Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1882 — Page 2

Qttmikef §e#nMian. BY GEO. E. MARSHALL.

WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.

THK EAST. .Tons .T. Kennf.»y was sentenced at Ifew York to two years In State prison for stealing a pair of kid gloves... .The Enterprise cotton mills at Manayunk, Pa. burned lately. The employes escaped by descending a rope outside the blazing building, having to let themselves drop to the ground from the second story. Many were injured, but only one, a young girl, fatally. The loss •u stock and building is #75,00(1 Thk New York Board of Trade is opposed to any change of the tobacco tax; requests Congress to pass an equitable bankruptcy law; asks Government supervision of carriers of interstate business and urges the establishment of postal telegraphy. Makia Applky. one of the thirteen girls who represented the States In Washington's funeral procession in New York, died at Morristown, N. J., aged 104 years, m full possession of her faculties.... Pour children were drowned while skating at Falls of Schuylkill, Pa. ...Haitian, the champion, and John A Kennedy, of PortJarnl Me., signed “iron-clad” articles in New York to row a three-mile race for #2,500 a side , Jay Gould, m his evidenoe before the committee of the New Yofk State Senate investigating “corners,” said corners give the producers better prices and make markets Speculation benefits the home dealers, brings money to the country, and creates markets all over the world. Gould said he had spent large sums in aiding immigration. A panic was caused, he said, when men lose their balance, and rush to 5e11.... While walking home from prayer-meeting at Tipton, Pa, two men and two women were killed by a locomotive.... James Brennan went into a Brooklyn restaurant and ordered meat, remarking at the same time that he was a Roman Catholic. While eating a piece «f meat lodged in his throat, causing his death... .The rubber manufacturers decided at New York to close their factories for one week, and when they reopen to reduce the •utput by one-half. Hknet Wabu Beecher, premising Ids lemarks with the statement that his profession entitled him to speculate in “futures,” gave some information to the New York Legislative committee on the subject •f “corners.” Mr. Beecher considered grain gambling as Jess injurious to public morals ttflm church fairs and religious lotteries He told -of his experience fa the stock market, which was confined to the purchase of Panama stock at #OO and its unloading at one-fourth that price.... John G. Whittier was 75 years of age on the 10th of December, and received many calls at his residence in Boston and scores of congratulatory letters His mind to unimpaired, but his physical vigor is a fcingo f the past. THK WEST. Ik Grant county, New Mexico, the •ifton stage was robbed by Mexican road agents, who killed two Chinese passengers. Patrick Slattery, aged 22, shot his step-mother dead at their home near Mount Pleasant, lowa, and then pat a bullet through Us ov£> brain. A note left by the suicide states the tragedy was caused by whisky. The corner-stone of the new Chicago Board of Trade building has been laid. The structure will cost #1,500,000, is intended to be the finest building of its kind on the continent, and is to be completed by May 1, Mftvi A btbamoer entered a diamond store fa Cleveland, walked behind the counter, and offered the proprietor a cheap watch for repair. The unknown then managed to seize a package of jewels worth #IO,OOO and walk slowly oat, in the presence of six clerks and scores of customers. The goods were uot missed for some time... .William Peck, conductor on the Union Pacific road, while hunting near PI more Station, Neb., perished fa the snow and was devoured by wolves. A fire at Toledo, Ohio, totally destroyed the Hall block, at the corner of St Clair and Jefferson streets, the finest business structure In that city. The main occupants were Taylor, Rodgers A Co., shoedealers; K 8. Baumgartner, notions; and Wood A Acklin, grocers The building had fallen into the hands of the Connecticut Mutual life-insurance Company, and the total Joss is #(SSO(XX)....The jurv in the case of Teresa Sturla, charged with the murder of Charles Stiles, at the Palmer House, Chicago, returned a verdict of guilty of mandaughter. fixing the penalty at one year in the penitentiary. The State Grange of Wisconsin in session at Madison adopted memorials to the Legislature asking that bonds and mortgages be subjected to taxation the some as real estate, and that railroad companies be required to reduce passenger rates 25 per cent At Fort Apiche, Arizona, Lieut. OoL George W. Schofield, of the Sixth Cavalry, killed himself with a revolver, from despondency caused by ill-health. He is a brother of (Jen. John M Schofield, now commanding the Division of the Pacific, and his lather and sister reside in Chicago.... Four burglars entered a jewelry store ut St Louis, and, while a pair of them covered the proprietor with revolvers, the other two went through the show cases. They got away with about #I,OOO worth of goods. Hon. Godlovk S. Orth died a# Lafayette, Ind. of blood poisoning, superinduced by cancer. He is the sixth member ®f the present Congress who has passed away. Mr. Orth was (55 years of age, THK SOUTH, The new iron and steel bridge on the Mexican Pacific extension, near San Antonio, Texas, fell while over a hundred workmen were on it Seven were killed and many wounded By the burning of Singleton James' boose near Stock bridge Ga, Thomas Knight, who was intoxicated, and two children perished in the flames. 'Mrs. Sarah Wood died at Buford, Go., aged 12L She was born in North Carolina in 1762, and lived in Georgia 100 yearn ... .A tract of 100,000 acres of ootton lands in Arkansas has been purchased by Beniamin Newgass, of liverp<*>l, and other British capitalist*, to be worked on the syndicate plan. Robert Ould, Assistant Secretary of War of the Confederate States, died in Richmond. Be WM brought into great promi-

wlth 1,»75 bales of cotton on board, was destroyed by fire at the dock in Shreveport, La ' Flames spread to adjacent buildings, and a loss of #150,000 resulted. , The tobacco trade in Virginia is paralyzed because of the pending changes of the laws concerning it in Congress. Its manufacture is generally stopped, and fears of suffering among the poorer classes of both races are felt among the people.... Newport, Jackson county, Ark., was visited by a destructive conflagration. Sixty buildings were destroyed, involving a loss of #250,0001 Insurance, #150,000. WASHINGTON. The sugar refineries are trying to counteract the evident tendency to terminate the reciprocity treaty with Hawaii... .It is understood that Postmaster General Howe, in anticipation of the adoption of the bill proposing a reduction of letter postage to 2 cents, has taken preliminary steps for the manufacture of 2-cent stamps.' Senator Edmunds proposes to amend his Utah bill by making the lawful wives of Mormons oompetent witnesses in cases of bigamy or polygamy brought against their husbands. Washington has bee* astonished at rumors that a Justice of the Supreme Court lost several thousands in a gaming house, and only left the table when the proprietor refused to further honor his personal checks. GENERAL. The inmates of the Manitoba penitentiary were given fifty lashes each for making an attempt to escape... .The Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad elected John W. Garrett President of that road This makes Sir. Garrett's twenty-fifth consecutive year of service in that position... .The Northwestern-railroad rate war is at an end an agreement having been reached by a conference in New York. Rates of fare have been put back to the old! figures and the business is to be divided up among the roads. ... .The Triton ootton mills, at New Castle, DeL, have resumed operations, the employes submitting to a reduction in wages. The steel-rail, guide and bar departments of the Allentown (Pa) rolling mill are also in operation... .'Of the 162,(XX) immigrants who arrived at Canadian ports thus far this year, 73,522 were destined for the United States. The deaths from cholera in Chispas, Mexico, were so numerous that the bodies of the victims were burned, it being found impossible to bury them. In Tonala sixty deaths per day were recorded... .The loss by the Kingston (Jamaica) fire is now placed at #15,000,000. Five persons perished in the flames... .A tire at Winnipeg destroyed the Canadian Pacific Hotel and the Johnston House One lady was severely burned ln'rescuing a child * The total loss is #75,(XX)... .The Manhattan Beach Railroad Company suffered a loss of #500,000 by the destruction of rolling-stock and buildings at Bay Ridge, N. Y... .The frame cabinet factory of the Remington sewing-machine works, at Ilion, N. Y., valued at #50,000, was swept away by flames. Peter Thomas, colored, was hanged at Mansfield, La., in presence of 2,ooopersons, for the murder of Dick Bright... .James L, Gilmore was hanged at Deadwood, D. T., for the murder of a Mexican, and John Redd was executed at Searle, Ala, for choking Lucy Lee to death. POLITICAL. James O. Broadhead, of St. Lonis, has been given a certificate of election to Congress from the Ninth district of Missouri ... .Albert Palmer, Democrat, was elected Mayor of Boston, defeating Mr. Green, the Republican and Citizens’ candidate. Rumors are floating about Washington that within sixty days Secretary Lincoln will be appointed Minister to. England, Gen. Hortranft be made Secretary of War, and Attorney General Brewster be given Justice Bradley's scat on the Supreme bench. A stalwart Republican from the West has been selected for Attorney General... .Congressman Blackburn is a candidate for the Speakership. FOREIGN. The Duke of Sermoneta, who was President of the Provisional Government after the entry of'the Italian troops into Rome in 1870, is dead... .The War Olflce at Madrid was destroyed by fire, with the library and part of the archives. King Air fonso assisted in fighting the flames. Twenty eei-sons were injured, one seriously. Patrick Higgins was found guilty, at Dublin, of the murder of the two Huddya, and sentenced to death, and at Connaught a farmer named Kilmartin was sentenced to penal servitude for life for assaulting a bailiff. .. .A Constantinople dispatch says the Sultan has hod built for his use an armored carriage bullet and grenade proof. The Solace is practically in a state of siege. obody is allowed to enter unless summoned. The Sultun’B alarm is owing to sedition among the troops, who are angrv at the way the palace guards are paid, while they are in rags... .Mr. Gladstone celebrated on Wednesday, Dec. 18, the fiftieth anniversary of his entry upon public lifa The English papers generally reviewed his life and services at length and in complimentary terms, and he was the recipient of numerous addresses from political associations and other bodies.... Lord Derby has accepted the Indian portfolio in the British Cabinet... .Deaths by suicide and dueling are becoming frequent in the German army... .Cetewayo has signed the agreements with the chiefs, and will return to Zoluland in January. Mr. William Ewart Gladstone, who the other day celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of hiß entrance into Parliament, hasresigned the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is succeeded by Mr. H. G Childers, heretofore Secretary of War. Mr. Gladstone will still retain the Treasury portfolio... .A section of the famous Hampton Court, near London, containing many valuable works of art, was destroyed, Involving a loss of about #150,000. The Cooperative Store at Dublin was also burned, the family taking core of the structure being burned to death.... Twenty-two persons were drowned by the flooding of the Australian!an mine. New Brunswick, Victoria... Sixty persons were recently killed by the explosion of a powder magazine in Guayaquil... .Two arrests were made at Dublin of alleged participants in the Phoenix Park assassinations. One of the parties was identified as occupying the car on which the murderers escaped. Three persons were hanged ini he Galway (Ireland) jail for the Maamtraena murders. One of the men, Myles Joyce, protested his Innocence while standing on the scaffold.... The insanity of the Turkish Sultan is dally becoming more pronounced Sedi-

tion pAclamations have been posted in the stzeetMpf Constantinople and many persons h#re b#en arrested. gs ]■?, informed .the. .Frgpch Geographical Society .that the Panama canal would be finished in 1888. The rate of mortality on the Isthmus, he said, does not exceed. that in France, and fears that the canal would be destroyed by earthquakes are groundless .... Important Ministerial changes are taking place in her Majesty’s Council at Windsor. Lord Derby becomes Secretary for the Colonies- Lord Kimberley goes into the India Ofiice; the Marquis of Hartington succeeds Mr. Childers, and Mr. Childers leaves the War Ofiice to relieve Mr. Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer.... At Cork, while toasts were being offered at a banquet given to Parnell, a stranger proposed the health of the Queen of the Belgians, and when an attempt was made to eject him he drew a revolver. He was disarmed and given into custody.... Westgate, the self-accused participant in the Phoenix Park assassinations, now denies that he ever made a confession, or that he knows anything about the crime.... The imports into France the last eleven months increased 106,000,000 francs compared with the same period last year. The increase jls principally In manufactured goods. The increase in exports for the same period was 147,000,000 francs compared with the same period lost year.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Parnell, in a rec3nt speech at Cork, said he would always oppose any attempt of the Government to land emigrants in a hapless and penniless condition on the shores of America If. he said, England desires to promote the emigration of Irishmen, let them be placed on land in America, provided with houses and means to raise crops the first year of their residence. Parnell estimated that £8,000,000 of arrears of rent would be wiped out by the Arrears of Rent act He believed that since the commencement of the agitation £3,000,000 reduction of rent had been obtained for the people. Father Gallagher telegraphs from Killybegs, Ireland, to the New York Iferald: “The distress Is intensifying hourly here. The Government seems apathetic. It Is with us a case of relief or death. Disease has already many victims."... .The Austrian Cabinet organ advises the people to pay no heed to, the newspaper reports concerning the military preparations of Russia, as they are not worthy of credence... .Eight hundred houses were destroyed by fire in Canton, China, and several firemen were burned to death.... Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle, is dead. He was born in 175)7. News comes from Texas of tlie lynching of two brothers, George W. and Jim Fraley, the latter a mere boy. Both were arrested in the Comanche country, charged with stealing cotton. They were placed under guard at Hazell Deli At midnight a mob, armed w ith shotguns, overpowered the guards, took the prisoners to the woods and hanged them both on the same limb.... Imprisonment for six months is the penalty prescribed in Richmond for two medical students and their colored assistants caught robbing a grave... .An incendiary fire at Corsicana, Texas, wiped out a number of business houses, destroying property valued at #15(1,000... .It is estimated that the Southern cotton crop will exceed 7,000,000 bales. The Supreme Court of ihe United States made an important decision on the subject of political assessments. It upheld the recent prosecution of Gen. Curtis in New York, affirming the constitutionality of the statute under which he was convicted. Justice Bradley, in a dissenting opinion, declared that Congress had no right to interfere with the inalienable right of the citizen to be imposed upon if he paw tit to submit to it James R. Keene testified at New York regarding “corners,” and maintained that they do not injure the public. He asserted that the commerce of the country demanded dealings in futures, and believed that speculation was an agent of civilization, and helped to build up the West The Chicago markets reflected the opinions of the country, and he thought it wrong to mention tlie Board of Trade dealings in that city under the category of gambling. Mr. Keene thought the railway freight rates now existing more disastrous than any corner within his remembrance... .By the explosion of a powder storehouse near Paterson, N. J., three men lost their lives. Two express trains on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St Louis railroad collided in a curve between Foster and New Lebanon, Ohio. Engineer Peters was decapitated, and Postal Clerk Wharton was also instantly killed. Five other postal clerks were seriously injured.... .Fire in the Barton Block, at Minneapolis, caused a loss of #85,000, upon which there was #70,000 insurance;

Education in Italy.

Among other statistics, Tlie JRiforma publishes the following in relation to the number of persons in Italy ignorant of reading and writing: In 220 of the principal Italian communes, with a total of 4,030,368 inhabitants, being 2,3*22,251 males and 2,273,366 females, only 1,197,783 males and 937,547 females, from the age of 7 years upward, knew L6w to read and write or only read. The proportion of ignorant persons is for every 100—41.11 males and 52.99 females. The gratest progress in elementary knowledge is made in Milan and Turin. In the former city, during last year, the number of ignorant persons was reduced to 19.65 per cent., and in Tnrin to 14.87 per cent. In some provincial capitals the number of persons ignorant of reading and writing amounts to 80 per cent. At Bari there is even a retrogade movement, for in 1871 the proportion of ignorant persons was 55.95 per cent., whereas at the end of last year it had risen to 71.97 per cent. The advantages of the laws for compulsory instruction, being badly applied, are very scanty. Were I to make trial of any person’s qualifications for a union of so much delicacy, part of his conduct I would sooner single out than to ob- . servo him in his resentments. And this not upon the maxim frequently advanced, “that the best friends make the bitterest enemies,” but on the contrary, beoause I am persuaded that lie who is capable of being a bitter enemy can never possess the necessary virtues that constitute a true friend. — Melmoth. The United States is fast becoming, if it has not already beoome, the first wool-producing country in the world. If it is seoond, it is seoond Only to Australia, of which wool is the largest product

XLVITTH CONGRESS.

/A memorial of the JCbiwgo Board of Ykade ia'lavcrr oftthe Lowell Bankruptcy bill was submitted in the Senate on the 13th fast On motion Mr. Hoar, the Postmaster General and Secretary of the Treasury were directed to transmit reports made on the administration of the Federal offices fa New York. Bills were introduced to grant a pension to the widow of Gen. Revere; to pay certain Indian war bonds of Colorado, ana to prohibit officers and employes of the United States from contributing money for political purposes Mr. Vest offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Territories to report what legislation is necessary to protect public property, preserve the game and enforce the laws fa Yellowstone Park. Mr. Pendleton explained the provisions of his Civil Service bill, and an extended debate took place, participated fa chiefly by Messrs. Bherman, Allison and Pendleton. Numerous amendments were offered, but no definite action was taken. In the House the Postofflce, Military and Agricultural Appropriation bills were reported and referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. Randall offered a resolution requesting the President to furnish a complete statement of the expenditure for the improvement of rivers and harbors since the beginning of the Government The Congressional Library bill was not taken np. It was agreed that the building shall not cost fa excess of #2,000,000 and that it shall be erected on land belonging to the Government Numerous petitions to fix the tax on tobacco and to increase the pensions of soldiers who lost an arm or a leg fa the war, were offered in the Senate on the 18th and referred. Ingalls introduced a bill to compel the prosecution of proceedings in bankruptcy to a final decree. The resolutions offered by Mr. Beck and Mr. Hale to investigate political assessments were referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Pendleton’s Civil Service Reform bill was taken up. Mr. Logan secured an amendment providing that examinations shall be practical fa their character, and Mr. Sherman caused the defeat of the permanent appropriation for the expenses of a civil-service commission. Mr. Garland introduced a bill to grant a right of way through the military reservation at Fort Scott for the St Louis and San Francisco road. The President sent to the Senate the name of J. C. Bancroft Davis to be Judge of the Court of Claims. The House, on motion of Mr. Springer, passed a joint resolution athorizing the payment of #25,000 from the Virginius indemnity fund to Mrs. Eliza Dunn, of Chicago, the mother of Gen. W. A C. Ryan, who was slaughtered fa Cuba. .The Congressional Library bill was recommitted, with instructions that it be changed to provide for the erection of a building on Government land to Washington. The Military Academy Appropriation bill was passed. A resolution offered by Mr. Randall was adopted, requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to report the estimated amount paid for ocean freights during the fiscal year. Mr. O’Neill presented a petition from tobacco jobbers, asking a rebate equal to the reduction to be made fa the tax. The session of the Senate on the 14th fast, was devoted almost wholly to debate on the Civil Service bill introduced by Mr. Pendleton Mr. Hoar expressed a belief that the passage of this bill would mark an Important era in American politics, and would be regarded in the future as almost equal to the adoption of a new and better constitution. Mr. Brown opposed the bill, and did “a little plain talking to the Democrats.” The object of the bill, he said, was to give the Republican party a permanent tenure of office, and the Republican party was clearly a minority of the people of this country. Mr. George thought there was reason in the objection that the bill did not permit competition by all for offices of every grade, and expressed his regret that Mr. Brown had broken its force by coupling it with an argument that the bill would do the Democratic party injustice. He was not so confident as" Mr. Brown appeared to be of Democratic triumph in 1884, and he thought the reverses of the Republicans this year were to be attributed in a large measure to that party having occupied the very position upon this question which Mr. Brown now wished the Democrats to take He agreed with Mr. Brown that this bill, if passed, would not prevent the Democratic President, when he did come in. from following Jefferson’s rule. In a colloquy between Mr. Brown and Mr. George, the latter admitted that he would have the Democratic President turn out every office-holder who had responded to political assessments in the last campaign. The House consumed the day, fa Committee of the Whole, in considering the Postoffice Appropriation bilL After adjournment the Democratic Senators held a caucus, and resolved to oppose the admission to the Union of any new Territory at the present session of Congress.

The Pendleton Civil Service bill again occupied the attention of the Senate on the 15th fast. Mr. Miller advocated the passage of the bill, saying that if the evils of the present civil-service system continue to increase in the same proportion as in the past, the Government could not outlive another century. Mr. George thought the adoption of the measure would inaugurate a most Important and necessary reform. Mr. Bayard supported the bill, and spoke of the demoralizing effects upon public men of the “spoils system.” The bill was amended to provide for the confirmation of the Commissioners by the Senate. The French Spoliation bill was amended and passed. In the House Mr. Reed presented the memorial of James H. McLean, who was elected to the present Congress to succeed the late Thomas Allen, of Missouri, and who was refused a certificate because the Second district had been legislated out of existence. After considerable debate it was resolved, by 144 to 15, to swear in Mr. McLean, and he took the oath. The Postofflce bill was token up, discussed and amended. Mr. Voorhees addressed the Senate in oilposition to the Pendleton Civil Service bill on the 16th Inst He said the bill provided for admission of competitive examination to only the lowest grade of public offices. Therefore the treatment of the bill in the Senate seemed to him to be “much ado about nothing. ” The zeal of the Republicans fer a reform of the civil service seemed to result from deathbed* repentance, which was brought about not by hatred of their sins; but by fear that they would not be allowed to indulge in them. much longer and the Democrats were soothing the sufferings of the deathbed with the esthetic gruel cf politics Who had ever heard of any political scandals occurring among lower-grade clerks? They were not the public offioers who figured fa star-route or whisky-ring transactions Yet this bill proposed to examine and, regulate and replace these poor minor officials, leaving the strong, arrogant oorrupt higher officers undisturbed. The real demand of the people was for penal laws to punish wrongdoers in high places, not for contrivances to wrong poor clerks An amendment to the measure by Mr. Brown to limit the term of the Commissioners to four years was lost The House devoted the day fa committee of toe whole to toe Poatoffnae Appropriation

3* 4 i *^ ich must be With, nrawjtfpjfa bqpedjjprqpuei Mr. FJumb reported a measure to authorize the sale to settlers of part of the Fort Dodge reservation. The provisions of the Indian Appropriation bill, which sets aside #6,625 000. were explained by Mr. Dawes, ’and several amendments reported by the Senate committee were adopted. Mr Brown stated that the oonu mittee appointed to attend the funeral of Ben H. Hill expended only #1,025. The House resolution fa regard to the death of Mr. Orth called out tributes of respect, and caused an adjournment The President nominated to the Senate John F. Gimsted, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of the District In the House, the desk of the late Hon. Godlove ft Orth was draped fa mourning, and the Chaplain alluded to his death in tender phrases. Mr. Butterworth offered a resolution reciting the injury done the tobacco trade by the proposition to reduce the tax, and pledging the House to grant a rebate on unbroken packages should the tax be repealed. Mr Kelley reported, back unfavorably the resolution for a holiday recess, and it was voted down by 106 to 123. A resolution offered by Mr. Robeson, to Impose a fine of #SO per day on members absent during the holidays, was adopted.

Hour Dom Pedro Rides.

Hark! Do you hear that racket? Clear the track! Get out of the way there! Here comes a cavalcade that won’t stop for anything. Don’t stop to look until you have dodged into the shelter of a doorway, but when you are safe you will see—first, a half-dozen horse guards with drawn sabers flashing in the sun; then a couple of mounted chamberlains; then an old black coach drawn by six brass-mounted mules (harness brass-mounted), ridden by postillions, two gaudy footmen standing at the back of the “trapinside tlie carriage sits a white-haired, white-bearded, handsome man in military costume, his kindly face beaming on the startled people who had so hastily taken shelter. When the coach and the company of cavalry following it have passed with all the speed that mules, and yellow mules at that, are capable of, I draw a sigh of relief. I have seen this turnout almost every day since I have been in Rio, but you will probably have to be informed that it was His Majesty Dom Pedro EL, “Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil,” who had just passed. Although Dom Pedro is rather more progressive-minded than most of his countrymen, he still retains an affected display of pomp and power which he really does not possess.— Cor. Norristown Herald.

The Wrong Kind of Emotion.

A laborer fell into an excavation and broke his leg, and among the orowd’that gathered was one who took it upon himself to convey the sad intelligence to the man’s wife. “Break the news as easy as you can,” groaned the victim, “for my wife is very emotional and may be completely upset.” The bearer of the message hurried on his way and in his excitement knocked at the door of the wrong house. It was opened by a woman who remarked that she didn’t want to buy anything, and she was closing it with a bang when the man protested: “Madame, I have a message for you.” “What is it?” “It isxn regard to your husb'and. Do not get excited, don’t be frightened, for it is only a trftlng accident. I came to announce to yo* that your husband has had a leg broW*,," “He has, eh? Bees*. :u his grave three’ years and had a leg treken, eh? Now, yon rascal, fly through that gate or I’ll break every bone in you, body!” She produced the hickory club necessary to keep her word, but the man flew. He wasn’t prepared for that kind of emotion. —Detroit Free Press.

THE MARKETS.

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