THE HERALD. rCEUSUED EVERY THURSDAY PLATTSMOUTH,"" NEBRASKA. On Main Street, between 4th and 5th, Second Story. OFFICIAL, PAPER OF CASS COUXTY. Terms, in Advance : One copy, ono year..... $2.00 One copy, nix months 1.00 One copy, thrco months 50 NT SKA SKA B J. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. PEKSCVERAXCE COXQUERS." TERMS: 2.00 a Year. VOLUME X. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1871. NUMBER 6. THE HERALD. ADVEnnsrvo rates. rAcc. 1 squar. fellfl.NM W rnlnmn column. 1 column. 1 w. ! t w. i 8 w. 1 1 m. ! 3 m. ! 6 m. 1 yr. ;t I on $1 so $200 fion $soo fHoo f ta oo I i N). a o I a 751 s v-v o 6o io oj i no Is on Is 7r. 4 o! 4 7r I 8 it in ( o o I K m B m m wt'lu frit Oil fin M f Mil t ft 8 00 IS 00 1!V M) 1H 00 25 00 40 0"t tO 00 lib 00 18 OO'-Jl 00.23 00 4Q 00 'Ml Otl'lnO UP pr All Advertising bills due quarterly. 3ff Transient advertisements must b paid for in sdvanco. Extra copies of the TIiRALn for sals by IT. J. Etreixht, al the Pnstornce. and O. F. Johnaon, Cor ner of Alain and Finn streets. HEN RY BCECK. HEALER IS JEFw. r- n i t rut? e5 SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, ETC., ETf'., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC GURIAL CASES. Wooden Collins Of all sizes, ready-made, and sold cheap for cash. With many thank for past patronnge, I invite all to call and examine my LARijK STOCK of Tni-nil iii jiikI Collin. MEDICINES J. H. DUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, etc., etc. f?-I'K INSCRIPTIONS carefully compounded at all hours, day and night. 3.Vly !. W. SHANNON'S Feed, Sale and Livei'v STAHTiE. Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the public with HOE.SES, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, A No. I Hearse, On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A HACK Will Run to the Steamboat Land ing', Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. jant-tf First National Bank Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, SlTCESSOn TO Tootle, Iliimiii Ss Cliii-lc. JmiV KlTZliEKALI). ... K. ii. KoVEV .lollS l ( I.AUK T. W. Kva.n.h President. Vice-President. Cashier. Assistant Cashier. This Bank in now open for business at their new room, comer Main ami Sixth street, and arw pre pared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government and Local Securities BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available in any part of the United States and in all the Principal Towns and Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED INMAU LINE and ALLAN LINE Ol1 TlLV3Ili:iI-J. Persons wishinjj to bring out their friends from Europe can rrncriAsE tickets mo us Tlii'ouyli to l'litt turnout li. Excelsior Barber Shop. .T. C. Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPEC IAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ciTTi(i cuii.im:vs hair Call and See Boone, Gents, And pet a btKn In a CXjE jTL. 3XT SHAVE. nll-ly GOTOTHE Post Office Book Store, H. J. STREIGHT, Proprietor, TOT. TOVB B3QlL5; Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Son;? Books, etc., etc. TOST OFFICE BUILDISG, 8-lf PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Condensed from Telegrams of Icfompanying Dates. Monday, April 21. By two railway accidents in England on the 25th twenty per . . 1-11 . . . ' buu vicre kuicu or seriously Injured.... A rumor was current m Madrid on the 2Cth that tlietarlisU had asked Marshal Serrano for amnesty A recent New York dispatch says the Federal Council of the Internationals has resolved to dissolve the organization, it having Irovca a complete failure in the United States. .. ..A heavy snow and wind storm prevailed In many sections of the East on the 2.r)th. In several places the enow was over a foot In depth. AIucn damage M as done In many lo calities oy me wind A Jacksonville (111.) telegram states that a suit for $100,000 ,1.1 i - .. ' ' ueot, anu .,,uuu damages has been in stituted la the Morgan County Circuit Court, in the name of the People of Illi nois against the Toledo, Wabash tfc Western Railway Company. This action is brought under the Kail way law of 1ST3, for extortion ia ireignt anu passenger rates Late dis patches from Louisiana show that the floods in the Ouachita Valley have been far more disastrous than was at first supposed. Several towns are wholly under water ; over 5,000,000 acres are submerged, and about 170,000 per sons are washed out of house and home over .t,000 are actually suffering for the bare necessities of life. Xo crops will be raided this year in the section of country overflowed, and the prospects of the people are of the gloomiest character. The river at Xcw Orleans was reported falling on the 25th. Liberal contributions in aid of the 6u Borers are reported as being raised in East ern and Western cities A Washington As sociaica rress dispatch says it is thought uy many conservative Congressmen that a bill can be framed by the Senate Finance Committee which will be ac ceptable to the Senate, combining the feature of redemption proposed in the House Finance bill w ith the right to issue additional bank notes, on condition that a certain pro portion of legal-tender notes 6hall be with drawn at the tame time, and many are of the opinion that if such a bill is reported from the Senate committee with a provision authoriz ing free banking it will pass the Senate and the House aud receive the approval of the President. A telegram of the 24th says the President had informed Gen. Garfield that he would approve a bill which provided for free banking, w ith further provision that, as new bank-notes were issued, greenbacks to the extent of 50 per cent, of the amount of the new Issue should be retired, this process to continue until the volume of greenback cir culation is reduced to $ 300,000,01)0. Tuesday, April 28. According to a re cent letter from St. Petersburg the priests of twenty-six parishes in Siedlte, Kussia, had been thrown into prison for refusing to obey the orders of the liusso-Greek Church. The peasants had refused to recognize the Russian priests or attend the churches, whereupon they were sent there by force. In some places the peasantry stoned the priests, and during the disturbances several of the former were killed by the soldiery. Besides the ar rests w hich w ere made, the inhabitants of the troubled districts were sentenced to be beaten the men with fifty blows and the women with twenty-five, while children received ten blows each, without distinction of age or sex. Some of the women who were violent in their language received as many as 150 blows A Bayonne dispatch says that the Carlist Gen. Palacios Valles, with 6,000 men, has entered and taken possession of the town of Chelva The latest Washington dispatches state that the Senators disapprov ing of the President's veto of the Currency bill have concluded to postpone their contem plated address to the country until after a vote has been taken upon the bill and the veto message. . . .The Secretary of War ha3 directed the issue of 20,000 army rations daily for twenty-five days, and also a proper supply of army clothing, for the destitute people in the overflowed region about the Mississippi.... A Topeka (Kan.) dispatch says the old man arrested at Salt Lake, and supposed to be Bender, has been brought to that city, iind has been viewed by hundreds of curious people. It is thought certain that he is the true Bender The Chicago Inter Ocean of a recent date publishes a list of 200 (principally Western) newspapers, of which uumbcr 213 are given as being in favor of, and forty-seven opposed to, expansion of the cur rency. The Chicago Tribune of the 30th ult., gives a list of 172 journals, nincty-seveu sus taining the President's veto, sixty-three oppos ing it and twelve being "on the fence" in regard to the currency question Late Little Rock (Ark.) advices state that Baxter's men have removed an old siege piece from the lower end of the town, where it was used by the Confederate forces during the war, and stationed it at the corner of Markham and Scott streets. It is a sixty-four pounder and has been cleaned out ready for action. Both sides have sent dispatches to Washington to present their views of the question. "Wednesday, April 29. Three build ings in Newgate street, London, fell on the 2th, killing and maiming a number of per sons .... A temperance crusade has been begun at Manchester, England A call has been issued for an Anti-Monopoly State Conven tion to be held at Des Moines, Iowa, on the 24th of June. The call states that all per sons whose political views are in accordance with the principles announced at the convention held in Des Moines on the 25th day of February last are cordially invited to join in sending delegates to the convention. The ratio for representation will be one delegate to each county, and in addition thereto one delegate for every 250 votes and fraction thereof over 100 votes cast for Hon. J. G. Vale for Governor Charles Wagner, the proprietor of a saloon in Columbus, Ohio, advertised a grand open ing on the 27th, proposing to sell several liquors bearing the name of " Crusade water," and giviug especial prominence to the names of many ladies connected with the temper ance crusade. Upon seeing this advertisement seventy ladies maiched to his saloon and said mey wouia like a little " Crusade water." Wagner ordered them from his premises, and when they refused to go put them out. Dur ing the melee one of the ladies was quite seri ously injured, and Wagner and his wife have been arrested and held to bail Gov. Bax ter on the 27th received information from the President that his requisition for aid to assist in the suppression of the alleged insurrection in Arkansas, made on the 19th, had never reached him. ne therefore forwarded a similar request both by telegraph and by letter A company of Baxter men took possession of the Fort Smith train on the th, near Lewisburg, to prevent reinforce ments for Brooks reaching Little Rock. A Washington telegram was received by Baxter, stating that the question as to who is the act ual Governor of Arkansas would be decided by the President in a few days, unless some other mode of settlement should intervene. Thursday, April 30. A Bayonne (France) dispatch states that the Republican Gen. Concha is moving with 20,000 men on Valmosa, with the view of attacking the Car lists at Bilboa in the rear. Serrano will attack simultaneously in the front. The Carlists are reported strongly intrenched.... The Captain-General of Cuba has issued a decree calling for a tax of 10 per cent on all incomes exceeding $1,000 annually. The pro ceeds of the tax are to be used for the pay- in i FORTY-THIRD C0XGRESS. Saturday, April 25. Senate. Not session. House. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was disposed of in Com mittee of the Whole. A lengthy debate occurred on a motion to strike out from the paragraph re lating to the Department of Justice the item of $1.4on for the care and subsistence of horses and h00 for repairs to carriages and harness, and the motion was agreed t 85 to 69. Amoneother amend ment aereea to was one providing that no officer of the Government shall hereafter receive any compensation or perquisites, directlv or indirectly, from the Treasury or property of the United states beyond the salary or compensation allowed by law, or shall make any private nse of such property or of the services or labor of any person employed in the service of the United States, which service or labor is paid for by the United States; provided, this shall not be construed to deprive any officer of the United States of sneh fees as are or may be provided by law In addition to the sal ary of auch officer or the use of such property as may be expressly by law appropriated for the use of such officer laa debate relating to the finance question Mr. Beck maintained that the Comp troller of the Currency had not administered the law; that he had cone out of his way, time and again, in the interest of the rich, moneyed aristocracy of the East and to-the injury of the people of the West and South. - In reply, Mr. Dawes said the Eastern States had an excess of bank circulation because the West and South would sot take it, having ment of the public 'debt and the redemption of the paper currenpy. i . .0. 11. Kellcy, Secre tary of th National Grange, has sent a felt-gram from Washington to IL N. S. Lewis, Master of the Louisiana State Grange, to the effect that he has sent by express, by order of the Execu tive Committee of the National Grange. 9 1,000 for the benefit of the suffering mem bers of the order in Louisiana. ...Senator Sehurs delivered a eulogy on the late Senator Sumner In Boston on the 29th ult, in the presence of a large audience..,. Mrs. Nancy Clem, who was four times tried and twice eonvicted of complicity in the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Young at Indianapolis, several years ago, has at last been re leased, on a motion made by the prosecuting attorney to enter a nolle prontqui, on the al leged grounds of the death of an important witness, the absence of others in California, and the want of funds to continue the. prose cution . . . .The Ohio Constitutional Convention has agreed to submit an article relating to "License" or "No license" to sell intoxicating liquors to a separate vote of the people. Friday, May 1. Fighting was resumed around Bilboa on the 29th and 80th ult, and some of the advanced positions of the Carlists were captured by the Republicans with slight loss.... Senator-elect Washburn, of Massa chusetts, resigned the Govsrnorship of that State on the 30th ult, and left for Washington. ....The bouse of John Hamnet, near Home stead, Pa., was destroyed by fire on the morn ing of the 30th ult, and the entire family six. persons ia all were burned. It was thought that they were first murdered and that the house was then set on fire by Ernest Love, the hired man, who is missing.... A Milwaukee (Wis.) dispatch announces that Gov. Taylor has appointed as Railroad Com missioners, under the law of last winter, J. II. Osborn, a Granger, for three years ; George H. Paul, of the Milwaukee Xem, for two years, and Dr. J. W. Hoyt, of Madison, a scientist, for one year".... A letter written by Albert Keep, President of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, and an abstract of a similar letter written by Alex ander Mitchell, President of the Milwaukee & St Paul Railway, to Gov. Taylor, have been published, giving the alleged reasons why their respective roads cannot conform to the new tariff of rates fixed by the recent session of the Wisconsin Legislature. These gentlemen claim that if the rates fixed by law are enforced the roads cannot pay expenses, while the receipts would fall far below the amount required for the payment of running expenses, the interest on the bonded indebtedness of the roads, and dividends to stockholders. Such being the case, they will decline to adopt the tariff fixed, and will contest the constitutionality of the law in the courts M. D. Whetmorc, Secretary of the State Grange of Louisiana, has 6ent the following telegram to the Prairie Farmer, of Chicago, j under date of April 30: "A large portion of our agriculturists, including many rairons, in the overflowed districts are homeless and penniless. Immediate aid is needed. Please make our necessities known to the farmers of the Northwest Contributions should be forwarded to New Orleans to H. L. Lewis, Master, or to myself "....A Little Rock (Ark.) dispatch says that Gen. White, who had charge of the Baxter forces at Pine Bluff, hearing that a party of Brooks men were as sembled at New Gascony, in Jefferson County, moved a column of 200 men down to that point for the purpose of dispersing them. A dispatch to Gen. Newton, from Pine Bluff, says that White sent forward a flag of truce to order the men to dis perse, but they were fired upon aud a regular battle ensued, in which nine of the Brooks party were killed and twenty wounded. The remainder were taken prison ers. disarmed, ana 6ent nome. uen. w nue reports seven men of his own command wounded and three horses killed. Gen. Churchill, of Baxter's forces, with a squad of ten men were captured by a eompany of fifty Brooksites, but were subsequently released. Saturday, May 2. A Madrid telegram says the Carlists have abandoned their posi tions at Abanto and San Juliana, and these points have been occupied by the Republican forces. Information has been received of the defeat, in the Province of Tarragona, of 2.000 Carlists. Later dispatches from Santander an nounce that on the afternoon of the 1st the Car- lists were retreating in confusion, and it was reported that the Government forces had already entered Bilboa.... Information has reached Constantinople that a famine is pre vailing in Asia Minor, and it is stated that in the town of Angora alone 100 deaths are oc curring daily from starvation.. ..Ex-Secretary Boutwell testified before the Was and Means Committee in the Sanborn in vestigation on the 1st. He said he was sure the Sanborn business was never a matter of conversation between himself and Secretary Richardson, and he never had any personal re lations with Sanborn, only hearing of him at the Chief of Special Agents' Bureau when inquiring into the qualifications of several special agents. The fact that Sanborn had a contract was not brought to his knowledge, officially or personally, nor had he officially or personally a knowledge of the contracts made with anybody else under the law. Mr. Boutwell, in his testimony, sustains Messrs. Richardson and Sawyer in the asser tion that Solicitor Banfleld knew more of San born and the details of his contract than any other officer of the Treasury. Mr. Boutwell's attention was called to an order signed by him and addressed to Col lectors and Assessors, directing them to as sist Sanborn in such a way as he might ask in the examination of official records. Mr. Bout well said he stood by this as legal and proper; it merely allowed him to see the records in Assessors' and Collectors' offices with refer ence to persons who have withheld taxes due to the Government, so as to avoid going after those who have already paid their taxes Emist Love, the alleged murderer of the Hamnet family at Homestead, Pa., has been arrested at Allegheny, Pa..... Gen. J. F. Fagan, a Major-General in the Confederate army, on the 1st assumed command of Brooks' forces throughout Arkansas, and Issued an address calling upon his old comrades to rally to his standard. Both parties seemed to be waiting for some definite news from Washing ton before precipitating events. found more profit ible investment for their money elsewhere. If it were necessary for the projier aistnoution or tne currency that liou be withdrawn from Nrw England, New York and New Jersey they would not resist it. Thev desired two things. Tbey desired free bankimr. on the basts of greenbacks at par. They did not desire to brinjt greenbacks to par by such contraction as would make the holder of irreenharks nav the difference between its Dresen value and its par value. Thev desired that the Oovernmeut should pay the difference.... After the committee rose the main question was ordered, u'i me iiouse aujourneu. Monpay, April 27. Senate. The Sen ate galleries were densely crowded, the day hav ing been fixed upon for the eulogies npon the lat Senator Sumner. The bast of the deceased Sena tor recently finished by I'reston Powers was placed in a conspicuous position and appropriately draped. Mr. Boutwell submitted a resolution which was agreed to. that as an additional mark o; respect to the memory of Charles Sumner, long a Senator from Massachusetts, busmssa be sua pended. that the friends and associates of the deceased might pay a fitting tribute to bis public ana private virtues. tulogies were then pro nounced by Messrs. Boutwell, Thurman, Spencer, Momii or Vermont, .Pratt, Sargent, bherman, W adleivh and Anthony.. ..Adjourned. House. Several bills -were introduced and referred, including the following lo facilitate resumption of specie pay merits and to prevent fluctuations in the value of United States notes; repealing all laws imposing a tax on state nanus; to impose a tax or o per cent, on all incomes of Individuals and corporations exceeding f.,ooo; declaring it oppressive to lm pose additional taxation and incxpedicn to retrench on necessary appropriations already made in the interests of com merce, and providing as. a measnre of temporary relief for the Issue of an additional $30.000.0 41 of legal-tender notes; to provide a free system or national Danking ana ror the resump tion of specie payments. ...A bill was passed amending the Shipping Commissioners act so as not to apply to sail or steam vessels engaged in the coastwise trade or in the lake trade, touching at 'foreign ports or otherwise, or in the trade between the United States and British North American possessions, or in any case where seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to participate in the profits of results of a cruise or voyage .. A message being received from tne Senate In reference to the death of Senator Sum uer, business was suspended as an additional mark of respect to the deceased, and eulogies were pro- nonnced by Messrs. K. It. IJoar, Dawes, Lamar, Orlh, Rainey, Butler, Kelley, Nesmitb, G. F. lloar, Conger and i'hillips. . . .Adjourned. Iuesday, April 28. benate. A pre amble and resolution of the President and Direct ors of the Louisville & Portland Canal Company were presented, denying that they were opposed to the Government paying the bonds and taking pos session of the work, but that they were legally aaviea not to surrender their possession nn til all the debts should be paid by the Gov ernment.... After considerable personal discus sion a motion was agreed to 35 b 27 to lay aside the Louisiana bill aud take up the Finance bill with the President's mesi-age. and the question being as to whether the bill should pass, notwith standing the President's veto, it was decided in the negative yeas 34. navs 30 -t wo-thtrds not voting in the affirmative. The following is the vote in detail: Yeas Allison, Bogy, Boreman, Cameron. Carpenter, Clayton, Conover, Dennis, Dorsev, Ferrv Mich.. Goldthwait, Gordon, Har vey, Hitchcock. Ingalls. Johnston. Lewis, Logan, McCreery, Merrimon, Mitchell, Norwood, Oglesby, Patterson, rea--e, Iratt. Itiimsey, Kooertson. spen cer, Spragtie, Tipton, West, Winriom. Wnght 34. Nays Anthony, Bayard, Boutwell, Buckingham, Chandler. Conklii g. Cragin, Davis, Edmunds. Kenton, Ferry (Conn ), Flanagan. Frelinghnysen, (nueri. linear, Hamilton (Md), Hamilton (lex.). Hamlin, Howe, Jones. Kelly, Morrill (Yt). Sargent, cott, Sherman, Stevenson. Stewart, Stockton. Thurman, Wadleigh 30. Messrs. Morton and Kansom. w ho would have voted for the bill, were paired off with Messrs. Morrill (Me.) and Schurz. who would have voted against it. ...Executive session and adjournment. House. The bill appropriating $ 90,000 for the purchase of rations to be used in the relief of persons suffering from the innndations of the lower Mississippi was passed The Legislative, Exccntive and Judicial Appropriation bill was taken np and several amendments adopted in Committee of the Whole were disposed of, the one striking out the item for horses and carriages for the Deoartment of Justice being rejected yens mu, nays liw ana tne bill was paesea.. Adjourned. Wednesday, April 29. Senate. Bills were introduced to facilitate and rcgnlate com merce among the several States and with foreign nations; in relation to salaries and civil service, providing for a reduction of 10 per cent, in the compensation of nearly all the officers and em ployes of the Senate and 80 per cent, in th case of some or saia employes, ana also repealing me law or March s. 1M7I, under which the civil-service Commissioners were appointed and now hold of fice, and providing that clerks shall be appointed to the various execn'ive departments subject to such examination as the beads of the re spective departments may prescribe: to repeal the law which allows Pension Agents thirty cents for each voucher prepared and paid by them.... Sills were passed House bill to amend the Slst sec tion of the act of March 8. If63. for enrolling and calling out the National militia; Senate bill amend atory of the act for restoration to homestead entry and to market of certain lands in Michigan, approved June 10, 1872. .. .The Supplementary Civ il Rights bill was reported to the Senate, with the amendments made by the Judiciary Committee. and the provisions of the bill were explained by Mr. Frelinghnysen, and a notion waa made to strike out the second section, imposing fine or im prisonment for the violation of the act, on the ground that the punishment was too severe.. Executive session and adjournment House. Bills were introduced and re ferred to amend the act for the redemption of the 3 per cent, temporary loan certificates and for an increase of National Bank notes ; to amend the National Currency acta and to establish free bank ing The bill to carry into execution the provis ions of the fourteenth amendment to the Consti tution and to define certain rights of United States citizens in foreign countries was taken up and de bated The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was reported from the Committeee on Commerce. The Indian Appropriation bill was considered in committee or tne noie Adjourned. Thursday. April 30. Senate. A bill was introduced and referred to promote commerce among the States and to cheapen transportation of persons and property between the Atlantic sea board and the Western States and Territories.... The Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appro priation bill was received from the House and re- ferredand ordered printed. ...The Senate bill to increase the pay department of the army, fixing the number of Paymasters at fifty, with rank, pay and emoluments of Majors of Cavalry, was passed 21 to 18 A number of private bills were also passed The Civil Rights bill was further dis cussed. . . .Adjourned. House. The Senate amendments to the Honse bill relative to the Louisville & Portland Canal were concurred In, and the bill goes to the President.... The bill to carry into execution the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, and to define certain rights of Amer ican citizens residing in foreign countries, and the duties of diplomatic and consular officers, was debated.... A report was made from the Elec tion Committee on the Utah contested election, that Mr. Cannon, the sitting member, is en titled to the seat, and that Mr. Maxwell, the contestant, is not, and notice was given of a resolution declaring that Mr. Cannon is practicing polygamy, to the great scandal and disgrace of the people and Government of the United States, and providing for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the matter and to recommend such ac tion as shall seem just and proper.... Adjourned. Friday, May 1. Senate. The creden tials of William B. Washburn, elected as Senator from Massachusetts to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Sumner, were presented, and Mr. Washburn was sworn in Bills were passed House bill appropriating $'.H,( 00 to erjable the Secretary of W ar to carry out the act. to provide for the relief of persons who are suffering by the overflow of the Mississippi River; Senate bill enabling claimants to lands within the limits of the Territory of New Mexico to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims.... At his own request Mr. Boutwell was excused from further service on the Committee on Claims, and Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts, was ap pointed to fill the vacancy.... The bill to extend for five years the time for the completion of the railway from St Croix Kiver or Lake, between townships twenty-seven and thirty-one. to the west end of Lake Superior and to Bayfield, Wis., was reported favorably from the Committee on Public Lands, and placed on the calendar.... Adjourned to the 4th. House. The Indian Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, and several speeches were made on the general In dian question and concerning the policy to be pursued toward the Indians Adjourned. A Kentucky paper reports what it denominates a living wonder. It says Dora Chambers, born on Skeggs Creek, Warren County, Ky., on the 11th of Au gust, 1871, is thirty-seven inches high, ten inches around the wrist, eighteen inches around the calf of the leg, twenty eight and three-fourths inches around the thigb, forty-eight inches around the hips, forty-two inches around the waist, and weighs 11S4 pounds. The parents of this child are said to be delicate, small persons, the father weighing 127 pounds and the mother 141. There waa nothing extraordinary about the child at its birth, but when about three months old he be gan to grow fat, and at the age of two and one half years had gained the proportions above stated. A Young- Man's Misadventures In Search of a Wife. Ix the eastern part of Fond du Lac County, Wis., resides a young man, industrious, well to do, and of good habits, whose recent ex periences form the subject of tht present article. He has a nice little farm and some money in the bank, and, after he had built him a house, it occurred to him that it would be a good thing to have a wife. Accordingly he called upon a neighbor and informed him that he had turned wife-hunter, and wanted help. The rest of the story, in the language of the Fond du Lac Commonwealth, runs thus: " The neighbor promised to help in the search. He knew a worthy lady in England She was poor, to be 6ure. but if she would consent to become a wife she would make good one; no doubt on that score. He drew a elowing picture of the English girl, or woman, for she was more than a girl in years being beyoud thirty-five. Our young farmer hero thought 6he would fill the bill. It was arranged that both neighbor and farmer should write her. In due time an answer came. She, like Barkis, was willin', provided the young man would send her money with which to pay her passage to America That he would do most gladly. A month after the money was sent our hero was at the Fond du Lac depot waiting for the tram, hav ing been advised that the dear one would make her appearance. She came. They knew each other, having exchanged photographs. She had a friend in the city. For a time her home would be with that friend. Two or three times a week the young man came In to visit the young lady who would soon be his wife. About three weeks after her arrival the young man came to the city to find his lady-love as chilly as a March snow-drift She hardly spoke to bim. Before he started home she deigned to speak to him. What did she say ? This ' Young man, I have made up my mind I don't want to marry you. Let this be your last visit It is ended, remember; good evening. Several clap6 of thunder from an exceptionably clear sky could not have imparted a greater 6hock to our hero. What did he do Did he fall upon his knees and ask, beg, and pray for mercy? Not at all. He seized his bat, 6lammcd the door, and sought his country home. Thus endeth the first chapter. " Of course our hero called upon the neigh bor who had recommended the English girl. He was surprised and chagrined almost be yond measure. Well,' said he, 1 have got you into a scrape. Now you shall have a wife anyway.' A team was hitched up and the two rode a distance of seven miles to the farm-house of a gentleman who was the pos sessor of five girls. In due time their busi ncss was made known. An acquaintance was commenced between our hero and one of the young ladies. The following week he made her a second visit. That time they were en gaged, and the wedding fixed for the follow ing week. The wedding day came and the ceremony took place. The hnppy couple enjoyed life for two or three days, at the end of w hich time the young man found it neces sary to visit the farm and attend to some business, leaving the bride with her folks. Two days passed, aud he started back to meet his wife. Reader, imagine his surprise upon being met at the door by his wife's father, who informed him that he was not wanted there. He was denied admission. To make bitterness doubly bitter, his wife raised the window and coolly informed him that he need never speak to her again never for a moment claim her as his wife. What caused this sud den change on the part of the young wife and her people is yet a mystery to the young man and the public erenerallv. J3ut wasn't it strange? Did our hero pine ? Not a bit. He drove to Fond du Lac, consulted alawyer, and immediately iustituted proceedings for a di vorce. He is calm, resolute, and declares that he will have a wife if it takes all of four sum mers. Hence we say truth is stranger than fiction." THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. May S, 1374. Cottow. Middling upland, 17V417Jc Livx Stock. Beef Cattle f 11. OU12.75. Hogs- Dressed, t7.50S7.75. Sheep Live, f7.0O3S.75. Brkadsttffs. Flour Good to choice, fti.553 6.85; white wheat extra, $6.857.35. Wheat No. 2 Chicago, 1.531.55; Iowa spring, fl.541.56; No. 2 Milwaukee spring. fl.561.59. Bye west ern and State, fl.otKffi.io. tvariey i.oi.d(. Corn Mixed Western afloat 83&87C. Oats- New Western, 6466c. Pbovisions. Pork New Mess, $1(5.85! '.00 Lard 10U10V4c. Wool. Common to extra, 40i0c CHICAGO. Live Stock. Beeves--Choice, $5.60&5.e5; good. 5.2555.50: medium. 4. 7535.10; butchers' stock, $3.7534.75; stock cattle, $3.5034.75. Hogs Live, $5.8035.75. Sheep Good to choice, $6.7537.75. Provisions. Butter Choice, 31S34C Eggs- Fresh, 13313V4C Pork New Mess, fib.3 16.40. Lard $9.9039. 05. Bbbabstctts. Flour White Winter extra. $7.009.00; spring extra, $5.3736.50. Wheat Spring, No. 2, $1.253l.25X. corn no. a, wji 365c. Oats No.i,46?346jc, Kye iNo. s,i3 93c Barley No. 2, $1.5531.60. Wool. Tub-washed, 48356c; fleece, washed. 36348c.; fleece, unwashed, 25332c.; pnUed, 35340c Brkadstutm. Flour $6.757.00. Wheat $1.45. Corn 65388c Rye $1.08. Oats 48357c. Barley $1.5531.60. Provisions, Pork f 16.70316.75. Lara 10 10?c. Lrvx Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $4,503 6.00. Hogs Live, $4.5035.50. BaBADSTDTTS. Flour XX Fall, $5.505.90. Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $l.S031.51tf. Corn No. 2, 67K c Oats No. 2, 51H52c Rye No. 2, SWcSlfl.OO. Barley $1.6031.65. Provisions. Pork Mess, $16.50316.75. Lard 9K39XC MILWAUKEE. Bbkadstots. Flour Sprutg XX, $5.756.75. Wheat Spring No.l, $1.31tt1.32; No. 2, $1.27H 31.28. Corn No. 2, 6t64c Oale No. 2, 453 46c Rye No. 1, 8'490c Barley No. 2, $1.55 1.53. DETROIT. BRSADSTtrrrs. Wheat Extra, $1.6731-68. Corn 76764e. Oats 65a56c TOLEDO. BRKADSTirm. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.413 .50. . No. Red, $1.4831.49. Corn Mixed, 72 373c Oats No. 1, 5557c CLEVELAND. BBBADfliwrs. Wheat No. 1 Fed, $1.5531.56; No. 2 Red, $1.4631.47. Corn 76377c Oats 53 55c. BUFFALO. Lira Stock. Beeves $5.6036.50. Hogs Live, $5.1245.75. Sheep Live, $6.0038.00. EAST LIBERTY. Live Stock. Beeves Best $3.25S.50; me dium, $5.256.00. Hogs Yorkers, $5.30&5.E0; Philadelphia, $6.2036.35. Sheep Best, $3,003 8.50; medium, $5.506. 00. A Moral Monster. Nature occasionally indulges in unaccount able freaks. Sometimes it is the animal king dom which is thus distinguished, sometimes the vegetable and sometimes the physical. Volcanic eruptions and Bald Mountain scares are instances of thel&st-mcutioned phenomena, and the Siamese Twins and two-headed horses of the first. Instances of vegetable irregular ity will be readily recalled by the intelligent reader. Not unfrequently a moral montrosity is produced. One of the most remarkable of these has lately come to the surface in Boston a boy murderer. Jesse Pomeroy, the son of respectable parents, not long since killed a smaller play mate in cold blood. He often took little fel lows to some lonely spot, tied them hand and foot, stripped them naked, and then beat them with clubs, winding up the pcrformaice by inflicting severe wounds with a sharp knife, and then left them to die, unless relieved by others. So crafty was he in concealing all evidences of his connection with these out rages that over a hundred boys were arrested before suspicion attached to bim. This wa in 1872. For these offenses he was finally brought to justice and sent to the House of Correction. Last February he was released. Of course during his confinement he was com pelled to abstain from deeds of violence, but on his release his appetite was only satiated by downright murder. A little playmate was the victim, and he waa tortured and finally killed, the method being the same and only varying in intensity from his former efforts in that direction narrated above. He was arrested and confined. When asked why he committed the murder, he can didly replied "I could not help it" By na ture, or probably by mental disease, the in stinct of destruction and the promptings of a savage disposition dominated his will, and perhaps rendered him for the moment irre sponsible. Of course this is no reason why he should be leniently dealt with ; and while his age (fourteen years) and his mental in firmity may protect him from the gallows, he will probably be put "somewhere, so I can't do such things," as he himself said in answer to the question what he thought ought to be done with him. Cheap Transportation. In the House of Representatives, at W ashington, on the 21st of April, Kepre senUtive Hurl but, from the Committee on Railways and Canals, to whom was re ferred House bill, rso. 1,194, to charter a double-track freight railway company from tide-water on the Atlantic to Coun cil Iilutfs, on the Missouri River, and to limit the rates of fare, made the following report : The remedy, it appears to your committee, for existing evils, most easy and expeditious in its results of any proposed, and reaching with its direct benefits to the whole region be tween the Ohio River and the lakes, as well as the entire West and Northwest now subsid iary to St Louis and Chicago, is the building of a double-track freight railway as proposed in the bill under consideration, whose main line shall have its eastern terminus on the wa ters of New York harbor, its western on the Missouri River, with two branches, one toCbi cago aud the other to St Louis. It may possi bly be asked why this particular line should be selected of the several which have been pro jected. Such a question demands a candid answer. It is because it is the oaly line at present contemplated which contains in itself a rea sonable certainty of success, in being sure of commanding a suflicient amount of freight to he able to contract lor rates permanently, ana suflicicntly low to warrant its adoption. ery careful ana elaborate estimates or tne eost of operating the proposed railway demon strate that, if the necessary amount or busi ness can be obtained, bulk freitrht can be mQved at the rate of six mills per ton per mile in summer and seven mills in winter, or fif te en cents per bushel from Chicago, eightem cents from St. Louis, and twenty-four cents from Council BluiTs. The comoanv assert themselves to have con trol of a very large frontage on deep water in the harbor of New York, and of suflicient area to give room enough for the warehouses, elevators, cattle and other yards which would necessarily be required to handle so vast a business as is proposed, and in fact needed, to be done to make the undertaking a success. The right is reserved to the United States by its Commission to fix the rates of all freight not specified in the bill. One-half the exist ing charges is nxeU lor tne ouiKy articles therein specified, including cattle, ores, coal and lumber. In order to aid in forming a just popular verdict, your committee desire to state cer tain considerations: 1. The line proposed, with its authorized branches and connections, will reach and af fect large masses of population now separated by distance and excessive charges, each of which masses or population is me necessary supplement of the other. By a line to be constructed of eighty-seven miles, the main trunk of the Continental Koad win te con nected with the lines of road which seek their western passage through the Hoosac Tunnel, as well as with the lines proposed to cross the Hudson River at Pcekskill. 2. The road proposed is not an attempt to force a line of railway through a new and un developed country. It passes directly through the richest and most productive zone of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, at such a distance from the Ohio River and the lakes as to cause the local productions of that zone to seek transportation by the railway at its fixed price rather than by lake or river. 3. 1 he line accommodates itself lo tne exist ing currents of commerce currents which owe their existence to permanent causes, and which, in the Judgment of your committee. are not likely to be materially affected by any probable event. 4. It is reasonably certain that no private corporation can be formed in this country which will undertake ana perioral me same work and operate the road at the low rates fixed by the bill, simply as a private enterprise and upon their own risk, without indorsement from the United States. 5. Not the least among the meritorious propositions involved in this enterprise is the remodeling the present cumbrous, clumsy, antiquated and uselessly expensive manner of handling grain and other products in New York city a manner so full of delay aud cost as to nave driven already a large portion oi the erram traJe to Boston, Philadelphia ana Baltimore, where proper mechanical facilities for receiving, discharging and loading enable those cities successfully to compete with the great commercial emporium in this cheap business. The first section of the bill fixes the termini of the road and imposes a condition that no grade eastward shall exceed forty feet to the mile, and requires the construction to be com menced within one year from the passage of this act and its completion within three years thereafter. The 6econd, third, fourth and fifth sections are on matters of detail. The sixth section provides for surveys, and that the road shall be constructed as nearly as possible on an air line. Sec. 7 fixes character or rails ana construction. Sec. 8 requires a double-track branch to Chicago and St Louis, and gives authority to construct other branches not exceeding two on each side of the main line in each State. Sec. 9 permits the purchase of other rail ways, but requires the consent of the State chartering said road before 6uch purchase or consolidation shall go into effect Sees. 10. 11. 12 and 13 contain provisions for consideration of the right of way. Sec. 14 contains details lor organization oi the company. Sec. 15 declares the road a public highway and post-road, and gives the right to construct telegraph lines, rates to be fixed by Congress. Sec. 16 compels the reception and transpor tation of freight in the order of delivery at reasonable rates. Sec. 17 compels the acceptance and trans portation of cars from any company or In dividual; forbids any undue preference, and re quires service to be performed in the order of delivery upon fair and reasonable rates, to be fixed by a Commission. Sec 1 dchncs "bulk iretehts" to mciuoe all articles of freight not in packages placed in the cars by the shipper without handling by the railroad comoanv and by the car-load, and specifically enumerates coal, grain of all kinds. previsions not in pacKages, lumocr, ores oi metals, and live stock for market and fixes a maximum rate not exceeding five mills per ton per mile for distances over 750 miles, with a sliding scale gradually increasing the rates with the shortness of the haul, and adding one mill per ton per mue lor tne winter months, and that the maximum rates for all other freights shall be fixed by a Commission. Ii. 1 he proposition oi the company is six mills per ton in summer and seven mills in winter. Sec 19 provides for the appointment of a Commission of five three to be appointed by the President and two by the company to classify freight and fix the charges thereon as to articles not above enumerated. In all cases a majority of the Government Commissioners is required, and the Commissioners shall be paid a fixed price for their services by the company. The same section provides severe penalties for breach of duty by the Commissioners. Sec 21 reanires that prior to any aid being given by the United States, the company shall satisfy the proper officers that they own, or lawfully control by lease for not less than ninety-nine years, sufflcient land for the ter-! minal facilities of the road, and for proper dockage, piers, warehouses and elevators. Sections 22 and 23 provide the mode of giving a guaranty of interest on the bonds of Uie company, and declare a first mortgage on the entire real estate of the company iu favor of the United States. Sec. 24 provides for reserving out of the earnings of the company and paying over to the Uuited States annually a sinking fund of $1,000,000. Sec.'25 gives the right to borrow money and give mortgages or trust deeds therefor, subject, however, in all cases to the prior mortgage existing in favor of the Uuited States. Sec 20 is formal, and regards details in re lation to such borrowed money. Sec. 27 provides for Inspection of all books, papers, etc., and for quarterly and annual re ports to Congress. Sec. 28 provides for exchange of freight or cars to and from connecting or intersecting railroads rates, if disputed, to be fixed by arbitration. Sec. 29 preserves the power in Congress to control, alter, modify, or repeal the charter. This bill Is submitted with this report to the House of Representatives for information, not for present action. The Kailroad Troubles la Wisconsin. Gov. Tatlor, of Wisconsin, issued a proc lamation on the 1st inst. in which he calls attention to the new Railroad law of the State and to the recently-published letters of the Presidents of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul and the Chicago & Northwestern Rail way Companies, in which the determination is announced to operate their roads without reference to the provisions of said act and in defiance of Its requirements. The Governor then announces his intention to see to the faithful execution of the provisions of ths law. The following is the concluding portion of the proclamation: Now, therefore, I, William R. Taylor, Governor of the 8tate of Wisconsin, do pro claim and make known that the law of the land must be respected and obeyed. While none are so weak as to be without it protec tion, none are so strong as to be above its re straints. If provisions of the law be deemed oppressive, resistance to its mandates will not abate, but rather multiply, the anticipated evils. It may well be that the law is defective in some of its de tails, but it is still the law of the land, enacted by the Legislature in the ex ercise of its conceded-powers, and in accord ance with the clearly-expressed sentiment of the people of the State. It is the rin;lit of all to test its validity through the constitutional channels; but with that right is coupled the duty of yielding a general obedience to its requirements until it has been pronounced in valid by competent authority. I am not without hope that better counsels will yet prevail with the railway companies of the State; but if they or any of them are fixed in the determination to pursue the policy announced, upon them will fall the penalty of the law and the consequences of a severe pop ular condemnation. I therefore enjoin all railway corporations, their officers aud agents peaceably to submit to the laws; for, siuce the Executive is ciiargea witn tne respousiuuny of seeing that the laws are faithfully exe cuted, all the functions of bis office will be exercised to that end; and for this purpose he invokes the aid and co-operation of all good citizens. In testimony whereof I have here unto subscribed my name and caused the great seal of the State to be hereto affixed. Public Debt Statement. The public debt statement for April Is as follows : Six per cent bonds Five per cent, bonds $1,214.24,500 509,802,250 Total coin bonds Lawful money debt Matured debt Legal-tender notes Certificates of deposit Fractional currency Coin certificates - Interest Total debt. $1,724,036,750 $14,678,0 O b.l64,Y70 382,076.'; 77 51,86-',0110 47,4:i.62 83.710.800 37.181,584 , $2,297,145,801 Cash in Treasury Coin w.aui, Currency 5,258,074 Special deposits held for redemption or rertincates 01 aeposii as pruviucu by law 61,860,000 Total In Treasury $147,420,026 Debt less cash In Treasury $2,149,725,275 Decrease during the month $2,961,451 Bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad Companies, interest payable in A lawful money, principal outstanding Interest accrued and not yet paid.... Interest paid by United States Interest repaid by transportation of mails, etc Balance of interest paid by United States $64,624,512 l.i49i,470 22,186,691 5,051,418 17,335,273 The Preside Bt's Financial TIews. New York," April 80. A dispatch from Washington says: "Allusion having been made to Presi dent Grant about a compromise finance measure that would be acceptable to both sides, the President replied that ke did not know what force was intended to ap ply to the term 'compromise, unless it waa an agreement to carry out the pledges of the country. That might be considered a compromise by those who originally defeated every proposition olferea during the discussion in Congress, and by so agree ing he has reason to believe that such legislation would meet with his approval. It has been said that be had promised in his last annual messace beartily to sup port any measure that Congress might de- Ciue upon. 11 e uiu not intenu any sucn construction to be put upon his language If he had not made himself understood, his more recent message would clear up anything like ambiguity. One thing that he had endeavored to make plain during his Administration has been that he was for carrying out the solemn pledges of the Government at the earliest day possible, ana reach a specie basis, i ne establishment of our currency on gold and silver had been uppermost in his mind whenever he sent to Congress bis annual messages, lie had not said what kind of a bill he would approve. It was his earnest hope that Congress would dispose of the question. The redis tribution of $25,000,000 of bank ing currency, with $5,000,000 of notes be longing to broken banks and banks in liquidation at the South and West, ought to furnish, for the present, all that was asked for, and he had been assured, since the veto of the Finance bill, that New England banks were anxious .o reduce their circulation, inasmuch as the bonds now held for circulation would be re leased and furnish them with a larger cur rency capital f r loan than they now have. While our securities were worth in legal tenders sixteen and seventeen cents above par, and National Banking notes were bound to be secured under existing law at so much sacrifice to banking capital, he did not wonder that the New England banks were anxious to csyicel their notes and get their bonds. In lact this suggestion came to him early last fall, during the stringency in the money market, and he thought it worth calling the attention of Congress to in bis last message. Since then he had heard noth ing to change his opinion on this point." "TnE strength of the American Repub lic," says a writer, "is in the universal desire to own a house. It is molding all the people, native and foreign born, into one homogeneous mass. The ownership of a home is something of which neither the Irish peasant nor the German laborer has, in his own country, any conception ; but it is here the goal of his hopes and desires. Education comes next; it is a something the need of which is not felt until the adornments oi home are thought of. This desire to own the roof under which one sleeps is distinctively an American characteristic, and seems;by nature adapted to the growth which is raising us in importance in the scale of nationa." I MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A FAsnioN critic says that the new bonnets are the old ones sat down on for half an hour or so. The poor old father of a bootblack says he never enjoys himself more than when he sees the son shine. " Would a ragman get Just as many rags if he didn't holler?" is a qu'.Ty propounded by a Kentucky paper. A Tkoy widow has maintained a lawsuit for twentv-one years, and is still lull of pluck and determination. "He handled his gun carelessly, and put on his angel plumage," is the latest Western obituary notice. A G1108T that haunted a Massachusetts house has been effectually exorcised by means of rat poison. iHLYTON, Ala , schoolboys have a pleas ant way f f locking their teacher in school and taking a holiday. Tub Boston Globe wants to know If a street sprinkler can be properly called a wect harbinger or spring. Wendell Phillips says that a wife who can cook a jrood dinner will never bo without a fashionable bonnet. Tub last plea of a stingy husband is: " How can I contribute to the Washington monument if you are so extravagant?" Daniel Graves, an Alabamian, was praying in church the other day, when his revolver went off and shot him in the leg. WnEN cremation comes in vogue it will bo only natural for a widower to refer to the dear departed as an "old llamc" of his. They can sell milk at three cents per quart in Brooklyn and still make a profit, though they have to steal their water and chalk. A crowd witnessing a row in Detroit was dispersed by the announcement that " a collection would now be taken up for a poor widow." Aocordino to a Kansas decision, a hus band and wife can enter a show on a ticket reading "admit one." Most righteous Judge! A lady correspondent of a Western journal thinks there ought to 1: a statuto of limitation against the reappearance of long-lost husbands. Boardino house keepers are among the most consistent believers in cremation. Do they not invariably turn their " re mains" into "hashes?" Consumers in Toledo, Ohio, urge that the local grocers should be compelled by law to dilute their sugar with some sub stance less gritty than sand. A project for building a cheese factory having resolved itself into the original atoms the Kennebec Journal says that it has gone the whey of all the earth. The Haniboldt River above Hallock, Nev., is reported to be full of led cattle, and unless they are removed the health of the people in the valley will be injured. A lady in Carlisle, Pa., has a pair of geese that chipped the shell in 18;S8, and therefore have only four years to wait be fore they will be fit lor any boarding house table. And now Icelanders are beginning to seek homes in the Unitel States. Tney are said to resemble the Scotch in appear ance, and are a bright, cleanly, healthy looking class. The editor of the Crencent City Courier claims to publish the iimst westerly paper in the United Slates. lie sayf the water of the Pacific Ocean at high lido reaches within ten feet of his olllce door. The Chicago 2'ribune thinks that the detective system all other the country should be knocked endways at once, and thinks just as many thieves would be caught if there were no detectives. An Iowa Judge has decided that it is more of a sin to steal a horse than to elope with another ican'i wife, because there are 8,000,000 women in the Lnited StateB and only 3,000,000 horses. Fourt professional gamblers of Omaha recently killed four dins time in a con tinuous gams of "draw." During the time one of the party won $11,000 and then "jumped" the disconsolate crowd of three. " A nuNDRED years ago there were no railroads, steamboats, telegraph lines, gas burners, furnaces, sewing machines, pho tographs, friction matches, revolvers, per cussion caps, india-rubber shoes, free schools. A farmer living near Glasgow, Del., has a read horse. The horse is penned in a stall by himself, and keeps up a contin ual kicking and knocking his head against the partition. He was bitten by a mad dog last summer. A Milwaukee man has applied for a patent on a fountain pen, which, by the pressure of the thumb on a small rubber ball, projects a stream of ink through the holder and into the face of the fellow who is looking over your bhoulder while you are writing. There is something very sensible in the impromptu remark of a preity girl: " If our Maker thought it wrong for Adam to live single when there was not a woman on earth, how criminally wrong are the old bachelors, with the world full of pretty girls!" A country lad, eleven years old, lately visited Dubuque, bringing with him the scalps of nine timber wolves a mother and eight young ones all slain by his juvenile but potent hand. lie received $45 dollars bounty from the county, and went home rich and happy. lThasbeen lately asserted that a lady lecturer who was delayed somewhere in the West by the breaking down of a train, and did not reach the platform until 10:30 o'clock, was the first speaker for whom an audience was ever known to wait so patiently. This is said to be a mistake. The Hon. Horace Greeley was once to lecture at Laporte, Ind., and an accident to the train on the New Albany & Salem Railroad that was to bring Mr. Greeley from Indianapolis compelled him to make ihe last seventy-two miles across an unsettled prairie by a hand car manned by four Irishmen. The fact was telegraphed to the people ai the Pres byterian Church at Laporte, and tne au dience determined by a vote to wait. They waited, and greeted the old white coat at 11:10 p. mv and listened to a long lecture, retiring from the church, at a lit tle after one o'clock in the morning. Crop Statistics. The following is an abstract of the crop statistics published in the National Crop Ileporter at Indianapolis, April 25: The area planted in Irish potatoes last year in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin was, in round numbers, 554,000 acre, the average percentage of increase upon which is estimated at near ly 5 per cent, or about 2,800 acres. Cor respondents in Minnesota, Iowa and Wis consin estimate the probable increase in the area of barley to be 2 C10 per cent as compared with last year. The average condition of swine in April in the eight States named above shows a very low rate as compared with the condition at the same dale lastj-ear. Representing the latter at 100, the average for the eight stands a fraction less than 81. None of the States report over 00, and M;ssouri re turns 07. The average prices of the lead in? articles are as follows: Wheat, $1.17; corn, 55c; oats, 42c; hay, $9.27; swine, $4 66; potatoes, $1.12. This snows since March 15 an advance in corn, oats anfl hay, and a decline in wheat, ewine and potatoes. " v I A t i ... r 11 (l n