Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1869 — Page 1

i%.|kjsstlacr Sshoii, Every Thursday by tmm "TSsb wj ~.i iPaitiisi’A;. 'I *. ■;■ |f *u>»cri»«il#M.*a«,V«a.T,U» A*va«yce f E "" HATES OF ADVERTISING. 13« j( ioeft** IfCgS kvvyMfcMqnoat JjMeriloa *r.*• ' • “» A.cl»».rll.*ra«aU uuL.unUcr ‘contract mast ®CWj. will he dtfntlnucd and elwKOdl until :ota<>roA ««g t l YMrty %l*VrH4h* WW bo cHarged extra »or Dissolution Notices riftt connected with tlvclr recular linalncse. A|l lorelijn NwiwiOTflutf thupfc g*, P*M, "pSMVkw ess, ouo year fS.CU - —-rf—- ■■• l I ■■ • ■■ ■ ■■ ■ ''Ml "w-—r * , lm. -»m, *«n. • ly. fSh wares 6.00 V.OO l4joll x ' 'ifcXQ 4 Column 10.00 1100 1«.00 MOIt 4 Column' ~U.~« ' ---■- ■!*■.■ . r -—- t Column »#ioo 30 00 45.00 OQ.OO * JO If WoII K . *• .'•* < ; •*v«' r u -wj'.'t: •< . ’ ia*ntfllioetl»lllr; MNir lag* • • • $3.00 Vuartef do 2Jsjj Waif -do do ... 3.2« Full do ■ ■ 3**> - • - 4.50 limiting with iiKatuodg and dlupiifcb, having '.lie united job mote rial of two otlicoj. fii'diun remWtfdHj 4ollSte4Lhnd satisfaction guaran uei - . jH.i ' •VI '' ; ’ •“

PROFESSIONAL CARDS, ■*.. - • •: '•».* ~ KJUVIV n, JXJ M3IOHD. VUtiMAo. J. STITLIiH *'.HAMMOND & SPJTLER, ATTpftnm AT Mw, Reassolaer, Indiana. )Sff*Olfice In Court llouatv .1 ' • •“ £ -—i- -si. Ijr, r' •\T>T r •" *v.r * f r_ • i rt *r . ■ . .*' / n. «. pwtggik* fl. r. tuoiu xon. D WIGGINS Is THOMPSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW, | lHUjl.lC, ltr.ul Fatale and -t-W Ins'ir.im o lit.', fl v. s-.Ukl.'aKh ’ Txtt* Olßco In McCoy'g ll uik Kuiidiog. uii-Ktaira. .. 1-1. lj. ■ r ’ ,J -- - Wm. L. McCOMELL, iITTOM-ET JLTIAW . , -AX DRENSSELAKH, IfiEJAKA OtUoe In Ijtrni.VHtone Bixffdinif tit "t-Ht-a. .v - ri i. iy. t : .:r„••• •••> ...- -- . a* . o &'j I *?O ‘ ’ ■ i‘> U\' i -'•A **•!,-■ .. i . .. 'i.-i T (aKOsH'CiE ,W. H \SCA^!, REAL ESTATE t GENT . am*, ivt WOTART 3?TlTEmip, , • aicmtufton, ?nd/auo. AH ImattMWs Htlnmlnii t<> 'Blank Deiyis and Mortgage* at ways ou baud. 1-17-ts." ’ - ’. V '*'s ' DR.' J. H.' LOIfGHEIDGE, Hensselaor, * « > Indiana. sart>ffl«e on IViiHuluglon street. - l-J.-l.v. ' :.:V—ir— * JjiL. ■+■ —r — rTT-“ ——~—~— - DR. Ju. MOSSr Orpuia—Front room, up slalfe. first lon, Bhiwrgtnrt'iJ nl I u f 1 tg'p'fiFasso law, 'lni:' ■ - - 1,1. ly. • a. ItlcEOV A TB0^1^’;)71, 13 A.NirTIIIS. •RENSSEUAEI?, INDIANA, . and soil Oeln.' end IlomestlciKgchasge *n*Rj Collections on ati available points, pay Interest ,'oueuaelrted timSdcnosltea, and transact ♦lt husltieKilnlbelMlnis. ITPOtllce hours, from 9 a. W.‘to 4 p. tn S> . BO 54 IJ. Hi

TO SfrttOQL TE.JkUIEHS. PUBLIC, EX of Applicants for Lioenoe to Touch will Pc held fit"ttte Bl*huol *pbtjso fa ■ itaflsse- ‘ laer, on tlie •'* Third Saturday in Each Month. Thd^hwV'’■Wnpiit'es Unit applittants jn]st hnVjs ft cfci'ti ficaftrof good moral character, fro#V the Thistec of; the Township in whkdrUtey Q ri!»ide. . < :KO. School lExamiuet, Jasper'Cbgnfy. 1-6-lar is - /ap*6Aa^;;ii tZ .. r ::' ' > —. .. - . ■ -• m. D U V A LL’S, BLACKSMITH SlipP Is in operation, next ctoor above the Express Office lljjyjli ind. All kinds of blickamithing done to order ■■— ■■ .... .ink I »k.L - .... -4 ——— AUSTIN HOTEL J o . ft . , Justin, Having tensed the Uqupe lately occupied by 0. W, JUuikte, and fitted it up in good stylo n«%- Hotjol ( would respectfully Infonn the , that he is prepared to accommodate 1 ’ , Sra.sass.ssS kept In ooiHMctlon with the house, where thrStock.of travelers will be property wftmjdcdrto by cwdanri erg*, - '-v* * “ *““*•HgHIS 1,1 VERY STABLE. Hacks ran- dally (Sunday* excepted) („■- fWeeul fttnMi'laer and Bradford, o«4par ( & [, ft R.and between Rensselaer aim Uensl t ,g(<« on the T LA B, R R. I t c JlorseaandXarrlages to let el vrotwoliable *f**. ‘ I W.-&'*.ofDnval|. » / ‘

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

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I. n. tTAOCnQUHBw . , ;f. D. BTACKIIODBK nENSSELAER FURNISHING HARDWARE STORE. beg lcnve to Invito the attention o the people' of Jasper Mid Newton cnonlhts, uml the rent of mankind, to our ful and oouiplete stock of NAII.S, GI.ASB. er.tstti DOORS, in"i i v, 1.0CK3, non*. STRAP HINGES^ TAEhT. and POCKET. C’UTLtHty. WHITE T.FAIT, 1-iN tilsED AND COALOIU nnd Ivei ' thing elso usually kept In n well rrgululfd luti Uwaid store.

AI.SO. /TdfIKINO AND Ul'V\riNG STOVKS "J 110 lalt-st styles and In I'lidl-is v:u irty. _ J ' ■ . ■ r I TINW'ARI'i of iiTi Vfn.is; ou t every- -- thing i-Uc msii.illy kept in a well ordered stove .-.tui e. 3 . (HAIRS, T4ELES, SAFES CRIES, WASH-STANDS, JWKEADO. mid everrlhing r-lio tismftly kept jn e preperl cppilm-ted Furniture etore. ’•Vo keep eonsteatl}’ employed the very host of tinners and oaldust makers, and are therefore prepared to Ho repairing or Job work, in either depanmeut, at all times. O K FIN IS .oCall styles l>cpi e..n umitly nil' hand or yna.de to order on short notice, at the lowest possible rales. ~VTT Imake It our business ,to furnish ' ’ eveiyilring needed tu . niULD OR FDRXISU .ZZ. a htnisq. Call and sea us before purchasing "elsowliore. 1-1 It STACIiHOU.SE A KUO CLACKPIIPII- . O.T, AND WAGOJN SHOP,!

NORMAN WARNER R*7'OULD respectfully announce to »v the Citizens of Jasper and nor- 1 rouniliiip counties, thht he is still carrying on , the business of Jilncksniithlnu' and ’Vlfagoninakmg in all their branches, at his old stand on Front street,- Henssclavr, Ind. He Is now prepared to put up the best of ’'' ’ • ' #s•' ’ ■ - .' U Wagons, w Buggies, ■ Plows, out of the best, material. He will also fur nigh you tfith a \VI f EtetJ-B Anu<) w >o Very low figures, If yriw wan! to do your pyrin Wulhtß>r Vj He keeps on huhfl. or will make to ofddr/dfc* 4JteVljA'st single or pofiipu Shovel Jplc^s : to lie had anywhere, and at tfa lnoderaßK priceP, Repairing of ajl kinds diHiefh gctodatyle, and on short notice. blacksmWphiwo ! WARNKR is prepared to <|o all kintte of .hlturkaiuithing, on short notice. If ydti wont a horse shod, it will ho done-on ocieifcUflc principles at his shop. AH.kiiV'hiof ijepalrtfTg in If on or itfuel duno in a durable He keeps nOß*j but the BEST WOJIKMKS i*nd wo* nothing bi)t thd heal o rnstertaf. and cun warrant ail ho sells (aOiVe Nennf-oxcaH at the old stand I Mid his stock ajpl leajp his l-priceA. Kcrnv* ooeb. „., v * MfiVSxHRnB.!- fcfcj, . * i r

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, APRIL 1, 18(59. i 1 * 'i a l : V 11-■ ' ■ - - ; - - * ■ - r.fl ...... * m.

BIIALLIDRAW THEIR FIRE! ,(L, 1 j-i . '■>*,( »!■ /■■ Do you think he was tired of living, 'Flic soldier who calmly said, ’ :c “Shall I draw their Tire?”—stepped forward, < . And straightway fell down—dead, The troop rushed onward in safety, And gained their ground at a sti ide: Do you think that they or the angels Forget why their comrade died? I think that man was but doing Tito work he was set to do, And found not death, but new life, by The gate which his soul passed through. Years after we read In the stoiy, And thrill with a high desire Fnawakened bv shouts of glory, His words, “Mhali 1 draw their lire?” Ah! heroes of self-surrender, Never in vain ye die, While there Isa wrong to conquer Or a right to lift thereby. Forerunners in ways of doty, Never alone ye fall, While touching the holy footprints Of the Lord who died for all. Minnie Fry.

The Skeleton Hand.

Yielding to a miserable habit had ruined me. It had blasted ury prospects, destroyed my bnsiuess, alienated my friends, and brought me down to the lowest point of existence. The habit altogether overcome me. In vain I struggled against it. The imploring looks and words of my wife; the sight of my wan-faced and emaciated children turning their eyes to me, the author.at once of their being and of their misery; the spectacle of the proud home and broad lands, once mine, but now in the hands of strangers—all these, which might well have stung to madness or driven to despair a less degraded being, reached me not, nor affected lm. in the depth of my degradation. I had reached a point at widely no motive that ndglit be urged could any longer affect me. One evening 1 was sitting in niy miserable borne. The children Were asleep in bed. They had cried themselves to sleep in hunger. My wife sat opposite to me ou the other side of the wretched .tire-place stitching some rags of clothing. 1 w-ir sullen and silent.. At last 1 felt a craving for the stimulus that now was necessary to my life. - Kising, I walked to the cupboard where it was kept. My wife knew Well my intention. She followed me with her eyes. I went there desperate and careless—only eager for the gratification of my appetite. I reached forth my hands, tremblingly seized the battle, and ■was about raising it to my lips. lint at that very in staTiT, jniFTltr the bottle touched my lips, I felt a terrible sensation. It nBM4U4i «nHt b«d gtwpetVmy throat. “Wife!” I cried in a fierce voice. “Hag! do you dare?” and turning with clenched fist, I struck at what I supposed was my wife.— .For I thought that slue Was trying 'in this violent way in desperation to keep me front drink** Hut to my surprise I saw my wife sitting by the fire-place with her work in her hand, lookiug at me in wonder.

It could not have been her evidently. A terrible feeling passed through mo. ‘Shuddcringly I raised my hand to sees what it was that was at my throat, or if there was any thing there at all, which seemed to be "grasping me so tightly. , Horror of horrors! As 1 raised my hand I felt the unmistakable outlines of a bony thumb and bony fingers pressing against my flesh. It was a skeleton hand that clutched me by the throat. Aly hand fell down .powerless by j*ipy side; thu bottle crashed on the floor. My children aVokc pt the noise, and wife and children all stared at me withrwhUe faces. There I, trembling in every limb, stood transfixed with terror, the awful feeiihg of the supernatural now fully possessing me. Unable to speak I gasped with fear. J drew ftwnyjny body, but my bead was Still held by thpjflsunb.dread and iuvisibf* ftowef. 'I could not .move Thai, in v . * f <Ai: ; Unspeakable horror filled me.— NonoJjut those i|ho have experienced something like this know what it is to have.wuch fi'clings. The btjf}j' uctms 'paralyssed, white the , mind sdems to bo endowed with exiraprdinary activity, and thus powSeases n«w cajraeil4c« for HuflVriug. But «Up«t IW* tho grasp tel at;

OM COUNTRY AND OVR UNION,

1 1 daggered hack, the grasp ceased J altogether, and I drew off to another corner of the rooni, endeavoring to go ns'fav as possible from the placo where this mysterious thing had seized me. Soon my wife and children turned away, tho former to work, the latter to sleep. They knew not what it was that had affcctod me, but concluded that it was some pain arising from sickness or sudden faintness.— 1 did not speak a word, but resumed my former seat. And now, gradually, my craving returned. Yet bow could I satisfy it? My bottle was broken. It lay in fragments on the floor. All my liquor was gone. What was I to do? The craving became irresistible. I bad to yield. So I took my hat, fumbled in my pockets and found a few cents, and taking an old bottle- thfit lay in a corner, I went forth into the darkness, It was not without some feeling of trepidatiort that I entered the dark passage-way. Fear lest the same Thing of Horror might return agitated me. 15ut I passed on finharmed, and reached my old resort, where 1 laid my bottle on tho counter. The clerk soon filled it. With an irresistiblo impulse I clutched the bottle and rushed forth to drink the liquor.

I hurried off for a little distance and -camo to the head of a wharf.— Here, unable any longer to resist my craving, I pulled out the cork so aS to drink. It was very dark. No one was near me. In the distance arose the low 7 hum of the city; ont'in the harbor might be heard the noise of sailors and boatmen. I had a general idea of .this as I fttood there, though all my thoughts were concentrated on the bottle. At last I raised it to my mouth. Scarce had the bottle touched my ’lips When again I ex-perienccd that terrible feeling. •' iTf 7 My throat was seized; this time more violently, more fiercely, as if s(sme power which had already warned me, and was enraged at having to repeat the warning. My Threat was compressed painfully in that fierce gripe; there was anger in it. A thrill of horror again shot through me. Again the bottle fell from my trembling hands and was crushed to fragments upou the stone pavement Again I raised my hands to my throat, though in deadly; fear; but the motion was mechanical—a natinvoluntary effort to tear -Trwrrr tht 7 thirtg that had—scizcd-nty-throat —to free myself from ill£. paill of that mysterious grasp. Again then I raised my hands, and again I felt there under my touch, plainly and unmistakably, the long, hard, bony hand which I had fflt before. One touch wns euougli. My hands fell down. I tried to shriek, but in vain. I gasped for breath, and thought that I would be suffocated. But at length the grasp slowly and unwillingly relaxed. I breatf led more freely. At length tho touch

was no longer felt. I paced the streets for a long time. At first every vestige of my appetite had been driven away by the horror of .that moment,. As time passed it began to return. Once moro 1 felt the craving: True, the fear of another attack was strong, and for a long time deterred me; but at last the craving grew too strong for the fear. ! Nerving myself up to a desperato pitch of resoHftTon, I rushed back to the shop where i had last purchased the liquor. “See here!” I cried; “I’m crazy for a drink; I broke that bottle! Give me a glass, for God’p sake—only one glass!” Something in my face seemed to excite the man’s commiseration. He poured oht a glass for me in silence. Ytitli trembling eagerness I reached-out my hand to seize it.— With tnimblihg baud I raised it toward'rity lip*.-. The grateful fumes already entered my nostrils. My lips already touched the £dge of the glass. 1 1 Stiddetily my throat was seized with a tremendous grasp". It was as though the PoivC’f tvhlcli 1 was tormenting me had become ch : ragod by my repeated acts ol Opposition, and wished now Jay this final act to reduccyue to forever , ;

It was as if this Power was using with mo the means of ooeroion which one uses witji a dog, viz: beat him for each offense, and each timo harder till he is cured. This time tho grasp was terrible, it was fiercer than -ctor;, (jilick, impetuous. In that droad grasp my breath peased. I struggled. My senses reeled.— I raised my hands in my despair. I felt again the,bony fingers. I moved my hands along bony arms. ‘ • ' In my madness I struggled. I struck out my fists wildly. They struck against what seetned like bony fibs. , ' The time during which I thus struggled seerfied endless. The horror that was upon roe can not be told. At last all sense left me. When I revived I found myself lying on a rude bench in tho bar.— It was early dawn. No one was near. All my bones ached. I rose up confusedly, not knowing at first where I was, but soon, tho .terrifio event which had overpowered me came to my memory. < I rose to my feet, and tried to get out. The noise that I made awaked some one insidp. called out to me. „

“Hello there! Are you off?” “Yes,” I said. “Wait, I’ll let you out.” He appeared in a short time. “You had a bad turn,” said he, not unkindly. “You’d better take care of yourself, and not be out atnigbls,” I thanked him and left. When I reached the house my wife waked up and looked half fear- ! fully at me. Amazement can\e over her face us she saw that I was sober. I kissed her and sat down in silence. She looked at me in wonder.— Tears fell from her eyes. She said j nothing, but I saw that she was I praying. i As soon as the shops were opened j I went out and managed to procure ! some food which I brought to the ’ room. I then left to go to m.y em- ! ployment. Through the day I felt an incessant craving, but my horrt>? was so great that I would far rather have cut my throat than risked having that hand there again. As the days passed the horror remained undiminislied. It was .simply impossible for me to seek for intoxicating drink. I dared not. My wife said nothing. I saw however, by her soft eyes, the gentle joy of her face, and.. the . »weet, 1 loving smile u'ith whiqh she welcomed mo home, how deeply this ehange in roerhad affected her- . Weeks passed and gradually tho s VMS was the remembrance of that dread exof mine that the horror remained fresh and unabated. To relapse was impossible. I dared not.. Thus forced to be sober, my cumstauces improved rapidly.— There was no longer any danger of want. Comfort came, and peace, and hope, and pure domestic joy.

Remorse for the sufferings winch I had caused to my sweet wife made me more eager to make amends for the past, that so I might efface bitter memories from her mind. The revulsion of feeling was so great for her that she forgot that 1 had ever been other than kind. I made no. parade of reform. I made no promises, and no vow. Nor did she ever allude to the change. . She showed herjoyinher fa'co aud manner. — She accepted the change when it came ami rejoiced in it. I still felt an anxious desire to get to the bottom of this mystery, and onoc I*told the whole story to my medical man. He was not at all surprised. Doctors never are. Nor are doctors ever at a loss to account for. anything. “Pooh/’ said he indifferently.— “That’s oornmon enough. It was mania a potu. The brain, you know, becomes congested, and you see and feel devils and skeleton?. Cases like yours are common enough*” To me, however, my caso seemed very uncommon, but, whether it be' so or not, my case lias resulted in my salvation- And never will I cease, even amidst my horror, to be grateful-to that Power which came dbwn clothed in {error ’to snatch me ffoßi ruin with that Skeielan Hand. W It id reported that the Mexioan Mission bai been tendered to Gen. ftickles.’ ' **a- i' ‘■'l':. \

An Eastern Story.

A poor Arab travelling in the desert met with a spring of clear, sweet, sparkling water. Used as lid w/tg only to brackish wri’,3, such water as this appealed to his simple mind worthy of a mop arch’, and filling his leather bottle from the spring, he determided to go and present it to the caliph himself. TKe poor inan travelled a Jong way before he reached the presence of his sovereign, and laid his humble offering at his feet. The caliph .did not despise the little gift brought to him with so much trouble. lie ordered some of the water to be poured into a cup, drank it, and thanking the Arab •with a smile, ordered him to be presented with a reward. The courtiers around pressed forward, eager to tasto the wonderful water; but, to the surprise of all, the caliph forbade them to touch a single drop.

After the poor man had quitted the royal presenoe with a light and joyful heart, the caliph turned to his courtiers and thus explained his conduct: “During the travels of the Arub ? ” said he, “the water in his leathern bottlo became impure and distasteful. But St tvas an offering of love, and as such I received it with - pleasure. But I well knew that had I. sufTeTCtUnnother to partake of it, he would not have concealed his disgust, and therefore, I forbade yoti to touch the draught, lest the heart of the poor man should have been wounded.” The act of the. Caliph was worthy of a Christian gentleman. It is tlio truly great who are kind to the humble. It is the mean spirit which treats the lowly with contempt.

Easter.

Easter is a movable feast, being the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March (the vernal equinox). - The period during which it can occur extends from March 22d .to April 25th—-thirty-five days. From this feast, the Christian passover, are calculated all the other movable feasts, as well as fasts, observed by Christians. Easter is so called from the Saxon “Oster,” to rite , being the day commemorative of Christ's resurrection; or, as some think, from the Teutonic goddess Ostora, whoso leasts were celebrated early Iff Spring. The egg at-Easter is an emblem of the rising up out of the grave, in the same manner as the chick, entombed as it were vggirttrm Iliac brought to life-. As an emblem of the universe, the •work of the Supreme Divinity, the egg had a place in the theology and philosophy of the Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks, and Romans.

Sleighing with a Girl.

Of all the joys vouchsafed to man in life’s tempestuous whirl, there’s none approaches heaven so near as sleighing with a girl—a rosy, laughing, buxom girl; a frank, good- natured, honest girl; a feeling, flirting, dashing, doting, smiling, smacking, jolly, jaunty, jovial, poser-poking, dear little duck of a S irK V . ] Pile up your wealth a mountain , high, you ’sneering, scoffing Ifhurl,; I’ll laugh as I go dashing by with j my jingling bells and girl—the brightest, dearest, sweetest girl; the trimmest, gayest, neatest girl; the funniest, flushest, frankest, \ fairest, roundest, ripest, roguishest,; Rarest, spunkiest, spiciest, squirmingest, sqnarest, best of girls, with drooping lashes, half concealing a norous flashes—-just the girl for a qhap like «je to court, and love, : and marry, you see—with rosy checks and clustering curls, the sweetest and the best of girls.

A Test for Kerosene.

The Cqjrry (I*a.) Kerosene Oil Works recommends the following as a simple manner of detprming the lire test of kerosene oil: “Tako a cup or tumbler, till it nearly full of water (previously tested.by the thermometer to bq 110 w 111 degrees Fah.),the'h take a tablespoon full of the oil; of which tt is desirable to test the igniting point, immerse it in the water, and stir for a moment pr two to permit the oiP to reach the equal temperature ojTj the water, puss a lighted naatch very elosely over the surface ofj the oil pnc.e, which always floats ou the W aten If it dpes not ignite, it can te safely used, but if it dops ignite, discard’itf however low the price Nifty bpt* this is a I'aic and sure test far »» safety is eoneernedv- 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A statue of Byron in to be dieted at Missolohgnij whan ho died, in 1824; The Gonzales* (Tbx*.) factory for manufacturing oil from castof beans ha* commenced operstiotfi. Pork is selling in Collin county; Texas* at five oents a pound pd porn at thirty Cents a bushel. Gras»ho]>pers . have their appearance ip Bartrop. and Bell counties, Texas. ... The Governor of Virginia fiat been arrested for purloining a lijtter from the post office; . p Governor Baker has appointed Dr. Edward T. Cox State Geologist; under an act of the Legislature e«* tablishing a Department of Geology. < Arrangements arc progressing tol establish cotton factories at Auburn, Camden, and Union Springs; Alabama. “Where shall I put this papered as to be sure of seeing it to-mor-row?” inquired*^!ary Jane of be* brother Charles. “On the lookingglass” was her brother s reply.’ - Miss Annie King, the young lady lately elected by the popular yptfi of Janesville, Wis„ for postmistress of that city, is now with the crowd of office seekers at Washingtou to Urge hey claims. lu Texas tiie wheat crop promises well, and in sortie parts of the State corn is rising In price, and,fa now wortli fifty cents m specie perbushel. A short time sjnee i| could hardly be disposed Of at and price. , *. r A

No. 27.

A three-year youngster saw a drunken man “tacking” through the street. “Mother,” said he, “did God make that man?” She replied in tho affirmative. Thelittle fellow reflected for a moment, and then exclaimed:, “I wouldn't have done it.” “It is a standing rule in ms church,” said one clergyman to another, “for the sexton to wake up any man that he secs asleep.” “I think,” repied the other, “that it would be better for tho, settob; whenever a man goes to Sleep under yburprachirig, to wake you up," Fifteen hundred miles of the Pacific. Railroad have been completed —a thousand mfles by the Uniort Pacific and five hundred by the Central Pacific. The latter company lias but one hundred and fifty miles to lay, and the former, one hundred. The total length of the road from Sacramento to York will bemile*. -D A little boy, five years old, while writhing iindei* the'- tortures of the ague, was told by bis mother M* rise up and take a, powder she bad prepared for him. “Powder! powder!” said he, raising himself on his elbow, and putting on a roguish smile, “Mother,! ain’t a gun!” The Russian clergy in Alaska suffer serious inconvenience. fifttn to the United There, was a regular tax for t their support under the Russian GoVehi; ment. This the United States authorities decline, of course,"to collect, and the people do not voltyi-' teer apvthiwg. The Russian Church, at home, is trying to j>XQt jldeJoribera^—pg 'fjSeNorthern.lllinois Conference of Mormons lately held a session at Marengo, McHenry county.—; From their proceedings published in the True Latter *X>ay Saint’! Herald printed at Plano, wfe learn that this, sect in the Northwest numbers eleven churches and. haj 448 members. The president; Jo-' soph Smith, son of the prophet, resides at Plano, HI., whore be conducts a publishing house; A .pleasant stprv is told ,bf a rather aged lady who has, recently married a young and fast rtiftn, quitting him at thesfatloh when he was going eu voyage for Some im-

portant private affairs.' After &p embrace of thenaost loVing character she put lot®'the carriage and remember that, von are* wfarHed.” To whiclsjie...replied, ‘‘Dear Oiiroline, T will make a memprhndum of it,” and at oned tied afcnptQf'his handkerchief. The frog in the. fable that tried td attain the size of an ox was a pigjray compared with one of hi?. caught neax Indian Camp \ Spring; Tennessee. The latter -is descrie d as being three feet fopr inches in bight, when in a sitting posinre, weighs ninety-three pounds, and, thinks nothing of making a leap of ten feet. Its eyes are two and a half inches in diameter, and general appearance is hideous and., pulsivc in the extreme. It, was found in a large cave, and its captor, a Tennessee farmer intends to exhibit it to the public. Josh BiUHlgs welcomed frprtnfc ad, follows: “Spring camp this year as mutch as usual, nail bntiions 5,000 years oles and upwards; hale and harty old gal, welentn tewTorlc state and parts adjacent. New the ' birds jafv, now the oattie holler, the pigs skream, now the geeee warble, nowHhe kata sigh* and nator is frisky; the Vlftupus bedbug and the nobby cockroach Wtj singing Yankee Doodle, and ‘coming thru the rhi.’ Jtoif ‘ MI :, Wk musketter, that gi-ay qv destiny, .solitary and ulOfflei, examining his last year’s bill,* may bo heard, with tile '«aw#4 etf . '1