Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1885 — Page 6

(UjcllcmctcaUcSctitincl ■ j . RENSSELAER, INDIANA. VW. McEWIN, - Publisher

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. The ship-building firm of Goss, Sawyer & Packard, of Bath, Me., have assets of *600,000, with *300,000 liabilities. They have not failed, but ask an extension of their creditors. In the municipal court at Boston, John L. Sullivan was fined 515 for fast driving and cruelty to a horse. More than half the druggists in New York City, it has been discovered, havo been . selling adulterated quinine, and several arrests are pending. An express train of four coaches was wrecked at Greenville, N. J., on the Reading Boad, by the breaking of a wheel. Twentyfive passengers wero wounded, eight of them only slightly, A special train was sent out from Jersey City for the sufferers. Dr. «Tean Babtiste Marchisi, the oldest resident of Utica, N. Y. is dead. Chittenden Rogers, an expert bic-y----clist and polo player, while engaged in a game of polo at Binghamton, N. Y., fell with such force that he was almost instantly killed. An explosion of dynamite occurred In New York City, shattering the fronts of Garry Bros.’ and Ridley Bros.’ dry-goods store, corner of Grand avenue and Allen street. The damage amounts to 52,800. Five arrests were made. Striking employe; are charged with responsibility for the explosion. Three explosions of natural gas almost simultaneously at Pittsburgh wrecked three houses, damaged others, and broke all the windows in the vicinity. Eighteen persons were wounded, soven of the victims not being expected to recover, and one woman is missing. A flying beer keg knocked the driver off a passing street car, which was hurled from the track, and the passengers 'badly injured. Threats are being made to tear up the pipes of the Gas Fuel Company, and suits for damages will be instituted. The body of Robert A. Wallace, who died at Buffalo eight years ago, was exhumed, and a will discovered between the vest and shirt in which be was prepared for the coilin. The disposition of his property by a second wife in favor of her children as against the deceased's children by a former wife led to the remarkable discovery.

WESTERN.

Horses and cattle perished by thousands during the storms that prevailed recently in Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory. A large number of people were also frozen to death, and many others are still missing. Four unknown men broke into the postoflice at Huntington, Ind. Night Marshal Max Baumgartner shot one of tho burglars through the body, killing him instantly. Baumgartner was dangerously wounded by a pistol-ball. The three remaining thieves stole a horse and sleigh and made their escape. Dispatches from the West state that Couch’s boomer colony In Oklahoma have decided to leave the Territory, and will go to the nearest point on the Kansas line, accompanied by troops. Ke-enforoements for the boomers from Coffeyvillo, Kan., have turned back, and troops will he sent to intercept the men coming from Wichita. A passenger train on the St. Paul Road was thrown from the track at Albany, IIL, but no lives were* lost. At Winterset, lowa, after suffering from poverty, Mrs. Mary Dooley poisoned herself and her son and daughter. Only the latter survived the effects of the drug. The Sheriff at Freeport, 111., closed the dry-goods store of P. G. Scanlan on judgments aggregating $35,000. Suit has been entered at Cleveland, Ohio, against Mrs. James A. Garfield lor • $25,000 by a woman named Tanner, who claims that she was run over and seriously injured by Mrs. Garfield’s carriage. W. H. Fertich, Superintendent of Schools at Shelby ville, Ind., recently made a rule that tardy pupils must wait outside tho door for some minutes. A girl of 9 years, named Michener, very nearly froze her feet on acoount es the regulation, and her father has brought suit for $2,000 damages. William Bates, a famer, living near Lapeer, Mich., was kicked in the head by a colt which he was breaking, and killed. It has been discovered at San Francisco that lying-in hospitals—and in some cases the mothers—have been selling illegiti- £ mate female children tp Chinese speculators, p who ship them to China, where they are kept | until 12 years old, and then sold to rich Celestials for large sums. Four white babies have already been found in possession of females in Chinese brothels. Capt. Couch, H. H. Stafford, George W. Brown, and Col. S. E. Wilcox, leaders of the Oklahoma boomers, were arrested at Arkansas City for conspiracy and rebellion against the United States Government. Gen. Hatch contemplates building a number of forts in Indian Territory, and will leave troops at Salt Fork tn anticipation of another colonizing expedition by the Oklahoma boomers. The General says that tbe boomers at Stillwater were starved out. They did not give up until hunger compelled them to surrender. At the time of the capitulation there were only 153 men in the boomers’ camp. Capt. Couch and his followers were escorted into Arkansas City by 8,000 citizens and a brass band. They were received with great enthusiasm. A large part of the land in Oklahoma was found to have been fenced in by cattlemen, who were left in peaceable possession after the expulsion of the settlers. An Oklahoma Union was formed at Arkansas City. The First National Bank Building at Marquette, Mich., tho finest structure In the city, was swept away by flames. Loss over $160,000. Nine persons in a sleigh near Oak Harbor, Ohio, were struck by a Lake Shore train. Three of them wore killed, and two others received fatal injuries. Wiehita (Has.) dispatch: “The Oklahoma leader* arrested at Arkansas City by order of Gee. Hatch arrived here in charge of » <***>»tr Vnturt States Marshal.

They are Capt W. L. Couch, H. B. Stafford, G. W. Brown, and E. S. Wilcox. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Sherman, and bound over in the sum of SI,OOO each for hearing Feb. 10. Mr. Sones nnd three companions arrived In this city this evening fresh from the Territory. These men were with the boomers at Stillwater. Sones was with Capt. Payne on his raids. The principal cause of the surrender was the failure of Congress to take any action; also, lack of supplies and their inability to hold out against the troops. The raid was made at this time because Congress is in session. The colonists wHI disperse to their homes and will make another attempt the 4th of next March.” Solomon Bott and Charles Grossfeldt professed Methodism a week ago at -Cincinnati, and a week later went before Rabbi Wise and recanted. They explained their conduct by saying that their only object in giving up Judaism was to be sent to college, and failing in this they returned to their old faith. They were rebuked, and then furnished with money to leave the city.

SOUTHERN.

The Federal Court of Dallas, Tex., has decided that the Star Insur. nee Company must pay 55,C00 for the destruction of the Endy Hotel at Greenville during a cyclone in 1883. Payment was resisted on the ground that the structure blew down. A square of buildings were burned at Wellsburg, W. Va., entailing a loss of over 5100,000. Tliaddeus Louis Poniatowski herded cows recently for Dr. Patterson, in Baltimore County, Md., but disappeared after It was discovered that he was a Polish Prince and a grandson of King Stanislaus. He is said to be graceful and accomplished, and offer.ed himself In marringc to a young woman in the district, but was rejected because of his occupation. Lafayette Melton, who four years ago was captain of a band of Ku Klux which murdered Franklin Hale at Corning, Ark., has just paid tho penalty on the gallows. Mrs. J. M. Pearl, a teacher in a seminary at Louisville, was burned to death, evidently from allowing a newspaper in her hands to take fire at the grate. Gen. Jas. Chestnut, who was United States Senator from South Carolina at the breaking out of the rebellion, has just died at Camden, S. C.

WASHINGTON.

A substitute for the bills proposed relative to the reduction of newspaper postage from two cents to one cent per pound will be favorably reported by tho House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Treasury officials think that the worst of tho depression is over. Receipts from customs and internal revenue exhibit an upward tendency. An appropriation of $52,253,200 is recommended by tho postoffleo bill ns completed l y the House Appropriation Committoo. Tho estimates prepared by tho Postofflee Department amounted to 556,009,139. Tho chief items nre compensation of Postr masters. 512,300,000; compensation of clerks in postoffices, 55,100,000«; free delivery system, 51,100,000; railroad transportation, $15,265,000; star routes, 55,700,000; railway postoffice c'.erks, 54,482,000. Secretary Chandler has telegraphed instructions for tho United State; steamer Wachusett, of tho Pacific squadron, to prooeed to Guayaquil, Ecuador, for the protection of Julio R. Santos, a naturalized American citizen imprisoned there for alleged complicity in tho rebellion, and whoso speedy execution Is apprehended. Secretary McCulloch held a conference at the Treasury Department in Washington with Treasurer Wyman, AssistantTreasurer Acton, and Messrs. Dowd, Coe, and Vermilyea, tho Now York bankers. The conclusion was reached that the condition of the national finances did not call for any change in tho policy of the administration, and that there was no reason to anticipate any depreciation in the value of silver certificates. Secretary McCulloch regards the reduction of the public debt by 58,000,000 as very fortunate, and calculated to allay the apprehensions of increased depression. In his opinion it indicates that the greatest depth was reached in the latter part of December, and that the tendency in the public revenues and in the business of.,the country isj in an upward direction. The House Military Committee have withdrawn their recommendation to create the position of assistant chief of the signal service, for the benefit of Lieutenant Greely. The House Committee on Civil Service Reform decided to report adversely on the bill to prohibit the removal from office of honorably discharged Union soldiers or sailors.

POLITICAL.

Prof. Kasmus B. Anderson, of Madison, Wis., is being: urged bf Scandinavians in the Northwest for appointment by President Cleveland as Embassador to Stockholm. A bill to inflict corporal punishment on wife-beaters passed the Pennsylvania Senate. A resolution denouncing the London dynamiters received favorable consideration in the Texas House. A bill was introduced in the Michigan Legislature securing to women the right to vote in school, city, town, and other municipal elections. A resolution was passed by the New York Legislature requesting New York Senators and Representatives in Congress to vote for the bill appropriating $300,000 for the Hennepin Canal. The Kansas House, by resolution, requested their Senators and Bepresentatives in Congress to secure the passage of a law for opening so much of the Indian Territory as is not needed by the Indians. A bill introduced in the Ohio Legislature is aimed at the suppression of the professional criminal. It provides that a person who is sentencod to the penitentiary three times shall be liable on the third occasion to a life term. After a dead-lock lasting twenty-two days, the lower house of the Illinois Legislature finally effected an organization by the election of E. M. Haines, Democrat, to the Speakership. Gov. Sherman gave a reception to the people last week, at Des Moines, lowa. He was assisted by six ex-Governors. Washington telegram to the Chicago Tribune: “Mr. Evarts’ election as Senator has set the Democratic leaders seriously to considering whether they can spare Garland and Bayard from the Senate. Both

were considered booked—the one for Attorney General, the other for Secretary of State. Curiously, though both were originally conceded as eminently fit appointments there is now fierce opposition to both. The opposition to Garland is chiefly on the ground that he is a Hamiltonian, a federalist in his construction of the Constitution.” •Tames K. Jones has been elected United States Senator from Arkansas, the dead-lock being broken on the thirty-first ballot, after a protracted struggle of eleven days. Mr. Jones is a native of Mississippi, but was raised in Arkansas. He resides at Washington, Hempstead County, is 45 years old, and is now serving his third term in Congress. Washington dispatch to Chicago Tribune: “Senator Gar and is the only man that the Democrats here feel certain is going into the Cabinet. They were certain for a time of Bayard, but now it is settled that he does not care to leave the Senate. On account of the certainty of Garland’s selection a number of ancients have begun a paper warfare upon him. The pelting of these pellets will not change the situation. The chargo that Mr. Garland was once a Federalist is nothing that belongs to the present time. There has been nothing brought out by any one that affects his character or standing in any way. He is very much liked by Mr. Cleveland, and without doubt will have a great deal of Influence with him in thenextadministration.’ The election of Mr Evarts as Senator is said to have completely changed the whole Cabinet situation, and it Is gravely doubted by tho Democrats whether Bayard or Garland can be spared from the Senate.

MISCELLANEOUS. Flames destroyed Carroll College, Waukesha, Wis., and the Reed block of Ripon; the elegant residonco of C. W. Morris in Beacon street, Boston; a business block at Bowling Green, Ky.; and a livery stable in Philadelphia containing thirty-nine horses. Cattle-raisers in Eastern Montana, where tho mercury has ranged from 40 to 50 degrees below zero, report that the loss of stock will not exceed 5 per eont. The great danger at tho present time lies in the possibility of an icy crust over the snow. According to the report made to the stockholders of the Anglo-Amerioan Cable Company the total loss to the pool cables in consequence of tho present reduction in tolls will reach 5850,0C0 per annum. Mrs. Colfax has received a letter of condolence from Gen. Grant at the untimely death of her husband. The General expresses the opinion that Mr. Colfax suffered from the most unjust charges. Tlie National Board of Trade, in session at Washington, adoptod a resolution asking an investigation into the cause of tho enormous waste of the country’s wealth by fire. Mr. Covington, who offered the resolution, said there was not tho slightest doubt that tho annual loss by fire in the United States could bo reduced from 5120,000,000 to 560,000,000. Tho body adopted resolutions originating in Chicago, asking Congress to take measures to remove tho discrimination rnado in certain foreign countries against American meats and to authorize the President, to prohibit the importation of adulterated articles of food or drink. One thousand delegates attended the National Silver Convention at Denver. Judge John A. Coulter, of Colorado, was made temporary Chairman. Adverse reports of the Committee on Organization caused an exciting scene. The majority wanted ex-Gov. Grant for Chairman, while the minority reported in favor of ex-Senator Tabor. After continued yelling and shouting a delegate nominated cx-Gov. B. H. Eaton as a compromise candidate, and he was unanimously elected. The convention passed resolutions demanding free and unlimited coinage of white and yellow bullion, and the withdrawal of small notes; At a conference at the Treasury Department in Washington with three New York bankers, It was agreed that there is nothing to justify the depreciation in the value of silver certificates. The National Board of Trade passed a resolution urging Congress to repeal the law for compulsory silver coinage. A valuable silver convov was captured by banditti on its way from Toluca to Curnavaca, Mexico. Government troops are in pursuit of the robbers.

FOREIGN.

The dynamite panic in London, says a cable dispatch, seems to be increasing. Special guards have been placed at the national arsenals and naval stations. No one is allowed to enter the House of Commons, Westminister Hall, or the Tower. The hole made, in the floor of the White Tower where the dynamite exploded is ten feet long by five feet wide. The masonry of the building is practically uninjured, but the woodworks badly torn up. Special precautions have been taken to protect the London Post-Office, against which anonymous threats have been made. The conviction that Cunningham was concerned in the explosions is gaining ground. A French newspaper says that the dynamiters who have caused all the recent explosions in London are employed In a printing-offioe in Paris. Preparations for a Turkish expedition to Suakin are being rapidly pushed. Six batteries of Krupp guns are ready to start as soon as England’s approval of the expedition is secured. Gen. Wolseley telegraphs from Korti that Gen. Stewart was doing well at last accounts. A bullet is lodged in the region of the groin and no attempt hns been made as yet to extract it. A hospital for the wounded and disabled has been pitched on the bank of the Nile. It is proposed by the Irish Times, a new paper published at Dublin, that the British press shall erect a monumeDt in honor of Cameron and Herbert, the war correspondents killed in buttle the 19th ult. in the Soudan. Forty passengers ou a train near gidney, Now South Wales, were killed by a wreck at a bridge. An article in the London SaUirday Review denounces the Scotland Yard authorities, who are described as unintelligent, talkative, and utterly incompetent to deal with the dynamitera The latest achievement of the police is the arrest of two newspaper reporters who were examining the publio buildings. Paris has decided to borrow $40,000,000 to complete public Improvements. Baron Thomas O’Hagan, the first

Catholic to be made Lord Chancellor of Ireland under British rale, has passed away. Julius Lieske, the supposed murderer of Dr. Rumpff, the Frankfort Polios Commissioner, is chained hand and foot in the prison at Mannheim. A man was arrested at Derby, Eng., who was found to hare dynamite in bis possession. Sir William Vernon Harcourt has received a letter conveying information of an alleged dynamite plot, mentioning a number of buildings which the dynamiters intend to blow up, and giving the names of several of the conspirators.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Clearing Hoose exchanges last week —5621,913,489—were 572,625,462 less than the previous week; and, when compared with the corresponding period in 1884, the falling off equals 38.2 per cent. Gen. John W. Phelps was found dead in his bed at Guilford, Vt. He graduated at West Point in 1816. Ho served in the Florida and Mexican campaigns, and was the first officer who armed slaves in the rebellion, resigning because bis course was disapproved. At a Socialist meeting at New York the other night, rioting began, and upon police interference, the gathering grew violent and assailed the officers. The latter used their clubs freely, severely punishing tho mob. Justus Schwab was arrested, and refused release on bail. O’Donovan RosSa was shot at five times in New York, by an English woman giving the name of Yeslet Dudley. The affair took place in Chambers street, near Broadway. Only the first shot took effect, making a serious Wound in tho back. The woman was seized by a city marshal with the smoking revolver In her hand. Rossa was led to the Chambers street hospital, whore he made a statement that his assailant sought two interviews for the purpose of contributing money to the dynamite cause. She expressed regret at the failure of her attempt. It is intimated that Judge Samuel H. Treat, of tho Illinois Southern District, contemplates resigning his position, which be has held for thirty years. A bill in equity has been filed in the United States District Court at St. Louis by the Iron Mountain Railroad Company against the recivers of the Wabash Road to nullify the Indorsement of the company on all the Wabash bonds and notes, and to romave Jay Gould, Solon Humphreys, Russell Sage, and F: L. Ames from the directory of the Iron Mountain Railroad, as they are also Directory of the Missouri Pacific, a competing lino. The Mormon President, John Taylor, said in the oourse of a few remarks at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City that the Saints wero being persecuted in Arizona. He spoke of the Federal foroes as sneaks and trampß, intruding with process from the courts into the homes of the people. The persecutions were making some of the Saints think of going to a foreign country to preserve their religious liberty. No one, he said, was punished for murdoring Mormon missionaries.

The Pacific Railway bill being taken up in the Senate on the 2d inst., amendments were adopted specifying the Sioux City Road as included in the bill and subject to its provisions and making it clear that the interest on the whole debt must be paid each half year. After a short discussion on the bill repealing the preemption and timber culture laws consideration of the interstate commerce bill was resumed. Mr. Beck’s motion to strike out the civil-rights clause was rejected by a party vote. Mr. Cullom gave notice of his intention to ask the friends of the bill to remain in session that day until it was disposed of. In the House of Representatives, resolutions were introduced asking for information as to instructions issued by the Treasury Department regarding the entry of Chinese; as to the total expenditures for deputy marshals and chief supervisors of election; and as to whether the British Government had made representations at Washington in regard to the use of dynamite in London. A bill was passed to allow $1,500,000 for the proposed public building at Pittsburgh. Bills were introduced to abolish "the Census Bureau, and to give to the State of Nevada, for irrigating purposes, all the public domain except mineral lands. An attempt to call up the bankruptcy bill was resisted by the opponents of the measure. Rollcalls and other obstructive tactics were kept up till half-past 1 o’clock, when the Sere 'ant-at-Arms produced Messrs. George E. Adams, Steele. Randolph Tucker, Hiscoclt, Johnson, Ray, and Hoblitzell at the bar of the House as cutprits who had been arrested by him for being absent from the Hou-e during its sessions without excuse. The gentlemen were called on for their excusCs, and the House mode this an occasion for a little comedy. There were yells of “Louder,” and derisive laughter as tlie delinquents explained, and in each case, on viva voce vote, the House refused to excuse them, and on division voted to let them off. The disposition of these cases was followed at 2 o’clock by a motion to adjourn, which was carried by a vote of 70 to 58, but the ayes and noes were demaxded. During the night the great majority of the Republicans and a few Democrats were opposing an adjournment and the majority of the Democrats were trying to get an adjournment.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $4.50 @ 6.50 Hcros 4.73 @5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Si ring 92 @ .94 No. 2 Red 90 @ .93 edits— No. 2 50 @ .51 Oats—White 38 @ .40 Coke—New Mess. 13.00 @13.50 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers. 6.60 @ 7.00 Good Shipping. 6.25 @ 6.00 Common to Fair 4.00 & 4.75 Hoos’ „ 4.50 @ 6.00 Flour—Fancy Red Winter Ex.. 4.25 @ 4?75 Prhne to Choice Spring 3.75 @ 4.25 Wheat—No. 2Spring.. .70 @ .77 OOLN—No. 2 36 @ .37 Oats—No. 2 27 @ .28 RVE—No. 2 61 @ .62 Bakeev—No. 2 65 @ .67 Butter —Choice Creamery .29 @ .33 Fine Dairy 18 @ .23 Cheese—Ful Cream 12 @ .13 Skimmed Flit 08 @ .09)6 Eons—Fresh 23 @ .25 Potatoes—New, per bu 40 @ .45 Pork—Mess 12.00 @12.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 .75 @ .76 Corn—No. 2 41 @ .42 Oats—No. 2 28 @ .30 Rye—No. 1 65 @ .66 Barley—No. 2 53 @ .65 Pork—Mess. 12.00 @12.25 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 @ .79 Corn—No. 2 42 @ .43 Oats—No. 2 31 & .32 ST. LOUia Wheat—No. 2 Red 84 @ .85 Corn—Mixed 35 @ .37 Oats—Mixed 31 @ .32 Rye 66 @ .68 Pork—Mess 12.00 @12.50 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red. 88 @ .89 Cohn 44 @ .45 Oats—Mix&K,.. 33 @ .34 Pork—Mess 12.00 @12.50 DETROIT. Flour 6.25 @ 5.75 Wheat—No. 1 White 86 @ .87 Corn—Mixed 42 @ .43 Oats—No. 2 White. 33 ® .34 Pork—Family 12. 00 @12.50 INDIAN APOLIB. Wheat—No. 2 Red, New 83 @ .85 Corn—Mixed 38 @ .4C Oats—Mixed 30 @ .81 EAST LIBERTY. OATTLE-Best 6.60 @7.o* Fair 6.50 @ 6.00 Common 4.50 @ 6.00 BHXEP 4126 @ 4.78 „ BUFFALO. WtaAi--No. 1 Spring 99 § .M Oats—No. 9 Mixed ... j;” .** §.»

CONGRESSIONAL.

The Work of the Senate and House of Representatives. Messages were laid before the Senate ok the 28th nit. regarding the landing of foreign cables in the United States and as to the status of the Oklahoma lands. Tteee land-,-the President maintains, cannot under existing treaties be opened for settlement. Mx. Hoar reported a new bill to provide fef the settlement of the claims of the Government against the original Pacific railroads, the plan being to extend the subeidv debt fortysix years beyond the present date of maturity, the roads to pay a graduated proportion of the new bonds every six months. In the House, bills were introduced and referred as fohows: By Mr. Curtin, appropriating $25,000 for experiments with American-made steel armor for naval vessels; by Mr. Patton, to promote the efficiency of the army by the voluntary retirement of officers wno entered the service daring the late war. Me. Slocum, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back a resolut on requesting the President to transmit to the House a copy of the recent ap-peal-of Fitz John Porter, together with acccsnpanylng papers. Mr. Steele moved to lay the resolution cm the table. Lost—s 9 to 116. The resolution passed —yeas, 179; nays, 77. Speaker Carlisle laid before the House a recommendation by the President that special rewards in the way of medals, watches, and money be sent to Russian officials and citizens who aided the survivors of the Jeannette. A resolution was adopted directing the Committee on Elections to report the tatus of J. S. Rob nson, formerly representing the Ninth Ohio District, now Secretary of thatatate. The House refused to act on the Mexican treaty or the Michigan land-grant forfeiture bills, and filibustering continued until tho hour of adjournment. The following memorials from State Legislatures were presented to the Senate on the 29th ult.: By McMillan, of Minnesota, urging the purchase of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal by the Government for tne purpose of making it a free water-way; by Harrison, ot Indiana, urging the passage of a bill to pension prisoners confined in Confederate prisons during the late war; by Cameron, of Pennsylvania, urging the passage of a bill to prohibit the importation of contract labor and urging the passage of a bill to make the trade dollar legil tender. An adusrse report was made on Mr. Cullom’s bill for the voluntary retirement of army officers who served daring the rebellion. The motion to postpone further consideration of the Nicaraguan treaty was defeated by a close vote. Mr. Sherman’s amendment to the treaty looking to the abrogation or modification of the ClaytonBulwer treaty was discussed at length, and was finally adopted. A vote w s then taken upon the treaty itself. Thirty-two Senators voted for it and twenty-three against it. The affirmat>ve vote being less thantthe requisite two-thirds, the treaty was not ratified. The following is understood to be the vote in detail: Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Bowen, Cameron (Wis.), Chace, Conger, Cullom, Edmunds, Frye, Hale, Harrison. Hawley, Hoar, Jonas, Jones (Fla.). Jones CNev.), Lapham, McMillan, Mahons, Manderson, Maxey, Miller (Cal.), Morgan, Palmer, Pendleton, Pike, Platt, Pugh, Sawyer, Sherman, Van Wyck, Wilson—32. Nays—Bayard, Beck, Butler. Call, Camden, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Garland, George, Gibson, Gorman, Groome, Hampton, Harris, Jackson, Kenna, Lamar, Ransom, Riddleberger, Saulsbury, Vance Vest—23. In the House of Representatives the Committee on Ways and Means reported a joint resolution providing for tfye admission free of duty of articles from foreign countries to be placed on exhibition at the World’s Exposition of Arts to be held by the colored race in Chicago. By a vote of 154 to 144 the House declined to instruct the committee to consider the bill to carry into effect the Mexican treaty. Discussion of the river and harbor bill foUowed. A memorial from a number of naval officers protesting against the proposed resolution giving the thanks of Congress to Commander Schley and Lient. Emory, was presented in the Senate on the 30th nit It is urged that the passage of the resolution would advance these officers one grade, and that their services in connection with the Greely expedition do not entitle them to such marked distinction. Resolutions providing that the two houses of Congress shall assemble in the hall of the House Wedmesday, Feb. 11, to count the electoral vote were passed. Mr. Hoar called up the bill for a settlement of the subsidy debt of the Pacific roads, and explained at considerable length that the measure was designed by the Judiciary Committee as a fair adjustment with the present stockholders, only one-sixth of whom can be classed as speculators. The Pacific Railway and interstate commerce bills were discussed at some length. President Arthur sent to the House of Representatives a message asking authority to return the steamer Alert to the British Government, with a suitable acknowledgment far the courtesy which Srompted her tender for the Greely expedition, othing else of interest transpired in the House. The river and harbor bill solely occupied the attention of the House of Representatives, at its sitting on the3lst ult. Messrs Mills and Blanchard urged the appropriation of $750,000 for Capt. Eads to commence improvements at Galveston. Arguments against the scheme were made by Messrs Bayne and Thomas. The Senate was not in session.

The Evolution of the Skate.

Many a young man of to-day can remember tbe long curled toe, steel runner imbedded a solid piece of wood that formed the skate of his boyhood days. To the wood were attached the long straps and screw in the heel that fastened the skate to the foot. This skate, too, was guttered, and the fellow that had a pair of “smooth bottoms” was the envy and wonder of all the other boys. The curly-toe gradually disappeared, the long strain gave place to the double toe-strap, and the heel-strap that with its harness ringß always reminded one of a halter, took flight with the old wood-screw that used to be bored into the boot-heeL Other changes followed rapidly. Some bright skater concluded that better speed could be attained if less of the steel touched the ice, and the “rocker” skate made its appearance. Another happy thought knocked the toe-strap out in one round, and gave the steel clamps, tightened by means of a double screw and wrench, in place of them. A plate in the boot-heel, and a knob on the skate, said “good-by” to the heel-strap, and very shortly afterward clamps similar to those on the toe made the heel of the skate nearly perfect. A simple turn of the wrist connected the two sets of clamps with a lever, and the skate was made.— Milwaukee Globe.

In the Dark.

There are some people who talk without thinking. Mrs. Beasely is that sort of a woman. Her husband while bringing in a pitcher of beer one night, dropped a quarter. “I can’t find that piece of money I’ve lost,” he said, groping around on the hall floor, when Mrs. Beasely opened the door. “Of course, you can’t, if you look for it out there in the dark. Yon are the stupidest man in Texas. Why don’t you hunt for it here in the light where you can see. Nobody can find anything out there in the dark.”--Terras Siftings. The detractor may, and often does, pull down others, but ho never, as he seems to suppose, elevates himself to their position. The most he can do is maliciously to tear from them the blessings which he cannot enjoy himself.— Collier. To quarrel with a superior is injurious with an equal is doubtful; with an inferior, sordid and base; with any, full of unquietness.— J. Hall. A. Louisiana editor in writing up the circus describes “ the man from ilUno. •

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Senator Magee’s bill, appropriating $225,000 for this year and $335,000 for next year, for the completion of the new hospital for the insane, was pa&sed by the Senate on the 28th nit. Lieut. Gov. Manson appointed Senators McCullough, Hilligass, Smith (of Jennings). Foulke. and Lindley as a committee on investigating the treasury. A bill was introduced to restrain the manufacture of dynamite, and the bill to legalize all sales of real estate made by Commissioners was passed. The committee specially appointed to inquire into the state of affairs consequent upon the fire at the insane asylum reported that the officers were free from blame for negligence. The laundry and baking-rooms are a total loss; the chapel part ally so. The boilers can be repaired. The water supply is totally 'inefficient. Three thousand dollars were voted for the immediate payment of workmen at the asvlum. Senator Campbell, of St Joseph, called up senate biU No. 22, which allows two or more counties to join in the construction of orphans asylums. He pointea out thehumane necessity of removing poor orghans from the degrading associations of the ounty Work House, and hoped tne bill would be put on its passage at once. A long discussion followed, nearly all Senators favoring such a bill, but suggesting an indefinite number of methods of attaining the end. In the House, Mr. Taylor offered a resolution requesting the Auditor of State to furnish the following information relative to swamp lands; 1. Whether the Treasurers and Auditors of State have complied with the law of 1857, and what amount of lands has been sold in each county. 2. What amount of money has been, placed to the credit of each county, and the amount charged for ditching and draining. 3. Whether any of said fund is diverted to other use or purpose, or if any of it has been trans-' ferred to other funds. The resolution providesfor the employment of a clerk to assist the Auditor in collecting such information. There was no opposition to its passage. The special order was the consideration of Mr. Moody’s resolution calling for the appointment of a committee to investigat > the charges made in the communication of John M. Goar, trustee of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home and Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children at Knights-, town. After a long debate the resolution was adopted. The bill of Representative Barr, to prohibit the sale of dangerous toys, was engrossed. In the absence of the minister invited to open the Senate with prayer, on the 29th nit., Gen. Manson said that if the Senate would rise to its feet he would open the session by repeating the One Hundred and Thirty-third Psalm, which the bluff old veteran did from memory with evident feeling and great effect. The following billswere introduced: By Senator Magee, authorizing the Governor and Auditor of State to refund the State debt at a lower rate of interest and to negotiate a further loan of $600,000 for the erection of the new hospital for the insane; by Senator Brown, for apportioning the State into Congressional districts. The bill confirms the existing bou daries of such districts without any change whatever; by Senator Mclntosh, to limit the rate of interest on county bonds to 6 instead of 10 per cent, and requiring them to be sold at par. By a vote of 31 to 10 the biE to authorize a yearly tax on street-cars by cities was indefinitely postponed. This is one of a similar class of bills all prepared by a State convention of Mayors of cities, and the discussion indicated that all of them would meet the same fate. The Committee on Cities reported that Barley’s liquor bill be made applicable only to cities with a voting population of 5,000, which will include Indianapolis. Evansville, Fort Wayne, and Terre Haute. In these cities and nowhere else saloons may open at any hour exceptbetween 12 o’clock midnight and 4 a. m. week davs. They are to close entirely on Sunday and election days. In the House Mr. Eley’s bill to prohibit baseball playing on Sunday and prescribing a penalty of a fine not exceeding $25 for each violation was passed without discussion. The bill to appropriate $40,00u to the Purdue University, one-half to cover last year’s deficiency and the remainder to meet the current expenses of the year, was passed. Seventeen Representatives voted against the appropriation. The hotelkeepers’ bill, which virtually proposed to reestablish imprisonment for debt, was defeated. The following bills were read a second timein the Senate on the 30th nit.; To provide for tho continuance of courts when a trial is in progress. It was ordered that printing of the bill be dispensed with and it be ordered engrossed. Amending the dog law. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. To regulate the reports of township trustees in settling with county commissioners. Amended and ordered engrossed. Senator Foulka offered a petition on military affairs. Petitions on alcoholism, medical education, and huckstering were presented from nearly every county in the State. Senator Smith, of Jennings, presented a petition against compulsory vaccination and in favor of forcing any patient suffering from small pox to isolate himself; against Sunday laws and recognition of God in the constitution; against all laws excluding stock from pasturage on high roads. Senator Willard made a report of the Finance Committee on bill 106 —the bill for refunding the State debt—with amendments, and recommendation that it pass. Senator Foulke, Republican member of the committee investigating the State Treasury, asked leave to withdraw from the committee, on the ground that a majority of the committee were averse to an investigation. The point of order was made that he had no right to reflect on his brother members pending an investigation and when no report' had been made. The % nate refused unanimous consent, and tne matter was dropped. In the House, the bill to repeal the act authorizing aliens to hold title to real estate came up for third reading and i assage. The discussion on the proposition to postpone for one week led to a long and acrimonious debate, but it was finally carried. The motion to reconsider the bill prohibiting Sunday base-ball playing was lost. The bill to amend the act prescribing the powers and duties of coroners was pa-sed. The bill provides that all persons desiring to be heard in inquests shall be examined; that constables shall give subpoenas, and that where post-mortem examinations are necessary the Countv Commissioners shall direct the pauper physicians toperform such duty. The bill appropriating ss,Buo to the Reform School at Plainfield was passed. ThERE was nothing done in the Legislature but to introduce new bills on the 31st ult. There was not a quorum in either branch, and it was not desirable to raise any question that miaht necessitate a vote. Senator (Jam beli of Hendricks introduced a joint resolution to abolish the contract system in State prisons: Senator Bailey a bill to prevent forfeiture of insurance policies after full payment of premiums and charges for one year; Senator Zimmerman a bill to fix the number of Senators and Representatives of the State, and to apportion the State for such purposes. This bill gives to Fulton a Representative instead of a joint Representative, and changes the political relationship of St. Joe and St rke and Starke and Pulaski, and Fulton and Pulaski. Otherwise it leaves matters in “statu quo.” Senator Willard introduced measures to tax railroads not less than $12,000 per mile on their rights of way and that all sleeping-car companies shall report yearly to the Auditor of the State the amount of its earnings and value of Its stock. In the House the same routine w.hs observed, together with the reception or rpports from committees. In these many bills were indefinitely postponed. Among the bills introduced were these: By Mr. Rob-nson, to prevent the payment of wages by corporations or firms in orders or scrip and the selling of goods to employes : t excessive prices. By Mr. McMullen, to require foreign insurance companies to publish their semi-annual statement in the leading newspaper of each county. By Mr. Hanlon, to provide that the saloons shall close between 12 o’clock midnight and 5 a. m., and Sunday and all legal holidays. Two mnitia bills were introduced, one by Mr. Helms, being the one defeated In the House Jan. 29 with the appropriation feature struck out, and one by Mr. Moody with the appropriation reduced from $26,000 to $5,000. A bill was Introduced bv Mr. Dale to give the Greenbackers a representation on the Metropolitan Police Board of Indianarolis.

“Only a woman’s lock of hair” was thought to be a touching inscription. If so,* what pathos may there not be in the eighty tons annually taken to Marseilles, France! Could” we trace the history .of only a few locks in that mass we migpfc come upon tragedies great or small. —New York Herald. The cost of transporting a barrel of flour from Minneapolis to Boston is sl. j The freight on a sack of flour bolding I a barrel, from Minneapolis to Glasgow, Scotland, is $1.20. The administration of ‘government, like a guardianship, ought to be directed good of those who confer, and not to those who reoeive the ! trust— Cicero. ! Of the 32,000 Indians in Dakota 30,000 are Mid to speak the English language.