NeWS OF THE WEEN. —Ranodyme Shedd, a wealthy pio- peer of Tekousha, Michigan, killed his wife with an axe, and then fa- tally cul his. own throat. He was 73 years of age. Domestic irouble caused the tragedy. Charles Dean, aged 33 years, shot and killed his brother Leverette, aged 33, and then committed suicide, near Elkhart, lllinois, on the 2d. There had been ll-feeling between them for some time, the cause of which is unknown. ~The President on the 3d signed the act granting the rigt of way to the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad Company through the Arsenal and Nayal Asylum grounds to Philadelphia, ~The Senate has confirmed H. E. bBlaymaker to be postmaster at Lancas- ter, Penna., H. G. Ashmead postmaster fd Chester, Penna.., and R. Y. Watson postmaster at Milford, Dela ware, Colonel M. 5. Quay on the urer, at Harrisburg, —Argument on the motion for a new trial for Samuel Johnson, convicted of the murder of John Sharpless, at Media was on the 3d postponed by Judge Clayton until the October term of court. Argument was heard in ristown on a motion for & new trial in the case of John M. Wilson, convicted of the murder of Daly. lumber Four Illinois, on the 4th, and three cars fell down an embankment. men were killed, -A report comes thet the Yankton Sioux and other American Indians are threatening trouble and have asked Sitting Bull to join them. from less by the fire in Fairview, Penna, , on the 3d. The insurance $9000 in the American and 81000 in the Franklin Company, of Philadel- phia. The paint and car shops of the Omaha Railroad at St. Paul were and two $20,000, passenger coaches, Loss, The Home Mill, at Staffords- Loss, $25,000. ad. The Elkhart Paper Indiana, was burned on the 3d. $20,000, —In the county jail at Winfield, Kansas, on the evening of the 34, when made a dash at hith and knocked him down, guards, fired at the gang and killed one of them named Bennett, imprisoned for counterfeiting. Champlin was then struck senseless by a blow on the head, and four prisoners convicted of charged with horse stealing, counter- feiting and forgery, made their escape, —At Harrisburg on the 4th, Harding and Smith, the associates of Dr. But- termore, in the scheme to defraud the State of $12,500 for a hospital at Con- néllsville, were called before Judge Simonton for sentence. They said on the 3d that they did not want a tral. The Court sentenced them to pay the cost of prosecution and to pay a fine of $200 each and to be hoprisoned for one hour. ~—Robert Harding, Assistant Post- master at Cleveland, Ohio, committed suicide cn the 34, ~— Further particulars of the Anarch- ist riot in Chicago show that the num- ber killed was less than at first reported, although the details of the conflict do not lessen the atrocity of its character. Two of the wounded policemen are dead, four mortally wounded, and twenty-four suffering from dangerous wounds. There was more violence on the 5th, but on a smaller scale, a mob of men, women and children tearing out a drug store and a saloon, but wherever turbulence appeared it was quelled. The Mayor issued a proclama- tion, warning people against collecting in crows, and advising them to obey riot—the two brothers Spies, Schwab and Fielding—were arrested on the oth, Another, Parsons, escaped the police, The office of the _Arbeiter Ze itung was the two Spieses were captured. The twenty-five printers were also arrested. In the office were found arms and dyna- mite, the body of Officer Deegan, killed in the riot, and the result was that the prisoners were committed without bail. —The Bracket Block in Minneapolis, a five-story structure, to which an ad- dition was being made, thee 5th, burying workmen. Late in the evening eleven dead, the others more or less injured, with an axe, fracturing her skull, Sup- posing her dead he laid down beside her, and cut the arteries of his left wri:-t with a razor, the woman was expected to recover, Fauth to die, ter at Reading, Pa. ~-Brigadter General Gabriel U. 8. A, retired, died on the 5th in Washington, in the 75th year of his age. ~An official statement of the condi. tion of the broken City National Bank of Williamsport, Penna., shows that the total liabilities are $285,651, in- cluding eposiia of $140,500, besides the capital stock of $100,000. The assets include over $150,000 of bills discounted, £33,000 of bonds and precaiums and $22,000 in real estate The liabilities exceed the assets by $61,000. It 1s believed that depositors will receive 25 per cent. of the amount due them in a short time. ~The Situation at Oicaj 0 was im: proved on the , there ng greater fonhaence in the abiley of the autor bios preserve peace, e Switchmen’s Unlon has adopted a resolution and the Knights of Labor have issued a circular denouncing the doivgs of the Anarchists, The ee — search for rioters is being kept up, and fresh seizures of arms and powder are made. In one house an alleged maker of bombs, Gustav Stenge, was arrested. Discoveries were made on the 6th of attempts to start fires in the lumber district, and at five min- utes before 12 o'clock on the evening of the same day two alarms of fire were struck simultaneously, one from the lumber district, the other from ‘the eentre of the city’s lowest quar- ter,”” The fires were quickly subdued, —The House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the 6th, considered the reso- lution introduced by Representative O’Neill, of Missouri, thanking Mr. Giladstone for his efforts to secure Home Rule for Ireland. No action was taken, and the discussion indicated a disposi- | tion on the part of the committee to allow the resolution to lie on the table in the committee room. ~The labor troubles were discussed on the 6th, in Cabinet meeting, and *‘the riots in Chicago and Milwaukee, and elsewhere, were referred to, with a may ve found necessary.’ —3Senator Fair, of Nevada, has sent to the Secretary of tae Interior a pam- pulet advocating the settlement of the | Apache question by the placing of the | the Pacific Ocean, about 25 miles south- The island can be bought from its owner | for a consideration. Mr. Fair says the | adds: **Should this island be purchased | forever put an end to the annual sam- ~The Senate has confirmed Frank Jaltimore, ~The President on the 6th nomi- | nat-d James H. McLeary, of ‘Texas, to be Associate Justice for Montana. Ex-Senator David Davis, of Illi. nois, is reported to be dangerously ill -0, B. Ficklin, ex-Congressman from Illinois, died on the 5ili, aged 78 Lieutenant H. J. Hunt, of the Drum, died at the Soldiers’ Home, Washington, on the 5th. —The rigging of the Thayer Oil Well at Washington, Peana., was fired by The well is one of the largest in the district, having an average dally flow of 60 barrels. Coop's Hamilton, Ontario, was tent of $40,000, —Three fires were started simultan- eously among wooden buildings in Shenandoah, Penna., on the 5th. but the flames were soon extinguished. “> - nn FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, SENATE In the U. 8, Senate on the 3d, Mr. Hoar, from the ( omuittee on Prive lieges and Elections, reperted favorably the joint resolution, providing for a con- stitutional amendment extending the present Presidential term till the 30th of April instead of the 4th of March, 1880, and providing that the term of the Fiftieth Congress be also extended to that date, It was placed on the cal- endar. Mr. Dolph, from the Commit tee on Pabliec Lauds, reported an g inal bill to repeal all laws providing the pre-emption of public la allowing entries for timber and other purposes. He was designed to be offered as a sul tule for the bill on the sam: subject, already reported fiom the committee, The Post-ofice Appropriation bill was considered, pending which the Senate went into executive and afterwards adjourned. In the U. 8, Senate on the 4th, a number of private claim bills were con- sidered. The Post-office Appropriation bill was resumed, and the section ap- proprating $500,000 for the carriage of South Amer. ica, China, Japan, etc., were adopted ~—yeas 30, nays 18, The bill was then passed finally and goes back to the Sess.on S000 Mr. Morgan offered resolutions, which were ordered to be printed and to lie on the table, declaring *‘that it is the duty of Congress to extend necessary mail wtich the United States has any con- | profitably developed; that the duty of | Congress to provide that the American abroad and import them at reasonable rates of daty, and that the laws pro- | hibiting the importation of foreign | laws would be that would prohibit the importation of all other articles of | foreign manufacture,” The Senate | then adjourned. : In the U. S, Senate on the 5th, Mr, | Morgan, from the Committee on For- | eign Relations, reported a resolution declaring it to be the gense of the Sen- | ate that some arrangement should be | made with the Government of Mexico the suppression of the cattle over the border line between the | United States and Mexico; also a copy ident. The Inter State Commerce bill | was considered. The Chair presented | an order proposed by the Cdmmitiee on Foreign Relations, making the Anti Chinese Immigration bill and the Chi- i nese Indemnity bill special orders for | Monday, May 17th. After an exec- | utive session the Senate adjourned, : Inthe U. S. Senate on the Gth, the | Inter-State Commerce bill was consid- ered, and various amendments were | submitted. It was unanimously agreed | that a vote should be taken on the bill i on the 11th. Mr, Miller, from the Com- | mittee on Education and Labor re. | ported favorably a bill applying to let- ter carriers the provisions of the Eight- hour law. After an executive session the Senate adjourned until Monday. HOUSE In the House on the 30th ult., a reso- lution was adopted apart May 15th, for the consideration of the Oleo- margarine bill, The bill creat a Depaptment of Agriculture in, To Sp cussed. The River and Harbor bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, pending which the House adjourned. In the U. 8, Gouse of Representa- tives on the 1st Mr, Findlay, of Mary- land, from the Civil Service Committee, submitted a report on a recent resolu. ton offered by Mr. Taulbee, of Ken. tucky, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the House by what employes in his department to appoint substitutes is allowed, . The commitiee, In its réport, says that it can see no reason for questioning the good faith of the statement made by the acting Secretary of the Treasury, that of sickness, of substitutes, the committee asks to be discharged from cousideration of the subject. After a law, Mr. resolution was the Civil Service moved to lay the table. The motion yeas 114, nays 113 on the subjects for losses sustained within the jurisdiction of the United States, a bill authorizing the construction of dry docks at certain navy vards, Oklahoma bill was considered. journed. Ad- In the House on the 34, conference the Indian Appropriation bill and the “Fourth of July Claims’ Lill were agreed to, A re-olution was adopted providing that on and after the 10th inst., the sessions of the House shall be from 11 A, M., until 5 P. M. A bill was mtroduced by Mr. Findlay of Maryland, repealing all taxes tobacco and the manufacture and sale thereof, und by Mr, Adams, of New York, to amend the tariff law by strik- lng out the words “woolen and worsted” from the clause which imposes a duly On on J5 per cent. ad valorem to 35 cents per pound and 40 per cent. ad valorem (ac- cording to the value of the article} on flannels, blankets, licods of wool, knit goods made on knitting frames, balmo- rals, woolen and worsed yarns, ete, Ad- journed, In the House on the 4th, the resigna- tion of Congressman Pulitzer, of New York, was received and laid the table, The Campbell-Weaver contested election cuse was considered, and the majority resolution declaring Mr. Weaver, the sitting member, entitled to his seat, was adopted. An evenir 2 was held for the disposal of business from the Military Committee, Adjourned. on session In the House, on the 5th, Mr. Dock- fr i {Committee on Post bill to extend the free delivery Mr. Gregory, lowa, from on Alco holic Liquor Traffic, reported adversely the Senate ill for a Commission on the Traffic in Aleoholie Liquors, Mr, Morrison, from the Ways and Means Committee, reported a repealing the law allowing internal revenue col- actors commissions on taxes collected on distilled spirits, A bill “for the re- lief of certain officers of tne volunteer Commtes of of Maine, extending the ery, flirpa oliices, on reported a EeIVice, the ( of committee bili the Whole, offered an amendment provisic of the bill to enli men in the navy and marine corps, Agreed to—yeas, 127; nays, 72. Pending the Committee rose ane was taken until evening, ‘I'he eration of the bill was resumed evening session. Adiourned, Mr. L 31] joutelle, gieg Mis tion . i Con of the Virginia, from Commitiee on the Judiciary, reported adversely a joint resolution proposing a constitu- tioval amendment providing for female suffrage. It was placed on the calen- der. The same gentleman, from the Judictary Committee, reported ad- versely a bill **to equalize the right of fishing in the navigable waters of the United States,” and it was laid on the table. The bill to create a Depart- ment of Agneculture and Labor was consulered in the morning hour. The bill was resumed, and Mr. Holman, of Indiana, moved to recommit the bill, with instructions to the Committees on divers and Hurbors to report back a measure appropriating eight million War, sub- President. Rejected—yeas 85, nays 157. The bill was then passed-—yeas 143, nays 102. After an unsuccessful attempt to have direction of the Séeretary of House adjourned, EE —— AAs American Agriculture. A grand sight 8a field of Corn on a hot day. I remember being upon a train in Southern Illinois which, on ac. count of obstructions on the line, had to lie upon a siding for several hours, great level plain, I wandered among the immense stalks, some at least four- teen feet high: a heavy dew had fallen during the night, and the hot morning sun was now well up in the heavens, Crack after crack resounded like pistol shots, It was the corn bursting its cov- erings. I imagined I could actually see it grow; I know I felt it do so. What would America do without its maize and cotton, the two pillars upon which its agricultural supremacy so largely de- pends, She is pretty sure of the future, however, for upon no other portion of the globe can these be grown to such advantage. "MA, what Is meant by ‘little pitch- ers have long ears’? “It is simply an expression, my dear, used by grown people sometimes when children are about, Where did you hear it?” oJ heard pa say it to the nurse.’ Tomorrow. Tomorrow and tomorrow, O falr and far away, What treasures lie when hope is high, along your shining way! What promises all unfulfilled, what better deeds to ao Than ever yet, are softly set beneath your skies of blue, Tomorrow and tomorrow, O sweet and far Away, Btill evermore lead on before, along your shining way! Bull evermore lift up your eyes above what we have won, To higher needs and finer deeds that we have left undone. ““1t is my opinion that that will be a Mrs. Slimborn’s voice expressed gen- uine satisfaction. Her daughter, Mim waltz in the hotel parlor, and James Nicklespoon, Esq., engaged in turning “Oh! gentleman, you know."’ “So I have heard,” sald the plain lit- tle woman in black silk lace, who was evidently watching the proceedings at the piano with consid. very much | and enormously wealthy, and erable interest; “and I have also heard,” she added, *‘that Mr, Nicklespoon was somewhat dissipated,” “Not to speak of, 1 think," Simborn responded, a smiling turned to the young couple at piano, **Mr, Nicklespoon may be a little gay,” she went on lightly, “but, my dear Mrs. Beaufort, you wouldn't recommend a minister for a son-in-law, would you ?” “If the minister were a good mau, Mrs. face the most certainly I'’ the little lady replied “If Mr. Nicklespoon were to lose his money, has he anything to depend upon, Mrs. Slimborn ?’ ghe inquired. “Mercy on us!” the maneuvering woman exclaimed. “You don’t know what you are talking about, Mrs. Beaufort! Why, Mr. Nicklespoon’s place on the Hudson is worth Mr. Nicklespoon half a million at least, his money ! This was so comical and prepos that Mrs, , a suggestion obliged 0 ask ceedingly impolite as to ! companion’s face, “Your Mrs, neighbor's a3 sr 13 a fine daughter {5 a fin Deaufort remarked, after merriment had subside “she ought to be,” “We have of dollars on her mu ig and went mamma, ical education. left everythis abroad with sake perfected, you know,” Mrs, “Dear me, I did s wilh tKTIe88 her for two years, just for the having her Slimborn think I ennui. dirdie's ome back for two « » you think; but was all nonsense, “In whal way was it Mrs, Beaufort inquired, “Don’t you think she can enoughas it is? if had ucating her for a public performer, that would have been different.’ homes] and teacher didn't want wr three her to more, d + play well we been ed- ' “1 suppose she could teach music.” This plain lady dressed in black silk and thread lace s disagreeable; but as she happened to be ectned determined to be the distinguished wifeof a very wealthy and distinguished man, Mrs, Siimbomn felt constrained to put up with her ec- centricities, “Birdie teach music!’ Mrs. Slim- born was again very much amused, “Why, she is the most nervous crea- ture in the world, and cxtremely del- You wouldn't think to look but Birdie cries the leas thing. This used to annoy the profes. sors 50 much when we were abroad, but she is so sensitive, poor child.” “I suppose your daughter's study of Mrs, Beaufort is ik icate, at her, at remarked, “Well, in a way,” Mrs. Slimborn “I had her skip harmony and “That's about it!” Mrs, Slimborn re- “We mothers have a fearful responsibility, for so much de. pends on the way we begin with eur daughters. If they are not well settled, to blame us.’ “So much depends on what you mean by well settled,” “Mrs. Slim- born’s neighbor remarked. “If par. ents educate their daughters, as they do their sons, to be self-supportiog—*' “Self-supporting ?*' Mrs, Slimborn interrupted with a frightened expres. sion of countenance. *'You don't mean to work and take care of themselves 7% “That is precisely what I mean," the lady responded, “If, for instance, you bad seen to it that your daughter had studied music so thoroughly as to be then you would have secured her against the future,” “Excuse me,” said Mrs. Slimborn, with some coolness; “but if you will allow me make a personal matter of it, I should like to ask If you have educa- ted your daughters on this plan 7” The little lady in black silk smiled pleasantly, “My oldest daughter, Mure. born,” she answered, *“is now perfect ing herself 1 dressmaking. To use a more plebiean expression, she has learned a trade. Bhe made the dress, Mrs. Slimborn, that you admired so much to-day at dinner. Her taste ran in this direction, and my alm has been to have her learn everything that can be lecrned If any- Slim- future which made it necessary for her to support herself, she could do it. My college, and will return this fall to take up astronomy with the professor of that institution. Toadd a little to this person- al narative, Mrs. Slimborn,” and now the little lady laughed heartily, **it is my desire that both my daughters shail live “Mercy on me! old maids!” aimed, “Old unless their are their equals in the qualities that in life,” said “To bury Siimborn.” i maids husbands Mrs, Beaufort, ' my daughters, eur nestly, Mrs : added, “would be a light trouble com pared with giving them to unprincipled | dissolute men. Wealth my daught- and without if need be, bat €rs can hve but honor is indispensable,’ and Miss Bir- die had walked away with her admirer. Mrs, Slimborn, a and she had heard, aa } ses 1d 43 8he Could, The music had ceased, good deal dazed, more shocked by what excused herself, as soon and went in search of the young couple, The next day the formal announce- engagement be- tween James Nicklespoon, Esq., and Miss Birdie Slimborn. That morning Mr. Nicklespoon ebrated his drunk. “Boys must be engagement by boys!" Mrs. Siin born remarked when the news came t and boih her commented jokingly on the her, she and daughter young ext figuinat ad £3 ipaLeq » Mr. Hudson, Mr, Nicklespoon’s town house, man’s appearnce the n day, Nicklesp on's place on and means fully comp in the eyes of both mother ¢ { any and daughter for 3 «4 sient ¥ which Mr. Nicklespoon very cretion” fail dessa Mr. * and Miss Shmborn were married. Mrs, Beaufort, roti whicl Nicklespoon cnness Aware eon upon Lticed with absorbing ¢ #3 of this young couple. just took four years for Mr. Nickle s t spoon to get through with his property, fre A! and at the } 1A Lime irs, Nicklespoon was obli; e¢ to her parents not only fi ut for protection against the dissipated wretch had been in such Mr, Slimborn, who to whom her mother te to marry her, speculated on the expectation of from his wealthy failed in business, died. Mrs, Slimbor, and grandehild, harity, neither woman having {est icial assistance } finally after are ob- 4 1E vd the siigh the ality to contribute in own of pity for t tune, found a few music scholars for Mrs. Nicklespoon, but that education, notwithstanding Tak At support. Sal, misfor- manner to Ler Lei lady’s su- ble for her to give satisfaction. “1 told you Birdie couldnt teach I” *1 dudn’t educate her for a teacher; and then her sensibilities are much too fine for such drudgery.” “It wasn’t any use to say anything to her,” Mrs. Beaufort remarked after- seems to me the story of Perhaps some mother who reads it will think less of her daughter's marriage and more of her education. If mothers would only fiad out what their girls are Mar. tery,”’ she continued; “and the proper The success of the incandescent elec. is pronounced complete. regular side-lights are included in this plan, but the interior of the vehicle 1s illuminated by a lamp sufficiently pow- erful to read by, and in some instances a similar lamp is placed for hovelty on the head of the horse. The lamps are connected by wires with small acenmn- lators placed under the driver's seat, They are small in size, being only about eight inches square and four inches high, each of such accumulators being able to supply a lamp of five candle power for the space of some six hours, During the day they are removed and charged with electricity from a dynamo machine or otherwise, and at night they are ready for use, — — si — Walk as if you were conscious that your body has a soul in it, BE tr eotesiapaatimsrmes AUTOGRAPHS AND STAMPS. ————— The Demands Made Upon Public Officials, There are two kinds of hunters in ad. dition to the ever present office hunters that public officials cannot escape—the autograph seeker and the postage stamp collector, A change of administration brings to the front the entire army of the former and they continue their ats tacks until the close of the administra tion, when the eignatures of ex-officials are not so much in demand, The desk of the President's door-keeper, which stands at the door of the cabinet room, is never free from autograph albums, Sometimes there are several piles of them. Charles Loeffner, the door keeper, has his hands full in complving with the many requests that are made of him to secure autographs, The President's signature is first obtained on the proper page, a certain place being marked in the book for each autograph desired, Afterwards the cabinet officers are caught as they come from the Pres. ident’s office, and find that the easiest way out of the scrape is to sit down and scratch off their names, © The signa- tures of other men of prominence are thie way, when they are all in the albums are ret urned | secured in Bane and owners, Requests for auto- 18 by mail are received every day At the Department of Justice the requests for 1 the different departments, the autograph of the Attorney General | range from one to six daily. Only on writer in about ten thinks of The majority of the letter J CLE, a stamp. therefore, find their way into the waste basket, although some are answered something of the following manner: “1 i f am directed to mform you that th no money available by the Depart ere nent for auto- the auto- of Justice for paying postage graphs.” ‘Those who want | graph very much take the hint. and send back a stamp. One person sent back an answer the other day in whieh he §1 i remark that he was glad to see that the Attorney General took such a broad and business-like view of his official duties, Most iclosed a postage stamp, with writers object to paying six cents virszhas . bind postage, for that is what it will cost to inciose the A request wa r them some from the foreign mai $3 the co make sapers off Departm cials ¢ $f a 1 4 ment appeared in ing $51 ng $v of Justice = rub Fac wt unde: : he department with suc creased force, until one to see the advertisement 3 King of stamps, always refer to of the ox niry belong. A little fellow called ief clerk of the Department of Justice the other day, and said: “Please sir, give me a De- partment of He couldn’t understand for some time the reply that the ¢ ¥ possessed but one such de- partment, and that was daily ue. He finally explained it was a depart- ment stamp he wanted, and not the de- partment itself, rss AAI ss Truthial Fish Tales. v i * 1 ff 4 ‘ Kea tl pened or + ”"” tice, in It is estimated by the California- fish commissioners that §3.000.000 worth of fish 1s annually exported from the wa- ‘ers of that State to China by Chinese fishermen. Two lakesat Lynn, Conn., contained a bountiful supply of perch and pickerel three years ago hey were stocked with black bass. Now the pickerel | have disappeared, bul black bass are | plentiful, A fish caught near Gloucester, Mass, was about eight inches long, and looked somewhat like a miniature sperm whale, with a head resembling an animal’s and | a true whale's tail. It is a mystery to | the tishermen. A fisherman says he has frequently | caught two [ish on one hook in the wa- | ters of Long Island Sound, one of the | fish having seized hold of the other's j tail. He thinks that certain fish have | a habit of steering each other through | strong currents in this manner. When {taken out of the water exhaustion | causes them to tighten their hold, and | thus the angler is enabled to land them. | The Greenland shark is hunted prin- cipally for its liver, it Is caught on a hook baited with seal fat or half-decay- ed horseflesh, The flesh of the shark when fresh is indigestible and unwhole- some; when dried it has a flavor like that of old cheese. It is usually pre. pared for food by a process of fermen tation, the flesh being buried in the ground. When fermented the meat is slimy and jelly-like, . Mackerel are frequently found under the swimming-bells of medude, and it has been cstablished that they eat off the points of the latter's tentacles. It is remarkable that the mackerel can live unharmed close to the meduswm, and even prey u them, when much Iarger fish are uently found dead from contact with them. The macker- el gains food and also these poisonous
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