APVOINTXKNTS Jll' CLEVELAND.
SJie AVic Kolleltor General of tha Unltei
tilatct and the Ansoclute J'lHttee of the
Sunrctii * Court.
lion. John Qoode , of Virginia , appointed
solicitor general of tbc United States , is
native of Virginia , 50 years of age , and was
admitted to the bar in 1651. Tn the same year
lie was elected a member of tbc Virginia legis
lature and in 1801 was a member of the Vir
ginia convention which adopted the ordinance
of secession. lie was a member of the con
federate congress during the war and was a
representative from Virginia in the Forty-
fourth , Forty-flf th and Forty-sixth congresses.
He was a member of the electoral college in
1852 and 1850 , and was a delegate to tbc na
tional democratic convention in 1803 and a
member of the democratic executive commit
tee from 186S to 1870.
Wm. Mcrrlck , of Maryland , appointed asso
ciate Jnstlcu of the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia , Is one of a family of prom
inent lawyers. Ills father , "Win. D. Merrlck ,
was one o'f the most prominent lawyers of
Maryland and was United States senator from
that state from l&'Ui to 1S-15. One of his
brothers , Richard T. Merrlck , of Wash
ington , lias a national reputation , and
his youngest brother. George C. , Is a
prominent lawyer of Prince George ,
Maryland. He Himself began the practice
of law in Washington in 1841 , and was ap
pointed by President Pierce associate justice
of the circuit court of the District of Colum
bia. This court was abolished in 16G3 , and
Mcrrlck resumed the practice of law in Mary
land. In 1877 he was elected to congress from
the Fifth Maryland district and served on the
committee which investigated the Credit Mo-
blller scandal. The salary grab act was passed
during this congress , but Judge Merrlck op
posed it and refused to take his back pay.
Since his retirement from congress he has
continued to practice law in Maryland. He
was born in Charles county , Maryland , and is
about 6(5 ( years o age.
It is reported that the resignation of Judge
Axtcll , of tbc supreme court of New Mexico ,
has been requested by the attorney-general
with the understanding that should he not re
sign he will be removed. Also the internal
revenue collector for Mississippi , James Hill
will be asked to resign to give place to E. O.
SIkcs , of Aberdeen , Miss.
111' A XORSADO.
Additional Particulars of 'he Disastrous
llloic in Missouri.
Further particulars of the storm at Pleas
ant Hill , Mo. , state that during- the early part
of the night it had been cloudy and cold , but
about 8 o'clock the wind Increased in force ,
coming- from the northwestern portion of the
state. Wh en it reached Pleasant Hill a num
ber of chimneys were blown over and sky
lights broken , and in portions of the village
fences were overturned and wrecked. The
chief track of the wind , however , was be
tween Greenwood and Pleasant Hill , on the
main line of the Missouri Pacific railway.
Sweeping south it ran against a freight train
of twenty-one cars en route north Iroin Har-
risonvi lo on the Texas branch of the Mis
souri Pacitio road , about five miles from
Pleasant Hill. The train at the time was run
ning no faster thau eight miles an hour , and
the wind caught it in the center , leaving the
engine and eight cars safely on the rails. The
two next cars were lifted from the track ,
but not injured , while the remaining ten and
caboose wore overturned and wrecked and
tore and twisted into all sorts of shapes. Four
of these cars were loaded with cuttle and
hogs , three with gravel ballast and three with
general merchandise.
In the caboose was Christopher Koegor , the
conductor ; J. H. Tuckman. a stockman from
Dunlap , Kan. , and John Duncan , Jack IMc-
Carty and W. Vaught , brukemen. Koeger ,
the conductor , was cut about the head and
bruised on both legs , and all the occupants of
the caboose were shaken up and tumbled
about , as alter leaving the rails the car was
dragged ajong over the ties a hundred feet or
more. The cuttle cars were BO badly wrecked
that many animals were killed while many
more escaped and are still roaming about tlie
country.
From the country about Pleasant Hill eomo
reports of the wind , and in the Plum Grove
district , three miles southeast , the school
, hou o and church were unrooled. At Stras-
" "Uurg and Kingsville several small wooden
houses wore blown down and considerable
fencing was destroyed , but aside from the
losses to the railway few interests suffered.
About. Lee's Summit some slight damage re
sulted from the wind , but the rain which fol
lowed was more disastrous. North of the
town considerable stock was dro ned , and
the water is reported higher than for a num
ber of years.
THE COUNT OF THE CASH.
JToto 3Tuc7i There ia in the National Box
Some Queer Letters It - -ieed by Treasurer
Wyman.
Washington special to the Omaha Herald :
"In round numbers there are 5200,000,000 in
cash and nearly $400,000,000 in bonds and trust
funds in the treasury vaults , " said ex-Treas
urer Wyman to-day. Although ho appeared
pale and nervous , ho stated be should not re
main until the count was finished , but proceed
to Omaha without waiting for the commit-
tee's report. Evervbody is confident the cash
will bo found all right. -
Ho exhibited to-day some queer letters
which he has received since the last election ,
generally relating to the disposition of the
money contained in the treasury. He received
a letter from an Indiana farmer , who said that
ho understood tie democrats intended cleanIng -
Ing out the tre-isury , but before that should
' ; omo to pass ho desired that the small sum of
0,000 should be sent bim in order that he
might buy a farm. He knew Mr. Wyman
would bo willing to oblige him with tnia
amount , particularly if he felt that the demo
crats cou'd not bo trusted with the treasury
and its funds.
Another letter was from an Ohio man , who
said that ho learned from different papers
that 540.0JO 000 lay in the treasury which be
longed to various persons , buthad never been
claimed. Ho was of the opinion that i > ome of
this amount rightfully belonged to him. A
peed many years ago , while traveling In Ken
tucky , be had sent $10 to his wife in a letter ,
but nothing had ever been heard of either let-
ter'or remittance , and be presumed the money
was in the treasury. Besides , his wife's undo
went to California in 1&59. and promised to
leave her some money. The uncle bad since
died , but nothing had been heard of the leg
acy , which no doubt was a part of the un
claimed J40.oOO.000. He desired the treasurer
to look the matter up and turn over to hisa
what was rightfully his own.
SWALLOWED UP Hi SHOW.
A Colorado Avalanche Resulting in the Death
. of Eleven Men.
A special from Tennessee Pass , Colorado ,
says news reached there of a snonrslide near
that place , in which eleven miners are sup
posed to have peilshed. The men had been
fforktnj : in the HomestaLs mine , and nothing
having been heard from them for a fortnight ,
a man named Frank Sanderson started out to
ascertain If any harm bad come to them. On
-arriving at the flat where the two cabins had
stood in which the miners lived , Sanderson
found everything buried by the deep snow-
-snowsllde , that evidently come down in the
dead of tbc night. Not a sign of life was to
* be seen in any direction , and there is no doubt
V * the -whole party were buried alive. A laree
rescuing party are now leaving for the scene.
Leadviilt ! dispatch : At 2 o clock this after
noon news reached the city that eleven men
working in Horaestake mine on Homcstake
mountain , on the Eazle river , were buried in a
-snow slidf. A special train from here carry
ing a relief party left within an hour for the
scene of the disaster. Arriving at a point
nearest the mine , the party was met by a crew
of excited miners , who Informed them that it
-was useless to attempt to reach the mine
through the wilderness of soft snow , .ven with
enow shoes , at that time of the day. The par
ty returned to Leadville and will repeat the
trip earlv in the morning , -when it is hopevl the
snow will bear the weight of the men. The
missing men are ilartla Borden an i his broth
er Sylvester , of Nova Scotia ; Horace W.
"Matthews and his brother Joses. of Iowa ;
John Lock and John Bams , of England ; Chas.
Richards , Nova Scotia ; Chris Harvey , L-ad-
viDe ; Robert Campbell , Red Cliff ; John Burns ,
: San Francisco , ana one unknown.
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TOE DISEASE.
Pteuro-Fneinnonia Among the Cattle in
Missouri Increasing *
II. M. Taylor , agent of the United States bu
reau of animal industry , arrived in St. Louis
on the 20th from Washington , and has secured
the co-operation of the Missouri Pacific , Wu-
bash and Chicago and Alton railroads in plac
ing an embargo on all cattle from Galloway
county , in that state. The agents have issued
Instructions to their local agents to refuse all
shipments of cattle from Galloway and con
tiguous counties unless accompanied by a car-
tillcato of health bv a government inspector.
Col. Hunter , president of the national cettlo
and horse growers' association of the United
States , sonc the following telegram :
Hon. N. J. Colman , Commissioner of Agri
culture , Washington : Contagious pleuro-
pnoumonla is spreading rn this state , nnd as
individual oTorts ( are powerless to cheek its
progress , I ask you to please see the attorney
general Immediately and get a decision it
once as to your power under the law to use
the funds appropriated for the bureau of ani
mal industry to stamp out this contagion ,
which threatens our entire cattle Industry.
Prompt action is necessary. Answer.
Answer.HUNTER.
HUNTER.
To this Col. Hunter received the following-
reply :
Col. 11. D. Hunter , President : I have asked
the opinion of the comptroller of the treasury ,
and the attorney general also , as to my power
to destroy cattle that have been exposed to
plcuro-pneumoma , and am promised a writ
ten opinion to-day or to-morrow. As soon as
obtained 1 will inform the public.
NOIUIAN J. COLMAN ,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
THE MAY CENTCJUY. For special rea
sons , in the May Century , more space
than usual is devoted to the war series ,
and sixteen pages are added to the reg
ular number , ICO , in order that other
subjects of public importance should
not be slighted. Of superior interest is
General Adam Badeau's anecdotal pa
per on * "General Grant" as a soldier.
General Badeau's article covers the
whole period of General Grant's mili
tary experience , from his brilliant ser
vice in the Mexican war to the surren
der of Leo at Appomattox , concluding
with an interesting analysis of General
Grant's soldierly characteristics.
The frontispiece of the number is a
striking portrait of'General McClcllan ,
engraved from a photograph taken es
pecially for this purpose. General Mc-
Clellan contributes a graphic account of
"The Peninsular Campaign , " and
makes special reference to his official
and personal relations with Secretary
Stanton and President Lincoln.
Of peculiar interest is General Joseph
E. Johnston's "Manasses to Seven
Pines , " which is a reply to Jefferson
Davis' criticisms ( in "The Rise and
Fall of the Southern Confederacy" ) on
his military operations in Virginia.
General Johnson describes in detail the
battles of Bull llun and the first day at
Seven Pines ; and his recollections are
supplemented , as it wer s , by General
John D. Imboden's entertaining de
scription of "Incidents of the Battle o
Manassas , " and General Gustavtis W.
Smith's account of "Tho Second Day at
Seven Pines. " General Imboden re
lates fresh anecotes of General Stone
wall Jackson and other prominent ac
tors in the battle ; and in conclusion he
throws new light on the confederate
failure to pursue the federal army to
Washington. General Gustavus W.
Smith commanded at Seven Pines from
the time of General Johnston's injury ,
on the evening of the first day , until
General Lee assumed command after
the fighting had ceased on the second
day. The fourth chapter of "Recollec
tions of a Private" describes the move
ment which saved the Union army from
total defeat at Seven Pines the forced
march of Sumner's corps to the aid of
the outnumbered federal troops at Fair
Oaks station. The war papers are
illustrated with careful maps , pictures
of incidents and of places , and numer
ous portraits , including a full page
double portrait of Generals Lee and
Johnson , from a photograph taken
after the war.
SENA.TOK BUBNSIDE is reported otell | |
this story at the expense of his colleague ,
Senator Anthony : They were dining to
gether one day \vhen ham formed one of
the dishes. "If ever I turn farmer , "
said Mr. Anthony , " I shall raise plenty
of calves , so that I can get some nice
ham like this. "
A WATCH -which had not gone for two
years and defied the best efforts of the
watchmakerwas struck by lightning in
the course of a severe storm , near
Vienna , and now a Vienna paper an
nounces with the solemnity of truth
that the watch has kept excellent time
ever since.
Ox the llth of January. 1867 , there
existed only seventeen daily newspapers
in Paris , -while on the 1st of September ,
1880 , there were sixty-one daily news
papers in circulation. Another "curious
fact is that the number of daily journals
sold at one sou each amounts to seven
teen , or exactly the number of daily
newspapers existing in 1867.
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A Political Reminiscence.
Fiftv-two years since , of the men
who laid the foundations of the gov
ernment of the United States nearly
all had passed into history. The sim
ple and stainless character , the tran
quil and majestic intellect of John Mar
shall at the age of four score still shed
over the bench of the supreme court
the gladsome light of jurisprudence.
John Quiucy Adams , after long serv
ice as diplomatist , senator , cabinet
minister , and president , had recently
entered the lower house of congress ,
and at nearly three score and ten was
about to commence that long defense
of the right of petition which has es
tablished his fame and placed his
.name by the side of John Hampden on
.the roll of the immortals who have
protected the sacred rights of human
nature against the aggressions of ar
bitrary power. But federalists and
republicans , John Adams and Hamil
ton , Jefferson and Madison , to use the
happy phrase of a great orator , had
taken their places in the upper sky.
On the stage of political action there
were men whom many men now liv-
jng can recall in their habit as they
lived. Daniel Webster , then in the
full maturity of his great powers , had
recently , in his reply to Hayne ,
achieved a forensic triumph with
which the country rang from side to
side , and about which generations yet
unborn will talk as we now talk of the
orations of-Demosthenes or Chatham.
John C. Calhoun , then of the same age
as Webster , in defense of what ho
claimed to be the rights of his native
state , had forced one of those com
promises which had their origin rather
in the patriotism than in the practical
wisdom of Henry Clay. It was in ref
erence to this that at a later time Mr.
Calhoun ventured to say upon the
floor of the senate : " 1 was then his
master , " and drew from the arrogant
and haughty Kentuckian the reply :
"He my master ! I would not own
him for a slave. " Henry Clay , a few
years older than Webster and , Calhoun ,
and inferior to either of them in some
respects , was superior to both in the
imperious will and the intuitive sagac
ity which makes a great party leader.
Those three men were then senators
and rival candidates for the presi
dency. Andrew Jackson , then approaching
preaching his allotted term of 70
years , after his victory over the Bank
of the United States , had just been
re-elected to the presidcnc } * with a
popular approval unexampled since
ne days of Washington. Providence
ournat.
St. Patrick's Day iu Ireland.
They had a merry Patrick's Day of
it in Ireland. The day was ushered
in by nationalist bands parading the
Dublin streets , followed ! by crowds
shouting for the Mehdi. In" the pro
vinces they are ( as with ourselves )
more practical and robust in their
politics. In Wcstmeath , a party of
Dr. Nultj's faithful poeplo visited a
rent-warner near Ballyniahon , and
swore him .resign his employment
forthwith. 1-Sey arc a devout people
in the diocese"and the religious cere
mony was impressive. The moon
lighters forced the captive on his
knees , and , placing a set of rosary
beads in one hand and a prayer-book
in the other , administered the oath
Oaths , however , and even affidavits * ] |
are at a discount just now with prac
tical politicians. So the Westmeath
moonlighters just hinted at the secu
lar arm by iiring their revolvers over
the rent-warncr's head. Munster was
not behindhand in its patriotic labors.
A laborer who worked for a landgrab-
ber was visited at Askeaton , County
Limerick , and , attor a few prelimin
ary shots , his house was lired and
burned to the ground. But Ulster dis
played at once the liveliest humor ,
the keenest political instinct , and the
hardest courage. Mr. Gladstone fig
ured on the triumphal arches of the
nationalists of Derry , twanging the
uncrowned harp ; while , to ensure due
vigor in minstrel's performance , a
couple of rattling explosions , blowing
out the front of a house , appropriately
wound up the day. St. James's Ga
zette.
Jay Gould Didn't Go.
Jay Gould , the American millionaire
and stock-exchange gambler , arrived
here in a pleasure yacht last week , and
sailed from this port last Monday.
His visit created no great interest ber
youd his yacht , because of its costli
ness. During his stay in this city he
had , of course , a separate table for
himself , and he received that measure
of homage which is usually paid in all
parts of the world to men of reputed
wealth. Character is not considered
in such cases , and therefore is not
counted. Those who delighted in mak-
ing salaams to the golden calf did-so ,
while others , who considered it more
in keeping with their profession to
"hold a candle to the devil , " were al-
lowed to do so , and nobody interfered
with their devotions. In the evening
of Saturday a select dinneV party had
been arranged , and Jay promised
faithfully to cratify the ambition of
his admirer and to dine with him at
Gaza ; but , although the table was laid
and the dinner kept hot , and "Mumm's
champagne" was cooling in the ice ,
and the butler wore a doable-starched
collar , and all the family the host ,
"his sisters , his cousins , and aunts"
kept on the tiptoe of expectation , im
patiently waiting the arrival of Jay ,
for he assured the host he would come ,
Jay never came at all. Yet we are
told the preparations for the reception
of his satannic majesty were such as
had not been known in Jamaica for
the la-t fifty years. What a loss to
Jay ! Kingston ( Jamaica ) News.
All Important Article of Import ,
One of the leading articles which
the Polynesian Islands send to this
country is copra , which is simply the
dried meat of cocoanuts. The natives
break the nuts into small pieces ,
which , after exposure to the tropical
sun , turn to a dark brown color , j
Copra is used in the manufacture of ]
candles to * a large extent. Besides \
pomades and cocoanut oil , copra lurn-
ishes a volatile oil which is used in
the manufacture of perfumery. The j
importation of copra into the United (
States is yearly increasing. Philadd- \
vhia Press. \
J
PASSING EVENTS.
Vacaville , Gal. , has a seventy-fivo-
pound beet.
A skillet full of old Spanish coins
was dug up Monday , near the entrance
to Harvard college , Cambridge.
There is a. bed of clay in Greene
Bounty , Alabama , which is said to
possess valuable medicinal properties.
Dressmakers' rooms are now got up
in a high style of art and called
"ateliers. " The customers pay hand
somely for the luxury.
it is estimated that there have been
almost as many trees planted this sea
son in the vicinity of Tucson , Arizona ,
as the total of the last six yours.
Weddings can bo had cheap in
Georgia. Uncle Calvin , a Clarke
county justice of the peace , only
charges a ping of tobacco for marry
ing couples.
While ealintr its food a horse belong-
'ng ' to a citizen of Williamsburgh , N.
V. , was bitten in the lip by a rat , and
died from the cflccts of the wounds
tlu.s in Hided.
in Arizona any person \rlio uses pro
fane , indecent , vile , or abusive lan
guage , or threats , within the hearing
of women and children , is held liable
by law to line or imprisonment.
Jupiter will be worth appreciating
as an evening star this month , for he
looks larger than he will for six years ,
because he is going away fruiu the
b'tin and will not return until 181) ) .
Uno hundred and forty thousand
eucal3'ptus trees are being planted
near Los Angeles , Gal. , for fuel. It is
said that an acre of them after a lapse
of four or live years will yield as natch
as an acre of grapes.
A buried graveyard exists near
Mesilla , New Mexico. In 18 ( 2 the
burial ground was hidden from sight
by the sands ; this year the capricious
silica was lifted from its rcsting-placp ,
exposing graves and tombstones that
were covered more than twenty years
ago.
ago.Maine
Maine papers say that a lialh board
ing mistress surprised one of her
boarders , who was learning to play on
the banjo , by reducing the price of his
board , on the ground that his
singing and playing had frightened
away all the rats. The compliment
has discouraged the young man so
that he has given up practice.
The managers of the Franklin in
stitute , in Philadelphia , have decided
"
to hold during the "fall of the present
year an exhibition to be devoted , as
their announcement declares , "to such
recent inventions , improvements , and
discoveries in the sciences , arts and
manufactures as may be deemed
worth } ' of the name , the place , and the
occasion. "
The election of the governor of llliode
Island is proclaimed by the sherift
from the balcony of the s'tate house in
"
Newport to the "citizens assembled in
the square below ; evening bells are
tolled throughout the state to announce
the event , and there remain other
vestiges of the ways of the old English
settlers. Rhode Island is the onty state
in the union which makes the owner
ship of property a condition for voting.
A good story is told in Zzot's Herald
"
JKL a wedding" a Methodist church
whereat a prominent divine who was
to officiate , finding himself and con
gregation in the church considerably in
advance of the bridal party , finally
asked that some one should strike tin
a hymn to improve the time. A good
brother started off just as the bridal
party entered the church , with the
hymn beginning
"Come on , my partners in distress. "
One secret of the decline of the
southern cotton-mills , which The New
Orleans Picayune admits and deplores ,
is that there was too great a "boom"
in these enterprises. Those that were
earliest in the field made heayy divi
dends , which induced others to crowd
in , until the production of the coarser
grades of goods , to which these mills
are chiefly devoted , was pushed be
yond the demands of the market.
A young doctor in Abbeville county ,
Soujth Carolina , was called to treat a
patient ill with pneumonia. He left a
small vial of veratrum , to be taken in-
terjally , and a liniment composed of
hartshorn , turpentine.and chloroform ,
to be applied externally. The next
day he was gratified to find his patient
better and able to sit up , but he com
plained of a terribly sore throat. On
investigation he discovered that the
patient had taken the liniment and
rubbed with the veratrum.
Those desiring to check a tendency
to obesity may now choose between
four systems. 1. The original Bant
ing , which consists of eating nothing
containing ( starch , sugar , or fat. 2.
The German Banting , which allows
fat , but forbids sugar or starch , 3. A
Munich system , which consists of
dressing in woolen clothes and of
sleeping f between flannel blankets in
stead of cotton or linen sheets ; and 4 ,
the Schweninger system , which in
sists on an interval of two hours be
tween eating and drinking.
Paul Howes , a Georgia drummer ,
while traveling in South Carolina ,
joined with a fellow drummer in buy
ing a one-thousand-milo ticket. The
conductor refused to allow but one of
them to ride on the ticket , saying that
while it could be issued to two or more
parties , only one person could ride on
it at one time , and Mr. Howard was
put off the train. He at once took
steps to sue the road for damages ,
when the managers concluded they
had better settle the matter , and paid
him $1,000 to drop the suit. The ad
venture proved a very profitable one
for the drummer.
Somebody in writing of old trees
savs some have been found in Africa
that are computed to be 5,150 years
old , and a cypress in Mexico is believed
to have reached a still greater age.
The cypress of Santa Maria del Tule ,
in the state of Oaxaca , is probably the
oldest individual of any species on the
globe. If estimates of tree ages are to
be relied upon , the life of this venera
ble forest monarch may have spanned
the whole period of written history.
At last accounts it was still growing ,
and in 1851 , when Humboldt saw it ,
it measured 42 feet in diameter , 146 in
circumference , and 382 ieet between
the extremities of two opposite
branches.
LOUIS 11KIL ,
Leader of the Ilalf-Hreeil llobclllon Against
the Canadian Government.
The rebellion in the Northwest ,
which has already caused considerable
bloodshed , is assuming proportions
that alarm the Canadian Government.
All possible haste is being made to
suppress it by the dispatch of military
in suilicient numbers. Thus far Kiel
has boon successful in operations ho
has undertaken. He is said to have
an army of more than 1,500 men and
six cannon. It is possibly larger by
this time. "Nothing succeeds luce suc
cess , " and as about one-third of the
Indians of Canada , or nearly JH.OOO ,
are in Manitoba and the Northwest ,
and as these people , or the majority
of them , have a jrrievanoo , there is
imminent danger the movcmcnr under
Kiel's leadership will attain formida
ble strength. Ho is competent to load ,
as was demonstrated many years ago ,
and is able to work adroitly on the
view of their interest taken by the un
educated half-broods and Indians in
habiting the district of country in
which he is operating , m the enlarge
ment of the movement which again
brings his name prominent into his
tory.Kiel
Kiel was first hoard of in 18(59 ( , the
year in which the Canadian Govern
ment bought the greater part of the
lands owned by the Hudson's Bay
Company. Soon after the Northwest
became a part of the Canadian Con
federation , and the government under
took to survey the whole country
with the view of making allotments
of land to settlors. Those rectangles ,
it seems , arc measured apparently
without regard either to the natural
features of the country or to the
habitations or claims of the settlers ,
mainly half-breeds , who are already
in possession. Even when the half-
breed has not established a habitation
he has staked out a "claim. " and
he has "located" it , as a matter of
course , with the greatest possible
frontage upon one of the rivers , which
are the only highways of the wilder
ness. No record existing anywhere
ol those claims , and the Government
at Ottawa has disposed of them to
persons who had acquired no rights
by settlement , but who had complied ,
as the half-breeds in possession had
failed to- comply , with the require
ments of the law. One da } ' , as a survyo-
or and his men were surveyinga Laso
line through some property , Kiel , who
was followed by a party of unarmed
half-breeds , put his foot on the chain
being used , and ordered the surveyor
and his men to leave work. They did
so. Subsequently , in the fall of Ib'fJ'J
he took possession of Fort Garry , now
Winnipeg , and armed his followers
with . ' 500 Eiiiield rifles found in the
stores of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Ho issued a bill of rights from Fort
Garry and continued the insurrection
until the following spring , when ho
was driving across the border into the
United States by the iorces under
Colonel , now Lord Wolselc } * . An act
of Parliament was passed banishing
the vanquished rebel for live years
Ho then returned to Manitoba and
was elected to the Hou * e of Commons.
After taking his scat in Parliament ho
left it ou account of the excitement
his appearance occasioned and never
returned.
One result of the first Kiel rebellion
was that the Government gave --10
acres each to the half-breed settlers
iu Manitoba. As this excluded from
the advantages of the concession more
than it included , the grievance as de
scribed in the last paragraph still
exists , and is the cause of the present
trouble. The rebels now serving
under Kiel demand that the claims
arising from possession shall take pre
cedence of the claims arising from pat
ents where there is a conflict ; that
each settler shall have his possession
to the extent of 2-10 acres confirmed
by patent , that his "location" of his
land shall be respected , and that the
Government shall make provision for
the education of the children of the
half-breeds and for the support of the
Indians whose alliance is courted by
this demand.
Kiel was born in 1844 , within five
miles of Fort Garry. He was educated
for the priesthood in Montreal , and
possesses the ability , especially in
tact , craft and persuasion , which ,
aided by considerable attainments ,
and a strong sense of what he believes
to be the wrongs suffered by the half-
breeds , accounts for his domination
over the aggrieved Indians and lialf-
bieeds who follow his leadership.
While the form of his features sug
gests the Indian , his complexion is fair
and his eyes are light blue. The ex
pectation" war between the United j i
Kingdom and Russia and hostilities in | ,
the Soudan seem to have precipitated I i
his insurrection. Whether or not he '
has an understanding with the Irish | i
revolutionists is unknown. Probably j I
ho has , as negotiations took place between -
tween him and them in the past , i '
While the early suppression of the rebellion -
bellion is expected , directing attention ,
as it docs , to apparent injustice , this
will probably be removed by the action
of the Dominion Government.
A Veteran's Vicissitudes.
Balated pedestrians homeward
bound from places of amusement at a
lute hour last night saw a stranger ,
slightly intoxicated , moving along
Mcaen strout in the snow-storm , sing
ing the "Marseillaise Hymn" in a loud
and rich barytone voice. He was ar
rested soon after on a charge of dis
orderly conauct , and lodged in the
lock-up. This morning he was taken
before Recorder Lown , who fined him
S10. Not having the money ho was
sentenced to three month1' in the peni- I
tentiary. As he stood in the sheriff's
office this morning waiting to bu put
in jail ho was perfectly sober , and
tears came to his eyes as he asked if
his sentence could not be reduced ,
and in his talk after he was locked up
ho told his story , which finally resulted
in strangers paying his fine and send
ing him to his sons in Brooklyn. His
name is John Geonre Zimmer. He
came to this country from Germany
in 1846. He was an upholsterer by
trade and also a musician. Soon after
his arrival in New York he enlisted in
the 1st New York volunteers , and
with that command went to Matagor-
da City , Tex. , in the Mexican war ,
under ( Jen. Zachary Taylor. Ho pnr
ticipated in the butllp.s of Chopultopec ,
Huunn Vista , Cerro Gordo , nd Mon
terey. In 18GO ho shipped on board
the United Statea war-snip Niagara us
a first class musician , and went with
the Japan expedition under Perry , re
maining ut Yokohama two weeks , then
returning to the United States. A
short time after ho again joined the
Niagara when she carried the Japan-
o--o princes to Yoddo , Ho returned to
America again on the Niagara April
21. 18G1 , and found the war for the
union in progress. Going to Now
York , ho enlisted in Spinola'tf brlgwlo
as drum major. Ho fought at
Fredericksburg under Burnsido and
was in all the important battles with
the Army of the Potomac , and was
wounded in the .second day's battle of
the Wilderness , May G , 18(5 ( L Ho re
covered from his wound and was mus
tered out July 10 , 1SU5. In 18(1(5 ( ( ho
enlisted in the 17th infantry , United
St-ites army , and wont to Fort Bliss to
light the Indians. In 18G8 ho enlisted
in the IGth infantry at Jackson , Miss. ,
and remained in that command till
honorably discharged , when ho went
to the Soldiers' homo at Bath , Stcti-
bon county , N. Y. , and loft there last
Fourth of July. Ho was also at onetime
time in the Soldiers' homo at Hump-
ton , Va. .After telling his story , in
reply to a question ho said : "Yes , 1 do
drink once in a while , but I never
harmed anyone ; my drink all goes to
music. " When Recorder Lown's at
tention was called moro particularly
to Ziminor's case ho visited him in
jail and examined him more closely ,
remarking after hearing Zimmer tell
his experience in two wars that per
haps the sentence was a little too
harsh , and , while ho had no power to
remit it , ho would contribute toward
the payment of the lino. The money
for the line was quickly raise' ! , when
the old soldier was released and sent
to Brooklyn. Poiujhlcecpsic Cor. tfeiu
York Times.
She Had a Polar Cheek.
"Talk of check ! " observed the pro
prietor ot a well-known uptow dry-
goods establishment. "Why the
most alarming instance I over yet
hoard of came under my own observa
tion Saturday. A little after noon a
handsomely attired young woman on-
torcd the store. She might have been
22 or thereabout. Walking up to the
manager , she said , wilh a knowing
little smile :
"Would you please give me a picco
of paper in which to wrap my rub
bers ? "
"Certainly , miss , ' was the answer.
And ho handed her two iargc shoots
of wrapping paper , which she took ,
and then stood hesitating and look
ing at her feet.
"And would 3-011 mind taking them
off for me ? she added , indicating the
rubbers with a little movement of
her foot.
"Tho man looked surprised , as well
ho might. But being a j'ounti follow
and quite gallant he promptly replied :
"Certainly , miss if you wish me. "
"Ho stooped and she put her right
foot on a stool to assist him in the oper
ation. Then the left foot was attend
ed to. A small hole was visible on
the point of the loft shoe , and the
white hosiery peeped through.
" 'O , ' she exclaimed. 'I forgot.
Have you any ir 'c in the store3 The
heel and too are i. hitc , but the rose of
them isn't. I want you to fix it for
me. "
"An ink bottle was procured , and
a paper wad soaked with ink was pro-
'pared by the accommodating mana
ger."No
"No ; you do it , she urged , in a pret
ty , authoritative way. 'Daub it well
in , won't you ? There a little more
near the edge where the white still
shows. Now , that will do very nicely.
Ever so much obliged. Thank you" "
And she picked up the parcel contain
ing her rubbers and marched out of
the store.
If that young lady doesn't get
s in the world it won't be for lack
of assurance , for she had certainly the
most superlatively polar cheek I ever
saw. Yet all her action wore those of
a girl of culture , and she was so well-
bred that her requests were made in a
manner that was impossible to ollend
anybody. She was a daisy and no
mistake. * ' Chicago Ledger.
A Queer Criminal.
Many years ago a man called Ron-
wick Williams , but bettor known as
the "Monster , " ' an artificial flower
maker in Soho , was convicted at the
Old Bailey of a series of very extra
ordinary and apparently motiveless
outrages upon women. He used to
follow j a women along the streets , and
then ] drive a bodkin or brad-awl , or
penknife ] , or some other small cutting
instrument j , through her dross. He
never j attacked his victims in the face
or , in any vital part , and his conduct
seems . to have been the result of some
morbid j propensity to inflict pain and
terror. i Crime , we are often told , re
peats ] itself , and Ilenwick Williams
would seem to have turned up again
in j the peaceful borough which has the
honor ] of returning to parliament
Messrs. Bradlaugh and La'oouchere.
A man , at present unknown and unde
tected , has for the last fortnight been
going about the streets of Northamp
ton slabbing women. Seven cases
have been brought to the notice of the
police , and it is generally believed
that many more have occurred. Si.
James's Gazette.
It 3Ia.de a Good Car-Spring : .
Produce Dealer All , glad to ses
you , Mr. Blank. Can't 1 serve you
with a turkey for Sunday ?
Mr. Blank ( coldly ) No , thank you.
"But you remember 1 furnished your
turkey last Sunday ? ' "
"Yes. I remember. "
"It was satisfactory , I hope ? "
"Yes , the superintendent says it is
very satisfactory. "
"The "
superintendent ?
"Yes , of the Fast Line Railrod Com
pany. "
"I I "don't understand. Oh , per
haps you made him a present of it ? "
"No ; I sold it to him for a car-
spring. " Pnlarlelphm Evening Call.
Old Point tomfort Is at the beight of popu
larity as a win'er and enrlv spring resort
1U more tnan fourteen hundred Tiaitors ,