Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 February 1891 — Page 6

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WEEKLY COURIER. C. BOA3fK, -PoUti-biar. INDIANA. Tn, lM.Op-m-lbwae at C.alHpoHa. . wis eWtroyrd hy are o tb tatlnta, m: ItiMiranoe. R-. S?br French artillerymen MontnaHftrr www fatally injure by, preuiatwm dWhargv of dynamite on th- -Hail a, IIi.ax p. on th !d, expressed the Wtief tlMt the .direr roeu in the llouae a atronfr emHurlt to 1 the Free Cuitr bill on h iliwl vot Tkk CBJT!ce, e-a the 5th, btted H swreeted bulletin of tit population of AM., There it no material cnaf frwni the fhure already published. SKYK.VTV-m'R men narrowly escaped tail by n expUmkm in the tJraitd ' Hirer coal and coke mine, at New CaMle. Col., on the 9d. himI 1 is feared tkt many others, not so fortunate, perishad. Dk, Chaw, the attending phyt-ktianof f lovernor Steele, of OklahoiiiM. mW, on the Ath, that the Governor was much Improved awl would be able in a few days to make hfe contemplated trip to VaWuifUii. A jsTHlKK of conducUirs. brukenien Hind switchmen mi the Canadian Pacific rail war k threatened, w'hktt may extend fvtmi St. John. X. It, to Vancouver, in Hrilifh Columbia, affeetiiur nil the men oh that stretch. t Thk lmdon Standard's llerlin special says the Kinpemr will shortly relieve ( hancclor von Caprivi of tlie ptwition of the premiership, od will mtrimt the ow to M ifuel. Von Caprivi will remain Chaneelor of the Gentian Empire. CmjnsrA. II. M. Hi.ack, commander n the Twenty-third Infantry and of Vart Sum llouaton. Tex., was retired from active aervice at noon on the 15th. Tb neriod of hi active erviee was the longest of any0 officer serving in the line. Tmk fruit crop of California for the nnst vear was the larjrest ever Known. Shipments of jrreen fruit amounted to lOS.tKW.0O0 ponnda; rtrkMl iruit, ,ww.000 iMumk; oranifes 8. 1ST ear-loads; raisins. 40.000.000 poundand fruits, bo. 9M,0Q0 lKniwls. i t mi n ' " W Thk Tope y represented as sayinfr that if the Conservatives of 1- ranee saw that It was possible, they should estab lish somethinr better than a republic. Otherwise they should adhere to the republic, which would then be what they eho&e to make it. Thk first general election in Spain under universal suffrage wa heUl on the 1st Conservative irainK are reported everywhere. In Madrid the Couaervat.w carried six ami the Liberal two MMite.. In the provinces the Ctuiservatives were generally vktorlouti. WMltx addressing an awdtence at St. James Hall, in Lomlon. on the evening of the 80th, in support of Ueneral Hooth's scheme for reform, Mr. George m,w,inr. who had tfeHtAfeHl 1,000 for I

v " the furtherance of the eauhe, was taken

suAienly ill and aluut immediately expired. Thk white lKok bmed by the German Government cm the Emin exilitkm shows that? in ssome vases Kmin'tt appatent disreganl of tmlers was due to the miscarriage of letters ami dispatelies sent him. Major Wissinann appears to have been hasty in his judgment of Emin. Ox the Slst Corporation Counsel Clarke, of New York City, deckled that the coroner has the right to investigate all ikwths resulting from or m any way ttrilHitalile to the use of Prof. Koch's lymph, under section 177S of the ConKftlfalation act where the words "unusal manner!', gives power to the ooronar. Phrsidknt Hakhisok issued his proc lamation, on the Rth, announcing and (leftmnr the provisions of a treaty of ranifM-ncUv with the United States of ttrasil. arranged by Secretary of State Blaine and Minister Mcndonca, under the working of which it is confidently ldU.ved that trade between the two eountries will be greatly Increased. EtoHTKKN miners were drouned by the Httdden flooding of No. 10 slope of J. C. Harden t Co.'s mine, at .Teansville. Pa., on the 4th. The accident was oawsel by a miner drilling into a worketltont ami almmlcMied slojx which

hal been flooded. The men drowned ' were W4 feet lwflov; the surface, and it

will take weeks to nump the water out ami recover their bodies. Fivk memlwrs of the iKMtrd of control of the Xational World's Fair exhibit arc la Chicago, Wth Prof. 0. Hrowne (oodc, of the Smithsonian Institute, at their head. They are ready to begin the erection of the building for the led eral exhibit, which will cover four acres and will be architecturally beautiful. Its cost Is to be 100,000, which will leave more than $1,000,000 lor the ex hibits. A MI.OCK in Cleveland O., commonly known as "Rotten Row," on Ontario atrceLlwtween Huron and Ohio streets, was burned to the ground on the 4th. Xearlv fire hundred Italians, negroes ami Turks who lived under the roof of the block went all taken out alive, but soHJc of them were very scantily clothed ami suffered greatly from the severe, cold, the temperature twing be low aero. It is given out that the President's purpose In asking an extension of the time within which Secretary Wiiitlom's successor must be appointed, had cmmj' clal reference, to Robert Lincoln. Minis ter to the court of St- James. Air. Lin coln Is not at all satisfied with his pre? !Ht ost, and since the death of bin son he has Ix-cn more restless than ever, and the best information is that If the Treasury portfolio is tendered to him he. will ai-ceut it.

CUMENTJTOPICS. TIE im or 1KET, FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

IS lit SMM, u. Xl -I, tUe a.-rwd'iltU( f Mr. i'auo'rwM lr lit U itw, rwmmaat: im$ Mmrrta 4 ni-ii, nrr mfvtvt'l '! plaeinl on at. A vuiuuiittiM- of vt-i wm ap Clttliwt to n'pr-,oi the sh at secretary inttunt's funeral, A nuailirr of h. takca from the mifinUr ami n I Umii tbr Artuy Appropriation litl w lak up. and after uiwrkln !' P4mmm1. The Kurtlficaliun bill wm taken up, but m pri(re wm made w ith tle UUI, mim! ttw ireaate attJiUirneU until Monaar tU'i. n.. In rar that iiiuImt wtlht uttfinj the fun era! of SetTtary Window lit th llouw ta-Mlllur Appropriation lll wa pa,Kt, anil the Consular ApproprUtlon hll! w taken up. Mr. MeVnmry, of Kentucky, maU a tptt In which, tonrlilng apon tb Kehr fug Sea eae. he urired promH actios by the atvrwmnt to rweure a tettlement of th vexed qiMNttUm by arbitratltin. Without c tiutt wm the bill the commlttve ns, audi th llouoe adjiturned until 2 p. at. on the id, In ortlrrtkat KprentatvNi uilitht uttead tbw fuavml of iirtary Wiudwwi. IV tlu nte. oa the 5W, after routine bulhiw, the r'ortlftcalloa bill HMMerel and an ainendment to reduce the appropriation for gun ami mortar Utterien for tlw defeui of the harbor of mft4n, New York, Smii KrHitclMHi, HawptOH Kad and Wnh itiKOin. from J I, to ;,, wa arml to. Other amendments of minor lmptrtmwere adopted, and the Senat, wltlwut ul dbpoiltion of the bill, adjourned . .In tii lloue Senate bill making additional appropriation f I50,0j0 to contlnne work oh the public bulldinx at Worcester. Ma,, wa paired , ab.0 bill amending tfe-tion WO, vlml Slatutec, mi a to read "Vacancies raxloaed bv O.eath or resiirnatlon !IH mi be tnwiporarlly nlled under the three precedlUK section for a lor period than tbirtv davH." i-etiate bill aa puewd alth an aweadnieat rtrikio out the approjtrla ttonilauw) tirovidlait forth erection of a public hulldmtf at St. l'aul, Mlrn., at oot f WmO.000. . , In the Senate, oa the art, IIotw bill m nwiendthe K vied Statutes In reference to uiujnrary 1-ifnUmif. to nit vacancicvin the caiM- of tbo death, jUckncM or ab Mitee of the headt of departtnent a ua-etl The Fortlncatlonsbllt na dM'Uaeil and au anienduu-nt rcduclnic the approprla tfon if f l,w,tMJ to IM,WM fur the purchwaeef oll-teniitered and annealed Meel for hlahpower coaM-aefenat" un wan arvc 10, Other awcadmeata were on;ml hut no action taken. Uoue amendment to senate bill for a public buildfuK at M. l'aul, Minn,, reducltift the aBiount from H.SM.WW to t-0r WW wan concurred In ,...in tne uoue a number of bille- of minor Importance were patl and the Mom went Into conimittt of the waok- on the IXpltmuUIc and Consular Appropriation bill, and the entire time wa ocoapied lu g nerat uettate. IU the Senate, on the th, thecredertlHl Jacob II. (iallinaer. at a senator from Nt Hampshire, were prevented and rtled. The KortirtVittioiio Appropriation bill wa cu!idereI and a number of committee amendmen If were agreed to and the bill wa patted. The Military Academy Apprrlai tion bill wa reporte! and )el, nd the I'eitiow Appropriation bill wast taken npf but went oVer hm unttnlshed bulns. . . In the ll J, A. Owenby.the silver mml wlt---, wa, by resolution, dichared from the eutdr of the Mrx'ant-at artns. In committee of the whole the IMplomatie and Consular Appropriation bill wax eonoiucred and laid a.-lde, with a favorable recomioen tlatlon, and the committee proceeded to a consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. After a long discur.loit the com uilttee roe and the IXplomatlc Appropri ation bill hi pawd. I the Senate, on the 8th, Mr. Ineall, riaimr to a personal ntatemeut, after explain InxbH position oat he Closure rule and the Election bill, which lat necn maae. me. ubpct of comment, cetuure and anlmadversion, ald that the leaders who had coa ducted the oo-t powerful orifHiitaatUm known In American history to the mmmi Mtupeudouf und overwhlinlnc dlsiarter recorded 1m 11m annaltt oiIkIU well pardon thooe who were disposed to doubt the Infaliibllitv of their Judgment. The Pension Appropriation Mil, wita an commioee amendments was pa-4ed. anrt the KiRtttHour bill was retortel .... In the IIoue, after axreclntc to meet at 11 a, m. duriUK the remainder of the sclon, the stdrj' Civil Appropriation bill wa taken up In cotumtttec of the a hole, but no acttou wax taken ot: it. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Ax attempt to break jail at White Plains, X. V.. was frustrated by Jailer Acton. In one of his rounds he discovered that the Imrs on the door of a cell occluded by William Fleming and Willlain Kinir had been sawed through, lie called for assistance, and the two pris oners were sniated ami taken to another cell.' Jamks T. Hknrv, who is wanted In Canada tm the charge of robbuir the Hank of Montreal, on Decetniwr 1, laht, of cash awl securities amounting to SH500,006, haK been' captured by the police of the City of Mexico. Thk clothing of a four-year-old daughter of Dave Starkweather, ol hd moml, I. T caught fire from a burning twairie. ami before help could reach her site was so badly burned that situ dk'd in a few minutes. James pulk, her brother-in-law. who braved the flames In an attempt to rescue the child, was horribly burned and is Hot expected to survive. Knoinkkk Rohkkt Hmowx was killed and Fireman John l eeney lmdly bruised bv the collision of the Xorthwestern limited train on the w York Central railroad, on the fed, near Kast IbHihester, with a wild engine. The two engines and several can were Imilly damatfctl. ' Thk Chagrin Falls accommodation on the Clcvelaml, Canton fc Southern rail rtwd was wrecked a few miles south of Cleveland, Q. on the 8d, and Knginucr Oscar (Irccnwald and Fireman hdward Hallman wen; almost instantly killed. Am. the missing fishermen who were carried out to sea by the breaking of the ice lu Saginaw Hay, during the night of the "id, arc reported safe at Fish Village, near Fish Point, -Mich. There were many thrilling escape, but bo lives were lost. StitsoK Ckispi has, at the request of Klntf Humlwrt, taken the question of withdrawing his resignation as Premier of Italy under consideration. Thk Ohio House of Representatives lias passed a bill making eight hours a day s work except for farm labor. Thk late Sioux war is said to have cost theOovcramctit nearly Si, 000,000. Thk Itcrlin Post says that 1'rince Ratidwindled of suppressed internal small' jkix, and the physicians now admit that two other oeiMile hi the tatlace of the Count of Flandershavedled of the same disease, The palace will lie closed. ( KKTAix-reststiraiitdu'epersat Charles City, la., have la-en selling what they call "Indian soda.'' Kxpert witnesses testified it was laser, pure and simple. The venders were all finad In sums varying from KM) to I1.44W.

rr HmU lnn WtHka at William

burg. X. Y.. were burned. " th, cMttsiitK' a kata eatlwated at 900,lald, The iron works wen' me-sUury imildtttRti, but ouverwd au ewtlre block. Ul st vtink. la., will have a beet Migar factory in full blast- next fall, jtfci.iiou harinflr alrealy Wen rahd toward the enwthHt of the plant. Th farmer geuc rally are taking hold of the matter, and hundred rf acres have already lieea pleibwl for the purpose of growing heetsTmk report of the army onWrs deUiled by Ueneral Mih U invtattlKwU the light between the Indians and th trtuips at WuttndiMl Knee Creek, S. H., iuvolritig Cohmel Forsythe of th Seventh Cavalry, has been recelvetl at tlw War Department and k lnlngeoaklcrvA by SecreUry l'roetor and General Si-holiebl. Thk reskleiice of Hanker Cowles at Clark, Xeb., was burglarised on the morning of the 4 th, Cowles was knocked senseless and his wife killed. The burglar securetl about fifty dollars in sh. A reward of $l,o6o has bean off cred for Uie arrest of the murderers J. A. Shii'Man, a prominent lawyer of Kearney. Xeb., was arrestwl. on the 4th, at the instanoo of Nell Sksso, on the charge of forging ti "tortgages for 110,000 in connection with An Omaha land deal. The accused sUmls high in social circles, and is a prominent church member. Whilk a train was proceeding, on the 4th. f nun 1 nui, mi the, .Siwnish side of the frontier, to llemluye.u small Kronen town a run of fifty miles s gentleman, who tHX-upied a compartment in a firstcliws carriage, was thrown from the tj-tln into the river and drowned, The, asMissin escaped. CiiAKUBi.SA.viuiM'M, lHJok-keetK'r for Huiskamp HrS., hoe manufacturers at Keckuk. la., shot himself three times about mklnight on the 4th. 1 1 will die. SandMsih is the Mm of one of th most wealthy reajdents of Keokuk, and is a prominent inemlter of the Iowa National 1 1" ward. Thk Waterville f.Me,) poor-house was burned, at one clock. on the morning of the JVth, aud one of the inmates, a fifteen-year-ohl girl, pertslied in. ine Haines. Of the rcmanung thirteen puu- . . i .i f . .. .i pers, lour maoe gRi im-ir escain: u nine were carried from the burning building-by Superintendent tieorjre !. Richardson, ami placet! in a neighbor. ing lMim, wltere, naix-ciati, uiey suffered much from the intense cohl. Thk trial of Hank-wrecker Simmonds was continued in New York on the 5th, ex-President Claasen of the Sixth Xathnal Hank continued his testimony, which reflected scverelv ttKm .Simmonils. John Di'km ax, a miner, was killed and two Hungarians were so badly in jured that they will die by an explo sion of powder at Neilson colliery, isliamokiit. I'a., on the 5th. Ix the Spanish Cortes as now coinposed. Including the representatives of the colonies, the government has Si member and the Opposition 151 members. An orphanage in Moscow, Russia, was destroyed by lire, on the ith. nine of Ute little inmate being burned to death. A i.AHOK amount of routine business was disposed of hy the State Prohibition conference at WillSamsport, i'a., on the 5th. The conference closed with a largely-attended mass meeting in the court-house. HaokloW .t IU-kxstkin's stable, In Koaton, was burned, on the otii, to gether with sixty-five horses, four Herdics ami a large amount of hay, grains, tc LATE NEWS ITEMS. a In the Senate, on tlie th. the Kara! AniirooHation bill was reported. A resdutlon was adopted calling on the rresklent for the correspondence m refttrence to the killing of General lla rumllit. Mr. Morgan addressed the Sen ate in support of the bill to akl in construction of the Nicaragua maritime canal. The Iwlancc of the session was taken up in the discussion, of the Eight-hour law, and an agree ment was reached that a vote be taken on the bill on the 7th In "the House Senate bill amending the LandForfeiture act of Septemlwr V. 1MW, was passed. The Post-Oftice Appropri ation bill was reported and -daccd on the calendar. The House then went into committee of the whole, on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. Debate on the paragraphs' In the bill relatiqe to the World's Fair consumed the balance of the day. an evening session being held for the consideration of pension bMls. Fifty woman, employed in the Hell Pros.' pottery of Findley, O., went on strike, on the th, lxsvause the manage ment refused to treat with the male employes of the works wlo have been out since the first of the year. The en tire factory is now closed and nearly SOU person are on strike liccause of a reduction in the wage schedule. O.v the nth. William Asliton, of Philadelphia, fifty-one years old, called on his wife, from whom he has Iwen separated for some time, ami attempted to kill her with a hatchet. The woman made a desperate resistance, and succeeded In escH!itig front the. house. Ashton then cut his own throat. Thk Duke of Norfolk, the head of the p-eat Human Catholic house of the Kngllsh motility, wrote to the London Times of the rtth, protesting ugainsttha attitude (if the government tin Mr, Gladstone's bill to remove the remaining Roman Catholic disabilities. This Democratic mcmlH;r of the Idaho Legislature held a canons, on the night of the Mh, and, it Is generally IhsHcved, agreed to take a hand in the proposed effort to elect a Senator to eontest the scat of Senator-elect I blinds. Thk House, committee on iost-ortlces and post-roads, on the rtth, ordered a favorable report on the Senate bill area ting the office m Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, at a salary of $1,009 per year. Thk school building, together with the chapel and rectory of Itishop's College, at Lennoxvllle, Can., was imruud on the nth. Loss, 340,000, covered by in-BUratiuu.

INDIANA STATE KBW8.

INDIANA'S GROSS AREA. TVe lJd Water Snrfsee hf Haass Amrliug to the mat census report the groaa area of Imilana y square Miles is Mm, of which 44 is water ami a,1tt laud aarfaoo. Tk art of the lUaiaier State by counties U aiute miles is as as follow Adaau W tllen ew BariMoaaaw .... M Benton MM Hlackford ITU Uoom iWi CMrrott.., ... " Ca4 . W Clark CiJsjr - AW Clmma....... 4t Crawtord..,. W DavhsA , 4ad m arbora . WT Deetitr .. S lk'Kalb m MadtaM , tilt t- . MmMIM -am KWiNnM. 0a .T ... 441 4! a 4311 l 4 0 Ia t 4HI Perrj'.n . ... Pi 1 'or ler ...... Ioey lttttki....i....,.,.. Iutaam Kaadolh Hlp4y ....,, Ittuh...., .... awf Bt. Jwpb. ........ Scott. , aell3. ..,,,,,1 a 4,H 4 0 -I) IMaware.. DubulK.,.. 4lfl 4it XM IS m Mai m 4M li r -MM aw m )WI Aid 5M .We KM 831 r.m m SM 4M KiKhar' ...... Kyl la ...... Floyd Fountain , Krunklln,... Fulton ........ .titbMW ....... (!rnt ...... . ., Oreeiui, ... UHtnllUm...... i; uncork ..... UnrriMm..,. . Hemineks .... Henry..., .,, Ilovmrd lluntlngtott.. Jio'kMm...... 411 4W 448 StHtawr., UN Surtw... ) Staubea WO SalW-aa 44 SMitaetiaad . 3' Tlapaanee....... 1 Tlplnm .. ............. W Utiloa.:. , 1T0 Vanderbttrt;. . ..... Ve.rtauiiau 7 Vino 4 wu.n... -uw Warrea. -M Warrick l V ftfcbtugUMt Mid w)b a) Jttsper .my .. .... JBrMia .... , .leitiitu John-on. ....... Itno ,,. Ko-tiufho Iarruage... .... Ijike. ,. ,., l.aportf 1 mi rttioo ........ wm a".; Wbi..,. Whitley. !U0 Total .W PuiVATK dispatches announce the re cent massacre by Indians of Henry W. i t ..i. .. i .. x" r........ ...i nearSpokaiw Falls, Wash. In a fight the latter killed a squaw, this em-aging the Indians. I heir bodies were horribly mutilated. They were old eitl"tens of Clav Countv and left ltrasil a few years ago. I he father taught sclutol in ilrazil for SO years. Thk Xorth Vernon State Hank, a new organization, was opened at Xorth Vernon, the other morning. The oificers are; J. H. McMillan, "president; John Fable, vice-president, and J. C. Cope, cashier. " Tiikrk was a great Ibx drive in Wash ington Township. Itoone County, in which hundreds of people participated, but all the foxes broke through the line but one. ' A shocking accident happened at a saw-mill six miles cast of Hooneville, the other evening at 4 o'clock, which caused the instant death of John 11. Floyd mutilating his body in a horri ble manner, Tlie unfortunate victim was engaged in setting off the logs for cutting the size of the lumber being sawed, and while setting the gauge on the carriage lost his balance ami was thrown in front of the saw. His entire face, loth legs ami one arm were cut off. He was twenty-five years old ami single. Thk grip has made its appearance in Anderson, several fatal cases haviHt, oc curred. Johx Mast, a saloon-keeper at La fayette. dropped a spark into a package of powder and was severely injured in the explosion that followed. Jamrs Rkin-ha-kt, of Hrandywine township. Mielby County, was com pellet! to kill several cattle ami hogs thought to ihj affected with rabies. II. Hohsik, county treasurer, the other afternoon fell from his barn loft at Co lumbus, and sustained a fracture of the skull. He was unconscious for several hours, and is still confined to his house, with but little hopes of his recovery. Thk old Itlake homestead, which is being torn down in Indianapolis to make way for modern residences, has sheltered some very distinguished people in its time. Henry Clay and Van Huron were frequently entertained there, and many other noted men had been guests within its famous walls. It was one of the oldest residences in Indiana. m . . ...... . iHOKXTowx win establish a cream ery. Twkntv-skvkx years ago John Hand. eotoreo, got men ana saiu ne would go to 1ed and never get up. He kept his word and is still in Injd in Mitchell. Tramps broke Into a freight car. on the Monon road at GrecncaMle and stole a box of raisins. They were found soon af terwards in the sand-house near the depot, where they had taken quar ters for the, night The sttden fruit had been devoured. The thieves, nine In an, were nciu lor trial at tlie ensuing term ot court. WM. MlTCHKl.i., a well-thought of mechanic, called on Miss Jessie Modlln, hi lady-love, at Indianapolis, the oth er night, doing away late he laughing ly told her she would see him no more. He went home, procured his father's pistol, came Itack to his sweetheart's home and knocked at the door. When Modlin looked out he saw Mitchell shoot himself. He left a note which leads his friends to think him religious ly crazy. Gas well No. 4. at Cannel, hits just been finished, It is one of the ltest wells In Hamilton County, and now Cannel claims more gas than all tlie other towns together on the Monon railroad, Ix the ease of the State of Indiana against Martin Shafer, indicted for mur der in the sccoatl degree, at Logansport, the jury was out twenty hours. The verdict was fifteen years in the penitentiary. Shafer killed Kd, Low rey last Septemltcr with a slung shot a l.owrey emerged from a saloon. A mo tion for a new trial has lajen filed, IIi:t two and onedialf miles of toll road remains In Tippecanoe Countv. .Ia.mkS A. Woohs. convicted of l:ilHiif Thomas ,u mount in the itwnne htpi tal at Richmond, mat Scplemlxtr, m sentenced to twcnty-tnie years in Cu State prison. A mot ion or a iter, tv was overruled by Jut!! Ct ii:s.vk.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

tfttMAKAPOi.il. Jaa, toMAfl Bitai tusl! AtMiUtlua UMtoMeeof Mu Mia laMctor and rreatiac I he it ot St' laprt4r o( Mints; protein hwtbe ekvtloa of m4 tuprrvikor by Um pupi. u tb'lr tra t om at i ur yean, luaittM ih- number ol dr Inr bic-h Ibry way draw lro". at Nrteeai profaibitimt tse bumlBitof nalaral gm la HMtu, aad prorldinc a nne not iteer tti fur ta art o8eoa aad not to ewd fr tae teetutd oen. repeaitae ute taw r wblea Um MtU or Iwmumi iMlieau are new ItaMe toe the waiateaaaoe ot patient la talnane aarw; prvldod thai atrantf aad maMufaeluria eaubliihiavato aali farnias kairn for ia wiMnen and fir l la their eatptor; eoMliiaeorHirai:oaii to par their raiptoraa every two week aaa prxhlbluiu; U iuaitur Mript, MorB Bill ped: mi I mi itrnt w MMtrt la the Tairty-oad J natron ureuiii pro vldlB a aaa of MK aad tMjprloat for six woNtto for ib reuteval of Ntartd proparir; auUtoritiac Ut eotainon eouadU of eltia to Nil vaeaneiea la IN or of mayor, cirra aoa eouurilwti: legalising aeu ol nourw pub lic whom eommitaioMt bare expired ; auiaone ia eounty eommlsaloMr w appotat Juktleet of tba peace la newly tarKrated towns; Mdia lo tS Nation 1 Oovoraan'nt jurivllcU a ver IbeNatkaia) CeaMtary at New Albany. I xiii ana roi .in. Jaa, W. ."BMATa Hilla rported favorabljr: Prorldlag for medical aitendance to the poor outtlde of poor-beat and aT!tMU nmeiKliiiK tbe avin Unk luw. ItilU passed: Lecaliila th aeia ot deputy eounty emeanuader m: providiaa; taat thai act afcaU ho l afft padta liUKatioa; deftuiug rp; ehunRlitc Uw ot conaeat from twelva to fourta yean, aad prorldln a )Hnity of froai twa lo twaly-uae year' iMprionaint; maalag deriOon of tbe Suprm Court eridac la eertala eaaea; provldlae for a Stale Hoard ot Health, for county boards of health, for a Aystent of rfti(traUon and for vilat awl iaanltjr fttatistlec Hilt proaibitina th klltinx of qua 1, tnipe and plover for a period of two years wae defeated. IloiTa mils united: Caaadnar the time for tbe tiling of ileeda from forty five to Hftea days; aboIiiMng tbe ofttee of fetale Oil latpeetor aad rreaung as omce of Supermor of int latpectors; lleeniln pawnbrokers and Junk dratrr;s and making it an. offvneta tor them to purchase anything from any person under eigbtcea yrs, except with tbe written consent of parenw; requiring tbat charge . egainst boy( which would svnd them to tbe reform school h I be deMrrllH-d with tbe particulars ot an indictment and that t rharges be provnl In open Court in the prpMnce of tbe boy. Hills introduced; To prevent deception In the Mle of dairy products aUthorlitRK cttifft ot 10,01 population to establish Hoards of Park CommUsloners; crealiag Poliee Jadges in cities of 100,000 nopttlation and deflnlaa- their duties; to prevent of. neerii of all cImmi from accepting railroad passe. lNiiiANArouK. Jan, an, Senatk Tbe Sen ate this morning attested 11 appreciation ftf tbe worth of tbe late Secretary Wisdom and sympathy for his family by adopting by a unauinto us rising vote tbe synnpathetie reftolutton, iatrodaed lir Senator Mayo, Senator Mellugh introduced a bill tAU morning on the subjret of libel The bill introduced provides that in an action for libel there shall be no presumption of malice from the mere fact of publication awl plaees ib burden of, proof on tbe qortion of audiee on tbe plaintiff. In aa action for libel if there i no proof of expreeI mnlwe, the eooti or jury shall so Dad and no exemplary or pawtllve damages shall be sesd nor general dumages that are not strictly acuve and real. IIOC9K Little business of general interest wae transacted to-day. lMUA.VAltM.if, Feb. t. SavATa Bills Intro duced; Providing for liens oa real estate for la bor and material; autborixiag city eouacila aad town boards to license pawnbroker at front IMJ to tKO: apportioning the .State forConare (.tonal and LegiIatiT purposes; providing for eooitructioti of railway and wagon bniigr. ovt-r atrenma that form the boundaries between States: to prerent deception In artificial dairy products, to amend tbe act rroridiag for the construction aad repair of railroad crong; to provide for the record of all berths, deaths aad marriages. Mills pacd: To prohib t IM s of pamrang npparatu- in the Iranftporta' tion or natural m; lu amend the criminal aet relating to gambling. Senator Clemen' bill. authorising guardians of minor eilldrem Ut kaa the funds of their ward m soaaa of fSt and upward oa 8m mortgage ef uMa cambered real estate, wxa reeoenmeniMd lor a4ge. ilotrsK A number of mils were ordered en groped among wh eh were those providing for the appointment of matron at ibe Stale or phsa atylueca and for licensing n'-umbera la cities of twenty thousand and upwards. Hills Intro dvead: Providing for the creation of a State Hoard of Insurance, said Board to consist of the Secretary. Auditor aad Attorney General whose duty it shall le to eualle the cost of In surance and ad lust losses arising from fire: reaulriag any candidate before any political volition to Hie with the county clerk, after the convention, a sworn statement of bis eipettes. A resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of a committee of three to correspond with the Legislatures of tbe Northwest era states relative to the adoption of a uniform legal rate of Interest. 1 JfPI AN AfHH.Ift, Fell. SaSATT. 1WK passed: Legal xlng the aetsef notaries pa bile whose commissions have exHred: permitting companies organised previous to 18M to change their names by resolutioa : pturMing that ad moilstrator mas- diiK of aeraoaat property of deeeadenta at private aale: providing for city courts In cities of ft.OW and upward, giving such courts tbe same Jurisdiction a that held by Justices and mayors, aad the sme as circuit courts, where the amount Involved does not exeed Mao: to amend tbe eravel road act. mak'lag the board ot county commissioners board of turnpike directors, dividing tbe rotd of eounty into three district, fad making each commissioner superintendent of one district. llot'SK The following Mils were passed; To provide for thedlatributien of decedent eatates; providing tbat cigarette sellers shall take out a license of WW; mrortdlag for the cutting ot .beilse fences to the height of four feet d their trimming once a year; giv ng to all coon lies the right to retaad their debts; requiring officers of State Institution!! to imreaase nntlra live stoelc for food: nmhlbHiao' tbe stdMsse (d kadalteratdeaady: transferring the county of Kwitier' aad from the Fifth to the Seventh Ju '4)W Clreutt. Thk two-year-old daughter of a Mr. Kvans, living- at Ikxaltbiville, wa fa tally seal i l iy the aeckR'ntal over turniiifr of a tub of Wiling- water tlm otker tlaj. W.M. I-obkmax, aed twenty-three rears, was Killed, near l'olani, tlie other nigliL He was ctnin htuitiitf with others, and wa cruahed under a flliii tree. A. IT. (It'MP, of Ft. Wayne, wtys for SI. 000 he will agree not to oat a bite for .thirty days. Joski'ii Davih, an employe in the wire-nail mill at Antlcmott. ran 10 yarda in 12,'j Mjconds, winning Utereby Corrr.KFKir nickel have madetkelr appearance in reat ntimiMtra auiong1 tlie Bierehanth of llrowndniry. Amoh Wkavkk. a Ik'laware County youtk, returned home fnmi a Mx-yoar's fsojourn in the wild est, wtayed long; enough to .swindle 4 relative out of n.OOd on a bosfiiK land Mjlteiite, am: evaporated. A Hf ink. block, owned by K. Canipbell, wa burned at Setlalla. Kli Mas ters, laerekant, loitt4,0Won-toek, mikh which lie hat! fLAOIl insurance in tka Citizens' of Kvaiisville. Jack Uahkk, of Jc-ffersonvlllu, i pktlaHthroplat In lila humble way. He ban wliitewaaked all the teloirraph polea a U town, and la now building- board r-.... o-atks where they ale MtWit R4 at

kk own expense.

WITH BRAZIL UL. I'r.Mj, I'luii..,.,,,i " Treaty mf KeeltseoeiO hVi,. . ' iHlWf AutrlrMHMd tkr I llHuKil, H HnMdl-Th Kret aad IUtlM.r.1 WAaMlMmiX, l ek V. H(1 ,, rteoM late yeatenlay ufii-in ,.,,, kla formal prH-uuatlon Mu.mm.,', the rtviprtaity are-aw-ut witj, !r , Hiwler tlie wew Tariff law The I'reawieat lit hia pr.H i.,u, aaya; Waaaaxa. turuuHt to ti.n., . . of ( ongreas apfrovd OcIoIm r J , tit 11 "Aa el to Mmluce th,- It.,,,,,,. ... KqUallae lattiea oa liuportx, mul fr o,. i-urpoe," tbe becretary of m,,,,. (i( , TulteaUleof America cotiumn, T1 lie iiovernment of tlie I iiitcl m,,i . II the aetlow of tbe Cottarem of t i Male tf AmotW-m w itli view i Hr reelproeal tradf. la declaring tti. ,2 U,. I. L.1 .1 .-.. ( I I.. I.I llll .. .... '' HHNasaea, coffee and hidt-M, to l. ?t, frtoa duty uatu their iniMrtatioii Untied Stale of America Ami t !lM U-t-J tii r nnnnAr, i hit r.nun r..SiraorillIiarv 1 U U L. . . 'I'l . I." . . , - . . Minitter neHlHtHtlary of Hrai) at Wa-h liiMton lo eoimotoiicMted to tlio of State tbe fact tbat in due reriri tty f , anu etmaiorraiion ot tlie aliiiNum tf( ,h tTntel Stated of Auierien free of all ihiiv he artielwi enumerated in Section i j n . let, tbefSoveriooeitt of Hraxll hn tiv w",. eHaetment, autliorlzetl the hiIhii.mih,, and after April, Uw, Into all tlie ftnU .ir lHrt of entry of Mraail. f rer of duly, a h imiioHHi, ntnie, or iiiunicipai, ot tin- iirlit!,. or iiierfliniiilisB naioetl In tlie fo;ii,a.. w.'helne, provided that the miuc. I... iu pro4luet mid MtaHUfMcturu of the (rilfoj atatei of Ameriea: feCHKPlXK Or AKTICI.KS TO UK AHyitnt. raaK ivro aaizu. Wlieat. wheat Hour. Corn or maiae.and the manufuctur- ti,. of. inclwdiHg corn-meal and utaicli. Kye. rye Hour. Kuckwbeat, Uwekwheat aour nttil I. ir.ry l'otatoef. It-ntfNiitl Ma, Hay and ont. Pork. Malted, including pieble l n ,rk . bacon, ea,c-pt hatnx. Fish, Milted, dried or pieklud. Cotton.-sred oil. Coal, arttliraeite and bltuniinotK Howl m , tar, pitch ami turpentine Agricultural tool, implements an I in. rhirtery. mining and merliaim i! to.: :i plcmenta and luaehiHerv, inelmiinjr .i a , ary and portable engine, and all ut.vi. i for manwfaeturlMg and iuduitn.il purr, except ewlng iMiieliitH-. IntniMienta and hmtk for the nrtu .ji M)etir-a. Hallway eomuructton inatenttl iiml ment. .iini mat iniMiiivrrniiiriii o; rjzi! la. 'T 4 ...I . 1- .. . 1 1 V . . . . .. . . . legal eiiHetutenl, further authorized the I Hiltuion into all the eistabllelied p ircs o( r i try of llraiil. with a reduction of tw my tv per rentuHi of tbe duty dcadKmited on tu i eip,-etlve artiele lu the tariff now in finrr or which may hereafter be adopted n V nouroi nraail, whether national, jitute ir Hiuulcinal, of tbe article or uierchani Named In tbe following xbedule, pri v M that the turme lie the product or uiauufuct UM of t be United States of A merica M.-HK!ri.K Or ARTirLKa TO MK AllVOTTtK ISW HKA7.lt. WITH A aKIU'tTIOS OF Ti l'KK cxyrcM. I.ard am'. tflititate tbrrefor, Itacon, ham. Ilutter ami ebcr. Canned Hud prwrt ed meaW, fiIi, frKi and vngrtaldc. clotlilnir. sebedule. Leather and tbe manufacture tbmH-of.ri ept boota and hoe, fjiuiltor. tliulM-r uhiI th Miaiiufat VturiS wood. Including eooperage. fumlturt w kt kinds, wagoHK, vMrti and carriage, Manufacture ot rubber, Aad tbat the r.overnmHvof Braail lauP further provided that the bOb awd .-egulattoaa adopted to protect It revenue anil prevent fraud In the tfaelarationi a-id pr.wf tbat Itae artleiea named in the foregoing iwhedulea are the prwluct or mauufacture ot tlie United itate of America, shall place no undue r Hrletbotrt on tins Importer nor impoM? any additional charge or fee therefor on the article! imported. Now, therefore, belt known t fiat 1, aenjawin Harrison, President of the l ulled Mate of America. Imvr CMU-d tbe above niodfff. eatlon of lh- Tariff la w of lr. l t be m'' 1 public for tlie btmeftt of the cit.iefl ,vt " Ualttxl btatea of America. ' Mknjamiv llAai Ky the President, Jsntw !. KUiiie. crHary ot fsate. Tli,. f.rvrr.HLnntub.n,w which 1hI tip tl this reciprocal agreeiiieiit oH-nel wtm j a eoinniunication fnm .Secretar .lilrtMl to Mr. Mendonca. 4l, UmitlgB Vlulut,.r (Ml the .fl '1 Wimmlioi- lMt. in which Mr, lualn yaa a esnirm j ' a , - - ratmwidiul tilt. Mitj,ldu,hment Of eO!B laerclal relatkms under the ret'iproeal irovlHlon of the new Tariff law, on ... !. !......:.. iminta.l perinaiient imms oi recunwivi r. ble alike to lioth Hrasttl ami tne m Stuti.; atul auuturlntr the Wrau.a (Sovernnunt that no export tax would be imposed by the United Matc oft itivwiIk ill hum f mi-tit red Sn the lnite ilsAtisl; ttsaat n. (af.lt lu UtllllllOtl 1UW I a.7 Mitvn vi tea v mnnv Tn thi Minkter Mewlonca rtpll u, Ignnyrl- l ,m,ll IlllllllCHtilltr th' fC-I -' ...... ..t... . r- . that his irovernnient hatl authornreo"" H1 minion to lirazlllan port of the titn mis articles mentioned in the I tlent'H iwoclamatlon, am! hmki the term .specifiwl in that document, ano aiw--Morituc tlie Secretary of State that Hraxll would not Increase export tax onanr of the artlelea enumerated if expon tj the Unltvtl SUU. Tk Krelwrocltv Treaty In Favor nt r Orlmsax. Nkw Oki.kaxs, La., Feb. .-Opirti' In New Orleans la almost UiiiverMl favorable to the lirazlllan nrdprW'J treaty, a expresMHl by merchant an Mr f II. Allen, a leading" member" the Hoard of Trade, hakl the M . i it ..ut.v,i into ivrac an cxovirnt ono tkttl effect, reciprocity will have a tej dehcy to largvly increase our tratb Urazll vonscntH to atlntit all tl' PJ" ucta which she needs free of tltjt 1 ; lit...l sii. will derive a irrout a i-uiitntfil lit n..dor.vdtv. The balai" of trade iHi a reciprocity 'l'G , Ik? larKclv In our favor. He thoo thtk treaty would materially stlt"I4W trade. A Terrible aad I Falal ISpb"-'" rj, WlI.MIXOTON, lxaler of an oil well . ..vnbxlcd Sit the Hamilton fa the iiaitiiuon " . ,!1I-nii'i" pSt eleven o'cbK-k Jnlaj . . .wi liktill art era' .. and nktill ae ' ..... lorn ,i)if anmnd. The eturine firt Z pieces of tlie IkmIci; humlred feet Johnson bad the boiler and turned wnt. ' exploMkm txrcumni, tire lmek pdrt of Ida head, i it' near the hole "rro3, AnK any injury, Ijjf boat fifteen feetirom o -

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