Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 January 1889 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER.

JASFEK. INDIANA. TOPICS OF TUB DAY. Nws from Evrywtw. XT is announced thatKmpreas Frederick will shortly go to Biarrlta, when she will spead the remainder of the winter. K. J. Wbthkrkll, the husband of Kmma Abbott, the prima donna, died suddenly at the Windsor Hotel lu Denver, Col., ou the tfa. Rove Otielnh (Ont.) people are among the victims of the Klectrlc Sugar Kenning Company's collapse. Some stock sold there at $W0 a share. nvv sao.ooo of the Bedford-Avenue HmAWrai Dutch Heformed Church's debt was lifted, on the Hth, by the aid of ChurchDebt-ltalser Kimball. Mr. Gladstone denies emphatically that he ever recommended that restoration f tn. I'mw'H temnoral imwer be made the subject of international arbttra tiou. Thk towu of Cochiu, on the Malabar coast, India, has been almost entirely deiirnvMI hv fire. Oulv one building, an oil factory, was saved. The loss is placed at fl,.VK,0Q0. Sax Wah Kee, a nrominem inneso t i -M. , merchaut tt llnston. banouetted ,w or Ma -ni,ntrvmMl. Oil the Uth. t CCieurate the birth of Ids son, the first Chinese male child barn in Boston. Twxtv armed moonlighters visited the tanattttnf tJit estate of the Earl of Venmare,n the night of the tth, and warned them against departing from strict aduerence to the plan of campaign. A comparison of dates by the best authorities at Cairo, Egypt, shows that there t himl of truth for the reiMtrts of KiHin 1'hsIir's victorv over the Mabdl's forces in the second week of September last. The president pro tempore presented to the Senate, ou the Mb, the memorial of the Common Council of Seattle, praying the admission of the Territory of V ashington to theUuion under its present name. Prof, Geffickkn. whose trial in connec tion with the nubllcatlon of Emperor Frederick's diary was announced to" take plaee this month, has beeu released from custody, and the prosecution of his case abandoned. , Famine and drought are prevailing in Ihe interior of Chlua, and are increasing in severity, causing terrible suffering. In the province of Shan-Tung crops have been destroyed by the overflow of the Yellow river. Great uneasiness prevails at Panama regarding canal .affairs, as no news has been, received of any settlement having been effected. Work on the canal is being lessened daily, and its total susenion. is feared. The Legislative Council of the Choctaw Hation met, oh the 9th, at Tuskahoma, to determine what disposition they will make f the large sum of money the Chootaws secured from the United States as au indemnity fund. The glass bandage which was placed on the left leg of Chauncey M. Depew after the strain of tendons atthe heel, which he suffered some weeks ago, was removed on U.o 4th. It was sawed off. It was onequarter of an inch thick. Thk Erie Railway Company, in order to reduce expenses, has notified fourteen of its trareliug passenger agents and dlr vision passenger agents located in the West, that their services will be no longer required after February 1. Txrriulk loss of life and devastation of property was entailed by the severe storm which swept the northern lortlon of Ohio " and Pennsylvania on the Oth. lu Pittsburgh and Heading, Pa., the killed and Injured numbered hundreds. Rutland, Mass., was visited by a sleetstorm of extreme severity ou the 7th. Huare trees were broken down, and a large number of telecranh noles prostrated. It wan found that the ice ou some of the poles weighed over four tons. Thomas Axworthy, the defaulting irimsurer of Cleveland. O.. who fled to England, and afterward, smitten by re Hiorse, refunded 3400,000 to a representa tlv of the Cleveland municipality, ar rived at St. Johns, N. K., on the 0th. A rill has been favorably reported by Senator Cockrell from the committee ou military affairs authorizing the Secretary of War to procure and present suitable medals to the survivors of the forlorn ' hope storming party at Port Hudson, La. The Senate, on the Mb, passed, without amendment, the bill which had aireauy twtKHod the House directing the imme dtate delivery of letters bearing a special delivery stamp, even though the regular postage ou Mem ue lacKing or uuuerpam The last of the regular appropriation bills with which the Uouse appropriations committee is charged was reported to the House on the cUh. The total amount of appropriations recommended Is $11,S0,W,.W, as against $137,8.W,0W.23 appropriated last year. The commissioners of Walsh County, Dak., strongly condemn the sensational accounts of destitution west of Park river. They desire the fullest publicity gtveu to the fact that no complaints have been made to them, and they do not kuow of any such suffering. Both the down and up stages between Cloverdale and Mendocino City, Col., were stopped by masked men near Philo, nn the niirht of the Oth. and robbed of the express boxes. The amount secured by the thieves is not yet known. The passen gers were not molested. rttiMT.vs It. .1. Tayixjr. cx-Mlnistcr to T.lhnrla. has established himself at At lutitn. Ha., as a lawyer He appeared in court, on the Sth, for the first time, and won his case through his brilliant cross examination. He is the first negro lawyer admitted to the bar of Georgia. The jurywas composed of white men. Sii.As Smith, a lteinibllenu tnendier of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Tyler County, has tendered his resiiiuatlon on account of sickness His county is solidly Republican, and a He publican successor will be elected; but his action complicates affairs lu the Leglslnttue, and may result in a Demo, crat being elected to the United States

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FIFTIETH OONQRIW.

In the Seattte. e the 4th, a melauoa ealHisf m tne President tor InforniaUoa coneerntac tke iMt ( uoverament ef te Hla4 of llujftl aadtae seumre of the Awerk-aa vewl llaytten Hukii una u1miUh1. alter whleh ilUcukslon ot u Tariff Mil was reumd, aad occupied 1moit the eatlre day. The ruls were w ttwjed as to laelude the PresWeat. and Vice-Pre cleat-elect antoeg tKe entitled to the privilege of the Roor. A totet executive (oa (ollowe4....In the Hou, the Niearaua bill wae taken up, amUnUBa peiteil, A Kreat perttea of the day was wMted in flltbuctertSK ever the quetttoa of ehanxinc the rule a U eurtall the power of the miaorlty to betruet hetlaeee. IN the Senate, on the Mh, the House amendmat to the NlcentKU' Canl Mil were re ferred to the eoiltee en forelsn relation. The Senate then returned eonsWeratton of the Ttrilt btil. Various ameadmeat were oBertd ad dtseuiiioae had upon them, but they were alt rejected, and when paragraph MS. referring to laeee, reached, the Senate at p, m. adjourned In the House the only actios takea was the passage of a resolution authorizing; the Secretary et War and the beeretery of the Navy to loaa to the committee on Inaugural ceremonies the Mags Hd buatlnic In the Government depots for use In decorating Washington on the 4lh of March, filibustering occupied the remainder of the seMlou. Ix the Senetc. on the 7th, at the conclusion et regular morning business the resolution )Cported from the committee on foreign rela lions. In reference to the Panama canal, wa taken up in secret session, and passed at A:40 p. m., when, by unanimous consent, the ti.r he vote ob the Tariff bill was flxed fot January 83, instead of January 21, and the Sen ate aujourneo ,...,xn me uuuc, after the reading of the Journal, the contest over the resolution p-oposlng a change In the rules se as to abolish, for the remainder o, the i.inn. ihe call of States on "suspension Mon Javc" was renewed, whereupon filibustering ensued, and the entire day was frittered awa vtlUiout actiea. in the Senate, on the 8th, a resolution was agreed to calling on the Secretary of the Treasury tor the report of Special Oflleer llyrne. made in November. 1M7, in regard to the evasion of sugar duties in New York. Con--1,,., inn nfth Tariff bill was then resumed, the two amendments offered being defeated by the usual party vote. The House joint resolution to loan iugs to the Inaugural committee, was passed .... In the House, in pursuance of the action of the Democratic caucus, a resolution . NMtnmit the resolution to change the rules . ff.red and adopted. Several measures r.,r nrintlnir Government documents, reports, etc.. wero passed. Further legislation was ,..v..i v... fuiii.i.rin tactics, and the House Usv- W - a adjourned. Is the Senate, on the th. during consideration of the Tariff bill, Mr. Vest made u speech in favor of his motion placing bituminous coal on the tree list, and was warmly antagonlwd iir Mescrs. Gorman. Vance anrl other promi nent Democrats, each s.de accusing the other nf iienartine from "ve ancient landmarks" of Democracy. The motion was defeated. Amendments increasing the tariff on several articles were adopted.,, .In the House, fltltustaring consumed the entire day. a PERSONAL AND GENERAL. I.v the Department of Carente Iuferieure, France, M. Duport (Houlangist) was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, on the Ctlu by a majority of O.itS. Thk Welsh troops that nail been sta tioned at Suaklm, left for Cairo, on the 7th, to join General Grenfell. It is said in Herlin that it nas been ausoluely proven that the Samoan rebels were led by an American. The Senate, on the 7th, passed again tne bill which passed both House and Senate atthe last session, estaunsuing tne Lin coln land district of New Mexico. The bill, after its former passage, reached the President too late for consideration. Governor Ukaver of Pennsylvania, on the 7th. slimed the warrant for the execu tion of Mrs. Sarah J. Whlteling, of Phila delphia, convicted of the iwlsoning of Her liimtmnd and two children, and set the 27th dav of March next for the hanging Thk German corvette scnwaiue went, nPTotind on a reef off Zanzibar, on the 7th, but was floated by the aid of an En il'HhIi eunboau Fkver is raging among the Germans in Zanzibar with many fatalities. Karon vo.v Skillkr. Austrian Ambas sador at Itlo de Janeiro, Brazil, has been transferred to Berne, Switzerland. He will ho succeeded by Count von AVelzers i'h el mb. Thk renorta eoacernmc the condition of the King of Holland have been greatly exasrererated. The Kinir. tbougli 111, transurta ImsinesK dallv. Dwiout L. Moody, the evangelist, is engaged In a series of meetings in Han Frauclsco which will last at least imriy davs. Advices from Mandaiay, jiurman, state that in a battle fought between British forces and a tribe known as the Karens, the British loss was five, and that or tne Kr,ii two hundred. Kirk is ratrlusr in the Norrle iron mine in Michigan. No lives are endangered but the monetary loss is heavy. Pmur Bakver. aged soveuty-nine, an old-time railroad man. shot himself with i revolver in a Cincinnati saloon on the Hth. He leaves a family. No cause is as fsiirned for tho suicide. Thk will of tho late Captain Wm. S. Adams, of Kingston. Mass.. gives ijlAVX)!) to the Boston Marino Society and 40,000 to the Boston Pilot Society. Thk Ice outside of the sea walls at Odessa, Russia, is seven feet thick, and ptIcihI ten miles out to sea O.v the 7th. Hon. James W. Goldsmith, of Atlanta. Gu.. committed suicide by taking jM)lson. Cause, nnaacial troubles. Hknukrson Brice. fourteen years old. mi,ril..rivl William Gladder, a boy of twelve years, in the woods near W Inns born. S. (J., on the 7th. Harry O. CroUBACOii, secretary auu linok.lfpnner for Iloolclnsou. Parsons r Co., insurance agents of Cleveland, O., has absconded with $ll,0Q0. The advisability of annexation was voted on lu Windsor, Ont.,ou tho 7th, and, contrary to expectations, annexation was defeated. Jacob Bmn. who ten years ago was sent to tho nenitentlary for life from Dakota County, Minn., lias been paruoueu, u uecomlng known by tho deathbed confes sion of Ids brother that tho latter was tne real murderer. Pkinck Henry of Bnttenberg hns been appointed Governor of tho Isle of lght. vice Viscount Kversley, deceased. M. (lENnuiLLK. formerly Governor or Senegal. Africa, has been fotmd guilty of manslaughter and fined two francs. The charge was based on the fact that M. Gcnoullle sent four llf groes to tin Alka tra Islands, where they died from starva tlon. The checkers" conies between Barker, the American champion, and Smith, the Khgllsh champion, at LoMdou, was con eluded on tho 7th, The score of games stood! Barker, Smith, It drawn, SB. At a nutating of Pattama canal shareholders at Versailles, France, M. .MRrtlneuu, engineer of the mtml com imny. announced tlwt a port tin of tlw capital required for a nowct!iny hni alreudy been found. ' The Htate Assembly KnlghM Vf Labor convened at Charleston, W. V., on Ike 8th, seventy-Six delegates blg itl attend

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TaaocoH iuHueutlal RuUus an ami

able urtiletaeitt has been arrived at imtWfMKig Milan hhiI ex-Qaeea Natalie whereby the latter refrains from further proceedings. Thk II. J. W, JUleher Agricultural Tool-works, at Chleopee Falls, Mass., shut down, or the tU, pemllug an investigation of the financial status of the concent. The nrm employed two huudrcd nanus during the busy season. The Thurman Club or uieveiami, u gave a oamiuet oa tne signt oi ni Km Nearly all the more promineut ueiuoerais of the State were present. The carriage factory or Hiram t . uavis at Cincinnati was shut down on the Mb. The trouble was caused by the company falling to accept the scale of wages adopt ed by the employes. Five hundred men were thrown out or work uy tne iock-oui. The building occupied by the prelect oi police at Leghorn, Tuscauy, was sliattered, on the 8th, by au explosion of dynamite. Diphtheria is epidemic at Nago, Hun gary, and a large number of children are dying from the disease daily. The luhabitants are panlc-stncKen. The Territorial convention to be held at Ft. Smith, Ark., January 21, to discuss the question of opening tho liidinu Territory to settlement, is meeting with a large amouut of interest in the neighboring States and among the Indians. It seems that the time is irrowlng near wlien tins question must be solved. The progressive class or Indians are in xavor oi uui nnimeiit and want the privileges of citizenship and the benefits to be derived from the cultivation or tlieir lauus as speeuuy us possible. The other class, who nettner cultivate tho thousands of fertile acros, nor waut them worked, and are content to have their homo a general asylum for criminals, must soon yield to the demands of advancing civilization. The lirst cold weather or tlte season struck Bismarck, Duk., on the night of the Sth. The President has removed Lewis McMullen, United States appraiser at ew York City, This action was taKen at me request of Secretary Fiurchlld, who, on the 81st of December nsked for MeMutlen's resignation, which was refused. Mr. A. J. Ui.rthen, formerly oue or mo tmmrietors of the Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune, was, on the !th, admitted to practice before the Supreme court or mat State. Mr. Gladstone will pay a visit to Home in February. The new Italian loan concluded with Germany amounts to lwyw.ixw lire, it was issued at the rate of five per entThe coroner's jury which investigated tho cause f tho Birailugham (Ala. ) riot failed to agree. Two of th jurors were of - the opinion that theshenff acted lawfully, and the other four thought he ought to be held criminally.respouslble. As attempt was made, ou tne stn, to blow up the palace at Madrid, hiin, uy the throwing of a petard ou a staircase. The explosion caused great alarm. .Xo arrests were made. The first ninety-day session of the Miunesota Legislature began on the Mb. Colonel Graves, of Dultith, was elected speaker of the House. A cave-in of land occurred near nerthier, Que., on the Sth, ami did about ?10,000 worth of damage. The descent occu pied about half an hoar. The sensation is described as being similar to that felt on a ship in a storm. Mike Uazzkm.o, one or the muruorers of Paymaster McClure and Flanagan, was given a hearing before Justice S.tlllman at Wilkesbarre, Pa., or tne utu. ue refused to make any statement. The Grand Duke of Hesse ana his daughter. Princes Allx. will go to bt. Petersburg at about Easter time, wnen u is believed that the betrothal of the latter -7 . " t . to the Czarewitch will be announced. Prof. Gekkicken is seriously 111 at Hamburg, Germany, as the result or his imprisonment. The evictions at J-aicarragn, ireiauu, were resumed on tho flth. There was very slight resistance to the bailiffs, but those wlio resisted at all were arrested and put in jail. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Ix the Senate, ou the 10th, at tho con elusion of the morning hour, consmera tlon of the Tariff bill was resumed. A number of amendment s offered by Messrs. Vest and Vance were rejected without debate, while several others, proposed uy the majority were auopieu. Good nroirress was made In the consider atlou of the bill. The end of the dutiublo list was reached, and the reading of the free list proceeded with, several amend mentH belmr adopted to conform to action taken while considering tho dutiable list. Twelve page of the bill were disposed of. In the House. Mr. Weaver, or iowu, immediately after the reading of the journal, resumed his obstructive tactics, and the eutlre day was wasted. Pkinck Bismarck arrived lit Berlin on the 10th. The Princess Bismarck has nearly re covered from her recent Indisposition. Cotton exmrts from the United States diiriutr December oust aggregated 8"S,7!0 bales, valued at r2..7f',ui7, against !W7 lmles in December, mi. vultted at L'J.si.,..H Thk water in the Nile is now lower than ever before recorded. The New Hampshire Constitutional con vcutiou ut Concord adopte 1, on tho 10th, by a vote of HW to 131, an amendment pro hlblting the m tnufacttiro and sale of all lutoxicatiutr Honors, "except cider." A special committee was appointed to con slder the woman suffrage- amendment. Tm: natives at Llude, Zauzibar, tired on a ln. it, ou tho 10th, BtippiHitiT that it was from a German war ship, on learning that it belonged to an Ktrjllsh man-of war. nn ttnology was promptly made. The Ponce de Loon and other prludimi hotels at St. Augustine, Flu., opened for tho Sanson on the 10th. Tho engagements are generally In excess of last year. Kx-Governor I'iioctoii'm resignation of the presidency of the Vermont itepiibllcnu Ltnvuo was accepted ou tho 10th, and Colonel J. J. Etuy was elected to tho uodtioit. Tiik .National Fnrmors Alliance con Veiled in Des Moines, lu., on the 10th. A 'out two hundred delegates front west ern States were In attendance. W. It. Foster has given tho .Now York Produce Exchange Gratuity fund .V,(K)0 to partially atone for tho loss of $l!i.s,aj)lt .. . II.. .1 . I . ! ...!.. .... ..t 1.1.1 HUIiereu oy me uuiuicnuoiiB ui ir nun. W.lt. Foster. Jr. CiIaW.vCKV M. Dki'EW was elected presl dent of the Uuloil League Club of New York, on tho loth, and Levi P. Morton was chosen us one of tho vice-presidents. A meeting of wool -grower was held at the Ebiiltt House. Wrtshlngbin, on the 10th. Mr. John McDonald, of California, w.is elected president: J. H. Kllimtrlck, of Pennsyluiil, secretary, and G. II. Wallace, of Missouri, treasurer. Hfteim wato were represented. a A comtmueo was appointed to present the view or the - organization betore the aeuate wiumiuee

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STATE INTELLIGENCE.

Cha. Clark, who lived near CelHmbwe, HHder tndletwMt for lareeay, suleldea M his Urn the other Might by takiHg opluw. lie leaves a wife and child. Wm. Paswatkr, aged tweHty-oe years, whs seuteHced to two year In the Bauth- . iii .. ......... ern penitentiary tor rouumg " Lexington. A comi'any, with a capital or Jtlu,oov, has beea formed atTerre Haute for the pur pose of boring for oil. The old ChauHey Ume well, lu peration twenty years ago, will be re-oeiied. Hon. Jt N. Huston, late ehalrmaH of the Indiana ltepubllcan Cnumittee, has gone to Florida for his health. Dr. a C. Givkns, on trial at Terre Haute for the murder of Webb Utuart, last August, was acquitted. Francis Muri'HY and his two sons have closed their temperance revival at Conuersvllle, having induced 1,600 persons to sign Ihe pledge. A little pig with two bodlef, eight legs and four ears Is a freak of nature just come to light on a Steuben County farm. One Newman, of Hushville, has a crow which has forsaken Its kind, and associates altogether with the chickens in the barn yard. At night it rentals with the poultry, and during the daytime feeds, with them, and altogether conducts itself as a welldlspositioued chicken. The JelTersonvllle Boot, and Shoe Com pany finds that convict labor does not pay, and will alandon its conti act with the Prison South en April 1. It will remove to bt. Louis. A. L. Neal, a school-teacher In Clark Township. Montgomery County, claims to have the largest and smallest scholar of any school In the State. One of them is a boy who weighs l0 pounds, and the other la a girl who weighs twenty-live pounds. r atiikk Meiknek, pastor of the Catholic Church at Peru, has placed an electric light on the spire of his church edifice, 17 feet above the ground, which sheds a bril liant light over the city and can be seen far out into the country. The other Right burglars carted away a'mon the eutlre content of the store of Con boy Bros., at Pin Hook, Jennings County. At Terre Haute, Joseph McCann, a white g'liuhler, shot W illis Edwaids, colored, in the neck, but the wound is not dangerous. Samckl IL Price has sued the city of Washington for ) 2,000 damages, alleged to have beeu occasioned by a fall ou ado fective sidewalk. Ciias. Gunoexson is in jail at Valpa raiso, charged with "committing highway robbery and attempting to murder Jamei Walsh. Geo. Buchanan, who has been postmas ter at Judson, Montgomery County, since ISiS, has resigned, and JohnM. Glover has been appointed. On January 23 the citizens of Bedford will vote on the proposition to incorporate that place as a oily. 1 heceusus, just com pleted, shows a population of '2,115. A VEMiTAttLE ghost is said to haunt the farm of Charles Gwynne, near Lexington, Clark County. It presents the Hppearanceof a white shadow In human form. and is proof against bullets, rocks and clubs. A post-office haa been established at Polling, Jay County. Wm. Polling commissioned postmaster. The remains of John Dillon were found in the canal at Lafayette. He had been missing three weeks. Gkohge Dowell was shot and danger ously wounded at rrancisvuie !y wood Thrasher. Thrasher gave himself up. A feud has existed between Dowell and other citizens for six months, and It re sulted in the shooting. Dowellmet Thradier and JJr. S. i. Urown in cue street ami after exchanging angry words both Dowell and Thrasher drew pistols. The former's weapon failed to discharge. Mrs. Eliza ketii Dunn, aged 106, died neat Ilartsville. E. P. Brow.n4, a converted infidel, who formerly edited the Cincinnati Breakfast Table, and Itev. J. S. Bitter, of Harrison, O., concluded a great religious revival at Marlon a few nights ago. The work lasted iglit wc?!c, during wftich tima there were four hundred conversions. The jury In the slander suit of William O si vs. John W, Dye, at Connersville, returned a verdict of $'2'2 lor plaintiff, who had been accused of burning defendant's barn. Contractors have turned over tho nat ural gas works at Richmond complete I. They receive jf.0,00 in cash aud the same amount in stock. Governor Gray has appointed It. D. ltlchardson, of Evansvllle, to succeed Judge Parrott on the bench in the Vanderburg and Posy circuit, and J. . Adair, as Judge of the Kosciusko aud Whitley circuit, to succeed Judge Olds. Thk Decatur County court-house will be remodeled, and a contract for that pur pof.o will be let early In March. The coa teitinlated Improvement will cost front a'i,0C0 to 40,00) and the work will be com pleted early next fall. The residence of Mrs. Wm. Gerald burned at Terre Haute. When the tire de partment arrived it was found that Mrs. Gerald, her son. aired four, and a daughter, aged six, were In the house. By heroic efforts the firemen succeeded in carrying out all of the Inmates. The boy was so frlehtfullv burned that he soon died, and the mother Is so badly injured that her life lsdepalred of. One of the firemen was overcome by heat, and fainted as he reached tho outside of the building with tho boy in his arms. Mtis. Max Cohen, of Madison, hns brought suit against the O. and M. rail road for M0, 010 damages for the death of her husband, who was killed at Harden burg December 7, 18$7. Alhkm i.ACH.STKLV, a Terre Haute clear maker, need thirty-two, suicided by shootIns himself through the heart, becauso of jealousy of his wife. The couple had been tarried four years and bad ono child. TliKCorn-husklng record era?.) h still coin on among the Montgomery County farmers. Marcus Homey, of Potato Creek, husked and cribbed 2,2S bushels In Ut dvs. belli an average of 80 bushels ner dav. Ayouno daughter of Moses Arnold, a farmer living near Wabash, was horri blv burned almut the limbs aud body hv her clothes catching lire from the -j stove. Tin: President hns withdrawn the name of Luon O. llalley to lw United States Attorney for the District or Indiana, suoitltutlng that of Sokmon Claypoel. Wm. IUwi.kiocs, alias "Windy Kill," a noted gamMer of Hhelbyvllle, was shot and killed by a barlendnr nmuedl'eeie.

CAPITAL SUDGET.

Tke freap!! tt the Territr!l Aitmte 1hh Hill Captain !wrfa' Kpltttw IHa HHHrttvtHj Ah iiHHnrlaHt Cm 1hMh1 To IVrft-et Ihh KaHltarr Hrvlri-HIII fur lHi'raaril lHiHH-..l Ptttlea ( Fr- Ultra. Washixoton,, Jan. Jwlg 0. C, Moody, of Deadwood, one of the Senators-elect for the State of South Dakota, arrived here late Suuday night from ladiimaikdltf, where he had a consultation with tho President-elect in reference to the prosjmots of action on the Territorial Statehood bills now pending in the House, and an extra session of the Fiftyfirst Congress. Judge Moody refuses to quote General Harrison on any thing, but ventures the prediction that no action will be taken on the "Omnibus" or any other bill looking to the creation of new States at the hands of this Congress, aud that there will be an extra session of the Fifty-first Congress called to convene wlthlu three month after the 4 th of March next. A delegation of the leading Deocratlo aud Republican citizens of both North aud South Dakota is expected here at the eud of the week for the purpose of ascertaining whether any thing will br done at Uils sossiou with the Territorial Statehood bills, and if there is to be no action, to point out to the members-elect the necwetdty for an extra session of the next Congress. Captain CowdeH SctnRt DUanprovrd. Washington, Jan. 8. Seuator Paddock presented to the Senate yesterday a report of the committee or the improvement of the Mississippi river and lta tributaries, on tho two bills reported adversely some weeks ago, eniluaciug Captain Cowdon's scheme for Improviug the Mississippi river and for aiiotttlet by Lake Borguo. The report saysUtat the outlet theory Is a radical departure) from existing methods of river Improvement. It has been urged as a remedy for overflows and an nld to the reclamation o low lands subject to annual su bmerslon. The members of the committee are not satisfied that the outlet system would secure the ends sought In fact, some of them fear that It would aggravate the evils it proposes to remedy. Whatever system be adopted for the improvement of the river, however, the committee is n opinion the work should bo dono by the Government, aud not by contract with any individual, as proposed by these bills. In conncctiou with this report, the Senate yesterday adopted a resolution authorizing the committee to continue its investigations, enlarging the scope of the Inquiry fo us to coyer the whole subject of the improvement of the Mississippi river and its tributaries. An Important Case, ThiihkU. Invilvlnf; hii IiiRignlllcant Amount, Dcrl'ifil. .Washjxoton, Ja. 8. Tho Supreme Court of the United States yesterday rendered a decision in the case of the Minneapolis & St. LouN Hallway Company against Oliver Beckwith, au appeal from the CtrcuK Court of Kossuth County, la. Three bogs belonging to Beckwith were killed oh the railroad. Au Iowa statute provides that if u railroad company falls to pay damages cntned to stocc, uy reason of non-fencing of its road, within thirty days after the claim is made, the company shall jmy twice the amount of the value of the stoctr. Tho various State and circuit courts sustained the statute. The company appealed on the ground of Its unconstitu tionality, bv subjecting tne company w a penalty different from that to which other persons are subjected. Justice Field, la a long decision, affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court. Tho ease has excited great interest, as the amount iuvolved U but twenty-four dollar and the cost of tho litigation have been thousands. A Mill to IVrfpct th Sanitary Scrtrlc. WAsaiNQTONtJau. 8. In tho Senate yes terday Mr. Cameron introduced a bill to perfect the sanitary service oi tne unite u States. It provides that the surgeonGeneral may detail to tho Bureau of the Marine Hosoital service such additional officer to act under his directlou as regis trar of vital statistics, as may be from time to time required. Within sixty days after the imssnne of the act, tho HurgeonOeneral Is to procure a site uixm which he is to cause to bo erected a building to be used a United States laboratory, for the purpose of conducting scientific investigations in the interest of the public health, and the Surgeon-General is to detail medical officers from time to timeone hospital steward and two attendants to conduct the laboratory. An appropriation of V),000 is provided. A Hill to Incrrae lit" Pensions of IlsaMod Vptr!in. Washington, Jan. J?. The Hotw committee on invalid pensions has agreed to report favorably a bill to Increase the pensions of disabled veteraus. Under tho bill the pensions will lie Increased as follows: For the loss of an arm above the o11mw the pension is increased from .! to .ft'.!; for the loss of an arm below the elbow the pension Is .Increased from :wto,l; for the loss of an arm at the shoulder tho pension is Increased from $15 to V. The Increases provided for the loss of a leg are the same. In each case of total inability to perform manual labor, the pension Is Increased to $50, and for the loss of both arm aud leg the pension Is Increased to .!0. Want Their Home Frif. Washington, Jan. H. Senator Hawloy preJented to the Senate yesterday a petition of tho corset manufacturers of the United States, asking thatr the phraseology of a jmragraph of the Tariff bill be changed. This paragraph provides that horns and part of horns, including horn strips ami tips unmanufactured, shall bo admitted free. Horn strip, the niaiiufaetururs say, have been admitted free for a number of years, but as they come In partly manufactured, tho manufacturer are afraid that under the wording of the paragraph quoted, they would be classed under manufactured articles at a duly of HtMv opt cent, ad valorem, litey asK that the word "unmanufactured" placed before the words horn strips. be tfutcldc of a OnfnttlUiiK County Clerk. Ashland, Wis., Jan. s. Maurice H. OalTney. whose term of office as clerk of Ashland Comity expired at noon yesterday, shot, himself through the brain at half-imst twMvo o'clock yesterday morning at his residence. Gafiney's wife wai uvoitsed by the shots, aud arose in time to see her husband fall down thu stairway dead. He was short lu his acet'imts nlsiut $d,000, and the Hoard of Supervisor had served an ordei4 upon tilm to tnm over the money at two o'clock yesterday. Gaffney did not have tho funds to makewptlu defalcation, and, worried over tht fact, together with severe illness, he becama despondent. His wife I nearly craned with Krief. aud his Meads are appalad.

AFFAIRS IN HAYTI.

rre44Ht IHcltlHtr, Frkur m KvlatlH bt tNtrt-AH.I'riH, KMWrJ t Hrwlu MMttre tvri-l ritttiHt WereHWHH, AMvaeatmi aa4 (Manns Ism. Harra la PhhI luaMaa rrfl l'raa. iIm f the l.nwer Cbim tti IMr X!Iycmu New Yore, Jaa. 8. The Wg I'.irt-aa-Prlme correspondent, wrltitwc itader da of December So, saya; Despite the fact that Port-au-Prince declared for ltriiiaunanimously, and that the iakaMtaata t the place cheered themselve, hears wkea Legitime was proclaimed President, titr! are many wealthy and iuMueutial reeldents of the cky, merchants aad others, who are disaffected toward lAgitim'j government and keep up a secret oorreKpondeuoe with the Kortltera leaders. Their numbers and iu Hue nee during the iat few weeks have been increased greatly, so much mi that Legitime undoubtedly began to fear tkat a counter-revolution might be started agaiust him in his own city. He held a council with hie mlnieters, awl they all agreed that prompt action was Mecfssary. Warranti, were secretly issued for the arrest of some two dozen residents of Port-au-Prince who were suspected, and the service of these were intrusted to General Herard, Governor of the Departnwnt ot the South, and General Klhelier, chk-f t Kilice,who, accompanied by a great many other Generate, a few Lieutenant-Governors and oue or two Mddiers, rallied out ou their tour of seiiure ou December. The iuot prominent they arrested were M. Laraud, editor of the L'Oell; T. Augusta, advocate; C. J. dentil, merchant; J. Leger aad Alexauder Ferraud, advocate, and M. Courtols, editor of the Plaldoyer National. Some of the others arrested were clerks in, the custom-house aad other departments of Ihe government. A good mauy of 'he Haj tiens under the, ban heard of what was going on and lied to th foreign consulates for protection. HIDING AT THE AMERICAN LBOATION". The Americau Legation harbored X.. Leon Francis, J. Acale aud Bernard L'Espinasse, and tho men joined tho two other refugees who have been in hiding at the legation for a mouth, M. Itertholemeir and Leger Coavien, advocates. The Haytiens arrested were taken to the city priswn, than which there is probably no more abominably vile place oa tho face of the earth. They were jdacwl three apiece in small dungeons about, ten feet square, under gnuitd. oaly lighted and ventilated by a narrow window ou the ground level. The dunfeoa floors are covered Kith reeking filth f the most horrible description, aud in this the prisoners were coiieled to sit. They were chained down, great iroas Hadlrur their leg closely together at the- kaeeiJ and ankles. Among thoe seized was M. Mallebrauche, a big coffee broker and speculator, who is said to be worth twelve million dollar. He was released this morning on the tearful intereetwioa of his wife with Presideut Legitime. c I'RIKONERH AT WILL. The arrested Haytiens will have no trial, aad will be kept In prison aa long a President Legitime sees At. If he thinks it necessary he will undoubtedly have Hm of them taken out aud shot. There is a decided fee'.hg of itersowal iueecarity in consequence of the arreMis, aud one knows but what he may be the next one seized. On the day of the first arrcU President Legitime rode out, accent panied by hi staff aud Innly guard, for the first time siace his inauguration. The President halted his horse la the Place De La Paix, opposite the Banque Nationale. A bit; orowd gathered, coniioed of soldiers aud citizens and the country people froat the market place near by, aad LEGITIME MADE THBM A LITTLE JSPEECHV. 'Soldiers," he said, "you know yinir duty and I need not tell it to you. You will perform It, I am sure, firmly and courageously and well. The safety of the republic, the safety of the peace and good order is in your bands. Citizen, L realize that I have been too merciful and lenient in the iBt. Tlte time for clemency is over. I propose to put down with severity this encouragement of rebelioa ia. our midst and to deal jastly wltk. those sympathizers of tlte Northern rebels here who would raise a riot and make the streets of Port-au-Prince rua with blood. I have this day caused the arrest of some of these men, and they shall prove that I can rule with a rod of iron as well as kindly." The people aud soldiers loodly applauded the sM!ech. CORRCITION AX IMMORALITY. The correspondent describes the pablic lives of the natives as being honeycombed with corruption, aud their private life a a mass of awful immorality. He says: "The lower order of the blacks have little ideas of the relations of father and mother, sister or brother. The slaughter of young children by their mothers, that THEIR B0DIK8 MAY BK SOLO AS I-ORkT, or fried down Into lard, is a common practice amoug the natives. Kvery aow and then the foreign residents of Port-a-Prluce fiiid served up to them, oa their own tables, iwrtlons of the botlhn of children which have been purchased in the public butcher shop. It ia very daagerons to buy cooking lard ia Haytt, for the reasons above stated, eea whea the lard is ostensibly of foreign manufacture, for the Haytiens get hold of the ohl cane aad fill them with lard of their own make. Only two weeks ago a woman was arrested in the market place ia Port-au-Prince for selling as iork THE ARMS AND MM 8 OV A CHILW. Of course this killing of children it recognized as murder by the Haytlen law and punished as such, but It Is certain that the casea which are discovered are but a small proportion of those wahra happen." LEOITIMK INTKRVIEWKD. Ia an intervlw with Presblest Legitime tho correspondent nuked: "What will be dona in the cases of the resWeats ttt the city who were arrested oa suspicion of being in symiathy with HyppoliMs aad of trying to start a movement in hi favor here" "I can not aay," he answered. "It wat necessary for me ttt cause their arrest as a war measure. I hope that the simple arrest anil confinement of thee men will serve this end." (ilvfii I'h as !.!. New York, Jan. 8. The agent, awl owners of five -hijtt, which, with their cargoes, are valued at il.OWW. which have been mfceing since the windstorm of Novemlter and ., reported to thu Josritime Exchange this morning that they have given them up for lost. The ships are! Steamships Damana, New York, November, t. for Hayti; brig Nile. West Indies, about Noveaiber !, for New York; brig h. W. P. Armstrong. Guadeloupe, November Is, for Now York; schooner KUa A. Warner, Porto KM, November 21, for New York; schooner S. M. Be cob, Porto llleo, November V, fo New York. The Hutaber l liw ht ia placed at fltty-foar.