Eastern and Middle 8tat.
William Orton, prPHidtmt of the WpstTn
Union 'l'lpf;rikih Company, died nnppoct1ly
of apoiiltixv in Now York on (lie 2'2d. He
uttnuli'd cliuri-h en the 21 nt, and appeared to
be in nnnmially Rood health lip to the time of
the attack at' 1 1 r. m., wIitIi ended in death
fie uent morning. Mr. Orton was born In
Ciiha, N. Y., June 14, 182, praduatod at the
State Normal School in Allianv, and was at
van.um tinier a printer, acliool teacher and
bookeollor. In 18(12 he waa appointed internal
revptine iniector for the aUth Now York
diHtrict, and in 1S05 he waa made internal
rrvenne commiHioner at Washington, Soon
after ho retired from the government aervioe to
neoome president or the V oiled States Telegraph
Company, whinh waa merged In the Western
ui.ion lino in iiwb. in the following year Mr.
Orton waa elected president of the Western
Union Company and held that position at the
nine oi ms aeain. tie was considered an un
usually efficient officer, lie leaves a wife and
eiclit children.
The Krie railroad was sold at public auction
in New York and was bongbt for frfi. 000,000
by K. D. Morgan and two others, acting as
trustee for the reconstruction committee of
bondholders.
Another saving bank crash in New York.
The Teutonia Saving ltank has Wen enioined
from doing further business, a dofieit of 148,
404.03 having been discovered. The loss is
due to poor investment.
The Tresident and Mrs. Hayes, Secretaries
miemian ana twimrz, ana others were enter
tained in I'hiladolphia by the Union League
club.
The recent suspensions of the Sixpenny aud
Teutonia Savings Banks in New York has led
t o a heavy run on two other institutions on the
east side of the city.
TreMdeut Hayes, accompanied by prominent
Washington otlicials, visited some of the lead
ing industrial establishments of Philadelphia,
aud in the evening held a public reception at
Independence Hall.
Western and Southern States.
While a p-rty b? men were engaged in cut
ting the . ck of a. levee vorr the lower end of
Lake Bolivar, in Bolivar county, Miss., to let
off the heavy bodv of waer caused by uu
precederted rains, the whole party were canght
in the sluice, and with the exception of Captaiu
Briscoe all wore swallowed up in the vortex.
Captain Briscoe was rescued after being
more than an hour in the water and quicksand.
The lost are Captain Fortley, a planter, two
brothers named Moran, and a laborer.
Oalosburg, 111., and surrounding country,
has been visited by an unusually heavy storm
of wind and hail which did great damage te
' property of all kinds. One of the hailstones
in said to have been eight inches in circumfer
ence. The daily rush into the oourt of bankruptcy
by Chicago business men is great. Many vol
untary petitions are filed every day, some of
theembarra8sed petitioner having heavy liabil
i ties and small assets.
O. C. Zeller, cashier cf the National Ex
change Bank, of Tallin, Ohio, absconded with
1 5,500 of the institution's funds. He was
' treasurer of the city's school funds, and had
simulated with tho money in his hands, losing
12,000. The bank suspended temporarily.
Tarker & Ilanaway, roal estate dealers at
Indianapolis, Ind., have failed for 1318,000 :
assets, about one-half.
Indian raids from Moxioo into Texas have
taken place recently, and a great quantity of
stock has been carried off and several persons
miiou. m xuvm buu rails counties Indian
and Mexican raiders broke tip all the ranches,
killing four men and two children.
A dispateh from Jacksonville, Fla., says that
TnJnA HfnT in . . . , . .. . . i .
fuuKu Bcuicu-ry 01 sutie anaer ex-uov-
eruor Stearns and
returning board, and L. G. Dennis, a prominent
politician of the State, have made confessions
disclosing the means mm? methods by which
Florida was carried in 1876. The confessions
have been forwarded to Washington.
Reports from the Mexican border indicate
..- pi-inuuu were auiea dj uie recent
Indian raiders from Mexico.
Tortions of the Western and Southern States
uve recenuy oeen visited by terrific tornadoes,
causiug some loss of life and immense destruc
tion Of hllllrilnca nri1 ntViox . A- xt
- o yivi vj. nrsr
Home, da,, houses, churches, barns aud whole
"cio ibiu iow ujine nerce elements,
ten dwellings aud mauy outhouses having been
destroved. At Vrtr T...r i
acre demolished, while in other portions of the
U .... i ,i j .
omul mo unuine aone to nouses and farms is
incalculable. In Bellaire, Ohio, a manufactory
-.. - j o.unii, aim iwu work
men were killed and several seriously injured
'j in" ueni 1 ucuuiJ VI IUO UulluUlg.
A large loss of life by the heavy storm in the
West is reported from Iowa. At Carroll a
child was torn from its mother's arms by the
hurricane, and botn were found dead half a
mile apart. William Hollen. while trying to
drive cattle from his barn, was borne up into
. the air with his cattle and barn and killed. At
810 City William Beach and two sous were
killed, while a like fate befell six persons near
Ma City. Heavy Io.ib of lifo and property is
also reported from a Swedish settlement in
Crawford county.
C. E. Tarker, a New York druggist, was
killed- and five men were wounded by a col
lision between a passenger and a freight train
on (he lliuhmouu and Dauville railroad, near
Piuey Creek. V.
Ihirteen business honses were totally de-
strojed by tire at Itiver Falls, Wis., causing
a iocs ou buildings of $25,000.
From Washlntzton.
A recent official statement of liabilities and
assuts of the treasury shows the liabilities to
be $141,758,086; these embrace treasurer's
general account and balance, including bullion
fund, (j'J, 878,907, aud in ourrency, 78,848,
755, including fund for the redemption of cer-
tilicates of deposit, Juno 8, 1872, 25,3y5,000,
and $10,000,000 special fund for the redemp
tion of fractional enrrenoy. The assets are
stated at irl41,758,G86, in coin; including gold
coin and bullion, $116,738,603; gold bars, $3,
307,713; standard silver dollars, $810,561;
ilver coin and bullion, $10,012,015; gold cer
tificates, $7,179,200; and deposits held by na
tional bank depositories, $3,035,027; and in
currency, 78,818,755, including deposits held
by national bank depositories, $9,221,683,
United States notes, $17,327,341, and United
States notes for redemption of fractional cur
rency, $10,000,000,
Simon Wolf, for a long time recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia, has been
requested by the l'residont to resign. He was
offered a consul-generalship in Oermany, but
declined.
The statement of Samuel B. MeLin, late
a member of the Florida board of State can
vassers, in regard to alleged fraud in counting
the presidential vote of 1876. has reached
Washington. McLin specifies that about 393
votes were manufactured aud added to the re
turns, and his statement closes with an attack
upon Frebident Hayes.
" The bill repealing the bankrupt law, as
- passed in the House, is as follow ; " That
lu bankrupt law approved March 2, 1867, title
No. 61 of the revised statutes, and an aot en
titled 'An act to amend and supplement an
act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States, approved
larch 2, 1867, aud for other purposes' ap
proved June 22, 1874, aud all acts in the
..aiendmeut or supplementary thereto, or in
tplanatiou thereof be, and the same are
i'reby repealed, provided that such repeal
Uall in no manner invalidate or affect auy
use in bankruptcy iui-tituted aud pending
hi auy court prior to the day when this act
r-Uall tske effect ; but, as to all such endiiig
casus, aud all future proceedings therein, and
ail nal actions and criminal proceedings
arising thereunder, the acts hereby rceled
shall continue in full force and effect until the
same shall be fully disxsed of iu the sauia
manner as if said acts had not beu repealed.
The House committee on educatiou'aud labor
Lit agreed to report favorably the resolution
ilioriing a conference between the United
' ) Ureal Britain aud China on the question
'u.'use immigration.
Foreign News.
n been visited by a hurricane which
' ;tj('h irojerty and killed about 12 0
Tlie Bulgarians have attacked eight Turkish
villages ana commuted great outrages.
It is stated that all the Towers exoent F.nc
land have accepted semi-official invitations to
attend the congress, to examine the existing
treaties with a view to considering tho changes
required.
A Turkish corvette has boon lost off Kilnia
on i he Black Sea and ninety men drowned.
A large meeting has been held in Moscow to
raise subscriptions to fit out cruisers against
i.nglisli merchantmen.
Ooneral Ignacio do Veintemllla has been
elected president of the republic of Ecuador,
Three firemen wore instantly killed and one
was fatally Injured tiy a falling wall during a
lire in the Windsor Hotel, at Coburg, Unt.
O'l-eary, the American pedestrian, oomploted
a walk or tm miles in sixty hours at unuiin.
The great strike among the cotton operatives
in England is spreading.
Mauy Oomian, Dutch and Belgium nior-
cbaits have refnscd to oonsign their goods on
ships flying the British Mag, iu cases where a
long voyage is anticipated.
CONURKWSIONAI. NUMMARY.
Meant e.
Mr. Toorhoes, of Indiana, submitted an
amendment to the substitute for the Hons
bill to repeal the specie resumption act, report
ed by Mr. Ferry, from tho committee on Fin
ance on Wednesday last, striking out Oct. 1,
1878, as the time when United States notes
shall be receivable for dutiet cn imports, so
that it should read, "That from and after the
passage of this act, United Stries notes shall
be receivable in payment for tie 4 por cent,
bonds now authorized by law to be Issued and
for duties on import," A further amendment
proposes to strike out "Oct. 1. 1878," as the
lime after which tho volume of United States
notes in existence shall not bo canceled nor
horded, and insert in lion thereof "the prssage
of the aot" Another amendmer; lepeaU, im
mediately, that clanse of the Sec'e ' esumptlon
act authorizing the retirement of 1 0 per cent,
of the United States notes, instead of otl Oot.
1. 1878. Ordered that the proposed amend
ments be printed.... Mr. Blaino submitted
resolution declaring any change in the tariff
Iftvfl Itinnnnrtnna a 11 I Ik.l l.nff ,.
" .....j.( w, ..,,V', M.J . .1 V LU U 1.1. 1U1 IB,'
enne should be maintained so as to afford
aoeqnaie protection to American labor; to
which an amendment was offered by Mr. Gar
land, of ArkfLllMAjL nrnvirlincr tnr unmrntaaiAn
, . j-- ... - -J wm WHUiiioni'lU
on the subject of the tariif to report at the
iicii npwnm ui AiuKrens. . . ad amendment to
11 II ; i t -t..
t-uo iiuurw uui reiuuviDg legal uiHaiHiiues 01
t. w. Hp w(Siau www aaw vt ovu DUBU XT3 -U
eluded from practicing law in any United
States oourt on account of sex was referred.
Adjourned.
me Jiouse lulll tnoreasing General Shields s
lwnninn from Ml Ia ftlllil , m.r, t . MAMAi
( " " i m w uavuwu iqi Ol 1 Wl
to the committee on pensions. . . .The bill pro-
uiuuing me coinage or o-cent pieoes was
passed The House bill appropriatim? $200,-
000 to supply a deficiency in the appropriation
for the pnblio printing and binding was passed.
Adjourned.
A bill providing for ocean mail service to
Brazil was int.rndnnml T)a bill onll,Ari.i.,.
the employment of temporary clerks iu the
vioiuiuijr ueparuueut came uses irotn tue oon-
ferenoe committee and was agreed to.... The
Ttrivy,i iouuu mr uio ueuuiency xor puouc
printing and binding was pas-ied. . . .The bill
annulling the act of the New Mexico Legisla
tnre incorporating a society of Jesuits was
riSHUA'l Tha l.lll lwmn,lmn tUmt- J.U.l
, . . . . . . . pvtimiu Uin, UlUAUb
courts in the Territories shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction in divorce proceedings was
also passed. Adjourned.
i ne river ana harbor appropriation bill was
referred by the Senate to the committee on
commerce.... The bill authorizing the sale of
timber lands in California, Oregon and Wash
ington territory was passed.... The report of
the conference committee on the deficiency bill
was submitted, discussed at great length, and
agreed to by 35 to 19. Adjourned.
Hawse
The Maryland resolutions in regard to the
electoral count and reopening of th,e Presiden
tial question were referred to the committee on
the judiciary. ... Mr. Buttler, of Massachusetts,
called up the motion to suspend the rules and
pass the bill providing for the issue of frac
tional currency and treasury notes of the de
nomination of $1, $2, $3, and $5. The bill
was defeated by yeas 120, nays 124.... The
river and harbor appropriation bill was pressed
through under suspension of tue rules and
amid great confusion. It appropriates $7,309,
000. When the vote was announced, Mr. Cox
arose to a question of privilege, and presented
a protest against the passage of the bill signed
by twenty-eight members. This gave rise to
great confusion, in which questions of ordor
were raised on all sides. The Speaker decided
that Mr. Cox rising to a privileged question
had the floor. Mr. Reagan appealed from this
decision, and pending the appeal the House
adjourned on Mr. Butler's motion.
After a long discussion, the presentation of
the paper protesting against the passage of the
river aud harlxjr appropriation bill was decided
not to be a privileged question, by 52 to 180,
aud a motion that, us a matter of courtesy to
those who signed the protest, it be entered on
tue journal was rejected Mr. Sparks, of U-
linois, from tho appropriation committee, re
ported i he Indian appropriation bill. Referred
to the committee of the whole. (The amount
appropriated is $5,772,575.) Adjourned.
A bill was reported from the Judiciary com
mittee to distaibute the balance of the Geneva
award, authorizing the euteiing of suits in the
oourt of el'ims A bill to ascertain the num
ber of emnloves of tlm Kniiiu mnfl nmmnt ih
4 J J" W
efficiency of the service was introduced....
mid uavai appropriation Dili was reported back,
and some of the" Senate amendments non-concurred
in The Pacifio Railroad sinking fund
bill came up and a Juotion made to put it on its
passage Several members of the judiciary
committee spoke in favor of the immediate
passage of tae bill, and Mr. Butler made a long
amumeut in favor nf rnfMntnA in thai rink-
luillee, at the close of which the bill was passed
1. ni i.. n . -
ujr iu w 4. Aajournea.
The Senate bill to repeal the bankrupt law
was oassed. after Inmrthv iliurnuulnt (, ooa
to 39.... The report on Mexican border trou
bles was submitted, with a resolution request
ing the Fresideut to keep 5,000 Boldiers ou the
border, and &nthnrt?inor (hum in iwim ini
Mexico in pursuit of raiders. .. .A bill provid
ing for a new Venezuela claims commission to
revise the acts of the former commission was
ordered nrinted and reGoran-itted. A inint
resolution for a joint " committee on ceusus "
wan auupieu. aujoumeu.
ne postromoe appropriation bill was passed.
. . . Mr. Phillins. rf Kn.nsn.it Ilia bi.Ia.
nient of a member from Mississippi that he
u- Ti.:n: x t a!. . . ..." 1 . .
loir, i lumps una introaucea a dui appropriat
ing $1,300,000,000; the amount was $30,000.
Adjourned.
Fashion Motes.
rieateJ ftnd yoke waists are verv fash.
ion able. Many are worn with a fancy
belt.
Scarf drapery is auite novel, and will
be popular.
Natvif k vplvfit. Ttnwdar in t.liA fuuliinn.
able substitute for soap, and is said to be
a preventive of tan.
The " multiform " is the name of a
capital invention for a ready-made
ooiffure.
Toe faHhionabla tints for unmmnr nno.
tumes will be maatio, a sort of whitey
brown, and a pale, greenish gray. The
trimming will be rnilles, embroiitered in
red, black and yellow, or red, black and
blue.
The newest combination is that of
brown and old gold. A brown straw, for
example, is trimmed with folds of dark
brown yelvet and feathers, old gold satin
ribbon and a group of pale gold roses.
The Mercedes head-dress is the lates
novelty. The huir at the temples ia
waved and combed upwards; there is a
friuge over the forehead only, md a tri
ple band of light tortoise shell fastened
around the head.
White will be more generally worn this
summer than for a long time.
DOWN TWO THOUSAND FEET.
Kxritln Details f a. Trip ! the Reyal
Uorce nf I he (Jrantt C'nayaa of the Ar
knnxns In 1'olomits.
Leaving the hotel immedin.t.lv fnllm
ing an early breakfast, a drive of twelve
miles brings ns to tho Grand Canyon of
tno vrKHDKus. disappointment is bitter,
nnd feelings of resentmoat almost be
yond control, as nowhere cau the eye
discover the canyon. In the immediate
foreground the pinion g- owtli is rank
iiu ueuse; jusn oeyonu, great bleak
ridsros of bare, cold rock Rnnt.mnt; itmnp.
ly with the profusion of foliage hiding
everyming uoneatu irom sight, while
away in the dim distance the snow
crowned neaks of the oontinnnt.nl .lit,;, la
are outlined sharp and clear against the
1.' , 1.1 .1 .
boiiu wine oi tue morning sky. Though
graud beyond anything we have Been in
amazing extent of vision, the mind is so
wmppmi up in tue anticipation of full
realization of the irlonm ami
and solemn fiTAnilenr of f hoOmn,! n.a
I 1 1 -1 .1 J
cnuuii niimmi nugniy me apparent
itimcuuu. A IiaiI-(I07.nn Ktjl from tha
Cllimn of llillion ti'POB vliora fbn linnno
i i - . V V I J V'. kJV.H
have been l'astaned, and nil thoughts of
roeui.iueuE. oi Ul8anix)intmnnt ami nha.
grin vanish, and a very cry of absolute
terror escapes ns. At our very feet is
tue canyon another step would hurl ns
into eternity. Shuddering, we peer
down the awful bIodcb: fascinntAil wa
steal a little nearer to circumvent a very
mountain that has rolled into the chasm,
and at last the eve renr-bon ilmcn tbo
sharp incline 2,000 feet to the bed of
11. 1 a
me river, uie impetuous Arkansas, forty
to sixty feet in width, yet to ns a mere
ribbon of molten nil tfr. Tlimirrll anrrr-
ing madly against its rocky sides, leap-.
"O """V t,'fiuu)'lu IllUHHeS OI rocK,
and hoarsely mnrmurino' ncrninnt. Hm nria.
on bars Jwe see not, nor do we hear.
aligns oi us inry. ine soleam stillness
of death pervades the scene; the waters
as we see them are as if polished, and
as stationary as the mighty walls that
look down on them from such fearful
height. Fairly awed into a bravado as
reckless as it is strange to ns, we crawl
mm upon loitering lodges to peer into
sheer depths of untold rnggedness: we
grasp wuu aeaiu-iiKe ciutcn some over
hanging limb, and swing out npon a
promontory, beside which the apex of
the highest cathedral spire in the world
would be as a sapling in height. We
crawl where at home we would hardly
dare look with telescope, and in the
mad excitement of the hour tread with
perfect abandon brinks the bare
thought of which, in subsequent sober
senses makes us faint of heart and dizzy
of head. -Eager now for Btill greater
horrors of depth, blind to everything
but an intolerable desire to behold the
most savage of nature's upheavals, the
shoit ride to the Royal Gorgo is made
with illy-conoealod impatience. Tf our
first experience npon the brink of the
Grand Canyon was startl-'ng, this is ab
solutely terrifying, and the bravest at
the same point became moat abject of
cowards in comparison at the other.
At the first point of observation the
walls, though frightfully steep, are
nevertheless sloping to a more or less
extent; here at the Rcyal Gorge they
are sheer preoipioes, as perpendicular
as the tallest house, as straight as if
built by line. So narrow is the gorge
that one would think the throwing of a
stone from side to Bide the easiest of
accomplishments, yet no living man has
ever done it, or succeeded in throwing
any object bo that it would fall into the
water below. Manv tourists am nnnfant.
with the appalling view from the main
lira la Klif nftinvd niAa V -
work their way 600 to 1,000 feet down
the ragged edges of a mountain that has
parted and actually Blid into the chasm ;
and as we have to come to Bee it all, the
clamber down must be accomplished.
For some distance we scramble over and
between monstrous boulders, and then
reach the narrow and almost absolutely
perpendicular crevice of a gigantic mass
of rock, down which we must let our
selves 100 feet or more. As we reach
the shelf or ledge of rock npon which '
the great rock has fallen and been sun
dered, we glance back, but only for a
second the thought of our daring mak
ing ns sick and dizzy. But a step or
two more and the descent just made
sinks into utter insignificance, compared
to what is before us. Then we had the
huge walls of the parted rock as the
rails cf a staircase ; now we have naught
but the smooth. rnil.irlAil cmrfnr-A nf tha
storm-T7ashed boulders to cling to, and
'il m -
on eiiner s ue oi our narrow way depths
at the bottom of which a man's body
could never be discovered with human
eye. Behind us the precipitous rocka
over aud through which we came ; ahead
of 11H tliA ftlprtilnr hurripr rtf rnilr
hanging the appalling chasm, and all
At. i. l .1 . 1 .
mere exists uetween ns ana it. (jowarus
at heart, pale of face, and with painful
breath, we slowly crawl on hands and
knees to the ledge, and as the fated mur
derer feels the knotted noose fall down
HVPr hta ll iiil.l an f..l nra aa fini avab av-
tend beyond the rocks to catch one awful
gumpsu oi me eierniiy oi space, n ew
dare look more than once, and one trlance
sufllces for a comprehension ' of the
m (Ml 1 1 i 1 1 O nf ( 1 1 Wiirr I , 1 tir-vMi nauav VkAfnrA
even dreamed of, and never afterward
forcot.hen. Tli frnrrrn in 9. OAS fAt. nViAAr
C- - O O I '
depth, and most precipitous of any chasm
ll a i mi i . i,
ou mo cuntiueui. j.ne opposite wan
towers hundreds of feet above us, and if
possible to imagine anything more terri-
ii. i .. : i. : n i a i . i
ijiuf tiinu um jiubuiuu uu tuia biuu, luhii
upon the other would be, were its brink
safe to approach. Overhanging crags,
black and blasted at their summits, or
bristling with stark and gnarled pines,
reach uo into profoundly dizzy heifthts.
while lower down monstrous rocks
threaten to topple and carry to destruc
tion any foolhardy climber who would
venture upon them. Among all the
thousands who have visited the Grand
Canyon and the Royal Gorge, harm has
befallen none, for despite the seeming
horror of the situation, the appalling
depths and rugged paths, the fascination
of the danger appears to give birth to
greatest caution. The canyon, except
in the dead of winter, is approachable
only from the top, the walls below being
to precipitous and the river such a tor
rent as to defy all access. When frozen,
as the waters are for brief periods during
the coldest months, the way up the cau
you may be accomplished, but only at
the risk of personal comfort and not a
little danger.
There are seveuty-two postmistresses
in the United States.
Ancient Postal Connection!.
In our modern speed of railroad travel
and the consequent facilities in the
transmission of mail matter all over the
whole civilized world, it is well enough
to look back to the time when letter
writing was a luxury indulged in only by
a few, and communication between
friends at a distance woll-nigh an imfos
sibility. In its first application the
word pott was applied to a courier or
carrier of messages. The use of posts,
some waiters Bay, originated with the
Fenians. Their kings, in order to have
intelligence of what was pass!ng through
11 the provinces of their vast domin
ions, placed sentinels on eminences at
convenient distrncos, where towers were
built. These sentinels gave notice of
putilio occurrences from ono to another
with a very loud and shriil voi!e, by
which news was transmuted irom one
extremity of the kingdom to another
with great expedition. But as this could
not be practiced-f xoept in the case of
general news, which it was expedient
that the whole nation should be ac
quainted with, Cyrus appointed couriers,
and places for post horses and honses
on all the high-roads, for the recerition
of the coniiers, where they were to de
liver their packets .to the next, and so
on. This they did night and day,
stopped by no inclemency of weather,
and they are represented to have moved
with astonishing speed. Xerxes, in his
famous expedition against Greece,
planted posts from the Korean Sea to
Shushan, or Snsa, to send notice thilhor
of what might happen to his army; he
placed also messengers from station to
station, to convey his packets, at such
distances from each other as a horse
might easily travel. The regularity nnd
sw'ftness of the Roman posts were like-
am .
w.so SAimiraDie. uiuoon observes :
" The advantage of receivinflr tho earli
est intelligence, and of conveying their
orders with celerity, induced the emper
ors to establish, throughout thpir exten
sive dominions the regular institution of
posts. Houses were every where erected
at the distance only of five or six miles;
cacnoi tnem was constantly provided
with forty horses; and by the help of
these relays it was easy to travel a hun
dred miles a day along the Roman roads."
in the time of Theodosius. Cesarius. a
magistrate of high rank, went by post
from Antioch to Constantinople. He
began his journey at night, was in Can-
padoda (one hundred and sixty-five
nines irom Antiocu) the ensuing eve
ning, and arrived at Constantinople the
sixth day about noon. The whole dis
tance was seven hundred and twenty
five Roman, or six hundred and sixty-
fivo English, miles. This service seems
to have been very laxly performed till
the time of Trajan, previous to whose
reign the R jman messeagcts were in the
habit of eoizing for the public service
any horses that came in their way. Some
regularity was observed from this time
forward, as in the Theodosian code men
tion is made of post-horses, and orders
given for their regulation. Throughout
all this period posts were only used on
special occasions. Letters from private
EersDns were 'conveyed by private
ands, and were confined for the most
part to business of sufficient urgency.
let to judge tue correspondence of
ancient times from the immense number
of Egyptian, Babylonian, and Persian
seals still in existence, it must have
been considerable. Posts disappeared
from Europe with the breaking np of
the Roman Empire. The modern postal
establishment is said to have originated
with King Louis XI., of Franco, abont
the middle of the fifteenth century.
A woman caught the high French
heels of her shoes in a railroad track in
Meriden, Minn., and was held fast while
a train cut off her legs.
The prime-evil bone of contention
The jaw-bone.
Itlothera! Mother!! Mother!!! Poo't
fail to procure Airs. Winslow's ttoothiog Byiup
for all diseases incident to tho period of teeth
ing in children. It relieves the child from pain,
cures wind oa'io, regulates the bowels, and, by
giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to
the. mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy.
A Pen Plclare.
A few months, or even weeks, since, her
Eallid countenance was the very type of rnddy
ealth tha delight of the school and the pride
of the household. 8he was always welcome
wherever duty or pleasure led her. Diligent,
punctual, and exemplary, in the clans room
obedient and loving' at home, she won the
hearts of all. But alas ! those glowing cheeks
and lips are now blanched by consumption.
The voice once so enchanting in langh and
song is feeble husky and broken by a hol'ow
cough. Let ns approach her couch and gently
take her bloodless hand in our own. Do not
shudder because of its feeble passiooless grasp.
The hand once so warm and plump shows its
bony outlines, while the oords and tortuous
voms are plainly mapped npon its snrfaoe,
The pulse that bounded ith repletion, impart
ing beauty, vivacity, health, and strength, to
the system, is delicate to the touch. The en
ervated heart feebly propels the thin scanty
blood. Must we lose her wbile yet so young
and so fair? No. There is relief. But some
thing more is required than the observance of
hvgienic rnlos, tor enfeebled nature culls for
aid and she must have it. Administer this
pleasant medicine. It ia invigorating. It al
lays the irritable congh, improves the appttite
and digestion, and sends a healthy tingle
through her whole being. The blood is en
riched, nervous power increased, and the heart
bounds with a now impulse. Her face bright
ens the blood is returning, her voice is clearer
and her requests are no longer delivered in that
f eeviuh, fretful toue so deadening to sympathy,
ler step is still faltering, but streugth is rail
id ly returning. Let us take hr out in the
warm lift) giviug sunshine. Iu a few weeks
she will go without our aid and be able to joiu
her companions in their pleasant pastimes and
feol hor whole being "warmed aud expanded
into perfect lif." The change is so gnat that
we think she is sweeter and nobler than ever
before. And the medicine which has wrought
this transformation, we look npon as a blessing
to humanity, for thoro are other loved ones to
be rescued from the grasp of the insidious de
stroyer. Jr. i'lorce s uolden Medical Discovery
has raised her. It will raise others.
CHEW
The Celebrated
"Matohlemn '
Wood Tag I'lug
Tonaooo.
Tm FioMCEa Tobaooo Oomfahi,
New York. Boston, aud (Jhicagc
"luol V-ut Powilrr."
Raid a lady, "has made itself indiHensable in
our kitchen. Our I isoiiit, cake, waffles, muf
fins, aud such like things with Its aid are
al'-avs enjoyablo and good. We would not be
without it iu our family. We have used it for
over fifteen years, aud it has never disap
pointed us yet.
How to Make Mone. Twenty five cents
worth of Bheridau's Cavalry Condiition Pow
ders, fed out sparingly to a coop of fifteen
hens, will increase the product or eggs more
luau one uonar iu vaiue in luuiy uays.
"A Farmer's Son or Daughter." Bee Adv't.
Htronai Nervoa aa Alta.lnMtl niroolnsr.
Tlmre are tna.iy who have never known the
Messing of strong nerves, having been born
with weak ones. Those who have, and, through
disease or some other cause, have suffered a
loss of nerve power can, by contrast, more
nuiy appreciate the magnitude or that loss,
'I he true wuy to repair it is to lnlgorat the
sypdom through the medium of improvbd di
gestion, sort t on, a:ul the ectahllHhmnnt. of a
muular hihil nf Imdy, thio" mults invariably
accomplished bv the use of iIoHtattpr's Stomsoli
Bitters, whoh insnros the tbotnigh conver
ts n of the food into pure nourishing blood,
from which the nerves, in common with everv
other part of the bodily eoonomy gather vigor,
the grand prerequisite of health. The great
M'lection to sedatives and narontics is, that
they not only exeit no tonic influonoe lint are
always followed by a hurtful reaction. Htich is
fur from being the case with the Bittt rs, the
primary action of wV'ch ia most splntarv, and
whose after effects aie beneficial '! the extreme.
Wor.m Knov.'I.o. Ono thirty-five pent bot
tle nf Johnson's A"odyne Liniment will offeo
(up'ty cine bronchitis, inflammatory sore
Ihiost koe lungci, blefdin3 at the lungs,
cluor'o ho.'r senen:i, hacking cough, whooping
ooiiga J.iu ipnie stomach.
The I . tf' OUnavrv ih Ac is Dr
VobiaV co's'rAod Voortl in L'ohro-. '. 90 foars bofora
ti' nnol's nd warrantor! ia i or' Q u.bH DftonUrv,
Oo"e, sod tpmimi, takon Internally j and Oronn, Obronie
RtMianwt'sra, Soto ThroaU, Oats Bram, Old Bora,
and Pains 'n tho Urnbt Back and Cheat, 011111117
I, has noTor fald. No f amilr will ovar bo without it
rftoronoo aWlnolt afar trial. Prls 40 oonto. Dr.
TOBIAS VKKBTIAlt HORSK 1.INIMRNT, In Pint
Bottlos. at On Dollar, Is warranted superior to any
othm, or NO PAY, for tno oar of Uulla, OnU, Rrnlms,
Old Sonit, to. Sold bi II DrtVfisU. Dopot-1 U Pvt
PIimw. Nnw Yo,'k.
The nets,
aw tobx.
Boat Oattlt -Nativ 0T A 0
Tssas andOhsrokeo.... 08114 C9
Milch Oowa (0 00 (470 00
Ho Live..
08H(4
0V4
0VV4
09 (4
' 0(4
DrvMod.'
04 H
Of H
It
Sheep....
Lambs...
Cotton Mlddllnii.
in
Flonr Wastsrn Oood to Oholos...
I M
14 716
Rtato Good to Oholos.
I 81
(4 7 7
4 1 M
(4 IN
4 1 2S
Bnnkwhrot po ewt I II
Wheat Rod Wmtarn 1 SO
No. S Milwaukee 1 M
Rye HUt , ft (4
lUrley State T (4
Darin Malt. M (4
Ilnckwbeat CO (4
Oat Mixed Western I4
71
7
:
BS
8
7
Oorn Mixed Western...... IS (4
Hay, per ewt......
Straw por ewt,....
Hops 7o's 01 t01 77 "s
4
(4
M
CJ
10
70
01
4
4
Pork Mm......,
10 fO (410 7
Ird Olty Hteain
07(4 C8?
Fish Mackerel, No. 1, new ..171) 4.1G0
V No. 1, new H a 0 00
Pry Ood, per ewt ..4 41 (4 4 ' J
llorriiiB, Scaled, per box II (4 11
Petroleum Orndn. Be'-ied,
11
40
101,
Wool (mllforula Pleoos.
10
Taxas
SO
44
41
3S
IS
IS
Aastrallan "
Htate XX
ButUf -Hlte
Wentorn Oholos., ...........
Western (hiod to Prime,...
Weatern Flrklna
. 11
Obeose State Factory..............
1X4
OS (4
V4
. mat Hklmmod....
Western
Ekrs Slate aud PBunsvlvnla....
. SDrVALO.
Flonr......
Wheat No. 1 Milwaukee
00
1 M
41
0
74
76
10
laa
4
S3
74
78
SI
Uorn Mixed
CMta..,
KT
Hurley ..... , .
Barley Malt
ruiuADBLruu.
Beef Oattla Kitr
M
01X4
0V(4
0SX(4
0
06
Sheep..............
Iloga Dreaaed ,
Flour Pennavlnnla Kxtr
6H
I 11 (4 W
Wheat Bed Western
Hyo...... .
l as (4 l lis
l (4 70
Corn Yellow...... ...... . ...... ....
61
'!
96
SO
Mixed
l (4
S? (4
Oats Mixed
tetroienm Ornds OrAOSV Re Hoed.
wool Oolorado 17 14
js. ............ ....... . . .1 44
Oalltornla SO )
BOTOi,
oeei uani. ...........
Sheep, .,...
Hoa
Flour Wleooualn and Mlnaaaot. .
Oorn Mixed......
OsU
Wool Ohio and Pennsylvania XXl.".
Oallforuia
artuaTnn mas.
Deef OatU .,
Sheep...... ......
Imb.
Hoa-s.... ;;;;;
WATKBTOWH, MASS.
Beef Cattle Poor to Oholos. ........ 4 so flIM
7 00
7011
7nn
v4 75
"IOIl NAI.K-IMPKOVKn PA KM, NKAU
f t'"" K'chm.inl, Vm. AodIt to
JOSKHILHBIKHKN, Krin bhadea, Henrioo Pp., V.
HOMES II THE WEST
Excursions to Lincoln. Nebraska.
I:r"'r.ir'N''. Yark anil New Kl4 tha
i uiru ;i fj in every nionlhi anill Herein.
5rr'.. Kiimr.ion No. 11 will lui, TIK"I)A Y,
MAY lt. Pare bat half rraulavr
. . 1 11. anil ui 11 cikH aooommnilalinna
(urntad. Far deioripti Land Uiroolara. In forma.
tionAlio.it Tioknta. eto , aend kdilraaa on Poatl Crd to
ItnMtKJi. ai7 llrwaway, New Yrh.
UNHUUr
Dunham & Sons, Manufacturers,
Wararoomc, IS East 14th Street,
Established 1834. KEY YORK.
Jrn4ybr IlUutroUd Cirmtlar euU Frto List
American Newspaper Directory
1070
APRIL EDITION NOW READY.
SHS pagiM. Pric SO eenta. Fre by mall. Contains
the naiuea and ciroulationl of all newapapera, and a
UasatUier o( tue town in whiuh thy ar publiahd.
Addraas tiEO. P. HOW KM. V t'O.,
IP Wpriire Hlrret, New York.
Scientific News.
Thia ia an S-page illnatratad Joanral of popular and
practical boianoa, oarfullj adild by 8. H. Waloa, lata
of Th SrinUfif American and Joauua Koa, tha wntl
knowa practical aDinr and maohania. IWraa I
a yar. Upon tha rcomot of ftO c.ata w will aand tha
pmpar free Irom now till the end of tha year.
Addraaa. M. il. WAl.KH A: HIN,
1 O Kpruca Ktretft, New York.
PATKNTM. Wb saenra Pntanta for nw inrsntiona,
and gira advice anu a Pauiphlat frea. ) yeara' apa
enoi. BABBITT'S TOILET S,nJ.R
T inn, tor tha
1Illl'Hli Ualk.
! ikIciiiI an
dttfitm aoon le
ootm odbibio and
delctariottt laaradt
mu. Anarjraaiaal
rtMlllk npauaal
th aiannfeictanw al
. r. oatotft't mm
aa.
Khlta Tha FINEST TIULET iAP la tha Waa-14.
I'y mc twra rtffHmhU Wi utt in itt MM4V-iwf.
wLf0 ln th Wurry It ham No Cqual.
Worth tt-n tiniM iu coal to titrry iiuitticr iil fsvuitly lo hrUlcAtioffta
4Ssii)le Ihh, conUlatnn S takr o( 4 oca, ikJi, IMi fraw ie tatty
aiM rM-cUt 1ft rrtU. Adr
B- t. BABBITT. New York Cltw.
and bow ol
aW 1 Ml f mil iUMpttta,
COUNTERATfOR4GoNT&ACK
265 BROADWAY. A.K
os A m I,
Ot (4 06
06 4 06
M (4 7 at
66 (4 SI
"
at 14 ' inl
U0IK4 07 V E3
06 4 0VJ 2
07 (4 I" h i
07 V (4 08 I J
BO 11 OB I 1.
1
mi
I .. -d 1 nil man l ill
Baoww's BaownifiAL Taoowrs, for onnshs and enlds.
nTTWQ KKTOI.fKIIN, IX o Mat free. Addreas
U Al J tlreat Weatern Una WorNa, Plttahnr. la
6 saw A PAY to Aventa eanrawlnn for the Plrealde
ft Vlaltar. Terma and OntHt Krr Aildre'L
T 1. t. VH'K KHY, Aiiarnnta, Mal..S.
ORGANS
reUII prloa 2Mnnly Mt(5 PIANOH
retail pride .!( rniW m I 3. (I rent
baraaina.
unA 1 1
aivuinsion, N J .
$3501'
ftlonlh. AxrnU wanted. 3(1 beat. fell.
liar rt.irla In the wurM. One eample free
I Jdrsaa JAY IIHO.N?tN, IWmt, M.rli
S2500
year. A (rents wanted eieif wheie, Bm
1 new at 1 let y iii 1 1 maie.rari icii lara rres
Aildn J.WoarM a-Co. BUloula, Mo.
C! 4 I nF "n n node on a Pnrtahle Rods Fnnn
'?4t tain. I'rina t-'IA, tih, and fh 00m pl.t ,
i..n IfnTrataloa'ie to t'HAPMAW A (ll., Madlaon, Ind.
nilOICK PLANTS ANI FINK PI.OWKK
i HK.KIM. For tfnnllir, None llrtieri lor
I'rl'T, None I'hrnprr. l'nllonp tree. Th
Vil I'loriil 4nldr e.erl.ii d, Vc. Addreaa
.?. OeiTea. Heo. O. A P. NurwHriea, Patereon, N. ,T.
CLOCKS
K. IN4JKAIIAII oV t'O.'M.
Hnperlnr In rieaian. Not. eiiialea
In qaalilj, or aa tlmelteeimra.
Aak your Jewelhf for tnem,
Aa-enny H Onitlaiidt HI , N. Y.
W A TWIli! aA tJ,H" MAN-To represent
7 7 2ali Jp 1:4 I the Ame.ioan Ne.paier
tloioM l.i.t u' Oo-o'ii utive NMvnp.ineri, and oan.ara
for a're.i wne .!( toia vioinity. To a nr-tnm perwin
W'H aloiv a iloerat 0 mmia.ion. and advance a r,,iilar
i7eli'T payment on aeoonnt. Adiireha, .lh .e ei-ence,
R K A I .K A KtlSTKI'. Cineral Agent Anieilonn News
p -nef 11. lion. No. It) Rn.'iioe Klreet, Nw Vorfc.
$10 4o $25
A DAY M:KK ibimI bf
Airnnt pllfnconrOhroTtinw
OrMonn, Ptotnr ao'l Ohro
mo Otvrdi. I tili MrapiM
worth MA. mdL nnnt-DaM
1111 1,1,1 1 for twinT-i. iiintirn.ia
.uatOKti frrf.. J. II. Htf KOKU'N KONp
ptfNlvu. (KaUhltihd 1n30.f ,
for 85 (Vnt, IllnntrftUd
HOSPHO-NUTRITINE,
Tha beat vitalizing Tonlo,
Kellcvirig Mental and Physical
PROSTRATION,
NTtRVOUBNBSB, DHBILITJ",
FK.MAT.H WKAKNBasj.
And all Impairment of Brain
and Narv s ratam.
Alirtranuu. Depot, 8 Piatt BV. If.T,
TRADTC MARK.
DR. DECKER'S
CKL-EBRATKD
EYE DALSAM
IS A BURR CURB
for IN KLAMKD. WKAK KYKa,
vim
8TVEH anil M( 1 UK I .YKI.IDS.
HOUT BY A Mi liKlHiUIHTH,
DKPOT, 0 IIIMVKH , N, V.
NT HY MAIL OH a.x
mMi fjimnnirB. ( now nntmi rnnu una r
WAidMt. wnrkni Into oIubhIb nr inlnod UmU;)
tnl KMiioinirti for puhliu cr 'uniln. omntrit,
I'wmphlwtn frwH. A. J. NKI.LliS k DO., Pitu'
3n.n ha
Uminwn
or farms,
unrh, F
CoflsumptiOQ Can Be Curei
IMTl.!-ION A In a terlain rrm rli for tha CURB of
C ONm( .HHTION and a I diManB of ilm I, una
and ThrHt. It inviKtirAttrii th bruin, ton up tha
yntam, mftknti tha wnitk atronR, and la plnnaant to tsk.
rnoa Una Dollar ptr Imtilt at Drujcirifitft or int by tha
Pr-nprmtor on rtHmiot of prioo. A pump hint containing
VKloatel advlo to I'nnnuiiiiitlvra lutvn; onrtiltciitoa
of Ai'TlTAL nPRKK, and full dirmilionn for omn aoom
1inia aaoh ho(M, or will Im trrm to any mMrnna.
SUAH U. MOISKS, H Cortlandt Htrmt, Now York.
I CURE FITS! !
Whan I aar onra 1 do not niaan in An I r to aton tham
for a tima anil thn hav thnm return stnin 1 iiinttn m.
radical cure. I am a racular phjauian, and hav mada
tna niaaaaa oi
Fits, Epilepsy or Falling Sickness
a Hfn Ions atudy. I warrant niy rmiiAdy to cura tha
w rat e aoa. Hrnianaa othar. hava lailnd la no rcaaon
for not now raoatriiin a our from in. Nnd t- m at
onoa for a Trf and a Fri-r lloiilf of my infolli
bits rm if, (iiva aiprnaa and tHMt-Oalloa. It ooala
)oi notlitnjr f r a tri 1. aud I will oora ii, Addraas
1. IL ii. K(MT, H3 Tarl Hirt, Nw York.
EVERETT HOUSE,
Fronting Union SSquoro
NEW YORK.
Finest Location in the City.
European Plan Restaurant Unsurpasssi
GIXWE-FITTINO
CORSETS.
Th. Fri.ndc of thf
UNniVALLIOCORSET
an now itMmMiwd by
MILLIONS.
frioni ar Much CMvCtd
MCDALReCEIVkD
AT CtNTCNNIAL.
IthaGenuIn ana
.bewaraof Imlut'ion.
MKUioro.
THOMSON'S
UMNEAKASUiraiS
Th bi taoda mart.
S that tn. nam of
IOMSON and tha
TradeMarKACMOwN.nl
atamncd on averytoritt$i
rl
Sandal-Wood
afpaalUf rraaixlr lor all dl.aaaa. of lb Hldaay
Bladdar and Uriaary Oraaa. ; alio good la lra.
Irail CaaaplnJat. It n.rr prodao. ileknMB,
MTtals and ipdyB lUiaoUoo. It la fat:apradlD
all oth ar rmdia. Blitj aapaalM ara Injili or b
day. Ho oihr madioln. tan do thia.
Bewara af lailtatloBa, tor, owtag to It. ar
inwi,aaai bv bn offrd I aoma an moat daai
aaa.Saa.lnc plla,t.
UDMDAM llll'K VH.'H limaiii p Os,
mIm oila Oil AaaaalaMoJ Did al all dr
atorM. At far aarBMiaB ar at for aw. lo M aul
tr.mur lltrt, ya ror.
TUE
GOOD OLD
STAIID-BY.
Meiican Mustang Liniment.
FOR MAN AND BEAST.
aiABUaaxo 3ft Yb. Alwan .on. Alwan
aadj. Alwar handi. Haa na,ar et failad. lain
n4IM. kaM anal . Ta whol world approv. th.
lorioa. old Mutanc-tb. Boat and Ohaapaat LmlmaM
lo ailitaosa. 1S Mnta a bottla. Th. Mm Lang Lmim
or, whan notblac alaa will.
BOLD BY ALL M KDlflTWjBvwarriairaj
Homes in Minnesota!
F.5TY MILLION bo.h.1.
X. uiaain- flt;iT
ftll 1.1.1 ON barrel, ol Flour,
worth ofsr Flllv tlilii
Hall
nf I lt.
.IU
' I uw.v,. UWIWUBM,
worth onr Twentv million ltillr
'''"on Uyllttra. Four huo.
t t . '"'vniu iiAca.j.n. riitwobun.
drd and eluTaa Kua- of Mtoue Th
TSaKKOMProJEttryIntIi8Worl(l
Jd. bast walar Powsr in tha llm
Btu. hundred and twiy0u.r?d
ida Fit. f I.tttltlNU illll,l,H. Fiftihu:
ITJ .VAS v. ";, rrr.ioi luuibor aawl
(JUUAT Uthll for Choice U HKAT LaNdh
VLtiMZ lOiliUIlUN ill
W j? 1878.
-- -w .w .m aliuwu. M WPDI
1 1 a am al afe. aitl... a I A
M..t.in. Ilk.. U . l. m
traiu orowdad InJ nm.JZ I. ,aud vTr
apul oanU. WlKuaia. Iowa, and fiVnaa. alaof.f f
VV. ln.it th wrld into th. E. Ipuik ?t
I1UIU aura, ol land awaitiu. iln7.r.'"7
f fa k
I vLP 1 1 J
XTa k'S if
A FARMER, i Farmer's Son or Daughter,
Hat Kokkh and Kit. tit rr will, (in aiMitinn U th
pniiit, rH'fiivfi KKKK ft omnplHt rijr of NHllfn KurK
aii1 Pdi'Dt UOTMor, for rlftptwilinic tlitjr nr Htmw in
Wi'" or on k. A'-o mnn'fra, Nut Mhftll llrvjr tlarriw.
Hitllnva and (lr-li.l Al'l ht!. Null in IImI Tm.l
m a it" n a .yriNnrvji f n r
i u wunr et
wry ii mi) ii iw
m-M .11 I II Hi. Ill ; U VA
Free Homes.Free ScHcols.FreeLanils 1 S77
Famphlrt ol Kl.htv P.a c. with a On. 1 U ,
fVi"'" U pta-p.Td. to HVHtV APFI I
l-ANT Trrwhr. lo evury riiuoir, thi - iT
Ofr ApPr,io JOIf VV. ailVD d
Bee-, .1 Htata Board .f InX"..,
Wt- P'"'t i'llnoeaJtit.
M Y M U
18