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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1878)
TH1 RID CLOUD CIMF. 1MB BMfe MM rF-Pasi CLOUD, NKMUHEA JJLIU- - 1 1TIMT..UI HUBJMCTW. LoBUA.GfKScjvwboswi nasae has lev be familiar to readers ol 0 ley's Udj's Book, ! In I'MMel pklft, NovMRbrr 29tli. He established hi wagsiJne July 1st, ISM. ami ro lr4 from it In Dec., 1877, at which lime lie wm 74 years of age. Mrs. Hale, mi long associate! In the editorial management of the Lady's Hook, l now over 90 year of age. A BBWlwr of Mir belonging to tho moH "exclusive elreles" of New York society, havo organised whaj. they call The Ladles' Saturday Morning Walk ing Club." Tho object seems to ho to revive a knowledge aad practice tho loit art of walking among ladles. If such ho tho iurpuMU It In certainly a good one, anil should ho practiced, not only Saturdays, hut every day of tho week. It will rr store and preserve health and vigor, anil bring roses to their cheeks, Now lot Von Holloin look out for bur laurel. tss. LiHi' i John W. Drew .will open a temper hn revival at Mm City, January IM. John Oorson, fourteen year old, was 4rowin tn rrry rrek, t Hloux City, few tly tlHM. The wagon and blacksmith hop, of Castles Hntllaif, In Davenport, wm destroyed j Irs Itecetnber 8d. About 17ft tona of hay belonging to ,tr person r Lrniars, were dt lroyd bjr prsJrlcflre rteooUy. William Flnley, near I'nnora, oamoto ate d th a fr daya alnc by the raving In of a well which he wm iIIkkIhk Jaa. Stnmbatigh, twenty-eight years age, wm fatally kicked by a hnrte, near station, l.liui county, November Wnh, lytn xt dsy. Mm. Nettle Hnnford, of Marshall wn, Iim accepted the lthm of Society tdltorof the fiwe.sWsi'ii, Minneapolis, Mln areola. Humor E. Smith, a farmer of Dela ware county, commuted suicide a few dayi slure, tiy thraillng himself In tho head with revolver. Kre.1. Alters, on trial In Cedar Rapids for thr murder of hi uncle, In llctitoii county pleaded Rollty In open cmrt, ami Iim been sentenced lo sixteen yrartju Ihe peiillentlary. A man uamvd Williams, from nonr Montlrrllo, wm hol and Instantly killed, t Parley, on the morning of December nth, while attempting to burglariously enter the (torn ot Walkrr llroe. Tho Dubuque Fair Association, at Ita IaM meeting resolved to rh(tf It coiiatllti Won, Issue tKinit runinK Itva yrtrt, to xm tHBd to wlpn out the richt of llfl.OOO aire mly atotlnic, and contlnuu the or(ftnlullon. Tho lato Adjutant Oonoral Wnrwick bM txcn apNilnlrt HuiH'ttntr mloiit of Nation a) Grmrtrrlr. Ho will remain at Keokuk fur the priwnt, a AmUUnt Hiirlntrndrnt, hut will rvcntually havr- full rharg of on of the fometrrir. A atubbliii affray oconrrml nt iv nil loon In Council lllnlTi, a frw ntKht k'i, In which WlllUm Vluiurr tablxnl and rtlwuly InJunM Charlra lliuh, a ncl(hhor. Huih tic tn a critical condition. l'luutrrUout on 00O ball, Itoth are prominent Ocrntan. Tho lato Adjutant (lonornl Warwick aaa Urn appointed Huprrlntrndvut of Nation a) Crmctrrtr. Ho will ninilu at Krokck for tho prrnt, m AmIiUhI Hinxrlutriutcnt, hut will eventually havo full charno of one of tho MiocUrlca. On tho ovoiilng ot Dccetnbvr 4th. a tn In the MlnaWMppt Valley Tobacro Wcrka, Burllnirton, dratrofot tho entire bulldliiK and Ue bulk of Ita content. The loaa upon the bulldlnK la eatlmaUd at 110,000, and on ina-. rhlnrry anditockat 140,000 1 all oOYertd by laauranre. On the aiteinoon of Friday, Decern tor flto, a fire waa Altcorertd tn the cupola of Um f nhllo Khoo) balldlntfln MM. The wind waa blowlax a trrR tale at the time, but lc tag o high up It could not lx reached In time to aave the Imllillng, tkhcml waa In arulnn at Uae time, and of the four or lire hundred chil dren In the tmlldluit at the time, none were e rtotttly hurt In making their exit. Heveral w ere aMchtly braked ta (ailing while KotiiK down down ttalnu The orjran, ilrV, Ixyiku, car rmaa, children' wrap, and Irdrcd, neatly all the movable arttclea were vcd. The build. lujcot about t")VWi ,1U- w buuretl for a considerable aniouut, The lire orl;lnattd by eparka from a ihbnnoy catching tu the dry wood of tho cupola. On tho afternoon of Friday, Decem ber (llh, a tiro waa dlMxvrrel In the Cupola of the public Khool bullulaR In Alhla. The wind wm blowing a I Irving Rale at the time, but br ing hl,h up It could not be reached In time to mvo the building. Schixd wm In teuton at the time, and of the tour or (Ire hundred chil dren tn the building at the time, none were c rtoualy hurt In making their exlu Several were allghtly bruited tu falling, while going down atalr. The organ, dcaka, bok, raqurU, chll dren' wrapt, and Indeed, nearly all the mova ble article were aaved. The building cot about 936,000, and wm toiured for rontldrr bio amouat The Are originated by iparki from a chimney, catching In the dry wtxv) of the cupola. . llarnutu waa trawling ouco on board one of tho river ateaiuers, whoro thoy feeil yon for ti moderato outlay (tuveic ty-llvo oenu a meal) very sumptuously, but tho portions supnlieU arc usually of Biicroncoplo dlmcnsiona. Ho called at tea-timo for tt beeft"k. Tho uecro brought him tho usual little Rhriveltsl rolto of broiled llch, cortainly not suf Sclent for moru than two mouthful, liar mini poUed tho morsel on his fork, canned ft critically, aa though it woro a aamplo of ateak eubuiltled to hlu in apection, and then, returned it to the waiter, saving, 'Yes, that's whntl mean. Bring mo some of tlmt." MMIAIMMI iw.wH EM) NKWt Of TNI WIIK. eJr. Hancock' alanghter honw, Chicago, trtirnH Dre. 6th. Um, I7,COO. Hmall A Maaon'a store at Honora, Ohio, bum Dee. 8. Lam, fXtfl Keytnor Hro', confectionery, IltU. Imrg, Irtirn.! Dee fcta. Um, i.n, HtiMel) lima, hardware aUir.ManU t, Mich., burned Dec 7lh. I, iav.000. Two men were he rood to death In fteleher' ugar rrlbiry, Mt Iwta, t. M. The pn'eldnnt of the Troy, N. Y., do funet Merchants' and Merhanlra' Hnk, baa been IndleUd. Tho IVnarook Having Hank, atFiah errH'.e, N. It., hi ten rlrwrd by the Hank Cnmuill'inrr. Hlx store wnro burned at Fayette Vllle, Tend., Dee. M. f)M, f1,(WI Iniur aace, 110,000. (leorge Weu's wtton mill, nt Hall. Um, N. Y,, burned Derrmlxr 6th. lo, A0,. liittirtnrf, 9M(X. A call has been lurd for n reunion of the 'iirvtvlng lohllrr of th HUckhtwk wr, tb be held l HprliixfWM, III., Jan, fitli. One man wns killed and aoveral wounded by a train Jumping from tliJrk on a inlpUcrdttrh,nrar tVeit Itnme, Mich., Der. 91 h. Attout 1&0 employes In thr Chlcngo Packing and I'rovltlon Company' Urge con rem, In Chlrgn, have atnick for an Increase of wage. A liro In Hrooklyn, N. Y., Doo. 4th, dettmyrd lb 1'iclfle flour, grain and feed null, with grain elevator and dryer attached. Um, 1300,000. Utile ill Koto's livery stabln, Peters burg, III , with tilted! horte and the entire lk, burned DecemNr 4th, !, fJO.000 Ut ..., t Inturanre, 3,M0. A torrlhlo lHillor exploalon occurroil at lUyden' rolling mill, Columbu, (),, De cember Mb, killing two young men, and aert ouly Injuring several other person. Wm, Iowls, brother of ox-Unltcd HlatetrVnatorlwU.of Virginia, wadrownel In the Hhruaudoh river, Der. 'Jd. Ill colorcl driver ndhore were nlmtdrownei. Motes Ifng and (loorgo Carter wero fatnlly Injured, and a mail iittnnl Mathuwitiv rlmuly hurt, at a ipiarry ne'r Hoineitet, Ky., Dee, 4, by a prentturo eiplolon of a blait. On tho morning of Deo. Illi, sovornl taw uitllt and largoqtiantlileiof lumber wern burncil at Kt Vitlnw, Mlehlgn. The Iom air Mtlmati'd a, f IIM1 In.urance, 7,(s). At tho Fnt Stock Show In Chlcngo, Dec. 4ttt, theitrtt prlsnfor foiir-yearold steers was given to D, M. MdtiliiRcr.of Albion, Iowa, and the trcoud to Ornrgo P. (Iray, 8r., of ltuhvlllr, lud, Another mill was destroyed by 11 ro at Minneapolis on thr night of Dee. Olh, rauted It It ttated, by the explosion (' flour dint. The mill had 13 run ol atone and em pin) rd 'JO men. !", IT.VXS): Inturanre, 145 (IX). No lot of life reported. Kxtenslve pralrln lltes havo recently prevailed near Crook City, Bturge City and other prU of Dakota Territory The, hay tarkrd for the military pott at Hear llutte waa burned up, and many ranrhra wern burned to the ground. A Ynnkton, D. T., dispatch, says: The grstid Jury found forty-four It dlctmeut aglnt l.lvlngftou and other Indian tgrntt, government employe sndtlmtier thieves. I.lv lugttou, a L'latre, Hlehardton and Huttell were srralgnrd on one Joint Indictment. Supervising Architect Hill has been notlrled by tho Hmctary of tho Trcatury that In view of hit ludlctmrnt In the UnltiM Hlatra Circuit Court at Chicago, he I tUKpcudcd from ofllre pending trial. Tlte tutpentlou'l tiy di rection of tho I'rrtldent. John Krssler, rHi peilnteudentotContrurtlonof thencw ttulld tug forthn Uurrauot Kngravlngatid I'rlutlni, 1m. been appointed to dltcharge tcmorsrlly the dutleaof ttupenrlslng Architect In place of Hill, imp ndr1. OIbmImsii Nrrcirsl. Hobort J, Whclan, not yet 'Jl years of age, ton of a well known cltlsen of Jersey City, ha alxcondcd, after robbing hit em ployer, Jtcph. Yetnan, cotton broker, New York, of I4I.0W. On tho morning of Dec. 7th, J. O Howard, of t'on Du l.ae, Wit,, a ttuilcnt In a Chicago utetllcal college, ahot the owner of a saloon, InChletgo, killing him Instantly. They had dltputcd aKut tomo drink. A dispatch from Sidney, Nebraska, it Nor. Uuth, Mya Nick Uradford, the ranch man thot by (leo. W, McKadden, near Camp Clark, dletl on tho nUht of tha Mth. McFad den It In Jail at Sidney. On tho morning of Deo. 7th, J. C. Howard, ot Poll Du I.ac, Wit , a student In a Chicago medical college, thot the owner of a tthxwt In Chicago, ktltlns him luttautly. They had dltputcd about tome drlnkt. At Hamilton, Ohio, on tho morning of Dee. 7th, 11. We!g1c,tho proprietor of a teer garden, shot hit wife through the head, and then tkot hlmielt, both dying Instantly. Fi nancial and faintly dlnlcultlca tald to tv tho caute. Tho grnntl Jury at Zancsvlllo, Ohio, have found Indictment sgalntt the grave-robber Lyman Katon, Capt, lllllltnl and Dr. lleyl. It It thought that HIIIIrd,wholimch aftectet by hi Mltlon, will make a full con fession At Hamilton, Ohio, on tho morning of Dec. Tib, 11. Welgle, the proprietor ot a beer garden, thot hi wife through the head, and then shot hlnuvtlf, both dying Inttautly. Ktnauclal and family dlfficultict Mid to be the caute. A herder from tho Niobrara river, report that North' michc, on tho Dltmal rher, wat burned by Indian a tew-days tlnce, and IsM head ot horses taken. Tho herder are fortifying thvmichc at Prstl't ranche, on the IllrdwwKl. Frank Turner, agvd '.), on tho 2oth of NuTcniir, vallot at the bouse of S-rauc! Judd, six mile from Wltllanittowu, Ohio, and Invited Judd to drink from a tvltle. Ttie lat ter, decltucd, when be was ordered on hts kie, with a rv elver, and while In that pod- tln, Tamtr mt hit U.rosl with a knife, kill log bun totuntly. Chief Warden McWhorter, and Dep uty Warden QnlAn, of th Ohio IUntlary, have l?en Invrtilgated by th dtrtctr of that Inititatlcm, and th result Is that thr former htt l-ten rp3trd to trndsr hit rrlgnatlin, to lake (fleet Jsnusry 7th, m th gruuad that h dor not ftttrt tuAelrnt iei4llv ability to nsnags tath tn Institution. Other rhsrgvt brought Mtlnti bin were declared to b with out foundation, Deputy Warden Qulnn ws found to m guilty of Insubordination, and hi resignation wm arrrptt-L, Chief Warden MoWhorter, and De Uty Warden Qulnn, nt th Ohio penlUntlary, have Urn InvMtlgated t y th dlreeUirtnf that Institution, and the rrtult la that the former hat l-en reitietted tn tender hit rolgnal'nn, lo take tfTrct January 7th, on the ground that he d'H-t not pmtH (tifTlfletit rieeutlve ability to manage tti( h an Inttltuilun Other charge brought (ftlnt him rr declared to I with out foundation, Drruty Wanlen Qulnn was found to I, guilty of Ittubordlnatlon, and hit resignation wat accepted. On tho night of Nov, 2Ath,ndltcharg nl tract man, ntmrd (int. W, AtlliiKOm, at lllgHprlngs station, Neb. on tlte Union !' rifle, attempted to kill Mrs, llrlto, the keep er of a boarding house for railroad kandt. Al llngton wat discharged fr sending Mrs, llrla tiw an Insulting letter, and he presented a pistol threatening to shoot her If the letter wat not returned. A seotloii Ixmm, Mlchtel Katie, and hit assistant Thotnaa rVott, Inter fered, and In the inlrk Kane wa fatally wounded In tha rlKht lung. Tlie assaisln rt raped. A reward la offered and thr olTlccra tre In t urtull. AfsruMsf. IIUSSIA. Tim Journal ele HU l'otorsbtirg and the (lolo ridicule the Idea of (in. Kauff nitnn's recall from hi command In TurklsUn. The. (lolo says Kussla haa m much right to ask for Lord Lytton'a recall from fndla m England hat for the recall of (len. Kauffmann. Tlie Journsl de HU I'eteraburg nxpretsea the lellef that lon1 1.ytton'a policy of forrlng the Ameer tu enter Into relation with (Ireat Ilrltaln wm dotermlnrd long befeiro tho Hut tlsu rtnliMty waa aent to Cabul, and that tho latter was a mere pretext for the position now astumrd by Kugtand. CtOI.ANtl. The Daily Stw$ (I.lbornl organ) pub llshca an sutlmrlUtlvo parsgtaph ttntlng that a resolution which the oppotltlon will Intro duce l.i tho House of Cotumnni will tlrongly rensiim the govrrninrut but will not refuse supplies Tim "Timet," In a leading editorial, ta) It hat reaton to Mlrvo that the expense of occupying the desired frontiers In Afghanis, tan will only Ixi about CI,(oi,0U). As aooii at (leu. ItohrrU hat atic.-eeiled In expelling the Afghani from posttlont lefiire him, Um minis ters' main object will lie secured. i'nrllament convened Deo, oth. Tho Queen's tpeech wa uniituilly brief. Her Majesty regrett lielnir roinpellod to tumtnon Parliament earlier than usual, but tho action of thn Ameer of Afghanistan compiled the sending of an expedition Into hit territory, and the earliest opjMirtunltyJiat lrn taken to call Parliament together and making to It communication aa rciilrrd by law. The pa per on tlit'tuliject are to to laid I fore Parli ament. Her Majetly ttatr that assurance from all the foreign powers are frl udly, and that there It every reaton to Mltr that the arrangrmenta for pacification mmlo by the treaty or llerlln will he satisfactorily carried out. Tho following resolution will bo pro ten'cd In Nith House of I'arlltment: "Hi sohed, thst Her Majesty having directed s military expedition of her ferret charged iion the Indian revenue to Ihj dlspateliivl axalntt tho Ameer of Afghanlstin, that tlila house eousriitt thai thn revenues of In. tin nhall be applied to defray the rxpentca of the military operatlont which may be cnrrled on le)ond tho external frontiers of Her Majetty's Indian possetalont," Irish members complained of tho ab sence In the roysl speech of any promise to rcdreaa Irish grlevences. Power and Sullivan, Irish memlK'rt, protested agnlutt tho Afghan war. A London correspondent says: In Influential (piarters It It Ixillevett that an ar rangement with Hussta for the settlement nt tho Central Asia question 1 on the tapis, and It la likely to assume the form of a partition ot Afghanistan. I1KKMANT. A ditpntoh from llerlln announces that on the Kmperor'a return the authorities Intend tn declare llerlln In a ttato of tlrge,un der the provMotie of the Socialist law, AKtlllAXtSTAN. Dispatches say that (Sen. Hubert hits gained a complete victory over the Ameer's foreta, capturing I'lcwar Katat and nil the Afghan cannon. The. enriui 'a lost la heavy. The lltllUli hvM U eighty ktllmt and wounded. Thu Ameer, In nuswor to ti commu nication from the Viceroy of India, declares thst he entrrtslns no enmity against the llrtt Ish t-orernment; that ho desires to resume hit former friendly relations, and will not retltt the visit ot the British ti.lsslon to IVibul. The Ameer crlllclic the professed friendly Intcn t'ouot thollrltlshgovvnimeiit and alludes to Ita action In the past, A Lahore correspondent saya that OenerAl ltnbcrt will probably whiter on the height of Prlwar Pat. Hit victory detaches W,0U non-orthodox Mussulmans from the Ameer's authority, Accxrdlng to private In formation these Mustulmaut are already send ing levtet Into the Ilrltlsh camp. It la report ed that the Khoard-Cahul trtbea art? only kept from deserting the Ameer by the presence of the troop. Dispatches of December Oth say that the British killed at Pelwar are now estimated at iXV. The rati supplies which the Afghan had accumulated tor the winter In the village around IVtwar greatly rvllevw the commissa riat. Ociieral Itoberta It erecting hut In Pel war I'asa for a portlsu of hit tnvps. It haa teen rumore! that an advance on Jclaltod hM been ordered, and that tho Ameer of Af ghanlttan hM flevl to TurVlstan. Intelligence ha lecn receive,! thst the family ot tho Ameer of Afghanistan hM ttken refuse tu ItUMlan TurUttan. A reconneltiuce showing Khrjotck l'as Is not defended, and General Hlddnlph ha beeii ordensl to occupy it. A special from Dakka says the Hril- Uh advance haa dtroyet by It soreeat, th Ame-r'a authority In the ln-b peo.lent terrl Uey, 30 mile In width frurn Jumrcod to Dk ka. The flytnt Afghan srmy la Its efforts to rseap hM ben plus iter ed of evrrythlflg, th rtmntry having risen tgalnst It, refnitnf It shelter. The news U rvaflrmed that lelltla lud bat ten rvartiated and tha garrison it tn bead lone flight towards CsfmL Mahomed thot Khan, chief of Uif Llfxor a4 h-ail of the Mahomnndt, the Ameer's alltea, hM placed himself In Majal CalnmUU. Oca. Katna hM reached a ftlnl half way txtwetn HaMrtS per and Hurutn fort II haa met with do re tftUncs. (Jenrrtl Hldculph rnu-red PUhren this mornlnr The rvunsvl tribes who were rprtng tt flight have remained, and are bringing tn tapplle. Tlte vllltgert go atmt their dally work with the uttwxt unconcern while our army wat tuning. A Lnhorn dispatch says: ('ticral Itohertt, finding th enemy eofM-entrtlet In tuDlrlerit ttreiiffth to Jutl.y the hope of In fllctlnjr a rnishlng defeat on the Ameer't forces, ha ilelaye,! his attack untd the arrival of all hi supplies, ft to In bli to follow Up any advantage that he may gtln A dlt pau h from the Vlrcroy of Indl.. also -tttrs that (lenrral ItotKrtt Is hilling to allow the tnmpt tn rest, and hit tnppllra to eyunr for ward The Afuhtnt re at the top of IVIwer Pass, and are known to have lio batteries of horse artillery, lir.KMAKK. Tho statement that thu (Sormnn le gation had withdrawn from Denmark Is un true. The late Herman Minister left I'oprn higru lefore the arrival of hit tuccrasor, but no diplomatic rupture had occurred, At the same time, It cannot N- di nled that thn threat rnlng altitude assumed by the i'russlon Gov ernment against the Duke of Cumberland, si multaneously with the declaration of his be trothal ti the Prlnrrts of Thyra, It causing tome uneasiness. Tlir. OlitKNT. Tho Hulgarlan Houndury Commission hat returned safely to Constantinople after considerable danger. The Bulgariana lietlrgrd the Kngllth and Turklth commissioners for two days. Hulrlman I'atlia wm aontrured to IB years Imprisonment. He hM taken an ap peal. Tlie Turklth Ministry ht bcn dlsmla. eil, and new Minister appoint. Tho Ime rtel decree announcing the apolntme nt rrc oinmriidt tho new Ministers to strive to carry out thn projected reforms and to repair th evils of the lata war. Tlie decree alto mi noun era that tho projected rrform will u shortly promulgated. Tho Sultan hni rttsurod Count Ziuhy, Austro-Hiiugarlan amhatsador to Constanti nople, of thn I'orte'a Intention to adhere to the treaty of Berlin, and exprrste great anxi ety to arrive at an undemanding with Aus tria. A Constantinople, illtpati h say Andrew Homer, analho ot Hungary, who wat natu ralised In tho United Htatea In InM, wat ar retted on the Until ot Novemter. Manyard wll today demand to Iki Informed of the charge against Uonier. NI'AIH. Tho Court of Cassation has allowed Monrasl' appeal on the ground of misappli cation of the code of criminal procedure. Tho now trial will commence In a fortnight. Three Mlsalonarles Katen. Intelllgenco has been received from the Island of Now Ilrltaln of tho mas sacre, on Anrll 19th, of three nntlvo Wesleynn mission agents, who wero set upon nml mnrderod nnd their bodlea enten bv tho mouutnln trllns. Thn 'Wosloynu church In Australia directs and support oenngellstlc oper ations In tho Friendly Islnnds, the Now colony of FIJI, Samoa, the lone IMiitul of Hnlumrth, nnd the group nf ilmuN of which New Hritnln nnd Now Ireland aro tho largest. Tim mlicdmi Is ntuior the charge of tho Hov. (Jeorgo Hrowii, who realdos liliniolf in one of tho Duku of York group of Mnud. Kight of tho teachers had expressed their with nnd determination to visit thn interior tribe of Now Hrltaln. They divided Into two hands, in tinier to cross tho Inland nt dillorciit parts. Four of thum started;from Hlancho Hay, ami tho other four made tho northern sldo of the Islnnd tholr point of dop.trt uro. Tho Hlnnclio Hay party rutiirned next day to their point of departure. The other four teachers nNo reached the plateau In safety, Interviewed tho natives, and were eutortniued for thu night in one ot tho towns. A chief named Tallll, who lived on tho low land, hut who had influence in tho in terior, sent a mcuiago lo tho town In which tho unfortunate teachers wuro lodged for tho night, beseeching tho tribe to kill them. When tho doomed men left the vitiligo tho next morning the people followed, and calling noon all whom they mot working tho plan tatlons by tho way, to join thotn in tho deed of blood, nt length fell upon tho mtnruicd, unstispleloiis teachers, and slew them In n savngo fashion. Tho bodies wero cut up. and tho pieces sent hero and there to tho dif ferent towns, whore they wero cooked and eaten with cunnlbal ccrcmonvnnd delight. The object of thus distribu ting tho bodies was to implicate a largo number of towns in the massacre--a customary device of savages. The Rev. Mr. Drown. n hearing of the massacte, adopted very severe reprisals, tho char acter of which on tho part of a mission ary has been variously commented on by the Austrnllan press. An expedi tion wns forthwith organized, and the result of tho reprisals was that at least llfty, possibly more, of tho cannibals were killed, nnd many of tho towns and plantations wero destroyed. Melbourne (Australia) .tryt.s fW, &. A Western dairyman whose butter took tho tirst premium at a recent fair, writes: "Kvery pound of my butter has been worked with a ladle bought by my wife's mother, over seventy years ago, from and used by nn Oneida Indian, from the natural crook from tho root of a white nirch tree and presented to tuv wife by her mother, on tlie day of her going to housekeeping. Fifty dollars wouldn't buy that ladle, as it has be come a family souvenir." iS iiiiMTio.v Tue main caue of lieivoumess U Indiges tion, and that It caused by weakness ot the stomach. No one can have sound nerves and good health without uslug Hop Hitler to strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and to keep the liver and ktdueya active, to carry oft all the poisonous and watte matter of the system. Jc other column. cwiciku: MSaTB. Ws.iJcTos-, Tueaday, Dee. 1 Ttc Paddork tubmltted a rrsoiuUx iMUUrtJtig the committee on flnasee tit Itoalre Into the txprdJcory of makkac trtde dollars legal tra der foe all deWa, tad tmMJHf tar the terpen tloti of Ike enHsg? of the sUbdard silver do Ur of 413K grain ad t&w rteoinlng of It aane lato Uade oVitlaea of ) rralnt, and for ttirh aibllUotial jit.aarv nf UnU dollar m tbo aeedt of the rstantry may demtml-Uld over 1 rurxllac ami ouer ronimiiieet extsuui as io tUm nf the last Session were ennttnucL Pen aior Merrill ltfwluej a bill f r aatbortxtng th rVeretary of the Treasury to ten In ex cfiti(re for L nlUst r? tales nAte or coin certio rate of dfjostt, deownlnttlont of 110. or any multiple thereof not exceeding 1100, ttrinr lnterrt at the rate of I'.V and convertthlr at any time wlthlo oea tear InUM (wr cent Ijuods a described In tb funding act, and the mon ey art rrceived shall lie applle,) to the payment nf the &.30 ImciIi In the mle preserltl by tald act rVnator tleek tubmlttrd a rrsolutl4) calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement o, the amouat of silver cotn rreelv ed In payment of rusUim duet since the tie Rtnnliig of Ui flseal year, Ac. Adoptrd. trn aUir Omover tuhmllir,! a resolution tu lavra tlKtte tha omlMlou of the srrtlon rrlatlnf to the Hot r(irlnrt In the rnrotlnirtit of the Pan- dry I Ivll appropriation Mil at the last ses.lotj agn-e.1 t. Adjourard. not'. Tlie fo'lowlnit bills wrre lntro.lnre.1 Kev. eral for therecolnliitr of the traile ilallar Into thn standard slUer dollar; bill to rrpea) the resumption art, bill fur commissioner on yel low frrer epidemics .tiipuulsl.rlrctlon frauds, toirrveiitcorruptl 'nlnelretlonsjfor ItnprriTe rneut of ihe M,slspp rivr, to make trade dollars legal Under, tn mske traile dollars and other silver tulns legal ten.tr r, to renulre lh hecrrtary of the Treasury to receive the tra.le dollar lit exchansr for leifal tender silver dol lara, u stop the further colnafe of trade do). Ian, In relation to ttie expulsion from (ler many of Julius Bauer, a naturalized American Cttlrefl! for admlsslou and registry nf foreign built ships; for the termination ot the natiirtl Inllon treaty with I'ruisla. All wrre referred. HoU'e went into committee of the whole on the military academy appropriation bill, after which the military academy and fortification bill Wre pasaed. Adjourard. SR1ATK WatntKOToy, Welnetdtr, Dec. 4 A com mittee wat appointed to inquire about the omltslon of the Hot Kprtngt clause from the civil appropriation bill of last session. Hauls tmry Intro-lurcl a bill authorlilnit the H-crc-tary of the Treasury In rrdremlnr Unlte.1 State Irgal lender note aa required by thn pecJtl rrtiitnMlon ct, to y h per cent. In gold and M -r cent. In standard tllvcr dol lar. Harrlt' resolution regarding the pre vention of cpldemka wat agree.1 Uu Motion to take up the Tcxm I'acirTc Ktllroa.l bill re-lectcd-yras, U; nays,. on the ground that It would lead to a long disruption. Kdmundi ?ave notice that he would on Monday call up the bill relatlnp to Presidential elections ami the counting of votet. Kuttlt Intmdmrd a bill approprlsting the million dollara for lm proving thu levies In the toutheni ritatrs laid on the table. After an executive vlon fenatc adjourned. IIOl'SR. A bill pno Idlmj for u Hot riprltiK romm1t rlou, wllh an ameiulmetii Hut fne hatha ho maintained for thn Indigent, passnl H hlel rher olternl a rttoliitton ralllni; on the presl dent for it copy of the ill. pitch of Oct 0 1-7S from the fM n-tarv of tlHtc to the I'nttcd MUtes Minister In Mi Vleo, together with other document on tho solicit ol our eoninieii ll relations with Mexicoadopted. Kelley offer el a resolution asking the Secretary of the Treasury for Information rrifnlliiilhe detx It of government money In any national, Mate or private tank on the Unh of teptember and Novemtr-r, 187, and other drpmitt by dlt burtlug anenta adopted. Adjourned. ttNSTS. Wasiiimiton, Thurwlay, Ihr. &. The Vice rresldent announced aa special committee on the yellow fever Inveatlgatlon, Harris. Umer, I'aibloek, Conover, (larland and Kustlt. Tim following resolutions wrre submitted and agreed tot Calling Uxm the rVcrety of the Trrasury for Information as to deposit tn the treasury to the credit of the Krrcdmru'i a vlnjf and Trust Co., and whether Interest thouM be allowed thereon, d:c, to print 11U coplet of the testimony In the Corbtn-lltltler cam. ; reoueatlng the I'rrtldent to transmit any Information received concerning tl-e iMt1al and eommrrrlal Intercourse with tho South American Statet. lly unanlmnut routent sev eral chan(jir were made In staiidinc commit tee. Adjourned. IIOULK. Singleton, from the committee on appro priations, rvjHirteil the consular and diplomat Ic appniprlatlon bill; referred, and made spe cial order for Tuesday next. Clymei, from the tamo committee, reported the nav.il ai- propruultfti bill: referrnl to co illtee of thn whole, rofcwtulftn for the appointment of a yellow fevir commitue pacd. Hrentram mailo n personal nxplanallou reKardlng tho statement of the Washington W that he re cemsl l'J,.Vsj for voting to pay Interest on the nu District of Columbia bonds. Iln mured an Investigation hv committee; ulopte.1. Har rison of Illinois, oiirred a resolution for Infor mation regarding the employe appointed In tho Chicago Custom House by the prrarutrol. lector. (Urrleld reported a concurrent rvtolu Hon for yellow fever coairalMkm; adouled. Adjourned Until Monday. SKNATB, WxamwuTOV, Mondar. Deo. D Senator ConWIIng Introduced a bill granting a pension to tho widow of Hear Admiral Paulding. Win dom aubmltted a preamble and resolution act Hug forth that the t'nlted States Talent OfTlcn hat become an Institution of oppression, and therefore directing Ihe committee on patent to consider the expediency of tome other mode of comjensatlng Inventors Instead of thn pres ent i) stein, A resolution wm agreed to re questing tlie rresldent to fumlth coplet of re Kirt of marshal and other officer, and ttich corretpomlence at he rnsy have tu relation to recent elections in South Carolina and Loui siana. Hill In relat'on to Presidential clcctloua and the counting of votet wat taken up, and Kdmuuds spoke In favor of tho bill. The House resolution for tho Investigation of the vellow fever epidemic sirred to. Oarland lUbmltie,! a resolution Instructing the com mittee on Indltn Affairs to Inquire Into the expediency of revltlm: the Ivw regulating In tercourse with thelmllin tribe In the Indian Territory agreed to. llavard tubndtte.1 a resolution requesting the President to trans mit correspondence relating to the Immun'iy ot diplomatic agent of foreign government fromjudlrhl prvwetillng sgilnst them while residing In tho United Mates agrred to After executlrc session the Senate adjourned. IIOl'SC Tho following bills were Introduced: Hi Hewitt, to make tllver standard dollara Intrr changeable w ith gold, lly Vance, of X. C, to repeal the United State electorsl uprTl. or law. Hy Atkins, to make minor or lub ldtry coin legtl tendtr for debt due the government. Including payment of eurtomi and duet. Hr Hurchanl, requiring the .National Hank Attoclatloa to receive a Irgal tender ciln on depewlt at par In exchange at ur foe United Stale and national tnk note. Hy Huckner, amending the tllver rrmonetixatlon scl. Hy Cummlngs, to pruvlde for the re demption of tuNidlarv coin of the United SUle. and for the'r reissue, lly Ve, to tn force the Mth and l.Mh amrndraenta to the OwtUtuUpn. Hy IMalth, to reimburse the State of Pennsylvania for money paid for losses to the cltlient of the State during the rebellion, several resolutions were agreed tot and others referred. Adjourned. A Keglstcred Letter. "What distinguishes a registered let ter from any other?" U a question ven often a-skwl. The difference is that 'a registered letter does not go Into tho mall proper. It passes from hand to bnd outside the mall pouches, even tierson through whoo hand it passes being rvouired to sign a rvcvlpt for it on receiving it, and seeurv a receipt for it on passing it over to the next in tran sit. The i)ron holding the la.st re ceipt U thus always able to show who is accountable for the os. The re sponsibility rests upon the man who has signed a receipt for the registered package and who is not able to produce Ae tekag or receipt from xne bodr else for it. The safest way to ssittd taoney I by money-order. Whero It does not go to the money-order office it should always l sent in a registered Fiackage. Mosey ought not to bo sent n aa ordinary letter under any clrcum sUarx. There is no possible way of "tracking" such a letter. EMH051I COURTMHIi. Hew Ike Urtat lave arttr Mae Uit ui Marrie4. The suiryof Edison's courtship, while it lacks the roseate tinge of romance, Illustrates tho man's faculty of going to the heart of things with the sivaHeflt possible amount of circumlocution. When he. was eipcriro0ntujr; tome cars ago with the Llttloautowatlcjel egraph system, he perfected a contri vance for producing pf rforatlons in pn ir bv means of a Kov-board. Amonir the y'oung women whom ho employed1 to manipulate tiieto macnincs, wun n view to testing thrlr capacity for speed, was a rather demure youtig person who ntti'iidi'd to her work and never raised her eves to tho incipient gunlus. One day dion sto'd observing her as alio drove down one key after anothur with her plump lingers, until, growing ner vous under hts prolonged stares, slio dropped her hands idly in her lap and lookod up helplessly Into his face. A genial smile, such as Irreverent parn graphlsts havo referred to as 'the Kill son grin." overspread Edison's face, and he presently inquired rather ab ruptly: What do you think of me, little girl? Do yon liku me?" "Why, Sir. Edison, you frighten mo. I-that is-I " "Don't he In a hurry about telling me. It doesn't matter much, unless you would like to marry me." The young woman was disjiosed to laugh, but Edison went on:, Oh. I mean It. Don't be In a rush, though; Think it over, talk to your mother about it, and let me know m soon as convenient Tuesday, say. How will Tuesday stilt you next week Tuva dav, 1 mean?" Edison's shop was at Newark In those dnys, and one night n friend of his em ployed in the in iv (no like of the Western Union Telegraph Company, in New York, returning homo, saw a light in Edison's privatu laboratory, nnd climb-, ed tho dingy t.iirs, tn find his friend in one of his o'hnmctoristlo stupors, half awake and half-doingover some Intri cate point in electrical science which wii lm 111 I PL' him. "Hello. Tom I" cried the vititor cheer ily, "whatareyou doing hero this latu? Aren't you going home?" "What time is it?" innuired Edison. slcepllv nibbing his eyes and stretching like a lion suddenly nroiied. 'Midiili!ht :isy enough. Comu along." "U that so?' returned Edison in a dreamv sort of way. "llv (JeorL'e, I wiMsf go home, then. I wns married to-dny." Marriagu was an old story with him ho hud boon wedded to his electricity hobbles for years. Hut in splto of his seeming Inditlcrcnco on this "tho most eventful day" In his life, he makes a good husband, nnd thu demure little woman of tho perforating mnchlno smilingly rules domestic destinies at Monlo Tark, and proudly looks across the fields wnero the chlmnevs rise and her husband still works on the problems that made him a truant on his wedding day. A swarm of children pluck her gown to share their mother's smile and lay in wait to climb into their father's lap and muss his hair with as great a relish as If ho woro not the greatest enlus of lit time. Washington iVf. tine Hundred and One. Mr. Jacob W Koirors. of Tit inpeennoo si I probo- township, this county, Is, in id blllty, thu oldest person in Iowa. Ho was lorn. Jan. 1st, 1778, within twenty miles ol l'ittsburir. Pennsylvania, nnd if ho lives till nuxt January, will bo one hundred and one years old. Dr. N. M. Wllllford, of Oakland, who kindly fa vors us with this nccount, with Mrs. Wllliford, took dinner with Mr. Rogers last Saturday, at his son John's resi dence, where tho old gentlemnn nnd, his wife now make their homo. Ho lias been favored with a numerous off spring twenty-three children, and has seen thirteen ot them buried. He wa? a soldier in the war of 1812, and waa twice wounded at the battle of Lundy's Lane, where ho fought under Gen Scott. He yet carries a bullet in his right arm, received in that memorable engage ment, and saw Gen. Scott a few min utes after tho General, himself, that day received a wound in tho shoulder. The father of Mr. Rogers was soldier In tho old French nmrindinn war.whlch culminated in Hraddock's defeat, and participated in that fatal encounter, escaping in the tetreat conducted by Goorgo Washington. Thoson, inspired bv that patriotic spirit which hod characterized his fnther, responded to tlie call of his country in 181'.', serveil through the war, was honorably dis charged in 181ft, ami yet draws a jen. siou of eight dollars per month from the Government, In recognition of his gallant services. He was a member of Capt. Machesncy's company, attached to tho loth regiment, Pennsylvania, volunteers. Mr. Rogers is In good health mentally and physically, walking about briskly, is Interesting in conversation, and In tcllegeau Ha joined the M. E. Church two vears ago, and is living with his second wife, who is sixty-ntae year old. Although a user of tobacco, Mr. Rogers has always been strictly tem perate as to liquors, having never in dulged in them, and says that General Scott once wished to treat him, and he refused to Imbibe, even at the Invitation of that distinguished soldier. It is not often that so aged, a man as Mr.Rgera is met with, and we wish him yet many serene and happy day. Jf. ntatanX Journal. . In Colorado they are paving bounties for the heads of owls and hawk, and mt.M, nn tvt thick as erasshoppers. Thoy had better giro premium for In creasing too numoer oi oirus mai we vour vermin. Th'e South Australian government has offered !V0,00O for a successful com bined groin reaper, thresher and sicker. i I H' l AU