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r ppf&> mmWti •:! *:. !Wa&^1 Which- ■e ftetae of ) to idnunof tom the i J — until lh*t o*i*f to A&ow some of the memben of to bepfwent Six stoat ^ , _Msed around the bot- chair aod made faet to the oh was thns nicely balanced. ... *•* well covered with iUOK folds of oanvM, tightly bound, way ropes leading in different direc- weee held each by a workman, thns them to regulate any circular motion, fend at tha aame time * place therein the position it was to ooouey on the ixMleetal. It did not take long to hoist it to the top of the pedestal, and there it was allowed to remain. It was more snggea- nve than ever of the idea of an execu tion, until the men at the end of the guy ropes had been placed in the proper positions. Then the boom of the der rick slowly moved around, swinging the statue directly ovar |hp pedestal where it was to rest ^ At ten minutes past 11 •he statue of John O. Calhoun rested on its pedestal, thirty-five years after the 'oom«r stoae of the monument had been ■ML __ .^h* figure faesa the south, the back . . of the chair being to the north. Stand- - " Secretary Planning yesterday called ing on the ground one ean hardly form “ "" " “ an aoenrate idea of its dimensions or height, but those who who saw the work men on the scaffolding near it yesterday aoald easily Judge of its sise—the men looked like the most diminutive of dwarfs. There remain now only the four hia- torioal figures and ths ornaments to the panel* to complete the monument. Mr. VJett, the contractor, who did the granite iato be w*U as oon- T l pramed as gratulated for toe success/ul consumma tion of his oontraet. It is admitted to bs aa atlmimhle piece of work, and it ia somewhat strange that not a single stone was spoiled in the cutting. The work has taken oonsiaermblf more time than it waa expected, bat there were unavoid able interruptions and moreover it baa been splendidly done. When the Cal houn monument is. completed then will ha tew hearten mer works of ait to 1 be aeon ia the United Htatee.-News and Conner. • J ' ‘I The American < Roms. - The New York strike is over now and everything is working si Usual. The New York Senate bis passed the hill allowing women to vote in municipal elec tions.'- : - — -Vr .. The news of Prince Bismarck’s success ts esusing unwonted firmness on the Berlin bourse. The Governor of Kansas lisa approved the Mil conferring municipal suffrage upon women. The two houses of the New Jersey Legis lature met in joint session and balloted for U idled States Senator, but without success. The President says the new Railroad Commissioners must bo men of ac'ivity, who will work hard for their salary. The steamship Great Eastern was sold at auction at Liverpool yesterday for |180, 000. * Tho disabled steamship Wisconsin, of the Guion Line, arrived at New York at 4.20 P. M. yesterday. The Lynchburg Virginian, one of Uie oldest papers in tho State, established iu 1808, has suspended. The President has vetoed the hill appro priating $10,000 for distribution of seeds to the drouth-stricken counties of Texas. Lulu Ilearst, the “magnetic,” has mar ried Paul Atkinson, the man who traveled round with her and Introduced her to the audience. » . U * ’ _ .T” 0l the White House, renewed his letter of resignation and that evening left Washing ton for Albany. The President has nominated Captain Adolphus W. Greely.of Arctic fame, u> lie Cliief Signal Otticer, with the rank of Brig adier General. , . All is quiet among the Boston strikers. A good many cars are running. The j>ro pri«aor* say tiisy will resort to anything before taking the strikers back. Miss Edith Elwcrth Talmage, daughter of the Hev. T. DeWitt Talmage. was wtd ded in the Brooklyn Tabernacle last night to Allen Edloe Doouan, of Hirftmood. V v Kx Alderman l>*tffy, who turned in former on Ui* colleagues ia the "combine'’ of the boodle Board of Aldermen, has been surrendered by ooc of bis bondsmen. Four {lemons couflnad for theft esra|w<l from ibe Jail in Harrisburg teal nigbl. They fired the tied In it wai done. the [ivide arms a law stionai he proprlatihl #PO,000 a yesu sad equipments for pitlUiu without nis signature. limitation of 10 days tel should havb’acted on this ilieVcd to have bean «i©V$r sight, as he was not known to object tb day orsts provisions. ^ Thebudy of Pred Blair; 18 .years old, a victim or the White Elver dwnster, was identified and sent to Warren, Mass., with his father's body. This makes 24 identi fied, and leaves but five unidentified. By the records of the morgue, 29 bodies have 1 Wen there in ail, and two deaths besides uuikes 81 bodies recovered. '-*> « The Investigation of the alleged political outrages in Washington county, Texas, was begun on Tuesday by a sub committee of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Tlie Investigating committee consists of Senators Evarts (chairman), Teller, Spooner, Pugh and Eustis. All were present. Several witnesses were ex amined. « The wholesale dry goods and boot and shoe house of Block, Oppenheimer & Co., of Galveston, Tex., tiled for record a trans fer of their entire stock, and alto their business premises, in payment of obliga tions to local creditors. These local debts aggregate $225,787, chiefly owing to banks ami local capitalists who endorsed for the firm. The whole assets are $2U4,82b. ~ A special from Huspenatoa Bridge, N. Y., says’ that John Stever, a resident of Sus pension Bridge, aged about 70 years, pro cured a ticket from the gate tender at the entrance of the railway at Suspension Bridge about 10 oclock, and, after peering strangely over the railway, jump^l Into the rapids, falling 100 feel.* A committee representing 700 employes of the Pottsville iron and steel company, w ho struck against the employment of non union heaters, had an interview with Presi-I dent Atkins, who assured t item that the ei.-ptbyrncnt of non-union men was witeoiit hi* knowledge or approval, and tlrdffhey should be promptly discharged. This sal istied the strikers and they returned tb work. **p* uh from Rome says: Miss Terri j Carolina, w ho has been receivvB into the Catholic Church by Mo nsWnor | Sail its, will marry Count MuorioM m the Mwnptoio. on Fetmiary 20. Cardin d Gib bons.Wkia engagaenuuits will |>eniiit» will aft* nsard iwrforui the rcT . 1 I m going to be ttiarried,” he softiy anUL She looked up In swift aaepriae; The color from out her bright eyea fitd, Tlienighrgpew ditt In h?r ij&r * v *i “You'rd goiqgto be marriodr she echoed 'low, Her voice had a steady tone; “I hope you’ll be happy where’er you go.” A cough hid a Mule moan. * r, T know that vour bride will be good and tru4, You never could love any other.*' She steadily looked in his dark eye* blue; “I tender pmi joy, my brother.” “I'm going to ter toarrledr^tbakia, ^ hope To be, though I hardly know— Dear love, shall X longer pine and Mope? 1 tremble for fear of *No.’ ” Tlie color that out of her face had Add,. ('ame buck whh a deeper hue. “Why, isn’t it funny,"tab* ahyly aaid, t‘That I'm to be-married, loo?” Time la the beat preacher. 1 H * Hard to beat—A china egg. Spell bound—^i* dictionary. A professional raoe—Doctors. "* Always in use—Tho letter S. The weigh’of all flesh—Sixteen ounces to the pound. Ther^arc about 700,000 kernels of wheat It’s quite natural that a boy should blub ber When be is whaled. The riches which always take to them selves wings—Ostriches. The ancient Roman began his dinner wifh eggs and finished It with i A health journal says that marMe tallies are un MS A dhpatcfc r "otoh Cm llarnslMirg luMinght 1 l.cv |( • topd "' *"■" m Bs A deaf mute, answering the dcarrlptlbn of Walter Bingham, the aweethcart Mur* direr, ha* within the teat few <\*J* lean ••i n In the vicinity of Ldcealer, Buncumte- couaVf. N. C. The wifa uf Casinly Traaeurer Belf, of I ( ohetoo wna aerkb nially burnrd t« (tenth Btudanu attaining ao araragt, of W-W 'ZX^jLJS. whlk On all thair atudlehare pablULed as “dlatln , . “*nf Utfosa tho Hi in tho lasult of the later la the (teuth Caro rdu Vh* vturr -ffcaw gnwla of 73 te C on an maw axudOi are paMUbe Baolora—iHatinguiahed T. P. Ball Jr. Georgetown C. II MnnMW.il. Ill teod^U V. HiwmSoo. Itei Uagtoo; A- Mode#. Hpartnnburw. I L. Wlthwa, F ftald. Proficient n W Bail Lavre D. M Utendlng humt«; E W Marlboro W. A Da via O sam villa. H. _ OraeiUttehiiMui J \ \l. Gutiough Groan vtflrT. M. McUm* \ heater; II MulUna, Marl..o C. 1L bpeoorr dumler. P. A WUlcox, Marion W. Ttinmiwon Rich land. H. Wliana. Chnrlrwion. Junkwn—Profietem W. K Cathcnrt, J. / Carte, J II. Grern, Kichtend. D. II Hanrkal CkaHraton. Pr rtctent J M l replace. L Uutarl, on trial In the Criminal Court at Memphis, T«n , for 1 he murder of J Tom Dutton. corjuniUed In the rotunda of the Peabody Hotel on Itecembrr fl, has been acquitted. A telegram from Sewanee. Taan . oo aunt since* lha death there o( the Wl'iuun Miner Grown, for the 40 yearn Miskop of the Eplaoot<ai Dio- of Mimi rdfngl ( oatirnuil Miss Terry’s noth A robiin occurred ycvterdgy U t wicn B ferte of pollee. on their way to < xrotejfcF nuniMr of eviettea orders, and part uVk popUMtino of Dingle, a seaport town In (• uaflT Kerry. Ireland The people cadeQ the rbatls. In MNBt csbm tmjpmiK I •long VaJM atroaa them. The ((olio- waft at first driven hack, but soon chteffri il.r.jggfi tlie crowd, wounding aavcral men an 1 women. >I*a Boiea. a married woman, wM$r a’»i(B to«nter the tiairation Army Hal In >haroe. P« two works ago, was ji by it drunken mob anti throw n into s culvert At that time no injur) exc : Heumtey. . Ht IWv The rose la full for the Met driphia. Pa., is as follows Htler. Rcpub l!ran, IK1.4W7; Kaiu. Democrat, tH/Bti. PtuUips, Labor. I.M4 Cenalor lake introduced an amendmmt to the lUrer and Harbor tell, making an sir^.i •Pl'iuprial ion of $-VJO U00 for dredging the W T AvuwA J M rUZ, GsJreaO'O bar, The United bUtes mint at I^hfladeiphia has aerured a counterfeit two dollar and a half m>ld piece of 1KVJ for which Win in ui W A Etiwante, M W Glover. Kirkpatrick. George L MfTg Bunter; G. E. Dargan. )> Darlington J. R Falrey, l B. Kohn OraiifalNirf; G W Charlaaton. W H LaehlcoUc town. A. V McKiaaiik futon J F. F. Slmnaon. hparian I •wa. B. MrlaugkUa, MIrknnrt. t JmMmo—ProfirteM E. K Arenck. ; L W. Boyd. Laurens, W. But GreenvfUe, W. J. Gooding. Jr ; A. Kinard. Krim-firid; J M , Jr . RlchtemF, T MulteUy, Oeo- paxpo (Mmcaon, Union Richland. A. »D lBA*« iMstinfUlahad: J. tat. Plifidast »TI'4L J. H. pteue of IWVi quest lor yean lor uipiotlng its cabinet The insurance man cootplaln that the J heavy loss hy the return iire in Aumu*u | wo» due to the inrffldefx-j of the fire de parUtM-ot. The chief any* the detiartmcnt ta too small The witneasea in the In fieri M.ales Court now in asaaten at Greeavhie. hard peti Jtoofd Judga titinuotoa to aee tteam ntd or lal them go home Tho appropriation l»n kvo colter Imne • w olroarvatro , she »*• internally Injured, however, afte i* na <r in a dying nioditto a. Her, irate will iw umata-ai Mr* Frann* G*iodlrit. an M tody of n or to) yrer* of iqfp, llviSg In O Nell town- •h'K to lira-. n.tlV «« humeil <<c Monday wlillr fire alone In h< r hot.-e.. } n*ai **}•[ •l , »* and apples. ays that rnsrlde top eulthy. They'do look pale, When summoned to dp so, a man goes to court for the alike of appearance. ‘’Why are you so distant?” aaid a tramp to a beefsteak in the rcstauragl window. “Marine blue” is rightly tensed a se on-able color. A Maryland justice decide* that a hat band Is liable for his wife’s slander. Where there is a will there U a way to break It. A bent pin can't pull very much, ba(, Great Scott! how it can push. A hand In the bird la worth two In the bush—especially If It happens to be a briar both. * f —T'tl*the Beam" iahml faiUu4^ arm who gets hi* fingers caught in Its Uianivm. harsh Bernhardt is fl vv feet eleven Inches tell, but hcruthsr dimensions aronot worth mentioning. , , To keep apple* from rolliag, ml t op, is the gratuitous advice of one of ■gricuhurm exchaagaa. Id a rrraot amaon Haary Ward Beecher aaid “I bars ao sympathy with eight hour men who hare loarteao hoar wires. ~ The man with a Mogte Kagiiah ayrgtem WxAs aa if ho had a pda ia Mb eye. and ia aucb a ooodiUua prearate aa odd • What a'amall poputelloa this amrk would hare M all the grumhian were «ut of A new style of writing paper ta oaUet is a hdad of new teyla of writing p «le ■* He infer that It they a ooart before i (hey are married) court before they “Only »▼• not dls •or: we seaside bake ural g&s to be relied upontfdn quirH a cpntemporary. Frqm what te e know of Ix-gfalaturea we should emphati eally say “na” A boy who will yell like a Tartar If a drpb of watef gets on hfs wristband w hen i)is neck Is being waahed* cun crawl through a sewer after# bnl), and think qothing of it. Pa,” said a ilftie bt>y, “a horse Is worth ood deal more, Isn’t it, after it s broke .” es, my f.o*t. Why fio you ask such a question?" “Because I broke the new' rotk- Ing jMge you gave ate this moniiiii^’' itspo more excitement in hogging a gUfi tirasaed In u lobuggau suR than there is imfiucgta*A hale of Lay.—iV-k. Well, lomeMmi*, you know, can get up a little excitementwfi^ a graaa widow. BLOOD AND MO! f-fe S ? ' The Mood of mah has much to do In fihte,. through this troubleabme World, lorn of the amount of preaeut or expect- ant money in pocket or stored away to bank. It is a conceded fact that we ap pear os our blood makes us, 'and the purer tho blood, the Iifeppier, healthier, prettier and wiser we are; bene* the oft f repeated interrogatonr, “how is your ... a-riSargidlittHW* MaS ot AteWcva E).pcrlci»e«(l aaU WtlU- ■ riii r’ki drlano «inu )«nr*amMb ALL CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECtALTY.- Patients t reated herb or at tholr haulte. Many The Roysl. Council of Roy Berg, <j^ Columbia, M. I. G. Mas- raaa Gounctr or itoyol and Select irs met in annual assembly yesterday, 'o’clock, at the Masonic Temple, Charlaaton. Most Illustrious Graud Mus ter W. HrTIUtaphries, of Amiereon, S:C., presided. .. After the reading of the address of the Moat Illustrious Grand Master, and the pre-, aentatfon of reports from the Grand Trens urer and Grand Recorder and the several committees to whom the several pipers were’ referred, the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year gTt. 1 ter. A. H. White, of Mack Hill, Dop. G. Master’. • W. H. D. Gailterd, of Pendleton, G. C. of Works. C. F. Jackson, of Columbia, G. Treas urer. Zimmerman Davis, of Charleaton, G. Recorder. . Rev. J. M. Boyd, of Cheater, 0. Chsp lain. • _c , J. E. Braaeale, of Aadcrson, G. Marehnl. Ed. Schultz, of Newberry. G. Capt. of M^T. Branch, of Abbeville. 0. Con doctor of C. Alex. Lindstrom, of Charleaton, G Stew ard. fluid cotmdng through Our ^eins, ing through our hturti and ploughing through our i>h,> oical frames, our morale I er, i . li'-titution stronger, cur int: > ctttal iftehltres more acute and gtnv-d 1 , iin*i ttSen, Irottheti arkl cWlaren • •uooossfu)ly uS"if I’afe Tn i^ei-son. Come and Woier, heattiuer md more lovely. . lie uupm-odente*! deniund, the an - ‘ uw'*.*/. Jdreas: Woni.DS I)isi'u.\sartjMi^ paredfle . cun tive powers, and the nn- cat. Ation vnos, oft Main St., Buffuto,«.». mistakuLle proof from those of uoim- peachublo character and integrity, point} with an unerring Huger fo B. li. B.— Botanic Blood Balm—ae far the best, the cheapest, the quickest and the grandest and most powerful blood remedy ever before known to mortal <nau, iu tlie.Be lief and ppsitive cure of Scrofula, Rhcu- For "worn-oirt^ “run-down. hnuse- matiam,^in diieaaes, all taints of blood poison, KiilBCJ .complaints, old uteers Dr. ‘ 1 “ — * and sores; cancers, catarrh, etc. ‘ * B *’s ►MvqrttP Prescription - 1 of all roatorati vc toiitea. Itisuota A-Himated ■ hoe the ' Cure-aL rt V/.JIV lia J. 1 *"-/ I » • •••- 1 1 ’ ■ ■ ^ » "" " » f»uch cru- s At expei jjw rlen «« .^-.edy ia Ajnenca can or ever has roiulrt gucu a wonderfnl showing m ils, leal Institute lias affordeddTlal. . . magical powers in curing and entirely 111 a(1 *l'’ ;r,y remcaau CTr *’. ^. ‘ eradicating the above Complaints, and 1 Rp Pigfgg § rSYOlltC PrBSCriptlflll giguntic salts in the face of frenzied op- r — oo L F Tke. _ Grand Conndl Whs cl Meyer, of Charleston. G. 8< grand oditer* U injc duly lu position and wonlfTbe moneyed monopo lists. Letters from all points where intro duced are iHntriug in upon us, ijpcaking to its loudest praise. Sv'tne ray they re ceive more bt'neftt from one bottle ot B. B. B. than they have from twenty* thirty and fifty and enuono hundred buttius of a boasted deooetion of inert and wu- medieina! rootsnad brancht-sof comruou foroat tree*. We Imld the prooi in bl ick and white, aod we also hold the fort. For tlOB experience. iutiamwM lev. At i« <v Apeelftc. It . ueraL r.s well u£ha®ne. tonic t impoii* vlirer HiiTatreaeth sstua I X (1. Uhty and.. I. ►alia due Caa*r* all in* " .^‘iwhaBUR tate^a thaaauwU UP to wars than all the other foreigner* in Bite JHuntry pul tofathar," aaid the driver of a ' »u* Island avenue dr aa be leaned heavily M— kte *n^n un tbi RevoluUua’ Casus Belli. Who (tailed the war of 1811? tiauM-cuaa. Wbowasit that made ua fit the Mouth in ’§1 ? Caau* Belli Who waa It that tried bb darede*t AH who desire full information about J the roiu-e and euro of Blood I'oiaoiM, Scrofula and Scrofulous Swelling* IT ] rers. Hone, Uheunutiam, Kadiunr Cola- < plaints, Catiurh, etc., ran aaoure by aiail,; Iron, a copy of o’dr U pige iUustnG**! Book of W or ders, fitted aotji the moat i wuuih ifniuuff *tart?mgprr.of trt\ rbuiore t known. Address, BLOOD B ALM CO ta the reoult of this vast Inlertiui eon*o»ti<tM. au«t ulveratlow. ’* “ Is u powi rfut jrc and nervine, and to tiM* wUol 4 * iiy-t 1 *ii. it itomneti, l>l: tiorviu* prostrate 1 ’*, etliau*! ((Vi. al vpkwv). alaelth orex. riivorityProscrip tion is AoH Mar dr’s-do a nmler <nir puvttiro paojw tUc. S-’j ori'itnd hfittK PRICE $1.CO f lei: 40.00. ISTid 10ter.** IB*'' are feeVir.PHtea'atenrw Tr itn. - on IMscn- * (‘f Monn-n MOU (xuruS, nuiev-eoroTol'. Addn-**. Wuni.n'iDiaetoC axar Mruicxi. Ais - *'XJteioa.to* Ahiln street, DuIUi'x N. V. , *\CVCC*S LTVXB Txtovw PUXS- ...J r XTTTXMTlC Atlanta, Oa. SICK HEMUCHEj H. adn Brelwtck hrtheen fi id Iwforo fn pieirl y •I ft I the L Rth f. an*l at 1 ! •• i* owi Lal >.i oil (d m :Ul mind will sab arcrtai* arv Durrs J. P. Antftnoa. AbbavUic; Ti C. Duka,. Fufcidd. . C. ' lUmpi«A BLBCTIVK ilmDm. Duungulalted: W. A. Conaat, Maaaa ProflcteuL- R L. Douglaaa. nb, AbbevlUs; *. a LAW fTLDE.s 10. H. M Avar, Anderson, H. Richland, II. A. Hymea, bar L. D. Mellon, J. K. Byuuncra, F. ton, Richland; J. A. Wlttkowaky, w. acB-rusagWaw aruraam. Drofirteal A. A. Pattaraon. Barnwell. •ua fa ig incident comes from Scott nty, Indiana. Mr. McDermott, a wid ower, fall in love with a beautiful young girl, auff courted her with a seal which only true a£Wrtlon knows. Mr. Me Dor mott baa the miafortuaddo have a sou. but the arm very considerately did not object to thp falr young lady whom his father waa trying to make his step-mother. In fact, man called on the young ted her feel that she would bewel mb member of the family. This all pleased the father, of course, and in a hunt of parental affection he told his son that be and thh young tady were engaged. 11160 •on went over to congratulate the young He did it affectionately—so very af that he proposed and waa ac i elopement followed, and the father has now a daughter-in-law and the son has no step-mother. Age should ueym: compete with ybuth in contests where Cupkl awards the prizes. t T*~riz;i' . — A •nk ASter. A letter to the Richmond DUpalch gives the particular* of a distressing accident which occurred near Pleasant Valley, Rock ingham county, Va., Wednesday night. A fiewdurs before a Mr. Frank married a beautiful country, girl, and in their round of vtetu, spending their honeymoon, they •topped at Mr. STbowaltcr's, near Pleasant Valley. After the household had retired, tthe hoys of the neighborhood, according to ’■j went the bouse the young and his wife, being aroused by the sound of innumera- :bie bells, arose and entered into the amuse with their visitors, aod Mrs. Prank k lady friend, to order to add to the ta a farm bell hanging near hy it moat vigorously, rope too bard, however, r g over waa thrown from •triklag Mrs. Frank to bar skull Tbe 1 into 1 wkite Mrs Prank T a life te ikying iaa Ateffa toSaooo factory at Petenbun; Va. owned by Dart* Dunlap, was de str.'yefi by (tea, Ugetbar with stock, fix tore*, atechtoery, £c. Loaa $230,000, cov J. C. Broaer, who waa Hoed $30 In the Attenta Polka Gvurt for violating the pr bibillon laws several works ago, appealed to ths City Court, and, bedog convicted waa fined $1,U00. * Sixty British mem hers of the Houae of Commons, at a oonfaraaew, adopted s reeo lutioa to call tha atUjntion of Parliament omit weak to the alleged packing of jarics to cases against NatkmaUate In Ireland. The Arkansas rim at Lktte Rock and above, and its tributeuies. art ail at flood tide and out of their banks in many places. Fears are entertained of another heavy flood. At Snearr’s station, Ga., Toney Williams shot and killed hte stepson. Willlama and his wife were quarreling, and her son in terfered. when Williams seized a shotgun and blew off the top of hte ate peon's haul The snow stormn in IS pain during the past few day* have been of tihpteecdcntet severity. Railway lines in C&talonte have been blocked with snow for three days. Tbe cold te intense and causes the greatest inconvenience throughout too country. A serious snow blockade in the Sierra Nevada Mountains has totally Interrupted travel on the Central Pacific mad for two days, and heavy rains in South* m Califor nia have caused considerable delay on the Southern Pacific by washouts. The whole country from Lyons, Mich., to Muir prcsenU a panorama of desolation. Many merchants have been un able to visit their stores since Thursday morning, and several who attempted it were swept down by the current uid narrowly escaped death. Benjamin Collender <St Co., wholesale hardware dealers of Boston, Mats., have failed and gone into insolvency. They were one of the oldest hardware uomies in Boston. Liabilities are $117,000; assets unknown. While the bark Wlmnon, from Tacoma, was crossing tbe bars at the entrance to the San Francisco harbor yesterday afternoon, in tow of the tug Relief, the bntta around which the hawser was fastened on the bark broke and struck the forecastle, killing three seamen. News has reached Virginia City, New, that the snow sheds at Blue Canon* have collapsed. Conductor Hood, tbe brake- man, roadmaster and one other person ate mhsiog. A snow plow and seven engines have been dispatched to the scene of t aoddenl The rapid melting of snow last week has inundated South Chicago, and transformed most of Uiat region into a vast lake. A large portion of the town te under water, 0 seems likely Vo remain so i There Is great suffering among the inhate haste. help envt’l her inpiri* < All GuotlkU! aii'i * member bl county. W’h'-n the verdb T' Hourcr Hollim li.duuia. to the |<c; «i.* rosti iu court broke down < ew> t i*iM. Himw thro roi.dltlon ha* undergone a gri H< refuse" fond ia any form an by * on LU iron bed, lowing a !• itntea of body and mind, hi* tV*M0g only after hi was alt or violent fever. It te feared hb U- ome impaired. The correspondence between Mr. Man nine and the President, in whh h the former tender* bis resignation of the Sc< re-tary»hi| of the Treasury, has been made public. Mr. Manning plead* that the duties of the office require* work too- aevere for Jii *i• eugti*. In accepting the roignuitoii. thi I’leahteat refers to tifi.* cordial personal re l.’ttiona oxtering belaeeu Mr. Manning am himself, and To the ability with which the Secretary has managed the affairs of hte portfolio, and fixe* April 1 as the day on wfffrh the resignation should go into effect. Mr. Manning's successor will be appointee before the adjournment. Following te the list of the total amounts of the items of the river and harbor bill which have been inserted or increased by the Senate Committee on Appronrialtos, affecting tbe South: The appron( a to Nor folk. Va., fluff,000: the waterWay-V^wroffi Newberne and Beaufort, N. $10,000; Savannah $63,000; Apaluchichloota, $J0, OUO; Mobile, $83.000; Ap|>omatU)x river, Yirglhls, $15,000; Nunsemoud river, Vir- glniH, $10,000; Cape Fear river. North Car olina, $140,000; Contentia creek, Nortii Carolina $75,000; Pamlico and Tar river, North Carolina, $8,000; Mtherrin river. North Carolina, $20,000; Manatee river, Florida, $5,000; the mouth of St. John’s river, Florida, $125,000; Arkansas river, $125,000. The appropriation for Cumber land sound te reduced to $75,000. The total appropriation recommended by the committee te $10,385,300, the net increase over the House hill being $2,927,030. France'* War Minuter. Xhe Paris Gauloit, an able but rather spiteful monarchical journal, thus expresses Itself about ths present position of the French Miuiator of WawJk&o baa assumed such prominence in ^fililfcs within the lust few months; “If the Minister of War, by one of thdse sudden changes In opinion which may always be expected under s parliamentary government, should get in the Chamber a vote of confidence whiai would render him master of the situation, would he dare to undertake a coup d’etat? Without calling into question the bravery of the gallant soldier who. fought as a col onel at Cbampigny, we much doubt any such attempt, forU g| ' Intirtar thing, would not be seconded by a single one of the 18 army corps commanders. ''In these days of railways, telegraphs, telephones, etc., a coup d’alat te nut easy to carry out, especially when a man is, like General Boulanger ever since hUmradv- it the review on the 14th of lust July. *ui- peetttpby the entire Republican forty, whose doubts have l>een augmented by va rious recent even is. To sura up,; aurketl t r-V ^ [ u 22-i: ipt, for the simple reason that the of War, if he were to try such a as he j* oQ all sides, General Bouiui.L onfy three courses to follow;- Voluntarily to resign; to overo-oute the re-v iii> f :!.■ Ckamoer by a great speech, or te uy - coup d’etat.’ ‘Ac mnuysnso speaking of as indlvkluai t.<HvivV«* .fiif hi* (•■sresos reid hs had ’■« h«aeS oik ugh tor two rows of teeth ” Toe ram falls alike upon the just andihe U.T It Is the unjust who stt^il Dm —i-i t, and let the Just fsd the rata. An uuiiMkil hlMorisn Uauss ksse ball laH-h-ja tha lime whrti reebmn went 'low u to Us Wall with a pitetksc anduaughl Lane. 1 v eatogulag to quarrel wilk England, , Honvtti • aafce 1st as wall uaMi Mr. Ji lu L. raitiivna s asm gate wall! A enr.-e-poadeoi Uwiulrni "Is H wrnag to ekewt a inwyir 1‘cMsrMy sol. but (tu a pretty hard job to uodsetekn. Bays an exchange * ‘Women should never u*c a d*t iron on their husband^ to smooth out matrintouial dlfltcultiaa” What In a woman te called “curiosity” In a mail ‘ At cording to that wise man, Matthew he poor are- very much what the rich made them:**- *► Now doth the coal dealer and plumber rrjohv, while the Ice man can’t “give ” a wetgii.” - Heard at the theatre; She—Thay, Guth, do vuu pcitaire that I Uthp? Hr—Thor taioly nut; you don’t lithp any more than I do. The father of his country is said first te have k-orned the pleasure of traveling os four wheels when he took a hack at the cherry tree. Why women Idas each other is An undetermined question, Unless the dariksgs would by this Give man aaweet suggestion. When you sec a good cow, buy her. Whap you have a good cow, keep her. When you own a bad cow, sell hef. Some pedi'Ie have no mort sense Ilian to axk a man who te addressed by the title of ploughed field? Because it te furrowed with care, of course. . l They used to call it matrimony, but a crusty, disappunted eld fachslor falls it ' ‘matter o’ money.” Well, It maj be some- thnes. It was the newly-fledged bee that, after venturing out of the hive oh a Wet day, sang on Its return, “There is ao plaae like Momb.’* . t. , t “-"T Feminice amenities; “Now, which of these two photographs of you may I hare, dearest? The beautiful one, or the qpe as IJuiowyou?” Every man who carries a pistol ought to tie obliged by law to wear it in a belt at his side, ami have it labelled 'SeiaoMatsUntoh- ity.” v There is a man in tnontreal tiho hail betfh struck by lightning three times, and he has made qp hte mtad that he ia tough enough now to get marrica. ago. No; the bilious man of fifty years |oH ago succumbed to the doctor ere this. | Co\i to git up a war with Mexico” Urlh I ter I by the montin’ paper that the mmc !«••*•! te figgerta on a war with Kngiind over a mree of fl»h la the mun tfy ‘when I was reared a fvMcr n«tu.->l wtek used tn go round stirrtn' up llgtit* Ute netgUtioro He had b«w;e «l | fun as long as h lasted, hut oar dasr lata la | the tali ao uacir ot mine nod the k'-adtsck | family squoth*! ibrourlrek tew Uudi U «.> I .aad when Boetwtrk carry* BMo< r!.*y til. 1 *, him so foil of holes that be fril to pteM • when they petkari him up I’m tor «-bnkin I the flreara out uf this Belli, even i( he Le* come from Roman ami Iteltaii •lock Hr * | gut mi butencae in a free muntry II- • I uussh Baten ito* «*to !> be. anyhow T 00 W • • ro- g*^> UsTO !• Fasten Tbi* atoautte rwtois, *«tr tearoti a L ! a Kite* f ke#o ialtei fl - areui «k , the pa'.njgggv Af wwiaaMmlM* *4 *»-•*•♦■ < bkaaf f ifpl rib# fiW F*hi *U. Tl wxfr-— » Stei it:)' ^ tto aojf'rei.. ■ SM (TVIv an«t.K ra t • r Skifiltoe i;ivtu<i A* l< xyr ararty h df of tbCK- Uut aB ruch hat e to >uia tm it tor the time being. I Lew dte •fftrsoasuf Un i>i»l»tami I if In Fraoch ancteiy. lodeul noire* (a-r Miafre lhaa Prloes Waidsmar and hi* bridr. Aim-1 la d’Orlean*. *t tended tho Crvl of the arftoh TWeir tajt> .were stained s rich browrewS tLut they lock... dark quadroons. Several csvalh-n of the ] DuodeMoraey «aetsUe(>dMI ttwacgialirr their hands end fart'* dj W^rtid MOTHER’S; j tonr*a ,,Te Fellvt*. 31 FRIEND las ■wmrv '»< te •rtneei 1 as . SSUWI Ur • as fro sir i us n , “Ts Metessa" •f TN u. o tf + *-**'/ »i i jto i BUI t a h with HE with wool wigs over their namnd hair.— Jirru OrrrrtimmUntu. A Tall Mnlras. The tallest bartender in New Yor^'^ft Mexican employed at ghorldan’a popular liquor store at the corner of Sixtieth street and Third avenue. This Mexican 1* seven feet six laches tall, and aa be 1* very aim dec be seems fully ten feet high. In mix lag drinks, be throws u cataract of mint julep about eight feet from one glass afiother.' He has traveled with B&rnum, Forepaugh and other show managers as a giant; and says that he te ns tall as ai giant in the business. The height of i the giants, he says, te greatly exaggerated, no one.of them being eight feet high. The number of giants has gretrily Increased hr the post fifteen years, and, though the)- for erly onraed $75 and $100 a week, the competition has reduced their wages to $25 a week. They talk' of forming a trade union. teifertaat Dsctaioa. The Arrow steamship Company, of New York, has signed a contract for the pur of the Alexandria Marine Railway ami bhipbuUding Company’s yard, and will HHK: steamship, tor whh Dr. Ptorose “Mavurite F. not extolled m a “eure-all,** but fulfills a ringtones* of purpuye Udiqru moat potent specific imUmsa chronic weaknesses rufiar to woman. Particular* ia Dr. roe s terge treartie ea Dteasae PecuHar mpaT JUktoJ^sridT* . teal Asaodafion. MS Mate atiem, J. M Maur «f hsa^r te* Olj who waste bride is $0. PbffT young thtngrt little thay know wind is before them In the troubled sea of nMtrimoay. — “How old would you take me to be?" asked a bewigged sad sit personated co quette. “Several years older than your liair, madam,’.’ was the Bpqorselesi answer. TTi'^veobomltoH sjflewofffltirt ebof I cter rhino) forth with radiance when she [ oed* lu fadeuing an 18-inch belt around ' inch waist 1 • ^ When s po.>r widow finds s load of wood .. P. gi'u • ’toueiy at her door she can con c.ude that she has struck a tender chord v.inewhere. *_*_*•) An actress in a New York theatre wore -u «anf nff bsrt morning the papers spake of | bur u-.-gniffierot coni Bed . A Wtsconate clergyman has been found gnUtv hy a eharch ouanri of “oat alt BajuuLng the tenth with nmeteowsttl “Coo yon • this oust oo An important decision was filed in the Supreme Court tbi* morning by* Judge Simpem. It change* the jurisdiction of Trial Justices in cases of petit larceny. Heretofore Trial Justices and the Court of General Sessions each claimed to have juris diction to try cases of petit larceny. The Seakenco for tb# offence id Trial Justice*' com Is w«e limited to 80 days in jail or a fine of filOO; whereas, if the prisoner was tried ircuk Court ft Jinking, mg that TMiL Jnrilce* have iurisdlction. The defendant appealed and the Supreme Cqnrt decided that only the Court of General Sessions has the right to-trr gqeee.of petit laroeny. 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