Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 22, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 February 1880 — Page 2
WEEKLYCOURIER C. MJAK, FaMa&ac. JASPEK, - - - INDIANA.
CURRENT NEWS. WAMHXOTON. etMHMMtOKAL rMOUNfN. IH. U.-5eM-Nr. HIH of Colorado, iraw th CoMmhM on rwbttc I-aml. report4 lavorntol y o tbe UIU I or Oms n4io of rliMiilwutcU H4 o the CHimUr. Mr. JtorrlU. irou the ConMnKI on lMIc JhtlkHoft ami Grounde, reported a bill for tb rwsohiUoa offered by Mr. XatoM. Itocnnber , wanPuttng ttw rraaklcat to trmlt eopfew f taiormKHMB with forcin Govern. mhIii tM thlr representatives la relation to tho iHr.oeHnte ennui. iaM?a , Jftat Mr. lYieo (K.. Iowa) mi1hmIh1 thereyort ot the CowmliM oa Hanking and CarnMT anon th atfalrs o( the German National Ba.i&trf Ctttcao. In tlic opinion ttls commM tbe principal cauws ol failure wa thnt Nk Director utterly UIKhXIk theirUuty. Tlw earadMee rccotiimcmln that the N?ol Buk act be amended m m to bold all Wwctmtoa strict accountability Htid rfvM thjjt stockholders whose duty H i to fleet IHreet m tbHll in bo eww be rcHcved . f root pwxw"; iwpoMAiUity to creditors of ttaolr bank until ther have iki, not only the Hi.vmiRt ot stock hold hy them, but also aa additional tim mmI to Mid stock. The report wa ordered printed and laid oh the table. The Howhj feea wool into OewnJttec upon revMon ol Fun. 12. Senate Xr. Saumlers introtaeed a bill to abotth all duties on the latjpertftthHi of salt. The bill for the aaeertaiament of the amount of land located ea military warrant and for the payment of i per cent, of He value to the various States named waa taken up and w- VoTVmuU naV In fuvfw of th Mil.
Mri Garland introduced a bill to extend for
en yeant the time for the completion ot tne, Texas and l'actnc Kailroad. Mr. IlereTonl. fruHi the Committee on Commerce, rewirto.l with mpstlnu'lil the. UOUK bill
for the construction of a marine hoepitai
at Mem phi, ltaced on the calenuar...... Me Mr. Stephens. (D.. Ga.). from the Com wttt .. rnisiuro. hta and Measure, re
ported back te bUlin reference to the metric
system oi coinage. "raenr inic iv ternnl. After the dtenoal of some mfetcella
neoas baiaee3. the KerMnn of the Kukfarther eoneidetvd in Committee of the
T bold Feb. 13. SYfe Not im session Mm Mr. Wells (D., Mo.), from the Commit
tee on Appropriation, reported back the bill
makine- an additional appropriation oi J Ira,
we for the (mpport of certain Indian tribe for the present tlscal year, and it paeeed. Mr. Frye (K-. Mc), from the Committee n Inter-iJceame Canal, reported a resaorution eallin on the Secretary of the Xavy for all information aad eomvipomleiM.'e touchini; the International Canal novr in potckn of hbi iciartHMnt and not heretofore nub-
neaed. Adopted. Commttee report of ! a private nature were then called. The bill for the relief of fit John Porter beUhc the regular order, Mr Bright (D.,Tenn.) rabed a queion of eouideratioa sgaint the eel, and the Ifou$e refused aye 41. nay not counted to eo4der the bilL The lloue then went into committee on private calendar. Feb. U.StMtyt fat f-ekm JTettK A brief eeseton waa held tor debate aly. Feb. 18 Sttrnte After the expiration of ttie moria boar, eoMMeratlon vaereaumcd of the ave per eent. military land-warrant MM. and Meeara. Allison aad Edmunds spoke at learth thereon Hu Ahow the bill; Introdneed were thefollowinE-Ky Mr. Town, bead (K..11L) To repeal the duty on medleme: bv Mr. Ilendenon (K-, III.) Reduciajc the duty on Iron and steel; by Mr. Kk-h-ardon (D., S. CO To return to the wrodaeera of cotton the tax collected bv
the Government which ha been declared by
the united States Supreme Court to hare 1mm ilfoaallv collected: bv Mr. PaKOtH (IK.
Ga.) Admitting free of duty machinery for
he maauiaerare oi cotton xaoncs; oy Mr. Keifer (K., O.) Granting peneions to certain aaflora and soldiers of the late war who were
eoanned in so-called Confederate ltAw;
by nr. Baker (K., ina. Amenuiac atatutr
lrvri
prohlbitlne the employment of convict in he mnaufactare of 4uch articles aa may be brought into competition with skilled labor; by Mr. Frost (D., Mo.) To repeal certain e:- & f the act of AwRust, '71, relative to the we of Marshals and i-upervisors at the poita. and the act of lfTt on the same ubect. A bill nrohibitiaicthe publication of loUr ry aoheme ia the JHstriet of Columbia wa. af Kr cona4traU debate, erdered eagroeeed and read a third time. Fkh. 17 Sinate A memorial was presented from the Chamber of Commerae of H. raul, aeklnft- an appropriation for the relief of the Irish sufferer?, and that a Government vessel be sent with contribution to Ireland. This frave rise to some dfeeueskm to h reference, the sense of the Senate appearing to be favorable to the memorial. It wm referred to the Committee on Appropriation. Mr. Loiraa submitted the folkiwin reaoluMen, which waa referred to the Committee on Jfoval Affairs: AMotot4, That the Secretary" of the Navy he anthorited to equip aad furnish a veej for the purpose of eonveyin; to Ireland Mtch contributions offered and other supplte a are taratahod in the United States for the relief of he anerimcia Ireland. Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Publie Tnde. reported favorably the House bill for fee relief of settlers on the Osae trust ami diminished reserved lands in Kansas. Placed aa the calendar. Mr. Seulebury presented Mm majority report of the Committee on I'rivUecea and Elections in the Injralts caee. The report ffnda that bribery and corruption acre mployed to secure Iiuralls'a electioa, but hat there la no evidence that Iiwcalls authorteed such improper acts, or that they, ia fact, ecarad hta eleeon. Mr. Cameron (Wis.) presented a mlnoriity report, signed by Messrs. Hoar, Loffan ami himself, eoncurrinir la that part of &be majority report which exonerate Tncalle, but eotpresinK the opinion that when the report states corrupt ion
wMea k a HlOe mara entprenlv
af Mr. Fart, Inaamtwa a K la-
eludes paper siaed and un4el.
The rresldant has mHuiaated ueo. namrjtorKHt4ert the Laml-osaeit at Nw Ormmh; Wm. X. BurweM, Keeeivar t lnbH Meaevs, ew Oriea; Charts 0. IMknap, Iadiaa Ajftt, Te River Ajeeney.Califontla; Wn. Whitinic, llliaok, India a Agent at Penea Agettey, Indian Territory. rrasMeat Have ka, wHh the approval of the Cabinet, direeted that Major Htm, reeeatlv court-martialed ami senteneed to dfomisMl, b pemKted to reH hW eemmision in the Army. The PreWet, an the lMh, lsted a praeUmatioR wanting all person aaint aa unauthorised and Illegal Invasion of the Indian Territory. The ITonse Committee of Way? ami Means have decided to report In favor of a refunding bond at 3 1-2 per cent, interest, to run from 90 to 40 years. They are to be ud In funding im ami sixes, the afEpregate amount of wakh now outstandimr is about &W,mjm. The eowmittee deeldetl also to recommend that authority be given the Secretary of the Treasury to kie 300,000,four 'per cent. Treasury notes, redeemaote at pleasure, to aeskt in the reduction of the annual interest burden. The Select Committee of the Houe upon the Alcoholic Ljuor TralMe inotrtteteil Kepresentatlve Brewer to report a bill to the
Houe provklinp for the. appointment of a Commiion of ten members to invetbate the subject, to serve without iy, and to le selectetl irrespective of tht-ir vkw upon the Liquor Trae bill; alo, appropriating 10,fXH) for expenses of Cow minion. A meetiMT of the National Democratic Committee has been called for Monday, Fcbntary 38, at WashiiurtoB, for the pHriOf e of axing: the time and place of Holding the next Democratic National Convention. The Hou-fc Inter-State Commeree Committee, by a vote f to 6, mleirted Keprcwnt.itive Henderson' bill, with amendment., a ubtitutefortaatof Mr.lteajran. The bill provide for a Hoard of Commissioner, with powers similar to tlto-Hi proposed by the "Charles Franei-t Adams plan," their juri-dk-tlon extending over the tran,jHrtatkm of all property from otic State or Territory into or through other State or Territories, whether tcli property
be earrkd by one railroad or M-veral railrixwL. All dircriiamatkm- and rebate?
in frcirht are forbldtlen by the bill. The Senate Sub-eommlttee on Territorte nave reiHMled to the full Committee a measure providiufc for the organization of a ter
ritorial form of government in the Indian Territory. The Houe Committee on Election?, in the ease of Curtin v?. Yocum, Twentieth Di-triet of Pennsylvania, will rejwt in favor of sending the matter back to the people of the district for a new election. The Superintendent of the Census, in a eimttar to Supervisor, says the appointment of Enumerators must be non-partisan. He k aware of no reasons exktinfe in law for regarding women as ineligible for appointment as Enumerators. Each jfupervi-or must be Judge for nlmself whether tuch appoiHtmeBts in any way would be practically advantageous in i district. It is dear that in many regions such appointment would be highly objectionable, but the Superintendent ii not prepared to say that localities
mar not be found where a eaavas of the
ppulatkm bv women could be conducted
wHhottt any disadvantage being encountered
by reason of sex of the Enumerator. The "National Blaine Club" ha been or
ranlzcd m Washington, and it is 'aMl that
similar clubs are to be organized throughout
the country, to actively promote the inter
ests of Mr. I Maine as a Presidential candi date before the Chicago Convention.
bW providing far the enforeamoht of that laws f the new Constitution wltiefc forWd the employment of Chlnaai iabnr by eor)MratkHM otyaaiMd and doing business under the lawa of the State, and the Gevemor has antxad his signature to the sa. There is eon durable opposition to thia law on Ike part of tonte of the large corporations, however, who propose to test iw eonstHtitionalHy by bringing It before th Supreme Court of the United S tales as mhhi as a test ease can be mad. The Directors of the Atchison, Topeka anil Santa Fe and the St. Louis and San FraneWo Kailwayji have agreed himw a plan, It is reported, for the bulkling of the thlrty-Hfth parallel route to the PaeiHe coast. The new line will be known as the Atlantic anil l'aeine. Military omeerstipon the frontier HHtlcl-
jmte active hostilities with the Utes an soon a warm west her sets in. Large quantities
of military stores and munitions are being
shipped to Fort Garland, and the garrison
there i being reinforced.
At Brule City, Dakota Ter., recently, Jim Sowers, known from Yankton to liismarck
aaa lawless and dangerous man, had an
altereation with his uncle, M. Somers, which
resulted in both being shot dead.
A State Convention of colored people, held
at Dalla, Tex., on the lth, to consider the
exodus question, was largely attended. Hes-
ol ut ions were adopted, declaring that there
is no necessity for the exodus of colored peo
ple front Texas whatever may be the comiitioH of affairs cast of the 3IUi-
iipti. ami emigrants from other
States are invited to come to Northwest
Texas, with the a--u ranee that all men there
are treated according to their merits. An association was formed, to be incorporated
under the laws of the State, and known as
the Texas Farmers' Association, to assist
memVrs in the purchase and improvement
of homesteads.
Chief Jack has succeeded In securing three
of the prioners demanded by the Govern'
mcnt, and on the 14th delivered them up to Gen. Adams at Lo Pint Agency. They
are Douglas, Thomas, ami Tim Johnson.
Jack savs R will take at Ieat three weeks
more to capture the remaining nine demand'
cd. The prisoners are to Imj taken imme
diately to Washington.
WHST AND SOUTHWEST.
The St. Louis Merchants' Exchange are racing a fnud to pureha-e a ship-load of food aad other supplies for the destitute ia
IreVand
A company of the Tenth Cavalry recently
had a sharp brush near Fort Keogh, Mom.,
with a party of Sioux Indians, supposed to
belong te Silting-Bull's band. One soldier
was killed ami one wounded, and two Indians were killed and three taken prisoners. Dugia ,fc Stewart's new elevator building, near Dearborn and State Streets, Chicago, was completely wrecked on the mom-
ingef the 13th by the heavy weight of grain
contained ia it about 131,009 bushels of
wheat. The loss is estimated at from $?, W0 to $175,000.
S. S. Brummett, editor of the EntTjtri,
was shot ami fatally wounded by G. W. Carl
ton, editor of the Tt frffi, at Heilfcter,
Cab, on the 13lh.
Nashville, Tens., was visited by a terrilc hurricane about midnight on the l'.Hh. The spires of the First Colored KaptM, St. John's Colored, ami St. Paul's Colored
Churches were Mown down; the iiMdde
wasenspioyed.ittmouHiin msuce ssnie wnw i,rck wail of the new Custom -bouse was
moKTo demolished, and a number of building. n
In opposition to Ms election. The reports
were ordered prtnieu-. Jtease ne win regHlating the removal of causes from St iw to Federal Courts wu taken up and Mr. Knott (D., Ky.) spoke in favor of the Mil. The morning hour having ejtpirsd, the hill went over wHhout action. The House then vent into Committee of theWhoie on revision fine rates.
T. II. Mason, who has beeaneminated by President Hayes Consul ot Bade, Switzerland, has for 12 years past been managing editor of the Cleveland Lnkr. The Senate, by a rtrkt party vote, has rejected all nominations of Census Supervisors
lor the eight census districts otUhio. bena
tor Pendleton, Chairman of Committee, who reported
nominations adversely, explained that the adverse report had no reference to the femenet character of the nominees, hut was baaed solely upon the ground that the President, in nominating eight Reyublieans, and net a single Democrat, has violated the spirit of the Ccnsuft law and hrnered the diHhtci understanding of both JMWNW CHlWrHS wfcMMI tMB bill WWl WHWHM! that the Supervisori as weH as Enumerators theuld Ihs appointed HTotpeetive of party anmSHaVtimi Itepresentative B nek ner of Missouri has Intrad need a bill fr the red notion of duty on
KAST XSt SOUTHEAST.
Andrew Smith, for 12 years Treasurer of
the town of North Andover, Mass., Is in jail,
having confessed to misappropriating funds
The amount of the defalcation is not known.
Smith was also Postmaster of the town since
the second administration of President Lin
coln, and has tilled various important trust.
llttntlar visited Wcstport, Conn., on the
night of the lWh, gagged the village A-atch-
man, carrietl him to the National Hank, the
doors of whiak they forced, and locked hint
in a eloct. They then blew open the door
of the vault, but the explosion was so vio
kntthat the plate -glass front of the bank
was blown into the street. The villagers were aroused ami the burglars fled with
$8,f30 cash.
Governor Cornell of New York has signed
the bill permitting women te vote for school
cers.
At Syracuse, N. Y., on the nhjht of the
13th, Amelia Mantz shot and killed her
eottsia and lover, Julius C. Mantz, a well
known mttskian, ami then committed Mil
eide. The parties bad maintained an illicit
relationship for some years, and the shoot
ing was in eoseuence of the man's refusal
te marry the woman whom he bad ruined.
A "John Sherman Club" has been or
ganized in New York City, for the purpose
of furthering Mr. Sherman's Presidential
prosjKfcts.
At Iiainbridge, Lancaster County, Pa.,
Levi Lane, aged 34, murdered hh wife ami
one child, consigned another infant child to
death from i-turvatHtn, ami then committed
THE XAYAJO INDIANS.
Castoaaa at tUm Tribe Their Ive of !
An KHlnrgaM KeservatwH. (Corrospondence of the Chleago Timw. Navajo Ikdiax Aokncv, Fort 1)k-
kianck, A. T., .iHtiuary w.-un m Pacific slop, at the very jumping-off
place of dviliwition, lie the Nnvnjo Inf a! Y !n t..rt,n.t ntilnllt.
uian rtmjrvauuiii x is buubiou in Arissona, but the eastorn boundary is
in Now Mexico.
.lust now thoNavHio Indians are in
high flee at the rocunt nuwa from thoir grout fathor." For yoars they lmvo pleaded for . littlo more lantl for their
flocks wnera onco mcir loreiainurs uum
undisputed sway. As their great chief,
Manuolita, tuaid in council few weeks ngoj 'It seemed as if there was a large hole somcwhero oast of Santa Fe where tho crios of the Navajoos were lost, for they never scomod to reach the
ear of tho great lather.' " inn ai msv they have found a man who, in Indian parlance, can "talk straight," and their able and efficient agent, Mr. Galen Eastman, ha succeeded in gaining the long-
desired boon, increasing the area of the
reservation one-fourth. Mth tho additional water supply, they can soon become a self-supporting peoplo and one fraction of the Indian problem will
reach a satisfactory solution
The Navajoos differ in many rospects
from thoir neighbors, tho Ltos and
Apaches. Women among them holds a superior position. "Woman's rights"
, t ' It !f!.l
ikivu oocn pracucHiiyuAUiiiwmic-uniiit'iiK
them for many years. The wife not
only has her say about all domoMiu ar
w . . a. . . . a ?
rangements, out noius ner propony in her own right. Her share of the in-
crcase of the sheep and ponies is set
atde for her especial use ana nonciu.
Often tho wives accompany their dusky
lords to the council lire, and their low-
toued suggestions meet with ready at
tention. Thevare very skillful in the
art of weaving.
Suppose vou enter a hogan, or Indian
home. It is built of logs or btonc, plas
tered with adobe, and you must stoop as
you cross the threshold.
Inside, the liuiyot tno nouse is ousy
at her blanket. It is to be a choico prduciion, al her lingers deftly ply the shuttle between the scarlet threads of
Bietta or red ilanncl and the wool of her own sheep, dyed according to her fancy. She ha no measure, no pattern but she makes no mistakes. In
many cases the designs are quite intri
cate, and these blankets range in price from $;H) to 8100. I saw one last week which is be
ing woven for an army officer at Fort Wingate. It is composed of Germantown " wool, and is a marvel of
ining workmanship. The weaver is
to have ins choice as recompense be
tween a silver bridle and a horse. He
wove the elegant blanket presented to General Sherman some time ago, and is the master workman of his craft. The
Navajoes are alive to tho power of dress, and a Navajo belle is as fully conscious
of the splendors of hor apparel as her
white sisters. Hie richer class wear a dress of their own weaving, generally
DiaCK Willi inncy etripu in ii-uiui a border. This garment fastens at tho
shoulders with silver ornaments, leaving
the arms bare. They wear a gay belt, from which depend strings of beads, Shells, and little bells. Withal the
"Princess Navajoe" lm sometimes as manv as eighteen bracelets on each arm.
These are of brass, copper, or silver according to the means of tho wearer, and
are often chased with considerable skill. If she has a coral 'necklace she surveys her loss fortunate sister with conscious
ttslita, wears a jmlr of tunpioif) ear-
lHKS9nch of which w wortli a horse Iiorario is a mighty hunter, and manv
antlers bear witnetw to his iMiwers
among the deer. The tribe are ruled by the agent through tha chiefs, and
through tho heads of the different lwmU
messages are sent to the most remote
corners of the reservation.
The tribe numbers Iwtween twelve and
fourteen thousand. Thoir sheep are estimated from seven hundred thousand to one million, and their ponies and
horses from twenty-five thousand to
thirty thousand. The new addition of land will give them sufficient pasturage and call in the wanderers outside the
reservation. Tho policy adopted toward this tribe is a wise and successful one, and rellects credit on tho Department of tho Interior.
The Invasion ef the Indian Territory,, A PROCLAMATION HV THR I'KKSIPKNT, OTterta, It has become known to mo that certain evtl-dlsposed persons have, within niu territory and Jurisdiction of tli United Mates, begun and Hot on foot preparations for an organized and forcible poMWion of and Mittlcmeat upon lands ot what is knowim the IndlHii Territory, west of tho State of Arkansas, which Territory Is designated, recognized and described by the treaties Hnd tawsot the t'nited States, and by the Kxeetttlve authorities, iw thu Indian Country, nd as such is only subject to occupation by Indian irlb", oUlccra of the Indian Department, inilitarrlxots, and such persona as umy be privilt;d lo re side and trade therein, under the laws ol thu Utdtcd States; ami ... H'Mntm, Those lawa provide for the ru movalof all persons residing and trmllns therein without express permisslou of the Indian Department and Agent, and Imj of nil persons whm such AtP'nts may deotn to ho impnipcr persons to reside in the Indian Country: and, M , rfrf. I" aid and support of such organ lard movement it hai been represented that no turthcr action will bo taken by tltoi.overiiiiieiit Kt piovcnt person from tcouitfuito said 'I'ciTitory ami M'ttllnxttifieln; but xueh vpreM'iitMtions arc wludly wltlnmnnithoritv. Now, then-loin, tor tho puriM,,- of pwperly protecting the Interest tt tho llid'an nntlotii mid tribes, as well as the United etutci'.insuld
i in I tun Territory, ami oi uuiv vhiwivihk h
laws KovernliiK tho same. I, huthortord II. Ilityon. l're.Hldentof the United Stale-, do mi iihjhIs.Ii and warn all such person so Intending or pi 'oparinK to remove upon said l:m(U or Into said TerWtory, witliotit perml ton ot thvpntper Agent of tho Indhm lh'purtinent, nxain-t any attempt to ii:novo or settle on the lands of saitl Terrltorj'J d I do further n anv nnd nil such perf who mny.-o oi fend, that tht'V will bosiwedlly and InnuediateIv removed tlicrvfrtnn by tuc Ajront. aceoidiiiif lo the law Hindu, and Hint no cttVrts uhi be stiarcd to prevent invasion of sHidTerrito rv, minors spread by cvll-disio-ed persons to tin- coiitnu-y notwIthstnudliiK; and. if neet-!. shiv, tlio afd hhiI aaslstaHee of tho military fortes t the! nlted Slat-swill be invoked to cnrrylnto proper execution tho lawsot the I tilted Slt"s herein referred to. In testimony whereof I huryiinto set my hand and caused tho seal of tua.Un!ted States
, Done at the City of Washington on this ljik dav of Febrnarj'. 1" at OHr 1-or"1 l3J' , Hiiil of thu Independence of the United Mate
theKMth. OUfiied IL 11. IlArcs, IVthIreideiit: W'u. M. Evarts, Secretary of State.
I - a
suicide by takimjiwison. A Utile boyt aged supenonty, ami (lispiays her suyer ear-
itntabe reason nncs with unmuuraieu saiisiacuun.
roofed.
It is Mid that an entire family of nine, and children, whoie hone stooil
Ion the bank of Mayiebl Creek, near M ay-
field, Ky., were amwned darmr a ireshe
on the nhrht of the 13th. The house was
washed away.
The Chkafo Inter-Ocean, hy authority of
the Hon. E. It. Washbume, announces that he is not a candidate for the Presidency, but h 11 for Gen. Grant first, last, and all the time' The Empire .Storage Warehoii'e, 13-204 South. Market Street, Chieaee, burned on the
the Cemm-t nkht ot the 14th, with all its valuable eon-
the Ohio tents, conistlmt of Ihtuors, riry-xoods,
frnMs, ete., valued at$472,e,mstof whieh was covered by insurance. Rev. Andrew Andreen, for ten years past paMor of Swedish Lutheran Churches at Berlin and Swedana, Henry County, III., hung himself at Koek Isiaitd en the llth, while temporarily insane. ATueson (Nev.) dispatch of theSKh says that Captain Kneker, of the Ninth Cavalry, oommamUmr one of the columns pursuing the hostile Indians, hail been routed hy the tatter and forced te retreat, with the hm ef several men and horses ami all his rations. The California Legislature has passed a
3 jears, wa for some unaccountable reason
spared the fate of the other member of the family. "When discovered by the neighbors
the little fellow was nearly dead from tar
vat ion and cobl, his feet atid legs being co
badly frozen as to necessitate amputation.
Lane was a lazy and worthless vagabond,
who lived by doing odd Jobs ami spent the
most of his earnings for liquor. Mrs. Lane
wasaa intelligent woman, of good familv
connections, and it is said eloped from home
to be married.
FORCIOX.
Gen. Grant asd party sailed from Havana
for Vera Cruz on the 13th.
The German lleiehstag was opened on the
13th. Count Von Stalherg AVernhjcrotle read
theKmperor's speech. It states that the re
latiensof the Government with all foreign
powers are peaceful ami friendly, and that
confidence is felt In the maintenance of
peace through the hdiors of the Ilcrlin Con
gress, whieh has been upheld and the stipu
lations of sho treaty of llerlln executed In
nearly all their points. The principal mess
nres for legislation announced In the speech are: AMU for establishing biennial budgets; anew military law, and prolongation
of the law against Socialists.
It i said that the Baronets. Burtlclt
Cmttts intends to devote .'., 500.000 to the
permanent relief of the Irish. The project
is to expend the money for the purchase of
land in tho dfctrkt of Connemara, County
Galway, to Imj leaded to farmers at low rent
sis ami m htng time.
A Papal encyclical, Just published, argues in favor of the removal of the rite of mar
riage from all civil jurisdiction whatever, and declares that Christ elevated it to h sacrament which only His Church can administer. The attempt made under various
guises hy the modern spirit of lrreliglon to
rob the Church of her right cither to bind or
loose the marriage tie must be resisted by
the whole Catholic world.
Another ineffectual attempt to assassinate the Czar was made on the 17th. The Win
ter Palace was undermined, and at about
the usual hour for the Imperial family to lm at dinner an explosion occurred, making n
hole in the dinlng-hill ten feet long and six wide. Owing to accidental delay the Impe
rial family had not Vet arrived. Five sol
tilers were killed and thirty-live weumled
by the expkwioB.
She has a pretty foot, and she knows it,
and her buckskin moccasins and legKinspi Hre fresh and new. She ties her lonj,', black hair with scarlet yarn, wraps her gay blanket about her shoulders, and sallies forth to compier.
The greatest obstacle to civilization
of the Navajoos U their superstition
aboutr the dead. When a 2aVHjo dies he is immediately carried out and the ... ..." , Tt I !.
"nogan" torn uown. ms nuumu horse is shot, for without him tho hunter would be poorly equipped for the
" happy hunting grounds." ins iinosi blanket and household treasures arc gathered together, for their owner must
not enter me omer worm in poeny.
His friends seek a cave, and there he is
laid away like the patriarchs of old, and
the entrance '.vailed up wuti auooe, or a huge stone. Thoio who have assisted in the obsequies are considered unclean and not allowed to speak to any person, or approach their families for four days. Then they go through the ceremony of washing their hands, and are considered purified. Should a Xavajo die friendless and alone, his household goods are left by his side, the 14 hogan" Is pulled down above him, and his" home becomes a place of sepulture. Manuelila, head chief of the Navajoes, is a man of wonderful physique. Tall, finely developed, in his holiday dress ho is a personification of one of
sooner s nerocs. no lives in st u"i
fortablo stone house and has
manv of the habits of the
amonsr then! tho unfortunate habit
of drinking whisky. This practice is at the root of most of the Indian troubles, and the laws against trallic in liquor with the Indians aro both stringent and severe. Mamielita has promised to abstain from the further use of whisky and co-operate with Mr. Kastnian in his endeavors to prevent tho sale of liquor on theroservatlons and the additional territory will he a great incentive to him to bo vigilant in tho matter. There aro a galaxy of chiefs in this nation but they all look up to Mamielita. Ho wears a beautiful necklace of turquoise and coral beads. Turquoise is held in great esteem by the Indians, and Horatio Sigtmda, who ranks near Man-
A Burlesque Miser. A striking, if not picturesque-looking, figure of a man can be seen in a New Jursy town. He is dressed in a canvas shirt, with two meal bags for breeches reaching to his knees; on his head is a ragged edged hat, full of holes. He is "gold , blind," whatever that may be; that is to say, he imagines that, every thing has tho hue of gold ; at any rate, he gathers sticks and stones, under the impression that they are coins, and boasts of his treasures hoarded in the swamps where he dwells. He calls at the shops for advertising cards utd imagines them bank hills, and the bright colored placards of patent medicine vendors he treats as Cmted States bonds. He cries and wrinsrs his hands when
any one threatens to enter his shauty in the swamp, and spends half tho night counting over his fortune. In fact, he seems to enjoy life as well as the miser who hoards real gold, and the community's stock of wealth is in no ways diminished thereby. Hu is a living caricature of men who find pleasure simply in accumulating money and procure no other advantage of it for themselves or others. Ercknnyt, A Maine man who didn't care two shakos of a lamb's tail about the newspapers rode fourteen miles through a tierce snowstorm to get a copy of a weekly that spoke of him as "a prominent citizen." -Hart oh 'Mf.
The person who makes hash is apt
mince matters. iv. u. t icnmne.
to
THE MARKETS.
NEWYOUK, February 17. m
4..VJ ' 4.60 .... 1J0
a
4.10 3.00 6.WS fi.fie l.4 s.iu
CATTMv-XatHoSteers 7.75 11. " SHKKI'-Comtnon to Choice.. 4.M M()..S-:.lve 4.00 .'
IXHTOX MhldlltUf KMIUIt-Oood toCholeo Wllfc.vT-No. ' Itcd...
COILS-XoJ OATS Wostern Mixed 1'OUK-Mess 1
hT. I-UU1. COTTOX-Mlddllng .... ItKKVKd Choice to Fancy... M0 Cood to Prime "' Native Cows 29
Texas Steers.. IlfMJS Common to Select.... S 1 1 KKI' Common to Choice. . KI.OC It-Choice XXX WHKAT Kcd Winter, No, 2... Itcd Winter, No. a.. COU.V-No.JMixed.. OATSVo.4 t l".Nf,i T1MOTH V SKKD-Prlmc
adopted , TuiiACCo-HHik Lug,........
white man, iiAY-ChoieoTlmotliy
ttt'TTKlt Choice Dairy t--:i:ki. i-...1i rrrfmiiixl
Poitlv-StHmlanl Mess ll7f,12.m
WOUl Tun w-Hsneu, vnoicc. Unwashed Mwlhiiii.. 3j CII10AUO. CATTI.K Native Steers 2.W IK His Common to Choice.. 4.15 SlIKKI' Cimimuii toCholce.. 4.00 KUlUlt-KxttHS 522 Siniorflni's..... 4.W WHKAT KnrliitfN'o. 2 l.'J
No, 3. 1.WK COItN DATS-N0.2 UYK No. 2 .... POUK-Mess :v:;ija,,,s NEW OKI.KAN8. rT.OUIt-ltiKh Orailea 6M COKX White.. IIITU TOwiInu ts m
HAV-Cholce.... ?i-"2wS S HACOX S COrTON Mlddllnc. u
2..W
3.00 6.M)
16-W
.... 1.50li MH IS li.3T 8.56 5.t
3.40 4.15 4.l B.60 5.9" )t a.ui 1.27S MS 74 2.5
'id
17
m 4
ll
37 8.W 4.A5 a.40 S.Oil IMH l.io V 30V 75 11.59 6.87X 00
47