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OmaiAL PAPEB OP THE OOUHTY. Tl-- i- -i --uj J. C. HUMPHREY, Pub. BATES OF AOVBHTISMQ.

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BELLEVILLE, REPUBLIC COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSPAY, MAX 29, 188tt. WHOLE NUMBER 565. The Oldeat Paper Bepoblic Oonnty, ISstubllabed In SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One 'Copy, one yoiir, copy, oue ycnr, If pnld tn mJvMico One copy, tlx luoiiltiH One copy, throe mooilin Papert noMly-wrnppod for-mnlilnBcnn bo had at tne office for ATO cutiic II copy. l.BO 1.00 itlNOR JIENTION. THE king of Siam lias 'J03 children.

MAIIK TWAIN IS Ijcuoiuinii; a whocl- maii. than ever. peaeli crop is better are ovorninniiig western Touncssco. are injiivinf? the Lima beans in Ventura, Cal. Biij.r EuwAitDS got Jiis light with Mitchell.

157.000 out of THE Kentucky legislature rofuseil to enact an anti-bicycle bill. MAJIVLANU fruit-growers along the North Severn expect a large yield. TAILOJJ MILLEU danced all night at a Now York ball, then shot hiiii.self d6ad. OHIO'S of War society is widl organized, with a large iiicni- borshii). THE lislierics abouttho head of Ches- pcakc bay are taking large miinbersof herring.

cane looks well in Ihc West Indies, )Ut pl.anler.s are duwii-liearlcd over low jirijcs. THE average cost of nier- clumlablfi cotton in Carolina is 8 cents a jiound. THKHE are tyjio-selters, sides apprentices, in the govcninient printing ofliee at Washington. AT.Caiisliatta, Mie Mississippi river is even with the March Mood, and rising eight inches a ilay. A BILL establishing free trade with the United has been passed by the San Domingo congress.

A co.MlilTTKE of Te.xans are in Washington to urge Uio 87,000,000 ajipro- pViation for (ialveston liarbor. A DISKASE called grub in the head is making serious ravages among sheoj) at Warsaw, N. awl vicinity. THE Ity-lhc legislature is generally com- by the pre.s.s oflhat state. ME.XICO pays iSOu premium for eool- ioa, and expects 12,000 of them this year.

They arc wanted for railroading. NINE liundred Chinamen attended the (iftoenth anniversary JSunilay of Chinese Sund.ay schools in New York quantities of strawberries are now being sent to nortliorn markets from the south, in refrigerator- cars. THEUE is talk of establishing a racetrack and a regul.ar system of turf contests at Somerville, T'cuu. A 'TiON has been started in Ithaca, N. for tlie beiielit of (ien.

Grant, to be known as tirant's fund of honor. SAVANNAH, eliiUh'en on tlieir way to and from seliool are fnMpieiilly set upon and roblied Ijy bands of small ruflians. A I'Ain'v of negro IvukUix, wlio went to the house of a colored man near Dardaiielle, to wliip Iiim, liad their faces painted white. THE trout in Maine opened favoraljly. Reports from tlie brooks where the snow water has ceased running, spciak of gocjil A i-ADV living at Morrillon, is the lively widow of eleven husbands.

The eligible baelielors of that town think seriou.sly of lleeing to the north. ijlaced worth of his government tioiids in the hands of witli which (oprotcctr his stocks during his ab.scnee in Europe. WHILE descending from tlie balcony at the close of the second act in "Romeo and Juliet" at Portland, Oregon, the other night, Miss l-ioniao I'omeroy fell and broke one of her ankle bones. MATTHEW RANKIN, of Lewistown, has been to one chair for thirty-throe years, lie li.as a corabin- of mirrors, by which he looks out of the window without moving his head. AViLUCAT skins in San Joaijuin county, forty cents apiece, A near Canipo Seco has slaughterod nearly 100 "varmints," and a few days ago sold the skins in Stockton, THE ladies of Pittsford, Monroe New York, have been swindled out of worth of wigs, frizzes, fcnd switches- by a smooth-tongued Bcamp who claimed to ho an o-iiport hair renovator.

THE natives of the Island of Chileo U80 the shell of a crab as a barometer. In dry weather it is nearly white, but on the approach of rainy or stormy weather it is flecked with red spots. In a wet season it is red. M. BAKTHOLUI, the eminent sculptor, has been away in Alsace for some time past.

His home is at Golinar, France, where, as a dutiful son, ho is in at- teudauoo at Ibo bedside of his mother, who is lingering in the last stages df a fatal THE literary world of Madrid have had a good olmeklo at the expense of the govornmcnt. The manager of El Progreso was arresteil for publishing an articio on tyranny, which was considered by the ministry as an incitement to civil war. The culprit, laughing in his sleeve, refused to divulge the name of the writer, and was sent to prison, wliere he would probably be now had not the government suddenly discovered that the article in question an extract from Macaulay. THE WEEKLY RECORD. FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

The house (Mny IT) jiiissed bills Rlvliis eoii' sent to tlic construction of n. (Iiim across the Jllsfllsslppl ut St, Cloud, MItmcsota, and pro- vldliic for the appointment of twomldlttonal nsBociiitc justices of the -Bupronio court of Dakota, In the senate (May 10) Ijllis were Introduced to forfeit unearned lauds Rraiited to the Atlan. tic and I'aellle Uuilway company and to the I'lictno road, and tncrcnBlu)? pensions to who lost nn ami a IcR in service, i. petition BUliinlttcd-froiu the merchant's exchange protesting against tlie consoIidatioiWf that customs onicc with Memphis, A resolution recently otTered liy Mr, Morgan for iiti Invcstlgiitlon into the recent failures of national hanks, led to prolonged debate and was referred to the committee on fiunnce In the house bills were introduced authorizing the redemption at par of outstanding bonds with the surplus funds in the treasury and to allow a rebate of ton per cent on all goods Imported in vessels of American register. A nioliou hy Mr.

Ilurd to suniiend the rules and pass a hill to alxillsh discriminating duties on works of art was lost hy ti'i to The diploimitic, army, and IJIstrict of Coliimhla were passed, A motion to take, up the senate bankruptcy bill on June 10 wait defeated, (May iiO) pa.ssed the agricultural apiiroiirlalioii hill, wllli clauses setting aside to sink artesian wells on the plains and to encourage silk culture. Hills were also passed to hrldgc tlic Missouri river from Douglas county, Nebraska, and for the stnictionof public building at Detroit at a cost of A rceolullon was olfered asking liy what authority comnilsslim'Ts had exainiiicd sections of the Northem I'acilic road constructed sulisciiuent to the time specl- lled tjy law In the house, Mr. Koscerans olTercd a resolution for an liythoju- diclJirv cniiimlltei. into of the survey of public lands lielonging to San Francisco, Mr. Ilcwill made a statement that, a piilillshed letter on the tarilM.lll to lleiirv Oliver, tiearlug his signature, was a 'fahrieatlon hy a IMltsburgh The senate (May passed thirteen hills for the erection of public hulldiiigs, the amount appropriated being liills were pagiicd to authorize the hrldging of the Mississippi at Missouri, and at some point hetwecii St.

I'aulanil Natchez; to bridge the Missouri at Uulo and White Cloud, Kansas, and iit the mouth of tlie Dacotah, ami to t.rldge the (llirt- oiK-hetwoen its mouth ami I'coria. Sir. AVheeler was eoiillrmcd as Internal revenue collector for North Carolina The house adopted a resolution eonllrmlng the Mr. I'eellc to the contested seat for Indiana, hy a vobi of 121 to IIT. Mr.

Springer moved a rceonslderalion, liut a motion liv Mr. to adjourn was carried hy to ll.S, amid applause on the ilcmocratie side. WASHINGTON. A lilLl. rehillng to the forlellure of the Xorthern I'aellic lauds introduced in (Iw senate by Mr.

Dolph provides for immediate restoni- llon to the puhlle, domain and to the operation (if the public land laws otthat portion of the grant Iving coterminous with the main line between Wallula and I'orlhiud, a dls- tanci! of 2M miles. It also provides for forfeiture at the cud of live years from the passage of the bill of lauds adjaeeul to that portion of the Cascade grant which shall reiiialu unbuilt, in elteel giving the road live years to huild the Cascade'branch. The hill proposes nullioriz- lug persons in possession of any of this land to purchase .120 acres it so much has been Improved by them. The railroad company is re- (lUlrcd tollle its assent to the the hill BO as to avoid all question as to the title of Corfdtea lands. A I'liTiTioN has been presented to congress, signed by several jicrsons representing themselves as citizens of United States, recently appearing as claimants before the l''reneh-Ameri- ean claim commtssioii, or as eounsc'l for citizens of the United Slates, or otiicrs having claims heforo said comniisslim, protesting against the appropriation of money for the payment (it llie awards of the comiulssiou tn favor of French claimants, until the proceedings of the eoiiimlsslou have heeu investigated.

The petition asserts that have licen wronged and charges the commission with various irregularities and partiality In making the award. In addithm to the aliove, it is asserted that the commi.ssion wifj, for uearly a year liefore its close, illegally constituted. TiiK legislative, executive and judicial.hill, reported to the house, makes an appropriation of jai.Tai.srC), an increase ol over the current approjirlalion. The hill provides that the assay office at St. l.ouls shall he abolished, and reduces the numljcr of internal revenue districts from cightv-three to sixty-tlirce.

II IK further provided that of the contingent fund for either house no part of the money appropriated shall he expended for clerical services for any senator, representative or delegate in congress. The oUjeet of this provision is to prevent the paymeiil of salaries to private seerelaric'S of senaUu's. ,1. UANII.11,1, llilnks all the appropriation bills hcfore congress can he disjioscd of this month, and thai an adjournment would be practleal. liut there is a general hc- cf at Washington that llic senate will not agree to dlspiirse until aflcr the national demo- cralle eonvcntkm.

JJ.i^MMissio.vEit has ordered a redue tion to twenty cents jier hundred pouudu ou- orc and metal from Chicago to New Vork. Clay county, Mo, The Kansas City Journal says; The corpse shows that the deceased was a woman of 48 to 50 j-cara of age, and of regular features, with a full head of dark brown hair, with hero and there a gray tress Intermingled, SUoworcno ear-rings, but her cars had been pierced for their reception. There was no evidence of decomposition beyond the bloating incident to 0 death by eulTocation There was a red and w-hltc cambric handkerchief tied about the neck, which was evidently new, and her dress, of a wine colored worsted fabric, with a black silk thread stripe, was made close fitting to the body, higli necked, and with a baeciuc In front by a single row of covered buttons.the same color tts the dress, A SBVEHE wind storm did considerable damage In Ihu vicinity of Mt, Vernon, Danville and Logan, Near flic latter place a brick sehool-houso was blown down, and a little girl hurt, Bv a collision of raii-Handle trains forty miles from Pittsburgh, a commercial tniTcler from East Dahuqun, named Bartholonuiw, was killed, and five others were Injured, Till! wooden suspension bridge over the Scioto river at Portsmouth, fell the other morning, carrying down two chlldron, who wore on it; and hotli were drowneil, .5 FmK destroyed WoodrniT's paper-mill at Buffalo and Harrish's tobacco factory at ban and iiillictcd damage of on tlic'Kelly nail-mill at Ironlou, O. FIHE destroyed a hliick of Vmlldings at Pelcrshiirg, valued at and inflicted a damage of on Coil's iilock, at Bridge, New York, A STOCK train on Hie Missouri I'acilic road struck a hind slide near Leavenworth, Seven cars tipped over into the river, causing the death of eighty head of cattle, PiiivATK CosTEi.i.fi, of tlie Seventli Cavalry, a marker at tlw, rille target at Fort Leavenworth, was accidentally killed, the marksimin iieliig deceived by the mist. I THE J.

Seaverus, loaded witli sufidries, was recently suiik near Port Arthur, Lake Superior, in sixty feet of water. She was valued at A CVCI.OXE two. hundred feet wide passetl lietW(Hiii Falrlleld and Stcwartville, Tuesday afternoon, doing considerable dama.ge. FOREIGN. THE great strlliu among the building trades of Liepsie still continues and a new eleiuent of bitterness lias lieen added to tlic contest by tlie importation by employing masons and carpenters of workmen from Bohemia to take the jilace of the strikers.

The latter resent this intcrterenec, and lose no opiiortunity of iii- llmidatlng andattacklirg Uic Bcilicmiaiis, Two or three serlims disturbances have already taken place, and the biiildlngs upon which the Bohemians arc working are now strongly guarded hy policemen. The wool-spiniicrs of Licgnitz, in their strike to a successful teniiiuation. The CRIIUINALITIES. the crazy ward of the city hospital al Kansas Cily, Darphus Weaver, an in- uriated madman, twice set lire to the building, and with jaekkulfe in lianil, delled the Institution's ofllcers. After attciiiptliig to burn one patient alive, ami cutting tlic throat of au- other from car to car, he was llually shot througii the heart by Dr, Winfrey, llie attend ing physician, Tlie 'jTitiici says: Darphus Weaver was a colored man of years.

le was tall, wciglied about ISO pounds and very muscular, lie came here from Topeka about January 8, Ills fcelhad been frost-bitten, and ho was adniitted to the hofsiiital 011 the 10th. A colored man named Aleck Ilodgea died of consumption at the hospital about two weeks IjinD time Weaver has appave.nlly been soincwlmt wrong in the upper story. Ho went to Dr, Winfrey one imivulug and told him that he (Weaver) had murdered his wife at the house of a man named McOec, lie said it was in a room, in the night time, and he liad taken a knife from his wife and with it stabbed her fatally. Weaver did not say where the murder occurred, nor is it known whether he lived In Kansas City prior to his going to Topeka, but it Is thought he did. Weaver told Dr, Winfrey that he was sure they would liang him for his crime.

During the recital of the story a patient came in, and thinking AVeavcr was cranky, Dr. Winfrey paid no further attention to the matter. Of late AVeavcr's insanity has been of a religious turn, much of his time being devoted to praying, CuAUi.ES LESSIXO, a well-known real estate and insurance ogent of Vandalia, was found dead in his room at the Everett house in St, Louis, having suicided with morphine. No cause is assigned for the act. IN Jackson county, Asa Shields and Charles Wise, while playing cards, disputed about the amount wagered.

With a fence rail Shields crushed In tlie skull of Wise, the man einkiug in death on the spot. JOHN NOHTON was shot aud killed by Dennis Cleary In the saloon of William Mltelicll, at Main street, Kansas City, by the ae- cldental'diBchargc of a target rille. ALBXAxnEii AViiiTE, who ojienited a creamery at Grand Uaplds, having lost in AViill street, killed himself at the home of his mother in Utica, N. Y. A MoKMON- elder was given a tar bath at Water Valley, while on his way to a revival meeting, FATKICK SLATTEHLV whipped Charley Hughes In three rounds Tuesday at Uochcster," OASUAL-HES.

THE corpse of ail uhknoivn woman was found Imbedded In quicksand, waist deep, by the river side, four miles below Harlem, in owners of the woolen-mills have acceded to their demand fur an Incrtase of 1.5 per cent in their wages. GuEAT excitement lias been caused in tlie northern part of Gerinany by the success of the experiment of boring for petroleum in Ponicrauia, A large flowlngwell liaa just been struck at Swautow which yields 50 )icr cent of jiure oil. The nearness of this locality to the Baltic sea iiilord and abundant transportation, and the Pomeranians arc tialteriiig themselves with the prospect of becoming independent of America and Kussia by a home supply of mineral oil, PniMEMiNiSTEiiFEiatv aud the govcrnnient of which he Is the head have bccouic stron.ger than ever, through the success of French arms and diplomacy in Cliina, and the jirenilcr noiv feels the necessity of adding to his dignity liy the jioscssiou of a personal newspaper organ. To this cud he is negotiating for the purciiase of La Ji'rjmbUfjuc Jfyattctmc, the leading rcpuh- llcaii morning paper of Paris, and it i.s said that the bargain will shortly be completed. THE czarowilz of Russia reached majority Sunday, and ttio event was celebrated at St.

Petersliurg with imposing ceremonies and a Ralutc. of llirec hundred guns. The order of the Black Kaglc was conferred by the emperor of Germany, The Kiisslan royal pair drove through the streets in an open carriage, without escort, nil windows aloug their route liav- lug been closed iiy the poMcc, A siiSSATiosAL suicide la reported from Bavaria, The cashier of the Vorschuss-Vercin of Bamberg was recently proved to be an embezzler and a warrant was Issued for his arrest. Ills pead body was found recently, he having com milted suicide rather than undergo the dl.s- grace of a public trial and imprisonment. THE duty on cattle and sheep has been doubled by the French government, and Le says the French artists will ave'nge the refusal of the United States congress to reduce ttie duty works of art.

They will, the Iiaper says, demand that the French salon elude the -works Of Aiiierican' artlsTsT IN a trial at Lcipsic, men named Kraewski and Heutsch were convicted of oCTcring to sell military secrets of Germany to other powers Heutsch was sentenced to nine Eervllude; aeeumpltcc will lie iiii- prlsoncd for three years and seven months JoHJi RooEiis, the husband of Minnie Palmer, is making arrangements to start a weekly dra malle paper in London. Minnie Palmer still seems to be on the top wave of financial prosperity, aud is reported to have just purchased worth of jewclrv. Jfn. GLADSTONE, having been convinced that the torlcs have combined to defeat the bill ti extend the franchise, speaks freely of the probablUty that an appeal to the people 111 bo taken at the close of the summer session of piullauicnt. OLBAN sympathizers at Ivey AVesl having threatened to assault t)ic Spanish consul, Secretary Folgcr ordered the naval authorities to aid in protecting his life and projierly.

IV CONCESSION has been made to Ihc Brilisli cinbaBsador at St. Petersliurg, by whicii large stcaiiicra will hereafter he allowed to enter llic distance. llENKY F. president of the American exchange In Paris, gave a dinner Tuesday (iycur Ing to Auguste Bartholdl, the sculptor of "Liberty Enlightnlng the World." QUEEN VICTOBIA IS negotiating for the purchase of the villa at Cannes In which Prince Leopold died, with the Intention of converting it into a convent and chapel, ZEIIEHU PASHA sent messengers by three distinct routes to Khartoum to discover General Gordon's fate. It is expected the messengers will return in August, THE Malagasy government has ollcrcd Franc Indemnity on condition that she renounces all claims to territory In Madagascar, AViixiAM accepted the resignation of Bismarck of the Vruseiau cah- luet, and gove the position to Boettlclicr, Ei-EVEN lives were lost in a at Bel-Bazar, in Asia Minor, In which bulld- ings were destroyed, THKEE cotton warehouses in Grundy strccl, London, were burned Saturday, involving a loss of THE Mexican chamber of deputies lias authorized the president to contract a loan of A CAULEGKAM from Vienna chronicles the destruction of the Sladt theater by fire.

THE American lacvosso team was defeated at Manchester, England, Tuesday, Kean luid Alva Sulloway were chosen delcgatcs- at-largc to Chicago. The platform demands aroduellonof the war tarllt, and Insists that the democratic majority In the house continue their ellorls to establish the revenue system on an honest basis. Tllden and Hendricks received unanimous Indorsement. THE national convention of wool-growers, which commenced its session In Chicago. Monday, with 134 delegates In attendance, adoptiid resolutions declaring that the rcdnc- lioH of duties in 18S3 seriously Injured the sheep and wool interest, asd agreeing to sustain at the polls only such men and such organizations as favor a restoration of the tariff of 1887.

Columbus Delano is president of the association, 5 AitoLT sixty gentlcineu, reprcscnllug the sugar, wool, rice, and other Industrial Interest! of the country, met Wednesday In Chicago In mass convention, I), Curtis, of Syracuse, was called to Uie clialr, A platlorm was adopted claiming protection as the true policy of the United States until other nations shall jiay equally high wages to workmen as wo do. THE marine national bank of New York city was forced to close Its doors, causing the banking house of Grant it AVard to bar its doors, Tlic liabilities of the marine liank are said to he about while those of the Grant Ward instlluUon will lie nearly tSOO.OOO, of which General U. Grant will lose a KiiWAui) P.wsii.v WKSTON is now negotiating for a long (llKtanei; pedestrian race in the United States. He says he wishes U) make a match against time, llie race to he walked in the opc.ii air, as lie declares lhat he wants nothing more lo do with matches in the foul atiuosplierc of Madison Stiuare garden, LiKiTEXANT AiiEitcHOMniE wlllncxt inrmlh Ic.ivc Portland, wllh an expedition to investigate the resources of Alaska. He expects to travel atmut live thousand miles liy November, making a collection of furs and minerals and taking photographs of the country, A STATiE of Martin Luther, standing in front of tlie Lutheran church in Wutihlnglon, was unveiled Wednesday in of two thousand jiersons.

Justice Miller presided over the ceremonies, and Sen ator Conger was the orabirof the day, A Nu.MiiEjt of the iron manufacturers at PlUslmrg areiu favor of continuing the scale of lust year's wages, and ihc workmen say tint if lliey do not sign lo that clTccl on or before June 1 there ill be a general strike, PAL.MEU, wild claims lo be the only surviving soldier of llie Immediate guard of Napoleon at St, Helena, died at Battle Creek, pUBSeil his eigiity-fourlh birthday THE Iowa gvecnbaclc state eonvenllon at Des selected four delegates to the national convention, wiio favor Ben Butler in case lie accepts the grceiihaekcr'a nomination bcfoi-o the coiiveiitioii-iidjourns, THE elevation of Judge David Brewer lo the circuit bench was celiiliriited in lltting style at Kansas City, Mo. A magnilleent entertainment was given in his honor by the bar of that city Thursday evening. AN English and German syndicate has purchased one million acres in Florida, upon which ilia propo.sed to settle German emigrants who will reach America this summer. HOSTILITIES between Ihe whites and blacks of Hempstead, have been temporarliy suspended, but Colonel Bedell has orders to keep the ist regiment in readiness to move. LoRii AvLEsroiiii, a entile king In Texas, lias returned to England for a visit, aud will bring back a nuiiihcr of aristocratic friends and endeavor to Induce them settle near him.

a vote otifrA to 12S Ihc St. Louts Merchant's Excliange decided not to allow the "bucket-shops''of that city to use the market iiuotations.wliieli come to tlio exchange. Tin; Chickasaw legislature has pasJied an act authorizing cutting of wire fences around Inelosurcs larger than acres. Five ollieers are now out executing tlie law. A near Woonsockct, Dakota, has since Noveiiihcr lost llT out of a kcrd of 2(i0 cattle, from wiiat is pronounced liy an English immigrant foot-and-mouth disease.

Till! Erie County Savings bank of Eric, wiiosc president got involved by heavy oil speculations and ab.scomled, has closed its doors, with llablllllcs ol 5 CoLf.Miif.s has been selected by the democratic state executive comniittcc as the place for holding the state convention, on June 24 and 25. Mas. LEI.ANII lias scut $5,000 to the kindergartens of San Francisco, in iiicm ory of her (-on, who recently died in Europe. A KTEAMEii from Aiislralia'hrought to San Francisco Noriiiauby, governor of Victoria, and the maieliioncss. MicnioAN trull have commenced the spring cainpuigri liy sending out statements of injury lo the crop by THE famous old horse ridden liy General Cublcr in Ills Indian campaign died al Vin- ceiincs, Tuesday niglit.

llfNiiHEiis of prominent citizens of New York attended the funeral of Charles O'Conor tJiilX'JitliQlhucathedral PiiE.sriiriNT ENIUCOTT resigned from the Oregon and Elijah Sniitii was elected his successor. Till! will of Joseph Dudley, of New York, bequeathes to various Presbyterian organizations, SENATOU DON CAMEUON arrived in New- York from England Tuesday, much improved in health. SALOONS at have been re duecd fully one hundred in number during the past year. lUssELL SAOE'S losses liy the Wall street panic, it is CBtimalcd, will reach $,5,000,000, TiiR democratic stale convention of New- York is called for June 18, al Saratoga, Tun mother of the late Bishop Haven died al JIalilen, in her Orth year, BOSTON has a debt of an increase of nearly for the year. POLITICAL.

homo SIgnlflcant Unsound Prop- asltlon. Ill estimating Ihc chances of repuhllcan success this year, and discussing the doubtful phases of the situation, it should be borne steadily In view that the victory of ISSO was won only through verj- atrcnuous endeavor and by very small margin, AVe can not hope to have things any easier this time; on the contrary, the Indications arc.tluit the sledding will be In some respects considerably liarder. There were some advantages 011 the repulilican side In that contest w-hleli are hardly to be expected in the Impending struggle, and certain influences which then operated to dcterniiue the course of a g(XKl many wavering voters are not now to tie so much counted upon; and vcl with such flpeeiiil aids to success, wc mtsscd defeat BO narrowly that there was not much room for loud boasting. The election of Garilcld was a pluralllv trl- Hinph, AVliilo he Hceiircd 214 of the IXi!) electoral votes, he did not receive a nuijority of the popular vote by over That is to say, his vote fell that much short of tlie combined vote east for the oOier candidates; aud even came within 7,000 of receiving as many votes as be did. There were in round inniibers voles polled, and Garlleld got per cent of tlieni, against per cent given to Hancock, the remainder going to AVeaver, Dow ana Taylor, Ihc of tlie greenback, prohibition anil anti-secn't society factions.

On a square test, theicfiire, between the repulilican parly and all ojiposliig iiarties, the opposition had a majority. Possi- ily if only a republican and a dciuocrallc lan- diilalii hii'd iiecii in tlie Held, the former woiild have received a majority; but thai is iiinrely conjeelurc. As a matter of fact, the eleiiion of bSSO did not show a prop'ondcranee of republican votes in the eouiiliy. If we take the votes liy slates, which tlie rue lest, It will lie seen that in a nuiiibc.r of instances the result was decided hy a remarkably close In no former election w-ere so many states carried or lost on such narrow margins, (rurlleld heat Hancock In New York by a plurality of 21,000, but his majority In the slate over all opposing candidates w'na only This gave him electoral votes and insured his election, for if those voles kad gone to Hancock tiiey would have given us a democratic president. In Otito, Garlleld received a plurality of and a malorltv over all of 2,5,000, Indiana gave (iarilcld a plurality of but tlie majority of the total popular vote was 0,000 against him.

The republicans got Oregon by a slender plurality, 071, and a majority of 4-iJ; and Colorado and Connecticut were both secured by pluralities of less than Ttie states named, all of which are iiul in the doubtful list this year, and several of wiiicli are essential lo republican success, cast electoral votes in 18S0, or nearly iHo-llflhs of the whole number which (iarilcld received. There was a diilereuce of only between the electoral votes cast tor Garlleld and those cast for.lIancoc.k;-Bnd a 84 votes' in questlou would therefore have elected tlie latter instead of the such a change would have liccn accoiiiplislied bv tlie shifting of less than 1 per cent of the pojiiilar vote In New York alone fropi the i-c THE MARKETa Kansas City Grain iind Live Sloek. No. 3 red winter, cash, 78; GENERALITIES. T'HE will of thoialc Cyrus II.

McCoi-mIek has been admitted lo probate In Chicago. It schedules property valued at $10,000,000. The widow and eldest son were appointed admiiils- tralors. They are given llberly to aid any charitable' enterprise in tiie same manner as did the testator. AVIlh the exception of the homestcada at Chlcsgo and Richfield Spriugs, which are bCQWeathed lo the widow, the esbite Is to be kept inlactfor five 3ear6.

THB democrats of New Hampshire held their elate coDventloa at Concord AVednesday. frsnk JoneB, Henry O.Kent, Frank Mac- jiino, No, mixed, cash, Oats, No, 2, cash, 20, LIVE slow and quiet, sales ranged as follows; Native sliippers, native butcher steers, native cows, native bulls, 4,0,5. Hogs, active aud Prices ranged from bulk at Markete by Telegraph. ST. No.

2 red, iil.Oil (a for cashULOfli-j" for May; for June; 'MH tor August; No. 3 red, Jl.OOU'. Corn, for cash; for June; July; for August. 81J teMti.i;Julj, No. 2 spring, SO Vrt Coi-n, casli, NEW No, 2 red, Sl.Oil^i.OOJ^ for cash; No.

3 ii-d, 0.5,13'. Corii, No, 3, VtOQm III; No, 2, The llaiirt a Telephone. An experimenter of South Hollanil lia.i lhat the gloved hand may servo as iv instrument when it is placed iri telephonic circuit, lie made use of an Ador microphone as a lran.sniitter, connecting the primary of an inducting coil to it and to three Bunsen cells, the secondary of the coil being in circuit with a nine- cell Lcclaneho battery and the line. Two persons standing in a distant room iicl the ends of the wires in their naked hands, and sounds of whistling or singing made near the microphone were heard by one of them when the other pressed a against his ear, a hand firmly though the sounds transmitted were so-feeble that speech could only be "partially understood. publican lo the democratic ticket, A loss of w-ould have defcatiHl Garlic A fad like that la worth considering very scriouslv al this time.

If the reiiubllcan party is lo triumph again this year, it must clearly put Us best foot foremost, and exercise the strictest caution, and resolutely refuse to lake any hazard lhat can be avoided. Ills for the Clilcago couvcnllou in particular to take note of this aspect of the situation. Almost everything depends upon the sort of noiiiination wlilcli shall he made hy lhat bodv for president. A blunder in that diieclion ifi alienate the very voters wliosc help is. iiidis- nensable in the "country at large, and partJcii- lariy In those stales classltled as donlilfnl.

No Candidate n-llh an assailable record, or of doubt- Itul stability and prudence, can obtain the Totes which Tire nccessarv to prevent the close states from swinging over to the deuioci-aey AVhen the fact is squarely faced that a change of less tlian 1 per cent in tlie vote by wliicli fliir Held carried New- York, Indiana, Coniiccliciu and Oregon, would be suflieicnt to give all those stales bi the demoerallc candidate tlii.s year, it is idle to talk about hiking any chances except sucli as are alisolutely not to be eliminated from the problem. Il will not do to go into the light with a man al the bead of Ihc republican column wliose cliai-aclcr will have lie Industriously cerlllicd, or about wiuisc inclliods and leridcnciea there can be serious Tliere are 110 votes to Uir llie mere jmrpose of vliidicBlingorcxalllng any man, however able and dwiprving lie may be. Interests of the parly as a party arc of first imjiortancc, and the "man selcctc'd to leiui il must be one whom no republican can olTcr icily repulilicans can tind good cause lo support Such a man can lie chosen, and. such man can be elected. Let the convention direct its wisdom and piiidencc to the nomination of a candidate of that kind, and the prospects of success will be in our favor from tlie start; but it will iilainly notanswerto luit forw-aril a man less aceeplalile, or less favorable, eiiuipped for wiiut ot best is sure lo lie'aii arduous, exciling and ciosely-matclicd JAIUIX Olube- Vcmocmt.

An Unsound Proposition. Tlic circular of the Independent Republican Conference Coniniillee Is, on the whole, a sen- slble doeuiiicnt. But It coutulns one proposl- llou that canuol be succcBsfully niaiutaiued. Tiial proposition is that "the republican party canuol afford lo burden Itseinvilirii defensive campaign," It can aHord lo do just that Have the gcnllemcn who prepared the circular so soon forgotten the Garlleld light of IS-SOf That was a defensive light, if there ever was "liatred, malice and all uncharitableiiess opened Hair cylinder, called aThaiidrel; after wliicl the edges of these spiral har.s are lieatcd and lirmly welded. The spiral coil is now put upon what is called a weldino; niandrel, is again heated, aud carefully hammered into the shape of a gun-barrel.

Next conies the cold hammering, by which tlie pores of the metal are securely closed. The last, or finishing, operation is to turn the barren ou a lathe to exactly its nropor shape and size, IJy all the twistings and weldings and hammerings, tlio metals iirc so blended that the mass has somewhat the consistency aud toughness of woven steel and iron, A barrel! thus made.is very hard to burst. Hut the (inishing of the iniiide of the barrel! is an operation requiring very great care aud skill, AVhat is called a eylinder-borcd barrel is where the bore or hole through the liarrell is made of uniform size from end to A choke-bore is one tiiat is a little smaller at the the muzzle end than it is at the breevdi end. Tliero are various ways of "choking" gun-barrels, but the object of all methods is lo make the gun throw its shot close t'gelhcr with even and regular distribution and with great force, Tero are several kinds of luclallic combinations that guiiinakcrs iLSe, the principal of which are called IJania.scus, Ueruard, and laminated steel; the Oamaseiis barrels are generally considered the husi. Miiiiricc in iSt.

for June. Mr. CTladstoiie. Mr, (jladstoiie, at the age of seveii- ly-lhree, I'rimc-ministcr of England, and the chief of Knglish statesiiieii less cminenl. for weiglit of personal character and accomplished than for his extraordinary mastery of jiiiblic afl'airs and his Par- line illustration of the Englisii genius in its most characteristic form.

There is a certain slurdino.ss in Mr. (ilailsloiic's nature itself in every way, except his sensitiveness to jier- sonal criticism, wliicli is in singular contrast with tlic Oriental character of Lord IJc.aconslield, so long liis chief opjioneut. It was the want of this ((uality (luilc as much as an alien genius wliicli made the laic minister so aiipareiitly uii-Knglish. No one, indeed, cultivated English ways more assidusously, or celebrated witli more usto the distinctive English life, than lOrd Heaconslield, aud lie ideiitilied lintteries upon tlie general just as soon as he was nominated. They never ceased llrliig until election night.

Nevcrllicless lie was tri umnhanlly elected, llio truth is that a party can always allord lo moke a defensive as in Gar- lield's ease, it has "a sure ilefense" for its eaii- dldale. To argue otlicrwise Is to cast a serious reliection upon the intelligence and sense of justice of the American people, it iiii- pllcs lhat they either cannot or will not discriminate lictween charges made and eliargcs proven; that they regard accusation andeon- victiou as conrerll'lilc terms; tliat they stand ready to accept as true the counts of an Indictment without slopping lo listen to the evidence. Once let Bueli a cruel and unjust theory of the attitude of voters toward 1111 assailed public man gain a toolliold among us and the golden age of the llbidier, the assassin of eliaracter, will have arrived. In a world In which there Is reason to suspect that sinless per- feetion does hot exist outside ot The JKvmbm, rosCn ofliee, it is eoinparativf easy to frame an attack upon any conspicuous Ilgure. Ithas come to be au axiom tiial delr.actlon and en- niity are the necessary ultcndanls upon grcal- ucBB.

To rise above the crowd is lo open the way that leads to malignant opposition. The republican party wasbornof the Insliiiel of fair play. II doesn't scare easily. Hence it can be counted uiion never lo set aside republicans whose careers have been characterized by palriotle dcTotlon to Its own and the eounlny's welfare simpiv because they arc threatened with the eijicrfonce of experience of a defensive campaign. Nor will il do lo reply that when the circular of the iiidcpendeuts of a defensive campaign, reference was had to an indefensible defensive campaign.

There are 820 delegates elected to the republican nalionai conTcntlon. It will take 411 voles to nominate. It la Idle and worse tlian idle tn assume lhat such a large numlier of unliii- peached men will concur In placing a camlidalo In the Held who would make necessary an iii- defenslhlfi defensive campaign. Tiie nomination of Mr, Blaine has been persistently urged by great numbers of repulilican constltueniies bteaVBo they regard lilm as the strongest, the most available, the most justly popuhir mon that the party can present for' the presidency this year. But The Pml and Us allies cease not day or night to protest that his would be a defensive campaign.

Well, It would be, precisely In the sense that Oarficid's was. The rc- piibllean masses from Maine lo Oregen would rush lo bis defence. They would stamp out the charges and place him in the white Xew York Tribune himself with the bucolic p.arty—the squire, the seemed in every manner resolved, it resolution would accomplish it, to be an Englishman, -JJut the contrast between him and Mr, (jladstono was as apjiarcnt in every as it is in earrioatures of Punch, in which, if Gladstone has sometimes air of a prig, Disraeli has always the air of Cagliostro, When Disraeli was at the head of the ministry, the feeling was unavoidable that it was an accomplished foreign talent that was governing But with Gladstone, it is England governing herself. Much more than in any chief minister the English conscience is felt in Gladstone, In Lord Sidniouth and Mr. Percival, tlic two most ordinary and commonplace of Prime-ministers, tlierc was the conventional EnglLsh resjieetaliility and inoriilily.

Hut in Gladstone il i's tlic power of rectitude wliicli is remarkable. Ho believes in lionest dealing, and in suliordinating public lolicy to tlie mora! law. Ho may not ike lo be orilieised, but he is not ashnnied lobe called sentimental in liis regard for the moral honor as well as the of England, Notliing could bo more distasteful to Mr. Gladstone tlian the Egyjitian complication. Nothing could have been more delightful lo Lord Ueiieonslield.

The vainieness of the object to be attained oy warlike operations, the dilli- ciilly of a possible protectorate of the country, the desire to respect the rights of a people so remote from English sympathy aud habits, naturally oppress Mr. Gladstone, thus uoccssarily engaged in transactions in which his country should never have been hut they would have been ciling chapters of romance lo Lord Heaconslield, and he would have endeavored to turn the situiition to the most dazzling account Coping at once with the eliisivo situation in Egypt, with the franchise in England, and with tiio discontent Ireland, and goaded by a Tory party not greatly led. but oflicereil by a brilliant cynic, a worthy squiro, and a noudcscrijit madcap, only a chief of the sturdiest moral and mental quality could hold at seventy-three a jiosition which nobody else could fill. It is, as we said, his character no less than his genius whicli will give him a great place in English history. With the conquering Chatham and the aceora- jilishcd Canning, with William Pitt and Sir Robert Peel, Gladstone must always be mentioned as an English slates- man and minister who showed in his public and private life, in his masterly grasp of afl'airs, in his ascendency over a great, intelligent, and progressive party, in his high moral tone and his immense accoiuplishme'tit; the jiowcr which any intelligent, country-would This is tiie year in which tlio other THE CANDIDATES.

Nome Interesting Items About the Presidential Agca and Kdn eiulnn, Itellglous Views, Etc. Here are sonie interesting items about the presidential candidates Robert at tlie age of -10, is the youngest of the republican candidates and (jcn, who is 04, is the oldest. Senator Siicrman, at 61, stands next in age, and all of the remaining candidates are between U) aud CO. Harrison and Gresliam are each .51. Ar thuris 0-1, Allison 55, Edmunds 6fi, and Hawley, of Connecticut, .08.

Senator Logan, in his autobiography in the con gressioiial directory, does not give his age, but he looks lo be between 50 aiii' (10. 'I'ho (loiiiocratie candidates show a majority of old Samuel Tilden is H- Payne 7-1, Allen Thurman 71, Joe McDonald ()5, Tom Hendricks (JO, Tom Rayard 0(1, Gcii- and Klowerof New Of the caniliilalcs of both parlies prominently befm-c the country, or probably as dark horses, oviu' one-half were born in Ohio the two Shermans, Harrison, Allison, McDonald, Hendricks, and Grant, Thurman was born in 'Virginia, Tllden. Flower, and Payne in New York, Arthur and Edmunds in 'Vonuonl, Logan ill Illinois, in Maryland, and Hawley in North Carolina Of eleven candidates eiglit roeeived collegiate ediicalion Edniiinils liad a private tutor and Gen Sherman was schoohid at WCst Point Logan's education was received at the common schools, as was also those of Denver iuiil Klowor, Rlainc wenv lo college at AVashingloii, Lincoln at Harvard, tirrison at Oxford, Allison at Iliidsoii, and Hawley at Hamilton college, New XovV. Logan's father was a hotelkeeper, judge, Artbiir's preacher, (Jrcshaiu's a sherilV, Thiiriunirs a preacher, and Hayard's a lawyer aud statesman. As lo the religion (if the various candidates 1 am unable lo Iind that any of them ever iiad any.

church is the Kpiscopaliaii, Ihe general's wife every one knows is a Catholic, President Arlhur allciids the Episco lal, and Gresliam is found in the Presliyterian, I5iilh Payne and Thurman ai-e liberal in their views, and Logan, who has a strong iit- llucueu with her hiisband, is qiioUul a Methodist, Rlainc and Ilaw- Iiceii ey have been editors, Logan, John Shcrimin, Edmunds, Harrison, Allison, Arthur, (ircsham, Uiiyard, Hendvieks, iiyno, and Thurman liave iiracticcd law, McDonald once followed tlie saddler's trade, and Arlhur taught school at S15 a month, and John acted as a surveyor. Everyone knows that Tildeu is a bachelor, and that Alli.sou and Arthur are widowers, Gresliam has a wife aud two children, Lincoln has llireti children, one ot wliom is named Abraham, and Blaine, Edmunds, Payne, ind Tliurman are married and have fariiilies. Joe McDonald has had Iwo wives, and is now, as tliuy say in Scotland, wearing his tliird. Of course any estimate of the wc-illli of the- candidates must be based on su)iposilioii, Tom liavard is said to be worth Flower Henry Payne from 0110,000 lo Allen 'I'liiirman to and Hugh Jcwett is estimated at being several times a millionaire. No one knows what Slieriiian is wortli, but I have an idea that liis incomeoiil- side of bis salary is large onoiigli lo keep him, Edmiin.ls has an income estimated at near JIcDoiiald one of Geii.

Sherman his salary as retired ollieer, and Blaine, says William Walter Phelps, is worlli less than lialf a iiiillioii. Everyone has beard of Tildcn's bar'l, and most peo- know that Logan and (ji'esham are moderately Cleveland Leiukr. HoAv Gnii-Barrels Are ilado. The beautiful waved lines and curious flower-lilie figures that appear on the surface of the barrels are really the linos of welding, showing that two different metals, iron and steel, arc intimately blended in making the finest and strongest barrels. The p'iocess of thus welding and blending steel and iron is a very interesting one.

Flat bars, or ribbons, of steel and iron are and then twisted into a cable. Several of these cables are then welded together, and shaped into a long, flat which is next spirflUy coiled nroi'nd hollow great nation calls one of its citizens to the Chief Executive Magistracy. Happy that country if it summon to that.ofhcca statesman so commanding, coMcientious, and courageous, and spotless as the English Looking at Gladstone, and then across the sea at our Presidential contest, the Englisli- inan may be pardoned if ho is not quite ready to abandon a political system which brings so great a- man as Gladstone into tlie direction of the government, and even the American may wonder wliotherhis system of selecting the Chief Magistrate is surer than the English method lo bring the real chief of a party to the oxecut vo George WiUUvm Curtis, in Marjazine for June. Traveler for a Brains Factory. "Beg your pardon, sir," said Col.

Telford as he inclosed two letters in envelopes, "but could 1 buy a couple of postage stamps of you?" The dude who Avas addressed looked up contemptuously, took a long, carefully drawn pufl" at his cigarette, tlion replied; 'I iim not a peddler of postage stamp, thank you." looked hard into the face of the dude a moment, then observed, lirmly: "1 beg your pardon, sir. I was mistaken. You are not a peddler of postage stamps, that is true. You are traveling for a brains factory, and, poor thing, they've sent you out without any York Mercury. Aliraya glvei entire satIsfaction, ii leading drpegtet ssUd ot Ur.

Baoford 'i Uver China's Rack-DoAVii, A Chinese gentleman residing in New York an account of tlie position of the imperial dynasty of China which throws a new light on her appareutiv lo all the of France. years airo the Tarlars of Manchooria swejil (Iciwii in vast hordes and coii- (luered the Chinese empire. This was the "JMiCny njiirdeiisomo and unjust laws were inijiosed by the eouqiiorors, not Ihe least of whicfi was that all men sliould wear ajiigtail in token of By a system of military despotism the Ta Tung dynasty stiil exists, though in a very critical and precarious slate. The history of China for the last hundred years is a history of iusurreclion aud rebellions, till it seems to liave reached a climax in tlie Taiping rebellion of twenty-live years ago. The Taiping rebels conquered fourteen jiroviiices out of tlie whole wliicli go to make up the whole of China, and if il were not for the frustrating iiilUieiices of such men as "Chinese" Gordon, AVard, and other foreigners the rebels wouhl liave undoubtedly gained their cause.

The Chinese essarrto shoAv thoTelalion that KANSAS NEWS exists between the Cliinese government and the people, and will enable the reader to appreciate the action of the Chinese jrovernmeut in the Tonquin alVair The insulting and unjust pretentions of France roused the Chinese populace to tlie highest excitement, on by the daily papers, the people in many parts of China were AQlually in the jirovinccs of Kian Sti and Kwang Tun, The Chinese erument saw that something must be done to quell the dangerous excitement of the people, and consequently issued decrees for a military movement. All this demonstration and preparation was meant, however, only a sedative to tlie people, as the government knew too well the consequences of an actual war with France, She knew that the people would at the first grand opportunity rise uj) en inasso against the government and wipe out the present dynasty. And better opporlunitydo the people want than the impaired condition of China after a protracted war with a foreign power? However cowardly the action of the Chinese government in signing the last treaty may seem to those not acquainted with the internal afl'airs of China, it is nevertholess the most politic thing she could do. It was or annihilation, and she chose the former. The hand of a' eomposiler in selling type makes In a year of 300 days, each of ten hours' work, niovemeiits in the Betting of 12,000 letters each day, and the distance liis hand travels at the same time is miles a year, or over miles a day.

Such arc Ihcrc- sults orrivcd at by a patient malhematielKn, Ulscsllmatedthat four million strawberry were eet In AYest Tennessee sprinn A Fredonia special, under date ot May IS, says: An exciting murder trial brought here on achangcof venue from Allen county, closed in Judge Stillwell's court last night. The defendants were the whole male portion of llie Gilliland family, from near Humboldt, consisting of father and three sons, Isaac, Joseph and Andrew, The evidence showed that in broad daylight llic family to force one Herclcrodus and McFavland oft from a tract of land claimed by Gilliland, biit decided liy a land league to which they all belonged to be the property of a widow lady. The old mail shot Herclerodes tlirec times, killing him instantly, Isaac shot McFarland three limes while attempting to get away, following him 300 yards, overtaking him, and with the other two boys killed him with clubs. To save 'moljbed by their brother leaguers, tliey at once gave themselves TJie trial lasted four days, when a verdict was rendered against the father and Isaac of murder in the lirst degree, aud against Joseph and Andrew-of murder in the second degree. By ugrcenient the younger boys got new trials and Andrew was set free, Jo.seph got two years in the penitentiary.

Many feared that if the verdict was not satisfactory that the Allen County League would mob them, iiiul the Grand Army Post was called and escorted the prisoners from the courl-lioiise to the jail in safety. Clay Center Tinici: On Monday last Elmer Roe and two of the Slirelller brothers, from Chapman township, came to this city and purchased a sprinij; wagon and a cultivator and started for home just before the storm (if that day. They had the cultivator in the wagon, the shovels in front of the seal, and the spring wafroii tied behind the wagon, lAIr, Roe and one of the Slirelller's were, on the seat of the wagon and the other Shrefller occupied 11 seat in the spring.wagon behind. When about eight miles from the city the storm overtook them and liglilning struck Mr, Roo, killing him instantly, the same stroke giviiig the man on'the seat with him a fearful shock, but he soon arid they Irove to the lirst farm hou.so and took the body in out of the storm. It is strange, that the wagon or loam neither were hurl or damaged in the Emporia ftcpublican: Henry Lord, iin attorney of Seraiilon, Osage county, was recently employed, so we are informed, by the Teinperance League of that county to gather evidence against the saloon keepers wf Scranton, Not long afterward ho received several itnonymoiis threats of violence, and a few days ago Avhile standing near a window, was fired at by some one, llie ball pa.ssiug through the window but a moment after he had stepped back from it, and in siicli a way as lo have killed him had he remained in his lirst A few niglils later as many seven lircd al liiiu while beil, three of Hie balls being found 11 the bed-clolliing next morning.

resjioiisiblc for it, and the party has lieeri arrested and will be convicted of the oU'encc. A water spoin washed away Ibe track (HI the Mi.ssoiiri Pacilic and Union Pacilic roads soiilli and west of Leavenworth On Ihe form- road l.iO feet wen'i -waslied away, and seven cars loaded with callle and tlie ongiiie and lender wiiul into the iver, iK'iiig comiilclely wrecked, and "5 of the cattle killed. The track was covered in and in oilier places the water was from two lo live feet On the Union Pacilic hail fell to the depth of two inelics, and tlirce- fourllis of a mile of tract, rails and lies wore waslicd away. A bridge was also carried away, A sad aceideiil occurred recently near the place of (iray, says the Sterling The fourteen-year- old boy of AVm, Powell was killed by a runaway horse. The boy and bis brother had" been doing farm work, and at noon started home with the horses, riding on the backs of the animals, Tlic horse which Walkiii rPo-n'pll ran away, tlirowing the boy, wlio.se foot cautrht in the harness.

Some of the neighbors say. the lioy was dragged about Uyo luilcs. He was Jitlerly Kicked and torn to pieces, Isaac Brown, living near Corning, Nimiaha county, suicided by hanging himself with a iiiece of wire in his barn Monday morning. He was taken last fall and has been slightly deranged since. His domestic afl'iiirs wore also a source of trouble to him.

Ho leaves a largo family, some of whom arc small children. lie owns a farm and other jiropcrty. Miuneajiolis Messenger: John Polls' fossil saurian was mutilated by parties unknown last week. It is estimated that this wonderful seientilic curiosity is fcirty feet long, and is considered very valuable. It is the fossilized remnants of a huge lizard that lived many years past.

Governor "Glick telegraphs from New the.statc, county and townships arc safe. The First National bank is selected as the fiscal agency of Kansas, Lawson Simpson will jiay all their liabilities if their creditors will give them a little time, Minneapolis Messenger: There is said to be a sink liolc miles west of Dolphcs, that on Sunday last covered a halt acre of ground. The ground has dropped down twenty feel and aji- pears Avct and muddy, The inhabitants in that section are becoming alarmed. Sanaca. Tribune: Last week Jay Nichols, sold a falf interest in Ills beautiful'farm east of this city to Mr.

Young, of Doniphan county, for Tlio farm comprises 480 acres, and the sale is at the rate of or over thirty-live dollars an acre. The company, of Sabetha, Nemaha county, has been organized with a capital stock of and incorporated under the laws of the state. The Board of Trade, of Hutchinson, Reno county, Avith a capital stock of $5,000, has liled its articles of incorporation with tiic secretary of state. The first iiuarler patented in Ottawa county was lately sold for $0,000. The patent Avas signed Ijy Abraham Lincoln in 1861.

Work has been commenced on the Paola water-works, Howard is rit'i 'i new opera house. Nothiup which is applied to seed corn in planting will protect it against the attacks of cut Tliis pest does not- disturb the seed but cats ott the stalk at or just below the surface of the ground. To soak the seed in a strong solution of tobacco will help the.