Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 April 1879 — Page 2

IT OOURIER - - 1 INDIANA. JASPER, CURRENT NEWS. The Democratic Caueus of tke Hou e of Beimttlvee, oh the SHh, adopted h resolution to kohl Monday ihnwIobs hereafter, to allow tke introduction of sew bilk in tho uual manner. At a reeent Cabinet meeting the Indian question was considered at length. Among tke questions, discussed were tke relations of tke Canadian Government to our own, in tke event of a hostile movement southward of Sitting-Bull and his band; the habeas corpus eae of Standing Bear, now in tke custody o Gen. Crook; the wisdom of tke policy of keeping Northern Indians ia southern latitudes against their wish, if they were disposed to be peaeeful at tke North. Secretary Sehurz took the ground that to promote the best interests of both whites and Indians, it was necessary that tke Indians should he kept upon their reservations, and out of the way of bad white men, who would incite or provoke them to acts of violence. No definite oonolusion in relation to any branch of the subject wa reached. Tke President has nominated Robert P. Wilson of Pennsylvania, Consul at Hosoow. Tke Chicago Tribune's Washington special nays that the Republican Senatorial Caucus, held on tke 12th, " unanimously agreed to disregard the position assumed by Gen. Garfield that the rider to the ArmyAppropriation bill could be accepted if presented as a separate measure. As an abstract proposition they would not approve the political amendments in a separate bill, much less will they consent to their adoption at amendments to the appropriation bills. While tkere were some fears expressed in the oaueus that the President might approve the Army bill, and that Secretaries Sehurz and Kyart and Attorney-General Duvens might counsel such course, the general opinion was that the President would stand rm. At all events, whatever the President night do, the Republican Senators determined for their part to resist to the very last extremity tke passage of this political legislation. This augurs a protracted discussion and a long session." Tke fallowing list of Representatives of tke present Cengrees whose seats are to be entested, together with the names of contestants, wae furnished by Clerk Adams and submitted by Speaker Randall to the House : Sixth Massachusetts District Benton against LeringjTwenticth Pennsylvania Dlstrlet Curtia against Ye cum; First North Carolina Yates against Martin; Second North Carolina O'Hara against Kitchen; Second South Carolina Maekcy against 0'Conner; Fourth Alabama Haralson against Shelley; Third Louisiana Herbert against AokHn; Third Louisiana Merchant against Aeklla; Second Arkansas Bradley against Slemons; Second Florida Itisbee against Hull; Third Minnesota Donnelly against Washburne; State of Oregon McDowell against Wklteaker. WMT AHD SOTJTMWagT. The business portion of Coffeevllle, Miss., was burned on tke morning; of the 9th. Loss about $0,0OO; lasuranoe small. Ckae. Sckeiber, his wife, four children, and a boarder, at Trenton, Ind., were poisoned, en tke Hh, by eating a oake containing arsenic. None were expected to live. Crop prospects In Kansas kave been rendered unusually promising by reason of reeent eopieus rains. Tke house of "W. S. Fuller, in Plymouth County, Iowa, was burned on the ftb. In trying to rescue her three children Mrs. Fuller lost her own life, and Mr. Fuller was so badly injured that his recovery was doubtful. Tke three children were all badly burned. A Deadwood (D. T.) dispatch of the 10th nays: A party of seven Indians attacked Sergeant Kennedy, late Signal Observer at Deadwood, and a private soldier named Bader, of the 2d Cavalry. The two men were eating lunch at Mizpah, 45 miles from Fort Keogh, their destination, when fired upon. Bader was Instantly killed and Kennedy badly wounded. The latter crawled into the brush and kept the Indians etl with his six-shooter until assistance arrived, fiader was scalped. Kennedy will probably At Lake City, Minn., a Turkish bath blew upon tke 10th, tearing the quartern to pieces and fatally scalding Dr. Geii, proprietor. The Kentucky Republican State Convention, keld at Louisville on the 10th, nominated Hon. John D. White for Governor. Tke resolutions adopted reaffirm the Cincinnati platform, denounce the Democratic administration of State affairs and the action ef Congress, and eulogize Gen. Grant. On May 1, 90 days' quarantine will be established at New Orleans against all vessels from or touching at the West Indies, Gulf of Mexico south of Texas, or Sotith American porta as far as Buenos A) res. Judge Eldridge of Memphis has sentenced a prisoner found guilty of carrying concealed weapons to three months' labor in the Work-house and $10 fine the extreme penalty of the law. Judge Eldridge has received many encomiums for hls"new departure" In enforcing tM long neglected law. Mrs. David Mauck, aged 2fi, and Miss Sarah Vaughn, aged 18, of New Amsterdam, Harrison County, Ind., were found lying In r their beds with their heads terribly bruised and beaten on tke morning of the 0th. Mrs. Maw ok was dead when dlseotered; her companion was alive, but almost Insensible. The latter revived sufNeiently to Intimate that David Mauek, the huslwnd of the murdered woman, and his brother Hugh were the authors ef the tragedy, but eenld gke no details. The murderers had beta fed ana oMeers were la pursuit. Jambs, Kepubllean eandldate for Mayer ef

r.tyeUlS. Tke tetal vote'east Wm -taJs'l. The Atealeea (Km.) UhnmpioH learns (hat A. Bjvam, JaVq., ef that oity has sold ahaW interest m hMUtah sliver mine for .iV.flTin fYil mull nl baft vlvaa lb nurithunrM a HO-days' option to purehase the remaining J interest at $1,000,000. lie bought tkts mine, a few ye-irs axe, for Sdn.OOO. and has since i taken out of it precious metala on which he ' has realised a proKt of ftW,000. Tne Toieka Commonwealth gives eur - I renoy tea report that the Cheyenne Indians tare again on the war-path and going in the t direction of Western Kansa. It is said that arringements for pooling . all Colorado IhisImm kave been soncluded I by tke Union Pacific Railroad and branches, Tnru. . , r - . - ka and Santa Fe roads. i Serious troubles have broken ottt azstln be- ' tween the owners of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company. As Is well known, the latter Company leaded tlio ' former some months ago, and has been op erating it ever since. It Is now claimed by n - i the Denver and Rio Grande that the Atclii- ; son Tc ,peka and Santa Fe had not complied w mi iuo if mis in 1110 aim muy aiu trying to get possession of the road again The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company, however, deny the truth of thttestate ments, and say they will defend their rights to the property to the last. Cincinnati is now agitated over the ones -

Cinemnati, has a ma;

tlon whether or not their Mayor-elect, Mr. pec to the Tactile coast, where it Is to Jacobs, is a citizen of the United States and terminate. Referring to the United States, eligible to office. The Democrats will con- President Diaz complains that the order of test his election on tho ground that he is Gen. Ord for tho pursuit of raiders across foreign born and has not become legally tho border is still in force, and the treaty of naturalized. It is also claimed that Mur- 1S48 is thereby violated. Ho hopes tho phy, elected Prosecuting Attorney, and United States, obeying the dictates of JusSetchcll, elected Police Commissioner, arc J tice, and considering the interests of cornineligible on like grounds. j merce and iuduatry, will revoke that order, It is stated that the citizens of Vlcksburp, as It is contrary to international law.

Miss., have agreed to pay the return fare of 4.rf tne destitute colored people from that sectlon who have emigrated to Kansas, and to guarantee them, should they return, all guarantee them, should they return, all tneir civil and political rights. Mr. L. H. Drown, Manager of tho Western tnion leiegrapn ollloe at bt. Louis, Is constructively in Jail on account of his refusaltoobey a subptcna duces tecum for the production of certain dispatches called

for by the Grand Jury. The Telegraph j roads atong which tho English columns can j iVST i.rocniuck. Company will carry tho case to the highest t advance to be broken up; bridges have been in the Senate, on the 14th, after the Introcourt, In order to obtain an authoritative j destroyed, ravines deepened, and countless j ductlon of several memorials and bills, cont I' I Iff -a 1. . . . ... . .

uecision, wnicn may oe accepiea as a rule or

action in an similar oases hcrearter. is sUtcd that, while hoping to prevent the The small band of Indians who killed and j advance of his foe to any great distance by scalped Private Leo Uader of the Second j this means, Cetawayo has prepared a post Cavalry, and seriously wounded Sergeant upon which to fall back, If necessary an alKennedy of the Signal Service, have been most inaccessible fortress, about 1)0 miles captured and taken into Fort Keogh. Ita- j north of Ulandl. Thcadvanceof tho British tier's horse and scalp-lock were found in unlumn has alrvailv lipm. imt nw fmm it

their powesMon. The village of Colllnsvllle, Madison County, III., was struck by a cyclone about 2:45 on the afternoon of the 1-Hlt. It came from the northwest, without premonition, and, taking a zigzag course with a general dlreetion a!mott due east, tore through the place, demolishing 10 buildings, ruining 90 others, and causing more or less damage to 73 residences and business bouses in all. Annie, aged 11, daughter of John Reynolds, was taken from the ruins of her father's house, dead. A number of other persons were more or lees injured, one or two perhaps fatally. Tke Ioy Republican State Convention is called to meet at Des Moines, June 11. A man named Collier is reported to have

ueea lyncueu in Lampasas uouniy, Texas, , for Chinese laborers to go to Mississippi, for harboring a member of the Howell gang Louisiana and other Southern States, to take ef desperadoes. . the place of negro labor now emigrating, A package containing $6,000 in bank notes j 8ay that they have no control over thi Ir peowas stolen from tho counter ot the State ' pie's labor and therefore can notcntcrinto Treasury at Springfield, III., on the 15th, by 1 contracts for that purpose.

one of two confederates who went into the office ostensibly, to get a bill changed. EAST AMD HOUTHKAST. John P. Phalr was hanged at Windsor. Vt., on the 10th, for the murder of Miss Anna ...... . t relate, the keeper of a house of ill repute, in Juno, 1874. The evidence against Phalr was largely circumstantial, and he.dled proicMing ins innocence, ne nau neon once reprieved, the time of his execution being originally sets for April l, 1S77. At Shobola, Penn., on the 9th, George Hass cut his wife's throat and then drowned himself. The cause of the tragedy Is not stated. A court-martial for tne trial of Gen. Da- ..( t.t V a , vidS. Stanley, on charges preferred by Gen. j Y 15. Ilszen, convened at. New York Cltv on the 1:1th. There ha been a personal difficulty of long standing between the two ollicers. Gen. Richard Taylor, son of President Zachary Taylor, and brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, died in New York City on the llth. Gen. Taylor served In the Confeder. ate Array during the late war, and had Just j published a book of his personal memoirs. In reply to a New York letter to the London Timcst stating that Edison's electric light was known to bd a failure, Prof. Edison declares that his electric light is a complete success, and can be furnished at onethird the cost of gas. 'He expects to be able to mako the whole thing public within two months, when he wll burn WW lights at Menlo Park. The delay has been for the want of a perfect generator of electricity, and this Prof. Edi son has himself added to his inventions. It t . I has been supposed that the lamps themselves would be very expensive, but they are sim ply a small coil of platinum wire placed in " wibhuiiu uu milieu in a glass bulb. Prof. Ldlson says they will cost, complete, not more than $1.60 apiece. Alfred A. Burnbam, ex-merabcr of Congres from Connecticut, is dead, The I'rovidenee Savings Rank and Trust vv...,.p..v . .u. .v.vi.v-v., i.uwuic uiuitj, , Penn., has suspended. It has about i'&.OOO , of liabilities and ilOO 000 ftf aM ii, uh oi iiaiuiiues anu uw,ww or assetsine latter t however comprising no Inconsiderable portien of worthless notes and bonds. TOKKIUK. A dlsfMteh from Pssth Hiinirarr Wfh din are still subsisting on eharlty, and that , the supply ef bread U beeomlng exhausted. I

To reader matters still werse, it had rained fer 19 days eeatinueusly. Tke Astraokaa plague (s deelared. over and Gen. Mellken' and all foreign deetora have geae home, Another unsuccessful attempt to assassinate tke Cxar was made on the Hth. The full ortlolal account of thn artalr savs: To

ward S n'alaok tkl nsm-nlwr an th Via. warn oeiook mi morning, as me turn - i psror was taking his customaty walk, a respectably dresed mau, wearing a military , j cup with acoekade, advanced towards hfiu. , and, as the Kmperor approached nearer, drew a "rivoU"? from the pocket of his' overcoat and fired four shots at him. j The olHeers of gendarmerie quickly J closed about the man and he again fired his pistol, wounding one of the n(Hi'ra. TJin Biuiaiuiln' iiu.i.l. U Snlnw U.'i .... .. . . . . . he Is about) years old, and Is said to have ' former v been cnituoed In the oft ce of the Ministry of Finance. St. I'ctersburg.was illuminated at night on account of the Kmpcror's providential escape. All of the Kuropoan sovereigns, as did also the President ( of the United State, telegraphed their congratulations to the Emperor. " The Mexican Congress convened at the City of Mexico on the 1st. President Diaz : in his message informs Congress of the con clusion of a contract by the Secretary of ' i k..i ti . . r i . a i i ii'uutiu woras lor laying a suu-marine ami 1 passing by way of the Isthmus of Tehuante- ; The exact condition of affairs In Zululand, ---- - according to late advices, is this: On the south side of Tugelar River there arc 1,300 cavalry, 14,000 infantry and ST guns, all from cavalry, 14,000 infantry and STiguns, all from Kngland, and in readiness for nntr.itlon. ! which, it Is hoped will not only relieve Col. ! Pierson from his now desperate situation, but mako a tlnal end of Cctawayo. The latter, however, Is in excellent trim for making 7 a desperate tight. He 1ms caused all the trees relied so as to lie across the roads. It can not be expected before about the fith or O.hof May. OKKKRAX. The New York Timet (Republican) has been gathering information from about 1,000 different localities, comprising the most important points in each State, regarding the choice of candidates most likely to bo made by the Republican and Democratic parties for the Presidential campaign of 18S0. In summing up the reports received the Times says " the results point unmistakably to the nomination of Gen. Grant by the Republicans, and of Mr. Tilden by the Democrats." The Chinese Sir Companies of San Francisco, In response to numerous applications The National Executive Committee of the Colored Emigration Society has adopted resolutions requesting Government aid, through Quartermasters and Commissary 'departments, to destitute colored emigrants j arriving at St. Louis or other points on the ' n Mississippi River. The select committee appointed to investlgate and report the best means of prevent ing the Introduction and spread of epidem ic diseases, have adopted a bill for -presentation to Congress. It gives to the National Hoard of Health plenary powers 1 appropriates $(130,000 to carry out its provisions. CONGRESSIONAL PKOCEBMNOS. : In the Senate, on the 0th, the New Hamp1 shire Senatorial case was further considered, , but no action was taken, Mr. Carpenter I (1. Wis.) Hi'Kued SKaluxt the leality of Mr. Hell's Himolntriicnt, while Mr. McDonald (I)., Ind.) and Sir. Jon oh (O,, Fla.) both i spoke In favor nt Rdmtttinx Mr. Hell In , the llouw, Sir. Stephens (!.. (Ja.) from tho Committee on Kales, reported a resolution for the reappointment ot tho following select ice, Law oommiuees: uensus, iteionn of civil Serv ice, Lrtw Kespectfntf Ascertainment and Declaration ol Pretddenttul Kicntion. iv. ventlnn of Kpldeinto Disease, Ventilation ol Hall, Causes of Depression ot Labor; also . to increase committee membership as folHows: Knrolled Hills to 7. CoIuhko to 11, Ways and Means to lit, AKrlculturo, Ju dlcfary, Kleetlons, Commerce, Approprt attons, to 15 each; also, a new rule juovldliiK a motion to suspend rules and pass the general appropriation bills shall requlro three-fourths majority Instead of hs now two-thirds Tho report wrs then discussed. Tho flrpt proportion recommended by tho repwt for tho appointment ot certain select committees, was then max-cd to without , amendment. Tho second proposition, Inicrcasinx memoersiitp or certain commit J"' .was agreed to without amendment. Tllti tttlMil taatnulat4a lo..u.fa . Tho third proposition, In regard to tho new nue, was aiumieu so as to read "That heroafter the Committee on Commerce shall have the samo nrivllciro to rotvirt liilis. innkiiivnn. i,.lu,l,u ..--::"' : ".'P."' and harlmrs, that Is accorded the Committee on Appropriations In reportltiK Keneral an propdatlon hills" and atlopted. Other amendments were agreed to, Klvlng to the Committee on llankiiiK and Currency, Coinskk, and Ways and Means, leave to report at f (link -..! . 1 . I . I . . Sl.. a ... J .. . I . .a n uny inr GoiiMiiiTHiion 01 any puniio uill ro P)rtcd by one of these committee Hint pro ,"',ng. "r snouid not Do dispensed with on any day, for any purpose. except by a two-thirds vote. In the Senate, on the 10th, a vote was reached on the New Hampshire Senatorial case, tho pending ciueallon being an amend ment declaring Hon. Charles If. Hell entitled ,lu Hftlnnatlve were i Senator Hayatd (Del.), W?1 Mcttd JBSthJK

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touching at various Mexican ports and ' Htion ot the U'lrislatlvo bill was,continu..d.

iJ.), Voorlim Ind.), Walker (Ark.),

Wllyte (M.J, HHU niummn itvy,;, tun Kenublleatn who votwl in the mwative wurH Senator Canxuih r (Wis.) and Conkltng (N. Y.). Senator Davit (III.) Hlwo voted In tho nKHttve. Mr. Hell was sworn In and took his seat. A resolution whm adopted giving to the Seleet Committee powor to ex. amine nuance reports, McoouutH and lHHks of ' the Treasury Depart moot, the power to liavu piloted tCNtlumuy i taken from tltllU to time UIHl Hliell StHtttlHentH 1 ,11,lli,li, .i.wiw.. a mniimi to Hdjourii ovur dood Friday was illsuttreHd to by a vote of 27 yea 'H im fti Sotiatiiatteo or tuss Wlsole. uhk aitl not icaoh any voto. In the Senate, on the 11th, Mr. Hereford (i., vy. Vh.) called up .Mr, Hoar's resolution declaring tho Domncratle imgiamit.u for the &ftX.UM Hndmnrte K spct ch agaiimt It, ine.txting i such Motion Wi OOlltUllllllMtCd H! WOMUt JllfttfV BUCll H ,,0ntth obnoxious Uwa and all will Ins well. wiiii-liil(in. Iln rdlifiltlilOd I" tilvo the nuonie a live uction ami inti luile. ami ikmicm ami Drostutrity will jircvatl throughout our boiih-is. Itcpcal tllt'hU HCtC, Hllll II.V HO lOlng HUhl'It tllM UlK'trluu tlmt men am capHlilo ot ulf-govuiu mout without tlw intervention of tlio Army." The Armv AnproptlHtlonblllwHSthou tHki'n up, ami Mr. ViUiurs (I). Va.) cxplaliird ite tiroviHliiiH. No HiiiendmimtH wore adontt'd.tlio UDllililUK ii on .HruiuKuuii iihviuk HVnuu to rvstat ad Hiuiuidini'uts, and tlio innjorlty . iXl a courtMi wjs that ainiindmonts would diday tliM rmni:e ot tltn hill. Tlio Clerk reached tnoHtii section, wiucu lironiuits mo uts ot troops at eluutlon places, etc., whi'ti tho Sonand a number of amendments wcio hiIoiiuhI. Tho Speaker announced tlio standing committees, and the House adjourned. Tho Senate was not in session on tho 12th. The IIquso further considered tho Legislative Appropriation bill in Committon of tho Whole. Tho subject of controlllnx and uradicutlnK contagious U1m:hkbs huioii do. mcstio animals was rilrred to tho Committee on Aierlculturo. The appropriation for Investigating the habits ot t bu cotton worm and other Injurious Insec ts was placed under control of tlio Kntomolmefcnl CommWston. Mr. Hurd (D..O.) moved that when tins House adjourned to-ilny, it nu (ill Tuesday. Tlio motion was uudurtol to bo nmde lor the ! motion win , purpose of excluding tho introduction j ,' mot niinneiHi mm outer oiiis iuotutsy yeas and nays were ordered, and tfm All j motion was reject?! veas io nays w, tlio Itepuhlicnni voted li (f In tho MiUnnntivi'. ni.d 10 iifKHtive.as did all but 1 ?iVV.-lW uoemtir Ittrknell find,). ' lllount (f.a.). ; nlmPt) V' Jt ' and Tnlliott I Clvtner fl'a.i. Cook r 11 h.). Co. leucter lliiiniuoud (n.l. JohnKton (Vh.), Moro (MM,), . (Mil.). Anion if tha omits miIV"A"ce'L tho Speaker uitli n HepuhMcati. eidcratlon of tho Army Appropriation bill was resumed, the pending question being on Mr. Hlalne's amendment, prohibiting the appearance within a milo n! n pollitiK place of any person armed with a deadly weapon of any kind, and Mr Hlainu (It . Me.) addreed the Senate at length, Mr. Wallace (!., I'enn ) replying In tho Hoiii-e, under tho Monday call of States, Mr. I .add (ti. I).. Me.) Introduced a bill to nut tho coIiihko ol gold and sliver on the samo footing. Tho iMiint ot order was thereupon raised by Sir. Conger (K., Mich.) that the Introduction of hills leoulres one day's notice, and that no such notice had bcn given. The Speaker, alter miotintc several rules hearing on tho subject, overruled the point. An appeal fiom tho decision was taken by Sir. Conger, and a motion to lay tho appeal on tho table was made by Mr. Cox Iti., X. Y.). The question was then debated until the expiration of the morning hour. Mr. Monroe (it., O.) moved to suspend the rules and adopt tho following: Hmtlrttl, That in tho Judgment of tho House tho business Interests ol tho count rv rerpitro that no legislation changing the law in regard to the currency or the tarltf shall bo undertaken at the present session of Congress. Tho resolution whs defeated yeas 1W, nays 117. The members of tlieCoiinnitti eoii Ways and Means voted as follows' AfHnnHtive Morrison, Democrat, and Gaitleld, Conger, Frye and Dininell. Kepubllean. Negative Tucker, Welton, Gibson, 1'iielps, Mills and Carlisje, all Democrats. Not voting Kelley, Kepunlican, and Wood, Democrat. A number of financial bills were then filed under tho head of petitions. They were referred to tho Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, who, under the iulc recently adopted by tho House, have leave to reiHirt at any time. In the Senate, on the 1Mb, the Vice-President gave notice that ho would be necessarily abxent, on account of sickness in bis family, and requested that a President pro torn, he elected. Mr. Ilayard nominated Allen U. Thunnan. Mr. Anthony moved as a substitute the name of Thouias ". Ferry. The substltuto was rejected yess 1$, nays '18 and Sir. Thunnan was then chosen and eOi tod to the cnalr by Sir. Ferry. Several new bills were Introduced, among them one by Mr. JonasTo provide for the speedy completion ota lino of railroad and telegraph between ports of the Lower Mi.llnpi Ilfver and the Southern frontier ol t)io 1'nlted istate-, and to aid in tlio construction of the aamouud for other punmscs. Tho At my Appropriation bill was then taken up and Mr. Logan addressed tho cnato In opposition to tho propo-ed amcndmcntx. Mr. Heck comiiiencedarcidyto Sir. Levari, but vldriiwi to a motion to adjourn.. ....In the Rouse, Mr. Chalmers (D SIM.) rose to a personal ex- ' plaiiutlon In iVL'iinl to htate the Cincinnati Kautte, and Ku'jHlrer, connecting htm with the battle ol Fort Pillow, and in ivgard to u speech iim-te in Cincinnati, by Keprescntatlvo llutterwortb. Ho offered h lerolutlon lor the uppoliitmeiit ol a Comnilttee, t4i be composed ot ox-Union soldiers, and a majority ot whom shall not be Democrats, to luventigato Into and report upon tho charges. After debate, thu resolution win laid, over for the present. Tho Sennte hill lor tho purchase or construction of n refrigerating ship for tlio dlslnfectl u of vessels and cargoes passed with trilling amendments. Tlio House then went Into Committee of tho Whole on tlio Legislative bill, the pending question beiiiK on Mr. Hragg'H motion to repeal tho law creating a Southern Claims Commission and transferring claims now ponding before it to tho Court of Claims. Mr. Uragg (I) Wis.) spoko in favor of the proposition, and several others against It. Mr. llragg's amendment was rejected yeas fi.1, nays 11J. A Fisherman Eaten by Alligators. Almost every body In Lowndes County, Gh., know Downing, He WR,s a fisherman, and for years hai supplied tho Valdosta market with fish from the Ocean pond. Ho fished for several days, or until ho had a load, and then went to market. His protracted absence during tho first part of last week attracted tho attention of his friends, who at length wont to his aboilo. Arriving at tho landing whore he kept his boat, they found his fish box and canoes, but the fisherman was missing. Soon afterward they reached the bank of the pond, and saw two alligator.4 emerge from the grass near by and come toward the shore, apparently seeking a fight. A gun was procured and both alligator? wore killed and dragged ashore. I'helr stomachs contained human llesh, bones, particles of clothing and other things that showed plainly the fate of poor Downing. Quitman ((?a.) Free Press.

HtaaiilRg Cemmlttee sf the llu$e. The standing oommittees of thi N'htional Houbu of liupt'esontativos were nnnounoed by the Speaker, on the llth, as follows:

Kl.tIou -KmlHgw, .VmiiiIhz. Slemons, St, Amirotirlnlliiiiii Atkins Kliiiiiit, ofon MMIks), Clymcr. Jilarkhuni. Vvlls, Cobb. Itaney. i .Til .1I.II1H1, ,'IIIHIW, ItMYWl'J, IIUUIJC1I, L 311 mm. lilgcuctc. IlaukliiKimil Currency - RiKkncr.lIwIii''. DaU. iiiitiiL bowls, Luuiiahorry, LudJ, Ctirtteiid-'ii, , Fori, I 'rice. dupe. i llicMc ilaliroils Mcl.nao, ChalmCM, Ulls. , Clark. Dirki'V. j:'ll-. Mtiithi. Wellborn. Harder! Ili'lfnrd, Ncwlierry, ihdley, Hutterwurtll. . ! Claims -Hriglil. Dickey, Dahtrou. C. rf, 0 Coiiimr. Iliivis, Suiifenl, Lludsejr, Htirbi r, Www j man, Cronlcy. t?otinii'rceKeatcaH, lllhs. Hos. Kumn. MLaiie. TlimiM. THfiier, Aekleii. fttid, I '--i . r Clarity, O'Neill, Waltu, JioiultTsun, Tu.vi.siml (Ohio!, JhoJ1, I 1'ahlle Lands-Coiivere, Wright. Sfde. ; Ki'tir.le, Williams (Ala.J, Kctclmm, HyaiuHap, j Wanhham, lloniiett. ' 1 PesioHivvs ami Portt-Hoads Money. Clark. C mlr, i Kvlas, Shislcios (111.), tfhelly, Juiiot, K -t sa-j, 1 Jiivce, Slum'. lils:hai. j IJUtrlct of Colnmhla -IliiHton, Ht'iiklc, llmi-k. , Clnrk, Mariln, Sainfurd. Klotz, .Ncu), Joiacs, lU it inmi, Ahlrich. Jiiiliclary-Kiimt, Hnrtls. Culbcrfiiu. Hr.il, ! lloiicf. It) an, llerbcrl, Now, Hmiiiiiimil. Lanhauu . ltiihliiMin, Iti'wl, MeKlnley, Willhons, Wlllel. 1 War Claims ihaag, Itoortsoii, Warn r. ltnth- , well, ThnmiiKOH, Siiiionlus, Carpenter, IVriou, i Tyler, bavue, Jtus.ell. j'iumio hxpeiiuititre MHiey, Maiuilni;. Davis, Tillman, Hltimtiton, Hclulioover, Joyce, .Mas ni, Cottgill, Iltlshiun, Private Und-CIalms Canter, Martin, Caldwell, Mulitrow. 8leveM)H. Myers, Lay, .MUchuil, Sot crom, Iturruws, Vaa Voorblc. Manufaclna-s Wie. llcnle. Nlchol, Kml'h. ItlrhanhHHi, Taylor, Lowe, Hall( Horr, Hammuad, ilcCook. Funslgn Affairs-Cox. Nelson, Hlcknclh Kin,;. Nlcliolls, Ilvrudou, Hill, Ivlllliiuer, JCIce, Morton, ItotlC'fOH. Territories Muhlrow, ("ravrns. ltosck, Mu'!err Martin, Fnt. Ilaeluaaii, lluiapliruy, Aldri. n, Young. Dick, M;:timK iIcoliitiiiiHry iViiions-Whltakcr. Illanil. Cabell, Dlbrcll. SiiiL'lcton (III.). Ilvaa (l'a., Oua me, Fair, Miles, Pierce, (illli.llo. Ilnval'd lVns!n Coffmth, Lewis, (WdwvlL llofb tter (Iml.l, lVisous tia.). Hatdi. (Mo,). Taylor (Tenn i. Smith, vl'a.), llttiifltou (vl.i, lu.la i (HI.). Updfttraa-tO.) ' ' KallwayK aad Caiwki CaasH, Shelly, KlmuH, . Slcutem'. V'car Turner, O'ltcilly, lis.,, r. lllake. Honck, Ferd. Acrlcultnrp - Covert, Aiken. Steele D btcl?, j Ilfiiry, LefciiT. Itlclnnond. IVron. Ha-, h. M i (iownn, Wilbcr, alcntmv, ioilctialk, An!tri ij. Minuiie. lndii-n Afnilrs Sraliin, Hooker, filiate . W. dll. l'Ofhlcr. While. Aker. Wellborn. L'ritt, Hccrfiitr. I'uniid, llai.ell, Alntte. Milltiry Atfalra S;mrkc. IMhniil. lln; J.i' uton. tjHiilii, Lefuvcr, White, McCook. Mj.s:.. llMWIU. Militia Ihci. (ttie?, Hcnklo.Tlinmi Tirn- r. Srvr. U llrk'ii, Diik, l arr, Daptt. Hnth. Miller. nal Affair Wlilltlicrn,GfKMle.Mifl . Klam. I):ivH1mh. Va hol, O'ISricn, llnrr.c. 11- . r, ltrle-jK. Hrewcr. .Miio K and Mlnlnq-Hteu'nMtti. Atklni. Amiflelil. Atht'iton, Wnddell, Motz. Lorln. Mi ' Ml, t ruer. Kuiii)ln. Ciimibell, Kdiicallon mid Lehor tioralc, Willi. Lay. TillHum, McMillan, Itallou, Harlow, (itmcr, Vnn.Vtt nan. lleiiidou wf tho Lnw-Hrnl. Clark MoA, ToMiihui'iid.tit'dik'i', Itlchtird'-oii, McMillan. Lowe, Oilb, Thoma. U.-mtr.HilicUc. Colnaiw. Widt'lit anil Meanre Slcrdicn. Vance, Kill. Hlnncl. Willi, NVanicr, Dc LaMatrr, ClaUlii, W. A. Wood. Fl-hi'r. 1'atunt Vauct, Smith (tSa. Alkcn. Townlieml t III ). hachmaM, Tallwtt, jmlili, Wrd, Oawell. Dallou, DvnIIi:. l'ubllc llnlldinu" alid Onund Cook, Yoantr, McKvulc, Klnimcl, AthertOi). Kitcliln. Mur h, Clark (la., J(rtMiicn. Slarln. Hhallcubcrr Accsinl lU-nry. Morw, Martls. Kojd. Smith. Mileage Cobb, Knott, Mill, Chltiendca, Urnton. Kxpcndltntes of Statu Department- Clymer, HciuiloH, KIb, Proit, Ncwlwry, Uarlow, Crowley. KspeiidltareB of Trcaury Department Mon-J. on. Forney, Turner. IhKkoer, Keaan, Hill, DWcllI, Wavcr, Slarln. KxM!iidltnn;a of War Department Blftckbnrn, Felton, Well, Jmca. W'hltc, Norcrof a. HawK. KxiRMiilllnreK of Navy Department- Townidiend (III.), l'help. Kltchln, HbII, W, A. Wood, Lmdtcy.Ncal. Kxicndltur"a of PostofRco Department- I.add. Money, Spark, fochler, lllakc, Valenlluu, llingbam, KxpcndltBrcB of Interior Department- Mnller, Whltthorae. Clardy, Williams (Ala.), Do l.a.Matjr. Joricncea. Ilurrow. KxpendilHrea of Public Unlldlnc Dctt'ter, Ilrlakt, Herln rt, O'ltcilly. Ford, Forcyllio, Yokntn LxpeiidltnreM of Department of Jtuilce- lllount, CHll"fiti, Springer, lltml, New. Pblter. Dart. Claik (Inil.M'hoiiia, Klli-U ln. Hballenbercei' hivwii of tho MluhMpplItobennnn. Chalmers, .lotuiMton, 0car Turner, Myen, K1b, Daun, lis lie, Hovd. CaAHell, l'recmt. Ihile- The Sin.aker, Stephana, Blackburn, OarCtlili Frye. licform in Civil Service Ihwicttcr. Craven, ltouw, Kenna, D'Comior, Sawyer, Hammoud, Have. Hnzlrlon, lltittertvorth. llicbardion. tin the Slate of Utf Holallnj: 10 Klevtoral Count lllrknell. Ilimtnu. CnrlHIn. Stcuheti. Kvln. Imin-bcrry, Dium, Ortli, Updezrair (lowo. Vau Vcntllaiion of Hall of HoneKImmcl, Covert, Carl !!, Mr Malum, Sloae. Kelley, Itobemm. Uun of the Dcpre-don of Labor -Wright, Dickey, O'Connor, Murcb, Slicrwin, CowkiH Martin. On Kpldcinlc atid Conlnslona DUeasca-Ymm?. Clbnoii. Hiicer, tiocde. Morj. Smith, I'jvUgrafl tOlilol. VaiiAeriiam, McCowan. I'tintlii" Slntjleton MI., Wllon, Have. Kiirollcu Illlb Kcnna, Collrotli, Ward, .Ullrich. Wilbur, I.lbinry (.chip. Itlrhwoud. Ciaftln. Ceiiaim -Cov. Hooker, hlam, Finley, ClerIK Tlimnpou ltothwell, Lorlnj', Pierce, D.iggc'.t, Stum in. TJIK MAKKKTSa NEW YORK, April If?, 1CT. HKKVK-Natlvo Stoors J. ll f , SHKKP.-Comtmm to Choice. 40 tLMH IKKiS Llvo 3.7J L OOTTON-Mlddllng FLOUlt Good to Choice.... 3.9S 4J WHKAT-.Vo. 2 Hod Mi .1.12V COUN-UtiKradod 41 41 s. OATS.-Wtt.tern Mixed 31 3-S POKK-New Meiw 10. 10 9 ST. LOUIS. COTTON-MIddlliiK. H'j BEKVKS-Choic to Fancy.. 4.W) 5.W Uootltolhitne.... 4.10 4. Natlvu Ciwh 3.10 4 & TiutHtiStoora 3.10 4.10 HOUS Common to Select.. 'iM ' St MIKKP Natlvo 3.55 FLOUU-Chnlce 5.H XXX 4.55 4.T0 WJIKAT-lhsd.No, 2 1.0 j ' .Vo.3..... 1.01 l.t-0 CORK No. 2 Mixed 3V ??' oats-no. 2 am W' ltVK No. 2 4'J W TIMOTHY SKKD-Priwo... , 1.1 l.'-' TOIIACCO-Dark Luk, New 1.S0 2.30 Medium Dark-Leaf 4.2ft 4.7 HAY Choice Timothy,..,,. ll.Wi 1U0 IlUTTKIt-Cholce Dairy 3u 21 F.C.US Fresh.. OS PORK Standard Mo le.'J.'i 10.SO WOOL Tiib-Waaliwl, Choice 3IK W UnwahedMlxHl... 20 21f CIlIOAtlO. REKVKS Oomrn'n ti Cholee 2.00 5.M HOOS Common to Choice.. 3.40 3.Ki 8HKKP Common to Choice. 3.W 3.2,' FLOUR Whlt Winter 4. Spring Kxtrae...... 8,(i 4.50 WIIKATSprliiKNo. 2. Rcjc- w HprinK N'o.3,ReK WV "H C0RN-Freh.....". I...... 3 M. OATS-No. 2, JleKular........ 21M 2I ItYK-No.2... WiV 41 PORK New Mm 8.20 ti 9.2: NKW ORLEANS. FLOUR Cholee Family , m CORN White 44 4 OATS St. Umls i ai,V V HAV-Choice 11.75 1.V00 POKK NewMeea 10.87KW 11.C0 BACON, i.iuniimii.i ,,,., 04i SB 06X

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