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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1878)
. m. k n R fe w WAlMWICTOMt thf4Umgm rtke X CragrrM iimn. WAtrmwirro. Tiimiut, Arnti. 0. Morrill, from the Inance committee, repotted Mil to repair and put In operation the mini atNaw HleaBpi',d on calendar, Fryelalnaliimt a Mil regwlatlng the mmprnaeiinn to railroad for mUl uawpfirutlrm referred. Bill passed vsrovMrag a code of arm rrgvletlene. Also, fill for the relief or W. (J. ftnvder, of llllnMa. like Teller Mil fur railroad from aMsmarrk to Jae Mark lllllt wu considered, amended end want over. The Pacific railroad funding bill to coeaiderrd, and Edmunds advocated the Mil of the Judiciary committee. A fur ronsid mMi e NU the Mil passed bv a vote of 40 to 19. The tbalr presented tha llonse Mil pis ciM Mm. Shield on Uii retired list. Cn mltires of conference ntrr aptHnted on Urn Mil aatlwsrlslng the appointment of temporary treaso nr clerk, nil on Ui consular tjrtiri atlon Mil. The Senate took up Uio Mil repeal ing the (Mnkriipt act, and riii1lng lu mnsld ration adjourned. nocaa. Wright offered a concurrent resolution pro posing to Issue 1400,000,000 of ITnllcd Stale wotes, to lw known a national money, anil to 4 legal tender for all debt frfermL Hurk Brr, chairman of committee on tanking and currency, reported a Mil for Issuing $itS,TV0,' KlOtn rrsaury note forUie rrUitmtnlof na tional tiank notea. which am to l recclred In payment of one-third custom duties referred to committee of thn wholo. Durham, from Ilia eonferrnre committee, on the Mil for Uia em ployment of temporary elerka In the treasury department, reported tliat the committee disa greed on the Item Inserted by the Senate, ap propriating 11)0,000 for postal" c lark. A nnw conference committee waa ordered. Tin House went Into committee of Ui6 whoto on Ae tariff Mil. After aoM iKstussiou the coca axlttee rose and tho House adjourned, aiuta, WAsiNmK, Wednesday, April JO. Voor beea offered a resolution directing the commit tee on pensions to report a bill granting pan atona to aoldlera of tha war of 1HI2, and to their wtdowa and orphan. Illll paMed for the re lief ef JobnC. MrHiiney, nlato collector of Internal revenue. Matlhewi offeird an amend meat to the bill to reieal the. reMinptlon act referred. The Hanala reaune4 tM tontldcra Uon of thn Mil to rapeal Uie bankrupt act, wnica earn up aa unnnuneo ounneaa. mi Ikewa offerad aabatltuU) to aatabllah a unl form tow otaautwtof Imnkniplcy. After aoBM ramartM by MatUMWa, thn kenale went lata necutlra araalon, and aoou aftor ad Jovae4. Rocas. 0Nell preaentad the rmnonilrancc of a larjco minber irf merchant and mannfacturrra Mlnat the paaMge of U tariff Mil aa vital Mlartoaa to the builneea Intereit of the couu try referred. Fuller Introduced a bill author- bring the laa ulag of Uraiury notea and tha tak war un oi vreenoacia and national nana note prohlbltliur Uia contraction of currency and ru- oeallnc the Internal rwrenue lawa. A bill waa alan Inuodiired making It Illegal for any mem ber of either Hoaae to act aa general advlno ry attorney for certain corporatlona and pilcn toea. AIo, a Joint rnaolntlon directing tho committee on civil aervlca reform of the two Ilouaee, to Inquire Into the propriety of limit ing the eierutlTe patronage by conntltutlnnul tnerxlment. AIo, a joint rwolutlon adopting eooie new methnl of keeping tha account of the Federal government. I'otter Introduced a Joint resolution prtijioelng a coiiitltullimiU aaaandment providing that after IHtt), them ahall tie but ona aeMlon otfUMgreaa every two yyara. unleaa wteu coavoned iy the 1'raildenL The Ilouae went Into coRNnlttea of the whole aa the peaalon bill, appropriating 2U,a,ff74. Itprovidea that after July, 187V, tho iiennlona ahall b paid by thn Treaaarerof the .United Stale, under the dlrectloaa of Uie Becretary of tha Interior. After debate Um committee roaa without action on the Mil, and the llouaa ad journed, BMNATI. Warhimiito, Thurmlav, April II. Uennla ttrcMtitcd lllalne'i rreolutlon In relation to thu KlecUiral OommlMlon, and moved It refcrrnre to the Judiciary commltteit ao ordered. Don ala, In preecutlng the resolution, cipriwcl klmaelf a ottpoaetl U It. He had voted for tbn appointment of the Kleetoral Cciiimliwloa and would atand bv It dwlidon, Tho bill to n tove tta reetrlrtlon on the ellattuciit of col ored men in the army came up, but again went over. (Urgent called up thn joint resolution on the Chinese urtUM), and urged the neccs Ity of .restriction! on Ctilnene Immlirratlon, (.VMilderatlnn waa reumr1 of ttnflnlhi'd bi sines, being the bill for the ropi-al f tha bank rupt law. IlavU, of Illinois, favored ami'iid lng the tirrocnt law If the Senate should reject Uie bill to retveal, and said he waa authorised to eav that r.dmund ciMicurred. Tho bill wna then lahl alde. The rUmate proceeded to con sider the drflrle ncv Mil. Heveral amendment were agreed to and the hill paused. Wlndom, from the comnilUe of cimforence on the bill to authorise the Hecretary of the Treaimrv to employ temporary elerka and for other pnrios ea, ipialned that the committee bad ag'll upon all amendment except two, on which Uiey had not been able to agree. An Item ap prlatlog 140,000 for salaries and expenses of collector or) Internal revenue, and W0.000 for railway mall elerka. Inserted by the Senate, committee, they bad not bean able to agree aprm. The 8nat tuslted on It amendments, and a ooafurcnce waa ordered. The bill tor the relief of the MethrtdUt Church South waa made the rperlal order for Thursday naxt. Adjourned. aovaa. Fhelna offrred a resolution tnitrtirllnir the Judklary committee to Inquire lata the alleged Tiutauuu m ho ocnonai iiueny oi uenjamiti Noyes, a cltUcn ol Connecticut ; adoptml. The Ilouae went Into committee of Uie whole on the oendon anDronrtatlnn hill. Hra1a. I'hti. tendan, Fort and Hewitt of New York advo cated the bill, and Hound, Thompson and jfneii fiupoara ii. Aiier aomo ueDatc Bmlth or Feantylvanla moved to lacrraaa the amount appropriated, for carrying Uie bill Into effuct. from tU6,(XM to $i:,000; atlopted. lMwora anOVrd to Itrlke out the aecllon which i-hanir the mode of paying twniton. and Inserting lu lieu thereof a provftlon llxtng the salary of Knslon agenU at $4,0110, and allowing there ja for vuuclicrs, and actual expense for iun uire, eic, Bgrerti 10 l-l 10 ll. ru onrrvu a reoiuiion uai rrom and after Julv. lhTH. theofflreaof lVmlmi Ammt. i,n be filled bv wounded or disabled unUm aoldlera "k4P.,wL. Tno onnlttee row and reported the Mil. The amendment were concurred In and the bill passed. The llouaa Uien went Into committee of the whole on tho poto(Hce ap proprlaUon bill. A soon aa the bill wa read oy iia uue uie committee rose and the ilouao aujourneu. nocsa, WAanmoTiiN, Friday, April 19,-Tho bill autaorialng the Secretary of War to rellnquUh rjortion of Uie Fort HarUufT mtlitar rMrva. Uon la Nebraska to houiratesd and vro-empt-lon eettlera pasted. The llouie want Into committee of the whole on the private calen dar. The firet bill wu to reimburse the col lege of WUllam and Mary, la Virginia, for property destroyed during Uie war. Uoode advocated IU paaaage. Lorlag thought the ap nronrtatlon not onlv a letral rlirhL but .lflrl It because he waa aa grateful to the college aa tie waa to hi Hatrard for hi gift to hi coun try, and wa willing to forget her error. Ho called on Uie country to preserve Uia ancient laadmarkaof naUonal greatness. Reed thought tho paaaage of the bill would beadangcrout precedent, for Southern claim bill were al ready pending for 1900,000 for college'propar ty destroyed. Coogrea waaerowdcxTwIth Mil for Southern claim which member were obliged to latroduce to conciliate their eon.tlt went. Eden aald more claim were pemtlng la Uie Forty-third than In Uie Forty-tilth Con gress. Townaend aald be wanted to do jutttce to all parte of the country, and would act for Virginia as he would for New York or Maaaa cbaeetts, but he could not favor Uie Mil. On motion of Foster, the Senate amendment to the deficiency bill were non-concurred In, and on motion of Singleton the Senate amend menu to Uie diplomatic appropriation bill were aon-concui red In. Tho ipeaker appoint ed Singleton, Sparka and Hale aa a conference ananmrttee on Uie part ot Uie Home on Uie last aamed bill. Adjourned. Borjaa. Washington, Saturday. April 13. Cox, of New York, chairman of tho committee ou li brary, aaked leave to report back the bill ap propriating I&000 for tile erection of amonu tuent over Uie grave of Thorns Jefferson passed. The House then went Into committee of Uie whole ou Uie post-otlk'o appropriation Mil. The amirotirlatlon recommended l :!. lW-flTSLa rtdurtlon of fW.TTO from but jer( f9,nM,nm are for the railroad malt eervtre. AMi,ro for InlaAif mall triitrttli, ml 7,Xi0.(sn for PaJ- of ni(et: lb bill provide Uiat toe pf.tmtergeierl mv -point one gent to tuprrlntrtid the rllrnd iVMtal service, aad otir to upeniitend Die rtr Line sarvlre, snd lo anthorlrea Uie pottim ter reeeral ! rrduee the rointntailnti to rail rosiTa for trantponallon of the malU, A ' rent. A long and general debate was litre In termaieil try the rominltle rlilng, and via after watil tar Ilouae adbmrnwl. (ATI. WAsniJififiv. Monday, April lr-U.IIIu, from the tommlttec on nianafarturt, ut.rnK ted a rranliitlen directing the romailllea to conalder snd reirt to the Penile Uie probaiil effect of any rhang In the tariff law upon the man ii far tu ring IntrreaUof the ruunlry-sgrenl tii. Hereford Introduced s bill repeallaj; the auction of Uie resumption act which atiUrTTrltet the Serretary of tha Treasury to sail l' H, txinda and reilstm snd cancel currency- lild on the table. Hatrford adtmaleil hi rranlii Hon, requiring the committee on flnaie to report Uie House Mil to repeal the psclr re. sumption art within a week, and gave notice that be would ask the vote thereon io-momi. After the morning hour cwulderallon waa re; limed of ttie lilll to repeal the bankrupt last Thn Mil irovldfrlhercteelnf the hankrup law oi Marrn '41, imit, ami an aeia tuppirmrii larv thereto, bat that the repeal hall tint In validate or effect anr rase In I ban krtiiilcy Instl' I..I...I ....I .... ..-..Til.... 1L' tilHIl NII11 HWn liriill, ii Wlndom called aii thn renste bill for a narrow ifi Kiige railroad from lllitnarck U the lllark Hills Altar sev rral amendment were made the hill pasasil, and Katon movrd to recontldcr the vote, Tl ler called up the Hensle bill to ln orporate tr National Pacific Itallrosd and Telegraph Coin tisuy- piMtponed. .Fonea Intrixlured a bill an iliorlrlng railroad companlra to ronstruet and maintain telegraph line for commercial pur liriaes and to aeure te the government the use of the asms fur military, tal and other purpose referred. The Hen ate bill appropri ating I7S0.000 for continuing Uie Improve ment of Ui (lalveston harUir psjuad. After executive session the srnite adjonrni-tl. , norma. Hwaiin preecntedUielllnlrlleaolullnnaiif the Maryland legislature, re-oienlng Uie l'rel dcntlal question. Klinmell Intrixlmed a bill providing a mode for trying the title of I'rcel dent ami Vice President. A long dlnrtiMlon look place on a perllmcntary question. In which niepnena inoa ine ground inai uie uouae nail the right under parliamentary law to refuse to receive (irtlttona, hut that the question wi whether It waa wise to refuse to receive It. He thought that aa this memorial waa reepect ful and on a subject of very grave Importance, It should te reail and referred to a committer. Ilefore the question waa decided, the time ar rived for the special onlrrltelng Uie biislnes of Uie District of Columbia. A Mil waa Intro dueed and referred, aa follows lljr Willis, or N, Y., directing the President to make a pul He and solemn proclamation Uiat It la the (Inn determination of Congress to enact no further laws affecting the currency or finance until specie paymenta shall have been actually re sumed, and authorising the Hccri'tary of the Troaaury to prepare 4 per rent bonda of the denomination of f'JO, 9M) and 1100, payable In standard coin at the expiration ef forty years exchangable at no less tlisn uielr value lu Unl ted Htntct Irgal tender notes. In the evriilng a session wa held for kelwte on Uie tariff MIL McKlnloyof Ohio. Urldges, Kvans, Deacon and Drawer opimscd the bill. AiUoiirncd. Hon hn LlktMl Kggn. " Veil, now, you tuku ilol Lctioll, und murk viit I von hav mlt von. iiml I iloll you how it vita, i'v niilinltiy, it vrw no tllllUll Illll iikii iumiiiih i tiiivor HltW. You moo 1 vim no tuo mit dor Kotiiulrv Inat vt'uk mlt nooiii iiiinIiicxh dot I liafl', uiul I ntop In tier diivnn to kout uiu aooin tluniT villi tiiorninc. Dcrlnutlort hn vitH iroom roiint uiul xnv totli-iii hoo- pli'n, "How you viih vuut (loin Iiiih jriKikuil, chP' Vim nmti any, ' Frlut,' una vun font,' utn not untur iimn lio hav lio liulT Hoom SiirHiulilct : ' hut I any, I (iiiku tuniiltlirftw.1 Dcr ltintlort P liliiiMulf mit dor KlUihcn, tint I vim .u ilctn uitrrtiU uliitimr mit dcrti toiijjuci mid shnko iluniNtilviiN mit dcic ncmi.t, turn iu iiitKiiort den oomci mit me Hoom moro diinoH, unt any, I no vim miiko uiu nut iiiiout tint : how von viih liku item Imp1 jjooked?' I mvy m vuut llko poforc, 'I ilnko .unidtliruw.' Hu keep mi link run llko dot, llvo, hIx, nnlini ilinuirt. un I any mo nil ilur while. I iltiko r.uludtllrllw., Ho vn irit liku u lirii? hnuHu in IiIh fu.o nil over n' ready, nut don dot nntcr imtn viih make it nil yut llko koiiiii b.Iiow plIN vhou lie nny, 'i viw iu'kh me, luntiort, not (Iumo mnn vh.1 liku bettor IihIT r.ooni cjrga yuat like ilv viih erownl, inltoutnny gtwk at nil, Htlll.' lint don vo vnx all lad, unt do ltintlort any, Vy chollvt I viw n shack- (averting Chrlatliiia. J ho huathen uro nrnnixiug forulgn mlsaluni fur tho convoralon of ChrlH tliinn. Tho HIiidiiM of the anortul city of Hennrt's hnvo founded rt "ooloty for the propiipitlon of HrtthtnlniHin among tho ChriatiiuiH of Aualrullu. An emr. nontUrnhiuinof tho numoof Suradaohl, h man of gretit uuthority, hiw rcwntly boon vlaltlng minio of tho Kngllsh colo nics, nnd whllo truvoltng in Australia, wiw uiipiilled aud grlovod at Uio fearful jirevalcnoo of drunkenness anion ir tho t'hrlatlaiia. On returning to India ho cnllod together a number of thoughtful HrahmiiiK, to whom ho iHunmunVeiitod hia glowing zoal to do something for tho salvation of their degraded fcllow-meti and fellow-siilijectN In Australia. Tho only perfect remedy, ho considered, would bo tho conversion of those Chris tian' to a hotter and purer faith. A largo sum was collected for tho pious and benevolent enterprise, and somo of the Itrahmlus declared their willingness to dovoto themselves to tho work, and to spend and bo spent in this htuns.no and holy cause. Suradschi la now on gaged In translating titling passages from tho Vedaa into tho Knglisti tongue for tho mm of thu mlsslonarTea. The Railways f tkeWtrld. According to aomo statistic" published by tho JiconomittoFrancaii, the total length of railways in tho world at tho end of 1H7G whs 1H4,00'. miles, of which Europo possessed 8!,4:0mlloa; Amerl ca, 83,420 miles; Asia, 7,689 miles; Aua traliu, 1.924 miles; and Africa, 1,519 miles. Tho United States had 74,096 mllofl; Germany, 17,181 miles; Groat Hrltlsh, ltl.794 miles; Franco. 13,49'.' miles; Russia. ll,6te miles; Austria, 10,86'i miles; Italy, 4,815 miles, and Turkey. 9U0 miles. Tho railway sys tem In India was 6,527 miles in length, whllo Canada had 4,200 miles; tho Ar gentine Republic, 990 miles; Peru, 970 miles; Kgytit, 975 miles, aud Ilra2ll886 miles. hill Mall OazttU. Tint power of printers' ink Is well 11 lustrated by tho anecdote told of Stub bins; Throe days previous to losing his umbrella he advertised it in the paper, and on returning homo found it snuglv ensconced liehlnd the front door. . .. WK MKI.IKVK That If everyone would use hop bitters freely, there would be much less sickness and misery In the world; and people aro fast finding thfs out, whole families keeping well at a trifling cost by Its use. We advise all to try It. (. X a., AWArtfer, ,V. 1", NEWS OF THE WEEK. (Jf-aeral. Tho Chesnpcaku Ar Ohio rnllroad ha Neil old at audhin for 'W,(H), A fire In (Snlvi-Mnu, Tcxns, April llth, de troyel '()l(l'fl worUi of prorty. The llusr-y bliK'k, t IJrbhnn, Hi., wa entirely dtroycl by fire April 10th lw, about A'1'1- Kddy At Hoac's Ibpior ftbllirncrit at I'rovldenre, It. I , humid April l.'lth. !, tzw, Iniuri-il. Klglil stores were Imriied in Amerl cus, (la., on the I'.th of April. Iam, IvVI.HD, Insoranre, J),fl CJov, T)ler lllgelow, ex-Chief Jtistlesi of the Hllprrme Court of MsMwhUselta. dlr-l In Ihsiton, April Uth. At Trenton, N. .1., April Ivth. Mich ae l.yneh wan fatally fhot by Jalnea Mitjarty, In a quarrel aUmt a ilig fluhL. Tun I'iiIoii schoul building at Hiinilco, III,, was biiriieil to tin- ground on tbn morning of April I'tb. !, I '.'.',( i. At Snow Hilt, N. (.'., April l2th,.lohii HtiottltiKlo'i, (colored) was hatitfeil lor the mur der of his step daughter, last fall, A man mimed Vorgiirlhy, aged forty, killed Ida wife, aged thirty fire, In New Via-k, April llth, and then killed himself. On the l.'lth of April, by the oxplo slon of a (Miller In Indluiiajmlls, two men were fatally Injured, and two other seriously. Thomas l Wlawull, a distiller, at Tippecanoe, Jllilo, has flletl a stlllon lu bank ruptcy. I.tkbllltlen ITO.UIO; aMcta small. I Fellows, Foster At Co,, liifporters and dealer In watdiim, New Turk, have failed. Li abilities, i:l,(Ml; nominal awts, lll,()(ll. Win. M. Twovd Is con II ned ti his ImmI In l.lldlow Htreet Jail, Nes Vork, broken down, hlaroiinM'l says, by coostnfit suspense slid ant lety. ,Th rope iiniiiiifiiclory of Ilohtu At Co,, at Dayton, Ky burned Afrll IWh Tin low Is estimated at 4IU,(agl; liiMimiiie, -i'., 000. (it'll. H. A. Smnllcy, receiver of sev eral Institutions In New York, Is mlsnliig, und defalcations of over f,ll Imva Inn dlN-ot-cnsl. On tho llth of April an explosion of sulphur In the mine near I'otUvllle, IV, klllisl Tlmraa Denny and fatally Injiited Harry llren nan. James Ward, the senior of the tlrm Jnmce Wanl.t Co,, Iron tnerclmnts, Cleveland, ha fallctl. I.Ublllllis, l,(l(ll,00O; hwcIa, fromymi. A skiff capsi.ed in tho Ohio river, Just alsivn Wheeling, West Va., a few days ago, containing six young men. Three of them were drowned. At F,mporiu, Kansas, April 10th, Itev. A. ,1. Hhmmoii, Congregational minister, was accidentally killed by the discharge of gun in the hands of a mllltla man. One of tho buildings of thu Steuben county poor house, near Hath, N. Y., burned a few nights ago, and llftcen Inmates s'tishisl. Tlic lire waa set by an Insane paiis-r. A tank containing forty gallons of benalne In tho frrtory of a paint compsuy, In Cincinnati, exploded a few days ago, Injuring several persons, aud killing a colored man. Hiram Weeks, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., formerly a director of the Merchants' National Dank of that place, Is rrsirtcd to have aliecon ded with 143,0(0 In trust and borrowed funds. I. I). Clay, Clerk of tho County Court of Halifax county, Va., and formerly a mem ber of the legislature, has been arrested on a charge of forging pension claim against the government. Chapman, the notorious land title swindler, who has operated extensively In the Northwest, and who has been In Jull nearly a year at Urbana, III., haa been sentenced to twenty years In tho penitentiary. Tho directors of tho Chicago, Ilur Ilngton A Qnlncy railroad elected President, Kobert Harris; Vice-President and (leOersl Manager, C. K. Perkins; Treasures, Amos T. Hall; Assistant Treasurer, ,1. N. Dennlaon; Auditor, Geo. Tyson. L. Dolor) Mauslleld, Assistant Princi pal of the Dear om Seminary, Chicago, and formerly chief owner ot the Ittuk ford Couuty Kciualo rVmlliary, Nn)ack, New Turk, has filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy. Bccurcd debts, f.M,000; unsecured, 4'J,0U0. On tho 8th of April a gold brick was cast at Helena, Montana, valued at f,V),(J. It waa the product of the 1'rnoliwot mine, loca ted IU mile from Slher City, Montana, and was from one hundred and llfty Um of ore. Tho cost of production sua 4,000. A detective of rinkorton's Agency in New York, March iSM, arrested Uiree men and a woman charged with robbing, on January 'Jd, the olllccc of Jaiue 11. Young of f 'JCU,0W la cush, ccrUflcatcs, Isinds and stock. A Deadwood dispatch mentions tho excitement caused by an assay of 9900 gold per ton, obtslned from quarts which was taken from a mlno In Whltcwood Gulch, about a mile ffora Deadwood. The vicinity hereto fore ha tivcn very little prospected. It is announced at Denver that II. A. Mclntlre, president of the NaUonal Rank, of Lake City, and vice-president of the First Na Uonal Hank of Colorado Bprtnge, hss abecond cd with TO.OttX It la feared that further dis closures will swell the amount stated. Edward V. Massurctt, cashier of tho Tremont House, Boston, shot himself fatally, April lilth. He lost fund of Uie bouse at faro and sought to compromise with the proprie tor ot tho hotel, who declined aud sent for an officer. At the time of Tweed's death peti tion were la circulation throughout the State of New York, asking Uie Governor for hi re lease. They were being numerously signed, and It wa Intended they should be sent to Albany Uie next week. John K. Lyon, president of tho Bos ton, Concord & Montreal railway, was horned to death at the l'cmlgwasset House, Plymouth, N. II., on Uie night of April llth. Being III, he arose during the night, fell, and Uie lamp lu his hand breaking set fire to his clothing. A telegram from thu proprietor of tho I.lck House, Ban Francisco, addrvs'cd to Mrs. Vance, Cincinnati, Ohio, state that her hus band, Ex-Congressman J. h. Vance, ho mys teriously disappeared from Clticluuatl tome time ago, I In Ssu Fraticisco and I Insane. Judge Mitchell, of Philadelphia, has overruled iha mouoo for a nsw trial In the rase of IIImIii's Plstnrliis, the rt prtrtt, con vltled of Uie murder of Jsquette, in Montgom ery county, JsTfi, and wnteneed llstorlns to be hanged, Hlsmuncll gave notice that the iaewoutd I carried to the rtiipreme Court The Northwestern Natlorml Hank, at Chicago, Is redeeming all lu circulating not In gold, l-elng the first of the National banks Ui take this step, The llnd"ay Dank. New York, Is (wylngout gobl In sums of t-VOind under The Thlnl National Dank, ( Inelnnati, CMiiinenenl April I .'till, to inWin l.e botes mi priM-nUtPm,ln gold, and other National banks of that city were etpri I,-, u ahpt the ssm rou rue. Will. M Tweed died III the l.lldlow HtreM jail, New York, April 13th. At Uie tlmn of his dcaUi there waa no struggle, He pajued away In sleep with his head lying upon his arms. The lat words that In uttered were "I have tried tfi do some good. If I have not hail giMnl Im-k, am not afraid to die 1 N--lleve the guardian angels will protei t tin- " He was roriMlous until wlUiln a lew minutes N forr his iteatti. Sam. Sleenburgh, awaiting exis'iition for the murder of JarobH. Parker, at Amster dam, N, Y., Niivrmher 17th, ls77, has made a full confeMloti. He says he has commltti-d eleven different murders the first when he was but fourteen years old , bImi Innumerable burglaries, roblirrlis and Incendiary fires In aud around Amsterdsui. 'I he atnry Is borrlblr In Uie extreme, and nearly all irrrotirsted. He says he murdered Parker. The ('hicugo Tims prints dispatches from nmrly two bundrnl (silnta In Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mliiueimta, Nebmska, Ml sourl, Dakota, und Ksiim, covering Um wholo of the western spring wheal region, wlibh show, when siitnmaririsl, Uiat Uie acreage l neurly tlfly js-r lent, greater than last year, thnt the londllloii and prospect are Is tier than at any time ulnee ItV); that the M'sxin's woik and vegetation un- three to six weeks tilii-ud of the iiunl lime, and that there l an average of between tlftecli and twauty per i lit. of the old rrop still on bsnd Another train rubbery occurred on the The Texas Parllla railroad, thirteen miles esslof Dllai, Texan, on the night nl April 10th, When the train stopH)d at Uie depot the engineer and tlrrrnan were taken from the en gine and placed under guard. The eiprrsa messenger and route agent barricaded Uiem selves In their car, but Uie robber saturated It with coal oil and set lire to It, soon forcing them out. The exprexa and mall were then plundered. Conductor Alford and two robts-rs were wounded. The plundering pa-ty nttrn-Is-rcd fifteen or twenty. Thn pasocugrrs were not molested, Tho Cincinnati Prirc Current's twenty-ninth annual remrt of pork-parking In the Weat Is published. Total winter packing In tho West, ,n0f,eyi; average net weight. 'JOn (V ; yield of lard, HH.nl er hisj; rout per hundred jsmnds net. W.W. Compared with last winter there Is a gain of l,4O4,0H0 In the nuinNr of hogs puckeil 10.1 a pounds In the average net weight; 4. J Ml ninds In tho average yield of lard; and a decrease of J.lU In Uie average cost per huudrrd pounds. Tlie net total pro ductloii of barreled pork waa ?i;i,;W barrels, an liureasv of H,IMI1. Tho aggregate packlug for the year ending March 1st, was U.Ottv'sm hogs. Tho Democratie State Convention of Illinois met at Springfield, April llth. All the counties were represented, and over MJ0 dele gates were present. The following candidate for Htatc otueers were nominated! State Treas urer, K. 1.. Crankhalte, of Stephenson; . M. Ktter, of McIcan, Uie present Incumbent, Su perintendent of Public Instruction. The plat form favora reduction of taxes aril expendi ture; the taxing of United SUtea bond and treasury note; the payment of tho obllgaUon of the government In lawful money, except whom otherwise expressly provided on Uia face by Uie law under which they were Issue, opposes making any further reduction of Uie principal of the national debt for the present; favors thu unconditional repeal of Uie resump Uon act; commend the action of Congress In Uie passage of tho silver bill ; declares Uist no furUier contraction of Uie legal ten Jer treasury notes ought to be allowed; Uiat National bank notea should be retired and aa equal amount of treasury notes laaned; that no more subsid ies should be granted, etc. Forrtaxau KNOlJlt. A London dispatch of April lllth, says: There Is less excitement st Portsmouth dock yard. Work Is fast sssumlng the ordinary routine character. Over-time ha generally stopjH'k. Very little remains to le done In the way of warlike preparation. It is claimed on all hands, except in purely partisan discussion, that the Cabinet ! sincerely desirous to avoid war. Tho with drawal of Uie treaty of 8au Stefano, or Ita un conditional submission to Uie judgment of F.uropo, are regarded a tho only alternative to war. The limes' leading editorial of April 9th aaya that Prince GortschakofTa reply show a genuine desire to Insure a peaceable solution, The Pall Mall Gaxette aayc In view of Uie factious opposition which, not daring to move hostile resolution, aeeka to hamper the gov ernment by such speeches as Lord Granville', Urd Derby', the Duke of Argyla's, and Glad stone's, call upon Uie government to dissolve Parllameut and Uiu terminate Uie anarchy which haa partially paralysed It during Um last two year. Tho London Time of April 10th says: The eeche of Lord Beacontfleld and Sail bury are thought at Vicuna to point to Uie probability of a war, and bold out small hope' of a Congress, which I there believed to be Uie only possible reaching of a paclfle solution. This supposed attitude of England la not ap proved of at Vienna because the Austrian Gov ernmeat has made no provision for Uie even tuality ol Uie final failure of Uie Congress project. The pacific and argumentative tone of tho Russian reply to the Lord Salisbury cir cular Is recognlted by Uie lAiudon pspers, in dicating Uie purpose and glvlag hope ot finding an arrangement for negotiations. A London dispatch of April llth fays a rumor I current In military circles Uiat Uie British have sustained a disastrous defeat In South. Africa. The colonial office I tguorant ot such defeat. caHsna. A Montreal dispatch of April 2d, says Uie demand for horse for England Is increas ing, several car loads being taken over Uie Grand Trunk Hallway, destiued for Europe. They are Intended for military service, and branded with Uie letUr H. Large shlpmcoti of cattle, also, fr llng forwarded ffiim the low er provinces, and the country est srwl et Is bring w-srrt.nl for suitable horsw for ir pur- Vila fihlrsr. A (instarUii'iplc dispatch .tj The Kantian are ctaiipietlog the forlifkalioti t gun by Uie Turks at Jal.e kmrdjs arxl N-rko. Krrah purchase of arms are being made by the TurkUh war olTW. The drift of nes fnioi Constantinople Is again distinctly pro-KngtUh. New objections hate l-en taken by the Turks sgalnt the Hiiudan mlllt n movements. Bus Ian garrisons have relieved the Ibmmanians t Wlddln, Nekodli sad Itbovi, snd the Bos tans now hold the Danuls- frurn Its mouth Ui Uie rVrvlati froritlrr The situation at (Vintnntinople is still regarded as dangerous to J'are, liotwlth standing the protestations of the Porte. Tnero are Intrigues going oo among the Puhas, and the dlx'ritlon of the ltulati ronimsnder, and of l.ajard sre donbte.1. A Belgrade dlfUi says" A coiinrll of war licrii the Minister of War and general staff have arranged fur dis banding thn greater part of the .vrvlan forces. A uttlf If lit forie In- tiilnUlncd to pre serve order In old Serr n It Is considered certain that S-rvla lll not .irtuipste In any further hitllltte. A ljiulnn dispatch of April llth s,ih the warlike preparations of the BuxtJans snd Turks lmt (oiistantlnople lontiaue. A; prcbeiilrins re expresl In Bucharest that Uie Buslans Intend cnforilng strUt martial law. GnrtiM'hakotf has requested Uie Itimma nlan government to repress the bitter tine of the presa. News from (ttlnge says the dis tricts In Albsnla ou the w coast aud bt-yoml the river (Mcupled liy the Mouteuegrlns havu been mi ravlehed by war tlu.t thu inhabitant are starving The Montenegrins are unable to help them, Mint arrely able ti f rl their on l-ople. An ppeil has been niaile to Autrl for help. The movements of the itu-iun forces on the Danube and In Boumania Indicate ad termluatlou to prepnrt" Ui(roiii;bly agalnt Uiu (ontlngrnry of an A list r Inn stuck In thn nar Allthepasseaoverthe Carpathians practicable for artillery and trains arcuivc red by tsnltlotis which the Itus-lans harn Jtixt orcuphsl. The Busslsn tns)i( arc casistantly moving from Bul garia Into Rounianta. I jirgc splpments of iw. iter from Dortnund, Pruvla, Into Kuvla, are reporU"l. Buselan troops have commemeil an other move. Only depleted regiments are sent home to recruit, whe swIUons am Imimstl. ately filled by frch tnsi from Uie North. A Constantinople dispatch says- Ijjnrd, the British Ambassudnr, has risvlved a r jsirt from the British Consul at Busteliuk claiming In demnity from tlie Busolaii Government for out rages committed by the Busolan tnsiw lu entering thu consulate there and taking pos session at the archive, notwithstanding the British flag waa hoisted (iter the building at the tlms. The Khedive of Kgypt is oHctoil issin to vl'lt Contaiitinopleto pay his res.'vta to Uie Sultan. Kobart Psha has obulned a short leave of absence to vlidt Kniflatid. A sslal from Constantinople states that l.ayanl bus MH-i ceded In paralizing for the prcM-nt liils-lii's endeavors to obtain the frlctidshlpot the Porte. In view of the Increasing tension of Amilo-Busslaii relations, the greatest im sirtanio Is attached to a recent loug Interview between l.ayanl and Bcouf Pasha and m.ta Pasha, who aro prominent lu military uffalrs. It is snld Anglo-Austrian influences are now In Uie ascendent at Belgrade, and there I a disposition on the part of Servia, Boumania and Montenegro to make a joint re monstrance to tho puwur against Uie treaty of Sin Stefano. Tlie Porte has Issued a circular to Ita representative, abroad. It recognlie the treaty of San Stefano a the result of tho reverse sustained by Turkey In the late wr, and expresses a determination to rarry out Uiu terms of the treaty, but declares the Porte would nevertheless regard a opportune any modifications which might he made by the benevolent Intervention of the Powers, and moderation of Bussis. A dispatch from Bel grade say Boumaula's recent efforts to Induce Servla to make a common cause with her has been unsuccessful. avssu. A St. Petersburg telegram of April Pth says the fecJUig gain ground that some formula will be Invented which will remove tlw obstruction to the assembling of Uie Con gress. The Journal do St. Petersburg say Bussla demanda Uiat the U-nrfits obtained for the Christians shall not ls secured by Ineffica cious stipulations like Uioee of 1NV, but by material guarantees. Bussla cannot accept Uie ephemeral direction ot a Congress because It would not assure peace. If Europe tie disposed to undertake the settlement of the Eastern question In the euse of emancipating the Christian, Bussla will not ralscanydllUcultlc but Uio discussion of the question at Iksuo must be Inspired by confidence, not Jealousy, The St. Petersburg Agence Hussc states that the character of the latest newa encour age Uie belief of Uie poealblllty of Uie resump tion of Uie congress proposal. The gvueral Impression of Uie new seems less pro-Busslan than of late, and there Is a feeling here and In the European Colony at Constantinople Uiat Uie dislike of Uie TurkUh people I so great Uiat the pashaa would not dare to venture on Russian alliance even if they wished. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that In Uiat city, opinion rrgardlng GorUcha klff 'a circular 1 much divided. Some consider It a complete political programme, and worthy of a great Power; othera regard It a a formal refutation of SalUhury'a accusation. Soma think It I Kuaala'a last word, and othera the Introduction to negoilaCona on a new ground. It haa displeased those who have wished the government to nail the color to the mut aud risk all, rather than make Uie slightest conies tlon. The St. Petersburg Agence Russo says Uie Russian Government, by discussing In It answer to Lord SslUbury the objection raised by him on every point of the treaty, baa prac tically established a discussion of Uie whole treety, and thus shown bow small a foundation there la for British objection. Tsarr seem to be torn disposition at St. Petersburg to show Roumanla more consideration. It 1 announced that Gortacliakoff meant that the stlpulatloa for the passage ot Russian troop through Rou nunla, not the question of tho cession of Bes sarabia, could not be eubmlttcd to the Con gress. It I also stated Uiat Uie Ruiilan Com missioner will go to Bucharest to treat with the government. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: Gorts chakoff'a circular to Uie ambassador accom ivsnylug hi reply to Lord SaUbur' circular, regrets that Ute letter, tldc rritJelsteg th" Uwaly of San ftrfaoo, did not sy what the British government delres He bs-lletra If Urd Salisbury will make kixin their wUhes, a t'ttrr understanding of the situation may t rrirhed as to a congrrM The circular says lluwla ran txily reiterate the declaration Uiat ch por, Bussla tfieluded, would hate full liberty of appreciation and of action mote peaceful. Tlie 8t. Petersburg A,rite Buw-r makws the following announcement! An ac tive rlthaiige of commuulcatliaia Is proceed lug, under the usleratlug influence of Germa ny, with a view of arriving at a clfle under standing the natural patch to which would br a congress The Improved aspect of affairs tat developed as Ui Justify the hdj-e of a sptcdy attainment ot a favorable I sue If En gland di-s Hot ralor freb obstacles. A cones polident at St. Petersburg says .Votwltb suindlng the gloutuy views of the leading Rus sian newspaper, It la Mlcvcd Inottlcial circle Uiat the congress will shortly meet. The cor resfiondetit alds he has rt-SMin to ts-ltee this conviction ban pretty solid foundation Ger many has not abandoned her Intuition of using her Influence lu favor of js-are, t'THIA. In Vienna, wheru only a telegraphic summary has yet Ixeti received, the most seri ous dedili tloi Is that thr hope heretofore held out from St. Pitersburg of the revival of the conference negotiations Is not confirmed by thr GorUchakoft rlrtular, which says nothing about accepting England's condition for going toOiiigros. Without some such concession on the irl of Russia, no step can l taken toward a peaceful settlement. A London dispatch of April l'-Hh sus: At Vienna Prince Gortschakoff's reply created an Impression of BumIb' willingness to find orrptahlc methods for rcopfiilng negotiations. This moderate spirit Is believed to Is- In purl due to altered Unii' of, comments ot Gerinati, Krnuh and Italian presses and sllllcln con ceniltg the trestyof SatiSlefano, which point ed to the tmibab llty of Russia Instead ot Eng land being Isolated in eav of a rupture. A Vienna dispatch of April tilth says: A Italian courier bus arrived here, bringing an autograph letter from tho Csar to the Ein-js-ror Francis Jon-ph. The relations ts-twrvu lith countries ban- awutned n more roncillu tory tendency. uriiMtMr. Der Nonl Deutsche citung. of Mer lin, hitherto pro Bin-elan, lectures Busnla and Austria harshly for not concerting In the agree ment for js-ace while the war continued. Nev erthelixe Der Nonl Deutsche rltutig hiiies that, lu view of the geuersl desire for s-ace, an understanding wl 1 yet lie reached. Tills article caused a sudden crwAtiou of warliku utterances by the Austrian scrul-othVUI press. The Ministerial Motitsg Beue anyi the hope of u s'aceful settlement was justified by the fact that Blmarrk is earnestly exerting him wlf to prevint a EuroH'au conflict. A leading Vienna paiersays: Peace can only ls malntaltied by Russia modifying the treaty of S.tn Stefano lu conjunction with other Jsmers. Another paper considers that England ha pained u moral victory for her self iuhI Europe. Thu opinion at Herlin continues skep tical aNiut tlie final success of the negotiations. The Nnrd D. utsche Xeltuug, In referring to Germany's mediation, says: The joint appeal of England nnd Russia for the good otllree of Germany could hate meaning If only Uie Porte was willing to make surh concessions us would obviate the possibility of either party (bulletin ing the other. Aciinlrlng a Handicraft. So it appears to me that what you want is pretty much what I want; and the practical ipiestion is, How you anr to get what you need, under the net ita! limitations and conditions of life of handicraftemen in tills country? I think I shall have the as'scnt both of tho employers of labor and of tho employed as ttioneof these limitations: which Is, that no scheme of technical education Is likely to bo seriously en tertained which will delay tlie entrance of boys Into working-life, or prevent them from contributing toward their own support, as early as thev do at present. Not only db I believe that any such scheme could not bo carried out, but I doubt its desirableness, even ' if it were practicable. Tho period between childhood and manhood Is full of dlfllculties and dan gers, under thu most favorable circum stances; and even among the well-to-do, who can afford to surround their chil dren with tlie most favorable conditions. J examples of a career ruined, before it has well begun, are but too frequent. Moreover, those who have to live by labor must be shajied to labor early. Tho colt that is left at grass too lonp makes but a sorry draught-horse, though his way of life does not brlnrr him within the reach of artificial . temptations. Perhaps tho most valua- " bio result of all education Is tho ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do.when it ought to be done.whether you like it or not; it is the lirst lesson thai ought to lie learned; and. however early a man's training begins, it is probably tho last lesson that he learns thoroughly. There is another reason to which I have already adverted, and which 1 1 would reiterate, why any extension lif tho time devoted to ordinary school- work is undesirable. In tho newly awakened zeal for education, we run some risk of forgetting the truth that, while under-instruction is a bad tiling, over-instruction may possibly be a, worse. J Succevs in any kind of practical life Is not dependent solely, or IndeecJL chiefly, upon knowledge. Eyen in thF learned professions knowledge, alon, is of less consequence than people are apt to suppose. And, if much expendi ture of bodily energy is Involved in tho (lay s work, mere knowledge Is of still less importance when weighed against Uio probable cost of lu acquirement To do a fair day's work with his bands, a man needs, above all things, health, strength, and the patienco and cheer fulness which, if Uiey do not always accompany these, blessings, can hardly in the nature of things exist without them; to which wo must add honesty of a purpose and a prido in doinc what is " done vvell.-JVo. Huxley, in Popular Science Monthly for March. Michigan University now haa 1,2.'10 students. The plan of allowing the graduates of certain high schools in tho Mate to enter the University without examination has been very successfult r fr, nKs & s'. V i I"" .rU