Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 17, Bloomington, Monroe County, 24 February 1883 — Page 2

TheBloomington Courier.

BT H. J. FELTUS.

BLOOMIKGTON, :

INDIA3SA.

NEWS AND INCIDENT,

Our Compilation of the Important Happenings of the Week. INDIANA ITEMS: A man in Columbus found a 5 bill frozen ia the ice. The hog cholera is prevalent in Huntington county. A colony of young men is forming in Huntington to go West. Logansport gave the visiting Legislators a hospitable -welcome on Saturday. Richmond is making a strong movement to secure one of the new insane asylums. .... All river counties throughout the State have suffered immense damage from the recent fLode. In some of the Northern counties the doctors have been making professional Tisits on states. The Postmaster-general has declared the Dime Distribution Company, of Indianapolis, a fraud. "" The banks and levees along the lower Wabash are oversowed and all the low lands are flooded. A stock dealer near Anderson, Madison county, lost 200 head of cattle on Tuesday by the overflow. Calvin Wisely, a Monroe county farmer lost sixty head of sheep, eleven steers, and five hogs by the flood. Two girls at the Richmond Home for the Friendless cut a hole through the prison wall on Wednesday and escaped. James Swim, of Richmond, who has never had children of his own, has adopted three children in succession all of whom have died. Frank Stahl, of JefFersonville, baggagemanonthe Ohio and Mississippi road, has fallen heir to $4700 by the death of a relative in Oermany. A Franklin blacksmith put on 6,439 horse shoes from Fedruary 1, 1882, to February 1, 1883. His highest record was seventy-tight shces in one day. Mrs. B. Bain, of Morgan County, had sixteen sheep killed or crippled by dogs a few nights ago, and ex-Commissioner Matthews lost twenty the same night. Wabash Plain Dealer: The late icestorm destroyed many valuable orchards aid forest trees in the county. In many instances fine sugar camps have suffered At a ball at Turnersville, Porter county, IncL, Martin Parker, a drunken guest, killed a young man named Leake, and stabbed the hostess, Mrs. Gus Radke. He was himself beaten, but fled. Tuesday night a large barn, four miles below Rockport, belonging to Thomas Snyder, and containing several thousand

bushels of grain, was upset by the flood and the grain washed away. Architect Scherer, of the State House. says it will cost 813772.06 to complete the building, including 5,893.35 for heating apparatus. The expenditures up

to December 1 -were 748.531.35. At Andrews, in lieu of a calaboose, the peace officers tie turbulent spirits to telephoee poles. This novel imprisonment soon takes the "starch" out of the roughest individual, and his trnd follows later. .... The flood in the Ohio river is greater than ever known, even than that of 47. Lawrenceburg, IncL, is flooded to a depth of three feet by the giving way of the liTvees, and great damage is done all along Hie view. The oldest inhabitant on the river towns having been compelled to dry up on flood reminiscences, has fallen back on the stubborn assertion that, anyhow, there is not as much, mud now as there was in 1832. Jas. T. Murphy, an attorney at law, of Winchester, familiarly known as the "Irish Barrister of RidgeYiHe," has been convicted for embezzlement and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. He had collected ninety-five dollars for a client and failed to pay over the money. A part of the track of Hervey s railroad (I & E.) was torn up near Kinderhook, last Wednesday night, and a notice left at the place, which reads: "Pay up old scores. Unless you pay up the old score this will be done again, at another time and place. r The trams run so very slow that the mischief was observed and in time to avoid an accident. A Columbus jeweler has applied for a patent on a double watch dialr designed to enable one to carry double time, as, for instance, New York and Chicago time on the same watch. The contrivance consists of a small adjustable dial witlun the circle of the large dial, which can beset at any point, thus indicating the difference in time. A young man named Joseph Friend and a woman old enough, to be his mother, , named Alice Clements, wife of William Clements of Fort Wayne, have been arrested in Dayton, Ohio, by the husband of the woman, and lodged in jail on the charge of adultery. The couple eloped rom Fort Wayne about two years ago. A mare belonging to John Kane, of Fayette county, died the other day aged thirty-seven years. During the twentyseven years that he owned her she raised

cugjuiicrcu wiuuu wtjio cHMii an average of $125 each. John Howard Payne's body will be

uux-ieu in vdjx jam vftJiueury, wasiungion on the 9th of June the ninety-second adversary of his birthday. The monument will be finishsd. It will be of pure white marble, thirteen feet high, with a bust of Payne aurmounting it. All the braggadocio displayed by Buck Stout, the Darlington murderer, before and during Mb trial, has left him since he has been sentenced to death. He is morose and sullen, when not engaged in weeping and bewailing his fate. It is presumed that he will utterly break down when the time for the execution arrives. Dr. Pomeroy, alias O. H. Patterson, the notorious bigamist, horse thief and jail breaker, was arrested in Missouri on Friday, and was brought to Vincennes on Sunday night by Sheriff Chambers of

Gibson county, and lodged in jail. He was wanted on a charge of horse stealing and the ruin of a young girl, and for

bigamy and rape in Gibson county. The president of the Vincennes National Bank is a wag. Having received a circular from an Eastern nursery asking for the names of some able bodied men to engage in the business, he forwarded the names of two lending citizens of Vincennes. Then he told each one sep

arately about the other and each had a good laugh at the other's expense. In a few days they both received an offer of

employment from the nursery. Then hey howled. Fort Wayne News: Mr. Wm. Gause, of this city, the inventor of the mower which bears his name, received from Washington letters .patent on a harvester and binder of entirely novel structure, and fully as ingenious, we are assured, as the meritorious invention, which has brought his name into such high repute. The Gause harvester has thirteen distinct claims to originality, and will be the lighest of draft of any machine now in the market. Singularly, Mr. Ganse has succeeded in eliminating the reel, rake and platform, heretofore considered necessary parts of every harvester.

The trouble at Annapolis Naval school still festers, and is liable to break out gain. The pension appropriation bill has been reported to the full committee. It appropriates ,000,000. The report of the Jeannette court of inquiry praises the conduct of officers and men on the cruise of the vessel. Mr. Parneil will visit America in the Spring, accompanied by Mr. Sexton, and they will visit the Irish societies in the principal cities. The department of agriculture reports that the product of the present cotton crop will amount to 6800,000 bales. The new nickle piece is not regarded ns a success. It is easily washed with gold into a successful five-dollar piece. The Senate committee on foreign relations have agreed to recommend the ratification of the Mexican reciprocity treaty During the seven months ending January 31, the immigration into the United States numbered 283,418 against 346,340 in the sams period of the previous year. The arrivals in January wore 12,940, in January 1882, 18,489, Dtath in the passed few days has claimed ex-Governor Smith, .of Wisconsin,Marshall Jewell, Chairman of the Eepublican.National Committee; Wagner, the great German composer, and ex-Gov-i ernor Morgan of New York. Lieutenant Burbank, the officer in charge of the guard at the tomb of President Garrieui, denies the reports that the remains are exposed to the view of strangers. The Lieutenant states hat he has an order from the Secretary of War which says: "Until otherwise ordered by competent authority, no one save Mrs. Garfield "will be permitted to view the remains." This order is rigidly enforced, and no one but Mrs. Garfield is permitted to go inisde the veult.

THE EAST: v ' A bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature to punish wife-beaters by flogging. Fishing for seals and whales on Long Island is one of the amusements of the natives at present. Diphtheria is raging in the German

wards of Buffalo, and 800 persons are now sick with it or scarlet fever. Up to February 1 the receipts of the East river bridge were $14,4S0,714.90, and the total expenditures 14,345,714.72. James D. Pish, president of the Marine National Bank of New York, has purchased Booth's thi ntre for $550,000. Considerable excitement has been occasioned by the discovery of a cave of large size undei the city of Lockport, N. Y. The result of the investigation into the prison abuses in New York will probably result in their immediate and emphatic reformation. The first 3oda-ash factory in the United States is to be established by English capitalists at Warsaw, N.' Y., employing 1,000 men.

? The will of the late Samuel Wellets, of

New York, leaves oyer thirty bequests of from $5,000 to $50,000 each to educational and benevolent institutions. A colored nurse in Wilmington, Del,, toasted a baby's feet against a red-hot stove, resulting in the child's death. It is thought the nurse is deranged. John L. McDowell, a young commission merchant of Altoona, Pa., has absconded. He has embezzled 35,000, and a warrant for his arrest has been issued. " . There is to be no St. Patrick's Day parade in Philade'phia, and the money set aside for the purpose will be devoted to charity. A gcocT example in the present exigency. The property left by Governor Morgan is estimated at from $8,000,000 to .$10,000,000, a great part of which is invested in real estate in New York city, Washington and Newport. John Brower, of New York, paid as high as 2,500 for being excused from jujy duty. A. J. Keegan, deputy commissioner of jurors, is on trial in New York for receiving half the money. The tidal wave ' predicted for k March 9 by Wiggins is such a source of alarm at Eockaway Beach that the families of some of the landlords will remove at the end of February. A sleigh .containing William Howe Wm. Meyer, Miss Alice Franks and Miss Emma Mattram, was run into Sunday, at Wallingford, Conn., by an express train as it was being driven across the railroad track and all but Miss Mattram, killed. A terrible accident occurred near Hinsdale, Pa., Monday, to a passenger train, he trestle of a bridge giving way, and precipitating the engine and baggage car into the water, covering them up entirely landing the smoking car on end, and shaking up the passengers in the day coach. Two persons were drowned. The water was "within two feet of the rails of the track. A deposit of natural gas has been stiuck at Creighton Station, a few miles from Pittsburgh, on the Western Pennsylvania railroad. Some idea of the importance of the strike may be gathered from the fact that the gas which eupydies Spang, Chalfant & Co.'s mills at Sharpburg is brought nineteen miles, and costs 42,000 per annum, and is equal to 61,000 in value of coal per annum. A remarkable case of the transfusion of blood occu red in New Yc ik Saturday. Mr. P. Do Vohebutg, a Swede, thirty years old went to the Hotel St. Andre, on Eleventh street, and when he retired blew out the gas. The hotel people found him this morning nearly dead; but physicians were summoned, who took from the arm of a healthy negro man enough blood to revive the almost asphyxiated Swede. The remarkable feature of the case is that the patient has su ce failed to recognize his wife and child, and that he calls the negro his brother,

Litta, the prima donna, is quite ill t Grinnell, Iowa. Senator Perry's supporters have abandoned him in the senatorial contest. The Langtry matinee in Cincinnati for the relief of the Hood snfibrers netted $1,107.25. Bloomiugton, (III.) expends its charity ou the sufferers by the Braidwood mine disaster. The bill to establish the whipping post in Illinois, is making fair progress through the legislature. Pive men were killed, Monday, near Sidney, O., by a railroad collision. Ordors had been misunderstood. The Attorney General of Jowa,hns filed a petition with Uio supreme court for a rehearing of the amendment case. A careful coiupilatioi of the loss by the Hood in the city of Louisville, made by the Courier-Journal, f-otup 2(7,500. The orohn rds in Illinois have been ruined by the accumulation -f ice in the late storm, the weight of which broke the trees. The government hires a va iH in a n-tfo

deposit company in He. Lor. is for tin storage of silver dollar?, and has about 4,000,000 in it. Twelve thousand laborers ? Milwaukee have petitioned the legislature of Wsseonsiu to put a distinctive mark on state prison goods, John F. Goad, an exmisivf rattle owner of Wyoming, states that fb.i r will lie no loss of stock by the snow ftorra, a the herds can stand a siege of twenty pays. 1 The attorneys of Rcholler, charged with nring the Newhall House, hiiA that they will produce the missing hotel books and point out as the incendiary a trusted employe. The Kansas house of representatives by a vote of Go to 51, rejected the bill providing for a re-submission of the prohibition amendment to a vote of the people. The .Catholic mission building at Devil's Lake agency, .'Dakota, was burned on Saturday. Ninety-six Indian children were receiving instruction at the hands of the sisters. A . coin found at Taylorsville, (111.) twenty-live feet below the surface, bears the inscription of an Emperor of Rome in the year 2M. Its reverse side reads, "To the genius of Ciesar." The Diamond coal mine at Braidwood, 111., -was flooded Friday afternoon, and it is known that sixty-three men and boys are drowned. The Diamond mine is one of the most extensive in Illinois.: DThe State of Illinois appropriates $10,000 for the immediate relief for the sufferers by the do j.dfnl Braidwood mine disaster. It will be fully three weeks be fore a single body can be recovered from the pit. Three miles from Colfax, (TIL) a vein of coal five feet in thickness has been struck at a depth of 175 feet A six-foot vein

has been struck at a point two and a half miles northwest of Lexington. It is reported from St. Louis that several residents of that city have recently settled with government officers for jewelry and other valuables smuggled through New York, in large sums, in one case

37,000 being paid.

Tennessee legislature agreed on the settlement of the State debt proper at 100 with accrued interest to date, to bo funded with 3 per cent, bonds. The railroad debt is to be funded at 50, and 3 percent. Henry Mullitt, an old man of Hutherfordton, N. C, having quarrelled with his son James, went to his house armed with a shot gun, Finding the house closed he burst, in the door, with threats and curses, but as he entered the room the stm fired and the father fell dead. While Uev. James McCormiok, a colored preacher at Whit evil le, N. C, was assisting in tearing down a log church, some of the timbers gave way and ho was caught by the neck between two logs and chocked to death. The other men escaped without fatal injuries. Representative Young, of the Arkansas Legislature, rising to a question of privilege last Monday: "To-day I heard a member of the Mouse say he hated a negro. T desire the chaplain be requested to pray for his soul that he may be reformed and saved1 The speaker ruled that the matter was not within the province of the House. Tlere apneivs a strange fatality in county and municipal affairs in Georgia.

Home time ago the records of Fulton, Atlanta county, were stolen, and though ever, eiibrt has been made, no clew has beer-found. l ater the Hall county records were myrer.ously stolen, and last week the records of Glascock county "were mining. The Treasurer was 500 short and the Ordinary was imder grave suspicion. The Savannah defalcation added interest frc the situation. Tuesday the court house together with the records of "Wairen county, were destroyed by an in cendiary fire. The only explanation is that conspirators are employed in making out bogus claims te titles of lands, and are removing true records so as to spring their bogus deeds. Great insecurity is felt.

FGPESGN: Crop prospects in England and on the continent are very poor. Do Brazza, the emplorer, has goiw to Congo to meet Henry M. Stanley. 11; is intended to light Canterbury Ca thedral with the electric light. A powder-mill explosion in Corbeil, France, Saturday, killed six persons. The troubles between the Russian government and the Vatician have been settled. King Humbert, of Italy, has iss ued a decree providing for the resumption of Secio payments on April 16. A party of hunters, consisting of Max Mueller, Gala Gerser and L. Gelloga were frozen to death on Thunder bay, Manitoba, Friday A collision occurred near Dundas, Canada, Thursday, between two express trains, by which t wo persons were killed and several injured. The attitude oi China toward Japan is b -coming u pleasant, if not actually hostile, the cause of the ill feeling being the still unsettled Loo Chooquestion. In the trials :n Dublin, Kavanaugh has been unequivocally identified as the driver of the car containing the Phoenix Park assassins, and it is believed he will turn informer.

In the conspiracy trials at Dublin four

The theorv is now advanced that the 1 ftre Vovm to have been of the num-

Newhall house lire, Milwaukee, was caused by tramps in the cellar. A body supposed to be that of a tramp was discovered in the ruins, Saturday, While riding past a school house near Omaha, Lemuel Harbaugh was snowballed by the pupils. He pointed a needle gun toward them, but claims that its discharge was accidental. Nino children were injured by a single bullet. A new horror was added to the Hood at Cincinnati. Thursday an explosion of fire damp or sewer gas destroyed a thrte-story brick building, occupied by four families numbering seventeen persons, six or eight of -whom were killed. On Sunday afternoon an old German woman named Zilmendorf was found by a granddaughter suspended from a garret rafter in the family residence at Milwaukee. The age of fcie suicide was eightyone years and six months. . Two boys, Swan Hoorfson and Albert Williger, quarrelled at Minneapolis, Wednesday, and fought, when Hoorfson drew a pocket-knife and stabbed. Williger to the heart, killing him instantly. Neither boy is twelve years old, Hoorjfsrn was arrested, John E. Gilbert, the actor has brought suit against the Newhall House stock company for $25,000 damages. This suit is brought against C. D.Nash personally as well as the stockholders in general. It is thought that not less than fifty similar suits will grow out of the tire, involving damages that will aggregate $309,000. A comic valentine was received by Dr. A, Burson, a prominent physician of Paris, 111. It threw him into a rage, and rushing to the office of Dr. L. O. Jenkins, he accused that gentleman of sending it, and followed the charge by the discharge of. his revolver, the ball missing Jenkins. Before Burson could lire again, he was morf ally wounded by Jenkins. The attempt to suppress the rebellion among the Creek Indians in the Indian Territory is expected to result in a serious conflict. The rebellious faction, though small, is provided with the best of improved fire-arms, occupy a strong position, and it is believed will make a desperate fight. The mine horror at Braidwood, HI., is increased by later reports. Seventyfour persons were chocked to death by the Hood, many of whom had families depending upon them for support The scene- at the mouth of the mine was most heart rending. The mine was situated in low ground near a small lake. A sudden Hood tilled the mouth and shut off all mfeans of escape.

THE WEST: Chicago is threatened with an egg amine.

THE SOUTH: The Craft trial at Grayson, Kyt has been stopped by reason of the high Waters. The military are very sick of the "picnic." The directors of the Nashville competitive drill have fixed the time from May 21

to 2fi, inclusive.

eates entries from all parts of the country

and a great attendance. ; At Bracket, Texas, Saturday night, four small children of Michael MoDonnel were burned in bed from the explosion of 'a lamp lert burning by the mother for the return of four d inghters at a ball. J, H. Archer and J. T. Jarrutt both want to bo mayor of Petersburg, Ya. They each tried to hold court, but failed, the policemen refusing to recognize either. The Court of Appeals must settle the case.

her of th'J Ph ui Park murderers,whon

Lord Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke, were assasinated. Charles Iiradlaugh, the atheist, after his almost regular monthly election, has again presented himself for admission to the House of Commons. A crowd of 15,000 workingmcn held a demonstration hi his favor. Kavanaugh, the driver of the ear containing the Phoemx Park murderers has confessed. The right parties have been arrested for the crime. Kavanaugh swears that he drove J h ady,Kelly and two others to the park. Delaney is another who was present. It is said that a number of prominent Mexicans including President Gonzales, have formed a syndicate with 820,000,000 capital to procure 7,000,000 acres of rich land in Northern Mexico at a nominal figure and dispose of them to American emigrants. A London special says the Dublin Freeman's Journal has given an ominous intimation that Mr. Trevelyan will receive in future the same treatment as lorster. This means that the Parnollites, despairing of cajoling, are determined to harass the present Chief Secretary by the snmo ingenious brutalities which were directed against his predecessor. The hearing of the prisoners charged with conspiracy to murder government oOicials was resumed Saturday at Dublin. .The most exciting sensation of tie entire proceedings thus far was occasioned when James Carey, one of the prisoners, a member of the municipal corporation appeared on the witness stand instead of in the dock. He was hissed by tho other prisoners and denounced by their counsel as infamous. He said he joined the Fenian brotherhood in 1SG2; James Mullet, c hainnan of the Dublin branch organized the "Society for the extirpation of Tyrants." The murder of Forster was arranged March 18S2. It was Brady, he swore who took his share as the principal slabber, and who afterward cut Bmke's throat. Cerey swore that he and the other members of the assassination society believed that the funds for the murderer s ci me from the land league. LEG 1 S Uti VEPR OCEEDI N G S Tuesday, I'ob. 13 Bkxatss, Petitions unci memorial we re prosotitcuL A motion toi mtuto and u withdraw tho executive Kppoinlments from the Judicifxy committors The fjoneril appro. ;n.-,.t ion bill as reported from tho lion iso was considered. in thk uorsE, Seimt hill of Mr, Brown, to provide for th appoiultne! t f trustees, etc., to the lioYOvoleii Unfit itittiors wis pnssetl. Tho metropolitan police btll was paasisd.

Y via ?, nayfl 2- It devolves upon th Governor Traaaurorand Secretary of State to distribute this amount. The bill to fix terms of Court in the f-ecwid judicial district was passed. New bills wore introduced and several "old" ones indefinitely postponed, Thursday, Feb. 15. Senate. Tim bill to increase the coroner's fees in tho city of Indianapolis was passed. Bill fixing th 43d (Vigo) judicial circuit; also affecting tho 15th circuit (Morgan and Owen) and tho 14 th circuit Green ami Sullivan) was id; so passed. The bill appropriating $32,2-43 for a Bewer f rom the Northern prison to Fish Lake creek was passed. The bill for n location of additional insane asylums was mado the special order for Tuesday Other bills creating judicial circuit were passed. The Senate ent into committee on tho Htato appropriation bill. IN TUB HOUSE, A bill was introduced providing an appropriation of RIOO.OOfl to the Ohio river flood sufferers. The bill providing for tho election of Comity Superintendents was laid on the table. The bill concerning the duties and powers of County Commissioners and requiring them to give bonds wns also laid on the table. The bill prohibiting tho infliction of whipping of convicts in ponitentaries as punishment was engrossed. The bill providing for the construction of a sewer from the Female Reformatory to connect with a sewer at Indianapolis was passed. This is to abate the nuisance of the sewerage of the Reformatory pessing through the Arsenal grounds. The bill to provide for the election of o. reporter of tho Supreme Court was passed.

Tho bill providing for the taxing of dos was'

also passed. The bill to amend an act providing for the regulation of stock running at large was rejected, Mr. Shively's bill concerning liens of mechan

ics, laboring men, et al, was passed yeas 80; nays 0. FaiDAY, Feb. .IB. Tho bill providing for an increase of penalty on real estat e sold for taxes after expiration of time for redemption where snch sale has been declared illegal was passed. The bill is intended to remedy defects in the present l.v?n; makes a uniform penalty of 10 per . and does not jpply to tax sides made heretofore. The bill consolidating the present statistical and geological bureaus was passed by h party vote. The bill ciofining the powers of attorneys in certain cases was also passed. Sir. Compton's bill supplemental to eat act regarding mines was passed. Provides for the use oi vire rope instead of hemp, etc. Tho bill to change the time of tax sale back to the second Tuesday in February was also passed. In the contested election case of Johr son vs. Overctroet "th committee . renorted that the

specificati ms in the cortest were not sustained

an i muz me comesiee oe aiioweu to retain nis seat. A minority report, signed by one member reported that a charge of bribery was sustained. Tho general appropriation bill was the subject of further discussion.

The Senate adjourned till Monday at 2 p. ra. accepting an invitotion to visit Logansport Saturday and J Sunday. IN THE HOUSE. A committee was appointed to solicit aid for he flood sufferers The committee on ways and means introduced a bill to provide by tax levy of two cents for the erection of a now state house. Committee reports were received. A concurrent resolution was adopted, providing for a committee of five from each ..House to visit tho scones of the flood Jefferson villa in particular. The bill changing tho name of the House of Refuge to the Indiana Reform School and proposing changes in the management was passed by a party vote. A bill appropriating an ndditiona .$100,000 to the flood sufferers was passed. Tho B juse adjourned till Monday at 2 p. m.. having i t view a trip to Logansport, to discorn if possible the advantages of that place for the location of an insane asylum. - Monday, Feb. 11'. Senate. Met at 2 p. ra, A inesage from the governor was announced vetoing the bill "fi r the better mana emot of the State Benevolent institutions."' Tho message was made the special order for Wednesday at 10 o'clock. The goneral appropriation bill was cotisiderod and finally ore ored engrossed. House bills wore read the first time. The Senate refused to take up the JIouso bill appropriating $10U,(X)0 to the flood sufferers. Afterward the bill was taken up and read. A motion to put it upon its passage was lost. The metropolitan police bill was read the first time. The Senate adjourned at S-.-15 p, m. IN THE HOUSE. Committee reports were received. Several bills were engrossed. New bills wore introduced.

GATH'S GOSSIP.

The Beginning of tho Grent Fortunescif Vwulerhilt, Jay fioiihl and Jim Keen.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Tuesday, Fob. 13. Both Houses devoted the entire day to tho consideration of the tariff bill.

Wkpnesuay. Feb, 14. Senate. -White's graded teacher s license bill was taken up and passed. Tho road bill of Mr. HUH gas which failed to IKiss !utt Wednesday was called up and paseed. 1 rii"ivwlc ffkr fin HRMf'ftKOWMlt if tlP lftUC.S bCTK.

Correspondence huli- , fitw, yinfJ v:UU-ltl ,! nulesof tho road u the ap-

praisement at tlw actual cash value, by a committer on -i majority petition by owners of Jaud lying on tbo road. Th1 bill prohibiting running at largo of certain animals failed to pass, Tholimisq bill appropriating $H,Cd0 t r tho relief of the flood su If crura was pas?d. Tho liteut. Governor was added to the board of diabnttieitioni., Mr. HonsV road hill for the ejection of supervisors of highways was passed. IN THK HOUSE, A bill was presented and passed mder a suspension of. the rules appropriating 40,0C: to tbo Ohio river Hood snfforers. The bill was then reconsidered and made to iuclude tho Ohio, Wa

A caucus of democratic momberfl of tllC bash and White rivers, and was again passed."

Wednesday, Feb. It. Both the Senate and House, after the transaction of Houtine business, devoted the day to their respective tariff bills. Thursday, Feb. 15. Sex ate. The day wa passed in considering the tariff bill. House. The Japauese Indemnity fund was tho subject of consideration. After which tho tariff bill was considered. VttlDAY Feb. Senate. --It was agreed to repay tho Japanese indemnity fund as received. The. tariff bill was consi dered. House. Tho legislative appropriation bill was passed after amehdment. The tariff bill was then taken up. Saturday, Feb. 17. Senate. Tbo tariff bill was aider discussion during the entire session, House. After transacting ror.tiuo business the House took i.p the tariff bill and a miscellaneous discussion followed.

?do)DAY, Feb. 19. Senate, The tariff bill was considered, House. The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported. Several attempts were made to pass bills under a suspension of the rules, but with no success,

The Retort Courteous. One of the most unique specimens of the courting crisis on record, occurred at a London dinner parry. He had long male love to her, and while at the table he learned from a friend sitting next to him that his rival intended to "pop the question" that very day. What was to bo done? He was some distance from her, while the dreaded rival was at her side. Tearing a leaf from a note book he wrote on it with a pencil: "Will you be my Tvifo? Write your answer, yes or no, on this paper and return it to me." This he sent to her by a waiter, saying; "To the lady in blue at the end of the table Be very careful." Tho servant was careful enough, but the sender forgot to give him a pencil for the lady to use. She didn't have a pencil, but she coolly put the note into her bosom and answered to the waiter: "Tell the gentleman yes," with as little betrayal of excitement as if she were accepting an invitation to a game of croquet.

The LatesSociety Idiocy. Buffalo Express. A. now idiotic craze is th us described by a "society paper: ' "Can yon draw a cat?" is the latest social question and you am immediately handed a pencil and paper and reqnested to give your best idea of a cat without model or semblance. One lady I know has what she calls "a oat basket," where in she keeps all the wild attempts of her friends to draw a feline. It is astonishing how few people really know what a cat really looks like. Ask your friends to draw a cat and see tho funny things thoymake. The Cincinnati fire department now has a barge properly fitted for reaching tiros in th inundated district.

One of my friends who has a largo experience in New York, and was born on this Island nearly fifty years ago, said to me' SSome day I will sit down with you, if you will not give mo away, and tell you the remarkable origin of many of our leading men." "Suppose yon begin a little of it now said T, knowing that a bird in the hand was worth more than one who might presently sing in tho bush, "Well," said he, "look at Vanderbilt, I cu take you to men here who used to loan him &.50 to $5 to bet on the horse races at Long Island, where ho used to take himself surreptitiously, keeping a sharp eye to see that tho old man was not around,for Bill had to run away, and never had more than enough money to take him there, as Vanderbilt believed that you would spoil a boy if you gave him anything to spend. Indeed, some of these men say he never paid them back those little sums he borrowed, but it must be that ho overlooked it. Now he is probably the richest man on the earth. From the beginning of his day he had a gambling tendency, and did no care a cent to see the races unless he could bet on them. Hence he is still a speculator, and keeps the old man's fortune active, selling it here and investing it yonder. Take him for ail in all, he is a pretty smart fellow for a, little beginning. orPV.v i w ri..i nv 4- t.,,.

Gould, who is the most remarkable genius in finance in either world. The career of that man will be like an enormous comet that came and stood in the sky for a number of years, after he is dead. "What did ne begin life with?"

"Why, small sales up an d down Broad

way, and other the very pavement where he row drags his little legs, with his eyes on the ground, brooding specula

tions?"

"Well, don't bo in a hurry, but give me

another instance?"

"Well, look at the Mills family, worth,

I expect $30,000,000, and aj very prudent

and careful man in everything he does.

He kept a little grocery store somewhere

up the Hudson river. He had a cousin.

Joe. Mills, who was opening oysters in

Fulton Market, and i f you watch Joe to

this day you will see him draw his coatcull across his nose, a habit he acquired when he was in the market with his oyster-knife in that hand, and when the cold drafts used to freeze a drop on the end of

his nose Joe would ull his hand across it. He got a little money there; and when D. O. Mills wanted to go to California, and could not raise $300 for that purpose, he went to his cousin Joe to borrow it. Joe went down to tne bottom of his pocket and let himhavo the money; and I dare say j). O. went out in the steerage, and began m the smallest? way,

j and finally left the coast its most suecessj fii man. "Then look at Commodore Garrison,

He was a Dutch boy, brought up in the Highlands on the Hudson Elver. He He became a kind ot common workman on vessels, and finally on steamers, and so worked his way along to be the purser and captain. Then California was annexed and bloomed into gold, and Garrison became the rival of Yanderbilt." "Well, what was Jim Keene, or the first heard of him?" "H wac' a milkman in one of the early towns of California, driving his milk wagon into the pined, and serving his customers with milk. Keene, however,

does not hold the xesition that he did

here a few years ago. It is said ho has had great losses, and has even had to mortgage his Newport residence. Victoria and Cetewayo. Loudon Letter. The day and time were appointed for Cete wave's visit to Windsor. Having arrayed himself in the General's uniform, presented to him by his conquerors, he prepared himself for presentation at court. He was ushered into the royal prescence, and in true Zulu fashion, bowed his most profound acknowledgments. Her gracious majesty said she was pleased to meet her new powerful adherent, and said she hoped he would ever remain a good and loyal subject; After the queen finished her little speech it was said that Cetewayo's countenance beamed with smiles. He advanced to t he throne, and dropping on his knees, astonished the assembled company, which, of course included the hau ton of English society. The queen rose in her majestic proportions, and Cetewayo, realizing what a gross breach of etiqutte he had been guilty of, permitted himself to be led off by one of the queens' ladies in waiting. "My informant," continued the member for Cavan, "told me :n confidence that the Zulu king had really made professions of love to Victoria, and told her so in tones quite audible; that he would like to become her husband, and thus afford her an opportunity of adding to hert' dominions." The royal family endeavored to suppress what they thought a court scandal, but it passed beyond the precincts of Windsor castle, and soon became the talk of London , and, while it is not a debatable question in Parliament was frequently discussed in the lobby of the House and at the clubs.

" 'During ti e war, sir, was the reply,

still in a very tumble tone.

" 'You earn d it during tho war. Boy,

what was your occupation during the

war?' Mr. James inquired.

" 'Fighting, sir,' the man replied, mod

est v.

" ()bf fighting,1 M r, James said, some

what taken down, and instantly changing his manner.

"I smiled triumphantly," and even

snickered a little. James was half xn&d.

Well, ho went to the jnry,and I, of course,

had the last say. 1 sailed away un to

lory. I spoke of the war; of the lives

and treasure which jt cost us; of the awful battles which decided the fate of the Union: of the Belf denial and bravery

of our men who left home and wife and

children, and father and mother, and

everything that was dear to them, and went forth to fight for firesides and freedom and the .salvation of the nation. I

pointed to the plaintiff as he sat there,

still with the same air of humility and

oven sadness, and I said that was the sort of men who had fought our battles

and saved the (lag and shed his life-blood that we and our children might enjoy nncurtaded the blessings of freedom

wrenched from the hind of despots by

our sires. I worked up that jury, I can tell you, and the plaintiff himself drew forth'an .unpretentious handkerchief and wiped away a tear. 3 got a verdict for the full amount, of course." "As we were quitting the court-room, James said, 'Spencer, your, war speech gained you the verdict. If you hadn't discovered through my cross-examination that the man had fought in the war, you would have been beaten " "'My friend,' I replied "if you had only asked the man which side he fought on, you might be going home with a verdict. My client was a d d rebel." "

He Was in the Army. Brooklyn Kaglu. A distinguished company of lawyers sat in the Supreme Court-room, recently, talking over old times. Among them was Celo:iel Charles S. Spencer. He was in hie usual happy vein, and told a new story. "I was retained," said he, "by an exsoldier of the war, to sue for the recovery of some $1,800 which he had loaned to a friend. The late Edwin James was counsel for the defendant. I went to work zealonsly for my client. James cross-examined the plaintiff in his usual forcible way. " 'You loaned him $1,800?' Mr. James asked. " 'I did sir,' was the reply. " 'It was your own money?' Mr. James continual. " 'It was, sir,' my client responded. " 'When did you lend him the money V was the next question. " 'In duly 18C6,1 was the answer, " 'Where did you get that money, sir?' Mr. James asked, sternly. " 'I earned it, sir.1 The words were said in a meek tone, " 'You earned it, eh? Whon did yon earn it? asked Mr. J ames,

Coal Oil Lamps. Coal oil as such is not explosive. It must first be converted into a vapor or gas, and mixed with air before it can explode. Indeed the oil does not burn m the lamp; it is the gas into which the combustion has converted the oil, that gives the flame and light of the lamp, or even of a candle. But coal oil is easily vaporized, even at ordinary temperatures and on this property the legal tests are based. The lighter the oil the more volatile it is, and the greater the danger of taking fire. When a lamp is bummer.

the space above the oil is filled with an infiammable vapor, which is as explosive as gunpowder, if it be mixed with air; and yet there is no danger if the wick fit the tube and the lamp is properly tri i nmed. The burner should bo carefully cleaned at least, once a week, and all sediment removed from the perforated plate at the bottom' of the burner. No attempt to fill a lamp, while it is burning is safe, even though it may have a side tube for filling. Indeed, a lamp should never be opened near another lamp that is burning. Even with the best of oils it is safer to fill the lamps in the daylight. Blowing out a lamp may force the tlame down the wick tube and cause an explosion. The same effect may be produced by carrying a lamp rapidly up a stairway but in all these cases there is a dangerous defect in fitting the wick to the tube. Glass lamps should be handled with care Many accidents occur from upsetting and breaking them. A hanging lamp should be used in the kitchen or workshop. In case of an accident from oil, never attempt to extinguish it by throwing water on it. The oil is lighter than water and will iloat on the top of it, sfaU burning. Smother it with a wet tablecloth, blanket, quilt, carpet, or any thing that comes to hand. With some knowledge of coal oil, and ordinary case, it isi a good and safe illuminator

Little Freddie Gephardt. New York Truth, Mr, Gebhardt is the son and heir of a wealthy New York gentleman, who, when he died, left him provided with an annual income of $80,000. His sister, Mrs. Frederick Keilson, of Fifth Avenue, New York city, was equally well provided upon her father's decease. Mr. Gebhardt until recently made his residence at the Hotel Brunswick, in his native city, but he now lives with his sister. He is about twenty. three- years of age, favored by nature with a handsome face and figure, and is a young man who has conducted himself in the discreet, quiet and temperate manner, preventing any uneasiness on his account to his nearest friends, his chief amusements are of a social character, and he is a favorite visitor of many of the best homes in New York. He takes great pleasure in tho opera and dramatic representations, is fond of horses and fast driving and owns a stable ot; racers, of which one is said to have made htm in winnings more than seventeen thousand dollars during last season. His first connection with the turf was in partnership with Mr. Arthur Hunter, the famous gentleman rider, as a proprietor of the Pelham stable. He bought out Mr. Hunter's interest, and is now the fortunate owner of Eole, the colt which placed him sixth in the list of winners on tho American turf last season. Last spring a matrimonial engagement between him and a daughter of Mr. Leonard W. Jerome was broken off, a fact which would not have been made public but for that curiosity in Mr. Gebbardt's history which succeeded the mention of his name in connection with that of Mrs. Langtry.

SHORTS. Dennis Kearney is for women suffrage Heels of the most fashionable shoes ax low. . Wm. E. Dodges estate is valued at fl5 000,000 In 660 A- D. organs were first, used in churches. 5 .-..( Dark grapes do not make raisins. California letter. Quicksilver Halves and quarters at church fair. A clean record The laundry bill. New York Journal. ..j t ' The man who is always behind will have no followers, ... In seventeen states the females outnumber the mules Gen. Sherman weighs 200 pounds and "enly looks 140." . Peanut oil is now a principal ingredient m toilet soap. Ex. Iowa has her first colored lawyer, a young man from Chicago. Miss Susan B Anthony is about to make a prolonged tour in Europe, Vieuxtemps, the late violinist, left $10,000 worth of fiddles and bows. ... "Night-cap eocials," to raise funds lor charities, are a Michigan novelty, England imports a billion eggs annually, and pays $10,000,000 for them. . General Fremont's son, who i& named after him, is a master in the navy . Josh Billings says; "Next" to a clear conscience for solid comfort comes ati

-.U -1

.... '' " m 1 ' T" A 1

Tne valuation or property m juau sa.nftfi'fiO. U

now 100,000,000. The manufacture and sale of octagojfU gold quarters is contrary to law. J&fc A company is organizing in this counte tn drain the valtav of the Citv of H&DOOL-i,

Since 1852 forty-two different iiquor-.. ;

regulating acts nave passed tne iegisiaur -t of Maine. , . A translation of Hiawatha into Greek verse has recently been published at Leip-1 zis dy M. Pervanoglou.

Belleville, New Jersey, contains the only genuine Chinese Joss house in the eastern part of the United States. 1 We use 21,000,000 spools of thread- a year and three or four thousand cords of wood in making the spools. The 12th of March is fixed for the return of the Princess Louise from the Betmndas to the Canadian capital. '

Thoughts About WomenGod created woman only to

man. Voltaire. -The egotism of woman is always foi two. Mime, de Stael. L;ve decreases when it ceases to in? crease. Chateaubriand. Men are woman's playthings women are

tne aevu s. v iccor uugu. -r-r-r 1 - V V L 1m.

women use nrave men eAcwuiuay audacious men still more.--Lemesles. Men would be saints if they loved God aa they love woman. Samt Tomas. ' It is easier to take care of a peck of fieas than one woman. French. Proverb. . A lover has all the virtues and all th defects that a husband has notBulger. Many man kill themselves for love, but

Marriage is a lottery in wnich men stake their liberty and woman their happiness, Mad.de SteeL

ivai tin i w c-t iii rn nnttoa uu utiu ttuwk-

the devil wants nothing to do with them. - Sophia Arnold. . . i " WToman deceived by 'men want to marry them; it is a kind of revenged as Jgood as other. Beamanorl, Respect your wife, heap earth around that flower but never drop any in the chak ce. A de Mussefct. There are three things I have alwaya loved and have never undeistood: Painting, music and woman. FontenelL .. There will always remain something to fee said about woman, as lng there w one on earth. Boufliers, Before promising a woman to love only her, one should have seen them all, or:

j should see only her. Huprey.

It is not easy to be a widow; one must assume all the modesty of girlhood,without being allowed to feign eveajita gnorance, Mine, de Girardin. A South Bend Girl On Mashers. "We girls don't consider them far re-

moved from idiots. It,s a. pretty soft girit that will permit herself to be caught by a masher," How do yon get rid of them? v . "O. oasy enough. We san tell one aa r. as soon us we see him. If he is posing on the street corner or hotel steps we select a bu tton on his coat and look at never taking our eyes off until we have passed him. Looking at a button or iiir feet always disconcerns htm and he forgets all about trying to make a mask The same plan answers if 'we meet him on the street

The Beautiful Vision under the Water, The first sensation the diver experiences in descending is the sudden, bursting roar in the ears, caused by the air being driven into the helmet by the air nnmp. The liesible air hose has to be

strong enough to bear a pressure of twenty-five or thirty pounds to the square inch. -The drum of the ear yields to the strong external pressure, the mouth opens involuntarily, the air rushes in the tubo and strikes the drum, which snaps back to its normal state with a sharp, pistol-like crack. Peering through the goggle-eyes of the glass in his iielinot,tho diver sees the strange beauties aiound him olerrly, and in their own calm splendor. Above him is a pure golden canopy while aiound and beside him are tints and shu nmoring hues, including al 1 colors, which are indescribably elegant. The floor of the sea rises like a goldeu carpet, inclining gently to tho surface. The change in familiar objects is wonderful. The wreck of a ship seems studded with emeralds glittering in lines of gold; piles of brick assume tho appearance of crystal; a ladder becomes silver; every shadow gives the impression of bottomless depth, i

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