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MILITIA NOTES.

Itemh OF Interest to tho Cltfzen-soldiery
Gcorve 8, Avery has been oIeoted Captain Of
Company l, Third Infantry.
Cant. Fred NJ. Penney, Company D, Tenth In
funtry, has tendcrc1 his resignation.
Mai. lsichnsd Nobtns, Of tho Sixth Regiment,
has been granted thirty days lcavo Of absence.
Capt. Shea Smith. Company E, First Infantry,
recommends tho honorable discourage Of Private
Charles K.Luc
An election will tnko place In Company c,
Tonth Infantry, Aug. 81, to chose aSccond Lieu
tenant, vice Dcnnstt, promoted.
Capt nowlor, Company D, First Regiment. has
requested tho honorable discharae Of ssrSt- llo-
ratio y, Howell, On account Of removal.
talon, isns rcuonm en.Gd tho diachargc Of Fri.
yato Clarence 6hulor for tho good or tna eefV-
leo.
: Capt, jackson, Company d. Twelfth Infantry,
nrider from Company @ to Company u, Of the
eAlne command.
A number Of tho companies OF tho Twelfth
Battalion lcsrc to nttoMl tho Bloomington 70.
iolier 10 thu Adjutant- Gonerat OF tho First
Nri9ado respecting transportation and camp
cquipagc.
Capt, nrodor!ok. Company F. Ninth Infantry.
servioe, Of -prIYatoa Milton y. HuckIcs, Amos
II. Clifford, William Green. Alvin tsyi0, Francis
SSssi ast Ssssss ss3 9a4sss sss y s
Wilson. The aamU o.licer tsks tor the discharge
OF thirteen mon On account Of removal.
Tho now artnory for Battery D, on tho Lake
fPy PoroR po Ss VII g. oo
ptOtoly untlIr cover bofaro tho close Ut the PRES.
ent waok, aud In. the meantime tho COMPANY
thor guns. It IL expected that the building VIII
10 entirely completed by Oct. J, when tho or
Eanizatton Will tako toriual possession.
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Ifo " Referred to the Drtlnkon Member
from AlnbnmA,ss
fpdus,f<YnhLd T1msf

lio F" Referred TO tile Drtlnkcn Member
from A1nbntna,n
I'huadelphLd 7EEns.
On one occasion, on tho floor Of tho House,
Joshun X. Gtldtngs, Of Ohio, was nashtlel In tho
bsttoross fAshEon by a number OF the fronds OF
alavcry. and charged with atoalEng negroes and
sutdng them away from the Dlstrscti iot Column
bla, then, Of coi,rse, within the slave dominion.
After ab,sao OF this sort Ind been heapod upon
him for some days, ho Mt last roBa IL t,orsonal
explanation and .lomandod the il0or. Al ouco
from tho Southern members thore came cries
OF " Don't hear hmt /, don't hear him! We OBJ
jcctl wo objoetr.' A scone of almost r'ofous
confusion followed, and in tho midst Of 1t
Sohenck, broad-shosildered. sI,iare.hcudcd, and
powerful. roso IN his place and commanded
siloncc by tho intonsity Of bis manner mud tho
vehomeuco With which he said:
III hive no personal interest In tho matter,
Mir. Speaker, nor knowledge Ut tho mnttors III
legged. but whet, tho honorable gentleman. my
cUlleilHuc. WHO haa beGn 30 violently aud grave
tlon. suruiy hu should he permitted tn DO no.
Unos ssca, sach circumstances SIR no gentleman
AKau, however. tloro camn from different
pnrts Of tho chamber utlts of ~ 0h1ect! OBJ
leatl md axa!n scheuck, with renewed o'upha-
VI repeat, Sr. spcaker, that, Under tho cir.
70 q ESsa Mg.a on}so s
explanation. Whor tho scene was over thore
VIVA much discussion rs to who sohcnck referred
sn s1 sn e ss tat no wo 9oss
entctl 10 hi1l Tie Impression. which w,s Ennor.ll
"That Is i uiistake," replied III. ychonck; III
did not oven knnw that ho was ~ tho House.
.,,', =" Ars T. yoY willing 70 make that explanation
:" Certainly" wis tte reply. ~ will do 80 With
pensuru:" The next .iay on tho floor Mr. sltdcll,
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VERY SUCCESSFUL.
| The Trades. Union Picnic ut Oglcn'A

The Trades-Union Picnic ut 0elcn'a
Grove.
Tho tcst-couductel picnic OF tho season was
held yesterday Mt Ogtien's rove under tho ,uan-
ngement of the Tr.lle and Labor Assembly. 1t
Was am usnx lux os ,st,',
aenasoeio spseehos s BY oMelais OF % h;rh Or low low
theasand wo,kipamen. M % thoIr If viva. M laurbtors. I'M
and sweothoarts, spent pleasant day at s.na'I
whsn lst. alone they know how to Eet up oa n.
outing.
ons pas'ops.as ia IN IN ' shs parade p satnersd on
tho nld Eaymurkct s1uure, on West Randolph
street, shortly after 10 d. ILL.,, md about ii o'clock
tue procession ssnrtr y s pasr tno e2
fTo FIJI oi a osepn LHhgs y Gbtat rpSni Witt,
eopws Busb gm Of tl.e Flasi.rers Uno. hlebari
Powers, OF tno SeGn'oila galon} ano " T.. ako-
man, I, or tho NFacKinyors LINEN, Metnu ~ ~
aad i,SS ne, u Inc asiadinx ropresentatiyes
OF tho following ttnue ofkanizlnons: 1s9,1,. ne,e'
FINES u no If1fS fa,,,, ana Aooor "s1y' Ior,rayM
Iypographlcal- vercin., 1rou Molders' Union
Ma, M: A,n1aEamatead rntSfe svsr H!,;sr.
maNors. 15nited t:nrponters Protective Associu-
ton, Uphoiatorcrs' Union. Tunnors' and Cur.
UoIon, @ nriok,aysrs' tis linton. AmaisamatcI Cir
Journeymsn piaetcrars' UnioiE and tho Chicaao
Lahorora' Union. :,
soNn vr,,y uASpsoyr rt,Aoa
eoNi. sHtA Ht.,A7-s.'t a",. LOWS
and panners Wero untr1eu.. 3nu w .ess tahta ,9,a
soSan p&nas o. mus.G emS ~ ~ nIr .ne
cases aud other WORK. ana some 1lniqug bat1ners
nude from shavli,gs Iho saamola @ uaion nn,i 9.
Mrsc fnAr, motso Wagnn witn tW9 xefy pfasty ~
girls y, II: Ihe ontf IaKs carried IN ne pro-
cession besides those ot tae traae orEanizaon's
Wefc OF ING ro9u!he onhcu ntates pAtpefa;. .rh mMs
olu'liH1o 6Hlra anu oltapcA' 1n9
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THE NEW FUEL.

@SE--'
lNal!Way engine at eno <'Fans 1ooo'
motive Works.
.. ..s Ha''o' i"e e''eapo .',0ut. ~
Nk" aoltK' aug. A1'-1no nOVei ogsoloptaent
VI wv lucotno''fe' VI stIuaIy. tutnuft " sue
rAllloAa 1tsoi, ana inaoeo Oh s'onh !oco'noeaoa
Wy lanu sna eea'-Wnlea tocen. Va 4pel.suente ' ana
s"a w. ~ ntra o Law .o nsan,
Locomotive Works, In Paterson, N. ]. Although
tho frat locomotive snecJully alaptcl to tho now
iuo Is g nearly completed that september WIN
probably seq 1t on tho road hetweon Now York
and Chicago, and tho great revolution practi-
70 Uopaso ana ~ sasn @
inx" would po n moro like olatal rod"tapo, or the
h,spaualpE OF ,an advertising sensation, than
like i wide. swaxs W w inaopenaent sn Journalism. 1
Chine could no photographed IN Its substantial
sfo'y on tue snop pa tho ho
wosMn ,.,, ~ fA'et9'" t'''a 'A'soo1ona H. ~ A"o
pn6llc. n,a .,. uo-.,,u .., ,,,.-.,.,.
bylr,aon ens from, w,,tsr ly tho Holant, procoss.
IA no,v an tss ro,nry ,ers IL a.. wbeols visiblo uud
complete In ita substantial parts. Its Jacket is
OF, however. and tho w0rkmen aec still busy at
tho long process Of heading Ia tho 2,174 copper
tuos nut eve lts Interior mo 3 semDaneo 1s,a Or
number OF church orgams packed Into ono. Ihls
nrc thcir s,nnll oaibro and o1oao uroxIu,ity. nro
-, eA.. .,a,nrst.o, ~ ~ ~ ,,t,nh . .,oc,,tnr
70 ue u1acfstooo as not ~ tnocn poou"at
necessity as peculiar prerogativo OF tho now
fiel,-the most tgnuous, mobile, md intensely
on.ot n'o suuJetee .'1 ...,. ,.,.,.
copper ms aoout tWlco TUG conouutiFlty ot
iron, but iH too soft for tho fues OF tho athrn-
CITE. burning locomotive. THO ytotcpt draft re-
nuired TO lt,kp locomotive atDnkn with AuthrA-
rfto coal tjrivra continual hall. storm ot sparks
and buruuR Goals through fhe tlugs, md would
cut them up, il uf copper, ut an extsavagnnt
rata. EOppur. again. rotcls tho onits, euSpeuded
In lnost wuter. tGat firmly upltt with and ID
crust tho surface Of Iron fil,es In this wny tho
usa at 'Vhseotie fuel permits a second sRyfnH,
offnn al il,0it pue half. in thc cost al etcniii,
Mira ftnrortnnt, Htill. howovcr, is iii.
ortv IL contrnct Tho ijuos 10 small
caiIbro, ns ID ibis locomotive, bringing tho
viii tic hcnt :eonductng n,otai. and dIGusInR
The weter ID thin strata betwc0n the hot sur.
faccs it la ltnuossibio tu usc such illey with
cIiIdo fiei. lts heavy smoke and d,arks could
snnrsMY lie tirvcd thrpu9h thpm ut niI,
Hill smother euonomy 81 grGat valuo tupoud-
ont m fha hvtrt,ron f1rfonss. is tho scc0iId or
ntcr cha rrbcr peotl]nr tn ttlts loco.
smntivn trhis il cnnr 1nin niit al tha anacO rD-
.1"irnd Il, nfhnr incosnofjvns snr. TIM cnnI nnt1
xnn,is siu1rn;no furnnss fssH rct1t,irGs mi ono
fu,rth nv 1niash firnnrc rnntn Tia ainnsr fbrco.
t.sth * 20 ~ tha.aTnr" HtiiiS"S a. m Itrrinr fre
Satafor a. ,sith arre herrinI arfnnn arrrni,ntinl
~. .nto. IL 1. .art ~ .tnmern ~ iI7fnsTne
, 1881-08-22
MICHIGAN BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

LANSING, Mtch., Aug, a0.-Tho State Board Of
Equalization have completed thelr laboss and
hayc adjourned. The following nro tho total
results: tho number Of acrus assessetl IL ~, !.
sU, ,8]; tho aggregate OF real aad porsonal estate
"a assesset In 1881 IL &8t ljs4 III; the aggregate
Of real and personal ustlts Aa GllRlt1ed Dy the
lloarda Ut Supervisors ls $l4 ,UN. n; the saMo
rs uaualized f,y the noarls for ISL 10 SSH WI.
an increase Of flso, e! .6a over the euAltxa.
:lo.i IL hy ~ tho Supervisors, and an Increase OF Of
yenrs ago. Tho Countios Of Mnsot, and Mnuomb
nr0 dccreaactt, the County, 0fssWhthtpnaw 70:
tho rest arc Increased from $9,OO to 0'
zach. +,
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Tak0 Hop littor1. three tlmea aay, and yot
viii have no doctor bills 10 pAy,
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LOST IND FOUND.
CT n KEWAN1b-IOS'r-Al RED IIEA'rI1-
tpIO ar p0ckstbu1k. EalntAnnR pnpnra Of no
valt0 ctpt u the owner. ktusN 10 IL MOnrOa.Ht.
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SUUURBxtNR REAL ESILiI,E.


TgQIk kSALE-HECElVER'S S4ALE-fUls-
T. sunnt 70 an osdsr of il!s superior Court .t
C0ok County. entered ADJUST u le:1. Itot foE sn1s
nil rtxIt lflsU, and Interest," Hecga*et NJ tho IT.
o1ti Saving. Itan. Mnd atS nepesl.,'ty y n,id y
llIlufs, with tile frhnB dwenxs t1aroUn. for +sh.
Or uNs-hnlf enah md the bnlance III nnu md two
secured On tho propUr4y s1d.
lids IN b. made III writing and delivered to ms ns
my 0ftro, itUtm II Portland Dtk. Chicago. bofure
HelUck D. nl., On Thufrilay, August =. I'LL ind be nc
eGupAnjod W deposit OF ~ per cant Ut tie amount
Tte hbnvo described property Is sold for f24D, uu.
VA, TuftplS, Receiver.
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COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.
Il al ila1 land npnf HVupl1Ap, kanknkeo County,
Illinois, i'd MIla. from Chtcas,: Thts Y @ snlcnut1
which Mns Anld fur r. net Der ui yet{ little dIicllr
K viii dran ls land It will DO worth ~ pcr hor0
EOffett uta And abstrnct.
si;aS ea.hsl aefe;; II IL n1est II hardweea tlneos
bofo county scni. rilia perfect. t1na largo tmtvr
and goo4 farm land affair t!tnbet u ots.
mae, lMl.tkt Co9nty, lnt.. K1o,! hq9,v. orchard.
unsl1r pl'W, % n,lies tC4n. CLcaxo. u,u..
t75 tsr nrfe- ~ 64 A9 Or M 9G!es y n'l!Gt wosI q
sntt. fine rich land. r. u. HuYiI
j{uQn1 I, I1y MRlliSOn.0t.
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TOR SAIiE-SO OR 10 ACRES SOUTH
~ itENlkY WA1,.ER, JIk,
n 1Uf DOArboFn-Bt
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THO RENT-GOOD rEN-KOOM HOUSE
l. at tylH Park. nuAr depot, largo grounds. Apply
u OGEOllGE N. NUuUE, llGnprr Block. " C!ark.hi.
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FINANCIAL.

4 GDI.pSAilD. LOAN OFFICE, % EAST
H. MAdlaoll.st. {Iicsnsedl, EatAbishoA Ia6a nia.
IuInd bruker and bu.llvn tunleE, Cash paid fut Old
Kod and silver lanl1hdR. pnAtA- etc, otA Colorado
Hrhnrh Al33$ likraHioF-&t. l{3NvNt,
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11Olt StALf-s1Go, ,000-ONE OF TliE
fcely fnFnisllen viii overy class ri impsnvc cnok
iMa naeh!ncry .inn oierat! Mfld sve.ythnE .nissrt
spiendld iHnan lIt,. worth now tIulvu. This h,tse.
tho bO1ks will hhnw IN dotng tho best ayinR hus-
ntxA In Etlsanu III tho vary henrt OF t1id wholesale
Gatlnesn Fn.nt.,,sa Il nearly nSw md cheap At ts
60. Firc rood stores TINT rent welt Gail and sce
t'' ''u'"'''' y, H. toyD, it,om :, ~ M.dlson.st.
, 1881-08-22

TOR SALE SOUTH ll!ALSTED-ST.,
~ nlnr Thirtetli. brick store partly built With loL
@sU. FoAEHOf, ~. II neashuFn-nL
E1ON SA14E-I HAVE SOME GOOD
II manufacturing sites Hn tho West Side and South
nrnncfi, With t!yr nF1i rnlroAd connections. u. r.
HEAD, 48 Mnjur HIuck.
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A ny AMOUNT OF MONEY TO LOAN
a. Gn d!sWnudst Mstehea. Nd nd }sTelr! r. TON NJ
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Where Wilkes Booth Is Buried.

1t was only after some patient inquiry
that / could ascertain the facts, which
are interesting, and, SO far as I know.
arc yet unpublished. Booth died, rs
will be remembered, in barn in Mary
land from IA wound received from the
musket of Boston Corbett. His BODY
was brought to Washington, and, after
having been identified by the court
martial before which his fellow-conspir-
ato's were tried, was dissected by the
Surgeon General of the army. The brain
and heart and some other parts of the
body were preserved i'll alcohol, and are
now on exhibition in the medical mu-
scum Of the Surgeon Generals office
The building in which the assassination
occurred was Ford's Theater. The Gov
eminent confscated it, but afterward
Ford was paid its full value, and it has
since been used as the headquarters of
the medical corps of the army. The
brain and heart of Booth are in lars.
standing in O case that is situated very
near the actual scene of the assassi-
nation.
After the surgeon had done with
Booths body it was buried in a grave in
the arsenal grounds. Only half dozen
persons knew the exact spot, which was
unmarked. In 1867 Edwin Booth, the
actor, sent Mr.. Weaver, the sexton Of
Christ's Church, Baltimore, to Washing
ton, with the request that the remains
of his brother might be taken up and re-
moved to the family burial-place. After
some delay the request was granted by
President Johnson, who vas finally APP
pealed to, and Mr.. Weaver took the
body to the cemetery in Baltimore, and
buried it beside the elder Booth and 9th.
ers Of the family. The removal was con-
Quoted with great secrecy, and was con.
ceoled from Secretary Stanton, who had
refused to give his consent Washing
tom letter
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POLITICAL POINTS.

Johnson N. Camden has been elected
Senator by the Legislature Of West Virginia,
the twenty Republicans voting for A W. Camp
bell.
s. b. Maxey has been reelected Sen
ator from Texas, Throckmorton standing sec
ond on the ballot.
The New Jersey Legislature elected
William J. Sewoll to the United States Senate.
Washington gossip connects Senator
Windows name with Cabinet position under
the new administration.
Senator Allison, it is said, would not
accept the treasury portfolio if it were ten
dered him-preferiing to remain in the Senate.
A bill is before the Senate of Mime
sofa declaring railways public highways, and
prohibiting them from carrying on business
other than that of transportation.
The Ohio House of Representatives
has adopted q resolution directing the Ju-
liciGry Committee to report what legislation il
necessary to prevent tho consolidation Of tele-
graph companies.
The thirtieth ballot in the Tennessee
Legislature resulted III the election of Howell
G. Jackson as United States Senator. He is
State-credit Democrat and u member Of the
lower house and, on being lifted from his
seat and escorted to the stand, pledged him
,lf to do oil in his power to allay sectional
CITATION.
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Changed His Religion.

"I1l be dinged eff / doan bl'eve in de
predespernation doctrine" remarked
Woody Calvin, the preacher, to party
of brethren. ..,..,l s.;gy
"On what fabricationment OBJ theo-
eticalism do yer place de sinews Oh yer
rationsination?" asked Toney, the phi
losopher.
"Gim me dem words so I can COM
initial dem to understandin, Tony" re-
quested Calvin, turning with beseech
ing expression. iGao't iitpt
"Nor, SIR" said the philosopher with
emphasis. 81 got my larnin' by de
sweat Of my brow at a night school ober'
libery stable, an L doesn't perpose ter
gin hit away fur nothin'. When l filings
out anythin, an yer can ketch hit, all
right, but doan ak me ter make yer
present oh my Encyclopaedia.
"Scuze me, Toney, L din't tend ter
rob yer But ez ter dat predespernation
business. In my church, fur L sc q pizen
Methodist, 1 hez al'ers faut dat doc
trine. Now, I hez been WINGED oh hit
an will hab ter change my ligion. I'll
tell yer how L wuz 'vinced. Yesterday
mornin' when L came along down de
street L thought dis way ter myself:
Now seq /, 'ef hit is tended for me ter
get drunk ter day, Use ur G vine ter do
hit"
"Wall, how did dat prube de doctrine.
oh predespernation?" 4o4
81 got drunk.
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Oueer Remedies.

At an inquest held at Bradwell, Bucks,
on the body of O five-year-olu gu ~ho
died of hydrophobia, one OF the witnesses
deposed that two days after the child had
been bitten, the buried dog was disin-
TERED, Ats liver extNetSd and apiece of
it. weighing aboVtA An ounce and-a half,
frizzledon fork Bafore the fire until it
was dried up, and then given to the child,
who ate it freely. but, nevertheless, died.
Not an over.li{cs femedy, but. hardly
nastier than ma6pie- dust, which no less
a personageA than the Princess Bismarck
apparently deems an infallible specific
for epilepsy; since no longer ago than
January last, the President of the Eek
enfoerden Schooling Club addressed the
following circular to the members Of that
assOclation: s1nN "a tkftE.e
as"fIer highness, Princess Bismarck,
wishes to receive before the 18th inst,
as many magpies as possible, from the
burned remains of which m anti-epilep-
tic powder may be manipulated / per-
NIT myself, therefore, high and well-born
sir, to entreat that you will forthwith
shoot as many magpies as you can In
your preserves, and forward the same to
the Chief Forester LANCE, at Fredrichs-
rub or hither without paying for their
carriage, down to the 18th of this
month"
Sir Walter SCOTS piper, John Bruce,
spent a whole Sunday, selecting twelve
stones from twelve south running streams,
with the purpose that his sick master
might sleep upon them and become whole.
Scott was not the man to hurt the honest
fellows feelings by ridiculing the notion
of such remedy proving of avail; so he
caused Bruce to be told that the recipe
was infallible, but that it was absolutely
necessary to success that the stones
should be wrapped in the petticoat OF
widow who had never wished TO marry
again; upon learning which the High
lander renowned all hope of completing
the charm.
Lady Duff Gordon once gave an old
Egyptian woman powder wrapped In a
fragment of the Saturday .Rcvie,o She
came again to assure her benefactress the
charm was a wonderfully powerful one;
for although she had not been able to
wash off all the fine writing from the pa
per, even that had done her a great deal
of good.
A sea captain, when one of his crew
craved something Tor MS stOmacn gOOu,
on consulting his book found "No. Is"
was the thing for the occasion. = Unfor-
tunately there had been run on that
number, and the bottle was empty. Not
caring to send the man away Uncontrolled,
the skipper, remembering that eight and
seven made fifteen, made up dose from
the bottles SO numbered, which the Sea
man took with startling effects, never
contemplated by himself on tile cribbage-
loving captain. Journal.
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East


Oscar Rice, at one time Collector of
Internal Revenue for the District of Louisiana,
has been arrested at Boston ON the charge Of
embezzling $4,000.
Two thousand tons of top coal and
rock fell in the Empire mines near Wilkes
barre, Pa, burying two miners.
Five children of farmer named Bos-
comb, living near Malone, N. Y, were mysteri-
ously burned to death while their mother was
absent at neighbours.
James o. Vandervoort, late Superin-
tendent Of the Poor of Ulster county, N. Y, Is
charged with wholesale plunderng Of public
property.
A boarding-house keeper in Charlton
street, New York, named Catherine Crane, was
fatally shot by printer whom sho had elected,
named William Lindrum.
A savage bloodhound of great size ran
about the West Side OF New York, biting num-
Der Of people. 1t wac finally cornered in alum
Der yard and killed by policeman. The ami
NAL was supposed 10 be mad. II this was really
the care tho consequences are likely 10 prove
serious, for many OF the persons attacked were
horribly mnngled.
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The tables indicate that the mercantile fail
ures III the United States, during the year
1880. were III number 4, 735, with liabilities ag-
gregating nearly &C., 100000. The failures Tor
1879 We're in number 6.659, with liabilities Of
sos, 100000. The decrease, therefore, for the
past year is 1898 in number, and in liabilities
Sz7,000,000, thus showing an improvement
equal 10 40 per cent. i'll number, and a saving
in losses by bad debts III the same proportion.
While the comparison of the last year with the
previous one Is extremely favorable, the
comparison Of 1880 with 1878 is even more re-
markable. In 1873 the failures numbered
10,47S, while in 1880 they numbered only
Abs, indicating lessened number of casual
ties by STAB, equivalent to nearly 60 per
cent. But in the amount of liabilities the
change for the better is even greater, for IN
1878 the indebtedness Of those who failed was
1924 600, 900, while in 1880 it did not reach
$G6, 600, 00J lessened amount by $l6S, 900, 900.
When it is remembered that the number of
persons now engaged in business as compared
with 1878 is nearly 10 per cent. greater, and
that the extent Of the transactions during the
past year at least trebed those OF 1873, the sig
nifcance of the lessened number of failures
aud the reduced loss by this cause VIII be APP
pretended. -
The following table shows the failures for
twcnty-four years 81,
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

During the last six months of the year
1850 13l, 900 more immigrants arrived in this
country than during tho corresponding six
months of 1879.
Halifax is happy over tie first ship
nent of grain TO Europe it having been for
varded from the West by the Grand Trunk
road.
The racing fund in this country for
.ho current year will closely approximate
3l,000,OO0.
Prof. RELY, chief of the Entomolog-
zeal Commission. predicts q great swarm OF
)custs this summer, particularly in tho South
,rn Statcs and the southern portion Of Hi
nois. He says that the farmers of that section
may expect to suffer much damage from their
Expectations.
a fire in Main street, Buffalo, ruined
the building and stock of the Howe Scale and
Safe Lamp Company, doing damage of $4,000.
The steamer Rochester lost 54S cattle
on her passage from Boston to Liverpool.
At Whitevale, Ontario, Mrs. Sheppard
shot one son dead, killed another with butch
er-knife, and then nearly put an end to her
own life.
1t has been ascertained that Col. Pot
ter. of the United States geological survey,
who has been missing since October. was
robbed and murdered by party Of three
Greasers, one of whom is now under arrest at
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
An incendiary fire at Orangeville,
Ont, destroyed q storehouse and $4,000 BUSH
ella of grain.
George Jones, of the New York Times,
announces that the subscriptions to the Pref
Dental fund have reached S225, 600, which Is
likely to DO given outright 20 Gen. Grant. II
has been discovered that Gould, Vanderbilt
John W. Msckey and Edwin ID. Morgan each
threw in $4,000.