Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1876 — Page 2

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

w»sicm. ffi* W*M» «*• Kncltoh steamer Hylton Oastle, «f tJM» ooaart of lonia, on the 4th. The AgAm ektoaslve strike prevailed among the Llv«ir|UKfi dock-laborers-on the 4th, and several •( the Atlantic and other steamers were Baablebs leava tor their places «t destina- ©• the sth, a fatty beat which was being ipaaan across the river Dee, at Aberdeen, •eetlaad, was capttsadfn midstream by the violence <ff the current. The boat was crowded with passengers, anl about thirty was promulgated la Paris, on the *fh,'Axing May 1,1808, aa the date Of opening the Paris Universal ‘Exposition. 'Dispatchas frost London and Vienna, of ’the 6th. elate that affairs in the Tnfelsli provinces had once more assumed a threat•eadng aspect. It waa reported that the whole of northwestern iSosnls had broken •OBt In full rebellion, and that Serna waa ■Staking heavy preparetiocs for war. • About 5,000 workmen In the Derbyshire coal-mines have struck work in “consequence of a proposed reduction o •wages. ..... —- 'The Emperor of Brazil left Para or* he sth, "on board the steamship fflevelius, direct for A Copenhagen dispatch of the "7th says 1 Denmark and Germany were endeavoring to arrive at a satisfactory solution of ithe t Bchleswig-Holatein question. * ;

A Washington telegram of the-"2d states r that the Secretary of the-Treasury, as the re- ■ suit of a Cabinebdoeiekm, had sent to all per- - sons having the charge of Government buildings, a circular ealUne attention to the fact that the appropriation made for ‘fuel, light and water, and miscellaneous items for public buildings, for the fiscal year ending June 86,1816, was nearly .exhausted, and ordering that gas and waterrinsuch buildings be shut off, and that the'laborers paid from such appropriation be discharged, la accordance with the provisions of the law prohibiting the expenditure byADepartmart of the Govon ment of any tarn In excess of the appropriation already granted by Congress. Three hundred thousand dollars in silver dimes and quarters were received at the Treasury Department in Washington, from San Francisco, on the. 4th, and 1100,000 in quarters were expected in a day or two. Thera were nearly-12(000,OiQ postal cards issued by the PoatodSce Department during the month of March. An was teamed, by instruction of the President, on teeJtth, directing the re-estab-liahment of the ArmyHeadqsariers at Washington, and alee providing that In future all orders Issued bythe 'War Department pertaining to mflttacy affairs tbaK be promulgated through the General -of ’the Army. Announcement was.made at (Philadelphia on the 4th, by Postmaster Falrman, that the postoffice of that city would .be closed at dark, and all night work and business suspended under Secretary Bristow’s recent in- • stractions. fieVeraLbusinesefiruK of the city ■ thereupon offereebto ' defray the expenses of i keeping the office apeo aa usual during the week, which offer woe.accepted, by the Fost- . master. .

Pour powder Magazines on Arsenal Hill, near Salt Lake CMy, UTUb, exploded on the afternoon of the Jth, -With terrible effect. ; There were three men work in one of the magazines, and all (that could be found of them were small pieces flesh,, tbe largest of which was a portion, of, a foot in a boot. A woman and boy ha the <-city were struck by , boulders and killed.*nd< (quite a number of ■other persons were *qjured. Jady died from fright An immense. .amount jof glass waa&roken throughout tee-city, estimated in /value at near SSfljflflfl. (The , partial remains of.two boys were found near the ruins of the msgeut.nes. They were .out hunting, and it is aqppoeed they had Saed into one of the magazines, rnd caused tbe explosion. The Springfield (Kasstf ißppfJblkan <r the , 6th says teat in settling up the affaire of Patrick Donahue, tee proprietor of the Boston who recently went Into bankrc ptcy, facts of a moat sUacractdul character - came to tight. Xt ceeme ithat during the past four, years he has been the, recipient of : thousands of dollars ftUoed tin h!s bands . for safe-keeping by ssauy Irish, Catholics, ~ who regarded him aa theiribesb friend. Suah money bflf ut iuto his privateihXsiness and . lost.

A jneetiqc of the New Eosk aad Brookijx jAsaociatioa-.of CongregotioDabMintsterß was , heH In the tetter city on tfeeffth, at .which the Action of the Advisory Council was endorsed, and reeojatiacs were adopted to pabUcly iurViteMny one Raving, or professing to have, any«videnee *agalost Mr. flteecber, not already investigated before tbe oivil court, to bringreuch evidence before aeammissiou to W Appointed for the pnrpose of hearting fttch evidence, the proposal commission to ranaiat of Hears. R, 8. JStorns W. L BuddLagtos, L. -Smith Hobart,£B. 8. Atone and K. W. Wergen. ftfessr*. Storrs, Fnddlngtoo, 0. H. McFarland, 3„d*. Martia. W. M. Taylor and W. H. Ward entered a pretest against this -actisn on the jpoand that an Investigation thas organized aould re.wtlt in nothing more than anatberaqperflcial asnd unsatisfactory inquiry. Resolutions an bmtttedJby Prof .Martincu favor dLsicUMlaatieal doctrheei' the opposite ofthosc espoused by .PlyinouthriLburch and Us Council, were tabled, and Rst'. Buddington, Me Fartaad. Taylor and Stem then sent the Moddirdtora. letter, in wfctir-h they withdrew from Ihe'memborshlp of tea New York aad TbofoU to tax church at'd educational property &aa beep defeated i* the New Jar-

Tbe*W#l legalizing the m#<L'ge of Mr. Mm turn apd the niece of his former wM|, i)owd«eM«*4.Ji*« passed kvtii house* of the Massachusetts Legislature. Elisabeth T. Greenfield, the colosoislnger, ftuooi thro Ogb oat the country sone years MO under the name «f the “Black Jwan," died at Philadelphia on the Ist, at tb*jge of •txtjheiKht year*. The Senate, la axaecaUv# session on the 4th, rejected the nomination of Richard B. Dana, Jr., m Minister to England, the vote befog »o ven teen yea* to thirty-sl* nays. <f. B. Ward, of Chicago, > former Congress. »ao turn the Second Illinois District, and SUhseqiWMJy United State# District Attorney fans born Indicted by the United States Grand dory for alkurcd complicity in HifeiaSlitef ftSßds of that cjty. pfjgMliliMt Belknap bat secured as bis In tto ItajM-achniuu: trial, Meters.

W.O. Avery.w-Clilef Clerk qt Ibe l.Uni.l Revenue Bureau at Wash log ton, convicted es complicity In the whisky frauds at St. Louis, has been overruled In the United States District Court at the latter city. The Chicago Tribune of the «te announces the failure of F. E. Canda A Co., railroad contractors of that city, and doing business tu 8L Louis under the name of H. R. Payson A Ob. Their aggregate liabilities are stated at 1772,628. Atty -Oen. Plerrepont, A. C. Bradley, Levi P. Luckey and Gen. Babcock were before Clymer’a Investigating committee on the 6th, and contradicted many of the essential parts of Detective Bell’s story. * 'Mr. Sprlhger, of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, asked Gen. Sdhenck, pn the Bth, If the committee shoutff say that he ((Bchenck) had been engaged in' the Emma Mine transactions la good faith, and with no { fraudulent Intent, whether he would still desire a teller investigation for the sake of others. Gen. Sclieuck replied that he desired such an investigation for others as well as himself; that he was neither a dupe nor a rascal; he had invested In the mine, with his eyes open and with a view of bettering Lis condition; he wished to show that the failure of the mine was owing to mismanagement. The Right Rev. John Johns, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, died at Alexandria on the night of the sth.

roLincAL. The election in Connecticut on the Sd resulted in the success of the Democratic ticket. The total vote of the State with only the town of Salem to hear from, which last year was 77 Republican to 72 Democratic is 98,485, against 100,983 last year. lugersoll (Dem)for Governor fias 51,07 b; Robinson (Rep.), 48,557; Atwater (Currency Reform), 1,986 ; Bmith‘(Pio.), 1,871. fagersoll’s majority, 8,657; plurality, 7,515. The Senate stands 18 Democrats and 3 Republicans, and the House 159 Democrats to 85 Republicans and 2 Independents. Returns from the "Rhode Island State election, received on the morning of the 6th, give Lippitt (Rep.) for Governor, 8,212; Howard (Pro.), 6,227; Beach (Pem.), B,472—Lippitt lacking about 1/00 of an election by the peo ■ pie. Addcms,n (ilep.) for Secretary of State, is elected by about 10,000 majority over Pierce (Dem.). Other candidates on'the State ticket run about the same aa Governor. The General Assembly will stand—*Benate, twentyseven Republicans and nine Democrats; House, 6ixty-three Republicans and nine Democrats, thus Insuring the election of the Republican State ticket by thAt body. The Missouri Democratic State Central Committee have called a State Convention to meet at Jefferson City, on teeSlstiof May, to elect delegates to the National Convention. The National Colored Convention recently held at Nashville, Tenn., adopted resolutions indorsing the platform of, and reaffirming the adherence of the colored people to, tlie National Republican party. Amass State Convention es those interested in the issue of more greenbacks was held at Columbus, Ohio, on the 6th, at which resolutions were adopted appealing to the people of the country to - organize and unite in behalf of the unconditional repeal of the Resumption act, and holding that It Is the duty of the Government to furnish the circulating medicm of the country. The Independent NatioaalrExecutlve Committee recently met in Chicago and adopted a resolution earnestly appealing “ to the people of theCnited States in every State to organize and vend delegates to the National Independent Convention, to be held at Indianapolis, Ind., May '11, '1876, as the only hope of securing that just4inaucial legislation and pure government which is indispensable to their welfare:”

OtmfiHKSSiONil. The Senate was not in session on the Ist .... In the House, the J>ill to amend the laws concerning commerce and navigation and the regulation of steam vessels wae.iabated at considerable length. A resolution was adopted directing the Commlttoe on Military Affaks to Investigate charges of commt and base practices alleged to have been committed by. Horace Boynton, clerk of each committee, while an officer of the Internal Revenue Bureau in Texas. Mr. Morten 'introduced a bill in the Senate, on the 3d,’to amend the act to enforce the right of cltiaene to vote in the several States, the object of the amenSmeetibeing to bring toe Enforcement act artebin. the late decision of the Supreme Court it bill .w„s passed amendatory of the Bankrupt law. by providing that no voluntary assignment’by-aAebtor of all-his property, made in good (with, .for the benefit of creditors, and valid accosding to teielaw of the state where made, shall of Itself, lin the - event of his being subsequently adjudicated .Wbackrupt, be a bar to the discharge of said debtor. The motion to reconsider the veteiby which the bill reducing the President’s salary was passed was lost—yeas 114, nays 31. Annonncemenkwas made that the House had adopted the.Belknap impeachment articles.... Several bills .were introduced and referred in the House. The of impeachment against ex-Socretaryißelknap were adopted, and Messes. Lord. Knott,iLynde, McMahon, Jenks, Lapham and Hear wore appointed as ,managers of the prosecution *m the part of the House, Mr. Lord standing asCbsemanof the Board of Managers. Bills wene passed-r.autbom.ing the sale of the Pawnee reeervaliioniin Nebraska; amending the Pension law for .the war of Mill. In the Senate, .an the -4th, Messrs. Bontwell, Cameron. Wise, tOgleaby, Bayard and McDonald were appointed . by. the. chair as the special committee to Inquire into the recent election in Mississippi. The impeachment managers on the part of the House appeared and presented the articles of impeach moot against W. W. Beltknap, late Secretary of War. A message was (received from the President .yetoing a bill for the relief of G. B. Tyler ,aud ,‘E. H. Lockett, assignees of W. T. . Cheatham; due bill provides tor ihe .refunding to wch assignees or money paid ifor two months’ salary of a storekeeper in a distillery in Kentucky In 1889-70. ...A bill wae passed in therPouse providing that no person shall be prosecuted, tried pryiunlshed for any offense, except against the internal revenue, unless indicted witnin three years after each offense has been or may be committed. A report was made that the impeachmate articles had been read in the , Senate, and that-Chat body would take action in the mutter. . Wheat considering the LsjgWa&ve Appropriation bill as amendment was offered and finally refected to omit the item for the Presid(pp'’s. salary fixing itat $25,000 a year after the 4th of March, 1877, uni 11 action should be had onithe special Gill i fixing die Presidential salary; BIIU- were phased in the Senate, Qh the 6th—authorizing the sale of the Memuconee reu<ervalton in Wisconsin, under the direction ts the JptesCor Department; House bill to enable tfie-Secreapry of the TreasuVv to pat'jadgmenU oudered. t%" the Court of Alabama Claims; .House ibUl aiuhottzing the sale.of the Pawnee reservation. The Senate organized as a Court of Impeachment. and an older was agreed to that a -summons be issued to ex-Secretary Belknap retunable .on the 17th of April, to which time the Court adjourned. The bill fixing tbe rate o 4 postage on third-class mail «iat<*r, AM for othar purpose*, was taken bp AEO dcbpW’.d. ..In the House, a xesolnJfauwae adopted directing tbe Secretary of the Trcaouiy to rurnfsb the House with an itemised aeeonnt of tbe amount expended under the Item of £oQ.o!r>appropriated for light and fuel for the a»c*J year ending June at 187fi. A bill was Pttssod negnlatlng the windivg-np of National bank*, anttouucement was nod* of the action of tbe Senate on the Impeachment question. The bill to transfer the daman Buripn from the In- , tnrior to the War Department was debated In Committee of the Whole, as was also, at the evening sessTa, (tic Legislative .Appropriation bill.

In the Senate, on the 6th, a favorable report was made from the Committee on Finance on the House Mil to provide for the deficiency in tbe Engraving and Priming Bureau Of the Treasury Department. The House bill to amend the Revised Statutes in regard to limitations in pi*o*ecution* for crime was amended and passed. The bill fixing the rate of postage on third-etas# matter was taken up. and amendments were submitted sod ordered printed. Adjourned to the 10th,. . In tb# House, i.V Sonata bill fixing the Presidential salary, aft.w tbe 4th of Mareh, 1877, at * 5,000 a ysgr, was passed without discussion. The bill to carry li'to operation the Hawaiian iff-iaty was discussed, a.id the Legislative Appro

fwterr dsbatsd In Committee Senate not In set&ion on the 7th....A number of private bill* were passed In the Bouse, and also a Mil for the payment of certain war claim* applyin i to over TOO Individual* la the loyal filaies, and eggregatlDg sm,‘*u A rssolu tioa wa* adopted Instructing the cup-committee •f tho Committee oa Naval A (Tatra to procoedto the Philadelphia a:iJ League Island Navy Yards, to iuq tire Into certain alleged abUMB ana (rands. Adjourned, the session on the Bth to be far debate wiy-

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

From tee annuul report of the Secretary Of the Indianapolis Board of Trade, just published, the following statistical Information Is gathered: Receipt* of corn for 1875, 10,710,570 bushels; shipments, 9,181,020 bushels; receipts of wheat, 1,015,885 bushels; shipments, 838,050 bushels; flour manufactured by city mills, 149,000 barrels; receipts, 921,160 barrels; shipments, 947,140 barrels; total number of hogs killed from Nuv. 1 to March 1,823,184; Increase in packing over 1874, 45,845. Joseph Vaughan attempted to board a western freight train on the Vandalla Road, at Greeneosilo, on the 3d, fell beneath the wheels, and thirteen cur* passed over the lower half of the body reducing it to an Indistinguishable pulp. Thk remains of a stranger named Hayes were found literally cut to pieces at Valparaiso, on the morning of the Bd, lying under a freight train which had just arrived. He was seen the night before, very drunk, and Is supposed to have gone to sleep on the track. Tub municipal election at Evansville on the 3d passed off quietly. The Republicans elected five Councilmcn and the Democrats one. The new Council i« a tie, with a Democratic Mayor holding over. The Republicans elected the Treasurer and Clerk and the Democrats the Marshal and Surveyor. Tub current expenses of the Indiana Soldiers’ Home for March, including officers’ salaries, were $8,238. The present inmates number 295, ten having been discharged and one died during the month. Col. J. P. Baird, a well-known Terre Haute lawyer, has been declared Insane and committed to the Insane Asylum. CoL Baird has long led the Terre Haute bar, being nolt-d ns one of the most brilliant lawyers In the country. The Indianapoljs Herald of the Ist perpetrated the cruel April fool joke of finding Charlie Ross, in two columns and .a half of and plausible narrative. The story was related with all the appearance of truth, and an entire absence of exaggeration or anything in the general tone to indicate Its true character. A meeting of editors of Democratic papers opposed to the nomination of Landers for'Governor by the Democratic State Convention was held in Indianapolis, on the night of the 4th. About twenty-live were present, and thirty-five others sent their views by letter. Holman appeared to be the favorite. Mr. J. O’Bribn has been 'elected to the Superintendency of tbe House of Refuge in place of Frank B. Ainsworth whose term has expired. '

The re-organization -of the Northwestern Christtan University at Irvington, has been perfected and the following faculty elected0. A. Burgess, President; Department Of English Literature, Catherine Merrill, A. M.; Latin, Scott Butler, A. M..; Mental and Moral Science, A. R. Benton, A. M,, LL.D.;.Mathematics, W. W. Thrasher, A. M„; Natural Science, D. S. Jordan, A. M.;Chemistry and Physics, H. W. Wiley, A. M. The salary of the President was fixed at sl,Booand those of the Professors at $1,500 and 1d,600. In the month of March there-wereiTecelved and forwarded at Indianapolis 45,147'cars, of which 80,416 were loaded. In the corresponding month test year the number of cars received aud forwarded was 50,806, us which 35,272 were loaded. Blue Lick has a band of vigilants. A young married man was whipped by them witl| hickory wytlies a few nights since. The alleged reason for their violation, of law and order was that he had mistreated a child placed in his care." Willis Record, Cleric of Morgan 1 County, has brought suit against the Indianapolis Sentinel Company to recover'lso,ooo damages alleged to have been sustained because of a publication made by defendant charging him with embezzlement, peculation in office, and arson. The statement was inade in connection with the report of t.he .recent burning of the records in the Morgan County Court-House. A painful accident occurred at;the house of a Mr. Sehriner, afboilt threcniiles west of Lafavette, the other afternoon. At the time of the accident there was no .one 'in the house but Mrs. Sekrroer, sidkqn bed, and a young daughter and small bay. The'boy got a powder-flask and pouretLa lot of powder on the stove-hearfh and lighted it as the girl came to the stove. The explosion burned both children about the head and face, and it is feared they will lose their sight. Shortly before one o’clock on the afternoon of the 6th, at Indianapolis, a terrible explosion took place in the .faotory.room of J. O. D. Ltlley & Sons’ varnish works, resulting in a loss by fire .of besides burning J. 0. D. Lillev, one of his helpers, ajcolored man named Granville 'Canter, and a cousin of the last named, Miss Mary Loader, who had just entered the building. The explosion occurred whllethe helper, Carter, was adding turpentine to a boiling'kettle of Varnish, and was occasioned hy an overgeneration of gas. The woman’s clothing was set on fire, and before assistance arrived the lower portion of her body was literally roasted, and the skin burned from her arms, shoulders and face. The Injury to , the others was not serious. On the 6th, at Terre Haute, an employe at Galmin’s stove factory met With a fearful aecidcnt. He was iixiug a pulley, and as he stepped across the line shaft he was caught and whirled round the shaft at.a fearful rate, till his clothes were torn off, and he was thrown a distance of twenty .feet to the floor. Both arms were broken, besides other. Injuries. Francis M. Gladdin, • member of the Indianapolis bar, wus arrested on the 6th on a grand-jury warrant, charging him with obtaininggnoney under false pretenses by giving bogus checks in exchange for cash. The latest reports from Cincinnati give, the following as the current prices tor leading staples: Flour, [email protected]; Wheat, Gl.lsSl.flfl; Corn, 50@51c; Oats, 36 @4Sc; BaiVy, |[email protected]; Bye, 74a74>fc t ?*ork, <22:75(32.8.00; Lard—Steam, ,13fcc; kettkj4tf(3l4>*c; Hogg-Light, *£3s 1 8,59'.; [email protected].

There are bow at the. United State* branch mint aUCarson 208 boxes at quarters, aod dime* made ready for shipment JEast. 'These boxes contain each $2,000, making a total of $416,000. Sixteen Loses .cantain q natters, the balance dimes, .amounting to $384.,000. The mint is now Winning .on twenty-dve-cent pieces for the East ' _ Tm father of aK newspapers is the Pekin (China) Gazette, which is over 1,000 years old. kis a ten-jmge paper, with a yellow cover; has no stories, no “ads,*’ no marriage or death notices, no editorials, no subscribers. It simply contains the official notices of the Government. ■ „ „ : —■ —- The Boston Poet has beea offered for sale to those employed in conducting it and in the mechanical and counting-room department.

Anecdote of Washington Irving.

A M-vnrvu mechanic named Williams, residing near Sunnyaide, had occasion to enlKge hta force. There came to him among others a native of Scotland*--a man, apparently of frugal, industrious Mbits and of quite ordinary education. Conversation incidentally turning one day upon Scotland and its distinguished novelist, Sir Walter Scott, the laborer referred to took occasion to compare him with Washington Irving, quite to the latter’s adraotage. Williams, therenporf; remarked to his companion that Irving resided in the neighborhood (a fact he had not before known); that he frequently passed the place in his daily walks ; and, as he knew him well, when occasion offered, he would introduce him.

A few days after Williams was called to an adjoining town for a few days, leaving his man to continue the work in his absence, noi opportunity having in the interim l>een afforded 1o secure to him the much desired introduction to Mt. Irving. While Williams was away Mr. Irving, as he had not done lor some days previous, chanced to pass by the place where this man was employed. Mr. Irving, confronting him, with true gentlemanly instinct, raised his hat, and the laborer as gallantly responded. Being In a communicative mnod, Mr. Irving passed some observations upon thestate of the weather; to which he received a very respectful reply, although the laborer was totally unaware that ire was addressing Washington Irving. Mr. Irving, noticing his manner of pronunciation, remarked: “Ah! you are a Scotchman, a countryman of the world’s greatest novelist. I should think that you would highly esteem the honor.” “I thank you, sirj” returned the laboier, “ for your highly complimentary reference to my distinguished countrypian; but I must beg leave to differ With you in your estimate of his power and "position. There are several, to my uidnd, who can successfully compete for such a distinction with the author of ‘Kenilworth.’” “Name a Novelist,” said Mr. Irving, “ whom you consider ait ranking above Sir Walter.” “ I consider Washington Irving to be undeniably his superior,” was the response. “ Pshaw! you are wholly mistaken,” said Mr. Irving. “ Washington Irving never

ottuDitthf at at 4 ho nrMDriurr>ii T\ntn "WTOW OlllJ luiug al t*ll W UG LUiUpai GU W I Lit this,” quoting a favorite passage from Scott’s most interesting work. “ I concede the beauty of the passage to which you have called my attention,” rejoined the laborpr; “ but It becomes quite commonplace when compared with this,” quot>Bg-one-of the -most -cfasnCfffgselections that can be found in Irving’s works. “ That may have some little merit attached to it,” responded Mr. Irving; but it becomes quite prosaic when one’s attention is called to this,” making another quotation from the author he was defending. “ I again beg leave to differ,” relumed his opponent, proceeding to specify the respects in wnich he considered the selection he had made from Irving’s works far superior to that which Irving had made from Scott ; and so the intellectual battle progressed, each valiantly defending the author whom he had championed, and each by argument, by comparison and by abundant illustration seeking to _approve the accuracy of his views and thfe correctness of his position, and for every Oliver from Mr. Irving tbe laborer returned a Roland. Both of the contestants became highly excited, and both were oblivious of the rapid passing of time. It was not until warned by the approach of twilight that the laborer realized how comfortably he had bqen drawn from bis proper work, and how many hours bad been passed in the earnest discussion. Mortified that he should have thus been led away, he refused to continue it, though Mr. Irving was exceedingly desirous of so doing. About the middle of the forenoon of the following day Mr. Irving again appeared and desired to continue the argument; but the labour, knowing that he had on the previous occasion employed time belonging to his employer for his own use, refused to comply with the request, saying that his time was not his own and he could not use it as though it were. And so they separated. When Williams returned home he was informed by the laborer of what had occurred, and, though he suspected that the man’s opponent was none other than Mr. Irving himself, be said nothing to that effect. It happened a few days later that they were working on the same spot where the colloquy occurred, when, chancing to look up, Williams observed: “Therecomes Mr. Irving. Now I will introduce you.” Judge of the surprise and consternation of the humble laborer when he discovered Mr. Irving to be the individual with whom he had sd gallantly, contended, and whose works he had so successfully lauded but a few days previous. The recognition was mutual ; but nothing vras said, however, respecting their rencontre, and they soon parted. The laborer, upon returning to his cottage at the close of the day’s work, a few days later, found an express package awaiting him, which upon opening he found to contain a complete set of the works of Washington Irving, in most elegant binding, with the author’s autographic compliments written on a fly-leaf. He said nothing, however, but quietly pursued bis usual occupation. Imagine Mr. Irving’s surprise when, coming in from a drive a tew days later, he found a complete set of the works of , Sir Walter Scott, very elegantly and tastily gotten up, with the autographic regards of the laborer—his plebeian opponent—written upon one of tne blank pages. Of course, he could do nothing but retain the gift, for be bad found in the laborer his equal, and one. of tbe lower walks of life had disclosed to him a man in whom, though a mere laborer, the instinct of true courtesy was as highly develqpcd as in himself. Mr. Irving was afterward accustomed to allude to the episode with apparently great satisfaction, and it is one upon which an old resident of Sunnyaide is glad to linger.— J. De Witt Miller, in N. V Independent.

Effects of a Change in the Weather.

The weather suddenily turned into a freezing rain Saturday evening. While the change was progressing several people were in the library aedecting mental pabulum for over Sunday. The rain fell silently and froze thoroughly, and in a very short time the walk which leads down from the library building to the street was of ice. Tbe first person wEtTappeared at the'flfidr was a young latfy with a wolurne of Tennyson hugged up to her. She tripped lightly down from the step saying audibly: “.Even a .mild- moor with love my heao; ” Then she got up, recovered ter muff and twtok, looted apprehensively about to see who was in view, and then hastened home without quoting another line. She fend scarcely cleared the walk when a tall man with a work on botany emerged from the door. The instant he stepped on tbe walk he said- “ Holy cry ptdgamous!” And crawled off into the snow on this hands and knees and recovered the volume, which remained an the walk, by thel aid of his cane. Following him were two large men. One of them had ihe autobiography of Joha B. Gough. They bath stepped on tbe walk together. The (tough man waa just saying ? “I am confident that the downfall of men Is to be attributed to rum— —” Two conspicuoua exceptions to his belief were immediately made manifest. The Gough man in going down bad sufficient presence of mind to catch hold of

hi* rtllow, and, both being heavy men, they went the whole length of the walk, clawing and kicking each other all the distance. \ Tii<- Gough man got on his feet and but off ih one direction and the other man got on his feet and sloped at once in an opposite dilution. And while they were doing this a tall,, spare man, with a hook descriptive of the Holy Lapds, put his foot on the walk, then shook it at.the heavens, and met the pavement with the simple ejaculation: ” Oli, Jerusalem!” The debris of this wreck was no more than cleared away when a very stout man, with a tiorid countenance and a copy of Tyndall in his hand, came out. He was saying to himself:

“ We have now got down to the base— Gosh—whoop!” And was down there. It was aterrible, but brief, struggle. There was a shooting of legs, a waving of arms, and a spasmodic wriggle of the body, and the base was reached. And for two minutes he sat there, feeling around for an underset of false teeth, and swearing like a pirate. —The nexturornlng was the Sabbath, a bright, quiet, sunshiny morn, and the son of the librarian went out on the walk, and in a very few minutes had accumulated a book-cover, a set of false teeth, three gloves, a handkerchief and a good-sized handful of hair-pins. These articles are now at the library awaiting identification. —Danbury News.

Romantic Freaks of a King.

Victor Tissot has just issued the second series of his “ Voyage -au Pays des Milliards,” under the title of “ The Prussians in Germany.” From the new volume we will cite a few passages relating to that most romantic of living monarchs, King Louis of Bavaria. An entire chapter is devoted to a description of the six castles owned by the rio-troubadour , beginning with the two palaces at Munich. If half the freaks and follies related therein are true, his Majesty must certainly have a bee in his bonnet of most uncommon dimensions, but, as the writer is a Frenchman telling about Germany, his statements are, of course, to be taken w ith a grain of salt. One of the six castles is thus described: or turesquely perched upon a rocky peak. All around lie lofty mountains covered with gloomy forests of pine, and at the foot ol' the rock there is a romantic lake peopled with swans. The King harnesses these swans to a gilded bark shaped like a sbeil," and Is drawn over the surface of the water, while a band of singers, grouped upon the bank", execute fragments of ‘ Lohengrin,’ and the moon illuminates witli its pale beams the fantastic march of stuffed stags, which are moved by means of internal mechanism.

w At the time of the last eruption of Vesuvius the King became envious, and wanted to have one, too. He summoned to Hohenschwangau the two professors of geology of the university, and ordered them to get up a volcano. They set to work at once. A mountain was hollowed out, and the hole was filled with powder, sulphur, coal and petroleum. Thesight was magnificent. The fire-engines were brought thither from miles around. It was thought that the royal castle had been mined by the Prussians and had been blown up. “ The King also wanted tempests on the lake of Hohenschwangau. An enormous machine has been constructed, provided with prodigious wheels, which raise great waves with a terrible noise. “ Whether he inhabit his Castle of Berg, of Lrndenhof, or Of Munich, there are two things that are indispensable to his comfort —his piano and his moonlight. Without a piano the day would seem to him a century long, and without moonlight it is impossible for him to sleep. When Providence refuses to light for him the celestial lampjhe is forced to have recourse to a fabricated moonlight. A special apparatus for producing the electric light has been installed in each of the royal bedchambers. At Munich the oeillng is pierced with a thousand minute holes, behind which are placed gasjets. -That represents very fairly a starry sky. While traveling the King makes use of an economical and portable moon, which can be hung up like an astral lamp.

“ This strange character—this soul of a ■ohild in the body of a man—this King born to reign over a nation of poets and musicians—is not suited to our century of soldiers and of brute force. Louis 11. would have been a charming sovereign in thedaysof the minnesingers and of dreamy chatelaines; to-day no one understands him; he seems to belong to a legend and not to history. He who is seated upon a throne has no right to use it as a pianostool, for if Orpheus himself were to return to earth he would not take up a lyre, but a gun with all the modern improvements.” Here is an anecdote relating to the King’s sojourn at his royal Chateau de Berg: “Under penalty of fine and arrest, it is forbidden to anyone to enter the paths reserved for the King. One day His Majesty met face to face a stout young fellow who was promenading the®# very unceremoniously. The King stopped him and asked him who he was? “• I am from Switzerland,’ he answered, ’ and 1 am a student at the Munich University.’ - “‘Ah! you are a Swiss?’ said the King, with a kindly air. ‘You ought to know Schiller’s “ William Tell” by heart* «■ , :

“‘I could recite to you whole acts of itl’ ‘“Admirable] lam charmed to have met you. Come to the castle with me and we will play “ William Tell!” ’ “ 1 But, sir, the castle belongs to the King!’ “ 4 No matter] lam his most intimate friend. Come, you will see that we shall be permitted to enter.’ r “ 4 Let us try then, sir, since you desire to do so.’ 44 They set out together. ‘“Do yon like Munich!’ “‘No; it is a stupid city, and the best proof of that is the King is never there.’ “ * And what do they say of the King?’ “ ‘Oh, they say that he is a right good fellow at heart’ “Louis 11. could not help smiling. “ ‘ Have you ever seen him?’ “‘Never! lam a Bepublican, sir; but I am told that he is very handsome, and that the women are wild about him.’ “ * Would you like todine with him ?’ “ 4 You are making game of me, are you not?’ “ ‘ Not at I invite you myself.’

“‘Since—then, sir—oh, pardon—perhaps you are the King?’ “ ' You are right, and you are my prisoner!’ “They had reached the chateau, and the sentinels presented arms. “ After dinner the King seated himself at his piano and played the overture to ‘ William Tell;’ he then caused the stndent to declaim the whom of Schiller’s drama. “ The next day they began again. The King gave the repliea on that occasion. At the end of the third day be sent his guest, in one of the royal carriages, back to Munich, and forwarded to him shortly after a gold watch with the scene of the -Gruff* engraved upon its case.”— laicu H. Hooper'* Par in Letter to Appleton,'* Journal. Housesdlders in New York are grumbling over waving their domestic servants more than sls a month. In 1805, sl2, $lO md $8 jpm considered fair wages.

A Lowndes County (Ga.) Phenomenon.

A third lake in Lowndes County has been emptied of its waters by subterranean passages during Ilia last six months. What is the matter \ The Times has several times alluded to the fact that Lowndes County had within its borders numbers of lakes, from ten to 500 (and several beyond 1,000) acres in size, and can it be that these lakes are all connected with a grand underground water course 1 It seems so. In September last one dried up, or run off, and left bushels iipon bushels of fish in holes of water about upon the bottom of the lake. In January another, about five miles from this, did the same thing, and now Grassy Pond, a lake covering about 500 acres, just between the two above mentioned, and left its millions ol fishes out of wafer. About three weeks

ago -it was reported that the waters of this lake were sinking below low water mark, and every day or two we would hear that it was stfll going down. Last Friday a report spread ad overthecounty like wildfire that Grassy Pond was low enough to rake the fish out with nets, and by sundown over 100 people had collected at the place. Some had dip-nets, some castr nets, and there wgs one seine in the party. The first haul with the seine caught enough trout, jack, bream and speckled perch to make a mess for every one present. During that night all the water disappeared, and there were millions of fish left dead upon dry land. Next day the planters hitched up their wagons and hauled load after load and scattered them in their fields for manure, and thousands were left at the mercy of buzzards, hogs and other creatures of prey. Such quantities of fish and such destruction have never been known in the history of Lowndes County. No one ever dreamed that there were half that quantity of fish in Grassy Pond, though it was celebrated for its fine fishing grounds in the spring of the year. The other two lakes above mentioned did not run thus completely dry, and the fish that were not cauglit were saved by the water returning in a few days from Its hidden retreat in the bosom of the earth. We learn that Grassy Pond is filling up again, but it is too late to save the finny tribe. These statements are not at all exaggerated, and can be testifled to by several" hundred peublfiJMng. in IT Iff 'HiUIveTSH ¥ ‘to all. — Valdasta iOa.) Times.

Hydrophobia.

About half-past one o’clock yesterday afternoon Officer Charles Cranzow, while walking up Gratiot avenue, noticed a man just ahead of him who seemed to frighten everybody he met, and every time he gassed a telegraph pole or hitching-post e would bite at it and give vent to sharp shrieks. The tffougbt that possibly the man was suffering from hydrophobia caused the officer to look for assistance, and fortunately he was just then overtaken by Officer Troy. Together the officers approached the man, and when spoken to he turned, and, In a perfectly sane manner, said: “Gentlemen, I can’t help it; I have been bitten by a mad dog,” auu, as though he felt the spasm coming, he added; “ It’s coming again; take hold of me and look out.”'" ■

They seized him by the arms, and, by great exertion, succeeded in holding him away from themselves and keeping him under control until they arrived at the Gratiot avenue police station. Here they loosened their hold upon the prisoner, as he seemed perfectly quiet. In reply to questions he stated that his name was Albert KutrufT; that he is a baker, and has been in the city but a short time, living in a house in the alley between Brush, Beaubien, Congress and Fort streets. Also that last Tuesday night, while at Long’s saloon, on Michigan Grand avenue, he was bitten by a mad dog. While telling this, Kutruff stood near the door to the corridor, Serg. Burger and Officer Allen were behind the desk, Koundsman Whalen stood just inside of the Captain’s office, while near the stove stood Officers Cranzow and Troy. “Look out, I’ll bite you!” suddenly shouted KutrufT, and with eyes fixed and staring and mouth wide open he made a bound toward Whalen, that officer barely having time to shut the door of the Captain’s office, against which the madman struck with terrible force. At this be began biting the door-casing and screaming frightfully, when Sergt. Berger and Officer Allen each seized an arm with the intention Of putting handcuffs upon him. The instant KutrufT seemed to realize what they were at he became endowed with wonderful strength, and, although the five officers joined in the struggle, lie made a great struggle, snapping his teeth, kicking and twisting frightfully. At last, however, his hands were drawn behind him, and tastened with handcuffs, and he was carried to a cell, where he was locked in. Looking at the case as one of drunkenness, the officers were inclined to joke over the matter, but a seriousness would seize them as they recalled the savage snapping of the man’s teeth and Ins attempts ttr'* bite them However, they became confirmed in the beliet that “arunk” . expresssed the case by ten or fifteen minutes of quiet which ensued after KutrufT had been placed in a cell, and Roundsman Whalen was being joked by his companions when suddenly they heard the words: “My God, this is horrible!” and going to the cell saw the prisoner stanifing "before the door. At their appearance he said: “Boys, this is awful, but 1 can’t help it. 1 feel it coming on again and urn afraid that I will die. Bend for my wife and get a doctor quickly.” Then all nerve power was apparently exhausted and he leaned against the wall and tears trickled slowly over his checks. The next moment, with a savage growl or groan, he seized one of the iron bars of the door between his teeth, and with shrieks and yells terrific shook the door so that it rattled and creaked as though it would be forced open. Then he paced his cell for a few minutes, when he bit at tiie brick wall, at the wooden oinch, the iron water-pipes and in fact everything which projected sufficiently for a uold for his teeth, constantly yelling, while blood streamedxfom his lips and tears from his eyes.' ™

Meanwhile a messenger was sent for his wife, and during the half hour until her arrival the madman continued his ravings. At last she came and with her a son. The son was admitted first, and when he appeared the luther was quiet for a few minutes, during which the two held a conversation in the German language. Next the wife was shown into the cell, and placing her lips between the bars kissed the husband, who the next instant—the wife barely having time to draw her face awaysnapped and growled at her, and during the next ten minutes the scene was truly pitiable. On one side of tbe bars the crazed husband and his ravings, on the other the amazed and speechless wife, silently wringing her hands and gazing fixedly at the husband. , Dr. Kaiser having been summoned" by Gapt. Myler, visited tire station and, learned that violent chills and fever preceded each attack; that dizziness fol- ' lowed, and lastly the biting and barking spasms. The doctor offered Kutruff a cup of water, at sight of which he went into violent spasms, and when he was offered something to cat he refused to partake. Finally a salted herring was procured and cut into long strips, ana by coaxing the father ate the iUh as it was handed through the bars by his son, never failing, however, to snap al liis son’s hand. • ~ ■ - - • ■ r .

At last Dr. Kaiser asked the patient if he had any desire to go home or wished to be sent to a hospital. This seemed to divert the man’s mind from his malady. and after thinking he said he wished to go home. “ Very well," said the Doctort “if you will remain quiet for air hour we will let you go home with your wife and son." The man agreed to make an effort, nil everybody except Dr. Kaiser vacated the corridor, the Doctor seating himself in a chair out of sight of the patient. Here he watched, listened and waited an hour, during which time the patient had three attacks, but stiffed hi* yells (having had his hands released) by stuffing his handkerchief into his mouth, and exerted control over himself sufficient to refrain from biting anything.

At the end of the time designated Dr.. Kaiser praised KutrufT for his behavior, and asked him if he wanted anything to drink before going home. KutrufT refused schnnps, lager beer and water, but when a cup of coffee was shown him he said he would drink it, and before he was satisfied disposed of four cups of strong coffee. At six o’clock he was taken out of his cell, and with his wife and son walked to his home, followed and watched by policemen. At eleven o’clock last night a visit was paid to KutrufTs house, and from the son it was learned that he had five biting and barking attacks, but that by close watching he had been prevented *from doing any injury to himself or family. —Detroit Free Press , April 8. t

A Touching Incident.

There was a funeral service held in Centenary Methodist Church, in Richmond, on Tuesday. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Dr. Edwards, conducted the services. The subject of the solemnity was a poor white man, who had been a hack-driver in the city. He had died suddenly in an obscure locality. When, the hearse bearing his remains reached the church door, attended by a few carriages containing, the immediate friends and relatives of the deceased, it was found that there were no pall-bearers. In thisawkward extremity it became necessary for the colored sexton of the church and the colored drivers of the hacks to assist the two or three white gentlemen present in carrying the corpse into the church. The whole company present did not exceed twenty-five persons. Among these were two young ladies, whose bearing and style of dress indicated refinement and culture. One of these ladies had in her hand an elegantly wrought cross, composed of beautiful flowers, and evidently gotten up by a skillful florist without regard to cost. The solemnities were concluded in the church with the usual remark, of the officiating minister: “ The further services will be conducted at the grave.” And then the coffin was lifted by extemporized pall-bearers and borne down the aisle of the church and on passing the two young ladies referred to, the one holding the floral cross quietly arose and laid it on the coffin of the poor and almost friendless man. It struck the spectators, of whom there were two or three outside of the little circle of relatives and friends, as a curious incident. The explanation of the mystery was that the occupant of that coffin had, a few years ago, rescued the young lady in question from imminent peril, and most probably from sudden death. The horse she was riding became unmanageable and ran away. At the intersection ol Governor and Main streets her horse, going down Governor street, dashed against the horses of the hack as it was proceeding up Main street. The hack-driver, leaning forward and extending his hands, grasped the young lady and dragged her into the boot. She never forgot the man; and hearing of his death and funeral services she attended in. person, and with her own fair hand laid the tribute of flowers on his coffin. — Richmond ( Va.) Dispatch.

English Landowners.

Whatever else is uncertain about the position of English landlords, this one fact is certain; Seven hundred and ten individuals own more than a fourth of the soil of England and Wales, exclusive of lakes, roads, rivers, London, waste spaces and crown property, and within a fraction of a fourth of the entire geographical area of the country. And those seven hundred and ten own also, immediately or in reversion, one-seventh of the entire rental of the Kingdom, a proportion which, if London could be included,, would be very greatly increased. This is exclusive, be it remembered, of all mineral property, which in 1878 was not rated to the poor. Mr. Bright was undoubtedly wrong in. believing tnat Englishmen have been divorced from the soil, for a million heads of families are freeholders: 36b,000 own. more than an acre, and 43,000 possess more than 100 acres; but he was as undoubtedly right in believing that a most limited number of gentlemen—less than the congregation of ai^ ordinary West End chap-el-of-ease—little more than half, for example, Mr. Haweis’ audience on a full day; less by 800 than the members of Parliament in both Houses—wield still an_epormous territorial and political influence. They own a fourth of the Kingdom—more, probably, than the same class possess in any country in Europe, unless it be Hungary or Bohemia. — London. Spectator.

When railways on land were first talked of the projectors were creditedwith being visionary enthusiasts. What, then, is likely to be thought of those whoseriously propose to have railways under the sea. A submarine carriage of a most ingenious construction has recently been invented in Paris to cross tbe channel, and tor navigating deep rivers and canals. The carriage is of galvanized iron and is hermetically sealed. As its lightness, compared with surrounding water, would cause it to rise to the surface, it is. attached to a heavy eight-wheeled truck, which runs ou a line of rails laid down under the ocean. It is not fu-iened so securely, however, but that in the even!* of an accident, it could be at once detached and allowed to ascend to the open air, w-hen it would be easy to make for the nearest port. The motive power is supplied by two screws, driven by compressed air. An enormous quantity of air is distributed through the interior in numerous pipes, for the benefit of the screw and passengers. We might enter still farther into details and describe the electric light of the bows, which is to illuminate both the road and the interior of the vessel; the entrance for the passengers, hermetically scaled when all are aboard; the strong glass windows, out of which one mav see the marvels of the deep; the raft carried on the roof, and the diver’s chamber at the stem.—Manufacture™’ Trade Journal.

Texas seems to grow the right kind of wood for paving. An Austin paper says of it: “ The boi» d'are is a native of Texas and the most durable wood in the world, whether it is used under ground, on top of ground, or under water. Noone has ever seen a rotten piece of boit (fare. Stakes and old landmarks have been seen, which, on being pulled up, were found to be Just as fresh as when first driven down. There is no kind of doubt but that it is superior, Ift point ofdurability, to anyold timber. For wagons and buggies it is superior to any other carriage timber known. It neither shrinks nor swells from exposure to heat, wet and cold." —— Wgßjr a miter is not able- to count his money he leels very miter-able.