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Science and Industry.

About three-fourths of the Christ
mas trees that are sold in New York are
imported from Maine.
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Il0uSe.
Search for a Fortune.

The archive-rOom of the state depart
ment at Washington has been haunted
for the past two or three months by a
haired, old fashioned locking gen
tleman, who rummages indefatigably
among the musty records with never a
sign of Encouragement at the apparent
hopelessness of his task. His name is
Charles Wickes, of Pennsylvania, and he
is in pursuit of some century-old papers
which shall prove a claim for a large
sum against the government. The his
tory Of the case, which we freely give to
all curious inquirers, dates back to 1776,
when his ancestor, Captain Alexander
Wickes, fitted out a privateer to prey
upon British commerce, under the au-
thority of Lee, Deane and Franklin, the
American ENJOYS at Paris. Such were
his address and daring that he captured
nifty English vessels at various times
which were sold by an agent of the CO.
lonial government, but neither Wickes
nor his heirs ever received cent of the
prize-money. This agent was Thomas
Morris, half-brother Of Robert Morris,
the famous financier of the revolution
but he proved entirely untrustworthy
and at his death the money. papers ano
accounts of the sales were transmitted tc
Robert Morris and finally disappeared
1t is supposed that the papers were
brought to Washington and buried some
where in the vast rubbish-heap of publ,
documents, and with this faint clew tht
old fortune-hunter pores daily over th'
files, without any apprehension of th'
probable worthlessness of the papers
even if he finds them.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

EMMA NEAL, insane, aged % years,
wandered away from her home in Evans
vile, Ind, some weeks ago, and on the 18th
inst. her body was found hanging to tree.
Verdict of suicide.
SHERIFF OUFFEY, West Meriland
county, Penn, has unearthed a gang of Mol
ly Maguires who have been operating for
three years past
}. w. BARRON, treasurer of the Dexter
Savings Bank, Maine, has died from the in
juries received at the hands OF the rufians.
The robbers obtained less than 800, and it
is supposed that they murdered the treas
urer because he would not open the safe.
CHIEF OF POLICE BREEN, of Virginia
City, New, has been arrestad, charged with
having liberated a Chinaman in his custody
on the charge OF murder, and having put a
paid Chinese substitute in the place of the
prisoner.
THE treasurer of savings bank was
was found gagged and nearly dead, AT Ban
gor, Me-, on the 22d inst. 1t is believed the
bank has been robbed.
EDWARD L. GOODWIN, city clerk of
New Britain, Connecticut, having been ar
rested on charge of appropriat!ng s., 800,
took..poison and died, on the 21st inst
GEO. w. ABBOTT, of Abbott & Co., OF
San Francisco, money brokers, has disap-
peared, taking with him property of the
firm amounting TO $50, 900. He is supposed
o have gone 10 Panama
JOHN WIsBY, who murdered his cousin
last Christmas, and Frank Randall, no
,-siess t.rsssshisi ssssssd ,rem shs i.s
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CASUALTIES.

The elevator in the Grand Hotel, at
Paris, lost its balance, on the 24th inst, and
was carried to the roof with great force,
killing Russian lady, a French gentleman
and servants.
THE house of David Oeple, near Big
water, Nova Scotia, was destroyed by fire,
on the 22d inst His son perished in the
flames, and his wife was badly burned.
By the fall of building in course of
construction in Lexington avenue, New
York, on the 23d inst, a number of work
men were seriously in jured, and one pro-
badly fatally.
WALTER d. ESTES, lawyer and special
correspondent of the Boston journal, died
at Richford, VT, on the 22d inst, from the
use of poisonous well water. This makes
three deaths thus far from the same cause,
and several more are likely to occu.
Oh the 22d inst, the boiler of the
Mound City FIGURING Mills, situated about
two miles and half east of Bigelow, Mo-,
exploded and instantly killed J. McWilliam,
NJ. Ackley, J. Caldwell and William An
derson, and, it is thought, fatally injured
James Dawson.
On the morning of the 2lst inst, the
beef-packing house of Nelson d Morris, at
the Union stock yards, at Chicago, was de-
strOyed by fire. Estimated loss, between
$4,000 and $4,000 Building and furni-
,ure insured for $4,000.
DURING the blow at New Orleans, on
the night of the Goth, ten barges, containing
$4,000 worth of coal, were swamped and
sunk.
The president has recognized H. Claus
senius as consul of Austro-Hungary, at
Chicago.
A sNow-sLIDE at Bingham, Utah, on
the 20th inst, killed two men.
THE Sheboygan county insane asylum
at Winooski, Wis, was totally destroyed by
FIRE on the night OF the 10th inst, and four
of the inmates-Lucretia Toothaker, Mrs.
Mcdonald, Billy Doe and August Althorp-
perished in the flames.
Two men were instantly killed and
two fatally scalded, by boildr explosion at
Palmyra, Mo-, on the 10th inst.
A FIRE at Waco, Texas, on the 10Th
inst, destroyed $4,000 worth of property.
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Inyeterate BetterS.

An enormous bore is the fellow who is
ALWAYS wanting to "bet." Ee will bet
ANYTHING II from "his bottom dollar"
down to his "life." He will bet on eth
er side, both sides, and is only abashed
when somebody happens to take him up.
The mania for betting with which some
persons are crushed is humorously illus
trated in "Toby Candor's" letter from
San Francisco to the Boston Journal.
He says:
Californians have an inherent, inOrdi-
nate desire for betting. 1t amounts al
most to a mania.
"PIl bet you ten dollars that mans
name is Sneider," said one Californian
to another, as man who was an utter
stranger to both passed by.
It's co." said his companion.
Inquiry was made, and the wager lost
by the man who proposed it.
Up in one of the mountain towns a
stage-coach tipped over, and, it is related, /,
as the passengers went tumbling down a
rocky embankment into gulch, a fellow
shouted:
"Pll bet the drinks for all of us that
half of us get killed."
The bet was taken, but the casualties
were not fatal.
! A doctor reported that well-known
citizen who was at the point of death
would not live twenty minutes longer.
"Pll bet five dollars that he will, y
! said one Of his friends
The wager was accepted, and the stakes
were scarcely put up when the report
came that the man was dead.
"Do you give it up?" asked the man
who won.
"No," was the reply; "fll now bet
ten dollars that he isn't dead"
The bet was taken, and about that time
the doctor re-appeared.
as the man dead, doctor.?' the ques
tion was asked.
" Yes, dead as Julius Caesar"
"Then I've lost again" was the reply
"Now I'll bet twenty dollars that he
won't go into a fve-foot-six coffin.
want to get square if can"
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WASHINGTON.

REPRESENTATIVE SCALES, chairman
of the committee on Indian affairs, in his
report in favor of the bill transferring the
Indian bureau from the interior to the war
department. shows that the present manage
ment costs the governments S23.05 per capita,
while the proposed measure will show that
the cost TO the government of all agents and
Indians will not exceed S4.27 per capita.
THE house committee on Pacific rail
roads has reported favorably on the bill to
extend for ten years the time for the COM
pletion of the Northern Pacific railroad.
SAMUEL F. SCHWARTZ, the clerk in
the pension office, who disappeared last
May, with about s. 600, was captured on the
23d inst, at San Francisco, by United
States detective.
THOMAS 7. CHENEY, superintendent
of the New England mail service, is charged
with defrauding the government. Congress
will investigate.
THE secretary of the treasury issued
instructions on the 22d inst, for discontinue
ing the receipt at the San Francisco and
Carson mints of deposits for returns in trade
dollars, and that deposits heretofore made
be settled for in that coin on satisfactory
evidence being furnished that the same will
be exported, or if preferred by the depos-
itors they may receive their silver back in
the fine mint bars.
On the 2lst inst. Judge Wylie, in the
criminal court, ordered a noNe PROSE- to be
entered in the case of Congressman VIM.
F. King, who in March, 1875, was indicted
for perjury in falsely testifying before the
house committee on ways and means, in the
Pacific mail investigation.
THE house committee on public lands,
on the Goth inst, agreed to report to the
house the bill forfeiting all land grants to
the various railroad companies, with the
recommendation that it be- printed and re-
committed for the consideration of the COM
mittec.
4 IT is estimated that this bill, if passed,
will restore to public domain about one
hundred million acres of land.
/ VIM. NELSON, United States marshal
/ for Utah, has resigned.
! THE national convention of the United
States export trade met, on the 10th inst.,. al
Washington. There was also meeting oi
/ the national agricultural college, with about
one hundred delegates present.
I PRESIDENT HAYES has stated that the
administration has never contemplated in
/ reference with the action OF the courts OF
the state government of Louisiana.
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THE WEST.

THE butter dealers of Cincinnati held
a meeting on the 25th inst, and decided to
memorialize the legislature, asking the pas
sage Of such laws as will compel the brand
ing of packages containing oleomargarine
with its name.
PRIVATE advices from Fort Keogh
represent that the opinion prevails at Bis
marek that Sitting Bull is still on the other
side of the frontier. Indian bands from the
agencies are moving nOrthward.
l.. Nj. SMILL, of Polk county Iowa, has
been convicted of murder in the first degree.
The indictment against Smill and others was
for participating in the lynching of two of
the Bunker boys, desperadoes and horse
thieves, eighteen years ago. His reutation
is very high. and the citizens are very in
dignant at the verdict.
The jury in the Rande murder trial
at Galesburg. ILL.,, on the 23d inst, brought
in verdict of guilty, and fixed the punish
ment at imprisonment for life.
The officers of the Missouri railroads
are being notified by the state board of com.
missioners that the law fixing the maximum
rates for passengers and freight will be put
in effect next month. By an act of the leg
lsldtuIt III 1cOS ~ AlsSourl fac1Dc, f1dnn1-
bal and st. Joseph, Kansas City, st. Joseph
and Council Bluffs, Iron Mountain, St
Louis, Kansas City and Northern and the St
Louis and San Francisco were released from
state interference for ten years. The term
is just expiring. The roads have been
charging four and half and FIVE cents a
mile. The law will reduce the rate to three
cents on the main lines and four cents or
the branches.
In the suits known as the South
Town tax case of Chicago, an injunction
was granted on the 2lst inst, restraining the
South Town tax collector from collecting
the additional twenty per cent tax, which
the county board added to the original as
sessment.
/ THE floods in California still continue
No trains are run in the valley roads. The
town of Washington, 500 inhabitants, is in
undated, and many of the peope are home
! less. Many of the houses have been wash
: ed away.
/ THE house committee on railroads, O
+ the Iowa legislature, has conferred upon tn,
! Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul railroad
/ company the Iowa land grant.
JOHN RENO is to be tried at Browns
town, Ind, for robbing an express car q
/ Sl00, 900 in 1865. lie was released from tn,
Missouri penitentiary on Monday last, ate
having served term of ten years there.
The charges of conspiracy against Ma
jor Woods, Illinois state insurance exam
iner, made in connection with the affairs o
/ the defunct Protection life insurance com
panv, have been dismissed.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.


The operations of the sacred conclave
ut Rome eliminated in ballot taken Oh the
10th, between 10 and II O'Clock, in the elec-
ton of Cardinal Pecci, who assumes the
title of Pope Leo NH. The conclave had
been in session since Monday evening, and
IS only two ballots daily were taken, Car
dinal Pecci was chosen on the third bal
lot. The moderates hesitated between Car
dinals Franchi and Pecci, but the conflict
ing elements became harmoniZed, and the
result was the election of the latter The
new pope is an Italian, and has heretofore
occupied the position of pontifical Gamer
lengo.
The circumstances of the election are as
follows: At the thlrd Dduor, cardinal
Pccci, received thirty-six votes, which was
five short of the requisite two-thirds majori-
tv. When the voting was finished, and the
papers We're burned, Cardinal Franchi, and
those holding the same views with him, ad-
yanced and knelt before Cardinal Pecci.
This example being followed by others,
Cardinal Pecci's election was accomplished
by the method known as " Alteration"
The pope after his election assumed the
pontifical robes and received the homage of
the cardinals in the Sistine chapel, the bells
in all the churches of Rome were rung, and
diplomates went TO the vatican to congratu-
the Lew pope. A crowd of over 90 900 peo-
pie gathered in the open space before the
vatican to receive the benedicton.
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THE SEAT OF WAR.

THE feeling throughout Europe is one
of intense nervousness, and a slight cause
might precipitate war between Russia and
one or two other powers.
A BERLIN special says the conference
will probably not assemble before April /,
as Prince Gortschakof alleges that he will
not be prepared sooner.
A DISPATCH from St. Petersburg says:
The Agenee Russe says that the situation has
improved through the understanding be-
tweon England aud Russia, -rhereb. Russia
will not occupy Gallipoli, and England will
not land troops on the shores of the Darda-
neles. Negotiations for peace are making
progress. To hasten them the Grand Duke
Nicholas, by agreement with the porte, has
transferred his headquarters to San Shefano,
and will meet Savfet Paslsa there. The sig
nature to the peace conditions will follow.
THE porte hesitates to subscribe to the
Russian conditions of peace, which virtually
abolish the Turkish dominion in Europe,
except in the immediate neighborhood of
Constlntinople. The porte has constant
cabinet councils without result.
THE Russians under Todleben, entered
Rustchuk on the Goth inst.
THE condition of affairs in Europe
presents warlike aspect, and the report
current in London that arrangements have
been perfected for the transfer of the Turk
ish fleet to Russia is not calculated to en-
courage hopes of peace. The Russian press
considers continued armament not indica-
tive of a peaceful settlement.
A DISPATCH from Constantinople says:
It is said that Russia stipulates for date by
which the treaty of peace must be signed at
Adrianople.
SERVER PAsHA has ceased to be min
lister of foreign affairs. Sabri Pasha will
probably act III Servers place until the re-
turn of Safvet Pasha, now in Adrianople on
the peace mission.
A TELEGRAM from Paris says: at
is stated here that Lord Derby and Prince
Bismarck having announced that they will
not represent their respective cour tries at
the congress, Prince Gortschakotf has given
notice of IA similar decision
TELEGRAMs from Athens represent
that the Thessalian insurrection is increas.
ing; they report that 5000 Turks have been
defeated near Nolo, with a loss of 600 killed
after desperate fighting.
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THE EAST.

AT meeting of the Socialistic labor
party, in New York on the oath inst, tn.
red flag of the commune was displayed, and
resolutions were adopted, denouncing a
standing army, and the existence of armo
ries in cities. One speaker said: "Only
let the army be abolished, and labor will
make such a move as will insure its rights
and render it equal with capital"
THE steamship City of Brussels, from
Liverpool, with 5000 in gold, arrived on
the 18th inst.
w. "A. RANSOM & Co., one of the old
est New York firms in the shoe trade, made
an assignment on the 23d. Liabilities $3.50
600.
PROF. ALBERT SMITH, of Boston, died
at Peterboro, New Hampshire, on the 22d
inst.
MERIDEN, Conn, was flooded on tn e
22dinst., owing to copious rains. The flats
near the harbor, and State, Pratt, and por-
ton Of Main street were submerged. The
silver plate works had to suspend operations,
and a train was thrown from the track,
owing TO wash out. No casualties.
The internat tional base ball associa-
ton at the session in Buffalo, n V, Oh the
NIol lhol'J dN diuSu pIIZt peH1dHt 10 tnp
Tecumsehs; of London, Ontario.
WALTER DONALDSON & Co., of New
York, coal agents, have failed. Liabilities,
100000.
On account of the failure of Boston
parties owing the Somersworth Savings
Bank, of New Hampshire, a large sum, the
bank commissioner has ordered the suspen-
sion of payments. The trustees believe
that there will be no loss to the depositors.
A SERIOUS atfray occurred on the 18th
inst in Princeton, New Jersey college, be-
tween the sophOmores and eight freshmen,
in which one of the sophomores was dan
gerously hurt
On the 18th inst, J. J. Belden was re-
elected mayor of Syracuse, n. Y, by a
plurality of 1,056 over Yates, workingman's
candidate, and Brown, democratic candi-
date.
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The feeling is growing in Rome that
the new pope is not so liberal as was
thought 1t seems that Cardinal Peec and
Leo NH. do not hold the same views. 1t
is now believed that the pope will remain
secluded in the vatican.
DELEGATES representing twenty-six
thousand miners met at Aberdare, on the
24th inst, and agreed TO accept s-tve per
cent. reduction OF wages asked by masters,
until the price of coal rises.
THE lockout of 900 weavers at Old
ham, England, if not quickly terminated, is
likely to cause the Unemployment Of So
600 operatives in other branches OF trade.
Two rich quicksilver mines have been
discovered in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.
THE lockout of 900 weavers at Old
ham, Eng, owing to a reduction of wages,
begun on the 22d inst.
THE war Office of England hiss invited
anasfa les sarplsins !so,pc1 ttsssf risss,
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The palace of the provincial govern
ment at Bruges, Belgium, has been destroy
ed by fire.
NOTICE of inquiry has been given in
the senate OF Canada, whether, in view OF the
reconciliation of silver IN the United States
measures will be taken during the present
session TO prevent Il recurrence OF the
abuses and losses formerly occasioned by
the circulation as medium of exchange Of
silver coins whose conventional and hcti-
tions value Were not in accordance with
their real or market value.
IT isstated on authority which cannot
be questioned that seventy millions OF
human beings are now starving IN the
famDe-stricken provinces of North China
The Imagination fails to cope with so gigantic
a calamity.
44E council general of the Seine, has
adc1 lel d reSolutio@ -~s.-ili'S tidi'-s 'ie
government 10 raze the ruins of the Tuil-
cries.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MAJOR LOUIS CAss, died at Paris ON
the ;ast. fe the only son OF
General Cass.
/ THOMAS &. ANDERSON of the Louis
lana returning board was, on the 18th inst.
sentenced to two years at hard labor in the
penitentiary, and costs. Judge Whitaker
said that the accused had had fair trial,
before an impartial jury, and that the ver-
dict was fully justified by the evidence.
JUDGE WHITAKER, of New Orleans,
has refused a new trial in the Anderson case.
ALL the space in the American depart
ment OF the Paris exposition has been as
signed, and no room remains for new exhi-
bitors.
MONTGOMERY QUEENS circus was sold
at louisville, KY, on the 22d inst, in
bankruptcy. The animals brought $4,000
and the circus equipment 5000.
THE Mexican war veterans held meet
ings at Baltimore, Columbus, Ohio, and lat
Little Rock, Arkansas, on the 22d inst.
THE bill in the Maine senate to allow
women the righ to vote at the municipal
elections has been indefinitely postponed.
The Murphy movement is progress
ing nightly at Terre Haute, and 5000 per-
sons have signed the blue ribbon pledge
No hall is large enough to hold the people
THE legislature of Louisiana has un
seated Louis f. Souter, Republican, and by
a vote of 50 to 54 seated Judge Barber,
Democrat, as member for Avoyell's parish,
on the ground that Souter had never been
resident of the parish.
MAYOR POWERS, of Chambersburg,
Nd, abandoned his post under mental ex-
element, owing to inability to balance his
accounts. Experts have found the error,
and show the books to be all right.
ONE of the most important events in
the history of Fisk University, Nashville,
Tenn, occurred on the 18th inst, in the de-
partuTe of four of its students as mission
aries to Sherbro Island, of the coast of
Africa.
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A Subterranean River.
From the Neosho Journal.


How many of the readers of the
Journal are aware that one of the won
ders of nature may be seen four miles
west of Swar's prairie and one mile in
the Indian territory? Here you will
find cave that is perfect wonder to
the brave adventurer who will provide
himself with the necessary outfit for ex-
ploring the subterranean cavern of dark
ness, inhabited by wild animals and bats
in countless thousands. The necessary
outfit consists of good lights and boat
in which TO navigate subterranean
river. which, so far as we know of has
never been traced to its source. The
entrance to the cave is in grove OF tall
trees growing under the jutting rocks OF
a small mountain. Long before you
enter the wood you can hear the roaring
OF the falling waters, which rush forth
in crystal pureness, far excelling the
noted springs of Neosho. A short dis
tance from the cave stands a single
Indian cabin, inhabited by Alexander
Zane, Of the Wyandet.s tribs Of Indians
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Lighting a Match.

The match box, the wall and the car
pet are the three substances upon which
the average woman will consent to light
a match, and it should be noticed, as a
curious and as yet unexplained fact, that
no woman, in any circumstances, dreams
of lighting matches on the under side of
a marble mantel-piece. Man, on the
other hand, regards the mantel-piece as
the natural complement of the match,
and if he happens to be near one, when
about to light match, uniformly
scratches it on the under side of the
marble. Some men prefer to light
matches on the soles of their boots, ex-
cept. of course, when the soles in question
are damp. The vast majority of male
human beings, whether men, boys or adj
vocates of female dress reform, light
their matches on their trousers.-New
York Times.
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MANITOWOC
D DRY DOCK.
Wanted Some Water.

During the sermon in the Baptist
church at Grand Rapids, Mich, one re-
cent Sunday, a five year old child left
its seat, walked up to the pulpit and up
the steps, and stood beside DR.. Graves,
the pastor, who turned toward the lad,
saying, "What do you want, my little
man. "A glass of water" the child
innocently replied. The minister poured
out glass of water, the child drank it
and left the platform. The incident
created considerable merriment among
the audience, which the child, in return
ing to his seat. noticed, and thinking the
people were amused at some mistake of
his, he made bow to the pastor, and
said, "Thank you, SIR" and went to his
seat, satisfied that he had not committed
an improperly.