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NEWS IN BRLEF.


Ryves.
A large mill at Moorup, IN the town o
Piain6eld, Conn, owned by Sampson, Alml
a Co., and leased by whipple a Fairbanks
Of Rhode Island, for the manufacture o
satinets, burned recently. The loss IL $50,
OOO, and the insurance 10000, The pickle
and dye houses were saved.
a FIRE st Ellsworth, Kansas, destroyed
seven business houses and fifteen dwellings
The loss is 1900; insurance light
9eaeras Bpe~tfses.
Our dispatches from Kansas, dated No
vember 3, report the experience Of an earth
quake hook In various places in the State
Il created great alarm, but no damage.
In the United States District Court at st
Louis, petit jury was sworn in, after which
/ J. X. J. uette, against whom two Indictment,
are pending for conspiracy against the gov
ernnent and defrauding the government
withdrew his plea Of not guilty, and entered
plea Of guilty to both indictments.
A capias was issued for A. NJ. Everest, q
government gauger, who absconded afteI
being indicted last spring, but who, il is nov
understood, will return and plead guilty.
A st. Louis dispatch says that Supervisor
Ferd. Meyer, and Revenue Agent Coloney
have Just returned from a raid in the south
ern part OF their district. They captured
23 $50 cigars, and twenty-seven barrels oI
spirits at Little Rock, and several thousand
cigars at Hotsprings.
The Minneapolis, Mimi Tribune has be
come involved in libel suits amounting tt
s65,000. One Of the cases is brought by
lawyer for alleged damages In the publishing
Of court proceedings.
The following gentlemen, members OF the
Advisory Board Of the South Pass Jetties
left ST. Louis a few days ago, with Captain
James b. Eads, to examine the Improvement
now in progress at the Southwest Pass
mouth Of the Mississippi river; Sir Charles
Hardy, Engineer OF the Danube Jetties; Gen.
J. q. Barnard, United States Engineer
Corps; II. ID. whitcomb, Engineer james
River (virginia) Improvements; William
Roberts, Engineer Northern Pacific Rail
road. Other members Of the board consist
ed Of Generals O. &. Alexander, OF the
United States Engineer Corps; i. Z. sickles,
Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, and
Prof. Mitchell, Of the United States Coast
Survey. The board will be joined at New
Orleans by an official Of the Russian Gov
ernment, who is engaged in examining the
chief engineering works Of this country.
At the Tanners Convention at Harris
burg, Pa, the following resolution was
adopted; "Thst we, as tanners and buyers
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su,l sail. He saws the steamer Californis
passed In plain sight Of the raft while sew
eraI were surviving. and other vessels also
passed in their vicinity. Two boats did get
away from the wreck. The walcott has
also recovered one or two dead bodies. The
steamer Gussie Telfair reports seeing q YES
sci in distress outside the cape, with the flag
Of the Union down, and the bowspirit gone,
which was undoubtedly the vessel collidine
with the Pacihc; Ihe steamer lei'"r mas
n.nssrr,, -, 'a.s "r - ,,,os Avn ru,vv
hhro ,A..,S, hinD hoss VI ~ n" 80 no.,n
s.nooNh"S, WIN ALI oN Do
Inteingence rece,veo !" nos.on iesos ~
,ne penei tnat ,ne orig, .. W Spenoes s.,. ~.
Toronto, ana schooners Moses ra.,en' N1"s ~ w
Chase, ana serene were los. win NJ on
ooaIu, uurins me .en.los s nu' =, I..m.i
recenuy caused SO mucn uamsge w '"e"'''
Navassa, Jamaica, ana 81 Jsgo.
BATE or uxxSowS cAsrAvAya
me png Ia,o hi.o, y, .ne Poi. ., Sew
iork, brought rfeuerl,k nonman anu 'nree
sailors Of the brig he,en u. inch, los, sep,
tember 70, on Damos hey on ,ne coast M o'
luna, honman s'a'eu .na, on 'ne s'h,h
DAY aiter tne hcn went rnore ne oose,veu
pores s,anolng out I,on, 'ne Ioons . vn NY
TWO miies away, anu WIN sonne ol lng sahIol
rowed 70 tne sPo,, ano u'scovee1 'ne nuil
OF an IRON Vesse,, heaiiy sup"eiseu nea. ene
landing place. In rougn, circular sruc'
lure, euiIt OF STONES, hey iouno .wo ueepn'. III.
posed pouies OF seamen. IN sno.ne, n.'
uhira Dooy was iou"u, ano y" 'ne gppvsas
sue OF ,he PrinciPsi nu. .,,, "as .vunu u', =,
sheiter, on "hlch was sun sno'ner oouy, ,n
recumoent Posiuon, resung assins. tne
wall. lnere was no ,oo9 ,ounu, anu ~ was
evident the men had uied from s'arVauo"'
AN ATLANTIC STEAMER BURNED.
T,o s,..msh;n C;,v of Waco. of the Nal.
io.,, imo arrirppa tn Nav yort Nove.,.
. .,a -. .aaha..d on,.;d. w;,h ~.
eer sna wa a,crorsa Ms~ o,Isaus S "' ans ,ns
n,clooI ns,, mornine .hs was Jiscovered 10
~ ~, e. s,rnn. no,,h.east wind wss
-. In .hawas. ~ 81. m. nssssn-
a as;a.rs anJ 80 ,aol ,o A.. shi,,s
s 80. a. ,h.a. ,,oIncl ard n..Iod
ypen ,Ip ~, AZ, m. 900 ,... so h;gh m =,
~ III, ra.ssis .onid rsndsr them no a..
s;'l..s IT. Ia, sasr nI ,bs onen hos,.
,haa rs.. ar;,,;ng in a w.ste,lv direction
dn,y ,ho ooas, fhs assn,s ~ he i;ne tei.
s...t'.S g.. H.. ~ hs, ,.sssngsrs ona
~ S.i.., ,,;,o,s al aon. on,
% G b" sra;'sI ~. r.l.o an hoarJ Ssr,;ages
,.a.a -, aa.n ,ha hs.oh and . steam inc
we S,h sens uo~H o,,,;.; a,sila IN sa.rch ~ tbs
uapsma ,n;lp.;na nass.usarv anil crew The .,ssmsr
@ .s'hns paIi - ....,sa - tn. cy,v ~
WAS WASH burned 70 .ne n.erssage .sh; & u,
tnr,ban a. was mil, abont t~o years
~ chaa,.r u, and was i, ,bo,ougb
49, ,ond;,;o, hay;ng hser ove,hauIeJ
~, hosara s.;I;nm frnn, Mort rys, yalne
y' yas s9sa oso nartiy insured The cargo was
'sar,t' sioo Oo6 Sbe carried , crew of tb;rtv
,no,, ,ncinS;ng oescsr. Her messenger Est
nn,,bsr.d ,wan,v in ,he cabin and steerage.
aah;n ,sssan,ars w.re Miss MoeIlino
ner capln passengeis "ene .ise "vehf'
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Fssssse"s Asees.
AND now we hear u inumated mat
Ascn Ohandier drink" IL would seem
~ IL 'ne persona, cnaracer OF every pup
TIC man was ~ 'ne mercy F" 'ne raoo'e'
THE Republicans Of Massachusetts,
lacked about six thousand votes Of car
rying the State, their candidate, Rice,
being elected by . plurality. II 10 I'M
doubtedly just as satisfactory to him,
however.
SPEAKING Of President Grant (Crnv),
the CHICAGO Tribune uy,; "The people
long ago stripped the hide on and found
an animal whose brav /, barmler.p That
\. A handsome commentary on the Des
Moines and Washington speeches and
the orator thereof.
,. u a., L..
-, s's ~. nav, pro.;d.n, ss,h. rn;,sd
st.,e. but ,ef,.;ns With all bis native
S;@S...e ~ e. ns.;n. II. go .I.;n.
In.s,,,r !, ~, .n,;sa,s -;,ssr. ,...or
~ ~ ~ ~ % -" 4: r.. IN. c.,
=. % s -. " - Il, -.
,,,,I-.~
~ pu'ne.' ooun'y' w1on ns.s'. @
'"e 'o0e"' o'.o.o", ~ -, rs.Ar
soou D,;s u.e =, III -, ~ =. VIII ..s;n. , .S.r, Wv
WI. P'o-"s su" =! .. Ia
~ .u. P . - ~, ,s.m | -;,h ,'...,;on.
ushson' N"u p~y'"s '""' WV" "'
'" onso "n
iHE ne1s united ota'es oena'or from
Mississippi Will oe T. u. Y. Lamar. oon-
trast the immense distance between s"ch
a man as ne ana the Ameses, bruces,
heve's ana Aico'n'' and 'ome lus. may
De formed OF tne lmmen', s'nee ~.~.ru
'nat tne commonwealth mas just '~.en
CASEY, the brother-in-law, says that
the pins are already set up iot the con
vention" which is to nominate Grant
for third term, and that Grant mas tne
Methodist Church and the oanks ana .ne
scared capitalists on his slde, ana De
tween the cry OF schools IN danger, 'ne
Pope and a panic among the worshipeu
of the g,lden call, he will go in with
rush Of saints and sinners.
COLONEL d. r. ANTHONY, Of the
Leavenworth Times, who was brought
before the public notice by his recovery
from what has always been considered a
mortal wound, is now attracting attep-
tion by queer quarrel, which has sprung
up out Of the shooting. On the night he
was shot Mr.. W. II. Bond, Of Leaven-
worth, drank toast to Anthony's death.
Somehow Bond secured the nomination
on the local Republican ticket for an in
significant office, and Colonel Anthony,
while supporting the ticket, opposed tie
candidate who ohad heartily approved the
attempt to assassinate him (Anthony).
Therefore the County Committee pro-
ceeded TO read Anthony out OF the party,
and have denounced him and his
paper as unworthy the support OF the
party. Issl :. .s... i %
The Macon Telegraph thinks the Dem
ocratic victory in Mississippi wlii result
in the election OF Hon. L. q. =. Lamar
to the United States Senate. says the
Telegraph: Never has man more richly
deserved or more worthily won that
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FRANCS seems 70 be keeping itself In
readiness for the next war. Besides IL
veteran army, which is reported to be in
splendid trim, one hundred and fifty
thousand young and able-bodicd con
scripts are kept in temporary active ser.
vice and under constant drill, prepared
for the fray when Il comes.
THE Esquimaux have an ingenious
way Of killing bears They sharpen the
ends Of a piece Of whalebone, a foot or
more long. then bend II double, and
wrap II closely in fat meet, which is ex.
posed to the air till II freezes. These
treacherous pellets are thrown TO the
bear, which bolts them whole. They
thaw In his stomach I; the bent whalebone
straightens, and the sharp points pierce
his vitals whenever he attempts 10 move.
SOMEBODY has been gathering facts
about the British Museum staff. II en-
ploys, IL seems, three hundred and six
teen persons, ranging from librarian to
6rcmen. The principal librarian and
secretary, Mr.. Winter Jones, gets f1 200
year. There are seven keepers,
thiee fremen, three ladies' attendants,
twelve constables, five window-cleaners,
and two newspaper sorters. The depart
ment Of printed books has staff Of
eighty.nine, paid from $500 to eco a
year. The department Of Mss. employs
Mr.. George Smith receives f2l5 as chief
assistant in the department Of Oriental
Antiquities
THE Pope's household consists Of five
hundred and thirty-seven persons, the
chief Of whom are Cardinal Antonelli,
the major domo, the master Of the cham
Der, the grand almoner, the secretary,
the steward, the governor, Gen. kanzler
and five chamberlains. There are twenty
persons employed in the secretary's
office, fifteen in the administration of
the palace, and eight in the secret print
ing house. The Pope has one groom of
the chamber and sixty body servants.
The apostolic chamber is composed OF a
president, twenty-three courtiers, three
servants and three orderlies Cardinal
Antonelli and Gen. Kanzler have suite
guard and the Pontihcal gendamerie
number two hundred.
The principal supply OF sulphur comes
at present from sicily, where 1t is mined
in a very loose and expensive manner.
The cost Of production OF the sicily sui
phur is about $l5 per ton, and transpor-
tation to New York is ". The market
price is about $50 per ton. sulphur can
be produced in this country At price
considerably below this In the first
place the sulphur in the Wyoming beds
is much purer than the Sicilian deposits.
To work the Wyoming sulphur no shafts,
-,
.ne "orks 'o' enninb 'he 'n'ne'a' can
os ou'i' chesPer '''An sise"he'e, as inc
clAy 10, o'icAs anu fe'o''s' anu 'Ie oos'
are ",'hin mic OF TWO VI 'ne uePos'
anu /" S P,ooap'e suiPnui 'om 'n'.
point oou'a oe P'aceu On 'ne "AfAe' NJ
20 per 'oh
lHE report OF fiith AUDITOR Ella cen
tains many interesting hgures. Inc cost
BOO. The consular service has supported
its..lf hv fac. With xiao OO0 10 snara
ne NOI1t tO~J Oh COlIfCtOT- OI
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THEY have twostory railway cars in
Switzerland,
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Francs seems 70 be keeping itself In
readiness for the next war. Besides its
veteran army, which is reported to be in
splendid trim, one hundred and fifty
thousand young and able bodied con-
scripts are kept in temporary active ser
vice and under constant drill, prepared
for the fray when II comes.
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THE YEARS LAND SALES.
FALLING OFF OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION ACRES
ONE EFFECT OF TIE BUSINESS DEPRESSION

FALLING OFF OF TWO AND HALF MILLION ACRES
ONE EFFECT OF TIE BUSINESS DEPRESSION
MORE ACCURATE SURVEYS NEEDED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-COmmissioner Bur
dett Of the General Land Office i'll his annual report,
says:
the last fiscal year amount 7071 Oh 30 acres show
decrease cOmoared with the area dspoScd oI ",
1874 of 2,i6060l 6f The falling on, rs compared
with the dsposals Of the Immediately preceding IN
entries made for actual settlement as compared WIN me
appropriation made actual settlement as cVldchcd
by the appropriations of the pubic lands uhef lhe
Homestead and Timber Culture laws, is found 10 De
1900 O24 acres. This result may he attributed Ill
large degree the devastation by graSshoppers accom-
panied, in places by season OF unusual HrHuth III
Inc localities most inviting homestead and timber Gull
lure settlement which 70 he added the falling on OF
has reached the agricultural as well as other indus
trial classes OF the country AS may Ne run ne
seen that in my Judgment, not only tine present lah
off steady dminutOn for the future in TINS class OF
entries may be looked for frCm the fact that III the 10
caties desirable for homestead settlement on ac-
Of the general fertility OF the soil and the presence
OF conditions necessary 10 the honest Observance OF the
require OF the law the lands TO great extent nave
passed To private ownership 1t Is also 70 he borne in
mind that the rapid extension OF railroads toward anu
beyond borders Of the then existing settlements has
previous years tended to induce settlement TO the tul
and perhaps beyond limit of the possible marketing
profit OF agricultural products The cessation OF
railroad construction during the past nee years ilas
tended 10 discourage this undue extension OF settlement
into tie wilderness, and has probably resulted IN
large tracts Of land still to be found in private owner
ship, in the more settled portions OF tie West.
Ideem 1t prOperto suggest mat III my Juuten REFORM
is in the method of executing the pubic survey
The existing system, In the matter OF Inc details OF s
execution, seems TO have been based at its inception
upon the theory OF present convenience a. nels %,
present Identification of easy and simple description II
was as admirable il admitted to he original The
clement Of accuracy not however, aanabe under liz
method aud, what IL of equal or perhaps greater I'M
portance the element of permantncy cannot be claimed
Tor it, These faults OF the system readily suggest them
selves. The chain and solar compass which are the
principal instruments Of execution now regarded as
among the ruder appliances of engineering science.
They were and are, however, under all the clrcun-
fha Ia est aha
thus far in contemplation the execution of The
surveys and in the hands OF competent and c0nscie.
regions moderately level For the survey OF mountain
tlteya inf
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use OF the altering apparatus which promises in the fn
tire extended period Of endurance OF me n%cS III
connection with which II NAV be applied MT. Woou
refers to his recommendations last year IN regaIu 70 o
dsconnuance Of the twobladed propeers' anu say "
that from carefully conducted experiments the 1allacy Oh
their use on vessels made apparent The IouI
baded have been restored 10 several OF our nava
steamers and these changes viii be continued as opor-
Owing 10 the great number of vacancies in the Naval
Engineer Corps, much OF the duty formerly devoylng
upon engineer officers IL performed by class OF en-
listed men, rated machnsts. The pay OF the graue
was increased nducemen for good men to accep.
these positions, but little improvement has rcste anu
n0rarce or neglect irresponsible in charge OF
the regular scaning watches has become frequent
of the Naval Academy are nliing some oa ,S i
number. The system Of educating officers for The ng-
Corps at Annapolis is that cannot he TOO strong
" commended. 1t is already bearing good Ilit III ,c
service the graduates highly commended for use
funcss and zeal by their superior officers At Ahnapos
have scientific school OF mechanical ana marine sn-
cheering second TO III the world, and II II recon-
eDded that its usefulness be extended by increasing the
number Cadet Engineers To such an extent rs To III III
short time the vacancies row existing in the corps.
The limited amount appropriated for the purposes OF
this Bureau renders II necessary to reduce us exea
lures to the lowest possible limit The hours OF labor
have been reduced by act OF congress 81, ~ & T,
has had the effect Of increasing the expenditures er
labor practically Oncourh for the same amount of work
and II has become cheaper to procure much % lhe woIh
formerly executed at the yards from private estapIish
mcnts.
inc cost Of conducting experiments and OF obtaining
therefrm Trustworthy data, tending to secure Increased
efficiency and economy in all matters pertaining 10 te
science OF marine propulsion, precudes p1vslS DdiNid
ais corporate companies from attenl unG esll eA
cept upon very limited scale The ehglc2,lng hhi,l o
this and other maritime nations look TO their Govern
mens to conduct these experiments ana u phisi lor
the general good the data and deductions obtained from
them Since the close of the late rebellion Congress has
ceased to grant appropriations for experimental pur-
poses ulder cog va ,ils DieaS NJ m o a.
obtain data for the deductions winch lead To lpOXelue
signs for machinery, the Bureau has been copeeu 70
seek snch Information az cpnd in ot @ of onY bc
propriated yearly for the prosecution OF experiments
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON. Wednesday, Dec !, 1878.
Among the cases argued to-day before the Supreme
Court was No 61 the western Union Telegraph Com
pany agt. the Western Atlantic Railroad Company.
and q cross appeal from the Circuit for the Northern
District of Georgia The question involved was whether
q contract made by the Telegraph Company with the
State, as and manager OF the railroad, in
August, 1870, by which the State was 10 have the
use of wire along the line OF the road,
from Atlanta TO Chattanooga, for the trans
mission under certain conditions OF messages on the
business of the road was contract OF se OF o, iese
Under subsequent sale of the road by the state me
purenances and the State, having paid the telegraph
company the cost Of the construction ana eqnfnt o Oh
pany sets up claim TO the wire and Tor
odds lis use s 10 ,ne force e severance Of the
wire by the telegraph company from the stations along
the road. TIE latter company then brought inns DILL
and was defeated below the Court seeming to adopt the
theory of sale insisted upon by the railroad company
The decision is brought here for review, the appellants
insisting there nothing In the contract looking
the sale Of the properly.
The Commissioners of the District OF Columbia have
brought suit in the Of Henry d. Cooke, for their
use. against exTreasurer james A. Magruder of the
Board of Public Works, and against exGOv Alexander
r. Shepherd Riley A. shnn, and Henry NJ. Sweeney the
sureties on his bond, claiming 100000 damage Inc
declaration setS iortn tha5 ,ne si oi
Treasurer but that he has neglected and refused and on
the day Of October Last did refuse To render an
count as required by the Board; and that the District
suffered damage by his failure 10 account IN $4,000
Ills case VIII not 10 oh thc
ruary term. 1t win not be tried probably until the Fall
OF 1876
The report OF the Superintendent Of Public Printing
shows that the total cost Of the printing, binding,
nthographing &c. for the Government for the year
ended Sept 80 last 81 560425 Besides this, The
Congressional Record cost 5000 In period during
The last years has the work been far advanced
now nearly printing ordered by the last Congress
having been completed. There now 200 employees
I'm ali the dep Tments of the Office, with payroll Of
S,j 900 mouth the compostOrs are allowed 90 cents
per 1000 ems, or ~ day Tor clsbt hours.
The PostOnice Department gives notice that the malls
for Brazil and the West indies via St. Thomas, will lie
DISPATCHED by the steamer King Richard leaving Balti
more on Thursday, December 9, at p. III.
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RAILROAD COLLISION AT BUFFALO.

TIE ATLANTIC EXPRESS DAsHTs INVe-A FRIGHT
TRAIN--TIIREE LIVES LOST - THE FAST MAIL
COMES ALONG AT A CRITICAL MOMENT
BuFFALo, Dec. 1.-The Atlantic Express from
the cast which left here at 1850 and was detained
40 minutes al East Buffalo station, awaiting the Lake
Shore from the west coldcd at the Basyiast crossing
about four miles from the city, with an eastern bound
freight train Just drawn ont from side track IL had
bcon signalcd by the fagman Brennan to come on.
Tho smoking ear and first and second coaches,
well flied with paSsengere were thrown from
the track and capsized. Tho passenger engine
tender and two baggage crushed through Inc fourth
car OF the freight tram. lifting 1t from the trucks ana
prccIpitang II upon the agmans shanty. crushing MIN
underneath The at the wreck was indescfloaoe
H. T. Wood jeweler from Lima, New-fork formerly oi
Canton Illinois was badly crushed and almost Instantly
killed J. Doy Collins Of Eric County had his lett icS
taken on near the thigh and was injured internally
while attempting TO Jump through the VIII
dow OF the first passenger coach lie cannot
live Mrs Cathahne Wilson. widow, OF roma
DIN Inc Wis was badly about the head and otherwise
Injured she considered to be dangerously hurt Many
others were more less cut and bruised but not seI
ousy injured engineer Of the passenger train stuck
to bis post The fireman jumped 10 the ground ana re-
eeiyed nm ugly Gu; in the head The fast mall tram when
was lue at the time of the collision was delayed TWO
hours The engineer, Vim. Gould, only succeeded III
sonpnc his train within ID feet Of the wreck which was
piled upon his track. The dead aud Wouhdeh were
brought TO the city and cared for The tracks axe now