(EI)c 3cffcrsoninn. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1875. JOIIX .1ZITCIXELL. John Mitchell one of the? so-called patriots of Ireland died at Newry, Irelaud, on Sun day morning, March :20th. John Mitchell was born at Dungiven, County Derry, Ulster, iu 1S1G. His lather was a Unitarian clcrgymau, and he himself was iuteuded for the church. His inclina tions, however, had no leanings that way, and after graduating at Trinitj'jCollegc Dub lin he began life as an attorney in partnership with a law firm at li.inbridge. lie first obtained reputation in 1.S45, by the publica tion of his life of AodhO'Ncile, the great ulster chief, which protniucntly brought him before the Irish people, and gave him the position of leader of "young Ireland." At the death of Thomas Davis he succeeded to the chair of the natiou, and at once became, in the language of Mr. John Savage, "the leadin tinker of the land." In the same year, 1S45, Mitchell fettled ia Dublin, where his plain spoken and writ ten words soon g-iined him the affection of the people, and the ire of the English gov crnmcnt, who looked upon his utterances as seditious, and set about the task of entrap l'ing him in the meshes or the law. lie was arrested and, on the trial the jury failed to agree and the Sutton continued to breathe nothing but rank "treason," according to the crown views, but really, principles which could not fail to lead to the securing of the Iirgost liberties for the people which he loved. During 1847, Mitchell wrote, spoke nd lectured on national subjects of interest to his people, and his lectures ou land tenures in Europe were not only extensively copied, but became standards as supports of his side of the question, and rendered invaluable services to the cause he had at heart. Tn 1 S4S Mitchell left the nation, because f Gavan Duffy's opinion, who had already began to exhibit a weakness for honors under the Queen, that his writings were too "sedi tious." lie then, on the 12th of February, J-IS, established, in association with Deven Jleilly and Clarancc Mangan the United Lishnian, when, for some three months the English government stood such a lire as it had never before experienced. In fact nut ters became altogether too hot for English endurance, and, on the 13th of May, Mitchell was arrested on charge of felony, and sent to dose confinement in Newgate. Ou the 20th of the same month he was brought to trial, end by means of a packed jury, was found gnilry the same day, sentenced to a penal MTwtuJe of fourteen years, aud at once hur ried out of the country. Mitchell was confined on the island of Bermuda, and then taken to Australia where he nest met Smith O'Brien, Thomas Fran c.j Meagher, Michael Dohanev and others, w hore after spending four years of "jail life" as he called it, he escaped to America, through the aid of Ids friend, Patrick J. i;inyih, now a member of Parliament from "VWstiueath. It was contended by the British government that he violated his parole id honor, but the facts do not warrant the n -isortion. He yielded up his ticket of leave y. Iiich had been furnished him and at once r.nunted a horse in waiting and left. lie Mas pursued, but fruitlessly, and the reward offered for his capture "ten dollars or a les rer sum," as the magistrate might 2s, f-T.owed cither a hopelessness of his arrest, or that the Government was conscience stricken over its treatment of one whoso only fault vas that he loved his country. In 1 854 Mitchell arrived in New York and at once, began the publication of The Citizen, a paper devoted to the interest of the Irish Nati-jnaii&t part. He continued this oue year, when he removed to Tennessee, pur chased a farm, and lived for several years. Here he established the Southern Citizen, which he subsequently removed to Washing ton, where it came to au end in After this he went to France, but returned, aud, in 3 SGI, became the Editor of the Kiclimond Inquirer, aud continued in that position un til the close of the war, indulging through its columns the most bitter animosity to the Union cause and the people of the North, liis apostacy to the cause of liberty going so far as to lead hioi even to advocate the open ing of the slave trade. He came north, before the struggle was over, and became assistant editor of the New York Seics, and brought with him all the secession seutimcnt3 which he had entertain ed at the south, the advocacy of which finally led to his arrest. He was, however, released at the petition of a Fenian convention. It was a strange phenomenon that which this ortion of his life presented the uncompro mising advocate of the Irish libertj' assuming the role of the advocate of negro-slavery. The Irish Citizen, established in 1SG7, was Mitchell's next literary essay, but it lingered only until f873 when it died, and from that time until July 1874 he led a quiet life. At the parliamentary election last February, last year, he was one of sis home rulers for the two seats from Tipperary Ireland, but was badly beaten. He then visited most portions of Ireland in a private manner, and was every where received with enthusiasm by the people. In October last he returned to New York, but before leaving was presented with a testimonial, reaching $8,000 by the national party of bis "green native isle." On the 2Gth of February of this year, while yet ia this country, or on his way to Ireland, Lo was elected, for Tipperary, to fill a vacan cy in Parliament, without opposition. By a large majority, however the House of Com mons declared him ineligible, on the ground of his being a "convicted felon," and ordered a new election. On the 11th of the present month he was aam returned by- Tipperary by a vote cf 3,114 to 746, aud so great was the enthusiasm of his adherents that the residences of a number of the people who refused to illuminate after the election were sacked by the mob. The House of Com mons has not yet taken any action in refer ence to this second election of the "couvicted felon," and it is saved all further tribulation on this vexatious issue by his death. Mitchell had been in poor health for some time, aud the excitement of his recent career has proved too much for him. At the time of his departue from this country it is under stood that he was engaged in writing a his tory of Ireland, in continuation of that of the Abbe MacGeoghan, taking up the sub ject at the Siege of Limerick. But death cut the Gordian knot, and with John Mitch ell "lifes fitful dream is o'er" forever. He was honest in his efforts for Ireland, and over his lack of sympathy for all the down trodden besides, it is, probably, as well to cover the sods of the grave. 57 We arc in daily receipt of Col. Alex ander McClure's new paper, the Times pub lished, in Philadelphia, and find it to be a valuable addition to the newspaper wealth of the country. Its editor is evidently governed by the niaxium, "Fearless and True," and the indications are that corrup tion, no matter in what quarter, will have to stand stalwart blows, if it fails to "get down and out" Such a paper richly de serves to live amid the very fat of a most liberal patronage, and we shall be much sur prized if the Times don't. 5,55" Jerc Frutchey and B. F. Morey of this borough, liev. D. E. Schcedler, of Brodheadsville, arc candidates lor Couuty Superintendent of this county. tSF Mr. A. W. Clark, formerly proprie tor of the "Washington Hotel," in this place passed through town, on Monday last, "with a drove of Cows. New goods will arrive at N. Buster's this week and uext. Dou't fail to call and see them. Those wishing to secure a good bargain will do well to call at N. Buster's, as he is bound not to be undersold. Goods cheaper than ever at N. Buster's. He has them marked way down to bottom prices. Tiios. Carey Phillips has leased, and will occupy the Water's property down town, after the 1st of April. Wm. II. Wolfe, of Scranton, made a fly ing visit to friends in this place on Friday. r .i.Y lie lett airaiu tor home on Saturday, lie looked well. An account of the recent floods and ice orges, which we publish in another column, will be found to be a most thrilling pen pic ture of a series of terribly grand occurren ces. Jacob II. Butts, is arranging to enter on the march of improvement. He intends erecting a three story brick on his lot adjoin ing James Gardner's residence down town. Neatness, convenience aud comfort will be marked characteristics of the new building. We learn that Dr. Samuel Foulk has taken an office, in the Water's building down town and will locate here permanently, on the 1st of April. The Doctor has been practicing at Oakland and vicinity for some time and made quite a reputation for medical skill. Not much like spring when the thermom- etor, on the 22d of March shows from six to twent7-two degrees below zero. No induce ment for robins and blue birds to come, the leaves to bud out, and the grass to prow, and yet that was the state of affairs oa Mon- The fall of hail and snow on Saturday, last made about as gloomy a day as there was any use of lookiug at, and furnish a new coating for the old snow and ice, which every one would be gald to see gone. However, courage, June, July and August will be here a while, and then. We'll, never mind wait and sec. 5000 rolls of wall paper just received for the Spring trade at D. It. Brown's, the largest and best assortment ever brought to Monroe county. He buys directly from the manufacturers and can sell the lest paper at prices to suit alL AH paper bought at Brown's will be trimmed free of charge on his celebrated Wall Paper Trimmer. Accidents. Mrs. Jacob Ellctt of this Borough, on Tuesday last, fell aud broke her left arm at the wrist joiut. Dr. LeBar was called and administered to her wants. Mrs. James Postcn, an aged lad', residing on Sarah street, in this Borough, fell and fractured the hip joiut of her left leg. Mrs. Levi M erring, on Saturday afternoon last, was thrown from a sleigh and in the fall had oue of her elbow joints dislocated. Dr. Nathaniel Miller was called and attended to her injury. Brooklyn's big conglomeration of lechery and general filth is still displaying itself to the gaze of the world. For a week or two, the evidence has been particularly damaging to Tilton, viewed from a moral stand point ; but as he is not on trial we do not see how his moral damnation is to relieve Beecher from the evils of "true inwardness," or movs him away from the "ragged edges" of de spair. All the evidence thus far, of the de fense, has been to prove Tilton a bad mat, and not a grain of it to prove Beecher a gdod one. It is time this was changed if religion is to be redeemed from the sore stab which, it is charged one of its most brilliantly shin ing lights has given it It should be remem bered that this trial is not for the edification and gratification of Plymouth Church alone, but ihat Beechers unadulterated acquittal will cause all Christendom to rejoice. But this fact, it should be remembered, will not so much be accomplished by Tilton's condem nation as by Bcechcr's uuequi vocal acquittal. The Pennsylvania Legislature adjourned sine die at noon on Thursday. Mr. Davis of Philadelphia was elected Speaker -pro tern, of the Senate. Simon Fried left for the City to buy his Spring stock. He S3ys, he will have the best assortment of goods in Monroe County. Neighbor Born has again been minister ing to the comfort of his customers. Dur ing a recent visit to New York, he secured two new barber chairs of the latest, most up and most comfortable style. They are beau ties, too, and have only one draw back that we know of, and that is, that when in them one don't feel like getting out again they are so enticingly comfortable. Important. In order to quit the Boot and Shoe Business, Simon Fried offers his entire stock of Boots and Shoes, at first cost and Lcloio cost. Come one and all, now is your chance for Bargains. The Ullle Orphan's Dream. We have received from Messrs. George Stin son & Co., Art Publishers, of Portland, Maine, a copy of a fine work of art in the shape of a large steel engraving, (size 23 by 30 inches). The engraving is by Mr. A. II. Kitchie, well known as the best engraver on steel in Aiueri ca, and in after one of Mr. I lieinhart's famous paintings. The engraving is new just finish cd, and now, for the first time, before the pub lic. We will add a brief description of the pic ture, though it cannot be expected that we can give more than a faint idea of its beauty. In an elegant apartment upon a couch is shown a beautiful little girl of lender age, a- fdeep. During the warm Hummer night she has partly relieved herself of the bed clothing, displaying her beautiful little chubby limbs in the loveliest possible manner. She is a little orphan, as the title indicates, and ia sweetly dreaming of her mother, about whom she has been told so much. She has been told that her mother dwells in the spirit land, that she is a beautiful angel, and she has wondered why she can never come to fee her. She has thought so much of the matter that one night she dreams that her mother visits her the beauti ful being of light that the artist has portrayed with such power and effect. The angel moth er is shown by the bedside as the child sees her in the dream. The outlines of her face and form are distinctly seen, although the figure is shadowy and ethcrial. The mother is sur rounded with a halo of soft, mysterious, heav enly light, and she is shown gazing upon her child with all the inexpressible love that ever comes from a mother's heart. In her extend ed hand she holds a white lily an emblem of puritv. The following lines have been sug gested to our mind bv this lovely picture They will aid in giving the reader some idea of tins rare work of art. LITTLE OKriTAN's DREAM. O! blest is the vision that gives to the child, A face beaming o'er her so tender and mild, The smile of a mother oh, wavelet of joy ! A part of the gladness that has no alloy ; Oh ! sweet will the orphan's slumber be, If the darling her mother in dreams may see. Sweet child ! thv mother is watching o'er thee, They steps and thy slumbers her watcli eyes see,; 13v dav and by nijrht she is oft at the side : Though her home is with the angels over the tide Ihe mothers a mother though years go by, And the love of a mother's heart never can die. Wliat We licartl and Saw within tlie Week. "Ilumpty Dumpty" prefers sunshine to darkness. Good, who would'nt? Our friend "Ad" used all efforts to draw "Sun shine" into a flirtation but she would'nt flirt worth a cent "Tempest" is as good natured as ever. "Hoop-la" is rather pleased over the new arrival. Hope she'll win. Lzzi Sunday night "Greely" was in hot pursuit of the famous daughter of Jupiter, the virgin godess. The "original" followed close after with a piece of his favor ite pie, while "Oofty" was contemplating the scene from a short distance behind. "Porkopolis" went home last Sunday night, mutteriug, "my poor heart is sad and for saken." We feel sorry for his sore disappoint ment and would advise him to go to "O. G," for consolation. No, Frank won't tell mother if you walk down town, but we can not see the object of your doing so, unless it be to accommodate ' 'Hoop-la. ' ' ' 'G reely' ' can't set still a moment unless his dulcina from Paradise is on his lap, and even then, our handsome friend of "chickcry" fame, says he is uneasy. It is astonishing to see how many people are "so, so," since the Beecher-Tilion trial has commenced. The civil rights bill was practically discussed iu the barber shop, last Sunday night. Friend Sue is a perfect amazon. You should have seen her tossing her friends out of the back door, into the snow, a few da3rs ago. It was fun for those in the P. O. Eat ing pea-nuts before retiring will cause hor rible dreams. "Ilumpty Dumpty" says he is as happy Sunday afternoons while attending the Y. M. C. A., as "The man that sits within a monarch's heart. And ripcun iu the "Sunsulne" of bis favor." puzzles. The answer to "Stillwater's" puzzle is; "Honesty is the best policy." "McK's" answer is correct and he will ac cept thanks for contributions. What is the difference between twice twenty-five and five and twenty ? McK. A toad in a well, twenty feet deep, crawls up every morning 41 feet, and falls back, every evening 3 2-G feet ; how long does it take it to reach the top? McK. AainiMATiCAL Problem. There is a fountain containing an unknown quautity of water, surrounded by an unknown number of persons ; the first takes 100 quarts and a thirteenth of the remainder; the second takes 200 quarts and a thirteenth of the remainder; the third takes 300 and a thirteenth ; the fourth 400 quarts and a thirteenth ; and eo each increasing 100 quarts until the water is all gone. I low much water is there and how many persons, and how much did each one take ? Flanioan. Vendues. At Mrs. Keziah Hohenshild's Vendue, at her residence in Wolf Hollow, Stroud town ship, on the 18th, inst., a large crowd gather ed, and the bidding was lively. Live stock sold as follows: one 16 year old horse for $26 00 ; one 7 year old horse $174 00; one 10 year old cow sold for ?28 25 ; three 3 year old, one for $30 50, one for $40 75 and the other at $47 25 ; sheep brought $5 a head ; grain in the ground Bye $4 per acre; Wheat $3 per acre ; Chickeus 46 cents each; potatoes 67 cents per bushel; apples 65 cents a bushel ; cabbage 12 cents per head ; cider per barrel, $4 ; Farming implements sold well, one second hand Plow brought $7. Wm. McNeal, of Hamilton township, Auc tioneered the sale. At this sale there were four Huckster stands, at which Ale and Cider were sold. The sale was clerked by II. S. Wagner, Esqr., of this place. At Jacob Wellcr's sale of personal proper ty, in Smithfield township, on the ISth inst., stock sold as follows ; 1 horse brought $100: an old horse was bid up to 7 cents; Cows one $17: one $19, and an other $30; Plows, one for $7, one for 50 cents, Wheel-barrow $3 25 ; Fanning mill $9. Wm. Mosteller, auctioneer. Attendance large. The negroes in Tennessee are flocking Kansas in bands of five hundred at a time. Sensible negroes, those. A Delaware county man has a twenty four pound cat, which he claims is the largest tabby in the State. Philadelphians can supply their tables with asparargus, provided they are willing to pay 1 25 per bunch for it. Dr. Charles C. Jennings, one of the old est residents of Easton, died on Tuesday, of last week, aged seventy years. Five dollars, conscience money, were received at the Treasury on Friday from "Restitution," at Newark, N. J. Hon. Charles Albright was serenaded by his friends on his return to Mauch Chunk from Washington, last week. The Yadkin river in the late freshet was within ten feet of the North Carolina Rail road bridge, forty feet above its usual level. "Is there any man in this town named Afternoon ?J' inquired a Mississippi Post master, as he held up a letter directed "P. M." The death of Charles W. Mixscll, of Easton, on Monday, 15th inst., has been announced. His wife, an aged lady, survived him but twenty-four hours. The California wheat crop is splendid. A large average yield is secure ; but if copious rains come within two weeks, there will be the the largest harvest ever known. Miss Dow, of Pulaski, New York, who weighs 300 pounds, recently fell down stairs. She dislocated her shoulder, but none of the timbers of the house were broken. A most novel law case has just been started in Fort Valley, Ga. A man is sue ing a bar-keeper for selling him whisky "that would tumble a mule at the distance of fifty yards." A Troy girl is in a quandary. Having saved a few dollars from her hard earnings, she cannot decide whether to buy a new hat or a bound volume of Tilton-Beechcr testimony. General Gallagher, of Westmoreland county, is spoken of very favorably by the Tribune and Herald, of Greensburg, as a candidate for State Treasurer ou the lie publican ticket. Despite the proverb concerning whistling girls and crowing hens, a young lady of Dubuque whistles so swoetly that she has been offered 8100 a week to travel and ex hibit her accomplishment. The most ridiculous claim presented to the Congress just ended was that set up by a physician, who wanted 150,000 for extracting 3,000 corns from the feet of soldiers during the war, at five dollars each. The wise man saith in his heart : "Verily I will clear the snow from my walk, pcrad venture it may not become sloppy." But the fool and the sluggard tucketh his pants into his boot tops and remarketh : "Lct'er melt." The Frcsbyterians in Philadelphia and other Eastern cities have consolidated capi tal and gone into the seaside resort business. They have purchased a tract of land at Cape May, and are about to erect a large hotel. William J. Sharkey, the escaped murderer, who left Havana recently, has been arrested in Sautiago do Cuba. He will either be banished from that place or brought back to Havana, and then returned to the United States. A Milwaukee man is l-ent on going to sea. lie lias been reading the .hnoch Ardcn class of stories till his soul is fired with an ambition to be wrecked and come home and find his wife married to some other fellow. "She is a perfect Amazon," said a pupil in one our schools of his teacher yesterday, to a companion. "Yes," said the other, who was better versed is geography than History, "i noticed sue Had an awlul big mouth." Bridgeport Farmer. They tell us that "as soon as the trial is over Mr. Beecher proposes to seek recrea tion in a lew months travel. And the Courier-Journal says : He will need it badly, the poor man, in the year 11)00, if they get through with half the witness at that time. In Missouri wolf-scalps are received in payment of taxes, and the other day a legislative committee was appointed to burn the scalps thus received and accumu lated during two years past, there beintr about six thousand dollars worth, at five dollars a head. Twelve special policemen from Philadel phia have been assigned to duty in Carbon county, Pa., to protect the men and pro perty ol the Lehigh and Wilkesbarrc Coal Company. The police is now believed tn be sufficiently large to hold in check the turbulent Molly Maguires. There are 260 miles of street railways in Pennsylvania. Illuminating cas of sixteen-candle power - may be obtained from the burning of wood, or rather from the gas made m the manufacture of charcoal, at a cost of eight teen cents a thousand feet. This, at least, is the result of a recent Michigan ex periment. The Commissioners of Schuylkill county have been prosecuted for malfeasance in office, misappropriation of public funds, and criminal extravagance iu the expenditure of public moneys. This, put in simple lan guage, means that they built a barn for 823,000 which should have cost 83,000. On the 16th the homestead of the Astor family was sold at auction at the Ileal Estate Exchange rooms, in Trinity Building, New York, for 97,500. The house is an old land-mark. It is four stories high and has a plain exterior. A Mr. J. B. Potter was the purchaser, and it is said he got a bargain. One of the girls at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, keeps up her studients, keeps track of eight love stories in weekly papers, writes twice a week to five young men, sews for a charitable society, and finds time to ride and skate and practice for a concert. THE ICE GORGE. Columbia, March 19. The river banks above Columbia, along the Henry Clay furnace, Chickcs Bock, the town of Mariet ta, and as far as Bainbridge, presents a scene never before witnessed. The flood of yesterday carried immense bodies of ice, piled up along the shores, to heights at var ious points varying from five to twenty-five feet. The ice varies in thickness from fif teen inches to nearly or quite four feet, and in surface some of them measuring several hundred feet. AT SAFE IIAROIt and at Turkey Hill, below Columbia, the gorges are very high. At the former place the Mansion House, at the mouth of the Conestoga, is almost surrounded with im mense blocks of ice, piled up from ten to fif teen feet. The officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad have announced the wants of one thousand men at various points named, to cut away ice, and large numbers from Lan caster and points below will at once go to work. The abutment of the Tide Water Canal Company, at Wrightsville, is badly injured and the basin gorged full of ice, canal boats and logs from the bridge to the dam. The winding bridge was raised off its abutments and carried about three hundred yards by the ice and landed on the berm bank to the canal with one end lying over a canal boat. In Mrrietta the loss was very heavy by the lumbermen having their rafts, fcc., swept away. Miller & Musscrs' saw-mill was en tirely ruined by being crushed in. One canal boat is King against a large tree in front of a private residence, The three was the only thing that saved the house from being stove in. Ice is piled up over the tow-path at some points from twenty five to thirty feet high. Wilkesbarre, March 19 The Pitts ton bridges jammed in the ice three miles north of this city were saturated with ben zine to-day and fired. They are burning yet to-night, and light up the heavens for miles around. They were burned so that they might not be swept down and destroy the bridge at this point. The gorge has not changed at all along this city, although the water is gradually falling, and is be tween three and four feet lower than on Wednesday morning. There is no com munication with Kingston across the flats yet, and cannot be for several days. The L. & B. R. R. Co. began to run passenger trains across to this city on the D. & H. bridge, three miles down the river, this morning. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was cleared of ice on the Pennsylvania and New York division, aud Superintendent Parker came through from Towanda to the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Junction at 6.15 P. M. A force of over 300 men had been em ployed in removing the ice, which for a distance of two miles covered the track a to depth of six to thirteen feet. Telegraphic communication was also made complete again between Philadelphia aud Waverly. Between Wilkesbarre and Pittston Assist ant General Superintendent Goodwin says the road will be clear by Monday and all trains will run through. Above Pittston. two miles a gorge begins, which is formed of the strongest ice iu the river aud is nine miles long. In some places it is twenty five feet high, and causes the citizens of West Pittston and the valley great anxiety. If driven out with a flood it will take every thing before it. It will naturally go be fore the five-mile gorge here, and thus two will be piled together. Fear aud excitement are general all along the river. Results of the Port Jervis Disaster. Port Jervis, N. Y., March 19th. One hundred locomotives and over eight hundred men are rendered idle by the de struction of the Frie Railroad bridge. The Erie Company have over two hundred men at work day aud night, erecting a tempor ary bridge over the Delaware" at Sawmill Rift, three miles west of this place, which they expect to have completed inside of a forthuight Port Deposit. Port Deposit, Mr., March 19. The flood here is fearful. The water is from five to fifteen feet deep in the streets. Nothing like it was ever seen before. Nearly the whole town is flooded and there is great destruction of property. No lives have been lost so far. The railroad depot is full of water and the telegraph office was abandoned last night in a boat. At Havre de Grace the ice has gorged about five miles below the town. The wharves are flooded, and whole piles of lumber have been swept from them. A large number of men arc engaged in saving it. The street next to the river, above the bridge, is completely blocked with ice, wood and lumber, and the water is about ten iuche3 deep in the street, but falling slowly. The canal towpath, at the upper end of the town, is covered with ice. ' The river has fallen threo feet since morning. The water is now four feet deep on the railroad track and in Main street. The Leirislatnr ml; , " . JuiIlCU fin Tl to meet on the first Tucsdav Jl lS7b. J anuarv As the result of the union roT.- , mgs at lunkhannock this members have been added tn .V L for:Vi leiuui luuiui, inirtv ir, ti.- . - "--m church, and others ar tr 1, Ul Baptist church. uuc tfc, In New York city, on Satu7da7 k r Gardner, letter-carrier. cnnvU,'i rah ins: letters, and George W a'i- stea'-l m the registry department of the w r , . fcwrea letter t.. ent to the pemtentmrv w?r' each Two other men, convicted of inrr Ipffprc worn tpnt t, .: .. ca,. o ; -s.v W ison. A girl in Susquehanna counter-, t eo,! ,.a ,.r , .J recent!? wis ttooa m ov.f and forty-five minutes, each stick bei -r twice. She is described as r,rf . cut yet eighteen, and performed the tt ' - " fit of anzer, because her matins. n ? a she was fit for nothing else but to' m the parlor and read novels. Iow l jnrl as that would rat to hPr , a when she got mad at hini ! " 1 A funny story is told cf Vermont iarmers who are not grangers. They i duced their wives to join and report befor they would submit themselves. ow wjlfie they will, they cannot ; two black balls preet every application. Meanwhile the Jivp go regularly and triumphantly to every grange meeting, and the men stay at homo and tend the babies. The amount due depositors in hundred and fifty.eijrht savings bank of New York State is $304,0,000, th( in crease last year being $18,-100,000. This aggregate ot deposits is greater than that of all the national and State banks put together. The reason is that the sm-m banks pay interest and arc deemed to be more secure. Miss Molly Allen, of Nana. Oalifnrmn a maiden of 12 or 13, has killed more pme with her small telescope rifle than any two hunters in that region this winter. She made $30 on squirrels' tails last summer getting only five cents apiece. At a shoot ing match last year she took so many prizes that her bearded opponents ruled her out of the ring. A great many of the lumbermen en the Muskegon river have finished their con tracts, and arc now breaking up camp. P,i Rapids, Mich., is full of lumbermen on their way out of the woods. It is estimated that 1 a . 1 1 1 Ml- n n . aoout iwo nunarea minion leet ot lgs have been put into the Muskegon river, and if the sleighing continues good two weeks longer the full amount contracted 350 -000,000 will be put into the river. John Bimpson, a wealthy manufacturer of Quincy, 111., left that place sis years apo for Europe, with two daughters, and ws supposed to have sailed on the ship United Kingdom, which was never heard from. News is now received that Bimpson and his daughters are alive and coming home. In the meantime Mrs. Bimpson had col lected $5,000 life insurance on Mr. Binip son's policy, married again, and has a child by her second husand. Judge Chrisiianey, the new Republican U. S. Senator from Michigan, last Friday delivered one of the strongest arguments ever made before the Senate respecting Louisiana affairs. He reviewed the testi mony in the case, weighed the arguments on either side, and submitting them to the test of sound law, arrives at a decision which is the logical sequence of his reason ing. This conclusion is that th-T2 wa? no legal election in Louisiana in 1872. and no legal government has been installed since that election ; that the election, canvass of the votes, and pretended installation cf ihe officers claiming to be elected wero equally void both as to McEnery and his Legisla ture and Kellogg and his Legislature. Of course, therefore, Pinch-back s claims to a seat in the Senate are denied as being ut terly without foundation in law. Similar conclusions were reached by the majority of a Senate Committee, and presented by the Chairman, Senator Carpenter, two years ago. A Blot on Vineland. Vinkland, March 19. Mr. Carruth, editor of a paper published here, was fatally shot this inornkg by Charles K. Landi-, who is known as the ''Father of Yincland." The affair grew out of an article in the paper, which Landis thought referred to him. but in which no names mentioned. Old-Fashioned Winters. The New Haven 1'alladium has been searchining history for a colder winter than the present, aud selects 1732 as a specimen. In that year the snow, which covered the whole country as early as the K'th of No vember, was still found the next April cov ering the fences. In January a teant was maintained on Charles river, Boston, for the entertainment of travelers. From Feb. 2i. George Washington's first birthday, until March G, the people crossed the sound on the ice every day from Stratford, Conn , to Long Island, a distance of three leagues. Even as far east as New London, the extended into the sound as far as coul seen from the town, and Fisher's island united to the mainland by a solid bcJ- a March 2S, The Boston Xeicsletter report that the people living on Thompson's I!1jj had crossed over to Dorchester to church on the ice for the fifteen preeeedin Sun days. As lato as the 19th of July a loiter from New London, Conn., reports on east side of the Connecticut river a body d ice as largo as two carts can draw, C'r and solid, and adds very artlessly that 'it might lie there a month longer, were it l that so many resort out of euriowtyto drink punch made out of it. Oa the 1 of July snow was still h iug in a .inassw the town of Ipswich, Mass., nearly fcsr feet thick. But the most marvelous record of that season, is the statement made l Alouzo, Lewis, author ot the anna ;;I Lyon Mass., that 'Francis Lewis, t.w signer of the Declaration of IuL'pende' drove his horse from New York to barn stable, the whole length cf Long 1 sound, on the ice.'
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