Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1876 — Page 2

The Rensselaer Union.' RENSSELAER, - * INDIANA.

General News Summary.

ntont WASHWGTOII. Wirt Stkks bu b«ea appointed and conArmed United States Consul at Cardiff, Wales. BrporrU>s SubJndldary Committee, on the afternoon of the 10th, Mr. Blaine again refused to produce the letters taken from Mulligan. He said he would deliver up. If requested to do se, the letter which Mulligan had sworn had a bearing on the case. Mr. Hunton then, without waiving the request tor the whole of the letters, demanded the one alluded to by Mulligan and also the memorandum prepared by him; hot Mr. Blaine said If the ref neat was made on the general principle that the committee had the right to demand the whole of the letters, he would decline to furnish the one In question. Mr. Lawrence, of the committee, esld he wished to be understood as non-concur-ring in the request for the letters. Ox the morning of the 11th, ex Speaker Blaine, accompanied by his wife, walked to tha Congregational Church, about threequarters of smile from his residence In Washington. The heat was oppressive, and just as they reached the church he complained of a severe pain in his head an&dizelnets. Entering the vestibule he was so overcome with sudden illness that he came near falling. He was assisted to a seat on the steps, when he exclaimed: u Oh, this pain!” and became unconscious. Ht. was then conveyed home, and physicians were summoned to attend him. He lay in an unconscious state from eleven o'clock a. m. until four in the afternoon, the reports of his condition causing great excitement throughout the country. At first it was reported that he was Buffering from an spoptetic attack, but the physicians pronounced the case one of sunstroke. His family physician reported hla condition at eight o’clock in the evening to be one of simple cerebral Repression produced primarily by great mental strain, and secondarily by action of the excessive heat; there was no apoplectic congestion or effu- - aion, nor any symptoms of paralysis; he had spoken several timet and recognized his family, and the physician had every reason to anticipate a speedy and complete recovery. Reports late in the evening were to the effect that his condition was still improving. Tu trial of Gen. Babcock for alleged conspiracy in the safe-burglary case has been set down for Sept 19. The health of cx-Speaker Blaine had materially improved np to the 14th. Speaker Kerr, who had been quite seriously 111, was also recovering.

THE EAST. The attendance at the Centennial Exposition during the first calendar month, which ended on the 9th, exceeded by a trifle 1,000,000 visitors. Thk Women’s International Temperance Convention met in Philadelphia on the 13th, Mrs. Margaret E. Parker, of Dundee, Scotland, the President of the Temperance Union of Great Britain, occupied the chair. The address of welcome was delivered by Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, which was responded to by the President, A letter was read that was sent by order of Queen Victoria, declining to send representatives, and saying that the matter must rest with the British public. Mrs. Annie Wlttenmeyer, of Pennsylvania, was chosen permanent President. Thk Rhode Island Legislature on the 13th re-elected Henry B. Anthony to the United States Senate for his fourth term, Thk Maine Democratic State Convention was held at Bangor on the 13th, and nominated John C. Talbot for Governor, and chose delegstes to the St. Louis Convention. An anti-inflation resolution was adopted, and Gov. Tilden, of New York, was declared to be the first choice of the convention for President. A resolution was also adopted, in opposition to the two-thirds rule in the National Convention. Mbs. Margaret Donaldson Boggs died in Philadelphia on the 13th, aged 100 years, five months and two days. She was bom and had always lived in Philadelphia. She was a cousin of Andrew Jackson’s wife, and was the last surviving descendant of Mrs. Betsey Boas, who made the first American flag of the present pattern. It is said her faculties remained clear and her memory strong almost to the time of her death. Gold closed in New York, on the 14th, at 112 X. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 3 Chicago Spring Wheat, [email protected]&K; No. 8 Milwaukee, *1.21 @1.22; Oats, Western 35@3Tc; Mixed, Com, Western Mixed, 58Q61c; Pork, Mees, $19.30; Lafd, lltfc; Flour, good to choice, $5.30*5.65; White Wheat Extra, $5.70*7.75. Cattle, 9@lo&c for good to extra. Sheep (shorn), 4@s){c. At East Liberty, PA, on the 14th, cattle brought: Beat, $5.25(25.50; medium, $4.59 @SXIO; common, [email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, $630@A30; Philadelphia*, $6.50@ 7.00. Sheep (shorn) brought [email protected] according to quality.

'WEST ANB SMITH. The Michigan Republican State Convention has been called to meet at Lansing on the 3d of August, to nominate a State tieket. The Georgia Democratic State Convention has been called to meet o* the 3d of August. Special dispatches from Bismarck, D. T., on the Bth and 9th announce the arrival there of a train of twenty-seven wagons and fortytwo men from the Dead wood mining regions. The party had with them between s!s,4*tt and $20,000 In gold dust, and told most remarkable stories of the Deadwood country, one es which is that two Frenchmen took out fifteen pounds of gold in one day, and that in many instances SI,OOO per day to the man was being taken out. They wire quite enthusiastic, and would return soon. News was received at Omaha on the 9th that over 1,000 hostile Indian lodges were to. cated on Powder River, under the leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Hone, and that a severe engagement had been fought between them and Crook’s forces, but no particulars of the fight were given. The West Virginia Democratic State Convention waa held at Charlestown on the Bth, and nominated a full State ticket, headed by Henry Mathews for Governor, and chose delegatea to the National Convention. < J. Nunnenacher, a Milwaukee distiller has been sentenced to five months’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of SIO,OOO for crooked trails^

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Five white men and one colored man were killed by lightning near Springfield, Tenn., on the 10th. Two other white men were Injured, one fatally. They had taken refuge, during a thunder-storm, under a tree. Aldreuax CcuAhtox, of Chicago, an exGauger on trial for having been concerned in the whisky conspiracy, has been found guilty Of neglect of official duty when Gauger and acquitted on all the other counts of the indictment against him. ctssses Tbr Delaware Democratic State Convenlion, in session st Dover on the 13tb, chose delegates to the National Convention, and instructed them to vote for the nomination for the Presidency of Senator Bayard, so long os there may be any prospect of success in bis behalf. A hard-money resolution was adopted. A Cheyenne dispatch of the 13thsays Gen. Sheridan arrived there that day, and had started immediately north. M. Rosenbaum, of that city,* hod just returned from Dead wood, where he had sold a stock of goods. He brought four pounds of gold dust. He saw no Indians on the return trip. The dispatch says:, “He la reliable authority for the statement that the mines are exceedingly rich, and gives instances that came under his own observation of as high as three pounds of dust for five men’s work in one day. There are at present 4,000 to 5,000 men now on this creek and its tributaries.’’ The indictments againsi ex-Collector Phil Wadsworth, and ex-United States District Attorney J. D. Ward, for alleged complicity with the whisky ring, were on the 13th dismissed in the United States District Court at Chicago. The Mississippi State Democratic Convention was held at Jackson on the 14th. Delegetes to the National Convention were chosen, who were uninstructed, except to vote as a unit and against the two-thirds rule. The delegates are believed to favor the nomination of Tilden for the Presidency. The North Carolina Democratic State Convention met at Raleigh on the 14th, and nominated a full State ticket headed by Z. B. Vance for Governor. Another reduction has been made in passenger rates between the West and the East, the fares on the 14th being, from Chicago to New York, #13.00; to Philadelphia, $12.40; to Boston, $14.00; to Baltimore and Washington, $12.00; to Cleveland, $600; to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, $ll.OO. Tickets limited on some of the routes. . . lx Chicago, on the 14th, spring wheat. No. 2 closed at #[email protected]>g cash. Cash corn closed at4sJfc for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2, sold at 2i>)4@29%c ; July options were sold at 29?fc. Rye No. 2,71@71>*c. Barley, No. 2, 61){@62c. Cash mess pork closed at $19.00 @19.05. Lard, [email protected]. Good to choice beeves brought [email protected]; medium grades, [email protected]; butchers’ stock, $3.25@ 8.75; stock cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs brought [email protected] for good to choice. Sheep (shorn) sold at #[email protected] for good to choice.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. In the Spanish on the 9th, the Bishop of Balamanca stated that the Spanish prelates would always oppose religious toleration because it was incompatible with Catholicism. , Frank Mai lean’s house, fifteen miles east of Windsor, Canada, was destroyed by fire on the night of the Bth, and fire children were burned to death. A London telegram of the 10th says Gen. Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, had issued a pamphlet proposing tosplit the Turkish Empire into five principalities to be named, respectively, Bulgarian, Albanian, Servian, Bosnian and Greek. This pamphlet had created a sensation. A Constantinople dispatch of the same date says the Grand Vizier had addressed a circular to the Germans of the provinces, suspending the regulations promulgated during the reign of the late Sultan, and ordering them to await fresh laws. It was reported in London on the 10th that Gibraltar was being victualed to support a garrison of 2,000 men for six weeks. A large cotton firm in the neighborhood of Waterford, Ireland, failed on the 12th, with over £OOO,OOO liabilities. A Berne (Switzerland) telegram es the 13th says serious inundations had occurred in Eastern Switzerland caused by heavy rains and the melting of snow in the mountains. The railways everywhere were much damaged. The whole canton of Thurgan had been submerged, many bridges and houses carried away, and several persons drowned. At Frauenfeld, the capital of the canton, four persons had been killed by the falling of their dwelling. A London dispatch of the 12th says the negotiations between the United States and Great Britain on the extradition question were again at a dead lock. Numerous riots-were reported throughout Belgium on the 13th, caused by the success of the Catholics in the recent parliamentary election. An Antwerp telegram, sent early on the morning of the 14th, says the riot there had assumed alarming proportions, and that fighting was goAg on all over the city. Several houses had beeh demolished, and the troops had been called out. Already fifty shots had been fired into the mob. A riot occurred at Gibraltar on the 13th, caused by the conduct of the German men-of-war’s men toward the ladies of that place. According to a Berlin dispatch of the 13th, Turkey had demanded of Serviathe immediate payment of her overdue tribute. Ragusa dispatches of the 14th say the Herzegovinian chieftains had rejected the armistice offered by Turkey. Antwerp (Belgium) dispatches of the I4th say the riotous disturbances in that city had been renewed. Many thousands marched through the streets, shouting “ Down with *he Ministers.” A Catholic institution was atteeked and wrecked! The gen d’armes charged upon the mob, and seriously wounded several persons.

CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on the Bth, a motion to take np the reeolation to pay Mr. Pinchbaek compensation and mileage as Senator from i Louisiana, during the term for which he was a contestant np to the end of the contest, was rejected—l 7to 19. A bill was passed to increase lrom twenty to thirty the nntaber of officers in the army detailed to teach military tactics throughout the cocnuy. The bill to amend the laws relating to the legal tender of silver coin, known as the Silver bill, waa debated and ooetthe Houge tt<i Post-Route bill and the bill to prevent straw bids were *od the Senate amendments to the MU » the execution of Custom-House bonds, Diplomatic Appropriation bill. The Postofiice Appropriation bill was azMnded in the Senate, on the 9th. by increasing the amounts of several of the items, and the Mil, fh«*SMn»trl!L. t 5 en A bill allowing the widow of President Polk $1,900 for supplies

fornlfhad to th« army la Tenacnee was passed in tbs House. An exciting running debuts occurred over Mr. Btitne** motion to reconsider the vote for the printing of the testlmonv taken before the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Blaine participating la tbe controversy which became quite personal, he being called to order by lbs speaker jtro Um. The controversy was principally relative to the Caldwell telegram, when finally unanimous consent was asked lor the presentation of a resolution that snch dispatch be printed as a part of the record in case, and the Judiciary Committee be Instructed to examine any witness who may be called who may have beard tbe said Caldwell make (he came or contradictory siutemeat us thit contained in said dispatch. Objection was made to receiving the resolution, and considerable excitement and confusion ensued. A resolution was also offered that on the lrth, ISth and 14th no business of a political character should he considered by the House, and Mr. Blaine objected and the resolution wae not received. The report of the Conference Committee on tbe bill for the appolutment of Receivers or National Bsnks was agreed to. A large number of members were granted leave of absence. The concurrent resolution accepting the statno of Ethan A ,lel “- contributed by Vermont for the National Statuary Hall at the Capitol, was adopted In the Senate, on the 10th. It being discovered that a qnorum was not present, no further business was transacted....ln the House, bills were passed—ln relation to Immigration ; providing that when Colorado Is admitted as a State the laws of the United States shall have the same force ns elsewhere, and that snch State shall conatltute**>ne Judicial District; providing fur the U»ne of the alive* coin in the Treasury to the amount of $10,000,000 In redemption of sn equal amount of legal-tenders; providing for the issue of ;$20,090.0''0 in sliver coin In addition to the amount already anthorized bv law; Senate bills amending the Bankruptcy law. and reducing the medical corps of the army. The majority report on the contested Massachusetts election rase, favoring the substitution of Abbott for Frost, the sitting member, and the minority report. were presented and ordered printed. The Senate amendments to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill were non-con-curred In. The Senate Award hill waa further debated. • Without transacting any business on the 12th. the Senate adjourned to the 15th....1n the House, the 'oint resolution to modify the treaty with China so as to restrict immigration was passed. Bills were Introduced— recommending an amendment to the Constitution, providing for the election for the term of lour years of United States Assessors, Postmasters, Marshals, Collectors, etc.; providing for the gradual resumption of specie payment, and for the repeal of so mnch of the Resumption act as fixes Jan. 1,1879, as the date for resumption. A unanimous report was made from the Committee on Expenditures In the War Department completely exonerating speaker Kerr from the chargee made against him relative to the Green appointment, and the report was unanimously adopted. A communication was received from Thurlow Weed, addressed to Mr. Cox. Speaker pro tem., suggesting that Oscar Lafayette, grandson of Gen. Lafayette, be invited by Congress to attend the Centennial Anniversary of our independence, as the guest of the Nation. Senate not in session on the 13th.... A bill was introduced in the House to reduce taxation on the circulation of State banks to an amount equal to that paid by National Banks. The Senate amendments to the Postoffice Appropriation bill were non-concnrred in. The Senate bill in reference to the detail of army officers as professors at State Military Academies, and extending the limit from twenty to thirty, was passed—lß2 to 50. A motion was agreed to that no further business, except general debate on the Army Appropriation bill, should be transacted until the 15th.

The National Republican Convention.

FIRBT day’s PROCEEDINGS. The sixth National Convention of the Republican party met in the Exposition building in Cincinnati at noon on the 14th, and was called to order by ex-Gov. E. D. Morgan,of,New York, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. The attendance was greater than that at any previous similar gathering of the party. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. Miller, of Covington, Ky., ex-Gov. Morgan made a speech, and nominated Hon. Theodore M. Pomeroy, of New York, as temporary Chairman, which nomination was concurred in,and Mr. Pomeroy was escorted to the chair, and returned thanks to the Convention for the honor conferred upon him. He delivered a somewhat lengthy address, after which J. M. Bean, of Wisconsin, and Gen. H. H. Bingham were chosen temporary Secretaries, and Gen. E. W. Hickes, of Michigan, Sergeant-at-Arms. The roll was then called for the presentation from State and Territorial delegates of the names of members of the different committees. Several resolutions were offered and referred, including those adopted by the recent German Republican National Convention held in Cincinnati. George William Curtis, of New York, sub. mitted the address of the Republican Reform Party of New York City, ana moved that it be read to the Convention. Objection being made, the motion was put and carried. Mr. Curtis then passed to the platform amid great applause, and read the address, portions of which were received with cheers. In response to loud calls for the following named gentleman the Convention was addressed by them in the order in which they are named, their speeches being generally heartily applauded: Gen. Logan, of Illinois; Gen. Hawley, of Connecticut; ex-Gov. Hayes, of Ohio; Rev. Highland Garnett (colored), of New York; ex-Gov. Howard, of Michigan; and Frederick Douglass, of New York. The Committee on Permanent Organization then made their report, which was as follows: - President—Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania. Vice Presidents —Ankan i s M. W. Gibbs; California, George S. Evans; Colorado, Henry McAllister; Connecticut, Martin J. Sheldon; Delaware, David W. Moore; Georgia, R. L. Matt; Illinois. Johu Rinaker; Indiana. James Fraser; lowa, W. T. Shaw; Kansas, Wm. Martindale; Kentucky, E. B. Weir; Louisiana, George Y. Kelso; Maine, J. B. Brown; Maryland, James A.’ Gary: Massachusetts, P. A. Chadbourne; Michigan; Henry P. Baldwin; Minnesota, L. Bogen; Mississippi, M. Sh&nnessee; Missouri, G. A. Finkelburg; Nebraska, H. S. Kaley; Nevada. Thomas Wren; New Hampshire, 8. A. Straw; New Jersey, Wm. A. Newell: New York. Marshall O. Roberts;North Carolina, James H. Harris; Ohio, Benjamin F, Wade, Oregon, J. H. Foster; Pennsylvania, J. Smith Futhey; Rhode Island, Henry Howard; South Carolina, R. H. Gleaves; Tennessee, Horace H. Harrison; Texas, A. B. Norton; Vermont, George Howe; Virginia, R. H. Carter; West Virginia, W. E. Stevenson; Wisconsin, James Biukliff: Aiizona, De Forest Porter; Dakota. Alexander Hughes; Idaho, Austin Savage; Montana, Benjamin 11. Tatem; New Mexico, Samuel B. Axtell; Utah, .James B. McKean; Washington, Elwood Evans; Wyoming, William Hinton. Principal Secretary—J. M. Been, of Wisconsin;'one assistant for each State The committee further reported that they had submitted no names of Vice-Presidents or Secretaries from States where there was a contest. After the report of the Committee on Credentials those vacancies could easily be filled. After brief discussion the report was adopted, and Mr. McPherson was escorted to the chair. He was received with cheers, and returned his thanks to the Convention for the honor conferred upon him. The Convention soon after adjourned until ten o’clock on the morning of the 15tn.

One of the curiosities of this country is the vast beds of chalk. There is a large house built of chalk bricks at Trego ana it surpasses anything in the building line we have ever Been. The chalk is sawn into bricks smooth and regular, and the whole structure has a handsome appearance. Mr. John Henry, the proprietor, infortarus that he had some of the chalk analyzed by a chemist of Chicago with the following result: Ninety-eight per cent, was pure chalk, one per cent, waa moisture and one per cent, was a limestone. This for purity far exceeds the English chalk which is now in general use. Mr. Henry informs us that in his vicinity there is an immense supplv of it—enough to build a large city. Undoubtedly Western Kansas will become celebrated for its chalk productions.— Hay a (Kan.) Sentinel.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. —Render unto scissors the things that are scissors! — l The new Sultan ought to be strong, lie’s got the Musclemen on his side. —We have ail of ns sufficient strength of mind to endure the misfortunes of outer people. —A Boston tailor has had his billhe ids stamped with a picture of a forget-me-not. Railroad accidents aro called c’lamitoUs aliairs, because tlie engineers are alwajfc by valves. —Busy men never learn how to harbor their strength and live, until they are just ready to die. —The proprietor of one of the New Jersey watering places advertises himself as a novel and entertaining kind of bigot by proclaiming that “Jews are not admitted.” —“ Py Schiminy, how dot pojr studies de language!” is what a delighted elderly German said when his four-year-old son called him a blear-eyed son of a sawhorse, — Erie Obterver. —ln these hard times, when borrowing is so difficult, we’d like to know, queries the Hartford Timet , whether distance still keeps up its time-honored habit of lending enchantment to tlie view. —ls rowing, boxing and gymnastics generally are good for the health, how ia n that so many pugilists die of consumption? Home one come to time with an answer.— Detroit Free Frees. —ln public speaking, a low voice, uttering each word and syllable with a clear-cut enunciation, is more distantly and distinctly heard than a tone of thunder, without a break in a whole sentence. —The great millionaires are fast passing away. The moral of which is, says the Baltimore Gazette , never be a millionaire. A large number of persons have always made it a point to observe this precept, and no good advice is so easily kept. —Art has received an awkward criticism from a free-and-easy young man who recently met a sculptor in a social circle, and addressed him thus: “Er—er —so you are the man—er that makes—er—mud heads?” And this was the artist’s reply: “Er —er-/-not all of’em; I didn’t make yours. ” —“Allub il Allah! Sacred is tradition!" Exclaimed the Sultan in his new po-ition; Then with a string they choked his predecessor; And .Murad smiled and knighted the transgressor. While- from tbe palace went the word " ’Tie funny How Abdul Aziz Khan bewailed his money! Last night he kissed his multitudinous wife And with the scissors snipped the thread of life!” —N. Y. Graphic. —A writer in the London Daily News saya: “It is not, unfortunately, generally known that in case of tire in buildings containing horses if the harness be merely put on, however roughly, tlie horses will quit their stables without difficulty. A knowledge of this fact may be the means of saving uiany a valuable animal from a horrible death.” —A tradesman advertised for a boy to assist in his shop and go on errands. A few hours after the papers were circulated he had his shop thronged with all kinds of boys; and not knowing how to choose, he advertised again as follows: “ Wanted —to assist in a shop, a boy who obeys hit mother .” In reply to this there were only two boys who ventured to apply for the situation.

—One of the rules of the Mount Holyoke (Mass.) Seminary, forbidding one lady from introducing a gentleman to another lady, was avoided the other day by a Northampton girl, who, when her father came with a trunk to her room, while her friend, a Miss Blank was present, “Father, I am sorry I cannot introduce you to Miss Blank, of Blank, but the rules forbid it.” “Yes,” said the father, shaking hands with the young lady, “and I am sorry, too.” —The reward of kindly deeds is thus taught by a Persian Seer: Hatig had a dream one night and saw a man held in unutterable torment in the yonder world for his selfishness, indolence arid cruelty. Every limb suffered —only the right foot had occasional restraint from agony. Hafig asked the Seer why it was this foot had relief. “This ipan suffers continually because, he was never known to do a good deed,” said the Seer, “except that once he k icked a tuft of grass to a tethered ox standing in the hot sun. For this one act that foot has its reward.” —Sneaking of the oriole, its habits, songs, and tractableness, the Ogdensburg (N. Y .) Journal says: “Am old bird which should happen to be trapped would probably quit singing on being deprived of liberty, but one caught young and fed from the human hand will make a most delightful and tractable pet, and, happiest when closely surrounded by people, will sing marvelously sweet notes and trills! We know one of this sort that, when liberated from its cage, will go to the hand of its owner, assist in threading a needle or ripping a seam, nestle on her shoulder, stand on her hand, and bathe in a bowl of water, and when it has had its liberty of the premises to its heart’s content it will go back into its cage and sing its merry tune. It will eat fruit, cake, bread and milk, potatoes and sugar, lean meat, nuts and eggs, and is especially,-fond of house flies ami small angle-worms and Insects, and will catch anything tossed to it just as a smart dog will a cracker.” —Say what we will, the rich and the poor have to struggle on together through the world, and the sooner those who have not wealth learn to make the riiost and best of the means they have*, and suppress every feeling of jealousy and‘envy toward their more fortunate neighbors, the happier for everybody.— N. T. Graphic. Ah, now, that’s the talk! If the poor would only silently declare their independence and live sucli lives as the rich might envy; if they would study to be skillful and devote their spare money and spare moments to books; if they would cease in every way to imitate the absurdities and vices of the wealthy; if for idle and wicked gossip they would substitute the exchange of their best ideas; if, efc., etc., etc., trie jich would very’ soon come to attract so little notice that the poor man would censure himself for his coldness toward a small class of his fel-low-beings whose only offense was the inheritance of a few paltry collars.—Louiavilla Courier-Journal.

A Murderer’s Dying Confession.

In January, 1873, a double murder was committed at Angervillers, France, on the person of a gamekeeper and his wife. In September of the same .year a domestic servant was almost mortally wounded at the rectory of YhUgrigneux and a farmer by the name of Bunet, aged seventy-one, was literally chopped to pieces with 8 hatchet in his own garden. In November, 1873, one M. Duval, a gentleman of independent means was assassinated, at Forges les Baines, in a similar way, after which his house was ransacked; and on Dec. 24 two old maiden ladies, Miles. Denise and Anastaaie Boujon, were mur-

dered at the village of Chataigniers. This aeries of crimes took place within a radius of a few miles of Limours, and was evidently perpetrated by the same person or persons. A man of the name of Maillard was arrested, together with several accomplices, known as the Chevalier gang, some time ago, and these are now awaiting their trial at tlie prison of Mazas. Maillard, who is in a dying state, has made a partial confession, to the effect that he and liia companions were tlie iuthoTS of the Llmottw murders, for which a number of innocent pereonshave been arrested. The rural postman was found strangled in a wood near Limours, and a paper was found on the body tending to show that he had committed suicide in order to escape the vengeance of four people whom he denounced as tlie Limours assassins. On inquiry this denunciation was ascertained to, be groundless, and Maillard in his confession admits having strangled the unlucky postman and placed the paper where it was found.

A Strange Meeting.

A touching incident happened at the rooms of a well-known social club of Newark, on Tuesday evening last. It was a meeting between a son and a long-lost father under very peculiar circumstances. It seems that the members of the club hatl invited a party of friends to spend the evening with them, and among the number was a young gentleman from Bayonne. Shortly after nine o’clock an old man, considerably under the influence of liquor, poorly clad, and carrying a bundle in his hand, entered the club room, and, without saying a word, sat down in a chair near the door, and quietly took a survey of the surroundings. One of the party, desirous of having a little sport at the expense of the new comer, pulled oft his hat and gravely informed the party that he would give them a specimen of his skill in phrenology. He then manipulated the old man’s head, giving his peculiarities in such high flown language that the room was in a roar, the old fellow also entering into the spirit of the occasion and laughing until the tears ran down his cheeks. Presently the young man from Bayonne, who had kept aloof from the throng, elbowed himself up to the amateur phrenologist, and said, “My friend, wouldn’t it be much better to try your practical jokes on a younger person?’’ The person thus addressed explained that no harm was meant, as the old man himself did not object and enjoyed the iuh, and commenced anew to give his peculiarities. At this juncture the young man burst into tears, and, with a voice tremulous with emotion, exclaimed: “Boys, that man is my father; for God’s sake, stop this.” He then went up tothe aged man and threw his arms around his neck. The suddenness of this strange denouement astonished all present. The stranger recognized his son, and the two shortly afterward left the rooms and did not return. It was ascertained yesterday that the two men went to Bayonne, where the family reside, and that a reconciliation was effected between a husband and wife who had been separated nearly fourteen years. Truth, indeed, is stranger than fiction. —Newark Courier.

Distressing Casualty—Five Children Burned to Death.

About one mile back from Lake St. Clair, at Stony Point, some fifteen miles above Windsor, stood a rather large farmhouse which was the residence of Francis Mailloox, his wife and seven children, the oldest seventeen years pf age and the youngest eignt months old. The house was built of hewed logs with clapboards on the outside, and consisted of a main part with two stories and a kitchen addition at the rear end. In the front part of the lower story was a bedroom, in which Mr. Mailloux, his wife, the baby and the oldest child were sleeping. The upper story contained two large rooms, which were separated by a small hall and stairway. In the front rooih, up-stairs, the remaining five children were sleeping. Between the stairway and the bedroom occupied by the parents was the diningroom, and the lower landing of the stairway was between the dining-room and the kitchen. About nine o’clock Wednesday night Mr. Mailloux and his wife were awakened by the struggles of the baby, which was in the bed with them, and immediately they discovered that their room was filled with smoke. To spring from the bed with the baby in their arms and to awaken the oldest child was but the work of an Instant. Then they opened the door into the dining-room, with the intention of going out at the side-door and also to awaken the children up-stairs. There, they were met by a wall of fire extending across the opposite side of the diningroom and driving them back with its awful-heat. Closing the door, Mr. Mailloux passed through the bedroom and parlor and out at the front door, followed by his wife with the baby and eldest child. Taking them to a safe distance from the house, Mr. Mailloux turned to give the alarm to the remainder of his family, and saw a small, quivering flame struggling through the roof, which was completely overshadowed with thick and dense volumes of.,.smoke. Then it was that he saw a sight calculated to shake the stoutest heart. The chamber became suddenly lighted, and he could see that it was filled with smoke. Still none of the children appeared. He went to the side door and found the stairway a mass of fire. He returned to the front door and dashed into the room wild with fear and for a minute was lost to sight. When he returned his hands were badly burned and his hair, whiskers and eyebrows were singed. He was met by his wife and together they looked at the chamber window. There they saw indistinctly through the smoke the forms of their children fiantically waving their hands and feebly struggling to reach the sash. One by one they disappeared until only two remained in sight, and just then a pane of glass was shattered, the fragments as they flew being followed by a cloud of smoke, which hid the window for several minutes, during which time Mr. and Mrs. Mailloux could only watch, hoping that from the dark canopy above their children would drop into their outstretched arms. The minutes seemed hours; the suspense was awful and only the rush and roar of the flames was heard. Huddenly, with a sharp and short crash of glass, the window above their heads, where but a short time before they had seen their children, sent forth a huge, hot bar of flame, driving the now thoroughly distracted parents away flrorn beneath it and telling with terrible brevity the sad fate of their little ones. All that conld be had been done by the parents, and returaing to the two surviving children they gave themselves over completely to their grief, where they were found shortly after by their neighbors. The nearest neighbor lived half a mile away and it is probable that no assistance would have arrived had it not been for Hector •Predhomme, of Windsor, who, while rid-

ing about a mile away, saw tho-Aunes and gave tbe alarm. Boon there were fifteen or twenty persons at the scene, and while some of them attended to the griefstricken parents the others turned their attention to extinguishing the flames. After an hour’s hard work tlie Are was out. Then began the sad search for jhe bodies. Last seen near the front window, the search for the clilldren.began atthat point, but they were not there. At latt, Mu a corner of the room, about fifteen leet away from the window* wsfc found clus- _ tered together in a sickening, hoirible heap, the remains of the five unforttinate ones. They were not distinguishable, there being no clothing, nothing J>ut bones and portions of limbs. The details arc too horrible to relate, but may be realized when it is stated that when collected they were placed in an ordinary flour barrel and occupied about half the space therein. It is not known how or where the fire originated, but it is supposed that it began in tbe kitchen. Mr. Mailloux and his wifeare both badly burned about the face and arms, and as yet have not been in condition to relate their frantic efforts to save the lives of their children; but that they did struggle hard is plainly shown by the severe nature of their wounds.— Detroit Free Press. ~_—=*=s = i

CENTENNNIALITIES.

—A large mosaic from the ruins of Carthage has just been added to the Tunisian department. —The ladies of Japan, Norway, Sweden, Brazil and Canada have exhibits in the Woman’s Pavilion. —The rule requiring a fifty-cent piece at the gate is still in force, visitors will do well to bear this in mind; it will save trouble. —The American Literary Union exhibits a large collection of autograph letters, including Benjamin Franklin, Gen. Lafayette, Prof. Agassiz, and other celebrities. —Accidents on the grounds requiring medical attendance are becoming quite frequent. Physicians are always in readiness at the hospital back of the Judges’ hall. —The judges complain that the exhibitors in the Machinery Department do not make provision for the explanation of the various machines to those who wish to examine them. —The system of teaching the blind is. fully exemplified in the Pennsylvania Educational Building, tod numerous specimens of handiwork from different institutions are also exhibited. —The remains of Com. Perry’s flagship. Lawrence will soon be exhibited at the Centennial. It will be shipped piecemeal from Erie harbor. At the close it will bo cut up and sold for chairs, canes, etc. —The Bureau of Information is in working order. A full directory is kept of exhibitors and their displays, and of the names and residences of home and foreign Commissioners and Judges of Awards. —“ That’s the Main Building,” said a guide at the Centennial to a greenhorn from the Pine-tree State, the other day. “Golly!” replied the loyal son of Maine, “ I knowed our boys would put up somethin’fine.” —Children frequently become separated from their parents in consequence of the crowds. They, together with all other lost articles, are taken to the headquarters of the Centennial guard, where they can be reclaimed. —Although the exhibits in the different buildings are labeled with cards warning visitors not to touch them, yet the inquisitive finger, cane or umbrella continues to usurp the place of vision. The only safeguard seems to be to place them entirely out of reach, like the animals in a menagerie. —Nevada has erected a State building a few steps south of Machinery Hall, and put up a silver quartz mill, which is in full operation. Twenty-five pounds of silver were taken out May 31. The mills run every day, though only a few hours. Judging by the number of bags of ofe piled up, a fair summer business is to be done.

—ln Paris the American residents are pipparing to celebrate the Centennial with due honor. They propose also to commemorate the event I>y plseiflg a marble slab, appropriately inscribed, qppn the tomb of Lafayette. The patriotic feeling thus evinced cannot fail to excite generous rivalry among Americans elsewhere in Eus>pe. —ln a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette, of London, the correspondent of that paper has called attention to the curious fact that in nearly all the departments of the Exhibition the contributions of 1 the United States and those of the British Empire rise and fall together in the comparison with other countries. 'lhe fact has no particular importance, perhaps, but it seems a curious illustration of the fact that people of a common language and common history show the same general tendencies in their industries as well as in their political and social ideas, in spite of national division lines. —From photographs on exhibition, the visitor can obtain a very good idea of the diamond mines 111 the Cape of Good Hope, and their method of obtaining and preparing the precious stones. Workmen may here be seen hacking away with their picks a few feet below the surface; while other pictures represent the platform only, the miners having dug themselves out of sight. A line of men with ’ wheelbarrows are hauling up the masses of rock and lumps of dirt from which the diamonds are to be extricated. Arriving at the top of the platform, the loads are dumped in a trough and sent down to the washing-machine on the level. —A funny incident recently occurred at the Massachusetts State Building at the Centennial Grounds. Col. Oliver has charge of the edifice and-contents. The other day a middle-aged woman from the Bay State called at the building, and wandered around until she came to the private reception-room of the Governor. The. double doors are always kept wide open, so that the entire room and contents W be seen; but ingress is prevented bymeans of a wire-gate about four feet high. The old lady shook the gate, and demanded, that it should be opened; whereupon Col. Oliver explained the uses of the room,, and told her that visitors were not admitted to the apartment. She braced herself as if for » prize-fight, fixed her spectacles firmly, rested her eagle eyes on the Colonel, and then said, in a voice like the whistle of a narrow-gauge locomotive: “ My husband voted for Gov. Rice; and I’ve just as good a right to go in here as anybody else. If you don’t open that door in one minute,, J will tell my husband when I get home, and he’ll write to the Governor and have you put out of this ’ere house, unless you learn how to treat people decently. There, now, do you hear that?” Col. Oliver heard, ana turned away to shed a tear and have a chance -to laugh.