Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1883 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA G. R MARSHALL, - - Publisher.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST, William E. Sawyer, an electrical inventor of a universal repu ation, has jnst died in New York. He was under sentence of four vcars’ imprisonment for having shot Dr. Tbeophilus Steele, about three years ago, but bad not been sent to the penitentiary pending an appeal for pardon based nr on the value to the country of his Inventive talents.... There are 80, €B9 Odd Fellows in Pennsylvania A New York man has brought his fourth srit" in six months to recover damages for the alienation of his wife's nflfeot.i.n-, a diitereut man appearing as defendant in each action. The claims for damages vary from $5, €OO to SBO,OOO. 15 y the death of the venerable Bishop Jesse T. Peck, which occurred in Syracuse, N. Y., the other day, the Methodist Episcopal church loses one of Its foremost leaders and most beloved members. Bishop Peok was born in Middleiield, N. Y., in lbll, and was licensed as a local preacher in PGR He became a Bishop in 187 V. ....Rawit/ea Bros', fiour mill, Stauordville, Ct and three tenement houses were burned. Loss, 3‘>o,ft ■<>; msured for $34,€00.... .The Parrott Varnish Company’s factory, at Bridgeport, Ct, was damaged by fire to the amoont of $50,000. The steamer Granite State, plying between New York and Har ;ford,was burned to the water’s edge at Goodspeed’s Landing, on the Connecticut river the flame 3 spreading with such rapidity as to overtake at least four persons, who were burned to death. One lady jumj ed into the river and wasdrowne •. The loss on the steamer is $55,000; on the cargo probably as much more.... Seventeen gamblers and lottery men pleaded guilty at New York, and weresentenced to from ten to thirty days in the penitentiary, with fines ranging from $1 to $10)....Mr5. Lydia Pinkhrm, one of the largest advertisers in the United .States, has just died at Lynn, Maes, aged <’4 year a Her yearly profits I'uin her patent-medicine business are said to have amounted to s€ol',oJo. THE WEST,*

A cyclone which wrought great devastation swept over sections of Wisconsin and Illinois on the evening of May 1& The greatest damage was inflicted upon the city Of Racine, Wia The storm struck the northwestern portion of the town, destroying about one Hundred und fifty houses and fifty barns, killing twenty people or more and causing serious injury to about one hundred persons, many of whom will not recover. A correspondent, describing the, onset of the teirible visitant, says: “The day was ushered in bright and cool, with a fresh wind blowing from the southwest. During the aftemmoon the temperature was about 80 degrees, and about (i o’clock, when heavy masses of clouds, which gathered *ih the west, portended a Btorm, the fiir was oppressively warm. The cyclone was announc id by a breaking of the clouds, wnich took on awh r iag motion, and struck the earth with a noise which might be compared with the roar and rumbling of a thousand railroad trains thundering ov r a bridge. The path of the storm, is a little over half a mile long, and perhaps a quarter of a mile wide In this territory here and there a bui dmg is lalt standing. All, brick end frame alike, collapsed, and their sites are marked only by heaps of formless debris. Many occupants of the houses escaped by seeking the cel'are and other places of comparative safety, but the cyclone came with such livh nii;g quickness that many wore killed before reahing the cellar-. In only a few cases were houses moved from their foundations. Those in the center of the storm center limply exploded and fell in ruins where they had stoed. Borne nearer the circumference were turned around. and some light articles, such as wagons, were swept into the lake. The cyclone as it moved from the city out upon the waters of Lake Michigan presented a grand spectacle, such as is seen but once in a lifetime. The whirling columns of air seemed monster wreaths of smoke, as they whirled over the watery expanse. All the physicians of the city responded nobly to the calls for assistance, and did what thev could to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded, who were at once oonveved to St. Luke’s and St Mary’s. Hospital. The dead were taken, some to the houses of friends and some to the Court House.” The attempt to remove tjie headquarters of the International Young" Men’s Christian Association from New York to the West was defeated in the annual convention of the as ©ciation at Milwaukee.... Jere Dunn, who killed EJlliott, the bruiser, some weeks ago, has been aoqultted by a Chicago JuryTHE SOUTH. A terrific /hail-stonn passed over the eastern section of Maryland, and played havoc in the extensive peach orchards in that locality. In some parts the hail covered the ground an iach deep, and stripped thousands of peach trees of their fruit-bios-soms. One of the large groweis lost 'iO.tffO baskets of peaches by the storm. Many of the smaller trees were tom up by the storm. The Wilmington (Del.) City Council brought the Western Union Telegraph Company to terms by directing the City Auditor to remove the poles from the streets unless the tax of §1 per pole was paid.....A verdict of not guilty was returned by the jury in the case of Congressman Phil B. Thompson, Jr., who killed Walter H. Davis at Hanodsburg, Ky.. because of his alleged criminal intimacy with Mrs. Thompson. The crowd in the court room yelled Itself hoarse in approval of the verdict. A judicial execution, the surroundings of which were of more than the usual horror, occurred at Pittsboro, Mlsa Henry Fleming, who was convicted of the murder of a man named Gardner, attempted to anticipate his fate, and while on the scaffold cut his own throat with a penknife, inflicting a terrible wound. The wretched man was attended by a physician, and as soon as his wound had been dressed was lawfully strangled... .L N. Dehart’s planing mill and residence, Mrs. Cronin’s grocery, and J. K. Smalley’s carriage-shop, Na-hvlie, Tenn., were reduced to ashes. Loss, #BO,(XXX 1 Three murderers were sentenced at one timp to be hanged together at Orangeburg, S. C., on June 22. Richard Jeffcoat for the murder of Louis Kumph, Wra. Trezevant for the murder of Frank Mitchell, and Hor•ce Hall for the murder of Daniel Glover.... Two judicial executions occurredin Georgia on Friday. Mav 18. Henry Knight ''was 1 hanged at I exington for the minder of Edward Hunter, and Joseph Cohen at Waycross for the murder of his wife... .Twentyfour persons were roi onod at a churoh festival in Chattanooga, Tenn., none fa.ally.

rouncAi. Washington telegram: A gentleman who recently talked with Senator John Sherman regarding the political situation in Ohio says he positively declines to be the Republican standard-bearer this fall Mr. Sherman has faith in his ability to carry' the State for Governor, but concedes that there is danger that the Legislature will be Democratic, in which event, if he should be elected Governor, the Democrats would secure both Ohio Senators and the organization of the United States Senate. In an interview the other day Congressman Henderson, of the Third lowa district, expressed the opinion that the Republican State Convention, which meets June 27, would renominate most of the retiring officers, and would not make any declaration in favor of coercive teetotalism. He be ie. es that lowa, which sent a solid Blaine delegation to the last National Convention, will send an unpledged representation to that of 1884, The Kentucky Democratic Convention, in session at Louisville, nominated exCongressman Proctor Knott for Governor. The pir, form, after indorsing the prlnc pies enunciated by the National Convention of 187 ft, and which were reaffirmed In 1880, pledges liberality toward the public schools, and recommends the calling of a convention to amend the State constitution so that it shall be more in accord with the spirit of the times The Prohibitory Liquor amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution was defeated in the State Senate, by a vote of 21 yeas to 18 nays—less than a constitutional majority. WASHINGTON; Postmaster General Gresham has issued general order directingjPostmasters to cq-operate with custodians of public buildings in aiding the Civil Service Commission in all reasonable ways in the discharge of its public duties A lawyer named H. Clay England, who is alleged to be insane, promises to bring about a termination of the star-route trial for the present bv shooting Judge Wylie, who had given orders that £e be excluded from the court-room. GENERAL. The Garfield Monument Committee of the Army of the Cumberland have selected J. Q. A Ward, of New York city, as the artist to design’and complete the monument at a cost not to exceed SoO,OOQ.

In the synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Philadelphia, the report on tha sighs of the times stated that Nihilism in Russia, Socialism in Germany, Communism in France, and Fenlanism in Ireland were matters of regret, and that the United States was in a good political condition, even considering that Utah Territory and the Oneida Community were within its borders.... Cuban newspapers complain of the quality of American lard imported, and ask the Government to enforce the regulations. FOREIGN. A profound sensation has been caused in Ireland by the message from the Vatican containing words of disapproval of the prominent action of some of the Irish prelates and priests in reference to tne National movement, and in a pointed manner regarding their assistance to the Parnell testimonial fund. Condemnation of the action of the authorities at Rome is general, and there is boldness and significance in the declaration of the pro-Catholic organ, the Freeman'» Journal , in saying that the Pope's circular is “The most Important document since Adrian’s famous bull The Vatican is grossly mi-inrormed. If it censure i the illustrious and beloved Archbishop of Cashel, it must also censure nine other distinguished prelates and the entire priesthood of Ireland. All must obey the Pope’s command, but the regeneration of Ireland wil l yet be effeoted by the union of priests and people... .The explosion of a dynamite bomb during the progress of a public fete in a village near Lisbon, Portugal, killed four persons and injured several others.... The North German Gazette continues its attacks upon the charaoter of the American hog, which Is unfeelingly represented as an incorrigible disseminator of trichlnlasis.... Fitzhanis. the Dublin car-driver, was convicted as accessory after the fact to the Phoenix Park murders, and sentenced to life penal servitude It is alleged by the London Times that an attempt-was recently made to destroy an emigrant steamship plying between Liverpool and New York, a box having been given in charge of the ship’s steward by some unknown man, under circumstances that aroused suspicion, investigation proving that it contained an Infernal machine. The story is not well authenticated, and steamboatmen on both sides of the Atlftntio denounce it as a senseless canard... .A treaty of peace between Chili and Peru fibs been signed, the latter conceding Tacna and Arica to the conquering power for a term of years James Mullett, Edward O’Brien, Edward McCaffrey, Daniel Delaney and Wm. Moroney, who pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to murder, were sentenced at Dublin, on May 17, to ten years’ penal servitude each. Thomas Doyle, confessedly guilty of a similar offense, was sentenced to five years beyond the seas. Matthias Brady, accused of threatening the life of the foreman of the jury which Convicted his brother Joe, pleaded guilty, but the crown and the intimidated juror assented to his discharge. This ended the labors of the special panel summoned to try the assassins of LordOaVencLsh and Under Secretary Burke, and the furors were all thereupon discharged . Bing Cetewayo’s peep into civilized methods as prisoner and guest of her Britannic Majesty has not proved of much benefit to him in his efforts to re-establish his power in Zululand. His brother Ohaxn and another insurrectionary chief named Ufibepu united their forces to resist the army of Cetewayo, whom they defeated with great loss in a pitched battle recently... .Advices from Asia report another encounter between the troops of the Ameer of Afghanistan and the Shmwaries, in which the Ameer was defeated. Seven hundred Shinwaries were killed and their heads sent to the Ameer of Cabul....The Paris Figaro publishes a letter from De Lesseps, stating that the Suez Canal Comj pany propose to construct a second canal across the isthmus. ■ A settlement of the Mexican debt to English bondholders is announced. New 6 per cents axe to be issued for half the old 8-per-cent debt, and the English agree to make a new loan of #'2O,ioo,UUUat »per cent, guaranteed by a percentage of the customs duties Daniel Curley, another of the Phoenix Park assassins, was hanged at Dublin, May 18. In a letter to hi* wif ehe said he would let'his secrets die with him, and that he would die in peace, forgiving his enemies.... An officer of the Russian army, who had been arrested on the charge of being a member of a military revolutionary c üb. made disclosures upon" his examination indicating that the organization was an extensive one, although it has no ronneotion with the Nihilists. The polioe of St Petersburg claim to have unearthed a plot to assassinate the Czar on the day of his coronation

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Three months ago Pierce Ltinier, Sr., was murdered in Livingston parish, LA His two sons.Guion and Pierce,suspeoted the brothers James and William Curley as the assassins, and in a short time slew the former. William Corley and his brother-in-law, Kobe it Morrison, lay in ambnsh for ihe Lanieis, and in a tight wh ch resulted the two bro.heiS and Wiiilam Cur.ey woie kiLed. The priests in Canada are violently denouncing the attempt that is being made to affiliate all the Irish societies in the Dominion wi.li the new League formed at Phiiaduphia They threaten the terrors of church dis ipliue to their congregations, and urge that ai Canadians and loyal British sui.jecu the Irish people there should not join a quasi-treasonable organization. The people resent the dictation and it now looks as though a bitter struggle between clergy and people is anavoidabia Walter Evans, of Louisville, Ky., has been appointed by President Arthur as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, vice Green B. Baum, resigned. Mr. Evans is a lawyer by profession, served in the Federal army during the rebellion, has been a member of both branches of the Kentucky Legislature, and received the Republican nomination for Governor of the State four years ago. He was one of the 30ft Stalwarts who stood by Grant in the Chicago Convention. Investigation at the United States Land Office at Denver, CoL, has disclosed extensive fraudulent entries, principally of lands valuable for water privileges and grazing purposea The Secretary of the interior nas recommended to the Department of Justice that criminal proceedings be bronght against the persons implicated. James Carey, the informer, was set at liberty in Dublin, and the police guard over his house was doubled. He intends to remain in Dublin, and will prosecute such of his tenants as have refused to pay rent since he became an approver. The Government will divide the rewards between the informers, and will send to foreign countries thdse who desire to quit Ireland... .Much excitement prevails in Ireland regarding the Pope’s circular. Justin McCarthy now favors the formation of an organisation to assist in furthering the Parnell testimonial The Town Council of Dungarvan disapproved of the Vatican pronunciamento, alleging that it would separate priests and people and aid the schemes of secret societies... .The Spanish Government has agreed to pay the indemnity for damage done to property in Cuba in which American citizens were interested, and an appropriation of $526,000 will be inserted in tne Cuban budget, that being the unpaid balance ol the award made by the Washington Commission.... The Marquis of Landsdowne will Bacceed the Marquis of Lome as Governor General ol Canada, and will leave England for the Dominion in October next... .Archbishop Croke declares that his interview with tne Pope has not altered his opinions or position on the Irish question.... William Chambers, the noted encyclopedia pubii her and author, died Edinburgh, aged 83... .King Cet&wayc has encountered a second disastrous defeat in Zululand. At Denver, Col., the trial of William H. Bush, ex-Senator Tabor’s partner in the Windsor Hotel, and until recently manager of the Tabor Opera-House, on the charge ol having embezzled $2,000 from the operahouse while manager, resulted in a verdict of acquittal after live minutes absence ol the jury. The suit was brought byMr.-Ta-bor as-the result of a quarrel between himself and Bush, growing out of the refusal ol Mrs Bush to associate with the new Mrs. Tabor, and has excited in Denver a great deal of feeling again t Mr. Tabor, it being the general impression that the prosecui ion was ma iciouß and groundless. So nigh has the feeling nin that the Denver club, the most prominent organization of the kind in the city, has expelled Mr. Tabor fiom its membership, adopting at ti e same time a resolution to the effect that the expulsion is due to the fact that he married a- woman with wnom members of their families could not associate, and that the object of the c.ud was thereby set aside....Whitewood river, running through Deadwood City, overflowed its banks. That portion of the town up the gulch was badly wrecked by the rushing watera Several bridges were washed away, and serious damage to other property. Four lives were lost. Crook City suffered severely. The property loss is estimated at sr>i$ r >i a > 000. ... .Tne explosion of a boiler in the Wolverine paper-mill at Detroit, wrecked the building—aline new one—and killed the engineer and fireman. The damage to the mill will amount to $60,000.

THE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Beevm | 6.72 @ 7.00 Hogs 7.60 @ 7.80 Flour—Superfine 8.86 @ 4.20 Wheat—No. l White 1.15 @ Lie No. 2 Red 1.54%@ 1.26% Corn—No. 2 k4%@ .66% Oats—No. 2. 52%@ .58 Pork—Mess 20.00 @20.25 Lard n%& .12 CHICAGO. Beeves—Good to Faiicy Steers. 6.80 @ 6.40 Cows and Heifers 4.00 @..5.50 Medium to Fair 6.80 @ 6.00 Hogs 0.00 @ 7.66 Flour—Fancy White Winter Ex. 6.00 @6.25 Good to Ex. 6.00 @6.60 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 1.02 @ 1.0 i)% No. 2 Red Winter 1.13 @ 1.14 Corn—No. 2 66%@ .56% Oats—No. 2 41 @ .41% Rye—No 2...... 63 @ .66 Barley—No. 2 79 @ .80 Butter—Choice Creamery... 22 @ .24 Eggs—Fresh 16 @ .17 Pork—Mess 19.50 @19.75 Lard 1134® .12 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 1.08 @ 1.08% Corn—No. 2 .66 @ .56% Oats—No. 2 41 @ .41% Rye—No. 2 61 & .02 Barley—No. 2 .70 @ .71 Pork—Mess 19.46 @19.70 Lard li%@ .12 BT. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.12%@ 1.13 Corn—Mixed 61% @ 52% Oats—No. 2 , 42%@ .43' Rye. .sß @ .59 Pork—Mess. 20.25 @20.50 Lard. U%@ .12 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red. 1.13 @1.14 Corn 65%@ .66% Oats 45 @ .46 Rye 64 @ .65 Pork—Mess ... 20.50 @20.75 Lard. , li%@ .11% TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.18%@ 1.14 Corn... 4>7'•@ .57% Oats—No. 2 43 @ .44 DETROIT. Flour 4.25 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 1 White 1.12 @ 114 Corn—No. 2 55 @ .56 Oats—Mixed 45 (g .43 Pork—Mess 20.50 @2i!oo „ t INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.11 @ 1.12 Cohn—No. 2 53 @ ,54 Oats—Mixed .41 @ ,42 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best c.' 0 @ 6. so Fair. 6. .5 <® 6.50 Common 5.5) @6.00 Hogs 7. 0 @7.70 SHEEP 3.50 @5.65

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

The Annual Reunion at ill Washington. Gen. John M. Newton Elected President for the Ensuing Year. About SCO members of the Society of the Army of the Potomac attended the fifteenth annual reunion of that body in Washington. The parade was a splendid feature of the exercises The veterans, about 300 of them< escorted by the United States troops and the District militia, paraded some of the principal streets, and, passing by the Executive Mansion, were reviewed by President Arthur. The veterans were also given a reception by the President, who was introduced to them in the blue-room. At the business faieeting of the society quite a spirited oontest arose over the election of a President for the ensuing year. Gen. Mann, of North Carolina, nominated Gen. Joan Newton, and Maj. Stone nominated Gen. Grant. The eligibility of the latter for the position was at once questioned, he being only an honorary member of the society. Gen. Newton was elected, receiving 155 votes to 117 for Gen. Grant Brooklyn, NT Y., was selected, by a rising vote, as the next place of meeting. The exercises m the evening at the National Theater consisted of a poem by George Alfred Townsend and an oration by the Hon. Martin Maginnia Every available seat in the theater was occupied. 'Mr. ffownsend’s poem was greeted with much applause, especially those poitions denying Line on, the martyred Commander-in Chief of the armies, the vast audience rising reSeatedly, cheering and waving their hats. [aj. Maginnis, tne orator, was enthusiastically cheered throughout his effort At the conclusion of Mazinnis’ oration, which was cheered at every point, Gen. Sheiman was called for. He came forward and made ope of his characteristic speeches He addressed the gathering as “friends and comrades in a common cause,” and made his first Joke by stating that a ne gbbor on the platform had told him they did not want to hear from bummers to-night He then, in a quiet way, twitted the Potomac fellows for taking too much credit to themselves for the suppression of the rebellion. He thought the great West contributed a little bit toward downing Jeff. Davis apd his followers. “We of the West,” said he, “have a fancy that the Mississippi is considerable of a stream. We believe that its arms, the Ohio and Missouri, embrace a large scope of country. We know that it is densely populated We know that it is peopled by intelligent, industrious and sober classea They think themselves of some importance. When they were cat off from the Gulf of Mexico and the ocean, I assure you that the opening of that river to New Orleans, by the joint efforts of the army and navy ot 1 the United States, substantially achieved the success of the cause for which we fought ” Gen Fitz John Porter’s old corps—the Fifth —adopted a resolution urging his restoration to the army. The second day of the reunion was devoted to an excursion to Mount Vernon during the q,ay, and a banquet in the evening. GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND’S POEMS. The poem of George Alfred Townsend was a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Commander-in-Chief of all the armies. It was a piece of smoothly-flowing vdrse, and is undoubtedly one of the best productions of the poetjournal st It is as follows: Civil soldiers, reassembled by the river of your fame! Ye who saved the virgin city bathed in Washington’s clear name! Which of all ycur past commanders doth this day your memory haunt? Bcott, McDowell, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, McClellan, Halleck, Grant? There is one too little mentioned when your proud reunions come, And the thoughtful love of country dies upon the sounding drum; Let me call him in your muster! Let me wake him in your grief! Captain by the constitution, Abr’am Lincoln was your chief. Ever nearest to his person, ye were his defense and shield; He alone of your commanders died upon the battle-field: All your Generals were his children, leaning on hfi childish-willed. And they all were filial mourners round the mighty tomb he filled* Tender as the harp of David his soft answers now become, . When amid the cares of kingdoms rose and fell some Absolom; And his humor gilds his memory like a light within a tent, Or the sunken sun that lingers on the lofty monument. Like the slave that saw the sunrise with his face toward the West, As it flashed, while yet ’twas bidden, on a slender steenle’s crest,* So while Victory turned her from him, ere the dawn in welcome came, On his pen Emancipation glittered like an altar flame. Feeling for the doomed deserter, feeling for the drafted sire, For the emnty Northern hearthstone and the Southern home afire, Mercy kept him grim as Moloch, all the future babes to free, And eternal peace to gamer for the millions yet to be. Not a soldier of the classics, he oould see through learned pretense. Master of the greatest science, military com- • mon sense; As he watched your marches, comrades, hither, thither, wayward years, On his map the roads you followed, you can trace them by his tears. In the rear the people clamored, in the front the Generals missed: In his Inner councils harbored critic and antagonist, But he ruled them by an Instinct like the Queen’s among the bees. With a health of soul that honeyed Publicans and Pharisees. • Faint of faith, we looked behind us for a man of higher tone, While tne Voice that drowned the trumpets was the echo of our own; Ever thus, my old companions! Genius has us by the hand. Walking on the tempest with ns, every crisis to command. Like the bugle blown at evening by some homesick son of art, Lincoln’s words, unearthly quiver, in the universal heart. Not an echo left of malice, scarce of triumph in the strain. As when summer thunder murmurs in pathetic showers of rain. Years forever consecrated, here ho lived where duties be, Never crying on the climate or the toil’s monotony; Here his darling boy he buried, and the night in vigil wept, Like his Lord within the garden, when the tired disciples slept. How his call for men went ringing, round the world, a mighty bell! And the races of creation came the proud revolt to quell! - Standing In the last reaction on the rock of human rights, Worn and mournful grew his features In the flash of battle lights. Once, like Moses from the mountain, looked he on the realm he won. When the slaves in burning Richmond knelt and thought him Washington, Then an envious i.-ravo snatched him frem the theater of things, To become a saint of Nature in the Pantheon of Kings. Faded arc the golden chevrons, vanished is the pride of war;

Mild in heaver) his moral gtary ffageas Uketfca morning star. And the freeman’s zone of cotton his white spktk seems to bCy And the insects, m the harvest, beat his army’s reveille. ' - All around him spoiled or greedy, women vain and honor spent, Stfll his faith in human nature lived without 4hcouragement; For his country, which oould raise him barefoot, to the monarch’s hight Could he mock her, or his Mother, though her name she could not write? Deep the wells of humble childhood, coed the springs beside the hut— Millions more as poor as Lincoln see the door he has not shut. Not till wealth has made its canker every poor white cabin through, Shall the great Republic wither or the infidel subdue. Stand around your great Commander I Lay aside your little fears! • Every Lincoln carries Freedom’s car along s hundred years. And when the next call for soldiers rolls along the golden belt. Look to sec a mightier column rise and march, prevail and melt. ♦Note.— The people of a city were commanded by the oracle to assemble on a plala outside of the city, and he Who first saw the sun rise should be made King. A slave turned his back to the sun and looked up the shaft of a high temple where the sun’s earliest rays flame, and he cried: “I see it," He had been told to do so by a wise citizen, who stayed at home. This citizen, revealed by the slave, they made King, and he was the wisest that ever reigned there.

ON THE TRAIL.

Reports From the Great Ranges of the West Show the Cattle Business to be In a Thrifty Condi&on. The Chicago Drover*' Journal has received, reports from the ranching regions of Coloracß, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, Idaho. Wyoming, Indian Territory, Montana and Nevada These reports show the range-cat. tie business to be in a very thrifty condition. The percentage of loss in all States and Territories ranges from 1 to 20 tier cent, or general average 3W per cent The greatest loss was reported by Idaho, Indian Territory and Kansas. Kansas is the only State that reports an increase in shipments of beeves this season, but the general average is reported the same as in 18t*A The average condition of cattle on the range is reported by Kansas, Texas and Indian Teir.tory to be worse when compared with the corresponding period of last year,'but all other sections report an average or better condition of stock than last spring. Shipments of beeves will commence about the same time on an average as in ordinary- years. The .■•hipping season in the Southwest, however, will be about a month later than last year. There is reported an average increase of about 25 per cent, in the calf crop as compared with last year. Prices for cattle on the range are reported from $2 to $lO per head higher than one year ago, and the average advance amounts to $5.80 a head. The most-gratifying feature of the report is the average increase in the amount of improved bulls on the range. There are 10 {>er cent more improved balls in use thru ast spring. The Bhort-hms predominate, but there has been a much larger demand for Herefords than last year, and many speak in favor of Polled-Angus. From the reports received there is a growing tendency to put up hay for winter use. Fencing is being done very extensively in the Southwest, but is not legarded with so much favor in the Northwest where tho lands are mainly public and liable to be invaded by the squatter. The losses dur ng the Winter have tallen chiefly upon old cows and heifers calving #md young stock. Tho stock for the range is reported entirely free from disease, save a few ca.es of black eg, which is incident to overfattening of calves

OUR MENAGERIE.

A Georgia dog got shut up in a church, but was equal to the occasion. He pulled the bell rope till the frightened sexton rushed to see what the matter was. Boston Herald: A lady had a ret dog and cat that were very fend of each other and never quarreled. When the dog wished to go into the kitchen, he would stand by the door, and puss would jump up, oaten one paw over the ’atoh ana press the other on the thumb piece, and as the door swung open she would dropdown on the dog’s back and ride in in triumph. A Hartford (Ct.) paper contributes 'the following to our menagerie: Mr. C. Dunham has been troubled with rats for some time Mr. Dunham thought he would see if he could get his cat to kill a rat. He caught one and shut it in a barrel with a cat The second day after he looked in, and the cat was sitting on one side of the barrel and the rat on the other. The next day, in the afternoon, the cat was sitting very contentedly with the rat perched upon her back, apparently enjoying himself. A cat belonging to a family in Roseville N. J., crept upon the cross timber above one of the trucks of a car attached to Conductor Chittenden’s train on the Delaware, Laclcawana and Western railroad, at the Roseville station, and when the train stopped at the Broad street station was the object of much curiosity. At Hoboken the trainmen drove off the venturesome feline. When the train started back for Newark at 8::.0 p. m., the cat was found snugly ensconced on the same cross-beam, and she remained there until Roseville was reached, when she jumped off and made a bee-line for home The Providence Journal tells the follow- . ing crow story: “A few days since a man living in a town just over the Connecticut line went hunting for crow-. He discovered a nest in a tall tree, and climbing up found therein eggs, which he secured, putting some in his pockets, but one he placed in his mouth, descending the tree very carefully lest he break his fragile store He s ipped, his jaws came together and crushed the egg in his mouth, and oh! horrible, it contained a very young crow. Report doth not say whether the man ate the crow or not, but it is safe to bet he does not hanker after it” Franklin (N. H.) Transcript: B. M. Prescott is the owner of a large mastiff' dog, which possesses a great degree of sagacity and intelligence. One day recently a domestic employed in his family wentrinto the woof -shea for some wood, and in returning dropped a stick, which the dog pioked up In his teeth, and, walking up to the liberately placed his paws on the hearth and placed the stick in the stove as well as any person could have done it On another occasion a young man, in passing through Main street, Accidentally dropped his handkerchief and passed on and entered his house The dog, which must have seen the incident, picked up the handkerchief and proceeded to the door which the young man had entered, and, after making his presence known by several raps, the young ,man opened the door ana the dog presented him with the lost article A thunderbolt played a strange freak .in Montgomery, Ala A large oak, th.ee feet in diameter, and about twenty-five feet from the ground to the first limb, was struck • few feet below the bushy top. 'J he trunk was split in two, and the top descended perpendicularly to the ground, the small portion of the trunk remaining imbedding it-. self firrnlw in the exact spot from which the rools had been torn.