Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 22, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 December 1880 — Page 2
WEEKLY COURIER
JASPKR,
IXDIAXA.
TOPICS OF THE DAL Xsm freea Itmtwb!!
rXKOXAL AXD POUTICAIi
WaaWfcW'fc 4aa tk Irfcpfe SsAMC'tftbMT HWNftiJI a KimfcUfcttXnw. Bright MCtMunWr-
Cmakxis S. Frame, a promiaeat
kwyer af Cmskmali, Mtd a active
peNtMaa, k aader arrest
W M aMaasatad fraad upea the
: at im Ostotwr eMdiM.
Lxitbo Statu Mah.u- Wkak-
tmc says the KpuUfcw will eoateet
af Dwtrib returned to Coarret
i um roarta MMi Fifth Dktrkk f Leu
s wtMM likewise those at the
JHwc mm! Seeeed District.
a jut Kkmmm ITMff, understood to
be Um meathyket at G. Maheae, ieti
mate that the Seaater irtM, while shaping
eat a ar palky far Vitrfsrie a National af
JeereT act with the Deatecrs pemkal
Txc Doerati Editors of North laiatBa mt mi CoavaatioB at Fart Wayae,
aa the th, to ssanldsr matters af iaterest preftsjIeB, awl espoaklty the exfctiag
J(MH4t K. X-4IIH. grMMioo af H well kaewa ... .
ooiitrtH r mK x ifaitiatere.
. iMMUMMxr Bykxk, of ike Laadvilla
pelke lw, est the Bight of, the laXk at-
taiasua to arroet two thieves at the Denver
mmI Kie Otm 1 Depot., Ow of them drew
a revolver aad red at the ameer, but mted
att an. The hitter Utea tired in the dark-
aaas at Ms adversary, and MaferUtaateiy
tern a worn, mm, Murdeek, wife of eae af the raltread employee. The wound I a
w ana and net unlikely asertal. The
a; Kara, Dew., f.,4; Dnvl, 0 reent , Itoaart af the Rwrrtanr af War. Til. t.iiul u. ..I. lit,. I
D. K. Jo, Secretary of the Miners
Mswmnvm at reaaaynraaia, aae beea ar
tmlaA far aylraey ta eaWatja al dMrttmtiac bills.
Gotskxor Jambs D. Wiixiajh, rf
IeMMaaa, dfeel at IadfaHMfMlis Mthe 3th,af
tor a lew wetea' Itta.of faiaewiw etfaa of the Wdr, a fweapbiat whieh hehadheea mhuet tor weae years DeeeaeeelWM
hee mi rkkaway Omatr, 0., Jae H, im,
at s4ae his fth had raidd ia Kax OMMety. lad., where hfe father settled at aa tT y. Ia mx he wa eketed to the State Lecieiatore aad shwe thea
has heea ahat eeaetaaUy ia public life. Ia MWlKwaaeieetedtoCaaaTftw. aad ht 187i
QifcmmrU the State, his torn aet haviw? yet'axwfnd. Hk f aaeral wae aaMteted to
tohe ylaec at hb eM hoaw, aar Wheatlaad,
asa9Wi,thbedyto Me ht etate at Ia
emaapilh e the 2W aad at Ttateeasefl on theltd. The aaaal aahltoaaaifeautii8 af
Mx. Skmixokaus. RaoaMioaa
dHilt ferCtoaejrefa at thetato eieatfea la the
Thar IffeMori Dktrkt. wHi caatoH the
awetiea af Mr. FraeC
Cot A. B. MKACHAif, taaUtoCoBiuiaaw, waa arreeted ia Dearer aaa hk arrtiffwWahiatoa, aa aa aoc. ery to the aaarder af A. D. Jaefcaaa, who was killed
ay kto Utos ia Sef4aatoer.
Omt of th yeanf; hi;Uwaymeii re
aaatijr wavadad aad aaHarad Mr Dallas, Tex., toraa eat to be H. H. Brywly, a toa af a wealthy aad highly maaatod oitioea af
CalHa Caaaty, aad brother of a well kaawa Xethadkt awaeker how statfoaedat Pa rid.
Tex.
Thk St. Louis Smelting and Refining Warkf, ioeated at.ChelteahtBK lathe oouth-
wetera suburb, were owtirely dettroyed by HreoHtba lth. Joha Williams. aaiaer
af the works, lost hk life. Property Iom, about $WO,tXf; iamiraaee, i8,7W. Some W haade ware employed. The work of rebuilding will befcla immadktely. A boilxk ia O'eti's mill, near StevefMaa, Ala., exploded oa the 18th, killing outright Tom Cow, James Davfe (colored), aad two boy. Two aagroea were sealded aad braked, eae losing hk arm. Jamxs Nevkksox aad Edward Queraaa, both aokred, were hashed at "Va.li -Mcton, D. C, oa the 19th, for the murder of Gaorfe II. Ilirth, a young meroliast, in Jan-uarylart.
Ax expreas train on the Ohio and
MHwksippt Riilroad, when aear Ewiair,
lad., aa the SKa, stnick a wagon in which
rear awa were ridlar aad killad them all.
The naata of the victims are John McAsker,
Ja L. Kobertooa. Freeman, and Itevorlv
jeaam. three former were killed
iaataatiy, but Kiehardeoa lived sveral hours. The parties were returainir from a
fuatf ral. They attenptod to croe before the
train, the horns balked, -and the wsgoa was
struck before the mea ooukl make their eg eaa.
Lacra, daughter of Judge Robert II.
Lamb, af Iadianapolfe, was fatally poisoned by takiat; a deadly mixture by mhtake for a
dae of ateakiae.
Axothkk mlm explosion has ooenr-
red at 3foae, Belf iun, eauslng the deaths of
12 mea aad the injary of ao many more.
At at. Lotit, on the night of the 20th,
amaakaowa as Xlehaal II. Donley Phot twfae a (rirl named Annie Greaser, and then
shot bHaJft dying instantly. The srirl will reeover. The sheotlae; took place in a disreputable house of whieh the girl was an Inmate, aad was the result of kalousr. Don-
ky was until reeeatly a soldier, lIoiug to the Frst Cavalry. Hk real Base k said
to have bean Kehaeek, hk parents beiae; Bo-
aamtaas ami restoaak of St. Louis.
7,118; total, TTOTj AadenmVpluridlty,
rll: Mtakrity, amd Dktrict-
IlaAkell, KtiiblkMH, ),7M; Grean, VMw,
3",T37; total vote, M.ftW; Uakel' Miajorl
ty, 7,011. TMrd District Ityaa, Kepublkan,
Xelkaatd, Dewwrat, !,;; Mitafa
ail, Graenbacker, 9,m total vote, 7,lt; Kyan'd plurality, i,118; majority, 14,73. Total vote ou member of CoKrs,
m,m, Tke vote on the CotUutional amendmeat w prohibition, for, l,7t3; agalast, majority for, 7,775j total ote, 17o,7U, Constitutional Convention
for,T71; falat,llt,47w; majority apraiHst, lxl,ft7. The total vote an statu oitlcere was
a little over 361 ,0W.
Jiinaesota-Oillekl: Garfleld, M,m,Hsn-
eoetc, M.S16: GarikW'a plurality, 40.587.
Cofrre8 DuaaeFii plurality, 8,927; JjtraH's
majority, 5,8fl0; Washburn's 12,(W1h11 lie
ptiblfeaas.
iskiippi Official: Ilaneoek, 70.812:
Garield, JM.SU; Weaver, 5.7S.1: stterlnjf.
aw. iianewK'? Diurality. 40.Bt8.
Nebraska Complete returns show lie
piiblkan raaloritli'S ranging from 2S.H18 to
ureenbaek vote, 8, WO. The total
vote af the State is 87,600: total vote ia 1876.
New York-Garfleld'n plurality 90,842. COSBIXSEI) TELEGRAMS.
COXMBRCK AXD INDUSTRY.
Col. Thomas A. Shrr aad a party
raflway eatdate have baea
:a toar af iaaaeettoa arar the Texas
aaIVsaeaad Xew Oriaaae Paeitfe road4.
Thar wen hasfdtaMr aatartaiaed at moat af
the vaciee ekiet aad Jowa they rkited.
A beckxt 2few Terk dwpateh says:
Tbeaenaa af the Svareaw Court of the Uatted Stotos, dksaiviaf; the reeeiTershiit of
BMJuetaart, Kaasag ae Texaa KaUway,
resaavaa aostaeka that have stood m the way
af a eaanalidatioa at that eompaay with the
JMiiaart raciae Nattway Campaay. Nago twaa far a eeanelidatlea af these eompa
ato awre heea ia pragrew far setae time,
aaaaawiaeaanaa k Kaiy to he aeeai
juaaol. Jay GaaM k fraaideat af hath eamf aaiss, hwgaiy iaterasted ia bath, aad
he Savers their Maka.
Jay Gout.i has nnrohaood the DeaTer
asMlSasith Park aJlraadt parmg therafar
asBaafteaMf Mhw) AAA WaTaTB isjRe4!9v jflw
Sax Fkaxcico k tareateaed with a
um aot se
LeekkM, aa
THEreeeat eoM saw) rsaaalf damage the are4 ia was at Um af prebend ed.
CK1XKS AXD CASUALTIKS.
Two kadiag MhUtot orgaaiaers were
segid at 9t. Pateciharg aa the Mth.
At Legas, O., Carmi Call emptied a Pkae eeatalaiag ivea poamk af bhwllag
pewaer wwa a aoer saax. Mk wife heM the
saafc. He erekly threw the wrapping'
pasisr that had eeatalaod the powder into
the g4ee. The rasaaaat af pawdar ad her
tog to the paper eaaied a aah whieh hjnhed
aae aattre bmm eaataiaea la the seek. Xrs. rJaa - t .. jl jm mm
Kmra eiwic waa set ea are aatf ae wa
atherwiHS so badly tojured that she died wteata a short time; Calt's tojarke were s-
Tere hat aat aeeesiarfly fatal. Three eel!
area m aaetaer part of the room were aet
deaee af Wittfesa Xettaa, eight mike west af
xaaavffk, reaa., the ether alght, aad while eae held a reretrer at Xekee's head the ataers heaad aad gacgad hka aad hk skter.
who k hk hoaeekteper. The hargtars thea
the hease aad earrkd awar over
iageM watoa. '
Mms Sarah Cox, Hrfe ia Jehaetoa Ceaatr, X. CT eemmMled aaleme by bang, tog herseh! wkh a plow-Mee. She wae a daughter af W. T. Cox, a reeeatly defeated esedidete far the Legkletttre, aad wm so amtifed at her father's faitare to heeketed that aae etoat weai to lire aay leager. Wx. Mattockj, aa iaofTeaeire old white mea, wae brutally murdered aear lmaM Deaot.S. C., the ether alght. Twe mea aabed far leering, aad, leiag deal,!, aatarad the aeaee aad demaadsd hk maaer.
Xeataeta teieitiag, they kilted Mm aad took'
XUSCKLLAXKOtJS. Sitka, Alaska, haa had acvolone,
tallewed by aa earthquake. Xaay houses
were demolkhed.
Gex. MttES infonn the War De
partment that Lieut. Kklingbury and his
Maall eoamaad were attacked by the Imllsjm near the mouth of Museleshell Creek.
Xeataaa, on the 7th, aad forced to retire in
to the stockade for protection. Additional
troops have been seat to their relief.
A xumkek of indictments have been
brought ia by the United State Grand Jurv
at Yankton, D. T.f agaieet parties engaged
ia maxing zrauuuiant homestead entries.
The National Grange Patrons of Hus-
baadry aseembled fa Washington, I). C, on the 17th. The attendance k said to he larger than ever before, thirty States being renre-
seated. The reports of otfeers show the Grange orgaalzatioa mereaslag.
A LAHGK amotint of counterfeit note
ea the Spanish Bank of Havana, Cuba, was eaptured ia New York City, oa the 18th, in the peseeselea of Stephen C. Brad well, who wae trapped by the deteetive- in an attempt
to negotiate the notes. liradwell wa taken into euotedy. Hk ostensible busiiies ti that of a commercial traveler, but he is known to
have been previously engaged in Heveral en
terprkes of a questionable character.
Eight hundred and fifty Chinamen
left Sea Fraaekeo.oa the 13th, ia the steamer
Oeeaak for Hong Kon.
Gen. Conwai- says 100,000 negroes
throughout the South are bow organized In-
to various aMoektioas, ready to migrate at
a gtrea sigaal. A oomiwny has been or
gaaked at the Et to direct the movement, aad already 71)0,000 aeres of land have been parciiaeed ia Xew Mexico and mere will be
added as needed.
A Chi max squadron has sailed from
alparako with troops to besiege Lima.
A British regiment at Halifax ha
received orders to mil for Ireland.
Another attempt to aseaeeinate the
Czar was reeeatly made at Li vadk, his coun
try seat, x partieulars have been made
The wholesale drag houee of Lord,
SteuteabttrgB Co., 5 Wabash .Avenue,
Chicago, was destroyed by fire, together
with its entire contents, oa the 30th. One
girl, an employee, wae probably fatally
ouraeu. xae are originated in the chemical department, aad wae cawed by the explo sieacf a bottle of sulphuric ether. Total k about itti.m; imuranee. SieO.ooo.
Lavcock, the Auetralian, won the
aal heat m the International regatta ea the
Thames; Rose aeeaad; Hoemer third; Smith fearth. Layeoek haa ehalteasred Haalan.
The varioae diviebaa of th Oklaho
ma Cokey will move simultaneously on the
th of Ikeember aeress the Kaaeas, Texae aad Arkansas liaea. A petition will be preseated to Ceagreee aad the President, Baking that the army he prevented from ob
structing or interfering with the movement.
TiaewheewAhraJsaat IJaeok aae beea mat aff the aaaat t Lawk, wkh aK ea w. ht aamesr. Among them wae
LATKR KLKCTIOX RKT171CNS. '
Conneetleat-Oalekl ; Garletd'a ulural-
Ky, l,m; maJorHy, l,aM.
Kaes-The feilewlsg k the oatekl vote
I la the three Ceagreeekaa! dktrlete of the
' Mate: kt Dtttriet Aadersen. Ken., ifi..
a r - i
A latk Dublin dispatch says: Ac
aounts received roBt various park of Ire
land by agenk for property represent tint
the state of the country k still more dls
turbed and domoralized. The combination
against the payment of rents is exteiidingfn
to districts hitherto peaceable. Tenants who do not pretend to be unable to pay their
rents meet their landlords defiantly,
and hi some oases decline to pay at all, or
demand an arbitrary abatement, Five persons have been arrested near Loughrea,
County Galway, for assisting to reinstate a
rimilyiualiouse from which it had bceu evict
ed. AH were remanded for trial. A police
man was shot and wounded atWestford, County "Clare. Fanners have combined and will prevent hunting there this season. The custodian of a farm near Xew Pallas, from which a tenant had been evjeted, was shot and badly wounded. The Irish Land League has invested Its funds in foreixa
securities and deposited them In a Continental bank, to forestall seizure.
Dr. Thomas Wooii, an eminent sur
geon of ClaelBnati, died a few days ago from
tae enecu or blood poisoning, caused lv at
tending to the wounded In a recent railway accident while suffering with chaiiDed
hands.
Sir Alexakdkk Cockburx, Lord
Chief Justice of the Queen's Beneh. died
suddenly at London, on the 20th, from heart
Arthur Lieberxax, a Polish Jew,
who recently committed suicide In Syracuse.
X. Y., waa actively interested in theXihil.
1st movemeBt m Russia and was compelled
to nee from that country on account of hk incendiary publications. He was a native ofWilna, and a man of line natural powers and 'Iberally educated.
A fire at Adrian (Mich.) College, on
the 21st, destroyed the entire north wins.
containing the department for.ia theological Mtidenti. Loh, $10,000: insurance.
Thk British steamer Idlldred, from Xew York for Marseilles, foundered in the Atlantic. The crew, 23 in number, were drowned.
Thk number of deaths by the Minnesota Insane Asylum fire la "now fixed at twenty-seven. Passengers in a sleeping-car pawing through the Baltimore tunnel, the other nlKht, were robbed of 17,000 In money and valuables in the most mysterious manner. J uiMiB McCkakt has rofusod to transfer to the courts of Colorado the case of Indian Agent Herry. A lifk-insuraxce fraud hag been developed at Heading, Pa., Involvine rrnil-
nent physician, thronRh whrae certificates policies to the amount of 196.000 were taken
out on a,.eoHMtuiptive woman. JteselHttoHS Adeplcd by the Kiver Im aravcmeHt CeHventlea. If the MUsMppi Valley Inter-State Rlverlmprovement Convention held recently at Xew Orleans, the followmg resolution were adopted: Whkkkas, The Congress of the United States, by an net mm&X and approved by the 1'reahknt Junow, 1$, created Um Mississippi
Wawhikiitok, NovewtM-r2l.
TXr. annual report of the Iortrtary of War gim a geiMHal review of the various Mubordi-
Hate reports, oalk attention to their several racommnktkHis, amt detank at kngth the
ent'mtHMM or the IHiwrtwetii durinth year,
lihhi tne suujeot of exHMiiliturtt, appropria
immw mimi eotinutiai, we retary nays:
"TB4 xNm4lt tiros for all aVaira uiMter the control of this Departmaiu for the HchI year
an.llHg June w, m were fJ,Wt,77J. Cm
grew appropriated for the sorviee ttio tHirrt-itt
Holyoarftl,toJ,W. The oaUmates for the servleo of the Hseat year eadlnic June ae.
l, are ftS,iafT,M. The estimate in dtt.UI were originally ulnlteil to me fwf42,4,!P,77tt but, on revhiou of the same, tmtHkms or n.duetkna were nm m follow: In t ht d vil etahlhtiett, IV; military ewtablkhment, f;e,W0; puWIo M-orks, fl,5lt,ia; hiu In the iniscellMiieiHis cls, f Jft.OO), makliiff the total of revisory reduutlotiH $18.J.'.7ll.
The same inereaae In the amount of eil-
matwfor ihi year Ml over the amounts appropriated for the year 111 ainwars In the
etvll witatiikhmoMt, the military i-taMkh-mentandthe ml-cellrtiKouc. For the public work I have reduced the ostlmHtcH to neconl with what 1 understand to 'be the amount re
quired fr the absolute ecos-itle ofthe.swv-
ice In order to prevent a waste of nroncrty
and damnge to cHtmraerctal Intorwu beyond suchneceitIos. It Is submitted that the wU."
dom of Coiitfrese may iorclve that, as vaUia-
oieimpnveients surround the realty of the
Government, and as the commerce of the country advance In frrowth and prcwiMirlty.
so should appropriations to cover expenses le apportioitcd.
The Xisshwlnpi lllver Commission. omr-
atiaK in acci;nlauce with an net approved June 28, submitted a report which w
dulytranemlttwl toUortgrm lant March, and wan pullfhiHl ty oNer of the House of ltet-n.-ecntatlvos. The report exhibited for the
rlrst time vstlmntes of tlje appropriation re quired for worka of Improvement therein described amounting to t,'.,113,CW. and it awaited
further ctmsiilcmtlon when the session closed, Thetominkslon ha communicated to me Its klroto renew thoso entlmateft, and thk com-'
mumrauon win imj transmlttea to Cotixrs m
KICKXT CCCJtKlCACJtt.
t"i I.IH. T Hie afiiri.l.rKHtMn A kwksh ekrk in the laad-I.ttr (Mto rektM aanie Interesting facta aheut v,hoNtakr. He says: "A Kenlkma ,Mk to hk wife at home, lie seal .C! envek,pe mi dp,48a Jt Ml tkf) wlthtnit any aWre whatever. After the letter waa o,ened at the Ikaddtter Oflice we fcMiml that he had written but a few line, announcing hk notermlnHthtn 0 lo ttouth, iH mentioning any dostMmjkn,, ami s gnltw 'George.' There wH iwclew to trace the wife and but a slight one to Mud tho writer Atk-rnkmif acarch ' George' was discovered mt the hotwl rwakter. the only person wt of thirty-two or the twmc name who had merely algned Lk name without aaying where he was from, or whither going, "Aimther casts somewhat alrnlkr, was the following A letter waa written, datotl Atr House, New York, sUraed 'Chauneey,' Inehw. Iter two thousand dollars to a lady as a remuneration for the care with which she had treated hi pHrauw. The letter slated he wan eolng to Kurope. Tk letter was mkdlractcd and was orwned at the Ikad-Letter 0.. -rt,
rontmaaterof Xew York wa Imdrtiete.! to make iuquirlee at the Aster House for Chauneey, who, after mme trouble, was found, un.i
the money returned to hltathe very afternoon he left for Europe.
"The following are some of
auperecriptloHg on dead letters:
'" Please band to
Mar)Y
" 'Sal. if you want to hear from your bo. voti
had bettor come and get thk ktter.'
"'In thk letter there k twenty dolkra fur-
Hob, and I send it ihk way so that the Postmaster won't steal it.'
'M'oet masters, please deliver thk to the
young lady living- in the Bret house beyond the wallet ractorr, that wears a black daess and sack, white straw hat and brown face-trimmings. .Vow don't make a hi Make.' "
the sluKular
my mother, and oblhre.
NvMber rfBewrillc Anlmsla In Karepe mad tar Vi ltn Minion. Washi.noton. November 15. Thk Agricultural Department has in-epired a statement gtvlnjr tho numtwr of domcsti-
a matter of special importance, not Winded, 1 " 71 i "kP. however, in the annual I eatl-antwande lead 1 t "l1 K-
tures for the service of thk Dcpa. .meat." oeZiTHi mj-n.tT ij'ia.? x"1T in rewtrd to the South Pass of the .Mlsatsain-1 f ZZ. b'"
PI River, the Secretary mys: "The norma- i tCL'Z" f ""i.,x,S)8
I KrutiAii ri4wk2. aAL.. l . ... .4
f". .: v . r.ri n : each. Tb unitei states
bhivi airii l lie
haa but 10,-
fact that thert1 has been no ! vxirM ,.ow, ut. .l.
failure whatever in the maintenance of the S ' ' '""" .. .
lei
inaniw,Oj9each. The United States has but l,:i3,l0, or 2,tSB,Wl less than all Europe. There are In Europe W.STeVU homed cattle, Great Britain having .09.W; Ireland, t,HSr 400; Sweden, ijm,3T; Itmda, JS.TTO.OiW; Austria,7,SI3: Hunjrary,5,iv;s,llf5: Prussia, 8,I2,lsfl: Ikvarin, S, Prance, H,7-"I.tst: ISltaln, S,s7.3tn; Italy,- 5t,tb?,WS; other ountriw, kes than 2.000,0 each. The United States has 3K,M,500, or &,4I3,74S leas thaa Hurope. All Europe posefesl9,9JSAM sheep. Great Britain havina- .t.lW3: Ireland. 4.4.fc:
tiJ.aai; HuHKary,
France, 3&,m,
Stm.mi Italy.
S,Wt,W; Kotimanla, 4,7U17: other countries, lees than 'i.OOI.OCfl each. Tke United States has
as.ias.tjOa, or W5,tw,i:ltj than all KuropeThere are in tiurope t.iJW.tWJ swine, Great Brltwin having 2,M9Mi; Ireland, I.Otiejtl: Ittwsla, P, 500,093; Aurla. 2,MI,47J; Hungary, 4,HW7rf: Prussia, 478,531 ; France, 5,73,iM; Spain, 4Jll,:r; Italy, 1,5.-1.1,51:: other ooun-
trlJ, lew than l.WJ.WJ e.ok. The United States has Si,W,IO, or 7,9iM,Wi lass thaa all Europe.
., . . ' ' urnam aavma av,te,viij; irei rattonor wnrr format atrat-. nUMi, 4S,4ai,ej9; Aurla 5,ftiJ; cRl)nceofalarKenuinbcrof is.w; pn'IMW, l,-'4,75$; i irrrIraentslsallmtedto,and 11.. portuwLS.TOi.Tn Kiwtin a
maximum channel durintc the six months cod- w 2 ,1 ,7. . 5 ;
inr Amm S l.t Tkk i.,... rrancc.
nr,V" ,,h":." .13. J." .""Z ai rortuwi, iw,wo; other countries
.... w.ir. '.,'!ti niri rtutl9 imm'l, iicei highway to the ocean, and k oueunon the iermancnt success of which conicrHtti tattoos may be exchangeil amonir people abroad and nt
home, and epeclnlly amonK the communities of tlioMklHfppi Valley, whose commercial exchanged Host in An unobstructed channel enfeiy to and from the son."
Secretary Itamecy concurs in the reeom-
memtatlon' or General Sherman that Congress be asked to glve:sVOenlkted mcnspeclllcally
to tbe troops of the line of the army, and fa
vors tae atMnoonment or many small not
and the concentration of kiryfr forces at etrat-
erh!nnti. The
officers from tin:
act ton is rceommjMlcl kvoklng to the relief of
the service in this respect.
The Secretary Indorses the recommendation
of the Adjot ant-general In relation toplaciwr
unuormHl State militia upon the twmu f(H)t-' Ing in res pee; to its rules and forms m the '
rcxular forces, and calls attention to the necessity of provldhur by legislation for tho or- '
ganlzation.HrmliiK ami ilteclpllncof the militia. ,
The affairs of tho Leavenworth Military .
Prkon. the Secretary says, have been fapatdy .
administered utirintr tl! year. Ho suggests 1 however, that. In order to tie entlscly succcs. i lul antl to carry out w far a jMsIbie the original design of makltw the institution self- i soetalnlnic. one irnportuat miaturc of let-Ids-tion Is nccctxwry, which k tho atrthorlty of Congre. M apply the cainlntcsor the prison to It maintenance, j Concerulnx coaft dcfeiHcs the Secretary says: "From pctttonal inapectlou of many of the fortlticatfens referred to by the Chief of Engineer., I am ablo tb enpha-lao hk reeommetKlatiotH, awl beg to state that their Incom-' petenf and defeneclc'e condition it discreditable to the country. Judging from the hktory of all other nathiR-t auI the experience of our
own, the United States will, notwithstandlns; our trailltionifl pacific policy, find Itself sooner or later at war with a maritime
power V hen that war comes
surkicniy, There will be no time after its deckratirm to construct defense, either flxed or t4oatlm- Other Nations havo been for some years and are now construct lit fat war
(jt earners or enormous slie, Incased in Iron armor up to two feet in thickness, and arraed with ritk d guns welf-hlntr up to 181 tons, carry-
ing snot or a ton's
Crep Kepert. Washington, .November 18. Thk following statement of the condition of corn, tobacco ami potato crops waa MK'd today by the IH'partmetit of Agrieulture. Tlte crop of corn shows no Increase over that of lnt year, but rather a sHa-at decline for the whole country. The Atlantic States all show an inoreaae, particularly the States of New York, 3ew Jersey, 1'ennsylvankand Virginia. Tho Gulf States suffered from drought in the spring and too much rain during the summer, except the State of Toxa', which almost dor.MMfcsr protluct. In tho States north of the Ohio ittver, Ohio and Michigan Increased their yield, while Indiana and I.Hnols decreased. West of the MIssIssIdbI Ittver. Iowa
I, ,Vm mm i.f6 mcreaeed her yield. Oa tbe Pacific Slojve II J; ?.! 'California shows an Increase.
There waa less laul pknte.1 in tobacco this year than kwt. The decrease was princlpaHy In the States of Maryknd and Virginia. In Ohio, Pennsylvania ami Wisconsin there was a decided hioreaae. Early la the scaiott the weathy waa not propitious, but In Aibrnat and September it was very favorable. Tbe
nf a tnn'a traltfHt MmI
"..., niivi tiiiiv I ....
short or qnarteror a ton of powder. It k rT !i0ymwt' feared that the country does not appreciate I Z!'' "MJ9.'..,Mt. yr!., .
the fact that after a declaration of war a rew days or even hours might bring these great
make, take In consideration andin'ature Such'
imh or pians as wtu connect, pentianentlv locate ami deepen the chnnnei Rnd protect the hanka of tlte Mimlsslppi River, improve and givu safety nnd eawj to tlte navigation thereof, and for other purposes; and,
iikkinab, cam uomuusHHin, aiu?r a careful
anrrey, nave mmie a uetatieu report a to the
mt ijraeticable, feasible and eeonontio method of Improving the navigation an-i
eomitierceoi timMiairiippi juver; and, .WHKRKA, A lUI,No.JM.has been Intro
ctucea and i nawiwndliiglnCongreMi.fratned
in aciortlancowitft plans, etlmaten nndapee-
invmiwii, nim urnwn in acconianco wuh tue
repnn or emu uommiion; tlieiefore he It Jrfrf, That thLt Convention cordially an. prove tho reoort of aaid Ciminltii,i
earnestly request Senators and Memler of
irnmiSB scare uteiiHletl in tlie Mi9 skeipid Valley to use their best eMort to secure the pasture of nald bill. Rtoirt4, -That we recognlae tbe Improve, ment of tributar' Ktntams an second only In iniportanee to the main stream, antl that it Is the duty and interest of tim rsnvfiimmntir t
Inaugurate n general system of river Im
prover, enw omiiraclng tho whole ay-stem of rivers In tlio Valley of the Mississippi. JttltMl. That ttltt firlrttMtiima V.f
Onambers of Commeree,nioank of Trade antf other eommerclal and mtmlclital Itodlea in every city aad town on thn hanka of the MisHeetppl River and itn tributaries, bo and tltoy are hereby reitieati:t to tk iicii nt(. .a
may aid in the paaeage of Bill No. M,nnd now pentllnar before CongTowi, for tho Improvement of the MlfwkKlppl River. Kttoktif. That the DeitKttmnnt nf
ment having elmrge of snag-boato in the Ohio and Mksknlpnl Rivera ttlial). aa far as practlc able In short croiwlngs, remove miskh antl
,wrCKVso a to make a clear channel of at
VlftfTVO'
jBeuieapMnicu m potatoei wta tbht year
about etpjal to that pknted in 1879, tnit In the
SklUrnTo'rN?; S2?Zt ii to9S? ,H to or nnyrvolntthe eaamv mar aalaat. v ! ' ?n,.thr? States Texas. Arkansas and Call-
lonna-report an Inerea-je in tho yield. All
800 feet
Attotrtii. That with a vfnw nf finitailr.
B?H m!iw commerce Imtween the Statee Of the Mjlfttnttt V'utlne. U'ttat In.lt vt.i,.,r
t5?l,.?ndt,";r 8th American States" and Kraall, thk Convention do recommend tot'ongres sncli legHation aa ahall eatblkh and maintain reaular and continuous mall sen lee between .New Ortean ami ,u.li .....i f..
elgwcenrMrke heiotn namwl hm the Postmiw ter-General timydemti Imst snltsKf to the iafrmi of trade and eomwei-oe. , 'lit lr
or any point the enemy may select. No one
oan estimate the tmmage which may follow.'
The works of river and harbor improvements, and examinations, and surveys provided for by the aet of March . 1873, and prc-
vhmwhcis, were oarriM on during tho fiscal year with MtWactory progress. Theamount available therefor July 1, 1879, was H,77S.1T.
'iHc amount expended to June aft, was H,17t'J .l, leaving a balance of fi.JW7,966 to be expendcl tin ring tho present fiscal year, to which (4 to Jm! added appropriations by the Klvcr ami If arbor not of June It, 1S0, amount
ma- ro B,n.;m. tiic act of June 14, im,
itmni-j iinvcHm i or ,h5 wwrxs or Improv
ment, in sums varying froiTW3to fa.(X, anl for surveys and examination with a view to
tne improvement or 114 localities. In relation to tho Whlttaker case, tho Secre
tary says: " I have refrained from comment
ing- upon tae unfortunate agitation which
flowed from an alleged assault upon a colored
oadet at the West Point Academy la April last, for the reason that, In some of its legal as
pect, tae subject k still under consideration." In oonoluston Secretary Ham soy recommends that a provision be madebv law for the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of War.
An hast Boston father discovered that his daughter, who has a soul for romance, proposed to elope. Antl ha didn't sit up with a bull dor and shotgun to waylay tho fugitive. Oh, no! he went, to hi? daughter and told hot lie desired her to marrv a vouna man.
namintr her lover, ami Im u-n.Vi,i ,.
him up in a good paying grocery bttsinesa; and tho voting lade nt. mien ilu.
claret! she'd die rather than marry any tnan just to pleas her father.
others report a decline, more or lees. Inject
injuries are not or general complaint, but drought k almost universally mentioned. .V Mttthrmnttcul l'rf1tg-y. AN Idiot who, perhaps, surpass all rlvak In memory, ami In eapaefty to make mittbemuticalcalcuktious iuhlsheatl, was recently examined buforethe student of the Medico-surgical Academy or St. Petersburg. He Is twentyseven years okl. In hk youth he was noted for hk brilliatu ability, but was addicted to the immoderate usoor lltjutirs.Hnd led a dissipated life. He was attacked by an acute disease When he recovered be wae found to have lot all hk mental faculties except memory and the power of mathematical calculation. These increased proportionately as his understanding and power of logical thinking vanished. Now he Is a living phonograph and calculating Hpimratua. In the lecture room Prol. Merjevsky request ea him to square numbers containing five or alx figures, to extract the square roots of like numbers, and so on. All tho question! were correctly answered by the patient in a few seconds. No mathematician present could do anything like it. Then the Professor requested some one to read noetrv aloud for
several minutes, and the patient repeated It as correctly as a phonograph. The Professor deckred to the audience that he was unable to
cxtdaln thk psychical phenomenon. The memory and the cakulatlng capacity of thepatkal are still growing, while In other respects he Is becoming a more hopeless hi lot.
Tlio Harvard Divinity School hat
just received a bequest of $10,000 for
the education of need r student intend
ing- to become clergymen.