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Eugene City Guard. OAMPOELL J3ROTIIJCn , PUBLISHERS. SATURDAY, MAKCH 20, 1880. TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. ..nKila Robbery. New York, March 8.-Davld Roberta, for tb past sixteen years chief cutter for ,. i. ivminnu ua nrrpHtPll to ll, li. CJiauiII a. ." i i j u: niuht and confined having robbed bis " . mi... I uniia trul HP1 fit emu oven oi nn wiu " . on foriserieaof yean-; $10,000 worth of the stolen property nas oeou rexovc.ou. i..u Aarluin Burned. , PaoM, Ka. March 8,-Tl.e insane asylum at Ossawatoniic, containing dUO inmates, has been totally destroyed by i i . iai(i I'lio in mut I'D nro nro- nre; ios, pio.uvu. Tided for. No loss of life. The Virginia Debt Queelion. Richmond, March tf-The senate .to nigbtby a vote of 24 to 14, adopted a joint resolution providing that the i eiuijiiBterH debt bill, vetoed toiday, and tho . bill known as the Koss-Hamilton substitute, which was rejected by the house a few davs ago, shall be submitted to the people in'Novembernextfora voto thereou, in order to decide which of the two meas ures is niost acccplublo. Hiilclde. RociJKKTBii, March 9.-Robort Jarard, a lawyer, who, while intoxicated shot a man named Kico on Saturday uight, hanged liinistlfjo-day. A llemarkeble faae. Cincinnati, March O.-Lnst night, J. W. Perry, a member of the Kentucky legisla ture, reRistered at Hunt's Hotel for separ ate rooms for himself and Miss Adams. J5y the early train this morning Miss Adams left for Van Wert, Ohio, when it was found that she had given birth to a child, which hud been wrapped in a sheet and dropied from a second story window into an area. It was taken to a hospital and showed no signs of the fall. Miss Adams was arrested near Way ton, and Perry arrosted here, lie claims to havo known nothing of Miss Adams' condition. She has lived in his family since Infancy and was on the wav to visit friends at Van Wert. The caso is exciting Interest on account of Perry's prominence, the wonderful escape of the babe from death and the fact that tho mother is only 10 years old. Pacific Coaal Meaeitrea. v.M...u, mvi Mnmli 0 In the snnato to-dav Slater presented a memorial of ollicia'ls of Oreiron praying for an appro print im for a harbor at Yaquina Bay, and setting forth great commercial advantages likely to result therefrom. The memorial was read at length ami referred. Farley prosenled a memorial of tho leg islature of California, askingan appropria tion of $500,000 for the protection of rivers from impediments by miulng de bris; referred. I'arnrll Ooea Home. Nbw Yoiik, March 10. l'arnell sails for Europe on Thursday, but will return to America after election. Hand Ptirthaee. Proposals to sell government to-day aggregate $13)00,000, on which $2,000,000 were accepted. Hood showing by the Wealrru I'nlou. The executive committee of tho Wost cm Union Telegraph Company recom mend a dividend of 1 per cent, from the net earnings for the three months end ing March lllst, payable April loth. Not profits for tho quarter ending March 31st, olllcial and estimated returns, will be about $1,325,071; surplus January 1st, f I, 107,072, from which an appropriation for necessary outlays leaves a balance of $1. 825,730. A dividend of 1 percent, re quires $717,500, deducting which leaves a surplus, after paying a dividend, of $1, 108 2-'l8. ' Toe tinelnnatl Caw. Cincinnati, March 10. It now appears that Miss Adams' child wui lowered irom tho second story window by band; and as it is still living, it will be dilllcult to place any criminal clutrgo either against Miss Adams or Mr. Perry. Kawrer Wos'l Tell. AtKii'STA, Maine, March 10. P. A. Saw yer, recently deputy secretary of state, re fused to testify before tho legislative com mittee on the state seal question, and was held to await the action of the house. A I'lir.l Charged with having Outraged kla llouee keeper. Ciucauo, March 10. A young woman residing near Mason City, Illiuois, has made a formal complaint before ltishop Hpauldinir, of Peoria diocese, charging TLoma. Duggan, a parish priest at lcla ban, with committing an outiage upon her while she was acting as his house keeper. The bishop has iustituto a careful investigation. Vlriclula Without Approp-Ullon Richmond, March V -Tho legislature as adjourned sine d Without passing appropriation bill. The DeKalb Caere, DlKai.ii, Mississippi, March 10 The case against Virgd and Houston Uullv, charged with the murder of John P. lid nier, wan taken up yesterday. Henry Vir gil and Houston liully were indicted to (tether for this offense, but on motion of the state, severance was granted. The latter will be tried next Thursday. A special venire of 72 that bad Ix'fii sum inoned, and the two petit juries for the week were yesterday exhausted. Out of this number two jurymen have been ol Uined, both negroes. The court then oi dered the sheritl to suuimcn 100 men to appear and answer w ith reference to their qualifications a jurymen. laalaa Oalragea, Ban Antonio, March 10. General Stan Icy sent out sevetal companies from Fort (Hark after marauding IndUim. They are from Mexico, part of the band taken to the City of Mexico a year ago. Sine I heir re Ul r li to ino uoruer, last uioiihi, tuer have killed about thirty Mexicans and stolen much stock. Slaraa lb Atlaalle CmH. New Yobk, March 10. A snow storm Struck thb -liy at SU0 yeslerday and con tinues. Storm signals Ay at all stations along the coast fiom Norfolk up. The wind blows 25 miles an hour. PrrMHal. CaawroRiMViLLC Indiana, March. 1ft, General Lew Wallace, governor of Mex. ico, is e xpeilnl her lo-ruorrow, being bis first visit incp hia app-litmenL Th Kimball ( aa. IlARiiisnrao, Marvh 10. The cojnsel of Kimball, who yesterday pleadi d gi.ilty to charges of bribery in conueciioo with lh i. j.i.il... .nllnn In Mi ft riot CABCS. and who made a.imultaneoua atatement that he was innocent, incorporating that state- .1 t I fsm,t All IkU InA ment in tne piea, won ui "j invttiBt the i) lea was the in- ' i- i ll.ul niilv a tileft of CI1 uilty auniiwiuiu, auu r-r i i Tlmv rinullv (leciueu to make that plea, and with permission of the court uiea a proieai buuiuk the plea shall not be construed to mean that he corruptly offered or received money. The Bogar (iocatloa. nr xtar.li in. The wavsand I, flfinnuji'.'i - - . .. means committee hss referred the sugar question to a sub commiuee cumpuwu ui Carlisle, Tucker, 'rye, Gibson and Oar field. A. B. Hacham'aCllm. The house committee on claims agreed to report favorably to the house u bill ap propriating $3500 for the relief of A. B. Meacbam for injuries sustained while in the service of the United Statea during the Modoc Indian outbreak. The Mining Debrhj Question. Washington-, March 10. Representa tive Rerry to-day submitted a resolution requesting the secretarj- of war to furnish to the house for the use of the committee on commerce and mines and mining a communication received by the ehier engineer from Colonel Mendoll relative to the cUocta of mining debris on the Sacra mento river and its tributaries. The res olution was referred to the mining com mittee and will undonbtedlv be adopted. Mr. Furley of the California delegation, ...... ,,.ut. ni.nrnnriillion of $500,000 for the protection of California rivers from milling uuiiria. Tbt Vailiia Bajr Memorial. , i.rniiiinlixl a mnrnnrilll signed bv tj 1 1, k V. 1 Jl - H ... ' ' Ilia miViirimp All I nilwr nllii ials and sev eral thousand citizens of Oregon, praying ... . 1A(k -I.n l.n- on appropriaiion oi i.ju.uoo iur i im nroveniHiit of the entrance of Yaquina IJay. Tho memorial asserts that by do- velopcmentorthut importuni naruor inn roumiri'iMi iift hn nMit'liliorinif districts will open up a tract of fcrtilo country between the buy and the Willamette valley ex ceeding 500,000 acres. A Hlgainlat In the CliiUlie or jaance 11 C. K. Davis, whose four or Ave wives haveturiiod up recently In various puns oi mo coumrj, nuo lv.n..fl. l.n. Iitr on nflli'Mr Ifl.flllV and met uimijiiv ' " " " -j by ono wife and the parenU of another, and taken to a police station. The case against bim appears to be vory clear. Opening or the lluaeon. v V,,i,( Mnmli 11 The season of i. i.t.fiil win nil iim lltnlxmi ononed Yester day, an earlior day than ever before in t-lm ti.iur t.tii vsitirtt II 111 I nhoiit a month earlier than lias been the goneral rulo. Parnell. Parnell has arrived. He states that !2tK),000 has been raised and $20,000 re mitted to Ireland. Fatal Fiploalon. Fkankkoiit. Ind.. March 11. Lehman Kosenthal uompany s uour nun e ploded this morning. Ten men were killed. Tho mill was entirely destroyed by fire. The Il 1 1 road Heas. Olatiib, Kansas, March 11 In tho district court of the 4th district of Kansas, Judge Stevens, in the case of the Western Union Telegraph Company against tho Kansns Pacitlu Kailroad Company, held tho injunction In favor of the Western Union Telegraph Company valid. Tho railway then tiled a petition and bond for romoval to the U. 8. court, and the caso will now go before Judge McCrary.of the U. S. circuit court. This is a substantial victory for the Western Union Telegraph Company. The injunction declaiod valid was the one which tho railroad company violated by the seizure of the wirei on the Kansas Pacitlu Ua'.lroad. Kailroad Pool. St. Loins, March 11. The southwestern pool reached a conclusion and adjourned to-duy. The percentages were all fixed. Good Wheat Proaperla In the Middle WeaL Cincinnati, M.ircli 11. Reports from winter wheat in 3(H) points In Ohio, Ken tucky, Indiana and Michigan show uni formly good prospects. In Illiuois, Iowa and Kansas wet and dry weather has beeu damaging; but an average crop is ex pected. Increased acreage is generally reported. The winter killing in most general in Wisconsin. A Proanecloritelalnliig Theodore Thomaa President Nichols' resignation has been accepted by the dire, tors of lite musical college. There is some hope of retaining Thomas. Indiana Klllrd by Troopa. St. Paul, March 11. Dispatches re ceived at headquarter say that tt detach ment of the 5th intantry, with Captain Kaldwin and Hamilton,, pursued the Sioux who hail been committing depre dations near Fort Keogh, and killed tltree of them. Two Cheyenne scout were killed. Much stolen slock wss recovered. l ittle Plltaburg" Ulvldrnda Btoppnl. Nkw Yoiik, March 11. A meeting of the Little Pittsburg board of directors to day decided to stop dividend while awaiting (levelopeinents. Professor Ray mond, who is now en route, if not already there, is requested to muko a thorough examination and report. A Powerful Lobby. An Albany special to tlie liallrtin says: Tho city is crowded to suffocation with force gathered by tho railroads, through free pawea, to resist tho passage of hills reKried bv the railroad committee. Tim bulk of these retainer are person to whom the railroads have granted aped d rates, and ti.eso men are expected to testily that if the law be made to pro hibit these discrimination, their business will be ruined. The !w Ihtne-o Hill. The .Wi Washington special recites the provisions of tio ule' Chinese bill, re jKirtcd favorably In the house yesterday, and rv there is little doubt ofils passage by the' house. The representative of the fur western slate are doing all in their power to necuie vote for the bill, and the Itluine party in the bouse will support Ihe measure for political benefit. They hope it will result to the advantage of tfieirchicflaiu aiuoiur voter of the Pacific loie. nuichin,ofXi)W York, opixwel the bill in committee, and will debate aninst it Dassaire in the house. . ... i i :n ( braird Oat mt their Sew Work. Wash. suroN, March II. On the 2d of February last, Johu Stetson of lio-ton, a theatrical manager, came to Washington ail entered iopv of Ihe opera, '"Pirate of PinXimr," in tiie oi'.ic of ihe librarian of conirS pid $2, Ih fee, ul received a ceriilicate of copy r ght, which give bim the exi liiive pmprirtoialiip of the opera in tins country. Gilbert & Sullivan bad failed in some nnacco ntahle manner to obuiu a copyright for their work, and have cne back to England. Librarian Mioilord did not know who Mr. Stetson was. and bad DO right to question hi ownership of the opera. A BUI ta rrrTrnl the rtlrs of law ellane In Indian Trrrltarjr. Tb committee on Urritor.e to-day re ported a bill which It has bad under con sideration a long time, prohibiting the president from sending any more Indians into the Indian territoiy. The passage of this bill is very earnestly advocated by representative from the states and ad joining territory, and opposed by repre sentatives of other states and territories which have Indians within their limiU, The Ektr Beaeloa northern Paelfle Bill Washington, March 12. The extra session of congress bill to extend the time for the completion of the Northern Paci fic railway was referred to a sub-committee of the house committee on railroads, consisting of Ellis of Louisiana, Chalmers of Mississippi, Wilber of New York, New berry of Michigan and Marnier of Tennes see. This committee have been idle until to-day, when it was called together and Ellis submitted part of a report which took strong grounds against the passage of the bill on the ground that the North ern Pacific had forfeited all its claims to about thirty-six million acres of land, and recommend that it either be opened for settlement or transferred to some other compuny. There were Indications that the views of Ellis were concurred in by Chalmers and Wilber, but they were dis sented from with emphasis by Newberry and Mamer. The reading of the report was not completed and no action taken. It is understood the Union Pacific have been quietly working against this bill, while the Northern Pacidc people have been asleep. The abject of the former be ing double, first, to prevent a competition that will como from completion of the Northern Pacific, and second, to secure for what is known as tho Walla alia route. In tut a nn t hn Pacific slope heretofore granted to the Northern Pacific. The Chinese Slarery Hneeuon. Twinii h nir.einl rnnorta called for by ir.,. 1 1,,., la' raunlntion concerning1 the existence of slavery in China, and tho pro visions of the Chinese law against expa triation, were received by the house of Snrretarv Lvarts this aftornoon. They fully justify the pre dictions heretofore made in theso dis patches as to their importance ana lnier Imt noticeable that Seo .Ot V HI " retary Evarts had tnought proper to weaken the eneci oi me nnuuuuuuu yi f'i,;,.,.Qu w in rnonrd to expatriation by sending to congress his very recent correspondence on that subject with Yung Wing, which wan nov mncu i... i. A ....ctfilutinn nr known to iur ut mo ivowiuhvii, - have occurred. It is equally noticeable that this law does not apply to the Chi nese in tins country, and is unsupported by the citation of any qualifying clauses or any ropeal, but rests solely upon cer tain phases in the preamble of the Bnr !;.,,...,. in.iiiv uhicli nrobablv not one Chinuman in million has ever heard of, ii.ii., r.n iha ntlipr hand, all Chinesesub- jects are more or less familiar with the requirements' anu ainngeut f11"""'0 v their own laws. FOREIGN. The llrltlah Political Drift. t n...,r,.t M r. li O T. annma to ho ad- milled on all sides that the home rulers will win some seats in Ireland, and that the government will lose several in Ire i...., i ..n.l Kirtluiiit t rnmnins for En glish constituencies to decide whether conservatives are to have a majority i 1. 1:1 1.. n...l which will bear aown buuii uoerum uuu I.IJ. hnina nilnrl WIiiiHh chiftflv tO be feared is an equal balanco of power as WOUlU leave bolll consiintiionni puruca dependent on tho home rule vote. The Coming Uritlah Election. in llm hnnua nf pfimnintlH tO-daV tllO chancellor of the exchequer, said that writs for a new ulectiou will probably be issued on tho 24th inst., tho day after the house oi commons separates. BrUltth Navy Kalimaiei. Tn iI.a l..nua rf nnnimona to-ni?ht the n.ou Aullmutna wnrn rnilKtilfrod. A VOtO of 44,000 ollioers and men for the navy was agreed to. a vote oi d,owu,uw o account of civil service estimates was grunted. Wreck ofnn Indian Nteanisr, T sk-i,..u M .r lv 0 ThnatoanierTravan- core with' homeward Indian mail was wmckHdatOtniuto. Tho crew, passen gers and mails wero saved. Ferry's Kditratlonal Ulll. p.uni M.ireli 11 Tho senate 118 to 129 mini 1 1.. I eliuimi 7 ol Jules Kerry's educa tional bill. During tho debute Do Frecy- nette, president ot the council, ueciaruu .1.... I ut...iil.l liu r.itiili..l tliH llltll II IUU eiillinu nmuin 'w VJ - executive would be obliged to enforce against the Jesuits mucii narsner laws than already existing. Dufaurre, repub lican, opposed tho clause, descnoing the bill a despotic and cuicuiuiuu u iiaimi iato religion and violate liberty. Wrrrk ou the Jlortbern foa. s;-r I.iiiv Murch 11 The Elbana was driven ashore last niuht and is a total wreck. She was driven close under a frowning precipice. Pouts wero lowered milu lit lui utt-i.iit nwav. and all hands had to lake to the ringing. Five unfortunately got into the nnzxeii rigging, wniie me re mainder lashed themsolve- in the forward rigging. After bumping o i the rocks for some time the vessel suddenly turned over on her broadside and all in the mix xen rigging wero drowned. Shortly after the master, Captain Harry, pui on a me preserver and attempted to swim ashore for the purH)se of taking a line, but he never reached land. The first mate, named llissell, fell over the jibboom and was drowned before the eye f hi com rades. Tho remainder of the crew clung to the wreck till the storm subsided and ih n.l.i hud fallen, and then vol ashore and crawled on their hands and knees up the precipitous clitf. Although thoroughly exhausted they bad to walk a mile and a half through the woods to reach a habita tion. Fortunately the weather was not very cold and they were ouly slightly frost bitten. PACIFIC COAST. Ban Kraurlara'a Peril. San Fbancis i. M.trch 8 the OiH this morning publlMies the result of inquiries regarding the reoinl movements in mili tary circles in this city, from inch it ap pears that all toe arms ul' ihe J i nvnneot ol the national guard have been icmuved from the various company armories and deposited in the old city hall or tvutral police station, where a guard of a lieuten aut and ten men of a company of the 2d regiment is kept over them. Companies 1$ and C of the 1st regiment have been .....niMi.i mt id ariunrv fif the latter lUIIIVU.I-.Vll ... -- company, and the arms of Company U or Iha 2d regiment hay been placed in their cltarge. in oiucer guam u now nightly at the armory of the 3d rejiment, which'i allow ed to retain it arm. Tin armory of the 1st regiment U clneely ... .1.1 .,i,l mi una alloarnl to enter. The arms of the three cavalry coin panic have been removeu ironi ineirar ui;, I. . l..)itM it iannkniian tmt probably to the old city bail. Cmp .regulation have been established, and grand rounds visit the various post nightly. The arms only of the 2d regiment have been re moved from the armories, and guards are detailed every night to watch over their company property. The 3d regiment baa been concentrated at the Olympic club building, and those companies of the 1st not accomodated at the armory of, Com pany Care at the regiment headquarters, corner of Howard and New Montsonoory streets. General McDowell, commanding tbe division of the Pacific, was telegraphed yesterday from Washington to bring all the available troops in his division to ban Francisco, and companies amounting in all to 600 men are already en route, with more to follow, probably 1500 altogether. It is impossible to find out by whose orders these movements of the National Guard are made, as the officers refuse to give any information, but it is conjectured that the movements are under. the di rection of General McDowell, and are due to representations made to Washington authorities by Colonel Bee, vice consul of the Chinese, regarding the supposed dan ger in which the Chinese stand. It is understood that the present precautions will be maintained until such tune as some settlement of th existing agitation is arrived at, and at least until the ques tion of the constitutionality of the law forbidding corporations toeraploy Chinese has been decided by the U.S. courts and tho question of the condemnation of Chi natown settled. Tbe 2d regiment are dis posed to view the removal of their arms with indignation, and many members as sert that it is an insult to the regimeiit, whose loyalty to the state and to the cause of law and order is unquestioned. Tbe reason assigned by the oliicers for the act is that the arms of the regiment, being scattered around at a number of company armories, are liable to seizure in the event of an unexpected movement by the disorderly classes, and that their re moval to tbe old city hall is merely pre cautionary and not intended as any re flection upon the character of the regi ment. The workingmen are considerably ex cited over these movements, and many of tiu.in aQuurt that the authorities are try ing to force a quarrel on them. Others say that tbe movement is designed toblutl .i... ... i ,.f nnnlili in tho matter of the lliu uuaiu ji . condemnation of Chinatown, while still l .1.. ll.i i.i ,liia in others hold that me wnoiu luiug io unfounded fears of the auiiioriues. Placards are beinc posted in prominent places about the city warning the em ployers or Uhinese w uesisi uuu n o practice, and vaguely hiuting at terrible consequences in the event or reiusai. foibte 1 reference is amo nmuo m mo au dition of the unemployed. They are signed, "Council of Thirteen." Company J, 1st regular cavalry, and part of Company U, of the 8th infantry, ar rived this morning from Camp H.dleck, Nevada, and proceeded to the Presidio. Horrible Death. San Francisco, March 10. Mrs. Greets ougli. mother of Harry Greenough, mi em ploye of Wells, Fargo & Company, was fatally burned at her residence, No. 1!) win.... Quorum (his morniuir. Sho was If IHUn .1 . v. i ri engaged about the kitchen stove, when in some manner ner cioines caugm uie, uu before they could bo extinguished blazed up about her head and face burning her terribly. The flames were inhaled and produced injuries from which she died this uftornoon. The Walking Match. There is a good attendance at the pavil ion to-night. Both men are in first rate ..,i;.; li Q nVlni'lr O'Learv had scored 253, and Weston 243, having gamed Ave miles on u uary uuruig inu unci-. noon. ,, , Proclamation by flavor Kallorli. Mayor Kalloch has issued a proclama tion which is published in the morning papers as follows: I deem it my duty to the city over whoso welfare I have been called to pre side, and to tho public at largo which is being infamously deceived by incendiary misrepresentations as to our situation, to declare in the mnt emphatic and public manner that thero is not and never has been the slightest reason to apprehend any disturbance, riot or lawlessness what ever from the working classes of S.in Francisco. If trouble comes to us it will not come from them. Most inexcusable and outrageous means are being used by designing men to goad them into riotous demonstrations, but they will fail. They are as they have proved themselves to lie under most trying provocation, the law abiding and peace preserving ortion of our population. I vouch to the world for them that they will so continue and I further declare, however people abroad may bo imposed upon, that tho people ol this city seo through all the transparent humbuggery of military interference, po lice increase and iullammaton' circulars, and will wait their constitutional day of judgment to peaceably but effectively con sign their authors to that political infamy which thev most richly deserve. I. W. Kalloch, Mayor. All Unlet at San Kranclaro. Everything has been very quiet to-day, and there is nothing new to report re garding the agitatiop. The community evidently is waiting and expecting some decided "step. It is understood that the executive committee of the council held a meeting this afternoon but nothing has yet transpired regarding the proceedings. In conversation to day Kearney emphat ically reiterated Misstatement previously telegraphed, that neither lie uur the workiiigmeu's parly desired a conflict, and the tirst step must come from the other side. He further expressed confi dence that none would occur. There is a rumor that Kearney Is to be arrested to night for his remarks at the meeting last evening. Krarney Arreetrd. San Francisco, March 11. Denis Rear ney arrested by the police at his residence this morning on two charges of misdemeanor, la-ed on remarks at the meeting Tuesday night. He furnished bail and was released from custody. Public Prrllna; on the Arrrat of Krarury . The arrest of Kearney was accomplished very quietly, and w hile it ha caused a great deal of comment, ha occasioned no excitemect or demonstration of any kind. Public opinion seem to lie divided as to the wisdom of the movement and there is much expressed to the etfect that it will mount to nothing because of the impos sibility of obtaining conviction. Thi view is based minly on tbe fad that the sher iff who bai the drawing of jurors i a personal and political friend of Kearney ami wa elected on tb workinxwea' ticket, a was also the district attorney, lbe principal witne in tbe case is a member of the police force, who has been attending in disguise tbe meetings and street demonstration of lb working men and taking notes. There are many who think that the Citixen' Protective Uuion will be able to exercise a moral pressure that will result in the conviction of Kearney, and that the policy of making arrest of any per- .on. indulging dl?a', VhJTaS will be vigorously pursued una! the w tutors are either locked up or cowed w observance of the letter and spirit of the law. Folly'a Camlral. This morning the police seized a number of placards exhibited in the public streets bearing the announcement ''Head the Communis and awake and be freemen- Thieves in Council; price iu S by newsdealers." The autlmrshtp of the placards has not been ascertained by the authorities. 1 he J'lrjr-.Wlo I'onteU. During the day O'Leary and Weston have been going steadily with but little difference in their relative Pompom. O'Leary has been running nearly all day with brief intervals of walking, and this afternoon appeared weary from his exer tions, though in good spirits. Many think he is injuring his chance, by running so much, aa he pounds heavily inducing bleeding at the nose. Weston maintai ns his usual indescribable mixture of gaits and appears fresher than O'Leary. He has had much more rest, having been oil the track altogether about 15 hours, while O'Leary has taken a little more than a third of that time for rest. There has been but little bettina during the day, and that about even. Both are free from any soreness of feet or joints, and appear to maintain excellent condition generally. At U P. M. the score stood: O'Leary 344 miles, Weston 335; very large attendance. Dastardly Work. P. F. Benson, one of the proprietors of the Grand Central Hotel, of Oakland caused II. Hurgett, a porter of the hotel, to be arrested on a charge of purloining valuables of guests during the fire which destroyed the building Tuesday morning. A large amount of stolen property was re covered. It has been shown that the fire was incendiary and it is believed that plunder was part of the programme. Kcarnry and Kalloch take a New Tack. There was a large attendance on the sand lot this afternoon, including many of the more respectable classes drawn by curiosity. Kearney took an entirely new departure. He invited tho leaders of tho Citizens' Protective Union to meet the leaders of the workingmen on the sand lot for exchange of views, promising them respectful hearing. He also iuformed his followers that the object of the Citizens' Union had been misapprehended;thotthey intended to use the ausociation for the amelioration of the condition of the city, for the good of the laboring classes, and a restoration of prosperity; that some un scrupulous men bad taken advantage of the movement to create the impression that violent measures against working men were intended, whereas nothing of the kind was meant. His audience res ceived his novel speech undemonstra tively. , , . At the Metropolitan Temple this cven- l.. I.'ll,,.l. n.l,, i.li.d IvHurnev's Clio and spoke to similar effect. It is evident that the Cttizeuh' Union is nianiug us iniiu euce felt. Corporal Blnnk's Little Story. Shortly after the civil war had ended, a rustic in army bluo, with a musket, stopped on his homeward way at our house. That faded dingy blue was the most interesting color in the world then, and tho veriest ne'er-do-well in the village was a hero, and as this soldier, scarcely more than a boy, ate his dinner, wo felt grateful to him. He had a simple, narrow mind, which all his ex periences of camp and field had not deeply improssed. Presently ho said ho'd got somothin' ho didn't know but we'd . like to Beo, and pulled out of a breast pocket a leather caso which ho openod, disclosing a large bronze medal. We read the inscription, it was to the effect that the Congress of the United States presented this modal to Corporal for bravery in tho field. Then, of course, he had to toll the story, some thing after this fashion: "Wal, ye see, it was down ter the peninselar, one of them days when we didn't seem to be doin' nothing 'twas any use. We was most was up the side 'f a hill, an' ez quiet as a graveyard; bnt sometimes if a feller only showed his head over tho top, he see anil heard enough, I tell ye. I kep' ereepin' up and lookiu' down and I see a lot of rebs 'twant doin' any nior'n wo, and a big feller in tho middle, he stood kind o careless and sassy, holdin' a lmnsum Hag. I told the feller next mo, sez I, 'I snuin! I'm goin' to get that flag!' Ho saz, 'Don't you be a darned fool!' Hut I jest dropped my gun and run down hill I tell ye, 'twuz a sight further than I sposed down to that field 'n I was right inter 'em 'foro they seemed to notice it, 'in I run right up to the big foller an' says: 'Hero, you, give me that flag!' 'n jest let go, 'n I put it I tell ye I didn't wait to say 'thaukee 'ner anytliiu', n if tho bullets didn't sing 'round my way for awhile! But they didn't take no sort of aim, 'n I got up to tho boys all right. I tell ye, that big feller must havo felt kinder silly, when he thought on't." And this was the real "tight for the standard." Springfield, J.I., Jicpttbliean. Cn.TiVATiNc. Talent. li Ie. not ful low that the daughter of wealthy parents must necessarily be useli-s-. i know a lovely girl with a hatnlsoum allowance of her own, who embniders her dresses ex quisitely, so ttiHt they lonk like imported garments. She wmks in crewels, and many is tho unique article she enibel-li-hrs in Ibis direction. She paints on china, leads and sings, end yet finds time lo attend to her social and limiMhulJ du ties. She is always cheeritd because she hasn't leisure to think of gloomy things, or nursi imaginary w rongs. This is one of the .benefits of constant occupation. Another voting lady, an only daughter, liis jmt moved into her father's new hoifee. "You may h-ve for your room," said tho father, "everything you can convert into use through the cunning of your own hati'iv'' The room is a beauti ful b iwer. The led curtains and lambre quins are of the daintiest pink stuff, soft and lU'li; the little clover-leafed table is covered with the sasie dainty material, ihe dressing table is fit for an artist's lim ning, tbe easy chairs and ottoman, are cleverly upholstered, and everything in tho room i the work of this petted daughter' fingers. "Father said I could not make a dress for myself to save my life," she said, "but I told him to see if I couldn't, and I just studied up the science of dressmaking little and went patiently to work. A a result I produced a dress which mother said would be a credit to a finished dressmaker." There', gold un der the tinsel, af'er H. AJrice to bachelors: Never marry a woman unless she i so rich that ,on would marry her if she were tigly Ind so handsome that yon wolIJ marry Ler if the were poor. Eastern Military Service. The Military Service institution met at its rooms on Govenor's island last evening to listen to a paper by Brevet Maj. J. pt Sanger, commandant at the post at Gov ernor's island, on "Artillery in the East with Some Account of the Fortifications of China and Japan." The steamer Henry Smith brought a large uumlier of officers from Forts Hamilton and Wads worth, while many officers in town went over to listen to the paper, Maj. Sanger being osteemed one of tho best specialists in the service. His observations were made during a two years' trip through Asia and Europe. Ho started from San Francisco in August, 1875, and went first to Japan, then to China and so down to India, where, in company with Gen. Upton, he witnessed the nianamvrcg in in honor of the Prince of Wales' visit. The orders to tho inspecting party were to pass through Afghanistan, but Inst at that time the Ameer was in a bad humor and a trip was taken instead to the Persian gulf, whence a horseback ride of 1400 miles brought the party to the Caspian sea. ' Then in order the several establishments of the European States were inspected. . The paper lost evening openod with the landing at Yokohama and an account of the armament of Japan, which for twenty-five years has boon growing under the care principally of French officers. The old arms had been entirely thrown aside and the infantry, in disci pline, organization and arming, was closely modeled after, the best European armies. All the best samples of small arms had been collected and intelligently experimented with urtil the Japanese had grewn into a very respectable position as an armed power. They had organized and well-equipped arsenalB, had made arrangements for making their own powder and many other necessary articles needed in the service, and had pursued a liberal policy in the purchase of heavy guns from more civilized nations. The new forts at the mouths of the principal rivers, and to protect the principal towns were well made redoubts, not only well equipped but well manned and officered. Passing to China the paper changod its tone. The Major said: "Tho Chinese aro simply heating time and standing still while tho Japanese are marching right on. The intense an tipathy of the Chinese to everything foreign has led them to rejoct all tne opportunities for improvement which have been offorcd them. We found difficulty in getting the least spark of information until we secured letters from Prince Kung." The paper described tho -examinaiions for promotion in the military service before a board of civilians, where the only points of merit considered wero skill with the bow and personal strength. The bow and spear were still retained as weapons in the service, while a matchlock and a great swivel gun, once very effective, were still in favor. Maj Sanger mot a Chinese mandarin who hail spent thirty-five years in the United States, and who said he had not been once happy in all that time. When he got back to his Chinese home he had given up all his American habits gladly. Ho had now two sons at New Haven, and expected them to return home thorough Chinaman in feeling as he was. Maj. Sanger visited tho groat wall and made careful surveys, and found it in no place more than twenty feet high and about as thick. He discovered in somo of the embarasures old cannon almost lost in tho masonry. Ho exhibited draw ings of these, a tube bound with rings, and probably tho most ancient firearm known. It was idle to look, tho reader thought, for any change in Chinoso policy, since the rulers understood "the situation" thoroughly and did everything in their power to foster the conservative habits of their subjects. Tho recent purchase and destruction of tbe first railroad ever built in the Empire was of a piece with their whole policy. The line Chinese navy was really only a police force to be used in Chinese waters. The army was merely a plaything. Though some progress has been made in the matter of fortification, yet the new forts built under tbe guidance of foreign artillerists were falling into disuse. In Tersia the slate of the army and the military service was worse than in China. The country wait as far back ward from civilization as possible. The array was only in name and was supposed to be on active duty half of the time, but the year on or the year off duty bad no distino'ion. Tho shah, though he had made several trips to the courts of Europe, had introduced no improve ments upon his return, but sought the seclusion of his harem and seemed to be in a state of constant uncertainty and dread as between the English and Ktisshn diplomatists that swarm in hi capital and in every important city. Several times oliicers had been imported and a pretended effort had been made to place the Persian army on an effectual footing, but every time whn the changes had begnn to be" perceptible they were abandoned. Maj. Sanger's next pajier will open with an account of the artillery in Italy .--AT. lr. WorU, Feb. 20. "Trust a boy," says an exchange. Cer tainly: trust him when ho catches you ciming out of a saloon not t tell his sister, whom you are sweet upon, trust him to discover the size of your feet and mention it before company, trust bim to find the cigar you deposit in the dark nook on the porch before you enter the house; trust him to manufacture misery ont of bent pins and tarred front gates. Trust him, of course, but the best way is to operate on the cash system, and pay him in advance. "Willie," said an interesting young mother to her youngest hopeful, "do vou know what the difference is between body and soul? Tho aoul, my child i what you love with; the body is what is what carries you about. This is your body," touching the little fellow's shoulder: "but there's something deeper in. You can feel it now. What is i'? "Oh, I know," said Willie, with a flash of intelligence in his eyes, "that my flannel shirt." A young preacher occupied the pulpit of old Dr. Emmons, of iianklin, Mass., one day, and at dinner angled for a com plement. "I hope I did not weary yon by the length of my atrmon, Doctor. "So, nor by its depth, either."