Ligonier Banner., Volume 14, Number 10, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 June 1879 — Page 6

e Ligonier Batmer, 3. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER “: : : INDIANA.

EPITOME OF THE WEEK. ‘ THE OLD WORLD. . NEws was received from Liberia on the 17th that there was likely to be trcuble in that country between the natives and the emigrants from the United States. The presence of an American man-of-war at Monravia was believed to be necessary to vrotect the lives and property of those who were former1y residents of the United Statés. A MINISTERIAL crisis prevailed in Turkey on the 17th. Threatening documernts were being circulated against the Sultan, and numerous arrests had ‘been made, including, among others, the son of the late Sultan Abdal Aziz. L i . ' PROFESSOR ROSENKRANTZ, of Koenigsbery, the eminent German philosopher, died: on the 17th. |* ;

- THE Algerian insurgents have been defeated and dispersed by the French troops. GENERAL KAUFMANN, the commander of the Russian forces in Central Asia, returned to St. Petersburg on the 17th. THE eruption from Mount Etna was followed, on the 17th and 18th, by earthquakes which destroyed five vfllages and the Town of Accreale, situated in the Province of Catania, on the east coast of Sicily. Ten persons were killed and many injured. = . Tae strike of the lumbermen in Sweden has collapsed. - . ‘TeE will of the late Baron Rothschild shows an estate in England of $13,500,000. ; _ L A mass of rock, the removal of which will take a year, fell in Mount Simplon Pass, - Switzerland, on the 18th. . : 'THE burglar who robbed the Re- " ceiver’s office in Southern Russia of 1,500,000 ~roubles has been arrested. Over 1,000,000 roubles were found in his possession. - ADVICES from Ca-p% Town, South Africa, received on the 19th, officially announce the death of the Prince Imperial of France. He was out scouting witli an officer and six men, and fell into an ambuscade. The Prince was wounded and two of his escort killed, and the rest were compelled to abandon him. The Zulus then fell upon him and quickly killed him with their assegais. Next day his body was recovered, and ,seventeen knife wounds were found. ' e Tue French Assembly voted, on the - 19th, to remove the legislative body from Versailles to Paris—ayes, 549; noes, 262. _ - ANDREW D. WHITE, the United States Minister to Germany, presented his credentials' to the Emperor on ‘the 19th. He was well received, and was afterward presented to the Emipress. ' : 4 It was reported from Alexandria on -the 19th that the French Consul-General had received the Sultan’s firman for the deposition of the Khe,d'iye of Egypt. L - A LoNDoX telegram of the 20th says the news of the death of the Prince Imperial of France had greatly affected his mother, and it was feared she would die of grief. Paris papers of the ‘same date consider the death of the Prince a matter of considera‘ble importance to France, eince -it removed _from French politics 'a disturbing factor. Prince Jerome Napoleon, the direct heir of the dynasty, was declared 'to be decidedly unpopular, and it was thought the Imperial leaders-would not willingly push his claims. The ex-Empress issued orders on the 20th for a meeting of all the Bonapartists leaders at Chiselhurst.

- THE Florence (Italy) Savings Bank, with the banks affiliated therewith, have noti‘fied the Government of their intention to sus- . pend payment. 3 ' : THE Turkish Grand Vizier tendered " his resignation on the 20th. The Sultan!declined to receive it, saying that he might be obliged to remove him. , TuE chief Instigator of the war against the Dutch in Acheen is dead. : " As was expected, Weston proved the victor in the International Walking Matchy | ! making his 550 miles at eleven o’clock on the night of the 21st. Brown, *his competitor, completed his 450 miles at seventeen minutes -, after five o'clock, and left the track. Eesides secyring the championship, Weston received the belt and won $2,500 from Sir John Astléy, ~and gathered in the lion’s share of the gats money. L . - A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of the Rlst says the Council of Ministers had.as, sented to the voluntary abdication of the. Khedive of Egypt, but if he refused, the Porte would require the Powers to submit to the Sultan a full explanation of their motives be-: Jfore insisting upon his deposition. A Cairo (Egypt) telegram of the 22d says the Khedive had declined to abdicate, and had referred the Enclish and’ French Consuls-General to the Porte. = ~ : THE Pope is endeavoring to bring about the restoration of diplomatic relations between England and Mexico. | . THE younger of the brothers Andrews, who together crossed the Atlantic from Boston in the dory Nautilus last summer, ‘has announced his intention to return in her alone, except for the companionship of a small dog. : { , A PAris dispatch of the 22d says Prince Jerome Napoleon “would not allow either himself or ejther of his sons to become pretenders to the Imperial throne. THERE were 1,730 conflagrations in Raussia during the month of May, occasioning . & loss of 2,000,000 roubles. v - TuE Queen of England and ' the Princess of Wales paid a visit of condolence to the ex-Empress of France, at Chiselhurst, . onthe?23d. - ¢ ' TuelLondon Times of the 23d reports great depression at Sheffield. Local i failures had occurred during the preceding " week, with labiliiies agrregating $10,000,000. THE first sod of the Darien Canal will be m;hed on Jaouary 1, 1880, and the en- - terprise will, it is said, be completed in eight NCHPR e s ;

' THE NEW WORLD. Henry W. BLatr (Republican) was elected United States Senator by the New - Hampshire Legislature on the 17th. The vote on joint ballot stood: Blair, 181; Bingham (Democrat), 99, v : . ~ EvaAx Rick, ex-Cashier of the Nai tional Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine, ~ Del.,, has been sentenced to five years’ fmpriconment for embezzlement aud false en- . tries. : . N ‘ : ‘THE Republicans of Wisconsin will hold their State Nominating Convention on the 23d of July., o . 'THE findings of the Court-martiai in .. ‘the case of Colonel D, 8, Stanley and Colonel

W-. B. Hazen have been.made public. The Court found ftauley guilty of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, and sentenced him to be sdmonished in gencral orders by the General of the Army. General Bherman approved the finding, administered the admonition, and directed the principals and witnesses.to return to their respective posts of duty. He also stated that | the charges agaipst Colonel Hazen could not be irquired into by a general Court-martial, because the alleged offenses were barred by the statutes of limitation.

Hon. F. W. GREEN, ex-Member of Congress from Ohjo, died at his home in ,Cleveland on the 18th. - - , o ' ‘At the National - Encampment of the’ Grand Army of the Republic, held at Albany, N. Y., on the 18th, William Ear.shaw, of ‘Ohio, was elected Commander-in-Chief. . The next encampment will be held at Dayton, Ohio. ° - o O~ the 18th, the New Hampshire Legislature elected A. B. Thompson, Secretary of State, 8. A. Carter, State Treasurer, and John B. Clark, State Printer. ! , THE California State Republican Convention met in San Francisco on the 17th and perfected an organization. On the 15th, a platform was adopted in which the following were the leading points: reaffirming the ' principles of the Republican party; denouncing = the aftempt of the Democrats to interferé with the purity of elections; 'sustgining the President’s veto policy; declaring that Congress should regulate freights and fares in inter-State commerce, and pledging the Railroad Commis.sioners to fair reductions of the rates of fare on railroads; opposing Chinese immigration; etc., etc. George C. Perking was nominated for Governor. . ! Tae Workingmen’s Convention has nominated Rev. 1. 8. Kalloch, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church of San Francis co, as their candidate for Mayor of:that city.

ON the 19th, the National House of Representatives passed a bill to provide for the exchange of the trade dollars for the le-gal-tender silver dollars. The text of the bill is as follows: . - ' That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be exphantged atthe Treasury, and at all SubTreasuries of the United States, lega.l-tepder silver dollars for trade dollars at par, provided the weight of said trade dollar has uot been reduced below the standard weight and limit of tolerance yrovided by law for the single Piece. and shall recoin said trade dollars into legal-tender.dol-lars, as now provided by law, and shall stop thefurther coinage of trade dollars; provided, that the trade dollars recoined under thisact shall not be counted as part of the coinage of silver required by the act of February 28, 1878;and provided further, that trade dollars that have been *‘ chopped’’ or restamped for circulation in Chinaor other foreign couatries shall be excluded from the provisions of this bill. e SECRETARY SHERMAN has given notice that he will redeem at once, wivflput' rebate of interest, all the outstanding 529 bonds, consols of 1867 and consols of 1868, called to mature July 3 and 4. ‘

- THE ceremony of relaying the cor-ner-stone 'of ‘‘ Washington’s Headquarters” took place at Valley Forge, Pa., on the 19th. Ex-Governor Pollock delivered the address. TaE National Association of Christians met in Chicago on the 19th, and elected the following _officers . for the ensuing year: Prgsident, Philo Carpenter; Vice-President, Samuel Plumb; Corresponding Secretary, J. iP. Stoddard; Treasurer, Edward Hildreth; Recording Secretary, Thomas Hodge. ; THE Maryland State Democratic Convention has been called to meet in Baltimore cn the 7th of |‘!&ugust. . . - A WASHINGTON special- of the 20th says Senator Lamar, having become satisfied that Senator Conkling would not send him a challenge, would leave for Mississippi on the ofst. This was regarded as the end of the: affair between tte two Senators. - ‘

PresipENT HAYES has.approved of the Congressional joint resolution relating to a bridge across the Detroit River at or near Detroit. o BT S

ON the 21st, the President approved the bill making appropriations for the Legis‘lative, Executive and Judicial expenses ot the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. : 7 i i : THE President, on the 21st, sent a message to the Senate withdrawing the nomination of Secretary McCrary to be Judge of the United States Court for the Eighth Circuit. He says doubts as to the propriety of appointing in advance of the actual vacancy had suggested the withdrawal. . EX-SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BORIE, a traveling companion of ex-President Grant, reached Couneil Bluffs, lowa, on the 21st, and Jdnformed a Treporter that the ex-President would reach :San Francisco on the 10th of September. - - AN engine-boiler in an iron mine in Texas, Lebigh County, Pa., exploded on the 2lst. Four men. were instantly killed, three fatally injured, and several others badly hurt. . The engine-house was’ leveled to the ground, and a section of the boiler, twenty feet long,'w:y carried a distance of two hun«dred Iteet. : ON the 21st, Madame Rolland, a French lady visiting Niagara Falls, while in the act of dipping up a cup of water at the foot of Goat [sland, lost her balance and fell in, and was carried over the Falls. She was with her husband. Up to the morning of the 23d her body had not been recovered. : THEMoosic Powder Company’s glazehouse, near Jermyvn, Pa., exploded on the night of the 20th. 'Lhe watchman was blown to atoms. : ‘ e - O~ the 21st, at Holyoke,#Mass., a German named John Kemmler deliberately murdered his three children, aged six, four and one years respectively. He was arrested and acknowledged the crime. :

DuURING the progress of a Bohemian Sunday picnic at Silver Leaf Grove, in the southwestern - outskirts of Chicago, on the 22d, some disturbance oceurred between one of the visitors named Clark and a Bohemian, the latter striking the former over the head with a gun. Clark left the stand where the trouble occurred and started for the gate, when he was followed by! several of the Bohemian sharpshooters preseni, who clubbed everybody in the way with their guns. One of the Bohemians was struck in the head with a stone, when some of their number fired into the crowd outside the fence. A general melee ‘ensued, and the sharpshooters formed into line and charged with fixed bayonets, and several other shots were fired. A number of Jpersons were wounded, one probably fatally. The sharpshooters claimed to be present armed for the purpose of doing police duty: They were put under arrest. ’ REev. RoBERT COLLYER, a . distinguished Chicago elergyman, has resigned the pastorate of Unity Chureh in thai city, to accept a call from the Church of; the Messiah, in New York City. i Tne dwelling house of. J. F. Reynolds, near Jonesboro, Ga., was burned on. the morning of the 23d, and in it perished his daughter and sister-in-law, young girls twelve and sixteen years old, respéctively, Reynolds ‘himself was fatally burned. . o - THE Democratic members of the United States Senate held & caucus on |the 23d, at which, after speeches by several lead-

ing B:nators, a resoiution was adopted—%2o 1o i—directing the Caucus Adv.s ry Committee, in covjunc.ion 'with the Advisory Committeé of the House Caucus, to prepare a ULill for passage throu:h Congress, making appropriations for the Judiciary, in such terms as would obviate the objeetions of the President and secure its enactment into a law, A conference of leading Republicans was held on-the same day; ‘at Which it was decided that the Republican Members of Congress should vote against any resolution fixing a day for final adjournment before the Judicial Appropriation bill should be disposed of, and that they should also yote agaiust any attempt to extend the appropriations for Judicial expenses; but in neither case would they resort to parliamentary tactics to defeat the plans of the majority. : 3

PRESIDENT HAYES sent a message to. the House on the 23d, vetoing the Supplee mentary Judicial Apprcpriation bill, and one announcing his approval of the Army Appropriation bill. ; A WasHINGTON dispatch of the 23d says the total sales of refunding certificates . to that date amounted to $39,930,760, leaving but $19,240 to be disposed of. INFORMATION has been received at the Department of State in Washington that the period for receiving applications for space in the International Exhibition at Melbourne, Australia, has been extended to October 31, 1879. { THE murderer of Mrs. Hull, of New York, was arrested in Boston on the 23d. He is a negro named Chastine Cox, and was formerly employed as private waiter at ‘Mr. Hull’s house. . A portion of the jewelry stolen from the house at the tiine of the murder was found in a pawn-shop in Boston, and Mrs. Hull’s watch was found on his person. He made a full confession, saying that he entered the house on the night of the murder for the purpose of robbery only, and that he did not intend to kill her.

- | CONGRESSIONAL. . SENATE.—The Army Appropriation bill was taken up on the 17th, and the committee amendment to striké out the section providing that graduates of the Military Academy in 1879 and 1880 shall elect; to receive $750, in which case they shull be ineligible to appointment in the atm for two gem' was agreed to. A lengthy debate occurred on the section providing that no part of the money appropriated shall be paid for subsistence, etc., of any portion of the army to be used as a police force to keep peace at the polis at any election held within gny State....A Conference Committee was appointed npon fhe disagreeing amendments of the two houses to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill. Housk.-—Some of the Senate amendments ,—?'the Legislative Appropriation bill were concurred in, and others were disagreed to, and a Conference Committee was appointed....The Judicial Expenses bill was received from the Senate and referred to the Committee on Appropriations....The Conference report on the joint resolution repealing certain clauses of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill approved March 3, 1879, was! agreetf to....The bill prohibiting volitical assessments was further considered, and & len%h -and sharp discussion ensued. ... The Senate iIY in relation to juries came up as unfinished business, and the previous question was moved, but the Republicans resorted to the strategy of declining to vote, thus leaving the House, technically, without & quorum.

SENATE.—On the 18th, the Mississippi River Improvement Commission bill was passed, with an amendment providing that the Commission shall consist of seven members—three from the Engineer Corps of the Army, one from the Coast and -Geodetic Survey, and three from civil life, two of whom shall be civil engi‘neers....The Army Appropriation bill was taken up, and a lengthy aad bitter personal debate: was indulged in, the Senate being still in session at three o'clock on the morning of the 19th, with little prospect of an adjournment+—the Republicans, when necessary for their purpose, refrain ing from voting, and the Democrats laboring to secure the passage of the bill.. During the debate; Mr. Conkling made some very sgvere comments upon the course being pursued by the majority lin trying to force the passage of the bill without further discussion; he charged the other side with bad faitn in allowing the time taken by the Mississippi River Commussion bill in the morning to be used in the debate on the Army bill. Mr. Lamar then rose and said it was not his purpose to indulge in personalities, but he would say to the Senator (Conkling) - that if the Ilatter intended to intimate that anything he (Lamar) had done was mot ‘in good faith, he pronounced the stutement, a falsebhood, and repelled it with all the unmitigated contempt he felt for the author ot it. Mr. Conkling, in replying, said that should the member from MisRissippi, e_xce%t in the presence of the Benate, charge him, by intimation or otherwise, with falsehood, he (Conkling) would denounce him as a blackguard, as a coward and a liar-the rules and proprieties of the Senate were the only restraint upon hiro, Mr. Lamar then replied that the Senator from New York had understood him correctly, he did mean to say d’u;st precisely the words Imgufed to bim and all that 'they imported; 'he begged pardon of the Senate for unpa.rlmme_nt,ary~lan%uage-7it was very harsh, it was severe, 1t was such as 'no man would deserve and no brave man would wear....The amendments to the Supplemental Jndicial Appropriation bill were insisted upon, and a Conference Committee appointed ...The report of the Conference Committee on the disagreeing votes on the Legislative. Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was agreed to, the Senate receding from certain minor amendments.

House.—A joint resolution was passed, defining the meaning of section two of the act making appropriations for the payment of arrears of pensions, and ineluding within the provisions of that act all persons who have been, or who may hereafter be, placed }:Bon the pension rolls by virtue of any -special act of Congress....The bill prohibiting political assessments was taken up, and the previous %uestxon was insisted upon, whereupon tho epublicans declined to vote, and the morning hour was consumed in voting upon _dilatory motions.....A Conference Committee was appointed on the St;vipplementnl Judicial bill. ..A bill was reported from the Coinage Committee for the exchange of trade dollars for legal-tender dollars, and a two hours’ discussion ensued, and amendments were offered. after which the (frevmus question was considered as seconded, and the bill went over....The rePm;t of the Conference Comiittee on the Legisative Appropriation bill was agreed to.

SENATE.—The all-night session continued up to noon on the 19th, when a new day’s session began..:,Mr. Conkling insisted on the journal beinz read, and the same not being fully prepared for reading, the morning hour was consumed in an appeal from the decision of the Chair that the business of the Senate conld not be obstructed by not reading the entire journal, when snuch portion as was prepared had been read....The Army Appropriation bill then came sup for consideration, and after remarks by Messrs. Carpenter, Davis, Withers, Conkling ana others an adjournment was finally had, with the nnderstanding that after discussion a final vote should be reached by six p. m. on the 20th,

. Housk.—After debate, the Conference report upon the Judicial Expenges bill was agreed to—lo 2 to 7). Bection two of the bill prohibits the making of any contract or the incnrring of any liahility, under the provisions of the Revised Statutes authorxzmg the appointment or payment of general or special Deputy Marshals, for services In connection with elections on elec~ tion day.... I'be bill to provide for the exchange of trade dollars for legal-tender silver dollars was taken up, amended and passed without division, i La il

SENATE.—On the 20th, the credentials of Henry W. Blair, as Senator-elect from New Hampshire, were presented. and he was sworn_in....A resolution was reported and placed on the calendar authorizing a committee to Investigate the memorials in the Ingalls (Kansas) contested-élection case....The Army Appropriation bill was further aebated, !lx:((,aeches being mn.dl;a by Messrs. Carpenter. Logan, Kirkwood, Thurman, Conkling. Bayard, Blaine and others. Beveral amendments were offered by Republican Senators and rejected, among which was Mr. Blaine's proposition to provide {gr thala lgunmh_mcnt o(fi m(fl person a.pproaclhinz ‘the po. ying a deadly weapon, openly or comce:iled.—'% to 29. The session continued late into the night, the bill being finally passed without amendment—33 to 19—a party vote, except that Mr. Burnside voted ave. 2 .

House.—The Legislative Appropriation bill was reported by the Committee on Enrolled Bills and signed by the Bpeaker. ...Several private bills v‘yim reported from Committee of the Whole and wsoc{ :--Mr. Lapham submitted the views of the minoritg' of the Judiciary Committee on the President’s veto message....Beveral members applied for indefinite Jeave of able;noe one on account of sickness and the remain-

der because of important business. Leave was granted only in the sickness case. = SENATE.—A resolution was adopted on the 21st calling on the President for information as to the'lives and property lost in certain Indian wars....The Conference report on the Judicial Expenses bill was adopted—3l to 17-a party vote....A bill was introduced and referred to provide ocean mail steamsbip service between the United States and South America....A bill reg;uintm% intercourse with - subjects of the Ohinere Empire visiting or reswding in the United States. and for other purposes, was advocated by Mr. Blater and then referred....the House bill making additional appropriitions for the service of the Postoffice Department for 1879-80—known as the Letter-Carriers’ Deficiency bill—was amended and passed....The House joint resolution authorizing the completion of the foundation of the Washington Monumeat was passed. 4 House.—The Army Appropriation bill was reported from the Committee on Enrolled Bills and signed by the Speaker....A message was received from the President announcing his approval of the Legislative bill. ... A motion was made, and the previous question: demanded on the motion, to refer tbe bill prohibiting &olmiml assessments to the Committee of the Whole, but the Republicans refrained from voting, thus leaving the House without aguorum. ..A bill to establish ngt»routes n certain States was passed....The Senate amendments to the bill for the appointment of a Mississippi River Commission were concurred in—the principal amendment being to make the number of Commissionersseven....The Supplementary Judicial bill was signed by the Speaker and sent to the Benate for the signature of the presiding officer of that body. SENATE.—On the 23d, a concurrent resolution was reported from the Committee on Appropriations fixing the date of final adjournment on the 25th....A few unimportant bills were passed, and a resolution was adopted directing the Becretary of the Treasury to furnish information as to the action of the National Board of Health under the act aunthorizing the contract for the purchase and construction of refrigerating ships, eto. - e - House.—Among the bills introduced was one to remove the! duty op quinine, and one to prevent the payment of per diem to Members of Congress when absent from their duties, except in case of sickness....The President's message _v:etou_lfi the Bupplementary Judicial Appropriation bill was read, and the vote on the question whether the bill should be passed, notwithstanding the objections of the President. resulted in 104 yeas to 78 nays—not the necessary two}huds in the affirmative. 8o the bill was desakéd :

. Conkling vs. Lamar, The Washington Associated Press dispatch of the 19th furnishes the following account of the wordy encounter, in the United States Senate on the night of the 18th, between Messrs. Conkling and Lamar: Mr. Conkling then denounced the Army bill. After the. time had come when the majority dare not adjourn the session and leave the Government to languish and starve, now when the whole battle has been fought, it is proposed by trick, artifice and juggle of words to do what had failed as an open meastire. The words ‘“as a police force”” were a mere cheat. The operative words were ¢ to keep the peace at the polls.”” He wasgsglad to accept the responsibility for % proceeding, call it obstruction or anything else, to prevent the passage of such a bill without debate to show its real nature. G

Mr. Conkling (having chargea the other side with bad faith in not allowing the time taken b{v the Mississippi River Commission bill this morning to be allowed in the debate on the Army bill, Mr. Lamar rose at the 'conclusion of Mr. Conkling’s remarks, and said that as far as any intimation of bad faith to him was concerned, he had lived in vain if he was not superior to such a charge from such a source. It is notmy purpose,”’ hesaid, ‘‘to indulge in personalities, but I will say to the Senator that if he intended to intimate that anytiing I have done was not in. good faith, I pronounce his statement’ a falsehood, which I repel with all the unmitigated contempt that I feel for the author of it.”? |

Mr. Conkling, who had been walking slowly back and forth behind the benches, advanced to his seat and said: ““Mr. President: I was diverted during the commencement of the remarks, the culmination of which I heard from the member from Mississippi. If I understand the member right, he intended to impute, and did in plain and unparliamentary language impute, to me an intentional misstatement. [Pausing.] The Senator does not disclaim that??’ ;

‘Lamar—l will state what I inténded, sir, so there can be no mistake.”’ The presiding officer * (Cockrell) called Mr. Lamar to order,.and Mr. Conkling proceeded: : . “Whether lam willing to respond to the member from Mississippi depends entirely upon what that member has to say, and what he did say; and for the time being I do not choose to hold any communication with him. I understood the Senator to state, in plain, unparliamentary language, that the statement of mine to which he refers was a falsehood. If I/caught his 'words aright, I have only to say— (this not being the place to measure with any man the capacity to violate decency, to violate the rules of the Senate, or to commit any of the improprieties of life)—l have only to say that if the Senator, the member from Mississippi, did impute, or intended to impute, to me a falsehood, nothing except the fact that this is the Senate would prevent my denouncing him as a blackguard and a coward. [Applause .and hisses.] Let me ‘be more specific, Mr.. President. Should the member from Mississippi, exceptin the presence of the Senate, charge me, by intimation or otherwise, with falsehood, I would denounce him as a blackguard, as a coward, and as a liar. The rules and proprieties of the Senate are the only restraint upon me. I do not think I need say anything else, Mr. President."” [Applause and hisses.] The Chair demanded quiet in the galleries. . -Mr. Lamar—l have only to say that the. Senator from New York understood me correctly. 1 did mean to say just precisely the words and all that they importe({. I beg pardon of the Senate for unparliamentary lan< guage. It was. very harsh; it was severe, it was such as no man would deserve and no brave man would wear.”” [Renewed demonstrations of approval and disapproval.] . The Chair—*¢ The ,ga,llenes: will be cleared upon a repetition of applause.’’. Mr. Conkling—+ What is the question before the Senate?’ = .. The discussion of power to send for absent Senators was resumed, -

—Young ladies wearing fashionable dresses now may be said to be in clothes confinement. Lo »

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- INDIANA STATE NEWS. A cOLossAL crape-vine {8 growing upon the farm of Mr. John Copeland, near Hucefstown, Wayne County. A few feet above the sround it measures forty-twe inches in circumference. This large trunk grows upward thirty feet, and separates into twoa branches, each of which is eight inches in diameter. Tue vine has spread itself over the tors of two large beech trees which stand near, and during the grape season the trees are overloaded with the fiuit. A fabulous number of busaels of vrapes is said tohang on thetops of the trees, seventy feet above ground, quite out of the reach of the fruit-gatherers. ; ’ ~ THOMAS E. HACKLEY, & prominent Knox' County politician and farmer, was fatally injured on the 16th while harvesting. The mules became unmanageable, and Mr.-Hack-ley was thrown before the knives. 3 * WaiLE Frank McDonald and Simpson Newhall were scuflling at Fortville on the 16th, the former accidentally stuck the latter in the eye with a pitchfork, the tine penetrating the brain and inflicting fatal injuries. : THE two-year-old daughter of Peter Spruli, living at North™* Manchester, in Elkhart County, was scalded to death on the 15th. The child was lying upou the floor close to the front of the stove. Its mother was sweeping, and happened to knock out a leg from under the stove, upsetting the tea-kettle, which was full 'of beiling water. The child lived but thirty minutes. ; b

l Mary MuNevAN, fifteen years old, living with her uncle in Sevastapool, in Koeciusko County, confessed on the night of the 17th that she had taken poison. As she did not ‘request medical aid none was summoned until next morning, but the girl died before a doctor.arrived. It is said she suicided through fear that a young man keeping her company was going to transfer his attentions to another girl. 8 V . Jonx LEreH, fifteen years old, attempted to hoard a freight train at Knightsville on the 18th, was thrown under the wheels and had both legs cut off.’ ; ; 3 JoserH. BusßY, Assessor of Liberty Township, in Shelby County, fell dead in an apo_plectic fit on the 16th. . 4 THe four-year-od daughter of Charles Miller, living four miles south of Goshen, had her leg badly broken on the 17th by falling from a gate. L NeLsox Evaxs, living three miles west of. North Manchester, went down in a well on the 17th to clean it. When about half-way down he fell to the bottom on account of damp. Another man went down in the well ‘ after him, the damp having the same effect on him. They were both drawn out. Evans was almost dead when taken out, but will probably recover. ; '® Jacos THOMPSON Wwas drowned in White Lick Creek, near Plainfield, on the 17th.: Eppie YocuM, twelve years old, was in~stautly killed on the 18th, while hunting near Carbon, by the accidental discharge of anold musket. ' : o . ‘At Elkhart, on the morning of the 19th, Frank Brown struck John Bird a murderous blow over the head with a twenty-five-pound sledge hammer. Bird was fatally hurt. - WiLrtiam WOODRUF_F‘. while being conveyed to Michigan City to” serve out a term of;imprisonment for horse-stealing, leaped from the traic which was going at the rate of twen-ty-five miles an hour, near that city on the 19th, and effected his escape. v ALBERT W. WOODARD, a young law student of Richmond, becoming discourazed in study, committed suicide in the amphiteater on the fair grounds, probably on the 17th, although his body was not disg.dve_red until the 19th. He was a graduate of Earlham College and a young man of unusual ability. ° i LeM Davis, of Alexandria, committed suiJcid_e,on the morning of the 19th, by shooting himself through the head. Before doing: the deed he went to his barn, took out one of his five horses, took a hatchet and: cut pieces of the animai’s rump out, and then killed it. ‘ A coxvict in the State Prison North, named Higgins. committed suicide on the afternoon of the 19th, by hanging hirnself in his cell with the cord of his lookinr-glass. = - . - SWINDLERS are going through various parts ‘of the State claiming that parts of farm machinery are infringements of patents owned by them, and threatening prosecutions if royalty is not paid. flihe farmers, rather than suspend work in the busy season to defend suits, generally ‘come down With the five or ten dollars demanded. | : T

Ax ice-wagon at Vincennes was run into by a railway train in that city on the 20th, while crgssing the track. . The wagon was entirelj demolithe 1, a horse Killed, and the Qccupant‘s' of the wagon hurled nearly forty feet, luckily escaping death. Clint Deball was badly bruised. Michael Bernard, driver, was badly bruised. Morris Austin, son of the Rev. Dr. Austin, Rector of the Episcopal Church, received the severest injuries of the three, his head being badly cut. TuE Directors of the North Lake and River Agsociation of Northern Indiana have concluded to locatg at Syracuse, on the shore of the Nine-Mile Lake. The objects of the association are for horticultural purposes and the scientific propagation and cultivation of fish, iy AN infant belonging to Frederick Boub, of Versailles, was seriously scalded the other day by falling into a pot of soup. The mother had c¢arelessly placed it on the floor and the child sat down init. : ' A BROKEN rail wrecked a freight train at Roling Prairie on the 20th, completely demoiishing seven loaded cars and blocking the line for several hours. ' - {DURING a saloon affray at Terre Haute the other night, a colored man named Albert Evans struck Edward Cooper over the head with a chair. At first it was thought to be a simple assault from which no serious results would follow, but on his way home Cooper became dizzy, and fell from his horse. Upon his artival at bis residence his gkull.was found to be badly fractured, and he died shortly af-. terward. . : S " Lours FerLker and Willie Burns, twelve years,old, while bathing in the river at Evausville on the 22d, fell to wrestling, and Felker glipped beyond hisdepth and was drowned. Burns was rescued with difficulty. =~ - Tar latest reports from Indianapolis give the folloWing as ' current prices for leading staples: Flour, Family and Fancy, $4.00@ 6.00: Wheat, No. 2 Red, [email protected]; Corn, 85k @37c; Oats, 33@35c¢; Rye, 252@b3c; Pork, [email protected]; Lard — Steam, 6{@63%c; Hogs, [email protected]. £ LR 1

- Can Cats Reason?. .. - BARON VoN GLEICHEN, a German diplomatist, used to tell a story of a favorite cat as a é)roof that the feline race dan think and draw practical conclusions. The cat was very fond of looking inh mirrors hung fa‘%ainst ‘the walls, and would gnaw at the frames, as if longing to know what was inside. She had, however, never seen the back side of a mirror. One day the baron placed & cheval-glass in the middle of the ropm, and the cat instantly took in the novelty of the situation. . - Placing herself in front, and seeing

a second cat, she ‘began:to run round the mirror in search of hercompanion. After running round -one way several times, she bedga.n' to run the other until fully satisfied that there was no cat beside herself outside of the glass.. But where was the second cat? - : She sat down in front of the glass to meditate on ‘the problem. Evld'entf§r inside, as she hadoften before imagined.. iuddenly a new thought occurred to: er. A - Rising deliberately, she put her paws on the glass in front and then behind,. walked round to the-other side, and measured the thickness in the same way. Then she .sat down again to think: o 2 v Socode SO BERES There m’i§ht be a cavity inside, but it was not large enough to hold a cat. She seemed to come to: the deliberate conclusion that there was a mystery here, but no cat, and it wasn’t worth while to bother about it. From that time the baron said she lost all curiosity about looking-glasses. =~ - A Terrible Fate.: . = -

- ) NIAGARKA FALLS, June 22. . -Our citizens were horrified yesterday by the eractment of one of those ter--rible tragedies, the list of which has already reached a terrible length. = Another victim to the Falls was added. This time the tinfortunate being was a woman, and the -circumsiances of the case show it to be one of the most gitiable that. have ever -yet occurred. he lady met her death purely by accident, and right = before the eyes of a loving husband she was swept on to her fearful death. Mr. A. Rolland and wife, of Paris, the celebrated gunmaker, arrived at the Falls on Wednesday. They ‘had been traveling since the French Exposition, had visited Jaga.n, China and - other: countries, and were on their wayiback to their home. They cpul(i“ _speak but little ' English. The husband exhibited great’ ignorance of our language. They took quarters at the JFalls House, and had their meals at Romain’s. restaurant opposite. This was owned by a Frenchman, and through his assistance Rolland and his wife visited all places of interest, and had become rather satiated with hackmen, etc. This morhing they were to have leftfor Philadelphia, from whence they were, to sail about = Tuesday. Mrs. Rolland, just after breakfast,: tOFdz her husband' that she would like tomake a farewell visit to Goat Island, as she was %reatl_v pleased with the sights of ‘that locality. He consented,: and: they started for theisland. They passed through it, and went clear away to the end of the third of the Three Sisters: They walked down to the edge of the river, and were standing on the corner nearest the Horseshoe Falls, +which were @ distant abous forty yards. ' Rolland turned to look up the river, and his wife stooped to dip up a cup of water from the river, which at this point runs very swiftly. All atipnce be was: startled by an agonizing shriek, and, turning around, he was thunderstruck at. seeing his wife [being carried rapidly to. the terrible - precipice. She disappeared; and just before reaching the brink ‘she came to the surface. and gave one long, last and piercing scream. 'Almost paralyzed with horror, Rolland was unable. to move fox -a minute. HeA iy betaok himself to the hote Bpping on the way to endeavor to tell /his pitiful tale to those whom he met/but no one could ‘ understand his utterances, and all immediately passed on, 'thin}ki?gthat perhaps he was crazy or drunk. He ran rapidly to the hotel, and in the office took his position :in front of ' the clerk, gesticulating wildly and: shouting at the top of his voice. Monden Romain, the landlord, succeeded partially in quieting him, when he succeeded in saying: My wife; river.” After many minutevsvge told his terrible story in Krench, nging his hands and walking - up and down the room.. No one could do :anfithin’g with him, and a man kept watch of him to pre--vent his commitling suicide, 2s he said’ he would soon follow her. The case bas excited the- sympathy of all, and - evérything is being done that is possible to allay his great grief. The woman was twenty-five years: old, and had been married about a year. -1t is supposed that while in the act of dipping she lost her balance, and was instantly swept away from all possible chances of resecue. . ;

—There are some bills that President Hayes will not find himself ‘able to veto this season, namely: those presented to him by the mosqnuito.

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