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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-09

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
- the Education. corner OF Grand and
Fmsls until TUESDAY, the 18th day OF December, 1878.
for printing required BY the SAID Board Tor me
OF the various documents &C. fr9uired
10 be printed may at the
Board where blank forms Of proposals may also be
Obtained Each pIOD be addressed tho CON-
mittee supplies Endorsed PrOtOsa for Printing.
satisfactory 10 said committee wall be required
the faithful performance OF the contract The committee
the Tgt 10 reject bid deened for the public
interest
FERDINAND FRAUD,
HENRY p. WEST
DAVID WETMORE.
JULIUS KATZENBERG.
BENZ. +. MANI ERIE,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-09

Ipe following the receipts and shipments al and
from Chicago and g w9ukoe to-day, ported By te,-
receipts ShIpmeutL
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23

Interstate freighttr traffic. extends sympathy
to Southern Republicans. and eulogising
Governor Hartranft's administration. The
convention was remarkable for its unanml-
ty Of feeling and purpose.
st. Louis Blown.
A very heavy wind and rain storm
passed over the northwestern part and su-
burbs Of st. Louis on Saturday, doing great
damage and more or less iniuring eight or
ten persons, but killing none. The storm
came from the southeast. striking the
ground frat in tho western suburbs, thence
passing northeast over the fair grounds to
Lowell, situated at the northern extremity
OF the city. The wind attained avelocityof
sixty miles an hour. and In Its course took
the roofs Off or otherwise damaged over one
hundred houses. Trees. shrubbery, etc,
and fences and small buildings were torn
up and scattered in all directions.
Reception to Gen. Shields.
A formal reception was given to Gen.
Jas. Shields in st. Louis at the residence of
Judge John NJ. Krum. large number OF
citizens, among them many of prominence,
were present, and very cordial and gem
ial evening was spent An address OF well
come was delivered by Peter L. Foy. which
was responded to by Gen. Shields in very
happy manner, after which speeches were
made by Col. Dan Morrison, ex-Gov. Roy-
nods, Judge Krum and others. Music was
furnished by the United States band from
the arsenal.
Amicably Adjusted.
In the case of the English strikes ne
masters and operatives, have resulted so
favorably that settlement has been reach
ed. The conditions of which are that the
operatives throughout the district are to
work three months at reduction of 10 per
cent the mills running full time. The
wages are to be raised at the end Of three
months If trade Is materially improved.
Kansas City's;Brokcn Banks.
Comptroller OF currency has declared
dividend of rs per cent. in favor of the
creditors OF the Commercial National bank
of Kansas City; and Is per cent in favor of
the creditors of the First National bank of
Kansas City.
InDemand.
The syndicate have anticipated their
options for August and September. and
have taken Sl00OO.OOO Of the 44per cent
bonds. Total amount thus far taken $685.
OOO,OOO.
Last ofthc Four Per Cents.
It is reported that the Rothschilds has
taken the remaining Sl5.O00,C00 Of 4%pcr
cent. Syndicate contract. The price of AZ
per cent. bonds advanced to 81 .02% and ac-
crued interest.
A Turkish job.
The Providence Tool Company has
started up to complete the original Turkish
contract, of which about 10000 rifles are
still to be made.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
A boiler at coal mine in Tamaroa,
ILL.,, exploded on Monday, killing John Will
loughby, John SIMPSON. and wounding
three small boys who have since died.
Death of Lord Russell.
Earl Russell died on the 18th inst,
at the advanced age of eighty-scvOn years.
He was Englands oldest peer
Disastrous Frost.
Heavy frosts in all parts of New York
and Pennsylvania have done considerG le
damage to crops.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23

Germany. In Ruchstag on Monday two
socialists openly invited rebuke by refusing
to join In loyal cheers which the president
Of the chamber proposed, but no attention
was paid them. All attempts to establish
Hoedel's insanity, as well as his independ-
ence Of the social Democrats, have failed,
his crime is proved by numerous witnesses
and the trial will be mere formality.
Rather Free with Jewels.
An agent of an eastern wholesale
jewelry firm stopping at the Lindell hotel.
In St. Louis. last Saturday was. robbed OF
over five thousand dollars worth of his
wares. The thief entered the adjoining
room. which is occupied by a regular
boarder Of the house. with false key,
pried open the folding doors which con-
nected this room with the jewelers., ab-
stracted the property, which was rolled up
in clothes. and left the hotel unobserved.
Burstcd Bank.
The dime Savings Bank at Sacramen-
to. CAL. has suspended. 1t proves to have
been sham affair, never Incorporated, as
supposed. but run by the firm of Joseph
Davis & Co., inIconnection with a pawnbrok-
ing business. Deposits, about S55. 600; as
sets. stocks of tho nominal value of about
lO,OOO. but worth much less. great por-
ton Of the depositors are children. and
much Indignation is manifested.
England's Commune.
The striking mill hands at Blackburn,
England, became riotous on the 14th, and
troops were called out to preserve the
peace, The soldiers did no. arrive, how
ever, until thousands of maddened men
and women had broken the windows in all
the mills. and burned the house of Mr..
Johnson. n master. to the ground. The
residence Of an older man was also par
TALLY demolished.
Another Riot In England.
The excitementamong mill operatives
of England continued to spread up to the
goth, and several large mills were burned
by the strikers, who are determined to rule
or ruin. Many policemen have thus far
been injured, and the presence of the mill
tary at other points was all that prevented
the greatest excesses on the part of mobs.
A Shocking Murder.
Kansas City has at least its share of
the crime Of the day. On Friday last a wo-
man named Ludwig was found dead with
opc around her neck, and circumstances
connected with the case indicate that she
was murdered by her drunken husband.
who has been arrested and bound over for
trial.
A Desperate Captured.
The detectives have arrested, near
Fort Mckinney, Sam Kelly, a desperate cat
tie thief and murderer, for whom Sc, 900 re-
ward has been offered Kelly resisted, but
Snyder and posse Of soldiers captured
him and confOderates, as far as can be as
certained.
The Feniansi Again.
The Fenian scare is not yet over.
Four companies of infantry and battery
are held under marching orders at Fort
Erie to prevent the breaking of the neutral
ity laws.
ADefaulting Feller.
Feller, the defaulting cashier of Tiff
fin, Ohio. bank, has been arrested an
brought back to the scene of his crooked
ness for trial.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23

Jonathan Walker. known as the Man
with the Branded Hand, having been
the subject of John G. Whittier's poem
thus designated, died on Wednesday,
May l, at Muskegon, Michigan. Mr..
Walker was through life astrong Aboli-
tionist, and from the year 1S45 to 1850
delivered many lectures throughout the
country on slavery. For attempting to
free some slaves he was captured in
Florida in 1874, imprisoned one year,
put in the pilloly, and branded with a
hot iron on the right hand with the let
ters IS. S.," meaning "slave stealing"
He died in poverty. An attempt was
made some months ago to raise funds
for the old man, but it resulted in moth
ing.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23
pm the Plttsbnrg Commercial Gazette.

From the Pttsbnrg Commercial Gazette.
The Committee on Gaslighting held
a meeting Saturday afternoon. Geo
Magg submitted proposition for light.
ing the city which has the novelty OF
originality at least. He proposes to
erect thee lighthouses, one to be
placed on Nunneiy Hill, one ON Coal
Hill, and one ON Heron ill,-from
which shall be emitted "such flood of
light that, anywhere in Pittsburg or
Allegheny, pin could be seen if lying
on the pavement in the darkest night.
The lights will be SO located that a
perfect crossing of the beams will be ef-
fected, and every light will nQltralize
the shadows of the other. The Ian
terms are to be of such an elevation
that they overlook the surrounding
hills. Each of them will be provided
with four lights, and four concave re-
Electors from six to eight feet wide and
from ten to twelve feet high. The re-
Electors are to be made of copper, heav-
lily plated with silver, the latter to be
polished to the highest degree. In
speaking of the feasibility of this plan,
he mentions Germany, Austria, and
France as using white lights to the ex-
clusion of gas. If acceptable Mr.. Magg
will raise company of capitalists, who
will build and equip lighthouses, guar
antee keepers salaries. and run the con-
cern for seventeen years without cost
to the city. What is required of the
city amounts to this: All the lamp-posts
are to be handed over for the use of
the Company, to be fitted up as adver-
tising mediums by means of revolving
caskets, and the income to be derived
therefrom to go into the pockets of the
speculators. At the termination OF the
seventeenth year the city, on payment
of original costs, takes over the whole
The author admits that
each lamp will bring in $500 per year,
which will give total income of ST.
100000 for the same period. If the
cities are averse to accepting this prop
osition, Mr.. Magg goes further, and
states that he will, for consideration
of 100000, superintend the erection
of his inventions, and hand them over
finally. He considers the above sum
a "mere drop in bucket-considering
the immense income receivable in sew
enteen years" The communication
was referred to a subcommittee, COM
posed of Messrs. Kerr and Littell,
to examine and report npon It.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23
The lie DOlla."

ScrUn 7 lOr MAY.
An American photographer at Shang-
hai employed for some time rs assist
ance Cantonese named Sing Kwa, who
concluded that he was master of the
tricks of the trade, and accordingly
started business on his own account.
He had been instructed to use Mexican
dollars in preparing nitrate of silver,
but, to his great astonishment, his at
tempts were unsatisfactory in every in
stance. Returning to his employer, he
related his experience.
"Hi yah! Befo'e time mi helpee you
that pidgin, any time hab got numba
one ploppa that dolla chemical pidgin.
JUS now no can! Plenty time mi do
allah same you show mi. JUS now that
medicine b'long largee difIelent. Mi no
can sabee how fashion. Mi lossum
plenty chancee. Mi that dolla hab spi-
lum. JUS now mi largee chin.chin you
pay sabee how fashion. No can do"
Formerly, when I helped you in pre-
pairing the chemicals, all was right. Now
all is wrong. Repeatedly have done
just as you have shown me, and the
mixture is very different. l do not
know why. I have been at great ex-
pense. My dollars are all consumed.
Now, I entreat you, to explain to me
what is wrong)
His late employer, feeling sure that
he had made some blunder, directed Sing
Kwa to try the experiment in his pre-
sence, in order that he might detect the
mistake; but what was his surprise to
find the result something very strongly
resembling nitrate of copper, instead Of
nitrate of silver. Sing Kwa was told
that he must have been cheated by some
one who had given him bad dollars,
which he had used in preparing his che.
micals. The prompt reply was:
"What thing You thinkee mi blong
foolo! Thlnkee mi nc sabee that b'long
lie dolla? S'poso mi take number one
dolla, had got too muchee largee spence,
lilo got plenty ploft. How mi can
dc so fashion pidgin?"
What do you think I am fool ?
Do you think l do not know that is q
bad dollar? Suppose l use good dollars,
the expense is much too large; the pro-
fit is much too small. How can 1 do
business after that fashionY
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23
Clear case of Quickencd Conscience.


During lull in the conversation the
other evening, Grandfather Lickshingle
startled the family by remarking: "I've
lived over q hundred years by the watch,
and never felt this way before" and he
blinked in very sorrowful manner.
whats the matter?" asked mother.
who was at his side in an instant. II
don't know" he said, unless 1 have q
quickened conscience" and he blinked
by turns In q very alarming manner.
II feel sort of hot around the ears" he
went on, San mebbe I'd better confess. "
His whole frame trembled like leaf,
and a deadly pallor overspread his face.
A window was thrown open, which SEEM
ed to revive him, and he gasped: "I-
wrote-Beautiful Snow?' I killed old
man Junius an wrote the Nathan Let.
tiers Bind up horse! Give me another
wound It was I who struck Billy Pat
terson--struck him twice; once for v,
and next for twenty" and grandfather
fell back in his chair exhausted.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23
A Prideful Paragraph.

From the Burlington Hawkeye
The softening influences of the balmy
spring seem to have smoothed the
wrinkled front of Gail Hamilton and
lulled her stormy soul into the dreamy
rest of the May, but time or reason
brings no peace to the mailed hand Of
the embattled Swisshelm. Now, do
you know, looking over that paragraph,
we rather admire its broad tone, its
rugged symmetry OF expression, and the
vailed tenderness of thought that seems
to kind of permeate it, like? We want
cd longer word than "May,' in speak
ing Of Gail Hamilton, but lacked the
flow of language to corral just what we
wanted; but with that exception, we are
rather struck with the essay. Wethinll
we'll have it stuffed.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23

China is inclined to retaliate. If
Congress imposes tax of $1O0 on every
Chinaman landed in this country, the
imperial authorities at Pekin threaten
to retaliate by imposing similar tax
upon every American who lands in
China.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23

A contemporary remarks that one rea-
son why the war with Russia has been
SO hard on the people of Turkey is be-
cause the loss of one Turkish soldier
has widowed an average of four wives
and made an incalculable number of or
phans.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23
QUOTATIONS.

Liverpool-Wheat, quiet; winter, lis to lis
Sd; spring, 9s I'd to los 4d Corn, new, 25s
Cd; old, 27s Sd to 27s Cd,
New Yorll-Wheat, quiet; No. 2, Chicago,
s12O No. 2, Milwaukee. $l.24; No. red
winter, May, sl25@l.33; amber, June Sl.3O
@136 Corn, quiet; steamer Soc. No. 3,
4Sl5c; No. 2, 5111c. ......-
Baltlmore-Wheat, quiet; s1.2516@125A
spot; $l.25&@l.26 June. Corn dull; 5OI@
Chicago-Wheat May, sl10&; June,
s107T; July, slO51s. Corn, 4O1Sc May; June,
39%c; July, 40l4c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, firm; Sill May;
SlO01S June, S1.07 July.
St. iouis-Wheat, S1.1S% June; Sl.O9Js
July Corn, SSJSc June; 4OAc July.
Kansas City-Wheat, No. 8. cash. s1.0S.
Corn, No. 2. cash, 3l1Sc. Rye, No. 2, Acc.
Oattle-Good to choice steers, S3.S5@3.90;
native COWS. $685. corn fed Texans. SS.OO@
1856; stockors, S3.25@3.50 Hogs-Packers,
S255,G275.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23

There are said to be 150 British Consta.
bles In New York watching the Fenians.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23
THE MARKETS.
WEEKLY GRAIN REVIEW.

We are indebted to Messrs. Powers,
Lynde g. Wright, OF Kansas City, for thefol-
lowing reliable review of the grain trade:
Wheat-In both home and foreign mar
kets, the week past. the general tendency
OF values has been downwards. More IA
vorable weather for the growing crops OF
Great Britain and on the Continents, to-
gether with the more peaceful turn in
political affairs, brought about reaction
from the previous speculative advance In
breadstuifs, and quotations Of spring wheat
are pence per GENITAL lower; winter wheat,
1 to pence lower. The decline in our home
markets has been 1c to &c bushel In SYM
pathy with duller foreign markets, and aid
ed by increasing large receipts. Export
Clearances" for the week ending the 9Th
inst. were 1,494,2S5 bus, an increase Of
over half a million from preceding week.
Corn-The same influences affecting
wheat have depressed corn. and decline
Of pence per quarter in English markets
has followed for the week. Our own mar
kets have. also been In favor Of buyers, with
active trading.
Rye-This cereal is still in active demand
for foreign orders, and values continue un-
changed. Receipts at interior markets
have been Of an even volume with former
reports.
0ats-During the last excitement, in an
ticlpation Of further war, Oats were in
great demand for foreign account; France
too. buying largely to replenish her small
stock of breadstutfs increased the export
demand. With more peaceful outlook,
however, and the increased receipts from
producers, trading has been less active and
against sellers.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-05-23
CRIMINAL.
The German Commune.

The attempt upon thelife of Emperor
William has created much excitement In
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
The National Library.

task Spofford, used to be the advice
given to folks in Washington who we're
seeking information as to particular book
or topic, and the Congressional librarian
was talking directory for such inquiries
But the National library has grown out of
bounds, and Mr.. Spofford, as one of the
Library Commission, gives a deplOrable
picture of the existing confusion. There
are now sixty thousand volumes without
shelf-roOm, and the number is growing every
day. Books are piled away in cellars and
attics, are slowed in dark rooms and on
the floor of the library. The business of
the Copyright Bureau alone has brought
to the library since 1870, $50, 900 articles,
maps, charts, sheet music, photographs,
engravings, periodicals, &C., of all of which,
as we'll as books, copies are deposited in
the library at the time of registry. A
separate building is called for, and not an
extension of the Capitol as has been pro-
posed. Such books of reference as are
required for the use of mem bers-to the
number of sixty or seventy thousand vol
umes-can be retained in the present IL
brary, and it would then be, Mr.. Spoford
states, twice as large as any other parlia-
mentary library in the world. The objec-
ton to extending the present library in
the Capitol is that the work would have to
be indefinitely continued. Against erect
ing separate building on Capitol Hill, it
is stated that it would require two years
to complete the appraisal and purchase of
ground; and the site recommended for i'm
mediate availability is on groun1 that the
Government already owns in judiciary
Square, formerly occupied by the District
Jail, and now public park.-PhizadeL
phid Ledger.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
How Spiders Fly.

Many observations have been made on
this singular phenomenon, but hitherto
with but little success. However, a we'll
known naturalist, Rev. II. McCook, has
for some time past turned his attention to
the subject, and has succeeded in detect
ing many new details in the performance.
Very recently he watched some groups of
young wolfspiders (LycOside,) which
crowded the tops of ratings in meadow.
Their faces we're turned in the direction
from which the wind was blowing, the
body of each was elevated to an angle of
40 deg, the claws brought together, and
the legs stiffened. From the spinners at
the apex of the abdomen q single thread
was exuded, and rapidly drawn out length
of several feet by the breeze. Gradually,
the foremost pair of legs sank to the level
of the wood, and the entire attitude be-
came that of intense resistance. Then,
suddenly and simultaneously, the eight
claws were unloosed, and the spider mount
ed with a sharp bound into the air, and
went careering across the field. As far
as could be judged, the insect seemed to
take a voluntary leap at the moment of
loosing its hold. One of them, by good
fortune, was followed through its fight.
The position Of the body was soon reyers-
ed, the head being turned in the same di-
rection as the wind. The legs were spread
out, and were united at the claws BY deli
cate filaments of silk. After flying a dis
tance of about so feet, the spider gradual
ly settled down on the meadow. The
difficulty of these observations viii be
readily understood, for they require exact
suitability Of position as to light, the limi-
tation of the flight to moderate height,
and comparatively slow speed.-Gahg-
nani7s Messenger.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-10-05
Vagariss of Wild Animals at Sea.

1t is a fact perhaps not widely known
that most of the wild animals procured for
the menageries and geological gardens Of
Europe and America are brought from
Africa mainly through North Germany.
It seems they are collected in Africa,
(mainly cubs brought to Trieste, and
then to North Germany, and from there
are distributed to the countries where they
are needed. 1t thus happens that the
North German steamers frequently carry
these animals to the United States; and it
is interesting to hear about their habits on
shipboard. The lions, tigers, and hyenas,
are great towards in storm. They also
suffer q great deal from sea-sickness, and
whine about it. The elephant has little
to say when he is seasick, and he looks
''unutterable things" 1t has been de-
scribed by Charles Reade how the sagac-
ious elephant, in storms at sea, saves him
self from being washed off the deck by
throwing himself fat upon his belly, with
all his four legs and his trunk spread out
with suction power upon the planks. Cap
tain Neynaber, being interrogated upon
this point, remarked with sly wink, that
it would not do to believe all we saw in
print. He said that no shipmaster would
undertake to carry loose elephant on
deck. A loose elephant tumbling about
in a gale would be q more dangerous OBJ
ject than the loose gun told of by Victor
Hugo. The elephant, and all the other
wild animals transported by steamer, are
confined in the strongest kind of boxes,
and the boxes themselves are secured in
the frmest manner The horse, it ap-
pears, is the most nervous and sensitive
animal that goes to sea, and hen shows
the most utter disgust with life when sea-
sick.