Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1895 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

l Mrs. Lease has declined to run for 'Mayor of Wichita. j ' Five cases of small pox developed at Cinnd a,y. v 1 Gov. McKinley is seriously ill with influenza at Thomaaville, Ga. The United States Cordage Company has fold its Chicago plant to thd Deerings, its former owners. ? “ A gefieral strike of 'the textile fabric ■workers in the Providence, R. 1., district Is expected. Three negroes, suspected of barn burning, are reported to have been lynched near Tyler, Ala. The Reid Bros, packing establishment at Kansas City w.yi burn"! »»ip -'^nmtay —- Efforts to stop the beer war at Chicago, that has been been going on for several 1 months, have failed. •John O’Donnell, aged fifteen, of Westvlilc. N. J.. is under arrest for cracking the safe of a local store. Sixty-one victims of the mine horror at Red " Canon, Wyo., were buried, Sunday, with impressive ceremonies. During a storm in Alabama a woman and her son were killed and the husband totally blinded by lightning. It is feared that-tho order restoring separate Catholic schools in Manitoba will result In an open religious war. Jim Morrison, a notorious murderer and counterfeiter, of Alabama, was killed while resisting arrest near Toadville. Minister Thurston is now accused of having instigated editorials in the New York papers attacking the administration. Counsel for llarry Hayward sentenced to I e hanged for the murder of Catherine Gingat, Minneapolis, has asked for a new trial. The PAraerlcan Baptist Missionary JJnion is financially ombarassed. Its last fiscal year was closed with a deficit of 5200.000. The Arizona Legislature ad journed in a row. without making any appropriations for the maintenance of tho State government. Judge Hicks has decided that a foreign born woman who comes to the United States and marries a citizen of this tountry becomes a citizen of the United Mates. Reports from the rice planters of the Savannah district show that tho acreage planted there this year will be fully as treat as that of last year and probably

greater- ; W. Caivin Chase was sentenced to ninety Says’imprisonment for libeling C. H. J. Taylor, negro Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. The State Senato at Augusta, Mo. onanimously adopted by a rising vote a resolution to make Abraham Lincoln’s birthday a national holiday. A tornado devastated Augusta. Ga„ March 20. At least a dozen houses were destroyed. The extent of the damage throughout the country is unknown, Thomas Ranch, the desperado of the Btnte of Washington, who is known as the “Jesse James of the Northwest,’’ was killed by officers at Kent, Wash,, Thursday. * It, Is learned from an ecclesiastical auihority very near to Archbishop Corrigan that the latter received f,1,000 as his fee for performing the Uould-Castcllnnc wedding icremony. The marble monument of Heinrich Heine, rejected in Germany because of his republican utterances, will bo erected in Central Park, Now York, by Germantmericans. Grand Rapids. Minn., surgeons are interested in the case of Charles Olson, who lelies all precedents by living with the lop of his head off and the brain cavity llmost empty. Lycurgus Dalton, of Indiana, postmas ler of the House of Representatives, died it Washington, Sunday, Mr. Dalton was t native of Bedford, Ind. He had been leriously ill for a year, Lewis Pay no. a negro herihit, known as 'Uncle Frank,” who lived in acavoin llio rocks above Kanawha Falls, OT. was mind dead im his cave He was believed 10 no nearly one hundred years old. W. C. Chapman, of Chicago, once a nisslonary to Liberia, warns negroes not Jo emigrate to that country. Ho claims •hat it is extremely malarious and danterous for all foreigners, white or colored. A fatal gas explosion occurred in the Rocky Mountain coal company’s mine No. 5, at Red Canon, Wyo., Wednesday ivening. The death roll numbers fifteen »ud an unknown number of monaroenlorabed in the mine. Edward Fox, known as “Modoc,” a icwspapcr reporter of Now York, who acinired some notoriety by an interview with Sitting Bull following the Big Horn Massacre in which General Custer was killed, was drowned in tho Swan river, near West Australia, March 4. Lieut.-Gov. Sadler,of Nevada, elected by tho silver party last fall, lias announced his intention of ioaving that party ind going back to tho Republican fold. Sadler claims the party has not lived up to its platform pledges, and Ills action has nccasioncd some excitement In political tircles. Practically all tho whisky manufacturers of the country are now united, as a result of tins Chicago meeting, Wednesday, in the Spirits Distilling Association, pf which Receiver MeNulta, of the. whisky trust. Is chairman. This gives this assotiation absolute control of tho output of rpirits In the country. Lillie Schwartz, employed as adomestlc it Cincinnati, and sick with small pox, escaped from the control of tho Cincinnati health authorities and returned to her home at Mllliausen. She remained at the depot at Greonsburg for somo tirao talking witli friends, and sho also visited a store, where a number of peoplo were exposed to the contagion. The latest sensational dovel opment in the noted Fair will case at San Francisco Is that Insinuations are abroad that the dead millionaire died by poison, administered by persons in bis death taking place at a certain" time. Miss PtmobivOousiiis, who claims to have been the alliitnced wife of Senator Fair, broadly bints at nor suspicious thdt he had been given poison at more than one time. Tho President, Thursday, announced the following appointments: William M. Spring' r of Illinois, Judge of tho United States Court,of tho northern district of Indian Territory; Constantino Buckler Kilgore, of Texas. Judgo Of the United States Court of the southern district of t&dtun Territory. A number of appoint-

ments for United States Marshals am District Attorneys for Indian Territori were also announced. A protest has been received at tho Post office Department from Democrats at St T*eter Minn., against the action of Post-master-General Bisseli in retaining William Gresham, a brother ~oF Secretarj G esham altd a Republican, in the oflict of postmaster tirere. The office payi fl, r <oo a year. Postmaster Gresham’s terra expired Dec. 21, 1393. There were manj Democratic applicants, but all have beet informed that Secretary Gresham’s broth< er would be retained. -Hence the protest Commissioner of Pensions Lochren estimates that there will not be any decreased amount appropriated for pensions during the next three years aftei 1896. Tho amount appropriated for tilt fiscal year of 18%. in round nutubers, k 5140.000,000. For the present year tin amount was 5150,000,000, The reason foi the absence of any perceptible decrease i 3 that the falling off owing to deaths and other causes is almost counterbalanced by tho first paymonts in pension! allowed. Gen. PhTlip St. George Cook; who was Tulired from The regular army in is/4 after forty-six years of continual service, died at Detroit, March 20, aged eighty-live. Gen. Cooke was admitted to West Poinl at tin; age of fourteen, and had a remarkable military record. Although a Virgin* TanTnnlike most Southern officers —including his own son. Gen. Cooke, and his famous son in-law, Gen. Stuart—ho remained loyal during the rebellion. During tho peninsular campaign he was In command of a force directly opposite that of his son-in-law, Gen. Stuart.

FOREIGN.

Japan will loan 3.000,000 yen to Corea. The Peruvian revolution has resulted in a provisional government. The Kaiser formally closed the session of the State council at Berlin, March 21. Belgium artisans are now making an artificial cotton from wood pulp that threatens to revolutionize the cotton market. Herr Levitzow, President of the Reichstag, resigned because that body rejected a motion to congratulate Bismarck upon iris birthday anniversary. John N. Waller, formerly United States consul at Tamatave, Madagascar, has been sentenced by a French court-martial to twenty years’ imprisonment. Queen Victoria witnessed the “Battle of Flowers” at Nice, March 21. Miss Van Buren, of Now York, was awarded the first prize, her vehicle having been transformed with (lowers into a horn of plenty. ;, " ■. A shipload of dynamite exploded at Salmoutii-on-the-Rhine, March 20. Three other vessels were sunk. The disaster was appalling. The destruction of houses and other property was unparalleled. At least eleven porsons were killed. Tho cause of the explosion is unknown. The 1 curbstone brokers of Throgmorton street, London, ordered to “movo on” by the police, resisted and a riot ensued, March 21. A prominent member of the stock exchange expostulated with the officers and was arrested. A test caso will result to determine whether the street can bo used as an open market. Tho curbstone brokers habitually block the roadway daily from 4 to 0 p. m. The bill to disestablisii tho Church of England in Wales was moved to a second reading in tho Commons, March 21, byj Herbert Smith, Homo Secretary. In tho speech supporting tho measure Mr. Smith stated that there were only 110,000 members of the established church in Wales, while there wero 338,000 dissenters.

AN ENVOY’S DANGER.

I-i Hung Chang, the Chinese Peace Envoy, .Shot by s Japanese Assassin at Shlmonoseki. A Shimonoseki cable, March 24, says:. As Li Hung Chang, the Chinese envoyJ was returning to his lodgings in this place) to-day, after having attendod a confer-j ence with Count Ito and Viscount Mutsuj the Japanese plenipotentiaries, a young Japanese fired a pistol at him. The at-) tempt to assassinate tho representative of the Emperor of caused tho most) intense excitement, and on every sidcj thcro were expressions of deep regret.The would-be murderer was arrested.

LI HUNG CHANG.

It Is believed that lie was prompted to tho crime by misguided patriotism. Tho name of tho young man who attempted tho life of LI Hung Chang"ts Koyama Rokvinosukl. Li Hung Chang was shot in tho cheek. It is believed till at the wound is not serious. Prime Minister Ito has telegraphed to Hiroshima asking that Dr. Sato, the Imperial physician, bo sent toShimonoseki to attend the Chinese commissioner. The Ministor of State and a number of other officials have visited Li Hung Chang aqd expressed their regret at the occurrence. Every precaution has been taken by tho pollco and military to prevent any trouble.

THE FAILING QUEEN.

Queen Victoria Is rapidly failing. Cable advlcos, March 24, from London statd that It is well known among those familiar with court affairs that rheumatism of the knees has lately not only developed complete loss Of power ovor both legs, lint has extended to the back and arms, and that a fatal issuo Is lobe feared at almost any time. Tho Queen is still at Cimiez, Princess Beatrice, who Is now tbe Queen’s constant companion, has ol late been always present during her interylows with the Ministers, and Is recognized In official circles as practically the wlelderofall the royal prerogatives. It is well understood that tho Queen has willed to this favored daughter the bulk of her savings, telieved to be £1.500.0<X <#7.-500.0j6), together with Osborne, an# Balmoral, both residences being the private property of the royal mother.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

There is great need of rain in the vicinity jftL-DecatniL ... . 7 • ‘ ■ Columbus is bidding for the next G, A. R. Encampment. An Anderson seance brokenp in a rough-anil-tumble fight. * * r The cropi of maple syrup in Rush county is unusualiy large. I The next pension payment at the Indianapolis agency will bo May 4. Frederick Briggs, of Decatur. lost his foot by jumping from a train in motion. Mrs. William East, of Anderson, attempted suicide by taking paris green. Telephone rates have been reduced qt Terre Haute in anticipation of competition.

Cnarlcs Sluss, a farmer near Bloomington, was fatally injured by a fall from a building. Dr. A. I?. Pitzer, a prominent citizen of Tipton, died suddenly. Friday morning, of heart disease. Mrs. Thomas Catron of Clinton, 'while delirious from an attack of grip, killed jmxsfiLLwj.t k ra Lpaiatin There is a blood hound craze at Anderson. Several pairs of the dogs have been ordered from Alabama. There is an epidemic of grip at Gosport, and a religious revival in progress was obliged to close down. Charles Herron, of Crawfordsviile, has been named as a cadet to West Point, and Is to report there June 15. The Indianapolis extension of the gas belt electric railway, projected by Charles L. Henry, has been abandoned The ten-year-old son of A. L. Goshert, of Warsaw, was trampled to death by a horse while witnessing a parade. 6 Geo. W. Merrick, one of tho most prominent farmers of. Clinton county, has be T came suddenly and violently insane. Tho heaviest Snow storm of the season prevailed at Jeilcrsonvilie, March 20. Navigation on the Ohio was suspended. Richmond is to have a new canning factory. A company composed of Dayton. 0., capitalists has incorporated, with a capital stock of 520,000. Frederick" Briggs, a young Greensburg man, jumped on a freight train for a free ride, but fell and had his foot crushed, necessitating amputation. The supposed burglar who escaped from the police at Valparaiso, dropped his hat, which was marked inside with the name, “G. T. Reeves, Columbus, Ind.” F. It, Coffin, of Cincinnati, is under restraint at Jeffersonville. He is insane with the hallucination that all tbe peoplo of the world have become cocaine users, Ex-Representative Gill, of Huntington, was badly hurt by a runaway horse at that place, March 20, lie was unconscious, and the chances are against his re-

eovery. | Gaston gushes gloriously, greeting great grand gigantic gas gusher. Gas galore goes growling. Gee whizz! geroosalem! gemently! golly! gushesgasbclt. Gaston yreatly gratified. Gas inspector gloomy. Glorious gasbolt. Frank Yeagiey, of Montgomery county, who has been in numerous escapades, finally stealing a horse and sleigh from his brother-in-law, has been sentenced to »ne year's imprisonment. There is a thargo of forgery hanging over Yeagiey at Muncic. Mart Liter, a farmer, living in the suburbs of Crawfordsville, has a ewe, which, last Sunday gave birth to five average Sized lambs. All lived for a portion of tbe day, but before night three were dead. The other two still live and are vigorously healthy. As a result of a series of temperance rerival meetings at Crown Point,conducted by Buck Stanley, of Logansport, for the first tirao in fifty years the saloons at that place were closed last Sunday in deference to the Sunday law. Altogether 70J persons signed the pledge. 2ln an interview at Laporte, Saturday, Col. Ingersoli said that the next RepubIcan candidate for President would come from one of the Western States and would be a free silver advocate. Col, Ingersoli tnnounccd that he is yet a Republican, but will take no part in any future campaign. Manilla Is becoming noted for its fat people, Five men employed In Trees’s ‘levator stepped on a scale together. Their combined weight was 1,635 pounds, in average of 207 pounds. It Is asserted that there are fifteen other persons in that little villago who will each weigh 200 pounds and more, r>The Interstate Hydraulic Company, capital #100,00.), has been organized at South Bond to build a dam In the St. Joicph river. It is proposed to furnish slectric power to run all t.ho machinery >f South Bend, Niles, Buchanan and Berrien and for an electric railway to Si. Joseph, Mich. Montgomery county farmers are complaining of drought. They say the ground Is wet for about a foot, then hard and dry Tor ten or twelve feet down. They regard the network of ditches in the country as a positive evil at present and say that thebeating rains of April and May will all run off without wetting the «earth properly.

The saloon keers of Decatur aro Indignant ovor the passage of the Nicholson bill. They have heon holding secret meetings, and it has leaked out that they Intend to stop all Sunday business, compelling drug stores cigar stores and livery stables to close" tight. Several announce that as Soon as their present license expires they will not apply for license again out will retire from the business. Joseph Wade, serving a life sentence in the Prison North for the murder of John Brown near Irvington In tho winter of 1880. was pardoned by Gov. Matthews, Thursday The pardon was secured through the efforts of ox-Warden Murdock, Warden French and Hon. John C. Shoemaker. Wado ha 3 been a model prisoner. lie (s in bad health. Mrs. Brown, convicted a 3 an accomplice, is Hill in prison. At tho residence of Hon W. (5, Cole-, yick, of Fort Wayne, Isabella Workman, aged ninety-live, died. March 21. She was born a slave In the family of Nell Gillespie, the grandfather of the late James G. Blaine, and after the emancipation proclamation was kept iu the family of I>avid 11. Colerick and descending to his son Walpole, at whoso house she died, James G. Blaine .oto his visits Ito Fort Wayne always made It a point to see “Aunty” Workman. | Livingston Cosgrove was arrested at

identified as an escaped convict from Columbus, 0., where he was under ten year sentence for highway robbery. He escaped ift April, 1893. after nearly killing -his guard. CoSgrbve begged the FragkfbrT authorities not to return him to Columbus, brrC~'ifiStPSfl""to"Traris I eFUTm to Lo~ Hans port, wliere there- was a reward of 1200 for his arrest. It is believed that he belonged to the gang of burglats who indulged in a running fight with the officers 3 at Voedersburg, two weeks ago*. The State Financial Board, composed of Gov. Matthews. State Treasurer Schultz and State Auditor Dailey-, has sent out notices of tho sale of temporary loan bonds of the State. Tho board offers for sale 5535,000 of bonds, which are to replace the 3.H per cent, bonds failing due April 1. The new bonds are to be sold at a rate not exceeding 3% per cent.' The bonds are to bo redeemable at the-pleasure of the State after fifteen years, and are payable in twenty years frpjn April 1, 1895. The bonds, it is announced, will be issued in denominations to suit tho purchaser. Several months ago Martin fourteen years old, son of Jacob Rose, near Kingsbury, 'Suddenly and mysteriously disappeared, and thefamily finally settled to the conclusion that he had been kidnapped and-was being hold for ransom. Photographs were sent in every direction, accompanied by offers of a handsome reward, but no- clew was secured untii Wednesday, when it was ascertained that he had been abandoned by his abductors at F’t. Keogh, Mont. 2 Jacob En o'ick, a wealthy German, living near Shcibyville, is nearly crazed by 1 petty persecutions perpetrated by unknown parties. Sunday night they removed tho shutters from his lower windows, tore down his fences, broke out his window light 3, shot off revolvers and committed other excesses, winding up with informing the frightened German that he would have to leave the country. Mr. Emeriek is one of the best respected residents in the neighborhood, and lie and his friends are at a loss to account for these attacks. S' The custodian bill which was “lost jn the shuffle” at the closing session of the Indiana House of Representatives, together with the veto message of Governoi Matthews, was unofficially brought to the office of Secretary of State Owens, Friday, by William G, Beach, who claims to have rescued the papers from a grate in u room in tho State House, where an attempt had been made to burn the same by parties unnamed by Mr, Beach. Secretary OSvens will take the advice of Attor-ney-General Ketcham before announcing the legal status of the bill. Jacob Miller, a farmer, was* stopped by tramps in the vicinity of Littleton, and robbed of considerable money. He trailed tho gang to Bremen and secured warrants for their arrest, but when Marshal Kaufman and his deputies undertook to serve process thero was a battle, in which a number of shots were exchanged. Citizens came to the marshal’s assistance, and six of the fellows wero captured and lodged in jail. Marshal Kaufman received a shot through his hat, and Frank Nehr, an express driver, not concerned in the affray, was marked by a bullet which grazed his skull. The tramps were taken to South Bend for trial. The Brown county asylum, located neai Nashville, with all the outbuildings burned, Thursday. The loss is #3,000. Th< inmates were removed to Nashville and given quarters in the court house, pending permanent disposal by the county commissioners. - •—_l_——

CONGRATULATIONS FOR BISMARCK.

Three special trains having on board nearly four hundred members of the Reichstag and of tho Prussian Diet, arrived at Fredrichsrqbe, Monday, vand were received at the railroad station by Count Herbert Bismarck, Count William Bismarck, Count Von Rantzau, husband of Prince Bismarck’s daughter, and by Count Von Waldersee. The deputationi proceeded to the castle front, where they were received in a body by Prince Bismarck. Herr Von Koeiier, president ol the lower House of the Prussian Diet, made a speech congratulating Prince Bismarck on the approaching eightieth anniversary of his birth. The Prince in reply made a speech thanking the deputations for their kind wishes. Ten police captains and wardmen wen indicted by the New Yotk extraordinary grand jury, March 18, for various offenses. All were placed under arrest and gav» bail. The offenses charged against the men are bribery, perjury, extortion and conduct unbecoming policemen, as unearthed by the Lexow commttoe.

THE MARKETS.

Mar 26,1895. In (Harm poll*. GRAIN AND HAW Wheat—s4%c; corn. oats, 33>£c; rye, 45c; hay, choice timothy, #9.0). i.ivie stuck. CATTr.it Shippers, #3.00'M.75: Stockers. $3.0001)3.50: heifers. #2.2504.00; cows, f 1.50,<i)3.75; bulls, #2.0003.75; milkers,#lß.oo (UJ40.00. H0g5—#3.0004.50.' Sqjcrci* —#2.0004.25. I’OUI.TUY AND OTIIK.n PIIODUCO. (Prices Paid by Shippers.) PotTT.TUV — liens, 7c per 15; chickens, 7c; cocks, 3c; turkeys, toms, 4c; liens, 7c per lb; ducks. 6c • per lb; geese, #4.B<K<S#s.4o per do/., for choice. Eggs—Shippers paying 10c. Kuttkk —Choice, 10012 c. 1 lon ic y—lßc Fkatiikus—Prime geese, 30032 c per lb; mixed duck, 20c |M*r Ib. Beeswax— 211 c for yellow; ilsc for dark. Woor.—Medlhm unwashed, 12c; Cutiswold and coarse combing, 10012 c; tu"nwashed. 16018 c; burry and unmerchantable. 5c less. Hunts —No. 1 G. S. hides, No. 2 U S. hides, 4>£c. Chicago. WnKAT—54c; corn, 45j£e; oats, 29%c; pork, #11.70; lard, #6.75. New mrU. Wiikai—6o.S,'c; corn. 52T-R ovts; ; llitltliiiore. Wheat— corn. 40*4-“ oats, 37c)«j St. Conl«. Wheat—-53’y'c; corn. 42!-Ic; oats, 307* -> I’aflu Id|> it». Wheat—Go;ic: corn, 49%'c; oats, 37, l <c MiimoitpoiU. - Wheat—No. 1 hard. 61*. Detroit. Wheat— sß%c: corn, 455; oats, 33^0. Kant UlM»rty. H005—#3.0004.45; cattle, #1.8005.30.

PERILS OF PERU.

Bloody Revolution in the Land r - 7 ——- Thousands ot Dead Bodies tj ng Unbarled in tn« streeis of Lima A Washington special, March 21, says: A dispatch wa*s received to-night by Secretary Gresham from Minister McKenzie, in Peru, in reference to the recent revolution there. According to Mr: McKenzie, there was bitter ami sustained lighting in and around Lima for three days. At tho end of t!iis time there was over, a thousand dead bodies lying unburied In the streets, and both sides Were ex.hausted. An armistice was agreed noon to permit the dead to be buried, and the wounded cared for. After this was finished, negotiations were still continued and finally an agreement of some sort w: s reached by the leaders of' tho contending factions, but the details of this' were not learned by tiie minister. Somo sort of a provisional government now seems to bo in control. , : 7 ' - A London cable, —March 21, says: A dispatch to the Times from- Lima says that the loss in killed and wounded on both sides in the fighting about the capital was 2.000. No foreigners were killed. The city Is now quiet. —A Buenoa Avres cable. March. 21, savs:.! Advices from Peru are to the effect that President Caceras has resigned, and that the provisional government, formed after the conclusion of the armistice between the government and the insurgents, which preceded Gen. Caceras’s resignation, consists of representatives of both the beligerents. The provisional government wiil issue a decree ordering the holding of new elections.

DEATH OF GEN. ADAM BADEAU.

A Man One* Famous As a Favorite With Ben. Grant. Gen. Adam Badean, who was on .the staff of Gen. Grant, as military secretary, afterwards Consul-General to London, died at Ridgewood,' N. J , March 20, aged sixty-four. Hen, Badean wasborrT In Westchester county. New York. ' Ho was a newspaperman at tho outbreak of the war. At tho opening of the Vicksburg campaign he was captain of volunteers and assigned to duty as aid-de-camp to Major-General U. S. Grant, for whom at that date—and until iB6O he went to

GEN. ADAM BADEAU.

London as consul-general—he acted as secretary. After the death of General Grant, Badeau brought suit against Mrs. Grant for the royalty on the “Memoirs” of her husband, alleging that he had written the book, a claim which he was not able to substantiate, and for which he was much criticised. Since then be has been doing occasional newspaper work.

FRYE FAVORS FIGHTING.

The Senator From Maine Would Like to Go to War With Spain. A Washington special. March 20, says: Senator Frye was asked to-dav what he thought of the prospect of an amieabfte, Settlement Of the Allianca difficulty with Spain and replied:- “It looks as if Spain would make tho required apology, and. if 10, all will soon be settled. I had hoped It would be otherwise and that Spain would assume such a belligerent tone that it would be necessary for the United States to go over and take possession of Cuba. We certainly ought to have that Island In order to round up our possessions a& they should be. and if we cannot buy It, I, for one. should like to have an opportunity to acquire it by conquest.” Inasmuch as Mr. Frye is a member of the Senato committee on foreign relations, his utterances possess considerable llgnlficance, indicating as they do tho sarly revival of efforts to acquire Cuba.

FREE SEEDS FOR SALE.

It has been represented to Secretary Morton that members of Congress have disposed of their quotas of seed in a way not contemplated by law, and ho recently took step* to investigate. At his direction the agent of the seed department negotiated for the purchase of a member’s ihare. and the former soon v, rought to tho Secretary the written order of a member for fully seventy-live pec cent, of his annual quota, which was offered for sale at 175. The purchase was made, and tho tgont gave his check for the money which was indorsed by the member and is now in the Secretary’s possession.

ANOTHER TAYLOR.

A New York special, March 22, say*: , Wm. L. Taylor, of Laurel Hill, L. 1., a traveling salesman for B. Diaz & Co., importers of tobacco, who arrived on the I Ward line steamer Saratoga, said lie was held a prisoner Orizaba, by the Spanish government at Havana for sixteen hours. ; l’aylor was suspected by the Pinkerton ietectlve from Havana of being State Treasurer W. W. Taylor, of South Dakota, who is a fugitive from Justice. Charles Ice. of Lvnn, pleaded guilty Dn ten charges of selling liquor in quantities less than a quart and permitting it to be drunk-on the promises, and he was fined, with costs added, amounts aggregating almost #SOO. The castes were brought by tho temperance people of Lynn, who secured the services .of a detective. 'lhe detective, in the guiseof a tramp, visited Ice’s place and drank to i toiccss.

BRER WHANGDOODLE BAXTER.

Borne Good Advice in Quaint ana . _ Homely Form. , 1 Texas Siftings. *.

called brassT- A book agint waa oncet struck by litenin, an’ de place whar ho stood looked as if a brass cannon had been melted dar. De life ob de book agint is fuller wormwood an’ gall. Yer kin hardly se-de wormwood. = Dars lots ob folks what trabbles on dar cheek. I seed one at the ralerode deno’. He jumped from de train when hit was in moshun. A man nebber really finds out what cheek means ontil he sees de mill boss what has bin instrumental in cuttiu’ down wages wal?in around wid de contribution box in church. In mv erpinyun de climax ob gall is fur er man ter require de loan ob my umbreller, ’cause he ain’t gwinter want it on!es3 de sun’s powerful hot, or it’s er rainin’, an’at dem times I needs my umbreller mysefJ wineyard, Sam says dat er man should be ninety-five per cent, backbone. Huh, dat don’t leab much for cheek. Cheek is de tite rope on which crafty men often crosses the chasm ob ignunce to success. Cheek boldly enters whar modesty dar not pull da dore bell. Julius Seezer, who frura his name must hab berlonged ter de African race, wrote dat all gall was divided inter free parts, but dar is niggahs Vn dis congregashmr who rod - ter preach widout any celery, who Beems ter hab got it all an’ underttided. If you’d succeed -- - ' " Have lots ol> gall— And neblier fool Wid alcohol.

Repairing a Bridge 1,800 Years Old.

Scientific American. It has taken two years to partly rebuild a bridge at Rome, which, it is stated, dates from the time of the Emperor Adrian, an assertion which is in strict consonance with many other remarkable features distinguishing the Eternal City. It doea not appear that the necessity for the partial reconstruction arose from any absolute want of repair in the ancient structure itself, but was due to the new conditions to which tbe bridge was subjected in consequence of the works undertaken in connection with the improvement of the River Tiber. These included the better regulation of the course of the river, a widening of the channel and a raising of both banks. Tbe result was that at one end the approach to the bridge was below tbe level of the newly raised hank. Originally, the structure consisted of three principal arches of 56 feel span each, and three smaller ones of 12 feet. Th'e latter were for the purpose of allowing the passage of floods, and have now been replaced by a pair of arches of the same span as that of those first built, which brings the roadway of the bridge almost on a level. The structure as it now stands has five elegant and symmetrical arches of equal span. In fact, if it were not for the difference in tint of the old and new Sasonry, it would be almost imposble to distinguish the handiwork of to-day from that of nearly 1,809 years ago.

Mean Trick, He Thought.

Cincinnati Tribune. Johnn_y Hodgin has a bright boy, but Jobn has a great aversion to telling all his boy’s bright sayings. This story came from another source: A caller was at the house a night or two ago, and he wanted to get into little Jack’s good graces. “Hello. Jack,” he said, “how are you gettingnlong?” “I’m well,’-’ said Jack.* “Glad Christmas is coming, ain’t you?” “Naw,” said Jack “Why, what’s the matter with Christmas? I thought every boy loved Christmas.” “Yes, but I heard sister tell me ghe was goin’ to get paw a new pair of slippers. That’s a mean trick, I think.”

One of the most curious accidents ever known recently happened at Dieppe. France. A Canadian bark load«d with flint stone pounded against the quay,the flint struck fire and the vessel was ignited. Ithad been used for car yiog petroleum and was full of Inflammable vapors. Tbe bark was entirely destroyed. The popular idea that Kentucky has more distilleries than any other State is a delusion. The latest Government abstract of statistics gives New York 1,310 against only 844 (or Kentucky.

HIS EBEMN* etesubjee’ ob my discose is gall^ which is some* - times likewise called cheeks I nolises in de papers dat nerve food is advert tised. Dis is de kind ob food de man eats wh<| wants ter ocker-* py two seats 19 er crowded rail-* road kear. Book aginti • has lots of gall w h i c h is also