Bloomington Telephone, Volume 8, Number 43, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 December 1884 — Page 2

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BLOOMINQTON, INDIANA. WALTER R BRXDFUTE, - - Publish

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

NBAS Erie, Pa., Edward and Frank Boot UHed a deer. While dressing it they were attacked W three bean, and killed them

fight

aft3d3f"ate

il tanks were burned

sr with other valut human bones . ft of a New York they got there.... erne cold weather &rted from all parts W ount Washington ( severe since 1876. i, but the minimum it thermometer is 42 falling. A northwest . estimated velocity of miles an hour, prevails," dispatch says that in the

, ned Catholic orphan asylum

jn the charred bodies of eleven

4 'd i two grown persons were discoveryOns of rubbish and timbers are yet removed, and there are fears that :Jr corpses will be found. The roster of aie little ones shows about 120 as mussing, but these are supposed to be housed in the neighborhood Of the bodies found it is thought seven were these of children, one was a man and one a woman. Diggers are still at work. It is thought other bodies will be recovered. The properly loss is estimated at $250,000,

the building waa valued at $200,000.

Judge Woods, of Indianapolis, posilively refused to spread upon the records of his court the statement of James G. Blaine that a fair trial of his libel suit against the Sentinel could not be had in indium. The entry was, therefore, made that the case was voluntarily dismissed. Representatives of the iron interests of the Lake Superior region- met at Cleveland, O., and adopted a memorial to Congress protesting against the ratification of the proposed Spanish treaty, especially the provision admitting Cuban ore free. .... For the year ended Nov. 30, 3,252,175 barrels of salt were produced in Michiganthe largest in the State's history. At a convention at Des Moines, Iowa, of representative temperance people, it was decided to call a State convention for Jan. 21, to consider the outlook for the prohibitory law. : The farm-house of Perry Harrington, sear Geneva, Ohio, was visited by a masked robber, who demanded money. Mrs. Harrington recognized him as a neighbor, whereupon he shot her through the shoulder and killed her husband. Lewis Webster has been arrested for the murder. . . . To a circular sent out by the Baihroad Commission of Iowa, asking if increased rates have been made, and the reason therefor, five railroads have answered that not only have freights not been raised, but, in fact, reductions have been made. . . .The Sheriff of Athens County. Ohio," requested two companies of troops for the Hocking Valley, but the Governor thought the local ( officials could maintain order. . The brilliant yong tragedienne, Miss Margaret Mather, opens this week at McVicker'8 Theater, her engagement covering the holiday: She will appear ip "The Heneymoon,? as Lady Macbeth, and in several offeer redes in which she has achieved fame.

County Poor House near Lapeer,

burned, the clothing and sup-

destroyed. The inmates, who

driven out in the intense cold, suf-

Thw-

Mkwa8

njtf6ing

d severely. An insane woman perished

in the flames, and another ran a long dis-

tance through the snow before being captared The beautiful residence of Col.

William B. McCreery, at Flint, Mich., which contained valuable works of art and

j bric-a-brac, was destroyed by fire. The house and furniture were valued at between $25,000 and $30,000.... ' Plummets planing mill at Jackson, Mich., was demolished by a boiler explosion. One

others were seriously injured. It is kr claimed that the engineer was competent. ....The Central Hou3e, Opera House Block, and a, saloon at Stanton, Mich. , were destroyed by fire, the loss amounting to : $25,000. . . .The Griffin House, at Youngstown, Ohio, was burned, and a number of the guests escaped by jumping out of the . - winTlows. rHE SOUTH.

Is a fight with Deputy Marshals in Hail County, Georgia, three manufacturers of "moonshine" whisky were killed.... Five persons were burned to death in a fire at Newport, Ark. Ik the presence of the Cabinet, Diplomatic Corps, and prominent persons at the White House, on Dec. 16, President Arthur .touched the electric button which set the machinery of the New Orleans Exposition revolving. The attendance at New Orleans was large, and addresses suitable to the occasion were made, the speech of President Arthur, opening the show, being telegraphed from the White House and read to the assemblage in the Exposition Building. It is not considered likely that the proposition to suspend the coinage of the silver dollar wiU be favorably acted upon by the present Congress. At a meeting exhibitors of in the Exposition building at New Orleans, it was unanimously resolved to demand the removal of Samuel Mullen, Chief of Installation, for certain unbusinesslike acts. Ebwabd Gittxnos was literally carried into the Criminal Court room at Balitimore to receive sentence of five years for arson, the Judge offering to sign a petition for pardon. The prisoner minted, and became a corpse soon after leaving the jaiL

WAaiiirtfeiToi. Cohghebs has been recommended by the Controller of the Currency to appropriate the $950,000 necessary to liquidate the, claims of the depositors against the Freedmen's Bank. It is estimated that not more than one-tenth of the claims against the bank are still held by the original depositors. Air effort is to be made to secure the passage of a bill through Congress requiring the cattle trails of the West and South-

t to be kept open. Cattle-raisers corn-

thai the f eaeing-in of large tracts of

land has blocked the trails over which cattle are driven on their way to Eastern marke t It is probable that no further attempt will be made to reconcile the differences between the two houses of Congress on the electoral count bill.

POLITICAL. JAMES G. Biatne, writes to his counsel at Indianapolis to dismiss his libel-suit against the Sentinel newspaper. The following is his letter: Messrs. Harrison, Miller & Elam, Counselors at Law: Gentlemen: When I requested you in August last to bring suit against the publishers of the Indianapolis Sentinel for libel, I did ho n the belief that the wron done me by that paper, being: entirely of a personal and domestic character, could be fairly tried without undue influence from political considerations. I

confess I was profoundly amazed to tad the

matter at onoe taken up and the libel reproduce

with all possible exaggeration in every Uemoci

ic paper in maiana. juxcept irom tnree memnrers

qf the Democratic party of that State, I never heard that a word of disapproval was spr&en, while the great mass of the Democratic speakers repeated the libel from every stump in Indiana with vituperative rancor, with gibe and ribald jest. It was thus made, so for as any mutter of the kind can be made, an issue in an xciting political campaign, and the Democrats of the State were thoroughly poisoned in their minds in regard to the question to be tlecided at law. Under such conditions it is simply impossible that I can have a fair trial, on that I can expect any other result than that which uniformly attends a political suit growirig out of an exciting campaign in this country. if I were unfair enough to desire a jury composed of my own partisans I could not have uy A properly constituted jury in Indiana J world be composed of members of both political parties in aboutequal proportions. When I visited Indiana in October, I was rjfepeatedlv advised that six Democrats could n6t be found in the State who, in a political suit would give a erdict against their leading partly organ. This did not necessarily convey an imputation against their personal integrity) as citizens, bub simply that the blinding of party prejudice would utterly prevent an impartial consideration of the evidence submitted. Lj. am perfectly able to fight the Sentinel newspPjerin an Indiana court, but I would stand c chance whatever against the consolidated! enom of the

Democratic party of the Htar-

surronndingst and with

is idle for me to go throu

and annovance of a trial. Th

pounded by the bill of discov

been substantially and fully

and I am willing to leave my

and answers under oath to the .

public. I do not choose to ha

rectly concluded by a technical

to die in silence. I prefer to and open statement of thereas

me to believe the prosecution

be utterly fruitless. Very res

Jab

the bridge explosion Henry M. Stanley urges that the Berlin Confefeeiioe neutralize the Congo country mid definitely determine

its frontier if the developknent of the great

basin be desired.

At the gale of the Systc&n Library in Lon

don, a book printed inf 1459 by Faust & Sehoelfer brought 4,95( It is rumored in England that the -Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is to succeed Minister Lowell at the Court of St. James. . .t.The North German Gazette intimates th&t Bismarck will soon retire from public duties. . . . Jauner, the defaulting Vienna banker, committed suicide in a churchy.

V With these

1jrosiect, it ifche trouble lestkins pro$ave already 7ered by me, en statement

$rmentdf the

ie caseindi-

y or suffered ike this frank which induced he case would Sully, i G. Bijons.

A pbominent Ohio DemJ rat states that

Judge Thurman has recent edeived from Daniel Manning a letter asjjf ig im to accept a Cabinet position, j -ft is further averred that Mr. Thurman M decline, for fear of creating a hopeless i sion in the party in Ohio Out in -tanft much disappointment is feltconcer ig the nomination of Piatt Carpenter toyGovernorship of the Territory. CfrQSCto lives in New York State. r Three Cabinet portfolios are said' to have been already deeded upon. Senator Bayard is to be Secretary of the Treasury, Senator Garland Attorney-Generfd, and General McCkjfian Secretary of the Navy. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune telegraphs that journal this bit of Coinet gossip: A prominent Democrat says that throe Cabinet positions have been settled. They are: Senator Bayard for the Treasury, Senator Gar&lfd, of Arkansas, for Attorny General, and Gen. McClellan, of New Jersey for Secretary of the Navy. This gentleman says that Mr. Cleveland has decided that neither New York nor Indiana shall have a Cabinet place, as he considers that both those States are represented in the Cabinet through -the President and Vice President. So confident are Democrats that Mr. Garland is to po into the Cabinet that :m application has already been recorded on the diagram of the Senate chamber for the seat which Garland now occupies. The reason why McClellan is not assigned to the War Department is that he has too many friends in the army to reward and too many enemies to punish. This partial slate comes from a prominent Senator, and considerable importance is attached to it. Among Senators the impression is general that Judge Thurman will be one of the Cabinet, and that Senator Pendleton will be suitably recognized with one of the principal foreign missions.

A jewelby store near a police station at Montreal was robbed of $10,000 worth of jewelry. Lieutenant Abebcombie, who has just returned from Alaska, reports having explored Yukon river for 2,700 miles, and found gold placers paying $50 per day to the man. An arctic wave of unusual severity spread itself over the country last week. The mercury was below zero on a line across the continent from Washington to Portland, Oregon. At Minnedosa, in the far Northwest, the mercury went down 4o IJ9 below, Fort Garry reported 33 degrees., St Vincent 30 degrees, Berlin, Wis., 30 degrees, Milwaukee 23 degrees, Rockford, HI., 25 degrees, and Fort Dodge, Ia.t 28 degrees. At Davenport and Dubuque the Mississippi River was frozen over; at La Porte, Ind. , there was a railroad blockade, and at Lynchburg, Ya. , a heavy snow-storm. Leadville, Colo., reports two feet of snow and all railroads blocked. Judge Tatxob, of Indianapolis, has decided that the Pullman Car Company is responsible for the goods and chattels of its passengers, and gave judrment for $71.40, of which a patron was robbed on a sleeper. . . .The Wabash Road has not only cut down wages and reduced the number of employes, but now runs "spotters" on all trains fo watch the conductor!. It is reported that Sir John Macdonald, the Canadian Premier, has expressed himself in favor of the alliance of England, Canada, and Australia on terms of individual autonomy and mutual protection. . . . Investigations by Bradstreet's Commercial Agency show that in twenty-one States there are at the present time 316, - 000 persons out of employment Business failures for the week number 305, against 316 the previous week, and 280 in the corresponding period of 1883. ...Both of the Mackay-Bennett cables are now in running order, the second one having been successfully $shed up and mended.

American Reassertion.

!?he average American citizen is pe?uliar in that, on being knocked down,

his first impulse is to declare himself only slightly hurt, and to immediately return to the combat confidently and courageously. He is very slow to admit defeat. The newspaper reporter encounters many examples of this spirit. If a great manufactory burns down in the height of a busy season, the first statement of the proprietor is that of a determination to build again, before he knows whether his loss is great or small. If a bank suspends it is always with the intention of ultimate resumption, while all the other banks of the city with one voice declare they are not injured by the failure, and it very frequently requires many years to convince their respective directors th?t they were crippled at all. Some of the most successful dramatic enterprises began in failure. Many great railroad undertakings have a continuous history of triumph over misfortune, and many politicians have fouud that the defeats of to-day may cause the victories of the morrow. The American finds hope in the fact that no man can tell what the morrow may bring forth. He does not despair because of the uncertainty. It may be that this is the hope of the gambler, but his optimism, with its attendant blessing of inspiration and consequent renewal of courageous activity, is ever assertive and ever saving. He refuses to don sackcloth and declines to sit in ashes. The Chairman of one political party's committee, said the dispatches, concedes 5,000 to the other side, while the latter claim 20,000. There's the American optimism. Both sides were looking at the situation through rose color. When the next dispatches showed that a miscalculation had been made, and that the former were victors, the official who had conceded 5,000 now claimed 10,000, and he who had claimed 20,000 conceded only 500. There it was again. But when the campaign was over, the defeated foi'got their disappointment, and when the next was on there was a renewal of the old fight without the slightest diminution of hopefulness. Pope said, "Man never is but always to be blest. 99 An American revision would read, wMan is always bound to be blest." The American has the happiest facnlty of forgetting his misfortunes and losses. The republic has survived the fiercest civil war of history, tle commercial world the Jay Cooke panic, and the Government the political crisis of 1876. Foreigners, coming to these shores, would find it difficult to follow the tra k of the war, which closed only nineteen years ago ; the terrible financial crash of 1873 is regarded as a good lesson, and the Electoral Commission furnishes an occasional paragraph for a newspaper humorist, while the doctrinaires in Congress, forgetful of the dangers in the present method of electing a President, dally over the once warmly urged propositions to remove them. The republic sails on serenely, the country grows richer and richer, and "The Government at Washington" still lives. A day is an eternity of time to the American. Events of interest succeed so quickly and sharply that one sensation treads upon another's heels, so fast they follow. The croaker of one day is the cheerful prognosticator of the next. It may be that the croaking was based upon a sound philosophy, but the true American philosopher is quick to recognize new and brighter conditions. The republic has continued on a line of rapidly increasing prosperity, through wars and financial crises and political revolutions from the very beginning; and who, therefore, shall say that, the campaign of 1884 being closed, the rule of the majority is the distress of the nation? G. CC Matthews, in the Current

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Fuiiii confessions were made by some of the Anarchists on trial at Leipeic for the recent attempt upon Emperoi William's life at Niederwald. The dynamite used was inclosed in a stone jar and glass bottle, furnished with percussion caps. A fuse was attached, and the engine placed in a drain over which the Emperor was expected to pass. The man who was to fire the mine lost heart and failed to light it at; the proper moment. A beckee has been issued by the Governor-General of Little Russia expelling ali Jewish traders in the Dnieper who cannot supply themselves with specitl permits. The decree places the Jews in tie power of petty Russian officials. . . .Among the goods arriving at Dover from the continent English detectives discovered a tin-can filled with dynamite ettrtridges weighing 200 pounds. The Londen mtxnicipal authorities offer 3,000

rewA fa f ni hrfcAflcovery of th-3 authors of

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THE MARKETS. NEW YORE. Beeves, .4 $4.50 & 6.75 Hogs 4.26 4.75 Floub Extra. 4.50 6.00 Wheat No. 2 Spring 80 .81 No. 2 Red 82 m .84 Corn No. 2 62 .54 Oats White 34 .38 Pork New Mess 12.25 12.75 CHICAGO. Beeves Choice to Prime Steers. 6.50 8.00 Good Shipping 5.25 5.75 Common to Fair. 3.75 4.50 Hogs 4.00 6. so Flour -Fancv White Winter Ex. 3.75 ($ 4.26 Good to Choice Spring. . 3.25 3. 75 Wheat No. 2 Spring .71 .72 No. 2 lied Winter. 72 .74 Corn- No, 2 37 & .30 Oats No. 2 2G .28 Rye No. 2 51 .53 Barley No. 2 53 .55 Butte a Choice Creamery. 26 .28 Fine Dairy 20 .23 Cheese Full ( ream. 12 & .13 Skimmed Flat 08 .09 Eggs Fresh 23 .25 Potatoes New, perbu 28 .40 Pork Mess 10.75 H.25 Lard 0636 .07 TOLEDO. Wheat No. 2 Red, Cfi .68 Corn No. 2 38 s .39 Oats No- 2 26 .72 MILWAUKEE. Wheat No 2 .70 .72 Corn No. 2 ;9 (3 .41 Oats No. 2 27 .29 Barley No. 2 60 .52 Pork Mess , 10.50 (11.00 LARt ' 6.25 6.75 8T, LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 Sed 76 .78 Corn Mixed ;t4 & .35 Oats -Mixed 25 .27 RYE 47 .48 Pork Mess 10.75 011.25 CINCINNATI. Wheat No. 2 Red 74 .75 Corn. 40 .42 Oats Mixed 27 .28 Pork Mess 11.25 mt.l6 Lard M DETROIT. Flour 4.75 5. 26 Wheat No. White 76 f.78 Corn -Mixed 39 1 .40 Oats No. 2 White 27 iffr29 Pork Family 12,00 &K3L6O INDIANAPOLIS. & Wheat No. 2 Red, New 72jS rf.74 Corn Mixed 3-jK .36 OATSMixed... ...... 2?' J ,26 EAST Llj&RTY. 4 Cattle Beat 5.7 i 6.25 Fair 4.76 5.25 Common J 3.75 4 25 0 1 4.6O

A Country with Nine Women for Every Man I looked out of my cabin -window to find that we were tied up at the most yellow wharf I ever saw, and in front of a large, barn-like building. I did not dream that we were at Asuncion, bub going on deck found that the barn was the custom-house for Paraguay, and tlut when wo went ashore we were iu the city of the republican incognita. A very nice little city we found it to be. Not that it is pretty, or pretentious, or worth visiting but it is an enterprising, republican, go-ahead place. Most of the houses are small and old, and are built without any regard to being on the streets. You cannot imagine a more irregular assemblage of houses, but the symmetry with which the public buildings are built offsets this. The president's house, government house, arsenal, barracks, and custom-house stand on wide boulevards, and, with the exception of the latter, are as well built as the similar buildings in any American city of the same rank. The "asuncion," you know, is not Spanish for ascension," as we used to believe when school boys, but ior assumption, and in the ca-e of the Paraguayan city is well bestowed1 for it is not often in South America that there can be found a city that is more assuming politically, socially, and generally. Remember that fifteen years ago it was sacked by the Brazilian army, and look at it now as a busy trading town of fifty thousand people, many of them of fine cultivation. In shoit, one need not fear to be proud of seeing such a city, a city built by virgin forests on a beautiful hill that slopes from sunny farm lands to the grand, wide Parana. I will not go into dusty details, but assure you that though isolated, Paraguay is a state worth knowing. Situated in the warm heart of South America it lies under the shadow of the Sierras, between the two great rivers, Parana and Paraga. Into its territory there have come three and one-half centuries of sadness and misfortune. Spain had no colony that was more enslaved; and though the Jesuitical control gave it a bright day, it was long the prey of cruelty and adventure. Eevolution came at length and resulted in independence. From 1817 until 1869, first Francia and then then the Lopez tyrants held the country under a crnel despotism. Then Solano Lopez invaded the state in war with Brazil, and after the sack of Asuncion and the ravage of the country, the tyrant was shot, and the reign of terror gave place to a reorganization of the republic, which was modeled after the United States. Appropriations are voted by congress, and that body also fixes the salaries of the officials. The president receives $6,000, the vice president $3,000, the ministry $1,500, congressmen $500, and the judges of the supreme court $150. The population is about 300,000 ; and what is strange about it is that there are only about 30,000 men and 270,000 women. Of course, the females are the farmers, producers, and laborers. They work slavishly and are very poor. While the men sit at home and drink and smoke, they indefatigably toil and support the families. Asuncion Cowe$pondence Sping field Republican. Longevity of Trout. The longevity of trout has been demonstrated by numerous well authen -ticated cases where they have been introduced into public wells and miniature ponds in gentlemen's pleasuregrounds. A trout five or six ounces in weight was taken from the River Leader in 1835 by James Crosby. He put it into a well in the town of Earlstown, where it remained for many years, being regularly fed by the children of the district with worms and crumbs of bread. For several years it continued to grow in natural proportions, but latterly it began to fail off in breadth until 1860, when it died somewhat emaciated, with a large head, oat of all proportion to its body. At its best it never exceeded a pound and a half iu weight. We have here a well authenticated case of a fresh-water trout, having lived thirty-four years under artificial circumstances, after spending its juvenile life in the Leader. We have an equally well authenticated case of a fresh-water trout having lived in a well in Dumbarton castle for a period of twenty-eight years. On the 1st of June, 1876, Mr. James Gray, a native of Leuchars, in Fife, transferred a small trout about three inches in length from the Moonzi? burn to the "Lady Well," in the east end of the village. During the time this trout has occupied the well in question it has been the pet of the children in the village, and lives on the most friendly terms with them, being abundantly fed with worms during the spring and summer months and with small pieces of bread, etc., during the winter. It has preserved its symmetry, and is at present over seventeen inches in length and about six pounds in weight. There is another interesting yp cimen of a fresh-water trout in a well in the village of Comrie, in Berthshire, where it has been for manv vears. We visited this well in the summer of 1882, and were greatly interested in the fish. It seemed exceedingly tame, and came from beneath a large stone whenever anyone approached, and appeared disappointed if it was not supplied wit h morsels of bread or a few worms, these being daily supplied to it by the school children, with whom it was a special favorite. Sport in the Highlands Easy to Please on Tombstones A countryman in search of a headstone for his mother's grave, pitched upon one the stone-cutter had prepared lor another person. "I like this one,"

he said. "But," said the other, "that

belongs to nnother man, and has Mrs.

Perry's name cnt upon it; it wouldn't

do for your mother. Uh. ves 1

would," said the countryman. "Sh

couldn't read. And, besides," he co

tinued. "Perrv was always a favori

name of hers." Boston Journal.

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1 Gikls of a marriageable age aro for sixteen dollars in Yokohama. ,

Japanese young men must have

money to throw away m this Let them come to America wh

riageable girls are given away.

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Nome .Natural History. We learn that Jim Murray has a snake so large, on his place, that whenever it has to cross a fence it lets the fence down as nicely as if done by hand. Murray says helms put up fences twice where the snake has let them down, and it leaves a track as if a Hour barrel had been rolled over the ground, Exchange. The writer of an Indian letter in Nature says, when ploughing in Illinois before the war, he used to turn up rattle-snakes in the furrows. One day he ploughed up a rattler fourteen inches long and, instead of killing it, he teased it with his whip, not permitting it to escape. After fifteen furious minutes, the snake turned and bit itself in the tail, dying in a few moments. This is the reason why cats wa$h their faces after meals: A cat caught k sparrow and was about to devour M, but the sparrow said: "No gentleman eats till he has first washed his face!" The cat, struck with this remark, s6t the sparrow down, and began to wash his face with his paw, but the sparrow liew awav. This vexed Puss exceedingly, and he said: "As long as I live I will eat first, and wash my face afterward. Which all cats do to this day. Exchange. John Connors, of Split Eock, was hunting woodcock in the vicinity of Mud Lake. On nearing a clump of bushes near the edge of the lake, his pointer dog, Lulu, came to a point on what he thought was a bird. He told her to go on and put the bird up, but she could not start it. He walked around on the other side of the bushes, and there sat a boy. He had been fishing for bullheads. The dog on coming near one of the largest of the fish again came to a point. Connors asked the boy to let him open the largest of the fish. It weighed about two pounds, and in it was a hen woodcock, partly digested. Syracuse Herald. A gentleman from Socorro has a setter pup named Jack, that is gifted with almost human sense. Two anecdotes will serve to illustrate its capacity for reasoning, and if anyone has a smarter dog let them trot him out Jack daily accompanies his master to the butcher shop, where a piece of meat is bought for him, and which he carries home before being allowed to eat it. The other morning the package was too large to admit of a passage wimh it in his moi t i through a hole in a fence the dog was accustomed to go through, but the intelligent animal laid the package at the hole, jumped over the fence and pulled it through lenghthways. Another time, whiie carrying a paper sack of peaches, the sack became torn and a single peach dropped out. Jack set the peaches down, went back and got the one that dropped, and replaced it in the sack. Sorocco (N. M.) Chieftain. It appears that in the "bill" of the little mosquito alone there are no fewer than five distinct surgical instruments. These are described as a lance, two neat saws, a suction pump, and a small Cor liss engine. It appears that when a "skeeter" settles down to his work upon a nice tender portion of the human frame, the lance is first pushed into the flesh, then the two saws, placed back to back, begin to work up and down to enlarge the hole, then the pump is inserted, and the victim's blood id siphoned up to the reservoirs carried behind, and finally, to complete the cruelty of the performance, the wretch drops a quantity of poison into the wound to keep it' irritated. Then the diminutive fiend takes a fly around just to digest your gore, and makes tracks for a fresh victim, or if the first have been of unusually good quality ho returns to the same happy hunting gr on nd. The nius quito's m ar ve lous energy, combined with his portable operating chest, make him at once a terror and a pest. London Sportsman. Dr. Parker went a hunting some time since, and, seeing a squirrel poke his head out of a hole in the tree, he fired, but not seeing the squirrel drop, he came to the conclusion that he had missed it. Almost instantly he saw what he supposed was the head of the same animal, and again fired. Still the squirrel head appeared at the same place. He fired thirty-lour shots, and as he did not see the game drop, he came to the conclusion that it was useless to continue the bombardment and started to go further into the grove. Lo, and behold, when he had passed the tree on which he had seen the one squirrel, he saw thirty-four lying in a heap upon the ground. Charter's Valley Herald. Liquor in the Army. Gen. McClellan found it difficult to prevent the sale of liquor to soldiers, and finally gave orders that the stock of any one violating the regulations should be summarily destroyed. The next night the provost guard visited Springman's hotel, on Pennsylvania avenue, and destroyed nearly $2,000 worth of liquors of various kinds, The guard went into the cellar of the establishment, where most of the liquor was stored, and stove in the heads of the casljLl barrels, pouring their contentsTuponi the floor, forming a pool deeju enough to float a batteau. The Coitf mbia restaurant, kept by Joseph Piatfz situated on the square below, was neft overhauled by fclie guard, and the liqflor founcon the premises served in thjt same inhner. The atmosphere in tblj aeighbdrhood of the Springman ise was fragrant with the odor of

Shisky, brandy, gin, ana coraiais, ana Ins sniffed up fev the several old topers

jftoTulintt near With peculiar sati&fao-

ftion. Jm:' Pert! Poore.

X Young1 Chinaman's First Shave

When a Chinese boy baby is one month old his head is shaved and a bladder is drawn over it, and as his head rows the bladder bursts and the cue sprouts forth. The first shave is made the occasion of a magnificent banquet, and the guests are expected to make the host a handsome present in coin for the newly shaven baby, with which a bank account U started to its credit. This is the most pleasant feature of the all air for the baby, as the jazor always pulls and ho cannot take

art in the feast. Portland Vregoman How dreadfully bad men are is seen

y the fact that the most angelic wo

man does not often remain an angel very long after she h married one.

CONGRESSIONAL.

The Work of the Senata and House of Representatives.

Mr. Van Wvck, of Nebraska, introduced two bills in the Senate, on Pec 17, which are of Treat importance to trans-Missouri interests - and which are intended to correct evils that have long existed there. The first bill provides that no telegraph company shall charge mere from. the Missouri River to the Pacific coast than the average rate from the Missouri River U the seaboard. The second biU provides that all railroad companies that have received any assistance from the Government or any privileges from Congress shall not be allowed to receive for passengers or freight more than the averagerate throughout the country tor the trans-Missouri region. Mr. Slater, of Oregon, introduce a bill to provide that no Btatute of limitation heretofore enacted shall be deemed to prohibit the adjudication of a claim for compensation . for property lost in the military service ' of the United States when such loss is a matter of record in any official record of the War or Treasury Department. It is provided, however, that thisshall not be construed to eytead to any classes of property other than those for the loss of which compensation has been authorized by existing laws, l he Chair submitted a communication from the Secretary of the Navy stating -that he had ordered two civil engineers and an ensign to visit Nicaragua and survey a route for the proposed canal. Mr. Dawes presented a. petition for canceling the lease of grazing lands made by the Crow Indians to cattle-raisers. The Senate passed the naval appropriation bilL In the executive session Mr. Riddlebergrer attain, spent an hour in opposing the confirmation of Secretary McCulloch." In the House of Representatives there was a loner debate on the interstate commerce hill, which referred cnietly to the color-iine in the South. Mr. Mills offered an amendment, which was adopted, limiting railroad charges for transporting passengers from one State to another to 3 cents per mile Mr. Goff moved the interjiolation of the words "provided that no discrimination be made on account of race or color." This was alsoagreed to. A communication from the Attorney General in response to the resolution asking hi opinion in regard to the application of the eighthour law to letter carriers was read. The Attorney General said that he must decline to furnish the advice requested, on the ground that it was not consistent, with law or precedent for him to give advice to Congress but only to the President and the heads of the executive departments. Among the bills introduced in the Senate on the 18th were two by Mr. Van Wycfe one toincrease the pensions of widows and dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors: the other to grant pensions to invalid and dependent soldiers who served three months during the war of the rebellion. The interstate commerce bin, reported by Mr, CuUom was discussed, and Mr. Cullom spoke atlength in its support. Mr. Slater offered an amendment embcdylng the provisions of the Reagan bilt A resolution directing an investigation into the methods by which copies of the treaties with San Domingo and Nicaragua were axmred by the press was tabled after an acrimonious debate. Mr. Vestsubmitfed a joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Navy not to enforce his illegal- order for a surveying expedition to Nicaragua. A bill was passed appropriating $50,000 for a statue of Lafayette. A resolution was adopted requiring the Secretary of War todeliver to the Eighth New York Artillery veterans the regimental colors captured by the Confederates. The nomination of Secretary Mc

Culloch was confirmed by a vote of 50 to 1 The President sent the following nominations to the Senate; Charles C. Waters, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District oT Arkansas ; James Monroe, United States Marshal lor the Western District of Michigan Postmasters Leo T. Goshorn. Piedmont, W. Vs.; James Johnson, Sr., Springfield, Ohio; August Beadles. Cresco, Iowa; Wallace G. Agnew, Osceola, Iowa; Nimrod Headington, Portland, Ind.; William HHart, Frankfort, Ind. ; Thomas J. Lucas, Lawrenceburg, Ind. ; Abbie M. Lawton, Grlggsville, UL ; John Gordon, Jacksonville, IU. In the House ot Representatives, the interstate commerce bill was amended to provide that the? furnishing to passengers of separate accommodations with equal facilities and comforts shaU not be deemed a discrimination. Mr. Curtnv-

introduced a joint resolution to forward to the proposed American exhibition in London theGovernment exhibits now on display at New Orleans, for which purpose $300,000 is to be appropriated. A memorial from the New York Produce Exchange was laid before the Senate on the 19th urging immediate and definite action upon the Spanish treaty. The bill ratifying thetreaty of 1880 with the Indians on Fort Hill

sale of a portion of their lands, was passed as was also the bill granting the Lost Lake fc Mount Hood Improvement Company right Of way through Oregon. Mr. George addressed the Senate on the interstate commerce bill, severely criticising the dishonest roetbodeof railroads, particularly the pooling system. Mr. Hale reported that the confer- -ence committee on the naval appropriation bill had been unable to agree, and moved that the Senate iusist upon its amendment. The motion was unanimously carried. Bills wereintroduced,, for the erection of a public building at fttillwater, Minnesota, at a cost of $100,000, and to donate the barracks at New Orleans to the Louisiana Agricultural College. The President sent to the Senate the name of Frapk W. Palmer for reappointment as Postmaster at Chicago, his term havine expired. In the House, the bill authorizing the construe tion of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Hock Island was passed. Coneideiation of the interstate commerce bill was resumed, and iong discussion ensued, which resulted in the passage of the section of the bill prohibit ing pooling arrangements by railroad companies. A communication from the Secretary of the Interior was laid before the House 1 asking an appropriation of $40,000 for the tm- 1 provement ol the Yellowstone National Park, Mr. Blanchard introduced a joint resolution.-' proposing a constitutional amendment provid-f ing that the power vested in the Executive to make treaties by and with the consent of the Senate shall not be construed to embrace reciprocity treaties involving revenues. The speaker submitted a memorial from John G. Thompson,, formerly sergeant-at-arms, asking an appropriation to pay the judgment secured against him by Hallec Kil bourne. ' The Senate, at its session on DecJM, re ' fused concurrence in the House resolution tow an adjournment to Jan. 5. The announcenuu&t that- the House had passed a bill making temporary provision for the naw ltd to stroiur language, but no action was taken thereon: A secret session was held to consider the- rts -olution opposing the expedition to Nicaragua. Frank W. Palmer was confirmed a Postmaster at Chicago. The House of Representatives passed a bill makintr provisions for the support of the navy during the month of January. After the debate on the interstate commerce bill, a motion to strike out the section prohibiting railroads trom charging a greater compensation for short than for long freight hauls was defeated. An adjournment to Wednesday, Dec. 24, was ordered, with an understanding that consecutive adjournments for three davs at a time would be taken until Jan. fr.

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A Diffident Dramatist. Mr. Sims is a most diffident man in hut ' personal conduct. On the night when hi "Crutch and Toothpick' was first brought out he could, not be induced to go to the theater. But the place had an irresistible fascination for him, and he walked excitedly up and down the street just in sight of the door, and every now and then a friend came out to tell him how the play was going. When the "Romany Eye" was produced, Mr. Sims escaped to Scotland and could not be induced to return until repeatedly assured that bis play had made a hit. Chicago Times. Hibernicisms. "Hike action," remarked a candid Celt, "but I hate work. This is a home truth of the widest application to the Irish character. Among tepeoial Celtic characteristics, a promineni' placeshould be given to the power ofjpology "It was not the dthrop I haT taken," said a Kerry peasant chargpn with being drunk aud disorderly, but I had a shmoke out of a neighbor's pipe, and that leaned upon me." 7 A Boston tirm advertised ikahoea for elor

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