favor uf {he pas: sage of the laws preventing the further importation of Chinese.- Business houses were cloged, the day faving been declared a . legal holiday, and thirty thousand people met-to demand redress for their grievances, © = o, Tur Lake Superior Powder - Company’s. packing-house, located three miles from M’L’" quette, Mich., exploded a few days ago, Wiping away every vestige of thebulling, and blowing four men o fragments. - ) P

THE levee on Bayou ‘Lafourchie, La., hroke. in two places on the sth,” the. most alarming one being at Thibodeaux. Unless speedily; closed, a- large scction of - rich- sugar land/ would be inundated. = Lt Two rapiks of Battle’ Creek, Michi, Mrs. J. W. Dickinson and Mrs. Charles’ Sturgis, were struck by lightning on. the: 6th and fatally injured.. ° B L e e ON the Northwestern Road,” within thelim--its of Chicago, a smash-up oécurred a few days ago, injuring” Engineer Walter Titt and Postal Clerk. F. Sutton; bésides buriinga con-: siderable quantity of mail'matter destined for: Towa. ' : Pastiiiie Rev. Hexry Warb BeecnEß, while lecturing in Chicago-on the evening of the 6th, was suddenly taken. il and was ‘removed:to his. hotel. Haa e e By the overflow of the Mississippi: River thirteen houses ag Rivert?mf, Miss., werg swept from their foundations on the 6th and sixlives were lost. * Reports from other inundated sections state that the .destruction of life and property .hafl heen great.-and it was feared: that the horrors of famine would be added to the list before help could reach the unfortunate people. e SR Dr: WirLirorp, of Memphiz, 1 few mornngs ago mistook for & burglar a colbred Aurse’ in his employ, and fatally injored her by firing through a window, e R Gt

Foreign Intelligeace. .- CARTRIDGES composed of dynamite were recently discovered in the Dublin Custom House. Up to the Ist, in skirmishes with the Balkan insurgents, the Ausirians had lost 116 -nien sinee lms'.iiities‘lwé;m.‘ R S It is announced that the néw Egyptian “(Cabinet are in favor of the maintenance of ‘elavery. s SimE G - Ar the élection on the 2d for Member of Parlismnent from Northauniptori,: Bradlaugh was again chosen, by a vote of 8,793 “against 3687 4x‘(,‘w’-i\'m§ by Corbetty his opponent, i G © REoRNT advices from: the west consti-of Africa stateq thar, a ferry-hoat capsized while crossing the lageon of lazoo, and fortyseven’ of the sivty :persons on board were “drowned. HS TR T R R

Ax attempt was -made upon the life of Queen Vietoria on the¢ 24, by a man hamed Roderick . McLean, said.- to bie -a '(-'lg-rk‘;‘ugﬂ}‘ twenty-seven yearsy and a ‘native of London; Her Majesty hal just cufered ‘her carriage at the Windsor railway station, on herway to Windsor Castle, when the man raised 4 pistol and fired directly ‘at her - Fortunately: his aim was bad, and thé - Queen escaped unhurt. Fhe would-he assassin was iinmediately captwred, and it was only with ‘areat difficulty that he was rescugd’ froim “the hands of the people. McLean ‘said hunger prompted the deed. During Quden Victoria's reign of fortyfour years this is'the seventh personat attack made upon her. .~ S o S

Tue. Bank of I rance a tew days :Ig(3-rq3(‘£llx*égl' its disconnt rate'to four-per eent,~ e ~ Two HUNDRED menbelonging toan Austrian force lost theirlives recently in an attempt.to force the passage of the Drina River. - 1T was stated on: the 3d that China was preparing for trouble with Japan‘about Loochoo.) The arsenal Wasiactive and the ‘(Government, was ordering arms: - SRR Tr was stated & few ‘days ago thyt the Canadian town .of Fort Erie ivas o\"en_'.un ,w‘it.l_x‘ thieves from shé American side;. the ring= leader being one of the party who regently’ broke jail' at Rochester, N. Y. Tie defects in the extradition systéna had caused the peo--ple to discuss the yropriety of loading a scow with tht-'gaug'm_ul.t-owing them across to Buffalo. - et SR A 7 R e AT

Tue session of the London Sstock Exthange was opened on the 3d by the members singing the National anthem; **God Bavethe Queen.’” Trr Windsor Borough- Justices~on the 3d examined ‘MacLean, who fived upon Queen Victoria. «On his person’ was found a letter. written before -the ‘shooting, in which he. said he was-compelled to commit criime against the blooded aristocracy because of the.insuf-. ficient relief offere 1 hin. I?(_)li(ft_"mou;téstiliedf that he aimed straight at the royal carviage, which was %ln ut thirty pno(‘*s distant. - Tt was discovered that Mac Lean was discharged from: the Wells Asylum last September; ard had antil recently beenan inmate of the asylum -at Weston-Supgr-Mare, .~ 25 s aiie e THANRSGIVING Services “were leld dnd special prayers offered on the sth in nearly all the churches of England, on' ficcount of the Queen’s escape from-assassipation. = -~ Tue London wine firm of \Wairre Brothers failed on the 4th for $600,000. = . - ]

By the recent falling of thé shaft of & mine in Teplitz, Austria, forty miners- lost . their liyes, '« 44 Db dina - A RECENT cablegram. from Algiers reported a battle between a party of fiftoen hundred insurgents and@ battalion of French' troops, in which thelatter lost twelve mei’ and the. former one hundred. - A D A cABLEGRAM Of the 4th states that Reere-" tary Forster declined “to give evidence before ohe committee charged with inquiringinto the Land act. On his return to *Dublin._a large crowd hooted him-at” the depot, and a ‘map named Hazelwas arvested for connection with the demonstration,” == 1: i Uoate s G - A rew days ago Colonel Brim, of the Brit: ish Royal Eng'neers, attempted to »‘gi‘bss the channel in a balloon. Witlpa man named Simmons, but the air-ship fell into: the sea at Do=:. ver and both men were drowned.. ™- .o - It was announced recently that' the Mexi--can town of Nacovi:had been attucked: by Apaches, and that several persons were killed” on cach side. SO R e s OX the 6th Prineé Milan was proclained King of Servia. e A THE British ‘House of Commons on the 6th," by a vote of 257:t0 242:refused ‘to allow M. Bradlaugh to affirm. -~ =~ 0.7 P

: LATER, - A PACRING-TIOUSE of the Lare Superior Powder Company, located three: miles’ from Marquette, Mich., exploded on the 6th, wiping away every vestige of ‘the building -and blowing four men to fragments. o L i By a vote of 257 to 242 the British House of Commons on the 6th: refused to. allow Mr. Bradlaugli to affirms SEeL f - NAVIGATION on the "Hudson River was résimed on the 6th. veicd A SMASH-UP on. the Northwestern Road, within the limits of Chicage, on fhe 6th-in-jured Engineer Walter Titt andt Postal . Clérk F. Sutton,. besides burning a considerable quantity of mail‘matter destined for Towa. . WiiLE lecturing in Chicago on the evening of the 6th Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was sud-’ denly taken {lf and was removed to his hotel, Ex-SENator CONKLING on the 6th sent 'to President Arthur a letter formally declining the position of Associate-Juscice of the Supreme. Court. -~ S S . THIRTEEN houses at. Riverton, Miss., were swept from their foundations on the 6th by the overflow of the Mississippi River, and six’ lives were lost. ' Reports froin other inundated sections state that thé destruction of life and property ‘had been great, and it was feared that the horrors of famine would he added to the list before help could reach the ‘unfortunate people. G . * WirLiam RurTer & Co., morocco manufacturers dt New York, suspended on the 6th. Liabilities, $175,000. i e PRESIDENT ARTHUR.on ‘the -6th nominated Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, tb be Assoei- | ate-Justice of the Supreme Court, =~ - Mgs. J. -W. DickiNsoN and Mrs. Charles Sturgis, two ladies of Battle Creek, Mich:, were struck hy lightuing on the 6th and fatal- - ly injured. * e s e

PRINGE MILAN. was lpl‘oc}almed"Kinglsr of Servia on the 6th. iR T e

Ix the United SBtalés Senate on the 6th Mr. Ingalls repoi ted favoriibly & Bankruptey bill embodying the equity system; Mr. Vest a measure for the incorporation of the inter_oceanic ship railway, and Mr. Teller the House' bill to pension Mrs..Garfleld, with an amendment to - inelade $5,000 per anhum for Mrs.. Polk and Mrsi - Tyler. .Bills were introduced: for theé - -construction of the Illinofs aiid Mississippi Canal; for a commission on the: liquor traffie, and to enable claimants. against the ‘Government to bring suit in any Federal Cirenit Court.. Debate on the Chinese bill odeuipied the remainder of the session. In the House the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was passed. M. Belford infroduced a résolution requesting ‘the President to appeal to:the Czar to protéet ‘the Jews in. Russia. Mr. H'ewﬁt introduced” a bill to restore to the pension-rolls. the names dropped -for participation in the‘rebellion. = A debate took {)lﬁe on the bill to permit %r(?dncers, of 'leaf obacco to sell the same without license, but the rules were not ‘suspended. The _bil{ -appropriating -$lOO,OOO to continue work on the- - Island dam in the Ohio River was pas e iy i s e et 3

. INDIANA.STATE NEWS. TEEE S eSS i . Bl s ‘Mention was made 'someé weeks ago of a four-yéar-old boy at the Indianapolis SBurgical Institute who had been an inveterate smokes fortwo years. The little fellow when taken to the liospital was unable to walk, owing to complicated spinal troubles, believed largely to originate from an unlimited use of narcoties, the child ordinarily smoking twenty cigars. daily, besides innumerable cigarettes Rince tréatment of the ease began no tobacco has-been give,n‘ him, and he is now able to walk and in a fair way to recovery. :

= The suit for libz2l and $lO,OOO damages brought by Frauk Hayves yg;i?xst:the Lafayette Timeswas. dismip",sedé recently ‘On the motion of Hayes. - ' ' oL LA few: evenings/-agé J. F. Clopper, of Polo, TIL., the young man who broke ‘his' marriage engagement with Miss Lizzie Hoover, of Wabash; arrived in the city, and -calling on the young lady requested that the ceremony be ‘performed. Miss Hoover, whom the fellow ‘had disappointed® several times, declined to: ‘have anything to do with him, 'and ordered him to leave. - o : * 'The minister of the Lutheran Church at Co.lumbia, Dabois County, is not in harmonious relations with a large number of his flock, and they concluded to bar him out of the house a few Sundays ago. The minister, it is said, shen took an ax and cut the door dewn, when the members seized and ejected him' from the building. : They thea sued: ‘the preacher for mulieious trespass, but he gained the suit before the ’Squire, and the members took an appeal $0 the Circuit Court. e The ILouisville,: New Albany & Chicago Railroad recently notified the. Secretary of State that it had changed - its name to the Louisville, Evansville & St. Touis Railroad Company. e ; J'ohn'Blsi(-k,'whogvas hot by Robinson; in Brown County, for traducing the character of Robinson’s sister, died a few days ago. ‘Robinson is still _at liberty, the sympathy of the communify being with him. . ;

The annnal eneampment, Department of Jndiana, G. A. R., was held at Indianapolis a few days #go. The reports presented showed: Receipts, $1,477.27; cash on hand, $114.87; number of posts, thirty-nine—a gain of seventeen within the year; estimafed membership, 9,30). The following officers were elected: James R. Carnahan, of Lafayette, Commandes ;| Ediin Nicar, South Bend, ! Senior ;Vi(‘e-(‘om-\ -mander:-A. ‘C. Rosencranz, Evansville, Junior Vice-Cominander; Dr.. Wiiliarh Scott,-Koko-mo,,}\[edlcai Director; T. N.. Harris, Crawfordsville, Chaplain; Delegates to National Encampment, George J. Langsdale, ¢f Greencastle, R. 8, Robertson,.of Fort Wayne, -J. L. ‘Wooden, of Greenshurg. 2 - A little daughter of fGeorge W. Lancdster, of Indianapolis, while playing with a pair of shears, the other evening, fell down and drove the point in her eye, blinding it for life. | Rev. George. 1. Austin, son-in-law of the late Dr. Tevis,-who was at Madison recently visiting relatives, forged the names of John E.and Perry Cotton to anote for $2BO, drew the cash from the National:' Bank and fled, ‘leaving a wifeand two children. -

The State Association of Mexican War Vet~ erans met at Indianapolis a few day;s ago. A memorial- wasmade to Congress to further] pension Mexican veterans. The following of--ficers were elected for the ensuing year: President, M. D. Manson, Crawfordsville; VicePresidents, J. R. Mulchey, of Bloomington, and J. W. Dpdds,z of: Indianapolis ;: Secretary, ‘E. ‘L. Palmer, of Indiamapolis; Treasurer, General G. ¥, McGinnis{ of Indianapolis, ] Br, Solomon Stough, of Waterloo, who has been pension examiner for a number of years, was fec_ehtly arrested on & charge of receiving bribes and rewards from pensjoners. The Adjutant-General announces that the ¢éncampment of the State militia will be held ‘in Tndianapolis, between June 20 agd July 1. " The stone to be placed over the grave of the late Governor Williams is tobe a shaft offßarre granite, twenty-eight feet nine inches in height, and the foundation seven feet square. : -° { ! i

. An engine in the round-house of the Wabash Road, at Lafayette, exploded a few mornings ago, completely demolishing the building and seriously injuring seyeral workmen. Jesse and! Rasanna Richmond, living in Johnson County, are supposed to'be.the oldest married couple in the State. The former.is 105 years old and the latter 104. They have been nfarried over eighty years. : 3 The Indianapelis grain quotations are: Wheat—No. 2 Red, '51.251{@1.2614. Corn—‘No..2, 60)4@61¢. Oats—44@47c. The Cincinnati quotations arg: Wheat—No, 2 Red, $1.28(@1.30. Corn—No. 2, 621{@62%c. Oats +No, |2, 46@481cc. Rye—No. B, 93%5@94c. Barley—[email protected]. . = . The Gramt Lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen, at its annual session in" Indianapolis ‘a few days agorelected o W. Spain, of Evansyille, Grand Master Workman, and O. D. Padrick, of Shelbyville, Grahd Foremar. The initiation fee was reducéd from $l2 to $7. . The Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor, at its session in Indianapolis recently, elected the following officers: Supreme Dictator, W. D. Byrum, Indianapolis; Grand Viee-Dictator, Thomas H. Walker, Walton; Assistant Dic‘tator, James Kenron, Anderson; Grand Treasurer, W. P.'Godfrey, New Albany? Griand Reporter, J. W. Jacobs, Jeffersouéﬂle; Grand Guide, W, H. Nelson, Noblesville; Grand Chaplain; Jesse Miller, Southport. :

- Nathan Lewis, of Columbia Townghip, Fayette County, stecps, itissaid, almost constantly. It is difficult to arouse him, and, when aroused, he again falls as}cep in a minute or two. Physicians who-have lnvestigatedr the case .are generally of the opinion that“ Mr. Lewis’ trouble arises from softeming of the brain, brought on, it is thought, by using poke root to cure rheumatism. : § : . The Bupteme Courtof Indiana has recently ‘decided that dogs are not recognized in law as property;, and therefore cannot' be stolen. ‘The ‘question camie” up from Huntington County, where John Doe was charged with Jarceny, having taken a dog that belonged to ‘his neighbor: The ¢ourt holds that q(;logs are not taxed as property of value, but_ for the purpose of ('l'iscoqmging the propfagation. of the spécies. ; SRR + Mzs. Smith, charged, in connection with her sons Jake and Dan, with the muider of. her husband, in Wayne County, has been granted ‘achange of venuc to Randolph County. ! A few mornings ago a bloody affray took place-at the saloon of Tonnellier & Son., of Decatur, in which) Dave . King, ex-Sheriff. of Adams County, (was so badly beaten as to cause his deéath.. King entered the saloon and ordered drinks, refusing to pay for them. He became abusive, and, to ave some *‘fun -withi the boys,”” attempted to hold one of the proprietors,of the saloon on a red-hot stove, to have, as he egpressed- it, ‘“‘a Dutch roast.” The'Tonnelliers attacked King, and beat hjm over the head with a billiard-cue until he was “quieted.” Johnand J. J.Tonnellier were arrested and placed “under $5,000 bonds. King leates a wife and four grown children. G

.. The ¥ndianapolis House.of Refuge had 376 inmates a few days ago. - : Citizens of Somerset, Wabash County, a few évenings ago raised enough money .by sub_scription to buy the stock of liquors in: the only saloon in the place; and aftet the trade was effected the leads of the whisky casks were knocked in and the fluids emptied into | the gutter. . . S A boiler in & saw-mill near New Harrisburg, Fulton Cou'nty,, exploded a few mornings ago, “instantly killing a voung man named Jacab, Mayer. Three other men were severely injured. The engineer was seated on top of !ge boiler when the accident oeccurred, but was not hurt. Small-pox in a virulent form has appearag at County Line, a small railroad station seyenteen miles from Wabash. In the family of Philip Lower, consisting of ten persous, there ‘were six cases of the disease on the Ist, Mrs. Lower had died, and other members of the family were not-expected to live. ‘ Miss Anna Herman, the woman who is voluntarily starving herself to death in the Clark County roor asylim, icompleted: her fortyfourth day of -fasting on the Ist.. She claims to'have followed a man from Germany to this country on’a promise of marriage. Itmay be true, but the probabilities are that the story is but.one of her vagaries,as sm.yﬂﬁ:g been . known to be insane.. e : - The remnant of the Miami Indians, Who recently received their last- anmuity 1 the Government, are sald to be rapidly diinking themsélves to death. S Foe

‘Mrs. A. F. Miller, of Wabash, a few afternoon's ago left: her two small children alone and went ‘to & neighbor's. Affer a féw minutes’ absence she returned, and was horrified to find her son, three years of age, lyingnear the stove with hl;?(othing all burned off, - and the .body in a crisp from the neck to the hips, A P "A young lady of New "Albany, through the death of a great aunt, has become heiress to the sum of $20,000. W ! . Four boys were arrested the other night In the act of burglavizing a grocery store at Sullivan. Their ages range from.eight to fifte®n, _ Barnctt Watts, an old citizen of Miam{ -County, drank too much Wwhisky in Pern, the ether day, and died on his road home, o : l.—.—.r...www*‘v 7——