Franklin County Record (Union, MO), 1875-06-24

              THE RECORD; TUBLISIIED EVERY THURSDAY. -CVlIjSJOINr TjKTfllEIt, EDITOIt AND 1'EOrniETOtt. Union, 'Franklin County, Mo. ITJBSCSIPTIOS: On copy, P . Five eontes, in club, each IXVABIABLT IW ADVAHCB. The "ly paper at the County Beat. .l so ,. lis -4 hyVff ffl 11 It & I :f IKI U li 1 H Jt I a VOLUME I. UNION, MO., THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1875. NUMBER 43. THE RECORD. eatx3 or Airzzrmss; Onceijnnre, one week $ 1 S" " -ch mtditioHai week M " " three month 6 ! M " " six months 9 tx ' ' one year 14 0 One- fourth C" I traia , tn ree n rt t lis ,H M " Bis month ' 01 " " one year ." On One column, six moml. , M f ' one fear... luu M 'Professional or bnslness cards of ten line or leas will be inserted fur lee dollars a year. CURRENT TOPICS. Thb recent action of several European governments in making gold instead of silver the basis of currency bas made silver relatively very much cheaper. Germany has $300,000,000 of silver coin to s U, and Belgium and Holland will probably put another million in the market. Eastern exchanges have also been latterly very low in London, thereby limiting the shipment of silver to India and China, and there has been an immense Increase in the quantity of silver mined during the last 'Jew years. These facts furnish an easy , explanation of tho news that silver has depreciated in Europe flfty-flve pence to the pound. Now", tnis gives us the prospect of a substitution of silver for paper in this country at no distant day, In accordance with the provisions of the Sherman bill. The premium on silver is apparently about t disappear here, end m tnnn as thU result Is reached we shall see the speedy disappearance of our fractional papercurrency, and the reappearance of the silver coins that have been In hiding since the war. The Government has recently purchased a large amount of bullion in Carson City at the cheapest rate ever known in the country $1.07 per ounce. At this figure, it is calculated that by next fall the Government will have purchased and coined a sufficient quantity to admit of the retirement of fractional currency, and the substitution of silver in its place. Mr. Elizur Wright read a paper before the recent Social Science Convention In Detroit, which presents a novel plan of life insurance. Tho faults of the present system, according to Mr. Wright, are the great cost and the inability of the insured to give up his policy without losing nearly all he has paid. The agents are paid from twenty to forty percent, of the first year's premium, and about ten per cent, thereafter. Mr. Wright proposes to combine the business of savings banks and life insurance, and in such a way that policies may at any time bo surrendered without pecuniary loss. ' He explains another feature of the system as follows : 44 The great aim of laboringmen is, or should be, to own Instead of renting their homes. The chief objection to making a loan to a poor man, whereby he could greatly shorten the process of becoming his own landlord, is the danger of the lender having to foreclose in case ef his death. A savings bank having a life insurance function could easily remove this objection, and to a considerable extent would find small loans, so protected, an excellentinvestment." Tim Commissioners of the Preedmen's Savings Bank, having been unable to obtain a release from their sureties, are go- in? forward In their efforts to-u"" affairs of the concern and save as much as possible of the assets for depositors. They believe tint by next winter, two years after the insolvency of the bank was disclosed, they will be able to distribute the first dividend of 20 per cent to depositors. This will amount to $800,000, and will be' mostly realized from investments made in the oKy of Washington. The Investments at the Southern branches in almost every case a total los ' The Commissioners think that ultitrtely a second and possibly even a th)J dividend of 20 per cent, may be paMi DUt tnis will depend upon their su-ess m compelling the borrowers ofthewll'ss to Pay their liabilities. At protnt Jhe Commissioners have over 00,000 collected, which is lying in the United States Treasury, and dr.wing no interest, on account of the failure of Congress to provide tho authority for payment of interest. The Dominion Line steamship Vicks-burg, which left Quebec for Liverpool, May 27, with a crew of 60 men and about 28 passengers, encountered an ice floe when three days out, and ou June 1 the ship was stove In and sunk In a few hours. The only survivors so far heard from are fivo seamen who were picked up In an open boat, nearly dead from exposure, on June 5, by the steamer State of Georgia, which arrived In New York on the 10th. The other boats, containing about 40 persons, got safely off from the sinking ship, but the Captain and the remainder of the passengers and crew, Including all the women, went down with her. All three boats were together for some hours after the ship went down, but then became separated, and the fate of the two other boats la not known. Thb Republicans of California have nominated T. G. Phelps for Governor. Tlie resolutions Indorse the administration of President Grant and eommend his recent letter In reference to the third term. A strong anti-railroad resolution was adopted. A dispatch from Brownsville, Texas, J2th, says that Capt. McNeely, with a small force of State troops, pursued and overtook a band of 12 cattle thieves, about "miles below that place. They showed nght, and In the engagement which ensued the whole band of raiders were killed. MOjeely lost only one man killed. 250 lead of stolen cattle were recovered. It is stated that the cattle thieves are running J!dle daUy. and that large quantities or dried beef and hides, the product of American cattle, are being shipped to Cuba ? Gen. Cortina and others. Thb Iowa Prohibitionists will hold a .ate Convention at Dea Moines on the of June. The declared purpose of the convention Is to take political action, either by Jolping with one of the organized parties, or to form a new Prohibitory party. Thb Mexican Claims Commission has sojourned over until November. It Is stated that, owing to the obstlnSte par-wuity of the Mexican Commissioner, Za-0"a wh has acted more in the capacity of an advocate than a judge, the most p tne cje have been referred to. (he Thb New York Court of Appeals has reversed the judgment of the Supreme Court In the case of Wm. M. Tweed, and has ordered his discharge. The Judges say that no warrant can be found for cu mulative puuishmeiit upon a conviction of several offenses charged inasimylo In dictment, the nsrzrezate punishment eXr .j ..jiiijrttmtnP'ecribed by' law for the graae oi onenses cnargea. An oraer ior the arrest of T weed on a civil suit has been issued, and will be served upon him immediately upon his release. Umpire, Sir Edward Thornton, who has In consequence a large amount of labor to perform prior to next February, when the Commission expires bylimita tion. The Importance of the action of the Commission is small to tho United States as compared with the interests of Mexico, because the number of claims of Mexican citizens Is very meager, and the amount of money Involved Is as ten to one in favor of the United States claimants. Thk commission to treat with the Sioux Indians Is now complete. It comprises eight members, viz.: Wm. B. Allison, Iowa ; Bishop E. R. Ames, Maryland ; F. W. Palmer, Illinois ; Brigadier-General Alfred II. Terry, U. S.A.; Hon. Abratn Comingo, Missouri; Rev. S. D. Hinman, Dakota; G. P. Beau vols, Missouri; J. R. O'Brien, New York. John S. Collins has been appointed Secretary. The salary of the members -is. to be eight dollars a day, with an additional allowance for necessary expenses. The Republicans of Maine have nominated Gen. Selden;Conner for Governor. The resolutions adopted declare: That the Union of the States must be maintained at all hazards ; that the Government is that of a nation, not of a confederacy ; that local self-government In matters purely local must be adhered to ; that there can be no legitimate conflict between powers of the Nation and of any State ; that a sound currency, based on coin and redeemable in coin, Is essential to the prosperity of the people ; and that the most kindly and fraternal relations should be cultivated between all sections of the country. It Is authoritatively announced that the difficulties between the Pennsylvania Central and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Companies have been at last satisfactorily adjusted. The arrangement was agreed upon by Messrs. Scott and Garrett, and subsequently ratified by the Directories o the two companies. The agreement Is binding for ten years. Thk long strike cf the miners in the Lehigh and Wyoming regions. of Pennsylvania is apparently ended. The mass of the miners have announced their deter mination to resume work, although the leaders still hold out. It is expected that the companies will resume workImmediately. Colonel Long, the American officer attached to Colonel Gordon's Central African expedition, who not long since discovered a third great lake at the headwaters of the Nile, has reached Egypt on his return from a journey to the country of the pigmies, discovered by Schweln-furth. We have as yet only the news that his journey has been a successful one, iind that he has made discoveries of very great interest to geographers and ethnologists. The bravery and enterprl-e displayed by Colonel Long reflect credit on the American name, and have already been rewarded by the official commendation of Colonel Gordon and the presentation by the Sultan of a badge of tho Turkish order of merit. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BREVITIES. Thb Tribunal at Posen, Germany, has sentenced Prince Bishop Dr. Foerster, ol Bres-lan, to a fine of J ,000 marks, or 133 daya' imprisonment, lor illegally excommunicating- priest. H. B. C lap lin, the well-known dry-goods merchant of New York, and other members of his Arm, have been indicted by the United States Grand Jury for complicity insilk-smuggling frauds. Person O. Chknky (Rep.) was elected Governor of New Hampshire by the Legislature, on the 8th, and was inaugurated on the 9th. Thb President ha) signed the commissions of S. B. Axtoll, to be Governor of New Mexico, and George W. Emery, to be Governor of Utah. Mr. Lbwis E. Fisher, whom the Democrat are talking of nominating for Governor in Minnesota, is brother of Prof. Or vrge P. Fisher, of Tale College. Mr. Lewis Fisher was formerly a printer in Boston. He went West to seek his fortune ore): twenty -one years ago; stopped at St. Louis one winter, because he couldn't get np the river; started for St. Paul in the spring, and took a place on the Pioneer newspaper, of which he at length became editor, and is nowengaged on the consolidatedP'-neer-Preu." Wm. S. King, indicted In connection with the Pacific Mail subsidy, has been admitted to ball in the sum of $5,i 00. Hon. Marsh Gidpdtos, Governor New Mexico, who, died on the 3d instant, was born in Connecticut is 1811. His parents Immigrated to Michigan in li7". He was here admitted to the bar while young mat : : and becoming interested in politics, was elected to various official positions. He was appointed by President Grant Territorial Governor of New Mexico, which position be held for about five years. Tnfi license bond of Thomas Jefferson for fifty pounds, to be enforced "la ease of the existence of lawful cause to obstruct marriage between the said Thomas Jefferson and Martha Skelton, widow," has Just been deposited In the State Library at Richmond. A gentleman of Atlanta, Ga., learning that the widow of Stonewall Jackson is living at Charlotte, N. C, in straitened circumstances, bas offered to give her an Interest in a prosperous cotton factory. Thk quarterly report of the National Grange shows that the aggregate number of subordinate granges bas increased during the last three months about 1,000. - Abthtb Bwtkr, a young man 26 years old, a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, and an editorial writer on the New York Evening Poet, committed suicide In New York, on the loth, by blowing out bis brains. Mr. Dwyer was a young man of great promise. His grandfather was a well known Connecticut clergyman. No cause Is assigned tor his sudden taking off. . Charles Clinton, State Auditor of Louisiana, has been held to Vail on four different indictments two for misdemeanor In office, one for extortion under color of office, and one for embetiling f 2,000 of the State funds. Tappan Wentworth, of Lowell, Mafs., recently deceased, boqueaUied the bulk of his property to Dartmouth College. The bequest is estimated at $1711,000. Don Carlos has given his son the title of Prince of Asturias. Prof. Joseph Winlock, Director of the Observatory at Cambridge, Mass. , died suddenly on the 11th inst. lie was a native ot Kentucky . The New York Herald claims to have discovered a druggist, who sold to Mr. Beecher a bottle of hydrocyanic acid in May, 1871, and considers this confirmatory of the evidence of Mrs. Moalton, who stated that Beecher told her he was prepared, in a cortaln emergency, to end his life by poison. It is also claimed thatoUicr new evidence of great importance has been discovered, and that the ease will be reopened for its admission. The President has addressed a letter to the C.t ot Russia congratulating him upon tho birth of agiauddaugiittir. 3'his letter hi in reply to one from the Czar Informing the President ef the eveat. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. The price of gold In New York, on J one l, was in. 1 Alex. Kamsey, Sheriff of Ellis County, Kas., and Deputy United States Marshal, was killed at Stockton, a few miles south of Fort Hayes, on the 7th. He was attempting to arrest two horse thieves whom he discovered selling stolen ponies, when one of the parties shot htm in the abdomen, and he died in about an hour afterwards. After being wounded Ramsey succeeded in killing the man .who shot him. The other one escaped. The new direct ocean cable was completed on the 9th, and perfect signals were transmitted.Gen. Pope telegraphs to Gen. Sherman that the Quahada band of the Comanches came Into Fort Sill on the ad inst. , and surrendered 18 warriors, 800 womon and children and 1,400 ponies, ThOk W. Piper, the sexton of the Boston church in which little Mabel Young was found murdered, is believed by the Coroner's Jury to be the person who committed the foul crime. A quarantine of ten days has been pro claimed by the Governor of Louisiana against the ports of Havana and Vera Crux. In the case ot vessels bringing a clean bill of health, the ten days will begin to count from the time of their leaving the infected port for New Orleans. News has been received, by way of 11a-vana and St. Thomas, of a terrible earthquake in New Granada. The destruction was greatest in the valley of Cucutta, on the Venezuelan frontier. It is reported that 10,000 lives were destroyed by the calamity. The circulation of the Catholic Gazette, of Baltimore, has been prohibited within the German empire. A dispatch from St. John, N.F.,12th, says that 12 more of the survivors of the sunken steamer Ylcksburg had arrived at that port. They report that the third boat was upset and lost an hour after leaving the ship. The iron safe of the United Statesman-oi-war Cumberland, which was run iuto and sunk In Hampton TtomtB 1?y the Confederate mm Virginia in 1862, has been recovered. It was known that the safe contained a large amount of gold coin, and divers have been working years for its recovery. The lucky finder is Captain Brown, with whom are associated O. K. Maltby, of Norfolk, Va., and Herbert Smith, of Detroit, Mich. Mrs. W. R. Jarrett, a very estimable lady, who lived on the Salem pike, near Mur-freesboro, Tenn. , was most Inhumanly murdered on the afternoon of the 10th Inst. The sexton. Piper, has been Indicted for the murder of lit'le Mabel Young, in Boston. The American rifle team arrived at Queenstown on the nth, and proceeded thence to Cork and Dublin. TUey were everywhere hos pitably entertained, and are to be the guests of the Lord-Mayor while In Dublin. A negro named Simms, who committed an outrage upon Miss Jackson, In Anne Arundel County, Md. , was taken from the jail at Annapolis, on the 14th, by a large crowd, and banged to a tree. There was a severe frost throughout portions of the New England and Middle States on the night of the 13th, and considerable damage to crops is reported. TomMcGehan,a notorious desperado, made famous by the tragio end of his counsel, Hon. J. L. Vallandigham, ..ho lost his life in explaining some points in the trial ot MoGrhan for the murder of a man named Meyers, was shot through the window of his saloon, in Hamilton, Ohio, by some person unknown, on the night of the 13 tli, and almost Instantly killed. A negro named Jesse W oodson Is suspected, upon strong circumstantial evidence, of being the murderer ot Mrs. Jarrett, who lived near Murfreesboro, Tenn. , and he has been ar rested and placed in Jail. The murder was of the most horrible character, the bloodthirsty wretch having apparently committed the atrocious and inhuman deed by tying, drawing, and twisting with his hand a twine cord around the neck of his victim until he strangled her to death, leaving the prints ot his fingers upon her neck and arms. Sixty-three dollars were missing, and robbery was evidently the sole motive of the crime. The report of Gen. W. S. Smith, George B. Post and O, W. Norcross, a commission appointed by Secretary Bristow to examine the condition ot the Custom-house building at Chicago, has been submitted to the Secretary. Altiioagh not as yet made public, it is understood that It recommends the demolition of the present structure and the erection of one upon new foundations.A dispatch from Atehison, Kansas, 10th, says that the locust were taking flight in immense numbers. In a northwesterly direction, and it was believed that in five-sixths ot the State the prospect for a fine harvest was never more favorable. It Is rumored that Louisville, Ky.t is to selected as the National Grange headquarters. The Department of Agriculture, ia its cotton report for June, states that the threatened reduction in area has not taken place, nor bas the reduced area of last year been mnch enlarged. Comparison with last year is as follows: North Carolina, 102; South Carolina, 108; Georgia, 06; Florida, 89; Alabama, 104; Mississippi, 102; Louisiana, 101; Texas, 108; Arkansas, 101; Tennessee, 92. The report of the condition Is the most favorable in the past five seasons, with the exception ot that ot 1872. A fireworks manufactory In the outskirts of Boston exploded on the Jlflth, completely demolishing the building and Instantly killing nine out ot the ten men and boys employed. Agricultural prospects in California are greatly depressed owing to recent severe rains. Harvesting has been suspended, and grasses in many localities are ruined. A poor Detroit wife killed herself the other day, leaving the following proof of the great love she bore the man who was really her murderer : "My dear Richard, for love I got married, for love I die, and God bless you, and I freely forgive you. Pray the same, and we will meet in heaven above. ' I got the ten cents of Mrs. Rut-ridge to get audanum." MISSOURI STATE NEWS. THE COSSTITl"Tts'VAL COJrVESTIOHf. June 10. Mr. Adam from the Committee on Judicial Department submitted report, which was ordered printed... .Consideration of the report of the CommuN on Executive and Ministerial officers wi then resumed. JcnbII. Consideration of the report ol the Committee on Klec-t'rand Elections was continued, and a nrootw'lon for an educational qualification for votcru whs voted down. June 12. The Ct mniitUe on Militia made a report, WhieB was adopted without amendment.... The Joint Committee on Execu tive and Ministerial Departments of the Citato Governmeut and L? i 'Uiive Department also submitted a report, hita was agreed to. Junk 14. The in:c'Htv and minority re ports of Uie CommKHw vn Representation were taken up as the epei length, but the Cunvi prior to adjournment Junk 15. Dinou-Commtttec on Rupre.- gesUin An aiu' Kiauot: -'$. of tv ; wder and discussed at u did not reach a vote itr of Hie reports of the i.un occupied the entire .-Nit, giving to St. Louis i ' Hwuw ff iue. General, Assembly, waa defeated yeas, 20; nays, 43 The St. Louis members of the Convention expressed great indignation at what they clutree to be their unfair treatment by the nmtoritv of the country delegatus, and at a meeting of the city deJegation several memoers auvocaieii a withdrawal from the Convention in case they wore not treated with greater consideration. Junk 16. The report of the Committee on Representation again occupied the time of Uie Convention, the question under discussion be ing an amendment providing that the question of representation be submitted to the vote of the people as a separate proposition. The Convention finally refused to instruct tue committee to report the amendment. General Notes. Adjutant-General Bingham baa prepared a report for presentation to the Governor, by bis direction, In reference to the alleged fraudulent war claims. The claims referred to, and upon which certificates cf indebtedness were lasueil, are on account of tho 17th Regiment, E. M. M., organized In Jackson and Cass Counties. The conclusion arrived at by Gen, Bingham is "that the muster and pay-roll vouchers, alleging the continued au-tive service of entire companies for many months, on which claims against the State amounting to (135,389.79 have been allowed, and cer ideates of indebtedness issued therefor, were criminally concocted to plunder the State or National Treasury under the guise of justice lo the soldier. This claim against tin State was made out and filed by K. F. Rogers, Kansas City. It is shown by affidavits submitted therewith that he retains as bU commission fifty per cent, of the amount collected, alleging as a reason for such a conmUsicn that it cost a large sum of money to get these claims allowed." A call has been Issued for a convention of the officers and soldiers of the Union army of fair record, now citizens of Missouri, at St Louis on. Wednesday or Thursday of Fair week. The objoct of theconvention is stated to be for social tind reunion purposes. Cass County. A committee from the St. Louis Merchants' Exchange recently vutitod Cass and Jackson ' Conntlea, In order to report from personal observations the extent of the grasshopper devastation. Mr. Joseph If. Wherry gave an account of the trip which be and Mr, ItoW' land made through Cass County. They started out from Ilarrisonville, and made a circuit of 24 miles, returning to Harrison-ville. They did not see enough wheat, clovor, corn and timothy in the fields to support a single man or beast. The ground was as bare of vegetation as If swept over by a conflagration. The orchards were almost entirely stripped of thoir foliage. The big grasshoppers would climb the trees, and drop thera down to the little grasshoppers below. After devastating orchards, gardens and fields, the grasshoppers take to the timber, and devour every thing in the shape of leaves, buds, stems and small shrubbery. The only vegetation to be seen In Harrisonville was a bunch of peas, and that was being greedily devoured by half a dozen hoppers. 9,000 acres of flaxseed were planted In Ca-s County this year, and now not a stalk is left standing. Very few of the farmers are suffering from lack of food, but all are in great want of seed, and very thankful for the assistance they have received from St. Louis and otherplaces. Mr. Rowland told of seeing in the morning 300 acres of fine-looking half-grown corn, and by 6 o'clock in the afternoon the grasshoppers had eaten every blade of It. A liberal contribution was ordered to be forwarded to this county. Jackson County. Messrs. John W. Larimore and James W. Gregory, a committee from the St. Louis Merchant' Exchange, gave the following report of their visit to this county: They started out from Lee's Summit, and, traveling by a circuitous route to Kansas City, they found that the timothy and clover and most of the blue grass along the route had been eaten up and destroyed so that the ground will have to be all re-seeded again. They saw no shrubbery or underbrush of any kind. The fields looked as though they bad been plowed up, afterwards flattened dowa by beaten rains, and then frozen hard. Samuel Young, one of the oldest farmers in the county, has a farm of 4,000 acres towed in clover, bay, corn and oats, and now there U not a sign of vegetation on the whole place. Mr. Larimore said that the atmosphere, in places, was black with swarms of grasshoppers flying to the northwest. Ho also told of a cow which he saw on a fence eating from the branches of a tree. The Exchange voted to forward supplies. At a meeting held at Kansas City, on the 12th, It was resolved that no person in the county should be permitted to go without seed and provisions. The meeting was attended by the wealthiest citizens, and committees were appointed to solicit contributions and distribute the necessary aid. Lafayette Connty. The Silver Building, corner Laurel and Mala streets, Lexington, was burned on the night of the 12th. The building was occcu-pled by Johnson's tobije store and barber shop, Robinson's restaurant, Young's confectionery store, i'. C. Patterson's grocery store, and the Jlegister printing-office. A portion or the gods and printing material were saved. Loss about $25,000; Insurance, 120,000. It is thought the building was set on Are. Marion County. The salo of the Oakland herd of shorthorns, belonging to Tbos. J. Barker, of Monroe County, took place at the Fair Grounds near Hannibal on the 10th. The cows averaged f221, and bolls 102. The aggregate ef ales, Including a few Alderneys, was $7,600, which amount includes two or three beadot short-herns not belonging to the Oakland herd. The celebrated cow, Grace Young, old for 830 to D. A. Bander, of Newark. The came party also bought Grace Young Seventh tor $400, and Lucy Ashton and calf for $525. Flora Second was sold to James Combs, of Llnncus, for $(09. The bull Grand Duke of Geneva was told to Arnwtead Parker, of Monroe County, for $270; and the Emperor to R. A. Mos," of Palmyra, for $230. James Dunham, a blacksmith by trade, was drowned at Hannibal, on the 13th, by being capsized in a boat. Two of his companions clung to the boat and were rescued, Dunham was a single man, and a native of Pennsylvania.A woman named Mrs. Duuiphy, becoming tired of life, hung herself on the 14th. St. Lonii. An association to be designated as "The Confederate Veterans of Missouri" was or-organized on the 10th, with the following officers! Col. Wright 8chaumberg, President,' Sergt. Frank MelJeth, Vice-President ; Capt. O. W. Barret, Secretary j Maj. J. S. Meller, Treasurer, , The management of the Times has been taken from Mr. Hutebins, by vote ot the Directors, aud transferred to Mr. Cclsus M. Price. Messrs. Mantz and McIIenry voted In favor of ths change, and Mr. Uodnett against It. lr. Hutchins claims Unit Mr, JlotteMt and himself control a majority of the stock of the company, and that as soon as a new election for Directors is held, he will bereinstated. Hon. Isaac n. Sturgeon has been appointed Colloctor of Internal Revenue for the First District of Missouri, vice Col. Con. Maguire, resigned. James Godfrey, a butcher, was atruck by lightning and Instantly killed, while driving along the Slringtown road, on the inth. Indictments have been found against Gon. John McDonald, ex-Supervisor of Internal Revenue of this district ; Col. John C. Joyce, ex-Inspector, Alfred Bevis and Edward B. Frazier. The charge against McDonald and Joyce is marked on the docket; "Criminal, for destroying publlo records," and that against Bevis and Frazier is "removal and concealment of spirits, and failing to efface stamps aud brand." Judge Treat fixed the bond of McDonald and Joyce at $10,000, or Frazier at $5,000, and of Bevls at $2,500. Dr. A. W. Morrison, a dentist, dlt appeared from his home one day recently, and his body was subsequently found In the Mississippi, near Mcrameo. It is supposed he committed suicide while temporarily insauo. He was only 27 years of age, and unmarried. Impressions Made by Lightning. A correspondent writes to Nature as follows : " Formerly, when ramified marks appeared on the persons of men or animals, they were always referred to some near or distant tree of which the marks formed ' an exact portrait.' Thus, in the Timet of September 10, 18CC, Is an account of a boy who had taken refuge under a tree during a thunderstorm, having been struck by lightning, and on his body was found ' a perfect Imago of the tree, the fibres, leaves and branches being represented with photographic accuracy.' In a paper read by me before the British Association at Manchester In 18G1 I attempted to show that such ramified figures are not derived from any tree whatever, but represent the fiery hand of the lightning Itself. Very Instructive tree-like figures may be produced on sheets of crown glass by passing over them the contents of a Lcyden jar. For this pur pose the plates (those I used were four Inches square) should bo put into a strong solution of soap, and wiped dry with a duster. If a plate be then held by the corner against the knob of a small charged Jar, and, with one knob of the discharging rod resting against the outer coating, the other be brought up to the knob of the jar with the glass between, the spark will pass over the surface of the pane, turn over its edge, and thus arrive at the knob of the rod. Nothing Is visible on the plate until It Is breathed on, and then the condensed breath settles in the form of minute dew on those parts of the soapy film that have not been burnt oft" by the electricity, while on the lines that have been burnt oil or made cnemlcally clean the moisture condenses in watery lines, bringing out the trunk, branches and minute spray of the dendritic figure in a very perfect manner. In the discussion that followed the reading of my paper, the president of the section remarked that the figures exhibited wonld pass for trees all over the world. The dischargo sometimes exhibits bifurcations and even tri-furcations. The main trunk Is evidently a hollow tube, as In the vitrified masse known as fulgurites, where lightning plows through a sandy soli. Should the plate be too thick, the main discharge may not pass, In which case the plate represents spray only. Hence I Infer that the pray precedes the discharge and acts as a feeler for the line of least resistance. Indeed, It Is an old observation of sailors that before the ship is struck every one on board felt as If cobwebs were being drawn over his face." Fire-places and Grates. Those persons who have theold-fashioned open fire-places In their houses, may make convenient and serviceable grates for them without a great deal of trouble or pecuniary expense, In the following manner : Insert a broad strong Iron bar securely from side to side of the fire-place, and directly in front, about six inches above the hearth. From this bar let others of less diameter, and about four or five Inches apart, extend at right angles to the back of the fire-place, where they may be fastened In the.wall.or to a transverse bar, or secured properly upon bricks. No andirons are needed with a grate of this kind ; the wood burns wtll, and the ashes fall down and are easily removed. If a second bar Is fixed a few Inches above the large front bar, the danger of the wood's rolling forward and out of the fire-place will be averted. Dn. M ac bin recommends placing In the open windows of Invalids canvas well wetted. As is known, water, in passing from a liquid to a gaseous state, absorbs caloric. That chemical process will lower In a few minutes the tcmperatureof a room by five or six degres, and the humidity distributed In the air makes tho heat more supportable. By that system the patients find themselves, even In the heat of summer, In an atmosphere refreshed, analogous to that which prevails after a storm. LosDonnas 9,000 sailors dally'on Its waters. SUBTERRANEAN FIRES. Instruction of (tlx Soatn American Towns A Great Calamity In Iceland Hundreds ot Lives Lost. A letter dated Salazar, New Granada, May 19, gives ths following account of a terrible earthquake In the Andes : 11:30 a. n. yesterday (18th) a severe earthquake visited this city and region. In this city a large part of the church full, several houses we're destroyed, and some people killed. , The city of Cucuta Is entirely destroyed, only a few families being saved. The Borica Aiemana (German drug store) was set on lire by a ball of fire which was thrown out of tho volcano, which Is constantly belching out lava. This volcano has opened itself in front of Santiago, In a ridge called El Alto de la Glracha. San Cayetnno was destroyed; Santiago ia the gruater part. In Granalote tbore. was great destruction. Arboleda, Cucuti!-la and San Cristobal are nearly destroyed, principally the four last. The population of these towns is esti mated by a person well acquainted in that region as follows: San Cay c tan o, 4,000 : Santiago, 2,000; Granalote. 3,000 i Arboleda, 5,000; Cucutllla, 6,000; Sau Cristobal, 16,000 ; total, 35,000. The section of conntry above referred to embraces the regions round about where Colombia and Venezuela join, the Colombian portion embracing the State of Santander. It Is In some respects the most productive part of this republic, and the coffee of this section Is famous all the world over. San Jose de Cucuta, the city of the most Importance of any in that section, was situated on the boundary of the republic, latitude 7 30' N longitude 72 10' W., and was founded by Juan de Marten iu 1531. It was a port of entry (if an Inland town can be called a port), and here was the established Custom House. The population of tho city at tho time of the disaster is estimated at about 18,000. It had a large commercial business, and was the great depot for coffee and cocoa for shipment, either through the Venezuelan ports or down the Magdalona to this city. The shock was felt sharply In Bogota and adjoining sections. A gentleman who was at the time In Facatatlva says that tho movement lasted three-quarters of a minute. It was also slightly felt In Barran- qullla. A London dispatch of June 12 says s About six weeks ago there was a heavy rain of ashes and cinders alouar the north crn coast of Norway, covering the ground several Inches deep. Investigation re vealed the fact that these strange materials, coming from a northwesterly direction like Immense clouds through the air, were of volcanic origin. It was at once thought that there must have been an eruption of Mount Ilecla In Iceland A steamer was dispatched from Copenhagen, and that vessel has returned from Kejkjavlk, with news of an unparalleled disaster. It seems that the outbreak be gan on Christmag, and has continued ever since with scarce any interruption. For seven weeks before Christmas tho inhabitants were terrified by subterranean noises like thunder, which extended through nearly two-thirds of the Island. Early In January followed earthquakes in all directions, and at last, an old extinct volcano near Vatravkud opened, and for four w.eeks continued to eject immense quantities of liquid fire, lava, ashes, and a muddy fluid mass at boiling heat. The village and some smaller hamlets and farms wjthln a radius of twenty miles were destroyed, and over a thousand people had to flee for their lives. After four weeks this volcano ceased, but at that moment another extinct volcano, nearly a hundred miles away, near Myvatu, sent its burning mass upon the peaceful habitations around. ThU eruption lasted for several weeks, the village of Myvatu became a prey to the fiery elements, and the whole country for more than fifty miles around was devastated. More than eight hundred of the people are reported as having been rendered homeless. Early In March there seemed to be a general upheaval of the earth In the whole central portion of the island ; new mounds, as It were, rose to the surface, some to a height ol several hundred feet and over a thousand feet In diameter at the base, amid tremendous shocks of thundering beneath. They split open at the top and vomited fortn their burning contents upon the surface around them, covering a distance of 200 miles. Ten thousand people are said to have lost nearly all their possessions, and the remainder, who live nearer to and along the coasts, some 40,000 In number, are them, selves too poor to support such a vast number of needy people. Several hundred persons are also reported to have perished. The world-renowned Geysers have dried up since the terrible eruption began, and Instead of water, these mysterious funnels emit immense quantities of hot smoke and ashes, which, during the night, rising several thousand feet into the air, appear like gigantic columns of flameless flie, vkible for hundreds of miles. It Is said that no historic record of volcanic eruption any where in the world compares with this, either iu territory over which it extcnds,the number of newly opened craters, or the time of Its duration. The Copenhagen Government has Issued an appeal for aid to the sufferers. A Visiting Dog. A Nahant dog has a taste for visiting, lie goes down to the depot and steps aboard the train without the customary little ceremony at the ticket fflce ; and when It reaches the right town he bounds off and pays a visit to some family friend of his master. lie never makes a mistake about the town or the train, and Is such a fine, intelligent fellow, he always meets with a welcome. He usually spends two or three days on his trips, and no doubt picks up considerable dog lore In his travels. I do not know whether the mightier dogs show him any particular attention ou hl9 return, but he Is on good terms with them all, PntbUrian HERE AND THERE In the last eight years nearly one hundred millions of dollars' worth of church property was sold In Italy. A worm which twenty-five years ago did great damage among the pi forests of North Carolina is again destructively at work. Th Governor of Ceylon has Issued a prohibition against the shooting of elephants or their capture, except for Government purposes. Thk ditchinsr of a train near New York recently precipitated into one bundle Vice-rreaident Wilson, ex-Speaker Dlaine and Annie Louise Carey. John Qxtioley, sixteen years old, took his younger brother Into a barn at Troy, N. Y., and tried to hang Wm. John had been made Insane by hard study. Two small bors were hauled before the Preston, Conn., police court, and fined one cent each for the heinous offense of calling one William Armstrong a "sunflower." A rROBEcrcmow has been beeun asains a Nuremberg paper for inadvertently In sertlng an advertisement apparently i cipher, which, when read backwards, consisted of reflections on Trince Bismarck. A 1.000 niAMONO waa stolen from the hilt of a sword of Gen. 8herldan's at his house In Chicago the other day, and he suspects a man pretending to be a new York Graphic artist of the crime. In Germanv the telesrraoh Is spoken ol as "the Hnkmeans bringing all men Into the Innermost binding." The Khine watchers have a peculiar way of putting matters that would not occur to other people. Th nress and the people are uniting In a general and vigorous raid against extrava gant dressing at school exhibitions, roor narmits who have children at School will bless teachers and school officers who will discourage this expensive folly. Thi National Temperance Convention In Chicago passed an anti-tobacco resolu tion unanimously, and the next Dtisiness was the auditinsr of a bill sent In by the Janitor of the hall for cleaning up tobacco spittle. A Michigan farmer's daughter almost killed a young fellow last week by put ting a dose of "condition powaers" in nis cider. He was slow In his wooing, and she wanted to make him "frisky," as she calls It. A young man named Hinkley, or Gardiner, Me., who was accidently shot by a companion, about a year ago, has just died ofhis Injuries. His mother and sister previously died from overwork In taking care of him. Jarkd R. Bukix. of Indianapolis, and SHsan D. Gilbert, of Athol. Mas.. have " married" themselves by a written con tract, which is to " be In force during our nhvsical lives, provided our mutual love natures ever blend as now but to term! nate without prejudice by the wish of either party, If love shall ever cease to be mutual." Grasshopper soup is one of the favor ite dishes In the Northwest. The grasshopper Is usually exposed for a few days In front of tho restaurant, after the manner ef green turtles, with the customary abdominal lrescees setting forth hU weight, dim nsions and the date of his ap proaching sacrifice. Likk all crcat men who rule their fel lows, Red Cloud, the big chief of the Sioux, Is also ruled by a woman, jus woman la his sauaw. and eh", like all squaws, Is ruled by the youngest of her offspring a little pumpkin-Jaceti papoose, about as long as a fiddle-box. And so we see, after all this dickering about buy. inir the Black mils, that we have been offering to the wron? parties tho Govern meut " pap." Tourists who have been to Yosemlto Valley this season complain bitterly about the poor accommodations and petty annoyances. None of the hotels in the valley are said to be halfway decent. Beds are hard as planks, tables poor, and a couple of waiters for every one hundred and fifty guests. AH the roads are toll roads, all the trails toll trails, and about all the grazing ground in the valley bas been leased by the Commissioners and fenced In. M. Lxbfau, a veterinary surgeon of Paris, claims to have discovered a cure for hydrophobia, and submits the cure to an experiment, as follows ; On the 23d of May, he Inoculated with hydrophobia virus sixteen dogs In a hospital. Eight of these dogs will be kept securely without treatment, the other eight will be treated with the remedy, and the practitioner is confident that his eight will remain sound, while the others will die. a vw rlars since William Colvllle. a carter, near Dunfermllre, In Scotland, left home, accompanied by his dog. On the afternoon of the next day the dog came back to the house, and acted In such a nnculiar and excited manner thatCoIville's friends resolved to follow the animal, the result being that the dog led them to the shaft nf a disused coal pit In the neighbor hood, tnd there stopped, faking its stand close by the enclosure or the snart. urap-pling irons were procured, and after these had been used fora considerable time ex-tsnilinir over several days the dead body of the missing man was found and brought to the bank. Not verv lonsr since the wife of the Prnfimnr. Mrs. A rassiz. rose one mornui? and proceeded, according to cutom, to put on her stockings and shoes. At a certain stage of this process a little scream attracted Mr. Agassiz'g attention, and not having yet risen, he leaned anxiously upon his elbow, Inquiring what was the matter. Why, Professor, a mue naK bas just crawled out of my boot," said she. " Only one, my dear?" returned the Profssor, calmly lying u"wa "' " j -there should have been three." lie h al putth"tn there to keep them wrm. H?-antman to have in the house, pwti. u.,u ? lo oue's sleeping room.