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VOLUME XXXIIL ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1878. NUMBER 1674.

CRADLE-SONG OF THE TOOK.

BY ADELAIDE PBOCTOK.

Hush ! I cannot bear to see tneeStretch thy tiny hands in vain ;

Dear, I have no bread to give thee,Nothing, child, to ease thy pain !

When God sent thoe first to bless me,Proud and thankful, too, was I ;

Now, my darling, I, thy mother,Almost long to see thee die.

Sleep, my darling, thou art weary,God is good, but life is dreary.

I have "watched thy beauty fading,And thy strength, siuk day by day,

Soon, I know, will want and feverTake thy little life away.

Famine makoa thy father reckless;Hope has left both him and me;

We could Buffer all, my baby,Had we bnt a crust for thee.

Better thou should perish early,Starve so soon, my darling one,

Than in helpless gin and sorrowVainly live as I have done.

Better that thy angel spiritWith my joy, my peace, were flown,

Than thy heart grow cold and careless,Reckless, hopeless, like my own,

I am wasted, dear, with hunger,And iny brain is all opprest,

I have scarcely strength to press thee,Wan and feeble, to my breast.

Patience, baby, God will help us,Death will come to thee and me,

He will take us to His heaven,Where no want or pain can. be.

Such the plaint that, late and early,Did we listen, we might hear

Close betide us—but the thunderOf a city dulls our ear.

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Toward the close of a chilly afternoon,the latter part of November, I was

raveling in New Hampshire on horse-ack. The road was solitary and rugged,nd wound along through gloomy pine

forests, over abrupt and stony hills.Several circumstances conduced to mydiscomfort. I was not sure of my way,I had a hurt in my bridle hand, andevening was approaching, heralded byan icy rain and a cold, searching wind.I felt a sinking of spirits which I couldnot dispel by rapid riding, for my horse,fatigued by a long day's journey, refusedto answer spur and whip with his usualanimation. In an hour after, I was con-vinced that I had mistaken my road, andnight surprised me in the forest. I hadbeen in more unpleasant situations, so Iadopted my usual expedient of lettingthe reins fall upon my courser's neck.He, however, blundered on, with hisnose drooping to the ground, stumblingevery moment, though ordinarily as sure-footed as a roebuck. So we plodded onfor a mile, while the landscape grewdarker and darker.

At length, finding my horse less intel-ligent or mere despairing than myself, Ireturned the reins and endeavored tocheer my brute companion. To tell thetruth, I stood in need of something ex-hilarating myself. The somber air ofthe eternal pines struck a deathly gloomto my heart, as one by one they seemedto rise on my path, like} threateninggenii, extending their scathed limbs tomeet me. The rain, fine and cold, be-dewed me from head to loot, and I ques-tion if a more miserable pair of animalsever threaded their way through themazes of an enchanted forest. I thoughtof the comfortable home I had left formy forlorn pleasure excursion, of thatcheerful hearth around which my familywere gathered, of wine, music, love andthe thousand endearments I had left be-hind, and then I gazed into the recessesof the shadowy wood that closed aboutme, almost in despair.

I began to dread the apparition ofsome giant intruder, and was seriouslymeditating the production of a pair ofpistols, when my quick glance caughtthe glimmer of distant lights, twinklingthrough some opening in the trees, anddarting a beam of hope upon the wan-derer's soul. My reins were instantlygrasped, and my rowels were struck intothe sides of my charger. He snorted,pricked up his ears, erected his hea3,and sprung forth in an uncontrollablegallop. Up hill and down hill I prickedmy gallant giay; and, when the forestwas past, and his hoofs glinted on thestones of a street leading through a smallvillage, I felt an animation that I cannotwell describe. A creaking signboard,swinging in the wind on rusty irons, di-rected me to the only inn of the village.It was a two-story brick building, stand-ing a little back from the road. I drewrein at the door and dismounted frommy weary nag. My loud vociferationssummoned to my side a bulldog cursedwith a most unhappy disposition, and aliostler whose temper was hardly moreamiable. He took my poor, jaded horsewith an air of surly indifference, andajruffly directed me to the bar-room.

This apartment was tenanted by halfa dozen rough farmers, rendered savageand morose by incessantly imbibing al-©hol, and by the proprietor of the tav-

ern, a bluff man, with a portly paunch,x hard, gray eye, and a stern Caledonianlip. He welcomed me without muchirankness or cordiality, and I sank intoa wooden settle, eyed by the surly guestsof mine host, and the subject of sundrymuttered remarks. The group, as itwas lighted up by the strong red glareof the fire, had certainly a bandit ap-pearance, which, however delightful to

Salvator Rosa, was by no means invit-g to a quiet traveler, who had sought

the bosom of the hills for pleasure.After making a few remarks, which

elicited only monosyllables in answer, Irelapsed into silence, from which, how-iver, I was soon aroused by the entrance

of the surly hostler, who in no very gra-cious manner informed me that my horsewas lame, and likely to be sick. Thisintelligence produced a visit to thestable, and the conviction that I couldnot possibly resume my journey on theensuing day, which was somewhat dis-agreeable to a man who had taken up adecided prejudice against the inn andall its inmates.

Having succeeded in procuring a pri-vate room and a fire, I ignited an execra-3le cigar (ah ! how unlike thy principes,dear 8.), and endeavored to lose myself^ the agreeable occupation of castle-building while my supper was prepar-ing. Alas ! my fancy came not to mycall. I had lost my power of abstraction—the realities around me were too en-grossing. Ere the dying shriek of amajestic rooster had ceased to sound inmy ears, his remains were served up onmy table, together with a cup or two ofvery villainous gunp' wder tea and apitcher of cider, with coarse bread andbutter ad libitum. Supper was soondispatched, and in answer to a bell,lightly touohed, a vinegar-visaged wait-ing-maid, of the interesting age of 45, en-tered and removed the scarcely-touchedviands.

I ventured to address her, with a re-quest that I might be supplied with afew books, to enable me to while awaythe evening. I anticipated a literaryfeast from the readiness with which sherushed from the room; but she soon re-appeared, bringing only "Young'sNight Tftougbts " (very greasy), a vol-

ume of tales with the catastrophes tornout, a set of plays consisting only ofirst acts, and an odd number of th<-Ecleotio Magazine. This was sufficiently provoking; but I read a few page*and tried a second cigar and made th(tour of the apartment, examining a family mourning-piece worked in satin, tgenealogical tree done in worsted, anta portrait of the mutton-headed landlorcand his snappish wife. I counted thticks of the clock for half an hour, antwas finally reduced to the forlorn expedient of seeing likenesses in the burningsmbers.

When the clock struck 9 I rang forslippers and a guide to my bedroomand the landlord appeared, candle inhand, to usher me to my sleeping apart-ment. As I followed him up the creak-ing staircase, and along the dark upperentry, I could not help regretting thaifancy was unable to convert him into theseneschal of a baronial mansion, and theroom to which I was going into a haunted chamber. It seemed as if my surlyhost had the power of divining what waspassing in my mind, for, when he hadushered me into the room and placed thecandle on the light- stand, he said :

" I hope you'll sleep comfortable, forthere ain't many rats here, sir. And, asfor the ghost they say frequents thischamber, I believe that's all in my eye;though to be sure the window does lookout on the burial-ground."

" Umph ! a comfortable prospect."'' Very, sir; you have a fine view of

the Squire's new tomb and the poor-house, with awing of the jail behind thetrees. And I've stuck my second-besthat in that broken pane of glass, andthere's a chest of drawers to set againstthe door, so you'll be warm and freefrom intrusion. I wish you good-night,sir."

All that night I was troubled withstrange dreams, peopled by phantomsfrom the neighboring church-yard, buta bona-fide ghost I cannot say I saw. In;he morning I rose very early and tooka look from the window, but the pros-pect was very uninviting. The church-yard was a bleak, desolate place, over-grown with weeds, and studded withslate-stones, bounded by a ruinousbrick wall, and having an entrancethrough a dilapidated gateway. One ortwo melancholy-looking cows were feed-ing on the rank herbage that sprungfrom the unctuous soil. But afar, in themost distant part of the field, I espiedthe figure of a man who was busily oc-cupied in digging a grave.

There was something within that im-pelled me to stroll forth and accost him.I dressed, descended, and, having orderedbreakfast, left the inn, clambered overthe ruinous wall and stood within theprecincts of the burial-place. The spothad evidently been used for the purposeof sepulture for a number of years, forthe ground rose into numerous hillocks,and I could hardly walk a step withoutstumbling upon some grassy mound.Even when the perishable gravestoneshad been shattered by the hand of time,the length of the elevations enabled meto judge of the age of the deceased.This slight swell rose over the remainsof some beloved child, who had beencommitted to the dust with only thesimple ceremonies of the Protestant faith,

these lone hills, with a tone so strangeand stirring that the dead will stnrtfrom their graves at its first awful note.Then will come the judgment and theretribution. But to my tale. Lookthere, sir, on yonder hill, you may ob-serve a little isolated house, with a strag-gling fence in front, and a few stuntedapple trees on the ascent behind it. Itis sadly out of repair now, and the gar-den is all overgrown with weeds andbrambles, and the whole place has adesolate appearance. If the wind werehigh now, you might hear the old crazyshutters flapping against the sides, andthe wind tearing the gray shingles offthe roof. Many years ago there lived inthat house an old man and his son, whocultivated the few acres of arable landwhich belonged to it.

"The father was a self-taught man,deeply versed in the mysteries of sci-ence, and, as he could tell the name ofevery flower that blossomed in the woodand grew in the garden, and used to situp late nights over his books, or readingthe wonderful story of the starry heav-ens, men thought he was bewitched orcrazed, and avoided him, and even hatedhim, as the ignorant ever shun anddread the gifted and enlightened. Afew there were, nnd, among others, theminister and lawyer and physician ofthe place, who showed some willingnessto afford him countenance, but theysoon dropped his acquaintance, for theyfound the old man somewhat reservedand morose, and, moreover, theirvanitywas wounded by discovering the extentof his knowledge. To the minister hewould quote the fathers and the Script-ures in the original tongue, and showedlimself well armed with the weapons ofpolemic controversy. Ho astonished;he lawyer with his profound acquaint-ance with jurisprudence; and the phy-sician was surprised at the extent of hismedical knowledge. So they all desert-ed him, and the minister, from whomhe old man differed in some triflingjoints of doctrine, spoke very slighting-y of him; and by nnd by all lookedupon the self-educated farmer with eyesof aversion. But he little cared for that,or he derived his consolation from loftier•esources, and in the untracked paths ofscience found a pleasure as in the path-ess woods ! He instructed his son in.11 his lore—the languages, literature,listory, philosophy, science, were un-olded, one by one, to the enthusiasticjon of the solitary.

"Years rolled away, and the old manlied. He died when a storm convulsedhe face of nature, when the windlowled around his shattered dwellingind the lightning played above theoof ; and, though he went to heaven inaith and purity, the vulgar thought andaid that the evil one had claimed his)wn in the thunder and commotion ofhe elements.

I cannot paint to you the grief ofhe son at his bereavement. He was,or a time, as one distracted. The min-ster came and muttered a few cold andlollow phrases in his ear, and a few

neighbors, impelled by curiosity to seethe interior of the old man's dwelling,came to his funeral. With a proud andlofty look the son stood above the dustand the dead in the midst of the band ofhypocritical mourners, with a pang at

bedewed by the tears of parents, and | his heart, but a serenity on his brow.blessed by the broken voice of farewellaffection. This mound of larger dimen-sion was heaped above the giant frameof manhood. Some sturdy tiller ot thesoil, or rough dweller in the forest,cut off by a sudden casualty, had beenlaid here in his last leaden sleep—nomore to start at the rising beam of thesun, no more to rush to the glorious ex-citement of the hunt, no more to pant innoonday toil.

Over the whole field of the dead thereseemed to brood the spirit of desolation.Stern heads, rudely chiseled, grinnedfrom the gravestones, and frightful em-blems met the eye at every tarn. Herewas none of that simple elegance withwhich modern taste loves to invest thememorials of the departed; no gracefulacacias, or nodding elms, or sorrowingwillows shed their dews upon the turf—everything spoke of the bitterness ofparting ; of the agony of the last hour,of the passing away from earth—nothingof the reunion in heaven !

I passed on to where the grave-diggerwas pursuing his occupation. He an-swered my morning salutation civillyenough, but continued intent upon hiswork. He was a man of about 50 yearsof age, spare but strong, with gray hair,sunken cheeks, and certain lines aboutthe mouth which augured a propensity toindulge in dry jest, though the stern-ness of his gray eye seemed to contra-dict the tacit assertion.

"An unpleasant morning, sir, to workin the open air," said I.

"He that regardeth the clouds shallnot reap," replied the grave-digger, stillbusily plying his spade. "Death stalksabroad fair day and foul day, and wethat follow in his footsteps must preparefor the dead, rain or shine."

"A melancholy occupation.""A fit one for a moralist. Some would

find a pleasure in it. Deacon Giles, Iam sure, would willingly be in my placenow."

"And why so?""This grave is for his wife," replied

the grave-digger, looking up from hisoccupation with a dry smile that wrinkledhis sallow cheeks and distorted hisshrunken lips.

Perceiving that his merriment was notinfectious, he resumed his employment,and that so assiduously that in a veryshort time he had hollowed the last rest-ing-place of Deacon Giles' consort. Thisdone, he ascended from the trench witha lightness that surprised me, and, walk-ing a few paces from the new-madegrave, sat down upon a tombstone andbeckoned me to approach. I did so.

"Young man," said he, " a sextonand a grave-digger, if he is one who hasa zeal for his calling, becomes some-thing of a historian, amassing many acurious tale and strange legend concern-ing the people with whom he hasto do, living and dead. For aman with a taste for his pro-fession cannot provide for the last re-pose of his fellows without taking an in-terest in their story, the manner of deathand the concern of the relatives who fol-low their remains so tearfully to thegrave."

"Then," replied I, taking a seat be-side the sexton, "methinka you couldrelate some interesting tales."

Again the withering smile that I hadbefore observed passed over the face ofthe sexton, as he answered:

" I am no story-teller, sir; I deal infact, not fiction. Yes, yes, I couldchronicle some strange events. But ofall the things I know, there is nothingstranger than the melancholy history ofthe three brides."

" The three brides?"" Ay. Do you see three hillocks yon-

der, side by side ? There they sleep,and will till the last trumpet comes wail-ing and -wailing through the heart of

He thanked his friends for their kind-ness, acknowledged their courtesy, andthen strode away from the grave to buryhis grief in the privacy of his deserteddwelling.

"He found, at first, the solitude ofthe mansion almost insupportable, andhe paced the echoing floors from morn-ing till night, in all the agony of woeand desolation, vainly imploring Heavenfor relief. It came to him first in theguise of poetic inspiration. He wrotewith a wonderful ease and power. Pageafter page came from his prolific pen,almost without an effort; and there wasa time when he dreamed (vain fool!) ofimmortality. Some of his productionscame before the world. They werepraised and circulated, and inquirieswere set on foot in the hope of discover-ing the author. He, wrapped in theveil of impenetrable obscurity, listenedto the voice of applause, more deliciousbecause it was obtained by stealth.From the obscurity of yonder lone man-sion, and from this remote region, tosend forth lays which astonished theworld was, indeed, a triumph to thevisionary bard.

"His thirst for fame was gratified,and now he began to yearn for the com-panionship of some sweet being of theother sex, to share the laurels he hadwon, to whisper consolation in lib earin moments of despondency, and to sup-ply the void which the death of his oldfather had occasioned. He would pict-ure to himself the felicity of a refinedintercourse with a highly-intellectualand beautiful woman, and, as he hadchosen ft,r his motto, " what has beendone may still be done," he did notdespair of success.

"In this village lived three sisters, allbeautiful and all accomplished. Theirnames were Mary, Adelaide and Made-leine. I am far enough past the age ofenthusiasm, but never can I forget thebeauty of those young girls. Mary wasthe youngest, and a fair-haired, morelaughing damsel never danced upon agreen. Adelaide, who was a few yearsolder, was dark-haired and pensive ; butof the three, Madeleine, the eldest, pos-sessed the most fire, spirit, cultivationand intellectuality.

"Their father was a man of taste andeducation; and, being somewhat abovevulgar prejudices, permitted the visitsof the hero of my story. Still, he didnot altogether encourage the affectionwhich he found springing up betweenMary and the poet. When, however, hefound that her affections were engaged,he did not withhold his consent fromher marriage, and the recluse bore to hissolitary mansion the young bride of hisaffections. Oh, sir, the house assumeda new appearance within and without.Roses bloomed in the garden, jessaminespeeped through its lattices, and the fieldsabout it smiled with the effects of care-ful cultivation. Lights were seen in thelittle parlor in the evening, and many atime would the passenger pause by thegarden-gate to listen to strains of thesweetest music, breathed by choralvoices from the cottage. If the myste-rious student and his wife were neglect-ed by their neighbors what cared they ?Their endearing and mutual affectionmade their home a little paradise. Butdeath came to Eden. Mary fell sudden-ly sick, and, after a few hours' illness,died in the arms of her husband andher sister Madeleine. This was the stu-dent's second heavy affliction.

"Days, months rolled on, and theonly solace of the bereaved was to sitwith the sisters of the deceased and talkof the lost one. To Adelaide, at length,he offered his widowed heart. She cameto his lone house like the dove, bearingthe olive-branoh of peaoo and consola-tion. Their bridal was not one of revel-ry and mirth, tot ft «uj

brooded over the hour. Yet they livechappily; the husband again smiled, andwith a new spring, the roses again biossomed in their garden. But it seemecas if a fatality pursued this singularman. When the rose withered and thleaf fell, in the mellow autumn of theyear, Adelaide, too, sickened and died,like her younger sister, in the arms o:her husband and of Madeleine.

" Perhaps you will think it strange,young man, that, after all, the wretchecsurvivor stood again at the altar. Buthe was a mysterious being, whose wayswere inscrutable, who, thirsting for do-mestic bliss, was doomed ever to seekand never to find it. His third bridewas Madeleine. I well remember her.She was a beauty, in the true sense ofthe word. It may seem strange to youto hear the praise of beauty from suchlips as mine; but I cannot avoid expa-tiating upon hers. She might have satupon a throne, and the most loyal sub-ject, the proudest peer, would havesworn the blood within her veins haddescended from a hundred Kings. Shewas a proud creature, with a tall, com-manding form, and raven tresses thatfloated, dark and cloud-like, over hershoulders. She was a singularly-giftedwoman, and possessed of rare inspira-tion. She loved the widower for hispower and his fama, and she weddedhim. They were married in that church.It was on a summer afternoon—I recol-lect it weli. During the ceremony, theblackest cloud I ever saw overspreadthe heavens like a pall, and, at the mo-ment when the third bride pro-nounced her vow, a clap of thundershook the building to the center. Allthe females shrieked, but the bride her-self made the response, with a steadyvoice, and her eyes glittered with wildfire as she gazed upon the bridegroom.He remarked a kind of incoherence inher expressions as they rode homeward,which surprised him at the time. Ar-rived at his house, she shrunk upon thethreshold; but this was the timidity of amaiden. When they were alone heclasped her hand—it was as cold as ice!He looked into her face.

" ' Madeleine,' said he, 'what meansthis ? Your cheeks are as pale as yourwedding-gown. What is the matter?'

" The bride uttered a frantic shriek." ' My wedding-gown !' exclaimed she;

'no, no—this—this is my sister's shroud!The hour for conftssion has arrived. Itis God that impels me t i speak. To winyou I have lost my soul! Yes—yes—Iam a murderess ! She smiled upon mein the joyous affection of her youngheart—but I gave her' the fatal drug !Adelaide twined her white arms aboutmy neck, but I administered the poison!Take me to your arms; I have lost mysoul for you, and mine must you be !'

" She spread her long, white arms, andstood like a maniac before him," said thesexton, rising, in the excitement of themoment, and assuming the attitude hedescribed; " and then," continued he, ina hollow voice, and shaddering at therecollection, "at that moment came thethunder and the flash, and the guiltywoman fell dead on the floor."

The countenance of the narrator ex-pressed all the horror that he felt.

" And the bridegroom," asked I; "thehusband of the destroyer and the vic-tims—what became of him ?"

"He stands beforethrilling answer.

you was the

" Long John" Wentworth.Long John was lightly resting on the

simple but substantial chair which sup-ports his ethereal form in his office yes-terday afternoon when there entered,with a slow, uncertain step, an elderlyman, who looked as if he had never seenbetter days.

" I kem up to thank ye, Mr. Went-worth, for a favor ye done me the firsttime you was Mayor. I've had it on mymind for some time, 'an I thought I'dcome down an' tell you. But maybe yedon't remember me ?"

"No, I don't," said Mr. Wentworth."You see I've been Mayor several times,and, as I gave my time to the businessand have been very busy ever since*, Ican't remember every one I met. Whatdid I do for you ?"

"I t was just like this : The fust timeyou was Mayor I started down to youroffice one day to ask a favor. I met youon the street an' said I was goin' to theMayor's office, an' says you, ' This is theMayor's office; I take it right aroundwith me. What do you want ?' says you.Says I, ' I want a pardon for my boy,who is in the Bridewell,' an' then I toldyou how he kuin there.

"You just took a piece of paper an'reached down an' wrote on my shoulder,an' gev it to me.

" I went to the Bridewell an' give itto the man an' sat down. When I sawthe boy wasn't comin' I asked why theydelayed, and said I'd brought a pardonfrom Long John. They asked me if I'dread the paper, an' I said 'No.' Theygev it to me, an' it read :

" Give thiB mau his son when his term ia out." J. WENTWOBTH, Mayor.

" So I went home, an' the boy camewhen his term was out. He hadn't beenlong home till I made up my mind thatyou was right in not letting him gosooner, and since then I've kim to theconclusion that it 'ud have bin better ifyou ordered him kept there ever since.So I thought I'd just drop in an' thankyou for not lettin' him out when I askedyou."—Chicago Times.

Slaughtering the Buftalo in Texas.The town of Gi'iffin is supported by

buffalo-hunters, and is their generalrendezvous in this section. The num-ber of hunters on the ranges this seasonis estimated at 1,500. We saw at Griffin

plat of ground of about four acrescovered with buffalo hides spread out todry, besides a large quantity piled upfor shipment. These hides are worth,in this place, from $1 to $1.60 each.The generally-accepted idea of the ex-citing chase in buffalo-hunting is not theplan pursued by the men who make it aregular business. They use the needle-gun with telescope, buy the powder bythe keg, their lead in bulk, and theshells, and make their own cartridges.The guns in a party of hunters are usedby only one or two men, who say theyusually kill a drove of thirty or fortybuffaloes on ODe or two acres of ground.As soon as one is killed the whole herd,smelling the blood, collect around thedead body, snuffing and pawing up theground, and uttering a singular noise.The hunter continues to shoot themdown as long as he can remain concealed,or until the last animal "bites thedust." The buffalo pays no attention tothe report of the gun, and flees only atsight or scent of his enemy. The oth-ers of the party then occupy themselvesin "peeling." Some ef these have be-come so skillful they orfer to bet theycan skin a 5 or 6-yenr-old bull in fiveminutes. The meat is also saved andsent to market, and oQinmands a goodprice.^Shackelford, founty Letter toOalveUm News.

THE CIVIL SERVICE.The Outlines of Representative Harrison'o

Bill.

The following is a synopsis of the newbill for reforming the civil service, pre-pared by Mr. Harrison, of Illinois, Chair-man of the House Committee on CivilService :

Section 1 provides for the creationof a Department of Civil Service, withfive Commissioners, to be appointed bythe President and confirmed by the Sen-ate, no more than three of which shallbelong to any one political party. Theirterms are arranged so that no appoint-ments can be made except at the middleof a Presidential term, the Commission-er having the shortest term to be at thehead of the department.

Section 2 provides that the Presidentmay fill vacancies caused by death oiresignation.

Section 3 fixes the salary of the headCommissioner at $5,000, and the othersat §4,000.

Section 4 provides that the Commis-sioners may be removed by the Presi-Jent for cause with the consent of theSenate in open session.

Section 5, that the Commissionersshall make rules for regulating the civilservice; shall constantly watch tho dif-ferent branches of the Government ser-vice, and see that they are running at aminimum as to numbers and expense;shall examine, or cause to be examined,ill applicants, and shall not be guided

political services or influence.Section 6 provides that the Commis-

sioners shall divide the United States in-.o districts, and provide for examinationsn each at stated times after public no-ice; that the power may be delegatedn remote parts of the country to exam-ners, in which case applicants shall pay£5 for examination. Members of bothlouses of Congress shall be notified of;he examinations within their own dis-trict.

Section 7 provides that the act shallipply to all officers except Ambassadors,Ministers, Consuls, heads of departmentsand Postmasters.

Section 8, which is perhaps the mostsignificant section of the bill, provides;hat Representatives in Congress maymake nominations for appointments tooffice irom among persons resident in.heir respective districts, who shall haveresided there a year, and possess theequisite moral and other qualities.Provision is made that they may recom-

mend persons whom they don't knowlpon the testimony of persons, for whomhey can vouch. All recommendationsmust be in writing, signed by the per-sons recommending all applications,must be written in the handwriting of.he applicant, setting forth age, past vo-cation, physical condition, and mentalcapacity. In the event that less thaniwenty nominations shall be made foreach office to be filled by a member ofCongress, then the Commissioners mayreceive application in writing from anypersons in the district.

The remaining sections of the bill pro-vide for competitive examination for pro-Dotion in all departments, and prescribehat vacancies in the departments areonly to be filled by promotion, savewhere the need of experts or peculiarionditions may make a contrary course

necessary. The Civil Service Depart-ment is to supply all the other depart-ments with lists of clerks from which.ppointments can only be made, and is.o assume the responsibility for remov-

als for cause. Original appointmentsare to be made on not more than sixmonths' probation, when the probation-ers are to be placed on a permanent rollrom which they never can be removed

except for cause. This roll is to consti-ute the permanent civil service of theGovernment. No appointments are toe made for political purposes, and no

jolitical assessments are to be paid orlemanded, on the penalty of dismissal.

andn Oil-Pipe Line Two HundredThirty Miles Long.

The seaboard pipe-line to run fromSutler, Pa., to Baltimore, is reportedure to be built during the comingeason, the entire right of way havingteen obtained, and lands purchased forefineries and barrel manufactories onBaltimore harbor. The distance which;he line is to run is 230 miles. The fol-owing particulars as to its constructionire given : The pipes will be four and

half feet below the surface of theground. They will be made of boiler-ron, lap-welded and galvanized, so as tose impervious to the action of the oil,and not rust. The line to Baltimore isdesigned to be a trunk line, with con-

nections from the Pennsylvania ter-ninus and from different points on theoute. Its transporting capacity will be000 barrels per day, and it will operate

ncessantly, day and night. The quan-ily proposed to be taken to Baltimoreannually is about 2,000,000 barrels ofcrude oil. The company will proceedwith the work immediately after theclose of the winter, and expect to havehe line laid the entire distance duringho coming summer. There are rumorshat the Standard Oil Company will laycompeting line.

An Unfailing Sign." What makes you think they're en-

aged, Mrs. Berkley ?" asked the neigh-bor. "Has Julia's mother ever inti-mated anything of the kind to you ?"

"Oh, dear, gracious, no. She neverso much as hinted it," replied Mrs.Berkley.

'' Then what makes you think it's allsettled between 'em ? It ain't over threemonths since he commenced waiting onler."

"That don't make any difference—hey've known each other for two orhree years. She's as likely a girl as

any—not bad looking, and he's —""Yes—yes; all tiue enough. But

what makes you think they're engaged ?Chat's what puzzles me."

" Why, la, bless you, I know it as wells if I'd heard the whole bargain with

my own ears."" Go on—go on."" Yes, as I was saying, last Sunday

if ternoon my Marthy met 'em out walk-ug together, and stopped to chat withem a minute. As soon as she got homeand told me they had both been eatingonions, I knew it was all arranged, and[ shan't be a bit surprised to hear anyday that the cards are out for a speedywedding. A sign like that never fails.—

'indnnati Braakfast Table.

A Brave Woman.A little Eureka (Nev.) woman awoke

the other night to find a burglar pros-pecting her room for valuables. TheSentinel says: "She lay very quietlyuntil he had concluded his labors andtransferred operations to the adjoiningparlor, when she quietly arose, armedtierself with a revolver which her hus-band had provided her with, and whiohwas snugly enaoonsed under her pillow,and tip-toed jnto his presence. Cover-

ing him with the weapon, without a tre-mor in her voice, she commanded him todisgorge his plunder. There was bloodin her eye and determination in hervoice, and the bold burglar weakened atonce. He deposited on the center-tablea bracelet, gold chain, and pair ofearrings, all that he had managed to se-cure thus far, and meekly listened to aspirited lecture which the lady deliveredimpromptu. She wound up her addressby expressing a regret that her scantytoilet prevented her from escorting himto the jail, and ordered him out of thehouse. He did not stand upon the or-der of his going, but went at once.

DEATH OF THE TOPE.Last Hours of the Aged Pontiff—The End

Peaceful—Mourning in Borne Over theEvent.

[Rome Cor. New York Herald.]

Borne, with her tears for King VictorEmmanuel scarcely dried, with the garbof royal mourning just laid by, is calledupon to weep afresh over the death of anaged priest and King, whose benign swaywas acknowledged by nigh 200,000,000souls over the wide world. The officialsof Humbert I. move solemnly about thecity. There is the atmosphere of gloomabout the Quirinal palace, whence sooften in the olden days the Pope nowdead had blessed the Romans, and wherenow the Princes of the house of Pied-mont have their abode. The churchesare thronged by votaries, and tears areailing from many eyes and prayers are

rising from many lips. Along the Corsomd Botonda the loungers gather inmots, chat, and ask details. In theneighborhood of the Vatican and thejreat basilica of St. Peter anxious crowdsare questioning everybody with the leastippearance of possessing information.3o often has the story of the Pope'sdeath been told that some are incredu-

s!,;ll. The police and municipalguards prevent too close an approach tothe Vatican. But the story is true.Death has come at last to relieve theaged Pontiff from his sufferings. Dur-ing the first day of the week the Pope'scondition had been so much improvedthat the liveliest hopes of a prolongedamelioration were entertained. 8b muchwas his Holiness improved yesterdaythet he was able to walk a few steps sup-ported by two prelates. It is now believedthat this exertion was fatal. Last nightthe patient Was seized with alarmingsymptoms of weakness. At 4 o'clock thismorning the change in his condition wasso marked that it was at once seen bythe attending physicians that the mortal ]struggle would soon be over. It was jthe death agony—the mercifully mild jdeath agony of an old, old man. The jCardinal-Vicar and all the resident Car- Jdinals were summoned to the Vatican.It was scarcely day when the greater |part of the College had assembled. The .last sacraments were administered to the 'dying Pope by the Cardinal Parebianco. IAn order was issued to prevent any per-son not especially authorized from hav- iing access to the Pope's department. [Egress from the Vatican was also pro- Ihibited, the guard strictly enforcing thisorder. Prayers were ordered and offered 'in all the churches of Rome. So themorning moved slowly on, in momentaryexpectation of the Pope's demise. Allthe necessary arrangements were quicklymade. The foreign Cardinals were noti-fied. During the forenoon all the Am- 'bassadors accredited to the Papal Courtballed to make inquiries. King Hum-bert, too, not unmindful of the dyingPope's solicitude for his father duringthe late King's last moments, constantly isent for information. From the momentof their arrival at the Vatican, the Car-dinals were assembled in council in theroom next to that of the dying Pope, butall together, with the dignitaries of thePapal Court, were at his bedside at themoment of his death, which occurred ata few minutes before 5 in the afternoon.The end was peaceful.

An Enterprising Reporter.A fashionable young lady of the South

Side, a Miss Hutchinson, was to be mar- !ried to Mr. Noble Judah. Grand prepara- jtions had been made. Kinsley received junlimited orders for a banquet, the bestorchestra was engaged, the dear 500were bidden, and the trousseau was said |to be gorgeous. The day came—so didthe reporters, anxious for the fray. 'Papa Hutchinson was interviewed.Short, crisp and not at all sweet was hisreply: "Nothing of the sort, sir;nothing of the sort—man's house hiscastle," etc. Miss Hutchinson was in-terviewed. " Oh, no ; she coiild notthink of such a thing." Nothing was tobe said about it in the papers, and shewould rather burn it all up than have astitch of her outfit mentioned. The re-fusals were more decided than court-eous, and ire was aroused in the soul ofa Times reporter, who resolved to re-port that wedding or die. I give thestory as it was told me. The brilliantyouth departed; and, after consultingwith a woman of wit, called on the fash-ionable modiste who had made the trous-seau, and beguiled her, iu considerationof an immense puff ($100), to give himthe particulars. She did so, and, notonly that, but, having access to thehouse, could furnish a tolerably correctlist of presents. Two important itemsbeing provided for, the enterprisingyouth, when the shades of night cameon, calmly seated himself on the curb-stone in front of the Hutchinson man-

, and interviewed each coachinan ashe deposited his fair and fashionablefreight at the door. Consequence, agoodly list of names. A fertile imagi-nation did the rest, and the Times cameout in the morning with a four-columnreport.

The Hutchinsons raved and were as-tounded. The other papers were furi-ous at the "scoop," and—most laugha-ble of all—some one started the storythat Hutchinsou pere had paid for thenotice, his unpopularity tempting thepress to ignore the affair. How bitterthis last pill was to the Hutchinson pal-ate may be imagined.—Chicago Cor.Cincinnati Enquirer.

Revised Statutes.Ex-Senator Boutwell has completed

his revision of the United States stat-utes, and the codification he has pre-pared has been carefullj examined andapproved by Secretary Evarts. Th6manuscript is now in type at the Gov-ernment printing office, but will not beready for publication for two months yet.

AN odd figure in the ceremony of theBarnett-Shoemaker wedding, at Balti-more, was that of the bride's train-bear-er. This was "Mammy Gracie," anancient colored woman, who has caredfor the youngsters of three generationsin the Shoemaker family. She marchedproudly up the aisle, with a new ban-danna handkerchief of gorgeous colorson her head, and when the party reachedthe altar Majnmy Qracie took h pr standbeside tht; PresKlfiot of the jlnitedfl

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around the Farm.SALT is very important for animals.

Large pieces of rock salt put into themangers and feeding troughs are recom-mended. One-half the ash of animalblood consists of salt; without the latterthe blood cannot be natural or in ahealthy state.

• THE PEACH-THEE BOBEK.—Placingleached ashes around the base of treeswas recommended as a means of prevent-ing the beetle which lays the eggs fromdepositing them. The ashes were firstapplied as a manure, and this effect wasaccidentally discovered.—Moore's Ru-ral.

VALUABLE MANUEE.—It is estimatedthat fifty head of poultry will makemore than enough manure for an acre ofland—seven cwt. of guano being the us-ual quantity applied per acre, and poul-try manure being even richer than gua-no in ammonia and fertilizing salts. Noother stock will give an equal return inthis way, and these figures demand care-ful attention from the large farmer.

SHELTER YOTJK FARM IMPLEMENTS.—Every farmer not only wants shelter forhis hay, corn and other grain—for hiscattle, horses, mules, sheep and swine • -but he wants shelter for his plows, har-rows, cultivators, reapers and mowers,wagons, carts, etc. Has the farmer goodshelter for all these? If not, now isthe time and now is the hour to providethis shelter. Lose no time in doing it.The snow and the cold rain-storms arehere. Make comfortable everythingyou have.

FOB DISCUSSION.—Sanitary laws forour homes. What farmers' gardens areand what they should be. Small fruitsfor family use. Trees for the lawn, thefarm, the roadside. The adaptation offruits to soils. The best evergreens forhome decoration?. The best trees forsmall grounds. The value of experi-ments in the farm and garden. The val-ue of botanical studies to country chil-dren. These are topics which we thinkworthy of discussion at our farmers'clubs, agricultural and horticultural con-ventions, and in the family circle.—Ru-ral New Yorker.

SELECTING SEED CORN.—There is adifference, if we notice it, in the eara,which can be seen when husking, somoears being much harder to break offthan others. And herein lies the secret:Those with ,the large, tough stems arethe male or bastard ears, which I nevertake for seed, no matter how large theear; but those which are somewhat hol-low and small in the stem end are thefemale, and the only kind that shouldbe taken for seed. This being the trueway of picking out seed-corn, it is of nomatter whether it be the top or bottomear, as it is all one. We very well knowthat mixture or fertilizing between themale and female stalks takes place in thelater stages of their growth.—German-town Telegraph.

How TO BUILD A POULTRY HOUSE.-We adviss every man to build a henneryon the same principle that a farmerwould build a barn: first for comfort,second for convenience, and then add asmuch for elegance and style as he iswilling to pay for. The plan TO wouldadopt for a poultry house is this: Buildon a southerly slope, if you can. Digout for a back wall, to be cemented up;then lay upon it a shed roof, the roofand sides shingled, with tarred paperbetween the boards and shingles. Itshould be ten feet high in the front andfive in the rear. On the inside have awalk three feet wide running the wholelength, high enough from the ground tolet the fowls under, to scratch and goout into the yard. Lay a floor over therest with the roosts on the back part,with the shelves under them to catch thedroppings, so arranged as to be removedand cleaned once a week. The nests forlarge hens should be a foot high, andsmall at the entrance, running baot tworeet. With such nests as these hens sel-dom learn to set eggs. Fasten the nestson the partition whioh separates thewalk from the coop. A building thirtyfeet long and fifteen feet wide may beseparated into three rooms, large enoughfor twenty-five fowls to a room. Such abuilding can be put up for $50, and isworth as much for all practical purposesas the most elegant building, whileeverybody that can afford to keop goodfowls can afford such a hennery.—Bos-ton Transcript.

About the House.

ADD your fuel to the fire slowly.HERRINGS are very strengthening.Do NOT make your bread too light.STALE bread may be steamed into

freshness.SCALDED skimmed milk will go as far

as fresh milk.SALT meats should be simmered; they

should not be fiercely boiled.To PREVENT SCORCHING.—To prevent

scorching, the secret is simply to keep abasin or cup of water in the oven. Thesteam generated not only preventsscorching, but makes the meat cooknicer.

DESTROYER OF BED BUGS.—The quick-est and best oure for them, I find, is towash the bedstead with cold water andthen sprinkle well with red or best blackpepper, and also sprinkle well wherethere is any sign of bugs.

CHOCOLATE CAKE.—Two cups of sugar,one cup of butter, four eggs, one cup ofmilk, scant three cups of flour, twoheaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder,bake in layers. For the chocolate mixt-ure, grate one cake of sweet chocolate;beat the whites of two eggs to a stifffroth and add a cup of powdered sugar.

To GET RID OF BIRD LICE.—To keepinsects off birds put the least little bitof kerosene oil under each wing, say asmuch as remains on the little finger afteryou have let the drop fall off; do thisevery ten days until all are removed; .clean the cage well every day; scour itin hot water; use powdered borax, butno soap.

To PURIFY THE COMPLEXION.—Eat anorange or two every morning beforebreakfast, drink plenty of lemonade notsweetened; never drink tea, coffee, norany kind of stimulants; do not use soapon the face or neck; take a sponge bathevery morning, either cold or tepid, inwater made soft with powdered borax, ateaspoonful in a quart of water.

POUND CAKE. — Eight eggs beatenseparately; not quite one pound of but-ter; one pound of powdered sugar; notquite one pound of prepared flour, orflour with two heaping teaspoonfuls ofbaking powder. Beat the yelks, sugarand butter together, then add the beat-en whites an<F flour by degrees, alter-nating till both are stirred in; flavorwith lemon.

HARD SOAP.—Pour four gallons ofboiling water on to four pounds ofwashing soda, and three pounds of un-slacked lime; let it stand until clear andthen drain off; place it on tiie fire in aniron pot; put in six pounds of good,clean fat; boil two hours—stir most ofthe time; pour one gallon of cold wateron to the mixture of soda and lime thathas been oace used; let it settle clear,and add this cold solution t> the boilingsoap whenever it is in danger of boilingover; add only a pint or so at a time; trythe soap by cooling a little in a saucer;about thirty minutes before removingfrom the fire, add four ounces of borax;wet a tub to prevent sticking; turnm thesoap and let it stand uutil solid; cut intobars.

MEHEMET ALI explains that the Bashi-Bazouks are the worst ballast a Turkisharmy can carry, their primary object be-ing plunder, and their ulterior aim tolodge their plunder in safety. The oldGeneral says their room \tm always bet«

i ter than thmr company,

f pn FRIDAY, FEB11UARY 15, 1878.

CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY sailod fromNew York on Saturday last, by theliimnn steamer City of New York, toattend the Conclave at Borne and aid inthe election of the successor to PopePius IX.

THE. Cotnruou Council of Detroit re-quested the controller to half-mast theflag on the City Hall for three days, "asa token of respect to the memory oPope Pius I X : which came near throw-ing the Post and Tribune into connip-tions.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, whose receninoiuiiiittiun by President Hayos to beCollector of the port of New York, wasrejected by the Senate, died on Sundaylast. He was one of the most enter-prising, public-spirited, and charitablecitizens of his native city.

JUDUE WHEELEK, of the NineteenthCircuit, will resign to accept the officeof postmaster at Ludington. lie saysthat his resignation is caused by the"small salary attached to tho office.'On the 1 lth inst., at the opening of theterm in Manistee, he was presented agold watch valued at $150.

GILES B. STEBBIXS, of Detroit, hav-ing arrived at "Washington " to opposeWood's Tariff bill" the frieuds of reve-nuo Toform may as well give up anyhope of getting it from tho presentCongress. That distinguished senti-mental essayist will be sure to fixthings.

THAT greenback convention held atJackson last week did a very dis-creet thing in empowering the contra]committee to nominate candidates forJustice of the Supremo Court and Ke-gents of the University. Had nomina-tions been made by the convention thecandidates may have bolted the partyor died before the date of the election—April 7, 1879.

REPORT from Washington says thatHon, Wm. A. Howard, the Nestor of theMichigan Republicans, has consentedto accept the position of Governor ofDakota. And that is the best that canbe done for the man whose foresightand judgment aud skill wheeled thewhole Michigan delegation at Cincin-nati into lino just in time to secure thenomination of Hayes: certain evidencethat places are not being given out as areward for political services,—unlessrendered at New Orleans or Florida orCharleston or beforo that ElectoralCommission after the people had electedTilden.

SHEK.MAN, Matthews, Hale, Garfield& Co. have organized themselves into asupreme court and telegraphed to NewOrleans a reversal of the decision in theAnderson case, or as tho telegram hasit: "Earnestly protesting his innocenceof any frauds and denouncing the trialand conviction as the exhibition of bit-ter sectional partisanship." Anotherillustration of the rule that the beatenparties in a law suit can think and speakevil of tho court that differed fromthem, or of that trite proverb, "Norogue e'er felt the halter draw withgood opinion of the law." We haveheard of just such cases nearer home.

the last year a large num-ber of criminals have been convictedin the courts of this State, criminals ofall grades, shades, and conditions: con-victed, sentenced, and sent to prison.And we have yet to hear of members ofthe Cabinet, of the Senate, and of theHouse, telegraphing to them letters ofsympathy ; or of Cabinet meetings be-ing held to discuss their grievances;or of the President espousing theircause, and saying : "As grave consti-tutional questions may be involved, inwhich the General Government mayhave a right to interfere, the Presidentsubmits the subject to the Attorney-General for his consideration." Haveviolators of the law more rights inLouisiana than in Michigan 'i Or hasthe State of Louisiana less right thanMichigan to deal with her criminals ?Which is it?

THE Post and Tribune is never so hap-py as when it can get in a first class digat the President. This spasm of ecstaticjoy was caused by the report of Con-gressman Willits' recent interview withthat dignitary : " We are again toldthat the President will not appoint anymore Democrats to important offices, inplacos where competent and acceptableRepublicans can be found for the posi-tions. There have been RepublicanPresidents who had such confidence intheir own party that they did not re-quire eleven months schooling and dis-ciplino to enable them to arrive at sucha conclusion." And this just after thesponsor or god-father of the Post andTribune has had a sop thrown tohim in the reappointment of that modelcivil service reformor "Judge" Edmundsto bo postmaster at Washington. Un-kind, wery !

THE advocates of tho unconditionalremonetization of silver assert that thatmetal is at a discount simply because ofthe "iniquitous act of 1873," and thatremonetization will immediately bringup the price of silver and mali)e silvercoin on a par with gold. Do these mensuppose that an act of Cougross demon-etizing gold would bring down the priceof that metal in the great money cen-ters and commercial marts of the world ?The effect of such a law of Congresswould be just about equivalent to a res-olution establishing the price of wheator corn, or one declaring that a horse isan ox. A law can fix the nominal valueof the coin, but the makers of that lawmust bo governed by the actual or mar-ket value of the metal or they will leg-islate in vnin. In fact, the clamorersfor " cheap money " want silver romon-etized because of the cheapness of themetal and not because the silver dollarcan be maintained at par with the golddollar. It is " cheap money " aud theprofit on it they want. It is GOOD moneywo favor: just as good money for theday laborer as for the bond-holder.

TOUCHING the resignation of JudgoVan Zile, of the Fifth Judicial Circuit,and tho manner of filling the vacancy,a correspondent of the Post and Tribune,writing from Marshall, says :

"The District Judicial Committee had ameeting at Battle Creek, and was divided inopinion, whether an election should be huldor not. The secretary of the committoe wasinstructed to correspond with the Governorand ascertain his Excellency's opinion aboutthe matter. The Governor, we are informed,consulted with several prominent attorneys,and then informed the committee, that in hisopinion an election for Circuit Judgo couldnot legally be held until the general electionin the fall."

It can scarcely be possible that thoGovernor has taken the position assignedto him. Sec. 14 of Art. VI of the Con-stitution says of a vacancy in the officeof circuit judge that " it shall bo filledby appointment of the Governor, whichshall continue until a successor is elect-ed and qualified," and Seo. 37 of Art. Vauthorizes the Legislature to doclarothe manner of filling all vacancies"where no provision is made for thatpurpose in the Constitution." Nothingin the Constitution requires a circuitjudge to fill a vacancy to be elected at"the general fall election."

Now the Legislature has "declared'or provided as follows :

"Special elections may be held in the fol-lowing cases, aud for the election of the fol-lowing officers, viz:

1. When a vacancv shall occur in the ofliceof Senator or Representative in the StateLegislature, Representative in Congress, Judgeof the circuit or district court," etc.—Sec. 3S,QotnpiUd Laws of 1871.

" No special election shall be held withinthroe months next preceding a general elec-tion, except in cases where tho Governor shallorder a spocial election." Sec. 36, CompiledLaws.

Here is certainly authority for hold-ing a special election for a circuit judgeand no prohibition against GovernorCroswell ordering such special electionto be held at any time and on any dayhe pleases. Nor can section 41 of thoCompiled Laws, as amended by Act No.24 of the sossion laws of 1875, bo possi-bly construed to impose any restrictionupon the power or discretion cf theGovernor. I t simply makes it the dutyof the Secretary of State to give noticeof a filing of a vacancy in this andcertain other offices at the " nextgeneral election " in case the Governorhas not filled the vacancy by appoint-ment or neglects to order a special elec-tion. That and nothing more. Theday of the April election is certainly afitting day and time, and by no possi-ble reasoning or sophistry even can itbe held that the day of the "generalfall election " cau alone be selected. Ifit is desired that the Governor appointa successor to Judge Van Zile insteadof permitting tho peoplo to elect himsome better reason should be assignedthan the one we have quoted. I t isentirely too transparent.

AT A RECEXT Farmers' Institute heldat Mason, Hon. R. E. Trowbridge dis-cussed the tariff and its proposed re-vision. He is reported as saying : "Atariff is a tax on foreign productionsand foreigners have no right to com-plain." A tariff may or may not be atax on foreign productions,—that is.itmay be so skillfully adjusted as to ex-clude foreign productions entirely andenable the American producer to levy a

x. not to support the Government butfor his own benefit, on the Americanconsumer. And that is the aim andend of a protective tariff, while a reve-nue tariff—the only tariff Congress hasa constitutional or moral right to levy—is naturally placed upon articles—man-ufactured fabrics or produots of thesoil—which will and must be imported,and the tax or tariff for importingwhich will go into the vaults of thecustom-house, instead of merely operat-ng to keep out importations in thenterest of the home producer. The

great mass of consumers would havetheir eyes opened should Congress di-rectly and openly tax them for the ben-efit of iron, copper, steel, wool or anyother interest, and appropriate the pro-ceeds of tho tax directly from the treas-ury for the aid and benefit of thoseother businesses. And they shouldopen their eyes to the methods in which;hey are secretly being bled for thesole benefit of various manufacturingand producing classes under tho slim>retext of supporting the Government.

WHEN Secretary Sherman, speakingf the trial and convicUon of Return-ng-Board Anderson, said,—" The pro-

ceeding against him is called an ' infor-mation,' and is expressly prohibited ina8es of felony by the Constitution ofhe United States, and most of thoStates, but is provided for by the law ofLouisiana," did he mean to intimatehat the proceeding by " information'

was an unconstitutional and illegiti-mate one ? If not, what pertinence washere in the remark ? In Michigan, for

nearly twenty years, felons of nearly allrades, including murderers, have boen>roceeded against by " information,"nd in all that time not a grand jurylas been drawn or an indictment found,lave the Michigan courts and Michi-

gan judges been continually violating;he Constitution '•

GIOVANNI MARIA MASTAI-FERRKTTI_

jorn May 13, 1792, ordained deaconand priest in 1818, appointed Arch->ishop of Spoleto in 1827 and Arch>ishop of Iinola in 1830, in 1840 aplointod Cardinal, and in 1846 (June 1(5)lected Pope, died on February 7, fullf years and honors. The life of PiusX has been a long and eventful one

and the years of his service as the head•f the great Catholic Church outnum->ered those of any predecessor. Hisleath, though not unexpected, broughtriof to his spiritual children through-

out the world, and the words of lovend praise aro generally spoken in non-

Catholic circles.

THE Post and Tribune of Wednesdayhad a brief editorial paragraph whichwe interpret in this wiso: Hon. Wm.A. Howard professed to favor tho ap-)ointment of Hon. Henry W. Lord asJovemor of Dakota, but being unableo secure his friend tho coveted place

considerately but with " great reluc-;ancy" accepted it himself. There areome accountable crooks in politics.

THE debato on the silver bill has beencontinued in the Senate during theweek, but it is understood that a votewill be taken to-day. About twentyamendments to the House bill are pend-

THE venerable Gideon Welles, of Con-necticut, Secretary of the Navy underPresidents Lincoln and Johnson, died onMonday night, agod "o years the firstday of July last. Since his retiromontfrom office thu ex-Socretary has provedhimself a vigorous magazine writer, andhis contributions to tho Oabxxy haveinvariably made the fur fly in certainpolitical and official circles.

A WASHINGTON " special" to the FreePress says that Senator Christiancy didnot expect his letter to Regent Rynd tobo given to tho public ; also that " hesoos no reason now, nor has seen anyreoson heretofore, why Rose should bereleasod from the decree of the court aspronounced by Judgo Huntington."Which leads us to remark that JudgeChristiancy should bo careful who hewrites private letters to; and also toask if he is not "carrying water on bothshoulders?"

si.vTK NKWS niu;vnu:s.The total loss by fire in Marshall in

1877 was only $2,100.Gov. Croswoll granted 10 pardons

during the first year of his office—1877.The next term and college year of the

Agricultural College will open February26.

The Michigan Salt Association ship-ped from the Saginaw Valley nearlyGOO carloads of salt during the monthof January.

Tho State Association of Spiritualistswill hold its annual meeting in Kala-mazoo, beginning March 22, and con-tinuing throo days.

At Adrian last week a man namedHarrison was convicted of arson (burn-ing a barn insured in the Farmers'Mutual), and Joseph Bennett of adul-tery.

February 9, C. B. Joues.of East Sagi-naw, filod a voluntary petition in bank-ruptcy ; individual liabilities, $40,000,of which $13,000 is secured ; assets sup-posed to be $30,000.

Owos8o is fortunate in being rich andin having a charter liberal onough (r)to permit it to spend its money: and soits council 1ms rusolved to spend $300 inprospecting for coal.

Tho annual session of the Grand En-campment of I. O. O. T. commenced atGrand Rapids February l.'J, aud theGrand Lodge will commence its annualsession at the same place February 19.

Superintendent Tarbell is reported assaying, in an address at a teachers'meeting at Waeousta, January 19, " Iwent through tho wards in the city ofEast Saginaw and found only one voteriu three could road. '

An attempt was mado to throw apassenger train from the track of theDetroit and Bay City road, near Vassur,on Friday night, by placing a tie on abridge. Luckily the obstruction wasdiscovered in time to prevent an acci-dent which must havo cost several lives

In Bienna, Genesee County, Saturdaynight, February 9, tho large burn aucgranary of Arthur Morris was set onfire by the upsetting of a lanternOver 500 bushels of wheat and $000worth of farm implements were des-troyed; no insurance.

The Ithaca Journal says AbrahamSabring, of Elba, was attacked by ahorso a few days ago, and would un-doubtedly have been killed had notsome neighbors come to his rescue withclubs. Mr. Sebring was carried to hishouse snriously injuiod.

The Lake City Herald confidentlyasserts that the cars will be running tothat village beforo next New Year's-day. I t ia the county sent of Missaukeocounty, and has a court house and jail,one steam saw mill, one drug and gro-cery store, one general store, a school-house and a blacksmith shdp.

About 300 men are now ongaged infishing on tho ice, against some 2,000 atthis time last year. Tho fishing groundis east of the light house. Tho ice isivbout a foot thick on an average. Theshanties as a rule do not extend farfrom the shore, as the fishermen seo thenecessity for a line of retreat in case of

sudden cracking or breaking up ofthe ice. Suckers, which last year woronnsalablo and left by thousands to roton the ice, now fetch 7 cents per pound,or within 2 cents of the price of pick-erel.—Bay City Tribune.

ANN AKBOH MARKETS.The following prices were paid yesterday by

dealers in this city :Apples, green., per bu. $ 1.29«$1. -HiApples, dried, per lb, G@7c.Beans, per bu., %\J5&.Butter, per lb., 16<iH:c.Cheese, per )b., 13c.Eggs, per doz., He.liny, per ton, $11.00f.< 13.()0.Lard, per lb., 7(ii8c.Poultry, chickens, 7(«8c tuikey.s s..i lOo,Beef, per lb., 5?icPork, per cwt., $3,90ftt 4,00.Clover seed, per bu., * 1.25Corn, per bu., 25c.Potatoes, per bu.,Wheat, ber bu., $Wood, per oord, $4.00@G.00.Flour retails at $2.S8 per cwt.

DETROIT MABKhT.The Detroit Free Press in its regular weekly

review of the Detroit markets, um'.er date ofFeb. 13, says:

No special activity in trade lins marked theweek just closed. Business has perhapsshown a little more animation, owing doubt-less to the short run of sleighing enjoyed, butmerchants are not confident that tho improvo-mont is lasting. The agitation of the tariffquestion, with its contemplated changes, to-gether with the silver iiuestion, still unsettled,have undoubtedly had a depressing effect anda tendency to produce an unousy ami dissat-isfied tone.

Dry goods havo ruled quiet and pricessteady, except in a certain line of: prints,which have been marked dawn l-2c. Dru^sand chemicals have met with a light ordertrade, and values on the whole are unchanged.Of oils, kerosene bus declined 1c per gallon.Most lines of hardware goods exhibit consider-able strength, but the movement is light.Trado in groceries has been moJeratoly large ;teas coutiuue firm ; raisins, dried fruits audcanned goods dull, with values unchanged.Hiits, caps, furs, boots aud shoes, owing to thounseasonable weather, are dull stock.

The receipts of flour and grain fnr the weekunder review were as follows: Flour, 4,342bbls; wheat, 113,670 bu ; corn, 3,001 bu ; oats,7.SU7 bu ; barley, 2,197 oentals; rye, 207 bu.The shipments were: Flour, 1,707 bbls;wheat, 7M39 bu; corn, 3,708 bu ; oats, 1,511bu ; liMrloy, 1,698 centnls.

Tho following table shows the opening andclosing prices paid for extra and No. I white,cash, and No. 1 February and .March wheat atthe noon session of the Board, of Trade eachday of the past week:

WHEAT, CASH 1'ltICKS.

Tuesday,WednesdaThursday,Friday,Baturaay,Mumhiy,

Extra White. No. 1 White.

Opened

.-I W-

i m1 26V

Closed

lMwx

Opened

Si 2i><;

1 '21 "

1 22 V,

1 1 • • I I n

Cloned

$1214

1 22

FUTUBKS.

Tuesday,\ V < - i t l l < ' M l . l

Thundajc,Friday,Saturday,Monday,

No. I White Jan .w l February

Opened

si 2iy12OJ21 221 22

Closed

#

122122I BJ

Opened

81 2&A1 Ti<41 231 241 2V%1 23

Closed

81 22W124%123

From the tables it will bo seen that valueshave fluctuated considerably and the market(luring the week has ruled unsettled. Bothcash and future values show at, advauco fromthe opening of the week. Flour lists ruleddull and prices are somewhat lowet. Choicecountry brands, white winter wheat, are treeofferings at $"> 06 a b 7•> per bbl; city, do,|6 a 0 10 per bbl. Buckwheat flour is dull andlower, and free buyers at $3 50 a $3 Gi> porbbl could not be found; ortiors are beingfilled at 13 80 si $3 80 per bbl. Corn dull andthe market lifeless. No. 1 mixed quotable at37 a 38c per bu. Oats are quiet, No.l white at28 1-2 a 28 3-4c per bu : No 1 mixed, (pot, '-'7l-2c bid and 27 0-8c asked. Barley is dull andlower, No. 1 State, nominal at$l 50 percental.No. 2 State, $1 12 a I 14 per cental; No. 3State, $1 10 a 1 03 per cental, ltye is quieand nominal at 65 a 50 per bu.

The general produce business has "pursue-the even tenor of its way," unmarked by anysigns of improvement, aud giving no promisiof any favorable change in the immediate future. Trade has been dull. Applos are morefirmly hold ; good to choice fruit iu fair locademand at ?3 75 a 4 25; selections of fancystock are held at %\ 50 per bbl. Beans ardull and lower, city hand picked stock, freofferings, 11 60 a 1 65 ; lair to choice nnpicketlots, 75c a $1 16 per bu. " Oiltedge " qualitybutter is very scarce, and when found, quickl;taken at 18c por lb ; of lower quality stock tinsupply is large aud demand very light, selecnous being mado at 10 u 17c per lb; greaselots, 6 a 6 l-2c per lb. Clovor seed lower amdull, at ?1 36 a 4 40 por bu. During thegroater part of the week dressed hogs were iigood demand at a range of $4 20 a 4 35 pocwt. Cheese is stoady at 13 a 13 l-2o for selections. Fish, hay, hides, leather, onions, potatoes, salt and tallow are quiet aud unchangetfrom last week. E^gs have been in light domand and steady at 14c per doz for crate lotand 13 a 13 l-2c for barreled stock. Poultryhas met with a slow sale. Monday chickenwore in fair demand at 7 1-2 a 8c por lb; turkeys, dull at 10c per lb; geese, dull at 6 a 7per lb; ducks, scarce at 10c per lb. Sugars arstrong aud stcadv at 9 1-2 a 9 5-8 for standanA's : off A's, 9 a i) 1-4 per lb; granulated, 10per lb; powdered, 10 l-4c per lb; crushed, 10 1-8per lb; yellow, 7 a 1-2 a 8 l-2c per lb.

13TKOWBRIDGR— In th is <-ity, >>u Sa turday, Vvhru

ady 9, Mujor C H A K I J W F K K D K U I C K TRuWBKiU. S. A., aged 41 years .

TICKXOR— in Plttafleld, February 9, of congnraption, LT)TH&B TICKNOB,aged -U years,l l monthsand 27 days.

L A T I M E R | I n this city, on Saturday eveningFebruary *J. of general debiliLy, LK^TKU LATIMERuged 77 ye :n a

DAVIDSON—In Pittsfleld, February 97 of pneumouia, P&ffER DAVIDSON, agwi 78 years, Vmonths, aud 7 days.

WEKES—lp iliisi-ity, mi Monday. February 11, odisease (if the kidneys. JAMKS"WKEKS, aged 7years, 8 mouths, and" '11 days.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTSOr d e r y o u r L e t t e r - H e a d s , Notu-lfeads

Bill-Heads and MaUMiiunts.ut iht- ARGUS Office

1 '23' i

Mortgage Sale.

W liEREAS, Michael Welch and Edmund Welchof tho township of Northfield, County o

WaaulviiHw, und State of Michigan, on the four-teenth day of February, iu the year of our J.or<0n6 thousimd eight hundred and neventy-six« executod « morttrajje to John N. Uott, of the city oAnn Arbor, county Hioresaid, to secure tho paynient of certain principal und in;ercttt moneytherein mentioned, which mortgage was recordsin tho ottice ot the Register oi Deeds of the count;of Washtennw, on the fourteenth day of Febru-ary, A.D. 1876, at o 'c lock i>. M., in liber 51 olmortgage:*, on,page (idtf; which said mortgHKe waiduly assigned on the said fourteenth day ot February. A D. 187ft, to Luther James, of the townshljot Lima, county aforesaid, which said assignmentwas recorded iu the office of the Register vt Deedsot said county on the eighth day of February, AD. 1878, at 4^' o'clock p. M. of said day, in liber fof assign men tB of moitga^cn, on patre '>-1, azicwhereas default baa been made made in the pay-ment of the interest upon said mortgage, thaithere is now c.laiinefi to be due for interest the sumof two hundred aud llfty-two dollars, also tiftydollars a» a reasonable solicitor or attorney's feein addition to all other legal conts, also other pay-ments to become, due upon said mortgage for prin-cipal, and no suit or proceedings having been in-stituted either In law or equity to recover the sameor any part thereof: Notice is hereby given, that onSATUUDAY, THE ELEVENTH (llthj DAY OF MAY,1878, nt 2 o'clock p. at. of said day, at the. .vmtlidoor of the Court House in the city of Ann Arbor(that being the building in which the Circuit Courtfor said county is held], and by virtue of the powerof gale contained iu said mortgage, I shall sell atpublic auction, to the hitrhent bidder, the premise*described in said mortgage to satisfy the inlej-estdue with the attorney's fee of tifty dollars and•charges of sale, Buhject to the sums to become due:All those certain pieces or parcels of lard situateand being in the township of Northtleld, county of

pot 1f Mic

county odeadi lbe<"Washtenaw, and State of Michigan, and d

as follows, to wit: Being the we»t half of thenortheast quarter and tho west half of the southeast qmirtur of section number thirty-two (S3), alsothe southwest quarter of the northeast Quarter ofsection number twenty-inn;- (29), intowntiliip numher one south of rantre number six (6) east, contuimriL: two hundred acres of land more or less.

Dated, February 1"», 1878.LUTHER JAMES,

JOHN N. UOTT, Assignee of Mortgagee.1074 Att fy for Assignee of Mortgagee.

Estate of Mary Carpenter.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,sa. At a setjHion of the 1'robate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holdon at the Probate Of-fice, in the city of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, thethirteenth day of February, in the year onethousand eitfht hundred and swventy-eight.

Present, William D. Harrimnn, Judge of I'robate.In the matter of the e#tatu of Mary Carpenter,

deceased.Francis M. Oakley, executor of the last wi

and testament of said deceased, cornea into courtand represents that be is now prepared to renderhis final account as such executor.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Wednesday, thethirteenth day of March next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigned for examining and allowingsuch account, and that the devisees, legatees,and heirs a t law of Baid deceased, aud allother persons interested in said estate, arerequired to appear at a se-Hsion of said court,thun to be holden at the Probate Oth'ce inthe city of Ann Arbor in hnid county, and showcause, "if any there be, why the miid account shouldriof be allowed : And it is further ordered thatBsid executor give notice to the persons inter-ested in H[iiii estate1 ot tho pendency of said ac-count fin.] the hearing thereof, by causing a copyof tins onlfer to be pUbUflhefl in the Michigan Arpiis,a newspaper printed and circulating in said county,three succedrfivo weeks previous to said day of hear-ing. WILLIAM V. HAKRIMAN,

(A true copy.) Judge of Probate.W M . Q. DOTY, Probate Register. 1674

Estate of Caroline D. Freer.

STATE OF MICH to A If, County of Waslitenavss. Afia>B6ttioa of the Probate Court for the

Couiity of Washtcnaw, holden at the Probate Of-fice In the city of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, thethirteenth day of February, in the year one thous-and eight hundred ami seventy-eight.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate*In the inatttor of the estate of Caroline D. Freer,

1 erased.Alvu Frei'v, administrator of suit! estate, comei

into court and represents that he is now preparedrender his final account as such administrator.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, theninth day of Murch next, at ten o'clockIn the forenoon, bo assigned for examining andallowing such account, and that the heirs at lawof said deceased, and all other persons interested InaidesUitt-, are required to appear a t a session of said

court, then to be holden at the Probate Office Indie city of Ann Arbor in said county, ami showcause, if any there be, why the said account shouldnot be allowed. Aud it is further order-ed that said administrator give notice to the per-sons Interested tasatd estate ot the pendency ofsaid account and the hearing thereof, by causinga copy of this order to \»- published in the Michv?tan Argus, a newspaper printed and circulating Inlaid county, three successive weeks previous toBald day of hearing.

WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,fA true copy.) Judge of Probate.

WM.'<!. DOTY, Prohate Register. 1074ld

Commissioners' Notice.ATE OF MICHIGAN,County of Washtenaw

u . The undersigned having been appointed by,he Probate Court for said county, commissioner.^Ai receive, examine and adjust all claims aud de-n&ndsof all persona against the estate of AndrewBush, late of said county deceased, hereby givenotice that s ix mouths from date arc allowed, bymler of said Probate Court, for creditors to pre-

sent their ihiiins iiyainst the estate of said deceased,and that they will meet at the store of W. H.Davenport, in tho village of Saline', In jBalfl county,>n the ninth day of May, and on the ninth dayjf August next," at ten o'clock A. ftf. of each of

id days, to receive, examine and adjust saidclaims.

Dated, February- 9, A. D. 1S78.W74w4 ' WM. H. DAVENPORT,

ARTEMAfi H.GI/yVEE,Commissioners.

F.ARM FUR SALE.

RARE CHANCE.The undersigned has lor sale a farm of 804 acres,

well improved, and with W acres of tho best orch-arding in the county. Located within half a mile>f a railroad depot< with another depot soon to beocated near. The farm can be e:isity divided intome of lHfi acres and another of 1 IK nerea, eachlavinff buildings and orchards. A reasonable pay-ment down and balance on lonj? timo.

Ann Arbor, February 7, 1878.1073 CHAK. H. RICHMOND.

COUGH, COLD,

Or Sore ThroatBEQUiniCS

IM.M KMI ATK ATTENTION

A con t lnuan«e for a n y l eng th ofnus causes i r r i t a t ion of the l.niiirv

or some clironic Ti i ront uffectiuu.Neglect oftentimes results in some incurable LungW.-u-.",' Rrown'N Uroncli ial Troches»ave proved thoir efficacy, by a test of many years,and will almost invariably give immediate relief.Obtain only Rrown'ti 'Bronch ia l Tro-

hettf and do not take any of the worthier nui-ations that may be offered. L6fl5in4

The above out represent** the new ottico ot thDetroit KVKNINO NKWS, Into which it remove<with tin; opening of the present year, and which iwithout doubt tlie most commodious and conipletnewspaper office in the west. T H K NKWS had uto the date of its removal, printed nearly eighteeimillion sheets, consuming not lens than 480 tons *,white paper, or & pile a mile hi^li—each sheet bulDg"9pnaci out its rail si/,e. The amount of readingmatter published Lo its columns each year is egtiniatetl to be equal to thirty octavo volumes o600 pages each. About $13,000 wits paid out last yeafor editorial work, and $10,000 mure for type netting. The gross business of the concern for 1877Sxeotded $80*000. thus evincing the popularity o: In- paper as well with advertisers as the rendinjpublic. Besides an pffiba staff of 49 editors, printera and clerks, it aiibrds direct employment t<nearly 500 carriers and m-wshoys, besides a largstaff of cor respondents, the entire number of perBOH8 deriving regular income directly from it.publication reaching u high ai 840. These factillustrate the magnitude of the business which ha.been built up in a little over four years.

With unsurpassed facilities, the publishers nowpropose to redouble their exertions to make TUFK V K M M ; NKWS tiie model paper of the northwestA Dew Outfit of type will soon improve the mechanical appcamncc, and a new and much faster pressis JIISU in the Dear future, notwithstanding thathe present machine has a capacity for upwards o10,000 sheets per hour. N$ Detroit paper has alarger stall" of editors and reporters, or one composed of men better trained to their professionand all are now, as one man, tending every energto distinguish themselves and the journal wit!which they are connected. A most interesting an>readable sheet can therefore be promised for thensuing year. All we ask of the public is aim pito try the paper for a week, a month or a quarter

in every considerable villago in the State T H EEVENING NKWS is obtainable by carrier at 10 cen tper week. Where it cannot he so secured it will besent by mail, postage prepaid, at the followingrates': per year, $5.00; por quarter, 51.25; pe;month, 4.r> cents.

The " want" advertisements on the third page oTIIK EVEPNING NKWS form the cheapest and mospopular way of selling any kind of property ofilling any sort of want. An advertisement of 1words or less is inserted live days for 50 centsFanners and mechanics everywhere may avaithemselves of the advantage they ofl'er.

Address, in all cases,TIIK EVENING NKWS.

Drtn.it, Mich.

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Before TaJringus's OF "MEMO- After TakingICY. UNIVERSAL LASSITUDE, PAIN IN THE BACK, DIMNKSH OF VISION, PREMATURE OLD A G E , and manyother diseases that lead to Insanity, Conuumptionand a Frematnre Grave, all of which an a rule arelirnt caused b> deviating* from the path of natureand over indulgence. The Specific Medicine is theresult of a life study and many yeara of experience in treating these special diseases.

Full particulars in our pamphlets, vvhieh we desire to send free by mail to every one.

The Specific Medicine is sola by all Druggists at$1 per package, or six packages for f 5, or will besent by mail on receipt of the money by adilressim

THE URAY MEDICINE CO.,K.U No 10 Mechanics' Block, Detroit Mich.*i"Hold 10 Ann Arbor by Eberbach & Son, and

by ul. druggists everywhere.

i THE NEEDHAM

Musical Cabinet

THIS new and wonderful Instrumentenables any one, whether under-

standing music or not, 10 play any de-sired melody or harmony, sacred orsecular, from the most plaintive dirge tothe jnost lively dance music. It posses-ses a mechanism of marvelous simpli-city, requiring but the intelligence of achild to manipulate;yet cpableof repro-ducing, without limitation, tho musical

ositions of tho PAST, PRESENT and[•ORE. Tho execution is faultless,

trie! In melody, harmony and rhythm,.uid the instrument is eminently adapted:or Sunday Schools, prayer and revivalmeetings, home devotional exercises,and in all cases where good, correctmusic is required, and no musician is athand lo perform. Address,

E. T. SJEEBKAPa: & SORT,» MANUFACTURERS,

143,145 & H7 E. 23d St., Now York.

INSiltK YOLK PROPEBTrWITH THE OLD

Insurance AgencyOK

C. H. M1LLEN.

lome Insurance Co. of Assets.

N. ¥., s<;,ooo,oooJontlnental Ins. Co., N. Y., 3,000,000

Niagara Tiro IDS. CO., 1,100,000JiranI, or Pliiln., 1,000,000

Orienl, ol Hartford, 700,000

Battt w low as any reliable Insurance Company.Losses promptly and honorably adjusted. lCUO

1M fi

Capital, - - $:U)00,0<)<).

Assets Jan 1, 1876,

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

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

Re-Insurance Iteserve,

4,735,092.36-Jet Surplus over Liabilities, including

lie-Insurance aud Capital Stock,

$1,735,092.36.C. MACK, Agoiit. Ann Arbor.

OF LIME REDUCED.

ObiO lime will hereafter be sold at wholesale atny lime room, in this city, at 35 cents, and Mon-oe lime a t SO cents per bushel.

Aim Aibor, October 30,1877.

Wood Wanted !IN EXCHANGE FOR

Saddles, Harness, Trunks,Traveling Ba^s, Kobes,

Blankets, etc., 1 . VOLLAND.

We still continue

to sell Goods lower

than any " Cost" or

"Clearing-out" sale.

RAILROADS.

BACH & ABEL.

26 South Main Street, Ann Arbor.

NEW GOODSFOR THE HOLIDAYS

And at Greatly Reduced Prices !

A Large Assortment ot Ladies' and Gentlemen'sUnderwear at .about half its value.

LADIES' CLOAKSA. large lot very clieap.

Two-Button Kid Glows, 50 cents per pairALL DRESS GOODS AT ABOUT HALF PRICE.

Beavers for Ladies' Cloaks, Cloth.s andCassizneres, at a large discount

frcm thirty days since.

-Iosiery, Flannels, Dress Trimmings, all kinds ofarpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Matting—in fact all kinds of

Dry Goods can be bouglit very clieap of

WINES & WORDEN,No. 20 South Main Street, Ann Arbor.

OINSEY & SKABOLT'S

BAKERY, GROCERY- A N D -

aoua & FEKD STORE;We keep constantly on hand,

BREAD, CRACKERS, CAKES, ETC.,FOB WHOLESALE AND R E T A I L TRADK.

We shall also keep a supply of

DELHI FLOUR-,. M. S W I F T & GO'S BEST W H I T E WHEAT

FLOUR, UY1S FLOUR, BUCKWWHEATFLOUK. CORN MKAL, FEED,

& c , &o.

At wholesale and retail. A general stock of

GROCERIES AND PROVISIONSonstantly on hand, which will be sold on us reu-onuble terms aa nt any other houHe in thin eit y.Cash paid for Butter, Egge, and Country 1'ro-

uee generally.ft?" Goods deliveroa *o any part of the city with

ut extra charge.

Ann A r b o r , J a n . 1, 1870. 15C4

Two Y a l n a l HousesFOR SALE,

he property belonging to the WELLES ESTATE,luatcd on DIVISION STREET, ut the head of

INK STREET, and the proparty lately owned andow occupied by A. WlDEX.M ANN, will be sold

VERY LOW TRICE,AND ON LONG TIME IP DESll!i:i>.

Apply toS. II. DOUGLAS.

\ BSTEACTS OF TITLES.

The undersigned, Reginler of Deeds, will prompty and carefully mitku AbwtmctB of titles,

From the Original Records,or Attorney*, Agents, Owners, or Purchasers.o paint) will be apared to give a complete chain oftie, and show all encumbrances. Charges reuB-nable.

CHAS. H . MANIiY.Ann Arbor, January 10,1877. 1617.

A DOLLAR SAVEDIS A DOLLAR EARNED !

NEW GOODS IAnd prices LOWER THAN EVER.

I have purchased in New York, for cimh, andI am now daily receiving one of the Urgent andmost select stocks of Grocerien in WashtmiiiwCounty, consisting of a full and well selected

LINE OF TEAS,All of the new crop—including

Ciiiupowdcrs, I inperiuU, Young Hy-souo, l l n o n s , Japani i , Oolongx, 1 or-MIOMHW, < oilirous, Sum h o u r s , itr.il

Together with a full line' of COFFEK8, consist-ing of the following brands: MOCHA, OLDOOVT JAVA.MARACAIBO, I^AOUAYKE.SAN-TO^ and RIO, both rousted aud ground ; a fulland well HOlocted stock of

SUGARS, SYRUPSAND MOLASSES,

Together with everything in the line cf PureBpiOM.Caiuied fruit*, and Vegetables. We have nfull aud eompiet- line of

BOOTS & SHOES,HATS, CAPS, GLOVES

And Hosiery. Also1, a choice assortment of Lndien'andOentlemen'a Uuderwear Call and examine(iooda and l'ticeu and we will insure salufaetlun.

EDWARD DUFFY." Maynard's Block, ' cor. Main and Ann streets

Ann Arbor, Mich.•aTHigheut cash price paid for all farm

produce. "%••

MICHIGAN CENTRALN O V . 11, 1S77

STATIONS.

Detroit, leave,(*. T. Junction,Wayne JunctionVpsilanti,

Ann Arbor,belbi,Dexter,C'helbeti,Grass Lake,

Jackfion,Albion,Maisliall,

Battle Creek,Ualesburg,

Kalamazoo,Lawtou.Decatur,Dowagiac,Niles,Buchanan,Three OaksNew Buffalo,Michigan City,Luke.

Chicago, urrive

CiOINHEABT.

•<

('hlcago, leave,Kensington,Lake, "Micbiean City.New Butlalo,Three t)ak»,

Buchanan,Niles,

Decutur,Lawton,

< tflesborg,Battle Creek,

Marshall,

A . M . A. M. I ' . M.7 1)0 u oo :i 457 50 9 50' 4 35.8 4 ' Hi 28 6 23

• 6 23Ii 4»7 07

9 !8 11-1011 4S

lu M

UK ) u««;."Kil l

lo7 1(18 14IU

11 l.i -i l l 3!l !( 0 s - .U 5J a 2 4 A . M.U 85 1 »4 10 00 7 00 10 88Vi :,.'. . 7 231 82 t 11 Mj< 8 03 11 ut

•i 00 p 8 40UJ7"

Albion, 2 52 8 21 ATIT 9 lO.fjw (•Jackson, 8 V, 4 06 S 20 10 15 IS 50 ilGnus L*ke, i M 5 48 10 38 . __;Hinliri . 4 4u 6 IS 11 oo- .Dexter, 5 00 6 .10 11 15Delhi, 5 Hi 6 43Ann Arbor, •> 20 S lu. 7 00 11 35 2 io i»OeddM, i 28 7 05 1;Ypsilanti. 5 38 5 24 7 16 11 .io 3 "; 71Wayne J u n e , C 02 5 45 7 4(1 12 15 2 48 | Ja . T . J u n e . , BiSS 6 15 s •>:> il ir< 3M ;«Detroit, Ar., (i 45 6 30 8 40 1 00 3 85 S)(

•Sundays excepted. Saturday and Sunday a.eepted. t'Oaily.

H. B. LEDYAHD, Gen'l Supt,, Dob*H. 0. WF.STWOUTH, lieu. P U B . ARt., Chicago.

DETEOIT, HILLSDALE AXDSOUTH WKSTUKN RAILROAD

To tuke effect Nov. 11,1877.QO1NO WEST. UOIKO Utt.

8TATION8. . STATIONS.pYpxilauti.... 8: in' 6:05' *• * '• '•Saline. !>:(15 6:48 Bankers 6:0! I iBridgewatHr.. 9:25 6:68 Ilillsdale ... 8:JU »UManchester. 10;o0 7:20 Manchester.. Ii n •. ;...

p. M. Bridgbwater 10:30 «!Hilladiile 12J1B 9:?5 Saline 11:10 4*Bankers 1:07 9:30 Ypsilanti.... 11:45 Vt

Trains run by Chicago time.W. F . I 'AHKEK. Sup't, Ypsilaati.

D. CRAMER,A t t o r n e y . t m l C o u n s e l o r n t Law.Will attend ia collections aud settlements of

Estateo. Makes it a apeeialtj' to keep postal ona)l business matters. Will borrow or louo moon?at any time or buy (rood paper. Office oppositeGregory House A n Arbor, Mich. 165) iat any time or buy (roodGregory House, Ann Arbor

FURNITURE!J.KECK&C0.,

JaANUFACTURERS OF

FUKMTUHS; OF ALL

1>ES< KirriOSK,

Ar<> ninv Offering Great 1 ittlticfittciiislo riircliasprs.

BUYERS WILL

SAVE MONEYBY BUYING THKUt

FURNITUREDireoi of the M

-

Msmuiactory, corner of Will-iam and West Fourth Streets.

Salesrooms, 7r2 SoutL Vi-and 4 West Liberty Streets,Ann Arbor, Mich.

BUY THE SINGERThe best and most popular machine m

tho world— aOO.OOU sold in » singleyear, after being on tho market

over twenty-five yoars.

Beware of Imitations!To aecure the genuiac buy of 1. I.. GrinncUi""

autliorizcd aijent for Wmhtenaw County. B "only a question of time, and not much time MWBwhen the majority of the wild cat machinei »'•not be built, then the warrant of cut-t):roat aaeere will be of little avail. To buy a second cl«»machine on a third class warrant for fl»e y*"'*poor policy when such :t maoMne as the Singer »be had at a reasonable price. ^^i

I keep genuine parts for the Singer, lKS '-^'Needles, TVJ or*, for dress makers—70c to |«"JLincoln's f';T .ing machine, uud have :i large »UD'berof seconu-hand macliineB.

Second-hand Smrter, *20 to $30.Second-hand Ifowc, ^12 to $15. ^_Second-hand American, (trover & Baker, WB^1

« r & Wilson, and otheis, >1 to flO.

1:W° Sowing Miichines repaired &"*carefully adjusted.

I. L. GR3NNELLNO. 17 SOUTH IV5AIN STREET,

(iJK) OppoNiti; First >atioual Hau"1

LEIJAHOX & ( 0 . ,DEALERS IN

Groceries, Provisions,AN'll A1,L KIND OF

Country Produce,SALINE, ItllCII.

CALM{i:i'0!!E UdYlXJ OH SKtM-v(il

GOLD Great chance to make money- 'y.m oan't ^et sold you ^"JT.Qreenbacks. We need a j ' e I 7 ,

evervtown to take mo*"1in averytown to tMH>"u"""Zi

tions for the largest, cheapest and best iltusirni<family publication in the world. Any one c a u

t ,come a successful a^ent. The most degnnt w°of art given free to subscribers. The pnoe >•ow Ibat almost evoiybo.ly subscribes. One «" n (reports making overJlTju in a week. A latly »K*reports taking over 400 subscriber* in ten » >'All Who engage make money last. Von can ue"^all your time to the bu.-iiu'ss, in- only your *ltime. You need not be away Horn liome overmi, •Yon can do it n W I I as others. l-'ull particni'iydirections and terms fre*. Kb-«ant and «P*™f „,outfit free. If you want profitable work s e n a ^ 8your address at once. It coats nolMiig tu, L^.tbusiness. No out- who rntra'rfcB fails to nmke «pay. AJJu-is, "The l'e..ple\> Journal," J'"r *" 'Maine. '

•^ LOCAL AFFAIRS._.The weather has been magnificent during

week. No factory could turn out a bettor

,,ticle-

_(j deg. above zero Mondiy morning last;

,j above Tuesday morning, vvilli milder weath-

er since'Xlie annual m isqueraile ball of the Aun

u Verain is set down for next Tlnus-

-Utejtper read by IV01. Bul l ish on Tues-"Iwening, at the residence of Juffgo Cooley,1 "How to think of and how to judge works'•(f was,both interesting ;uid instructive.

?BI-B. discussed ths elements of,a paint ing," =0, ilrawing, composition, harmfc>j, color-

i and illustrated what He maant, by the*bition of a large and very fine copy of a'•"Crated painting by one ot tho old Spanishlst»rs,"The Adoration of tho Magi." The'*"* of the Library Association and Prof.Mill, are entitled to tho thanks of the™oted hearers of tho paper.

R E D B I H B O X S .-Xest San lay afternoou Prof. S. A. Jones

Wtfdresa tl i e Ypsilanti Reform Club.~«. E. Frazer, Ksq., is announced to ad-eathe Jackson Reform Ulub next Sunday .~Re?. Dr. Cocker will address tho Reform

-'"boost Sunday afternoon, at tho usual place"Hour.

section of Cadets of Temperance (No .ifganized at Ypsi lant i : about 50

joining.

sident Chris. Millinau presidedlaiarm Cidb mooting at the Operat Sunday aiternoon.'£ to the inclemency of tho woithertoce gathered by tba K u o r m Olnb on

-•"1J:

il.

i4y afternoon last was not as large as u^-Allen, of Y|«ilanti , gave a brief

down f j r the-Wie follow,n.»— . ...ri apeasers are• revival to be held at Saline next

* : Monday evening, Uev. D. R. Shier, of^'Isaa; Tuesday evening, Aid. H . B. I I .»'*"' of this city ; Wednesday evening, Rev.

• *opo, of this city ; Thursday evening,"•Samuel A . Jones , of the HomeopathicJ**!College; Friday evening, Capt. E . P .

_,.More snow came last Friday night and,ain Sunday : since which good sleighing has

^e,i the order.,;H trumps: that is the number Van Riper,jlord at the county poor house, entertained

*er last Sunday.

...Protection Hose and Etagine Company

if 1 advertise a grand ball for next Thursday

'(eiii""> February 21.^ A little grandchild of Jeff Davis, janitorr the Court House, fell over a chair on Mou-•„evening and broke an aim.

.-Samuel C&sltnan, of Sharon, has been,itn as a petit juror for the March term oftjuited States Courts, Detroit.

..Staffs rag house at Ypsilanti was burnedThursday evening of last woek. There

ua large stock of rags in store.Ju EJwio States has resigned the olliee of

. ,erviscr ot Saarun, aii.l J. J. Kobuon.has

wlllp[ioiuteil to fill the vacancy:_\\'e n> ticed a load of ice on the street a

wor two ago—just harvested. About four,"lies of clear ice and several inches of mushy

_lu accordance with Ool. Withlngton's

;inirll Order No. t, Company A will parade..nloria next l'Vul ly —Washington's blrth-

_Aliberal subscription is being male for.\t benefit and support of the widow and

j of Thomas U'Grady, recently killed atBelter by the negro Maraud',

I;U'ic Ivcegau is now domiciled in jail on a1 iya sentence, tor that assault and battery.Uiuin Pfeifle. His " parcl " — Thomas

nj,,u—is to be tried next Monday._At>iel Hawkins, one of the oldest residents

. ypsilanti, and for many years proprietornj keeper of the Hawkins House, died on-.-..jay last. He was the father of Walter H.jaJFred. W. Hawkins.

-Mr. aud Mrs. Henry Oepue, of Pittsfleld,-. ...jved a visit last Friday evening from the-hool in their district and its patrons. They. ;;ht their own refreshments and theMting passed oft vor*' pleasantly, and too

. please the little lolks.-Lust Friday morning Dr. Cocker was•edovei into t'ne ditch ou the south front

i the Gregory House, but held on to oneiii'l w.is drawn with his cutter across the

,-r,;et. It was a lively circus for a minute, butjftnuately the Dr. was not hurt.-Major Otis aud wife are eujoying greatly

i week's reunion of all their children and-indchildren from Illinois and Wisconsin.

M;ijor hints very mildly that donations of- visions from his friends, for a few days,uy possibly avert a threatened famine at his-....luice.

-We are pleased to know that J. W. Bab-•:, once treasurer of this county, but tor,.:iv years a clerk in the Second Comptroll-... oiHce of the Treasury Department, hasm promoted to a better clerkship in themne office: a promotion to which he was

.t.tled long ago.-We incite attention to the prospectus of

u Detroit Evening News, in the managementfilch there has been considerable jmprove-•<i lite, but without making its columns

. y. Multum in parvo might well bo itslie Neios is delivered to subscribersil the news depot and on the streets

t nn early hour every evening.

- iunce with previous announcement,ii-Vice President Schuyler Colfax, will de-

:!:L- lecture on "Abraham Lincoln,'' at theOpn House in this city, for the benefit of the

>n Sunday School. This lecture haswjil received wherever delivered, and

.•Ahspeaker and ciuse will combine to draw

. .v audience.-This is what the Duudee Reporter says :

k is progressing finely ou the bridge• • the Kiisin tor tlie Toledo and Ann Ar-

rE»ilrt)ldi and will soon be ready to layI • 10k across it. I t is expected that as soon

• bridge is completed track-laying will berth as fast 'is possible to Ann Arbor.: by the tirst of April t > step on the

•mof the Toledo and Ann Arbor road audf to Ann Arbor,"-Yigillant Fire Company No. 2 held its

. ii on Tuesday evening last with thetQig result: President, 'George B.

Slmib; Secretary, J . A. Graf; Treasurer,>. Josenhans; Foreman, Albert Sorg; 1stLsiatant, G. Weitbrecht; 2d Asat. Fred. Kirn ;i'tPipemrvn, Emanuel Zeigler ; 2d Pipeman,

;!ehardt; lid Pipeman, Paul 8cball;er, .1. A. G-raf; 2d Engineer, Henry

-mbengayer.-At thy annual meeting of the State Pio-

sssrSociety held at Lansing lswt week, Oov.Web read a paper on "Early Michigan Bank-«S"which was full of interest, especially to'is old inhabitants who remember all aboutie"craze" hs described. X. B.'Jones, Esq., ofmusing, read a paper written by Marshie•Wis, daughter ot Hon. L. D. Norris, oftand Rapids, giving exceedingly interestingSliaisceuces of her grandmother, the lateks It. B. Norris, oi Ypsilanti.-Edward P. Anderson and Emory Town-

»A were rivals for the company of a Dixboro^ool-mistress, with preference given to the"on. The disappointed Townsend met the:«otedone on his way to ke6p an engagementf'i committed auassault upon him, whereupon"wasinvited to appear before Justice McMa-'"'•«u\i answer to a claim for damages. An't'Wnmeut was taken from last until next•>!»rJay, but on Wednesday a -mutual friend'a»ein, settled the score, and had the suit

T H E CHUKCHES.— Subject of Rev. J. H. Allen's lecture nex

Sunday evening: " The Doctrine of KndlesPunishment." To be followed by criticsand discussion.

—Next Tuesday evening, February 19, therwill be a donation party at the iesidence of LH. Jones, Dexter, for the Rev. J. H. MagoHinthe new rector of St. James.

—Services were suspended at the M. EChurch last Sunday evening: to permit thmembers of the congregation to hear Murdoch"s Scripture readings at the PresbyteriaiChurch.

—High mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock am. yesterday, in St. Thomas' Church, in memory of the deceased Pope, and the bell of tlchurch was tolled ever}' hour during the dayAfter mass Father Van Erp sketched the lifeof Pius IX, paid a loving tribute to his wortland works, and enjoined his people to remember him forever.

l>eath's Doings.Major Charles F. Trowbridge, of this city

son of the Hon. Charles C. Trowbridge, o:Detroit, died at his residence ou Divisiorstreet on Saturday afternoon last, after a longand paiuful illness, of- Bright's disease of thekidneys. Major Trowbridge graduated fromthe Literary Department of the University in18(10 and was a student in the Law Depart-ment, with which he ceased hia connection atthe outbreak of the war of the rebellion, andenlisted in the First Michigan Regiment (athree months regiment). Of his subsequentcareer the Free Press correspondent says:

At the expiration of this term he was ap-pointed Lieutenant of the Sixteenth Regi-ment of the regular army. He was an aid toGeneral Porter at Bull Run, served with Gen-eral Averill in the mountains oi Virginia, andfor the gallant sarvice received a Captaincyand was ordered to Chattanooga under Col.Crofton. He assisted at the assault at Look-Out Mountain, marched to Atlanta underSherman, during which march his regimentwafi reduced to sixty men by battle and sick-ness. He was ordered buck to Chattanooga onthe sick list. Was made Major for gallantservice but never recovered from the sicknesscontracted on the march to Atlanta, and wasfinally certified to the retired list, but neverregularly retired.

He married Miss Clara Brigham, of thiscity, in 1803, who, with two children,survives him. He has resided here since1872. His remains were taken to Detroitwhere his funeral services took place onTuesday afternoon. A large number of theofficers and members of the St. Andrews'Church went down to attend the funeral.

—James Weeks died at his resideuee onMala street on Monday last, aged 78 years.-Mr. Weeks hail resided in this city over 48years, coming from Rouse's Point, New York.He was a mason bv trade and used to saythat up to 18)0 he had worked on every brickbuilding erected in the city. Three daughtersand two sons survive him, one of the daugh-ters being the wife of Hiram Kitridge.

—Lsstor Latiliier, who has resided in thiscity for 14 years—coming here from Bloom-field, Conn.—died on Saturday night last, aged77 years. The deceased had been confined tohis house most of the time for several years,

—Xelson Osborne, of Scio, the oldest of theOsborne brothers, and a well known and sub-stantial farmer, died on Tuesday last, of inflam-mation of the lungs, aged JG years. The fu-neral takes place from his late residence at 2o'clock p. m. to-day.

The Tax-Gatlierers.The tax-gatherers of the several towns in

the county—except Augusta, Saline, York,and Ypsilanti City, iu which extensions havebeen given—have settled their score with theCounty Treasurer. Lyndon and Webstershow a clean roll—every dollar collected ; theother towns roturued as uncollected the fol-lowing amounts:

Ann Arbor City—First ward," " —Second ward," " —Third ward," " —Fourth ward,

" —Fifth ward,

Ann Arbor Town,liridgewater,Dexter,Freedom,Lima,Lodi,Manchester,Northfield, -Pittsfield,Salem,Scio,Superior,Sylvan,Sharon,Ypsiiauti Town, -

$.336 7961 60

303 63497 63132 12ai r io43 24

7 691 96

- 12 863 19

- 150 89157 54

- 16 7034 14

- 12 8226 06

- 13 65106 89

- • 120 8223 16

Farmers' Institute.A Farmers' Institute is to be held at Good-

year's Hall, Manchester, commencing nextTuesday evening, February 19. During thesession Prof. Iugersoll, of the AgriculturalCollege, will read a paper on " Rotation ofCrops," aud Proi. Beal one on "The Grassesof Michigan." Other essays or papers are ex-pected, as follows :

Mr. Hitchcock, of Sharon, on Farm Help.Miss " on The Fireside,

on Use of Flowers,on Sheep.(Poem) The Old

Miss Row,Mr. Chas. Fellows,Mr. F. M. Baker,

Sharon Farmer.Mr. J . I . Robinson, " ou Wagon Roads.Mr. J. H. Fellows, " ou progress in ag-

riculture.On Wednesday a picnic dinner will be serv-

ed in the hall. Hon J. D. Corey has beennamed as President of the Institute and D.U. Rose, E3q , Secretary.

SALINE SUPS.On the evening of Wednesday February (>,

the Red Ribbon Club held an oyster supper orsocial at their new hall. They had a largoattendance and every one had a pleasant time.The affair was socially a success, but was ratherscant financially. This hall is not exactly aRed Ribbon hall, although it is the intentionof the managers to use it solely for the inter-ests of the Saline Club.

A short time ago a few members securedthe hall in the 3d story of the Risdon storeuntil April, on condition of making some re-pairs. These 8 or 10 members have put innearly two weeks work and now have a verypleasant hall for their meetings. The socialmentioned above was to pay for lumber andother materials use 1 in fixing up the room.We understand they are yet nearly 17-00 indebt. We bespeak for them next time a fullhouse and more money and any surplus afterclearing the debt on the hall will go to theRed Ribbon Club.

The Saline Dramatic Association will pre-sent the drama "Above the Clouds." Theirreputation is so well established locally thatthey are sure of full houses.

Next Monday a temperance revival willcommence to be kept up every night throughthe week.

Hon. E. P. Alien, of Ypsilanti, addresseda large meeting ot the Reform Club on Wed-nesday evening.

SALINK, Feb. 11.

A GIFT TO ALL.—A pair of handsome Gx8chromos are given free to every one who sub-scribes for three mouths to Leisure Hours, alarge 10 page literary paper, filled with thebest stories, poetry, etc , by writers of estab-lished reputation. The papers sent will con-tain the opening chapters of a charming storyentitled "Holden Witn the Cords," by the au-thor of "Shiloh," "My Winter in Cuba," etc.The publishers, S. L. Patten & Co., 102 Wil-liam Street, New York, have decided to offerthis short subscription at fifteen cents (postagestamps taken), about the cost of white paperand mailing, and to give free such a pair ofbeautiful chromos as cannot fail to please everyone. Double value of money is promised toevery subscriber. (1,600 in prizes is giveu tree

• ; l t » .

The tariff bill reported lust wouk re-duces the number of taxed articles to000, aud simplifies the free list bydeclaring that all other articles what-ever shall be free. This is a long stepiu reform.—Lou'noiUe Courier-Journal.

UNIVERSITY NOTES.—Prof Maclean haa been appointed divis

ion surgeon on the M. C. R. R. between Chelsea and Denton.

--Prof. Prescott was very sick last weekwith pneumonia, but has been for several dayconsidered out of danger.

-—That Junior Hop—Me event of the junior year—comes off this evening at ArmoryHall. A gay and festive time is expected.

—Prof. Olney had a fair sized audience lasSunday afternoon, despite the prevailingstorm, and his lecture was heard with interest

—Murdoch drew a very large audience onSaturday evening last, but we hoar consider-able surprise and disappointment expressed athis rendering of the selections made for theevening. His reputation had led the public toexpect toomuoh.

—Fred P . Jordan of 79 tried the PontiacHigh School two or three weeks but proved toonear-sighted for the position, and has beensucceeded by Ferris S. Fitch, Jr . , of '77, whohas been teaching in an Indiana College to thesatisfaction of all except himself. His dissat-isfaction came from a failure to get his salary.

—Justice Marston, of the Supreme Court,will doliver the address to the graduating classat the coming Law Commencement in March.He is now iu Virginia visiting his father-in-law, Mr. Sullivan, who removed there fromBay City in 1870, and is engaged in farming.Mr. Sullivan reports that he received a verycordial welcome from Virginians, aud is verymuch pleased with his new home, which isnear Staunton.

—The Psi Upsilon Glee Club has acceptedan iuvitation to participate in a concert to begiven at Whitney's Opera House, Detroit,lext Tuesday evening, February 19, under theiiiapices of the Young Ladies' Society of St.Paul's Church. Prof. J . H . Halm, of the De-troit Conservatory, is director, and the pro-gramme includes the names of Mrs. S. M.Mansfield aud Mr. C. V. Slocum, the wellknown soprano aud tenor of the Detroit Mu-ical Society.

—The Coldwater Republican indorses a prop-•sition, which it say sthe Executive Committee

of the Board of Regents have under consider-ation to reduce the salaries of all instructorsassistants and professors included, we pre-

sume,) who receive over $1,700 a year ten percent. A revision and reduction of salariesmay be necessary and proper, but the ten percent scale is absurd. One illustration: takeen per cent from an 11,800 salary aud it is re-

duced $80 below the $1,700 which it is not pro-losed to disturb. The revision should be madewith reference to men and their work, and thealaries the same men can command elsewherevill have to govern.

—Of the Camilla Urso troupe which is toappear iu Uuiversity Hall to-morrvr evening,under the auspices of the Lecture Association,he Cincinnati Gazette says :

' The troupe is composed of five persons ofvhoni Madame Urso is, of course the brightparticular star. Her peculiar forte is playingho violin, and it is said that she has few, if

any, superiors in p. rformiug upon that instru-nent.

Miss Ivy Wandesforde, the soprano singer ofhe troupe, possesses a voice of wonderful com-jass and power. In speaking of her, an ex-hange says : " Miss Waudesforde is a hand-ome blonde, with a face beaming with amia-lility. Her unaffected manner, combinedvith a sweet and childlike expression of face,eemed to win her audience at once—whilehe peculiar sweetness and softness of heroice only added to the pleasure which herppearance afforded."The tenor, Mr. W. C. Tower, has a voice of

urprising sweetness, and astonishes one withhe fire he throws into his tone and action.

Mr. J. F . Rudolphseu, the baritone, isanked as the best in America. In addition tosplendid voice, he also possesses a power of

nimicry that is roally surprising.Herr Beuno Scherek, the Pianist, who is

with them, has made the tour of Europe withome of the greatest musical celebrities of thege, and has a reputation as a pianist secondo none.

11KAL ESTATE SALES.

Since our last report deeds have been putn record in tne Register's office showing saioss follows :

Thomas White to Hiland S. Beach, 73 acresff sections 31 and 32, York. $5,000.Loren Babcock to Dennis M. Rockwell, 00

cres off section 8, Lyndon. $2,400.Harrison Crit tenden to John Humphrey, 110

cres off Bection 28, Saline. $0,500.Chas. X. Howell to Solomon Sondheim, store

n Main street, adjoining Savings Bank, AnnVrbor. $2,000.

Margaret O'Connor to W m . O'Connor, 80cres oft' section 22, Northfield. $2,000.

Margaret O'Connor to Chas. O'Connor, 120cres off section 22, Northfield. $3,000.

Wright E. Wells to Chas. J . Howell, 80 acresfl section 32, Manchester. $2,500.

Erastus W. Basom to Philetus Coon, 92cres off French Claim No. 691, Ypsilanti.3,400.Lester S. Pryer to George W. McOormick,

9 acres off section 3, Ann Arbor. $3,000.Christian Duttenhoffer to E. E . and O. D .

hester, 38 3-4 acres off section 27, Aim Arbor.3,214.John S. Jenuess to W. H . Spooner, 53 acres

ff section 30, Superior. $1,000.Stephen T. Hardy to Alva Hardy, 80 acres

ff section 34, Augusta. $2,200.Jane Corson to John J. Hodge, lot 13 in blocksouth range 11 east, Ann Arbor. $1,075.Chas. H. Wesley to Nettie F . Watkms, lot

3, in block 5 range 5, Maynard's third addi-on to Ann Arbor. $200.Oscar Steffoy to Lins ing H. Pat tee, p»rt of

)t 51 in Gilbert's subdivision of Huuter 's ad-ition to Ypsilanti . $500.Thos. W. Hooper to Fred. B. Hooper, uudi-

ided one-fourth of house and lot on Statereet, Aun Arbor. $050.Wm. H . Sheffield to Wm. Weed, piece of

and off section 27, Salem. $270.John Scott to Isha Kelsey, 38 acies off sec-

ion 10, York. $850.Amariah Hammond to I r a Aldrich, lots 12

nd 13 in block 9 of Brown & Fuller's additiono Ann Arbor. $500.

Chas. B. Guiuon to Kittie A. Jones, lot 3 inlock -I), Dexter . $325.

OUR CLUB LIST.We iuvite the attention of subscribers aud nou-ibscribers to the AROUS to the following rates at.hich the ARGUS is clubbed with other papers anderiodicals, both subscriptions payable hi advanceRGUS and Harper's Monthly, - - $4.75.BOOS and Harper's Weekly, -m;us and Harper's Bazar,R<;US and Atlantic Monthly, -Rttus and Seribner'* Monthly,

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ach ARGUS subscription, and the subscription forARGUS must be paid for the year in advance

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A Gentle Hin t .In our style of Climate, with its sudden changes

f temperature,—rain, wind and sunshine oftenntermingled in a single day,—it is no wonder thatill children, friends and relatives are so frequentlyiken from us by neglected colds, half the deathsesulting directly from this cause. A bottle ofioschee's German Syrup kept about your home fornmediate use will prevent serious sickness, a largeoctor's bill, and perhaps death, by the use of threer four doses. For curing Consumption, Hemor-liages, Pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Croup or anyisease of the Throat or Lungs, its success is sim-ly wonderful, as your druggist will tell you.erman Syrup is now sold in every town and vil-

ageou this continent. Simple bottles for trial,Oc.j regular size, 75c.

QUKRY: "Why will men smoke common tobaccovhen they can buy Marburg Bros. ' Seal of Northlarolinv? at the same price?" 1G68

Several hundred Argus subscribers havelot yet paid for 1878—and many are yetn arrears for 1877. P rompt payment will>e necessary to save tha t 50 cents.

•' IT IS A FACT "That you can buy the BEST AND CHEAPEST

BLACK SILKS in the city at MACK A SCHMTIVSTry them and be convinced.

ARTICLES ATTRACTIVE!BECAUSE OF THE MARVELOUS PRICES,

WHICH ARE LOWER THAN THERAW MATERIALS !

the Cash I>i\y Goods House of"

C. H. MILLEN & SON.$1.50 Blk. Cashmere now $1.20$1.35 Blk. Cashmere now $1.00

90c. Blk. Cashmere now 75c.75c. Blk. Cashmere now 00c.

We are still soiling our B L A C K S I L K S AT THEGREAT REDUCTION OF LAST WEEK, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75,$2.00, $2.50. They cannot be matched elsewhere.

$20.00 Paisley Shawls now $16.00." "7.00 Paisley Shawls now $12.00.

$10.00 Paisley Shawls now $7.50.$5.00 All Wool Shawls now $3.50.

100 pieces Spring Prints at 5c. and <>c Bleachedand Brown Sheetings at 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 cts.

THE BIGGEST LINE OF EMBROIDERIES ever shown in this cityALL NEW PATTERNS. They are selling fast at the very low prices of 3, 4, 5,

S, 10, I2j-, 15, 20, and 25 cts. All the ladies that have seen them acknowl-edge them to be the cheapest embroideries they have ever seen.

A LOT OF STANDARD GOODS, SELLING IRRESPECTIVEOF COST—to which you should give ear if in want.

C. H. MILLEN & SON, Cash Dry Goods House.

SPRING 1878!Goods being so low we purchased for cash at

the recent auction sales a large stock ofBlack Silks, Alpacas, Mohairs, Tamise

Cloths, Australian Crapes, andBLACK "CASHMERES,"

[ncluding the Lupin and Colliugwood brands—admitted toje the best in the market. AVe also offer

in bleached and brown Cottons, TableCloths, Quilts, and " Hamburgs."

3 O M E T S I 2 T G 2 T E W in Ladies' Ties, Handkerchiefs,Cachings, Collars, and Veilings.

THE INDUCEMENTS WE OFFER ARE THAT:

. W E BUY FROM FIRST HANDS,

I. We have but one price.We buy and sell for cash.

:. We have a large trade and our goods are always fresh.. The consumer pays but one profit direct from the importer

and manufacturer.

We still continue our .Clearing: Out Sale of Winter

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Estate of Aaron B. Vanatta.OTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of WashtenawO AS. Notice is hereby given that by an order ofle Vrobate Court for the County of Washtenaw,ade on the 5th day of February, A. D. 187S,

ix months from that date were allowed for credi-ors to present their claims against the estate of\.aron B. Vanatta, late of said county, deceased,nd that all creditors of said deceased are required ;o present their claims to said Probate Court, at the'robate Office in the city of Ann Arbor, for exam-lation aud allowance, on or before tlic j

ifth day of August next, aud that gucb claims iwill be heard before said Court, on .Saturday, !

le fourth day of May next and on Monday, the |fth day of August next, at ton o'clock in the Unaoori of each of said days.Dated, Ann Arbor, Februwy 5, A. T). 1878.

WILLIAM D. HARIUMAN,1673wt Judge of* Probate-

Estate of John Scbneeberger.OTATE OF MICHIGAN, County ofO naw, as. Notice is hereby given, that by an or-der of the Probate Court for the County of Washte'-naw, made on the twenty-sixth day of January, A-D. 18*8, six months from that date wero allowedfor creditors to present their claims against thee-Ftate of John Schneeberger, late of said county,deceased, and that all creditors of said deceasednrv required to present their claims to said Pro-bate Court, at the Probate Office in the city ofAnn Arbor, for examination and allowance, on orbefore the twenty-sixth day of July next, andthat such claims will be heard before said Court,on the twenty-sixth day of April, and on the twenty-sixth day of July, next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon of each of said days.

Dated, Ann Arbor. January 20, A. I). 1878WILLIAM D,HAURIMAN,

1673w4 Judge of Probate.

Commissioners' Notice.

8TATK OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,ss. The undersigned having boon appointed by

tho Probate Court for said County, commissionersto receive, examine and adjust all claims and <l<p-(iiaiuis of all persosa against the estate of CharlesMmehart, late of said county deceased, herebygive notice that six months iVom date are allowed,py ontnr of said Probate Court, for creditors to pre-sent, ther claims against fche estate of said deceased,and that they will meet at the residence ofWatson Geer, in the town of Superior, iu saidcouuty, on Saturday, the 13th day of April,and on Monday, the 15tli day of July noxt, atton o'clock A. M. of each of said days, to receive,examine, and adjust said claims.

Dated, January 14, A. D. 1H78.WATSON CEKR,

1172wl JOHN F. PACKARD,Commissioners.

Estate of Schneider Minors.

Commissioners' Notice.T E OF M I C H I G A N , County of Wash tenaw,

s . The undersigned having been appointed byhe Probate Court for said county, commissionerso receive, examine and adjust all claims and de-nandB of all persons against the estate of Fidelusekinger, late of said county, deceased, hereby give

notice tha t six months from date are allowed, byrder of said Probate Court, for creditors to pre-ent their claims against the estate of said de-ensed, and tha t they will meet at the residence of

Bernhard t Koebbe, in the township of Freedom,n said county, on Monday, the ^ixth day ot Mav,ind on Tuesday, the sixth day of August next , a ten o'clock A. M. of each of said days , to receive,xamine and adjust said claims.Dated, February 0, A. D. 1878.

B E R N H A R D T KOEBBE,l*i7U UKOKGK S U H N E R I N G ,

Commissioners.

STATt i OF MICHIGAN, County of W a e h t e u a w ,ss. At u session of the Probate Court for

tho county of Wnshtenaw, holden at the Proba teOfticft in the city of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, t hosixth day of February , in the year one t h o u -sand e i^dt hundred and seventy-ei^ht.

Present , Will iam D. H a r r l m a n , Judge of Proba te .I n the ma t t e r of t he es ta te of F. Ed wind

.Schneider, Loisa Joseph in Schneider, MargaretSchneider, and Theodore Schneider, minors .

On reading and tilin<i; the peti t ion, duly verified,of Dorothea Schneider, guardian of said minors,pvnying tha t shomuy be licensed to soil curtain realesta te belonging to said minors.

Thereupon it is ordered, tha t Tuesday, t hetwelfth day of March nex t , a t ten o'clock iuthe forenoon, be assigned tor the hear-ing of said petition, and tha t the next of kin ofsaid minors, and all other persons interestedin said estate, are required t o appear a ta session of said court, then to be holden at theProbate Otiice in the city of Ann Arbor, andshow cause, if any there be, why the prayerof the petitioner should not be granted : A n dit is tu r ther ordered tha t said peti t ioner givftnotice to the persons interested in said es ta te ,of the pendency of said potition *nd the hear-ing thereof, by causing a copy of this order to bepublished in the Michigan Argus, a newspaperprinted and circulated in said county, four auc-cossive weeks previous to said day of hearing.

W I L L I A M D H A R R I M A N ,(A true copy.) Judjfe of Probate.

W M . G. Doty. Probate Register, I*i7^

Estate of FredcricK Miller.

Si ATE <>!'' MICHIGAN, County of WaHhfceuaw,ss. At a session of the Probate Court foe the;

County of WaahtenftW, hidden at the 1'robateOttice,iu Ihe city of Ann Arbor, on Saturday, thesecond day of February, jU; the year one thousandeight hundred and seventy-eight.

Present, William D. FTarrlnian, Judge of Probate.[n the matter of the estate of !•'!• <len<;k Miller,

deceased.On reading and BHng the petition, duly verified,

ill' Q-e&rge Miller, exe.cni or, praying Dial homay In; Licensed to sell the real estate \\ hereofsaid deceased died seized.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, theninth day of March next, at ten o'clock inthe forenoon, be assigned f«>r the bearing of saidpetition, and that the devisees, legatees, and heirsat law of said deceased; and all other persons in-texQuted in said estate, ;uv required i<> appear at asession of s;ii<t court, then to l»' hold en at Ihe Pro-l>;tte Office in the City of Ann Arbor, and .showcause, if any then; lie, why the prayer of the peti-tioner showM not be granted: And it is furtherordered, thai said petitioner give uotlce to tin- pet*sons interested la safcj estate, oi the pepdeocy ofsaid petition and the bearing thereof, by causing acopy of this order iu l>c published in the MichiganArgus,a newspaper printed aud circulated in siiidcounty, four successive weeks previous to said dayof hearing. WILLIAM 0. HARRIMAN,

(A true copy Judge of Probate.WM.( ; . ] )OTV, Probate Befftster. l«7J

Estate of Thomas ^ n n e d y .QTA.TK OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw^ ss. At a session of the Probate <'ourtfor theCounty of Washtenaw, holdon at the Probate of-fice in the city of Ann Arbor, on Saturday, thesecond day of February, in the year one thous-and eight hundred and seventy-eif<ht.

Present, William D.Hamman, Judge of Probate.]n the matter of the estate of Thomas Ken-

nedy, deceased.On reading and riling the petition, duly verified, of

Ann M. Kennedy, prayinjg thai Bheor sume othersuitable person may be appointed administratrix ofthe estate of said deceased.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the fourthday of March next, at ten o'clock in the fore-noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition,and that the heirs at law of said deceased and allother persons interested in said entitle, are requiredto appear at a session of said Court, then to beholden at the Probate Office in the city of AnnArbor, and show cause, if any there be, why theprayer of the petitioner should not be granted: Andit i» turther ordered that said petitioner give noticeto the persons interested in said estate, of thependency of said petition ;uul the hearing thereof,by causing a copy of this order to be published inthe Michtguii Argus, a newspaper printed and cir-culated in said county, three successive weeks pre-vious to said day of hearing.

WILLIAM D. HARRTMAN,(A true copy). Jiul^o or Probate.

W M . (J. POTY, Probate Register. lf)7:;td

Estate of James I>. Palmer.

STATE OK MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,ss. At a session of the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Of-fice in the City of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, thesixth duy of February, in the year one thousandetirht hundred and neventy-eiftbt.

Present, William I). Harriraai., Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Jatues B. Palmer,

dectased.I-. AI. Palmer, administrator of said estate,

comes into court and represents that lie is nowprepared to render his final account as such ad-must ra tor.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the sec-ond day of March next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigned for examining and allowingsuoh aeeount, and that the heirs at law ot saiddeoeaaed, and all other person* interested in saidestate, tire required to appear at a session of saidCourt, theu to be holden at the L'robate OiHce inthe City of Ann Arbor in said county, and showcause, if any there be, why this said account shouldnot. be allowed: And it is further ordered, thatsaid administrator give notice to the persons inter-ested in said estate, of the pendency of said ac-couut and the hearing thereof, by causing a copy ofthis order to be published in the Michigan Argus,a newspaper printed aud circulatmy in said county,three successive weeks previous to said day ofhearing.

WILLIAM I). HARRIMAN,[A true copy). Judge ot Probate.M. G. DOTY, Probate Register. 1G73

Estate of Lura L. Porter.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of WaahtenSW*ss. A t» session of the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate, Officeia the city of Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, the twenty*ninth day of January, in the year one thousandeight hundred and seventy-eight.

Present, William I>. HaiTimnn, Judge of probate.In the [natter of the estate of Lura L Porter,

<lr<-rased.Frank A. Hooker, executor of the last will

and testament of said deceased, conies into courtand represents that he is now prepared to renderhis final account as such executor.

Thereupon it Is ordered, that Tuesday, thotwenty-SlXth day of February next, at ten o'eloek

the forenoon, be assigned for examiningand allowing such account, and that the dev-isees, legatees, and heirs at (aw of -said de-ceased, and all other persons interested in saidestate, are required to appear at a session ofttaidcourt, then to be holdeo at the Probate Offiee inthe City of Ann Arbor in said county, and showcause if any there be, why the .said accountshould not be allowed: And it is further ordered,that said executor giv.e notice to tfae per-sons interested in said estate, of the pendency erfsaid account and the bearing thereof, by causinga copy of this order to be published in tho Michi-gan Argus, a newspaper primed and circulatingin said county, three successive weeks previousto said day of bearing.

WILLIAM 1). IIAUKIMAX.f A true copy.) Judge of Probate.

WM. G. DOTY, Probate Register, lG72td

Kitatc ot Char-lea 11. SoKIanderer.QTATK OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw-,O. ss. At a session of the Probate Court lor theCounty of Washtenaw, holden at the Piobate Of-fice in the City of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, thethirtieth day of January, in the year one thousandight hundred and seventy-eight.

Present, William I), llariiman, Judge Of Probate.In the matter of the estate of ' kartes 11. Schlun-

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

of Albert Gwinner, praying that he or some othersuitable person may be appointed administrator ofthe estate of said deceased.

Thereupon it is oidered, that Monday, the twen-ty-fifth day of February next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said potition, and that the heirs at law ot 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 otiice in the city of AnnArbor, aud show cause, if any there be, why theprayer 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 hearing;thereof, by causing K copy of this order to be pub-lished in the Michigan Argus, a newspaper printedand circulated in said county, three successiveweeks previous to said day of hearing.

WILLIAM D. HAKK1MAN,(A true copy.) Judge of Probate.

W M . Q-. POTT, Probate Register. 1672td

Estate of Elizabeth Vail.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,ss. At ft session of the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate ofticein the city of Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, the twenty-second day of January, in the year one thousandeight hundred and seventy-eight.

Present, William D. Hurrimun, Judtre of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth Vail,

deceased.Byron W. Cheever, administrator, de boni.s non

with the will annexed, of said estate, conies intocourt and represents that he is now prepared torender his final account as such administrator.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, thenineteenth day of February next, at ten o'clockin the forenoon, be assigned for examining andallowing such account, and that the devisees,legatees, and heirs at law of said deceased, andall other persons interested in said estate, arerequired to appear a t a session of said court,then to be holden it the Probate office in the cityof Ann Arbor i i said county, and show cause,if any there be, wny the said account should notbe allowed : And 11 ia further ordered that saidadministrator give notice to the persons inteiestedin said estate, ot the pendency of said accountand the hearing thereof, by causing a copy ofthis order to be published in the Michigan Ar-gus, a newspaper printed and circulating in saidcounty, three successive weeks previous to saidday of hearing;.

1671td WILLIAM D. HAKRIMAN,(A true copy.) ludge of Probate,

W M . G. DOTY, Probate Register. 1871

Estate of Charles Tripp.

STATE OF MICHIGAN. County of Washte-naw, ss. At a session of the Probate Court tor

the County Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Officein the city of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, the'2.*id day of January, in the year one thousandeiflfot him ;red and seventy-eight.

Pr jsent, William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate.In .he matter of the estate of Charles Tiipp,

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

of Margaret H. Tripp, praying that she may beappointed administratrix of the estate of said de-ceased.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the eight-eenth day of February next, at Ten o'clock in theforenoon, bo assigned for the hearing of said peti-tion, aud that the heirs at law of said deceased,and all other persons interested in said estate,are required to appear at a tession of said court,then to bo holden at the Probate Office in thecity of Ana Arbor, and show oauM, if anythere be, why the pruyer of the petitionershould not be granted: And it is further or-dered, that said petitioner give notice to thepersons interested in said estate, of the pendencyof said petition and the hearing thereof, by caus-ing a copy of this order to be published in theMichigan Argus, a newspaper printed and circu-lated in said county, three succcsive weeks pievious to said day of hearing.

WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,;A true copy.) Jud^e of Probate.

Wai. G. DOTY. Probate Register. 107 ltd

Estate of Georere Grenville.

STATE OF MICHIGAN" County of WtUhte-naw ss. At a session of the Probate Court for

the County of Wash ton ivw, holden at the ProbateOflice in the city of Ann Arbor, on Monday, thetwenty-first day of January, in the year onethousand ei^ht hundred and eeventy-ei^l't.

Present, William I). Harriman. Judtre of Probnte-In the matter of the estate ot George Ghrtn-

villc, deceased.On reading and filing fche petition, duly veiifled,

of John M. Wheeler, praying that a certain instru-ment now on file in this court, purporting; to bethe last will and testament of said deceased, maybe admitted to probate, and that he may be ap-pointed executor thereof.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the eigh-teenth day ot February noxt, at ten o'clock inthe forenoon, oe assigned ior the heafmg otsuid petition, and that the deviwe.es, legatees,and heirs at law o£ said deoeased, ami all otherpersons interested m said estate, are requiredto appear at a session of said Court, then to beholdea at the Probate ofiice in the city of AimArbor, and show cause, if any there be, why theprayer of the petitioner should not be grunted:Audit is further ordered that said petitioner givenotice to the persons interested iu said estate otthe pendency of snid petition and the hearingthereof, by causing a copy ot this order to be pub-lished in the Michigan Argus, a newspaper printed;md circulated in said county, three successiveweeks previous to said day of hearing.

WILLIAM D. HAUitl tfAN,(A true copy.) Judge of Probate.W M . U. Dorr , Probate Register, i6I H4

S'1

fteal Estate fdt Sale.S*TATK QF MICHIGAN, County of WashtenfaW,

ss. In the matter of the estate of Moses C.Edwards, deceased. Notice is hereby given, thatin pursuance of an order granted to the under-signed, administrator of the estate of said de-ceased, by the Hon. Judge of Probate ior theCounty of Washtenaw, on the twenty-eighth dayof January, A. D. 1878, there will be sold at publicvendue, to the highest bidder, at the late residenceof said deceased, on the premises to be nold, in thetownship of York, in the County of Waahtenaw,in said State, on TUESDAY* THE NINETEKNTH DAYOF MARCH, A. D. 1878, at ten o'clock in the fore-noon oi that day (subject to all encumbrances bymortgage or otherwise exi&ting at the time of thedeath of said deceased), the following describedreal estate, to wit: The certain pieces or parcels ofland situate in the township oi York, in the countyof Washtenaw and State of Michigan, knownand described as follows, to wit: The southwestquarter (s. w. qr.) of the northeast quarter (n. e.qr.) and the west half (w. h.) of the southeast quar-ter (B. C. qr.) of section number thirty-five ('£&), intownship four (4) south, range six (6) cast, ex-cepting four parcels of about rive (5) acres in all,decdeuto Hiram M. Smith, Elijah Ellis, i>, A.Woodard and J . E . M a r v i n ; and also exceptingand reserving a parcel of land heretofore deededto Thomas lirayman, off the west end of abovefarm,containing thirty-six (86) acres ; also except-ing those parcels of land included in the pint ofJane P. Kdwards, to the village of Milan, Mon-roe County, Htateof Michigan, being a part ofthe west half of the southeast quarter of sectionthirty-five (35) in the township of York, Washte-naw County, State of Michigan, said plat bein^recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds forWashtenaw County, in liber60; on ptcge 106; «lxoexcepting the piece or parcel of land deeded byMoses c . Kdwards to EbviJX. iteynoltls, and re-corded in the ottine of the Register of Deeds forWashtenaw County, in liber 71, on page .">18 ; alsoexcepting the piece or parcel of land deeded byMoses C. Edwards to Sheldon li. Thioop, and re-corded in the office of the Register ot Deeds forWfibhfenaw County, in liber 7-i, on page fiOd; alsoexcepting the piece or parcel of laud deeded byMoses C. Edwards to George (Hark, and recordedin the office of the Hegntex of Deeds lor Washte-naw County, in liber 77 of deeds, on pnge 420:also excepting tho piece or parcel of land deededby Mos«!S < . Edwards to Elizabeth Epley, and re-corded in the office of the Register of Deeds forWawlitenaw County, in liber 77, on page 899; alsoexcepting the piece or parcel of land deeded byMoseM C. Edwards to Addison K. (Jardncr, andi'corded in t>e office of the Register of Deede forWashlcmaw County, in liber 77, on page 548.

Dated, January 29, A. D 1877. I6T2

BARLB8 C. EDWARDH, Administrator.

Koal Estate for Sale.iTATKOI- MICHIGAN", County of Washtenaw,^ ss. In tbe matter of the estate of William S.

Bird, deceased. Notice ia hereby given, that inpursuance Of an order granted to the undersignedadministrator oi the esttiteof said William S Bird.by the Eton. Judge of Probate for the county ofLivingston, on the nintli day of January, A. D.1878, there will be sold at public vendue, to thehighest bidder, at tbe premises in the county ofWash ten aw, in said State, on TUKHPAY, THETWELFTH DAY OF MAKCII, A. D. 1878, at one o'clockin the afteruooa of that day fsubject to all encum-brances by mortgage or otherwise existing at tbetime of the death oi said deceased or at the timeof sttid sale, and also subject to the right of dowerof the widow of said deceased thereon), the follow-ing described real estate, to wit: Village; lots num-ber nine t,$) and number ten (i<>;, in block four (4) inOrmsby and Page's addition to the city of Aun Arbor;also the following piece or parcel of land boundedand described as follows, to wit: being a part oflot number five (5), in block number four (4j northof Huron street, iu range number six (tJ), accord-ing to the recorded plat of the village of Ann Ar-'oor, beginning at the northeast corner of said lotnumber rive (5), ruuning thence southwesterlyalong the west line of Detroit street forty-seven(47) feet to to adi teh; thenot northwesterly alongthe east line of said ditch to the north line of saidlot number five ; thence easterly along said northline ot said lot to the place of beginning.

Dated, Junuary'lO, 1878.1670td OTIS H. OBKRT, Administrator.

Sheriff's Sale.OTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Wushtenaw,^ ss. Philip Bach vs. James 1). McMaster: Byvirtue of two writs of execution, issued out of andunder the seal of the Ciruit Court for tha Countyof Washtenaw, in the above entitled cause, andto me directed and delivered, I did on the eleventhday of December, A. D. IS77, levy upon all theright, title, aud interest of the said James D, Mc-Master, in and to the following described real es-tate situated in the County of Washtenaw, Htateof Michigan, to wit: All the following pieces orparcels of land, viz.: Beginning at the southeastcorner of the southwest quarter of section numbertwenty-two f22 in township two south ot rangesix cast, thence south eighty-nine degrees andeight minutes west twenty-four chains and ninety-eight links to a stake, thence north forty-onechains to the north line of said quarter section,thence north eighty-nine degrees and eighty min-utes east twenty-four chains and ninety-eightlinks to the northeast corner of said quarter sec-tion, thence soutli on said quarter line forty-onecharts to the place, of beginning, excepting there-from and from the east side of said premises astrip of land fifteen rods wide., heretofore deededby James W. Wing to Richard (TIHSH'I-, said stiipto be h-nuided on the west by a line parallel withthe east line) of the above described tract; also oneother piece of land lying iu said township, boundedas follows: Beginning at the northeast corner oftho northwest fractional quarter of section twenty-seven, in said township, thence south on said sec-tion line thirty-two chains to the Huron River,thence up aaid river to a stake opposite a pointtwenty-four chains and ninety-eight links southeighty-nine degrees aud eight miuutcs west fromthe place of beginning, thence north twenty chainsand eleven links to said point, thence north eighty-nine degrees and eight minutes east twenty-fourchains and ninety-eight links to the place of be

glirmilg. Till; aWv* Aw iTbcA p-*xoclo oontivimngjointly one hundred and fifty-three acrea.be thesame more or less ; also another piece of land iuthe township aforesaid, viz.: Being a certain pieceiff land of about half an acre, situated in the forksof the territorial and Glasier road, on the north-westquarter of section twenty-seven, in town andrange aforesaid, which above described property[shall offer for sale, to the highest bidder, at thesouth door of the Court House, in the city of AnnArbor, Washtenaw county, Michigan, (that beingthe place of holding the Circuit Courts in thecounty where tbe premises are situated) on theNINTH DAY OF MAKCII, A. D. 187S, at two o'clockin the afternoon of said day.

Dated, Januaiy 24, A. D. 1878.1671 JOSIAH S. CASE, Sheriff.

Chancery Sale.n T A T E OF MICHIGAN, The Circuit Court forO the County of Washtenaw, in Chancery, Fred-erick Schniid, Senior, complainant vs. Mary E.Ruckman and Silas C. Ruckman, defendants. Inpursuance and by virtue of a decree made and en-tered in the above entitled cause, ou the fourteenthday of November, A. D. 1877,the undersigned, one ofthe Circuit Court Commissioners in and for thesaid county of Washtenaw, will sell at public ven-due, to the highest bidder, at the south door of theCourt House, in the city of Ann Arbor, in saidcounty, on Saturday the second day of March, AD. 1878, at ten o'clock in tbe forenoon of that day,all those certain pieces of land described as fol-lows, to wit: Beginning at the northwest corner ofseel ion seven, in township four south of rangefour east in Michigan, thence east eleven (11)chains and seventy (70) links; thence south, paral-lel with the west line of said section seven, twenty-six [26} chains and fifty-two (32) links to the centerof the Saline road; thence westerly along thecenter of said road to the township line; thencenorth along said township line twenty-four chainsand sixty-six links to the place of beginning, con-taining thirty acres of land. Also all that part ofthe west half of the south-east quarter of sectionnumber one, in the township of Manchester,Washtenaw County, Michigan, lying south-westof the river Raisin and north of the Saline road,containing about eight acres of laud.

Dated, January 16,1878. 1670FRANK EMERICK,Circuit Court Commissioner.

EUGKNK K. Pnt'EAUFF, Complainant's solicitor.

Chancery Sale.

IN PURSUANCE and by virtue of a decree ofthe Circuit Court of the United States for the

Eastern District of Michigan, in equity, made andentered on the fifteenth day of October, A. D. 1877,in a certain cause therein pending wherein CharlesJ. Howell is complainant, and John W. Cowan,Dorcas M. Cowan, Christian Mack, FrederickSchmid, and John J. Clarkson, are defendants:Notice is hereby given, that I shall sell at publicauction, to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, THESECOND DAY OF MARCH NKXT, at two o'clock p. M.of that, day, at the front door of the WashtenawCounty Court House, in tho city of Ann Arbor,Washtenaw County, Michigan, all those certainpieces or parcels of land situated in the townshipof Sharon, county of Washtenaw, and State afore-said, known, bounded, and described as follows, towit: Commencing at the east quarter post of sec-tion number two (2) township three (3) south rangenumber three (3) east in said county, thence north(>4° west nine chains and lifty-four liuks, thencesouth 35]/p west sixty-four links in the road, thencenorth 29^ west fourteen chains aud sixty-sevenlinks along tho road, thence north 89^° west twen-ty-five chains aud forty-five links along the road,thence south on the center line forty-six chainsaud sixty-seven links, thence north ti-5J4o oast nine-teen chains and sixty-throe links along the road,thence north 83^° fast rive chains and twenty-fivelinks along the road, thence north seventy-one de-grees cast five chains and thirty links along theload, thence south M1.. degrees west one chain andfifty-nine links along the road, thenoe north 75°east thirteen chains and twenty-one links, themen on li on section line seven I ecu chains and twentylinks to the place of beginning; containing onebund red and forty-four acres and forty-four hun-dredtns'. Detroit; January 12,187S.

Al">DISON MANDKLI,,Master in Chancery of said < !ou rt,

JOHN" X. (JOTT,Solicitor for Complainant. 1670

Mortgage Sale.

D KFAUf/r having been made in the conditionol'a ci'rtain inortgHK''"uide and executed by

Vincent 8, Taylor and Abigail Taylor, his wife, ofthe village of Saline, county of Washtenaw andSlate of Michigan, to Corastock V. Hill, of Lodi,county of Washtenaw aforesaid, on the tenth dnyof \\i\ il, in the year of our Lord one thousand eighthiimlnd anil seventy-two,and recorded in the of-fice of the Register of Deeds for fche county afbre-said, on tbe twentieth day of April, A. D. 1872t atone o'clock l>. m. of .said day, in liber 46 of morl-gages,page300; that there is now claimed to bedue and unpaid on said mortgage, and the note ac-companying the same, the sum of OO6 hundred andthree dollars and fifty cents (£103.50), also an attor-neys lee ol twenty-live dollars us a reasonable at-torney fee, in addition to all other Ic^al coats,should any proceedings be taken to foreclo.se thesame, and no proceedings at law QF in equity hav-ing been instituted to recover the same or any partth&reef: tfotlce is hereby gtveil, that, by virtue ofI he power of sale in said mortgage contained, andof the statute in such case made and provided, Ishall sell at public auction to the highest bidder, onthe Si.vrEKvm DAY OK APUIL, A. D. 1878, at twoo'clock p. in. of said day, at the front door of theCourt House, in the city of Ann Arbor, in thecounty of Washtenaw and Slate aforesaid {that be-Ing the building in which the Circuit Court for saidcounty is held), the premises described in saidmortgage **s being Lots No. 48 and 49 in Bennett'saddition to the village of Saline, county of Washte-naw ami State aforesaid, aqoordiqg to a recordedpfat thereof. Dated, .January 15, 1878.

l670td COMSTtX'K f. HILL, Mortgagee.

Universi ty Le t t e r and Note Heads, wi thand wi thou t Cuts, in Hodder ' s P a t e n t Blot-tin*; Pad Covers—100 and 130 sheets in abook—fot* sale at the ARGUS Office.

Mortgage Sale.lifitKRKAH default hftVlug been made, in the» J conditions of two certaiu mortgages, one made

and executed by John Crawford and CatharineCrawford to Charles S. Gregory, and dated Septem-ber the fifth, A. D. 1871, ana recorded in the officeof the Itegister of Deeds of Washtenaiv County,in liber 4« jot mortgages, on page 827, which saidmortgage was assigned by said Charles 8. Gregorjto Frederick Laubengayer by deed of assignment,recorded in liber five of assignment <rf mortgages,on page 578, and the other of said mortgagee belagmade and executed by F, H. Kraus to John .1.Crawford, and dated November the ninth, A. 1>.1872, and recorded in said Register's office, In liber14 of mortgages at page 244, which last said mort-gage was aastgneo1 by said John J Crawford toCharles S. Gregory by deed oi assignment, re-corded in said Register's office, In liber four of#s-signment of mortgages, op page 447, and by saidCharles s. Gregory to Kick rick Laubengayer bydeed of assignment, recorded In said Register'soffice, in liber four of assignment of mortgages, onpage 448. and whereas there is now due and unpaidon said first mortgage the suiri of Seventeen hun-dred and eighty-one lii-l(H) dollars ($1,781.t9) andto become due ihc sum of (He hundred dollarswith interest at the rate of I en per cent, from tfaifldate according to the terms of said mortgage andthe bond accompanying the same, also an attor-ney's foe ol thirty dollars, provided for in saut

mortgage, and whereas, there is now due and un-paid on said second mortgage the sum of thirteenhundred and fourteen 57-100 dollars, together withan attorney's fee of thirty dollars provided for insaid mortgage, and whereas, no proceedings havebeen taken heretofore in law or equity to recoverthe dot>1 secured l>y said mortgages or any partthereof: Now, therefore, notice is hereby giventhat by virtue of the power of Male in each of saidmortgages contained, and by virtue of the statutein such cases m;ide and provided, on SATI'KDAV,TDK I WKS'l Y-SKVKNTll DAY OF Al'BlL next, al11 A. M. of said day, at-the south door of the CourtHouse, in ihe city of Ann Arbor (that be Jug theplace and building w here the * ircuit Court for thecounty ot Washtenaw Is held) the undersigned willseUat public auction, to the highest bidder, thepremises described in each of said mortgages (itbeing the same description in each) or so muchthereof as shall he necessary to satisfy the saiddebts with interest thereon, together with saidattorney Ices, also the costs and expenses of saleallowed by law, said premises being described iusaid mortgages as being the south part of the north-west fractional quarter of section number four,in township number two south, range number fivecast, in tiie township of Scio, county of Washte-naw and State of Michigan, containing eighty BC1 eof land, more or less.

Ann Arbor, January 28, 1878.FREDERICK LAUBENGAYER,

I). CEAMKR, Assignee of Mortgages.Attorney for Assignee. 1672

Mortgage bale.

DEFAULT having been made in the conditio nof a certain purchase money mortgage, exe-

cuted by Lorenzo Davis to Xacharias Schaal, bear-ing date Januaiy first. A. ]). 1871. and recorded inthe office of the Register of Deeds for Washtenuwcounty. State of Michigan, on January seventeenth,A. D. 1871, at 10:25 o'clock a. m., in liber 45 ofmortgages, on page 52, which said mortgage after-wards, to wit: on March fourth, A. D. 1871, dulyassigned by deed of assignment, by the snid.Zach-arias Shaad to 8arah J, Winner, which died of as-signment was recorded in said Register's office onJanuary fourteenth, A. D. 1877, at 5:10 o'clock p.m., in liber five of assignment of mortgages, onpage 002, by which default tbe power of sale there-in contained has become operative, and no pro-ceedings at law or in equity having been institutedto recover the debt secured by said mortgage orany part thereof, and the sum of fourteen huudivjand eighty six dollars being now claimed to be dueupon siiid mortgage, for principal and interest,besides the costs and expenses of this foreclosure:including an attorney fee of twenty-five dollars ,Notice is therefore, hereby given, that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premisesdeHcribed in said mortgage, at public veiidue, tothe highest bidder, on APBTJ. THIRTEENTH, A. D.1878, at ten o'clock a. ni. of said day, at the southfront door of the Court House, in the city of AnnArbor, county of Washtenaw, and State ot Michi-gan (that being the building in which the CircuitCourt for Washtenaw ia held}. The lands and prem-ises described in said mortgage, and which will besold at said time and place, are described as fol-lows, to wit: All that pieee of land beginning atthe southeast corner of the southwest quarter otsection number thirty-four, in township numbertwo south and range number six east, being in tbecounty of VVashtenaw, and State of Michigan, andrunning thence west on the section line so far tbatthe boundaries hereinafter mentioned will inducefifteen acres of land, thence north parallel to theeast line ot said quarter section to the center ofthe Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti road, thence southerly along the center ot said road to the east lineof said quarter Bection, and thence south on saidquart*r section line to the place ol beginning.

I>ated, January 15, 1878.SARAH J . WINNER, Assignee.

HENRY WADE ROGERS, Att'y for Assignee. iliTO

Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS, John BIythe and Joanna Blythe,of the township of Manchester,Michigan, on the

tenth day of June, A. 1). one thousand eight hundredand seventy-four, executed a mortgage to WatsonGeer, of the township of Superior, county of Wash-tenaw, and State of Michigan, to secure the pay-meet of certain piincipal and interest moneytherein mentioned, which mortgage was recordedin the office of the Register of Deeds of Washte-naw county and Stale of Michigan, on the seven-teenth day of -June, A. I). 1874, at rivejand one-halfo'clock p. in. of said day, in liber fifty-one of mort-gages, ou page 88S : and whereas default has beenmade more than thirty days in the payment of aninstallment of said interest money which becaintdue on the tenth day of June, A. D. 1875, by reasonwhereof and pursuant to the terms of said mort-gage, said mortgagee elects that so much of saidprincipal as remains unpaid, with all arrearages ofinterest thereon, shall become due and payableimmediately, and whereas there is olnimed to bedue and unpaid at the date of this notice the sumot eighteen hundred and ninety dollars and eighty-six cents for principal and interest, also fifty dol-lars* as a reasonable solicitor's or attorney's fee, inaddition to all other legal costs, should any pro-ceedings be taken to foreclose said mortgage ; andno suit or proceedings having been instituted eitherin law or equity to recover the same or any partthereof : Notice is hereby given that on Saturday,the thirteenth day of April next, at two o'clock inthe afternoon of said day, at the south door of theCourt House, in the city of Ann Arbor (that beingthe building in which the Circuit Court for saidcounty ia held}, and by virtue of the power-oi salecontained in said mortgage, I shall sell at public auc-tion, to the highest bidder, the premises described insaid mortgage, to satisfy the amounl of principaland interett claimed to be due, with the attorney'sfee of fifty dollars and charges of eale, to wit: Allthat certain piece or parcel of land aituate andbeing in the township of Manchester, in thecounty of Washtenaw, and State of Michigan, anddescribed as follows: Being lot *' B " on middlesubdivision of the northwest fractional quarter ofsection, number seven (7), township number (4)south of range number three (3) east, containingeighty-one and fifty-five hundredths of an acre,except all lying north of the highway, supposed,to be three acres, more or less.

January 18, 1878.JOHN N. GOTT, WATSON GEEXt,

Att 'y for Mortgagee. 1670 Mortgagee,

Mortgage Sale.

DEFAULT has been made in the conditions of acertain mortgage, made and executed by

John W. Maynard and Mary J. Maynard,.his wifeto Alfred B. Wood, on the second day of November,A. D. 1857, which mortgage was duly recorded lathe olflce of the Register of Deeds fur the Countyof Washtenaw, State of Michigan, on the sixthday of November, A. D. 1857, in liber 24 of mort-gages, page 118, which said mortgage was, on thesixteenth day of January,""A. D. 1858, duly assign-ed by the said Alfred B. Wood to the undersignedCharles H. Richmond, and said assignment was du-ly recorded in the oftice of tbe Register of Deedsfor the County of Washtenaw, State of Michigan,on the eighteenth day of Januaiy, A. D. 1858, inliber 24 ol mortgages, page 118; and there is nowdue and unpaid thereon the sum of two thousanddollars and interest from the ninth day of Mftj,A. D. 187o; and no proceedings at law have beeninstituted to recover the deot secured by suchmortgage, or any part thereof: Now, therefore, no-tice is hereby given that by virtue of the power ofsale in said mortgage contained, and of the statutesin such case made and provided, said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the premises coveredthereby, or so much thereof as shall be necessaryto satisfy the amount due on said mortgage asabove set forth, and the costs and expenses of Biieiisale, together with a reasonable charge for attor*ney's or solicitor's services as provided in saidmortgage, at public auction, to tbe highest bidder,on FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OK MARCH, A.D. 1878, at two o'clock p. m. of said day, at the tbesouth door of the Court House, in the city ot" AnuArbor, County of Washtenaw, and State of Michi-gan (said Court House being the place for holdingthe Circuit Court for said county). Said premisesare situated in said city of Ann Arbor, and are de-scribed as follows, to wit: Commencing one hun-dred and sixteen feet and a half north from thesoutheast corner of block number one north inrange three east; thence west 102 feet; thencenorth fifteen and one half feet to the south line oflot number eight, in said block ; thence west thirtyfeet to tbe west line of said lot, thence north nineand one half feet; thence east along the south lineof Charles Thayer's land and along the south lineof Charles Thayer's store, in Mundy's block, loMain street; thence south to the place of begin-ning; together with the right aud privilege anduse of the north wall of James T. Alleu's store tobuild into or upon, and also the right and privi-lege of using and building against and joining intothe south wall of Charles Thayer's store in a suita-ble and workmanlike manner, not so as to occasionany damage or injury to said wall or building, ex-cepting and reserving so much of said as is coveredby James 1?. Allen's brick store, being about twoJeet five inches wide ami the length of said Allen'sstore, and also the piece of land deeded by Aguesi'. Parsons and Rosweil Parsons to Thomas Clark.The said land hereby intended to bedescribed be-ing the same land and all the land conveyed byCharles Thayer and wife and Rosweil Parsons andhis wife and Agnes P. Parsons to Henry W. Hyatt,and by suid Hyatt and wife deeded to John Lock-wood, and by John Lock wood and wile to John W.Maynaid, together with all the appurtenancesthereto, and all the right, title, interest, estate,claim and demand of tbe parties of the first part iuthe said mortgage In and to the premises.

Dated, December8,1877.

CHARLES H. RICHMOND,WILLIAM H. WKLLS, Assignee of Mortgage.

Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage. 1661

"Sheriff's Sale.

STATE O F MICHIGA N County of Washtenaw.ss.Isaac Paulding vs. William Behee. By virtue

of one writ of execution issued out of and underthe seal of the Circuit Court for the County ofWashtennw, in the above entitled cause, to medirected and delivered, I did on the twenty-etghthday of September, A. D. 1877, levy upon all theright, title and interest of the said William Behee,in and to the following described real estate, situ-ated in the County of Washtenaw, State of Michi-gan, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land knownand described as follows, to wi t : The east half ofthe south-east quarter of section number six, intown three, south range three east, being the towu-ship of Sharon, Washtenaw County, Slate of Mich-igan, which above desciibed property I shall offerfor sale, to tho highest- bidder, at the south door ofthe Court House, in tbe city of Ann Arbor, Wash-tcnaw County, Michigan (that being the place Ofholding the Circuit Courts in the County where thepremises are situated), on the ninleenthdayof Feb-ruary. A. D. 1878, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon ofsaid day.

Dated, January 4, A. D. 1878,JOSIAH S. CASE, Sheriff.

MILLAIID & BEAN,Atty'afor Plaintiffs, Adiiao, Mich. 1GG7

d'»ue at the[NE JOB PR INT11VGAKlilJS OPEICfi.

THE NEWS COAPENSEP.THE EAST.

TIIKHE recently arrivod at Baltimore, in avessel from Demerara, a boy ausweriug in somerespects the description of Charley lions. Itwas firmly believed by the Bultimoreann thatthe long-lost boy had at last been found, andthere was great oxcitement for a little while.To fettle the matter 31. Christian K. RORSvisited that city and touk a look at the boy. He

at once declared that it wan not CharleyTho good people of Mauch Chunk, Pa., havea genuine sensation in the shape of an allegedMiraculous cure. One Amelia Grethwas takensick and apparently died. Father Heinen, aCatholic priest, was called in, and by somehocus pocus, it is claimed, restored tho deadto ,ife. Amelia, at the call of the priost, wasinstantly transformed from a cold corpsoto a living, broathing, talkative wom-an. She immediately arose, dressedherself, walked a long distance to church, anddeclared herself as well and strong as ever.Whether or not it is a real miracle, it has cer-tainly produced a groat sensation among theMauch Chunkers and all tho people roundabout that region.

THE criminal carelessness with which hank-ing institutions aro conducted in these modorndays is forcibly illustrated by the case of thoBank of North America, of New York. Theteller of this bank, Augustus M. Turnev, in1809 coaunenced speculatine; with tho con-cern's funds, and lost. He endeavored torepair his losses, but ill-fortune attendedevery venture. Ho has continupd thesespeculations ever since, until, despairing ofever restoring the stolen funds, he now comesforward and makes full confession. The de-falcation, which has been accumulating for aperiod of eight years, now amounts to over$100,000....The Pacific Print Mills, at Law-rence. Mass., havo been destroyed by fire.Loss, $125,000.

HON. THEODOKE ROOSEVELT, who was re-cently nominated by tho President, for Col-loctor of the Port of New York and rejected bythe Senate, 13 dead. He was a very prominentcitizen, and widely known and beloved for hisphilanthropies...".A Philadelphia dispatch re-ports the arrest of Wtisjht & S tan, the largestshipping firm in that city, and the seizure oftheir book-", upon a cha-ge of defrauding theGovernment to the extent of .4200,000.

D. R. MANOCJI, late President of the Na-tional Trust Company, of New York, ha3 beenindicted for perjury in sweariug to f&lso state-ments of the company's financial condition.Hon. Gideon Welle;', ex-Secretary of the Navyunder Lincoln, died at hi« home" in HartfordCt,, on tue 11th hist Wm, Welsh, the well-known philanthropist, Indian Commissionerand brother of the Hun. John Welsh, UnitedStates Minister to England, died suddenly atPhiladelphia, last weok, of heart disease intho 71st year of his age.

THE WEST.

THERE is stored in Chicago elevators 1,380,916bushels of wheat; 670,7G7 bushels of corn;213,394 bushels of oats; 183,417 bushels ofrye, and 758,892 bushels of barley, makin" agrand total of 3.210,380 bushels, agaiutt8,040,106 bushels at this period a year ago.

B. E. J. MILES, of tho Grand Opera Rouse,Cincinnati, has recovored a verdict of 840,000damagos against P. T. Barnum, for a libel pub-lished two years ago.

THAT so-called Mauch Chunk miracle cureturns ont, as was suspected, to be a fraud.Father Heinan, tho priest who was reputed tohave raited the girl Amelia Grether from thedead, admits thai he was deluded and im-posed upwj. Verily this is an age of humbugs.

THE SOUTH.

THE revenue officers who are engaged in thedetection and arrost of illicit distillers inWinston county, Ala., have been resisted byoverpowering numbers of armed men, and pre-vented from enforcing the Revenuo lawsThe Treasurer of Lee county, Miss., is miss-ing. About 140,000 of the county's funds arealso missing.

BOTH houses of tho Mississippi Legislaturelast week adopted a resolution instructing theirSenators and Representatives to vote for thoSilver bill.

THE trial of Thomas C. Anderson, of theLouisiana Returning Board, wp.s brought to aconclusion at Now Orleans on Feb. 7, and re-sulted in a verdict of guilty after fifty minutes'deliberation by the jury. The jury consider-ately recommended the accused to the "mercvof the court." J. Madison Wells was still injail at that date, and claimed that he was un-able to give the bail ($10,000) demanded bvthecourt.

IN a duel at Brownovillo, TOJOB, lictweeuHon. Nester Maxan and M. Do La I'ena, theformer was shot through tho body and killed.Deceased was a leading lawyer By the sinK-iug of the stesmer Leslie Taylor on "the Atcha-falaya river, in Louisiana, a colored womanand cliild and four or five deck-hands weredroivned.

AUGUSTA, Ga., had a very remarkable experi-ence the other night. First caiuo a shower ofhail, theu rain, then thundor and lightning,then the rumbling of an earthquake, andfinally, after midnight, a terrible cyclone,which nrostrated buildings and tore up*thingsgenerally.

IT in stated from New Orleans that the twocolored jurors iu the Andorson trial now claimthat their verdict of " Guilt}-, but recommended to the nitrcy of the court," wan given underan iuipresaion that this was tantamount toan acquittal, and they were RD informed bythe other jurors. From Washington it is re-ported that tlie President is very indignantat the prosecution of the ReturningBoard members. It is generally believed at thecapital that Gov. Nicholls will pardon Anderson.The latter has received a dispatch, signed byJohn Sherman, Stanley Matthews. Gen. Garfie!dand Eugene Halo, earnestly protesting his in-nocence of any fraud, and denouncing his trialaud conviction as an exhibition of bitter sec-tional partisanship. J. Madison Wells has beeneleased on 810,000 boii.l.

THE Hon. Charles M. Conrad, ex-Member ofCongress, ex-United States Senator, and Secre-tary of War under President Fillmoro, died athis home in New OrleauB, La., last week,aged 73.

GENERAL

Two VESSELS aro to sail from this country onthe 25th inst., with goods for the World's Ex-position at Paris next summer. CommisrionerMcCormick reports that tho American exhibitwill bo creditable, but would havo been betterhad longer time for preparation been given.

As excited mob visited ihe Parliament housein Quebeo, Canada, a few evenings ago, burnedan effigy of the Solicitor General in tho espla-nade, broke some windows, and raised a livelyrumpus generally. The cau?o of the demon-stration is the unpopularity of the Governmenton certain questions, notably their railwaypolicy. J

FAILUBIS : Joel Hayden * Co., braeswaremanufacturers, Haydenville, Mass., liabilities$400,000, nominal assets $600,000 ; the Wyan-dotte Rolling Mill Company, Detroit, llichliabilities *125,000, nominal assets about$1,000,000; Hallett Brothers, proprietors ofdollar stores in Cleveland. Detroit and othercities, liabilities heavy; J. <fe J. Woodleyleather, Quebec, Canada, liabilities $400,-w>0; W. C. Sapp, dry goods. MountVernon, Ohio, liabilities heavy • D IIBrigham <t Co., clothing, Springfield, Mass.,liabilities $250,000; Peter Herdie, lumber,Wilhamsport, Pa., liabilities $1,000,000; theHmekley Locomotive Works, Boston, MtfBSliabilities $300,000; Joseph Gilmorc, coal,Pittsburgh. Pa., liabilities $85,000; RobertHenderson <t Co., coko, Pittsburgh, Pa., lia-bilities over 5100,000; J. C. Ferguson A CoPS™?™ T W I'ldiauapolis, Ind., liabilities*500,00q : J W. 4 E. Cheney, millinery, Detroit,Mich., liabilities $43,000: Sweet, Cool <t Coboots and shoes, Buffalo, N. Y., liabilities8150,000; Daniel Robertson, tea imoorterMontreal, Canada, liabilities, $210,000; thoMercantile Savings B.ink, Boston, Mass.; JohnT. Henry, Curran & Co.. heavy druggists, NewYork city, liabilities cot stated ; L. Woods ACo., importers of woolen goods, Montreal,Canada, liabilities $200,000, astets $150,000;

The New England States gave for this propo-sition 6 votes to 18 noes; Now York cast8 votes against to 3 for i t ; New Jer-sey 1 yea and 3 nays, and Pennsylva-nia 5 yeas end 14 nays. The Southernstates cast 89 votes in its favor to but 6 nayea.Tho vote of the Western States was as fol-lows': Ohio, 11 yeas afld 10 nays ; Indiana, 11yeas and 1 nay ; Illinois, 11 yeas and 7 nays ;Michigan, 8 yeas and 1 nay ; Iowa, 9 yeas; Wis-consin, 5 yeas and 2 nays ; Minnesota, 3 yeas ;Kansas, 3 yeas ; Nebraska, 1 nay. The Pacificpeople voted 2 yois and 3 nays. This indicatesa certainty of the passage by the Houso at leastof an income tax of some kind.

TUE members of the Grasshopper Commis-sion appeared before the House Committee onAppropriations last weok, gave an account oftheir battles with tho locusts on the plainslast year, and asked for an appropriation of$25,000 to enable tliein to continue their re-searches for another season.

THE following is the list of Honorary Com-missioners to the Paris Exposition : Andrew D.White, New York ; Levi P. Morton, New York ;George W. Cliilds, Pennsylvania; W. H. H.Davis, Pennsylvania; A. L. Coolidge, Masta-chusetts ; Frederick Smythe, New Hampshire ;Frank Millward, Kentucky; James H. Smart,Indiana; Alfred Hibbard, Iowa; WilliamA. Moore, North Carolina; Edwin Cowles,Ohio j Benjamin E. Gallup, Illinois: K.II. Knight, District of Columbia; WilliamSeligman, California ; S. T. Merrill, Wiscon-sin ; J. M. Safford, Tennessee ; J. A. Tounor,Arizona ; Austin Savage, Idaho ; William Hay-den. Utah Tho Educational Committee oftho House of Representatives has decided, bya big majority, to report in favor of giving ailproceeds of public-laud sales hereafter to theStates for educational purposes, tho divisionto be made on the basis of " illiteracy."

TIPPLING Congressmen are seriously annoyedby the strict manner in which the lmle prohibit-ing the sale of liquor in the Capitol is enforcedby tho President of tho Senate and Speaker ofthe House.

FOtlTICAl..

TIIE Committee on Federal Relations of thoMaryland House of Delegates, to whom werereferred Montgomery Blair's resolutions andmemorial calling upon Congress to reopen andinvestigate the electoral question, have reportedadversely to their adoption.

THE following is tbe dispatch recently sent toAnderson, at New Orleans, by Secretary Sher-man and others of the so-ca'led "visitingstatesmen :"Gen. Thomas C. Anderson, New Orleans :

Tun undersigned feel it due to you, under presentcircunmtanoes, to assure you of onr unhesitatingbelief that in the matter wherein you stand chargedyou are altogether guiltless of any offenses againstihe law ; that you arc falsely accused and maliciouslypersecuted; that the proceeding against you,tbough in the form of l»w, is without the eub-stauce of justice; that we hereby tender our earn-est tympathieu, and (xpreas our hopo that thesense of jimtioe and the lovo of peaco of the peopleof Louisiana will protect you, and not penult thebest interests of the whole country to be disturbedby a revival of section al animosity.

l a any event, we arc confident that the Americanpeople will redress any injustice of whieh you maybe made the victim. JOHN SIIKBMAN,

• STANLEY MATTHEWS,J. A. GAKFIELD,EUGRNK HAT.E,UABBY WHITE.

THE TUKKO-KUSSIAN W A K .

CABLE dispatches announce tho Russians inpossession of Constantinople. The delay insigning tho protocol is now explained. It gavetho Russians an opportunity to cut the tele-graph lines on tho shore of the Sea of Mar-mora, and thus to permit tho entry of the Rus-sians into the Sultan's capital without theknowledge of tho British, whose fleet mighthave given them some temporary trouble.The Russians seem to be iu a position nowthat will euablo them to remain masters of thesituation, whatever the chattering diplo-mats of the conference may say or do.

Russia's reply to Austria's invitation to theconference, is in the affirmative, but intimatesthat another place of mooting besides Viennawould be preferable.

CAKLE telegrams of tho 9th inst. report thatEngland had assented to Austria's proposal fora conference ; that England had asked Russiafor explanations ; that there was tremendousexcitement in London oa account of the mannerin which the Bear bad outwitted the Lion, crowdsthronging the streets, clamoring for war, sing-ing "God Save the Queen," and stoning thehouse of Gladstone, and tho office of the DailyKeirx; that the opposition to the vote of creditof £6,000,000 had been withdrawn by the op-position in the House of Commons; that Con-stantinople was not in actual pes.-ession of theRussians, who held only a portion of the outerline of defenses, thus leaving it in a practicallydefenseless condition.

ACCORDING to tbe summary ef the terms ofarmistice communicated to the British Houseof Commons, the line of demarcation placesin Russian hands almost all of Bulgaria andRoumelia up to the lines of Constantinople andGaUipoli. Three days' noiice is to be givenbefore the resumption of hostilities. Anotherarticle of the armistice stipulates that theTurks are to reinovo their arms, etc., onevacuating places within tho noutral zonewhich will divide the two armies Tho Houseof Commons voted the extra grant of £'6,000,000by 328 to 124.

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

his wonderful journey across, and for two | transportation between Luke Michigan- 'NA Er ic . . . .MeHSU's. Davis, of West Virginia,

his wonderfl j y ,hours held the wrapt attention of one of toemost cultivated audionces ever gatherod in En-gland. The Prince of Wales and Sir SamuelBaker also delivorod addresses highly compli-menting Stanley's great achievements . . .Tho

i immediate cause of the death of the Popo wastho closing of the wound in tho leg, which madothe humors mount into the lungs and brain.His last words were: "Death wins this time.Guard the church I loved so well and sacredly.'

CABLE dispatches of the 11th inst. reportthat Russia bad not only rejected Vienna asthe Bite of the conference, but had announcedthat certain points in tho peace prelimiuariowore not to he referred to tho con-ference at all; that Turkey's alliancewith Russia was regarded as a fixed fact;that Austria had given orders to prepare herirou-clads for sea; that England was sendingtroops and war munitions to Malta, and thatneither Russia nor Turkey objected to theBritish licet going to Conutautinople; thatthe Turks had evacuated Widin, Rust-chuk, Silifttria and Erzeroum, and thatTurkey would bo denied a voice m the delibera-tions of tho conference of the powers It has

been decided to have a grand internationalpoetic contest aj^tho coming Exhibition, eachnation appointing a jnry and each jury declar-ing a certain number of lauroates. The Frenchjury, wo are informed, has already been ap-pointed, with Victor Hugo as Chairman.

A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the 12th saysTurkey has refused permission to tho Brilishfleet to come to Constantinople, the whole fleetstill remaining in Besika bay pending negoti-ations. A St. Petersburg telegram of tho samedate announces that the order had been issuedfor the occupation of the Turkish capital by

Russian troops A London dispatch of the12th says thore is extraordinary activity in alltho British dockyards, and the workmon hadbeen ordered to put in three hours' over-timodaily. Every available meaus were being em-ployed in fitting out war vessels.

AFTER the funeral service in Rome for KingVictor Emmanuel, an Orsiui bomb was throwuamong tho returning crowd. Five personswere slightly wounded. The police with diffi-culty prevented the lynching of the porson whothrow the bomb.

and Lttke1 Wet gina, Saulsbury,

of Delaware, and Coke, of Texas, addressed the Sen-ate in anppurt of tho Uiand Silver bill. Mr. Cokealso advocated at some length the repeal of theSpecie-Resumption act, and argued that the Govern-ment was in no condition now to resume sppcie pay-ment. It was utterly impracticable on any basis,and especially on gold basis alone.

HOUSB.— Mr. Leonard presented the concurrentresolution of the Louisiana Assembly, expressingits satisfaction witU the policy of President Haye*.

The following bill™ were Introduced: Dy Mr.Mackey, prohibiting the Secretary of the Treasuryfrom purchasing any toads for the reduction ofthe principal of the national debt until strict com-p'.iance with tho provisions of the law whall requirei t ; by Mr. Joyce, declaring forfeited all grants ofpublic lands to railroads or other corporations whenconditions of grants have boon violated, and appro-priating said lands to the ueo of actual Bettlcrs ; byMr. Jones, of Ohio, making customs duties to theamount of one-quarter part thereof pay-

notes ; by Sir.to the Boveral

able iu legal-tenderGause, to distributeStates tbe proceeds of captured and abaadonedproperty remaining iu the treasury; by Mr. Mills,a resolution making inquiry into the action of thetreasury officials iu regard to seized cotton; by Mr.Stevens, for the relief of Gen. Count C, Pulaeki (itprovides that thero bo paid to hia heir, local repre-sentative and descendant the sum of $100,000);by Mr. Phillips, to provide for tbe survey ofand estimates for a ship canal with stone sides andbottom from deep tide-water near the mouth of theMississippi river to St. Louis, Mo., with branchesto Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Paul and OmahaThe House then went into committee of the "whole(Mr. Blackburn in the chair) upon the MilitaryAcademy Appropriation bill, the pending amend-ment being to strike out tho sections which allowadditional pay to First LioutenantB acting as in-structors at the institution. After debate, theamendment was defeated There was a spiriteddebate on the propositiou to reduce the pay of ca-dets from $.*>!() to $)00, and it was finally rejected.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.TUESDAY, Feb. 5.—SENATE.—Mr. Conkling

presented the petitions of a large number of citi-zens of many counties of New York In favor of theremonetization of silver Mr. Wallace, from theCommittee on Finance, reported, with an amend-ment, the bill introduced by him some time ago toauthorize a long bond for investment for savings,and gave notice that 'for consideration atdirects the Secretary of __$100,000,000 coupon bonds of the denominations of

ho would call itau farly day.the Treasury to issuo

$

i»m A. Butlers ,t Co.. auctioneers' Chicago,liabilities about £15,000, assets nil.

A norxTKP.tETT trade dollar has made itsappearance. On comparison with the geonineOOin, it will be found to be a pinkish white incolor. Tho milling is almost perfect, but therearo slight traces on the edge of its having beenran in a moid ; it is also light, and will not re-bound much when sounded.

A GREAT congress of the Methodists of theworld *ill take place in New York text mrntb,ttith a view to restore the church to its primi-tive simplicity and nnwcrldliness. Tbe sub-1^1 r° , f a f i o n a b ' o dressing, costly cliureh-buildng street preaching, dancing, etc., willbe fully discussed and acted upon.

WASHINGTON.

A SIONIFTCANT vote, showing tho existencein the House of a very strong majority in favorof restoring the inoome tax, was taken lastweek upon a motion to suspend the rules andiu.-iliuet the Ways and Means Committee tore,port i,uch a biU. Tho motion received 105aiJumative and 88 negative rotos, OF only 11teas than tho two-thir4» req<)i»ir<. to it< sisige,

NINE millions of pcopio are reporteddestitute in Northern China. The ForeignRelief Committee appeal to England andAmerica for aid....At Calais, France, duringthe performance at the circus, there was afalse alarm of fire, which caused a great rushof the audience. Ten persons were suffocated ortrampled to death, and several others were hurt.

Advices from Shanghai, China, state that anasylum for women and children at Tien-Tsiuhas been burned, and over 2,000 persons per-ished in tho fire It is reported from Paristhat Marshal MacMahon meditates rosigningthe Presidency of the French republic.

THE Prince of Montenegro has accepted thoarmistice and ordered a cossation of hostilities.

. . . A Constantinople dispatch makes the im-portant announcement that the office of GrandVizier has been abolished and a new Ministryformed, at the head of which figures the nameof Ahmed Vefik Effendi as President of theCabinet and Minister of the Interior. This con-stitution of the new Ministry under Euro-pean forms and designations seems toindicate a further step iu the promised re-forms A general war is threatened among

the little republics of Central America ARussian paper estimates that about 40,000bushels of wheat will be ready for shipmentfrom Black sea ports as soon as there is abso-lute assurance of poaco There has been greatexcitement in St. Petersburg, owing to a viciousattempt to assassinate tho Prefect (Mayor) oftho city. He was shot and dangerously wound-ed by a woman, for some cause as yet unre-vealed... .Austria in represented as ready andwilling to join England in the movement to op-pose the designs of Russia as indicated in thearmistice conditions In the course of a dis-enssion iu the British House of Lords, LordDerby stated that ho had tolerable confidencethat Englaud wonld not find herself in an iso-lated position at tho conference.

DURING the negotiations for a definitivepeace, the armies of the Czar and his allies willoccupy five-sixths of Roumelia, includingAdrianople and Philippopolis, nearly the who!eof Bulgaria, tho whole of old Servia, and theterritories bordering on Montenegro ; while aGreek force of 12,000 men will havo enteredEpirus, Thessaly, mid a portion of Macedonia.In Asia. Russia will bold the fortified towns ofKars, Ardahan, Erzeroum, and Batoum, withthe larger part of the province of Armenia.Moro than three-fourths of the Sultan's Euro-pean and a fxirtion of his Asiatio dominionswill thus remain in the hands of theRussians pending a final settlement....The German Parliament convened on tho Otllof February.

POPE Ptus IX. died at Rome on Thursday,Feb. 7. He had been ill for a long time, wasvery feeble in body, and the final collapso wasno surprise to his immediate attendants, or theworld at large. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Fer-retti, who was elected to the Pontificate of theRoman Catholic Church, June 10, 1848, wasborn at Oinigaglla, May 13, 1702. He receivedpriSbt'a orders in 1819 ; in 1823, he waschosen Secretary to tho apostolic deleg&teto Chili, 8. A : was nominated Archbishop ofSpoleto in 1S27 ; was created Cardinal in 1S30,and proclaimed in 1840. On the death ofGregory XVI., in 1846, ho was invested withthe Papal tiara. The deceased Pope had out-lived ail tho Cardinals who elected him, saveone or two, and was the oldest reigning sover-eign in Europe, Queen Victoria alone excopted... . .The official news has been transmittedfrom Rome to the beads of tbo Roman Catho-lic Church of America that the late ItalianKing, Victor Emmanuol, died a Catholic.

ENGLAND has ordered a portion of her fleetto Constantinople, under the preteuee of a de-sire to protect life and property... .The heroof Plevna is to be court-martialed soon on thechaise of horrible inhumanity and cruelties inviolation of the rules of warfare.... A billwhichjpruhibits the proclamation of martial lawwithout the concurrence of tho LegiiOatuTe haspassed by the French Chamber of Deputies.

It is announced from St. Peters-burg that Russia and Turkey will positivelyform a close alliance, offensive' and defensive.....Henry M. Stinley, the African explorer,dined with the Prince of Wales, in London, onthe 7th inst., and in the evening lcotiu-od be-fore the Royal Geographical Society in St.James' Hall. Tho immense assemblage in-cluded tbe principal nobility and tho most dis-tinguished scientist.! fpd 'literati i:-. London.When tho j(iurn»l^t-iixp!orei' appeared uponthe platform, his. breast biasing withdecoration*, ho was, received M'iUi immeut'echeering, the whole iisembly rising to greethim, Stanley gave, |i gr»ptiio rtpsnription of

, , p of enominations of$i!5, $50 and $100, and of equal sums of each of Baiddenominations, redeemable in coin after fifty yearsfrom the dato of their issue, and bearing inter-eBt, payable temi-annually in coin, at the rate of3.65 per cent, per annum.. . .Mr. Katon continuedthe discussion of tho Silver bill, taking groundagainst it. Ho was followed by Mr. Howe,who spoke in f iivor of the measure Mr. Conklingpresented a petition from citizens of New York set-ting forth the appalling famine raging in NorthernChina, and suggested the appointment of a commis-sion from the residents of China to act in connec-tion with tho United States Minister in procuringand distributing relief Mr. Ferry, from the Com-mittee on PoHtollleee and PoDt-Roads. reported, withamendment, the Senate biil to regulate the csmpon-sation of Postmasters and for other purposes.

HOUSE.—The bill extending the time for the com-pletion of tho Northern Pacific railroad ten yearswas reported and recommitted Mr. Hewitt, ofNew York, presented two petitions, one from NewYork and one from Boston, asking Oongrens toadopt appropriate measures to mitigate the hard-ships of the famine now raging in China Thebill to authorize the conntructiou of a bridge acrossthe Misniseippi at Memphis waa taken up, brieflydiscussed, and referred to the committee of thewhole on the state of the Union The MilitaryAcademy Appropriation bill was disowned andamended.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6.—SENATE.—Mr. Davis,of Illinois, presented the proceedings and resolu-tions of a meeting of the friends of silver held inChicago, Dec. 13. He quoted from the resolutions'which invor tho reinonetization of silver, and de-clare that the Government "cannot waive its rightto pay its bonds in silver or goid." Mr. Ferrypresented a petition of wool-growers of Michi-gan remonstrating against any change in theduty on foreign wool. Referred Mr. Brucepresented joint reeolutious of Iho Missis-sippi Legislature in favor at the pagsago ofa bill remunerating certain citizens of Mississippi,mill-owners and log-men, for damages sustained bythem on account of the seizure of certain lumberand logs in the lumber district by agents of thoUnited StateR....The Senate bill to remit the taxeson insolvent savings banks was called up by Mr.Davis, of Illinois, and discussed until the expirationof the morning hour, wht-n consideration of theSilver bill was resumed, and Mr. Thnrman spoie infavor thereof. Mr. Thurman was followed by Mr.Kernan, who opposed tho bill, and then bySenator Christianoy, who submitted a substitutefor the pending bill. It provides for the coinageof silver dollars of 412^gra.ins at the mints of thetnllcd State.., bul UII»',RUM shall he ">. niiinrfarH alvalue. The present subsidiary silver coins arc tobo made legal tender in all eases to the amount of$10. Silver dollars and subsidiary coin and barsstamped at the mints or the New York Assay Office,with their weight and fineness, and trade-dollars, areto be mado legal tender according to their marketvalue, to be fixed monthly by the Secretary of theTreasury, tho Treasurer of Iho United States, andthe Director of the Mint.

HOUSE.—The debate on unseating Pacheco, Re-publican, and seating Wiggintou, Democrat, of Cali-fornia, wae begun in tho HOURC, but no vote wasreached — A resolution was adopted directing aninquiry into the Metropolis disaster.

THUUSDAT, Feb. 7.—SENATE. —The Senatetook up and passed Judge Davis' bill relieving in-solvent savings banks from the taxes ontheir capital The discussion of tho Sil-ver bill was continued, Mr. Blaine hav-ing tho floor. He opposed the Bland bill, butexpressed himself in favor of silver under certainconditions, lie proposed, as a compromise, a dollarof 4'25 grainii, giving the profits of the coinage tothe Government, anil addressed the Senate at lengthin suuport of his idea. Mr. Blaine wasfollowed by Mr. Johnston, of Virginia,who advocated the Bland bill Therewas a spirited debate, in executive session,over the nomination of Henry W. Milliard, of Ala-bama, to tho Minister to Brazil. Hia confirmationwas opposed by many Republicans, but particu-larly by Messrs. Conkling, EdmundB andHamlin. The nomination was defended byMessrs. Lainar, Hill, Butler of BoutHCarolina, Matthews and Burusidc. Messrs. Conk-ling and Edmunds directed their efforts toward es-tablishing the fact that Hllliard was a Democrat,ami had never been a Republican. The nominationwas finally confirmed by a email majority, Messrs.Matthews, Hoar, Burnside and Chrintiancy votingwith the Democrats.

HOCSE.—The House took up the California con-tested, election case of Pacheco vs. Wiggintou, andby a strict party vote, after a long debate, declaredWiyginton, the Democratic claimant, entitled to thepeat. This was the only business disposed of bythe House.

FRIDAY, Feb. 8.—SENATE.—Mr. Conkling pro-sen'ed a petition of the ministers and congrega-tions of colored churches in various States andTerritories, asking the passage c f a Jaw to protectthem ngainst outrages on account of race, color,religious and political opinions Mr. Ferry pre-sented a petition of citizens of Michigan, remon-strating against tho Government of the UnitedKUU's entering into commercial and fco-ealledreciprocity treaties with other Governments....Mr. Hoar submitted a resolution instructing the

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STANLEY LIONIZED.He Dines with the Prince of Wales and

Lectures to an Audience Representing theWealth and Culture of Kngland.

[Londem Cor. New York HeraM.]Stanley dined -with the Prince of

Wales, and, after enjoying the hospitali-ties of St. Jnmes Palace, proceeded tothe meeting of the Koyal GeographicalSociety at St. James' Hal), where he de-livered a lecture before an immense as-semblage. Over 3,000 persons werepresent, including the principal nobilityand nearly every distinguished persou-age in London associated with science,arts and literature. All the tickets werespecial and complimentary, and the spa-cious hall was thronged. The Prince ofWales, accompanied by Prince LouisNapoleon, ex-Prince Imperial of France,the son of the Khedive of Egypt, andMidhat Pasha, also attended the meeting,testifying by their presence the appre-ciation with which Mr. Stanley's greatgeographical success is regarded by theroya] family in Eugland.

Mr. Stanley, on appearing on theplatform, was received with immensecheering, the assembly rising to greethim. Standing before this vast audience,which represented tho wealth and cult-ure of England, his breast blazing withdecorations received from Kings and thechiefs of the republic of science, the gal-lant explorer silently bowed his acknowl-edgment of the honors tendered to him.Stanley gave a graphic description of. hiswonderful journey across Africa. Fortwo hours he held the attention of theassemblage. He sketched pictures ofthe scenes and events of his journey.His description of the return of the sur-vivors of the noble band of natives whohad accompanied him across the Africancontinent to their homes at Zanzibar wasone calculated, and did not fail, totouch the sympathies of his hearers.When the wanderers arrived on theirbeloved island of palms and mangroves,aud to their wondering familiej. theyknelt down on the sea-shore and kissedtheir native sands in a transport of joyand thankfulness.

When Mr. Stanley concluded he wasgreeted with prolonged applause. Afterthe cheering had subsided the Prince o:Wales addressed the assemblage inspeech filled with compliments to Stan-ley. The praise of the Prince of Waleswas regarded as unusually significant.The distinguished Afriiwn traveler ancexplorer, Sir Samuel Baker, followed thePrince of Wales in a brief address. Aftor complimenting Stanley on his greaachievement, he said only African travtiers uuuia fully appreciate ibtanley';great feat.

THE FAMINE IN CHINA.

PENSIONS.The Total Sutn Paid Out Since l ?0 i Over

0399,000,000.[Washington Cor. New York Tribune.]

A complete statement of the amountof money appropriated and expended bythe Government of the United Statesfrom 1791 to the close of the fiscal yearending June 30, 187G, has bee Q preparedin the warrant division of the office ofthe Secretary of the Treasury, underthe direction of Mr. Rafael A. Bayley,and has been printed by order of theSenate. The following table shows thenet amount of expenditures under eachclass of appropriations for pensions, andthe grand total:Pensions to military invalids $ 76,681,381.53Revolutionary Pensions act, March 18,

181HPensions to widows anel orphans, act

March 3, 1817Pensions act, May 20, 1830Invalids' Pensions act, March 2, 1833..Revolutionary Pensions act, June 1,

1832levolutionary Pensions act, May 1G,

1828'ension to Col. Oieieon Morgan>ensiou to Col. William Lawrence... .^nsions under act May 14.1H?I>tensions to widows auel orphans, act

July 4, 1K«;Unclaimed pensions'ive years' pensions to wielows andorphans, act July 7,1838

levolutionary Pensions act, March 3,1843

•eusions act, June 17, 1844Pensions act, Feb. 2, 1848Pensions act, July 21, 1848"•ensions act, Feb. 3, 1853

'ensions under special acts•ensions acts, March 18,1818, May 15,

1828, and June 7.1832Pensions acts of July 4, 1P36, March

», 1843, June 17, 1841, etcHalf-pay Pensions acts, Inly 21,1848,

c ing theCommittee on Appropriations to consider aud reportwhether the work ou public buildings in Washing-ton, whk-h is now suspended, may be resumedforthwith, EO as to give present employment to work-ingmen whose families are suffering from destitu-tion. Agreed to Mr. Sauudors culled up his sup-plemental joint resolution providing for the ap-pointment of eighteen additional Commissioners tothe PariB Exposition. It was discussed, and re-furred to the Committee on AppropriationsConsideration wan resumed of the Silver bill, midMr. Hill, of Georgia, took the floor aud spoke in op-position to the measure. He wag followed by Mr,Withers, of Virginia, in advocacy of the bill, afterwhich the Senate adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE.—Bills of a purely private nature onlywere considered in the House, consequently Ihoproceedings were duil and uninteresting.

SATURDAY, Feb. 9.—SENATE.—Not in session.HOUSK.—The House met for general debate only.

The first speech waR by Mr. Joyce, In advocacy of asix-year Presidential term, and of civil-rervice re-form. He was followed by Mr. Chittenden, whoBpoke against the proposed filver legislation. Mr.Chittenden, in the ocmrsi of hia epcech,referred to the silver meeting in Chicago last De-cember. The Shylocks mentioned in the Chicagopapers' report of the meeting were active bankersand bllpinenft men at home nnd abroad, who,through the Chnmber of Commerce of NowYork, gave Chicago outright A round millionof dollars in the hour of her desolation—the very same men who subsequently loanedChicago scores and scores of other millions,which ban been hopelessly squandered and lost inQuixotic Ventures. Mr. Harrison, replying, saidthat, while the people of Chlwigo acknowledged thegenerosity <>• the world when that city was inashes, yet they did not fecllhat the rich men ofNew York who helped them iu their hour of needshould now keep them from rising fn.m tnrir allies.Mr. Kenna advocated, the remonetization ot.•-ilver, the repeal of the Resumption sot, tin- ;tbol-ishing of the national-banking system, and tin-grauting of full legal-tenderejualities to greenbacks.Mr. Ellsworth spoke iu opposition to the alteniptto array labor against capital for the purposeof gaining po'itical power, and advoeattid ageneral amnrsty bill, Mr. Hayes replied to the ar-guments against the; remouetizatiou of silver, anddefeudeel that proposition. Mr. Haskell also spohcIn favor of silver remonetizatiou. and Mr. IJeli ad-vocated a bill to pension soldiers of tho Mexican war.

MONDAY. Feb. 11.—SENATE.—A number ofpetitions, from all part* of the country, in favor ofa sixteenth amendment to the constitution, pro-hibiting States from disfranchising personB on ac-count of sex, were presented and referred Mr.Conkling presented a memorial of the New YorkChamber of Commerce against the remonetizationof silver.. .Mr. Matthews prescDted a petition ofOhio bankers in favor of tho repealof the tax on bank deposits; also, a petition of 570business men of Cincinnati in favor of the passageof the Bland Silver bill. A large number of otherpetitions of tin- mine' character from citizens ofvarious counties in New York HUte were- presentedby MessrtJ. Kern:m and Voorh> es Bills were 'n-trofiueed and referred: By Mr. Yoorhees, toauihorizi, i ua Secretary of War to Issueordnance itortl and equirJbge for tho u* eof atudeiitn 141 cnlleiies and oibft iintitut; nsof learning where tatUUry instruction is given; byM>\ i>rry. to piwieto fnj a water rout* to facilitate

Heartrending Scenes in Some ot the Northem Provinces.

A telegram from Shanghai calls attention to a state of distress concerningwhich there can be no more uoubt thaiif we could see the starving witn ourown eyes. Tho telegraphic reports arecoufined to the accounts of journeysmade in the autumn, into the famine regions, brought by Shanghai newspapersEven then, after the harvest, and beforewinter set in, there was the beginning osuffering and death for want of foodHere are a few quotations from one account: " This extended tour, 760 milesrevealed the fact of a vastdeal of suffering in (the provinces; Chihli, ShausiHonau, und Northern Shautung. Multitudes are now on the verge of starvation, many havo already died, whilmultitudes have not enough to carrthem through the winter. Men heretofore well-to-do, having several acres o:land, and six, eight or ten rooms in theirhouses, have, ii> multitudes of cases, torndown and sold all the wood—doors, windows, rafters, etc.—of all the roomisave one, for a mere trifle to get a littlemoney to buy food. It was made manifest, too, how easily, and to what a terriblo degree, drought may affect tinNorth of China, anil briug suffering ancdeath to thousands of its inhabitants.'

Of one district it. is said: "Thisyearthere was absolutely no harvest, and thcrop had been very small the two preceding years. Well-to-do farmers ancmechanics have been reduced to beggary. Hundreds are leaving the provLuce daily in search of food. Womenand girls are being sold for a triflingsum, und thus hundreds of families ar<being broken up and scattered.'"From tho harvest at Linehing it soonfell to three-tenths, two-tenths, onetenth of a crop; and chaff, the leaves otho sweet potato, the pear and apricotree were saved with great care ancmixed with the grain for food." Of another district: "The yield of the yearvaried from nothing to ' iour-tenths' ofacrop." Ssid one old man: " I t is diffi-cult getting food now; what are we to dowhen winter comes?" "Many houseshave already some inmates dead of hun-ger. I personallv entered 120 houses insix or seven villages. The scenes wereheartrending, yet borne with a patientcheerfulness that fairly astonished me."

Oltl Pensioners,The surviving soldiers of the Mexican

war are estimated to number about(5,000; the widows of Mexican veterans,1,000; surviving soldiers of the regulararmy participating in that war, 2,700;soldiers and widows of the Black Hawk,Creek aud Seminole wars, 3,700, all ofwhom are provided for under the billrecently reported favorably by theHouse Committee on Invalid Pen-ions.Their aggregate pensions at $96 eachwill amount to &l,28G,4A0 per annum,hut this sum will, of eoeirse, be rapidlydiminished, as the beneficiaries of theproposed legislation average 60 years ofage, and iu less than two decades fewwill remain to answer roll-call.

One Hundred ami Fifteen Years Old.Having recently paid a visit to Gra-

hnmton nnd vicinity, I met Mr. WilliamBlaiikinship, one umong the oldest, ifnot the oldest, citizen in Kentucky. Hewas born in Franklin county, Va., in1763, and went to that State with BerryWright about sixty-live years ago. Hehas been married three times, his young-est child being now only 5 years old,aud he says that if he should lose hiswife he would marry again. Thoughuneducated, his mind seems very activeand strong. His recollections of earlylife Kocm more distinct than of recentevente. His own story of his ngeiscor

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32,418,867.56

471,988.4335,582.002,419.R0

17.982,585.03

873,059 581.115.C01,878.004198.02

(1,183,586.80925,088.72

4,443,246.56

716,496.671,885,591.303.275,167.6

101,000.001,178,1194.72

1,920.10

|297,510.06

2,569,979.93

Feb. 3, 1853, etc 20,261,445.04Pensions act, June 3, 1853 444,953.79^ensions U> widows and others (va-

rious acta) 102.133,3fl0.t>«Pensions war of 1812 2,685,271.85Army pensions consolidated 116,735,062.01Navy pension fund 10.701,205.32Privateer pension fund 204,260.18

nsiuiiK to widows, etc., of officerskilled on the Wabash in 1811 5,517.2'

S'avy invalid pensions 788,616.13Pensions to widows and orphanB, act

March 3, 1837 8,480.19pensions to widows, act June 30,1834. 67,9K4.'22Five years' pensions to widows 5,338,25(5.57Pensions to widows anel orphans of

persons lost in United States Bchoon-ers Sea Gull and Orampus 3,810.28

Pensions to widows aud orphans ofofficers, seamen and marines 47,544.96

Unclaimed pensions, navy 36.083 02Navy pensions 688,227.51

Total $399,327,530.29From another table showing the net

annual expenditures, it appears that thelargest sum paid out in any one year topensioners was in 1871, when it amountedto834,024,990.9]. Theannual pensionsprior to 1819 never reached $1,000,000.In that year, as a result of the act ofMarch 18, 1818, they reached $2,416,-829.04, and the next year £3,218,494.70.From that time they ranged from lessthan $1,000,000 to $3,'0G0,000, averagingabout $1,500,000 until 1864, when theybecame $4,985,273.89. In 1865 theywere increased to $16,338,155.15, and,except in 1866, continued to increaseuntil 1871, when they reached theirmaximum. Unless there is still furtherlegislation increasing the pensions theannual appropriations for this purposewill now gradually decrease.

POLITICAL GOSSIP.

name than stealing. This, too, will bestopped, or the grain will all go Souththat is intended for the foreign market.From all which #e cannot but feelthat a great advantage is to accrue tothe West by reason of this new CentralScheme. It is true that the distancefrom New Orleans to Liverpool, aroundthe peninsula of Florida, is considerablygreater than from New York, Boston,Philadelphia nnd Baltimore, but a steadybusiness for a few vessels at competingrates will enable the New Orleans ship-ping lines to make as much money asthe more northern lines with much less todo. In any event, there is no doubtthat between the Central Company, withits long lines of transportation, and theNew Orleans steamship lines, they willbe able to make such reductions ontheir usual rates as to compete success-fully with any of the Eastern lines.—Champaign (III.) Times.

THE MUSCUUEE BLOSSOM.

CONGRESSMAN MILLS, of Texas, be-lieves that Hendricks is the choice ofthe Southern Democrats for President.

MR. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS is verywell. Ho rarely misses a session of theHouse, and works hard outside.

CONGRESSMAN WALKER, of Virginia,having signified his intention of retir-ing at the close of his present term,Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is mentionedas a probable candidate for tho place.

Mow John Morrifmey Resented an Insult.[From the New York Sun.]

On Mr. Morrissey's arrival in Savan-nah his friends say that he put up at thePulaski House, an old and somewhatfamous resort for Southern chivalry.He had no particular acquaintances inthat city, and walked up to the clerk'sdesk and wrote his name upon the regis-ter like any other traveler. The pro-prietors assigned him fine rooms and didthe:r best to make him comfortable.The news of his arrival was announcedin the daily newspapers, and createdmuch interest. Naturally unobtrusivein his demeanor, he shunned publicity,but was affablo and courteous to all whomade his acquaintance. He took hismeals at a table removed from generalobservation, and had no company. Theladies eyed him somewhat curiously,and he was silently lionized by all, butbeyond this nothing was done that wouldlead him to suppose he was a man ofmore than usual interest.

One day, however, the traditionalGeorgia blossom appeared at the hotel.He came from up country, near Musco-gee district, and was on his annual spree.He was six feet high, well-built, and inhis own country was a man of considera-ble consequence. Away from home heattracted general attention by the loud-ness of his voice, the violence 01 his ac-tions, and his odd appearance. Heheard the guests of the hotel comment-iDg on Senator Morrissey, and imaginesthat his own light was eclipsed by theunobtrusive gentleman from New York.The Muscogee blossom made no effbrlto conceal his chagrin. He roared itthe corridors over the cotton crop, anc"ostentatiously aired himself in theladies' parlor. All in vain. No onegave him the slightest consideration.Disappointed and exasperated, he en-tered the dining-hall and sat down at 1prominent table, apparently determinedto create a sensation. Senator Morrissey was quietly eating his dinner inhis usual place. The Georgian, recog-nizing an acquaintance across the room,began a conversation with him, ' ' cracker " fashion, in a louu voice. The talkdrifted upon politics, the recent electionin New York serving as a pivot.

"New York city," said the Muscogeblossom, " is the slum-hole of politiciansNo respectable man can hold an officethere." liaising his voice: "Why, noman can be elected to the Legislaturefrom New York city unless he is a thieor a gambler."

The object of his remarks was so palpable that every eye was turned upon

THE devil-fish has three hearts.GLASH is gradually supplanting paperJapanese household goods.TitE orange product in Florida for the

ear 1877 was 17,000,000 oranges.THE Czar's army was tho first Ohris-

an force seen in Sophia since 1434.A HOSPITAL in to be started in Paris

nder the charge o' female surgeons.OAIIPOBKIA has 60,000,000 acres in

ineyards, and manufactures annually0,000,000 gallons of wine.A BILL is before the Mississippi Leg-

slature to exempt from taxation allands in the State cultivated in fruit,jrass and grain.

DURING the year 1877, 42,260 paupersn Indiana weke cared for at the expensef the various countic s in the State at aost of $600,626.

THE Musser family, of Center county,'a., five in number, weighs 1,185>ounds. The lightest weighs 223 poundsnd the heaviest 2i*>l.

THE Philadelphia Permanent Exhibi-ion is not so badly off as it might be.?he expenses during the past year werenly $82,593 in excess of the receipts.

Mns. VAN HORN, of Waupaca, Wis.,las a cat which is 20 years and 3 monthsId. It has raised and sent out into the

world of bootjacks and coal-ecuttles 206ate.

A RESOLUTION has been introducednto the Virginia House of Delegates tounend the revenue laws so as to imposea tax of 1 cent on every cigar sold in theState.

WHEN the colored Senator from Mis- | M Morrissey." The Senator did "nosissippi, Mr. Brace, was in Chicago not ; M c y c g ; b u t finisbetl h i s m e a i a llong ago he said to divers friends that hewas of the firm conviction that he wouldbe the last of his race to occupy a seatin the United States Senate. Soreportsthe Journal of Chicago.

SECRETARY THOMPSON is working veryhard—even his oveuings are filled withnooupntioiiB. Ho i« a»i/l to chow theeffect of overwork. He lectured enter-tainingly on Adams, Jackson and Cla;tho other evening in Washington. Hespoke admiringly of the three strongAmericans.

ALL rumors of a Cabinet reorganiza-tion are set at rest by the familiar assur-ance that the prodigious amount of har-mony existing in tho President's coun-cil is such that neither death nor resig-nation can hope to enter there. Thenumerous candidates who harl begun toput themselves iu training for a posi-tion may as well, therefore, go a-fishingfor a season.

MR. GALPIN, late chief clerk of theIndian Bureau, in his letter publishedin the New York Tribune, says thecharges against him had been some twomonths in preparation before they werepresented to Secretory Schurz, and"were formulated by a combination ofswindling Indian delegates and claimagents, of clerks discharged by Secre-tary Schurz himself for inefficiency, andof professional office-brokers."

SENATOR VOORHEES is graphically do-scribed as giving, at first eight, the im-presnion of a man having " a largeamount of forehead, a larger amount ofhair, and a long frock coat." His hairis very luxuriant, is worn rather long, | n o o n e

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though totally unconscious of the conversation. Incensed by his silence, theMuscogee blossom became so personain his allusions that several ladies lefthe dining-room. After dessert, MrMorrissey walked out to the office anclighted a" cigar. One of the proprietor

scene in the dining-room, but the Sena-tor interrupted him by saying, " Don'give yourself the slightest uneasinessYou certainly are not responsible for thdrivel of a blackguard, and I hope youwill say nothing more about it."

While the Senator was leaning uponthe cigar-stand, the gentleman fromMuscogee came down the corridor ampurposely brushed against him in passing. Mr. Morrissey tapped him on theshoulder, saying, " I beg your pardonsir; but I overheard your remarks at thedinner-table concerning New York ancNew Yorkers. Probably you were noawnre that I am from New York city."

" Oil, yes, I reckon I was," said theMuscogee blossom.

" Then,"continued Senator Morrissey" when calling the city members of th<New York Legislature thieves and gambiers, you were not aware that I was oneof those officials."

" Oh, yes, I reckon I was," repeatecthe Muscogee blossom very unconcernedly.

Probably you know whoat the

me," said tho Senator." I reckon you're right," replied the

blossom, with refreshing insolence"They were just meant for you sure, an

and always combed straight back awayfrom the forehead. Added to the shapeof the head, which is larger than theaverage and largest on top, it gives anappearance of top-heaviness, which isincreased rather than diminished by thelong but narrow beard and droopingmustache. The color is a compromisebetween red and brown.

He stood with his fingers in his pistolpocket. Morrissey never raised hihands. For two seconds he rcmainecmotionless as a statue, and then thMuscogee blossom fell to the floor bleeding and senseless, 11 flower withoutstalk. The Senator had used one of thtricks of his early days, and " bucked

vte yroborntod by old citizens, whohe roust bo at least 110 year^

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him. Like lightning he had hurled hihead against the skull of the Georgian

Southern Koate to Liverpool. and tho latter dropped like a pig oTheHlinoisCentralEailroadCompany: lead- H e wa

f8 carried to his room in

is about to establish a new and rival ' s f f'ble, and for hours it was a questionroute to Liverpool, by running iu con- J o f , "*? a ^ ( l e a t b - i l

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1 told Mr. Morrissey that the mjur d mancould not live twenty-four hours. "congratulate the citizens of Georgia,he replied. Six hours afterward thdoctor met the Senator and said that thman would recover. " I condole witthe citizens of Georgia," was the respouse. " I shall go to Jacksonvill

nection with a line of Liverpool steam-ers from New Orleans, which will ena-ble the company to take freight and pas-sengers at as low rates, even in the win-ter season, as tho Eastern railway linesdo in the season of lake navigation,when they are running at their lowestfigures. Since the close of tho war, ithas only been a question of time whenthis event would occur, and the Centralhas been steadily working for this ob-ject by getting control gradually of theSouthern roads between Cairo and NewOrleans. Having accomplished this, thenext step was to obtain control of a line

within a few days; but, if 1 am wanteda telegraphic dispatch will receive prompattention."

The next day, ns Mr. Morrissey entoro.d the dining-hall, he was shown t<his table by the head-waiter. The tablwas a bed of rare and beautiful flowers

of ocean steamers, by which freight and j the gift of the ladies of the hotel. Thpassengers could bo cheaply landed in Senator was so confused by this delicatLiverpool. All this having been nearly \ attention that he could make no reachieved, the company will soon, per- i sponse. His manner, however, spokhaps, be ready to transport freight orpassengers from the great Northwest,and the South, via New Orleans, to Liv-erpool at all seasons of the year, at rates ;sufficiently low to induce shippers to 'invest. This will prove a great advau-

louder than his words, and, when hwent to Jacksonville, his departure wauniversally regretted.

Whooping-Congh.It is said that Dr. Tschamer, of Gratz

tnge to the country and the public, and j has discovered that a fungus grows upobreak up the ring monopoly that has j the skins of apples and oranges whicheretofore been controlled by the Van- J is precisely similar to tho fungus whicderbilts and Sootts. It will also give to j forms the peculiar germs of infection ithe Central company a vast amount of whooping-cough. He writes to us, saythrough business over its extensive lines tde London Sanitary Record, that othat cannot but prove highly remunera- 1 oranges and apples which have beefive, and place its stock on a par with j kept some time may be found dark brownthe best-paying roads in the country.The result of this is, the great Easterntransportation lines are greatly alarmed,and begin to feel that they can no longerdictate terms to the Western shippersduring the time that navigation is closed.Another important advantage growingout of this new arrangement is, it willhave a tendency to break up the infer-nal monopoly that has so long existedin Chicago among the cattle and grainoperators. Heretofore the cattle ship-

and black specks which, when scrapecoft", appear as a damp powder. Undetho microscope this powder is seen t<consist of the spores of a fungus identical with those of the whooping-coug.fungus. Taking two of these speckfrom the skin of an orange, Dr.Tschameintroduced them, by a strong inhalationinto his lungs. The next day ticklinof the throat began, which gradually increased until, at the eighth day, a thoroughly-developedwhoopiug-coughsetin

pers of the West, unless they went in The expooioratn, on microscopical examperson with their stock from Chicago to | ination, exhibited tbo same white cortho East, have been charged with the ! puscles which bbaittiet&iise the expretocommissions of two or three sets of, rate ofmiddle-men at intermediate points, which 1 cough,the Chicago operators will hereafter 'have to out off. The grain dealers there

the usual children's whoopingShould this discovery be con

firmed, there is an additional reasonpee that children abstain from eating ap

have also charged considerably more for ! plea with the skin on, and from chewinshrinkage iu grain than there was in ! orange-pefil, which many are po fond "reajtyy, which, cm be called, by Qf> better I (Joing.

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MILLIONS of dollars aro involvedndirectly in the suit commenced in the

Supreme Court at Buffalo for the fore-closures of the mortgages of the Atlantic\nd Great Western railway.

RESIDING near York, Pa., is a fannerwho has kept a record of the number oframps visiting his premises. FromVpril 1, 1877, to Nov. 18 there 545, anaverage of sixteen per week.

THE Methodist Episcopal Church has,n nine conferences in Illinois, 124,000

members, and leads all the denomina-ions. The Baptists, who are second onhe list, have 80,000 members.

THE Mormons are building a magni-Icent temple on the summit of a highmountain in Martti, Utah. Five hun-dred men are at work on it, and it willnot be completed for four years;

THE British Mail, a monthly financialpublication, says, in a review o°. the gen-;ral commercial depression, that up toihe present time the United Statesseems to have suffered moat and France^east.

" W H Y don't you look where you're?oing?" said two men simultaneouslyon the Bowery, in New York, the otherday, as they ran against each other. Iirequired the aid of a bystander to keepihem from a quarrel.

A WOMAN in West Winsted, Conn.,bus lost two brothers by murder and oneby drowning, a brother-in-law by woundsin battle, a husband by a stroke o:apoplexy, and a son in the recent rail-road disaster at Tariffville.

THE good result of rigid inspection o:steam boilers is shown in Pennsylvania,where there has not been a single acci-dent the past year, though repairs wereordered in forty-eight cases where explo-sions were liable to occur.

IN the United States over 2,500,000of the industrious poor have deposited$1,377,000,000 iu savings banks. Ofthis vast sum, over $300,000,000 is in-vested in United States bonds, besideswhat is invested in State and city bonds.

THE annual income of the Church ofEngland is $36,000,000. The church has16,000 religious edifices, including SOcathedrals, 10,000 glebe houses, 31 Epis-copal palaces, ana ±,uuu,l>UU acres oflaud, much of it in good condition fortillage.

A CREMATED dog weighing fifty-fourpounds gave two pounds and two-thirdsof an ounce of ash in seven and a halfhours. Therefore, it is computed that aman weighing 160 pounds will yield sixpounds six and one-twelfth ounces ofash.

FORTY THOUSAND bids have been re-ceived for carrying the mails the nextfour years, in nearly all that portion ofthe United States lying west of the Mis-sissippi river, and extending to the Pa-cific ocean. The awards are to be madeon March 30.

A COMPANY has been formed for theconstruction of a tunnel tinder Detroitriver, for the purpose of connecting theCanadian and American shores at De-troit. It is intended to commence op-erations as soon as Congress grants therequisite permission.

THE last report of the PennsylvaniaSecretary of Internal Affairs shows thatthere are in Pennsylvania 168 collieries,employing 16,629 hands, who last yearmined 176,227,220 bushels of coal.There are used 46,745 acres of land formining purposes.

A PROPOSITION is being seriously con-sidered to dam the Arkansas and Platterivers, and thus turn the waters into thegreat desert of the western part of Kan-sas and Nebraska, whence, by tappingthe artificial lake, streams may be se-cured for irrigating purposes.

THE winter of 1829-'3O surpassed thepresent one in mildness. Farmersplowed every month of the season, andno snow fell until Feb. 2. I t was fol-lowed, however, by a cold, backwardspring, with a snow-storm in May whichkilled the refurniug swallows.

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