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Death Of HON. G.ssay sSc,l.leicl.r.

b Death Of Hon. Gustav Schleicytsr. .sir
WARRINGTON, JNi. II. = Representative
Sohleicher died shortly before II o'clock to-
night. E .
In his prayer this morning the chaplain
feelingly alluded to the death of Mr.. schlei-
cher, of Texas, and invoked divine protection
on the remaining members of the House. 10
After the reading Of the journal, Mr., Gid
dings, of Texas, announced the death of Gus
tav Schleicher, Of Texas, and presented res
olution, which was adopted, for the appoint
ment of committee of seven Representatives
and three Senators, to take the order for su-
perintending the funeral and escorting the re-
mains to San Antonio. The Speaker ap
pointed Messrs Giddings, Mckenzie, Mueller,
Loring, iBrentano, Townsend, of New York
and Powers % such committee on the part Of
the House, and the House, as q mark of re-
spect for the deceased, adjourned.
Governor Swami, Chairman of the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which
Schleicher was member, has called meeting
Of that committee. III
The funeral of Representative Sohleiche,
will be conducted in the hall of the House Of
Representatives Monday. The Texas delega-
ton this afternoon adopted resolutions Of
coincidence with the family of the deceased.
WASHINGTON. Jan. II. - Representative
Thornburgh, of Tennessee, who has been i'll
with pneumonia, has suffered relapse, and ii
now quite low. f
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The Reaction.

James Polevell might as well have
been named wellpole. as he standsover
six feet high when standing in a hollow.
On Christmas day he broke a saloon
window, threw frozen potatoes at the city
hall clock, and 30 conducted himself
that pedestrians on Woodward avenue
slipped down night and left As they
sought to get out Of his way. The po-
ice ran him through alleys and ovel
boxes, but they did not collar him til
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The FYoht Near 1T. Robinson.

Fir. ROBINSON, NEB., Jan. IO.-Troops are
still pursuing the escaped Indians. Thirty
seven, nearly all of whom are squaws and
children, have either surrendered or been cap
tured Thirty-four are still at large, includ-
ing about fifteen warriors, among whom is
Chief Dull Knife, erroneously reported dead
last night. Red Hog, Old Crow and Left
Hand, head men of tribes, are recaptured.
The dead bodies Of Indians, brought to the
post for burial, number twenty warriors,
eight squaws and two children. Five soldiers
were wounded. Two of them, Privates Smith
and Everett, have since died. Others not
dangerously wounded.
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Pedestrian Propulsion.

The newspaper carrier who serves
papers to the attendants in the perma-
nent exhibition building goes his rounds
at the rate of twelve miles an hour. He
travels on machines not unlike roller
skates, which are called pedomotors,
according to the inventor, Mr.. J. H.
Hobbs, an architect on Walnut street,
above Fifth. The day is not far dis
tant when the whole city will be on
wheels, when pedestrians will be skim
ming through the streets at the rate OF
ten miles an hour without any more ef-
fort than is now put forth in perambu-
lating half that distance. The pedo-
motor consists of four tough, light,
wooden wheels, supplied with an outer
rim of tough India rubber. These
wheels are secured to frame the shape
of the foot, which is strapped to the
pedal extremities in the usual manner.
Unlike roller skates, the wheels Of these
little vehicles are not under, but are
placed on each side of the foot, thus
giving the wearer good standing as
well as solid footing. The rear wheels
are three inches in diameter, while those
in front are but two and half inches.
This gives the foot slight incline, and
when in motion has much to do in i'm
polling the pedestrian forward. Elk
tending from the toe, with a slight curl
toward the ground, is piece Of casting
termed the pusher, which is simply used
in mounting an elevation or steep in
cline. From the center of the heel a
small brass wheel extends backward,
serving as guide as well as brake.
The whole scarcely turns the scale at a
pound weight. In using them no more
effort is required than in ordinary walk
ing. The wearer steps with his regular
stride, and is amazed to find himself
skimming over the ground SO rapidly
with SO little muscular effort. Mr..
Hobbs explains the mystery of the rap
id movement in this manner: A man
whose stride is thirty-two inches will
traverse forty-eight inches, or One-half
further, with the pedomotor. This is
because the body is in constant motion.
For instance, says he, the traveller starts,
and, while he raises one foot to step, he
continues rapidly onward until that foot
is set down and the other raised to make
another step. This gives him more mo-
mentum, and away he goes over the two
miles in the same time it takes to ac-
complish a mile with the feet. No eff
fort of the body is required for their
use. as in skates. The traveller simply
puts one foot before the other, and finds
himself whizzed along at lively rate
Philadelphia Record.
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A QUAINT writer says: II have seen
women so delicate that they were afraid
TO ride for fear of the horses runni: 8
away; afraid to sail for fear the boat
might upset afraid to walk for fear that
they might fall; but I never saw one
afraid to get married, which is far more
risky than all the others put together
81 WISH 1 had your head" said lady
one day to gentleman who had solved
for her knosty point. "And / wish ]
had your heart" was the reply. well, >
said she, 'since your head and my
heart can agree, 1 do not see why they
should not go into partnership" And
they did. ....-.
SENTIMENTAL young lady to Per-
fumer-"I don't think you forward
ed the scent i meant; il seems entirely
differ to that ordered" Perfumer,
who is fond of punning Madam, / am
sure that what you mean i sent; the
scent / sent was the scent you meant
consequently We are both Of one senti.
ment.'
A DuTcHMAx once met an Irishman
on lonely highway. As they met
each smiled, thinking he knew the
other Pat, on seeing his mistake, re
marked, with look Of disappointment
Faith. an thought il was you, an you
thought it was me, and its naythur o.
US ~Yav, dat is dru- I am anudel
man, and you IL not yourself. and W
are some other bodies"
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FIRST small boy: "Hullo Jimi I've
got a tvo-bladed knife and q book full
o. picters-- Second s. B.; Pooh : That's
nothing. I've got four bladed, two
books, abully sled. pair O. skates and"
First s. B.; "Lo5k-a-bere, You Jim smi-
kins. my pa can HEX You pa, and. durn
We. can lick you Yerd better don't
be BLOWN round me. ole feIlov--Bos-
ton Transcript
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Nv uUuE ~ sue uvcusu&s uo ueu
then taken possesaion Of . big hand
sled, and was Perxistently entreating
an old duchess With mnsknt furs ON to
indulge in 4 hoiSlay sleishing party.
While tho police were drawing him
down on the sled he had stolen he sang /:
hung up my stocking
In va-ri-ous ways; ,aSS
And the first thing ! knew
rs Z 90 I got sixty days. .rA
Hekeptw ooping and singing all night,
but when daylight came hewa chang
ed man. His head dropped, his spirits
went down to fourteen degrees below
zero, and he dragged his left leg behind
him in an aimless way as he left the COR
ridor to place himself in the clutches Of
the law.sr' .. sririi' 's ',,iga ,e..
s"Mr. Polewell, heye you lived in Mex
leo oil your life?" inquired the, court,
|. "No, cir; never lived there an hour,"
was the reply d .igyi !! ,l;e 4 4
" II thought you had !; 4 thought they
acted in Mexico just about ss you acted
yesterday" ,pen 81 ssd, .sir
4Can't fellsr have q little fun on the
Fourthsof.J JUL hristmas2 Has q teller
got to tie himself up to hitching-post
on such a glorious old holiday and stand
around like . horse? II they don't want
the boys to have any fun on that day,
what do they have the day for?"
r"This is no time for argument, Mr..
Polewell, -Youare guilty Of raising sever
raj rows on a holiday. Instead of
quietly sitting down to turkey or roast
pig, and feeling thankful that the bal
ance Of tradesis in our favor, You 60
skylarking around like a wild Indian
and upset the dignity Of the citizen with
rubbers on. / have seen you here be
fore" 70 - f't''t
cit seems kinder tough to send fell
Ter up for having fun, sighed the prs
oner. .AnWy i .7S 'g,A i. XIX N
Justice doesn't know funeral from
bridal tour, Mr.. Polewell. ~ man
may break the law by being too solemn
just as quick as by being too lively. I
will say sixty days just as you said in
your little song" 80
"And I'll say that as soon asI get ont
I'll move to a county where they have
Christmas six days in the week and
Thanksgiving on the SEVENTH" replied
the tall man., AEt 81 8sT
When Bijah took him back he turned
around to the hot stove and deliberately
scorched the tails of his old coat till they
were ready to drop of, and, he refused
to move till everybody in the courtroom
was nearly choked with the fumes Of
burning cloth. d,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-01

ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. a-The plague has
reached the government of Eratofn- The
mortality is estimated at ten per cent of the
population. St Petersburg newspapers pro-
pose that the nurses and attendants Of the
Red Cross society should volunteer for Ostra-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-01
DIN Oas-InsbedeIed Deers's Horn
IRON the indianapolis Journal.l

.sr Iron tine mdlanpons JournaLj ar
It was piece of solid oak with q
buck horn running completely through
and imbedded in it. The wood, which
has been sawed into pyramidal shape
for the purpose Of best displaying the
buck horn, was taken from piece of
timber cut in Porter county, this state,
for railroad purposes, and condemned
on account of the horn through it. The
piece of horn was originally nearly fif-
teen inches in length, and that now ex-
hibited is about five inches long, and an
inch and half in diameter. IT runs
through the solid wood, and is as i'm
movable as pine knot. The original
piece of timber was sixteen feet long
and twelve inches square, and the horn
ran through it diagonally. It is sup
posed that at an early day buck was
barking the sapling, and broke his horn
in crotch of the young tree, which in
time grew around and completely i'm
bedded it. The color, grain, and porous
formation of the horn are perfectly
preserved.
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Saosr Storms In Europe.

LONDON, JAN. '0.-Dispatches from Scot
land report great snow storms and severe
gales kilograms from Crookhaven, ireland,
state that fearful storm has prevailed there
since yesterday afternoon, increasing to hur-
ricane last evening Many vessels in the har-
Dor dragged their anchors during the afternoon
and evening
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-01

wealth, and that wealth is now spent,
am j not, to all intents and purposes.
a widow, and at liberty to marry againf"
"Iwouder, uncle, said little girl, IF
men will ever yet live to be five hundred
or enc Thousand years old?" "No, my
child" responded the old man, shat
was tried once, and the race grew 90
bad that the world had to be drowned"
AFIvE-cExr cigar, with good draught
and an enterprising you'll at the tall
end of it, will load the immediate at
mosphere with fragrance that discounts
a bone-yard, or q boot-factory that burns
its own scraps.-Eimira Gazette.
LITTLE four-year old Mary complain
ed to her mamma tbrt her button shoes
were hurting why. Mary. you've
put them on the wrong feet Puzzled
and ready to cry, she made answer.
~What1l I do, mamma? Theys all the
feet I've got
THERE'S q great difference between
house-keepiig and boarding out" said
Mr.. Young-husband; "for when board
ed out had 10 wait sometimes half an
hour for my dinner, but now 1 have IL
Just when / can get it."
"wHAE is your name?- asked Sun
day-school teacher Of a boy. NY
names jude was the reply; vhereup-
on the teacher impressively said: You
sbould have said Julius, SIR. And now,
my lad, turning TO another boy, what
J is your name = bilious, sir
, 1879-05-19
The BUlNari1tDx.

Lady stangford, writing to the Edfnourc
Scotsnen, on the condition Of the BuIgar1aus,
says: ''The most salient characteristic OF Tue
Bulgarian everywhere, OF the educated aud IN
educated alike, Is what is vuigarIY called
'cneek;' the most offensive se1f-contlleuce. the
most superb sen-estsmation. TAeir nature il at
present at a very low levcl; the bulk OF the ua-
tion is profoundly ignorant, brutal, and rntru,h-
full; nor are they particularly afrectionate or
amlab!e. Yet Notwithstanding this unioy,ble
character, there Is mass Of solid good stun
winch can be curved into virtues by ,tnd by
III that is, With time, patience, uud discipline.
taught-, Unlike the Turk, the BulEarfan ~ mi
at oil law-loving. He caa oe beaten into SID
mission, however, by his new masters, who have
already silently sent two large patches of Bnl-
garians, whose patr1otic aspirations were little
sion requires. the wnins VI the Cossacks orc free-
, 1879-05-19

RNAND fAC4FlC At1ELH
Elijah Smith, BurlFgton. n. A. Colburn. n. 7.
S. 4. Miller. Louisville. J. N. Ashley, Toledo:
S. H. Hadduck, lndta'i,s "A j.. Forbes, Boston.
F. s. Crowell, E. Dennis A. ]: Ware Lcadville.
S. ". Eccles, Denver A. b. Burke, Cleveland.
PALMER HOUSE.
VIM Brown, Desdwood. ]. A. Tanner, Lee, Mass.
Vim. K. Gibson. Jackson. " " Baldwin, Durl ton.
G.S. Grosvenor, Dubu'e. ia. u. Bowling, St. Louis.
c. r. Clark, Madison. B. F. Butter, N. T.
L. N. Cary, Lapeer. : julius Jonas, N. 7.
FREMONT HOUSE.
Dr. Joel Lorraine. Natcz I,.R. .McClintock. MONTH
Geo Harper, Harrisburg. ,Dr. Ellinwoot. San Fran.
Geo. Graham. London 3E. H. Berry, Milwaukee.
J. ". Bideli, Hancock. u. 3. Countryman, Dixon.
Jas. A Garrett. Phila. Nv. E. Ogden, Toronto.
SHERMAN HOUSE.
J. c. Iron, New York. T.. B. Wadleigh, Clinton.
" H. Courtney. n. Y. (W.S. Kemp. Rock Island.
L. Emerson, Cincinnati. II. A. Gardner, Boston.
II. E. Burt Detroit. I'D. Davis, Pailoueiphla.
G. ". Chapman, Newark!John E. Hay, Brooklyn.
GARDNER HOUSE.
John Enwright, Milw'kee n. E. Crowley, n. 7.
c. Il. Slater. n y. Il K. Orusbr. Albert Lea.
u: II: rompkins: Wells J: A; Evans, plat!ev!lle.
L. Click, New York. II. N. Uunte. Cincinnati.
, 1879-05-19

/
! The Board Of Trustees held special meeting
| at the Englewood Hosc-House Saturday after.
noon. All the members present.
| Un motion, the ordinance adopted April q; for
| the establishing Of public otfal-platform was
repealed.
| An ordinance to regulate the handling and
] transit Of otfal in the Town Of Lake Was adopt
| ed. Sec. Of the ordinance fixes a fac of not
less than S25 nor more than 500 for the pun
ishment Of parties who receive or transfer offal
! in the limits OF the town without special per-
nit from the Board Of Trustees. Sec, Q re-
quires bond Of S10, ,0G0 from parties receiving
such permit; Secs. y aud regulate the man-
ner in which the business shalt be done, and the
prompt removal OF all offensive matter from
the town.
/ Permission was granted to Messrs obepdorf,
Shepard & Co. and the Illinois Drying Com
pany to withdraw their bids for the rent of Land
aud the erection of public platform for receiv-
ing ot1al.
at 2 per cent, and he is required to make a
monthly report OF the condition of the Treasury.
= The Town Clerk was authorized to advertise
for bids for the construction of sewers on Emer-'
aid avenue, Halsted, Winter, and Forty-third
streets.
An ordinance regulating the bringing and
handling Of blood, bones, offal, tank stuff, or
any offensive matter within the limits OF the
town was adopted.
4 communication from Joseph Sherwfn, ask
ing permission to build On his property at the
Stock-yards platform, and establishing an offal
depot was referred to the Sanitary Committee.
An application for license to handle oifal
from the same party was referred to the same
Committee. :
The contracts for the erection of the SUPER
structure Of St. Anus Catholic Church, at the
viiion will be let by the Rev. Father Flannigan
next Friday, He intends to have the huiId;nr
, 1879-05-19
MILITIA, NOTES,

Charles Waite has been elected Captain Of Il
Company, Third Regiment.
Edward Goss has been elected Second lien.
tenant OF D Company, First Cavalry.
Capt. c, R. E. Koch has withdrawn his resfp:
nation rendered by him two weeks ago. ::
Company =, First Cavalry, will hold an i'm
portant meeting this evening at the Armory.
First Lieut. John Roberts, OF Comnanv.
Tenth Battalion, has rendered his resignation.'
Forwarded.
7. Capt. 4. H. South, Of Company A. Ninth
Battalion, has rendered his resignation. which
has been forwarded.
Eugene o. Spare has been elected Captsin.
and Henry Holtkamp Second Lieutenant, of I
Company, Third Regiment
William P. Coombs was elected First Lien
tenant, and Charles 8. Higgins Second Leuten-
ant, Of K Company, Third REGIMENT, last week.
Capt Smith D. Atkins has recommended the
discharge Of Privntcs Elliott and Piersol from
e COMPANY, Third Regiment, "for the good of
the seryice.''
Capt W. L. Lindsey, Of Company G, First In
fantrY. recommends the discharge OF Priyates
William Kemp. Ferdinand L. Barielme, and F.
ii. Lincoln, - for the good OF the service.'
The commander OF the First Brigade has sue
ceeded In making satisfactory arrangements
with the railroad companies for the Transports
uon OF troops to Freeport md return on the oc-
, 1879-05-19

city during the month Of April last, exclusive OF
twelve still births.-fye less than In March last,
but seventeen more than April. 1878. This rep
resentB an annual proportion of 27.7o per ], ,O00
of the population. There were twelve deaths
from diphrherin, four from typhoid fever, thirty
four from consumption, and thirty two from small
pox,-or ten less tuau during the previous
month, nnd six less than in April, 1873; Of this
number, twentg-six we're not Vac:inated.
The commission-brokers OF this city have Pc
titioned the Corporation to relteTe them from
the $50 annual icense-tax.
an application was made BY the counsel Tor
the CITY s. Districts Savings Bank against the
cx-Dircctors Of the City PASSENGER Railway, for
another Judge to try the case IN place Of Mr.
Ju stice Mackay, who had formed an opinion
ex-iudicially. The Court took the matter en
dclibre.
The Bank Dn Peuple will not declare dfVf-
dend for the present half-year, in consequence
Of serious losses.
In its weekly commercial review the Witness
says: . .t.. ,n.
Another Tery quiet week has been passed By the
wholesale trude There is considerable fiisap-
pointmcn1 already manifested at the apparent lack
OF anything like spirit in any branch. II was
pretty generally believed that revival Of business
would occur as soon as spr1ng had fairly come; ;
opening Of navigation, and which has not proved
greater, II even great. as usual, atfatfs nave
assumed their old aspect and s$Everythlng, 10
quote merchants remark, -"looks hatter than
eyer"
TORONTO May 18.-At the Ontario Society OF
Artists Annual Exhibition, now open here, the
Princess Louise contributes two studies IN OIL
one Of female head, and another OF peaches.
Both are much admired.
, 1879-05-19
Crime in Bavaria,


German residents Of the United States are in
the habit Of deploriug the 1awless acts Of rio-
lence that occur in some OF the States, and Of
asserting that in the Fatherland they have too
vigilanr police to permit of such things. Their
satisfaction on this score will be somew hat
shaken By reports now published in the German
papers OF criminal trial in the Township Of
Linz. near the :Bavarian border. It has now
:transpired that since 1875 over forty cases Of
highway robbery have occurred in small dis
tEict of Bavsrian territory, twelve OF which were
accom- panied bY murder, aud niue by great
brutality. In every case the victim was a
woman. She was seized BY the throat, strauglcd
into Inconsistencies, and then robbed. It is
thought that au Austrian was the perpetrotor OF
all these CRIMES. He served several terms in
Bararian prisons, his last sentence having been
imposed in 1865, when he was convicted Of
strangling aud robbing woman In the same
way as be is now accused OF havms done SO Of
ter IN tne past tour years. and get it has taken
bring him to bay.
, 1879-05-19
CRIMINAL. .

Annie Phillips, an erring young woman, was
yesterday traced by some Of her friends to a
notorious rancho on Clark street, kept BY one
Robinson, and was arrested BY the police Her
father lives at Riverdale. Der mother is in the
Insane Asylum, and she herself has been goln!g,
to the bad Tor years.
!; 4 woman named Mary Reynolds, while intox-
lcated, at 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon at
tempted to commit suicide by jumping into tue
river at OF near the Polk-street bridge. She
was t1shed out By some citizen whose name IS
unknown, and was taken to the West Twelfth
Street Station. where she vas booked for drunk
enness. Once before she has attempted to end
her life in the same manner. 49, 80
Arrests: Thomas Riley, obtaining goods by
false pretcnses: from James Clowry; Oliver
Smith. charged with robotnga chinaman named
Sam Lee of about so cash, at or near the corner
Of Polk and Clark streets; Ben. Mendelsohn,
Clark street salooll-keeper, charged with IN as
Patrick Lyons; John ". Rusk, eolorcd, wbo
annoyed j. F. RAYMOND AID wife, Of NO. 195
Fourth avenue, while on their way to church,
simply because they are Of much Lighter color
than himself.
Patrick Collery, of No. 125 Fifth avenue, re-
ported to the police Saturday evening that ne
ner Of Canal aud Washington streets. Later
james B. Dixon, alias "Captatn," was arrested
in the West Side Star saloon, and was 1dentineo
by bis victim. Dixon is said to be an old hand
at the business. 4 few nights ago lie was as
saultcd in the same saloon, and then gave it out
that he was the pilot OF the Goodrich steamer
Alpena, and that. the men who assaulted him
we're discharged deck-hands.
Al about 1:30 yesterday morning policeman
Martin Ebinger caught q midnight mechanic
.fYng the name of George Stevens, who mad
removed pane OF glassin the front window of
Soloman schwartz's tailor-shop,::No: 30 North
Halsted street, and crawled. through the hole
into the shop. Some fifteen minutes later some
one saw another man crawling out OF the shop,
and, notifying Policeman Walton, the fellow
was arrested. he gave the name Of Frank
Thompson. Neither is known TO the police,
and are likely from st. Louis, as they claim to
be.
, 1879-05-19
SUICIDE.

SAN Francisco, May 1S.-The body OF the
late Auditor Maynard was brought to this city
last night. The report Of his suicide was cor
rect. lie left bis friends in the amalgamating
room OF the Gwin Mine fer moments, went
into an adjoining room where Chinaman vas
at work, picked up caryng-knife, and, CON-
plainfng that 1t vas dull, sharpened it on a
whetstone, and then stepped into the ice
house. Here he sas found sitting few moments
after, on the arrival OF friends. He said: II
have killed myself in a fit Of mental depres-
sion.' Fourteen wounds .wefe found In bis
breast and abdomen. He died in about three
hours after. Judge j. T. Springer, OF Bolega,
'suictded yesterday by shooting himse1 through
the head. No cause is ASSIGNED for the act,