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The TT. S. Senate.
.Phb resoiutioii :for the election of officers
was again taken up on the 5th, and a motion
for an executive session yraslo'st—26 to 30.
Mr.l£cPhers6n asked leave to present a peti-
tioa of citizens of iSTew York and 5NTew J ersey
reciting that Michael Boyton, a citizen of the
L'nited Statesjihad *heen, imprisoned by the
British Government • on vag-ue charges
of inciting to crime and violence, and
bad heen ."deniedi the right of trial,
and calling on Congress to demand that the United States Government
should interfere for his protection. Mr. Hoar
oojecied. and the Yice-President ruled that,
thereheing objection, the petition could not
tie received. After Mr. McPherson had given
notice thafhe should call up the petition on
the 6th a discussion, ensued on the pending
resolution, and several dilatory motions were
made and voted down. An adjournment for
the day was finally agreed to.
Ox the 6th Mr. McPherson again offered, as
Ms right under th& rules, the petition relating to the imprisonment in an, English prison
of Slichael 'Boyton, and asked, that it, be referred to the Committee on Foreign .Relations.
There being no objection it-was so referred.
A motion to go into exqeutive session was
defeated—30 to 31. The pending business
being the resolution for the election, of
officers. Mr. Bayard took the floor and
claimed th&tfthere- was justification, for the
mutv^eighl: Democratic Senators in maintaining the attitiade before the country which
they had held during the previous: ten days.
He was replied to bv Mr. Sherman, whq asserted that when the dictates of a minority
went beyond a reasonable delay such action,
was treason. After reuyirlKs by several either
Senators the Senate adjourned for the day.
The pending business being the resolution
forthe election of officers, Mr. Pendleton on
theTth moved to go into executive session,
which motion was voted down—39 to 30.
Messrs. Vance-, Kellogg, Sherman, Call. 'Beck,
Dawes and Hbar then tookpart in a discussion
mainly relating to the debt and internal
affairs of some of the Southern States, under
Democratic and so-called "Carpet-Bag" Gov-
ernmeatSi Atthe.end of the debate, on* motion of Mr. Burnside, the Senate adjourned
until the llth—3ito 16—the negative vote being cost by the Democrats., '
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_,    I>omestic.
Ax illicit still in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, was raidel by revenue officers
on the 6th, and four moonshiners were captured. T&ey were surprisel while at woirkin
a ravine, and" offered no resistance.    „  /'
Caleeohxia. reports a halt million tons of
wheat in store in the interior, and favorable
prospects for an average yield.
The Socle.tj of the Army of the Tennessee
met In Cincinnati on the 6th, General Sherman read a very interesting account of the
hattie of Pittsburg Landing. The equestrian
statue of1 treneraT: McPherson was unveiled,
and in the evening General Dadds delivered
an extended oration, and brief speeches were
made by ^ex-President Hayes and Generals
Sherman, Pope, Sheridan and Cox.
The graves of the Confederate dead in the
New Orleans Cemetery were decorated on the
6th. Numerous floral contributions were furnished by the Grand Army of the Republic.
Mes. Macxdalexa MiL-LS,  of  New Yorlc,
<-died on the 6-h of starvation,, having stopped
eating three weeks before and refusing there-
alter to partake of any nourishment.
Axl parties .interested in the Eockford
(M.) railroad fight had a. ihearing before the
Judges at Freeport on the 6th. A final decision would soon be .rendered, and in the
meantime the St. Paul people were ordered
to disband their forces and give up all Chicago & i>ov$£ property.
While Sirs. Hover, of Sunbury, Pa., and
her family were at dinner on the 6th her
seventeen-year-old daughter and her fourteen-year-old son quarreled. The son ended
the quarrel by fatally shooting his sister.
The boy save as a reason for his crime j that
he could not get enough to eat.
The ijomnuttee on Railroads and Transportation, of the New Tork Cb.ambejr of
Commerce made a report on the 7th on. the
subject of railroad consolidation. The* unequivocally condemn consolidation as injurious to commerce, as a menace to public
welfare and as demoralizina; generally. |
The Postmaster-General has issued orders
for a reorganization of the railway jmail
service, as to salaries and appointments, on
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A GuTTESBERG Bible, printed in I450jwith
movable;types, was recently ^sold at public
auction in New York for SS.OOO. ;
The Board of Health of Indianapolis is said
to have discovered that, under the guise of
Michigan butter, large quantities of olec]marT
garine are b^'inx received there from Chifcago.
Vax Hise, L'nn and Corwin, who wei|e ai^-
rested at Cleveland for connection with the
Missouri land frauds, were discharged o^ the
7th for lack of evidence, Detective Tyrrell
failing"!? appear to testify. \
A coal firm in Cleveland has suedj two
ra.lroads running into that city, elai'paing
§27,000 for freight d.scriminations in favjor of
other dealers. j
It is stated that South Carolina Judges
are quite scent rally enforcing the Statej law
against carrying concealed weapons.      j
The Indiana House, on t.e7th adopted a
reso.ution- -to» submit a. •'Wonian-Sugrage.
amendment to the Constitution to the[ people, by a vote of 62 to 24. I
The strike of the conductors and drivejrs of
the Chicago West Division Street Railway
Company lasted two days and ended oiji the
evening of the Sth, the company acceding
to the'demand* ot its employes for ah advance of twenty per cent, ra their wages and
the reinstatement of the men who had been
discharged for taking a prominent part inthe
agitation. The strike was participated-in by
about 69i) men, and was conducted in an orderly aud tjUiet manner.
The total values of exports from this country of petroleum'and petroleum products
durino- February, 188!, were -52,524,055, and
during Februaiy, 1880, §2,303,314; during
eiotii months ended February 28,1881, §2»,
36.3,391, and eight months ended February 29,
1680, $281234,473. '
The reeepts of foreign sold at New York on
the Sth amounted to 81,809,000.
ACCOKDiNG to Jfradstreet the number of
failares in theUnited States and Canafladniv
m<rth^first:quarter,oftbfe current year Was
l,986f%ainst'l,394 during the same" time in
3830, and 2,350 in 1879.
■ The Governor of West .Virginia has pardoned Eiihu Gregg, who was sentenced to the
gallows for burning the court-house at Pres
ton in 1869. and who absolutely refused to
accept a cjmmUtatiOn of his sentence to imprisonment for l.fe. oj.i.«.
The hMi water in Omaha on the 8th threw
1 500 men out of employment. The smelting
works and the UniottPacificshopshereunder
water, aud'the nverat that point was four
m:les wide. ...        ,.
Sixw bosses have agreed to, pay the strdc-
Ing New Ifork carpenters three dollars per
day." In Cincinnafcthe; carpenters, by strik-
inK,' have secured M&M per day.
Ttu&fi>was a snowfall In Western Iowa on
the 8th, the snow ranging from eight to fif-
i , teen inches deep.
"*"*'    Jons GtTOCBeb, residing near  Allentown,
Pa., recently awokei from a sleep which had
lasted during fifty-seven consecutive days.
The New Jersey Kefinery Company and the
v       firm of Marley, Easson & Co., shirt manufact-
**    orexs of New York City, failed on the 8tb,
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, APRIL 14, 1881.
VOL. I.-NO. 22,
S oof™68 in each case being plaoed at
A collision between the schooner N. H.
Skinner and the schooner Fred. Brown, in
•Vineyard Haven, Mass., a few days a<ro, resulted in the sinking of the latter and the
drowning of the Captain and Mate, the Mate's
wife and three children.
The residence of Edwin Reeves, near
Staunton, Va., was destroyed by fire on the
Sth. Two of Mr. Beeves' children perished
in the flames, and he himself was probably
fatally burned.
■ Ose morning during the progress of the
recent strike in Chicago of the employes of
the West Side Street Railway Company, as a
number of striking conductors and drivers
were on their way walking down town their
attention was drawn to a number of sewing
girls who were carrying large bundles of
made-up clothing, which they were taking to
the wholesale houses on the South Side. ~No
sooner was the situation understood by the
"boys" in line than they made a
break for the sidewalks" on either
side oE the street and politely but firmly insisted upon taking the bundles, on their own
shoulders, and they marched down Madison
street with their burdens, never stopping till
the girls had reached their destination.
Those citizens along the route who witnessed
this little by-play of gallantry said they would
be willing to walk for a month rather than
seethe men beaten in their demands.
As" incendiary at Dover, N. H.,.after setting fire to two bams owned by Senator Eol-
lins, kicked at the door of the residence and
warned the ladies to flee for their lives. The
aged mother of the Senator was carried out
of the house. A damage of $10,000 was inflicted.
Johx Bbodbeck, a wealthy citizen of
Catasauqua, Pa., shot himself the other day
because he was unable to find employment in
the iron works in that region. His life was
insured for §100,000.
The extensive ware-rooms of Cooper &
Co.'s engine and iron works at Mt Vernon,
Ov, filled with manufactured articles and
machinery, were destroyed by fire on the
night of the 8th.   Loss about $150,000.
Four inches of snow fell in Northern Virginia on the night of the Sth, being the third
snovf-fall so far during April,
Personal and Political.
GENEKAii-TVIcCooE, of General Sherman's
staff, has been ordered to join his regiment
at the White River Agency," and Chaplain
Mullins has been directed to take charge of
educatfon in the army.
Pkesident Garfield on the 6th nominated
ex-Congressman Hiram Price, of Iowa, to be
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, vice Thomas
M. Niehol,.whose name was withdrawn at his
own request.
The Governor of Tennessee has signed the
bill to settle the State debt at par and
three per cent, interest.
The- Republican ticket was successful at
the recent election in- Rhode Island, Governor Littlefield's (re-elected) majority was
5,072.
The Tennessee House has passed the Senate bill to settle the debt of Memphis at 33%
cents and four per cent, interest.
At its business meeting in Cincinnati on
the 7th the Society of the Army of the Tennessee re-elected General Sherman as President; ColoneiL. M. Dayton, Recording Secretary, General Hickenlooper, Corresponding Secretary, and General M. F. Force,
Treasurer. St. Louis was chosen for the
next place of meeting, May 10 and .11,
1882. Colonel Williamson, of Iowa, was
chosen as orator.
The Indiana Sen ate on the 8th passed the
House bills providing for Constitutional
amendments in favor of a Prohibitory Liquor
law and of Woman Suffrage. These measures must lay over for the action of the next
Legislature, when, if approved, they will be
submitted to the people for ratification.
The Appellate Court at Mount Vernon,
111., has recently decided that a woman cannot hold the office of Master in Chancery.
The; remains of the-late Senator Matt H.
Carpenter were buried in Forest Home Cemetery, at Milwaukee, on the 10th, with imposing ceremonies. About 30,000 people
"viewed the body as it lay in state at the
Court-House.
Judge Johk Chenet, an ex-Congressman,
died.at Canal Winchester, Ohio, on the- 10th,
aged ninety-two years* He was elected to
Cobgress in 1836, and served three terms, and
was probably at the time of his death the oldest ex-member of ' Congress in the United
States.
General Bek Spooler died at Lawrence-
burg, Ind,, on the night of the Sth. He was
Colonel of the Eighty-third Indiana in tlie
war, and lost a leg at Kenesaw. He was
fifty-eight years of age.
President Garfield has adopted the rule
of President Hayes, and declines to see general visitors on Saturdays.
The Michigan Senate on the _9th passed a
bill prohibiting the adulteration'-"}!, food under heavy penalties.
Edward O'Donnell, how in NewYork\ in
a letter to O'Donoyan Rossa, gives full de-.
tails of an attempt made by Mooney andliim-
self to blow up the Mansion Housein London!
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Mr. Mascot, United States Consul at Basle,
who has investigated the circumstances
which led to the trichina? scare in France and
Sw.tzerland, has communicated to Secretary
Blaine,the result of his investigations. It
appears that the ostensible cause of the decree of interdiction by the French Government Was the outbreak of trichinosis in a
family which it was at first supposed had
eaten American pork, but it had s/nce 'been
officially determined that they had eaten the
raw flesh of a home-bred pig. There was no
instance on'record of any person in Europe
being injured in health by eating American
bams or pork.
A party of Americans have leased from
the Dominion Government twelve hundred
acres of bog near Winnipeg, and will manufacture peat on a large scale.
The Catholic college at Rimosky, Quebec,
valued at $60r000. was recently destroyed by
fire.
The Trappists expelled from Anglers,
France, who will soon reach Montreal, have
been assigned seven hundred acres of land
at Oka, where, they will open an Agricultural
College.
A Londok dispatch of the 6th says the
Bank of England reported a greater stock of
gold than for many years, there being £15,-
500,000 in its vaults.
On the 6th, as twelve policemen in Ireland
were escorting a..■process-server at Ballina-
more, twenty women attacked them with
sticks and stones. One girl was fatally shot
and another wounded, whle several officers
were seriously injured.
Most, the Freiheit editor, was committed
for trial in the London Police Court on the
7th.   Bail was refused.
The English Court of Appeals has decided
against the celebrated ritualistic elcrgyman,
Mackonochie, under sentence ol deprivation
for ritualistic practices.
A slight earthquake shock; was felt in the
vicinity of St. Paul Bay, Quebec, about midnight on the 6th. It was sufficiently strong
to awaken people from sloep.
Commander Mjsade reports to the Navy
Department that lawlessness is unrestrained
at Havana, and that the British Consul was
nearly murdered by ruffians a few nights ago.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies on the
7th, rejected a resolution of confidence in the
Ministry, by a vote of 192 to 171.
The Duke of Argyll has resigned his position in the English Cabinet, on account of
the too radical character of the Irish Land
bill.
Up to the 7th about §50,000 had been subscribed in London for the relief of the sufferers by the earthquake at Scio.
A St. Petersburg dispatch of the Sth says
the Czar had received from the Nihilist Committee an offer to lay down their arms in return for a Constitution and amnesty. It was
alleged that another, mine had been discovered under the entrance to tho Winter
Palace.
A London telegram .of the Sth says leading Indian banks and London bankers were
memorializing the British Government in
behalf of representation at the Monetary
Conference.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has requested Magistrates to co-operate with him
in stopping the holding of League courts.
Lord Carlingford has accepted the office
of Lord of the Privy Seal, in place of the
Duke of Argyll, resigned, and will take
charge of the Land bill.
In a speech at Birmingham, Eng., on the
Sth Parnell declared his conviction that the
Land bill was an honest and sincere measure.
In the English University boat-race on the
Sth Oxford defeated Cambridge by about four
lengths.
On the Sth the number of persons killed
by the earthquakes in Scio was estimated at
eight thousand. Forty thousand persons
were without bread. The British Ambassador
at Constantinople had sent an agent to distribute relief to sixty villages.
Tabano, leader of the remnant of Victoria's
band of Indians, has been captured in Chihuahua, Mexico, with four followers.
Two Liverpool (England) cotton firms—
J. D. Phillips & Co. and R. M. Carter & Co.
—suspended on the Sth.
At a Land meeting at New Westport, Ireland, on the 9th a resolution was adopted expressing regret that no better means for giving effect to the Land bill bad been devised
than the worthless, broken-down machinery
of the Land act, and declaring that with such
machinery no act could be successfully enforced for the benefit of the people.
Advices received in London on the 9th
from Scio state that the population of the
island was about 70,000, of whom 6,000 or
7,000 were killed by the earthquake, and
twenty-five per cent, of the remainder injured.
A St. Petersburg telegram of the 10th says
the assassins of thelate Czar had been convicted and sentenced to death on the gallows.The
fate of Sophie Pieoffsky, who is of nobie
birth, would be decided by the Emperor.
The Bey of Tunis has protested against
French troops crossing the frontier to repress disorders on his side of the line.
The Ottawa (Ont.) Telegram of.the 9th
says the latest advices received by the De
partment of the Interior in regard to Sitting
Bull were to the effect that he was on his
way to surrender to the American authorities. His band has become very weak in
numbers owing to lack of food.
. Another Englishman was recently captured by brigands, near Salonica. They demanded §75,000 for his ransom.
The election on the 9th for Member of the
British House of Commons from Northampton, to fill the*vacancy caused by the unseating of Bradlaugh, resulted in Mr. Bradlaugh's
re-election by a vote of 3,378 to 3,253 for Corbet.
A tunnel under the St. Lawrence at Montreal is a late engineering enterprise.
Prin-ce Pierre Napoleon died of gout at
Versailles, France, on the Sth. He will be remembered as having shot Victor Noir ten
years ago.
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LATER NEWS.
A terrible tale of suffering for food was
brought to New York oh the llth by the
steamship Nebo. She encountered the bark
Tiger at sea, bound from Liverpool for Baltimore, with a crew of eleven men, who had
existed fOr a week on strips of leather soaked
inlamp.oil, then devoured the Captain's dog,
and for eight days had gone hungry and
meditated eating each other. Over the ample stores given them they fought like a pack'
of wolves.
Senator Edmunds has returned to Washington, and oceupiedhis scatin the Senate on
the llth. He was greatly improved in health,
and gained seven or eight pounds during his
stay in the South. His special trouble, bronchitis, had entirely disappeared.
Secretary Windom Issued a .call on the
llth for all the outstand.ng six-per-cent.
bonds which mature in July next, aggregating $195,690,400. Any holder of these securities" can have them continued at the pleasure
Of the Government, at the rate of three and a
half per cent, interest, by forwarding them
to the Treasury Department to be stamped,
semiannual interest payments to be made by
check to the holder's address. The Government will pay no expense of transportation
on bonds received, but will return such securities by prepaid registered mail.
There was just a quorum present in the
United States Senate on the llth. The resolution for the election of officers came up in
regular order, and Mr. Davis (W. Va.) moved
to go into executive session; lost—19 to 20.
Mr. Call then finished his speech, begun on
the 8th*, in defense of the South against the
attacks made upon it by other Senators. He
was followed by Messrs. Dawes, Camden,
Cameron (Pa,), Beck, Vest, etc, after which
another motion to go into executive session
was lost—19 to 20—and an adjournment until
the 12th was then agreed to.
A Rome (Italy) telegramof the llth says
Italy had declined to send a squadron to Tunisian waters. •
On the 10th a band of 500 Tunisian marauders crossed the „ French frontier and
precipitated a conflict, in which the French
lost lifty-nine men. The population of.Al-
geria was in a state of wild excitement.
According to a St. Petersburg dispatch of
the llth Sophie Pieoffsky, one of the assassins of the late Czar, had asked' to be dealt
with regardless of her sex.
In the French Chamber of Deputies on the
llth Premier Ferry announced that the Government intended to chastise the marauders
in Tunis and protect the future of Algeria,
whereupon a vote of confidence was adopted.
Miss Hattie Duell, the Iowa City fasting
.woman, died at noon on the llth, having obstinately and persistently refused to partake
of nourishmentfor forty-seven days. Dr.Feck, *
Dean of the Faculty of the Iowa University,
paid a visit to the starving woman a few days
before her death, and, after a thorough investigation, declared that an attempt to force,
her to take food would probably make her a
raving maniac.
A TEEBIBIE CALAMITY.
Particulars of the Recent Earthquake In
the Inland of Scio—Thousands of People
Killed—Great Destitution Anions the
Homeless Survivors
Scio, April 9.
It is now believed that throughout the whole
island, which contained 70,000 inhabitants,
6,00J or 7,00J were killed and 25 percent, of ihe
survivors wounded. The French, British,
United State3 and Austrian gun vessels in the
harbor are doing all in their power to assist
the authorities in the work of relief.
Only ten of the inhabitants of Chesme were
killed, but many houses are in ruins and 30,-
000 people are without shelter.
A correspondent at Scio telegraphs, under
date of the "ith, as follows:
" I have just arrived herefrom Constantinople, and I find a picture of desolation such as is
rarely witnessed. Thetownlooks as if it had
been terribly bombarded. Hundreds of houses
are transformed into a shapeless mass of
ruins, under which lie buried an unknown
number of victims. A majority of the remaining- houses are already"cracked and roofless, and may fall at any moment. Nearly every buildingiti the town suffered more or les3.
" The inhabitants Wandor*about, anxious to
search for missing- relatives or lost property,
but afraid to risk their lives in the p'erilous
work of clearing away the rubbish. Many who
are willing- to expose themselves to danger are
prevented by friends or by the police.
Fear, grief and despair are depicted on
nearly every face. Nearly all have some
sad or tragic tale to tell. The first shock
was felt Sunday afternoon, abouthaif-pastone
o'clock. Immediately houses began to fall.
"Wild shrieks were heard on every side. Then
followed an awful silence of some minutes.
The terrified survivors gradually ventured
into the narrow lanes and reached the open
spaces. Shortly afterwards another terrible
shock completed the devastation. All night
shocks succeeded each other at short intervals, and each one was preceded by dull
sounds like subterranean explosions. Since
that frequent shocks have been felt. A few
moments ago, while writing the present dispatch, I distinctly heard an explosion, and felt
the earth tremble; but, as I am under canvas,
I have nothing to fear.
" The old Genoese Fortress, containing about
400 houses, inhabited by Mussulmans and
Jews, suffered more than the rest of the town.
The ground there sunk about half a meter, and
nearly all the houses were immediately destroyed, aud several hundred persons must
have perished. It is known that about thirty
Mussulman women were assembled in one
house, not one of whom escaped. The southern part of the island is said to have suffered
more than this town.
"I visited Chesihe this afternoon. Only about
ten inhabitants were killed, but many houses
were in ruins and many more dilapidated.
The Mayor, assured me that three-fourths of
the houses are in a dangerous condition. The
inhabitants are .afraid to live in those which
are uninjured, for every night since Sunday
frequent shocks have been felt. Nearly all
prefer to camp out. As the weather is fine
the hardship in this respect is not great. It is
said that throughout the district not less than
30.000 people are without shelter. In Kastro
the work of extricating bodies and attending
the wounded is progressing satisfactorily, but
the stifling odor in the vicinity of many of the
ruins proves that the former operation is far
from complete. On the other hand, some,
wonderful escapes have occurred. One woman was buried under ruins fifty-two hours, and
at last was rescued, having given birth in the
meantime to a child. The child is dead, but
the mother is doing well."
The Murderers of tlie Czar Tried, Con-
Ticted and Sentenced.
St. Petersburg, April 9.
In the trial of the Nihilists implicated in the
assassination of the late Czar, after the reading of the indictments was concluded, the
President of the Court asked the prisoners
whether they wished to say anything. Bous-
sakOff, who threw one of the.bombs, spokefor
half an hour. He said he primarily desired to
agitate peacefully, but entered into the late
conspiracy, seeing no other Avay out of the social troubles.
Michailoff, who was arrested as he entered
KOussakolf's house, said he belonged to the
Terrorist faction of the party, but denied
Koussakoff's statement that he participated in
the arrangements for the murder of the Czar.
Hessy Helfmann acknowle'dgedjthat she kept
a conspirators* lodging-house, which was a
depot for their implements, but denied having
actively participated in the Czar's assassination.
Kibaltschitisch, the bomb-maker, avowed
his connection with " The Will of the People
Party," their wish, he said, being to gain their
objects by peaceful propaganda, but they
were reluctantly obliged to adopt Terrorist
measures.   He admitted preparing five bombs.
Sophia Pieoffsky avowed her participationin
the preparation of the Moscow mine, and in
the murd er of the Czar.
Jeliaboff, who is the most intelligent of the
prisoners, fluently related, with diabolical satisfaction, the history of the two Alexandra 1'sky
mines. He said he was at the head of one
group of the party; and was charged by the
entire committee with the. work of organizing
an attack by bombs, and was connected with
the Sadowa street mine as a simple worker.
■ After these declarations the Procurator
stated it would peihap3 be possible to shorten
the trial. Jeiiaboff, in his statement, attempted to extenuate the cases of Boussakoff and
Michailoir, by asserting that the former was
only a propagandist among the workmen, and
knew nothing of the arrangement for the
murder of the Czar until the day of its accomplishment, and the latter was entirely unconnected "with the crime. J eliabolf showed great
skill in cross-examining the witnesses, and succeeded in utterly confusing one of them.
St. Petersburg, April 10.
At the trial of the Nihilists Saturday, Assistant Prosecutor Mevrarieil strongly denounced the revolutionary doctrines and
deeds avowed by the accused; demanded the
severest penalty for all implicated, and concluded by declaring that the fidelity of the
people to the Imperial throne was unshaken,
and that the efforts of the Terrorist party in
this direction had proved absolutely abortive.
'ihe prisoners listened unmoved. Jeiiaboff
and Klbaltschitscih took notes.
After the recess counsel for the, defense
spoke two hours. Jeiiaboff spoke in his own
behalf. He was several time3 interrupted by
the presiding Judge. When Jeiiaboff finished
the Court asked the accused if they had any
further defense to urge, and they replied
in the negative. The Court retired for
consultation, and returned at 12:30
this morning. Twenty-four questions
formulated for determination concerning
the prisoners' guilt were then read.
The Court again retired to consider the verdict. After three hours' deliberation they returned at 6:20 a. m. with a verdict of guilty
against all, and the sentence to death by hanging was pronounced.
Sophia Pieoffsky's sentence will be submitted to the Czar lor confirmation, because she
is of noble birth.
—There is a great deal of natural tact
in children. When a little one was
asked by her proud mother to read her
last composition to the minister she
began: "The cow is the most useful
animal in the world," and then, remembering the minister's presence, added,
"except religion."
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—The Denver Tribune assures: its
readers that the ground is frozen so deep
that the roots of the lea plants in China
have been affected.
Far IJfqrtlnvest Winter Experiences.
A story told by Joseph Sterrette, of Big
Lake, Dakota, who has just managed to break
through the terrible snow blockade in that section of the country, gives only a fair statement of the troubles experienced by the settlers of the Northwest during the severe winter. Mr. Sterrette pre-empted 100 acres of
farm land in Big Lake two years ago, and at
once moved on it with his family and settled
down to work. At the end of the year he was
in shape for farming, and had a comfortable
cabin. Last year he harvested sixty acres
of wheat, twenty-five bushels to the
acre, and realized §1,200. He laid in a quantity
of fuel, and prepared for winter, Dut it proved
more severe than he or his neighbors had calculated. In fact, Sterrette's better preparation for the rigOrs of the- season turned out to
be the only means which prevented himself,
family and several neighbors from starving
or freezing to death.- In February he found
it necessary to rescue tne entire families of
two neighboring farmers not so well housed
from perishing by cold by taking them into
his own house. The cold was so steady and so
bitter that before the season was half over the
fuel which he had gathered to last until spring
was all consumed.
Then he and the men staying with him went
out and took down the fences and outhouses
and burned them. The heavy snow-fall, which
at this time blockaded the railroads, was piled
in such drifts about the house wnere Sterette
and his neighbors were domiciled as to absolutely cut off all communication with the outside world. The mercury leli lower thau ever;
the winds grew fiercer, and the surrounding
SnOW caked and solidified. At this time the
men dug their way, or rather mined
it, through the. blockade to the railway hear
by, and dug out ties which, they chopped up,
took home, and burned to cook their scanty
food, and save their wives.and children from
freezing. When the ties and telegraph poles
that could be reached were consumed, it was
decided to dig through to the cabins of those
sheltered in Sterrette's house, and break them
up for fuel. This was done. The bitter cold
still continuing, Sterrette'sfurniture wasnext
sacrificed, even to the bedsteads, trunks and
children's toys.
While the cold-imprisoned pioneers were
upon this last supply of fuel a consultation was
held, and it was decided to make a desperate
attempt to drive through the deadly blasts
on the crust for relief. John Becker
agreed to go. A sleigh was prepared, and
with five horses hilchedto it Becker started.
It was a terrible undertaking, and when the
brave man left there were tears frozen on his
cheeks- Becker persisted in taking a fine
shepherd dog. He gave as his reason: " I
don't know what mayhappen; I would rather
bury Carlo in my belly than have him f leeze
to death." Sterrette and his companions became alarmed when at the end of two days
Becker did not return, and they started out
for him. They had not gone far-when they
came across a hole in a drift where Becker
had broken through. The man was found-
curled up in the sleigh, frozen dead. Hisfaith-
ful dog was lying huddled Up against his
breast, dead. The five horses were standing
lit eless on their feet, all frozen stiff. The men
carried Becker's body back, made a coffin of
the sleigh, nailed the corpse Up in it, and then
reverently placed it in the corn-crib until the
weather should permit of its burial.
Soon after this, and just as the party was On
the point of despair, the weather moderated
sufficiently to break the snow blockade, and
Sterrette and friends found relief. A neighboring family during this time had no other
food than soup made from an ox-pelt, which
happened to be in the house when 'tlie blockade began. Notwithstanding all this, Mr. Sterrette says the people like the country, and say
they will stay and in the future be prepared
for severe winters. The land is good, the soil
is deep black, most of the settlers are foreigners, and tbe ownership of land is to them so
novel and precious that they will not give it
up.—Dubuque (Iowa) Cor. Boston Globe.
POflGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A Pather's Vengeance.
OFFiCEnsiTom this State have just returned
from Texas with old man Bahlgreen, arrested
on a charge of murder, who has a most remarkable history. He lived before the war in
the northern part of Tennessee, His home was
a pleasant one, and with his wife and two sons
he lived veryhappily on his farm until a quarrel arose between neighbors. The difficulty
was patched, but one of the sons—both of
whom had grown toman's estate—conceived
that he had been wronged, and one day while
he and his brother were passing along the road
in a wagon they came up with five men, their
neighbors, and the quarrel broke out afresh.
The young men were courageous, and would
not be intimidated by their opponents.
Hot words led to blows, and the five men,
pulling pistols, fired upon the Dahlgreen boys
aud killed them. They ran away, and, fearing
the vengeance of old man Dahlgreen—for he
was even then considered quite an old man—*
disappeared from the community. Of course
Dahlgreen and his wife were nearly distracted
at the sad death of their "boys," ofwhom they
were very proud, and Mrs. Dahlgreen never recovered from the blow, but about the time the
war broke out died, and the husband was left
to lament the separation of his family.
He conceived the idea that nothing was left
in this life for him except to obtain venge^
ance on the m.en who had robbed him of his
sons. He devoted the remainder of his life to
this purpose. He began systematically to
search for the five men. whose names were
Gridley, Black, Hewitt, Meyers and a man
called '-Black Tom," but whose true name was
Lurdy, and one after another was met and
killed.   •
He had no scruples, no conscience. His sole
object was to put the villains who made life
no object to him out of the way. He took no
interest in the war. It mattered not whether
the North or South were "yietprs. He shot
Meyers and Lurdy in Tennessee; -and escaped
the officers who were set upon nis track.
The old man disappeured from his country,
an d no traces of huh were he-ird for several
years. The man Gridley died of pneumonia
in Cincinnati, and Black is serving out a term
in the State Penitentiary at Columbus, for
burglary.
The last of these men. Hewitt, was slowly
but surelv tracked by Dahlgreen to Colorado,
and in a little town on the frontier of the
State, at Coyote, he came up with him and
shot him in cold blood, after be had thrown
up his hands and asked for mercy. The little
community was len-ibly excited about the
inurder, and started oliicers on the tack of
Dahlgreen, who threw them off the scent.
No m'n-e was heard of hint until last month,
when information was received that he was
in Houston,. Tex., and there he was arrested.
^—Denver (Col.) Cor. Cincinnati Times-Star.
Mutilating His Tongue.
Kingston. Ont., April 4.
Francois Charon, a Frenchman, being impressed with the fact that be had made too
,much use of his tongue, cut off a portion of it
last evening. The bleeding was profuse, the
man becoming faint from the loss of blood before assistance was secured. He snid that he
had talked too much and he .was getting himself into trouble. He had been told by some
person "that ho should have a piece of his
tongue taken off." and he proc?ed .-d to adopt
theadyicj. He first took a razor to perform
tho operation, but this wag taken away from
him. After a time he tool? a common awl and
divvo it through the tip of his tongue, splitting the latter for about half an inch. He
next took a common jackkiiife and cutaway
part of the papilla. While in a frenzy from
his sufferings he attempted to*1 hang himself,
but was Paved by his Wife. Ho was very determined about cutting out his tongue. He
told a reporter that it c.msed him any amount
of difficu ty, and he felt t;sat it would be safer
to extract it. Since bis exploit he thinks he
didn't go-about the business right, but if tie
had a good instrument he believed he would
have succeeded. For many years he has been
under the belief 1 hat the tongue IH the bane of
a]l eyil, and for weeks he has refused to speak
a word.
—Many heavy tragedians draw light
houses.—^7". T. Tlerdld. ■'..'■•
—"TChereis nothing strikes a stranger
so forcibly" as the policeman who takes
him in.— -N. T.News.
—Postage stamps' are'great travelers,
and yet the majority of them are-found
sticking in some corner.—Philadelphia
Chronicle.
—New Yorkers pay higher salaries to
clergymen than does any other city.-
But then it's a heap more work to save
a New Yorker than any other man.—
Boston Post.        -'"'.'
—A man who will wait two hours for
a street-car, rather than walk live blocks,
will walk eleven miles around a billiard
table from nine to eleven o'clock p. m.
—Burlington Hawk-Eye.
—A man may be £ gentleman or a
bully. He cannot very well be both.
But it often happens that the bully is
impressed with the idea that he is a gentleman. There is where he deceives
himself alone.,—N. O. Picayune.
—If you want to be° strictly fashionable, don't leave your knife and fork
crossed on your plate after finishing
your dinner.—Columbus Times. * Of
course not. Wipe them off carefully
on the table cloth and lay thern by the
side of your plate.—Philadelphia News.
—"Have animals souls?" Is another
rattling conundrum that has agitated
the soul of science for years. Of course
they have souls. Just look into a cow's
e}re and seeif you don't find ] ust the same
dreamy sort of expression that you noticed when last you gazed fondly into
the»eyes of her whom you know positively is the very essence of condensed
soul.—New''Haven Begister.
—A good parson, who Jiad the happy
faculty of saying a kind word for everybody in whose behalf one could possibly
be said, recently officiated atthefuneral
of a farmer who was known as the
meanest and most miserly man in the
neighborhood. Instead of execi'ating
the deceasecl for his extortionate and
niggerly habits, this kindly disposed
clergyman simply spoke of him as "the
best arithmetician in the country."—
Gatskill Becorder.
—"Do jou know a person named
JohnEairchild," inquired one citizen of
another as they met the other day.
" John Fairchild? No; never heard of
him." "Such a person called on me
yesterday and said he was an old friend
of yours." "Then he lied. What did
he "want?" " He asked for the loan of
So." " And because he said he was an
old friend of mine you let him have it,
the villain?" "No, sir,- because he
said he was an old. friend of yours I
showed him the door at once!" " Om,"
growled the one. "Um," replied the
other, and they slowly backed off and
continued their: ways.—Detroit Free
Press.
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A Pleasant Little Story.
Bishop Huntington was the recipient
of a package from Condon, from Mr.
and Mrs. Ashmead Bartlett, containing
a generous slice of their wedding-cake..
Connected with this gift is a romance
which will be fouhd of interest. "When
Bishop Huntington was a stttdent in college there was a fellow-student in the
institution by the name of Bartlett. The
Bishop was not particularly impressed
by young "Bartlett, while subsequent
events show that he produced a deep
and lasting impression upon his fellow-
student. After graduation Bishop
Huntington lost sight, of Mr. Bartlett,
Who faded almost entirely from his
memory. In after years, when Bishop
Huntington was preaching in the city
ot Boston, h« received a memorial announcing the death of Mr. Bartlett, andas
he was hardly able to recall the" face and
features of his fellow-student in college
he dismissed from this date -all thought
of Mr. Bartlett from his mind. A short
time after receiving the memorial, Avhile
the Bishop was preaching in his church
in Boston he received notice that a lady
desired to.see him after the services
were concluded. The Bishop accorded
the lady an interview, .when she informed him that she was a widow of his
former classmate in college, Mr. Bartlett. She requested to be permitted to
present him her two little boys, which
request was readily granted. The boys
wei-e fine-looking, manly little fellows,
£.nd their mother, in presenting them to
the Bishop, took great pains to Impress
upon their minds the fact that' this was
their father's friend, for whom their
father had the deepest admiration.
After a short interval the lady and her
little boys "left the Bishop, who never
saw either of them since. The circumstance of meeting them entirely passed
from his mind and probably never
would have been recalled had it not
been for the fact that both of the little
boys have since become quite famous,
and one of them particularly noted. A
short time ago, while Bishop Huntington was sojourning'"at a hotel in New
York Gity, the news of the approaching
marriage of Baroness Burdett-Coutts
wit!) Mr. Ashmead Bartlett was almost
the only subject of discussion. While
conversing with a friend, from Boston
who was acquainted with the circumstances related above, Bishop Huntington said:
. "By the way, do you remember what
became of the two little Bartlett boys,
whom their mother brought to see me at
my church in Boston a good many years
ago?" . ..
^Certainly," said the gentleman;
"one of them is a member of the British Parliament, and the other is about
to marry the Baroness Burdett-Coutts."
Explanations followed, and Bishop
Huntington became convinced that the
son of his fellbw-student at college now
grown to be a man, was the husband-
elect of the richest womanin the world.
It seems that, in spite of his prosperity,
Mr. Bartlett did not forget his father's
friend, for whom his father entertained
the deepest admiration. The wedding
cake sent to the Bishop is a reminder
that Mr. "Bartlett still holds him In
grateful remembrance.—Syracuse (N.
i1".) Courier.
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—A bluebird, a Virginia cardinal, a
Baltimore oriole, two song sparrows,
two or three^nowbirds, two canaries, a
Brazilian cardinal and half a dozen varieties of finches and other small birds
are living happily together in a single
cage iri a New York drug store,
Fashion Notes.
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The Kew Spring Dodge.
She was looking out of the window
when he entered the yard, and she said
to herself that he might ring the bell
until he was tired, for she didn't want
to buy any soap and had nothing for
tramps. He rang and rang, and, after
the seventh or eighth peal she went to
the door to bless Mm.
"This is the greatest piece of impudence I ever saw," she exclaimed as she
pulled the door open.
He smiled. He lifted his hat and
smiled again. He had poor clothes
and a hungry look, but there was something captivating in his smile.
"" Well?" she queried, as she held the
door.
" My errand is a very pleasant one,
and yet I feel somewhat embarrassed in
making it known."
"If you have any bills to collect you
must call when my husband Is in," she
observed.
" Bills, oh, no. Madam, you have
perhaps noticed in the papers that a
book entitled: ' Prominent Women of
Michigan' is soon to be published?"
" I—I—y-e-s.   1 thinkso."
" Well, it is to be illustrated with
engravings of 100 striking faces. My
instructions arft not to look for beauty
so much as for marked expression of
deep thought. 1 was instructed to call
here and ask you if you would permit
the publishers to publish your wood-cut
in the forthooming book?"
" Who could have sent you?"
"I dare not tell. Yours Is to be
published on the first page, and only
nine more will be taken from the city."
" And what's the charge?"
"Nothing. If you want the book
you will have to pay two dollars, but
you are not asked1 to take it."
"I can't see why they should have
selected me."
"Beg pardon, ma'am, but yours is
a very striking face. It portrays an
expression of strength of character I
never saw equaled. Many ladies have
offered me as high as ten dollars'to put
them in the book, but we cannot go outside of our selection."
" I can't give you a decided answer
to-day," she said, after thinking it over.
"Perhaps my husband will object. You
may call again to-morrow, and you will
please accept this for your trouble."
" Liberality as well as strength of
character," he chuckled, as he pocketed
the" bill. " Very well; I will call at this
hour to-morrow."
That was two weeks ago, but the
woman is riot expecting him. She has
learned from her husband that this is
a cold world, and that Gulliver's Travels will be sent to all subscribers for
the "prominent women" book.—Detroit
Free Press.
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Silk bonnets are in high favor and
are made to niatch the toilet.
The shooting jacket .now so popular
Is becoming only to slender figures.
Plush will be used upon spring costumes of cheviot, cloth and cashmere.
Uncut velvet   in changeable   colors
will be used this season as a dress trim-"
ming. .
Henry n. toques of plush or velvet .
are favorite hats both in Paris and London.
The corsage bows of satin to be worn
at the left side of the belt have reached
absurd dimensions.
Embroidery and hemstitching in the i -,
highest styles of decorative art are now
applied to fable linen. .■".-,-•
The old-fashioned flowing sleeves Of
lace are again popular. The wide direct-
oire collars are worn with them. •
Dove-colored silk stockings embroid-.
ered in colors to match the toilet are   ,
the very latest novelties in French hosiery. "'■'';
Egyptian scarabees and South Amer-: :
ican beetles have been supplanted by- .,
locusts and Texas tarantulas formed of
gold and enamel* inlaid with imitation
jewels.
Bridesmaids Wear short veils of white    i
silk  tulle,   and shoulder   capes,   and
dainty mouchoff muffs, formed entirely ..
of white flowers, and edged with frills'
of rich lace. - Cv"''
Chenille flowers andfoliage are very -
fashionable; they are used for coiffures ,
and the trimming of bonnets, and are
especially pretty and .effective when'
twisted among the braids and coils of
the hair.
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used for brides on spring bonnets. .A-
pair of these broad scarfs like strings,
with an Alsacianbow on the croWn'Of
the hat, is all the trimming that is need-   -
ed to transform a winter bonnet into a
bright-looking head-dress   suitable ' to ,
Wear until the June breezes blow.
The LouisXV. coat basques for istfeet'
wear will continue In favor.   The mate- 7
rial for these coats is generally of black   _
embossed velvet, as they can then. be.,
worn, over skirts of every description
The coat requires very little garniture •
except the buttons, which must be very
handsome.—N. T. Post.
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"Do you know that wasps are'won-^
derful paper-makers?" asked one of
our practical Massachusetts paper-pian-,,,,.
nfacturers the other day. "They are,"" '*
said he. " They make real paper, just " * ^'2
as truly as paper-makei's. A wasp flies '; j£j>
to a flower and covers the front of its-jj,-, ,j.
body all over with the dust of the flow-'
ers. This is moistened and mixed with
the wax which is secreted on the" surface of the body. Then the wasp flies.;
aWay to an old fence, or other piece of.;-
weather-worn wood, which1 has aloose.,,,.
fuzzy, fibrous surface made so by-.ex-?'
posure to the air, sun and rain. The
wasp rubs itself upon this fibrous mat-.%
ter just as it did upon the dust of the
flower, and a layer of it adheres "tojtlie
body and becomes mingled with wm?&
the same way. " •   K*
"Then \away goes the wasp to the-
nest which it is bjaildiug, places itself
just on the spot where it wantsthe layer1
of paper to be, and then works itself "vl$
into a heat by a furious buzzing of tnecaac^t
wings, so that the wax is mois.tejaedj? w$£
next to the body, and the paper drops: ,*m&$
off in the right place where it iCajn/be "Wui^I*,
fastened on. Its product is just as rMiy235*'^
paper, according to the sense ot^theltl'SOW'
word in manufacturing, as-, any v^whiejfei^.i^ff
comes from a paper-mHl.''-^rawiA'it:^-_;,
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