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DONALD MACLEAN, M. I)., Physician andSurgeon. Office and residence, 71 Huron street,

*iin Arbor. Office hours from 8 to 9 a. m. and from)to3p.ni.

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ilreetB (Jackson's old stand.) Great pains taken inall operations entrusted to my care Prices to suittietimes. All uork warranted. Teeth extractedTitbont pain. Office hours : 8 to 12 a. m»j 1 to 6|i,m.; 7 to 8:30 p. no.

vtr H. JACKSON, Dentist. Office corner ofYy , Main and Washington street?, over Bach &

Abel's store, Ann Arbor, Mich. Anesthetics adniin-stered if required.

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E CLAKK, Justice of the Peace, Notary Pub-, lie and Conveyancer. Will loan money for

others on re-il estate security. Office over No. 8Huron street, Ann Arbor, Mich.

TTTINES & WORDEN, 20 South Main atreet,yy Ann Arbor, Mich., wholesale and retail deal-

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J FREDERICK S C H A E B E R L t , teacher of# the PIANO, VIOLIN AND GUITAK.

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OI'T O f THK MOUTH OF BABES."

My little niece imd I—I readMy Plato in my <̂ asy chair ;

And she was building on the floorA pack of cards with wondrous care.

We worked in silence, but alas 11Among the cards a mighty spill,

And then the little ape exclaimed," Well! Such is life I Look, Uncle WiU!"

I gave a stiirt and dropped my book-It was " Phiedo " I bad road—Kvmp;itli('tie current thrilledLike lightning through my heart und head.

I eyed with curious awe the child,The unconscious sibyl, where she sat,Whose thoughtless tonglie could babble forthStrange purnblcs oi lifejandfatc.

Yen, such is life ! a Babel house,A common doom hath tumbled a,ll,"

King, Queen and Knave, and l'lttiu, and trUnip,A motley crew in motley'tull!

We rear our hopes, no Pharaoh's tomb,"Nor brass could build so sure a name ;

But, noon or late, a f̂ std collapse,And great the ruin of the same.

Ah, such is life ! Oh, Padjand strangeI'hat Ijove and Wisdom so ordain !

Some ere the Builder'** hand have yetQ~\e card againfct another Iain ;

Some when the house is tiny ptill;Some when you've built a little more ;

And some when patience hath achievedA second, third, or higher floor.

Or nhould you win the topmost stage,Yet is the strength but toil and pain—

And here the tiny voice rejoined,^" But I can build it up again."

My height of awe was reached. Can bubeeBehold what reason ecans in vain ?

Aht childhood is divine, I thought—Yes, Lizzie, build it up again!

-Cornliilt Mayaziiie.

THE HUSH LEAU.

BY CHABLES EEADB.

There is a legend almost as old asLenr,of a father whom his childrentreated as Goneril and Re-gan treated Lear; but he sufferedand survived, and his henrt turned bitterinstead of breaking. Of this prose Learthe story is all over Europe, and, likemost old stories, told vilely. To that,however, there happens to be one excep-tion, and the readers of this collectionshall have the benefit of it.

In a certain port of Ireland, a longtime ago, lived a wealthy old farmerwhose name was Brian Taafe.His three sons, Guillamn, Sha-mus, and Garrett worked on the farm.The old maw had a great affection forthem all, and, finding himself growingunfit for work, he resolved to hand hisfarm over to them, and sit quiet by thefireside. But, as that was not a thing tobe done lightly, he thought he wouldjust put them to the trial. He wouldtake the measure of their affection. Pro-ceeding in this order he gave them each£100, and quietly watched to see whatthey did with it.

Well, Guillaum and Shamus put their£100 out at interest, every penny; butwhen the old man questioned Garrett asto where his £100 was, the young mansaid : " I spent it, father."

" Spent i t?" said the old man, aghast" I s it the whole £100 ?"

" Sure I thought you told us we mightlay it out as we plaised."

" I s that a rason ye'd waste the wholeof it in a year, ye prodigal ?" cried theold man ; and he trembled at the idea ofhis substance falling into such hands.

Some months after this he applied thesecond test. He convened his sons, andaddressed them solemnly : " I am an oldman, my children ; my hair is white onmy head, and it's time I was giving overtrade and making my sowl aisy." Thetwo elder overflowed with sympathy.He then gave the dairy-farm and the hillto Shamus, and the meadows to Guil-laum. Thereupon the two vied with eachother in expressions of love and grati-tude. But Garrett said never a word;and this, coupled with his behavior aboutthe £100, so maddened the old man thathe gave Garrett's portion, namely, thehome and the home farm, to his elderbrothers to hold in common. Garrett hedisinherited on the spot, and in dueform. That is to say, he did not over-look him nor pass him by, but even asspiteful testators used to leave the disin-herited one a shilling, that he might notbe able to say he had been inadvertentlyomitted, and it was a mistake, old BrianTaafe solemnly presented young GarrettTaafe with a hazel staff and a small bag.Poor Garrett knew very well what thatmeant. He shouldered the bag, andwent forth into the wide world with a sadheart, but a silent tongue. His dog,Lurcher, was for following him, but hedrove him back with a stone.

On the strength of the new arrange-ment, Guillaum and Shamus married di-rectly, and brought their wives home, forit was a large house, and room for all.But the old farmer was not contented tobe quite a cipher, and he kept findingfault with this and that. The young menbecame more and more impatient of hisinterference, and their wives fanned theflame with female pertinacity. So thatthe house was divided, and a very homeof discord. This went on getting worseand worse, till at last, one winter after-noon, Shamus defied his father openlybefore all the rest, and said: " I 'd like toknow what would plaise ye. Maybeye'd like, to turn us all out as ye didGarrett."

The old farmer replied, with suddendignity, " If I did, I'd take no more thanI gave."

" What good was you giving it?" saidGuillaum; "we get no comfort of it whileyou are in the house."

" Do you talk that way tome?" saidthe father, deeply grieved. "If it waspoor Garrett I had, he wouldn't use meso."

"Much thanks the poor boy ever gotfrom you," said one of the women, withvenomous tongue ; then the other wom-an, finding she could count on male sup-port, suggested to her father-in-law totake his stick and pack and follow his be-loved Garrett. "Sure he'd find him beg-ging about the counthry."

At the women's tongues the woundedparent turned to bay.

" I don't wonder at anything I hear yesay. Ye never yet heard of anythinggucid that a woman could have a hand in—only mischief always. If ye ask whomade such a road or built a bridge, orwrote a great history, or did a great ac-tion, you'll never hear it's a woman doneit; but if there is a jewel with swordsand guns, or two boys cracking eachother's crowns with shillalahs, or a didlysecret let out, or a character ruined, or aman brought to the gallows, or mischiefmade between a father and his own fleshand blood, then I'll engage you'll hear awoman had some call to it. We needn'thave recoorse to histhory to know yourdoin's; 'tin undher our eyes; for 'twasthe likes o' ye two burned Throy, andmade the King o' Leinsther rebel againstBrian Born."

These shafts of eloquence struck home;the women set up a screaming, and pulledtheir caps off their heads, which in thatpart was equivalent to gentle-folks draw-ing their swords.

" Oh, murther ! murther, was it forthis I married you, Gullnum Taafe ?"

" Och, Shamus, will yo sit an' hear mecompared to the likes V Would I rebelagainst Brian Boru, Shamus, a'ragal ?"

"Don't heed him, avourneen," saidShamus ; " he is an ould man."

But she would not be pacified. "Ohvo ! vo ! if ever I thought the like 'ud besaid of me, that I'd rebel against BrianBom !"

As for the other, she prepared to leavethe house.

"Guillaum," said she, " I'd never staya day undher your roof with them aswould say I'd burn Throy. Does he for-get he ever had a mother himself ? All!'tis a bad apple, that's what it is, thatdespises the tree it sprung from."

All this heated Shamus, so that he toldthe woman sternly to sit down, for theoffender should go ; and upon that, toshow they were of oue mind, Guillaumdeliberately opened the door. Lurcherran out, and the wind and the rainrushed in. It was a stormy night.

Then the old man took fright, andhumbled himself :

"Al l ! Shamus, Gnillaum, achree, letye have it as ye will; I'm sorry for whatI said, a'ra gal. Don't turn me out onthe high-road in my old days, Guillaum,and I'll engage I'll never open mymouth against one o' ye the longest dayI live. Ah ! Shamus, it isn't long I haveto stay wid ye, any way. Yer own hairwill be as white as mine yet, plaise God !and ye'll be thanking him ye showedrespect to mine, this night."

But they were all young and of onemind, and they turned him out andbarred the door. He crept away, shiv-ering in the wind and rain, till he got onthe lee side of a stone wall, and there hestopped and asked himself whether hecould live through the night. Presentlysomething cold and smooth pokedagainst his hand ; it was a large dogthat had followed unobsei~ved tillhe stopped. By a white mark onhis breast he saw it was Lurcher, Gar-rett's dog.

"All ! said the poor waaiderer, " j'ouare not so wise a dog as I thought, tofollow me." When he spoke to the dog,the dog fondled him. Then he burst outsobbing and crying ; ' ' Ah, Lurcher !Garrett was not wise either; but hewould niver have turned me to the door,this bitter night, nor even thee." Andso he moaned and lamented. ButLurcher pulled his coat, and by hismovement conveyed to him that heshould not stay there all night; so thenhe crept (fix and knocked at more thanone door, but did not obtain admittance,it was so tempestuous. At last he laydown exhausted on some straw in thecomer of an outhouse ; but Lurcher layclose to him, and it is probable thewarmth of the dog saved his life thatnight.

Next day the wind and rain abated;but this aged man had other ills to fightagainst besides winter and rough weath-er. The sense of his son's ingratitudeand his own folly drove him almost mad.Sometimes he would curse and tliirst forvengeance, sometimes he would shedtears that seemed to scald his witheredcheeks. He got into another county andbegged from door to door. As for Lurch-er, he did not beg; he used to disappear,often for nn hour at a time, but alwaysreturned, and often with a rabbit or evena hare in his mouth. Sometimes thefriends exchanged them for a gallon ofmeal, sometimes they roasted them in thewoods; Lurcher was a civilized dog, anddid not like them raw.

Wandering hither and thither, BrianTaafe came at last within a few miles ofhis own house; but he soon had cause towish himself farther off it; for here hemet his first downright rebuff, and, cruelto say, he owed it to his hard-heartedsons. One recognized him as the fatherof that rogue Guillaum Taafe, who hadcheated him in the sale of a horse, andanother as the father of that thiefShamus, who had sold him a diseasedcow that had died the week after. So,for the first time since he was driven outof his home, he passed the night supper-less, for houses did not lie close togetherin that part. Cold, hungry, houseless,and distracted with grief at what he hadbeen and now was, nature gave way atlast, and, unable to outlast the weary,bitter night, he lost his senses just be-fore dawn, and lay motionless on thehard road.

The chances were he must die; butjust at death's door his luck turned.

Lurcher put his feet over him and hischin upon bis breast to guard him, as het a d often guarded Garrett's coat, and thatkept a little warmth in his heart; and atthe very dawn of day the door of a farm-house opened, and the master came outupon his business and saw something un-usual lying in the road a good way off.So he went toward it and found BrianTaafe in that condition. This farmer wasvery well-to-do, but he had knowntrouble, and it had made him charitable.He soon halloed to his men and had theold man taken in; he called his wife, too,and bade her observe that it was a rev-erend face, though he was all in tatters.They laid him between hot blankets, and,when he came to a bit, gave him warmdrink, and at last a good meal. He re-covered his spirits, and thanked themwith a certain dignity.

When he was quite comfortable, andnot before, they asked his name.

"Ah! don't ask me that," said he,piteously. "It's a bad name I have, andit used to be a good one, too. Don't askme, or maybe you'll put me out, as theothers did, for the fault of my two sons.It is hard to be turned from my own door,let alone from other honest men's doors,through the vilyins," said he.

So the farmer was kindly, and said,"Never mind your name, fill your bel-ly."

But by and by the man went out intothe yard', and then the wife couldn't re-strain her curiosity. "Why, good man,"said she, "sure you are too decent a manto be ashamed of your name."

" I'm too decent not to be ashamed ofit," said Brian, "bu t you are right; anhonest man should tell his name thoughthey dmv him out of heaven for it. Iam Brian Taafe—that was."

"Not Brian Taafe, the strong farmerat Corrans?"

"Ay, madam; I'm all that's left ofhim."

" Have you a son called Garrett?"" I had, then."The woman spoke no more to him, but

ran screaming to the door : ' ' Here,Tom ! Tom ! come here |" cried she ;"Tom! Tom!" As Lurcher, a verysympathetic dog, flew to the door andyelled and barked fiercely in support ofthis invocation, the hullabaloo soonbrought the farmer running in."

" Oh Tom, asthore," (Tied she, "it 'sMr. Taafe, the father of Garrett Taafetumself."

"Oh Lord !" cried the farmer, in equalagitation, and stared at him. " Myblessing on the day you ever set footwithin these doors !" Then he ran to the

door and halloed: " Hy, Murphy!Ellen ! come here, ye divils !"

Lurcher supported the call with greatenergy. In ran a fine little boy andgirl. "Look at this man with all theeyes in your body I" saM he. " This isMisther Taafe, father of Garrett Taafe,that saved us all from ruin and destruc-tion entirely." He then turned to Mr.Taafe and told him, a little more calmly," that years ago, every haporth they hadwas going to be caxtea for the rent; butGarrett Taafe came by, put his hand inhis pocket, took out thirty pounds, andcleared them in a moment. I t was a wayhe had ; we were *Uot the only ones hesaved that way, so long as he had it togive."

The old man did not hear these lastwords ; his eyes were opened, the ironentered his soul, and he overflowed withgrief and penitence.

"Och, murther! murther!" he cried." My poor boy ! what had I to do at allto go and turn you adrift, as I had done,for no raison in life ?" Then with a pit-eous, apologetic wail: " I tuck thewrong for the right; that's the way theworld is blinded. Och, Garrett, Garrett,what will I do with the thought of it ?An' those two vilyins that I gave it all toand they turned me out in my ould days,as I done you. No mather?" and he fellinto a sobbing and a trembling that near-ly killed him for the second time.

But the true friends of his son Garrettnursed him through that, and comfortedhim, so he recovered. But, as he didlive, he outlived those tender feelingswhose mortal wounds had so nearly killedhim. When he recovered this last blowhe brooded and brooded, but never shedanother tear.

One day, seeing him pretty well re-stored, as he thought, the good farmercame to him with a fat bag of gold."Sir," said he, "soon after your sonhelped us, luck set in our way. Mary,she had a legacy; we had a wonderfulcrop of flax, and with that plant 'tis killor cure ; and then I found lead in thehill, and they pay me a dale o' moneyfor leave to mine there. I'm almostashamed to take it. I tell you all this toshow you I can afford to pay you backthat £30, and if you please I'll count itout."

"No !" said Mr. Taafe, "I ' l l not takeGarrett's money ; but if you will do me afavor, lend me the whole bag for a week,for at the sight of it I see a way to—whisper."

Then, with bated breath and in strictconfidence, he hinted to the farmer ascheme of vengeance. The farmer wasnot even to tell it to his wife. "For ,"said old Brian, " the very birds will car-ry these things about; and sure it isknowing devils 1 have to deal with, es-pecially the women."

Next day the farmer lent him a* goodsuit and drove him to a quiet comerscarce a hundred yards from his oldabode. The old farmer got down andleft him. Lurcher walked at his master's !heels. It was noon and the sun shiningbright.

The wife of Shamus Taafe came out,to hang up her man's shirt to dry, when,to! scarce thirty yards from her, shesaw an old man seated counting out goldon a broad stone at his feet. At firstshe thought it must be one of the goodpeople—or fairies—or else she must bedreaming ; but, no ! cocking her headon one side, she saw for certain the pro-file of Brian Taafe, and he was countinga mass of gold. She ran in and screamedher news rather than spoke it.

"Nonsense, woman!" said Shamus,roughly; "it 's not in nature."

" Then go and see for yourself, man!"said she.

Shamus was not the only one to takethis advice. They all stole out on tip-toe, and made a sort of semi-circle ofcuriosity. It was no dream ; there werepiles and piles of gold glowing in thesun, and old Brian with a horse-pistolacross his knees; and even Lurcherseemed to have his eyes steadily fixedon the glittering booty. When they hadthoroughly drunk in this most unex-pected scene, they began to talk in agi-tated whispers; but even in talking theynever looked at each other; their eyeswere glued on the gold.

Said Guillaum: " Ye did very wrong,Shamus, to turn out the old father asyou done ; see now what we all lost byit. That's a part of the money he laidby, and we'll never sec a penny of it."

The wives whispered that it was afoolish thing to say. " Leave it to us,"said they, ' ' and we'll have it all, oneday."

This being agreed to, the women stoletoward the old man, one on each side.Lurcher rose and snarled, and old Brianhurried his gold into his ample pockets,and stood on the defensive.

" Oh, fattier! and is it you come back?Oh, the Lord be praised! Oh, theweary day since you left us, and all ourgood luck wid ye ! "

Brian received this and similar speech-es with fury and reproaches. Then theyhumbled themselves and wept, cursedtheir ill-governed tongues, and bewailedthe men's folly in listening to them.They flattered nun and cajoled him, andordered their husbands to come forwardand ask the old man's pardon, and notlet him ever leave them again. TheSupple sons were all penitence and af-fection directly. Brian at last consent-ed to stay, but stipulated for a certainchamber with a key to it. "For," saidhe. ' ' I have got my strong-box to tokocare of, as well as myself."

They pricked up their ears directly atmention of the strong-box, and askedwhere it was.

" O h ! it is not far, but I can't carry-it. Give me two boys to fetch it."

" Oh ! Guillaum and Shamus wouldcarry it or anything to oblige a long-lostfather."

So they went with him to the farmer'scart, and brought in the box, which waspretty large, and above all very full andheavy.

He was once more king of his ownhouse, and flattered and petted as henever had been since he gave away hisestate. To be sure he fed this by mys-terious hints that ho had other lands be-sides those in that part of the country,and that, indeed, the full extent of hispossessions would never be kuown untilhis will was read ; which will was safelylocked away in his strong-box—withother things.

And so he passed a pleasant time, em-bittered only by regrets, and very poig-nant they were, that he could hear noth-ing of his son Garrett. Lurcher also wastaken great care of, and became old andlazy.

But shocks that do not kill undermine.Before he reached three-score and ten,Brian Taafe's night-work and troublestold upon him, and he neared his end.He was quite conscious of it, and an-nounced his own departure, but not in aregretful way. He had become quite aphilosopher; and indeed there was a sortof chuckle about the old fellow in speak-ing of his own death, which his daughter-in-law secretly denounced as unchristian,and, what was worse, unchancy.

Whenever he did mention the expect-ed event, ho was sure to say, "Andmind, boys, my will is in that chest."

"Don't speak of it, father," was thereply.

When he was dying, he called for hissons, and said, in a feeble voice: " Iwas a strong farmer, and come of honestfolk. Ye'll give me a good wakiu', boys,an' a gran' funeral."

They promised this very heartily." And after the funeral ye'll all come

here together, and open the will, thechildren an' all. All but Garrett. I'veleft him nothing, poor boy, for sure he'snot in this world. I'll maybe see himwhere I'm goin'."

So there was a grand wake, and thevirtues of the deceased and his profes-sional importance were duly howled byan old lady who excelled in this lugu-brious art. Then the funeral was hur-ried on, because they were in a hurryto open the chest.

The funeral was joined in the church-yard by a stranger, who muffled his face,and shed the only tears that fell uponthat grave. After the funeral he stayedbehind all the rest and mourned, but hejoined the family at the feast which fol-lowed ; and, behold, it was Garrett, comea day too late. He was welcomed withexuberant affection, not being down inthe will ; but they did not ask him tosleep there. They wanted to be alone,and read the will. He begged for somereminiscence of his father, and they gavehim Lurcher. So he put Lurcher intohis gig, and drove away to that goodfarmer, sure of his welcome, and prayingGod he might find him alive. Perhapshis brothers would not have let him goso easily had they known he had made alarge fortune in America, and was goingto buy quite a slice of the county.

On the way he kept talking to Lurcher,and reminding him of certain sports theyhad enjoyed together, and feats of poach-ing they had performed. Poor oldLurcher had been pricking his ears allthe time, and cudgeling his memory as tothe tones of the voice that was address-ing him. Garrett reached the farm, andwas received first with stares, then withcries of joy, and was dragged into thehouse, so to speak. After the first ardorof welcome, he told them he had arrivedonly just in time to bury his father."And this old dog," said he, " i s allthat's left me of him. He was mine first,and, when I left, he took to father. Hewas always a wise dog."

" We know him," said the wife, " h ehas been here before." And she wasgoing to blurt it all out, but her mansaid, " Another time," and gave her alook as black as thunder, which wasn'this way at all, but he explained to herafterward. " They are friends, thosethree, over the old man's grave. Weshould think twice before we stir illblood betune 'em." So, when he stoppedher, she turned it off cleverly enough,and said the dear old dog must have hissupper. Supper they gave him, and anew sheep-skin to lie on by the great fire.So there he lay and seemed to doze.

The best bed in the house was laid forGamtt, ami when he got up to go to itdidn't that wise old dog get up, too, withan effort, and move stiffly toward Garrett,and lick his hand ; and then he lay downagain all of a piece, as who should say :"I 'm very tired of it all." "He knowsme now at last," said Garrett, joyfully." That is his way of saying good-night, Isuppose. He was always a wonderfulwise dog."

In the morning they found Lurcherdead and stiff on the sheep-skin. It wasa long good-night he had bid so quietlyto the friend of his youth.

Garrett shed tears over him and said :" If I had only known what he meant,I'd have sat up with him. But I nevercould see far. He was a deal wiser for adog than I shall ever be for a man."

Meantime the family party assembledin the bedroom of the deceased. Everytrace of feigned regret had left theirfaces, and all their eyes sparkled withjoy and curiosity. They went to openthe chest. I t was locked. They huntedfor the key ; first quietly, then fussily.The women found it at last, sewed up inthe bed; they cut it out and opened thechest.

The first thing they found was a lot ofstones. They glared at them, and thecolor left their faces. What deviltry wasthis ?

Presently they found writing on onestone: "Look below." Then there wasa reaction, and a loud laugh. " The oldfox was afraid the money and parchmentswould fly away, so he kept them down."

They plunged their hands in, and sooncleared out a barrowful of stones; tillthey came to a kind of paving-stone.They lifted this carefully out, and dis-covered a good new rope with a runningnoose, and—the will.

It was headed in large letters finely en-grossed :

" The last will and testament of BrianTaafe."

But the body of the instrument was inthe scrawl of the testator :

" I bequeath all the stones in this boxto the hearts that could turn their fatherand benefactor out on the highway thatstormy night.

" I bequeath this rope for any fatherto hang himself with who is fool enoughto give his property to his children be-fore he dies."

This is a prosaic story compared witlithe Lear of Shakspeare, but it is welltold by Gerald Griffin, who was a manof genius. Of course I claim little merit,but that of setting the jewels. Were Ito tell you that is an art, I suppose youwould not believe it.—Harper's Weekly

MIDI!AT PASHA'S FALL.

River and Harbor Appropriations.In the Biver and Harbor bill the fol-

lowing items appear for the improve-ment of rivers : Mouth of the Missis-sippi, $100,000; Mississippi, Missouriand Arkansas, $65,000 ; Mississippi, op-posite St. Louis, $70,000 ; Des Moinesrapids, Mississippi river, $95,000 ; UpperMississippi, $30,000 ; Bock Island rapids,Mississippi river, $10,000; Missouri river,about the mouth of the Yellowstone,$10,000; Tennessee river, $200,000;Ohio river, $30,000; St. Mary's river andSt. Mary's Falls canal, $100,000 ; Sag-maw river, $30,000 ; Falls of St. An-thony, $5,000; Great Kanawha river,W. Va., $100,000; Little Kanawhariver, W. Va., $5,000.

For harbor improvements : Galveston,Tex., $100,000; Savannah, Ga., $95,-000; Baltimore, $60,000 ; Oswego, N.Y., $50,000; Boston, $25,000; Erie,Pa., $25,000; break-water, Cleveland,Ohio, $40,000 ; harbor at Toledo, Ohio,$30,000; Chicago, 111., $5,000; Michi-gan City, Ind.,; $35,000; Harbor ofRefuge, Lake Huron, Mich., $75,000;Grand Haven, Mich., $20,000 ; Oheboy-gan, Mich., $15,000; Milwaukee harbor,$20,000; miscellaneous dredging, Su-perior bay, $37,000 ; ship-channel inGalveston bay, $28,000; examination,surveys and contingencies of rivers andharbors, $15,000 ; examination and sur-veys at the South Pass of the Mississippiriver, $15,000.

Wiiytiie Turkish I'lliiio MiiiiSter was De-posed, arid UaiJitrtied froin the Country.The Constantinople correspondent of

the Pall Mall Gazette telegraphs as fol-lows : " The cause of Midliat Pasha's falldates from some time back. The impe-rious character of Midhat Pasha clashedwith the firmness of the Sultan, whoseliberal Views went far ahead of Midhat's.The constitution disappointed the Sultanby the multiplicity of its reserves andqualifications, and many warm discus-sions occurred between the sovereign andMinister. The Sultan desired to intro-duce largely a foreign element into theTurkish administration, and especially toemploy Englishmen in leading positionsin all departments. His Majesty ex-pressed this desire to Midliat Pasha verystrongly on several occasions, and lastweek took him sternly to task for nothaving acted upon it. Midliat Pasha re-plied curtly, and wrote subsequently tothe Sultan in undeferential terms. OnFriday last the Sultan sent for MidliatPasha, but the summons was not obeyed.On Saturday Midliat Pasha remainedhomo on the plea of indisposition.On Sunday the third summons wasdisobeyed, but Midliat Pasha attend-ed the council in the afternoon. Mean-while the police discovered a secret cor-respondence which showed that MidliatPasha was plotting for the overthrow ofthe Sultan and his own nomination asDictator. On Monday a peremptorysummons brought Midhat Pasha to thepalace, suspecting nothing. On enteringhe was arrested and his letters laid be-fore him. There was no gainsaying theevidence against him, and he asked formercy. A council of Ministers wascalled, and Midliat Pasha was offered thechoice of leaving the country, or beingarraigned before a tribunal on the chargeof high treason. He elected to leave thecountry.

"The letters found disclosed that 3,000Ulemas were to have gone on Mondaynight to the palace to demand the abdi-cation of the Sultan. The fall of MidliatPasha will check no reforms, the Sultanbeing determined to carry out the con-stitution in its fullest spirit."

Here is another version, given by theBerlin correspondent of the LondonTimes: "Midliat Pasha's fall was oc-casioned by his refusal to conclude peacewith Servia unlesB Turkey received guar-antees. As a resumption of hostilitieswas probable in consequence of this res-olute policy, the old Court party inducedthe Sultan to supersede Midliat. Un-less the Sultan changes his mind, EdlieniPasha's administration will only pave theway for a Cabinet with a decidedly paci-fic concession programme."

M; TOR THE POLE.

Admiral Fortor Indorses tlie Flan of. Capt.Howgate for Arctic Explorations.

Admiral Porter has just written a letterto Capt. Howgate regarding the latter'sproposed expedition. In it he says: "Inmy opinion there is an open sea for 200miles toward the pole; that there arcmountains, from which are precipitatedthe icebergs which lately blocked upKobeson's channel, and that, had Mark-ham's furthest point been exceeded bysixty miles, the pack would have beenpassed and open water reached again.Every few years we must expect just sucha pack as Capt. Nares encountered, whichwill probably last for a year or two, andwill then break up. If, at the momentof breaking up, men and boats are inreadiness to take advantage of the op-portunity, a great advance could bo madetoward the pole. There are no greaterhardships to be encountered as high as83 degrees than have heretofore beensurmounted by the intrepid explorers ofthe Arctic regions, and when one reflectsthat a party from the Polaris drifted1,800 miles on a cake of ice, and that aninfant and its mother were all that timeexposed to the inclemencies of the Arcticregions, we ought to have no doubt abouta company of strong, active men, wellprovided with everything necessary tomake life endurable in that desolate re-gion."

The letter continues in substance thatthe greatest difficulty will be found inkeeping up the spirits of the men. Todo this the Admiral suggests that eachmember of the crew selected shall have aknowledge of some useful mechanicaltrade, and that he be kept occupied atthis when in winter quarters. " I n theevent of such an expedition as you pro-pose," the letter continues, " I see a fineopportunity for utilizing the electric tel-egraph. Wires could be laid along theground or ice without much danger oftheir being carried off by the bears orfoxes." In conclusion, the Admiralstates that he can see no objection to theproposed expedition, and hopes it maysucceed.

thinks that the remedy has fulfilled allexpectations ; and some of his brethren,it appears, think otherwise. Who shalldecide when even Chicago doctors dis-agree ?

TURKEY.

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

ttet Diplomatic Victory OYer lite " G*eatPos ters . "

[From the Chicago journal.]That Turkey in her late contest lias

outwitted and outgeneraled, diplomatic-ally all of her formidable antagonists, in-telligent and observant readers of lateforeign dispatches cannot doubt. A fewmonths ago Turkey was in open conflictwith two of her principal provinces-—SorviaandMontenegro—who were active-ly supported by Russian influence andmilitary skill, and at the same time re-sisting, as best she could, the combinedadvisory attack of all the great powers inEurope. The conflict for a time was ofa doubtful character; the odds werefearfully against the success of thecrescent. One Sultan after another wentdown before the storm, and was laid,first upon the political shelf, and thenquietly into the grave. But still thecrescent waned not. Her arms werevictorious, her power survived. Later,a prolonged armistice gave all partiestime to gather up their somewhat- scat-tered thoughts,and to gravely consider thesituation. Then began the diplomaticbattle. The representatives of the"great powers"" drew near the Turkishcourt and capital with heads and mouths I Jt

1 great deal of pam, his legs frequently- - • -a -» - . - • - * . I T I 1 I t *

Around the Farm.KEEP UP REPAIRS.—When anything

about the fami gets out of repair, see toit at once and don't let it remain until itis all gone to pieces. A large expensecan be saved to every farmer annually byattention to this.

VAWE OP MANURE.—As showing thevalue of manure in Nngland, a companyat Brighton advertises that they willfurnish boxes of horse stable manure,each containing iifty-six pounds, at theof 60 cents including box and delivery, togardeners or persons who need the articlefor composts.

TESTING SEEDS.—One of Mr. Vick'scorrespondents gives the following as hisway of testing seeds: A sod cut from anold pasture is placed, grass np, in a panor on a board, and boiling water pouredon; on this is laid a piece of straw paper,and the seed is sprinkled on this andcovered with another paper, then anothersod, grass down, well wet with warmwater. Keep wet and warm, and in afew days the seed, if good, will sprout.

SPUING CAEE OF STBAWBEKBY BEDS.—Do not be in too much of a hurry to un-cover your strawberry beds in the spring.Leave them until the ground is entirelydone freezing at night, and until theplants are about ready to begin their sea-son's growth. It is possible that thinwill make the frnit two or three dayslater in ripening, but on the other handthe fruit will escape all harm from thelate spring frosts. When the coveringis removed the ground between the plantsshould be hoed and a coat of fine ma-nure or ashes applied.

CUBE FOR STBINGHAI/T. — Ool&man'sJiural World, in discussing the diseasesof horses, is responsible for the followingwhich has never before been made pub-lic: I t i» almost universally believed thereis no cure for »tringhalt. Every veteri-nary surgeon will say it cannot be cured.But we saw a gentleman in Greene county,Mo., last summer who says he can cureevery case. His method is, to go into astable having a dirt floor in the stall,where the horse stands, and dig a pitabout four feet deep under the hind legsof the horse, the fore feet standing ashigh as formerly. This throws all theweight of the horse on the hind legs.The horse is compelled to stand in this

about half a day, and i

full of talk. The talking continued fora month. Proposition was met bycounter-proposition, or by refusal. Fi-nally came the ultimatum; and this,after due deliberation, was—flatly re-jected. The dignified but vanquished Am-bassadors made haste to take their leaveof the Sultan, and then submissivelywithdrew from the bootless encounter.

And what is the general outcome of itall ? Turkey remains intact and unhurt,and stands collected and defiant, the realmaster of the situation, while Englandhas subsided into silence, and Russia,apparently, is not quite ready. Verily,the so-called "sick man" of Europe is

swelling badly. But when taken out ofthe pit he is cured, and is never knownto have stringhalt again.

Kotir IN POULTRY.—The New YorkTimes, in answer to a question for aremedy for roup, gives the following :Take all the sick fowls and put them ina warm, dry, clean place, the floor ofwhich is sprinkled with lime and thenwith water, in which one ounce of car-bolic acid to the gallon of water has beendissolved. Wash the head of each fowlwith warm vinegar, and then touch theeyes, throat and nostrils with a featherdij>ped in a solution of ten grains of car-

not quite so sick after all. His "feeble- bolic acid in one wineglassful of rain or" snow water. T:dve two ounces of ca stile

soap, half an ounce of hyposulphite ofsoda, half an ounce of ground ginger,half an ounce of cayenne pepper, andgrind the whole together with enoughwarm water to work it up into a stiffpaste. Mix thoroughly together, and

ness " wears very much the semblance ofstrength. He is either a very willfuland reckless invalid, or else he must be"getting better " very rapidly. His an-swer to the ultimatum, " Death beforedishonor," and "No reforms from out-side dictation," sound wonderfully likethe utterances of a man who knew where | divide into pills the size of peas.he stood and what he was about. Infact, the sick man has achieved a signaldiplomatic victory, has shown remarka-ble pluck and bravery, and acts as thoughhe could do a good deal of damage yet,if necessity compelled him. TheEuropean patient must now fairly bepronounced convalescent.

To what is this great change in theaspect of European politics owing?First, as already intimated, the extent ofTurkish resources and power, and thestrength of Turkish character, have bothbeen underestimated by the "rest ofmankind." The Turk is still an uglyand formidable factor in the Easternproblem, and is likely to be for sometime to come. He does not, and appar-ently will not, easily bow down at othermen's bidding. Constantinople is a solidquantity on the European map. TheGolden Horn is neither brittle nor point-

Givetwiceeach sick fowl three of these pills

a day.WATCH THE Pras.-—Do not neglect the

pigs and leave them to "root hog ordie" during the winter. The less root-ing they have to do now the better offthey will be in the spring. Help themto grow through the winter months, andthey will be able to help themselvesthrough the balance of the year. Donot allow them to occupy the same strawfor bedding longer than a week at a"time ; bum up the old leaves and re-place them with fresh bedding ; this willprevent them from becoming lousy. A.bed in an open lot away from a shed ofany k.g d, and where the rays of the suncan reach- it, is preferable except insevere weather. It will secure themfrom the dust that is sure to accumulatein a bed under shelter. Keep themclean and well provided with fresh water

less. Turkey's mongrel, yet united, pop- : a n j plenty of food, and you will have noulation is leavened through and through occasion to look for a receipt for hog

Hew. Grant and Charles O'Conor.The Washington correspondent of a

Western journal says : " The Presidentto-day, in conversation, alluded more indetail to the interview between him andCharles O'Conor on Sunday last.O'Conor called on the President withSecretary Fish. The President had beenpreviously notified of the fact thatO'Connor desired an interview for thepurpose of paying his respects, and tooffer an apology for the expressionsmade in a letter written to a friend manyyears ago, which, in the heat of the cam-paign, was exhumed and for the firsttime published. The language used wasthat ' ' Grant was a drunken Democrat,picked out of the gutters of Galena bythe Republican party for the purpose ofruling the nation." O'Conor told thePresident that he could remember nosuch letter, and would not deny that hehad written it if he did. He begged tosay that the charge was without founda-tion ; that he never, of his own knowl-edge, or from hearsay, had any informa-tion upon which such an accusation couldbe based. The President said that hehad never seen the letter, and only knewof its existence from newspaper com-ments, adding that he had too much experience in having been personallyabused himself as a public officer to seekto aggravate this unpleasant phase ofpublic life by searching for matters ofthis, sort published against him. ThePresident says to-day that he deemed theexplanation ample, and was entirely sat-isfied."

Doctors Disagree.Chicago is suffering severely from

scarlet fever and diphtheria. At a meet-ing of physicians to consider the epi-demic and its proper treatment a resolu-tion was offered, the purport of whichwas that no medicines which could beadministered would prevent diphtheria,and that the continued administration ofthem for any great length of time wouldbe injurious. Dr. Beebee declares thatthis was aimed at his recommendation ofsulpho-carbolate of soda, which, he holds,will destroy the germs of diphtheria, theblood and tissues being disinfected. He

with Mohammedanism, and the probabil-ity is that the day will never dawn overthe world when Mohammedanism, as a ,sternly-resisting power in all social andcivil life, will not have to be recognizedas an existing and an indissoluble reality.All history shows what wonderful tenac-ity and vitality it possesses.

On the part of Russia, there is thewholesome dread of war. The time hascome when monarchs and kingdoms, em-pires and emperors, and nations, hesitatelong before plunging headlong into aseething sea of carnage. Formerly, ifnational debts accumulated, they couldas easily be repudiated; but it is not sonow. The national credit is a thing thatmust not be sacrificed for light or trivialor purely personal and ambitious reasons.

Again, wars are deadly as well as mostexpensive; and hiunan life has becometoo precious and valuable to be reckless-ly thrown away.

And then, underlying all other causes,is the silent potentiality of an ever-grow-ing, ever-extending Christian and hu-mane civilization, which frowns upon anappeal to arms, except as a dernier re-sort.

The Boy and the Panther.The Colusa (Cal.) Sun tells the fol-

lowing story : "Last Saturday MasterJohn Williams, aged 13, was out huntingnear home, on Elk creek, when he ranacross a panther and gave him the bene-fit of the contents of his rifle. Thepanther made off, and the young manloaded up again and gave him chase,getting in another shot on him. Thistime, however, the panther got out ofhis sight, but he could sec from theblood that he had been bit. He wenthomo and dreamed all night, of course,of fighting panthers with a grizzly ortwo thrown in to make it interesting.Next morning, bright and early, hegathered his gun, determined on findingthat panther. He got on the blood,which he traced into a hollow log. Hefired into the log, and then got an axand cut the panther out, finding himstill alive, but he finished him up anddragged his trophy in triumph home.An inspection showed that both balls ofthe previous evening had gone through

cholera.

the House.

A CORRESPONDENT of the New YorkTribune, who claims to know, says thatcommon copal varnish will cure crackedhands.

FOB WALNUT STAINS.—The juice ofripe tomatoes will remove the stain ofwalnuts from the hands without injury tothe skin.

To KILL ANTS.—A strong solution ofcarbolic acid and water poured intoholes kills all the ants it touches, andthe survivors immediately take them-selves off.

CATAEEH RECIPE.—Take one-thirdpulverized saltpeter and two-thirds pul-verized sugar, mix well, and snuff two orthree times a day, and it will prove asure cure.

CHILBLAIN LOTION.—Dissolve oneoimce'of muriate of ammonia in half apint of cider vinegar, and apply fre-quently. One-half pint of alcohol maybe added to this lotion with good effect.

COLLODION FOB FRECKLES.—The fol-lowing preparation is recommended asbeing effectual and harmless: Onegramme of sulphocarbolate of zinc is re-duced to a very fine powder, and thenincorporated by trituration with onegramme of essence of lemon (or otherflavor); 5 grammes of alcohol and 45grains of collodion.

TAR-WATER AS A DYE.—Tar-water maybe employed for dyeing silk or woolashen gray. The stuff is first mordantedwith weak perhloride of iron, by soakingin the solution some hours. It is thendrained and passed through the bath oftar-water. The oxygenate of iron,which is thus precipitated on the fabric,gives a very solid color.

REMEDY FOB DEAFNESS.—Drop threeor four drops of glycerine in the ear be-fore retiring at night; in the morningsyringe the ear with warm water, andcontinue this practice faithfully for sometime. The deafness and singing oftenresult from a collection of wax on thetympanum, or drum of the ear, and theglycerine has the effect to loosen it,p g g j g

the panther's lungs. He was an im- w n j j e t n e -water removes it.mense fellow, measuring seven feet fromtip to tip."

New York's Enormous Debt.The report recently forwarded by

Comptroller Kelly, of New York, to theLegislature, classifies and adds up thedebt of that city as follows:Bonded debt $119,681,313Temporary debt 22,371,000Revenue bonds 6,104,844

To which should be added:Westchester county bonds, for which the

city is liable .

TotalDeducting Hinking-iund bonds

Add obligations issued in January....Add valid claims in litigation, about .

. .$ 1,250,000

. .$149,867,557

. . 38,179,102

$121.2l)K,4r>;>. 2,612,608. 10,000,000

. . .$188,820,968Net actual indebtednessThe sinking-fund bonds draw interest,

and the interest-bearing debt, as far aspresent necessities of taxation are con-cerned, must therefore be put at about$150,OOO,00Q. '-Th° aggregate amount ofannual interest payable on the city debtis about $9,000,000. Not less than $11,-700,000 of assessments remain unpaid.

THE shadow-face of a man haunts agas-burner in one of the gambling housesof Topeka, Kan., and may be alwaysseen on the globe surrounding the light.The gambling fraternity are somewhattroubled about the strange apparition,which they think is not according toHoyle.

CLEANING SILK.—The following modeof cleaning silk garments has been suc-cessfully tested. The garment must firstbe ripped and dusted. Have a large flatboard; over it spread an old sheet. Takehalf a cup of ox gall, half a cup of am-monia, and half a pint tepid soft water.Sponge the silk with this on both sides,especially the soiled spots. Having fin-ished sponging, roll it on a round sticklike a broom-handle, being careful not tohave any wrinkles. Silk thus washedand thoroughly dried needs no ironing,and has a luster like new silk. Not onlysilk, but merino, barege, or any woolengoods, may be thus treated with the bestresults.

IT is not only the extremely holy whoaccompany the religious pilgrimages ofFrance. Among the visitors to the-shrine of Genevieve, the patron saint ofParis, were two youths, who have beentaken into custody by the police for prac-tices which do not imply fanatical asceti-cism. They had been observed duringthe time of the devotions actively en-gaged in the occupation of relieving thepockets of the faithful of their pur-chases and handkerchiefs. The youngpilgrims confessed that their objects wereto secure as much booty as they could inthis manner, then to remain in the churchafter the others had left and break opt nthe collection box into which they hadeen a number of valuable coins dropped.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1877.

" A GOOD namo is better than groatriches:" but a returning board is bet-ter than either. '

THE old saying, "anybody can talkbut it takes votes to elect " is no lon-ger of any account. A returning boardis better than votes.

THE Republican State Conventionhas been called to meet at Lansing onthe 7th of March, giving the " Legisla-tive Ring" tho inside track as two yearsago.

CHARLES C. WRIGHT, of Murquette,has been appointed State Commissionerof Mineral Statistics, under a law en-acted at the present session of the Leg-islature.

THE Board of Commissioners of theState House of Correction at Ionia askedan appropriation of $150,000 for thecompletion of the buildings. The com-mittee recommend $153,000.

THE Legislature has passed a billchanging the name of Mrs. Agnes B.Frye and children, of Ludington, toStevens. Better save legsslative timeand leave the work of name-changingto the judges of probate.

NOT a single member of the tripar-tite tribunal believed that the Tildenelectors did not receive more votes inFlorida than did the Hayes electors, butthat certificate of the Governor, " found-ed upon the determination of the can-vassing board," was to sacred a fraud tojustify going behind it.

IT MAY be well enough to make Jus-• tice Bradley the target of all the jokesor curses aimed at the tripartite tribu-nal for the short-comings of that body,but it is the baldest kind of nonsense tohold him more responsible than eitherof his fellow commissioners who concurwith him. Bradley has but one vote,and that in no sense a casting vote.Pitch it to 'em all alike.

SENATOR CAMERON, a gay widowerof 78 years, has been smashing theheart of a treasury clerk, a widow fortyand fair ; and not only, smashing herpoor, simplo, confiding heart, butbreaching his promise to marry her,•wherefor the aforesaid widow comesinto court and claims damages in thosum of $50,000. Mrs. Oliver is thelady's name. The Senator denies theimpeachment, and hints at black-mail.

I N THE great speech of Senator Conk-ling on the Electoral Compromise bill,he distinctly asserted the right and thoduty of Congress to go behind the Gov-ernor's certificate and unearth frauds, ifany were chargod or known, and pre-sented soveral forcible illustrations indefense of bis position. Yet this sameSenator Coukling votod to sustain thedecision of the Commission in the Flori-da case, which assertod tho sacrednessand finality of tho Governor's certificatebased on the false and fraudulent cer-tificate of a canvassing board. DidSenator Conkling run a full lino of acesup his sleeve when ho made his speech ?It has very much that look.

TllE Detroit J'ost questions the oon-stitutionality of the proposed law dis-qualifying pool-sellers on elections fromvoting. I t thinks that no person hav-ing the constitutional qualifications canbe disfranchised, " no matter whatmay be his offense." And yet we havea law which essentially disfranchiseshundreds of voters at every election,simply for forgetting or neglecting toregister their names. We apprehondthat section G of article seven, " Lawsmay be passed to preserve tho purity ofelections, and guard against the abusesof the elective franchise" is broadenough to cover the legislation in ques-tion, or legislation disfranchising forcrime. Whether the proposed legisla-tion is desirable or wise is anotherquestion.

M i i -*-^a*-+- »»»

TUB Detroit Tribune constitutes a cab-inet for Tilden " in case he gets onevote in Oregon." But suppose Hayes isdeclared elected by the votes he didn'tget in Florida or Louisiana, honestly orlegally, how would this do : Secretary ofState, W. E. Chandler; of the Treasu-ry, Thos. J. Anderson ; of the Navy, M.L. Stearns; of the Interior, T. G. Casa-nave; Postmaster-General, Samuel B.McLin; Attorney General, Louis M.Kenner ; and for Justice of the SupremeCourt, vice Davis to resign, the pureman and tried statesman, J. MadisonWolls ? Zack Chandler can be sent toRussia or Turkey, and Senator Ed-munds,—well, wo don't know what po-sition would sufficiently reward himfor the shrewdness with which he en-gineered the Electoral Commission billthrough committee and Senate, underthe false pretense of opening the wayto a quasi judicial determination, and afair and honest settlement of disputedquestions, both of law and fact.

T H E ELECTORAL COMMISSION, politi-cally constituted of eight Republicansand seven Democrats (though five of themembers, the Assooiate Justices of theSupreme Court, no business to have anypolitics or know any party), had such afear of the facts that it decided it couldnot go behind the fraudulent determin-ation of the Florida canvassers, and sothe vote of Florida is recorded for Hayeswhen all the woald, the members of theCommission included, know that theTilden and not the Hayes electors wereelected. In the light of this statementread the declaration of RepresentativeHurlbut, before the Commission, onTuesday, in discussing the Louisianaease : " Tbis Commission is not sitting,nor can it sit as a judicial tribunal totry which of the two gentlemen namedfor Prosideut have actually been elect-ed." Then what on earth was tho Com-mission sitting for ? Why, to make pre-tense of deciding how Florida and Lou-isiana voted, but really to register andconfirm the fraudulent decrees of theircanvassing and returning boards,—su-gar-cout and make them more palatable.That is it.

THE STATE GRANGE has memorializedthe Legislature" in favor of further leg-islation "with reference to taking ofusurious interest, either directly or in-directly, by penalty or forfeiture of in-terest, or otherwise, as will more effect-ually correct the evil." One of theresolutions accompanying the memo-rial, or constituting a part of it, says," That in the opinion of this Grangeseven per cent, is as high an interestas the agriculturists of this State cansafely pay." Now, as a borrower, westrike hands with the Grange in desir-ing a low rate of interest—five or sixper cent, would suit us better than sev-en. As a consumer, too, we shouldprofit by buying our provisions at auto-war prices, so suppose we ask the Legis-lature to fix tho maximum prioe of but-ter at 15 cents a pound, of eggs at 10cents a dozen, of potatoes at 25 centsa bushel, of wood at $1.00 a cord (wehave received the four articles on sub-scription at 12 1-2 cents, 6 cents, 10cents, and 75 cents), with a correspond-ing scale for grains, vegetables, andfruits of all kinds. How would suchlegislation suit the average Granger?Is money an exceptional article that itsprice may be definitely regulated bylaw ? The law may well establish arate in the absence of special contractor agreement,—is it wise to do more 'iAs a large number of the agriculturistsare money lenders wo trust that weshall not be suspected of antagonism tothe best interests of tho agriculturalclasses. There is no conflict of interestsbetween the producing and consumingclasses, between the farmer and thotradesman. Both aim to sell in thedearest and buy in the cheapest market,—paying the market value for producewhen they buy, and getting the marketvalue of goods, wares, and merchandisewhen and where they "sell. Money isiike any article,—when or where inactive and great demand it will com-mand a high rate of interest; when orwhere it is abundant or over-supplied in-terest will be low. That is the way theinterest question looks to us; thoughmoney has the advantage of heavy andbulky articles, it is more easily movedlong distances, and is generally in de-mand at all seasons and in all sections,though not always alike or at like ratesof interest. Legislation cannot estab-lish a perfect and enduring equilibrium,either in demand, supply, or value.

ON SATURDAY last the Electoral Com-mission reported its decision in theFlorida case. It was immediately con-curred in by tho Senate ; the House didnot consider it until Monday, and thenvoted to non-concur. Both bodies divi-ded, as did the Commission, by a partyvote. The Commipsion based its decis-ion on the finality of the determinationof the board of canvassers, and the reas-ons filed were shrewdly drawn, evident-ly with a view of covering the Louisia-na and Oregon {cases. Tho count pro-ceeded in joint convention, Monday af-ternoon, and whea Louisiana was reach-ed, the conflicting returns and accom-panying papers were sent to tho Com-mission. The case was opened for theDemocrats on Tuesday, by Senator Mc-Donald, who was followed on tho sameside by Mr. Jenks. Messrs. Hurlbutand Howe presented the case for theRepublicans. Hon. Matt. Carpenteropened, as attorney for the LouisianaDemocratic electors, Tuesday evening,and concluded Wednesday, making asledge-hammer argument. When hoclosed, tho Commission, despite itsruling in the Florida case, granted fourhours in which to discuss the adtnissi-bility of evidence, and Messrs. Trum-bull, Stoughton, and Shollabargor, pro-ceeded to discuss that question until ad-journment. This re-opening of a oncedecided question, seemed to give the Re-publicans the shakes.

THE legislators seem to be after theUniversity. Mr. Welker, of Branch,has introduced a bill repealing the lawrequiring an annual tax levy of l-20thof a mill in aid of tho institution ; andMr. Winchell, of Allegan, a bill to abol-ish the old medical department, thehomeopathic college, and the dentalschool. These gentlemen evidentlywould disagree with President Fairfiold,cf the University of Nebraska, who saidin a recent address to the Legislature,—in which he had made many allusionsto the University of Michigan, its his-tory and progress, with a number ofmost favorable comparisons botween itand other universities and colleges,—" Were Michigan offered a bonus of ten" million dollars to blot out her Univer-" sity, aud leave nothing in its stead,"she would bo insune to accept it. For" her mines of iron and copper, her pine" forests and her salt springs combined," have not contributed a quarter part as"much to her renown as her Universi-" ty." And when the Legislature shallbegin to lop off the departments of theUniversity of Michigan, it will enterthe wedge of its complete destruction.

— President Fairfield says that theaverage cost per student is : at Harvard,$233 50; at Yale, $120 75; at Brown,$29140; at Columbia, $468 ; at Amherst, $168 ; at Cornell, $208 ; at theUniversity of Michigan, $99 75.

the country, even if Mr. Hayes shouldbe declared elected, and said that if thodecision was in his favor he wouldcheerfully acquiesce. He thought thatthe next four years would, uiidt?r eitherHayes or Tilden, settle tho Southernquestion to a great extent nnd deteriniue the status of parties there.'

STATE NEWS BREVITIES.The State Pioneer Society has a mem-

bership of 335.There are 269 inmates of the Stato

Public School at Coldwater.The Lansing Republican is calling on

its debtors for good dry wood.William 11. Taggart, cashier of the

Bank of Niles, died on the 7th inst.The cerebro spinal meningitis is af-

fecting horses in vaiious parts of theState, proving generally fatal.

A daily paper is to be started at Flintby H. H. Gibson, of the Democrat, andGeorge W. Gage, of Grand Rapids.

The First National Bank, of Detroit,gives bonds in the sum of $500,000 forthe privilege of handling city moneys.

The next meeting of the MichiganBoo Keepers' Association is to bo hold atLansing on the 14th and 15th ofMarch.

Hon. Jonathan Shearer has ietired,and Hon. W. J. Baxter is the newlyelected president of the State Histori-cal Society.

L. A. Rose and Andrew Wildman, ofBay City, are going to establish a pa-per in the interest of the reform move-ment, to be called tho lied Ribbon.

The historians were instructed to pre-pare material for the second volume ofthis history, and that it be publishedone year from date or as soon as maybe.

Mr. Henry Willis, of Battle Creek hassecured over 2,000 signatures in thememorial asking the Legislature to es-tablish an industrial schools for girls atthat place.

The Litchfield QazetU says: "Thetime seems to be coming when we willhave to berrow a few potatoes from thogrocery to ornament the table on com-pany occasions."

Bently, who escaped from tho prisonat Jackson some weeks ago, has beentaken back by his father-in-law,—at hisown request. Freedom wasn't as sweetas he imagined it.

A trap net in Thunder river, at Alpena, catches from four to six barrels ofherrings per day, and the fishermen sellthorn on the ice at five cents per dozenor a dollar per barrel.

Hon. S. M. Brackett, of Bollevne,Eaton county, died on the evening ofthe 7th, of typhoid fever. Mr. Brack-ett was the Democratic candidate forLieutenant-Governor in 1862.

At the inter-collegiate contest atHillsdale, on the evening of the 8thinst., between the Albion, Hillsdale andKalamazoo colleges, Mr. Hudson B.Coleman, of Kalarnazoo, received thomedal.

Burglaries are the fashion in Jackson.On the night of February 8 a wholeblock of stores were entered and sever-al hundred dollars' worth of goods sto-len. Cigars figure largely in thoirstealings.

Dr. Jas. A. Brown, of Detroit, hasbeen appointed one of three , specialcommissionors to report in Washingtonfor the purpose of investigating themanagement of the United States Mar-iue Hospital at at Boston.

Henry Ralph was arrested on thenight of the 9th inst., in Ada, Kentcounty, charged with breaking into Jus-tice Butterick's barn and stealing awagon load of wheat. The stolen prop-erty was found in his possession.

One Sumner Parker personated SilasM. Parker at Coldwater a few days ago,and got the First National Bank to casha $349 draft that did n't belong te him.A well-known citizen identified tho pre-tender and also indorsed the draft,—thussaving the bank.

John Cronin, an employe of theMichigan Central Railroad, was in-stantly killed at Jackson, on Sundaymorning, by having his head crushedbetween the water tanks of two engines.Deceased was a resident of Marshall,unmarried, and about 50 years of age.

Tramps fare poorly in Allegan thiswinter. Superintendent Calkins tellsus that none have been helped from thepublic store, though many have applied—fewer, however, than last winter,when the number reached 50. InPlainwell they put tramps into thecalaboose, giving them a blanket, withcrackors and cheese for supper, and acold breakfast. Otsego is more liberaland sends her traveling gentlemen tohotels where they feast on the.fat of theland at the county's expense.—AlleganJournal.

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Kstate of Samuel A. Morgan.L I T A T B OF MICHIGAN, County of Waahtenaw,i i ss. At a session oi the Probate Court for theCount; of Wasbtonaw, noldon at the Probate Of-ftcc in the city of Ann Arbor, on Friday, theninth day of February, in the year one thousandeight hundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Pro-bate.

In the matter of the estate of Samuel A Morgan,deceased.

William P . Fanning, administrator of said estate,cornea Into court and represents that he is now pre-pared to render bis final account as such adminis-trator.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Wednesday, thefourteenth day of March next .a t ten o'clock Inthe forenoon, be assigned for examining andallowing such account, and that the heirs at law of*uiil deceased, and all other persons Interested insaid estate, are required to appear at a Beselon ofsaid court, then to be holden at the Probate Officein the City of Ann Arbor, In said county, amishow cause, if any there be. why the said accountshould not be allowed : And it is further ordered,that said administrator give notice to the personainterested ID said estate, of the pendency of saidaccount, and the hearing thereof, by causing acopy of this order to be published In the MichiganArg'm, a newspaper printed and circulating in saidcounty, three successive weeks previous to saidday of hearing.

(A true copy.) WILFJAM D. HARUIMAN",1622td Judge of Probate.

THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.—At the recent meeting of the State His-torical Society, J. C. Holmes, chairmanof the committee of historians, made areport in which he statod that they hadgathered sufficient valuable matter tomake a book of about 600 pages. Itwas hoped to have this volume readyfor distribution at this annual meeting,but the work had been delayed by notgetting papers and reports from variouspionuers. He reported that a contracthad been entered into for the printingof tha first volume, 1,500 copies, for$1,875, aud the book is now well underway.

Estate of Noah R. Gates.

ST A T E O F MICHIGAN, county of Waahtenaw,aa. At a session of the Probate Court for the

county of Waahtenaw, holden a t the Probate Officein the city of Ann Arbor, on Friday, the ninthday of February, in the year one thousand eighthundred and sevento-seven.

Present, William U. Harr iman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of JSoah R. Gatos,

deceased.Adflline (rates and Silas Cornish, executor? of the

last will and testament of said deceased) come intocourt and represent that they are now prepared torender their final account as such executors.

Thereupon it is ordered. tha t Wednesday, thefourteenth day of March next, at t«n o'clock In theforenoon, be assigned for examining and allowingsuch account, and that the devisees', legatees andheirs at law of said deceased, and all oilier person?interested in said estate, are required to appear ata session of said Court, then to be holdon at theProbate Office in the city of Ann Arbor, in naidcounty, and show cause, if any there be, why thesaid nccount should not be allowed: And it isfurther ordered that said executors -jive notice tothe persons interested in said estate, of the pen-dency of said account, and the hearing thereof, bycausing a copy of this order to be published inthe Michigan Arguxt a newspaper printed and cir-culating in ttaid county, three successive weeksprevious to said day of hearing,

(A true copy.) WILLIAM. D. HARRt.MAN,« 16J2td Judge of Prob;ite.

Commissioners' Notice.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Waahto-naw, ss. The undersigned having been ap-

pointed by the Probrtte Court for said county,Commissioners to receeive, examine and adjust ahclaims and demands of all persona against the es-tate of Eugene B. Hinman, late of said county,deceitsed, hereby <:ive notice that six months fromdate are allowed, by order of said Probate Court,,for creditors to present their claims against theestate of said deceased, and that they will meet atthe residence of Mra Alta Hinmtin, in the town-ship of Ypsilanti, in said county, on the 6th day ofMay, and on the 6th day of August , next, ut teno'clock A. M. of each of said days, to receive, ex-amine and adjust said claims

Dated February fi, A. D 1877.W. Hi VI NO YECKLEY,CHARLES HOLMKS,

!G22w4 Commissioners.

Senator Bayard's Views.Senator Bayard, of Delaware, whose

thorough-going Democracy no one willquestion, who was a member of thecommittee which reported the ElectoralCommission bill, and who ia also a mem-ber of tho Electoral Commission, is thusreported in a New York Times Wash-ington dispatch :

" Senator Bayard said to-duy that ifthe Electoral bill was to come up now,with all that had thus far been donebefore him, he would vote for it. Horegarded, ho said, * The peace and pros-perity of the country as above thoPresidency/ and he condemned the at-tacks that had* been made upon theCommission or some of its members fortho action they hud taken in tho Flori-da case. Ho said he had full iaith intho justice of all the members of thetribunal, and that these severe com-ments upon their action, while therewore yot the most vital questions oi thewhole case to be adjudicated, hethought were out of place and unjust.Ho expressed himself as having no fearas to the final result, and thought that,whatever it should be, the people ot thelaud would accept it in good faith. Hetook no gloomy viuw of the future of

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Estate of Lura L. Porter.STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,

ss. Notice is hereby given, that by order of theProbate Court for the County of Waslitonaw, madeon the 29th day of J anuaiy, A. D. 1877, six monthsfrom that date"were allowed for creditors to pre-sent their claims against the estate of Lura L. Por-ter, late of said county, deceased, and that all cred-itors <>f said deceased are required to present theirclaims to said Probate Court, at the Probate Office,in the City of A D H Arbor, for examination and al-lowance, (in or before the80th day of July next,and that such claims will be heard before saidCourt on lhe 28th day of April and on the SOth dayof July next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of eachof those days.

Dated. Ann Arbor, January 29, A. D. 1877.1620 WILLIAM D. HAltUIMAN,

Judge of Probajto.

DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Mortgage Hale.

DE F A U L T having been made in the conditionsof a certain mortgage, bearing date the eighth

day of August, One thousand eight hundred andsixty- ei^ht, nmde and executed by John Wyldeand Mary S. Wylde, his wife, both of the city ofAnn Arbor, Michigan, to Robert J . 1'rice, of thesame place, and recorded in liber thirty-eight ofmortKHK^son page five hundred and two, on the14th day of September, A. D. 18G8, at eight P . M .of s»iid dny, in the office of the Register of Deedsfor Waahtenaw County, Michigan, and there be-ing claimed to be due and owing on Bftid mortgageand the note accompanying the same, the sum ofsix hundred and twenty-five and 55-100ths dol-!:irs ut the date of this notice, also »n attorney'sfee of twenty dollars as provided for in stiidmort^nge, nnd no procftidingft at law or in equityhiiving been instituted to recover the same or anypart thereof: Notice is therefore hereby given,that by virtue ef the power ol sale in said mort-gage contained, and the statute in such caf>es madeand provided, I wi 1 sell at public auction or ven-due to the highest bidder, on Saturday, the TWELFTHDAY OF M A T , AT TEN O'CLOCK in tho forenoon ofsaid day, a t the south door of the Court House, inthe city of Ann Arbor (that being the place forholding the Washtonaw Circuit Court), the premiaes in said mortgage described as follows: '* Allthat certain piece or parcel of land situate in thecity of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michi^tm,bounded and described us follows: Koin^ lotnumber two (2) in block two (2j south of Huronstreet, range eleven t-nst," to sfttiwfy the amountdue on said mortgage and note, with the interestiiccruinir thereon, and tho costs and expenses al-loved by law, together with said attorney's fee.

February 12,1877.ROBERT J . PUTCK,

D. CRAMER, Mortgagee.Attorney for Mortgngee. 102A&

Sewing MachinesTHE SI2TCES.,

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And soveral good Sooond-Hand Machinos at the8EWINQ MACHINE OFFICE, Anu Arbor. Ainu

Needles for all 31achines

The very best that are made, and attachments andparts fox nearly all machines.

Rspairod better there than anywhere elae inAmerica. If your machine don't work well, tradeit for one that does, or have it repaired. All ma-chines sold on easy payments at the office.

Second door eaat of Post Off Ice, AnnArbor, Mich. (1556)

Aeeut.

FOR SALE!Stone Lime, Water Lime,

land Plaster, & Plastering Hair, eitber nt my Lime Kiln or tit my shop.

J.

FARMERS.WOOD WANTEDIn exchange for Saddles, Harness, Trunks , TraT-eliDff Hiurn. Horse Blankets, Whips, Gloves andMittens, etc., at my humes* shop.

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C. H. MILL EN.

HOIK OF NEW YORK,Capital and Surplus, so,000,000.

CONTINENTAL OF N. Y.,Capital and Surplns, $3,000,000.

The co-partnrr>hip heretofore existing betweenNichols & J'aul in this day dissolved by juutuulconsent. All BCCOUntgdue s;iid linn must bo settled

February 12,1877.

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H. A. NICHOLS,HENRY PAUL.

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r the subscriber's Drug Store. Bailable foryrr, PhysiclaD, or Dentist. Enquire of

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GEO. GKEN\ il.1.1;.Ann Arbor, January 31, 1877. l020w4

T o t h e W o r k i n g Class.—We are nowprepared tofurotsb nil classes with constant em-ploymentai home the whole of their time,or fortheir spare moments. Business new, lightaud prof-itable. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50cents to &~> pet evening, and a proportional Bum bydevoting their whole time to the business. Hoysaud girls earn nearly as much as men. That allwho see this notice may send their Etddresv, andtest the business we niaxe this unparalleled offer:To such as are not well satisfied will send one dol-lar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full partic-ulars, samples worth several dollars to commencework on, ftnd a copy of Home and Fireside, one oftin- best Illustrated publications, ;iii sent free bymail. Header, it' you want permanent, profitablework, address, <"iEo. ttUHSOH & Co., Portland, Me.

Mortgage Sale.

DEFAULT having been made in the conditionsof a certain mortgage, bearing date the sixth

day of April, in the year one thousand eight hun-dred and sixty-eight, made and executed by JohoWylde and Mary s. Wylde'oi lhe city of Ann Ar-bor, Waahtenaw County, Michigan, to Robert J.Price, of the same place, and recorded In the Officeof the Register of bcedsof said Washtenaw Coun-ty, in liber thirty-eight of mortgages, on pagethree hundred and twenty-six, on the ninth daypf April, A. D» 1868, at one i\ M. of said day, andthere being claimed to be due and owing on saidmortgage, and the note accompanying the Barae,the MUII of eleven hundred and eighty-three ($1,183)dollars at the date of this notice, also an attorney'sfee of thirty dollars, as provided for in said mort-gage, and no proceedings at law or In equity hav-Ing bi-eu Instituted to recover the same or anypart thereof: Notice i* therefore hereby giventhat by virtue of a power of sale in said mortgageoonialned, and the statute In such case made andprovided,] will sell at public auction or vendue tothe highest bidder, on Saturday the twelfth dayof May, A. I). 1S77, at eleven o'clock in theforenoon of said day, at the south door of theCourt House, ID the City Of Ann Arbor (that beingdie place for holding the Circuit Court for theCounty of Washtenaw), thy premises in ^aid mort-gage described, which premises are as follows: Allthat certain piece or parcel of land situate in thecity of Ann Arbor, Washteuaw County and Stat.r"I Michigan, known and described as follows: BeIng Lot Dumber two In block two south of Huronstreet, range eleven east, to satisfy the amount dueon :̂iill mortgage and note, with the interest ac-cruing thereon nnd the costs and expenses allowedby law. together will] said attorney's fee.

Dated, i.-hruary '.it 1877.ROBERT J. PRICE,

D. CRAMER, Mortgagee.Attorney for Mortgagee. 1621

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Teacher of the Pisuio.Instruction given at the residence of the pupil If

For terms inquiro at residence, No. 48 South Statestreet. Hiiimj

2TIAGAKA OF IT. T.,Casli Assets, $1,500,000.

GIRARD OF Phil-adelphia.,

Cash Assets, $1,000,000.

ORIENT of HartfordCash Assefs, $S00,000.

Policies issued at as low rates as inany responsible Company.

C. II. 31ILLEN,N'o. 4 South Main Street, Ann Arbor.

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GROCERIES AND PROVISIONSconstantly on bnnd, which will be mild on an rea-sonnble lorms us At uny other house in tbis city.

Cash paid for Butter, Eggs, and Country Vro-ince generally.

sa r Goods delivered 10 any part of the city without extra charge.

i f I \ S I : v & Sl iABOLT,Ann Arbor. Jan. 1. 1870. 1564

AUCTION SALETI will sell at Public Auction, in the

Village of Pinckney, Livings-ton County,

State of Michigan, onSal unlay, March 10th, 1877,

Between the hours of twelve noon, and four in theafternoon of aaid day, to the highest bidder, thefollowing described premises, together with abouttwenty-fire acres of growing wheat upon theground, riz : The southeast quarter and the nurth-easl quarter of the southwest quarter, and thesouthwest quarter of the southwest quarterof section thirty-oue; and the south halfOf thi: southwest quarter of section thir-ty-two in township one north of range four east,in Town of Putnam, County of Livingston, andStatO Of Michigan; and the north half of theBoutheasi <juarter, and the southeast quarter of thesoutheast quarter, and the southeast quarter of theoorthwesl quarter, and the northeast quarter of: be southwest quarter of secttion six, in townshipone south Of range four east, in the Township ofDexter, County of Washtenaw, in said State—sub-ject, however, to a certain mortgage of one thous-and dollars, now due with interest from tho first• if November, 1876, at the rate of ten per cent, perannum.

TKKMS OF SALK.—Three thousand dollars to bepaid down ; the balance in three years in equalyearly payments, with interest at seven percent.pei annum, payments secured by mortgage on saidpremises.

Possession of the farm land given on the last dayOf March, A. D. 1877, and of the dwelling housethereon during the .month of May next following.

Pinckney, Mich., January 27, 1&77.If>2uw4 G. W. COOKE.

REMAINS TO BUY

DRY GOODS AT EXACT COSTCOME NOW AND IPMKOVE TrtK OPPORTUNITY AND

SECURE BARGAINSAll kind* of Good it are advancing, Cotton Goods especially. Our goods wrre bought a t Low

Price* aad we will K»™ you the benefit for T E N DAYS LONGER. We have juat placed «n sale

A VERY EXTENSIVE LIXE OP

HAMBURG EMBROIDERIESImported direct, with regard to which wo call especial attention to No VKl/l'l i;s 1 \ PAT-

TERNS, and the

EXTHEMELY LOW PHICES !

RAILROADS.

MJCHIHAN CENTRA I, UAII.K,t.U).NOV. !0, 1«T6.

OOIMG WKKT.

RTATIONS.

NEIGHBORS,WK ARE ENABLKD TO MAKE.

COME AND SEE US—BRING YOURBRING YOUR FRIENDS. IT WILL PAY YOU TO

ATTEND THIS COST SALE.

C. H. MILLEN & SON.Cash. Dry Goods Houso.

MACK & SOHMIDInvite the attention of tkeir friends and customers to their

SECOND ARRIVALOF-

WINT GOODSDRESS GOODS, ALPACAS & BRILLIANTINES, COLORED CASHMERES

AND MOHAIRS in all tho now shades aud TRIMMING SILKSTO MATCH,

Detroit, leave,G . T . Junction,Wayne JunctionVpailanti,Ann Arbor,belhl ,Dexter,Chelsea,Grass Lake,

Jackson, L T . ,Albion,Marshall,

Batt le Creek,Galenburg,

Kalamazoo,Law ton,Decutur,Dowagiac,

Buchanan,Three (^aksNew Butfalo,Michiguu City,Lake,Kensington,Chicago, arrive,

Chicago, leave,Keatiington,Lake,Michigan City,N B f f l

igaBug

New Buffalo,Three Oaks,

Buchanan,Niles,Dowagiac,Deeatur, 'Lawton,Kalamazoo,Galesburtr,Battle Creek,

Marshall,Albion,

Jackson, Lv.(Grass Lake,Chelsea,Dexter,Delhi,Ann Arbor,Ypsilanti.Wayne June ,G. T. June ,Detroit, Ar.,

2 10 e<|9 2; 2 27 j j

K OO J i t . ;10 45 3 » j1100 3S5 (K

^Saturday and bund&ya.•Sundays excepted.oopted. tDaiiy.

H. B. LBDYAED, Oen'ISupt., DetroitH. C. WKXTWOBTH, Gen. Pass. Agt., Chicago.

Corner Main aud HurooSlnttj

DETROIT, HILLSDALE & IKDI.ANA UAILROAD.

To tnke effect December 31st, 18i6.OOINO WEST. aois

BLACK SILKS.A superb stock, all marked on the basis of prices before the advance. Also, the largest stock o

BLACK DRESS GOODS, at "

UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES-

It is our intention to follow our system of low prices from the boginning, preferring to increase oursales early in tho ae&aon and not wait until Inter to mark down prices.

We call-special attention to our

LADIES' CLOAKS, SHAWLS.Waterproofs, Flannels? Cassimeres, and

Ladies' and Gents'. Under-Wear,

It is our desire that everyone should come and look at our goods. Itincurs no obligation to buy, but we want everyone to know where to find theBEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK OP DRY GOODS.^c]

»TATIOM». Fr 'ght. Mai.. : STATIONS. Mail Fi'tk.A. M. l \ M.

Ypsi lan t l . . . . 7:00 6:00 *• "• » |Saline 7:57 0:35 Bankers 6:00!!Bndgewatcr . . S:30 6:65 Hillsdale .. 6:15 uManchester. 9:10 7:18 ; Manchester.. 8:01 fclt

P. M. i Bridgewater 8:30 fcSHillsdale 12.35 9:17 Saline 8:50 ;aBankers 12:55 9:30 . Ypsilanti.. . . 9:20 ! j |

Trains run by Chicago t ime.To take eflect, Dec. 31,1876.

W. F . P A K K E E , Sup't, Ypsilsnti.

GREAT WESTERNIt AIL WAY.

THE SHORT LINT BETWEEN DETROIT,

BUFFALO, NEW Y d ,NIAGARA FALLS, BOSTON

Philadelphia,AND ALL EASTERN CITI1X

«5-

i l l 1.1 :* t h e Sliorl ixt Line tromD«troitio liuttalo an.l Points But

| ^ Miles the shortest line from Detroit to^4 <J Niagara Falls and points East.

WINES & WORDEN

2O SOUTH MAIN St.,

Dealers in General

DRY GOODS,

CARPETS, OZZ. CLOTSS, MATS,

HT7GS, ETC.

Our Stock is full and we are prepared to give lowPrices for Cash.

Ann Arbor, Fall, 1876.

Mure Connections nt SuspensionB r i d g e ;m<! Hn If n I o wi th llle

><•»» York Ceui r i t l a u d L'ricK a i l w a y « .

The Track and Equipments of the GREATWESTERN' aro perfect, and it is managed ititkia Tiew to the SAl'KTY aud COMFOilT of kPatrons.

TOURISTS AND PLEASURE SEEKERS

Should bear in mind that the GREAT WESTEB5Railway is the Shortest and most ComfortsfeRoute between Detroit, Suspension Bridge «o£Butfalo, ai.d is the only tine which crosses SuspK*Hion Bridge in lull v ie* of the falls.

For information and tickets via this popularroute apply to

G. W. 8HARPLESS.Agent M. C. K. R., Anu Arjwr Midi.

TREES! TREES!!FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL.

R. G. SMITH, at his Nursery, West Uh*street, is ready to take aud fill orders for fruit»n«

ornamental trees, including

Apples, Pears, Peaches,I'luins, Cherries,

Quinces, Evergreens,

Horso ChestnutsKiiiiiamock Willows,

Grapes, Small Fruits,

Roses, & Ornamental Shrubs.•ariiuy of resident dealers, and don't be cheat-

ed by unknown traveling ageuU-~5£Prices to Suit the Times .

E . 0. SMITH.Ann Arbor, Dec. 20,1876. WHjl

IF YOU WANT A

GOOD OVERCOATAND WANT TO BUY IT CHEAP,

liO TO

WM. WAGNER'S

A DOLLAR SAVEDIS A DOLLAR EARNED !

For H* ii

Selling Overcoat at Cost.

IP YOUR BOY WANTS

A BOX OF COLLARSSEND HIM TO

WM. WAGNER'SFOR THERE HE CAN GET THE BEST FOR

THE LEAST MONEY.

Brick Store, for Sale.ir OFFER FOR SALE my Brick Store, Corner osJ Huron and Fourth streets, opposite Cook'JHotel. This is one of the most desirable busines:locations in the city, und will be sold at a bargaiuu

1598 JOHN G. GALL.

IF YOU WANT

AGOODSUITMADE TO ORDER, go to

WM. WAGNER'S21 SOUTH MAIN ST. ANN ARBOR.

NEW GOODS!And pricea LOWER T H A N EVBB.

I have purchased in New York, for cash, andI am now daily receiving ono of the lurprxt andmost ne!ect stocks of Groceries in WnshlenawCounty, consisting of a full and well selected

LINE OF TEAS,All of the new crop—including

Guupow dors, I inperinU, \ ouug H y .sons, Hyson*, J a p a n s , Oolongs, l o r -mosas, < UIIKOIIK, .Souckonfrs, und

Twankuys*

Together with a full line of COFFEES, coneint-mi; of the following brands : MOCHA, OLDGOVT JAVA, MAKACAIBO, LAGUAYKE.SAN-TOS and K1O, both rousted and ground ; a fulland well selected stock of

SUGARS, SYRUPSAND MOLASSES,

Together with everything in the line cf PureSpices, Canned fruits, and Vegetables. We have afull nud complete line of

BOOTS & SHOES,HATS, CAPS, GLOVES

And HoBiery. Also, a choice assortment of Ltidies'and Gentlemen's Underwear Call and examineGoods and Prices and we will insure satisfaction.

EDWARD DUFFY." Maynard'a Block,

produce."

cor .Main and Ann streetsAnn Arbor, Mich.

Highest oash price paid for all farm

Capital, - - $3,000,000.

Assets Jan 1, 1876,

$6,792,649.98.Losses Paid in 55 Years,

$44,760,391.71.Surplus over all Liabilities, including

Re-Insurance Reserve,

$4,735,092.83-Not Surplus over Liabilities, including

Re-Insurance and Capital Stock,

$1,735,092.86.C. MACK, Agent, AnnArbW^

/ G E O R G E W. CEOPSEY,

Latoof tho nrniof CLARK A CKOPSKY, a"1' *jKh.iKXKY, lato of Texas, under the firm MB"

KEARNEY & CROPSBTjHave established themselves at No. 33 Soul6

tfulu SI. , A n n Arbor, and propose to ougeneral

Grocery BusinessThev will also keep CROCKERY, GLASS «<WOODEN WARB. and a full line of P.O.M > >'an.l FOBEIQH FRUITS. They have luted »"furnished

A First-class Eating Depart-ment,

Where Meals can be had at all hours, or bos™ "the week.

Cash pa id for B u t t e r , E(T8»» a,ndHi!-«' i l ry i inidl l iT. (iotxls PfomP"/ "•,-,ered In any part of the city. Reiueuiber mi t

33 South Main street.KEARXKV & CROPSE*'

Ann Arbor, Apri! 26,1876. l w ,

City Scavengsr-

it, Stathe Postoffloe.

Ann Arbor, Nor. 3, 1876.W.

A day at home. Ag«* and termi lroe. T B U l

^ t T VU CO., Augu

. Oatusta, »•

gun mtgussFEIDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1877.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.

TJie ABOUS and Harper's Magazine foi$4.80. See prospectus.

X'be examinations are over and tho firstsemester (University) closes to-day.

—Ann Arbor contributed $127 toward theMichigan Centennial building.

The Minuis boys furnish the music forCo. A's ball next Thursday evening.

—Over at Manchester the pay of the villagemarshal has been rclucrd from $2 00 to $2 00per day.

—J. Honry Gardiner, Flint 's popular baudleader, assists at the University Orchestra Con-jjrt this evening.

—Martin Gray, of. Ypsilanti, has been drawn,3 a juror tor the March term of the UnitedStates (Jourt, Detroit.

—The Tecumseh Light Guard will visitYpsilanti on Thursday next, February 22,the suests of Company F .

—Dr. Reynolds, the " red ribbon " temper-dice reformer, himself a reformed drunkard,opens his batteries at Ypsilanti this eveuing.

—The saw-mill oi Follmore and Soovil,tear the depht at Ypsilanti, was burned onTuesday morning. Loss total, with no insur-ance.

—On Sunday evening the wife of Prof. OI-ney slipped and fell as she was star t ing forjhurch, and broke her arm just above thewrist.

—The junior hop o n Fr iday evening last

ffa3 voted* success. " J e n k i n s " was in his ele-ment in listing tiie brilliant beauties fromjbroad.

— We invite attention to the advertisement

ofD. C. McGraw, Seedsman and Florist, Wecan commend Mr. McGraw from personaldeal") {5s-

—"Kobert the Devil • " that is one of thepopular pieces which will be performed a t theconcert of the University Orchestra and GleeClub this evening.

-Wni. Fauth has contributed $12 50, at therequest of Justice McMahon, for keeping hissiloou open on Sunday, Fine and cost arethe legal words used.

—Washtenaw county has more t members ofthe State Pioneer Society than any other coun-ty except Kalamazoo. The latter county has64 members, the former 39.

—Prof. D'Ooge, of the University, was oneof the judges at the college oratorical tourna-ment which came off at Hillsdale on Wedues-aay evening of last week.

—The AKOUS is $1 50 a yea r ; the Americanip-imlturist, $1 60. We will furnish bothpapers for S2 65,—a reduction of 45 cents.Sow is the time to subscribe.

-A pupil in the Manchester public schoolhaving died of scarlet fever report say3 thatquite a panic prevails and that many childrenliave been taken out of school.

-The Ypsilauti Commercial puts in a dis-claimer against being classed as an opponentoi a new court house. Well, it has a queerway of showing its friendliness.

—Oil Wednesday evening Prof. TeuBrook,librarian of the University, gave an addressm the hall of the House, Lansing, on " T h eTeaching Power of a Library."

-Prof. Tyler's lectures on American Liter-ature will be resumed next Tuesday, at 4 p. M.,and will be continued on each Tuesday after-tioou thereafter throughout the session.

—Dr. Christian Helber, a former resident ofthis city, died at Saline on Wednesday of lastweek, aged 67 years. His remains were in-terred in Forest Hill Cemetery (this city) oilFriday last.

—City Treasurer Terry has not got his t imeextended for collecting taxes, but has madehis returns. He holds a county treasurer 'swarrant for the collection of four unpaid per-suual faxes.

-Whea t is now sel ling in this market at

H4al.fO; Outs, 30 a 35 cents ; Corn, theam figures; Potatoes, $1 a 1.05 ; first-classbutter, 20 cents ; Eggs, 18 cents. Wholesalefigures these.

-Twelve members of the class of '70 met atHangsterfer's on Saturday evening last, com-pared notes, and had a social time. Thirty-onemembers have married and. they report 34class children.

— City Treasurer Terry returns uncollectedtaxes aggregating $2,390.81, divided as follows:First ward, *893.74 ; Second, 3U 73.22 ; Third,$614.32; Fourth, $449.32; Fifth, $118.48;Sixth, S141.90.

—Michael Weinmann has got the stone andbrick together for a meat marke t building,which be will proceed to have erected at theCorner of Fifth and Washington streets as soonas spring opens.

—At the recent meeting of the State Pio-neer Society, at Lansing, E D. Lay, of thiscounty, was elected as one of the Vice-Presi-dents, ant At. H. Goodrich, of this city, wascontinued as one of the historians.

—The creditors of J . H. Maynard, bank-rupt, have been served with notice tha t a peti-tion for final discharge has been filed, and willtie heard before Register Clarke, in Detroit)on the 6th day of March, at 9 o'clock A. M.

-The New York World, of the 7th inst.,give a half column report or abstract of Prof.Tyler's address before the New York Histori-cal Society, on the evening of the 6th, on " TheHomorous Element in the American Revolu-tion."

— A New York Florist comes asking a ¥2notice for a pansy chromo which he offers for8 cents including a book for the florist or gar-faer. Let h im "hoop us u p " a dozen orhre pansy plants and we'll consider his propo-lition.

-The City Marshal disbursed J258.66 dur-">g January, in relieving the poor of this city,distributed amang the several wards as fol-tan: First 146 76; Second, SS 11 ; Third,•*>M; Fourth, $73 87; Fifth, $ 5 1 ; Sixth,W) 26.

~Prof. Tyler will give readings fromTennyson's new drama of Harold, at hisresidence on Tuesday evening next, at 8°'«'ock p. M., for the benefit of the Ladies' Li-brary Association. All are cordially invited.Admission ten cents.

-The University has a Chess Club, wi th B.H.Colby, President ; William H. Butts, Vice-president; E. J . Suover, Secretary ; and C. C.Wlutacre, Treasurer. I t already has two•^tch postal card games on hand : one withthe Cornell club, and one with the club ofWisconsin University.

—This is the compliment the Dexter LeaderPays the writing member of the " s t a r c o m b i -u»tion troupe " of this city : " We* cannot re-train from saying that the anonymous writerrjt local and. editorial trash in said Registerstates what is n ' t true,—aud has no founda-tion for the statement."

~ The University Orchestra and Glee Club™'e both been very generous in furnishing"""ic at social aud other entertainments, andare entitled to patronage in return. Besides,"MJ have spent considerable of both time and"loney in preparing themselves for this eve-n ' s concert, aud will be out of pocket and

l to the blues if due appreciation offforts is not shown. The programme

WB be a good one.—Varies Weir, of Manchester, committed

""cide on the night of the 7th inst., by cut-'"S his throat with a razor,—the deed being0n6 iu the door yard, near the wood pile.'• Weir had been seriously ill for several

Weeks and had often threatened to take hislte- His business for years had been sellingtopers and mowers; his age age was 43 years ;

M had bean a member ol the Baptist Churchor25 years; and he leaves a widow, a grown

UP <oa, a I u i a young daughter, with whom awg circle of relatives and friends eyuipa-

in their doubly sad bereavement.

'heir

—U. B . Wilson, formerly of this city, arrivedhere on Wednesday afternoon, bringing witlhim the remains of his sou, Willie, who diedin Denver, on Friday last, of consumptionaged 23 years. As a boy, Willie was belovedby a large circle of friends.

—Two potitious have boeu quite generallycirculated in this city, both being numerouslysigued : one praying the Legislature to re-peal the clause of section 2, title five of thecharter, requiring the Council to provide byordinance for " a license tax of not less than1100, nor more than $200, annually, payablquarterly, upon each and every person withinthe limits of said city who is or shall be engageed in keeping a victualing house, saloon, orother place for furnishing meals, food, or drink ;and the other asking au amendment BO as toexcept restaurants, eat ing houses, grocers audbakers selling meals, etc., irom the provisionsof the section. If the State law could be pro-perly revised aud amended, and the liquortraffic, indirectly aimed at by the charterprovisions, brought under the provision of asingle, uniform act, much local bickering andstrife would be prevented.

The Churches.—Rev. Dr. Cocker preached m the Congrega-

tional Church last Sunday,—in the forenoon.—Prof. W. H. Ryder, of Oborlin, will

preach in the Congregational Church nextSunday.

—The " Lord's Meat" was the subject of thosermon at the New Jerusalem Church, Ypsi-lauti, on Sunday morning last.

—The M, E. Church of this city numbers597 members in full communion, and has anindefinite number of probationers.

— The subject of Rev. Dr. Brigham's nextSunday evening lecture, at the UnitarianJhurcb, will be : The private life and personal

qualities of Martin Luther.

— The Congregational Society held a meet-ing last evening for the purpose of " calling "a pastor. "Surface indications" lead us tosuspect that Prof. Ryder, of Obeilin, O., is thecoming man.

—The second quaaterly meeting of the con-ference year was held at the M. E. Church onSunday last. The administration of the sac-rament of the Lord's Supper took the place ofthe regular morning sermon.

— Prof. J. B. Steere will give a lecture be-ore the Ladies' Benevolent Society of the M.3. Church, on Wednesday evening nest, at7:30 o'clock, iu the lecture room. Subject:The Upper Amazon aud Andes. Admission25 cents.

—Mrs. F. W. Gillett, Uuiversalist, was or-dained at Manchester on Thursday of lastweek. Rev. Mr. Crum, of Bay City, preachedhe ordination sermon; Rev. Mr. Gilman,

of Logansport, lud., formerly of Manchester;ave the charge; aud Rev. Mr. Sisson, of Te-umseb, the right-hand of fellowship.

In the last Register "G " brings out anothermunicipal courj; plan, having learned fromhe ABOUS that the justices of the peace could

neither be legislated out of office nor their ju-risdiction in civil cases taken from them. Hislew plan is this :

" The remedy offered for this condition ofaffairs is the establishment of a Police Justice'sCourt. The election of an additional justice)f the peace, under the provision of the con-titution providing for the increase of the num->er of justices iu cities, by the Legislature,who shall have exclusive jurisdiction in crimi-lal matters and of offences against ordinances>f the city, and concurrent jurisdiction with•ther justices in civil matters, receiving a sal-

ary from the city. In all cases, except wherea city is defeated in an action, he shall tax theame fees as are now allowed justices by law,

and pay the same into the city treasury. Hehall make his charges against the county,

which, when paid, shall also be turned over tohe city treasury."

" G " thinks that an entirely fit man can begot to run such a court for a salary of fromil,200 to $1,500, and that he will collect andurn over to the city fees amounting to $2,000,

making the city a gainer. " G " forgets thato the judge's salary musi be added the salary of

a clerk of the court,—if it is to be a court ofecord,—jurors' fees, officers in attendance,•ent of a court room, fuel, and all the other ex-penses of a municipal court. The public, andespecially the bar, will be rejoiced at " G's " as-sertion that he is not a lawyer, —an assertionscarcely necessary to convince his intelligentreaders that he is ignorant of both law andcourts.

—As " G " seems to think that every oneave the editor of the ABGUS aud three orour justices favor some new faugled munici-)al court scheme, we may say that we do notbelieve it is favored by three lawyers or tenntelligent citizens.

CHABTEB AMENDMENTS.—We permit " TAXPAYEE" to discuss several proposed charter

amendments in our columns this week. In do-ng so it is well to say that his knowledge ofhe needs of our city, and his experience as anifticer, combine to make his testimony valua->le. We concur with him in his objections tomaking the Mayor aud Aldermen salaried of-icers, and iu the view he takes of the sidewalkax question. We apprehend that the Su-)reme Court would not sustain a charter pro-vision authorizing the Council to levy exclu-lvely special taxos of their own motion.

— There are a few desirable amendments,whether proposed or not, which we should benclined to favor : 1. As the support of thepo&r is now a city matter, a director of the)oor, with a legitimate method of providing

him with funds. 2. A single street commis-ioner instead of the three now provided for,

and the abolition of the power of the Councilto lay $1,000 on each ward on the simple mo-ion of the Aldermen. A reasonable numberof ward tax payers should be required to signa petition asking such an appropriation andtax. 3. Au increase of the salary of the Re-corder, to at least $500 a year, the several ac-counts he is required to keep having largelyncreased the duties of his office. And, 4. Mak-

ing the Treasurer a salaried officer, as suggest-ed by the AEGUS several weeks ago, whichshould b« for collecting, disbursing, and keep-ug the books, at least $800.

The Coldwater Reporter of the 8th inst. hadthis at the expense of its local cotemporary :

' There will be no social at F. V. Smith's onthe evening of the 8th, as announced iu theRepublican. The social iu question came offon Tuesday eveuing last (the 6th), and was avery recerche affair."

To which the Republican of the 9th respond-ed :

' We published the item according to copyin that respect. It was furnished us for pub-lication, and the party who wrote it must fath-er her own production."

Which moves us to ask what sort of a herthat party was f When we were a Coldwatereditor the hers were n't expected to father ourlocals or anything else. How times havechanged " over there."

The Waahtenaw members of the Legisla-ture seem to be looking closely after local in-tersests. Senator Burleigh has several bills incharge making necessary appropriation! in aidof the University ; Representative Sawyer hasintroduced one making an appropriation fora museum building ; Representative Allen hasthe Normal School bills in charge, also a billamending the charter of Ypsilanti; and Rep-resentative Norris has in a bill amending thecharter of Manchester.

— The University Committees are still pur-suing the investigation of the laboratory defi-ciencies, but the reports of the testimony arevery meager.

We invite attention to the communicationof Joe T. Jacobs, in another column. Joemeans what he gays, and if forty-nine more oithe same mind, liberality, aud enterprise cabe found, the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North-ern Railroad will be built, and that rightspeedily. Parties can be found, in fact, weundeistand, stand ready to take hold of theroad, construct, equip, and operate it, if theycan be assured oi )ust the co-operation of ourcitizens Mr. Jacobs promises. Who will fol-low his lead ?

Charter Amendments*MB. EDITOR : On reading your editorial

notice of an attempt to amend our city char-ter, I thought it would be well to inquire intothe matter and BOO if the police court projectwas the only nursling of tins Common Councilring, believing that the selfishness which gavebirth to that pet scheme would be likely toproduce other offspring of like character.

Upon iuqiury I find that there are severalother projects on tho carpet for bleeding thepeople, which, if not checked, will be felt tobe a serious evil.

First. It is proposed to amend the charter soas to allow pay to the mayor and aldeimenannually for services. What amount I don'tknow ; probably not less than $100, and per-haps J200 or $300 each, per annum.

Now, Mr. Editor, the policy of the earlyfounders of the city government, aud of thosewho hud its management for some years afterits incorporation, was economy ; which prac-tice has been sadly neglected for a few yearspast. It was then supposed that a suitableman to act as mayor or alderman would bewilling to donate his services to the city ; andI don't think there has been a time when va-cancies existed in the Council becausa alder-men were not paid. If these gentlemen dis-like the position, and won't work without pay,let them step down and out; good men can befound to fill their places.

I don't think a money consideration will paya faithful mayor (such an one I believe we nowhave), or a faithful alderman. Then why putthe office upon that footing, and leave it thesubject of si rife among mercenary persons ?

Secondly. I understand an amendment isproposed giving the Council power to order lo-al improvements, such as grading, paving,

aud sidewalks, without a petition of two-thirdsof the owners or occupants of the adjoiningpropeity, but at their expense. As the charternow is, unless two-thirds of the property own-ers or occupants interested shall petition, themprovement, if made at all, must be by gene-

ral tax. 1 believe the law as it now stands isa good one and provides a wholesome check,and unless some member of the Council hadau ax to grind or wanted to usurp the powerswhich should belong to the people, would besufficient for all practical purposes.

We have better streets than any city in theState without paving, and if the Council wouldcease making a ridge-road of them, and there-by injuring materially the adjoining property,slight repairs need be made tor years.

In regard to sidewalks, the adjacent ownerswill petition if they want a walk, and if theowners don't want one aud the city does, let itbe done by general tax. The power as pro-iosed by the amendment would be subject to;he grossest abuse.

It is supposed that the project for the policecourt amendment is virtually dead, but I mis-take the projectors if it is not intended tospring it upon the people at the last moment,and with it au expense of ihousauds of dollars.

Dated, Febfuary 13,1877. TAX PAYEE.

The T. A. A. and Jf. Railroad.ME. EDITOB: The Register of a recent date

said:As the storms of winter are about subsi-

ling, aud the time for settled weather ap-jroaf hes, the prospects for a speedy completion>i the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Rail-oad . Will anybody complete this seu-,ence ?"

The AKOUS of the 2d inst. tried to completet, by saying the prospects " ought to be good."[ say that they must be good, and I will be oneof titty to make up $25,000 to present to anyparties who may finish the road and put it inunniug order from here to Toledo, or in other

words, one of fltty to give $600 each when thecars shall be running from hero to Toledo overhe Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad.

The ABGUS has given reasons enough whythe road soould be built. However, It has gotthe price of as good soft coal as there is deliv-ered in Toledo at least 80 cents per ton tooligh, as it is soiling in Columbus, delivered incellar or bin, at $1 89 per ton. I would almostguarantee coal delivered iu this eity at $3 perton, and 1 think I could get my $500 back ineight years by the saving in the price of fuelUone. And this is but one advantage ot therailroad. Another is, that it would give us acompeting line to the East, a direct outlet tothe great State of Ohio, and at Toledo our farm-ors would tiud one of ihe largest grain mark-ets in the world. It is not a North and SouthRoad, but essentially an East and West line.

I believe that our population would increaserom three to five hundred the first year after

completion, and some think that at least fiftyamilies would move here from Toledo alone,o educate their children, and become perma-lent residents. There are many other reasons

why the people of Ann Arbor should not restintil we have the cars running to Toledo, andhere is no need of waiting beyond the first day

of July next for the first train.Let those interested start and complete th«

ubscription. And as we used not pay themoney until the road is built and cars com-mence their daily trips, none of us need los« acent he gives.

Jon T. JACOBS.

One Justice Reports.MB. EDITOB : A writer in this week's Regis-

er, over the signatura of " U," has made quitea number of charges against the justices of thejeane of this city. So far as I am concerned, Isay they are a tissue of falsehoods. Every oneof them is falsa, and I challenge " G-" to namea single instance where one of his charges will

tick to my skirts. He shall have full and freeaccess to all of my dockets if he wishes. Whatcredit ought to be given to a writer who willdeliberately set down, write and publish sucha string of falsehoods against any man, andthen cowardly sneak under cover of a nom de

dume ? If he has the moral courage to doright in a police court or any other court towhich he seems to be an aspirant, he will comeout from his hiding place aud give his full aud

true name.February 15, 1877. E. CLAKZ.

Real -Estate Sales.The following transactions in real estate

have been recorded iu the Register's Officessnee our last report:

Mary Duncan to Thos. Wilkinson, 1 acre ofland on Kolly road, adjoining M. C. R. R.,Chelsea. $375.

Jas. Corrigan to Chas. Kitson, lot 9 in Pet-tibone's addition to Ann Arbor. $150.

Abram Y. Case to Orrin T. Parker, 94 3-4xes off section 19, Scio. $3,200.Caroline E. Porter to Martha M. Johnson,

lot 608 in Norris' addition to Ypsilanti. $200.Michael Reenz to John Reenz, 60 acres off

section 27, Freedom. $2,100.Cbas. Dean to John Reno, 80 acres off sec-

tion 17, Sharon. $3,400.Henry W. Wells to John Kercher, 35 acres

off section 30, Salem. $1,400.Clarissa McCollum to S. F. Smith, lot on

Catharine street, west of Main, Ann Arbor.$880.

Wm. Benz to Gottlob Burg, 3 acres off sec-tion 30, Webster. $100.

Philetus Coon to Horatio Burch part of lot1 in block 4, Manchester. *2,450.

Ambrose Kearney to Henry M. Taber, houseand lot en Ann street, Ann Arbor. $2,600.

John Kircher to Catharine McCarthy, 15acres off section 25, Northfield. $850.

James Sage to John Hauoss, 40 acres off sec-tion 19, Lodi. $1,600.

Michael Renz to John Renz, 40 acres off setion 26, Freedom. $900.

Norman Bordine to Thomas Wilson, 4 acresoff section 22, Augusta. $300.

Norman Bordiue to Henry Curtis, 40 acresoff section 35, Augusta. $1,000.

Jacob A. Dancer to Julia M. Curtis, 80 acresoff section 14, Lima. $4,000.

Charles Doss to Robert M. Lamkin, 40 acresoff section 16, Augusta $1,500.

Elmira Bennett to Lewis L. Halleck, houseand lot at Whitmore Lake. $2,500.

Daniel T. Birch to Julia E. Shankland, 70acres off section 31, Salem. $4,200.

Edward Powers to William Lane, 20 acreiofi section 13, Ann Arbor. $400.

AT COST! AT COST!XTntil March. 1st, 1877,

WILL SELL FROM MY STOCK OF

WINTER GOODST C T \

REMEMBER,

ONLY TEN DAYS

0911 THE CHANCE !

JOB, T. JACOBS.ONE-PRICE CLOTHIER.

Room in Bank Block, Ann Arbor.

FOR THE FALL TRADE !

BACH & ABEL[nvite the attention of buyers of Dry Goods to their immense stock—theargest, the best assorted, and at the lowest rates of any ever brought to this:ity.

FBOM THE EECENT AUCTION SALES

J

At orices much less than the cost of production.

THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF

LADIES' DRESS GOODS,Ever shown by us. BLACK CASHMEEES, ALPACAS AND BEILL-IANTINES, A SPECIALTY. WE OFFER GREAT BARGAINS INTHESE GOODS.

A Large line of Table Linens,

LADIES' LINEN HANDKERCHIEFSAt Very Low Prices.

L«' IFOOLBN U l l - W I A RHOSIERY, &C. The beat iissortment in the city aud at tbe lowest price*. 500 lbs. of Gray WoolenYarn, AT A YEKY LOW PRICE.

Tickings, Sheetings, Bleached and Brown Cottons, tought early in tbe season, before the recentidvunce, and sold by us at NEW YOBK JOBBER'S PRICES.

Our Business is conducted on a cash basis. Purchases made exclu-sively for cash, and prices will always be found the lowest.

The Tennessee Colored Jubilee Singers ad-vertise two concerts at the Opera Hou3e in thiscity, on Tuesday aud Wednesday eveningsnext. A Jackson paper, now before us, com-pliments the troupe for their performances inthat city in the highest terms. Their pro-

ramine is a good one, and of the same classof music that other jubilee troupes have render-ed in our city. They will doubtless drawood houses.

Attention, Co. A.HEADQUAETEEB CO. A., 1ST REO'T, M. S. T. I

Ann Arbor, February 15, 1877. $General Order No. 2.

Every member of this Company will re-port at the Armory on Thursday, February'22, 1877, at 11 o'clock A. M., sharp, for drill andparade, in full State uniform.

By order ofSAM B. BEVENAUGH,

W. F. RRED, Captain Commanding.First Sergeant.

T° RKNT.

The Brick Store on the Northeast corner of Mainand Liberty streets, belonging to the estate of JohnGerner, deceased. Location good, and terms reas-onable.

C. MACK, Administrator.Ann Arbor, Jan. 25, 1877. lGlOtf

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AND 3EK TIIE

JACKSON TRUSS HOD WAGONAlso, the New Ri&rht-llnnd B u r r a l l

Iron Corn Slielier, atM. ROGERS',

CENTENNIAL.—Although the firm of D. B.DeLand & Co., manufacturers of D. B. De-Land A Co.'s Best ('hemical Saleratus, hasnot been iu existence one hundred years, yetthey have manutactured their celebrated Sale-ratus twenty-five years, during which time thedemand for Best Chemical Saleratus has grownfrom a few pounds per day, till now they turnout many tons. It is strictly pure, healthyand uniform. In fact it contains all the goodqualities of Saleratus and none of the poor*Every good cook that has tried it buys itagain; thus the success.

W . B . ELY, Organist at the PresbyterianChurch, will give instruction upon the Piano orOrgan, or in vocal culture and harmony. Lesson3given at pupils' residence. Terms, 315.00 per courseof 20 lessons. Pianos tuned and repaired. Call oraddress, 15 Bowery street. lG20yl

Scarcity of ITfoney*There is no douht but the present condition of

all kinds of business and industry is fearfully de-pressed, and it behooves every family to look care-fully to their expenses. Winter is coming onwhen children are liable to Croup, WhoopingCough, etc. Coughs and Colds will prevail every-where, and Consumption with other throat andlung disease will carry off many. These diseasesshould not be neglected, Doctor Bills are expen-sive, and we would advise our people to use Bod-CHEKS' GKKMAN S^RUP. It never has failed. Onebottle at 75 cents will keep your whole family wellduring the winter. Two doses will relieve anycase. Sold in all towns in the United States, andby your druggist, KBEUBACH & Co.

I JKSECORD—At Kalamazoo, on Saturday last, BURT

SECOKD. son of Kate and John Secord, aged 9 years4 mouths. The deceased was interred at Canton,Wayne County, on Monday.

CARDS—NEW STYLES

AT THE ARGUS OFFfCE,

FASHIONABLE DRESS MAiUNG.

Mrs. Wood invites the ladies of Ann Arbor andvicinity to call at her Dreis-Makinff Room, overthe store of Rinsey & Se'.ibolt, Washington street.A full line of new and latest styles of patternsconstantly on hand. Quality of work warranted,and prices made to suit the times. A share ofpublic patroiiageu respectfully solicited.

Iyl578

\ BSTRACTS OF TITLES.rx

The undersigned, Regisler of Deeds, will prompt-ly and carefully make Abstructa of titloa,

From the Original Records,For Attorney*, Agents, Owners, or Purchasers.No pains will be spared to give a complete chain oftitle, and H)U>W all encumbrances. Charges reasonable.

C3A.S.H. MANLY.Ann Arbor, January 10,1877. 1617.

THE HILL FARM FOR SALE.Adjoining the West line of the City of Ann Arbor,in township two south of range aix east, compris-ing the eust hulf of the northeast quarter of sec-tion nineteen ; and that part of the west half oltne west half of the northwest quarter of sectiontwenty, lying north of the turnpike; in al]100 42-100 acres, with

House,. JBarn, an (MailingSpring of Water,

And about ftfty acrea well Improved ; flrst classlaud and situation beautiful. Two-thirds oi thepurchase money may remain on the land three tolive years

QHO.E. HAND,Detroit.

Ann Arbor 1574tf

LVO yoursKor terms apply to

Or II. J. BKA.KEW,

$90000Profit In 6k months 1B good I One indmnclo tho above sum In 6*6 monthn—fmcanvussiiitffor tho I l l u s t r t d " I Y D O O

One indnBtrous yonnp man hasitha—IVom Au#unt to January—

the Illustrated " IK-DOOR I N D OUT," pricoja.^oper annum, including any ono of tho flno nil chromoa, "On thoJuninta," "American Harvest," or "Virgin Vesta," ortchi^xMinches. A reliable Agent wanted In every coun-t y to canvass lor this comblnation. Address aton<*o.Pictorial Printing Co., 74 & 76 RandolphS t . , C h i c a g o . *PP- circular froo. Sample papor 6 cts.

Chancery Sale.[ N PURSUANCE and by virtue of a decree ofL the Circuit Court for the County of Washtenaw,

—In Chancery; made aud entered on the twelfthay of April, A. B.;.1876, in a certain cauf»e there-n pending, wherein Silas H. Douglas ia the com-plainant, and August YVidbnmann, Pauline Wid-nmunn, and James Ii.Gott are the defendants : No-ice is hereby given that I, Charles K. Whitman,ne of the Circuit Court. Commissioners for theJouuty of Washtenaw, Michigan, will sell at puh-ic auction or vendue, to the highest bidder, at theront door {being the South door) of the Courtlouse, in the city of Ann Arbor, in Raid county, on.he nineteenth day of Maich.A. I>. 1877, at twelve'clock noon of that day, all that certain piece orarcel of land, designated and described as lotLumber ten, in block number four aouth of lluruiitreet, and range number foui east, in the city of

A.nn Arbor, in the County of Washtenaw, andState of Michigan. And also, another piece oriarcel of land situated in said city of Ann Arbor,tounded andilescribed as follows to wit: Boundedn the east b> Fourth street, on the southwest

>j- Packard street, aud on the north by said lotlumber ten.

Dated. Aun Arbor, February 1, A. D. 1877OHAS. tt. WHITMAN,

Circuit Court Com., Washtenaw Co., Mich.A. FELCH, Solicitor for Complainant. 1620

$ K. 4. C'Oifc Perday at home. Samples worthO t o ^ " l l free. STIXSON & Co., Portland

Me. 6 7 3

K JOB PRINTING done ftt the

Chancery Order.OTATE OF MICHIGAN, in the Circuit Court foCJthe County of Washtenaw—III Chaueery : SilaH.Douglas,complainant, vs. James McMahon, Fanny McMahou, William C. Hughes, Harriett!W, Gray, John T. Bradlee,and Oeorge <>. Sears, amalso Elizabeth Hutohinsou, Edwin Packard, an.Charles Louis Finclce, executors of Samuel liutchinson, deceased, defendants. Upon due proof byaffidavit that William 0. Hughes, Harrlette WGray, John T, Bradlee, George O. Sears, EHlzbetlHutcoinson, Edwin Packard, and Charles LouiFlncke, defendants in the above entitled canstpending in this court, reside out of the said Staftof Michigan, and that said defendant HuffbOB resides in the State of Indiana ; and the defendantsGray, Brndlep, and Sears reside in tbe State o:Massachusetts; and th<> defendants HutehinsonPackard, aud rincke reside In the State of NewYork; and on motion of Alpheus I-Ylch, solicitorfor complainant, it is ordered that the said <Jefendants Hughes, Gray, Bradlee, Scars. Hutchlnson, Packard, and Flncke do appear and answer thebill of complaint, filed in the .said cause, withinthree months from the date of thlu order, else thesaid bill of complaint shall betaken as confessed 1>>said defendants Hughes, Gray, Bradlee, SearsHutchlnsoD, Packard, and Fincke : Aud furtherthat this order be published wi thin t w e n t y daysfrom this date In the Michigan Argw, a newspaperprinted in the said County of Washtenaw, and bepublished therein once in each week for six weeksin succession ; such publication, however, shall no!be necessary In case a copy of this order be servedon the said defendants Hughes, Gray, BradleeSears, Hutehinson, Packard, and Fincke, person-ally, at least twenty days before the time prescribedfor their appearance-

Dated this loth day of February, A. D. 1S77

C. R. WHITMAN,Circuit Court Commissioner in andfor Washtenaw County, Michigan.

A true copy—Attest—PKTKR TUITE, Register.A. FELCH, Solicitor for Complaiannt. 1621w6

Chancery Sale.

IN PURSUANCE and t»y virtue of a decree ofthe Circuit Court ot the United States for the

Eastern District of Michigan, in equity, madetind entered on the seventeenth day of January,A. D. 1877, in a certain cause therein prnd-[ug, wherein George Sedgwick ia complainant,and James S. Reynolds, William R. Ilewett,George M. Hewett, William Burtless, Charles It.Miller.and Benjamin P. Reynolds, are defendants :Notice is hereby given that I shall sell at publicauction, on Friday, the twenty-third day ot March'A. D. 1877, at 2 o'clock v, M. of that day, at thefront door of the Washtenaw County Cuurt House,in the city of Ann Arbor, County of Washtenaw, and State of Michigan, all that parcel oflaud situate in the village of Manchester, in theCounty of Washtenaw and State of Michigan,known and described as follows : Commencing atthe northwest corner of lot one in block twenty-one, in said village of Manchester, according tothe plat and survey thereof, recorded in the officeof the Register of Deeds of the said County ofWashtenaw, and running thence north on theline of Railroad streetto Exchange street, thenceoast on the line of Exchange street to the centerof the River Raisin, aud down the c liter ot theRiver Raisin, where the same ran in the year eigh-teen hundred aud forty-one, to lot number one asaforesaid, and along lot number one aforesaid,westerly to the p ace of beginning (exceptingand reserving therefrom all that portion ofsaid premises which was heretofore deeded byWilliam A. Mcf'loliand to Amariah Conklin);also, the first right to use all the water nec-essary for running four runs of (-tones »nd;he necessary machinery for flouring: in themill on the premises above mentioned, at the damlow erected at or near .said mill, and to make or

repair the said dam without restraint or prohibi-tion ; also, all the right sold and deeded on theirst day of August, A. I). 1889, to Benjamin Ford,

Cyrus Smith, and Luther Field, by Stephen Fargoand James H. Fargo, to flow lands belonging toaid Stephen Fargoand James H. Fargo, necessary'or keeping up said dam, and being the same pre-nisefe. deeded by said Sedgwiek to said Reynolds

on or about August 5th, lis(>9.Detroit, February 2, IK77.I621w7 ADDISON MANDELL,

Master in Chancery, Circuit Court ol the UnitedStates for the Eastern District of Michigan.

BKAKUS & CUTOHEON, Solicitors tor Compl't.

Estate of fhilip H. Boeve.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of WashtenawBS. At a session of the Probate Court for tb<

county of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate officein the city of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, the.seventh day of February, in the yuar one thou:and eight hundred and seventy-seveu.

Present, William D. Ha r rim an, Judge of Probate.

In the matter of tho estate of Philip H. Reeved6ceased(

Edward Reeve and Russell C. Reeve, admlnistrators with thf will annexed of said estate, come into court aud represent that thoy are. now preparesto render their final account as such administrators

Thereupon it ia ordered, that Wednesday, theseventh day of March next, at ten o'clock inthe foxenoon, be assigned for examining and allowing such account, and that the devisees, legateesand heirs at law of «aid deceased, and all otherpersons interested In said estate, are requireto appear at a session of said court, then to beholden at the Probate Office, in the city o:Ann Arbor, in said county, and show causeif any there be, why the said account shoultnot be allowed: And it is further ordered that sai«administrators give notice to the persons interestedin said estate, of the pendency of said account, andthe hearing thereof, by causing a copy of this o:der to l»o published in the MICHIGAN ARGUS,newspaper printed and circulating in said county,three successive weeks previous to said day of hear-ing. WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,

(A true copy) 1621td Judge of Probate.

Real Estate for SaleOF MICHIGAN, Comity of Washtenaw

In the matter of the estate of Willliaiu H.tfeeb, Mary Neeb, Esther H. N"eeb, and MinnieW. Neeb, minors : Notice is hereby given, thatn pursuance of an order granted to the under-igued, guardian of the estate of said minors, byhe Hon. Judge of Probate for tbe Countj ofWashtenaw, on the twenty seventh day of Janua-ry, A. D. 1877, there will be sold at public vendue,to thu highest bidder, at the dwelling nouse on the>reinisea hereinafter described, in the township ofdexter, in the County of Washtenaw, in said

State, on Tuesday, the twentieth day of Maich,A. D. 1877, at one o'clock in the afternoon of thatday (subject to all encumbrances by mortgage orortherwise existing at the time of the sale, and al-so subject to the right of dower of Anna Neeb,widow of Henry B. Neeb, deceased, therein;, thefollowing described real estate, to wit: All theright, title and interest of said minors to the qualundivided one-thi dot' the following described piec-es or parcels of land, situated in the Township ofDexter, in the County of Washtenaw and State ofdichiLran : The east half of the northeast quarter

of sectio n twenty-six ; the west half of the north-west quarter of section twenty-flve; the west halfof the northeast quarter of the northwest quarterof section twenty-five ; fourteen acres on the westside ot the southeast quarter of the northwestquarter ot section twenty-five ; aud thiity-six aud13-100 acres on the south end of the southwest trac-ional quarter oi section twenty-four, containingn all two hundred and twenty five acres and 60-U'Oof an acre ; also, a piece of laiid described P.P fol-ows : Commencing at the northwest corner of tbe

earit half of the northeast quarter ot' the north-west quarter of said section twenty- live;.hence southerly sixty eight links; thence northhirty-seven and one-half decrees east sev-mty*«ix links; thence along the section lineo the place of beginning titty links,—except-ng and reserving irom the above described IHIUIB;hirty acres off of the west side of the eaftt half of1IH northeast quarter of section t weiity six, heieto-bre sold to John Gutekunst under contract. Also,-wenty-rlve (25; acres ot land heretofore sold tolenry A. Neeb, and more fully described in a deedbearing date January 1st. 1870, arid recorded in theoffice of the Register of Deeds for Waahtenaw'ounty, in liber 76 of deeds, on page 615 ; except-ng also, sixieen acres ot laud heretofore deededo Charles D. Neeb, by deed, dated January 1st,87fi, and recorded in said Register's Otlice, in U->er 76 of deeds, on pa^e 622.

Dated, January 27th, A. D. 1877.1620 HENRY RATZ,

Guardian.

Commissioners1 Notice.JTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,•5 ss. The undersigned having been appointed by,he Probate Court for said county, commissionersko receive, examine and adjust all claims and de-

ands of all persons against the estate of Hamil-in Vanatta, late of said county deceased, herebyive notice that six months from date are allowed,ve u u n c c i n a i six. u iUUtus i i IMII u . i i r nro auiM> t^u,f order of said Probate Cuurt, ior creditors to pre-

ient ther claims against the estate of said deceased,tnd that they will meet at the late residence ofsaid deceased, in the township of Salem, in saideount/, on the fifth day of May and on the sixthday of August next, at ten o,clock A. M. of each of

examine and adjust said111" U» J.&UQL.-.V u 1fM V ,

said days, to receiclaims.

Dated, February 5,1877.1621 w4 E, T. WALKER,

THOMAS 1). LANE,Commissioners.

Commissioners' Notice.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,ss. The undersigned having been appointed by

Ihe Probate Court for said county, commissionersto receive, examine and adjust all claims and de-nands of all persons against the estate Calvin T.Burnett, late of said county deceased, hereby givenotice that six months from date are allowed, byorder of said Probate Court, for creditors to pre-sent their claims against the estate of said deceased,and that they will meet at the store of Asher A.Terry, in the city of Aun Arbor, in said county.on the fifth day of May, and ou the sixth day oiAugust next, at ten o'clock A.M. ol each of saiddays to receive, examine and adjust said claims.

Dated, February fi, A. D. 1877.Itf2lw4 A8HKR A. TERRY,

DANIEL HISCOCK,Commissioners.

Estate of Gertrude B Risdon.QTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,O ss. At a session of the Probate Court, for thecounty of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate officein the city of Aun Arbor, on Thursday, the eighthday of February, in the year one thousand eighthundred and seventy-a«ven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judsre of Probate.In the matter of the Estate of Gertrude 13. Ris-

don, deceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

of Lewis C. Risdon, praying that a certain instru-ment QOW on rile in this court, purporting: tD bethe last will and testament of s.iid deceased, maybe admitted to probate, and that he may be ap-Dointed administrator with the will annexed.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the fifthday of March next, at ten o'clock in the fore-noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition,and that the devisees, legatees, and heirs at law ofaaid deceased and all other persons interested insaid estate, are required to appear at a session ofsaid court, then to be holden at the Probate office,in the city of Ann Arbor, and show cause, ifany there be, why the prayer of the petitionershould not be granted : And it is further ordered;lmt said petitioner give notice to the persons in-teiested in said estate, of the pendency of saidpetition, find the hearing thereof, by causing acopy of this order to be published in the Mich-igan Argus, a newspaper printed and circulatedn said county, threesunees.-uve weeks previous,o said day ot he-trmg.

CA true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,162ltd Judge of Probate.

Estate of John Coe.OTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw^ ss. At a session of the Probate Court for thebounty of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Of-ice in the city of Aun Arbor, on Tuesday, thewenty-tbird day of January, in the year onehousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Pro-

ate.In tbe mattter of the estate of John Con, de-

eased.Or reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

f Henry Coe, praying that Peter Cook, of Pltts-ieltl, may be appointed administrator of the es-ate of said deeeased.Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the

wenty-sixth day of February next, at ten'clock in the forenoon, be assigned for tbe hear-ng of said petition, and that the heirs at law of saidece&sed, and all other persons interested in saidBtate, are required to appear at a session of saidourt, then to be holden at the Probate Office, inhe eity of Ann Arbor, and show cause, ifny there be, why the prayer of the petitionerhould not be granted. And it is further or-ered that said petitioner give notice to the per-ons interested in said estate ol the pendency ofaid petition and the hearing thereof, by causingcopy of this order to be published in the Micki-

an Argus,-a. newspaper printed and circulated inaid county, three successive weeks previous toaid day of hearing.(A true copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,1620td Judge of Probate.

Estate of Patrick Fay.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Waehtenaw,SH. At a session ot the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Of-fice, in the city ot Ann Arbor, on Saturday, thetwenty-seventh day of January, in the year onethousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.

Pieseut , William D. Harriman, Judge of Pro-bate.

In the matter of the estate of Patrick Fay, de-ceosed

Luke Coyle, administrator of said estate, comesinto court and represents that be is now preparedto render his tinal account of such administrator.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Friday, the twen-ty-third day of February next, at ten o'olock in theforenoon, be assigned for examining and allowingsuch account, and that the heirs at law of said de-oeased, and ail other persons interested In said es-tate, are required to appear at a se«^ion of saidcourt, then to be holden at the Probate Office, inthe city of Ann Arbor in said county, and showcause, ii any there be, why the said account shouldnot bo allowed : And it is further ordered thatsaid administrator give notice to the persons inter-ested in said estate of tke pendency of said ac-count, and the hearing thereof, by causing a copyof this order to he published in the Michigan Argus,a newspaper printed and circulating in said county,

tiree successive weeks previous to said day of hear-

(Atruecopy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,1620 Judge oi Probate.

CornmiHsioiiers' Notice.OTATE OF MICHIGAN,County of Washtenaw1 ' ss The undersigned having been appointed bythe Probate Court for said county, commissionersto receive, examine and adjust all claims and de-mands of all persons against the estate of John GHelnrlch, late of .said county deceased, hereby givtnotice that six months from date are allowed, byorder of said Probate Court, for creditors to prosent their claims against the estete of said deceasedand that they will meet at the late reside nee osaid deceased in the city of Ann Arbor, in saltcounty, on the fifth day of May and on tho sixthday of August next, at ten o'clock A. M. of eaclof said days, to receive, examine and adjust sai<?claims.

Dated, February 5, A. D. 1877.1621 w4 JONAS BECK,

CHRISTIAN HAERICH,Commissioners.

Commissioners' Notice.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenawss. The undersigned having been appointed by

the Probate Court tor said county, commissionerto receive, examine and adjust all claims and domauds of all persons against the estate of Nelsoi8. Ilallenk, late of said county deceased, herebygive notice that six months from date are allowedby onler of said Probate Court, for creditors to present their claims against the estate of said deceasedand that they will moot at the Whitmore LabHouse, in the town of Northfield, in said countyon tho. fifth day of May and on the sixth day oAugust next, at ten o'clock A.M. of each of saldays, to receive, examine and adjust snid claims.

Dated, Februarys , i*771G21W4 W M . X. S T E V E N S ,

JEREMIAH JACOBS,Commissioners.

SEND 25c. toG.P, ROWBLL& CO., New Yorkfor pamphlet of 100 pages, containing lists c

3000 newspapers, and estimates showing cost of adti

Estate of Richard Flannery.OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,

ss. At a session of the Probate Court for thebounty of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Of-ce, in the city of Aun Arbor, ou Monday, thewenty-ninth day of January, in the year oneliousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Richard Flannery,

ec eased.Luke Coyle, administrator de bonisnon of said

state, comes mio court and represents that he isnow prepared to rendar his ilual account as suchdministrator.Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, the twen-

y-seventh day of February next, at ten o'clock inhe forenoon, be assigned for examining and allow-ng such account, and that the heirs at law of saideoeased, and all other persons interested in &udstate, are required to appear at a session of saidourt then to be holden at the Probate Utrice, in theity of Ann Arbor, in said county, and show cause,t any there be, why the said account should note allowed : A u d i t i3 further ordered that saiddniinistrator give notice to the persons interestedn said estate, of tho pendency of said account, andhe hearing thereof, by causing a copy of thisrder to bs published in the Michigan Argus, atewspaper printed and circulating in said county,hree successive weeks previous to said day of

A "rue copy.) WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN.1920 Judge of Probote.

Estate of Frederick Huson.JTATE OF MICHIGAN, county of Washtenaw,» ss. At a session of the Probate Court for theounty of Washtenaw, golden at the Probate Office,n the city of Ann Arbor, on Thursday, the first day

of February, in the year one thousand eight hun-Ired aud seveuty-seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge.of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Frederick Huson,

leceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

)f Frederick C. Huson, praying that a certain in-strument now on file in this court, purporting to behe last will and testament of said deceased, may beadmitted to probate, and that Chauncey H. Milieuind Philip Bach may be appointed executors thereof.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, the twen-y-seventh day of February, 1877, at ten o'clock inLhe forenoon, be assigued for the hearing of said pe-tition, and that the devisees, legatees, and heirs ataw of said deceased, and all other persons interest-ed in said estate, are required to appear at a session>f said court, then to be holden at the Probate Of-fice, in the city of Ann Arbor, and show cause, ifuiy there be, why the prayer of the petitionershould not be granted: Anil it is further ordered,hat said petitioner give notice to the persons inter-

ested in said estate, of the pendency ot said petition,and the hearing thereof, by causing a copy of thisorder to be published iu the MICHIGAN ARGUS, anewspaper printed and circulated in said county,three successive weeks previous to said day of hear-

WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,A true copy.] 1620td Judge of Probate.

Estate of John Miller.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,- ss. At a session ot the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Office,in the city of Ann Arbor, on Monday, the eighthday of January, in the year one thousand eightbundled and seventy seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Jduge of Probate.In the matter of the Estate of John Miller, de-

ceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

oflguatz Forche, praying that the claim of saidIgnatz Forche may be "heard and allowed by saidcourt.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, the twen-tieth dav of February next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said peti-tion, and that the heirs at law of said deceased, andall other persons interested in said estate, are re-qulred to appear at a session of said court, then tobe holdeu at the Probate Ofuce, in the city of AnnArbor, and show cause, if any there be, wliy thepraver of the petitioner should not be granted:And i t is further ordered, that said petitioner^ givenotice to the persons interested in said estate, olI lie pendency of said petition, and the hearingthereof, by causing a copy of this order to be pub-lished in the Michigan Argus, a newspaper printedaud circulated in said county, three successiveweeks previous to said day of hearing,

(A true copy.) WILLIAM D. HAKRIMAN,1619 Judge of Probate.

Estate of Edward lioeve.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, county of Washtenaw, st>At a session of the Probate Court for the county

of Waahtenaw. holden at the Probate Office, in thecity of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, the 17th day ofJanuary, in the year one thousand eight hundredand seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Edward Reeve, de-

ceased.On leading and filing the petition, duly verified,

of Edward L. Boyden, administrator, praying thathe may be licensed to mortgage the real estatewhereof said deceased died seized.

Thereupon it Is ordered, that Saturday, the sev-enteenth day of February next, at ten o'clock inthe forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of saidpetition, and that the heirs at law of said deceased,and all other persons Interested In said estate, arerequired to appear at a session of said court, thento be holden at the Probate Office, in the city ofAnn Arbor, and show cause, if any there be, whythe prayer of the petitioner should not be granted.And it is further ordered, that said petitioner givenotice .to the persons interested in said estate, ofthe pendency of said petition and the hearingthereof, by causing a copy of this order to be pub-lished In the Michigan Argus, a newspaper printedand circulated in said County, four successive weeksprevious to said day of hearing.

(A true copy.) " WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,ltiU Judge of Probate.

Mortgage Sale.DEFAULT having been made in tho condi-

tions ol a certain mortgage made and executedby Bradley F. Granger aud Susan A. Granger, hiswife, oi1 the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Pbii-lp Bach, of the same place, bearing date the thirdday of October, in the year ot our Lord one thous-and eight hundred and seventy four, and recordedin the otiict; of the Register of Deeds for the county of Washtenaw, on the fifth day of October, A.I). 1874, at five minutes past four o'clock p. M., inliber 4fi of mortgages, on page G6;i, on which mort-gage there is now claimed to be due two install-ments of interest, amounting to tbe sum of onehundred and forty dollars, together with an attor-ney's lee of twenty-live dollars, should any pro-ceedings be taken to foreclose the same; and de-fault having been also made in the conditions olanother certain mortgage, made and executed bythe above named Bradley F. Granger and Susan A.Granger to tbe .said Philip Bach, bearing date thetwenty-sixth day of October, in the year of ourLord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and recorded in the office of the Register ofDeeds for the County of Washtenaw on the 27thday of October, 1874, at 9J^ oclock a. m., in liber46 of mortgages on page 674, on which mortgagethere is claimed to be due, at the date of this no-tice, two installments of interest amounting tosixty dollars, together with an attorney's fee oftwenty-five dollars, should any proceedings beta-ken to foreclose the same, and no proceedings atlaw or in equity having been taken to recover theamount due on either of said mortgages or any"art thereof: Notice is therefore hereby given, that

y virtue of the power of sale iu each of said mort-gages contained and pursuant to the statute insuch ca.se made and provided, I will sell at publicauction to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, THKTWICNTY-KJKST DAY OF A P R I L next, at ten o'cockin the forenoon of that of that day, at the southdoor of the Court House in the city of Ann Arbor,(that being the building iu which the CircuitCourt for the county of Washteuaw is held), thepremises described in said mortgages to satisfy theamount due thereon, (two hundred dollars and fif-ty dollars attorney's fee;, with costs and expensesuf sale to-wit: All that certain piece or parcelof land being situated in the city of Ann Arbor,County Of Washtenaw and State of Michigan,known and described as follows, to-wit: Lot No. 4md the west one-fourth of lot No, 3, in block onesouth of Huron street rantfe two east, according:o the recorded plat of the village (now city;of Ann Arbor,

Dated, Ann Arbor, January 25, 1877.

l ' l i lL IP BACH, Mortgagee.By Attorney. 1619

WMortgage Sale.

HEREAS, Michael Welch, of the township of- Nortbneld, State of Michigan on the seventh

day of January, in the year of our Lord one thous-and eight hundred and seventy-five, executed anortgage to Andrew J. shively, of the city oftiooklyn, county of Kings and .State of New York,o secure the payment of certain principal and in-

terest money therein mentioned, which mortgagewas recorded in the oflice of the Register of Deeds)f Washtenaw county and State of Michigan, onhe 12th day of January, 187.'), at 4 o'clock p. M., iniber 51 of mortgages, page 460, and whereas, defaultlas been made for more than thirty days, in the

payment of an installment of said interest money,rhich became due on the 7th day of July, A. D.876, Ity reason whereof, and pursuant to the terms>f said mortgage, said mortgagee elects that sonuch of said principal as remains unpaid, with all

arrearages of interest thereon, shall become duend payable immediately; and whereas, there islaimed to be due and unpaid, at the date of thisotice, the sum of seven hundrtd and seventy-twooHars and seventy-three cents, for principal andnterest, also fifty dollars as a reasonable solicitorr attorney fee therefor, in addition to all other le-al costs, as often as any proceedings are taken tooreclose said mortgage : And no suit or procecd-ng having been instituted, either In law or equity ,o recover the same or any part thereof: Notice,berefore, IH hereby given that on SATTKDAY, THEEVEHTH DAY OF APRIL NEXT, at two o'clock in thefternoon of the said day, at the south door of the^ourt House in the city of Ann Arbor (that beinghe building in which the Circuit Court for saidounty i.s held), and by virtue of the power of saleontained in said mortgage, I shall sell at publicuction, to the highest bidder, the premises de-eribed In said mortgage, to satisfy the amount of>rincipal and interest claimed to" be due, with theHomey fee of fifty dollars, and charges of sale, tovit: All those certain pieces or parcels of land,ituate and being in the township of Northfield, inhe county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan,nd described as follows, to wit: Being the west halff the northeast quarter and the west half of theoutheast quarter of section number thirty-two (32),lso the southwest quarter ef the northeast quarterf section number twenty-nine (2y) in townshipumber one (1) south of range number six (6) eastontalning two hundred acres of land.January 11, 1877.

ANDREW J. SHIVELY, Mortgagee.JOHN N- GOTT, Attorney for Mortgagee.

Chancery Sale.IN PURSUANCE andbyvii tue of a decree of

the Circuit Court for the County of Washtenaw,- In Chancery, made and entered on the twelfthay of April, A. D 1876 in a certain cause thereinending, wherein Elisha Jones is the complainant,ndMortimer Root and Sarah J . Root are the defen-ants: Notice is hereby given that I, Charles R.

Whitman, one of the Circuit Court Commission-rs for the County of W(*shtenaw, Michigan, willell at public auction jor "vendue, to the highestltldtff, at the front door (being the South door) ofhe Court House, iu the city of Ann Arbor, in said-ounty, on the nineteenth day of March, A. D. 1877,112 o'clock noon of that day, all those certain piecesr parcels of land sit: ated in the township of halem,ii the County of Washtenaw. and State of Micbi-an, known and described as follows, viz : First,

-he east half of the northwest quarter of sectionwenty-eight. Second, the northeast quarter of thelorthwest quarter of section twenty-nine. Third,he east half of the northeast quarter of sectionwenty nine, all being in township one south ofange seven east, containing one hundred andiphty-oue acres more or less.

Dated, Ann Arbor, February 1, A. I). 1877.CHAS. R. WHITMAN,

Circuit Court Com., Washtenaw, Co., Mich.C. B. GRANT, Solicitor for Complainant. 1620

Chancery Sale.f N PURSUANCE and by virtue of a decree ofL the Circuit Court of the United StateB, for theilaatern District of Michigan, in equity, made and

entered on 'he twentieth day of November, A. D.87li, in a certain cause therein pending, wherein

Jharles J. Howell is complainant, and Hannorai'Hara and Edward Duffy are defendants: No-ice is hereby given that I shall sell at public auc-ion, on Saturday, the twenty-fourth day of Feb-uaiy, A. D. 1877, at two o'clock p, M. ot that day,t the front door of the Washtenaw County Courtlouse, in tht City of Ann Arbor, County ofVashtenaw, and State of Michigan, the following[escribed property, to wit:

PARCKL NO. 1. Situated in the City of Ann Ar-or, County of Wasbtenaw, and State of Michi-

gan, and described as follows, viz : Being lot No.in block No. 2, south of Huron street, and rangeo. 12 past, according- to a recorded plat of tho

Vnn Arboi Land Company's addition to the Vil-age, now City, of Ann Arbor.

PARCEL No. 2. Lot number nine in block No.wo, south of range number twelve east, accordingo a recorded plat of ihe Ann Arbor Land Compa-iy\* addition to the Village, now City, of Ann Ar-•>OT.

PARCEL NO. 3. Lot number eight, in block num-ber two aouth of Huron street, range number2 east, av cording to a recorded plat of the Ann

Arbor Land Company's Addition to the Village,now City, of Ann Arbor,

PABOEL N O . 4. Also, another piece or parcel ofand, situated in the City of Ann Arbor, aforesaid,mown, bounded, and described as follows, to wit:Beyiuning on the east side of lot number one(l) ,n block number one (1) north of Huron street,ind range number three (it) east,in said city, fifty-ive (55) feet south from the northeast corner of aaidot; running thence weat flfty-Hix feet; thence north

eighteen and one halt U8V>J feet; t ' ence eaatfifty-ixt56)feet; thence south" to the place of begin-

ning.PARCEL N O . 5. Also, all those certain pieces or

)aicel«of land, bounded and described as followso wit: Commencing thirty-six Cot5) feet and threenches south of the northwest corner of block one'1) south of Huron street, range four east, in theCity of Ann Arbor, aforesaid, and in the east lineof Main street, in sail city; running thenee eastoarallel to Huron street twenty-two feet and twonches; thence south thirteen feet and nine inchee;

thtmee west twenty-two feet and two inches to Mainstreet; thence along the east line of Main streetthirteen feet and nine inches (13.9) to the place ofbeginning. Also, commencing: at the east end ofthe first above described line, and running- thenceeast foui feet and two inches ; thence Kouth thir-teen feet and nine inches ; thence west four feetand two inches; thenee north along the east lint ofthe foregoing described piece of laud thirteen feetand nine inches to the place of beginning, and ex-tending upwards as high, and no higher, than thespace now occupied and covered by the firat storyof the building standing upon said lot mentionedin the described premises. Also the right and priv-ilege of ingress and egress up and down a stairwayto the second floor of the adjoining building on theeast, to be built and kept in repair by the respectiveowners of the joint lots, and expenses, to be used andoccupied jointly by the said adjoininjrownbrs, whichsaid stairs are to be built as aforesaid, two feetand six inches in width in the clear, directly ad-joining on the east of the last above mentionedand described premises. Also the right and privi-lege of ingress and egress up and down a stairwayand alon# a hall leading to the second story of thehereinbefore described premises, about six ieet inwidth, and situated tweuty-two feet and two inch-es (22.2J east of the northwest corner of block one(1) south of Huron street and range four (4> eatstin said city.—Dated, January 10th, 1877.

ADDISON MANDELL,Master in Chancery Circuit Court ot U. 8.»

Eastern District of Michigan.JOHN N. GOTT, Solicitor for Complainant.

ALFRED RUSSELL, of Counsel.

ecreethe

Chaueery Sale.IN PURSUANCE and by virtue of a de

of the Circuit Court ot the United States forEastern District of Michigan, in Equity, made andentered on the eleventh day of November, A. D.1876, In a certain cause therein pending whereinCharles J. Howell is complainant and John A.Volz, Clara Mary Volz, Charles Kitson, Jacob F.Beck, Godfrey Beck, Anna Mary Herz, WilliamLiii^ch, Conrad Volz, Catharine Bross, and AlrickM. Bodwell .are defendants : Notice is hereby giv-en that i shall sell at public auction, on Saturday,the twenty-tourth day of February. A. D 1877, at2 o'clock P, M. of that day, at the front door of theWashtenaw County Court House, In the City ofAnn Arbor, County of Washtenaw and State ofMichigan, the following described property, situ-ated in the city of Ann Arboi, County of Wash-tenaw, and State of Michigan, to wit : Being; lotsone, two three, seven and eight, in block three(3), Ormsty& Page's addition to the Village, nowCity, of Ann Arbor, County of Washtenaw, andState of Michigan, in saie district, according to arecorded plat thereof.

Dated, January 10, 1877.

ADDISON MANDELL,Master in Chancery, Circuit Court of U. 8.,

Eastern District of Michigan.JOHN N. GOTT, Solicitor for Complainant.

ALFJUKD RUSSELL, of Counsel. 1617

Commissioners' Notice.STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,

- ss. The undersigned having been appointed bythe Probate Court for said County,.commissioners toreceive, examine and adjust all claims mid demandsof -ill persons against the estate of Jacob F.Stierle, late of said county deeeased, hereby givenotice that six months from date are allowed, byorder of said Probate Court, for creditors to pre-sent their claims against the estate of said de-ceased, and that they will meet at the late resi-dence of said deceased, in the township of Free-dom, in said county, on the 16th day of April andon the 16th day of July next, at ten* o'clock A. H.,ui bach of said days, to receive, examine and adjustsaid claims. Dated, January 15, A. D. 1877.

JOHN F. GROSS,FREDERICK LAUBENGAYER,

1619w4 Coiuniiikiioenrs,

THE NEWS CONDENSED.THK i:\ST.

NEW YORK papers chronicle the death of John jO'Ushoney, the wt'lKlnowu Fenian leader.

A FIKK at Sorontan, Vt., last week, destroyed ;$100,000 worth of bnsinesB property... .11 isreported from Philadelphia that a movement is .on foot looking to the formation of a giganticcoal Combination hy owners of mines anil heavystock-holders in what are known asthecoajmails. It is said the operators in the I.eliigli ,region have already signed an agreement limit-ing tho production of their mines.

JOHN ('. TRACT, President, and.I. L. Chap-man, cashier of the Fanners1 and MechanicsNational Bank of Hartford, Ct., have been ar-rested—the former for misdemeanor in falsify-ing accounts, and the latter for the embezzle-ment of $75,000. They gave, bonds to appearbefore the United States Court. The total lossby the bank from overdrafts and loins on poursecurity is thought to be about $660,000.

THE WEST.

UBTOUE the Burlington (Iowa) Board of Trade,the other day. a bottle was exhibited containingtwenty-live or thirty young grasshoppers. Thejwere hatched in one nest in the neighborhoodof Trescott. Adams county, in the western partof the State, and the gentleman who sent themin writes that in every square, foot of groundthere are between 10(i and 200 nests. The re-eent warm weather has hatched them Out bytlic minion, but the cold weather, it is thought,will kill them between this and spring.

(SEX. MILKS lias forwarded to military head-quarters at Chicago a report of his engage-ment with the hostile tribes of Sioux andCheyenne Indians under Crazy Horse, long] iton the 8th of January. The light lasted livehours. The Indian camp of 600 lodges ex- jtended three miles along the valley of theTongue river below Hanging Womans' creek.They were driven through the canons of Wolfor Panther mountains in the direction of theBig Horn mountains. The Indian loss isknown to be severe. dell. Miles lost tOUTKilled and eight wounded. The hos-tiles were well armed, hut otherwiseappeared to lie in a destitute condition. A num-ber of prisoners were captured with frozenlimbs, and were living on horse meat Ad-vices from Arizona state the Apache Indianslire killing and plundering the settlers in thesoutheastern part of the Territory. The Gov-ernor has sent a message to the Territorial I.eg-

Obairman meant to insinuate thai his (witness1)statement was untrue, he (the Chairman) as-sumed something which ho had no right toassume. Witness continued AH parties wentto the ball as a matter of curiosity. One Of tin1

features of the ball was a woman with pink law.eyes. j

Jons F. MULUKBIN. one of the clerks of theLouisiana Returning Board, was before theHouso prerogative committee on the10th. He testified that, some affidavitswere made by clerks of the board to the com-piling-room. ' Don't know whether they wereused. Most ntiy name was signed to affidavits,Dec. 2 witness saw with Littlcficld and Maj.Eaton a slip of paper containing the total ofthe electoral vote. The majority of these ofthe Democrats was about -LOOII. Saw afterwardthat a change bail been made in the figures.Heard Gov. Wells in conversation with little-field in Ahell's office, Dec. 2. Couldnot hear what they said. Dec. fl sawthem again in conversation in a very lowtone in a clerk's room. Saw Littlelield takefriini a desk a paper and make some erasuresabout a quarter of an hour after conversingwith Gov. Wells. The committee examinedP o s t m a s t e r G e n e r a l T y n o r r e l a t i v e t<> ( l i e r e s i g -nation of Watts, the alleged ineligible Oregonelector, and elicited the fact that, the latter re-signed his postmastcrship. by telegraph, onNov. 13, 1876. The written resignation wasnot received at tin- dupnrtinent until Dec. i).Watts' successor as Postmaster was appointedNov. 23.

GENERAL.

a.Talrp, submitted tho report of that committee,which concludes with a resolution declaring! that tUoDemocratic electors received a majority <>f votes iuthe State of liiiuixiana; that tin- pretended osnvweUkd compilation of votes for electors by tho Board ofK. turning officers wns without authority of

fraudulent, and void, and that thevote of that Shite cannot be counted forH&yec ami Wheeler without the confirmation amiapproval of illegal and fraudulent action by Baid Re-turning Botird Mr. Townftend submitted a mi-nority report reoommending the adoption of a reso-lution declaring that the Republican electors havebeeu elected in Louisiana, and that the election wasexamined into, determined, declared and promul-

ted b th t h t i f id S t t d

meiuueis agreeing uicrcni, ami 10 ue uaiis- » « „ ' -- T , . , . . . . , , -mitted to the joint session of the two houses as j equally well. I t is easy to toll when tin;

1 egg is hit, especially when it happens t<>be a bad one.—Stamford (Conn.) Advo-cate.

, , pgated by the proper authorities of said State, underall the. forma of law, and i l ith t

U i t d

pointed a commitlee to draft a report of the de-cision of the commission, with a, brief statementof the reasons therefor, to be signed by themembers agreeing therein, and to be trans-

required by the Electoral act.SATIUDAV, Feb. 10.—The commission reas-

sembled in the afternoon, and, after the read-ing of the journal, adjourned until 10 a. m.Monday.

MONDAY, Feb. 12.—The commission assem-bled in the afternoon, and received the certifi-cates and accompanying papers in tho case ofLouisiana from the presiding officer of the jointconvention of Congress. An adjournment tillTuesday was then voted.

majority."provcmentpigeons, and it tries the marksmanship

This sport is a greaton the slaughter of

mi-live

THK FLORIDA CASE.

(ilUSSHOITKKS.

RECENT deaths : At Ban Francisco, Item- Ad-miral Janus Aldeii, of the United States navy ;at Milwaukee, D. H. liichards, the pioneereditor and printer of Wisconsin ; at Cin-cinnati. Mrs. Susan Bowler, a sister of lion.George H. Pendleton, and Mrs. Sarah Peter, themother of Hon. liufus King; at Washington,Itear Admiral Wilkes, of the United States navy.

Ex-1'iiEsiDKNT LKBDO, Gen. Escobedo, andseveral other distinguished exiles, arrived atNew York last week, by steamer from Aspin-wall The foundations of the incomplete^Washington monument, at the national capital,are pronounced Insecure by engineers, and itsdemolition and reconstruction recommended.

•WASHINGTON.

THK case of ex-Secretary Belknap was finallydisposed of. in the Criminal Court of the Dis-trict of Colombia, last week. The District At-torney entered a nolle nrosequi, saying that hedid so by direction of the Attorney General.

d in complance with the con-stitution of tin- Tniteil stuten. lii.th reports woreordered printed and recommitted.

NATUHDAY. l ' ib . 10.—JOINT SESSION'.—- Precise-ly at 1 o'clock the Senators .took their xentu in jointsession with tlie House member*, and President Ferrytook the chair. The. decision of the Klec-tornl Com-mission having been read, written objection* were11.rule in it by Representative Field on the part of fiveSenators and twelve Representatives, and then thetwo houses separated.

SKNATK.—The Chair presented a communicationfrom tlie President of the Kleetmal Commission, in-forming the Senate that it has decided upon tlie mat-ters 8ubmited concerning the electoral votes fromFlorida. The objections ti> the decisions of the com-mission submitted by Mr. Field were read. A longdel>nt«- took place as to the form of the questions mm-talnlnflor overruling the objections filed by Field,andan order submitted by Mr. Whyte that the Senate donot concur iu the decision made by the commissioncreated under the act approved .Ian. 90, 1877, but thatthe votes Cfttit by Wilkinson, Col. Robert Bullock, J.B. Yonge and It. IS. Hinton as the electors of Flori-da are the true ami lawful votes for President andVice President of that State, and should be countedas thr electoral vote of the Stale, VH defeated by astrict party vote—all thr- Democratic Senators pres-ent voting in the affirmative, and the ltepublieansill the negative. The following resolution.offered by Mr. Sherman, was then adoptedby a strict party vot.—4-1 to 2-">: "Resolved, Thatthe decision of the commission upon the electoralvotes of tlie State of Florida stand as tlie Judgmentof the s. Mat.-, the objections mail.- thereto to thecontrary notwithstanding.'' Tin- Secretary was di-rected to notify the House that the Senate hadreadComthe p

HolRE.—After the Senate had retired from thehall of the House a motion was made by a Demo- to the eligibility of Humphreys , the COm-

The Gfoondri Cpoit Which the KlectoralCommission Konder Their Decision.

The Electoral Commission state thegrounds of their decision in the case ofFlorida as follows : That it is not compe-tent under the constitution and law, as itexisted at the date of the passage of theact constituting tho commission, to gointo evidence aliunde the papers openedby the President of the Senate, in thepresence of the two houses, to prove thatother persons than those regularly cer-tified to by the Governor of Florida, ac-cording to the determination and declara-tion of their appointment by tho Boardof State Canvassers prior to the time re-quired for the performance of theirduties, had been appointed electors; orby counter proof to show they had not,ami that all proceedings of thecourts or acts of the Legislature or of theExecutive of Florida subsequent to the

ti f h f h l th

THE STATE OF TJJADE.

h.-d a determination in regard to the Electoral casting of the votes of the electors on thepurpose of'pr'»,ve'ii,^;with'the'i-o.mt! " ' ' prescribed day are inadmissible for any

such purpose. As to the objection made

white settlers.AT Toledo, Ohio, the other day. a lad named

Charles Kruck, 16 years of age, was sent by hismother to a grocery store to make somepurchases for her. The store had a gin-mill at-tachment, in which three brutes were carous-ing. They made the lad drunk, and then in-duced him to wander off with them. In their i Wns dismissed, and he declined to have her rewalks they came to a high bridge over a creek, atored.The boy looked down on the ice below, said,

ington courts against Senator Simon Cameronby a female department clerk, for breach ofpromise. The lady—a Pennsylvania widow,fair and forty claims $50,000 damages. Sen-ator Cameron says that the suit is stimulated byblackmailers, who will be exposed. Tho Sena-tor, some time ago, procured a situation for theplaintiff in the Treasury department, but she

mi tlie ice'I guess I'll take a dive," and. imitating sue]

an action, sprang over the railing and struckupon his bead upon the ice below, crashing hisskull and killing himself instantly.

Tun exceptions taken to the rulings and sen-tence of John n. Lee, the Mountain Meadowmurderer, have been overruled by the SupremeCourt of Utah Territory, and the DistrictCourt has been ordered to fix another day forthe execution. Lee's only hope now lies in anappeal to the United States Supreme Court....Spotted Tail, ohief of the Sioux Indians, ao-companicd by 2(11) warriors, has left SpottedTail agency for Tongneriver, for the purposeof counseling Crazy Horse and his band of UOB-tiles to accept the terms offered by the Govern-ment, viz., to surrender their arms and ponies.

THK SOUTH.

A sim- drawing nineteen feet of water haspassed through Capt Bads' jetty channel atthe mouth of the Mississippi river. There isnow a good straight channel through the i negotiations is regarded as extremelyshoal at the head of South Pass, with a mini- " " ' :

mum depth of twenty-two feet.THK following dispatch has been received

at the Internal lievenuo Ofticc, at Washing-ton, from Hevenue Agent Wagner, datedGreensboro, N. C. : "Deputy Marshal Robert-Bon, of South Carolina, just reports two menkilled and several wounded by illicit distillersraided on by him without troops. Am hurry- ' Hing to provide Maj. Stewart with horses, so we bcan stop this resistance."

A BRILLIANT ball was given at the navy yard,Norfolk, Va., last week, in honor of the RussianGrand Duke Alexis.

M.utriN HE.NUY and William Henry Simpson,both colored, were hung at Port Tobacco, Md..on the 9th of February, for the murder of JohnW. Everett.

A DIKPATCH from Cartersvillc. Oa.. says thatLieut. Melntyre, of the Second Infantry, waskilled in the Frog mountains by illicit distillersin iimbush, attacks upon the Government forceshaving been made by distillers, thirty in num-ber, under cover of night Ex-CongressmanJames S. Johnson, of Owensboro, Kv., re-cently committed suicide by shooting him-self through the heart with a rifle.

POLITICAL.Gov, Wtxi.s was again before the HoUB«

committee, on the 6th hist., and, in an answerto a question by David Dudley Field as towhether, in canvassing the Louisiana returns,he had altered any figures or destroyed any re-turns, stated that lie declined to answer anyauestion touching tin- action of the board until

IC House gave him his liberty and relieved himof his disability. He wanted to know "whetherhe was thepecrof any member of tHe committee,or a mere vassal." A number of questions wereput to the witness concerning his action as anumber of the Returning Board, to all of whichhe declined to answer until relieved of tin- sen-tence imposed by the House, which holds himin duress. Charles S. Aheli, Secretary of thelteturnmg Board, was also examined. He saidhe dined with the board on Sunday. Dec. 3, atwhich time Little-field told him he had destroyedthe Vernon parish papers. No one ordered himto destroy them. Witness said lie certified to178 votes for the Republicans from that parish,having full confidence iu the clerks ; knewnothing about the transposition of votes.Judge Davis, Chief Clerk of the board, gavetestimony similar to that of Abell, so far as itaffected Littletield.

DiracAN F. KKNNKR, of New Orleans, deniesthat he offered J. Madison Wells 9200,000 togive the vote of Louisiana to Tilden. He saysWells asked for $200,000 to count the vote ofthe State as actually cast in the ballot-boxes,and has asked to be summoned to Washington.

LOOTS M. KBNHEB, .1 member, and T. W. Eatonand York A. Woodward, clerks of the LouisianaKit urning Board, testified before the Congres-sional committee on the 7th hist. Kenner said

THE Treasury Department prohibits the im-portation of meat, cattle, and hides of meatcattle from Germany until further orders, con-sequent upon the rinderpest there.

FOREIGN.A COXSTANTINOPK dispatch says the dismissal

of Mitlhai Pasha is attributed to his schemesof constitutional reform, which are regarded bythe Sultan as encroaching on his imperial pre-rogative : also to the discovery of a conspiracytn dethrone the Sultan and replace him by ex-Sultan Murad The ravages of small-pox oreagain increasing in London There is muchsuffering among the silk workers of Lyons,France, 50,000 operatives having been thrownout of employment by the stoppage of the fac-tories.

THE peace proposition submitted by thePorte to Servia embodies liberal conditionswhich the latter Government can easily ac-cept, and the successful conclusion of thenegotiations is regarded as extremely proba-ble. Waiving ifs former claim for substan-tial guarantees, the Porte requires of Serviathe right of diplomatic representation at Bel-grade: the protection of Jews and Christians

rratie member to take B recess. Hate made the poiutof order that a recess could not now he taken. ALong discussion followed, participated iu by Messrs.MeCrary. Kasson, Wilson and Banks, Uepublicans,aud Warren, Jones and Baylor, Democrats—theFormer opposing and the latter advocatinga recess. Speaker Knndull maintainedlliat. according to the spirit of the Btectoral Com-mission net, it was competent lor the House to takea recess, and overruled the poiut of order. Mr.Hair appealed from the decision. Mr. Ooxmoved tol tin appeal on tin- table, which was carried—15Gto 76. The motion to take a recess till Monday wanthen carried—168 to IDS.

MONDAY, Feb. 12.—-SEKATE.— NO businesswas transacted iu the Senate. At 2:30 p. m., in re-spnuse to a notification from the House, it proceededto the Representatives' chamber fur the purpose ofresuming the couut of the electoral votes.

HursK.—Mr. Enott offered a resolution to re-commit the Florida ea>e bark to the Electoral Com-mission. Messrs. Hale and Wilson raised points oforder that the resolution \vi>s out of order, janil that tin- House had no power to refer

gy py,mission is of the opinion that, withoutreference to the question of the effect ofthe ineligible elector, the evidence doesnot show he held the office of ShippingCommissioner on the day when the elec-tors were appointed. The commissionalso decided that, as a consequence of theforegoing, and upon the grounds beforestated, neither of the papers purportingto be the certificates of the electoralvoters of Florida are the certificates ofvotes provided for by the constitution ofthe United States, and they ought not tobe counted as such.

The Democrat ic Objections.

The objections to tho decision inter-posed in tho House recite :

First That the decision determined that thevote east by Charles H. Pcarce, Frederick C.

anything to the commission.taui.-.l the point of order, and said that only thejoint convention of the two houses could refer thematter to the tribunal. The debat'-on sustaining thedecision was then begun, and was carried on withmuch warmth ami earnestness. The Speaker wassustained in his decision, the vote standing 1(17 to 97.The resolution declaring the Tilden electors inFlorida elected was agreed to by a vote of 168 t« 103.A resolution was then passed informing the Senatethat the House was ready to proceed with the count.

JOINT KKSSION.—The Senate entered, aud the jointconvention was called to order. The resolutions ofthe Senate and House in reference to the vote of Flor-ida were read, and Mr. Frrry said that, as the twohouses did not agree, the decision would stand.The tellers then recorded four votes for Hayesand Wheeler. The convention then proceededto count, tlie state of (ieorgi:: being first afterFlorida. No objection being interposed to Un-vote of Georgia, the eleven votes were countedfor Tildeu and Hendrieks. Next followed insuccession the State of Illinois, with twenty-one forHayes and Wheeler ; Indiana, with fifteen votes forTilden and Hendrieks ; Iowa, with eleven votes forHayes and Wheeler; Kansas, with five votes forHayes and Wheeler; Kentucky, with twelve Votesfor Tilden and Hendrloko. Then came a certificatefrom Louisiana, showing eight votes for Hayes,authenticated by Kellogg as Governor; this wasfollowed by tho opening of anothercertificate showing eight votes for Tilden,

• authenticated by McKnery as Governor, still a third iI certificate was read, purporting to be authenticatedby Deslonda, Secretary of State, with votes forHayes. Tlie presiding officer oprned and presentedanother certificate received by mail, no correspond-ing one having been received by messenger. It wasobvious from the first sentence it was a mere bur-lesque. It commenced by certifying that JohnSmith had been chosen elector from the FirstDistrict; John Smith No. 2 from the Second;John Smith No. 3 from the Third; JohnSmithTNo. 4 from the Fourth ; .John Smith No. 5from the Fifth ; John Smith No. 0 from the Sixth ;aud John Smith and John Smith te- hi- electors atlargo. It followed the usual formalities, and certi-fied that the eight electoral votes of Louisiana hadbeen cast for Cooper aud Oary. The paper pur-ported to bo signed by "John Smith, Company 2,

she severely denounced the lurks for their ! BuUdose,rn, (Jov<mor of Louisiana," and w»und up

Moody crimes in Bulgaria It is n. iw definitely with the motto, " Such is life in Louisiana." Subse-' quently the presiding officer directed the paper to

be omitted from the proceedings of the jointconvention. Senator McDonald submitted an ol>-jection to the Hayes and Wheeler certificates, on theground that the Hayes electors had been dulyelected ; that their election had not been certified byWilliam P. Kellogg, who claimed to !«•, but in factwas not, Governor of the State of Louisiana, andljecause the Returning Board of said state was with-out jurisdiction, for the reason that the laws ofLouisiana conferred no power on the ReturningBoard to canvass or compile the votes, since they

- , constituted but four of the five persons requiredMinister will secure tlie fulfillment of these de- j by law, since these four were of the same politicalsigns, and a vigorous policy and rapid progressin the liberalization of the institutions of the

The Speaker sus- Humphreys, William H. Holden, and ThomasW. Lung! as electors of President and VicePresident of the United States on behalf ofFlorid:1., is the true and legal electoral vote ofthe State, when in truth and in fact tho votecast by Wilkinson Call, James K. Yonge, BoberlE. Hilton, and Robert Bollock is the true andlaw ful vote of the State.

Sri,mi That the.commission refused to re-ceive competent and material evidence tendingto prove the first-named set were not appointedelectors in the manner prescribed by the Legis-lature of the State, but were designated aselectors by the Returning Board of the State

Migration mid Destruction of Agri-cultural Products*

Tho A merican Naturalist, in an ar-ticle detailing the routes of migrationand other matters relating to locusts,says :

From the observations already col-lected, naturalists have adopted thetheory that the immediate cause of themigration of the locust from its originalbreeding place is the unusual abund-ance of the species during certain years.The locust, like most other insects, in-creases excessively in dry and warm sea-sons, and when, for two or more yearsin succession, such seasons occur, theconditions most favorable for its devel-opment are secured. The secondarycause of its migrations is the necessityfor food, which, by reason of a super-abundance of the species in the placesof its origin, is quickly exhausted. Afteronce taking to the wing, the insect is atthe mercy of the winds, and is borne inwhatever direction they are blowing.The general course of the winds inthe Western States and Territoriesis from the west and northwest duringJuly and August, and accords with theeastward course of the swarms of locustsin those months.

As to the question whether meteorolo-gists can predict the occurrence of sea-sous of undue heat and drought, andconsequently of the increased numbersand migrations .of the locust, it is be-lieved that, in the lapse of years, thiswill be possible. As the result of con-tinued observations, it is also thoughtthat the destination and the time of ar-rival of the migratory hordes of locustsmay be foretold, and the direction oftheir return flight in the ensuing year.The supposition is now ventured that•the June migrations from the easternlimits of the locust-area will be towardthe northwest, and the July, August,and early September migrations fromthe Rocky mountain plateau •will be in ageneral easterly and southerly direction.

In summing up the losses sustainedin the United States from the ravages ofinsects, it is said that "The annual ag-ricultural products of this country, bythe last census, amounted in value to$2,500,000,000. Of this amount we inall probability annually lose over $200,-000,000 from attacks of injurious insectsalone. Dr. Biley avers that their lossesduring 1874 in Missouri from locusts—and it will be remembered only the west-ern third was invaded—exceeding $15,-000,000. This would make the losses inother parts of the West at least twice asmuch more, or $45,000,000 in all. Theestimated nionev loss occasioned by the

corruptly and fraudulently, in disregard of law, < chinch-bug in Illinois in 18G4 was Overand with intent to defeat the will ol the peo- , $73^00,000 ; in Missouri in 1874, it is

THOMAS R. AGNKW, a heavy New Yorkwholesale grocer, lias failed. His lia-bilities are $884,000.

A KEiuous strike is threatened by someof the English colliers, who are unwill-ing to accept a reduction of wages.

THE business of London, as measuredby the clearings of the banks, decreased11 1-10 per cent, in the last four monthsof 1876 compared with the correspond-ing period of 1875.

A CONGRESSIONAL, committee has underconsideration the propriety of recom-mending that a Government contract begiven to some line of American steamersbetween this country aud Brazil. It ap-pears that the 8011th is a vigorous bidderfor this contract, and that New Orleans,backed by St. Louis, is making argu-ment before the committee to secure it.

GOLD is fast pouring into France, ac-cording to the Paris correspondent of theLondon Economist. The supplies ofthat metal which are now being drivenout of Russia by its paper currency aretaken by France. There are also largeimportations from England. In one weekthe lunount sent from London to Pariswas $3,000,000, and the movement wascontinuing.

BUCK & HUNTING, a large bankingfirm at Sag Harbor, Long Island, N. Y.,has collapsed. Their liabilities are$500,000. For a great number of yearsthe firm has done business in Sag Har-bor, and had the confidence of the peo-ple of the island. They handled thesavings of all the industrious of theplace, and the sufferers by the failureare to be found in almost every stationof life. It will occasion much want andsuffering;

THE January transactions at the clear-ing-houses of the principal cities do notindicate any material improvement inbusiness thus far, all of them showing amarked falling off as compared witli thesame period last year. The loss at Phil-adelphia is surprisingly large. St. Louisalso shows a considerable decline in trans-actions, and the decline at New Orleansis greater than the average. At Balti-more precisely the average decline ap-pears, and at all the other cities the lossis less than 8 per cent.

THE English are going wild over Amer-ican beef and mutton. Of late yearsthese items of the Briton's bill of farehave been too expensive for the majorityof people ; and the efforts to import rab-bit meat and beef from Australia, andcattle and beef from Brazil, have failedeither to bring prices down or give satis-faction in any form. American beef andmutton exactly meet the need of the hourin every way. They reach England insplendid condition, and sell from 4d apound for bits to 9d a pound for choicepieces, which is 2d or 3d less than theprices of the home article. Connoisseursdeclare that American l>eef and muttonbear evidences of 1 icing better fed. Thepress is in rhapsodies, and cannot men-

A Woman's Freak.A handsome boy boarded for :i TM

a Nashville hotel and conducted".,

in business, and n tx-t (rf 'Twomen, with whom he wr- *

the Americans. They wore glad to seethe Major, and promised to behave them-selves while here. Although they an-nounced their determination to remain •here, there is no probability of their do- Z^sTf h,T, 2, 'ing so. As soon as spring opens they Iwill again be on the warpath. Old LongDog is an arrant rascal; the number ofwhite men he has killed in his time couldbe counted by scores. Black Moon isnot far behind him. In fact, tlie entirelot are not to lie trusted; they have noneof the virtues usually attributed to theIndians about here; many of them areso uncivilized that they have no names.The Major says it took all the otherchiefs' exertions to keep the Ogallallasquiet. He further told them, in explain-ing the laws, that if any of them wereviolated the offender would be taken fromcamp and brought to For t Walsh andpunished. We do not anticipate anytrouble from these Indians while in thiscountry, as they seem willing and anx-ious to keep on friendly terms with themounted police.

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eiating. His youthfulnessmore freedom withbeen accorded an olderday he hugged and kissed a

' 1, and was complained

RUSSIA IKVADED.

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Ui.lord. At this point in the story thenoun "ho" must be changed to " j \ -for the offender confessed to befo?woman in boy's clothes. She said tf 'being compelled to cam her own l,y 'she learned by experience that herwas a detriment. So she took to twsers, and in that guise she not onto 'i-better in business, but was ah].boozle the women.

pointment of the electors.Fifth -That the decision

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equally with native Servians; the prohibition ofarmed organizations and of secret societies;Turkish territory to he guarded from Servianviolation; forts on the Servian frontier to bekept in good repair, and the Turkish flag tofloat above them along with the Servian em-blem.

TUP; British Parliament met on the 8th hist,the Queen, for the first time in many yearn,opening the Morion in person. In her speech

announced that the veteran Russian diplomat.Prince Gortschakoff, has retired from theImperial Cabinet at St. Petersburg, and i*succeeded by Count Adlerbcrg. Ill healthand long service are the reasons givenby Gortechakoff for resigning his portfolioDispatches from Constantinople say that theSultan favors the employment of foreigners,and especially Englishmen, in the administra-tion of the reforms ordained in the new consti-tution, and that the removal of the late Prime

pie.Third That the decision was founded upon

tho resolution and order of the commission pre-viously made.

Fourth—That the decision excludes all evi-dence taken by the two houses of Congress, bythe committees of each house, concerning frauds,errors and irregularities committed by personswhose certificates are taken as proof of due ap-

exclude« all evidencetending to prove the certificate of Stearns (Gov-ernor), as also of the Board of State Canvassers,was procured or given in pursuance of a fraud-ulent and corrupt conspiracy.

Si.rth—That the commission refused to recog-nize tin- right of the courts of the State to re-view and reverse the judgment of the Itcturu-ing Board or Board of State Canvassers ren-dered through fraud without jurisdiction, andrejected and refused to consider the action ofthe courts in a case lawfully brought before thecourt which had jurisdiction.

ScKntth That the decision excludes all evi-dence tending to prove that Florida, by all thedepartments of the Government, legislative,executive and judicial, had decreed as fraudu-lent all certificates of Stearns (Governor) aswell as that of the State Canvassers, upon whichcertificates the commission has acted, and bymeans of which the true electoral votes ofFlorida have been rejected and false ones sub-stituted.

Kicjhth—That to count the votes of Penrce,Humphreys, Holden and Long as electors forPresident and Vice; President would be in viola-tion of the constitution of the United States.

The objections are signed by SenatorsJones (Fla.), Cooper, Burnuin, Keman,Saulsbury and McDonald; Representa-tives Knott, Field, Holman, Tucker,

empire... .Austria is concentrating a largeforce on the Bosnian frontier, and the occupa-tion of Northern Turkey is believed to be in-tended.

HOI:MANIA lms disbanded her reserves andsent them home, being apparently convincedthat the danger of war is over.

I'.AHI. RUSSELL has given notice to the EnglishHouse of Lords that he will move that Englandshall cease all diplomatic intercourse with Tur-key, on the ground that that nation is still bar-barous and unworthy of rank among the en-lightened people of Europe. .. .11 is reported thatthe English mine-owners have resolved to im-port cheap labor from China... .Adispatch fromCalcutta reports that a gunpowder explosionoccurred at Adhemabad, by which 60persons were killed and 100 woundedAt a grand parliamentary dinner in Berlin, theother day. Bismarck expressed himself freelyupon the subject of the Eastern complication.His opinion is that war is strongly probable, audthat it will be begun in the form of a directattack by Russia upon Turkey.

Is Japan, great public interest has been ex-cited, but no dangerous feeling, by the extraor-dinary measures of reduction of taxation. Theamount of relief to land owners is $16,000,000per year. To meet this reduction expendituresarc: cut down in every department, and a greatnumber of minor officials dismissed.

estimated by Dr. Kiley to have been$19,000,000. The annual losses fromthe chinch-bug are greater, Mr. Bileysays, than from any other insect. Theaverage annual loss to the cotton cropfrom the attacks of the cotton armyworm alone is estimated at 850,000,000.Adding to these the losses sustained bythe attacks ot about 1,000 otherspecies of inseote which affectour cereals, forage and fieldcrops, fruit trees and shrubs, gar-den vegetables, shade and ornamentaltrees, as well as our hard and pine for-ests, and stored fruits, and it will not bethought an exaggeration to put our an-nual losses at $200,000,000. If the peo-ple of this country would only look atthis annual depletion, this absolutewaste, which drags her backward iu therace with the countries of the OldWorld, they might see the necessity oftaking effectual measures in restraining

(don the subject without quotations fromVirgil and Dickens. The trade is grow-ing very large, 700 tons sometimes arriv-ing at Liverpool in one day. It sellsimmediately, and is now marketed inLondon, Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-field, Birmingham, Nottingham, andmany other towns.

BOLD CHICAGO IirilUL.lKS.Five Cracksmen Imprison a Family in a

Closet and Hanxack tho House.[From the Chicago Tribune.]

One of the boldest burglaries of theseason was that committed yesterdayafternoon at the residence of Mr. AmosH. Seeley, at the corner of West Madisonstreet and Hoyne avenue. About 3 o'clocka gang of five men, having the appear-ance of well-to-do mechanics, one ofwhom carried a carpet-bag from whichprotruded the handle of a hammer,knocked at the front door of the house.

FORTY-F0LRTH CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, Feb. C.—SENATE. —Mr. Cameron re-

party, aud Biuco there VHfl a vurnnry in HUH!hoard, which four members liad rofuwri to fill;becaiiHf four inomborR t>f the Returning Board hadfull knowledge that the true1 compilation of voteswould have shown that the Tilden electors hadbeou duly elected ; because said board had offeredfor money to sell the State of Louisiana, ami be-cause A. B. Levinee and O. H. Bi-ewKter, of the Re-publican electors, held offices of tr«nt under theGovernment of the United StateH at the time of their (

appointment as electors. The objection is signed ,by McDonald, Steveunon, Saulsbury, Bogy, Ken- }fttora : .Jt-nks, Wilson, Tucker, Levy, Ellin and Mor- Irison, Representatives, MesHrn. Qlmon and Wood, Iof New York, submitted further objections, Iiu behalf of the Democrat*, to thr H:iyes "electors.Mr. Howe submitted objections to the Tilden certiii-catep, on th«' ground that there was no evidence thatthose electors luu\ IH*H appointed in such manner awHi.- L'-^latuiv directed ; while there waH evidenceconclusive in law that neither of them had been soappointed ; also on the ground that there wan noevidence that BfeEner; waa Governor of Louis-iana iu the year L876, while tlifrr was conclusiveevidence that Kelln^ was during the year 187(5 andfor several yean prior thereto Governor of thatNt;tt", and was lvco^ni/.i-d an KUCII by the judicialand l<Kinlfitivr departments of I>ouisi:ma, and by thedepartments of the Government of the Unitedstut s. All of the certificates from Louisiana* withtin- papers accompanying them, were then went to theElectoral Commission for judgment and decision,and the Senate withdrew to it* chamber.

THK ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL.

Thompson (Mass.), Jenkfl, Finley, SiiyIcr, Ellis, Morrison, Hewitt (N. Y.) andSpringer.

FRANCE AM) UERNAKY.

ported a bill from the Committee on Foreign dela-tions to promote telegraphic communication betweenthis country and Europe The bill for the relief of

laws wan passed Mr. TVindom, from the Commit-t on Appropriations, reported adversely on the

he had no knowledge of any alternations having settlers upon public lands under the Pre-emptionbeen made in the Vernon 'parisli return, or of ' 1;

any papers having been burned or destroyed,nor did he know of any proposition for receivingmoney tor any act in connection with (In- elec-toral vote: the Returning Board, he said, didnot fed safe—felt intimidated—hence the neces-sity for troops to protect them. Eaton testifiedthftt lie did not sec Littlefleld or any one elsemake erasures in the original returns: r.ittk-licld never askcil him to assist in making anyalterations. Woodward, in his testimony, saidIn- worked with Littlefleld on the returns the.night of Wee. 8, when the alteration is allegedto have been made, hut did not sec him makingany erasures; first heard of the Vernon parishtransfer when he came to Washington.

Ex-Qov. STK.UI.NS, of Florida, was before theHouse Privileges Committee, on the yth inst.He testified that lie never received or sent anytt-legram Baying that we (meaning the Hepub-liciuis) must have Louisiana, Florida andBooth Carolina, by foir means or foul. Neverreceived a telegram from anybody outside tintState requesting him to Bend couriers for re-turns which must be made to show a majoritylot Hayes. He said the dispatch from W. EChandler, "Bismarck ought to com,.: here atonce."was«eiittoC. D. Wiliard, of Washington,aud had reference to railroad matters. Nothingwas said about money in any tele-gram which

TUESDAY, Feb. 6.—The commission was insecret session the whole day, debating thequestion of the admiesibiiity of evidence in theFlorida case.

WF.DXKSDAY, Fel). 7.—On motion of 'JusticeI Miller, ordered that no evidence will be received; or considered by the commission which was not

ns relates

the ravages of insects. With care and | The only members of the family at homeforethought, based on the observance of j were Mrs. Seeley, her little boy and thefacts by scientific men, we believe that servant girl. Mr. Seeley, who is senior

member of the firm of Seeley, Pollard &Co., was down town at his office. Thegirl responded to the knock, and on open-

And the practical, most efficient way is I ing the door was informed by the spokes-man that they came to inspect the gas-meter. The girl, supposing the statementto be true, told them to come in, and

combine the results of the State officials, j called to Mrs. Seeley, who, in responseand issue weekly, or, if necessary, daily 'bulletins, perhaps in combination withthe Weather-Signal Bureau, as to whatenemies should be guarded against, andwhat preventive and remedial measuresshould be used."

from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000,one-quarter to one-half of this annualwaste, could be saved to the country.

for the States to co-operate with theGeneral Government in the employmentof salaried entomologists, who should

different certificates, except suchto the eligibility of F. (.'. llnmphr

contract The Senate refused to pass the bill abol-ishing the Washington Hoard of Tolice Commission-ers over the President's veto. Vlie vote stood :« toSO—not two-thirds.

HOUSB.—The House devoted the most of the day,in committee of the whole, to the consideration ofthe Dclicicncy Appropriation bill A resolutionwas adopted ordering thr- printing of the testimonytaken before the Mouse committee on Louisiana af-fairs.

WKDNKSD.VY, Fel). 7.-- SENATE. — The Senate in-sisted upon its amendments to the Military AcademyAppropriation bill, and a committee of conferencewas ordered Air. Ingaus reported with an amend-ment the Senate hill to enable Indians to becomefiitiaens....MaaSTB. llamlin, Dorsey and Davis wereappointed the new conference committee on the partof the Senate on the bill involving the restoration ofthe fast mail train aud the franking privilegeThe Senate discussed, without uetion, the bills topa] i Sapt, Kail, s $500,000 for his Jetties, and to amendthe Pucitie. Railroad actsso a* to create a sinkingfund for the liquidation of the indebtedness duethe Government by the Union Pacific... .The Sen-ate refused, by a vote of 2(1 yea.s to 2a nays, to con-cur in the House amendment to the Deficiency billordering a reduction of the price of composition inthe (Government Printing Omod.

HOUSE.—The House considered the

.-..mphreys, one ofthe electors. The vote is as follows

Appropriation bill.DoOdoncy

An amendment n a adoptedfrom paying

ago paid in NewPhiladelphia.... Mr. Mount,

eligil•tors. The vote is as follows : Ira.s—

Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinglmvsen. Gtarfield,Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong—8. jYVjys—Ab-bott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne,Thnrnlan—7. On motion of Mr. Abbott, re-solved that in the ease of Florida this commis-sion will receive evidence relating to tlie eligi-bility of Frederick ('. Humphreys, or of personsDarned in eertilieate No. 1 as elector. Yeas—Abbott, Bayard, Bradley, Clifford, Field, Hun-ton, Payne, Thurmnn—8. Nays- Kdniimds,

I Frelinghuysen, Gal-field, Hoar, Miller. Morton,I Strong—7. The Secretary of tlie commissionI was ordored to Inform counsel that it null be' prepared to-morrow to hear argument touching1 the eligibility of Humphreys.

THURSDAY, Feb. 8.—The commission heardtestimony upon the question of the eligibilityof F. C. Humphreys, one of the Florida I it —publican electors. Humphreys testified thathe resigned the office of United Slates Commis-sioner on the 5th of October, and produced aletter from Judge Woods, of that date, writtenat Newark, O., accept ing tin- res ignat ion. Ali-gnment upon flu- case was then opened, JudgeHundley, of Democratic counsel, loading off.He wan followed by Messrs. Shellabarger andEvarts on the other side, Mr. Merrick closingtlie argument on behalf of the Democrats.

FRIDAY, Feb. 9.—Tho commission wa« oc-cupied, in secret session, from 10 a. m. to 6

No Ix>ve Lost—Tlie Gorman Conqueror Still

Threatening l-Vance.[Paris Telegram to the New York Herald.]

Having dismissed the Oriental ques-tion for the present with a diplomaticshrug, France exhibits rather a puzzleddemeanor just now over the attitude of jGermany, There is no love lost betweenthe empire of Wilhelm and the republicof MaoMahon at the best of times, but,the revanche fever having almost com-pletely subsided in Frimoe, tlie prospec-tus for an international exhibition atParis next year having been issued, nndthe ablest French statesmen having of-fered the most solid reasons why Franceshould keep out of all present Europeanquarrels, one would imagine that Ger-many could rest easy. The fact is, how-ever, that Germany does not reason onthese lines. Prince Bismarck was notalarmed at tho frantic shrieks of theburning French patriots ; for all animalsthat you are not prepared to kill out-right must be allowed to squeal whenthey are hurt. Tlie cry of the Frenchwas the rage of a humbled, defeated anddisorganized nation. It did not disturbhis ears in Berlin or discompose him overhis philosophic pipe and comforting beerin his home at Varzin. He is quick, how-ever, to see that France is rapidly be-

UNHAPPY MEXICO.Interesting News from the Land of Revolu-

tions.We have news from the City of Mexico,

via Havana, to the 6th of February.Diaz had been urged to hasten his re-turn to the capital, as the Governmentwas in danger of falling to pieces, owingto dissensions in the Cabinet.

Business was in a worse condition thanever, and failures were numerous. Sonicof the foreigners who favored the Diazrevolution had failed, and the new revo-lution against Diaz was encouraged bythe capitalists, who make money byloans to the revolutionists at excessiveinterest. Escalante loaned Diaz $200,000toward the payment of §300,000 to theUnited States with incoming duties assecurity, receiving §25,000 interest forsixty days.

Bands of robbers were appearingeverywhere.

to the query, " Where do you keep themeter?" conducted two of them to theroom where that truth-telling machinewas stored. One of the remaining trioasked the girl if the water-pipes were allright, and, on being told that they were,requested her to show him where the hy-drant was. She took him into the kitchen,when he immediately caught hold of her,and, drawing a pistol, held it to her head.The girl began to scream, and the littleboy rushed in to ascertain the cause of thetrouble. Tho burglar then drew a knifeand told the little fellow lie would relievehim of his head if he did not keep quiet.Iu the meantime one of the two who hadaccompanied Mrs. Seeley in search of thegas-meter had thrown her on the fl(x>r,and, brandishing a murderous-lookingknife, cautioned her with a round volleyof oaths to keep her mouth shut. Thethree unoccupied ruffians then began asystematic search through the house.Every room was visited ; bed-clothes andmattresses, closets find cupboards werethoroughly examined. In the dining-

Not by the Turks, but Pi-nceably by Amer-ican Manufacturers.

[From the New York Tribune.]It will be a long time yet before the

Americans know all that is to be knownabout the curious eyes which studiedthem and their institutions and arts dur-ing the months of the Philadelphia Ex-hibition, or before they realize in fullhow much impressed foreigners were bywhat they saw. Whatever were thethoughts which Europeans took homewith them in regard to the taste aud skillof the Americans in the elegant arts,there is already plenty of proof that theywent off with genuine respect for ourmechanical abilities, which in some casesamounted to admiration, and which hnsgiven onr countrymen a better standingin the markets of the world and is cre-ating an unexpected demand for Ameri-can productions. New instances come tolight every day. The latest comes fromRussia, and is a very pleasing one.

It seems that the agricultural provincesof Russia, those lying in the south andwest of the empire, have begun to sufferfrom competition with the United Statesin the sale of grain. Not only is the ex-portation of Russian cereals to Europerestricted by the shipment from theAmerican States of enormous quantitiesof the same class of products, but theRussian commercial houses and land-holders have been compelled to acceptcheaper prices for what they do export.The competition with the United Statesis growing more severe every year, andthe intelligent men of the south and westof Russia have come to feel about as theBritish manufacturers do in the field ofindustry, that something must be doneor they will be able no longer to standup against the new world in the businessin which their capital is principally in-vested. They have accordingly made astudy of the American system of agricult-ure within tne past two years, throughtwo agents, for the purpose of discover-ing the secret of American success andmaking use of it in Russia.

The gentlemen who have been actingfor them are Mr. Benedict Kolyszko, aprominent and wide-awake land-holderof South Russia, and Mr. T. F. Krajew-ski of this city, a young engineer of edu-cation, who, (luring five years' residencein this country, part of the time havingbeen spent in the employ of Grant Loco-motive Works, at Patersou, N. J., hasbecome favorably known for good judg-ment and ability. Commissioned by theboards of agriculture to act for them,these gentlemen spent several months thepast summer at the Philadelphia Exhibi-tion and in studying the methods of agri-culture in the Western States. Thecause of American success in grain-rais-ing is no trade secret, and the Russianagents discovered it immediately. Itconsists, not iu the fertility of the soil,but in intelligent work and tin abundanceof excellent implements and labor-savingmachinery. Mr. Kolyszko and Mr. Kra-jewski were not long in coming to theconclusion that, in order to maintain acompetition with the United States inagriculture, the Russians must put intothe hands of their laborers the superiorfarming implements and labor-savingmachinery of the Americans.

Mr. Kolyszko has returned to Russia,and three trials have been made in thepresence of interested crowds of specta-tors. One was at Odessa, where a com-petition took place between English andAmerican plows and implements, andwhere the latter won a signal success.Another was on the lands of Count Mala-chowski, a large landholder. This was aprivate trial. It was attended by severalhundred landholders, and resulted indeepening the good opinion beginning tobe felt toward American implements.The third was an official trial, under thesupervision of the Board of Agriculture,at Chersou. It was on this occasion thatcertain things were decided as to the sizeand form of certain implements best-adapted to Russian use. As a result ofthese trials, the Boards of Agriculture ofSouth and West Russia have decided torecommend the general use of Americanimplements, and they have so done, andMr. Kolyszko has been designated as theiragent for importing them. Mr. Krajew-ski, at No. 73 Broadway, is the engineer,inspector and agent in this country.

The Plague of Mothers-ln-Law.The Coroner of Chicago, in nn ,n|

report, says that of fifty-five suiithat city within a year only four J !victims of love. He alludes to one <tthese as a man who "blew out what Ktie brains he had on account oftores to which he was subjectedmother-in-law." The Coroner al"Mothers-in-law have always ljoojgreat power of mischief to the »w]/and, alas, the plague is so univienduring that we must despairseeing it overcome. The miseries cauliby mothers-in-law are eternal, enajmothers-in-law themselves are immortal."

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Protestant worship had been suspend- 'Die booty consisted of a lot of deeds anded at Coalmixtla and Morelos by order ofthe authorities. The Church party weretriumphant in the elections in the capi-tal. The most important positions in

other valuable private papers, a- goldwatch and chain, a pair of gold bracelets,mid B sum of money. Having baggedthe plunder, the burglars turned their

held by the Church party. A petitionwas circulating praying the Government

coming stronger materially than she has , <«; permit the return ot the Sisters of

Miehoacy, Puebla, and Queretaro were J attention to the two women, whom they

p. m., in debate upon the Florida case, in which

i«issccl between himself and persons in the prohibiting the CongresBlonBl PrlnteNorth, and he. also said he bald no knowledge of ,1K,re for composition than Hie averapany money having been received from the ' York, Baltimore and Philadelphia!...North either before or after the e l ec t ion— ttom the Committee on Appropriations, reported everv one of tho fifteen members by turns p»r-A. B. Levisee, one of the Hayes electors in jne Naval Appropriation bill. The bill appropriates ticipiited. Two Or three of the Judges and »ev-Louisianii, \\&n examined by the Senate com- *I->''J4,7r>2.

TmraaDAY, Feb. 8.— SKNATE.— Tho creden-tials nf Senator-elect Garland, of Arkansas, wereBled — The bill to pay Capt. Eads for his Missis-sippi jetlies van Indefinitely postponed The In-dian Appropriation hill wan discussed, amended anilpassed.

HOUSE.—Mr. Hale read a letter addressed to himby the members of tho Louisiana Returning Hoard,stating that they were confined in a dark, dampdungeon of the cellar '•( the Capitol, ami Offered nresolution directing that they be removed to betterquarters, where their health may not be endangered.After a lengthy discussion, the resolution was re-ferred. . . .The Deficiency Appropriation bill was un-der discussion when the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, Eeb. it. SENATE. -Hills were intro-duced appropriating $7,000 to defray the expenses ofthe Kieetoi-al Commission, and to authorize andequip an expedition in Hi. At-eiie seas, a rding tolie- plans suggest <i by '-apt. Howgate....The t>ili toencourage ana promote telegraphic oonununloatlonbetween amerlcaand Burope was passed. It incor-

mittee. lie testified that on the 1th of Deoem-ber last, in New Orleans, one S. SI. Aaher,claiming to act as the agent of Democrats, ap-proached him with an offer of $30,0(10 to casthis vote in the Electoral College forTilden. Levisee rejected tho offer, when,as ho claims, tho bribe wasraised to (100,000. Levisee held out tor $200,-000. and the negotiation fell through. Lovi-xee's story is that he set the figure liigliei•set the figure higher thanIn; thought could be paid, and claims that hispurpose in the affair was only to sec how farthe Democrats would go (,'. IrvingDitty, of Maryland, one of the "visit-ing statesmen' at New Orleans duringthe count, was called before tho House com-mittee, and testified to the bad reputa-ion of tMaddox as to truth andveracity, and Bald hp would not be-lieve him on oath. Witness admitted,in answer to aquesti that hewasal Little-field's quadroon ball in New Orleans. A miniber of other gentlemen of both visiting < imittecs were there, including Lynian Trumbull.An excited war of words occurred at this pointbetween members of tho committee and wit-ness, Mr. Sparks having said he believed JudgeTrumbull would designate witness' story asstuff. Capt. Ditty replied angrily that if the

j era! of the Senatorial members read elaborate!}prepared opinions upon the main points at issue,and the discussion is understood to have been,from its commencement to its close, of cx-

j traordinary power and ability. At the• close of the debate Senator Edmunds sub-j mitted a resolution declaring, in substance, thatthe four Republican electors in Florida wereelected. Representative Hunton offered a sub-stitute declaring the Tildeu electors elected.This substitute was rejected by the followingvote: Yea» Abbott, Iiayard, Clifford, Field,Hunton, Payne,Thurman "7. Nays Bradley,Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garneld, Hoar. Mfl-

poratea a oompany to < onsinici;» aew Atlantic cable,with the American end at Baltimore The bill t<>amend the Pacific Railroad sola was debated.

HOUSE.—The House paused the Deficiency Appro-priation bill, aud the hill to provide for the distribu-tion of the Mexican claims awards Mr. Morribon,Cbairinau of the Bpccial committee on Louisiana

ler, Morton, Strong—8. Senator Ed-munds then withdrew bis resolution, andRepresentative (lariield offered the following :"Jtesolved,TheA fonr persons, to wit: Frederick0. Humphreys. Charles W. Pearoe, William H.Holdon, nnd Th'inias W. Long, were duly ap-pointed eleotors of President and Vice Presi-dent for the State of Florida, and that the voteseast In the aforesaid four persons are the votesprovided for by the constitution of the UnitedStates." This was adopted by the following VOte:1

Yeas—Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghn/sen, Garfield. Hoar, rfiller, Morton, Strong—8. JVays—Abbott, ISayard, Clifford. Field, Hunton, Payne.Thurman— 7. On motion of Mr. Garrield,Messrs. Edmunds, Bradley and Miller were ap-

been since 1812; that her Government isconsolidating and tiding over tho mostdangerous crisis; that she in rising byher own buoyancy to the surface of Eu-ropean politics.

Bismarck's uneasiness lias been mani-fest iu some slightly acid communica,tions with the French Government ; butthe German press, having no diplomaticreserve to keep, has been pouring forthvitriolic articles upon French presump-tions in the tone that a policeman mightadopt to a convict out on a ticket-of-leave. Hence the differences betweenthe two Governments continue ; for, al-though France continually pleads " nooffense intended," Germany i« still find-ing fresh cause of complaint.

The present fear in Berlin appears tobe ail alliance between France and Rus-sia. Bifimarck wishes to continue1 hold-ing the Uzar in the hollow of his hand- Iand such ;<n alliance with France wouldlook like an attempt on the part of St.Petersburg to choose friends for itself.There is possibly nothing in the storybeyond the fact that at the conferencethe Stench support of lUissian views wasveiy cordial. It suggests that the wilyGortschakoff lias taken advantage of thegrowing importm of l-'rance to pinyfor a. firmer support from Germany bycoquetting with the French republic.

Bismarck consequently proceeds toshow France that she is not yet able torun ribout without his leave, and seeks aquarrel. The extravagant attentionspaid to (he humbug Gen. Tchernayeffduring his stay in Paris exasperate theGermans, and, although it will look asmall matter in America to be angryabout, it would surprise you to find whattrouble it makes here.

AH Egg-Shooting Hatch.An "egg-shooting match" came off at

(lie Waterside lust Friday between JohnKI-IHO and F. K. Grain. The distancewas twenty-one yards, and tlie eggs werespruug from a trap in the same manneras "gyro" pigeons. Kelso shot two outof twelve, and Grain ten—the latter, ofcourse, winning the match by " a large

placed in a small closet, and, after clos-ing the door, piled up against it a heavy1 lei Istead. One of the gang then stopped

Charity expelled from the country two the clock—it denoted exactly 4—and thequintette departed. The women werelocked up in the closetjuntil the arrival ofMr. Seeley, a little after 6 o'clock.

years ago.Cortina refuses to obey the order to

abandon the Texas frontier. He nowopposes Diaz.

Advices from Sonora are thatPesquieraattacked Mariseal's command at UrestThe latter was soon reinforced, and Pes-quiera was defeated, with a loss of abotUthirty killed, many wounded, and fiftyprisoners. At last advices a large bodyof cavalry was pursuing Pesquiera's fly-ing and demoralized forces. It was gen-erally believed that this revolution wasthoroughly squelched.

Who Burnt Richmond!New light seems to be, thrown upon

the old controversy as to the responsi-bility for the partial destruction of Rich-mond at its evacuation by the Confeder-ate forces at the close of the war. In asuit pending in the Circuit Court at Rich-mond, entitled Graham vs. the MutualAssurance Society of Richmond, thisquestion has been raised. The companysets up the defense! that the burning ofthe city was an net of war, and it is there-fore not liable to pay the amount whichwould otherwise be due on its policies.

THE ESCAPED

A Canadian OIHcei-'s Interview With thoIndians that liave Crossed tho lkmler.

A Toronto Olobe correspondent at FortAValsh, Northwest territory, writes of avisit by Maj. West, of the British army,to the camp of the hostile Sioux, at WoodMountain, 190 miles from Fort Walsh :

Maj. West started from Fort Walshwith a detachment of ten men and him-self mi the lend; rode into the camp about3 o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st ult.,creating considerable astonishmentamong the savages, who rushed out,arms in hand, as they afterward ex-plained, thinking it was the UnitedStates troops, whom they had been toldwere to follow them across the line. Noattention was paid to them, the camp waspassed, aud old White Eagle of the Sau-tees (friendly Indians) sought out. Therewere about' three hundred lodges ofmixed Sioux, consisting of Uneapapas,

and implements, one of them being to afirm in Louisville, Ky., for 10,000 plows.A mowing machine adapted to Russiansoil has been picked out, and experimentsare in progress in New England to ascer-tain the best kind of portable engine forRussian employment. For the purchaseof specimens of this latter class of heavymachinery, for trial and exhibition in va-rious parts of Russia, $5,000 has beenappropriated to the Board of Agriculture.The orders which have been given, andthe experiments which are making, areonly the beginning of what Mr. Krajew-ski believes, and what may possiblyprove to be, a considerable trade in im-plements with Russia.

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w o u l i l o t h e r w i s e ite u u e 011 i i« p o l i c i e s . , , . • , , . v, , , . • _ • _ • :Numerous attempt*have heretofore been Mmnecongous and Oga alias the worst

d to h R i h d b d | ln«liaj« "n«l« «" «'• » Ehey had a num-made to prove that Richmond was burnedby order of the Confederate Gen. Ewell,a Confederate officer having already tes-tilie.l that he fired the city by direct or-ders of Gen. Ewell. Ewell has alwaysrefused to give any evidence on thispoint, but, in the case now pending, theatorueys have entered into a stipulation,which is filed as a part of tlie record, inwhich this fact is admitted, and it is fur-ther asserted that Gen. Ewell causedtlie burning of the city iu obedi-ence to a statute of the ConfederateCongress, requiring the officer in com-mand at Richmond to set lire to the citywhenever it tell into tho hands of theUnion forces.— Washington Cor. Chi-cago Tribune.

A MICHIGAN farmer fed a large flock ofquails for six cold weeks, nt an expenseof $5, and then a boy and trap took thewhole lot.

Indians under the sun. They had a num-ber of United States Government mules,taken in the battle of the Little Horn.Black Moon and Long Dog, both notedcharacters, were among them. The Majortalked pretty plainly to them, and laiddown the laws, and told them if they re-mained in the British possessions theymust obey the laws. He asked them ifthey were here only for tlie winter seek-ing protection, and when spring comesto return to the other side oftlie line ami make war. Theyreplied that they were tired of war andnranted peace, and they had come heretoremain. They asked why he had enteredtheir camp in the manner so new to them.Tlie Major told them the children of theQueen were not afraid to go anywhere,as they did not think of danger in theircountry. They concluded that they hadgood Warts, and were brave. Theyseemed to have little or no respect for

Statistics for the year past.table tyears

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