Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 February 1882 — Page 2

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KNAPP—At the family residence,, at 8:30 tart crenlog. Mrs Susan B. Knapp, wife ot C. -. Knapp.

Due notice of funeral will be given to-morrow

WANTS, ETC.

No uuMoaui LOSS *1**

BEST—The arocery store on Main street between Thirteenth-and-a-buf and Fourteenth streets, formerly kept by the late Befnbard Birsxum, is for rent on very acceptable conditions. The store room and upper loomi will be rented together or separately. as desired. Inquire of the f^mlnistratpr.Augnst Ahrens, proprietor of Mozart Hall, No. 669 Main treet rioB RRNT-De-lrablc residence, No. 020 »outh Sixth street. Two story brick, has eight rooms and large summer kitchen, cistwn and well Also brick fctable and laige lot. Call at Koopman.s Leather Store, corner of Sixth and Cherry street. w)It BUST— sirable brick dwelling, No, 222 South F'fth fctrtet. Apgly stonceat 118 Main street. EARLY.

FOB SALE.

FOR

MAIiE—Four gocd counters, tables, pi?r glass, an* a large ftrst-clatf safe and other fixtures cheap,

FOR

FOB SALE OB BENT.

FOR

S I.E OR BJKWr-My house oa northeast corner of Fourth and Poplar streets, formerly occupied by the late u, Thompson. Rent, «600.CO per annum. Possession given within a week or tjW°kIppERT

FOUND.

XOCND—On north Sixth street—a pair of .C spectacles. The owner em have the same by calling at this office, proving property and paying for this notice.

MONEY TO LOAN. OKEV TO I.OAK—Home capital at reasonable rate of interest in sums not less than J1.000 first mortgage security. Apply to Tennant & Thomai, northwest corner ii and Ohio. 'ML'

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bum 7—7 re small wmen!

xisn. A*-.he amonntR «-aiilre1 in *irfoanefe.

WAKTED.

A BITE »—SITU ATI0N—By a young man, on grocery wagon. Will take ball of iro-eiies. Can cure well reoominennwages In gn ed. Apply at 425 north Ninth street.

WANTED—KOBSE3

FOB BENT.

FOR

KKNT—TWO rooms, famished or unfurnished. Apply at 426 north Nicth street.

GARBABRANT 5t COLE.

HALI-A good family horse, side-bar buggy end harness, all complete, wni sold at a bargain. Apply at 425 north N-nth street. noB 8 %IE—A full stock of diygoodj and I- mrcoeries, all new, on good terms, and wiU rent two of the best business rooms in the cty on very reasonable terms well situated. Sales now average six to eight thousand dollars vet month. Cause of selling, poor health. For further particulars ^dr^W^ DAVIS,

Danville, 111.

oK 8AE.E—Extensive flour fcarrd and stave and beading factory at Terre Haut^, Ind. Occupies six seres grour.d iu ihei city. New iron-roofed factory bnildii'g. two dry kilns, emple shed room, latent improved macbinery a? goid ss new. Ra lrond swHcb ond rtwmbotit landing ou the ground.

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of tin ber end ready sale for ell olTsls. To be sold at public tale ou Monday, February 27th, 1S8J, on tbo remises. Terms of Eale made known at the time.

BROg-&co,

«MIB KA1.E—HOUSES on the corner of First and Liuton s-reets three on .-econd ani Eigle. Tlii-i properiy belonged to P.ufas St. John, deceased. The prop-

AND LOTd—Two iuton Thin properly be-

lount-u iu i.u.u, -'eased. The propertv must be sold at once, and toere are just five chance* for the five good bargains. Apply to George Plangteat John Armstrongs, No. 10 north Third ^Rot.

PUBLICATION OFFICE—KO.

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terms of

Fourth

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terest. J- T. Downey. 315 Ohio street, Terre Haute •JYJONKY TO XjOADT—In

sums of $1,000

and upwards ai lowest current rates of Interest on first class improved farms and city roperty. V. PRESTON.

FIFTH STREET

SECOND HAND STOKE

18 SOUTH FIFTH STREET.

Second-hand furniture bought and sold. Repair work neatly done. A liberal cash price paid for cast-off clothing.

A Word About

Carpets,

We desire to get $3,600 out of our carpet hall during the next three weeks. We know we can only do it by selling carpets cheap.

We are prepared to do it. We offer Ingrain Carpets as low as 12$c better goods 20, 25, 35 and 40 cents, usual 60c carpet we are now selling at 45 and 50 cents.

We give 12 cents per yard oS on all of our best Ingrains, (extra supers) during Ike next three wreks. Bear this in mind. All Lowells, Dobpons, Higgens, Kidderminster, Hartfords and Reeds best extra super, at 12 cents per yard lees than usual prices.

We have one more pattern of that $2.50 Velvet Moqnet which you can buy of us at $1.45, and after wearing it 25 years, more or leap, can hand it down to your children for another twenty-five years of use.

Best Velvet Carpets wilh handsome borderr 25 cents per yard less than you can buy them in any city.

Full* pieces of Tapestry Brussels 65 and 75 cents. Full lines of Roxbury Tapestry, Smith Tapestry and other popular grades at from 10 to 20 cents under ruling prices of Terre Haute,

Window shades made in the moat work manlike manner, in the newest styles. It is with pride we announce that the window shades made and hung by us last year exceed in number that of the previous four years put together.

Foster Bros.'

Original New York City Store.

We are still cutting on the price* of all kinds of Dry Goods in order to raise the money to pay off the retiring partner.

HARDTIMES

Have no terror, for gentlemen when they can goto

JAMES AJAX.

Xt No, 2 South Seoond street, secosd door from the corner, and hay* their

HATS tLKiJIKO AM® PXIMBU. war All UnU of rowtrlss neatly at (faded to

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TKBKE HAUTE, FRIDAY, FEB. M, 1882.

Dally Bsprew, per week..... .«• pery»r .«&.«! «ix moith:. fi-W three nK»tfc«

Issued wees moniias! escept Mocday, ana dc-U-rered by carriers.

•Weekly Kxpres*. peryear, single anbscri* len W-ekly ftxpraM, six months, single sut

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TJCTICII on Thuncay*.

AND NULEA-FOR

which 1 will pay the hl«heet market ,ri,e. will be at CarlccA Li££ ftafcta until prire. March 1st

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For clubs of live therewfll be a carii dl»ccM« of 10 per cent from above Instead oi the csah, a copy oi The Weekly Ex mess will be tent m» for the tiine that tne club pays for, not less than g!l naatiit.

Forclut* oi ten the same rateofdJaooMt and in addition The Weekly for the time tSat the club pays for, not lew than sis

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It is now stated positively that tbe president has tendered Senator Edmunds the vacant supreme court judgsbip. The senator has gene to Vermont and refuses to be interviewed. Should he accept it is understood be will be Bucceeaed in the senate by ex-Governor Smith.

A crank has turned up in Turneravillle, Texas, named Beojaniin F. Courtney, who has kindly consented to hang in the assassin's stead, if the authorities will permit it. If he could only make his scheme xru vUUlU use Guiteau for a matinee performance afterwards.

Mr. Blaine has completed his addrees on tbe late President Garfield, to be delivered before both houses of congress next Monday. It will be about .Jen columns in length. The demand for tickets of admission to the memorial exercise? is greater than ever before known, on any occasion.

An attempt is being made to have the postoffice department purohaee ten thousand scales for distribation among the postmasters of the country, to enable those gentlemen to detect counterfeit money. The scheme is in the hands of a New York politician, and is believed to be a job, and tbe attention of the postmaster general has been called to it.

A Chicago paper says of the wheat prospects this year: "The best reports come from the growing winter wheat. Everything indicates a great crep the coming season. The open winter has enabled farmers to do a great deal of outside work generally delayed until spring. This will largely increase the acreage of all kinds of grain, and the outlook is cheering."

John Kelly's trip south is not so much for the benefit of his health as it is to circumvent Tilden's maneuvers for tbe presidency. The old gentl«man has been quietly working up his interests down there through the papers and private correspondence. This is causing the Tammany hose much uneasiness, and until he his checkmated bin old enemy be cannot enjoy a night's rest.

The committee has agreed upon a report of the allowances for the expenees incident to the illness and funeral of President Gsrfield. but it will not be made public for several days yet. It is intimated that it will not prove satisfactory to all parties interested. The allowances are moderate. It is understood that Dr. Bliss will receive $10,000, the largest sum to be paid any of the surgeons.

In New York the other day a police justice sentenced a woman to Bix months in the penitentiary for wearing men's clothes. She waa subsequently discharged on a writ of habeas corpus, but was afterwards rearrested on a charge of vagrancy, and the case will be tried to-day. She gave as her reason for wearing male apparel that she could earn better wages as a boy than a girl. Under the circumstances the prosecution has an air of persecution.

The Japanese indemnity bill will inure to the benefit of a lobbyist whom t1i United States sent to Japan to organize onr system of internal revenue, and who returned to this country with the assurance that, should this bill pass, he would receive at least $3C0,0C0. Last winter the same bill was killed because it was seen how the money would go. It would hare met the same fate this year had it not been thought that the lobby was beaten off and that tbe Japanese government woiild derive some benefit from it,

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twenty-five thesamerale of B§-

soont, and in addition Tbe Daily ftw the time that the club pays for, not le* than •IT mrmthL

For dabs of over twenty-flve the same to®" Postage prepaid In all oases when sent by tw»n. gubamptlons payable In advance,

tSTAU six months subscribers to the Weekly Express will be supplied FREE with "Treatise on fbe Horee and his DIPease*," ft valuable Biaoderd illnatratcd work'tbe price of which is twentj five cents. No horse owner should be without it.

Persons subscribing for tbe Weekly a year will receive in addition the Horeebook and our illustrated Almanac.

Remember, the Weekly and Horse-book for 65 cents the Weekly* Horse-bock and Almanac for $1.23.

The Indiana greenbacker is out early with his ticket this year. He is an early bird, but worms are scarce just now.

The Americ&n institute of mining engineers is in session in Washington city, with an attendance of 200 members.

Hoii. Thomas Allen, member of congress for a portion of St. Loui?.»ia dying in Washington city, lie is the wealthiest member of either branch of congress, his estate being valued at $15,000,000.

And now we are to have a commission to prepare a classification of the legisla-, tion and official transactions of the United States government during the century of its existence under the constitution. The work is to be completed before March 4, 1889.

the Riverside Hospital,

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Street, Printing Hon* Sqrart. Kntered sesond-claas ra*tter at the Port Office, at Terrs Haute, tort.

Inserted In the Dally and Weekly on reyramMa terms. For particulars mp}r office. A limited asiountol advertising will ra patched in the Weeklv.

dab Bttosol WetWl.

VAIXE OF-TACCaarATlOT. SOCUL OSSEBTAKCSS.^ iwugh hw t*en wM on this #vernor Porter, in «ddU«» to h» snhi'-ct to convince the in# skeptical, c.ther Vtimable qualities as a® execot.w and if any thing more i. required we will officer, dtaervea great credit f« the oaa* gire ihe experience «f the physicians of ner whicu ii «t»eniUng lo th««cwd

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of one month will suffice. month of anuary, 1882, there were admits tbd to the hospital 166 eases of smaHpox in various degrees of severity. During the same period forty-eight deatha occurred in the institution. .Taking no note of the number remaining in tbe hospital ii the beginning or at the end of the month, we find the ratio of deaths to admissions waa 28 92 per cent. Of tbe 166 patientp, eighty-five (51.2 per cent.) had been vaccinated, seventy-eight (47 per cent.) bad not been vaccinated, and of three (1-8 per cent.) no history in regard to vaccination was obtained..

the forty-eight persons

who died only one had been vaccinated or gave any history or showed any evidence of vaccination. Forty-four deaths were of tbe unvaccinated, while of three no history was obtained.

Of the 8-5 vaccinated, 77 were of a mild type none Were of the confluent hemorhagic type, and of the 78 unvaccinated, 20 were discrete, 29 semi ccnfluent, 3 discrete hemorrhagic, 7 semi confluent hemorrhsgic, and 9 confluent hemorrhagic.

These are the most recent figures we have seen on this subject, and they should certainly be convincing without quoting figures from Ihe "past history of smallpox to prove what baa been repeaiedly shown i^garding the efficacy of vaccination. It is true tbfe prevalence of smallpox this season caused vaccination to be very general, but there are yet many who have neglectcd the precaution, some through prejudice and others through carelessness All such ehould neglect it no longer. The present

cold

weather may caufce a revival

of the dUease.

The ccmmiitee will ttke a formal vole on the Campbell-Cannon contesfid taction case to-day, *.td it will be immediately reported to tbe houee for action. A dispatch from Washington Fays the follow ing points have been .agreed on. First—Minorities never can elect. Second—Campbell is not entitled to tie seat. Third—Cannon, having received a majority of the votes, should be given the seat unless disqualified by some constitutional objection. Fourth—Cannon, admitting that he lived in polygamous relations, thus violating the laws, and not being a constitutional officer of the government, like a member of congress, but simply a delegate from a terri torv, holds his plsco at tbe will of congress. The committee therefore, reports that he be excluded from his Beat in the house.

Of course Cannon will follow the ex ample of ell illustrious saints who have preceded him by throwing himself in the arms of bis ccnatitnetts for a re-election and it will follow as a matter of course

New York. Drs. ob*ei vacces of hw position. The trtdi-

Mott and Chapin have been in daily at- tional receptions at the executive maaaion tendance since the scourge made its ap have been regularly given upon allI occipearance this winter acd have carefully sioua where they have ben called for, compiled ftatwtice of

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with his three or four wives to ask admission to Congress, when his case should be turned over to the courts for adjudica tion. If there is any law in the district of Columbia sgainst bigamy it should be enforced. The country ha3 had enough of Mr. Cannon's antics.

The English papers that had so much adverse criticism of the Guiteau trial and

thoEe

concerned in it should read the fol lowing extract from Senator Edmunds' contribution in the March number oi the North American: "In the great state trial of tbe Earls oi Sussex and Southampton before the English lorls, barons and judges, la which Sir Eiward Coke and Francis Bacon—afterward tbo famous lord chancellor— were counsel for the prosecution, running observations the reverse of compll mentary were interchanged between seme of the lords and prisoners. Essex accused Coke of being a perjured liar, Bacon of being a hypocrite and time-server and when 8ir Walter Raleigh was sworn as a witness, asked, 'What booteth It to swear the fox?' Once the lord higb steward attempted to stop what h'e called these 'expostulations,' but without success. The French ambassador at the Court of St James, who was en eye-witness of the trial, In writing to a member of his own government, and speaking of its scenrs, Eays: '8hortly afterward, the counsel entfed their pleading, and the earls tl\eir biscuits 8nd beer. For while the earls and the counsel were pleading, my lords guzzled as If they had not eaten for a fortnight, smoking also plenty of tobacco. Then they went into a room to give their voices and there, stupid with eating, and drunk with smoking, they condemned the two earlii"'

John Byrnes waa a citiisa of the Uaited States, but resided in Canada, where he owned a farm of 270 acres of land. When the unpleasantness of 1812 assumed shape Byrnes returned to this country and enlisted in the American army. This was more than the British lion conld stand, so the 270 acres were confiscated. A bill is now before congress to give each of Byrnes' five surviving desoendents $30,000 for compensation on account of the loss of the land. Next to an appropriaion there is probably nothing co popular with the average American citizen a« patriotism, and probably th heirs of John Byrnes will get tbe $150,000 for which they atk.

Hereafter tbe star routes will not be the bonanza to contractors which tbey have been. For next year the contracts will be let at much lower rates. For the services west of tbe Mississippi there are 50,000 bids in, and the letting will occur on the 4th Gf March next. The ring confined their speculations to about 200routes, one of whicn alone was increased from $6,000 to fl5fljOOO. The Dors?y crowd has retired. from business, but tbe powerful Salisbury combination is as prominent in tbe new bids as ever. There are no straw bids this time. All those put in are made on a strictly business principle.

The Indiana Bepublicaa Editorial Association, in session at Indianapolis on Wednesday, adopted the following resolution. by unanimous vote. The resolution was offered by George I. Reed, Esq, of the Pern Republican, and the motion for its adoption was made by John O. Hardeety, Eeq., of the Terre Haute Courier:

Kesolved, That the Bepnbllcan edltcn

which The spscioOa^cd degant jmvate rrdTKobp dspce of Ibe Governor haa been thrown Otpetr and the most gecrrous hospitality has dispensed by himself and tbe menibfirii' of his household. A notable instance was tbe reception of last Wednesday night, when gentlemen representing the various associations in session at tbe Capital, many with their ladies, assembled, and passed an extremely pleasant season of social intercourse. Persona of different political faith were there and men of varied occupations, yet all met, under lhe hospitable roof of the Governor, on terms of fraternity and equality. Educators journalist.', soldiers, judges, businessmen agriculturalists and Oscar Wilde, chief of •esthetic?, were there, while woman's presence ocd conversation threw a charm over the assembly and added an additional delight to the occasion.

Governor Porler, as a trained thinker and orator, is peculiarly qualified to do the honors of the office at public receptions of distinguished men and bodies of men. He is ready and versatile, and able to say the right tbicg in the right way aod *t tbe right time. No other GOT emcr hae excelled him in this regard.

Another South American scheme, originating in New York, but having^no con nectioj with Shipherd or the Peruvian company, has teen_unearthed. It h»d for its objict tbe working of a great silver mine in Bolivia. The capital was* placed at $75,000,000, aad a rich harvest promised the iuvenaora. The title to the silver district was to have baen se cured from Baiifla, in oonsidera a'ion of which the government waa to receive a royalty oa the production. Leading politicians were to be given stock to 'Secure their co-operation. Cer tain senators were approached and an attempt WRd„ mads to ehow them that the venture was legitimate and profitable if they would only induce the government to interfere atid prevent Chili from overrunning Bolivia and absorbing the pro?' ince containing the mining.. The scheme failed for want of encouragement on the part of influential men. There will probably be an investigation.

diana, In convention asKiabled, cordially recommend the Hon. Jtune» H. McSecly, of (lie Terre Santa Express, lor the position ot lMbltc Frintsr, to whioh

position o! tibuc oyer r.t y' '.4^! ifst

aspires.

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An absurd story has been started that number of the president's friends are die satisfied wilh the slow manner in which he mskes his appointment, and contemplate a visit to tli6 White House to stir him up. There ia no truth in the rumor. No one iinds fault with the policy of making haste slowly in the matter of appointments. It gives time to hear all that can be said for and against aspirants, The president haa demonstrated that he is a good lutener and that he. invariably makes the most ot his information. Thu« far bis appointcaenta have been eminently rand should not bet hanged.

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An Industrious Woman in Trouble. Springfield (Mas3.) Bepnbllcan. What makes it a criminal proceeding for a worn in to don men's garments? One woman who has worn the attire of the other sex in New York for- some years—serving in a restaurant as a waiter, in a grocery aa clerk, in a small factory as confidential clerk and collector—has just been arrested and sentenced to imprisonment on Blackwell's Island for six months. Now that is nothing else than an outrage. The testimony given showed that while the girl itl man's garb had drank at the bar and smoked with other fellows, she had never been compromised in anything lawsr, and had always done her work and paid ber way. When she was arraigned, her only plea was that she could get better pieces and wages as a man than aa a wonisn.

If Not Beaconsfield, Still the Jews* Philadelphia North American. It seems to be one of the singular surprises of mcdern history that tbe growing unpopularity of the Gladstone Ministry in England Bhould be largely caused by the utter imbecility 6f that Government in reference to the barbarous persecutions of tbe Jews in Bussia, In marked contrast to the long continued hostility of the English Liberals toward the late Lord Bescontfield, mainly bfsed on the popular prej jdice against him on account of his Hebrew origin. Beacontfield is dead and buried, but the Jewish persecution in Russia seems likely to prove the eventual came of the downfall of the Gladstone Cabinet.

Pa's Innocent-

Chambers' Jourual. I keep a shop and sell fancy goods. A gentleman came in to buy something. It was early, and my little boy and I were alone ia the house at the time. The gen-, tlemao gave me a sovereign, and I bad to go up stairs to my cash ^ox. Before doing so I went into the little room next to the shop, and said to the boy: "Watch the gentleman, that be doesn't steal anything," and I put him oa tbe counter. As soon as I returned he sang out: "Pa, he didn't iitea! anything I watched him." You may imagine wbat a position I was in-

Litlla Oonaolation for the Democrat*. Globe-Democrat. The Democrats find little consolation in the new apportionment, BO far ss it affects tbe Electoral College. Tbe gain of thirty-two votes is very evenly divided between Democratic and* .Republican States. Dakota will add three votes more to the Republican column. New York will continse to be the pivotal point. Democratic hopes of carrying the country without New. York are sure to be blasted, and hopes of carrying it with New York are just as vain, for New York is and will continue to be Republican.

A 1 liifcf's 0nrion8 Death.

HopkinsvlUc South Kenluckian. A gentleman in the News'.ead neighborhood had killed some hogs, and they were gambreled and left hanging on a pole in the yard. During the night a negro stole one of tbe hogs and walked off with it. In attempting to pitch tbe hog over a fence, some distance from the house, the thief hung the p?mbrel stick over his head, and broke his neck. He was found the following mernins on one side of the fence and tbe pork on tbe other, hanging by his bead.

American Beef in the English Favy. The Secretary of 4he British Admiralty said in Parliament on Monday that American salt beef had been used in the British navy since 18f0, aod had not been complained of. There was a saving in its we oyer Eogli.h betf equal to 27 per cent., or ,000 yearly.

TECEGRAPHIC.

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Washington: A Little Difference

Opinion Between jthiPre^ .. ident and the Senate Naval Affeirs Committee.

lagalls A«mii*te4 MaMWMitef'Ocne»'sil*"Ti»c decent Fnnd Investigation -A KJitonimous

Report*

Which irili Entirely Exonerate Senator Sherman and Chief Clerk Powell the Trial of f're ii- Sergeant Mason. j. 'x

faval Reconstruction—Ten Million Dollars to be Proposed as a Beginginning—News

Item.

Domestic Miscellany—A Locomotive and Six Men Undertake to a Clap In a Lonlsrllle

Sswer.

Suit fof faxes Against the Standaid Oil Company—The Floods—Foreign News-TheJe?nnette -Si- astro- W i-m .w.

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Death' o1f ^ftr?8on's Hastm'hd Dr. Carver a Loser for Oaco^

jut r. .t, iftfnt&eoy ft Washington, j. REJECTED IH COMMITTEE.'WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-—'The Senate Committee on-Naval Affairs, thi« morn ing, voted to reject the nomination of Watmough to be Paymaster General of the N«vy, and Stevenson, to be Pay Director. Eome days ago the committee agreed to the adverse report of Watmough, but held it back in order to give the President time to withdraw the nomination if be saw fit. Several members of the committee waited on the President, and officially advised bim of this action. The committee waited until to-day, and not receiving any information from the President as to his purposes, it formally adopted the adverse report, and ordered it to be presented to the Senate. The nomination of Stevenson was then taken up, and a motion to report adversely adopted.

S NOMINATED.

WASHINGTON, February 23*—The President nominated Col. Rufus Ingalls, Assistant Quartermaster General, to be Brigadier General and Quartermaster General.

Postmasters—Thomas Cftrlin, Pierce City, Mo. Samuel L. Grosvenor, Marietta, O Benj. J. Bnrtal, Geneva, 111." Ernest Funke, Oconto, Wis.

SHERMAN

TO BE EXONERATED.

The Star says: "There will be no mi nority report of the Senate committee which has been investigating the Treasury contingent expenses. The report will be ready, it i3 understood, very shortly. It will exonerate Senator Sherman entirely. It will also exonerate Ma jor Powell, Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department, of the charges.which have been made against him. The censure of the report will fall upon ex-Custodian tWMI fefSecrelarf Folger, who based* his action upon the testimony taken before the committee. The fileholder transaction, which figured so extensively bcfoio the Melinc commit tee, was looked into by the Senate committee. Out of $502 paid for fileholders only $850 could be accounted tov.'^

SERGEANT MASON'S TRIAL,

WASHINGTON, February 23.—la the Mason Court Martial, to-day Capt. McGilvey, of Sergeant Mason's company, testified that since Mason's confinement he had been returned to duty as Sergeant. Warden Crocker described the location oi Guiteau's call, and said the arrival of troops cpuld be witnessed from the cell, window. Guiteau, when not reading or writing, spent eome time looking out of the window. Bigelow, council for Mason, objected to the testimony ss to Guiteau looking out of the window, unless tbe Judge Advocate engaged to show that this habit was known to Mason. The Judge Advocate said he proposed to Ehow this.

The Court, after a long private deliberation, sustained Bigelow's objection. The Judge Advocate then aonounced that he intended to prove that Mason knew of the habits of Guiteau,

Mason, risinjp from bis chair, exclaimed: "I will c'.ear that, Judge I know."

The President of the Court peremptorily ordered Mason to be Bilent. No material fact* wsFe elicited to-day. Thearrival of .son's wife and little boy seems tr have had a soothing effect on him. Hd continues to complain bitterly of the food and quarters furnished him, and constantly urges a contrast between the treatment of him by the military authorities and that accorded G-iiteau by the civil officials at the jail.

THE NAVY. V-.'""

The House Committee on Navv Affairs agreed to recommend an immediate appropriation of $10,000,000 to begin the construction of anew navy.

UNTAXED BiltWAT LAN»3. WASHINGTON Feb. 23.—Van Wyck has introduced a bill in the Senate the] object of which is to .compel railroad-t to pay State taxes on unpatented lands donated to them by the Government" One condition of land grants is that the railroads shall pay all the costs of surveying lands. The railroad companies hold the lands throughout the West, which they have not yet surveyed, unpatented, and courts have held that the States can not tax these lands because the United States still holds an interest in equity, in them by reason of the fact that under the cofltlttion imposed by tbe grants the lands might revert to the Government through the failure of the railroads to comply with these conditions. It is claimed that the railroads leave the lands unpatented to avoid taxation, and Van Wyck's bill raises and quit claims to any State that proceeds against th—»lands for the collection of taxes, all interests in equity of the general Government. It is thought that this will encourage the States to collect these taxes.

PAID ON ACCOUNT.

Walter Davidge and Judge JohnK. Porter, the special government counsel in the prosecution of Guiteau, have each been paid |2£00 on account. They arc still retained in tbe case.

TBI

GARFIELD MEMORIAL SERVICES. Invitations to heads of executive departments to the Garfield memorial services at the Capitol on Monday next have been distributed. Tbe card is a companion piece to the Garfield inauguration invitation.

WILL BEPOBT FAVORABLY. WASHINGTON, February 23.—The -Senate Naval Committee has agreed^ to a favorable report on the nomination of Theo. Wilson, of New York, for Chief of the Bureau of Naval Conetraction.

VBS. MYRA CLASS ChUKSS. The House Committee on Private Land Claims will report for passage a biti for th« jwaance of land scrip to Mrs. Myrn Clark Gain** in lien of 87,000 aores of

lind in Loowiana, tbo title to #hich has tn«a» judicially ca$flrmed*to other pirtiec. 'DEA«BOItsi PARK, CHICAGO. sifresentativev Aid rich and Emory Storrs were heard to-day by the Honse coBw&fite* in trior of Congrew confirming to Chicago-the title to Dearborn Park.

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LomgviLLK, Feb* 25.—The old city sewer running along Bear Grass Creek JrarbV^ thii morningj the result of which waa the deetruction of one hundred yards ol ihe Short Line railroad embankment. The break occurred at day light, and a yard engine moving east went into the crevasse, a fall of ^thirty feet. All the men on the locomotive were more or lew injured. The break allowed a flood of water to rush over the territory between Jackson aod Clay, and in a few minutea that part.of the city was covered with water, afcont three hundred houses being surrounded. The general situation^ in front of the city ha* improved, and it is thought tbe worst is oyer.

DETAILS.

LOUISVILLE, February 23.—At the t!me of the accident there were six men on the engine: John Stalling?, engineer Lew Husser, fireman John Harper. John Meffert, Tom Barrett and Fred. Bums, switchmen. When the engine struck the bottom it piled up in a heap, and the fender came smashing down upon it, bringing the men under the coal. This situation was extremely dangerous, and it ia almost miraculous that no one was kaUed. The coal which came in a heap on them pinned them down to the water, which was ice cold, and covered them with mud. The switchmen, who were on top, managed to work tfieir way out through the cab window, and then pulled the engineer and fireman after them. John Meffert was

worst injured one in the party. Two of his ribs were broken, his back and shoulder slight!/ injured, and his left trm bruised. Engineer Stalling* sustained 3ereral severe bruises on the back and side?, while Harper lost one ol his ears, which was cut off close to the nead. The other men were not hurt, but badly scared. The cceneof tbe wreck Was visited by hundreds cf people, the bank around bi-ing lined with spectators all day. The engine is lying in a very bad position. Tbe driving wheels and trucks are broken off and fastened under it, white the smoke stack and boiler are doubled up in a heap, with the tebder oa top. The road is completely destroyed for fifty yards, and will take some time before it is repaired so that trains can pass. Until then all trains will have to stop at Southall street. Except the accident to the railrpud, the damaje don-' by the water was "not great. The ground floor, machinery and boiler room at Bell & Coggeshall's planing mill on Clay street were flooded, and a quantity of lumber and some unfinished work destroyed. A two story frame houee on Hancock street near Fulton, ccoupisd by John Lewis, was swept off its foundation. The family were sitting down to breakfast, and had no warning of the flood until it struck the house with a crash, and bursting the door ojjen flooded the room. A

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were ROOO put out. The whole family scrambled.upstairs and stood at the door watching the water creep np inch by inch, umil it touched the floor beneath their feet. Everything in the down stairs part of the hou=e was destroyed, The family was finally taken to the shore in a skiff. In auoiher shanty a woman named Stfsan Harris was caught by the Water and nearly drowned be-

tee Kentucky"rolling mill like a tornado, sweeping everything eff the ground floor and effectually ducking several of the workmen. For about two equares east of where the disaster occurred the ground is very low, and the water flooded it completely, immc-rain^ the houses in many instances up fo the sicond story. The scene ia one of the utmost desolation, and the sufferings cf many poor persons great. •The slough at the cut-off remains unchanged, save where the water has sunk in several places leaving indelible traces behind.

Suit to Recover Taxes. HARRISBURO, Feb. 23.—The suit of the State to recover taxes.)alleged lo be due from the Standard Oil Company of Ohio came before the court this morning. Deputy-Attorney Snodgrass presented a letter, alleged to have been written at the .Auditor General's office in 1879, requesting the Standard company to report. The defense objected' to the letter on the ground that the person to whom it was sent was cot in any manner connected with the company. The reports filed by the Standard Company in the latter part of 1831 were read. A Voluminous correspondence between Au-ditor-General Schnell and the attorneys and oflicers of the btandartr company was offered and read by the Slates attorney in all of which the Standard Company denied that they were liable to taxation in this State. The agreement as lo facts was next read during which the counsel of both sides gave notice that they would make numerous objections. The Commonwealth rested its case after presenting the statement of Auditor-General-Schnell. Olmstead opened for the defense by presenting the appeal of company from tfec Auditor General's statement. He also read a deposition from ex-Governor Hartranft, Insurance Commissioner Forstcr and CorDoration Clerk Frazer, all which tended to show that a foreign corporation, having but a portion of its capital invested in the 'State had never been taxed on the full amount of its capital slock. This they state had been the case during their connection with the Auditor General's department which had covered a long term of years.

In the afternoon session M. E. Olmstead continued his statement, concluding by having .read a paper by R. C. Murtrie approved by Attorney General Dimmick, setting forth that the act of April B4th, 1874, as construed by the Auditor General's department, did not hold foreign chartered cdtporations liable tor tax by reason of tbe "purchase of material or sale oi wares in this State. The argument was opened by Deputy Attorney General Snodgraes, at a little before 3 o'elock. He contended that as a great portion of the company's capital wao used in prosecuting its business in this State, it should be taxed. He then endeavored to prove that their business was carried on in this State.

The Floods,

IAJD FOB THE SUFFERERS. LOUISVILLE, February 23.—At the

noon meeting of the Board of Trade $1,000 was raised for the flood snflerers, and a committee appointed to solicit additional funds and distribute the same.

TREMENDOUS RISE.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23.—Advices from Linn Creek, a town on the Oaage river, this State, say thttt stream rose over forty feet during the late rains and wae over three miles wide, inundated nearly all the town find destroyed a large amount of property. This river empties into the Missouri a few miles below Jefferson City, and the. great volume oi water which poored out of it accounts largely for the sudden and extraordinary rise in the Missouri.

Run Over and Killed. CINCINNATI, Feb. 23.—Mrs. Irwin, a rouse married woman, was run over »nd killed this mornieg by tbe express train at Newtown station, neiyr this city, on the iLlttle Miami road.

Foreign Sews.

THK ARCTIC SEABOH£B£

ST.PEXBRSBCBG, Feb. 23.—Lieut. Harber and master Schetze ol the U. S, Navy left to-day for Jskutsk via. Orenburg. They will proceed down the river Lena in a steamer and along the coast to the east in search ot Jeannette. The third boat of Lieut. Daccnhower starts from Irkutsk for St. Petersburg in a few days

KILSSOli'S HUSBAND DEAD.

PARIS, Feb. 23.—Mr. Rouzeaud, Mm'e Niisson's husband, who became .insane during the excitement attending ihe recent financial crisis, died to-day in the lunatic asylum in which be had been placed,

DR. CARVEFT.

LONDON, February. 23.—Carver. American, failed to kilt 75 oet et 100 pigeons to-day, for a stake of £1,000. He killed 72

BRADLACGTI.

The Court of Appeals ha# reversed ^te decision of tbe Court of Queen's Bench, granting Bradlaugh a new trial in the case of Clark versus Bradlaugb, with the costs against Brsdlaugh. ,.

REDUCING REJTT

CORK, Feb. 23'.—The sub-commission of tho land court yesterday reduced the rent of twb of Bence Jones' farms from £82 and £126 to £59 and £80 respectively. *,

FAILED.

LONDON, Feb. 23.—Hill, Macrnaster & Plant, merchants, of Manchester, have failed. .Liabilities, £70,000. Mac master absconded. ?EEL HURT ABOUT IT.

BERLIN, Feb. 23.—Great surprise is expressed at the non-appointment of a successor to Minister White. It is thought Bismarck will retaliate by postponing indefinitely the appointment of a successor to Herr Von Eichslosser.

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COPENHAGEN, Feb. 23.—The King of Denmark has consented to act as Patron of the forthcoming Congress on American Antiquities and the Crown Prince as Honorary President.

DISCOUNT REDUCED.

LOSDON. Feb. 23-—The Bank of fingland has reduced the discount froip six to five per cent.

The Bank of France and the Bank of Belgium have reduced the rate of discount to 4% per cent.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 28.—The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows an increase of 9,000,000 francs in gold acd 4,300,000 francs in silver.

Oa 'Change In Chicago. CHICAGO? Feb. 23.—Business in wheat was fair, although the market at times ruled quiet. Trsding was almost wholly on speculative account. Foreign and New York advices were unfavorable, Under the influence of cold weather and a good demand from the shorts, the^ msr ket opened strong, and |@lc higher, but under liberal offerings declined ljc, fluctuated within a range of fc, finally closing Je lower tor options'than the close on Tuesday. Corn opened active and \c higher, under liberal offerings weakened, declined |@|o and ruled tame to the close. Speculation was chiefly in deferred deliveries. The shipping demand was fair and offerings moderate. Oats were very quiet, and cash quotable at ahont the same as Tuesday. Deferred futures were a shade easier, and near ones not materially changed. Poik was in fair demand. Prices gradually advanced 10@15c, then weakened 20@25c, and at the close rallied 12@15c, closing, steady. if

The Cede In Virginia* RICHMOND. Feb. ,23.—Gov. Cameron has vetoed the anti-dueling bill passed by the General Assembly.

The case of Congressman George D. Wise and the Hon. H. H. Riddleberger, and that of Mr. Riddleberger and Richard Beirne,editor of the State of this city, charged with violating the law in regard to dueling, were again before the Hanover County Court. All parties were represented by counsel, who opposed examination by the grand juiy of any witnesses, on the ground that their evidence, while it might serve to fasten guilt on the principals,would tend to criminate themselves as participants. The court decided that the ground was well taken, and discharged the witnesses. No presentments could be made by the grand jury

From St« LonlB.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23.—Three cars of California wheat arrived here this morning, being the first lot of the 100,000 bushels recently purchased by the millers of this city. The remainder is now in transit or ready to move and will reach here"*as fast as it can be got over the road.

The weather continues quite cold here the river still declines. The fall since last night has been nearly a foot. Private accounts from the lower country to the merchants of this city state that great damage has already been done to the plantations along the river and much more is

expected. Great suffering will

result from the overflow. A movemont is on foot here to send assistance to those in need.

Fatal Boiler Explosion. ST. Louis, February 23.—One of the boilera in the blooming mill of the Yul* can steel works in south St. Louis, exploded with terrific force at 11 o'clock this morniftg. About 100 men were working in the mill at the time, of whom Michael Coakley, John Dlan, Frank Chambers and Oliver Aude were fatally injured, being terribly scalded, besides having their limbf broken. Robert Colter had three ribs broken, and was severely burned Mike Crown, compound fraoture of the leg, and several scalds Frank Loftns and Thomas Brannan were also badly scalded, and three others seriously hurt The smoke stack was blown down, and. the mill otherwise damaged.

A Mystery About It.

CHICAGO, February 23.—The authorities of the suburb of Lake view are very much in the dark over the shooting of James MeNamara last night. M. W. Evans voluntariiy confesses the shooting, but asserts that MeNamara assaulted and tried to rob bim that the msn struck him on the head with a sand bag. Evans has given himself up and tells bis etory in a straightforward manner. He bad evidently been drinking this morning. MeNamara waa yardmaster for the Lake Shore A Michigan Southern railroad, and always bore a good repetition. Evans is a piano tuner in tbe employ of Boot & Son's, and so far as known is a man of good character.

Sympathy tor" Ireland. TRENTON, Feb. 23.—In the House resolutions were adopted expressing sympathy with Ireland, demanding action on ihe part of the national government to sccure the release of American citizens imprisoned in Ireland, and "recognizing with pride the sentiments enunciated by Representative Hardenbergh" in his speech on Congressman Robinson's resolution in regard to the wrongs of Ireland. Later in tbe evening another resolution was adopted demanding protection for the oppressed Jews of Russia.

Damages Awarded.

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.—During a race at the Chicago Driving Park last June, a jockey who was riding the mare Belle of Nelson, either by negligence or design, rode against the stallion Wolverton, ihe remit being that the latter was thrown and killed. Suit was brought for the valua of the horse, which was placed at $10,000, and aftir a tri*l of two days tl»e Jury, yeeterday, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for f4,800i

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What Use Hate We of Navy Yard®. From the New York Times, Senator McPberson is preparing a bill in regard to the Ntvy, which provides for the abolition of all the Navy yards except those at Brooklyn, Pensacola, and Mare Island on the ground that when we have no Navy the others are not needed. The bill will also provide for a large reduction of the pay corps, the medical corps, and other branches of the establishment because of the great number of commissioned officers in proportion to the number of seamen.

Osoar's Brains Excel His Leg*. From the Louisville Commercial. We regret to be compelled to remark that Mr. Wilde has more brains than legs. The architecture of his calves is absolutely bare and monotonous. They are not soulful. They are cold, bony and undeveloped. But there is very lUtle, if any, discount on tbe quality of his head. He is a man of sense and very unusual capacity, Who seems lo be on what the English world calls a

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Mummery in the United States Army. Washington Post. General Kucker, fitfcer-in-laW of General Sheridan, has entered upon the discharge cf his duties as Quartermaster General. In the same breath he has made application to be placed on ihe retired list. It would really seem that General Rucker might have waited a month or such a matter until be become fairly well accustomed to the duties tif bis office before making this application,

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IdantifyliMr Criminals in OhfSi.' The thumb in China is regarded as a better means of identification then tbe face itself. Celestial vagabonds are not nbotographad for a rogues' gallery, asia this country, but their thumbs are smeared with lampblack and pressed down on a pieoe of paper, thus furnishing a rude impression, which is carefully kept in the police records. A face may be altered, says the Chinese, but a thumb never changes.

The Centennial Depot..

This elegant structure at Philadelphia, abandoned by the P«nneylvania Company for the new Broad street station, has been hased by the Pallman Palace Car Company, and will be herecf!er used for the manufacture of the upholaterv for Pollman coaches and the renovation of the same also for the storage of linens and other supplies, the R' -MIing of carpets and probably for laundry purposes.

Women who Court Destruction. A jailer says that there is a class of women who are fascinated by any fiendish cruelty to one of their sex, and who become infatuated with the criminal. The number of persers who have a sneaking admi.ation for notorious criminal* he finds to be very large, and he would make it difficnlt for them lo get into jail to gratify their prurient taste?.

fine Russian Horses.

The breed of Russian horses known a* Orloff* are much esteemed in England now an carriages horses. They have clean heads, wide nostrils, an bright eyes, and show high breeding, no doubt an Arabic cross. The horses have more weight than the English, and sre mostly dapple grays and blacks.

Texan Hews.

ST. Lows, Feb. 23.—J. W. Jiofris. postmaster and the leading merchant at Rice, Texas, was called out of his house night before laEt by two men who asked him to go to his store and sell them goods. He went, but returned in a few minutes, told his wife the men had. shot him, and died almost instantly.

An incendiary fire at Cisco, Texas, destroyed the store of D. P. Judah. Loss, $18,000.

W. P. Black, of Woodcock, was murdered at Austin, Texas, yesterday. A railroad has been chartered to run from Laredo up the Kio Grande to Eagle Pass. Among the directors are John Pratt and Theodore H. Friend, of New York.

Anti-Polygamy Agitation. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.23.—A large antipolygamy mass meeting was held last evening at Sacramento. An address W8S made by several speakers, and a strong anti-polygamy memorial to Congress, calling for effective legislation was adopted "also a,resolution appointing a committee to correspond with the other committees and urge its agitation.

IN CONNECTICUT.

NORWICH, CONN., Feb. 23.—A large and influential anti-polygamy "mass meeting was held here last evening.

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A Heart Bowed Down. CINCINNATI, Feb. 23.—Jacob Whitmore, who has been on trial for eome time at Bellfountaine, Ohio, on a chnrge of mur*. dering his wife on September 20th last, by the use of strychnine, was last night found guilty of murder in the first degree. Ho broke down npon the announcement ot the verdict and was led from the eourt room in tears.

Milkmen in Council.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA., Feb. 23.—The sixth annual convention of the Northern Iowa Dairymen's association began its sessions here yesterday. Twenty-nine counties were represented and there were prominent dairymen in attendaaoe from New York, Illinois, Kansas and Wisconsin.

Uot'Ein, Once.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.—Judge Bulier gave decisions for llie Government in the five civil suits against the sureties on the brads of Wiley, the ffar route contractor

Political.

WrLKESBA'RRE/ February 23.-*Chtlir-man Bogart has issued a call for a meeting of the Democratic 8tate Commute*, at Harrisburg, March 22.

Lest at Sea.

G&oucxsrrss, Mass., February 23—The ^choosers, Kdish M. Pew, Looms, and P40I Revere are believed to be loat with their crews] probably fifty men.

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HABRISBOBG, F«b. 23.—R. R. 8ist & Co., stock and grain brokers, suspended to-day and a receiver has been a. The firm did business throua Kenyon A Co., of Chicago., who suspended.

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