News Of The Week

Fred. U. Blood, .Ir., of Üt. Ciair died Weduesday from an overduse of laudanum, supposed to have been taken intentionally. He was only 1" years old. The Jaoksou county pioneer and the State Pioneer Society met to celébrate the semicentennial of the settlement of Jackson. ,)udge David Johnson made the welcoming addresB. Gen. Joseph Brown. of Tecumseh, who is 87 years of age, addreased the assemblage. At noon diuner as servèd to the largeat comlany et old people ever seen together in Jackbon county. Daniel Hough, a Germau brewer in Fraukenmuth, hung himself on Saturday in a well in lus brewery. The body was found Tuesday. lie leavea a wife and four children. Khjah Haaey's fouudry and pattern sheds tol agricultural implement work at Grand Haven were destroyed by tire Weduesday al'teruoon with nearly all their contenta. IíOsb about 5.000; insurance on building $800. and on material él,200. He waa doing a protitable business, with Bome large orders on hand. Ten thousand people atteuded the annual pioneers' picnic at Cassopolis, Wedneaday. l.evi Bishop of Detroit delivered thö address. At a special meeting of the board of trua tees of the State Institution for the Deaf llumb and Blind at Flint Thursday afternoon, the principalship, left vacant by the resignation of Prof. ï. Willis Parker, was tendered to Prof. Thomas Maclntyre, who for the paat '2(i years has occupied a similar poaition in the Indiana institution. Prof. Maclntyre notified .the board of his acceptance the aame evening. The seoond annual graduation exercises of Michigan Military Academy. at On-hard Lake, uear Pontiac, were held Thursday. The weather was all that could be desired, and the annoitncement that Gen. W. T. Shermari would deliver an address had the effect to liring people from milea around, and a crowd assembled the like of which waa never beforc seen at Pontiac.and seldom in Michigan. Gen. Sherman seated himself at the open window on the piazza, and shook handa w.th the peojjle a- they passed in line by the window. The ciowd in front of the stand was variouslj estimated at from 5,000 to 10,000 people, many %uud judges placing the figure aa high as 8,000. Short addresses were made by Gen. Sherman. H„Y. Croswell. Col. H. H. Du Hield and othera. Ex-Presideut Tappan of the State University is at present at Basle. Switzerland. His family and himself are well, with the exeeption of his daughter, whole condition gives her friends much anxiety. 'Kev.'" L. D. Palmer, of Battle Creen, has been arrested for exercising the f nnctions of a minister of the Gospel without authority in marrying a couple. Having been excïuded from membership in the Baptist church. and thus disposed from the ministry, it ia claimed that he has no right to exerciae any of its f unetions under the civil law of the State. Haring married a girl against ker parentö' wishe, they propjse to test his righta in the premises, and bave made eomplaiut against him. The Carroltou Dar Cuaipaiiy have received orders for 15,000 oars from the Fre.nch navy. Hou. James Biruey sails for Kurope Vugust 6. to resume his dtttiM as Minister to the Netherlands. l'rof. J. B. Stetre of the University expecU to start on h'iB scientific expedition, leaviug New York .fuly 5. The following gentlemen will accompany him: Prof. Deloa Fall of AlbioH, Kmil Teuney ol Ana Arbor, K. M. Brigli:im of Battle Oreek. Frank Quimby of Monmouth. 111.. and Prof. Spoulding of the ! versity. V. K. Canfield of Lausiug. agent of the j ware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Coinpany ui Boranton, Pa., has been awarded the contract for supplying coal for the State ('apitol duTÍJig the year; price $4.88 per toa. F. M. ilillikcn, of Fentou. has nuffered a severe loss in the untimely death of the boss ïojster of Michigan, a light Brahraa, held at ■töl). and whieh recently took a $100 srold prie at Portland, Me. The Adrain Canuinj,' r'aototy luive areeted rtditional buildings this spring preparator}' j t doing an immense busineasduring tbe coinlg season. They have contracted for 40 acre ] of tomatoes at 20 cents per bushel. and some jfardeners have 10,000 pjants set out. They have contractetl for laige quantilies of peas, beans and sweet corn. and f i-homes are plentiful they v'ül put them up in antieipation of .i W6Sft" Jemand. i'ne eastern división of the Chioapo A Lakr Huron Railroad. from Port Huron to Flint. was sold in Detroit ou Saturday. The aale was under aderree of the United States Circuit Court, proceedings to foreclose a mortgage upon the road having been inatituted by the L'nion Trust Company of New York. The amount of the mortgage is about $1,800.000, out there is ft considerable amiunt of interest dne, so that the entire indebtedncss is not far from $2,400.000. It was bought by Albany parties for $'J00,000, in the interest of the (rand Tronk Company. The western división f the road, fr#m Lanaing to Valparaiso. is to lw sold under foreclwure. The aale io to tako place in Detroit ju the 25th of July. Minister ('hriatiancy's wife is on hor way to join her husband in l'eru. A vacaucy havii)g occurred in the United States Naval Academy for the fourth Congressional district, a public examination of t andi'latea will be held in Kalamazoo, July 2"). The result of long and persistent efforts at boring a salt well at Midland has been the reaching of 05 per cent, orine, which flows freelv. It is expected they will be manufacturing sait in a fortnight. The trial of Parks, of lthaca. on a charge of murderiug hia affianced. Miss lncz Henry, by a dose of strychnine, haa resulted in a jury elisagreement. They stood eight for eooTiotion to four for aequittal. The Chicago Tribune saya that proceedings will becommenced in the United States Circuit Court of Detroit within a few days by the Boston trustees of the bonda of the Flint aud Pere Marqnette liailroad to foreclose upon their mortgage, the road having long boen in dcfanlt of interest. David Godfrey, a prominent farmer of Klba, Lapeer county, was thrown from a wagon Satturday and received injuries, of which he died -ui. ii after. John BeckbesBeuger, a Germán baker, aged 02 years, was found fioating in the river at Kust Saginaw on the '22d. Supposed accidenta drowning. Daniel Dye. of Cauandaigua, Lenawee county. committed suicide by hanging on the 20th. He was a well-to-do farmer, about CO years ..1.1, and had been aftiicted with symptoms of derangement for some months paat. He leave a wife and three married children. Au audient e of about 7Ü0 persons asaembled in University Hall Tuesday morning to atteud the txercises of Class Day by the class .t Vit. The following waa the order ol' exer.ises: Prayer by Kev. Dr. Cocker. Oration- "Kesponsibility of the American Scholar," by Jfusie 1 . Uiltspaugta f Battle Creek. The ('Usa Poem by Kdward i'. Andersou of Ottami. Kansas, entitled "The Birds." The clasa bistovy by O. K. Poud, of Ann Arbor. and the tlasa prophecy by F. H. Coe, of Ann Arbor nere rcad in "the afternoon on the campus to vriy large audience. Detroit in Brief. The State Military Board held a meeting at ILo Knsspll Home Wednesday. It waa ïuformulry oecided to order a brigade encaiupment i.l the State Irnops thia summer, iirovided the ueoeaaarj tents anti camp fcquipage can bf btaiued. An old man named KmitU was run over by u (iraud Trunk train and killed, near Fraser sUtion. lti miles from the city. on Tuesday uight. His body was found by the side of the track horribly mutilated. The breach of promise case of Mary K. Beane iLfjauiKt John M. Beunett terminated in the Wayne Circuit Thuraday with a verdict for i.uOO damages in favor of the fair plaintift. Bennett is a fanning-mill manufacturer aged 61, and tbe young woinau is 26. Both live in the rillage of Plyraouth. Joaquín Miller will be the guest ai McKee liankin next week at hia umnnr i--idence. on Bois Hlanc lnland. Augustus Olippert aged 17 wub drownefl l'riday noon while bathing in a poud near the Michigan Car shops. He was the ion of the late Caspar Clippert of Springwell. jen. Sherman who returne.1 from Orchard 1 jike Thursday, spent Friday in inspecting Fort Wavne aud sight aeeing about the city. In the evening he had a reception at Congressman Newberry's and left Baturclay for a tour of the l-pper ijakes. Saturday the Hoime of CorrectioB had i'' inmutes, ol whom .'V2G were men and 00 wou.cn. One of the Detroit JobWag liouaes last week sold and sbipped 480,000 pounds of augar. Thiw waa probably the largest week's busineaa ever tranaacted in one line ►! gooda hy any house in this city. MissMatilda Lees Dodtí, a lady from the Kast, has created quite a stir aruong Detroit housekeepers by giving public lectures on rooking in St. Andrew's Hall, illustrating her recipes by preparing disnea and cooking them n a gas ötove on the platform Gen. Henry A. Morrow. having received his jnerited promotion to a coloneley in the regular axuiy. has been ordered to the commaud ut hU ngimsnt ut Vamumver, und after a short ruil tu t.i biands at Nilee. aud prrhapn Detroit, will depart for his fat-of) station. MISCELLANEOUS. The National eucampuient of the ürauil Ariny which niet in AlbaBy Wednesday, eleeted the followiug oflicers: Conimander-in-Chief - Comrade Wui. F.arnhaw, Ohio Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief - John Paluier, Albany. N. Y. Junior Vice-Conamander-in-Chief- Harrison Dingman, Washington, D. C. Snrgeon General- Wm. 1!. Jones, l'eunaylvania, .los. F. Lovering, HMMObMett, (re-elected ) The nex't encainpmeut will he luid at the Soldiers' Honte, Dalton, O. A riot ooouxied at fracy, Mimi.. Weduesday, among 300 railroad laboréis, and the Governor and a military company were called apon to restore quiet. No lives were loRt. The l'resklent lias noininated W. i. Creary, of Michigan, who ha been for the last seven years postmaster of the Senate. as major and paymaster in the anny. A lire on Water street, in the rcar of tke Battie House Mobile, burned Sherman's stationary store. Duboae & Cos drug store. McKinley & Co.'s saddlery and Leinkauff & Steauss' wholesale dry gooda. Lom, $125,000; insured. George Amticknap of Arthur, Out., killed his wife and Hel. 'Nie wife had tbree times cut the rope when he had atteinpted to hang himself. Dispatches from l.ewiston. ldaho. June 18, state that Gen. Howard and Gov. Ferry held a final council at Spokane Falla with Mosca, Spokane Geary and Smokalla. The latter renounces his dreamer theories and will go with Moses on the rescrvation. Kverything in the northern country ir now satisfactorily arranged. The Dominion Goyerumeut have decided to rescind all permission to American troops to visit Canada under arnis. alleging the reason therefor that these visita might lead to future complications. The President has approved the joint resolution relating to a bridge acrosR the Detroit Kiver at or near Detroit. i-. .i ii-.„ u.ümu eiween McLaughlin and Miller at Utica, N. '., Friday evening. was won by the lormer. John J. Kelley. excouncilman, of Cincinnati, has been senteneed to imprisonment in the county jail for three months, and t pay a tine of $100, for inducing a man te oast an illegal vote at the eleetion laat fall. The eastern bonnd treight on the Chicago and Northwestern road was ditched Saturday morning near London, '20 miles below Cedar Kapids. Fonr tramps, eoncealed in a car loaded with corn, were killed, and the conductor, Mr. Moore, received injuries which must prove fatal. The PreRÍdcnt has approved the bill making appropriations for the legislative and executive expenses for the fiscal year ending .Cune 30, 18H, and for other pnrponea. A fire at ljeadville, Saturday, totallydestroyed the Coliseuni Theatre and two adjoining buildings, l.nss $10,000; no iusurance. Jas. Brown, from Hornesdale. Pa., perished in the lire, whkh is supposed U have originated in Mr room. Alfred H. Sanford. son of Prof. Sanford, Chicago Univeraity, and Olive C Holmes, daughter of Judge Holmes, of Syracuse, were drowned Saturday afternoon in Onondaga l.ake. They were rowing, and in changing places in the boat. it was capsized. The bodics are not recovered. Mrs. A Holland, of Liege. Belgium, at Niágara Falle, Saturday, borrowed a drinking cup froni her husband, while visiting the Three Sister lslands, and, stooping for a drink, feil into the awiftly running watera and was swept over the Horseshoe Falta. The husdand and wife were on their wedding tour. An explosión oceurred at 5.30 Saturday morning at the ore mines on the land of Stepheus A Nmoyder, two miles from KmmniiH. Pa. A boiler burst with terrible force, killing seven men outright and seriously wounding others. The killed are -. Kttiuger of Emmans. head blown ff; Smith. a Germán workman; Frank Fegely. a contractor; Smoyder, the land owner;Amos Derr; B. Keek, engineer, and Wilson Derr. It ís atated that Keek, the engineer. waa drunk Friday, and the accident is attribnted to his letting the water run low. The murderer of Mrs. Huil of New York was arrented in BoRton Monday uight, and is now in the custody of the pólice authorities. His name is Chastine Cox, a copper-colored negro, who has been employed as a waiter for a year and a half in the ueighborhood of the Huil residente in New York city. At ;v meeting oi spinners ;it Fall Kiver, Mas-.. Tiu'sdav niííht. it was voted to inaugúrate a strike Wednesda in every mili in the city but the Metacomet aud Ag iwam. In these milis uotiee will not be given asearly as iu the others and the spinners will work a day or two longer, until the 10 days" notiue expires. Nothing was said about the Kiug Phillip, it being nnderstood that no strike takes place there. On Saturday night. at San d liitHe, 12 milep from Frankfort. Kv.. a party of unknown men attacked the houae of Nam Faulkner, scverely wonnded Faulkner as he ran Irom the house, and then set flre to the dweiling, which was consumed with its inmates. Harry Kusseli. aged 1", was also wht, and two children of Fiuilkner's. aged 11 and :!. iNo cause is given for this brutal affair. COWGRESS. June 18. -In the Senate the Mississippi river improvement commisaion bill was then taken np. The bill passed. with Senate amendments providing thnt the commiRRion shall consist of seven inembers, three from the engineer corps of the army, one from the coast geodetic survey, and three from civil Ufe, two of whom shall be civil engineers. Messrs. Chandler, Morrill, Platt and Saulsbury were the only Senators voting nay. The array appropriati.m bill was then taken up and discussed but without reaching a vote, and an all-night session was the result. The House resumed consideration of the bill prohibiting politieal assessments. Mr. HostetleríDem., Ind.) who had charge of the bill, insisted on the previous meation, aa the Bepublicans declined to tix any time for action on the bill before January next. The Kepublicans thereupon declined to vote, leaving the House without a quorum. The morning hour was consumed in voting upon dilatory motions and the bill relating to politieal asaeaaments went over without action. Mr. Stephens (Dem., Ga.), chairman of the coinage comniittee, reported a bill for the exchange of trade dollars for legal tender dollars, and the debate thereon was limited to two hours. June 19.- The Seuate af ter its all-night session did not adjourn till 11:50 this forenoon, having accomplishea nothing during the long and tedious session. The Senate reasRembled at noon and after a shor timenpent in debate adjourned. In the House Mr. McMahou (Dem.. O.) submitted the conference report upon the judicial appropriatior bill. Section 2 prohibits the making of any contract or incurring of auy liabilities nnder the provisión of the Hevised Statuten authorizing the appointmeut or payment of general or special deputy marshals for services in connection with elections on eleetion day. The report brought on discussion. U was finally adopted by a atrict party vote.yeaa 102 nays 79, Mr. Cox not voting on either ide. The House then took up the bill to provide I for the exehange of trade dollár for legal tender silver dollar. After debate, the bill was passed without a división, and the House adJourued. June 20. In the Senate Mr. Davis (Dem V. V.,j from the eommittee ou appropriations, stated that the eommittee had not been able,in view of the state of business before the Senate to report a resolution fixing a date of adjourninent. but hoped to be able to do so soon. The Senate resumed consideration of the Army appropriation bill, and speeches were ' made against it by Messrs. ConklintLogan and I othe.s, and for it by Mr. Thurman and others. At 1.50 a. M. the queation was put, and the bill was passed, yeas 33 nays 19. a pajty vote, except that Mr. Bninside voted aye. At 2 a. H. the Senate adjourned until 12 o'clock Natur day. In the House Mr. Clurdy (Dem., Mo.), ffom the eommittee on coromerce, reported a bill authorizing the construction of a railroad bridge across the Wabash river. Passed. The speaker submitted the applications of a dozen membern for indefinito leaves of absence. One pleaded sickneaa, the remaiuder important bUBinesp. Objection waa made by Mr. AtkinR (Dem., Tenn.) and otbera. so leave waa ranted rily iu the aickness case. June 21. - In the Senate the conference report on.the judicial expenae hill was called up hy Mr. Wallace (Dem., Pa.) Mr.Windom (liep.. Minn.) denianded the Teaa ; nnd nays on the adoption of the report, whieh ' rcsulted yeas 31, naya 17, a party vote. On motion of Mr. D -vis (Dem.. W. Va.) the Senate took up the House bill making ;dditional appropriatiou for the service of the poatoffice departmeut for 1879 and 1880, known as the letter carriers' defieiency bill. The appropriations committee reduces from t415,OOUto 1400 000 the appropriatiou for the payment of letter-earriers for the fiscal year endins; June 30, 1880, and to extend the service for said year, under the act of February, 1879, I in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated. The amendmenta werf adopted and the bill passed. The House joint reaolution authorizing the completion of the foundation of the Washington monument was pasaed. In the House Mr. Keuna (Dim., W. V.) from the couimittee on enrolled billx, reponed the aniiy appropriation bill. aud it wus ligned by the speaker. The bill to establish post nada in certain tates was passed. June 28.- lu the Senate Mi. Wallace (Dem., Pa.), from the oommittee on pproprition, reported the HouHe ooncurrent reso'.utiou tixïng the date ot' fiual adjonrunieut. with an amendment aubatitutiag Weduesday, Jone 25th, at 5 p. m. . instead of Tnesday, 17th. The resolution subniitted by Mr. McDouald (Dem., Ind.) directing the Secretary of the Treasnry tu furnish information as to the action of the National Board of Health under the act authorizing the contract for the purchase and construction of refrigerator shipa, etc was taken np and adopted. In the House the Preaident's secretar} delivrred message in wnting vetoing the snpplemeHtary judicial bill; alsu aaneuncing that he had signcd tlie army bill. At the conclusión of the reading of the veto message, which was received with a slight demonstration of applausc on the Hcpublican side, the House proceedcd to vote on the question whether the bill should be passed notwithstanding the objections of the President, and it was dccided in the ncgative, yeas 104. nays 78, not the necessary two-thirds in the amrinstive, Adjonrned. June 25. - In the Senate the resolution tixin WedncBday. the 25th, at 5 i. m., as the time of adjournment, was, ou motion of Mr. Dayis (Dem., W. Va.), recommitted to the coinniittee on approprtations. The joint resolution providing 'M days' extra pay for eongressional employés being under consideration, Mr. lngalls (Rep., Kan.) offcred as an additional section the provisions of the judicial expenses bill juut vetoed, divcsted of the politica] clauses and the jury clauses. Mr. Wallace I Dem.. l'a.l moved to amend Mr. lngaU's amendment by adding the clauses oí the judicial expenses bill preolnding the appointment of deputy marshals. Mr Wallace'i amendment was agreed to by a party vote. lo the House the so-calle.d politie! amciu ments bill was taken np and the Iteuublicans availed themselves of their parliamentary privileges to prevent action. The morning hour was consnined in roll calis upon dilatory motions made by the Kepnblicans and the bill went over without aetion. POLITICAIi. Tlif Repúblicas State Conveution of California met at San Francisco Wedne day and nominated Geo. C. Perkins for Governor. Ou Wednesday the New Hampshire House and Senate in joint oonventii.n elected A. B. Thompson, Secretary of State; Solón A. Carter, State Xreasurer; Jn. B. Clark, State Printer. Henry W. Blair was declared elected United States Senator. The Hepublican State Convention of California nominated for lieutenant governor Gen. John Mansfield of Los Angelos ; for secretary of state D.M.Burns,for controller U.M.K enfield ; A. L. Khodes chief justice; for treasurer; John Weill; for attourney general, A. L. Hart; for surveyor general, J. W. Shanklin, for superintendent of public instruction, F. M. Canipliell of Alameda. The San Francisco Workingmen's municipal convention Kriday evening nominated C. Curtin, dry goods dealer, for tax collector, Charges were preferred against the nominee for mayor, Kev. 3. S. Kallock. based on his career in BoBton. The Hepublioans of the lirst Congressional District of California have renominated Horace Davis for Congresiman. The convention of Nationals who withdrew from the Columbus conventiou was held at Toledo Tuesday with a small attendance, only 10 of the 20 congressional districts in the State being represented. A number of supporters of the Columbus ticket and platform were here. under the lead of Kobert Schilling, Cleveland, but were not admitted to the hall, tickets benig issued only to those in sympathy with the moveinent. The following resolution was adopted: In view of the extraordinary political situation. we deern it inexpedient to nomínate a state ticket at this time. The convention was about evenly divided and vigorous efforts were made to kill it by dilatory motions. The chair held that motions to table and to adjourn were both out of order, and on a viva voce vote ruled that the resolution was carried. PERSONAL. Bimeroft is still ill at Newport. Gen. Kwiug has gone to New York. Baron Nathan Kothschild died worth ahout 4r,,000,000. De Lesseps says gronnd will be broken for the Darien Canal next New Year's day. Senator Blaine has gone home to Maine, Senator Lamar to Mississippi. Senator Gordon to Georgia, and several other Senators have left Washington, which looks like an early adjournment. Prince .lerome Napoleon arrived at Paris, Saturday. He has received mmiwi vleits. Hon. A. E. Borie, ex-Secretary of the Navy, who bas been traveling with Gen. Grant in foreign lands since January last, reached Council Bluffs Friday evening, over the Union Pacific, from Shanghai. China, being en route home to Philadelpbia. Kev. Henry Chauncey lieilly was consecrated in Pittsburg Tnesday as Bishop of Mexico of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Tilden, it is reported, is about to travel with a party of friends in Colorado. lïutgcrs College has bestowed upon Kdison the famous gradúate of the baggage-car and telegraph office, the honorary degree of Ph. D. G. W. M lleynolds, a widely-known writer of sensational fiction, is dead. The Berlín newspapers repeat a statement that the Czar is expectcd there shortly to visit the Kmperor William. FOREIGN. A dispatch from Algiers says the column of troop which left Botnia, province of Constantine, Monday, encountered 600 insurgents in a denle in the Onetonba hills. The insurgents were dislodged by the artillery, and the troops occupied their positions. The column continued its march to Medina. The Capitale (Rome) declares that eighteen persons were killed in the recent riots at Callabiano, in Sicily, and sixty wounded. Seventy arrest were made. A Keuter's dispatch from Cape Town, dated June i.via Madeira Thursdaystates that Prince Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial of France, accompanied by other ofticers, left Col. Wood's camp to rtconnoiter. The party dismounted, when the enemy crept upon them and "assegaied" tbe prince, killing him. The body was discovered in a field of long grass. There were no bullet wounds upon it, but there were 17 wonnds made by assegai thrnsts. The body was found stripped. and the clothes had been taken away. The news of the death of the Prince Imperial reached London at a late hour Thursday night. At about one o'cloek next morning it was circulated in the lobbies of the House of Commons, when, in reply to inquines, Col. Stanley, Secretary of State for War, read the foregoing otneial telegram. Lord Sidney, an old and tried friend of the imperial family, has left for Chiselhurst to break the news to the ex-Kmpress Eugenie. Loudon journals, while Heeply deploring the Prince's death. regard it as an end to imperialiFin in France. A Paris correspondent hears that the exempress Kugenie bas summoued all the Bonapartist leaders to Chiselhurst. England and France unite in demanding the abdication of the Khedive. Germauy and Austria give the Khedive the alternative of full payment of the Hoating debt or their cooperation with Kngland and France. The "long distance walk for the championship of the world and the Astley belt. which began in Agricultura! Hall, London, on last Monday morning, ended Saturday evening. Four contestants appeared - John Ennis, of Chicago; "Blower' Brown, of Turnbaiu Green; H. Harding, of Blackwell, and E. P. Westou, of New York. They were started by Sir John Astley punctually at 1 a. m. Harding walked his tirst mile in 6m, and 5s. The betting at the start was as follows: Ij to 4 on Brown, 5 to 1 against Ennis. (t to 1 against Harding, and 10 to 1 against Weston. Ennis gave out on Monday, and Harding on Tuesday. Sir Astley wagered five hundred pounds to one hundred with Weston that he could not make 55J miles by Saturday evening. Weston wou the bet and also the championship, having made the best time on record. The match was tinished at 10.55 p. m. Weston had made 550 and Brown 453 miles. About 5,000 persons witnessed the finish. Queen Victoria, nccoinpanicd by the Prince Beatrice and Prince Leopold, visited the ïmpres Eugenie at Chiselt urst Monday. The Queen had and an hom'n interview with Kugenie. Ferdiuand De Leuep, in a lecture at Aiuien stated thit the flrst sod ot the Panama canal would be turned .lanuary 1, 1880, and that with 40,000 navvies, including some Chinese and 15,000 Bra.ilian negrofts, the work wonlil ba conipleted in 8 year?. ThkFabmek am tuk Gypsibs. "Farson tells me, sir," said a British farmer once apeaking of that extreordinary nice of people tlie gypsiea "that tbeir oiMgin is lost in tlie midst of Iniqulty ; and 1 ani bound to say 1 believc him, tur grreater rogues don't live." In the MÍ8sissippi penitentiary there are over two thouaand convicta wh are imprlsoned lor life. "Thers must lie lawn order," said the judge yesterday, piuhing his liltle mower vigorouslj.