Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1885 — Page 3

The Republican. /■ RENSSELAER. INDIANA. W. E. MARSHALL. - - Publish**

Some time ago a compassionate German nobleman bought the favorite old horse of the Emperor William, Sadova, and kept it in comfort till its death, a short time ago. Now the skin has been well tanned and dressed, and is preserved as an ornament and relic, in the nobleman’s country seat.

Clara Belle says the ’ majority of ballet-girls have not the limbs of a Venus of Milo by any means. The work they are obliged to go through develops certain muscles until the lines of beauty are entirely lost. The feet grow to enormous dimensions, and when they walk they are as awkward as cows on the ice?

At Bremsier the Emperor and Empress of Russia did not sleep in the splendid State apartments prepared for them, but occupied a spare room connected with that of the Grand Duke George. At home they follow the practice of often changing their rooms, so that none but their personal attendants know where they sleep. A new hobby-horse has been devised for boys. It consists of the model of a horse mounted on a tricycle. It is driven by means of the’forward wheel, as in the case of an ordinary tricycle, the steering handle appearing above the horse’s neck the bridle should be held. Motion is given to the horse’s legs by cranks connoted with the wheels.

It is possible to keep the cobra harmless under music for a considerable time. It is related by a naturalist who closely studied the habits of animals in India, that he one day spent an hour painting a cobra, which was kept dancing the whole time upon a tabfe." He frequently handled it, and examined its spots, and the spectacles on the head. He was surprised afterward to find that the fangs had been left in.

It is just a hundred years since the famous Gen. Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, died at Cranham Hall, near Upminster, Essex, and was buried in the church there, within a stone’s throw of his house. The old manor house no longer exists, but a handsome farmhouse stands on the site. Gen. Oglethorpe lived to be 88. He had fought under Prince Eugene, and yet might have dandled Sir Moses Montefiore on his knee. »■'"*

During the month of August enormous "swarms of ants passed over the town of Solothurn, in Switzerland. They came from the Jura Mquntains, and formed a cloud, consisting of seventy-five perpendicular columns, in which the ants circled around in spiral form. The storm lasted ft>r twenty minutes, the height of the cloud being upwards of ninety feet. Millions of them fell to the ground, however, without making any visible change in the phenomenon.

American school-books are not desired in Argentine. A New York firm sent text-books into the country, according to contract, but neither the histories nor the geographies were accepted. It was found that they represented the condition, of the country as it was twenty-five years ago and alluded to it as the “Argentine Confederation.” The use of the term was a mortal insult to the people, since it was decided by civil war that Argentine is not a confederation of States, but a nation.

A Naugatuck farmer, finding his field raided, watched night after night for the melon thief, but was unable to catch him, and decided he must come barefooted, so he took several sharp scythes and placed them so that a person walking about would be likely to find them without much effort. The next morning one of his neighbors, a young man who had previously been in robust health, called the doctor to attend him for rheumatism, and was confined to his bed for a long time, but the depredations on the melon patch were not continued.

Miss Mary Murfree, “Charles Egbert Craddock,” is described as a yonng woman who is anything but in-teresting-looking or attractive. She is short and painfully crippled, square and angular. A brown skin, very red lips, small white teeth, and black,snapping eyes; her hair brown and worn in curls about the forehead, surmounted by a braid, make her look countrified.. The mouth is large and the teeth perfect. When she speaks the mouth stretches to a surprising degree, and the teeth shine in a set smile, the eyes snap, the heavy eyebrows lift, and intelligence illuminates the face. Then only is she at alj interesting. She is a magnificent pianist,_ Withal, she is modest and retiring, and never talks shop. *

On a farm at Pottstown, Pa., rabbits girdled a lot of young apple-trees some years ago. In two cases of choice fruit the owner undertook to save the trees. The young shoots which usually spring up from below the “girdle” were allowed to grow long enough to reach the sound bark above th® “girdlje,” and then inserted under the bark, after the manner of inoculating trees, and se-

curely tied. They grew and nourished' the main stem of the tree above, and now, after some years, the trees rest entirely upon their inserted supports and are as vigorous as any in th A, orchard. One of these trees has five of these “legs,” which have now by growth been almost consolidated. The othjer tree has seven, all entirely distinct as yet, but growing closer. The old stem below r the insertion is dead and decayed in the one tree, and in the other it is entirely gone, and they look as if standing upon stools.

What may be done by a community in the way of tree-planting in an arid district, has been exemplified at Jamestown, in South Australia Five years ago the corporation commenced the planting of a previously treeless region, with timber. Up to that date the place must have been as undesirable a town to live in as could be found. In summer there was nothing to mitigate the blinding glare of the sun, or the intolerable radiation of the heat from the fissured surface of the hard-baked earth. The hot winds swept across the wide expanse of scorching country, bringing with them clouds of all-pene-trating dust. In the winter there were no natural means of breaking the force, or diminishing the inclemency of the gales which came howling down from the north. But the corporation has changed all that. It has planted over 20,500 trees of various kinds, and the once glaring and dusty streets are protected, shaded, and ornamented with several beautiful varieties of gums, now in flower, and standing twenty-five feet to thirty feet high, and these, after having been twice lopped during the five years since they were first planted. But gums are not the only trees, for they are relieved by hundreds •of pines, catalpas, tamarix, ficus, willows, cypress, olive (doing splendidly), acacia lophantha, and a lot of others.

The Texas Court of Appeals has recently disposed of a novel suit against a telegraph company. A sheep-raiser went to the office of the company to send a message to his ranch. The operator handed him a blank, whereupon the Texan, remarking that he knew "nothing of the business” and had never written “a message in his life,” asked'the operator to write it. He dictated this: “Meet me with two horses and Shep.” “Shep” was the name of his dog. The operator 1 wrote, "Meet me with two horses and sheep.” He showed it to the sender, who, evidently being as little familiar with spelling as he was with writing, pronounced it satisfactory. When the Texan reached the specified place he was met, much to his . surprise, by his men with a drove of 2,500 sheep. The sheep had been driven a long distance through the wintry weather. Many of them had died, and others had suffered seriously from exposure. The owner sued the company for damages, and won his case in the lower courts. The Court of Appeals holds that the company is not liable for the consequences of the errOr in the dispatch. It says that in writing the message at the request of the sender the operator acted as the agent of the sender and not of the company. “True, he was the agent of the company to receive and forward messages, but not to write them for others.”

.jQub old favorite, Christine Nilsson, has been writing in defence of the heavy payments made to singers in modern times. The sums thus paid have often attracted notice and a great deal of envy on the part of those who forget that it is only the first in the profession to whom money-making comes easy, and that hard work for little pay is the lot of almost all the rest. If few get much, a great many get little enough. When Gabrielle visited Russia in 1768, and Catherine 11. wished to engage her services, she asked 5,000 ducats as salary. "Far too much,” said the Empress, amazed. “Why this is more than I pay my Field Marshals.” “Then let your Field Marshall ” sing for you,” replied Gabrielle. Five hundred dollars a night was paid about 1775 to Agujari for singing two songs during her engagement at the Pantheon concerts in London; it was an immense figure in those days. When Catalina first came to London in 1806, she .bargained for SIO,OOO for singing at the King’s Theater in the Haymarket, for the season, which lasted from September 15, 1806, to August 1, 1807, together with SSOO to pay her traveling expenses, and one clear benefit. But she in receiving much more than that The total amount got by her from the theatre in 1807, including benefits, was $25,000, and her total profits with concerts was about $86,000. Alboni had SIO,OOO and Sontag $30,000 for a season at the Opera in London. Here Patti had $5,000 for each night

An Annoying Hat.

Kosciusko Murphy's finances are not in a flourishing condition. He, however, managed to scrape together money enough to buy a ticket for the circus. While he was looking at the performance a man right behind him said: ■ , '“Your shabby old hat Annoys me very much; I can’t see the performances.” " ' ■ “Shake,” said Murphy, turning around and extending his hand, “I thought I was the only riian who was annoyed by the shabbiness of that hat, but it seems that I’ve got a fellow-suf-ferer.’’--Taras Sifting*.

“ FOEWARD TO SOFIA!”

The Battle-Cry of the Servian Soldiers in Their Advance Into Bulgaria. Prince Alexander’s Forces Retreating Before the-Advancing Servian Invaders. Strength of the Forces That Servia, Bulgaria, and Rouinelia Can Bring Into Action.

Servia. Dispatches from Belgrade state that the Servian army has crossed the Bulgarian frontier in three divisions at Tsaribrod, Klissura, and They met with no resistance in crossing. • Sharp fighting occurred at Tm on the Vlasina road, and at Kustendil. Many were killed and wounded on both sides. The Bulgarians retreated at all points. The whole Servian army is in Bulgarian territory. King Milan informed the powers that Servia has declared war against Bulgaria because Bulgaria arbitrarily attacked a position which the Morava division of the King’s troops held in Servian territory, opposite the Bulgarian frontier. King Milan has also issued a proclamation which is in substance' as follows: “Servia cannot allow Bulgaria, which has already proved a hard neighbor, to disturb the balance of power in the Balkans to her exclusive advantage.” He then alludes to what he calls “the unjustifiable Bulgarian customs duties on the frontier, the unlawful seizure of Bregova, and the encouragement by Bulgaria of the Servian rebels condemned for high treason.” [King Milan here refers probably to Peko Pavlovich, the Herzegovinian chieff-and Pashico, the Servian Radical leader, who was expelled by King Milan from the Skuptschina. Copies of revolutionary proclamations signed by those men and distributed throughout Servia were recently found by Servian officials, and the latter claimed they were disseminated by the revolutionaries under Bulgarian protection. This Bulgaria denied, claiming they were many miles distant from the Servian frontier, interned in a fortress.] King Milan also alludes to the alleged ill treatment of Servian emigrants in Bulgaria, the blockade of the frontier by Bulgaria, and alleged attacks by undisciplined Bulgarian volunteers on the Servian people and troops. In conclusion, the King says: “I cannot suffer these intentional provocations, and I, therefore, adopt the policy of open hostility which has been forced upon me by Bulgaria. Servia’s just cause now rests on the arbitration of arms, the bravery of her army, the protection of the Almighty. I rely upon my people’s patriotism.”

Bulgaria. Great excitement and enthusiasm prevail in Philippopolis. Troops are being hurried forward to the defense of Sofia, and the war fever, which had recently died out, is again at the highest pitch. Prince Alexander, from his headquarters at Sofia, issued an order of the day to the officers and men of his army, of which the following is the substance: “King Milan has declared war against us and ordered the Servian army to invade Bulgaria. Our Servian brethren, instead of assisting us, wish to ruin our country. Show your courage now and defend your mothers, wives, sisters, and homes! Pursue and annihilate the cowardly, treacherous enemy! Let ‘Forward’ be your battle-cry, brethren, and may God aid us and grant us victory.” ; ~~

Strength of the Combatants. The various forces of Servia are as follows: Field army, 60,288 men, with 264 guns; reserve formation, 12,856 men, with 34 guns; reserve army of landwehr, 52,270 men, with 120 guns; landsturm, 45,000 men, or a total of 170,412 officers and meh and 418 guns. The infantry is armed with the Mauser rifle, improved by Major Mecovarovitch, which is of a caliber of 10.15 milimeters. The artillery is variously armed with muzzle-loaders and Krupp guns. The total cavalry force included in the above numbers 4,600 men. The Bulgarian field army consists of 24,000 infantry, 1,400 cavalry, two regiments and one company of artillery, 2,340 men; a battalion of engineers, 880 men; a detachment of train, 2,000 'men, and a force of gendarmerie, 1,600 men, or a total force of 32,220 men, with 104 guns. The infantry is armed with Berdan rifles, and the batteries have Krupp guns and guns of the latest Russian pattern. The reserve force consists of 24,000 men. There are also 12 battalions of landstrum of 600 men each, or 7,200 men, making a total force of 60,000 men. There is no want of arms, but there is scarcely a sufficient force of cavalry and artillery. The cavalry numbers 1,500 men. The scarcity of officers, since many of the Russian officers returned home, is also a serious matter. Prince Alexander is an able and energetic soldier. The Eastern Roumelian army comprises 18,224 men of the first levy, 19,187 of the second, 23,197 of the reserve, and 3,422 men of the active reserve, making a total of 64,030 men. The number of officers available is altogether out of proportion to the number of men. There is no scarcity of arms, as there are about 80,000 Kruka, 7,000 Berdan, and 6,000 Martini-Henry rifles in the province. artillery consists of four guns. The Bulgarian arsenals at Rustchuk and Rasgrad contain a good supply of arms, uniforms,and equipments. The arsenal at Rustchuk is turning out 60,000 Berdan cartridges a day, in addition to ammunition for artillery.

Decrease in American Shipping.

The Commissioner of Navigatnffi (a Washington telegram says) reports that the apparent decrease in the number of vessels owned in the United States since the report of 1884 is 2,234, but as there were many vessels reported in the list of 1884 which had been lost or sold to foreign traders it is estimated that the real decrease in the number of vessels ’ owned in the United States during the last year was about two hundred,

There is a movement on foot among the colored people of the country to raise a large sum of money for the erection of a monument at Washington to commemorate their emancipation from slavery. j The Victory, the war ship on which Nelson fought and fell at Trafalgar, is at Portsmouth, Eng., in a good state of preservation. ... .. ■«.. . . The commander of a Danish Arctic expedition, just returned to Copenhagen, says there is no possibility of ever reaching the North Pole. “ *

POSTAL AFFAIRS.

The Number of New Offices Established During the Tear—Salary and Allowance. First Assistant Postmaster General *&.. E. Stevenson has submitted to the Postmaster General his annual report upon the operations of his bureau for the fiscjU year ended June 30, 1885. From the report it appears that the number of postoffices established during the year was 2,121, and the number discontinued 886, making the whole number of postoffices at the end of the fiscal year 51,252, a net increase of 1,235 during the year. The number of offices subject to appointments by the President (presidential grade) was 2,233, and the number subject to appointment by the Postmaster General (fourth class) was 49,019. The whole number of appointments during the year was 11,203, made up as follows: On resignations and commissions expired, 6,204; removals and suspensions, 810; change of names’ and sites, 207; death of postmasters, 412; establishment of new offices, 2,221. The increase in the number of postoffices was distributed as follows : New England States, 48; Middle States and District of Columbia, 11; Southern States and Indian Territory, 638; the ten States and six Territories of the West and Northwest, 375; the three States and three Territories of the Pacific Slope, 65. The greatest increase in' any State dr Territority was 100 in Virginia. The increase in Dakota for the year was 71, and in Mississippi 59. The only decrease was in Nevada. The total number of money order offices was 6,992, an increase of "49 over the preceding year. The number of changes in postmasters during the year was less than the preeeding year, and the large decrease in the number of cases acted upon during the year, as compared with the preceding year, was due, says Gen. Stevenson, to the fact that very few changes were made in the offices during the winter months, v

Ender the head of free-delivery system, the report states that the number of free-delivery offices at the close of the year was 178. an increase of 19, and the number of carriers 4,358, an increase of 468. The entire cost of the service was 83,985,955; leaving an unexpended balance of 879,046. The service has now been extended to nearly all cities having a population of 20,000 inhabitants or returning 820,000 gross receipts per annum, and its further extension must, under the law, await the growth of cities to the requirements above noted, or the qualifications must be lowered by legislation. The First Assistant Postmaster General says 'that the success of this system, its convenience to the public, and other merits, in his judgment warrants the recommendation that authority be conferred by legislation for its extension to places of inhabitants having a gross revenue of 810,000. The report briefly states the advantages that have resulted from the consolidation of large free-delivery offices and recommends that the same policy be applied to non-free-delivery offices so as to give them the benefits of free delivery. It is believed that this consolidation would reduce the labor of examining accounts by cutting down the number of separate postoffices and result in greater harmdny in the service. Under the head of salary and allowance it is stated that the total amount allowed for clerk hire in postoffices was 84,924,569; for rent, fuel, and light of postoffices, 8463,939; for salaries of postmasters (2,435) adjusted during the year, 83,701,600; for salaries of Presidential postmasters, $3,630,600. Since April, 1884, 32,400 applications for review of salaries of postmasters under the act of March 3, 1883, were received and filed. The number of salaries reviewed and readjusted was 17,521, and 5,900 applications were allowed, involving the additional amount for compensation or back pay of postmasters of $378,922. As a result of the annual adjustment of salaries, 14 offices were added to the Presidential list and 134 offices were relegated to the fourth class. The grand total of gross receipts at Presidential offices for the four quarters ended March 31, 1885, amounted to $31,792,220, and the aggregate salaries of the postmasters will absorb 11.42 per cent, of the revenues. “The postal receipts,” says Gen. Stevenson, “forming the basis of the salaries of Presidential Postmasters fluctuate with the favorable or unfavorable condition of the business of the country. At the present time reports show that the country is entering upon an era of prosperity and plenty, and therefore no less than $3,000,000 will be required to pay the salaries of Presidential Postmasters during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, The amount of compensation for clerk hire required during the same period is estimated at $5,510.000, making the total estimate for this branch of the service, including allowances for fuel, rent, furniture, and miscellaneous items, $5,897,000”. The First Assistant Postmaster General, in conclusion, calls the attention of the failure of Congress to provide for the payment by the Government of rent at third-class postoffices. He renews the recommendation that provisions be made for the payment of rent of offices of that class, and for the payment of expenses of fuel, light, stationery, and miscellaneous items for these offices. It is also recommended that Jan. 1, 1887, be fixed as the limitation of applications for readjustment of salaries under the act of March 3, 1883.

THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. From the annual report of General Superintendent Jameson, of the railway mail service, it appears that mileage increased during the past year only 4,007 mQes. The increase in the number of pieces of mail matter handled, exclusive of registered matter, was 428,397,500. In a total distribution of 4,948,059,400 pieces the number of errors chargeable to the clerks of the railway mail service was but 887,704, or one error to each 5,574 pieces handled, being at the rate of 224 errors per clerk per annum. The average percentage of mail correctly distributed was 99.98. This is the highest rate attained since the establishment of the service. The general superintendent recommends that Congress be asked to empower the. Postmaster General to pay to the widow or minor children of any clerk killed while on duty an amount equal to one year’s salary of the grade to which the deceased belonged at the time of his death. The estimate for special facilities (fast mail service) on the trunk lines for the ensuing year is the same in amount as the sum set apart for the purpose for the current fiscal year—namely, $251,725. The amount of the estimate for railway postal cars is $1,888,577, which is an increase of 7 per cent, over the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year for roads other than those that are subsidized. The sum of $4,877,060 is. asked for with which to pay railway postal clerks. This is an increase of 6 per cent, over the amount of the existing appropriation. The Superintendent strongly advocates th& extension of the benefits of the civil-service law to the clerical forces of the railway mail service. THE MONET-ORDEB BUREAU. In his annual report to the Postmaster General, Supt. C. F. McDonald, of the Money-Order Bureau, points to the growth of the business from its inception in 1866, when there were 766 money-order offices that issued $4,000,000 in orders, down to the last fiscal year, when the 7,355 offices issued orders amounting to about $120,000,000. The fees now aggregate about $1,000,000 per annum. During the fiscal year 767 moneyorder offices were established and 16 discontinued. Since the close of the fiscal year 303 offices have been added and 4 have been discontinued. The total amount of payments and repayments of money-orders was $117,996,205, and the excess of payments over issued $137,283. The gross amount of fees received by Postmasters from the public for the issue of domestic money-orders was $923,930. These figures exhibit a decrease in the amounts of orders issued and paid and of fees received. COST OF MAIL TRANSPORTATION. * Second Assistant Postmaster General Knott has submitted to the Postmaster General his annual report of the operations of his bureau during the past fiscal year. It appears that the cost of mail transportation for the fiscal year ending on June 30,' 188-5, was: For 12,371 star routes, aggregating 232,222 miles in length, 85,414,844; star service for the next fiscal year is $5,850,000, slightly less than the appropriation for the current year. The reduction effected by orders in this class of service from April 1 toSeptember 30, 1885, aggregated $148,696. The reductions in steamboat service effected from April 1 to September 30, 1885, by discontinuances and curtailments of routes amounted to $74,256, and the sum deemed necessary for the current year is $870,648.

SPLINTERS.

There is a report that ex-Gov. George S. Boutwell will become editor of the Boston Traveller. . I ? • The annual fire tax paid by the United States is estimated at $160,000,000. It is rumored that John B. McLean will buy tire St. Louis Republican. Dr. Mary Walker has a residence in Oswego, N. Y. The New Orleans fi'cayune is forty-bine years old. _ _ ~ ” : Vegetarianism js spreading rapidly in London.

MEMBERS’ VIEWS.

Political Status of the New House es Repressntatives -Carlisle for Speaker, Strong Feeling in Favor of Reducing the Powers of the Appropriation Committee. THE NEW HOUSE. Its Political Complexion. The House of Representatives, which convenes at Washington on the first Monday in December, consists of 184 Democrats and 141 Republicans. In this classification Weaver, of lowa, Greenback Democrat, is counted as a Democrat, and Brumm, of Pennsylvania, Greenback Republican, with the Republicans. The annexed table shows the political division of the several State delegations: . p State. Dem. Bep. Alabama.... . 8 Arkansas. . 5 California... .. J 5 C010rad0...1.................. .. ' J Connecticut 2 2 Delaware..,.. ......... 1 Florida. 2 Georgia 10 Dlinois 10 10 Indiana. 9 4 lowa 4 7 Kansas 7 Kentucky 10 1 Louisiana 5 1 Maine 4 Maryland i 2 10 Michigan... 7 4 Minnesota 5 Mississippi 7 Missouri. ..... 12 2 Nebraska .. 3 Nevada 1 New Hampshire 2 New Jersey. . 3 4 New York 17 17 North Carolina. 8 1 Ohio. 11 10 Oregon 1 Pennsylvania., 8 20 'Rhode Island .. 2 South Carolina 6 1 Tennessee 1. 7 2 Texas 11 Vermont .. 2 Virginia i 8 2 West Virginia ...... 8 1 Wisconsin 2 7 Total ....184 141

QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Views of a Large Number of Members on Important Questions. The Louisville Courier- Journal recently published letters from 160 members of Congress, 59 Democrats and 91 Republicans. The letters are in response to four questions sent out by the Washington correspondent of the Courier-Journal, as follows: 1. Would you favor an amendment to the rules of the House providing that the general appropriation bills, except the legislative, sundry civil, and deficiency bills, shall be prepared and controlled hereafter iby the appropriate standing committees on the several branches of the public service? 2. Do you favor any change in the laws governing silver coinage and silver certificates, and if so, what modification would you regard as desirable? 3. To what extent, in your opinion, would a revision of the tariff and internal revenue laws be desirable at the next session? 4. Who is your choice for the caucus nomination for Sneaker? In the Democratic responses, forty-seven are unqualifiedly in favor of an amendment of the rules, five give a qualified answer, four oppose a change, and three are noncommittal. v, | I As to the second, or silver question, four fayor legislation, forty-nine oppose, and six are non-committal. As to the third or tariff-reform question, fifty-three favor tariff agitation, three oppose and three are non-committal. For Speaker fifty-seven are for Carlisle, one forßandall, and one non-committal. The whole number of Republican members who responded is ninety-one. For amending the yules of the Ho>ie, fortyeight unqualifiedly approve, twelve qualify their answers, nine oppose, and twentytwo are non-committaj. Sixty favor legislation on the silver question, sixteen oppose, and fifteen are noncommittal. Seventy-five oppose tariff legislation, four favor it, and twelve are non-committal. For Speaker, thirty are for Frank Hiscock, twenty-three are for Reed of Maine, eleven for Gov. Long of Massachusetts, and thirty-seven are non-committal. The correspondent of the CourierJournal, in summing up on officers of the House, names for Speaker John G. Carlisle; Clerk, John B. Clark, Missouri; Ser-geant-at-Arms, John B. Leedom, Ohio; Doorkeeper, Samuel Donelson, Tennessee; Postmaster, Lycurgus Dalton, Indiana.

Michigan Congressmen on the Silver Problem. Senator Palmer, of Michigan, who went to Chicago to attend the Fat Stock Show, said to a Tribune interviewer that he should favor the suspension of the silver coinage in the coming session of Congress. He believed the silver dollar should contain 100 cents’ worth of silver, and not eighty-five. As to the legislation subsequent to the suspension of the coinage, he said he had made up his mind as to what he should favor. He did not believe under any recommendation that the President might make in his annual message that the silver question would become a party issue. The Senator’s views were nearly identical with those of the Democrat who represents Detroit in the lower house—Congressman Maybury. The latter said, in an interview, he was opposed to the continued coinage of the dollar as it is, and, while not a single-standard man, he nevertheless be|ieved that they should be nearer together than at present. As to the views of the remainder of the Michigan delegation on the silver question, Mr. Maybury said he had talked with none of the members about it, but was inclined to the opinion that quite a number agreed with him.

Mr. Samuel J. Tilden is. building one of the largest and most complete conservatories in the country on his premises at Grevstone. It will be supplied with all kinds of fruit, so that fruit may be plucked the year round. William L. Parks, of Fall River, Mnss., has been driven insane by reading the reports of Boston’s big scandal, the 'jaber-Downes divorce case. A drama taken from Emile Zola’s “Germinal” was interdicted in Paris lately because it reflected upon the efficiency of the police. James R. Randalß, the poet'nditor, who wrote “My Maryland” when he was twentytwo, is about to publish his first collection of poems. Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, as Henry Grady leams, has received nearlv, SIOO- - from her books. It is feared that Gerster’s illness will prevent her coming to America this season. ~ r Gen. Adam Badeau’S novel is entitled “The Conspiracy.”

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Francis Knowles, a farm hanged himself at Richmond, f —Judge George H. Al ward, of South Bend, a pioneer of Northern Indiana, is dead, aged 31 years. —The Indianapolis Journal is impressed With the fact that “the standard of behavior at hangings needs to be raised.” —The agent of Johnson A Slavin’s Minstrels Was robbed by three highwaymen at Lafayette, the robbers relieving him of his overcoat, valise, and $14.95 in cash. Light Wright, the youngest son of Judge Williamson Wright, of was struck on the head by a runaway horse and died. The deceased was 21 years of age and a prominent young man. —A confectioner in Indianapolis gives customers the privilege of eating all the candy they can get away with at one time in his store for twenty-five cents each, and declares that he makes money on nine out of ten. '

—ln the Federal Court at Indianapolis, on the crossbill of the Portsmouth (Me.) Savings Bank, a decree of foreclosure and sale was entered against the Harrisons, the Encaustic Tile Works Company, and other property, to the amount of $84,927.54). —Hon. John Hiett, of Sugar Grove, Tippecanoe County, gave a grand dinner to his friends last week, in celebration of his 78th birthday. Among the guests were three old settlers, David Meharry, aged 77 years; John Gaines, 78 years; and Noah Insley, 78 years. —Near Chesterville, Dearborn County, Joseph Chance and his uncle, Charles Cadle, renewed an old quarrel, resulting in Chance being shot in the neck and Cadle’s receiving a fatal gunshot wound in the head. Chance surrendered himself to the authorities.

—Two-cent postage resulted in a deficiency of $6,756,345 for the year ending with June. Illinois is the only Western State showing a profit in postal operations, her surplus being $201,968. Indiana fell behind $497,000, and lowa $445,269. Both domestic and international money-orders decreased greatly in volume. —Mr. Samuel Favorite, of Lafayette, Ind., is in the city visiting his son, Calvin M. Favorite, and attending the Fat-Stock Show. Mr. F. is eighty-two years of age, and the picture of health. Thirty years ago he was a packer here, and was of the firm of J. G. Law & Co., and also of 8. Favorite & Son.— Chicago Journal. —Rondeau in Indianapolis Journal: When Love and I Canoodling went, The summer skv With joy was 'sprent. But not content, She stuck to I To the last cent. She hove a sigh When that was spent. When Love and I Canoodling went.

—The State’s Attorney at Washington states that the general land office has agreed to have the swamp-land claim of Indiana adjusted upon the basis of the evidence furnished by field notes. As there now remain in ‘the State no unpatented lands, not, already equitably the property of the State, no indemnity can be obtained without the intervention of Congress, and immediate action is therefore of no importance. It is estimated that the amount due the State from the Government on account of the sales of swamp lands is over SIOO,OOO, all of which belongs to the school fund.

—Farmer Miller left his home near the Indiana line in the early morning. He had a list of a few things his wife wanted “in town,” a luncheon, a package of tobacco, and a pipe, and he climbed upon his load of hay and jogged easily along. About noon he crossed the line of the city limits and was making his way toward the-market square when he missed his pipe. “Durned ’f I know what’s become of that ’ere pipe,” he exclaimed. As he drove down State street he went through all his pockets, but he could not get trace of his pipe. Then he heard the boys shouting and saw the people rushing to the windows as he passed. “Hain’t the durned fools ever seen a noble load of hay,” he muttered. At that moment a cloud of smoke and flame burst from the center of the load, the wagon keeled over, and the horses sloped. The grangerwaa fished out of the burning debris. “Durn that pipe!” he said. — Chicago Tribune. —A singular accident is reported from Johnson County. Miss Alice H. Lewis, of Edinburg, last week slipped and fell over a washtub, breaking one of her ribs. It is not remarkable that a girl should slip and ' fall, for anybody is likely to do so. Nor is it strange that she should break one of her ribs. Many a girl has had a rib broken ere this. But it is noteworthy that this young lady fell over a washtub. What could she possibly be doing about a tub? Surely, not using it. The only plausible explanation is that she came across the tub while accidentally passing through the kitchen or wash -house, and, seeing the tub, stopped to examine it, probably with the idea of discovering what ft was intended for. Not being used to it, she slipped and fell over it, breaking a rib as mentioned. It were rash to announce that she was in the act of using it at the time of the accident, Jest she be overwhelmed with letters from importunate suitors. The, local press wisely omitted the facts on this point.— lndianapolis Journal. •

—At Wabash burglars entered the residence of Isaac New, during the absence of the family, and packing up four silk dresses, two sealskin cloaks, SSOO worth of silverware, two gold watches and a large amountof other jewelry, made good their escape. The total value of property stolen will probably exceed $2,000. —Adolph Salinger, a clothing merchant of I Layfayette, has filed an assignment, scheduling liabilities of $-55,000, and giving preferences for $22,831.