Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1890 — Page 2

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INTELLIGENCE GATHERED DT WIRE , FROM FAR AND NEAR. / An Entertaining: and Instructive Summary of the Doings in the Old and New World, Embracing Politics, Labor, Accidents, Crime, Industry, Etc. JOHN J. O’BRIEN DEAD. The New .York Republican Leader Passes Away After a Long Illness. A New York dispatch says: John J. O’Brien, the Republican loader of the Eighth Assembly District and the chief of the bureau of elections, died at Baeder’s Hotel, Coney Island, after an illness of several months. Up to the hour of his death Mr. O’Brien was conscious and recognized those about him. Gathered around his bedside were his sons, Joseph J. and John L. O’Brien, and his daughters, Mrs. Baeder and Miss Laurotte O'Brien. Mr.' O’Brien was born in the Tenth Ward of this oity June 14, 1842. He was at one time a book-keeper for A. T. Stewart, leaving this place to act as private secretary lor ex-Collector Thomas Murphy. The office of Chief of the Bureau of Elections he held until last February. MARRIED A SERVANT ON THE QUIET Millionaire Shoemaker Has ail Eccentricity —HI* Wife Not Accepted. McDonald Shoemakor, a millionaire of Luzerne County. Pennsylvania, was to have married a wealthy heiress some time ago, but fearing that he would some day be a poor man. ho broke off the engagement, saying that he wanted one who could •work when reverses came. .Shoemaker then proposed to Mary Lennon, a pretty domestic, but his family raised a row and had a commission appointed to inquire as to his sanity. Before the inquiry was concluded Shoemakor and his sweetheart slipped away to Elmira, where they wero quietly married. Returning, he sought to introduce his bride to his mother’s home, but his uncle objected and threw them both out of the house, knocking the hapless groom into the gutter. Shoemaker has had his uncle arrested. THE RAILROAD BEATEN. Its Practices in Violation of the Interstate Commerce Law. The Interstate Commerce Commission has decided tho case of Stone & Carte against the Detroit. Grand Haven and Milwaukee Company in favor of the complainants. The case involves the question of the lawfulness of free cartage of freights bv railroad companies to and from one station on their lines and the shippers' place of business, when such free cartage is not given to shippers at another station on the same line, taking tho sume grouped rate. The Commission ruled that the practice is in effect a giving of rebate from the regular published tariff rate, and also violates the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law. BASE-BALL. Relative Positions of the Various Clubs in the Leading Associations. Players’. W. L. 18c. National. W. L. Wc. 8uffa10..... 4 1 .800 Pbilad’phia 3 1 .750 Boston 4 2 .667 Boston 4 2 .667 Chicago.... 3 2 .600 Cincinnati. 8 2 .600 Philad’phia 2 2 .500 Pittsburg .. 3 2 .600 New York.. 2 3 .400 New York.. 3 3 .500 Pittsburg.. 2 3 . 400 Chicago.... 2 3 .400 Brooklyn... 2 3 .400 Cleveland.. 2 3 .400 Cleveland.. 1 4 ,203 j Brooklyn... 1 3 .250 Amerlan. W. L. c.i Western. W. L. »c. Bochester.. 6 2 .750'Denver 6 2 .750 Louisville . 5 2 .714 Sioux City. 5 2 .714 Athletic.... 5 2 .714 Dob Moines. 6 3 .666 Columbus.. 5 3 .625:Minn’apbUs 5 3 .625 St. Louis... 4 3 .571 St, Paul.... 3 5 .375 Brooklyn... 3 5 .375 Milwaukee. 3 6 .833 Syracuse... 2 6 .250 K'nsas City 2 5 .285 Toledo 1 7 .125 ! Omahu 2 6 .250 REPRISALS AGAINST AMERICA. .Holland to Increase the Import Duty oil Petroleum—Ollier Action. Holland proposes to in.erou.se tho duty on American petroleum imported into tho Dutch Indies in reprisal for the American increase of duty on raw tobacco. In Dutch commercial circles the advisability is being discussed of common European action ■gainst American protection. Surrendered Himself as a Defaulter. A Trenton. N, J., dispateh says: United States Commissioner Rowe was called upon at his hotel by Caspar Soer, chief clerk in tho money order department of the Newark postoffice, who came to surrender himself as a defaulter In the sum of about 55,000. SoOr said he was ashamed to deliver himself to the authorities in Newark, where he has a wife and children, and where he has many friends who hold him in esteem. Railroad Changes. T. E. Merrill, at present Superintendent of the Carthage Division of the Bt. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, will sueceod Mr. D. H. Nichols, who resigned as General Superintendent Prison Conference in St. Petersburg. The International Prison Congress opens at St. Petersburg on the 15th of June. Tbiree hundred delegates representing twenty-five states, are expected to attend. The Appropriation Sufficient It is announced from the flooded districts tliat the appropriation by Congress will prevent any actual suffering. Boston Public Bars t'j Bo Removed. The Board of Police of Boston has ordered tho removal of all public bars within twenty days. A Black loot Chief Dead. Crowfoot, chief of the Blackfeet tribe, and a firm friend of the whites, died at Glicken. Northwest Territory. 1 A Sure-Enough Engagement Mary Anderson’s engagement to De Navarro 1* definitely announced-! ; >

BURIED IN THE RUINS. Four Men Killed by an Explosion and Fire in a Pennsylvania Silk Mill. At Catasqua, Pa., fire broke out in the large new building owned and occupied by the Unicorn Silk Manufacturing Company of New York. While the firemen and employes- were working hard to control the fire an explosion of vitriol and other acid 3 took place, and before the firemen could escape several of their number were caught by the failing walls. and many were injured by the flying debris. The following were killed : John Good, aged 27. a prominent young mac, who leaves a wife; Joseph Lodigiuna. Italian, boss dyer: two unknown men whose bodies have not been recovered. A large number of persons were Injured, the following fatally: Ulysses G. Everett. George Pfaff. Charles Frick, Michael Moran. Frick anl Everett have since died or their injuries. The fire is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion in one of the packing-rooms. Loss on building. $50,000; machinery, $35,000; stock, $25,000. Partially insured. SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE. Several Shocks Felt in California —No Great Damage So Far Reported. An earthquake was felt at San Francisco the other morning and was general in that section of the State. The shock was very sharp in San Francisco, but no serious damage was done. The walls of a few houses, Including the United States Appraiser’s building, in which the Federal Courts are hold, were cracked, and there was considerable alarm felt by persons who were aroused from sleep. The most serious damage is reported from Pajaro. where the railroad bridge was thrown two feet out of lino and the approaches to it damaged. Gas mains were disjointed at Gilroy, and many chimneys were thrown down in the neighborhood of Watsonville. In some localities as many as a dozen distinct shocks wero felt. OUR MARY FINDS HER ROMEO. Miss Anderson, in a Letter to a Friend, Says She Will Marry Navarro in June. Mary Anderson has found her Romeo, mid is henoeforth lost to the stage. Rumors that she was to marry young Mr. Navarro have been plentiful, and that g9ntl mau has tacitly admitted an engagement. but until tiie present time Miss Anderson herself has preserved a silence on tho subject that could be felt. Now. however, a letter has been received from her by a lady—a most intimate frierfa —in Louisville, announcing that the rumored engagement was a reality, and that the wedding would take place probably in June. In her letter Miss Anderson says: “I have found my Romeo at last,” and speaks most pleasantly of the gentleman. Sho also says she will never again face the footlights, unless something unforeseen should occur. /

ENGLISH SYNDICATES STILE TO THE FORE. Buenos Ayres Deceives >¥41,000,000 In Exchange for a Railroad. A Buenos Ayres cable says: It is announced that an English syndicate has purchase 1 the Western Bailway for $41,000,000 gold. This leaves Buenos Ayres a sutplus of $16,000,010. The Finance Minister says he is confident that with the surplus the Government will be able to control the currency gambling. Tho real producing and export business is excellent. Gold is at 140 premium. BECOMES A LAW. The World’s Fair Bill Signed by the President. The President has signed the world’s fair bill. There has been no doubt about his attitude towafd the project, but Chicago's tireless workers in Washington are supremely happy, now that the subject is finally and satisfactorily disposed or. The Chicago Congressmen, who have been kept on the jump ever since the fight began, are pleased over the successful result of their labors. DASHED AGAINST A STONE WALL. Two Hilled and Three Fatally Injured in an Ohio Runaway Accident. Late at night while returning home from a trip to Lafayette a party of young peop lo mbt a shocking accident near Lima. Ohio. Their horses became frightened and ran into a stone wall, kill ng both of therti an 1 dashing the occupants against tho stone abutment of a bridge. Minnie and Gertie Pierce were instantly killed and Ella Hawkins and Clif Church were probably fatally injured. SWEPT BY A CY'CLONE. The Village or Kyle, Texas, Shaken Up hy a Windstorm. The little town of Kyle, twenty miles south of Austin. Texas, was visited by a cyclone and many houses were overturned and several swept away. Several persons were injured, but no one was killed. The Kyle Seminary, a large, frame building, was torn from its foundation and carried twenty feet, but was not seriously damaged. The destruction of fences and growing crops was very great HE THIRSTS FOR AN EDITOR’S GORE. W. P. Campbell Challenges Thomas H. Davis to Mortal Combat at Louisvi le. W. P. Campbell, Assistant Enrolling Clerk of the Kentucky House, has sent a challenge to fight a duel to Thomas H. Davis, editor of tho Maysville Republican. Davis published that Campbell had left debts unpaid when recently he went away from Augusta, Kv. Campbell threatens to kill Davis on sight if a duel is declined. Trouble In the Logging Streams. A Stillwater, Minn., dispatch says: Lack of suffieieftt rain and tho continued cold’ weather have had the effect of rapidly lowering the logging streams to an extent that threatens serious trouble. One of the heaviest lumbermen said the other day that the Kettle Biver and Crooked Creek drives were in a.ba t way and would not be able to get out except by the help of a freshet. At if

the mouth of Clam River a jam of from 12.000,000 to 15,003.000 feet of logs has formed. Office-Holders Selected. The President has sent to the fcenate the following nominations: Robert 8. Gardner, of West Virginia, to be an Indian Inspector. John E. Helms, of Nebraska, Indian Agent at the Santee Agency in Nebraska. Receivers of Public Moneys—Alexander 8. Jacksou, at New Orleans ; Thomas B. Shannon, at Bnn Francisco: James H. Danskin, at Alliance, Neb.; .lames Whitehead, at Broken Bow, Neb. Land Office Registers—John Reese, at Broken Bow, Neb.; 1 rederick M. Dorrlngton, at Alliance, Neb. Collectors of Customs— James R. Jolley, district of Teche, Louisiana ; John K Mize 11, district of Pensacola, Florida. Surveyors of Customs—Joseph A. Faris, port of Wheeling, W. Va. Algernon 8. Badger, Appraiser of Merchandise at New Orleans. Jacob Shaen, Assistent Appraiser of Merchandise at Sau Francisco. Changes in Brazil's Ministry. A Rio do Janeiro cable says: A new portfolio. comprising the Departments of Education. Postoffice and Telegraph, heretofore administered by the Interior Department. has been created. Senor Constant, who has occupied the office of Minister of War since the establishment of the Republic. has been given tho new portfolio. Floriano Peixoto has been apppointed Minister of War to succeed Senor Constant. The appointments give universal satisfaction. John M. C'ayton’s Slayer Discovered. It Is said that the assassin of John M. Clayton is known and will soon be arrested. Gov. Eagle, of Arkansas, has collected, through a private detective agency, evidence which it is claimed will convict tho assassin. It is said that the proof will show that the crime was committed by a man who mistook John Clayton for ex-Gov. Powell Clayton and believed he was avenging the death of a relative »who was killed while Powell Clayton was Governor. Confirmations. The Senate in executive session has confirmed the following nominations: John E. Helms, agent at Santee Indian Agency, Nebraska. Daniel Van Ness Harwood, Postmaster at Ttipon, Wis. Receivers of Public Moneys—James Whitehead, Red Fern, Neb.; James H. Danskin, Alliance. Neb. Registers of Land Offices—Frederick M. Darrington. Alliance, Neb.: John Reese, Broken Bow, Neb.

Beheaded in Dahomey. Tho Taris (iaulqig says that the Dahomi-' ans have made two vigorous assaults upon tho French positions in Dahomey. Four French soldiers stationed at outposts were captured by the Dahomians and beheaded. 'j lie French retaliated upon the/Dahomians by beheading five of the female warriors of the King who had been capture:!. A Good Trade lor Mr. Cleveland. The deed transferring ex-President Cleveland’s placo of residence ouside of Washington has been placed on record. The consideration is U33.0J0, which is nea ly SIOO,OOI in excess of the price paid by Mr. Cleveland. Tho purchaser, it is understood, proposes to subdivide the property into lots. Discussing tlie Behring Sea ttiiostlon. One of the questions considered at tho last Cabinet meeting was the policy to be pursued by this administration for the protection of American interests in Behring Sea during the coming fishing season. It is expected that the matter will be settled in a lew days. Tlio New Argentine Cabinet. A Buenos Ayres cable says: The now Cabinet is as iollows: Sea Villa. Interior; Vrlburu, Finance; Alborta, Agriculture;Levalle, War; Saenz-Pena, Foreign Affairs. Saenz-Pena is the delegate from the Argentine Bepublic to the Pan-American Conforence. Opposed to Personal Taxes. The Boston Executive Business Men’s Association has adopted a resolution favoring the abolition of taxes upon personal property by local assessors, and the imposition of a State tax on bequests to beneficial ies outside of the decedent's immediate Tamily. Both Frost and Drouth. Heavy frosts are reported from Northern and Northwestern Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota. It has snowed in 'Western Minnesota. The recent, rain did not touch Otter Tail and Norman Counties, and the ground is reported so dry that the grain cannot sprout. To Change Their Titles. Senator Sherman has reported from the Committee on Foreign Delations an amendment to the diplomatic appropriation bill giving the title of Ambassador to our Ministers to Great Britain, France, Germany, and Buseia. the salary to be, as now, $17,500 per annum. Must Purchase Native Live Stock. The Ohio Legislature has enacted a law which requires the officers of all State and county institutions to purchase native live stock for consumption. The law defines native live stock to be that which has been in the State ICO days before being killed. A Defaulting Bank Agent Captured. J. McD. Croma’s, the agent at Edmonston of tho People’s Bank of Halifax, who left the country with SIO,OOO belonging to the bank, has been captured at Sand Beach, Michigan. Got a Largo Back Pension. A voucher 10.- $13,637.80 for pension and back pay, said to bo-the largest sum given for that purpose to any Indiana soldier, has been sent to William Bobluy, of Linton, Greene County. To Succeed Congressman Browne. In the Kepublican Convention for the Sixth Congressional District of Indiana, Henry U. Johnson, State Senator-, was nominated for Congress to succeed Thomas Browne, the present incumbent Confirmations. The Senate in executive session has confirmed the following nominations: E. A Williams, Surveyor General of North Dakota; J. H. Shupe, Begister of the Land Office at Boseburg, Oregon. To Act as Now Hampshire's Governor. David A. Taggart, President of the New Hampshire Slate Senate, has been inaugu-

j rated as acting Governor, and will perform J the gubernatorial duties during the at>j sencej of Gov. Goodell, incapacitated by j illness. , Arrested for Embezzlement. William J. Lord, a crack rifle shot, has been arrested in St. Louis on a charge of i embezzling a large amount from Flesh & Mook. paint contractors, for whom he had I worked since 1882 to a month ago. Burned to Death. By the burning of their dwelling at Deileville, Ont. Jane Arthurs was burned to death, and her husband. William Arthurs, received injuries which will probably prove fatal. Both were ovor 6J years old. Presidential Appointments. The President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: John P. Jackson, Assistant. United States Treasurer at San Francisco; James Low. Collector of Customs for the District of Niagara. N. Y. Premier Macdonald on Divorce. In a speech on divorce in the House of Commons at Ottawa, Ontario. Premier Macdonald characterized the United States system as one of the greatest social abuses of the day. Ohio’s New Railroad Commissioner. Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, has removed W. S. Cappeller, State Railroad Commissioner, and appointed Jam'es A. Horton, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, to the position. Accidentally Shot His Brother. Robert Hamilton, aged sixteen, residing at Deering Point. Mo., while playing with a revolver, shot and instantly killed his half brother, Perley Offen. O’Donovan Rossa on Trial for Libel. Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, the exFenian, is on trial in New York on a charge of criminal libel. Patrick Sarsfleid Cassidy, a newspaper man. is the plaintiff. • Emin Starts for the Interior. A Zanzibar cable says Emin Pasha has started for the interior with GOO porters, five German officers, and a large body of Nubian soldiers. Will Not Favor the Drummers. The House Committee on Commerce will report adversely on the ameudmeat to the interstate commerce law granting special rates to commercial travelers. They Want a Jackson-Sullivan Mill. It has been practically decided by the San Francisco Athletic Club to offer a purse of $20,000 for a fight between Sullivan and Jackson. Two Trackmen Killed. Two Italian trackmen, working on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad at Clovelaud. were run down by an engine and killo.’. A French Reverse in Dahomey. Cjfficial dispatches confirm the report of a French reverse in Dahomey. One white was killed and twenty native allies were wounded. A Mail Clerk Arrested. Arthur D. Towne, an employe of the Londonderry (N. H.) postoffice, has been arrested on a charge of rilling the mails. Two Men Drowned. John Beekman and Eiisha Dyer, of Hammondsport. N. Y., have been drowned off Two Mile Point, Keuka Lake. Starch Works Bought by the Trust. The Topeka (Kan.) Starch Works have been bought by the trust for a sum in excess of $250,000. Cabinet Crisis in France. It is rumored that disputes have arisen in the French Cabinet, and it Is feared that a collapse of the. ministry is not far off. Many Toys Burned. Fire in Neville & Co.’s toy warehouso at Son Francisco caused a loss o: iloo,ooo. The insurance is not known. To Investigate the Clayton Murder, The special committee to investigate the murder of Clayton in Arkansas has left for that State to begin its investigation. An Elevated Road lor St. Louis. Tho Scott Elevated Railroad in St. Louis is now being built.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Crime $ 4.75 © 5.50 Hair to Good .. 3.50 © 4.75 Common.. 2.50 © 3.5 J Hogs—Shipping Grid's 3.75 @ 4.50 2.HEEP 4,00 © 0.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 88 © .89 Corn—No. 2 32W© .33 Oats —No. 2 24 © .25 Bye—No. 2 .'49 © j SO Butter—Choice Ci'eamery 15 © .18 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 0914© .10 A Eggs—Fresh lO}*© .lift Potatoes—Choice new, per bu.. .45 @ .52 Pork—Mess 12.75 ©13.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 8> @ .88 Corn—No. 3 33ft@ .34ft Oats—No. 2 White ‘ 26 © .27 Bye—No. 1 59 @ |gi Barley—No. 2 46 © .46ft Pork—Mess 13.50 ©14.00 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.25 Hogs... 3.0 J © 4.25 Sheep 3.50 © 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed BSft@ .89ft Corn—No. 2 Yellow 35ft@ ,36ft Oats—No. 2 White 29 *@ .30 TOLEDO. Wheat 90 © .90;$ Corn—Cash 34ft@ .35;/. Oats—No. 2 White 25 © .25ft, NEW YORK. Cattle 4.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 4,25 © 5.00 Sheep 5.59 ©7.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 97 © .98 Corn—No. 2 44 © .45 'Oats—Mixed Western 33 © .33 Pork—New Mess.. * 13.50 ©14.00 ST. LOUIS. Cattle .' 4.25 @ 5.03 H°°s 4.09 © 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 lied 85 © .86 Corn—No. 2 30 © 34 Oats—No. 2 23 @ .26ft Bye—No. 2 4334© 441* INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping Steers 3.00 @4.75 Hogs—Choice Light.... 3.00 @4.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 © 6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 87 @ .88 Corn—No. 1 White .35 @ '35:4 Oats—No. 2 White 26 @ 27 CINCINNATI. Hogs... 3,75 @4,50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 88 @ .88ft Corn—No. z 37 © 3714 Oats—No. 2 Mixed...., 28 @ 29 * Bye—No. 2 © "33 „ BUFFALO. v , . Cattle—Good to Prime X 4.50 @ 5.25 4 ;«ft§ vom «o. .37 <& ,3736 1

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives Discussed and Acted On—Gist of the Business. The world’s fair bill was passed by the Senate on the 21st inst. after six long and weary hours of debate, by a vote of 43 to 13. The plan of the Washington people for a celebration there upon the 14th of October, 1892, or about that time, which was added to tne House bill by the Senate Committee, was voted down. The idea a naval review in New York harbor in April, 1893, to which the nations of tho world ,k® Invited to send their fleets, was retained. Next session measures will De taken to have appropriate dedicatory ceremonies, in which the royal families of Italy and Spain and the Presidents of all the American republics will be invited to participate. There will be no objection to this plan ; in fact, the Chicago people will co-operate to secure the passage ot the bi>L if the affair will not interfere with the success of the exposition. There was a good deal of opposition to the bill fn the way of talk, but when the vote was taken the nays were very few, and even less than were expected. This was due to the fact that only about two-thirds of the Senators were present. There was very little debate upon the Chicago plan. Most of the talking against tne bill was by men who do not want any fair held, and Senator Vest of Missouri, who placed hiinßelf at the head of this faction, has said all along that he shall vote against an exposition bill, no matter what location waa selected. Tho opposition to the Washington celebration was active and included nearly all of the promirient Senators. The bill that came from the House received very little crltici-m and. was heattily approved by all who want a fair. In fact, no changes were made in it except to add the provision for a naval review at New York. In the House a bill was passed amending the act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at Sioux City, *°wa i a bill was passed providing that soldiers who lost their limbs during the war stall be entitled to receive an artificial limb every three years. (The present law permits thorn to receive one every five years.) The House spent the afternoon in consideration of the conference report on the Oklahoma bill and adopted, it with slight amendments. The bill to pension Union soldiers confined in Confedoiate prisons at the rate of $2 per day for the time of imprisonment came up, and an attempt was made topass it under a suspension of the rales. The vote stood: Yeas, 142; navs, 75. This was not a two-thirds vote and it failed to pass. The House then adjourned. In the House on the 22d Mr. Candler, of Massachusetts, moved that tho House concur in the Senate amendment to tbo World’s Fair bill. This being agreed to by a vote of 93 to 21, tho bill is finally passed and will be sent to the President for his action. The House then went into committee of tho whole, Mr. Payson, of Illinois, in the chair, on the legislative appropriation bill. A good deal of discussion was eliciied over the features of the bill which relate to the pay/of. the Civil Service Commission nnd ita exjaenses. Mr. Grosvenor made a vigorous attack-upon-the system, which he designated as one of Bhain and humbug. He did not believe that it had benefited tho public service, but on the contrary had proved disadvantageous. Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, made an earnest speech in defense of the system. He made no concealment, however, of his ielief that it was systematically and persistently violated by repiosentttt-lves Of both parties. Alter further discussion, the House adjouinod without completing the bill. In the senate a number of resolutions were iuirodueed, none of which were finally acted upon. The Senate spent the entire aflorn on in the consideration of the Dial rice of Columbia appropriation bill, which was passed. In the Senate, on the 23d inat., the Chair presented a communication from the Secretary of the Interior containing copies of certain documents in reference to the recent decision in the Pacific Railroad cases. A concurrent resolution profiling for tho irrigation of av d lands in tho valley of the T.io Grande ai)d tbe estaMishiinut ot a dam at a point near El Paso, Texas, for tho storage of waters was reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations. It was considered and agroed to. The conference report on the Senate bill to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma was taken up and adopted. Among the bills brought before the Senate was one providing for the erection of an equestrian statue at Manchester, N. H.. of Major General John Stark. The bill elici ed strong objection from Messrs. Cockrell and Hawley, while Messrs. Blair, Hoar, Dawes, and others spoke in eloquent terms of the advisability of erecting such monuments tothe memory of the nation's heroes in every part of the United States. A good deal of feeling was manifested in the arguments upon the bill, which lasted until 6 o’clock, when the Senate adjourned. The House spent the day in a bitter partisan debate on the legislative appropriation hill, tho discussion being mostly over the paragraph which provides for clerks for Senators.

In th,e Senate, on tho 21th inst., the Senate bill appropriating $50,000 for an equestrian statue at Manchester, N. H., of Maj. Gen. John. Stark was taken up and passed—yeas, 37; nays, 15. On motion of Mr. Gray the House bill to transler the revenue cutter service from the Treasury Department to the Navy Department was again taken up for consideration. The amendments reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs was agreed to. Pending the consideration of the revenue cutter bill Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections. reported (as an original measure) a bill to amend and supplement the election laws of the United States and to provide for the more efficient enforcement of such laws, and it was placed on the calendar. The Senate spent the entireafternoon in consideration of the bill to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for tho purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads. Itadjourned at 5:30 without action. The Houseresumed consideration of the legislative appropriation bill. Mr. Beggs, of California, made a. vigorous attack upon the civil-service system, advocating the doctrine that to the victors belong the spoils. Others followed, and on motion to strike ont the clause providing compensation for the Civil-Service Commission, which was then put, the vote stood: Yeas, 62; nays, 121. The House then adjourned. In the Senate, on the 25th, tho bill constituting Gladstone, Mich., a port of delivery in the Customs District of Superior was reported and. passed, and the House amendment to the Lafayette (Ind.) building bill (reducing the appropriation from SIOO,OOO to $80,000) was concurred in and a conference asked. The Senate then took up and passed the joint resolution for the relief of the Southern flood sufferers. The land grant forfeiture bill was then discussed, after which eulogies were delivered on Hon. Edward Gay and the Senate adjourned. In the House, on motion of Mr. Adams of Illinois, a bill was passed to provide for a term of court at Danville, 111., the first Monday in Mav. Mr. Cannon of Illinois, from the Committee’ on Appropriations, reported a joint resolution appropriating $153,000 to lenable the Secretary of War to distribute rations for the relief of the destitute people in tha districtoverflowed by the Mississippi and its tributaries. Tho appropriation was sufficient to enable the Secretary to give one ration a day for-tweDty-ono days to 35,000 people. The joint resolution was passed—yeas, 139; nays, 24. The resolution passod tbe Senate without opposition, and the Rresident has signed it, and. it is now a law. The afternoon was spent on the legislative appropriation bill, and an evening session was held, at which the House passed thirty private pension bills, and at 11:3J a - lourued.

Rural Notes and News.

Air the cellar on mild days. > , Mixed farming is the safest. Use good seed—plant carefully. Is your wopa-.house well-tilled? Fat vegetables require fat land. Girls, have a tine shew of flowers. Farm for both profit and pleasure. Make all tramps work or move on. "! Remedy for worry—earnest work.