, 1875-04-22

PUGI
The banquet at the Parker House to-
day. given by the Commercial Club. ina
hoior of the President and Cabinet, was
.@sd affair. e . ]
he Pr6 Idential party left for Con-
cord by special train. ]
CHICAGO, April H.-Ihe extrsostin-
ary Geld snap continues hsfs. The fruit
crop ha. doubtless suffered very seri-
ously. The thermometer here last night
was down to zero. Snow has been fly
ing all day.
The Northern Pacific Railway has
been at last shoveled out and the track
is clear to Bismarck. Regular passen-
ger and freight trains will begin on
Monday. aaas ao - Ie e,sg'
For the last thiee days strong wind
from the Northwest has been blowing.
which has now subsided. Early this
morning the thermometer marked 50
above zero. The cold has aided mater
tally in improving the roads and dry
ing land for the farmers. a7e
CINCINNATI, April 17.-Reports from
Kentucky. Indiana and Ohio show that
the weather during the last two days
has been the coolest for the season
known in many years, the thermome-
ter ranging from 12e to 25e above ze>
TO. Early fruits are thought to be killed
and tobacco seriously injured.
A WIFE's DurY TO HER HUSBAND
Tie Pail Mall Gazette of March I'd says:
IAN interesting question has arisen in
Dutch Borneo a. to the extent Of the
duty q wife owes to her husband. The
circumstances as detailed in q letter
written from Bsnjermassin, and pub
lishsd in Java paper. are as follows:
It seems that fugitive rebel chief. Who
is now well stricken in years. has lately
with commendable prudence been max
ing arrangements as to the disposition
of his property after his departure from
this life. Among other directions he
has given orders that Immediately on
his decease his two youngest wives
shall be killed in order that they may
accompany him to the next world. The
two ladies for whom this honor is de-
signed strangely enough fail to appre-
ciate it, and have fed to the Dutch fort
on the Tewch. where they have put
themselves under the protection of the
Commandant. The venerable CHIEF is
naturally incensed at their having taken
this ill-advised step, and has expressed
his intention of compelling the fueitives
to return to their domestic duties with
out further nonsense. His indignation
is shared by his family. friends, and
followers, who have rallied round him
in his trouble, and by the latest &C.
counts he was preparing to attack the
fort where his wives had taken refuge.
In the meantime, the Government
steamer Baritoy had been dispatched to
the assistance of the Commandant, with
a reinforcement of twenty-five soldiers:
and howitzer with artillerymen had
also arrived at the fort. This painful
family difference has naturally created
profound sensation in the colony. and
it is to be hoped that it will be satisfac-
torily arranged without q recourse to
arms. ..-
BRUSHES, April 16.--In the Chamber
of Deputies this evening. the Minister
of Foreign affairs stated that the Cow
eminent yesterday read Germany reply
TO its last note. The reply cites no fresh
facts. It discants ON the principles of
international law involved in the dis
cussion, and expresses the hope that
Belgium will eeize the opportunity to
dissipate the impression that Germany
intended to attack the liberty of the
press in Belgium. The minister after
informing the House of the contents of
the note. said that courteous verbal ex,
plantations had been exchanged with
German representatives, and in conclu-
sion he assured the Chamber that the
Belgian Government sincerely desired
to strengthen good relations with Ger
many. i-e}t
LONDON, April 16.-In the House of
Commons tonight there was an acrimon.
ious debate on the question of summon
ing to the bar the printers Of the Times
and News for breach of privilege for
publishing documents in the hands of
the select comD,ittee on Foreign Loans.
Disraeli moved resolution that the ee-
lect committee be instructed to investi.
gate the affair and report how the press
obtained the documents. THIS resolu-
ton was carried and the order summon
ing the printers was revoked.
NEW ORLEANS, April 1.-THE Calves
ton News Brownsville special says that
Judge Doughsrty had arranged to have
witnesses come from Nures to Matam-
oras to identify the property in possess
sion of arrested raiders and proposed to
test whether the Mexican authorities
would deliver up the rsiders under any
circumstances. He received note from
Consul Wilcox dated April 14th, inform
ing him that he had noticed that the
Mexican Government had ordered the
prisoners to Monterey to be placed in
charge Of Escobe do. military command.
er of the State Of Neuva Leon. This
virtually amounts to q refusal to let
Americans testify against the raiders as
they will not go to Monterey nearly 800
miles in the interior.
HALIFAX, April 1.-THE steamship
Nova Scotia from Baltimore has large