Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1884 — Page 2

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NEWS CONDENSED.

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EASTERN.

For the year ended Sept. 30 the New York Central lload earned, net, 810,000,000, and paid more thnn $7,000,000 In dividends. The furniture factory of Clark Bros. &Co., at Philadelphia, and several tenements adjoining were burned, the losses aggregating $165,000. Silas Savage, the holder of a French spoliation claim for over $2,000,000, was last week buried at Hartford, Conn., at the expense of the city, after living in hope for a half-century. Miss Newman, whose supposed dead body was taken from a grave in Egremont, Mass, to Albany and was restored to lifo oil the dissecting table, is now perfectly sane and wedded to a physician—nephew of one of the men acquainted with the facts of her resurrection. She proposes to visit friends in the Berkshire Hills within a short time. Silas Sanders, colored, two months married, and a witness in the Crouch murder trial at Jackson, Mich., attempted suicide by cutting his throat. Assignments have been made by Wescott & Co., bankers, at Syracuse, with liabilities of SIOO,OOO, and E’rastus C. Alden, a dealer In millinery goods at Providence, who owes $60,000. Henry H, Green obtained in a Boston court a judgment for $6,025 against Jho Now York Central Koad for injuries to a base viol, at Bochester. The instrument was a Stradivarius, to which fact many experts were called to testify. Fire consumed a block of wooden buildings at New Bedford, Mass. The loss was $1)2,000 and the insurance $75,000. It was resolved by the Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade at New York to protest against the ratification of the proposed treaty with Spain.

WESTERN.

Charles Stevens, alias "Omaha Charley,” a desperado, was taken from jail at Maryville, Mo., by a mob, and hanged to tho railway bridge. In the skirmish between the Sheriff and his deputies and tho lynchers, one of the latter was dangerously wounded.’ In front of the new City Hall at San Francisco, Daniel Kennedy was killed by his wife with a revolver. Henry Bells, residing at South Bend, Ind., undertook to break malarial fever by starving himself. He lived on water alone for thirty-four days, and became so faint that he was induced to take a spoonful of beef tea. Reuben R. Springer, the Cincinnati philanthropist, died suddenly at his house in that city. Such is the excitement at Redfield, Dakota, in regard to the location of the county seat, that Gov. Pierce has sent thither a militia company from Fargo, and arranged to forward regulars from Fort Sully. Fred Baignee, having been jilted by his inamorata, hanged himself in the Court House tower at Peru, Ind., using tho bellrope to help him into eternity. The Federal Grand Jury at Chicago found indictments against Joseph C. Mackin, Arthur Gleason, and Henry Diehl for complicity in tho election frauds attempted in the Eighteenth Ward of that city, and each gave bail. Indictments had been previously returned against the judges and clerks of the election precinct In which the frauds were perpetrated. Gen. Brisbin prints a letter in a Montana newspaper declaring free cattlp ranges no longer practicable, and advocating a Texas cattle-trail. He states that one-sixth of the herds west cf the Missouri river are controlled by Englishmen, who get free grass and drive citizens out of the business. Neil McKeague, who gained notoriety in connection with the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Willson, near Chicago, last spring, has just been sentenced at St. Catherine’s, Ontario, to six months’ Imprisonment at hard labor for assaulting a clairvoyant, who "revealed” some unpleasant things in his past life. Orrin A. Carpenter, who was acquitted of the murder of Zura Burns, at Lincoln, 111., has fled from that place toavoid assassination by the girl’s father. His once ample fortune has shrunk to a quarter section of farming land. The sudden breaking out of fire in Gray, Toynton & Fox’s candy factory at Detroit caused tho girls employed in the second story to rush for the fire escape, in descending which one young woman fell and was sli, htly hurt. Three girls were seen at a window, but a sudden burst of the flames drove them back, and they were burned to death. Elisha Hyatt,.President of the late banking bouse of Hyatt, Levings & Co., of Washington, Ind., has assigned. Assets, 1220,000; liabilities, SIOO,OOO, A Detroit dispatch says that 10,000 men are out of employment in that city, and the wages of a large number of those em-

ployed in the various industries have been reduced. An oil-refining firm of Cleveland has obtained judgment against the Lake Shore Road for SI,OOO for discrimination in freights and SI,OOO for damages. The American Socialists of Chicago, after listening to the statement of a miner fresh from the Hocking Valley, passed resolutions to arm themselves to resist the capitalistic class, and declaring the employment of all means of warfare not only justifiable but necessary.

SOUTHERN.

A shoemaker at Wytheville, Va., wrote to Gov. Cleveland for his measure for a pair of boots for the inauguration, and received the figures with a S2O bill. The money was returned to the President-elect, who again sent it to the anxious shoemaker. News is received of the escape of a gang of convicts employed on the public roads in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Nine of the gang are yet at large. A storm upset several oyster-fishers’ boats In the Kappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay, and about twenty persons lost their lives. The Supreme Court of West Virginia decided that a railroad charter is merely a license, the right to fix freight and passenger charges being vested only in the I egislature. Six convicts at work in Coal Creek Mines, Tenn., while attempting to escape, were flrod on and two of the number killed. Gen. B. M. Prentiss, who recently visited the battle-field of Shiloh, urges that the bones of the unknown Confederate dead be removed to the National Cemetery and their las; resting plaoe be properly marked. Hezekiah Brown, a colored schoolteacher, was lynched by masked men in Howard County, Maryland, for intimacy with a white girl named Fannie Shultz. Indictments for willful murder have been returned by the Grand Jury at New Orleans against Recorder Thomas J. Ford, his brother, Patrick Ford, Court-Officers W. E. Caulfield, Charles Baker, and VV. H. Buckley, Police Officer John Murphy, and Baptiste J. Favelto. Recorder Ford and a gang of followers, including thoso named, set upon Capt. A. H. Murphy in the street Dec. 1 and killed him.

WASHINGTON.

Senator Blair thinks that the Colored People’s Exposition, to bo held In Chicago next year, will be a great thing for the race, and that it is the duty of the Government to help the enterprise along. President Arthur telegraphed the Board of Management of the New Orleans Exposition ho would not bo able to be present at the opening, but would visit it some time In January. In all probability the contested election case in Missouri between McLean and Broadhead will result In favor of the latter, the sub-committee of the House Committee on Elections having reported to that effect. A bill has been prepared by the National Conference of Health Boards, in session at Washington, embodying the views of the conference as to the best method of preventing the Introduction of cholera into this country. The Comptroller has authorized the Mercantile Bank, of Cleveland, to begin business with a capital of $1,000,000. A dispatch to the Secretary of the Navy from Nagasaki states that a revolution has broken out In Corea. Promises of support have been secured by the National Sanitary Conference recently in session at Washington which encourage the belief that Congress will pass the sanitary bill agreed upon by the conference. Col. James G. Berret, of Washington, has been appointed by the Democratic National Committee Chairman of the committee that will make all arrangements for the inauguration ceremonies on the 4lh of March.

POLITICAL.

Wade Hampton has been re-elected Senator from South Carolina, receiving every vote in the Legislature except those of five colored men. A Washington correspondent of the Chicago News, says: Some new facts pertaining to the electoralcommission bill were related to the Daily News correspondent to-day by a friend of Mr. Bayard, who says that such leading Democrats as Bayard and Thurman agreed to the bill only a'ter several propositions had been made to Mr. Tilden and rejected. As the story goes, a caucus of prominent Democrats was held at Bayard's house early In the winter of 187 G to devise some means for seating Mr. Tilden. After a conclusion had been reached, Mr. Beverly Tucker, of Virginia, was sent for. Mr. Bayard said: “Go down to New York and see Mr, Tilden, tell him that wc (meaning his asso iates in the matter) have decided that he is elected and that we purpose seat ng him if blood must be shed to do so. Should he object to this he must consent to an electoral commission or else be cheated out of his seat.” Tucker started immediately with his message. He returned next day and reported as follows: “I told Mr. Tilden you had laid down the propositions that he wus elected and would be seated even though the shedding of blood were necessary. But Sammy started back, and, motioning me off with both hands, exclaimed, timidly: ‘No, no; no blood.’ 1 then spoke of the electoral commission. He would not consent to this. ‘Then,’ said I, ‘you must submit to being cheated out of your rights, for the gentlemen I represent have no further suggestions to make.’ I then took my departure. At the conclusion of Mr. Tucker's remarks Mr. Thurman Is reported as saying; “Mr, Tilden is too oowardly to defend his rights, and we must, therefore, do what, in my judgment, is the next best thing. We must agree to the formation of the commission.” What followed Is a matler of history. Washington telegram: “Senator Thos. F. Bayard made a secret visit to Albany last Saturday night, arriving there In the pouring rain, and remaining at the executive mansion until the following afternoon, when he returned to Washington. The Senator’s visit to the President-elect was a carefully guarded secret until yesterday, when it leaked out, and to-day it was the Interesting topic in political circles. It is believed that the office of Secretary of State was offered to Mr. Bayard by tho Governor, but whether he accep:ed is left a matter of conjecture, ns neither the Governor nor the Senator will give any definite information in relation to the matter. There is, howevor, reason to believe that the President-elect has followed the example of Lincoln, and honored his most formidable opponent in the national convention with the tender of the Secretaryship.” Mr. Horace White, of the New York Evening Post, was asked -by an Interviewer the other day If he expected any of the Independents to take office under the new administration. “No, I do not,” replied Mr. White. “I talked with Mr. Schurz a few

days ago about this question, and he tel 4 me that be certainly did not propose to aocept any office, although be Intends to give Mr. Cleveland his friendly advice. There are a great many Independents who feel the same way. They know, probably, that they could have such recognition if they so desired. Their main objection, of course, is the misconstruction to which they would be subjected.” Mr. White further said that he believed Senator Bayard as Secretary of State and Senator Garland as Attorney General bad been definitely decided upon for Cabinet positions. Senator Bayard is said to prefer the portfolio of the Treasary to the Secretaryship of State. George D. Robinson has given a score of ambitious Republican politicians early notice that he will not run for Governor of Massacnusetts next rear.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Agricultural Department at Washington reports farm products as tending lower in values. The average price of corn is 36J4 cents, being highest in Florida (80 cents), and lowest In Nebraska (18 cents). Wheat averages 66 cents, against 91 cents a year ago; while the range for oats is 28 cents, the lowest ever reported by the department. The cotton average is between 9 and 9)g cents, and for potatoes the farm price is 40 cents per bushel. The various glass workers’ unions throughout the country have subscribed $50,000 to aid the proscription glass-blowers now on a strike at Pittsburgh. Commander S. Dana Greene, of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, committed suicide last week. His mind Is supposed to have been unbalanced by literary work upon which he was engaged. H. J. Goodwin, a New York dealer In woolens, has ma le an assignment. The liabilities are about $300,000, with SIOO,OOO preferences. John C. Fares, a hatter at Evansville, lnd., has failed, with liabilities estimated at $40,000. Business failures for the week numbered 316, against 296 for the previous week, and 249 in the corresponding period of 1883. Special dispatches to liradstreel’B (New York) from leading trado centers report ‘‘the holiday purchases are exhibiting a contrast with the Inactivity previously noted, yet the volume of such sales is almost uniformly below the total for 1883. A6ide from the continued firmness in the New England cotton goods markets, due to the recent firmness in the price of raw cotton, and with the exception of a slightly improved distribution of goods at Boston, Memphis, Wilmington, and Savannah, general trade at all points is at as low an ebb as ever. A more conspicuous feature Is found in the long-continued and pronounced dullness of mercantile collections. This is reported in almost all directions. Rates of exchange on New York at interior points have declined in most instances. There is no gain in the industrial situation. In all lines of manufacturing wages continue to go lower, in 6to 10 per cent, drops. Actual stoppages of factories and mills are less frequent, but conspicuous.” George Cook was executed at Laramie City, AVyoming, for killing his brother-in-law; and Warren Price was hanged at Wrightsville, Ga., lor taking the life of his son-in-law. Boston capitalists have contracted for 8,000 tons of steel rails for the Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad. Lieut. Greely will be appointed Assistant Signal Officer, with the rank of Colonel. A leakage in a gas-pipe in a Montreal mansion was followed by an explosion which injured three servants almost fatally and nearly wrecked the building. The recent suicide of Commander S. Dana Green, of the United States navy, was caused by his anxiety to combat the statements put forth by an officer of the Confederate iron-clad Merrlmac, which was destroyed by one of the earliest monitors, at Hampton roads, Green being second in command of the latter. The Calumet sewer-pipe works, near Toronto, Ohio, valued at SIOO,OOO, were destroyed by fire. The principal blo?k at Brookville, lnd., was burned, the loss being SBO,OOO. Twelve buildings at Belvidere, Ill.; the Barrey Opera House and hotel at Corning, N. Y., and the opera-house and several other buildings at Chippewa Falls, Wis., fell a prey to flames.

FOREIGN.

Hosiery operatives to the number of 150 have left Nottingham, England, to take places already secured in the United States. The son of the Bishop of Rochester, England, has become a Catholic. Louise Mich.'l, the female Anarchist, now in prison, is to be pardoned New Year’s Day. Miss FortescuO, the breach-of-prom-ise actress, has again become engaged to Harry Quilter, the bank clerk, whom she once jilted. Sir Samuel Baker declares that Gen. Wolseley is further now from Khartoum than if he were in Portsmouth Harbor. The death sentence of the cannibalistic officers of the English yaoht Mignonette has been commuted to imprisonment for six months. Nubar Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, threatens to resign, and a Ministerial crisis is feared. A movement is reported on foot to replace Ismail Pasha in the throne. It is reported that the Mahdi, for fear of being poisoned, surrounds his tent with a triple line of guards and has his food prepared by a favorite wife or daughter. The Italian steamer Genoa put in at Gibraltar for coal and provlolons. She sailod two months ago with emigrants to South America, and had an outbreak of cholera on board, with twenty deat'is. She was not allowed to land on this side cf the Atlantic. According to the report of the Tariff Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies the yield of cereals in France has steadily increased during tt:o last thirty years, and the average per hectare is equal to the average yield in this country. There is a bitter feeling in England against Lord Granville, whose foreign policy is blamed for the German success in the direction of African colonization. The new German White Book shows that the rectfnt action of Germany in regard to Africa is due to English hauteur. All London was intensely alarmed

the other day by an attempt to blow tip London bridge wltb dynamite. Tbe attempt, however, proved an titter failure, ae far aa tbe design to demolish tbe structure was concerned. About £SO worth of windowglass was broken in the vicinity. The bridge Itself escaped without Injury. A strong force of police was put on guard, and others sent out to search for the parties who planned the destruction of the bridge, but no arrests were made or clew discovered. Owing to the excitement and the fear of a repetition of the explosion, traffic was suspended for a time.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

For the first time since his appointment, Chi -f Juit.ce Waite is unable to act b a sines’. The President of the Canadian Pa•iflc road hai file 1 at Ottawa plans for a bridge across he St. Lawrence at Lachine, to cost 53.0JJ.100. Unusually rough passages have been experienced by steamships westward bound on lhe Atlantic. A dense fog and tremendous s a< were encountered on the banks of Newfoundland. Ilenry Levy & Son, New York, impor.er-, have failed for $300,000. At Braddoek, Pa., the Edgar Thompso i Steel Works shut down for an indefinite period. Sixteen hundred men are thrown out olein ploy ment and between 3,500 and 1,000 are affected by the stoppage. A hurricane at Buffalo, N. Y., caused heavy losses. The sea-wall was washed away, and the lower portion of the city submerged, rendering many families homeless and destitute. Fating chimneys demolished two school-houses, and the cupola of the grapesu(;ar work ■; was carried 300 feet and dropped through the roof of the gas works. Beginning January 1, the Chicago, Burlington and Quinoy Road will run a direct truin from Des Moines to Kansas City, the route being almost an air lino. Fifty merchants and shippers of Springfield, Illinois, have filed with the railroad commissioners a protest against the freight discrimination practiced against that city. The will of the late Reuben R. Springer, of Cincinnati, has been probated, 'lhe bulk of his estate, which is valued at 53,000,0J0, is bequeathed to his sisters’ children. He lolt large sums to various benevolent and educational Institutions. A freight train on the Pittsburgh and Western road was thrown from the track by a landslide at Geylis, Pa., and found its way to a farm yard beneath. Daniel Costello, the engineer, died at his i>ost of duty, and John Tatteral, the fireman, was fatally crushed. Fire swept away the works of the Calumet Fire-Clay Company at EUiottsville, Ohio, valued at $125,0 0, and a block of stores at Houltnn, Maine, worth SIOJ,OOO. A bill, for the erection of a statue to Lafaye te was reported favorably to the Senate by Mr. Sherman, on the 15th inst. Several petitions from tobacco manufacturers and tradesunions against the ratification of the treaty with Spain were presented by Mr. Logan, as also petitions by hosts of Union soldiers for the purchase of a portrait of (Jen. George H. Thomas for the Capitol. During discussion of the Dakota bill, Mr. Garland submitted a proposition for a popular vote in that Territory on the question ot its divisiou. A debate on the sdver issue followed, mainly between Messrs. Hili and Sherman. A bill was passed for apublic building at Akron, Ohio, to cost SIOO,OOO. A communication from the Postmaster-General was laid before the House of Representatives asking an appropriation of SIOO,OOO for postalcar service and s7i,eoo for the pay of postal clerks. Among the bills intro uced were the following: One by Mr. Oates declaring forfeited all unearned land grants: one by Mr. Peel granting the right of way through Indian Territory to the Kansas Cit . Arkansas and FortSmbh Railroad; another by Mr. Blanchard for the creation of a Red River Commission; another by Mr. Willis to give encouragement to the proposed agricultural, mining, and live stock exposition, to be held at Louisville, Ky.; and another by Mr. Buckner to refund the public debt nd secure the stability of the national bank circulation. By a suspension of the rules Jan. lii was set apart for lhe consideration of the McPherson and Dingley bills, both of which a'.e expected to pass. A resolution was offered by Mr. Holman providing that all speeches printed by permission of the House shall be subject to the rules governing debate. Mr. Cox, of Ncw York, offered a preamble and resolution requesting the Secretary of tbe Navy to inform the House in regard to the case of Cadet F. S. Strong, of the A napalis Naval Academy, who is repov ed to have died in consequence of cruel treatment received at the hands of senior ca lets. Mr. Lacey, for the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and M' asures, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill prohibiting the issue of Treasury notes bf denominations less than $5, and providing for the issue of sl, Si, and $5 silver certificates. The motion was lost. Mr. Peters, for the Commerce Committee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill to promote the efficient y of the revenue-marine service. 1 his motion was also lost. A motion to uspend the rules in favor of the bill to establish a Department of Agriculture, proposed by Mr. Aiken in beh If of the Committee on Agriculture, was agreed to.

THE MARKETS.

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NATIONAL LAW MAKERS.

Brief Summary of the Proceed* ings of Congress. The Chair laid before the Senate on tbe 10th inst. an invitation to that body from the Commissioners of the New Orle.ns Exposition to participate in the opening of the Exposition on Dec. 16. The communication was laid on the table, that being the usual formal disposition of such documents in the Senate when no special or immediate disposition is demanded by any Senator. Mr. Vest, on behalf of the Committee on Commerce, requested that the committee be discharged from the consideration of the interoceanic ship railway bill. Mr. Vest stated that he had received a let erfrom Capt. Eades laying certain changes had been made in the concession from Mexico, wh ch made it necessary to withdraw the bilL The committee was accordingly discharged from the consideration of the bill, which was ordered to be withdrawn from the files of the Senate. Mr. Vest presented several memorials from Dakota in opposition to its admission as a State, and claimed that the movement was engineered by ambitions Territorial politicians. A bill was introduced to increase to $5 0,000 the appropriation for a public building at Minneapolis. The interoceanic shiprailway measure was wdthdrawn from the files. The House of Representatives passed the West Point appropriation bill. A joint resolution was introduced setting aside SIOO,OOO for American representation in the Exposition at Antwerp next year. The interstate commerce bill was discussed. The Oregon Central land forfeiture bill was again taken up In the Senate on the 11th inst., and the amendment of Mr. Dolph was agreed to protecting the right of settlers on the forfeited lands. Further discussion of the measure was postponed, and consideration of the bill for the admisson of Southern Dakota was resumed. Mr. Harrison replied to Mr. Vest’s attack upon the bill, and inquired of Mr. Vest what number of inhabitants should in his opinion entitle a Territory to admission to the Union. Mr. Vest replied that the spirit of the Constitution required at least a population sufficient to entitle it to representation in the House; but even if Dakota had a population sufficiently large to fulfill this condition other circumstances must of necessity enter into a decision of the question of its admission as a Stite. Mr. Cockrell expressed himself as opposed to the admission of new Territories with large area and small population. He would not be satisfied to a unit Dakota if it had four times the population necessary to entitle it to representation in Congress. Mr. Van Wyck offered a resolution that as the commercial treaty negotiated with Spain had been given to the public, a rule be adopted for its consideration in open session. A joint resolution was adopted appointing the 2lst of February for the ceremonies connected with the completion of the Washington monument. Adjourned to Monday, the 15th. In the House, congressman Hancock, of the Committee on Appropriations, reported the invalid pension appropriation bill. It was referred to the committee of the whole. Consideration of the interstate commerce bill being resumed, Mr. Glascock attacked the railroad-pool system, and advocated its strict prohibition. A general understanding was arrived at that the debate shall close the next day the subject is taken up as between the substitute of Mr. Regan and the oommittee bill. Mr. Regan has modified his motion, and now offers his proposition only as a substitute for the remedial features of the committee bill. Mr. Hiscock offered a resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to Investigate the capacity of the canals of the State of New York and ascertain if they are sufficient for the requirements of interstate commeroe. A resolution was adopted calling upon the Secretary of the Interior for information concerning the fees of claim-agents in pension cases. In the House of Representatives, on the 12th inst., a concurrent resolution was passed regretting the inability of Congress to be present at tbe opening of the New Orleans Exposition, and requesting the President of the Senate, together with a committee of thirteen Senators and the Speaker of the House, with one Representative or Delegate from each State or Territory, to be present at the Executive Mansion on Dec. 16, when the President would open the exposition by telegraph and start the mach nery thereof by electric.ty from the White House in the presence of the Cabinet and representatives of foreign powers. Mr. Warner, of Ohio, offered a preamble and resolution reciting that Mr. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, having obtained the permission of the House to extend in the Record certa n remarks of his made July 6, had printed instead a written speech containing improper reflections on members of the House and other matters not a legitimate part of the proceedings of the House. Mr. Taylor urged in his own defense the plea that he had only done what was customary. Mr. Rogers joined in the attack upon Mr. Taylor and a row ensued. The Ohio election drifted into the discussion, and some sharp language was employed on both sides of the House. Mr. Warner’s resolution was passed. Adjourned to Monday, 15th.

The Story of an Umbrella.

We were living up in the mountains and had quite a herd of cows, among them one, an old cow, who wore a bell. The cows had been missing for several days, and the boys were out searching, and one afternoon I thought I would try what I could do. So I mounted a pony and rode quite a distance, when I thought I heard the old cow’s bell. I dismounted and started to prowl around among the rocks and bushes. “It had been raining during the early part of the afternoon, and I had an umbrella. After I bad gone a short distance I caught a glimpse of the cows. As I started toward them, suddenly they lifted their heads, crooked their tails, and started away on a dead run. I was just wondering what frightened them, when I heard a rustling in the bushes behind me. “I turned around, and there, not ten feet away, was a big mountain lion standing on a rock staring at me. I assure you I never felt so bashful in all my life. I hadn’t a gun or even a jackknife, and there was that beast staring and getting ready for a spring. All at once I thought of my umbrella, and as quick as thought I raised that much borrowed article and spread it right in Mr. Lion’s face. He didn’t stop to examine, bnt made one great jump clear across the gorge, and when he lighted gave a yell that shook the hills. “I saw no more of him. When I got home the cows were there.”— Gen. H. F. Sickles, of Colorado.

The Colonel’s Maxim.

Col. Bumgardner stumbled into a party of gentlemen who were discussing old maxims. “Zat’s my han’, too,” said Bum; ‘S. alius (hie) sticks to myfav’rite maxim!” “Which one is that, Bum?” “Yit’s ‘ never put (hie) off till to-mor-row whacher kin co-lioo to-day! ’ ” “Well, what are you going to do now?” “I’m go-ho-ing to take a drink if you’ll set ’em up!” Which was very promptly done.— Georgia Cracker. „„

Mrs. Winks —“This paper says that Sir Moses Montefiore, now 100 years of age, has never believed in early rising. ” Mr. Winks—“My gracious! I want to cut that out and paste it in my hat.” “You, indeed! Why, you never get up until compelled to. What do vou want to paste that in your hat for?” “So the cook won’t see it.”—Philadelphia Call. La-crobse is an kneesy game for children. They learn it early.

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Why He Wanted It.

CABINET GOSSIP.

Senators Bayard and Garland and Mr. Whitney Said to Be Sore of Portfolios. Preparations for the Inauguration Ceremonies-Other Washington News. Cabinet-Making. [Washington special to the Chicago'Tribune.] It may not be accepted as a fact that Senator Bayard can have a place in President Cleveland's Cabinet if he so desires, and it is altogether probable that he will accept the offer. It was at first supposed he would be given the portfolio of State, but his tastes and experience run rather in the line of finance, and he will therefore in all probability be the next Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. William C. Whitney will certainly be lhe New York representative in the Cabinet. Bumor has given h m the post of Atto ney General, for which he is thoroughly fitted, but that will probably be given to Senator Garland, and Mr. Whitney will take the Secretaryship of the Interior instead. The Soath seems to be entirely united on Senator Garland as a member of the Cabinet, and his appointment will be out of deference to the wishes of that section and because he is eminently fitted for the place. Bayard, Whitney, and Gat land are almost certain to become members of President Cleveland’s Cabinet. They are all Democrats of the strict school, and their high personal character will no doubt be acceptable. A New York telegram says: It is understood here that Senator Bayard had considerable correspondence with Gov. Cleveland before he visited Albany, and that Senator Bayard was invited to take a seat in tjie Cabinet before he went there, he could truly say that no tender of a Cabinet position was made during the Albany interview last Sunday. It is also said upon high Democratic authority that Senator Bayard personally prefers the Treasury portfolio, and in his interview with Gov. Cleveland said as much. It is also believed that the President-elect had originally intended Mr. Bayard to have the position of Secretary of State. He is only embarrassed at present to find just the man for that place, and if he is successful in this direction Mr. Bayard will have the Treasury portfolio. It is said that Mr. Bayard does not regard the post of Secretary of State as one that would be aa congenial as that of the Treasury. All his public experience has been in the line of financial study. He has been upon a number of investigating committees to examine the Treasury and understands it very fully. He has but little taste for foreign affairs. It is, however, understood that Mr. Bayard, while he was offered his choice of the Cabinet places, might be persuaded to take the Secretaryship of State if in the end Mr. Cleveland would he better satisfied with that arrangement. A dispatch from New York says: “Cabinet slates have been the general talk among Democrats around the hotels. Of Congressman Randall it is said that he is pressed to go into the Cabinet, especially by the Tilden-Payne influence. Congressman Paige of Ohio, who is Senator-elect Payne’s nearest friend, said to-day that Mr. Randall could go into the Cabinet if he should so elect. It is Mr. Payne’s opinion that, so far, Bayard for Secretary of State, Gar’and for Attorney General, and William C. Whitney are the only appointments Mr. Cleveland has settled upon.” Preparations fox- the Inauguration. [Washington telegram.] Col. James G. Berret, of this city, has received the following letter from the National Democratic Committee: New York, Dec. 13. — Col. James O. Berret T Washington:— My Dear Sir: The National Democratic Committee has selected a number of gentlemen residing In the District of Columbia as a general committee to make all the arrangements for the inauguration ceremonies March A next. We have selected you to act as Chairman of the committee, and beg that yon will accept the appointment It Is the desire of the National Committee that the committee of which you are Chairman shall h ve entire charge of all matters relating to the inauguration ceremonies. To that end yon are authorized to aproint such, sub-committees as you may deem necessary. Yours truly. W. H. Barnum, Chairman. A. P. Gorman, Chairman Executive Committee. Appended are the names of the fifty gentlemen who compose the general committee, as follows: Col. James G. Berret. Chairman; W. W. Corcoran, L. Z. Leiter, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. A.; Admiral David D. Porter, U. S. N.; Thomas J. Fisher, Rear Admiral C. R» P. Rogers. U. 8. N ; Gen. M. C. Meigs, U. S. A.; Prof. Spencer F. Baird, William M. Galt, Martin F. Morris, Dr. Joseph N. Toner, Albfert A. Wilson, Rear Admiral John L. Worden, U. S. N.; Charles G. Glover, John E. Norris, Dr. D. B. Clarke, James E. Harvey. George A. Mcllhenny, Gen. Chauncey McKeever, U. S. A.; James L. Barbour, Charles G. McCawley, M. C. Walter* D. Davidge, Hi nrv Willard, William Clagett, Hon. George Bancroft, Samuel V. Niles, William Galt, Thomas J. Luttrell, E. Francis Riggs, John W. Thompson, George W. Cochran, Curtis J. Hillyer, Henry H. Dodgp, Frank Hume, H. Grafton Dulaney, Samuel E. Wheatley, James P. Willett, James C. Whelling, LL.D., Frederick B. McGuire, Stilson Hutchins, George W. Adams, Lawrence Gardner, Maj. G. P. Lydecker, U. S. A., Gen. John G. Parke, U. S. A., Henry Wise Garnet, F. L. Moore, Charles M. Matthews, John Sims, Dr. It. S. L. Walsh. Bankruptcy Measures. [Washington dispa'chj The Judiciary Committee expects to have a day fixed for the consideration of the Lowell bankruptcy bill. Mr. Collins, whe has the measure in charge, is very much, more confident that the measure will pass than he has been. The strongest opposition comes from Kentucky. The objections which have been made from some of the Southern and Western cities are not as formidable as they were last year, but the opposition which has been renewed in Chicago to the particular form of baukruptcy act known as the Lowell bill is, however, attracting considerable attention. The friends of the bill, without considering in detail the objections made by the Citizens’ Association, say that* while some of the points may be well taken, as a matter of practical legislation the only bill which can possibly be enacted by this Congress is the modified Lowell bill, which, has passed the Senate. To amend the bill in the House, they say, would secure its defeat. All special orders hereafter made must be subject to the condition that their execution shall not interfere with revenue or appropriation bills or prior special orders.

CLIPPINGS.

A Berlin house is making cravats and scarfs of paper. A lot of so-called currant jelly has been seized in New York, the color of which had been improved by the use of aniline dyes with arsenic in them. A Cleveland lady promenaded the streets for two hours with a card on her cloak reading: “Former price, S2O; marked down to sl2 to close out" A deer has been killed within ten milesof Michigan’s Capitol.