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free choice of delegates to the National
Convention by districts should no. be toll
Grated.
THE discovery was made on the e3d that
Abbott, the absconding cashier of the
Union Market National Bank of Water
town, Mass, distracted $4,000 instead of
Sis, 900 first reported.
Mrs. A. b. E. HAIGHT, of De Ruyter. n.
Y, was convicted of the murder of her hus-
band the other night, after trial of two
weeks. 1t was alleged that Mrs. Haight
had killed two other husbands and her
father.
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Shocking Result of Carele sSness.

JOLIET III. Feb. y.
George Ester and John FULLY, two poor
workmen with families, employed by the
Ottawa Tile Company, had sunk deep
hole in the clay bank for blast and put In
a large quantity of powder, but before
tampng it tried to dry out the hole with
hot ashes A terrific explosion was the re-
suit. The men were blown twenty feet In
the air Tully fell down the side OF the
hole. Ester fell upon his side and his face
was blackened and fearfullC cut. One OF
his legs was actually blown off, a portion
of it hanging down, held by particle OF
flesh. Tully was also injured about the
face and burned on the neck. Aside from
these injuries their eyes were put out.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-01
A Ghastly Deed.

NEW YORK. Feb. 20.
Edward Gillespie was for years boss
truckman for Fairbanks, Martin & Co.,
and was very steady, reliable man: Yes
terday at noon while sitting with his
helper, William Bird, he drew a
razor from his pocket and cut his
throat. Bird grasped his arm and tried
to disarm him. Gillespie resisted saw
ageIv The two men, both muscular,
rolled over on the floor of the truck, the
blood pouring from GilleSpic's throat
over Birds face. Finally they rolled off
the truck, and in the fall Bird lost his
hold. Gillespie spranC up, stood erect,
drew the razor across his throat, nearly
severing the neck, and fell dead.
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EPITOME OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation.
xLVIIIth Congress.

urn~rsDAY, Feb. 20.-ln tho Senate
bill was passed appropriating S6O,ooo
NOR anuum for arms and equipments Tor
tbs militia Mr.. Plumb reported a bill to
raise the Agricultural Bureau to de-
partment, with secretary. Some progress
was made on the bill TO provide circulation
for National banks. In the House a
Joint resolution was passed appropriating
SI5n.OH1 20 lie expended for educating In
dians, and resolution was reported re-
ouesting the President not to deliver Senor
Carlos A:ucro TO the Spanish authorities
until an investigation is made by the At
torncy General.
THURSDAY, Feb. 21.-Thc Senate passed
bill for the punishment of persons
falsely personating officers and employees
OF the Unite States. Debate on the Ma
tioal-Bank Circulation bill was resumed.
Adjourned to the 18th. In the House the
Military Academy and Post Route bills
Were passed. \ message was received
from the President announcing that the
British Government had contributed the
steamship Alert for the Greedy relief ex-
petition. Adjourned to the sd.
SATURDAY, Feb. 23-The Senate was
not in session. In the House bills were
Iavorably repor e To transfer five counties
in Hin is 70 the Northern Judicial Dis
trict; to prohibit the importation Of for
cicners On contracts to perform labor, and
to amend the statutes prohibiting the de-
livery of registered letters and the pay
mcnt of noney-orders.
MoNpAY, Feb. 23.-In the Senate Mr..
Ransom offered joint resolution to
appropriate 100000 to relieve sufferers by
the recent cyclone in the Southern States.
Tie bill providing that the amount of notes
delivered by the Comptroller to National
hanks shall not exceed the par value of
bonds dep Sited passed. Mr.. Har-
risou introduced a bill TO pension all dis
abied soldiers who served honorably for
months il the late war, and te increase
tie pensions of their widows. In the
House = joint resolution was intro
duccI appropriating $1,000 for the distri-
button OF seed along the inundated Ohio
Valley Bills We're introduced to prohibit
aliens from owning lan6s to authorize COIN
age nm ;er the metric system, to aid the
common schools, to provide civil govern
ment for Alaska, and to appropriate $780,
0F3 for sufferers by the overflow of the
mississippi. Mr.. Springer presented Il
ConStisuti nal amendment making the
Pre- ii,ntIul term six years, and rendering
the President Ineligible to reelection to
the I,cXt succeeding term.
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A Narrow Escape.

JOLIET, Ill, Feb. -.
CONSERVATION reigned to-day i'll the Or
rendorf Mine, caused by the water of an
abandoned shaft breaking through and in
to the shaft now being worked. There
were eight men in the shaft at the time.
Those nearest the break, about twenty
yards thereirom, heard an awful noise
which they at once attributed to the rush
of water. Their suspicious were soon real
lied when they saw n column of water
rushing toward them. 1t required but an
instant to act, and at once giving The alarm
the men made break for the bottom @.
the pit when n last signal was given and
the men raised from the dangerous cavern
to the earth above. The mine soon filled
.,%l,
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The Prime Of Life.

People call the age of forty "the
prime OF lifc" Who invented that
knocking phrase? Some subacid cynic,
doubtless. Because it is not the primo
of life, by any means. At forty your
hair ut the temples is whitenngi ut
forty your figure is broalcning' NJ
forty YOU begin to be called "a harm
less old fellow by your pretty nlcccs
and their friends. a most disgusting
time of life, When with dIgnilicd steps
YOU march toward your yawning grave
Mt seventv-tvc. YOU are ut least an OBJ
icct of respect and rcvcrencc-if you
have money. Your white locks and
Your snowy beard crown you with tho
majesty OF eld. But to be forty! You
are neither Young nor old. Your hair
is pepper-and- salt color. Your speech
has become. in spite Of yourself, set in
stited sentences. You perhaps would
flirt, but in the attempt you meet with
dire disaster. This enterprise is met
with the giggles of girlhood, and
YOU are driven ignominiously from tho
scene by some "masher'' of twenty sum-
mers. The real prime of life is when
your muscles are like twisted cords of
the finest Bessemcr steel (you don't care
much about girls at that time) and your
lungs like the bellows that blow the
smelling furnace; when you have only
to say one pretty thing and show Your
white teeth and twist up the ends of
your youthful mustache, and any pretty
girl you want just signs once and tum-
bles into your arms. That is the prime
OF life. 1t is all over when YOU begin
to call for your dinner and grumbie at
the breakfast-buttcred toast. When
you have become a Judge of wine it is
indeed time to leave tie arena and 10
accept the worn-out gladiator gift OF
the>wooden sword. Vanity Fair
"A Mrs. Johnson, living on Powder
River, Walla Walla County, Ore, and
her two children, son and daughter
were all three married the same eyenipe 2
recently.
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EaiJed by Burglars.

ELOOMINGTON, I'LL, ftU
The little town of Danvers, this county,
was besieged last night by burglars and
five places of business robbed. At DR..
Parker's drug store they stole gold watch
and several watch-chains: at the Post-office
they got quantity of postage-stamps and
several letters containing money orders
and postal notes; at Chris Stuckey's gro
Gerry they got n small amount of money; at
Valentine Naffzinger'S general store they
purIoined $I25 worth OF goods. They also
entered the bank of g. H. Vance & Son,
but they only got revolver and about -
open the safe. Only one store in the town
nScaped.
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A Horrible Fate.

DENVER. COL, Feb. 20.
At two O'Clock yesterday morning
fire destroyed the National and Nash
vile Hotels, two smallframc build
ings on the corner of Nineteenth
and Waze streets, and occupied as
a lodging house for railroad Iaborers.
Four men, John Whalen, MCGUIRE, Sulli-
van, and one unknown, perishcd, and their
bodies were burned to a cinder. The
other occupants of the buildings, includ-
ing several women and children, barely
escaped with their lives, some leaptnS
from the second story windows. Loss,
$1,000; insurance 5000.
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THE AMERICAN HOG.
The Report of the Special Commission on
the American Swine Industry Presented
by Commissioner LcrinS-His Geacral
Good.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Feb. -.


by Commissioners Lcring--Iis Gencral
Health Good.
wASruNGToH, ID. C.. Feb. Pc
Commissioner Loring yesterday laid
before President Arthur a report of the
special commission appointed to
examine the swine industry of the United
States. 1t is emphatic in the statement
that there is no condition surrounding the
industry which tends to propagate disease
or render pork unhcalthful. From re-
turns from railroad and transportation
companies slaughter houses packers and
shippers, confirmed by those from boards
of health, humane societies and experts
employed by the commission, it appears
that the utmost care is pre-
served throughout; that dead hogs
are never transported except 10 Offal rem
dcring establishments; that diseased hogs
are refused transportation; that humane
laws and sanitary regulations exist at all
stock yards, enforced by local inspectors
under penalty of fines, etc; that rigid
scrutiny is cnjoincd at all slaughter
houses; that methods of slaughter and
packing, qualities of material used, in
Spcction. etc, are regulated by the rules
of chambers of commerce and trade and
constant care observed to see no un-
hcalthful means employed in any branch
The report states tnlt examination
proves our pork Is lullN cqual,
perhaps superior to that OF
France or Germany. No general dis
ease exists, and the occasional presence
of trichinr is comparatively unimport-
ant. The report is signed by George Il.
Loring, Chairman of the Board; l.. w.
Blatchford, Chicago; Professor Chandler,
New York; DR.. ID. T.. Salmon, Depart
mcnt of Agriculture, and \. -. Curtis,
New York, and in conclusion says:
''Whic VIC believe no Legitimate ground
exists for the restriction imposed in some
foreign countries on the importation of
American pork, we are satisfied that 4
microscopic inspection of all pork for
export can be secured at packing houses
if such inspection should be demanded"
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KendaITs S SPAWN Cure.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, Aug jrd, 1882.
u. !. KESDAiL Co. GentS:-1 have during
the last thr"" years used In my stables your
hnimcnt known as kcndnl's SPAWN Cure with
great success, having treated Splints, sparins,
curbS and various kinds of strains TO my
tire salts sinctiDn and in every instance where I
have recommended il to my friuTidS they nave
been equally wcil satisfied, ana do not hrsi-
tate TO say that Iiuimcnt believe IL has
no equal, and thus believing I caccrfuiIy
recommend II TO any one who may have Occa
sion TO use ~ medicine of this KIND.
RESPECT fully yours, LEE STANLEY.
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Mot<T PRAIRIE. MINI. Sept. "a. isS;

DIR. Ii. j. kENphI.t.N y GO. GCntlcmCn:-iaS'
Suriug had valuable young horse that from
some caus, got n very laign lump about half
way on her shoulder and was very lame for II
long time. | had the best horse doctors cN-
anime her; some called IL one thing some an
Other .Dnc said the shoulder was broken but
noHr could cure il. After had tried the cure
an | went aud bought one bottle OF kcudai's
SPAWN turt'. did not pur-hali of IL 10
fore il w.t- all smooth ana clean. f.am"n"Ss
All gone too. rs a horse linimcnt ~ is inval-
uab!r Respectfully,
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KendaIi's SPAWN Cure.

DENvEu, COT. April -. lSN.
Dr. II. y Kendall \ Co, GcntS.-fpur years
a"o while In III" employ of \. l.. P"rl"y y Co..
IIanNciS. Mass. had a hOrS" that become
sUaNIuCd during the first year oi my stay with
them. unG remained 50 tor four years. though
used every remedy We knew -! or collli
hear Oi bui OF no avail. some iitn' duriu" III"
nlth year dor was in their employ hrtwrru
tive and six years We wCrc recommended 10
try KCndalrs SPAWN Cure, uud after using II
two months the horse WIS cured. th" enlarge.
mrut having been entirely removed ana mus
believing IL To Lc n valuable medicine | iully
recommend IL To all mo have occasion To u~u
il. Respectfully, 4. H. LYONS.
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MDDtLr, ALA, Feb. =.

MONTE, ALA, Feh. Z.
The special Mardi GraS celebration last
night was one long to be remembered,
because of the elegance of the display.
As usual, the daytime was given over to
the Lord of Misrulc, while at night the
more serious and Instructive part of the
exhibition occupied the streets. The En-
pcror'S arrival was welcomed by great
crowds of people, and his parade through
the avenues of the city was loudly ap-
Mn I..I
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MARDI GRAS.
The Festivities at New Orleans, Galveston
and NJ Mobile-Isrilliant and Successful Dis
plays and Interested Spectators.

The FeStlN1tleS at New Orleans, Galveston
and Mobile-Isrilliant and Successful Dis
plays and Interested Spectators.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. q.
Yesterday was the great day of the car
nival, and from morning until night, and far
into the night, the city was the scene of
extraordinary hustle and activity. Canal
street was particularly rcsortcd to,
and it was finally crowded with
people of all sorts, colors and con-
ditions, from curb to curb, and from
wall to wall, of the entire 225 feet of its
width The balconies that line both sides
of the street, rising on tiers one above
the other almost to the roofs of the
houses, were loaded with people, many
of them ladies in brilliant toilets. The
weather was superb the sky bright, and
the air as warm and balmy rs in May in
the Middle States, the thermometer
standi. q at 20 degrees ut two O'Clock in
the afternoon. 1t is not an eNaggcration
to say shat from one of the
lady-ladcn balconies that overlooked
Canal street there were in the RANGE of
vision 80, 900 people. About eleven O'Clock
the Enthusiastically coStumcd outrdcrS OF
Rex hcraldcd the approach of the great
procession which, assembling the COM
bincd strength of four associations, with
their moving scenes and panoramic
views of their subjects, sacred, heroic,
romantic and humorous, extended for
miles i'll length, mastering 100 cars of
scenic Illustrations, 500 horses and 1000
fncn There were fully Il score of brass
bands intcrSpcrscd at intervals IN the
moving column.
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GALVESTON. Ten, Feb, .


The Mardi GraS celebration drew more
than ten thousand strangers to
Galveston. The feature of the cclcbra-
ton was gorgeous pageant last night by
jewellers of NaXos, representing twenty
striking scenes from the Old Testament.
The streets were brilliantly illuminated
and packed with maskcr> of all classes of
society. The Opera House and Cotton
Exchange were transformed into band
Somclv decorated bathrooms and crowded
to their utmost capacity with invited
guests. The city was given over to furi-
Gus merry making, but there was COM
paratively little drunkenness and no dis
.urbancc.
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KENDhLL'S SPAWN CURE
On Human Flesh.

SASrA Rosa, CAL, Feb. 9th, 1859.
B. J. KENDALL & CO.. GcHtlcmcn:-I feel IL n
duty to others suffering with the piles and
falling of the rec um to write You. | have had
the piles AMI prOap-us OF the rcctum fDr five
years: for the pa I three years have suffered
the mCst a"onIinG pam. Tried everything
wi hout relief, but after ten days use OF Ken
dali SPAWN Cure have not scn heard of
ia" pile $ since. One who has not suffered rs |
have can not comprehend the great joy tha' |
feel at being cured If "a disease afnOs. worse
than death. | had valuable young horse
that had II large bunch gather on his breast
bone. tried all kinds of lipiu entS and had IL
cut open without any benefit. Saw your ad
vcTtiscincnt and bou hit II tottlc OF kcnlals
SPAWN Cure and ordered my tcamstcr To use
as directed. In less than one week the lump
hal sappca ed Thinking that Il linincrt
that would 30 what Kendall SPAWN Cure has
done for my horse might benefit more, Tired
1t as n last resort.
With gratitude and best wishes for your sue
cess. ] am faithfully yours.
}. II. GLENN.
Price 81 per bottle, or six bottles for s.. All
Druggists have 1t, or can get it for you, or ii
will bc sent to any address on receipt of price
by the proprictors, DIR. B. J. KENDALL &
CO., Enosburgh Falls. VT.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
March 81. 1883. year.
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Fremont. ONO. sept. oiih. IsS:.

DIR. u. J. kENDhiI CO., G"ntl"nrn:-
having had an OPP otuniy uf seeing yon
treatise on the Horse this summer tor the
first time was induced 10 try your krudalIS
Spawn Cur. ON valuable hors' that had been
lame the first oi April. from bon"
spuNin. | had biStCrCd il several times and
concluded that my horse would never get over
being lame. Five weeks uyo to-day com
mcnccd using kcndali'S SPAWN cure AMI nf-
tor using it three weeks the lamcn"~S "nt roy
disappeared. II has been worth 5000 To me.
L
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kenda!l's SPAWN Cure.

DowNEY CITY. Los Angeles co. Cal, Oct. 5.'sj.
Dr. u. j. Kendall y Co. Dear SirS:--l feel II
Il duty as well as II pleasure to place my t"sii.
mOry before the public in regard To th" m"iii-
of your medicine. have used Kendall
SPAWN Cure for the last three years and Ia
every ease have accompli- he'd NOR" than Nou
claim il to do. have. cured shoulder lame.
ness. siii joints. cui bS capped hooks, diSi"W'
per. kicks. cuts. bruises, spaNins, sor" throat,
and in fact everything that huIs" il subject to,
and | would Chccrfully recommend u To all
horscmcn. Respectfully yours.
CHARLES ~. TiIAGHt.
McSsrs. II. fInty * Co. Chicago. Illinois,
publishers of fHi'u1Db Hp,S' man, undrrdatc Ot
Sept. :. 'Si. write as follows: k"u'l1i'~ ~pHvi:
Cure is found an invuluab" medicine, aud TIC
fact should become generally known TO horac
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-01

by naval esprit du corps ii can not fall TO
subStantiatc the charges | make. There
are several survivors who, were they not
chokcd off, Is they express II. and COM
pcllcd to answer sin ply YES and no,
could have changed In" entire complexion
of the testimony given in before the
court of inquiry. They are anxious
to be furnished an opportunity TO
tell all they know, and | intend that
they shall do so if there is any such thing
as Justice. | am free to say that the
death of my brother, DeLong and his
party should be laid at the door of Chief
engineer Melville, and | am prepared to
prove every assertion | make"
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-11-29
S
CURRENT COMMENT.

CassopoIis VigiIaRt: You left us
twelve cents. We leave You $l39,0O0,000.
You left us poverty aud civil war. We
leave prosperity and peace.
Lowell Journal: Evangelist Moody did
not go to Detroit until after MaSsury
was elected to Congress and then he saw
he was needed there and he went.
Philadelphia Times: The parceling
out of the Federal surplus will be the
chief care of Congress during its coming
short session. Other things can wait.
Toledo Commercial Telegram: Senator
Conkling has reached the end of his po-
litical race 1t is indeed sad to see a
man of such commanding ability-such
rare capacity for public service con-
sumed by the fires of his own hate
Philadelphia Record: The large num-
Der of conspicuous names mentioned for
Cleveland's Cabinet shows that he will
have an embarrassment of choice. With
SO many capable men to select from there
Will be no excuse for failure to secure a
good administration.
Chicago Times: Great is Tom Hen
bricks ! that is, if he be taken at his own
measurement OF himself. Luckily, how
ever, the country has not taken him at
his own measurement. 1t has taken him
simply because it found him attached, as
a placard for the admiration of some In
diana folks, to the coat-tail of the man it
preferred to Blaine
Detroit Post: "How to live on Shil-
ling Week" is the title of recent
pamphlet published in England The
free-trade clubs of the United States
ought to purchase large edition to be
charitably distributed among their vic
Tins. the workingmen, who will be apt to
need that particular knowledge as soon
as the free-trade program is put through
Congress.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-11-29
The JlNnED PLATE BUSINESS.

THE TELEGRAM called attention few
days ago 10 the fact that the manufae-
ture of timed plates, tags, etc, IN the
United States was an unprotected indus
try and that for that reason the business
IN competition with European maDufae-
turers was utterly Improbable, and that
thereby an industry that would other
wise give employment 10 1900 Of our
people, and furnish the necessaries of
life 10 100000 persons was driven out of
existence. The object of the article was
10 show by actual facts covering what
ought TO be an important industry in
this country, the necessity of protection
to our home industries and especially its
Importance to the laboring classes.
Since then Mr. John Jarrett, of Pitts
burg, the great apostle of the labor inter
ests, has written letter To the American
Machinist, in which he states that the
rates of duty that il is hoped will be placed
ON tin for the protection of this industry
is % cents per pound. He is of opinion
that such a rate on tin plates would be
safe and satisfactory and would be
ample to insure the successful establish
ment of the industry in this country. In
speaking of the necessity of this protec-
ton he says:
"'The importance of the industry is
easily comprehended if we but compare
it with that of steel rails, and railroad
construction from 1870 to 1888 In 1870
we produced OF steel rails in this coun-
try $4,000 net tons; in 1888 we produced
1,360,694 net TONS an increase of 119 per
cent At the close of 1870 we had 1884
miles of railroad in operation; at the close
of 1888 we had 127, ,925 miles of railroad in
operation, an increase of III per cent.
The amount of tin plates imported in
1870 was 75,467 net tons, while in 1883 we
imported over 24,000,0O0 net tons, an in
crease of 218 per cent. You will see by
a glance at these figures, that this in
dustry is actually as important, if not
destined to be more SO, than that of steel
rails"