NEWS OF THE WEEK —Dr. R. W. Pease, a well-known surgeon, died suddenly In Syracuse, New York, on the 28th. Jehn R, Bartlett, ex-Secretary of State of Rhode Island, died on the 28th in Provi- fence. He was one of the United States Commissioners to fx the bound. ary line between the United States and Mexico, ~~ At Beloit, Wisconsin, on the 28th, a Salvation Army Cerps was holding a meeting at a street corner, when the Mayor, who had previously forbidden the beating otf the Salvation drums, finding they did not heed the order, directed them to close their exercises and return to their barracks at once, Immediately a riol took place. *“*A great crowd rushed upon the Salva- vationists, a number of whom were women. The drums and musical in- struments of the Army were demo- ished, and citizens were pushed down and trampled upon. Some of the Sal- vationists were trampled upon, and the Captain was hurried to jall to save hm from violence.” —Fuall returns of the election in Richmond, Virgina, show that Lee, Democrat, for City Sergeant, was defeated by Smith, Independent, by a majority of over 2600. The Board of Aldermen stands 9 Democrats and # Independents; Common Council, 9 Democrats amd 21 Independents, waking an Independent majority of 12 on joint ballot. --1WO0 Tallroad contractors named Maloney were killed and another nam- premature explosion of a blast on the Mialand Railroad in Colorado on the 28th ult. ~The *“Red Men,” a gang of rufflans go took Mr. and Mrs. George Keck from their house in tied them to trees in woods, and beat them hickory withes. They Keck’s house and left. ruffians have been arrested, and war- rants are out for the others, —A locomotive on the Illinois Cen- tral Railroad exploded near Wildwood, op the 20th ult., injurying three tram hands. one mortally. A passenger train the adjacent savagely with then -One of the men who blew open the County Treasurer’s safe at Perryville, Missouri, and robbed it of $6000, has been arrested and $1320 of the money recovered from him, He has made a confession. - Patrick Crowley has been arrestad in Peabody, Massachusetts, on the charge of murdering his wife on the 31st ult,, while both were drunk. In New York, on the 1st, August Enkau, employed in a shoe shop on Eighth Avenue, fired at, and, it is believed fatally wounded, a fellow-workman, named Christian Ehring. Enkau then shot himself in the head, and is not ex- ted to recover. The cause of the gedy is unknown. —{(eorge McNair, colored, aged 19 years, was hanged on the 1st, at Jack- sonville, North Carolina, for a felonious assault upon a little white girl, —There was a general rain through- out the Northwest on the 31st ult., which relieved the personal fears of a drought. ~Two hundred Mormons, in charge of an elder named Pratt, arrived at New York on the 1st, by the steamer Nevada, from Liverpool. —The public debt statement for May, issued on the 1st, shows a reduction of $8,828,565. ~Martin Buzzard, one of the Welsh Mountain thieves, was on the 2d lodged in jail at Lancaster, Pennsylv- ania, on charges of larceny and horse stealing. Two men, named Johnson, and another named Lovett, were ar- rested at Albion, Idaho, on the 31st -The store of Joseph BSalliotte, in Ecorse, near Detroit, was wrecked on the 2d, by an explosion from some un- known cause, and four of the inmates were injured, one dangerously, — Yellow fever is sald to be now epl- demic on the Isthmus of Panama, the deaths from the disease averaging 40 per day. ~The U, 8. revenue cutter Dix, on the 3d, brought into Tampa, Florida, and tumed over to Deputy Collector Spencer, the Spanish schooners Isabel and Paco, captured off Clearwater, for the same offence as the Clotilde, re- cently carried to Cedar Keys by the same cutter, —Fourteen additional Knights of Labor were arrested in Milwaukee on the 21 on indictments from the Grand Jury. Twelve of the indictments are for conspiracy— boycotting-—and two for rioting. © All were released on bail; the conspirators in $1000, the rioters in $2000 each, Charles A. Buddensiek, the tumble- down tenement house builder,convicted of manslaughter, in New York, was on the 8d, taken to Sing Sing Penitentiary to serve out his sentence of ten years’ imprisonment at hard labor, —A copper bomb, about 12 inches in length, fully charged and operated by clockwork, was found on the 2d, under the sidewalk of a saloon on W est Lake street, Chicago. The saloon, kept by a man named Grief, has been for several months a resort of Socialists, ~In Baltimore on the 3d, Jacob ult, for rcbbing the United States mall. The robbery was committed in | April last, when the the thieves se-| cured the treasure box of Wells Fargo, | containing $12,500. *“The Johnsons | are notorious desperadoes, having | been connected with® various deeds of | Texas, ldaho. and else. | where.” Judge T. W. Hooper, of | Monroe county, Arkansas, was on the | Rock, for having issued $8000 of spur- lous county scrip. who Jersey, The case has been ap- and Nashville Railroad, was thrown from the track, near McDonald's Sta- spreading of the rails, The engine and hands and two passengers received se- vere injuries, —Antonio Nardello was hanged on der of Carmine Rotunno, committed last July. The motive of the erime was robbery. —A passenger train on the Pittsburg, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad was near Windfall, indiana, by striking a flat car which had been run Several cars were thrown from the track and the baggage badly damaged. Two train men were severely ipjured, and one passenger suffered hemorrhage of the lungs from the shock. ~Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, was married to Miss lightning visited Rutland, Vermont, Some of the hailstones were diameter. Much dam- SUth ult. three inches in al Washington, on the evening of the 2d. Rev. Dr. Sanderland performed the ceremony. sewer. Several by the lightning. wind storm passed over Fort Keogh, damage. ~~ A passenger train on the Midland Rai'road, of lowa, ran into they will spend at least a part of the honeymoon, —John Most, the Anarchist, was sen- His as- on the 30th ult, One of the men was killed, another so badly injured that he died soon after, and the third escaped with slight bruises, —Major H. C. Russell, a notorious gambler, was found dead in his room in Indianapolis, on the 30th ult, having committed suicide by taking morphine and chloroform. He left a note to his wife, from whom he had separated, saying that “he was in debt, and life was not worth living.” Russell bad much literary talent, and under the nom de plume of **Old Time Rocks” wrote evincing more than average ability, Reading, Penna., made an assignment on the 3Uth ult. His assets are re- ported at $40,000; liabilities not given} —Lightning struck the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church, in Camden, N. J., on the 31st uit, and slightly damaged one of the copper rods at the top and stunned two men who were near by, —George H. Leonard, an attorney of Chicago, disappeared a short time ago, and his relatives said he was insane, It turns out that he has swindled a number of persons out of sums agg re- gating about $40,000, and the belief is general that be has betaken himself to Can ada, —A telegram from Durango, Col- orado, says the Ute Indians bought large quantities of arms and ammuni- tion there last week. They also pur- chased a number of saddles and a greater number of useful articles than usual, “It 18 expected by some that they are preparing to make trouble if the removal scheme is not carried out satisfactorily.” ~Chief Ropuser Eckel, of the fire department of Syracuse, New York, was killed on the 1st at a fire in that city by being run over by a truck. A l&mn in Greenville, ne, was by 1 on the 30th ult., 1 was killed, : i § fine, Schenck was sentenced to the penitentiary for 0 months, but not fined. —The saw iill of T. Jerome & Co., two salt blocks, a cooper shop and sev- eral other bulldings in Carrollton, Michigan, were bummed on the 1st. Loss, $55,000. The Roller Corn Mill of 8. P. Young & Co,, at Dallas, Texas, Loss, $30,000, ~A local freight engine on the Bal- timore and Ohio Railroad exploded on the 3d, at Bellaire, Ohio, killing three train hands. The shock of the explo- sion smashed window glass for squares around, and fragments of the engine blown through an adjacent house, doing great damage to the fur- niture, --A band car containing Section Joss Faust and four other men was passing over the Ohio river trestle bridge, opposite Thirty-second street, Wheeling, on the 2d, when Faust tried to check the speed of the car by pressing down the brakes, He fell forward in front of the car, and it was thrown by his body into the al most dry bed of the stream thirty- five feet below. Two men, Connors and Kjndleberger, were so badly injured that they died in a few minutes, The other three, Tucker, Barner and Faust, were also fatally infared. ~[enry Dunham, aged 18 years, liv- ing in the family of Austin Waite, near Oswego, New York, on the 3d, shot and dangerously, if not mortally wounded Mrs. Waite. He then com- mitted suicide, --Twenty years ago in Grant county, Kentucky, G. W. Osborn and Samuel Anderson, sons of prosperous farmers, quarrelled, and Anderson shot and killed Osborn and then fled. A short time ago a man forty years of age, hag- gard and worn, returned to the scene of the murder and gave himself up as the murderer, He was disbelieved at first, but the matter was Investigated, and new Indictments were made out, and the case has been called for trial, ~It is reported that one hundred White Mountain Apaches have left their reservation and are raiding in Graham and Cochise counties, Arizona. ~The town of Akita, Japan, was almost entirely destroyed by fire early last month. More than 3000 houses await the result of an attempt to mur- der Louis Goldstein by pouring vitriol into one of his ears while he was sleep- Goldstein is said to be in a criti- ical condition. >@ FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, BENATE, presented a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a recom- mendation of the Supervising Arche An Easter Custom, I met her Easter morning In the old Cathedral aisle, And early at the service Ble gave me bow and smile, The sexton old had vanished, The organist asleep; I asked if anclent customs It were not well to keep. “Oh, yes,” she gravely answered; “To which do you refer?” **"Tis one the Greeks now practice; "Tis pleasing. I aver.” “Ohl something quaint and olden! And eould we do it here?” Slyly I glanced about us, And saw no one was near, “I think we might,” she answered; For bow could I resist? I wonder if the preacher Knew some one had been kissed! HI RRS A PIECE OF CLOTH. “Step a little brisker, Nell,” said I to my horse, with a chirp, I was riding along a country road, with dense woods on both sides, It was fast getting dark, and although I can- not say that I feared anything, still I had no desire to be in the shadow of the trees in the dark; hence 1 was in a hurry. Istill had at least five miles to go, and it was doubtful whether I fore dark, I rode on a mile, in silence, when suddenly I thought 1 heard a groan. “Whoa, Nell!” i My horse stopped and I listened at- tentively. Hearing nothing, I started my | horse, but had hardly gone a few steps | when the sound again fell on my ear. | This time I dismounted, and telling my | horse to stand still, made my way { through the bushes and looked about | appropriated for repairing the | adelpbia Court House, Mr. Beck in- troduced a bill prohibiting under a penalty of a fine not exceeding $3000, or imprisonment not exceeding | year, members of Congress from act- { Ing as attorneys or employes of railroad companies that hold charters or have had grants from the United States, Miller and passed. The consideration of the Northern Pacific Land Forfei- ture bill was resumed, At 2 o'clock bill was taken up. Mr. George moved fo strike from the bill all the sections providing for involuntary proceedings in bankruptcy. Mr. Hoar wanted to lay the amendment on the table, Lost — Yeas, 14: nays, 25, Adiourned Inthe U. 8, Senate on the 28th, a resolution directing an investigation of traders by the Commissiouer of Indian Affairs was reported. Consideration of the Northern Pacific land grant for- feiture bill was resumed, and continued until two o'clock, when the bill went lover, Mr. Van Wyck's bill for the | taxation of railroad lands was taken {ern Pacific forfeiture question was { kept up. Finally the Senate went into | were reopened adjourned, { In the U. 8, Benate on the 2d, the | consideration of the Northern Pacific Forfeiture bill was resumed, and it | was debated until 12 o'clock, when it | went over to give place to the Railroad | Land Taxation bill. Pending its con- | utive session, and when the doors were reopened adjourned, { 3d, Mr. Dawes presented a petition Massachusetts, asking for retaliation | for the Canadian seizures of American fishing vessels. After some discussion {of the subject by Mesare. Dawes, Edmunds and Hale, the petition was referred. The resolution of | son, of Iowa, for an investigation of the | appointments of Indian traders was | agreed to, After an execulive session | the Senate adjourned, HOUSE In the House, on the 28th, the con- | sideration of the Oleomargarine bill | was continued, and about the Whole, all amendments being voted down. An evening session was held for the disposal of private pen- sion bills, Adjourned. In the House on the 1st, the commu- nication of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury asking $39.500 for the was presented. Bills were reported amending the laws relative to the trans- mission of lottery advertisements through the mails, and for the forfeit. ure of the land grant to the New OHeana, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Rail Company. The House then went into Committee on the Oleomar- garine bill. An amendment was agreed to, reducing from 10 to 8 cents per und the tax on oleomargarine. Mr. unham moved to strike out the taxing section. Lost—yeas, 30; nays, 134. Pending further action the Committee rose, and the House adjourned, : In the House on the 2d, the House went into Committee of the Whole on reported the bill to the House, the un- derstanding being that a vote should be en, and that an opportunity should to allow members to pass the question of reducing the rate The House then ad- Mr, O'Neill, a { tress, The person gave vent to i another groan, and led by the sound, 1 soon stumbled vpon the prostrate body of a man. “What's up?’ asked I quickly, as I bent over him, He replied by another groan, and writhed as if in terrible pain. Find- ing that I could get nothing out of him, I quickly collected a pile of dry branch- es and lit a fire. The flames flared up, and by thelr light I again looked at the stranger. eyes, It was my brother, who had efied; but when he utlered groan 1 tenderly bent him and quickly unbuattoned his coat. A ghast. ly wound in his side mel my view, and I realized that it had been made by a ball from a pistol. A fierce desire rose in my breast—the desire for revenge. Can you blame me? “Who did it, Al?" asked I fiercely, “Tell me who did it." My brother tried to answer me, but could not articulate a word. I ran to a neighboring brook and filled my hat with water, and letting him drink | some, 1 moistened his face and hands; and then wetting my handkerchief I | placed it on the wound. I knew my brother could not live, and I only wished to find out who did the terrible deed. “Tell me who did it, Alf?" petitioned L “Promise you won't murder!’ said be faintly. “171 let the law take ils course,’ “Don’t know his name.” said be, “He's a pretty tall man-—black eyes and hair—young-littlie finger on right over -~ He stopped suddenly and quickly, | placed his hand on the wound as if it { pained him. I gave him more water, | but he never spoke another word. I | stood over the corpse a few moments land gave full play to my thoughts. These were abruptly stopped by the [neigh of the horse, [I then realized my situation and made haste to get away from the spot. Then and there, over the body of my dead brother, I | vowed to seek out the murderer if | possible, I then took up the body and | placed it before me on my horse Nell | and rode quickly toward the village, | As1 rode along, my thoughts were none of the most exhilarating, as the reader may easily imagine. My broth. er's dead body before me, 1 felt as though there was nothing for which to live; but then the desire for revenge again took possession of me, and, nat. urally enough my thoughts turned and dwelt upon the murderer, “Pretty tall, with black eyes and hair, and young!” repeated I, again and again, There were many of that description, and it would be hard to find the murderer of my brother from among them. His last words were the only clew : “Little finger on right e=-"’ Most probably he meant ‘‘hand;’ he could not well have meant anything else. But what of the little finger of his right hand? Was it hurt in any way, cut or Drulsed? He might have meant that, or he might also have meant that the finger was off entirely; in fact, I at last concluded that he in- tended to say the latter, I soon reached the village, and de- posited my burden at my boarding. piace. No parents were living, and the only ones who really mourned were Nel. lie Burton—who had been engaged to my brother—and myself, After the funeral I proceeded to the place where the murder had been committed to see whether I could not find another clew. I found one thing which 1 thought might prove some. thing, but hardly had any expectations that 1t would, It was a piece of cloth, of a bright color and fantastic print, pocket and went home. I did not feel like hunting out the the village for some time. I thought, too, that the villain might be in our very midst, A week after the funeral I found my- self at Nellis Burton’s house as a vis- itor. I wasthere introduced to a stranger whose name was Hiram Sheffield. 1 lie, that she had cared more for great deal for your brother, Mr. Law- lie had left the room There was a scarceiy to the core, “They were engaged,’ answered I, shortly. { murdered your brother?’’ ing what business it was of his, “No clew?” “Nothing particular.” { He got up and walked away, to more | agreeable company, 1 supposed, and 1 was as glad he was gone. He had spoken of my brother lightly, and 1 could not Like the man. A little while after Nellie came to me. “Dick,” said she to me, ‘‘have you ever met Mr, Sheffield before?” “Never, that I know of,” answered % “Do you like him?" “1 cannot say I do. ly of Alfred.” “Why! he did not know him.” **No. Heonly seems to have heard cf him. Who is he?” **A friend of a friend of my father,” answered she, somewhat gayly, as she walked away. { i i i | Mr. Sheffield to call upon him, night, Mr. Lawrence, he as we parted, ! **I hope we'll be friends.” I went home, and wy thoughts dwelt | upon Mr, Sheffield. I had some serious | thoughts of refusing the invitation, but | overcame my dislike and concluded to go. Bo the next night found me at the residence of the Sheflields, 1 “To-morrow j if please.’ said You I was shown into the parlor, and told | ently a Little girl of ten came in. | “Hiram said he'd | away,” | upon a low chair, be down right into her lap. probably used for her doll. said she, proudly. cloth among her collection caught my view, “Will you let me see this?" asked I, as I took it. | “On, yes,’ answered she, bit!" had picked up in the woods with me. I the same. I handed her back the piece, and presently Hiram came in. I kept swering his questions In monosyllables, but asking none by myself, During the interview 1 observed his right band very carefully, and at one time, when he put his hand to his mouth, the little finger was shown plainly. 1 was sure of my man then. Hiram sheffield was rather tall with black eyes and hair, and was young! The little finger on his right hand was terribly scarred, and seemed like a mass of bruised flesh, Yes, undoubtedly he was my broth- er's murderer! 1 felt as though I could scarcely keep my fingers from his threat. But why had he done it? What was my brother to him? Then I thought of Nelle Burton-—perhaps she had something to do with jt! I left Mr. Scheflield on the plea of iliness, and he consented, with the ad- monition to call again. 1 immediate. ly proceeded to Mr, Burton's residence, and asked for Nellie. As I was an old friend of the family, I readily obtained permission. From her I ascertained the following facts: Mr, Sheffield had come to our village a few months before, and had often visited the Burton's, ficld was arrested and thrown into | prison. Al his trial I gave my evidence, and { he was condemned to die, Fven when : I was told that he had eommitted sui- { cide, I felt that my desire for revenge | Wag satiated, for I deem death by one’s | own band as disgraceful as banging, | or, at least, very nearly so. Reader, do you blame me when I tell | you that Nellle Burton is my wife? i hope | not, for her devotion to my beloved | brother won my love, and when, a few | years afterward, she acknowledged that | she loved me almost as well as my dead | brother, I was satisfied. I could hardly | expect that she would love me as well, | - ot A» UCAN PRESIDENT. Guzman Blanco, Who Took the Oath as President of Venewuela on March 1, 18806. That Venezuela 18 one of the mos | progressive and prosperous of the small | er nationalities of the New World # largely owing to the enlightenment and | energy of Guzman Blanco, the distin- guished statesman who on March 1 took the oath as president. The constitu- | tion of Venezuela was designed on the | model of that of the United States, with | some differences, A president is at the head of the central executive govern. ment, as with us, but bis term is only two years, and he exercises Lis func- tions through six ministers, and a fed- eral couneil of sixteen members. This body is appointed by the Congress every | LWo years, and its president, elected by | itself, 18 also president of tie republic. Members of both branches of Congress are elected for four years, Guzman Blanco has served his coun- | try well and faithfully smce the year 1885, in various capacities including those of president and envoy extraordi- nary and minister plenipotentiary to | Great Britain, His profound acquaint- | ance with advanced forms modes of government is associated with a | large and liberal view of the material, mental and moral forces of modern | civilization. Asopportunity has served he has 80 utilized his knowledge as tc place his country in an ad vanced positio: among progressive states. The enter. prise of Venezuela presents one of the pleasantest features in the couditior South America to-day. When Blanco first BL © and © of Ol ieTea lic Ufe, Venezuela was only twer years old as an independent st fore and subsequently its j much retarded by inte | sometimes | His elevation to command in the councils of his « | companied by the rest of inter- | nal peace, which has been continued since, and has afforded scope for the | gratifying national progress to which | reference This in- cludes provision for public worstip and for the education of the masses, the latter made compulsory since 1870, when only ten per cent, of the people In 1884 there railroad in oper- ation and 270 miles under construction, | 1,145 mules of telegraph and forty offices and 160 post oflices. The high roads of the country have been greatiy improved during recent years, and large sums of money have been spent on various mu- nicipal improvements. Agriculture has | made excellent progress, and the mineral | resources of country have been hopefully developed. © iron, cop- | per and gold are found mn Venezusla. A report of the British minister at states that the Venezuelan | gold fields are the richest, though at | present not the productive in the world. The foreign commerce of the country approaches forty million dollars a year, and the total tonnage of ships owned by it twenty-five thou- sand. Venezuela has a population of two aad a quarter million. -— White Hands. stine dissensions, culminating 1a civil war. ng influence Was ac ouniry ration has been made, | could read and write, were only 102 miles of the Xai, | Caracas, ost a wiiyt AoouL White bands are coming in fashior again; lawn tennis boating and all the masculine accomplishments having for a time induced women unnecessarily to redden their hands, Chapped and red hands are never pretty. The daughters of fashion now have dishes of hot water shaped like a flower leal, on their toil- ette tables, in which they steep their hands for a while before going to bed, then anoint them wilh vaseline and put on gloves lined with a preparation of cold cream. The gloves should be of wash leather and several sizes too large for the band. In the morning wash the hands with almond powder in water, and in hot water at that, after ward dipping them for a moment in cold water to prevent chapping. Then rub them from the fager tips back to the wrist, Ifa mamcureis not brought in for the nails an ivory instrument should be used for the pushing back of the skin from the root of the nail and each nail carefully trimmed with a sharp knife, then rubbed with a soft pad of chamois skin. One Garment That Changes Not, Tehre is one garmént which is sacred from the craze for change that attacks taflors and those who make men’s fashions, and that is the dress coat. The body coat, the sack coat, the cuta- way and the blouse all change with the seasons, but the dress coat changds so little that no one is able to detect the difference between the old and the except by the signs of wear, pe »
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers