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SHOCKING AND FATAL AccrpHNf.--on Wed
nesday morning Benjamin Frauken6eld And
wife we're driving down Walnut street, in Eas-
TON, Pa, when the swinge-tree broke, and the
horses ran away and upset the wagon. Frank
enneid recelved injuries about the body. Ms.
Frankepfeld had her nose nearly severed, cuts
about the face and head, penetrating the skull,
and her left hip joint badly fractured. The
horses ran into Q wagon occupied by John
Bouer, II years old, and . Younger brother
Both we're thrown out, and John died shortly
After from injuries received. His brother vss
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TELEGRAMs TO THE STAR
Movements OF Our Fleet I'm Cuban
Wafera.

KE, wEsr, December s5.-'rhe torpedo boat
Pints lett Key West last night for Havana, on
trip Of observation. The Kansas. Commander
Eesc has arrived, four DAYS from Santiago de
Cubs, The Csnsndaigns srrivcd st Santiago
on Friday. tbs 10Th of pece nber, too DAYS
hetore the Kansas left. All are well on the
Kansas aud Csnsndsigua. The steamer San
Antonio, from Galveston % New York, reports
Invariably rough weather on the gulf. Lieut..
VIM. commanding the Paw nee. denies that
there - any dangerous fever on that ship. The
mortality - snail considering the large number
OF recruits on board from New Orleans. There
Is no yellow ferer in this vicinity. A gale from
The northvard has prevailed Al Key West The
Despatch and N az flower dragged their anchors .
but after drifusg around the hafbo were tua,ls
secured.
MISSING NEWSPAPER CONFECTIONERY.
IL rs reported by both the Kansas and Pints
hat kaiph heeler, special correspondent OF the
New York T1bRbs, left Santiago de Cuba on
the steamer fc- Batassno, about zen DAYS AGO.
At ManEAnilo he was missing. though his bag
gage was stu on board. Not having been heart
from on the 2ist slant. u Is feared some serious
accident has hefallen him All was qniet At
Santiago de Cuba when the Kansas left,
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Beston.s Cnr,,,mas ,s,raer

BOSTON, December 20 Early Yesterday
morning, Antoine G. Hnettie was shot and ter
rlbly mntilated by Joseph q. Hegner, both
young Germans. Hegner confesses Committing
the murder.
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EOreiSu Nnlea-

THE EMPEROR WILLIAMS HEALTH.
BERLIN, December 26-The EmperorNilliani
is much better this morning.
BAZAINE BASIsHFD.
PARIS, December c6.-MArshai RaEaine has
left Versailles for the island Of Saint Mar
guerite.
SPANISH ENPRpITION TO -.
MADRID, December 26.-FouTtaen thousand
republican troops, under command of General
Morones, have left san Sebastian by sea.
Their destination is not known. Gen. Lama,
with 5000 government troops, remains IN the
city.
DESPERATE CONFLICT
between a band of Carlis's aud a republican
force occurred yesterday before the town OF
Baycarente, province Of Valencia. The in-ur-
gents were defeated with heavy loss in killed
and wounded.
The municipal authorities OF Madrid have
been suspended from office.
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SHOOTING AFFRhY In RICHMOND, Wa Sc
rious shooting affray occurred on Tuesday in
OF the steamer Old Dominion, and Morris Shee-
nan, a st0ne-cutter. Sheehan, Owens and la
number OF other persons we're in a bar room ON
lower Main street, discussing the Cuban ques-
ton, when Sheehan and Owens ouarreied And
blows passed. Ovens shot his aesalant with
small four-barreled pistol, and fed but was
arrested and committed to Jail. The physicians
who attended Sneekan testified that his wound
is dang 3TOns but not necessa rilY fatal.
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AHHRIcAN VALUE OF FoRR1aN MoNEY-
AFTER the nrst Of Janurry the value of foreign
moneys In this country will be changed as fol-
creased from s4.sl to s4s6.65; the French,
Swiss ana Belgian francs from 1896 to 1905
with similar increase on the Greek drachma
an1 Spanisn peseta. The Portuguese miires
ol.C6.41, W
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HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE RING,
II THE AUDACIOUS RING

Ihat clIcled the great city;
W here is IL now Sing Sing
Where ia II now Sing Sing
Without renorse or pity
The boldest, best, and most graphic Of American
contemporaneous dramas fou nded on facts, will be
produced on WEDNESDAY NIGHT, at FORD's
OPERA HOUSE by DOMINICK MURRAY and
CON psDy, with striking realistic scenery.
Cheap Prices, the Holiday weeks, rs and 50 cents
Matinees Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, %
and 80 cents. dec22
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WRIT OF ERRoR IN TIE CASE on Lrcr,cr.
LITTLE.-The Winchester News states that fhs
Court Of Appeals mas awarded Q writ Of error in
the case OF Lycurgus Little, recently tried Ana
nis brother In Clark county. No time has been
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IHE TROUBLE IN THE UTAH COURTS
Criminal jurisdiction of the probate courts OF
otah was again denied by Judge Mexican in
the case Of kiesel, sentenced to ten years in the
bate was set aside and the prisoner held to hsi,
10 answer In the district court. There il some
talk Of counsel having the probate officials
arrested and Imprisoned.
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New York Notes.

NEw NoRE, December e6-Christmas Was
fully observed here bv an Glasses. Risiness
was entirely suspended, ami dispatches from
ali sections report more than usual Observance
Of the joyous season.
FICuTS.
There were number OF fights and stshhing
affrays here yesterday, but no one WAS killed,
though one or two persons, n Is thought, are
dangerously hurt.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
james Gallagher, OF 30 PeSIi street, Brook
lyn, returned home drunk early this morning.
assaulted his wife, jagged her from her bed
and threw her down a second fight OF stairs.
SuIpOsng be bad Killed her he returned 70 his
room, took on Enfield rifle and shot himself in
the stomach, INJECTING a wound from the ct
tects of which he died in forty-hve minutes.
HIS wife was severely, though not dangerously
injured.
FISK & HATCH
sent communication 70 the stock exchange
to-day. officially announcing that they have
resumed busine
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BALTIMORE, December 26.-h
houses in the principal part Of the eitS Sss
Iins xhoSe fmnersI tai, -scry OF Johns Hop
AAA'' "A"s - place to-day
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CAPT. L. ID. BAKER, A. q. NJ, has been Or
dered to report at once to the Quartermsstei
General of the Army for the settlement of hi;
accounts.
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INDusTRIAL.-Cotton and voollen rni,,s
throughout Now England are very reneraIIv
resuning operations, aud there is I brisk hoi.
iday trade. This revival Is attended for the
twenty per cent. To this reduction, however,
there are some exceptions.
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SFyAToR-HLECT BOoTH, of California, is a
bachelor. His mother has presided at his GU
bernaterial receptions.
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TIE United States Senatorial Transportation
Committee met at Atlanta, Ga, on Wednes-
day and heard an argument in favor of the At
lantic and Great Western canal, after which
thew left,
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QUITE NUMBER of bureau officers are spend
ing the holidays at their homes in the states.
Among them are Gen. Baker, commissioner OF
pensions. and Commissioner Drummond of the
General Land ONCE.
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ATTRMPThD ASSASSINATION OF A SCHOOL
JANITORIAL Dover, n. H., George H. Smith,
the Janitor OF the school houses in ward No. ..
was shot in the neck by an unknown man AT
O'Clock Monday morning, in the School street
schoolhouse, where he found a stranger when
ne went to build fire. The wound is danger
Gus, ard Smiths condition is regarded as criti-
cal; The city offers $500 reward for the capture
and conviction Of the Weuld. be assassin.
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Strike.

-~cfEHAri, December 26.-It in understood
mat the locomotive engineers on the Pan Han
die and leased lines viii strike at noon TO-DAY
The object Of the strike is unknown.
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Ealal Alahhim&

DORCHESTER, ONT, December 2s-npriny
a drunken row yesterday between colored ana
white men one Of the latter, named Bell, was
stabbed and killed.
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FIRST LIEUT.. JAMES II. RICE, 18th infantry
L. S. A, has been retired on account of dis
ability arising from long and faith full service.
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EVENING STAR,
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL REvENuE.-The receipts from this
ource o-day we're S516, 3O6.3i.
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Col. EDWARD WRIGaT, late paymaster
in the army, died at Chicago on wednesday
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MRS. LIEcoLN on HRRHDoH's LECTURE
Maj. j. g. Stuart, Of Springfield, Ill., an old and
intimate friend Of Mr.. Lincoln, has received q
letter from Mrs. Lincoln, In which she emphsti-
caIiy and totally denies the fact Of the CONVEX
sauou which Mr. Hernd0n in his lecture claimed
70 have had with Mr.. Lincoln touching his early
history, etc. She says that no such onversstion
ever occurred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-26

SECRETARY DBLANO has gone to st. Paul to
visit his son, John 5. Delsno, who is staying
there for his health.
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burgh surveyors have mot surveyed in vain.
Iney have found tract Of land In that city on
whien cepots, boundaries, ETC., are located, and
Snien Is valued ct Ga 900 900, that has never
Oeen properly entered. They have, therefore,
applied for warrants, and probably dream Of
surveying higher and richer realms Than thew
have h6T etofOre explored
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TH1 NAMRs OF THE CARDINALS of the Re-
man Catholic church appointed at the recent
consistory which was held at Rome, have not
yet been announced, but the Rome correspond
ente OF the London papers state that previous
anticfpations conferred upon Monsignori Chigi,
yalcinelif, FraDchi, and Oreglia, the Prince
Primate of Hungary, the Archbishop Of Salm-
burg, Father Tarquini, Il Jesuit Father Mar
a " the Archbishegof Paris, the Archbishop
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FoLLowHRs OF BISHOP Gu nnrns-The new
Epfscopal church movement has broken ont in
Peoria, Ill. Biahops Cummins and Cheney are
in mat city, and church 10 b be organised.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Havana Lottery.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.
For the coming drawings, commencing January
sh, we have reduced the price of tickets follows
" holes SO, u SO ;, SIS, is 81, l. 81, 10 81.
We are prepared to all all orders. Circulars sent
npon application. Highest price paid for Spanish
Bank Bills, Governments, &c.
TAYLOR & co, Bankers,
deC4 St IL Wall street, New York.
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MORE JAIL BIRDs.-Wesley Burnley, colored
was committed to Jail on Friday last, charged
with stealing chickens from Mr.. Beckett, living
near Bowie. 1t will be some time before our
nuIIy friend VIII be again charged with doing
murder most foul" Frank Young, colored
Was also committed to jail on Saturday charged
Win stealing goods from the store of Mr.. Owens
IN this village. II the Delaware law of "nine-
and-thirty" could be enforced here for these
petty offences 1t would save to the county thou
SANDS OF dollars yearly. As the regulations now
are they Will be boarded for nearly four months
at the Motel de Richardson, at an expense to the
taxpayer Of some $50 each-then arraigned and
tried at an additional cost of, say so each
NdrIOorO' Gdzette.
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THEArER CONIOuR
w nth Street, below Penna. Avenue.

w AIN Sueets DeloW feuuas Avolae.
GRAND HOLIDAY FEsTIyIrIEs.
EXTBA MATINEE CHRISTMAS FAY.
Tie youkg American Actor,
Mr.. SAM'L K CHESTER.
Supported by the beautiful Actress
Miss ANNIE X. CHESTER
In the Sensational Drama of the
CHILD STEALER,
heanpesiance q The popular Dutch Comedian,
GEO. b. KNIGHT. GEO. KNIGHT
First appearance Of the celeb ated Song nd Dance
Men, Messfs SMITH and WALDRON First 90
gearsnce Of the daring Gymnast, Mr. JOSEPH
SANFORD, and the taleated Sentimental oc All lat .
Miss FANNIE MORELLE. The ever po suIar
washington Pet, MISS LULA DELMAY The
charming Scotch Vocalist, MISS FLORA McpON.
AID, and our Talented Stock Company R.taiued.
@essrs: EsR an Ecwa rds, Andrews, Banker, Whit.
taker, HODGES, Harriso &C., Misses Carrie Avery
STHREE MATiSkEs THIS WEEK. Va
WEDNESDAY! THURSDAY SATURDAY
Entire change OF Bill at eae h Matinee,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Night and We'd
nesday Matinee will be presented the
CHILD STEALER.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and SATURDAY.
hatihee, OLlbEh TWISr. decU
COSTUMES
MAsQUERADEs,
PEIYATE THEATRIDALS,
and TABLEAUX,
L. MONKEYS,
oerl IN oOs ION street northwest.
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lNCOLN HALL -GRAND CONCERT
- FRIDAY EVENING, Dec. %, 1873, by the eel
ebrnteu Mexican Niolipist, Senior EUSEBIo DEL
~ hpO, the acknowledged rival OF Vieux Temps ard
sensation in New York, assisted by the fol- jwiag
distinguished artists: Professor l. O. Collere Nj iss
Lucas, Mrs. Thomauns, Miss K GnodaIl Mr.
u Richter, Conductor at the Piano. Price of sd-
at Ellis Music Store. Commencement at s O'Clock
Co, dec2t9ts
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TIE CABINET met at noon to-day. There
were present Secretaries Belknap and Robe
son, Attorney General Williams and Postmas-
ter General Creswell. j. Bancroft Davis and
Assistant Secretary Cowan represented respec-
lively the Secretaries of State and the Interior.
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JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS IN NEW YoRr
among the judicial designations made bv Gov.
presiding justice and Hon. Charies IIanieis v vo
oe associate Justice Of the general term of tn
supreme court In the first Judicial department.
Or o. New YORK. Also, Hon. Hooper G. Van Worst
70 oe ludge OF the superior court OF the citv OF
New York, and Hon. Chas. Van Brunt inl0s
OF the court Of common pleas in the z ame cit.e
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iHH MISSISSIPPI BRIDeKD.-The great iron
structure. extending from the Missouri 10 the
1runois ehore at Louisiana, and built by the
was finished on Tuesday, and . train passcd
ever u "wednesday. Yesterday 1t was formally
opened to travel.
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NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET.-The week
just closed has been an eventful one in the dry
goods trade. The effects of the late panic haye
become felt In the shriDkage of values, and
some failures have resulted from that cause,
combined with the dizziness of trade since the
middle Of September. The volume of business
duril the week was moderately active for the
season with the manufacturers agents, who dis
tributed to the western jobbers fall aggregate
amount of staple cotton goods, and to the man
ufacturing clothers not incOnsiderable guam
Iity OF fancy cassimeres and other woolens
The market for foreign fabrics was Character
lzed by extreme dizziness in nearly all depart.
ments. There was an improved movement in
linens Tor clothing purposes, as well as house
keeping makes OF Irish and Scotch manufac
ture, which were taken with comparative free
dom from the importers, and the usual holiday
demand for laces, embroideries and lawn, linen
Bulletin,
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LORDS OPERA HOU Sc,

CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE YEAR.
ON OHRISTMAS EVE,
Nv onesday, December 2i,) tie grsa Cotsmpera
neons DIama, enbodying some Startling rscsn,
vents il New YorF GATED
ESCAPED FROM SING SING,
IN which the &C leDrated actor and author, Mr. DOM
lS!Ck MURRAY, will assume ii We different aliases
ard pe' sonate the yarioui characters.
Saturday Night, last time Of " Escaped From Slug
SHE Matinees every day after "Wednesday during
Xmas week.
On MONDAY next, GRAND CHRISTMAS
PANTOMlME ard HARLEQUINADE, ex pressly
fer production in Washington, entitled
UNCLE SAM, THE EXILED SANTA CLAUS,
AND REAUTY'S MAGIC GLASS,
IN which full dramatic company, the srtuette-
Barel Company, and the Premier yentr-
e9uist OF the World, Mr.. L. d. DAVIS, late Of
ElbtO !, will appear.
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FESTIVALS.

NOTICE.-There il FAIR now In prorrr.s al the
~ ,Aatmo1s Baiidi9k south Wsshinstos. rem BY
Ing In the building Of their church. The friends
o. ne congres and generous public. are in
the holidays. derSHhs
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Dreka,s Dictionary Hotter.

a new and useful Holiday Gift, being combina-
ton 81 Blotting Case, with complete list Of words
which writers are liable to spell Incorrectly.
For sale by Sta;ioners, sad at 1888 Chestnut
list deoS,sw
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ADJUSTMENTS.
I INC0LN HALL.

I INC0LN HALL.
-FOUR NIGHTS ONLY.
MONDAY, TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY,
Dec Der 80, 80 and ) 1 and January 1st.
GRAND MATINEE NEW YEARS DAY.
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DUPREZ q BENEDICTS
NEW ORLEANS MlNSrRELS
Brass Band and Burl ssque Opera Troupe,
With more GROWING, triumphant success Having
Just concluded most brilliant of two weeks
st the srieties Theater New Orleans the palace
beauty sno fashion of the Crescent OtJ, appearing
before large, refined and select audiences nightly
Their receipts running each evening from $500 to
el,6oO. Will appear as above. in an entirely new,
attractive and pleasing programme. Admission
General, Soc Reserved Seats, 75c. Col ,red Bale
SOC. Reserved Seats for sale at Ellis Co.'s Music
Store. rHAH. II. DUPRE/, Manager
OHAS. II. KEESHIN, General Agent. 1855
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THE LATE ORDER of the Postmaster General
prescribing examinations for special agents
creates quite sensation among the latter of
ticials. The examination will not take place for
some time to come, as the Postmaster General
desires to give the agents an opportunity to pre-
pare the selves for the ordeal.
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Mothers, Mothers, Mothers!

Don't fail to procure NJ Rs. WINSLOW'S soOTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases incident TO the psriod
Of teethng in children. 1t relieves the child
pain cures wind colo, regulates the bowels and by
giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to
the mother. Be sure and call for
"MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP"
For sale by all DIR 1eRists. jyI4- se6m
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

~ AsHINGTOA INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
w BY GEO. ALFRED Tow SsEND,
sT9Gk Man SON, saS EiSTH sTPsEI,
TON BOOKS, Stationery CHROMOS,
PICTURE FRAMES, BOOkBINDiNG, &c.
&C., &c. pov3l-r
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NAVAL ORDERs.--Rear Admiral VIM. Rogers
Taylor has reported his arrival in the United
States, having been detached from the com
mard of the south Atlantic station on the 3lst
of October, and has been placed on waiting Or
ders. Lieut.. A. 5. Snow has been detached
from the Brooklyn and ordered to instruction
in torpedo service at Newport, X. 1. Lieut..
George =. Badly has been detached from the
Tuscarora and ordered to the receiving ship
Independence, at the hayward Mare Island,
Cal.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-05-08

-"All for Love; or, The Outlaws
Bride" is tho title Of Miss Eliza A.
DupuJ's new novel to be published il
few days by T. B. Peterson l. Bros. :,
Philadelphia, Pa: tits. graphic story
Of tho Corsiosn life, in which tho Wild
passions Of that taneless race arc Wv.
idly depicted. Tho magnificent cav.
srns described in IL pages actually ex.
list in thstiislaud, and they have been
used As places OF concealment By the
unfortsnstss banned BY the blood ven.
gsanss which il the curse Of that gem
of the MEDITERRANEAN. The story itself
is deeply interesting from The first p.gs
to tho hast. Miss Dupuy il one Of the
most successful Of American writer's.
"All for Love-" gill DO issued ia q
large duodecimo volams, and sold by
all booksellers At the low price Of $l.75
10 cloth, or $3.50 in paper covers, or
copies will be sent by mail, to any ad-
dress, post paid, BY tho publishers, On
receipt Of the price of the work in .
letter to them.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-05-08

tisn.l burden caused BY the abolition
Of the ftaakiug privilege, none but the
rich can afford to 60 to Congress, Nm.
less they &" for some purpose other
than to perform an honest duty. The
direct tendency Of such a policy is to
throw tho government iato tho hands
OF rich capitalists, and utterly forbid a
poor man from entering Congress,
though he DO tho peer Of any rich man
il the country 10 point Of mental abil-
ity and worth"
Even those who may differ with Gen.
Averill as to the advisabilitY Of the pas.
sage Of this bill, must, on reading hi.
letter, give him credit for having been
honsat in his convictions - to tho jus.
toe Of ito provisions. Aud he is cor.
tainly deserving Of honor for the man.
liuess with which he assumes al tho re.
spouslbility attaching to his course. He
believed aud still believes he was right,
aud having given his reasons, leaves
the result to the sober, candid oons,d.
GRAFTON OF his constituents.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-05-08
MORE OF THE SAME SORT

1t does really seem IS though, out
side of Minnesota, epring Was never to
come. In last weeks issue We gave
statements, from tho mouths of their
owo people, a. to tie winter weather
that was prevailing IN April in . half:
dozen or more States, East, West and
South. May does not seem to have
bettered matters in tho least On last
Saturday a dispatch from Maine told of
how they were getting along there
"snow at Portland this morlink."
From Kansas comes a fearful record
for May A St. Luuis dispatch of the
5th inst. says E:
''Advices from Cloud county, Ksuess
mention another fearful storm by which a
number OF lives were lost and much prop
erty destroyed. The roof of the house Of
Mr.: Snyder was blown of, and himself. wife.
ana hve children and tarm lsborer we're
buried IN the snow and frozen to DEATH
"A rev miles from Snydsr's house another
family, named Ulricher, shared = similar
fate, all having been frozen to death.
% last Thursday poor Nebraska was
visited BY terrible tornado, involving
loss OF life aud property. Tho
particulars are given elsewhere.
A Chicago paper says that in that
CITY on Saturday forenoon it was cold
enough to snow, but before noon clear
ed of warm and pleasant.
We shall be surprised At nothing We
hear from these outside States, exoep,
that they have enjoyable spring wealth
er. A surprise of this kind does moi
seem At oil probable for 1873.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-05-08

From tho National Publ ,hing
Company, Chicago, w have received
specimen pages of q new book soon to
be issued, 'tBehind the Scenes in
Washington" 1t will give = graphic
account Of the Credit Mebiler in ,esti.
CATION, the Congressional rings, politi.
cal intrigues, workings Of tho lobbiss,
ets.; showing how the public money is
squandered, how votes are obtained,
etc.; with sketches of tho leading Sen
ators, Congressman, government off.
cials, etc., and an accurate description
of tho splendid public buildings Of tho
Federal capital.