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contract.
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NUMBER 21.
VOLUME III.
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le of Colorado, assembled
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f years of age, was found
ft December 18th, frozen
3be Merrimack river at
The same day u wood
Mullen, was found frozen
N. H. He had been
occurred at Columbus,
mber 18th, between two loco.
of which were badly
Frances A. Harris, a
who was riding on one of
seriously injured, -
om Garnett, Kansas, of
, ttatcs that Mr. Cham-
io, shot and killed 1 is
Wrn. Hamilton, a promi-
L'of Garnett.
lie claims
' '.sequence
that hd shot Hamilton
in
difficulties.
S
ivlccs from Fort Ozark,
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of December 17th, state that the
ted the river below San
le 800 head of cattle and
le citizens are raiting
companies and threaten to cross the
river. Great excitement prevailed.
rd, the abscoadJBf jand
uurcr of Shelby coaety.
recently arretted at Ban
and sent to Tennessee on a
am the Goveraor of that
Milted in the ll of 77
INcw York
JlCXlC(vfn3 J
iFrancisco.
Llargo gas main in Boetea exploded
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silling two pcrsaaa and fatally
njuriug TuKtbers. Sifien persoas arc
sing and supposed iOta blowa into
uarownea. -me pavcuupi
torn up for a distanccot
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JJBion occurred on the Cincai-
Rbn & Daytoa railroad, Dec.
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rjbe engineer of the construction
m, -yr. w. Jjaney, jumr" """ '
ne and fractured his skull on a stoic.
i was not expected w live.
A. violent earthquake shock was fcl
at lichuiond, on the right of Doc. 2SJ.
The guests at the diffrccX bojtols -?m
so iilarmcd .from the" rocking oCtho
: V jcl . . -mt .. n nccnnililn in the liSflOrS
f&F y-uuuuuzt a i" "-'
readvto leave. The alarm was yeawm,
the shock beiuK felt in all parts Of the
,r. ,-!, hnmm in
c city, ami me cinzunb cxv w
frihL - '
IC- 4& A gautf of despcr adoea boarded pas-,,
, $ nour TsTonnt f!ftrmeh,Pnr. on the everiair
of Dec. 21st, and fired on the conductor
Md -brakeman, woundiag the latter:
They then commenced baatiag thf coa
ductcr, when the paMaagere cake o
. ihe nEcue and succeeded in driving them
-from the car. At lataat accotnta a
spcciil police was gmarding tbd track
and fains in that vicinity.
A Concord special aaya a.delciency oi
at leait thirty thousand dollar! las beea
. kdiscorered in the college ac wmnts of
the We treasurer ot Dartaout i pollege,
the President of the Dartoufc4Svinf3
ni. nnipl 'Rlsdeil. wild -Jied last
Aoun,
August. The family have
, 'their 'property at tho dlap
klced all
i of tbe
.Colleges to make good the l
5 The Legislature of South
the 18th of December, el
aliaaon
Eted eight
Circuit Judges and one Am
iato Jm-
-offce Supreme Court.
Wright, a
I --MT" J. .
itiaen, was choaen mtkaiactw
v-Charlestoa, CifWHt Jf
bv whippir, coiorea.
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d Thoi Bsjrt waa
n. Nev.. bv W.btUuts
Ight of December 16ttrg5
ntly engaged i many
and robLrry but had
fconiueut-forxTftoTcf legal
bad received repeated
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O MaVB t"3 i.iun.j, uui
He was taken quietly
by masked tioa, and hung
AP3
disturbance: lie was a
York, 2Q ye.w old.
a
iddlc ncd colored
sarJL3
tted aaici's near Pitta-
18th, by tu-owiaf Xar
mm
rbeela ot , train of aaia.
"by -tbj cngiaa Mil
wrv abot fbttj
th llled. As the
up t.pick up her
car strucl an old man.
g on tbe track, and the
him,l'ling him in-
hoU3c dfUtccn & Cran-
Ki has made an
The liabiti'its are reported
anA .. onnnnn
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ate cause f c their failure
be th failure of the
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r5smciits are
ly tesporary and do
rt arise from
iwuai tnc i ura
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the xliv c:o'GUE.sy,t
StrthiUThuTttlay, Dee. 1C Various memori
alK wara prcsenU-d and re. erred. Tic foUowini;
billl were luuodnced; To provide far the ap
bull
i.t ora comm-.Bulonon tbe subject oi aico
boJc HqLDr tratnc; to authorize the appointment
of pcuU agents to inreitlaU; frauds under the
pcatiioD law; donattcc the military reservation
atUHlth to the city of Ft. Smith, for free
cbool purposes. Thcc bills referred. A reso
Intioa was Introduced instructing committee on
Pririleges and Elections to investigate as to tbe
election of Oeorgo Spencer, as Senator from
Alabama, and to ascertain if corrupt means were
usbd to secure his election. Tbe resolution afier
sowe debate was agreed t The resolution was
called up providing for A special committee of
fire Seaator to inquire Into tbe circumstances
attending the recent election in 3!IssiasipI. De
bated and referred. The concurrent resolution
fros the Douse, providing that when the two
Mouiea adjourn on Monday next, it be to meet
ttaio Tuesday. January 4, 197G. was taken np and
Hicundod by inserting Wednesday, the 5th, and
in amended, was adopted.
" SxxjlT Friday, J)te. 17. Various memorial
JS
rncatoa a3ug a commission to inquire into me
acor traffic. A resolution was submitted pro
viding for the election of a President pro tern of
the Senate on the 7th of January. The resolu
tion authorizing the appointment of a spacial
committee to inquire imo the recent election In
Mississippi, was referred to the committee on
Elections. The Senate went into executive ses
sion and then adjourned until Monday.
Uousi. The Senate amendment to the concur
rent resolution fixing the dayof adjournment and
postponing the day or meeting to January tth,
was agreed to. The following resolutions were
submitted: Instructing the committee on Indian
Affairs to inquire Into the appointment anl com
pensation of a fpeclal commission to the India
Territory; declaring the right of (-electing candi
dates for the office of President can only be law
fully exercised by the people, and has never been
delegated to the llousu 'of Iteprcecntatives or to
any of Ike embers of the tame; directing the
committee m Rules to rcnort an amendment to
exclude froaa appropriation bills all general legis-
iBiiuu, ianr.uuj wc uiuiuiiKi; uu foreign
Affairs to inqalrc into and report on the expe
diency and jaatlco of giving to the German Em
pire the notice required by the Mb article or the
treaty with the North German Empire, for the
termination f said treaty, or eo much thereof as
relates toieltlzcus of the United Slates, etc.
BfcUa were Introduced a follows: For the con
etructtoa er-pnblic buildings at Kansas City; do
ntlBSfjUe lands In Arkansas to that State for
the public tree schools and of the Bute Univer
sity; to repeal the tax on tea and tobacco; to en
able certain soldiers and Bailors to perfect titles
under f the homestead law; by Mr. Oliver, to
Missouri river at Sioux Citv: to abolish cardial
f lUinisharJU: I'onlie iiavmont nf nil ni-nwlnna on
counl uf deatli from wounds or disease re
ceived in the w;rIce, from date or death or dis
charge ; to establish the territory or Pembina.
House Adjourned until Monday.
Senate Monday, Dec 20. Herniation pre
sented that Thoinha W. Ferry, Senator irom
Michigan, be President of the Senate until Jan.
7, 1B76, and until a new appointment can be
made: alt-oa resolution instructing the commit
tee on commerce to inauirc' Into the expediency
nl reporting tomo measure to increase the cfli
cieacy ol the steamboat intpector's service. The
itiolution appointing Senator Ferry President o!
the Scnato until Jan. 7tU was adopted. The fol
lowing bills were.introduced: To transfer the In
dian Bureau from the Department of the Interior
to the War Department; to incrcaso the efficiency
of the navy; for the settlement ol the claims of
olllcers of the Revolution who wens entitled to
half pay for life under the resolutions of Con
gress or October 8d and 21st, 1670, Jan. 7th and
May Sib, 1875. These bills wens referred.
The resolution to tirlnt extra conies of the
President's Mcssagu was reported back, acd its
lunher consideration indefinitely postponed.
Some further unimportant butlncm was trans
acted, after which the Senate went Into executive
tiesMon, and then adjourned until Wednesday,
January Sib, lb7t.
t. ttntjsx. Monday, nee. 9). Tho Speaker an
LDunceu iuo louowiog Standing Comm.nccs:
On Elections Uarris or Vlrginlt. Thompson,
Ulackr-nrn, liccbe. House. Uebolt, Toppleton,
Uoar, Vell of Mississippi, Baker or Indiana,
lad Brown or Kansas.
I'Thomas, lllll. ihapln. Tucker, Blaine, Kelly,
UarUeld.and liurchard pi Illinois.
Wajs and Means .Morrison, wood, Hancock,
Aunronrihtlona Kandall, Ilolman, Wells ol
Missouri. Atkins, Hamilton ol New Jersey,
Blount, Sincletou, heeler, loster, and aldron.
Banking and currency Cox, l'ajnc, Goode,
Gibson, liaymoad, Burcnard or Wisconsin, Wlke.
Townsend of Pssusylvanla, Casson, Barnes, and
Hubbell.
Pacific Ballraads Lamar, Atkins, Luttrell,
Walker of Vlruiuia, Lynde, Throckmotton,
Thomas, Phillips of Missouri, Garfield, Kasson,
PJatUO'MeU, aad Blair.
f Judiclao' Knott. Hunter, Ashe, Lynde, Lord.
Hurt, Caulfleld, McCrary. Lawrence, Frye, and
gtarkwrather.
Public Lands Savior, Goodin, Fuller, McFar
Und, Walling. Cause, Laue, Uathornc, ilcDill,
Jlorey. and Crouase.
Foreign Affairs Swann, Faulkner, Banks, Bar
a an, kay, UamllUin of Indiana, Hprinxer, For-
4 acy, JtOBroe, VYlluarus oi vt iscousiu, nnu lacKer.
aUlWi; AUA1IB UUUUU1S, UIUIU, n.U.UiU1
Michigan, Terry, Cook, Belly of Pennsylvania,
muiiary Aiuirs u-inuiuu, uiuiu, niiuuut ui
V
In
UtrcienDuri
and btrait.
Ilardenburg, McDougall, Thornburgh, llurlbut,
Commerce Hereford, Ward, Durand. Reagan,
Piper, Kehr, lierce, Fcltoa, Hunter, Boss oi
Pennsylvania, and Bunnell.
Poetofflces and Postroads Clark of Missouri,
Waddell, LattrcU. Alnsworth or Ion a, Walker cf
Mew York, McMaUn, Slemous, Cannon, Jlilkr,
Btowcll, and WalSr.of South Carolina.
Claims Bright.Keal, Brown of Kentucky, Keb
blns of North CaraUna, Tarbox, Cochrane, Phil
lips of IflseomrL Pratt, Bass, and Braalev.
War Claims aider. Mllliken. Warren! Cabell
Ellis, Hew, Ca.dweU, Congers, Smith ol Penusyl
vanw, Tf usun oi iuws, ana naf Kins.
Naval Affairs Whitcomb. Lewis, Mills. Jones
of New Hampshire, Willis, Williams of Delaware,
Bobfcins of Ieasylvanla, Burleigh, Harris of
Maseechnaetts. Hays and Danford.
Weig&U and Measures Stephens of Georgia,
O'Brien, Potter, Baylor, Parson of Xew York.
Halt t of WlKOMhs, ChiUcnden, and Nceley.
TerHtories-akard. Caldwell . v?;M
ss?rtiiw8rnV:iVin,t0D'Zor,Hftcha institution in Washington.
ackey, Freeaaa, aaglcy of ct ork, and Pat- f ,
terson. The ttate census of South Carolina,
AgrieBllnra Galfaell, Harris or Georgia. I . i. ' i . j . ., i-
Maish, Daris, Rea, Jeodln. Andersou.t SraltrT cl just COtiplcted, shows a total population
rennsylTaabuKjiskj , Van Vorhees, and Sinalls. Lf 003 '147 an inprpas- of 217 cUl or
Jtiate and.Mlatag Bland. Turncy Durham J-o,i4, an incrcaSw 01 i,osii, or
he2?iTi2fii!Sampbc11' Eva'n8' Wool! thirty ler cent in five years.
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PriVate lABd ClalBBS-GUUter. Tlnr'-rr Tr.
sons, Powell, Cfeaadler, Levy, Ainsitwth, Ketih-
iuu, iiinn, vauni, uu i.aiaam
lie lapeaaitmre iiilitl
Cowa'
laolf
JltTlslen oC Iswr-I)nnhan, Soutlard, Bet.
lsonOllTer. aai BetMsaon. "' "Cl
dataion as XaAer-Walker of Virginia, Lh
mv, Faalkncr, Cvtter, Stingier. Cluk cf M-
sonri, SprlngUr, Soar, llajoon of Illinns. a:d
Whiteaso.
District of Coksabia-Huchlcr. Keale. Phebs,
CatcHartrMscWnkl, Stephenson. McCrrr.
Wlllard. Bendea.PhiiiiM r
Kansa.
Pnblic UBUdlnsBaadGrounriii lini.T, iji
of X'Monrl. Harrison, Cook, Uove 1 of im
York, Walab. reaac Willi., of j,, T
iKfyj r.' -.' fe
awwiH, wnn, bbimu, i-iarai 0 Jsew
b.
eMsaefScorgk,
aadaHfcbli. 1
ays Basil
o! lxei.sary,
har.a&'kcTo. aa-
iTT.'HISSSm,r Pnu si
Ul"-asilf, a-cr acl Val-
i
B. Wtttlt).r '1I
Xoisss sM'Wallsce 01 PecnsviTaiis.'
iaCrnl&rvlce Whction.o rfrJif
STffitBfkrr. ThroekMnrtoa. ITro iviii. tv.
bold. Cutler, Hurlbua, Harris V MasachiMtts
Jb'osterandLcavenwctta. -w't
Manulacturere Stood JHtoeU. To oi'Ncw
Jersey, WUlsnu r jMssma, ftr , ' "
Burcaart r WmmSSSfSrini i u -. J'
Williasaa KXiir Ta,E,t.. -a,-a.J.
WJSSI rf lftJKJfp'-x- fjua'
baau, Bietj, XfcsNaftttlckscs am
no Hiuar.
tettilaitsJisjri.resisJassjSjjjPKn
onri.
nrjiHHK.
Ueadssjssissat Will
nookcrXoifBa. Laoscciey. PjSg
hecs. Tufts, late of PaaarWanisVD:irsV
.Cronsc
aadKiae.
-RTTMBditnrci oa PSUic nai--aJC?:
Wilson of west vngiaia. as&cr r -'
8end.fNewYorlt
SaaeaAltarcs la sTaiy Ttprt,
iiii RhMkler. eariess ! .nt.tr y
KxDCBditares In Sa,Viin
TbGpm, CaldwcUjusss
KxtindUarcs ia J$-r J
BrTgiTt. HartzcU, J
rTcSnta-Wni0fIn,H-(,'J
til. uasains aa -r . .
BxpeadJtareaJli" 2
Dcazford.
jLJflM-U
s-'vai
lubUc xpea(tare Mllliken. Hatcher. Pi
D, pitaelL' LJasaet, Bcilly. CamDb.ll of lif.:
, Wcltaer. xfoxtoB, wood of tvmjrt,-u
V. E'tMis-
t
nsssi'vsnt vJawtac. r. UnrJ aavis.
1 1 1 .'f. i:,
MWMKMM.HXi- v1 i ltniuntL
lasjMttcwS.'ft
parks,
Voor-
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ammm
Ossjsjp.aii !ft
jftsWsP asssW-
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cp SBBSSBJ .'J-"
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l j tt I iVr- ..- t".s .
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upcnuiurn . .---:y fc btt,we udAdlBI
R?lin- w.,er-.f fprior Depar-ment-Mutch-
ott Office Department Stone,
ler. Boone, llendl?". " "XT", r .i.iiZ.-n2.
wuniuHi-- rHrorth nrt Tnfi.
xnenauurcs i""-ij:-.K a t
penaiiurcs !'
loone, Hendon.
pendltures U DeI
Chandler. l)0e
.. i interior !'' lutii -uiw
SSSitn J2? it Department or Jnstlce-Can-.fcEffiE?
n Starkweather and Joyce.
neia. unanaier. -";. 7- fidll. r.n ..
Mlleag'-Iigb . .
lii'tin v.. a or Ohio, Singleton and Bolton.
S3.II& oKnler. Speaker. K.ndall,
CEnrB0HerBmKrr;a of Genrla, Hamlllon oi
nrfrfv1 Wadded and Monroe.
nSfiiSl.Cii.niK ' Branm, Banks, HarrisQa.
.Win ,wnfis'or North Carolina, Horden-
O Brlen. WllllSJls u'.' w,r Knkrr nfNiw
burgh, Kelly, DJlne, Lawrence, uaaer or New
Y7!!2uu.ner the announcement of the
coSKhVuouK adjourned until Weda.
day, Jan. ftth.B
fftTFIREflEND.
Keokuk ltd a $3,000 blaze on the
moruine j the lGtli. Defective flue
was the caa
Thomas fccntley, the oldest man in
Allamakea'.-eunty, was burned out of
house and lome a fa"' daJ8 aff- In uIa
93d year the fire' turns him out in
the world jennyless.
The Oaette Ulock in Little Rock,
Arkansas,p'as burned, December 20th.
It was a lircc story brick, 50 feet front
by 100 fert deep. The fire originated
from "a l!;hicd mitch thrown on the
floor in an' adjoining building occupied
a3 a liqudi store. The fire ignited a lot
oi spirit i which hat run out of a barrel
on the imr. Losd f 53,000; insurance,
$24,000.1 J
FOREIGN NEWS-
There was an cariquake at Porto Rico
on the nyht of Die. 8th, which created
great alara. The town of Arisibo was
almost entirely dertroyed. Two churches
and only six house- remain, and they arc
so badly danuged that they may fall at
any moment.
Tho agent of thetftcamship Moselnow
say that they hatJ no confidence in the
statement of Thonasson that there was
an explosive machine on board the Sail
or. The Sailor fctd no carijo when the
explosion cccurnd on the Mosel, but
afterward took tie cargo of the cutter.
So far as the ag-nts have been able to
learn no suspicion insurances have been
effected unon thocargo of the Mosel
Tl'omasson, no Thomas, is tbe name
of thr passenger who owned tbe can ot
dynamite which exploded at Bremen.
He has confessed to the authorities that
he constructed the chest which exploded,
and arranged a clockwork attachment to
causb an explosion l a certain time. lie
wat occupied for a( fortnight in filling
the chest,and worktp In a coach house in
ont of the most frcjuented parts of Bre
men. Tho policelhave examined the
houbc alluded to fjid found some of the
f i
packing liatcrial, but no explosives of
aay kind
Sir Wi
Jems, Governor of the
Straits sJ
lements, telegraphs from Pe-
nang,
ia, 14th, that on the 17th, 80
men of ti
10th regiment and 126 auxil
iarics, cmistingof irregular troops and
police, a icked from 400 to 800 Malays,
who we fortified behind a stockade
within ii : miles of the Pcrak residence.
After a tarp fight the attacking party
charged he Slalays and routed them.
From 6f to 80 of tho enemy were killed
and woi tided, while only two of the
Brush i nd six of the auxiliaries were
kited, a d 25 wounded.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Some tiluable copper mines have lately
leen discovered in Oregon.
Edgai A. Poe's only sister, Miss
ttosatie.roe, aiea last year au mmaie oi
r i?r-- , 1 -..
.
Secntary Chandler ,is experimenting
witli a 2,000 acre marsh farm near Lan-
aing, Ranting it witli grass and pop
ulating it with sheep.
The rops in Nebraska this year have
been ei irmous, and the State has been
fully re !tored to the prosperity it enjoyed
before lite grasshopper scourge.
Last year the total supply ef lead, in
clndiag jjapftatioaa aai m! by the
OaTarasawaa M,Mt teaa. Tae total
ssjpaly'tttW is placed at IM0O.
' Tbe afnoaat ot capital iaratted in
naaufacluriag eatatyriaw ia Louisville,
KyM is about' IN.0IMN; tlst number
of workitca smployai lt,00; the total
asaoaat TWages paid $8,000,000, and
the annual product $55,000,000.
The statistics of the "Free Methodist
Church" are as follows: 9 conferences,
255 preachers, 10,000 members, 225
Sunday schools, 8,000 scholars, church
property to the amount of $500,000, and
2 semir .tries. The Church was formed
inlSCO.
It h said that about 15.000 bunches
of vitta are sold per day ia Paris.
Their saic amounts to 500,000 francs par
Jear. 'They are not in so much favor
noTr,s they were during the Empire,
for tic violet is looked upoa as an iav
PcrlaUowcr. It is, therefore, a politl-
OlCer. anrl -nl .. Kb
tolet In their tmttoahole.
itSle grand irr of Wi
Xhmxc indicted Bbea-i-Ti,il:
fer
mardcr of Sarah Alexaadar.
Moaey aad Prodaee Xarke U.
The Chicago Tribune of Dec. 22d,
has the following summary of the 'con
dition of the money and produce mar
kats in that city :
The general condition of the local
finances was quiet, though strong. The
combined demand from the country and
the packers for loans makes the market
firm and rates strong, though not hard.
The combination to hold back wheat and
stock from market remains unbroken,
and iti financial effects here are seen in
the large volume of loans applied for on
country account. Loans m&de thirty
and sixty days ago are renexrVyd when
they fall due, instead of being paid, and
the greatest share of tho daily discount
operations of the banks is with their
country correspond eats. Tbe packers
are making their paper in gradually in
creasing quantities. It is regarded as
choice, and tnken by the basks at fa
vorable rates. The mercantile demand
is light; small accommodations arc
sought lor to make annual settlements,
and to make good the failure of col
lections, which have been somewhat im
peded by the weather and the condition
of the country roads. Manufacturers
and railroad paper is also in the market,
the latter for the purchase of supplies,
but It is not in large amounts.
Rates of discount are 810 per cen
at the banks to regular customers. There
is very little surplus at the command ot
independent borrowers, but who have
good security can get inside rates for
short loans.
On the street thcro is only a moderate
volume of business. Ratce arc 618
per cent.
New York exchange was weak, and
sold between banks at 75$1.00 dis
count between banks.
The Chicago produce markets were
more animated yesterday. Mess pork
was in good demand and a shade firmer,
closing at $19 05 cash and $H'40
19 45 for February. Lard was quiet
and firm, closing at $12 23 per 1W lbs
cash and $12 42)12 45 for February.
Meats were more active and firm at 1
7ifc for boxed shoulders, lOc fordo.
short ribs, and 10?c for do short clears.
Highwincs were quiet and steady, at
$1 10 per callon. Flour wasjfc'.l and
ttoohangco. vnea"t w 'HufccianrrfvTtfartBwafr;
and 1 Jc higher, closing at 97c cash,
and 98c for January. Corn was dull and
irregular, closing at 47c for December
and 43c for January. Oats were in
fair demand and a shade firmer, closing
at 30c cash and SOJLf c for January. Rye
was quiet at 6868c. Barley was dull
and easier, closing at 86c asked for De
cember and 85c for January. Hogs were
dull and lower, the decline averaging
15c per 100 lbs. Tbe bulk of the sales
were at $6 C06 75 tor common to good
packers' grades. Cattle were inactive
and weak. Sheep were a shade lower.
On Saturday evening last there was in
store in this city 2,085,218 bu wheat,
313,083 bu corn, 389,785 bu oats, 140,
889 bu rye, and 324,351 bu barley. One
hundred dollars in gold would buy
$113 37 in greenbacks at the close.
A New Way to Do It.
The Reading Pennsylvania Eagle says:
"It is none of the world's business who
the lady is, or in what part of the country
she resides. The facts are sufficient to
show how a lady, vulgarly called an old
maid, got a husband, and one that may
prove hinrtelf worthy of her. Six
months ago a tramp came to a Berks
county farm house and asked the
daughter for food, and it was given to
him. He was considerably, worse for
wear, yet his modest demeanor and gen
tlemanly bearing attracted the attention
of the family. He was given work on
the farm, and shortly became a favorite.
He was sober, industrious, genteel, and
intelligent. Gradually the 'daughter
took a liking to him, and she loaned
him money from her own purse to pur
chase clothing with. She encouraged
him to keep himself well dressed, and in
a short time the farmer saw that his man
of all work had suddenly become a fiae
looking and earnest suitor for his
daughter's jandin marriage. It was at
first refused, but the only child cried to I
her mother, the mother interceded, aad
finally the stern psrent gave his consent
It was virtually a romance in real life.
The marriage took place, the ceremony
being performed by a Reading clergy
maa. The ycung man is tall and nnely
formed, is a German by birth, and has
been in this country not quite a year.
He has a good education, and wants to
be a farmer. Tbe lady is proud of hint,
aad does not seem at all embarrassed
when reference is made as to bow she
secured him. He has made a tea strike,
is now ia a fairway of becoming a rich
man by aad by."
The greatest saaa is he who chooses
right with the most inviadble resoia
tioa; who resists the sorest teatptatioB
from witaia aad witkeat; who bears the,
heaviest bardaaa cs rfilly; who ia
calsaeat ia storms aad most fearless aader
sacaacea aad fro was; whose reliaace oa
trath, oa vtrtaa aad oa God is most ua-
ti.- D
aSii?J ataTT- tt y"- f ,-T -nlllslMsBaaailiaBBsl Haf
'-fcr-- -a 1 v-jj - - -aat
Birth aaa Growth of Worlds
Prof. Richard A. Proctor delivrred
the first of a series of six lectures on
Astronomy, at Steinway Hall last evening
before a very large audience. His sub
ject was "Birth and Growth of Worlds."
The lectnre was illustrated with many
atcreopticon views, representing nebula-,
the sun, tbe solar system, etc. The
facts stated by the lecturer were mostly
familiar tohi3 hearers who had heard or
read his former lectures in this city and
Boston, but their arrangement was some
what different, and as he spoke extem
poraneously, tbe language in which they
were clothed was to a considerable ex
tent new. Prof. Proctor spoke with less
vivacity, and explained this fact by
mentioning that in coming to New York
on Sunday night, the car in which he
was riding had been nearly upset by an
accident near Mystic, and he had stood
for several hours without r est, and had
had no sleep.
He began his lecture with a brief ac
acount of the gradual growth of the
scientific idea of the universe. He dis
claimed having any intention of ex
cluding the idea of God, or of a great
uniform purpose, from the universe.
Science, he said, had no more right to
reject the infinity of time, the infinity of
space, or the infinity of force. The
origin of the earth and of the sun und
other heavenly bodies from nebulous
matter was then explained and illustra
ted by views similar to those used in the
lecture in Boston on November 7th.
Herschel's, Laplace's, and the lecturer's
own theory of the origin of the solar
system were explained. The process of
aggrcgatitfawas also touched upon, to
gether with the explanation of the fact
that nine-tenths of the mass of the solar
system is included between the planets
Jupiter. and Saturn, The lecturer was
willing, Le said, to admit that Laplace's
theory of contraction might account for
the formation of particular plauets, but
the theory of growth, he thought, was
the true one of the origin of the solar
system as a whole. Tho relations of
the earth, and moon, the lecturer stated,
went to prove the nebulous origin of the
earth. The moon always presented one
face to the earth. The reason was that
Ijgrhen -the nebulous mass forming the
contracting, tbe oioon, in
cluded in this mass, and having a mo
tion identical with it, remained behind
at a distance, but still retained the same
relation to the contracted mass, without
having a motion independent of it.
The earth was once a sun itself, and
the moon at that time the inhabited part.
The various stages of the earth's condi
tion, from one resembling that of the
sun through those of Jupiter and Sat
urn, to the period when a crust had been
formed, which was drenched with hot
rain from the vapor above it, covered
with streams of muriatic and sulphuric
acid, and in an intense state of activity,
were illustrated by views, and vividly
described. At this last stage, the lec
turer said life must have begun. In
concluding, Prof. Proctor again, in an
earnest manner, asked his hearers to dis
pel from their minds any idea that he
wished to exclude the idea of a God. Ho
was not the only mystery that science
could not understand. It would be as
unreasonable to reject our own existence
as to suppose that no great purpose was
at the back of all. To the question,
"Can'st thou find out God t" scientists
only replied, "We cannot find Him out."
N. Tribune.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.
Beef Cattle $850 G12M
Jlogs Dt eased oo CftflC-'Lj
Hheep LWe 5CO ( TOO
Flour-Good t choice 550 fc 550
Wheat-No. 2 Chlcap 119 ttlsi
Cora Westers raized 62 ft bX
Oats Western new 48 C6 M
2Sa 30
xQttT. .. . 16 i 25
sj- A . . CO f lJ
Pork New Mess 13050 &21 00
MsTUt't a j iW
CHICAGO.
Beeves Choice $ 4 00 5 75
Hoes (SCO (&C70
Sheep-Good to choice 3 75 42510
Batter- Choice to jellow so
Affl - 23 & 24
Floor White winter 5 50 &C10
Sprint; extra
Wheat Spring No. 2 j Q 95ii
ConSo. 3 46S 47H
OaU NO.S 29fc S3
Bye No. 2 66 Q 6BV4
Pork Mess, new 1315 it 19 do
Barley No. 2..... .............. 3
mJk KS ...... . ............ ....... U .7,
ST. locia.
Beef Cattle- Fair to choice $300 G 510
Hosjs LItc. ....... ........ 6 40 Cs 7 70
Fleer rail XX 475 ft 5 30
Wheat No. 2 Bed 140 & 1 41
Cora No. 2 42 & UU
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FufK----J(Ca'6 19 75
XsVU X-T $ J"J
CINCINNATI.
Fkxtr. $510 ft 550
Wheat Bed 130 ft 1
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Oattf-. 35 CsW 45
Barley. 120 C1&0
Lard 125
MILWAUKEE.
Wheat No S 1 00 ft
Con 56 ft
Oats No 2 32
BarterNeS 101
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Flow wholesale $2 00 ft 2 50
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Ah tho Days Go On.
ET XR4. AtlXI UAOKSLL.
What arc rou sowinz. pilgrim.
As the da) s jo on
Are they seeds or thorn or roe.
That shall sprln-; to crowns or cre.
A the day coon?
Whsl arc j on rrsplnc. pllsrlm.
As the day rood!
Are they precious sheivee you Rslhcr.
Or the worthless stubhle. rather.
Ac the dayjigoon
What is your burden, pilgrim.
As the day gooc?
I 1: einey blackened chalice.
Killed with elfl.-hncf i and malirr.
As thedajs goon!
Leave your path ihlnln-, pilgrim.
As the days go on;
Giving smites for others' gladne,
Un ing tears for others' adnen.
As the days go on.
Is the cross heavy, pilgrim.
As the days goon?
Filth and hope will male It llchur:
I.ove will make your crown the brighter.
When the days are gone!
Lift youreyc-, weary pilgrim.
As the days go on ;
Karth Is but a little clearing.
And the heaven land U ncarlng
Ncaring Is the dawn!
- Vox J'ojiuU.
FAKM, OKCIIAKD AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Milk Care.
Cons derable has been said in medical
journals concerning the value of milk
as a remedial agent in certain diseases.
An interesting article upon the subject
lately appeared in the London MiM:
Journal, m which it is stated, on the
authority of Dr. llcnjamin Clark, that
in the East Indies warm milk is used to
a great extent as a specific for diarrhea,
but only heated sufficiently o be agree
ably warm not too hot to drink. Milk
which has been boiled is not fit ior use.
The writer gives several instances of the
value of this simple substance in arrest
ing this disease. Another writer in the
same journal says : "We have also tested
the value of milk In scarlet fever, and
learn that it is recommended by the
medical faculty in this often very dis
tressing children's disease. Give all the
milk the patient will tuke, even during
the period of the greatest fever. It
keeps up the strength of the patient,
acts well upon the stomach, and is, in
every way, a blessed tiling in this sick
ness. Remember it, parents, and do
cot fear to give It, ir-j-jur ii nu..ri:e
afflicted with this disease."
How to Sow Small Seeds Willi Succcki..
Novices in Horiculturc make frequent
failures with minute seed, like those of
the lobelia, the mimulus and the calceo
laria, nnd even experienced florists do
not always succeed with every sowing,
as such seeds are very delicate, and t'er -minate
only under the most favorable
conditions. Have the soil in the pot,
pan or box (a shallow pot is best;, com
posed of leaf mold and clean sand, two
parts of the former to one of the latter,
sifted, or otherwise made very fine.
Make the surface even and smooth, anil
press lightly; then sprinkle it by hold
ing a wet brush over if, and drawing the
hands over it so as to throw a fine spray
upon the soil. On this prepared surface
sow the seed, and scatter over it the
slightest possible sprinkling of fine
clean sand. Now cover the pot or box
with a pane ot glass, and keep it in the
shade, watering, when necessary, with
the spray from a hrush, as before di
rected. The soil must not be permitted
to get dry, nor must it ever be deluged
with water. If the seeds be sown, as is
generally the case, on a loose surface,
and then watered from a wateriug pot,
they are mostly carried down with the
water so deep into the soil that It is im
possible for them to germinate. Mural
Carolinian.
How Loag to Milk Cowa.
Some cows settle this question for
their owners, and such, unless they are
fine, large animals, and cair raising is
the chief use of the cow, should be
fatted and killed at four or fire years
old or sold. As a general rule, it is a
poor cow that does not need to be dried
off before calving. As to how little
milk pays for the trouble of milkinf.
that depends npon the number of cow?,
and the amount required lor family use
or for sale. If the milk is worth four
or five cents a quart, it will pay to milk
every cow that will average two quarts
a day; if less than that quantity is ob
tained, I would advise to sell off the
cow.
The practice of ha t feeding dry cows
Is a poor system. All cowa that are
worth keeping should be well kept; and
any animal with young should be as well
fed as when giving snilk. though the
food need not be so rich oleaginous, as
when the milk is set for cream or used
for butter making. The rapid taking on
o flesh at this perid is aa indication of
sound health.
If you expect to have a fine calf, stop
milking at all events six weeks before
the cow will come ia again. Socecows
will give milk the year round if yon
will allow them, and it is hard to dry
thcra before they make bag aacw, but
thla should always be done. It will be
found profitable to feed cows well, aad
curry taem twice a week inoroafalj.
How Baca Should a Stter (iala .'
To obtain aa-answer, I take he tol
lowisgdata from my note book: Eleven
good steers weighed 13,674 pound;
turned nut on good pasture September
3th; gained 1,0-10 pounds by October
22d; time, fbrty-thrcr daj; gain per
head per day, '2 '2 ound. December
9th they had gained 500 ounds more;
time, sixtj-five days; gain per head per
day, 8.2 pounds. Hy January 6th they
had made a further gain ot GQ0 twmnd;
time, twenty-six days; i;ain per hcail
por dy, 2.06 pounds. Weighed asjaic
March .1, they Mm wed an increase of
752 pounds; time, titty nine days; i;am
per head per day, 1.15 pound. Svea
of them were then sold, the average
gain per head per day having ixen 1.6'J
pounds. At this time the other four
weighed 5,452 pound.. When weighed
again May S, showed a gtia of 4tS
pound; time, tdxty-lhree days; gain per
head per day, 1.05 pounds. HyJuuc4
they 1 ad u:ac!e a farther gain of 270
pound:.; time, twcnty-.cvcn diys; gain
per head per day, 2.5 pounds. Weighed
again September 23, they showed a gain
of 510 pounds; time 112 days gaiu per
head per day, 1.11 pounds. On tho lat
four the average guln per head, tor tho
time alter the ot iers were sold, wat
1.5S pounds. One of these steers uivle
the greatest gain ot any I hare ever fed.
October 22, 1S74, he wcighpd 1,0:10
pound, and when sold Septcmler '2'A.
1875, he weighed 1,640 pounds, or n train
of 610 pounds in JJ35 days; or 1.82
pounds per day for ihc whole time hp
was fed. Iu several cases, particular
animals, or eveu the whole lot, have
made greater gain for u short time, but
none so much for the whole time ltd.
Udnning back over my experience iu
feeding and weighing steers. I find their
average gain to have been 1. 21) pounds
pir day, on grain and p sture part of
the season on each. From tlicne figures,
I deduce the items relating to the man
ner of feeding. Country Gentleman.
USEFUL KKCIl'KS.
Uaued Indian Pumusu. Scald a
quart of milk, and while boiling thicken
it with a pint of corn meal, remova from
the fire, thin with cold milk to tho con
sistency of batter, add two well beaten
eggs, a cup ot rahma, suar to taite, a
little salt, cinnamon or nutmeg, and
bake two or three hoiitK 111 a moderate
oven.
To kki:i thi: II, m kuom Hau.i.no
out. Wabh the head every week iu salt
water, and rub the skin of the head with
a dry coarse towel. Then apply a dres
ing composed or bay rum and sweet oil,
with which a few drops of tincture of
canthaiides have been mingled. Thin
will stimulate the skin, and keep tho
hair from falling out and turning gray.
The drcsglng for the hair may be scented
with cinnamon oil or some such warming
substance.
To Cook Pountv. All kinds of
poultry can be cooked quicker by adding
to the water in which they arc boiled a
little vincqar or a piece of lemon. IJy
the use of a little scid there will bo a
considerable saving of fuel, as well as
shortening of time. Its action is bene
flcial on old, tough meat, rendering
them quite tender and easy of digestion.
Taintad meats and fowls will luce their
bad taste and odor if cooked In this way,
and if not used too freely no taste ot it
will be acquired.
Con.v Staiich Cake. This is a simple
and digestible cake, easily and quickly
made, and generally liked. Kub well
together one cup of butter and two cups
of sugar. Add the white of six egs
beaten to a froth. Stir in one cop ol
sweet milk, two cups of flour In which
have been thoroughly mixed two tea
epoonsful of baking powder or two of
crtam of tartar ar.d one of soda, and
flavor with one teaspouctul of extract ot
bitter almonds (or olhcr liivor demed.)
Lastly, stir in one cup of corn starch,
which acts both a? food and shortening.
Immediately bake in a rnodf rately qnicic
oven.
Bjlst Fkosti.no. Miny cooks re
txoubled to make good froiting that will
adhere to the cake and not crumble to
pieces when cut. To all such I wish to
recommend the following simple method.
It takes but a few minutes to make the
frosting, and It is always good. It ii
much better than to beat tbe egt;s to a
froth: For one large cake uie a pound
of pulverized sugar, rolled or sifted to
free it from lumps, and the whites of
two eggs. Sometimes the frosting stiff
eas up so that I do sot use quite all the
sugar. Sdr the sugar gradually iato the
whites; when nearly stiff eanuhyiqaeeze
in the jcire of half a lemon; whea all
tbe sugar is in that is required, give it a
good stirring; put the frosting ia the
centre of the loaf or cake, dip a broad
bladed kaiie in water, and spread tk
fronting, dipping tae k&ife in water of tec
to prevent sticking; wbea spread, pet
tbe cake on the stove hearth, or aadcr tae
stove ior half aa hoar, or taereaboats.
till it gets Bras. Tae kseoa jake girts
it a pleasssit flavor, while tae acid acts
apoa tbe frostiag, asakiag; It whiter aa
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