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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1874.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanying Dates.
Monday, June 8. The Captain-General
of Cuba has indued a decree announcing that
the rate of gold will be thereafter fixed daily
ly himself The Catholic Episcopate of
Bohemia has determined to resist the Ecclesi
astical laws and has begun its opposition by
making appointments to vacant livings....
Recent Washington Associated Tress dis
patches pay the sensation produced by
the President's currency pronunciamento
is not less profound than that caused by the
veto. The opinion among Republican mera
lers of the House of Representatives, as far as
has been gathered, is, with very few excep
tions, adverse to the iolicy recommended by
the President in his recently-published memo
randum .... A tornado on the night of the Cth
totally destroyed twenty-one dwellings ia Tam
picx). 111., and more or Ie6S damaged every other
house iu the place. Several persons were
severely, and some dangerously, injured.... It
is reported that the Wisconsin railroads have
adopted the practice of requiring prepayment
of fares before admitting paseengers upon
their trains, the object, it is said, being to'
prevent the three cents per mile rides, which
were becoming too frequent. In regard to
the application for an injunction to re
strain the Railroad Commissioners and
the Attorney-General from enforcing the
Rail way law, and the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railway Companyfrom complying with its
provii-iAns, it is stated that the case was post
poned until a day not fixed, and the fact that
the Court entertained the motion and declined
it is equivalent in its effect to a temporary in
junction, and no further proceedings
would be taken by those officers until
a decision on this point had been given. The
time and place of hearing will depend partly
upou the presence of Judge Drummond, and
mainly upon the arrival of Judge Davis, of
the United States Supreme Court, who is ex
pected to sit with Judges Drummond and
Hopkins. It will probably be heard in Mad
ison in the third week in June.
Tuesday, June 9. At a caucus of the
Republican members of Congress, held
in Washington on the 8th, a motion
t disband the National Republican Con
gressional Committee was negatived by a
large majority, aud a new committee was
ordered.... The bribery case of ex-Senator
Pomeroy, of Kansas, has been post
poned to July 27, for the reason that
the attorneys for the defense are
obliged at present to attend the Federal
Court.... A San Francisco dispatch says
(irover (Democrat), for Governor of Oregon,
beat Tolman about 400. The friends of
Williams, for Congress, still hope he is elect
ed. The vote is very close . . . .Judge Zanc, of
the Sangamon (111.) Circuit Court, has re
fused to sign the bill of exceptions iu the re
cent case against the Chicago & St. Louis
Railroad, and an order has been made for an
execution for the amount of the judgment re
cently recovered.
Wednesday, June 10. A. Washington
dispatch says there is reliable authority for
the following statement: Tho Boprd of Indian
Commissioners is erroneously called ' Peace
Commissioners." By law its true title is " The
Board of Indian Commissioners." This
Board, as an organization, has not resigned,
and the statements to that effect are erro
neous. The Board consists of ten members,
and six of the ten only have resigned. The
remaining four have been called together for
the purpose of teorganizing the Board. The
vacancies occasioned by these resignations
will be filled by the President as far as neces
sary with the best men he ean select who are
iu harmony with the present Indian policy....
The National Anti-Slavery Reunion held its
first session in Chicago on the afternoon of the
9th. A lane number of old-time abolition
ists were present. After temporary or
ganization, Gov. Beveridge, of Illinois,
delivered an address of welcome. Uon.
Henry Wilson was appointed President,
and one Vice-President from each of
the Northern Status. In the absence of the
former gentleman. Gen. A. L. Chetlain, Vice-
President from Illinois, was called to the
chair, and delivered an address. This was
followed by reading of letters from J. Walden,
Francis Gillette, Charles Francis Adams,
William Lloyd Garrison and others. An ad
dress was made by Z. Eastman. In the even
ing letters were read from Col. Iligginson,
Wendell Phillips aud Elizur Wright, and an
address was delivered by President Blanchard,
on the "Fall of American Slavery".... Mrs.
Ann Vandenberg, of Cincinnati, on the 7th
used coal oil to aid in kindling a fire and was
fatally burned, in the presence of her father,
mother and husband, all of whom were badly
burned tearing the burning clothes from her
body. Mrs. V. was seventeen years old and
was married on the Tuesday preceding the ac
cident.
Thursday, June 11. The Paris Min
istry have been defeated on a provision of the
Electoral bill fixing the age of electors.... In
the Rhode Island Legislature on the 10th the
fourth ballot for United States Senator re
sulted as follows: Gen. Burn side, 40; N. F.
Dixon, 20; Gov. Howard, 14; A. C. Bar
stow, 12; scattering, 15.... Mary Hein,
of Cairo, 111., recently undertook to
kindle a fire with coal oil. She set
the can on the stove and then started the fire.
The can exploded and the foolish girl was
severely, and probably fatally, burned.... In
the Alexauder County (111.) Circuit Court,
Judge Baker has rendered a decision in the
case of the Railroad Commissioners vs. The
Illiuois Central Railroad, for extortionate
charges for the transportation of freight and
excessive charges on passenger fares. There
were twenty-one count in the declaration filed
by the attorney for the Commissioners.
Judge Baker decided the Railroad law consti
tutional and sustained nineteen of the twenty
one counts. The suit against the road is for
$100,000 The Indiana State Farmers' Asso
ciation was orgauized at Indianapolis on the
10th by the election of Richard Gregg as Pres
ident, C. W. Green as Secretary, and Theo. W.
Reese as Treasurer.
Friday, June 12. The meeting of the
International Sanitary Congress has been
postponed to Jan. 7, 1S75. .. .President Grant
has nominated J. C. Bancroft Davis, present
Assistant Secretary of State, to be Minister
from this country to the German Empire....
The Executive Committees of the Liberal Re
publicans, Democrats and Anti-Monopolists of
Minnesota have agreed for a joint State conven
tion for the nomination of candidates, to be held
in St. Paul on the 23d of September Gov.
Carpenter, of Iowa, having been applied to by
the Grangers as to his action relative to the
Railroad Tariff law, says that, should the rail
roads attempt to overthrow it by appealing to
the courts, he shall not hesitate in the duty
which will then be upon him, to see to it that
all the authority possessed by the Executive
is invoked to secure its enforcement.
Saturday, June 13. In the French
Assembly, on the 12th,- a motion to pass a
vote of censure against the Minister of the
Interior, because of his failure to prevent
recent disturbances, was negatived ayes 326,
noes 377. A Paris dispatch says the excite
ment in that city over the political situation
was immense. The boulevards were crowded
and the cafes full of people. A tremendous
conflagration was visible in the northern
part of the city. All the firemen
were hurrying to the spot and the streets
were filled with policemen and soldiers hurry
ing in the same direction. The Left Center
had resolved to introduce a bill for the disso
lution of the. Assembly. This will be fol
lowed, says the Le 1'ay, by civil war....
A recent Rochester (N. Y.) telegram an
nounces the discover-, by Lewis Swift, of a
new comet, near Camelopard's breast. It is
quite bright, and has a tail about half a de
gree in length. Its motion is slow aud toward
the earth. ...The counsel for the Alton Rail
road Company has obtained from the Su
preme Court, in session at Mt. Vernon, 111., a
gn-persflca of the judgment rendered by the
Sangamon County Circuit Court under the
Illinois Railroad law. The supertfleas was ap
plied for on the ground, first, that the case
was taken out of the jurisdiction of the State
court by the writ of certiorari issued from the
United StatcB District Court ; second, that the
Railroad law violates the Constitutions of Illi
nois and of the United States ; third, that de
fendants were entitled to some bill of excep
tions.... The Oregon Legislature is about
equally divided between the Democrats and
Republicans.. ..The ticket agent of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad at
Stoughton, Wis., has been fined $50 and costs
for charging illegal passenger fares.... Miss
Sallie Smith, about seventeen years of
age, a student of the female school at Oak
land, Ky., was fatally burned at a 6chool exhi
bition, a few eveuings ago, by the explosion of
a coal oil lamp near which she was standing
. . . .The original aboli'ionists closed their four
days' reunion in Chicago on the night of the
12th. Before adjournment a series of resolu
tions were adopted, thanking God that they
bad lived to see the land one of impartial lib-,
erty ; expressing grateful remembrance of
the labors of those of their comrades who had
died, and sending words of cheer to those
who remained; demanding for freedmen com
plete possession and enjoyment of all civil
and social rights, and urgiDg their Christian
and educational clevatiou. A committee was
appointed to publish a memorial volume of
the reunion.
THE MAUKETS.
NEW YORK.
June 13, 1874.
Cotton. Middling upland, 18&18;,c
Lrva Stock. Beef Cattle fl0.5(Xai.50. Hogs
Dresoed, $7.0047.25. Sheep Live (clipped),
f.G06.50.
BKBADsTurrs. Floor Good to choice, $6.05'9
6.30; white wheat extra, $6.30(36.55. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, $ 1.41. 42;i ; Iowa spring, $1.431.45;
No. 2 Milwaukee spnnjt. $1.47(1.47. Rye West
ern and State, $1.0421.05. Barley fl.5u31.55.
Corn Mixed Western afloat, 8385c. OaU
New Western, 61&t3c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess, $18.00318.10.
Lard 10?iail4c
Wool. Common to extra. 45&68c
CHICAGO.
Lava Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.90(6.20 ; good,
$5.65(5.80; medium, $4.755.50; batchers1
tock, $3.75465.25; stock cattle, $.1.5024.75.
Hogs Live, $5.30&b.90. Sheep Good to choice
(shorn), ft. 5020.25.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 21321c Eggs
Fresh, 12V413c. Pork New Ueu, $17.M3
17.60. Lard $11.00ai 1.10.
BRKADSTurrs. Floor White Winter extra,
$6.75a.00; spring extra, $o.12!46.00. Wheat
Spring, No. 8, $1.20ai.20U- Corn No. 2, 63fc
64Hc. Oats No. i, 46Ki&4fijtfc. Barley No. 2,
$1.80(31.35. Rye No. 2, b3&81c.
Wool. Tub-washed, 47&b3c; fleece, washed,
40344c; fleece, unwashed, 26(&32c; pulled,
37&C
LtntBin. First Clear, $50.00(355.00; Second
Clear, $17.00 19.50; Common Boards, $11.50
18.00; Fencing, $11.50(313.00; "A" Shingles, $3.25
(33.50; Lath, $2.25i.37K.
CINCINNATI.
Brbadstutts. Flour $6.1036.35. Wheat
$1.30. Corn 05367c Bye 95c. OaU aOJjsoc.
Barley $1.45(31.50.
Pkovisions. Pork $17.75318.00. Lard ion
3U"c.
ST. LOUIS.
Liva Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $4.50(3
6.25. Hogs Live, $4.5035.40.
Breadstotts. Flour XX Fall, $5.25(35.75
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.3531.38. Corn No. 2,
68K35c Oat No. 2, 48350c Kye flo.
4375c Barley $1.45(31.60.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $18.00(318.35. Lard
lOtiioc.
MlLWAUliUlfi.
BRBADSTCrrs. Flour Spring XX, $5.7035.90.
Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.2431.24 T, ; No. 2, $1.22
1.23X. Corn No. S, 161XC. Oats No. 2, 443
45c Rye No. 1, 843S5c Barley No. 2, $1.83
O1.40.
DETROIT.
BaaaDSTurw. Wheat No. 1, $1.471.47K.
Cora 6-3t5c. Oata 50352c,
TOLEDO.
BRiiDSTum. Wheat Amber Mich., $1,853
1.85 ; No. 2 Red, $1.3531.35 4. Corn Mixed, 66H
Tiic. Oats No. 1, 5135154c
CLEVELAND.
Brbadstujts. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.3731.88;
No. 2 Red, $1.3131.32. Cora C8369c OaUj 53
55C
BUFFALO.
LrvR Stock. Beeves $5.25(36.80. Hogs
Live, $5.2535.75. Sheep Live (clipped), $4.50
06.25.
EAST LIBERTY.
Liva Stock. Beeves Best, $.1254 6.60; me
dium, $5.7636.00. Hogs Yorkers, $5.25(35.50;
Philadelphia, $5 936.30. Sheep Best (clipped),
$5.00(35. T5; medium, $4.35C4.75.
FOIIT Y-Tll I R 1) CONGRESS.
Saturday, June C. Senate. Not in
session.
IIoue. Among the bills passed -were
the following: For the sale of the Kansas Indian
lands in Kansas ; providing for a Commission of
Engineers on the Misslesippi levees; for the pre
payment of postage on printed matter 108 to 73;
for aojiifi1ng the salaries of Postmasters.... A
Conference Committee was ordered on the Senate
amendments to the Deficiency Appropriation bill
A report was made from the Committee on
Expenditures iu the Department of Justice in re
gard to the expenses, disbursements and general
management of the West Judicial District of
Arkansas hince its reorganization in 1871. The
committee finds that the expenditures have been
extraordinarily large, and are not in all cases
supported by appropriate vouchers. As to the
Judge of the district. William Story, the com
mittee says that the records of his court show that
parties have been bailed after conviction for capi
tal offenses and while awaiting sentence, and
while motions were pending for new trials, which
were never acted on ; that, notwithstanding the re
quirement of the law that he shall examine and
approve the accounts current of the Marshal before
allowing the same, he has signed, at least in one
instance, a blank account current which was filled
up by the Marshal for fi.000, the same being al
lowed and and paid at the Treasury. His ex
planation before the committee is characterize
as lame, disconnected and unsatisfactory. The
committee recommends the abolishment of the
present Western District, the annexation of its
territory and transferor its business to the Eastern
District, which consolidated district shall have hut
one Judge, one District Attorney and one Marshal
....Adjourned.
Monday, June 8. Senate. Conference
reports were made and agreed to on the disagree
ing votes of the two houses upon the bill to revise,
conolidate and amend the laws relating to pen
sions and on the bill to increase the pensions of
soldiers and sailors totally disabled. ...Bills were
passed authorizing any Circuit Judge to desig
nate the time of holding District or Circuit Court,
and to designate the District Judge to
attend and hold court in a district not his
own; for the better organization of the District
Courts of the United Mates within the State of
Louisiana; House bill to provide for the publica
tion of the revised statutes of the United States
.. .The Moiety bill was taken up, and after consid
erable debate the amendment of the Finance
Committee authorizing United States Attorneys
to examine books, invoices or papers of defend
ants was rejected yeas 21, nays 26.... Ad
journed. House. Bills were introduced to abol
ish the Western District of Arkansas; to Increase
the revenue; to restrain gambling; imposing a tax
of 20 per cent, on all sales of stocks, bonds, gold,
etc. ...Bills were passed substitute for tne House
bill to authorize medals commemorating the 100th
anniversary of the first meeting of the Continental
Congress and the Declaration of Independence;
for the admission of Colorado as a
State 170 to 65; to incorporate the First
iresnytcnan cnurcn at ait iaae city. Utah
Conference reports were agreed to on the bill to
revise the Pent-ion laws and on the hill regulating
pensions for total disabilities. .. .The Louisiana
contested election case of Sheridan and Pinch
back was taken up and debated, and a resolution
war offered, as a substitute for the minority reso
ution. that Pinchback is prima facie entitled to
tbe seat. ...Adjourned
Tuesday, J une 9. Senate. A joint res
olution was passed providing for the termination
of the treaty of July 17, 1858, between Belgium
and the United States A bill for the government
of the District of Columbia was reported from the
Special Joint Committee to investigate the man
agement of the government of the District. ...A
biil was introduced and referred to incorporate the
Commercial Railway Company, with a capital of
$200,000,000, to construct and operate a railway,
with four or more tracks, from New York ctty to
the cities of Chicago and cL Louis, dividing its
main line at such point as may be found berft to
reach said cities, with the right to extend its road
from Chicago toany point on the Mimtissippl River
above St. Louis, the road to be commenced within
two years and finished within twelve years of the
enactment of the bill. ...The conference report on
the Army Appropriation bill was agreed to ...At
his own request Mr. Wadleigh was excused from
further service on the Committee on Public Lands,
and Mr. Harvey was appointed to fill the vacancy
The bill to amend the Custom Revenue law
and to repeal moieties was taken up and several
amendments were disposed of.... Adjourned.
Howie. The majority resolutions in
the Louisiana contested election case, declaring
that the testimony was not sufficient to show the
election of either Pinchback or Sheridan, and per
mitting the committee to take further testimony,
were agreed to. .A bill was passed to abolish the
Western Judicial District of Arkansas and to an
nex it to the Eastern District. ...A substitute for the
Geneva Award bill was reported, and debated at
considerable length.... An evening session was
held for general debate.... Among the proceed
ings of the House on the 8th was the rejection of
a motion to suspend the rules and take from the
Speaker's table the Senate Civil Rights bill and
refer it to the Judiciary Committee, with the
right to report at any time. The vote stood, yeas
136, nays 86 not two-thirds in the affirmative.
Wednesday, June 10. Senate. A bill
was introduced and referred to abolish the Board
of Indian Commissioners. ...Abill was passed to
change the time for holding Circuit and District
Courts of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Wisconsin, at Osbkosh, t the second Tues
day in July sf each year. ...The memorial of the
Ohio Editorial Association, in regard to postage on
newspapers, was presented and referred.. ..De
hate was resumed on the bill to amend the Cus
toms Revenue law and to repeal moieties, and af
ter several amendments were disposed mt. some of
which Were agreed to, the hill as amended was
finally passed 38 to 3.... Adjourned.
House. A bill wa3 reported and re
ferred for the relief of the owners and purchasers
of land sold for direct taxes in insurrectionary
States. . . .The conference report on the Army A p-
propriation bill was agreed to The Geneva
Award bill was taken up, and after a spirited and
somewhat personal discussion Mr. Butler's substi
tute for the Senate bill providing, Brst, for the
payment of claims for direct losses; second, for
war premiums, and third, insurance companies
that incurred direct losses was agreed to 132 to
101 and the title of the bill was changed to read,
'to provide for a just and equitable distribution
of the moneys paid in pursuance of the Geneva
award "... .Adjourned.
Tijursday, June 11. Senate. A memo
rial was presented and referred of workingmen of
Pennsylvania, asking for a restoration of the 10
per cent, dutv on iron and steel, and for free
banking .. The report of the Conference Commit
tee on the Currency bill was read, and a lengthy
debate ensued. Messrs Morton, Sherman, Harvey
and Lopan favoring the report, and Messrs. Bout
well. Morrill (VC), Frclinghnysen. Jones and
Thurman opposing its adoption. ...Adjourned.
Houite. The Senate bill to change the
time for holding Circuit and District Courts of the
United States in Wisconsin, at Oshkosh, was
passed.... The Senate amendment to the House
bill to amend Section 19 of the act of the 18th of
August, 1K56, to regulate the diplomatic and con
sular system of the United States, was concurred
in.... The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill ($23.
637,613) was considered in Committee of the Whole
....Adjourned.
Friday, June 12. Senate. Senate bills
were reported from committees and placed on the
calendar. ...An adverse report was made on the
Senate bill for further protection in the elections
for President, Vice-President and members of
Congress. ...The amendments of the nonse to the
bill to amend the laws relating to patents, trade
marks and copyrights were concurred in, and the
bill was passed. ...The report of the Conference
CoramitUe on the Finance bill was further con
sidered, and after considerable debate the com
promise Currency bill was passed 33 to 23.... The
Postoffice Appropriation bill was taken np... .Ex
ecutive session and adjournment.
House. A bill was passed appropriating
$50r,000 for the relief of persons suffering from
the overflow of the lower Mississippi, the Tomblg
bee. Warrior, Alabama and Tennessee Rivers.. ..
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was consid
ered in Committee of the Whole, and several pro
posed amendments were disposed of. Among the
amendments rejected was one appropriating $25.
000 to enable the President to carry out the civil
service rules yeas 48, nays 108. . . . Adjourned.
Independent State Conventions.
ILLINOIS.
The Illinois Independent State Convention
was held at Springfield .on the 10th, over 250
delegates being in attendance. J. M. Allen,
of Henry, was chosen President. The plat
form adopted Is substantially the 6ame as
that adopted by the Farmers' Convention at
Decatur. One of the resolutions adopted
reads as follows : " That we demand
the repeal of our National Bankiug
law, and believe that the Government
should issue a legal-tender currency direct
from the Treasury, interchangeable for Gov
ernment bonds, bearing the lowest possible
rate of interest." David Gore, of Macoupin,
was nominated for State Treasurer, and S. M.
Etter, of Bloomington, for Superintendent of
Public Instruction. The name adopted is the
Independent Reform party of Illinois. The
State Central Committee is composed as fol
lows: First District, Aug. Arnold; Second,
J. G. Mathien; Third, C. C. Parks;
Fourth, Thomas Bishop; Fifth, Fisher llills;
Sixth, J. M. Allen; Seventh, II. R. Conkliu;
Eighth, A. W. Lester; Ninth, G. W. Wright;
Tenth, J. M. Darnell ; Eleventh, J. W. Loomis,
Twelfth, J. B. Ricks; Thirteenth, J. Sell;
Fourteenth, James R. Scott; Fifteenth, II.
Park; Sixteenth, L. II. Thomas; Seventeenth,
Lewis Solomon; Eighteenth, 8. J. Davis;
Nineteenth, John Landrigan.
INDIANA.
The Indiana Independent State Convention
assembled at Indianapolis on the 10th and
organized by the election of A. Stevenson, of
Putnam County, as President aud one Vice
President from each Congressional district. A
committee on nominations was appointed,
whereupon the delegation from the Eighth,
Tenth and Fourth Districts withdrew, assign
ing various reasons for this action. Resolu
tions were unanimously adopted, in substance
as follows: Declaring that the office should
seek the man and not the man the office, and
that do person should be supported known to
be guilty of bribery or corruption; opposing
more than one term from President down;
condemning the practice of public officials
receiving free passes from railroad managers;
denouncing all back-salary laws and increase
of compensation for official services; demand
ing a reduction in public expenditure and
the repeal of the law allowing 10 per
cent, interest on judgments; the repeal
of the Assessment law; that the jurisdiction
of grand Juries should be exercised
only in cases of felony; insisting upon the
right of the people to restrict the abuses of
the liquor traffic. The following nominations
were indorsed by the convention: Secretary
of State, N. S. White (Dem.), of Vigo; Audi
tor, E. Henderson (Dem.), of Morgan; Treas
urer, N. C. Bennett (Rep.), of Steuben; Attorney-General,
J. A. 8. Mitchell (Dem.), of Elk
hart; Judge of the 8upreme Court, H. P. Bid
die (Rep.), of Cass; Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Clark Davis (Rep.), of Henry.
The convention adopted the name of ' Inde
pendent." The following Central Committee
was appointed: First District, J. R. Elder
field, Vanderburg County; Third, J. Q. A.
Newson; Fifth, B. F. Bundy, Randolph;
Sixth, A. B. Pendleton, Johnson; Seventh,
B. D. Garrett, Marion; Eighth, Barber,
Vigo; Ninth, E. Blusher, Warren; Eleventh,
Aaron Jenkins, Wabash; Twelfth, B. B.
Snow, Adams; Thirteenth, Merrill Williams,
Marshall.
m m
Thirteen years ago John Kendall, o
Alabama, called Arthur Spooner a liar
Spooner reflected, got mad, and the othre
day decided to shoot Kendall for the in
sult, and did shoot him; and now his
honor shines like a new tin pan on a gate
post. A schooner with a cargo of 25.000
bushels of corn recently sailed from Chi
cago for Cork, Ireland. One would nat
urally suppose that she had to make a
long and tedious land-journey through
Canada, but this she avoided by taking
to the canals of that country.
MAUAKA'S HERO.
Thomas Coaroy Rescues m. Man Prom
the Brink of (he Cataract.
It would be passing strange if one could
live always adjacent to the rush and roar of
Niagara and remain an ordinary mortal. Those
magnificent evidences of Nature's force and
sublimity tend to develop whatever of the
heroic there may be in one's nature. It is not
therefore to be wondered at that Niagara has
produced a hero. . His name is Thomas Cou
roy, and his occupation that of a guide at the
Cave of the Winds, behind the falling waters.
. A few mornings ago William McCullough, a
man sixty years old, was engaged in paiutii.g
the bridges spanning the chasm between the
three islands known as the Sister Islands. In
descending a short ladder to a narrow scaffold
beside the bridge be accidentally stepped to one
side of the planks and fell to the river below,
only a distance of a few feet. In an instant
he was carried down the stream toward the
falls.
The unfortunate man rolled over and over
until he reached a deep place a few rods below
the bridge when he disappeared, with the excep
tion of his boots. The heavy current swept
him on toward the precipice until about forty
rods below the bridge, when his head ap
peared above the water. Not being entirely
insensible he espied a rock about six inches
out of the water, and, spreading out his arms,
was driven with great force on it. in a near
ly exhausted condition he raised himself out
of the water and sat calmly on the rock.
Messengers were immediately dispatched for
ropes, and in a few minutes nearly the whole
village was running toward the scene.
The necessary ropes were soon on the
ground, and a young man volunteered to go
to the rescue. Fastening the rope around his
waist he started for the rock, but he had gone
but a few feet when it was evident that he
could not withstand the fierce current, and he
came ashore.
About this time Thomas Conroy appeared
on the scene and immediately volunteered to
bring Mr. McCullough ashore. Taking the
rope in his hand Conroy started toward the
isolated painter, but the force of the current
against the rope and himself was even too
strong for his strong frame and he likewise re
treated. By this time Mr. McCullough could
be seen trembling w ith the cold, and many were
afraid he would become chilled through and
not be able to help himself or aid- in
the rescue. Mr. Conroy now ascended the
river a few rods and again started out alone,
and succeeded in reaching the unfortunate
man. Tying the rope around McCullough's
breast and winding the end twice about his
own hand the two started ashore. They had
only gone a few steps when the stiff current
swept their feet from under them and many
strong hands commenced puiliog on the
rope.
The fierce current, together with the rltpid
pulling, immediately caused the beads of both
to disappear under water, and in this condition
they were both landed safely, amid the cheers
of the hundreds who lined the banks. Both
persons were nearly suffocated, but soon recov
ered. Cheer after cheer went up for Conroy,
the hero of Niagara."
A TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT.
A Man Trapped by a Railroad "Prog"
Is Unable to Extricate Himself, and
Barely Escapes Death by Signaling
an Approaching Train.
Patrick McArthcr arrived in Detroit the
other morning, fresh from the wilds of Can
ada, having walked the entire distance from
Port Huron to that city. When hear the
junction of the Grand Trunk and Michigan Cen
tral Railroads, an adventure befell him which
came near making a period to Patrick's ca
reer. While crossing the track where a
switch leaves the main line he got his foot
fast in a 4 frog," and was unable to extricate
it. He had on a stout boot and it fitted so
closely over the instep that he could not draw
his foot out. In fact the boot was wedged
in the "frog" so closely that the roan's toes
were severely pinched. He pulled this way
and that, wrenched and twisted, but the
"frog" held the foot like a vise.
He could hardly move his leg for the pain,
and he found that he must cither be run over
by the next passing train or make Eome one
understand his situation. He shouted for
help, but no one came. The nearest house
was half a mile away, and if the farmer heard
the wild calls he gave them no attention.
After the man had been a prisoner for upward
of an hour he heard the whistle of a down
freight train. It was yet a long way off and
he had a little time to think. He had a match
box iu his pocket, papers iu his bundle, and
the idea came to him to signal the train.
Tearing the paper off his bundle and getting
at a number of letters, he rolled them into a
heap, and for fear that the flame would die
out too suddenly he added two flannel shirts
from the bundle. The bundle was then made
fast to the end of his walking-stick, matches
produced, and he waited until the headlight
of the locomotive appeared up the track.
It fiifally greeted his vision, looking like a
bright white star as it glistened in the dis
tance. The rumble of the train grew louder,
the 6tar grew larger and brighter. He 6truck
his match. The flame blazed up brightly, but
as he moved it toward the bundle a little gust
of wind blew it out. Was there time yet?
Up the track he could hear the thunder of a
hundred heavy wheels, and the great light of
the locomotive glared at him like the fiery eye
of some wild beast. Another match, iui in
stant of fear and doubt, and then the paper
blazed up and curled over and around the
bundle, and swayed right and left with the
night wind. He waved the signal of fire back
and forth, and just when he was ready to be
lieve that death under the wheels was certain
he heard the whistle for brakes.
He could hear the wheels grinding and
groaning, the hiss of steam as the engineer
threw back his lever, and then the heavy train
came to a stop with the great light shining
down upon him, paling his dying signal. He
was saved, but the engine had only thirty feet
more to go to crush him. The fireman came
forward, got a crowbar and released him, and
he was taken back to the caboose.
Where Is the Antarctic Continent I
It has long been a disputed question
whether the Arctic Ocean was an open
sea, and whether at the South Pole there
was land. The late Lieut. Maury had an
ingenious theory that opposite to land we
would always find water, and hence if
there was an ocean about the North Pole
there must be a continent at the South
Pole. This theory has seemed to have
been confirmed by many discoveries of
land in the Southern hemisphere, and
among others of a stretch of coast line
which has long borne the name of the
" Wilkes Antarctic. Continent," which
Wilkes claimed to have seen in January,
1840. Its existence has often been called
In question. The letter which we pub
lish from Lieut. Hynes, of the Challenger,
to Dr. Hayes, shows that no such land
exists ; that Wilkes saw, in fact, .nothing
but icefields and icebergs. '
Thus we see one problem after another
solved with the greater accuracy and per
fection of scientific appliances; but it is
not often that a whole continent is so
suddenly bowled down, as it were but one
of a set of ninepins, on the general plan of
progressive science. Notwithstanding,
however, that the Challenger has in point
of fact sailed over the land of Wilkea, yet
we must believe that land does exist in
the vicinity of the South Pole; for other,
wise, while whatever ice might be formed
upon the sea, icebergs coula not be cre
ated, inasmuch as land is necessary, the
iceberg being a fragment of the glacier,
which is always of mountain origin, and,
according to the best accounts, icebergs
are more numerous and larger in the
Antarctic than in the Arctic seas. The
truth is, wc know too little about either
of these dreary regions of the earth. In
the interests of commerce neither of the
poles are likely to prove of greater value
than for the capture of whales, sea ele
phants and seals; but to ecience they are
of infinite importance, and in the new
awakening of geographical exploration
they cannot much longer be a simple
"myth to the iirnorant and wonder to the
wise." New York Herald.
The South and Its Condition.
It is the misfortune of several Southern
States that they are the victims of law
less disorders and the prey of ignorant
aud unscrupulous politicians. Arkansas
has just escaped only through the Presi
dent's wise and decisive action from a
disgraceful conflict which has left a train
of revengeful purposes and murderous
passions behind it. Louisiana has teen
involved for nearly two years in an unfor
tunate political squabble which has im
peded her whole prosperity. South Caro
lina has suffered under the ignorance and
rapacity of rulers who have swollen her
taxes to an Inordinate extent. Mississippi,
Alabama, Texas and other States have
been the scenes of troubles of similar
though loss aggravated character.
Of course, all this is deplorable. Of
course, everything within the bounds of
law, reason and possibility should be done
to rescue the States from this unhappy
condition. Upon that point there will be
no dissent. For our own part, we con
cede the seriousness of these troubles and
deprecate them as strongly as anybody
can. But wc insist that they shall not be
ascribed to the wrong Eource and shall
not be charged upon the policy which is
entirely guiltless of their existence and
their consequences. The Democratic pa
pers talk as it, by a ditbjrent.jcjursc on
the part of the General Government, they
could have been avoided, and as though
the reconstruction legislation were re
sponsible for bringing them into being,
but in reality the evils lie back of all
that, aud reconstruction is no more re
sponsible for them than it is for the dif
ferences of skin or the temperament of
men.
What else was to be expected? From
the foundation of the Government these
States had maintained a system of slavery
which not only denied all political priv
ileges to nearly half their population but
made it a crime even to teach them to
read. Through all this period they were
treated not as men but as things. At
length, in order to perpetuate this institu
tion, which was menaced by the growing
public opinion of the world, the South
plunged into rebellion, of which the re
sult was the destruction of slavery and
the introduction of this great black pop
ulation as a new free clement of society.
It was the break-up of the whole political
aud social foundation of that section. It
was a complete overturning of all that
entered into its organic structure. Is it
to be supposed that a wrong of so mon
strous a nature could so long tear the
minds of masters and prostrate the roan
hood of slaves, and that a revolution of
so tremendous a character could take
place in such a way without any penal
ties ?
Remember the situation. On the one
side j'ou had four millions of beings
lifted out of ignorant bondage continuing
for centuries, and made part of the State.
On the other side you had a white pop
ulation lost to all sense of the principles
of law and order and imbued with the
very spirit of disorganization by a
rebellion which was itself the wanton de
fiance of all law. One element had none
of the training for citizenship; the other
had long disregarded every obligation
upon which citizenship rested. The one
was ignorant ; the other violent. It cer
tainly cannot be pretended that recon
struction was responsible for the condi
tion or the temper of eitlcr. It neither
made the blacks free nor made them ig
norant. It neither drove the whites into
rebellion nor undermined their respect
for law. Before reconstruction was at
tempted the two elements were there the
ne degraded through generations oi
slavery, the other demoralized by war,
and both placed by the course of history
side by side as parts of the State and
yet there are those who talk as though all
this could oe ur and no evils follow! To
every rational mind the troubles under
which the South suffers now present them
selves a-t the natural and inevitable penal
ties of this long course of wrong, war and
contempt for law.
As lor reconstruction, that may fairly
be condemned when it shows what other
course could have been taken, and only
then. From the moment slavery was de
strcjed it was evident that the blacks
must enter political society as a compo
nent part. It was necessary for them
selves and necessary for the nation. That
was practically all that reconstruction
undertook to accomplish, and it is note
worthy that those who criticise it do not
attempt to show what else could have
been done. Albany Evening Journal.
Snperflclal Study.
The boy or girl who can give the name
of every river and the height of every
mountain in Asia, the age of every reign
ing sovereign in Europe, the date of every
battle in America, can hardly be as well
off for all his burdensome knowledge as
one who knows the elements of human
physiology and anatomy, who is taught
more of the knowledge useful in after life,
and can tell how lo help himself or
another in case of accident or emergency.
The boy who is to go into active life, and
girl who is to become the head of a house
hold, will have little occasion and less
opportunity to use the greater part of the
" crammed" lessons so industriously accu
mulated during their school years. A
fair knowledge of the rules that are at the
bottom of all healthful activity, a general
acquaintance with anatomy, and a well
grounded taste for natural sciences will
all grow into and become part of their
daily lives, and such thing3 are less likely
to make pretentious men or women than
that kind of smattering " memorized"
facts and dates and " words" which is too
often the penalty of superficial study.
rhilixdelphia Ledger.
A Dog Story.
T uivr o l?ttl Hrr attTV tn suld tfi
those which you publish from time to
time, oome years ago .ume. vavaignau,
widow of the General, found a small dog
in the street dying ot hunger. It had
grown too weak to stand and turned its
pleading eyes into her face as 6he paused
to regard it lying in a corner. Mme.
Cavaignac had the dog taken home and
nursed, ami ever since it has had a strong
affection for her. Miraz was never happy
when out of her sight. The other day
Mme. Cavaignac died. For a time Miraz
watched constantly before the door, but a
week ago she seemed to give up in de
spair. "When called to dinner 6he gave a
long howl, turned again to the door, then
rushed away to her bed and never left
again. She refused all food and nothing
was dainty enoueh to tempt her to eat.
For eight days Miraz lived without food,
mourning constantly, and on Saturday
last ehp liod What, would we not eive
to have a transcript of Miraz' thoughts
during this painiui wcckt i-ari vvr.
Y. Times.
Boston has added popped corn to the
list of her exports.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Si.kep whenever you can anywhere
you can get a chance ; the want ot the ttgu
is sleep.
Fink black hair and dark skin indicate
strength of character along witii purity
and goodness.
A Wisconsin minister has been di
missed by his church because he built a
nre under a balky horse.
Fink, dark brown hair signifies the
combination of exquisite sensibilitits
with great strength of character.
Mks. Pautinhton would like to re
mark that the strike of the 'bus drivers of
New York looks very omnibus.
An accomplished optician suggests to
the opponents of corporal pun ihh merit
that the place for " pupils" is under the
lash.
Mt'si.iN, lawns and thin figured goods
of any description should not bo mude
un into suits. The inexorable rule is to
exclude all thin and light goods liom the
streets.
Tnis settlers upon a tract of land in
Guttenburg, N. J , which was built upon
over sixty years ago, have Just awakened
to the disagreeable fact that it belongs to
other parties, who have gained an eject
ment suit.
A tkculiau green tissue has been in
troduced this season for veils. It is of a
bluish tinge, and being more graceful to
the eye In a strong light than black is
worn in preference to any other color. It
is even worn iu mourning.
The town of North Bridgewater, Mass.,
is greatly rejoiced at its change of name
and hereafter is to be called Brockton.
The first child born in the town under
the name was to receive a present of $ 11)0,
and one came into the world the very
next day after the matter was settled to
claim the money.
The first packages of goods for exhibi
tion at the international Celebration of
1-S76 have been received in Philadelphia.
They are from Austria, Norway and
Sweden. There's nothing like being in
time. The Press says they are the " first
drippings" of what in a year or two will
be a " great stream."
Two young persons, representing them
selves to be brothers, have been at work
for some time in a livery slable in Du
buque. It was discovered that one of the
persons was a girl, when the boy owned
the fact that she was his sister but he was
unable to support her alone and feared to
trust her to strangers, hence the assumed
disguise.
A novelty, is the handsome $150
field Croquet Set that the Kxeelur Mag
azine is giving to new subscribers for !M
cents, through a special arrangement with
a large manufacturing company. They
furnish sample copies of the Magazine fur
25 cents, from their office, Boom 59, No.
157 La Salle St., Chicago, 111.
A hai.e and hearty old gentleman liv
ing in Columbus, Ga., is the proud father
of thirteen handsome daughters. He
buys clothing for them by the wholesale.
TIihs, when "he last went shopping he
bought 370 yards of calico, 100 of lawn,
thirteen corsets, twenty-six pairs of shoes,
and other goods in proportion. Cnliae
many fathers who have only one daughter,
he paid cash for all his purchases.
Though an old man, he had never bought
a bushel of corn or pound of meat, but
raised them himself, lie has never sworn
an oath, and does not owe a dollar. A
pattern of industry, evidently.
TnK following is a wash for fruit trees
used by William Saunders, of the Gov
ernment Gardens at Washington: Put
half a bushel of lime and four pounds of
powdered sulphur in a tight barrel, slack
ing the lime with hot water, the month
of the barrel being covered with a cloth;
this is reduced to the consistency of ordi
nary whitewash, and, at the time of appli
cation, half an ounce of carbolic acid is
added to each gallon of the liquid. Mr.
Saunders says: " I generally apply it in
the spring, before the leaves make their
appearance, but I am convinced that it
would be more effective if applied later;
but then it is difficult to do so when the
tree is in foliage." Mr. Saunders ap
plies the wash not only to the ttem of
the tree; but, to some extent, to the main
branches.
The readers of nearly all the East
ern papers have been 6tariled recently
with a telegraphic aunoupceinent soine
whaLout of the common. In the Boston
Journal it appears as follows:
A NOVEL OUOANIZATION NATIONAL CONrTBKNCE
Or milTNKAKDS.
C.irard, 111., May 24. The National Conference
of Drunkard met to-day, and i the liirgi-i-t ;.ith
erin; that ever ocenrred ia thin country. 1 1 is en
mated H, 00 perKons are prt fenU Religion f-r-vices
are held in the phade of trees, in a lare
barn, and in the church adjacent. A meetiii!.' pre
liminary in the conference lakes place to-morrow,
with about 2.000 delegates.
Its editorial comment is one ot horror,
concluding with the pathetic question,
"What next?" This is rather rough on
the flourishing lilile village of Girard,
which, if we are not mistaken, is strictly
temperate in its notions, and would be
the last place in the world where 10,0M)
drunkards would be likely to congregate
The Dunkardshave been in session there,
but they are strictly temperate; but we
assure the Boston journal and oilier pa
pers the drunkards of the United States
have not migrated this way. Uhiaiyo
TrVrune.
Some people estimate the ability of a
newspaper and the talent of its editor by
the quantity of original matter. It is
comparatively an easy task for a frothy
writer to pour out daily a column of
words words upon any ana all subjects.
His ideas may flow in one weak, washy.
everlasting flood, and the command of
his language may enable nim lo string
them together like buDches of onions, and
yet his paper may be a meager and poor
concern. Indeed the mere "writing part
of editing a oaper is but a small portion
of the work. The care, the time employed
in selecting, is far more important, and
the tact of a good editor is better shown
by his selections than anything els; and
that we know is half the battle. But, a-j
we have said, an editor ought to be esti
mated and his labor understood ana ap
preciated by the general conduct of his
paper Its lone, its unuoim, rimsiMtm
course, its aims, its management, its dig
nity and its propriety. To preserve these
as they should be preserved is enough to
occupy fully the time and attention of
any man. 11 to tins te aaaeu tne general
supervision of the newspaper establish
ment, which most editors have toencoun
ter, the wonder is bow they find time to
write at all. Inter Ucean.
After-Dinner Kecreallon on a Vermont
Farm.
A correspondent of the Burlington
rrest and Herald relates the following
pleasing incident of life on a V ennont
farm, in the course of a communication
urging farmers to read more books: " I
remember a month or two of summer,
once upon a time, spent at a farm house
in Vermont, where Dickens' ' Pickwick
Papers' were read aloud at the dinner
table. (It was in 'haying, too; so that I
know these things can be done "in farm
houses at any time and nobody come to
grief.) The reading began when the
table was being cleared lor dessert, and
continued for an hour or two. I remem
ber well the enthusiastic laughter with
which Mr. Pickwick's ridiculous adven
tures and Sam teller's drolleiies were
greeted. I do not believe that inimitable
book was ever more thoroughly appre
ciated or enjoyed. I had tried to read
the work once by myself and had found
it so stupid that I laid it aside; bat in
this sympathetic audience, with a capital
reader, who entered spiritedly into all
the scenes, the whole thing came to me
in a new light. I remember that afUT
dintier hour now tis the jileasnntest and
most social part of a very pleasant sum
mer, and I do not think that any one of tho
cittlo regrets that he hud that restful
chat with Dickens, that genial laughing
time with his friends, intend of another
hour each day in the hay field."
Morbid Impulse us a Disease.
Pkok. Hammond recently delivered a
lecture upon the above subject before tho
New Voik Medico. Legal Society. Tho
paper consisted chiefly of a recital of
cases of mm bid impulso that had rnmo
under the observation of Prof Hammond,
without any especially i laborate analysis
of the disen.se. lie laid down the projwi
sition, however, that ohs-ci vers could
never be sure Hi it tlio-e atllieted wilh
this tendency had exercised all their will
power in resisting it. In it-1 ning to tho
several cases that had com under bin
observation. Prof. Hammond mentioned
me instance of a young man who told
him that he felt impt-lhd by un irresisti
ble, power to kill his friend. He had
even g ne so far as to put some strychnine
in a mug of ale which he had invited him
to drink. However, as his friend was
about to drink the ale, he knocked it out
of his hand, as if bv accident. It not un
frequently happened, he said, that per.
sons took pleasuie in c-irry ing out theso
impulses, and he instanced the case of
on: young man who told him that ho
knew ho was doing wrong, but that it
gave him pleasure to do it. lie mentioned
another instance of a young man who was
arrested f r assaulting a lady in the street.
His mode of procedure was to throw
down the lady whom he might meet, take
off her shoes, ami runaway with them;
but he did not in any other way molest
her. On searching this young man's
trunk it was found full of ladies' thoes.
He had no use for them, but il gave him
pleasure to take them. In lH'Jt a man
killed, in the forest of Vinceunes, two
little boys whom he had never seen be
fore, and when con fine. i in prison he said
that he had no motive to kill the children.
The case of Waltz, who had been lately
executed, seemed to him to come within
the saint! category. Undoubtedly, ho
said, habit had much to do with
crime, which arose in the first in
stance from mere impu'se, and in
illustration of this theory he referred to
several cases, among them that of the boy
Pomeroy, who created a great deal of ex
citement about two j'eurs ago in Chelsea,
near lloston. At that time : great cruelties
were perpetrated on children at Ciieisea,
in various ways. Pomeroy, who was u
boy of about fourteen years, was discov
cred to be the perpeti itor of these cruel
ties, and he was convicted and sent to tho
House of K'-fuge. He was released on tho
0th of February, and in the following
April U little boy was found dead, Willi
his head neatly severed, and wilh about
thirty stabs in dillcient parts of his body.
Suspicion fell on the boy Pomeroy, and ho
was arrested, lie was confronted with
the body of the murdered child, anil ad
mitted iiis guilt. W hen asked what iio
thought should be done with him he gavu
an answer which should commend itself lo
the attention of those having charge of
such matters " Put me somewhere where
I cannot do such things." Prof. Ham
mond mentioned another peculiar case of
morbid impulse continued by habit. A
young man, a member of a highly re
spectable family, had consulted him, and
his cae was this: lie had been struck
with the appearance of u lady who was
walking bclore him through the street,
and who wore a vcrv rich snk dress. Sud
denly the impulse, came upon him fo ruin
the dress with sulphuric ucid, and accord
ingly he ran into a drug stme, put chased
the acid, and without observation effected
his purpose. He derived such pleasure
from yielding to the impulse that he re
solved to continue his course, and so he
purchased more t ulphuric acid and ruined
a second dress. He then resoived to con
tinue t.b pursui', but a night's rest
brought a better slate of mind, and he was
so sony for what he hud done that he
actually wrote an advertisement and sent
it to the newspapers, with the
view of finding the lidies whoso
dre.-ses he had destroyed, so that he
might indemnify thtm. On his way to tho
newspaper oflicc, however, he saw a hand
some dress, the impulse at once seized
him, and he yielded to it without hesita
tion. Tli us, whenever lie taw a handsome
dress, he could not restrain the impulse
to destroy it with sulphuric acid. Prof.
Hammond advi.-ed him to take a sea
voyage, in a vessel in which there was
no woman passenger. He complied with
his advice, went to sea in a fi-hing schoon
er, and returned perfectly cured. The de
sire of a person to th ow himself from a
great height on which he luigtit be stand
ing, and the morbid impulse stimulated
by the use of a suitable weapon to com
mit a deed of violence, wereduly referred
to. The yielding to a morbid impulse
through the influence of imitation was
mlly illustrated. Among other cases,
Prof. Hammond mentioned that some
y;ars ago. a man hanged himself in the
Hotel des Invalides, Parb. No fciticide
had taken place there for lliree years, but
in a bhort time ufterward five persons
hanged themselves from the very same
beam. As another instance, he said that
when he was a medical student in the
University of Ne" York he had a com
panion student who Used to disect along
with him. He was of cheerful disposi
tion and gave no evidence of morbid im
pulse. However, he was one morning
lound dead, having divided the femoral
artery. It was quiie un unusual mode of
suicide; no other had probably ever oc
curred in the Sia'e of New York, but in a
week afterward there were two similar
suicides, lnthefirntca.se they had sui
cide from suggestion, and afterward
from imitation. For this reason Prof.
Hammond advocated a less public execu
tion of criminals and slaughter of ani
mals. Morbid impulses, arising from
the force of habit, often continued a long
time when the original cause had
passed away. In illustration of this
theory he stated the case of a lady who
had a disposition to throw every valuable
article into the lire. In the lirta place
she burned an old slipper, and derived
peculiar pleasure from the contortions
through which the leather went in the
process of burning. The next day the
impulse was rene wed, and, yielding to it,
she burned a felt hat, but without any
pleasure, inasmuch as the hat did not go
through the same contortions as tho
slipper. The third day she burned a
prayer book, and soon she burned shawls,
bonnets, and every article of value within
her reach. The peculiarity, how ever, was
that she took no pleasure in seeing them
burn, as in the first instance, and her im
pulse being satisfied on throwing them
into the fire she walked to another part
of the room. She was, nevertheless, en
tirely cured by subjecting herself to such
restraint as could be used in her own
house. The dread of dishonor, shame
aud ignominy, the speaker said, was Ire
quently more potent than that of death to
check morbid impulse, and on this point
he instanced the fact that Napoleon had
successfully checked a suicidal epidemic
in the French army by appealing to this
feeling. In closing his lecture the Pro
fessor laid it down as essential that cer
tain monomaniacs should be permanently
restrained; that those who act under an
uncontrollable impulse for pleasure, like
Pomeroy, should be treated just as sane
criminals are; for if wo excuse crime on
the score of morbid impulse we shall
soon find courts unnecessary. The plea
of " morbid impulse" should be entirely
disregarded by the jury.
