MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
P0BLISHES’S  SPEOUL  NOTIOEa 
The  Rural  Is  areryKood  present  to  send  to  a 
&rlend  and  it  pleasantly  reminds  the  recipient  of  the 
donor  flfty-two  times  a  year— this  year  Bfth -three 
times.  Any  substrU/fr  can  send  it  to  a  relative  or 
friend,  ns  a  present,  nt  our  lowest  club  rate— only 
?2.15,  including  postage. 
Holiday  Preeenla  will  be  plenty  this  year  among 
our  Agerit-Frleiids  nnd  others  who  form  clubs  for 
nuRAh.  Our  list  eomprisea  mnn.v  articles  appropri¬ 
ate  for  presents.  Induce  n  few  of  your  friends  to 
tahe  the  Upral.  and  thus  secure  a  Preniinm. 
Olllcer.s  ol  Agricultuml  Bodctles  and  Clubs. 
Gninges,  Ac.,  can,  if  they  will,  ninterlally  aid  in 
augmenting  the  circulation  of  the  Bl’kal.  Scores 
of  such  are  already  forming  clubs !  how  many  others 
will  kindly  do  likewise? 
Renew  early  II  you  would  secure  the  uninter¬ 
rupted  continuance  of  the  ItuuAb  to  your  address: 
and  pray  don’t  forgot  to  ask  friend.,  to  join  you  In 
eendlDg  for  i.ho  rifty-ttiree  Numbers  which  we  shall 
publish  during  137(5. 
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the  BtJiiAiv  IB  ynur  locality  please  become  one  by 
torming  a  club.  It  witi  pav- 
At  Our  Risk.— Yon  can  remit  by  Draft,  P.  O. 
Money  Order  or  Registered  Letter  at  our  risk.  j 
'Mfliis  of  tk  Mffli. 
MORE  STEAMERS  FOR  EUROPE. 
It  Is  salCl  that  some  New  York  capitalists  pro- 
pose  to  ask  Congm'ia  tor  an  appropriation  to  t-n- 
tabllsli  another  Amork  an  line  or  steamers  to  Eu¬ 
rope.  Tnc  upproprtaUon  Is  expected  In  form  of  n 
Bubsldj’  tor  mall  L-urriing;  but  li  is  hardly  proba¬ 
ble  that  II.  will  be  granted.  There  Is  no  gixul 
reason  why  iruills  lor  Europe  should  not  be  open 
to  competition  the  same  as  t.hrough  the  dlfTcrent 
parts  of  our  country.  Going  to  Congress  tor  ap¬ 
propriations  Is  demorbllzliig  buslne-ss  tor  nil  par¬ 
ties.  Besides,  It  19  not  a  good  time  to  build  la.-w 
ocean  steniaera.  Immigration  has  largely  rtc- 
croased,  and  last  year  lewer  Amertc.ana  w'ent 
abroad  than  in  .several  years  past.  .Some  of  the 
companies  having  lines  or  vessels,  hauled  off  a 
number  on  account  of  lack  or  businciai.  The 
number  ot  cabin  passengers  avernged  S.OOti  per 
company,  and  stcorage  »,tMXi,  both  sbowdng  a 
large  decrease,  ^exl  season -will  probably  be  still 
worse  tor  ocean  steamers,  as  thousands  ol  patil- 
otic  Americans  who  usuallj'go  abroad  will  remain 
to  attend  the  Centennial  E.xhlblUon  and  spend 
their  money  at  home. 
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HOME  IfEWB  PARAGRAPHS.. 
TuE  members  ol  the  boat  clubs  on  the  Harlem 
Klver  talk  ot  sending  a  picked  crew  to  represent 
them  at  the  opening  ol  the  centennial  Exlilbltlou. 
There  are  now  6, so*  public  coils  la  New  York 
City  engaged  in  draying  and  similar  ivork.  There 
has  been  an  mcreaae  of  public  carls  In  the  last  16 
years  ot  1.077. 
Gen.  James  Packard,  ex-Iiepresentatlve  in  Con¬ 
gress  from  Indiana,  has  been  appointed  an  Inter¬ 
nal  revenue  agent . 
Congressman  Morrison  Is  said  to  be  a  tavorlte 
candldaui  tor  the  Bemocmtlc  nomination  lor  Gov-  | 
ernor  ot  Illinois.  i 
Dennis  Began.  Barney  Rourke  and  Timothy  j 
Hayes,  aged  from  lO  to  13  years,  were  drowned  lu 
LoAvell,  the  wind  carrying  the  sled  on  wlUch  Miey 
wore  riding  into  the  swift  water. 
A  large  right  tvhale  and  her  calf  were  seen  on 
one  raorulng  last  week  uff  Soullumiplon,  L.  1. 
Four  boats  tvere  lauuched,  and  after  an  exciting 
chase  the  eow  Avhale  was  killed.  The  boats  then 
started  tor  1  he  call.  The  wliale  win  make  about 
forty  barroitj  or  oil. 
Mr.  Daniel  tsmllh,  a  Westchester  Count  y  farmer, 
started  for  tVhltc  Plains  on  Wednesday  week  tviih 
a  load  of  hay.  and  as  he  Ava.s  tinvlng  down  a  sleep 
hill  the  matl  8Av:iyed  from  side  to  side,  and  the 
shelving  on  AVhlch  the  hay  Avas  loaded  stniok  on 
the  hind  Ashcel.  The  rtre  ot  the  Avheel  struck  ' 
sparks  from  an  iron  fender  tinder  the  shelving.  I 
The  hay  was  set  on  nre  and  tlie  load  Avas  li<iir  de-  ^ 
stroyed  before  Mr.  Smith  discovered  the  Arc.  and  I 
his  hair  aa-us  burned  before  he  could  get  to  the 
grouiAd.  The  horses  tnlts  Averc  biiraed  off  before 
the  hay  Avas  pitched  ofl  lo  save  the  Avagon. 
Mrs.  Dr.  Hon*  Is  a  Vice-President  ot  the  Andros¬ 
coggin  County,  Mo..  Medical  Society. 
The  remains  of  the  late  commodore  .Stephen 
Decatm*  arrlA-ed  Dom  Boston,  Jan.  is,  and  Avere  in-  . 
terred  in  the  family  AAult  UiGreenAvood  Cemetery. 
Mr.  II.  S.  Tliomp.son,  a  broker  of  2S  BroadAvay, 
died  AA’hllc  riding  home  In  a  cab  on  the  evening  of 
the  13th  lust, 
A  violent  gale  occurred  In  the  Western  Mediter¬ 
ranean,  Jan.  13,  and  su  ept  the  Algerian  coast  AAith  I 
great  fury.  The  damage  to  property  Is  estlnnated  I 
nt  iH00,WW,  I 
A  wooden  donkey,  the  head  aad  tall  of  which 
!  are  moved  by  pulling  a  rope  in  the  store,  at  the 
!  same  time  ringing  a  bell,  serves  as  a  sign  hi  Bf*ek- 
man  si.,  N’.  Y.  City, 
During  the  last  half  of  1875  forty-four  persons 
died  In  Phlladeliilila  who  had  reached  the  age  of 
nlnet.v  years  and  upward,  tlfteen  iwlng  males  and 
lAAenty-nlne  females,  'Ihe  oldest  person  Ava.s  a 
man,  Avho  died  at  the  age  of  ion. 
In  the  breacJi  of  promise  suit,  Fannie  K.  Decker 
against  .John  B.  Wslon  or  fnlonvllle,  N,  Y.,  iriixl 
at  Judge  Dykinaii's First  Circuit  Court,  at  Goslien, 
if.  Y..  the  Jury  gave  a  A  erdict  for  f.'i.oiMi, 
I  The  Rev.  Alphonse  Dupont.  lonnerly  a  Roman 
l  ulholle  priest,  has  taken  orders  at  Syracuse  In 
tlie  Episcojial  f'lmreU. 
I'oiiislence  numey  to  the  iunonnl  of  $730.  fnirn 
Clinton,  loAva,  was  received  at  the  Treasury  De- 
I  partment  .Jun.  13.  the  sender  la-jtigit  Captain  In  an 
I  foAva  regiment  durtng  tlic  Avar;  $240..5o  in  gokl, 
I  conscience  money  for  the  Ginernnient  on  the 
j  goods  import.ed  (ii  Vciv  Vork,  and  ajipralscd  in 
error,  wa^  also  received. 
'I'hc  ITcsklem  ol  the  Catholic  As.socluflon  or 
Great  Britain,  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  calls  for  «ul> 
scrtptlous  to  .aid  the  pcrh(X'nl.cd  tierman  priests, 
and  he:wl8  the  paper  Artth  f.i.noo. 
Summary  of  the  business  transacted  from  .Tan, 
1  lo  iXs  .  Ht,  ls75,  In  the  Carrlei-s’ Depart.ment  of 
the  N.  Y.  Post  -  olTlce Number  of  stations, 
street  leMer-boxc.s,  UTS;  letter currici’s,  42U;  icttera 
and  postal  cards  delivered  by  carriers.  63. 164,77«: 
ncAvspapcrsdcllA'ered,  7.891.571;  letters  and  postal 
cards  collected.  62.057.767;  newspapers  colltwted. 
1R,t<5,66l;  postal  cards,  letters  and  papers  depos-  ' 
Red  in  stations.  S2..t2S.]‘2,3;  R-itera  rcgtslercd  :.i  j 
station, s.  56,398;  amount  received  tor  .ti.Tss  of  ' 
money  ordorslssued  at  stai ions,  *846.6i7.2s ;  amount  | 
p.atd  on  48,005  money  orders  at  smtions,  $6c.3,295.is. 
Mr,  Meagher,  the  present  owner,  has  offered  to  ! 
the  Centennial  (-otnmlsdoncrs  a  portion  of  the 
galloAVBon  AA-hlch  the  tWrly-elght  .Sioux  Indians 
Avere  exmited  in  Mankato  in  1862. 
Walter  Polger,  at.  the  age  of  nlnel.y,  climbs  Info 
the  tower  of  the  town  clock  at  Nantucket  \Alth  aj>- 
parent  ease  and  rcgulaia»3  the  machinery  as  per- 
frt'tly  as  In  his  younger  days. 
The  Kenat/P  fomrnltteo  on  Milit  ary  Affalra  had 
a  meeting  .Ian.  13,  at  which  Heiiaior  l.ogan  pre¬ 
sided  for  the  first  time  this  session,  His  healt  h  ts 
improving  slowly.  The  Commlllee  agreed  to  rc- 
ixirt  favorably  on  a  number  of  Executive  nomina¬ 
tions,  including  that  of  Major  llobert  MacKeely  lo 
be  Comint!5.sarT-Genf-ral  of  sijbsistence. 
A  delegatimi  of  the  Society  of  Priends  appeared 
before  the  Senaw.  Commlllee  on  Indian  Affairs  to 
urge  the  retention  or  Barchiy  While  as  .superin¬ 
tendent  of  Indian  Affati's  for  the  NorMiern  Super- 
Intendency,  headqmirtors  at  Omaha. 
Henry'  H.  Suilth.  a  journalist,  formerly  of  Michi¬ 
gan, anda  prominent  l.lberai  Kepiiblieau.  has  been 
appointed  Printing  Clerk  lii  the  House  of  Repr.-- 
seniallves,  Hie  Ilivt  recrignll  Ion  ol  the  I.IR  rai  Re 
publican  element,  in  tlie  Hoinso. 
Atlanta,  Ga,,  affords  an  example  ivoniiy  o(  mu- 
tailoii  to  of  her  cities,  bot  h  North  and  .Sonih.  Dur- 
ingthe  past  year  tlie  city  «lebt  ha.s  been  reduced 
over  $50,000,  and  all  bills  paid  upon  presentation. 
It  Is  Impossible  to  increase  the.  boating  debt.,  aa 
the  charier  makes  the  city  fathers  personally 
lltihle  lor  any  halanee  against  the  ePy  oti  expense 
account  at  the  end  of  the  yoar. 
It  Is  asserted  that  Prof.  DoA'ld  Swing  has  been 
offered  the  editorship  of  the  Independent,  and 
that  he  expressed  his  preference  for  his  noAv 
church. 
By  order  of  the  Brlllsh  AdnUralt.y  hereafter 
Roman  catholic  priests  wlR  be  permitted  to  go  on 
board  the  trahilng  Bhip.s  airortsmouth,  Plymouth 
and  Falmouth. 
The  industrial  .School  lor  Girls  in  Hallowell, 
Me,,  is  filled  to  It.s  utmost  ca  pacity,  and  has  already 
proved  t  he  most  successtiU  reformatory  Institution 
In  the  .state. 
Barney  McQuade  Of  Cumberland,  Md.,  conAdcicd 
of  attempting  Ui  defraud  t.he  OoA-ernmeut  by  torg  j 
mg  county  and  pension  claims,  hasbeen  sentenced 
to  six  years  Imprlsomnent  and  to  pay  a  line  of 
$1,0IMI. 
Dr.  O,  K.  Cobb,  u  West  Troy  pliysldan,  was  sent 
to  the  Peniu-utlary  tor  six  mont  hs  and  fined  $.A<i 
tor  indecently  lUsposlng  ot  the  remains  of  tAvo 
dead  InfuiilK. 
In  the  rnited  States  Circuit  Court,  Boston,  Jan. 
12,  John  W.  nerce,  .Ji\,  formerly  casliier  of  the 
MereJiants’ National  Bank  of  Lowell,  Avas  placed 
on  I  rtal  on  a  charge  of  ember/ling  $150,000  belong¬ 
ing  to  the  bank. 
Charity  Kayward  of  San  Francisco  has  sued  her  | 
husband,  Alvlnza,  for  dlA'orce,  alleging  desertion 
for  the  past  fifteen  months.  They  have  been  mar-  I 
Tied  thirty  years  and  ha A'c  one  child,  a  daughter,  ! 
aged  1.5.  The  estate  Is  wovili  $lo,iiou.0(io. 
Mr.  Andreyv  J.  Houston,  a  rtesceiidunt  of  the 
famous  Sam  Houston  ot  Texas,  protests  .against  ' 
the  erection  ot  a  monmnent  to  his  ancestor  by  ' 
means  nf  a  lottery  sclicmo.  as  has  been  proposed. 
JefTerson  Davis  has  just  lost  a  suit  for  $7(),(H)0  In  | 
a  court  at  Vicksburg,  Mias,  The  ex-Presldent  put  i 
lu  a  claim  for  that  amount  against  Ins  brother’s  ' 
estate,  but  tlie  court  decided  ag,alnst  him.  | 
Mrs.  KnUly  Tubman  ot  Frankfort,  Ky.,  has  pre-  ' 
seuted  the  Christian  or  eosniopollte  congregation 
at  Augusta,  Ga..  with  a  eompletely  tui’nlshod 
chinvU  and  parsonage,  which  she  had  ercted  at  a 
cost  of  $101,S.5l), 
President  tollman  has  arranged  for  the  erection 
ot  temporary'  buldlnga  and  expects  to  open  the 
Johns  Hopkins  UniA'orsity  at  Baltimore  on  the  rah 
ofGctobcr.  No  permanent  buUdlngscan  be  erected 
tUl  int  erest  on  the  building  fund  ha.s  m’cumulaicd. 
Tlic  ExccutlA’e  Committee  of  the  Taxpay  ers’  j 
I'nlon  of  Milwaukee  favor  a  consolidation  of  city 
and  coimf  y  governments.  I 
Gne  liundred  and  thirty'-four  crlminala.  of  Avhoni 
seventcenwere  muruerei’s,  were  pardoned  out  of  ! 
the  Illinois  Penltentlaiy  last  j'ear,  ! 
The  Maasachnsetts  ITohlhltlonlsts  have  got  a 
bill  into  the  Ma88achu»etl.s  House  for  the  enforee- 
ment  of  the  act  passed  last  year  concerning  the 
sale  of  intoxlcatmg  liquors. 
OAs-r  365  tons  of  coal  and  1 ,000  bread  tickets  have 
been  given  out  by  the  OveiMeers  of  the  Poor  of 
.NeAvark,  N.  J.,  slnoe  Jan.  l. 
NcAA-buryport.  18  to  have  a  CenUmnlal  leap-year 
party  — .a  ride  on  sledges;  supper— baked  clams, 
baked  beans  and  Indian  bread,  by  the  light  of  tal- 
lOAv  candles. 
It  Is  said  that  thecentcrof  the  population  of  this 
city  Is  nearly  at  Fourth  avenue  and  Fourteenth 
stj'eet. 
There  are  now  1,^  express  wagons  In  this  city. 
I  There  has  been  an  Increase  In  the  last  fifteen 
years  nf  7»r>. 
Snowfalls  under  a  cloudless  sky  are  cormnon  In 
Virginia  City,  puzzling  strange.i-s.  The  snoAv  is 
bloAvn  rroiii  Mount  DaAldson,  Avhlch  is  close  by  the 
town,  and  is  Avhlrled  through  the  streets  by  the 
Artnd. 
I’resldcni  St'ely'e  Inm  made  a  public  statement 
or  the  financial  condition  of  uie  new  female  eol- 
I  lege  at  Northampton,  Muss.  The  trnstewi  have 
j  thus  far  made,  the  Income  derived  from  tlic$a«T,468 
j  gift  of  Miss  Sophie  Smith  and  the  $2,'.,(hhi  coiitrib- 
utod  hy  Nort.h.ampton  lyiA-er  fliebnlldlng»and enr- 
I  rent  expenses,  so  that  the  ortglrwl  total  or  $412,468 
remains  substanllally  Intact;  and  they  now  esti¬ 
mate  their  proiiuctlA'e  funds  and  real  estate  at 
$l525,rHW». 
During  1875  the  number  ot  vessels  totally  lost, 
!  balling  from  San  Francisco  or  sjilllng  from  that, 
I  port  was  fort y-iAA'O,  viz:  TJiree  steamers,  fourteen 
j  Ships,  ten  barks,  throe  brigs,  eleven  si'hooners and 
j  one  sloop,  b«.*sldes  one  I’nfied  States  steamer. 
The  number  of  lives  lost  Avlfh  thein  amounted  to 
nearly  sen. 
A  recent  rtsltor  to  the  Dismal  SAA’ainp  describes 
It.  In  Forest  and  Stream,  as  htn’lng  lo.st  none  of 
the  charaeterlsllcs  Avhlchgave  If  its  name.  Bears  I 
are  not  so  plenty  there  m  when  the 'region  aass  i 
rarely  penetraied  by  man.  y'et  they  still  afford 
sport  for  liunlers.  J.ake  Drummond,  once  be- 
lleA'ed  by  the  Ignorant  lo  be  bottomle.ss,  IsriAally 
not  lu  any  place  inore  than  fifteen  feet  deep.  n.s 
water.  Impregnated  Avith  the  juices  of  juniper 
and  gum  IraA'os,  Is  ot  the  color  of  Avlne,  and  Is 
dnink  as  a  romody  by'  consumptives,  | 
Chas.  K.  Lajidis  Is  now  being  tried  in  Brtdgeton. 
N.  for  the  murder  of  Un  C.aiTuth,  yvhom  he 
shot  on  March  19,  1S75,  at  vindand.  N.  J.,  ;m<l 
wlio  died  a  few  Aveeks  ago. 
F.  <  Pierce  of  Grafton,  M.as.s.,  Is  collecting  ma-  I 
tPiialR  tor  a  history  of  the  I’lerce  t.imll.v.  The 
original  I’leree  Avas  .John  Perae,  who  came  over  In 
1630.  His  descendants  are  vitriously  called  Pierce, 
Pearoc,  Perse  and  Pcarst\  Ten  lhous:iud  namc.s 
have  been  collected,  and  all  the  Pierces  are  ex¬ 
pected  to  respond. 
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FOREIGN  NOTES. 
SiK  Daniel  Goocn,  manager  of  the  Great  WesG 
ern  KallAA-ay,  hopes  to  be  able  to  run  trains  r.t  the 
rate  of  seventy  miles  an  hour  soon. 
It.  18  expected  that  the  revenue  of  France  this 
y'ear  will  exceed  rKMi,i.HiO,oeo  sterling,  and  be  near¬ 
ly  £4,oiM),iHio  in  excess  ot  the  estimaU'S. 
A  scientific  college,  built  at  u  cost  or  $5O0,0fia,  | 
Avlth  an  endow'ment  or  $l.50,000,  has  been  given  to  ! 
the  city  of  Birmingham.  England,  b.v  sir  Joslali  i 
Mason.  These  represent  some  of  t  he  profits  or  j 
the  steel  pen  manufactory.  | 
The  King  of  Sweden  has  btx'n  in  the  habit  ot 
commuting  the  death  sentence  ot  mm-ders  tolin-  ; 
jirlsonmeiit  tor  life,  but  the  number  has  increasid 
so  rapidly  that  he  lately'  cea.sed  Interfering  Avith 
the  course  or  the  law. 
The  Duke  of  Modena  just  deceased,  left  that 
historical  Grand  Duchy',  In  his  avIU.  to  the.  Holy  I 
See. 
Marshal  McMahon  expresses  the  greatest  defer- 
euce  tor  the  new  Ufe  SeiiafiArs  ol  France.  He.  Avas  ! 
a  .Senator  lilmseir  under  Napoloaii  III,  ! 
Parts  modistes  and  milliners  eonfeas  that  the 
Amerlciin  fashionables  residing  In  that  cuiiltal  ' 
areils  life  and  pocketbooK  to  an  iippreclaMve  e.x-  ' 
tent.  ! 
The  loiidon  Home  for  Lost  Dogs  has  kennetsfor  | 
400.  The  police  send  all  stray  dogs  there,  and  i 
they  are  kept  thrw  days  awaiting  OAvners,  after  , 
Avhich  they  are  either  sold  or  killed.  ' 
The  PrlDce  of  Wales  had  ten  and  the  Princess 
five  dogs  entered  at  the  late  dog  show  at  .\lexun-  ' 
dra  Palace;  hut  the  nation  pays  their  dog  tax. 
New  reading  01  an  old  proA'crb English  royalty 
for  dogs  auii  children. 
Harmony  has  been  restored  In  the  French  Min¬ 
istry*. 
Sir  Garnet  AVoosely,  the  hero  of  Aby.-sinla  has 
just  been  making  a  visit  in  Rome, 
The  Duke  of  Northumberland  has  given  Xloo  to 
the  Palestine  Exploration  Fund. 
The  Emperor  of  Brazil  is  to  leave  Rio  Janeiro 
for  Noav  York  on  the  ’liiUi  of  Alarch. 
The  Duke  or  Edlnbujg  la  to  take  command  of 
the  Monarch,  one  of  the  Channel  Squadron. 
The  London  Royal  -Society  has  given  Le  Verrler 
u  gold  medal  Avortb  2,ooo  francs.  He  has  accept¬ 
ed  It. 
W'hile  service  Avas  being  conducted  in  the  parish 
church  of  Chei  ry  Biu'ton,  an  English  vlUage,  the 
other  morning,  Ihe  clock-weight  came  crashing 
through  the  belfry  roof  and  alighted  on  a  young 
girl,  housemaid  at  the  rectory',  who  was  Injured 
bey'ond  hope  ol  recoA'ery.  A  young  man  sil  ting  ' 
by  her  was  also  hurt  seA'erely.  The  rope  on  jv'hlch  ! 
the  Avelght  AA'hs  hung  wa.s  rcneived  only'  the  Aveek  i 
before,  I'he  Iaa'o  Injured  pei'sons  Avere  to  have 
been  man-led  the  next  day.  I 
A  letter  trom  K.aguaa  In  the  tfulos  relates  some 
horrible  Iticldenls  In  HlastraUon  of  the  cruelty 
practised  by  the  Turks  tOAvard  tlie  Christians  In 
the  HeraegoAlna.  These  outrages,  says  the  corre-  I 
spondeat,  are  overlooked  by  the  officers,  It  being 
found  Impossible  to  maintain  discipline  among  the 
troops  so  long  as  (heir  pay  Is  many  months  In 
arrear,  and  they  are  kept  on  starvation  rations. 
Even  the  Turkish  bo,ys,  who  are  not  usually  models 
of  humanity,  are  indignant  at  the  atrocities  com¬ 
muted  by  their  countrymen. 
Lleiif.  Murphy  who)<c  name  is  well  knoAvn  In 
c/innectlon  with  the  Cameron  e.xpedltlon  Into 
Central  .Africa,  haft  a  companion,  also  dlstlnguLsh- 
ed  In  African  tnjA'Pl.  'fhLs  Is  the  late  Dr.  Living¬ 
stone's  dog— the  only  dog  that  has  surAlved  a 
Journey  Into  Central  Africa.  This  faubfiil  croaiure 
j  iiaveledfrom  Zanzibar  to  rnyanyembe  with  the 
I  expIorer,atid  then  tollOAved  Lmngstoue’s  body  back 
I  to  the  cousU  The  dog  wears  a  medal  bearing  the 
I  folloAvlng  Imscrlpf Ion -Mi.bcl  F.  IC.  G.  O.,  Into 
Livingstone  East  coast  African  Expedition,- 1873- 
I  4.”  It  Is  a  small-sized  bnll-terrler,  avIiUc  In  color, 
,  and  now  In  very  Infirm  health.  It  traA'eled  11, .500 
'  miles  In  Africa— a  Avnnderfiil  elTort  lu  pedestrian- 
I  Ism— before  It  was  twelve  months  okL  and  it  has 
since  traveled  l5,ooo  miles  by  sea. 
-Manuel  Fernandez,  a  Cuban  agent,  has  been 
Hi'ntonced  to  three  j'cars’  Iniprlsonmeut  In  Ilaytl 
The  Porte  Is  willing  to  entertain  the  Austrian 
scheme  of  reform. 
It  Is  reported  that  1*411100  Btftinarck  and  the 
1  Vatican  are  coming  to  terms. 
Victor  Hugo  and  Lonls  Blanc  were  among  the 
nomlnatlona  for  the  Freneh  Senate,  made  by  the 
Council-General  of  the  KtMne. 
The  Repiibllqiie  Frnncalse  (the  organ  ol  M. 
Gumbetta)  regards  the  proclamation  of  President 
MacMahon  Jan.  13,  as  a  confirmation  of  Kepubll- 
ciin  Institutions. 
M.  Leon  Say  has  Instnieted  his  subordinate 
officials  In  the  Finance  .Ministry  not.  to  connect 
I  themselves  with  tlie  Elect  oral  agitation,  to  vote 
according  to  their  convictions,  hut  not  to  partici¬ 
pate  In  any  manttestadons  either  before  or  aftei 
I  the  electlon-s. 
‘  The  South  of  India  observ'er  says  that  the  Jew 
'  els  Avorn  by  the  little  GiilcoAv.ir  of  Baroda  at  the 
landing  nf  the  Prince  ot  Wales  are  estimated  at 
jC2, 000,000  sterling.  The  principal  features  Avere 
<1  plume  of  diamonds  In  his  (urban  and  a  large 
bunch  of  pearls  frtnged  with  gold.  He  also  Avore 
the  famous  diamond  .^lar  of  India,  the  purchase 
of  which  nearly  broke  the  Baroda  Exchequer. 
Tin*  London  f-u-'indard's  Vienna  correspondent 
telegraphs  that  before  Nteslc  and  Duga  Avere  re- 
vlctiialed  by  the  Tnrk.s  the  insurgents  suffered  a 
defeat  Avhleh  AVius  the  severest  since  the  beginning 
of  the  Avar,  six  liundnd  were  kllhxl  and  many 
w'ounded.  'I’hc  Insung'  nt  commander,  PauloAlch, 
AVho  is  uccused  of  treason,  lied  to  CefHnle.  Nlcslc 
Is  provisioned  until  May. 
A  special  dispatch  from  Vienna  to  the  London 
Standard  saj's  the  negotlotlons  betAveen  the  Au.s- 
trlan  and  Hungarian  Mlnlstere  on  the  Bault  ques¬ 
tion  haA'e  liad  no  result  andAvlU  be  resumed  in 
Vienna. 
The  Pall  Mall  Gazette  ot  June  6  has  a  special 
telegram  from  Berlin  containing  tlie  folIOAviug: 
“  The  semi-official  Juurnals  having  expressed  the 
opinion  that  the  I'llramontane  opposition  to  the 
Government  Is  abating,  the  Germania  (organ  ot 
the  ntnimofitaneft)  declan-.s  that  the  assumption 
la  unfounded,  nnd  adds,  *  Tlie  submission  to  the 
mate  lu  the  .sense  demanded  by  Prussia  Is  con¬ 
trary  to  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  Church 
and  can  nei'er  be  accorded.’  " 
The  Pall  Mall  Gazette  says  that  Capt.  Brlcken- 
stefii  of  the  wrecked  steamer  Deutschland  was  to 
leave  England  for  Bremen  on  Saturday,  Avherc  he 
will  demand  an  Inquiry  Into  the  loss  of  that 
steamer. 
.M.  Garabetta  ha-s  announced  his  Intention  or 
coming  fonv'ard  as  a  candidate  for  the  Chamber  of 
Deputies  In  Parts  Lyon-s  Marseilles.  Lille  and  Bor¬ 
deaux.  Tils  purpose  In  doing  80  Is  to  ascertain  the 
Judgment  of  the  large  cities  upon  the  policy  or 
compromise  w'htch  he  espoitsed  durliig  the  latter 
part  of  the  session.  The  Moniteur  gives  notice 
that  the  Government  aa  UI  not  supixirt  Bonapart- 
ist  candidates  iu  the  coming  elections.  M.  Ontrey, 
AHnlster  L’lcnipotcntlary,  has  gone  to  Egypt  on  a 
special  mtsslon.  M.  JuIca  dc  Molil,  the  Oriental 
»'holar,  and  luember  of  the  Instltuie,  Is  dead. 
A  hurricane  In  the  Phlllpiilue  Tslnads  caused 
ihe  death  ot  250  people  and  destroyed  3,800  houses. 
An  armistice  has  certainly  been  agreed  upon  be- 
tAveeu  Church  and  Htale.  The  Roman  correspon¬ 
dent  of  the  lA'ruuLiiia  (Ultramontane  organ)  states 
that  undoubtedly  JTince  .Bismarck  is  secklngl  a 
nmbuf  vivendi  avRIi  the  Vatican.  The  Italia,  a 
.seml-oflQctal  Roman  neVspaper,  say.s  that  the 
Vatican  has  charged  certain  German  prelates  to 
report  the  condition  under  which  the  Prussian 
bishops  shall  be  allowed  To  submit  to  the  .Falk 
laws. 
Ills  reported  In  London  that  (^iieen  Victoria’s 
coming  Ad-slt  to  Cobiu-g  has  reference  to  the  ap¬ 
proaching  betrothal  of  her  daughter.  Princess 
Beatrice,  Avlth  a  German  Prince. 
Amertca  contributes  39  students  lo  the  4.88  at 
Heidelberg  this  year;  Englunil  and  Scotland  21, 
and  Russia  and  SAvlizorland  21  each.  The  remain¬ 
ing  300  are  from  Germany,  only  nine  of  the  entire 
number  are  siudj  lng  ilieology. 
President  Mc-Mahon  has  Issued  a  proclamation 
m  favor  sf  laAv  and  order. 
There  Is  a  gre:tt,lack  of  candidates  for  the  clergy, 
Protestautand  Catholic.  In  Germany'.  Ehe  reason 
is  said  to  be  a  tailing  off  In  the  demand  for  preach¬ 
ing,  caused  by  the  groAV'lng  prevalence  of  unbe- 
Uef. 
A  pauper  Inmate  of  Horsham  Workhouse,  Eng¬ 
land,  dli^d  in  the  union  on  Christ, mas  Day  from  the 
effects  of  gluttony.  He  attacked  his  Christmas 
dinner  so  nivenou.sly  that  in  a  fewmlnutes  hewas 
choked. 
The  statement  lli.'it  Prince  Fredertck  William  of 
Gennany  Avould  aIsU  this  country  this  year  Avas  a 
11c  concocted  by  four  Berlin  neAvspaper  reixirters. 
They  met  casually,  and  invented  the  report. 
