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CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.


1t is announced that no liquor of any kind
will be served at White House dinners the
coming season, with the exception of the
annual dinner to the Diplomatic corps, and
then there will be. no wine glasses before
the, President and Mrs. Hayes.
= H-is reported, ON apparently good au-
-thority, that reconciliation has been effect
ed between the Administration and certain
well known disaffected Republicans, chief
AMONG whom may be mentioned ex-senator
Zach. Chandler and Senator Cameron. The
President is said to be somewhat chagrined
over the result Of his Southern policy, as
evidencedby the outconie OF the recent elec-
aoRs, and will hereafter adopt a course
more m accordance with the general senti-
ment of his party. The Republicans in Con-
gress, on the other hand, will give a cheer
ful support to the Administrations, and CO.
operate with it in strengthening the party
organization with view to future success.
The Secretary of the Treasury has pub
lished an official notice that the holders of
uncalled $40 bonds can use them in paw
mentf for the new per cent. bonds by send
ing to the Department, in connection with
the subscription, full description Of the
o-20 bonds to be exchanged.
SooStahSC Va BNdItc-s TcCtubl
published letter to Lord Salisbury is that,
although we may pay the Fisheries Com
mission award of $ 800, SOC, this immense
sum is not to be taken as the standard of
valuation of the fishing privileges accorded
to Americans on the Newfoundland banks
In the future settlement of such bills.
Secretary Schurz has requested the At
torney- General to commence suit against
the Central Pacific Railroad Company to re-
cover forfeitures prescribed by law for neg
iect or refusal to furnish reports demanded
by the Auditor under the recent act of Con-
gress.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th says:
"The published statements affecting the
Presidents views or the Southern question
seem TO have been exaggerated in both di-
rections. The facts appear to be that the
Administration has decided upon no new
steps, but that the President is thoroughly
in earnest in his intention to protect United
States citizens when their rights are violat-
ed, irrespective of their political faith. The.
instructions recently referred to In these
dispatches as having been issued by the At
torney- General obviously contemplated this
object, though there has been no change in
their original tone and temper"
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Science and Industry.

The tobacco manufacturers of Dur
ham, N. c., bought S2s,000 worth of
stamps in one week.
One minute is the rate 1t which
the American Bible Society can print
Bibles with its new fast press.
A four-acre orange grove in Orange
County, Fla. has realized 200 for
three successive years. .as" t
"A FrenchmSn N has devised plan
for dyeing al coloring wood by intro
ducing dyes directly into the sap Of the
growing tree.
Butter for export is being success
fully packed in California, in kegs made
of white fir, which impart neither smell
nor taste to their contents.
-Chicory factories in the San Joaquin
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AMERICAN DISPLAY At The
,.-a PARIS EXPOSITION.
Wonders of the Mechanical Depnrt-
ment. +,f .-r

wonders of the Mechanical Depnrt-
From the London Times, Aug. 2.]
Perhaps, however, the most inn
poftan. display in this department, all tningS
considered is that Of the Waltham Watcn
Company their first n me me 5 En.o2ean nnoIts es Of
the PhiladeIphia Exhibition VIII not need 10
be informed-ef the admirable machinery Dy
which the works of the Waltham watches are
produced or their singular exactitude, W9iSn
enables any part of watch to be replaced y
the corresponding piece of any other watcn OF
the same grade. In this mechanical produc-
tion of machines, America has long leo Ihe
glish army rife is still produced is with ln-
material notifications contribution from :
the American armOries. But in tine Wallhauif
works science has been brought to me
aid of native ingenuity to such degree tnat
even since the Philadelphia Exh:oition tne
fabrication of watches has gone through
large are of another revolution. What was
begun by applying such machines that tner
work was beyond competition on ahythins
like equal terms from any hand-work Is con-
tinued by The construction OF the most essen
tial parts OF a watch on new principle, whieh
permits an approach to perfection unattaih-
able by the old mechanism, however pro
'duced Every one knows that the great diff
Guilty in making chronometers has been the
compensation for the effects of expansion and
contraction due to change OF temperature,
but what Is less well known Is that tn's diiii-
eui.y 70 usS ss;sb bi'se"uentai rim f3f brass
wi st,.S ~ 1 he no, fsctly corrected. than
anu az a1x,,aneion ~ the balsnee or hair
sUtn,e 20 ~, whtnh he;ne ic,n,rnseIv longer causes
, ,a IL arr,,r ca,,sed nv the expansion
on,.oa,;s, ai,..o ha,aas. whealErione. The
vi eont.a.'i0 ;u r,,s, ha considared~ as one.
~ go, ;r the wheel
anu the Sou upensa.ivv W, ~. ,sri,a, as we'll az
OF I'm must ahen1r ioi IN. .he sP,.I5s III,
10. ltseu' nc .So os.esa 80 H. "a To- = sSs hfay
uihicuity III this eoni ~, .t s;1n @ nj
that the error causeu ~ sno q ~ a tfe.e-1
contractioa Oh tne sprans ~a "a ax,,ansion or
ratio rom tnas ~ .ne
~ .,,rI-ns trs,b Two radii which
oe sSn pt ~ ~ ,tr'at,,r or two nnints hut
nat To coincide throughout so that If the COM
nensation MT the extremes of temperature is
Correct the mean must be in error aud oics
rs,.s1 ~
The old COMPENSATION was. speaking broad
l. a., hrazinor q hand Of hrass on one of steel,
3,oss =. TT ,,r,,rrt;c,lty and mechanically
. 1P,osess PoS -, ~. n,trsction and eynan-
eiiorcous, sinSe t'e 80. = - .,a;,, t,ndancv r.,
sion can ony ~ U, ias,it,,ts I'D nnsenneni in
ulsrupee.S ~ oi ~ alu The new balance pro-
ds ~ ., et;, different arrangement of
,be comnensatins metals, The rim, OF plain
steeI Is cnt nearly through at the fixed ex-
,remi,ies of the semi circles by several
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daps and aiishaps.

Carlton Loomer, aged 20, was duck
shooting in a boat near Elkhorn, Wis.
The recoil of his gun caused the boat to
capsize and he was drowned. d .5
Linn Sellers, aged 50, prominent
hotel-keeper of Schuylkill, Pa, was ac-
cidentally shot and instantly killed by
companion while partridge-shootin
The 3-year-old child of John Thur
man, of Simpson County, Ky, fell into
vat of hot water used for scalding hogs
and was scalded to death.
Isaac johnson, d saloon-keeper- at
La Crosse, Wis, accidentally shot him
self in the leg while out hunting, and
bled to death.
"A negro lad named Henry Clark
was accidentally shot and instantly kill
ed, near Henderson, KY; by his elder
brother, who had his gun ready to shoot
a hawk.
"A 4-year old girl of Mrs. John
Fultz, living two miles north of Eu-
gene, vermillion County, Ind, was
burned to death by setting her clothes
on fire with match.
"A daughter of Joseph Williams, Is
years old, living in Randolph County,
Ind, was burned to death, her clothes
having caught fire from an open fire.
place. ira .-.1. r
AT barn-raising near Buffalo, La
Rue County, KY, a young man named
| Stephen Warren was instantly killed,
and a negro named Dred Scott Liter
fatally injured, by the fall of a log.
"A young lady, daughter of the Rev.
Mr.. Humphreys, near Windsor, Ind /,
was burned to death while making ap-
ple-butter in the yard, her clothing
having caught fire:
| Melvin Marshman, living three
miles south of Argas, Ind, was shot and
fatally injured by the accidental dis
charge of his gun, which he was in the
act of taking from wagon. "A
At Two Rivers, Wis, young man
named Lehey, while attempting to re-
move tube from one barrel of q dou-
ble-barreled gun by heating it in forge,
was shot in the bowels by discharge
from the other barrel, which he did not
know was loaded. r-.4..+ r.tt ....s
The accidental death of little girl
named Belle Macarthur at East Sagi-
nav, Mich, was very singular. Her
mother had bought a penknife for her
and she was looking at it, it being open.
Seeing another little girl on the oppo-
site side of the street, she ran to show
her the knife, tripped and fell, the knife
penetrating the heart. The little girl
sprang up, ran into the house, and, cry
ing Papa, I'm cut" fell into his
arms and expired. t51 'ay7i pa
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23
FoREIGN.

Moncasi, who attempted the murder of
King Alfonso, has been sentenced to death.
The Times of India says hopes are enter
taiHed at Simla of peaceful solution of the
Afghan difficulty. II is supposed Russia is
exercising pressure upon the Ameer with
this object. = .l.sa II
Snow-storms of exceptional severity
have prevailed in the North OF England and
throughout Scotland.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorne,
accompanied by their suite, sailed from
Liverpool on the 14th in the steamer Sar-
matian, which was fitted up for the voyage
with royal magnificence. There will be
grand jubilee in Halifax to celebrate their
arrival 20 TT 30
An unsuccessful attempt was made on the
18th, at Naples, to assassinate King Hum.
.,r, ~s Italy. The Queen, her son, and
Siguor CIiroli, Chief of Mi 5siry, were in
the elrriJge with the King, when man
armed with poniard suddenly rushed
from the throng tAat lined The street and
struck al the King, woundiug hIa s'.-7;..ss-
~ in tho leil arui. a. 4 ~ his
sword and Signor CARROLL seized the assas-
sin by the hair aud held him untH he was
secured by the police. He gave his name
as Giovanni P4ssannute, age -. and a1Cu-
patton cook. lie denied having any accom-
piicss.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23
school and Church.

About $4O0,0 ,0UO are spent annually
in support of the public school system
of Georgia. 3lo..1 a.Ju.e .=aitist
In the Evangelist the Pre-Millenna-
rians and their theories are actively dis
cussed, and it is broadly limited that
cases for doctrinal discipline may arise
out of utterances made at the recent
Prophetic Conference.
The Superintendent of Home Mis-
sions in California calls loudly for min
isters to supply vacant Congregational
Churches in that part of the country.
For IA churches there are only four
available supplies. is.L ~. sevoz
The final revision of the New Tes-
lament by the American and English
revisers will be finished in course of a
year, and will probably be published
soon after, in advance of the Old Testa
ment, the revision of which will not be
completed for some years.
Up to the beginning of the present
century only six Jewish congregations
had been established in this country,
though the first settlement of this race
dates back to 1860. Now it is estimat-
ed that there are 800 congregations and
over $50, 900 Jews in the United States.
Mime. Litvinow, Russian lady has
received the degree of doctor of philoso-
ply from the University of Berne. She
passed her examination with such brill
liancy, especially in mathematics, that
the faculty unanimously sgreed to at
tach the highest mark--'sCum summa
laude'-to her diploma
"A divinity student at Oberlin adds
to his theological duties those of night
watchman and baggage-smasher at the
railroad depot. He studies between
trains, recites in the morning hours and
sleeps almost ali the afternoons. He
is diligent fellow, and will doubtless
be in demand at the churches when he
is ready for ministerial duty. p
The subject of quietly dropping
church members on account of absent
eeism has been under discussion III the
Long Island Baptist Association. 1t
seems that Ia some churches the practice
has prevailed of striking momhn's'
names from the church roll when for a
long time they failed W sppcar. -thi-
practice Is objected TO rs aNI9lauQn ot
the rights Of the members, II Is urged
that 40 member should he stricken fIam
the roll except for Some iiagrant viola
ton uf church law.
"A small religious body called the
Amish recently held It's annual confer
ence uSar Eureka, III. II Is an ohstosl
Oh Vhs Mcnnouites, dating back TO The
| seventeenth century, Cl iginailng "A Ter
many, and deriving its name ison } q.
cob Amen. When the meeting breaks
up the brethren salute each other with
kiss, which they regard as an impor-
tant ordinance. They take no part in
civil affairs, and are sober, honest, and
industrious. If one of them meets with
misfortune and can not pay his deb.s s,
the church does it for him; and they
advise member to always consult with
the church before embarking in any new
enterprise, and, il the church approves,
it will see him out of trouble if he fails
They number about 10000 in the Unit
ed States and Canada. ...f4..s.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23
OFFICIAL REPORTS.


j. A. Williamson, Commissioner of the
General Land office, has completed his annu-
al report to the Secretary of the Interior. 1t
shows that during the fiscal year ended
June 80, $3.50, 17S acres of public lands were
disposed Of, and S,041,0 oil acres were sur
veyed, in addition TO the 721,613,74S acres
previously surveyed. The total number Of
acres of public domain still unsurveyed is
something over 1,O00, 900 900 acres. The dis
posals were mainly as follows;
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Public Con.rll,atioes,

The inclosed table excludes all pri-
vate, religious, and society subscrip-
tions, and embraces only the cash sub
scribed publicly and through the au-
thorities of the various cities and the
committees appointed by them:
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FORTY.SIxTH CONGRESS-.

According to the latest returns re-
ceited up to the morning OF Nov. Is,
the Congress of the United States, after
the 4th Of March next, will be COM
posed as follows: .srs.
.-r.t SENATE. -F
Republicans lin Roman), 50; Democrats Gn
SMALL cAPs), AZ; independent !in Ltdiics), /:
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YELLOW FEVER STATISTICS.
Approximate Number of Cases.
Innisville Courier. Journal. Nov. IL.

Louisville Courier. Journal, Nov. i. -
Approximate list of deaths from yell
low fever Gncluding imported and sup
posed cases) since its first appearance
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IN regard e. iapsed railroad rants that Con-
gress should either declare To, -T ants for
feit-G a.'d restore the lands TO disposal as
tJul5 teg .t;5 compilation OF thU roads.
The report exhibit, Ia detail the work
done Ia connection with the suPVr. sion uf
s:'"hrr uenscistiuIs on ihr public lands,
md pres,-t~t variety ~ Information with
regard 90 Ibantiv--.' military and Indian
rcScrFutigna, the adlUstmgE. -. usiyala law
claims, aud miscellaneous matters.
IN conclusion Commissioner Williamson
IeirTs o. and earnestly reiterates former
representation made by him Terardiue rho
and of amounts of appropriat.uQs loI rn
dispatch of the constantly aceumulaLiHs
business of the Land Bureau.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23

The figures show great increase in the
quantity of land taken up by the class of
actual settlers as homesteads and for the
purpose of timber culture.
The cash receipts amounted TO s., ,022 ,5S6,
being S569, ,567 more than the receipts for the
preceding year.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23
Charlton Courier.

ytttJ iS TEvAs. t1r 3 -t,s5-r ti..s.
l. sJoHN II. REAGAN. 4. tRosER Q. Mills
2. ID. B. CULBERsoN. 5. JOHN HANCOCK
8. OIIN WFaIBoRH. 6. sc. ScHLEIcHERi
1R. LIT. Br,1E. 6. u. Ran. TucKEnsat
2. John GooDE, dr.. 2. John y HARRIS.
3. Jos. Il. JOHNSTON. 8. xEPPA HUNToN.T
4. *Joseph Jorgensen. 3. s. b. RICHMOND.
5. FGEo. o. CABEIL. -s f.-z-5 --- -r.e-
WEST VIRGINIA..
]. *BENJAMIN WILSON. 3. John E. kENNA.,e,-
2. FBENJ. i. MARTINI ---
WISCONSIN,.
/. Chas. G. Williams. 8. *EDwARD s. BRGG.
2 *Lucien B.. Csswel1. 6. sGABRIEI BoucK-
8. *Geo. @. Hazleton. 2. sH. L. Hum phrey.
4. p. V. BEUsTER. 8. *Thad. g. Pound,
SELECTION postponed until september 1879
INOTE-FulIer returns indicate the cleo
tion of Thomas Turner, Democrat IN the
Ninth Kentucky District. - -. -
In the Eleventh Pennsylvania District the
Board of Cauyassers haze split, the Pelne-
Gratis giving certificate OF election TO hlotZ,
and the Republicans to Albright .E
In the Second North Carolina Distr1ct,
kitchen, Democrat, Is elected instead or o.
Hara, Republican.
templated throwing out OF certain precincts
on account of alleged informahty, Hull,
Democrat, will be returned elected Inc
Courts have been called upon to adJud1cate
in the matter.
Table Showing Political Complexion of
the Next House.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23

have been possible with the mechanism intro
duced by the Waltham Company, the precision
of which may bejudged from that OF the Eli-
crometer last produced and shown at Paris,
which measures the wenty-five-thousandth
part of an inch, and even indicates that so
largely that it might be divided under lens
readily into hundred thousandths. A MI
crometer screw gauge detects inequalities in
the thread of a screw up to hundred thou
sapdths, and a screw made for the Govern
ment Scientific Commission to correct the
measures has been constructed in which the
niaxin,n,, Of error in the thread isless than one
itcn-thousandth part of an inch.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23

There's only one thing stronger
than a woman's will, and that's wom-
ans "won'ti'
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23

Table Showing Political Complexion OF
the Next, House.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23

THE Canadian surveyors are prepar-
ing Cockburn Island, in Lake Huron,
for settlement. A good many squat
tets have already gone in, and the sound
of the ak is heard on every side. The
land is ceded by the Indians, and will
be sold at so cents per acre. The pay
ment for 100 acres will be $40 down
and the balance in five years, bearing
interest al 6 per cent, and the proceeds
will go to the Indian funds. The land
is reportedto be of first-class quality,
and the ishnd is one of the most con-
venient points for settlement in the dis
trict of Algtma.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary:

Mr., Houghton, of the firm of
Hurd e Houghtoh, a few years since
went to Boston from Vermont a poor
boy.
Professor Hayden, in charge of the
geographical survey of the Territories,
has crossed the Rocky Mountain divide
ten times during the past summer.
John Boyle O'Reilly, whose new
volume of poems is receiving the favor
able attention of the critics, is a vigor-
Gus young frishman; and the editor of
the Boston Pilot.
The popularity of Dickens in this
country may be judged from the fact
that there have been published here not
less than "a different editions of his
works. .r
Colonel Burbank, OF the New Or
leans Picdyune, is writing a book, show
ing the comical side of his 50 days. tus-
sci with Yellow Jack. A grave subject
to jest on. ,s-g.
"A thousand volumes, in more than
were collected by the late George Allen,
Professor of Greek in the University of
IP,nrsylvania, and are to be sold.
H. j. Byron, the famous English
dramatic writer, is said to have received
more for his three-act comedy, " Our
Boys" in town and country fees, than
Shakespeare, Sheridan Knowles, and
Bulwer Lytton combined received for
all their dramatic productions.
Monsieur Octave Feuillet, the dis
tingulshed French novelist, rents two
stories above the one he lives in, so as
to secure a quiet place to write in. He
hates railways, and always rides down
with post-horses to his summer resi-
dence in Normandy, sending his family
ahead of him by rail. He cherishes a
lively regard for the Empire, and is a
devout Catholic.
George 5. Hilliard, the well known
journalist and author, who had para
lytic stroke five or six. years ago, and
who, his friends hoped, would recover
sufficiently to enable him to resume his
literary labors, grows rather worse than
better, and, as he is now past 20, there
is no reason to look for any improve
ment. His home is still in Boston.
William D. Gallagher, the first and
Oldest of Western poets, has recently
celebrated his roth birthday at his pret-
ty little farm in Kentucky's Pewee Val
ley. Twenty-Five years ago he was
given prominent place in DR.. Girls
wold's I" Poets and Poetry of America, y
his being one of the five or six portraits
in the volume, but he has published lit
tie in late years. Mr.. Gallagher was
Thomas Corwin's private secretary
when Corwin was Secretary of the
Treasury, was confidentially associated
with Salmon p. Chase when he was Sec.
retary, and has since been Collector al
Louisville and filled other Government
positions with honor. The old poet be.
gan his literary career at Cincinnati
where he was once associated in the
editorship oftthe Gasette. ~
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-11-23

changes LtEt -H.r '.H.ls .HntGHfG.I- iur
new system inauSu,...LA Do s".Hre proper
material for the Army has resuiSS~ in l1Ilu
tanning a high standard in the ranks OF
listed men throughout the army. He
news his recommendation of last year
for additional legislation authorizing the en-
listment of boys under l6 years old to learn
music the necessity of the recommendation
being more foreibly demonstrated by the
lapse of time and experience. The Adjutant-
General is strongly in favor of the old appi-
cation of the IO3d article of war, m maintaining
that the exception to the limitation clause in
that article was expressly intended to eX-
clude deserters from its benefits. lie con-
demns the view of the Judge Advocate Gem
eral on that subject, that deserters are not
liable to be tried for desertion after two
years and says that it is the sentiment of tho
Army at large that the crime of desertion is a
continuous one, not ending SO long as the
desvrter continues absent from his military
Obligation. He thinks that 90 should this pro-
posed premium be paid for the offense by
pfoclaimirg to the Army that n man has only
to lie concealed for certain period to be
free from all penalty for desertion, military
discipline would soon become byw word and
a Snger.p .......s .rH..H
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HOUSE..

Roman), 1856; National Greenbackers (in Itditcs) }
s; reelected (s); Independent Democrats ~;
Independent Republicans ~; to be elected. 4;
total, 2g3 Smith, in the Twelfth New York Dis
trits, died since the election.l ~
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-18
The Laws of Nature.

How discouraging the laws of nature are! We sometimes feel as though they were conscious and on the lookout for a frolic. Just buy new silk hat and go out for promenade on cloudless day and see how nature will sport with you. She will entice you miles away from any dwelling and then stealthily drag up a great black cloud from the horizon. You have no umbrella, and therein lies the joke. With long strides you make the homestretch, thinking of the nine dollars which you thought you safety invested, but which proves to be a vain specula- tion. Over the trees you see the rain drops fall, but hope fills your heart and you quicken your pace. At last despair siezes you, for the rain travels faster than you can. Patter, batter, it falls on your new tile until it looks as though you had purchased it at some pawnshop, and then, when it is completely spoiled, the sun comes out to look and laugh at your plight. Nature may be our mother and all that, but there are times when instead of the staid and severe matron it seems as though she was out on mischief making lark, and nothing serves better to get her into this mood than a new hat.