Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1876 — Page 2

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

1-J. ■«» WR> wg»!.:.ss*r ■ , vailed done Ow Hroach and English coasts, i taed, and trawl anr thorn had been prohibited. The Government tobacco factories and Orator to the depth of several feet During tIM gale of thetSth, at Carabray, eleven perreported along the Rhine, In Germany. ft* Italian'Minister of Public Instruction feu ordered the Vatican University to be IdMUhnumt . wuitDiiiaonk

According!*© 4H Paris diapateh of the 17th, on that day an arch of the railway bridge over the river 11l near Lauterburg had given way under the pressure of the high water. Apeseenger railway train from Mulhouse to Stratburg, which was crossing at the time, was precipitated into the water, the cars falling upon each other and being dashed to ,-;',gtaaa;"iJ|wf p—lusgu m» #tam?*xwbed. : to death or drowned. .Up to the morning of the C!Bth.thirty corpses had been recovered. AAlockof shipping houses in Portland Street, Manchester, England, was burned on the morning of the 17th/involving a loss of several hundred thousand pounds. Roberts, the ex-Presldent of Liberia, died at Monrovia on the 20th of February, and, Was burled with military honors. The boiler of a locomotive exploded at the Union Depot in Indianapolis, on the morniDg of tbs 13th, and was completely wrecked, at the «&ine time demolishing another engine standing in. the neighborhood. The engineer of the latter was instantly killed, and the firemaaseverely injured. The engineer and fireman of the former were on their engine at the time, but were not injured. The engineer was thrown twenty feet from-dhe engine into the street. The whole west end wall of the depot and* ten or fifteen feet Of the roof were eosapletaly demolished. Considerable excitement' has recently been caused >in‘Bath County, Ey.,' by the fall from the sky of a. large quantity of what had the appearance Of being flesh, in pieces from the else <Sf .syser ta that of. a human Ad ger. Speci-mens-were submitted to a scientist of Louisville, who. Concluded that they were probably the dried spawn of Batrachian-reptiles, doubtleas that-es the frog. He thinks they had been transported from ponds sod swampy grounds by currents of wind, and had ultimately (fallen on the spot-where they were Theihonse ©la -wealthy farmer named Cros5, Is Northern-New Jersey, was robbed of 9,06# In urioney and dther valuables by masked (burglars, on the night of the Uth. The Alms-House at Norwich, Conn., was bumed.on the night of the 12th, and fourteen .most of them old people (from sixty to seventy .years of sge), perished in the flame*. Wive inmates were injured by jumping fro*, windows, two of them fatally. The Bank, of the State of New. York, New York City,.suspended on the 14th. The capital Of ttwbapk was *9,000,400. 'lt is said the daydijofs and. note-holders ere fully securedJaam that the stockholders wKI be the BeWe otorms of wind, rain asd enow occurred i*<ne.ny sections of the .West on the 15th sad 10th. Much- damage was done by heavy and floods in some localities. The OperatHouse -building in Springfield, HL, lifilwging to Jacob Bunn, was (burned to the gnawed on the morning of tbs 17th, involving * floes of about *170,000. Several of the adjoining buildings were badly damaged. tt»ipnhHc«» (United States Senators Edmunds and Morrill of .Vermont,’ Morrill of Maine, Christhaney of Michigan, and Paddock of Nebraska, vrere .among the ..number who (Voted against ttieodmiseion of. Pinch back Daniel Drew, ltkerfkaiowWall. street (New York) operator iin.milway stocks, is reported, fn a dispatch of -the tttth, •to .have gone into bankruptcy; withi ißaMUties estimated at |t,<BO,OOO, partially mwiieed. Josephus Sooy. «ew ijensefs defaulting State Treasurer, h,*s>heen -sentenced to the suae Prison for thjroe years, and until the costs of the proaectiitten are paid.: He weptbitterly on hearing ihiwealence. .He is over; sixty jyears old, and'- ibm a f family who are j highly respected. In a statement ma>deito his- oongregatlon on the evening of tthe :12th,. the Rev. Dr. Starrs, the Church -odittoet Pilgrims; Brooklyn, gave his reaeom* tor resigning the Presidency of the Ameetican Congregational Unton. He condemned the nuies laid down by the late Advfeeify «C«uncil ctorthe admission ©f members a»ff rthe guidance of Congregational Churches, -and-spoke disparagingly of assay of the o thoraots of auahmunciL He also tkoaght th e rrtqueet of Andover Church to Plymouth Chuxclijmsfectly proper, and that the council ha.i uo <score right to deal with the matter than it had to conduct the trial of Gen. Babcod t At a business meeting of Dr. Storrs’ chur. rh, «® toe evening of the 18 ih, resolutions w .we adopted by a large majority, repudiating ’ <fce action ,t f the Advisory Council, renou. (fellowship with churches which adhere b* «he find lags, and demanding a thorough inw*eli«*.tion.efj The wife of ex-Behato* -gehurar dUadto NewYork city on the 14th. A Washington dispatch of th<r jays At'tyGen. Plerrepont had several Aayspreviouslv sent a messenger to Canada- to (bring; Mr. Caleb P. Marsh beck to Washington. and Hut the agent had been heard from, and Mr. Marsh would soon return, terms of safety baring been offered to him that, in all gnob*MUty, be acceded to.

, ftVtral of th* psrtlas, indicted for earnpllcity in the whisky fraud*, appeared b store i|» CBit«d State* District Court, in Chic sgo, on the 17th, withdrew their former pleas of ■ot guilty and entered plea* of guilty. A. C JUatogand decob Rehiq, were among tl<* apipiggite- ’ s. The Democrats of the Third Connecticut JHstrlet hev» amalosted David A. Wells for Gowfress, to fUI the vacancy caused by the The Michigan Oreeuback Btaie Conventton IpjhWi «M| meet at Jackson on the 3d ■BS V. ■- 4s** •.SP!W? T

The Democratic members of CoLgreU, ih caucus m the night !f the Uth. agreed upon the Pljpie bU, by a vote us mu> ts. This bill •poridee fir the gradual resumption of spade paymevto by mahlnflt the duly or the Secretary of thsTreesury anuually to. ratal.) to coin an amount equal to three per cent of the legal-tender notes outstanding, to constitute a resumption fund, and also requiring National Banks to set aside an amount of coin equal to three per cent, of their circulating notes. The bill, in addition, provides for the repeal of so much at the Resumption act of Jan. 14,1870, as designates the let of January, 1870, as the date of resumption. The New York Greenback Convention met at Syracuse on the 15th. Richard Schell was elected permanent * President. The resolutions adopted declare opposition to any repudiation of the Nation’s obligations, but assert that the act of Congress of March, 1868, promising to pay the 5-90’s In gold, is a gross violation of the Contract whereby arid bonds were Issued, and arid law was passed by fraud; that the effort now making by the Secretary of the Treasury to pay fractional currency in silver should be immediately prohibited, as silver is worth less than ourrency; that legal-tenders are a standard of value, while gold constantly fluctuates for various reasons; that the amount of money required by the people depends on their intelligence; that legal-tenders shonid nay the bondholder his interest and all other debts,

private and public, including duties on Imparts; that the aqt pledging resumption In 1678 is a failure, and Its immediate repeal is demanded; that Congress should enact laws for the encouragement of labor, agriculture and all other industrial interests, and for the development of the Nation’s resources and wealth by the people to the exclusion of monopolies. The returns received up to the morning of the 16th from the New Hampshire election indicated the re-election of Gov. Cheney (Rep.) by a majority of about 8,000. The Council stands four Republicans and one Democrat. The Republicans elect. Jt. ..liKQfa Senators” ants wIS tiave a majority of twentyfive or thirty In the House. The total vote is nearly 81,000, being the largest •by over 1,000 ever cast in the State. The Wisconsin Legislature adjourned imt die on the 14th, and the lowa Legislature on the 16th. The Virginia Democratic State Convention has been called to meet at Richmond, on the 94th of May. The Democrats of Rhode Island .have nomlnated: For Governor, Gen. G. Lewis Cooke; Lieutenant-Governor, B. O. Slocum; Secretary of State, John S. Price; Attorney-Gen-eral, 0. 8. Lapham; Treasurer, W. P. Congdon. -The Massachusetts State Senate, on the 16th, passed the Woman Suffrage amendment to the State Constitution, by a vote of -eighteen to ten. tTheNew York Democratic State Convention is to be held at Utica on the 26th of April. A call has been issued for a Greenback -State Convention to be held at Columbus, Ohio, on the 6th of April. (The Ohio Democratic State Convention has been called to meet at Cincinnati on the 1 17th of May. 1

CONGRESSIONAL. . Senate not in session on the 11th....A •bill was introduced in the House, and referred, to transfer the Pension Bureau from the Interior to the War Department. The Legislative and Judicial Appropriation bill was further considered, in Committee of the Whole, and speeches were made on the currency question. . Mr. Morton’s bill to provide for and regulate the counting of votes for President and Vice-President was taken up and debated in the Senate on the 18th. ... Among the bills intoodqmd in the House was one to provide Jot a mofocertain resumption of'specle payment* on (Tan. 1, 1879. -Mr. Baker, of Indiana, offered a resolution declaring that .the people of the United States constitute one nation, and not a mere confederacy of States or nations; that the Constitution was farmed by the people acting in their primary and, Individual capacity, through their dulyconstituted delegates; that the National Government is sovereign and supreme, and in its nature permanent and fifthsgoluble, except by the coneent of the whole people; that all overt acts of secretion or rebellion constitute treason, and 'that the late war was causeless and indefensible on any theory of right or Constitutional law. A motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was rejected—yeas 91, nays 78—less than two-thirds th the affirmative; very few Democrats voted .affirmatively. Mr. Cox then offered a series ot resolutions to the effect that the people of the. United States constitute a nation tn the sense. So the extent and for the purposes defined in She Constitution; that the Government is a Federal Union, formed by the people of the States in their sovereign capacity; that the powers of the General Government are limited by the Constitution, and cannot be enlarged or diminished except by Conatitntlonal amendments; that the rights of the States have the same sane Lion of security In the Constitution as the rights and powers of the Federal Government; ihtl local domestic government by the several States, within Constitutional limits, is absolutely neces»aryi for the preservation of the liberties tff the citizen; that the doctrine of secession is in ' conflict with the idea of a perpetual Union, as contemplated by the Constitution, and shonid be regarded aa being forever extinguished by the result of the .recent conflict. A motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolutions was agreed to! —yeas ISO. nays 48. All the Democrats and a few of the Republicans voted for the resolutions. The Conference Committee .on the bill for the payment or','merest on the 3.65 bonds of the District of Colombia was agreed to.

In the Senate, on the il4th, the bill fixing the salary of the President of the United States at tf&QtO was passed-tyeas 26, nays 20. ....Hallett CUbonrne, who had refused to produce the books of hie firm or to answer certain questions before, the Selfict Committee on the Real-Estate Beol snd' Jay' Cooke’lndebtedness, was brought bafere the Honse, and, still persisting in his refusal .to answer, was committed to the custody of toe Sergeant-at-Arms to be confined in the common jail of the District until be .shonid purge Uniaalf of bis contempt. The Legislative Appropiiation bill was farther debated gn Committee of the Whole. A bill was passed in the Senate, on the f stb, to exclude Missouri from the provisions of the act to promote the. development of the mini*2 resources of toe United States.... A resolut&h ot inquiry was adopted in the House as to the powers conferred on A. B. Steinberger as a Special Agent or Commissioner to fte Samoan or Navigator IsttfSle. Speeches were .made, m Committee of the Whole, on the Legislative Appropriation bill. Ai bill was introduoed in the Senate, on the frth, for establish the Territory of Pembina. A resolution was adopted requesting the Secretary of the Treaeoxy to furnish infoanmtion aa to fc e annual predact, as gold and silver to the United States from 1046 .to 1875, inclusiw; the amoned <n other p&rta of the world for the same years, and an estimate .of.the amount to the United States at the present time. The bill to providedor and regulate trhc,<x>unting of votes ilor Preside*- and Vice-President was farther dlrcussed. Adjourned to the fiOCh. .. .In the House, the bill to supply the dedcieivtv In the Currency Printing Engraving Buseaa of the Treasury i Department (appropriating (*168,000, and direct- 1 ing the Secretary ot the Treasury to isane silver! coih in red*nption of all fra©Daiial currency oav i standing) was debated in Committee of the W hole. No session of the Senate <on the 17th' A ...Bnt little ,waa done in the t&ouse, beyond authorizing the Committee au tbA Centennial question tosttdnring the receae at .Congress, and adopting a reaajittoc of inqnirjr into the making ofrtroiurncts for Vie transportation «f army supplied to Texas ie 4674. Adjourned to the 90th.

A reporter <ef the Paris Figaro has, after repeated chSusals, succeeded in obtaklULg an intervfcssv with the; ex*Empress Eugenie and her eon at Chiselhurst The young Prince told site reporter that the interviewers” had become a nuisance at Chiaelhurst. Not long ago, he said, an America* member of this peculiar branch of journalism called, having two stenographers with him, and bearing in lib band a long catalogue of questions. The Importunate fellow said be bad crossed the ocean for the express purpose of getting hi* questions answered at Chiselhurst. The exports from Switzerland to the United Stales in 1875 amounted to 54.867,355 francs, which is jess than the a W»ge tor the eleven previous .years

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

ApntTiOX, algnod by over 4,000 names, baa been presented to the County Commissioner* of Clark County, for the removal of the County scat from Charlestown to Jcff.r----•onvllc. Jammu Tatlo«‘ was-'killed at Indianapolis, on the 10th, by a taw-log roiling over him. His neck waa broken and head crushed. In several of the Indianapolis wards, the other night, aa expeditious mode of selecting delegates to the Republican County Convention was adopted. The name of each person nominated was written on t piece of paper, all of them put in a hat, shook up, and the requisite number drawn out. Thh High School building at Westvllle waa totally destroyed on the morning of the 6th, involving a loss of about *5,000. It la supposed to have been the work of lnceuaiarfesWSS'TnteffiSa* to take advantage of the excitement by robbing the deserted houses. The barn at the Wayne County poor-farm was burned to the ground on the evening of the 12th. Five horses, thirty head of cattle, and the grain and farming implements were destroyed, involving a total loss of about *IO,OOO. It is supposed that one of the halfwitted paupers tired the building. Mrs. Ann* Moor*, an Indianapolis invalid, committed suicide, the other evening, by drowning herself in a little pool by the road in front of herhouee. W. D. Richardson A Co., of Springfield, DL, have secured the contract for the erection of the additional bells for the State Prison North. The price to be paid is *BI,OOO. Tii* total steal of Wm. Koch, ex-Collcctor ■Of Evansville, has been fixed at *6,000. An incendiary fire at Xenia, a lew mornings ago, destroyed a printing office, Masonic HaH, and three business bouses, involving a •lose of about *IO,OOO. On the 14th, at Indianapolis, James Ryan, a fireman employed on the Bee-line, fell on the track in front of an engine while shunting cars on a side-track, and was crushed -———————— -•• Frank Saunders, a little son of Asa ■Saunders, living near Sandford, Vigo County, was instantly killed on the 14th by a falling tree. The tree was chopped by the (father, and the child ran In a wrong direction when it fell. Tn* National Veteran Association will meet in Indianapolis next September in annual convention. A local committee will .arrange for their reception. Thomas Jackson, a one-legged man, attempted to commit suicide .in tlye office of the Terre Haute Evening Gazette, a few evenings ago. The ball struck a rib and glanced off, thereby saving his life. ■ Winchester is suffering from the ravages of small-pox. There are over twenty eases, and several have proved fatal.

Mrs. Lizzie Sheiks, living near Rieft* mond, attempted suicide by taking a quantity of morphine, on the night of the 14th The timely interference of the family physician saved her life. Peru is going to have a *75,000 hotel. In some portions of the State the farmers .have begun to plant tobacco. Lafayettb calls her latestsehool building “The Centennial.” Scarlet fever is prevailing in the vicinity of Belleville, in most cases resulting fatally. Logansport has a crooked druggist. He lately disposed of his stock it© a new firm who soon found that the invoice bills had been manipulated, alcohol -substituted for -costly perfumery, the whisky watered, etc., -etc. Samuel JLacbr, employed in a Warsaw saw.mill was accidentally tolled the other day. The roof breaking, a board fell on the saw and then struck him on the head.

A number of citizens of 'Luce Township, ;Spencer County, have filed a petition with ■the county commissioners asking permission to inclose a large body of land subject to .overflow, under the provisions of the acts of 1875. This is the first application under the mew law. An observatory for the Indiana State University,is proposed. Mr. James A. Brambl* has been appointed Sheriff of Martin County, vice ■Francis A. Cooke, deceased. ■On the morning of the 15th, William Ross, an old citizen of Otter Creek Township, committed suicide by taking poison. Ten days before he.-stole two bushels of wJheat from a .neighbor named Stalkner, and was to have been arrested. He had long been known as ; a very honest man, and the theft was perpetrated .to procure food for his starving family.

Th* Westcrn'Druggists met In ‘Convention .at Indianapolis on the 15th. Joseph D. White, was arrested on his farm in Liberty, Union County, on the night of .the 15th, for a murder committed in Scott County, Va., in August, 1870. Henry Burke, of Anderson, amd John Little, .©f Franklin, got into a quarrel over a game of cards at the former place,-on the 16th. and Burke hit Little on the head With a mace, inflicting fatal injuries. The fiorven Wheel Company’s works at Indianapolis were damaged by fire to the extent ©1 *2,500, on the.afternoon of the 16th. During .a recent storm at Derby, theeorncribof James Farther was struck by lightning. Farmer and his wife were within shuckingcorn at the time. He was struck by lightning and instantly killed, while the wife received fatal injuries. The hogs that ■were under the crib wer.e also killed. The cries Of Mrs. Farmer summoned the neighbors, whoextinguished the fire the lightning had caused, and also assisted her and removed her dead husband. Th* latest -reports from Cincinnati give the folio wine .as the current prices for leading staples: Flour, dull and unchanged; Wheat, *1.0531.25; Corn, 46@50c; Oats, 86 (g42c; Barlcjvdull and nonfinal; Rye, 728 74c; Pork, *22.75023.00; Lard—Steam, 18>6@ 13%c; kettle, 13S£@14e; Hog*—Light, $7.40 @8.25; Packing. *8.30@8,75.

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

—Of the 436 missionaries in China, ,310 are women. In Japan there are 100 missionaries, of whom fiftptwo are women. —A correspondent writes to ttoe Church Jhortrnal that If the Episcopal Church will expend fifteen or twenty thousand dollars per year, for the next five years, ie.carrying.en the missionary work in Mexico, she will reap a harvest such as she has never reaped before. He presents £mts of the nod encouraging character. —Thf- arrangements for the next season of the Rational Educational Association, which meets in Baltimore, in July, have been placed in the hands of a committee consisting of Prresidmt Porter, of Yale; ProC Venable, Of the University of Virginia, and Prof. Shepherd, Superintendent of Instruction in Baltimore. —The Protestant Episcopal Diocese of lowa has had a hard time in getting a Bishop. It has decided now dot to call a special convention for the election of another clergyman to fill the office, but to remain without a prelate to the regular convention, which meets on the 30th of May, The income of this office j# only 12,000, and life wort is hard. So the position seems a hard one tot JJI with exactly the right hind of a man.

—The culmination 'alt th© revival in Ncwville, Pa., is seen In the increased membership to the number of nearly 400. About 800 of these were added to the Lutheran Church, 100 to the Presbyterian fiiurch,'and the; remaindfir divided between the United PreslivtCTiaa, Methodist, United Brethren and the Church of Goa Churches. Wlille a radical change has been effected with many adults, the larger proportion of the new converts comprise young persons and children. * —The practice of holding “ missions,” a kind of revival effort, is becoming more general in the Protestant Episcopal Church. “The method of conducting these missions is a slight change from the regular church wo/k. The preachin ,is pungent, personal and earnest; the singing congregational and the hymns and tunes familiar ones. The prayers are short, frequent and common. An opportunity is given for direct personal intercourse between inquirers and the minister. So far the work lias been very successful. The services generally occupy u week. Preaching is neld every n and crowded congregations attest the general interest.” —The Chrutian Advocate says: “ The forthcoming General Conference, which opens in Baltimore May 1,1876, promises to be one of extraordinary importance. The cfffadrennial reports from every department of our widely-extended and rap-idly-increasing church work, and the recommendations of methods for enlarging the work, and making it more powerfully effective at home and abroad; the presence and addresses of a larger number than usual of distinguished fraternal representatives from other religious bodies, and of- eminent missionaries long connected with the various departments of our own foreign work, and the discussion by the many able and influential delegates, lay and clerical, from the various annual conferences, of the many great questions which will be considered, will all combine to engage the attention of our people throughout the entire church.”

The Hazel Green (Wis.) Tornado— Cyclone in Missouri.

Du-BuquE, lowa, March 11. The storm entered tlio village of Hazel Green, Wls., at the northeast quarter, and turned across the south aDd middle part of the town, leaving a path from thirty to forty rods in width in utter ruin, a true description of which, with its attendant devastation and carnage, no pen, however apt, could possibly delineate. Twenty-six houses were totally demolished, and their contents borne upon the winds iu every direction. Fields, yards, streets, and even the cemetery, over which the storm passed but slightly, are tilled with the debris. Immense timbers, boards, scantling and posts were thrown heavenward, and driven deep in the ground in their descent. The first house in the village struck by the whirlwind was a wooden structure, one story high, owned by .John Funk, the roof of ■which was partially carried away, without damage to the inmates. Further on it lifted a small tenement in its mighty arms, completely crushing the hullaing, not a vestige ♦of which, save the floor, is left. The family, .consisting of Mrs. Farally and two daughters, took refuge in the cellar, and escaped injury. Crossing the street it swept the three-story stone structure known as the Masons’ and and Odd Fellows’ hall from its foundation, and left it a shapeless pile of rock, mortar and shattered timbers. But a few feet to the eastward its mighty bolts were launched against the stone residence of Mrs. E. Richards, and tumbled its roof and a portion of the walls upon the inmates, consisting of Mrs. E. and daughter Lizzie (aged sixteen), Mrs. T. H. Edwards and infant child, all of whom were killed by the falling rocks. Johnson Richards, the son of the dead lady, at .the time the whirlwind struck the premises, was in the hayloft of a barn on the lot, and was instantly killed, while Thomas Magor, a young man who was on the first floor of the barn, received a frightful cut about the face, which, though not dangerous, will disfigure him for life. The ham on the premises of Mrs. Richards was demolished, and a fine trot-ting-horse, owned by Thomas W»gncr, instantly killed by the falling timbers. Across ttie street from the Richards house, the wooden building occupied by Levi Eastman of a hundred guns. The house ©f Joseph Jackson was numbered among the ruined dwellings, and his son Alfred, a fine lad aged fourteen years, Instantly killed. Mrs. Jackson was seriously bruised in the back, and tt is thought her spine is injured- The sorrow-stricken father related the terrible scene of ruin and death which had visited his hearthstone, and while telling the sad story -scalding tears coursed downhls weather-beaten cheeks, and groans of deep distress broke his utterances. The spectacle was such as to soften the stoutest heart, and, sick and sorrowful, we dropped s word of sympathy and turned away. Thehouse of Dr. Kittoe wa* the last de molished in the village, and though not razed to the ground, there is scarcely a timber in the structure that does not bear evidence of th© terrible assaults of the whirlwind, while the building is moved upward of three feet from its foundation, the iScc-ond story blown off, and the whole eastern end carried away. The doctor perceived the coming danger, and, gathering his family together, calmly awaited its coming; and come it did, with a fury which rent the frail tenement from top to bottom, and scattered the debris about and upon the pale inmates, notone of whom was injured in the least: The barn at the rear of Dr. Kittoe’s premises was leveled to the grouud, and almost every vestige of the structure carried from the spot on which it stood. A. pair of horses in the barn were lifted sixty feet into the sir, and then shot off in a tangent twenty rods, w'hen they fell bleeding and dead. They, were standing side by side in the barn, and. when they fell they were only ten feet apart and still occupying th© same relative positions, the nigh horse on the nigh side and the off horse on the off side. As they spun in the air, spectators forgot all fear of danget in watching the whirling horses, whose shrieks could be heard above 'he yell and roar of the hurricane. From this point the whirlwind traveled due east, passing over the cemetery, damaging a large number of slabs and ornaments, and covering the grouud with boards, limbs, pieces of furniture aud clothing. On it went, bent on its mission of death and destruction, until reaching the residence of Thomas Allen, which it lifted as if it were a feather, and, carrying it a short distance, dashed it in pieces, killing Mr. Allen and his son, .aged twelve years, instantly, and badly injuring other members of the family. The large furniture establishment of Ed and Matthew Thompson was totally demolished. The building contained a valuable stock of furniture and coffins. Mr. Chas. Schabber’s blacksmith-shop was also blown down, as was the extensive wagon and carriage manufactory of Joseph Clamenston, which, with its.coritents, are a total loss. The loss to property was estimated at from *40,000 to *50,000

Sedama, Mo., March 11. The tornado that passed through Monroe j County yesterday was first seen at Monroe City, «n the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, at four p. in., passing there without damage. Three miles from there it blew down'd farm-house, killing three women and Severely crippling another.At Ilinward, a two-story frame house was completely demolished, and the sectionhouse, railroad depot, several buildings and tact miles of plank fence destroyed, and one mile of telegraph wire stripped. Elizabethtown, a sniall village six miles from Haswwrl, suffered severely; every building, ewaept three, was destroyed, including two churches, and one woman and one child kSlted instantly. Two school children on the way home Were overtaken by. the storm and ntrHed away and have not since been hear# from. Huy stacks were picked up and"'carried for miles, and fences generally destroyed. The citizens of Mon. roe and Hansard say they could hear the storm’s rumbling ndke for a great distance. The storm’s width w»s about half a mile. A passenger train leftHsssard only one minute before the depot was blown away. Thebe are in tire State-of lowa 3,303 manufacturing establishments, employing 18.854 hands, and 577 steam engines, producing in 1875 a total value of $30,363,81*. again* $7,100,465 in 1865.

MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

~A correspondent of Hats Botanical Bulletin states that, in a locality near Hanover, Ind., in the rick alluvial toil of the river-bottom, tlie AnproMa trifida (ragvreedj attains a heigitt of from twelve to eighteen feet. The plant naturally iota not reach up beyond tour to six feet. —ln an uddress before the American Public Health Association, at Baltimore, it was suited try Prof. Frank Donaldson that one-tenth of the inhabitants of cities die of consumption. The ratio of deaths fYom the disease among the rich is sixty to 1,000; and among the poor 223 to >,OOO. It Is more frequently developed among the cbtiuien of the aged and the poor, and in places where gloom and dampness prevail. The quantity of oxygen is diminished in cities, even in tb« streets;„ lienee consumptives should avoid them as dwelling places, and abide in the country, where pure air and plenty of sunlight abound. —lt has beirun to dawn upon Alie educated minds of Europe that in the matter of school-books America is far ahead of the Old World, where conservative influences have resisted innovations and changes which our experience has shown to be great improvements on the old system of instruction. This has lately been conceded in a marked manner in the able report on the educational department of the recent Vienna Exposition, made by M. Buisson, Fellow of the University of France. The school-books exhibited by American publishers attracted great attention and were made a special study by those who were interested in popular education.

-An improved heating furnace, adapted to rail, bar, plate, guide and hoop mills, is among the recent inventions, the plan consisting practically of a double furnace, having a grate at both ends, with the flue in the center, passing down between the two doors under the body of the furnace into the chimney on the other side. It is claimed that this furnace will do one-halt more work, for the reason that the heater can be charging at one door while drawpasses directly to the flue before reaching tlie iron; that it will save greatly in coal, there not being so large a surface to be heated as in the ordinary furnaces; also that it costs less to build and less labor to work, it, doing away, as this arrangement does, with the labor of pulling the flue piles to the bridge for sufficient heat, the last pile charged being the first ready to draw' out.—a! Y. Sun. —An important discovery of lacustrine habitations has been made near Colombier, Switzerland. During the latter part of January some workmen excavating the foundations for a new building close to the lake came across some huge flat rocks, placed evidently by human handg.. in a horizontal position, and lying near each other on a level, which once in all probability was the natural surface. Each block was a boulder brought apparently some distance, and covered” a square cavity carefully lined with slabs of stone, and filled with earth mixed with light gravel and sand. One of these square cavities or graves has been carefully cleared, and proved to contain fourteen skeletons of adults and one of a child, all in very fair preservation. The form of the skulls is said not to be of the very early type generally identified with the rude early cave dwellers, and some brass rings found indicate the use of that metal, at any rate for ornament. A stone, hatchet was also foand, and a number of bear’s teeth pierced for stringing.

The Kings of the Big Bonanza.

A Virginia ouy (rtev.) ooirespondent writes as follows to the Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat-. Since the year 1850, when old Comstock stumbled upon a deposit of ledge rock among these hills, the yield of silver has auounted to a total of $273,000,000. Last year alone the Com■atoek lode yielded about $30,000,000. The most productive mines in this lode and their respective yields for the year past are as follows: Virginia Consolidated, $11,567,902.70; Crown Point, $4,874,322.58; Belcher, $5,498,985.55 ; and Qphir, $1,048,236.16. The State of Nevada added, during 1875, not less than $40,000,000 to the world’s aggregate of bullion. For the year 1876 the production of the State willpe at least $55,000,000, and of the whole Pacific coast $100,000,000. So much for figures. The especial topic among the mining experts nowadays is the unparalleled development of the California mine, owned by the bonanza Kings, Mackey, Fair, Flood and O’Brien. Their miqe adjoins the Consolidated Virginia, which has already produced $30,000,000, and Prof. Rogers, who acccompanied the Government Commission sent here to investigate our mining resources, officially indorses the statement that the California mine contains not less than $300,000,000. These are large figures, and I am glad to give them on such good authority as that of Prof. Rogers, of the University of Pennsylvania. No one here has any doubt that the estimate is warranted by facts. The four men controlling this stupendous wealth are John W Mackay, who owns two-fifths, and James C, Flood, James G. Fair and William O’Brien,' each of whom owns one-fifth. The members of the firm are interested and in the same proportion, in other mines. Wherever the firm is interested it controls a large majority of shares. The Bonanza kings are monarchs or hothing. Mackay is an Irishman about fortyfive years old. He is well made, has a clear blue eye, and wears a light mus tachc. At almost any hour of the day you may see him among tlie mines, his trousers lucked in his boots and a rough felt hat pulled down over his forehead, pad dling along through the snow from the Savage to the Hale and Norcross, thence to fiie Gould and Curry, and so onward to the Consolidated Virginia and California. He has none of tlie airs of a monarch. If you happen to know him he will say a few pleasant words and bid you good morning. His demeanor is invariably quiet and modest, and the most jealous eyes can detect no bluster in it. He seems to be somewhat distrustful of his conversational powers and thinks more than he talks. Fair is a very diflerent sort of fellow. He is full of bonhomie (the people hereabouts call it blarney), a good talker, good-looking and particularly social. He is,rarely seen afoot, but lays back instate in his buggy and mentally puts up jobs on the stock market. Very sly is “Slippery Jim,” as his admirers call him. Flood is the financier of the com cern, and O’Brien the ornamental member. Ho plays “cinch,” a California form of seven up, and draws his dividends of $200,000 a month. Now, having those photographs in jnindr-which one of the quartet would you prefer to see in the United States Senate from Nevada? You may be sure that one of the four will be sent when Jones’s time expires. The population of the Pacific coast appreciates merit when backed by blank shares in the bonanza. Mackay is talked of some, but I doubt his ambition. He is not an educated man, and knows that he is not. Then his business here requires and will continue to require all his time for the next ten years. Fajjr is the most intelligent of the quartet, and would perhaps make the best Senator. Yet, notwilh standing his social inglmafions, he" can hardly be called popular. It has recently transpired that the firm intends to send $10,000,000 in bullion for exhibition at the Centennial. This amount would require fifteen cars lot transportation, ana

would make the biggest I pile of money ever shown to the American public. This month the Consolidated Virginia mins will produce more than $2,000,000. When the new C. and C. shaft ia completed the combined monthly production at ConSdHd&tad Virginia "and California will aggregate $5,000,000, a last which may bo as interesting to th<*e who are nqt bonanza kings as it is satisfactory to those who are.

Use of Antiseptics in the Trades.

It is a great drawback that in the warm season or the year many branches of industry, whose raw material consists of animal products, such as tanning, glueboiling, catgut-making, etc., have to contend with many difficulties arising from decomposition through heat of organic moist substances. Such Is the case fit the manufacture of glue, in which work has to be stopped when the heat in tlio summer surpasses 88° Fall., as the material is spoiled through putrefaction; great dam. Age also occurs in ttmning through stinking hides, and serious complaints arise in the neighborhood of certain factories on account of foul smells, poisoned atmosphere, and corrupted water. Very small quantities of carbolic acid, used in suck a manner that the wet hides can lay for a few hours in water containing from one to two per cent, of tlie acid, will suffice to protect hides from putrefaction, and put a stop to the further ad. vance oi any destructive process which may have set in, and of w r hich the hides are made susceptible—on the one hand by the transport from a distance, and on the other by their preparation in summer, as also indeed in other seasons of the year. That the preservation of the skins, as far as possible in a soft condition, is of the greatest importance, lias long been recognized, therefore they are sailed. The effect of the salt, however, is only half complete, as it only extracts the water without entering into chemical action with the bodies inducing putrefaotion. In the manufacture of glue, as above remarked, boiling cannot proceed in very warm weather, because the glue already time turned into a stinking, filthy fluid through putrefaction. An addition of from one to two per cent, of carbolic acid obviates this inconvenience, and renders possible an uninterrupted activity, • independent of the weather; and in addition to this, the unpleasant bad-smelling gases which always arise from putrefying substances are destroyed. - If, however, such antiseptics have to be employed for the preservation of food, or of material in winch the tarry flavor and taste would be objectionable, as is tlie case wfth that form of glue called isinglass and gelatin, used for making jellies, etc., sali6ilic acid and thymol may be used, the slightly greater expense being no objection in such a case. —Manufacturer and Builder.

Ammonia Against Snake-Bites.

Several cases of snake-bite, in which the value of Prof. Halford’s remedy, subcutaneous injection of ammonia, lias been demonstrated, have lately occurred in the colony. At Seymour, on the 14th ot December, a young man, twenty-six years of age, named Dwyer, was bitten by a snake between the thumb and the first finger of the right hand. The wound was received at nine o’clock, and no treatment was applied until half-past eleven, when the patient was powerless and almost insensible. Ammonia was injected into his right arm, when he revived at once. He suffered a

relapse, but the ammonia was again successfully applied; and he ultimately recovered. At Bungaree a young girl was bitten - ouHKe.ana gradually i&Shii. into a state of stupor. Two hours and a halt after she was bitten ammonia was injected. Relief was immediately obtained, and the girl rapidly recovered. A third case happened on the Acheron, eleven miles from Alexandria, where a little girl two years of age, the daughter of a farmer named Doak, was bitten by a snake just above the ankle of the left foot. Symptoms oi complete coma were setting in when the ammonia injection was used witli magical effect. The child sat upright and became quite lively. A relajise occurring, a sec* ond injection was made with as great effect as tM&£, and the child from that time conqwPl to improve until her recovery. Another case is mentioned of a native woman on the Wirrega station, South Australia, who was bitten by a snake on the ankle. She became unconscious, and the surface of the body was turning cold, when ammonia was injected. The woman at once revived and recovered —Melbourne (Australia) Argue.

A Leap-Year Party.

For some time past the corner of St. Aubin and Clinton avenues lias been infested during the evenings with a crowd of boys ranging from twelve to seventeen years "of age, who took it upon themselves to insult pedestrians, especially ladies, as they passed. These proceedings became unbearable, and Thursday evening seven ladies, each provided with a ridingwhip, marched leisurely to the unpleasant locality and vfllfe accosted by the usual crowd. Then ensued a lively chase, each lady selecting a victim and following him until captured. According to tlie plans each lady was to return to the oorner of the avenues with their victim, and upon counting noses it was found that each one had made a successful chase. The whips were then brought into requisition, and during the next five minutes a series of well-executed howls indicated that the work was being well done. Upon being set at liberty the boys were given to understand that the dose would be repeated as often as necessary until the patients were cured.— Detroit Free Press. No one probably in these days favors a very old notion in vegetable physiology—that there are special vessels for carrying the sap up to the leaves and others for bringing them down again; for it is tolerably well known by all who have tried to raise plants from “slips” that the cuttings grow just as well if'planted upside down as if set in the direction they grew on the tree. If there are any left, the experience of an English gardener, named Rochford, described in recent horticultural papers, should be enough. Het grows grapes under glass, and, believing that two sets of roots would be better than one, he bent the -top of a long cane into the ground, forming a large arch, and the top rooted. Afterward he cut the arch asunder in the middle, so that half the cane might be said to stand on its head. It continued year after year to grow and bear just as well as the other half, which grew in the natural way .—New York Independent.

—The Photographic News mentions a curious experiment made with a view to ascertain how far the sun can penetrate the water. The research was conducted upon the Lake of Geneva, the waters ot which are among the clearest of the Swiss lakes, and the results have been briefly communicated to the Society of Natural Sciences in the canton of Vaud, by M. Forel. He states that he found that the chemical action of the sun’s rays was felt, in the summer time, at the depth of between forty and fifty meters, which is far different—that is, considerably in excess of the extent of panetrafion—from what has generally been conjectured. The nature of the sensitive compound employed ia these experiments is not explained. {i?." j . ■ —— The higher a man roosts, the more fun it gives the devil to tumble him off. <

Spring Bonnets.

Stkisg bonnets trimmed ready for wear have arrived, and«re » of chip, ribbons, latte and flowers, all <>i the cue shade that ia already becoming monotonous. The chips art; ver y. n . > and the preference for yellowish white »■ marked, for although colored chips—brown, gray or black —are Imported untrimmed, not one colored bonnet Is found among the large, importations of trimmsd bonnets for models. The new rough-nn-ished yet glossy straw bonnets are very handsome, and are brought out in the best shapes. These are not the coarse rough-and-ready straws formerly used, but are fine satin-faced rice straws of ecru tint, yet with raised braids that give them a stylish rough surface. The new shapes are close at the sides, project above the forehead, are short behind, and those most in favor with the best milliners have square crowns; yet there are many round' crowns, and many poke-bonnets of more or less pronounced shapes; the latter are refected by leading dealers, but young ladles have found out that they are becoming and are easily trimsped, hence those who do their millinery at home will select,the pokes for another season. A few bonnets have tlie front slightly rolled in coronet shape, but the flaring brims that now encircle the face like a halo are passe. The trimming that is most conspicuously used is the creamy lace of fainter tint than the ecru cashmere laces introduced Inst fall. Many of these lacos are all siik, witli frosted figures, while others are of the finest wool, such as Angora fleece or camel’s hair, and Are called—we know not why—Archangel laces. Cream-colored Valenciennes lace is also used by fashionable French milliners. This is the ordinary Italian woven Valenciennes, to which an unnatural creamy tint is given. Instead of Lyons tulle for strings there is now Brussels net in large round meshes of strong texture, and tli e inevitable cream-color. Very handsome barbes or scarfs of camel's-hair lace in Brussels thread designs are imported fortrimming Willi Sli'tffif yards long, and cost from $lO to s2oeach. Scarcely any black lace is used.

All white flowers re-appear in wreaths for the crown, with one or two trailing sprays behind, or else in touffes for the top, and mixed bouquets for the face trimming. Syringas, wall-flowers, oxeyed daisies, white roses and buds, hawthorn, laurel and fruit blossoms are shown in abundance. With these there is usually some dark foliage, as of the ivy or rose, and above all else the poppies so long in favor are again used in contrast with the creamy flowers. Sometimes there are rose touffes, with six or seven diflerent shades of roses and no foliage; while near these are branches of rose vines with unblown buds showing as many different shades peeping out from tlieir green calyxes. A new pink coral shade lately Seen in camellias is shown also in roses and many other flowers. There is' very little blue shown this season, though some very pretty bonnets for very young ladies are trimmed with pale blue garden pinks, amidst which are touffes of scarlet poppies. Soft silks either twilled, repped, armure, or damask, or else ribbons two or three inches wide, complete the elaborate garniture. These silks or ribbons are twined around the crown, sometimes in combination with lace, or more often are tied in the odd new bows, and clustered down the left side or across the top, while that part below the crown is very slightly trimmed, or perhaps has twq long streamers of ribbon hanging far below the wniot The now bows are very soft full fluted loops, strapped tightly in the middle, and flaring out like a tan; some have two loops on each side, some have but one; none have ends to the bows. Many bonnets have long string&,d>ut these will La tfofi behind in the glimmer. Face trimmings are very full soft puffs, or else clusters of tlie new bows crossing the top of the head, while the side of the bonnet is too close to the head to allow any trimming. Sometimestouffes of flowers form the race trimming, while some of tlie Paris bonnets still retain a double frill of lace inside; and this lace is now the creamy Valenciennes. Very few feathers, birds or wings areseen—tlie result, it is said, of the general outcry against the slaughter of the innocent birds. Rough straw bonnets for early spring have a wreath of mosses and of grasses-gone-to-seed passing around the crown, with scarlet poppies on the top. Loops of creamy ribbon pass down the middle of the crown, and long streamers hang behind. The front is faced with scarlet. Dark myrtle green is also much associated with cream-colored lace and silk in the hats for the intermediate season. Strings are made of ecru Brussels net hemmed on one side, while the other is edged with Archangel lace. — -Harper'* Bazar.

A Sentimental Goose.

On a farm near this city is a goose that lately lost its mate. It mourned sincerely tor several days, refusing very properly any attentions' from other goos is. But goostic faithfulness could not survive human charms. Goosey became enamored of the man who has charge of fowl and brute. Thrown in his company constantly at feeding time, she always welcomed him with affectionate greetings, and followed him until the gate shut him from her sight. Encouraged by his friendly offices, her esteem deepened into love, and now no other companionship satisfies her for a moment. Long before daylight she commences calling for him, and she will take no food except from his hands. She follows him day by day, round and round the field, while he is plowing, and the highest farm fence cannot stop her. When he comes to town she can only be left behind by being shut up in her house, and then she keeps up a continual calling until he returns. True to the romantic character in love stories, she is drooping —slowly fading from earth Her constant exertions to be near her charmer are slowly but surely killing her. This is no fancy sketch. We have the “papers” for every word of it. It is a sad case of leap-year license.—Chattanooga iTcnn.) Times. N .

Corn husk frames may oe matte very prettily and simply by taking pasteboard or thick paper to sew the husks on. Then select your husks; take fine white ones,, but not the finest. Take a husk, and cut it into strips three-quarters of an inch wide and three inches long. Then doable it together in a bow as in tape trimming. Put two rows of these bows around the inside of the frame. Next cut a piece thelength of the liows and the width of fifehusks, and bend the two ends together-;-Now take yOur needle, and slit it very fine through the center, and then sew thetwo ends that you hold in your hand on the frame over-lapping the row of bows, one row of this slfttea work. Then sew on another row of bows; then take some more pieces of slitted work, and turn, and go lengthwise of the frame—not crosswise as before. ' That forms the outer edge of the frame. Take a thin piece of board and make a fTame. Place your glass between your paper frame afid your board frame, and tack or paste your paper frame d.own smoothly. Yon will thus have * nicel rustic frame. Beautiful litM'.j'l j n nearly the same manner.— *' The Indian 18 well 6U PP Ued with coal a-'' tl,uljer -