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gALlM, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, MARCH 17, 1181,
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NEWS SUMMARY.
Important Intelligence from All Parts.
U. S. Senate Proceedings.
Commusic actons were presented in the Senate on the Sth from Messrs. Kirkwood and
Blaine, announcing: that they had fowarded to
the Governors of their respective States their
resignations as members of the Senate. The
followinjf nominations were confirmed: Ex-
Secretary of the Navy Goff as District-Attorney ot West Virginia; Lewis Richmond, of
Rhode Island, as Consul-General at Rome, and
John L. rrisbie, of Michigan, as Consul at
Rhfiims.
The Senate, In executive session on the 9th,
confirmed the following- nominations: Levi P.
Morton, to be Minister to France; William. M.
EVartS, Allen G. Thurman and Timothy-O.
ilowc Commissioners to the International
Monetary Conference: D. D. McClurg1, Surveyor of Customs at Cincinnati: Lot M. Mor-
rlil. Collector of Customs at Portland, Me.,
and John W.. Green, Revenue Collector for the
Second District of Iowa.
Mr Pendleton offered resolutions in the
Senate on the 10th providing fOr the organization of the Standing and Select Committees,
which resolutions were, on motion of Mr.
Anthony, ordered printed and to lie on the
table subject to be cared up on the llth. The
nomination of Robert S. Taylor, of Indiana, as
member of the Mississippi River Improvement Commission was confirmed.
Mr. Edmunds on the llth took the oath of
office for his new term. A resolution was
adopted calling on the. Attorney-General for
the reports made last session concerning the
operations of the United States Marshals and
other officials in the Western District of Virginia. Mr. Pendleton called up the resolution
forthe formation of the Senate committees,
and Mr. Davis (111.) declined the Chairmanship
of the Judiciary Committee, and moved to
substitute tbe name of Mr. Garland for that
position; he (Mr. Davis) would vote for the
appointment of the committees, but could accept no honor at the hands of either side. The
Vice-President sustained a point of order
raised by Mr. Conkling that the resolution for
the reorganization of the committees was not
In order, and an appeal was taken, but both
the point of o-der and the appeal were subsequently withdrawn, and it was understood
that the resolution should come up for consideration on the 14th, to which date an adjournment was effected.
Domestic.
Secretary Blaine on the 9th addressed a
note to the British Minister at Washington
on the subject of the# alle ed false reports
sent by Mr. Crump, the British Consul at
Philadelphia, to his Government as to the
preva'euee of disease amons: the ho°;s in the
Western States. Mr. Blaine denies that
there was a particle of trath in the statements, and says that the most diligent inquiry had failed to bring to light any circumstance oa which Mr. Crump's report could be
possibly based, ife asked that immediate
steps be taken to have the false reports fully
anl emphatically contradicted.
The annual report of the Citizens' League
of Chicago shows that, during the last three
years, the League has arrested and prosecuted 503 saloon-keepers, and compelled 251
to temporarily or permanently abandon the
liquor business.
The remains of Albert Strybos, of Pittsburgh, were cremated in the Le Moyne. furnace at Washington, Pa., on the 9th.
Southwobth, an expert, test tied berore
the Whittaker court-martial on the 10th that
he found that the paper on which the note
of warning was written had been previously
written on by pencil, and that the marks
were then erased by rubber. The rencil
writing was by Whittaker. and the words
written were those used in the note of warning.
The Topeka, Atchison & Santa Ee and the
Southern Pacific Railroads have effected a
junction at. Deminsr; New Mexico, and announcement was made on the 9ih that trains
would soon begin running over this new route
to the Pacific coast.
EARLT-on the morning of the 10th a fire
broke out In the who esale drug house of
Woodward, Faxon & Co., Kansas City, and
before it was got unoe'r control the drug
house, a hardware store, a grocery house and
other property, Valued at §450,0u0, were reduced to ashes.
George E. Goooh, a Ch-'cago commission
merchant who dealt principally in butter,
cheese and eggs, has failed. His liabilities
are placed at $100,000.
The epizootic has made its appearance in
San Francisco.
Fieti" stone-cutters on the new Capitol of
•Indiana struck on the 10th because one man
was employed at piece-work.
A terrible explosion occurred in -the
boiler-works of Donaldson & Patterson, at
-Buffalo, N. Y., on the llth, by which six men
were killed and seven injured. The body of
the junior proprietor was hurled through a
solil board fence across the street. The
buildinr, which was one hundred feet long
and eighty feet high, was literally. leveled to
the ground. The dome of the boiler was
thrown one hundred feet in the air, and
landed half a mile away. Those killed were
Robert Patterson, John Langenfeld, Francis
Chad wick, Wiltiam Wager, William Gibson
arid a man unknown.
The census returns show that the native
increase of poputation in this country during
the past ten years ha3 gained, upon foreign
immigration. There are 888,293 more males
than females in the United States.
The Cabinet at Washington decided on the
llth not to permit National Banks to withdraw the legal-tenders deposited with the
Treasury to retire their circu'ation. Secretary Windom expressed the opinion that the
he,tvy bond purchases of the Government
would prevent any monetary stringency.
A great Increase in mortality was reported
from New York on the llth. The death in
that city for the week would reach eight hundred.
Upon the receipt in Washington of the dfs-
patch announcing the assass "nation of the
Czxr of Russia ihe Secretary ot State instruct-
eJ the Unite i States Minister at St. Petersburg to express to the Russian authorities the
sentiments "of sorrow with which Ihe President and people of the United States have
heard of the terrible crime of which the Em-
] eror has been the victim, and their profound
sympathy with the Imperial family and Rus-
s an reopl'e in their great affliction."
AjBOtjT nine o'clock on the morning of the
12th four men drove up, to the residence of
Miss. ElizAbeth Roberts, in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and rang the bell. On entering they instantly
bound the lady and her servant and demanded their valuables. Three bonds of $1,000 each
were handed over, and jewelry to the value
of $500 was taken from a sleeping-j-oom.
Threatening to murder their victims uliould
any alarm be given the robbers hastily departed.
It was stated at Washington on the I2th
that the Secretary of the Navy had decided
to purchase the whatln^-steamee Helen and
Mary, at San" Francisco, to be used in the
Jeannette search, expedition. The vessel Is
to be manned by volunteer officers of the
Unj^d States Navy.
« T&B international pedestrian tournament
in New York ended on the evening of the
12th by G'Leary's withdrawal from the track.
He had made just 450 miles to cover a bet of
'folfct he had made on himself, and about
$1,000 that his immediate friends had bet oa
iinj,    Vatighan. Iwi at that Ii'our eoyej'ed
453 miles, but kept to the track with shors intermissions until he had made 4613£ miles,
in order to beat O'Leary's record of sixty-
three miles "for the last twenty-four hours
and get an arm chair put up as a prize.
O'Leary was said to be badly used up.
Several buildings of the extensive .Rattan
Works at WakeEeld, Mass., were burned on
the morning of the 12th. Loss about $500,-
000. Nearly 1,00,0 persons are thrown out of
employment.
Lizzie Raines, a Springfield (HI.) woman
who was arrested- some time ago by the City
Marshal without a warrant being first sworn
out, has recovered a verdict of §2,000 for
false imprisonment on the ground that her
incarceration was in violation of the Bill of
Rights.
At Edwards, Miss., a few nights ago Mrs.
Spaulding, a milliner, killed J. A. Maples
with a revolver, and reported to the neighbors that she had shot a burglar. Itwas soon
shoAn, by a note in his pocket, that she had
decoyed him to her store, evidently with the
intention of murdering him.
A Baltimore lady sprang into the street a
few nights ago, wrapped iu flames and being
badly burned. When the police appeared
she demauded the arrest of her husband,
Benjamin Dutton, whom she charged with
saturating her clothing with coal-oil and set-
ling it on fire.
Personal and Political.
At a caucus of the Demoeratic United
States Senators on the 9th it was determined
to push the organization of the Senate, and,
tbe Republican Senators refusing to make
out minority lists, the Democrats proceeded
to make up the full committees. The following Chairmen were determined on: Finance,
Bayard; Appropriations, Davis (W. Va.);
Commerce, Ransom; Judiciary, Davis (HI.);
Public Lands, Jones (Fla.) ; Indian Affairs,
Coke; Railroads, Lamar; Public Buildings
and Grounds, Vest; Census, Pendleton.
The Congressional Committee of the National Greenback party issued an address
to the people of the country on the 9th in
which they denounce the National Banks and
charge them with assuming to control the
Government and defy its sovereign right to
issue and Tegulate the volume of currency.
The address also charges the banks with having rebelled against the Government, causing borrowers of money to pay at the rate of
50J per cent, annual interest for its use. The
Railroad and Telegraph Companies are
charged with conducting their business in
violation of private rights and the fundamental law of eminent domain.
Assistant Secretary Hat, of the State
Department, resigned his position on the 9th,
on account of private engagements, but he
would remain^ temporarily in charge of the
office. The reported appointment of J. Ban-
croftDavis to the position of Assistant Secretary of State was erroneous.
It is stated that while the Funding • bill
was pending in Congress §18,764.434 in greenbacks was deposited by 133 National Banks
to retire circulation. Of this amount §1,287,-
500 had been returned up to the 9th.
The Republicans of the Wisconsin Legislature, in caucus on the evening of the 9th,
nominated, on the forty-eighth ballot, and
the Legislature, in joint session on the 10th,
elected, ex-Senator Angus Cameron to succeed the late Senator Carpenter in the United
States Senate. The vote in the Legislature
was: Cameron, 97; William F. Vilas, 27,
The term for which Mr. Cameron is chosen
exDires in 18S5. #
Carl Schurz has'been sued for $200,000 by
Charles D. Gilmore, a Washington claim
agent, for debarring the latter from practice
at the Interior Department.
Erysipelas, resulting from recent vaccination, caused the death, at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
on the 10th, of GhSff Engineer James W.
Whittaker, of the United States navy.
Walter Blaine, of St. Paul, has been appointed private Secretary to his father, the
Secretary of State.
The Fusionists of the Maine Legislature
on the 10th nominated R. A. Frye for-United
States Senator, to succeed Mr. Blaine.
, The Wisconsin Assembly has voted down
the bill submitting Constitutional amendments to the people in favor of woman suffrage—50 to 40—and. the bill submitting a
prohibitory amendment—48 to 49.
The question of prohibition will be submitted to the people Of North Carolina, in
August next, on a propos'tion to amend the
Constitution so as to forbid the manufacture
or sale of intoxicating liquors.
A bill to establish the whipping post for
wife-beaters is pending before the Pennsylvania Legislature.
The Indiana Senate on the llth passed a
b 11 impos nga two per-cent. tax on the gross
earnings of sleeping-car companies, and the
House passed a bill requiring railroad companies to destroy Canada thistles and other
noxious weeds growing along their tracks.
President Gareield on the llth nominated Henry G. Pearson to be Postmaster at
New York City.
Secretary' of War Robert T. Lincoln
entered upon the duties of his office on the
llth.
The Executive Committee of the National
Anti-Monopoly League reported on the llth
that applications for charters for branch organizations had been received from twenty-
four States.
Bx a vote of 5(5 to 54, the Illinois House
on the llth defeated a proposed Constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors within
the State.
John Masters, one of tho oldest journalists in the United States, who died recently
at Cincinnati, is said to have never borrowed
a dollar or owed a debt since he was eleven
years of age.
Judge Richard J. Bowie, formerly Chief-
Justice of Maryland, di.'d at his home near
Rockville, in that State, on the 13th.
Mrs. Garfield held her first public reception on the 12th, assisted by the wives of five
of the Cabinet officers. The callers were
numerous.
Harry Genet, one of the convicted Tweed
ring, was sentenced in New York on the 12th
to the Penitentiary for ei»ht months, and to
pay a fine of §9,604, to stand committel uutil
the fine is paid.
About a quarter of the Vermont towns
have recently elected women as Superintendents of Schools.
Foreign.
Queen Caroline, the widow of Christian
V1J.1, d.ed at Copenhagen on the 9th.
It is announced that the Princess Louise
will return to Canada the fir^t week in May.
Uj» to the 9th forty-three arrests had been
made in Ireland under the Coercion act.
The armistice between the British and
Boers has been extended by the former.
GekmanY has accepted the invitation to
the Monetary Conference, with the reservation that she will not be bound by its decisions.
A London telegram of the 10th says the
Government obj -cted to the wording of the
Invitation to the Monetary Conference, being
unwiE ng to commit Itself absolutely to tho
bimetallic staadara.
Judge Mathews, of the English Court of
Queen's Bench, gave judgment in the Brad-
laugh case on the llth. He held Bradlaugh's
defense, that, as an affirmation would answer
instead of an oath in the courts of England,
an affirmation would answer for an oath in
the House of Commons, was. not. good, consequently Bradlaugh had no right to vote in
the Commons, not having taken the usual
oath. A stay of judgment was granted, and
Bradlaugh took an appeal to the High Court
of Justice.
The Arms bill was passed to a third reading in the Britsh House of Commons on the
llth, by a vote of 250 to 28.
The British House of Lords has decided
that the Tiehborne claimant shall serve out
his full term of fourteen years.
The Republicans of the Seventh. Mi6higari
Congressional District on the llth nominated
John T. Rich, State Senator, as a Gand.date
for Congress to succeed Mr. Conger, elected
to the United States Senate.
Caird, Williamson & Co., general merchants andproduee dealers of London, have
failed.   L abilities about §500,000.
The Czar of Russia was assassinated oc the
13th. The Imperial carriage was attacked on
the Ekat Rinofsky Canal, opposite the Imperial stables, while the Emperbf was returning with the Grand Duke Michael from the
Michael palace in a closed carriage, supported by eight Cossacks. A bomb thrown by
some one standing near fell near the carriage
and exploded, destroying the back part The
Czar and his brother alighted uninjured. A
second bomb was then thrown by another
person, and fell close to the Czar's feet, its
explosion shattering both legs. The Czar fell,
crying for help. He was raised up and conveyed to the Winter palace. The Czar's
right leg was nearly torn from his
body, and the left leg badly shattered. A
Cossack and a passer-by were kilted on the
spot and the Grand Duke Michael wounded.
The Czar lingered an hour and a half and
died at 3:25 p. m. The only word he uttered
after being struck was the name of the Czaro-
witch. The latter, on leaving the palace
after the death of the Czar, was*hailed as
Emperor by the crowd. He was surrounded,
contrary to his custom, by a strong mounted
escort. The two assassins stood on opposite
sides of the roadway, disgu'sed as peasants.
One was so roughly handled that he has since
died. The other gives the name of Roussa*
koff.
Charles Bradlaugh has resigned his seat
in the British House of Commons and will
seek re-election.
1ATER NEWS.
The Republican Senatorial caucus in Washington on the 14th decided on a list of committees, the action of Senator Mahone indicating that they would secure the organization of the Senate. The Finance Committee
would consist of Morrill, Sherman, Eerry,
Jones (Nev.), Allison and four Democrats!"
Appropriations, Allison, Logan, Dawes,
Plumb, Hale and four Democrats; Commerce^
Conkling, McMillan, Kellogs', Conger, Idille?
and four Democrats; Judiciary, EdrhUnds,
Conkling, Logan, Ingalis, McMillan and four
Democrats; Foreign Relations, Burnside,
Conkling, Jones (Nev.), Edmunds, Ferry and
four Democrats, and Privileges and Elections,
Hoar, Cameron (Wis.), McMillan, Sherman,
Frye and four Democrats.
President Garfield on the 14th nominated Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, vice Justice Swayne, resigned. Mr. Matthews was
nominated by President Hayes for the same
position, but the Senate failed to confirm.
Governor Pillsbury, of Minnesota, on
the 14th appointed General A. J. Edgerton,of
Kasson, to the United States Senate, to 1111
the vacancy caused by the appointment of
Mr. Wiudom to the Cabinet..
The Russian Czarowitz ascended the throne
on the 14th, taking the title of Alexander
III., and issued a manifesto to his subjects.
Russakoff, one of the* assassins of the late
Emperor, was a student at the mining academy. • A St. Petersburg dispatch.-of the 14th
says the. physicians summoned to the wounded Czar found his legs held to his body only
by the flesh, his right ban 1 greatly lacerated,
and his marriage ring broken to pieces and
driven into the flesh. 'Twenty persons were
more or less injured "by the explosion, several
of whom had, ded. General Melikoff announced that only one assassin had been
captured, though many arrests had been
made.
In the United States Senate on the 14tb
the Democrats opposed and the Republicans
favored a motion to go into executive sessioni
Mr. Mahone voting with the latter, thus indicating that he would act with them m the
organization of the Senate, etc. The motion
was defeated—35 to 37. Messrs., JUcDili
(Iowa) and Cameron (Wis.) took»the bath of
office. On motion of Mr. Morgan*1 "resolutions were adopted condemning assassination as a means of redressing grievances of
any kind, and expressing 'sorrow at the
death of the Czar, horror at the manner of his taking, off, and condolence with the Government and people
of Russia at their bereavement. On the
"question of organization speeches were made
by Messrs. Pendleton, Conkl.ng and Hill, "the
latter inquiring particularly "what Senator
chosen by Democrats would prove false to
his trust. Mr. Mahone took a position in
front of the Vice-President's desk and declared his independence ot the Democratic
party, and his intention to vote as he pleased.
Mr. Hoar replied to Mr. Hill's remarks on
the alleged defection of Mr. Mahone.- Mr.
Voorhees offered to be one of two Democrats
who would pair off, on the question of organization, with vacant Republican seats, but
the Senate, without definite action, adjourned.
€ities of Orer Ten Thousand Inhabitants.
A Notable Declaration.
The Declaration of Independence of the
Dutch Boers (Or farmers) of South Africa is
remarkablefor its eloquence, its pathos, its
religious fervor and its bitter indictment of
the British rulers for the alleged wrongs
suffered at their hands. The Declaration of
Independence is too lengthy for publication iu
ourcolumn3, but the following extract from
the document, being the Boers' oath of allegiance to each other, gives an idea of the spirit
and temper of the signers :
"In the presence of Almighty God, the
searcher of hearts, and praying for His gracious assistance and mercy, we, burghers of
the South African Republic, have solemnly
agreed, for us and for our children, to unite in
a holy covenant, which we confirm with a
solemn Oath. It is now forty years ago
since our fathers left the Cape Colony
to become a free and independent people. These forty years were forty
years of sorrow and suffering. We have
founded Natal, the Grange Free State and the
South African Republic, and three times has
the British Government trampled on our liberty. And our Hag, baptized with the blood
and tears of our fathers, has been pulled
down. As by a thief in the night has our free
Republic been stolen from us. We cannot
suffer this, and we may not. It is the will of
Godihat tho unity of our fathers and our.love
to'our children should oblige us to deliver
unto our children unblemished the heritage of
our fathers, lt is for this reason that we he e
unite and give each other the hand as men
and brethren, solemnly promising to be faithful to our country and people, and, looking
unto God, to work together unto death for the
restoration of tho li berty of our Republic So
truly belp us, God Almiffbty."
Following is a list of the cities of the United States'with a population of 10,000 and up-
ward, according to tho census of 18S0, so far
as returns had been received up to March 1,
with a comparative table of the census of 1870.
The figures are the reported official ones, and
the table, it is believed,-will be found complete, or very nearly'eo. The star Indicates
that the population ia estimated.
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6
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8
J9
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11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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19
20
21
22
23
24
23
26
27
28
29
30
81
82
83
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35
36
37
40
41
42
43
44
45
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Boston, Mass	
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Baltimore, Md„	
Clneinnati, O :.
San Francisco, CaL::'
Sew Ork-nns, Lii	
Cleveland, O......;;:..
Pittsburgh.  Pa...:::.
Buffalo,  N. T.	
Washington, 1). C...
Newark. 2?: J ....
Louisville, Kv.	
JereevCIrv, ST. J	
Detroir, M!cli...i	
Milwaukee, Wis	
Providence, It. I....,
Alhanv,  2f. Y ,
Rochester, "S.X.....
Allegheny,   Pa..	
Indianapolis, Ind	
Richmond, Va	
New Haven, Conn....
Lowell, Mass.....	
"Worcester; Mass..,..
Trov, N. Y....	
Kansas City, Mo	
Cambridge. Mass....
Syracuse, N. Y...«....
Columbus, 0...t.nu
Patterson. N. J..:::.
Toledo,  O :...;
Charleston, S. C...:.
Fall River, Mass...;;
Minneapolis, Minn....
Scranton, Pa	
Nashville, Tenn	
Reading, Pa	
Hartford, Conn	
Wilmington. Del.».-....
Camden, N.J tin.
St.Paul, Minn... i; s; i,
Lawrence, Mass..;...
Dayton, O ;;;.;.
Lynn, Mass...;	
Atlanta, Ga	
Denver, Col •.	
Oaklan-1, Cal...;;;;.;.,
trtica,N.Y...i.i.i..n;
Portland, Me	
Memphis. Tenn ,
Springlleld, Mass	
Manchester, N.H	
St. Joseph, Mo...	
Grand Rapids, Mich..
Wheeling, W. Va	
Mobile, Ala ;
Hobo ken, N.J. n
Harrlsburg.Pa.;
Savannah, Ga...:.;:: :
Omaha,Neh...:;:::::::
Trenton, N. J...:.:::..
Covington, Ky..	
Peoria, 111	
EvansYille, Ind	
Bridgeport. Conn	
Elizabeth, N. J	
Erie, Pa	
Salem, Mass	
Quincy, 111	
Ft. Wayne, Ind	
NewB-dford, Mas3...
Terre Haute, Ind	
Lancaster, Pa	
Somervllle, Mass	
Wilkesbarte, Pa.	
Augusta, Ga	
Des Moines, Iowa	
Dubuque, Iowa	
Galveston, Texas	
Watervliet. N.Y......
Norfolk, Va ,
Auburn, N. Y.	
Holyokc, Mass  ■.
Davenport. Iowa	
Chelsea. M? ss	
Petersburg, Va ;
Sacramento, Cal....;:;
Taunton, Mass  -...
Norwich, Conn	
Oswego, N. Y.	
Salt Lake City, Utah..
Springfield.  O	
BayCity.Mich	
San Antonio, Texas...
Elmira, N.Y	
Newport, Ky	
Waterlmry, Conn	
Poughkeepsle. N.Y...
Springlleld. Ill	
Altoona, Pa	
>Buvlington, Iowa	
Cohoes, N. Y	
Gloucester, Mass	
LcwSton, Mc	
PawtucTtet.R.I	
E-ist Saginaw, Mich...
WHliamsport, Pa	
Yonkers, N. Y..	
Houston, Tex	
Haverhill, Mass	
Lake Township; III...
Kingston, N.Y	
Merlden, Conn	
Hempstead, N.Y.....
Zanesville, O........••
AUentown. Pa. ^i.... ■
Council Bluffs, ToWA,.
N.^wburgh, N. Y	
"Wilmington, S.€..:-..»
Blngllairtpton, N. Y.:
Bloomingron, 111	
New Brunswick. N. .7..
Long Island City, 3f. "5
Newton, Mass..	
Bangor,  Me	
Montgomery. Ala.....
Lexington, Ky.	
Johnstown, N,Y......
Leavenworth, Kan. .„.
Akron, O 	
New Albany, Ind.....
Jollct, 111.......	
Jackson, Mich	
WoonsScket.R.I	
Racine, Wis	
I.ynchbnrjr. Va..	
Flushing. N.Y	
Sandusky. O	
Oshkosh,AVis	
Hyde Park. Ill	
Newport. R. I	
Topeka, Kan	
Youngstown, O	
Atchison. Kan.	
Chester, Pa...	
Layfayette, Ind	
Lendville, Col	
La Crosse, Wis	
New Britain, Conn....
Norwalk, Conn	
York, Pa	
Concord, N. It........
Lincoln, It. I..........
Virginia Citv. Nov.....
New Lots, ^N. Y	
Schenectady. N.Y	
Alexandria. Va.	
Brockton, Mass	
"Newburyport.   Mass..
Lockport. N.Y ,
Nashua, N.H.....	
PIttslleld, Mass.	
South Bend. Ind	
Pottsville, Pa	
Orange. N. J	
Little Rock, Ark......
Roekford. Ill	
Fond-du-Lac, Wis....
Norristown.Pa	
Lincoln, Neb	
Chattanooga, Tenn	
Macon, Ga	
Richmond. Ind..	
Castleton, N.Y	
Cortland, N.Y...	
Biddeford, Me ..;
Georgetown, D. C...
San Jose, Cal....	
Fltchburg, Mass .-.,
Canton. O ,
Northampton. Mass	
Warwick, R.I...	
Rutland, Vt	
Hamilton. O	
Keokuk, Ia .,	
Steubenvllle, O	
Rome, N, Y..	
Maiden, Mass	
Kalamazoo, Mich.......
Easton, Pa ,	
Oyster Bay, N.Y	
Aurora,  111 .-...
Vlcksburg, Miss	
Middlctown. Conn	
Amsterdam, N. Y.....
Waltham, Mass ...
Dover, N.H	
Danbury, Conn	
Rock Island, 111. ...
Derby, Conn	
Brookhnven, N.Y..,..
Wallklll, N. Y	
Gale&burg. IU...	
Portsmouth, Va	
Burlington. Vt	
Chlcopec, Mass	
Portsmouth, O	
Los Angeles, Cal.......
Stamford, Conn	
Muskegon, Mich.	
Logu nsport,  Ind.	
Attleborough, Mass...
Hannibal, Mo...	
Shrcvcport, La	
Austin, Tex	
Chilllcothe.O....	
Wolmrn, Mass.,	
Jacksonville, 111	
Saratoga Springs, N."
Fishkill, N-Y	
Watertowu, N.Y	
Belleville, 111	
Weymouth. Mass........
Qiifncy, Mass—,	
New London, Conn	
Saginaw, Mich	
JetlCrsonvlllo,  Ind	
Saugertlcs, N, Y.......
Dallas, Texas... ..,
Ogdensburgh, N. Y....
Madison, Wis.	
Stockton. Cal...........
Lenox, N. Y ............
Winona. Minn..........
North Adams, Mass...
Shenandoah, Pa	
Marlborough. Mass....
Kau Claire?Wis.........
Cedar Rapids, Ia	
Jamaica, N.Y	
Columbia, 8. V...	
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13,164
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12,652
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12,253
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12,149
12,122
12.117
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11,814
11,731
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11,687
11,669
11,660
11,641
11,514
11.4S3
11,446
11,388
11,364
11,325
11,314
11,311
11.298
11,262
11,193
11,111
11,074
11,017
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10,682
10,571
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10,422
10,375
10.358
10,340
10,525
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10,219
30,203
10.192
10,148
30,326
10.118
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117,714
109,139
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100,753
82,510
79,577
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69,422
62,386
53,180
48,244
51,033
50,810
40,928
41,105
46,465
32,260
39,934
31,584
48,956
26,766
13,036
35,092
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37,180
30,841
26,045
20,030
28,921
30,743
28,233
21,780
4.759
10,500
28,804
31,413
40.220
26,703
23,53d
19,565
16.507
19.008
32,034
24,766
23,1101
23,233
16,0S3
22,874
21,505
22,849
21,830
18,969
20,S32
39,646
24,337
24,052
37,718
21,320
36,303
20,233
34,635
30,174
35.3S9
32,035
38,404
13.818
22,609
39,229
37,225
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38,950
36.283
3S.629
36,653
20,910
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32.652
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32,256
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15,037
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11,930
13,337
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Democratic' Caucus Senate Committees.
—A little girl at a Detroit public
school, when the pupils were reciting,
timidly rose and asked the teacher if
she and Clara might say a cata'ogua
"Washington. March 10.
The followine: names constitute the Senate
Committees, as agreed upon by the Democratic caucus, the first name on each committee
being the Chairman:
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Privileges and Elections—Saulsbury, Hill
(Ga.), Vance, Pugh, Gall, Hoar, Loyan, Sherman, Piatt (N. Y.).
Foreign Helations—Johnston, Morgan, Pendleton, Saulsbury, Jackson, Conkling, Hale,
Miller, Mitchell.
Finance—Bayard, Voorhees, >Beck, McPher-
son, G rovef, Morrill, Perry, Jones (Nev.), Allison.
Appropriations—Davis (W.VaJ. Beck, Ran.
som, Cockrell, Han-is, Allison, Shermttn, Haw-
ley, Conger.
Commerce—Ransom, Coke, Parley, Vest,
Brown, Conkling, McMillan, Jones (Nev.), Harrison.
Manufactures—"Williams, Grover, McPher-
son, Rollins, Da\ves:
Agriculture—Slater; JohnstOnj Davis ("W.
Va:), Brown.. Gedrge", Biairy Varl WySk, Savr-
yev, Mitcfiell. ., ,,    .
Military Affairs—Gfdt'er, Coc'kr'e'll, Maxe'y,
Hampton, Mahone, Burnside, Plumb, Cameron
(Pa.), Logan.
Naval Affairs—McPherson, Jones (Fla.),
Vance, Farley, Goiinan, Anthony, Cameron
(Pa.), Ferry, Piatt (N. Y.)
Judieia<y—Davis (111.). Garland, Bayard, Lamar, Hill (Ga.), Pendleton, Edmunds, Couk-
liugj-Allison"
Post-offiocs and Post Roads—Maxey. Saulsbury, Farley, Gioome, Pugh, Ferry, Sewell,
Sawyer, Van Wyck.
Public Lands—Jones (Fla.), McPherson,
"Walker, Fair, Camden, Plumb, Hill (Col.), Vau
Wyck, Miller.
Private Laud Claims—Edmunds, Allison,
Hale, Jonas, Caih
Indian" Affairs"— 0\>ke. Pendleton, Walker,
Slater, Williflms", Allison. Ingalis, Saunders,
Logmi;
Pensions—Grobm6, Slitter, Jadksoa, Camden. George, isiflir. Kellogg, Piatt \Conii.), HaW-
ley:
. Revolutionary Claims—Anthony, DaweS, McMillan, Jofles" (Fla.), Davis (W. Va.).
Claims—Cockrell, Pugh, Jackson, George,
Fair, McMillan, Teller, Hoar, and a vacancy to
be filled by one of the incoming Senators.
District of Columbia—Harris, Butler, Vance,
Gorman, Camden, Ingalis, Rollins, McMillan,
Conger.
Patents—Call, Coke, Williams, Gorman, Hoar,
Piatt (Conn.), Ingalis.
. Territories—Butler, Garland, Vest, Slater,
(Saunders. Kellogg, Logan: two vacancies.
Railroad's—Lamar, Grover, Williams, Jonas,
Mahone, Fair, Dawes, Teller, gatiflders, Sher»
man, Harrison.
Mines and Mining—Farley, Hampton, Vest,
Fair, Cameron (Pa,), Plumb, Hill (Col.!.
.Revision of Laws -Garland, Pendleton, Da-
tis (111.), Hoar, McMillan.
Education and Ld" or—Brown, Maxey, Lamar, G eofgc, Mahone, Burnside, Morrill, Blair,
Hawley.
Civil Service and Retrenchment—Walker,
Butler, Beck, Groome, Teller, liollins, Conger.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Ex*
penses of the Senate—Vance, DaVis (W. Va.),
Jones (Nev.).
Rules—Morgan, Call, Walker, Edmunds,
Hale.
Engrossed Bills—Conkling, Jones (Nev.),
Kansom.
Improvement of the Mississippi River and
Tributaries—Jonas, Cockrell. Lamar, Jackson,
Kellogg, Harrison, Conger.
fiansportatkm Routes to the Seaboard-
Beck, Johnston, Voorhees, Hampton, Camei>
on (Pa.), Blair, Piatt (N. Y.)
SELECT COMMITTEES.
..To Examine the Several Branches of the
Civil Service—Hampton, Groome, Mahone,
Logan, Dawes.
To Take into Consideration the State Laws
Respecting the Ascertaining' and Declaration
of the Result of Elections for President and
Vice-President—Morgan, Bayard. Johnston,
Garland, Mnxe;,-, Edmunds, Conkling, Teller.
'Jo Make Provision for Taking the Tenth
Censu*—Pendleton, Morgan, Harris, Davis
(111.), HCili (Co!.\ Morrill.
To investigate an I Report the Best Means oE
Preventing ihe" introduction and Spread of
Epidemic Diseases—Harris, Lamar, Garland,
Jonas, Piatt (Conn.;, Miller, Sewell.
JOINT   COMMITTEES.
On Public Printing—Hill (Ga.\ Gorman,
Anthony.
Enrolled Bills -Pugh, Call, Rollins.
library—Voorhees, Ransom, Edmunds.
Public Buildings and Giounds—Vest, Jones
(Flu.), Saulsbury, Dawes. Morrill.
Additional Accommodations for the Library
of Conirrcss on the Part of the Senate—Voorhees, Butler, Morrill. K
 ,-^ ,-»—>—.—
Tragic Death from HydropLobia.
A recent letter froth Dallas, Texas, says:
"A tragic death has just occurred in our
neighboring County of Hill worth relating afid
worthy of Virginius or any other Roman father. Oney.e.ir ago George Arnold came to Dallas on-private busiuess, and while walking the
streets was bitten by a worthless cur which
Was froihing at the mouth, and showing other
symptoms of hydrophobia. Mr. Arnold became alarmed and very much excited when
convinced in his own mind the dog was mad.
He went to a physician, and had the wound
severely cauterized. Then, going home, he
was still very nneasy, and dread jd hyd.opho-
bia so much ihat he hunted up a madstone aud
had If applied for several weeks, off and on.
He took every other precaution which was
suggested, resting all the time under a mortal
dread that the virus had gone into his system,
and would sooner or later kill him. He had a
wife and several small children living- on a
rather isolated farm, and the thought that he
might suddenly lose his reason and barm h'slit-
tle babes horrified him. The other day he began
to experience strange feelings, and at once
concluded his time had come. He then procured
a twelve-foot trace-chain and strong lock, and
went to the woods. After wri ing his wife a
calm letter, in which he told her what was
about to happen, giving directions as to his
wishes after death, and pouring out a volume
ol'love ior her and her children, he ran the
chain around a tree, drew it through the large
ring at the end. and then wound the other end
around his ankle so tight that it would not
slip the loot, locked it with the lock and threw
the key far beyond his reach. The boSy was
found two days after, still chained to the tree.
There was all the evidence necessary to show
the horrible death from hydrophobia. The
ground was torn up to the full length of the
chain, the nails of the lingers w: enched off
and all his front teeth out in scratch ng and
biting the tree, aud every thread of clothing
Off his body.
"The body was dreadfully lacerated with
these, the only weapons the madman could
use. He had judged rightly what would have
been the cjnsequence had he remained at
home, and, knowing that there was no human skill that could have cured him, preferred death alone and in that way to doing
harm to those so near and dear to him as a
wife and a child."
A Remarkable Accicoit.
A very singular accident recently bef el Mr.
Frederick Fischer at Carter's spoke factory,
in the northwest part of Floyd Count/, ab jut
sixteen miles from this city. Mr. Fischer was
an employe in the factory, having charge of
the circular saw used for sawing out spoke
timber. He had piled up near the saw a largo
number of pieces of hickory timber, thirty
inches in loagth and six inches square, to be
run through the saw. One of these pieces fell
from the heap upon the saw while it was running with great velocity, one of the teeth
catching it up and hurling it with tremendous
force. Mr. Fischer was standing in a leaning
position in front of the saw, and the stick
struck him on the nose, just at the base of the
forehead, cutting off that member, with all
the bones, as smoothly and evenly with tne
face a3 though the blow-had bean struck
with a sharp ax. It also tore the
upper jaw from the * bonc3 to which
it is joined, carrying it, with all its leeth,
away, literally lifting out the entire upper jaw
and teeth. The force of the blow knocked
Mr.Fischer down, but he arose and walked to
his residence, some distance away. Medical
aid was summoned, and the wounds dress 3d
as best they could be, after which the physicians went to the factory, where they found
the dif severed nose and jaw lying on the floor,
the jaw presenting the ghastly appearance of
a falso one filled with false teeth. YesterJay
Dr. E. P.Easloy, otthis city, was summoned
to visit Fischer, and ou his return to-day stated
that it was probable he would recover, though
if he does he will be horribly disfigured. The
three surgeons who have seeu the case pronounce it the most remarkable they ever saw
or heard of. Mr. Fischer prefers death to recovery to so horribly a marred and hideous-
looking life as he would present, the jaw being gone from the lower edges of the cheek
bonos.—New Albany {lnd.) Cor. Ciieaoa Tribune,
mSCELLAXEOtf&
"Alexander H. Stephens has. a $30,-'
library.-
—An author% §ky§ that a lady can
hold her own in society oil §500 a year'
for her dress, "if her position be" assured, and if she lave style."
—Mr. Peter Cooper says that.the
only New York building which he remembers as existing during his,-child-
hoodis St. Paul's Church. TWO are
partially the same—Washington's bead-
quarters in Water Street and also the
headquarters at the foot of Broadway.
With these exceptions (added to three
.Houses in Harlem) the entire city bas
been rebuilt.
. —A man has captured the " spectre
locomotive light," the appearance of
which on the Maine Central, near Hal-
lowell, has given rise to much talk late-
\f; It proved to be a small reflector
lanterii carried by a young man, a resident in that vicinity,- and carried in such
a manner as to completely conceal bis
person. It gave a very large aud weird
light and would readily be mistaken for
a lOcOntOtive headlight. The young
man allowed that he was only having a
little fun with no intention of Injuring
any one.
—The gentry of the west of Ireland
are particularly vainglorious about the
titles of their residences and the approaches thereto. Cottages are often,
with splendid exaggeration, styled castles. A witness was once examined
before the magistrates in the County of
Clare. "And where did this occur?"
asked Major McNamarre. "It wis
just by the little ' boreen' that leads up
to your Honor's bouse," was the malicious answer.- "Stop!" roarded tbe indignant Major. " Boresn, indeed! I
protest; it's a shplendid avenue."
—A« gentleman in Georgia was digging a hole in wbich to place a post
wben be unearthed a snake that was
frozen hard. He struck it with tbe flat
of the spade and it sounded like rock.
He said that he had often heard that
snakes would thaw If frozen, and he
put this one in a warm place near the
fire. In about half an hour the reptile
showed symptoms of life, and began to
look around and move about. He then
killed the snake to make sure that history should not repeat itself, and to
prevent it from biting the one who had
warmed it back to life.
—The 200th anniversary of the arrival of William Yardley (from'Staffordshire* England) in Bucks County, Pa.
is contemplated. He was one of the
first to purchase under the. Penn grant.
He came to America in the springy of
1682 and made his location on the Delaware River, about one mile from the
present town of Yardleyville. The celebration will take place at the old house
built in 1685, now in perfect preservation. All the original papers from
William Penn to William Yardley, dating back toMarch 21, 1681, are in good
condition.
—Did you succeed in solving the
fifteen puzzle? The inquiry may seem
a little tardy, but if you did not solve it
Professor Proctor says you need not
feel bad about it. He has been investigating the puzzle, andhe finds that the
blocks are susceptible of 20,922,789,888
different positions. Supposing a person
made two moves a minute, working
twelve hours a day all the year, without holidays, excepting Sundays, it
would take him over 48,000 years to
complete the different changes* and
in these busy times it is not every man
that has that much time to spare on a
puzzle.
—It is true that all Texas ranches are
not provided with all the conveniences
and comforts, but Mr. Wm. Coleman,
of Bee County, recently completed a
new residence 100 feet square, four
stories high, with basement, floors eight
inches thick in halls, which are sixteen
feet wide and laid with English tiling.
This handsome structure cost the owner
over $75,000, and is furnished with an
elegance commensurate with the Building. It is situated fifteen miles from
St. Mary's, the nearest town, and must
have a surprising appearance to the
stranger passing through the country.
—A Paris plumber was repairing the
tiles of a bouse, in the Rue Maubuee,
when, his foot having slipped, he fell
off the roof into the street below. Just
then a market-gardener's carthappeiied
to pass by the house, laden with baskets
full of eggs and osier-cages containing
live poultry, and the man falling into
the midst of this load crushed two cages,
killed about a dozen fowls, and finally
was engulfed in an enormous basket of
eggs. When withdrawn from his liquid
tomb the plumber looked like an omelette, but, excepting a few slight bruises,
he was safe and. sound.
—Mary Anderson at General Sherman's latest reception in Washington
looked (writes a correspondent) a little
haggard and worn after the play of
"Evadne," from which she had just
come, and so colorless and quiet was
she that one could not help thinking
that all that is said of her over work
and failing health might be true. There
is none of the elasticity and freshness
of a young life about her. All that has
been sacrificed to the public. But a
tall statuesque and by no means beautiful woman, in dark blue velvet dress,
who responded to introductions in a
deep contralto voice, was what one beheld, in place of the radiant Juliet and
lovely Parthenia of the stage.
—-The only platinum worker in the
United States is Joaquin Bishop of
Sugartown, Chester County, Pa. The
Association of Mining Engineers recently "made an excursion to the works of
Mr. Bishop to see his working of the intractable metal. Mr. Bishop who gets
most of his supply of metal from the
Ural Mountains, in Russia, has been
working platinum for forty years. In
1845 he took a-premium, but at that
time the demand for platinum wa-s so
small that it only occupied him one
day in the month, using the metal principally for rivets to fasten artificial
teeth. Before the engineers, Mr.
Bishop melted a piece of platinum with
the ease that a plumber melts leaff. The
intense heat used, may be imagined
when it is known that a steel file held
in the blast burned like a piece of wood.
The Russian Government used platinum
in its coinage until 1864, when about
$2,500,000 worth of platinum coins had
been struck,
Ingeaiottg Sfflgglersr ,, r-^-^
A Mfigttlar case of smuggling has recently  cods) to  light in Rome.   For^ ^
some"time past it * hMr been bbseryelP*^
that large quantities -of goods, espjejeial?
sly sugar, arrived.by rail jn Rome..and, ^
were declared " in transit," thusloeiirg'~"~
free of the custom duties.j".Goods thus
declared, are  warehoused outside tbe
city waliVand- thence arei elthfr-cariiBrJD
to the villages round JRojne or--»broaght;«*
into the town in small quantities,, .pay-r ,J^
ing duty as they come in." A watch was  ,a
set, and it was found that the goods '"
were all" stored in a small Warehouses ;*
outside the Porta Angelica, the gatevj*
under the Vatican, .and that they .appar-. ^
ently never came out again, either'in'^°
large or small quantities.    On the" 28t*hT h -
of December thirty-four c'aSks ?of'siSgai:-f?3
• arrived,   as  usual, " in- transit/?; and»;,;-
were taken to the suspected store, a^d.,.*.
next morning,   before   daylight,   two 1^;
empty carts were observed to euterlbeJi»
courtyard of a house just inside  the   J
walls   which  was  under surfeillanee.-  '
After setting watchers on the house- out-,
side, the police entered the one inside" ^
the walls, and there found the thirty*-  "
four casks of sugar loaded on the carfe.
Which had entered empty, andafufther^
search revealed a hole in the ground
covered with boards and loose earthy:,:
Entering this by a short ladder,* the po-=
lice found themselves in a tunnel," aboufe.
six feet high2and three feet wide^Tuh^
ning underneath the  town  wall cand*
ditch, straight to the warehouse* outside;^
rails were laid down on the ground, an'd, -,
in the warehouse  was  found, "a  little *-"'
truck to run on them.    The tunnel was-;
nearly 100 yards long; and some notion .?;
may be formed of how profitable a busi-,._,
ness smuggling  is,   when  successful, .,.
when it is "considered that it could pay ^"
hose who carried it on to   construct a-"52
unnel of such dimensions. ' *, -C -
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No letter for Burch."
A manfrom Branch County, thisState^ ,
being in Custer City soon after a pos¥; _
office was established, went up to the >
shanty one day with intent toinquire
for mail matter.   A man from Missouri
was just aliead of him, and inquired if
there was any letter there for Zachariah
Burch. -. .
" Be you the feller?"   queried, the m
-postmaster.
"lam."
" Named Zachariah, are ye?": f
"Yes sir." j
"Too' infernal long for this "country.
You'd better chop it in two."
"1 axed if there was a letter here for  '
Zachariah Burch," said the Missourian*
with a bad gleam in his eyes.
"And I heard ye. and there ain't
nothing of the sort here."     ' '■*"■   -»
"Hinder seems to me there is."
"Then I'm a liar."
The pair looked at "each other a minute, and then Burch remarked: "-:...
"Mebbeyou are!" ,. .-?
Uncle Sam's official hopped out of his^,
den and went for Zachariah Burcb.   IV"
was a pretty even match for ten min- :$
utes, and the postmaster got his favorite
hold.   Soon after that event Mr. Burch
observed: ...
"Stranger, I reckon its no use-pro*J
longin' this sorrowful affair." .       _;, ,_,. ^
"I reckon not, but ye inquired for a,.?
letter for Burch."
"Yes." " ■'-   '
" Aud you give it to me purty strong
that such a letter had arriv."        .-.,.»-
"Yes, 1 did," replied Burch as he^
felt of his left ear to see What portion'!-
was left for future fights, " but I've1 i>m: -.*
thinkin' powerful hard in the last ten,
minits, and 1 guess the ole woman, bacjt J1
in Missouri has put off writin' till next ~\
Sunday! Let's go out and take sunthiu':
to bring tears to our eyes."—JJetroitr
Free Press.
Tobacco in France.        ,4
In a report lately published in France
on the tobacco trade,   a Government::
monopoly, some curious statistical facts
are stated.   In the first place the greatest number of snuff takers are found in ^
the departments which surround Paris, '*
four of these departments heading the:*
list  with a consumption per head of^
between three-quarters of a pound and,,
one pound.   The departments in which.1"*
the practice is carried dn-the least are^
Doubs,   Pyrenees   Orientales; :?Nbrds,.3
HautRhinandHauteSevoie, wherethe^
consumption per head is only .one-quarter of a pound.   The singular tHng 4s
that Nord and Haut Rhih are %woeoUt
Of three departments in which smoking^
is most    universal, the average; cop.-: I
sumption in this particular form reach-
ing as high as four pounds per head. ^
It would seem, therefore j from these-1
statistics that snuffing and smoking go; js
in France at all events, in inverse pro-j
portion to each other.    It is mentioned _
also, incidentally, that the departments ,*
which most encourage 'snuff taking "are"
those in which the most cider is druntoc
France, after all, is not such a natipn,j
of tobacco consumers as she is generall^^
believed to be; for she is surpassed'-in^
the annual consumption per head by tKe*
United States (where it is six "pounds)***
the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland
Hungary, Germany, Sweden and Russia. „
Nicotine Poisonins
o$.
A rather unusual case of poisoningthj-.
nicotine has occurred lately ih/a Parish
suburb. The victim, a man in the prime
of life, had been cleaning his-pipe with
a clasp knife; with this hetaccidentally
cut one of his fingers subsequently, but
as the wound was of a trivial nature.8he
paid no heed to it.   Five or sixbours
later, however,   the cut finger grew
painful and became much swollen; th|3£
inflammation rapidly spread to the arni
and shoulder, the patient suffering stich
intense pain that he was obliged to be??
take himself to bed. Medical assistance
was   called,    and   ordinary.' remedies^
proved ineffectual. The sick manrques-'
tioned as to the manner-in which he
cut himself, explained the use to which,
the pocket knife had been applied, adV
ding that he had omitted to wipe it aftif
er cleaning the pipe. The case was now
understood, and, the patient's state becoming alarming, he was conveyed «to
the hospital. There the doctors.decide„d|
amputation of the arm to be the only
hope of saving the patient's life, and this
was immediately done.      .     ...- ;' ;•: fe
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