The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-03-28

human organ stop, will take the place
OF the metallic sounding-tube or fun
mel.
A young Georgian married a girl 16
years of age. The father of the girl
claimed her as minor, and the hus-
band claimed her as his wife. A Geor-
gia Judge decided, after the manner of
the illustrious N. j., that both were
right He decided that the woman was
legally the young mans wife; but that,
as she was a minor, she must remain
with her father until she was 81 years
old.
Since the return of Dom Pedro to
Brazil there has been q general over
hauling of the public service and cut
ting down of expenses One colony of
700 people had on its list of paid gov
ernment employees director, an engin-
eer, music master, dancing-master,
and five midwives. In other districts
hosts of unauthorized employments
had been created. Retrenchment is
now the order Of the day.
Pittsburg must be queer place to
live in. The inhabitants OF Fifth ave-
nue., hillside street in that city, COM
plain that their street is gradually slid
ing down hill, and the people living
further down the slope have petitioned
the common council to relieve them
from the danger Of having their houses
smashed by the descending thorough
fare.
The Rome correspondent of the New
York EUening Post says that when
Cardinal Pecci was elected Pope, he
was greatly agitated, and began to ad-
dress the Sacred College. The Cardi-
nails begged him not to do so and he
did not. But now Rome is curious to
know what Pope Leo XIII. would have
said had he been permitted to speak at
that moment
The Louisiana Legislature adjourned
sine die the day after the Supreme
Court ordered the release of Anderson.
One work of the Legislature was to
pass, for submission to the people at
the next election, number of amend.
ments to the State Constitution. The
closing hours of the session, it is said,
were marked by considerable bitter
ness.
A glance at the map will show that
the Russian lines along the Sea of Mar
mora and the Bosphorus are so arrang
ed that the divisions could, with Turk
ish cooperation, possess the whole coast
line, from the Dardanelles to the Black
Sea, in n few hours. In fact, they
could do this without Turkish co-opera-
ton.
Indiana is going into the new State
house business on the basis of an esti
mated cost of $l,7OO,OOO. If she will
put the managers under guard as soon
as the cornerstone is laid, with the
understanding that they shall be shot the
moment the expenditure goes beyond
the estimate, it will be easy enough to
keep within the limit.
The published correspondence be
tween Count Schouvaloff and Lord
Derby makes clear one important point
The British government was informed
year ago as to what the Russian pro-
gramme would be as to Constantinople
and the country south of the Balkans.
Judge Tyler. of the Clarksville Tenn.
Criminal Court calls the attention of
grand inries to the prevalence of lynch
ing in that State, and warns them that
the subversion of judges, juries, and the
law by masked scoundrels inevitably re-
suits in the wreck of society.
The Mayor of Pittsburg himself adj
Vlsed the riotous strikers to resist any
attempt at arrest, while numerous promi-
ncnt citizens supplied the mob with the
arms with which they fired upon the
Philadelphia militia.
Free schools flourish in Japan. The
latest educational report shows that two
million children are receiving instruc-
tion in the schools, that number repre-
senting q per cent. of the whole popula.
ton of the empire.
Germany has little affair on hand
against Nicaragua which threatens to be-
come interesting if the Central Ameri-
can Republic doesn't hurry up and fix
matters with the irate Kaiser.
France is not exacting in her demands
concerning the congress. She only
asks that all questions concerning
Jerusalem and the "holy places" shall
be let alone.
Fourteen good but misguided women
of New York have organized themselves
into National League for the protec-
ton of Indians"
A Good Little Boy.
From the Detroit Free Press