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VOL. XVII.
MoKINNEY, COLLIN COI
M iscc! I aneous Selections,
CRIMINAL COGITATIONS.
n* domticm
Who dares to ss'
At the end of a
Those who talk „„„„
Don't think that I have goTt'hi
nCal ' 0#811,' 'he thing
lhat never will let a gentleman
~ • wjmdaavbv.
lay that/«hall swing
n ignominoos string?
i suoh wretched trash
cart;
«wing.
fsWa^sMJiswat™,
Cash, oash, cash is the thing
lhat never will let a gentleiSan swing.
A J M4,WU,W DCl *w ui« c uu ueuoftie me&i.
And tor me there's nevera lack of "Oreen Seal."
l ile ropeji for Foster and Nixon and King,
Thin"'.'" on(l P°°r' *nd 1111 M t sort of
Hut cart wlfine'er let a gentleman swing.
Rut, "all men are equal before the just law''
In thU grandest Republic the world ever saw:
Alt', all men alike shouM fear Justice's land—
Quite true, verdant friend—if they've not got the
cathj
Por oash, cash, cash is the thing
.That will never let a gentleman swing.
But Foster was born in circles the best,
Ami his friends, people say, were as rich as the
rest,
You'vo^just hit it—his friende might gentlemen
5u*Ae 1vlle 'oguo as yon ever will see.
Hud As been a man of riches and style,
He d never have died in u manner so vile¡
1 or cosh, oash. cash is the thing
'J.tint never would let a gentleman swing.
To be sure, I killed my dearest friend,
Who was ready one time bis life to spend
For me—and snot him for sake of r — "
- ""Tlr . ouwl1 OHM UI tt—V
It won't do here her true name to tells
But cosh, cash, cash is the thing
That never will let a gentleman swing
-well,
So now I sit In my carpeted cell,
And laugh at the Jury and Judge as well!
laugh at Grim Death, for i know that h*
And I
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w u 8 ' .. U1UU tur x Auuw i
non t pay his respecta by rope to mes
For I am a gentleman, ríoh and fine,
Who never can die by a hempen llnej
gwoMh, cash, cash is the thing
Which never will let a gentleman swing.
FARMER HILL'S NEPHEW.
"Jest you walk in and make yoursels
to hum whilst I call llalph. He's my
nephew, down here from college, rusti-
cruiting round awhile for his narves. It'll
do him good to drive you over."
This was our first knowledge of the ex-
istence of such a person as farmer Hill's
nephew. And here it will be well, per-
haps to break the thread of my discourse
nnd explain how we came to make the ac-
quaintance of farmer Hill himself. Some
six months previous, father and mother
liad gone abroad for their health, leaving
Grace and myself together with cousin
Frank, to the care of Arabella, our digni-
fied elder sister. Arabella was a widow
still In her weeds, a little prim aaturally,
nnd with an outer-crust of coldness which
grief and black robes had failed to soften,
yet so true-hearted and conscientious
that our parents felt entirely safe in in-
trusting us to her during their year's
absence. They had talked of taking Grace
with them, but we could not bear to be
separated, ior we are twins, Grace and I;
you would never guess it, though, we are
so unlike, Grace being short and plump,
with a face like a ripe peach, ana palish
golden liüir, and tlie purring ways of a
fiet kitten, wh.llc I am just her opposite
n looks and temperament, and far more of
a trial, I four, to Arabella's patience. But
Arabella's greatest trial in those days
was our cousin Frank. Dear child, she
would not for the world have been a trial
to any one, but it was just as impossible
for her to conform to Arabella's strict no-
tions of propriety as it would be fora hum-
ming-bird to put oil the statellness of the
swan. She was nothing unless she could
be herself, and Arabella was forever trying
to remodel her. Left an orphan be-
fore she was ten years old, she had
been adopted by a doting aunt, who.
after doing all in her power to spoil
the girl—fortunately one not easily spoilt
—died, and left her heir to a neat fortune.
Since then she had been with us, and we
all loved her in spite of the fact that,
wherever she was, she was the center of
attraction.
We had been boarding all winter with
Arabella's mother-in-law, a stylish, mat-
ronly woman, who, having for Arabella's
sake consented to take us Into her family,
felt it her duty to devote herself to our
entertainment. And a gay season had
been the result—reaulngs, receptions, and
parties following each other in so quick
succession that by spring we were hearti-
ly tired of fashionable life.
" How pleasant it would be if we could
only go into the country for a while,"
said Frank, half-burying her face in a
bunch of arbutus which, bought that
morning of a Httls flower-girl at the
door, had been whispering to us all day
of the far-away woods where its home
had been.
" Why not take a lodge in the wilder-
ness and try housekeeping?" said I, with
sudden inspiration.
" Wouldn't it be splendid ?" cried
Frank, catching at the idea with enthusi
asm.
" Splendid 1" echoed Grade warmly.
" My dear girls, you do not know what
you are talking about," said Arabella in
a|arQ)v
" Indeed we do," said Frank. " I, for
one, am hungry for country air."
" And I!"
" And I!" chimed Grace and myself.
" But there arc so many inconveniences
attending country life," expostulated Ar-
abella, seeing that Frank at least was in
downright earnest.
"Kerosene oil, for Instance," said the
mother-in-law aggravatingly.
"And sueli swarms of mosquitoe ,"
«deed Arabella.
, "I am sure we have mosquitoes enough
l|i town," said Frank quickly: "and as
kerosene oil, I'll agree to keep the
mps in order."
"Lei
!XAS, MAY 22, 1873.
even Arabella was ready to agree with
her.
One day It was iound necessary for
some of us to go to town to order house-
held supplies, and as Grace had a head-
ache and Frank was still too much In love
with the country to care for a sight of the
city, Arabella and I decided to take the
morning express and make the needed
purchases. We had full
ehad fully expected to be
at home before evening, but in one way
and another we were detained until there
barely time to catch thealx o'clock
train. It was only an hour's ride, how-
ever, and with a delicious sense of rest we
.shook off the dust of the city and gave
ourselves up so thoroughly to the pleasant
anticipation of soon being home, that we
scaroely heard the stations called.
" We must be near Dexter," said Ara-
bella at last, rousing from a state of semi-
unconsciousness, and picking up her hand-
bag.
"Beg pardon, ma'am," said a voice be-
hind us, " but we have just left Dexter."
Ifc can't fee possible!" cried I, rushing
frantically to the rear of the car, and men-
tally wondering why in the world we had
not taken the opposite side where we
uilght have seen the name even if we bad
failed to hear it called; but regrets were
unavailing, for surely enough there was
Dexter receding in the dim distance like a
dream of the past.
" Why, we shan't get home to-night!
We must 8top the wain! We must do
something 1" I ejaculated, turning to Ara-
bella, who, after properly thanking our
informant, had followed, me at her usual
dignified pace; but her undisturbed air
exasperated me, and without waiting for
an answer, I hurried to the other end of
the oar in search of the conductor.
" There's no help for It, miss," said that
polite official. " I'll put you off at the
next station, that's only three miles on,
and you can easily find some one to bring
you back."
Small consolation it was, but as the
last up-town train had already passed us
there was no alternative; ana presently
we were standing forlorn and desolate on
the platform of the Bedford station, three
miles 'from home, and the " shades of
night" gathering about us with unwel-
come rapidity. Two unkempt boys, with
their hands in their pockets. - ■ - - *
inp st.unldlv at. na. " Finn L
sal
inqulrli
stood
ig stupidly at us. ,f Dun know, mun?,"
tid one of them in answer to our anxious
quirles, " there a'n't nobody round here
i keeps hosses, 'cept farmer Hill," and
having pointed out farmer Hill's house,
they swaiisered away, and left us to our
own devices. A tiresome tramp across a
ilowed field brought us at last to the
armer's door, and here it was that we
were told to walk in and make ourselves
"tohum" till "Ralph" could eome to
our rescue. Five minutes later the old
man reappeared, fanning himself vigor-
ously with his broad-brimmed hat.
" Here's Ralph Strong, he'll take you
over." And this was our introduction,
for, as he spoke, a spring wagon drew up
at the gate, and the bronzed-faced driver
with a gallant bow informed us that he
was at our service. Evidently farmer
Hill's nephew, whatever might be the
state of his " narves," was a man of in-
telligence and refinement—we mads that
discovery before we were a mile on the
way—and so entertaining did he prove
that, tired And hungry as we were, we
were half sorry when the ride came to an
end. Frank and Grace, alarmed at our
absence, were watching for us at the gate,
and Arabella, with gracious cordiality,
introduced the stranger, explaining in an
aside who he was. Of course, we invited
him in, and though in consideration of
the lateness of the hour, he politely de
cllned, he promised to do himself the
pleasure of calling in a few days.
" He is very gentlemanly and agreea-
ble," said Arabella, with emphasis, as
seated at the tea-table we narrated the
events of the day; and it must bo con-
fessed that we were all rather elated at the
prospect of having our solitude invaded
now and then by this same gentlemanly
and agreeable person.
Beyond the simple fact that he was far-
mer Hill's nephew from college we knew
nothing whatever about him, but his face
and voice were of themselves sufficient to
inspire confidence, and before many weeks
went by we had come to regard him as
our rignt hand man. Arabella consulted
him on all matters of business, and Grace
and I were constantly asking his advice
about gardening, while Frank, who had
set her heart on raising a brood of chick-
ens, held animated conferences with him
as to the best mode of promoting the
health and happiness of her feathered
pets; at least when the two sat for half
an hour at a time on the back porch In
th" twilight watching the little creatures
nestling under the mother's wings, it was
naturally to be suppo.-ed that they formed
the chief subject or discussion.
"It is hardly polite to trouble Mr.
Strong so much about those chickens,
Frances," Arabella would say, "A col-
lege man like him is not supposed to be
very familiar with the raising of poul-
try."
" Then It's high time he turned his at-
tention to it," said Frank, with mischief
lurking in her eyes.
Another cause of annoyance to our
elder sister was the simplicity of Frank's
toilets.
" I do wish my dear Frances that you
would make yourself look a little more
stylish. These young collegians are not
accustomed to seeing ladles dressed like
kitchen girls."
But Frank declared that half the pleas-
ure of living In the country was the prlv-
er-
ilte
aprons.
I don't think Arabella had the least In-
nlenees, espe-
(i, owing
et's go!" said I with growing zeal.
"Ijet's!" echoed Oracle. And so over-
helming were the arguments we brought
j bear on Arabella, that by the time the
Hiseuseion ended she had yielded her con-
lent; and be fore a month went by, we
f.)uiid ourselves actually at housekeeping
ii a picturesque cottage not far from
)cxter Station. As for the locality of
cxter, It will not be Indicated on the
aps yet awhile, there being not more
n six houses In the place, all told; but
that we liked it none the less. Of
iurse there were inconvenl
[•liilly for the first two days, when
o the non-arrival of our kitchen-ware an
hlna. we were somewhat puzzled to
now how to furnish forth our board,
ut thev only served to add zest to the
nterprfse.
"Joily, I¡m't it?" said I, presiding as
¡jracefully as possible at a battered peach-
an in place of a tea-pot.
"It is just fun," said Grace, using!
fingers for a fork as she helped herself
sardines.
"I wish you could find some more lady-
like word, my dear," remarked Arabella,
calmly sipping her tea from a terra-cotta
vn«<\ nnd managing to maintain he" native
fllstnlty In spite of the fact of being seated
on nn inverted washtub.
"Jolly doesn't half express It," said
Frank, taking lingering looks nt the land-
scape as she buttered her bread with a
penknife; "it Is blessedness Itself;" and
when once we were fairly "put to rights,"
her
to
liege of dispensing with style, and p<
sisted in wearing calico dresses and wn
A curious little smile was playing about
Frank's mouth.
"He left college a year ago and Is ex-
pecting soon to take a partner and
begin Dustness I believe," she said de-
murely.
Arabella looked up in surprise. " Why,
I thought his unole spoke as if lie were
still a student."
"There was some mistake about that I
think," said Frank. "The farmer was
speaking of his nephew Ralph Hill, not of
"£nd' who is Ralph Strong, theu ?"
asked Arabella in amazement.
Ralph Strong is firmer Hill's hired
man," said Frank, just as if the faot were
something to be proud of.
" What!" cried Arabella sharply.
" He is former Hill's hired man," re-
peated Frank.
puppy!" exi
j thrown off her
nlty by this rather startling annoi
ment.
"Wculdn^t «buse Impostor 'he*,
appropriate term?" suggested Frank tor-
mentingly.
"He certainly cannot expect us to re-
ceive him any longer as a guest," Arabel-
la went on, ignoring the amendment.
" We might possibly receive him as one
of the family, though," said Frank,'turn-
ing to the window to hide her blushes.
A dim perception of the truth began to
dawn on Arabella.
" It is not possible that be has had the
assurance to ask you to marry him?" she
said freezlngly.
" Why not? He loves me and I love
him," said Frank bravely.
This was a little too much. No words
could adequately express our consterna-
tion, and we all three sat and gazed at her
in silence.
"It Is just too bad!" sighed Grace at
last with tears in her eyes, " It's going to
spoil all our nice times."
from be-
with -an
It proves
conclusively that Ralph Strong what-
ever else he may be, is no gentleman."
" You are wrong there I" cried Frank,
with flashing eyes; and then, like the
true woman she is, she bravely took up
the absent one's defense. It seems that
the nephew, Ralph Hill, whom the for-
mer went to call on that memorable
evening was absent at the time. So
Ralph Strong was sent in his place. Ac-
cepting our cordial invitation to visit us,
without the least suspicion that we were
taking him for other than he was, he had
come and gone week after week, in bliss-
ful ignorance, until one evening, while
confiding to Frank some bits of personal
history, he ehanced to discover the mis-
take we were making, and was eager at
once to explain: but Frank, partly for
fear the explanation would put an end to
his coming, had begged him to keep quiet
for awhile. " So the fault is all mine,"
she said, " And now you may call him
what you like—farmer Hill's nephew or
farmer Hill's hired man—to me he is, and
has been from the first, simply Ralph
Strong, the truest and best man I have
ever known." And all Arabella's argu-
ments failed to convince her that plowing
and reaping for farmer Hill had in any
way lessened his manhood, or that In
marrying a farmer she would be dooming
lier: elf to a life of daily drudgery. So
there was nothing more to be said. She
was of ago, and liad a perfect right to do
as she pleased—but it seemed so odd that
Frank, who liad refused more offers
than she could well remember, was,
after all, going to marry farmer Hill's
hired man. It came to light a little
later that he was himself the owner of a
handsome farm, and had hired himself to
farmer Hill chiefly for the purpose of
learning how to manage it, having discov-
ered, on leaving college, that he knew far
more of astronomy than agriculture; but
even this mollifying fact could not restore
Arabella's composure.
Father and mother came home in the
fall, and we all went back to town—and
at Christmas there was a wedding. Ara-
bella declared it was a disgrace to the
General News fipnmary,
Personal «at
Oakes Ames died at his iapresidenoe In
Easton, Mass., at 9:30 p*1#., on May 8.
He died peacefully* «nittjwided by the
members of bis family.
Admiral Winslow, of Xfarsage fiune,
was stricken with paralysp, at Washing-
ton. D. 0., on the eveningjif May 0. He
had just dined at the EbmtHouse, and
was on the point .of leaviQfthe ladies' re-
ception room with his WSfrod daughter,
when ho fell senseless, ftainent physi-
cians say that the chanoas (t his recovery
are slight. I
The President has lssuedjthe following
executive t
The]
James A. doe, a Boston banker, has
arrested upon the ehaigfe of raising
money by altering, the ligares on
tock certificates. Á cerifícate for
three shares of Mlohigan Central Rail-
road stock was raised to 900 shares, two
abares of Boston and Albany to 300, eto.
These raised certificates were then depos-
ited as collaterals for money .borrowed.
It Is supposed that $300,000 have been
thus fraudulently obtained.
Domestic Intelligence.
Gold dosed, In New York, on Hay 14,
at 118.
The War Department has ordered the
concentration of thirty companies of In-
fontry and about ten companies of cavalry
In Nebraska and Wyoming, to move Into
~ region, ostensibly to pro-
" the Northern Pacific
Tn favorite i
ack's "draws.'
lo offices in
ia 10th Inst.,
draped in
and that
' build'
clination to try match-making, or any-
thing of the sort; she was simply anx-
ious to have her three girls make a good
impression; but her anxiety was oppres-
sive, and 1, as well as Frank, occasionally
rebelled. Mr. Strong, I was sure, was too
sensible to like us any better in silk
dresses and panniers than In plain calico
So I followed Frank's example, and cer-
tainly the sight of the calico did not seem
to disturb htm in the least. I don't know
what we should have done without him
that summer. It was lonely enough at
limes as it was, for our few neighbors
were so scattered that we saw but little of
them, and oven our city friends seldom
came for more than a day's stay, so the
young man's visits were doubly welcome.
In addition to being an entertaining talker
he was a fine, singer, and was always
ready to join us in a song; he brought tne
newest books and revived our love of bot-
any by constant contributions of wild
flowers, and regularly on Sunday even-
ings he escortea us all to church.
So the summer waned and autumn
came, and we began to fear that our pleas-
ant friend woula soon bo leaving us for
college. Oncc or twice we had broached
the subject, but he seemed Inclined to be
a little reserved about it, and we let it
drop.
" I don't see why he has to go at all^.'
said Groce, " he knows enough now."
" lie is certainly very Intelligent for a
man of his age," said Arabella, "but of
course he wants to finish his studies,
wonder what he intends to be. It is
strange that he does not tell us more in
regard to himself and his plans."
" May be Frank can tell us," said Grade,
archly.
family; but father, who is quick at read-
ing men, said Ralph Strong was worthy
of iny woman, and that Frank had shown
her good sense.
They have been married three years
now, and Grace and I go every summer
to vl.1t 'hem. Their home is a.little
Eden, ami. ank is as happy as a queen.
To be sure, she has some care, as every
wife and mother must have; but I can't
see that she is one bit more of a "drudge"
than any city woman; and, as for her
husband, he grows nobler and better
every day, as every true man must who
has a true wife to help him. Arabella has
not yet been to see them, but I don't
think her injured dignity can hold out
much longer; for Frank, with the sweet
forgiveness of her nature, has named her
baby for her, and a daintier " baby Bell"
was never seen. They are going to bring
her to town soon, and Grace and I feel
sure that she will prove a little peace-
maker. Speasing of Arabella reminds
me that last summer wo met farmer Hill's
nephew himself—the other llulph. They
say he is rich; but, poor fellow, he is
greatly to be pitied, for he not only has
weak " narves," but a weak head as wcll¡;
and even Arabella—worldly-minded qs
she is—could she once see him, would be
quite willing to acknowledge that Frank
had made a nappy mistake In taking the
hired man instead.—Mary B. SleigM, in
Hearth and Home.
The Mocklng-Blrd.
Thk mocking-bird Is seldom found
wild in New England, though it has been
known to breed as far north as Spring-
field, Mass. At the South it lives on
charming terms with farmers and plant-
ers, building its nest near the houses, as
if to ask the protection of man. Early in
pring they pair, and build their nests
any where—in orange or fig trees, on brlar-
bushee, or between the rails of roadside
fences.^ They love to;be near the seashore,
5
of ,
the exalt
State*.
The President directs that the pul
Washington be closed on Saturday tl
the day of his Aineral, and that theybe drt
mourning l'or a period of thirty dsys, at
flags be displayed at half-matt on fubllo
lngs and forts, and on natloaal vessels, on the
day of the fhneral, In honor of the msmory of the
Illustrious dead.
lly order ef the President:
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
Washington, May 9, 1878.
Dr. Perry, of New York, says the first
cause of Judge Chase's death was rup-
ture of one of the cerebral arteries, a vio-
lent rush of blood, burrowing, as It were,
through the texture and substanee of the
braiu. Paralysis of the left side followed.
During the last twelve hours of his life
there was no evidenae of vitality except
labored breathing. Dr. Perry said, from
all that he could learn, Mr. Chase was
quietly sleeping when the blood vessel
burst, and flooded the brain. The pa-
tient had slight convulsions during the
day, but they gradually grew more feeble.
The Governor of the State of Illinois,
on May 9, removed the State Penitentiary
Commissioners for neglect of duty.
A Boston dispatch says that Judge Col-
cord has rendered a decree of divorce in
the case of Charles Sumner, for five years
desertion by his wife.
Over 3,000 people attended tho funeral
of Oakes Ames, at North Easton, Mass.,
on May 11.
A duel took place on the evening of
May 10, just outside of the city of Rich-
mond, Va., between John B. Mordecal
and P. McCarthy. Both were wounded,
the former fatally. The difficulty was
about a lady.
The President, on May 12, appointed
E. W. Henderson, of Wisconsin, to the
La Polnte Agency; E. C. Lewis,
of Illinois, Agent for the Pueblo
Indians; Jos. A. Leonard, of Minnesota,
Register of the Land Office at Jackson,
Minn.; Wm. McMloken,, of Washington
Territory, tT. 8. Sum*** General for
Washington Territory; Ebenezcr Doug-
lass, of Rhode Island, Agent for the Chip-
pewa Indians of Minnesota; and Judge
Plerrepont, of New York, U. S. Minister
to Russia, in place of Orr, deceased.
The obsequies of the late Chief Justice
Chase were solemnized In Washington, on
May 12. Among the persons in attend-
ance were the ministers from England,
France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Turkey,
Austria and Peru, the President and fam-
ily, and a large number of members of
Congress.
John Watson, a Chloago grain operator,
and choose the evergreens bordering i
forest rather than the deep woods. Th<
nest is coarsely built of briars, dried
leaves and grass, lined with flbrouB roots
and wool. There are two, and sometimes
three broods a year. The first Is brought
to the bird market in New Orleans in
April; the last late In September. The
eggs are emerald green, spotted with
brown. During the pairing season, tbe
song of the male is more than ever deli-
clous. He flies about the little hen and
her brood in an ecstacy of delight, sing-
ing with a note more sweet and thrilling
than the nightingale's. Audubon says
that tbe song of a caged mocking-bird
«ves little idea of its music in the woods,
hen the moon shines, It will sing all
night. Snakes and cats are Its great ene-
mies, sucking the eggs and swallowing
the young. But Wilson tells us that the
mocking-bird fights bravely for its young,
and unless the snake is very large It often
succeeds In killing the Invader, beating
him with its wings and striking him with
its beak about the head when he Is
wounded. This bird is a wonderful mimic.
He can peep like a chicken, bark like a
dog, mew like a cat, and Imitate thecreak
of a wheelbarrow, and, In addition to
these domestic accomplishments, he can
give the notes of every bird In the forest,
from the shriek of an eagle to the song
of a wood-thrush.—Christian Intelligencer.
suspended, on May 13, with over $160,000
liabilities.
John Brooker has been appointed Col-
lector of Internal Revenue for the Fourth
Arkansas District.
John B. Mordecal, one of the principals
In the late duel near Richmond, Va., died
on the night of May 14. His opponent,
McCarthy, has been arrested, and com-
mitted without bail to answer to the charge
of murder.
The President has made the following
appointments: Postmasters—Josiah F.
Sexton, Ashtabula, Ohio; Mrs. Rachel
Fritter, Farmer City, Illinois; George W.
Matthews, Paw Paw, Michigan; John
Bollinger, Gallatin, Missouri; Daniel Fich-
thorne, Waverly, Iowa; S. E. Jackson,
Ellsworth, Kansas.
Crimes and Casualties.
The trial of Robert P. Bleakley for the
murder of his neice, was concluded, In
New York, on the afternoon of May 8,
by a verdict of murder In the second de-
gree, ar:d a sentence of Imprisonment for
life in the State Prison.
A fire broke out in Taunton, Mass., on
the evening of May 7, which, before its
ravages were stopped, consumed property
valued at $100,000.
A man named Walllngford, and his
wife, committed suicide, In. Hamburg
County, Iowa, on the evening of May 8,
by means of poison. It seems that Wal-
llngford has been forging names to deeds
and other documents, and succeeded
thereby In obtaining large sums of money.
Evidence of his guilt having come to
light recently, he and his wife resorted
to suicide as a means of evading punish-
ment.
A young lawyer, named John Crelgh-
ton, committed suicide, at Topeka, Kan-
sas, on the evening of May 0, by shoot-
ing himself through the heart in the
presence of his son, a mere boy. Dissi-
pation and want of money are supposed
to have induced the act.
E. B. Garcia, Consul General of Uru-
guay, has been arrested upon the charge
of defrauding a Boston ship building
firm out of $11,000.
The cars of a freight train on the Hart-
ford, Providence A Flshkill Railroad
were thrown from the track at Falls Sta-
tion, near Waterbury, Conn., on the af-
ternoon of May 9, and Conductor Brad-
ley and Roadma«ter Butts were killed
The St. Louis Steam Forge and Iron
Works were burned to the ground, on
May 10. Loss $60,000.
Albert H. Nicolay, a well-known Wall
sti-eet broker, was arrested In New York,
on May 12, charged by Wm. 8. Roberts
with having defrauded him of $29,000, by
purchasing for him worthless stock.
The steamer Americas while passing
through Hell Gate, New York, on May
18, collided with the steamer Hope,
cutting her in two. Fonr men were
drowned.
march wtll begin this month, and It
Is believed the presence of the column will
be very effective In preserving quiet upon
the Northern Plains.
A dispatch from the lava beds, of May
7, via Yreka, May 9, says that the Modocs
made a sortie, on that day, on a train
returning from camp, on what is
known as "Island Whither," laden with
quartermaster and other stores. They
captured eleven mules aad three horses,
burned three wagons, and wounded pri-
vates Bungwell, Evans and.Burns. La-
ter dispatches say that It Is thought Cap-
tain Jack has abandoned the lava bads.
The following Is the comparative cot-
ton statement for the week ending
May 9
factoring 1
Mjr,i *oh
Bale*.
tteoelpts at all porta lor the week 48,371
Same time lost year 17.MS
8,801,907
2,616,828
47,403
15,404
for the year
Last year
Exportsfbrthe week...
Same time last year...
for the year.
Last year
Stock at all U. S. ports..
Last vear
at Interior town*
Last year
at Liverpool
.2,144,008
.1,774,711
.. 412,018
., 260,64*
7-?:m
88.
781,^
012,1
Last year
afloat for Great Britain 2 <0,
Last year 147,000
A Postal Convention between the Uni-
ted States and Belgium, was signed at
Washington, on May 9, by the Postmaster
General and the Belgian Minister. It
takes effect July 1, and reduces the steam-
er postage rate to six cents.
The New Orleans Picayune's special,
from Iberia, La., says that Col. De Blanch
has abandoned his camp ln*that viol nlty,
and mysteriously disappeared.
A Washington dispatch, of May 10, says
the President has decided to deal prompt-
ly and firmly with the opposition to Kel-
logg's government, in Louisiana. Kel-
logg has applied for aid, and Gen. Emory
has been Instructed te put down al!
armed resistance. The latter has been
authorized to seize all boats or other
means of transportation to convey the
troops to tho different parts of the State.
A dispatch from Yreka, of May 10, says
it. Is known that the Modocs are out of
the lava beds and fleeing to the Goose
Lake country. The Warm Spring In-
dians and several scouting parties are In
close pursuit.
Information has been received from the
II. S. Consul, at St. John's, N. F„ from
the Polaris, which left under charge of
Captain Hall on an expedition to the
North Pole In 1871. Captain Hall died of
apoplexy, October 8,1871, in latitude 81
deg. 38 min., longitude 61 deg. 41 min.
At la&t accounts the Polaris was drifting
In the Polar Sea with about one half of
the orew. The remainder drifted on the
ice 197 days, from October 15, 1872 to
April, 1873, when they were picked up
in latitude 53 deg. 30 min. by the steamer
Tigress.
Five millions postal cards have been
printed by the oontraotor, and are now at
Washington, subject to requisition by
postmasters.
A Washington dispatch of May 12, says
that the troubles in Louisiana are virtu-
ally ended.
A dispatch from the Lava Beds, of May
10, says that on the preceding day an ex-
pedition was seiit out for the recovery of
the bodies of Lieut. Cranston and the men
of his command who were missing in the
engagement of April 20. The object of the
expedition was frustrated by reason of the
advanced state of decomposition in which
the bodies were found. The troops, how-
ever, buried the bodies on the field where
they fell. Eight bodies had sage brush
piled over them, which the Indians had
fired, and were almost unrecognizable.
A San Francisco dispatch of May 12,
says that a courier has just reached
Yreka from tho Lava Beds, with reports
that the scouting party under Capt. Has-
brouck has been attacked by a party of
Modocs, and four soldiers and one Warm
Spring Indian killed and six soldiers and
one Warm Spring Indian wounded. The
attack was sudden and the troops were
taken completely by surprise. The at-
tacking party was headed by Capt. Jaok,
who wore the uniform of Gen. Canby.
Thirty-three Modocs were engaged In the
fight.
The Convention of members of Congress
and representative Western men assembled
In St. Louis, Mo., on May 13, to discuss
the questions of cheap transit and the de<
velopment of the resources of the Missis-
sippi Valley. Addresses were made by
Mayor Brown of St. Louis, Hon. Henry
Blow, Governor Woodson, of Missouri,
Hon. E. G. Stannard, Gen. Bussey,of N«w
Orleans, and others. A reception was
given at the Southern Hotel In the eve-
ning. 1
A dispatch from the Lava Beds, of May
14, says 875 soldiers and Indians are scour*
Ing the lava beds and the surrounding
country for the Modocs. Firing had been
heard In the direction taken by Col. Ma-
son's command, and it Is generally sup-
posed an engagement has occurred at the
camps south of Tule Lake,
Gen. Schofleld has written a private let-
ter to Gen. Sherman, giving a flillaocount
of his recent visit to the Sandwich Islands,
In which be says the people are rifo for
annexation, and anxious to become part
of the territory of the United States, lie
expresses the hope that the President wtll
favorably recommend this subject to Con-
gress In his next message,
A New Orleans dispatch, at May 1
nja the metropolitans have return
from St. MarthuvUla andIharia. Thai
14,
St. Martinsville and Iberia. ThaU.
- Marshal has arrested CoL Aldbladee
DeBlance, Gen. Alex. De Clonet, Gabriel
Fournet, Humille Fournet, Zaohary
Fournet, Paul De Clonet, Lassaline Biy-
ant, Alfred Piachier, and Eugene Ber-
tram!, and will bring them tc New Or-
leans for trial.
News dm Abroad.
A special to the London Telegraph says
that war Is probable between Russia and
Bokhara.
London dispatches from Vienna and
oustantinople deny the existenoe of dud-
era In Austria and Turkey,
It Is said the Spanish Government Is
manufacturing large amounts of
.. , 2 ,
list says whisky U
Lof« of CbMfr
ATivna-Suidde or
Tn Back
■i
steady.
Fis*ical W]
marriage.
An the Ka1
crow tribe f 1
HdMILIATIKO POLITUMBSe—Bowtiif t*
■"—'tees.
baxo>m—Buying a oorpeetor
Indians related to tha
cireumstanoes.
a mud
track, near
dashed down a steep embankment. The
carriages were wrecked, four passengers
killed and many Injured.
John Stuart MUI, died, at Avignon,
France, on May 9, of phlegmonous ery-
sipelas.
A special from Madrid to the New York
Herald, of May 9, says that In a recent
battle with Dorregaray, near Navarre,
the government troops were routed, los-
ing 200 killed and a large number of pris-
oners.
There was a wild panto on the Vienna
Bourse, on May 9, In consequence of the
failure of a leading firm. The number of
visitors to the Exhibition since the open-
ing has been from 12,000 to 10,000 daily.
A Madrid, Spain, dlspatoh, of May 10,
says that Saballes, a Carllst leader, re-
cently shot dead one of his officers %rho
he learned was about to surrender. A
severe conflict had taken place between a
Carllst band under Don Alfonso, and the
Republicans, resulting in the total
of the former. Sixty-five Oarllsts
killed and many wounded. Returns of
the voting In Madrid and the provinces
for the electoral bureau, on May 10, were
largely In favor of the Republicans.
An extensive conflagration has occurred
at Port-au-Prince, whloh destroyed 160
houses. Six persons were killed.
A special dlspatoh to the London Times,
of May 10, reports that a Russian picket
force, under command of a colonel, in the
advance guard of Gen. Kauffknan's col-
umn, were surprised by some Khlvan
horsemen, and all put to death by impale-
ment.
During tho sitting of the Chamber of
Deputies, at Rome, Italy, on May 10, a
crowd numbering 200 persons marched to
the palace, shouting for the complete abo-
lition of religious corporations, and in-
dulging in other riotous demonstrations.
A late letter from Saraana Bay says the
Bo em>giift,f ofthe penfoeahi
ceded to the oompany on April 1. Walter
A. Price was appointed oolleotor of the
port, and a police force was organized un-
der Capt. Joseph Wright.
A London dispatch of May 12, an-
nounces the taking of Khiva.
The financial cataclysm in Vienna dis-
turbs all the money markets of Europe,
and causes shrinkage in values on the
Vienna Bourse, of over $100,000,000. The
shrlnksge In American securities In
Germany Is estimated at $10,000.000.
Oscar II. and Sophie' Wllheimlna were
crowned King and Queen of Sweden, on
May 19. Oscar will be crowned King of
Norway at Drouthelm, July 18.
Madame Loysen, wife of Pen
Hyaclnthe, has given birth toa.son, at
Geneva, Switzerland.
Red River, Canada, Is overflowing Its
banks, and steamers pass over the prairie
from Glenfork to Kelly's Landing.
A Carllst conspiracy, for the overthrow
of the Republic, has been discovered at
Madrid. Several of the conspirators have
been arrested.
A terrible explosion occurred In the
Drummond colliery, In Plotou county,
Nova Scotia, on May 18. Manager Dunn,
Assistant Manager Richardson, and from
forty to one hundred of the workmen
In the pit when the explosion took
place. Every effort has been made to res*
cue the entombed men, but so for with-
out success, and It Is feared they have all
perished.
A steamer reached Havana, on May 18,
with 1,000 Carllst prisoners from Spain to
reinforce the Spanish army In that Island,
A telegram from Porto Principe reports
that the Leen battalion recently had a
fight with tbe Insurgents, and that the
Cuban General Ignaola Agramonte was
killed. The Insurgents have attacked a
train on the Porto Prinolpe railroad, and
killed the Commander of Molina Fort, t^p
captains and a number of soldiers.
A Rome, Italy, dispatch, of May 18, says
the Pope was very fleetye yesterday. He
had a folnting fit which lasted an hour.
To-day his oondltlon Is rather worse,
showing excessive debility. This Is his
eighty-first birthday. His Holiness was
unable to give audience to deputations
whloh called at the Vatloan to tender con-
gratulations.'
The stevedores and batteaux men at
Quebec, Canada, struck for higher wages,
on the afternoon of May 14. The streets
were thronged with the strikers, and
trouble Is anticipated.
M. Goulard and M. Jules Simon, mem-
bers of the French Cabinet, have tendered
their resignation to M. Thiers, alleging
that It is impossible with their views to
serve in the same Cabinet.
The latest news from the Drummond
Colliery, In Plctou, Nova Scotia, is that
the fire Is still raging In the shafts and
slopes, and that all hope of rescuing the
men must be abandoned. The total num*
bér of killed and wounded will probably
reach eighty,
Taa Woxst Kind or Eddoa1
be brought up by « policeman.
What length ought a lady's pettlooat
tobe A little above two foet.
Tan Rulino Passiok Stxono hvDuatk
—A dying banker trying to get up a loan.
ALbviathan Fish Story—Escapeo*
a whale from a traveling (irons on the
War do honest dueks dip their heads
To liquidate their little
under
bills.
water?
Ladiis are opposed to fomale clerksbé-
oauselt destroys the
romanee of shop-
ping.
How do a young lady, who Is
gaged, find herself? Mistaken (miss
Thx man most likely to make his mark
in the world—One who cannot write his
own name.
It has been discovered that ttupo-
fourths of the women of Boston wear
false teeth.
Joaquin Miu.au will be seen walkln'
through the Vienna Exposition merely as
a-muse-meant.
Lovn coming into a woman's nature ia
like the last Stroke of the artist's penott
to the landscape.
Thk prohibitionists have agreed that
Massachusetts' physique wilt be improved
by having no more-ale.
The gold market fluctuates every-
except among the people. Wlih
.. among the .
them, It remains stationary.
Min talk about the Idle wind, but the
wind Is always busy; and, like a cheerful
former, whistles at its work.
It has been beautifully said that" the
vail whloh oovers the fooe of futurity was
woven by the hand of mercy."
To what would a man taking break-
fast with his betrothed be most ukebr to
object? To take any butter (but her).
" You exhaust my patience," cried a
doctor to his wife. "You ex-haust your
patlenta worse than I do," was the re*
tentative.
„.E3?dü wmiwsnsít
high. People say there are some women
abovo prioe.
An exchange chronioles the discovery
of a skull in its abiding place, and Inno-
cently remarks that the man who owned
the sku
kuil is dead.
In spite of Boutwell, currency isn't elas-
u. You can't '
and If you try It you only <
tic.
ou can't stretch a $5 to a $10 bill,
ou try It you only demonstrate
the legal tenderness of the paper.
" Liva and let live," Is a genial motto.
But there is too much plstolln the pres-
ent period for it. The proper way to
write it now is, Live and let drive I
Pkhiloub Situation—Last Sunday
morning, at Liverpool, a clergyman In
one of the ohurohes, during the servloes,
was quite at sea, and the congregation
was over-bored.
Tmtni Is one thing certain about the
Vienna Exposition, and that Is this, that
everybody In this country who sends any-
thing there will olalm that he obtained
the first medal.
CoMrosiTons often put in queer things
"to fill out a column." Here ¡sute
latest: "Does not a young mother's
heart lesp 4th with Joy when she beholds
her darling babe's 1st 2th?"
darling babe's
A " Quick Rxturn."—Captain Botts-
well (speaking of his host's daughter,
who has been pressing the gentlemen to
select partners): " Here oomes the little
whipper-in!" Daughter (who has over-
heart the remark—with a oourtesy): "To
her Majesty's hounds i i I"
" What
wife of her
of being drunk;
best to look sober.
Mme Is it, my de
husband, wnorn i
runk, but who wi
dear?" asked a
she suspect*
-rtnsr his
" Well, my darling, I
can't tell; 'cause, you see, there are two
hands on my waton, and each points to
a different figure, and I don't know which
to believe.'
An Irishman who oouia only make out
of his doctor's prescription, "A teaspoon
every hour," swallowed two teaspoons,
and never had to call In that doctor again
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