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The Amended School Law.

Superintendent Klehle will issue a circular to
county superintendent and school district Off
GERS, explanatory of the amendments and alter
atoms of the school law made by the recent
legislature. The gist of the changes is as fol-
lows: County commissioners are to appoint
textbook agents at their meetings in January,
or, failing to do SO then, at their next meeting;
but not later than May Is. The time within
which five or more freeholders may tile an APP
plication for a rehearing Of any matter in rela.
ton to the organization or alteration of their
district is limited to twenty days from the time
at which the commissioner entered their order.
Tbs superintendent of any county having It's
or more districts may appoint an assistant, to
DC confirmed, and receive a salary to be fixed
by the county commissioners Parents and
guardians shall send children between
eight and sixteen years of age to a public or
private school, twelve weeks each year-six of
which are to be continuous-unless excused by
the board for sufficient reason, a fine of from sl0
to $50 beng the penalty for violation OF this
provision. School directors and school board
presidents are to enforce the law. and if they fail
to procure such prosecution within ten days
after receiving a written notice from any tax
payer, they are liable to r fine of from $40 to
$50. Annual school meetings are to be held
on the third Saturday in July instead of the
first Saturday in September, as formerly.
Terms OF Office in common school districts are
to expire on July 81, and in independent dis
tricts on the first Saturday in August Dis
trict clerks must make their annual reports to
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Gen. Grant Dazed by Anoa1nes,

New York Special: 1t was between 6 and Z
o'clock when Gen. Grant finally awoke. The
effects of the last anodyne was seen in the dazed
and semi-delirious condition OF his mind. As
he lay on his couch he began to call up remi-
niscences of the war, and talked of the promi-
nent generals who took part in it. Heimagined
that they had come to call on him, and demand
ed that the doors be thrown open and the VS.
itors admitted. Then came a momentary peri
cd of consciousness, but he again relapsed in
to a wandering state. This time the general
called to Harrison to dress him for a reception
that he had promised to attend, and at which
he was to speak. He thought that his valet had
neglected his duties, and ordered him to hurry.
The illusion passed away in a few moments,
however, and the generals mind became per-
fectly clear. For some reason tho attempt was
made to keep his dazed condition on awaken
ing from the public, and no statement of it
was made by the family or physicians. 1t
leaked out, however, through other authorita-
tive channels. When questioned about it, DR..
Shrady admitted everything but the story about
the generals illusions, which he declined to
talk about
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The Hazen Court Martini,

Washington Special: The findings of the
Hazen court were handed to Secretary Endi-
colt about two weeks ago, on the eve of his de-
parture for Boston. He locked them up until
his return, but final action by him is looked
for every day. Areprimand is expected. The
trial, whatever the verdict may be, bids fair to
reopen the question Of responsibility for the
disaster to the Greedy party as well as lead to
an effort to improve by legislation our pres eut
system OF court martial procedure. Gen. Ha-
zen and his friends will make a determined eff
fort as soon as congress meets next December
TO have a joint congressional committee inves-
tlgate the whole arctic matter. While Gen. Ha-
zen feels totally indifferent as to the findings
OF the recent court martial, it is said that he
will appeal to the president for a ne trial
should they be adverse. Whether acquitted or
not his counsel, Judge Mackey, intends to pub
fish the trial in book form.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.
Another Democratic legislator is dead at
Springfield.
James Appleton Wilson thinks he will get
100000 out of the Chicago Tribune for calling
him q murderer.
Will Ogg Shaw has sued the Chicago Tribune
company in the superior court, laying his dam
ages at $4,000, for alleged libel.
The Rochester city council will tax auction
esrs $40 q day, as petitioned for by business
men, and has fixed the circus license at 500
a day.
F. B. Curtis, who conducted q bucket shop
in st Louis for several years past, succumbed
to the pressure, with liabilities Of SIG, 900. He
says he has paid out 47o,OOo, but expects to
resume soon.
The supreme court OF Michigan has decided
the law providing for ante norton wills to be
inoperstlve and unconstitutional. This law
allowed the will to be probated before the
death Of the ~testator.
Tho land commissioner has revoked an old
order relating to tho terminal limits Of the
Northern Pacific grant The effect Of the re-
vocation is to take from the road 126, 900 sores
in Oregon, much of which is settled upon.
At Woburn, Mass, Mrs. Heard and Mrs. Fla.
herty had a fight in the street, the latter being
beaten insens,ble. Sarah Connolly, q consump-
tive, left her bed to see what was going on, and
at sight of Mrs. Flsherty's wounds fell dead on
the floor.
Luther l. Holden, for many years 3 Boston
Journalist, is in the city arranging for two Of
Cooks excursions to the Yellowstone Park
One of these will leave Boston on July %, and
the other August q. reaching st. Paul july 20.
and Sept z. The parties will consist Of be-
tween forty and fifty people each, and will
spend three or four days in St Paul, Minnea-
polls and at Lake Minnetonka
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The seventeth anniversary Of the
birthday Of Prince Bismarck was cele-
breted throughout the German Empire
asSa holiday. The emperor, members
Of the royal family, the federal counsel
Tors and ministers, and hosts Of other
dignitaries, called on Bismarck. He was
presented with the titles to q great es-
tate. The entire day was taken up by
delegations which had come to present
testimonials from all classes of the Ger
manpeople and from all parts Of the
empire. All the newspapers published
warm tributes to the worth and genius
sof Bismarck. The opposition papers
praised the chancellor's efforts during
the present and recent years to main
tain peace among the nations and to
fulfill his duty tothe emperor and to
the German nation.
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The Low Necked Dress.

Washington special to Boston Trav.
eller: 1t is not likely that low-necked
dresses would form such a constant
subject of conversation, as thew GER
tainlv do, wherever a few women ara
gathered, if the newspapers were not
paying so much attention to them.
Neither the criticisms nor the undis-
guised look of disgust which the an
pearance of an immodestly low-necked
woman creates affect them in tho
taintest degree. This vulgar display
is an embarrassment to hostesses, but
hardly a party or reception occurs
where such may not be found in moro
than one instance. There are a num-
Der Of women-they can hardly be
called ladies-who are making a big
show here lately whose a%ntecedents
nobody knows anything about. and
whose claim TO social connections is
Just about as hazy. They have a SUI
preme lot of assurance, and are famous
as the leaders of the decollete move
ment. Decent people have no patience
with the easy conscience that allows
women OF this type to actually form a
social following, to give crowded par
ties and balls, which nice people seem
to be too prudish to stay away from.
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Russia in 1884.

The Russian Nouoe HcniYu reviews
the year of 1884 in a series of articles,
in which the affairs of the empire as q
whole are described as being consider
ably better than they have been for
some years past. The maintenance Of
order, the establishment of better con-
troll over the administration, and the
r.gained dignity Of the organs of cov-
eminent have been especially marked
in the past year. The commission for
the reform of local administration has
counted among its members not only
those who advocate the Capitalization
of power, but the delegates of the self
governing party have been invited to
all the deliberations. One of the great
reforms marking 1884 is that of the
Russian universities, although it will
be a long time before the benefits are
fully appreciated. New statutes for
ecclesiastical seminaries and acade-
mics have been made, and attempts
have been made to increase the intlu-
ence of the clergy in secular schools.
A special commission has been prepar-
ing a scheme for the establishment of
a system of technical schools such as
are common in Sweden. Measures
regulating the employment of children
in factories have also been legalizcd.
Among administrative reforms the es-
Enlistment of the government in the
Amur district and the incorporation of
Poland in the empire in matters con-
corning the organization of the aeairs
OF the peasants are the most important,
Curiously enough, the financial posi-
ton has considerably improved in
spite of the continued commercial and
industrial depression. The expert
ment of building state railways having
proved too expensive, the construction
OF the line Novo ossisk. Rostotf- Vladis
kavkas will be conceded to a private
company. Recent legal actions against
banks have shown that the leris-
lation concerning them is in need of a
radical reform. The St. Petersburg
maratime canal has been completed,
the port of Batoum is now in the
course of development, and the canals
between the basins of the Obi and the
JcnlSsey are progressing,
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NEWS or THE WEEK SUMMARIZED.
Ehe Whs.t crop out,ook.

The Farmers Review Of Chicago, in summing
ap the crop reports from II, correspondents,
up toAprii11. says: The most important fact
during the last week is the development OF
serious damage to the winter wheat crop.
Rams and mild weather have como and gone,
but with them no Improvement of a general
character is shown in the condition Of winter
wheat II we harvest 20 per cent. OF the yield
OF 1871 east OF the Rocky mountains, We shall
do well. The causes which have brought
about these results have already been stated,
and present reports are simply a confirmation
Of past facts. The crop has been badly winter
killed, brought about by late seeding, severe
weather. carly in January, and an unprecedent-
~ dry sndcold March. The seeding Of spring
wheat is progressing slowly but surely, and by
the first Of May this crop will be- in. The
weather has been dry generally in the spring
bell, particularly in Nebraska. Owing
TO the failure of the winter wheat crop in many
OF our best winter wheat sections, . very large
proportion of the land will be planted this Sea-
son with corn. TIL country everywhere needs
warm, growing rains.
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The Pursuit of Rebel Rel.

Col Irvine keeps telegraphing from Prince
Albert via. Battleford, that it is II folly for Mid
dleton to push on with his present force, as
even il he Qrvine) could join him, which is
doubtful, the rebels would outnumber Middle
toms force. This Middleton does not believe.
He will have more than a thousand men
when he is joined by Grassette's $50,
aud Irvine has 400, counting civilians, but
is probably afraid to leave town on account
of women and children. All Middleton's
advices are that Riel's force does not exceed
500, and that he is without artillery. Gen.
Middletoninsists he will not wait at Humboldt
TO. reinforcements, feed or forage, but if nee
essary will mount all the troops possible, and,
with one gun, push on to Bataches, which is
ninoty-one and one. half miles from the present
camp, and three days of forced march from
Humboldt
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Clerks at the White Housc

Tho clerical staff of the white house
includes, besides the private secretary.
an assistant private secretary, who at
present is Mr.. Pruden, a gentleman of
sagaclous and courteous character.
who was first appointed by Gen. Grant.
There is also a stenographcr officially
employed, and four other persons "a
clerks. Each department also details
regularly or temporarily a clerk famil-
liar with its work to assist. The Office
OF land clerk is abolished. His duty.
that OF signing land patents for tho
president, is now Performed by the
clerk for private land claims, Who is
appointed by the president. The ad-
m'nlstratlve staff of the white house
proper numbers twelve persons out
SIDE OF the steward and coachman.-
Washington Republican.
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Scab on Potatoes.

The cause of the injury called
"scab" upon the potato has not been
well worked out, and it a not be as
serted as certainly known. PROBABLY
several diseases are included under
this common name. But a negative
point which may be considered thor
oughly settled, is that insects are not
the authors of the mischief. There is,
to be sure, an appearance of insect
work, but nothing whatever has been
observed to prove that they have any,
thing to do with the malady, while
many facts disprove it. The disease
has been attributed to earth-worms,
bu, in this again we have only guess
work, and the negative evidence is
quite strong. One or more sepcies of
fungi have been accredited with the
destructive work, yet little is really
known about these agents rather than
results. a fungus named Rhizoct0ntd
soiani is found on potatoes leaving
either singlv or in groups, little pus-
tules in the skin, making n peculiar
roughness, which is called scab by
many. This, however is certainly
different from the corroded spots to
which the name is more appropriately
applied.
ii any one will take the trouble to
look at the year-old twigs of most trees
and shrubs, he will readily find in the
bark, little light-colored, rough specs.
These are known to botanists as len
ticles, and consist of cork-like forma-
tions, the cells of which soon lose the
power of absorbing water, and of
A. Tln,, - k,uynr,s ~.
NAL growths, and cannot be classed as
disease products. They likewise &C.
cur on the potato tuber, which it is
worth the while to remember is a true
branch of the stem, and in this respect
is like ordinary aerial branches. But
it is claimed that under some circum-
stances these lenticles are beginning
points of rupture and decay in the
skin, and that the final result of this
is the scab, without tire Intervention of
any living, external agent. Too much
water and too much heterogeneous ma
nure are the principal causes given
for the cork-like development. The
disease is certainly worse On rich and
wet land. In answer TO the question
l will say, that so far as known, the
depressed, rough spots on potato
tubers, usually called scab, are the
result of normal growths carried to an
excessive and destructive development
through surroundings adverse to the
potato, and that there Is nothing of a
contagious character in the malady.
The scab or the seed can not, in this
view, affect the next crop. The differ
| ence in the structure of the skin of
different varieties is quite enough to
account for the facts noted in the letter
of inquiry.-Prairie Farmer.
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A Des Moines, Iowa, Sensation.

Great excitement was caused in Des Moines
by Mrs. j. Gould, wife of a leading restaurant
teur, attempting to revenge fancied insults
from DR.: Colvin, by attacking him with a horse
whip as he was leaving his office about6 o'clock.
The woman's husband pinioned the doctors
arms while she struck two or three blows. DR..
GOWN freed himself, and grasping the whip
threw it into the street and pushed The woman
off the sidewalk, which ended the fracas. Tho
doctor has been the assaulting party's family
physician until recently, and Mrs. Gould fan
cied he had been making remarks derogatory
to her character. AL the parties are promi.
nent there,
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I'll. 1sthmus rroub,. Ended.

Admiral Jouett telegraphed Secretary Whit
ney, from Colon, as follows: "The situation Of
the isthmus is unchanged. Trains run across
regularly without molestation."
1t is tho general opinion among officers on
duty that the marines who were recently sent
from New York will leave Aspinwall on their
return home in the no1t two weeks. Admiral
Jouett telegraphs that trains now run across
regularly without molestation. Officers of the
marines apprehend no further difficulty, and
say 1t is useless to keep so large a force on the
isthmus unless the rebels show signs of con-
tinuing their devastations. Should the ma
rines return, Admiral Jouett will have a force
of about GOO men to protect Americans and
American interests.
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E NEWS GOSSIP.

Gen. Lzandro Barriilas succeeds Barrioa "A
president Of Guatemala
The prince Of Wales was cheered and the
lord mayor Missed IN Dublin recently.
The house OF commons refused 10 order the
evacuation OF the soudan by 3 vote of lab to 39.
It Is reported that Riers forces have crossed
the South Saskatchewan and are on the way to
meet Gen. Middleton.
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Marshal Bazaine, the French General
Who was ct one time under sentence Of
death Tor cowardice in surrendering
1letx during the Franco Prnssian war, is
nov penniless and in q most destitute
ccndition At Madrid. Il il said that the
DINO dsAnrnals, who presided over the
general lsourt-mKrtialAt Versailleswhich
sentenced Marshal Bazaine to death,
has just learned Of the refugees poverty
md sent him some money.
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Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, ) distinguish.
cd surgeon Of Boston, gives smokers
the comforting assurance that "the per-
Yoentage Of cases Of cancer Of the lip re-
stltinE from smoking, is 30 small COM
pasedsvith that from other causes. Of
I'm unassignable, that it il an argument
OF little weight against the use Of to-
bacco." And the British Medical Jour
nal goes to the length Of saying that
cancer WA never produced by tobacco.
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minn.sota Railroad Commission.

The board Of railroad commissioners-Gen.
J. H. Baker, Mankato; s. S. Murdoch, Muir
dock, Swift county, and Gen. George l. Beck
or, st. Paul met at their offices in the capitol
and organized by clecting Gen. Baker chair
man, and E. L. Warner, clerk. Mr.. Warner has
been Gen. Bakers clerk for sometime, and was
a member of the legislature from Blue Earth
county. The board paid its respects to Gov.
Hubbard. and devoted the remainder of the
day to a careful consideration of the law, TAX
ing up each section in turn and discussing its
scope and intent
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The mercantile failures for the quar-.
ter ending 3Oth March, number 1865,
which. compared with the correspond
ingSquArter last year, shows an increase
~ 862 failures, o. about IL per cent.
The liabilities for the quarter jnstclosed
foot up $46, 1sl, 95l. against s4o,ls6, 97S
Tor the corresponding period Of last year,
increase Of nearly Sc, 1000 900.
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Important Military Changes.

An order has been issued at the war depart
ment assigning Assistant Adjt Gen. Thomas
M. Vincent to duty as adjutant general of the
department Of Dakota at Fort Smelling, Mimi,
instead Of the department Of tho Platte, at
Omaha. Assistant Adjt, Gen. Samuel Brock is
ordered to Omaha from Fort Smelling. Gen.
Absalom Baird is detached from duty ut the
war department and ordered as inspector gen.
eral OF the division Of the Missouri, with head
quarters at Chicago. Lieut. Col Hughes is
ordered to tho division of the Pacific, with
headquarters At San Francisco. Maj. Heyl is
ordered to the department Of Texas, with
headquarters at San Antonio, and Maj. Burton
10 ordered to the department OF Missouri, With
headquarters st Fort Leavenworth
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THE CASUALTY RECORD.

Cullsinger d Co.'s starch factory at Edin-
burr. Ind, burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
Wooden mills Of Bellfontaine, Ohio, ow ned
by s +. Miller and Frank J. Scarf, burned
Loss, $4,000; insured.
Ten stores, being half Of the business por-
ton OF Robinson, Kan, were burned recently.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The Excelsior knitting mills at Bethlehem,
Pa, owned by ]. T. Sinner, were destroyed by
fra Loss, $4,000; partially insured.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

Tom Clancy ives fined $50 in Chicago for as
saulting Melville E. Stone, editor of the News,
on election day.
Marine Bank Fish Of New York was found
guiltyon several counts and is liable to getfrom
five to ten years.
John Higgins, a farmer living near slayton,
has been arrested and confessed 10 the rob-
berry OF the postoffce at that point He will
be tried at the next term Of the United States
circuit court at Winona.
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DO Lewis says he had nc d ficulty in get
ing into bartooms in any part of Iowa. OF
course he didn't. 1t Is pretty cold weather
when Dio has to GO thirsty.-Son.eviUe Jour.
nal.
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county superintendent on or before Aug. 10,
and county superintendent must report TO the
state superintendent on or before Sept 70.
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oR1
of Rev. DR.. Hoyt's connection with the
board of domestic mission, congratu-
latory services were held in the Epis.
copal church. Bishop Hare and manv
of the clergy of Southern Dakota were
present. DR.. Hoyt was the first pastor
Of an Episcopal church in this terri.
tory.
The ex animation of J. 81. Bell closed
at Pierre aud he was held without bail
for the murder of T. G. Small. Ben
nett, his a~ccomplice, in default of $780,
600 bail was also committed. Bell says
the Chamberlain Register, came out
from New York and stopped at Cham
berlain for q season. From there he
drlfted to Huron and Pierre. One year
ago Small, his victim, was his partner
in the land business. They quarreled
and Small put Special Agent James on
the trail, and the result was the lndict-
ment of Bell for fraudulent entries.
Last December Small mysteriously dis
appeared and q few days ago,a MS already
published, his body was found near
Blunt. H
Pierre is to have sec, 900 worth of
water works.
The Father d. Smet Mining compa
ny OF Deadwood declares it's forty
ninth dividend at 20 cents per share,
aggregating $40 900. Total dividends
for 1885, $50, 900; grand total of divi-
dends from opening to date, $3.50, 900.
The Homestake mine has declared its
seventy-ninth dividend at 25 cents e
share, aggregating $31 $50. Total div
ldends for 1885, 500, $50, Grand total
OF the mines dividends from opening tc
date, S9,6S7, 500.