Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 June 1878 — Page 2
"WEEKLYjOOURIER. C. MAKE, FwUUlMr. JASPER, - - - INDIANA.
CURRENT .NEWS. WAtanreTON. The rotter InvwtlgatleH Committee, to faqulre into the alleged Presidential elation fraud Ih Florida sad Louisiana, consist of tbe Mowing nawed gentleman: ClarksoH X. Potter, of New York; William It. Morrison, of Illinois; Kpp Ilunton, t Virginia; Jokn A. McMahon, of Ohio; W. S. Stettger, of Pennsylvania; Thomas JC Cobb, of Indiana; Joseph C. S. Btaekbura, of Kentueky; Jaeob D. Cox, of Okie; Benjamin F. Butler, of Maesachuaette; Thorna B. Reed, ef Maine; and Frank: lllseock, of New York. The lirst MveH are Democrats; tke other four Republicans. Seoretary Sherman ban addressed a letter te Hon. ClarkMH N. Potter, Chairman of tke Florida and Louisiana Investigating Committee, declaring tke charge made against him to be absolutely destitute of even a shadow of truth, and offering to prove that the elections in East and Wet Felletui parishes, Louisiana, were controlled by ferue and intimidation, and that the protests referred to were true, supported by testimony and properly acted upon by the Heturning Board. Mr. Sherman baa deslgBated lion. Samuel Skellabargar aa cottnsel for him before the committee. The Committee on Commerce of the Senate agreed to report favorably the name
topher Landbager, at Cincinnati, erne of the were swindled by ihnr la Hamburg who largeft in the Wwt, kaa been seized by the j Iwpwsed upon tkew Mkwe $0,000 in kpurioua Government fleers en aeeeunt of alleged 1 American hank-nut. Many of tke et&l-nen-eaHeellatioH of tamps, t grant are left phIUm. A dartruetive lire eeurred at Parkers- ' burg, Went Pa., en tke 1Mb, 1ft house be- 1 romuoN. lag bMrned. j United State Mialnter Seward write of Stookkelden of tke Consolidated Virginia umlm in China, that aetual lUrvatlon Mine hare begun proceedings agaiaat the j pris upon 15,000,000 of people, while
Mr hi of Flood and O'Brien, trustee of the
eompany, to recover the sua of $5,M,3S8, alleged to have been wrongfully diverted by Mid trustees In their management of the mine. The defendant olatn that the object of the proceedings it simply to bear the stock by attacking tke management of the mine. Kmile lloulllion, who was sentenced to be banged at Columbus, Tex, en tke 34th of May, oheated tke gallows by taking a fatal doee of poison on tke night previous te the day set for his execution. Ills crime was the murder of Mathlas Malsch, a brother lawyer, in 1878, for improper intimacy with his wife.
80,000,000 are suffering mors or 1mhH
trass. The crops, ke says, have been good immediately around the strloken district, but as food can be transported only on wagons or pack-animals, it can not be taken thither in atilNeient quantities to save
; the live of the people. lnTientzIn a house
maue ot maun, ior me accoHiHiouauon ui in a suffering women and children from the famine dUtrlois, was burned and 150 lives were lest. Keports hare been received at London, from Shanghai, announcing that there had been a rainfall In several province, that sowing is general and prospect for harvest-
I ins encouragingr.
During a severe storm on tke night of the t The pleasure steamer Empress of India,
31st, an entire freight train of II cars, to
getber with the1 locomotive, went through a high trestle on the Kansas Pacific Railroad near Denver, into the yawning abyss below. Three men on the locomotive were presumably killed, but a long search for their bodies had proved unavailing, anil, still more
j strange to rel-tte, no trace of the looome-
ttve could be found.
with a party of about 18 persons en board, became unmanageable and capsized over a dam on Grand River at Ualt, Ontario, on the night of the 23d. AH the passengers were
, plunged into the river below. Only one body
has been recovered, tbatof Henry .1 an ray of
Gait, reporter for a newspaper. Among the
Railroad bill, extending aid to the Republican Valley Railroad Oompnuy. Referred Ih the House, Mr. Klaai, from the Committee oh CaeiNe Railroads, reiwmwt a bill t wealing section K of the ttct incorneratIng the IVxrh Caeilla KatlroaU Company, declaring forfeited the rhcata, privileges and land KrHHtett under that net turn to the Nrw Orleans, Raton Rohk and Viekahtirg Kail road Company, and rM-eiiHOtinK that eetlon lit favor of the New Orleans 1'acttte 1UUroad. Urdvred printed and re'C4imuilttiHl. Mr. Hlnkle Introduced a bill to aid the Ship Canal Company, giving a iruarantee of the United Stnte to the paymeut ot the tateine! on H.evO.M of 3 per wnl. be nils. Koterred. On the rxplratlon of tUn murnlnif hour the House went i u lo CommUtee of inn Wlnde, Mr. Sprlager la the CUalr, on the Appropriation bill. In tke Senate, on tke S5th, the concurrent resolution, declaring that the existing treaty HlIowiHjf unreotratned lmtulKratlon to thia oouutry frosa China might wUely be modisled, and Inviting the attention of the Cxeou tlve te the hublect, paed. Hills paiwed ainendlng the Kevi4 Statutes In renard to the Juitiofat imwer and functions of conu!n; providing for Circuit and District Courts of the United States at Toledo, O.; and providing for tlie publication of note f contest under thelloaieatttad, t're.etaptlon and Tree culture aot In the lloiife, Mr. Uoode, Clialrinan ot the Committee on Kdii. cation and Labor, reported a bill to apply the proceeds tif the sale of public land to the eelucation of the people. Referred. After some routine business had been dUnosed of. eon-
Mideration ot the Armv Appropriation bill
TlM PtlW IlVetlKHtl9M.
WASHtNOTON, May SLUepreicnta. live Potter, Chairman of the Presidential Eleetlon Investigating Comiulttoe, ban writ, ten a long letter to a friend, explaining u purposes and effeet of his rei-olutioii. tj.,. ldlh of tkH letter is contained in the folloa. lug extract : " You suggest that to raise the nuetlon about the lat Presidential election wl bring on disturbance or revolution. i i all. About that post-ess yourself In m-ac There Is not the slightest chance of rivolu.' Hon or disturbance. When the whole country waa at fever heat on the subjsct of tke election, a way w fouad to establish a tribunal to i)Jm upon the electien, and every viie submlttod to that determination. The title renin unou that, and In case that there 'a fraud which palpably atfccted the electoral vote, and which the Commissien did not nntit n.i i,
1- I- I 1.. I... M ..
i ifpi rrme-jy cxihM jor correciuu? Hut cr.
ror. vou can not ne eve mat. Midi u
ceedlng under the law could lead to disturbance. If there be no such legal rcitwdy ex. Istlng, and Congrew should hereafter, by approval of the President, or by two-third of both houses without that 8p. uroval, provide one, why should legal determination thereutter luj any more produce disturbance than th iecislon of the Electoral I oinmU.sion d(
was resumed In Commit tee of the Wl ole and i It is exactly because this U not .Mexico. m
..i.i.n ICmi .... ii.r Mfltl It irill IlieiU
, Fred. Kane, John Urazer, Jas. Montgomery,
James O. Taylor, a Well-to-do farmer of one of the proprietors of the boat, Andrew
; Va.,ls under arrest eharg- Jackon and David Scott.
et St. Gem for Surveyor of the Pert of St. preferred the cbarges against him, the de-
Clarksville, V'est
ed with the horrible crime of outraging hia President Andrew White, Cornell Unlvcrown daughter, a beautiful giif aged 17. glty, baa been appointed Firm Vice-Prai-Tayler is a prominent member of the M. E. ! dent of the Jury ct this Educational Group Church. His daughter, who has always ; in the Exhibition.
borne a mot excellent character, her.-elf
theday
In the Senate, on the '.Tth, among the bills introduced and referred whs one by Mr.
missing are Edward Wren, Thos. KMIot, repi-Rl the exitlB tKxe. on the cap-
to unclose ihics on uiriurnatf in v.iceas ox a
er cent. A rvsointion wasareei to rcoueKt
Louis.
The National Democratic Committee met in Washington on the SSd for a general interchange of views. The only public expression of their feelings given is embraced In a resolution approving the action of the House in appointing a committee to investigate the frauds alleged so have been committed In the late Presidential election, " to the end that the truth may be made known ta the people and a repetition of such frauds be prevented In the future." Representative Phillips of Kausas has prepared a bill declaring the contract between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Syndloate for the sale of 4 1-2 per cent, bonds eentrary to law, and providing that hereafter all sales of bonds shall be made by open subscription, or, if by contract, to the lowest bidder after due publication. The House Naval Affairs Committee have agreed to report favorably on the Harris bill appointing a Board of Admiralty to sell the eld ships and constmct a new navy. The Democratic House Caucus, held on tke SSth, to consider the question of adjournment, decided to postpone until June 8 notion on tke Senate joint resolution for adjourament June 10. That is deemed equivalent to a decision thnt there will be bo adjournment before the last of June or later. WmX AND SOCTHWUHT. Near Dubuque, Iewa, on the 21st, three children of a farmer named "Wbrtnkey were suffocated by the burning of sticks thrown t A t 1 . . . . 1
mio a tvoou-dox. ttorraaey anu wire nau locked the children In the room and gone to work in a corn-field. The Coroner's Jury which had been holdtag an Inquest on the victims of the mill explosion at Minneapolis, have returned a verdict that the disaster was the result of an explosion of mill-dust floating In the air kindled by fire in the wood-work of Washburn A. Mill, originating in a spark from tke stones running empty. The Missouri Press Association held a
three days' session at Springfield, terminal teg May 28, and adjourned to meet at Co
tails of which are almost too horrible for belief. The State Savings Bank of Dalla, Texas,
suspended on the 27th. assets, $40,000.
At Arlington, Bureau County, III., on the
evening of the 24th, Samuel Kearney, who had been paying his addresses to Mrs. Elizabeth Shehan, daughter of Jiulgo Cuilcnblno, upon being refused further permission to continue his visits, armed himself, and, gaining admission to Mrs. Shchan's apartment, shot her, but without fatal effect. She then ran down stairs, pursued by him, and the father attempting to arrest the assassin, the latter fired at him, the ball entering bis hip. Kearney then seized a carving knife from
the table, with which he deliberately cnt
ing the President to communicate to the .Senate copies of all correspondence not heretofore submitted, and memoranda and minutes In pon-ejodon of the Government relative to the selection of M. .Maurice
i lJettote aH one of tbo Washington J Trenty Fishery Com?nisinners. Tito bill
Virulent cholera has appeared at Morar in rrov,,,,,n,f lrnH?,.. ,Tm , K"vrineH5 T ii rt. V. i. , rt t fr the DMrtet of Columbia was considered India. Of 41 Europeans attacked 30 have ( t c.mmhtee of the Whole, reported to the died. One hundred uacs among the native Senate, and passed. Mr. Kerry moved to nmuil-itinn am riMtortod take up the llniisu bill to forbid the retirepopuuuon are nponeu. ymontof legal-tendrr note,., and after come Earl Russell, the irreat English Liberal. Uculnn the motion wn nxreud to yean
Liabilities, $51,000; died on the 2Sth. in the 87th year of bis ase. nays 96..... ...In the House, under the ' u,cu u" l,,c - 3 4 "o jinirtav ....ii 0f stuff- numi-iinm in.iuiiir.i4
It was reported on the'JSth that the Mexl- wire introduced and referred and the House o ! tnun nt T.ar.t )..l..-r.wi iivn t hen M'eiit Into Committee of the Whole on
, . r..' r ... , ? tliu Army Appropriation bill. Mr. Knott
-and
ods have not been provided, to Invent ieiL
meiniKi or determining tbem, ami tosubmlt to the determination thus arrived atthat this country can not be .Mexleanizcil. Having accepted the Electoral CoinuiN"ion' of course we were bound to submit to Us result, but we ought at least to be nlloWcd to show, If such wis the 'act, that the return utHin which the Cninmbsion pascd were
procured uy irauu."
and that the Customs officer bad lied to the
American side of the river for protection.
TIIK WAK TKOUIILKM. The Londoti Prut of the 23d published the following in semi-official form: Count Schouvaloff brings assurance that the disIositlon In Su Petersbiirg for peace quite equals that in London. He U also the bear
er of a certain ex pre
meet our view and
for
an amendment prohihitinx. under
penalties of line and imprisonment, tlte eniploymeut ot any part of the army a a posfi commitatus ir otherwine under the lawn except In such cases mid
under Mien circumstances us suen employ
Lengtsvilj t the Turtle.
Mr. J). It. WUIurd, 61 Capitnl Aventte, says that in thu ye.tr 18;1S on the
cast larin, htilf a milu south of tht Xew-
ingion iiiuiroiut juncwoti, lm came
across a very l:irgo spotted box or hinge
tortoise o-CHiieu irom ns power to close its upper and under .shells firmly together.) Turning it upside down he
ititttribtU on it ids own initials, ami ty
date, lettin"; him free. I 18(12 lie found
the same fellow anun half a mile vc
mentof tnwiiH may bo exptesxly authorized ' 110 had crossed two hrules or forded. ttESlSyig ttA twni.. nd three railroad truck, amendment increaslnir tlie Itmitntlon of ! Inu new date wad then added, the first
strength ot tlie armv trom iO.wo to ii.ev men
t was rejected yeas UK, nay PJ. All Itepnbll cans voted in the afllrmative, and lim! for i allies on the DemoenUio side alt the Texan
Sfdon of willingness to members except Hn Keasan, who voted nay.
of a general scheme of wiinton. Without dUnosli. ot tlie bill
reconciliation, llutsia, j the ilouse adjourned.
Afi-j 5iUoou ,v. . i i (arrangement
r. ; ; w ,r;r;ft7v;:;' " , :r: ,r: iecim t PM the . over j m the s.te. M t. consideration
" " :.l I.?. the treaty of San Stefano. but is prepared to w-as resumed of the House bill to forbid the
S in r ; ? K sunt on h s wnv. w th this ouerv At ting to wrest the T, , f , ' , tender notes. Various atnvndmenu werei;,.' " ' .,V , , was also badlv cut. ' The Count brings assurances that Gen. Tod- vot0ll uwn Kml Uie mi j.ad-yeas i, ratu of travel, when will you reach lituhuul will "i.i,vr ! ,ebeB ,,a9 ,'cea bidden to make any at- nays 13. The bill deflnins the luannvr 1m the Pacific coast?" llarlfurd Tttnis.
Cullenblne, in attempt!
knife from the assassin
lllft linttl ullC ,1ll flMl- lit.Ti t.tl will fiinnva.
Kearney was about 40 years of aKe, and had .?mVl J rpe Constantinople, and also been visitinfTMrs. Shehan for about a year. 1 tha' !he "U?,M CSoycrnment I. not coa-
The latter was the mother of two .thlblron t ,,e"eu "" reeenuj issueu
and had been separated from her husband
inscription being very distinct, He ha not seen him since until last Saturday, 18th, when ho espied him on his wct
larm near the 2qw lintain lint, about omc and a half miles from tho fnt poim named, looking as halo and hearty a?
ever, out not. liiureat-eo in sizu ptTl'epu-
uiy. tie was uuiy marKed io, nml
for some years.
Kev. Dr. Seymour, at the unanimous requestor tbeSpriugfield (III.) Diocesan Convention, P. E. Church, has reconsidered his former reiolution and will accept the Bishopry. EAST AND 80CTHKAST. The Vermont Republicans have nominated Col. Itedfield Proctor for Governor, E. P. Colton for Lieutenant-Governor, and John A. Page, present Incumbent, for State Treasurer. The platform heartily approves the motives and general course of the Administration of President Hayes, and condemns as unfair, uncalled for and revolutionary the re-opening of the Presidential question by means of the proposed Potter investigation. The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention, held at Pittsburg on the 23d, homI-
nated Andrew II. Dill, of Union County,
which certain land-scrln may be anMuneO
and located or applied by actual ruttlers, and providing tor the. n..ueoi patents In the nuttio of the louater or hit lewd reiiresentaUve.also
t, .!,, .,... !.,!.. -..ij.a ; pfeu...... i iiu iioiisu iook u line Hiuemiby a committee for equipping cruisers. ,.,,, ,i. vruiv Annrnm-tuitni ntn. umi
It was reported, on the '.V;tb, that England f alter disposing ot tiiem, thu bill patseit
Imvlns-rr.lnj-fi.M tliu tlotsiilvil iviiimu nm nr. 1 wimouv unmun
fered by Count Schouvaloff, the latter there-
-llartfurd
A DestrHcilvo Beetle.
Mcryland people are compl:iininjrof.t
uikih declared Ku.la's willingness to submit all questions raised by the treaty to tke sanction of the Powers. It Is rumored that Germany had been officially informed of Russia's concession, and would by request issue the Invitations for the Congress, to be held at Berlin on June 11.
. The bulctal Vienna yl6r7posf confirms the i announcement that Russia has consented to lay the treaty of San Stefano before the Congress, that all the Powers have agreed to the proposal, and that lsvitaSious have been issued to them to attend the Congress, which will meet In Berlin cn tke 11th of June.
nnwtiriLtil? nt tin, ' Inn., lm.r'i nt i.ltr
iransterrinif tnucon- buir." as thev call it in diilWrcnt o.'irt.s of
Urn War Deiiartmeiit : n,,?e,, r. t..i!.t : r i
it.. ...... ..... iuc oinic. i Buieuiiuu iiauiu i jsinn-
inven
I COITUKESSIOMAI.. ' In the Senate, on the 22d, tho bill for , tho relief ot settlers on public lands, passed. !
it kivkn criiiiir? wmt iihu urrn on JHliinc IHHUS 1
lumbia next spring. The attendance was for Governor; II. P.ltoss, of Montgomery,
two or three years, under the pre-emption
large, and the exercises unusually interest
lag and profitable. The convention was followed by an excursion over the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad to Mobile and New Orleans.
laws, the benefit ot that time upon changing tlwir claim so an to be ttmler tlie homestead
dpi.Hr. i Kreater panoi mo sewsion, wm unvoted to i
for Supreme Judge; JohnTertlg, of Titus ville, for Lieutenant-Governor, and J.Simp
son Africa, of Huntington, Secretary of In ternal Affairs. The resolutions dcclar
against further monetary contraction and
Tke National Greenback and Labor party I ln 'avor ot the reIssUe ot iegal-tender notes 'AUW'V et Indiana held a State Convention at i. f"t as received Into the Treasury; for a hfg&S dlanntMill on thn -il and nnmint.,t n fn protective tariff. State regulation of railway ! br a well wounded Hllsratloi
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CtC. They alSO ""l"" "v iihimiih, imm lur iioiiiing . l'L,i...i,... ,i. i term of the United states Court at Qulncy, kestlgatlon of the fm., Hnd for tho relief ?f hitlers on putdie
law. A lonif discussion was bad on Mr. Hav- i feepiember 10 Is the dale MxeU lor the bill to
la's fWent Va.) resolution to extend time to i take cMect. Ic now goes to tti
the finance Investigating committee. The f bis nlKiiature.
aiiwadinentH are tbO-e I
tnl ot the Indians to
nli.i.....! l.t t'Uk ... '
lil.i , li.. uiu. i.l thu unuf u a itUi .win.. I BTNI filial llittll.rli. it Itfia
iHtiittu-r-adopted by tsayeas toTOnays. Tbo , no trouble of tbo sort lint, tliu vrtir tlie numerical htremrth ot the army U Used at , . . . , . .iV "mli J5');. "1C 3,tw, and Uiere is a general reduction In 1 g w hiiaymij itself by cutting oil the the number and pay ot officers. Mr. Wad- 1 leavt'.H of treCU. The object Of the perdell, Cimlnnan ot the l'out otHce Com-i ,,. : ,. . ,,!:.,... ..,! ,, uiittee, n-iMirted favorably on the bill '""nance 19 xs jet unknown, and tne to establlsn tlie l'onial havings Depository matter has been brought tip for consuland to aid in refuiidii.g the tiitereetjbeaiiuK eratlon before the Marvland Acittleuiy indebtedness ot tho Lnited Mates, alo, tlnj , ... . . . bin providing ocean jhbII stenmMilp een icu of Sciences. The Rev. Dr. Morns state between the United Mates and lirazil. Mr. that the beetles gather hv hundreds al Ulddings, from the aame comuitttee.reported in:lTi., nnnS. trtl"j n.i Tirrnwil t.i cnt abiiiupproiKiatiuKWOOoto provide tor tbe "'ft"1 "P"'1 trees, anu proceed t ) cm tranirtation ot tbe rutted Mates mall I through thu leaf-stalks, so that toe between UaLeaton, Texas, and Vera JeRves drop to the ground, .Several TVoSSlmitfi1 2! rivffi nVr. trees have thus been found almost mt
u:ima;u is
ions. The
aniHiiated bv the I'renldeiit.sbullinitfce miar- beetles tlo not. AntiarentlV. C.'U tlte
tony tejHirta of money rec.-lyi-u or clmtgud j leaves or tho stalka. The MsirvlandeM by blm tur posttw, ete.,amttbut ev rj J'ost- ,i!1,i ... ui.u4 ,i .:-.,., uiater appointed by t he I'teMdent sbtill ren- ,,lU! lvised to shdivd thutr frtlit treti deriiionttiiy aeeotiutnot all Much moneys m for beetles now, if thtlV Wish to Mute
recelvcMi. rassed. 1 be tieiiate.juiiendiueiitH ,lowll rnU ;,, tl,i autumn.
to tne till! tor the repeal ot tliu uuiiKraptiaw
weie tneu taken up aim tne mil pitn-eu.
red to Uomtidtteu ot the Whole. Mr. "vva ,",J lu wen iouiiu ai Caldwell, trom mhiic eotiimittee, reported a i of leaves, and the general t bill Hmending the IteviMHl statutes hi as tt r,,trr.i ,. i . ,?.. hat tr provide that every l'ottm.ter, except those I , It", SoiuowilKl M-t
list of State officers as follows: Secretary of State Henry James, of Grant County; Auditor Jacob F. Bird, of Gibson County; Treasurer B. P. Main, of Floyd County; School Superintendent John Young, of Marion County. The platform opposes the
xeaumptlon of specie payments, demands
Tke lleiise AmcBdmeats mil.
t tke Amy
alleged frauds In the late Presidential election, but "oppose any attack upon the Presi
dential title as dangerous to our Institutions and fruitless in its results."
Henry Roberts, colored, was hanged at
tke abolition of all bank issues, tno Charlotte. C., on the 24tb, for the raurfree and unlimited coinage of gold and sll-1 derof aus v'are colored, In February ver. and the ImhiiIdl' Ur tho Dnvnrn ' last.
full legal-tender paper In an amount RUfM-
elent to meet the wanta of trade, to give em
Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, has commuted the death sentence of Mis Kate
ployment to all labor, and to do a cash bus- ! Southern, of Pickens County, to Imprisoning, etc. Tho red-flag Communists and rapnt ,n thc Penitentiary fer 10 years, the Communism of National banks, bond Tnree firemen were killed at Hartford, iryndlcates, and consolidated railroad com- ' Conn., on the 28th, by falling walls.
panlea are efpially denounced. Finally the i .ri uotei ror women in new
Toledo National platform Is indorsed and
reaffirmed.
Jesse Walker was hanged at Farmers
York City has proved a failure, and will soon
be opened to the general public. Frost Coles and Alexander SHey, two
ville, Union Parish, La., on the S4th, for the , Prowinwt citizens of I-orest Depot, Campt.i.. rrl, ... ci . 1 belt C'mintr. W. nil thn 'IStli tHi.l In tliu
woods by agreement ami fought a duel with
knives, the only witness being an old color-
murder of his cousin, Violet Simmons, In February last. Both the murderer and his
victims were colored.
" vvkii wui . r w j A tornado, moving from southwest to ' wl !nitn Nvn0 WttH U3,,e(l m t0 mt M plre i
anu see lair piay. ooin matte a terrims on- , ; slaught, which resulted in Slley's receiving :
a mortal wound in the left breast, his own
northeast, passed through "Wisconsin on tho
Bight of the 3d, carrying death and tiestritetlon In Its wake. At. "Mltu.ril i,.i,,
where the tornado first struck with great ! knfetrlklngandbrcaklngagainsthiHantag-
lldlngs were on,sl breaet-bone. SHey fell dead and
aeveritv. a lariFR nnmlipr nf Imlblliiwa
demolished and their oecunants burlMl In i Co,eg flctl t0 G!,cale
the deiiris. Nine persons are reported killed In this locality ami a proportionate num-
and
'pi.
wu,v uvu c-iiD nucMi ina men were brothers-in-law and had been warm (friends, but quarreled about some trivial
her lnlured. The tornado. tnatter, the lie wai given, and, in the opin-
abaled, but still very destructive, passed Mouo' 0,18 f them at least, uothlng could
nin; uiu me iiimih oiu uioou.
ever Madison and so en through the State, sweepteg every thing in lt pathway. The Horm appears to have originated far to the Southwest, crowing the Mississippi about rix miles south of Qulney, and IN course through the State of Illinois Is marked with destruction. At Harrington, McIIcnry County, several houses were blown down. Tke house ef a German farmer named limn wa one ef tke number, and" his wife and twe ehildfeH were killed. The Testifying Mtahlithmcnt ef Mr.Chrbj-
Klmberly, Cames Co,, one of tke larg
est Iron firms of Western Pennsylvania, with Works loeated at New Castle, Greenville, Sharon and other points in the Chenango Yalley, have failed. The World'a Convention of Ooed Templars assembled at Minneapolis on the 27th. Fifty Austrian emigrants wke reeently arrived Ih tkli eeuntry,en route fer Nebraflkat
landu whose erons were injured by gris-dion
1 per, pHK-eil. A resolution calling lor inlor- , matlou a to Presidential pardons of criiutI nali since March, 1ST", was teJopted. Ten ar tlelesof Impeachment presented hgalnst O. ; 11. Bradford, late Vice Consul General at Shanghai, were referred to the. Committee on ? Judiciary. Tho Army appropriation bill,
uiscusneu hi jeiipiM, was not uicpoieuoi. In tke Senate, on the 23d, Mr. Plumb called up tho Senate bill authorizing the Secretary of War to have erected headstones over graves of Union soldiers Interred in private cemeteries; pawsed. Tbe District of Columbia Government bill whs considered and several sections disjmsed of In the House, Mr. kobertsnh, ot Louisiana, rising to a Question of personal privHexe, stated that charges
j nau been maue against the citlzi-us ot tlie I Parishes of East and Went Feliciana, ( which If true would compel him to retire In shame from hinent. Ileoont to tho Clerk's ' dek antl had read that )K)rtion of Secretary i .Sherman's letter to Glaksnn N. Cotter, in , which lie referred to tliu election in those parishes. Mr. Robert con denounced Mr. I Sherman' allegations ujs false. Tim f loupe l then went Into Committee of the Whole on , the Army Appropriation Mil, Mr. Springer in ; theUhnlr, the pending amendment being to fix the Krensth ot the army at 'il.eW, itiMetd , of 2l,0rti, tnen. The umenutnent wits carried : -114 to 107.
In the Senate, on the 2ith, Mr. Kdmunds,
from the select committee to take Into con-
' slderation tho State laws respecting tho j ascertaining r.nd declaration of thc result of elections for President and Vtee I'resitlent of ; the United States, reported a bill, the maiii feature of which Is a provision that no Klcc toral vote from any State fnm which but one
return na Been received, snail be rejected except by the affirmative vote of both house of Con-ree,and that in case more than one return is received irom anv State tbe votea only ahall be couated of thosw Klectors whoe title as Electors tho two Houses, acting t-epsiately, shall coiicurrently decide 1 supported by tlie decision ot the lawful tribunal of such State provided for by Its Legislature. Mr, KarnwJrte.from the Committee on education and Labor, reported ad-ver-ely on the Joint resolution pnividing an enforcement ot theeiKht-liotir law, and also adversely on the Senate bill to regulate the hoars of labor, l'laeed on the calendar. Mr. Davis called up the Senate hill to provide for an additional Circuit Judge in tho Second Jaillclal Clrealt; passml. Mr, Paddeek sub. mltted an amendment to tke Texas I'aellie
Washington', May 28. Tho main features of the Army bill as It passed the House are as follows: Fixing the strength of thc Army at '-V.0OO msu; tixliig the number of cavalry regiments at eight, with companies of not exceeding 12T privates, and of infantry regiments at IS. with companies of not le than ( private; reducing the force of various httttf detriments, and providing for a Imard to reorganize those departments; providing for a board to recommend the retiring or mustering out of otiicers; fixing the number of Majnr-Gencrals at one and of lirigadlerGenerals at three; after tiiose figures shall have been reached, reducing thu number and rank ot aides-de-camp; reducing the pay and emoluments of oroicera; transferring the Indian Bureau to thu War Department; and prohibiting the use ot United States troops for civil purposes, unless specially authorized by act of Congress. It is underbtood that tbe proposed transfer of the Indian Ilurcau to the War Department will meet -with strenuous oppuxiliou in tbe Senate. Tke Bill Forbidding Farther CeatracIleH ef thu Currency Washington, May 28. Tho following Is the full text of the bill to forbid the further retirement of United States legal-tender note: JitU enidttt. rc. That from atid alter the naHKU ot this act, it shall not bo lawiitl for
the secretary of tho Treasury or other officers under nlni to cancel or retire anymore ot United Stateftlenul-teiidernotes, and whim any of the said note may be redeemed or be be received into the TreaMiry, under any law from any source whatever, and shall belong to tlie United Slates.tbeyshall not bo retired, canceled, or destroyed, but tney shall lm reIstmcd anil aid out attain and kept in circulation i provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit the cancellation and destruction of mutilated notes and tlie istie of other notes ot like denomination In their Mewl, ax now provided. All acts and parts nt acts la conflict herewith are hereby repealed. A letter to the Cincinnati Uonifncrcial kkvs that Mr. Ktlison U m Imslilul as h school-girl (of the lat century). The parenthoeu U certainly one of thu most useful signs in the printer's cage. Cmrier-JwrHal.
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