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WVWJ.UVIMVnt I 1 ssaasa. fa limWm t)RSlAY APR.QU 12. 18831 fFSi $1 fitt i. IW ji VA IV i lvC IV It" I I I a I r.tt 5 IV II 4X mn 1 f'M MINER'S i 'Tk SUr feuU'Breau'Aat "ForTcta" All Afcout IIU Crooked Trans atln. I Adopt! Oeasral Standard Tlate for All Kall fnVaMe pi tke irUcoutn Oa Jrtlroad.to Tllar4 ir Jay CtonM Asiarats tfcBojraeMlbllity f'rPayIiur Western Valou Dividends.

teleirxapb. stock being oaloutated to embarrass innocent 'stockholders, Goujd ban determined to assume the personal responsibility of paying dividends (upon all the aback, amounting to owerf 1,400,000, The following ia his announcement to that effect: "In view of serious Inconvenience to many persona from the, tnalioious and vexatious aulta against the West I ernioinion leiegrapn eampany, J. nave oompany to advance to 11 stockholders of th Western Union telegraph company on and after April 12, J883 theamoant of dividends, able April 18, 1883, unen the laaalgu meat, to me at the ofllee of the said trutKompany the right to receive the same Doruou. ine jaauarvaiviaenu. stll unpaid, will be arranged forln ine same manner.

New, York, April. eDlac iv i avt Carey' lleaeat thalr Tetl tony Against the rkaealxU'ftrlc lives Last by Ika (UvJpr la of Hlehlga Coal Mlae. WASHINBT0N. jain Iak OaBUiaae Ike Qreaa Bxajnln RUsier OllKn Blatteae. Washinotojt, April 11.

Miner's crocs examination was resumed this morning, but bla memory was not bet ter than yesterday and he failed utterly to remember matters which Mexrlok brought to his attention. Jn answer to an Inquiry why' he written aub contraotor that the In creased speed would involve consW eraDie'expense nere i VYasningionj.tie said be meant hla own Itvins; ex penaes and the eub oontraotor wanted, all of hla. own allowances for the expedition. He (witness) wished! to innpreaa Mm with the difficulty of, geiiine: expeqiuon so as to maae a good bargain. lie was not under oath when lie wrote that letter.

Merrick asked if he waa in the bablt of lying when not under oath. "Witness answered that he was making a. trade and did aa any othar man would have done. The court remarked that ia the law pi trade. OENKKAI, N0TB.

Secretary. Folger, it is said, will soon appoint a committee to examine the charges against Supervising Architect Bill, which, were placed in the secretary's hands fust before he was prostrated by his recent illness. The oath of office was administered to Judge tiresham to day, and be as sumed formal oharge of the postoffloe department. The suite of rooms oc cupied by the postmaster general 'were thrown open ana employes noti fled that he was ready to receive them. The reception which followed occupied about tnree iourtbs or an hour.

Each chief of bureau, clerk and messeneer belnsr Individually intro duced by First Assistant Postmaster Uenerai nation. At tne conclusion of the reception Judge Gresham held conference with the assistant postmasterpostmaster general. Trial or the Aasasslaa. Dublin, April 11. The trial of Joe Brady on the charge of murdering Cavendish and Burke, began this morning.

Notwithstanding it was known that all absentees would be fined 100 poinds, many of the Jurors pa the panel failed to appear. The case for the crown was opened by Porter; lie painted oat to the Jury that the duty they were oatled upon jto perform was one of the moat eerjous that could fall on cltliens. lie exhorted' them to dismiss from their minda altogether anything they bad read or read of in connection with the guided Jbj.Jhejeyidenoe produced at the trial. The first witness called was Farrell, the Informer, iwbo testified at the preliminary examination of the prisoners In Kilmalnbam oourt house. Be repeated the given then.

James Carey was the next witness. Ilia evidence was the same as before given. upon tne conclusion or vareys direct examination the court adjourned ror me nay, yareys lace was nusnea while giving evidence. Carey was In the witness' box an hourand three quarters. lie gave a detailed account of the formation of the "invlncibles," but waa not allowed to go into the plots agalnat the lives of Foster ana Earl Cowper.

Whllej Carey was testifying Brad followed the evidence closely and frequently aent. notes to. his solicitor. Carey became perfectly cool in demeanor towards the close of the teetl ofMthe knives found In lUnglend basin wa produced that Carey might Identify it aa one sup Plied by Bherldan from' Jndon. Murphy, crown counsel, stated that the authorities know who la "No.

1," It Is expected that a photograph of this myaterlona' person will be produced. ii AMtfter Oare lau EboAKAJia, April 11. A cave In occurred at the Keel ridge mine Between tmnneteo ana iron Mountain soon after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, carrying down the en sine noose ana eignt men, ma follows: Patrick Ewv Richard Williams, W. 7VMM. MUMI UV1UM James, Btfwvd William Jefrrey, wiiiuun Ji'oiiard.

up to 8 o'clock last night only one man. (Wicks) had been rescued and bo waa Attally ln These men were on the surface. None wero at work In the jnine, The mlae la located twn mllea west of Qalnneseo. The cave In embraced space six ty flva by fifty feet, And besides the, men engulfed took In aui. mine macninery, including four large boiler, all falling at distance fot feet.

At the present BaUrt Tlate St. Xouis, April 11. A general railroad time convention imetliere at 11 There' was a wery large attendance. 1. P.

Wright, of Cleve land, was In the' chlr, and WT. Allen, oM'biladelphla, aeovetary. By motion 4he present ofllcere were con tinned another year and the present through tune schedule nd It waa resolved that ohansea ea Into effect May 13th. The reoolutlon on standard clme as adopted Is as Iloada eastof and adjacent to Wash Ington shall.riin by Beventv flflu ine naian or eastern time, jeetween these points Kansas City shall run uy ine nmetiewi meriaian or central time, one hqur slower than eastern time. West of Kansas City they snau run iyane one nunareu.

ana fifth and one hundred and twenty fifth meridian or western time, two and three heurs slower respectively than eastern time. A committee was appointed to report at the next meeting on a uniform signal system, and the convention adloumod to meet in Chicago, October 11th. AmIcoIsc slew Unties. St. Louis, April 11.

Two circulars were Issued this afternoon by II. B. Hayes, One as first vice president of the Missouri Pacide railroad, statins that under the neweoadltion of things, A. M. Hoxle, third vtce presldent, Is Is relieved from attention to assessment and taxation of properties and will in the Assist general duties.

Further, that J. F. Haw, assistant secretary, will have charge of all matters pertaining tci assessment and taxation and also of the purchase of materials and supplies. The second circular. ifsiiod from the Wabash, St.

Louis It Pacific office announces that John C. Qault having resigned, II. M. Hoxle, intra vice president, will assume charge of the freight and passenger tranio mat j. if, iiaw, seoretary, In addition to the duties as secretary, will take charge of assessments and taxation and purchasing of supplies.

It further announces that the heads of departments, except as above stated, win do continued as at present. tPARICS TR0M.THE Cltnttrk were laid for 200 at I L.17..i h. iniiiiL bli. iiimuiii. i v.TL' 7 The Usui more unio rauroaa oompany has declared a serabannual dr idend of 6 percent.

Senator Edmunds anddaughter, ao oompaniea by a small party or menos, are on their way to Bt Louis, The striking miners at Btreator.Ill.. have accepted a roduotlen nf five cents per ton and resumed rork. TJie employee of the MeUert foun dry, and maonlne shops at. Heading, Pa, struck for equalisation wages. In a collision on the Albany Sus quehanna road one, engine was wrecked and Engineer Iletllnger store and contents of Capell's dry goods store, at Morrlsburg, burned.

Loss. sSO.OOOi inscred' for 112,00. Ueorge w. Erie county, Ohio, died in a Cdnoinnatl Southern steeping car. 'rue coroner's vera lot was consumption.

Sty the sudden breaking of ice, the Connecticut river and tributaries is rising rapidly. All mills are ahut down owing to the (The spinners In the Merchant wool en mill, Boston, striking, forced out tne weavers The proprietors will not givo the advance asfepd. The other three will tured. A posse led by ei; deputy United States marshal Durrbunded a party of Texas horse thleveseven miles south of the Kansas state line, below Hun nervllle, and demanding their surrender were fired on. The officers returned the fire, killlnc Samuel Rons.

and wounding James Ross, when the fat her of the boys surrendered. Mrs. Rose Howard, nineteen years old, wife of WIMUm Howard, of Now York, killed tor first bom child Th mother la now an Inmate of the not pltal and la raving mad. Mrs. Howard has been lllolnce the birth or the child and was frequently delirious from fever: She was In that state last fllorht1 tvtlAnl tjimnnrtln jamped from bod, demolished the furniture and killed, the child presumably from dashing It against the store.

1. i i i t. im Tm Wean; ftmrrmTyjn aerIlrisMnBtatoi thoProflU to Bs Made Thereat In Montana. lfttu4 there Ml Mmltsrf" tr Davld Brault nd Alexander Ore Capital delna; Into the Ilaslnonsj and Ita ISaormOna ItetnrBs The Pressed Beef Trade. The sale of horses Wednesday at Eminence, aggregated over.

$12, uuu ror nity one animate: average. $235: irtfthest price, $710, for Belle of the West. The Western nail association has decided to postpone the contemplated shut dqwtrof two weeks until May 7, or 'a fortnight later than had been agreed Two extra freight trains on the Pennsylvania railroad collided at Millstone Junction. An engine waa demolished and the engineer aerlous injured. golre have bee held for the grand Jury, at Tiverton, It, on A charge of siunapping ueDriitoceicatSi aged thirteen.

The parties are Frenoli Canadians Boceicats are brotestants. but the toy associated with Catholics and some davs aco waa banttKAd in the Catholic faith without the knowledge of his parent. The boy then left home under the lofiuenoe.lt Is alleged, of the defendanu and was sent to a Catholic uncle in Canada. No Hare fecpttaUeii. Chicago, April 11.

The receivers and shippers of grain mot to day for the consideration of the polloy of cast bound lines In refusing to allow them to appoint welghmasters except subject to the approval of (lie Joint agont of theT east bound pool, and with the provision that such welghmasters shall not be mem here of the board of trade. It was decided not to attempt tooonuuet tne negotiations further. and a communication was appointed to wait on the mayor and ask his cooperation and that of the city council in an inquiry into tne question whether the east boUud (runk lines were, not exeroUlnff tho nrlvlletrpo an corded them by the city In an arbitrary Chicago Tribune. thelluV, bat poMiahed an InterrleV lh Oen, Wn'Porifeeoghlt on tho condition nd reaonrcxM of the west, with tpeolsl lnformitlori ietrdfiiB MonUn the Kontral am residul for the Iut fifteon years. As hM already BrluWn a hlghj 'anthorlly on all mstlors per.

Ulclag to tho wost, nd. upeblslly ion the tattle trade, he Uthig glreii th latter njbjoiblsloseatt; nonsumt attention, for a long time paaC 01no the pobllcstlon of the lnterrleir the Konersl has boon besioged fJth ppUoUoii8 and Jnqtilrioe, personal nd by letter, for' (ortfjot Infoonstlotf about Uio'wosU yeeteraaya'MporWcallwl on the genoralat the LeUnd hotol, and found tim busily engaged with a Urge mail "Uundredi are seeking Information about the west," he said, "and I am only too glad to answer their questions aa far aa I can. The people are in earnest about this thing. It isn't ShaU wo go, weatr' but rather 'Which part of the west shall we go tor' Dakota holds the laadlng plaoe In the minds of many, but to mo Montana seems tho beet piece of land uncle Bam owns, and It is it that I unhoeltat Inrlv rooommmifl. Tha Vitlln intArnnt I.

tl leading one the snbjecbl of mlnine. Irriffi. lbs atet loes. ttiuieret We aliln lialri'irlnn. 'anA (tanned beef br.the oar Mad from Chloava weak and would twomottofheoffaCcnt But.

snpposo It bad to be sont eati, it would 'Dot coat any more dead than alive. A hide In the tub will weigh no more than If on the steor's baek, and too of the blood, bead, hoofe, tnd horns. There ia a lode of from ortj to ninety pound snipment of moat per head on steers durina ton would tell throw away the offal and from Montana to Ohloago, all of do aaTBUj jouwooa till sai dressed" be ssTexliiy alaughtoring st the rang. 1 ra uirow away ine on money by snipping our oatu you we can afroi auii saTe "Will the 'Stoek ralsers butcher their sun catlltf "Nbtunlosa compelled' to ido so. What wo want is for Chicago men to establish slaught ering oonoerus on tne 'rauroaa as near.

ue. ont ranges as possible, and let us furnish them the Italaimr ''cattle is one thins (langhtorlog another, and shipping third. bee to kill rne catuo raiscr does not wuu to booome a tuloher, though bntoher tnay boeome a hlnner and oftenu inniU ifSito lntereat 'to ship his own moat Ulttw mttoly, Uio eatlla will be tlangbtorod al, the rabges, twiutn hard, and sent east dressed, and and not until thon, will you have good, and cheap boef In youroaetorn citioe," ABpMia.uwyiB. Anecdote, JUamlllea lion, farming and lumbering are secondary in importance, tho attention of all being prfnol puiyawaotoa toward eatlla raising. Ono of your rich men in Chicago has requested me to buy all the cattle lean get at reasonable ratos and placo thorn ou ranges for Dr.

G.J1. Marshall, the blackmail and unlnst manner. Itesolutlons were or of Mary Anderson, was released also passed that shipments hereafter oe maae irom elevators instead or on tracks, provided the elevator inspec tors win agree to accept storage for on (200 bail for Appearance before the United States commissioner on the lutn lost. Saeeeaanu BevolnttenlstS). Nbw Yora, April ll.

The brig Letltia, which arrived from Mlrgoane to day reports that on Mareh 27, the revolution party, headed by Bayer Bazelalaana General Barlow, with 103 men, well equipped with Winchester twelve shooters, took the town without opposition. On landing the g' eneral assured the people that they ad nothlmr to fear. To all who joined him he gave Remington rifles. Most or tne able bodied men lelned him. He began immediately to fortify the town in such a way as to show the people he meant to hold it against any attack.

Roads leading to town wore barricaded with barrels two or three tiers high and filled with sand. Host of the women and children and siok and lame, who are afraid of the burning of the towr i ut on bear four vessels 1 tlna in nort: Un to the morning oi tne zuin no attack was made by the government foioes. No ene la allowed to leave the town on any pretense. The floods and lee in the Maitland river at Gooderloh, On Tried away Hart's mill and dam. The hands saved themselves by Jumping from the windows.

Nlnety.three have been killed In Mexico since the 'Apache outbreak. of which twenty seven were Ameri cans. It is believed that many killed are not yet reported. It. A.

Harare, an ex constable of North Adams, was fatally shot In the saloon of James Barrett; it is believed by tho proprietor. Savage last ucuuer snot isarreit. The Greenwood rolling mill com Eany, Charles F. Hhoener president, as suspended. Their worse at Tama are shut down.

The company reuses to make a statement. William Harper, Qf Urbana, Ohio, last fall discovered gold ore on bis (arm in tbe western part of the county. Ho kept the matter quiet and is now prepared and will begin mining. The Connecticut house of representatives passed, 160 to 21, the bill forbidding tbe railroads of the state from discriminating In freights bv ohaiglng more for a short haul than along r.V A i It la believed the lives of all the men were lost And It is estimated the recovery of the bodies will require A wee or more. "Tswksaarr laveatlrratlow; BoaTOW.Arrll 11.

Tn IIia TadVi. bary alms house investigation to dav Frank Barker, formerly In oharge of tne insane buuainir. said tbe beds were in a filthy oonditlon In the male wards. Ho bad charge of the bathing of male patients In a tank ten by fifteen feet and one fool deep. As many as eighty four bathed In the same water, wbioh was rarely ohangod.

The patients would object to going In and be put In by force. The governor attempted to have the testimony of what an Insane female patient had told witness introduced, but after a discussion It waa suppressed. MarkHeathoote, thepolioeman who took A foundling to the alms hoate, saw a nurse filling ts mouth with soap. i Dr. Seas, a graduate of Harvard medical school, testified that when he was) a student perhaps fifty bodies were used during the winter i OelllMsu Dhtbott, April 11.

Last night's express train over the Flint kPere Marauette railroad, from this nitv. oolllded with a stray flat oar at County Line station, sixteen miles south. east of Saginaw. The train, consist ing oi a Daggage. mail, smokers, nrst clasa and parler car was thrown off the track.

jKnglneer John Hewitt, and fireman C. Rhodes were seri ously injured. George Fel and P. Heyser. of Detroit, were considerably bruited and are confined to theic room at tne notei.

There were fifty passengers on board. i 1 SSi Vrlsep Awarele4. Indianaioub, April ItThe oratorical contest of Indiana collegcalook Elaoe to night at EngUsh's opera ouse.i W. B. Aaher.

nf Rf.t. univeniiy, or Aioomington. was awarasanrst priie.and W.UFIsher,of Hanover, second. After th Amit anaajoarnea to tne boUls where each fraternity gave a banquet. i aw SI "ir.

3eMroas Jmr. Nkw Yobev April 11. The decision etc! Baiaea. Syidal Tlliaw. Mansfield, April 11.

A Are In tbe St. James hotel at 10 o'clock this morning; caused by a defective flue, damaged tbe bulldlna to Iheextnnf of one thousand and the same amount 5 re' rPi I Ato mounted men wb blood houn lor a long one. The ofllotal canvass of the returns from the Michigan election ae nearly complete, and it Is rendered certain that tho Fusion nominees) for Judges of the supreme court and regents of the univertity aie all elected. At Professor McClellah'a benefit, In New York, Joe Brook lyn's "knocker and Flarry Bennett had a savage set to. In the last round they cllnohed and both fell, Bennett having his knee pan broken.

Governor Butler has made the fol lowing TUmtctlonsr JrK. Tarboxr insurance commissioner: miss uiara Barton, saperlntendent of the women's prison, at Sherborne. The last nomination was confirmed at once. W. L.

Murphy; proprietor Of the fifth ward flouring mill, among the largest establishments in Louisville, has assigned. Amount of liabilities not developed, but heavy: thought will cover. A. T. Smith assignee.

Miss lillle C. Darat. ennosslna Clerk of the Ohio state senate, editress oi tne yirojeviile Herald, and a well Known newspaper Writer, died suddenly at Chicago, whither she had gone to receive treatment rrom a cousin who Is a Mweive armea tramps captured a freight train oa tbe Chesaneake A Ohio road at Olympla and ordered the conductor to take tnem to Lanrton. The conductor started the tratavhav lag first telearraDhed the situation tn Mount Sterling, where offloers arrested, the tramps. The Italian minister of foreign af.

fairs says the sole object of the accord between Italy, Austria and Germany was tbe preservation of Deaoe. II emphatically denies that the agreement of these countries was characterised by any spirit of hostility toward Franco, The stockholders of the Pensaoola Atlantic railroad elected M. H. Bmith and John K. Green, of Lonlsvllle.and W.

V.lMeOormlok, G. A. Stanley and W. Chlpley directors. M.

H. Smith was chosen W. ByOhlpley fee president and soneral annarlntan I aent, ana u. viuarnereeoictary and HCHUU, (thronred the strasta of Rt .1 ireterspqrg to witness me gorgeous ceremony of transferring the regalia oi too imperial ismiiy irom tne win ter palace to the Kremlin at Moscow. A separate carriage was' allotted each emblem.

The procession consisted of omciaia in" Tun unirorm in state coaches, and military, Twenty prisoner in the Torrent county, Texas, Jail ovei powered the guard Monday evening; tore down the telephone, took 'all the arms and am unltlon thevconld find and fled. An alarm was soon raised and twenty ds three days for half a ent per bushel. Aaether Uallraad Coaablaatlow. MII.WAVKBB, April 11. A New York special says President Ooloy is now In that oitv.

closinir nesotiations for the sale of the Wisconsin Central to the Villard syndicate, this being tbe preliminary step to the establishment of a transcontinental line from New York to Portland, Oregon. With the construction of Hie Northern Pa clfto link connecting Buperior Citv and jtshland, the Wisconsin Central gains entrance to Milwaukee with another link to Chicago. This will complete a through line to Now York via the Grand Trunk and West Shore roads. However, the entire line will not be under a single management, Villard contenting himself, at least for tbe present, with a traffic agreement east of Chicago. It la thought the whole line will be in operation by August 1.

i Ceaper'sj Will. Nbw York, April II. Tbe will of Peter Cooper has been filed. It leaves $100,000 to the Cooper union and' di vides the remainder of tbe estate, except $200,000 In special bequests, between his son and daughter. Edward Copper and, Mrs.

Abram O. Hewitt. Tue estate is valued at 12,000,030. 1 GO. BUEKSIDE.

Will not tho business be spoodily OTor "Not for many years to coma Cattle raising dons not keep pace with the increase of population. In the eutorn and middle states thoro is a rapid deoroaao of cattlo, and soon tho wont must supply the wholo east ern uomanu. uastorn armors find it pays thorn much bolter to raiso cereals instead of stock. ITioy cannot oomneto with 'plains' boef. for.ae 'heir gracing lands ooat them 50; and 175, and flU) per aore, and hay has to bo out for winter feeding, the grazing lands in the west have no market raise, and the cattle run at large all winter, the natural grasses ouring on the ground and keopiiiff the atook fat even all through midwinter.

Idon't think thoro is a business In tho world at presont that will pay better, aud Is so litUe subject to loss an catlle raieing. Thoro is aluo litUe fear of it becoming less profitable for, many years to eome. Let me show von soma laiton, published oh tho catUo trado." Uen. TJrisbln hero produced a nnmber of cniIuign irom various publications, containing voluminous statistics and elaborate oomnula tlons Iwaring on tho oattle business, all touding to show tho large pf cuu to bo msdo at it, and ui, ujo ueiiorai nao taken enormous pains tn booomo Uioroughly posted on tho subjoct The first of those went to show what an incorporated society with a oapital of half a million dollars could mako in about nine Toara. Than a numlinr i.m...

on tho geomolrloal progression plan, showing nun kitu aniuant or proporly eo would in A Oarlons Story of His Karly 1.11a. JfajorBon. Perloy Poore, the well known Washington, correspondent, has recently published a life of Gen. Burnalde. The edition df luxe, of which three hundred copies were printed for the general's personal friends, is a very handsome specimen of, bookcraft Tbe work itself Is a Just tribute to the dead soldier and aUtoBnun; and presents his private char' solar v7 amiable light Tho general was a native of Indiana, and was entered as a cadot at West Point from that state.

He was graduated in. the class of 1847 went to Mexico and joined the arm under Scott then engaged in "conquering si peace" from that country. After the successful doss of the war he waa granted a furlough, and visited his family, residing at liberty, Union county. "While at borne on a previous visit says his biographer, "Lieuten antfinrnslde bad toads many acquaintances in the neighboring' town of. uamllton, Ohio.

Among them was a Kentucky belle, who united to the vivacity of the north the soft and languid sly of the South, aha was hichlv and her industry In acquiring knowl fltnflk ,4 I .11 i.i(.mmi A.ia..r..i.ir f.anim VM. RUU oroaso, and multiply, and replenish tho noniana ranges in a manner that would double disoount the flocks and horde of an ancient but knowing party named Jacob, who was onoo very successful in a partnership with a gentleman named Laban in the oatUe raising business this, bowever, was in another state. Thon Itemized aooounts of tbe expense of a rango luoluding fires to heat the branding irons. Then tables of yearly profits in whioh.it ia assumed that the capital is borrowed at 2 per cent per month, which it seems is the western rate of interest Isn't it neoessarv to have some experionoe going into this busfnessT" said the reporter. "Yes soma A year's preliminary study in the business in the employment of any 'old cattle man In Montana or Wyoming rafter that a willingness to do your own work rather than hire expensive help, is all that is necessary for a person with a small capital to aoquirs a competency in a very few years.

In starting Into tho cattlo business on a small scale much more rapid progress can be made by utilising most of the cows in dairying. Ills' a remarkable fact that a largo portion of the money Invested in oattle Is borrowed capital, and upon this a high rate of Interest is naid. If sioormn Invested in cattle placed en suitable ranges it pfVeeepls. tonuu' V' PatfoBS county, In Kentucky, wasnameo; after a brilliant, eooontrio lawyer, who fell at the. battle of Tjppeoanoe.

Ills popularity, fat the state wis unbounded. He was gonial, kind hearted, an ablo lawyer, a powerful cmir tor, and one of the (tost of hunters. Such was his passion for hunting that, in stead of "riding the circuit," aa the other law yors did, he would ahouldor his rifle' and range the woods betweon the pieces where oourt was held. Often be would appear in oourt dressed in hunter's costume deer leggins, liusey bunting shirt and coon skin cap. One day, while thus roaming tha woods in a partof tho state where he was not personally known, ho' oame across a Sohool bouse.

A trial was going on. A poor young laborer, while wandering through that section, had been arrested on a charge of horsestealing aohargo at that tlmo about equivalent to a death warrant The room was filled with a rnuirh.lnnllna crowd, whose expressions indicated that they would willingly aid in hanging the prisoner, luo magistrate road Uio warrant of arrest, and the proeocuung attorney began the production of his evidence It seemod to doom tho prisoner, who looked pitifully around, as if to find one friendly face) among that hostile crowd. Something attracted him to tho tall, stalwart backwoodsman, who, in hunting ooatume, stood leaning his rlflo at the back part of the room. His face seemed to beam kindly upon the poor prisonor. Evt jlontjy bo was a stranger, for no one spoke to The last witness waa double flstod loud voicod bully.

His testimony was so roln nio and circumstantial that it seemod leave. uoi a cnanco tor tne prisoner. "Hsve you," said Ids honor, addressing the prisoner, as a matter of form, "any witnesses, or do you wish to ask any questioner The poor fellow had not a single witness, but he did ask tho; bully two or throe questions, lint the loud and humorous roplios so confounded him that ho sank back, prepared to ubinjt to his fate. "I would like to ask the witness two or three qncstiona," said the tall backwoodsman. laying aside hie rlflo and plaoing himself directly In front of tho bully.

In a sharp, premplory tone, which upset ike witness' confidence, he asked a fow questions that showed him np as a liar. The prosoouting attorney, seeing his caoo uiim away nasienea 10 protect bis prinoiple ney edge was only surpassed by bar conversational nil too wltohed by her fascination Offering his hand, The vonna officer lersonal beauty and acoom power to Impart was daisied by her personal boautv plishmanta; charmed by her aflabulty, and be sooepted and on uais ine young couple the necessary license was pro ay for thenup in before a cler gyman to be Joined In wedlock. Asked whether no i i. ui. wwwiiirT uu cured, tnd on the appointed day for the nup 10 would take the woman to be his wedded wife, etc, Jlornaids responded affirmatively; but when' the question waa put to her whether she would take, him for her husband, she said and ooold not be prevailed upon to change her mind.

A few years afterwards a distinguished Ohio lawyer obtained from the same lady a promise to marry him, and the wedding day was fixed. He had heard of Bornsldes' humiliation, and on their way to church exhibited a revolver, and admonaihed her that she would return either his wife or a corpse. When the im tmportant question wss propounded she promptly replied whether rom lojpe or fear 'I and made a most devoted wife. "Dy a curious ooincidsnns Oenoral Burnalde. when in 'oommand of the Military district of the Ohio, the lady's mother and sister were arrested as they were about to go south, ear articles) contra ry inf.

ww band war on their persona The general Ordered; them to bs sent through the linos, and the; husband of his former lady love bed bard work to obtain from President Unooln neraulsslon.for..thani,.litoB.bxus," rrsr louisvUle Oourler Journalt 'Trade and manufactures are said to be developing mar velooslyln'PolaBd. It wasn't oommsrc tbtt shrieked when Xosloske felt a Complaint Is made that there has been very little social gayety in the American circle In Paris this year, Mrs. Uaokey being at Mentone ra cu peratlng ber health. Da the ottler hand, stranse as it mav aeem.7 a correspondent writing from. Alox andrla, says that the town ba4 boon very gay, that there an a Jn the lower rwurto to thedividend.l The four sto flfteed.xnllilon IntarUtm'itUauSM: anddancer on tie It would double itself in four years, and jay a semi annual dividend of 8 per oent The figures I have shown you on paper all hold good on the ranges.

Hero is the return of a ranch for five years, and from it you can eoo that actual experienca bears me out The general bore showed some lengthened aooounts of the business done on a ranch with saviju oorrowea at lu per cent the totals showing net proAt in five years, with Interest paid and the ranch' considerably increased In value. "Are ranges getting soarse in the west? Yesj in a few years it will be a diffioult matter to find a vacant range in Wyoming, Nebraska or Montana suitable for or capable of sustaining 5,000 head of cattle. The watercourses are fait token op or squatted upon by' small herders or branches of large herds. "Yon have special faith In associated capital, general?" "Well, I believe that a great Jolnt slook company formed to breed, buy add sell horses, cattle and shsep would prove enormously profitable. I have no doubt but such a company properly managed would declare an annual dividend of at least SS per cent" Buoh a company should buy Texas cattlo, locate them en ranges, placing 5,000 head on each ranou, thsn breed them up for.

lbs market Increasing quantity and quality as fast as possible, selling all beeves whenever mature and cows as fait aa they become too old to breed from, or are found unsuitable for breeding purposes. Most of the money realised from sales at first should go to fill up the herds with good young stook. The oompany should locate with a view of buying up the land, and should aim to be a controlling power In the beef trade bv monopolizing government contracts and the eastern markets as far sa possible." there much English oapital invested in cattle out west" "Yes; during the lsst fsw years the English hate invested, heavily to American stock oattle, and are now reaping a rich reward on their ventures. It is estimated that nearly otte ejithof all the new herds In the country are ownsd by English' capital. That the English hare hit it so far there is not a doubt, bnt whether their good fortune will oon tinusis quite another matter.

Many aay that the presont high prloe of beef is due to the large body of cattle withdrawn from the market to raise herds. The enterprise Of the English has aroused the Americans, and American capital la now seeking investment in cattle raising out west It is the large amount of foreign capital seeking, investment in cattle that aas driven the price np so high. Oattle this spring are higher Jthan evsr before for stock purposes, and I2H, and (33 per bead are Jnot considered too high prions to I hope soon to aoa oattle lower, when they can' bo bought for say 110 to per Mot that I am sanguine that such will be the ease. The oattle business has been so long neglected that it cannot be pioked np it ono In the face or a population of 68,000,000 of people and their enormous demands. "What do yon now think about the dressed beef business?" "I say tbe cattle must be killed at the ranges and shipped dead rather than alive.

Binoe I have been in Chicago I have seen hundreds of steers slaughtered, and in many eases the beef was more or Issa damaged. The steers are prodded and run about until their blood is heated and fever, anil whan kmA In this state ths meat cannot be wholesome. The remedy la to kill at tho ranges and dress ths carcasses before shlnninc Wluuwa Tho hnllv fltrnvA tn mu. hi sion by blustering throats of what he could do to any one wno insulted him. At last the magistrata.who had framed an impressive speech with which to sentenoe the prisoner, asked with considerable asperity of tone, say, stranger, what mought jour name be?" "Joseph Hamilton Daviess," answered the backwoodsman, giving a name known to every man and woman in Kentucky.

The Judge be came ODsequioua, ana uio prosoouting attorne ana ine Dig witness looked dismayed. a lew more questions, brier, ringing argument, and the prisoner went out oflhe log cabin without the suspicion of being a horse thief. He was an honest laborer, who, while, making his way on foot to his relatives in a distant had boon arrested on the false charge. As Daviess would not aooept a. penny for nW sorvioos, the young man instated on carrying his protector's gun and as they walked together to the next "I was neverjbetter paid In my life than by the gratitude of that vonnor fellow ulA Daviess, In, narrating the story.

The rrojeet or flooding the Sahara. Chicago Tribune The French people are not disposed to abai dou their penohant for cauaJTmihling and ex plorations of new regions. The project for flooding a portion of the Sahara ia again' on the tapis. M. de Lessens, freed from the duty of defending his pet Bues canal against English depreditions, has gone to Tunis to the borings made by Commander Oudier with the view to making this' inland sea If these borings show that it will be neoessary to re move stone it is stated that tho schema will be abandoned, but If ehly sand is to be excavated M.

de Lossops is confident of success, though his confidence is not shared by some other soientlfla men in Fraaoe. The scheme waa first investigated In 1800. It Srooeeded upon the general theory, that the esert of Sahara is the bed of a sea which was at (ne time a part of the Atlantic, or, connected with it by what is known as' the Bed' channel, and the plait was to fleed esrtsin de pressiona running east and west through northern Africa, which were claimed lobe below the sea levst Several commissions have been an. jjcintod to make Investigations, but it was. not ion mum Daoaine interested in the scasme and appropriated money to further it When M.

de Kreycinbt became pre inter he sppoiiited a eomrnlsslcn to investigate the practicability of the scheme, but lit report was not very favorable. The general projeoi. to create an immense basin south of Algeria Tsnis to eonneet "with the OuU of CUbea by a canal a hundred miles In length. The commission, however, reported that only a imall part of the depressions was below the tea level 1 that the coal of. flooding them' would be mors than forty time what waa originally estimated) and that even if it.

were aojom plished its commercial and military unportsnoe would be very slight Thereupon tbe government declined to have anything to do with the enterprise, but M. de Losseps would not abandon bis scheme, and dispatohed.Oudier to make the borings, aud is now on his way to Tunis, where a anal decision will be made. tfiisBasiIUtaHeai. New York Bun, The Interior ef ths arch on whloh the equesw trian statute pt the.dokV of Wellington; rsated. at Hyde park gate vras found, on being taken' down, be'houeVoombedwipi a oolong of twenty the' Jan.

for and, his family, alx'polloamsn, and a modi sal student, When the old place at Bumerset Housed was polled down, to make room for the goveramaot offieea it found that a prolific oolony of cripples and boggsrs had been squatting there, and that gang of eolners plIeoTthalr trad in the cellars. So when the old Winter PalaoaatBt Petersburg waa burned down It waa discovered' that nearly 80X people had been living for years on the roof of the edifioe; thai they kept cows and grew vegetables, and that children had been lom uxd Dan died en the old Syria. Hadetlareerit. A rawtucket tehoolma'am, In order to be sure of punishing the pupil who bad whistled, rave every one of the fifty eight in the room five blow I 5fi tmjmmliM i I I f.Wf, i.s Lkfr.

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