The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-06-17
TIMELY TOPICS.

TIMELY TOPICS.
The great match between the Amer
lean rifle team and the Irish shootists
commences on the Goth inst, at Dolly
mount Range, Ireland.
The Brule Sioux have commenced
hostilities in Nebraska They attacked
the settlers on the Nobrara river, and
n large war party arc now on their way
toward the Ponca Indian agency.
Trobps are in pursuit.
The design for the new postal card
has been agreed upon, and is now being
engraved at the printing bureau of the
TREASURY department. 1t is very plain,
and will differ from the card now in use,
in that the border is left off, and it is to
be made of better material.
A LETTER from SlI Edward Thornton,
British minister at Washington, to n
gentleman in Indiana, is said to contain
n prophecy that the governments of
England and the United States will
eventually be alike in their main fea-
lures, that of England becoming assim-
Hated to ours.
The court of appeals of Maryland re-
Gently decided, in the case of man who
killed himself and who Lad his life in
sured, that when the act of self-destruc-
tion is done during insanity it is death
by accident, and the insurance company
is bound to pay the amount of the pol
icy, when insanity, temporary or other
wise, is proven.
SINCE the terrible Holyoke Mass
church burning, bill has been intro.
duced into the Connecticut legislature
providing that the doors of all churches
and public places of assembly shall
open outwardly. This is wise meas
nre. In case of panic there would,
with outward opening doors, be no
chance for the choking of the vestibules.
A REWARD of Sc, 900 has been offered
by General Spinner for the recovery of
the stolen $47,5OO package. The FIVE
hundred.dollar bills are about one-fifth
of the whole amount of five hundred
dollar notes in circulation, and the de-
partment has no record of the numbers
of the stolen bills, which will give the
thief better opportunity to escape
detection.
THE Prnssian government is making
great efforts to secure an efficient navy,
and expects in two years to have one
which will be fair match for the navies
of the lesser powers. During this
month large frigate is to be launched,
and the whole German squadron will
assemble at Wilhelmshaven. Fifteen
war vessels are now in process of con.
struction.
The Galveston News thinks alligator
skins should begin to figure among
Texan exports. Florida and Louisiana
contrive to catch and skin 20. 900 alliga-
tors year, and the News is satisfied
that the Texan crop is fully as great as
both of those states. The skins are
exported to England and France, but
chiefly to the latter country, which fur
nishes the best tanners in the world.
THE postmaster general has been
aroused, by the sharp comments OF the
press and the complaints of the public,
to the consideration of the iDiquitous
imposition which laundering senator
caused to be levied upon the people.
He has expressed his purpose of calling
the attention of congress, in December
next, to the law which governs the
postage upon transient papers, with the
view of securing modification of the
rates.
AFTER expending 81, 300, 900 in fruit
less efforts to discover process for
utilizing silk rags, Mr.. Lister, wealthy
English manufacturer, has succeeded in
converting such refuse into the finest
velvet. He now carries on this indus
try in an establishment which employs
some 1000 workmen, and hundreds of
travellers are also employed whose sole
business is to buy the silk waste, and
this they do in all parts of the globe.
The factory is said to have cost nearly
$3,OOO,OOO.
The Wisconsin grangers have gone
back on the regularly constituted life
insurance companies, as they think they
detect swindle about them, and have
organized company OF their own. The
features of the insurance company, or
society, are in many respects similar to
those of tho Odd Fellows Life Insurance
company, being on the cooperative
plan. Any member of grange, in
good health and under 60 years Of age,
is eligible to membership in the COM
pany. The fees Of membership, when
admitted, are: Less than 35 years OF
age, 50; from 35 to As years Of age, in
elusive, s5 /; from As to 50 years of age,
So; from so to So years Of age, Sl2
from 55 to GO years Of age, SIS. Two
Thousand dollars is the limit OF insur