Show confederation on federation contemplates the establishment of a le legation aaion at washington the present arrangement involves occasional sio nal difficulties as the represents tive of the confederation acts in the double capacity of consul gen cral eral and diplomatic agent A YOUNG at seneca Ks cowhided an alleged slanderer slander erand and subsequently discovered she had bad made a mistake there anent she threatened to cowhide a reporter of a local newspaper if he lie published the fact lie ile published it curtain audience waiting for next scene FRANK HATTON formerly of the burlington la ia hawkeye Haw leye but non now first postmaster Gene general ralf is not on ceremony A friend tells the following of him on the return of the funeral party from ohio after the garfield ceremonies em onies the train stopped at fremont frehe ma nt the home of the t he illustrious illus triou hayes hatton who was in the party stepped on to the platform of t the e depot and asked a stranger who stood there if he lie could vint point out the house in which the ex pres re ident lived it is over thereon there on the bank of the river said the roan man pointing in the direction you cant sec see it from the depot I think ilayev would bo be happy living on a river bank said 11 hatton atton why not asked the strander str aneer why I should think it would make the cuss perfectly miserable because he lie be on both sides of the river at once replied hatton turning around and looking at his new acquaintance tance the stranger asked where are you from iowa was the reply well said the man mail im mighty li ty gl glad ad to meet you mahome my home is in fremont and f just the kind of a man I think hayes is BIL BELFAST rAsT appears to be a fortunate exception from the general misery hanging banging like a dark pall over the disturbed emerald isle the great center of linen manufacture is making progress in more ways than one it is tu turning riling out some of the finest and fastest steamers that cross the atlantic or steam to the antipodes notably those of the white star line the builders of tins this line alone have bave turned out 60 i tons of iron vessels valued at some A boston gentleman who has taken a great interest in the poorer classes of society has been traveling aveling ti extensively in europe the pa past st summer he ile says that in ill no town or city cither either in america or europe has he ile found the mill operatives and laboring classes classe i provided with such comfortable tenement houses as in be belfast ikast he lie adds that there is not only blo block e k after block but long on streets lined with two etory brick houses lio uses cadi each built to accommodate one family with i rent as s to as per week free of taxes the inhabitants of the city are largely presbyterian in faith and support thirty three churches of that as well as several others of different denominations griir INDUCTION REDUCTION of the interest on bonds and other leadin leading securities and tokens of value although constituting a most des desirable reduction of the interest to be paid by the government on the public debt is not hot an unmixed good while it operates favorably on the whole it entails privations if not sufferings on those choso whoso incomes flow from interest on bonds the N Y times has been maki making L somo calculations on this subject il A widow lady today to day with dowry can count on no more than a year ear ten yea years rs ago it would have brought in ill at the same time this winter she find finds nearly all articles advancing from 25 to 30 per cent so also 1150 with ith professional men clerks and salaried per persons sells generally thousands of clerk clerks living on the same saine salaries for the past few years give at least 20 per cent more for nece necessaries paris is one of the dearest places jin in which to live on accod account nt of the tax levied lc bcd at the gates st Peter petersburg kurg and new yo york rk me are dear on account of high rentals the bearne dearne de arne s of livin living gand and tho the decrease use in the cannings of capital are consequently d driving riving people to cross the tile atlantic ad antic in order to find cheaper necessaries of life |