Decatur Democrat, Volume 26, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1882 — Page 1

VOLUME XXVI.

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DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1882.

WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW. THE EAST. The New York Board of Trade is opposed to any change of the tobacco tax; requests Congress to pass an equitable bankruptcy law; obks Government supervision of carriers of Inter-State business and urges the establishment of postal telegraphy. Maria Appley, oiie of the thirteen girls who represented the States in Washington’s funeral procession in New York, died at Morristown, N. J., aged 104 years, in full possession of her faculties.... Four children were drowned while skating at Falls of Schuylkill, Pa... .Hanlan. the champion, and John A. Kennedy, of Portland, Me., signed “iron-clad” articles in New York to row a three-mile race for $2,500 a side. Jay Gould, in his evidence before the committee of the New York State Senate investigating “corners,” said corners give the producers better prices and make markets Speculation benefits the home dealers, brings money to the country, and creates markets all over the world Gould said he had spent large sums in aiding iminiI gration. A panic was caused, he said, when men lose their balance, and rush to 5e11.... While walking home from prayer-meeting at ; Tipton, Pa, two men and two women were killed by a locomotive... .James Brennan went into a Brooklyn restaurant and ordered meat, remarking at the same time that he was a Roman Catholic. While eating a piece of meat lodged in his throat, causing his death... .The rubber manufacturers decided at New York to close their factories for one week, and when they reopen to reduce the output by one-half. Henry Ward Beecher, premising his i emarks with the statement that his profession entitled him to speculate in “futures." gave some information to the New York Legislative committee on the subject of “corners." Mr. considered grain gambling as less injurious to public morals i than church fairs and religious lot- : teries. He told of his experience in the stock market, which was ; confined to the purchase of Panama stook at 1 400 and its unloading at one-fourth that I price... .John 'G Whittier was 75 years of age on the 16th of December, and received i many calls at his residence in Boston and scores of congratulatory letters. His mind is unimpaired but his physical vigor is a ; thing of the past James R. Keene testified at New York regarding “comers,” and maintained that they do not injure the public. He as- | serted that the commerce of the country I demanded dealings in futures, and believed I that speculation was an agent of civiliza- , tion, and helped to build up the West The I Chicago markets reflected the opinions of the country, and he thought it wrong to mention the Board of Trade dealings in that city under the category of gambling. Mr. , Keene thought the railway freight races now j existing more disastrous than any corner within his remembrance. ..By the explosion of a powder storehouse near Paterson, N. J., three men lost their lives. THE WEST. Patrick Slattery, aged 22, shot his I step-mother dead at their home near Mount Pleasant, lowa, and then put a bullet through his outi brain. A note left by the suicide states the tragedy was caused by whisky. The corner-stone of the new Chicago Board of Trade building has been laid. The structure will cost $1,500,000, is intended to be the finest building of its kind on the continent, and is to be completed by May 1, 1883. A stranger entered a diamond store tn Cleveland, walked behind the counter, and offered the proprietor a cheap watch for repair. The unknown then managed to seize a package of jewels worth SIO,OOO and I walk slowly out, in the presence of six clerks | and scores of customers. The goods were I not mused for some time... .William Peck, ' conductor on the Union Pacific road, while hunting near Fillmore Station, Neb., perished in the snow and was devoured by wolves. A fire at Toledo, Ohio, totally destroyed the Hall block, at the comer of St : Clair and Jefferson streets, the finest busii ness structure in that city. The main occuI pants were Tavlor, Rodgers A Co., shoe- ’ dealers; L. 8. Baumgartner, notions; and I Wood A Acklin. grocers. The building had ' ! fallen into the hands of the Connecticut Mutual Life-Insurance Company, and the total loss is $650,000... .The jury in the case of Teresa Sturla, charged with the murder of Charles Stiles, at the Palmer House, Chicago, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, fixing the penalty at one year in i the penitentiary. The State Grange of Wisconsin in I g ssion at Madison adopted memorials to the I Legislature asking that bonds and mortgages be subjected to taxation the same as real es- | tate, and that railroad companies be required i to reduce passenger rates 25 per cent. ■At Fort Apache, Arizona, Lieut. Col George W. Schofield, of the Sixth Cavalry, killed himself with a revolver, from despondency caused by ill-health. He is a brother of Gen. John M? Schofield, now commanding the Division of the Pacific, and his fathej; and sister reside in Chicago... .Four burglars entered a jewelry store at St Louis, and, while a pair of them covered the proprietor with revolvers, the other two went through the show cases. They got away with about SI,OUO worth of goods. Hon. Godlove S. Orth died at Lafayette, Ind, of blood poisoning, superinduced by cancer. He is the sixth member of the present Congress who has passed away. Mr. Orth was 65 years of age. Two express trains on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St Louis railroad collided in a curve between Foster and New Lebanon, Ohio. Engineer Peters was decapitated, ; and Postal Clerk Wharton was also instantly killed Five other postal clerks were seriously injured... .Fire in the Barton Block, at i Minneapolis, caused a loss of $85,000, upon I which there was $70,000 insurance. x THE SOUTH. By the burning of Singleton James’ house near Stockbridge Ga, Thomas Knight, who was intoxicated, and two children perished in the Hames, Mrs. Sarah Wood died at Buford, Ga, aged!2L She was born In North Carolina in 1762, and lived in Georgia 100 years ....A tract of 100,000 acres of cotton lands in Arkansas has been purchased by Benjamin Newgass, of Liverpool, and other British ; capitalists, to be worked on the syndicate plan. Robert Ould, Assistant Secretary of War of the Confederate States, died in Richmond. He was brought into great prominence bv his labors in the exchange of pris- j oners, and was selected by Jeff Davis as beoretarv of a Peace Commission whose overtures* were rejected by the authorities at I Washington... .The steamboat Kate Kinney, ; 1 with 1,875 bales of cotton on board, was de- . I stroved bv fire at the dock in Shreveport, i La Flames spread to adjacent buildings, I and a loss of $150,000 resulted. The tobacco trade in Virginia is paralyzed because of the pending changes of the laws concerning it in Congress Its manufacture is generally stopped, and fears i of suffering among the poorer classes of both races are felt among the people.... Newport, Jackson county. Ark., was risited i bv a destructive conflagration. Sixty builai togs were destroyed, involving a loss of j SSO,OOa Insurance. $150,000. News comes from Texas of the lynching of two brothers, George W. and Jim Fraley, the latter a mere boy. Both were ar- > rested in the Comanche country, charged with stealing cotton They were placed under guard at Hazell Dell. At midnight a i mob armed with shotguns, overpowered the miards. took the prisoners to the woods and banged them both on the same Limb ... Imprisonment for six months is the perjsty prescribed in Richmond for two medical stu-1

dents and their colored assistants caught robbing a grave... .An incendiary fire at Corsicana, Texas, wiped out a number of business houses, destroying property valued at $150,000... .It is estimated that the Southern cotton crop will exceed 7,000,000 bales. Washington. Senator Edmunds proposes to amend his Utah bill by making the lawful wives of Mormons competent witnesses in cases of bigamy or polygamy brought against their husbands. Washington has bees astonished at rumors that a Justice of the Supreme Court lost several thousands in a gemlng house, and only left the table when the proprietor refused to further honor his personal checks. The Supreme Court of ihe United States made an important decision on the subject of political assessments. It upheld the recent prosecution of Gen. Curtis in New York, affirming the constitutionality of the statute under which he was convicted. Justice Bradley, in a dissenting opinion, declared that Congress had no right to interfere with the inalienable right of the citizen to be imposed upon if he saw tit to submit to it POLITICAIk Rumors are floating about Washington that within sixty days Secretary Lincoln will be appointed Minister to England, Gen. Hartranft be made Secretary of War, and Attorney General Brewster be given Justioo Bradley's seat on the Supreme bench. A stalwart Republican from the West has been selected for Attorney General... .C ongressman Black bum is a candidate for the Speakership. FOREIGN. Patrick Higgins was found guilty, at Dublin, of the murder of the two Huddya, and sentenced to death, and at Connaught a fanner named Kilmartin was sentenced to penal servitude for life for assaulting a bailiff. ...A Constantinople dispatch says the Sultan has had built for his it« an armored carriage, bullet and grenade proof The palace is practically in a state of siege. Nobody is allowed to enter unless summoned The Sultan’s alarm is owing to sedition among the troops, who are angry at the way the palace guards are paid, while they are to rags... .Mr. Gladstone celebrated on Wednesday, Dec. 13, the fiftieth anniversary of his entry upon public life The English papers generally reviewed his life and services at length and to complimentary terms, and he was the recipient of numerous addresses from political associations and other bodies.... Lord Derby has accepted the Indian portfolio to the British Cabinet... .Deaths by suicide and dueling are becoming frequent in the German army... .Cetewayo has signed the agreements with the chiefs, and will return to Zululand to January. Mr. William Ewart Gladstone, who the other day celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into Parliament, has resigned the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and is succeeded by Mr. H. C. Childers, heretofore Secretary if War. Mr. Gladstone will still retain the Wiasury portfolio... .A section of the famous Hampton Court fear London, containing mauy valuable works of art, was destroyed, involving a loss of about $150,000. The Cooperative Store at Dublin was also burned, the family taking care of the structure being burned to death.... Twenty-two persons were drowned by the flooding of the Australiasian mine. New Brunswick, Victoria... Sixty persons were recently killed by the explosion of a powder magazine in Guayaquil... .Two arrests were made at Dublin’ of alleged participants to the Phoenix Park assassinations. One of the parties was identified as occupying the car on which the murderers escaped. Three persons were hanged inthe Galway (Ireland) jail for the Maamtrasna murders. One of the men, Myles Joyce, protested his innocence while standing on the scaffold... .The insanity of the Turkish Sultan is daily becoming more pronounced. Sedition proclamations have been posted to the streets of Constantinople and many persons have been arrested. De. Lesseps informed ‘the French j Geographical Society that the Panama canal would be finished in 1888. The rate of mortality on the Isthmus, he said, does not exceed that in France, anil fears that the canal would be destroyed by earthquakes are groundless .... Important Ministerial .changes are taking place to her Majesty's Council at Windsor. Lord Derby becomes Secretary for the Colonies; Lord Kimberley goes into the India Office; the Marquis of Hartington succeeds Mr. Childers, and Mr. Childers leaves the War Office to relieve Mr. Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer.... At Cork, while toasts were being offered at a banquet given to Parnell, a stranger proposed tire health of the Queen of the Belgians, and when an attempt was made to eject him he drew a revolver. He was disarmed and given into custody.... Westgate, the self-accused participant in the Pncenix Park assassinations, now denies that he ever marie a confession, or that he knows anything about the crime.... The imports Into France the last eleven months increased l(M>,oa>,iXlU francs compared with the same period last rear. The increase is principally in manufactured goods. The increase to exports for the same period was 147,000,000 francs compared with the same period last year. Parnell, in a recant speech at Cork, said he would always oppose any attempt of the Government to land emigrants in a hapless and penniless condition on the shores of America If. he said, England desires to promote the emigration of Irishmen, let them be placed on land in America, provided with houses and means to raise crops the first year of their residence. Parnefi estimated that £3,000,000 of arrears of rent would be wiped out bv the Arrears of Rent act. He believed that since the commencement of the agitation £3,000,000 reduction ol rent had been obtained for the people. Father Gallagher telegraphs from Killybegs, Ireland, to the New York Herald: ‘•The distress is intensifying hourly here. The Government seems apathetic. It is with us a case of relief or death. Disease ha« already many victims.’’... .The Austrian Cabinet organ advises the people to pay no heed to the newspaper reports concerning the military preparations of Russia, as they are not worthy of credence... .Eight hundred houses were destroyed by fire in Canton, China and several firemen were burned te death... Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle, it dead. He was bom in 17V7. GENERAL. The inmates of the Manitoba penitentiaiy were given fifty lashes each for making an attempt to escape... .The Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio rail- | road elected John W. Garrett President of that road. This makes Mr. Garrett's twentv-fifth consecutive year of service in that position The Northwestern railroad rate war is at an ' end, an agreement having been reached Ir, a : conference In New York. Rates of fare have been put back to the old figures and the business is to be divided up among the roadn I ... .The Triton cotton mills, at New Castle, Del., have resumed operations, the emi ploves submitting to a reduction in wagea The steel-rail, guide and bar departments of the Allentown (Pa) rolling mill are also to operation... .Os the 11*2,000 immigrants who arrived at Canadian ports thus far this year, 73,522 were destined for the United States. The deaths from cholera in Chispas, • Mexico, were so numerous that the bodies of the victims were burned, it being found I impossible to bury them. In Tonala sixty deaths per day were recorded.. . .The loss by the Kingston (Jamaica) fire is now placed at $ 15,000,00 ft Five persons perished in the flames... .A fire at Winnipeg destroyed I the Canadian Pacific Hotel and the Johnston House. One lady was severely burned iu rescuing a child. The total loss is SlM's l ... The Manhattan Beach Railroad Company suffered a loss of $ .MAXOOO by the destruction of rolliug-stock and buildings st l:.*r Ridge. N. Y... .The frame cabinet factory oi the Remington sewing-machine works, at Ilion, N. Y.. valued at $50,000, was swept j so ay by flames. Ueier Thomas, colored, was hanged • 'dausfield. La in presence of 2,ooopersonA i t r the murder ot Dick Bright.... James L

Gilmore was hanged at Deadwood, D. T, for the murder of a Mexican, and Jphn Redd was etfoutod at Hearle, Ala, for choking Lucy EBe to death. BOILER Shocking Accident in a Manufactory at Canton, 111. Three Large Boilers Explode, Killing Nine Men Instantly. Three boilers in the works of the Parlin A Orendorff Company at Canton, HL, exploded with terrific force, wrecking a portion of the building, and causing the death of nine employes. The bodies of the victims were crushed, mangled and scalded in a shocking manner. A telegram from Canton gives the following account of the terrible affair: At about 7:10 o’clock a deafening sound was heard, and buildings throughout the city shaken from the foundations up, causing the people to rush to their doors to learn the cause of the unusual occurrence. In a very short time afterward the fire-bell sounded an alarm, and a dense volume of sm<»ke and steam was observed over the extensive agricultural-implement works of the Farlin <fc Orendorff Company, located on Elm street, in the east part of the city. It was at once inferred that the shops were on fire—people not imagining the awful catastrophe that had just occurred. Tnree large boilers, which supplied the manufactory with motive and heating power, had exjdoded, scattering death and destruction and completely demolishing the brick engine and boiler room. The extent of the calamity could not be seen from the street, the boiler-house being located on the south side of the north wing of the building, which is three stories high. The force of the explosion tore out about forty feet of the brick wall of the three-story section, the brick and debris falling directly upon the wreck of the engine and boiler room, and breaking all the wiudoivs in the north side of the building. In the ruins could be seen the bodies of some of the w orkmen, and it soon transpired that others were missing. The file company, which was promptly on hand, soon extinguished the flames that had burst forth in the ruins, and, with the assistance of hundreds of citizens, commenced the mournful task of removing the dead and wounded as rapidly as they could be got at. Six lifeless bodies were removed, and three more were taken out before life was entirely extinct Two of the latter did not regain consciousness, one of them dying while he was being carried home, another living but a short time after his rei moval to the office of the company, and the third, who was conscious for several hours, I expired at 4 o’clock this afternoon, making the total number of deaths from the exploI sion nine. William McCarney, engineer, crushed out of shape; found lying across the engine, with his oil-can in his hand Lemuel Hunnicut, fireman, burned and mangled horribly. Hiram Palmer, crushed and scalded William Miller, crushed to death; found on a circular-saw table, with a stick of timber in his hands, in the work-room, just in the rear of the boilers. Archie Henderson, crushed and scalded so as to be almost unrecognizable., Alexander Nickerson, literally" cooked Joshua Oldham, burned to a crisp on the arms; head crushed and scalded all over Robert McGrath, the last man taken from the ruins, was crushed and cooked into an almost shapeless mass, one foot hanging by shreds of skin, bowels crushed out, and bones all broken. Samuel Bell, fearfully scalded and bruised about the head and chest Only two persons in addition tv ‘hose killed received injuries—Calvin Armstrong and Joe Drake being slightly •jure’’ '»y bruises and scalds. The cause of the explosion is a mystery’, and will probably never be known. Two of the boilers were tom into small pieces and scattered all over the yard. The third boiler was one-half blown away aud the other half forced through the partition wall into the woodwork-room adjoining. Pieces of the boilers were hurled a distance of 100 yards. a raoie. A Wolf who had arrived at a good old age and no longer felt able to go out and play the string-game on the In- ■ nocent and Unconfiding, called his Son to him one day and said: “My cantankerous Offspring, I am growing old. lam stiff in the joints, troubled with dyspepsia, and no longer have the sand to go out and tackle anything bigger than a yearling Lamb. I feel that it is time for me to hang up.” The Son humbly agreed, and the Old Wolf continued: ‘*l have managed, as you ara aware, by strict attention to Poker. Faro and a ; few other Family Amusements, to lay i by’ some Sugar for my old age. I shall ■ turn over everything to yon. Belove<l ! Offspring, and depebil upon you to care for me during the few brief years of my stay on Earth.” ! “Excellent idea, Governor —very excellent,” replied the Son, and he went , out behind the house to crack his heels [ together and poke himself in the ribs. TL.it same evening the Old Wolf sat ) down for a smoke, but before he had 1 drawn six whiffs from his pipe the Be’oved Son remarked: “That habit is both disgusting and 1 expensive, and I’d advise you to quit." ; The pipe was laid aside, and the Old Man went to the cupboard to take a nip ; of Red Eye for his stomach’s sake. “And you alscr want to chop off on that,” observed the Beloved. “Whisky not only costs money, but degrades the intellect.” The Old Man replaced the bottle with a heart-felt sigh, and humbly inquired if there was any cold Chicken left from supper. “Cold Chicken! Well, you have got cheek, and no mistake. If Codfish isn't good enough for you, you'd better travel!” “You will, at least, permit to stay in the house over night, I hope,” said the Father. “Why, I have no objection to your sleeping on the floor to-night, but you d better dig out pretty early in the morning” Then the Venerable Parent fell upon the Beloved Offspring and made his heels break his neck, and flung him out doors and over the fence, and gave him to understand that henceforth he was a wanderer and a horse thief. Moral: Don’t begin on the old folks too soon. Titles Goo<i Only In Massacliusetts. In answer to an inquiry about titles of persons, the Sun says that the practice of distinguishing holders of certain offices with an “Honorable” and the ! like has grown up by custom, and that “there is no law upon the whole subject/’ There are two exceptions to i this, and probably only two. The constitution of Massachusetts provides that the title of the Governor shall be “His ; Excellency,” and that of the Lieutenant Governor “His Honor.— Springfield i ’Republican. | It was Ik Marvel who said : “I have no faith in cats; they area cvld-blooded race; they are the politicians am >ng domestic an mals, they care little who is mast. r. or what are the overturnings, so their pickings are se ure; and what are their midnight caucuses but primary meetings?”

CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. — ' A memorial of the Chicago Board of Trade in favor of the Lowell Bankruptcy bill was submitted in the Senate on the 12th : hist On motion Mr. Hoar, the Postmaster General and Secretary of the Treasury were directed to transmit reports made on the administration of the Federal offices in New York. Bills were introduced to grant a pension to the widow pf Gen. Revere; to pay certain Indian war bonds of Colorado, and to prohibit officers and employes of the United States from contributing money for i political purposes. Mr. Vest offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Terri- ' tories to report what legislation is necessary to protect public property, preserve the ( game and enforce tne laws in Yellowstone Park. Mr. Pendleton explained the provisions of his Civil Service bill, and an ex- j tended debate took place, participated in chiefly by Messrs. Sherman. Allison and Pen- . dleton. Numerous amendments were offered, but no definite action was taken. In , the House the Postoffice. Military and Agricultural Appropriation bills were reported and referred to the committee of the whole. ( Mr. Randall offered a resolution requesting the President to furnish a complete statement of the expenditure for the improvement of rivers and harbors since the beginning of the Government. The Congressional Library bill was not taken up. It wtw agreed that the building shall not cost in excess of $2,000,000, and that it shall be erected on land belonging to the Government Numerous petitions tc fix the tax on tobacco and to increase the pensions of soldiers who lost an arm or a leg in the war, were offered in the Senate on the 13th and referred. Ingalls introduced a bill to compel the prosecution of proceedings in bankruptcy to a final decree. The resolutions offered by Mr. Beck and Mr. Hale to investigate political assessments were referred . to the Judiciary- Committee. Mr. | Pendleton’s Civil Service Reform bill was taken up. Mr. Logan secured an amendment providing that examinations shall be practical in their character, and Mr. Sherman caused the defeat of the permanent appropriation for the expenses of a civil-service commission. Mr. Garland introduced a bill to grant a right of way through the military reservation at Fort Scott for the St Louis and San Francisco road. The President sent to the Senate the name of J. C. Bancroft Davis to be Judge of the Court of Claims. The House, on motion of Mr. Springer, passed a joint resolution athorizing the payment of $25,000 from the Virginius indemnity fund to Mrs. Eliza Dunn, of Chicago, the mother of Gen. W. A C. Ryan, who was slaughtered in Cuba The Congressional Library- bill was recommitted, with instructions that it be changed to provide for the erection of a building on Government land in Washington. The Military Academy Appropriation bill was passed. A resolution offered by Mr. Randall was adopted, requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to report the estimated amount paid for ocean freights during the fiscal year. Mr. O’Neill presented a petition from tobacco jobbers, asking a rebate equal to the reduction toffie made in the tax The session of the Senate on the 14th Inst was devoted almost wholly to debate on the Civil Service bill introduced by Mr. Pendleton. Mr. Hoar expressed a belief that the passage of this bill would mark an important era in American politics, and would be regarded in the future as almost equal to the adoption of a new and better constitution. Mr. Brown opposed the bill, and did “a little plain talking to the Democrats.” The object of the bill, he said, was to give the Republican part v a permanent tenure of office, ami the ; Republican party was clearly a minority of the people of this country. Mr. George thought there was reason in the objection ! that the bill did not permit competition by | all for offices of even’grade, and expressed , his regret that Mr. firown had broken its force by coupling it with an argument that the bill would do the Democratic, party injustice. He was not so confident as Mr. Brown appeared to be of Democratic triumph in 1884, and he thought the ! reverses of the Republicans this | year were to be attributed m a large meas* ure to that party haring occupied the very j position upon this question which Mr. Br wn ' now wished the Democrats to take He agreed with Mr. Brown that this bill, if passed, would not prevent the Democratic President, when he did come in. from following Jefferson’s rule. In a colloquy between Mr. Brown and Mr. George, the latter admitted that he would have the Democratic President turn out every office-holder who had responded to political assessments in the last campaign. The House consumed the day, in Committee of the Whole, in considering the Postoffice Appropriation bill. After adjournment the Democratic Senators held a caucus, and resolved to oppose the admission to the Union of any new- Territory at the present session of Congress. The Pendleton Civil Service bill again occupied the attention of the Senate on the 15th inst Mr. Miller advocated the passage i of the bill saving that if the evils of the present civil-service system continue to inl crease in the same proportion as in the past, l ' the Government could not outlive another I century. Mr. George thought the adoption ’ 1 of the‘measure would inaugurate a most important and necessary reform. Mr. Bayard supported the bill, and spoke of the demoralizing effects upon public men of the “spoils system.’’ The bill was amended to proride for the confirmation of the i Commissioners by the Senate. The French ' Spoliation bill was amended and passed. In ’ the House Mr. Reed presented the memorial of James H. McLean, who was elected to the I present Congress to succeed the late Thomas Allen, of Missouri, and who was refused a certificate because the Second district had . been legislated out of existence. After conI siderable debate it was resolved, by 144 to 15, to swear in Mr. McLean, and he took the I oath. The Postoffice bill was taken up, dis- ( cussed and amended. Mr. Voorhees addressed the Senate in opi position to the Pendleton Civil Service bill on the 10th inst He said the bill provided for admission of competitive examination to only the lowest grade of public offices. , Therefore the treatment of the bill in the I Senate seemed to him to lie “much ado about nothing ” The zeal of the Republicans for a 1 reform of the civil service seemed to result from deathbed repentai-. •. which was ; brought alM>ut not by hatred of their sins, j ’ but bv fear that they would not be allowed ! : to indulge in them much longer, and the Democrats were soothing the sufferings of the deathbed with the esthetic gruel of i I politics. Who had ever heard of any politic- ■ 1 al scandals occurring among lower-grade , ’ i clerks? They were not the public officers ! ' who figured’ in star-route or whisky-ring j , transactions. Yet this bill proposed to ex- . ' amine and regulate and replace these I 1 poor minor officials, leaving the strong, arrogant, corrupt higher officers un- I ’ disturbed. The real demand of the i people was for penal laws to punish wrongdoers in high places, not for contrivances to wrong poor clerks An amendment to the ■ measure bv Mr. Brown to limit the term of 1 the Commissioners to four years was lost, i The House devoted the day in committee of the whole to the Pustoffice Appropriation bilL I Mr. Sherman presented a bill in the Senate, on the 18th inst, to extend for two years tfie time in which spirits must be withl drawn from bonded warehouses. Mr Plumb ■ reported a measure to authorize the sale to ; settlers of part of the Fort Dodge rest i vai tion. The provisions of the Indian Appro- • priation bill, which seta aside s<s,62.>,t(X\ » were explained by Mr. Dawes, and • several amendments reported bv the > Senate cc mmittcc were adopted. Mr. Brown stated that the com- ! mittee app' inted to attend the funeral of • Ben H. Hill extended only $1,025. The • House resolution in regard to the death of ; i Mr. Orth called out tributes of respect, and r caused an adjournment. The President i nominated to the Senate John F. Gimsted, i of the District of Columbia, to be Commis- ■ riouer of the District In the House, the ’ i de k of the late Hon. Godlove 8. Ortb I ! wa.' draped in mourning, and the Cbap- • ; jam alluded to his death in tender phrases, j Mr. Butterworth offered a resolution reciti irr the injury done the tobacco trade bv the ’ ' proposition to reduce the tax, and pledging '• .h House to grant a rebate on unbroken r j should the tax be repelled. Mr. I Kelley reported back unfavorably the res T

olution for a holiday recess, Anti it was voted down bv 1(5 to 123. A resolution offered by Mr. Itobeson, to impose a fine of s■>'» per day on members absent during the holidays. was adopted. OHIO STATE NEWS. Secretary of State’s Report. The report of Hon. Charles TownBend, Secretary of State, shows that during the fiscal year there have been 1 filed in that office 909 articles of incor- 1 s poration, with a total capital stock of | $252,430,350; 84 companies have in- . creased their capital stock $72,421,150, I and 5 companies have decreased their capital stock $970,000. , Os the incorporated companies ere- ! ; ated as above indicated, 283 are organ- j ized for the purpose of manufacturing 1 , I thirty-four are mining companies, four j are fire insurance companies, five are ; mutual fire associations, ten are printing and publishing companies, forty-two j are railroad consolidations, four are | electric light companies, seventy-five; : are building and loan companies, eighty-; ■ > five are mutual aid associations, twenty- ! . j two are cemetery associations, five are j I gas companies, six are telegraph and ■ ! telephone companies, four are savings I : and loan associations, one hundred and \ fortv-nine are religious societies and benevolent associations, one hundred and j forty-nine are for miscellaneous pur- j poses, four are co-operative stores, and I fourteen are college and literary soeie- 1 ties. Tabular, detailed and classified I I statements of the instruments named ! are prepared and printed in the report. Two hundred and eighty-two companies have filed certificates, showing that ten per cent, of their capital has been subscribed preliminary to their being organized, and seventy-eight per 1 cent, of various changes have been filed, including twenty-three raliroad ! equipment contracts, under the act of j April 16, 1882. The record of incorporated companies has become very voluminous, filing | twenty-five large volumes, and the general index is imperfect. A new general index is much needed and is, therefore, recommended. During the year twenty-five villages ! have been incorporated. To twelve territory has been annexed. One filed papers surrendering its corporate powers or franchises. During the year one hundred and one copies of the Revised Statutes have been sold for $505, and three copies oi volume two for $7.50 —all of which funds have been turned into the State Treasury. In making purchases of stationery the Secretary has followed the plan adopted last year. Advertised for sealed proposals "to purchase such quantities and kinds of paper as might be required according to the samples fur- ■ nished by dealers, and awarded the coni tract to the lowest bidders. The j adoption of this plan of competitive' bids in the purchase of these articles has been of great advantage to the \ State in saving several thousand dol-. I lars annually. The appropriation for stationery made to cover this period from February 15, 1882, to February 15, 1883, was $9"000, a remarkably small sum as comI pared with the expenditures usually i made. There will be, however, a deficit. The various officers who have been called upon for statistical information have answered with unusual promptness and accuracy, yet many statistical tables are unsatisfactory for want of accurate and complete information. These defects could be cured, if persons especially fitted were appointed, by ■ some designated authority to collect statistical information, and having no other official business therewith. Township Assessors look upon the duty of collecting statistical information as an j incident to their office, and as unimportant. In compliance with the act of April 18, 1881, the Secretary has kept an account of the fees recerrtsd in his office, amounting to $2,203.40, and after retaining the amount allowed him, has i turned the balance into the Treasury. In compliance with the demand for j copies of standard weights and meas- ' ures, the Legislature, at its last session, I appropriated $1,500 for the purchase i such copies. Os this sum $1,380 has 1 ! been expended in purchasing twelve i . copies of these instruments at the contract price of slls per copy. These copies are now ready for distribution to I purchasers as provided by law. Owing to the general growth of the 1 business of the State, and especially the I great and constant tendency to do business by means of corporations, the business of the office is much greater than ever before. The report contains , an official roster of State and county officers, and of the State institutions, ' and statistical tables of incorporations | for the fiscal year, a detailed statement of the paper and stationery account of' the office, election, judicial, social, vital, I public debt, property and taxation, , banks, bonds, conveyance, agricultural, mining, labor, trade and other import- J ant statistics. Ohio State Grange. The annual meeting of the Ohio State , Grange was held at Mansfield recently, representatives to the number of about 500 being present. The first session. ■ which occurred in the forenoon, was se- ! cret. The afternoon exercises opened with an address of welcome by Rev. J. S. Broadwell', of that city, who extended to the State Grange a hearty welcome f , to the hospitality of Mansfield. The j response was made bv Hon. J. H. Brigham, Worthy Grand Master of the Toledo district. Having acknowleged the i generous reception of the Grange, he I gave sortie additional objects which the grangers expect to accomplish. They were substantially these: The agriculturists, lasing more than one-half the i population of the country, really bold I its destiny in their hands, and henee should teach in their orders the proper use of the ballot, and should impress upon members the necessity of advantageously improving spare time in suitable amusements and intellectual and moral culture, so their young should be able to withstand the temptations of towns and cities; should uphold temperance and morality in every community; should give suitable fields for activity for farmers’ wives and daughters, the jewels of home. A I’rlsoßvr Killed. Among the passengers on board the Baltimore and Ohio midnight passenger train which arrived at Louisville fr m the West the other night, were i i peputy Sheriff Buffington, of Cabell ■

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county, W. Va., an assistant officer and a prisoner named Wnt. Edwards, sentenced file at Moundsville, for a period of five years, having been convicted of grand larceny November 7th On account of some railroad difficulties that could not be overcome, the officers were compelled to reach Moundsville byway of Columbus, going thence East ent the Baltimore and Ohio road to Bellaire. During the stops of the train the prisoner was bahdeaßed, but when the train was in motion the irons were taken off. As the train neared Louis--wille the prisoner informed the officers that h» had relatives near Zanesville, and if he got a chance he would jump the train east the city. The Sheriff considered the reiiisrk a mere by the time the train had reached the city be had forgotten abent it. The irons were taken off Edwards as the train gained headway, East of that- city, and he stepped into the closet. He had been gone but a moment when the officer in charge remembered the remark he had made, and at once ran to the closet, but only th find his man gone and the window in the closet raised. Search was made alone the line, and Edwards’ body, horribly mangled, was found eight miles East ■vs there. It was supposed he was killed by the freight train following the passenger. The Strike at Adelberg College Ended. The eighty students of Adelbert College, who left the school because th< faculty ejected the Junior class for celebrating “Tempas” against their prohibition on Thanksgiving evening, have asked to be taken back. This morning they attended prayers, and, without first appearing to the faculty for permissionwent to the recitation rooms, but were refused admittance until each student had presented himself to President Cutler asking a reinstatement, and offering an apology for their disobedience of rules. Many students have done this, and will be taken back to-morrow, but the demand was too humiliating for some, and they have gone. The Junior class have written letters of apology also, and will probably be taken back conditionally. The faculty have maintained a firm stand throughout, and gained a complete victory. Was There a Mistake? Two months ago in the Ohio penitentiary were held for life imprisonment two murderers from Fremont, Knapp and Welch. Since has been pardoned for the alleged reason of his having consumption, am’ his death daily expected. He is in sound health, and appeared so when he arrived. The body of Welch, who died in the penitentiary of consumption, arrived for burial the day after the appearance of Knapp. Was the wrong man pardoned? or where does the mistake or crookedness lie? A Dab of Paste. Practical jokes are a foolish sort of fun, and they often lead to consequences that are anything but funny. John B. Gough tells how unluckily one turned out with him when he was a boy. A young fellow at vwork in the same book-binder's shop with him thought be would play John a trick. So he took a brush, thrust it into a tub of paste, and holding it close beside his face, called out suddenly,— “John!” John turned quickly, and striking the brush, got the charge full into his face and hair. The young fellow left him spluttering with paste and vexation, and ran laughing out of the shop. “I'll pay him for that thought John. He took a sheet of paper, and put about a pint of paste on it, then, holding it on the palm of his hand, placed himself in ambush at the door, in readiness to return the joke when the companion should venture back. “If I have to wait here all day,” he said to himself, “I’ll come up with him At last he heard footsteps on the stairs. John balanced the handful of paste and braced himself for the deed. “Now, my boy, you shall catch it!” thought he, trembling with excitement. A hand was on the latch; the door was opened, and out flew the whole pasty mass into the comer’s face. It was a capital shot. But if John laughed, he did not laugh long. He saw, to his horror, while the face was struggling out of the paste, that he had made a terrible mistake. He had plastered the “boss” of the shop! It could not have been a very pleasant scene that followed; and John’s explanations and excuses could not have been wholly satisfactory to his exasperated employer. The little joke proved no joke to either of them, certainly, whatever the young fellow who began the pasting may have thought of it. It cost John his place; the future orator of temperance was turned out of the shop. What Parisians Dine Upon. Paris is no longer the gastronomic paradise that it was of old. The Parisians dine on the architecture of set dishes, on damask linen, on the brilliancy of the glassware, on the flowers that are on the table, on the white cravats of the waiters, but on butter at 30 cents a pound, and on ordinary wine from the wine shops round the corner, on fish with the bones painted in bistre on the fillets by one of those mysterious and ingenious art sts ” whose specialty it is to do “kitchen ' painting.” The inventor of this industry was one named Chapellier, who invented the trade of “painter of turkey’s feet." He had notic. <1 that the poulterers lost largely on stale stock. The sign by which the staleness of a turkey, for ins ance, is betrayed is th- increasing paleness of the legs and feet. Chapellier invented a varnish to tone up the color. His successors have invented many other tricks which are the providence of second-class game and fish dealers. Oh, the meanness of some apparently brilliant Paris.an households is awful to think of! I think, perhaps, the painter Ziem’s table is the most phenomenal. Ziem hires half the dishes by the hour, and the guests are, of course, not allowed to touch them. The dessert is generally in wax, except one plate of cheap apples and a dish of nuts!— Correspondent New York Sun. It is said to lx- s peouli rit- of Norwegian r ilwavs that thev Iriv- t- aversion to night travelins.’. You arr ve at a sta'ion about 111 o'clock and are told i th -t the train wdl not pruce -d fujtlmr I until next morning.