pointed  by  the  New  York  Centennial  Commission 
“  Centennial  Historian  tor  New  York  State.”  The 
Commission  Invite  the  htstorlcal,  antiquarian, 
eolh'iflate  InsMliitlons,  and  public  libraries  of  the 
KtAte,as>voU  as  indlvldvals,  to  furnish  Mr.  Stone 
with  any  materials,  catalojfues,  <fco.,  In  their  posses¬ 
sion. 
The  water  In  Lake  PonUdiartraln  Is  higher  than 
It  has  been  since  the  great  Hood  of  1S71.  The 
Bayou  St  .  .fohn— the  water  from  the  lake  meeting 
there  t  he  Hood  of  rain  walor  from  I  he  city-  over- 
llowed  It*  west  bank,  March  19th.  and  much 
damage  Wii-s  done  to  gardens.  <Sc..  In  the  outskirts 
of  the  city.  Nearly  vo  miles  ol  the  New  Orleans 
and  Mobile  ItallroaxI  are  submerged  and  doubtless 
grfsatly  damaged. 
On  the  sutnmil  of  Pike’s  Po.ak,  over  li.ftoo  feet 
above  the  sea  level,  whore  there  Is  not  a  truce  of 
any  vogatatlon,  or.  Indeed,  any  eai1h  uix>n  which 
shrubs  or  gra.ss  could  grow,  the  mountain  rut,  an 
animal  twice  as  large  as  a  Norway  rat  alwuuds  In 
vast  numbers,  overrunning  the  United  states 
signal  station  on  the  apex  of  the  mountain. 
The  special  coiiimlttee,  con.slstIng  of  Messrs. 
Morgan.  .Sloane  and  IHckson,  to  whom  wa.s  refer¬ 
red  with  jwjwcr  the  plan  of  funding  Krle  coupons, 
liave  agreisl  with  the  foreign  landholders  com¬ 
mittee  lo  recommending  the  funding  of  first  eon- 
solldntert  bond  couiiotis  for  live  years,  paying  In 
casli  alternate  coupous,  and  the  second  consolida¬ 
ted  bond  coupoti-s  for  live  ypaisr  without  any  cash 
payments.  The  foreign  committee  return  to  Bng- 
la  rul  by  steamer  of  .March  25.  Both  comm  11  lee  re¬ 
port,  In  possetwlon  of  President  .Tewel.l  are 
unanimous.  There  are  Fiorne  dr'talla  In  the  state¬ 
ment  which  the  oHltdals  do  not  now  make  public. 
At  Newport,  11.  T.,  March  21,  the  steamer  Old 
Colouy  was  dain.aged  fa.ono  worth  by  a  collision. 
She  was  repaired. 
The  **  New  York  M’oman's  Oulid  ’’  has  arranged 
for  a  sffrlea  of  eight  fnie  entertainments  and 
valuable  lectures  lor  the  working  women  of  N.  Y. 
City  In  the  great  hall  of  the  cooper  Union,  two 
evenings  In  the  week  for  the  next  month. 
A  girl  In  Kiobmond  on  Sunday  w'eek,  recited  the 
whole  of  The  Psalms  and  part,  of  Ecclesiastes, 
verses  in  all,  which  she  bad  coinmiMed  during  the 
week  previous.  The  .Sunday  before  she  recited 
2,n(K)  verses,  comprlsl  ng  the  Epistles  to  the  Romans^ 
tjalatlans,  PhllUplanji,  and  one  or  two  others. 
She  Is  bound  to  have  the  prize,  but  Is  more  likely 
to  have  a  brain  lever. 
a  number  of  persons  traveling  on  sledges.  One 
person  only  succeeded  In  making  his  escape, 
thanks  to  the  swiftness  of  a  horse ;  twenty-three 
persons  were  lorn  Uj  pieces. 
President  MacMahon  bus  again  evinced  his 
readiness  to  be  In  accord  with  jiopular  opinion,  by 
superseding  or  placing  on  lT.alf  pay  13  Prefects, 
and  transferring  II  otbera.  since  their  victory  at 
the  imlls,  the  Republicans  have  regarded  the 
poaltloD.s  of  these  refractory  omclals  as  a  part  of 
the  spoll.s,  which  as  victors  they  could  not  forego. 
A  granil  winter  garden  Is  being  erected  by  the 
King  of  the  Belgians  close  by  his  palace  at  Lacken. 
It  will  have  a  roof  120  feel  high,  so  constructed  as 
to  need  no  supjiort  In  the  ceuter,  and  permit  the 
tallest  trees  to  branch  out  freely. 
The  Tre.asury  Depfirlinenl  rwclved  a  telegram 
from  hondon,  March  23,  giving  the  price  of  sliver 
at  52,vr  pence,  BrHlsb  standard,  corresponding 
with  lOitjrt  cents  per  ounce  United  States  standard 
making  a  dollar  In  sliver  coin  worth  S3  2-10  cents 
In  gold. 
Ati  exhibition  which  Is  to  last.  lOO  days,  was 
opened  at  Kioto,  In  .Japan,  on  March  15.  During 
this  period  and  for  a  week  after  foreigners  will  be 
permitted  to  visit  Kioto,  and  also  to  exhibit  any 
article. 
At  a  tire  In  Edinburgh  the  tiremen  stole  jewelry 
Ii-om  the  burning  houses,  and  got  so  drunk  that 
many  were  found,  hours  afterwards,  lying  In  the 
street,  t'onseijuent.ly  the  brigade  la  to  be  reor¬ 
ganized. 
There  has  Just  been  sold  at  ouctlon  In  Paris  a 
kundjlar  ia  sort  of  sword)  which  belonged  to  the 
father  or  the  present  Shah  of  Persia;  It  had  42 
nhtohes  on  Its  blade,  showing  that  It  had  destroyed 
the  lives  of  42  Tuen ;  It  broTight  ♦«.  to ;  jiist  20  cents 
each  victim. 
English  shipbuilders  have  just  completed  several 
Ironchid  gunixrats  for  the  Argentine  Republic. 
Tliey  are  of  the  most  powerful  claas,  draw'  only 
eight  feet  of  water,  arc  filled  with  twin  screws, 
and  have  a  s]>ecd  of  about  ton  knot*  an  houi'. 
Each  carries  a  aoj^-lon  ll-lmii  rilled  gun,  which 
Ls  loaded  by  hydraulic  mtichlDcry. 
City,  this  year  than  last.  In  some  cases  the  re¬ 
duction  Is  more  than  80  per  cent. 
The  Howland  School  at  Union  Springs,  N.  Y., 
ha.s  lu.ul  an  mldJUon  of  $30,ih>o  to  its  eudowjneut 
fund,  t  hrough  t  he  generosity  of  one  of  Its  trustees. 
'I'he  wife  of  »  Norwegian  In  Iowa  has  rwovered 
$y,!MM)datu.‘ige8  from  a  liquor  d^lcr,  for  selling  her 
husband  some  liquor  a,  year  .lq;o,  In  con.sequcnce 
ol  wblcb  be  had  his  hands  and  feel  b<j badly  frozen 
that  they  had  to  be  amputat'd. 
The  (iovcri)or  of  Minnesota  has  allowed  the  bill 
appropriating  |i.3s,(n»o  for  the  relief  of  the  grass- 
ho))pcr  suHerers  to  die  wltboTit  his  signature  to 
**Vlnelaml,  N.  .1,,  the  prohibition  “stronghold,” 
voU'd  “  uo  license  ”  last  week  by  a  majority  of 
ulue  hundred  and  thliteen  Iti  a  total  vote  of  ten 
hundr(!d  and  tlilrty. 
Captain  Eiids,  whohas  the  charge  of  tlie  MIs- 
slssliipl  jettlea,  has  apiTlled  forthe,  Hrst  paymont 
on  the  work,  alleging  that  the  depth  of  iwenl.y 
feet  will  be  obtained  In  a  few  days.  He  says  that 
the  full  depth  of  thirty  feet  will  be  secured  soon 
after  the  close  oi  t  lie  present  scsskm  of  t'ongress. 
New  York  ts  not  the  ordy  Htale  which  suffers 
from  the  indelbiltT  re-elocihm  of  County  Treas¬ 
urers.  Tlie  tTea.surcr  ot  Midland  county,  Michi¬ 
gan,  Who  na.s  held  the  ofllce  for  iiluclocii  yciti-n, 
has  Just  been  found  to  be  a  delaulter  to  the 
amount  of  f22.oiM).  He  Is  under  arrest. 
Hubcnstelu,  conviefod  ol  the  murder  of  .Sara 
Alexander,  now  In  the  New  York  'Pombs,  ha.s  had 
a  Slay  of  pnjcecdlugs  and  hojTes  for  a  new  trial. 
A  single  vessel  left  .Mobllo  a  few  days  ago  en 
route  to  blverpool  with  «,25l  hales  of  cotton,  wort  h 
$417,405. 
A  Roman  Catholic’s  body  wa-s  rwently  remsed  a 
place  in  the  Roman  Catholic  cemetery  In  Swun- 
ton,  Vt.,  and  the  ProUistantn  turned  out  In  great 
numbers  to  bury  it  elsewhere. 
A  south  Carollua  boy’s  gun  would  not  go  off, 
and  he  heatod  .an  Iron  rod,  dropjmd  It  Into  the 
barrel,  and  ram  The  gun  feU  with  the  muzzle 
toward  him,  and  the  hot  Iron  was  driven  Into  his 
body,  killing  him. 
Peter  Blacklngton,  a  wool  manufacturer  ot 
South  Adams,  Mas-s.,  failed,  and  a  few  days  after 
his  old  employees  serenaded  him  with  a  brass 
band,  gave  him  a  gold-licadod  cane  and  one  of 
them  m.ade  an  elaboraU*  and  symp^ithctlc  speech. 
'I’he  smithsrjnlan  Institution  Is  making  a  collec¬ 
tion  of  specimens  ot  the  animals  of  the  United 
Statesthat  are  hunted  or  tnapped  for  economical 
purposes;  and  also  of  the  dlfforeHl  apparatus  used 
In  their  capture  by  hunters,  trapiters  and  sports¬ 
men. 
It  Is  reported  lliat  President.  Grant  Is  anxious  to 
sell  hls  Long  Branch  mansion  belorc  the  expir¬ 
ation  ot  hls  term,  and  that  he  is  looking  for  a  i)ur- 
chascr.  It  also  said  that  Iho  President  will  spend 
the  siunmer  at  Newport  instead  of  the  Branch  this 
year. 
Columbus,  Ga.,  claims  the  position  of  the  Lowell 
of  the  SoTJth.  She  is  now  running  35,000  spindles 
and  1.000  looms,  besides  many  Iron  and  Other  In¬ 
dustrial  cnlc.riu'lse.4.  The  city  was  destroyed  tn 
is«.\  and  all  these  have  been  replaced  since  with 
Wonthern  money.  ’ 
Virginia  City  was  not  a  good  place  for  a  broker 
to  go  into  the  business  of  selling  puts  and  calls  on 
mining  stocks.  The  miners,  whenever  a  good  load 
was  struck,  at  once  came  up  from  underground 
and  Invested  (heir  money  accordingly.  The  broker 
was  nnanelally  so  far  behind  Qlt<‘r  a  tew  days  that 
he  wont  out  of  town  lii  the  nighu 
The  Massaclbtset.ta  Board  of  Health  have  made 
the  Important  discovery  that  most,  of  tlie  Inhahlt- 
ani-s  of  that.  State,  above  Hve  years  of  age,  cat  pie 
twice  a  day.  M a-ssachusetta  must  be  the  place 
Charles)  Dudley  Warner  had  in  mind  when  he 
wrote  of  “  a  region  ot  perpetua  l  pie.” 
The  Fall  River  mills  are  now  sending  out  15,000 
plecps  of  printing  cloths  per  week,  tor  the  use  of 
Manchester  printers,  and  are  preparing  to  increase 
the  export  to  25,000  pieces  weekly. 
It  has  been  decided  that  the  sum  of  $1,200,  bejng 
the  residue  ot  the  funds  collected  In  England  for 
the  stonewall  Jackson  statue,  shall  be  Invested 
in  safe  securities,  and  the  interest,  devoted  to  pro¬ 
curing  a  gold  medal  for  presentation  10  the  first, 
graduate  In  each  class,  year  by  year,  of  the 
Vh-glnia  Military  institute. 
Itlsthepm'pose  of  the  Democratic  senators  to 
hear  Mr.  R.  H.  Dana’s  defense  on  the  charge  of 
perjury  and  literary  piracy  before  voting  against 
Should  these  charges  be  re¬ 
PUBLISHEK’S  SPECIAL  NOTICES. 
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f*rlend,  and  U  pleasantly  reminds  the  recipient  of  tho 
donor  llfty-two  times  a  year— this  year  fifty-three 
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$2.15,  Including  postage. 
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THE  SEASON,  CROPS,  PRICES,  ETC 
RichlRud  Blstrict,  Ohio  Co,,  West.  Va., 
Jlnrch  24.— This  has  been  one  of  the  most  re¬ 
markable  winters  that  It  has  been  mj’  lot  to  see. 
Borne  days  warm  enough  lo  plant  corn,  and  it  may 
be  the  next  day  cold  a.s  Greenland.  But  to  take  It 
on  an  a  verage.  It  has  been  ratJier  a  mild  and  open 
winter.  There  was  but  one  day  the  mercury  fell 
ns  low  AS  zero ;  but  we  had  several  spoils  as  cold 
AS  3  and  12  (leg.  Such  a  day  a.s  March  20  wc  sel¬ 
dom  ever  saw.  It  commenced  snowing  in  the 
morning  and  continued  all  day  and  part  of  the 
night  till  It  laid  on  the  gniund  about  10  inches 
deep,  and  It  is  still  there ;  but  there  Is  some  hope 
ot  It  going  off,  ii-s  It  has  commenced  raining.  l 
tell  you,  Mr.  Rprai.,  It  begins  to  look  a  little  dls- 
conr.aglng  lo  those  who  bave  mueb  sod  to  break, 
.as  the  ground  Is  so  w.t  It  will  take  It  a  long  time 
10  get  dry.  Concerning  fruit,  as  far  as  my  obser¬ 
vations  have  went  and  judgment  goes,  I  don’t 
think  Ave  Pahll  have  anything  like  fnilt  of  any  kind. 
The  early  peaches  were  killed  in  February;  but 
the  late  and  common  varietle,*?  were  all  right  till 
the  la.st  freeze  of  the  isth  and  lOth  of  March,  which 
has  HnlRhed  everything.  The  apple  buds  were 
nearly  all  bursted  open,  and  since  then  they  have 
all  turned  black.  Wheat  on  good  and  dry  land 
looks  very  promising ;  but  that  on  wet  and  spouty 
ground  is  badly  frozen  but.  Stock  has  come 
through  the  winter  In  pretty  fair  condition,  e.xcept 
sheep,  wlileh  look  a  little  the  worse  on  account  of 
so  much  wet  weothor.  Grain  sull  continues  low, 
except  wheat,  which  is  a  fair  price,  |i.26@1.60; 
corn.  40<ai45c.:  oats,  40c.;  hogs,  sc.;  grass  cattle, 
$3.50(^5.50;  butter,  35c.;  eggs,  12c.  Hired  help, 
$15  per  month  and  board.— L.  H.  Broneb. 
Clmiu-I  Hill,  N.  C;.,  Jlnrch  20lli,  18T6.—  For 
the  last  four  or  live  days  I  have  been  at  a  great 
wedding.  You  have  heard  of  “the  couple”  be¬ 
fore.  The  occasion  has  not  been  at  all  pleasant. 
The  bridegroom  is  old  Mr.  December,  with  hls 
snowy  locks  and  swarthy  face ;  the  bride  Is  Miss 
May  with  her  blooming  cheeks  and  budding 
beauty.  Weeks  ago  I  sent  you  some  little  Qowei’S 
from  the  open  border.  Since  then  garden  and 
orchard  have  ariunged  themselves  In  lovely  bloom. 
The  flowers  that  are  prized  only  for  their  beauty 
appear  to  be  more  weather-wise  and  weather-proof 
than  many  that  are  pilzed  a.s  tlie  promises  of 
luscious  fruit.  Not  many  of  the  former  have  been 
cutdownby  this  withertog-storm ;  but  the  peaches 
and  pears,  and  cherries  have  risked  all,  or  nearly 
all,  and  have  lost  all.  It  saddens  us  to  think  that 
we  are  denied  the  pleasure  and  profll  of  the  peach 
for  still  another  j’car.  I  have  hope  that  some  of 
the  pears  are  so  baekwartl  as  to  have  escaped. 
Very  few  ol  the  apple  trees  have  bloomed.  Only 
one  of  16  In  my  yard  and  garden  appears  sitfflclent- 
ly  advanced  to  be  seriously  affected.  At  Ridge¬ 
way,  in  tills  State,  there  are  very  extensive  orch¬ 
ards  ol  the  petich,  and  I  learn  the  whole  crop  was 
destroyed  by  the  cold  on  the  night  of  the  ITth  ult. 
After  a  voiT  dehghtfuL  spring-like  season,  the 
weather  turned  cooler  on  the  l6th  till.  The  l7ih 
of  March  came  out  on  a  Centennial  rampage.  i 
do  not  remember  ever  to  have  known  such  a 
storm  of  wind  without  a  tempest  cloud.  The 
tempemturo  fell  rapidly.  The  night  seemed  in¬ 
tensely  cold.  The  isth  day  and  night,  was  very 
severe.  The  19th  the  wind  subsided,  and  the 
weather  moderated.  But  we  ivere  all  astounded 
this  morning  to  And  the  ground  covered  with 
snow,  while  an  Eastern  wind  was  dming  tli® 
mingled  snow,  hau  and  rain.  To-night  It  is  much 
warmer.  The  rain  Is  pattering  and  the  snow  and 
sleet  wlU  soon  be  gone.  21srt,  oold  and  windy.— 
N.  0. 
THE  DELAY  IN  CHEAP  POSTAGE 
Abkaham  Lincoln  once  replied  to  an  applicant 
who  ASked  to  have  Secretary  Sunton’s  orders 
overruled.  “  The  lact  Ls  I  haven't  much  Influence 
with  this  administration."  It  begins  to  lOiJk  as  If 
the  American  people  did  nut  have  much  Influence 
in  the  Government,  which  In  theory  they  are 
supposed  to  create.  More  than  a  year  they  have 
been  trjmg  to  secure  the  repeal  o(  the  increased 
postage  sivlndle,  and  they  haven't  yet  succeeded, 
uongi'oss  passed  a  bill  restoring  cheap  postage 
some  weeks  since ;  but  the  matter  lay  untouched 
in  the  hands  of  the  Senate  Postal  committee  untU 
now  Senatijf  Uanilln  haslDUodticed  a  substitute, 
which  is  entirely  imjn  actlcable  and  known  to  be 
so,  anil  for  no  other  reason  that  we  can  see  but  to 
continue  the  express  monoiKily.  The  Senate  bill 
proposes  to  restore  che.ap  po.stagc  only  on  short 
rates,  charging  higher  prices  for  all  third  class 
matter  to  he  curried  r^si,  or  1,000  miles  or  more. 
This  Is  practically  a  return  to  the  inconvenient 
methods  whlcli  prevailed  thirty  or  foriy  yesirs 
Ago,  and  before  the  peojile  had  fully  understood 
the  advantage  ol  cheap  postage.  It  Is  impKjsslble 
lor  thousantlB  ot  people  who  are  as  much  en¬ 
titled  to  use  the  post-oitlcc  as  Senator  Hamlin 
himself,  to  toll  whether  their  mailable  matter  Is 
within  or  without,  the  area  of  cheap  postage, 
one-halt  the  postmasters  even  would  he  unable 
to  decide  in  many  ca.ses  what  rates  were  legally 
chargeable,  and  from  ten  to  twenty  more  clerks 
would  be  needed  at  all  tho  large  pitst-oifices  under 
such  a  law  to  answer  questions. 
The  truth  ts  our  postal  system  needs  simplifying, 
and  this  is  almost  as  important  as  cheapness.  A 
uniform  and  Cheap  rate  for  all  pans  of  the  country 
would  add  Immensely  to  the  receipts  of  tho  Posu 
oillce  Department  and  actually  (flminl.sh  the  ex¬ 
penses.  Under  the  present  law,  making  absiu’d 
regulations  agalns-l  “frauds"  the  PostrOfllce  De¬ 
partment  pay.s  the  snlarles  of  a  good  many  thou¬ 
sand  clerks  whose  sole  duty  consists  lu  “  peeking  ” 
Into  parcels  to  sec  that  uo  writing  Is  contained 
therein.  Most  of  t  his  labor  Is  a  good  deal  worse 
than  wasted. 
FOREIGN  NOTES, 
CoKEA  and  .Japan  have  been  on  had  terras,  but 
all  danger  of  hostlUtles  Is  now  averted.  This  Is 
fortunate,  since  war  would  have  retarded  progress 
In  Japan,  and  injured  American  Interests  In  that 
quarter. 
The  Captain-General  ot  Cuba  levied  $.36,<M)0,n(H) 
In  direct  taxation. 
Gen.  Latorre  has  become  Dictator  ot  Uruguay. 
The  yacht  Oetavla  was  captured  off  Culebrn 
Island,  near  Porto  Rico,  March  16.  by  the  Spanish 
gunboat  Hcman  Cortes,  and  was  taken  to  Porto 
Rico.  She  Is  supposed  lo  have  some  connection 
with  Quesada,  who  left  New  Y'ork  March  1.  Her 
cargo  consisted  of  243  boxe.s  of  powder,  4S  boxes  of 
cartrtdgcs,  l2l)oxes  of  shells,  1,000  rifles,  isD  car¬ 
bines,  aiid  two  pieces  of  art  illery.  It  Is  not  known 
whether  the  yact  had  any  people  ou  board  besides 
her  ofllccTS  and  CD>w,  The  capture  Is  remarkable 
as  Hie  oortes  Is  a  Slow  steamer,  her  boilers  being 
In  bad  condition. 
The  Kngllsh  House  or  Commons  has  voted  by  a 
large  majority  to  give  t  he  Queen  of  England  the 
additional  title  “  Empress  of  India."  Of  course 
the  Prince  of  Wales,  when  he  becomes  king  will 
succeed  to  the  title  as  Emperor  ot  India.  The 
Disraeli  Government  made  this  title  a  party 
measure,  and  the  English  Liberals  by  generally 
opposing  't  bave  Incurred  her  Majesty’s  serious 
displeasure.  That  Queen  Victoria  ^ould  care  for 
this  unmeaning  title  shows  that  she  has  the  full 
share  of  the  we.akneases  which  pertain  to  human 
nature.  Her  position  as  Queen  Is  more  ornamon- 
tal  than  useful  and  the  addition  of  a  new  title  can 
only  pleasi!  a  very  weak  vTinlty. 
'Pile  Vienna  correspondent  of  The  London 
Standard  says  a  dispatch  received  from  Cattaro 
announces  that  a  treaty  of  alliance  between  Servla 
and  Montenegro  was  decided  upon  March  16. 
Signor  Mlngheitl  presented  the  financial  state¬ 
ment  In  the  Chamber  ot  Deputies  at  Rome,  March 
16,  He  said  the  deficit  for  1875  was  only  20,000,000 
lire,  in-stead  ol  77,000,000,  as  was  anticipated.  The 
budget  for  1876  shows  a  surplus  of  10,000,000  lire, 
and  that  for  1877  would  show  a  surplus  ot  16,000,- 
hls  conOrmatlon, 
futed,  Mr.  Dana  stands  a  very  good  chance  of  be¬ 
ing  the  successor  of  Gen.  Bchenck  as  Minister  to 
England. 
The  explosion  at  Woodlawn  Ulghlfi,  Westchest¬ 
er  county,  by  which  three,  lives  were  lost,  does 
not  deserve  to  be  called  an  accident,  it  was  the 
natural  rc'SUU  of  a  management  so  careless  that  It 
amounted  to  a  crime.  The  Inquest  shows  that  the 
employes  of  the  powder  factory  were  in  the  habit 
of  smoking  cigars  and  prtpes  on  the  premises,  and 
that  the  explosion  was  cUroclly  caused  by  throw¬ 
ing  down  a  burning  raatcJi  .after  lighting  a  pipe. 
The  owners  of  the  factory  are  quite  as  much  to 
hlame  as  the  unfortunaio  employe  who  thus 
biought  Instant  destruction  uponhimselt. 
A  temne  hurrlcuijii  passt-d  over  St.  Charles, 
Missouri,  .Sunday,  March  19,  Kramer's  warehouse 
and  the  gas  works  were  totally  wrecked.  Jame.s 
Ganey  and  hlsjson  were  killed  in  the  gas  house. 
Sam  Ganey  and  several  others  were  badly  Injured. 
Iluius  Robbins'  residence  near  the  city,  was  razed 
to  the  ground  and  a  boy  Is  missing.  The  court 
houso,  county  jalL  German  Methodist  Church,  St. 
Charles  Savings  Bank,  Park  House,  Odd  Fellows’ 
Hall,  the  new  Zeliung,  Democrat  and  Hour  offices 
and  the  railroad  depot  W'ere  badly  damaged.  The 
storm  lasted  five  minutes  and  presented  the 
appeaiance  or  a  huge  rolling  yello'w  cloud.  Loss 
estimated  at  $600,eoo. 
Mr.  William  L.  Stone  of  N.  y.  city  has  been  ap- 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 
The  number  ot  men  supported  In  the  West¬ 
chester  County  poor  house  Is  ahout,  200,  most  of 
whom  arc  Idle  nearly  all  the  time.  All  those  who 
are  able  will  soon  he  set  to  work  breaking  stone, 
to  be  u.sed  for  macadamizing  the  roads  In  the 
neighborhood. 
In  Kingsbury,  Me.,  a  deer  came  out  of  the 
woods  neiir  the  residence  of  Thomas  Klugshury 
on  the  131  h  Inst.  Mr.  iv.  put  on  hls  snow  shoes, 
chased  the  deei‘  into  a  drift,  caught  and  bound 
him  with  Uie  strings  of  bis  snow  .shoes. 
Matthew  Doward’s  way  of  resenting  a  St.  Louis 
girl's  refusal  to  marry  him  was  to  throw  vitriol 
In  her  face,  and  the  laJWS  way  ol  punishment 
was  to  send  him  to  prison  for  live  years. 
A  remarkable  natural  curloslij-  is  said  to  be 
visible  in  southern  Louisiana.  Ripe  fruit  of  last 
year’s  growth  Is  seen  on  many  orange  trees  with 
partly  grown  green  oranges  from  blossoms  of 
early  winter  and  fresh  blossoms  which  have 
appeared  at  the  proper  time. 
Prominent  New  York  Republicans  have  taken 
steps  to  form  a  new  organization  for  political  re¬ 
form. 
Rents  are  10  to  30  per  cent,  lower  In  New  York 
Weston’s  tongue  Is  outdoing  hls  legs  In  England. 
He  tells  the  Britons  In  speeches  thaL  at  home,  he 
Is  a  Methodist  clergyman  and  an  editorial  writer 
for  The  Sun. 
iTust  ten  years  ago  the  English  sculptor  Gibson 
died  at  Rome,  and  bequeathed  $300,000  to  the 
Royal  Academy,  provided  hls  works  should  be  ex¬ 
hibited.  This  has  not  yet  been  done. 
A  letter  nom  India  says  that  the  Jlslt  of  the 
Prince  of  Wales  to  the  theater  In  Calcutta,  In¬ 
tended  to  be  madean  ovation,  was  badly  managed. 
The  managers  supposed  that  the  Indian  rajahs 
and  princes  would  pay  for  admission  any  price 
that  might  be  demanded,  and  the  scale  was  fixed 
at  $15  for  a  stall,  $250  for  a  box  holding  four  per¬ 
sons,  and  $500  for  a  box  holding  six.  There  would 
have  been  loss  than  100  present  had  It  not  been 
for  tho  speculation  of  a  native.  He  bought  most 
Of  the  stalls  to  sell  again,  but  was  compelled  to 
offer  them  for  about  $2  apiece  or  And  no  buyers. 
Intelligence  has  been  received  at  Bombay  an¬ 
nouncing  the  appearance  of  the  plague  on  the 
banks  of  the  Euphrates. 
The  Moscow  Gazette  says  that  on  the  6th  0$ 
February  a  troop  ol  wolves  attacked  near  Moscow 
