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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

When Secretary Seward was in
London he once went with Charles
Mackay to the Crystal Palace. The
American lighted a cigar, and pro-
ceeded to smoke with great ENJOY
ment, when policeman, meeting the
pail, said to Mr.. Seward, in tone OF
authority, "Sir, it is against the rules
to smoke in these grounds. Put out
your cigar or leave the place." "Sir"
Mr.. Seward replied with equal dig
nifty, "it is against the rules for me
to give you half crown. Take it
and put it in your pocket and leave
my presence The man looked
round for fear of listners, took the
half crown, smiled pleasantly and
discreetly turned away in the oppo-
site direction.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
"Curtis," Washington correspond
ent of the Iuter-Ocean saws:

"Curtis," Washington correspond
ent of the Inter-Oceaa says:
ut is announced as one of the new
civil service rules of the State De-
partment that no consul will be ap-
pointed to any post who is not able
to read and write the language of the
country in which that post is situated.
Thus, . consul to one Of the Chinese
cities must be competent to mark tea
chests and fire cracker boxes; con-
culs to the South Sea Islanders must
be accomplished in the art of mark
ing drumheads made of the human
hide and must pass an examination at
man-eating. Consuls to Africa must
be able to tattoo their chests and
arms"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.

CALCUTTA, May 23.-The number
Of persons gratuitously relieved in
Madras during the week ending May
10th, shows an increase of 44,19l. 1t
is believed that the numbers on the
relief works have also increased, but
returns are incomplete.
There was heavy storm of rain in
Madras on Thursday and Friday,
which extended fifty miles inland,
and saved Nellore and Chingleput
from water famine.
kilograms from various other
points on the Madras coast, report
rain.
Official reports from Mysore state
that the prospects are nnimproved.
The increase Of numbers on the relief
works is about 10000.
Official reports from Bombay say
the increase of numbers on the relief
works there is 29,443.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

The Chicago Tribune had several
columns of sensational slush not long
ago, claiming to be the revelations of
an fRdicted thief named Pinney, af-
fecting many prominent Republicans
in California.
The Tribune now says that the stuff
was gotten up mainly out of whole
cloth, to damage Senator Sargent.
That's what all well informed peo
pie supposed when it appeared in the
Tribune.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

Col. NJ. NJ. Ham, of Dubuque, and
Col. j. w. Moore, of Moulton, are
mentioned as candidates on the Dem
ocratic ticket for Governor. The
former is a Democrat of long stand
ing. The latter, Tilden convert,
and we believe, Greenbacker.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Guilty of Perjury.

HARTFORD, May 24.-ln the U. s.
District Court, yesterday, John C.
Tracey, ex-President, and Jos. L.
Chapman, ex-Cashier, of the Farmers
and Mechanics National Bank, plead
guilty, the former of making false re-
turns and the latter to perjury in
swearing to them. The National
Bank examiner stated that the loss to
the bank would be $59S,OOO.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Coroner's Verdict In the Rockford
Disaster.

CHICAGO, May 23.-The 7fiJune's
Rockford, Illinois, special says the
Coroner's jury tonight, after thirteen
days work, rendered verdict in the
Court House case, which is fully sus-
tanned by public opinion here. They
find that Henry l.. Gay, the architect,
through neglect to provide for the
great amount of weight called for to
complete the building according to
his plans, is guilty Of the deaths of
the deceased :; that the Board of Su-
pervisors failed to use necessary
caution in examining the plans and
specifications and acted unwisely in
not employing a competent architect
to superintend the construction of the
building.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

Not long ago the Chicago Tribune
pronounced the Gate city the ablest
paper in Iowa, and now comes the
gate CITY and declares that the 1Tib-
0ne Is the boes paper of the North
west. There being NO further busi-
ness before 1t the mutual admiration
society Will now adjourn.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Chicago Tribune wit.

The Des Moines State Register may
be able to quote now and then par
agraph from an Iowa contemporary
opposing the Southern policy of the
President, but we defy it to quote a
line from any of them showing that
it has paid b. F. Allen the money
borrowed of him, according to iii
own statement, "some seven years
ago"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

The INNOCENT LITTLE Cactus
The innocent little cactus is now
reaching out into the glad spring air
IN search of the unwary young man
who wears thin pants and sits down
thoughtlessly to look at the generous
picture of Rocky Mountain sunset.
The cactus doesn't act on the often
sive very much, but the young man
who thinks he can intimidate a cactus
by sitting down on it suddenly and
taking it by surprise, will find, when
1t is everlastingly too late, that life is
indeed a stern reality. = Sunshine
(C0l.) Courier.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

There has been loose, in New York,
bad specimen of the Southern focl.
He drew pistol on the clerk Of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and was arrest
ed. When taken before the magis-
trate he declaimed: "Tm Southern
gentleman, am; I've been insulted
my honor has been called into ques-
tion, and the wounded honor of
Southern chivalry demands redress
This speech had no weight with the
court, and in default of 81 600 bail the
young man went to jail.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

Dispatches from Lawrence, Kansas,
say the Arkansas river is higher than
for twenty years past and is expected
to 60 still higher. A portion of Law
renee is flooded and considerable
damage to property is feared. On
the 2lst, no trains could 60 west OF
Emporia on the Kansas Pacific or A.
T. & s. Roads. The Cottonwood and
Arkansas rivers are overflown and
the bridges on all the streams carried
away.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Good s,,sgestisn.

That truculcnt sheet, the Chicago
Tribune. 10 trying to play the autocrat
Of the West. 1t seems hurt that the
loyal press of Iowa does not indorse
the Hayes surrender, and says some
ugly and some false things Of some of
us. The Tribune and It's rival, the
Times, are very nearly agreed at last.
We suggest their consolidation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
nurnecl to Deatl,.

WAsHINGToN, May Pa woman
named Mary Francis Beach, was
burned to death in cell at station
house last night. In trying to light
pipe she set her clothing on fire.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Honors to Genera, crant.

LONDON, May H.-It is announced
from Liverpool that Mr.. Fairchild,
United States Consul there is absent
on leave and that Badeau, Consul
General at London, is going to Liver
pool to receive ex-Prcsident Grant.
The Mayor of Liverpool has rendered
his hospitalities to Grant.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
HEARD FROM.

QUEENSTOWN, May 25.-The steam
er Russia, which arrived to-day from
New York, landed the fourth officer
of the disabled steamer, City of Brus-
sells, at Crook Haven, this morning.
The City of Brussels, yesterday, was
27O miles from Fasnct and tugs have
gone out to meet her. She is ex-
pected to reach Queenstown on Sun
day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
New Publications,

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN TOuRIsT.-The
TOUT IRON the banks Of the Missouri to the heart
sas CITY Times, Knight s Leonard, Chicago, prin.
tiers, I. j. Anderson, Topeka. Kansas, publisher
The far West, prolific in matchless
scenery, is rapidly ascending to the
very highest plane of the artistic in
illustrated publications, the grandeur
Of the surroundings and the exhilira-
ton of the air appearing to elevate the
mind and taste alike. The Rocky
Mountain Tourist is, possibly, the
most beautiful, and, at the same. time,
suggestive exemplification of this in
fiuence yet finding its way to the
world at large, and the Appleton's
will have to look well to the laurels
of their Picturesque America" and
the "Aldine" folks keep careful eve
upon the near future, or the new West
will yet teach them new lessons in the
"art preservative." The Rocky Noun
tain Tourist is indeed worthy of a
place in any gentleman's library by
the side of Picturesque America"
and certainly no higher compliment
could be paid it. Its letter press the
perfection of photographed excel
lence, and its arrangement a model
for book printers, the illustrations SC
lavishly scattered over its pages, are
superb in design and execution. Many
OF them are from the fiuest d-c--i..s, =,
and the treatment and general char.
acter of each well worthy that dis
tinguished artists reputation. OF
the striking views are the several in
Mancos and the McElmo Canons one
view, that of the Royal Gorge of the
Arkansas, being ten by fifteen inches.
In all there are some forty of these
exceedingly realistic engravings, all
of which equal, and many surpass
the finest works of the Harpers'. The
Tourist, aside from its rich typo.
graphy and highly artistic illustra.
tions, is work of rare interest, writ
ten, as it is, in an easy and graphic
vein throughout. There is no strain.
ed effort at tlowery expression, stilted
rhetoric, or pedantic argument; on
the contrary, the descriptive is vivid
in clear cut detail, gossipy in the fit.
ting from point to point, and practi.
cal in every feature. Mr.. Pangborn
the author, is an old newspaper man
and the treatment of the Tourist il
more of the journalistic order than o
the stereotyped book writer. Thii
leads to freshness andtoriginality, ant
while the interest of the reader is very
cleverly sustained to the end thu
point, that it's fact rather than fame,
guiding the writer, is so plainly ap
parent as to lend additional charm
and lead the reader to flights of reall,
delightful anticipation personal ex
perience among the Alps of America
Regarding the Rocky Mountain Tour
ist as beyond all comparison the mos
elegant and complete publication O.
the description ever issued, the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe II. r., ha
purchased the exclusive right to it fol
the sole benefit of the thousands o
patrons who make its line their Crane
thorOughfare to the Mountains. Th
Rocky Mountain Tourist. is, therefor
not on sale, but all desiring a cop,
have but to write to T. j. Anderson
Topeka, Kansas, to receive it withou
money and without price.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Retrenchn,ent ot the pIont End

PHILADELPHIA, May 24.-The Direc-
tors of the Pennsylvania r. r. Com
pany have decided TO make reduc-
ton of ten per cent in the salaries of
all employees beginning at the Presi-
dent and continuing downward thro'
all grades of the various departments.
Exception is made in the case of la
borers and trackmen who now re-
ccive less than one dollar per day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
'The Way Of the Transgressor" etc.

HARTFORD, CT, May 25.-In the U.
5. Court, to-day, Judge Shipman
pronounced sentence on James +.
Chapman, cashier, and John G. Ira
cy, president of the Farmers and Me-
chanics National Bank, who had
pleaded guilty respectively to de-
ceiving the Comptroller of Currency
and to perjury and embezzlement, by
which the bank lost $4,000 dollars.
Tracy was sentenced to the Connecti-
cut State Prison for six years and six
months, at hard labor, and Chapman
to the State Prison at hard labor, for
five years and nominal fine of one
dollar. Both will be taken to Weth-
ersfield prison to-day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Murder.

ELMIRA, May, 25.-Chas. Wright,
son Of the landlord of the Steuben
Hotel, at Bath, N. Y. was murdered
yesterday morning by hostler man,
ed White. The latter gave himself
up, claiming that he did the act in
self defense.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Send for 'l!ystr.:tea Guide to Col

st. Louis, Kansas City, & Northern
Railway has just published a guide
to the famous Rocky Mountain Re-
sorts in Colorado, containing valua-
BILE informrtion for the Tourist, In
valid and Sportsman, also rates of
fare. for round trip tickets.-Address
Q. Q. Lord, General Passenger Agent,
st. Louis, Mo. dSWtf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

The President issued an executive
order Wednesday reserving Pagosa
hot springs and one square mile sur
rounding them, in Colorado, as per-
manently public property. These
springs are considered valuable for
medicinal purposes.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
~. q. reeAsupER pEs,cns.

WASHINGTON, May N.-U. 5. Treas
urer Wyman has rendered his resig-
nation, on account Of i'll health, and
has accepted the position of Assist
ant Treasurer. Gilfilian, Asst. Treas
urer has been appointed to succeed
Wyman.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
BISMARCK COMES UPON THE scrNr

BISMARCK COMES UPON THE SCENE.
BERLIN, May 24.-There was great
activity at the Foreign Office while
Prince Bismarck was here. and an
active exchange of kilograms with
ambassadors abroad took place, par
tlcularly with ambassador Strome. It
Is said that the latter will shortly
visit Berlin. From this, and other in
dications, the National Zeit,tnq con-
cludes that Bismarck is about to
assert his personal influence upon the
course of European affairs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
TO BE INPEACHED.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, May % - The
Chamber of Deputies voted a resolu-
ton demanding the impeachment of
Mahamoud Neddin Pasha.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

They remove tho "alien element"
from the politics of Mississippi by
shooting it "prudently" from around
the corners Of houses. Judge CHS
holm Was an alien. He was Geor-
gian. chicago Tribune.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Singular Accident.

New HAVEN, May 23-While clean
ing a sewer, on Franklin ST., Patrick
Farrell was overtaken by flood of
water caused by sudden fall of rain,
and was drowned before he could
reach the man hole. A companion
also narrowly escaped.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
MEXICO Wanta Monav

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Through
official channels rumor has reached
the State Department that Mexico is
about to declare an additional tax of
ten per cent on all imports into that
country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
A Doud's Station correspondent of
the Bloomfield Republican says:

zone year ago last January Stan
ford Doud's wife presented him
with his thirty.trst child, and, will
you believe it, about month ago
made him 8 present of his thirty-sec-
ond child. Father and child are do
ing well, and guess the mother, too.
What do you think Of that? On the
east Of us live another family by the
name of Penn, who have been mar
ried thirteen years, and their thir-
tecMth child is able to sit alone-all
fat and hearty. How would like to
see thirteen babies all in a row
among them three pair Of twins SO
much alike that you can't tell 'tother
from which? Mr.. Doud is in his
73d year, and is good for any kind Of
work vet.v
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Give Him an onco.
burlington Havk.Rve.

Governor Stone, of the conciliated
State of Mississippi, is indeed great
ly distressed about the murder OF
Judge Chisholm. s'This is the era OF
exclaims the Governor,
waving his hands toward the impla-
cable and bloodthirsty north; "don't,
now don't go to waving the bloody
shirt over the murder of Just
one republican" And then he
fastens a sprig of olive in the button
hole of his coat and calmly waits fol
a foreign mission or something.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
ATTACK ON KARS.

LONDON, May PA telegram dat
ed Erzeroum Thursday evening, re-
ports that the Russians yesterday at
tacked kars. Two assaults were re-
pulsed. There was heavy firing on
Doth sldes, which continued yesterday
evening. The result is unknown.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
The Meridian (MississippD Meycu-
ry, a leading Southern paper, and
published in the neighborhood of the
Chisholm hutcherv aavs.

The Meridian (Mississippi) Meycu-
ry, leading Southern paper, and
published in the neighborhood of the
Chisholm butchery, says:
Perhaps the time is now ripe for us
to speak what we had intended to.
What Governor Stone has request
ed Judge Hamm to do about holding
a special term for an early investiga-
tion we don't know. Judge Hamm
has ordered no special term, and we
think it is safe to predict that he will
not. five ever had strong convic-
ton about anything, we never had
stronger one than::that 1T is best not.
Aprfl 30, IN DeKalb, neUer ought to
be Investigated, and If sc,sdom and
statesmanship precal, neUer aoiW be.
On that day, the higher laac which
dnte-dateS common lGt1 and all other
la,c ousted them all and their ministers
Of jurisdiction, and for brief period
Of time, sufficient to its purposes, held
savay. Its judgments acere final. No
court is competent to disturb them.
Ecery attempt to reuietc them soiU be
both futile and mischievons. Special
Instructions to grand Jurors are likely
to 90 anheeded, and to sdve an erhibi-
tion Of their inpotency had better not
be giuen The best thing the law and
the ministers can do about the tragedy
is to save their strength for the flu.
ture as wiser than wasting it foolish
ly and vainly on the past.
What the paper thinks generally of
the Southern policy may be gathered
from one brief extract:
We trust we are not one of p. @.
Philander Doesticks' 'Damphools,' to
stultify ourselves by opposing Pres
ident who is carrying out our views
to dot.
Though this is said so decidedly,
the Mercury frankly states that there
must be more concessions before it
will be perfectly contented, and says
Hayes has ordered troops out of
two State Houses, but not out of the
States yet. His policy is grounded on
expediency and not principle, and the
Democratic masses will come to un.
derstand that the policy falls far short
of the requirements of Democrotic
principles.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
eo,,.i,cnae ~ er.,.,

BosToN, May H.-Four inches of
snow fell in Berkshire county, Mass,
this morning. 1t is feared that much
damage has been done to fruit crops.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

The Boston Commercial Bulletin
suggests that Crazy Horse, when in
weighed into the garments Of civiliza-
ton, have his name changed to
Clothes Horse,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

ny MRS. SUSAN ARCHER w1Is3.
An Ancient Ballad
Ye minstrel mid ye roses stands,
Whyle shyneth many star;
Aud sWeetiy trylIs hys tendyr lave.
And touches hys guitar
Ye maybe with whyte and tender throat,
Leans from hyr easement high;
AND soffe and sweetlye smyleth she,
For that hyr lover Is nigh,
Oh, blissful ones who ausfr of love
From youths Rlysean sprynR;
Unheeding ofye comyng yeares.
Or ye woes they bryng,
Ia Modern Version.l
The minstrel In his armchair sits.
with many druggists Jar:
And sneezing gulps his Catnip tea.
And curses his catarrh.
The maid with throat in flannel wrapped
D0eh lie upon her bed; -s5H
And SOD and s0rely gieyeth she,
For that her nose Is red,
On, foolish ones, who serensde,
On moonlight nights Of spring:
Unheeding OF the breezes chill,
ana OF the colds they bring.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Rrlckmakers aty,ke.

HAvERsrRAw, N. ", May 24.-The
Brickmakers, from hundred yards,
have struck and threaten disorder.
The military have been dispatched
thither.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
Tenbroeck Lessons the Ono Mile
Running Time Two Seconds by
Going In t:3O 3-A.

LOUISVILLE, May A.- Tenbroeck
made the mile dash to-day in l 80 q,
the best time ever on record by two
seconds. Tenbroeck has now to his
credit the best one, three and four
mile records.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

The Republicans Of the several Townships and
places of voting, on Saturday, june 10, at i
O'Clock p. M, and elect delegates to the County
Convention. 4. p. 6PILMAN,
Chairman ReD. Cen Com
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

BOSNIA, HERZEGOVINA AND sERvrA.
The question is being discussed in
Vienna whether it is not advisable to
incorporate Bosnia, Herzegovina and
oervla into one State, under an Aus
trian Arch Duke.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

LONDON, May Pa Vienna des-
patch to the Times says there is not
much probability that any of the
great powers will raise objections
to Roumania's declaration Of inde-
pendence, though possibly they may
abstain from recognizing it till a gen.
eral settlement at the conclusion of
war.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
ssPuBLICAx COUNTY CorvsxrIor.


In accordance with . resolution adopted at q
Meeting Of the Republican Central Committee Of
Mapello County, held on Saturday, May 18th,
lS77, the Republican voters Of apollo County
are requested to meet in Delegate Convention at
the Court House In OttumWa, on
SATURDAY, JUNE a3d, 1877.
at O'clock p. M. to elect IA delegates to the State
Convention. to be held at Des noines. June 9th.
October 9th, 1877. to I'LL the following Cennty
Offices, to-wit:
STATE SENATOR,
TWO REPRESENTATIVES,
TRnAsUnER,
SH1RIFF,
AUDITOR,
COUNTY SUPKnlNTENDRNT OF SCHOOLS,
ONn MENBKR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
CORONER,
SURVIVOR.
The rate of representation will be five delegates
Tor each Township, aud one additional for each
90 votes or fractional part thereof over Is votes
cast for Hon. Josiah 7. Young, for Secretary of
State in 1876. This will enttle the several
Townships to the number Of delegates indicated
by the following table:
npAv n~AN
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

According to special dispatches to
the Inter-Ocean, Gen. John A. Lo-
gan has been offered the Mission to
Brazil, worth $4,000 per annum, and
declined it.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30

France will doubtless pronounce
overwhelmingly against President
MacMahon at the elections, even if
the Senate gives q majority in favor
Of dissolution, which is very doubtful.
The refusal of the senate to author
ize dissolution would inevitably
cause MacMahons resignation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-30
PERILOUs TIMES IN PARIS.

PARIS, May 25.-It is said that a
note has been communicated to oil the
conservative provincial papers, stat
ing that during the three months in
terval between the dissolution Cham
Der and the general elections, Presi-
dent McMahon is perfectly entitled
to decree a state ofseige. Signatures
are being solicited among Paris
tradesmen to petition to the Presi-
dent representing that recent events
are paralyzing trade.