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New-York tribune., 1877-05-17

very Young miss who resides on Holmes
n mus addressed paterna at the breakfast
tsbie on sunday morning: Poppy, 1 want new hat
a. = nar OF rev shoes" 4" spOse What don't you
Sspt T. remarked the pateTnaL "Wel," answered the
1Uek-vited little miss. don't want any trousers"-
LKmgstOn " VI Freeman
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17
MIDNIGHT WE4THER REPORT
GOvrRNyfFNT INDICATIONS.

For the Middle Atlantic stateS, nearly STA
ti... or .iu barometer, south 10 west NtIGs clear
gI p..r, cloudy weather, WijA occasional showers and
s,4t.oI..Iy temperature
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17

ALBANY, y. Y, May 16.-Judge Westbrook
denied the application OF Cine Atlantic Muma. Lie In-
sulance Company discuss the proceedings, and or
drrd referee o take evidence tle insolvency u
tie company per report OF tne superintendent OF the
Insurance Del aTtmUut.
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17

The perfection ~ a summer Coat found the thin
worsted skeleton sack, sold by DEyM CO. They make
specially of tlos. goods.
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17

In the annual distribution OF prizes Joseph Ullman.
graduate Of the College O the City NewYork, receive ed
the 500 prize for his proficiency IN municipal law
Dwight A. Jones' graduate OF Yale the ~ prize the
same branch anu Charles H. Watson graduate 0f
Williams College the tnIld prize OF 300 Joseph Jll-
man also the 500 prize iu political sceucr, and Ed
Iuun NJ smith, graduate OF Amherst, the 800 prize
IN international law.
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17

sowing that tho Government never had more honQfaOD
and fsitbfr man In that capacity at this port.
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17

TRIBUNE OFFICE. May III a. m.-The hight showers
ard t times threatening sy Of Yesterday were accom-
p.iIied bv iur.hcr decline Of arpressure, which nd-
catcs their continuance probable. notwithstanding
tbc mornings RAIN the Temperature pt high, and
r,hcd SO in the afternoon. 0uly falling To III az MID
u.rit VIc.s i- much moisture iu the alr
I'm this city and vicinity continuance or WaHl
weather. with occasionally threatening sky and showers
NJ intervals, may Dee expected to-day and tomorrow"
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17
pOsrAL I'D PEOpOsAI.,.

The bids received under the last advertise
rl.uf for furnishing posta. cards 10 thr "''erhheA'
,urus contract term o, four years D-i'A.n- 'H ''.
Il. OF urxi July were opened by tr Pstnasiei-orhe'"
today Alternative proposals were invited fer either
..,l,iu" c4rds or limited" cards. or for bOtA. lie
American Prototype Company Of New-Yor1 submitted
tine lowest bid namely. GJ,ol0o cents per thousand "i
Ian card. and 73ai., cen per thou''hu 'or "'''"
i.lra. Tur other bIls as follows; ,,.....t q
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17
CTRRENT TOPICS At TIE CAPITAL.
TIE WHISKY CAsEc PGGEON-HOiED.

Assistant Secretary Freuch's opinion in the
Re WHISKY case was submitted 90 secretary sherman
,i r,er,rn, lis conclusions were disclosed IN dis
,,-.; ro THE TRIBUNE Last night. lie holds that tno
sent prose. ioa 5 u the nature of an attempt To pro
vld. adaiuonl, punishment for Rehm. and that NOT
b.i. civil .r 10 is barred by President Grant, par
don Sccrctary sherman has postponed action upon th'
report until he receives certain papers from Dn-''-''
o will not arrive FOR several days. These papers DO
d.. understood consist of a written statement Of the
.rirciilu, which Special Counsel S"Ts mag nave
I'D ri report 70, Assistant Secretary French anu iAo %
lil,i.r- or JId. Lawrence. II is believed ll+t l'lt
Cd .nt.y 1f Mr. FrrurI'- report The seer lii' "I 'I.
Treasury fa- mod fled NAT the decision aAl"iH't'
..trIv al, tnp matter OF proposals for compromise 30
corr 1 C.,c. ~ whisky cas--. rlr seer TAR i--h ''
tir -r . Ip, his intention % preclude each or Jht>e
@ fr.I sfi.rirtur such 0T-rs % compromise 5t Doe
~ ~ r1, best iiiyng eacn case 10 stand uQ"n it pc
49,, ,r circumstances In Ia mean M~ it l1 tie D"s Oh
,b " n.r,,,Irit ro urrss tnc claims ud-mcn AID ID
IN @ tI i.li,nt by he usual process Oi the courts
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17
rpGBr2,E LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

r IRAN s7,rs ls-nue,1cl i1 h city oy t~htl
iD- 'oir
re-sar 3
tl~ nrr.fr CIuns
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17

lie contract viii be- AWARDED =, 'cf iIr u.,'' ~, ~
.i.u have made an inspection of the bdS ana -'hi
/ of paper and perhaps also OK the m'4uac'"'N7 '-'
New-York tribune., 1877-05-17
A CHANGE ~ THE TREASURY.

off plprl and perhaps also Ok the m'Au.ac'''N7 '-'
! slmeuts. dc. -
A CHANGE Iy THE TREASURY.
Fv-Gov. C.. C. Carpenter OF lo"a, second
Controller a. the Treasury. having expressed the deter
uinaon Of retiring his present position on OF De
fore Ocl next the President and the secretary oI 'e
Tressury have ndiOated thcir intention OF 'Ppo'u'N-
W., "a linton at. Cuiei Justice OF the supreme court
Of Oregon 10 Nh the vacancy Judge Cpt'n' VINO i
a native ef New-York, has been lor Hi'"!
,o,r. q, resident Of Oregon. He was formerly
sfat. Bistrct-A Att0rucy at SACRAMENTO Cal ~ ~I'
member ut the Lre.slaturr oi O',-un ',- ~ I,t a., NJ
80 go .iinniefpd "a supreme Court Ju'ec I'D III
- -, ti,i -t.t. bench. At the end Il the trn Ar
was elected by the p,ope 10 .A' '5il 5 I,, E,r
iba last iw6 or three year, he has been tn-'2e h ,'
praciicr of law in Oregon he is 1uout oO r'i' ",
tbrolgh Tie influence Of senator MicLeH'
A DISPUTED POINT ~ THE MAIL SERVICE
Tho Post-Omcc Department has submitted to
che ,81,rf Of Claims for adjudication a ease h'"'Wf
what Us known IN railway language lS the Lap 7''''''
controversy There certain roads I'D the country ID.
which the Baltimore Genital is one over th. u"'A 'l
which two or more companies under inde"enu'A'
..,,a,,t ,llu their trains. Each o. these companies
- the r,oiis under contract with the Unlet Htt'.
q Governments holds that only one oI the companies
, , ild for the service done ou t"C Io-If |-'a | ,4
companies claim tlat ,a srn II Ti. @ is s,ibm.,tra o.
IN. ,otr Iy aataorit oi section !,Doo -. ~ ~ Inns ~
s;afcs Iar amount involved I'D tAa CLASS uI 0a-iN' "
very Large.
Cu,JBERLAIN PHILOSOPHICAL
Ex-Gov. Chamberlain. when ID washington
. t,y dsv, ago had q conyersato ion with PROMINENT
.-,, lerr,,lau Of the autl-sayery school upon the
soutb Carolina situation In that conversation eAo''
Chamberlain practically admitted the sincerity VI '.'
President, Southern policy. He sAiu 'hu' 'L,'o
-. .t.e i'm fact that can be done. EX-
o., clamberl,n said, IN almost these WORKS.
" An, sorry tnst tie have been so "sernAious
~ h,ld Office The result has been & tnas W. u! Z rS "
' ee. .,e brsu III eel Dy persons perfectly IhooH'
,",t p,entaiIv and morally for the positions tLc
rc-nlt of the continuance ot aiy , s..n =, -, ~ ti
|r-'r, ,Vnud be 10 fmce the minority 10 IeNpiuIOA
me in0rant ana drBasrd majority conn hol a.Walh c.l
rct te taxes and spend them WITHOUT prO'os' I1ol
the .a1-paying minority.
PoRTIASD AS A PENSION STATION.
Senator Bloine il strongly in favor Of making
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
THE STRIFE OF TWO CITIES.

In the southwestern part of Kansas,
says the indianapolis Journal, are two
towns named respectively Empire City
and Galena. The two towns are
situated not very far apart, and like
most Western towns, are rivals, each
claiming to be a great business center,
etc. The rivalry ran SO high that few
days ago the citizens of Empire City
determined to fence Galena out in the
cold, or, in other words, cut it off from
the former town, that being equivalent
to accommodation Accordingly on
Wednesday last large number of
armed men from Empire City undertook
to build a stockade between the rival
towns. The alarm was sounded in
Galena by ringing of bells, and an OPP
posing force of about fifty men, with
guns and revolvers, collected to prevent
proceedings. The mail coach going to
Empire for the mail was stopped and
ordered back to Galena. The mayor Of
Galena read proclamation declaring a
stockade between the two cities an
obstruction to travel and contrary to
law, and calculated to incite riot and
bloodshed, and called upon the citizens
to destroy the same. On general prin-
ciples we should say he was right. A
stockade across a road is an obstruction
to travel There can be no doubt about
this. 1t obstructed travel equally from
Empire City to Galena, and from Galena
to Empire City. The citizens of Galena
viewed the matter in this light and made
an attack on the stockade, Firearms
we're called into use, and sharp fight
ensued. Finally the stockade was
carried, saturated with oil and burned.
Communication is now open between the
two places, but the question which is
the commercial metropolis of the great
West is still unsettled.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
A Trout that Carried a Ticket.
IScribner's Magazinc.l

The remark of Professor Agassiz that
no man knew whether the huge trout
caught in the lakes "were ten years or
two hundred years DID," prompted some
enterprising men several years ago to try
and find out how fast trout grows.
To get some light upon this question,
Mr. Page conceived an ingenious device
which he at once proceeded to put into
execution. Platinum wire was obtained,
cut into one and one half-inch lengths,
fiattened at one end, and various num-
bers were stamped on the suaface from
one-half to four, also the numbers 40,
n, ~, to denote the year. AS the trout
were captured they were weighed, one
of these tags was passed through the
skin, just under the adipose fin, and
securely twisted, and then the fish was
liberated. In the course of the two or
three years named, large number of
trout were thus labeled. OF course the
chances that any of them would be
caught seemed enthusiastically small, yet
in 1878 one Of them reported. In June
Of that year, Mr.. Thomas Moran, the
artist, captured a fine, vigorous. trout,
weighing two and one-fourth pounds.
Upon taking him from the landing-net
the platinum tag flashed in the sunlight.
Upon examination, the mark, 1-2-'7l''
was discovered, thus establishing the
curious fact that this particular fish had
gained one and three-fourths pounds in
two years.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
TIE PARLS EXPOSITION.

According to the statement of a Wash
ington correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, the Administration is evidently
indisposed to take any steps looking to
the representation of the United States
at the Paris Exposition next year, ex-
cept in response to a direct order from
Congress. In explanation of this ap-
parent want of official interest in this
great international undertaking, il may
be said that neither the action of the
French Government nor the character of
the French exhibits at the Centennial
last year was such as the United States
had a right to expect from nation with
which it had so long been on friendly
terms. While other nations sent special
commissioners, many of them men of
high rank and great experience, France
intrusted the interests of her citizens to
subordinate attaches of the French
Legation here, one, at least, of whom
was extremely Objectionable to President
Grant. In addition to this, the charac-
ter of the French exhibition was not
such as the United States had right to
expect, and the failure of France in this
respect was, it is believed, largely due to
the lack of interest, not to say opposi-
ton, of the French Government.
1t may be remembered that when the
invitation to the United States to par
ticipate in the Paris exposition of 1878
was received, Secretary Fish transmitted
it to Congress without recommends
ton, and it is understood that he subse-
quently informed the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations of the reasons why
Grants Administration was unwilling to
urge upon Congress any steps looking to
the representation of the United States
at Paris. This feeling of indifference,
manifested by the lastd Administration, is
understood to be shared, to some extent
at least, by the present one.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
Feeding Apples to a Blind Horse.

The indianapolis Journal says that a
great many strange things happen at
camp-meetings, and this is one of their
attractions. Everybody who attends ex-
poets to see something out of the usual
order of things. The camp-meeting
near Greenville, Floyd County, did not
disappoint the attendants in this par
ticular, but there is one little boy who
says he never wants to 60 to another
camp-meeting or circus, or anything of
that kind. The trouble with this little
boy is that he attempted to feed apples
to blind horse. Blind horses are not
responsible. There is asort of vagueness
about the intentions of blind horse
that keeps person in continual suspense
as to what he is going to do next. This
little boy, named Johnny Davis, found
out. He was enjoying the fun of seeing
the horse snap out at air in trying to get
the fragrant apples. 1t was a grab game,
and the horse won. In biting for the
apple he bit in an unexpected direction,
and took Johnny's ear completely off,
The horse had probably been ear-itated
beyond endurance. He did his work SO
we'll that there was only just enough ear
left to sew the lost member to. The
doctor thinks the ear may adhere and
grow, and Johnny will never feed apples
to Blind horscs again.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
Madam, I'll Explain.

A Rochester paper tells this story:
Quite large party Of gentlemen from
this city went down to the bay and were
Hospitality entertained at the cabin Of
the Birds and Worms. Among the party
were several prominent men from present
and former official boards of the munich
pality - lawyers, commissioners and
other equally wcll-known and influential
citizens. No ladies were in the party,
and therefore :" the boys" went in for a
good time, everything, of course, being
kept within safe and reasonable bounds.
After an afternoon of good sport the
party repaired to the Newport House to
make preparations for their return to the
city. They remained there till late in
the evening, and not until the majority
of the guests of the house were retired to
their rooms did the carriages begin to fill
for the homeward journey. About this
time some joke came up, and from the
circumstances of the case one of the gem
tlemcn ran, the others joining in his pur-
suit. Dodging around the yard for a
few minutes, he escaped into the hotel,
ran up the stairs, and hid in one of the
halls. The tramp of feet, however, soon
told him he was followed, and, in his
great desire to escape, he skipped through
an open door into bedroom. The pur-
suers were almost at the door, and, in a
fit Of desperation, he concealed his some
what substantial corporosity beneath
the bed. His friends looked in, saw no
one, and passed on. In few minutes
they went down stairs again, and the
concealed fugitive was just about crawl
ing out to 60 down when a new figure
appeared on scene. A lady entered the
room, and to the horror Of the gentle
man under the bed, began to show un-
mistakable symptoms Of her intention
of going to her nights repose. There
was but one course to pursue on the part
Of our hero, and he pursued it. Stick
ing his head and arms out from under
the bed, he exclaimed: Madam, DOM
be frightened. It's all right, and I'll ex
plain how i came here. Don't be scared
Don't scream, beg Of you. The bust
ness can all be explained in the re
mainder was lost in wild scream o.
alarm, and the rush of the whole hote
force to the room.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
A Mules Wonderful Kickery.

"Speaking about mules" remarked a
six footer in Arkansas, as he cracked his
whip at market, "Pve got mule at
home which knows as much as do, and
/ want to hear somebody say am half a
fool" No one said SO, and he went on.
" I've stood around here and heard men
blow about kicking mules till I've got
disguised. When you come down to
kicking, want to bet on my mule. A
friend came along and took dinner with
me the other day, and as he seemed
a little down-hearted, l took him out to
see Thomas Jefferson, my champion mule.
/ was telling the good man how that
mule would flop his feet around, and he
said he would like to see little fun.
He'd passed his whole life in the South,
but had never seen mule lay his whole
soul into big time at kicking. Well"
he said, after borrowing some tobacco,
"Itook Thomas out of the stable, backed
him up agin hill, gin him cuff on the
ear, and we stood back to see the amusc-
ment. 1t was good place to kick his
durndest. and what dye s'pose he did?
In ten minutes by the watch he was out
of sight. In five more we couldn't feel
him with twelve foot pole, and--and
-" The crowd began to yell and sheer,
and the narrator looked around and
asked: "Does anybody think I'm lying
Would lie for one mule? Right here
under my arm is a pound of tallow can
dies which are to light the hole for to 60
in after Thomas; and got word not an
hour ago that the hind feet of a mule
were sticking out of hill thirty-nine
miles as the bird flies from where my
mule went in. Pm shaky on religion,
gentlemen, but our family never had a
liar in it,"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
eyes still raised and his hands uplifted

eyes still raised and his hands uplifted
TO the sky.
Burton, squirting his horse and draw,
ing his pistol, rode swiftly up to the poor
fanatic and fired, the shot taking mortal
effect in the prophets neck. As the lat
ter sank to the earth the brutal deputy
marshal, turning, shouted:
There's your prophet : what do you
think of him nowY'
In sight of the shuddering multitude
a woman of the camp, named Bowman,
rose up in front of Burton and cx'
claimed:
sob you cruel murderer
Wheeling his horse and firing, Bur
ton Smother dead.
At this junct,ire a Danish woman
brave and fearless, who held the dying
prophet writhing in her arms lifted her
face and shouted:
!" So this is another Mountain Meadow
affair, you miserable assassinl'
Said Burton, No woman shall say
that and live"
He raised his revolver, took deliberate
aim, and the bullet laid the poor woman
low beside Morris, who at that moment
gave his last gasp in her lap.
This was the triumph Of Burton, a man
whom the fanatic Mormon, Daniel IL.
Wells, is pleased TO call zone Of the best
citizens of Utah" What was the part of
DIR. Jeter Clinton, than whom fraud more
infamous, more vanished cut-throat, a
more pious cheat, is seldom developed,
even in this mandatory of infamous
impostorsY Jeter, it must be remembered,
was acting extensively as surgeon to. the
Mormon raiders. He was not very
good surgeon himself, and does not seem
TO have owned case of Instruments One
DIR. TAFT, who was along with him, had
the requisite knives and lances. Early
in the ARRAY Banks, Morrs's chief coun-
selor, was wounded by shotin the back
of the neck. Fearing another shot he
fell by the side OF Morris and pretended
to be dead. One of the Brighamitcs ap.
preached, turned him over, and re-
marked:
Oh no, this won't do you ---------
Your playing possumv'
Very well, said Banks, rising up,
finish your work.
The Brighamite did not feel author
lied to accede ON the spot to this request.
Banks was delivered over to surgeon Je-
ter Clinton, who, Selling knife from
his brother Tait's case, escorted the
wounded counselor over bill adjoining
the Morrisite camp, with the ostensible
purpose of dressing the wound. He
dressed it thus: Inserting the knife
into heoriginal wound back of the neck,
he gave it vicious twist, dislocating the
vertebre, and killing his man instant
aneously and neatly.
Shrine, who was present when DIR. Je-
ter returned and handed the knife back
to DR.. TAFT, recollects that TAFT ex-
claimed:
Well, III be hanged il Clinton amt
poor surgeon; look at the way he's
mauled this knifep The bodies of
Morris and Banks were thrown into
an open wagon and brought down TO
Salt Lake City, uncovered and undraped,
in the heat Of June sun. On their ar
rival here they presented horrid APP
pearance fly blown, discolored and de-
cayed They were hurried to the Stran-
gers Cemetery, a desolate and neglected
spot, and buried without mark or stone.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
The German Government is laying

THE German Government is laying
down subterranean telegraph wires as
rapidly as possible. A Enc has already
beenopened between Berlin and Mayence,
and it is now intended to join
Frankfort and Strasburg in a
similar manner, the cost Of these is
eight or ten times greater than that of
the ordinary above ground telegraph !;
but when once constructed they are not
SO liable to be injured by storms or bad
weather, and it would be much more
difficult for an enemy to destroy them,
since he would have to find out exactly
where they we're buried, and then dig
down to reach them.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15

The Omaha Indians, in Nebraska, ac-
cording to the report of the agent there,
make very fair showing of this years
work. They number about 1000, and
will raise this year 5000 bushels of wheat,
600 bushels of oats, 5000 bushels of
potatoes, $4,000 bushels of corn, and
$50 bushels of turnips, onions, etc. Some
of these Indians receive small annuities
from the government, but as rule they
are self-supporting, at least that portion
of them living after the manner of the
whites
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15

FIFTEEN years ago Nj. Francois Bravay
was esteemed the richest man in Paris,
and his profusion and display equaled
the stories told by Dumas of Monte
Christie. He died in poverty and blind
ness few days since. His fortunes
were made in Egypt, where he immi-
grated as a cobbler, and lived to grow
rich as favorite of the Viceroy. When
he got tired of initiating Monte Christie
he retired from Paris to Piedmont with
fortune of forty-five million francs.
An Italian lady was his companion.
She had.a mania for specializing on the
Paris Bourse and gradually reduced him
to poverty. He died as already re-
lated, destitute and almost starving,
having first obtaiRed permission to es-
tablish himself as wayside Bartimeus.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15

/ The demand in Germany and Eng
land for specimens Of the Colorado beetle
is SO large that artificial supply has been
stimulated. tits said that at sugar fac
tory in Cologne specimenof the sugar
beetle, which bears a strong resemblance
to the raving insect of Canada and Col
orado, was discovered. A model was
straightway made of the interesting
creature, which, Enclosed in a
neat box, was offered for sale to curious
public. The demands have been SO nu-
merous that the beetle can hardly be sup
piled fast enough, no fewer than ten
thousand boxes having been exported to
England.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15
Mr. CLINE now writ Sc to the Indiana

Mr. CLINE now writ Sc to the Indiana
State Board of Agriculture from Clay
ton, in this State, placing himself in
competition with the Professor, or any
other man." He offers to treat "one
thousand cholera hogs in the State of
Indiana, provided the State Board will
pay all expenses, and pay to the party
who shall succeed in curing the largest
mum ,er the sum of $500, with the
proviso that no payment shall be made
to himself or any other person in COM
petition unless ninety per cent. shall be
cured" This proposal will be referred
to the State Association Of Hog breeders,
which body has the letter of Prof.
Haas now under consideration. If the
Association makes no report during the
next month the State Board will prob
ably give attention to the matter within
short time after the State Fair.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-15

BURLINGTON (Vt.) Free Prees: On
the top of Prospect Mountain, near Ad-
Olson, is remarkable pond about three
quarters of an acre in extent. Except
a small space in the center, it is covered
with thick moss, strong enough for
people to walk upon. Poles are pushed
through the moss at any point, but none
have ever touched bottom, yet there are
large trees growing and people walk in
safety. The moss forms thick mat OF
carpet, and is described as being exquis-
litely beautiful.