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,
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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.
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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.
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| 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
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of
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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.
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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,
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