Pike County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 38, Petersburg, Pike County, 2 February 1883 — Page 1

Democrat. W. P. KNIGHT, Editor «*d FaMlther. COUNTY. VOLUME XIII. 0»«* *»er City Drag Store, corner Xaio uti Sighti. ttroti. PETERSBURG, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1883. NUMBER 38.

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS* Jam ary 31—1* the Senate, Mr. Blair presented alarge mpnber.Qf petitions for national aid to the common schools. Mr. Yoor--hee® presented a resolution of the Indiana BoaM of Agriculture, favoring the transfer of the weather forecast signal service to the Department of Agrieu.lture. The Post-office Appropriation bill was passed, with a proviso that the two-cent letter postage rate take ef- ' >July,l. and discussion cJftbeTariff bill csurned,.AltbrjCii; pas5h<fe of two the debate was ■ Next. _. VARY 22—In the were presented for a law ctisoiihjinatton and against duties on any furei below thp rdfp^i-ecol Commission SJttiiLS* tilt tfio Ju a bill 1 ,ble eon the Committee -tfnai-biTt ration of pub session*ari> iciary preluuds. mod qtierin thei ideraAn lumfouser of tome debate, bat before deciding the tion the morning hour expired, via regular order was calledloj'amtiRin tion of tfio Tariff b1U 'was resuumamcndment was adop’ed pitttingsa» e€ her on the free list....'..in the 1 nnder the call of Stab's a-numb.. btlls weie' introduced and referred, among them one tor-.the farther suppression of bigamy and polygamy. A joint resolution was passed appropriating iiOO.OOO ta continue the worknf tite Census Bureau. The House then went into Committee of the While, Mfc Pare (Cal.) in the chair, on the Naval Appropriation bill, and an amendment providing that officers detailed for service in connection •wdh the Navy Department shall not receive any pay beyond that which theirrank entitles them to was adopted. Ponding further discussion the committee rose. Oh * motion that when the House next go into Coudmttee of the Whole on the Naval bill a]} define on the paragraph and pending nmendmftits bo Umtted to fifteen minutes the vote resiaited— yeas, K; nays, &>. • . _ snasiJi January 23—In the Senate petitions of Do*-workers wore pres anted -against a reduction of duties. Mr. Mo&fMffijVed to pro-a-sume the Senate preferren tc bill orrlytoch day rather ffUHT sessions, live motion was adopted fithout opposition and the Senate begin eoi sideiation of the metal schedule. Several eforts io IT ' amtmonn e were pf menu; reduce the- rates on iron ■-defeated and notice was meats to the sugar schedule... he House,. a bill was introduced providing fur (lie appointment ot seven eoaimtssioners to - 1 ..vfnvesti*' gate all questions relating to tire es abltshuietit and maintenance of reason** ile and just interstate transporttoh tariff for passengers and freight by railroad or other raodesof transportation; also, a biil to retire i Senerai Rufus Ingalls with the rank of Mujur-C sneflU. Mr. Dezeudorf, from the Naval C6n inittee, reported a bill to place Keprest native Smalls (colored) on the retired Us? of the Navy with the rank of Captain. The Naval hill was further considered in committee and the amendment to abolish the pay corps was adopted. -c-~ •-- .- stricken ti decrease i__ _ Tariff Commission, favoring an increase in the duty on tin-plates, steel-blooms, pig-iron and cotcou ties were presented and referred.

«.—4U4UU .'flKUr, .Ur.'llOSf S credentials were presented end died. A memorial of General Sturm, of IniUana. scttlng forth his claim against Mexico for aiding in the expulsion of the French forces lioni, sicxieo and the re-establishment of a Repttb- “ lie was presented and referred to tlmCommittee on Foreign Relations. At the dose of the morning busin. ss the Tariff bill was taken up and consideration of the metal schedule wat resumed, several changes in the hill being made.;....in tbcHouse, the'Naval Appropriation T)ill came cruisers was adopted - with slight changes. The bill being reported to the House favorable action was bad on ail the amendments except that providing that chiefs of bureaus shull receive no aduitlonal pay, and the one relating to torpedoes. January 23.—In the Senate, to-day having been set apart for service* in honor of the late Senator Hill, of ^Georgia, on motion of Mr. Brown. immediat«Iy.after the reading of the journal remarks eulogistic of deceased were begun......In the House the Naval bill came up in the regular order. The amendment providing that the chiefs of bureaus shall receive no additional pay by reason of holding such position was rejected. The amendment for the pavment of $30,000 to Asa Weeks for the use of his invention in torpedoes was agreed to and the hill passed. The Revenue hilt was taken up in Committee of . the Whole. Mr. Keliev addressed the House on the Tariff bill, at the conclusion of which the committee rose. The House then proceeded to eulogize senator HiU, several touching and eloquent addresses being made. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. A bill was'the other day introduced In Congress to pension Kit Carson’s children. . 1 . The Democratic caucus of the New Jersey Legislature has nominated John R. McPherson for United States Senator. Claus Srrecksls, the sugjtr king'dT the Sandwich Islands, talked recently ol OSS' tablishiug a, refinery in Baltimore, Jld. He j claimed, it was said, that his presence in Hawaii kept Kulakauafrom makingf treaty with China, hv which the islands would bave been overrun by coolies, lie preferred that the Americans should be the next race to take possession, A recent dispatch from Berlin, Germany, announced the death of. Wolfganz Goethe, grandson of the poet. The election for United States Senator took pljoa in the two . houses of the West Virginia legislature on the fed, aud > resulted lu t^o choice ot John K. Kenna, Democrat. ' ^ ••’5’-.j The Texas Legislature on the 23d re-elected Iiiebard Coke to the JITuited SIMes Senate, Prcstwlf ~Bv PJuinfi was reelected in Kansas and JoUp Ri. McPherson from New Jerssy on the sauje day. • Edwin Buoxn, the American-actor, was otriied hefbre the curtain nightuSDJimes vvheu he appeared as “Lear” la Berlin, Germany, the oth t night. > t V>J Paul Gustave Done, the famous artpf, died a tew days'ago at Puis. F«anee, aged fifty-one years: • : rT ia James Patrick, Sr., said to be the oldest journalist in Ohio, died w |e\v Mays ago at his home in New Philadelphia at the age of ninety-ode years. D4: Georok M. Beard, of New " ho testified as an expert In the Guiteau trial, died ot pneumonia the other day. i A Massachusetts Legislative Committee has reported in favor of municipal suffrage for women, The Peruvian- Assembly at Cajjfc marca has-voted to treat for peace, provided the Republic retains her Independence and Is not stripped of aH resource of regenera

It was announce* at Washington on the.25th that, Rejir Admiral Pierce Crosby had been ordered to command the United fitatai naval station hr China, and that Commodore Temple would be ordered to command the Sou th Allan'ic squadron. The Judiciary Committee of the Maine Legislature has reported. against changing the time of holding the State election* from September to SoteflibeRT CHIMES AND CASUALTIES. Thomas Wilson, of Philadelphia^, Pa., jumped Into the Niagara River the other day anti was carried over tba fails. The largest gasometer m Glasgow, Scotland, exploded the other night, injuring eight persons. As this was followed by the blowing tip of a railway shed, the citizens were enjoying a Fenian scare, i. 'r i >, Br an explosion In the oil-works of Some & Fleming at Newton Creek, N. Y.f the otberday, Patrick Farley-.jyas literally ’ cut In twain by r cap of one of the gredt ■tills, and the tvfo parts, fell Into > tank of bolltng oil. The body of Thomas Percelf, who ww alio killed, had not been recovered. P

A stock train reached Elkhart, Ind., the other evening, ou which were twenty* one cattle which had been frozen to death ou the way. The Coroner’s Jury who investigated the recent locomotive explosion at Mansfield, La., by which three persons were killed end several wounded, returned a verdict that the locomotive was made of old iron worked over and sold to the company for new. • * It was reported from Weeksville, Montana, a few days ago that vigilantes had taken two desperadoes nleknsmed “Dick, the Barber,” and "OWo Dan, ” from Sandy Point to within two mites of that place and hung them on separate trees. Both made confessions, it eras said, stating'that they were guilty and had committed enough depredations to have warranted hanging them long ago. Four engines were seat opt on the Ottumwa branch of Site Wabash Boad the other day to open a snow Moctads between Moulton end West' enn,‘lD% ' they' got stuck in a heavy drift* wh that were following can inti engines ditching all eight oil Charles Hoffai., employ Connortee Railroad, mi “ — railroad' trestle at *Cu days ago, when bln fWIt Slipped 6h a piece ot toe. He fell a distance of twenty feet and died tHStaptl?, bh he?<l be*n9 split open. A jjecRkt telegram from 'Halifax, N. S., stated that tw Gloucester fishing' schooner James A. Warfield lost six men in' e snow-storm, which earns up while the men were hauling tragi*. Faff and Barrett were banged at Tralee, Ireland, on the 33d for the murder of Thomas Brown, near Castle Island. They pretested their innocence until the last; 7 f, Towle, charged with complicity ii the Pacific Bank embezzlement' at Boston,' Mass., has been held to bail in the hum of .|.s\ aaX 1 ... ’ y A Milwaukee, Wls., woman, suffering from religious mania, the otbir day; killed her three children with a bntcherkftWe and attempted to hang herself, but was cut dowuhy neighbors. . 1 ■ Masked men robbed a store at Gold Mountain, Nevr, a few days ago, killing the proprietor atidTwoclerks. The road agents then proceeded to a store at Silver Pekkaud robbed it, killing the proprietor and one clerk. Two of the robbers were also killed.1 Two traveling cancer doctors'were arrested at Beilefontaiue, Pa, a few days 1 ago, charged with causing the death ot a womanwhom they treated. In Chicago, 111-, a servant girl was killed by an explosion ot the hot-water apparatus ot a kitchen stove a tew days ago. It had frozen during the night and exploded when the fire was built in the morn

ms. During a fire at Vincennes, Ind., the other day, afire damp explosion occurred in a cistern from which a new Ahrens engine was drawing water. The top at the cistern blew out and the engine fell through and was rained. Tub residence of Senator Frye, at Lewiston, Me., was damaged $5,000 by fire a few days ago. urn - ....v..j i.f tan,! ai-. Pa., a few day* ago sunk- about two feet over the Delaware and Hudson mine. Frank Jambs, under indictment for the murder of Deteettve Witcher and also for the robbery of McCoy’s Bank at Independence, was arraigned at Kansas City, Mo. , a tew days ago and the Court dismissed both cases, the Prosecuting Attorney stating that there was not evidence enough to convict. Another indictment was then brought'forward charging James with assaulting and robbing II. A. Fox of $500 in September, 1881, on the occasion of the Blue Cut robbery ou the Chicago & Alton Kail* road. The acaused was held in $3,500 bond to answer the charge. A portion of Ju’s band of Apaches were committing depredations negy Del Rio,

JWU 1UUQ3 TK usll Ut QOU AUIVUIV, i«A>| l Uf other day, and Indiana in large numbers were reported on the Mexican side. Isaac Kopp was pardoned out of the Ohio ,Penltentary October 19. He was arrested at Fremont a few days ago and taken back to prison, it having been disoovered that he ate soap, causing an abscess which led to his pardon on the ground that he Would die. At Newport, K. I., Kate Judd, who had already served five years iu prison tor arson, wasthe other day arrested on a charge ot: burning the Weaver villa. She was suspected of otherlheendlaries. ortjed on the 25th to have been i ertd in the West of Ireland. It was reported lately that the inhabitants of Inuismurray Island, Ireland, were , starving. On the 25th the Government Sent a gunboat with provisions for tbgir relief. At Washington, D. €., the other day Jenson* the resurrectionist who exhumed the body of Charles Siptw, who killed his sister, was sentcuced'to imprisonment for eleven months and twenty-nine days. MISCELLANEOUS. Ih Sioux City, Iowa, the other day, the frost had penetrated so deep that the gas mains were separating at the Joints. - The lHarijujs of , Uartington, the British War Secretary, in a recent speech ht London, Eng., declared that home rale could never be permitted In Ireland, and snouted the idea that the Government should And funds to establish a peasant proprietary. : '(!-.•( . Prince Frederick Charles Alexander, brother of the Emperor of Germany, died on the 31st, aged eighty-two. In consequence of the death of Prince Charles, the festivities in honor of the silver wedding of the CroWn Prince Frederick William have been abandoned. IT was reported lately that Vara Cfcuz Was seriously threatened with a loss of much •of-her foreign trade. Her harbor, it was said, afforded no protection against the norther* wliloh sweep the coast, and the Mexican 'Southern Railroad Company was about to establish Us tofojlnus a short distance £puth of the city, where a good rbadetead waa available.' . The International .Exhibition of Fine Art* at Romo was opened the other day by Queen of Italy. Amphg the paintings were seven by American artists. A NUMBER of cotton mills at Atlanta, Ga„ stopped tfie other d#y op, account of .high Will,*.' After reaching thirty feet alt inches the river was falling slowly, and the danger from an overflow had passed. - i lr-wa» announced in a recant telegram from Paris, France, that the balloon in which Powell, a member of the British Parliament,perished In December, 1881, had t been found In the mountains of Burra del Phedroza, Spain. u ‘ It Wat said lately that there was a .proposition for the State of New York to purchase soihe 89,008 acres of land in the Adiroadaek region and rnake a public park ic plan an the Yellowstone and the French Cable ly decided to transact bu»ld telegraph companies, in■^eatArn Union alone.

A charter was secured in New Jersey the other day for the Yellowstone N»tional Park Improvement Company, with a capital of $200,000, Included in the list of corporators were Rufus- Hatch, Roscoe Conk ling, Richard T. Merrick, Frederick Church, the painter, Judge John R. Brady, and Samuel W. Allerton. A dispatch from Paris, France, on the 23d stated that ex-Empress Eugenie announced that she Ignored the Republic and eanm to Paris to display sympathy with Praam Jerome. It was said Eugenie was cognizant of the recent manifesto. Her adherents claimed her presence meant a demonstration in behalf of the name of the family <k Napoleon, The ice carnival at Montreal, Cana., opened on the 23d. The festival commenced with the Contractors’ drive and dinner. OvtjtaB0 sleighs were in line; in the mrqoeseion., The American guests took part hi the procession. ” ’ In* PafnainaBattroad "Company has offbred a reward of We.dWTfbr the recovery of the money belonging-to the Ended States recently stolen-from their vaults and the capture of the thievwc Bois, Fat & Cohkrr, wholesale grohmA were l" «* hands of the Sheriff on a Judgment entered against them -the other day Jor 1*95,00i>. Their asMts were state* to be $309,000; HaDilities unknown, hut said hgexoegE the assets. ■In the Hungarian Legislature a measure was recently brought forward to place Jews on an equality with people of all other creeds. **

he cbht ad v tees iron) the cattle ranchos in Wyoming were to U» effect that the wiuter-fiured grass was T>ot covered with slaw during thehtorm, and that the loss of stoek had been insignRieaut. Considerable excitement was reP«««d^ lew days' ago ovenn alleged discovery,of gold hi Owen County, a few miles above Viceenuos, Ind. v* f JBtn failure of Samuel Moigan.Jr., flannel manufacturer at Newton, Montgomeryshire, Wales, was announced a day or defunet City Bank of Rochester. N. Y., was arrested onthe 'Stlh. 4* was reported from Columbus, O , the other day that over 130 families residing in that city were in destitute circumstances, caused by the closing down of the Columbus Rolling Mill Christmas, throwing them out of work. * * ' George Munro, the- publisher, recently endowed three tutorships in Balhousie College, Halifax, N. S. The American Peace Society has come into possession of’ $40,000, bequeathed by Rev. George C. Beckwith. The Jud<^ conducting the inoniry concerning the arrest of Prince Jerome Napoleon at Paris, France, reported on the 2oth that sufficient cause for his arrest was not shown. It was understood that the Government would refrain from publishing the judicial decision until after the Chamber of Deputies should decide the fate of the Government expulsion bill, and what . occurred re< result of tire that the miues underi years. .*■.. ... The Bank of England, at London, has reduced its discount from five to four per eent. The unrecognized dead taken from the ruins of the Newhall House at Milwaukee, Wis., were buried on the 85th. At the Trades Assembly meeting at Cincinnati,!)., the other night it was stated that the difference between the molders and stove manufacturers, which began with the year by a proposal to reduce wages fifteen per cent., had been adlusted by arbitration, and work would be resumed without a reduction in wages. The Piute Indians in the northern part of Nevada and near the line in Oregon were reported to be in a starving condition the other day. The intense cold had prevented them from hunting. There were said to be about 800 of them. The borgomasterof Versa, Austria, who. arrested Overdank, the Socialist, was reported lately as so badly terroiized that be was selling his property and would l«ave the neighborhood.

condensed telegrams. In the United States Senate on the ‘26th, the bill to increase pensions for one'CTttiea end one-legged soldiers was reported adversely, and another hill covering the subject,was introduced. Work on the jnetal seb«duli?of the Tariff bill was resumed, somO'ajight reductions being agreed to. In the House, the Tariff was also the subject of debate, it was agreed that the general debate on the Tariff Commission blir should close aHfye p. m. A qtjfip.NT telegiim from Dublin, Irelandt^thted that Important evidence had been obtained ip regard to the perpetration ot outrages the'last two yews in the west of Ireland. The police it was said anticipated capturing all mhtnbers of the oiganization which promoted the crimes, also persons concerned in the murder , ot Lord Mountraorris. J * •** *. Tub business failures in the United States for the seven dais ended on the 26th were TH, against 274 for the seven days previous. Seventy occurred In the Western States. At Philadelphia, Pa., lawyer Thomas Msbr, Jr., Isaac L. Street and Joseph Myers, all election odicers, were the other day convicted of making false returns. It vis reported at Washington the other day that the claim made )>y lied Cloud for compensation for ponies taken and sold by the Indian Bureau revealed the fact that no record could be feund to show where the money went. Tub French Legislative committee in charge of bills to deal with lbe royal pres tenders has agreed to advocate'the exclusion from France and Algeria of all members of any royal fomily that ever ruled in 'FnuAQQc rvj -1", i .%** ■ ‘ ‘. At Washington, on the 26th, the GmIHI Jury returned a presentment against William Dlehson, charging Wn-wtfli corruptly endeavoring to influence the vote of his fellow Jurors in the late star-route cases. .; Th death of Henry £. Lightner, at the age of eighty-four, occurred at Baltimore, Md., «few days ago. .He was the hero of Key’s “Star-Spangled Banner.” Eneas McMastsb, late manager of the Glasgow-Canadian Land and Tfust Company, Soottstown, Cana., was arrested a few days ago, as he was about to Hart for Australia, on a charge of embezzling $15,000. He was lately a candidate tor Parliament. Ed. Garrett, oolored, was hanged at Texarkana, Ark.,on the 26 for the murder of bis wife In January, 1882, and George W. Tranghber was hanged at Tayforville, III., on thi same day tor the murder of Joseph McKinney. M. Armstrong A Son, wholesale leather merchants. New Yerk City, have made an assignment. Liabilities, $400,000.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. An Important Derision. A ease or constderab'e importance av lecided in the Supreme Court at Iudiua polls the other dap. The law provides that, if a County Treasurer in settling with the Stitt shall par an exec s of balance by mistake 01 otherwise, the Commissioners Of his county, after being satisfied that it has been done, shall direct the County Auditor to certify the same to the Auditor of State, who shall then draw his warrant for thy money due tht county. Isaac R. Kennard.Trdisu-erof Carrol County, made such an overpayment, and in due process of law demanded a warranl from E. H. Wolfe, Auditor of State, who refused to issue it on the ground that if it was paid .other claims of like character would have to be paid. Suit was brought for « mandamus to compel the issuing of the war rant, and Judge Taylor has decided that Wolf! must give Carroll County an order fot berTfrwwjr O dyai small-amount -*»f money ti favidvel in this controversey, but if the pKwJpie is held good all Hie other counties In the State will be more or less concerned, and the aggregate wIH foot up~ i material amount. The State Auditor remarked, when first sprung, that If the plaintiff was successful It would coat the state taao,o6a Death of Bishop Talbot. The Right Reverend Joseph C. Talbot d ed a few nights ago, about six o'clock, at the residence of his brother, Richard L. Talbot, to Indianapolis. His death, although not unexpected, has filled with sadness the hearts ol a multitude ot friends throughout the diocese where he has been so long known and loved. The deceased experienced the first atta^oJi paralysis in July, 1881, and never fuly recovered his health. He sought its restoration to absence from the scenes of iris labors, and made a somewhat extended trip through the Southern and Eastern Stales. Being much benefited, the duties of his position were resumed, but a second paralytic stroke disabled him for performing the arduous labors devolving upon hwn. From pud in I recovery he was reduced by two subsequent re. turns of the mala ty, until the fl th stroke was experience 1, which protred total.

Vital Statistics. _ n,,, The Secretary of the State Boart of Health hs analysed and classified the 11,0(37 deaths from specified causes *fin the State for the ntne months ended December 31, 1883, shewing the following totaJa: iFrom wrmoticdlseaees, 3,200, or 3S.99 percent of the entire number of deaths; constitutional, 1.717, or 16.51 per cent.; diseases of the nervons system, 975, or 8.81; crculatory systen, 101 or 8.65; respiratory, 1,393, or 13.61; digestive, 738, or 68; urinary, SIS, or 1.03; generative, 19, or .17; locomotive, 8\ or .27; integumentary, 181, or 1.19; diseases of children, 1,353, or 11.37; of vom%$, or ,8; of old people, 398, or 3.65; violent deatls, 418, or 3.47; homicides, 34, or .34; suicides, 71, or .64; infanticides, 6 or .05; not classed, 68, or .87;. unknown, 381. Porter, Cass, Wells and Stark counties sent in no retur.m and are therefore not included. The table among other interesting features shows that suicides more than double in number the homie ties and iufantieides together.

Indian* Items. A Commercial Exchange was organised at Madison afew evenings ago with ovlr 100 members. John B. Ross was chosen President; Charles Ailing an.l I. N. Todd, Vice-Presi-dents; John Johnson, Secretary; Thomas A. Pogue, Treasurer. Executive Committee: John (dements, William H. Powell, Charles H. Korbly, Ed G. NUriahs, Nicholas Horuff, James Hargan. Miss Qllie Noeves, of Frankfort, Clinton County, started the other day lfr Mel) ode, Tea., where she will be married |o William D. Kern, formerly a cltisen of Clittou County. Tbe youngest sister of Miss leeves accompanies her. ’ There are ninety Inmates at thenoor farm near Lafayette, fifteen of them idjurably in'John Fisher, a De Kalb Corner farmer, having lost faith in banks, careful; packed away $150 in an old fruit-can, and buried it deep in the dark recesses of an fid hollow log on his premises, where he thought it perfectly safe both from the robbers and dishonest bank officials. But the rablkt-huntiug season came around, the industrious boys have been exploring the log containing Fisher’s money, and his hank is “busted,” Lebanon, Boone County, is very proud of the fact that eighteen pairs of twins were born in that town during the past jear. The State Bee-keepers’ Association at its recent session in Indianapolis elected the fol- | lowing officers For the ensuing year: President, I. N, Cotton, of Traders Potot; Secretary, Frank L. Dougherty, of Indianapolis; Vice-Presidents, one from each county in the State; Treasurer, Mrs. E. Stoat, of Indianapolis. Wlhile coasting on the hill west of Connersville, Fayette County, the other night Eugene LasbitatiOn ran into a telegraph pole, breaking both legs, and Abner Rndicll ran into a gate-post and was Injured Internally. One of the daughters of Hiram Gregory, of Evansville, who committed suicide a few days ago, was engaged to John McSwain, the fireman recently killed on the Air Line Railroad. About forty years ago a cattle dealer, who was known to have $30,003 on his person, while going through Madison County Suddenly disappeared. No trace of him had been found till a few months ago. when Mr. Solomon Isnogle plowed np a skeleton on the Suman farm, near Chesterfield. _Deteptlves went to work on the clew thus furnished, and have now demonstrated by certain marks that the skeleton was that of the cattle-deal-er, whose name was George Burness, of Cincinnati. He was undoubtedly murdered for his money. Mrs. McCblston, an aged woman, was found dead at Lafayette the other night, with marks of violence on her throat and neck. Her daughter strenuously opposed the holding of an luqnesL Two inmates of the jail at Indianapolis, having deverlo ed small-pox, were placed iu a wagon the other day for transfer to the pest house, but managed to esc >pe. James B. Smith and Mrs. Marg ret G. Gregory were married in the Daviess County Jail oqeday recently. Smith had been a Justice cif the Peace for two years up to September 31 of last year, when he eloped with the Gregor; woman, and took moneys collected for other persons by him, leaving his sureties to pay nearly $403 for him. His bondsmen ciptured him at Pomeroy, O., and brought him !t>ack. His wife his been granted a divorce from him. and Mrs. Gregory’s husband was also dlvorcecWrom her. Smith is fifty-six years old, and fits latest acquisition in the way of a wife is only halt that age. The annual meeting of the Commercial Travelers’ Association of Indiana was held recently at Indianapolis, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, A. F. Herley, Indianapolis; First Vice-lhresident, James B. Ross, Indianapolis; Secretory and Treasurer, D. W.Coffin,Indianapolis; Directors, W. 8. Van Arsdell, W. D. Soapor, John N. Parker, W. H. Schmidt. - The children and grandchildren of the late Humphrey Griffith, of Indianapolis, are said to be the only heirs to the furtuno of Hugh M. Griffith, who died In London recently, leaving an estate valued at $2,000,000.

WOIANA LKGISLATCRK. 8sJf ate—On the l?th the bill to compel for* e'*^®l8ur'uice ^mpaules to report ooneernlaiRliHr business in the State was tablet). The 1>ubiic Buildings was instructed a thorou-h investigation or tho airairs of t»3«ewb(at; House, mils were intro luo d , .lifith<> rSosiPts of <%|ires» count allies; to S’*1®** . i s*ate eluoattonal iust tu-ODC-1? be located at toe capital. ..7^’.5? ^“PB'8 of tho report of ihe ^ Kankakee were oruered to be pr.QVtpt. HO^SE-The blit to repeal the Grubbs Libel tew ins rejected, llils were introduced—prob UtiK tie use of pasters la elections and ffijr1?™* of tho nunes of candidates of ulacivnt pirties on the same ticket; ttxing fee^ wl salaries; ote.. etc. SETiATE On the 19th the Democratic members i»f the Judiciary Com mittee reported coin eer^liPtr the Constitutional amendments that, in aepctdance with resolution or the Senate it has i'Anu&n .l the lournals of the last General i-™ 1° Propoe record of the proposed t Jt»ttnti >nal amendments, aud that no such record can be loan l and no or.try. as com-miu-Asl by the Constitution, by which tho Caumcttee can determine what sai t propodi'J'that either House referred or intou«Kl to refer any proposition to amend th> Ogalten to this Assembly. The RepublicahUiembers reports d that tho amendments were legally adopted last session, and that they wOw now pending. The consideration of the 5${S *5t!?S2B “3**5 -- - ■ — ■■ we su,«.. a iuv opcvmi unitT ior The i onsi€)orat»onof tne report of the iniitm tree, to whom was referred Governor ltom?r s rjeent appointments, was made the spehtai ortlor for the 30th.

-t-were iu«uv Committee on Judiciary upon flic status of tbe CeMtitutional amendments, tbe majority and ltawtortty bold ng substant ally the same as ■ me —-- My » • UIV U| rt IU to. A — offeied to investigate the af- * of the Boutberu Prison. tut when this haul:cupped by an amendment to investiI what Governor Pont r bad doue in tbe -*,■*“"'* * a * UUUtJ IU tut) Uijn ng of er.mnals, tbe whole matter was ted. A bill was introduc'd making railcompanies responnbio for""attornovs* In damtutc suits for th e killing of stoek'. KATt:—On the SDtb petitions were presenta of the Prohibb ejlf-siskinjt for tbe submission „. ...„ , .„UI„r ti«t Amendment at a special election; asking legislation re; uiring instruction to be given *’■ “lube schools and colleges on the edict of tiolon the brain aud charade.-. Sundry reported with sundry recommeu la* i. Brils were Introduced—to provide freeV” election toeraployesof manufacturing ihlishments; author zing chart table instituis to t h nice their uatnes; maioritv and ©rity reports were submitted by tbe'Cun*e on executive Appo ntments, the formeepmmesiding that said appointments be wSS'jSraf.a's.'E!; "“i «!«> House—The rulos were amended by provid that the Speaker may ordor hills read thf ond time to the exclusion of all other tfoase bills the second *t me, and their refer enco. Adjourned until the afternoon of the . Senate—On tho 22d there was a vigorous discussion over the fixing of the rate of inter Vton school-fund loans at six pe r cent. A Vil was introduced for an Appellate State Court to be composed of the Judges elected iwe the Supreme Court Judges, and havius wnsilft nnm> uh> . leiusivo appellate jurisd etfoir in'*au"civi! of less than $oQU except where the title i , " vAW(n » ucro mu nut jM«t} ‘state, construct on of a statute, or i constitutional prav?s on is involved. The va ^ous hills concerning tho reorsani/atmu o ne o^nevolcnt institutions were set down as u. luri ieiiuirU) " VTO S _ E special Order for tho morn ng of theSSil i bill was also intruluced provid .. . - ,-.Jin* that all jfrff £*,.TMy steam . ngfmM shall »ig the largest circ iaiion, Ins. present: compelling all railroad c >mpanies to i ay their employes at least once every month. The tiuestion as to tho Constitutional AnielTdxrents was made the special order for tho 25th. Senate—On the 23d a resolution was offered tiuthorlalmr the retention of all the present ofleers and Trustees of the State institutions, which wai tabled. The remainder of the sessiou was devoted to political discussion. House—Bills were introduced—to permaseutly endow tho State University by an anaual tax of two cents per gltfO on the taxable® of tho State: providing for the repal of the act establish ng a State Board of Health; making legal the verdict of cloven jurors in any eas . although one should not agree to it. In joint e invention tho following officers wore elected; State Librarian. Miss Lizzie Call s; Directors Southern Ihrison, W. D. H. Hunter and H. V. Mortal; Directors Northern Prison, George Mayors, John C. Shoemaker and Henry Senate—On the 24th a resolution was adopted providing for the payment by tho State of the costs incurred by the Superintendent of Pubtic Instruction in the case of the State vs. the Supeiluten lent of Schools in Martin County, charged with corruption in selling tho questions prepared for examination of teachers. The entire session was devoted to the discussion of th© Constitutional Amendments, the tiuestion being on the ma jority report of the Judiciary Committee, that tho amendments were not properly recorded last session, a d were therolore not legally p nding. The Democrats; sustained this posits n on the grounds that the Constitution provides that such amendments shall bo entered in full, while the Keptiblicans claim that this provision is merely directory, and not mandatory.

House—Two new amendments to the Constitution were offered, intended to relieve the Supreme Court of the necessity of publishing all their decisions in full, and providing that only important dec sions shall be printed, which were withdrawn u ider a point of order. Abllwas introduced defining the offense of compelling or attempting to compel a person to marry, and fixing a penalty therefor. A b'dl was 'ntroduced to provide for the issue of six hundred bon is of $?00 each, the m mev to be u-ed in the drainage and reclamation of the Kankakee swamp lands. Tbo bill provides for a State Heard of Drainage, to consist of •he Governor, the Attorney-General and two competent persons to be appointed by the Goyerpor, these persons to be residents at or nedr the lands of the Kankakee Valley, and interested in the drainage and reclamation of the same. A resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on JUdicia yto consider the expediency of exemiting from taxation mor gages, loans of money, sales of property, and other evidences of debt,- when at the same tjme the subject of the debt is also t uted. —A mighty hunter is Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria, and a universal one, too. ‘All is game that comes within range of his gun. During four years, in whieh time lie visited Spain, Egypt and Svria, he bagged 18,051) head. 1'he list thereof includes 5,775 hares, 768 deer, 391 wild boars, 3,585 partridges, and 4,115 pheasants. Then there xvere some odd customers, such as a marmot. a badger, au ichneumon, six pole cats, a Varoru lizard, four owls, a steppe eagle, two bustards, two Ictipphifin, ana a pelican. —A Georgia paper says that New York handled 600,000 bales of real cotton last year, but sold 33,700,000 bales on “futures,” and wonders that New Yorkers should will this “doing business.” The Georgia man should know that -all of it was not. strictly speaking, doing “business.” Some of it was‘doing” lambs fit for slaughter. —Chicago herald. —The flower mania took an acute form with a Philadelphia belle, who appeared at a ball with eight bouquets. She carried two, and tho test were held by a maid, who stood in an alcove and changed posies from time to time with her mistress. —Pkiladelpltia Press. —At a recent banquet at Edinburgh the daughter of a S, otoh earl refused t« rise during the singing of “ God Save the Queen,” saying that she didn’t care much about the Queen anyway. —It is said that the Chinese believe that the scrawls and dragons on teachestsi preserve the transporting ships from wreck. Henoe the dragons. —A post of the Grand Army of the Republic has been established at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands

ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY, The Recent Attack by Robbers on the Central 1‘aelHe Road In Nevada-Heroic and Successful Defense of Express Me*, senger Rosa. 'An Ogden (Utah. January 23) special to the Chicago tribune says: The attempt to rob the Central Pacific train at MontelUi, Nev.. at one o’clock yesterday morning was one of the boldest ventures ev er made, and was not a failure because the plans of the robbers ra searried. On the contrary, their arrangements for canying out their bold scheme were complete. The great mistake which they made was In tackling a train which carried oue of the bravest men In the woild. With a less brave and det -rniined man to deal with the attempt would have proved successful, fer the attack was vigorous and persistent, and continued almost without intermission for three hours, until the bathed villains withdrew from the scone, leaving the heroic Koss wounded but victorious. To him alone is due the cred t of having saved the express-ear and the entire train, A Tribune correspondent called on Mr. Ross at his residence and vas given the full details, of the attaek and defense. B^,has been in the employ of Wells, Fargo A Co. over sixteen years, and this Is the third unsuccessful attempt which has been made to rob the treasure under his charge. Elevou yeara-ago, while holding his shot-gun on the treasure-coach of the Montana Hue, he was held up by a band of road-agents, but killed several and got away from the rest of the crowd. Tbs last attempt has seldom been equaled anywhere for the bravery and persistency ot the robbers and the stubbornness of the defense. Mr. Ross stated to your representative that the point selected by the robbers for their operations was oue of the loneliest places on the line of the desert region in Nevada, in a sage-brush di sert.the center of a scctiou sixty miles in length, where there is no night telegraph station. "The San Francisco and Ogdon express trains pass at 1:35 o*cloek a. m. At Tecoma, ten miles east of Monteilo, we left Toano, west of Monteilo, on time, eur train being in charge of Conductor Vassin. I checked the way-bills .received at that station, laid down, and .went to sleep. The next thing which I was aware of was a rap on the ear-door, as if an agent b id called, and supposing the train was at Tecoma I got up and looked out, when a maw pointed a gun at me and said: "_ H 'Hop out, we are going through you.* “1 jumped-back and pulled the door to and booked it. They then went over to tho opposite side and said : s‘“Open up the dxvrs and jump out. We are going to rob the train.* “1 replied: ‘Just wait till 1 get my boots on.* " ‘Never mind your boots. Hop right out hero, and we will get through with you, and, then jrou can get your boots on.* '‘Again the men outside said: 'Open up, ct we will burn you out and murder you.* *‘I then got In position and shot through the side of the car- Nothing was dune for a few minutes, untlt one of the robbers asked: “'Ain't you going to open up the door and com© out? “ i told them I was not coming out. Another demand was mado (or me to ' hop out.* 1 made no reply to that. They then stationed one man at each eorner of the car, between uie and the baggage-car, and five shots were tired s.multaheousiy from different quarters; all ranging towards the center of the car. These were the shots that struck me—one ffc a linger, one on the hip, and one just le!ow the breast, near the watch-pocket. They then got up on the end of the oar to uncouple the train, whereupon 1 fired two shots through the end of the ear. At this time they heard No. 2, the westbound exprassdrotn, coming. They backed men to uncouple the expressward, and forced the engineer to run ahead and back down to wreck tho express car, which was attempted three times without success, the holes in the doors being guarded by the stubborn messenger. Several attempts to burn tho car were unsuccessful, owing to the scarcity of wood, and, after renewed attempts to kill him through the doors, they in-muted their horses and rode away. The Central Paeifle Company as soon as possible, scntTaber, Sheriff of Elko County, with twenty men, and horses to Monteilo. They also sent out a posse from Terrace, thirty-five miles east of Monteilo, and liftt night Superintendent Fell and Sheriff Browo, of Ogden, left this city for the scene of the attempted robbery. Wells. Fargo & Co. telegraph to-night from San Francisco rewards of f500 each and the State of Nevada one of (250, for tho dft^i prehension and conviction of the express robbers. Every effort will be made to capture tho gang.

A Terrible Mine Disaster In New South Wales. San Francisco, January S3. From the Sydney Herald the following details of the disaster at the Australasian Mine of December IS arc obtained: The accident occurred at 5:30 a. m. in a drift from No. S shaft, which unexpectedly broke into the old workings of No. f shaft. The water rushed through with greRt force, and in a few moments the lower levels were hooded, and the hood rose thirty feet in the shaft, the men employed at this point fled for their lives along the drift to a station where twelve reached the cage and were hoisted to the surface. Twenty-seven men in the other part of the new workings were unable to reach tho shaft, and the only hope was that they might be able to reach and ascend a distant wiuze leading to an upper level. The scene at the top of tho shaft was pitiful. Mothers, wives, children and friends gathered there, waiting almost without hope for news from below. The pumps at once started, throwing 44,000 gallons per hour, and all the miners in the district assomblod to lend assistance. The body of water was so great that the pumps lowered it vory slowly, and a diver was sent for to attempt to penetrate the mine to learn the fate of those below. The project was found impruetioablo. ]n-the afternoon of the 13th the water was only breast high in the dtift where the men were supposed to be, and an attempt was made to reach them by wading, but the vitiated air drove back tho relief party, and several similar attempts were made during the night. About seven o'clock on tho morning of tho 14th two searchers came up tho shaft cheering, and reported that near winze No. 11 they heard the words: “It's all right. We are all right." About six p. m. word came up the st aft that the lost were found. The news spread like wildflre. The whole neighborhood Hocked to the shaft. TnnljR were Improvised as carriages on which to raise the men to the surface, and half an hour later John Manley was brought up alive. He had beoii caught : by going to warn n comrade of tho danger when he might have escaped, ' Soon foiy others were brought up, all greatly exhausted, but in a fair way to recover. The cage rose again, when the terrible truth was learned that tho twenty-two remaining in the mine had perished. The whole party had-been caught In the drift, the water rising so high that only by clinging to the timbers oould they keep their ohius above water. One by one during the sixty hours' struggle they had dropped off exhausted and drowned In tho Hood, the strongest only holding out until relief came. The bodies were found lying scattered about the floor of the drift The victims were interred on the 16th. Liberal subscriptions were taken up for tho families of the decoaaed. Qcben Victoria is a large real estate ownet In New York. An advance in rents by her agents has changed the tenants In alargt^ block on Broadway near Eighteenth street. jg A woman recently arrested in Cincinnati for drunkenness proved she was the wife of a California millionaire, whom she deserted years ago, before he t-ecame wealthy. Faihmodkt Park in Vhiladel-hia will soon become a national nursery. It h..a been de- | elded to plant there trees from every State in the Union.—

Simon Cameron's Prediction. Our Washington spec’al recently contained a dish of interesting gossip in regard to a political programme said to have been evolved from tha fertile brain of that lively octogenailnn, Simon Cameron. This programme sends Secretary Lincoln to England as the mi •- cessorof Lowell, makes Hartrauft the successor of Lincoln in the War Oflce, ret:res Bradley from the Supreme bench for the benefit of Brewster, and puts “ a Western Republican,” whoever that may be, in Brewster’s shoes. The object of hese changes is, according to “an intimate friend’’ of the venerable Simon, “to prepare the way for the nom nation of Lincoln for the Presidency in 1884.” W hiie it is hardly necessary to attach much, if any, credit to the aforesaid gossip, the candidacy of Lincoln—as the situation now stands— is quite within the range of possibilities, and even of probabilities. When his appointment to a seat in Garfield’s Cabinet was first rumored the RepuNic- «» pointed out his availability*, and intimated that if the feud between Stalwarts and auti-Stalvvarts continued until 1884, and Lincoln maintained “a wise and masterly inactivity” meanwhile, the Republican National Convention imght agree to disagree with him as a compromise nominee. His chances are better now than they were then, for the two factions are further apart now than two years ago, and the prospect of thorough reconciliation and reunion within the next two years is exceedingly small, while as Secretary of War he has committed no very “bad blunders, and what is of more importance to him, has taken no part in the family fight- Let ns briefly examine what may bo called his “stock in trade.” first, and by lone odds fore

hiqsc, no is me sou or hts lather; and his father has the highest seat in the Republican pantheon. This, of course, gives him a claim upon Republican sympathies and support which can not consistently be repudiated. The faot that he is immeasurably the int'orior of his father, except in the education derived from books, counts for nothing in the case. Then as Garliold’s Cabinet officer—the only one left—he has a rather shadowy claim upon the friends of the late President, while his share in “ whooping up’’ the third term business and his retention by Arthur entitles him to a warm place in the Stalwart heart. Finally, he is a negative character, with no record worth mentioning and a &e talent for concealing his detmiences keeping his mouth shut. Cse or two Republican papers of some prominence are, we observe.naraing Lincoln in connection with the N ice 1 residential nomination : but he is, we think, much too shrewd to sell his ticket in tho political lottery for that price— notwithstanding what Guiteau has done to enhance the value of the tail of the kite. He sees that a combination of circumstances may assign him the first place, and is therefore likely to decline the second with thanks—unless convinced by events as yet undeveloped that it fa “half a loaf or no bread ” Two we (thought and said thatldn-ye-,rs yso _ .. ._ _ . Logan finds the coveted prise beyond his reach—and from present appearances his legs are very much to short— he will “boost” Lincoln rather than anybody else,and his boosting would he by no means ineffective in a close race. Altogether L’ncoln has more than an average chance for the nomination if he behaves with discretion until the convection meets, and the Republican quarrel then remains unsettled. If old Cameron has concocted the plan attributed toSton. it fa evident he thinks the wind may blow from the same quarter in 1884 it-did in 1860, and is trimming his weather-beaten sails to catch it. He was paid for his work in 1860 by the Secretaryship of War, which he utilized in such a way as to necessitate his dismissal after very brief term of service. Such deep interest in the son indicates that the ancient “ boss ” of Pennsylvania has forgiven the father the “grand bounce’ -so justly administered twentyone vears ago.—St. Louts Republican.

Republicans and the Spoils. Many Republican Civil-Service reformers who are Republicans first and Civil Service reformers afterwards have tried to persuade themselves and other people that if President Gartield had lived a fatal blow would spmehow have been struck at the spoils system. Iu Soint of faot, there never was a Presient who took office, not even excepting Mr. Rutherford Hayes who was not elected President, who "was more completely incapacitated than Gartield from attacking the spoils system or reforming anything. Hayes paid the people who helped thimblerig him intothe possession of an office to which he^vas not field woiilS have had to do and did do precisely the same thing by the people who gave time or moneyto elect him. It i-i te siuch an axiotn m economio “politics” as in political economy that a man can only payr with what ho has. And Gartield had only tho appointing power and the pardoning power with which to pay his political debts. Garfield’s letter to “dear Hubbell,” .about Brady was as distinct a pledge-as the nature of the caso admitted, that if Brady subscribed liberally of money which it was at the time strongly susnocleii that Brady had stolen from the Treasury, Gartield would see that he was not molested on account of the stealing. And the whole tenor of Gartield’s correspondence with Dorsey, who was similarly under suspicion, shows, now that the World has brought it into the daylight, how perfectly preposterous would have been the subsequent appearance of Gartield as the prosecutor of Dorsey or as a director of the prosecution. Garfield in faot gave certificates of honesty to Dorsey and Brady before he was inaugurated in return for their contributions to his election. Paint an inch thick and you will not cover this fact. Throughout the whole correspondence this notion of the relation of the victors to the spoils is always assumed as a fact not to be questioned, except by the persons whom Gartield describes as “our independent allies," and whom he did not wi*h to alienate by com ng on openly to New York to arrange the trading of the reversion of Sublio offices for money to be used in is canvass. Mr/ L. P. Morton appears as one of the obief contributors to the Garfield canvass. He was entitled Under the spoils system to a reward, mid he got it, Mr. Morton has made a a very good Minister to, France, though Blaine, whom he helped in his “distress, ” did turn upon and try to snub hija. But the readers of (he Gartield correspondence will be inclined to believe that Mr. Morton paid more for the French mission than the French mission

.. • 1 was worth. Still, If Mr. Morton was wiping to pay a fancy price for the Kronen mission, he had, un 'erthe spoils system, as good a right to it as to any ' other piece of bric-a-brac to which he liadtaken a fancy and for which ho could afford to pay a fancy price. Only it must not be pretended that a President who dealt in blank pardons and foreign missions for money advanced to elect him was engaged in a “crusade” against the spoils system. !or that if ho had lived he would have done anything | whatever exeept to utter generalities in «■ ! behalf of Civil-service Ke.orrn.—N. y. j World.

Very Grand Larceny. The disposition and willingness of the Republican party to obtain by fraud what can not be gained by fair mentis have so often been exhibited that little or no surprise will be expressed, although some indignation may be felt, at the announcement tli$t they recently made an attempt to steal the State of Connecticut from the Democrats. On election day in that State the tickets used by the Democrats were printed its whitejetters on a black ground to prevent the trading and cstting the Republicans were resorting to in order to ; defeat Mr. Waller, the Democratic cnnI didate for Governor. The people of the State expressed their w.ll by electing the Democratic ticket bv a good majority. A Republican candidate for j Auditor in Now Haven, however, was not satisfied with the tie eat ad- ! ministered to him, ahd carried his caso to the'courts. Connecticut it seems has | a uniform l'allot law, which while pro- , hibiting distinctive marks tending to destroy secrecy, provides that the names of candidates shall be printed upon clean white paper. Tho New Haven Judge under tho law decided that the Democratic black ballots were illegal. Seeing a chance to defeat the wilt of the people, the Republicans im- ; mediately recovered from the lethargy consequent upon defeat, uud arrayed them«dv»s lavor of a strict construction of the law.and they proposed to contest the election of ti e whole State ticket on the ground that tho ballots cast by the Democrats- were illegal. They overlooked and were totally nnabasheiT by the fact that their own tickets were printed with black borders and bore other distinguishing marks upon them. The purpose of the framers of the Connecticut law was obviously to prevent employers from exercising improper influences over their then. Topoeomplish this it was not necessary that .all tho ballots should bo primed "upon “ clean white paper;” it was simply necessary that they should all be alike. Even if the Democratic tickets badbeen printed upon ‘‘clean white paper” there would have been a difference as the Re* publican tickets bore distinctive -marks upon them. The manner of printing the Democratic tickets was a mere device to prevent counterfeiting or alteration. The borders and characters upon the Republican ballots were no part o' them and were openly intended to de stroy their se recy. - But the Republic ansi care nothing for the intent of tT law, — '—-—-*-* —s-*-— stricken, hut os account __ __ course of Mr. Bultfey, their esnttidata^ for Governor, who positively refused to take the Governorship in opposit Oa to the manifest desire of tho peo do, expressed in favor of Mr. Waller w a ma. jority of four thousand votes.—‘vf burg (Rrt.) JKriot. \

Retribution. The very highest euthOrftV IIMirw jjg that “whatsoever a man sowoth that sftalt he also reap”—and the Republican party is just now in a condition to appreciate the eternal applicability sad titness of this inexorable truth. Its crushing defeat in New York is attributed to “Federal interference and dictation.” The Adm nistration, we aro told, neglected its own proper business . and went out of tbe domain of National duties to manage the local politics of a State. It imposed on the pople Of New York candidates not of their own ohoioo. in spite of their vehement protests, and there was nothing left for the party but to resent this dictation by defeating the Administration’s ticket This is not the true explanation of the ; Now York defeat; a sufficient proof that it is not. is that it leaves the similar defeats in eight other States \macoounted for. Still, as the Republicans themselves affect to find in Federal interference the cause of the New York catastrophe, iet us admit it But did not the Administration come honestly by its habit of interference? Is it not an essential and inseparable part of Republicanism? Historians toll its that the Roman pro-consols and generals learned and practiced in the provinces, with the hearty approval of the senate, the lawless tactics which they afterwards brought to the capital and employed with such effectiveness against the senate and its patrician supporters. Do not Republicans recognize the fitness of the retribution, and the signal exhibition' of the law of it in their own case? Federal interference and dictation in State affairs is no new thin". 1$ was practiced in the 'Southern States with brutal disregard of the wishes of the people all through the Grant Ail»» ministration. And it did not limit itself to nominating tickets; it elected them, and installed them by force. It made and unmade Legislatures, Governors and Governments—all with the shouting approval of the whole Republican press And party of tho North. It is not strange that i? practice so wed learned, so heartily indorsed and so effectively used in one section of the Union, should invade the other sect ion ;- for what a party sows that will it reap. The harvest of disasters gatheredbviho Republicans in New York was, tKem- . selves being witnesses, the product of tho seed sowed in tho South from 1169 «■ to 1876. It was the Grant Republican Administration that set the example of Federal, interference and dictatiou which the Arthur Kenublican Administration imitated. The dictation in Now York was the leg tiraate progeny of dictation in Georgia and Louisiana— the only difference being that the authors in one case are the victims in the other.—Exchange. —A dr nkard and a gambler are the swo most heartless animals, imder the sun. The Montreal Gazette tells of a mce respectable citizen there who »pened his little girl’s tiny “hahk,” in spite of her tears and entreat es not to sake her “Kistmass owney,” and'got irunk on the twenty-six cents it ot nsained. —A Providence merchant ordered from in Atlanta, Ga., broker 10.000 twentylollaTConfederate bills for use inadverfising. The broker filled the order .and hail fd,0QQt000 left. —frovMfmo* JtvmU ■fl