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THE DAILY GAZETTE. Published ci-cry ovocin, oxccpt SKudaya, by SEMI-WEEKLY GAZETTE PnblLbcd every Toctiaj and Friday, 1-1-00 pft year, In i The WeekhTcaxette tt tfce largeatWeel l.r Mviapariftr publlfbed In The Janesville Gazette. NUMBER 262 JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1873. ment to tho Emperor Napoleon, which GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. XlllXTIlWOi NATOMION AND The dcnLli of the cx-emporot of France, which occurred at Chist'lnurs', in Uic south of England, on the Oth mat, hashnado no impression on tuo political affairs of Europe or of l-'rauee.

Uis predecessor, Louis rttilippc, also in Kastland, at Clarcmont. otitic 25tU of August 1840. -A prominent French journal says, that Ka-poieDn died Lit Sedan, two yetira ago. It is said that the ex-empress Eugenia proposes to issue a prou.ciumolicr, to Hie Trench people assuming the regency during the of ucr a who tee ill year of li French people hayo a iVde'lici roiUt Hint stage dovclojieui bio tint they will be able they outgrown the condition which, makes the permanent restoration of the empire possible. L'tulcr llio persona: government of the empire France lias become the greatest de he-ben ring nation 0:1 the globe, her public debt now bcrMZ more than four thousand millions of dollar and her population not varying much in aumberq from our own.

The twenty years ot apparent prosperity which ham: tcrlzcd the second empire were tath.ciotw. lue war against Jtusaia, in the Crimea r.nd SoU'crino, Ma-icatu and the of tUly, threw a glilUV our over ttie rtijn, and the improvement and beac. i i 1 11 Pans icrvol to c.Uiact the attention of tlic people from the do-mornl'mag and profligate despotism of Na ho.vever, know i that; the government was being conducted upon false principles and waited with earner anxiety for the first false step which would jusli-y them in declaring the empire at an end. furnished the occasion and if ever tlic'poople of France consent to return to a govcrn-111 cut to be controlled by the traditions which have prevailed in her mhi.imstm- tde greater port. pre but importance such as she J1113 not hcrctofo.

experienced, France possesses a vast- stor house or wraha but the CO) ditiou of her people with Ihe burden of. debt she is carrying is not a hopeful Mies lia.sdo-t too her su is.ee a westcrr. nd will not be stow ii portunity to htiu Thiers gnvcrnuii pciiicnt, held ia cessities of the sit ieatousies of the wlio, when comb of the national a metit of the gnvc mproving every op-e her still further. The i but a temporary ex-I 1 he tiiuxcial neon and by the mutual wings of monarchists auoor.ly Who 1 tic- 0 tar pay relieved iceu that in ironists on 1 the other her of the ru France hj.ll'. ml (i-ahlic iu all probability oncir pretenders ol'the rtgtit to i will be placed ia power.

'I be but a truce. The people republic and if with tut abandon their resentment at and demand a reduction 0: nominal standard, of the the question (if the reduction al debt, there would he smn the republic having soiuev "nomina I ail 11 but a republic tidiniiiiiten rornis and ponty and niilii of royalty is but an r.dmin: lag the way for the return 1 aa imperialist. liability mu iLii) loctety of the litis been present-King 11 donation ofeighty- Army of ttie ed to Uougre-i cisht pieces ioual eques 'Ides n. be erected on one of the Equm at "Washington. Also that Congress ap proprtato a sum of money.

Tho memorialists propose to ir.alte an appeal to the people for money on next Day and expect to raise for this purpose Ahy thousand dollars in addition to whatever sum may be appropriated by congress. 0 a of a fatal result i 'the symptoms now manifest. Alt tho vitl organs appear to be seriously aU'catebl atl, fdtbough not confined to his room, absolute rest, and art, baiedom from all labor and care is strictly enjoined by his physicians. iMr. Sumner's public career is probably at an end.

Only such conditions S3 his long habst will make it impossible for him to submit to otler any probability o( recuperation from hia prcscut coui.Utiou, FROM CHiCACO. Cdhicntfo, Jt 1. 12. The weather to-night ft i thawing rapidly with a tud, iv.i'l some appearance of i-ceic J. Vf of the hoard of trade, who was yesterday reported to be dying ot cerehro spina! moneugetis, is bet-te'r to-aay, Las rrcovery is aot.cipateii.

Gov. Oglcsby, is to bo inaugurated at Soricjflcld to-morrow, and the c.taaii have n. aiio extorsive preparations for the Despatches to-uisht from various points In thcluorlb west visited by the recent hie at that ilua-a weather has nip Idly mchTi erulug. and a thaw With drlKJling FROM AMSTERDAM. Amsterdam, N.

Jan, 11'. Juke's 1101 mill was burned. Uan to 11 of Per year, In advance $3M Sue jDOnlha, in advui ce 1.00 Address, CA1E11CE PB1NT1NC CO. GROCERIES, VC. WANTED, F08 THE BOSTON MARKET On and borore the 15th of Decern hor, 25,000 pounds drcsssd Tarfccye.

Chlctens. all to bowsed as follow Dry pick llicm, then hour, brio' ukenifT dnra Vclthm I foto "nitx 'foraf I Staple and Fancy Groceries, which will be sold ae cheap as the cheapest. Just received, a large lot ol IoxlMa.c3L Together with marUdawl? M. E. rihnrch block.

)UST RECEIVED! Merry Dockstader, navejnsl rerelved a Cranberries And Remember that We are eellleg all onr goods at Tlie Lowest PossiWe Price For Cash Only. All are invited to EXAMINE Our gooda, both ia quality and price, and try our TEA! iMERRYJt IK Great Closing Out Sale Of Staplcjintt Fancy GROCERIES 3or Cauli, r.t Vankirk's, B3 3VXlu. atroctj CDF 1 VHt'l a c.amloe per quart. Pino Maple linear, So'c per pound. Diamond OYSTERS! it n.irdu Boiled rstc', niily- to mU rr ol Clmrse.

or tlic.elty, Vrt Special Notice! PBrkinTriSsNDE Lamp, for sale nt WHEELOCK Groctery House Fnraslmg Store. Perfectly safe underall clreumatanccf UMPS Ind" tMP" IfxTURES, BOOKS FOR THE TIMES. -Murphy on Genesis. Malloy on Geology and Creation. Man in Genesis and in Geology, LIHRLAND'S BooJti'li SERMONS Second eorl Jau.

10, '73. bUTHEHLAND'ti BooKtto PROCLAMATION. Tliecitlzena of Jonesvllle arc ropectfullj minded mat there la ud o-eo i of coi iti council reqalrliie uvery ownr or irCenpntit ot Iront of the fatac free fra-u ti lL'l ian Dl'loW tt re It falUdnrlnfi tberecn. and especially to that af llie I In lo be hoDcd tbat bcreaftur tbia din Too fcr performed jiromptlj-, at loait upon the dliagrteable necetelty of proecui aaW9w Major, VOLUME 16 THE WEST. Accounts of a Battle on De' comber the 29th, at Salt River.

All the Indian Warriors killed by the Fifth Cavalry. A Bad Day for Poor Lo Twenty-five Women and iChildren Captured. A New Mexico Freight Train Captured by the Apaches. San Francisco, Jan, 13. In the battle of companies of the Dth cavalry With the Apaches, December near Sail Kiver, not a warrior escaperl ei the- band was wocicn and.

children A New Mexico freight train for Campbell was attacked by Apaches, the wagoners were kilted. At Picos Altos the Indians killed two whiles. Two Indians were afterwards seen on the reservation wearing the clothes of Uic murdered men. FROM TITUSVILLE. Tllusvillc, Pa Jan.

13. -A 'Petrols City special the Courier says, a Are broke Vflison fcrin and spreading to the ai'joiuiug walls barrels of oil wen aoon on The burning oil spread ovei thp rrronad and soon enveloped four dwell ings including- the Central hotel dhd-aiso titer derricks and engine houses. The town was in great danger for some time, and before the flames were extinguished property to the value of over $20,000 was destroyed. FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, Jan.

IS The Wilson special iniou Pacific railroad committee met this loruing. Ail present except Swano. Mr. Wilson said he had expressed to the attorney generahthe wishes of tire committee have present the two attorneys to heap-1 pe.r.ted under the Uiudal The attorney general replied that such oltor- would be speedily appointed and am the There would be no witnesses Ar examination today, hut tomorrow. Shellebarcrsiatd he would be willing the counsel should lead in the in- estigation, jjotu counsel coromiuuu have the same object, I.

0,, tne recovery ol he tights of government. Allison saici when the attorney should come before the cc mm it tec they could make such re- Hoar thought the committee stiouia earcfully avoi'd giving up. tho control of the invest cation to attorneys, but that it could itivii to make suggestions as to the hue of the investigation. Shcllebsrger that perhaps 11 would be the better wav. Hoar offered a resolution that the counsel to be appointed be requested to he irescut by the committee to matte iiiggcsiioQS and render such aid as may be their power.

Slocum suid he would ike to have the attorneys point out; where he government had been wronged. He lid cat that aay wroeg had been done. lie would like to hear from the- chairman who they were going to sue. FROM NEW YORK. New York, Jan.

13. The bill of exceptions by tho consul for Stokes will be presented probably to-day. It holds that the court erred in not sustaining a challenge against ouc cT the jurors; in permitting hearsay evidence of Francis Curtis; in poriuiltins allusions to the former trial by prosecution; -in not admitting the offer to show that the prisoner was -acxious'to disclose his defence before tho coroner's in quest; in permitting the nroot ot tnreats to io introduced at uic euu 01 luu mui, Lillng out the olTer to show that the prison, acted under apprehensions of Fist's via-once and erred in excluding the proof that Holies was watched and dogged by un known parlies; also -thai disqutfiSed per- wern on me jury. 011 ineau yuiuis. they will ask for ajnew trial.

John liraciy, 1'rauK a. tmsuu, burt'lars, and George D. Leon, a 1 1 -torn Sing Sing prison yesterday, A new charter for Brooklyn trained by rrmvnifte of one hundred is about per fected. It does away with tho board of iic.re'iud dalles into thoso the aldermen, iaboiishes several com- and unites the small town nn Kings county, to the city of Brooklyn as adclilloi al wards, all or which is expected result in the reduction ot taxes and belter government. The widow of President Tyler, is about to sell her property at Staton Island to re purehaae the Tyler estate in Virginia.

The wind is easterly and cold. The river and bay are filled with heavy ice. It is stated that the effect of the deci sion of the senate and committee adverse to tho power oi the secretary of the treasury to increase tho currency, be the cause of the withdrawal of two one half million of currency issued It is generally believed that the books or the Credit ihouhmsi wu yet 00 ou-tained for tho use of the congressional committee. ArfiTed and gtetten. a history.

It remaiti3 only to be said that while "photogrnj-'by to play the most prominent pari he observal of the for this rjuroose i largely privete due to the unobtrusive labors of citizen, who has ueen conieni his time and wealth to celestial photography, without other reward thnn the HcaHli and Talent. exaggeration to say that beoilh inured ic-nt in what the world A man without it may he a (he intellect, but his deeds will be giant ii the deeds of a dwarf. On the contrary, let him have a quli 1st inn. a (rood di- li.iilr il.nwQ rind sinews of a arid the alacrily, the unthinking con -a Lav incr but a thlmDiei er" blunder upon stt failure at especially in this country, that the number of centaurs in every commumty 01 with bodily constitutions as tough as thoso ol horses is that, iu general, a man has reason to think: himself well off in the lattery cd life, if he draws the prize of a healthv stomach without a mind, or the rir.e of a fine intellect with a crazy stomach. But of the two a weak mind In Herculian irame ia oc-tter man a ginui-icd in a crazy constitution.

A pound of energy, with an ounce of talent, will acbtt ve greater results than a pound of tal-nnt with an ounce of encriv. The first requisite to success In life is to be a good animal. In any of the learned profc-FsioD, a vijrcrours constitution is equal to at least 50 ncr cent, more brain. Wit, judgment, imagination, eloquence, all the qualities of the mind, attain tticrehv a force and splendor to which they could never approach without it. But intellect tn a weak body is like gold in a spent swimmer's pocket." A mechanic may have els 01 ttie sharpest e-nc acq Keenest polish, but what are these without a vigorous arm and hand Ot what use is it that your mind has become a vast granary oi knowledge, if you have not the strength to turn the key? That Old Bell.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin, Stb. Persons passing through Independence Hall this morning were somewhat astonished at noticing a number of riggers ac-lively preparing lor some important work. To the conundrum, "What does it mean:" no one could return an answer. A little patient inquiry 011 the part of one of Ihe reporters of the Bulletin devel- i oped the information that the "Old Bell of 7C" is to be hung in the hall-way of the State House, and unon the orieinal tim bers which supported it when lis pcalicg tow 01 lie solemn compact 01 iuu miruscu rlh-pr-lin'ri nfa Mr. Thomnlon.

Of the Phil- 1 Yard, are now cmplovcd in sition in the' steeple (o that which they are to occupy in tho hall. It seems unnecessary to state that this work is being done in connection with the efforts of Colonel F.M.Etling and others to restore Inde pendence Man possible. A Type-metal Monument to Greeley. The compositors of the New York Tri- notiuds of old type each, for the par- pose of maklufi a statute of Horace Greeley, to bo credited over bis grave at Green- )int'rvlo rrive the proceeds of one lliou- i nn on February 3d. ncrst.

Ihe i ond anniversary of the birth of Grcelev, he money will be forwarded to ihe president of the New York Typo-graphical Union No. 0, at 22 Duane Street, si dent There are 600 blast furnaces in the Uni ted States, mttkingO.OOO tpns of metal dai ly, tne preouct realizing o.uyj,vw. hands, and nrodufint: $100,000,000 worth of castings. There are now 400 rolliue milli einnioyincr C0.000 bands, and produc'inr; iron, nails, to the value of $123,000,000. TO-DAY'S ADVEBTISEMEJiTS GRAND CONCERT! Tuesday Evening, January 14, '73 At ntid for the iliu beneflt of the BAPTIST CHURCH, Under the direction of Mr.

M. D. Jonea. OYSTER SUPPER Notice rby notify persons 'yjJJ'JujJ'Jf I will KnMlitJ of her eoniraciina from thin dmc. is, im, did OEORGli EDEKT Chromos ASH Pictures! Cheaper than Transient Dealers.

CALL AND EXAMINE -r rt I- A D'S Bookalpre. Janldaivaweowl)-. Job Type for Sale. Wc have for sale about twentv fonts of Job ltnj leticr Also four 'a ic ie aad border are tn sood condition tad ice far roinnry worlt ol ilry i 1 I I Lnn Price. UAZETTE PllINTIKQ CO.

To Justices of the Peaoe. BLANKS for Jositee'a'Reliini t'J County Board -mrl''oSjsmf-B FIUHTING.CO) e.4lQStScnotor or Kan providing for rotn re to tpc cj TftTbe vTc'e president presented th 1 cf MassarhnRctt! shall not De continued id. the a placed on. the regimento color Tnc'pcnate re aei consideration orm ofTerc Stowarty-esterday, prOTldliis (or llie app ment of Inspectors of Indian rTairH, wnlcn 'motion of Mr. Thcrman, ihe approprli is Yankton Sioux waa reiiaccd irom 1900,00.:.

him He bill day, the procc need bya call of comir Ie character. Mr. Wilson, or India on she Credit, Mobili LutSou of seeds paid, except uaiier up Without diejpoeDCj: lie Great VaJae of Obervtloiiii of ttie Transit Slcllar IPliolosraplJr. From ihu Sew York TrlDunc. A Washington correspondent furnishes nftrlicillnrs of tho Breliffiic- ary proceedings with reference to observations on the transit of Venus an event to take place December 8, 1974.

It wilt be recollected that a small appropriation has been made iy congress ior tuii The great interest which is fell by scic tiflc men all over the world in obtaininf! sit is more than justified by the rarity of the event, ana its importance in jurniiuiuf: astronomers with actual measures or celestial distances. These transits occur atal-ti mate intervals of eight and more than a The last was in 1360 the nest will be ia 1874 follows in 1892 but arter that lUere will be none till 2004. The distance from the earth to the sun, which transit observations give the best means for de-lerinlning is used as the tmit ol measure in astronomy. It is one of the inconceivable uce dea's. that pace with waic'ii U)atsc the.

whole diameter ot tne eartu or bit i used a base linc.we can yet Ihe parallax cue tieares: res ed star. That 13 to say, that although the motion ol tne carmarouno incsuu uie former position in space led. UWU.UWJ nines iu m. been with the accurate and the best of instruments that the diQer-enr-e of tlio apparent position of any of the stars, which results from such a change -or place, on the part of tho observer, has been detected and measured- The distances of the members of the solar system have been ascertained iai pally upon this basts, and are astronomically reckoned as Deing such and such proportions of tho radius of the earths orbit; tho calculations being la 1 It is a few words mite mention of the process ot calculation tpy wntcn ooservaiioua transit ot Venus made available tor measuring ou: distance from the sun. rs evert ueie: we shall make the attempt.

ted in a room witn- yards of a window, should hold .1) level with his eyes a sheet )cr, and draw upon it from each eyu toward some one point on a building 2 onposite side of the street, say a distance of 100 feet, his results wouiu not whets temptinp; to obtain bj-dh observation the di lance 01 the sun. 11 would have the distance oeiw eves and the base of a ogle but the two lines upon bis sheet ol paper toward tne oujeci -ouid flow to ward each other so slightly that he woutd find "real, difficulty in estimating their rate of approach, or, In other words, in measuring the angle which the sides of tis triangle form with Us base. So, though astronomers hV-linn. ami observes on opposite sides of the globe may furnish their angular measurements of lines drawn toward the sun, those lines will be found so nearly parallel that a mistake in observation to the listance of a mile, makes an "error in the calculation of the distance or the sun ot 35,000 miles. Unt now.

if Ihe observer at the window closes it and selects a bar of the sash (or an intermediate point ot observation, he may draw lines from his eyes toward the lokinsr with one eve and Ihenwith the other, he will ecc the bar projected on the building opposite in two different olaces. He may measure the apparent space between these places, and can becer- which that space is the base and tho bar the apex are exactly proportionate to those of the measureable triangle of which the space bet-ween his eyes is the base. If proportion which his distance from the ODDOsite building bears to the width of the will li fllffinnllv in calcu. the rule of three his absolute distance from that building, and ascertain-iuf all its visible dimensions. The bar ol the sash represents, in the larger problem, the planet in transit.

Kepler's laws and innumerable observations have already provided ihe proportion of the earth's orbit to that of Venus. Difference of lime and the motions of the earth and the planet add to the intricacies, but not to the difficulties of calculation. But it is evident that stations for observation in the track or shadow of tbe transit need to be wide apart, so as to give a long base line of pVithin a few years, and notably in tl eclipse observations of 1SG0, American as tronomers uuve U1K.KI1 iui: ieuu mi; uk of photography for celestial observations. iiy stellar photography maps have been obtained that meet the precise tests of mi-crometrieal measurement. The difficulties were enormous.

In takmg such photographs the most delicate clockwork must carry the poadcrous instruments in a direction contrary t3 the motion of tho earth wfhr vnriin Venr aliirht differences ol temperature, to say nothing of the heat accompanying an image 01 tne modi -hane of the Instruments and a carefully adjusted focus, which must be actinic, not visual, ty tub fiigtiest oraer ot skiu aim photographic lensttie story of that la alone Tho details of Mrs. Sherman's will fill ten columns. It shows that she murdered eight people and that two others lost their lives incidentally by her pot- Toe debt of this city increased seven and a quarter millions last year. There is ereat activity among ice out' tera on tho Hudson river, the crop being the heaviest in fifteen years. New York, Jan.

13. Ei-mayor Daniel C. Kingsland died on Satnrday night, aged A large crowd was present in oyer. and terminer this morning to witness the opening the Tweerl case. Great surprise fol lowed the request of District Attorney PJieips to postpone the case for one hour for the consultation of the prosecution upon information in their pos-which would decide whether they will proceed with the case or not.

The ittdire erar.ted tic hour's recess. It is be lieved that the delay was asked for upon the discovery that one ol the jurors is ft member of the Americus ehib, which was founded by Tweed, FOKEIGN. Terrible Earthquake in India. One Thousand Five Hundred Persons Killed ma Single Town. No Report from the Interior.

London, Jan. 113. A desbatch from Bom bay says reports has reached that cily that terrible earthquake occurred a pihurtown, India, in a detached district of Barada Dominions, Hi miles north of Bom bay. Fifteen'bundred persons are said to have been killed in the town alone. Noth ing has been heard from the surrounding country, but It is' feared that there is much additional loss of life.

NAPOLEON. T1IG SCKSli AT CHISEL lit HST. London, Jan. 13. A dispatch to the agent of the Associated press from a friend of the imperial family at Chisel- hurst, gives the following description of Uie si eraii there 1 He remains uie 1 emperor have been placed in the coffio.

The corpse is dressed in the uniform of a field marshal. The upper tip is bare, Hie moustnehe having been cut off to facilitate the taking of a plaster cast. The beard, which remains, is brown and bushy. The res are stern and care-worn, anu nave prcssion of pain. ThegranJ cordon ol the lesion of honor lies acrcss hi-, breast.

The hands, which are ungloved, are dis- disposod in an easy and natural manner, ight clasping the left. On the fourth finger of the left hand is a ring with several diamonds, placeg there by tlw empress. A small silver cross of exquisite workmanship lies on the breast, and on tho corpse placed three sprigs ot inlij, uver tuc head a crown of violets is suspended. At the foot of the coffin is the brass camp-bed stead on which the emperor died. Seated either side at the lower end of the cof-are a priest and religieuse.

The furnt-e or the room, U3 well as of the whole. mansion, is simple and unostentatious. The body will lie in state on Tuesday in the entrance hall of Ibo chapel. The general public will not be admitted to view the re- is. no cnaoge nas oeen maut in meant! place of the funeral and burial as last announced.

The ceremonies will probably commence about noon on Wednesday. THE EJIP1RE5S overwhelmed with sorrow, and her prostration is so great as to alarm nor ai dants. The prince imperial does an nower to comfort her. The empress has received letters of condolence from the em peror of Kussia and king of Italy. T11E ATTENDANCE.

Although none but relations and inti mate friends of the deceased are admitted, Chiselhurst is crowded with visitors, d.c ligious services were held this morning in the chapel, which was filled to repletion The Princess MaLhilde, Mm. Koclier ana Pirtre, and Drs. Uonneau anu present. Father Goddard attnmptea preach, but was overcome by his feel-g3 and compelled to leave the pulpit. M.

Benedelti arrived at Chiselnurst. ana wa3 receiveu he empress. M. Ollivier and. Marshal McMahon arc expected there to- itow.

The Princess JVlurat antt suite ived this afternoon. Great numbers of people from France are expected to come to the funeral. The southern and northern railway of Franco have reduced the rates of fare for the poorest classes attending the funeral. KAroLBON rv. reoorted that Ithe prince imperial has already assumed the titai of Napoleon IV.

This report is uououess intoj-iiet but it is true that the prince is now ad dressed as "Sire" by all visitors at Tho impression is gaining ground that the emperor died from the effects of chloroJorm, administered lo it January 12 It is said that the French government will permit the final interment of Napoleon's remains in France if the Tuneral is made strictly private, and the deceased buried as ex-emperor, not as emperor. The ceremonies must simply be of a religious character. The president is said to have conferred with the minister of the interior and the prefect of the police with the object of preventing the funeral, if it takes placu in France, being made an opportunity for political manifestations. BBSOLTJTIOHS OF CONDDLE1SCE. Borne, Jan.

12. The municipal council havo adopted resolutions of condolence with the Empress Eugenie. (a mosujtrnt. The first subscription list for a monu was opened by the jferserveaDzs, 01 uinau, already exceeds and that paper reports subscriptions flowing in from all directions. A national subscription for the same purpose is opened al Venice, ms wn.L.

New York, Jan. 13 The World's special from London says; "The will of Napoleon appoints the empress. Cardinal Bonaparte, and M. Rouher guardians of the prince, now Napoleon IV. The court of Austria wears mourning ten days.

The whole fcmily assembled at Chiselhurst, except the cardinal, who will arrive hn Tuesday. STATE ITEM! Joseijh of Hazel Green, was killed on Thursday, at the lead mines Of Crowford, Mills by the explosion of of nitro -glycerine, which he placeG blacksmith's forge to thaw out. Hon. Beckwith, of Omro, a mr.ml.rtr rtf the last Wisconsin Assembly, instantly fel) dead, while attending a social gathering with his wife, at ihchouseofa neie-bbor, Monday evening. Heart disease ia nssitrned as the cause.

Cant. W. Delamatyr. principal of the Etkhorn high school, has been appointed county Superintendent ot" Walworth county, vice Rev. Mr.

Montague, deceased. A man in the town of Hebron, had oae of his ears frozen so badly that it came oft when he rubbed his bands against it. It is stated that 400,000,000 feet of logs will be required to supply the mills in Chippewa Valley and the Beef Slough de-mind. The Commissioners of the Wisconsin Railway Farm Mortgage Land Company ill commence the sale 01 raitroaa mort gage lands, at Sparta, on the 5th of Febru- F. R.

Melvio and H. Graves, are build ing a cheese factory at Brooklyn, in Green' county, and have engaged a first lassNew r-lippsp maker to surjerinLend it. Hon. George Swain, the messenger of the electoral college, to carry the Fresi-dential vote of Wisconsin to Washington, has returned from his journey and the discharge of his duty. Jacob Miller, one of the oldest citi zens Df Monroe, died last week, aged niuc- C.

Bidding, a Green Bay druggist, was badly burned the other day, oy ignition af phosphorus, which he was cut- UCS- ifidence woman nlayed the neonle of Racine recently, to the of fifty or sixty dollars. Her story was that she was canvassing the city for a subscription book, and had a good list of subscriber; that the books were then at the office, but she had not money enough to av the charecs, and yranted to borrow a few dollars. The" Berlin Courant says: -'We under stand that a small lake, near Spring Lake postofJlce, which was always supposed to ten or mtcen ieeL 01 ir, atably become dry. It froze over inter, like all. other bodies of water in this region, and the farmers near it were accustomed to break the ice and water their cattle there; but one morning a few days ago.

alarmer went lo water his cattle as usual; and, after breaking the ice, was astonished to find 110 water beneath. The phenomenon has not been explained yet. CONGRESSIONAL. Also, the houEC bill in relation to 0 court of claims. The eenati; then leEiimei conaiden The b'nf faviiig adjourned.

Mr. Taflo, fof cr lureiri ndrr.eias were olTeied but lommerce, i icpontd i' the act for the appointment of aciaiac Ihe Coitcd Statca irH of th. Q.uisa ic -West India Island! ill rip. I electioue was allowed 1c.