® NEWB OF THE WEEA, —The President on the 19th signed the bill to increase the pensions of wid- ows und dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors, — A freight train on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad ran into a land- slide near Stoop’s Ferry, Penna,, on the 20th, was thrown®own an embank- ment The engine and nine cars were demolished, William Clymer, conduc- tor, and Frederick Kirchuer, fireman, were Killed, ~The heaviest snowstorm at Du buque for five years visited that place on the 20th, avd continued untii late on the 21st. The snow was over two feet on a level and drifted badly, Limbs of trees were broken off, telegraph wire damaged and some weak buildings were crushed in. ~Join Boyd Thatcher, ex-State Sen- ator, was nominated for Mayor of Albany by the Democrats on the 20th, — Secretary Jayard on the 20th trans- ferred tothe New York rant Monu- ment Fund the sum of $600, covering two contributions—3$500 from the Pres- Minister Grant, Romero, the Mexican steadfast friend of General fhe total is now $119,588, — Propositions submitted by Viee President Hoxie, of the Missouri Paci- rovernors of were on the 20th t v the vy LU under consideration representatives of the Knight 1 rin St. 1« yey i LR #9 is rious overflow has been cau ge in y Missou adove io » EOI 08 “Ui re demoli were damaged, and cattle were killed, fall of top rock occured ear 3, in the Pottsville and Mah iroad turned at pear Pottsville. Twenty mostly ltalians, were buried. them were killed, and about others injured, three perhaps ly ¢ in Hl fatallc fatally. Electric Light Company at Lynchb Virginia, while repairing a ligl 2d, was killed by a shock fron electric current, He was on a wenty feet from the ground, —The President on the 224 ad Winfield, of Virginia! it San Jose, Costa 1is0 John W, Brophy, to be Postmaster : Charles B. White- Jradford, and Emmet WW, Mec- t Meadville, in this State, \ ' the it on the pole it Mount ( ead, at I Arthur, a —A convention of delegates from all the Insh societies in New Jersey was he 22d in Newark to arrange pore thorough organization of the ational League throughout the It was resolved that all \ ollected for the benefit of the League ass through the hands of Dr, O'Reilly, f New York. The following perma- | officers were clected: President, Atkinson, of Eewark. Secretary, race J. Kenney, of Newark; Trea- urer, John Kennedy, of Jersey City. charter was granted at Harris. to the New York- and Western Railroad build a new from ink to Newcastle, a distance miles, The capitalis $10,000 000 +h $1,400,000 has been subscribed, he eighteenth game of the *hampionship was played on the 224 as New Orleans, and was won by Steinitz, his antagonist resigning on the fortieth | me The score now stands: tz | 8; Zukertort, 5. According to the orig- | inal terms of the contract, if the game | should stacd 0 to 9, the match would be a draw, In St, Louis the number to make a draw was reduced by agree- ment to 8, Steinitz, therefore, claims that be cannot lose, —1In the New Jersey House, on the 224d, the Chase bill was passed over the rovernor’s veto by a vote ot 39 to 15. ~The War Department has received no information of the reported surren- der of Geronimo and his followers to Lieutenant Maus, near San Bernardino, The report is contradicted by a later arrival at Tombstone, ~The Secretary of the Treasury on the 22d, issued the 135th call for the redemption of bonds. The call is for ten millions of the Three Per Cents of 882, to mature on the 1st of May. ~On the 23d the Cabinet meeting considered measures for the more rigid enforcement of the Chinese Restriction act, particularly with reference to pre- yenting the landing of Chinese laborers on fraudulent certificates, ‘It was represented that trouble constantly arses in cases where immigrants claim to have lost or mislaid their certificates, and Lring witnesses to prove that they were in this country at the time of the passage of the act, and were actually provided with the certificate prescribed by law, which entitled such persons to return to the United States after a visit to China.” The Cabinet also con- sidered the steps necessary to protect the Government's interest in the Union Pacific Railway, ~The Government papers to test the validity of the Bell Talephone patents were filed on the 23d in the U, 8, Court at Columbus, Ohio. It is understood that the Qirst question considered in connection with the case will be that ofjurisdiction, ~(reneral Crook reports that there is no truth in the rumored surrender of Geronimo and his band, The War De- partment has been advised by the Gen. eral that he was to start on the 234 from Fort Bowie for San Bernardino to receive the surrender of Geronimo, ~The Governor of California has appo.ated George Hearst U, 8, Senator, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Miller, He was the Demo- cratic candidate for U. 8B. Senator when Leland Stanford was elected by the Legislature, ~The President on the 23d nomina ted James W. Rowmeyn, of Detroit, to be Lunsul at Valparaiso, ROnNeyYs i 224 urg t t line 0 s X auch Cin chest ted vi . YE, iil i —Secretary Manning was reported somewhat beiter on the 24th, but he will probably be laid up for several weeks at least. ITe 1s threatened with apoplexy. —Wird Hunt, ex-Associate Justice of the Superme Court of the United States, died on the 24th, at his resi- dence, In Washington, aged 70 years, He was born in Utica, New York, graduated at Umion College, studied law at Litehfield, Connecticut, was elected a Judge of Appeal in New York in 1863, and was appointed a United States in 1871. Ie was retired about six years ago in consequence of a paralytic stroke. — While William R. Baker, of Houston, Texas, and an Independent candidate for re-election, was returning a horseman rode up to him, ana asked Democratic and Labor candidate. The assassin Baker dodging cession, and rode away. sed his aim, — President Cleveland on the 24th During the re- ception Lawrence Barrett, the trage- dian, stood beside him. In 24th Judge on the Hustir Richmond, Virginia, Atkins, of the 18 e 26th of April next, to decide, in the of of on th cordance with a law passed Ly Legislatur the question » Or no for the sale x yt e, on license ~The New York House of Repre- sentatives on the 24th, by a vote of 72 to 28 passed a blll imposing a tax of 1 rations for the privilege of organiza- i Officer at Chicag the 24th reported 1 12, and the 20 to 25 degrees -eight hours, the eveni I$ cold wave was perature would coming tem- ~The nineteenth game in the chess It was won by Steanitz, his antagonist ~The debate on the Riel question | the Dominion House of Commons ent ed on the 24th, and a vote was tal on Mr. Landry’s motion censt Government for havi which resu'ted ing sustained by vote standing 125 to 72. Ma fon wa shghtly improved on the X but he 5 not out of dan all tha Lis irvine iring srt i dial ng executed Riel, Government De- in the a majority of 53, the "or ~-Secretary nt ndit The President ated Mark D. Bal the Indian in Montana. ~The Senate med Henry P. Kitfield to be Assistant Appra at Boston ; Rale Letcl of Missou Consul at Rio Grande Marian A. Hulligan, Hi 1 Roswell J tant Re COLI LAs fornia, Assis sury. ~The Républican Rhode Island met on the 25th in Providence. George Peabody Walter- more, of Newport, was nominated Governor, E. Lucius Darling, of Paw- tucket for Lieutenant Governor, and Joshua M. Addeman, of Providence for Secretary of State. The Democratic cinnati on the § Of * City Convention 20th nomin; hesley: Police Commissic Isaac 3. Matson (three years), Wm. Means two years), Thos, J. Stephens (one year); Infirmary Directors, J. H. Grue- ter and IL. J... Armstro Messrs, Means and Stephens are ex-Mayors, ~ At Charleston, South Carolina, on the 25th, in a game of base-ball between ner MEers, Jryan, centre field of the Charleston Club, broke his knee cap, and Lanser, catcher for the same club, broke his Bryan will be disabled for life, The Philadelphians won the game-—13 to 2. ~The Cabinet meeting of the 25th, was devoted to a general discussion of the labor troubles in the W asin tl I A FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, SENATE, In the U. 8, Senate on the 224, Mr. Logan submitted a resolution, which was ordered to be printed and over, providing for open sessions for tions hereafter. ciency bill was referred to a committee of conference, Mr. Logan's bill to in. crease the efficiency of the army was discussed during the morning hour. Mr. Edmunds’ resolutions then came up in order and were debated by Messrs, Colquitt and Jackson. After an exec- utive session the Senate adjourned. In the U, 8. Senate on the 234, the House bill granting a pension of $2000 a year to the widow of General Han- cock was Teported and immediately passed, Mr. Logan introduced a bill, which was referred, repealing the pro- vision of existing law which declares that, when a vacancy occurs in the office of generai or lieutenant general of the army, such office shall cease. The Edmunds resolutions were de- batéd by Messrs, Jackson and George. Mr. Morgan obtained the floor but yielded to a motion for an executive session. The motion was lost. After arranging that this afternoon a time should be fixed for taking a vote on the resolutions the Senate adjourned, In the U. 8, Senate on the 25th, the Logan army bill was laid over as unfin- ished business, and the Edmunds reso- lutions were considered. They were debated by Messrs, Voorhees, Evarts and Call. Mr. Evarts argued that, “if the President had the right to say whether the papers called for related to a subject with which Congress had a right to deal, he could refuse papers affecting his own conduct which it might be important for Congress to secure,” After an executive session the Senate adjourned, In the U, 8, Senate on the 24th i the bill to increase the efficiency of the | arfny was discussed. The Edmunds { resolution came up at the expiration of { the morning hour, and was debated by { Messrs, Morgan, Mitchell, Hoar, Gray, { Harris, Duatler and Edmunds. that general debate should close this { should then be in eharge of the resolu- | tions might, at that time, have one { . { that then a final vote resolutions, { however, as ba taken on the | Ing was arrived posed of before adjournment on { 26th, and that in the meantime obtained the tloor and the Senate HOUERE House on In the the 224 bill the widow of General passed —yeas, 169; nays, 47. ley, from the Committee Mr. on lands granted in ald of the construc- | tion of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Mr, Wheeler, of Alabama, offered a pre- resolution reciting the post- ponementgof the consideration of the Edt the and to report a rule by which the House might by THE jority vote direct any of its committees to report back any bill referred te it Mr. Willis said ti would be given 10 eC tee on cation, directing on Rules i ie 3} p w~Jidl, and resolute y introd ud the 23d, bills blish a National Live d promote commerce live stock between the States; to pre- vent the introduction of and infectious dise; States, and to Public Health : t lishing a Bureau of Anim: to extend the imomediate | system ; t i were py contagious into the Unl Bureau e act estab- ted of ret } Tel soit bs # as LO formation ployes in their departn ted to employ substitut their duties, whether are employed Or y whom, passed the An iittee on Labor t any time (not t or appropriation purpose of appoints appoint and “ we % rey 1a order was made ion in strikes dian Appropriatic was finally —226 ! The House went into committee of the Post-office Approp Pending debate the comn the House adjourned. ARSE] to then 1 whole on th In the House on the 25th, Mr. Van Eaton from the Committee of Public Lands, reported a bill “to promote the introduction of fresh water the Colorado desert.” Mr. Hill from the Committee on Territories, reported a bill for the organization of the Terri- tory of Oklahoma, Mr, the Shipping Committee, reported the Free Ship bill and it was placed on the Mr. Dingley, of Maine, pre- calendar, senting a minority report. A bill was into absence to employes of the Govern- rn The i Tost fice An evening ses- sion was held to express the sorrow of the House at the death of the late iepresentative Rankin, of Wisconsin, : ae mse SUNBEAMS, “WAITER, this chicken is very tough. It’s all I can do to get my teeth through it.” “Sorry, sir, but I haven't time chew it for you now.” to A POET asks: “What face is this, that through time's heavy veil, peers past the ages—-troubled--sad?”’ We don’t know, unless mayhap it be the poker player's who 18 afraid be will not be able to make lis next “age” good, seth iipens It is well enough to sympathize with the poor people who in this cold weath- er have scarcely enough clothing with which bins, But while thinking of these minor hardships we are too apt to for- get the sufferings of the expatriated cashier mm Canada, who looks sadly out upon snow fifteen feet deep, and sighs, as he rattles his dollars in his pocket, for his dear native land, De -— “Ane TneEne"-—ejaculated Mr, Hen- peck, as be stepped into the back door of his residence yesterday noon, His wife was dishing up the dinner, dropped ber cooking-fork on the kitchen table and exclaimed: ‘Joseph, don’t you ever let me hear you use that expression again, The idea of saying ‘ah there!’ to a poor wo- man who is just making a slave of her- self for your sake.” "] your pardon,” said Mr, Hens peck; “I simply wanted to ask, are thers any potatoes in the house for breakfast to-morrow?” . 1 Beyond the Gate, | Two dimpled hands the barsof fron grasped | Two blue and wondering eyes the BPAce ! looked through. i This massive gate a boundry had been ser, but true. Nor was she over known to be { Sirange were the sights she saw across way A Httle child had died some days before | And as ste watched, amid the hu shied, Some carried flowers, some a casket bore, { The little watcher at the garden gate Grew tearful bhers sucu thoughts wonderings were, Till sald the nurse: “Come here, dear child, Weep not. *Tis God has for We all must go. gent her. “If He should for me' thus the child- 0 send “I'll have tell the walt, Though God has sent for me, |] come I never go bevond the garden gate I SH LO RS ELLA BOWEN’S LUCK. “It never rains but it pours!” Ella Bowen quoted the we * “yy : weatl oy + saying in a very rainy-weather sort of 1 handed a lelt Lius- had just NORE An YOice, 4n aunt Very fond of directly from he vant, An her —ty 1 ii, WHO I Aunt Margaret 153 wants Lo see me! for years ¥ and SICK, ANG wi 4 * But it HY ea sa daw 2 Afar 3 121 isdared Magnolial It will cost me rey y ro, and yet Aune seems Lo l. She is nin whict the month just during 11 be understood that a large bank accon manager and head clerk in the only one in Creylo ed. El teacher store. town where he liv district pretty face had won Harry's love, They had married on a nan income, but by economy had enough to buy the amall house called home, and furnished it very pr {tily. Bat it school the taken all they gave in these five years, Just th before this story moni opens partners in the firm had one a of the where Harry was employed had died, { and his widow had moved away from one been her husband’s share of the busi. ness, It was a very dasirable opportu. | nity, as the business was settled and prosperous, but Harry was not willing | to sell or mortgage his hardly earned | reach in any other way, | be the refrain in all Ella’s musing, and | five hundred dollars!” { the jar of the steamboat machinery, as | Magnolia. her last visit there with her mother. | Her life until then had been a carefully cherished one, alhtough she had never { had possession of money. Her mother | had taught music in a large city, spend- | ing her summer vacations in Magnolia, | and her income had been sufficient to | give Ella every advantage of education, and to make her childhood and girlhood very happy. She was eighteen when her mother's death--a very sudden one--threw her upon her own resources for daily bread, and after teaching music for a time, taking her mother’s pupils, she had aoc- cepted the district school at Oreyton for the sake of country air, loving the life in the country better than in the city. Always busy, she had not been to Magnolia since her mother died, al ! | { i i though etters changed pleasant frequently with Aunt to recognize all the landmarks Margaret, It was in her childish memories, when with her thie pleasant ept part of her ii mother was fe Bit when Anne orened the door the little cottage home, saying softly: “Oh, Miss Eila I'm Yo everytinnug dear, glad ir aunt’ for- elas was For old a bright ill unto death, with a painful ill- that had sy pretty niece, thie dear who loved unt s her cessant care. py months Ella wrote to required in nearly worn out 4 1 » faithful nursing, and dear, I Margaret's and her grand hem bere. 1 have eldest of her income #8, but even if he “If you can spare me, are all dead, children are none of t nes on ghe It ishar { + if . Way t her heart upor ure, and had no t away. Y« stuff to Creylc give you a hundred 4 sie 1a 3? With accepted at once, but, as it was surprised see Go face grow black as she said: Mit WArning * ws 11 WO rai “Mr. Leigh said he would see about that for me. You tell him want the furniture.” An expression more forcible polite escaped Mr. Cooper, as he strode of the room, the door can you than out slamming But three days later, Ella began to In her quiet country home. occupied by her domestic duties, she bad taken little interest in The value of old furni- had not occurred to her, Ella, had resolved to make the legacy as valuable as possible, understanding little value to her, advertisement in the leading papers of the cities nearest to Magnolia, a circu. lar letter to some of the prominent dealers, were as high walls in the little plans Gerald Cooper had made to buy his grandmother’s furniture for a trifle, A sale was announced, and Mr, Leigh sent an agent to put the cotlage in pro- per order, “Such of the clothing as you can use, pack up,” he told Ella, “and send your i) Wii trunks to the depot, but let al # old fashioned stuff go for ‘costumes.’ 1 : M ch a sight as tl ae collage on ay of the noha bad never seen su ! sale, Every tral, brought crowds of fashion- ably atti fos the house and garden were packed, and the road in fron! roel 1% & * ire : ed ladies and gentlemen pro- til “i . rord Wha, ana Lill amateur collectors, the the crowded, when auctioneer stepped upon a porch and opened the sale, table ou Ella and Mr, Leigh were at an ipper ciosed blinds er, with a window, looking through at the £00 face darkened by frowns, stood leaning the ready to make Lids for what he had ealculated top 0B [111 s} CL scene, Gerald on fence, more easily, It seemed to Ella that a dream as the bidding Cou gre mated, d that | table actually be worth fifty Wa dollars for®the carved black u boar} nal Had she heard a bid 3 J80 GOLA & 3 for the i { the man who gave two . a acy of one hun ah st Led igh-post Led the cottag tage bedroom? raliway nraval ar OVA ATi Pi veld f Lhe kings of Fran transfer: i iis sword, and ell into the hands of After the " - h France, and in 1870, when us 0 1, however, #3 Of | restoration mvested, the taken Bordeau Napoleon I exhib ny days of his ascendenc 303 precious stones of vario valued at 18.922 477 francs, 1 of these were afterward amount mentioned in a dispals prospective result of the sale~-$40,000,- { 000-—is probably a mistake or ex aggeration, a 3 as about to be to pal big an Pet Witches, The natives of the Caroline islands | are firm believers in sorcery, but instead | of burning their witches they try to conciliate them in every possible way, | especially by leaving presents at thei door In night-time, never doubling that the wisdom of the brura will enable her to divine the unknown benefactor. Witches are propitiated by gifts of cocon. cakes and honey whenever (he storm olouds loom on the horizon of the | setting sun, as well a8 in times of pro | tracted droughts, for brucns are sup- | posed to Lave specifics for evils of that sort. Women credited with proficiency in such busmess branches of the black {art are therefore cousidesed desirable | matches, and do nnt fail to inpress the!r | admirers with vague hints of magical | omuivotence.
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