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MY LOVEK.

BY EMMA MOKTIMKR WHITE,

At last I am bleBsed with a lover,Just what a lover should be—

Devoted and constant, and handsome,Handsome as handsome can be.

Devoted !—devoted, believe mo!He never has left me a day ;

I am ever his pride and his darling—Without me he cannot be gay.

He cares for no lovelier lady ;To him I am very fair ;

Contented he rests on my bosom,Kisses my lipa and my hair.

Handsome !—his cheeks are like roses,His head is run over with curls,

His forehead Is white as a snowdrift.• His teeth glimmer clearer than pearls.

His eyes they are bright as the sunshine,With lashes that cannot be beat,

And then I know that you've neverSeen such hands and such feet.

Wealthy ? lie's careless of money—Money to him is but dross;

Silver and gold, for my lover,Are only for pitch and for toss.

He must have been born to a fortune—He's lived at hiB ease ever since ;

If you'd see but the style of his dressing,You'd probably think him a prince.

Shirts thick frosted with stitching,Silken embroidered sockB;

I think the most of his moneyHe keeps in a painted JOX.

He'll show you a golden guinea,On which he cut his first tooth,

Strung on an azure ribbon,Tied with a love-knot, f oreooth I

Of teeth he has half a dozen,Set to the cunningestmold ;

For I am my lover's mother—For he i6 but one year old 1

THE BANK BOBBERY.

MISS MANTIE M. MILNER,

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"When you have something more tooffer me beside yourself, Frank De Vere,I will accept you ; not before."

This was Nellie Blanchard's reply toher companion's passionate avowal oflove. She was cold, proud and beauti-ful ; the only child of genteel, but poorparents. It was a matter of surprise tothe neighbors that Frank De Vere hadever been allowed the privilege of call-ing on her at all. The truth was thatMiss Blanchard was fond of makingconquests. She met Do Vere at thehouse of a friend; discovered that hewas above mediocre in appearance andtalent, and decided to make him a vic-tim. How well she succeeded, after anacquaintance of a few months, we al-ready know.

"Do you mean, Nellie Blanchard,"said her lover, " that you refuse me be-cause I am poor?"

" I mean what I said !"Frank De Vere's passion for the woman

before him amounted to idolatry. If ithad been less, he, with his good sense,would have despised her.

" Nellie," he said, "if gold is all thatseparates us, it shall not sunder us long.Only promise me this—wait one yearfor me."

The woman hesitated a minute; shenever had the most remote idea of mar-rying him, and she did not like to com-

inflicted the other wounds you see, hop-ing to make a sure job of it. I was unarmed, and could not effect much withmy antagonist. I got this cut on m;arm, and, the other man coming to hifriend's help, I decided to offer no monresistance. So they gagged and boundme, and, after taking what they wanted,left us. Charlie, poor fellow! has laidthere moaning over since, at intervals,and I was powerless to help him.

Frank De Vere looked with anxiouscountenance at his companion.

" Do you think he will ever get overt ?" he asked.

A physician in the room stooped andexamined him.

"Well?" said De Vere."He will die," was the answer."Would that he could be spared,"

said £ rank, as he bent over his friendwith streaming eyes.

The dying man roused a little at thewords, and, turning his eyes on DeVere's face, gave him a look fraughtwith such a sense of injury that onewould have thought he imagined Frankhis murderer. He closed them in a mo-ment, and opened them no more. Thewounded man was taken to a hospital,where he died that day.

It was found that the robbers hadtaken cash to the amount of $200,000.The police, after the most vigilant exer-tions to secure the murderers, were un-able to discover them.

Frank De Vere would remain no lon-ger in the place; he gave up his situa-tion, and went to try his luck in themines. Fate favored him. Gold camereadily to his hand. In a short time hehad accumulated more than he in hiswildest dreams had ever hoped for. Sat-isfied with the fortune he had made, hestarted for his native town. As soonafter his arrival as possible he calledupon the woman who promised to waitfor him. He found her in the parlor.Walking straight toward her, he heldout his arms.

" Nellie, I have come to claim you."Surprised though she was to see him,

she could not be surprised into commit-ting herself before she understood howaffairs stood with him. So, before aword of welcome came from her lips,she asked: " Have you anything to offerbesides Mr. De Vere 1"

"Two hundred thousand dollars,Nellie."

She brightened instantly. To thehaughty but needy belle the sum seemedenormous. She allowed the outstretchedarms to embrace her, and the lips of thenew-comer to kiss her.

" You will become Nellie De Vere ?"he whispered.

"Yes, Frsnk."After an evening spent in rehearsing

the past and arranging for the future,they separated. When he had gone,she hid her face in the sofa, and weptbitterly.

Albert," she murmured— "dear,mit herself. Yet she must get rid of i dear Albert, the only one 1 ever loved, itLI „ „ fill M1.J.1 - -3 I io 1«.»/1 f̂t ^TTA wrtn « « t"him some way. There was little dangerof his making his fortune in a year, soshe considered herself safe in saying,"Yes, Frank, I will wait for you."

"Then you are mine! I BOOK shallclaim you ! Until then, good-by I"

He clasped her in hie arms a moment,gave her a lover's kiss, and was gone.She looked after him, not to sigh, butto thank Heaven that she had rid her-self of him so easily.

It was in the days when Californiadrew throngs of gold-hunters to itsmines. Frank De Vere took passagethe week after his last interview withMiss Blanchard, and in due time arrivedsafely at his journey's end. The weekspassed on. It was easier for De Vere

is hard to give you upThen, rising, she dashed the tears

from her eyes, and,with clenched hands,paced the room to and fro, murmuring," I am ashamed of you, NellieBlanchard; I thought you were made ofsterner stuff. Will you give up wealthand position for love in a cottage ? No—never!"

So she decided to marry Frank DeVere. Before the year was out, she be-came his wife. Time passed away.Fate had been kind to Mr. and Mrs. DeVere, to all outward appearances. Hehad accumulated an immense fortune,and had risen high in favor with his fel-low-men. Old Father Time had dealtleniently with his lady. Mrs. De Vere

to dr?am of wealth than to accumulate twenty years a wife, was quite as beauti-it. He had only been able on his arri- ful, and much more voluptuous in fig-val to obtain a situation as under-clerkin a banking-house. As his merit be-came known he had risen rapidly in favorwith his employers, and was now occu-pying the position of cashier, with alarge salary. Under ordinary circum-stances he would have been contented;as the seeker of a fortune in a shortspace of time, he was not.

The allotted time of his stay wasnearly at an end. With all his economyhe had not laid up $1,000. He knewthat Nellie Blanchard coxild not bebought for less than $50,000. Some-thing must be done. What that some-thing was he had not yet concludedwhen he retired to bed one eventfulnight in his life's history. The morn-ing after that night, the porter of thehouse came running from the room whereDe Vere slept with one of the clerks,which opened into the one in which thesafe was kept. The man's face was whitewith fear, and his eyes nearly startingfrom their sockets.

Out into the crowded street he went,screaming: "Murther! murther! Abloody murther!"

" Where ?" said a policeman standingnear.

" In there," pointing toward the youngmen's room.

It was a horrible, sickening sight.The clerk, Charlie Sowle, lay on thefloor, with his face upturned, andstamped with intense suffering. Severalugly gashes were about his face andbreast, from which the blood slowlytrickled, helping to swell the crimsonpool in which he lay. From ilis whitelips, at intervals, there came a groan,which told the lookers-on he was notdead. On the bed lay Frank De Vere,gagged, firmly bound, having a deepflesh-wound in his arm, from which theblood had flowed so freely that the bed-linen was completely saturated.

He was speedily released, and askedby a dozen at once, " Who did it?"

"Between 2 and 3 this morning," hesaid, " I was awakened by Charlie, whowhispered, ' Some one is at the safe.' Ilistened a moment, and distinctly hearda noise in the inner room. ' You areright, Sowle,' I said, and instantly feltfor my revolver. It was not there.Alarmed, I asked Charlie in an under-tone, ' Did you remove my pistol ?' ' No;is it gone ?' The next instant he added,'Good heavens! mine is gone, too.'Together we arose, and crept softly toyonder door. There, with the safe open,by the dim light of a lantern, were twomen masked, so that I cannot describethem. I would have stolen o t of thehouse and sought help, but Charlie, whoalways was brave to a fault, would notlisten to that. ' Don't you see our pis-tols lying there on the floor behindthem?' he whispered; 'we will securethem yet.' And before I could offer thefirst objection he was half-way acrossthe room, stealing on tip-toe towardthem. A slight noise caused one of thevillains to look round. Just as Charliereached for his revolver they discoveredhim, and sprung upon him, and draggedhim back into this room. I think theywould have spared him had they not thatinstant caught sight of me. One ran abowie-knife through him. The othersprung at me. Charlie fell back, saying,1 Oh, Frank! they have killed me.' Thedemon who had assassinated him did notseem to be content with, his work, but

u''o, than Nellie Blanchard had been.It had not taken Frank De Vere long tolearn that his wife did not care for him.He loved her so that for many years hehad tried to make himself dear to her.The more he exerted himself to pleaseher, the more disgusted She became withhim. The poor man kept looking for-ward to the dawn of a brighter day,when the rosy leaves of hope wereturned to bitter ashes by the humiliatingdiscovery that the secret of the wife'saversion was that from the time sheengaged herself to him her heart hadbelonged to another. She tauntedhim with the fact one day in a fit ofanger.

" Why did you marry me, Nellie ?"he asked.

" You know without asking—for yourmoney."

" Then you sold yourself."She winced a little." You do not love me?"" I do not love you—nover have—never

will.""Would you like the world to know

this, and break the chain that binds us,which seems to gall you so ?"

"No; 'twould gain me nothing."" I believe I understand you, Mrs. De

Vere. To the world, hereafter, we willbe what we have seemed heretofore.At home, we are strangers. Does thissuit you?"

"Yes."The haughty dame swept from her

husband's presence, glad that henceforthshe would be free from the caresses ofthe man she could never love. Thehusband watched her out of sight, thenfell to the ground, where he lay writh-ing in agony of mind, muttering, " Oh,merciful Heaven! my punishment isgreater than I can possibly bear !"

After this they met only in the pres-ence of their guests, or in company.

This was years ago, when Lulu (anaffectionate diminutive for Louisa), theironly daughter, was a wee child. Shewas 17, now; and, on the day of which Iwrite, was looking forward with pleasinganticipation to the evening. For thatevening she was "coming out." Whenthe company assembled, Lulu movedamong them like a spirit of light. Herlovely, innocent face was, perhaps, lessperfect than her mother's. But, if per-fection wore another charm, it was onewhich had no beauty for the score oflovers following in her train. The fatherstood at one side and gazed upon her,comparing her to a beautiful picture,and as far above the crowd around heras were the stars.

He was interrupted in his thoughts bya voice at his elbow exclaiming, "Whois that in the white satin dress, with dia-monds in her hair ?"

"WissDe Vere.""She is a beauty, by Jove ! and they

say that her father is well off. I believeI shall marry her."

" Hush !" said the speaker's friend, inan undertone; "De Vere is not threefeet from you."

" Ha ! ha ! what do I care ? The oldchap and I are friends; he will no doubtthank me for taking his daughter off hishands," he replied.

The host confronted the man sngrily,but, instead of uttering the intendedreprimand, he fell senseless to the floor.He wag owned to Jus room, a physician

called, who soon pronounced him out ofdanger. A message was sent to theman who had so singularly affected DeVere that he wanted to see him. Thestranger obeyed the summons. FrankDe Vere motioned to those attendinghim to leave the room, and beckoned thenew-comer to his bedside. The manwent in obedience to the gesture, andlooked fearlessly down in the invalid'sface.

" You have found me at last, AlbertCarlton," moaned De Vere. " Now thatyou are here, what do you want ?''

"Want? Dare you ask me ? Coward,thief, murderer that you are! I havehalf a mind to kill you this moment inyour bed."

And he glared fiercely on De Vere,while ho held over him an open knife.

"Mercy! mercy!" gasped the poorman.

" It is easier for you to cry for mercythan it was to grant it," said Carlton.

"For God's sake, don't speak soloud," said De Vere,- hits face livid withfear. " I will make you any reparationyon ask; only, for my child's sake, sparethe honor of my house."

" It is beyond your power to bestowwhat you took from me," said AlbertCarlton, fiercely. " I was sent by awoman who loved me, and whose pas-sion I more than returned, to seek afortune ere we were married. I hadbeen a long time from her side, and,meeting with no success, I determinedto make a bold stroke, rob the bank, andreturn with my booty home. You knowhow affairs turned out. It will serveyou right to repeat them. I made myentrance into your room, and took yourpistol before you discovered me. Sowlehad not come in yet. I had no desire toshed blood, and was glad to spare yourlife on the conditions you spoke of—going halves. In the midst of our workCharlie Sowle interrupted us ; he was atour mercy, yet we promised to sparehim and take him in as a partner. Youremember how indignantly he refused,and, with his pistol at my head, calledaloud, ' Help, help!' Alarmed, yousilenced him with your bowie-kaife. Hefell back gasping, imploring you, hisold friend, to spare him. Yon had gonetoo far, and kept on with your bloodywork until you had finished him. Ugh !it was aD ugly job; I am glad my handsare washed from it. Then you plannedthat I should gag and tie yoii to yourbed; you even wounded yourself, thatthe detectives might the more readilybelieve the tale you should tell. After-ward, you tcld me how well your planhad worked; how poor Sowle had livedthrough the night, and nearly terri6edyou to death for fear he would revivesufficiently to expose your crime ; hedied at last. You met me, receivedyour share, went to the mines, pretendedto make a fortune; and then when I hadntrusted my share to your safe keeping

you made off with it. I was in despair;or with the loss of my money I lostilso the woman I loved, inasmuch asbefore I could make another adventureI learned that she was married. Towhom I never heard, and whether now"iving I do not know."

" What can I do for you ?" murmuredDe Vere.

" I want half you are worth."" You shall have it.""I will also take your daughter in mar-

riage."" Good heavens, Carlton, don't ask that

)f me!"" Then you shall be exposed."The man turned to go."Como back, Carlton; I'll do all I can

or you. Dine with us to-morrow.Leave me now, for I suffer deeply."

The next day Carlton was punctual.He was made acquainted with Lulu at;he dinner-table. In a few minuteser mother came in at the side door, and

;ook her place at the table. The hus-band proceeded to introduce them.

" Mrs. De Vere, allow me to presentyou to my old acquaintance, Mr. Albertlarlton."

She looked up quickly as the name wasipoken, flushed and paled alternately

when she had looked Mr. Carlton in theace. Then, rising suddenly, she lefthe room.

At a later hour, Albert Carlton foundhimself alone in the library.

" To think of her as the wife of himwho caused me to lose her is madden-ing !" he muttered to himself.

" Then you have not ceased to thinkf me ?" said a voice at his side.Turning about, he beheld Mrs. De

Vere."Cease to think of you, Nellie ! The

ove I bore you has been increasing from;hat day to this. And now, with a world)f love in my heart for you, I am doomedso behold you the wife of another!"

" Oh, Albert," she said, " all these'ears that have separated us have been,o dread and terrible !"

"Nellie! my darling, you almostmake me think that there is happiness'n store for us yet!"

" And ma there not be, Albert?""If you say so, Nellie."He held out his arms to her, and she

leaned her head against the breast thatso many years ago had been her resting-place. Together they plotted to leavehe house that night and flee to anotherjountry. That evening Frank De Vere?ave Carlton the promised moaey.

"In the morning/' said the father,' I will give you my daughter's answer."That night De Vere came to the con-

clusion that it was a thing impossible tobroach the subject to Lulu.

"Dead men tell no tales," he mut-ered, as he went to his desk and tookrom it a knife. Stealthily leaving his•oom, he stole toward his guest's cham-ber, which was at the end of the long

assage. He was half-way there, whene detected the sound of muffled foot-teps approaching him.

The villain is coming to murderme," he thought; " he shall not escapeme."

In a minute, he felthis enemy's breathapon his cheek, and knew it was hisime to strike. So he grasped the figure,,nd made a thrust in the darkness withlis knife. The victim made no resist-mce; only gave utterance to one un-iarthly shriek.

De Vere recognized the voice. It wasds wife.Terror-stricken, he stood bending over

he inanimate form, when the door ofis guest's room opened, and Albert

Carlton came out with a light. De Vereitepped hastily aside in a niohe devoted;o statuary. When Carlton saw thewoman he loved lying there weltering in' er blood, he forgot to look for her mur-derer, but knelt beside her, kissing the"»ld lips, and whispering words of love

her. The sight maddened the hus-and." Devil! destroyer of my happiness,

take that, and that, and that!" heihrieked, as he stabbed the man he soitterly hated.De Vere hurried to his room and locked

himself in. He soon heard footstepshurrying to md fro, mi exclamations

of horror. By a private passage he de-scended into the street, hailed a passingvehicle and drove away. He was soughtafter for months, but never found.

Years afterward, in a distant land, helearned that both Carlton and Mrs. DeVere recovered, and that they were liv-ing together.

"Thank Heaven," he said, "that myhands are washed from their blood; ifCharlie Sowle were only living I mightyet be a happy man."

A few months after this he wrote toLulu, begging her to come to him. Shewent, and with her went her husband, afine-looking man, many years her senior.When the father looked upon him hisface assumed an ashy hue, and hegasped out, " Charlie Sowle, how cameyou here?"

"The hotipital report was false; I didnot die. I thought I could gain nothingby contradicting your story, so I let itpaes. I subsequently became acquaintedwith your daughter; she loved me, as Idid her. We were married. For herdear sake, I freely forgive you the injuryyou did me."

" If you will accept a blessing from asbloody a hand as mine has been," saidDe Vere, "taue mine now."

He called Lulu, gave her hand toCharlie Sowle, pronounced a father'sblessing, then fell back in his chair.Lulu, with a little shriek, went to him.He was dead.

Lulu had cause, after many years ofdomestic happiness, to thank a mercifulprovidence that her father's hand hadnot murdered Charlie Sowle.

Long Lives and 11 on I thy Ones." How few really die of old age!"

observes Dr. Van Oven, in his interest-ing volume on the causes of longevity.To prove the truth of his remark, hegives the tables of 7,000 persons wholived ages from 100 to 185 years. Thefollowing are some of the instances herefers to: " Fair's death at 152 waspremature, induced by a foolish cbangefrom the simple diet and active habitsof a peasant to the luxurious ease and ex-citing foods of a country gentleman.His body was examined by the greatHarvey, who found all the organs in sosound a condition that, but for intem-perance and inactivity, he would, in allprobability, have lived many yearslonger." An English gentleman namedHastings, who died in 1650 at the age of100, rode to the death of a stag at 90.Thomas Wood, a parish clerk, lived to106, and "could read to the last withoutspectacles, and only kept his bed oneday." J. Witten, a weaver, was "neversick, never used spectacles, hunted ayear before his death, and died suddenlyat the age of 102. Francis Atkins wasporter at the palace gate, Salisbury. Itwas his duty to wind up 9 clock whichwas at the top of the palace, and he per-forrred his duty until within a year ofhis death, at 102. He was remarkablyupright in his deportment, and walkedwell to the last. Margaret McDorval,a Scottish woman, who died at 10G, mar-ried thirteen husbands, and survivedthem all. Cardinal de Sallis, who diedin Spain in 1785, at the age of 110, usedto say: "By being old when I wasyoung, I find myself young now I amold. I led a sober, studious, but notlazy or sedentary life ; my diet was eversparing, though delicate; my liquorsthe best wines of Zeres and La Mancha,of which I never exceeded a pint, exceptin cold weather, when I allowed myselfa pint more ; I rode and walked everyday, except in rainy weather, when I ex-ercised for two hours. So far I tookcare of the body ; and as to the mind,I endeavored to preserve it in due tem-per by a scrupulous obedience to thedivine commands, and keeping (as theapostle directs) a conscience void ofoffense to God and man." J. Jacob, anative of Switzerland, " when 127 yearsold, was sent as a deputy to the NationalAssembly of France." He died the fol-lowing year. Others might be men-tioned, but we have only room to addthat, within the past two centuries and ahalf, ten well-certified cases of individ-uals in England and Wales living toages ranging from 152 to 200 yearshave occured ; and here in modern timeswe have repeated the length of dayscommonly believed to belong exclusive-ly to the patriarchal ages.

About Dogs.Few persons are aware of the value,

variety and weight of dogs, varying asthey do from 180 pounds to less thanone pound, and valued at from $500 toless than nothing. A description ofdifferent kinds of dogs may be interest-

Tho Siberian blood-hound weighsabout 160 pounds, measures 40 inchesin girt, and is worth nearly $500.

The St. Bernard dog, which is a buffor light lead color, is very large andvaluable.

The Newfoundland dog, when pure,is entirely blank, and its pups are worthfrom $10 to $20.

The shepherd dog, or Scotch cooly, iswonlerful for its patience, fidelity andbravery. It is worth from $50 to $100.

The English mastiff, a good watchdog, is worth from $15 to $25.

Of terriers, the black-and-tan is mostadmired. It varies in weight from 1pound to 25 pounds, and increases invalue as it decreases in weight. Terriersare often crossed with the Italian grey-hound, prodiicing a very delicate butextremely useless dog. The Scotch ter-rier is the hardiest of dogs, is very cour-ageous, and is worth from $10 to $30.

Scotch deer-hounds are the rarest andmost valuable of hunting dogs. Theyare owned principally by the nobilityof England, and are worth $100 each.

The beagle is the smallest of thehound kind, lias superior scent and en-durance, and, in short, is the best sortof rabbit hunter.

English greyhounds, the fleetest ofdogs, are worth from $25 to $100 each.

The Italian greyhound is merely aparlor dog. The pure breed is rare andvaluable, a fine one being worth $150.

There is a great variety of pointers,setters and spaniels. The Prince-Charlesvariety is the most valuable of spaniels.He is supposed to have originated in Ja-pan, where a similar breed exists. Hehas a large, fnll eye, black-and-tan color,and never weighs over ten pounds. Theyhave been sold at auction in England at$2,000 each.

The coach dog is from Denmark, andis not of much value.

THE islands of Jersey, Guernsey,Aurigny and Sark, in the British chan-nel, which have belonged to Englandsince the time of William the Conqueror,still preserve the old French of thatperiod as the language of the peasantry.The modern French is the language ofthe educated classes, though English isspoken, and the official language of thecourts and governing bodies is French.An attempt was lately made to subRtiwtute English, but it was strongly resist-ed, and finally relinquished,

WATER-WAYS.Interesting Letter from Ex-Oov. Seymour

of New York, to Senator Windom, oMinnesota.DEAB SIR: I am glad to see that you

hold your ground with regard to waterroutes. In a little time the public mindwill be with you. In this State therehas been a great change in the views ofour people. High tolls, frauds and otherabuses had run down our canals to apoint so low that most men thought theirdays had gone by, and that they wouldbe of little or no use in the future. Therailroads pushed them hard to get themout of the way. In 1870 we began tofight for low tolls. After a time theywere cut down from 6 to 3 cents on abushel of wheat from Lake Erie to theHudson river. This was done after veryhard work to bring it about. They werethen put down to l j cents, then to 1cent over the whole length of the Eriecanal. No one now makes war againstthese very low tolls, and a very largeparty has grown up which asks for freecanals. Grain can be carried, and givethe boats a fair profit, for less than thetolls paid the State a few years ago. Sixcents a bushel is enough to pay theState, the boats and all charges.

The whole country has been stirredup about the kind of money we shalluse. However grave this may be, it is alittle matter compared with the questionof our ability to sell to the world whatwe raise on our lands. If wo can dothis we shall have all the gold and silver

j we want. If we fail to do this we shallbe poor, our credit will be low, and ourmoney will be scarce and poor. We areto raise more grain than we ever haveraised. The changes of times are driv-ing men from the cities into the country.Those who come from Europe are mostlythese who till the soil. A like state ofthings exist elsewhere. War may, for atime, make a call for our grain, but wemust not count upon war which may nottake place, and which, in any event, willsoon be over. Can we sell our grain inEurope against those who raise grain inEurope ? We can, if it does not cost toomuch to get it there, and this will turnupoE a very small sum. The questionis not, If it costs 3 cents more to get itto market, how much will this tax theStates of the West? but, Will this littlechange stop the sale of our grain abroad ?The men who know the most about thistrade say that at most times it will. If3 cents profit can be made it will bebought. If not, it will be left on thehands of our farmers to bear down theprice of that which we use in this coun-try. If it costs 3 cents too much to carrygrain, we shall lose many millions ofdollars. If the West does not sell itsgrain it cannot buy of the East what theEaet has to sell. The wheels of com-merce and industry will all be checked.

To show you what the reduction ofone-half a cent a bushel will do, I sendyou the report of the Comptroller ofthis State, which proves that, whenabout a year ago the toll was changedfromlj cents to 1 cent per bushel itbrought back the trade to the Erie ca-nal. I wish you would note the factthat this was not due to the large cropsof last year. Less grain was sent to theseaboard in 1877 than was sent in 1876,up to time the canals closed. What thecanals gained last year the railroads lost,namely, about 18,000,000 bushels ofwhert,

We do not know that there will be awar between Great Britain and Russia,but all must see that we are to have along fight with Russia for the marketsof Europe, and upon this turns thewhole question of the revival of the tradeand prosperity of our country.

Can our railroads give us a victory ?No one thinks of them more highly

than I do. We cannot do without them.They have uses of their own whoich wa-ter-routes cannot meet. On the otherhand, without water-routes they will anddo charge more than they should. Theyhave cost too much. They cannot liveunless they make pools with eaah other.In other words, they say openly that itis not their policy to carry for a lowprice and thus make trade, but to carryless and charge more. They cannotmake pools with water-routes, becauseeach man owns his own boat. For thisreason English railroads have bought upEnglish canals to get them out of theway. They have done this in othercountries in Europe. They have triedto break down the lake, river, and canalroutes iu this country. They will failas to the great lakes and the Erie canal.

I do not know enough of the Missis-sippi river to speak about it. I hope itstrade will be kept up. It may turn somefrom New York, but it will be for thegood of the whole country, if it keepsthe railroads in check. Thero must bea steamboat route from the Mississippiriver to the great lakes. It will not on-ly carry much grain, but it will do muchmore good by keeping down oharges.

Just now most men think the water-routes have lost their value. The truthis, they grow in value as new railroadsare made. The Erie canal was neverworth so much to New York as it is to-day. It carries at a low rate, and makesthe railroads do the same. I am verytruly yours, etc., HOKATIO SEYMOUB.

Coincidences of Dates.In 1807 France was at war with Prus-

sia. In 1870, which embraces the samefigures reversed, there were again hos-tilities between them. In 1756 therewas also war between the same power?,in which France sustained a terrible de-feat. Just fifty years after that event,1806, Prussia w&s humiliated, yea, motethan that—almost destroyed, by the dis-astrous double battle of Jena and Auer-stadt. In commenting upon that event,the English historian, Allison, whosesympathies were with Prussia, says :

Such were the disastrous battles ofJena and Auerstadt, which prostratedthe strength of the Prussian monarchy,and in one day effected what the mightof Russia, Austria and France had beenunable to effect in the Seven Years' -war,from 1765 to 1763." Curiously enough,sixty years from that time, in 1866,Prussia was raised to the height ofpower by the extraordinary results ofthe battle of Sadowa.

In 1805 the Rusnian power received acrushing defeat in the great battle ofAusterlitz, in which three Emperorswere present, viz.: The Emperors ofFrance, Russia and Austria. The forcesof the two latter were united, but four-fifth of those who participated in thestruggle at Austerlitz were Russians. Ahalf century passed away, and in 1855the French and the Russians were con-tending for supremacy at Sebastopol,under Emperors of the same names asthose who met in 1805.

In 1809 the French were at war withthe Austrians, and entered Vienna in tri-umph. In 1859, at the end of a halfcentennial period, the same countrieswere engaged in a deadly content, witheven larger numbers, iu Northern Italy.In 1779 the first Jfapojeon, |nvd sflis-ed, as

First Consul, the supreme authoritv inFrance. In 1829, fifty years after," thethird Napoleon had just been electedPresident of the same country.

Names of Vehicles.Among the medley of names at present

or recently given to pleasure carriagessome are unintelligible, while others defyall etymological scrutiny. The landauis named from a town in Germany; it isa coach that may be used open or closedat pleasure. The landaulet, as its nameimplies, it) a lighter and smaller landau.The barouche, a favorite open carriagein summer, is of French origin, as is thebarouchet. The britzschka was intro-duced from Russia about half a centuryago. Why the phaeton is so named wecannot pretend to say; but the vehicleso called belongs to the barouche andbritzschka group. The cabriolet isFrench, and so is the vis-a-vis. Droitz-schka came from Russia or Poland—anodd kind of an affair, modified in Englandinto a vehicle fitted for invalids, agedpersons and children, with its formidablename shortened into drosky. The cur-ricle is one of the few kinds of two-wheelers with two horses abreast; whilethe tandem is a straggling affair withtwo wheels and two horses, but one ofthe horses behind the other. The cab(short for cabriolet) is a handy bache-lor's vehicle; the gig is about the light-est of all, being little more than an open-railed chair, supported on the shafts bytwo side springs; the dog-cart is a gig,with a space underneath to contain eitherdogs or luggage; while the tilbury,named after the coachman who inventedit, is a modified cab. The stanhope,named after a noble lord, is another ofthe family of single-horse two-wheelers;and so is the sulky, for one person only;and so the buggy, and the jaunting-car,and the whisky. The dennet, we aretold, has three springs peculiarly ar-ranged, and "was so called because thethree springs were named after thethree Miss Dennets, whose elegant stage-dancing was much in vogue about thetime this vehicle came into use." TheFrench misanthrope, for one person, wasprobably the origin of our sulky. Thefly is a roomy carriage let out to hire;why it is so called is not quite clear.The French fiacre neither denotes a par-ticular person nor a special origin; therehappened to be a figure of St. Fiacre inthe front of the building where thefirst lender of these vehicles kept them.When we consider how readily the namehansom has come into use among us, asthe designation for a vehicle, we neednot marvel at the French having adoptedfiacre. Victoria, clarence, brougham,are so many proofs of the ease withwhich the names of persons are given tolew forms of carriages.—All the Year

Hound.

Studies of the Ancients."Orpheus," remarked the envious

Casca one day as he and his friends werestrolling through the market where,' hard by, a butcher on the block had

laid his whittle down"—" Orpheus wouldhave made an excellent butcher, withhis wonderful musical abilities."

"And why ?" demanded Brutus, " be-cause he could take the bull by thehorns?"

"Not exactly," Casca replied, "butthat is something like it."

'Because," suggested Cinna, "hecould knock the beef flat every time?"

Casca looked disgusted." And do it single-handed ?" suggest-

ed Decius Brutus.Casca looked around for a brick."Because," said Cassius, " every time

a customer wanted veal he could makecalf notes ?"

Casca wept silently and shook hishead.

'Because he could show hi3 thanks-giving customers how to trombone aturkey ?" asked Cinna.

Casca pulled his hat down tight on hishead, and looked as though he was go-ing to kick somebody.

•I know," shouted Decius Brutus"because he could take a whole beefand cornet."

At this the envious Casca waved themall to silence. " Nay, an' you talk muchmore like that, I'll never look you in theface again. For mine own part it is allGreek to me. I had some foolery ofmine own in thought when I began, butyou have driven it out of my haad. Itis the part of men to hold their hush,when the mighty gods, by such conun-drums, send such dreadful answers to as-tonish us."—Burlington Hawk-Eye.A Novel Way of Balancing an Account.

Baron R , one of the gravest andmost decorous Judges on the Irishbench, had a younger brother singularlyunlike him, who was a perpetual thornin his side. A scapegrace at school, theyouth would learn nothing, and was thetorment of his teachers. Having beenset a sum by one of the latter, he, afteran undue delay, presented himself be-fore the desk and held up his slate, atone corner of which appeared a pile ofcoppers.

"What is the meaning of all this,sir?" said tho master.

"Ohl" cried the youth, "I'm verysorry, sir, but I really can't help it. Allthe morning I've been working at a sum.Over and over again I've tried, but inspite of all I can do it will not comeright. So I've made up the differencein half-pence, and there it is on theslate."

The originality of the device disarmedthe wrath of the pedagogue, and youngR-—- was dismissed with his coppersto his place. ___„„

Making Things Right.A citizen in want of some flower-seeds

was hunting around the market yester-day when he came upon a woman sur-rounded by numerous bags of seed, pack-ages of roots and parcels of sprouts.

"Madam," he began, after a closelook at her face, "two years ago I pur-chased some seeds of you. You told meto plant them in gravelly roil, and I did.Not a seed came Up. Last year I pur-chased some more of you. You told meto plant them in loamy soil, which I did.Not a seed came up. Madam, whathave you to say ?"

She pinched out a few seeds, wrappedthem up, and, as she thrust the parcelinto his hand, she replied :

'' I'm very sorry—plant these in a stiffclay soil!"

Thirty-one Feet of Snake.T. O. Carter and Daniel Cleaves, of

Antioch, while riding horseback in theDiablo hills, near Round valley, saw amonster snake in a semi-dormant state afew feet ahead. Carter, who hadshot-gun, emptied both barrels at thehead of the serpent. When assuredthat life was extinct, Cleaves measuredthe snake, and found its length to bethirty-one feet. The body was fromthree to four inches in diamoter. Thegnake was of a greenish color, and hadapparently just shed hi? winter coat),jyitiwb {Gal.) Leader,

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

The Husbandman.

Give fools their gold, knaves their power ;Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall;

Who sows a fleid or trains a flower,Or plants a tree, is more than all.

For he who blepses most is bleBt;And God and man shall own his worth

Who toils to leave as his bequestAn added beauty to the earth.

And, soon or late, to all that sowThe time of harvest shall be given ;

The flower shall bloom, fruit shall grow,If not on earth, at last in heaven !

—John (>. Whittier.

Around the Farm.

SEE that the coops of young chickensare kept decently clean and comfortable.

THE hatchway is now open, and thou-sands of chickens are entering the worldthrough it.

THE gape-way is open, too, and thou-sands of chickens go out of the worldby that way.

ENGLISH breeders use blankets madeof silk for horses and cattle, for the pre-vention and cure of colds,chills,and rheu-matism. Moths will not touch them, andtheir warmth, comfort and lightness ren-der them invaluable.

HOTBEDS and cold-frames, in whichseeds have been sown, will need increasedcare as the sun gets warmer. Let themhave abundant ventilation during theday, early closing of the frames, andcovering in cool nights.

THE English feed for fattening sheepconsists of cotton-seed and turnips,They claim that it will put on the mostfat, is the safest feed, makes the bestmutton at a less cost, and produces thebest and strongest manure.

WHEIVE it is suspected that cut-wormsexist in a cornfielt1, more grains shouldbe dropped to the hill than usual; thenif the worms appear and go towork it i3 an easy matter to goover the field and kill them oneby one. A field can soon be gone over.This idea appears in the Country Gen-tleman, and seems like a oensible one.Throwing aalt or lime on its tail won'tdestroy the cut-worm.

As TO rods to protect buildings fromlightning, use round iron an inch in di-ameter, which your blacksmith will puttogether for you; tip it with gold orplatinum; let the lower end run deepinto the ground, say four or five feet.Have no sharp bends in it. When alightning man comes around give him a$5 bill for getting away as quick as hecan; if he then don't go, boot him.

DAIBYMBN—the wide-awake ones—willnot fail to plant a patch of corn now, tout for fodder during July and August,

when the pastures are short. Drill inrows and cultivate; don't sow broadcast.Field corn will do; certain kinds of freesuccoring sweet is better. Holsteinsand Ayrshires are the best breeds toross with native stock for milk pro-

ducers; butter producers should havea big streak of Jersey blood in theirveins.

AFTEK a wet piece of land has beenunderdrained it may be best seeded byplowing and sowing with oats ratherthinly. Oats succeed well upon cold,moist ground and upon a sod, and ifthere are no more than two bushels ofseed per acre used the grass seed willtake very well with this crop. A mixt-ure of four quarts of timothy, a bushelof red top and a bushel of blue grassper acre would be preferable.—Ameri-can Agriculturist.

TOWABD the last of May and duringJune the codling moth will lay its eggson the young fruit of the apple and pear.Each female lays between 200 and 300eggs, distributing them over the tree,one to an apple or pear. Wherever anegg is laid the fruit will be destroyedalmost certainly. Hogs should run injvery orchard; (1) to root up the ground;2) to fertilize the soil; (3) to eat theruit that falls in consequence of being

injured by thelarvse of the codling moth.If all wormy fruit is eaten as soon as itfalls to the ground there will soon be nomoths to trouble the orchard. It is thesecond crop of the insect that does themost mischief, which hatches out inAugust and burrows in the full-grown?ruit; but destroy the first crop andthere will not be a second.

AGBICOTTURAL writers are inclined torecommend small farms. As well advo-cate doing business of any kind on asmall scale. Better have a small farmpaid for and well managed than to oweor a large one, without the means to

work it well. But, if a farmer is able toown a large farm, and has the ability tomanage it, no one need to waste anysympathy on him. Large farms areoften poorly farmed, so are small ones.The difficulty is not so much with thesize of the farm as wit the ca-pacity of the farmer. Good farmingcan be done just as well and more econ-mically on a large farm than on a small

one. Teams, implements and farm-hands can be used to better advantageon the large farms, for the farmer canafford to have a variety suited to hisneeds. It is foolish to seek to get a_arge farm just for the sake of room,but if the large area is fully utilized.hen we see no objection to it.—Hus-bandman.

About tiie iiouse.

GOOD biscuit is made with one quartof flour, one table-spoonful of bakingpowder, butter the size of a walnut; usewater, don't mix stiff, bake quick.

A LADY writes: "To wash quilts,comfortables, tickings, sackings, etc.,soak in pure cold water twenty-fourliours or more, then rub through warmwater with a little soap and rinse well."It is worth trying.

LEMON JUMBLES.—One egg, one cupof sugar, one-half cup of butter, threeteaspoonfuls of milk, one-half teaspoon-fnl of soda, and one of cream of tartar,juice of two small lemons, and the gratedrind of one; mix stiff.

A THICK flour bag, that will hold..wenty-five pounds of flour, is excellentto put hams away in for the summer.Wrap the hams first in brown paper,several thicknesses; tie the bag tightlyand hang up. No flies will disturb thehams.

BATTER PUDDING.—One pint of milk,four well-beaten eggs, two cups of flour,one teaspoonful of salt, and a pinch ofsoda. Bake three- quarters of an hour orboil in a buttered mold or floured bag;wo hours; servo with sauce, and eat atonce.

GERMAN PUFFS.—Three beaten eggs,three cups of milk, three teaspoonsfulsof melted butter, three cups of flour, asmall spoonful of salt; pour into ninewell-buttered cups, same size as used inmeasuring; bake to a fine brown, and eat

3 soon as done with sauce.MKS. A. had some marking done with

indelible ink, which in washing becamepartly transferred to the fabric, causingugly stains which it •vras feared couldnot be removed. However, 5 centsworth of cyanide of potassium, obtainedat the nearest drug store, dissolved in.three table-spoonfuls of water, with alittle rubbing, entirely took out theblotches without injuring tho fabric.Our readers can try this with certaintyof success.

PICKLED FISH.—Clean the fish thor-oughly and cut into pieces about fiveinches long; rub each piece on the cutside with salt. Take a stone jar whichwill about hold the fish, put a layer offi3h on the bottom, then a few who?epeppers and allspice and a blare ofmace, then another layer of fish, spier,etc., till the jar is nearly full; theD poi rgood cider vinegar over it until the fithis quite covered. Tie i pnper over thetop of the jar, and cover this with flourpaste; this keeps in all steam. Put thejar in the oven and bake for three hours.The fish is fit for use as soon as cold,and will keep, in tho pickle, for sixmonths. Shad is excellent picked, an(ill i\\c, bonos disappear.

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1878.

THK Battle Creek Journal does n't giveplace to the call for a Republican StateConvention. Bro. Willard hits evidentlyenlisted under the banner of the rag-baby.

WILBUK F. STORKY, of the Chicago'/'lines, has boen indicted by the grandjury of Peoria County, 111. Been libel-ling Hon. R. H. Whiting, an ex-memberof Congaess.

JUDGE WIIEELEK, of tho NineteenthCirouit, ha9 resigned, and will throwaside his eriuino robe June 1. Ho pro-fers the office of postmaster at Ludiug-ton to a $1,500 judgeship.

AMOJJU the great men of the Na-tionals who aspire to be Governor, arenamed Hon. Henry Chamberlain, Hon.George Willard, and Hon. John P.Cook. Books not yet closed.

AMUSIXU : the reports in our Repub-lican exchanges ot the Democratic con-ference meeting bold at the RussellHouse, Detroit, on Friday evening last.Guess-work and imagination run riot.

Miss CATHERINE E. BKECHEU, diedat the residence of her brother, ThomasK. Beeoher, in Eluiira, N. Y., on Sun-day last. Miss Beecher was 77 yearsold,—tho oldest of 11 children, and wasa woman of great talent.

THE National or Greenback StateConvention, for the nomination of can-didates for State officers and the full or-ganization of the party, is called to beheld at Grand Rapids June 5. " Saler-atus " Smith, the new Mayor of GrandRapids, is considered a rising candidatefor Governor.

HON. C. C. ELLSWORTH, of the EighthCongressional district, has got enoughof life at Washington and refuses to bea candidate for re-eleotion : which doesnot at all displease a number of aspi-rents in his district,—among them Au-ditor-General Ely and Hon. D. WJerome, of Saginaw.

THE new steamer " City of Detroit,'of the Detroit and Cleveland line, ecomposite steamer of wood and ironmade her trial trip to Cleveland on Mon-day last, making it in 6 hours, 6 minutesand 10 seconds, being 34 minutes anc•")0 secousd better than the fastest timeon record. The new steamer is pro-nounced a model of convenience, com-fort, and safety. Capt. McKay com-mands, her.

THE semi-official announcement madeby tho Graud Rapids Democrat that " theNational Greenback party of Michiganwill favor no coalition with either othe old parties " is a gratifiying piece o:intelligence. Those Democrats wholean to soft money or irredeemablegreenbacks will now " choose theirchoice."

THE REPORTS of the ravages of therecent series of frosts are conflictingbut it is certain that throughout th<State great injury resulted to strawberries, grapes and all small fruits, and thepeach-grower is likely to be relieved othe labor of thinning his crop. Cherries are also badly damaged, but it ithought the apple crop was not materially hurt. Vegetables were severeljscorched, and in some sections injury tothe wheat crop is talked of.

JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary of theSmithsonian Institute and one of themost eminent of American physicistsand scientists, died in Washington onMonday, May 13, aged 80 years the 17thday of last December. Mr. Henry wasborn in Albany, N. Y., completed hisschool education in Albany academyand in 1826 was appointed professor omathematics in that institution. Hisexperiments in electrical science and dis-coveries in physics have been numerousand important, and his death leaves avacancy in scientific circles which can-not easily be filled.

AND NOW a California judge—orrather a United States judge of a Cali-fornia district or circuit court—has de-cided that a Chinaman is not " a manand brother,"—that is that a Chinamanbeing neither a white man nor olAfrican nativity or descent is notentitled to naturalization and citi-zenship. The full-blooded negro of thewilds of Africa—ignorant and brutal,but one degree in intelligence abovethe "connecting" link—can aspire tocitizenship, while the door is closedagainst Chinese, Japanese, Arab, Turk,etc. Does n't the legislation whichwarrants such a decision discriminate inthe wrong direction t

THE Democratic Legislature of Ohiogets no und of anathemas from Repub-lican journalists for daring to recon-struct the Congressional districts andrepeal the outrageous gerrymanderinglaw enacted after the census of 1870Yet these same Republicans find no wordof condemnation for the RepublicanLegislature of New York for refusingto make a new apportionment of Sena-tors and Representatives under the cen8us of 1875, und pursuant to the require-meuts of the Constitution. Republicancutting and carving is right in both ofthese States and is n't to be interferedwith. That is the Republican idea ofequity and regard for obligations andoaths.

THE vicious system of absenteeismwhich has so long prevailed at Wash-ington has been beautifully illustratedthis week. The Republican membersof the House determined to stave offthe adoption of Potter's resolution, di-recting an investigation of the Floridaand Louisiana frauds, or to force anamendment, have refused to vote on anydiroct question ; and because of Demo-cratic absentees, paired and unpaired,no result had been reaohed up to theclose of Wednesday^ session. The ab-sentees were being called in and the" p a i r s " broken, if possible. By theway, the pairing system is as vicious asthe absentee system, and ought to beprohibited by law.

that Congress shall author-ize a new issue of greenbacks in re-sponse to the demands of the irredeem-able party—the Nationals—say $2,000,-000.000, or a volume large enough to"meet the wants of business"—thecatch-phrase of the day—how are theimpecunious portion of community toget them i Will they be dealt out bytho government custodians or manufac-turers only in exchange for gold.Jsilver,national bank bills or bonds, or will ubundle be expressed free to each voterthroughout the land ? That's the prac-tical question for solution. Perhaps alltaxation is to be abolished, and green-backs—new, crisp and beautiful—are tobe paid out to officials, contractors, andto all agents and employes of the gov-ernment,—to pensioners and to meetsubsidies. We wait an official declara-tion on the point.

T H E LATE Hon. Moses W. Field, ofDetroit, one of the largest of the manyarge land-holders of that city, is one

of the blatant and noisy denouncers of:he " bloated bondholder " and capital-ist. He talks to the Nationals or green-backers as though it was a orime toown government bonds or bank stock,or to loan moneys on mortgage securi-ties. Is there any great difference be-bween the crime 08 a land owner andthat of a bondholder? Has a manany more right to monopolize lands), toswallow acre after acre and farm afterfaim, speculating on the increase invalue and depriving the poor of homos,than he has to accumulate a large per-sonal property or run up a large bankaccount ? And are not tho granger-greenbackers, tho owners of broad-acredfarms, in the samo list of oppressors ofthe poor, of speculators in the bloodand muscle of the " horny-handed sonsof toil" (not of the Cary, Porneroy,Trevallick type) ?

THE Adrian Press a wild greenbackorgan, says of its rag baby pet: " Lackof intrinsic value only makes the green-back inferior because it cannot be usedas an international currency. The con-venience and safety of the greenback asa paper money far overbalances its in-feriority in intrinsio worth, and therebymakes it far superior to gold as a cur-rency." If it " lacks intrinsic value'and that "lack " makes it an "inferior'currency, by what process of reasoningdoes our cotomporary convert it into a" superior " currency. Money or cur-rency that is not worth as much inWindsor as in Detroit, in Toronto as inBuffalo, in Montreal as in Portland, orin New York as in London, is a disgrace to the nation, a fraud and a delu-sion. And an irredeemable greenbackcurrency, a currency that cannot beconverted into coin at the will of theholder, that must be sold at a disconn'when the merchant or traveler on business or for pleasure has occasion to crosthe boundary line into another countryis a currency that no honest legislatoor honest citizen should favor perpetuating.

THE TRITE old proverb, " No roguee'er felt the halter draw with gootopinion of the law," is being illustrntecby the Republicans of tbe'House in th<determined opposition they are makingto the Potter resolution raising a speoiacommittee for the investigation of theFlorida and Louisiana frauds. Thpretense of extending the investigatioiinto South Carolina, which voted forHayes, or into Mississippi, New Yorketc., is too thin to wash. Mr. Potterguaranteed the adoption of such an independent resolution, but very naturally antagonized any omnibus resolution, purposly designed to obstruct investigation.

RANDOM NOTKS.— Occasionally persons are heard talking as

though a limiting man ought to be able t<stop drinking without signing any pledge otying on a bit of red ribbon. The same persons scout the idea that the moderate drink?is in any danger, and declare that they candrink or quit drinking at pleasure. They alsolose no opportunity to sneer at the life-longtemperance man who joins a red ribbon organ-ization and wears its badge. A little reflectionought to teach these persons that the pledgeand badge are elements of strength to the con-firmed drinker who ia seeking to break thechains that have bound him ; that they informthe world of the resolution he has formed, antinsure the countenance and aid of the bestportion of community in keeping the pledgeof reformation. Observation should also teachthem that the ranks of the drunkard have al-ways been recruited irom the ranks of themoderate drinker, and always will be. As toChe man who doos n't need to stop drinking, itmay be that for him to tie on a red ribbon isthe one way he can reach and aid in savingsome friend or neighbor or fellow citizen wholooks to him as an exemplar.

—The Courier of last week mude a covertand cowardly attack upon each of tlie fourjudges of the Supremo Court over the " pov-erty " exposed shoulders of the editor of thoAsaus. When the good Methodist brotherswho sit next to Beal in church shall absorbtheir religious creeds and opinions from him,and in addition to making him their oracle inall political and secular matters shall commis-sion him to bear them on nis prayers up to thethrone of grace, it will be time enough toquestion " by what authority" the AKOCSspeaks, or to assume that it reflects the opinionsof any judge or other official, for no otherreason than because its editor lives " next doorto Judge Uoolcy." Such a reason for not ap-pealing the laboratory or any other suit wouldbe assigned by only a fool or a knave.

—In noticing fa Democratic gathering ofwhich its reporter had somehow got wind, theEvening News of Friday last made this pleas-ant mention of one of our citizens : "Amongothers who will be present is the gallant Sena,tor Burleigh, from the Fourth district, whosepresence is expected to give super-abundanttone to the meeting. He has a certain definednotion of how the machine should be run, andwill advocate the policy of capturing thegreenback vote. He has strong hopos, by thisscheme, to carry the State tor the Democrats.The Senator, it is said, has an eye on the gub-ernatorial chair." On Saturday the News sla-ted our Senator as a candidate for Congress inthis district, and ou Wednesday it entered himor State Treasurer. Is the Nen\i giving the;enia! Bnrleigh away P

—The remark of the late eminent Judgsjirover, of the New York Court of Appeals,o a young lawyer who wns bestowing his

blessings upon a Court which had failed tomeet his views, might well be made both to anoccasional lawyer and an occasional client inhis Hection. It was : " Young man, when I>ractised luw a lawyer who was beaten couldlo one of two things. He could appeal or he

could go down to the tavern aud swear at theudge. It is my opinion that you can't take>oth remedies."

—The annual meeting of the American So-cial Science ARaocialiou will commence at Cin-cinnati on the 18th tost- Saturday next. Theopening address will bu given by Prof. Pierce,of Harvard, on " The National Importance otSocial Scieuce ; and ou Sunday Bishop Jaggitr,ol Cincinnati, will give a lermou ou " SocialScience in its Relations to Religion." OnTuesday Judge Cooley's paper on "Tti.xati'm '•will be read ; ou Wednesday a panel will beread by Prof. Kent, ot the University ; and ouThunday( before the Conference oi ChantiesHon. Henry W. Lord, of Detroit, will read apuper on " Dependent H»td Delinquent Chil-dren/1

— We are indebted to Mutism. S. M. INitten-•II & Co., ot 37 I'nrk Row, New York, tor a

copy ot their Sewtpapcr Director;/ and Adver-item' Hcnil-Bovk for 187*?. It is convemoutly

arranged, compact, completo, aud a must valu-able book of refereuce both to newspaper pub*i here and their advertising patrons. It "jivonIO uuuiber or newspapers and othor peiiodi-IIH in the United Suites as 8,133, classified as

olluws: daily, 702; tri-weekly, 61 ; semi-weekly, 111; weekly, 6,185; semi-monthly

11; monthly, 831 ; bi-monthly, 18 ; and qimr-,oily, (il.

— I :ir State Medical Society met at Lansingon Tuesday. Among the list of delegates re-lotted in attendance were Drs. Duuster, Mac-euu, Hcrdman, and Georg, of this city ; llot-

woll and Owen, ot Ypsiluuti; Hall, of Suiin**,and Oakley, of Mooreville. Private advices in-timate that the old fogies of the Society willrefuse admission to the lecttnt graduates of theDepartment of Medicine und Surgery of theUniversity, and that a new society will be or-ganized.

—This from ti Mason dispatch to the Fustand Tribune under date ot May 14: *'Aiieuring m tho Rose-Douglas controversy wnshad here last evening before Judge Iluutiugton,

ceititiy to evidence and exhibits prepHratoryto removing the case to tho Supruim; Court.Judge Douglas wan here with a lingo mitss ofdocument*, but Uo»o'.< sido tnili'ci in appear orto furnish exhibits."

— A $?•'> prize is to be given to the engineeron the Chicago and Lako Huron Railroad whokills the smallest number of cuttle during aperiod of six month*, and SAO to the mini wlmslaughters the next smallest number. Andnow trams will (probably) como to a full -topwheuever an animal is seon on tho track an<ltho train men be sent to drive it oft'.

—This lroui the Lansing Journa-l of May 0 :"Judge Cooley has been in town some timepast preparing an address to l>e read beforethe Social Science Convention to be held inCincinnati, aud also preparing mutter fer alegal work to be published. He keeps twoclerks busy at tho business."

—We welcome the l'outiac Commercial toour list of exchanges. It is a well-tilled 4(1column quarto, published by Messrs Chapman& Sale. We have a personal acquaintancewith the latter gentlemau and with his news-paper work. He will give the Oakland Dem-ociacy some sound doctrine.

—We have unintentionally oimted to noticethe appearance ot the Lapeer Democrat m nnew dress. Grlad to note so evident a »i«ii olBro. Goulet's prosperity.

POLITICAL CLIPPINGS.—If protection is a good principle for

the country it ought to be a good prin-ciple for the State. It ought to be agood thing for|Rhode Island and Massa-chusetts, for example, which producesimilar lines of manufactured goods, tobe protected against each other, and forboth to be protected against the cottonmills which are rapidly springing up inGeorgia. But whoever would say thatStates with similar industries ought toadopt State laws for self-protectionwould be hooted down as a monomaniacand, in reality, no one ever thinks osuch inter-state competition as injurious either to (State or nation. 8o welrecognized is the beneficence of thiinter-state trade and the advantage ofree exchange of the most varied prodnctions of the country that the fatherof the Republic protected it jealousl;by vesting in Congress, aud in Congresalone, the power of regulating it. Yetsay the protectionists, this same greaprinciple, if expanded so as to apply t<foreigu intercourse, is to bo resisted desperately as a fatal evil. A little bem-fiis good, but a great bonefit of the sanukind is bad. We cannot see the niountain, forsooth, but we can see distinctlythe molehill at its base.—if. Y. Erenin/Post.

—Packard was United States Marshaduring the most disgraceful period othe carpet-bag regime, and was the person who obtained the celebrated " mid-night order" from the disreputableJudge Dnrell, and under it organizesthe Legislature with the aid of UnitecStates troops. In fact, there was notrick or rascality of that period in whichhe hod not a hand. His career, thenought, in fact, to have disqualified himfor any other office, but it has been feltthat something must be done for himas well as the other Southern politicianswhom the President's " policy " has ru-ined. In Europe he will be spared thepain which Mr. William E. Chandlerdescribed as so hard for a " thoughtfuman," of looking for outrages and hearing of none.—A". Y. Nation.

—Then and now : Then, McLin madeHayes President. Then, the Presidentmade McLin Chief Justice of NewMexico. Now, McLin swears that theelectoral vote of Florida which madeHayes President was a fraud, and thaiit belonged to Tilden. Now, tho Presi-dent's friends denounce McLin us nknave and liar. Then, McLin wasthought honest enough to negotiate withNoyee, Hayes' confidential friend. Now,it is said he is base enough to sell hissoul by peijury. This is the picturepainted over the entrance to the WhiteHouse. How came it there r1 Somesay Tilden's hand did it. Most peoplewill look aliunde.—Boston Post.

—It is far to early too perceive theissues on which the contest of 1880 willbe made, but it is not too early to seethat Qrant will not be ono of themNothing could give him a chance excepta strong conviction that he, audbut he alone, could " rescue thecountry " from some terrible fate withwhich the success of his opponentthreatened it. And no such convictionoan be successfully cultivated, Starkmadness even on the part of the Demo-crats could not persuade the countrythat Ulysses S. (it-ant was the only manamong some forty-one millions of peo-plo who could save it. The Republicanswill not elect anybody president in1880 on the platform of indorsing thenational administration from 1809 to1877—least of all the man most respon-sible for its blunders. — Springfield Re-publican.

—The eleotoral conspiracy did not produce a war because it failed to roach farenough into the domain of practical con-cern. It abrogated no right and confis-cated no estate. It was a gigantic wrong,jut a wrong which left hope and chanceof remedy to the party wronged, andlence, for the sake of free governmentand peace, the quarrel was adjourned,o bo resumed at the proper time. The

time will come in 1880, and, when itcomes, all other issues will sink into in-significance beneath a revived sense ofoutrage in tho minds and hearts of amajority of the American people; a fiiewhich smoulders, but is not subdued,and which, even now, flashes up fromime to time in fitful, illuminatingpurts of popular indignation. — Louis-Ule Courier-Journal.

—The work of investigation must gon. Till the inquiry is completed and

all the facts obtained, the remedy forhe wrong cannot be specified, But to

deny that there is a remedy is to assorthat our institutions are rooted in rot-euueu.— Utica Obserctr.

Mr. Btaino has now straddled ., (1)Tho silver question; (2) tlie Halifax-nwfird question; (3) tlie timber stealingquestion ; (4) the tariff question ; (0)the bankrupt repeal question ; (6) thePacific Ralroad quostion. There aveseveral questions yet to hear from, andwe feel authorized to say that Mr. Blainewill straddle them severally aa they ap-proach him. Ha is now engaged inmeeting "questions" in this manner;and unless some mishap befalls him, hewill olear the entire field of floonomiesand politics before harvest. This con-duot is supposed to be prudent andstatesmanlike in a Presidential candi-date. We feel, however, that it is notjust to the honorable State of Maine,whioh is entitled to have two thinkingand voting members of tho UnitedStates Senate.—Cki'Ugo Tribune.

—Grant poisoned the fountain <>(justice by packing the Supreme Courtof the United States to secure the suc-cess of the legal tonder job. Hayespoisons the very source of tho nation'spolitical liberty through a fraud whichprostitutes thu Constitution for the pur-pose of defeating the will of tlm people.— .V. Y. 8uh.

—It is the grand purpose of inflation—the HmitleHk i»sue ot irredeemablemouey to furnish money to those whohave none now, und are unable or un-willing to get it. Practically, therefore,inflation is communism. It ia a taxatiouof those who have for those who havenot. And not alone of the wealthy, or,as they are sometimes called.the bloatedbondholders. A tax of that characterfalls upou all who hnve anything to tax,upon the industrious mechanic with hislittle homo as woll as upon tho capitalist. It it* worth the while therefore,of those who have anything, to considerwell before committing themselves tothe inflation doctrine.—Free Press.

—It is now reported that Ben Butlerproposes to make things lively in Mas-sachusetts during the coming politica*campaign by entering the field as acandidate for Governor ou the (Green-back aud Labor ticket, aiul leaving hisCongressional district to tho tendermercies of somebody else. II' the reportis well founded, the canvass in the BayiStato will bo the most interesting oneknown for years. — NtU Hampshire Preu

—Both political parties, if they have| atiy hope of the maintenance of a republican form of government, haveoniy one oourse ef action open to themth >y must mot't the Communists at theoutset and mukr no c-onsessions in theirplatforms or their speeches. If they dothey simply turn the grindstone towhot tho knife Unit will be put at theiown throat.'—• PhiUutelphUi tfdrth Aunt-icon.

—Mr. Tilden was not willing to securthe Executive office at the price of civistrife and popular commotion. We ma;pass by the attempt to- belittle thicourage of the muti who broke thiTweed and canal rings. The story thahe was intimidated by Grant is neithetrue nor well invented. It isridiculous.—Buffalo Courier.

STATE Nt.RWH HRKVfl'IKS.—Cassopolis will build :i $10,(l(H

school house to replace the one recent Iburned.

—Morrison, the defaulting or ("lube/,zling Odd Fellows' Treasurer, lias bneibound over for trial at the lngham Circuit.

—A boat with twelve men in it capsized in the Saginaw River, at thmouth of the Tittabawassee, on Ma11, and two—Charles Pinch and DenniHay—were drowned.

—At Marshall, May 11, Oeo. Crouswas convicted on a charge of sellin;liquor to an intoxicated person, aii(fined $19.72, including costs.

—Dr. Daniel Day, of Detroit, agei67 year6, fell dead in a street oar abou10 o'olock lr.st Friday evening. Heardisease.

—Mrs. Nancy Knight died at JiicksouMay 10, aged 74. Her husband,Christian minister, settled in Hanoverin 1835.

—A woman namod Wolford, livingnear Crookery Lake, Newaygo Countycut her own throat on the 2nd and thentried to kill another woman and droppad dead while ohasiug her.

—Thero are now thirteen patients inthe prison hospital. It is a beautifuplace, so high up in tho building as tafford a view of most of the city.—Jackson Citizen.

—W. S. Marsh, who recently elope*with Mrs. Jennie Robinson, of AshtonOsceola County, has been arrested, amis in jail at Frankfort, with his paramour.

—The Saginaw City Gas Companyhave appointed two men,the oity government two more, and these four choose afifth ; then the written decision is finaas to the price of gas in that city for thenext five years.

—Tho Hon. J. J. Woodman leaves foNew York and Paris next week, ancwill sail on the Algeria with the IllinoiCommission.

—A saloon keeper at Albion, nameiTodd, has beeu fined $•>() for sellingliquor without giving the bonds required by statute.

—Hon. Peter White, of Marquetterecently lost three children in ono weekby diphthetia: A son of 12 years, ftdaughter of 9, and a sou of 1. He hastho sympathies of a host of friendsthroughout the State.

—A derrick broke at the State Capi-tol, Lansing, on Tuesday, and let a sixton stone drop some twenty feet. Oneman was severely injured, and the dam-age to the south portico is estimated atfrom $2,000 to $5,000.

—A Bay City barber namod Watsontook an ounce and a half of laudanumon the night of May 9,and the laudanumtook him off at .') o'clock in the morn-ing. Dissipation.

—Wm. Courtney, treasurer of schooldistrict No. 0, in Pavilion, KalamazooCounty, has been arrested on a requisi-tion from Gov. Oroswoll, at Lebanon,Pa., charged with embezzling $390 be-ouging to the distriot.

—Warrants have been itssued forElmer Jones, Joseph Hill and others, in:he vicinity of Bandalia, for robbing:reight cars of goods. The CentralRailroad have missed about 40 barrelsof flour and other goods during tho lastwinter.

—Ziba Blood.an old resident of Vevay,inghaui Co., was found dead in his fieldon Friday last, by the side of a logwhere he had apparently sat down torest.

—The residence of T. C. Carpenter at3turgis, St. Joseph Co., was burglarizedThursday night, May 9, and $150 cashand a gold watch and chain, amountingn all to $500, wore stolen. An attempt

was made at Dr. Thornton's drug store,)ut the operators were shot at andtightened away.

—Mayor Kergan, of Corunna, has>een found guilty of an assault uponfohn N. Ingersoll, and fined six cents

aud costs.—Ex-Mayor, O'Donnoll of Jackson,

HIM been figuring as plaintiff in a di-orce case and is once more a single man.—A farmer named Davidson, living

ive miles north of Constantine, lost 30heep by lightuing ono day last week.

—Mrs. Albert Beard of Roland, Isa-lolla County,while laboring under aber-ation of mind, made a desperate efforto drown herself on the 2nd, thtowinglerself into the river, whenoe she wasmly rescued by the desperate exertionsf two daughters of Mr. D. L. MOBS,

who happened to be with her.

—A Canadian schooner has just takenrom Marquette for Quebec 20,000 cubiceot of square timber cut in Marquotte.bounty, and which will ultimately finda market in England. Another -hip-ment will bo made in July.

—In the Monroe Circuit, Gottlieb3-iegpr WHS fined *25 aud costs for keep-ug a gaming house, and Glade Campau

sent to jail three mouths for rape.Uoury Spaulding was tried for incestaud tho jury failed to agree.

—Tha Ssginiiw ]{t:)>uhlican. says:• l mm beimeii who complain of dull timos

can learn the. reason by consulting theagents of Eastern freight lines. Fromthem they will leant that while thu rateper car is $04 to Boston from this point,it is only $50 from Grand Rapids toBoston. Lumber oan be bought ascheap at Grand Rapids as here, and $16a car is a handsome margin for profit,and that is saved in froight alone. Thoextra freight paid in this oity ovoryyear, for want of competition, wouldfurnish all the funds necessary to socurethe Vassar branch."

—The Grand Haven Vre$ 1'rr,** cor-respondent : Fruit growers say thatthe late frosts have not seriously injuredfruit in this section. Grapes have re-ceived the greatest injury. F. Gidley,an extensive fruit grower, says that thevin«» will reproduce the grapes thathave bcou frostbitten, making tho in-jured part of tho crop only a few weekslater in ripening. Only a part of thestrawberry blossoms have been killed,leaviug the late buds all right. Thepeach trees never had so many youngpeaches on them before. I t will benecessary to thin them out in order tosave the trees Nothing like the presentpromise for a big crop of all kinds offruit was ever seen here before. Pota-toes, beans, tomatoes, young clover, etc.,are badly injured.

MAURIEI).By Justico Clark, at his office in tlm city, on thu

the 1tth lust., Mr. Cbauncev James Thurrwr andMi*) Belle Frauk WVatherhep, all of this city.

m ARBOK MARKETS.The following pri<yw were pnid vt-

dealers in tbiiii-itv:Apples, Kteou, per bu $ 1.7*91.SOApples, dried, per lb, SSuTc.Beans, per bu., 76@ ?1 50.Butter, per lb., l~<« I8o.Cheese, per lb., 13c.Kggs, per doz., 7WRo.Hay, per ton, $H.O0@lS.UO.Lard, per lb., 7(rf8c.Poultry, chickong, 8(&>ifc turkeys. 10c.Beef, per lb., (?icPork, per ewt., $3,90fi 1,1)0.Clover seed, ppr bu., i(4.2.'>Corn, per bu., 25c.O»ts, per bu., «ftji'27c.Potatoes, per bu., '25(ig>S0c.Wheat, bwbu. , tl.15@tl.ls.Wood, per ourd, JI.OOKV6.00.Flout retHils at |3.00 per ewt.

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BACH & ABEL.Are now prepared to offer an extraordinary

LARGE assortment of Novelties andStaples in every department at

extremely low prices.

RAILROADS.

MHIIHJAN CENTRAL RAILROAHMAY 12, 1S7S.

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Dress GoodsWo rtro showing1 an elegant assortment ofnovelties in Bourrettos and Grenadine w-febts, in single and double widths, colored

Alpacas and De Beiges. lUmk AJpacaa ;uul BrilHantines, iVom 20 oenta up-ward. Henrietta Clothe, the most desirable dress goods iti America. Bestmakes of JBlack Cashinore^ imported, from 50 cettta upward.

Special offerings in Blai-k Silks—the largest and cheapest line evershown in the West—5" per cent lower than ever before known. We callparticular attontion to our Black Silks at SI.00, which we positively affirm tobe of richer color ami finer fabric than any $1.50 silk to ho found elsewhere.

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$2.00 Silks; forme? price, $2.50!$2.25 Silks; a " 3.00.

$•2.50 Silks; « " 3:50.

No one consulting their own interest will buy one dollar's worth of Sill^until they have seen our line and learned our prices. We can savp youmoney. AVo am doing a largo business in Silks, but still want more.

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTSCOURT IIUITSETEUAN.

NOTICE is hereby given that proposals will bereceived a( my office up to May 27, »t noon, for?l'2,000 of Court House coupon bonds, drawing iiper cent, interest, payable the tirst day of Februaryin each year. Said bonds to lie paid, $4,000 Febru-ary 1, 1880; ?4,00 February 1, [881; S4.000 Febru-ary I, 1WJ. 1'roposals ."hnuld lie in aeiilcj envel-opes, endowed "Court House [»oanMbn the out-*irlr. The righl to reject any mid nil bills i- re-served.

I'KTrUTriTi:, ClerR.Ann Arbor, May II, 1878.

The CROW NINO ULORYIs the only Cooking Stove in tho world with theII.i u . n i ; ft i XII I v i . i K l i n t R e a r w a r d ,und over the rear extension u J'ok-r A m i: I'IAMHI > •>VorvEtL HESFBVOIK. It is manufactured only by

SHERMAN 8. JEWETX & CO.,lUiflnlo and Detroit. None but the genuine :irti-cl&s have the nnme "Crowning (flory." For anleby one enterprising dealer in every place. It iw theonly 8tove in the world with a Warmirj^ Oven un-der the Firebox, und front doors opening ovur a de-tachable shelf in front. Buy the only CookingStove ever in id • nxHPtlv anit.iMe for tln> Farmer1*use. I087M6

Estate of CUrintopLer Douegan.t.TATBOF MICHIGAN, County of Wa»ht#naw,ss,n Ata ftetwiou of the Probate Court for the countyof Washteuaw, holden at the ProbHte. Otfice, in thecity of Ann Arbor, ou Wedue«l»y, the fifteenthdny of May, in the year one tuousftod eignt hun-dred and seven! y-einht.

Present, William 1>. Hanintau, .Tn*Ii<e of Probrtte.Ill the matter of the estate ol' Christopher l>on-

e^an, deceased.John H. Conlen, administrator of said estate,

comes into court and represents that lie i.i nowprepared to render his final aecouul us OIM'II ntl-minintrator.

Thereupon it isordercd,thatTuoHday.theeleventhday of June next, at t«n o'clock in the forenoonbe assigned lor examining and allowing such ae-eount, and thai the heirs at law of said de-ceases, and all other persons interested in saidestate, are requited to ap|>earat a session of saidcourti then to l>e holdeu at the Probatefttfice in the city of Aim Arbor In said county,and show cause, if any there foe, why the said ae-couut should not be allowed: And it Is furtherordered, that said administrator give notice to thepersons interested in said estate,ot the pendency ofsaid account and the. hearing thereof, by causinga copy of this order to be published in the JttcAr-gan Argus, a uewsptjper printed and elrcniaUnglnsaid county, three successive weeks previous tosaid day of hearing.

WILLIAM I). HARMMAN,(A true copy.) Judge of Probate.

WM. G. DOTY, Probate Register. 16s"

Having removed our Shawl Department up stairs, we intend in the futureto be headquarters for this deservedly popular article of wearing apparel.We have Shawls of nil *ryl.>s, qualities, and prices. ;">0 Paisley Shawls,from S6.00 upward.

Great bargains in all kinds of House-Furnishing Goods.

Marseille* guilts, dom £*«•> cts. to #6.OO.

ZW Largest sio.-k of PARASOLS and SUN UMBREL-LAS ever NIIOUTI in the State.

Tjnrgfi assortment of Cloths and Oassimeres for men aud boys wear.

DOMESTICS :In our .Domestic Department we offer bargains never heard of before.

2 bales of Brown Sheeting at 4c. per yard ; '2 bales Bleached Sheeting at5o. per yard ; Amoskeag Cheviots 12c. per yard ; 5 cases Prints at 5c. amiQl{ cts.; Tickings, Denims, Shirtings, Stripe Ginghams.

FULL LIKE OF SCOTCH GHNG-HAMS, equally clump For ('ash Only.

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•HundaysexceptMl. IBaturdxy mid Sunday ej.oepted. (Daily.

H. B. LEDYAKIi, fien'l Supt., Detruit.H. 0. Wii.vrwor.TH, O n . 1'nns. Af?t.t Chicago.

DETROIT, HILLS DALE AMSOUTHS E8TERN RAILROAD.

To take effect Hay It, 18}8.GOIKO WB8T« GOING Eifl,

B T A T i o s a . Mft i . . K x p . S T A T I O N ^ . , . j | j iA. M. P. M

YpBilnuti 8:16 7:10Saline 9:25 8:10Rridgewnter.. ii:47 8:28 Hillsduk .. i-M ,Manchester. i»:J2 SMS Mancheater.. »;,15 til

i\ M. Bridg«watei 9K< ) |Hillwlnle 1:(HI (0:80 SiilineBunkers 1:10 10:10 Ypeilanti.... lfr.M fa

Traiim run by Chiciiiro tinm.W". F. FAKKEH, Sup't, YpnlMttf

, THE NEEDHAM

Musical Cabinet

Bankers 5:15 MOH i l d l

REMEMBER OUR PEARL SHIRT, THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR $1.

COATS' SPOOL GOTTON furnished to the fr«<li> af 57" . per il»wn.

Oeesse FKA'J'HKRS always on JIJVIMI.

In asking your attention to tlie above we wish to ntate that if lowfigures, unlimited assortuiont, latest designs, aud satisfaction in every r«>-spect, will receive businiess, we propose to h»\<- the LA.RG-E8T in Hm limein this opnntrj-. Respectfully,

BACH & ABEL.

N e w G o o d s A DOLLAR SAVED

GRAND

OF-

Estate of Peter E. Trim.

STATE OK MICHIGAN, County of WashlennwKM. At a session of the Probate Court for th

County of Washtenaw, holden at the l'robato Offlee in the City of Ann Arbor, on Thursday, thsixteenth day of May, in the year one thousaneight hundred and seventy-eight.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of ProbateIn the matter of the estate of 1'eter K. Trim

deotaeed.Augustus Rond, administrator of said estate

comes into court and represents that he ia nonprepared to render his Muni account as such ndministrator.

Thereupon it in ordered, that Wednesday, thtwelfth day of June next, at ten o'clock in thforonoon, be assigned for examining and allowinisuch account, and that the heirs at law of sui<deceased, and all other persons interested in »aiiestate, are required to appear at a sewion of sai(Court, then to be holden at the Probate Omce inthe City of Ann Arbor in said county, and sbovcause, if any there be, why the said account .shouknot be allowed: And It is further ordered, thasaid administrator give notice to the persons interested in Haid estate, of the pendenoj- of said account and the hearing thereof, by causing 11 copythis order to be published in the Michigan Jbrguta newspaper printed and circulating in suid countythree suiwoKHire weeks previous to said day o:hearing.

WILLIAM I). HAUHIMAN,(A true copy). Juilioiot Probate.

WM. G. DOTT, Probate Repintir. 16M

D F . P O I I T

of tho condition of tlio

First National Bank of Ann ArborAt Ann Arlwr, in the State of Michigan, nt Iliccloseif business, May 1,1878.

EBSOIMIUKS.

Louuaod Discounts, - ->vt'rdrafts, - -' 8. lkimls to secure circulation, ->th<T stocks, houilw anil inort^a^rs, ->uc from approved Reserve Agents, -)ue from other National Banks, -)uo from State Banks and Katikcr.i, -leal Estate, furniture and fixtures, -Current expenses and taxes paid, -checks and other cash items, - -Mils of other National Hanks, -'ractional currency (including nickels),

Specie (includiug gold Trcasurjnotes),

<egal tender notes, -ledoniptiou Fund with U. S. Treasurer,

(3 per cent, of circulation), -

£249,297.0!Jl.i.W

Mr>,ooo.OO21,.>OO.(.'O

D,(r2S.S0127.50

1^7U.O1l!i,ooo.002,050.321,181.931,283.00

1,098.7329,837.00

4,725.00

Total,MAIIIMTIKB.

'upita] stock paid in, -urplus fund, -

Itlier undivided profits,National tiauk notes outstanding,tidivW ual deposits MI re-ject tocheok, 595,r>.5<.71

>emand oertlflcated ofdeposit, 28,034,80

fotes and bills rc-di.icountcd, -

Total,

M42.713.63

«iso,nno.oo30,000,0p24,024.6294,000.00

120.tisa.014,'W.OO

(442,718.68TATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Wanhtcnaw, so.I, J. W. Knixlit, Cashier of tho above named

tank, do solemnly swear that the above statement, true, to the best of my kuowledge and belief.

J. W. KNIGUT, Cashier.Subscribed and sworu to before me this 13th iliiv

f May, 1878.W. A. TOI.CIIABII, Notary PAblie,

irrect—Attest,E. WELLS, 1C. II. MILLKS, J Directors.H. ARNOLD.

Co

T^TOTICE:

Tho annual mooting of the Stockholders of the'oledo and Ann Arbor Railroad Company tor thelection of Directors of the company, will be holdt the office of the coinpauy, over the Savings

?ank, in the city of Ann Arbor, Mlchignn, at 111Vloek a. in., ou Wednesday, the 22d day of May,V. D. 1878. Tho polls will be kept open two hours."he stock transfer books will be closed on the.evcuth of May preceding. Also for the traimac-on of such other business as may properly coiui-efore that meeting.Dated, April IB, 1878.

JAMES M. ASHLEY, President.ALEXANDER W. HAMILTON, Secretary. li'.S.lwl

-AT

Wm. Wagner's.

SPRING STYLESIN

to be made to order at

21 South Main Street.COATS and VESTS

FOR LARGE MEN. m

JOE T. JACOBS.

A.

IS A DOLLAR EARNED !

NEW GOODS !And piirr-s I.UVVi;i; 'MIAN KVKR,

I liiivy purchased in New York, for Qftsfej andI am DOW daily rect'ivin^ ono tit tlie lnrgeKt nmlmoat select stocky of Grckieiiei in W'nBbtepHWCounty, consisting; *>( « full nnd well selected

LINE OF TEAS,All ot the ni.'w crop—iaoluduig

«.IIII|IOM d e n , Impelials, Voiiiig: II »-sons, II i suns, J:i | ,aus. Oolon|r,»t I or-IIIO*HK, t ongont , >IIM< li i i i ic. Hi:d

• | ' l V i i i i K « y » ,

To-etherwitlm full line of OOFFKKK, teofcut-mg of tho following brands: M(>('H.V, OLDQOV'T JAVA, MAUACAIBO, LAGl"A YKE,HAN-TO3»nd itIO, both roHsteil and ground ; « fulland well selected stock of

SUGARS, SYRUPSAND MOLASSES,

Together with everything in the line rf I'ureSpices,Canned fruits, and \V>r>-tnblei«. We hwve afull JIIHI complete line of

BOOTS & SHOES,HATS, CAPS, GLOVES

And Hosiery. Also, ii choice assortment of Ladies'andOentleuien's L'nderwear. Call and examineOoorts and Prices and we will insureaatisfacln'u.

KDWARD DUFFV.' Mnynuid's Block,'' cor.Main and Ann atioete

Ann Arbor, Mich.IPM rnah price pmd for all farm

FURNITURE!J. KECK & CO.,

THIS new and wonderful Instrumentenables any one, whether under-

standing music or not, to play any ds-sired melody or harmony, sacred orsecular, from the most plaintive dirge tothe most lively dance music. It posses-ses a mechanism of marvelous simpli-city, requiring but tho intelligence ol acliikl to manipulate, yet capable of repro-ducing, without limitation, ihc musicalcompositions of the PAST, PRESENT andJ'LTURL. The execution is faultless,strict in melody, harmony and rhythm.;ind the instrument is eminently adaptedfor Sunday Schools, prayer and revivalmeetings, home devotional exercises,and in all cases where good, correctmusic is required, and no musician isalhand to perform. Add res?,

B. V. NEEDHAMC & SON,• MANUFACTURERS,

143,145 & 147 E. 23d St., Now Yori.

INSIHK VOUIt PROPERTIW I T H T i l l : " I D

Insurance AgencyOF

( . II. MILLKN. *

Home I n s u r a n c e C!». <>f Assd*K, V., st!,(»O0,00<l

Cou t ineuUI IIIN. (•»., \ . Y.. :;,O00,000Niagara P l r e Ins . Co. , l,400,«WU l r a r d , of IMiila., l,(M»0,01HiOi lcn i , o( Har i rord , 700,000

ten an low as any reliable InsuranceH«e?i promptly and honorably adjusted.

Capital, - - lj$,<X>0,0<>0.

Assets Jan I, 1870,

S 6,792,649.98.

Losses Paid iu 55 Years,

$44,760,391.71.

Surplus ovor all Liabilities, includingKe-Iusuriiiioe Reserve,

$4,735,092.86.

*Jnt Surplus over Liabilities, includingKe-Insuranoo aud Capital Stock,

$1,735,092.86.

T. MACK, Afft'Ut* Ann Arbor.

or

F U U M T U R E O F A L L

DESCRIPTIONS,

Are now OHcrlnjf (>r«at [ndocemenCs

t<» Purchasers.

I>. CRAMER,A t t o r n e y a n d C o u n s e l o r a t L a w *Will attend to collections und settlements ofttiltMi Makes it a specialty to keep posted on)1 business mutters. Will borrow or lo»n moneytuny time or buy good p&Mff. (>ih"ce oppositeIregory Huuse, Aim Arbor, Kfoh. (607 Oni

GOATS and VESTS

FOR YOUTHS.

JOE T. JACOBS.T h e i i i i t - I ' r l i . I l u t l . i . i .

BUYERS WILL

SAVE MONEYBY BUYING THEIR

FURNITUREIHrect <>f the Haiiufacturerg*

Manufactory, corner of Will-

iam and West Fourth Streets.

Salesrooms, 52 South Mainand 4 West Liberty Streets,Ann Arbor, Mich. lM3

THE GEEAT ENGLISHIJKAYS SPECIFIC HEOICI1

T R A D E J ^ < - I s especially rouinicudcd a« ;muofaUingcurefur81 M 1 N A i - W B ' K -NK&fl S P I . H M A • aRBHEA.l dCY, ami a\\ dis-pase« that follow

Before T a k i n g ^ , 1 "

Ni.HSmBn&iLLxssi H U E , I'MS nrTHKB

VISION, PKEKATUBKOtD AOE,UftAa * 1 a 1 1 4 f i f'A-

>

SUU UVll lUUUl^OUVV* » lit' O(JtTlnC 3l(Hlresult of a lift) study and maoy yeursence in tre»ti»£ thesQ special diseaiws.

i ' . . n _ . . . . i _ . . i . . 9— _ _ . i i » _

SCHOOL SUITS.

JOE T. JACOBS

M FOB SALE.

RARE CHANCE-Tho undersiitned hn» for sule a farm 0 3M i''r''

well improved, and with •IO acres of the best on;"•inline in the county. LocaU'd within half a D'l^if « railro»d depot, with auothsr depot soots to "looated near. The tarm can be easily divided mione of 18G acres and another oi 118 «""• ." , ' •ha\ inj? buildings and orcluiril!'. A rearjonal'le i»«.incut down and balance on Imin time.

Ann Arbor, February 7, 1M78. «x»nIMS CliAS. H. RICHMOM1

Children's

JOE T. JACOBS.

FRIDAY. MAY 17. 1878.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.—Several lmil-stoims last Friday.—See the new advertisement of Hack <S

Schraid.--'fhesalaiv ot the Marshal oi Ooxtet 1)»

been fixed at $»() a yetir and fees.—Frank Whiting, of Saline, has removed ti

Tecumseh : to run the Merchants' Hotel.

—Rev. 0. H. Brifjhan: has filed his vesignation RH a member of the State B:>ard oHealth.

—The new Board of Hcultli lias organizedby electing Dr. Kaj>p president and I''.. B. Giftley secretary.

—Out of the woods: Postmaster Clarkwent through the .Senate ou Friday lust ooufirmed without opposition.

—That fire alaim on Sunday inutuiug wascaused by a burning chimney at (lie house ofbawrenco Xoble on .State Btreet.

—The purchasers commenced touring downthe old Court House early Tuesday morning.Tlio brick will go into the new building.

—Supervisor Foster, ot the town or Ann Ar-bor, reports tor 1877 : Births, ;i(); deaths, 17.Also 130 dO£8 owned in town.

—Abe Hawkins s»ys that bo tunic 1 the ballmi the end of the staff abovo the old CourtHouse cupola on tho first day of September,1834

—Supervisor Galpiu, of Superior, returns 25births, 8 deaths, aud 218 militiamen, and en-rolls 118 dogs tor taxation.

—George Hayler, of tho Sixth ward, startedfor Ms old home in England ou Monday last,—to be absent about three mouths.

—James Newton aud Elizabeth Streeter,both colored, have been arrested at YpsilautiOD a charge of adultery. Streets* mode thecomplaint.

—Supervisor Schuylet's district—the Fifthmid Sixth wards—didu't pan out first rate, thebirths for 1877 being only S, aud the deaths•2.5. Enrolled militia, HO.

—A new passenger depot is to ba built atUhelsea; to be located on the southside of thetrack, about midway between Main and East,streets. So says the Herald.

—Those of our amateur gardeners whosecorn and beans, etc., were not up on Mondaymorning lust are as well off as their neighbors.Jack Froet is a great equalizer.

—Attention is invited to the advertisementof the " Crowning Olory " Stove. The repu-tation of Jewett & Co. is sufficient to commendit to anyone in want of a good stove.

—The County Clerk advertises in anothercolumn 112,000 of six per cent. Court Houseloan bonds tor sale, bids to be received up tonoon of May 27. Who will take them r

-At the meeting of the State PomologicalSociety to be h*dd at Jackson, commencingJune 18, Judge Lawrence, of this city, is toread a paper on " The Fruit Belt of Michigan.1'

—The Common Council ou Monday evening.approved the bonds ot 4 druggists, of 19 deal-era in spirituous and malt liquors, aud of 13dealers in malt liquor*. A decrease of saloonsfrom last year.

—The Ninth annual reunion of the Soldiersmid Sailors Association of this State will belield at Ka!ama2oo, Jtiuo 20. The address ofthe occasion will tie jji^eu by Capt. E. F. Al-lan, of Ypsilauti.

—Comity Olerk Tuite recovered a brickirom the olu Court House, with the names" Marble " and " Ciipt. Tisdnle " on oue side,written ou the clay before burnod. He pre-"iited it to tho Pioneer .Society.

—Don't look into au old number of the jARGUti to bee what the trail] time is: unlessyiu enu just as welt be left as not. A cor-rected time table will )>e found in thin Hsue.Note the change.

—A little boy's idea of the first excursiouaw the T. and A A. It. lust evenin; was:"They are goiuo to take along n lot of boys towear down the track." This to * su^pe-stionthat it would be " a rough riiie."

—Til" north atorv. in the old Maynaid Blockon Main street —next door Ut liie stop- nt E.Duffy—has been rented lor the county, nndthe Judge of Probate, Treasurer, mid Sheriffhave quartered thennetvrt therein.

-Under the new time-table on the M. ('•. U.K. the mails close ut the postuftice in this cityu follows: G-oing E.ist at 10.15 a in. iind 4.50p. m. Going West at 10 10 a. m. and I V) p.m. Special Chioum-, mail at 6.30 p. m

-A good day's work : on tho 9th iust. D.Cramer, Esq , drove to Howell and back, iu 24hours, distance ;36 mile?, attended to one suit,iworn as a witness in another, and collectedf]00. Lawyers do work when obliged to.

—A new Manchester village ordinance pro-Tides for charging hawkers and peddlers a li-cense not to exceed *2;> a day, with no limit inthe other direction, and imposes not exceeding$50 for hawking or peddling without a license.

—The barn of John Spaaa, iu the northeastcorner of Freedom, was struck by lightning onthe 7th inst. and burned, to gether, with farmimplements, a quantity of hay, and 150 bush-els of wheat. Insured in 'he German Farmers'Mutual.

—From May to November milch cows aregiven free run in Manchester streets from 6 a.m. to 8 p. m., while other cattle, horses, mules.sheep, and swine must seek other pasturesgreen. The Manchester law-innkers favor amilk diet.

—John C. Shaw has sold his house in theSixth ward and his drays, etc., aud has pur-chased a farm near Ithaca, Gratiot CountyHa has made au honest coal dealer and faith-ful drayman, and will make a good and suc-»9stul farmer.—Luther Graham, of Salem, aged TA years,

and who has resided iu that town nearly halfi century, died ou Saturday last from a doseof opium taken with suicidal intent. He hasI son — William Graham — living on Milleravenue iu this city.

—William G. Shipmau, ot Ypsilauti, hastwea drawn ou the grand jury for the Juneterm of the United States Courts, Detroit, and•Wm J. Robison, of Sharon, on the traverseWy. The graud jurors will be wanted June-i aud the traverse jurors Juno '6.

-Heavy frost last Saturday morning ; ditto,»ith thin sheets of ice on Sunday morning ;> third one ou Monday morning ; a fourth onTuesday morning; a fifth ou Wednesday niorn-'«?; and the sixth yesterday morning, la n'tthe " early epriug" business a little overdone ?

—Beiug unablo to agroe upon the prices toh* paid for the railroad right of way acrosscertain lots in the south part of the city arbi-tration was agreed upon, and awards havelieen made as follows : To F. L. Parker, $38o;•oFredk. Schmid, *17-'; to Mack .t Schmid,RJO.

~The Standard reports the organization of»farmers' Club at the Forbes School House,U9« Saline Center, with the following officers:''resident, Ezra Sanford ; Vice-President, By-'on I'orbea ; Secretary, Irviug Corbett; Treas-urer, Milton Iteyuolils; Secretary, .Tames H.fi

—The t rack of the Tolodo and Anil ArborRailroad crosses Sta te s treet just one mile finda half south of H u r o n street , and one milesouth of tho southwest corner of the Univer-sity grounds . F r o m this crossing to the cros-siug of Main street the line measures one mileand a quarter.

— John Dillon, the celebrated comedian, iato play at tbe Opera House to-inorruw even-ing, May IS, supported by a company fromWallack's, Xew York. Mr. Pillou has beenplaytug this week iu tho Detroit Opera House,aud his performances have been received withfavor. We are not ndvised wlmt play is to bebrought out.

—The County Treasurer is out of funds tomeet contingent expenses, aud a special ses-sion of the Board ot Supervisors will haveto be held or payment of orders refused.Action should also be taken on heating tipparatus, furniture, etc., etc., for the uew CourtHouse. May 27 has been fixed us the date oftbe special session.

---Tiie Building Committee opened the bidstor the old Court House on Monday afternoonlast. There were four offers aa follows : W.Kxmger, f.'.jl ; Win. Burke, %2"io; McCormick<fc Sweeney, I32o aud remove the safe in theTreasurer's office to auy place desired; Kitsouaud Itnus, (327.-Ml. The proposal of McCor-mick & Sweeney was accepted.

— All the calves, sheep, and poultry imsstugover iu the vicinity of Deuiuth Lake, nearClinton, are now charged up against that big

snake, and farmers iu the vicinity have fre-quently Sound their cows stripped dry. Gen-tle cows those, or a churru-ing snake. Wheres Barnum's agent r The "greatest show on

earth " is incomplete without the Bridgewatersnake.

—The following Hew books have bean ra-Jeived at tho L:ulies' Library: Their Wed-tiiij; Journey, by Howella ; The Bride of theIhiue, by G. E. Wariug ; What to Wear, bylizabeth Stuart I'helira : Whnt Career ? by

id ward Everett Hale ; The Nabob, by Al-jhouse Daudet; Life of Thomas a Becket,>y Froude ; OJds and Ends, by Henry Beers ;

Sesumie and Lilies, by Ruskiu ; and Gervinus'Commentaries of Shakespeare.

— i'hat "sea serpent" ha3 put in his ap-earance again, and this time- iu a little sink-

lole or lake of au unsounded depth, about1-2 miles northeast from Clinton, in the

ownship ot Briiigcwikter. It is estimated byhe boys who saw it to be from oO to 60 feetong, with a head 12 inches across, and a bodyrom G to 16 inches in diameter. Didn't some-»dy have " snakes iu their boots " about theline ot those estimates r

-The Young People's Club of the Unitari-an Church will give an entertainment for thebenefit of the Ladies' Library, in the parlorsf their church (this evening (May 17), com-nuueing at 8 o'clock. It will consist of vocalnd instrumental music, including songs byhe Glee Club ; of rreading by Prof. Pettee ;nd of " Mother Goose " dramatized. Admis-iou 2f> cents. It is hoped there will be a largetteudance. Tickets can be obtained at thex>okstores and at the door.

—The house of John Sears on State street,ecoud north of Lawrence, was burned be-

an the hours of u' and 7 o'clock of Tues-ay morning. The fire originated from theltohen stove pipe, Mrs. Sears having madetire at an early hour. It was well under

eadway when discovered, but by the promptctlou of occupants, neighbors, aud firemanhe furniture was mostly saved, some bedding

in the upper story beiug burned. A studentboarder got his whiskers scorched. Insuredfor $1,600 in the Hartford, aud $1,000 oufuruituie, which will tully cover the loes. Mr.Sean was absent at the time.

—The workmeu who were eugaged iu tear-'ngdown the old Court Houue on Tuesdaya'ternoou loaded the ceiling over the courtroom too heavy. It fell with a crash. Con-tractor Sweeney was knocked down, cut ont;'» face, and badly squeezed. He had a very""row escape.

—The track-layers ou th» Toledo aud AuuArbor Railroad crossed State street at noouyesterday, and at uight were inside the city'""its. To-day they will reach Main street.At 3 1-2 p m_ yesterday they were escorted'? 'he band and a procession of citizens tohe Opera House, and a supper served to them

UI»ler the auspices of the Reform Club. Inthl

procession was a six-horse wagon, withirou, track-laying implements, etc. Flags and'muting were throwu to the breeze from theltot<>» along Main street. It was a gala day

UNIVERSITY NOTES.—The Oracle editors were photographed by

Koveuiiugh uu Tuesday.—Jenuey, of Filut, grouped the seuiors iu

front of the oeutral buildiugjon Saturday iast,and photographed them.

—Dr. Cocker has commenced his course oflectures ou " The Evidences ot Christianity."They are given at l);30 ft. m.

— A senior reception is tube held on Tuesdayevening of commencement week, — with adauee under a tent ou the campus.

—The juuior ougiueers are soon to go intocamp at Uuudiila, 10 miles north of Chel«e».They will run a railroad, make :i topographi-cal survey ot the town, ;<ud dj other fieldwork.

—Committees of the faculty of the LiteraryDepartment arc milking their annual visita-tions of the High Schools ot the State whichdesire the admission of their graduates on di-plomas.

-George P. Wanty, ot this city, whogittd-uated from the Law Department at the lastcommencement, is manager of the collectingdepartment of Messis Stuart A Sweet atGrand Rapids.

—Edward Donovan, a son of Patrick Dono-van of the Fifth ward, and a graduate of boththe Literary aud Law Departments of theUniversity, is going to Kansas City, Mo., to" hang out his shingle."

—On Friday afternoon lasl the Universityboys played a " practice " game of base-ballwith the Three Rivets Club, the score stand-ing l(> to 16. A "match" game was playedon Saturday afternoon between the sameclubs. Score; University nine, 31; ThreeRivers Club, I. We cau scarcely tell whichclub should be dubbed the " Chauipious."

—Dr. Vaughau iu lecturing to the medicalstudents ou alcohol, last Wednesday evening,said he did not think even the smallest amountcould properly be regarded as food, for, whileit stimulated digestion and imparted someforce to the system, it at the same time preven-ted assimulatiou of digested food to such adegree as to leave the body much weaker. Ithas boeu proved by experiments that one cando more work without alcohol than with it.And he gave it as his opinion that oue droptaken by a healthy person would be just onedrop too much.

COMMON COUNCIL.—AU adjourued meetingof the Council was held Mouday evening. Apetion was presonted asking the change of thename of Grove street to Packard street, whichwas referred to Street Committee. Permissionwas granted the Ladies' Decoration Society touse the engine house in Fifth ward to hold ahop, for the benefit of the society. The invi-tatton from the above society for the Councilto attend and participate in the exercises ofMemorial Day was accepted. The Street Com-mittee reported that John Kittridge was thelowest bidder for removing the garbage fromthe business streets duriug the season, being$38 ; the contract was awarded to him. Theyalso reported that bids had been received forbuilding the brick sewer bridges ordered athist meeting, one ou Miller avenue and oneon Mauu street, and that W. E. Walker wasthe lowest bidder therefor—the former for$176.30 and the latter for *2o'J ; the contractswere ordered awarded to him on giviug neces-sary bonds. Also, that some question hadarisen relative to the sufficient capacity of thebrick sewer bridge ordered built across WestLiberty and First streots; the committee wereauthorized to change size of sewer or to buildframe bridge, and to receive bids and let con-tract for building the same. The bond of theRecorder, in the sum of $')00, with Wm. Alla-by and V. Eberbach as sureties, was approvedaud ordered deposited with the Treasurer.The General Fund Committee were intrustedwith tho matter of eroding a street lamp iufront of the engine house iu the Fifth war.l.The Street Committee were authorized to em-ploy a surveyor to determine the liue of streetadjoining property of Hugh McGuire and D.Hiscock, on North Muiu street, aud the CityAttorney was directed to take the necessarysteps to compel the removal of fences to suchestablished lines. The General Fund Com-mittee made au informal report relative to thefurnishing supplies and lighting the oil streetlamps; that they had received several bids

therefor, the lowest of which, for supplyingand lignting 99 lamps, was made by E. Duffyfor $950, and thnt alter careful estimates andconsideration tho difference in expense wouldbe in favor of the old method—the city buyinoil and employing lighters—by some 53 ceutper lamp per year. The several liquor boudsof druggists and saloon keepers presented atlast meeting, together with those of John ClairFrederika Haas, and Francis K*pp, since pre-sented, were approved.

THE <:ifHRCII1.S— Hy request, Rev. J. H. Alleu, of the Unita-

rian Church, will repeat on Sunday eveningnext the lecture given December 30. Subject :

The Present aud Future of ReligiousThought."

—Rev. Dr. Brown,, of the PresbyterianChurch, has gone to Pittsburgh, as u dolegateto the General Assembly of the PresbyterianChurch. On the two Sundays he will de ab-seut services will bo held in his church inthe forenoou ouly.

SPECIAL NOTICE!

RED RIBBONS.— R E. Frazer will address the Mason Clubxt Sunday.—The Ypsilauti Club is to be addressed next

Sunday afternoon by Jerome Murray, of To-ledo, and on Monday evening by Muson Long,of Fort Wayne, Ind.

—A fine framed picture was received byCapt. Beahan ou Wednesday from Juhu T.Sinclair, of Chicago. It lias been placed inthe club reading room.

—At the time of our going to press yester-day afternoon a large number of our citizenswere preparing to leave on an excursion toMilan, over the new railroad, to attend a tem-perance mass meeting to lie addressed by E. E.frazer.

—A vary largo audience assembled iu Cos-ello's Hall, Dexter, last Sunday evening, aud

was addressed by Jerome Murray, of Toledo.About a dozen uew signatures to the pledgewere obtained. Mason Long, of Fort Wayne,nd., speaks at the same place to-morrow (Sat-irday) evening.

-The meeting at the Opera House uextSunday afternoon, nt 3 o'clock, will bo ad-Iressed by Mason Long, of Fort Wayne, Ind.dr. Long is a reformed gambler and ex-saloonteeper. He has related the story of his lifeu several places, aud always succeeds in in-liicing large numbers to 3igu the pledge. Gond bear him.

—R. E. Frazer, H. C. Waldron, aud the Glee31ub went to Salem station ou Tuesday even-ng aud held au immense temperance meeting.60 signatures to the pledge were obtained.

Another meeting will be held at the same>lace next Tuesday eveuing, when the organi-ation of the club will be perfected. " See the

mighty host advaucing."—Last Sunday was a great day for the Clin-

on Club. Meetings were held both afternoonand evening, aud were addressed by R. E.Grazer, Wm. Burke, and John Schumacher, ofhis city. 107 new members were obtained,lev. R. B. Pope «poke at the same place Tues-,ay eveuing, aud secured 5-"> new signatures.See the glorious baunor waviug."—The Club at Delhi Mills celebrated its first

uuiversary last, week, by holding meetiugsach evening, commencing Wednesday audlosing Sunday. The meetiugs were addressedespectively by It. E. Frazer, Rev. It. B. Pope,I. C. Waldroi), Jerome Murray of Toledo, andJhas. R. Whitman of Ypsilauti. Several newembers were enlisted at each meeting—the

jrgest umubtsi' was obtained on Sunday eve-ning by Mr. Whitman, boing 22.

— The good impression made upon our citi-eus when here a weeks Hues required but a

mere announcement to draw together an im-mense audience in the Opera House last Sun-day afternoon to hoar Jerome Murray, of To-ledo. The speech was a masterly effort, pro-ducing a visible efter-t on i{# hearers, ;uid coin-mauded the closest attention of the eutireaudience during its rlelivery— about uu hourand ;i half. Mr. Murray retains the goodopinion of our citizens made by his formervisit fiud bus won now .auiels by his last visit,Iiaiug regarded aa one ot the ablest, most sen-Kible,,.'ind L-unservauve loniporunctj speakers inthe licki. SbT9f»iJ II*MV utntsfl were added tothe j'ledjif.

—The administiatiou is now hard »twork tryiug to tiu'l a satisfactoryl>iaco for Simon Wolf, whom it put outof the itositiou ot Register of Deeds fortiie District of Colutnbin to make aplace for Ooorge A. Sheridau, oi Louis-iana. Tbe operations of the uew andpeculiar civil service impose very ardu-ous duties on its manipulators.—BuffaloExpress.

— Tbe Bopublicaus of Ohio wouldhave uo reason to apprehend the redis-tricting of the State by the presentDemocratic Legislature, if the Republi-cans had not outraged all decency inthe apportionment of Congressional dis-tricts they made after tbe census of 1870.They took very special pains to seewhat they could do in the way of gerry-mandering.—Free Prest.

t'hotograpbs are SI per dozen at STARK'S car.

l'ASIIIOXABLE HOSIERY.—Now ou exhibi-tion at BACH 4 ABEL'S. A superb stock of allqualities. Trices and goods will be found very at-tractive.

KDWABD DUFI-Y has in store a large stock ofCUOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,—Sugars, Teas, Coffees,etc. With the best of goods and lowest prices heguarantees satisfaction to dose-buying customers.Call and sec his Lroods.

Xotice i« hereby given that a meeting of fruit.growers of Washtenaw County will be held at Fire-men's Hall, Ann Arbor, on the first day of Junenext, at 10 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of consul-tation in regard to the fruit interests, and ifthought best to organize a County Pomological So-ciety, to forward sitid object. It is hoped that allf.-uit-grower.i of tbe county will be present.

J. AUSTIN SCOTT,Vice President, Washteuaw County, of State Po-

mological Society.

A printer made a youug poetess say "Oh for aheart full of sweet yearlings." The poetess wroteto the editor that she meant yearnings, and thatthe editor was a calf. Many housewives have hadheart yearnings over poor biscuits which couldhare been avoided by using Smith's saleratus madeby the new process. Use only *£ tbe quantity youhave bee-n using of other brands. Manufactured by

HKNItY S. SMITH 4 CO.,Grand Hapids, Mich.

Great Slaughter of Hardware .At L. O. Itfsdon's old stand. So says J. F. Schuh

who has purchased IlrsdOD's entire stock, and pro-poses to sell the same for the neit 30 days at lessthan cost for Cash. Now is the time to buy.

OLD CONGRESS, fine cut, ia made from the mostchoice selection of leaf and is the best. Try it.For sale by Edward Duffy tad J. W. Ilaugsterfer& Co. ' ^ _ _ _ ^ _ 16Mni3 •'

UUISRY : "Why Will men smoke common tobaccowhen tbey can buy Marburg Bros. l Seal of NorthCo.rolitta? at the same price?" ^ 16fj8

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

BLACK SILKS In the city at MACK 4 BCHMID'STry ttieuj and be convinced.

A K e m u r k a b l e ^ R e s u l t .It makes no difference how many Physicians,

or how much medicine you have tried it is now auestablished fact that German Syrup is the only rem-edy which has given complcte'satisfaction in severalcanes of Lung Diseases. It is true there are yetthousands of persons who aro predfsposed to Throatand Luug Affections, Consumption, Hemorrhages,Asthma, Severe Colds settled on the Breast, Pneu-monia, Whooping Cough, 4c, who have no persona!kuowledgeof Boschee's German Syrup. To suchwe would say that 50,000 dozen were sold last yearwithout oue complaint. Consumptives try juston« bottle. Regular size 75 cents. Sold hy allDruggists in America.

Soldiers of the war of 1812, by an act of March!i, 1878, are entitled to a pension by proving four-teen days service, or who were engaged in any bat-tle aud were honorably discharged, or the surviv-ing widows of such soldiers.

March 21, 1878. JOHN N. OOTT,Pension Agent, Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Heaviest Goods at Harrowing Prices!Our trade with, farmers is immense, and to show our extremegratification for your good will we have done all we can for;he comfort and convenience of your families. Friend Farm-ers, we offer a few more Great Bargains ! You and your wifetalk them over, and if there is anything you want for your-selves or children, we will sell to you at prices lower thanany house in Michigan.

Good Stripe Sheetings, at 8c, 10c, and 12»c. Fine yard wide Sheetings, at6, 7, and 8c. Awful heavy Cottons, at 7, 8, and 9c.

Plaid and Knickerbocker Dress Goods, for the girls, 8 and I OP.Sandsome New Style Dress Goods, at 121; 15, and 18c.Slack Cashmeres, the best, at 50c, Go, 75, 90, and £1.00.^ice Pure Black Mohair, at 25, 30, 35, and 40c.100 pieces Choice Dress Prints, only 5<\ 500 pieces French Embroideries, at

3, 5, 8, 10, to 25c.)on't forget our Wamsutta Shirt, at $1.00—over 50 dozen sold this Spring.

EVEEY ONE GOES TO MILLEN'S. It's the Greatest Farmers' Store in;he County. We are always busy. A cordial welcome always awaits you,and don't buy a dollar's worth of goods until you examine our goods andprices. Sr i f Enlargement and alteration of store completed.

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

The new addition to our Stove lov

The CLOAK, SHAWL and SUITDEPARTMENT,

Being completed, we now exhibit an unusually elegant line of

Spring Saeques,in Diagonals, Matelasse, and in Silk, of superior manufacture.

n j TT r~T\ Q̂ in all the IVew Spring and^ LJ 1 X v )̂ Summei- Fashions.

Most extensive and attractive stock in the city.Defying competition as to LOW PRICES J

variety, excellence and * • * * » » • »»mw««*r •

We also offer great bargains in Brocha, paisley, Black

Thibet, Zephyr, Shetland, Knit, and other S H A W L S .

U|P* We have a fine line and better cut and fitting gar-ments than can be found elsewhere. Please give us an earlycall.

MACK & SCHMID.

Your Families Can Find EverythingAT THE CASH DRY GOODS HOUSE OF

C. H. MILLEN & SON.

The girls will jret married, BO we h

Are you going to Paint?THE BEST m THE WORLD IS THE

Chemical Paint,MANUFACTURED BX

Ceo. W. Pitkin 8c Co.,SS & 87 Market Street, Oicago, El.

Tj>VERYBODY KNOWS THAT

)locka, Watches, Jewelry, and Silver Ware are;enerally bought on Ionic timu, but tLe cash buyerlas an advantage over the long-time purchaser ofrom 15 to 26 per cent. As all of our goods are>ought and sold for cash, we give our customershe benefit of it. Also bear in mind thnt goods inhis line

rlave fallen fully 25 per cent..uring the past year, but aa our goods are all ofecent purchase yon get all the benefits of it. You

would be astonished to Beehow cheap we are selling

Watches, Jewelry and Silver Ware,ut the way to find out is to call in aud take a lookt them. Kemember we keep

The Largest Stock of Spectaclesn the County. Also a large stock of Silver PlatedCnives selling at bargains.

%&° Repairing, as usual, neatly and promptlyone :it reasonable ratbs at the old stand,

No. 11 South Main Street.

C. BLISS & SON. Agents.i r 8 4 : ;

MR. M. GOLDMAN,Wishes to state that he is now located at No. 170Michigan Avenue, Detroit, where tan always befound u lull aud complete stock of

HUMAN HAIR GOODS,

of all descriptions, to which the attention of iheIndies U especially invited.

*** Combings rooted and worked up in everystyle, by a new and superior process, for 00 centsper ounce.

Ladies' and gents' wigs made to order on hhortnotice.

Orders by mall solicited and will receive promptattention.

Ladies' and gents' cast off garments and wearingapparel taken in exchange.

MY MOTTO: Satisfaction in juice and quality orno pay.

M. GOLDMAN,170 Michigan Avenue, Detroit.

N. 15;—Mr. Goldman has had unlimited experi-ence in the human hair business for over IS years.

GIVE HIM A TRIAL.

1DINSEY & SKABOLT'S

BAKERY, GROCERY

At FKED STORE.

We keep constantly on naua,

BREAD, CRACKERS, CAKES, ETC.,FOR WHOLESAI-E AND RETAIL TRADE.

We shall alf*o keep a supply of

DELHI FLOUR,. M. SWIFT & (JO'S BEST WHITE WHEAT

FLOUR, RYE F.LQUfi, BUCKWWHKATFLOUK, CORN MEAL, FFEP,

At wholesale aud retail. A geuerul stock of

GROCERIES AJfD PROVISIONSonstantly on hand, which will be sold on as reft-onable terms as at any other house in this city.Cash paid for Butter, V.gge, imc] Country Pro-ace generally.%ST Goods delivcrro: 'o any pnrt of the city with,

ut extra charge.I t lNSEY A: SUABOI/T.

Ann Arbor. Jan. 1. 1870. 15C4

YOUTHS' SUITS.JOE T. JACOBS.

SUITS.

JOE T. JACOBS.

THE DINGEE & CONARD CO'SBKAUTIFUI. AND EVKI.-BLOOMINO

ROSES.) \V<; deliver STRO1VK POT ROSES,i Huitablo for immediate flowering,Nafely by until, at all yoatofflcea.live splendid varieties, your cttoice,all labeled, for Si; 12for«2; lilfor$3: 2li for *•! ; 3ofor#S: 7.~>i'orftlO;IOO rvr $13. Mend for our NEWCHIDE TO IJONI, CULTURE, andchoose from over 5OO finest sorts.Our Ureat Specialty is growing: andill,(r.'Mini.« UOSHK. T i l l ! IMM.I I. &t'OJVAKll €)O., Rose-Urowern, Weil•Jrove, Chester Co , Pa. l(>77-eow

BOYS' SUITS.JOE T. JACOBS.

HOUSB AND LOT FOE SALE.

TwoFOB. SALE,

The property belonging to the WELLES ESTATE,Ituated on DIVISION STEEET, at the bead of

ANN STREET, and tho property lately owned andIOW ociupic-d by A. WID1SKMANN, will l.e soldt »

VERY LOW PRICE,AND ON LONCi TIME IF DESTRED.

Apply to

S. If. DOUGLAS.

COATS and VESTS

FOR SMALL MEN-

JOE T. JACOBS.

»- 50,000 Letter and Note Heads justreceived at tbe ARGUS Office. Now in tha•Imc to hand in your orders.

Located in a desirable part of the oity, and ingood repair. Also a house to rent ou t'avorablsterms. Inquire at the ARGUP onice, cr

22 THOMSON STREET.Ann Arbor, Maroh H, 1878. 1676tf.

A FULL LINF OF

HATS and CAPS.CHEAP.

JOE T. JACOBS.

A BSTRACTS OF TITLES.

AAll parties who are desirous or ascertaining tho

condition of the title to their lands, or parties whowish to loan money on real estate will do well tocall at the Kegister'd office and consult a

Compared Set of Abstract Books.Said books are so far advanced that the Registernun furnish on short notice a

Perfect Statement as to the Titleof any parcel of land in Washtenaw County asshown by the original records.

C. H. MANLY, Register.

OR D E R YOUR L E T T E R - H E A D S ^Note-Heads, Bill-Head-, aud Statements at the

lKI»r- Dlfitt

ICE? ICE! ICE!We will furnish ice for the season of 187S at the

following prices:T h r e e l i m e s a w e e k , per m o n t h $2 .00F o u r " " " •* " 2.SOSix " " " " " 3.00

As w« liiive an opportunity to sell all the ioo notneeded by my customers in this city, we will onlyreceive orders for ioe until June 15, 1S78. Con-tracting parties need not commence taking untilthe} desire to, but must, contract for it before theabove date.

.1. WM. HAHG8TERFEH & CO.168ow3

A lot of CHROMOS for sale forwhat they will bring!

WINSLOW & MCMILLAN

Pic tures , Frame*, Bracke t s , A <•.litiN, f i i i i tars , an i l S t r ings .

Vio-

Scroll Siiwiug, turning, ;ui*i general repairingdone ou short notice.

30 East Iluron St., Ann Arbor.1685tf.

To those who Subscribed to aid in build-ing the Toledo and Ann Arbor Kail road.

TOLEDO &, ANN ARBOB KAILROAD COMPANY, )TOLEDO, O., May 8,1876T. j

I take pleasure iu announcing, that OD or beforethe tirat day of June, our road will be completedfrom Tolwio to Ann Arbor, and ready for buiffness.

This is seven months earlier than promised. Ouropen winter, and the unprecedented rain fall Inthe months of March [and April, greatly retardedour work and caused the expenses largely to ex-ceed the ostimates, so that I now ncod every dollarI can command.

If those whose obligations we hold "payablethirty daya after the cars are regularly running,"can, without serious inconvenience, pay themearlier, they will place'me under additional obliga-tions.

Those whose notes are now due [I mean the "oldnotes," which are payable iu ins I ailments, on thelaying of each eight miles of iron[, are respectfullyrequested to pay (hem at their earliest convenience.

J. M. Ashley, Jr., of A. W. Hamilton, Secretaryof the Company, are authorized to receive themoney for both the new and the old RofoS, aud todeliver them up on payment.

JAMBS M. ASHLEY.

University Letter and Note Heads, withand without Cuts, in Hodder's Patent Blot-ting Pad Covers—IOO and 130 sheets in abook—lor sale at the ARUIS Office.

Sheriff's Sale.

STATE Of MICHIGAN, County of WaahtenaWjss. The Wardens and Vestrymen of SI. An-

drew's Church of Ann Arbor vs. Fanuie Thatcherand Ernstits Thatcher: liy virtue of a writ offieri facias, Issued oat of and under the. seal oi theSupreme Court of Ihe stale of Michigan, in theabove entitled cause, and to uir directed and deliv-ered, I did on the seventeenth day I)ecember, A. n.1877, seUennd levy upon the ibilowing' describedreal esli le, lands mid premises, situated within the.said county of Washtenaw, to wit: The land andpremises situated in the city of Ann Arbor, countyof Washtenaw, Michigan, and known and uesigna-ted as lots number nine (9j and twelve (12), in blocknumber three south in range number nine east,which above described property I shall sell to tbehighest bidder, at the north door of tho CourtHouse, in the city of Ann Arbor, county and Stateaforesaid (that being the place where the ( in miCourt forsaid county of Washtcnawis held), on the

TWKNTV-SKCOND DAV OF Jl.'NK. A. D. 1S78, at threeo'clock in the afternoon of said day.

Hated, May in, 1878.liM6 JQSIAH S. CASK, Sheriff.

Estate of Henry De Pew..QTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Waahte-O nuw, sa. Notice is hereby given, fchat by an order of the Probate Court tor the County of Washte-imw, made on the thirtieth day ot April, A]>. 1878, six montlia from that datu were allowedfor creditors to present their claims against theestate ot Henry De Pew, late of said county,deceased,and that all creditors of sutd deceasedart* required to present their claims to said Pro-bate Court, at the Probate Office in the city ofAnu Arbor, for examination and allowance, ou orbefore the thirtieth day of October uext, andthat auch claims will be heard before said Court,on Tuesday, the thirtieth day of July, tmd onWedtiesday tbe thirtieth day of October next, atten o'clock in the forenoou of each oi said days.

Dated, Ann Arbor, April 30, A. 1). 1*78WILLIAM J J . H A R R I M A N ,

168^4 Judge ot i'robate.

Estate of Evlin Shepard.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, Connty of Washtenaw,ss. At a session of the Probate Court for (he

County of Washtenaw, twlden at the Probate Uitk-e,in thr-citvof Ann Arbor, on Thursday, the secondday of May, In the year on*: Ihotmnd eightbundled and seventy-eight.

l'resont, WilliaFn 1>. Harrhnaa, Judge of Probate.In the mattt-r of the estate of KvJin Shcpard,

dece&etl.Oil reading and QlUig ihr petition, duly verified,

of Lovatus C Allf-n, praying; ihai he "may !>-— II—oensod to sell the real Astate whereof mid decea$eddied .seized.

(Thereupon u is ordenni, that Sattmiav, the flratday of June next, at fen o'clock iu theforenouu.be assigned for the hearing of ̂ ftul petition,and that the devisee*, legatees, and heirs at law ofaaid deceased, and all other persona iatex$Bt-ed in said estate, are cequUeti to appear ata Mfesiofe of Haiti court, then to be holdenat ilie Probate Office, in tho oity ot AnnArbor, and show rau-r, if any there be, whythe prayer of tha petitioner should not begranted: And it ta further ordered, that saidpetitioner give notice to the persons interestedm said estate, of the pf-ndeiity .it said petition andthe hearing thereof, by causing1 a copy of thisorder lo be published in the Michigan Art/us, anewspaper printed and circulated in said county,four successive weeks previous to said day of hear-ing. WiUJAM D. HARRIMAN,

[A true copy.] Judge of Probate.WM. <i. POTY, Probate Register. i685t4

Estate of Abram Davenport.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtennw,ss. At a session of the Probate Court for the

County of Waahtenaw, holden at the Probate officein the exty of Ann Arbor, on Monday, the twenty-ninth day of April, in the year one thousandeis-ht hundred and Heventy-eight.

Present, William I). Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Abram Davenport,

deceased.Alfred Davenport, administrator <»f said estate,

comes into court and represeutn that he is nowprepared to render bis ttnal account as duch ad-ministrator.

Thereupon it is ordered,that Saturday,the twenty-fifth day of May nest, at ten o'clock in the fore-noon, be assigned for examining and allowing suchaccount, and that the heirs at law of snid deceased,and all other persona interested in said estate, arerequired to appear at a session of said Court, thento be holden at the Probate Ottice in the city ofAnn Arbor in said county, and show cause if anythere be, why the said account .should not be al-lowed : And It is further ordered that said admin-istrator give notice to the persons interested insaid estate, of the pendency of said account andthe hearing thereot, by causing a copy of this orderto be published in the MICHIGAN ABGUS, a news-paper printed andcirculatingin said county, threesuccessive weeks previous to said dav of bearing.

tt'ILLIAM D. HARRIMAN(A true copy.) Judge of Probate.

W«.(l. DOTY* Probate Register. 1685td

Estate c§ John Avery.

STATE OP MICHIGAN, County of Washte-naw, bs. At a session of the Probate Court

for the County of Washtenaw, holden nt the Pro-bate Office iu the city of Ann Arbor, on Tues-day, the thirtieth day of April, in the year onethousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

Present, William D. Hairiman, Judgeof Probate.In the matter of the eatatu of J\>hn Avery,

deceased.On reading aud filing the petition duly verified of

George a very i praying that partition muy be madeof the real estate whereof aaid deceased diedseized, among the heirs at law of said deceased.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, thetwennty-eiglith day of May next, at ten o'clock inthe forenoon, be assigned for the hear-ing of said petition, and that the heirs at law of•aid deceased, and all other persons interestedin said estate, nre required to appear ata setwion of aaid court, then to be holdeu ut theProbate Office in the city of Ann Arbor, andshow cause, if any there be, why the prayerof the petitioner should uot be granted: Andit ia further ordered that said petitioner givenotice to the persona interested in said estate,of the pendency of said petition and the hear-ing thereof, by causing a copy of this order to bepublished in the Michigan Argvs, a newspaperprinted and circulated in said oounty, thrte suc-cessive weeks previous to said day of hearing.

WILLIAM D HAKHIMAN,(X true copy.) • Judtfw of Probute

WM. G. Doty, Probate Koirislor. 1685

Estate of Sarah Ingalls.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Waehtenawes. At a session of tbe Probate Court for the

County of Wasbteuaw, holden at the Probate Oi-flce in the city of Ann Arbor on Tuesday, thethirtieth day of April, in tbe year oue thous-and eight hundred and seventy -eight.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of l'robate,In the matter of the estate of Sarah Ingalls,

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

of John N. Gott, praying that he may be licensedto sell the real estate whereof said doceased diedseized.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, thefirat day of June next, at ten o'clock In theforenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said pe-tition, and that the devisees, legatees, and heirsaa law of said deceased, and all other per-sons interested in said estate, are required to ap-pear at a session of said Court, then to be hol-den at the Probate office, in the City ofAnn Arbor, and show cause, if any there, why theprayer of the petitioner should not be granted:And it ia further ordered that said petitioner givenotice to tbe persons Interested in said estate, ofthe pendency ot said petition, and the hearingthereof, by causing a oopy of this order to be pub-lished in the Michigan Argus, a newspaper printedand circulated in said county, four successiveweeks previous to said day ot bearing.

WILLIAM D. BARRIMAN,(A true copy.) Juige of Probate.

WILLIAM (J DOTY, Probate Register. lBSitd

YOU CAN BUYA Full Suit,

WELL CUT AND MADEFor $4.50, $5.50, $7.00, 7.50, $10.00, $12.00, etc., etc.,

in various

Styles and PatternsAT THE

Star Clothing House.

These Goods and Prices are on a ColdBasis, SURE.

A. L. NOBLE.Kstate ot John George Lehtnann.

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

County of Washteuaw, holden at the Probate Officein the city of Ann Arbor, on Monday, the twenty-second day of April, in the year one thousandeight hundred and seveuty-eisjht.

Present, William 1>. Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of John George

L.-hiriiiun, deceased.On reading and tiling the petition, duly verified, of

John (iein-j.' Schumacher, prsylfig that a certainInstrument now on tile in this court, purporting0 he the last will and testament of said deceased,

maj he admitted to probate, and that he andFredrick Aral may be appointed executor* thereof.

Thereupon it ia ordered, thai Monday, the twen-tieth day of May, nest., at ten o'clock inthe foienoon, be'assigned for the hearing ofaid petition, and that the devisees, legat.-es,ind heirs at law of said deceased, ami allither parsons interested in siiid estate, are re-mired to appear at a session of said court, then to

..aholden at the Probate Office in the city of AunArbof, and show cause, if any there he, why'he prayer of the petitioner should not bexrahted: ' And it is further ordered that said pe-titioner give notice to the persons interested insaid estate, of the pendency of said petition andthe hearing thereof, by causing a copy of this or-der to be published in the Michigan Argus, anewspaper printed and circulated in said county,three BticcessiTB weeks previous to said day of heai-ng. WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,(A true copy) Judge of Probaio.

WM. li. li.iTV. Prohirte Register. 1084td

Estate of William Schulte.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,ss. At a session of the Probate Court lor the

::ounty of WashteuHW, holdeu at the Probate Officein thecity oi Ann Arbor, on Thursday, the twenty-tilth day of April, in tbe year one thousand eighthundred and seventy-eight.

Present, William 1). Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the mutter of the estate of William Schulte,

deceased,Ou reading and filing the petition, dnly verified,

of William F. BUSB, praying that a certain in-strument now on file in this court, purporting to bethe last will and testament of said deceased, maybo admitted to probate, and that he may be ap-poinred executor thereof.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, tbe tweutioth day of May next, at ten o'clock in theforenoou, be assigned for the hearing ot saidpetition, and that the devisees, legatees, and heirsat law ot said deceased, and all other per-sons interested in said estate, are requiredto appear ;it a session of said Court, thento be holden at the Probate Oth'ce in thecity of Ann Arbor, and show cause, if anythere be, why the prayer of the petitionershould not be granted: And it is further orderedthat said petitioner give notice to the persons in-terested iu said estate, of the pendency of saidpetition, and the hearing thereof, by causing acopy of this order to be published in the Mich-igan Argux, a newspaper printed and circulated insaid county, three successive weeks previous to saidday of hearing'.

WILLIAM D. HARMMAN,[A true copy J Judge of Probate.

WM. O. DOTS-, Probate Res-ister. 1684td

Estate of Henry Bowers.

STATE OF MICHIGAN. County of Washte.naw, ss. At a session of tbe Probate Court for

the County Washtenaw. holden at the Probate Officein the city of Ann Avbor, on Saturday, the twen-tieth day of April, in the year one thousandeis(ht bun .red and seventy-eight.

Pr aent, Willium D. Hivrrimitn, Judge of Probate.In the matter oi ilie estate of Henry Bowers,

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

of Hudson Bowels, praying that John S. Bowers andLouis 8. Warner may be appointed administrator ofthe estate of siiid deceased.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, thetwentieth day of May next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigi ed for the hearing of said peti-tion, and that the heirs at law of said deceased,and all other persons interested in said estate,are required lo appear at a eession of said court,then to be holden at the Probate Office in thecity of Ann Arbor, and show cause, if anythere be, why the prayer 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 succesive weeks previoua to said day of hearing.

WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,[A true copy.) Judjje of Probate.

WM. G. l)OTi\ Probate Register. 1684td

Real Estate for Sale.CTATE OF MICHIGAX, County of Washtenaw,^ ss. In the matter of the estate of PatrickHughes, deceased. Notice is hereby given that inpursuance of an order granted to the undersigned,administrator with the will annexed of the es-tate of said deceased, by the Hon. Judge ofProbate for the County of Washtenaw, on thefourth day of May, A. D. 187S, there will besold ut public vendue, to the highest bidder, atthe late residence of said deceased, in the township of Beio, in the County of Washtenaw, in saidState, on TUESDAY, IHE TWENTY-FIFTH PAY OFJUNE. A. D. 1878, at ten o'clock in the forenoon ofthat day (subject to all encumbrances by mortgageor otherwise existing at the time of the death ofsaid deceased) the following described real estate,to wit: All the right, title and interest of saiddeceased, at, in and to the following described realestate: Blocks numberlS. 19,20, 21, 22,23,24, 25,26,27,28, 2M, 30, 81, and all of block six (6) lying southof the Michigan Central Railroad, all and everyof said blocks being in Foster's plat of Scio village,in Washtenaw County, Michigan ; and a piece ofland known and described as follows: Number1,2 and a, boundod noith partly by the MichiganCentral Railroad and the village of Scio, west bythe Scio Mill property, south and oast by the HuronRiver, said land being on section JO, township ofScio, Washtenaw County, State of Michigan.

Dated May J, 1878.1G8G JOHN HUGHES,

Administrator with the will annexel of said estate.

Heal Estate for Sale.STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtcnaw,

ss. In the matter of the estate of Fidelus Sek-inger, deceased. Notice is hereby given, that iupursuance of an order granted to the undersignedadininistratorof the estate of said deceased, by theHon. Judge of Probate for the County ot Washte-naw, on the eighth day of April, A. I). 1S78, therewill be sold at pub ic veudue, to the highest bidder,at the late reSHeDce of said deceased, on tneises to be soli, in the township ot FreedomCounty of Washteuaw, in said State, on TUESDAY,

e preui-., in the

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF MAT, A. D . 1878, a tone o'clock in the afternoon of that day (subjectto all encumbrances by mortgage or otherwise ex-isting at the time of the death of said deceased),the following described real estate, to wi t : Thesoutheast quarter of the southeast quarter of sec-tion number twenty-two (22), in town three (S)south range four (4) east, (Freedom) WashtenawCounty, Michigan, except one acre off from thenortheast corner of said parcel above described.

Dated, Apr i l s , i»7S.1682 .MICHAEL FOSTER, Administrator.

Chancery Sale.O T A T E OF MICHIGAN, the Circuit Court forv^ the County of Washtenaw, in chancery. Chris-tian Mack aud 1'rekerick Schmid, complainants, vs.John W. Cowan, Dorcas M. Cowan, William Kent,and Evelina Kent, defendants. In pursuance andby virtue of a decree made and entered iu theabove entitled CHu&e, on the thirtieth day of No-vember, A.. D. 1877, the undersigned, oue of thoCircuit Court Commissioners in and for the saidCounty ot Waahtenaw, will sell at public vendue,to tho highest bidder, a t the north door of theCourt House, in the city of Ann Arbor, in saidcounty, on MONDAY THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MAY,A. D. '878, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of thatday, the lands and tenements desonbed as follows,to wi t : Block number twelve (12J, lots numberlive (5), six(«J, seven C7), e ight fs j , nine (9;, ten(10), eleven (11), twelve (VI), thirteen (13), and four-teen (14), in block number fifteen (I5y, also lotsnumber one (1), two (2), three (u), (4), and five (6),in block number thirteen (13); and lots numbertwelve (12), thirteen (IS), and fourteen (14), inblock number eleven (11), all in John W. Covran'ssecond addition to tho village of Manchester, ac-oordmg to the plat thereof as the same is recordedin the otiloe of the Register of Deeds for theCounty of Washtenaw; also the north halt of thenortheast fractional quarter of section numbertwo, in town four south of ransje three east, beingthe township of Manchester, County of Washte-naw and State of Michigan.

Dated, April 5, A. D. 1878.FRANK KMERICIC,

1681 Circuit Court Commissioner.EUGENE K. FHUEAUFF, Complainant's Solicitor.

Chancery Sale.STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Circuit Court for

the County of Washtenaw. In chancery. Chris-tian Mack and Frederick Sohmid, complainants, vs.Margaret Conway, defendant. In pursuance andby virtue of a decree made and euteted in theabove entitled cause, on the twenty-ninth day ofMarch, A. D. 1878, the undersigned, one of theCircuit Court Commissioners in and for BaidCounty of Washtenaw, will sell at public vendue,to the highest bidder, at the north door ot theCourt House in the city of Ann Arbor, in saidcounty, on SATUHDAV THF. TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OFMAY, A. D. 1878, at ten o'clock in the lorenoon ofthat df*y, all that certain piece or parcel of landsituate in the city of Ann Arbor, County of Wash-tenaw. Michigan, and described as follows, namelySituated in the northwest corner of lot numbertwo, in block number four north of Huron streetin range number six east in said city, lrontingihree rods on Fifth street and extending east ofthe same width ninety feet, being tbe same premi-ses deeded and lately occupied by Mrs. ElisabethConway.

Hated, April IS, A. D. 1878.FRANK EMERICK,

Circuit Conrt Commissioner.H. J. P.EAKKS, Complainant's Solicitor.

Chancery Sale.O T A T B OF MICHIGAN, the Circuit Court for£} the County of Washt tnaw, In chancery SilaiH. Douglas, complainant, vs. James McMabon,Fanny McMahon, William C. Hughes, Harriet W.Gray, John T. Bradlee and George O. Sears, andalso Elizabeth Hutcbinson, Edwin Packard, andCharles Louis F:ncke, executors of Samuel Hutcb-inson, deceased, defendants. In pursuance and byvirtue of a decree made and entered in the aboveentitled cause, on the twenty-third day of March,A. D. 1878, tbe undersigned, one of the CircuitCom I Commissioners in and for said County ofWashtenaw, will sell at public veudue, t o thehighest bidder, at tbe north door ot the CourtHouse, in the city of Ann Arbor, in said county,ou MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MAY, A. 1).1878, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, allthose tracts or parcels of land situated in the townof Ann Arbor, in tbe County of Washtenaw andSti te of Michigan, to wit : The east half of thenortheast quarter of section eighteen, in town twosouth and range six east, and also a triangularpiece of land off the west half of tbe same quartersection lying east of the Cornwell road, commenc-ing at the southeast corner of the west half of thenorthwest quarter of said section, and runningnortherly on the east side of the Cornwell roadtwelve rods; and albO the southwest fractiLnalquarter of the northwest fractional quarter of sec-tion seventeen, containing sixiy-six and ninetyhundredths of an acre ; and also t ha t other tractor parcel of land being part of the northeast quar-ter of section seventeen, in said township, com-mencing at a stake e nd stones in the center line oisection seventeen, and running thence easterlyforty-one rods to a stake and stones, thence north-erly fifty rods to a stake and stones, thence west tothe Huron River, thence along said river to thtaplace of beginning; arjd also a certain and perma-nent right of flowing land on the northeast quarter of the eaBt part of the northwest fraotionaiquarter of section seventeen, not to exceed twentyacres; and also the right of digging and construct-ing a mill-race on the most eligible place or prouiidon the northeast fraction oi the southwest fraa-tinnal quarter of section seventeen, and at all timesof repairing and keeping in repair for the use rfthe flouring and grist mill with other necessarymachinery; and also that other piece or parcel oiland on said section seventeen, to wit : all the landbetween said race and the Huron River; and alsoali the land on said southwest fractional quarterof section seventeen betweeu the south line oi theroad running easterly from said river on tbe quar-ter line and a line parallel thereto, eigl't rods dis-tant on the south side of Bald road and quarterline, and also the right of making ana keeping inrepair at all times a tail-race, BO called, from themill on the premises above described into the rivtiat any point on the said southwest fractional quar-ter of section seventeen, intending to convey themill and exclusive water power to run the same,known as tbe Kellogg Mills, and the rights, privi-leges and franchises connected therewith, exeepi-ing and reserving from the foregoing the landheretofore sold by said McMahnn to John 1.Tappan.

Dated, April.'., A. D. 1878.FRANK EMERICK,

1681 Circuit Court Commissioner.A I.PHEI'S FELCH, Solicitor for Compluinant.

Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS default has been made in the condi-tions of a certain mortgage, made and exe-

cuted by Martin Byan and Catharine Ryan toHannah A. Wilkinson, and dated the eighth dayof March, A. D. 1873, and recorded In the office ofthe Register of Deeds of Washtenaw County, Stateof Michigan, ou March thirteenth, A. D. 1373, inliber 49 of mortgages at page 367, and whereasthere is now due and unpaid on said mortgageaud bond accompanying the same, the sum oitwo hundred and fifty-three dollars, and to be-come due hereafter tne sum of twelve hundreddollars, with annual interest at the rate of ten percent., also au attorney's fee of fifty dollars providedfor in said mortgage, aud wherea's no proceedingsat law or in equity have been taken to collect thesame or any part thereof: Now, therefore, noticeis hereby given that by virtue of the power of salt-in said mortgage contained and of the statute insuch case made and provided, on SATCHDAY, TiirTWENTIETH DAYOFjCLY, A.D.1878,at 11 o'clock AM. of paid day, at the south door of the CourtHouse in the city of Ann Arbor (that being theplace and building where tbe Circuit Court for thecounty of Washtenaw is held) the undersigned willsell at public auction to the highest bidder, thepremises described in said mortgage or so muciithereof as shall be necessary to satisly said amoumwith interest thereon together with said attorney'sfee, also the costs and expenses of sale allowed bylaw: Said premises being described in said ruortgage as being the southeast quarter of the north-west quarter of section sixteen, township onesouth range six east in the State of Michigan, ex-cepting aud reserving from the conveyance the Int-estate to an undivided half of all the marsh landsituated ou the southwest corner of snid land,which is reserved to Thomas Fohey.

Dated, March 22,1878.D. CRAMER, HANNAH A. WILKINSON.

Att'y for Mortgagee. 1684 Mortgagee.

Mortgage Sale.

DEFAULT having been made in the conditionof a certain mortgage made and executed by

John Keegau and Catharine Keegan, of the city atAnn Arbor, county of Washtenaw and State o!Michigan, to William H. Parker, of Lowell, Massa-chusetts,on tbe twenty-fourth day of June, onethousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and re-corded in the office of the Register of Deeds for tii.-county aforesaid on the twenty-fifth day of JuneA. D. 1S69, at 11% o'clock A. M.'of said day, in Uber42 of mortgages, ou page 65. There is claimed tobe due on the note aud mortgage the sum of fifteenhundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty-two cents,also an attorney's fee of forty dollars'should Rnfproceedings be taken to foreclose said mortgage,aud no proceedings having been taken in law orequity to recover said sum of money or any partthereof: Notice is hereby given, that, by virtue ofthe power of sale iu said mortgage contained, 1shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder ontbe EIGHTEENTH DAY OK MAY NUXT, at 2 o'clock y.51. of said day, at the front door ol the Court Houseiu the city of Ann Arbor, in the county of Wash-teuaw and State aforesaid (that being the buildingiu which the Circuit Court for said county is heldj,the premises described iu said mortgage as belnJall that certain piece or parcel of land situated Inthe city of Ann Arbor, county of Washtenaw acJStateof Michigan, known, bounded and describedas follows, to wit: Being the east h&lf of the wenhalf of the northwest quarter of section numboitwenty, in township number two (2) south of rangeuuniber six (f>) east, containing forty ucres of laiul.

February 21,1878WILLIAM H. PARKER, Mortgagee.

JOHN N. GOTT, Att'y for Mortgagee. 1678

Eeal Estate for Sale]QTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Waahtcnaw,O ss. In the matter of the estate of HamiltonVanatta, deceased. Notice is hereby given, thaiin pursuance of an order granted to the under-signed, administrator of the estate of said deceasedby tho Hon. Judge of Probate for the Countv ofWashtenaw, on the twenty-seventh day of j"ulvA. D. 1877, there will be sold at public vendue, tothe highest bidder, at the residence, on the prenij.ses hereinafter descrlbed.tn the townshlpof Salemin the County of Washtenaw, iu said State, or'WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MiY, A. D1878, at one o'clock in the afternoon of that day(subject to all encumbrances by mortgage or other-wise existing at the time of the death of said de-OQased, and also subject to the right of dower otNancy C. Vanatta, widow of said deceased therein,the following described real estate, to wit • Thenorthwest quarter of the southwest quarter of sec-tion eitrht; also the south twenty acres off from thesouth part of the southwest quarter of the north-west quarter of said section eight, all in town onesouth range seven east (Salem), Washtenaw CountvMichigan. NFWLAND C CARPENTER

March 27, 1978. 16S0 Administrator.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.THK EAST.

A N E W YORK dispatch says the Syndi-cate has subscribed for an additional $5,000,000of i\i per cent, bonds, making $25,000,000t\ken of the £50,000,000 contract.

T H E R E is tome excitement in NewXork and other Eastern cities concerning re-ported preparations of the Feaiand to invadeCanada in the event of a war between Englandand Kussia.

Sosra Russian naval officers arrived inNew York a few days ago. They wero inter-viewed by tho irrepressible reporter, and, Inanswer to inquiries regarding the mission oftho Cimbrta to America, stated that sbe hadon board a number of Ku aian naval officerswho are to take command of a certain numberof privateers, which they intend to purchaseand fit out, if they can find Mutable vessels iuthis country.

T H E Home Mutual Insurance Com-pany, of Boston, has been enjoined, and willclose up its affairs. Assets, 5741,8S0; liabili-ties, 91,149,183; outstanding risks at present,$900,000.

GEORGE K. WATERMAN, formerly As-sistant Postmaster at the Pacific Mills, Law-rence, Mass., has been arrested, having failedto securo the company against loss by his de-falcation of 5100,000.

PHILADELPHIA'S Permanent Exbibi(ion as reopenod to the public on the 10thinst. Senator Blaine was orator of the day.

BARON BLANC, the I tal ian Minister tothe United States, was married in New Yorklast week to Miss Terry, daughter of a Cubanmillionaire. The wedding is described as themost elogant in the social annals of New York.....Jason Scribmr, living near Augusta, Me.,killed three of his children the other day, andthen attempted to take his own life.

TIIE WEST.

CHICAGO elevators contain 362,715bushels of wheat, 1,283,250 bushels of corn152,028 bushels of oats, 33,604 bushels of ryband 399,440 bushels of barlev, making a grandtotal of 2,231,646 bushels, ajjainst 6,318,836bushels at this period last year.

THE existence of a formidable whiskyring, which bidR fair to rival in tho extent ofits frauds the famous St. Lonis ring, has beenune.vrthed at Cincinnati. Frandstothe amounof over SI,250,000 have already been discovered. It is alleged that Gen. Weitzel, Interns.Kevenue Collector at Cincinnajp, is badly mixecup in the crooked work.

ADVICES from the far Northwest reporthat Sitting Bull and his warriors are activel;preparing for another campaign, and thaeven Bed Cloud's band, who wero transfcrred to a new reservation by the Government last fall, are threatening trouble...Hon. J. Donald Cameron, United States Senator from Pennsylvania, was man ied at Cleveland, Ohio, lad week, to Miss Sherman, nieciof the Secretary of tho Treasury, and of GenSherman. The wedding was an unusual!brilliant affair. One hundred thousand dollar;worth ®f presents wore bestowed.

A rERFOEMEB in a traveling varietycombination attempted, at Iiockport. Ind., th<other evening, the feat of Bhooting an appl'from tho head of a woman. The aim miscarried, and an 8-year-old boy named Weigel.whwas playing outside the canvas, was shot ithe forehead, and almost instantly killed.

BOUCICATJLT'S sensational story, "Afte.Dark," depicting high and low life in the grea.cities, is the attraction at McVicker'fl Theater,Chicago. Wis presented with a powerful cast 0characters, new and characteristic tcc-nery, amis having a big run.

THE movement of the Governmentagainst tho Cincinnati whisky ring has culmi-nated iu tho Feizure of several distilleries andrectifying houses and tho arrest of the pro-prietors. The Government authorities haveample ovideEce of the crookedness of the par-ties who have been proceeded against. Gen.Weitzel, Internal Kevenue Collector for theCincinnati district, has been asked to rosign.

G E N . JAMES SHIELDS, in an interviewwith a Chicago reporter, pronounces the re-ports about a Fenian invasion of Canada sen-sational and without foundation The latesevere frost caused serious injury to the vine-yards in many parts of the Northwest.

THE SOUTH.ADVICES from Texas say the band of

train-robbers that has for several months beenplundering the Houston and Texas Central audPacific railroads has been broken up, and anumber of the ewe arrested A son of Col.FitZiimmons, Marshal of Georgia, acting asdeputy, and pursuing a gang of illicit dis-tillers, recently succeeded in capturing some ofthem armed, and, in default of evidence ofthe work they had undoubtedly been engagedin, he caused them to be put on trial for car-rying concealed weapons, and convicted themall. Such a trial was a great novelty in thatsection, and the result was a matter of* generalsurprise.

F O U R persons have died in Bussellcounty, Va., aud others are dangerously ill,from the effects of eating poisoned butter.The butter had been impregnated with thepoison by a farmer's wife for the purpose ofpoisoning a thief who haj been depredatingupon her dairy, and was unwittingly sold to adealer, and by him dealt out to his customers.

A STRANGE romance of crime is nnr-rated in St. Louis papers. Six years ago, JulieLeblanc. daughter of a farmer in Jeffersoncounty, Mo., mysterioutsly disappeared oneevening, and was never again seen alive. Anegro, while shooting snipe along the bank oftho Mississippi river, twenty or thirty milesfrom the home of Loblanc, 'saw astray skiff floating down the stream,end, on overhauling it, found itto contain a female skeleton, whichproved to be that of the long-missing girl.The theory is that ftho wss enticed from homeby a discarded lover, strangled, and placed intho skiff, which was then securely fastened tothe bank of a creek at a place where the under-brush was so thick as to effectually hide i t ;that there the boat remained until the ravagesof time made the ropes decay, and thus theloosened boat floated down the creek and intothe Mississippi river.

POUTICAt.INDIANA municipal elections: Indian-

apolis—Total vote, 13,180; Republicans, 6,220:Democrats, 5,748; Nationals, 1,212. Lafayette—The Jiepublicans elect four Councilman and theDemocrats two; total vote, 2,783, of which thoNationals cast 465. Sonth Bend—Republicancandidate for Mayor elected; Council a tie.Fort Wayne—Democrats carried reven wards;Republicans two. Terro Haute—Nationalselected tho Mayor; Council stands fourDemocrats, one Republican, one National.New Albany—Republicans chose a majority ofthe Counciimen. Richmond—Kepublicins electfour Counciimen, Democrats oue. Jefferson-ville—Four Democratic and one RepublicanCounciimen elected. Greencastle—Entiro Re-publican ticket elected. Logansport—Demo-crats elect nearly all the Counciimen. Kokomo—Two Democratic and two Republican Coun-ciimen elected.

THE State Convention of the Nationalparty of Pennsylvania was held at Philadelphiaon the 7th inst. Nearly every county in the Statewas represented. The Chairman, in his ad-dress, reviewed the condition of the party,stating that from 5,000 votes in 1876, it has in-creaFed to nearly 55,000 votes in 1877, audthat, with its thorough organization therewas uo reason that entire successshould not be achieved iu the nextcampaign. S. B. Mason and ChristopherSheier were nominated for Governor and Lieu-tenant Governor on the first ballot. The plat-form generally re-euuueiates the principles ofthe Toledo platform.

T H E Nationals of Massachusetts talk ofnominating Gen. B F. Butler for GovernorThe first State election of the coming polit'calcampaign will be that of Oregon—in June. State officer?, a Congress-man and a Legislature are to be elected.

WASHINGTON,T H E State Department has been official-

ly notified of the acoeptanco by Greeceof thein-vitation of this Government to participate in aninternational conference on the subject of theproper ratio to be fixed between tho values ofh'old and silver. Three European nations hav-ing now accepted the invitation, it is competentfor our Government, under the terms of therecently-enacted Silver bill, to make dofinitearrangements for holding a conference.

G E N . ADAM BADEAU lias furnished tothe War Department evidence that his woundtit Port Hudson was of mch a nature as to bringhim under the operation of a« act which al-lows wounded officers to be placed on tho re-tired list, and to also hold "civil office*. Hisname has consequently been restored to thearmy lint . . . President Hayes has given direc-tions to have the KuKlux cases on the docketat Columbia, S. C, nolle pro3sed, and it is ex-pected that tho KaKiux prisoners ID the Al-bany penitentialy «ili be pardoned.

GENERAL.

T H E authorities at "Washington haveordt i ;tat«B officers, fit vil »ud milittury.

ature In calling for an invpstiRntion; refer to Mc-"rin'e confeBeioD, aud allege that the wo-called frauds'ere penetrated with the knowledgeif ex-uov Noyes, of Ohio, and

Hon. John Sherman. Tho resolutions.hen gay that these allegations ought to be inquiredinto, and to this end a select committee of elevenmembers Bball be appointed to take testimony re-;arding tho alleged fratululent voters in Florida,ud Louisiana ; to send forpersons and papers, ami:o sit in those States durinR such investigation.Me«srs. Conger, Hale and Garneld all made pointsif order against ihe resolutions being a:iuestion of privilege. The Speaker decided thathe resolutions presented a question of the

highest privilege, and mu»t bo received. Mr.longer appealed from tho decision Mr. Pottermoved to lay the appeal on tho table, and the mo-Ion was agreed to—yeas, 128; nays, Its—a partyroto, with the exception of Messrs. Fort, Mitchelland Butler, who voted with the Democrats, andBuckner and MIIIH. who voted with the Republicat-'P.A general d- bato ensued on the resolution. Amongother objections raised, Gen. Garfield insif.t-ed that the majority of the House couldnot authorize, a committee to Bit during its receflB,because when the Jlouee adjourned it carried i<Hcommittees with it, and the committee could oDlybe allowed to sit during a recess by the suspensionof tho rules of tho House. Speaker Kandall ruled,on the point of allowing the Chairmen of the sub-committees to administer oaths, that it belongswith the <x>n>mlUec il?rlf, and not with theHouse. Mr. l'otter called fi-r the previousquestion. The Republican side of the House here-upon resorted to the parliamentary expedient ofwithholding their votes, so that when the questioncame to be. tested by tellers there were only llfiayesto 1 no—no quorum voting. So the question wentover as unfinished business, tho Speaker ruling thatit woulel remain before the Houso until disposed of.

long tho Rio Grande, to excereiso the utmostigilanee in arresting f ersons suspectod of an

ntention to invade Mexico for tho purpose ofvorthrowing Diaz.

ONE- HTTNDRKD-DOI/LAR counterfeit notesn the Second National Bank, of Wilkesbarre,?a., and the National Revero Bank, of Boston,ilasa., have made their appearance in the

West. They are a transfer from the couuter-eit plate of the Merchants' National Bank, of

Sew Bedford, Mass., which recently made its»ppearance.

RECENT deaths: Gen. Thomas S.Dakin, President of the American rifle team ;Mies Catherine E. Beecher, sister of HenryWard Beecher; the wifo of John Bright, theEnglish statesman ; Prof. Joseph Henry, thewell-known scientist, for many years connectedwith the Smithsonian Institute, Washington.

Our Canadian neighbors aro greatlyalarmed at the rumors of |a threatened Feniannvasion.

FOREIGN NEWS.A LONDON dispatch says that a basis of

arrangement, which the powers desired to sub-mit to the Czar, has been agreed upon. Thearrangement is in five divisions : Tho first di-vision proposes that two regions of Bulgarianorth of tho Balkans shall bo conceded toRussia, and that the southern portion shall re-main to a great extent under the authority ofthe Sultan. The second division relates solelyto the Asiatic compensation, which it is pro-posed shall be reduced to a minimum. Thethird division relates to the straits ques-tion, and will bo arrangeel hereafter, Tnefoi rth division demands definite settlement ofthe war indemnity. Under tho fifth division itis proposed that Thensaly and Epirus be ac-corded the right of self- government, thus se-curing for them the protection of Europe and

national independence The change in thepublic opinion of Bussia in a peaceful direc-tion is said to be very marked, aud to be theresult of the recognition of tho serious conse-quence that would inevitably result from a newwar.

PRINCE BISMARCK is suffering from the

roturn of bis old neuralgic affection Specialfrom Berlin stato that Russia has decided torefuse to liberate the Turkish prisoners of warnumbering 60,000, in consequence of the un-certainty that tho Porto will maintain neu-trality in the event of a war between Englandand Russia.... Forty thousand Russian reirforcements have been forwarded to Jassy.

THE steamship Sardinia, of the Allanline, was destroyed by fire in tho harbor oLondonderry, Eng., on the 10th inst. Thifire was caused by an explosion of generatedgas, from tho effects of which several person:were killed and many wounded. A number OLsteerage passengers were cut off from help bythe flames, which burst out immediately afteithe explosion, and lost their lives.

THERE is a great depression in tradethroughout England, and tho ciblo reportsseveral heavy failures iu London and otheicities... .The negotiations between the Vaticaand Russia have completely failed It is sakthat in case of war t ie Russian Gen. Todleben intends making Adrianople bis bate oloperations and the final ttaud for tho armysouth of tho Balkans. It will be defended by500 guns, and Gen. Tcdleben believes it to beimpregnable.

INTENSE excitement was produced intho city of Berlin, the other day, by an unsuc-cessful attempt to assassinate tho EmperoiWilliam. While he was out drivintf a tinsmithnamed Hoedel, from Leips;g, fired two pistosbots into his carriage. Fortunately neithe:shot took effect. The would-be assassin aman accomplice, named Krueger, were arrested

A B E B I I N dispatch says the prisone:Hoedel still denies any intention to assassi-nate tho Emperor William, but sufficient evidence has been accumulated to prove con-clusively that the prisoner aimed directly athis sovereign Berlin bankers have, it issaid, made Russia a preliminary advance of50,000,000 rubles.

PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.TUESDAY, May 7.— SENATP.—Mr. Cockrell

moved to take up the Houee bill to forbid the fur-ther retirement of United States legal-tender notes,which was read a first time yesterday, and saiel thatho moved to take it up now, BO that it might be reada second time. The motion was agreed to—yeas,33; nays, 25. Tho bill having been read a secondtime, Mr. Morri1! moved that it be referred to theCommittee on Finance. Pending the discussion,the morning hour expired, and consideration ofthe Pension Appropriation bill wan resumed.Tho bill, after some discussion, was read a thirdtime and passed. ..The Indian Appropriationbill was called up and discuss_=d Mr.Voorheefi presented a petition of citizens ofCdmden, N. J., favoring tho passage of a law mak-ing six hours a legal day's work for all workmenemployed by the Government... .The Senate, in ex-ecutive session, confirmed the nomination of San-ford S. Blodgett, of New York, as Consul at Pres-cott, vice O. 8. Sims, recalled. There was a longdiBcuseion over the nomination of D. C. Baker,Collector of Internal Revenue for the Austin (Tex.)District, but it went over without action.

HOUSE.—After three hours' discussion the Housepassed, without calling the yeas and nays, the billestablishing a permanent form of government forthe District of Columbia. The bUl provides thatthe General Government shall pay 50 per cent, ofthe e xp nses The House, by the close vote of 109yeaa to 108 nayB, decided to take up the Wood Tariffbill, and Mr. Banks delivorod a long speech in opposition thereto.

WEDNESDAY. May 8.—SENATE.— Mr. Cockrellcalled up the House bill to forbid the further re-tirement of legal-tender notes, and it was on hismotion referred to the Finance Committee Mr.Morgan submitted a concurrent resolution touch-ing the relations of tho United States with Mexico.. . . .The Indian Appropriation bill was discussed.

HOUSE.—The Speaker announced the Committeeon OOHSUB as follows: Cox of New York, Mills,Stengcr, Ligon, Smith of Georgia, Carlisle, Hatch-er, BlUon, Jorgensen. Hyan, and WJHiajna of Ore-gon The Committee on Elections reported inthe contested-election cases from the Second Dis-trict of South Carolina, tho Sixth District of Mis-sissippi, and Oregon, declaring the sitting mem-bers, Cain (colored), Republican ; Chalmers, Dem-ocrat, and Wurlams, Republican, entitled to theirseats. The report was adopted. . . The House diB-cuseed the Tariff bill and the bill to regulate inter-state commerce.

THURSDAY, May 9.—SENATE.—After thetransaction of come routine business of an unim-portant nature, the Senate went u-t > secret sessionfor the consideration of the bill for the payment ofthe Mexican awards of 18C8, and certain allegedfraueiulent claims connected thorewith. The doorswere thrown open, the bill read a third timeand passed The Bankrupt-Repeal bill was thentaken up, and a long discussion ensued touchingthe date at which the repeal shall go into operation.

The Indian Appropriation bill was passed.HOUSE.—The House passed a joint resolution for

tho enforcement of the Eight-Hour law for em-ployes in all departments of the Government Abill was passed to restoro certain lands in Iowa tosettlement under the Homestead law PeterCooprr, who was in the city on his way to SouthCarolina, was voted the privileges of I ho floorThe Tariff bill was taken up, and Mr. Kellov, ofPennsylvania, addressed the House in opposition tothe bill. Mr. Harris, of Georgia, followed in aspeech advocating the measure.

FRIDAY, May 10.—SENATE.—Tho Senateadopted the House joint resolution assigning $30,-000 of the appropriation for the completion of tboWashington National Monument to strengthen thefoundation of that structure, and then resumedconsideration* of the bill to modify or repeal theBankrupt law. Mr. Pawes advocated fixing Janu-ary 1, 1879, as the time for tho repeal going into ef-fe c \ Mr. McCreery made a fhort but spirited speechiu favor of immediate repeal, and Mr. Hoar spokein favor of the lSaokruot law and against its repeal.Sept. 1 was finally agreed upon as the date for thorepeal, and the bill in that shape pasBcd.

HOUSK.—A bill was passed providing that thenotice of contest, under tho Pre-emption, Home-stead and Timbcr-Culturo laws, must bo printedin newspapers in the county where such contestlies Several committe-o report* of a privatenature wore presented A bill for Ihe reliefof Kichard Heater, of Virginia, for stores audRupplies taken by the United States army duringthe late war, led to a heated partisan discus-sion. The claim was finally allowed Mr.Durham, from the Committee on tile Deportmentof Justice, reported a bill regulating the sala-ries of United States District Attorneys. It fixesthe falaries of such officers at from $2,000 to (6,000,except tho salary of Iho District Attorney for theSouthern District of New York, which is fixed at$10 00:>, and provides that the fees and perquisitesheretofore received by those officers shall be cov-ered into the treasury.

SATCBDAY, May 11.—SENATE.—Not in ses-sion.

HOUSE.—The following bills were passed: Torestore to the market certain lands in Utah; for t', erelief of settlers on public lands, providing thaany pe-rson who sha'.l plant aud maintain for eigiityears tou acres of timber laud Bhall be entitled toa patent for such quarter flection; permittingNebraska to cede certain territory to Missouri; pro-viding for the sale of timber lands in California,Oregon, Washington Torritory, Nevada and Co!-urado, in quantities not exceeding 160 aerea lo anyone citizen, at a minimum price of $2.50 per acre,and ranking it unlawful to cut any timber on publiclsnels Mr. Wright, from the Comm.t'.ee on PublicLands, reported a bi'l providing for tho loan offaO't to every person who shall settle on the publiclands under the Homestead law, the act to be inoperation until $10,000,000 has been expended. Thebill was reported without recommendation, and re-ferred to the committee of tho whole... -The HOUBOhad a long debate on Mr. Reagan's bill to regulateinter-State trauBportetion by railroadi*.

MONDAY, May 13.—SENATE.—Mr. Johnstonintroeluc?d a bill to levy, by the Moffatt beil-punch,a tax on liquors iu all places in the District of Co-lumbia where intoxicating liqaonare Bold by thedrink The Postofflcc Appropriation bill was die-cussed, a few bills of no general interest passed,and the Senate adjonrnod.

HOUSE.—The proposed inve stigation Into the a'.-legcd Presidential frauds was Bprung upon thoHouse by Mr. Potter, of Mew York. He obtainedthe fl >or and announced that ho desired to submitcertain resolutions, as a question of privilege. Theresolutions were then read for ihe information ofthe House, all points of order bcinpr reserved. TherojoWtton. r««it« tU« Mtion of the MwyUnd Legia-

WASHIXfciTON >OTES AND SEWS.

THE President has signed the PacificRailroad Kefnnding bill, compelling theUnion, the Central and the Kansas Pa-cific roads to contribute 25 per cent, oftheir net earnings toward paying the in-terest on the Government second-mort-gage bonds.

has at last found aplace for Bret Harte, the anthor. It is acommercial agency at Crefeldt, Prassiajat a salary of $3,000. This is consideredas considerable of a come-down forHarte, who, a year or more ago, aspirecto the Chinese mission.

THE Western Emigration Society (colored) have adopted a memorial to Congress, asking an appropriation to trwasport emigrants West and furnish un outfit of farming utensils, seeds, etc., forthe first year or two, when, it is calculatcd, they will be able to support themselves.

THE President has issued a pardon forFerd S. Winslow, of Chicago, for complic'ty in the treasury robbery in 187'and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in the Albany penitentiaryThe pardon does not relieve Winslow oany of the time of imprisonment. Isimply relieves him of his subsequcndisabilities as a citizen. He was sentenced to eighteen months in February1877, aud lias gained two months' timby good behavior.

A BitL has passed the House providing for cuttiDg timber in the minirjg regions of the country. It provides thatimber may be cut upon tho mininglands of Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming,Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, MontanaIdaho, and other mining districts, without cost, for mining, agricultural andomestic purposes, under such restrictions as may be adopted by the Secretaryof tho Interior, to protect the undergrowth and timber from waste.

THE Public Lands Committee of tbHouse of ^Representatives recommenttho passage of a bill for the payment o5 per cent, on the minimum price o:cublic lands located upon military landwarrants, to the States in which thelands are situated. The list of States t<be benefited by tho bill embraces althe Western and Southern States excepthose of the "original thirteen" andCalifornia.

GEN. SHEBMAN proposes some veryradical changes in the equipment of theregular troops. He is in favor of doingaway with the bayonet, the sergeant'ssword, the cartridge-box, belt-plates andkuapsack, and substituting in theirstead a good revolver, a leather pouchfor cartridges, a knife, a rubber blanketand pro vision-sack. He says that theblanket will contain all the clothin;necessary for a long march, and shoulbe worn across the body from shoulderto waist

THE Attorney General decides that aPostmaster cannot withhold from themails letters suspected to contain ad-vertisements of lotteries, for the reasonthat, under the Revised Statutes, exceptin case of letters on which the postagehas not been prepaid, there is no powerconferred on a Postmaster to withholdletters from the mails. He furtherstates, if the Postmaster General is satis-fied by the evidence that any person isconducting any fraudulent lotterythrough the mails, he may instruct thePostmaster at any office at which theregistered letters arrive directed to anysuch person to return the letters to thepostoffice at which they were mailed.

A BECENT Washington telegram saysthe Philadelphia contractors for theSouth American railroad are unsuccess-ful in endeavoring to secure coloredlaborers about the capital, from the fearof the colored men that they will be soldinto slavery, the Brazilian Minister hav-ing been called upon by the colored men,and stated that, although slavery has notbeen fully abolished in Brazil, it is inprocess of abolition by gradual emanci-pation, which will make the country freein twenty-one years. There is a law inBrazil prohibiting colored men fromsettling in that country, and they canonly be taken in by contract under aspecial act.

THE House was honored, the otherday, by the presence of tho venerablePeter Cooper. The old gentleman visitedthe Capitol, says a correspondent, andoccupied the Clerk's office in state untila resolution was adoj ted according liimthe privileges of the floor. He did nothave to wait long, and tho aged Green-backer was escorted to a seat in the areaiu front of the Speaker just as Mr. Kel-ley arose to make his tariff speech.Peter turned in his chair, faced Kelley,and kept this position throughout thelong speech which followed. PeterCooper in general appearance very muchresembles the patriarchs of old. He wastreated very reverentially by membersof the House.

THE Senate and House Committees onthe Electoral Count held a conferencemeeting one day last week. The SenateCommittee, telegraphs a Washingtoncorrespondent, does not seem disposedto favor a constitutional amendmentthat will favor a law regulating the sub-ject. A statutory rule governing Con-gress in ascertaining and declaring theelectoral vote will probably be agreedupon by both committees. The HouseCommittee will, however, report anamendment to the constitution, makinga radical change in the whole system ofelecting the President and Vice Presi-dent. They will at the same time favora statutory rule designating the methodof declaring the result of the election,this law to be enforced pending theratification of the amendment by theStates.

levelanel'g Gorgeous Weekllng—The Briele,the Groom, the Toilets, and the Pres-ents.

[Condensed fiom the Cleveland papers.)The. Bride.—Miss Elizabeth Bancroft

.hcrman, the bride, is the youngest ofhe four daughters of Judge Charles T.fiherman, and the niece of Gen. W. T.Sherman, and the Hon. John Sherman,Secretary of the Treasury. She is re-markable for her personal charms and"seauty. Born in 1858, she is just nowverging upon the threshold of 20. Alltho sisters are remarkable for theirgraces of person and manners. Theeldest daughter is Mrs. Gen. Miles, and"is with that brave Indian fighter uponthe frontier. Miss Sherman is a ladywho would be selected as one among athousand by a painter or poet. She isof a delicate blonde complexion, witliblue eyes, tall, grnceful figure, smallthough well-shaped head, crowned witha beautiful growth of brown hair. Herfeatures are all regular, and the expres-sion upon her whole face is peculiarlyrefined and pleasing, ft •

The Groom.—Senator Don Cameron,the groom, is quite well known to thepublic, but a personal description maynot be out of place. He is the son oftho Hon. Simon Cameron, and was bornin 1833. This would make him twenty-five years the senior of tho bride. Untilcomparatively recently he was solely oc-cupied with great business and railroadenterprises in his own State. He wasappointed Secretary of War by Gen.Grant, just after the disgraceful Bel-kuap disclosures.'and his executive abil-ities wero displayed to tho best advant-age. He camo to the office of UnitedStates Senator to fill out his father'sterm of office, which expires in 1879.In personal appearance Senator Cameronis of middle height, has a fine head cov-ered with an abundant growth of darkhair, wears a light mustache, and doesnot nppefiv a day over 35 years of age.He is said to be naturally of a retiringdisposition, but is ever courteous andattractive in manners. He is said to bevery warmly liked by those who knowhim intimately, and, like his father,never forgets a friend.

ihe Toilets.— The bride was attiredin a robe of rich, white silk, cut withlow waist and short sleeves. Tho train,which was long, fell plainly in elegantfolds from her waibt. On the front andsides the dress was finished at the bot-tom with a box-pleating of silk, aud cov-ered with elegant point lace. Followingthe diagonal lines of the Lice, a garlandof white likes and orange blossoms fellgracefully across the front, while anothsrextended around the bottom above thepleating. Her hair was simply dressed,and the coiffure was outlined by theclosely-drawn folds of a white tulle veilheld in position by orange blossoms andfalling to the bottom of the train. Infront, however, the veil was quite short-to allow free movements of the handwhen necessary during the service. Thebridesmaids wore similar dresses ofwhite organdy, with the exception thattheir trains were not so long, nor theirsleeves so short as the dress of the bride.The drapery and corsage whick theywore was very different in style fromthose of the bride. The only color dia-cernable about the dresses of all were thebeautiful bouquets of pink and crimsonwhich they held in their hands. Manyother ladies were very tastily and ele-gantly dressed. The groom wore theregulation black. The General of theArmy, and various subordinate officerswho were present, were dressed in fulluniform, and presented a showy appear-ance.

The Presents.—The total value of thepresents is estimated at $100,000.Among the more valuable were : Neck-lace and bracelets, worth $5,000, fromthe happy groom; diamond ear-ringsand breastpin, from Gen. Sherman andwife ; a check for $3,000 from SecretarySherman ; a silver tea-set, from Hon.Simon Cameron ; a gold horseshoe, setwith diamonds, "from one of the Sena-tor's warm friends ;" silverware of con-siderable value, from tho Hon. Wa^noMcVeagh ; ctird:caBes, silverware, silktable- cover of fine Japanese texture, etc.,from the bridesmaids ; a costly writing-desk, from Henry Shermnn.

tion. He called on the schoolmasternext day to ease his mind in regard toan agricultural problem which this hadsuggested.

"Say, profess," he remarked, "I'vebin a readin' in Tom's joggerafy that theyearth hez got a rot-tatery motion, andI thought I'd jest ax you ef maybe thatwasn't tho cause of the pcrtaty rot ?"

EXPLOSIONS IS FLOUR MILLS,

AT the close of 1875-6 English citiesanel towns owed for local debt nearly$500,000,000. By 1877 it had increasedmore than 5 per cent.; by the closo of1878 it was estimated that it would reach6 per cent, more, and a bill now beforeParliament provides for a further in-crease of $34,000,000. Since 1873 theratable value of Englaud has increasedfrom £109,200,000 to £124,500,000.

THE death of another explorer in EastAfrica is announced. Capt. Elton, whowas accompanied by Mr. Cotterill, hasdied of sunstroke in Ugogo. He wasengaged surveying the country betweenthe upper end of Lake Nyassa and theIndian ocean, ?u<i Und traversed sectionsmost interesting ill thoraBelyes and newto geography.

The Minneapolis Calamity —A Warningto Millers.

The Chicago Tribune, commentingupon tho explosion in the Washburnmill at Minneapolis, which entailed sucha distressing loss of life and property,says :

" It is evident at tho outset that steamwas not the cause, not only becausethere were only twenty pounds of steamon at tho time and the boiler-house wassome little distance from the mill, butalso because 3team could not haveworked such terrible ruiD. The samevery good reason conclusively proves itwas not an explosion of tho gas used loilluminate the mill. Gunpowder evenwould have failed to work such a wide-spread disaster. It may be doubtedwhether any other known explosiveforce than the gas which actually caused;t, except nitro-giycerine, could haveaccomplished this ruin. The dispatchesvaguely intimate that the explosion wascaused by gases generated in the patentmiddlings-purifier process, but investi-gations of similar catastrophes in Eu-rope show very clearly tho cause in thiscase. Explosions of this kind have hap-pened in Germany, but the attention ofscientific men and chemists was not im-mediately directed to the subject untilthe fearful explosions occurred at thoTradeston Mills, Glasgow, Scotland, in1872, and at tho City Mills, Port Dan-das, Scotland, four years ago. It hadbeen hitherto deemed impossible thatexplosions could ever occur in such apeaceful establishment as a flour mill,but the two explosions above noticedenlisted the attention of both the Ea-glish and the German chemists, andthey set about investigaiing them. Thesubstance of these opinions is to theeffect that tho constituents of flour arccombustible, and when diffused throughthe air burn with great rapidity andwith explosive force. Dr. Smith, anEnglish chemist, has shown that flourin a fine state of division gives off a gas,which, when mixed with nine volumesof air, forms an explosive mixture whichis liable at any thoe to bo fired by aspark or flame; and Weibe, a Germanchemist, states that flour in the formof impalpable powder qnickly ignitesand gives off a highly-explosive hydro-oarbon gas, which, when mixed with air,explodes with terrific force. The ex-periments tried upon a small scale withflour-powder satisfactorily account forthe Minneapolis explosion. The hugemill must have been filled with this im-palpable dust, which, taking fire fromthe gas jets, or it may have been fromthe electricity which is rapidly gener-ated and held by the mill-stones, ex-ploded with the terrible results thathave already been chronicled. Withsuch possibilities of explosion existingin every flouring-mill, it certainly be-hooves mill-owners to be on their con-stant guard. The recent fearful disas-ter to the confectionery establishment inNew York, which arose from an analo-gous cause, and the catastrophe at Min-neapolis, are terrible warnings to flour-ing-mill owners. So long as these con-ditions exist no mill is safe, and it oughtto be their first duty to ascertain fromscientific men the precautions that willlessen, if not altogether obviate, thedanger to which they are exposed."

Shall We Become a Nation of Spccln-' cle-Wearers ?

The time is not many generations dis-tant, if we may credit the theory ofmany oculists that near-sightedness ishereditary, when babies will be bornwith spectacles astride their innocentnosos, only to be cast aside in the de-cline of life, when our grand-parentswere wont to begin wearing them. Someinteresting facts concerning the causeand prevalence of myopia were latelygiven in a paper read by Dr. Edward G.Loring before tho County Medical So-ciety of New York. Of 2,000 pupilscarefully examined in the New Yorkschools, 13 per cent, wero found, at 6and 7 yearn of age, to have defectivevision, while the proportioa at 20 and 21years had increased to nearly 40 percent. The Germans are particularlynoted as a nation of spectacle-wearers,and no less than 62 per cent, of the Ger-man children who pass through thepublic schools have their eyes affectedby the process. In America Dr. Loringthinks the percentage of myopic varia-tion up to the time of puberty is greatereven than in Germany. And this alarm-ing increase of weak eyesight is largelyowing to our compulsory educationalsystem. The eyes are particularlysusceptible to injury in the period ofrapid development between the tenthand fifteenth years, when children arefirst undergoing tho stress of earneststudy at school. Later oil, if myopiahas not already set in, the eyes becomemore hardened, so to speak, and capa-ble of severer use. To overcome thisnational tendency to near-sightedness,it is suggested that school childrenshall have the burden of study lightenedduring their more plastic years, repair-ing what may be thus lost by severerapplication after the beginning of thesixteenth year. It is observed that theEnglish adhere more closely to thisplan than other nations, and that conse-quently as a people they are compara-tively free from the spectacle plague.

Why a Schoolmaster Left Town.A Virginia City man, says the Chron-

icle, who formerly taught school inHoney Lake valley, has been tellingDau De Quille why he left that rural re-gion. While employed as a teacher, itBerms he "boarded around," and onenight, while at the house of an oldranchman, gave one of his boys somextra instructions in geography. The

old man overheard him telling the boythai the earth turned around once intwenty-four hours, and "kicked " againstit. He said he had heard such stufftalked, but there was nothing in it, as hecou'd prove. He filled a tin cup withwater, and set it on the top of his gate-post, saying:

" Now, young feller, if the world flopsover, as you say, the water will be all iout of that cup in the morning, and you jwill be right; if the water is still in thecup, I'll be right, and the world don'tflop over."

The water was found in the cup, andthe old man trinmphantly exclaimed:

"Thar, give mo common sense anytime against book-larnin'."

Word went foith in the neighborhood jthat tho teacher was an ignoramus, andhe was invited to take a walk. A re-porter asked the teacher if that was theonly reason the farmers had for bounc-ing him. He said it wasn't—that he hadincurred the deadly hostility of one oftho school trustees by luughiug uproar-iously at a question put by tho old man. jThe honest farmer had got hold of his Ison's geography, it appears, and there Ihad read thnt the earth had. rotatory RJQ. |

DEATH AT SEA.

China and Japan.By the arrival of the steamer Gaelic

at San Francisco, we get the followingnews from China and Japan:

The city of Canton had been visited bya great tornado. Thousands of houseswere destroyed or seriously injured bythe wind and an enormous waterspoutfrom tho river which broke over thecity. Many lives were lost. The for-eign settlement suffered severely. Inthe midst of the coniusion four firesbroke out, supposed to be incendiary,as many robberies followed. The latestadvices report 500 Chinese killed. Noforeigners were seriously hurt.

The Western Chinese army, underI Gen. Tso, is overrunning Kashgaria, andannihilating all the inhabitants, includ-

| ing women and children. Multitudes' of fugitives are flying for protection tothe Bussian outposts, more than canbe provided for. Famine and distresscontinue, and enormous tracts are desolated by the long drought, the ground nothaving been watered for years past.

The Assembly cf Provincial Officialsof Japan was opened the 10th of Aprilby the Mikado, who has since attendedseveral sessions. Tho annual meetingsof this body were intended to graduallyprepare the way for popular representa-tion on a larger scale. This year it willprovide for small local parliaments to beelected by general vote. A NationalLegislature is not expected for a consid-erable time to come.

The extraordinary decision of theBritish court admitting opium intoJapan still excites discussion. Foreignenvoys generally regard it as a violationof the treaty on the part of tho Britishauthorities.

Iron Trade.The future of the iron interest in the

great industrial nations is very cloudy.Nearly all civilized states have built asmuch railroad as they could borrowmoney to do, and have substituted steelrails for iron, so that there is not theconstant call to replenish the tracks.The decline of iron-making has affectedthe coal interest. In England the minersonly make $1.25 a week, or 21 cents aday, counting tho idle days. The poor-houses are besieged there, and thousandswould coma to America if they could paypassage. Tho richest mining district inWales gives only two days' work a week,and there is an average loss of 15 centson every ton of coal they sell, while therailroads lire blocked up with coal trainswhich cannot sell their contents. In thecounty of York, celebrated for its iron,$-10,000,000 aro invested in iron-works,whose shares used to be above par; theyare now do\rn to 60 or 70. English steelhas come down in five years to one-thirdof its old valuo. Tho Germans, wholabor cheap, take the Euglish and Scotchraw metal and make the difference bymanufacturing it. The Euglish iron-works derived much business from ironship-building, particularly after theSuez canal was opened, but there arefew moro iron ships to build. Mean-time Australia has gone into tho ironbusiness on a great scale, and wili ulti-mately supply India, China and the sur-rounding countries with the irou whichhas heretofore come from England.—Oath's letter to Cincinnati Enquirer.

Erzcroum a Vast Ciiarnel House.Erzeroum, in the recent war, seems to

have been a vast charnel house. Dur-ing the past three months 9,500 Turkishsoldiers have died iu the various hospi-tals there, and probably as many civil-ians, makinor a total mortality of nearly20,000 in Erzeroum alone in abouttwelve weeks. In January, the weatherbeing then very severe, a detachment of800 troops was sent over the mountainsto Efzingham. Ouly 300 reached theirdestination. They were overtaken by afcarfnl snow-storm. The Cjlouel hadhis wife and three children ivith him ina covered araba; he and they all per-ished. The hospitals at Erzeroum arefull of cases of frost-bite, some of themas severe as any casas on record. Twen-ty-seven soldiers without feet are underthe charge of one surgeon alone; theyhad all .been frost-bitten, and their feethad, to be amputated,—tondm h't<r.

How Soldiers f e a r It—A S»d Scene.

(From the Bo6ton CoEamereiiil Bulletin.]Soldiers die bravely on the battle-field,

and resignedly in the military hospitalon shore, but there is something verysad in a soldier's death at sea. The sur-roundings of the ship-hospita) are un-familiar to his eye; the roll of the ves-sel is painful to him, and the thought isever present to hismind that if he was onshore, if he could see the green fields,or even the snow-clad earth, his recoverymight be possible. Although nothingcould be more comfortable than thecouch on which lie lies, and scarcely any-thiDg more soothing than tho gentle rollof the vessel to one in his condition, helongs to stretch his limbs on the barrackhospital bed, and to feel that he is on thefirm ground.

Then the thought of the lonely burialin the wide waste of waters obtrudes it-self upon his mind. To be launchedover the vessel's side into the lonelyocean, committed to the deep, and leftwithcuta stone or wooden cross to markthe spot where his mortal remains wereconsigned to their everlasting rest, allthis is inexpressibly saddening to thedying soldier. On shore, his comradeswould have followed his remains to theirresting place in the church-yard, andfired a farewell shot ever his grave, and,with reluctant step, have left him tosleep the sleep that knows no wakiDgtill the trump of the archangel summonsthe dead to judgment

How different at sea ! Sewed up in ahammock, the corps to which he bolongssummoned to tho gangway-slip, a fewshort but solemn prayers said over thedead, and then the awful words:

" We commit this body to the deep !"A plunge, and the corpse sinks into

the sea; the flag is lowered; the vesselsails on, and the dead is left alone to thetossing of the angry waves, or to sinkdeep into the coral caves of the ocean.No comrade may come in after days anddrop a tear over that grave; no lovinghand may come and plant a flower there;it is lost; swallowed up in the immensityof the great graveyard of the deep.

The writer has stood by the side of adying, comrade in the hospital of a troop-ship, and heard the dying give utteranceto such thoughts as the above.

"What does tho surgeon say?" heasked. " Tell me the truth, comrade,am not afraid of death."

" I t is better that you should knowthe truth. He has no hope."

" I thought so. Well, God's will bedone; but is hard to die in the middle ofthe ocean. If I had been on shore, evenin a foreign country, it would have beeneasier. It is hard to be buried at sea."

"The sea will give up its dead."" Ay, that is right, comrade. I ought

to think of that. Seamen, they say,like to cherish the thought that theywill be buried at sea; but I am a soldier.I would die happier if I kuew that Iwould be buried on shore and be fol-lowed to the grave by my comrades.There is something beautiful in a sol-dier's funeral on shore. The solemnmusic—that Dead March in Saul—howI used to love it! My poor mother !It will grieve her to think that I wasburied at sea. Head that, comrade,about the sea giving up its dead."

The chaplain at this moment ap-proached, having been sent by the sur-geon. He read the passage of scriptureasked for, and many other beautifapassages.

The dying soldier closed his eyes dur-ing the reading. He lay silent for along time after the chaplain had ceased.Then he opened his eyes and mutteredfeebly:

"No funeral parade; no music; nofarewell shot over my grave—committedto the deep. The—sea—will—give—upits —dead. Comrades—my mother—farewell!"

And he ceased to live.Next day the vessel came to a stop for

a few minutes. The ship's bell wastolled, the flig floated at half-mast, andthe soldiers of the corps to which thedeceased belonged were paraded at thegangway. The prayers were said, thebody launched over the side, and thevessel resumed her course. Some ofthe members of the other corps on boardwere surprised on learning, late thatevening, that a soldier had been buriedduring the day.

It is better that such things shouldbe so. Nothing can be gained by sad-dening men unnecessarily. Cheerful-ness is one of the most potent of sanitaryagents. Every care should be taken tomaintain it among large bodies of men.

Distinguished Women.History abounds in narratives of women

who have distinguished themselves inevery vocation of life. They have attainedthe highest reach of knowledge, and haveaccomplished the most daring feats ofvalor. Is it a question of intellect? LetHypatia, who was the most successfulteacher in the school of Alexandria in itspalmiest days, who was the grertest phi-losopher of her age, who was the mosteloquent orator among many rivals, whowas far more learned than the profound-est of her erudite contemporaries—letHypatia answer. But not Hypatia only,for there have been many as able andlearned as she. Was not Clotilda Tam-broni, even in this century, Professor ofGreek at Bologna, and the ablest Hel-lenist in Italy ? Dr. Johnson told themthat Mrs. Elizabeth Carter was tho bestGreek scholar in England. MadameDacier rivaled the most learned scholarsof her time. Caroline Herschel assistedher brother Willium in his astronomicallabors, made for him some of his mostlaborious calculations, and enrichedscience with many valuable contribu-tions. Had not Mrs. Somerville alsoacquired emiuent distinction in the sameabstruse and difficult study ? The un-fortunate aud erring Madame de Chatelettranslated the " Priucipia" into French,and was not less lenrned than she waselegant. Anna Maria Schuman spokeLatin, Greek, Hebrew, and the chiefmodern languages, was well versed inthe Syriac, Chaldaic, Arabic and Ethio-pie, and had mastered all the sciencestaught in her 8ge. The learned Span-heim. Vossius and Salmasis were hercorrespondents. There has been nogrand epoch of human conflict that hasnot given birth to its extraordinarywoman—to its Anne Askew, its Joan ofArc, its Agostiuia, its Charlotte Corday,its Madame Roland, its Florence Night-ingale. A Boadicea was the brightestname in early history. Semeramis wasthe mightiest sovereign of her line; andin the Hebrew records the greatest ofall the Judges, the one that was nevercensured by priest or prophet, was De-borah, the motherof Isuael. These werethe most brilliant stars; bnt there werea thousand more of scarcely inferiorsplendor* The names of Bewan and LaChapelle stood as high in professionalestimation as those of any male profes-sors of the obstetric art.

Migratory Squirrels.Squii rels in Lapland are in the habit

of emigrating in large parties, and some-times travel hundreds of miles. Whenthey meet with broad lakes they take avery extraordinary method of crossing.They approach the banks, and, perceiv-ing the distance between them and theopposite shore, they return, as if bycommon consent, into the neighboringforest, each in search of a piece of barkor light wood, which answers the pur-pose of a boat to ferry them over. Whenthe whole company is provided in thismanner they boldly commit their fleet tothe waves, each squirrel sitting on hisown boat, and fauuing the air with histail in order to drive himself acr< ss. Inhis orderly manner they set out, and

often cross lakes several miles broad inthis way. It occasionally happens, how-ever, that the poor squirrels encotfhter

such a gale that, nearly all their vesse.'sare capsized and they are shipwrecked.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good,however, and tho shipwreck, so disas-trous to the squirrel, is a matterof great rejoicing on the part of theLaplander on shore, who gathers upthe dead animals thrown on shoreby the waves, eats the flesh, and sellsthe skins.

ALL SORTS.

THE value of Peter's Pence and otherofferings made to Pius IX. amounted tono less than $95,000,000 in all.

THIRTEEN MILLION DOIJ..A:RS' worth ofggs were imported into England in

1876, and they still cry for more.AN oyster shell, weighing 51 pounds,

has been found in the Diablo moun-tains, Cal., 4,000 feet above sea level.

WHERE the division between the toesis not complete, and they are partiallyjoined, they are called twin toes. Theyare reputed to be very lucky.

"THE biscuit," says a newspaperwriter, " is the national gastric clog, thehuge sporegerm of self-propagating andself-perpetuating dyspepsia."

THESE does not seem the least likli-hood that the Paris Exhibition will befinished before Jnly, at the earliest.France is more backward than most ofits guests.

THE Assyrian inscriptions reveal thefact that under the Babylonian Kingsit was common to cast men alive into aburning fiery furnace, and also into aden of lioas.

A GIRL, working at the GeorgiaHouso, at Deshler, Ohio, ate fifty raweggs in fifty minutes, a few days ago, fora wager of a calico dress and the pay-ment of the eggs.

IN Agra and Oude, British India, thenumber of the starving is very greatofficers reporting in the latter countrythat they find the water courses strewedwith dead bodies.

THE British Medical Journal saysthat there has been a case of recoveryfrom a genuine attack of hy<Irophobiaat the Chalmsford infirmary. This isthe first on record.

BERLIN has a population of 894,000Protestants, for whom there are butthirty-four churches and ninety-fiveministers—that is one shepherd to aflock of 8,463 sheep.

PROP. C. V.1 KILEY, the distinguishedentomologist, has been appointed ea-tomologist to the Department of Agriculture at Washington, and will enteiupon his new duties at once.

BETWEEN November, 1871, and th(present date, a period of six and onehalf years, no less than twenty-onesav-ings banks in the city of New Yorkhave been declared insolvent.

THE Busso-Turkish war was declaredon April 24, 1877, and peace was signedMarch 3, 1878, 313 days afterward. Thcost per day is estimated by a Russianauthority at about $1,750,000.

A CHINAMAN fell into a flume inPlacerville, Cal., was swept with fright-ful velocity through a tunnel 800 feetloDg, and dropped forty feet into a canon, but he was not much hurt.

THERE has not been snow enough inthe Northern Pacific country during thpast year, if it should come all in onfall, to obstruct a train, or even a handcar, for five minutes at any point on th<road.

SINCE the suicide of Sultan Abdul-Assiz, in 1876, Turkey has had two Sultans, five Ministers, forty Cabinet Min-isters, one constitution, one Parliamentone war, lost three-fourths of itiprovinces, and been forced into bankruptcy.

ATTEMPTS are about to be made, under the auspices of the British Govern-ment, to open up more ports along th(seaboard of India, in the hope of obtaining improved facilities for the dis-tribution of food in case of futurefamines.

COL. KINGSBURT of Chicago was killedatSharpsburg. In 1871 his estate was appraised at $1,250,000. There was oneheir, a boy. In seven years, lawyersand guardians have so managed tho estate that the heir's boarding-school billcannot be paid.

Gov. EMORY, of Utah, says that po-lygamy is on the decline among th<Mormons, not through any change o;sentiment, but because the wives havetaken to extravagance in dress. Morethan one wife is now an expensive luxury in Salt Lake.

A GENTLEMAN just returned fromBrazi!reports dissatisfaction among the labor-ers who sailed from Philadelphia. TheItalians, as soon as they arrived on theMamora river, began a strike for wages.A demonstration was suppressed by theolder laborers, and the refractory onesimprisoned.

A REPORT has been made to the Brit-ish Parliament on the practicability ofremoving the Eddystone rocks withoutrebuilding the lighthouse thereon. Toobtain the safe minimum depth of sevenfathoms it would bo necessary to removeover 100,000 yards, or in all 2,000,000tons of rock, at a cost of not less than§2,500,000.

BY a late report prepared by the Com-missioner of Agriculture from investiga-tions and estimates made in Januarylast, the total number of hogs in theUnited States during the past nine yearsis stated as follows:1878 33,2f>2,6«n:i873 8?,632,0501877 2S,077,l(10!!872 31.796.3C01876 25.Tie 8C0:1871 29,457,6001S75 28,1-62,200 1870 29,751,6001874 30,860,900|

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK.BKKVES $8 00 910 75HOGS 3 75 @ 4 00

OTTON 10%9 11FLOUB—Superfine 4 20 9 5 00WHEAT-No. 2 Chicago 1 18 ^ 1 20CORN—Western Miied 55 9 65 vOATS—Mixed 84 9 86RYE— Western 71 9 73POBK—New Mess 9 40 9 9 50LABD 7 9 7 *

CHICAGO.BEEVES—Choice Graded Steers s 20 9 5 50

Choice Natives 4 60 9 5 00COWR and Heifers 8 00 9 3 75Butchers' Steers 3 SO 9 3 85Medium to Fair 4 30 rt ( Jl

Hoos—Livo 3 15 @ 3 50FLOUR—Fancy tVhite Winter 6 00 (3 6 M)

Good to Choice Spring Ex. 6 00 (4 5 40WHKAT—No. 2 Spring 1 10 @ 1 11

No. 3 Spring 1 03 9 1 04CORK—No. 2 39 <.i 40OATS—No.2 26 ® 27BXE—No. 2 67 9 S8BABLKT—No.2 49 9 50BUTTER—Choice Creamery 10 & 20Eoos—Fresh 8X9 9PORK—Mess 8 40 9 8 60LABD 6&9 7

MILWAUKEE.WHEAT—No. 1 1 12%® 1 13)i

No.2 109 O 1 1 0Conn—No. 2 87 9 40OATS—No.2 28 9 S7KYK—No.l 57 9 t8BARLEY—No. 2 62 9 63

ST. LOUIS.WHEAT—No. 3 Red Fall 112 9 113!OBN—Mixed 38 9 39

OATS—No.2 26 9 27RTF. 69 9 60PORK—MeBS 9 00 9 9 10_,ABD 6 X 9 6JiHoas 3 20 9 4 SO

.TTLE 2 75 9 5 26CINCINNATI.

WHEAT—Red 1 12 9 1 18iOBN 42 9 43

OATS 27 9 30RTE 60 9 62POBK—Mess 9 00 9 9 10LABD 7 9 7«

TOLEDO.WHEAT—No. 1 Wnite 1 21 9 1 23

No.2Red 118 9 1 19OOBN 41 9 42)ATS-NO.2 27 9 28

DETROIT._?LOUB—Cholco White B 50 9 6 f'OWHEAT—No. 1 White 127 <a 1 28

No. 1 Amber 125 9 126CORN—No.l 43 9 45OATS—Mixed 29 9 30BARLEY (per cental) 100 9 1 35POBK—Mess 9 60 9 9 75

EAS f LIBERTY, PA.CATTLE—Best 6 00 9 " 25

Fair * 40 <a 4 87Common 4 00 9 4 80

Hooi 3 80 9 3 8088WT > , . , . . , . . . . , 8 2 3 § 4 75 !

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