Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 34, Bloomington, Monroe County, 25 June 1881 — Page 3

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THE MABCH TO, SIBERIA. .,; , : , Scenes on the Boad to Exile.

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Loudon Ebno. The statement is made that 12,000 Russian convicts or more will in about a week's time be on their way to Siberia' They are not by any means, or for the most part, composed of political offenders, but belong" to almost every social grade; while for the majority a punishment is reserved falling Car short of the horrors of the lead and silver mines. Still, the distance, the dreariness, and the journey itself,when made on foot, to those torchlight-rivers, villages, boat populations, houses, and churches are sufficiently formidibie to the exilesl The melancholy march is commenced from a spot "known as Sparrow Hill, situated ataome distance from the capital, and its route is not entirely a desolate one, merchant caravans usually taking advantage of the

way has to some extent penetrated that forbidding region-.! These, however, generally halt at tile great commercial camping ground of JSijni-jSbv-gorod. on the promontory between the Oka and yolga,-. where the merchants of the northern provinces most do cpn gregate, and where thecomforts of civilization are except at intervals left almost wholly behind the traveller.not to speak of.the fettered criminal. Thence the pedestrian exiles, with wagons carrying women, children and merchandise, depart, under charge of long-speared Cossack guards, witbiperhaps, 6000 or 7,000 of weary versta before them, from ,- twenty to thirty of these b eing regard ed as an average day's juraey, rendered infinitely teidous to many by the weight ''of their chains upon the ankles. , There is little lagging on: this desolate joumey,for the guards are mounted, and the horses of the Bar valley can endure to extrabr-. dinary degree of fatigue even upon no better food than the coarse meal which they si tare with, their, masters. . The region here through wfc ichl the prison

ers pass ' is, : although barbarous, far from being a desert; i is, oh the1 contrary, well watered and fertile, with numerous villages and x 'af prodigious abund inee of mushroonis, which when their guards happen to be in good humor the melancholy wayfarers are permitted to gather as they go. Beyond this, however j the world before the exiles undergoes; a sudden :and dismal changa; the verdure almost ceases; stunted bushes and saline plants take the place of bright and abundant vegesatation;' the4 emigrants have to tolP over these vast stretches of marshy ground, knee-deep with7 mud and slime, which exhibit; little improvement, until the minarets and markets of the semi-Oriental . Kazan come in view. Thence the true Tartar desert extends; inhabited i by semi-settled tribes, various in - their national! ties at in their customs, and here, even after "he opening of he Bussian Summer, the food to be obtained' i3 often frozen." The forests are falling beneath the ax; the waters are skimmed' over by skating fishermen ; the -growlings of wolves and bears are not unfrequent. Still; the dismal caravan has many an exhausting league to traverse. Here and there a charcoal -burner's hut,- or a tar gatherer's fires, relieve the monotony; and mighty fires 'are lit when the exiles halt, whether to sleep amid the desolations of the wilderness,, or to consume their meals of tea, black bread andoil, among groups of melancholy , to-trees. Even in this region, however, Bussian enterprise has carved a series ' of tolerably good highways, though, after the territory of the "long winter" is reached, nothing can mitigate, in any tolerable degree, except for natives, the mercilessness of the climate. Still,-Nature is by no means barren even.', there, and the very mining districts themselves are not

wholly unrelieved by verdure. Beyond the Ural, however, with its simple industries and markets, the region becomes more' barbarous ; it is less relieved by the softening aspects of social life; the exile population, clad in sheep-skins, thickens at every step; the cold gro ws so in tense . jthat,. occasionally, the Cossacks on guard are frezen, lance in hand; and the silver miner are now. not far distant -immense caverns, illuminated by torches of pine, peopled my men with leaden?, hued faces, caused Dv exhalations from the 4jopper ore in which the silver , is found imbedded;' inhabited, too, by women and children, who share in the unhealthy labor, and contribute their quota to the terrible totals of mortalir ty, living, dying and being buried often iar below the! light of day . It is only the most desperate malefactors, however; as a rule; who are condemned to escape the scaffold by submitting .to the alternative of this dreary life, approaching in its terrors the once-infamous t -horrors j? eNpriolk

to and fro in front of the music, as if it?. A cunninl? 7 Vermont

saw tnemuste. buduenly the music I several yearfi3 defeated all

uiaue a wiiu, leaping yen ana " not;" thecobra's head sank down

fox has for

attempts to

his hood shrunk into nothing.

The demon snake man then remark

ed, pointing to a big boy, a ser-van t o&

my friend; uPwiIl bring a cobra out of that boy's; cap'? The hoy had on a close-fitting pork-pie cap, his head was shaved, and the rest of his ? clothing consisted of a shirt. The man

then took his pipe and began "to walk"

was't capture mm.iv fewvveeks ago a man and?) put a beef shead ori&he hill near Lon-

dOn, andf ;a' traniSear bv. He soon

around the boy; then on a sudden thei there; 4eavingtlle fo;x'lki go on.,

air was rent oy a meioay suon as mignt soothe the damned ; it whirled around the boy like a visible thing, but the

boy stood firm. Suddenly again the music stopped, and the man began- to take'ofrVhis drapery: He appeared for a moment an nature!, and there wasn't

a ghost of a snake about him. He:

shook out all h s clothesno snake; He wrapped his loin cloth round niiiu, and began again his devil's dance and his soul-killing pipe. V Not once from the Jirst to the last did

he approach his baskets or the co bra. which 'lay sleeping in the sun . tHe .

cam5 up -to where i sat, ana tooK a.

small paint rag of mine; he put if oh tlie boy's head, and . chen shook it out

and gave it back to me. f I told ybti'

the boy's cap fitted tight to his head, and hikhead'was shaved.) On went the whirl and ' yell vand as before stopped with a heaven ascending shriek. He stepped up to the boy and with his naked hand plucked out where from? a great cofera, which he flung'straight at me! ; The brute struck me on the shoulder and went shuddering down my leg, where it subsided on the ground, nissing heavily. I sat still and laughed- Helaid the new cobra by the oH one, put both in the basket,

opened up all his cloths and baskets

ana thiugs tnere" were two cooras now,rand no niore.j Then he took my

paint rag, laid itdown against the pillar of the veranda, and . went through; XI- -'u! i u.V.'.Ia '1' TTkM - 4ViiS mucin

was exhausted he walked to the rag and plucked out a third cobra, which also greeted me in friendly Wise. There were three-no .we saw tnem all, but

my Mend said: "This won't dp; he'll fiU the place with snaKes.' 1 " .-, :. - ,: - im.V wm " ' . - ' How'Winff-Sellet Iiaid the Basis : !f r of Hj'IPortunei ' , . A Dresden feuilletonist tells a truly ( remarkable story of how a young and sharp-vvitted : wine merchant in 'the: Rhine district made his way toa good custom and ultimately ; to wealth. . In the city where he lived many other older dealers, who had been long established and favorably known, were his rivals. Against . them he could make no headway. It was of ho use that he advertised the cheapness and excellence' of his wares, orders he solicited in vain. ' He was unknown people had no faith in his wines, and he remained without patrons. At last one'day? almosrihdepairh'eatook up! a daily paper to try, by, reading, to kill the time which -hung2 heavily on his. hands. While engaged in this not very profitable employment, unprofitable n the paper he read was of the average . German type, he noticed among the announcements of deaths that a certain convivial old Baron who was no ted for his ..fundnessior Bhihe wine had died very suddenly . It was then that1 this bright idea the idea whicb;made him came..tpJ.the young man. Upon a respectable, but solidlooking piece of- business paper, bearing his letter-head well prin ted, he hastily but carefully penned to the dead man a note, in which he thanked

him for his kind; oifer of a few days before,-never give, of course, said the wine he desired had been duly forwarded that day, and the price, according agreement between them, would be 300 ihalers; This letter, with.n quantity of his best wine, he sen t to the address of the dead Baron. The message and wine were "received by

the heirs and representatives of the latter, who, overjoyed at falling into a good property, paid the merchant his bill, promptly drank the - wine, and, , doubtless out of respect to the judg-' ment of the Baron, gave the dealer whom he seemed to have favored an extensrver order. S07 little " by little, the good qualities of the wine which the young man had for sale became known, his custom increased steadily, and at the last his fortune was made. Tfaistory;'hichisiiowr" "going the rounds of the German press, is vouched for as being founded on fact. : '

Sfof Wely dQbase, but the fox was- too, much for the dog, coaxing the ctog jve considerable territbiahdAMerfgtht hack to the hill heroithe trap was? set and jumping ovei iC l liu.tae , dog- put his

loot in- rine : trap anu stoppett rign c

At a weddinsr in Frederick; Md. . a

little dog .that was : exceedingly ugly

but had been the

who. was supposfic

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A7 Baroda Demon SnkTfefi Con? J' jnres ?a; Cobra jgai otHa Boy?a

PaU MaU Gazette.

The following story of snake charma 2 . injg has been sent to us by acorrespondt V 1 : v ait who1 is mak ing a sketching tour i ;J- through some of the .Stafes of north-' 'W v":ai;liWtIndia: rtz' . , ...v

une mornmgj 'was strolling with, a friend in the venmdah when we saw a stremge figure coming along the drive ; atf Jlish maa in a scarlet turbanonly, unlike the usual solid turban, it was wound serpent wise about his head a kind of loose, fiame-colored shirt; a loin, cloth, and ,; the ordinary peaked shoe of the Easterns. Across his shoulders he carried a stout bamboo pole between five and six feet long, at eit'aer end of wbich hung two, bags of coiirse ' woven - cloth, -- colored? a less vivid flame color. As he came up to us we saw; he bad long black hair, twisted up like a woman's, and secured at the left side by a'tieavy silver comb whoae back was chased in strange patterns and shaped like a curve in a snake's body. In his ears were delicate ear-rings of silver, set with small green and red and white stones in flowerlike shapes ; on his forehead was the red mark of the, Hindoo; across the bridge of the nose, between the eyes-' there was a black and scarlet line

drawn that looked 1 4ke a fine silk rib bon, and a sim Jar ribbon ran from the ot?.ter corner of each eye to the temple. His face gave , yon the impression of

Ahis eves looked as if they could not sjbut; yet he had not a wrinkle, and was evidently young. His hands were beautifully shaped, with delicate najls; viMs feet were strong and shapely too. ; jMy friend said: "This man will show you some fun for a few coppers:7?' So he was handed up m to tn e veranda, and the play began. He opened - hii bags, sat do wri on his; haunches and proceeded to unpack. The bags contained each a large wicker, or rather bamboo hith basket; and . nondescript bundles of many-colored cIoth7 The latter contained a tin box full of

14 ve auu u vety euorpiuua, tjuiue necKlaces of strange gray and red stone pieces of wood supposed to be cures for scorpion bites, round black subp 'stances . lite small shining buttonsthese are snake stone, and if laid, on a

cuui a uitts awe &uppuscu w cure iu . -: .

The baskets contained also a Jarsre

cobra apiece. . He tov.k out the ., two cobras arid" laid them on the' stone

floor of the vara rula. I am not ciuite

sure whethor he showed ub two or ona

atfirst, for he has heenshere many times since, Aaiiy .rate? he took " wbm cuW let it squirm ai ou I on the

Jloor; then he protue ed frfy m his bag &

wemi pipe matte as a :go urn auu snapea

iigpGift The lover

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. Holes for ibiving.

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I am no doctor, quack, or pill vender, yet I have had a pretty good long life and a happy one. May I not, therefore, give my simple rules of health in hopes some poor traveler on the up or down hill of life may look at them'and perhaps be henefited by them, I have practiced them for many years, aud-

they have. done, me goovqygrfojais they may do good for others. 5 "Hieyiare inexpensive and may be easily abandoned, ifthey-cise anys barnv --v ' Keep ins the- sunlight j ustm uch as possible. . : A plant ? will thrive without. -the, sunbeamfmuch less a man.-- -. .-.y;t:- . Breatne as inuch " fresh; afi as your business will' permik iThfer niakes: (res h blood: but it win never be found with-..

in rhetfom iwarftM yourhuildinc:.

'it Beiiea1hithe3wn sky, just tnere. It

comes toy onv, 7 -y--?i ' - Be strictly-temperate 7Y0U cannot break? ojgamp, ja . or anyother law with impunity! . V .,. Keep 5th'e feet' always : warm and head cool. ..Disease and death begin at the feefc. more .commonly than we thinkl . . "If out of order, ' see whichi of the above rules you have notJ observed, then ruh yourself alloveKwitha towel, saturated with salt-water,- fwen dried, and beguvujpon the.rulsagain. pfekever-on the. ferignWside, which is the heaven - si4of hfeiiirhis; is far

.better -than anymedietne.

These seven simpie rules, good for the valid -or invalid, if rightfully observed, would saye T , apprehend, a deal of nain,5pix)lbng'your fife, and so

far as health goes, -make; -it worth hav-

WiSoni theirs practice them ?

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Stories of BiriEfs ;and Beasts.

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J jioraet Idng like a; bOip

part, below the belly, hi Merced uiih

;' ioles on. which the- fi ugers pi ay. With

chjs pipe he- began :- the -?.teet go bin . iant-that fver1 washeari "the cobra j: iieased writhing about, mil graduallv

'' raised itself on its coils, swelled out its

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onifi of (?ale

oet of uthe bride, and

tri W safely locked

up at 'home; marched tyxp the aisle of the church just m th'e minister was

about $a' begin tlio!t biSfyieei: With a

yelp he 'looked up in"- the race or ms mistress ahd-seemel to ak the meaning of all this. Thedoy ' then taking in the solemnity sat the occasion, Stretched himself outjOrx .the" train of

ktlie brte,satii?dxeis and remained

mere uniir luenrai'nage - aer was concluded. r- vf-si ; ; A wild soose" ioined 1he flock of a

appeared at meal JameAiter satisfying its appetite it was noticed to pick up an ear; of corn and fly away..,.' After circling about it dropped apparently into the river. It was discovered that it carrieViJthQ;!Cornlfo a siCiSf. tod disabled companion- that -could neither walknor fly.' Fitiallyfhe visits ceased, but shortly after ward the sick gander

wahderejj into? the i$am$ and gobbled up the'oorn himsJjfS He has remained afl'winteri; atidSnWadiaittons are that he has made up his-mind to settle down and go to housekeeping.

.Lato Inventions. f toUnapiphia STe ws? ? -f r A California man is said to have discovered a process M or drying and pressing potatoes by whicli tliey ca n be preserved for years without any loss of their flavor or nutritive qualities. A German 'macfaioi&t has invented a process .for cleaning which has been used , for1 luhncaTnng machinery, by. which he claims a saving of 50 per cent, in the consumption of the material is obtained .V , A firm of stove manufacturers in Albany nave recently bought out a hew lining for stoves, intended particularly for those in which soft coal is burned. It is claimed that clinkers will not form in the stove in which the lining is used. A new material for architectural

ptwposeSj.sail to be entirely fire-proof, isade'frdm 'coiifdh , v !&i teT being converted into a paste by chemi(l treatment, it is molded into the desired form and allowed to dry, when it be-

comes as Jiaxd,,as stone. It is called sarchi tectural eoHon .:' ' ; ? - - ,

j A French eleotrieifih has- idevised a form .of eltiieamji hyhfcii intermittent luhiinous signal' can be pro.dueed&mo tiQs iisetl by which "thetciarl at each revo lution, andgcahi be ropewlted by clockwork for regular si,guaLs or Vy hand at

7sf variable rate 'fcjt the irregular oues. ; A machine has beeii recently patent

ed designed for threading bolts? and tapping nuts, and so constructed that when one tap or die is forced forward to do its work another die or tap is withdrawn. The naoliine thus works continuously, and no time is lost in withdrawing the die or tap', . A New York man is said t o have discovered a process for the manufacture flf sulphate of quinine from coal tar. Owing to the fact that, but : li ttle has been' done' toward the cultivation or" the cinchona, a substitute for Peruvian bark, from which the drug has been heretofore 'made, has-.been sought after for years? Theadein the article is a heavy one, and if the new process should prove to be as successful as Si is anticipated by the inventor, it will oahse a- revolution in the ' trade. , :

MrsrQeorgelit

county, Ahi,, set a goose en six eggs and -had seven gOsngs, hafched. ' ; tAn alligator knowh to be2years old was caught "-recently in a steel trap

near Talbotton, Ga." He was five feet

four.mehe?- long;-and m"4o6fl escaped fieom" a .tpond 'iohgmM t Levir-B.

An old maid of Platfcsburg, Mo , has five tratned cats. ' Oh a bed in a sleep

ing apartment are fo.he -seen-five little

piu wa uauuHumciy utuuiaieu wivn lacei fringe3, JbWgay ribboQS and on these!;the fivacat-'Sleer- '

The wild canary can be heard ihll

nearly every garden; in ManUa, and to many its song is- sweeter tban that of its more brilliant domestic brother. iEn wintermany'of V$bfi raek "in flopfs with the linnets andvgoldflnches, ,

AJ)arahgQbrreaindehtdescribes'

wxi UJi&tilUivix nuvyy-iii&qj, tuts nmcran, which infests halt -reeion.i! Its

WiWH IHikBtflb rtiHjdS1 waved itin awful head I kills him iht?

' s fchrg'ism ottttf iiiPevery. .casfe. and no

remedy hasever been fou nd . to ooun 5 -terapt its deadly poison. The spasms are o violent that it t&kes three or

four, sronjgJihieh& hold a patient slung

An enemy; ofesthe crasshoDoer1 has

jus t appeared in a little black spider

rhatseems destiheuVtO wipe out: this scourge; All alongj the" line of the Virginia and Troackee railroad between Carson and Ken o they appear m great numbers . .-t The slider does" , his work while; the hopper i&tornid from the chill

vi'iHB aioiHiuuuu 'eveuiutc air. xne

spiders at fcac kfo;honrjear ii nWJhefe

by giving eacj

J Life's Limits. We.donnot subscribe wholly to. the deductions given below; but they are made dy medical gentleman employed in the service of life insurance- companies, and they assert the truth of them, as proved by their exy erien ce in examining applicants for policies. These gentleman say that the children of longlived parentsiye;alittle longer than the parents. Tf only one is long-lived anUthe''OtJxer.ifrJ0z&,''isrdtQek with less vital forcetbeif the' childreu have a sort of division of vitality among them. One will live to be very aged, while another falls considerably short of. the life period of the shortest .lived parent. ;; But there is another" fact still more surprising, pretty nearly as well established. When a child arrives at the age at which either parent died, aside frOm accidental' cause, iVwili become

muisposea, graouauy siciten anu may throw a similar state of vital distubance on or about the auiversary of the other parentis death; but if that is passed, some years moje may be aafely predicted7 a iifeilease jfor stfte: individual. Laws of limitation are not exelusivelv

legislative acts, . Nature esiablished

them before'parlianignts and congresses

were;0J

Mrs. Hayes and jfcrs. Garfield In a receittTetter to the. Independeht, Mai'Gremnier;' says oftMrs. Garfield: "Mrs. Hayes never had a sick day in herfoiir years' stay in the White House, though the old house which she loved' hadr mil' the defects then which it is declared have, overpowered Mrs. Garfield in two 'months " There was nothing more remarkable about Mrs. Hayes than the never exhausted stores of her vitality and the splendor of her health. If she was happy because she was good, she was happy also because, she was supremely3 well, and life came to her as a delight through evexy- nerve, hot, ' as it must be to so many, quivering with pain. If Mrs. Garfield has erred, it has been in attempting to. do all thatV Mrs. Hayes did. What was a pleasure to Mrs, Hayes,. to the same extent, could only be a burden ' to MrsI Garfied, solel3r through unequal strength4 Mrs. Garfield is a woman of strong mentality, deep, shy, sweetness of nature, and of most fine and delicate fiber. The burden of crowds, of - 'shows", of pomp ahrcfrcurastaiice -should never be laid heavily on her. It would be not only cruelty to demand.it, but unkind -ness to'accept ltfMJs 1 "

11 years.oOge.Jie igvep &

m WftwK

mm to toe ranK as

Blind Tom's Laurels Liable to

Taken by Blind John. BtIiOnis Bepublicfln; . . - . , A concept was givehTast"evti'hig at St. Paul's Chapel. Eleventh street. and

Christy avenue, by Blind John, who is

'Certainly what la' claimed 'fonhijn, a

great musical prodigy. Although but

Utence of a

amy entities

neer or tne famous

BlindT6niKaia'aPuo distant day to

,ex(l thejatteiv rBijpJoi'n. a; naV

'iVyfj iwssourian , out jui cyuBre: ne was borh $ nfot degniMkhowrifttjough a 'citizen lof lvjeiisbitf him sinqo heSvas'Syeja 6f.-Hge. This is nis first' tdur,, anfl.n the' State of Iowa and-and the porfcicnis bf'Missou-

yi and Nebraska in which he ha-3 given

pubjicr conceris, lie. has met with fair

success n n an ciai ly1; anu everv w nere ' has astonished' his audiences ' by the

reiuui hhuio ex m 01119ns ne nas given; He played the other evening at the opening several difliculfe elctions.and

, the fingering was most adroit, f :;

His manager and traveling com paniptf, Johiin livnge,1 orColunb'fa, Mo.-, tnen invited any on'e.wessnt- to come forward and play a nleee and 3511nd

Jqhnhbaddedi would imitate it, First the ..grgabftr Sftiie qhurcn plaiyed a piece; As'soon as he had finished Blind bhhi(tbojis seat at the .. piano and but few mis? bso?

utely accurate, but rierely to imitate

and play the piece through, so that no

one can fail to recognize it as tne same. In this he succeeded admirably well

and was loudly applauded. Professor

Wilson, of the Sumner High, School, also played a piece, and John imitated him in a remarkable manner. After that Blind John took a mouth harp, and said he would first play

u8vFeet Home" the w av the ladies of

St. Louis sing it. Hei brought in variations and made some delightful music on that instrument. Then he showed how the Carondolet girls sing the same piece when they are. practicing for an exhibition. The last; rendition was m ost ludicrous. He next imitated oh the harp, an expert playing a violin, followed by an imitation of an oldfashioned country darky in a Jog cabin. This was very amusing, He then stationed hi nself some distance from the piano, and Mr. Lange requested any one to hold up an article. He touched not?s on the piano, and by this means Blind John told what was held up. Hi$l spelling was quite odd, Aran was held up. "F-a-n-e, fan," cried the blind boy. "W-h-a-e-h,

watch ; h-a-n-ker-cher-fer, handkerchief.n He spelled glove, ,gIouv.,, A erirl stood up, and John yelled, with a lonrch "Wliftfa Vmlrlino- lir9 This

brought down the house.

He next played on the piano, imita

ting the violin, "like it is phwed

around St. Charles." He brought in

"Uncle Jesse Boundhouse,, and other

familiar comic dancing tunes. His next exhibition was one of the best of the evening. He pi ay ed ' two d isthiet

pieces at the same time, "Yankee Doodle" and "Fisher's Hornpipe." and conversed with several parties at the same moment. He could not be puzzled. Among other renditions last night were : ' 'Blind Toms Thu uders (orm, 1 7 imitating the rumbling sounds of thunder at a distance, and a windstorm; -Gottschaik's '"Last Hope;" "Nearer, My God, to Thee," witli his own variations; a banfo imitation, and concluded with Blind Tom's "Battle of Manassas." . While he is playing, Blilid J ohu appears quite nervous, sway big rapidly backward and forward, and seems to throw his whole soul into Lis work. He is a lmtural born musk ian, and is most passionately fond of the art. He can perform on almost any ins'trument except the violin. The first indication given of his fondness for instrumental music was at the age of 5 years. He would then place a tin cup over his ear and drum upon it with the tips of his fingers. He w7ould eagerly seize hold of anything, such as a horn or a common harp, and even 011 thase instruments soon learned to make all kinds of imitations. He haia. had always a preference for the piano, and fairly boils over with joy when seated at this instrument. Hot Springs, Then anil Kw,

Mr. Kditob: There has been so much said and written of late years about the3e springs, that it- may appear presumptuous to attempt to write anything new, or that would interest your readers. We visited the springs a few years since, and what we shall have to say at this.time will be in reference to what we saw then and what' we se now. This may not be wholly uninteresting to those of your readers who visited the springs in the past, or those who may find it necessary to; vdo so in the future. Six years ago this place presented a very different appearance to what it does to-day. The buildings theu were of the most common and temporary character.' This was partly owing to the fact that jio one had, or could ob4tain a title to the land on which they built. The hotels and bath housea were in keeping with the other buildings poorly constructed and indifferently; kept. There was some excuse for the hotels at that time, from the fact that nearly all the provisions of every kind were bro ugh t fr on i Malvern on , wagons a distance of twenty-five miles over a terribly rough and at times a : desperately muddy road. The most exorbitant, prices were paid at that time for freightage, espec ially during the winter season. Tbe Arlington Was then being built, It is well known to most persons that there were several claimants to the Hot Springs lands, and as a result, they were in litigation for a long series of years. Finally the Supreme Court decided that the lands belonged to the United States; that the government had never parted with its right or title. - Immediately" after the decision of the Supreme Court .Congress made a; reservation of two miles square; in' eluding the Hot Springs Mountain., Then Congress appointed a Commission ot three to survey the lands, lay out lots and fix a price upon the same. The Commission was created for a year. At the expiration of that time the Commissioners had not more than one-half completed their work. The next j Congress extended jthe .

time of the Commission, reappointed

he same Commissioners, anu they completed the work. Since that time titles to property have been obtained from the govern rnent. Those occupying lots werj.5 permitted to remain on them by paying the amount assessed by the Commission, The great fire which coilsumed half the town occurred in March, 1878. .... . " Since that time a gradual improve ment in buildings has been going on . Large, substantial and commodioujs buildings are now being erected. Although many suffered greatly iropi ths fire having lost their all yet, many of the best citizens concur in the opmion that the fire instead of being . disadvantage, was a blessing to tb e place. Before the fire the bath houses were old, rickety, and uncomfortable ; now, they have some eight or ten large, comfortable and imposing buildings. They are simply grand, and kept;in excellent order. We have never seen anything to lie compared, to them in point of comfort, capacity and neatness. Most of them are elegantly furnished. The hotels are in general greatly improved large, commodious and comfortable and much better kept than formerly. J This is attr butable in part to the fact that a railroad has been constructed from Malvern to the Springs, and is in successful operation.

By means of wheels and the iron Mountain road, they get provisions; .direct from St. Louis. In speaking of hotets, I cannot without injustice' to in yown feelings, fail to mention the Hay House as one6neof -the very b?st in th e valley ; we cab cheerfully coi nmend it to all who may . visit the Springs. Although jrreat , improve mentfi have been made in, the streets, much remains to be done, not only to increase the comfort and facility in getting about, but also to , promote the fianitary condition of the place. An Observatory has been erected on what is called East Hot Spring Mountain, from which a grand view of the furiounding country can be had. This is said to' be five huhdredKfeet high above the valley. The weather here is very warm for .lune. ---The Northern people are now leaving, and the Southerners are cpqing hero as a cool resort.: Cy I negitected while g peaking of tiath houses to mention that the wate).4 pt the springs is collected into a large reservoir, erected by the government. Another reservoir is now being erected further up the mountains o as to force the wator into the bath houses

situated up the' valley. It isi useless to speak of the remedial

virtues of these waters, they have been so long and favorably known, at home aud abroad. Yours, VEREPQg; ! Hot Springs, Ark , June 9.

WASEJNGTOSr.

Investigating maintains that him to .testily no way under

. Washington, D. C, June 14. The Secretary of the National Greenback Committee nays that the Greeneback members ot the next Congress will stand solidly together on all

questions. He suys nine members of

the next House $.re pledged to meet in Greenback caucus and determine upon and carry out Greenback politics. Those nine members counted upon are Lacld and Mureh, of Maine; Bramin and Mosgrove, o Tennsylvania; Rife, Haiseltine, Burr oughs an d Fort, of Missouri, and Jones, of Texas. The intention is to get the members in caucus, with, a view of controlling, in part at least, the organization of the next House. J. Hyatt Smith, of BrooklyUj will vote with the Republicans that is positive. It is more than probable that two Readjuster members torn Virginia will also vote with the Republicans. The Grec:n backers arc sending documents to .Maine in the effort to carry Frye's district, but it can be set down as conclusive that the Republicans will organize the next House. The combined! opposition will not number enough members to defeat the Republican organization. There is considerable talk here about General Grant's Interview, in which

he criticizes trie President. Grant's

outspoken condemnation of the Ad

ministration has added force to the

whisperings her 3 that a stalwart mem

ber of Congms will, after Congress

meets, an tagon i ze t he Ad ministration.

Hitherto but little attention has,4 been paid to this; talkj as it seemed to come mainly from disappointed applicants

for office. But ueneral want's open

opposition to the President leads to the impression with some that the stal

warts will unuertaKe to assert tneir

power in the next Congress.

A prominent follower of Conkling

said to-day tht the purpose of Grant, Conkling and their friends will be to drive Blaine from the Cabinet; that

both Houses of Congress are very close,

and the stalwarts can. easily control

the balance of power in the Senate and

the House; and that the demand of

the stalwarts will be Blame's retire

ment. This talk is not counted as of

much value in Administration circles.

Friends of President Garheld say

that if Conkling was powerless in his

opposition to the Administration when hi the Senate, he will be still weaker

when out of oifice entirely. The Adlaiinistration is confident that not on-

Iv are Conkling and Piatt beaten, but

that two AdmiJiistration Senators will

be returned. ;

Washington, June 11.

Pitney, the Custodian of the Treasury, has refused to testify before the

Committee, and he they cannot compel under oath. There is the ordinary rule of

(evidence to force Pitney to testify. The ground that he might thus criminate himself protects him. He was willing to a;aawer questions if not sworn, but woufd not be put under oath. ThisjMstion of Pitney caused considerable . comment, one report being that he holds his mouth to protect the men who have held and now hold higher positions t han he holds. En fact, in talking at : times, Pitney

has let out hints to thfe effect. Among

the items he luwl entered ou his books as having been purchased! was a number of boxes of caudles. 3$o candleii are used in the Treasmy,, and when asked about it, Pitney frankly 3tated bat he had never aetcaily bought any eandles. but' that 'Hinder orders11 he bad at different times provided nice lunches for some officials, and he covered the expense by charging it up to candles. 1 Judge Rotertson's Commission ai Collector of the port of New Yerk will be made out for signi ig about the 28d of this month. Mr. Robertson expects to enteh upon his duties as Collector on the first of July, as he believes the New York Senatorial contest will be ended before that time. He is required to give a heavy bond, and this bond must be filed and accepted in the Treasury, and must contain the date of his commission. Should the Senatorial fiht drag on till theu, Merritt will remain in the Collector's office until Robert3on can t.ake charge. Til Bribery JnytiiryJ 1 ' Albany, K; Yn June 15. When the bribery investigation committee re-assembled yesterday afternoon, Lorin B. Sessions, tlLe State Senator who is accused by Assemblyman Bradley of attempt to bribe him, resumed tho witness stand for crossexamination. During his testimony Sessions admitted that in 1862 he was present in Albany ai li lobbyist, and received money for urging the passage of several bills, getting 5,500 on a scheme to secure a site for-the Post Office in Kew York, and acting as a lobbyist for six or seven years. He stated thai; he had also assisted in Washingto a in "one or two little matters," and never divided anything which he received. Sessions continued: I have talked to members of the Legislature ' to get votes for Depew. I told the caucus on the night of tlie 8th of June I bad secured a vote ; I thought I had got Bradley to vote for him. I don't think I supposed I had secured his vote for auy other candidate. I felt I had won that ote; I felt confident he would so vote when he told me so in his room, lie told mei would not be disappointed in his vote'. Never had any mason to believe Bradley was a corruptible maii On the. 8th of June nevtr had thought of him in that connection, f Never had any difficulty with himV The committee then adjourned till this morning, when Senator Sessions again took the witness stand. Question by Mr. Bangs In .your ex

perience arouna jueu?amrtj;j uu vuu know auy legislator receiving monoy for his vote? . ' rfJ Sessioun I do not . Bangs--From your observation and belief, and from auy experience you have had, do you think -any legislators were influenced by any -corrupt considerations for their vcte? Peekha m I objei ?t to the question as to what the opinion or belief of the witness may be iii the matter as foreign to tlie subject wilder investigation. A loug debate followed by counsel. The committee allowed the question, and Sessions said he had no theory on

the subject. Bangs Did you not bolieve that Bradley's vote could be influenced by pecuuiaiy considerations? Sessions I bad no reason to believe h is' vote could be influenced by a money (jonsiderati on. Had no evidence he was not an honest man. Believed him an -honest man 'so -far as I knew..', ;-,?..': ' X V Ban gji-Please state the firfitconversation you had with Bradley at the Delavaii House oh the nigh t of June 8? Sessicins We met in the hail of t he, Delavan House, msar the cigar stand. We commenced talking, I uring him to. vote for Depew, as the only solution

to the question. He (Bradley) said: MMayb'i you won't be disappointed in my finiil vote." I construed his remarks

j to me p mean ttt he was now voting

for Conkling to please some Grant' men in his district,and after doing bo for a time, he would finally vote for Depew: I went to the Delavan House that night to see Senator Woodin and Mr. Barber. I go down there to see them very frequently two or three times a week, sometimes often er. Bangs Did you not go up to Woodin ;s room first on that night? Sessions 1 don?t remember. The friends of Depew, or at least many of them, meetinWoodins room oscasionally. I don't know who was present in AVoodin's room that night. Went to Barber's room that night also; have seen Depew in ; Barber's rooni, Have known Barber for manv years, have seen Edwards and Van Vechjten there; never knew any thin g about Barber's business. Understand he is friendly to the Central railroad. Don't know that he is in the paid employment of the railroad. Don't know thait he Is in the employ of the Central railroad;. Have never heard anything about Cen

tral railroad matters in his (Barber's) room.

Bangs What is the smallest sum

5'ou have seen played for in Barber's room this Winter?

Sessions Two , shillings on a game of s!edge. Having seen many persons

in Barber's room at euchre, old sledge,

Boston, etc. Don't think I should

mention the names of gentlemen

whom P" have seen playing cards

socially in the5 : room. Have

never seen members of vthe Xeg-

islature. playing cards with Daniels for money. Cannot swear that I have seen Depew in Barber's

room since May 24. Dou'-t know that I have seen Charles Orr, of, Buifalo

this year. Never played ca Jds Avith him in Barber's room. . '

Bangs Where did you go after leav

ing Bradley at his room in Kenraore

Hotel, the night of June 8

Sessions 1 think 1 ent to.wooain's

room in tne iJeiaven Mouse.

Bangs Have you bought stocks this

year? .

Sessions Have bought some stocks

through Spencer, Trask & Co. : the

firm have given me checks; kept no

bank books: don't know that Depew

kept an account there.

Bangs Who invited Bradley to the

interview on the , night of June 8. at

the Kenmore?

Sessions I did. My object was to

tell him what Ingersoll had told me

from Terry, who had just gone through

his county. I .wanted to tell it to

Bradley, so as to have him know just ho w the people of his district felt, so as

to endeavor to cnange his vote for ie-

pew. .1, ten. ma: ne was aoouc 10

change. Sessions tnen repeated tne statement heretofore published about

the incidents on the. evening of June

8th at the Kenmore.

Bancs Did you say", anything to

Bradley about his political prospects

m tne worm snouiu ne continue m his course? .

Sessions I talk wi th him about his position on the Senatorial question. Bangs Have you ever been in the

New York Tribune oflice?

Sessions-I was once some few years

ago, in : i7y, jl tnmK ; j. wenx rnere to have them correct some misstate

ments Jin then: columns about me.

Wrote - two letters also, which they

published. .

Bangs offereu m eviaence two arti

cles which, appeared in the New York

Tribune of May and June of 1879, rel

ative to Sessions course m the legisla

ture. Counsel for Sessions objected.

Pending the discussion the committee

took a recess. . v.

The ioint convention voted as fol

lows for a successor ts Mr. Conkling; Senate Jacobs, 5; Conkhng, 8; Wheeler, 5; Rogers, 6; Cornell, 1; Lapham, 1 ; Bradley, 1 ; Folger, 1. AssevablyJacobs, 44; Conkling, 23; Wheeler, 20: Bogers; 12; Cornell, 9; Dapham, 9; Folger, 1; Tremaine, 8; Crowley, 2. The combined vote was Jacobs,' (Democrat)-, 49; Conkling, 31; Wheeler, 25; lLogers, 18; .Cornell, 10; Lapham, 10;, Bradley, 1; Folger, .1; 3?remaine, 3; Crowley, 2. No choioe. The Convention then proceeded to vote to fill the vacancy caused " by the resignation of Mr. Piatt, with the folio win 2 result : Senate Kernan (Dem

ocrat) 6; Piatt, 7 Depew, 12; Cornell;,

a; f olger 1. 3.ssemojy jveruau, ti Piatt, 20; Depew, 41; Cornell, 8; Folger, 2;' Crowlev, 4; Lapham, 1 ; J Roggers,.l; B. F. Tracy, 1. -The combined vote was as follows: Depew, 53; Kernan 50; Piatt, 27; Folger, 3; Cornell, 1.0; Crowley; 4; Lapham, 1; Rogers, 1; Tracy, 1. No choice. TJie conventio u , adjourned . till tomorrow. , Tlie laves tifation. "i j - ' Albany, N; Y., June 13; At the investigation into the alleged bribery to-day, Bradley was examined at graat length regaf dingliis past career. He told 'of his connection with several timber contracts, business enterprises, and gave a review of his por Utieal experience. . N othing of interest was brought out by either side. The anti-Conkling counsel stated that their policy was to prove a conspiracy. ..." Bradley told in substance the same story heretofore published of his interview with Sessions, and the attempt of the latter to bribe him. The committee then took a recess : IN JOINT CONVENTION. The Joint Convention met at noon, Lieutenant Governor Hoskins presiding, and proceeded to vote for tlie vacancy caused by the, resignation of Senator Conkling'. . The Senate voted as follows: Wheeler, 3; Conkling. 5; Jacobs, 4; Cornell, 2 ; Rogers. 4 ; Lapham , 1 ; Folger, 1 ; Bradlev, 1. Asssmbly-: Wheeler, 13; Colliding, 19; Jacobs, 22; Cornell, 6; Rosn-rs, 8; Lapham. 5; Tremaine; 4; Folger, 1. The combined vote was: Wheeler, 16; Conkling, 24; Jaeobs, 26; Cornell, 8; Rogers, 12; Lapham, 6; Tremauie, 4; Folger, 2; Bradley, 1. No choice. . The convention then proceeded to vote to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Piatt. The Senate vote was: Depew, 10; Kernan (Democrat,; Folger, 1; Piatt, 5. Assembly: Depew, 26 ; , Cornell, 6: KernaiH' 22; Folger, 2; Piatt, .16; Crowley, 3; Lapham, The combined vote was: Dep4jw4 36; Cornell, 6;, Kernan,- 27 ;: Folger, 3; Piatt, 2:1; .Crowley, 3;aPr ham. 2. To choice.

The conventipijr then adjourned till ; to-morrow. i! - ' ; -.;,

,,. Tlio Bribory Invest Initio n. ... Albany, N. Y. , June 16. Upon the reassiembling ot; the comr mittee yesterday afternoon,. Mr. Sessions repeatel the statements heretofore published concerning the incidents of the evening of June 8 at the Kenmore -Houso, and continuing his testimony, said' I hat at neither of the visihj he made! to-; Woodin's or Bar-. ber's room was t:aere any talk or allu-. sion to influencing Bradley 's vote by the use of money. ? Witness fully and

oxpli citi y 4 den led that ' at the time he left Bradley at the elevator to go up staim he said to-fc5radley : "If you vote for Depew I havci $i,00i) for you to put in your vest pocket,,, and, as Bradley testified, when. Bradley refused, he (Sessions) said, "r I will go up and see what is the bt thing that can be done." Witness gave a detailed stated mehtofhis connection wTith the passage of the Post; Office bill in 1861,, Never in his life had he given or offered or promised any financial consideration to any member for his support of a bill in whioh he was interested. No man that ver lived, or that now lived, could say that he had ever attempted to influence legislation by the improper useJf, money, for -he never had done so. Robert H. PfiiyUj of Albany, FresiI , '"

dent of the National Co mmercial bank, f for $10,000 ah the 28fchOf Way. I de- I

was sworn, ana testmea that that he Knew a man called ."Gharley" JSdwards ; saw Edwards- at the bank on the 4th of June; Edwards came into

witness' room and presented a check

for $2,000. The check was one of A.

D. Barber's on the tMca bank; bad the Teller cash it ; the proceeding was not

a secret one, not , unusual, but aitp gether regular. ' V

Daniel "W. Wemple. Cashier ;of the

New York State National bank, next

called, corroborated the testimony of

Pruyn, and gave a .statement of Ed-

. wards' standing with the bank.

Coe Young, Assemblyman, was next

sworn, and testified that he Voted for

Tremaine and Lapham, all the time; knew Edwards: had been informed

that Edwards was a lobbyist. Several

times Ed wards had said that if witness

would vote for Depew he, would 'foe' treated as well as the others. Edwards had never said just how the others would be treated, and so witness did

not know just how well' Edwards

meant. Speaker Sharp e was. thenirer

caueu, out nothing or great importance was elicited, and5 the committee adjournedi ? ' : ' - The bribery, investigating comml ttee continued its labors this , morning.

William A. Graves, ' of the firm of

Spencer, Trask & Co.f testified that Sessions7 account was closed June 7th, bv tne payment 6t $6,616 in currency.

Sessions' account was a profitable one."

Tne last purcnase n nis account was St. Paul preferred. 'T have talked with Sessions about : the , denominations at the bills I paid him. Tliere were three

1.000 bills, and' ',000 in $100 bills.

cessions toia me ne wanxeu w eioso me account and wished large bills to take home with bim;lM 1 talked1 with Sessions last evenihgnabout -thiSiCase, but was here yesterday afternoon to gve hiy testimony if called upon before I had had any special-cohversationwith him. , He told his recollection of the matter of the bills, but his statement has not influenced my own opinion. It is unuBal for men to draw their balance in currency when it amounts to 6.000. -l- J To Bangs My conversation with Sessions occurred about 9 o'clock last

night '

Bangs to Sessions Let me see tne package of bills,: please. Sessions handed Bangs the package of bilte; which was shown to the witness, and he identified- them as apparently the same bills' he paid Sessions June ?. Sessions took out nearly all all the money I paid from his trousers pocket last night when" we metvat Smith's house, a nd I ran over the amount and recognized the bills as those I paid him June 7, as some of the bills were entirely new $100. bills5. The sum I counfed last night: -was only a few dollars short of $6,616. : To Smith I went to Smith's house to ask him if I could l)e obliged to brinjg up the books of our firm. While there Sessions came in; Our meeting was casual, and not byi agreemenfcor appointment. Assemblyman Bradley vas recalled, and! was asked for tbe manuscript he wrote in the room . where he met Speaker Sharpe. Bradley handed it to counsel Bangs who read it aloud. It was the same as he addressed to the Assembly June 9, when asking for an investigating committed Had no appointment with Sharpe in his room that night. Knew General Conway. He had never asked me to1 vote for General Tremaine. I did not want to talk to reporters until I made my statement to the committer? v It was not out of regard to Sessions or "tehderhes3 for his charaoter that 1 refused to make a statement to them. Orsina E. Jones, of? Jamestown, Chautauqua county; was sworn aud recess then taken, .- -f . Th3 joint convention balloted ! or' a

successor to ex-Senator Conkling, with

the following result: Senater-Jacobs. (Democrat), 6; Conkling, 9 1 Wheeler, 11 Cornell, 2; liapbami,;: Bradley, 1; Folger -il: i At?sembly rJacobs, 15f

If Corneilf SV liaphamVlO; Folger,

Tremaine, 3; urowley, The combinedlvote -wasjas follows: Jacobs,7 51 ; Conklihgi 82; Wheeler, 38: Rogers,;!; Cornelhll'S Lanhamll-: Braaley, 1;

Folger, . 3; Trjmaine, 3.?i Rowley 4;

1x0 cnoice. Wheeler took nearly all Rogers' vote. , The convention then proceeded to

vote to fill the vacancy caused by-the

resignation of 'Tlatt. The Senate vot-

,edas follows: rJatt,.;;: Depew, 13; Kernan , (Dem ocrat) , 7; Cornell 4 ; Crowley, 1. The Assembly .voted :as follows : Depew, 41 ; Kern an , 4o; Piatt 20; Folger, 2: Lapham, 8; Crowjey, '4; Lapham 1 ;: Wheeler',; i ; JTracy V 'Xhe combined vote was : Depew 54 ; Ker' nanL52;Plstt, ,,27: Folger, 2; Corrrbll, 12; Crowley 5'; LaphamVlj-'Whectlerj 1 : Tracv, 1. No choice; -; ' : 1. 1

Mr. Brooks aiiked consent to ofFor a

resolution that in the event no eleciaon

is made for Un ited States Seuatom by

jMonoav, June idis ioint conven

tion will adjourn sine, die i thatday, after one or more ballols ' have been taken, and with the understanding on

the part of the convention that the

two houses oMhe Legislature wili adjourn at 3 p. m, June 20. Mr. Husted raised a point of oyder

that it was not in the power ; of this

joint convention to adjourn. The Lieutenant Governor decided

the point of order well4 taken: The

joint convention must meet daily until the Legislature adjourns. - Adjourned till to-morrow noon. Thellribory Inqulry-T-Balloting. I Allany,:N. Y., J une t7; The bribery investigation was resumed yesterday afternoon. r : Mr. Jones took the stand and testified that he knew Charles P, ingersoll and knew Ferry. Witness met Bradley at 9 o'clock. Bradley asked witn ess if he knew where Sharpens room was; that he wanted to see him. Weht with Bmdley to Sharpe's room and rapped at the door, and thinking that Bradley desired an interview or a private nature, stepped, bapk, and Bradley said, You come in Voo." Both stepped i nside; and Bradley told Sharpe he had been approached .and given money to vote fortDepew. , , '.: When Bradley said it was tne Sehator

from his district (Sessions) who gave-

him the money, Sharpe said that it could not be spy and was excited, wit ness t hough t. When he saw ! the nature of , the matter, he was anxious to get away. - Ho did not like it when he heard it was his Senators Witness was excited and didn't want to hear any more, and but barely remembered what he heard. :- v.-..;sj U f- ' .-Af1:'-W A.: iSlewTton, andf ;W. A. "Kvang were' called, but their testimony was

unimportant. V ' 1 : .

U'his mormag the luyestigatiou was resumed Assemblyman Bradley being recalled, but that testimohy elicited was unimportant. , . : v j Thomas W. Cantwell. receiving tell

er of the Albany-City National Bank ,

U ' - A Jfltu TYL.W.v 'V

w a swum. v u o -xMaiu. --j (mm? u 1 Ken more He tel. He is a cus tomer o I

our oanK; ne uepositea one onecK 01 $10,000, signed by Mr. Oxuer, New York; another for S2.500. signed by.

the sofne man: Both'were indorsed by A. D. Barber, and deposited- to the

... Jii . tt. . ntr . ! - fc,

creuic 01 xsiaKe. lie ;gave ,Jargt uma

Chas. JT I'eaboily; cashier for Spencer, - Trask - . & Go.y was sworn : Re member get ting a check for $1,500 cashed at the' Merchants Bank. Suite

's. Think tberci wers no iaraje iilsm

the package. 1'aid iponey over to the messenger neat for- ' it- by fjenator

Woodin. Graves gob a clUNfk cashci

.for $2,000 tht) same day, ' Adam Blake;, of the Kenraore Hotel, sworn: Know Edward B, Pheitou.

People visit him at the hotel on busi

ness connected witli the Legislature.

Don't know Barber: do not know the

extent of hisi acquaintance with Phelps.

fhels gave me a draft on ijNew york

nnsited-it in a Imnk Toaid it baok to'

Phelps in such sums as 1 he cateredi Don't remember the name .Jw the i drawer of checks. Don't' know" why Phelps name was not on bcjth? checks; It was on the $10 000 check. , , ' : ? Charles.S. Garfield, paying teller at the Albany City Nation al bank, sworn: Don't rememberabbut the 26th or 28th &

of payincj a check" to Blsik;4 don't j : know anything about persons being & 1 f J bribe' nor aiyti : hercv5 ...y.'vm. . . ? .f.r Bangs-That is alL; He ia your wiir I i ness; m SrtW , , ,j r Mr. Smith -We don't wanthim; .V; . have no questions to ask him. 1 I Bangs-T-You may go, Mr. Garfield. f , Mr; Shankley-mdvea that when the i : i committee adjourn j it meet again Mon- I A day.i , .. m '.&:zy li

! Mr; ? Bangs" said if feflrte4 I joturh men t J : r :

was taken from tlis cay until Mon- a ;j j day, he coral promise ,to be here next

John Goodali, of MJtc$ was Us sworn: llAm Caalierfof . the, W'v&t Na 1 ional Bank of Utica ; was subnoanaed 1 1 to appear and. give $rap scipt of .Barber-'s v i account f romyahuary ilaet. I went; 1 to the bank in the morning, an disked, j. the book-keeper td i ve :;me the checks,, etc. , called" for by tfcie " com mi ttee. He replied that Barber's ae?"'? f count had been written xxp, that morhf f t ing and the checks returnejl to Barber.' I The statement of Barb ars iiccc unt was s i

$1,700 in checks drawn' Iry f. a);Oxen' M.

er, of JNew- YorK.. About qp&UUU 0141

luu iuuu sum ill l.uo o La ixzixx XiJJV .was uus- 5.;

counted notes. Theaggregato credit '-'

is $90,664. Behit side is ahput, ,16,000 1 t

A recess was then taken. ' x in i

The Ioint convention met at noonf

plrpceeiaWvot-eri! H ct r of? rn rift? S

Henator Conkling.- The following is? I

the result:...: -., . ' II

SenateJacobs, (Democrat): 5; Conto-?i

ling, 8; Wheeler, 9; Cornoil 1) IaP! I

ham, 3; Bradley, xr Folger, i; , Asf sembly Jacobs, 42; Cornell; 19; Wheels I

er. 27; Cornell, 7; Jjapham, !: Folgemi 2;'Tremaine, 5: Crowley, 1 Combined vote' was as follows: Jacotis, 47 V ,Conk-J I ling, 27f WheelerrS0; Cornell, 8x Lapf ham, 16; Bradley, 1; .Folger, 3; Ene-Vl maine, 3; Crowley, 1- Noi choice. ? f The convention ' then proceeded toi I

vote to fill the vacancy caused by thef

resignation of Mr. Piatt with .the fi I lowing result : Senate Depeif Kei i

nan, (Democrat), 6; Jiatt, 7; uor ,3 hell, 13; Wheeler, -15 AssemblyDe-i! f -new. 40: Kernan. 42: Piatt 16: tml'S 1

nell; 9;rowl0yw$.;lA

er,:i. Combmed vote iwpew? mtm f Kernan 43; Hatt,- 2fe CkM neU lOf f?

(irnw ftv. ft. lAnham: 1; wneeier. z.

JNO CUOlCe.

The convention then adjourned;

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ILwfs of the Storm. ..u'T . A

St. Paul, Minn., June '4W$ f A Weils (Faribault county.) , dispatcbt I

says: a neavy wina ana;; rain storm r;

passed oyer thisf section Saturday afji tsraooh between the hours of 5 and6 s . ... . . ........ . . - - ."Jt& o'clock; j The storm was already com-1 in from the East and West, both storms meeting .between Baston andf

l3laware,and then going in a north-f f ierly direction from three to ft ve miles Si with the fury of a hurricane, carrying W death ahd destruction in its pajh. Ati - old couple named Ghaffee were khled " audttheir building blown.; to pieces Tohh B.' Evans had his ; house ansdl 4 bOTh wrecked;- L:' "P. Roberta1 barM f was wrecked and his daughter serious-;

ly injured." - - ; :: f J

JKeporcs ooutinuo w arrive, auu uuw e the stormio have been1 Very fdestriii-J S, tive., seven or eight houses and barh f liaving beeit wrecked, and a number of f : people iniured, - d r Wasliineton, Iowa. June 13;- Th-4 J - i

wind, rain' and hail storm of last evening was the hardest that 'has occurred in this place for many yes,; amoutftS ihg almost' to a torhadd. " A number c buildin gs ' were struck isy Hgh tnin v Houses were unroofod, and great dana a2e was ' caused" to trees and fence;

The country" is deluged withwata Fortupatery there was noDSS of life? i Galesburgi 111.. June -.13. A terrible j wind and rain 'storm'visited' this city J last night. ;It fcatl the appearance of a J tornado. The rain came down in toifjw; - rents ami the Nvind caused cohsidersi

Me destt-uctibnv Trees' and fences aw f

wrecked in; all parts of the City. Tlw? hail which followed broke' many lights i of. 'glass to stores, rtsiden ees and pul lie building. .The stiawberries axwfc f other small fruit 4are ruined. The corti is also badly damaged. SeveraibridgeH" t have been, ..washai qutvauApveiflpfs I are general, .v..-A..'.r -I f Whifield, Eani j Juno 13. A' cyclone. visited Summei and Secf c wick, counties Sunday h ight, causing tho destruction of ift?vasfcamouM of propeirfcy-, iittd kpl i ing a few and wounduig many persons. It was first seen near Ninnesah, on' the Arkansas riveH three muss from Mulvane Junction, and traveledf rapidly in a -ftortheastly direction.,! striking in a corn fiejtdrir Mulvaii It paused a mile north- of Mulvane, and picking up a twoiory , fraine house, turned it over twice ana smaRni ed it tosmithereeos. A lady j and here child were seriously injured internally.. as well as bridsed. and th chances mm r that the lady wUl die: ' The residence: of a, man named Egan5 :i0x$, was doi molished. : This was done by onej branch of the cyclone; A water-spoup . and another did much damage at BeJlt . plain. The two united near Mulvane anditwas the two combined that didthe work. . - :- . - '. ' .J: During tlie destruction :;Jam;.hK stones fell in immense quantities sjadT a hot wind prevailedv making it difllf cult to breathe and inng,te leavi .j, of corn as black as dirt' " V ' After leaving Mulvah the cyclone wheeled off in a ? southerly: direction, and struck Floral; a sniiill town abou ; four miles irom Sfeeley,5, Oaovpersoioi wjis killed there, and. tsvo more or iessi

danc-ei-ously wounded. The crops arg much injured. -Lf r 'Mj S i "

The Kdltrial AiMOClatlbU;

Special to tho Journal. :.'

; Tf ; ;Wabashi 4no 17

The ortlierh Indiana EdifcorialAsj;

sociaUon met at Wabash - to-day,

and spent th dsy m Uscussihg tlie ?

different subjects relative pfr tho def- f:

men are parucuiarly mceistiea.

foUowiug ediiorSjW 11 resent;

f T?. S?hn;t. Elkhart Democrat.

Ji JJ, Mifier; Steuhen EtephbUcah : r : XL-: A. Hossler; Wv M4 M yi-P.

; J. J. Stoll. Jiigonier ISanner. ' j irh,

ft JS; U. 'inompson, xogjaier juemiwr

! . jjxj. liewitt, ija-rn! Jgwieria ? , I. S. Bleil, Fort Wayjie Gazette? ? -H 'tr. 4 Frank Foster.Rercetou Indeiendeat,1 '

3- JdU Menaeisou, ivoxomo wu-pawu. 'i H.;J. Long, Kendall vilie Standard

- l, J?. iuozier, mistoi Banner. ,.- : i W. -A:. Beahb, Qoslien Democrat. rp Ji H. Reriok. LaGra ige Standawl. : :

1 J. P. Heatwole, Midilebmy Kecird;

Fw J. Scott and ffiC. FeUowsj

County Kepubhcan. ; v; e-. 1 J. W. Surran, Warreh Newa

J. Wmmerthiih? Waisaw-Union;

. O. J. Bowellj Garrett Heraldi $0'H

B. At Chri3(jother ;Eikhat Journal;

-N". W . Beauoham North Mancjio r ter JqurnaU:: : . .. t. , v--.' ' it K. Arnold . Bluffloh Chronicle. t

i AT. BitteJ Rodheeter BbnUmjl. K'r Jkee Linn, abash.Courief . r -

Thiia Jjuuer, waoa&n i-iam iaer. tW.' D. Prfctli Eogahsport Journal. last evening, JJon. j Riard Smith, Editor of the Glncinati afettes, fevored the editors and ciens o? Wabash with a Hnelebtilre. dwellingrnoiiy partioiilarly on theeods of tfefe cotiifc- ,

"fry ys tod-: the' valtte tao scojg-

mimity 1st which. itwas pubuhfd. ; s The me4ting was productive of much good raid pleasure: It wiJi w&i hlt

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