’ ees ————— A BUNGLING EXECUTION. The Hangman Loses His Nerve, Causing a Fearful Seene.” Groans and Contortions of the | Dangling Victim, Joseph M. Hiliman, convicted of the mur der of Herman has been execu: Seldeman, ss Hebrew pedler, x in a corridor of the Glou Jail at Woodbury, N. J James Vanhise, the professional hangman o ovester County Newark, furnished the gallows and conduct od the hanging. Sheriff Ridgway merely pull ing the rope which operated the fatal drop The gallows was of the sort which require . but by weights ard a rope i i be criminal npwar th of the slack xecution of » SOR ur ning ov ind lets HIS eX pelien d and cause inary wuring : 3 min the oi r the migh nerve the 1isters who acted as » he was ssntenc and Scovel, weigh the throttle we hat rvard it was Risdeman, a y make trips in missing n worked away at the damaging evidence had been col The trial, which took place in Sep it days. At the time of was twenty vemrs old and be! a wif RAILWAY MAIL SERViZ The Annual Report of the Geaeral Superintendent, Lowrie Bell, the General Buperintendent of the Railway Mall Servies, has submitted his report of the operations of his bureau for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1850 The report shows that during the year postal clerks were smployed in the distribm. tion of the mails on 158. 110 miles, service on the remainiag 17,971 miles having Lesa por formed b ne of closed pouches, which were, while In transit, in the cusiody of the railoray employes Upon the subject of city dalivery Mr Bell says: “The importance of offecting an early morning delivery of mails arriving at the great commercial centres hag become so appar ent that much attention has heen given to the perfecting and enlargement of the arrangements and schemes, By extending the «vstem of preparation, it has been made posible to send out by the first onrriers a vast amount of mail, which, by the wus sos of assorting at the postoffioss, could not be delivered before noon, or during the afternoon, It is believed this system can be much enlarged upon wit’) great advantage to the public, “Sines the last annual Raper says Mr, Bell, “much has been done toward the im provement of the existing service.” DISASTER IN MONTANA. Six Men Killed and Two Blinded by an Explosion, An socident resulting In the Jom of six lives and the blinding of two men was saused by carelessness on the construction branch of the Northern Pacific, fifteen miles wast of Butte, Mont, The men were st work bi rock in a out, fired an binst of giant powder that falled to explode, and as it was the hour for quitting work for the day and the men ore finzting vom. blast before ving a quantity powder was into the y a results] in a verdict of the victim: nan Setidsuital J A OATHOLIO CONGRESS, Celebrating the Centenmal of Catho- Hotsm in the United States. The Catholic Centennial Congress began its sessions a fow days ago in Baltimore. The delegates, to the number of 1200, assisted at a solemn Pontifloal mass in the morning, celebrated by Archbishop Corrigan, of New York. The sermon was preached hy Arch the | ase until | | a contract with i | theatre where she plays | money into gold, and this, with her share of bishop Gross, of Oregon, He welcomed the delegates and gave a brief outline of the his { tory of the Church in America for the past 14) years Lao the sermon Concordia At the conclusion of delegates marched to the { Opera House I'he Congress was called to order by Will iam J. Opahan, of Chicago Archbishop Ireland, of 8t, Paul prayed that the light of | the Holy Spirit might be shed upon the de liberations of the Congress, Mr, Onahan resd the following message from the Pope, whose name was greeted with tumultuous | appiause “Having made known to the Holy Father he expressions of devotions conve ved to him 1 part of the Catholic we in Baltimore, ongress to be his Holiness graciously myost wife On ately un essing to all the me ) M. CARDINAL AMPOLLA." han then weleomsd the delegates oreign countries as well as of wl Staves, and said he boped in wold have the | m to an International Congress vernor John of Mary- ¢ elected Temporary Chairman, and ere appointed A long list euch t “ nt sure of welo Lee Carroll, State was also vernor Carroll ican Church proper upon this bal- founded, and would meet new their 4 and show te reiatio be Government wl with the by virtues of United hbishop Gioners was y LO thelr allegi w ffi profi the and sanded, rarcay true this aspen i and ils and Father HEA A Synopsis BRR RMY LTH OF THE A] of Annual Report ’ the Sargeon-Geperal’s talked-of Sturgis has agreed to supp THE CANDIDATE.” wi . thy wro was played in New Ore « t time by Mr. Wrndha wd his fters heatre ( ’ . : % Itty and amusing § W.H phati ww.” by the late I). DL) snfald, which recs at . CRANE i= said to ha success in hie new nl r stoning 138 TORIEX BARDOU and Jules Massenet a engaged on a new oper for the Grand Opera "aris Sardou. who is eading dramatist of brett. » Tus res France, while Massonet is sot Mavave. ArxoLpsox Rossiosol vigned M. Strakosch at Montreux, Switseriand, for fifty presentations in Amer fon. She will receive $50.000 and M. Stra kosch will pay all the travelling expenses of a “tiite of eight persons AN American amateur recently offered | $12,000 to the municipality of Geneva for the | violin of Paganini, which is religiously pre | served in the city museum as a memento of | the gifted musician | made in Cremona in 1700 The instrument was Mrs. KeNpat always appropriates to her self the first twenty dollars taken in at any the recsipts—also changed into glittering coin in sent over to England for safe keeping Broxsoy Howanp thinks that “Shenas doah” is to be his most profitable play. It is being played simultaneously in three cities New York, Chicago and San Francisco, Mr | Bronson has an interest in the productions, which may bring him a greater profit than the royalties which he has usually received for the use of his plays Tur Turkish ambassador in Paris has pr tested to the French Government against the production of De Bornler's play of “Maho met,” founded u the life and adventures of the founder of Islam, which has been ac cepted by the Theatre Francaise, He bas only succeeded in obtaining the assurance that no disrespect shall be shown to Maho. met's memory. A raraorarn printed on the programe of the Union Squares Theatre, New York anys that the third act of “Helene” anable Clara Morris “to bring into play her magnifi cent powers of ortraying intense Sultering. This in the w motive of the piece, wh oan only be ying to the most morbid imagination. It k Jiterally a cars of trying to exact pleasurs from pain. Trere is considerable literary talent in the theatrioal profession. No sooner has Fanny ped the publication of har book, | that will begin next year Bho changes the | THE NEXT CENSUS. The Superintendent’s Report of the Preliminary Operations. | Imnortant New Features That | Have Been Projected. The report of Robert P. Porter, Superin- | tandent of the Eleventh Census, to the Secre- | tary of the Interior, conctrning the opsrations if the ceasus office since June 1, 18580, which | has just been made, explains in detail the | i 3 | vast amount of work that bas already been | lone, preliminary to the act ve field work For the purpose of the enumeration of P pulation, a division f the con v into supervisors’ districts has bosn made, and the result published in Census Bulletin No. 1 snumerationi anount of it schadule has nt isd well in hand and a considerable The population won eNEUS already dons, been prepared and in sdait by the tenth « the information called for by t language 1s choedules, will very pers mn how long adult i what ten years of age and ales of foreign United States, and alized: how wany oman has had, and are living, and o will include mulst i toroons, The classifi be more complete to improvements x States and 1 of 50,000 physicians vital was ascorial SOOKen by “ ipward birth whether hildren each how many of the clawsith been in “re La ; vied MArTeG nave they such ren ation by ra toes, quadroons an cation of oocupation than ever before in the records of some ¢ the ne to whom 1 statistics w possible to Among the WOrs Is a Spaciai rates, and of twenty study « and mortality will Owing Aye « wration beens sent, the than it them in the census of rs have be more siele aEe Eo Inpprtant new fentares of this \ of the birth and death Ya ipa] causes cities: a four f the WRIONIDE a artiss to w » ETeS § plated 1 1 Yours Lime { the Iowa legislatare fifty © MRO 1 in Earope exhibition of VOTSArY N the eligion afiong has been oels jermany the 0th an juction of the Protestant aking peoples London dressed Texas Tue Canadian and belore anotl between Canada as have expired ended, « vivensdi Hintos will unex new ironclads will, ae soon as po sible in Italy's fleet of 14.900 tons and ML O-horee 1 Vessels, armor, guns ai made in Italy - wer sll are to be By the death of a brother in Providence LL. Austine Steers, an inmate of the Hoi diery’ Hom in Chelsea, Mass, hae fallen heir to $855, 000 in cash and real estate I7 is stated that at least a dosen persons wore killed in the Eiffel tower elovator since the opening of the Exposition, but that the mdnagers suppressed the accounts of several deaths Wire boring for water about twenty. five milew southwest of Chicago, a farmer struck an vein of natural gas which gushes with such foroe as to throw dirt and gravel fifty feet into the wir Avvioes from Shoa, concerning the burn ing of Gouda, the capital of Abyssinia, state i that during tho aly aoe of Nas, King Menelek's General, the dervishes set fire to and burnad the city and massacred the gar. rison, Tie coin containing the remains of Ralph Waldo Emerson has been inclosed ie a heavy stone tomb, the slabs of which are bhermets- cally sealed to defy the depradations of any wasible grave robbers and dessorators in the nture Tox Russian mittary audhorities ara test ing = new rifle which is said to combine the beat foatures of the repeating and Berdan rifles. If the tests prove satisf the Government will provide thy apmy with one million of the new rifles A womans of English subscribers have re solved to bulid a monument at Fort Tiecnde roga to the memory of Lord Howe, whose forgotten grave wan discoverad thers some weeks ago. The remains of the young he will be interred at its bass i ai Moxaco, to which only consuls : hie a The work preliminary to the | ARMY DESERTERS, The Annual Report of Major-General schofield, The annual report of Major-General Echo- field, commanding the army, to the FHecre tary of War, has been made public, He pays especial attention to the desertion ques tion. He says: “The causes of discontent which lead to desertion from the army ars numerous, They have been sought diligently for years, and many of them have been removed, Some of | them are probably beyond the reach of any remedy, One of these is the naturally dis conted disposition of the men who are led by that feeling alone to seek change from the monotony of bread winning in any civil pur. suit, by staring the supposed less arduous service of the United Mates, When such men find that soldiers, no less than civilians, must work, thelr feeling of discontent returns and they resort to the only means by which they oan make another change, These men rarely desert when ens gaged in an active campaign, however great the Lardships and privation or ore pline may be it ordinary labor wl routine of military vhich inspire with discontent the thi ate FOUR MINERS BURNED. heir Cothrades Make Herole Efforts to Save Them A frightful accident occurred at Middle Creek sry, Penn, by which were injured A blast fired and this inn breast cut and ignited a “leader odd wil and threat un large quantity of loose « ned the destruction of the Lean men was put y wre Francis vy beer NENT PEOPLE. ter Italy ¢ beneficial 1 nh Uerman)y PRESIDENT things itis n CARN losoly, but t a President's THE MARKETS, NEW YORK State Creamery Dairy, fair to good Wet, Im, Creamery Factory State Factory Slime Light Western Eggs—State and Penn BUFYALD Beers Western be Sheep Medium to Good, ... 4 Lambe Fair to Good, , 5 Hogs Good to Cholee Yorks 4 Flour Famili Wheat-No, § Northern, , Corn--No. 8 Yellow Onts—No, 2 White Barley—No, 1 Canada... BORTON Flour~8pring Wheat Pat's. 6 Corn Steamer Yellow... .. Osta No, 2 White. ......... Rye Ntate. ans 7] WATERTOWN (MASS) CATTLE MARKET, Boal «Dressed weight... .... sa H live w Baa sir inn an ay I Wrath elioea Das 5 aver ak aire oy LADELPITIA, wesanase A OO Nov.... wa Butter Cheose Ea A Hogw-Nor 49 Fede] trees ABBE EIRN RAE Rxtrs. ... Aansks nan | whether 1 THE FARM AND GARDEN, nie awn 2 ROARING GRAIN VOR POGH, A floating item declares that the most careful experiments which ‘have been made show pretty plainly that cooking grain feed for hogs is not only unprofita ble, but an absolute waste. On the other hand, the same experiments show that sonking the grain is An advantage. In these experiments Ahe grain was all | ground, and was ih all cases fed before | it soured. Sout slops arc not good for hogs, and a gteal waste of the most nu- | tritive qughities occurs in the process of souring. — Weekly Witness, ARCORND BRLOSSOMING OF TREES. Fruit trees that have had a portion of | their leaves destroyed sometimes start in the fall the leaves that should appear the following spring, and with them the blos soms of fruit buds have formed. Cherry trees too roughly handlea- when cherries were picked are the mow frequent exan- ples of thi blossowing freak, rh sometimes branches of apple, pear ted in this wa The prematurely It is its regular second 8 | tho fle that thus blossom following season Botmetimes ith the blossoms, { A y vitality of the team ee The better plas Ar be r tage and then run tH ful time spent in A care will not only Jessen the w better results Secunngy necessary so that the water can flow off | eanily. and the furrows should be made clean so that they will not be easily ob structed By doing the work in tho fall, he land is plowed or not, wil be found quite an advantage in the spring tk If com but the avoided cerned be item In plant 80 far as the we damage to land will also Moisture 2 an growth, but an excess of moisture is as detrimental both to the and the Crops a8 A deficiency, while with a Tittle care at the proper time a good share of the damage can be avoided if good drain ARES 18 given Nebraska Farmer, easential soil STONING A little freezing will not hurt bages, To be kep. properly they should be kept as cool ss possible without frees. fog or, at least, without much freezing, for they meed some ventilation. Many ndicious handlers simply pile their cab bages away in cellars without any other protection; some put them in racks or open frames, reaching from the floor v4 roof of cellar, so that the air can elred late avout them freely. When put up in this way they are cut off at the middie of the stalks and stripped of the loose out VV «ETARLES, "ON away in broad, winter, and § ° first with straw of hay, then with earth, till deoured agninst freezing —that is, too much or hard freeviog. : We ourselves, however, practice simpler method still, and which we find answers well, Take the cabbages up, roots and all, and pile them just dgye where on the ground withont aay . vation where they grew, and where wa does not stant; pack them closely to-% gether, tops Yurned down on the ground or even slightly upon one another ss 10 that matter, the roots standing above, and if desired, extend in long, narrow rows or put into broad beds, then a | light covering of straw, where it is pre- | ferred, may be put on--we, however, dispense with eficchut cover with the clean, frosh earth that Yes ot hand, and our cabibages come frown this dirt cover. ing firm, crisp and bleached white and tender as celery, Of must be understood that in al! these out of door storing the cabbages are to be taken up by the roo the leaves, course it and except de- caved ones, left on. Celery may be sinilarly treated. For family use a very good way to store them is to stow the roots compactly in deep, narrow trenches on rising ground in the garden Make the trench the width of the spade snd deep enough to nearly 1 the entire plants, roots and mining just above the surfa plants, leaving some ean the roots, and pu the trench. Bi edges of the trench » flow sing of boards »! trench to ks ' tons ret i in will from it us the sever all piles of brush. weeds which afford a haghor for farm is 88 & when it is made id stables may be by lining them It g wed over « in and is white « ne : S| wkens the botiom grass food for most animals If meadows are to be top dressed with sire there is no other time so favor able as late sutamn and early winder il the rules for feeding cows snd car ing for them are profitioss, except as they are accompanied in practice by Kind treatment and all other { salt It is a preventive of disease and is good for the entire an. Season the feed of chickens ywis with imal creation A stiff brash in the stable, judiciously used on farm horses, is a good deal bet. ter than a horse doctor, and not »0 costly or uncertain Wheat straw makes a good mulch, but not better than many other things. Wheat land would not so soon be exhausted if the straw were returned to it as a mulch, He who makes the greatest success sd swine growing is ope who commenced in « small way aad works to greater num. Lers as he learns to breed, grow and fied. Good country rosds may be regarded a one of the highest evidences of civil. zation. but this evidence is not found in wich shusdance as to become tiresome to dwellers on the western continent, The farmer who thinks cattle can pick them
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