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"a nswly. married couple named NJ
so4epf Buffalo, we're en- ToaAs for New
Yq ~ the Erie Railway one dasH re.
ce1 Near N@pwsburg fhe husband
toa rum his packet a roll ofsbrown
pSper, Vhich the bride fsnatcheA and
threw out"~of the window, remarking:
You said you'd quit chewing tobacco
when married you" As gently as he
could, under the circumstances, the hus-
band remarked that the brown paper con-
tanned not tobacco, bat 500 lin green
backs!
A little son Of Mrs. James Hodge,
EresidiHg III Auburn, Me- recently found
pretty little copper scyliuder, (which he
concluaed to use as ahead toshis lead
pencil. He showed it to his mother, and
solicited her I'D to the job of making it
ready. Ifs. Hodge took up, the little
copper CYLINDER, and, with 3 pair Of scis-
sors, began .to punch hole into II with a
view OF digging out some substance which
long engaged IN this work when it ex-
ploded With O trenendous ooncuss ion.
and blew Of Mrs. Hodges forefnger and
part of the thumb on her left hand. The
lad was hit in the face and slightly wound
&: -Orville Bosserman, a boy twelve wears
of age, son Of Samuel Bosserman, of
Vale de las Viejas, Cal, was accustomed
to exercise on swing, and, standing on a
box, would turn the rope under his arm
pits and throw himself forward with all
his strength, so as to make the swing rise
to the greatest possible height. The other
day he met his death in sad manner. It
was evident that the rope had slipped
from under his arms and caught him by
the neck. He had been engaged in CON
versation with his mother not more than
ten minutes before the accident was dis
covered. She afterward called to him
from the kitchen, and hearing no re-
Spouse, she went out and found him sus-
pended by the neck, and dead.
DIR. Leonard Bacon, OF New Haven,
Conn.,, at meeting in the Center Church
of that city, few evenings ago, related
the history Of the silver basin which is
used in the baptismal service of the
church The basin was presented to the
church in the year 1875 by jeremiah At
merchant, buying his supplies in Boston,
vessel. Among the goods received were
several nail casks, one of which, under
layer of nails at each enc, was found to
be filled with silver dollars. Mr. Atwater,
who was a conscientious man, immedi-
ately wrote to the Boston merchant that
there must be some mistake in the invoice
of nails, as some of the casks contained
other articles beside nails. 1t was prompt
" answered that the supposed nails were
bought for nails, sold for nails, and nails
they must be. Mr.. Atwater then melted
the silver and had made from it the silver
basin which he presented to the Center
Church,
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The poet Tennyson is now sixty.six
years old, and still in the prime of thought
and capacity for work.
Henry L. Sollace, the BriGport Wt.)
postmaster whose position on the Republi.
can electoral ticket has given rise to SC
much discussion, is brother in-law OF
John G. SAKE, the poet.
Mr.. R. w. Emerson's daughter, Miss
Ellen Emerson, will some time write hel
fathers biography. This young lady is
said by Mrs. Mary Clemmer to be "the
incarnation of common sense"
Walt Whitman satisfies the importu-
nate autograph hunters by informing
them that his photograph, with signature
attached, can be obtained on sending one
dollar to the Matron of the Orphans Home
at Camden, N. j. The proceeds are en-.
tirely for the benefit of the orphans.
Senator Norwood, of Georgia, is
forty-six years old, and the son of tan.
ner. When elected to the United States
Senate he did not know thirty members OF
the Legislature that elected him. He is
known as ]" lanyard Tom" and can beat
any man in Georgia telling joke.-N.
7. Herald.
"A former mathematical professor in
Dartmouth certainly understood thorough.
" his business of calculation, for when he
went abroad, his admirers relate, he est.
mated his expenses so accurately that he
took Just enough money to pay all his
bills, and walked into his own home
when he returned with exactly one cent in
his pocket.
The romance of the life of John
Howard Payne, which has been Q favorite
theme with newspaper writer's for q mum.
Der Of years, is increased BY q story for
which the st. Louis Republ makes itself
responsible. at is not perhaps generally
known II says that journal, 8 that Payne
was madly In love with Miss Maria Mayo,
Of Richmond, Va, afterward Mrs. Win
field Scott. Miss Mayo was q famous
belle. and as remarkable for her wit as
for her beauty. Poor Payne was not the
only one who laid his heart at her feet
and had to take it up again; but he prob
ably suffered nore from his disappoint.
ment than tire rest of the rejected lovers.
When all hope Of winning the fair prize
was abandoned He went abroad, never to
return, and there is no doubt that the cor
roding sorrow fastened him to the grave
he found in q foreign land. The tradition
in Richmond is that Scott addressed MISS
Mayo when he was only Captain in the
army, and received a prompt dismissal.
He repeated the experiment. when q
Major, but with no better success. The
third time he proposed. hewore' the epau-
lettes Of q general, and then was accepted.
A friend Of the lady asked her why she
changed her mind. ae reply was, In
my estimation there is q vast difference
between Captain or even Major Scott and
General Scott t.s~s- zs@
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THE EAST.

THE United States steamer Franklin, with
VIM. M. Tweed on board, arrived at New
York on the sd. During the afternoon he
was transferred to the custody Of Sheriff
Conner, and shortly after lodged in Ludlow
Street Jail. The "Boss'' evaded all attempts
at an interview, and only received mis- son.
Extraordinary precautions have been taken
to prevent his escape, and directions have
been issued that he shall be treated tho
same IS any other prisoner. sts.fs.
THE New York Tribune OF the, .95th says
Coy. Hendricks, in. his interview. with Gov.
Tilden, said that public sentiment in the
Western States in regard to the election was
SO strong that he was impeileds to come
East to ascertain the 'condition OF public
feeling there. Heexpressed hias' admiratiDn
at the conduct. Of Southern Democrats
who, without the least manifestation of
turbulence, had appealed everywhere TO tho
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INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A woman in New York nearly sue
ceeded in cutting out her husbands
tongue not long ago. He came home
from his work, and his wife spoke TO him,
and when he attempted to answer she as
saulted him with a knife. .... v~., WI.
| AT Eugene City, Oregon, Daniel J..
Lemons, becoming excited over game of
cards, seized his adversary and gave him
a good choking. A witness went for an
officer, and when he returned found Lem
ons had died in fit of apoplexy.
"A moribund resident of Troy, N. Y,
mindful of possible post-mortem extor.
tions, called for proposals from different
undertakes for conducting his funeral,
and had the contract made in black and
white with the, successful competitor. r.
The wife and children Of a night
Waterman at Fall River, Mass, would
have been burned to death, recently, but
for poor little doggie." The house
took fire when all were sound ssleep, but
the dog by persistent barking made out
to awaken them, when they made their
escape. "a "'@%' hA.''7I3 5v@t Ez
During the progress Of 4 fire ID Que
bee, not very long ago, two bays, who
were watching it from . cliff, lost, their
O0A0uSC 0AA ACL OyCA.~ .'IuCsO4 LutAu was
caught In a small tree, and chung there till
he was rescued. He need not have had
all that trouble, however, for the iother
one, who, tumh1ed the, whole distance to
the bottom, about 200 feet, was picked up
uninjured. Probably neither one Of them
win get neaf ths edge ofzhfgh cliffs very
soon again. .,.s.--.-.
A singular suicide occurred in the
old town Of Gdilford, Conn, the other
day. Patrick, Sheehan, u farmer, some
fifty years old, who by industry had accu-
mulated quite q little property during sew.
eral years residence IN that place, went
wife was getting breakfast ready. When
she went to call him, she found him. hang
| ing to a beam, dead. The only reason that
can be assigned was Skeehan SLOW spirits
because his crop of onions had not quite
met his expectations.
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in getting them; to consent to Charley's
accepting the position. The young cleo
.rician will hare the entire care of the in
struments of the company in Chicago,
and as only a thoroughly competent per-
son Is intrusted with this duty, it will be
seen that he has a position of no little i'm
portance and responsibility. Charley left
last night for=has~post, taking with him
the best wishes of host of friends.
Here it will be seen that what at first
was only intended for mere pastime.
was the means of obtaining, for these
boys at least, the positions where they can
make mark In the world,aaUtsslsW will
do it.-TOled0 Blade. =,
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FROM WASHINGTON.

The several departments of the Govern
ment have called for appropriations for the
ensuing year amounting, in the aggr gate, to
about SITS, 600, against s15O,OO0,OOO ap-
propriated at the last session of Congress.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 22d says
Gen. Barry had arrived there from Fort
Monroe, and was in command of the United
States soldiers stationed in that city.
THE report of the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue contain the following recapitu-
lation of internal revenue receipts for the
several States and Territories during the
last fiscal year: Alabama, 500, 96s.61; Ari.
IONA, s11 1866; Arkansas, s63, $3.50. 26; Cali
fornia, $s,034 ,044 16; Colorado, s72,6es.57;
Connecticut, s656,44S; Dakota, $12, 156.36;
Delaware, SAT- ,227.56; District of Co.
lumbia, $114,579.9o; Florida, $176,S51..
50; Georgia, $685., $3.50; Idaho, $16,.
1882; Illinois, So, 699, 1921; Indiana,
1885,, 5000; Iowa, s1,211,7 7l.97; Kan.
sas, sl49,ss9.6s; Kentucky, s7,653, $685.
81; Louisiana, s52s, Os3 IS, Maine, sec, 655. 81
Maryland, So, SIC, 264.6s; Massachusetts, g.
743,94l.4s; Michigan, s2,O65. 297.O4; Mime.
sofa, s247,9 Mississippi, sS3, 1892
ENASoOuAAS PS,OsSSOOO.TOS AAOAIaHhS CSO,OC6CO
Nebraska, s5os, 1895 50; Nevada, SOS, 2sl.s7;
New Hampshire, $26O,04639; New Jersey
$3,77l, O69.O6; New Mexico, $22,146.60; New
York, Ass 3743s; North Carolina, ST.,
67O,3O3O5; Ohio, $l6,56S, 29O.28; Oregon
4S,446.76; Pennsylvania, $685., 9l7 80
Rhode Island, 1921 1925; South
Carolina, slO5 ,565. 81; Tennessee, 1891 .sss.3 49,
Texas, s24l,15s.4s; Utah, $ss,ssl.ss; Yer.
mont, 81, 05o.sO; Virginia, i 81, sl3, GIT .0s
Washingtn Territory, sac, 3s963; West vIr
ginia, 43O,596.98; Wisconsin, q, 307 ,5s7 81
Wyoming. SIS, O6337. Total, Sic, OM, 1873 60
A WASHINGTON Associated Press dispatch
Of the oath says the total number Of troops
ordered to Washington upito that date was
between 800 and 600. This included eight
companies, or batteries already there, and
four companies of infantry which Lad re
ceived orders to come East from Fort Sill
The latter were sent from New York city t.
the West last spring to participate IN the
summer campaign against the hostile In
dams. *taS = " + ~. y 't-4 - 511ys 49,
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A paper balloon, twelve feet long and
ten feet in diameter, and stoutly corded,
fell, few days ago, in Sykes s. Simpsons
stone quarry. a mile and a half from
Franklin, on the New Jersey Midland
Railroad, Sussex County, N. j., marked
as follows: "Sent up by T. G. Brown &
Co., No. 1876 Cheapside, London, E. G..
The finder will please communicate at
once with the above firm.' gas ~
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courts" and was glad both in newest ana
on hiA journey Eastward, to notice the dis
position Of all parties, to have matter
amicahlys and lawfalN settled. Gov: Tildel
ls said to have fully concurred With all q
Gov. Hendricks renarks. ~ y
THE statue Of Daniel Webster, donated to
New York City by Gordon W. Burnham, was
unveiled on the 25th, with appropriate cere-
monies, in the presence of a large number
of spectators. - l. TT ~;
A scANDALous breach-of-promise case
which, for two weeks previous, had been on
trial before Judge Donahue, n one Of the
New York city courts, and in which a
wealthy Spaniard named Del Vale was the
defendant, was concluded on the 18th, by "a
verdict of fifty dollars for Miss Henriques,
the plaintiff. , " ~ s,f5 W
A GENTLEMAN who has seen Tweed since
his return to New York says he is crushed
and broken down. He was suffering from
pleurisy, and was actually ill. In reply to a
card from Herald reporter on the 25th, ask
ing him if he had any statement to make re-
fectng on Gov. Tilden, Tweed answered
"nOne" -
E. G. WOODWARD, one of the clerks of the
New York Board of Supervisors under
Tweed, has turned States evidence ard
made full confession, duplicating mem
bers of both political parties in the Tam
many Ring frauds.
GOLD closed in New York on the 9th at
1925. The following were the closing quo
tations for produce: No. ? Chic go Spring
Wheat (New), s1.3o@1 .3oA; No. Milwaukee
New, s1.319l.S2; Oats, Western and
State, 33@4Sc. Corn, Western Mixed,
56@5yc; Pork, Mess, sl7.Oo; Lard, 1O1lc;
Flour good to choice, s5.5o95.6o; White
Wheat Extra, $5.75@6.75. Cattle, s1c0lO15c
for good to extra Sheep, 4@6c. Hogs,
6@61sc. ..
at East Liberty, Pa, on the 9th, cattle
brought: Best, s5.0o@5.25; medium, $3.50
@475; common, s4.OO1425. Hogs sold
Workers, s5.5o@5.65; Philadelphia, $3.50
600. Sheep brought s4.oo95.oo, according
to quality.
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The work Of the Office shows that there
were 1,S35, 472 ordinary letters without in
closures, containing nothing important, de-
stroyed, there not being anything in them to
indicate persons to whom they could be re-
turned. There were returned to the owners
1891 ,223 letters containing Enclosures, val
ued at 81, Isl, 646.2, or about eighteen times
as much as the Dead-Letter office costs the
Government; IL, 900 are now awaiting returns
of notices sent to writer's. ~
There have been large reductions in the
numbers OF letters received at the dead
letter Office this year, which is accounted
for by the Superintendent, Mr. Dallas, as
follows: n" 81 IL
= 1. That the use of envelopes bearing re-
quests or business cards is becoming more
general, and thus postmasters are enabled
to return an increased number Of unclaimed
letters direct to the writer's. 2. The in
creased efficiency Of the letter carrier service
In calling the attention of postmasters to
cases of mistreatment of correspondence,
and thereby providing against repetition
Of the error. The present manner of treat
ing held for postage-letters, which was in
troduced in April, 1875, and referred to in
my last report, viz: holding them in the
Dead Letter Office unopened, and request
ing the addresses to furnish the neces-
sary postage, has proven . success in
this, that the department now receives
ito revenue upon this class of letters, and
UT does not encourage the non-payment of
postage by the writers, the delay in delivery
being sufficient hardship to incite greater
precaution in posting letters. OF the 307,-
$50 letters held for postage 20,225 were
either also misdirectcd Sor addressed to for
eign countries TO which prepayment of post
age is imperative, and hence were opened
and returned TO the writer's. Notice to per-
sons addressed was sent In 27S, 1857 cases and
9OS,HOS were successfully delivered un-
opened The balance, 6S.20l. were finally
openAd, after having been held the usual
dressees. IS s+#15''S F~@E~ %SN5
The whole number OF applications made
70 this office for missing letters during the
year was 8,4O5, and in z, B75 Of these cases the
search was successfnI,. The amount OF money
taken from letters which could not be re-
stored to tie owners was $8,0oao6y which re
verts to the. United States Treasury. The
amount realized from tile auction sale of
property found In dead lstt6fs In january
- - Ssssss'As. Asasa 4sssssss..e1
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I'm removing the box of an old pump
near the Postofice, the other day, the
workmen found over fifty letters which
had been slipped into the pump by per-
sons installing it for q letter-box. The
letters were taken to the Dead Letter Office
to have the mold soraped off them
Washington Cd. C.) Telegram to Inter-
Ocean. ~ -6r- as st*s,.s
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The dwelling in which w. G. Ralston
lived, on Pine street, San Francisco, has
been leased dnd will -be used as private
family hetel. s.s~.ss
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WEST AND SOUTH.

THE Chicago Times of a recent date says
| a pretty definite idea of the Order of the
Patrons of Husbandry may be obtained
from the following figures: The Grange has
some twenty State purchasing agencies at
least, three of which do an annual business
of S2cO,OOO During the past year it has had
in active operation five Grange Banking
Associations, one of which Cat San
Francisco) has a capital of s5,0.D,00O, of
which s5OO,Oo0 was paid in; five steamboats,
or packet lines; thirty manufacturing asso-
Citations, whose capital ranges from 500, O;O
to $500, 600; fifty associations fer shipping
goods and shipping purposes; thirty-two
grain elevators; sixteen grist-mills, one of
which produces 100 barrels of flour per day:
twenty-five warehouses for storing goods;
three tanneries and six smitherirs. These
are distinctly Grange enterprises, start
ed with capital contributed by men,
bers of the Order, managed by them, and
producing for their benefit. In addition
there have been established 100 Grange stores
to furnish members with supplies at whole
sale prices, plus freight and hauling-the
customers who are stockholders dividing the
profits. The Order has dedicated 144 halls,
built or bought to serve as places of meet
ing, one of which cost $4,000
A DISPATCH received in New York on the
gath from Raleigh, N. c., says DR.. A. j.
Glover, Supervis; of Elections at Swan
Quarter, Hyde County, N. C.,was drowned on
the night of Nov.6 with Republican tickets
for that county in his possession. The body
was found some days after, nearly upright
in the water, with his coat drawn over his
head and other evidences of violence The
election tickets were never found.
REV. J. w. WILLIAMSON, D. D., the dis
tingulshed Universalist author and div. ne,
and one Of the fathers of Odd Fellowship in
America, died at Cincinnati on the Goth.
He was seventy years old.
Con-. PAUL SHIRLEY, of the United States
Navy. died at Columbus, Ohio, on the 25th.
In Chicago, on the 9th, Spring wheat, No.
2, closed at sl.1301.15H cash. Cash corn
closed at 43]sc for No. g Cash oats No. 2
sold at s21a@s2%c; December options
were sold at $3.50. Rye No. 2, esq
651ac. Barley No. 2, 64@65c. Cash
mess pork closed at s15.75@15.so.
Lard, $9.70@9.75. Good to choice
beeves brought s4.25@5 90; medium
grades, 50. 50@4. 90; butchers stock, 81. IS
$3.50; stock cattle, ETC., 81. sO@3 25
Hogs brought s5.6o@5.95 for good to
choice. Sheep sold at 50. 50@4. so for good
to choice.
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FOREIGN INrELLlGENCR.

EOl8NANIN 1N'AkIAAZQG kCNC$Gs
The Pail Mall Gazette, STANDARD and other
leading conservative London papers con-
tanned editorials, on the ed, expressing
their entire distrust Of the Cars recent
pacific assurances.
SEMLIN telegram of the I'D announces
the resignation of the servian Ministry in a
body-cause not given.
SINCE Nov. over 81, OOO, 900 in gold have
been sent from London to the United States.
Nearly 100000 were shipped on the ed.
JAMES RYAN, of Peterboro, Ont, con-
victed of wife, murder and sentenced to be
hung on the 22d, had his sentence committed
to imprisonment for life on that day. Ryan
is one of the millionaires of Canada, his es-
tate being valued at $l,2OOOOO.
ACCORDING to Belgrade kilograms of the
23d heavy detachment of Cossacks, the
advance guard of an army of $4,000 men,
was approaching that city from Russia.
A CoNsTANT1NoPLE dispatch of the 23d
says the Sultan had issued decree alb
solutely atolishing the slave trade through
out the Ottoman Empire. "
ALFRED ALLOTT, an extensive iron master
and coal mine proprietor, of Sheffield, En-
gland, has failed. His liabilities aggregate
over 81, 100000.
ON the oath, the Servian Minister of War
issued an order entirely reorganizing the
Servian army. 1t is divided into an active
army and reserve army. The former is
composed of four corps.
ACCORDING to Hamburg dispatch of the
9th, the Russian Government had con-
tracted with German firm for the imme-
diate delivery of $500 torpedoes.
ACCORDING to London kilograms of the
18th, great distress prevailed in the iron
mining and producing districts of Great
Britain. Many of the furnaces had been
shut down, thousands of workmen dis
charged, and the wages of those retained
very largely reduced. The same condition
and depression prevailed also in Germany
and Belgium. @'S+t. AVA
JAMES WH1TEs1DE, Lord Chief-Justice of
| the Court of Queens Bench in Ireland, died
on the 26th. u
The Car of Russia on the 25th issued an
imperial ukase providing that, after Jan. /,
1877, all customs duties shall be paid in
gold, and that common carriers be relieved
from responsibility when interfered with by
circumstances beyond their control. In st..
Petersburg and Moscow alone the subscrip-
tons to the National loan exceeded the
| LOO, OOO, 600 rubles asked for. ssatGT
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missing; that several of the miss
ing returns were and had been in the
City of New Orleans for days, In the hands
of persons who were not Supervisors. The
Democratic counsel submitted q protest to
the effect that the tabulation of all the votes,
except those for Governor and Electors, was
turned over to corps of clerks, all Repub-
icans, to be done outside of the presence of
the Board, and upon whom the Democratic
Conservative candidates had no check to
prevent fraud. -Es r.. ,=... -...
The arguments in the Injunction and man.
damus case against the Governor of Florida
were continued in the Court at Tallahassee,
ON the cath. The Court adjourned without
rendering decision. There was said to be
no change in the political situation. Three
counties were yet to hear from, and all the
returns would not be in before the 9th
possibly later. The result from the face of
the returns would be very close, s....
Abram 8. Hewitt, Chairman of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee, addressed a
letter to Gen. Hampton, of South Carolina,
on the oath, in which the "prudence, for
bearance and self-control" manifested In the
latter's address to the people Of his State
are commended, and expressing hope that
no outbreak; will occur because of the ex-
citing situation in that State. Confidence
is expressed in the final verdict Of the peo-
pie Of the country upon the recent political
occurrences. ~' saE@1%AE Ia
The returns at the Office Of the Secretary
OF State Of California give majority Of
one vote to Pacheco, the Republican candi-
date for Congress In the Fourth District.
The total vote IN Kentucky was 25B, 1890.
OF these Tilden had 100 ,44b, and Hayes 9e,.
AIS. TBden's usa3ority Osf0o.
: Tilden's. od1cial majority ins Ndx York
State is . little over 900. In Georgia, S..
iS5. In the former stats.Pster Cooper had
] ,ss7 and q. 9. smith 2.S5o. 49, u
STYSg 10 - ~ @ttA-Ss3T@Ss ~~
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