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GENERAL NEWS CONDENSED.
The Democratic State Convention of
ZA California is to bo held May 24th.
' A storm at LoulBville, Ivy., April 18th,
caused damage to the amount of (10,000.
Tho old Greeley mansion at Cbappa-
qua, N. Y,, was destroyed by fire, April
14th.
The residence of Samuel Austin at
Flartford, Coan., burned April 17th.
Lofb, $50,000; insurance, f4 0,000.
Penny's College, known as the Emer
son Institute, at Mobile, burned on the
, night of April 10th. Loss, $40,000.
Lambert's largo vinegar factory at
Louisville, Ky., wns damaged by fire,
April 18tb, to tho extent of $3,200; In
surance, $1,700.
The Emperor and EmpreES of Brazil
arrived at New York, April 15th, and
were received and welcomed with the
booming of caDnon, music and oratory.
An incendiary fire occurred at Me
chaniC3burg, Pa., April 14th, which de
stroyed the American House 6tablc, a
school house and several dwellings.
Loss, $40,000.
Great damage by the floods in Michi
gan is reported. At Midland there was
great damage. People wero compelled
to leave their houses, audalurge amount
of lumber was swept away.
On tho 14th of April 100 feet of the
dam across Kansas river In Lawrence
gave way, carrying alBo one pier of the
bridge and letting down two spans into
the river. Damage about $10,000.
Winuic Frazer, a youDg girl who fell
by the breaking of an elevator at Peoria
a few days ago, died of injuries received,
April 14th. Mr. Green, another victim
of the accident, it is thought cannot re
cover. United States detectives at Cincinnati,
April 15th, arrested Bill Mill?, Roman
Lehner, David Rohl ami Charles Riley,
counterfeiters. A considerable amount
of fifty cent counterfeit notC3 and dies
, for manufacturing uickt Is were captured,
A riot occurred near Massilion, Ohio,
April 14th, between a party of hands
who were about to commence work in
tho coal mines and the "striking"
miners. Soveral persons were more or
9 less hurt. The sheriff went to tho mines
m with a Etrong posse.
Gen. John McDonald and Col. Wm.
O. Avery, connected with the whisky
frauds at St. Louis, have received sen-
1 tence. The former gets three years in
the penitentiary and $5,000 fine. The
latter gets two years in the penitentiary
and $1,000 fine.
The proprietors of the Missouri State
Lottery have brought suit against the
Board of Police Commissioners at Saint
Louis, asking $100,000 damages for the
9 breaking up of their business by the
late raid upon their offices and the seiz
ure of their property.
The Nashville Life Insurance Com
pany and the Odd Fellows' Widows' and
Orphans' Life Insurance Company at
Nashville, suspended April 15th. The
available assets of the former arc $290,
000, and liabilities, $319,000. The as
sets of the latter are $293,000, and lia
bilities over $100,000.
On the 17th of April a serious riot
occurred at Leavenworth, Kansas, be
tween a body of striking miners and
aomo negroes whom the owners of the
mines intended to work. Pistols, knives,
rocks, brickbats, and clubs, were used,
and some heads and bones were broken,
but no fatal casualties are reported.
On the evening of April 17th, Col.
- A. A. Spencer was assassinated in the
eourt room at Lynn Creek, Mo., by a
stranger giving the name of Jeffreys.
The only explanation of the affair is
that Jeffreys asked Spencer what he Lad
done with hfs wife and children, and
immediately drew a revolver and shot
1 him three times, twice through the
head. Jeffreys made no attempt to
escape, but surrendered to tho authori
es. The collections at the Moody and
Sankey meetings on the 18th of April
amounted to $160,000. Mr. Moody said
that if they could collect $200,000 a
gentleman had volunteered to subscribe
$50,000. It is intended to turn over
$150,000 to the Young Men's Christian
Association of New York to pay a debt
on their building, and the otner $100,
000 is wanted to keep up the revival
meetings and for building branches of
the Young Men's Christian Association
in New York.
On the 15th of April sentence was
passed upon tLe following persons in the
United States District Court at Jefferson
City, Mo., convicted in that court of
connection with the whisky frauds:
John L. Bittingcr, ex-Gauger, of Saint
Joseph, two years in the penitentiary
9 and $2,000 fine; Simon Adler and Abra
ham Furst, distillers and rectifiers, Saint
Joseph, each one rear in the county
jail and $10,000 fine; John C Sheehan,
distiller, St. Joseph, eight months in the
county jail and $1,000 fine; Henry P.
HastiDg and Ernst F. Hasting, brothers,
Bt. Joseph, each three months in the
county jail and $2,500 fine, and James
E. Marsh, ex-Gauger, Kansas City, six
xnontbe in the county jail and $1,000
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THE XLIVth CONGRESS.
bxyiTXTnunaay, jtprti 18. Tte EDtt bill
to amend the lawi relalug to legal lender of ill
Ter co.n wn reccroialittd. TLe bill u dla
cuered at great length. Pending the dlacanlon.
the Monro bill nakicg an impropriation to npplj
deflcleLcIca in appropriations for the Tear ending
June&Olb, 76, and lormtr jear. wm referred to
.ho corcmlttee on appropriation. After a abort
executive aeea'.on, the Setata adjourned till Mon
day. IIoubb Mr. 8ay!er, from the committee on
public land, reported Senate bill toennflim pre
emption aad Lomeataad entries of public landa
within tho limits of railroad grant, in caees
where auch entries had been made under regnla
tion of the Land Department parsed. The
Ilon-e went Into committee of the whole on ths
Indian bill, and Mr. Cook concluded bis speech
commcncidye'terday In favor uf the transfer of
tbt Indian Burean Irom the laterior to tbe tVar
Department. Mr. Meelve spoke attaint t tfie
bill, and Mr. Hooker advocated It. Without ac
tios th commiit-e rope. A night eeisltn was
held for the consideration of the legislative ap
propriation hill. Ail amendments wcro rsjectsd,
lloni-e adjourned until Saturday.
Honsx Smturdav, Airil 15 Mr. White oflered
a resolution instructing the Judiciary committee
to Inquire Into the chare that Mr. Smith. Journal
clerk of the House, offered to ptoecnte addi
tional bounty claims for a commission. Mr.
Smith prenented an explanation, stating that
while at home in New Hampshire, and hearing
that the Legislature would probably paas tbe
boanty law, he resolved to resign bU position
and follow itmt burlnesn, and hence lsurd a cir
cular. Tbe resolution with the explanation was
referred to the committee on rules. Mr. Knott
tv ported back the benato bill to provide for ad
ministering oaths on Impeachment trials parsed.
Mr. Ilurd.from thejudlciary committee, reported
a resolution In the habeas corpus case of llallet
Kllburne, the recusant witness in the real estate
pool Investigation, directing the Sergcant-at-Arms
to make careful return to the writ, setting
out tho cute of the a'ctentlon of Kllburne, and
to retain him in custody and not produce him be
foro tlieJud:eor court without further order tf
the IJoure. Mr. Lyndu, ol the Judicial commit
tee, on benalf f thu minority, ubmitu-ii a sub
stitute setting form that the prisoner is duly held
by authority of tho liou'e In the proceedings
against him for contempt, and directing the Her
guaut at-Anns to take the body of Kllburne be
lore thu court when miking such return A
lengthy debate en-ned, participated In by Mexsrs.
Kaesoii, lluid, Krye, II oar. Lynde, Lawrence.
Kelly, Oartlcld and other. Fun her proceeding!
in tne cao were pcMponed until Monday, and tbe
ilunee adjonmru.
tiKNATX sionauy, April 17 The Senate began
the consideration of the ixnpeachoieat articles.
Ex-Sccreifcry lielknap, with his counsel, ap
peared and took seats ibat wi prepared tor
them. The mnn ger of the impeachment and
the members of the House appeared, when i he
minutes ol tLe Senate as a tourt of impeacn
went held on tbe Sih. were read. The return on
the writ served on the ex-Si cretary having been
read and the Sergcnnt-at-Arm having calbd
upon him to ant-wer Carpenter read and had
fiied a plea denying the Juridlctlon of the Sen
ati: to try lielkuapon the arlicKa of Impeach
ment, as he was not an officer of the United
Mates at the time ruch articles were lound and
presented to the Senate; that he has not since
been, nor Is hi now an officer of the United
States but was and is a private citizen ot the
United Siat. s ani of the State or Iowa. Mr.
Lord, t n tbe part of tbe manauors, as-ked time to
be allowed them until the 10. h Inst., to consider
wht rep. .cation shall be made to the plea of
Belknap. So ordered, and thu Senate tnen ad
journed as a court until the lttth.
The resolution to pay Pln.hback a sum equal
to the c-imp nration and mileage of a Sena'or
Irom the bei-lnningof the term for which he was
a contestant to the termination of tho contest by
the Senate, wsi ordered printed and to lie on tbe
table. Senator Tuuiman gave notice that at the
arlett time possible l.e would call op hla
motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill
in relation to counting the vntelor I'residentand
Vce rreMdtnt was passed. Senator Morton
rave notice that on next Monday he would ask
thu .-enate to proceed to the consideration of the
resolu Ijii fimmlitcil by him early In the see
don, in regard to the rights of States and the
truennil u il charactrr or tbe Government. The
nppropriailon committee reported the House de-fl'-nncy
bill, with amendments;, to pay the ex-pens-i
both wjjs of United States property to
be exhibited at the Centennial; $15,000 for the
Inttnor Department; fie.COO for the War De
partment; $ll,COUfoi tbe Treasury Department:
S"l,O0U for the Smithsonian Institute; $25,000
for tbe Black Hills Commission. The unfln
ibhed business, being the Pennsylvania Avenue
bill, was called np, and aftir discussion the Sen
ate went into executive session and soon after
adlourned.
House. The House proceeded in a body to the
Senate to attend the impeachment trial. Re
turning therefrom, the discussion on the Kllburne
habeas corpus care was resumed. The discus
sum was continued at great length, afier which
the substitute oflered by Mr.I.ynde, directing the
Sergeaut-at-Arms to make return to the writ
helore the conrt. was adopied Teas, 165; nays,
75. Mr. Kandall oflered a rt solo tion, which was
adopied, that in fuither proceeding, of the im
peachment case, the House shall appear before
tbe M-nate only by its manatee. Mr. McCrary
introduced bills as follows, which were referred:
To create a finking fund for the liquidation of
govcrment bonds advanced to the Union Pacific
iia'lroad Company; also in reference to the can
cellation ol mortgages. Adjourned.
Sknatk Tuesday, AvriliH.A resolution was
ndopted instructing the Judiciary committee
to inquire Into the expediency of providing a
renomaWe statute of limitation barring all right
on the part of thu United States to sue on offi
cial bonde, with leave to report by bill or
otherwise. Senator Sherman, from the com
mittee on finance, reported favorably on the
Senate bill to amend the lawa relating t the
legal tender of silver coin. Senator Anthony
reported a bill relating to the sale of the Con
gn tsicnal liecord aud other public documents
passed. Senator Logan, from tbe committee on
finance, reported favorably on the Ilouebillto
define tax on fermented and malt liquors. Sen
ator Otilesby, from the committee on public
lands, reported the Senate bill to dispose of
lands formerly covered by tho watefa of Bia
carteo Lake, 111. parsed. The bill for there
pavement of Pennsylvania Avenne was taken
up, and after some consideration was passed.
Senator Morrill, of Maine, called up tbe Honae
bill making appropriations to supply the de
ficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal
year ending Jure 30, 1676, and for prior years.
Various amendments were agreed to, and the
bill passed. Senator Allison,. from the commit
tee on Indian affairs, reported favorably on the
bill to amend section 10 of the ac. makicg ap
propriations for current and contingent expenses
of '.he Indian department for the fiscal year
ending June 31, 1S76; in regard to sureties on
Indian agent bonds, and book accounts of In
dians. Alter executive aesaion the Senate ad
journed. Hocse Tho House agreed to the unanimous
report of elections committee in th contea ad
election case of Bromberg against HaraJaoi, de
claring Haralson, Republican, entitled to the
sefiU The Florida contested election case was
then taken up. the resolution of a majority of
the committee being that Walla, the sitting
member, is not entitled to a seat, and that Jesse
Finlay, tbe contestant, is; the resolution ol tne
minority being to the opposite effect. A vote
was not taken. Mr. Scales introduced a hill to
refund certain direct 'taxes on lands collected
from citizens of the late insurrectionary States.
In the evening the House considered the bill for
the transfer of the Indian bureau to the War
Department. Speeches favoring the bill were
made by Messrs. Culbertson. Hooker, and Ban
ning. Adjourned.
Sexaik -Wednesday, April 19.- Tie chair laid
before the Senate the message from the Presi
dent vetoing the act fixing the salary of the
President of the United States. Legislative
business was suspended to resume the impe ich
ment trial. Mr Lotd tent to the Secretary's
desk and had read the answer adept ed by the
House of Representatives to the plea or Bel
knap, to the effect that at the time ot the com
mission of the acts charged, Belknap was an
officer of the United States and was such officer
until alter the Hotue, by it proper committee
hed completed an investigation into the chaiges
"" ""i "u eic preparing i.r nis IB
peachmi nt that this lact was Known to aim
when he resigned. Mr. Carpenter, for the
accused, asked for a copy ol the replication of
the House, and until Mond.y, April S4ta, to
answer. Senator Edmun s submitted an order
that the respondent file bis answir to the replica
tion of the House by the 24th; that the managers
file thtir rejoinder by the i5th. and that the trial
proceed on the 27th. Agreed to. The Senate,
sitting as a court of impeachment, adjourned
nntil ihe 27tn. Legis ative business was re
sumed, and. the Bouse bill to define the tax on
fermented and malt liqnort, was passed. After
Itmher ditcusslon tbe vole by which the bill
passed was r-.conside.red. and the bill wan th.n
placed upon the calendar. Senator Morril, of
a sine, submitted a resolution directing tbe Sec
retary of the Interior to commanleate to the
Senate any inlot mat ion relating to the present
situation and disturbance in the Sioux re exra
tlon, and whether the aalita y force has beam
in trpoted then in, ana if so, if It was by
authority of the Department of tbe laterior, and
reason lor such interposition. Agreed to. Sen
ator Ihnrmaa caihd up the Bottom entered by
him several days ago to reconsider tae vote by
which the bill in regard to tbe coaming of Totai
for Piekident and Tlce President was passed.
I wv. ... 4fwt wuAMMMn va laviiUBCHai
I mm abftsagtri , r ported, tat ivpUtagoa to tat
plea of Jurisdiction filed on beha f of IWkcap
The replication was adopted and ordered cocma
nlcated to the Senate. The Scrreact-at Anna re
ported that he had obryed tbe writ of hatavai
corpus in the IIal!et Kilbourn c. and that Kll
bourn was ordered by thojudce Q nc cs. ,u of
the marshal. Mr. lisktr. ol Indiana, oSered a
resolution, which waa adopted, instructing tbe
select comrtlttee on the real estate jkx)! to I -vestlgate
whether any members of any forr. r
Congress wcra count ctra with that pool h -
such members. Mr. Whltebou-e Introduce "
bill for funding the interest-Vesrinr debt of the
United State, ia United States consul bearing
four per cent, (.-old letcrcst ana havm lorty
years to run reterred. The House rtiumed the
consideration of the Florida election ca-e. After
several speeches thu report Mas adopted yeas.
113: nas. H-i. J. J. Finla) was dtc:ared entitled
to the seat and was sworn In. Thu evening ses
sion was devoted to deb tte on tbe bill to transfer
the Indian burean to the War Department. Ad
journed. A Recommendation.
When Justice Potter readied his of
fice, yesterday morning, u man about
forty years old, and decidedly old fash
ioned in look, was there waiting for
him. lie talked about the weather for
a while, and then remarked :
"A man down here on Larned street
sent me to you, saying that you could
recommend me to some nice looking
widow."
The Court has become used to such
application?, ami, without betraying any
surprise, he gavo the stranger written
directions to And a widow who lives in
the northern part of tho city. The man
went away, but returned iu tho course
of two hourB, one of bia eyes growing
black and blue, a scratch on his nose, a
torn coat collar, and a generally un
settled look, lie sat down, pulle-1 up
his pint leg to exhibit die marks of a
dog bite, pointed to his eye, and grimly
observed :
'I believe you recommended me to a
widow?"
"Yes."
''But she didn't tvantto marry didn't
seem to care anything about the holy
bonds of wedlock!"
UI don't think she would !" sighed His
Honor, as he turned to his law books
again.
The stranger looked at him for five or
six minutes, and then went out without
another word. Detroit Free Press.
Burned to Death by a Meteor.
An intelligent black boy was trudging
along a highway at night in the vicinity
ot Palestine, Texa3. Tnere was a negro
woman riding a horse in the same direc
tion the boy was going. The intelligent
black boy reappeared in Palestine that
night, out of breath and as pale as he
could get. He said he saw a ball of tire
come out of tho sk, and strike the wo
man and set her ablaze. The horse ran
away with the woman alire on his back,
and he ran back to town to tell wnat
had happened. The people went to
look after further particulars of the cu
rious incident. They found tho woman
lying on the ground with all her cloth
ing off, but with life enough in her to
tell that she had been struck in the
breast with a ball of fire. The horse
was found with his mane singed, and
tbe woman died on the next day. Tbe
people think she was hit by a meteor.
Conundrums.
A gentleman, one evening, was seated
near a lovely woman, when the company
around him were proposing conundrums
to each other. Turning to his compan
ion, he said, "Why is a lady unlike a
mirror?" 8he "gave it up." "Because,"
said the rude fellow, "a mirror reflects
without speaking, but a lady speaks
without reflecting." "And why aro you
unlike a mirror?" aaked the lady. He
could not tell. "Because a mirror is
smooth and polished, and you are rough
and unpolished.
Dr. A. H. Nichols, in an article on
contagion in schools, suggests the adop
tion of rules by which no pupil shall be
allowed to attend school who is affected
with diptheria or whooping cough, or
from any house in which small-pox,
varioloid or scarlet lever is prevalent,
and that in case the pupil has been af
fected with either of these diseases, to
which he adds also measles, he shall not
be permitted to return to school until
convalesence is complete, and the teach
er shall have received satisfactory evi
dence that all clothing worn by tbe pa
tient, as well as the surface of his body,
has been thoroughly disinfected.
The women journalists of tbe United
States, including correspondents as well
as publishers and editors, will have a
department in the Centennial Exposi
tion at Philadelphia. The autographs
and photographs, as far as they can be
obtained, of women eminent in litera
ture, will be on exhibition.
The French have discovered a method
of detecting raised checks. It is only
neceassary to photograph the suspected
paper, when, if there has been any era
sure and alteration, it is sure to show in
tbe photograph, though quite imper
ceptable In the paper itself.
Like an inundation of the Indus is the
course of time. We look lor tbe homes
ot our childhood, they are gone; for the
friends of our childhood, thev are goae;
the loves and animosities of youth,
where are they! Swept away like the
camps have been pitched in the sandy
bed of tbe river. Longfellow,
Exchange of Silver for Fractional
Currency.
Secretary Bristowhn issued the fol
lowing instructions concerning the issue
of silver coin in place of fractional cur
rency :
Tkea6Ubt DzrABTXXirr, Washing
ton, April 18, 1876-By virtue of au
thority vested in the Secretary of the
Treasury, the several officers below,
named are hereby authorized, upon the
presentation, at their respective offices
lor redemption, of fractional currency
of the United State in sums of $5 or
multiples thereof, aafb-ted by denomina
tions, and in amounts not to exceed
100, to issue therefor a like amount of
silver coin ot the United States of the
denomination ot 10, 30, 29 and 60 cents.
And furthermore, upon the presenta
tion for redemption at the office of the
Treasury of the United States, in Wash
ington, of any amount of such cur
rency, properly assorted, aad in sums of
not less than 5, the Treasurer is author
ized to issue silver coin therefor to the
amount ot currency presented, or be may
issue his check therefor, payable in silver
at either of the offices hereinafter named,
at the option of the party presenting
the currency.
As far as may be practicable, from
time to time, fractional currency re
deemed in silver under these instruc
tions by any of the Assistant Treasurers
or designated depositories of the United
States will be sent in sums of $1,000,
or multiples thereof, to the Treasurer
ot the United States in this city, to be
charged in the Treasurer's general coin
account as a transfer of funds; any
amount of such currency for which til
ver has been paid remaining at any time
in each of the several offices will be
treated as coin assets; and in no case
will such fractional currency be reissued.
Fractional currency sent by express or
otherwise to the officers below named
for redemption in silver, under the pro
visions of this circular, should be ac
companied by a letter of advice, stating
fully the address of the sender, and how
remittance in payment therefor is de
sired ; and if by tho Treasurer's check,
the office at which the check should be
made ptyable.
The Government will not pay express
charges on silver issued on fractional
currency presented for redemption under
the provisions of this cricular.
The officers herein referred to are as
follows:
Treasurer of the United States, Wash
ington. Assistant Treasurers at Boston, Phila
delphia, St. Louis, Charleston, S. C,
New Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago, San
Francisco and Baltimore, and the United
Depositories at Buffalo and Pittsburg.
B.4H. Bbistow,
Secretary and Treasury.
THE MaBKETS.
HKW YORK.
BecfClttle f 86S OHM
Hogs Dressed 9 75 10 60
Sheep Lire 6S5 Q8JB
Flour-Good to choice 400 Q430
Wheat -No. S Chicago 194 O 128
Corn Western mixed 70 7
Oats Western new 43 Q 49
Xk.S AO Var V
13 U LI.! a . 1 I VV
aaTwasa Ol Yaw O
Po-k New Mess S3 85
Lard IS 60 IS 63
CHICAGO.
Beeves Choice t 470 4 90
Hogs 775 S00
Sheep Good to choice 500 730
Butter-Choice to yellow 80 34
ulfcl a I VsY 0
Flour White winter 400 4TS
Spring extra
Wheat Spring No. a 19440 103
Corn-No. a 4S
Rye No. 2 , 6TH 66
Pork Mess, new ... ... S113 23 30
Barley No. 2 23 64
Lard IS SO 18 85
BT. LOUIS.
Beef Cattle Fair to choice 41SH 475
Hog t.ive 710 780
Flour Fall XX 475 5X.
Wheat No. 2 Bed 148
Corn-No.a 48H 49
Oats S3H
Pork-Mess M75
Lard 18874
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Flour......... ........ ......'T ...t 480 810
Wheat Bed .?.... 180 130
XrfOrQ a a ! P 09
vJafVlSaa 04 B W
Barley. ; 118 Q115
XrOTK 484 Wj
Lard .... 1856
MILWAUKEE!.
Wheat No S i... 1 FSli
Cora. j. .. 48
Oats No S . ................. 34
Barley No 2.... ........ ........ 90
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DXS MOOTS.
Flomr wholesale !....$ 173 840
orn o3 4w oo
vW afv w 24
JB ) mi B WO
X "( IW W 99
Kggs 18 IStf
Butter........... .............. . SO 87
Hogs............ ... .......... .. 7 00 7 25
Cattle 800 40J
Ssowtlakx Cam. Three eggs, one
cup and a half sugar, half cup butter,
naif cup milk, half teaspoonful soda,
one teaspoonful cream tartar, two cups
flour, whites of two eggs, half cup of
sugar, beaten together. Bake in jelly
cake tins, frost each layer, and sprinkle
with gt ated cc coanut. This is excellent.
Jurgen Green, a German who sudden
ly disappeared from Council Bluffs,
March 14tb, vu found April 16tb, in a
cemetery near that dry. The verdict of
tbe coroner's jury was that he case to
his death by means of a pistol in bis own
hands, but as no holt was discovered im
Green's body, doubts are aeccrtained of
the legality of tteTeTtict,
Life in a Coal-Hole.
Vonaie Parks, a New Tcrk school
miss ot fifteen, bad a novel four days'
experience lately. She was a pupil In a
grammar school, and took piano music
lessons of her mother at home. She was
beloved by her schoolmates and the pet
of wealthy parent. One evening after
she had returned from school rer moth
er wai giving her the music lesson, and
scolded her for her carelessness and in
attention. In an hour after Vonnie was
missing. She had taken her c'o&k and
hat and other outer street garment1, bat
her. jewelry, of which she had plenty,
and her other clothing remained iu the
room. Vonnie did not return that night,
and tho family alarm spread to all the
police stations. The next day the fath
er of Vonnie scattered round hundreds
of photographs of bis lost daughter,
and they were very pretty picture?, too.
In two days a detective obtained a clew,
and that was all. Vonnie had been seen
riding through Torkville in a street car,
with a negro woman. Now, Vonnie
had never known but one negro woman.
Delia Tobias, who was formerly in Parks'
employ as a servant. Delia was hunted
up, and found in the kitchen of a Mn.
Co we. Delia said that she knew noth
ing ot Vonnio Parks, so that clow of
tne detectives failed. Four days alter
disappearance Vonnie returned to her
home of her own accord, looking crump
led and rumpled, aud draggled generally,
She told her little story, and it is quite
interesting. She said that Delia Tobias,
who had visited Parks' house a rouple
of weeks before, bad put it into her
bead that her mother was treating her
too much as a child. Delia advised her
too run away, and come to her if she
was again insulted by her mother. The
scolding was her cure, and she went.
8be found Delia in Mrs. Cowe'a
kitchen and was welcomed. Delia put
Vonnie in a kitchen closet during the
day, and found opportunities to feed her.
She suffered only for light and air.
After 9 o'clock at night Delia and Von
nie stole to their bed in the attic, to talk
over their plans and sleep. In the morn
ing early they would steal down to the
kitchen, and Vonnie returned to the
closet. Delia seemed to be much vexed
that Vonmie had not brought some of
her jewelry with her, upon which they
could raise money and live in better
stylo. Vonnie now began to realize that
Delia was a bad woman, and that she
was her prisoner; then she became very
unhappy and wantea to go home. Delia
proposed to kill Mr. and Mrs. Parks
and rob their jewelry store; after their
butchery and robbery they would go to
some quiet place and live on the pro
ceeds. Vonnie could not sympathize
with this scheme to murder her owb
father and mother, and began to revolt
at her situation in the kitchen closet antf
companionship with a savage woman.
After two days and night of such life,
Vonnie began to pine for liberty, and
expressed a desire to go home. Delia
threatened to do something terriblo to
her if she attempted to escape, and told
her if she would be a good girl she
would take her out riding for air. Ac
cordingly, at 9 o'clock that night, in
stead of going to bed as usual, they
stole out and took a ride in the street
cars. They returned late and went to
bed unobserved. The next day Vonaie
returned to the closet, but made a stern
and desperate resolution there. That
evening she put on her wrappings and
boldly walked out. Delia stormed be
hind ber, threatening violence, but doing
none; aad so Vonnie Parks found her
self a free girl in the open street, and
made her way home. On the strength
of Vonnie's story Delia was arrested,
and some charge or other preferred
against her. Vonnie Parks bad four
days' life in a coal-hole, and has had
enough ef it.
A Bold Bad Boy.
The other day a bold bad boy went
home from school and said: "Dear
mother, mayn't I go in my bare feet this
afternoon! None of the boys wear
shoes in the spring." Bat his mother
said, "No, my darling boy, I cannot let
you go barefooted." So the bold bad
buy closed the debate with a sigh, and
when the yeas and nays were called his
motion did not prevail, and the house
soon after adjourned. But the boy went
out of the yard by the alley-way, and
took offhis shoes and stockings, and
hid them behind the woodpile, and
scudded mtrrily off to school, and
everybody admired hff flat, muddy, bare
feet. But when he got out of school tne
ground was covered with snow, aid be
had a very solemn time hippity-hopping
oack home, and when he got there he
couldn't tell the woodpile from a hay
stack, and his shoes aad stockings might
as well have been in the middle of tbe
ocean for all the good they did him. Bo
he weat into the house, and after a good
deal of filibustering he made bis report,
which was tabled, and the house went
Into committee of the whole on the
state of the boy. His mother took the
floor, aad after aa exciting and highly
interesting sessioa the coausittee rose
and the house adjourned, while tbe boy
framed a bill for the mare perfect pre
Teition of cbUblaua,
FARM.GARDKN AXU UOl'SKHOL!'.
Whit Htrk In attar
A writer in the Jram 'jmsr the
discourses on the above topic, but. like
everybody else, fails to clearly apjwc
head the cac. He h., however, tunl
the remedy, so I think the cue f
secondary importance. The preventive
is thorough, carclul. faithful labor In all
the manipulations pertaining to It
manufacture. If every thini; U right,
there will, of coure, Ik? nothing wronj;.
Once more. I don't care whether there
is "grain" In butter or no, if so be then
are no grains of dirt; but I do know
that what is termed tho "gram" dtp ni
on tbe same conditions a the freedom
trom "atrcaks."
Hora-bholtia;
The improper manner gencrallj prac
ticed of shoeing horses has rendered
valueless more horses than, jwrhapi, all
the otner evils to which the animal tt
subject. Tho diseases of the left In
horses arc, tor thu most ptrt, owing to
the ordinary inodc of shoeing. Tih
great care, therefore, can not be eier
cised, provided one would d. justice u
his horse. When the hot so ia taken to
the shop, the owner should bo present
to see the shoeing done right. Whit
would people do if we had to trim our
feet to fit the shoe! Therefore, have
the smith make the shoe to fit the foot.
Hot shoes should not be applied t tlw
hoof, as it will make them brittle. The
frog should not bo cut at all; it in the
defense to tho sole, acithr of which
should be tampered with.
How Ids: Clovar.
Mr. Harris s&ys his practice is to har
row the wheat three times in thu spring.
We go over tho wheat both wnys with
tho harrow, and then sow the clover
seed, and follow with thu harrow to
cover tho seed. If the ground h very
hard, the harrows do not break up the
crust sufficiently to afford a good cover
ing for tbe seed, and if dry weather fol
lows wo have a poor catch on thesu hard
spots. I have my doubts as to which i
the better plan, but am Inclined to think
that so far as securing a good catch of
timothy and clover is concerned, it is
better to give up harrowing winter
wheat in the spring and to sow timothy
ecd in the fall and clover seed very
early in tho spring. It depends very
much on the soil and season. Tiie har
rowing helps the wheat and kills a good
many weeds, and on sandy loam the
harrow leaves a good seed bed for the
clover, and if wo arc favored with a few
showers, we are pretty sure of a good
catch of clover.
riaat the Ilt Kef.
Many farmers no doubt wonder how
it Is when they have bought a new kind
of need (wheat lor instance) that in a
few years it has lost its excellence, and
that they have an opportunity ot buying
a cheap article, a grain at a high price.
The query is, where does it come from
That "work will tell" is a safe axiom,
take our advice. When your wheat ia
ripe, go over the field and band pick by
tbe best heads. Plant this, and repent
that procea". every year, and you will
have an excellent seed wheat for sale.
The same will prove true in corn, and in
fact every crop. Possibly tbe potatoes
do not depend so much up a the per
fective quality of seed planted, but we
believe it is a rulo that should never be
deviated from, to plant all sccda from
the most perfect of their kind. Experi
ments have proven that seeds, like stock,
are improved not by frequent changes,
but by great care in propagating the be it.
Habsr'i Description of Hwarmlng.
Huber describes the process of swarm
ing in minute detail. Toward the close
of the drone-laying season, when num
bers of the drones and some of the
queens have nearly attained maturity, he
observed the old queen rapidly parsing
over the combs. She created an agita
tion wherever she went, which did not
subside after her departure, but com
municated itself to all the bees in the
vicinity. Finally, the whole swarm ap-pea-ed
to be in a violent state of excite
ment, and large numbers issued from
tne hive, with tbe queen at tbeir head.
Boring the agitation which precedes
swarming, the thermometer rises from
between 90 degrees and &7 degrees to
104 degrees. "This beat is intolerable
to bees," says Huber; "when expose i to
it they rush impetuously to the outlets
of the hive and depart." Swarming is
occasioned by excessive heat, quite as
much as by an overstocked hive. The
initial cause of the queen's agitation is
not known, but it always communi
cates itself to the whole swarm, whatever
its cause may be.
Warta Cmttim.
Please give me a remedy that will cure
warts on a young calf t Answer These
tumors are often very troublesome to
treat. As aa external application, noth
ing is superior to iodine ointment, made
by mixing hydriodide of potash, one
drachm, with sevea drachma of lard.
At the same time a drachm of tincture
of todiae may be givaa ia alittle gruel
sight aad moraiag. The Uterus! and
extotaal u of illae ttt to ciftatlaassl
kI exl tirr! or (war t-iW nj
deceive benefit will t- obtataeJ The
tumor will frrj cUj duapa? entirely
by thl ro.'e of trratmrnt, while r
carta! itatmn: will te no Sct what
ever, exempt ! rrlut them.
jvi.nta,ou tutnbnillaa la May.
The rwa.scmti c anbuitlnn la aa
.loalMUj to N crttitrvl with roaay ot
the burning of haras, sUrka, etc.
Many fire in cttica arc- clearly traceable
to this cue, fur aaj subtaac liable to
decay, eapeclilly veitable dber la a
state of comprrtaioa, and In coaaectioa
with ta Mture, tl heat and eotnetiaaM
break out into tlarue. In our dry
climate, where hay may be thoroughly
cured leforc atacVtn and mowing, this
corubuilioti i rare, but in Koglaad it Is
not ULC-minon. A!bo Molno, la Im
SInda, clrra the following aa the theory
of the phenomena .
II ty, when piled damp and In too
Urge muw, fortneata and turns dark.
In titc4untoatng lUlHclmt heat ta de-reloj-ed
to ho tniupportable whea the
hand la thruit Into the mas, and vapors
Mgtn to be rmltted. When the water Is
aluioit entirely evaporated, tho decom
position continue, and tho hay Incomes
cirltouized. httle by little; anil then the
chirred (ortiou, like jcat, p-at cinders
mixed wiiti charcoal, sulphurous pj rites
nud lignite, etc., becomes a kind of
pyrophorous, by virtue of its great
porosity and of the large quantity ol
mutter expoaed to high oxidation. Under
infltteticu of air in large amount, this
charcoal txcomes concentrated on the
siirlnce to auch a degree that the aaaa
reaches a temperature, w hich resells la
Its bursting into flame.
ITEMS OK INTEREST.
The Signal Service ct last year $8t0,
000.
The receipts for patents in March were
30,4 ry.
Austrnlin exported, in 1075, gold dust
to the tmount of $10,889,335.
Secret societies aro being orgaaised
by tho Chinese throughout Nevada.
Thu remains of yet another great city
have been discovered on the banks of
thu Caspian Sea.
Thu situ on which Cincinnati is built
wu sold for less than fifty silver dollars
in 1787.
Tho friends of Alexander Keith, of
Halifax, deny that ho was the dynamite
fiend.
Only 3,505 fatnl caaea of snake bite
in the lower provinces of India aad
Assam during 1873 4.
The women of Charleston, S. C, have
given $1,500 toward the Leo maueoleam.
Western Nw York expects an abund
ant fruit and grain harvest this year.
Tho proponed control of the railways
by tho statu continues to excite public
feeling throughout Germany.
A deadhead has been sentenced la
London to six months and hard labor
for merely asking for" a tf9 pass. He
was not a Hoosier editor.
The population of Japan is placed at
33,300,975, an increase of 187,000 la lees
than three years.
Russia contains 12,311,559 childrea of
between seven and fourteen years of age,
and only 60 per cent attend school.
The statistics of tbe Xatioael Better,
Cheese and Egg A ssociatloa show that
the total product is worth 9490,000,900.
Eyg-sellsior.
The annual revenue of the Bogllea
Church is reported at $33,000,000. Of
this amount tbe Archbishop of Caatsr
bury geta $75,000.
London has 7,844 cabs, owned by t,
600 different proprietors, and let out by
the day to licensed drivers, of whom
th,rc are 10,093.
In some parts of Australia the wild
horses have increased to such an extern!
and do so much damage, that the settlers
have to shoot them as they do wil4
beasts.
Among the treasures recently brought
to light in Pompeii is a silver altar, on
which were placed two silver cupe aasl
spoons, tho latter precisely like thoee
now used.
A tract of 7,000 acres of lead oa
Maple river, Dakotab, has beea pur
chased by eastern capitalists, who pre
pose to devote it to wheat growiag.
There are said to be over a thoassl
pupils in each of tbe 49 school build
legs in Chicago; the ,883 school chil
dren of St. Louis are distributed amoasj
54 buildings.
In Germany the telegraph wire ate
in future to be carried uadergroaad la
stead of being supported by poets. The
object of this change is to prevent the
interruption of commualcatioae which
regularly follows upon a great storm.
The American Express Compaay talk
of arming all their employees with
pistols, which they will wear ia pleia
sight, the law forbidding the
of concealed weapoaa.
Fasting and prayer will be the
of the day ia the Methodist
churches on the 96th of this mo, hy
appointmeat of the Board ef Bssmeye,
The object is to seek a hi mm eg em the)
General Coafereaee, which seeta hj
Brooklya on the 4th of Jiaj.
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