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MISCELLANEOUS.

The Armour Packing Company, Of Chicago,
has received additional cable orders from the
British War Department for the shipment OF
400, 1000 pounds of canned meats. The same
company has orders from the Canadian Govern
ment for 225,0O0 pounds of canned meat for
shipment to Winnipeg. MIR. Pierre Loriliard
has subscribed $1,000 to the fund being raised
by the New York World for the Bartholdi
pedestal. M. Bartholdi telegraphs that the
statue of Liberty will be shipped on board the
Government transport Isere, leaving France
about the 9Th of Msy.-George Peabody Wet
more, Republican, was elected Governor Of
Rhode Island on the 1st inst-Ith has for some
time been reported that Mrs. Garfield has been
contemplating a marriage with Rev. dr.
Taylor, of Pennsylvania, but the rumor is now
said to be false.-Mrs. Mary Vadders, of Phila-
delphia, was cremated at Lancaster, Pa, on the
Sd inst. The deceased died on Tuesday of para
lysis. The body was taken to Lancaster by the
husband and daughters of deceased.-Miss
Lillian Smith, California girl IA years old,
last week broke 100 glass balls with Winches-
ter rifle in two minutes and 30 seconds. This
beats ali previous records DR.. Carver's best
being two minutes and SO seconds.-The cor
ner stone of the first colored Catholic church
in Virginia was laid at Richmond on the 9Th
inst, with imposing ceremonies. Right Rev.
Bishop Kane officiated.
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Arrested After Many Years.

In 1862 Almond F. Ellington, a well-to-do
farmer living near Rice's Depot, Prince Edward
County, Va, suddenly disappeared, the only
trace of him that could be discovered being his
hat floating OH a mill-pond in the vicinity of
his home. diligent search was organized, but
without avail. The mill-pond even was drained,
but no trace of the missing man found. Several
persons We're arrested on suspicion, but were
discharged for lack of evidence. Seven years
after Ellington's disappearance colored man,
while looking for rabbit which had taken
refuge under pile of logs, discovered a skele-
ton, which was identified as that of the missing
man by means of ring on the little finger and
gold plugs in the teeth. A few weeks ago, on
the southern border of Texas, gentleman over
heard three co!ored men talking One of them,
in relating his history to his companions, said
he had murdered a man in Prince Edward
County, Va, early in the war. His knowledge
of these particulars induced the gentleman to
write to the Clerk of Prince Edward County
about the matter. An investigation followed,
and, as a result, the colored man, Crawford Je-
ter, runaway slave Of Ellington, is under
arrest and en- route to Prince Edward County
to be tried for the murder of his master in
1862
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RIEL'S REBELLION.
Battleford Burned - Indians Joining the Half
Breeds

Breeds.
The town of Battleford, Manitoba was burned
by Riels band on the 31st ult. and 10 citizens
massacred. The Stonies and Creeks Joined in
the attack. All the buildings in Battleford
were pillaged and burned. 1t is expected that
Big Bears band and the Fort Pitt Indians will
also join in the rebellion. Big Bear. with 800
warriors is with Riel, who is now said to have
1900 armed men, but no field pieces.
The ardor of the Canadians is undated.
Every one is urging the authorities to send
$1,000 or 10000 troops to the Northwest. The
number of volunteers willing for active service
is very large. Thirty thousand men could be
raised in day. The Toronto University stu
dents are organizing party of scouts to go to
the front for guerrilla warfare. Gordon, the
leader of the movement, served through the
Abyssinian war. and afterward was a scout in
the Indian war in the United States. If they
raise a company of so the Minister of War will
accept them. Six hundred volunteers, under
Col. Ouimet, NJ. p, started from Montreal on
the I'd. The Government have ordered 10000
Martini Henri rifles, and the whole force will
be armed with these instead of the Snyder
rifles, as at present. The Government has also
ordered 100000 rounds of cartridges.
The report that the Canadian Government is
about to ship troops and arms through Mime
sofa via the Manitoba Railroad has caused much
excitement in Fenian circles in Dakota. 1t is
reported that Secretary Bayard has refused to
allow Canadian troops to come through the
United States in view of the dangers from
dynamite.
Capt. Howard, of the United States Army,
has left for Winnepeg to instruct the Canadian
troops in the use of the guns recently pur-
chased by the Dominion Government in this
country.
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THE AFGHAN TROUBLE.
Present Appearances Point to Peaceful Solution
of the Difficulty.

The war which has been threatening so long
between Russia and England, and which last
week seemed almost certain, has been averted
for the time being by the acceptance on the
part of Russia of the British proposal that the
frontier line shall be drawn not further south
than karezelias and Chameniheid or further
north than Shirtepe and Sarivazi. This does
not. however, end the trouble by any means, as
the Ameer of Afghanistan considers that an
acceptance of the offer violates the integrity of
his dominion. The Enlir of Bokhara, de-
pendent of Russia, has agreed to allow the
passage of Russian troops through his dominions
in case of war with England
In spite of the conciliatory answer of Russia
she is taking active steps to place her navy on
a better war footing, and it is thought by many
that her acceptance of England's proposal is
merely trick to gain time. In addition to the
five heavy ironclads, the seven half plated
cruisers and five torpedo rams being built for
the Black and Baltic Seas, number of cruisers
and torpedo rams are being rapidly fitted out at
Nicolaieff the station of the Russian Admiral
and fleet, at the confluence Of the Ingul and
the Bug. The cruisers are from 5000 to 5000
tons burden, and will each be armed with from
10 to Ia cannon, about half of which will be of
large caliber, The vessels arc expected to at
tain speed of at least Is knots an hour The
torpedo rams have a displacement of about
5000 tons, and are estimated to go about Is
knots an hour. They will be armed, in addi-
ton to the torpedo apparatus, with six 9-inch
and four smaller guns.
Lord Dufferin, the British Viceroy of India
on the part of Great Britain, has negotiations
in progress with the Amer of Afghanistan,
which are likely to end practically in an An
glo-Afghan alliance. The Ameer will obtain
from Great Britain a special subsidy for the
maintenance of an Afghan garrison at Heret of
sufficient strength to insure the integrity of
that entire district. In addition tosthis it has
been decided to give the Ameer the services of
an English engineer and of number of En-
glish officers to superintend the work Of con-
structing series of fortresses which have been
decided on as a line of defense along the from
tier. OF course it is stipulated that these for
tresses are to be garrisoned and defended by
Afghans exclusively, but Russia may find cause
for irritation in the scientific and professional
military aid openly and officially given by
England
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A Lawyer Killed and Buried by his Creditor.

Some time ago, Forrest G. Small, of Blunt,
OAK, a lawyer, was missing and a man named
Bell, with whom he had some difficulty, was
suspected. Ferdinand Bennett confessed a few
days since that he was present when the muir
der was committed; that Bell waited for Small
about eight miles north of Blunt: that while
Small was drawing his receipt for $15 in set
Element of their differences, Bell killed him
with Ratchet and then buried the body, at the
same time threatening Bennett with like fate
if he revealed the fact party went to the
spot indicated by Bennett and exhumed the
body and the harchet. An examination of the
remains disclosed three cuts and four Commissions.
The skull was broken in FIVE places, and one of
the cuts on the throat severed the iugular vein.
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SONGS OF THE WAR.
How "J0hn Browns Body" was Written-Mrs
HOwe's Battle Hymn.

~. r. Grdphic.i
Some one describes in a Philadelphia paper
the methods of Frank Howard, popular singer
and ballad composer. 1t is stated that after
writing the words he will get together several
members of the minstrel company with which
he is connected and they will all sing, suggest
and criticize while he embOdies on the piano.
till at last the melody thus hammered out is
made to fit. The author of the famous war song,
John Browns Body" describes in letter to
The Graphic similar process in connection
with that wonderful piece of passion and nom
sense patriotism and brutality, high wrought
enthusiasm and emotional ervOr. The author,
Mr.. Jerome Leonard, resides at Russell, Kan.
He was boy of 16 years during that first bat
tie Summer of 1861, living at Leavenworth,
Kan, where his elder brother was an orchestra
leader in a variety theater. Leonard was
fond of music and very much in the habit,
with boy companion, of drumming off COM
,bination tunes from old melodies floating in his
head. The 9Th Kan, commanded by John A.
Martin, now Governor of the State, was in
Leavenworth during juno, 1861, preparing for
departure to Kentucky and Tennessee, from
which department it did not return until
the war was ended The soldiers frcquented
Canterbury, and "John Brown Had Little
Niger" "One More River to Cross" "Canaan's
Happy Land" and other catch songs were ex-
hausted. Young Jerome heard his brother
to his room and hammered out of an old cracked
piano and two old Methodist camp-meeting
tunes the stirring bythmc melody with its
"hailelnia" chorus we know as the John
Brown song and music. He wrote two of the
verses afterwards so famous, and it was sung on
the boards that night 1t set the soldiers wild,
and 80 travelled from Leavenworth to Boston
Harbor, where it was adopted by the 14th
Mass, then garrisoning Fort Warren. By them
it was brought to the Potomac. The 9Th Kan.
carried it to the armies OF Thomas, Logan ct al.
A newsboy on the street next day added the
striking if coarse line, half-humorous, half
brutal and wholly impassioned:
Well hang jeff Davis to a sour apple tree
AS We go marching on.
With that line the John Brown song was
fairly launched and met everywhere in the
Union lines the favor of the soldiery and the
adaptive verdict of the people. Nothing ever
replaced it. Mrs. HOwe's Battle Hymn" was
sung by the camp fire, but the rude and STIR
ring John Brown, first SGT echoing over a CONT
nent by the boy Jerome Leonard, held its
place on the march and on the battlefield until
the end, and still has power to stir and rouse
with associations Of "deering do.'
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Mishaps ut q Funeral.

At the funeral of the 16-year-old daughter of
John Wells, at Wesleyville, Pa, on Friday last
the pail bearers were six young women. AS
they were carrying the coffin into the church
two of the pail bearers slipped and fell. The
coffin fell to the ground, and the shock burst it
open, exposing the remains. One of the young
women tainted away. The coffin was recosed,
and men took the place of the women pail
bearers. While the coffin was being lowered
into the grave the rope broke, and one of the
men and the coffin fell to the bottom of the
grave. The coffin was again broken open, and
80 badly damaged that a new one had to be OBJ
tanned before the service could be completed.
Abel Cole, the man who fell into the grave, was
seriOusly injured
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The Markets.

The discoursgng reports of the small acreage
of wheat sown last Fall and the probable injury
done the crop by the severe cold have caused
prices to stitfen little, although the peaceful
solution of the Anglo Russian imbroglio has
disappointed those who had large quantities of
this grain for sale. April wheat closed at 754
cents; May, sol June, s2i. There was brisk
demand for April corn at 37s; May, 415 and
Ju<,, 42a. Oats have increased fraction in
price, and sold for 3li cents cash; April, 2S3,
and May, 30 cents. The demand for barley at
62 cents was dull Cash and April pork was in
fair demand at SLIGO.
The receipts of live stock were not large, and
the prices shade lower than for the past week.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-04-09
The Famous Notre Dame.

On the 30th of last January, the Sisters of
the most noted Catholic ladies' seminary in the
United States, the famous Notre Dame, at
Govanstown, near Baltimore, Nd, made public
a card, certifying to the beneficial results
attending the use of Red Star Cough Cure in
that institution. They state that they found
it eflicacious alike for relieving coughs, oppres-
sions on the chest and irritation of the throat.
Officials of the Boards of Health of Brooklyn,
Baltimore and other cities have likewise pub
licly proclaimed the virtues of this new dis
covery, which is entirely free from opiates,
poisons and other objections.
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GAR. RECORD.
An Extraordinary Offer.

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Extenuating Circumstance.

IefdS S!tiAgS.
"You are accused of having snatched a hand
full of small change from the till of grocery
store OH Austin avenue" said Justice Tegener,
to Jim Webster, cOlOred prisoner.
Eyes, yer honor, knows did; but when
man am hungry, and hain't had muffin to eat
for more den two days he am desperit an
crazy, and he dOan keer SHAT he does. ;"
But it appears that ut the time you stole
handful of small changer you had five dollar
bill in your pocket"
"Dat am so, but I did not want ter bust
five dollar bill. As soon as y0a busts five dol
lar bill, hit melts right away"
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The RolIer.Skatlng Craze.

The New York Legislature has taken the
roller skating craze in hand. Two bills are
pending before that body, and one of them is
certain to become law, with provision for
bidding the attendance of girls under ii years
of age at the rink without parent or guardian.
Physicians also claim that the prevalence of
pneumonia in New York is largely due to the
imprudences and exposures incident to this
rink business.
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Wants His Skull Ouened.

George II. Mills. a wife murderer, Is to be
hanged in the Brooklyn Jail on Friday next
He says the question of his sanity has not been
sufficiently investigated. ~ know that have
something wrong in my head" he said one day
last week, and want my brain examined. I
am willing to undergo an operation, even if
they take off the top of my skull. They can
take piece out of my skull easily enough !;
trepanning they call it, think"
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THOUSANDS of the best hOusekeepers in this
country say of JAMES PYLE's Pearline ut is a
necessity in our Kitchen, laundry, and for house
cleaning" Personal experience prompts us to
say word in favor Of it. The annual con-
sumption of Peariae alone is proof of its utility
and We know that we arc saying a word in
good cause, when we advise every one to try
Pearline. 1t reduces the toll and drudgery Of
woman's hardest work by one half, and is harm
less to hands or fabric. Another proof of it's
marits is the numerous limitations. Beware of
them, they are dangerous.
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Another Connecticut Murder Mystery.

On the 9Th inst. the evidence of a murder
was washed up at the lighthouse five miles be-
low the city of New Haven, Conn. Fishermen
discovered the body of beautiful woman OF
medium SIZE about 30 years, well dressed, lying
on the beach partly in the water. The body
was taken to a morgue. There was nothing about
the woman to show who she was except 4 gold
ring the inside of which was NAKED E. to NJ y
On her throat were two wounds, evidently made
by knife or some other sharp instrument
Her shoes were filled with coal dust, which may
indicate that she was aboard some coal schooner
or barge
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Medical Item.
fTso.0s ,SjffinOs I

Clifton Nicholson, of Waco, Texas has been
studying medicine for several years at New
Orleans. He was home on a vacation not long
SINCE His grandmother had cold in her
head, and asked him to give her something,
but he neglected to do so.
That's pretty howdy d." said the old
lady Indignantly. "You have been studying
medicine for three years, and you can t prescribe
for your old grandmother when she has cold"
90, can prescribe for you just the same as
if had graduated, if that's all you want but
1t amt going to do you any good"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-04-09

A man attacked with Brights Disease, OF
any kidney disease don't want fine words-but
its conqueror, Hunts Kidney and Liver]
Remedy.
We must tell of the great spec:fc,-Hunt's
kidney and Liverl Remedy. II never fails 70
cure Diabetes, Dropsy, Driehts Disesae. &c,
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A V0raciOussAppesite.

EDTdke's Trarel!ces Ha0asine
Tramp-Will you please give me 10 ce nts to
buy something to eat?
Old Gentleman-Arens yen the same man l
gave 10 cents to last weekf
Tramp-Yes, sir.
Old Gentleman-Well, hare is 10 cents more
but you must never askMs for money again.
You should learn to contrib your appetite. In.
temperate eating is as ssbad as Incorporate
drinking.
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Three or four hours every night coughing.
Get immediate relief and sound rest by using
Wells Rough on Coughs" Troches, l5c.;
LIQUID. 25c.
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Don't disgust everybody by hawking, blowing
and splitting, but use DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
and be cured.
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The distinguished U. S. Senator from Indiana,
Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,, certifes that in a
case of rheumatism in the back, he obtained
instantaneous relief from st. Jacobs Oil. He
saws il is a remarkable remedy.
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Eight per cent. Loans. Call on S. II. Baker,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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Ny husband writes LADY, il three times the
man since using Wells Health Renewey."
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Prevalence of Kidney Complaint IN America;
"Buchu-psiba" il quick, complete cure. 81
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Stingirg, irritation, all Kidney and Urinary
complaints cured by '+Buchu paiba." 81.
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METAL POISON.

am coppersmith by trade, and the small par
tices of brass and copper from filing got into sores
on my arms and poisoned my whole system. Mer-
curry administered brought on rheumatism. and
became helpless invalid. took two dozen bottles
of Swift's Specific. My legs, arms and hands are
all right again 1 use them without pain. My
restoration is due to s. s. s.
Jan. g. 1885. PETER E. LOVE, Augusta, Ga.
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INDUSTRIAL.

o. w. Potter, President of the North Chicago
Rolling Mill Company, announces that the mill
II South Chicago Will be put in full blast this
week. Thirteen hundred men will begin work.
making the total force l,S00 men, and the pay
roll 100000 a month"; company with large
capital has been organized at Chattanooga,
Tenn, for the manufacture of fruit evaporators
On a large scale.-Hundreds Of acres in Clar-
endon County, S. c., that have been lying idle
for years are now being prepared for planting.
One good sign is that farmers are planting more
corn than usual.-The failures throughout
the country during the seven days ending on
the 4th inst. are the smallest during any week
in the present year, aggregating 1877 for the
United States, and "a for Canada.-The How
ard Watch Company's Works, in Roxbury,
Mass, resumed running on full time on Mon
day last. The company gives employment to
eyer 200 hands.--The aggregate number of
new vessels built in New England during 1884
were Ill steam vessels, valued ct $685., 600; I46
sailing crafts and large ,harges, valued at
0Ns. 500 fetal value. $Ea13, 400.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
INDIAN WAR CLAIMS.
[OFFICIALl
Office of the Board Of Examiners
Carson City, Nevada, :
AprIl 7th 1855 |

| OAACCO luc bOdTu Oh EXam1n6rS.1
| Carson City, Nevada,
| April: 7th 1885
Notice is hereby given by the Board
| of Examiners o. .he .State o. Nevada
by authority of, and in compliance with
| an Act entitled IAN Act relative to the
proving of Indian War Claims" approved
February II, 1875, that they the said
Board are prepared to examine into all
claims for services rendered, moneys
expended, Indebtedness Incurred and
supplies and neccessaries furnish ed be
tween the first day of January, A. d.
one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
and the date of the approval of this Act.
in repelling invasions and suppressipg
Indian outbreaks and hostilities within
the territorial limits of the present
State of Nevada; also, that they will
examine into all claims for horses.
equipments and wagons actually lost
by those engaged as aforesaid, while in
the line of duty in actual service
Claimants are notified to present
their claims by petition to this Board,
amounts and items thereof,
within sixty days from the first publi
cation of this notice. Said claimants |
may appear before this Board and pro- |
uuce such evidence as they may have in J
support Of their respective demands.
State Board of Exa m iners
Attest: WELLS DRURY,
Clerk of the Board
Nevada, Ayril 7th