Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1885 — Page 6

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA, *■ * : :

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THEKAS.. A 30,G00-barred oil-tank at West Junetion, N. Y., exploded. The shook was felt in Elmira, five miles distant, and booses near by were badly damaged. No one was boil The loss will reach $100,000... .A pensioner of the war of 1812, named Thomas Van Volin, died at Syracuse at the age of 105. A dispatch from Titusville, Pa., records the death of Baltxer Gehr, in his 104th year.... lire. John Greenridge was assaulted near Greenridge, Pa., by unknown parties, who left her Unconscious, and Bhe was frozen to death... .Dr. Mary Walker hunted through the executive mansion aud the capitol at Albany, but was unable to find Gov. Cleveland. A box brought to the salesrooms of the American Tract and Bible Society in New York a box containing an infernal machine, which would have exploded but for the bungling way in which the spring was arranged. One of the clerks who had partially opened the box laid it aside, and sent for Anthony Comstock, whose office is in the same building, who, on his arrival, immediately recognised what it was designed for. Comstook tore the machine apart and oalmly removed the deadly works within. Had it exploded it would have caused loss of life to many in the store.

THE WEST.

THE lowa Supreme Court has decided that a liquor firm must pay Schufeldt & Co., of Chicago, $5,000 for goods obtained on credit The defense was the provisions of the liquor law, but the judges held that the intoxicants had been purchased in Illinois... ,W. F. McArthur, district attorney for Winnebago County, Wisconsin, was fatally shot by a cripple named Paul Steinel, an old resident of Neenah. The difficulty arose from a suit in which McArthur was Steiners counsel... .Horses on the stage line between Bismarck and Fort Yates, D. T., have been fonnd to be afflicted with glanders. Reports from Minneapolis indicate that there is not more than enough water-power, owing to the fall of the river, to drive half the mills of the city. There has been in consequence a decreased output of flour. Mill owners have formal a pool to reduce &e flour production one-third... .In a decision much longer than a Presidential message, a judge at San Francisco declares that under the laws of California Sarah A. Hill is the wife of ex-Senator Sharon, and is entitled to a divorce for deserton, and a division of common property. The estate involved is estimated at $10,000,000... .W. C. Harvey, stationagent at Panora, la., was robbed of an express package containing $2,000, which had been sent by the Valley National Bank of Des Moines to the Guthrie County National Bank at Panora. He was attacked by a ruffian, who shattered his arm with a pistol ba11. .. .Israel Bros., who owned clothing houses at Waterloo, Lemars, and Cedar Rapids, lowa, have made an assignment, with liabilities of $58,280. It is claimed that unsecured creditors will fare badly. ... .Flames consumed the building formerly known as the Academy of Music in Minneapolis, causing a loss of $200,000. The insuranoe was about $150,000. The building has recently been occupied by stores. .. .The Masonic Temple at Cincinnati was damaged by fire to the amount of SIOO,OOO, and Enoch T. Carson'sMasonic library was utterly destroyed. i, R. Mills & Co., printers, who occupied rooms in the building, lost $30,000. .... Four buildings at Peninsula Harbor, on the northern shore of Lake Superior, wire consumed by fire A man perished in the flames, and a woman was fatally burned. .*. .Hogs are dying in Southern Nebraska of a new. disease. In the head of each animal that dies of the complaint a large grub-worm is fonnd. According to the report of E. R. Hutchins, Superintendent of Labor in lowa, the average yearly earning of the head of a family in the State is S7BO, and the’avernge family expenses only S4OO. This is $251 better showing than Illinois, $2Ol better than Ohio, and $453 better than Massachusetts. Five-sevenths of lowa’s workingmen own homes, while but one-third of Ohio’s and of Illinois’ workingmen eDjoy a similar luxury. Carpenters in lowa average $2.25 per day, masons $3.66, blacksmiths $2.80, painters SHSO, plasterers $2.674, harnessmakere $2, and laborers $1.45.... A county-seat war is imminent in Potter County, Dakota. Gettysburg claims to have won the prize at the last election from Forest City. Over 2,060 Indians are concentrated at the latter place to prevent the removal of the records, which is threatened by the Gettisbuig people... .James Collins, a Panhandle Railway agent at Cadiz Junction, Ohio, fled Christmas night, taking SIO,OOO of stolen and borrowed money C. B. Bird, a Sioux City clothier, has failed for $25,000.

THE SOUTH.

Fob using the word “National” on his bonneas sign at Atlanta, Ga., suit has been brought against G. C. Nelson, who is a money lender, for $50,000 —the sum total of SSO a day since he began business —that being the penalty, under the United States statutes, for bankers or brokers using the word “National,” unless authorized by Congress. The informer claims half of the money.... After being lashed to the rigging of the barken tine Ephraim Williams live days without food or water, the captain and crew were rescued by the life-boats at Cape Battens. A&an Aktonio (Terns) dispatch reports that “as a passenger train on the Southern Pacific was nearing the bridge crossing the Pecos Stiver' a number of torpedoes exploded on the track, causing the engineer to stop the train. Six cowboys boarded the train with drawn revolvers and compelled tile conductor to stop at Langtry, the next small station. At Langtry twenty more cowboys got on board and took possession of the train. They were all more or less under the influence of liquor, and amused themselves by shooting out all the window lights and lamps and terrorizing the passengers generally. As the train passed email stations the cowboys would shove their heads out of the broken windows, and shoot and yelL A passing freight train was saluted in a similar manner, several hundred shots fired, and the roof of the cars riddled. They robbed the train boy of his stock of peanuts and candies, but, so far as known, nobody was shot. Jndgs Falon, United States District Attorney and Sheriff "White were among the passengers, but thought ft best not to make their identity known. The gnng left the train at Uvalde,

after riding over sixty milas... .An unknown assassin, standing near a window in Torian ana fatally wounding Peter Adcock. * There is much excitement in the Fort Mountain (Georgia) region over the discovery of a rich silver mine, the ore assaying from SSO to $2 ,000 per ton. Gold has | heretofore been found and miners are flocking to the district... .In the Circuit Court at Little Rook, Ark., Adolph Parker and Jade Clifford, two of the train robbers, were sentenced to the penitentiary, Parker for six and Clifford for seven years. The trial of Cook, who turned State’s evidence, has been postponed until the next term.... The Central Elevator, at Dallas, Tex., was burned, causing a loss of SBO,OOO. Two employes are known to have perished in the flames. 1

WASHINGTON.

Commander Winfield Scott Schley, of the Greely expedition, has been nominated by. the President for the post of Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, with the rank of Commodore. An appropriation of $7,000,000 for seacoast defenses will be recommended to the House this year by the Committee on Fortifications. The committee does not concnr in the recommendations of the Naval Ordnance Foundry Board, which suggested the establishment of gun-foundries by the Government The joint-committee appointed to investigate the manufacture’ of steel cannon is engaged in the preparation of an elaborate report.... Secretary of the Treasury McCulloch says that there is a disposition on the part of banks and individuals throughout the country to hoard legal-tender notes in preference to silver certificates... .Lieut. Gen. Sheridan is confined to his house by illness, which, though serious, is said not to be dangerons. He is suffering from a derangement of the stomacb, and his physician has ordered him to remain at home and rest... .Although the excess of the assets of the United States Treasury over demand liabilities exceeds $137,000,000, no bond call is to be made at present.

POLITICAL.

Washington special to Chicago Tribune: Senator Garland has returned from his Albany visit To a friend he said this: “Mr. Cleveland is an excellent listener, a broad-minded man, progressive, up with the times, and will make an excellent President;” and beyond this Garland says little. To a Star reporter the Senator said he had been to Albany, but there was nothing connected with his visit that would properly make an interview. He saw Gov. Cleveland, as other Democrats have, and talked with him. He had never met the President-elect before, and he was most favorably impressed with him. The belief among Democrats is that if Senator Garland has not been offered the AttorneyGeneralship it will be tendered him. . Gov. Cleveland last week gave a reception to about three hundred ladies and gentlemen whose hospitality he had enjoyed in Albany, Troy, and Buffalo. The visitors from the latter city arrived in the morning, and spent some hours in inspecting the State House. Two sisters of President Arthur assisted the sisters of the President-elect in receiving guests at the Executive Mansion. During the day the claims of Wm. H. Barnum to a seat in the Cabinet were presented by a delegation from Connecticut. Washington correspondents assert that “leading Democrats are endeavoring to urge Senators Bayard and Garland not to accept positions in the Cabinet if they shall be offered to them. The argument is that the administration party in the Senate would be greatly weakened by the retirement of Bayard and Garland, and that experienced and capable men will be needed in the Senate to support the administration from the attacks of the skilled Republican majority. ”

GENERAL

There were 278 failures in the United States reported during the week, against 305 in the preceding week, and 260, 242, aud 161 in the corresponding weeks of 1883, 1882, and 1881 respectively. About 80 per cent were those of small traders capital was less than $5,000. In the principal trades they were as follows: General stores, 52; grocers, 41; clothing, 27; druggists, 15; hardware and agricultural implements, 13; jewelry, 12; liquors, 13; shoes, 11; manufacturers, IU; millinery, 8; produce and provisions, 7; men’s furnishing goods, 6, books, paper, printing, etc., 6; tobacco and cigars, 5; hotels and restaurants, 5; bakers and confectioners, 5; banks aud bankers, 5; furniture, 5; drugs, 4; harness, 4; lumber and materials,4; carriages, 3; grain, 2; fancy goods, 2; butchers, 2. Among the insolvencies reported are those of Forbes &’ Flick, dry goods merchants of Ottawa, Illinois; Henry B. Levi, a jeweler of Baltimore; John Ewing, a grocer of Xenia, Ohio; and Wangler & Co., cigar manufactures in New York. According to Bradatreet’a, the total number of failures in the United States for the year 1884 shows a large increase in the rate of mercantile mortality. This is made apparent by the following comparative table : .;. , ‘ Percent No. of Aggregate Aggregate assets to Year, failures. assets, liabilities, liabilities 1860 ...-. 4,350 $ 27,430,000 $ 57,120,030 48 1881 .... 6,929 36,964,000 76,094,000 47 1882.. 7.635 47,463,000 93,238,000 61 1883.. 10,299 90,804.000 176.908,000 62 1884 ... .11,600 130,000,000 240,000,000 54 Here is an increase of over 12 per cent, in the total number of failures tor 1884, as against 1883, a probable gain of 44 per cent in assets and of 37 per cent in liabilities. The total number of bank failures tliis year is 121, against 45 last year, or one and three-quarter times as many as in 1883; of which national bank failures have increased from 8 to 11, State banks from 5 to 22, and savings banks from 2 to 11. Of the 121 bank fai’ures reported v for 1884, the number wbich (so far as known) may be ascribed to speculation direct or indirect within them or on the part of those indebted to them is 67, or over one-half. For the nine months ended Sspl 27 the total number of “speculative failures” of banks was 55, of which 22 were of stock-broking “bankers,” 16 were due to frauds or embezzlements based on appropriations of the banks’ funds for the purpose of speculating, and 3 were caused by being large creditors of those who failed owing to unfortunate speculations.

FOREIGN.

London 2VutA states that at the recent conference between the Czar of Russia and the Emperor of Germany a marriage waa arranged between the Czarowitz Nicholas Aleaandrovitch and a daughter of ' CrownPrinoe Frederick William of Germany.... At Ballyduff, County Waterford, Ireland, the vault of Col, Hitliers, formerly Inspector General of Police, was broken open, ai d Mrs. Hilliers coffin taken out and thrown into the glen. It is said that Count Tolstoi, the Russian Minister of the Interior, is chiefly engaged in the discovery and prosecution of

7 " • ' 1 ' 1 ‘ . .■ Nihilists. No sooner is one revolutionary society suppressed than another springs np. The Minister is inundated with threatening letters, and never goes out without a guard. The prosecution of the Jews meanwhile goes on as fiercely as ever It is stated that Qneen Victoria desires the opening of subscriptions for the poor of the large English cities, and that Gladstone is unwilling to admit the extent of the distress prevailing. Russia intends to transfer her naval headquarters in the Black Sea from Nokolaier to Sebastopol. The change will cost $7,000,000. ,

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

At a dance at Miles City, Montana, a lmn named Roberts was shot by a desperado named Sullivan. Officers traced the murderer to a ranch fifteen miles distant, where, in resisting anrest, he killed Doc Carlin and a child with a Sharps rifle. He then made his way to Miles City and surrendered... .Mrs. Williams, of Dalilgren, 111., threw her two little girls into a well and jumped in herself. All were drowned ... Clint Kay, a farmer at Lafayette. Ind., shot himself, with suicidal intent. Mrs. Mariff Hill, of LaSalle, HI., also committed suicide by shooting... .Henry S. Hopkins & Co., bridge-builders, of St. Louis, have made an assignment. Assets, sBB,Odd; liabilities unknown.,. .The Sheriff at Chicago closed the furniture house of H. & M. Neuberger, in Wabash avenue, whose liabilities are probably $60,000. Later details of the earthquake in Spain show that the damage to property and the loss of life are both much greater than at first believed. •So far as reported 3,000 persons were killed and many fatally injured... made in the military barracks in Paris, and a large number of socialistic pamphlets fonnd in the kits of • soldiers.... The Great Eastern is ' being prepareed for sea, but owing to a doubt in regard to her seaworthiness, she will not be allowed to sail for New Orleans until a thorough inspection of all her compartments has been made by the.officials of the Board of Trade. ... .Apostle Cannon, of Utah, is vigorously pushing his polygamous campaign in the canton of Berne, in spite of the arrest and expulsion of Mormon missionaries from Switzerland Gen. _ Wolseley, has changed his route to Khartoum, and will march by the road from Meraweh to Berber, instead of by the desert route to Shendy. This will delay the relief of Khartoum two months... .The emeralds in the crown of the ex-Empress Eugenie, which were sold to an English nobleman for £40,000, are reported to be bogus, and the purchase money has been returned... .The French Senate adopted the entire budget, including the clause establishing the principle of taxing of religious bodies.... Waddington, the French Embassador in London, threatens to resign if the French financial plan before the Congo Conference is not maintained.... Fifteen million pounds is the estimated cost of the British expedition to Khartoum, provided there is no fighting. The Spanish Consul at New Orleans has notified the Secretary of the Treasury that he has information of a fiilibustering expedition about to leave that point for Cuba. . .. C. B. Simmons, a prominent citizen of lionisville, is a defaulter to the Louisville and Nashville road for $34,698, and has fled to Canada. He has been local treasurer of the road for fourteen years.... A hotel at Warm Springs, N. C., valued at $150,000, was burned, as were also the brewery of Oscar Gulick at Worcester, Mass., and Egbert’s knitting mill at Cohoes, N, Y....J. M. Bailie, formerly a bookkeeper in the National Bank of America, at Chicago, where he embezzled $5,800, has been arrested in New Orleans ... Cards have been issued at Gordon sville, Va., announcing the engagement of Willie Scott, 4 years of age, and Jennie Perry, 6 years 01d... .Recent finds of gold at Fort Mountain, Ga., have led to the discovery of silver mines in the same district... .The street-car men at New Orlens have struck for increased wages. Senator Sabin said, in a recent interview, that it was nearly impossible to predict the fate of the Spanish treaty in the Sennte. The opposition of the sugar interests, he thought, would not amount to so much as that of the tobacco men. It was generally conceded, he said, that Bayard could have a place in the'Cabinet if hv wanted it. The Senator was of the opinion that the Democrats in the House would not allow the bill for the admission of Southern Dakota to pass, and that there was hardly a chance for its admission during the next four years Some excitement has been caused in police ciroles at Washington by an attempt to break up a disreputable establishment in which a United States Senator was reported to be a regular lodger... .The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular in Which he rules that Chinese merchants, once residents of the country, may be admitted on proof of the fact

THE MARKETS.

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DEATH’S DOINGS.

Register of the Distinguished Dead During the Past • Twelve Months. An Extended List Embracing the Names of People of WorldWide Celebrity. Men Eminent in Statesmanship, War, Literature, and Science Help to Swell the Roll. JANUARY. - In Baltimore, Judge Nelson Poe, a cousin of the late Edgar. Allan Poe. At Galveston, Texas. Mrs. Campbell, wife of James Camp« bell, the trusted lieutenant of the famous buccaneer, Lafitte. At Washington, Mrs. Patterson, wife of ex-Senator John J. Patterson, of South Carolina. John Allison, father of Senator Allison, of lowa. Col. J. I. Nevin, editor of the Pittsburgh Leader. Mary, seventeenth wife of the late Brigham Young. W. J. Wise, the wealthiest citizen of Vincennes, Ind. Luke Clark, a veteran Fenian and exiled Irishman. Keshub Chunder Sen, a celebrated scholar and philosopher of India. Charles H. Van Fossen, a well-known Kansas City journalist State Senator Pliny Hoaglnnd, of Fort Wayne, Ind. W. P. Hathburn, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Chattanooga, Tenn. John William Wallace, President ol the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Dr. H. A. Dubois, leading physician of New Haven, Conn. Gen. Fadejew, Russian Director of Hoads qnd Canals. Hon. David Sankey, of New Castle, Del., father of the famous evangelist Hon. Philip Phillips, exmember of Congress from Alabama. Samuel Williamson, a leading citizen of Cleveland, Ohio. Abram French, for forty-five years a crockery importer of Boston. Charles Delmonlco, famous New York restaurateur. Ex-Congressman S. Bridges, of Allentown, Pa. Mrs. Valeria Stone, of Malden, Mass., who had distributed $1,500,000 in educational endowments. George Swarbrick, an eminent New Orleans merchant. John Martin, of Alton, 111., aged 102 years. Ralph Sellew, a leading citizen of St Louis, Mo. Amos D. Lockwood, a leading cotton manufacturer of Providence, R. I. Wm. G. Weed, a prominent lawyer and politician of Albany, N. Y. In London, Earl Grosvenor, aged 31, In Lexington. Va., ex-Gov. John Letcher, aged 71. Iu Washington, D. C., Hon. E. W. M. Mackey, Representative from South Carolina, aged 33. In Albany. N. Y., Dr. Elisha Harris, Secretary of the State Board of Health, aged 60. In Now York, Dr. Edward Lasker, member of the German Parliament in his 55th year. ~ FEBRUARY. Thomas Kinsella, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle and ex-member of Cougress. Hans Larsen Martensen, famous Danish preacher and theologian. Jacob Seasongood, a prominent Cincinnati banker. Mrs. Catharine Pattison, mother of the Governor of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Dix, widow of the late Gen. John A. Dix. Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Austin, of Vincennes, Ind., a Mason of high degree. Gen. Biron, a distinguished French diplomat. Prof. Guyot who bad been connected with Princeton College for thirty years. Stephen B. Ives, a prominent lawyer of Salem, Mass. Bev. Simeon North, of Utica, N. Y., President of Hamilton College. Mrs. Mary Lynch, of Brewer County, lowa, aged 105 years. Gen. J. L. Gilbert a prominent citizen ot Bloomington, 111. Rev. John S. Inskip, of Ocean Glove, N. J. Thomas Chenery, for seven years editor of the London Times. Ex-Gov. Samuel Price, of West Virginia. J, A. Warneck, of Dixon, 111., who fought at Waterloo under Napoleon. Col. L. A. Hardeo, of Jacksonville, Fla., proprietor of the largest orange grove and nursery in the world. Judge A. M Chadwick, a leading oilizen of Omaha, Neb. Col. George Bowers, of Nashua, N. H., an officer in the last two wars. George A. Ingalls, a prominent lawyer and pioneer citizen of Chicago. Gen. W. T. Spieely, of New Albany, Ind., a veteran of the Mexican war. Col. Henry S. Pratt, of Detroit, a vetr eran of three wars. Pierre Michel La Piffe de Bergondy, of New Orleans, a soldier of the war of 1812, and an immensely wealthy cotton gnd sugar planter. Dr. Richard G. Radway, of New York, the well-known patent modioine manufacturer and advertiser. Prof. S. W. Williams, of Yale College, a famous Oriental soholar. Samuel Donaghy, once a prominent politician in'Pennsylvania. In Boston, Wendell Phillips, the famous agitator and orator, aged 73. In Paris, Eugene Rouher, iu his 70th year. In London, England, Sir Edward Mortimer Archibald. In Paris, France, General Emmanuel Felix de Wimpffen, aged 73, and General Jean Paul Adam Schramm, aged 96. In St. Petersburg, Russia, W. H. Hunt, United States Minister, aged 60. At Hartford, Conn., ex-Governor R. D. Hubbard, in bis 66th year. MARCH. At Washington, Hon. Kenneth Raynor, Solicitor of. the Treasury, aged 76. At Columbus, Miss., Bishop H. H. Kavunaugh, of the Methodist Church, aged 83. At New York, Madame Anna Bishop, once famous as an opera singer, aged 68. At New York, General Godfrey Weitzel. At St. Petersburg, Count Adelberg, a distinguished Russian statesman. aged 91. At Denver, Judge Thatcher, of the Supreme Court. In Santo Domingo, General Baez, ex»President of that island. At Rockford, 111., Colonel Norman Curtis, the oldest Freemasou in Illinois. At Boston, Dr. Ezra Abbott, noted for his great Biblical and historical learning. Napoleon Joseph Perche, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Orleans. Hon. John Proctor, one of the wealthiest citizens of New Hampshire. John M. Scully, of New York, a leading Ir.sh Nationalist. Joseph Longworth, a prominent citizen of Cincinnati. George W. Lane, President of the New York Chamber of Commerce. Joseph D. Murphy, a wellknown theatrical manager of Philadelphia. Rev. Francis Hawley, the aged father of Senator Hawley, of Connecticut. Helen King Spangler, of Coshocton, Ohio, an authoress of some celebrity. Wendell Bollman, a famous bridge builder of Baltimore, hid. Dr. L. P. Yaadell, of Louisville, Ky., who had a national reputation as a physician and medical writ. r. Otta P. Lord, ex-Judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. George Ball, a public-spirited banker, of Galveston, Tex. Henry A. Tilden, brother of Hon. Samuel J. Tilden, Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, at London, England. Ex-Congressman John Taiie, North Platte, Neb. Richard H. Home, English poet and essayist. Henry Brown, of Niagara Falls, formerly a slave in Virginia, aged 12L Mrs. Annie Key Turner, of California, daughter of the author of the “Star Spangled Banner.” In Omaha, Neb., Right Rev. R. H. Clarkson, Bishop of Nebraska, aged 58. Amos. P. Morrill, Judge of the Eastern District of Texs s. Edward D. Payne, of Dayton, Ohio, a brother of the Senator-elect. Capt John Archer, a retired shipmaster, of Salem, Mass., who was a prisoner at Dartmoor. Abraham Breath, of Alton, 111., one of the sixty men who enrolled themselves to defend Owen Lovejoy in the riots of 1837. Gen. James K. Moorhead, of Pittsburgh, exmember of Congress irom Pennsylvania. Cardinal Pietro, of Rome, Italy. Rev. Dorus C ark, eminent Congregational divine, of Boston. George Cragin, of Utica, N. Y., one of the founders of the Oneida Community, in 1848. APRIL John J. Cisco. . a well-known New York banker, formerly Assistant Treasurer of the United States. Henry B. Hurlburt, of Cleveland, a prominent railroad man. Hon. Henry C. Land, a leading citizen of Cincinnati. Francois Mignet, French historian. JatheS Hamilton, of Bath County, Kentucky, the largest short-born catEe-dealer in the world. Eoitor Danielson, of the Pro video oe (R-1.) Journo?. • Absalom Watkins, of Chattanooga, Tenn., one of the oldest and bestknown editors in the South. Mrs. Kate N. Doggett. o. Chicago, a prominent advocate of female suffrage, and Pres.dent of the Woman's C ngres» for several terms. Augustus Schell, a veteran banker and Democratic politician of New York. Matt H. Fintb. a prominent lawyer of Milwaukee.. Mrs. Stratton, of New Haven, Conn., mother 1 at the late Tom Thumb. Judge Granger, of Washington, D. CL, a brother-in-law of the

ost son of Queen Victoria. °Th^S^| Bffi* 'in 1 ' Wfilardf’ParkerP in his eighty-fourth year. In Nekr York, Gen. Emerson Opdycke, aged 54. In New Jersey, ex-Gov. Marcus L. Ward, aged 71. At Irvington, N. J., Dr. Sandford B. Hunt, editor of the Newark Advertiser, aged 58.' At Brighton, England, Sir Michael Costa, aged 74. At London, Charles Reade, the popular English novelist, aged 70. M. Jean Baptiste Dumas, a French litterateur and statesman. Dr. James G. Ramsey, physician and author, of Nashville, Tenn. Ex-Congressman Charles D. Hodges, of Carrollton, 111. Harrison Gray Otis, a distinguished citizen of Boston. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Jabez Fitch, of Ohio. Emanuel Gerbel, German poet. Jem Ward, the old-time English pugilist. Rev. Thomas A. Cheek, a noted lowa colored minister. Henry Hitchcock, of Galesburg, Hi., a prominent railroad man. Gustave Richter, famous German painter. William Procter, the well-known soap manufacturer, and Alf Burnett, a noted humorist, both of Cincinnati. Ex-State Treasurer John M. Millikeu, of Ohio. Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Chicago, aged 69. Henry J. Hutchinson, one of the famous family of singers. Jas. T. Todd, the oldest Freemason in Maine. Col. Charles G. Hammond, a wealthy philanthropist of Chicago. Samuel J. Walker, at one time the most extensive real-estate operator in Chicago. Rev. Dr. Bickersteth, Episcopal Bishop of Ripon, England. Count Ribbing, a noted French dramatic author. Hofi. Dwignt Foster, exSupreme Judge of Massachusetts. MAY. Count de Hausonvllle, one of the “immortals" of the French Academy, and a leading politician. At Boston, Mass., George Mountfort, son of one of the celebrated “tea party” which was a prime cause of the revolutionary war, aged 87. At London, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. At Brighton, England, Henry (Chevalier) Wikoff, aged 74. At Prague, Bohemia, ex-Empress Anna, in her 81st year. In Constantinople, Midhat Pasha aged 63. -At Nantucket, Mass., -Charles O’Conor, aged 80. Id Chicago, Cyrus H. McCorrtick, aged 75. At Pegli, Italy, Sam Ward, aged 71. In New York City, ex-Judge Joseph S. Bosworth, aged 77. At Evona N. J., ex-Judge W. R. Beebe, aged 68. In New York, Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith, of Kentucky, aged 90. Thomas Golf, a millionaire distiller of Cincinnati and Aurora Ind. Dr. Willard Parker, an eminent surgeon of New York. Prof. O. M. Conuover, Reporter of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Ex-Gov. Henry M. Matthews, of West Virginia. George C'adwailader, a prominent San Francisco lawyer. Sir Michael Arthur Bass, M. P., head of the famous English brewing firm. Gen. William Poynter, of Philadelphia Baron Raglan, of London, son of the famous Crimean General. Catholic Bishop Toebbe, of the Diocese of Covington, Ky. Col. J. F. H. Claiborne, of Mississippi, ex-M. C. and an historian of some note. William G. Halyburtoa, a well-known Baltimore journalist. Judge Joshua Tracy, President of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway; the venerable mother of Bishop Gilbert Haven. Hon. Thurman Smith, of who served in Congress from 1839 to 1847, and in the Senate from 1849 to 1854. Prof. Samuel D. Gross, an eminent surgeon of Philadelphia. Col. Thomas H. Hunt, treasurer of the World's Exposition organization at New Orleans. Wm. F. Clogg, a celebrated naturalist, of Boston. Judah P. Benjamin, formerly United States Senator from Louisiana and Confederate Secretary of War, at Paris, France. John T. Slater, of Norwich, Conn., who gave $1,000,000 to the cause of education in the Southern States. Lemuel Shaw, President of the Great Boott Mills, in Massachusetts. Giovanni Prati, Italian poet and statesman. Paris C. Dunning, of Bloomington, Ind., who was Governor of Indiana in 1846. Charles Adolph Wartz, distinguished French chemist.

JUNE. Samuel S. Shoemaker, ex-Vice President of the Adams Express Company,and a prominent citizen of Baltimore, aged S 3, Judue Henry H. Coolidge, at Niles, Mich. John D. Gibson, one of the proprietors of the Gibson House, Cincinnati. At Port Wayne, Ind., the Hon. James L. Worden, who had been Judge of the Indiana Supreme Court for nineteen years. In Mosquito Inlet, off the Florida coast, by drowning, Gen. O. E. Babcock and Cot. Levi P. Luckey. At New York. Gen. James Watson Webb, a veteran journalist, who made a national reputation as editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer. At Hartford, Conn., Henry C. Work, the popular song-writer. Henry G. Veunor, the Canadian weather prophet, at Montreal, in his 44th year. In New York City, Hon. Noah Wayne Bwayne, ex-Justice of the United States Supreme Court, aged 80 years. Gen. Abe Buford, the famous Kentucky turfman and soldier, suicided at Danville, Ind., caused by humiliation and despondency consequent upon the decline in reputat on of the Buford family and loss of fortune. At Boston, Samuel B. Gregory, a commander in the navy, aged 71. William A. Beach, an eminent New Y’ork lawyer. Col. John A. Stevenson, a prominent Louisiana politician. John Gustavus Droysen, the eminent Professor of History at the University of Berlin. Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir-apparent to the throne of the Netherlands. At Chicago, from wounds received in the battle of Chickamaura, Maj. Lucius H. Drury, formerly of the First Wisconsin Artillery. At Leavenworth, Kan., of consumption, Col. Charles R. Jennison, who during the late war commanded the Seventh Kansas Cavalry. At Washington, D. C., Gen. Ward B. Burnett, a veteran of five wars, who graduated at West Point in 1832. At Dresden, Saxony. Adrian Lewis Richter, the artist, aged 81. At Madison, Wisconsin, Mrs. Robert C. Cole, wife of Chief Justice Cole, of the State Supreme Court. At Philadelphia, Gen. Wm. McCandless. a leadiug Democrat. At Leavenworth, Kansas, Col. Edward R. Platt, Assistant Adjutant General, U, S. A. At Reading. Pa., ex-Congressman Hiester Cljrmer. of paralysis, aged 57. At San Francisco; Calhoun benham, a prominent lawyer, who, in the famous duel between Judge David Terry and Senator Broderick, 1859, acted as Terry’s second. At Harrisburg, Pa,, Charles Fenno Hoffman, poet and novelist, aged 78. In New York City, Gen. Mansfield Lovell, aged 62, At Philadelphia, Bishop Matthew Simpson, aged 74. ~julyT 1 At Chicago, 111., Allan Pinkerton, head of the detective agency, aged 64. Gen. Francis Edward Todleben, the Russian engineer, aged 66. At Swissdaio, Pa, Jane Grey Swisshelm, aged 68. In Syracuse, N. Y., ex-Attorney General Daniel Pratt, aged 78. In Princeton, N. J., Rear Admiral George Emmons, aged 75. In Boonton, N. J., ex-Congressrnan John Hill, aged 63. At Concord, N. H., ex-Gov. Walter Harriman, aged 67. In New York, Royal Phelps, merchant, aged 75. In London, England, George Brittingham Sowerby, artist and naturalist, aged 72. At Morristown, N. J., Thomas Dickson, President Lelaware and Hudson Canal Company, aged 60. At New Orleaus, Paul Morphy, the famous chess-player. At Waterford, Me., Mrs. Caroline E, Brown, mother of the humori t, “Artemus Ward" (Charles F. Brown), aged 78. In the Poor-house at Lockport, N. Y., Louis Spencer (colored), aged 115. At Cincinnati, of old age, Peter Gibson, a wealthy pioneer. Edward J. Holmes, second son of Oliver Wendell Holmes. At Vienna, Heinrich Laube, German poet, aged 70. . AUGUST. In Washington, D. C., John Pool, of North Carolina, ex- United States Senator, aged 58. In Cairo, Sultan Pasha, President of the Egyptian Legislative Council, in Washington, D. ti, Mary Clemmer Hudson, the wellknown newspaper correspondent. In England, Henry George Bohn, publisher, aged 88. In Marion, Mass., Rear-Admiral A. A. Harwood, U. 8. N., aged 82. In Elizateth, N. J., Levi B. Chatheld, ex-Attorney-General of New York, aged 76. At Brighton, England, Arthur Richard Wellesley, second Duke of Wellington, aged 77. At Alton. 111., Anderson _Rilev, a iortter slave, aged 111. At New Orleans, Robert B. ELiott (colored), formerly a member of Congress from South Carolina. Sir Erasmus Wilson, a well-known English writer.

Phiiadeß 'li ' " . i. t \ . >•'- S'] inuixlei tit the BrooS| • 1 si- • • hi t hVYI John Lord Taylor, th/ual c.orgyumn. of AndlH W. Garrett, the veteran rolH aged 65. Robert Hoe, kuown thWH world l’or his development of ■"■■W'.iHo press, aged 75. United States ’ B. Anthony, of Rhode Island, agBNHP Methodist Bishop Geo. F.-Pierce, of Georfcw aged 73. Hon. (hag. J. Foiger, Secretary oV tho Treasury, aged 66. Chief Justice E. H. English, of the Arkansas Supreme Court. At Fortress Monroe, Mrs. Harlan, widow of the late Senator Harlan, and mother-in-law of Secretary of War Lincoln. OCTOBER. Col. J. G. O'Neill, the noted Fenian. Wilbur F. Storey, editor and proprietor of the Chicago Times, aged 68. Signor Bngnoli, the famous tenor. Gen. Lynch, the commander of the Chilian navy. Congressman John H, Evins, of South Carolina. James Wormley, the famous hotel proprietor of Washington. Alexander M. Sullivan, one of tho founders of the home-rule movement in Ireland. Benjamin Alvord, a retired Brigadier General. . Francis B. Hayes, a Boston millionaire. Frank B. Chanfrau, the well-known actor, aged 65. Judge Robert McFarland, of the Tennessee Supreme Court. NOVEMBER. Richard Harrington, a Delaware politician of note. Henry Fawcett, the British Postmaster General. Rear Admiral Murray, of the United States Navy. Ellis Ames, a venerable lawyer of Massachusetts, aged 76. Bishop J. W. Wiley, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Edmund M. Perkins, of Quincy, 111., a pensioner of the war of 1812. Alexander K. Davis, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi under Adelbert Ames. Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence, K. C. S. 1., C, 8., a famous English officer. Isaac Henderson, of New York, who was a partner of'William Cullen Bryant in the Ewmtng Post, in his 71st year. Hon. George W- Jones, a distinguished citizen of Tennessee, aged 77. William A. Duncan, Congressman-elect from the Nineteenth Pennsylvania District. Ormsby Phillips, of tho Pittsburg Dispatch. Jonathan K. Cooper, the oldest member of the bar at Peoria, ill, John Fishtack, formerly owner of the Indianapolis i-eafi it/. William A. Wood, the well-known reaper inventor, aged 71 years. Charles l J. Faulkner, of West Virgina, ex-Minister to France. DECEMBER. At Wellington, Kan., Capt- David L. Payne, widely known as “Oklahoma” Payne. At Arkansaw, Wis., John .londro, aged 121. At New York, Gershoin B. Mott, a Major General in the late war. At Baltimore, Dr. Harvey L. Byrd, a physician of wide reputation. At Vienna, Austria, Fanny Ellsler, the once famous dancer. At Binghamton, N, Y., Rev. Luke Davis, a Baptist clergyman of wide fame, aged 77. At New York, Francis D. Moulton, famous for his connection with the Beecber-Tilton alTa r, aged 48. At Cincinnati, 0., Reuben R. Springe*, a wellknown philanthropist. At Paris, Emile Felix Fleury, a distinguished French general. At Cincinnati, 0., James L. Ruffin, for many years local Chief of Police. At Paris, Pierre Clement Eugene Pelletier, a distinguished French litterateur and statesman.

A Curious Mediaeval Ceremony.

One of the most singular and ludicrous mediaeval ceremonies of the season was held at Beauvais, France, in the fourteenth century, called the Feast of Asses. The flight into Egypt waß represented in church A beautiful young woman, with an infant in her arms, was seated upon an ass elegantly adorned. Entering the church, the girl and ass were placed near the altar, on the gospel side. High mass wa3 then begun,— and the Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, etc., all terminated with an imitation of the ass’s bray— hin-haw, or heliawn. At the end of the mass, when the priest turned to the people, saying, “Ite, Minna ext,” he actually lie-hawned , or braved, twice, as ordained by the ritual. And instead of the usual re-, sponse, “Deo Gratias,” the people heliawned, or brayed, thrice, in like manner. A Latin hymn was sung duringthe mass. A translation of a stanza or* two will give an idea of it: “In an Eastern region Chanced an Ass to be. Beautiful and bravest. Fittest loads to bear. Choi-us. Hc-bawn, sire Ass, you sing; Fierce mouth you grin. Hay enough you’ll have. Oats enow to plant. “Here he Is with big ears, Primitive clod-hopper. Ass as big as ever; Lord of all the asses. Chorus. He-hawn, etc. “Now say Amen, O ass! [Here they fell on their knees.l' Belly full of clover. Amen! amen everl And away with fodder! Chorus. He-hawn!he-hawn! He-hawn-hel. Beautiful, sire Ass, for you can trot. Beantiiul-muzzle is touts to sing.” — Harpedß Magazine.

The Clock.

“The clock’s a modest thing,” murmured Fitz, reflectively, “always got its hands before its face.” “It’s a mighty open-faced thing,* snapped the old lady. “And no welcome visitor to the spotcash man,” chimed in Finder; “for it’salways going on *tick.’ ” “Aid an arrant coward,” mused. Sukey. “I never saw a clock of any good that wasn’t always running.” “That’s in order to be on time,” remarked Fitzgoober. —Atlanta Constitution. That Secretary Seward did not like> doctors is shown by the following incident which occurred while he was stopping with Lord Napier, the Governor of Madras. One morning, when Mr. Seward was feeling especially bad, the* doctor called at the Governors house to see one of Lord Napier’s family. Mis lordship, hearing Mr. Seward complain of feeling ill, asked him if he would not like to see the doctor. Mr. Seward replied, “No, Governor, I can not meet s doctor to-day. lam not feeling well, and I hope the doctor will excfffee me.* A tedious examination into the causes of the bad odor of the drinking water in the city of Manchester, England, led to the discovery of an unusnally large quantity of Limnsea or pond snails. These little animals had spawned so profusely as to make the water very disagreeable to drink. The city tax-payers are now delighted to know that riew water-works are not necessary, and that all they have to do is to supply the reservoirs with a feir hundred good-sized fish who will enjoy? pond-snail spawn as a diet. —,