Worse Than In Ireland

Ido general lana orneo is in receipt oí information tliat a British syndicate, said to have purehased a large tract of land in lowa from the McGregor western railway company is mercilessly evicting settlers the title to the land being in dispute iu the state courts. A. settler writes : "Women over ('0 years oL age, siek in bed, have been taken by six men and carried out in the driving storm. Delicate women have had their hands tied with cords till tboir flesh was bruised and then dragged shrieking from their homes. Children have been born prematurely. .Strong men have been run down by ruifians on horseback anl then handcuffed, and dragged from their little possessions. I might go on and multiply instances where the sheriff, with a writ of ejectmont in one hand and a British contract in the other, gave these poor people their choico between these two evils which they wonld take." Aflidavits of the cruelties practiced are being collected, saye the writer, for use iu Washington next winter. They are expected to créate a sensation when the people of the east are brought f ully to realize what the American pioneers are sulTering at the hands of the new invaders. A Temperance Advocate Dead. John B. Finch of Nebraska, the well known temperance advocate, died suddenly in Boston on the night of the 3d inst. Mr. Finch addressed a temperance meeting at Lynn early in the evening and took the train for Boston. On the way he was taken in a fit, and although everything possible was done he died soon atter reaching Boston. L1. KX ftudner of the Lapeer Demo crat isn't overburdened with piety and has never made any claim to boing a professor of theology, but he condenses a good deal of gospel truth in the fol lowing: "O, think of the Home over there," is the sweet refrain of a populai hymn. We don't want to throw any cold water on the honest efforts of this pious poet, but we do wish he had direc'ed his efforts to the improvement óf the home down here. When a man or woman thinks of the "Home over there" so muoh that the home below the clouds gets but little attention, we think that kind of piety is not practical. Think of the home that you occupy, and try to make it better, happier and purer. The Home over there is in better hands, and won't need your exclusive attention until you get there. Commander-in Chief Fairchild of the Grand Army of the Republic, has stopped smoking, af ter having been addicted to the habit from young man. hood. He abandoned the fragrant weed just seven weeks ago, after he had been informed by several physicians that its continued use accounted for his badly inflamed tonsils, which seriouslj troubled him. He has noted a great improvement in the conditiou of his throat and says, in a voice in which there is a slight tinge of r.egret, that he has undoubtedly smoked his last cigar. John Stillman, who was conductor oi the fatal train a Chatsworth. 111., went into the wreek weighing 194 pounds. He now weighs 151 pounds, a loss ol forty-three pounds. He is unablo to eat heartily, and has not known a night of restful slumber since the accident. When he does sleep bis slumbers ar broken by visions of the wreek, and in imagination be hears the terrible crie of the wounded and dying till he wakes, more worn and restless than before. He is now taking an unliruited vacation at the expense of the road. At the opening session, last week of the night school of the New Jersey state prison, it was found that 130 out of 1,000 persons in the prison desired to avail themselves of the school privilege, so that it was necessary to forra four classes, each having its session from 4 to 9 o'clock, on different nights. Twenty-five convicts took their places at the desks on the first night, and the teachers were two well educated mon who were in prison for financial crookedness. Many people will be surprised to learn that Sam Jones the revi valist has decided to inake Washington nis permanent abiding place. The fact is, th people of Washington have never taken kindly to the Jones-Small mode of saving sinners, and the eccentric eloquenca of these men has never had much effect at the capital. However, Jones has decided to settlo in Washington and, perhaps, lay permanent siege to that unimpressionable citv.