NEWS OF THE WEEK —Danlel and louis Mann killed Marshal Campbell and wounded Officer McCormick at Bartow, Florida, on the 15h, and on the same evening were taken from the jail and lynched by a mob, James Jemison and Charles Jones, colored barbers, quarrelled j in Chicago on the 15th and Jones nearly severed Jemison’s head from his body with a razor. Victor Colquitt, 385 ears of age, was found on the street In Jersey City on the 15th, with his skull factured, and he died while being taken to the hospital. It was reported that he had quarrelled with two canal boatmen, and that ove of them had knocked him down. -A man named Glenn, just arrived in El Paso, Texas, from Sonora, Mex« ico, gives an account of the atrocities of Geronimo and his Apaches in So- nora and Southern Arizona: **The In- illians seem encouraged, and are more bloodthirsty than for several months, and Mexicans and their families, as well as the Americans, are indiscrim- inately butchered when found. Three surveyors who recently went into the mountains have disappeared, and no traces of them can be found, There is no doubt they were butchered. Northern Sonora is terribly excited over the report that a body of Mext- cans, numbering fifty men, have been surrounded in the mountains and are in danger of being massacred.” -—A number of men gathered at a house at the Cliff Mine, near Pittsburg, got into a fight with Weston Butler, colored. Butler drew a knife and plashed Howeroft, who called for help. The others wished to stop the fight, but Butler, slashing right and left with the knife at all who got within his reach, succeeded in escaping. Five and Joseph Yates, perhaps fatally, — While two sections of a train carry- ing Forepaugh’s circus was going up a railroad on the 14th the first section broke in two and dashed into the other were severely injured, —By an explosion of hot metal in the converting department of the Bessemer Steel Works at Johnstown, Penna., on ly injured. All are expected to recover. —~Chesley Perkins, aged 41 years, was found dead in bed with his throat cut, at Pittsburg, New Hamsphire, on the 15th. One year ago his father died, leaving bum $75,000, ~—Patrick Reddington, city marshal of Shannon, Illinois, was killed Charles Lashell, on the 14th. Red- dington was trying to arrest Lashell, who was drunk, when the latter cut him in the neck with a razor, —The Cincinnati Art Museum, built through the munificence of the Charles W. West, who gave $150,000 upon the condition that the citizens should give a like sum and who after- wards gave $150,000 to endow the musenm, was thrown open to the public on the 17th. The ceremonies included brief addresses by Mr. M. E. Ingalls, President of the Art Museum Associa- tion; A. I. Goshorn, director, and Amor Smith, Jr., Mayor, and vocal and instrumental music. The building is of limestone, is fire-proof, well lighted and entirely isolated except that a kindred purpose stands near it. The Situation 1s one of the highest points in Eden Park. There is already a very the new building. —Mrs., James Collins was on the 17th found murdered in her bed in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her husband has been arrested for the crime. wife of Theodore Charland, of Levis, Quebec, was found murdered in her house on the 16th. Her husband, who was the only person in the house at the time, has been arrested. A telegram from Danville, Virginia, re- boris a desperate fight at Martins. ville on the 17th between between Colonel P. D. Spencer and the Terry brothers, J. K. Terry was killed, and Spencer, Tarleton Brown, Hugh Dyer, fearfully if not fatally wounded. ~Colonel “Bart.” Jenkins, Sergeant- at-arms of the Kentucky Senate, quar- reled on the 17th with his son William at a botel dinner table in Frankfort. and the latter red a revolver at the ‘ather, but neither was hurt. ~The latest reports of the tornado at ~elina, Ohio on the 15th show that “hree persons were killed and seven in- ured. Three of the latter were not ex- »cted to recover, ~—An unknown, well-dressed man, ander forty years of age, who said he was from Camden. New Jersey, and had family troubles, committed suicide on the 17th by juping from a bridge it Pittsburg, ~-At Joliet, lilinois, on the 17th, Al bert Miller, 26 years of age, and Mrs Black, a widow of 45, were found dead in Miller’s room, each with a bullst hole in the head. Mrs. Black had lived with Miller some time. She was twice married, and both her husbands died suddenly. ~The President has signed the bill granting the Kensington and Tacony railroad the right of way through the Arsenal grounds at Philadelphia, ~At the recent term of the U. 8. Court at Jackson, Tennessee, twelve persons were convicted of perjury, forgery or other violations of the Pen- sion laws, by which various sums of money were wrongfully obtained, in many instances on forged pension re- ceipts, in the names of deceased pen- sioners, Of twenty-nine indictments returned for these offences seventeen went over to the next term of Court, ~At Buffalo, on the 18th, Lorenzo Dimwick, General Agent of the Conti. nental Insurance Company, who was convicted of grand larceny in trans. ferring policies into other companies after losses had occurred, was sen- lenced by Judge Childs to five years n_Asbum Pelion, A stay of pro. ings was granted, pend an . peal to a higher Court, . 9 ~Plymouth White, alias Frauk Parke, alias *Plin”’ White, a notorious “confidence man,” died in Reading, Vermont, on the 16th, He was about 67 years of age. It is said that during the last thirty-five years of his life he swindled business men, grangers and confiding women out of sums amounting in the aggregate to $1,500,- 000; that he crossed the ocean sixteen times to escape arrest, and that he was a higamist, two of his wives having lived in Boston at the same time. This consummate scoundrel was highly educated, and refined in appearance and manners. —There was severe frost in New Hampshire and Vermont on the 17th. In some places early vegetables were killed, and the fruit prospect was seriously affected, -—0One of the buildings of the Penn Hardware Company at Reading, Pennpa., was burned on the 18th. The loss is estimated at about $25,000. The barn of G. W, McPherson, at Dromore, Lancaster county, Penna., was de- stroyed on the 17th, by an incendiary fire, with its contents, Loss $5000, —Deputy U. 8. Marshall Andrews and a posse of three men were all mor- tally wounded by William Pigeon, whom they were trying to arrest in the Indian Territory a few days ago. Pig- eon had killed twelve men, and a large reward was offered for his capture, dead or alive, —A fire broke out in a hall in which “Uncle Tom's Cabin’ was being per- formed at Westerville, near Columbus, burned were or mill at Kittanning, Penna., burst on t was reported that six tramps were | buried in the ruins, but their bodies { fire during a performance of “Uncle | Tom's Cabin in Westerfield, Ohlo. on | to recover. —The house of Mrs. Mary Mooney, {a widow, near Akron, Ohio, | burned on the 18th, and her four chil- dren, whose ages range from 4 to 12 years, perished. Lawrence Mooney, dangerously, if not fatally, burned { while trying to save the children, —Frank’s chemical factory, in Ho- { burned out by a fire which was pre- sion. Three men in the third floor— Edward Terry, John Hoffman and Joseph Heiser—were terribly burned, { and are not expected to recover, —There were four incendiary fires in Little Rock eariy on the 18th, none of which did much damage. It is sup- to draw people from their dwellings and then rob the houses, ~In Lincoln county, West Virginia, | on the 17th, Mrs, Margaret Doonan, a widow, insane from religious fanati- cism, cut the throats of her three 12 years, and plunging ti then killed herself by ie knife into her heart. received from Connecticut turers what is called a “‘riot gun,” for use by the city police. It is a centre- fire weapon, with a spring needle, and shoots six times without reloading. Its six shells each hold nine buckshot a little larger than a twenty-two-c: ball, “It operates rapidly, and is sai to be very efficacious in scattering crowd.” James Whitney. a street-car driver, { was shot dead while turning his car at a street corner in Denver on the 19th, The murderer is unknown. It 'is though. robbery was the object. “Hal.” Geiger, a notorious colored politician, was dead by O. D. Cannon, Prosecuting Attorney, in the Mayor's Court at Hearne, Texas, on the 19th. shot language to the Prosecuting Attorney ‘and advanced towards him threat. | ingly, Cannon thereupon drew a re- volver and fired five shots in rapid | succession into Geiger, each shot tak- | Ing effect, | 18th, John A. Flowers shot his wife | and mother-in-law, Mrs. Decker, and in an attempt to shoot bis brothec-in- | law, Lester Decker, killed himself. Flowers and his wife had been sepa- rat and he called at her mother’s to induce her to return to him. ~-5irs, Alice Pendleton, aged 061 years, wife of ex-Governor Pendleton, of Ohio, and present Minister to Ber- lin, was thrown from her carriage while driving m Central Park. New York, on the 20th, The result was compound fracture of the skull and concussion of the bram, from which she died ten minutes after the accident, ~The Glendale coal breaker, near Scranton, Penna., was struck by light- ning on the 20th and totally destroyed, Loss, $35,000; insurance $19,000, ~In New York on the 20th, Alder. man Jachne was sentenced by Judge Barrett to nine years and ten months’ imprisonment in Sing Sing Penitentiary, A temporary stay of proceedings was obtained from Judge Daniels, and an order to show cause why the stay should not be made permament pending ap- peal. After hearing the application Judge Daniels denied the motion, and Jaehne was taken to Sing Sing, —Julius Frankel, 32 years of was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday, charged with forgery. On searching his rooms the police found bonds, mort- gages and stocks amounting to half a million dollars, which he claims are all legimate property, The case will be investigated. ’ ~All the saloon keepers amd drug- ists in Marshall, Illinois, have been ndicted either for selling liquor with- out a license or selling to minors, I A —— FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, SENATE. Frye eatilod up the if peo Bien up the House abolishing tte fees for measuring. ton. nage, for issuing licenses, registering A it, as a new section, the provisions of the bill recently reported by him from the Committe on Commerce authoriz- ing the President to issue a proclama- tion, whenever he may deem proper, denying %o vessels of foreign countries such privileges as are denied in guch foreign countries to vessels of the United States, The amendment was agreed to, and the blll as amended passed, Then, on motion of Mr. Frye, a Committeee of Conference was ord- ered on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses upon the bill. The Peusion bill was considered, pending which the Senate went into executive session and when the doors were reopened ad- journed, In the U. 8. Senate on the 18th, a motion to take up the Staten Island Bridge bill was lost—yeas 22, nays 2 —but the bill was permitted to retain its place on the calendar. Mr, Coke spoke in support of the Labor Arbi- tration bill, which had been received from the House, The Pension bill was discussed. Mr. McPherson sald the the Treasury. In order to information as to the amount, he moved that the bill be re- committed to the Committee on Pen- sions, on the motion, the Senate went into get some were reopened, adjourned, In the U. 8B. Senate, on Staten Island Bridge the 10th, bill was an amendment providing for a tunnel instead of a bridge, He speke in sup- went over, The Pension hen came up, the pending ques bill to the to committee, instructions submit to the be Incurred motion was would by its passage, rejected —yeas 4 to 14, and goes to the g House, The Bankruptcy bill In the U. 8. Senate on the 20th, the and Mr. McPherson's amendment pro- 5, nays 40, The bill was then passed with au amendment Secretary of alteration sary, to avoid of the bridge obstruction to neces he expense of the owners, two years the right to build shall cease. The Bankruptcy bill was taken up, and the Senate adjourned, HOUSE In the House a number of bills were introduced and referred under the call of States. The Urgent Deficiency bill The rules were suspended selling Oth and 8th of June for the the Committe on Pacific Railroads The rules were suspended and a Senate bill was passed —203 to S5—to provide for the study of the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, and of their effects upon the human system, in con- nection with the severaldivisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene by the pupils in the public schools of the Territories and of the District of Co'- umbia, and in the military and naval academies, and Indian and eolored schools in the Territor f the United States, Mr, ONeill, Missouri, . from pend the rules and adopt a resolution setting apart the 3rd of June and sub- sequent d for the consideration of business presented by that commit. tee, The resolution was agreed to. te Adjourned. ys from the Waye and Means Commiltee reported a blil to reduce the penal sum ‘ . of the bonds of cigar manufacturers to $250, with an additional 850 for each | making cigars, Mr, the Committee on Territories, reported adversely a bill to regulate the manu- in the Territories Laid on the table. and the House went into Committee of the Whole to consider them. Pending debate on the mail subsidy clause, the commitiee rose and the House adjourn- ed. . In the House on the 19th, Mr. Dib- ble, of Son’ Carolina, from the Com- mittee on tue Laws Regulating the Election of President, reported a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment creating and defining the office of Second Vice President of the United States. It was placed on the calendar. The Senate amendments to the Post-office Appropriation bill were considered in Committes of the Whole, the subsidy clause beng discussed at some length. Finally general debate was closed, the committee rose and the House adjourned, In the House on the 20th the Legis- lative, Executive and Judical Appro- priation bill was reported and referred to the Committee of the Whole. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Senate amedments to the ost-office Appropriation bill, The foreign mail subsidy claus having been reached, Mr. Blount, of Georgia, mov- ed non-concurrence therein, Mr. Bur- rows of Michigan, moved concurrence, with an amendment providing that not more than $400,000 of the amount ($800,000) appropriated shall be paid to existing American steamship Haes, “and that so much of the balance as may be required shall be expended in Increasing the frequency of the postal service of sach steamship lines, and in the establishment of postal service of such steamship lines, and in the estab. lishment of postal service by American built and red steamships between the United and such porta of the foreign countries herein named, not gh connected with She Yaited States nerican steamship lines, as the Postmaster (General may elect, includ- mi Ayres and Mentevideo, A DAY SPENT IN GENEVA. Life as Seen in the Great Stronghold of Protestantism, A —————————————— Geneva 18 a thoroughly protestant, though not a puritanical, center of thought. Despite the presence among them of a few thousand of free- thinkers or atheists, the vast ma. jority of whom are foreigners, the people have a strong, robust faith in Christianity of the Lutheran school, I found, however, in nearly every class of society a certain exclu- glveness, which struck me as being who number here small fraction of the population. a very Prot- he ists in Geneva detest almost everybody Pastors are here, *‘thick leaves in Vallambrosa,” and the There are, of course, many religious promi- nent one, A stroll through the town on Sunday would show one how the in- ficing one to the exigencies of the other. In the forenoon we have the calm and tranquility of the Sabbath, Silent along to the different places of worship, which are usually very well attended, All the shops are closed, and the tolling of the cathedral and other bells reverberates solemnly through the half-deserted streets, Ounce however, the mid-day meal is over the pearance. Jewelers’ shops and drapery stores are open, the rush and roar tusiness go on everywhere, and cafes become filled with gay pleasure- Ia no city 1 have visited did I as It ia. it, as the Last Sunday 1 ¥ Ui here in the space of an hour or so. bad in the morning far more of the gubrious aspect of London about while during the afternoon it was banks of the Seine, made my way to the brasseria de la rive one of the largest drinking saloons in Gréneva, in order to see what cafe life The establishment was of but ordinary width, but measured more than six ordinary dram shops, On en- first time, looked tering it for the it rors arrayed from floor to ceiling along the walls, At the end of the salle was playing gay and rollicking selections from Off- Around the tables were women and children, Seale drinking the very pictare of delight and contentment, I was seeing ladies and gent umbers, but I was, 1 amazed beholding romping wiping from their yuds of cigar smoke that told currence, ed men, white wine and beer, and looking wt surprised at suc n rather ng babes and the tears lemen In confess, at toddli gamins eyes and the cl filled the atmosphere; but I that this was an ordinary oc as it is the custom families to spend the Sunday afternoon in such a fashion. Geneva was at one time the Was for home of French communists, till the late am- nesty relieved the citizens of their soci- ety. I was pointed out the table, in =» cafe near Rhone, Henri Rochefort, whe exile, used to sit +) jr wie fiapg the where n in and write his articles for oO Paris. Here the celebrated would be surrounded by his faithful friends and ianterner ory. Here also Jules Verne would pen in the insurrectionary bobtail of socialism t¢ which Switzer- land affords a not over-willing or gen. erous hospitality. As The Czar in the Crimea. The charming Uttle watenng-place of Yalta, called the Crimean Naples, has become almost unbearable for ordinary visitors since the czar's arrival at Liva- dia. Everybody is watched and annoy - ed by the host of spies, detectives, and secret police. This extraordinary sur- veillance is exercised without the knowl- edge of his majesty, whois averse to such excessive precautions, This was shown during his visit to the Polish cap- itol, when he broke loose from the re- straint, evaded his guardians, and, with the empress and only two attendants, launching of two new war ships at Se. bastopol at the end of the present month, ~ A handsome bonnet {8 made entire ly of jet, and trimmed with shaded velvet tosas in tints of red. Over these a veil of thinnest red gauze isdrawn, as well as over a great part of the jet, The effect is inconcelvably light and ty, and extremely becoming, A late ancy that is all the rage in New York isthe riding hat. tis exactly like a gentleman's high hat, ex. that the crown is not so tall, It is shown in black only. A Sry bonnet TOWS upon ro «tinted pearl beads had a Lot fnura strings of gauge ADULTERATED WINES, Honest California Wine Growers Pro. test Against the Adulterated Product, A correspondence has just been printed In pamphlet form between the chief executive of the California Viti- cultural Commission and the Interne Revenues Department with reference to the use of sprits in ““fortifying’ native wines, The correspondence shows a leak in the revenue service of quite extensiye proportions, an adulteration of wines which is destrctive of the pure article, and a danger to health, which should be guarded against by | strict laws. |all alcohol other from grapes is than that distilled deleterious to wine, {hols are usually taxed, and that ex- ply to alcohol distilled from the grape when used to fortify wines, { fornia Commissioner shows that only | those wines which contain saccharine | matter, and which must be treated by | €Xposure the atmosphere, | contain distilled spirits, Dry wines, { other than sherries, need contain | distilled spirits, and should not | recognized as genuine if fortified, 10 upon the market is a fraud. The hon {est sweel-winemakers demand the | right to use untaxed their own pure | wine spirits to preserve their product, and when the winemaker is net—as ke | should be-—a distiller i | he should still, under proper { cure, free of tax, such wine spirits as he may need in fortifying sweet wine, What the honest wine producers are i i i | some relief from spurious winemakers, | They charge the latter with fortifying i | “streteching’’ native wines w 143 iL i water, i | both salicylic acid and the aniline dyes { are used to color clarets and wines of |other grades. They object, further. | " | to the entry from abroad, under a low which, at San Francisco alone, seventy { thousand gallons were imported last | year. These fraudulent “fruit are 10 RE juice FOOD FOR THOUGHT. A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a may of business, The faith of immortality depends on a sense of it begotten, , On #1 Argue. ment concluded, Where we are ignorant, where we stand blindly i is in the light, Life has no wretchednes iil-assorted marriage it is th of the heart, haunted by past affections and hopes gone forever. It is injurious to be in ; and delay is often equally 80; he is wise who does anything In proper time. Tard and precipitation are ex tremes equally to be avoided It has Leen well said that no ever sank under the burden « (20d is wise fn the dark, He ir iNess man Ue Gay. 3 #dded ’ 5 oh ght It is not necessary thou shouldst con- Let the inquiry of thine offense Le made in let this judgement be £200 Bee anol «one the confession, Let grace and goodnes be the princi- pal loadstone of thy affections. For Ave an end, whereas that which is founded on true rears tl gentle Lhe warm sunshine ang the zephyr may melt the glacier which has pest: so touch the subdue, he voice of kindness will h no severity could Honor a trues when his THicaLry others to enter upon continue them as he would Ihe noblest spirits nog i that ¢ for the cloud BOT- he lark, 3 to disperse, native Visita but in wait y thelr Two persons came to a ¢ rgymen to have a dispute settled. Each believed ng. After he iL in this way: *‘Let the in ocent for- All argument and effort are forever LY y precious; so precious, in the that Vila ; alan 1 . ‘ § fy } the alcohol contained in them With water | matter another, reduced with ‘ colored still wit} acid, dealers can buy do- wines at fifty cents per gallon and retail them at thirty cents. There is doubt adulteration of | wines i salicylic mestic 1, no A large r government exercises a strict supervi- sion over all wines consumed at home, wines for exportation are allowed to be doctored at the pleasure of the manu- facturer, —————————— — A Piano's Age. “How long will a piano last! a reporter recently, of a and repairer, “You can bang a good one to death in five vears: you can treat noder- music of it for the 4 iv ariel rip? 1" and get out Was answer, exercise : t ch for the | Of course the make of Of an average ter duration, he piano, ex- Pe day of na 1a 0 1 ial t 4 strength, when found, incur the utmost hazard. It cannot be too impressed Lhe price ns, and aout it t without seeds, Lestimony is ¢ Tow shot from a bow: i force depends on the strength of the hand that draws Argument is like an arrow from a cross- sthier $4 The crown of man’s manhood is some that ian tage he of he must 14 somewhere, spiritually or is upon the things of God. To aim at excellencs in one a 14 dectually, thing, many, 10 and those few with a whole soul, will greatly help to ward off the tyranny of care, here are moments in a man’s life At such elena af Ciose al #¢ has in the world is himself. hand and should be listened to. T™ rT . 2 ~ ov 2 pg fa aa 10 endeavor 0 drown sorrow is as ourse of sun to Suid, Nature must, and have its way. riorht QuUgaL If counteracted in her { Here 18 an old Pleyel grand piano which has been in use for twenty-seven years, It cost, when new, about $1200 in Paris, and could not be duplicated now for less than $1100. I have just made a contract to repair it for $150, after which it will be as good as ever it was and it will Jast just as long. Not more than $250 could be realized on it if sold, so that you see how wise 1% is to have pianos repaired instead of sell. ing the old and buying a new one. Es- pecially so with a piano of this make and form. There is little or no sale for grand pianos just now and even the square are out of fashion. They take up too much room. By the figures of twenty-seven years ago and now for a Pleyel of this kind you will see that there has been but little depreciation In price, the action then was as good as now, and some say that the old make Pleyels are better than the new.” “You've never known a piano to last longer than this one #** “No; and this is a rare instance. It evidently never had any boarding- house or boarding-school experience, has been well treated and is of the best make. Whenever you hear anybody say anything about a piano having been used for over twenty-five years you may rest assured that for a number of these years there has been no music in it, The large majority of pianos give out in less than a score of years, By that time moderate use has so cut the felt of the bammers which strike the chords that the notes are sharp and harsh, and refelting at least is neces- sary. The felt with which we do this repairing comes in sheets of graded thickness to correspond to the chords, 80 that we have only to fit 1t on," —— A UNICAGO Y woman Has her hair match her The horse is or later from the offender. it is DO Snail a secret kuown to bul few, yet use the conduct of hfe, a man's conver- t thing you ould con- sider is whether be bas a greater incli- you should Tr iad bear him. Keep the tongue from unkindness. Words are sometimes wounds, not very deep wounds always, and yet they irri- tate. Speech is unkind sometimes, when there is no unkindness in the heart. So much the worse, that unin. tentional pain is caused, Common sense is looked upon as a vulgar quality, but nevertheless it is the only talisman to conduct us prosper- ously threugh the world, The man of refined sense has been compared {0 one who carries about him nothing but gold, when he may be every moment in want of smaller change. In the memoir of Dr. E. N. Kirk it is recorded that some one asked him how a Christian should best show him. self a Christian in society, His reply was, “1 always put myself in this at- titude before leaving home: ‘Lord, give me an opportunity to honor thee, and a heart to embrace the opportunity,’ This is all our Lord requires.’ It is not the “‘flesh,’’ nor the “‘eye,'’ nor the “life,”” which are forbidden, but it is the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. It 1s not this earth, nor the men who inhabit it, nor the sphere of our legit- imate activity that we love, but the way in which the love is given, which con- stitutes worldliness. Nothing seems to teach us that God is all on our side, 1t has taken men 6,000 years to find out some part of the provision for our good which He has laid up in the material world, and is seems 1b will take us even longer to dis cover the provision He has made for feeling and thought and for spiritual strength and joy. Ir you wish to give an extra touch to your cottage pudding, after itis in the tin ready to bake put little lumps of butter on the top and scatter sugar and cinnamon over it, A NEw Yong farmer states that
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