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THE PAULDING NEW ERA
dalLas. ueokoia.
It really in somewhat strange and 'al
most incredible that Harvard, with! all its
service and long array of alumni, fur
nishes only one United States senator.
Yale does better, having three senators to
represent her, while Princeton and Ham
ilton have two each, and Bowdoin and
Williams one each.
Side by side in a recent number of the
London Time* were three advertisements,
each one announcing that a man named
“Smith” was aliout to change his nnmc
to “Fuber.” ' It will be remembered that
“Faber”'is simply the Latin, equivalent
of "Smith.” The plain Smiths of the
country will probably say that a living
language Smith is about us good us a
dead language Falter.
In order to settle the question as to tho
proper treatment for ]arsons who havo
been frozen, Dr. Laptchinkski lias made
a scries of very careful experiments upon
dogs. He found that, of twenty animals
treated by the method of gradual resus
citation in a cold room, fourteen per
ished; of twenty placed at once in a
warm room, eight died, while twenty put,
immediately into a hot bath recovered
quickly and without nccidcnt.
There is a pntient in a Scotch infirmary
Buffering from a painful disease in which
'every person who uses a cane is inter
ested. It is a sore of the hand, brought
on by the pressure of n round-knobbed
stick against the palm; in this case it has
affected the muscles from the fingers to
nbovc the wrist. A speedy cur* is not
probable. Tho surgoons sny that a stick
with u handle, instead of n knob on
which the palm must press, is the thing
to carry.
The queen of Madagascar goes to Sun'
day-school, but she passes into the
chupel, where guards, with fixed bayon
ets, stand ten deep. Within the chapel,
where one thousand persons may find
seats, the queen sits high upon a throne
at the side of the pulpit. An English
man, who attended a service of the
school recently, was struck with the fre
quent use of the word “civilization" by
those who spoke and prayed in tho na
tive tongue.
Goveuor Swiuford. of Alaska, hart a
Like all inventors, M. Pasteur must
naturally expect a certain amount of ridi
cule, and the wickfd Paris press is just
now making fun of\im. For instance:
Scene, M. Pasteur's studio. Entei a re
turned Tonquin expeditionist, who re
marks: “ 1 would like to be inoculated
against the hydrophobia.” M. Pasteur
—“ When wefre ybu bitten V' £xpedi-
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
HAPPENINGS OF INTERE8T
FROM ALL POINTS.
EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATES.
The recent unusually severe and prolonged
rain storm flooded about twenty colieries in
.. , - the Schuylkill (Penn.) anthracite coal basin,
tionist— Well, 1 was not exactly bit- and compelled a cessation of work, nearly
ten, but I entertain suspicions about oue out'empfeymnti tempornrily thrown
of tho dogs which I ate. ’ In an interview at Scranton, Penn., Gener-
' — ; - ■ *1 Master Workman Powder]/ says that in
Pennsylvania burglars must be polite vlew of tho railroad officials' refusal to snb-
i w .,,,, ' . . niit the difficulties in the SobtbWest to arbi-
beyond their fellows, A story is current tration. the Knights of Labor were justified
that am .aged Mennonite couple, living 1 *? continuing th? strike. He was confident
. ' t.llil. thIO tt*Alll/l La IUa ln-f waont t.ni1t*«,nrl 1
near Allentown, heard a burglur break
ing into the house, but made no outcry.
The intruder, masked, soon stood before , rine Arta at Phila . leIphia de ,troyed'the
HURLED INTO ETERNITY.
4 FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD WRECK
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
A Traill Plaacrs Dows aa Eaibaakaieni
■OO Pert mail.
A Greenfield (Mass.) dispatch of the ?th
gives the following particulars of the fright
ful railroad disaster which oceuiTed that
night, midway between Bard well’s ferry and
West Deerfield station, the cast bound passen
ger train from North Adams, due at Green
field at 0:05 r. u. goiug over an embankment
‘JUO feet in height:
The train was the Eastern express, aud con"
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
MANY HOUSES IN LACROSSE, IP IS.,
SUCCUMil To THE FLAMES.
them, but to all his threats made to ex
tort money, they replied that they feared
him not, for God was stronger than he.
Ho finally left when the old roan had
given up two dollars as a compromise,the
demand having been for fifty dollars.
. that this would be the last great railroad , . . . , . . --—
- Strike in this country, and theught it would «***» of abaggage car, a smoker, a sleeping
, teac h both sides a uiful lesson. cur - a ott '’ anl two ordinary passenger
' 1 a —iq. ■ t , , , . cars. 1 ht tram w«, in charge of Cjii-
n ; . . u the__PennS'lyan:a Academy of doctor Foster, with Herbert Littlejohn ai
engine r. Tho point while th? accilent oe-
northern picture gnllery nnd some of the fin
est paintings and statuary in the collection.
William H. Miller, another of the New
o: k ex-al leniien cborg.M with bribery,
has lieeu arre-ted. He wus found near ra
tafia, Fla., by two New York detectives,
and In ught to the rU.tropohs.
Ten hod es Lad been recovered from the
railroad wreck, near Deerfield, Mis?., on the
An electric hoy has been on exhibition | &
The Kholie Is'and election hos resulted in
. c 'oss of Go tru r Wetmore mid all the
in Edinburg, nnd a gentleman who writes
to the electrician says he made such n
thorough examination of tho ca$c as to
satisfy him that there was no deception.
He was a colored boy. The writer says:
“I had the boy stripped naked. While
thus naked he walked in my presence,
and also sat on a wooden ' seat with his
feet off the ground. In every position
in which I tried him I found electricity
proceeded from his body when I touched
it with one finger. The electricity came
with the greatest freedom from the upper
half of his body, and especially from his
tongue.”
The increasing value of horses is note
worthy, according to the New York
Time*, which says: “An index to this
gradually growing value is afforded by
the export of these animals from Canada
to the United States. About 32,000 arc
brought over annually, and while the
average value three years ago was $95 per
head, it was $140 last year. This in
crease of about 45 per cent, in three years
about equals that in the valdc of our
native horses of the same grade, , The
same fact applies to mules. It shows the
profit that may be made in rearing horses
lest of tae Ki'pnbli.'un ti 'Uct except Attor-
ney-l ient r aU i yalt" The latter was defeated
by Edwin Metcalf, candidate of the Demo
crats and Prohibitionists The constitutional
aau uvmerit prohibiting th ■ manufacture and
®a.c of Intoxicating liquors was carried.
SOUTH AND WEST.
IV hilk plowing in his field Joe Coughman,
a Newberry (S. 0.) fnrmer, unearthed u pot
Ol ancient gold coin .worth «13,U00. This
lucky find has set half the county to plowing
lor treasure pots.
1 he striking Kuights of Labor in the
Southwest issue 1 a bitter manifesto against
on the (ith. It was addressed to
the “H orxingmen of the World,” and de
clared t hit Gouhl must ho overthrown.
, r ', A r» hu r, chief of the Brother
hood of Hallway Engineers, has been in St.
Louis in consultation with tho Knights. Vice
President Hoxie, of the Missouri Pacific,
claimed to lie running trains with considera
ble regularity. The company has brought
1,’XX) Suits against persons alleged to have in
jured Hud de-trdyed its property. Several
tmvns notified the company that they would
pa} - all damages inflicted within their limits.
i CjxcwNATi’a municipal election, just
held, has resulte 1 iu the success of the entire
Republican ticket by majorities ranging
from 4,(KX) to 7,00 ). *
A ROPY of 2,000 striking railroad employes in 8
our red is the most dangerous oil the road.
The track ru us on tue edge "lane ubauknient
20J feet above Deerfield river. The haul: is
steep and is covered with huge boulders and
masses of shale rock with which tho road-bed
had lieen filled. When the train a.rrived at
this point the track Pognn to settle under
it for a (listen je covering its entire length.
The coach es broke from their trucks an 1 w ent
rolling over anil over down the precipice.
The engine broke from the tender, tearing up
the track fowl went}-feet, below l-ulied the
Deerfield river, on the very edge of which
the cara were thrown. As soon as they Struck
they caught tire from the stoves The shrieks
of the woutide 1 nnd dying filled the air, and
for a time the Hcene was terrible. The sleep
ing car, occupied by several pasrengers, was
an entire wreck. One little girl was picked
up dead.
As soon as the news reached Greenfield a
special train wus ma le up and sent to the
scene of the disaster, hiving on board sever
al physicians and se tion men aud a few
citizens. On arriving at tho scene
of the wreck a horrible sight was
witnessed. The darkness of night
had settled over the spot. Far down oil the
river bank could be seen the smouldering
embers of the train. It was impossible to toil
who was hurt aud who was killed. Stout
hearted trackmen were lowered cautiously
down the treacherous height, and the work of
res ue began.
Merritt Seely, superintendent of the Na
tional Express company, of Boston, was
found in tue wreck aud" taken to the relief
iar. He ha 1 n wound four inches long and
half nn imh wide over his left temple. His
left thigh was broken, and also his left lognc
the knee, lieside which he sustained fatal
internal injuries.
The Fitchburg coach was the only one that ‘
escaped the conflagration. Deputy Sheriff
Bryant, of Green field, who wus iu this car,
res tied the bodies of two children from the
flames, hut one was (lead aud ti.u other dy
ing. D. C. Weils, c f Andover, had his shoiil
dec hurt aud his head cut. The ear iu which
sized ifork horses. 'The increased value
is chiefly due to the continued demuud
by the city nnd town hors? car road
companies, who use up a homf m three
years, and consequently need'tb re-plnce
their whole stock in that time. Mean-
farmers to make a profitable business.”
Kansas, at a meeting a few davs ago, passed I amy of Music,
resolutions refusing the inYi 1 -**-- 1 ' 1 -
Offsetting a Claim.
In one of the northern counties ol
Michigan P. Q. Smith bobbed up serenely Knights of Labor to'boycott,
before the Hoard of Supervisors with a SSSST&C an'd^Uef’‘
claim for $150 for alleged services ren- classes”
Icrcd the county in the capacity of extru |
deputy sheriff during a recent misunder- I
standing between cupital aud labor.
The Chairman of the board reflected a
moment and said: "Mr. Smith, you were
indicted by the grand jury in this county
some years ago, were you not?”
distinguished caller the other daf. This} I while, as villagesvgrow to .towns, they
"Was Kal-\ak, Chief of the llootz-noo- ~ ~ "
boo or Hoocheuoo tribe of Indiuns. Kal-
Yak wus accompanied by his valet, says
the Alaskan. As a usual thing Indiuns
do not have valets, but this chief was a
jbig man at Killisnoo. AVhat he wanted
from the governor was a commission as
policeman so that lie could rule his In
dians with tho authority of the United i
States backing his own. He got what
he desired and purchased a policeman's I
baton he depurted for Killisnoon uccom- |
panied, wo presume, by tiio valet.
A prominent electrician of Philadelphia
lias received letters patent for an inven
tion which he says will revolutionize the
mail, telegraphic and telephonic systems
now in use. Ilis plan is termed ami clec- I
tro-pneumatic transit, nnd is designed to
carry letters and packages from city to
city ut a rate of nine miles a minute.
Tho tube will be of brass, incased iu j
iron, through which a close-fitting me
tallic carriage containing the articles
will be projected by a volume of com- ]
pressed nir. Intermediate cities- and
towns will have tubes connecting with
the main tube, and the destination of the
carriage will be under the control of the
operator at the main office, who will man- ;
ipulate the switches by electricity, and
thus be enabled to send the carriage to
any desired point. It is also intended to l
introduce it for local use, to take tho
place, in a measure, of the telephone.
m as deputies. j • n., u>m lies iiuv unu uwuu rut. uugii
child to’d'-i tli’ hi.Vrr It'? 1 , t ' V0 'J eftr ‘°*'* K. \\ arner, eLairmnu of the Greenfield be
child to death, his arrest follow, Q g the ma I of fielectmo ’,, wa , |] y hurt.
eutere.l the yards of the various companies dec t .... , t ,
at East St. Louis on the 7th and conroell" 1 “ e ' vns rating was broken in two. aud stood
the moo at work to st;p mid 'o n them.' The 1 ou 011,1 within a few feet of the river bauk.
sheriff's deputies wueie hustled a-iile but ' Nicholas Dorgau, of Greenfield, had liis left
fiimlly-the strikers were halted bv a number arm 1111,1 ankle broken, and was seriously in-
of deputies with leveled Winchester rifles, jured internally. A little girl who wai a
Armed men arrived by every train to protect passenger on the train died ill his arms from
of the right sort, viz., ordinary medium llie railroad companies, and were all sworn injurio-s received. J. E. Priest, of Littleton,
. , , , J , in as deputies. N. H., had his face nnd bead cut. Lugmeer
Herbert Littlejohn, of North Adams, was
f. A.
board
nc £ ■ —>» — oi selectmen, was ca lly liurt.
.1 _ I At midnight four more bodies were taken
,r i ,5? , !.i. t L 1,AL ’. Reskjmg near from the wreck, including that of Brakeman
nau Claire, Wis., riftwthsL given birth to f('Ur Hpeneer. This made six persons found dsad
male babies, weighing altogether twenty dp to that time; several were fatally injured,
pounds, nil Jail alive and healthy. aud muuy others more or loss seriously hart.
„Bv tba rapsizlrxjf’oj tue sttaaier MoiTutaln ) ' - * •-**--
find these roads necessary, and thus the I §£ w £*i. Ml,oro ' Ky ” lhrce meu wcr *.|
demand for suitable horses is insatible, ; A pitched battle between members of twoTj
and offers an excellent opportunity for political factions at Laredo, Texas, resvdtellfl
r in the floats of five mon aud the wounding of "
several others Nearly a.000 meu, 200 oil
hors.*! ack, engaged iu the fight. \j
The Farmers’ Alliance, of Hopkins county
PERSONAL MENTION.
General Looan will addre?s the Grand
nny posts at Grant's tomb on Decoration
ay.
SpOSTMABTER GENERAL VILA* Will da-
tho Memorial Day oration at tho Atud-
WABIHNGTON.
ar? ?t. eu Knights of Labor la Co-,.
TemKie Claflin, who recently married a
wealthy*. Engli-hmau, has a stepson who is
forty-two.years old.
General William R. Terry has been
chosen superintendent of the Confoderu..-
Soldiers’ Home at Riclimaud.
The wealthiest resident of Reading, Penn.,
has become insane because six men were
killed in nn accident in his mill.
;Kino Kalakaua has entered the lecture
field. He recently delivered a lecture on the
geologic origin and history of Hawaii.
H. M. Hoxie, vice-president of the Mis
souri Pacific railroad, and Jay Gould's West
ern lieutenant, was once a stable boy.
Queen Victoria will visit Liverpool in
May for the first time since 1851, when she
was accompanied by the Prince Consort.
Colonel P. P. G. Hall, paymaster
Turn
g.'ess.
In tho Iowa contested election ease o£
Campbell vs. Weaver, the House election
committee has decided by a party vote iu
favor of Weaver, the Bitting member.
The Senate has confirmed Mr. Trenholm’s
“Yes, sir,” modestly observed Smith.; no "> ill “ l ‘C’ 11 1o ll - c.rutti-oH" 1 ' of the currency.
, . , The Mexican peitdon bill passed by the
1 ou were convicted and sentenced House directs the secretary of the interior
for three months?” P la, ' e the names of.all tho surviving otfi-
.... . „ . '. cers. soldiers uud sailors who enlisted and vuw.si.u *. i. u. mu, paymaster
1 es, sir, replied icuntil, w-lthouttk served in the war witli Mexico for any period j United States army, is the only living de
ostentation. ‘during the years ls+L 1847 ana 1848, sccndant of William Penn in this country.
... , - Rbd were uouornblyl discharged, and their Germany lies eieht. s-lmols nf finest rv
"\ our case cost the county $125?” surviving widows, Jthe pension roll at the where five years’ training U required of thwe
"I guess so,” stammered the "f**— t. •».
deputy doubtfully.
“You have at two different . ,
served sentences in the county jail, ut an United'statM P for°tbidishrict of Ne^v J°eriyt le ^’ . ,
expense to the county of $541” hn?Whhtoal?hS . G “
Smith was silent, as he began to see land, of Pennsylvania.aitKingston, Jamni- I 11 ™ 50 .^ ia to her hancD with the docility of an
the drift of the Chairman’s remarks. oa - I* J. Iiupre, of Alabama, nt SanSalva-
..... .. r dor; J. Cecil Legare, of Louisiana, at Tnm-
"We will pass your claim to the credit pico; Moses H. Satryer. of Connecti-
of your account. You still owe the i' ut - Trinidad, fosttqpsters—Andrew
The peasant of the south of France
seems to live about ns frugally as any- |
body. It has been computed that he ;
spends for food for a family of five au
average of four cents a day. For break
fast he has bread with n preparation of
salt fish, which he smears upon it; for
dinner, stockfish or a vegetable soup and
salad, and for supper, lentils, beans, or
other vegetables. In the season, raw to
matoes and dry bread frequently make a
meal. Coffee and macaroni are too ex
pensive for more than infrequent use, but
there are always onions and garlic.
Water is bis drink, with a little very
thin wine once in a while. Rabbit he
has occasionally as a flavor in a vegetable
stew, but that is n-b’.vnry. Beef • mut
ton he tastes hardly once a month, lie
dresses poorly, and hardly looks as if the
world treated him well. But his self-
denial is not for nothing, lie has a bank
account, and in the matter of hard money
is well enough off.
county $29.”
As Mr. Smith groped in a dazed sort ol
manner toward the door, the board pro
ceeded to elucidate the true inwardness
of the next claim.—Detroit Free Press.
Satisfied With (he Assertion.
Wife—"The larder is empty.”
Husband—"So is my pocket-book.”
Wife—“The coal is gone.”
Husband—“So i» my credit.”
Wife—“We have no flour in the house.”
Husbaud—“And I have no money.”
Wife (emphatically)—"Well we can’t
starve.”
Husband (relieved)— * ‘Thank goodness.
I was afraid we should have to.’’—Boston
Beacon.
Speaking from Experience;
Bolgertop (reading)—Here's a strange
remedy for bleeding at the nose.
Duseubury—Wliat is it?
IL,;;.,, A WgOiOSs’Woihdhg or uiu
jaws will prevent it.
Duseubury—No good—emphatically
no good.
Bolgertop—How do you know?
Dusenbury—My wife frequently has
nose bleed.—Call.
mas:
ad “ Massachusetts;
uccrdin, Mas-.: Theo
dore H. Feun, at Lee, l^a-s.; Jeremiah Mur-
Lornuel A. Keith, nt
lliu C. Ward, nt
[for i P. Nelson, nt
lin F. Va'l, at War-
P. Newkirk, nt Ox-
jsos at Auburn. N
•t Belmont. X. Y.;
eld. N. J.; Charles
'enn.
Shanahan, nt Kook’,
William Buttrick, at C.
phv, at Beverly, Mass.
Bridgewater. ‘Mass.:
North ties'. Mass ; R a
Oneouta, X. Y.: lieuja
wick. N. Y.; Frederick
ford, X. Y.; Wm. J.
Y.; Alice M. Crattre
Thomas Hill, at Ha ldon
F. Young, atColumbi
infant.
Mbs. Secretary Whitney will give no
more large ent rtninmeuts this season in con
sequence of the recent death of her grand
mother.
The average price of orange groves iu Cal
ifornia is fl.lK.U ] eracre. Tliere are seventy-
five trees to the acre, and each one produces
about ten Lores of fruit.
Jenny Lind is sixty-three years old nnd
exceoliuglv unattractive iu appearance; but
the moment she speaks one forgets this, her
voice is so soft ami melodious. She has one
son. nn officer in the British army, and tnc
daughters happily married.
Opc Thnusnnd Mm Oat af W«rk and 40C
Peapie Rradcffd IlaHieleaS.
One of the mflit d’sart-ous confisgrations •
that ever visited Wisconsin broke out the
other morning hi John Paul’s mill at La
crosse and swept southward, destroying the
mill and several million feet of lumber be
longing to Mr. Paul. Toeucc it swept to t.hs
yards and mill of C. L. Col man, destroying
everything to the river and for •
two blocks to the southward. The
llaraes leapevj rapMly from on 1 pile to
another despite the exertions of th» entire
fire deportment.. All the steamers were
brought into (orvice and nil tho power tlmt
could bo obtaiued from th? mill pumps, the
city water works and the focal hydrants.
The scene about the conflaTra'lni lie-ome
thrillinr. 1’iiousanls of peonl? thronged
tbc str ets, the sidewalks a:i 1 the
housetops to witncsi the eoofln-
grjit on. The fire origins‘ol from
n Mrnrk fro’n the mill R f a *ks or irom
the furnaces. In fiftren minot-s tv mill was
dqoine‘1. nnd In thirty minutes i’ fell in min*
with all its splendid rnachln-rv There was ■
no staying the progress of th - finma-. which
lumie.l to the great pile of luml-cr and
in an hour male n seething s-n of
flame ( against, the heat of whi-h no
fiiemsn could stand. Tli' wind was blowing
fresh from the north nnd the Annies moved
stendily southwest. All efforts to stop them at
Caiman's mill proved futile. The immense
structure was soon a mass of fire. Tiie plan
ing mill adjoining was also caught. The
workmen and the fire de'xirtment then turned"
their attention townrd Cass str.-et, wber > a
force of men were set to work to tear down
the lumber piles, that the flames might be
stopped there. All hone of saving tho im
mediate propertv wns ahaodo'in 1 \ train
of eightcars lielonging to the Milwaukee and
bt Paul read was consumed.
At 2 o’clock it wns evident that the larce
factory of Seselke, Kohlurs A Co. was
noomea Tho bln/f* broke ouft in tho store
house of the snsh factory in Se^ord street,
efiuiingr n flame of fire one hloek In lenerth.
The four-story house and shorts burned with
iiflrhtninK rapidity, an 1 people east of Second
street l^e-’an movinz out.
The fire was completely undo” control l^e-
fore o o'clock. The departments from Wi
nona, Minn., and Runrta, rendered excellent
aid. A careful estimate of the los? places it
«t $1,000 000. of which, as individual heavy
losers, O. L. Colmnn is greatest, his loss
beinT $400,000, with no insurance. John-
Paul’s loss, mill nnd 5.000,000 feet of lumber,
is estimated at $150,000, insured for $00,000,
The fire laid waste ten blocks, which included*
two of the largest lumber-yards in Wiscon
sin anrl some eighty small hou«e*. Fully
1.000 men are thrown out of employment and^
400 persons rendered homeless.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Mr. Boccic.* ult's new play, "The Jilt,”
s a great success.
Verdi is reported to be engaged in the
composition of a new opera.
Camillo Urso, the distinguished violin
ist, has been concerting iu the South.
Kmma Nevada, the singer, lias become the
guest of Mrs. Senator Jones, iu Washington.
■ Mikh Anna Dickinson is writing a histori
cal play to show up man's inhumanity to
women.
Princess Christian recently plaved the
piano at a “free people's concert' at Wind
sor, England.
P. S. Gilmore will lead the band at Man
hattan Beach, Coney Island, this summer, as
he has doue lor years past.
The roof of the theatre at Hurotnal,Japan,
gave way not long ago, nud fell upon the-
spectators, 150 of whom were killed or seri
ous'}’ injured.
Sir Arthur 8ullivan is turning his at-
teutiou from light opera aud is again es
saying more serious works. He is uow en
gaged in cemposiug a cantata.
A musical museum hns L>eeu organized at>
Milan, and is to have au exhibitiou of antique
aud rare musical instruments, accompanied
by a series of so called historical concerts.
Adelina Patti is said to know perfectly
forty-seven complete operas, having actually
appeared iu public in forty-two, several
of which she has sung in French as well as
Italian.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett adds to his
re;>ertory next season a five-act tragedy en
titled “Harold, the Last of the Saxons,”
adapted from the Gorman of Herr Ernst von
Wilderbrucb.
Mr. B. B. Valentine, who originated
Puck's “Fitzuoodle" papers, iu association
with Mr. John G. Avilsou, the author of
“Nordcck.” is preparing a comedy in which
Fitzuoodle is to be the central figure.
Miss May L. Tikkt, tho daughter of Hen
ry K. Tiflt of New "Vork, who rereutly made
her debut iu the opera of “Lucia” at her
Majesty's in Loudon, is spoken of by a Lon
don paper ns the most successful debutante of
the season.
A writer iu the St. Paul Pioneer-Press
sajs that Saivi’ii. the Italiau tragedian, can
never remember his lines, and is compelled to
constantly have a prompter iu attendance.
He claims that lie cannot do a part justice
when he devotes his atteutiou to remember
ing the words.
Ire beaato hasconfr ii**d tbe nominations
lliuols, and Charles
t> be civil service
Stocksluger, of I11-
onunissioner of the
of John D. Oberly, of
Lyman, of Connection
commissi' ue;-.-, and ST?
diana, to be nssbt.im
general land office.
A number of no,illations for internal
revenue collectors tiling been retorted
favorably l>y the Setitt- finance committee
upon receiving notic< flom Secretary Man
ning that no chants against the 'officials
whose places were ffl-d had been filed, thev
were confirmed iu ajeutive session. This, it
Is stated, is h’reni'tito be th? itolicy of th?
Senate majority, j
The President ty. nominated Obadiah
Cutler to Lk' eolle '(4 of customs for the dis
trict of-Niagara, Ni York; Edward War-
field, to be sarveyolf customs for the port
of Baltimore. M-i. ;Sio:nas (4. Haves, to lie
United States attefi-y for tbe dls’ri t -;f
States marsLaf
Maryland; Cvr
be " register c
Wortliington, Min
receiver of public Bui
Nev.; Samuel 1. lvAi,
lie moneys at Cei* City, Col.: John'
McClernand, of Ulffs, to le a member of
tbe board of registfeon and eltsi-tjoa in the
Temwi-y wl VuLn;
Ir the aisa'iet ol
j P. Shepard. t
; the land office at
Edmund James, to b?
i’uev s ut Carson City,
s receiver of pulr
Gamix.—I'd like ter carry y rg ipsack
Bos*, but I s’pose yer’d blow : w iv 'f ycr
didn't hev it terjiiud’r hold ycr down.—
Tid-Bits.
A IJtingerons Pastime.
“Isn’t it against the rules to touch tl
animals at the menagerie, ma?” aski
Bobby.
“I believe so,” was the reply.
“An" dangerous, too, aiu't it?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Well, pa had better look out, then,
heard Mr. Smith tell him that if he didr
quit pulling the tail of the tiger he'd 1
sorry for it.”—Fern Time*.
Expert Evidence.
“Say,” observed T( mmy to Mr. Giml
the other evening, “does'it hurt a man
be shot:”
“Of course it does. Tommy,” replii
that gentler an. “Why do you ask?”
“Oh, nothing.” responded the yout
“only 1 should think you'd suffer aw ft
ly. I heard jsi le t Mary last night th
you had been halt shot'for the past s
months.”—Fern York Grnpf.ie
Cold Biscuits for that Niglit.
“George,” said Mrs. De Gaggles, s
verely, “I saw you coming out of
saloon this morning; what does th
mean?”
“Didn't suppose I was goin' to spen
the day there, did you?” was George
dutiful reply.—St. Paul Herald.