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Mythic Robin. .
Sang the robin loud and clear—
From his icy perch on high,
Viewing with a critic's eye
All the country far and neat=
" Spring is here ! Spring is here!"
"-Tell me." quoth I, "what you mean,
Can it be that this is Spring—
= Nature's golden opening? •
Rain lialti hail and snow are seen;
Is not spring a trifle green ?"'
Then the rascal plumed his wing,
Scratched his head and looked at me,
Winked and chuckled audibly,
And again began to sing,
" This is Spring -this is Spring!"
" But the mud is inches deop,
And your nest is cold and wet,
surely.songster, you forget.
Hide your head and go to sleep
Wait a while—your song will keep."
Then he chuckled once again,
And replied with honest mien :
" ves, 1 know that Spring is green—
Green as hares who eau't restrain
verses of the old refrain.
" But ein put up hero to sine
Empty shade, a myth at best,
Peelle o'er a last:year's nest;
Sad but needful offering
To the Million bards of Spring."
TnE FRAUD °FICHE AGE.
'Dr." Buchanan's Bogus Diplomas—
Extraordinary Coufession—The Quack
of Quacks—Terrible Upheaval of the
Profemmion.
A late despatch from Philadelphia, Pa.,
says: The Record publishes the Confession
of the bogus diploma. vendor, Dean
Buchanan, new iu prison. He has given
up all the books he had and a mass of
valuable inforniation, including a list of
the foreign diplomas sold and a catalogue
of addresses, including over 5,000 names of
persons who correspond with him. He
gives the nitinesof the wholesale druggists
in Philadelphia who sold his diplomas and
- names of parties to whom diplomas were
issued. Ile relates how the diplomas were
signed by the facility. In one instance
three professors for $5 each signed 50.0
diplomas for him,and for 63.50 each the
. diplomas which :were to go -abroad were
. certified to by the Spanish . consul. In
all about 10,000 naines are tangled up
in his disclosures. He has given: the names
of Many. professional abortionists and
-the means Wifereby they- destrey life: He
-.We of the tricks of -his trade, quack nos...
tinins -advertis-ed to Ore all diseases, and
7 imposters .-weo- prey on public credulity.
He recites' incident's - wherein he robbed
. graves,- and hoi.v one day.he stele five deed
• bodies from theBleckley Alins Houee.-He
-
• tells of twenty-five concernsin thiecountry
and Europe by whieh,d_egrees ,a,re s.old:
figures that fully 20,000 beguediplornae.are
current itt A -Merles., and 40,000 More in
• Europe. He gives the- -authorities a lever
_ _
•
.by which they Can uproot -every diploina
dealer in America.- .Biachanan's papers
alsodetail his, trick to make the public
• think he comieitted suicide, A. Man
• dressed to resemble Buchanan jinriped off: a.
• ferry. boat. at reedit and was 'rescued by it
man:hi-a: skiff -stationed at.the proper spot.
- As the result- of the expose Of Buchanan's
business the-ebarters of several institutions•-
-have been: repealed.
A. 'PHYSI(IAN SWI'I'CUED.
"HdIBath no ;Fury- Late a Woman
Storned."
There is trouble in the insane asylum of
•
Wayne ceanty,_ MiCh.,_ and the Detroit
-Eyegine News sent a reporter to investi-
gate, :
The interview . published in -the -News
between Dr..Collar,,physician at the twenty
asylum', and a reporter, in which the former
said that no virtuous -woman -employee at
-- the -aSylurn-Could retain her place for thirty
- days; led to an exciting scene yesterday,-
' Ai. -the•- usual hour Dr. Cellar arrived- to
minister to the bodies if not the minds) of
the diseased unfortunates, and made' his
round of the. wards . without_molestation.
-As he stepped downthestaircaseionaaking.
his exit from the building henoticed a. Score
- of women assistantsstanding mound,. but
Was whollyunprepered for the simultaneous
assault made upon liiM at a signal from the
-leader of: the, party. Every Woman was
armed With- a stout switch, and they pro-
: ceeded to make make free with the doctor's
person:- itt a. Manner that _he evidently
despised. The doctor stepped just - long
enough to size bp the nature and force of the
rnsurrection and tieing too gallant to strike
_- a woman,, he suddenly remeMbered a pro--
feisional engegernent -in another part of
the county. It is repetted that a- prothi-
-nent citizen of Wayne agreed beforehand to
pay all-fifies that mightbe --inipoSed for the
-
• assault. „• -
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.t Ilile
In 1Fitty-elght Seconds'.
The hew fast locomotive; No. 10, just
turned out- -at the shcipt; at Altoota.; Was
- -.Yesterday given a trial and - did wonders..
• She was "taken to fluutingdon and then
started home. The distance -of thirty -tour
• nailes was made in .forty-four minutes, but
• there -was _soMetinie lost by. a " green
. block," .One mile was run in -fifty-eight
seconds and another in fifty-nine seconds,
_
and throughont the trip the engine behaved
very well. It _ is a tremendous pieco of
• - :mechanism, and although. 'finished Very
-plainly is well s.propertionecl andpretty as
a picture. There are many changes from
_the usual engine in this one. The endeavor
. has been to put all eight as low down ,as
. . .
- possible. Th.e whistle is ()atop of the cab,
'the reverse lever is worked by
• steani, andtlie sand -box, instead of being
near the dowe, iain the sheathing covering
. - of the driving -wheel. A Modoc looks like a
, pigmy:alongside of this monster,lt will. be
• kept at Altoona for .p.'few days and run on
regular trains until its capacityis tested.—
rrisburg (Penn ) Telegraph.
•
Biros -Gnu ..TO Conn.—A writer in the Cana-
dian- Military Review tells us that the
Martini rifle has been subjected to climatic
_ tests in Quebec and at 'Kingston, and that
it has stood the trial with success. It was
at one time thought -that the mechanism of
the Martini was too delicate for our climate,
- but that appears to -have been a mistake.
A rifle was placed in a ditch for six weeks
during midwinter in Quebee _and half a
dozen Martini were exposed to extreme
_ .
cold for a week at Kingston- and their
action was found not to be impaired in the
- least. -
.
As: evidence of the iictivity of the
:Socialist _agents in Germany It IS stated
. .
. that eopies of an address delivered_ in -New
York by Dr: Hasselman, the expelled
'Socialist member of the Reichstag, have
- been distributed by thousands in Leipsic,
being found even in the soldiers' knapsacks.
BEAUTIFUL HISS SCOTT.
The Lady Who Takes Ferepaugh's Tea
Thousand Dollars.
(Monongahela City, Pa., Cor. of the N.Y.Express.)
The news that Forepaugh had chosen
from among several thousand photographs
of beautiful American women that of Miss
Annie Pauline Scott, this city, as being the
nearest approach to ideal perfection in form
and feature has caused a buzz of excite-
ment. A description is not amiss. Miss
Scott possesses a form tall and shapely.
It is not the airy, fleecy, filmy, ethereal
nothing that Olive Logan ascribes to Sarah
Bernhardt, but a realistic, tangible -form.
Her shoulders are rounded; her bosom is
full and undulating, and her waist symme-
trical, filling her bodice nicely, and seem-
ing superlatively huggable. Were Hiram
Powers again selecting his model for that
American masterpiece of art, "The Greek
Slave," he could travel over mueli territory
and find no better form than Miss Scott's.
In carriage she is at once easy and graceful.
Apr face in some respects reminds one of
the late Adelaide Neilson; it is as fair as
the lilies; and the cheeks are tinged with a
delicate pearly pink. Her features are
strikingly regular and classical, and of the
Grecian type, save, perhaps, the nose, which
curves slightly from the aquiline and verges
upon what is generally termed the American
feminibe nose. Her lips are full and
expressive,, of- a bright vermillion tinge, and
when severed by a smile reveal a ,double
roW of teeth that are typical -in their
regularity and dazzling whiteness. Her
eyes are large and full, of a dark brown
color. With various emotions they ehange
their hue as : often • as summer clonds,
too, if for no other reason than
they are se soft and shadowy.
Her eyebrows are most delicately °pried;
end hertlong, sweeping eyelishes add inten-
sity and at times a half -melancholy lan-
guor to the orbs over which they keep
sentinel. Her hair; which is long, Wavy
and:abundant, is Of a • glossy . black, and
possesses tatt Silky texture which is such
a pleasant contrast to the usual dead ebony
weso often meet. One cannot look at such.
hair, and seethe golden sunshine rippling
through it, like fairies play.ingat "bo peep,'
without recalling by a -singular association
of ideas; LizZie Elexam, the child of
Dickens: fancy.: Altogether; Miss Scott is
an picturo. of fair femininity, -gifted'
With -.glowing - charms and robust An
artist for. -.one of the -eastern illustrated'
papers visited this place a day or two ago,.
and made -a sketch - of the young beauty
from life. : -Mies Scott is tbe niece of John
Ryan, a_ coal miner', and lthey - abide in a
rather dilepidatecl house. .
. .
• Lard Nrisonrii Duaghter.
- , • -
Horatia, Nelson --.Ward has just died
in England in the '81st year of her. age,
The London. Times sars that the deceased.
was " Lady „Hamilton's , little daughter
Heratitnthe same who her reputed father,
Lord Nelson; bequeathed with his dying
breath to the care of his---eOuntry. . Born
in the last year of _the last century, -She
spent herinfaney and childhood at Merton. -
-In the garden- of Lady- Hamilton's villa,
-streamlet2(
there mak- a little whiCh she
• • . -
called " the -Nile ') ina a- Pond, -'-danamed
Up and crossed by , a rustic bridge:- The
-banks of this pond were the- little child's
playing - _grounds. , Lady --Hanailten. "con --
tinned to live -at -Merton - for three years
after Nelson's death,-. 'when _ pecuniary
difficulties overtook ' her, • and - she went
abroad, and . -ultimately died in poverty.
Her daughter' Horatia-: - Married the -Rev.
Philip Ward, sometinie vicar of Tenterden;
-Kent;- but Was left his widow about twenty
years ago. •
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•
- --Coffee From -Dates.
The project to make everybody rich by
making: coffee froth-, dates may be very
generous, but it has the grave fault of
being too expensive. • Where - is .the 'sense
in- spoiling it dried fruit that is so . delicious
to the- palate of thefilil all. boy, and is worth
ati least a few ceiatfi per pound, when other
nuiterials that are ten times -as cheap" have
already been sold by. the ton -under the
name of 'coffee and at good prices? ' Beans,
pees,: nuts of several -.kinds, rOasted • c.orn,
sweet potatoes,. mahogany sawdust, dried;
liver; locust pods, various barks and roots,
and dozens of other cheap Materials, all of
Ainerican production, have jbeen roasted,
ground and sold at' it from whandsome _profit. as
f - materialli _hich 'he
coffee. --'Why; then,' should -7 -supply t
_go abroad
or
Ametioan_hreakfast table -With the favorite
merningVerald. -
- _
' Bernhardt at . Nia•mrst.-
-..0n...Sunday Mlle.. Sarah Bernhardt and;
party -" did " theFells. --The great actress
is said to: have been for a-
moineiit'itt the scene .. as she alighted from
lier carriage' in- front "of the Prospect House;
She was at seine_ diStance frein the party,-
andseeMed to drink in the w.lible uninter-
. . .
riipted -view,: giving vent tebeiri"..feelingS by
iexclaireing in broken.' Engliali;
grand! 'inagneefeent.1 eta.' Breakfast
• over thrfPartyleat notime--making them-
selves ready to "do the as they only
had threehours left before departing. She
wrote in French in the hetelalbuiri : Hew
-goedzoa is to have - created .such beautiful
things., With enthusiasm, J. Sarah Bern-
hardt-, 1881,P :-. A start was made for :Table
Rock,.the_whOle.-,paity ,at this point -gOiiag
-wader the falls -and viewing the ereninants of
the whiter scenery.
- Beech t death S iinnenneed.:Sir- jOhn Mac-
pherson Macleod, K C 5 I.,. who :held
eeveralitapertant Offices..in IndirehetWeen
1812 and 1838. .:Sir john, -Who .was- 91 years
old, was the oldest member of the Privy
Council. His wife had died but a_few days
before his decease: 'Rey. .Moses _Margo-
lioiath, aged_ 60, oneoftherevisers of the
Old Testament and '0; distinguished
Hebtaist. Mr., Alexander Smollett, ex
for Dumbarton, •-• Scotland, -a lineal
descendant of: thefamous Tobias Sinellett;
Mrs, -Ya„..n Cott, -.the revivalist,-. readily
apprehends the condition of ,thinge.when
she enters a fietcl'of labor. =-She tans Utica
, .
0 poor; sin-eursed,--worldly
following advertieenient appears
in the Landon papers .: -" -Strayed- into.
Charbes-M -Mann's streetr
a white cow with red neck. --Theowner is
reqUeited_. to - take: her- away: and pay
damages"--Eitherthe-caws.or- the -cellars
of that place innet be of a peciiliar -;
. .
----4 :New York laaylikens the new fancy
bonnets to the - bandana handkerolliefs- of
Southern colored wompn.
SLIGHTLY ROMANTIC.
A Reformed Tramp Marries the Sister -in -
Law of his Benefactor, and Shortly
After Falls Heir to a Large Fortune.
A despatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says
about seven years ago a young man named
George Arthur Brebb landed in New York
from Liverpool. He was the son of the
superintendent of one of London's public
libraries, who was also a large stockholder
in the Queen's Theatre, London. At home,
in London, young Brebb had led a fast life,
which brought about a quarrel between
him and his .father. Young Brebb finally
• determined to come to this country. When
in the United States he fell in with fast
companions, and before long his small
stock of money was gone. Not having a
trade, and knowing not what work was,
young Brebb was in a sad plight. Falling in
with a lot of tramps he started out with
them, and for five years roamed from state
to state, dirty and ragged. Early in April,
1879, be was, with his dirty companions,
hanging around Cadiz, Harrison county, 0.
One Sunday, John H. Fair. a small farmer
and coal operator, living on the Cadiz
branch of the Pan -Handle, with his family,
was out walking, and as the roads were
muddy they took the railroad track. After
walking some distance they came upon
young Brebb and his gang huddled around
'a fire they had built of brushwood. Mr.
Fair got into conversation with the men,
and Mrs. Fair noticed by Brebb's speech
that he was a native of her own country.-
Mr. and Mrs. Fair asked Brebb to cut loose
from his companions and stay with them.
This Brebb agreed- to do, and next day he
was put to work, Mr. •Fair discov-
ered very soon that Brebb "did not lmow
what work was, but. as he gave evidence Of
wanting to do his best he was kept atwerk,:
making himself useful in _driving a coal -
team and helping With agricultural work.
About the last of April Mrs. Tweedie; a
widowed sister of Mrs. Fair; came over
from -England to make her hinne with the
Fairs. She was told- the story of Brebb,
and Brebb and Mrs. Tweedie 'soon grew to
be - warm' friends. Friendship in time
ripened to love, and ere many months
passed by Mrs. Tweedie consented to Marry
Brebb, although she knevincithingasto who
he really was, and only knew of hia life it
this country from his own account Hewas
recleernetramp, and Mat Was all. The:
ceremony. was -performed in December of
that -Year; after which Matters went along
as ...usual for several months.r FitiallY
Brebb concluded lie would Write home: and -
let his people know of his whereabontsand
situation. After. a lapse of a short time -lie
received an answerstating that his father
had died two Years ago, and that in his
Will hehad left his wayward son -210,000..
Brebb then" disclosed his ;identity- to, his
-ivifti" and relatives, and aeon after left with
his wife for London, where,-frein a, letter
received this week, they arrived in due
tine, and had immediately received the
inheritance of about $50,000.
- Ban and Deg Fight.
A corresperident virites. to the -Liverpool
Post: ."A townin the. goesendaleValley.
WasenSathrday the scene of a terrible:fight
between it Map and a- large and ferocious
laiilldog. The' town itt euestion - is about
twelve -miles' from Manchester. The _man
is a tall, biirlyand ferocious looking indivi-
dual' who not iunfrequenily goes through
the performance CI worrying live fats and
occasionally itries his powerful teeth on
pate and glasses:- Tho bulldog is noted for
itsproweee. ' His misterhaving frequently
boasted of tho.. powers Of the _dog the
man was lehitIlenged,te.-fight him a few.
nights --:Lagei-. s The ::Ir-itgreganent -wait
.that -the t -dog should have the seine
chance.aeif-pitted against another. of
canine species, while the man Was to have
his hands eeeurelY fastened in front of him..
Everything beingreadY -.a bad looking Id -
low, dressed ;'iii't quarryman's garb, gave
the word t .113,211Vihichthentesonline
cenibita,iitl, descended 'tie the -level .of _the
brute, and on bends and knees awaited the
attack of the -,deg. The latter, on being,
Uninuzzle-V-Was hounded -on by the wild,
-fanatioal. yells' of the spectators --and at
oncereshed to the throat.: of the man-apa
the- fearful combat Commenced. The 'yell- .
ingefthe- prOW4 CO4S0a, tbc Spe-ctittorii3:_
of the diegustnig eceile: looked on :with
batedbreatho. :The _ brutelreade seVaral
futile attempts: _ to,. seize -the rnan's
threat, but the latter -dodging it for a .tinie
the crowd became impatient and again and
again .hounded on the dog. Th.e latter
became.: infuriated and -another-Stinggie
tOok.place. .-. It was brief; but terrible, the
.
man trying as for life to obtain_ a Trip bf:
thedoe - While the -brute' in turn- --tWisted-
itaeif in every conceivable form- to seize the
The however, at. length espied
his Ofipertu ity; and, seizing the -brute With
his powerful teeth by the threat; Pinned it
to.. the, ground,.: alineet- Worrying, it._Ou
rising to ht feet he presented a Most:her;
"rible sight; face and .arine having, been
terribly -lacerated during the encounter.".
" Steno " in the Gerinan Parlistnieut.
A- telegram from - Berlin - says: In
te-day's-eitting of the German Parliament
the: House proceeded to discuss the- bill
relative to the -.luting .of howl& occupied by
public Officials. Prince Bismarck made a,
speech in which lie animadverted -Upon the
taxation.. policy Of large towns, which-- he
said Was, influenced .more by political than
economic - considerations, " as was the case,
.for- example, in Berlin, Where the grist and
dead_ -meat taxes had :been abolished.
Living' was better and:cheaper in Paris.
Ilia own- assessment in Berlin, which _Was-
_
signed by Herren Bange and Hagen (
Members of the progressist party) hadco e
upon hiinlike.a breath of Progress.- At this
statement a voice On the _Left.' exclaimed,.
"Shameful ". Prince Bismarck retorted::
:" That is a iihareeless remark. (ellepti Olt
the ,right ancl _Uproar- on the left) The
person who made it has.riefienife.Of.shitme.".
(Fresh Uproar.) .Prof.: Von: Geissler .here
interposed, saylllg, "r -failed to hear .t.he:
-expression ;Otherwise, if I knew - the deputy
who inideise Of it, 1 should have ...called
hinitoorder.7.. Thereupon Herr Struve,- u.
Seces§iohist- said "I used the expression
-President:VOn Glossier: "Then I call yen
to Oder." IHeir Struve : "And what is
to happeht the Interim' Chanceller, who
Said I hid ne sense of . shame?" --Prince
Bismarck: I- said SQ without- knowing.
the epeaker.. 1 now withdra:W. the .expres-
Sion, and say he has- a sense-- of -shame."
(Cheers- -on the right.) Finally the : bill,
against Prinee Bismarck's wish, was refer. -
red to a coneinlittee-. -
REVOLTING- TRAGEDY.
A. Rejected Swain Shoots the Father of
Ilis Inamorata, and Then Sends a
Bullet Through His Own Heart.
A despatch from Chicago, dated Wednes-
day, says: The sad and dreadful tragedy
in Lakeview last night is the talk of
the city to -day. Will Seymour, a young
man of 18, a clerk- with the commission
firm of C. E. Hill & Co., and son of Major
beymour, of the Board of Trade, has long
been an intimate assoeiate with the young
people of Mr. Charles Crain's family in
Lakeview, of whom there are nine boys
and girls. Mr. Crain was secretary of the
well-known wholesale boot and shoe house
of _Doggett, Bassett & Hill. Mr. and Mrs.
Crain became convinced that too
great friendship was springing up be-
tween young Seymour and their
eldest unmarried daughter, Miss Hattie.
They endeavored to keep them from
each other's society, believing that it was
only a school children's love affair, and
that Seymour was a somewhat wild and
reckless youth. But he was persistent;
and when they finally forbade . him the
house, or to speak to their daughter, be
became sullen and morose, and began pay-
ing attentions to a young woman of the
town named Daisy Desseway. He deli-
berately planned the murder of ler. Crain.
Last evening he took Daisy out sleigh -
riding, and -drove to Lakeview, where he
saida gentleman owed him some Money.
On the way he exhibited to her a revolver
and dirk -knife, saying. he was going west
and expected to have use for them. Mr.
Crain and a few friends were in the sitting -
room at 9 o'elock, playing whist. His wife
and children were in the dining -room.
When the door -bell rang Bessie, aged 13,
responded, and returned telling her father
that a gentleman at the doer wished to see
.him. Mr. Crain went lute the parlor, fol-
lowed by his wife. Young' Seymour was
standing by the piano, and as Mr. Crain
approached, rdrew a pistol and Pulled the
trigger, but *the cap snapped. - Mr. train
threw- up his arm,- and turning partially
around shouted "Put up i that weapon."
Almost immediately Seymour fired two
shots. Mr. Crain wacildereed through the
abdomen, staggered back, SUpported by his
wife, andfellin the hallway,expiringivith-
out uttering la Word. Seymour then turned
the" pistol upcin himself, sending a ball into
his heart and expiring at once Daisy,
bearing the $hooting, took fright and drove
back to the city, giving the alarth to the
police. The coroner had the body of Sey
;moor- removed -to the town hall, anwill
hold an inquesd to -day: !oth the Crain
and geymoUr families are stricken ;With
grief: - They1 are well known and highly'
esteemed in ,the community. Mr. Crain's
second son • Nathan,Iis at member of the
Ben* class �f Dartmouth College.
The Drawl"' ofChief Justice Wood.
Chief _Justice Wiped, of Manitoba, peti-
tions - for whose impeachment - are " new
before the Dominion .Parliament, was -for-
merly a Member, of the Ontario Ministry
and ono Of the most prominent lawyers in
that province. His speeches were remark -
abbe for theiriiound and fury- and the late
D'Arcy McGee. nicknamed hini "Big
Thunder." - lived: at -Brantford, Ont..
He was Counsel for the ,Six Nation Iodiaus
011the :Grand River- Reserve and at.
trial 'respecting the ownership *of a
hog appeared for three braves mimed High -
Flyer, Mud Tfirtleand iStumpy Man,
accused of -stealing it. - He . was full of
something ' stronger than enthusiasm -fo
-the cense ---of bus clients: and took upthe
whole -day -and the greater part of the night
in Opening ihn.-defenee. The . judge Was
afraid to adjourn the Court for luncheon,
dinner or supper,_ lest Mr. Wood should- get
primed- Afresh. His peroration was as
follows: "Add now, my lord' and gentlemen
of the jury, Iihave done.- Let me say that
when this frail body is committed to thedust,
in accordance With the' doctrineoforiginal
sin in.such cases made, and 'provided, ray
sble-anabition is that my eternal spirit may
1 -
ascend to the courts above -in - company
• with that of the worthy and unassuming
Stumpy Man, that of - the Islandered but
reputable Mud .Turtle and . that of the
foully-yronged and . long -Oa -tiring High
Flyer, therej :to sing hosannas through
r
eountless-teo s itt blest communion with
the saints and sages of all ages regardless
-
of creed, color or political bias." Ile would
haire made- his mark in Congress. -=N.
World. ' 1
TROOPS IN IRELAND.
Forces by Which the Coercion Bill
Is !Supported.
The passage of the Coercion Bill finds
Ireland garrisoned by an army of 26,580
officers and men, 4,198 horses and seventy
two guns. This enormous military force is
distributed all over the country. Every
available barracks, workhouse, jail or
other public building has been utilized for
the accommodation of an army which has
not been equalled for strength and com-
pleteness in Ireland since the memorable
year of 1848. Even during the Fenian
rising the number was much under what it
is to -day. The following is a summary Of
the entire force:
Officers.
Cavalry 172
Artillery 86
Engineers 11
Foot Guards 70
Infantry 647
Royal Marines 35
Army Service Corps, 12
Army Hospital Corps—
Men. Horses. Guns
3,966- 2,877
—
2,342 1,002 72
372 —
1,485
15,473
•970
681 319
258
— —
Total in Ireland 1,033 25,547 4,198 72 •
Allowing fer small detachments not
mentioned in the following tables, the ap-
proximate strength of the army in Ireland
is 1,050 officers and 26,000 non-commis-
sioned - officers and men. The Royal
Marine Light Infantry, numbering thirty-
five officers and 970 men, is distributed in
small detachments over the following
stations: Camden Fort, Spike Island,
Haulbowline, Carlisle Fort, Rocky Island,
Ballincollig, Bantry, Killarney and Clona-
kilty. The Army Hospital Corps and
Coast Brigade are stationed at various
places in very small numbers.
Employers and Employed.
There is trouble betWeen the union
Moulders and the Michigan Stove Com-
pany, of Detroit.
The journeymen tailors of Cincinnati -
have resolved to strike for an advance of
25 per cent.
The Oldham (Eng.) _employershave
refused the application of the power -loom
weavers for an advance .of wages. -
Thestrike at American tWorks, .
'Fall River, Mass,,. is virtually ended.
Eight,Machines are running to -day, and all
of the old hands, with levi:-.eitceptiiine,baVe
returned to work.at the oldiericee.,
The carpenters, masons and bricklayers
in Orange (New Jersey) strnekfor an
increase of 50 cents a.day on Monday. Their_
demand was acceded to yesterday, and they -
will resume work to -day.
Severail hundred -moulders are on it strike
in Cincinnati. They Made a demand Some-
time since for in -advance of..20ver omit,
and compromised on 15, but the employers
now refuse -to put out the non-union Anere
employed in the ..interinn. and #0;? -union
men are again out and idle. -
_The secretary of the Fall River Weavers'
Union ha$ issued it cell for a meetingin
which to /meted against black -listing, and,
says that the .manufacturers of to -day are
endeavoring to keep alive -tile ihideous,
sepulchralskeleton; born in and by right
belonging to past ages,to Beare werilingmen
from-spealiing their _honest .opiniens as to
their right to have avoice :in adjuatingviliat •
exchange they shall receive for their labor.
The introduction Of Canadian ship -car-
penters and ;Calkers; non-union Alen, by
the Chicage;Dry4)ock Company has occa-
sioned bad feeling among the inefebers of •
the unit:eras was expected it would, but -
the 'union men seem powerless to: kick .
against it. The. management of the Dry-
Deck- Company assert that they are now '
, fully 'Masters of the situation, and propose
` hereafter to have . their own way. They. -
- -
claim to have a sufficient force_ to. meet all
requirements, riven if -every member of the
union should promptly retire froin their
A.- printed- handbill with the ;.fellowing.
refrain has 'been circulated ! among he
striking boiler -makers of Chicago: •
Don't fanto.the tear. •
- And don't getluilof beer,
.4 And do not forget this advice,: '
BQ true to yourtelloWs
• - • • As -onward you go,
• Andthersfirely-will payns our price. .
. The rolling Millstrike at Springfield, 111,, . -
still continues; the mill remaining idle,
Desperate ' attempts have -been Made to fill
up with non-union men-. Lest Oening
10t Of men came in from Pittsburgh itt
answer to .a circular advertisement, but -
were ".at once taken charge of :by the
strikers; who presented to -them convincing
arguments Why they shouldn't go to work -
under existing' circumstances. The presi-
dent of- the . company declares lie will not
He is making arrangementsby--
eable to- have mon brought over from
Europe, with whom be ;will contract for,
five years. Pending these arrangements
the mill will be perhaps idle;- it month or
more. ,,. -
A .despatch from Pittsburg says that
there -are at present many rumors -afloat:in,
regard to strikes 'in differentbranches of
trade throughout the -city. There is a strike'.
of miners at Montour City, it Short distance
from this city. The strike is -against a
reduction of 10- cents per ton for mining
coal. Some of the miners, it is said, are
moving fromthe.district. Therewill likely
be a demand _Made- shortly by all -the dif-
ferent trades throughout the City. The
reason of this is there bas been a raise of
nearly 20'per. cent.harents; and * order to
meet this there will have to be a raise itt
Wages. The ---ben-ch ;and: stove moulders -
are demanding. :11,11 inerease of .15 per
cent; in their wages by the, Ist of •
April. Machinists have also given notice
that they :Will strike on that day unless
their pay is increased to the amount Of 25 .
per cent, 'The tinners, constituting-in:tether
branch of tradesmen, are making a.general
deniaild for an increase, their -mien having
issued a fiat that work Will atop on the 'Ist -
of next 'month •unless an advance of. 20 per
cent.isgranted them. The wages now paid
vary considerably, from. $2 25 per • day
downward, and thepbject is to place them
on as -equal a looting afepossible, those whs..)
are getting the highest "wages at present
asking for a Entailer advance, and those -
who are underpaid asking for an increase .
itt some case of ,25- per -pent..." About two
weeks ago -the painters' -union askeafer an.
inerease of Wages frony$2,-te $2 50,:lper day,
and the request has since: been granted ..by
a number of bosses--While--7others—are
Th: Scotch. '
On- the- 3rd inst., the repot of a Military
department corianiittee recently appointed
by tite Seeretary;_ot -War was submitted,
-in which a eelleme is presented for the
"re -linking" lei the Various regiments of
the -British army. Underi the proposed
change,..which,- however, has not been
finally decided upon; the 'folloWingrecein-
mendationsaremadein Scotch regiments:
"The 26th and ,90th- to be iknown as the
Scotch Rif* (00.meroniani* With head-
quarters at Hamilton. ,iThetand and 73rd
or Royal Higlilandera -.(the Black Watch),
with headquarters itt Perth.. -1 -The Ilst and
.74th; - the Highland Light Infantry, teed -
quarters. at Hamilton. .The 72nd and 78th;
the ,beaforth Highlanders, headquarters .at
_Fart Georgeel. The 92nd and 75th, -the
Gordon Highlanders, .. headquarters - at
-Aberdeen. Rhe '79th, or Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders, headquarters at
Inverness. '-:The 93rd and .91st; the Argyll
and -Sutherland Itiiblenders-: (Princess
Lonise'S) .headquariers at Stirling. •
-
Information Was- " received in -Edinburgh
on _the - 9th • inst.of ,the death- in Paris,
France, of Mr. F. L. Maitland -Heriot,
sheriff of Foriarshire. :Deceased was born
in 1818, was -called to the bar in 1839, and
in 1862 wus appouitcd elimiff of Forfar-
shire.:-. In -1848, the -year in. which he
Succeeded to:the familyeetate of Ramornid,
Sheriff-I:Eerie-0 Wesmarried to tlie'second-
daughter - Of !the -lite Six Aladrew.
bio.; by Whoin he is survived, along with
farnily of .fiVe :sons : and four da,ughtera.
HIS- :eldest- "Seri, - "44. •-,Arildre* - Maitland- -
'feria., is it -naiirehant itt Dundee.
- ‘.‘ My wife -got mad—terribly
inc last night,.' said Ragbag. ' 'She threat-
ened to -leave me and sue .for a divorce,
and, .by J-eve;:1 was awfully scared, for
think she ,ropant it. .But I. had --presence of
mind. Issaid I hoped sbe would; begged,
implored her to - do so, and -then she swore
she'd cling to Me till death, just to to spite-
A.Womin Is a curious critter
_
to mali-
age anyway,
employing imikunion -nien at the :old rate
Of wages.
The Duke of Sutherland and Lord Staf-
ford are expected to leaveEngland. On their'
American Our the .first week in Apra.
They will return in August.
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