VOL. XXXV-Xo. 47.1
SALEM, OI!E(;OX,FiniAY. .1AXUAKY 22, 1830.
I WEEKLY EDITION
EASTERN.
News of the Week from
yowl the Rockies.
Be-
Hc-rmun l'nshiiis Orrsoii'ii Claim.
AVAHiiiNiiTii.v, Jan. 14. Cengressman
Herman iH actively pushing tlio claims
lor Oregon buys and waterway appropri
ations for improvement, lie lias al
ready introduced the following hills and
will appear in a few days before the river
and harbor committee to urge tliem:
For canal and locks at the Cascades,
$750,000; for the jetty at the mouth of the
Columbia, $l,:WtMHM; for Yaquina bay,
$100,01)0; of Coos bay, the name ; Co
qnille river, $7.V.(i ; for harbor refuse at
Port Orford, in addition to former appro
priatious, t-'OW; for Willamette and Co
lumbia rivers lielow Portland, 1(407,000;
for tlie Willamette, between l'ortlandand
Eugene, $47,0KI; upper Columbia and
Snake river, $i!0,000.
Shut HI in I l.
Washington, Jan. 14. Stanford said
to a gold bug who was talking blatantly
of tho cheap dollar, that it was in effect
onlv worth S'Ceents. "1 will give you
!)!'. cents each for a million, and then
you can make $100,500." He shut up
Ilutin With thr I'enee.
Washington. Jan. 14. in reply to a
letter from ex-delegate Downey of Wyo
ming, in lcha!f of prominent cattle men
of that territory, against whom proceed
ings have beeu recommended to compel
the removal of fences maintained by
them enclosing public lands, requesting
that proceedings lie postponed until next
spring, the assistant commissioner ot tne
ceneral land otiiee has written denying
the request, and stating that it is the in
tention of the land office to push such pro
ceedings as rapidly as possible, and to
continue them-untii every unlawful enclo
sure has teen removed from public lands,
A Terrible Explosion.
Oi;pkn, Jan. 14. There was a terrible
explosion by fire damp at midnight in
the Vnion Pacific coal mine., No. 4, near
Almv, Wyoming. Two miners, imam
and Joseph Evans, of Ogden, were killed
It in supposed they were just entering at
the time of the explosion, as their bodies
were found outsid". Joseph was tilown
half a mile and bis hro'.hur was literally
torn to pieces. Eiccn iii'mi are known
to le in the mine. If thev were not
killed outright, thev will die before as
sistance can reach tliem, as the hoisting
works are destroyed. The most of the
victims have families living at Ahny
The excitement is intense.
T'alillr I.hihIh Committee.
Washington, Jan. 15. At a meeting of
-the public hfids committee to-day next
Tuesday was fixed ujion for considering
Henlev's bill to forfeit the Southern IV
rifle land grant, and Thursday for the for
feiture of the Atlantic ; Pacific land
grant, involving tliirtv million acres
Henlev has not consulted with the repul
licans, and it is not known how they w ill
vote on this nor on the grant to the C ah'
lornia & Oregon road.
CtkntrttH Awarded.
Washington, Jan. 15. The contract
for supplying the navy with 125,000 yards
of blankets and flannel is awarded to the
California woolen mills, Thev made the
lowest bid.
I'll Anti-Cuinm Hill.
Washington, Jan. 15. It is believed
tlrat Morrow's "anti-Chinese bill will be
favorably reported to the house.
The lolphiu Accepted.
Wakiuxotos, Jan. .15. The assignee
of ltoach, and Secretary Whitney have
made an agreement to accept the Dolphin
since the trial, without litigation. Home
details need to be perfected, hut they will
not cost more than $500.
PnMed the lioufte.
Wakiusuton, Jan. 15. After a couple
of attempts to recommit and amend the
presidential succession bill, it passed,
yeas, WA, nays, 77, precisely as it came
from the senate. The negative vote was
cast by republicans, and by Bennett and
Green, of New Jersey. Among the re
publicans who voted with the democrat
in the affirmative were Herman and
Markham.
Hirer mid Hwi'lxtr Appropriation.
Washington, Jan. 111. The rivers and
harbors committee met this morning and
decided on appropriations of about
twelve millions lor various purposes.
Preuiiier-n After a foatma.ter.
Bai.timokk, Jan. bi. The preachers
here are protesting against the action of
jiostmaster Veasy for the Sunday mail
delivery, and have written Vilas. Veasy
says if the people want the Sunday de
livery they will get it.
The Morgan Pii-tiirff Sule.
Nkw York, Jan. 15. E.-( iovernor
Morgan's noted collection of 152 pictures
was sold last night for eighty thousand
dollars. The highest price paid was seven
thousand for Jules Bret-hen's "Brittany
Washerwomen."
lIiltitlltK for TrettMUi-e.
Aliiasy, Jan. 15. A dispatch to the
8un says that John Roliert Swift, who
with others, roblied a bank, hid $16,000
in a cave in the llelderberg mountains,
has caused the entire country to be search
cd. There is great excitement.
Sudden DeUj.
Washington, Jan. 18. Miss Kate Bay
ard, oldest daughter of the secrrelary of
state, died from heart disease some time
luring Saturday morning. The young
lady retired about 1 o'clock, expressing
her w ish to be left undisturbed until noon.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock in tlie afternoon
her siter endeavored to awaken her, and,
struck by the peculiar expression of her
lace, called for assistance, as soon as
the family recovered from the consterna
tion into which it had been thrown, phy
sicians wi re summoned and powerful re
storatives, including electricity, were ap
plied, but in vain. The physicians ex
pensed their opinion that .uiss i.ayarn
iad lieen dead several hours when the
attenmt was made to awaken her. .Miss
Harare! lull accept eu an invnauoii u .in
sist Miss Cleveland at her reception at
the White house, and her presence was
awaited when the messenger lieanng
news of the sad discovery arrived, the
reception was immediately suspended.
Maude Joaquin in DUlrew.
Chicago, Jan. 17. Last Thursday a
young woman, apparently alxmt - i years
of iiL'e. called at the oflice of the Elder
Publishing company, and asked for the
editor of the literary Life. Mr.. Elder,
the publisher, answered in the absence of
the editor, and to turn sne presented man
uscript, which she wished to sell. Mie
told a touching story of how she had left
New York with a dramatic company,
hoping to secure a place in the profession
and earn her own supjiort; how the
company went to pieces finally, and how
she at hist found herself alone and pen
niless in ChieaL'O. The irirl bore evi
dence of education and culture. She
concluded her story by saying that her
name was Maude Miller, and that she
was a daughter of the poet Joaquin Mill
er. Mr. Elder mij ..'.i-xl Miss Miller with
inotiev and introduced her to several
kind-hearted ladies, by whom she was
cared for until last night, when she was
put. aboard a New York train, comfort
ably equipped for the journey.
Attempted Awsaittiiiiation.
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 15. There was
much excitement here at 11 o'clock this
morning. Joe Ioesch, a saloon-keeper,
met Library Judge J. B. Livingstone, at
the county court, and snapped a revolver
twice at h'is head with the attempt to
assassinate him. After a desperate en
counter the judge disarmed Poeseh and
arrested him. ' He vows that he will yet
kill him. The judge withheld his saloon
license.
llMUKlni: the (.11 aid.
Nt.rt Yoiik, Jan. l(i. The military now
guarding Grant's tomb will to-morrow
give plnre t.i a platoon of jwlice.
l.w-Otlt.
Nkw Yokk, Jan. 10. There was a gen
eral lock-out of cigar-makers on Wednes
day, and 70tM are out of employment
Sell His Wife.
Akkox, Jan. 18. Newel! St ratton, while
intoxicated, gave a bill of sale of
his wife to James Butt, fur 5 cents, and
afterwards wanted her back, but she
wouldn't return. Yesterday Alfred Webb,
of Hornellsvilie, a new claimant, had
Baft arrested w hile leaving here. A very
complicated case.
MiteheU'i. m-n Hill.
Washisoton, Jan. 18. Senator Mitch
ell will this afternoon introduce a bill in
the senate to on-n a part of the Suet,
reservation for settlement.
Fraudulent ICntriei. uticelrd.
Washington, Jan. 16. Since January
1st commissioner Sparks has canceled
7,800 fraudulent pre-emption timber-culture
entries and 101 filings. This action
restored about U8,000 acres.
CtiliM-Ke Highbinder in St. LouIm.
St. Lous, Jan. 18. An immense
crowd, the largest the criminal court in
this city has ever seen, was present in
that court this morning, to witness the
ojiening of the trial of Chinese highbind
ers. Chinese inhabitants of the city
were present in large numbers, the 0
posing factions of Hong Kongites and
Cantonese occupying positions on oppo
site sides of the room. The morning ses
sion was occupied by formal opening pro
ceedings and wrangling of opposing coun
sel over some technicalities of law. Ke
cess was taken at 1 o'clock-till 2 ::0 p. m.,
when it is expected the taking of testi
mony w ill be liegun.
JjenW'H leiiert.ioli.
Nkw YuhK, Jan. 111. Mrs. Frank Les
lie said the alleged neglect of Maud Mil
ler by Joaquin Miller was false. This is
a piece of malicious business. 1 see two
sides to eveiything, she is a married wo
man and it is her husband's place to pro
vide for her. Notwithstanding this the
poet has many times remitted her money.
Hot ill tlur .ol!ur.
Wa-ii'-omi.v, Jan. l!i. Jneoiiversation
with a republican senator yesterday the
president said he would not tell why he
removed men from office and deemed it
an effort to usurp the privilege that be
longed to the executive alone aud the re
quest, in every instance, would lie denied.
A New 1.1 lie of 8t.'UUiei.
Nkw Yohk, Jan. 10. Sir John A.
McDonald says he met with much en
couragement in England for a line of
steamers between Coal llar'oorand China
and Japan, but the uncertain state of the
ministry makes it impossible to make
positive assertions.
PACIFIC COAST.
News lv Telesriaiili from
West of the Rockies.
A Scene In Court.
s Francisco, Jan. l:i. tieorge AV.
Tyler, leading counsel for plaintiff in the
Sharon case, was one of the principal
actors in a highly dramatic scene in the
chambers of Judge Murphy. A dispute
arose over the matter of paying a tran
script in the cases of Mrs. Weilo and J.
Brown, who were recently sentenced to
SanQnentin for complicity in obtaining
a fraudulent affidavit in the Sharon di
vorce case. There bad previously been a
bitter feeling between Tyler and Joseph
Ellis, a clerk in the district attorney's of
fice, who was the person with whom the
dispute arose.
A trivial controversy soon led to hot
words, and Ellis, w ho w as always looked
uiion as a quiet and peacefully disposed
man, was so abused by Tyler that he was
carried awav by his anger, and suggested
that it would not lie long before Tyler
would be keeping company with Brown
and Mrs. Weile at San Ouentin. In an
instant Tyler jumped up and thrust his
right hand beneath bis coat tails, in the
region of his pistol pocket. But liefore
his hand reappeared Ellis had a pistol at
lyler s breast and said:
"lrop that, you d ! you
Make another move and 111 kill you
riL-ht here."
The world will probably never be quite
sure wdiat Tyler's original intention was,
for as soon as the point of Ellis's pistol
flashed across las vision he felt tack on
his legal intrenchments, in the shape of
Judge Murphy, who was present. Judge
Murphy suggested that the proceeding
would better be adjourned until next Sat
urday, and so ordered. Judge Tyler left
the chamber, and Joe Ellis's pistol once
more reposed in the shade of his coat
tail. Killed by n Srout.
Sax Francisco, Jan. 13. Call's Tomb
stone, Arizona, special : Frank Leslie,
government scout, who has been accom
panying Captain Crawford's command,
has "arrived here, and reports having en
countered, near Mud springs, two couri
ers of the tenth cavalry, who informed
him that trouble had occurred between
an Indian scout and the quartermaster at
Cave creek, 25 miles south of Bowie. The
scout complained of the quantity of bread
issued him by the quartermaster. Alter
some hard words be went to his camp,
returned with, a rifle, and shot the quar
termaster and the quartermaster's ser
geant dead. The ofiicer in chargj forbade
his soldiers firing on the Indian, as he
wanted to take him alive, but the scout
escaped.
Yoiftil Hi;lileiK.
Walla Walla, Jan. 13. At Dayton
yesterday, Guy Dodge and Oscar Rape,
school boys, aged 10, quarrelled over a
game on the school grounds, and fought.
Young 1 Vjdge drew a pocket knife and
struck Kape under tlie left shoulder, the
blade penetrated the lung and inflicted a
dangerous wound. Dodge has been ar
rested. The Oreou and C ulitoniin Koiut.
Sax Francisco, Jan. 14. Nearly l,t)00
men are at w ork again on the Oregon and
('.railroad lietweeii Ashland and lelta.
The work is very rough and rocky, and it
is estimated the first i..y miles above
Delta will cost 2CTCJ,0tMJ a mile. Ten
more tunnels will have to be built, and if
the road is completed in short of two
years, engineer Hood says it must em
ploy 4.0'JO men steadily.
A Kouiantiv Life.
San Francisco, Jan. 15. A rather
poorly dressed but intelligent looking
young woman, giving her name as
Oeorgie Estella Rodehaver, was taken to
the ciiy prison last night by ofiicer Aiken,
who found her near one of the public
squares, being annoyed by a crowd of
hoodlums. On the approach of the ofii
cer the hoodlums rled and the girl accom
panied the ofiicer to the city prison, as
she had no home. At the prison she told
quite a romantic history of herself. She
stated that she was about twenty years
of age and was born in Washington ter
ritory. Her father died w hen she was an
infant, and before she was six years of
age her mother was laid away iu the
graveyard. A few days after the burial
of her mother she was stolen from the
home of a friend by a band of Chinook
Indians, and carried away by tliem to
camp.
She remained with the "noble red
men" six years, and asserts that her life
was much happier with than since she
has reached civilization, iht: Indians
treated her kindly and she was content
to remain with tliem, but. iheir .U",-ng
love for "fire water'' was the cause of
their separation.
One day she was oil' on a trip with .sev
eral of them, mid on tiie rxid tl.t-y met a
white woman, who to quite a fauey to
her. The Ciiiiv-oks were dying lor a
taste of their favorite liquor, and when
the woman oU'ered to give them a bottle
of whii-ky for their war: they readily ac
cepted the proposition. The woman took
her to Seattle, but she did not remain
with her long. She bad acquired n taste
for roaming when with the Indians, and
she was not content to remain with the
woman.
She came to this state aboul six years
ago, and says that the greater part- of
that time she has been living in the So
noma valiey. She came to the city a few
months ago, and was working with a
family at the Mission until three days
ago. She apieared to be glad to accept
fhe shelter of the prison, and the author
ities will to-tlav call her case to the at
tention of some of the charitable socie
ties. Congratulations.
San Francisco, Jan. 15. Tho Chron
icle has a long editorial congratulating
the people of Oregon and Washington on
the forfeiture of 2,500,000 acres of the
grant of the Northern Pacific between
Portland and Tacoraa. worth $25,000,000.
It says though Harris will bo hysterical,
it will avail nothing. Secretary Lamar
will probably sustain the decision, and
the road must make restitution to settlers
and the Government.
That Marrian Contract.
San Francisco, Jan. 15. According to
the decree of Judges Doady and Sawyer,
the alleged marriage contract of the late
Senator Sharon to Sarah Althea Hill was
surrendered bv the clerk of the court to
day, and duly stamiied illegal and fraud
ulent, llerselt and mentis are forbidden
in any way in tho legal future to refer to
her as the wife of Sharon.
Truekee Kxcliiflinfr tlie Chinese.
Tri ck ee, Jan. 17. Every iadividual
and firm in Truekee have discharged their
Chinese laborers, and rescinded wood
contracts, except Sisson, Crocker & Co
and another firm. It was resolved by
the largest anti-Chinese meeting yet held
in Truekee to boycott these parties, and
boycott all who uo not boycott ttiem
Ninety-eight Chinamen have left Truekee
in the" past thirty davs, on the westbound
overland, and as many more on other
trains. Laborers congregated in town all
day, expecting; incendiarism, but no vio
lence is anticipated. A safety committee
have taken full precaution against an out
break.
Xot Worth Saving.
Sax Francisco, Jan. 14. Auguste
Rosa was killed yesterday by the Oak
land train. He could have escaped, but
the train was not stopped, and in at
tempting to save his worthless dog, was
killed.
Fire at Seattle,
Seattle, Jan. 18. A saloon and danc
ing hall at Lake Unidn, kept by Peter
Bauman, was destroyed by fire this af
ternoon. Loss, $2000; no insurance. The
cause of the lire is unknown.
Seizure of Opium.
Port Townshnp, J a;;. 13. The cutter
Wak-ott is just in from Alaska with 3100
pounds of seized opium that hail been
cached from the Idaho, this is the big
gest haul yet. It is worth $45,000.
Loaded Again.
Port Townsend, Jan. 19. Chas. Hall
a 10-year-old son of Capt. Hall, formerly
of the barketnine Skagit, accidentally shot
himself in the arm, near Port Ludlow on
Monday, bv drawing his shot-gun aft
him over a log. His arm was shattered
above the wrist, lie was brought to this
place for medical treatment, but in spite
of all efforts diek this morning, from loss
of blood and exposure, caused by the dis
tance he had to travel aft-r the accident
KASTKH.N.
Singular Jreinoiti.:n.
Hartford, Con., Jan. 10. A most
singular premonition of death was that oi
Daniel G. Sperry, a prominent citizen and
son of Coroner Sperry. He bought a
coffin and announced his death, and act
ually died yesterday.
IMk Tongue Removed.
Nkw Yohk, Jan. 19. A negro here has
recently had his tongue removed for can
cer. The wound lias healed and he can
talk nearly as well as usual. The cure is
disbelieved to be permanent.
Hill's Slide.
Albany, Jan. li). The Ridgeway lob
bogan slide waj formally opened by Gov
ernor Hill. It took several seconds to
slide eight hundred and fifty feet.
DiHaKtroilM Snow Slide.
Ih:N'vi-:n, Jan. ID. Aspen sjiecial to the
-News: Snow lias been falling continu
ously for three days, and is now almost
three feet deep. This afternoon, as the
4 o'clock shift was waiting to go on at the
Aspen mine, the men heard a noise,
looked up, saw a snow slide coming down
Aspen mountain, and made a rush for
the dump, getting under it and thereby
saving their lives. The slide struck the
shaft and engine house, completely de
molishing them and killing J. Rose,
mine carpenter. The engine and boiler
were badly damaged, and the engineer
thrown under the boiler and buried un
der ten feet of snow. Afterwards lie was
recovered alive. John Ieonard, one of the
owner.-: 0f the ( 'onnemara mine, and sev
eral miners near the shaft house, mirac
ulously eseapc-1 with a few bruises.
At o o'cloi-k the tire hell announced
! the nceimvin.-e of another slide on Wash
ington niuiiiiiaio.. Investigation revealed
tin. -fact that two ore drivers, mules and
wagons, wire buried in fifteen feet of
snow near ll'.i- Aeir-.tisiiioii mine.
Seven men. who staned from here this
morning for Marson pass, to return at
noon, have not yet been heard from, and
are suppo.-ed tu be buried under a third
slide repnKeU in the pass about noon.
Another slide occurred near the Camp
lhrd mine to-day, but no damage is re
ported. All the avalanches followed the
track of the unc three years ago, that
killed live men at the Yallejo mine.
In cases of excessive mental labor there
is nothing so good totake as Dr. Henley's
Celeiy, Beef and Iron. 1m
FOREIGN.
tecord of News from Over
the Atlantic.
Irishmen DeHperate
Dcni.w, Jan. 14. The state of desper
ation into which many oi the Irish la
boring population have been thrown by
long continued privations was illustrated
by an occurrence at Linsmore, County
Wexford. The board oi guardians of the
Linsmore poor-law union was holding its
weekly meeting, when a crowd of labor
ers burst into the room, and in threaten
ing language demanded assistance for
themselves and their families. Thev im
mediately threatened that unless help
was forthcoming soon they would plun
der tho neighborhood farms in order to
obtain the means of subsistence.
Out of Prison.
London, Jan. 17. Editor Stead will be
released to-morrow, and will be re
ceived with honor at a meeting of his
friends and sympathizers. Subscriptions
for his benefit have declined to almost
nothing. The purity of the agitation is
visibly weakening.
Looking for. Aid.
London, Jan. 18. One hundred fam
ine-stricken families of Irish fishermen
at Achilla and Inmsboffin are almost
driven to the poor house. They are look
ing expectantly for aid from America.
LOXGSTREET RODE BACK TO CAMP.
General Longstreet tells the following
story: "On one occasion certain of the
confederate leaders were discussing the
matter of putting the negroes into the
army. I was against the policy, but
those above me sent me over to Aleck
Stephens with instructions to try to con
vert him to the policy of putting the
negroe3 in. I rode over to camp to where
Mr. Stephens was, and after a short con
versation brought up the subject I was
sent to speak with liim on. No sooner
had I done so than he hopped up and
made me a speech of over an hour's
length. You can imagine my feelings
w nen he concluded anci sac down we
talked of other matters for a while, and
then I casually mentioned the negroes
aeain. Cp jumped little Aleck, and
made me another speech of an hour or
so's length. I, a lone auditor, sat it
through.' He finished, sat down, and we
had a short conversation on some other
topic. A third time I ventured to speak
of the negroes, and up hopped the great
commander and made me another
speech. When he sat down I stole
glance at my watch. It was 2 o'clock in
the morning. I bade Mr. Stephens good
night and rode back to camp. I reported
that I was perfectly willing to go on with
the war, but if anybody wanted Aleck
Stephens argued into anything they'd
nave to send some one else not me
NEWSPAPER POINTS.
The maiden cov,
With pretty lip,
Could not exist
Without the Whip.
St. Louis Whip.
No more the maid
Who"Tolu" chews,
Could rest serene
Without tho Nev-'S.
Hot Springs News.
Nor yet the wife,
To us so dear,
Keeps house without
The Mountaineer.
Gorham Mountaineer.
Nor the pretty sister,
The village lielle,
Be happy without
The Sentinel.
Franklin Sentinel.
Some maidens part
With pa and ma,
But never with
The Morning Star.
Providence Star.
But for the news she always buys a
New York Commercial Advertiser.
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
And every fair maiden keeps by her
The favorite and famous Fnipiirer.
That prints all the news,
And stale topics eschews,
And gratifies every desire.
Cincinnati EnrpMuvr.
The shyest maid is ne'er afraid
Her lover's eyes will read her
Secrets sweet ere at her feet
lie humbly falls to plead her
Hand and heart, for every art
She needs is in the Leader.
Cleveland Leader.
But when she wantstospend lier"tin,
She reads the ads in the bulletin.
S. F. Bulletin.
hit,
if Oregon's
people want a real
they'll find, is the
good paper,
The Statesman,
proper caper
T)1K Jl'G TRADE IN OEOIfGIA.
The jug trade this year is enormous.
One house, Read, O'Connor A Bailey,
yesterday sent out by express over -00
jugs, and on the previous day took in
over ir'-'.OOO in silver for jug trade. It re
quired the efforts of two burly negroes to
carry this much silver to the bank.
Whack bailey is the biggeit little mini in
town, and as happy as a lord. August
i(Ga.) News.
HOW TO UTILIZE TRAMPS.
Instead of writing philosophy like Iferr
Mueller, our new consul-general at Frank-fort-on-the-Main,
Consul- ieneral Raine,
at Berlin, has sent to the slate deport
ment an annual report which is full of in
terest. One item alone is worth volumes
of the German gentleman's abstractions.
It relates to the utilization of tramps in
colonization. Wo quote the paragraph :
"Three or four years airo several hun
dred thousand tramps infested Germany,
and drew from the people many millions
annually bestowed in charily. " A clergy
man nrst suggested ttio plan of colonizing
these iieople, and with the aid of men of
wealth secured tracts of waste or partly
cultivated land in Westphalia, where he
organized a 'workingmen's colony.' Lo
cal committees were everywhere formed
to counsel the withholding of alms and
tbo bestowal of an equivalent sum to the
new colonial enterprise. The plan work
ed well and tramps were compelled to
emigrate to tne colony in largo numbers.
There they were washed, provided with
clothing and furnished with employment
as iarm laporers. uradualiy, in tlie pro
gress of colonisation, they found work' at
their respective trades arid many of them
became useful members of society. The
rest found their way to the workhouses.
me emperor and many influential men.
of the empire took a deep interest in the
matter, and at present such colonies are
established in all the colonies and states
of Germany."
Consul General Raine deserves the
thanks of the community for embodying
this piece of useful information in his re
port. It is information which, if taken
into consideration by our city and state
authorities and acted upon, would relieve
the whole country from the terrible in
cubus of trampism, which has really
grown into a system of organized robbery
and other crime. Those tramps w ho are
really deserving of assistance would not
object to being placed in the way of mak
ing an nonest livelihood and regaining a
position among their fellows. We trust
that Consul-General Raino's report will
bear fruit. N. Y. Telegraph.
EMBRACED THE OPPORTUNITY.
The Rev. E. G. Gange, speaking at
Bristol the other night, said that in his
early career he was earnestly requested
by a deacon to visit a member of the con
gregation who was very ill, and it was
suggested that he should ca at 11 o'clock
in the morning. He did so, and found
the poor woman very much better, but
greatly put out at his visit, as she had
her hair in curl papers, and her sleevea
tucked up to her elbows, and was doing a
bit of household sweeping and dusting.
He begged her not to mind him, as he
was used to that sort of thing. He would
have a short prayer he would not be
long. He selected a chair and knelt
down, she selected another, and he be
gan the prayer. He heard a door open
once, h.' heard it open a second time. He
concluded an earnest Jprayer on the poor
woman's behalf; and, on looking round
lo ! a perfect transformation. While he
was praying she had slipped up to her
bed room, washed her hands and face,
curled her hair, changed her attire, and
there she was in her very best silk, fit
tingly prepared to receive company,
while he had been praying among the
empty chairs. Bristol Mercury.
PRESENCE" OF MIND.
Miss Belle Franklin, a young school
mistress of McIIenry county, is the hero
ine of the Missouri slope. Miss Franklin
was sleeping in a shack which she had
built upon her claim, when ehe was
awakened by the crackling noise of the
prairie fire. Lookingout across the plain,
she saw the dancing flames skimming
across the prairie. The brave girl knew
that her neighbors, living half a mile
distant, were not at home, and the fire
would soon envelop the house, barn, hay
and grain. Jumping from her bed, she
hurried away to tlie low, log barn in
which the farmer's extra team was tied.
Harnessing the animals, she rushed
them out to the plow, and before the fire
had reached the premises she had turned
several furrows, and formed a fire break
which saved the property. What a sub
ject for an artist! Bismarck (1. T.)
Tribune.
A FINNY INAUGURATION.
Gov. Hill riding to is inauguration
in an open carriage drawn by "four gayly
caparisoned horses," and escorted by 5,
000 play soldiers, did his best to make
an imposing spectacle. A man big
enough to be governor of tho Kmpiro
state, would not need any such help to
attract attention to his accession to the
office.
The governor's roll-call of the illustri
ous names that honored the oflico before
he began to rattle around it was quite ob
viously done to celebrate himself for get
ting into such company.
Altogether the inauguration was nearly
as funny as the performance of the
"Mikado." Host on Record .
A IHKIN'U POLITICIAN.
A little girl had been given some verses
to commit to memory by her Sunday
school teacher. She told her mother
about it on returning home, and said
they were the lirst three verses of a
chapter in St. John. Her little brother,
who was in the room, at once exclaimed,
with a thump of his list on the table;
"Papa, don't let. her learn them! That's
the man who Ix-at lilaine!" Bridgeport
Standard.