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FRANCE,

ORGANIZATION Or THE ASSEMBLY.
PARIS, juno 2.-Thc Duke dAuditrctt-PaHquior
wAa yesterday se-olcc.el President Of tho Nj
tionAl Assembly. Vice-Preaidouts and 6ecre.
tkrisR Wera ALSO re-eec.ed.
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RUSSIA.


TELL6hAfNIG t0SFKRESCE,
ST. PETERSBURG, June 2.-The 1nternntioua
TeegrArhlo Conference waB opened hero to-day.
The Car giyos banquet to tho delegates TO-
morrow.
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Spte1al l'itpafch ID The Chstaoo Tribune.
DUBUQUE, 1a-, June "A brute responding IL
the namo OF John Eagan. single mai about SO
yeafs Of age, and . wood-sawyer by occupation,
attempted to outrage little gill only yeAra
old to-day. He WIS detected iu tho act, mad
sought to mako bis escape, but waa arrested,
examined, and bound over III The sum Of *1,G0G
to appear before tho Grand Jury. Tho relativot
Of the girl arc very Indignant. and would not re.
9utro much urging to treat Eagan to q neck.tit
festival
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THE vtNELANo SHOOTING scRAPE.
TRENTON, n. j.. juno 2.-Charley Il. Landis,
the founder OF Vinoland, who shot and seriously
wounded Urt Carr11tl, tho editor Of tho journal
there, Oh the 18Th Of March last, WAS roleased
to-day on ecu, COO bail
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QjiQ.

Cotv1nru, o., Juus a-Abous o'clock 10.
night ! y,oians wIud sros4 which continued
tbout hitsan minutes. During thai ttnao ehs
root u w sAaa E!nx u w DsAt md Duah
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LOUISVILLE, Kv., June 2.-A terrific rain aud
Wind storm passed oyes this city shout 1850 To-
night, doing worry great damage 1t various
points. Tho middle portion OF tho large MA-
kouic Widows and otphaus' Home. jus. COM
plated but unoecupied. wM le1eled 70
Tho ground, leaving tho north aud south
wipgs untntuseG. No ons nA hurt Many
houses wars unroofed and isrys trees blown
were demolished tn tho extreme southern poE-
lion Of tbs city, tue!udiug the Catholic hos
pIta1
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Tne following 10 the sioket nominated, 1ov-
esuos. rutherford ?. Hayes, of 54nduskJ lisu-
ton Haproms JndYo. George ": Mollwaaue;
Auditor James Wiilktns, OF Franklin Attotuey-
OensraL John Little. Of Gsesn, Tseaau1et, J.
Minor nllllksn, OF Duslss membss Of tho Board
oi Public Works, potos Thssehas, Of Cuyahoga.
HsYes' nomination was uhdA unEnimuus on
no{ips si OhAxlss r. Tst4 aes et Judes TAlA
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Mr. Motrts could not make out . auf!cicnt coz
demnasion Agatnss this defendant without the
Mvsctve agRinss tbs Elm Of 4ncontknenoy apoAen
Of by him 70 young mcn.
M. arEoHEAs ACCOUNT OF THIS lHTEnylEW..
When Moulton had brought Dccohes to Ills
(Mou!ton's) house, ho said Ttltoa was waiting
upstairs for him. hr. Deoehor aaid. enpposinR
had batter 10 up with him. bnt 10 (Mouton)
replied that hs hid better SEQ Mz. 1tlton alone.
That whnu ho (Deochst) vent up.stutrs I!lton
ssd !! Wa grand thlaE 70 e,n rts taat letter.
s7itten it. What bxpp, condition, sad coun.
set, tic tn&u must havo beon IN. It HaH a grand
ldea to him to do shtug, aud Jet gsauder II 10
Nr. Eyarts road from Mr. Beechss's testimony
Ia relation 10 tho chasKeB Mr. 1tlton mado
aeuipst him. Ti!ton, ha said load papot lo
look from h!e pocket, puspottiny 70 ho = confes-
.en from hls wife tnenlpsnE hp {nIIfseehsss
ahe paper into peces, mud oald that would
DESTROY ALI EVIDENCE or uIa wIfE's sHANk,
hir. neechor thou testiiled said counnel: that
fllton told him to 10 to bis 9ou1o hla soe El,zs-
Eratts then reverted to the evidotlce or ts'ls
eaint etyeu by TYton, aud said that ho CIiiton)
!eld Houlton that utght that Mr. Bsecher, .f.ef
Tho revelation made to him. saia. "1nsoaolet
0st' pot truo. % FIzsbeih could na.er hayo
,a'l thts !" that 1llsoa told Doseher sho
I'D said 70, and told i1 hin n,,,a 70 ,!a 60
tsYa that, sfter Deeohaz had stated this wac
VI dream, he fIilson) said that Beeehet wa
1eo to retire. sud thst he asked II he might Dc
Allowed to 70 aud ses Elizabeth. Permisaion
ksa given, aud Ae (13cschsr) Wka forbidden to
lhtdo hex for tho confession sAe had made.
flton said he xAa certain thAt Bsechsr showed
10 surprise thai Elizabeth should hays EEitteu
hs paper,
Sls Court adjourned.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
Kansas Crop Prospects.

The Kansas State Board of Agricul-
ture has sent out its monthly report, Civ
ing the condition of crops, stock, ETC.,
May 1, as compiled from reports made
to it. The showing is very good, although
the general averages seem to have been
made without reference to the amount
produced in the various counties, and
thus an incorrect result may, possibly
have been obtained. Compared with an
ordinary or fair average crop, winter
wheat and rye are placed at four per
cent. above, spring wheat one per cent.
above, oats one per cent. below, and
barley at an average. Clover is seventy
six, timothy ninety-fve per cent. Cattle
and sheep were in nearly average condi-
tion horses, mules and working cattle
rather poor; swine, sixty-six per cent.
Apples are marked seventy, peaches
sixty-three, grapes seventy-eight.
The general showing is certainly en-
couraging. The Board says: The fore
going crop reports make good showing
for the State, as whole. Farmers are
q little nervous in consequence of the
severe trials of the past year, and of APP
prehensions of danger from the grass
hoppers the present season. This un-
settled feeling has brought out promi-
nently the causes of failures of the past
year, with all the bad results incident
thereto. But with the condition of all
our principal crops-above an average
as compared with other years, years Of
plenty and prosperity-we have reason
10 be hopeful over the cheering pros
poets Of an abundant harvest.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
Snake Charmers ut Benares.

One morning two snake charmers
called at the hotel. Around their necks
huge Demonstrators were twined, and
each carried jars Of smaller snakes and
one of scorpions. The performance con-
from the jars in which they lay coiled,
and, in picking them up, the men, plac-
ing their fingers in the reptiles mouths
tantalizing them to frenzy, and then
wrapping the whole around their heads
and necks, where the Kissing, writhing
mass presented a frightful spectacle.
A cobra bit the finger of one of the men
twice, and each time he Immediately
made use of various charms-placed a
small round stone over the cut flesh,
smelt of piece of wood resembling flag
root, and then used it for marking cir
Gle about his wrist. This, he told me,
would effectually prevent the absorptioI !
of the poison into the system. The st5ne
draws out the blood, and with it, of
course. the virus. 1t is generally sup
posed, however, and with much reason,
that the poison glands o the cobra have
been removed in the fiist instance by the
crafty snake charmers. Several times
the cobras advanced until within foot
of my chair Lut turned back at command
of their masters. During the entertain
ment one of the men played at intervals
upon sort of a hageolet. The scorpion
advertisement consisted in stringing num-
bers of them together (as the whips of
the Furies were made), which the men
then hung upon their lips, noses and
ears.=Ncribner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
A Mica Bonanza.

The Salt Lake Tribune thus speaks of q
very rich mine Of mica Just discovered
close by that city. The mica mines are
situate in North Mill creek canyon, about
five miles from the line of the Utah Cen
trail Railroad. The belt is about one
thousand feet each in width and length,
lying in granite foundation, through
which the mica is distributed in large
quantities.
Sheets haveIbeen obtained three by four
inches, and abundance of the article can
be obtained of that size. Development
will doubtless open beds from which
sheets of any size can he taken. A fine
graded road runs from the railroad to
the mines. The steam carries water suf-
ficient to run forty stamps. Wood is to
be found i'm inexhaustible quantities
within one or two miles from the mines.
The fortunate owners are Jerome Cross,
Doc. Smith, and the Gray boys.
The uses to which mica are put are
almost numberless, few of which we
will mention l. In sheets, for headlights
in vessels, fronts in stoves, and in other
places where it is exposed to severe heat
or other agencies that would destroy
glass. 2. 1t is pulverized and used ex-
tensively in the manufacture of bronze,
paints, and cOatings for rejecting sur
faces, such as locomotive headlights, re-
fectors, and mirrors. It's value is, in
sheets Of various shapes and sizes, from
two by four, three by three, ETC., up to
ten by twelve and twelve by twelve,
from SO to $3.50 per pound in small
masses, suitable for pulverizing, from
seventy-five cents to two dollars and a
half per pound, according to the quality.
The amount in sight was almost in
credible. Thousands of tons are i'm view,
and the boys informed our reporter that
they can easily ship car load per week
with a working force of four men. A
car load-ten tons--of the lowest priced
sheets would bring the neat little stake
of 100000. Taking it all in all, we un-
hesitatingly pronounce it one of the most
valuable discoveries both in scientific
and pecuniary point of view, yet made
in the Territory. Analysis of specimens
sent to San Francisco and New York
prove this to be the genuine mica of
commerce
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
More About the Buffalo Gnats,

An Atlanta, Ga, paper adds something
to our stock of knowledge concerning the
buffalo gHat, which attacks every animal
it can reach and especially the deer. 1t
says: These gnats of the Southwest are
very small-perhaps One-half the size of
the universal hOrse-fy. They come in
the air in countless numbers; the air is
full of them when they appear atall, and
their appearance is always sudden and
overwhelming. They forthwith settle
upon every horse, COW, mule, or four
footed animal in sight. They literally
cover an animal, owing to their immense
numbers, and the animal that is SO at.
tackled, say at night, will be dead in the
morning, and swelled to an enormous
size. Their bite is very poisonous, caus-
ing the wound to tester almost as soon
as made. They attack, as we have siid,
wild and tame animals indiffer, ntly
but, singularly enough, they have no up.
petite whatever for human blood. Their
home is in the swamps and low lands,
but this season they have swarmed out
of their ancient malarial strongholds and
spread themselves over the hills and ele-
waited plateaus. The Eufaula Times
claims that they have appeared within
seven miles of that city, in one of the
COwikee bottoms. If this be true, we
may get call from the poisonous var
mints in this State. fany one encOun-
ters myriad of small jet-black flies, each
one of them having hump back or
shoulders like the buffalo, then he may
know that the genuine buffalo gnat has
arrived. But fly without hump will
not be accepted as the deadly insect from
the Mississippi bottoms. If it should
appear let the ears, fanks, and other
exposed parts of animals be well
coated with tar or grease, and if that can
not be done, let fires be started in the
stock lots. The insects do not relish tar,
grease, nor smoke.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
NUMBER 8.
Post and PillOry.

Wilmington (Del) GGessr,r.ssPondenoe philadolphi
The semi-annual exhibition of the DOS
and pillory, and the uses to which the,
are put, was opened recently in the iaiI
yard, at Newcastle, in the presence O
several hundred men, women and chill
dren. John Reardon, Blubber Davi,
and John Thomas, white, and Sandy
Leonard, colored, were the only candi.
dates for the stocks. Each was impil-
loried for an hour, and suffered the indie.
scribable tOrtures attending the punish
ment.
At1:l5p. m. the whipping commenced,
with Charles Frisby, colOred, as the first
victim. The cat-0'-nine-tails descended
on his bare back twenty times, making
him jerk and wriggle, and, doubtless,
wishing he had never stolen the forty-
two dollars for which this is part of the
penalty. John Diggs, colored, convicted
OF larceny of razOrs, was next whipped
mercifully with twenty lashes. Dilmer
DAVIS, mulattO, was then severely
lashed for larceny, and, although evi-
IDENTIFY suffering from the punishment, he
forced a smile when released from the
post, and asked, SLOWS that for high ?'
George Thompson, white man whose
head was gray with age, tottered to the
post and was whipped lightly. His
offense was the larceny of chickens, and
his punishment was twenty lashes.
Robert Allen, colored, was next whipped.
Reddy August, white boy of not more
than eighteen, but who had been whip
ped before, was then fastened to the
post. sect hold of that" he said, as he
threw his coat at Sheriff Lambson, ard
barred his back, "NOw, let's have 'em."
He got ten and went back to his cell.
suffering from his punishment. Charles
Henderson, white, a cOnsumptive and
thief, was whipped with twenty lashes
md evidently felt as keenly his disgrace
IS he did the corporal punishment.
sandy Leonard, cOlored, for the second
line in his short life, received twenty
ashes. They were well laid on, and his
back was almost blood red when he re-
urned to his cell. Blubber Davis, q
White youth, was also whipped for the
econd time. He suffered intensely, and
will be afflicted with a sore back for sew
raj weeks. John Thomas, a young
White man, hailing from Millville, N. j.,
nd who was convicted of highway rob-
'ery, was the next person to hug the
'ost. He received forty lashes, and when
eleased his back was as red as beet,
nd here and there blood was Oozing from
he large welts made by the lash. 81
'ould rather serve life time i'm the pen
at Trenton than undergo chat
unishment again." he said, as he pulled
II his coat and started for the prison.
ohm ReardOn, white, was the last man
'hipped. He had stolen an Overcoat,
nd thought his punishment (twenty
ell laid OH lashes, etc. was out of pro-
ortiOn to his offense.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
Plans Of the Government Exploring
Party.

The parties for geographical explora-
tions and surveys west of the Tooth
meridian, under the Engineer Bureau of
the War Department, and in immediate
command of Lieutenant George M.
Wheeler, United States Engineers, will
again take the field during the month,
the main points of departure being Pue-
bio, Colorado, and Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA. The California division will be un-
der the immediate command of Lieuten-
ant Wheeler, and will be composed of
three main field parties, directed respect
lively by Lieutenants Wheeler and Beng
land, United States Engineers; G. w.
Whipple, of the Sd Artillery, and Rogers
Birnie, 18th United States Infantry.
The field of operations will embrace por-
tions of Southern and Eastern Califor-
mia, including portions of the Coast
Range, and the Southern Sierra Nevada,
extending eastward as far as Death Val
ley, continuing and connecting with the
work of former years. The Colorado
division will be under the general con-
troll of Lieutenant w. l.. Marshall, Corps
of Engineers (who has had three years
experience), and will be subdivided into
three working field parties, commanded
respectively by Lieutenants Marshall,
@. @. Morrison, 9th United States Cav
airy, and w. l.. Carpenter, of the United
States infantry. The field of operations
Sill be in Central New Mexico, and
Southern and Southwestern Colorado,
connecting with and continuing the
work of previous years. All the parties
of the expedition will be subdivided into
still smaller parties whenever the neces-
sites of the service may require. In
addition to the specific work of
the expedition, special examina.
tions and surveys will be made with a
view to determining as to the practicability
of diverting the water of the Colorado Of
the West for irrigation and other pur-
poses. A small party also act in connec-
tion with a similar one sent out under
the auspices of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion for making archaeological investiga-
ti0ns and collectionsin the Santa Catalina
Islands, where it is believed ruins and
relics of great interest exist.
Although the appropriation made for
the work is comparatively small, because
OF the simplicity of organization and inn
pr0vements in methods and instruments,
it is believed that the operations and
valuable results will equal those of for
mer years. All the officers, with one ex-
ception, have had experience in the
work, as have also most of the civilian
assistants, who have been carefully Sc
lected. Such experience, together with
a most complete outfit of instruments.
give promise of the best results. The
Office duties, including the preparation of
finished maps and reports, still goes for
ward as usual.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
Hunted Down.
(Chicago Post and Mail

lNhie"Bo Aost uuu niuii.I
An English detective passed throug
this city with young man named Jane
Octavius Ward in custody, who is wante
in Hull, England, for one of the stranges
and heaviest murders and robberies OF
record. The detective tells the followin
story: There lived i'm Hull, England
an old man named Edward Brown, VIII,
was reputed to be worth an immens
sum. His residence, situated near tn,
suburbs OF the town, was one of tn,
finest mansions in the place. The onl,
relations which he had i'm the wOrlc
were his sisters two children, a CIR
named Mary and boy named james
Ward. These two he had taken especial
care of from the time that they were
born, and, endeavoring to raise them as
best he knew how, he lavished many a
dollar on them. Young Ward was sent
to Cambridge, where he graduated about
two years ago, and from that time had
been living with his uncle in Hull, and
doing business as clerk in one of the
offices of that town. On the morning of
the 4th of February, 1875, old Brown
was found weltering in his blood.
On being questioned by his relatives
as to the name of the person who did the
deed, he was very reluctant, but finally
stated that the ruffian was none other
than James Ward, his nephew. The old
man died next day, and was buried. In
the meantime the young man had disap-
peared, and with him valuables, notes
and money, which Brown had in safe,
to the value of f2,200 lover $40,
The matter created intense excitement,
and it was finally handed over to the
police for solution. The whole town was
in an uproar, as Brown had been identi-
fed with the shipping interest of Hull
for considerable time. A reward of
ESQ was offered by the citizens of the
place, and still nothing was heard of
him. Finally, Mr.. James Williams, a
detective employed in the Bow Street
Police Station, London, learned from
schOolmate of Ward at Cambridge that
Ward had sailed for America. He, ac-
cording to instructions which he received,
followed, and, after much trouble, sue
ceeded in finding him in Wilton, Iowa.
He sent cable dispatch to London, and
week before last another officer arrived
with the necessary credentials, and, after
they had been pronounced straight" by
the authorities of this county and State of
Iowa, Brown was arrested and taken in
charge. He passed through here to-day
by railroad, coming by the Northwestern
and leaving by the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern. Mr.. Williams left
his prisoner in charge of his brother
)fficer at the Michigan Southern Depot,
md took ramble to the ArmOry, and
'everal other places of interest, visiting a
'riend on the West Side.
He left at IL o'clock by the Lake Shore
md Michigan Southern Road, accom-
panied by the other detective and their |
prisoner. Ward, the alleged murderer,
$ a young man apparently about twenty
TX years of age, although he may be
'lder. He is about medium size, with
nustache dyed black. 1t is to be hoped
hat if the charge against him is true that
10 will meet his just punishment. The
detective Williams deserves great credit
or the way in which he has worked this
natter ND.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
The Ruins Of an Ancient City in Ken.
lucky.

Mr.. Green Bolts Is the owner of farm
at Peeled Oak, on Slate Creek, a noted
section ;e non;a Of Bath county and this spring.
land, he discovered the ruins of city
a city of regular streets, curbed with
stone, and evincing a higher order of
architectural knowledge and greater
civilization than any other prehistoric
remains yet found in this country.
Many years ago faint trace of similar
city was noticed in Montgomery county,
near Mount Sterling, but the owners Of
the land, having little taste for backward
researches, almost or entirely obliter-
ated the evidences to make room for
corn-growing. This being a fresh dis
covery, We have no doubt It will be Wis
tied by Professor Shaler and the archeol-.
ogists and prehistorians of the country at
large. The land adjoins large tract be-
longing to General William Preston, of
Lexington.--Fronkfort Keoman,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24
The Deacon and His Calf.

Last Sunday, just as one of our
straightest deacons was getting ready to
shake the lines over his horses backs and
say "ge dap" his wife happened to re-
member that the calf hadn't been fed.
The deacon looked at his Sunday clothes,
and observed that he did not deem it in
cumbent upon him to suffer for the
negligence of others; to which the dea-
coness replied that such language in the
presence of the children on q Sunday
morning, and from pillar of the church,
was enough to shake ones belief in the
professions that had been made by some
one she could name. The deacon handed
the lines to his eldest boy and climbed
over the wheel without saying a word.
He went round to the front door and
took the door key from under the mat,
came around to the back door, and as he
was trying to put the key in the hole, the
key slipped from his hand and slid down
into the snow. Finally he got into the
kitchen and started for the barnyard
with the milk. He set the pail down on
the ground and called to the calf, but the
beast whisked its tail in the air and
beloved at him. then he captured the
animal and pulled it along by the ears
and jammed its head into the pan, but
the calf gave spring, sending the milk
in cloud of spray over the deacon's
shirt-front. In trying to recapture the
beast the deacon dropped his hymn book
out of his pocket, and before he could
rescue it the calf stepped both feet on it
and tore the cover of. The deacon got
mad. He took hoop pole and be-
labored the calf One end of the pole
struck the shed, and bounding up,
knocked the deacon's plug hat off. It
rolled directly under the calf, who set
his foot through the tile, and then went
tearing around the yard with his tail in
the air and that hat fastened Just above
the knuckle joint. The deacon went into
the house, and as he unbuckled his shirt
collar, he called out, "Maria, you 90 to
church, and IL anybody asks after me
tell them staid home to feed the calf"
-MdrshdU (N. " Statesman.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-06-24


when Ice Is thawed and snow Is gone.
And racy sweetness floods the trees
Wnen snowbirds from the hedge have flown.
And on the hive-porch swarm the bees
Drifting down the first warm wind
That thrills the earliest DAYS of Spring
Inc bluebird seeks our maple groves.
And charms them into tasseling
He sits among the dainty spray,
With mists Of splendor round him drawn.
And the springs prophetic veil
Sees summers rich fulfllment dawn:
lie sings, and his Is natures voice
gush OF melody sincere
From that great fount of harmony
Ihat thaws and runs when spring Is here
From childhood / have nursed faith
In bluebird's songs and wings of spring;
They tell me, afier frost and death
There comes time of bloss0ming.
And after snow and cutting sleet
The cold, stern mood of nature Yields
To tender warmth, when bare pink feet
vi children press her greening fields.
Sing strong and clear, oh bluebird deari
While all the land with sple ndor fills.
While naples gladden. in the Gales,
And plum trees blossom on the hills:
Float down the wind on shining wings.
And do thy will by grove and stream,
While Through my life springs freshness runs
Lake music through poets dream.