General News Summary.
Washington Jiewfc
A Washington dispatch of the lOtfc
•ays: "There is at prenent no informa
tion in the possession of the government
relative to Cuba, which require* specific
legislation. Should anything occur call
ing for the consideration of Congress, it
will be communicated in official message.
itiations for a commercial treaty be
tween the United States and Spain will
•oon 1M: concluded."
Johnson, the defaulting Treasury clerk,
wan arrested in Washington on the 9th,
and committed to Jail in default of $50,
000 hail.
asylums
for disabled soldiers show that over 4,IK*)
•eterans are now cared for, and that new
men are coming in at the rate of 100 per
week, and will soon tax the asylum* to
titcir utmost capacity.
The entire expense of taking the United
States census i« staled at £{,2*7,600.
The annual report of the Statistical
Bureau show* that the value of imports
for direct consumption for the year end
ing JuneW, wafll-'TO,957,025. Withdrawn
from warehouse, $18^,630,021 free of
duty, $59,1
An imposing demonstration was made
at ltirmingham, England, on the evening
of the Wth, in favor of a radical reform
in the House of Lords, and the limitation
of Its power to defeat or suspend bene
ficial and progressive legislation of the
House of Commons. Resolutions were
adopted protesting against the principle,
of hereditary legislation, and demanding
the withdrawal of legislative functions
from the benefit of the bishops.
A motion was made in the French As
sembly on the 8th for the removal of the
•eat of government to l'aris. It was
thought the proposal had u majority of
the Chamber in its favor.
Extreme cold weather ha* been ex
perienced in France. On tin 0th the mer
cury in the thermometer indicated thirteen
degrees below zero, and on the tenth
twtnty-onc and a half lelow.
A Paris dispatch of the 10th says thero
was a complete disagreement between
President Thiers and the Orleans Princes,
respecting the right of the latter to their
•eats in the National Assembly.
A special dispatch from London on the
lllli says "The question of the alleged
violation of neutrality by the United
States with regard to Cuba was discussed
in a council of Ministers, at Madrid, on
the 6th. As the result of the council,
dispatches were sent to the Spanish Min
later at Washington which are said to
contain important instructions respecting
the attitude of the United States toward
Bpain in Cuban affairs. The course of the
American Government is likely to afl'ect
the Alabama claims in the Geneva
Conference, by furnishing a precedent
in favor of the British Government
in the cases of the Hornet,
the Florida, and other privateers." An
other dispatch says a tremendous excite
ment prevailed in Madrid on the receipt
of President Grant's message relating to
the Cuban difficulty. The Spanish Gov
ernment had resotved to maintain a firm
attitude, rfnd reinforcementsof 4,000 men,
two additional Generals, and four iron
clad* would be immediately dispatched to
Cuba.
All hopes of the recovery of the Prince
Of Wales were abandoned on the lltli.
The French National Assembly, on the
12th, adopted, by a vote of 289 to 277, the
recommendation from the committee
having charge of the subject, for the alien
ation to the state of the crown jewels.
The British Foreign Ofllce bus sent in
structions to all its agents abroad to inves
tigate the organization of the various
brandies of the International Society in
the countries Ui which they a*e respect
ively accredited, and rc]Krt thereon to the
government.
A London telegram of the 13th says the
party of observers of the total eclipse of
the sun In the Southern Hemisphere re
port that the photographs of the corona
obtained are perfect, and the result must
be conclusive of several points regarded
by modern astronomer# as needing more
thorough demonstration,
lieportK received at Havana up to the
18th from the sugar district relative to the
new crop were very favorable. Hie cane
nit yielding well.
The East.
iftpM dosed in New York on the 18th
at i093g.
The Directors of the German Immigra
tion Society report that, during the past
month, 9,280 German immigrants landed
in New York—an increase of 8,500, as
compared with same month last year.
A
banquet was given to the Grand Duke
Alexis at the Revere House in Boston, on
the night of the 9th, and was a fine affair,
being attended by many distinguished
people.
The number of deaths by small-pox in
Philadelphia during the week ending the
9th was 19S, a decrease of 34 from the
previous week.
The police authorities in New orkfor
bade the proposed procession in that city
on the 10th, of Internationalists, and the
procession did not come off. Six, out of a
party of about one hundred who attempted
to parade, were arrested in front of the
Cooper Institute.
1
The reports made at A recent meeting
of the managers of the National
1
V2,40fl additional and discre­
tionary duties, $4'il.0ftH total, $518,759,
818 duty thereon. {0,244.'»i7.
A Washington special to the New York
Tune* of the 13th savs that Vice-Presi
dent Colfax has informed many promi
nent Republicans, who have questioned
him on the subject, that he cannot with
draw bis refusal to be considered a can
didate for renomination.
It wan reported in Washington on the
13th that General Sclienck, our Minister
to England, having accomplished his pur
pose with reference to. the Treaty of
Washington, and regarding his personal
interest here a* imperative, had requested
the President to imuw hi* successor, and
call him home.
The Bible war at Hunter's Point has
ended in a compromise between the Cath
olic committee and the Commissioners.
All expelled will be taken back Catholics
will
not oppoc
bank on the 9th, as ofilcially given by the
Clearing House, exhibited a deficiency of
$234,725, or over 58 per cent.
The New Hampshire Democratic State
Convention met at Concord on the 13th,
I and renominated James A. Weston as
candidate for Governor. Henry Calory
was nominated for Railroad Cotumis
sioner.
The suspension of the Eighth National
i Bank of New York city was announced
on the 13th.
The~~Wcst.
The Supreme Court, of the United
States hns just aflirmud the judgment of
th« Supreme Court of Wisconsin, in what
was known as the Bank tax cases," bc
i ing an action brought by N. B. Van Sly k
against the State, and one by Benjamin
i
Foreign lntp!!!j?ene«.
In Ilia message to the French Assembly,
irhich was read on the 7th, President
Thiers deplores the indebtedness of the
country, but says it is due to the machi
nations of the Emperor Napoleon. He
advocates the establishment of a general
compulsory military service in wartime,
and proposes the limitation of the annual
contingent to 90,000 men in time, of peace.
He says France sympathizes with the
Pope in the maintenance of his spiritual
Independence, and will, in case of need,
give the Iloly Father a vigorous support.
Bignall against the State, to test the valid
ity of the law imposing taxes upon shares
in the National Banks for the years of
11805 and 1H(MJ The Supreme Court of
Wisconsin held that the law in question
was valid, and the Supreme Court of the
United States, in an opinion delivered by
the Chief Justice and in which all the
Judges concurred, has affirmed the judg
ment. The case involves between $50,000
and if 75,0(H).
At Urbana, Ohio, on the 7th, a soldiers'
monument, one of the largest in the State,
was dedicated. Nearly 8,000 persons were
present.
On the 8th the last spike was driven on
the Cincinnati, Richmond «te Fort Wayne
Railroad, thereby completing a second
through line from Fort Wayne to Cincin
nati.
The call for a National Convention to
secure the recognition of God in the Con
stitution by an amendment to that instru
ment, has been issued from Cincinnati. It
is signed by the Governors of Pennsyl
vania, Vermont and Kansas, Judge Wm.
Murray, of .New York, Bishop Mcllvaine,
and numerous clergy of Cincinnati. It is
to be held in Cincinnati yn January 31,
1872.
An official report of the Commission
appointed to investigate! Into the origin
of the Chicago fire has been published.
They find that the fire originated in a two
story frame barn in the rear of 137 De
Koven street, the premises being owned
by Patrick Lcary. They were unable to
determine whether the fire was caused by
a spark blown from a chimney on that
windy night, or was set on fire by human
agency. Mr. Loary and all his family
prove to have been in bed and asleep at
the time. The Commission state the
area burned over at 2,050 acres. The
total loss of property burned is estimated
at about $^00,000,000. The number of
buildings burned is between 17,000 and
18,000. The number of lives lost at the
fire is supposed to have been about 200,
although only 117 bodies had been found.
Governor Palmer sent a special message
to the Illinois Legislature on the 9ih, giv
ing the official correspondence between
Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Governor
Palmer ami President Grant, concerning
the military occupation of Chicago. The
Governor protests against the alleged in
terference by the officers of the United
States army in the affairs of the Stale of
Illinois.
The Grand Duke Alexis is announced
to be in Detroit on tho 29th, and in Chi
cago on the 30th inst.
The South*
Hon. J. M. Smith, Speaker of the Geor
gia House, was nominated for Governor
by the Democratic Convention at Atlanta
on the 6th.
A Columbus, S. C., dispatch of the 8th
says "In the Ku-Klux trials to-day, four
of the prisoners pleaded guilty to the
charge of conspiring to deprive citizcnsof
their right to vote. They reserved the
right of reading affidavits for the mitiga
tion of their punishment.
Gaston, Democrat, wasre-electedMayor
of Boston on the 11th, by about 8,500
majority. tGeorge F. Verry, Citizens can
didate, was elected Mayor of Worcester
by a vote of 8,541 to 1,428 for his oppo
nent.
The Gcneiwl Assembly of North Caro
lina, after an excited debate, has author
ized the Attorney of the State to apply to
the Supreme (Wurt of the United States
for a writ of Im/m um rorpun to test the le
gality of the military arrests.
An Atlanta, Ga, dispatch of the 12th
states that a conflict had arisen between
the Legislature and Governor Conley, the
latter declining to rerognize the right of
the former to extend its session beyond
the legal forty days. On the 11th the
Governor instructed the State Treasurer
not to pay the members. It was rumored
at midnight tluit the President would sup
port the Governor against the Legisla
ture.
A Columbia, 6. C., dispatch of the
18th says: "In the Kti-Klux court to-day,
a witness confessed that he was a mem
ber of the Kian, which, he said, was
formed in 18(18 for stlf-dcfence, and to
prevent incendiarism. The town of
Yorkville was threatened to be destroyed
by negroea, and many gin-bouses had al­
ready been
the reading of the Scrip­
tures. and Catholic children will be al
lowed to remain in the class-rooms during
the religious exercises.
The Ocean National Bank, New York
city, lias failed. The condition of the
burned.
The defense pro-
ducod witnesses to show the urgent need
of an organization for defensive pur
poses.''
Congressional*
In the Semite, on the 7th, a petition of
relom? tlti/.'B- for a applwuenury 1vil Right#
lntf of the hill wae concluded the morning hour ex
pired. when an adjournment wa* had to the 11th.
resolution* were introduced Kor deepening the St.
lair Hat* aim! to clxt en feet—referred for the
rale ,f ihe
Kan-a- Indian lands, «t\—
referred pro-
id I rr/ for the adjournment of ConirrcPK on th'' third
Mo!iiavin M:o.lS72
for
the office
of
Preniden'
appropriating ^.tXMUHK) for the purpOfO of
paving ImlaiK e* that may be found due under the
net to indemnify SintcH "for war expenditure-...
The resolution
'f,,r
iinif
in
final adjournment on the third
Monday in May wa* called up, and a motion wan
made that there be no adjournment until after the
im-wiL'e of a bill uring "equal rluhti-. without
O. granting Wm.fKHl ncren of public land for levee
ing the Micslfxippi Kiver in Keiitucky and 'renu-i
cee for a Culled State* public building at Mem
phi*, Tenn. for the better detection and preven
tion of fraud in the naval service
l'e*olutions
of
the Teiiue**ce Legislature for a Hystemutic plan of
meteorological observations und crop report*, were
presented and referred. KesobitionH were
adopted directing an investigation into the inan
iigi-meut of varioiiH Kxecntive Depurtmeiit* in
cirucilnr the SIM relary of the Tri-asury to ascer
tain
report whether anv of the National Banks
New York were interested or concerned In pro- i tiw
...i t!„!..l ......eiiH .)on..u Kiliw 1
inoting an artificial scarcity of money Hills were
pusfed --coiisoldating the
law* for relief of
purchaser* of land sold for tuxes iu insurrectionary
States A bill was reported from the Judiciary
Committee mid postponed to the second Wednes
day in .January, fixing the tlrst Monday of Novem
ber, 1M7U. as the time for Ihe Presidential election
The Apportionment bill was further discusned
lu Committee of the Whole Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the HJtb, a bill was in
troduced providing for the condemnation
or pur
chase, under the statute of Illinol*, of the remain
der of the ustolii House Block in Chicago, or a
block within two square* thereof, on which to erect
a new government building, at a total cost of $S.
(HKt.ddO, fa.nnn.non of which the bill proposes toap
Ill the House, on the 13th, bills were
introduced granting various land privilege* to
I lah .Hill* were reported and referred-appro
priiiling f2.1(00.(KKI for the erection of public build
ing* lu Chicago appropriating fafto.ontl for like
purpose* in St. Louis ....According to a new rule
which bad been agreed to. the Speaker appointed
Mr. Chalice. Of Colorado, us a member on the Com
mittee on Territories, and Mr. hiipman us a mem
ber of the Committee for the District of Coiumblu,
such Delegates not to have the right of voting in
the committees The Apportionment bill wa*
furl her discussed in 'oinmlttee of the Whole A
bill wan reported from the Committee on (educa
tion and I.abor, for the appointment by the
1'rcsidcnl, with the advice and con*ent of the
Senate, of a commiiision of three pel sons, to hold
ofliee for two yeais, unless tbeir duties shall have
been sooner accomplished, who are to Investigate
Ihe'subjecl of wages and hour* of labor, and the
division of the joint piollts of labor mid capital
bet ween Ihe laborer and capilalist, and the social,
cducatioual and sanitary condition of the laboring
classes of the Cnitcd Stale*, and show how the
same are affected by the existing laws regulating
commerce, llnance and the currency such Com
missioner* to receive a salary of }.'i,iaill each, and
may employ a clerk, and shall report the result of
their investigations to the President, to be by him
transmitted to t'ongress. .A motion to lay oil the
table wa* deliialed at li ns.4h, w hen. Ihe morning hour
having expired, the hill went over Adjourned.
—Mr. E. Chambers, the Park Street
(Boston) Station Agent of the Medford
Branch of the Boston Maims Railroad,
met with his death in a very singular way
some davs since. His little daughter was
sick witii the diphtheria, and hi- put his
hand on her mouth lor some purpose or
other, and the child seized upon his hand
and bit it. The marks of the teeth were
very slight, comparatively, but the skin
was broken slightly, and the poison from
the teeth was transmitted through Mr.
Chambers' system, and, sifter a week's ill
ness, duringWhich time hia body became
much swollen, lie died.
—Statistics of the Congregational
churches of California for the last year
Ministers, .r9 churches, 57, eight having
been organized and three extinguished
during the year members, of
whom :IS." were added during the year,
140 by profession and 2!19 by letter Sun
day schools, with o.iWW members.
Amount raised for current expenses, #o7,
(I3(i for church erection, 6(0., $39,599
for charities, $6,220.
—There are, in the Illinois Conference
of the Methodist Church, 2:14 regular pas
tors and nearlv 4(H) local preachers. The
Church has 24,223 ineinbcrH in full con
nection, and 8,7M probationers, un in
creaae wiUti« kip ol iwwii
bers.
rilDOrilT DARACRAPHS.
CURRENT
—There are said to be 1840 banks in the
United States, exclusive of faro banks.
—The
Washington Life Insurance Com-
pany hold? the best of securities and gives
insurance at cost.
poun
In the House, on the 7tk, various bills November 24,1871
were intrxlur«l and referred. The bill oriifyin"
ib«: Postal law w taken np. hut before the read-
In the Senate, on the llth, Mr. minW oft
1
le picces
at hi« own requect. ww relieved from theChair
I munehip «»f tlx- Committee on J'rivllek'c* and KU
tlon« Petition# were preecnted and referred.
a-kin^' for i
rejjenl
of tli- duty on wilt. Blllr- and
—At a recent sale of a lot of old coins,
in New York city
$07 a cent
1707, $2:* a cent of lKKt, $4:5.
of l..»4,
at $100,000.
-laid over to restore the records
Marxhal of that district—referred
or
into threi- Judicial IJictriftH: to relieve Mill'eri-m by
the tire Chicago propo-intr an umendment to the
onntitution. by
wh'ich'
o„«re,« ,houi,i have i,o
power to raiw taxi'" by imports or excise, hut onlv
liy direct tax on property, to he ant*iiiued,
collectcd and paid by States at their option for a
hip canal betwepn thi MiHxi-i-ippi River and l.ake
Miihi/iin: for u Mi-pension of duties on mer lian
di-c entered at Chicago for I nited Slates public
building" at Kansas City propoHtu an lunendinent
lo the oni*lilution proliibitint.' the interinarrinu'c of
white and colored pernniiN. and authorizing Stated
to iirovidc for the education of white and colored
children in neparaie hchool" to eoualize boimtien
to soldiers and nailorn In the late
war: to extend the time for coin
jiletin::the Military Kond In Mh'hisran for nited
Stale), public buililiniiH in Denver City to fac
the Whole Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 12th, the House
resolution to adjourn over from December 21 to
•January H. \va« concurred In At his own rct|ucHt,
Senator Morion wan relieved from hie potdtloii on
the Committee of Agriculture A hill van Intro
duced
ranging from fl.^HJ to fl4 per
of the f'nitcd state- Court* in the Northern lil-irict i i
ofiiiiuoi- and ul-o for i in: relief of the (iiited state*
phvsician, was
,f good*, blankets, etc.. by the Secretary of "we've been
ref err
•tc., by the Secretary "f
I War to the Chicago Milt'erer*.. A debate w,-Wl,ves,
on a motion for the confidvration of a resolution
directing the Military Committee to inquire into the
defalcation of Paymaster Hodge, pending which
the Senate adjourned
piide
had occupied the scat with
—Recently,
PARAUKArnO. gi jjn2
roumj
timK
after-
"sold
CllDlC
loot.
asked
whether
he
Krualiztmj the tert-(l intm partnership with him. "Oh,
nao en-
together for
'some time I always carrj tJlC Clot, tor 8
Wur
k
home when
it is
done."
Mr. aston, residing near Blue Rap
thought he would shoot vou,"
vice-i'ie^dent hnshcl and a neck of peanuts, as fine as lumber camp. rai
at'( V/vin^'toii! *Kv.:''o ^-tore'the Se be grown anywhere. cra/y with grief, and
nited state- ourt in Chicago: to divide Illinois
There are .'J0,:}20 blind persons in the mto custoci}.
United states, :i7 per cent, of wl
"ghtlesshy:
disease, and lo per cent, by accident. known
lM,rn blind,
4!l
I establishment of these schools, 40 years
ago, 0,470 pupils have been educated.
I —A Detroit policeman found a
book which evident Iv belonged to a man
of careful habits.
i
attorney a case intrusted to him.
—Some time since an inventor applied
to the Patent Ofliec for a patent for a new
process of embalming, and, in order to
I nnlK.lNi.-il l,v l,U priM-eHB. It. l«ine I If' ^rr' -71t!l:^r'S,'X
to
Patent Oflicc a catacomb, the model was
returned to the inventor for burial.
—A Panbury, Conn., man saw his
daughter into the cars and passed round
to her window for a parting look at her.
While he was passing out the daughter
left tho seat to speak to a friend, and at
1
I'oslal
her, moved
seductive lips, followed by the passionate
injunction, "Scat, you grey-headed
wretch and he scattered.
—Mr. I). A. A. Buck, a Worcester
(Mass.) jeweler, has constructed a min- V.lo.\l'd °n
iature steam engine, which iH probably
propriate Immediately The House bill appropri- I (he tiniest thing in the world of the kind,
atiug moneys for taking the luwt ceiisii* w is passed.
A resolution wa* offered, providing
for a standing Committee of Investigation and He
trenchineiil, to consist of seven member*, to ha
elected by the Senate, and to have power to investi
gate and report npon such subject" a- may be com
mitted to It by the Senate and an amendment vvaa
proposed to tin resolution directing the committee
to inquire Into the expenditure* in all brunches of
the government service whether any, and also
what, ofllce* ought to be abolished. an( what *ala
ries or allowance* ought lo he reduced, etc., also
giving it power to sit during the recess of Congre**.
Considerable debate ciiitted, but a vote waa not
reached... Adjourned.
Ohio, a few days ago, by falling back
ward into a tub of hot water.
—A Bloomington (III.) boy, who didn't
believe what his philosophy told him,
froze his tongue to an iron railing the
other day. Another boy kindly cut the
unruly member loose with a sharp knife.
—Mr. William Richards, of Union
Plains, Mich., was tarrying corn in a
basket up stairs, when he fell backward,
aud so injured his head and neck that he
died a few days after.
—A man named James II. Morris was
recently found dead in bis bed at Decatur,
Iil., with bis arm around his little son,
with whom he slept. The Coroner's jury
reaurned a verdict of death from heart
disease.
—A Vermout man took an airency dur
ing the fall for the sale of a patent pitch
fork, and signed what he supposed was an
order for a specimen. He was recently
that institution.
—A little daughter of Mr. Clarj', of
of Escanaba, Mich., attempted to light a
tire by the aid of kerosene, when the
usual consequence followed. She died
after a few hours of agony, and her
mother and two others, in their efforts to
save her, were seriously burned.
•One of the prisoners at the Northern
James Tuttle. a-farmer re-
in
Mich., met with a fatal
Mi^ellaneou*. accident. He was engaged in luiulm- pondent, have frequent he&dacfc
Jtlsctuaniiu 'corn-stalks to his barn, when the wagon
oyej
growing him forcibly to the
j,is head striking against a stone.
was
—The absence of insanity in Arabia is i —A dun-colored dog, with a vcrj anx- ni«MTOrv
equally high.
The marble quarries of Vermont are
literally mines of wealth. Over a thou-
insensible when found, and con- eases of "Liver Complaint" onu
.d so until his death, twelve hours
the depot.
—The other afternoon Henry W agncr,
of Cincinnati, an ex-policeman, while
'c™?! "i'
a
railwav. now constructing, in
The re-
railwav, now constructing, in kicking at
his dog, that was preceding him, lost his
balance and fell lrom the trestltt work.
goU)t, t],irtv
rosujte(j
sand men are employed, and many of the i ^5,^ his master's condition, sprang after
mills where the -awing i done is valued acid, safely landinir, remained watch
The marVtle is sold at prices jyinjr man, refusing to allow tiny
person to interrupt him until beaten away
—A sexton being vers' familiar with a with clubs.
—Henry McDonald was accidentally
shot in a saloon at Portsmouth, Mich., the
other evening, by David Patterson. Pat
terson, whose age is twenty-two years,
was plaving witli a revolver, and point
ing it at DcDonald, said: "I may as well
»t vou," when the charge went o
et'ntrikinL' the unfortunate m:
brain,
from
£4
ThiVty-one States'now make p'rovision for tempting to remove '1|e,)™lyfro1" j['«
the education of the blind, and, since the
The
drinks Tuesdav—iret a gallon of whis-
nati has just decided that an attoney can
not receive compensation for partial or
unfinished service
College
book is full of
such sentences as these Monday—Buy a i
gallon of whisky to-day take four
1
u„u„n„™ that "he ''must' go gagement at a New Orleans theater, Mr.
through with a case once undertaken, or Forrest was in his room at the St. Charles
surrender all pecuniary claims against his Hotel, when a waiter presented him a
client. Also, that he cannot, without the card from a Mr. I who requested a mo
consent of the client, transfer to another
Patterson was nearly
surrendered himself
urn. JTwhSm""were —A most remarkaTile case of petrifac-
per cent, made sightless by tion is that of the body of a lad^ well
in Kalamazoo. Mich. On nt-
Cemetery, for interment in the
Mountain Home Cemetery, the sexton
found the collin so heavy that he bad to
note i procure the assistance of a number of
men. It was then raised to the surface,
but in so doing the coffin was broken, and
revealed the marble-like body within. An
examination was made, and the features
were found to be perfectly preserved
—A few evenings ago, during his cn-
ment's interview. A few minutes later the
stranger, a gentleman doing business in
this city, was introduced into the presence
of Forrest. After tin exchange of civili
ties, the stranger, banding Mr. Forrest
the sum of one hundred dollars, told him
actor, like
heroism than that of Matthias Baker, the
first engineer, never blazoned the pages of
fame. Standing tit his post till driven
same time a ltrim lookin" ltulv who from it by the flames, then coolly woiking
r*. 1
1 .ii .....1 «l...
to subdue the fire, ami then to save the
up to the window. Unaware of the iin- passengers, when all hope was lost, he se
portant change inside, our venerable friend cured a_ life-preserver and buckled it
hastilv put Ins face up to the window, and art,und him with it his safety was cer
hurricdly exclaimed, "One more kiss, i tain but on the forward deck he found a
sweet pet." In another instant the point lady passenger without means of support,
of a blue cotton umbrella caught his He tore i11 the preserver, forced it upon
her, and then sprang into the river, only
to strtiggleunavailinglvand perish. He was
a young man, only thirty-two, but had seen
considerable service, having been em-
,he
S,("1,ul^on
1
The machinery is gold and silver, com
prising 148 pieces, fastened together with
screws, the largest of which is one eighth
of nn inch in size. The engine, bnilcr,
governor and pumps stand in a space
seven-sixteenths of tin inch square, and
are five eights of an inch high. The en
gine alone weighs but fifteen grains, and
yet every part is complete, ami it may be
set in motion by filling the boiler with
wtiter and applying beat, being supplied
with all valves, etc., to be found in an or
dinary upright engine. It U A marred of
mechanical ingenuity.
Incidents und Accidents.
—Henry Foyle's little girl, at Los
Angeles, Cal., suckcd the hot steam from
the spout of a tea-kettle and died in con
I sequence.
i -Miss Tola Gilmore, a young lady Hv
ing at Augusta, Mich., was burned to
death the other day, by the explosion of a
gasoline lamp.
—William Feuerbach, four years of
I age, was scalded to death at Sanduskv,
V™' »lic'
^'ai' steamers, and also in the I nited
States service. He leaves an orphan child."
I'ersonal and Literary.
—'Tl*# oldest member of the n«w1y
elected Massachusetts House is Isaac 1).
Bell, who was in the House thirty-six
years ago.
—A memorial to the poet Cowper, to be
erected at Hirkhampton, England, is con
templated, and contributions from admir
ers of the poet in the United States are
desired.
—Mr. Jeremiah Brooks, seventy-nine
years old, started from York, Maine,late
ly with his team to drive to Boston, a dis
tance of seventy miles. He refused to go
by railroad, as he wanted to go safely, and
he said he knew all about his horse.
—Miss Betsey Williams, who died the
other day, in her y^d year, cherished the
memory of her great ancestor, and in her
will leaves a farm to the city of Provi
dence, with a proviso that a monument be
erected to Roger Williams, which shall
cost not less than $000.
—Mr. Bryant, of the New York Evening
Pout, has (it is alleged) hung up a cata
logue of words that neither editor nor re
porter is allowed to use. Among these
interdicted words are bogus, authoress,
poetess, collided, debut, donate, donation,
loafer, located, ovation, predicate, pro
gression, pants, rowdies, roughs, secesb,
osculate (for kiss), indorse (for approve),
lady (for wife), jubilant (for rejoicing),
bagging (for capturing), loaned (for lent),
posted (for informed), realized (for ob
tained).
—Miss Creak (pronounced Cra-ak), the
lady to whom General I). E. Sickles is
married, is but twenty-two. She was
born in Spain, speaks English imperfectly,
and is represented as beautiful and ac
complished. but not wealthy. Her father
is Assistant Trcasurer of the Province of
Andalusia. The family is of Irish de
scent, has long been Bettled in Spain, and
occupies tin enviable social position. Miss
AH aM
surprised bv a notice from a neighboring daughter, and accompanied her
bank, that his note for $204 was due I
!n u
iitimate friend of General
rt'ccnt
tour to
Penitentiary of Indiana recently deliber- Labrador.
at civ fastened his hand in a block fixed i TKo CV* ,I„
for "tlu- purjHtse, ndnu it under a' buzz. (our large H. .iirilin-s. b^tfnit^d
r^iar.iiir *h"
7 cation through day schools, and they have
—A nitm in the employ of the North- over Uo.OOO children in their Sabbath
western Railroad Company met with a i schools.
WW ,n r,:ui?r^a„i. —1» «t »In a«b,
S.-Tiund. iTwffrS worn'
Europe.
Religions and Educational.
There are twelve colleges in Illinois,
with
1
"'.KJU students in attendance.
There are three Normal Schools in
Minnesota, with an attendance of
scholars.
•'-There are twenty-four Moravian mis
nonaries in Greenland, and forty-five in
m,"iis
upon the small linger^ caught on" a nail- *n/i\',LU"ifin
kuul, «i)d in un instant WAS aeparated from COMNO^H K„
the nW bjr taklug the flnger'thMt M«„i»ubel,i^
e
"""'i
worn
It founcj in the Episcopal burial
int'
a^alln
"BILIOUS.
I* yon feel dull, drowsy, debilitated
ta8tes badly in
the morning irrJnu
lite and ton
gue coated, you a™
£rom Tor/)it, IAr(r or
th(
.se
Bynif)torng are
experienced
„nv edy for all such eases, Dr. PWw1*
rn inclined
tw A««
fcet, receiving injuries which
jn*death in four hours. The dog.
Pirt
erce*
martinc
be able, a plausible way, to 8ho*whJ
WALKER'S VINEGAR BITTEKS WIGHT
cure Indigestion, Headache, Xervou
Liver Complaint, Muscular Diseases n
asmatic Fevers but as they do in evi
stance efl'eet that object, his fine theo-v
be a waste of words. As Magendle sad
world demands facts, not speculative',
ions.
•7 i
FOB COOGHS, COLDS AND TH«OAI D«
DEBS, use "Brown's Bronchial Trwl
ing proved their efficacy by a test of
years.
THE proprietors of Johmrm'« Anodv, /1
ment, J'nrxun\f /*nr/atitv Pilh, and sLr-.u
Vavfdry Condition I'otr'lerx, have pub yi
readable and instructive pamphleL
may be had free at the stores.
Rrrcs
CUAPMAN,
of Liberty, Maim
stiff letr, bent at the knee," limber^
strengthened by the use of Johnson's A
Lininunl.
Shocks to the System.
The first shock of winter tellu tremendu
enfeebled nystems. Every one know# that
ing from a warm region to cold one,
term, the body requires as a protection
epidemics, an acclimating medicine. All tr^
and voyagers admit this. It is equally ncr. f.j,
acclimate the system in parsing the couih
season and entering upon another. Au-:a
gone and winter in here. Prepare t!i.
the conbtitution to meet the change I
Ilostetter'n Htomaeh Bitters. Trii-
vegetable tonic increases the »tamin:
thodc who take it. and rendern tli
great extent against the devitaliziii!
and damp. Thece two agent* are a
ease an tropical heat, and animal vi^
as thin healthful and pure tonic di:!.-
the whole organization—in a repellai,
cannot master. A large proportion of
catarrh* and pulmonary complaints
in winter, might be avoided, by etrouit!.-:
regulating the sytdom in advance with thi
ant and alterative. Not that it is recommitiM
specific for thone complaints, but a# a
\r"v-r.r:.rg
their causes. On the other hand, it w no* r'
preventive of, but a specific for the indigi-viijn,
testlnal irregularitieH. malarious fevers, bi:
tacks, and nervous affection, Mtperiiiduiec
chilly and damp atmosphere.
DLSBASED I-I NUS ARK (ILLBATI.Y OS I*
IN THIS COCNTHY.—The Midden (ha:.r:t'
weather has done much to give ri-u to
tion. Hut there are thousands of tasen
lime-'tint i it °n by their own imprudence—such a.
ma (junjj, clothing, and going from the warm
its
found
i
,S1aSv
the cold air. and checking the perspiration
causes irritation of the I,lings, and then n.i
I
y
a ws tesas'sexs
.1
form, aiul Coiipumptioii will »ooii follow
—The Norwirh 1hilUtniym commentinp Lun^ Balsam will cure and prevent the
uponjspeciiil incidents in the burning of of cases of Consumption if it is only Urn1
the City of New London, says: ''Nobler
bv t( I)nI
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK, December :u,
BKEP CATTLE
HOOS—Live
Pressed
RIIEEP—Live
COTTON—Middling'
KLOl'H- to (.voice
WHKAT—Spring, No. 3
COKN—New \Ve*tcrn Mixed
OATS—Western
HVK—WeHtern
ISA 1CLKY—Western
I'WHK.—MEI-A
LA III)
WOOL—Rxtra
oo
4 75
5
1.00
.20
6 6o 0i
1 51 fir
.77 fin
.r,- e.
(a,
w
13.50
O'er':
Foiled i
Tubbed
Unwashed
.57

.48
CHICAGO.
BEEVES—Choice
Good
Fair (irudea
$5.00
4 SO hi
4 oo
7.1 id i
4 01 n i
4 H5
4,s!S 2
4
'ifI (0
•.73
«.Q0 «i
1.85 :'J 8
1.19 ''I 1J
Medium
HOGH- Live
l)re*sed
SHEEP—(iood to Choice
Bl'TTKil-Choice
KGUS -Fre*h
FLOCK—White WinterExtM...
Spring Kxtra
OH4IN—W beat—Spring, No. 1..
No. f..
Corn—No. 3
Oats—No. i
Rye—No. 8
Barley—No.
a
.63
LARD
PORK—Mess
WOOL—Tub-waehed
18.20 1"
.til
.53
aft fa
Fleece, washed
unwa*hed
CINCINNATI.
FLOrR—Family
WHEAT—Red, No.
CORN—New
OATS—No. 3
RYE
BARLEY—Spring
I.AKD
PORK—Me*s
HOGS-Live
ft I®
.39 vt
.75
•®V? Mi
13.75 e,A\
4.45
ST. LOUIS.
BEEF CATTLE—Choice I*-'*
Good to Prime 3 5«
HOGS—Live
FLOUR-XX
WHEAT No. 3 Red
CORN—Mixed
OATS—No. 3.
RYE-No. 2
BARLEY-No. 3 F«U
PORK—Mesa
LARD
4.W kP 5
#.33 (it
i
.34
.73 i
11.87
.08*©
VTLWATTKEB.
FLOm—Spring Extrm I???
WHEAT—Spring, No. 1..
1
120 W
No. 3—
CORN—No.
OATS—No. 3
RYE-No. 1
BARLEY-No.
jps a
3 Fall
HOGS—Live
4.U) to
CLEVELAND.
WHEAT—No. 1 Red Wi n e I
O N N e w V I
OATS
4tX
BETBOIT.
$*5»4r^.
WHEAT-No. 1 Whit#.......
CORN Mixed RF
OATS—Mixed .1, C*
HOOS— *"T
FINANCIAL.
Investmmc
1,131
JAY COOKE Co. are now
8t,I|iD^T()4
ornmend as a profitable and
s:fe'nm^
for all classes, the First
(fl1
Bonds of the Northern Pacific R®
pany, bearing Seven and Three
cent, gold interest (more than Pe'
reney), and secured by tirst '.fc
gage on the entire road and equ'P
on more than 23,000 Acres of L*n1
mile of track, or 500 Acres of jl
$1,000 Bond. The highest curreiH,
be paid for U. S. Five Twenties,
marketable Securities received
l0l
Pamphlets, maps and full
in hv
tAv'
be furnished, on application,
Co., Philadelphia,
ington, and by most Bs®W
throughout the country.