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THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
I'sci of Turpentine.
Let any one who has an attack of
lockjaw take a small quantity of turpentine,
warm it and pour it on the wound,
no matter where the wound is, and relief
will follow in less than a minute,according
to an exchange, which says
further: Nothing better can be applied
to a severe cut or bruise thin cold turpentine;
it will give certain relief almost
instantly. Turpentine is almost a certain
remedy for croup. tSaturae apiece
of flannel with it and place the flannel
on the throat and chest, an 1 in a very
severe case three or r'our drops on a lump
of sugar may bo taken inwardly. Every
family should have a bottle on hand.
Fcvcw.
Typhoid fever is never found unless
Sw, with tnmp vinl.'it.inn of
4U VUUUtVbiWU Ti AVM wvu.w ? |
sanitary laws. On some premises the
cesspool is so constructed thttt when it
is full aud overflows the overflow will
be into the cellar of the house. We know
many such instances. This overflow is
most dangerous and should be anticipated
and prevented; but if not, disin-'
fectants and ample venti'ation should be
freely used, until the cellar is perfectly
innocuous. Aud here we would throw
out a hiut to those who are building to
avoid this contingency. On some premises
the sewage is so disposed of that it
filters through the soil into the well and
pollutes the drinking w.itcr. On some
the barn-yard is so near the well tint it
canuot i.iil to pollute it. CemcntoJ
cisterns and cisterns above ground, such
as are seen in New Orleans, San Fran- i
cisco, and other places, insure clean and I
wholesome drinking places, w th only
moderate care. Life and health can bj
maintained only by obedience to established
laws, and those who violate these
laws, whether through iguoranee or
carelessness, must pay the penalty.?
American Rural Home.
Boileil Water as a Healthful Drink.
I wish to call the attention of your
readers to tne beneficial effect of boiling,
in increasing the potability of water, a
fact which does not appear to be generally
appreciated or understood. Had
this practice prevailed on the first outbreak
of the typhoid disease at Plymouth,
Penn., it is very probable th t the number
of cases of illness and of deaths might
have been very greatly diminished. In
cholera seasons this treatment is especially
important, a3 water is largely the
medium of introduction of the injurious
influences into the system. During the
Ceutenni'il exhibition I was stationed in
"West Philadelphia, near the Centennial
building?, for six months, and although
cases of diarrhoea were prevalent all
around me, the use of boiled water r.p
peared an absolute preventive. We tricl I
several cases of illness of this clns? before
we* began to use this very simple
precaution, but none afterward. The
fishy taste of the Potomac water at the
present time, due to the solution in it of
decomposed vegetation, or of freshwater
sponges, can also be in great
measure removed by the same process. I
have usually enough water boi'cd in the
morning to last through the day. This
is placed in a large water cooler, without
ice, and drawn from when required to
fill ice-pitchers, etc. The water should
boil actively at least for half an hour, in
order to completely destroy the germs of
disease. Of course this is only effective
in cases of organic impurities, as mineral
poisons would not thereby be destroyed.
?Spencer F. Baird.
A 3Icthoilleal Traveler.
"Yes," said an elderly and sedate
passenger, "I am a commercial traveler,
but not one of the new school. I belong
to the old regime. My tendency is to
ward quiet modesty aud slow-going.
Beside, I am very methodical. I work
by system. My route is laid out to cover
just nine months of travel every year,
and year after year it is the same. My
sleeping car berths are always engaged a
year ahead. I always have the same
berth, ride in the same hack, and have
the same room in the same hotel as on
the former trips. This is all arranged
in advance. When I call upon a customer
and get his order I tell him that
at the same hour exactly one year hence
I will be with him again. At every hotel
my room is ready for me, with a fire
in the grate, my slippers before it, my
dressing gown hanging in the wardrobe,
pictures of my wife and family upon the
walls, and my letters and telegrams upon
the centre table. This, too, is all ar*
? r t _ s _ _ 4..
ranged montns aneau. 1 nave iour seis
of slippers, gowus, pictures, etc., and
as soon a* I leave a hotel these arc
packed up and sent ahead of mc by express
to be arranged previous to my arrival
in another hotel. I even order my
meals a year in advance, and by referring
to my schedule can tell you within
a minute where I will dine and what I
will eat any given day months hence. Of
course I am called a crank, but I take
delight in these things, it costs but little
and makes travel for me a constant
pleasure. The greatest satisfaction I
have in life is in carrying out these precise
methods. Excuse me, but I get off
here, and over there I see my hackman
with the seat in his carriage reserved for
me which I ordered exactly a year ago.
? Chiatfjo '1 'rave'er.
Getting a Hire "Un tick."
"I will tell you ail incident connected
with telegraph tig by sound," says telegraph
operator in an exchange. "After
I came to New York I lived in a quiet
street, which is now a noisy thoroughfare.
I spent most of my time when
away from the office in my room. One
evening, while sitting at my window, I
happened to look across to the opposite
house, where I saw a pretty girl at one
of the windows. She was leaning against
the casement tupping on the glass with a |
peucil. After this I saw her at the same I
place many times. We had got so far
as a nodding acquaintance, but I had no I
opportunity of speakinir to her. One
afternoon, having come home somewhat
early, I was seated at my window thinking
of my pretty friend opposite. I
almost unconsciously tapped a salute to
her on the window-pane with my pencil, j
lminor the telparanhic sisrns. 1 was verv
""" ~ O l kJ much
surprised when a reply came from
her in the same way. She understood
the sisrns and could use them. After
that we had long talks across the street, i
and as our inlcrest in each other deep-!
ened into a warmer feeling many a tender
message was sent by the air-line. You
may upt believe it but we were engaged
to be married before we had ever exchanged
a word or before either had
heard the other speak a word. Afterward
I was introduced properly, and
married the young lady the following
Christmas, and that is what I call getting
a wife 'on tick.'"
i*? ~ .1
l/uro ior u vuiu.
Put your feet in hot water
As high as your thighs:
"VVrappe your head up in flannelb
As low as your eyes;
Take a quart of rum'd gruelle
When in bed as a dose;
With a number four dippe
Well fallow ycur nose.
{Written in 1430.)
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
King Milan's Force3 Driven Out
of Bulgarian Territory. ,
The Servian Troops Ihworalized by
a Serie3 of Defeats.
i
DUpatch33 from London give tho following
lata particulars of the war between Sorvia i
and Bulgaria:
Th j Servians atticked tbe Bulgarian cen- i
tre, but were repulsed, and rotiroJ in disor- (
der, crossing the frontier near Tziribrod.
Tho Servians are now retiring from their |
positions at Tm. The Bulgarians have ad- <
vanced to tho froutier. Widdin is being ]
shelled by the Servians, but has nob baeu
set on tire. The Bulgarian commandant
there prohibited the passage of eight Aus- ,
t. ian tugs. >
One of the saddest incidents of the present
struggle between Servia and Bulgaria is the
death of General Jovanovitch, late couiniander
of the Danube division of the Servi- '
on a i*iii xr wl in hua rw tl 111 i tltarl s!lif;ilio l)V
shooting himself with a revolver sooner than
survive the disgrace caused by his dismissal
from the army. At tha battle of Slivnitza 1
the general is said to have disobeyed orders 1
in advancing to the attack, hence his military
death and eventual suicide. i
Ibe euiparor of Au^ ria has donated $10,- ,
OQJ to ba used in s ic:ormg the tJarvian t
! wounded and has forwarded 1,01)0,001) cigarettes
for their uso. Bat the presence of an .
Austrian battalion i.i Servia at the present
moment would do morj good than all the
cigarettes m the world. 1
rfolia, the dirty capital of Bulgaria, is
wild with excitement over the news being 1
received from the l'ro:it, and the uninter
rupted su cession of Bulgarian triumpns. in (
I Soda it is rumorei that i'rinjj Alexander, of t
Bulgaria, has followed up his victories ..i
and is driving the Servians slowly
but suivly from Bulgarian territory.
The latest dispatch says that the prince j
storm jd the heights of Tzaribrod and oecu- (
pied the city, Alexander making a triumphal
ontry into the place and being receive I with
enthusiasm by the populace. This sett les the j
report that the S.rvian headquarters had 1
baen again removed from Pirot to Tzaribrod.
A decided confirmation of the latest
Servian disastor is telegraphed from
Belgrade, it being admitted that 3
tilj Servians are cjncinuing tlieir retreat, *
the m tin army having retire I behinl the
froutier. The troipi seem to b3 eat rely demoralize!
since the capture of Tizaribrod by <
tin Bulgarians failing back almost without re- ?
sistaucj to Alexander's victorious armies. The e
latter have now o.-cupiad all tha positions re- g
cently hold by the Servians in Bulgaria, and i.
are advancing to the frontier. The first 1
class of the Servian Landsturm has been t
summoned for active duty, and aft^r c
completing til) massing of his
army, King Milan, according to ,
despatches from Belgrade, will head a i
final attack upon the Bulgarians. If King r
Milan has the spirit of his dead general, Jo- s
vanovitcb, within him, he will perish at the ,
head of his troops or follow Jovanovitch's
example when confronted by disgrace caused ,
by military blunders. j
A dispatch from Vienna to the London
Times says: "Russia and England have indttced
the Porte to dispatch a note to Servia
counselling King Mdan t) stop the war. Tho f
Servian war accounts are unreliable. All i
3orraspo:v.lent> are ex :!u led from the Servian u
lines except two Austrian correspondents, I
wh se dispatches are cooked."
As far as can be j jdge 1 from tho conflict- l
ing telegrams, the situation at the seat of c
war is as follows: Princo Alexander has hel l 1
at bay tho Morava and Shumalia divisions, j
which were advancing via Radomir. and t
prevented them from joining tho Drina
and Danube divisious. Ho has driven i
the latter b.ick from Dragoman, j
The Morava and Shumadia divisions still hold c
their positions, and are probably commanded (
by King Milan. Tho people of Belgrade are ]
anxious as to how the Servians wi'.l escapc j
defoat. The Servian reverses are attributed j
to blunders made by favorites of King Mi|an, (
who are in command. (
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A GKEAT STORM.'
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Much Damage Dono Along the Atlantic
Coast. i
A great storm which laged in New York j
and vicinity for two days spread devasta- ]
tion in its track. The tidal wavo J
created by the easterly and northeasterly ]
gales rolled up over the coasts of New Jersey
and Long Island, ruining property to the extent
of tens of thousands of dollars. It united
with the downpouring rain to inundate the j
streets of New York and tho adjacent cities, ,
wherein there was also serious damage to ,
property. In New York the tide was the
highest ever known, and many cellars were ,
flooded.
A full rigged ship was wrecked on the Jer- ,
sey coast at Ocean 13oach, and one* sailor wa?
drowned. The stranded schooner Peacedalo
went to pieces. The roadbeds of nearly all <
the railways leading out of New York were !
more or Jess damaged. Coney Island was
cut in two by the high tide. Several bad
washouts are reported. The passeucers
of a train crossing the'
Newark meadows became panic stricken
when the engine of their train was derailed. !
They had to be rescued in rowboats from th9
surrounding wator*:. Among the Now Jersey
summer resorts the destruction was heavy, j
many cottages and bathing bouses at Long
Branch, Seabright, Asbury Park and other
places boing washed away.
Travel was delayed everywhere; telegraphic
communication was impeded; business was
brought almost to a standstill; loss, trouble
and discomfort were the order of tho day.
PROMINENT PEOPLE
G .h'erxok Oglesby, of Illinois, furnished
tho briefest Thanksgiving proclamation of
tho season.
Chief Justice VVaite has worn out five I
satin robes since he first took his place on the 1
supreme bench.
George W. Childs has the largest collection
of canes of any man in America. They
M-ere gathered from all quarters of the globe.
An* American ha^ beon appointed by the
King of Core* to be chief farmer, with a
view to introducing our vegetables into that
country.
Edgerton and titen'no&m, the new civil
service commissioners, are said to be the
handsomest men in the servica of the government.
Secretaries Endicott and W hitney discourage
further attempts to reach the North
pole, saying such explorations are of no practical
value.
Senator Gorman, of Maryland, Congressman
W". L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, and
Towushend, of Illinois, once served as pages
in Congress.
Francis Murphy, tb j temperance advocate,
is so much liked and wante.l in Pittsburg,
that there is talk of raising an endowment
fund, tho interest of which shall suffice
to pay him a salary ot' $10,0JO.
Ex-Preside\t Arthur is a voracious
novel reader. While he was Vice-President
bo spent hours in the alcoves of tbe Congres.
sional library looking up new novels, and he
liked love stories as weli as a girl in-her
loens.
r,- TT Jc
! JVlNti XlUMDbtU, Ui JlVC^lj f is umvj vigw?
years old. His face habitually wears a sad
and sober expression. The rare smile which
lights it is one of marked sweetness and charI
acter. His manners are courteous. He takes
great interest in the education of his only
son, a boy of ten years.
Lord Salisbury, the British premier,
I dresses very plainly and neatly; his rough,
dark blue overcoat and dark gray "ba'^s"
j are quite unobtru-ive, and thero is absolutely
I no p3L'uliarity about his attire. Unlike Ms*.
Gladstone, his collar is not conspicuous nor
are his trousers too short. A beaver conceals
his philosophic brow. His eye is oalrn. his
presence full of conscious power, and he is
in no wise a pretentious man.
j A very remarkable company of fifty persons
consisting of ladies, gentlemen and boys
of Russian nationality and forming the vocal
chapel in Moscow, will undertake this winter
a concert tour through Europe. The whole
fifty persons are clad in the line old Russian
costumes of the sixteenth century, and the
tour will last one year.
Three hundred and fifty-eight criminals,
who.have escaped from Georgia in the last
few years, are wanted in that Stato. The reward?
offered for thorn aggregate $100,OW.
NEWS SUMMARY.
Raiiern and middle State*.
Daxiki, Wilkinson was banged a fow
days since at Thonia*ton, Me., tor the murder
of Policeman William Lawrence in Bath.
Senatok William M. Evarts presided
at a dinner gjven by the New York Union
league club in honor of M. Bariholdi, the
sculptor of the Liberty statue.
A kikk at Plainfield, N. J., destroyed a
large lumber yard containing 400,0'K) feet of
lumber, several dwelling houses and other
structures, and caused!a lois of abjut $15;),0:x).
General McClkllan's will has been ndmitted
to probate and letters testamentary
jrantel to his widow, his so!e executrix.
Mrs. Maky Fialka, a widow and her
Uvo little daughters. azed six and seven ,
/ears, were burned to death in a New York
tenement house fire.
John Sharpless, one of the most promilent
orthodox Friends in Delaware county,
IVnn.. was murdered at his farm in Nether
i'rovidence by a strange colored man, the
uotive for the crime being robbery.
Ui* to recent date the Grant national
nonument fund had reached $100,000.
Sou lit and West*
Ex-Mavok John Howman, of East St.
Louis, III,, was shot and killed by an unknown
assassin while walking home.
Five womon were burned to death in a fire
which partially destroyed the County infirmiry
near Sandusky, Ohio. The superinomleut
was badly injured.
Nink out of the twelve prisoners, including
two murderers, in jail at Greenville, Ohio,
11 ado tbeir escape.
A la risk tree fell upon a cabin noar Seattle,
Washington Territory, and crushed three
iiiners inside to death*.
Thk will of David Dickson,a wealthy Georria
nlntihiir wrhr? 1 aft t.li? hnlir rv' hi?l Pstatfl
,.v. r I ?
;o a colored woman in trust for her two
uulatto children, has been sustained by a
jury.
Irwin Gri;rb, in jail at Pi?eville, Mo.,
or murdering and lobbinp a deaf mute, was
-akeii out by a crowd and hanged to a tree.
The annual convention of the National Aslociatiou
of Cattle and Horse Growers was
mid in St. Louis.
V* A?hing-ton.
TiOUis Sommkrkikld, a Pole, aged fifty-r,*w)
fears, shot and instantly killed his wife and
Jottlieb Eisenbaum at tbe latter's saloon in
Washington. Jealousy prompted the crime.
Thk President has made the following adlitional
appointments of consuls: To le conmIs
of the United States?Preston L. BriJgirs,
of North Carolina, at Montevideo, Uruguay;
William H. McArdle, of Mississippi,
it San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua: Joseph
IV. Merriam (a citizen of the United States),
it Iquiqus, Chile, and William C. Emmett, i
>f Vn f Qmtrma TnrfrATT I
jl no** i via, av uuij i jiu, a ut ?vj.
The coast survey reports great earthquake
vaves on the Pacific ocean at San Francisco.
I'hese earthquake waves were thirty-fivo
ninutes apart, and were as great as those ob;e?*vo;l
during the great upheaval in Java
iome years since.
Commissioner Sparks, of the land office,
ias decided that the commutation of a
lornestead is a turning of the entry into a
>re-eniptioD and is illegal.
Representatives of a dozen or more comnercial
bodies in New York city have united
n a memorial to the President asking him to
irge Congress to pass a national bankruptcy :
aw.
Of the 32.) members in the new Congress
80 are cliissed as Democrats, 140 as Republi:ans,
one Greenback Democrat, Mr. J. B.
leaver, of Iowa, and one Greenback Remblican,
Mr. Charles N. Biumrn, of Pennylvania.
TftiP n.o,lA f/NltAnrm^ orl.li. .
i nrj 1. ii70iux7iiv iiioaio uuu auuiiional
appointments: Andrew H. Ward, to
)o special examiner of drugs, medicines and
:hemicals in the district of Boston and
^harlestown, Mass.; William A. Beach, of
STew York, to be collector of internal revenue
or tho Twenty-first district of New York;
3artlott Tripp, of Yankton, D. T., to be
:hief justice of the supreme
jourt of the Territory of Dakota;
3eorge W. Miller, of Washington, Tenth, to "
ae marshal of the United States for tho western
district of Pennsylvania; Elijah Gates,
)f St. Joseph, Mo., to be marshal of the
United Staws for the western district of
Missouri; George N. Baxter, of Faribault, (
Minn., to be attorney of the United States
for the district of Minnesota; Benjamin F.
Led better, of Summertield, La., to be surireyor-goneral
of Louisiana; Thomas J. Bute',
of Ringgold, La., to be register of the
land office at New Orloans, La.
Foreign.
A Thurible cyclone swept ovor the Philippine
Islands. Eight thousand buildings, including
numerous churches and school
i m es, were destroyed, and twenty-two persons
were killed.
A Constantinople dispatch says the
rurkish irovornmant has warnoil Servia to
withdraw her tronps from Bulgaria or
Turkish troops will invade Servia.
Advicks from Calcutta. India, stats that 5,[KK>
people have l>cen drowned and l'.O villages
submerged in Orissa by a cyclone, and that
I, .' 11 s piaro miles of territory have been devastated.
Onk English official was killed, three other's
wounded and five natives were shot byth;
police during the progress ot' a religious riot
at Broach, India.
Lady Churchill..the American wife of
Sir Randolph Churchill, has been woi king
I ersj'. ally fur her husband's re-election to
the Brifc^h j ariiament.
A urspatch from IWjrrm'e. nnl'r.irjn. cays
that the Servians have evacuated all the positions
hitherto occupied by them.
The British steamer Iberian, from Boston
for Liverpool, with a cargo valued at $200,
0J0, has been wrecked on the British coast.
UNITED STATES SENATE
How it Is Divided, and the Elections
to Occur.
In the United States Senate, of the new
Congress, the Republicans have nineteen
States, as follows:
California, Massachusetts, Oregon,
Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, |
Connecticut, Minnesota, Rhode Island,
Illinois, Nebraska, Vermont,
Iowa, New Hampshire, Virginia,
Kansas, New York, Wisconsin,
Maine.
The Democrats have fifteen States, as follows:
Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina,
Arkansas, Louisiana, South Carolina,"
Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee,
Florida, Mississippi, Texas,
Georgia, Missouri, West Virginia.
Four States- Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey
and Ohio?have ono Democratic and one
Republican Senator. The States whero the
terms of Senators expire March 3, 1SS7, are
Rhode Island, We<t Virginia, Missouri,
Michigan, Massachusetts, Vermont, Nevada,
Mississippi, Maryland, Maine, Indiana, Connecticut,
Tennessee, Florida. Minnesota,Virginia.
Texas, California, New York, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, Now Jersey, Ohio, Nebraska
aud Delaware.
NEWSY GLEANINGS*
The Great Eastern is to bo moored at
Gibraltar as a coal-hulk.
The mightiest of sea monsters is a Russian
ram now being built at a cost of $2,500,0U0.
The next legislature of Ohio will have two
colored members, as a result of the late elec
tion.
An establishment where opium smoking is
to bo taught will shortly l>e opened in St.
Louis.
A Spanish journal advocates the use of
condomned criminals for cholera experiments.
Cotton1 seed prossad into blocks has just
boon put upon the market as "kindling
wood."
Manitoba is filling up with people. Tho
number of schools there in 1S71 wns sixteen,
in 1-SS1 it was l-'S and iulSS4 itreachod 3VJ.
A Buffalo surgeon saj[s cancer is becoming
alarmingly prevalent in this country. In
two years' practice he has encountered over
150 e ases of the disease.
The work of tracking and returning prisoners
who escape from the jail at Yumas,
Arizona, is intrusted to Indians, who, it 19
said, succoed in almost every instance.
Thsre Is a movement on foot among the
colored people of the country to raise a large
sum of money for the erection of a monument
at Washington to commemorate their emancipation
from slavery.
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
The Yice President's Unexpected
Death at his Home.
Action by the President?Mr. Hendricks'
Career,
? *
Tho unexpected death of Vice-Presirien!
Thomas A. Hendricks at his home in Indianapolis,
Ind., on the 25th of November, camc
with startling suddenness upon tho country.
Pftrtionlftrs nf th? sad Avant are oriven 111 the
following dispatches from Indianapolis, dated
the evening of the 25th:
Vice-President Hendricks died very suddenly
at his residence a few minutes before
o'clock this afternoon. Ho came home from
Chicago early in the week and complained of
feeling unwell, but nothing serious was
thought of it at the time. Last night he and
Mrs. Hendricks attended a reception at the
residence of Hon. John J. Cooper, and after
he came home he comp'ained ot" pains in his
side and stomach. Thi; morning he was nc
better and his family physician, Dr. Thompson,
was called in, who cave him an emetic.
Mr. Hendrick-t stayed in his room all day and
the most of the time in bed, although he sat
up at intervals.
Ho received no visitors, but about 5 o'clock
Mrs. Hendi irks left his bedside to see a callei
for a few minutes in the parlor. She was
delayed longer than she expected, and when
she returned to the room she found that Mr.
Hendricks was dead. The end of a busy and
eventful life had come peacefully and quietly.
On his face there wa3 no indication of pain 01
suffering, and his eyes were only half closed,
as if in a gentle sleep. Dr. W. C. Thompson
and relatives of the family were immediately
sent for.
There was nobody in his roim when he
died, and only Mr?. Hendricks, the servants
ond a caller were in the house at the time.
Mrs. Hendricks was almost d stra^ted with
grief, and could not restrain fcer feeling sufficiently
to talk. The house was soon filled
with onvii-iuo fV?.irir1o ivliiifi n rrnwrl
around the <?ate, and it was found necessary
to re.'use admission to man v.
Dr. Wcodburn, who came in with Dr.
Thompson, savs that he is incline 1 to balieve
thit the Vic* Pros dent's death was cau^ei by
some afTe tion of the heart, for i the cnuse
had bean apoplexy thsre wculd have been
some indications of it in the appearance of
his fac?. Mr. Hendri 1:8 complained principally
of his stomach 1 his morning, although
there was a nervous twitching of tho muscles
of his face. Just before he died his nephew,
Harry Morgan, was in his room, an 1 ft'r.
Hendricks wns complaining greatly, but suddnn'y
seemed to fea) a great relief and said:
"I am free at last. Send for Eliza" (meaning
his wifo), and these were his last words. Mr.
Morgan, not anticipating such a su Iden fatal
termination, did not deliver the message
ouieldy, and "when Mi's. Hendricks came intc
the room, just before 5 o'clock, her husband
was drad.
The news spread through Indianapolis like
wildnre, and all tho fire and other bells in the
city were tolled sixty-six times, one stroke
for each year of his life. All tho newspapers
put; out'bulletins, and their offices were
rrowrind with neonle anxious to learn car
ticular*. Manifestations of sorrow wero universal,
as Vice-President Hendrivks was personally
known to large numbers of people,
and was esteemed by all, irrespective of differences
of opinion.
At a meeting of a number of prominent
citizens, held in the United States district
court room at night, a committed, consisting
of Senator Benjamin Harrison. W. If. English,
Judge W. E. I\'il>la~k, Noble C. Butler
and Aqui'a Jones were aDpointed to confer
with the family and make all the necessary
arrangements for the obsequies.
Mr. Hendricks had no family aside from
his wife. His estate is valued at about
$100,000.
THE PR ESI DENT'S ACTION.
A Special ITIeetin? of the Cabinet
Held -A ProclamationTl:e
President was at dinner in tho White
House at 0:20 p. M. when the telephone ir
th9 telegraph room up stairs rang. The
White House operator answered the signal.
' Tell the President that Mr. Hendricks i<
dead,'' was tho message.
"What!" said the startled opprator.
' Yes," came the further explanation,
"we've just receivod a telegram from Indianapolis
saying that he fell dead a few
mi' utes ago."
"Oh, my!" exclaimed the receiver of the
T~J a tx*l?T>hnrm i**?n
uics^a^r* "o u? ? ?nw .???4
down stairs, nnd entered the small dining
rcfom, where the President nnd Miss Cleve
land sat at dinner. The President could not
believe tho sudden announcement. He at
ome rose aud hurried upstairs to get^somc
confirmation of the news. A brief inquiry
through the telephone satisfied him that
there was no possibi'ity of mistake. He rejoined
Miss Cleveland in the dining room foi
a moni'-nt and then went up to the library,
where Co'onel Laraont, bis private secretary,
joined him. A message of condolence was
at once sent to Mrs. Hendricks and the fol
lowirg announcement was at cnce sent bj
special messenger to each member of the
cabinet:
Executive Mansion, .Nov. 25, 18S5.
Sm: The President directs me to infora
you that tho Vice-President died at his home
in Indianapolis at 5 o'clock this afternoon,
The me nbers of the Cabinet are requested tc
meet the President at 8.30 o'clock to-night
Very respectfully,
Daniel Lamont, Private Secretary.
Tho members of tho Cabinet were all a
their homes when the message reached them
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Tliey started immediately lor mo ?v uiv
House. All the members were present a
this meeting.
It was decided that the President and th
niemb?rs of the Cabinet should attend th
funeral of the Vice-President. When th
Cabinet adjourned the President issued th
following:
Executive Mansion, Nov. 25. 1835.
To the People of the United States:
Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-President o
the United States, died to-day at 5 p. m. a
Indianapolis, and it becomes "my mournfu
duty to announce the distressing fact to hi:
fellow countrymon.
In respect to the memory and the eminen
and varied services of this high official ant
patriotic public servant, whose long caroei
wa* so full of usefulness and honor to hi
State and the United States, it is orderec
that the national ilng be displayed at half
mast upon all the public buildings of thi
United'States: that the Executive Mansioi
and the several executive departments in th<
city of Washington be closed on the day o
the funeral and be draped in mourning fo
the period of thi$y days; that the usual ap
vol V>rviinra 1 la rr?n
Srupriaiu nnuiai jr auu mifui ??wuwiw - ?ered,
and tlmt on all the legations and con
sulatos of the United States in foreign coun
tries the national flag shall be displayed a
half-ma?t on the reception of this order, am
the usual emblems of mourning be adoptet
for thirty days.
Groveu Cleveland.
By the President
T. F. Bayard, Secretary of State.
The following was sent to the secretary o
the Senate:
Executive Mansion, Nov. 25, 18S.\
To the Hon. .4nson G. McCook, Secretary 0.
the Senate:
I am directed by the President to inforn
you that ho has received intelligence of th
death of Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-Pi esi
dent of the United States, and to convdy t<
you his suggestion that -ou take immediate
steps, in conjunction w.th the clerk of th
House of Representatives, to secure a prope
representation of Congress at the funeral o
the deceased. Very respectfully, your obedi
ent servant. Daniel S. Lamont.
Private Secrotarv.
President Cleveland's dispatch to Sirs
Hendricks was as follows:
Executive Mansion*, Nov. 26, 1SS5.
MT. A. Hendricks, Indianapolis, Ind.:
The sudden and larneiU.ab'e rlcath of you
husband excites my profonnd sympathy fo
you in this hour of your great bereavement
and I sincerely mourn the decease of ono si
lately associated with mo in the execution o
the people's highest trust, while the natioi
mourns the loss of an honored citizen and i
faithful public servant.
Gtioveti Cleveland.
Tho work of draping the While House am
the various departments began the nex
morning. A largo force of workmen wa
engaged for the purpose.
The governors of Indiana and Ohio issuei
procln:nations eulogizing the dead Vic
President, and many messages of condolenc
weres<-nt to Mrs. Hendricks from prominen
men in all parts of the country. Mr. Tilden
who r.-.n with Mr. Hendricks on tho Demo
cratic presidential ticket in 1S76, sen
tho following dispatch to Mrs. Hendricks
"1 am inexpressibly shocked by the surprising
and painful intfllizence of the sudden closing
of the career of your husband. He has fallen
with the honors thick upon him and in the
acmo of popular esteem. In your personal
| bereavement I deeply sympathize, while in
common with the whole country I deplore
the loss of Mr. Heudricks as a public calamity."
"Flags were displayed everywhere at half
mast, and it was anro n^ed that the funeral
. at Indianapolis would be the most elaborate
held in the West since .President liarneld's odsequies.
President Cleveland and cabinet
signified their intention of being prosent. At
a meeting of members of both houses in
Washington committees of thirteen Senators
' and fifteen Representatives were chosen to
attend the funeral in a body
> The body of Mr. Hendricks was embalmed,
and a ca3t"of his head was taken by R. H.
Parks, an eminent sculptor.
| HII. HEIVDRTCKS' CAREER.
Conspicuous In National an<l Stale
Politics for it;any v can.
; Thomas Andrews Hen-iricks was bern in
i Muskingum County, Ohio, near the city of
; Zanesville, Septcmb?r 7, 1819, and consei
queutly was in the With year of his age. His
[ , father, Major Hendricks, removed his family
i to Madison, Indiana, wnen the future Vice>
President was but 1 year old. After receivi
ing a good school education, he# attended
i Hanover College, one of the pioneer institutions
of learning in the West. After his
graduation ho studied law, and at an early
[ age was admitted to the bar. Since that
; time he has been prominent in the legal profession,
except when he was commissioner of
lrtw/l rtffi c? rt rl flVA fftl?TTlO
[ | iuc ^ouoiai lauu vuiuo ?un vuv ??v w*
two years each when he was governor
i of the State of Indiana. For thirtyi
seven years he has been before the
public?ever since he was elected to
i the Indiana legislature in 1348. In 1850 he
was elected a delegate to the convention
' which framed the present constitution of his
State, and was vnry active in its councils,
i The following year he was electsi a member
of Congress for an unexpired term, and was
returned to the House at the next election.
> In 18S5 he was appointed by President Pierce
i commsssioner of the general land office, which
position he held until 1850. Mr. Hendricks
i was elected to the United States Senate in
! 1863. In 1872 he was elected Governor of
. | his State over Colonol Tom Browne by 1,048
majority, and served in that capacity until
"Bine Jeans" Williams took his seat in 1877.
Mr. Hendricks's ability and political sngaciity
made him a prominent candi date for the
i presidency as far back as 18G8, and in the
convention of that year he atone time led all
> tne ocner aspirants, receiving cue souu vuw ul
the States of New York, Indiana, Minnesota,
and other States in the great Northwest.
Ohio, howerer, throw her vote and influence
1 for Horatio Seymour, and caused a stampede,
1 which resulte 1 in Mr. Seymour's nominatioa
Shortiy afterward he was made the candidate
of his party for governor of Indiana,
and, aftar a most exciting campaign, in which
he engaged in a joint debate with his opponent,
Conrad Baker, ha was defeated by a
plurality of 942 vote.'. After the election of
1872, and before the meeting of the electoral
1 college, Horace (jreeley, the standard bearer
1 of th3 Democracy, died. Whjn the electors
i met Mr. Hendricks received forty-two out of
the sixty-three to which his party were en1
titled.
1 At the Democratic National convention iu
1 St. Louis in 1S79 which nominated Mr. Tilden
1 t for rresid9:it, Mr. Hendricks was nominated
1 I for the office of Vice-President on the first
ballot In the election of that year Tilden
and Hendricks received 4,284,835 popular
votes to 4,0.JJ.950 cast for Hayes and Wheel
er. -The e'ectoral votes of Florida, Louisiana,
South Carolina and Oregon were disputed.
The story of the formition of the
j electoral commission, and its decision by a
; vo'eof eight to seven in favor of Hayes and
Wheeler, is too well known to require repati[
t:on here. Mr. Hendricks returned once more
| j to his law practice in Indianapolis, h:s firm
| I inw b3coming Baker. Hendricks, Hord &
( Hendiicks. Conrad Bak^r. the Vice-Presi
I ent's oi l political opponent, was a member
I of the firm.
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mr. nenurit'KS was uytiiu a muuiuuic iui
the Presidency in 18^0, bub the nomination
was given to General Hancock. Mr.
Hendricks opened the campaign in behalf of
t Hancock and English in Marion, Ind., on
August 12. 1SS0, and woiked actively for
j them during the rest of thi campaign.
t . In 18S4 the Democratic National conven,
tion met in Chicago, Mr. Hendricks for the
fir-it time attending it as a delegate. H3
placed the name of Senator McDonald before
the convention as a candidate for the presidency,
but on the second ballot re 'eived hims.df
the votes of all the Indiana de'egates except
his own. Governor Cleveland, however,
had more supporters in the convention than
Mr. Hendlicks, and received the nomination
( tor President. When the convention was
( ready to re -eive nominations for the vicepresidency
Mr. Wallace, Pennsylvania, arose
; and pros -nted Mr. Hendricks's name.
. Governor Waller, of Connecticut, Gover:ior
Hubbard of Texas, and other
J prominent delegates supported the
, nomination, and upon the roll
; call, every vote of the delegation was cast
for him. The enthusiasm of the convention
was great, and finally all present joined in
singing "Old Hundred" as the only means o"
' giving it expression.
, On the 4th of March Vice-President Hen
dricks was sworn into office. He occupies
r his cliair as president of the Senate durin
j the session of that body called to take acttcr
on President Cleveland's nominations. Sin
the adjournment of the Senate the Vice
{ President has spent the summer, as was his
j custom, in Indianapolis and Saratoga
i COST OF "GEInT'8 FUNERAL.
The Vntlerfa^cr's FIJI f'npatd?Some
CtcmN of Kxpen?o.
k Undertaker Stephen Merritt, of New
* York, was shown copies of Western newspat
pers containing statements that his bill for
the funeral expensss of Uenorai urant naa |
9 been rofused payment by tho war depart*
0 mont accounting officers. It is alleged in
o these dispatches that the total expenses for
the funeral amounted to ?.-2S,000, of which
$ 5,003 was charged for carriagos. Tho statement
is a s) ma le that an objectionable item
in tho funeral charges is the ?30 asked for the
' carriage u<ed by a certain naval official. General
Hancock is quoted as opposing tho allowance
o? these charge* on the ground that
they arc etewsiw. Mr. Merritt and his sou,
who is a partner in the firm, expressed aunoyance
and surprise over tho matter. "Our
bill is very modera'o," they stated, '"and
' amounts to ?14, ll?3.75 only. We don't know
whore the other *11,033 comes in. Our bill
includes all expenses at Mount McGregor,
wh )ro we hal five men working
day and night for sixteen days, railroad rare
up and down from New York, tho co.it of the
casket, the preparations of all kinds before
burial, the gloves and trimmings of all con
cerned, tho carriages horses, and indeed
overything required for the burial occasion,
The iargost charge for any one carriage was
$35. This was for President Cleveland, and
was drawn by six horses; the Yice-Presirfpnt's
carriage had four horses, and the
1 others two each. No chnrge of $50 for the
carriage of a naval officer is in our bill,
and we made no item of fi.lKJO,
tho largest item being .?5,2".0,
for more than 500 carriage'. This is very
f reasonable when it is considered that the
New York owners of carriages put up a
corner on us as soon aj General Grant ilied.
^ It required much tact to do anything with
' cairiage owners, and we only broke the
corner prices by securing vehicles
from Brooklyn and Jersey City. Even
3 owners out of town put up prices." Refering
to the statement of opposition to his bill
5 on the part of General Hancock, Undertaker
3 Merirtt said: "I can scarcely believe it.
e Why Colonel Hodges and General Perry,
r. commenting on my bill when it was prer
sented to them for auditing, said it was surprisingly
moderate. The whole trouble originates,
I think, over the lack of money ir.
the war department to the credit of the con
tingent fund out of which the funeral ex
penses muse oepam.
FISHERMEN'S PERIL?.
r
0 A Year's IiO?*cs of VcnsoI* and Lives
f ill (lie Gloucester fisheries.
11 The annual summary of the losses of vesa
ssl3 ami lives in the Gloucester fisheries for
tho past year show that thirty-four lives
1 were lost, against 131 last year and an
t average of 124 for each of the previous
s fifteen years. Tho men lo3t left five widows
and thirteen children in the city. The number
of vessels lost this year was twelve, with
d a tonnage of about (>;}(> tons,and representing
e a value of about $07,00.),on which was OiO
o insurance. Last year tlio losses numbered si.xb
teen vessels, with a tonnage of 1,104 tons,
i, valued at $87,000, and insured for $02,000.
i- Tho average loss per year for the previous
t fifteen years was fifteen vessels, valued at
i: ST^OOJ, and insured for $59,003.
PERILS IIP CITY LIFE
Tragic Result of a New York
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Tenement nouse rire.
A Widoy and her Two Children
Burned to Death.
The New York papers give the following
details of a fire in a large tenement house on
East Sixty-fourth street, at which a widow
and her two little children were burned to
death:
An alarm of fire had been sent out and the
engines arrived promptly, but the stairs
were soon ablaze to tho sixth floor, and
escape by them was impossible. Not more
than a "dozen persons reached the street
that way. The others either went to
the roof or to the front and rear balconies.
Although there was much excitement
and the women were screaming and the
children were crying, there was ample time
and opportunity for every one in tho house
to have escaped. When the firemen arrived
thiw trnt nnt lifft-sfl.vino' anuaratus. and
liino persons were taken down from the
balconies of the second and third
floors in this way. No report was ma le
at that time that any one was mining. The
tenants at No. 406 escaped easily to the
stieet, many, however, in their night clothes.
The homeless people were cared for by the
neighbors and in an adjacent saloon, the proprietor
of which made a number of them as
comfortable as possible.
The fire spread out of the third floor of ;
No. 401, and above that destroyed every department
to therojf, which fell in and extended
to the rear apartments on the sixth
floor of No. 400 and the roof of M.P.Breslin's
cigar manufactory at No. 402. When the
firo was completely under control and companies
began to overhaul the wreck
of the Ihree under floors of No. 404, a
rumor was started that Mrs. Mary Fialkaand
her children?Mary, aged seven, and Annie,
aged six?were burned. The woman, who
was a widow about forty years old, lived and
made cigars on an apariment on the front of
the sixth floor. She was not seen by her
neighbors when they escaped, but they supposed
she was safe,as they heard no outcry in
ner apartment The firemen began a search
iu the wreck of the sixth floor, which had
fallen to the fifth floor, and came upon the
bodies. It was evident Mrs. Fialka had been
surprised by the flanios, as she had only one
of her children near her, and she appeared to
have fallen while endeavoring to reach the
fire escape balcony. The other child was
found in another room. The bodies, which
were shockingly charred, wore taken to the
morgue.
Henry Kohut, a young Boh?mian cigarmaker,
was arrested on the charge of having
set fire to the building for the purpose of
getting the insurance upon his furniture. The
other tenants were so infuriated at Kohut
that they wanted to lynch him.
LATER NEWS.
Heavy snowstorms have visited many por;ions
of the Middle States In Pennsylvania
;he snow was twenty-four inch?s d >e;>.
A convention of believers in the faith
jure ha? juifc be^n held at Pittsburg. Penn.
Sleighing has already b>en enjoyed in a
portion of Maryland.
Washi.ygtox ministers are opposed to tho
proposed opaaing of some of the public buildings
o.i Sundays.
Consul "William Slade, at Brussels, in
bis unnuil rep >rt to the secretary of stat e,
says the average size of farms in the two
Plunders, provinces of Belgium, is about
seven acres, and that a farmer will support
his family upon the profits of a tract of six
acres.
The total number of emigrants arrived in
the United States for October, 1SS5, was
2-3,918, against :32,037 during tho sama period
in 18S4.
Further appointments by tho President:
Richard D. Lancaster to bj surveyor of cus^
? O^wrn Cif T /Ml tO \f A nllWOl*
UUU13 IUI' IUO pui V Ul kJU. XJJXAiJf uxu. , \siliVL
P. Renrick to be first assistant engineer in
the reveoue marinj servica of the United
States; M. L. McCormaok, of Grand Fork,
D. T., to b9 secretary of Dakota Territory
To be registers of land oBcei?Robert V.
Yeakle, of Little Rock, Ark , at Little Rock,
Ark.; Henry C. Tipton, of Melbourn, Ark.,
at Harrison, Ark.; Chester H. Warner, of
Colfax, W. T., at Walla Walla, W. T
Bartholomew Coffey, of Salem, Oregon, to be
agent for the Indians of the Umatilla agency
in Oregon.
Serious earthquake shocks have boen fe.t
in Spain and on the African coast.
London advices state that four deputy
commissioners aud four assistants have boen
appointed for Burmah. This is tantamount
to annexation to British territory.
John Bright defeated Sir Rinlolph
Churchill in the elections for member o?
the British parliament.
Two unoccupied frame dwellings in Jersey
City, If. J., suddenly fell, crushing to death
four little children?two boys and two
girls.
After a bitter and exciting canvass Fulton
county, Georgia, in which Atlanta is
situated, has been carried by the Prohibition
? ? A.IO ?T3^tf lirtna miff.
Uy Ul ljcnij. i. aiuj iin^o ?r^? w ?b l
nored in this remarkable canva?s, and on
election day the Prohibitionists and antiProhibitionists
were out in strong force,
working for their respective sides.
The Chicago Columbus Centennial World'9
Fair and Exposition company has been incorporated,
with a capital of ?1,000,000, to
hold an international exposition in Chicago
in 1802. In that year it will be 400 years
since Columbus discovered America.
A train was thrown from the track by an
immense boulder near Asheville, N. C., and
plunged into a whirlpool eighty feet deep.
The engineer, fireman and a brakeman were
killed.
General John- B. Storehouse, asnstant
adjutant general of th3 State of New York,
died in Wajhin^ton the other m>rning of
paralysis. General Stoneliousa was born in
Kent, Englanl, about 1S12, a id caraa to this
country in 1340, saitling in Albany.
Presidential postmasters appointed; Edward
D. Porter, at Joplin, Mo.; J. S. McGee,
at Paris, Mo ; D. Wilmot Scott, at Galena,
* ' " r - * t 'i*- . t
ill.; Jonn Aiarem, iittmutuii, mu., ucuju
II. Lease, at Tiffany, Ohio; William H.
Canon, at MerriJ, Wis.; Robert J. McNally,
at Keesevilie, N. Y.; Frank White, at Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
General John* Eaton, commissioner of
education, has resigned.
Tiik war botwejn Servia and Bulgaria
over disputed territory h practically ended
King Milan having accepted tho armistice
proposed by the European powers. King
Milan has returned to Belgrade, having had
quite enough of lighting, his Servian troops
being repulsed toward the last at every point
by the Bulgarians under Prince Alexander.
Marshal Serrano, the well-known Spanish
general, ex-president of Spain, and an
unscrupulous politician of much ability, is
dead in his seventy-sixth year.
The elections for members of the British
parliament have been most exciting. Among
the defeated candidates was tha Marquis of
Lome, husband of Princess Louise, and
amoDg the successful ones was the youthful
American husband of Baronoss BurdettCoutts,
tho richest woman in England. The
fnrips Yivrn most successful, the liberals,
whose leader is Mr. Gladstone, losing many
members.
The curfew Is strictly enforced in many ot
the towns of Oregon. Young men under
twenty-one and young ladies under eighteen
found on the streets after nine o'clock are
promptly arrested, unless they can givo a
good reason for being out.
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me Ha
Death by Consnmption of the
Young King of Spain.
His Widow, Queen Christina, Appointed
Regent.
The death of King Alphonso, the young
i uier ul opain, on me <miu wua iiuu uu?? ?
pec ted, as he had bsen ailing from consumption
for some tima. A Madrid dispatch of
the 25th gives the following particulars:
Monday night the king had spasmodic fits,
the result of fever and debility. Six doctors
from Madrid and two doctors of El Pardo
were in constant attendance upon him. They
decided on Tuesday morning that the king
was in a dangerous condition. The fits continued
throughout Tuesday, and the king
died at 8:45 o'clock this morning. The
pope's benediction arrived before he expired.
All the officers of state and the cabinet ministers,
except the minister of war and tho
minister of the interior, were present at the
moment of dissolution. The cabinet met
immediately, and the queen was appointed
regent. In accordance with the law, the
members of the cabinet have tendered their
resignations, but will remain in office pending
the regent's pleasure. The body of King
Alfonso will be interred in the j alace of the
usvuiiai. J
Large forces of military and police were
quartered throughout tae country as a precaution
against (Jarlist uprisings.
Princes Mercedes, the five-year-old daughter
of Alfonso, will be queen under the regency
of her mother. Christina. Senor Sagasta
will form a new cabinet. The streets
were crowded with people eagerly discussing
ihe situation.
All the European rulers sent messages of
condolence and sympathy to the dead king's
widow.
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Sketch of Alphonso'n Life* -v?Alfonso
XII. was the son of Queen Isabella . .
II. and the Prince Consort, Francisco de Assisi,
her cousin. He was born November 28,
1857, and bore tin tit e of prince of the Asturias
until his accession to the throne in December,
1874. The revolution of 1868 drove
his mother from po wer, and the young prince
was educated in exile partly in Austria partly
in France, an 1 in hngland. On the over- i*
throw of the republic bv a military conspiracy,
led by Generals Martinez, Campos and
Paviaf in 1874,'Alfonso was proclaime J king, his
mother having some time previously abdicated
in his favor. A regency was proclaitred
on December 31, under the presidency
of Senor Cauovas del Castillo, the present : >?
premier, and Alfonso made his triumphal " ~ ;
entry into Madrid .lonuary 14, 1875. The _
country was rent in civil war, the partisans
of Don Carlos being still in possession of
portions of the Bisque provinces and
large bodies of troop* having still to
be kept in the Southern cities to overawe
the Intransigentes. whose formidable insurrection
had just been suppressed. The boy
king was brought to the fro.it and assumed
the nominal command of the armies operat- #
ing against the Car'ists in tho North, but his
first battle was a Jisastrous defeat, and for a
time it looked as i? his tenure of the throne -\ v*
was doomed to 1 e of short duration. Finally
after much sanguinary fighting the Carlists
were put down and from that time till Ills
death there was no serious in unection, although
Carlists and Ke-aibli ans nerer ceased
to plot against him. He was married January
23, 1878, to the Frinoess de las Mercedes,
daughter of tho Dur de Montpensier, one of
the sons of Louis Phlllippe, the deposed king
of the French, but the young queen llv9d
only a few months after tho marriage. Tha.
present queen, lr's seconl wife. Marie Christina,
Is a daughter of the late Arcbdake
Charles of Austria. By her he had two children,
both daughters. 7 %
The king has not beeu in good health since
the spring of 18S4. At that time he began
tn show sie-ns of catarrhal fever, and in the
summer he took the waters of Beteln with
complete success. Lis'summer he was again \
recommended to t?ke a second course of the
waters, but he de 'lined to 1:0 to Beteln and
separated from the r.?val family, as cholera
was raging but two leagues from his summer
quarters in I a Granja. Since September he
has sufferod from catarrhal fever, indigestion
and diarrhoea. The king's condition has
been greatly imnnired bv his utter disregard
of his physiciau's advice to take care of himself.
During the prevalence of cholera in Spain
last summer King Alphon?o visited the infected
districts, and l?v his action greatly endeared
himself to the mass of the Spanish
people.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Composer Sullivan's co-laborer, Gilbert,
has gone to Egypt for jnaterial for a
new opera libretto.
A boy of ten yoars, Frieirich Kreissler by
name, has obtained the tirsfc violin prize at
the conservatory o? Vienna.
Harps, flutes, tru np?ts, drums and bells,
nearly 3,000 yenrs old, have been found
amoug the ruins of Memphis, Egypt.
Modjeska is to receive a certainty of
$10,0 JO for a retur.i e igag aut of oue week
in Chicago at the new'Chicago opera house.
Hme. iNlLSSO.v lias crcateu a lurore among
the critical music loving public of Berlin,
where she has appeared in a series of concerts.
Johannes Brahms, Germany's greatest
living compossr of symphonies at the present
period,has just finished his fourth symphony.
Mrs. Scott Siddons has received some
very tempting oilers to revisit this country
next season, and will, in all probability, accept.
"Romeo and Juliet" has just been played
in two New York theatres simultaneously?
Mary Anderson being the star at one and
j Margaret Mather at the other.
Gounod is engaged in the preparation of a
pamphlet describing the reforms which he
believes necessary to placing opera on a sound
basis for success in the future.
Among the new plays owned by Lawrence
Barrett, which he intends to produce, is
"Glauous, or the Last days of Pompeii," by
George H. Boker, who has followed Bulwer's
romance closely in constructing his drama.
THE MARKETS.
new york. 4
Beef cattle, good to prim j I w 8 @
Calves, com'n to prime veali 4%rti
Shoep 3 (6 4}4
Lambs 4%(d> 5)4
Hngs?Live 4 (a
Dressed, citv 3%(3 4
Flour?Ex St., good to fancy 3 75 (5 4 5Q
West, good to choice. 4 OU (dD 5 75
Wheat?No. 2. Rod
Rye?State 6S (tf 70
Barley?Four-rowed State... @85
Corn?Ungrad. "West, mixed. 53
Oats?White State 30 (A 40
Mixed Western 35 (d 37
Hay?Med. to pi-. Timothy.. 91 (<% %
Straw?No. 1, Ryo 80 (ob 83
Lard?City Steam 6 35 (2
Butter?State Creamery.... 26 (5 27
Dairy 17 (5 23
West Im. Ci^eamery 14 @ 18
Factory 7 @ 13
Cheese?State Factory 7 @ 9%
Skims <} @ IVi
"Western 8 (3 9%
Eggs?State and Penn 27 @ 27>?
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Sheep?Good to Choice 3 15 @3 25
Lames?Western 4 50 @ 5 75
Steers?Western 4 GO (5 5 10
Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 3 60 (& 3 05
Flour?C'y ground n. process 5 25 @ 0 50
Wheat-No. 2, Hard DulutU I 0L#(g
Corn?No. 2, Mixed Now.... (a 47%
Oats?No. 2, Mixed Western 40 (d
Bailey?Two-rowed State.... ? (aj ?
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Beef?Ex. plate and family. .12 50 (ft 13 00
Hogs?Live 4 (d)
Northern Dressed.... 5 (S 5j?
Fork?Ex. Prime, per bbl... 9 75 (a)
Flour?Winter Wheat pat's.. 5 23 (3 5 50
Corn?High Mixed 35 @ 5J
Oats?Extra White 40 (a) 4t
Rye?State 75 (d
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Beef?Extra quality 5 87^(j5 6 25
Sheep?Live weight.... 2l.j(a) 4^
Lambs 3j-a(^ 5
Hogs?Northern, d. w o
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour?Penn. ex family, good 4 25 @4 50
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Rye?State @ ?o
Corn?State Yellow 52 @ 53
Oats?Mixed 40 @ 41
Butter?Creamery Extra Pa. 20 @ 22
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