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VOLUME XXXIII. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1877. NUMBER 1665.

JOB,hlcts, Posters, Handbills, Circulars, Cards,

if Tickets, Labels, Blanks, Bill-Heads and other' t i e s of Plain and Fancy Job Print ing executed"th promptness, and in the best possible style.

DIRECTORY., M. i)# > Physician and

) Surgeon. Office aud residence, 71 Huron street,J Arbor. Office hours from 8 to 9 a. m. aud from

rpRS. SOPHIA VOIXANI), M. D., Physi-Vl ciau and Surgeon. Office at residence, 44 Ann

^ t WiM attend to all professional calls prompt-ly, day or night.

K. M c l ' A K L » K D , Surgical and Mechan-ical Dentist, corner of Main and Huron

p K . 7 "to 8:30 p . n>.

H. JACKSON, Dentist. Office corner of, Slain and Washington streets, over Bach h

lieisstore, Ann Arbor, Mich. Anesthetics admin-istered if required.

f INES & W O B D E N , 20 South Main street,Ann Arbor, Mich., wholesale and retail deal-

rs in Dry Goods, Carpets and Groceries.ersWD

[ACK & S C H M I D , dea lers in D r y Goods,Groceries, Crockery, e tc . , N o . 54 Sou th Main

street.

BACH & A 1 5 E L , dea le r s i n D r y Goods , G ro -ceries, etc., No . 26 S o u t h M a i n s t r ee t , A n n

Arbor, Mich.

f~~~~M/\VAGNKK, dea le r in B e a d y - M a d e Cloth-ing, Cloths, CaBBimeres, Ves t i ugs , T r u n k s ,

]irpetBags, etc., 21 S o u t h Main s t r e e t .

C^^CHAKBERLE, Teacher of the Piano-forte.t pupils attain the desired skill in piano-play-

•nj bv a systematic course of instruction. Forterms."apply at residence, No. 12 W, Liberty street,innArtKtf- Prompt attention paid to piano-tuning.

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES.

AGED ONE.Good time, I Buppose.PerhapB not—who fcnows!

AGED TWO.Very misty—can't rememberWhat took place in that December,

AGED THBEE.A dreamy vision through the fogOf a rag doll and a woolly dog.

AGED FIVE.Christmas trees and mince piea,Less fog and clearer skies.

AGED SEVEN.

Dancing-pumps and flowing curls,Incipient hops with baby-girls.

AGED TEN.After the holidays going to school—Awfully jolly—no more home rule.

AGED FOUBTEEN.

Home for the holiday s with the trackOf foreign rule upon my back.

AGED SEVENTEEN.No more Bchool! Oh, happy day,A codege man has his own way,

AGED NINKTKEN.

Fifth vacation this half year.Came home to be domesticated ;

Doctors ordered country air,And therefore I was "rusticated."

AGED TWENTY-THREE.

Palm trees and tropic glades,Coral reefs and dusky maide.

AGED TWENTY-FIVK.

Orange blossom and misty veils—Shot by the arrow that never fails.

AGED THIBTY.Steady now; settled at last,"Work for the future—dream of the past.

AGED FORTY.

Wife and children 'round the hearthSweeten life and cheer the path.

AGED FIFTY.Losing hair, alas! alas !Begin to think " all flesh is grass."

AGED SIXTY.Bald and grizzled now, but stillG' 'ding smoothly down the hill.

AGED SEVENTY.Wear the bottom of the slope,

Near the gr im old riverThat takes ea<:h worn-out gitt of life

And bears it to the Giver.

*ctT B. ELY, Organist at the PresbyterianW t Church, will give instruction upon thePiano or Organ, or in vocal culture and harmony.Lessons given at pupils ' residence. Terms, $15 perourseof 20 lessons. Pianos tuned and repaired.Calloraddress 15 Bowery street. 1620yl

MISS MANTLE M. MILNER,

TEACHER OF THE PIANO.

Instruction given at the res idence of t he p u p i l ifdefired.For termB inquire at residence, No. 48 South State

EUGENE K. F R U E A U F F ,

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AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

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NOAH W. CHEEVEB,

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Arbor, Mich.

JOHN L. BURLEIGH,

ttorney and Counselor at Law,

No. 24 Bank Block, second floor,

DOLPHIN'S HOLIDAY STOHYj

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.

HENRY R. HILL,A T T O R N E Y A T L A W ,

And Dea le r in R e a l E s t a t e .

Office, No 3 ODera House Block, ANN ARBOR.

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PICTURES, FRAMES AND BRACKETS,

VIOLINS AND GUITARS.

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No. 30 East Huron Street.

J. H. NICKELS,Dealer in

FRESH & SALT MEATS,Hams, Sausages, Lard, e tc . ,

STATE STREET, OPPOSITE NORTHWEST COR-NER OF UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

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SAVINGS BANKAnn Arbor, Michigan.

Beceives deposits of One Dollar and upwards andlUows Five per cent, interest on all deposits re-maining three months or longer.

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This Bank is organized under the General Ban'ng Law of this State. The stockholders are indi-"lunlly liable to the amount of their stock, andIke whole capital U security for depositors, weli,*ita Banks of issue the capital is invested for the"rarity of bill-holders. This fact makes this I n -stitution a very safe deposit of moneys.

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C. E. HISCOCK, Cashier.

EBERBACH & SON,

insists a i Pharmacists,12 South Main St.,

^ l a on hand a large and well selected stock of

DRUGS,MEDICINES,

CHEMICALS,DYE STUFFS,

ARTISTS' & WAX FLOWER MATERIALSToilet Articles, Trusses, t t c .

% WINES AND LIQUORS.•fW»l attention ra id to the furni«hing of Phy-

Bejnists, Schools, etc., with Philosophicalr J i 5 r»if4l A.pjMWutmi, Bob9mi*ti Chemical

., ****> P8fS«l»io W»re, Pure Eeajentie*rtftji!y

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" I tell you, Burt, this business mustbe done to-night. Ain't I master of theshow ? Blanae me if I'll stand the non-sense of this darnation Britisher anylonger!"

" And I'll try my luck with his littleEnglish beauty at the same time," Iheard McDougall add to himself as hecrossed the stage and followed Burt outof the hall.

What could he mean ?Perhaps 1 mightn't have been too

straight-Liced. I had been too long inthe profession for that. But the darkallusion to the bright little lady of ourcompany at once filled me with suspi-cion. Maybe you've seen the sea-lion atthe "Zoo," swaying himself right andleft in anxious expectation of catching apalatable whiting from his keeper ?Well, my anxiety impelled me to springhalf out of my tub, to sway to and fro ina similar fashion, and to send a quickglance through the stage-door at the re-treating figures of McDougall and Burt.

I could see the snow lay thick on theground, and it was yet snowing. Andacross the lane I could just make outAbram Lake standing at the open doorof his friend's shanty. Then the stage-door was slammed fast, and I shouldhave been in complete darkness had nota faint light from a window opposite merelieved the gloom somewhat.

The sight of Abram Lake reassuredme a bit. Somehow or other I had cometo think he was well-inclined toward myfavorite manager, Mr. Martin, and hisyoung and pretty wife.

Who could help being won indeed byBessie Martin? I couldn't, for one.There was such a tender, trustful lookin her laughing blue eyes that one wascompelled to surrender at discretion.She was frank to the verge of flirting,I now and then thought, when otherswere favored by her smiles and sweetspeeches. And I sometimes felt an un-comfortable feeling come over me whenMartin, poor man! bewildered overhead and ears with hard work, seemedto neglect his fairy of a wife, and gaveMcDougall more opportunities than wasprudent of being in Bessie's company.

McDougall, it could not be denied,was a good-looking, well-dressed man.Whether his attentions were agreeableto Bessie or whether she cheerfully en-dured them for politic reasons I couldn'tquite make out. He used generally tobe close handy when she—our one mu-sician—deftly plied her busy fingers anddrew the sweetest music possible fromour rather-crazy piano, while I wentthrough the tricks which used to drawhundreds every night to see the " per-forming dolphin" at Henryburgh. Hewould turn over the pages of her music-book, and, bending low, would alwaysbe whispering something in her ear.Had he been all the time leading up tothe outrage which he might even now beattempting ?

Were the differences that had existedbetween McDougall and Martinthroughout our tour in the States on thepoint of being settled by violence ?Martin had my heartiest sympathy.Still, it was impossible for me todo aught but wait and be on the alertfor whatever might happen.

Faintly, as a distant chime, the merrytinkling of the sleigh-bells stole now andagain into the silent hall, and told methe good folk of Henryburgh weraspeeding home from their bracing rideover the snow. Then all was quiet, tillI heard the sound of footsteps in thelane, and the murmur of voices.

My heart almost ceased to beat, soanxiously was I listening. But for hoursall was silenc.e. Twelve o'clock, 1o'clock chimed. The moonlight atlength gleamed through the window,lighting up my little platform and thecannon which surmounted it, and whichit was my crowning duty to fire as thefinale of my performance of a night.

Two o'clock had not long struck whenI heard a rustling noise outside, andsoon after saw a black object appear atthe window.

It was the face of Burt. Evidentlythe " business" was about to be attempt-ed by McDougall's tool.

I instinctively leapt out on the stage.Simultaneously the window was raisedby Burt, and he thrust his head in.

My mind was instantly made up. Iwas convinced that this burglarious vis-itation boded no good to Martin; and itflashed upon me there was only onemeans of awakening Martin's friendAbram Lake.

An inclined plank led up to my can-non. Up this I wobbled as Burt hadalmost entered the window. Quick asthought I snapped at the string with myteeth and gave a smart pull. The usualflash and report followed. And, look-ing up, I had the satisfaction of seeingBurt, his face white with the scare,hastily withdraw his body through thewindow, and disappear rather more sud-denly than he came.

The Btage door v u opened a>

later. Happily my ruse had succeededBy the light of the lantern carried byone of the new arrivals I recognized Mr.Martin and Abram Lake.

"Nothing's missing, Abram," sakMartin—I can see his tall, manly figureand pale, bearded face before me now—holding up his lantern and giving aquick glance round, till his eyes restedon mo with a kind of puzzled look,'' But what the dickens does Dolph upthere ?"

" Wai, I guess Master Dolph lies beenhaving a kinder rehearsal all to himself,and he's jest fired a volley, I bet, tcrouse us, the young varmint! Anyway,it's kinder freezing in this hyre place ,and I move we make tracks back to myfriend Jaker's stove."

" Not yet, Lake; depend upon it,Dolph's not done this without goodcause. Look! that window's openLet's reconnoiter outside! Down, Dolphdown, Bir !"

They were not absent long. The firstthing Martin did on his return was topat me on the head and hand me a sec-ond bountiful supply of fish when I wascomfortably installed in my tub, Lakethe meanwhile making it plain to me,from what he said to Mr. Martin, thatthey knew almost as much as I did as toMcDougall's designs, and as to the at-tempt that hau been made by Burt.

" Calculate," he said, "I ' l l jest havea shot at the durned thief if he tries hislittle game on again to-night. Duru mef thet warn't the cleverest performance

thet fish lies gone through ! It's clearthet the thief crept up the lane like acat—ain't we seen his trail in the snow ?—got up to thet window with a ladder,and was jest a going to sneak in whenDolph kinder scared him and roused usat the same time. I'll let all Henry-burgh know it before noon. And allthe week you'll hev crowded houses,Mister Markn."

"Ay, but you're reckoning withoutMcDougall. He has the audacity toclaim the show as his own. I may aswell toll you my position in a few words,Lake. Dolph was originully the proper-ty of my governor, Mr. Bailey, an En-glishman. I came across to the Statesas his manager, and found that Mr. Bai-ley had entered into partnership withthis scoundrel, McDougall, who pro-fessed to know all the ins and outs ofthe show business in this country.Bailey, being suddenly called back toEngland, left me as "manager, and by

| deed of attorney entitled me to receivehalf the profits of every exhibition onhis behalf. But no sooner had he sailedthan McDougall tried all he knew to getthe show entirely into his own hands.He used his own name in the bills andin the advertisements. Over and overagain he has tried to get possession ofthe treasury in full. Over and overagain I have only frustrated his tricksby virtue of a magistrate's order. Wehad a few words after the performanceto-night, and from the threats he letdrop I feel sure he will make an attemptto remove Dolph bodily before morning.Hence your aid is very •welcome, in-deed, Lake !"

"Wai, sir, I won't stop to tell younow what made me offer you the help ofAbram Lake. If you'll follow my ad-vice you'll jest come back along withme to Dick Jaker's over the way_. Weshell be warmer than we are hyar. Wewill leave the door ajar and ketch thedurned thief ef he tries it on again !"

So I was somewhat easier when theydeparted, for I knew keen ears wouldbe listening for Burt's return, and Ifelt I could have a quiet doze in safety.

I must have slept isome hours. Seveno'clock struck when I awoke. A littleafterward I heard a door slam in thelane, and a cheery " Good morning,Dolph," in Mr. Martin's familiar voice,stole in at the window, telling me hiswatch was at an end.

There could be nothing to fear, surely,now. It was daylight. The peoplewere out and about in the main street ofHenryburgh. The sleigh-bells wereringing—ringing in Christmas, mayhap,for that evening would be Christmaseve, and I don't mind confessing theanticipation of a good glass of Christmaspunch had something to do with mydozing off again—not for many minutes,though!

I awoke with a hazy notion that someone had broken into the hall. The nextmoment I was in complete darkness.Something had been thrown over mytub. In vain I attempted to thrust myhead through. The tub, enveloped inmatting, was lifted from the stage andborne out of the hall in spite of mystruggles to escape. There could be nodoubt I had at length fallen into thehands of the Philistines, and was beingcarried off bodily—whither I could notimagine.

* * * * * *We must have been fully two hours'

drive from Henryburgh when an oathescaped my driver. Beyond questionBurt w as my captor. He lashed hishorses into a mad gallop. The sleighseemed to fly over the snow. Was hepursued ? I listened intently, but couldhear nothing but the smack of Burt'swhip, and the thud-thud of the horses'hoofs and the whirring noise of thesleigh.

A shot! Fresh curses from Burt !Rescue seemed nigh; but, alas! ourspeed did but increase.

The flight and pursuit continued tillthe sleigh was brought to a suddenpause, and my heart gave a joyous leapwhen I recognized the voice of AbramLake.

"Look ye, hyar, stranger," saidAbram, in his ciuiet, resolute way, " ifye don't jest turn themhorses round andkim back to Henryburgh with me, I'llsend a bullet through your darnedhead ! Ye'd best be quick, now. Lookat this hyar warrant, and kim back withthet fish to Henryburgh 1"

" Check, McDougall!" I chuckled aswe shortly after returned to the hall,and Burt had the pleasure of restoringme to the stage before surrenderinghimself into the custody of the police.

But I was halloing before we wereont of the wood ! Mr. Martin presentlyentered with a face whiter than ever.It brightened up a little at the sight ofme.

"Bravo, Lake !" he said, " I have tothank you, and I do so with all myheart, for bringing Dolph safely back.If I could only get a satisfactory tele-gram from the goveraor in England allmight go well now."

" What telegram ?""Oh, I forgot. You started in pur-

suit before the summons against me wasissued. In answer to my charge againsthim for larceny McDougall accused meof perjury, and the confounded Mayorcommitted me, giving me the option ofpaying $2,000 bail or going to jail. Iwas only let off for an hour or two bydepositing all the ready cash I have,$800. If the answer to my telegramdoesn't come soon, Lake, I shall have togo to prison, and the eho^ will be in Mo-Pougall's hands."

"Worse! the villain may rob me ofsomething far dearer than mere meansof*living I" muttered Martin to himselfthrough his clenched teeth, unheard byany one save myself.

His fair little wife entered at that mo-ment, and the dingy hall seemed to meall sunshiny, and I confidently lookedup to see her glad smile reflected in hisface. But his face wijs stern and white.

Presently I heard her sweet voice ask-ing, "Whatever has happened, Will?"and I knew a little form was nestling upto him, and a pair of violet eyes werefondly questioning him.

Abram Lake had quietly slipped outinto the lane and loft them alone.

" Happened ?" came the passionate re-ply, as if the stricken man could bear histrials no longer. " Only this. All I havelived and toiled for is slipping from me.The woman I loved—"

"Will!""Yes, you! Don't think your love-

passages with McDougall have escapedmy notice. He is my worst enemy; yetthis morning I found you in earnest con-versation with him."

" Yes, Will," was the impetuous replyof the young wife; " i t was only thismorning the villain appeared in his truecolors. I confess I had taken his smil-ing face and attentions to mean merecourtesy. But he had the shameless-ness to insult me with a base proposalto-day, Will. I only stopped to givehim an indignant answer—indeed, thatwas all, Will, and then he hinted youwere in peril, Will. What did he mean?Do tell me, dearest. Confide in me !Would that you had confided in me be-fore ! Then I should never, never havepermitted the man to remain in my com-pany a minute !"

Can this be true?" was the doubtfulresponse. "Where were you, then,when I returned home this morning?"

" Whar I" was the loud, bluff answerthat called their attention to the gauntform of Abram Lake, who had hastilyentered holding a letter in his hand.' Why, the dear lady—the kindest sis-ter of mercy that ever breathed on thishyar airth —was nursing my sick wife,Mr. Martin, and, thank God, she hasbrought her round. Guess I shouldn'thev gone heart and soul, man, into yeriroubles—guess I shouldn't have rodeill I was fit to drop from the saddle, ift hadn't been for that little angel;hyar."

"My darling, forgive mo!" was theoftened appeal of the strong man, as he:lasped the little loving woman to hisleart, adding, with a kind of sobbingaugh, "Confound that Dolph! He'siplashed some water in my eyes."

" Forgive me, Bessie!" he repeated, ini tremulous whisper. "The truth is, Iiave been utterly worn out in mind andiody by the treachery of that cursedVIcDougall, and I didn't like to burdenou with my troubles, darling.""But you haven't told me of the peril

ou were in, Will," was the anxious ap-eal, after the kiss of forgiveness had>een given.

"Guess this hyar telegraph will beyer best answer, sir," broke in Abram,as he handed the message to Mr. Mar-tin.

With a hopeful look on his worn facethe manager tore open the envelope andread:

Have placed $4,000 to your credit. Draw atonce ou Goodwin & Co., of Henry burgh. Willcome myself by next steamer. Keep McDou-gall out of the show till 1 come.

" Thank Heaven ! We're well clearof this McDougall at last, Bessie. I'min no peril now, dearest. Abram, I'llhave this telegram posted throughoutHenryburgh. We shall have the big-gest house the town has ever seen. Andyou and my wife and Dolph shall spenda true English Christmas eve together!"—London Dramatic News.

The finest Clmrch in America.The great Catholic cathedral on Fifth

avenue, which has now been nearlytwenty years in building, promises soonto be completed. The building has beenrepeatedly delayed by the absence offunds to carry on the necessary work,but it is calculated the requisite helpwill be forthcoming to accomplish theremainder of the design, which is pureGothic. The main exterior of the cathe-dral, the roof included, is already fin-ished, and all that remains to be builtup outside are the towers on the Fifthavenue front, the parapet around theside aisles, and the pinnacles connectedtherewith. The grading of the sur-rounding land will be the last piece oflabor, and that will not involve muchcost. Standing within the main aisle ofthe cathedral, the impression it gives isone of harmonious vastness. The greatclustering pillars, larger than those ofthrt Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris,have nothing like an appearance of bulkor heaviness as the pillars of NotreDame have. They do not seem in theleast to interfere with the view, and,though each section of a pillar weighseight tons, they look as light and grace-ful in the coup-d'onil as so many singleslender columns of about twelve inchesin diameter.

The whole interior at the present mo-ment is covered with scaffolding which,at the extreme elevation of the ceiling,resembles a spider's web, so great is theheight of the roof from the groundfloor. The plastering appears to havebeen almost entirely done, aDd the col-oring of 1h<j ceiling, intended to give itthe appearance of stone, was the onlywork going on in the afternoon of yes-terday. It has a triforium like NotreDame away near the spring of the roof,but it is hardly likely it will ever beused in these modern days for the samepurposes it was intended in the earlytime of Gothic ecclesiastical architect-ure. There will be at least ten sidechapels, and the main altar will have aspace around it, giving ample room forlarge and impressive effects in the mat-ter of decoration.

The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Mon-treal and the celebrated cathedral inMexico have hitherto put in rival claimsfor pre-eminence as ecclesiastical struct-ures on the continent of America ; but,though each in its way is vast and im-posing, neither can attempt to comparein beauty of material and design withthat on Fifth avenue.

The raising of this temple to the wor-ship of God has been, like most effortsin the same line of the Catholics in thiscountry, slow and painful, but bound,as it would seem, to be solid and suc-cessful. The money has come in in arather sluggish stream, but none theless surely, and the cathedral will inev-itably be finished and prove the greatestornament of the city.

The cathedral has so far cost about$1,500,000. A vast amount of brick-work has been done in its construction,but not a trace of it is visible to the eye.

The foundation-stone was laid by Arch-bishop Hughes, in the summer of 1858.The towers are at present raised 150 feetto the bage of the spires, which will as-oend 285 feet higher, —New York E***aid,

X TNOBLE MEMORIAL.

Stewart's Working-Woman's Hotel, inNew York

The great building founded by thelate Alexander T. Stewart, and providedfor in his will, known as the Working-Women's Hotel, is now so nearly com-pleted that the New York Times givesthe details of the structure and its inter-nal arrangements. The building is alittle more than 200 feet square, andseven stories in height. There are 502private rooms, of which 115 are double,and all of them are furnished in themost elaborate style. Each room isconnected by wires with the kitchen anddining-room, the janitor's and porter'srooms, as well as with the office. Thereare bath-rooms and water-closets onevery floor, accessible from each room,and every apartment will have its owngas and hot and cold water. The din-ing-room will have a capacity for 600persons at a time, and the parlor andreception-rooms will be very spaciousand elegant, each of them having a first-class piano. Tho library will be ar-ranged for the special comfort of theguests, will have 2,500 volames on itsshelves, and will contain a complete se-lection of newspapers and periodicalsadapted to women. It is also intendedto ornament all the public rooms withpaintings, and statuary, and other worksof art. The kitchen is to be a model inevery respect, and will be presided overby a French cook. Everything will bemarked down on the bills of fare at costprice, and the restaurant will not onlyfurnish meals to the regular boarders,but to all the working-women who wantto take food home. The hotel is sobuilt that every room in it has well-lighted windows and good ventilation.The inner square is laid out in mosaicwork, adorned with trees and flowers,and has a fountain in the center, and ne-gotiations are now making for the pur-chase of a large tract in the rear of thehotel to be laid out as a park for theuse of the guests. The building is asnearly fire-proof as it can be made, nowood being used except in the doorsand window-frames. The basementfloor is of stone, and the first, second,and third of marble, and between everysecond room there is a brick wall twen-

responding with our Santa Claus, to dis-tribute all the presents made by parentsand friends of the children. Disguisedby a mask, wearing an enormous flaxenbeard, clad in a long white robe, andshod in tall buskins, Knecht Ituperwent from house to house, was receivecby the parents with great ceremony,called for the children, and. after thestrictest investigation into their deserving, dispensed gifts accordingly. SantaClaus, we all kDow, deports himselfdifferently. When busiest he is invisi-ble, and generally he is amiable, forgiv-ing of the shortcomings to which child-humanity is liable, but now and thendoes not hesitate to leave a rod, in tokenof his estimate of some particularly un-ruly lass or ungovernable lad.

ALL SORTS.IOWA has thus far expended $1,250,000

on her State Capitol.A WOMAN in New Albany, Ind., has

been married eight times.THE total cost to the State of New

York of suppressing the railway riotswas $206,000.

FORTY-TWO days per year are deductedfor good conduct from the terms of Vir-ginia convicts.

IRISH people in Boston have the pastyear sent to their home friends, throughone office alone, $114,579.

SCHOOL savings banks, first intro-duced by Prof. Laurent in 1866, haveproved very successful in France.

WADE HAMPTON is soon to be marrieda beautiful and wealthy widow, prom-

inent as one of the leaders of Louis-ville society.

THE first foundry in Pittsburgh waserected in 1803. The first cannon madewest of the Alleghanies was cast in thisfoundry in 1811.

INDIAN custom makes the squaw prop-erty, as much as a pony or a blanket,and the right of the husband to kill hiswife is never disputed.

SENATOR DAVID DAVIS is said to beone of the most popular men in Con-gress. He is a teller of stories, and issought for dinner-parties.

MESSRS. FLOOD & O'BRIEN, the greatmine owners of Nevada, propose to send

even at the top of the seventh story, arethirty-six inches thick. Nothing seemsto have been left undone that will min-ister to the comfort and convenience ofthe guests. They will, for the low price of$5 per week, really have better accommo-dations, furniture, food, attendance, andentertainment than they could have inany first-clsss hotel in this country at $5per day. With regard to the internalmanagement, the Times says :

Any woman of good character will be accept-ed as a guest, but she must be a wotnau ofgood character. Each guest may have a singleroom, or two may take a double room togetherat double the price of a single room; or anyguest who chooses may occupy a double roomit she pays for it. The hotel will be well of-ficered and watched. Of course, the Superin-tendents will be women. The same social reg-ulations will prevail as prevail at all iirst-elasshotels. Like them, the management will re-tain the right to discriminate against objection-able boarders and vi«itors. There will beplenty of reception rooms for the entertain-ment of the guests' company, and the samerules will be enforced for the prevention ofdisagreeable occurrences in the hotel as areenforced at all first-class hotels, and the samestops taken for checking them. It is sufficientto say that the same social supervision will ob-tain in the Women's Hotel as obtains in anyreally good hotel—no more and no less. Thesame business exactitude will be observed.Guests will be expected to be certain andprom]it in the payment of then' bills, or theirapartments will be requested. It is not a charit-able institution in any sense. It will be con-ducted on business principles. It is intendedto help those who help themselves.

A Colored Camp-Meeting.From Macon, Ga., a correspondent

sends a picture of a late camp-meetingnear that place : " I t is night, and, un-der an extensive leaf arbor, a swayingmass of black forms oscillate to everypassing emotion, while torches of pinethrow a yellow glare around and underthe canopy, and cast long shadows onthe ground outside the covering. Infront of a rough stand used as a pulpitis a small inclosure, thickly strewn withleaves and pine straw, and in this in-closure the favored few lie in trances orshout prophecies, and tell what wondersthe Lord has done for their souls.Around this inclosuro a multitude ofmen and women form the 'holy dance.'In this the men turn their faces outwardand the women toward the center of thecircle, and, taking hands, each steps intime to the hymn t lat all are singing.Their singing is wild and weird, and yetthere is a charm in the song of thenegro, who, untaught, sings in stricttime and with full, round tones thatseem to well up from the heart. It islike the mournful whoop of our ' whip-poor-will.' Your correspondent hasseen a negro woman carried from theholy dance in such a 'trance,'as theycall it, that her body was perfectlyrigid, not bending in the least, althoughone man carried her head and the otherher feet, and she lay in this conditionseveral hourr. While these poor, de-luded creatures were wallowing in thestrav before the pulpit at this camp-meeting, one old woman, very fantasti-cally dressed, with a queer bonnet cov-ered with plumes of various colors,broke from the altar in a holy frenzy,and ran shouting from under the shel-ter. Just outside the arbor she climbedto the top of a tall, burnt pine ntumpabout five feet high, and there she stood,and, flapping her arms much as a fowlwould its wines, she cried out: ' Hal-lelujah ! Haliolujah! Glory to God!Glory ! Glory ! If I just had two wingsand a few more feathers on my head I'dfly away to glory!'"

Christinas and the Children.In all the celebrations and observances

of Christmas, it remained for the good-humored, materialistic Germans to be-think them of rendering it a period ofpeculiar pleasure for children. By theGermans Christmas is esteemed the

Children's Festival;" and with thornoriginated the world-famous myth ofSaint Nicholas, alias Santa Claus, aliasKris Kringle, the patron of Yule-tidefind the friend of all proper boys andprettily-behaved little girls.

Happily the reform in the observanceof the day, which began in Germany,reached and was copied in other portionsof Europe. Christmas is now, as well,

Children's Day" in England andFrance ; in toys and confections for theperiod the children are distinctly remem-bered in Italy, and in America theChristmas tree, the

Stockings hung by the chimney with care,

and the harmless, merry games andinDocent glee of childhood supplantmuch of the boisterous carousal whichonce tended to render 1lio day rollickingand riotous.

It was formerly thr mstom, and is stillthe practice in some of the small villagesof North Germany, to commission a per-sonage knoiffn as Kneoht Bupert, oor-

ty-four inches thick. The main walls, ' to the Paris Exhibition one solid brickof silver four feet square.

HAWK shooting forms quite a businessin Ouster county, Col. Sixty cents perhead is paid by the County Treasurer.One man brought in sixty a few daysago.

THERK is a crusade against dancing inBaltimore social circles. Many youngladies who are church members aredropping the amusement from theirparty engagements.

THE Russian debt was, in 1831, 220,-000,000 roubles; in 1847, 315,000,000; in1860, 515,000,000; in 1875, 700,000,000.In 1878 it will have reached 1,193,809,-950 roubles, equal to $501,557,700.

THROUGH the prosperity of its tobaccoindustry Lynchburg, Va., now boasts apopulation of 17,000, a property valua-tion of $6,530,476, and many handsomebuildings in what used to be the suburbs.

THE Bulgarians are the most ignorantpeople of Europe. Their ferociousnessis said to have originated the well-wornterm "bugaboo" with which Viennaparents formerly threatened their off-spring.

IT is believed by the Chinese that theinventor of ink is charged with keepingan account of the manner in which allink is used here below, and that for everyabuse of it he records a black markagainst the offender.

A YOUNG man at a rifle-match in Port-land, Ore., when his turn came at thetarget, shot a bystander through theheart. The killing may have been acci-dental, but the two men were bitter ene-mies, and there is doubt on the subject.

PAPA WRANGEL, as the Berlin gaminscalled the old General to his face, per-sisted to the last in lying on a sofa infull uniform instead of going to bed,saying that a soldier must always holdhimself in readiness to wait on his sov-ereign.

AN iron mountain, 10,500 feet high,and rivaling the famous iron mountainof Missouri, has been discovered in Col-fax county, New Mexico. The ore isalmost entirely pure iron, and in con-nection with the immense quantities ofcoal found in Colfax county this hugedeposit of iron ore must at no distantday become the source of industrieswhich will gather and support a largeand thriving population.

FROM the census taken at the close oflast year, it appears that France was di-vided in 1876 into 362 arrondiesements,2,863 cantons, and 36,056 communes,with a total population of 36,905,788.This population waa made up as follows:18,373,639 males, of whom 9,805,761were unmarried; 7,587,259 married men.980,619 widowers; 18,532,149 females, ofwhom 8,944,386 were unmarried, 7,567,-080 married women, and 2,020,683widows.

NEXT to wine, cider is the liquor mostconsumed in France, but, within the lasttwenty years the consumption has fallenfrom forty-two to thirty-five gallons perhead annually. Its use is now confinedto the northwestern departments. Theconsumption of beer steadily increases,but is almost entirely confined to thedepartments contiguous to Belgium.Experience has demonstrated that whitewines are much more likely than red toact on the nervous system.

WM. DOOI/EY, an amateur detective insearch of two cattle thieves, found themat church at White Sulphur, Ky., where-upon, pistol in hand, he informedpreacher and congregation that theywere all under arrest. While everybodylooked astonished, he picked out hismen, marched them out of the buildingat the muzzle of his weapon, and, turn-ing on the step, shouted to the ministertb at he could go on with the benedic-tton.

PERHAPS about the best pay ever givena doctor was that of Dr. Willis, a "maddoctor," who, for attending the dement-ed Queen of Portugal, received £10,000,and £1,000 a month during his stay.George III., then mad, said in anger toWillis that he was astonished to see arespectable man like him playing sucha part. "Why, sir," replied Willis,"our Lord himself went about healingthe sick and doing good." " l'es," re-plied the King, " but he wasn't paid£1,500 a year for doing it."

The Last Bay.Two widowers were once condoling

together on their recent bereavement oftheir wives,when one of them exclaimed,with a sigh, "Well may I bewail myloss, for I had so few differences «iththe dear departed that the last dayof my marriage was as happy aa thefirst." "There I surpass you," said hisfriend, "for the Jast day of mine washappier,"

OUR EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.A Ualance of »90,583,164 in Our Favor

the Last Ten Months.

Following is a comparative statementof the imports and exports of the UnitedStates for the month ended October,1877, and for the ten months ended thesame, compared with like data for thecorresponding period of the year imme-diately preceding. Corrected to Nov.30, 1877 :

Far TenMonths Ended

Merchandise. Far October. Oct. 31.1877. .Eiports—Domestic. . .$67,549,842 $474,760,185

F o r e i g n . . . . 1,321,060 0,910,826

Total $58,871,002 $4K4.677,O1OImports . . ' . 41,829,378 413,135,792

Excess of exportB....$17.041,624 $ 71,541.218

1876 Exports—DomeBtic... $49,694,356 $446,950.5110F o r e i g n . . . . 745,784 11,603,164

Total $50,440,137 $458,562,754Imports S4,5i4,658 864,912,813

Excess of exportB $15,915,479 $ 93.649,941

Oold and Silver—(Coinand Bullion).

1877 .Expor t s -Domest ic . . .$ 1,693,5*3 t 34,692,482Fore ign . . . . 317,379 10,135,431

Total $ 2,010,962 $ 44,827,916Imports 1,668,B96 19,785,970

Excess of expor t s . . . . $ 342,066 $ 25.041.946

1876. .Exports—Domestic . .$ 1,284,764 $ 43,952,600F o r e i g n . . . . 1,246,490 0,611,071

Total $2,531,254 $ 50.563,671Imports 5,514,618 15,693,624

Excess of exportsExcess of i m p o r t s . . . .$ 2.fi83,364

; 34,870,047

Total Merchandise andSpecie.

1877..Exports—Domestic.. ,$59,242,925 $509,468,667F o r e i g n . . . . 1,639,039 20,046,259

Total $60,881,964 $529,504,926

Imports 43,498,274 432,921,762

Excess of exports....$17,383,090 $ 90,583.164

1876. .Exports—Domestic. .$50,979,120 $490,912,190F o r e i g n . . . . 1,992,271 18,214,236

Total $52,97] ,391 $539,126,42.1Imports 40,039,276 380,606,437

Excess of exports $12,932,115 $128,519,988

Caoutchouc-Making on the Amazon.Narrow paths lead from the hut

through the thick underbrush to thesolitary trunks of the India-rubber trees;and, as soon as the dry season allows,the woodman goes into the seringal witha hatchet in order to cut small holes inthe bark, or rather in the wood of thecaoutchouc tree, from which a milky-white sap begins to flow through anarthenware spout fastened to the

wound. Below is a piece of bamboowhich is cut into the shape of a bucket.In this way he goes from tree to treeuntil, upon his return, in order to carrythe material more conveniently, he be-gins to empty the bamboo buckets intoa large calabash. The contents of thisare poured into one of those great turtleshells which on the Amazons are usedor every kind o£ purpose. He at once

sets to work on the smoking process,since, if left to stand long, the gummyparticles separate, and the quality of theIndia-rubber is hurt. This consists insubjecting tho sap, when spread out.hin, to the smoke from the nuts of the[Jrucury or Uauassa palm, which,strange to say, is the only thing that will.urn it solid at once. An earthenware' bowl without bottom," whose neck has

been drawn together like that of a bot-;le, forms a kind of chimney whenplaced over a heap of dry red-hot nutso that the white smoke escapes from;he top in thick clouds. The workmanpours a small quantity of the white richmilk-like liquid over a kind of lightwooden shovel which he turns withquickness, in order to separate the saps much as possible. Then he passest quickly through the dense smokeibove the little chimney, turns it aboutseveral times, and at once perceives themilk take on a grayish-yellow color andurn soUd. In this way he lays on skin

after skin until the india-rubber on:aeh side is two or three centimeters.hick, and he considers the planchalone. It is then cut upon one side,peeled off the shovel, and hung up toIry, since much water has got in between;he layers, which should dry out if pos-sible. The color of the plancha, whichis at first a bright silver gray, becomesmore and more yellow, and at last turnsinto the brown of caoutchouc as it isknown in commerce. A good workmanjan finish in this way five or six poundsin hour. The thicker, the more even,.nd the freer from bubbles the whole

mass is, so much the better is itsquality and higher the price.—Scribner'or December.

Around the Farm,

COTJOH IN HORSES. — Cedar twigs,chopped fine and mixed with their grain,will act as a speedy cure for a cough inhorses.

TOMATOES FOR COWS.—Tomatoes, as

food for cows, improves both the qualityand quantity of the milk, and gives thecream and butter a rich golden color.

SPRAINS AND BRUISES IN HOUSES.—

Dissolve an ounce of camphor in eightounces of spirits of wine; then add oneounce spirits of turpentine, one ouncespirits of sal ammonia, half an ounce ofoil of origanum and a table-spoonful oflaudanum. Bub in a quarter of an hourwith the hand, four times a day.

To TAN A SKIN WITH THE FUR ON.—

Flesh and clean the hide; wash out inluke-warm water, salt and soap. Takeone gallon rain water, one gill sulphuricacid, a little salt and a small piece ofalum; put the hide in this bath; let it re-main one-half hour, then wash out wellin warm rain water and soap; rub dry,and grease with neat's-f oot or other goodoil.— Western Farm Journal.

KILLING RATS.—The following cheapand simple method of extermination issaid to have been successfully employedby Baron Von Backhofen and his neigh-bors for some years past: A mixture oftwo parts of well-bruised common squillsand three parts of finely-chopped baconis made into a stiff mass, with as muchmeal as may be required, and thenbaked into small cakes, which are putdown for the rats to eat. Several cor-respondents of the German AgriculturalGazette write to announce the completeextirpation of rats and mice from theircow-stalls and piggeries since the adoi>-tion of this simple plan.

A DRINKING VESSEL FOR CHICKS.—

Make air-tight a fruit or oyster can. Onone side, half an inch from the bottom,punch three holes, each one-quarter ofan inch in diameter. Before these holessolder to the can a piece of tin to form atrough one inch deep. Upon the sideopposite, at the top, solder also a ringby which to hang the can to the side ofthe coop. Fill it by immersing it for afew moments in a pail of water. Thesecret is in the air holes' being in thetrough, so that water can escape onlywhen they are uncovered. So long asthe trouRh is clean the water will bepure. Chicks must be kept suppliedwith water, and it must be in vessels notdeep enough to drown them.—Fancier'sJournal.

THE farmer who calculates to makeshis living by farming cannot afford tolose a knowledge of the best methods inpractice, and he cannot hope to learn;hese methods by his own experienceeven if that experience be a richone. He cannot afford to losethe money which he certainly will byselling his produce blindly, withoutknowing the conditions of the marketand the things whieh affect its rise audiall. If he is successful •without takinga paper, it is because he gets his infor-mation from those who do. Any farmerwho may have taken this paper for evena short period can recall the numberlessways in which he may have taken ad-vantage of hints and facts noted in thevarious departments, and turned themto his profit.—Detroit Free Press.

MANY of our neighbors' cherry treesare becoming knotty, and dying. A ladynarrated in our hearing, a few eveningssince, her experience with a tree of thesame description. A large tree, of thecommon red variety, stood beside thekitchen door. The body and limbs wereknotty and rough, the fruit scanty andworthless; the dead leaves in fall werecontinually drifting over the porch andwalk; in fact, in the good house-wife'seyes, the tree was simply a nuisance,and she importuned her husband to re-move it. He refused to. do this, how-ever, and she determined to kill thetree. First, a barrel of beef brine waspoured about the roots, and this wasfollowed by boiiirtg suds, every wash-day. The result was satisfactory, butfar from that anticipated. The follow-ing season the tree was loaded with su-perior fruit, and was free from all knots,or other defects. The enormous cropand changed appearance of the treemight not have been attributable to theapplication of the brine and soap-suds,yet we believe the experiment to beworthy of trial. Our own trees havenever been troubled in that way.—Moore's Rural.

A Great "Wheat and Corn State.Eli Perkins, in a letter from Cerro

Gordo county, Iowa, to the New YorkS'un, writes as follows :

You in the East can have no possible con-ception of the magnitude of the Western crops.Take this county, Cerro Gordo—and there arelinety-eight other counties in the State just asarge—I find the yield of -wheat alone will be>ver 1,000,000 bushels. It -svill be 150 bushels:o each man, woman and child in the county,[00 bushels to every male, and about 500 bush-Is to every able-bodied man, aud pork and j;orn in the same proportion. It is safe to say ',hat every able-bodied man in Cerro Gordo:ounty raises enough to support fifty men.There are many wheat-fields here that pro-duced last season forty-five bushels to theacre. The average yield is twenty-eightjushels. Three years ago, when I visitedNorthern Iowa, I could buy plenty of wildprairie land for $5 per acre. The same land isio w selling for §20 and $30, and the price isnarching straight to $50. There are a greatnany farms in Central and Southern Iowavorth $75 per acre. Do you ask me which is.he richest State in the Union? I answer, Iowa.She has no waste laud, but few lakes, no moun-nins, no barren ridges. 8h3 has 30,000,000icres of black garden soil, throwing out 5,000,-J00 acres for roads, river-bods, and three smallakes. This whole 30,000,000 acres will bevorth in the market, in lo-s than twenty-fiverears, an average of $60 per acre ; or the farm-and of the State will be worth $1,800,000,000—mough to pay the national debt. The farm-ands of Iowa aro worth more than the farm-ands of all New England. I saw eighty acresif ground yesterday along the Burlington,>dar Rapids and Northern road that I couldiave bought four years ago for $i an acre.This year the owner raised 2,418 bushels ofwheat on it, and sold it for 90 cents per bushel,making $2,176.20 off of $320 worth of land.This seems an incredulous story, but it is liter-ally true. The crops are not one-tenth har-vested here. Not one bushel of corn in 500 ismsked. Tho snow has fallen about six inchesdoep, and the larmers are waiting for a thaw.About one-fourth of the wlie.it is thrashed.Two hundred car-loads went to St. Louis lastiveek from this vicinity to be shipped to Kn-jland, via, New Orleans. The north and south•ailroad lines in Iowa are transporting immensoluantities of wheat and flour from Iowa andilinnesota to Burlington and St. Louis, to godown the Mississippi.

THE winter season of Texas usuallyiasts from the first of December to themiddle of February, and its most dis-tinguishing feature is the " norther," atperiodical wind totally unknown in otherStates. They occur on the average wices

week and last a couple of days. Theyare preceded by a warm, close, summerishatmosphere, and during their continu-ance the temperature not infrequentlytouches 17 deg. The cold is tho severestmagiuable, not steady, as in the North,

but of a keen, geajchirig, bit'.Dg < -Hoription,

About the House.

FEED milk to children.FRESH poultry has bright eyes.BOASTISG meats is extravagant.Do NOT make your bread too light.FAT is not cheap at the price of meat.FISH will broil in from five to ten min-

utes.STALE bread may be steamed into

freshness.SCALDED skim-milk will go as far f s

fresh milk."MIDDLINGS" flour contains the best

elements of wheat.ADD pea or bean-meal to your bread

flour for nourishment.SALMON and sturgeon are red-blooded,

and are as nutritious as meat.SALT meats should be simmered; they

should not be fiercely boiled.FOUR ounces of lime to a gallon of

water will be all that is necessary foreeping milk sweet.

VEGETABLES supply the place of meat.Vegetables should be cooked, if possible,in water in which meat has been cooked.

IN washing fine flannels, make thesoap into a jelly with warm water anddry quickly. Do not put too near thefire when drying. To keep shirts fromshrinKing, stretch them on a board.

NEW-YEAR'S MARBLE CAKE.— White

Part—Whites of four eggs, one cupwhite sugar, half cup of butter, half cupsweet milk, two teaspooufuls of bakingpowder, one teaspoouful of vanilla orlemon, and two and a half cups of siftedflour. Black Part—Yelks of foureggs, one cup brown sugar, half cupmolasses (Porto Bico), half cup butter,half cup sour milk, one teaspoonfulcloves, one teaspoonful cinnamon, oneteaspoonful mace, one nutmeg, one tea-spoonful soda, and one and a half cupssifted flour. Put in the cake-dish al-ternately, first one patt and then thoother. Tin should be lined with but-tered paper.

AN ECONOMICAL CHRISTMAS PCDDINQ.—

Soak some dried apples all night, in themorning chop them very fine. Put ateacupful of them into a pint of molas-ses and put them upon the back of thestove, where they will keep slightlywarm for an hour or two. After thatadd to them one cup of chopped suet,one cup of watvr, one cup of choppedraisins, a pinch of salt, a teaspoonlul ofcinnamon, three half pints of flour, andtw» teaspoonfuls of baking powder.Put the flour in last and stir all togeth-er thoroughly. Boil two and a halfhours in a bowl or tin puddirjg mold.This may be eaten with wine sauce, andis a very good imitation of a genuineplum pudding.

A Dog's Age.If you want to buy a dog the follow-

ing piece of information may prove ofservice : The way to tell the age of adog approximately is to examine the up-per front teeth. Until eighteen monthsold these are rounded on the edge; atthe end of two years they begin tosquare off, and gradually wear downand shorten, until, when the animal hasentered the sixth year, they are nearlyeven with the gums. The appearance ofthe eye is also an indication of age, andall dark-colored dogs show their yearsby the growth of white hairs about theuuuule,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1877.

THE last scene in the Louisiana farce :

the resignation of Pinch back. Now

let ex-Gov. Packard resign.

THE Senator who has won the leaat

fame, and the belt for inconsistency, in

his votes on the Louisiana seats : Chris-

tiancy.

To MORROW Congress adjourns until

January 10, so that the members may go

home and discuss the situation with

their constituents.

ERVIN PALMER turns up a candidate

for Judge of this circuit: that is if

there is any confidence to be placed in

Washington dispatches. O, Lordie !

EUSTIS, of Louisiana, was admitted

to the Senate on Monday, by a vote of

49 to 8. The Senate is now a full body,

(barring absentees), for the first time

since March 4, 1873.

THE Board of Education of New

Haven, Conn., on which is a professor

in Yale College, has, by a two-thirds

vote, directed the discontinuance of the

" opening religious exercises in the

public sohools of that city."

REPRESENTATIVE SMALLS, of South

Carolina, having been enlarged on bail,

pending the hearing of his appeal by

the Supremo Court, is knocking for ad-

mittance at the doors of the House.

The answer ought to be, " Stop dat

knockin', you can't come in."

WITH Judge Cooley consenting to

accept the position of Judge of this

circuit the President can scarcely be a

model civil service reformer to listen to

the objections brought against him by

the politicians in or out of the House.

Is it partisanship or legal attainments

what fits a man for a high judicial

office ?

It is n't the first time that Democrats havegained a vote by neglecting to send allegedthieves to State prison. That is one ot' themost reliable ways of strengthening the partythat they know of.—Post and Tribune.

Even the 8 by 7 corps of the P. and

T. ought to know that the Democrats

would have taken great pleasure in

committing Patterson to prison before

the opening of the late special session,

had not a Republican judge interposed

a writ of habeas corpus. Try it again.

HEREABOUTS it has been supposed

that the panic of 1873 and the subse-

quent hard times wore caused by the

failure of Miller & Webster, carrying

down with them Jay Cooke & Co. and

the other financial " bricks" in the row.

But now we are told by the greenback-

ers that the aforesaid panio of 1873,

and continuous depression in business

of all kinds, are chargeable to the pas-

sage of the Resumption act in 1875.

A sort of " back action" that, we

should say.

PENDINO the canvass of tho elector-

al vote during the last Congress, the

sharp Republicans ot the House sud-

denly discovered that there were no

"joint rules," but without any having

been since enacted we find Representa-

tive Frye, a representative Republican,

appealing to the Speaker to enforce the

"joint rule " prohibiting liquor selling

in the Capitol, and no Republican mem-

ber objected to that officer's recognizing

, the rule as in force. The rule sought to

be enforced is a good one, but when or

how did it become a rule ? That's the

question.

WILL the average greenbackor, the

man who clamors for an indefinite in-

flation of the greenback currency—an

indefinite increase of the Government

debt, for the greenback* is but an evi-

dence of the maker's indebtedness—tell

us how a man with nothing to sell in the

markets of the world except the labor

of his hands is to be enriched by put-

ting tho greenback mill in operation r

Is the government expectod to deal out

a hatful to every citizen, and repeat the

gift whenever, by misfortuno or improv-

idence, the first supply shall be ex

hausted ? That is what interests the

common people ?

THOSE fearful Republican journal-

ists who imagined that Hendrioks' re-

cent lecture on "Revolutions" had a

brimstone odor can now shake of their

guilty fears and sleep quietly o' nights,

that distinguished gentleman having

recently said to an interviewer who was

anxious to know whether he and Mr.

Tilden had already " sworn in " as

President and Vice-President: " I

know nothing whatever about these

statements. Of course I cannot know

Mr. Tilden's action—what he has been

doing or what he intends doing. So

far as I am concernod, I am informed

that Mr. Wheeler has been sworn in for

the office of Vico-President, and he will

stay there for four years,—and that

ends it." One ghost laid.

" I F THE Government can place its

stamp on a pieco of metal, saying ' this

is a dollar,' and thereby make it a dol-

lar, why can it not do the same on a

piece of paper P " is a question asked by

the Jackson Sun—a full-blooded green-

back or soft-money organ. The Sun

ought to know (but judging by ita ut-

terauces probably does n't) that the

piece of metal is worth just as much, or

within the smallest fraction, without

the Government stamp as with it.

The intrinsic value is in the piece of

metal and not in tho stamp, and the

stamp is only the Government's certifi-

cate of weight aud fineness. Tne in-

trinsic valuo of the " pieco of paper"

is the smallest fraction of a cent : the

stamp ia no sense makes it money, nor

does it claim to do so. It is simply the

Government's promiso to pay a dollar,

as our friend of the Sun can easily dis-

cover if ho has a greenback at hand :

and can or ought the Governraont pay

its promises in other promises, whether

the holder so asseut9 or not, or should

it pay its notes of hand in real, money

liku tho honest business man and citi-

zen ? By the way, will the Sun cite us

to that decision of the Supreme Court

on whioh it bases its singular assertion

or argument '•

THE UNION LEAGUE of Philadel-

phia has indorsed the Southern policy

of President Hayes aud commended

his efforts at civil service reform. The

Union League, of New (York don't see

it exactly in that light, but is haggling

over a proposition to invite the Presi-

dent to a re-union : fearing the invita-

tion may be considered an indorsement.

Barnum'8 " Happy Family" couldn't

hold a candle to the latter day Repub-

lican politicians.

THE New York World suggests that

Piuchback would have been admitted

to the Senate during the last Congress

if he had beon a white man instoad of a

" smart and ambitious mulatto, with a

wife of the same origin," and both

"bent upon social raco ition." The

Democrats voted against him because

of the illegality of his claims, the Re-

publicans because they did n't want to

recognize Mrs. Senator Piuchback.

The prompt admission of Kellogg, with

inferior claims to those of Pinchbaok,

is an indication that the World is correot.

'SENATOR" .PINCHBAOK has written

a spicy letter, resigning his claims to that

seat he " long has sought," in which he

proves, beyond cavii or dispute, that his

legal claims to admission to the Senate

were better than those of Kellogg. He

puts those Republican Senators who

kept him out in the cold for years, but

made haste to let Kellogg in, in a tight

place.

FOOLS or demagogues, which '< those

Michigan Republicans at Washington

who are opposing the appointment of

Judge Cooley to be Judge of this cir-

cuit, either because of his able article on

the Louisiana question or general polit-

ical unsoundneas,—and this within nine

months after a unanimous indorsement

by his party, both in convention and at

the polls. Too thin.

CONKLING ahead : Roosevelt was re-

jected on Wednesday, by a vote of 20 to

32, and Prince without a division. Only

six Republican Senators voted for con-

firmation. Christiancy voted yes and

Ferry no.

Born Senators Christiancy and Ferry

voted for the admission of Kellogg, and

also for the admission of Eustis. " Con-

sistency ! tbou art a jewel."

THE fall of Plevna on Sunday, with

the loss of 30,000 prisoners and a large

lot of arms, is a severe revarse to the

Turks.

THE HOLIDAYSAre agaiu upon us in their

annual visit and we areprepared to receive

them with an

Elegant Stock of Goodswhich have been consigned to us to be sold by

anuary 1st, REGARDLE88 OF COST, and itvould surprise you to see the prices at which theyre being sold,

'rom 25 to 50 per cent less thanlast year's prices !

The eleventh annual session of theState Beekeepers' Association is to beheld at Adrian, December 19 and 20.

Dr. L. R. Fisk was inaugurated Pres-ident of Albion College on Wednesday.

The Lansing Republican has been in-terviewing Miss Lucy Carney, a quadroon, who claims to have been bornJanuary, 2, 1762, in Freehold, NewJersey, and is therefore nearly 116years old. She is blind but her memo-ry is good.

Charles R. Bates, a prominent mer-chant of Kalainnzoo, died at Aiken,South Carolina, Dec. 6. He left homebut a few days before in excellenthealth, but with an invalid wife, forwhom he was in search of a more con-genial climate.

December 6, at Flint, Samuel Sack-ric-r, of Fentonville, was convicted on acharge of burning a stack of whealvalued at $400.

C. E. Bailey failed to get a judgmentof $30,000, or any other sum, in the li-bel suit against the Kalamuzoo Tele-gr<i]>h. The jury did n't believe it astretch of the truth to call him " shy-ster," " moral bankrupt," " thief," ancother pet names.

William Waldron, of Hillsdalebrother of ex-Congressman Waldronand President of the First NationaBank of that city, died at ClevelandO., Dec. 11, aged 54 years. Mr. Waldron lost the sight of one eye over aa year ago, and of the other in Februar;last. Last year he visited Europe andconsulted well-known and skillful ooculists, but without getting help.

The Detroit Common Council harepealed the ordinance chartering thiMutual Gas Company.

The Stato Grange commenced its annual session at Lansing on Tuesday.

The annual meeting of the StateTeachers' Association is to be held aEast Saginaw December 26.

To the People in General.A small house in our city was burned on Wednes

day morning, and with it all the household goodof a poor family named Jacobus. There arenumber of children in the family dependent ontheir mother, a worthy woman, for support. Shwas away, washing for means to supply theiwants, at the time, and on her return found her a(really little, but much to her) gone, and she hainot where to lay her head. Can I not appeal tthe moie fortunate ones of our city to lend a helping hand in making this family comfortable for thwinter? A little that some might easily sparwould be a great help to them. Money, clothingbedding, furniture, provisions, &c., would be accepiable. As it is not yet known whero their futurabode will be. I will say that anything left at thresidence of N. W. Cheever, No. 38 Thompsonstreet, will be promptly delivered to tho family.

MRS. N. W. CHKEVER.

If you want an overcoat for a boy four years ogo to Joe T. Jacobs.

Miss KATIK J. KOUKRS having recently fiuisluseveral new portraits, will have them on exhibitionat her studio, No. 7, cor. Division and Ann streetson Friday and Saturday, afternoon aud eveniniDec-ember 14 and 15, at which time all who are interested will have an opportunity of lulling.

Ann Arbor, December 6, 1877.

Buy underwear of Joe T. Jacobs.

Letter Heads and Noto Heads (University heading) for sale at the Alters office, put up in " Hodder's Patent Blotting Tablet,"—100 and 120 sheetsto the hook.

l-'or a short time Photographs may be hadStark's Gallery on Wheetoft* $i.so per dozen, oS2.50 for two dozen. I6t4w8

Have you seen the beautiful boys' overcoatsat Joe T. Jacobs.

A HAMS.—At Bristol, Conn.,on the 9th inst., MnsSAr.i.y ADAMS, relict of the Hon. Tracy Peckand sister of Mrs. Henry \V\ Rogers, of this city

NEW ADVERTISEMENTSK A T I E JT. IIOWEK8, Portrait Painter

Portraits painted to order either from life ophotographs. Instructions given in Drawing amPainting by the system used in Academies of Design. cHttdio, No. 7, C6r. Division and Ann Streets

COUGH, COLD,Or Sore Throat

IM M KM ATE ATTENTION

A co i iu i i imnce for a n y l e n g t h oftime, rnuttek Irritation of tin- l .u i ie i ,or some chronic Throat af fect iou.Noel(>cl oftentimes resultB in some incurable Lung<li«M»e. Hrown'n Broncli iul Xrocl»c«have pioved their efficacy, by a tost of many years,and will almost invariably give immediate relief.Obtain only B r o w n ' ' Bronchia l '1 ro-ctaen, and do nol take any of the worthless imi-tations that may be offered. 16«5in4

Triple-Plated Cake Baskets,only $4.00 !

Triple-Plated Butter Dishes,only $3.50 !

Pickle Casters, only $1.10 !

And in PLATED KNIVES we have the largesttock ever biought to Ann Arbor, and are sellinghem lower than ever; also a large assortment of>ther goods, equally low.

y Call in and take a look at the goods wheth.er you wish to buy or not. Repairing a* usual.

No. 11 South Main Street.

0. BLISS & SON, Agents.

FURNITURES

J. KECK & CO.,MANUFACTURERS OF

FURNITURE OF ALLDESCRIPTIONS,

Are now Offering Great Inducementsto Purchasers.

BUYERS WILL

SAVE MONEYBY BUYING THEIR

FURNITUREDirect of the Hunufactiirers.

Manufactory, corner of Will-iam and West Fou r th Streets.

Salesrooms, 52 South Mainand 4 West Liber ty Streets,Ann Arbor , Mich. 166S

BUY THE SINGERThe best and most popular machine in

the world—300,000 sold in a singleyear, after being on the market

over twenty-five years.

Beware of Imitations!To necure the genuine buy of I. h. Grinnel), the

authorized a^ent for Washtenaw County. It isonly a question of time, and not much time eitherwhen the majority of the wild cat machines wilnot be built, then the warrant of cut-trroat deal-erB will be of little avail. To buy a second classmachine on a third class warrant for five years Ispoor policy when such a machine m the Singer canbe bad at a reasonable price.

I keep genuine parts for the Singer, best OilNeedles, Plaiters for dress maker*— 7fic to $1.25Lincoln's fringing machine, and have u large numher of second-hand machines.

Second hand Singer, $20 to $30.Second-hand Howe, $12 to $16.Second-hand Ameiican, Grover & linker, Wheel

tt & Wilson, and otnn w, $1 to $10.

Sewing Machines repaired an(carefully adjusted.

I. L. CRINNELL.Gregory Blocks Second door euat ofFont Office. Ann Arbor. Mich. '

Estate of Daniel Wallace.

S TATBOF MICHIGAN, County of Washte-niiw, ss At a session of the Probate Court for the

the County of Washtenaw, holden at the ProbateOffice, in the City of Ann Arbor, on Saturdaythe eighth day of December, ia the year onethousand eight hundred and neventy-seven.

Present, William D. Hurrimfln, Judt^eof Pr ateI ii the matter of the estate ol Daniel Wai

lace, deceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified

of Edwin W. Wallace, praying that he may beappointed administrator de boniH non, with th<will annexed, of the estate of said deceased.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday,tht seventhday ot January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoonbe again <>d for the hearing of SAid petition, and thathe devi-ees, legatees and heirs at law osaid deceased, and all othei persons interested in said estate• are required to nppva:at a session of tiaid court, then to be hoiden at the Probate office in the city o]Ann Arbor, and show cause, if any there be, whythe prayer of the petitioner should not be grantedAnd it is further ordered that said petitionergive notice to the persons interested in said esUte, of the pendency of said petition, and thehearing thereof, by causing a copy of thin orderto be published in the Michigan Argus, a news-paper printed and circulated in said county, threesuccessive weeks previous to said day ol hearing.

WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN.

(A true copy.) Judge of ProbateWM. G. DOTY, Probate Register. 16t55td

Estate of George Whiting.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Waehtonawss. At a session of the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Of-tioe in the city of Ann Arbor on Wednesday, thttwelfth day of December, in the year one thous-and eight hundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D.Harriman, Judge of ProbateIn the matter of the estate of George Whiting

deceased.On reading and filing? the petition, duly verified,

of Francis whiting one of the executors of saidestate, praying that they may be licenced to mortgage the real estate whereof said deceased diedseized.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Friday, the eleventh day of January next, tit ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assignee for the hearing of said pe-tition, and that the deviseeB, legatees, and heirsHS law of said dei'eatted, and all other per-sons interested in said estate, are required to ap-pear at a. session of f>aul Court, then to be hot-den at the Probate office, in the City ofAnn Arbor, and show oau&e, if any there, why theprayer of the petitioner should not be granted:And it isfurther ordered that said petitioner givenotice to the persons interested in said estate, ofthe pendency ot said petition, and the hearingthereof, by causing a copy of this order to be pub-lished in the Michigan Argus, a newspaper printedand circulated in said county, four successiveweeks previous to mud day ot hearing.

WILLIAM D HAKKIMAN,(A true copy.) Julge of Probate.

WILLIAM O. DOTY, Probate Register. 1665td

Two Valuable HousesFOR

The property belonging to tho WELLES KSTATE,situated tin DIVISION STUEKT, at the head ofANNSTKKKT, antl tho property lately owned andnow occupied by A. WlDKNMANN, will be raidat a

VERY LOW PRICE,AND ON LONG TIME IK PBSIBED.

Apply to8. II. DOUGLAS.

NEW GOODSFOR THE HOLIDAYS

And at Greatly Reduced Prices !

A Large Assortment ot Ladies' and Gentlemen'sUnderwear at about half its value.

LADIES' CLOAKSA. large lot very cheap.

Two-Bntton Kid Gloves, 50 cents per pair:ALL DRESS GOODS AT ABOUT HALF PRICE.

Beavers for Ladies' Cloaks, Cloths andCassimeres, at a large disco-ant

from thirty days since.

Hosiery, Flannels, Dress Trimmings, all kinds of Domestics,Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Matting—in fact all kinds ofDry Goods can be bought very cheap of

WINES & WORDEN,No. 20 South Main Street, Ann Arbor.

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Addre«s PUBLISHER OF THI. hDN,lliiM * e w V o r k Oll>'-

ciALL

AND MCH T H E

JACKSON TKUSS ROD WAGON

AUK) New Riarht-Hand Bur nil IIrsn I on. Steelier, at

M. BOWERS'.

N E\V TEA STORE.

Japun T XL a t 3Uc, 40c, 541c a n d 6Ocper 1b ,a i l the very best importedat 7Oc per l b .

(iiinpowder Tea at 60c and 80c perlb., and the verybest imported at 81,00 a pound.

Young Hyson at 40c, 50c and 60c, and the best im-ported at 80c per lb.

Oolong Tea at 36c, 50c, 60, and 70c per lb.Imperial Tea at 30c, 40c, and 30c per lb.Twankey Tea at 20c, 25c, and 30c per lb.

COFFEES AND SPICES,of our own roasting and grinding, at greatly re-duced prices.

«.i vi! us a Call a n d be Convinced.J. W. HANGSTERFEK & CO.,

:!<> A 32South Main St., Ann Arbor.

A BANKRUPTSTOCK OF

HARDWARE!WILL BE SOLD

Without Regard to CostAt the ol stand of

L. C. R.XSDO2T,No. 31 South Main St., Ann Arbor.

NOW IS THE TTMEFOB

CASH BUYERSTo );i}' n their Winter supply of

STOVESAnd Hardware of every De-

scription.ALL THOSE INTENDING TO BUILD AN-

OTHEtt YEAR, OAN NOW BUYTHEIR DOOR TRIMMINGS AND

OTHER HARDWAREC H E A P I

lM2m8

IF YOU ARE TTRED OF

Big Gas Bills!GET ONE OP OUH NATIONAL

UAS WORKS AND MAKE

YOUR OWN

GAS FOR 75ctsPER 1,000 ft.

If you have use for aLarge Amount of Gas,write to us for the par-ticulars of the way inwhich you can have a

GAS WORKS FOR

NOTHING !National Gas Works Erection Co.,

Detroit.5<i & .58 Kates St.

H. FRANK, Siipurint.udent. 16S9

/GEORGE W. CBOrSEY,Late of the firm of CLARK 4 CROPSFV, and A

K I-:A KM-iv, late of Texas, under the firm name of

KEARNEY & CROPSEY,Have established themselves at No. 33 Southn a l n SI., Ann Arbor, and propose to dogeneral

Grocery BusinessThey will also keen TROOKERY, GLASS andWOODEN WAKE, and a full line of DOMESTICand FOREIGN FRUITS. They have fitted andfurnished

A First-class Eating Depart-ment,

WhiTe Meals run he had at all hours, or board bythe week.

Cnih puld tor Hatter, i:irm, «»•• >HCountry produce. Ooods promptly dcliv-erod in .mv part of the city. Remember the place.

33 South Tin!" Street.KEARNEY & CHOPSEY

Ann Arbor, April 26, 1876. l«80

i ^ SCAVENGERS.

The undersigned offer thoir services as Scaven-gers. Vaults, cesspools, e l c , cleaned to order atreasonable prices. Orders may be left at J . H.Nickel's meat market State St., or made throughthe Postomcc.

Ann Arbor, nee . B, 18TT.W. ACTION.

1C74W2 OEO. WALKER

RAILROADS.

MICHlUAJi CENTRAL RAILROAD.'NOV. 11, 1877.

<1OI.NO WKBT.

»T*TIONM.

Detroit, lea.ve,O.T. Junction,Wayne JunctionVpailunti,add

NEW GOODS.

Ann Arbor,Delhi,Dexter,Chelsea,Grass Lake,

Jaekson,Albion,

! Marshall,

Battle Creek,(ialeaburg,

Kalamazoo,Lawton,Decatur,lJowafnnc,Nilen,Buchanan,Three OaksNew Buffalo,Michigan City,Lake,Kensington,Chicago, arrive,

10 53 Ii 80 ,| 31 8 10 u^i—— 6 43

CHOICE GOODS.

HOLIDAY GOODS

BOTTOM PRICES

BACH & ABEL.

Useful Christmas Presents.MAKE AN" EARLY SELECTION.

MACK & SOHMIDARE NOW RECEIVING FOR THE WINTER AND HOLIDAY TRADE

THE PREVAILING STYLES OE

LADIES' DRESS GOODSVelvet and Matelasse Cloakings, Trimmings and Fringes.Tasteful styles of Beaver and Matelasse Cloaks, Paisley,Beaver and Velvet Shawls. Novelties in Ladies' Ties, fan-cy Bows, Buttons, Ribbons, Neck Ruchings, Collars andCuffs, Silk Handkerchiefs, Lace, Hem-stitched, Initial andfancy embroidered Linen Handkerchiefs, white and coloredNapkins, Towels, Table Covers, Damask, Quilts, WoolKnit Goods, Jackets, Underwear, and an elegant line of Hos-iery and Gloves. In fact, O u r s t o c k w a s n e v e rs o l a r g e o r o u r p r i c e s a s l o w . We offer spe-cial bargains in BLACK SILKS, BLACK AND COLOREDCASHMERES, and great drives in DOMESTIC GOODS, Prints,Bleached and Brown Cottons, Flannels, Blankets, and Cas-simeres.

NOTICE I

TO THE PUBLIC!I shall continue to carry on my

MERCHANT TAILORINGAt the " Combination Store/' opposite where I used to be,

Having a new and complete stock of

CLOTHS AND SUITINGS !Which I shall make up at less prices than heretofore.

Those indebted to me will pleasecall and settle up as I need themoney now. Don't wait for anymore calling. Accounts not imme-diately settled will be placed inthe hands of officers for collection.

Yours,S. SONDHEIM.

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H. B. LKDYAUD, Gen'l Supt., Detroit.H. C. WKNTWORTH. Gen. Pasa. Agt., Chicago,

DETROIT, HILLSDALE ANDSOUTHWESTERN RA1LKOAD.

To take effect Nov. 11, 1877.OOIHO WEST. UOIKO BA8T,

STATIONS.

Ypsilanti....SalineBridgewaterManchester.

Hillsdale....Bankers

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STATIONS.

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THOROUGH GYMNASTIC SYSTEM FOP.L A D I E S A N I ) G E N T L E M E N , I N T I N

MINUTES ONCE A HAY.

T h e Health I.i lt is n

Scientific SystemOF EXERCISE.

For the nttH.ument and preservation of Htwltti,

It in t\\e boat menu* ot

PHYSICAL CULTURE AND DE

VELOPMENT.IT IS THE SIMPLEST, SAFEST AM' MOST

EFFICIENT MMDK OS TAKINGALL NEEDED EXECISK.

In the brief space of ten minutes ail themui-cle8 are gradually, thoroughly, and symmetricallybrought into action. Concentrated rxemap Mthe busy and sedentary.

ANN ARBOR OFFICE AND PABLOMiU Eaat Huron 8 South of Court Houw

1659

A DOLLAR SAVEDIS A DOLLAR EARNED !

NEW GOODS!And prices LOWER THAN KVEE.

I have purchased in New York, for cisli, aUl-I nin now duily receiving one of Lhe lurfrest «»most select stocks of Groceries in WashUnnCounty, consisting »f a lull mul well selected

LINE OF TEAS,All of the new crop—including

• i n u p o w d e n , lu iper iuls . Vouug HPSOUK, II j sons. Japan* , Oolongs, For.inoNaif ConffoiiNt KouclioiiffM* al; i1

I ' lvankn) s.

Together with a full line of COFFEES, «**{;me of the following brands: MOCHA, 0U>GOV'TJAVA.MAUACAIHO, LAGUAYRE.SAN;TO9 and RIO, both roasted and ground ; a «»»and well selected stock of

SUGARS, SYRUPSAND MOLASSES,

Together with everything in the line cf I"0"Spites,Canned fruits, and Vegetables. We li»«*full and complete line of

BOOTS & SHOES,HATS, CAPS, GLOVES

And Hosiery. Also, a choice assortment ofand Gentlemen's Underwear. Call and eGoods and Prices and we will insure satisfaction.

EDWARD DUFFY.Maynard'B Block,' cor.Main anil Ann «

Ann Arbor, M•^"HiKliest cash price paid for all

produce, da

A BSTRACTS OF TITLES.

The undersigned, Register of Deeds, will promptly and carefully make Abstracts of titles,

From the Original Records,For Attorney", Agents, Owners, or Purchase":So pains will be spared to give a complete chain"title, and show ah encumbrances. Charges reaonable. __ v

CHAS. H. MAM-VAnn Arbor. January 10,1*7;. ____iri-

LE ISA RON & CO.,DEALERS IN

Groceries, Provisions,AND ALL KIND OF

Country Produce,S A L I N E , 111(11.

CALL BEFORE BTTTI.\G OB SELLING-

SJ'KCIAL OFFER.

lluinbcr of subscribers to the ARGUS arc

."arrears for the ARr.rs a year,—some oi

,ivn years,—and according to our advertised

rt?cliar«ea'Jle at the rale of »2 a year

l b f thi| s wlio will pay arrearages before the

of January and for the year 1878 in ad-

• . wil! accept the advance price, $ 1 . 5 0

** II nrice, o r - w ^ ' ' ) e exacted from any and

00( comply with the terms of this offer

ive a DOLLAR easier? Immediately aftert*"; j January the accounts of all in arrears

ijced in tho hands of a collector.'«rcs OrBce, Xov. 8, 1877.

11 E. B POSV>, Publisher,

^ ""LOCAL AFFAIRS.We are indebted to John H. Ma.yni.nl

ckauu °t Sim Frunoisoo papers.'* A90ii»n(' son-in-law within one week:

untune which came to G-. W. Orop-

" Mr A. Ii. Bennett, who graduated from

fniversity last year, is the new teacher in

l' High School.jjcob F. Schuh and Soliua C. Cropsey,hter of George W. Cropsey, were married

day evening last.In another column Miss Katie J . Rogers

i friends to visit her studio and take'•. it some newly finished portraits.i K ck & Co. have a new advertisement

>ta ABOTJS. A handsome piece of lurni-

or a full suit wouldn't make ft badjnstmas present.

it the recent session of the State Porno-1 SuCiety. held at Grand Rapids, J. Aus-

of this city, was elected one of the^presidents.

for the convenience of the public andbenefit of the patentee, a very handsome

ig case has been placed in the east. postoffiee.

guy your Holiday Gjods:—Dress Goods,, Qoottoi Staples, Groceries, Clothing,• ue, aud all other goods, of the business(jho advertise in the AKQTI3.

^ The walls in the eastern portion of the• ffitf have been materially improved by

. .tins a coat of paint over the advertising; which had disfigured them.

-Weare glad to hear that both Ohas.•M Ks»i•, * n a John X. (xott, who have been

inously sick list, are reported better.M ihenville is also slowly improving.

^Xha public schools close on Friday next,•1 j^oi for the holidays,—to open again Mou-s nt January 7 : over which fact tne boys and

.'. jon't propose to hold an indignation

_ There was an alarm of fire on Sundayigt: coming from the chimney

I i the bouse on Main street, near Hall's bake-, o;cupied by the peanut dealers.

- inst or something else has split one ofit large stone pillars iu Court House square

halves. Will the other pillars be li-ible to the same accident after being set in•it tails ?- The members of ttie Waahtonaw County

Inimltoral and Horticultural Society should-.it in their appearance at the annual meet-

I me to he held next Tuesday, and in large) umbers.' -"The Ticket of Leave Man " was played

ilthe Opera House ou Wednesday evening,nay's Company, for the benefit ofA. Audience not large enough to

•ike Company A rich.! —The annual reunion and feast of the

Xew Eagland Society are to take place onjdKrday evening, Dec. 21, instead of on the

erenragof Dec. 31, as heretofore announced.ii. ihmman, Esq., is the orator.

- H.L. Ash, of Djudee was in the city onSaturday and Sunday last. He reported quite

gang of laborers at work ou the Toledo andr Railroad at that point, and said

: BM work of laying iron would he com-menced this week.-- The ladies of the Presbyterian Church

• ive the supper for the coming anntver-siyof the Xew England Society, ou Friday

h'emng, Dec. 21, and we are sate in promis-| *:he members of the society a good one.

^upper, $1 each.-Circuit Court Commissioner Whitman•raced yesterday taking the new testimo-

aboratory defalcation case ; in be-i iiii ot defendant Rose ct al. And the public

qta rive for the new developments.-The publisher of Rose's Nose says that

»has given the Mayor of this city notice' ;t tiie circulation of his paper is further

interfered with (we did n't know that the.siicil had struck at that Nose of Rose) he

!hiH"sue the city at once."-Having baited the public with the Daily

Tim, five days free, the price was put at. ants a copy ou Wednesday, and the

le the streets musical in sounding itsjniss to the public. C. A. Foster is publish-e d H. E. H. Bower editor.-Report says that Prof. Baldwin will give

ather expose of Spiritualism next Mondaynog, at the Opera House. Last eveningtae was to be a tying match between the•raesor and Mr. White, the Main street me-

re a committee of twenty -ten on a

-LouiaX. Goulet, late of the AEOtra of-•t.and well known in this city as a capital

r, lias purchased the office of the La-V Democrat, with which he has been con-»*d for some mouths. He will make a pa-P« worthy of generous support, and ought towaive such.

-U'Jr readers will be pleased to hear thatL Bliss & Son have received a fine stock otf™ expressly for the holiday trade, and are

m at extremely low prices. Theirted ware is all in Fall patterns, and if

iwwaiit anything for the holidays go in andik at their goods.

-Asmall house on the corner of Hickory'"Pitcher streets, Fourth ward, belonging'•'amss McMahon, of Whitmore Lake, and

y Jotham Jacobus, was burned ony forenoon, taking fire from the

'"epipe. The furniture in the lower rooms""removed, but the beds, & c , in the upper•temewere burned.

"y don't take one per cent, off fromfba as spread on his rolls tor payment be-*»January first, but will add one per cent-

'tonal collection toe if not paid until afterfirst. The Ap.aus should n't haveword "discount,"—he don't " dis-

"""t" worth a cent.

~ " Utah and the .Mormons:" that was the"lkjett Hon. George C. Bates, of Detroit, lec-

i upou last evening at the Opera House.he 'ong residence of Mr. Bates in Salt

4ke City, as district attorney, made him fa-J1"M with the peculiar people and their pe-* institutions.

J-The widow of William Waldron, Eeq* of'"Wale, who died at Cleveland on Tuesday* "State News"), is a sister of Prof. Wal-

'' °f the University, and of Mrs. B. J?,' oi this city. She formerly resided here

•» -as many warm friends here who sympa-ltte with her in her bereavement.~ The subject of Prof. Adams' fifth lecture,

j'«n ou Tuesday evening at the residence of' • Maynard, for the benefit of the Ladies'

Llbt«y, was the ,

7Tlhe

a r , y d i f f a r e u c e g b e t w e e n thend the mUher country,-and which

C Revol ' l t i011- T1>e last lecture of the'" a n " ° " n c e d w next Tuesday eveningresidence of Dr. Douglas.

following were theester/'"'" / P rotIa°e by our local dealers'"'Cor •)• O o n : F o r Wheat, 81.25;io, p "; -°c; for Oats, 25c ; for Hay, $8all;8:;forT? ' ^ O c ; t o r Butter, 20c; for Lard)S r , » A ' f 0 1"H"ney. 18c; for Cab-

ort *4-n 4 O c ; f o r

at itJ£ '' lor Beef'«t-i.50 per hundred.Flour

The Pioneer Society.The Pioneer Society of this connty met at

Union School House, Saline, Dec. o, a. m.,and was called to order by Vice-PresidentA. K. Clark. The President being absentGen. E. Clark, of Ann Arbor, was called tothe chair.

After reading the minutes of the last meet-ing, the society proceeded to business.

J. (J, A. Sessions. Historian, presented hisresignation, which, on motion of Dor Kellogg,was accepted. Later in the session, LorenzoDavis was elected Historian, and the follow-ing resolutions were offered by Mr. Sessionsfixing the Historian's compensation, etc., audadopted:

Resolved, That the compensation of theHistorian of this society, for his services mpreparing and causing to be published a suit-able history of this county, shall be the en-tire profits from the sale of copies of suchhistory, and this shall be lull payment tor allservices of such Historian.

Resolved, That in the prepniatiou o suchhistory the Executive Committee are author-ized aud empowered to review the same, forthe purpose of securing to each townshipand city of the county its proportionate space,to the end that such history shall embrace,as far as possible, the history of the early set-tlement of every part of the county.

During the session papers wore rend as fol-lows :

By Mrs. Timothy Hunt, a lady 71 years, old,giving reminiscences of the early settlementof the south part of the county,—for whicha vote of thanks was extended, on motion ofM. H. Goodrich.

By Jacob Preston : a biographical sketchof his father, Roswell Preston, Jr., one of theearly settlers of Freedom.

By Mrs. Flora S. Finley: relating to theearly settlemeut of Superior.

By Mrs. Mary E. Foster: " Ou the properqualifications for Life,"—a plea for woman'srights,--prefacing her paper with some appro-priate remarks on the early history of Lodi.

By Wm. M. Gregory : on the comparativelongevity of people in New York and Michi-gan, with a review ot the cemeteries in thetownship of Saline and statistics of their oc-cupants. Also a paper prepared by Wm.Moore on the early settlement of the townshipof York.

After the reading ot Mrs. Foster's paper,Miss Anna Maud Kelsey, ot Ann Arbor, re-cited Will Carleton's "Over the Hills to thePoorhouse," and at the close of the afternoonsession, another poem, " I am going home to-day."

At the proper diuuer hour a feast of fatihiugs was served by the ladies of Saline, towhich the pioneers did ample justice.

Ypsilanti was fixed upon as the place ofnext meeting, and the first Wednesday inMarch as the day.

Votes ol thanks were extended to Mrs. Fiu-ey and Mrs. Foster, for their papers ; to Missrielsey, for her recitations ; and, ou motion, ofMrs. Foster, " to the good people of Salineand vicinity for the kind reception given thesociety, and particularly to the ladies for theaounteous aud well prepared dinner,"A correspondent says : "Considering the state

of the weather and the conditions ot the roadsthe attendance was quite large, and it was apleasure to see the hearty greetings and hand-

rkings ot the gray headed members ol thesociety. It was indeed the meeting of broth-ers and sisters. Take it all in all it was aglorious success,—a love feast."

UNIVKKSITY NOTES.— In University Hall, last Sunday after-

loon, Dr. Palmer discussed the temperancequestion from a purely medical standpoint.[t was au able argument agaiust the so-calledtemperate use of alcoholic beverages, andought to prove a warning to the hundreds ofyoung men who heard him.

— A very large audience listened to theSwedish Lady Quartette ou Saturday eveninglast. Their singing Was fine, but, in our opin-ion, scarcely7 up to that given by their country-women who gave a concert iu the OperaHouse some weeks ago. The "fiddling" ofMr. Allen was A. 1.

— Rev. David Swing, the popular Chicagopreacher, will appear before the StudentsLecture Association ou Tuesday evening next,Dec. 18. Subject: " The Progress of Manfrom the Beautiful to the Useful."

— Wednesday evening next Prof. Steere isto lecture before the Detroit Scientific Associa-tion, and will give some account of his travelsin South America.

— The Palladium is billed to appear to-morrow, and richness is promised.

— Prof. Morris has made an arrangement bywhich he will next month deliver a course ofectures at John Hopkins University, Balti-

mere, on Philosophy and Metaphysics.- The Lecture Association has failed in its

efforts to secure a lecture from Senator Lamar,of Mississippi.

- Since that fire the Glee Club does its>racticing at the Gregory House.

— Work in the several departments willatop on Friday next, Dec. 21, to he resumed onMonday, January 7.

— The Sophomores have passed in Trigo-nometry : provided always that they were notconditioned.

— In that Opera House wrestling match onFriday evening last, one Smith (is it John ?)scooperl in the medal, and is now the high-cockelorum of the junior law class. Sich is

lory.

Ypsilanti Union School House Burned.

Ou Sunday evening last the Union School>uilding at Ypsilanti was totally destroyed byire, including school turni ure, laboratory ap-

paratus, library, and the books of the pupils,iarly in the day attention was called to a

burning chimney, but an examination failedto disclose any danger. About 6.30 p. m. analarm was sounded, the fire department turnedout promptly, and after worhing hard for anlour the fire was supposed to be subdued and;he firemeu departed. The alarm was againsoon souuded, and this time fire broke from;he tower and cornices, having run up, it i s

supposed, a wooden ventilating flue in thewalls. All efforts of firemen and citizensailed to check the flames, and soon nothing of;he noble building remained save the barewalls.

The building was orected about twouty yearsago, at a cost of nearly $50,000. Of late re-ports discrediting its safety had been in circu-ation but a committee of expeits had just

completed a thorough examination which sat-sfied the public of the groundlessness of theomplaiuts.

There was an insurance ot $30,000 on thejuilding, $1,000 ou library, $700 on apparatusu laboratory, and $500 on piano—which wasremoved iu a damaged condition. Cause offire a defective flue.

The schools are to be continued in GoodTemplars' Hull, and in the lecture rooms ofthe churches. The irork of building anewwill bn entered upon as soon as possible.

BED RIBBONS.— The Opera House meeting on Sunday af-

ternoon last was a large one, and the addressby Aid. H. E. H. Bower was one of the bestof the campaign.

— B. E. Frazer, Esq., addressed the ReformClub at Ypsilanti ou Suuday afternoon last.

— H. L. Ash, of Dundee, addressed the Dex-ter Reform Club last Sunday evening.

— The annual election of officers of theReform Club, under the articles of associationor incorporation, will take place on Wednes-day evening, December 27. If you wish tovote you must sign the Constitution beforethat date.

— By special reque«t, Dr. A. B. Palmer willrepeat beforo the Reform Club on Sunday af-ternoon next, at 3 o'clock, in the Opera House,the discourse or lecture given by him InstSuuday afternoon in University Hall.

Underwear for the largest man at Joe T. Jacob'sstore.

Fair Play Hurts no One.Sec. 3d, Title 3d of the charter of the city

of Ann Arbor, makes it the duty of all alder-men " to order the arrest of all persons violat-ing the laws of this State, or the ordinances,by-laws, or police regulations of said city."Now will any one give a good reason whyAldermen Page, Cate, and Sprague did not dotheir duty in regard to the saloon ordinancewhen in forse ? It certainly was their duty tosee the ordinance enforced, and they havespent a great deal of wind about the streetsin telling what the Mayor ought to do, and allthe time have been persistently refusing to dotheir duty in the premises. What consisten-cy ! Let us sum up the excuses given and seehow they will look on paper :

Mayor: Ouposcil to hw siuce passage ofState law, »brt thinks the law unjust and nota question of t<Mm>«ranoe in any respect.

Recordor: Nflvirr believed in the ordinance.

Aid. n.)l,i : IfHtfht to lie ti'h but not re-pealed.

Aid. Woodruff : Iieluv, s in the ordinance,but refuses to ontorOB it, for fear of makingenemies.

Aid. Sohmitl : Always opposed to the ordi-nance.

Aid. Bojimer : Opposed to ordinance, middon't want to pi y.

Aid. Bower: D'lnng election opposed toordinance, sinfo election rather in favor, gen-erally doubtful.

Aid. Kyer : Thinks the ordinance ought tobe repealed or enforced, but wants some oneelse to enforce it.

Aid. Rogers: Thinks the ordinance hasbeen a constant uouice of dispute, and tiredof it.

Aid. McDonald : Opposed to ordinance asunjust.,

Aid. Sprague : In favor ot ordinance, butdoes not enforce it, for fear of enemies.

Aid. Ortman: Opposed to ordiuance, audthinks the State law sufficient.

Aid. Page: In favor of ordinance, but don'twant to enforce it.

Aid. Cate: In favor of ordinance, butthinks his seat as Alderman doubtful if tcoactive.

Marshal: Will enforce it when directed bythe Common Council.

CityAtty: Thinks the ordinance unjustsince State law, but will prosecute when di-rected.

With such views existing in the CommonCouncil, it is easy to see why the law was re-pealed.

JUSTICE.

THE CHURCHES.— Last Sunday was quarterly meeting and

Communion day at the M. E. Church.— Sermons on temperance were preached in

several of the churches of this city on Sundayevening, and also, as we are advised, from thepulpits generally throughout the State. Con-certed " firing all along the line."

— The ladies of the M. E. Church open afair next Tuesday evening in the basementrooms of their church on State street. Alarge variety of useful and ornamental arti-cles will be offered for sale, and refreshmentswill be served. The fair will be continued onWednesday evening, and the opportunity of-fered for procuring deRirable holiday presentBwill be a good one.

— At the Unitarian Church on Sunday eveu-ing next, the subject of Bev. Mr. Allen's lec-ture will be, " The Protestant Reformation.''Subject of Bible Class at 9;;>0 a.m., " Colensoand Bunsen on the Old Testament."

— To-morrow evening at 7 1-2 oclock, at theresidence of Dr. Wells, on Division street, theYoung Ladies' Society of St. Andrew'sChurch, will give a secoud entertainment forthe benefit of the Chapel Fund: the exercisesto consist of recitations, readings, and music.Admission 2o cents.

* Circuit Court—Jurors.The following is the list of petit jurors

drawn for the next term of the Circuit Court,and summoned to appear January 3, at 10o'clock a. m.:

Ann Arbor Town—Andrew Smith.Augusta—John Sunburg.Bridge water—James Benham Jr.Dexter — George Boyden, L. Patrick Babbit.Freedom—Frederick Eisenmann, Charles

Stierle.Lima— Sampson Parker, Lewis Freer.Lodi—Philip Blum, C. F. HillLyndon—Martin Howe, Fred. A Howlett.Manchester—Cyrus F. Stevens, George H.

Hain mond.NorthAjld—George Kempf, Patrick Wall.Pittsfield— Grove Saunders, Andrew Camp-

bell.Salem-Daniel W. Wheeler, Myron E

Knapp.Saline—Nelson H. Fowler, Wm. H. Bhein-

hart.Sharon—Lambert Gieske.Scio—Henry B. Jones.Superior—Egbert Peck.Sylvan—Charles H. Davis.Webster—George Merrill.York—William L. Rayney.Yysilanti Town—Jacob Emerick.The drawing was commenced with Dexter

and closed with Saline. No jurors drawnfrom either of the cities of Ann Arbor or Yp-silanti.

MANCHESTER MARKS.Early on the morning of the 11th inst. a

barn on the farm of Harvey Squeir, about fourmiles west of town, was burned, together witha quantity of hay, farming implements, etc.Xo insurance.

— On Tuesday morning a man named HenrySibert, who worked in the harness shop ofCharles Cornell, attempted to commit suicide-He left a letter in the ledger of his employerasking that his son be written to and informedthat he had died of heart disease, and request-ing that his body be given to the supervissrSuspecting that something was wrong searchwas made for him, and he was found in a roomabove the postoffiee, lying on the floor, in aninsensible condition. Dr. Taylor was called,and by strenuous efforts the unfortunate manwas aroused sufficiently to tell that he had ta-ken a quarter of an ounce of opium. He soonrelapsed into a state of stupor, and at the pres-ent writing, Tuesday evening, it is very doubt'ful whether he will recover.

SALINE SLIPS.— A crazy darkey, from Ypsilanti, made

a raid on our town last Friday evening. Hewas lodged in the lockup, but when releasedSaturday morning he entered one of thehouses and frightened the ladies by his con-duct, so he had to be taken back to the lockup,and was taken to the county poorhouse Sun-day morning. Cause of his insanity: spirit-ualism.

On thia evening (Friday Dec. It,) Miss H. E.Haskins, a distinguished elocutionist fromBoston, will road in the Sabbath School roomof the Congregational Church, tor the benefitof the Ladies' Library. Miss Haskins comeswith very high testimonials from H. W.Longfellow, J. G. Whittier, Oliver WendellHolmes, and many other gentlemen of cul-ture. The Detroit Free Press says of her:" Miss Haskins is an elocutionist of excep-tional talent. As a rule lady elocutionists area delusion and a snare, but Miss H. is both areader and a delineator, to compare whomwith Cushman and Komble is neither extrava-gant nor audacious. She has a voice of re-markable resonance and compass, her modula-tions are the perfection of elocutionary skill,aud she has dramatic powers of a high order."The entertainment this evening will bevaried with vocal and instrumental music,and it is hoped a large number will be pres-ent. Admission, fifty cents. Reading willcommence at eight o'clock.

We are want ing money to pay our Taxes,buy our Win te r ' s supply of Wood, andineet first of J a n u a r y bills. Wil l not oursubscribers and other pa t rons he lp usnow ?

Notice.Persons desiring to visit the Hospital are cor-

dially invited to do so on Sundays and Thursdays,from 2 to 4 p. m. None but medical students orpatients' relatives will be allowed to visit at anyother time. Visitors will please come to northdoor.

Ann Arbor, December 11, 1877.A.C. MACLEAN, Berident Physician.

HOLIDAY

PENING!AND

IMMENSE

SALE OF

For fh<> next three weeks »t Hie CnsliDry lindiN HOIISO of

C. H. M1LLEN & SON,Bought lute, bought cheap, RIHI marked

far less than

Ban.Isr-u.pt Prices.Make your dollars tell, and save what money you

can by buying your goods at this great sale. Weadvertise only when we are prepared to offer de-cided bargains. Our store is crowded from morn-ing till night; people are surprised at the GrandDisplay of Rich Goods, low prices and polite atten-tion given to all who favor us with a call or t'lunii-nation. Special bargains in

BLACK SILKS,From the late Xew York Anctlon Sales.

2 pieces Guinet Black Gros-Grain Silk at 75c,worth $1.

2 pieces Guinet heavy Gros-Grain at $1, worth$1.35.

2 pieces Guinet, satin finish, at SI.25 and 81.50.2 piecesGuinet Cashmere Sublime, at $2, $2.35 and

$2.50. Positively 30 per cent, below cost of impor-tation.

The above silks are particularly suitable for aholiday present, aud we would urge an early in-spection, while the assortment is still complete.A big

DECLINE IS DRESS GOODS.

We offer 100 pieces of handsome dress goods at10c, 12, 20 and 28c, worth double the money. Thechoicest are cheap. Elegant heavy black Cashmeres at 60c, 68c, 75c, to | l .

CLOAKS.OUJT tremendous sale of Cloaks increases daily.

We have already sold double the number of cloaksof any former season. We have just opened onehundred more of the celebrated RothschildsCloaks, which are conceded to be the moat perfectfitting aud superbly made Cloak in the market.We have a full line of misses,* children's and in-fants' Cloaks.

We have been fortunate enough to secure a largelot of Josephine Seamless Kid Gloves, at less thancost of importation, and will sell them at the verylow price of $1.50 per pair. This is a big bargainfor a first-class glove. Also 25 dozen Kid Glovesat 50c per pair in all colors.

175 Paisley Shawls at $9, $10, $12 and $1-3. 25double Paisley Shawls, at about half price. Heavydouble faced Velvet Shawls at %, $8 and $10.

Special low prices on Skirts. One lot felt Skirtsat 50c and 75c. One lot full size trimmed clothSkirts at 75c and $1. 50 very handsome camel'shair Skirts at $1.50, $2 and $2.50.

Veils and veilings in large variety in nil the newand fashionable colors. Beaded nets in Clare deLune and chenille spots.

Magnificent display of lace ties, scarfs aud barbs,in black and white—handsome styles.

50 dozen ladies' silk ties at 10c loc, Me and 25c.25 dozen extra long lovely silk ties at 35c, 50c and

75c.We offer a big lot of silk handkerchief* at 25c,

50c and 75c—cheap,A most astonishing offering of substantial bar-

gaius in flannels, cloths, towels, napkins, hoseryaud gloves.

2 5 dozen ladies' undervests and drawers at 88c,worth 50c. 25 dozen ladiea' undervoats and draw-ers at 50c worth 75c,

Popular prices predominate, rich bargains foreveryone. Warm winter goods, seasonable andserviceable. Hearty endorsement of our efforts toplease the public. A most splendid offering of richgoods, lively season, and uuparalled bargains. Ke-spectfuily,

C. H. MILLEN&S0N,Cash Dry Goods House.

A.IUI II1111VI1 V

Capital, - - $3,000,000.

Assets Jan 1, 1876,

$8,792,649.98.Losses Paid in 55 Years,

$44,760,391.71.Surplus over all Liabilities, including

Re-Insurance Reserve,

$4,735,092.86-Net Surplus over Liabilities, including

Re-Insurance and Capital Stock,

$1,735,092.86.C. MACK, Agent, Ann Arbor.

OINSEY & SEABOLT'S

BAKERY, GROCERY— A N D -

f'LOUR & KKKl) STORK.We keep coustantly on nand,

BREAD, CRACKERS, CAKES, ETC.,

FOR WHOLESALE AND RKTAIL TRADE.We shall also keep a supply ot

DELHI FLOUR,J. M. SWIFT * CO'S BEST WHITE WHEAT

FLOUR, RYE FLOUR, BUCKWWHEATFLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEEL),

&c, &o.

At wholeaale alia retail. A general stock of

GROCERIES AND PROVISIONSconstantly on hand, which will be sold on as rea-sonable terms as at any other house in this city.

Cash paid for Butter, Egga, and Country Pro-iace generally.

IKy Goods delivered to any part of the city without extra charge,

RI IVSEY A: S E A B O L T .Ann Arbor, Jan. 1. 187t>. 15C4

Tin: M

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Ann Arbor, Dec. 8, 1877.1664td J- W. KNIGHT, Cashier.

NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Washtcnaw CountyAgricultural aud Horticultural Society for the elec-tion of officers of said Society for the ensuing year,and for the transaction of any business that mayproperly come before the Society, will be held atthe Court House, in the city of Ann Arbor, onTuesday, the eighteenth day of December, 1877, at11 o'clock A. M. A full attendance of the membersof the Society is requested.

SAMSON PARKER, President.W. A. LOVEJOY, Seeretary. 1664

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Chanoery Sale.iTATfi OF MICHIGAN: The Circnit Court forI i lie County of Washtenaw, in chancery, Will-

iam Muir and Euieline Muir, complain;)nts, vs.John Meyer and Mary Meyer, defendants. Inpursuance and by virtue of a decree of the CinuilCourt for the Ooiinfy Of Washtenaw, in chancery,made and entered on the third day of July, A. 1>.1877, in the above entitled cause therein pending .Notice is hereby given, that I, Charles II. Whit-man, oue of the Circuit Court Commission-ers in and for ihe County of Washtenaw audState of Michigan, will sell at public auctionor vendue to the highest bidder, at the front(being the south) door of the Court House, in theCity of Ann Arbor, in said County of Washtenaw,on MONDAY, TITK TWENTY-KTGIITH day of January,A- D. 1878, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of saidday, all that certain piece or parcel of land situatein the Village of Saline, County of Washtenawand .Slate of Michigan,described as follows, to wit,Lot number eight aud the east halfoflot numberseven, in section eleven, in said Village of Saline,according to the recorded plat thereof.

Dated, December n , A. D. 1877.CHAS. K. WHITMAN,

Circuit Court Coram'r, Washtenaw Co., Mich.A. J. 8AWYKR, Solicitor lor Complainant. 10(»5

Estate cf Frederick Emminger.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washte-now,»is. At u session of the Frob'atw Court

for the County of Washtenaw, holden at the Pro-bate Office in the city of Ann Arbor, on Fri-day, the thirtieth day of November, in the yeur

e thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.l'resent, William I>. Hainmau, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the est-tte of Frederick Em-

minger, deceased.Ou leading and filing the petition, duly verified,

>f J. Frederick Vogei, executor, praying that hemay be licensed to mortgage the real estate where-of said deceased died seized.

Thereupon it ia ordered, that Saturday, thefifth day of January next, at ten o'clock in thetorenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said peti-tion, and that the devisees, legatees, jmd heirs at lawof said deceased, and all other persons interested insaid estate, are required to appear at & session ofsaid court, then to be holden at the Probate Office,in the city of Ann Arbor, and show cause, if anythere be, why the prayer of the petitioner shouldnot be granted . And it U further ordered, thatsaid petitioner give notice to the peisona interestedin said estate, of the pendency of said petition,and the hearing thereof, by causing a copy of thisorder to be published in the MICHIGAN ARGUS,a newspaper printed and circulated in said county,four cuetessfve weeks previous to aaid day ofhearing.

WILLIAM P. HARKTMAN,{A true copy.) Judge oi Probate.

WM. ii. DOTY, Probate Register. 1061

SPECIALTIES-AT THE

Estate of Achsah Goodrich.QTATK OF MICHIGAN, County of WaahtftnawO as. At a session of the Probate Court for theCounty of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate of-fice in the city of Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, thefifth day of December, in the year one thous-and eight hundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Hurnman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Achsah Good-

rich, deceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified, of

Merchant H. Goodrich, praying that he or someother suitable person may be appointed adminis-trator of the estate of said deceased.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the 29thday of December instant, at ten o'clock in the fore-noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition,and that the heirs at law of said deceased and allother person* interested in said estate, are requiredto appear at a session of said Court, then to beholden at the Probate Office in the city of AnnArbor, and show cause, if any there be, why theprayer of the petitioner should not be granted: Andit is further ordered that said petitioner give noticeto the persons interested in said estate, of thependency of said petition and the hearing thereof,by causing a copy of this order to be published inthe Michigan Argus, a newspaper printed and cir-culated in said county, three successive weeks pre-vious to said day of hearing.

WILLIAM D. HARRTMAN,CA true copy). Judge ot Probate.

WM. G. DOTY, Probate Register. lGftttd

Estate of Reeve Minors.

STATK OF MICHIGAN, County of Waehtenaw,S3. At a session of the Probate Court for

the county of VVashtenaw, holden at the ProbateOitice in the city of Ann Arbor, on Friday, thetwenty-third day of November, in the year onethousand ei^lit hundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harrlman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of John P. Reeve,

Giles W, Reeve, and Frank W\ Reeve, minors.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

of Adelle J. Reeve, guardian of Baid minors, pray-ing that she may be licensed to sell certain real es-tate belonging to said minors.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, thetwenty-ninth day of December next, tit ten o'clockin the forenoon, be assigned for the hear-ing of said petition, and that the next of kin oisaid minors, and all other persons interestedin said estate, are required to appear ata session of said court, then to be holdtm at theProbate OiKce in the city of Ann Arbor, andshow cause, if any there be, why the prayerof the, petitioner should not be granted: Andit is further ordered that said petitioner givenotice to the persons interested in said estate,of the pendency of said petition and the bear-ing thereof, by causing » copy of thin order to hepublished in the Michigan Argus, i* newnpapeiprint.-d nml circulated in said county, four suc-cessive weeka previous to said day of hearing.

WILLIAM I) HARKIMAN,f A true copy.) Judj,'e of Probate.

WM. G. Doty. Probate Register. l«93

Estate of Moses C. Edwards.gTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washten;uv,O ss. At a session of the Probate Court for theCounty of Waslitcnaw, boldvn at the Probate Office,in tbe city of -\un Arbor, on Wednesday, the twen-ty-iirst day of November, in the year one thousandeight hundred and seventy-sevan.

Present, William !>. Harniimn. Judge of Probate,Spin the matter of the estate of Moses C. txlw^rds,deceased.

Ou reading aud filing the petition, duly vrrilio-l,of Sarles C. Edwards, admin.strator, praying thathe may beliceused to sell the n-al estate « hersaid deceased died seized.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Satt inlay. the22d dayof December next, at ten o'clock in tho forenoon, beassigned for the hearing of said petit ion, ami that theheirs at law ofsstddooeaoed, and all other persons in-terested tn said estate^ are required to ajipo&v at, a.session of said court, tht-n to be holden at the Pro-bate Office in the city of Ann Arbor, and showOauad, if any there be, why the prayer of the peti-tioner should not be granted: And it i t'urtheiordered, that said petitioner give Otfttce to the per-sons interested in said estate, of the pendency oisaid petition and the hearing thereof, by causing acopy of this order to be published in the MichiganArgus, A newspaperfnfntcn and circulated in saidcounty, four suecessive veeks previous to said dayof hearing. WILLIAM IX IIAKUIMAN, "

(A true copy 0 Judge of Probate.WM, G. DOTY, Probate Register. 1662

l u s t i in n u n o n l h . « . m i n t .Miss MARY LOUISE POND will give lessons on

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O H E .A. IP IReal Estate for Sale.

riTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washte-o ntiw, ss. Tn the mattei of the estate of IsidoreM. llisdon, minor : Notice is hereby given, t ha tin pursuance of an order grunted to the under-signed, guardian of the estate of said minor, bythe Hon. Judge of Probate for the County ofWashtenaw. on the twenty-ninth day of Ootober,A. D. 1877, there will be sold at public vendue, to.he highest bidder, at the south door of the CourtHouse, in the city of Ann Arbor, in the County ofWashtenaw, in said State, on Saturday, the fif-teenth day of December, A. D. 1877, nt ten o'clockn the forenoon of tha t day (subject to all encum-brances by mortgage or otherwise existing at the;Ime ot the sale), the following described real es-;ateto-wit: All the right, title, and interest cfsaid Isidore M. Kisdon in and to the following de- *scribed real estate to wit : Lot number ei^ht (8)»nd east half (V j of lot number seven (7) iu blocknumber one ( i f north of Huron street, in rangesix (6) east, in the city of Ann Arbor, County ofWashtenaw and State of Michigan, according totbe recorded plat of the village, now city o( AnnArbor. ,

Dtaed, October 20, 1877.1699 LEWIS C. BISDON, Guardian.

Estate of James Pennel.TATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw, ss.

^ At a session of the Probate Court for the countyWashtenaw, holden at the Probate Office, in the

city ot Ann Arbor, on Saturday, the twenty-fourthday of November in the year one thousand eightmndred and seventy-seven.

Present, William u. Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of James Fennel,

deceased.LovutusC. Allen,exentitoT of the last will aud

esiameut of sold deceased, oomes into court and'epcesenta that be is now prepared to reade* bisinal accouat as such executor.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the 22dday of December next, at tonjo'clock In tbe forenoon)•• assigned for examining and allowing such ac-•uunt, nut] tliaL I hedevisees, legatees ami heirs ataw of said deceased, and all other persons interestedJI sajd estate, are required to appear *t a session of

said court, then to he holden at the ProbateOffice in tbe oily of Ann Arbor in said county,and show cause, if any there be, why the said ac-count should not be allowed : And it is furtherordered, that said executor give notice to the per-sons interested in said estate, oi'the pendency ofsaid account and the hearing thereof, by causinga copy of this order to be published in the Michi-gan Argus, & newspaper printed and circulating insaid rounly, Ibree successive weeks previous iolaid day of hearing.

WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,(A true copy.) Judge of Probate.

WM. G. DUTY" Probate Register. IG6:J

Estate of Charlotte Neumann.3TATK OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,3 BS. At a session of the Probate Court, for the.'ounty of Washtenaw, holden at tbe Probate Office,.n tbe city of Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, the twentiethday of November, in tbe year one thousand eightaundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William f). Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Charlotte Nou-

n;inii, deceased.On reading and filing tbe petition, duly verified,

if Frederick Pistorius, executor, praying foe theassignment of tbe residue of the estate of s;iia de-ceased to the devisees.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Wednesday^he nine-teenth day of December next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, he assigned for thehearingof said petition,and that the devisees, legatees, aud heirs at law ofsaid deceased, and all other persons Imteresi -ed in said estate, are required to appear ata session of said court, then to be holdenat the Probate Office, in the city ol* AnnArbor, and show cause, if any there be, whythe prayer of the petitioner should not begranted: And it is further ordered, that Baldpetitioner give notice to the persons interestedin said estate, of tbe pendency oi said petition andthe hearing thereof, by causing a copy of thisorder to be published in the Michigan Aryus, anewspaper printed and circulated in said county,three successive weeks previous to said day of hear-

ts. WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN,| A true copy."] Judge of Probate.

WM. G. DOTV, Probate Register. 16fi2td

Estate of Ernest Hines.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenawss. At a session of the Probate Court for the

Couuty of Waahtenaw, holden at the Probate Of-fice in the city of Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, thetwentieth day of November, in the year one thous-nd eight hundred and seventy-seven.Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate.In the mattter of the estate of Ernest Hines,

deceased.Henry Hines, administrator of said estate, comes

into court and represents that he is now preparedto render his final account as such administrator.

Thereupon it is ordered, that "Wednesday, thenineteenth day of December nest, at ten o'clockin the forenoon, be assigned for examining andallowing such account, and that the heirs at lawof said deceased, and all other persons interested insaid estate, are required to appear at a session of saidcourt, then to be holden at the Probate Ortlce inthe city of Ann Arbor in said county, and showcause, if any there be, why the said account shouldnot be allowed. And it is further order-ed that said administrator give notice to the per-sons Interested in said estate ot the pendency ofsaid account aud the hearing thereof, by causinga copy of this order to be published in the Michi-gan Argus,-A newspaper printed and circulating insaid eounty, three successive weeks previous tosaid dav of hca ri n g.

WILLIAM P. UAItRTMAN,f A true copy.) Judge of Probate.

WM. G. DOTY, Probate Register. 1002td

Estate of George Tetter.^ T A T E OF MICHIGAN, County of WaslitoO naw, as. At a session of the Probate Courtfor the County of Washtenaw, holden at the Pro-bate Office, in the city of Ann Arbor, on Monday,the nineteenth day of November, in the yearone thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D.Harritnan, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of George Vetter,

deceased.Catherine T> Vetter, administratrix of said estate,

comes Into court and represents that slit- [a nowprepared to vender her linal account as such admin-istratrix.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, the 18thday of December next, at ten o'clock in the fore-noon, bo assigned for examining and allowing suchaccount, and that the heirs at law of said deceased,and all other persona Interested in said estate, arerequired to appear at a session of said Court, thento be holilen ;tl the Probate Office iu the city ofAnn Afbor. in said county, and show cause ii a nythere be, why the said account should not he al-lowed : And it 1B forther ordered that saW adtnin-islratriv give notice to the p*M>on.s interested insaid estate, of the pendency of said account andthe heaiing thereof, by causing a copy of this orderIo he |iulili-b(vl in the MjCHIttAH AR(*US, a news-paper printed aud firculalin^iu said county, threesuccessive weeks previous to said day <>f hearing.

WILLIAM I). HARRIMAN(A true copy.) Judge oi Probate.

WM. G. DUTY, Probate Register. 1662td

Estate of Thomas Martyn.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,-ss. At a session of the Probate Court, for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Officein the city of Ann Arbor, on Tuesday, the twenti-eth day of November, in the year one thousand eighthundred and seventy-Beven.

Present, William D. Harriman. Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate of Thomas Martyn,

deceased.On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,

nfMary Muilyn, praying I.hat anertain instnimenLnow on tile in this court, purporting to be the lastwill and testament of said deceased, may be ad-mitted to probate, and that John 8, Now hunt mayhe appointed administrator with the will aunexeoof said estate.

Thereupon it is ordered, thai Monday, the sev-enteenth «lay of December next, at ten o'clock inthe forenoon, (><• assigned for the hearing ofsaid petition, ami that the dei isees, legateesand heirs at law oi" said deceased, ami allother persons interested in said estate, are re-•juire<l to appear a1 a session of said court, then Iobeholden ai the Probate Office in the city of AnnArbor, and show cause, if any there be, whythe prayer of the petitioner should not hegranted: Audit is further ordered thatsaid pe-titioner give notice to the persons Interested insaul estate, of the pendency of xiM petition andthe hearing thereof, by causing a copy of this or-der to be published in the Michigan Ar#u», anewspaper printed and circulated in said county,three successive weeks previous to saW day of hear-ing. WILLIAM I>. HAKBlitAN,

(A true copy) Judge of Probat**.WM. G. DOTY. Probate Register. lC*>2td

Estate of Elisha Eldridge.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenawbe. At a session of the Probate Court for the

county of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Officein the city of Ann Arbor, on Friday, the sixteenthday of November, in the year one thousand eighthundred and seventy-seven.

Present, William D. Harriman, Judge of Probate.Tn the matter of the estate ot Kliaha Eldridge,

deceased,Ou reading and filing thepetition, duly verified,

of Phincaa L. Page, praying: that a certain instru-ment now on file in this court, purporting to be thelast will aud testament of said deceased, may beadmitted to probate, and that he may be appointedexecutor thereof.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the sev-euteenth day of December next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigned for the hearing of saidpetition, a-nd that the devisees, legatees, and heirsat law ot said deceased, and all other per-sons interented in said estate, are requiredto appear at a session of said Court, theuto be holden at the Probate Office in thecity of Ann Arbor, and show cause, if anythere be, why the prayer of the petitionershould not be granted: And it is further orderedthat said petitioner give notice to the persons in-terested iu said estate, of the pendency of saidpetition, and the hearing thereof, by causing acopy of thin order to be published in the Mich •igan Argus, a newspaper printed and circulated innaid eounty. three successive weeks previous to 8 a idday of hearing.

"WILLIAM: D. HARRIMAN,{A true copy ) Jud^e of Probate.

Y. Pn "WM. G. DOTY. Probnte Register. 16fi2td

Estate of John J. Downer.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Washtenaw,ss. Al a session of the Probate Court for the

County of Washtenaw, holden at the Probate Of-fice, in the city of Ann Arbor, on Monday, thenineteenth day of November, in the yearoue thouvandeighl hupdred and seventy-seven.

Present, William I>. Harriman, Judge of Probate.[n tbe matter of tbe estate of John J. Downer,

deceased.Freeman T\ G&lpitt, administrator of said es-

tate, comes into court and represents that he isnow prepared to render his final account as suchadministrator.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Tuesday, the 18thlay of December next, at ten o'clock in theforenoon, be assigned for examining and allowingsuch account, and that the heirs atlaw of said de-ceased, and all other persons interested iu saidestate, arc required to appear at a session of saidcourt, then to be holden at the Probate Office in tbecity of Ann Arbor, in said county, and show cause,if any there be, why the said account should notbe allowed: And it is further ordered that saidadministrator give notice to the persons interestedin said estate, of the pendency of said account, andthe hearing thereof, by causing a copy of thisonler bo bs published in the Michigan Argus, anewspaper printed and circulating in said county,three successive weeks previous to said day ofhearing. WILLIAM D. HARRIMAN.

i, A ti ne copy.) Judge of Probate.WM. G. D-nv, Probate Register. £809

Estate of Patrick Tobin.

STATE OF1 MICHIGAN, County of Washte-naw, ss. Notice is hereby given, that by

an order of the Probate Court for the County otWashtenaw, made on the first day of December,A. I). 1877, six months from that date were allowedtor creditors to present their claims against theestate of Patrick Tobin, late of said county,deceased, and that all creditors of said de-ceased are required to present their claimsto said Probate Court, at the Probate Office,in the city of Ann Arbor, for examination andallowance, on or before the firat day of June,next, and that such claims will be "heard be-fore said Court, on Friday, the first day ofMarch, and on Saturday, the first day of Jum?next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each otthose days.

Dated, Ann Arbor, December 1, A. D. 1S7".WILLIAM D. HARR1MAN,

I€fi4wl Judge of Probate.

I)Mortgage Sale.

FINE JOB PRINTINGARGUS OFFICE,

done

EFAULT has been made in the condilious of aU certain mortgage, made and executed byJohn W. Maynard and Mary J. Maynard, his wife,to Alfred B. Wood, on tbe second day of November,A. D. 1S57, whkh mortgage was dufy recorded Intbe office of the Register of Deeda for the Countyof Washtenaw, State of Michigan, on the sixthday of November, A. D. 1857, in liber 24 of mort-gages, page 118, which said mortgage was, on thesixteenth day of January,"A. D. 1858, duly assign-ed by the said Alfred B. Wood to the undersignedCharles Ii."Richmond, and said assignment was du-ly recorded in the office of the Register of Deedsfor the County of Washtenaw, State of Michigan,on the eighteenth day of January, A. D. 1858, inliber 24 oi mortgages, page 118; and there is nowdue ami unpaid thereon the sum of two thousanddollars and interest from the ninth day of May,A. D. 1875; and no proceedings at law have beeuinstituted to recover the debt secured by suchmortgage, or any part thereof: Now, therefore, no-tice is hereby given that by virtue of the power ofsale in said mortgage contained, and of the statutesin such cast: made and provided, said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the premises coveredthereby, or so much thereof as shall be necessaryto satisfy the amount due on said mortgage asabove set forth, and the costs and expenses of suchsale, together with a reasonable charge for at torney'a or solicitor's services as provided in saidmortgage, at public auction, to the highest bidder,on FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OJ? MABOH, A.D. 1S78, at two o'clock p. m. of said day, at the thesouth door of tbe Court House, in tbe city of AnnArbor, County of Washtenaw, and State 6f Michi-gan (said Court House being the place for holdingthe Circuit Court for said county). Said premisesare situated in said city of Ann Arbor, and are de-scribed as follows, to.wit : Commencing one bun-dred and sixteen feet and a half north from thesoutheast corner ot block number one north inrange three east; thence west 102 feet ; thencenorth liftoen and one half feet to the south line oflot number eight, in said block ; thence west thirtyfeet to the west line of said lot, thence north nineaud one half feet; thence cast along the south lineof Charles Thayer's land and along the south lineof Charles Thayer's store, in Mundy's block, toVlaitt Street: thence south to the place of begin-ning; togetoer with the right "and privilege andvise of the north wall of James T. Allen's store tobuild, Into or upon, and also the right and privi-lege of using aud building against aud joining intothe south win of Charles Tnayer*s store in a suita-ble and workmanlike manner, not so as to occasionany damage or injury to said wall or building, ex-cepting and reserving so much of said as is coveredby James T. Allen's brick store, being about twofeet rive inches wide and the length of'said Allen'sstore, and also the piece of land deeded by Agues!'. Parsons-ana1 Roswell Parsons to Thomas Clark.The said land hi-rehy intended to be described be-ing the game hunt and all the land conveyed bvCharles Thayer and wife and Roswell Parsons anilhis wife and Agues P. Parsons to Henry W. Hyatt,and by said Hyatt aud wife deeded to John Lock-wood, and by John Lock wood and wife to John W.Maynard, together with all the appurtenancesthereto, and all the right, title, interest, estate,claim and demand of tbe parties of the first part intbe said mortgage in and to the premises.

Dated, Decembers, 1877.CHARLES II. RICHMOND,

WrujAM H. WELLS, * Assignee of Mortgage.Aiionii'y for Assignee of Mortgage. 1MI_T

Mortgage Sale.

DKI'Ari.T having been made in the conditionof a certain mortgage, made aud executed by

Margaret Treucy, of the city of Ann Arbor, Coun-ty of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, to Elizabetb Geer, of Superior, County ol Washtenawaforesaid, on the first day of June, in the year otour Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and recorded in the office of the Register ofDeeds for tbe county aforesaid, on the second dayof June, A. D. 1874, at 4% o'clock p. m. of said day,in liber 5] of mortgages, page 885: that there 18now claimed bo be Hue and unpaid on said mort-gage amS the bond accompanying the same, thesum of six hundred and ninety-two dollars andM\ty-M"u-n cents; also an attorney's foe of thirty-tivc dollars as a reasonable attorney fee, in additionto all other legal costs, should any proceedings betaken to foreclose the same: Notice is hereby giv-en, that by virtue o£ the power of sale in said mort-gage contained, f shall sell at public auction, tothe highest bidder, on the TWKNTY-SIXTH DAY OKJANUARY next, at two o'clock p.m. of said day,at the front door of the Court House, in the city ofAnu Arbor, in ihe County of Washtenaw andState aforesaid (that being the building in whichtbe Circuit Court for said county is held), the pre-mtses described in said mortgage as being lot No.ten (10) in Bower's addition to the village of AnnArbor, County of Washtenaw and State aforesaid,according to a recorded plat thereof.

Dated, November 1, 1877.ELIZABETH OKER,

JOHN N. GQTT, Mortgagee.Attorney for mortgagee, 1859

THE NEWS CONDENSED.THE EAST.

JAMES STCBQIS, of BoBton, extensively en-gaged in the Kant India trade, haa failed. Hiilinbi!iti ;t are $250,000.

THE National Exchange Bank, of Troy, N.Y., lms gono into voluntary liquidation.

A rEN'iTKNTTAHY convict named CollinR, aliasThorpe, was hung in tho prison at Auburn, N.Y., last week, for the murder of a colored con-vict named Howard, iu September last....A.firo at Jlillerstown, Pa., last week, destroyed$200,000 worth of property.

THB WKST.A DISPATCH from Bismarck states that Dead-

wood, in the Black Hills, is besieged by hos-tile Sioux, and that the whites aro in imminentdanger of massacre. Troops bad been orderedto move from Fort Lincoln, Standing Rock,and Fort Bnelling on forced marches,

A FIRE at Athens, Ohio, last week, burnedeight business houses; loss, $80,000. Thebridge over the Scioto river, at Chillicothe, wasburned the same day ; loss, $60,000.

IT is stated that Sitting Bull is desirous ofreturning to the territory of the United States;that ho labored under a misapprehension oftheir errand when he treated with contumelythe Commissioners who were sent out- to inter-view him, and that be is now willing to apol-ogize and throw off bis newly-declared al-legiance to the "Great Mother." TheGerman National Bank, of Chicago, ofwhich Henry Greenebanm is President,has closed its doors. The directors ofthe bank issued a circular stating that, the de-posits having shrunk from $1,157,000 in Julyto $183,000, they deem it advisable to discon-tinue business. The directors claim that theinstitution has assets enough to pay all obliga-tions.

A SENSATIONAL tragedy was enacted in Chi-cago a few days ago. A constable named Mc-Elligott was shot and mortally wounded byMiss Alvina C. McKee while attempting to levyon an execution for $12 for the rent of thehouse in which the fair Alvina lived.

Gov. IRWIN, of California, in his message toto the Legislature, conies out strongly againstChinese immigration, and urges that steps betaken to put a stop to the unrestricted influx ofMongolians. Ho says their presence has initi-ated an iiTcpressablecoiiilict in California, andthat there is danger of their civilization over-riding our own.

STILL anothor Chicago bank has gone by theboard. The German Savings Bank—HenryGreenebanm, President—closed its doors onFriday, the 7th inst. It is said that depositorswill be paid dollar for dollar.

BANKBUFTCIES : Tho Simpson Bank ofLawrence, Kan.; the La Salle County SavingsBank, of Ottawa, III.; John G. Hodjo <t Co.,wholesale stationers, San Francisco, Cal., lia-bilities $280,000.

THB BOOTH.WHILE seven negroes were rowing across the

Mississippi river near New Orleans, in an oldskiff, the planks of the frail craft parted andfive of the luckless men were drowned.

LOTJISVILLE had a destructive fire last week.The extensive whisky honso of Cochrane &Fulton was completely destroyed, involving theloss of some $300,000 Ex.-Gov. Pinchback,of Louisiana, has addressed an open letter toGov. Nicholls resigning his place as a UnitecStates Senator from that State.

GENERAL.

Two OCEAN disasters are reported by cable.The British steamer European, from the Capeof Good Hope, was wreckod in a fog off theFrench coast. No lives were lost. A collisionoccurred in the English channel, off Beachyhead, between an English steamer and an un-known vessel. But one man was saved.

THE troubles on the Mexican border arc as-suming a shape that may lead to r«ally seriouscomplications. One of the two parties oftroops which recently crossed the Kio Grandein pursuit of depredators has been heard from,dispatches from the border telling of an on-counter between Col. Young's command and anumber of Mexican Indians, in which two ofthe latter were killed and three wounded. Thecamp and property of the Indians were com-pletely destroyed.

A NAVAL engineer, Lieut. Wiso, reports fa-vorably on the official explorations of thoI«thniu8 of Darien, with a view to the projectof an inter-oceanic canal, connecting the Pa-cific and the Atlantic in Central America.Lieut. Wise estimates the cost of the proposedwork as not excessive.

POLITICALTHE people of Georgia have voted, by a ma-

jority of 40,000, to locate their State capital aiAtlanta. The r.ew constitution is adopted byabout tho same vote The Democrats of NewHampshire will hold their State Convention atConcord, Jan. 16.

To A itr.QUE.ST, signed by every Republicanmember of the New York delegation save Mr.Chittenden, asking the President not to againsend iu the namos of Messrs. Roosevelt andPrice &» Collector and Naval Ofiicer in NewYork, the President, a Washington telegraminforms us, returned a courteous but peremp-tory refusal.

WASHINGTON.THE President of the Senate and the Speaker

d tho House have determined to stop tho saloof liquors in the Capitol Fernando Wood isv. ry busily engaged in preparing a tariff bill.It is stated that it will bo sweeping in its char-acter, and will make extensive reductions. Itis reported that he contemplates reducing thetariff on silks from GO to 30 per cent.

JUSTICE HUMTHBEY, a Washington dispatchstates, has rendered an opinion in the habeas-corpus case of Senator Patterson, discharginghim from custody. This prevents Pattersonfrom being taken back to South Carolina, un-less Gov. Hampton shall make another requisi-tion, wkieh it is thought ho will not doGen. Ord, commanding tho forces in Texas,was before the Committee on Military Affairs,tho other day. He stated that the"Mexicanpeople and authorities on the lower Rio Grandewere iu sympathy with tho raiders, and in-timated that his present forco was quite in-adequate to guard the frontier and pursue andpunish the raiders, as his orders re-quiro him to do Stilson Hutchius,lately of the St. Louis Times, has started anew Democratic paper iu Washington, calledthe Post. John A. Cockerill, formerly of theCincinnati Enquirer, and A. C. Buell, a prom-inent newspaper correspondent, aro on the ed-itorial staff.

THE Secretary of the Treasury has issued acall for the redemption of §6,000,000 of bondsof 1865, and $4,000,000 of registered bonds of1870 The War Department apprehends ageneral renewal of Indian hostilities in tho farWest and Northwest before spring.

THE HOUSO Committee on Education andLabor have decided to report adversely uponthe bill introduced by Judge Buckner for theestablishment in the District of Columbia of aNational University for Womon Judge Mc-Arthur has granted a motion for a new trial inthe case of ex-ABsistant Secretary of the Treas-ury Sawyer, and ex-Commissioners of CustomsHaines and Brooks, some weeks ago convictedof conspiring to defraud tho Government.

A WASHINGTON dispatch states that the evi-dence iu the naval inquiry into the causes ofthe loss of tho Huron has all been taken. Aformal decision will not bo made for same timeIt is stated that the decision of the court wilbo that the Huron was lost by an error of judg-ment in the commander. His course was right,and he had the fullest confidence in his obser-vations, which probably wore correct, but hefailed to take sufficiently into account the factthat bis vest-el was very "long, deep a compara-tively small quantity of water, and offered litileresistance to the *ea, which in the gale wassotting in so strongly toward the land. Thship was hoading right, but had been forcecout of its course by the gale and the tide.

HON. JOHN M. HARLAN has formally quailfied as a Judge of the United Status SnprsmiCourt, and now occupios a seat on that benchas tho successor of Hon. David Davis, of Illinois An effort to restore the frankingprivilege to Congressmen looms up in CongK'ss, and nobody seems to care SecretarySchurz, referring to tho reports that he con-templated resigning his position and takingthe mission to Jierhn, says that ho has no buctintention. He is well satisfied with his presenposition, and thinks ho is doing well in itThere has been a caucus of some of theprominent silver men of both houses, includIns Senator Jones, Judge Kolley, Bland andothers, at which it was agreed that, during thelong holiday recess, one Senator and one Representative should be deputed to call publicattention to the Silver bill, and to create publie Fentimmt iu its favor We are informedby Washington dispatches to the Western y-rosthat it is tho intention of the administrationto leave tho whole question of settling th<Mexican troubles to Congress. The Oabinemay pass upon tho question of the recognitioiof Diaz, but beyond that it does not expect tcdo anything, preferring to leavo the respondbility npon the shoulders of tho rcpresentativ.body. There it promises to be a fruitful sourcof discussion,

THK TURKO-RUSS1AN fTAK.THE linniiiau:: admit a defeat and heavy \oti

»s i t Elena, Tb» Tnrkielt advivno© win onlj

checked by tho timely arrival of Russian rein-forcements... .A strong peaco element is saidto bo developing in Constantinople.

A BUCHABEST dispatch Bays: "A Russianstatement is published hero which says that itis better to continue tho war than to concludoa patched-up poaco, which will soonor or lateroake another war necessary. Russia must ob-tain autonomy for the Christian population, in-dependence for Ronmania and Servia, incrcasoof territory for Montenegro, and for Russiapossession of Batoum and Kars, and tho froojavigation of tho Dardanelles."

THE London correspondent of the ChicagoTribune telegraphs that "publio interest inthe war was never higher in England thannow. Everything points to some decisiveovents beforo Now Year's day, and, should theTurks bo overpowered and unable to prevent ageneral Russian advance upon Adrianoplo,there is no telling what action GreatBritain may be forced to take. That sho isquietly preparing for possible active inter-ference in behalf of Turkey is certain. InAsia the Turks have evacuated Batoum, andthe fall of Erzeroum is daily looked for, asreinforcements cannot now reach MukhtarPasha. The Servians aro said to have crossedtho frontier at Jacoss, and fortified themselveson Turkish territory. The total loss of Russiaup to Nov. 17 amountod to 74,858 men. BakerPasha (Col. Valentino Baker) is appointed tothe command of a division under MehemotAli."

THE most important event of the war inEurope so far is the fall of Plovna, the chiefstronghold of tho Turks north of tho Balkanmountains. After a sovero engagement be-fore the town on Sunday, tho 9th inst., OsmanPasha, who was wounded, surrendered uncon-ditionally. On Saturday, the 8th, says a specialcable dispatch of tho 11th, '-after OsmanPanha had found his escapo im-possible, his army starving and per-ishing with cold, and no hope ofsuccess, he sent a parlementaire to the Russianheadquarters with a special letter addressedpersonally to the Grand Duke Nicholas asChief of the army investing. Tho Grand Dukedpclined either to accept the lettor or to ro-coive the parlementaire, and directed him tobo escorted to the headquarters of PrinceCharles as Commandor-in-Cliief of theallied armies besieging i'levna. The

was a requestterms of capitulation,

and an especial request from OsmanPasha to bo allowed to surrender his sword tothe Grand Duke Nicholas. This being impos-sible, tho parlementaire returned. On Sundayanother desperate assault was made on theRussian right, in which Osman Pasha himselfwas wouodej, and about 3,000 Turks put horsdo combat. Nothing remained but uncondi-tional surrender, and thus closed one of thebravest defenses of modern times."

A CONSTANTINOPLE

purport of tho letterfor favorable

a Beat in tho Senate was adopted by a voto of 49 yeasto 8 nayp, tho latter being Messrs. AlliBOn. Cameron(Win ), Mrilillan. Uamlin, Howe, IngallB, MorrillandSaundors. Mr. Eustis was then sworn in and tooktnnseat. . . A n m n b e r o f bilH were introduced andreferred. Among them wero the following: ByMr. n u m b , to declare certain lands heretoforegranted to railroad companies forfeited, and toopen the same for settlement; by Mr. Johnston,amendatory of the supplementary act to incorporatethe Texas Pacific, railroad, and to aid its construc-tion ; by Mr. Christiancy, to provide forchallenges to jurors in trials for bigamyand polygamy in the Territory of U t a h . . . .Mr. Matthews made a four hours ' speech iu favorof his silver resolution.

HOUSE.—A large number of bills were Introduced,among the lot being anothor income-tax bill, by Mr.Turne r ; a bill by Willis, of Mew York,restoring the tax on tea and coffee, andlooking toward tariff reform; a bill by Mr.Joyce, adjusting the salaries of Postmasters; and ajoint resolution proposing an amendment to thoconstitution providing for the election of 8enator«

by direct vote of the people Mr. Wood, Chairmanof the Committee on Ways and Means, reported theusual resolutions for the distribution of tho Presi-dent's annual message among the variouB commit-tees. The resolution?, after somo discussion, wereadopted.

dispatch says it is re-ported that the Council of State has detor-mincd that Christians shall hereafter be eligi-ble to Governorships and other administrativefunctions of the Turkish provinces TheEgyptian contingent in the Turkish army willbe increased by 12,000 infantry, 1,000 ca'valryand four batteries.

OEiNEKAL FOREIGN NKWS.THE leading London journals speak in com-

mendatory terms of President Hayes' message.The Chinese authorities have torn up and

abolished the railway recently built from Shang-hai to Woosung.

A DisrATCH from Coqnimbo, Chili, says thoPacific Steam Navigation Company's steamshipAtulama has boen lost. Tho crow numberedforty, and the passengers probably about fifty.Only eighteen persons were saved.

A PARIS dispatch announces that the hitherto'obstinate MacMahon has at last yielded, andonsented to accept a Ministry from the Left

Center A dispatch from the City of Mexicoays that ex-President Lerdo do Tejada hasvritteu letters stating that it is his intentiono withdraw all pretemions to tho Mexican'residency. He intends to retire to France,

desires that his name shall no longer be usedor political purposes, and recommends Gon.iscobedo to tho suffrages of his friends. Thosejrofesssions aro not believed in by many oflis political supporters.

BY way of Tucson, Arizona, wo get tho fol-owing intelligence from Northern Mexico:

Gen. Epitacio Huorta, Commanding General ofSonora under Diaz, is ordered to Mexico, andall the Federal garrisons in Sonora are conceu-rating in Guayamas, the frontier towns beingeft unprotected. Discontent is general inSin.iloa, Sonora, and Lower California, therelaving been a revolution of opinion in favorof Lerdo. Important r,ews is expected soon.

PAKIS telegrams of the 8th Btate that a seri-ous hitch has occurred in the negotiations for;ho formation of c Ministry satisfactory to the[•oft. MacMahon seems to have recanted at:he last moment, and now insists upon reserv-ng to himself the selection of the three moetmportaut Ministers—those of Foreign Affairs,

War and Marine.TnE Spanish Government is in trouble again

with the Basque provinces, whoso aneiont lib-erties there has been an uttempt to curtail,since they participated in Don Carlos' rebellion.

A PAKIH dispatch of the 11th ways: "OnSunday night the crisis assumed a now shape.Marshal MacMahon determined on a policy of•ei-istance, and a new Ministry was submitted>y him. It remains to bo seen whether theConstitutionalists in the Senate will accede tothe demand of a second dissolution."

STRANGE CASE.A Needle Works Its Way from a Woman's

Foot to Her Hip.[From the Louisville (Ky.) News.]

A young woman named Melissa Shipp,whoso residence is in Martin county,Ind., arrived in the city by tho Ohio andMississippi road, this morning, for thepurpose of receiving medical advice.About three years ago, while walkingacross the carpet of her room at herfather's residence in her bare feet, shestepped upon a piece of broken needle,which penetrated the hollow of the leftfoot, sinking deeply into the flesh.Herself and mother made repeated effortsto draw the fragment from the wound,but without success. Finally a piece ofbacon-rind was bound on the puncturedpart, and in a day the pain subsided,and a week later the wound seemed per-fectly healed.

Miss Shipp continued to go about andattend to her domestic duties for severalmonths after the accident, entirely freefrom pain. Gradually, however, herankle began to pain her, and this con-tinued for two or threo months, she attimes suffering intensely. She sup-posed, as did her friends, that the painwas caused by acute rheumatism or asprain, and bathed the part affected intepid water and soothing liniments.After about three months of sufferingthe pain began to subside, and a monthlater had entirely ceased.

She suffered no more for about fifteenmonths, when the acute pain again seiin, this time in the knee. For two orthree months the same treatment wasfollowed as when the ankle was affectedthe young lady and her parents stilsupposing the pain was the result ofacute rheumatism. Then the pain began to subside, and in three months hadentirely disappeared.

For nearly a year Miss Shipp's healtlwas excellent, and she supposed sh(had entirely recovered from her singulaiaffliction. But she was mistakenAbout six weeks ago the pain returnedwith great acuteness, this time in th

Var Footing ot tho Army—State SecretsI>lvul|;e<l by a German Paper.

Tho Mi/itar Wochenblatt, a, Prussianmilitary journal under the management

f Gen. Witzleben, has just published aemarkable study oil the present condi-on of the military forces of France, by

3ount do Fircks, a Captain in tho army,'he author has conceded to tho Avenirfilitaire permission to translate andjublish his works. Tho Paris Consti-utionncl remarks, on the publication intiese terms: " What gives to the docu-

ment a peculiar interest is that all themeasures relative to the mobilization ofhe army and putting it on a war footingro regarded by tho French war admin-stration as state secrets, a knowledge of

which is rigorously prohibited from vul-;ar eyes. We have frequently protestedgainst this mania of the military au-horities; we have often explained thatt has the inconvenience of preventingur populations, and even our officers,rom obtaining an exact account of our

military situation. The publication of;ho article in the Afihtar Wochenblatts the irrefutable condemnation of thelystem of impossible confidences andantastical secrets. Wo do not mean to

affirm that the Prussian journal has dis-covered the exact truth in everything,)ut it has approached sufficiently nearhe reality to show how vain and puerile

are the efforts made to dissimulate a stateof things which cannot fail, sooner orater, to be known to every one. Theournal in question states that tho results that France, taking account of the\adres, but excluding the reserve of tho;erritorial army, can put on a war foot-ng the following forces:

Mtn.Mobile army of campaign 677,500nfautry of the reserve IfRSOOterritorial mobile troops 179,000

Garrisons iu France 071,000Garrisons iu Algeria 48,500

PKOCEKD1NUS OF CONGRESS.

TUKSDAY, Dec. 4.—GENATE.—Not in session.House—BUll were introduced and referred as

follows: By Mr. Townscnd (O.), to aid vesselswrecked or disabled in waters continguous to thoUnited States or Canada; by Mr. Dibrell, levyinga tax on income; by Mr. Baker (Ind.), a jointresoHition proposing an amendment to theconstitution prohibiting the payment ofany claims for damage growing out of the taking,use, or destruction of property during the Re-bellion : by Mr. Hartzell, to substitute green-backs for the isBue of national banking asso-ciations, and to pay the full amount for all bondsdeposited by them in the ti-r-asury in accord-ance with the terms of the contract expressedon the face of Baitl bondB, tho bonds so redeemedto bo canceled; by Mr. Hubbel], dividingMichigan into three judicial distr icts; byMr. Ellsworth, providing for general amnestyMr. Kryo, from the Judiciary Committee, reportedback Uu£ 1 nil prescribing an oath of ofllce whicheliminates from the statutes the law which pre-scribes the taking of the iron-ulad oath. Passed.Also, a bill repealing £eo. 820 of Ibe Revised s ta t -utes, which provides for the disqualification of anyjuror who has without duress or coercion taken uparms iu defense of any insurrection or rebellionagainst tlie United States, or who has given aid orcomfort thereto. Passed,

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5.—SENATE. —There wasno session of the Senate.

HOUSE.—The House spent considerable time inwrangling over the jurisdiction between the Com-merce and Railroad Committees on the subject ofthe respective control of the two committees over theriver and harbor bills. The matter was settled byreference to the Committee on RuleR Mr. Town-send, of Illinois, introduced a bill to repeal the ex-isting statutes for the renewal of patents, and de-claring it unlawful hereafter for the Commissionerof Patents to renew or extend any patent or design

whatever. The bill was passed Mr. Harrtoon,of Illinois, introduced a bill to provido foran income tax. I t proposes to levy upon the in-comes of all United States citizens which may beover $1,000 and under $2,000 annually a tax of 1 percent.; over $'2,00S and under $3,000, V^i per cent.,and graduating the scale up to and including$23,000. Over $23,000 and nnder $35,000, a tax of ;)per cent ; over $35,000 and under $50,100, 4 percent., and 5 per cent, on all incomes In excesB of$50,000.

THURSDAY, Dec. 0.—SENATE.—A number ofpetitions were presented and referred A resolu-tion was introduced by Mr. Burnside, and adopted,asking tho President to transmit to the Senatethe correspondence had with our Ministers toFrance, Kugland aDd (iermany in regard lo tin'Franco-Pruhsian war Mr. Ferry presentedpetition of citizens of Michigan in favorof the passage of a bill to authorizethe coinage of the standard silver do l la r . . . .The stiver men achieved a decided victory in theSenate, and developed an unexpected strength.Mr. Allisou, who nan charge of the Uouiie Silverbill, moved to make it the special order for Monday,Dec. 10. Mr. Morrill moved to postpono tho matterto Jan . 11. This was rejected by the one-sided voteof 17 yea«to40 nays. The motion of Mr. Allisonwas then agreed to by i I yeas to 18 nays Therewas a lengthy debate, in executive session, uponthe question of the relative rights of the Presidentand Senate in the matter of official apixiutments .The President renominated tho New York CustomHouse officers who fell by reason of the expirationof Ihe extra Benrinn. A number of other noniina-Uonj were u i : t in. John B. nawley, of Illinois,was confirmed a« Assistant Secretary of theTreasury.

HOUSK.—In the House the only business of im-portance wan Ihe, threefold report from tho Elec-tions Committee on the Colorado caiie—one to theeffect that Patterson ivw entitled to the seat, an-other that Belford was the rightful c'aimant, and athird, signed by Mr. Cox, of Ohio, claiming thaithere wan no legal election and remanding theqneaUon back to the people of Colorado ThePost- Koute bill was passed Mr. Joyce wanted tointroduce a resolution censuring the Spaniards fortheir barbarities in Cuba, but Mr. Hale objected.

FRIDAY, Dec. 7.—SENATK.—The House bil!for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of thesteamer Huron was pasred .. Mr. Mitchell, of Ore-

i D, delivered a long speeoh in support of his billto extend the time for tho completion of the North-ern Pacific railroad.

HoiJRK.—The proceedings in the Holiae were ex-ceedingly dull. Mr. Stephens introduced a billamendatory of the act incorporating the Texas Pa-cific Railroad Company ; Mr. Cox, of New York, of-fered a bill to reorganize the life-saving service,and Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Wa>fl and MeansCommitteo, reported a concurrent resolution forthe adjournment of Congress for the Christmasholidays, from the 16th of December until Jan. 10,which was passed,

Mo.vuv, Deo, 10.—SENATE.--The ca6e of J.B. Kuitia, of Lou!ai»n», I D ullotl up, »nd after ahrlAf il'bat* the rwlutinn ricclfiiisr him »atitM la

hip. Her sufferings at times were intense, and the remedies formerly usecseemed wholly without efficacy in heemergency. On Wednesday last, however, the secret of all ker suffering wa«explained. While adjusting a skirt aftearising from bed, she discovered that fsmall spot near the hip-bono was particularly sensitive, and her mother, being called to examine it, felt the shar]point of something in the flesh, amprotruding through the inflamed skinA pair of tweezers was obtained and thobstruction removed, when it was founi;o be about half an ordinary-sizeileedle, so corroded by rust as to be buittle thicker than an ordinary horseniir. The fragment had traveled thentire length of the limb, from tho cen:er of the foot to the hip-bone.

The young lady suffered very greatlafter the needle was withdrawn, andstill a sufferer, and comes to the cityconsult a skillful surgeon and seek suerelief as medical seiimeo can affortThe case is certainly a very reinarkablone.

Debts of France and England.A correspondent asks: " What coun

try in the world has the largest nationadebt?" At the latest date for whicstatistics are now in hand, Great Britaibad. That was in March, 1875, whenthe debt of that country was 83,876,000,-000, reckoning the pound sterling at fivodollars. In the preceding January thedebtof France, according to the "States-man's Year Book" for 1877, was $3,750,-337,129, counting five francs to the dol-lar. This debt was then the second inmagnitude. Some writers have statedthe French debt to be a3 much as$4,500,000,000. Probably the trueamount is somewhat above that firstgiven, as in 1875 France must have hada good deal of floating and temporary in-debtedness that had not at the timejbeenconverted into rentes, and tho " States-man's Year Book" gives only the capitalof the rentes. But those who put theFrench debt at $4,500,000,000 must in-clude municipal and other local indebt-edness, much of which was incurred forwar purposes during the late conflictwith Germany. There is probably notmuch difference between the debts ofFranco and Great Britain at the presentmoment.—Chicago Times.

THE FHENCII ARMK.

Homes.133,400

20,00011,00014,00011,000

A Dream of Anglo-Saxontfoin.The story is everywhere the same—

the Anglo-Saxon is everywhere a con-queror. Always acquiring and never re-linquishing, he suffers no limit to be putto his possessions. It is not without therange of probability that within fiftyyears the whole of the continents ofNorth America, Africa, and Australiawill be entirely in the possession of menof Anglo-Saxon blood, besides the Brit-ish isles, quite a third of Asia, New Zea-land, nearly all of the island of Polyne-sia, and such fragments of territory inother parts of the globe as are alreadyin British possession. This vast areawill include more than half of the fertileand productive soil of the globe. It willdominato all the seas of tho world,affording a coast line greater in extentthat the shores of all the remainingcountries of the globe. I t will containnearly all of the vacant and unoccupiedlaiula to which the crowded populationsof other countries must resort. It willpresent, in short, almost a monopoly ofthe undeveloped resources of the globe.—J. jRdc/ar Chamberlain, in DecemberGalaxy.

Patents.Daring the year ending June 30,1877,

19,991 applications for patents werefiled. The number of patents issued,including reissues and desigts, was 14,-459 ; the number of caveats filed was 2,-658 ; 1,098 patents were allowed but notissued, because the final fee was not is-sued ; 1,257 applications for registrationof trade-marks wero received, 9G8 trade-marks were registered ; 324 labels wereregistered. Tho total receipts of thoffice from all sources were $714,904.73 ;the totnl expenditures wore 8(509,043.24,leaving an excess of $105,921.44.—lie-port of the Commissioner of Patents.

Emigration to Liberia.The American Colonization Society

has Bent to Liberia since the close of thewar 3,137 colored persons. I t is nowpreparing to dispatch another expedi-tion on the 2d of January next. Thonumber of emigrants will depend, to aconsiderable extent, on the means yet tobe contributed for tho purpose. Thesociety is constantly receiving urgentapplications for passage and settlement.These, with other movements, espe-cially in South Carolina and Florida,represent, it is estimated, a quarter of amillion of men, women and children.—New York Tribune.

IT is observed that modern historyaffords no example of a man of 80 whowas so important to his oountry as wagTbiers. • * •".

Total 1,738,500 209,400' The number of pieces of ordnance

of campaign, not including those in thestores, amounts to tho following figures:?or the mobile troops of campaign 2,1GC'nfantry reserve corps 64Cterritorial mobile troops 21(Harrisons in Algeria 36

Total 2,952"At the present moment," continues

the Militar Wochenblatt, "France pos-sesses the requisite number of men anc:liorses subjected to military service,effectively to put imposing forces onwar footing."

Pensions.At the close of the year ending June

30, 1877, there were on the files of theoffice 42,809 original army invalkclaims; 19,344 invalid increase; 32,71farmy widows' original; 814 widows' in-crease ; 975 original navy invalid ; 62navy invalid increase ; 524 navy widows' original; and 2 navy widows' in-crease claims.

To that number were added duringthe year 16,532 original army invalid11,214 army invalid increase; 5.26Eoriginal navy widows'; 780 army widows' increase; 271 original navy invalid ; 117 navy invalid increase ; 9r

original navy widows'; and 16 navywidows' increase claims.

Seventeen hundred and seventy-oneoriginal army invalid, 132 original nav;widows', 4 army widows' increase,original navy invalids', and 1 originanavy widows' claims were taken from th<rejected files and reopened, making igrand total of 61,112 original army invalid ; 21,558 army invalid increase38,114 original army widows'; 1,598 arm;widows' increase ; 1,252 original nav;invalids; 179 navy invalid increase622 original navy widows'; and 18 navwidows' increase claims for disposal.

The yearly value of claims allow©during the year is $1,343,534.84, as follows: Army invalid, $472,463.22; increased pension to invalids, $369,996.12army widows, etc., $446,292 ; increasespensions to army widows, $16,504; nav;invalids, $16,528.50; increased pensio:to navy invalids, $2,877; navy widowsetc., $10,260 ; increased pension to nav;widows, $9,060 ; survivors of the war o1812, $5,568, and widows of the soldierof said war, $12,096.

During the year the following amountwere paid for pensions : To army invalids, $12,955,544.15 ; to army widowsetc., $13,348,383.57; to navy invalids$199,619.40; to navy widows, etc.$322,926.63; survivors of the war1812, $934,057.82 ; to the widows of thsoldiers of said war, $361,548.91, making a total of $28,122,683.48.— Reporof the Commissioner of Pensions.

Destruction of Forests.The rapidity with which this countr;

is being stripped of its forests musalarm every thinking man. It has beeestimated by good authority thut, if wgo on at the \ resent rate, the supply otimber in the United States will, in lesthan twenty years, fall considerablyshort of our home necessities. How disastrously the destruction of forests ofcountry affects the regularity of thwater (supply iu its rivers necessary fonavigation, increases the frequency ofreshets and inundations, dries upsprings, and transforms fertile agricult- Iural districts into barren wastes, is amatter of universal experience the worldover. I t is the highest time that weshould turn our earnest attention to thissubject, which so seriously concerns ournational prosperity.

The Government cannot prevent thecutting of timber on land owned by pri-vate citizens. It is only to be hopedprivate owners will grow more careful oftheir timber as it rises iu value. Butthe Government can do two things:

1. It can take determined, and, as Ithink, effectual measures to arrest thestealing of timber from public lauds ona large scale, which is always attendedwith the most reckless waste; and, 2. Itcan preserve the forests still in its pos-session by Keeping them under its con-trol, and by so regulating the cuttingfind sale of timber on its lands as to se-cure the renewal of the forest by naturalgrowth and the careful preservation ofthe young timber.—Annual Report ofthe Secretary of the Interior.

links it sinful to kill rim, and allowsneighborhood and even the streets

E his town to be infested by packs oflastorless dogs whom we should get ridf in one day, Tho beggar does notenture to destroy hia vermin ; but puts10m tenderly on the ground. Therere hospitals in Cairo for superannuatedats, where they aro fed at public ex-en»e.

The True Bostonian Spirit.An old tramp, with his face shrunken

with hunger, was overturning the con-ints of an offal wagon down Main;reet, last Tuesday afternoon, trying tosh out a lunch, when a policeman camelong and asked : "Why don't you goo work sawin' wood, or diggin' clams,r somethin' and earn enough to get yousquare meal, and not be stuflin' your-

elf with this unwholesome garbage?Jam-by, 'afore you know it, you'll beead, and the city 'ill have to send yourorpso up to the Brighton abattoir.".'he old outlaw stepped down on theidewalk, and, as ho wiped his tangled

whiskers, he said: " Pretty tuff times,oss, when er man hez ter git his wittlesut of er swill wagon ! I hain't used toich business as this, and don't you for-

git it; my father was one of tho richestnen on this continent once; he owned

more'n half the city of Boston, and Iwas brought up in the lap of luxury, ast ware; I graduated at Harvard College,nd know'd twenty different languages;mowed all about astronamy; could tello how fur the planite Satan, Versuvi-

ous, Juniper and Venice was from theearth, and could repeat the whole Biblerom the first chapter of Adam clearhrough to the landing of Noah's ark onPlymouth rock." Then the policemanooked as if he was going to drop downlead for a moment, then he rallied andtruck across tho street, muttering:' Well, I sware, I never heered any-

thing equil that for ignerence, never."—Boston Traveller.

Decrease of Population in France.In a work just published by Dr. A.

Proust, of Paris, some remarkable fig-ures are given, showing the progressivedecline in the number of births in hiscountry. Beginning with tho presentcentury, the number of births per thou-sand of the population has rangedsteadily downward; tabulated in succes-sive periods of ten years each, the fig-ures are 32.9, 31.7, 30.6, 28.7, 27.5, 26.1,26.3. Most other European countriesshow, in the same period, a small butsteady increase; the corresponding fig'ures for Prussia are now 38.1; for En-gland, 35. Tho rate of births for theUnited States is doubtless higher. Onthe other hand, France is not amongthe nations least successful in savingthe lives of young infants, and occupiesa position in this respect better thanmidway. In a table of deaths of infante(per thousand born) occurring beforethey were 1 year old, Bavaria is at oneextreme, with 372 deaths; Scotland atthe other, with only 156. England has170; Belgium, 186; France, 216; Italy.254; Russia, 311. Probably the recorcof Turkey, if it conld be obtained, woulcexceed tliat of Bavaria; the reasons forthe excessive mortality of infants in thelast-named country are not, howeverdefinitely ascertained; it is surmisecthat a national custom of wrappingbabes very tightly in bandages may b<among the causes.

A Chinese Thanksgiving Dinner.At 36 Mott street Chinamen gathered

n the dining-room before the usual din-ler hour, because the dullness of busi-eas at the cigar-stands and iu the laun-ries caused many of them to suspendperations. Thero wero seven smallblong tables, without cloths, arrangedbout tho room. By the side of eachhina plate were a pair of chop-sticks, apoon, and a minute china cup and sau-er. The spoons wero also of china-

ware, pictured like the plates and cups.?ho bowl of each spoon was drawn outit one side into a handla three inchesong. Beside one of the windows some!ried ducks were suspended by theirleeks. They had been opened on thejreast, and flattened with a broadweight, so that the plucked wings andmrt of the legs were pressed into thelesh of the back. They had been driedn the roof, and preserved without salt,n a large dish in the middle of eachable was a stow which had been made

of one of these dried ducks, cut up intosmall pieces. The guests helped them-selves to the stow with a china ladle.Dhen they picked out the pieces of duckvith their chop-sticks and sipped theiquid part from their china spoons. Aarge dish of rice, which had beenwiled with so little water that the ker-

nels had swelled almost to dryness whenhey were taken from the kettle, was

placed beside the stew. The third andmly other dish was composed of broadscalloped red leaves, served as a kind ofgreens. These leaves aro dried in Chinaind imported. There was no sugar ormilk on the tables. The tea, which wasmade .by pouring hot water over thedried leaves, was drank from the littlecups. When a vieitor to tho dining-room asked how potatoes were dressed,the caterer laughed in scorn, and said :

No havum potate." The room wasSlled with Chinese patrons. The odorof burning opium issued from severalrooms in the building, but was not per-ceptible in the dining-room. The littlebox of white sand bristling with half-burned Joss sticks had been placed onthe floor under a side table. The wallswere adorned with cheap Americanprints, and several Chinese picturestilled with symbolic mountains, treesand men.—New York Sun.

show his teeth and look as homely as Ican without trying. They sit on oneend and eat with the other. A wood-chuck can get home faster than a gun canshoot. He is round all over, except hisfeet which aro black. When eaten theyretain the flavor of their nests, and seemto have been cooked without beingpared. A fat woodchuck, when eatproperly, is no laughin' matter. Theycome under the head of "domesticani-mals," and think there ain't no placolike home when a dog goes for one of'em.—Albany Journal.

The Yule Log.In accordance with the scriptural

teaching that " Christ if the true light

Weary Amid the Glitter.

An Odd Little Story of Napoleon IIIIt was a good many years ago, and al

Paris was raving about the exquisitbeauty and wonderful voice of a younggirl who had just left the Conservator;to become not long after and continuetill this doy one of the brightest orna-ments of the lyric stage. She washonored with an imperial command tosing at the Elysees, where she fascinatedthe Emperor, who, sending for her, fa-vored her with an audience in the pres-ence of the brilliant assembly, praisedher singing, and asked her in what way hecould be of assistance to her. The girl'sonly thought was that this interview,which so distinguished her, was so soonto come to an end, and stammeringlyand with downcast eyes she said, "Sire,thero is one thing you could do for me,but to aek it of you would be too pre-sumptuous." The Emperor encouragedher. "Come, what can I do to serveyou?" he repeated. "Sire," said she,' ' talk to me some more." The Emperornever was a brilliant conversationalist,and on this occasion had been ratherless elegant and witty than usual. Notunderstanding that sho was in earnest,he took it into his head that the brilliantyoung prima donna was quizzing him,and thereafter she was always in his badbooks.

To be Printed in School Books.Reader, your eyesight is worth more to

you than any information you aro likelyto gain from this book, however valuablethat may be. You are, therefore, earn-estly cautioned:

1.' To be sure that you have sufficientlight, and that your position be suchthat you not only avoid the direct raysupon your eyes, but that you also avoidthe angle of reflection. In writing, tholight should be received over the leftshoulder.

2. That you avoid a stooping positionand a forward inclination of tho head.Hold the book up. Sit erect also whenyou write.

3. That at brief intervals you rest theeyes by looking off and away from thebook for a few moments.

And you are further cautioned to avoidas much as possible books and papersprinted in small type, and especially suchas are poorly printed; also, to avoidstraining or overtaxing the sight in anyway. Boys may need to be reminded ofthe great importance of thoroughlycleansing the eyes with soft, pure waterboth morning and evening.

A Woman's Spite.One of the queerest manifestations of

feminine rancor that we have heard oflately is reported from Rochester. Amarried woman named Maggie Connorsannounced to a policeman that she wasabout to steal a pair of shoes in order tobe sent to Hie penitentiary. Heendeav-

which shall lighten every man that com-ethinto tho world," ard the "Light ofLights" promised in the prophecies tothe Gentiles, the Christmas, or Yulefestival, was also called by the earlyChristians "The Feast of Lights."In the ancient days of both the Westernand Eastern churohes (and to the pres-ent in the Church of Rome) large andhighly-ornamented wax-candles areburned in the Christmas celebration.Out of this custom, most probably,grew the introduction of tho Yule block,clog or log, in the rural districts of En-gland, after tho Christian religion hadthere become established.

Except in church observances, theusefof the Christinas candle is now ob-solete. The Yule log, for the fire ofChristmas eve, in many portions of En-gland and Scotland, is still gatheredearly in autumn and preserved for thepurpose, or, in its stead, when tho logor block cannot be obtained, an enor-mous lump of coal is laid by for the oc-casion and purpose. The same customprevails in certain sections of Virginiaand other of the Southern States, theinhabitants of which are of Englishdescent. This was notably the case iuthe rural districts of Eastern Virginiaduring the existence of slavery. Thepreservation of the block for the ' ' back-log " of the Christmas fire was a matterof no small concern with plantation ne-groes ; and white boys and black ex-temporized Christmas cannon of large,dry logs of wood, drilling holes in, andcharging them with gunpowder, andexploding by percussion or ignition.The first of those Christmas guiiB wasusually fired off at midnight of Christ-mas eve ; and from this time until morn-ing, bad lu«k to the man, woman orchild in the vicinity who coald not sleep,even amid the noises of battle.

Suitable Witts lor the Girls.About Christmas gifts. Perhaps your

heart is better filled with generous im-pulses than is your purse with thewherewithal to gratify them. Well,then, you must fall back upon your owningenuity and industry. Do you wantto make a tidy for mother's pet chair ?Take linen, used for stair-carpeting, andcrotchet a bright border all around it.Then get a piece of Creton, half a yardwill be enough, 25 or 37 cents a yard,and cut out the figures—birds, butter-flies, buds and flowers decorate Cretonusually. Put those on your linen, andbutton-hole stitch them on. Such tidiesare very inexpensive and durable, newstyle and pretty. Perhaps you have ayoung married friend to whom auch agift would be very acceptable. Or, ifyou are artistic, and paint in oil or wa-ter colors, get a nice French china plate,decorate it with flowers, buds, ivy pat-tern, or any other device your imagina-tion can supply. The plate will costabout 50 cents, and will be an elegantand acceptable gift.

Steam Power.According to the statement in the

Polytechnic Review, the aggregatesteam motive power at present in use inthe world is 3,500,000 horse-power em-ployed in stationary engines, and 10,000,000 horse-power in locomotive en-gines, making a total of 13,500,000 horse-power. This force is maintained with-out the use of animal food, except by theminers who dig the coal and provide thefuel, and the force maintained in themuscles is to that generated by the pro-duct labor as about one to 1,000. Thissteam-power is equal to the workingforce of 25,000.000 horses, and one horseconsumes three times as much food asone man; the steam-power, therefore,is equivalent to the saving of food for75,000,000 human beings. Again, threepower-looms, attended by one man, produce daily seventy-eight pieces of cot-ton fabric against four pieces producedby one loom worked by one man in 1800and so the list might be indefinitely ex-tended of what is accomplished by theuae of steam-power and labor-savingmachinery^

Wrestling: with a Grizzly.After the ring had been cleared the

Adrian brothers appeared with one oltheir performing" bears. They havifour in all, but only one performed yesterday. "Pete ," as he is called, is sfine, healthy grizzly, not two years eldand as playful as a kitten. He waltzedplayed old soldier, and went through ;variety of tricks, ending with a wrestling matcli with one of the Adrian brothers. In this Master Bruin showed himself a mateh for his manly antagonistHe took a very fair hold of his antagonist, and after a struggle of several minutes threw him. Referee Coup decideiit not a f;iir fall, and it was tried agaiuMr. Adrian was then thrown the secon-time, but fell on one shoulder only, observing which the bear deliberately felon him with his entire weight, thubringing both shoulders to the grouniand winning the fall.

The Adrian brothers offer $300 to anoutsider, including Professors Milleand Bauer, or any other wrestler, t<throw the bear.—New York Sun.

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A Madman's Freaks.William Cushman, a passenger on the

fast lino west over the Pennsylvaniaroad, became deranged on the cars, and,as the train was passing Carney's sta-tion, forty miles east of Pittsburgh, heran out on the platform and made adesperate leap from the train, whichwas running at the rate of forty milesan hour. The madman escaped with afpw slight bruises, and, when tho con-ductor stopped the train, was not to befound. After the train pulled out hemade his way to the signal-station, nearCarney's, from which he sent a telegramto the Superintendent, saying he hadjumped from the train to escape a partyof men aboard who wanted to shoothim. The telegraph operator did whathe could to quiet the man, but in a shorttime he became very violent, and, draw-ing a revolver, forced the operator to va-cate. The latter notified the fireman,who ordered out his force and attemptedto capture the insane man. The latter,however, held possession, threateningto si toot the first one that entered untildaylight, when he set fire to the signal-tower and was forced to jump from thewindow to escape the flames. He wasinstantly captured.

A lady whose husband held one of olei\ to dissuade her, but "she carried outthe highest places in the Governmentstood in her magnificent homo attiredfor her weekly reception. " How glad-ly would I give up -JI the finery, showand insincerity ot this public place andgo back to the rooms I lived in when wowero first married. I would throw mysilks and diamonds away and sit downto my supper of chip beef and tea atsunset, and afterwards take a long, quietwalk with Will, and rest on the stumpin the moonlight and tell my little plansfor the future, and what I had donoeverj' hour while he was gone, and knowtliat we were alone iu the world, livingonly for each other. Those days seemlike days iu heaven. I work harder nowthan any slave ; often 300 calls to returnin a single week, receptions at partiesevery night; see tho same people, hearthe same talk, eat the same things, comehome disgusted, wonder what I am liv-ing for, where I will go when I die.' Betide, I must have Hon. and Sec-retary here to-morrow ; I miiBt gettheir influence; you must talk music totho Secretary, and you must ask Hon.

about monolith ; monolith is hishobby. Do your best, I need theirhelp.' So it is always. Help, influence,pewer—a smile in my faee, interest inmy n-auner, living a lie; feeding mysculonhufcks."—Chicago Times' Wash-ington Letter,

A Keversal of ThingsAlthough the Mussulman is utterly

indifferent to human Site, which he deg-troves without scruple, be preserves thelives of the lower animals solicitously.Though he considers the dog impure,and never makes a, friend of him, be

her intention by pilfering from a store apair of rubber over-shoes. With thistrophy in her possession Maggie madeher appearance at the police office andentered a complaint against herself. Re-monstrance was useless. She declaredthat if not convicted and sent up showould commit some other crime. So afine of $10 was imposed, with the alter-native of sixty days in the penitentiary.And then the motive for this strangeperfoimancecame to light. Tne womanhad been quarreling with her husbandand chose this method of wreaking venge-ance upon him. It is to be hopedthat Mr. Connors will refuse to pay thefine, and let hia ingenious spouse Berveout her sixty days at hard labor.—TroyTimes.

l imber Lands.All timber lands still belonging to the

United States should be withdrawn fromthe operation of the Pre-emption andHomestend laws, as well as the locationof the various kinds of scrip.

Timber lands fit for agricultural pur-poses should be sold, if sold at all, onlyfor cash, and so graded in prices as tomake the purchaser pay for the value ofthe timber on the land. This will beapt to make the settler careful andprovident in the disposition of the tim-ber.

A sufficient number of Governmentagents should be provided for to protectthe timber on public lands from depre-dation, and to institute to this end thoneceitsary proceedings against depreda-tors by seizures and by criminal as wellas civil action.—Jieport of the ftecrriary<,fth<- initrior.

Pins.The quantity of pins now produced

daily iu England is said to bo 50,000,-000 of which Birmingham produces37,000,000, leaving some 13,000,000 toLondon, Warrington, Stroud, and Dub-lin, where the article is also made. Theweight of wire consumed annually in thepin manufacture of England is set downat about 1,275 tons, one-eighth of thisbeing iron wire, used in the, productionof mourning und hair pins. The con-sumption of brass wire amounts to2,500,000 pounds, valued at nearly $600,-000, and of iron wire some 315,000pounds, worth about 836,000—to thesevalues being added, of course, those forwages, paper, ornamental envelopes,boxes, wear and tear of machinery,manufacturers' profits, etc. Mourning,hair, entomological, ai-;d jnpanned pins—that is, those fctuck in rows—realize ahjxger profit than pins sold by weight.Taking it altogether, tho pin manufact-ure of the United Kingdom is not over-estimated, it is thought, at the aggre-gate amount of $1,000,000. In theUnited States, the weight of pins pro-duced iu a year is set down at 1,120,000pounds. _ ^ _ _

A Grave (Juarrel.A funeral in Marysyilla, Cal., was the

cause of a strange public family dispute.The widow of the dead man, John G.Briggs, had a grave dug in the RomanCatholic cemetery, and his brothers andsisters had another prepared in the citycemetery. A Proteetunt ministerpreached the sermon in Briggs' Into resi-dence, and the procession started—forwhich one of the two cemeteries no oneknew. The road to both was for somedistance the same. When the junctionwas reached, the inquiring undertakerwas told by the widow to go to one, andby the brothers and Risters to go to the,other. Then the widow descended fromthe carriage and walked beside thehearso to the Roman Catholic cemetery,while the other relatives left the proces-sion and went home.

A School-Boy on Woodchucks.Woodchuoks is a very curious animal.

I t is made of hair and eyes and has twofront teeth, and can see a man with agun when the oyes are shut and bolted.I have seen a dog shake a woodchucktill both were blaok in the face. Awoodohuok can snivel up his nose and

A Hard Winter Predicted.The predictions that the present win

ter will be an exceedingly cold one arbased by Astronomer .Royal Smith,the Royal observatory, Scotland, upoobservations of earth thermometers foover thirty-nine years. He finds thabetween 1837 and 187G threo great heawaves from without struck Great Britainthe first in 1845-46, the second in 185859, the third iu 1867-68. The next onwill probably come in 1879-80, withithe limit of half a year each way. Thperiods of minimum temperature,greatest cold, are not in the middle tirnbetween the crests of these great heawaves, but are comparatively close upothem on each side, at a distance of aboia year and a half. Hence, the next colwave is due at tho end of the presenyear, and frigid weather may be expected.

Western Appropriations for 1878The following aro the estimates of th

Treasury Department for appropriationthat will be needed the coming year forwork on Western Government buildings,harbor and river improvements, etc.:For the Custom House and Sub-Treasury at

Chicago $500,000Custom House at EvansvillcGrand U»pidfi PostofRceLincoln (Neb.) Court HouseSt. Louis Custom HouseKock Island Arsenal (this includes the com-

pletion of the present projected shops andgalienU maintenance)

Indianapolis ArsenalDes Moines rapidsFort MadiBon (Iowa) harborBurlington harborHiver improvements opposite Dubuque.Hock Island rapidsIllinois riverMississippi river, above the falls of St. An

thonyMinnesota riverChippewa riverWabat-h riverChicago riverCalomel bay

Prescript io CompoundedHours.

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DOBBINS' STARCH P O L l

45,00047,00010,000

500,000

599,1008,10095,00020,00025,50025,00050,000145,000

50,00060,000eo.ooo

100.000150,0(1050,000

Michigan City river 100,000

THE MARKETS.

NEW TOKK.BEEVES $8 00HOGS 4 75

Kiouit—Superfine 5 00WHEAT—No. 2. Chicago 1 32CORN—Western Mixed 62OATS—Mixed 35HYK—Western 71POKK—New Mess 13 50J.AltD

CHICAGO.BEEVES—Choice Graded Steers 5 25

Choice Natives 4 60Cows and Heifers 2 25Butchtrs ' steers 3 25Medium to Fair 3 90

Hoos—Live 3 50FLOUR—Fancy White Winter fi 75

Good to Choice Sprill(! Ex.. 5 25W H E A T - N O . 2 Spring 1 0 3

No. 3 Spring 1 03CORK—No. 2 42O A T S - N O . 2 '.!">RYE—No. 2 54BARLEY—No. 9 62BUTTER—Choice Creamery SOEOGS—Fresh 20l'ORK—Mess 11 90L A H P

MILWAUKEE.WHEAT—No. 1 1

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ST. LOIIIb.WIIKAT—Nn 3 Ked Fall 1 23COBS—No. 2 Mixed 4.>OATS—No. 2 27U T E 55PoitK—Mess 11 83LAUD >Hofi.s 3 75CATTLE 300

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TOLEDO.WHEAT—No. 1 White Michigan 1 30 @ 1 31

No. 2 lied Winter 127 % 1 28CORK 45 @ 50),OATS—No. 2 29 @ 30

DETROIT.FLOUR—Choice White 5 80 @ 6 50WHEAT—NO 1 White 129 @ 1 30

No. 1 Amber 1 26 @ 1 27COBS—No. 1 61 @ 63OATS-Mixed 29 @ SOBARLEY (per cental) 130 @ 1 60PORK—Mesa 12 60 @12 75

EA-"T LIBERTY, PA.CATTLE-Best 4 W @ 6 40

fair 4 30 @ 4 60Common 3 00 §l"s

Ho«» * 35 2 * *}Hturr.v 4 00 ( | 4 70

A OB.EAT DISCOVERT,By tho n»c of which every family may give toLinen that polish peculiar to fine laundry wort, m.[UK time and labc r in ironiun more than ite ML-cost. Sold by grocers, or will be sent, postage i«lon receipt of 25 cents.

BOBBINS, BRO. & CO.,13 N. Fourth St., Philadelphia.

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T?iis is the finest Liniment in thmrli,»«t! will positively cure in almost txtrj co»

Price $1.00 per bottle.JOHNSON, H0LL0WAY & CO,

8 PEC IA LAO ESTS,

MEDICAL & SURGICAL Ind CUnaui

Eitabliihcd 1867 and Chirtortd bv the ....for the improved treatment ot all Private and (Diseases mentioned in this card. Just pubmtifd,

" T H E SILENT FRIENDI"A confidential AdviierfortfccyoonrnJ

middle aied of both Bcxeg;OH tulJitrt**es ot a P r iva te Nature, arjuncfroaE a r l y Abuses or Infection, S**1™

Weakness, and Loss ot Manhood, and the twit ni«£lolcurc; with valuable advice to the Married *M » •contemplating .Marriage; including a treatilf on ismwDiseases, ond Chronic Affection! of the Thn>tl.U»('and Skin, Catarrh, Cancer, Rupture, Piles, FirtulMMW"i n Habit &c. It contains 260large paRestnd numerMl"-gravinps,mailed under KCBI on receipt otSt'cls. .

A CLINICAL LECTURE on the above d i imo , "the principles of nicdiclll practice iu their trcttmcct.

Price 10 cti. Address, Attending Phvsiriin,M.&S. INSTITUTE.

Wo 43B Water St.. MILWAUXE&"-*..

This is probably the .purest and best preparation of lj*known- One trial -will cow"1*Price, SI.00 per bottle.

JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY&00.Special Agents, 'philci<ldphit- _,

DYSPEPSIAPermanently cured iu every instance

by the

EAGLE DYSPEPSIA TROCHES,They will immediately correctstomach.check vomiting and heartburn,cure sickness or pain in the stomacn,fostiveness, liver complaint, head"™1

etc. Being pleasant, safe and hann'oaare a sure cure for Infanta suffering W"weak stomach.

Price, Thirty-Five Cents per Box.

EARLY BIRDWORM POWDEB.

At all times safe, reliable, strictly vege-table and tasteless, used by old and yoi» 5with perfect safety, even when worms ««not present. Requires but one dose weifect a cure.

Price, IS Cents per Package.Sold by all Druggists, or sent by Mail,

on receipt of Price.NEBEKEB & CO., Prop'*

12th and BljwortS S'j., PMlaielpM*. f a '

FHICB, 35 CENTS.

Jofesston, HollowayJSpecial Agouti,