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THE OREGON SCOUT, JOMiS V OIIANCKV, I'ublUlierx. UNION, OREGON. TO GUAItl) PUBLIC LANDS. Important New Iliillns Concerning Tlicm by the Comiiilaaloiicr. Tf I. .tn f H, i,t m,.n ,nf AW 1 IJ L) l C V 11 A-4 V VIIU IIIIIU UlllkU V 1 I U tho .present practice of thnt ofllce, when public lands within a township nro opened to entry through the filingof plots nnd sur vey, there was a rush of speculators and land-grabbers who often succeeded In secur-1 ing tho best lands, to tho great injury ol j bona fldo Bottlers. Moreover, this clans of j persons were nblo frequently to lonrn when i plats of survey wore to bo received in ad- j vanco of tho settlers who wore placed at n J (limiil vantage. To correct this tihuso asfar ns poKtiiblt', tho conilniHsioner of tho land otllco has issued tho following instructions to local ind officers: ! "Hern 'tor, when nn approved plat of a survey ol any township is transmitted to 1 you by th-i surveyor general you will not regard mil h plat as olllciully recoivod at nnd filed lb your oflico until tho following regulations havo been complied with: First You will forthwith posta riot ico In n conspicuous place In yourolllcospocifying tho township that hns beet surveyed, and stating that tho plat or survey will bo filed in vour olllro on a dav to bo fixed bv von nnd nnined in llm notint. wlilcli hIimII Imiint less than thirty diiys from tho date of such notice, nnd that on and after such a day you will be prepared to receive tho applica tions tor entry ol lands In siicu towns. Second You will also solid a copy of such notice to tho postmaster of tho postolllco nearest the hind, and a copy to each clork of iv court of rocord in your district, with h request that tlio samo uo conspicuously posted in their-respecti isted in their respectivo ofllccs. Third You will furnish tho public press In your district with copies of such notice iib a matter of news. Fourth You will give such further pub licity of tlio mattor in answer to inquiries (for which you will charge nofeo) and other wise as you may do aoio to uo vmnout in curring advertising expenses Tlio Experiment n Success. Experiments mudo by tho commissioner of agriculture in the application of diffusion and cnrbouitatlon to sorghum cano at Ottawa, Kan., havo boon concluded. Prof. Wiley, who had chargo of theso export mcnts, has mado his preliminary report to ine commisionor, irom which tlio lollowing facts aro taken: "Tho yield of sugar from tlio cano was more than 01) pur cent, only J'J-Ji) ol L per cent lioing loft in waste mat ters and exhausted chips. Tho yield of crude sugar (that is as it comes from tho vacuum pan) wont as high as li80 pounds per ton, or at 12 pounds per gallon, ii.'l per ion. miiis is lull iloulilo that or tho ordi nary method. Tho process of carboniza tion that is, adding a largo excess of lime to tlio inico and thorn precipitating it with carbonic acid was completely successful. 1 ho product obtained was lighter in color nun more paiataiiiothan tho usual method of defecation anil tho saving in scums by this method is estimated to bo at least 10 percent, 'i ho ditllculties encountered were entirely of a mechanical natuio and easily overcome. From Kitchen to Throno. Wo road of poculiar things happening in llio, ana a wibo man should bo snr- nnseu ac notmng. j.n nito manner a comely and modest woman hns often found a fortune in hor fuco if sho knows how beauty should booomo hor. To wit: During tho troubles in tho reign of King Charles I., a country girl enmo up to Loudon in soareh of n pluco us eorvunt maid ; but, not succeeding, she applied herself to currying out beer from a brow-houso, and was ouo of those thon-cmlcd tub-women. Tho browor, observing n well-looking girl in this low ocoupntion, took her into his family as a Borvant, and, after a while, sho bo having with so much prudouco and do coruin, ho married her; ho died whon eho was yet n young womnn and loft hor a largo fortune Tho business of tho browory wns dropped, nnd tho young woman was rocomniondod to Mr. Ilydo as a gentleman of skill in tho law to Bottle hor afl'uirs. Hj do (who wns after ward tho grout Earl of Olnrondon), find ing tho widow's fortune vory considera ble, mnrried hor. Of this murringo thoro wns no other issuo Hum a daugh ter, who was afterward tho wifo of Jamos II., nud mother of Mary and Anno, Quooub of England. Land and Water. Southern drinkers nro reported to he abnm uonmjf brandy ami whisky fur w.ne. ale. and beer. They nro bc;liiiilii(; to uiidcratuud that iroui; liquors won't do It that cllmato. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. WllKAT No. 8.. iiaiii.kv No. a. Tl TIM tiH 47 r8V 18Vi V 13 15 IS a eo fi ro 8 M 4 6) 1 50 4 71 .'13 3 O) ItVE No. a. in Coun No. 3 mlxoit t8WO wAiri nu, Itt'TTKii Knnoy crenmory. Hi'ttkii Clioico ilniry lit nmi llei country 1H 4 ia VI n e oo 6 0t) 8 75 8 O) 1 25 j'.inm irr.ill JIIICKIINS l'ordoz. j.kmo.ns uiinieo... HlK'lV't U f linl.i.. ...... ,.y.r. ,,,,,-u ...a, Hiianokh Meslna llRANS Nnvvs Onions Per liul , too riiTAiOKS-Per lamliol (Iiikkn Ai'i'l.K I'orbbl.,.. M-.i:tiH linioth) , PlKI) llllloMrHK , no t u :ti 1 7S oW (I 0) 15 a 74 40 ll S01 71) 0) iiav iiiiiisl, por ton. iiat iniiuix Iltlfl .11.... 7 W II 30 U U) P9 1 nvt llKttJVKS Iluiolur' Monk. .. NBW VOHK. JViikat No. 9 nvl iii.at I'nvimlwl rtnl t iiiin No. a , 'Ai MuiM wimlern.. ri'HK , Ijtiin,., ,,, OIIIUAUU i'MWH-nioit Winter liilH-biiiliiit intra HI.A1 l'nr tai.liul NS it M l B4 U ID J 10 00 4 b) 4 ttu . M i on -riii nutiiui I "'' g! O 9 Ilium -Pnukiijjf mni wlmiliiij, i to til t illl I fil.u.L.,,. MUM- MihIIuiu lu tiotkf tl a w yVIMNu. I ttnl OiHK- Per lmM OU- I'vr Imltu4 til I Jill. fc-tUUkl fiM'-'Wttlt'n mm their sleep was death. A Brldo and Groom Fonnd Drlng Each Other's Arms. A Stupor of Twenty-four Hour, Then Dreaming Into Utcrnlty. I)oubtlea a Murder and Sulcltle. Lincoln Journal: When wan read In yes i .1 i i 1 1 i i . .1. I 'U,V morning a iHsuo ma account oi wa 1 f M..t t rni. t r i n 1 -. " o nns wuitoij, oi oi. i,oui, and Josio Kutcher. of this citr. nothini could have been further from imagination, probably, than tho sequol which we ara called upon to lay before tho public now. Tho nowly-mado husband and wife ar rived horo Tuesday afternoon and took room at the Commercial. In the ovenini tlioy received a largo number of tholt j friends, who wont home about half-past ' ten o'clock, leaving their host and hostcsi In tho best of spirits, as far as nppearancci would Indicate. Tho intention of Mr. and 1 Mrs. Whitoly was to go to St. Louis yestor day on a bridal tour. i xestcrday morning they did not mak their appearance at breakfast and after it became quito Into a boll hoy was sent up to call them. Ho called soveral times but ro j ccivod no response. Tho clork, Mr. John , son, being called, assisted tho boy over tin transom. Ho at onco discovered tho trut stato of affairs. Whitoly and his wife wer lying in cacti other's arms, wlnlo tlieir hear breathing and blackened faces told that I they were almost in tho embrace of death. Physicians wore summoned ut once, and n examination of tho rooms made. A two-ounce morphine bottle, nearly empty, was found on tho dresser, while anothef full of morphlno was found In tho pocket of Whitcly's pants. It was evident thai tlio coupU wero suffering from morphin poisoning ami steps wero taken to res us I ; inio uioiii. uncmre Jieacliley, Carter and I'uliio worked with them all afternoon nnd evening, but up to tho time of the presonl writing, iu p. in., neither Have shown anjp signs of consciousness. Tho constant efforts of tho physicians and others wh havo been with them has been all that ha kept them from relapsing Into a comatoiw condition that would speedily end iu death. As was stated in yesterday morning Journal, Whitoly lias boon travelling foi tho Standard Shoe company of Jef'erson City, Missouri. A year or so ago he foil very sick at tlio Commercial hotel and Miss Kutcher nursed him carolully and attentively until ho recovered, and In asked her to marry him a short time after his recovery. It is said that sho refusod unJ that he attempted at that tlmo to poison himself with morphlno. Tho roport was puDiisncu at tho timo but the hoto pooplo refused to give any particulars and iL was nusiied up. This was oxnlained bv his friends bv rut ing that Whitoly was accustomed to taking morpiuuo ami had taken an overdose. 'J his explanation is also tcnaciousl adhered to by somo of his friends, but it peoms stratiKO that If ho was accustomed o uhIiii: the tlnni hoshould make a mistak tho second time, and also run the risk of giving a largo doso to his wifo, who was not aceusiomeil to It. It is thought imtirobablo by the frlondt of tho woman that sho could have desired to commit suicide and tlio only explanation they can give is that having become mon- tally unsound throuuh tno iu? of tho drut ho gave it to her with tho assurance that it was all richt. as ho was ubcc! to It. If either or both should recover tho mystery ma bo cleared iiwuv. If fate should bo lesi kind it will probably never bo uuravolled. At U o'clock this mornlni! thorp had beo no chaniio noticed in tlio condition of th pationts sinco midnight. Latuii. Special from Lincoln: At 8:30 this ovoning Mrs. whitoly breathed hor last. after having had two sovoro spasms and without rcuainim; consciousness. Her hus band lingered a little longer, but a fow min utes beforo 10 o'clock ho also passed into tho great beyond, loavincno earthly means of unraveling tho mystery. It is said that Whitely's effects rovoal tho fact that lioliad but fifty routs, anil this, coupled with the story that ho had been discharged from th Oniploy of tho firm he was traveling for, furnished grounds for tho theory that tin murder and suicido, if such it was, was com mitted on account of his straightenod cir ciiiustaures. This, however, is counter acted by the statement that his folks nr wealthy and that ho could have gotten plenty of money for tho n skint:. It is alto gether likely that the truth will never b known. NEHUASItANS AT THE CAPITAL. Tlio U.v-Sena tor on lllah and tlio Sen ator on liiind Tlile vom. Washington special to tho Omaha Her ald: "At llrst it was rather slow work with tho Utah commission," said ex-Sena tor I'addock of Nebraska, to-night. "Hut with a new district attorney wo wero able to secure convictions at Salt Lake City, under tho ICdiiiiiuils law, and now wo have about a dotuu Mormon olders iu jail. l'lural marriages havo entirely ceasod In Utah and a largo element among tho .Mor mons is opposed to them. 1 resident Cleveland seems to have tho courage of It! n convictions," continued Mr, I'addock. "He is moving slowly and cautiously and merits the commendation of tho people." "It suits mo," said Senator van wyckto Secretary Lamar, while congratulating the latter upon the campaign tlio secretary it making against tho western laud thieves. l our policy is proving wliat 1 havo been charging along In the senate. Mv republi can brethren have said that I was all wrong and vory unjust. ou are showing tat 1 did not say hall onough." Said ouo gentleman to him, "I hear that some democratic senators are complaiuiui that tin president doemiot trout thorn with conlulonre." "Well, I think tho president hns good reasons lor tiding; suspicious," said Van Wvck. "They have forced huuio very iiueer people on him." , .1 Til F0HEHJN LNTKLLK1ENCK. A Copenhagen dispatch says a despornte attempt was made at f o'clock this after noon to iiHsassiuate Premier Kstrupp by a youth named ItiiNmussrn. a componltor. HHsmilHsen llrwl two shots from u revolver . lit tht prvmirr. When in tho act of tiring the third the xnuld-be humhmIii whh colinl by u couple of dctw t a number of whom luivo constantly ,wu Iu attendant till till) hivilllrl fur aumy tlmn iu,-l .,.!,.. tn (l(l,r member of the rublntU ihMtUt. Tint (l-rmau putty UI the iptMidMit In rail Uiuut Tiih. Amtiiiwt I (MtiHlor. In imlar fur umhiIh( IU npputt. llltfH ul ItMlmrUtM lU pMluuti lulu III t.lm TU piwJl itJttmJ t.i ittUiI.ru. p Ummmu li.ri In MilMittw hum 4i IvIrl.MMilt UtaU MlU,.luM lritfl MM TW k l int ', -lli Hit HI ilWU wm IU hmiIUm, Us Urn mhhI I Tt Urn AUmi m U hmu) u$ !( MlM UM4ik TV iiuhm 4ljto wtt kt umrtanuatniii mmUtt Uf sni the matter by the ambassadors and the action of Servia may impart a European character to the Bulgarian question, which the powers desiro to localize. Tho powers. however, will not admit that it Is only a local question. Ocn. Do Courcey, commnndcr of the French forces in Annam, telegrnphs from Hanoi to the French wnr olllco thatho has ;lefented the lilack Flags in nn engagement. The lighting wns very severe and lasted three days. Tho enemy foiightstubboriily, but wero completely routed. General Do Coiircy adds that tho enemy numbered I!, 000 men and consisted of Jtliick Flags, Aminmitcs and deserters from the Chinese army. Three of tho chiefs wero killed dur ing tho engagement nnd many prisoners were taken by tho French forces. Gen. .laitmoul conducted the operations nguinst the enemy which resulted in the capture of tho strongly-fortified town of Thnumui, one of the last and most formidable places of resistance held by tho Ulack Flags. The patriotic union of Dublin lias issued a long niuniu-Mto denouncing tho Irish Na tional lenguo fur having for flvo years em bittered Irish homo life, coorcod individual liberty, extorted hard-earned money from tho people and permitted tho perpetration of outrages. The union appeals to the people to assort their independence of tho knguo and maintain tho integrity of the empire. The manifesto calls for tho elec tors to vote against tho tyranny of I'ar iiell and cliques of petty leaders, bankrupt farmers and nil loungers, who form the league and intimidate tho country. THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE. A Communication Issued to tlio OIH cor and iTIcmbom of Siikorilinnto ICrancliCN. Tho following communication has been issued: Tun Imsit National Leaouk op Amer ica, Lincoln, Ni:u, To Ofllcors nnd Mem bers of Branches: Pursuant to a resolu tion of tho national committco of tho league, passed at a meeting hold in Chicago in August last, tho executive has been in communication with Mr. I'arnell with a view to fixing a dato of our national con vention that would suit Mr. Parnell's con venience, and thnt of such other delegates as mny bo sent over to represent tho home organization. Wo havo now tho pleasure to inform you that tho third annual con vention of tho Irish National lenguo of America, to bo held in Central Music hall, in Chicago, nn Wednesday and Thuisday, .laniuiry 120 nud 21, ISSli, will bo attended by Mr. i'arnell and a strong delegation of his colleagues Wo earnestly trust that every branch of the league will be fully rep resented thereat. We aro approaching a most momentous crisis iu tlio long struggle for Ireland's national rights and no man or woman of Irish birth or Irish blood no (rue lover of liberty who feels sympathy for tho depressed kindred orloveof dear old motherland, should fail to lend a helping hand to Hccuro that victory which seems now on tho very eve of accomplishment. Our people at homo aro manfully doing their part despite every kind of coercion nnd terrorism. Lot us do ours and show Km: land that tho bold and manly, yet wiso ami prudent position ol Mr. i'arnell com mauds tho universal and hearty approval and support of tho Irish race at homo and abroad. All branches and societies nlllil luted with tlio lenmio that have subscribed regular dues for tlio current term or havo contributed to tho parliamentary fund a sum equivalent to tho amount of tlieir dues, hIiuII bo entitled to representation and tho basis of represent ution shall boas follows: One dolegale for every fifty mem hers in good standing; provided, however that in country districts where tho number of lilly inombcrs cannot bo easily reached and number from twenty-Iivo to fifty shall bo entitled to one delegate. As tho time is short, lot our notion bo prompt and effec tive. J.ot us muko this convention a credit to our race and a inossago of fresh hope, conrago and material support to our kindred in Ireland in their despcrato Hlrugglo against oppression. I'ATUICK J'JOAN, President ClIAItl.KB O'KntM.Y, Treasurer. Roomi Wai.su, Secretary, THK POLITICAL AltKNA. senator Mahono is said to havo spent nearly $50,000 of his own money iu tin Virginia campaign. Tho lloston Globe is "whooniiv. on" tin Massachusetts democracy and telling them that II thoy will conio out and vote thev can defeat Gov, Kobiusou. Perhaps, after all, tho south knows as much about the negro as tho man who never saw ono. remarks the l'liiladelnhin Times. This is a thrust at tho men who aro brandishing tho gory gurmont. Humors that Mr. Itaiulnll will bo a can didate for speaker of tho liotibo nre doubt loss incorrect. Ho announced sometime ago that ho would not cuter tho race, lie hopes to bo chairman of tlio committee ou appropriations. According to tho lloston Herald, section agitation is tho greatest hindrance to the increase of the republican party in the south, because It tends to crowd all of ia whito mon together in ono party, and a of tho colored men together iu tlio other. So far ns can bo learned tho sonnto will consider the ptcnidcut's nominations upo, tlieir merits, and will not oppose them oi stilctly political grounds. Several repub lican senators havo lately expressed them selves to this effect. The lloston Herald thinks there ought to bo statu and national issues enough to keep both parties from going to dirt Hing ing. The Herald docs not possess a mono poly of this thought. It is shared by the better class of pooplo everywhere. Tho peopto ought to be, ami no doubt nro, thankful for the abolition of tlio Octo ber nuisance In Ohio. Hereafter there will bo no preliminary struggle and verdict, but the fatos of parties will bo settled in all tin states ou the same day. This la reform ia the right direction. Thuso Unfinished Cniisen. Tlie report ol the navy hoard constituted by order of Socrelnry Whitney to xumiu thi .itik nnd mutei'mlx of the u u It in.hr J emu 'Iilettgn," 1 UohUih" nud "At lanta," and to HerUln the fair msrktt vain Utrivnl, laclutliitK K ivti.Hil,,. ami (In nl proBt ummi tli Murk, Iim Imh-ii up pro t ml by tits ci-Ury ami miiI by him to thy mom u4 v urd. Mltiili Uit, r j Iim Innmi urdrrtxl tu g.i u Hli IU rk. TtMt ImMHiI l ftppriitMl, III IU teuiul K I mrl Mpnu tlt Unm Mla "Ttm Uiittnl would ii Hi! It i..u nltf Ut( lit iuuUril miiU whitman MHjl Ur M ' U "li Ml !! i..t .,f tlffc, mi '! aui.n II,. m I ll III I lll,,l Ml,. I II . ,i . I I I r i tin. Hi. III.,, i t "i i I, Mlini'l'. iu.,u.a I gkMrU . u... , i, I ,1 ti I Ml, M n I u.v ,.t i ,i i, . .... . , MMWVtMM bit i m 1 1 ii m in mi inn i ii MIL TJIOMAN RESIGNS. The Civil Service Commissioner's l'lnce lo he Vncnnt After Xov. 1. Tlie Letter Wlileli I'iieil Itelwcen Illm mul tlio l'rchldcnt. J7ie Civil Service Commlmlontr Congratu lated. Civil Service Commissioner Tlioman l?as tendered his resignation nnd it has been accepted by the president to take effect Nov. 1. Following is correspondence bear ing on tho subject: United Stati:h Civil SkiivichCommission, Wasiiinoton, Oct. 20. Sir: Respect fully referring to tlio conversation had with you ns early as March 10th iu which I expressed tho wish to bo relieved of my duties ns member of tlio United States civil servico commission, und also to the upparont fact that it was not then your pleasure to consider my request, I have now the honor to tender my resignation and earnestly bog an early consideration of tho same and its ncroplnnce. Wliilo thus making a release from so honornblo a trust. I cksiro to iccord my (.'ratification over the proved practicability and remedial effectiveness ol tho form of procedure Tried veterans in politicni wnifaro view with amazement tlio facts, though radical, departuro from tho familiar method of the spoils system of distributing patron age. Strenuous and sincere argument, and also deliberate perversion, mark tlio op position of different groups of antagonists and yet it must bo conceded that the majority of tho political leaders in either party is iu accord with tho Pendleton law, if its original enactment and emphatic endorsement by subsequent congresses wero honest legislative expressions.and not tlio coercion ol moral cowardico by popular sentiment nor partisan legerdemain. In the great task of tho administrative form which you have undertaken iu accordance with personal and party pledges, tho poo pie will give aid. It lias been my pleasure within tho last two months to visit quite a number of states and territories of tho union and it was my good fortune to meet many of their citizens. It is gratifying to know that tho people confide in tho un equivocal intention of tlio president to bus tain the merit system of tho civil service, They had condemned tho evils of tho for er method. Long experience hnd mado their knoweldgo nccurnte. They welcomed tho inauguration of tlio nbw. The distinctive features of tho present re form appealed to a typically American bentimciitwhich recommends and advances merit. With the preciso details of tlio now procedure tlieir acquaintance wob not so intimate. Tho inception and maintenance is with tlio people. I beliovo that tho fun (liimontal idea ol civil servico reform is characteristic of tlio American thought. Popular hesitation over tlio acceptance of statutory details suggests that. Of this reform thoro was a response throughout tho nation. Political contests assumed a now tone. Old-time methods of corruption wero discouraged and bossism wns grappled with ireHli vigor. The improvement is yet mnrked. If vicious eloments still seek obtrusion into elections, tho chances of their success havo been lessoned. The reform spirit is militant nnd advances toward complete success. Corruption by ollienil patronage) has been removed. With the imparting of a purer life to olllcial cir cles, tho power of the private purse to pur cluiBO political honors will bo less danger ons. Public appreciation of tho fact that this reform does not trench upon sturdy partisanship nunc late. It was studiously maintained that tlio civil servico wns to be composed of men who should adjure to certain rights of citizenship. With the gradual but inevitable refutation of this false view, tho outlines of reform at last stood forth in clearness. It is a reform which views tho civil servico ns a vast bust iier.s agency. Its search is for the best at tninable merit. In tho business which is not political, it enforces no tests of party With roiilldent trust in tho success of vour administration, 1 am your obedient ser vn tit. Li:itov I). TllOMAN. To the president. K.i:( i'tivi: Mvnkjon, Washington, Oct "I. lion. Leioy 1). Tlioman, Civil Service Commi.-.sioner .My Dear Sir: I linvo re reived your letter tendering your resigna lion as member oT the civil servico commis sion, w liieli is iu furtherance of an inclina tion espressed by you very soon after my inauguration as president. I no resigna tion thus tendered is hereby accepted to take effect on the 1st day of Novoniber net. I congratiiluto you upon tho fact that iu the olllco which you havo rolin qii'-hed you have boon able, by sincero nnd earnest work, by steady devotion to tho cause, to do so much in tho interest of good government and improved political methods. lours sincerely, UllOVUIt Cl.UVELANU. GRANT AND ANDY JOHNSON. Tlie Statement of Cliiiuiiroy BT. Ilepen I'ronounced alalerlally Fulse. Tho statement of Chauncey M. Depew i to the relations between Qen. Orant and President Johnson says a New York dis patch, has been read with great Interest by Col. Moore, Andrew Johnson's stenographic secretary, now cashier of the Metropolitan bank of this city. Col. Moore says that In ma opinion uon. urant rosted under a rad ical misapprehension on two essential points in Depew'a statement first, tha trip to Mexico; second, Johnaon'i relation to the southern aristocracy. As to tha trip to Mexico. Col. Moore turned to his stenographic notes, now In his possession, of the correspondence between President Johnson and Qen. Grant upon that sub- jecu, aim ue snys mat these notes show that Johnson In tendering this mission to I - - A 1 1 .Mexico, wnatever It wns. to Uen. Grant. stated that the latter would not be re quired to be absent front Washington longer than till the meeting of congress. This Col. Moore said, effectually disposes of this part of the story. Aa to the charge of Johnson's association with southern aristocracy, Cel. Moore says that from his personal observation no man could ! freer from audi an accusation, and that he was empiinticaiiy a man of the people, and that his whole course iu tha whiU housn refuted tliia charge. Thh Kuroiwui Hiorhiniui, mighty hunter thuiiKh lu he, is eoinpit'tely up to tho bhikh whi n euiuiuiriiiK liis nuMtger iiivount nf it day's blumting with tlu re gul Imgs matin by the liiilimi lliijHhs tunl 1 'duces, or oven bv tho l'tiringhftiti, iu llntUh India. There jiwy 1k Ikmm phy iual tutulinu, anil (MuimptitiUy Icmm tihyttiiMil iiuiiroviniuuit, in tl iuiMiUr (hiiIium nf tun 12t lhu in utir utunt i i i ... . . i . . ,i . imnmy ami uyi.tti hxw, nut uw iu- fnl (a iuUiimI 1,111 V-..1-V l.,Atillt.i.l l... I Hi. 1..... ll.'.l.. -7. I....1VI.. IPIW Mimmmm w wmn i.i I A Mrisl itarr 111 mm litfiJi Ulili l 1.. ut -1 . uti " iiM kit.aiL uiM I 4' . J- f'.t- I 1. ki I 1 1 ni m ii in mn 11 1 1 i in i i in ti iiiiiiiii hiiiiiwi hi ii i i NEWS NOTES. It Is proposed to have a new census of Joston taken on account of the widespread belief thnt tho one recently taken was inac curate. Crop reports from parishes along the line of the International railroad In Canada Bhow whtat, rye, barley nnd vegetables to be above the average; oats, slightly below the avernce: hav. buckwheat, fruits and tobacco poor. Frost lias damaged barley, oats, buckwheat, fruits nnd tobacco. At Indiannpolis a negro hostler nnmed Harrison Tasker inveigled a German girl named Helen Huendlend Into his room and brutnlly outraged her. He was arrested and taken into court for examination. Wliilo tho case was proceeding Weinrod Huendlend. the eirl's brother, drew a rovol ver nnd shot Tasker in the body, the ball penetrating the right abdominal wall and producing a probably fatal wound. Clark M. Seeds, a young man about 24 years of ngo, who resides just beyond the city limits of Chicago, was arrested by John T. Norris and lodged In jail on the charge of attempting to wreck a train on tlio Midland road recently. Last August Beveral attempts were made to ditch tlio train, nnd Seeds was suspected of being :he cuiity party. Norris was employed to . orkup the case by President Peabody, and in tho guise ol an escaped convict ar ranged with Seeds to wreck the train goini west at S:47 Sunday morning. Detectives were stationed on tlio track near the scone, and alter obstructions in the shapo ol logs across tho track had been placed in posi tion by Norris and Seeds, and just before the train was duo, they wero both arrested. Seeds then, for the first time, discovered that his confederate was an ollicer. The special delivery feature of the poBfcnl system fails to pay in tho smaller ofllccs. Only ono letter of tho class was received at Keokuk in a week. Most postmasters re port that messengers havo not earned $2 in six days. It is thought that the special delivery will havo to bo confined to tho free delivery ofllccs, where substitute carriers can be employed. Twenty-nine indictments for unlawful co habitation have been returned by tho fed eral grand jury at lilackfoot, Idaho. Near Osawkie, Kansas, a farmer and his family wero driving homoward with a pack age of ten pounds of powder in the wneon His wife attempted to light a pipe, and dropped a spark. The explosion which followed killed tlio woman and fatally in- lured the other three persons. Tho entire tract of land in northern Col- rudo owned by the Union Pacific about ninety thousand acres, has b'cn sold to a syndicate of cattlemen. For fear of a nihilistic outbreak, tho czar lias forbidden the Itussian people to cclo brate next March tho twenty-filth anniver sary ol the emancipation of the sens. The international convention of land owners held at Pesth adopted a resolution asking the central states of Europe to com time against tho importation ol wheat from America and India. Tho now railroad bridgo across the Col orado river at Yuma, Arizona, which cost $200,000 was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday. iwo hundred respectable citizens of County Queens, Ireland, wort convicted of boycotting, nnd ordered to find sureties for good behavior. They elected to go to prison instead, but tho magistrate bcsita ied to commit them, and finally gavo thorn iru wutui uiiio to coiifuuu the matter. NATI0NAJL CAPITAL NOTES. Jenks, assistant secretary of tho Interior, bus beon assigned to have cliargo of all matters which relate to Pnciflc railways. A great many subjects relating to those cor. porntions are pending. Jenks snvs. how ever, thnt he can givo no attention to thorn until after Nov. 1. when the most of tho bureau roports now in preparation will bo before him. From that duto until the meeting of congress he will dovoto a creat ueai oi timo to tins important subject, and auring that time will prepare tho now regu lations which call for detailed information ns to the subsidy question and all matters which pertain to the roads. The committee of 100, recently organized to detect and punish violations of the reg istry and election laws, hold a public meet ing at the chamber of commerce, which had n mil atteniiance. Permanent organiza tion was effected, providing for a largo mem bership, with an initiation fee of S5, and the same for annual dues. Tho officers and enough other members of the association to bring the numbor up to 100 to consti tute an executive committee weroannoint- cd for that purpose. It was agreed that no partisan test lor membership should bo applied, and that no officeholder should servo on tho evecutive committee. Tho oh- iect of the association is to protect tho pur ity of tho ballot. There is treat activity at the patent office on the part of the companies which are antagonistic to the Bell company, to secure a report from the commissioner of patents to th attorney-general which will warrant the latter in authorizing tho use of the name of the Uuited States in a suit for the cancellation of the Pell patent. Three such applications are ponding before the commission. Secretary Whitney hns addressed a com munication to the commnndanls of tin navy yards of New ork, Portsmouth, Norfolk and Mnro Island, requesting re ports from the heads of bureaus at tho yards upon the results attending the np nolntmciit of now foremen und tho organ izing of a new force. Tho secretary Invites the commandants to inako such observa tions ns they mny desiro with reference to tho elllcioncy of tho new foremen with a view to determining whether in anv en mistakes havo been made in the selection. Tlio point upon which information is par ticularly desif-ed is whethor any of the present lorvinen linvo selected men nnt good workmen, constituted nn inefficient force, or have apnoarri o lie governor by political considerntiont Mtlisr than th interest of the yard. Commodore J. V, Walker has hMu re- rommlsiiloneil ns chief of the bureau of liiivlj-Htloii and Commodore Montgomery tit run I as eitiuf of the bureau ul oixluuiic tu the uuvy department. Vka( H ash. Tukt a tnmt of IwU- . . ..I " I1""! "Ml " ...... t...if liudk IuiIUmt km .1.1, .il. mil Hwi iwo uuH wuw uuiur, IMU I 1 Ik 1 1 i I ..1 "4 1 II .11 ' W . ' "-'I' W IV, IMW Htl WlUi l( UU M mu. b IIBW MF IW1 Ml W ll I. lit II itu IMT bH aUMMi. liik U... UutuaJ mi iiihiiiiiw i in A Vigorous Old -A pre. Tho friends of Row Dr. James Free man Clarke, ns well ns others, will read the following, written by him, with interest. I cheerfully comply with your request to give you a brief account of my habits of living. I find myself .it the age ol seventy-five still able to do a good deal of work, and I attribute it, under Providence, to the following causes. 1. I am not of an anxious temper ament; I do not worry. I am not to any great extent annoyed by disap pointments or failure; and it has never disturbed mo whon I have been cen sured, so long as I believed I was doing richt. 2. I have a great faculty for sleep mu'. Although able to koepnwake when necessary without much iniurv, I can always fall asleep anv moment when sleep seems desirable. Tliee frag ment s of rest are, no doubt, or great ser- V1CU LU 111U. 3. I havo always, from cliildli been fond of outdoor exercie. I be gan to ride on horseback when only about eight years old, and when a lad I lomed Awth deltsht in all ont-nf- door sports skating, swimminc. row- ing and playing ball, and also indoor athletic exercises, such as fencing, box ing and gymnastics. Rut all those be longed to an early period of my life. 4. l nave lew nxed habits, and nm fond of chano. When I havo dona anything in one way for a few times I enjoy it ditlerently. Hut it this tend ency has its advantages, it. on fhu other hand, prevents me from receiv ing tho benefit which comes from es tablished methods of work. i. Although when voting I smoked. I have not used tobacco pinco 1 was 20. In half a century I have only smoked two cigars, and those onlv be- :auso I happened to be where the air ivas malarious. 0. Finally. I love work, and p5tipf!- ially brain work. My profi'SMonnl du ties as a clergyman have been to me a source of great happiness. Ihavealso written several books and nuinv arti- rles for tho press, and I believe that chis kind of work has been beneficial to my health. Burned on :i Silver Tray- The congregation of the St. John Street Methodist church were treated few days ago to a hot el sight, witnessing the burning of a mortgage bond of .$(5,000, tlie last item of debt upon their church. The services open- d with a fuh anthem, followed by re sponsive reading. "Hove Thy Church, 0 God," was sung with much feelinu by the choir. Tho minister delivered 1 short prayer, after which another hymn was sun: previous to tho preach ing of the sermon by the pastor, -Jio lev. A. II. Wvatt. After an eloquent dircourse (ho pas tor stepped down from tlie chancel and look from within the folds of his vest a folded piece of manuscript. 'This," said he, "is a mortgage. Until now i vo never seen one. Have- you any idea what the holders of this ould do! They could turn you out of v'our church, but, thank Heaven, they :an't do it now, for it is paid." i almlv anil deliberately .Minixter U'yatt toro the paper into jTuk, and rumpling it up into a ball placed it on x tray. lighting a small hi hid ho nited his paper ball, and while the ivholo congregation sung the doxology the mortgage b nd of .(5,000 was 3urned into ashes. When the services nded tho trustees assembled and held i second cremation. They, toj, have had personal interest in the debt, in asmuch as the names were all signed to tho note. I pon the same tray tvhich had held the ashes of the mort gage bond the note was burned, and so nded tlie last traces of a debt once hreatcning tho St. John Street .Meth- Ddistchurch. Duringthesevvice many 5f tlio older members of the church ivere moved to tears by the eloquent and imthetio words which fell from tho speaker's lips. Tlio ashes are now en closed in a sealed envelope, but will foon bo placed in a silver urn which, ivith tho lamp, will bo enclosed in a dass case and hung in the parlor of the ihurch. New Haven Nows. Where the Prince Consort Died. London Letter in Charleston Xews. long "timo ngo I went over the house and came to a room which had been religiously closed for years, ft was opened by special order and there ssued from it a certain hallowed odor ivhich exhales on opening along-closed sanctuary. Tho blinds wero drawn and semi-darkness prevailed. Wo drew near a tablo and my guido ex nlainod that this was the Into Prince Consort's room and everything was to-day just as he left it when ho" died. Tho dust was nearly an inch thick on his writing desk; a half-used quill was lyingcrosswise where it had fallen from liis hand or its nuk; there were .-ever-al articled about, a pu per-weight, a book, and to tho right, near the nbnndoned quill, a little curved frame, and in t litis frit mo a por trait. I think I can see it now tha youthful Victoria painted by Winter nutter. Her .Majesty has a sweet, fair (ace and rosebutl mouth and lu weur.i n tipple-green gown, the tint juit glim riiu' through m foldn of lucf ThLi kf tiiru wu ttUuys found by tl..' 1'iiiuu oiuort ile, and when tliilictilii) a us .natxl forvvtr no ono durvd lo touch it oroveii th siiiulltt obiti t iu 'l,c room. liy tliequwn i orthti.it uuiuU to-dAV it utiKul (Immi. 'rim iui is Intl.- tiiii Uf ou iNiMtrv, liMir Hint UuU 1 In uuitl l ill hv. in i l4 1 dm tttiti lliv UltU rtiyl pi, -iui siuiLm Mewl I)' m yuiw hunt it ImU iltiiiiiMMl hmum- I itumi nut U Ihlit tui i'lullltbir k IWVtlf OUruatl rvt nMui. mi I mm im My mi Kit pmm mm M.ur lviw4-. y u rHiffsjMMiii i wow mhi iMftf mjt m w