Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1885 — Page 6

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. W. irtwsffTATJ. "t T Pußunm.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. tTT Creditors of Oliver Brothers * Phillips and of the Oliver & Roberts Wire Company met in Pittsburgh. It was-announced that the liabilities of Oliver Brothers <!fc Phillips amounted to $1,508,338, with assets estimated at $2,319,352. The statement of the wire company showed total liabilities of $902,432 and assets $1,259,510. The firms asked an extension for five years, one-fifth of the indebtedness to be paid each year. Action by the creditors Was deferred... .The Court of Appeals of New York pronounced unconstitutional, the law to prevent the manufacture of cigars in tenement-houses.... J. W. F. White, Associate Judge of Common Pleas at Pittsburgh, failed, with $75,000 liabilities. Two OF the largest potteries in Trenton, N. J., took their men back at the old rates of pay. Other manufacturers are expected to back down.,,.The Jamestown (Pa.) Savings Bank failed, and n defalcation of $40,000 has been discovered. One of the officers is missing,A secret marriage between the daughter of a millionaire of Cohoes, N. Y.» «ud a laborer’s son is agitating, the gossips of that place. The attachment was formed at school and an elopement was the result Mbs. WhiliHelmika Stoete, of Aurora, 111., was robbed in New York by George Ballinger, a former farm-hand. He had worked for her and had made trouble between her and her husband, and was on his way to Germany with her. She gave him $2,400 to change into gold, and he made away with all but SOOO of the amount, and was arrested.... A loss of SOO,OOO was incurred by the burning of one of the shops of the Whitney Arms Company, at Whitneyville, Conn.

THE WEST. J. C. Talbert, a medical student in Chicago, formerly employed in the Public Library, who was arrested for the theft of books, made a full confession. The police found in the bam of ids brother-in-law no less thajßf' 3,500 volumes which he had carried off in his overcoat, the plunder filling six patrol wagons. • A DISPATCH from the West reports that "meetings are held almost nightly in the towns of Southwestern Kansas in the interest of the Oklahoma boomers, and the action of the United States authorities is vigorously condemned. Capt. Couch, the leader of the boomers, is said to have advised Col. Hatch of iris intention to stay where he is until forcibly expelled. Col. Hatch is trying to starve the intruders out. The latter are building rifle-pits. Their fighting force is 400 men. All non-combatants htive been sent out of cam]) by Capt. Conch, as well as all whose obedience to discipline cannot be counted on. Col. Hatch’s force about equals that of the boomers. Ite-enforcements are held in readiness nt Leavenworth by Gen. Augur. ” The third regular annual meeting of the Kansas State Shorthorn Breeders’ AsßOciawill be held in Topeka, Kan., Feb. 10 and 11. Prominent breeders and speakers will be present and give addresses, and take part in the discussions. All interested in the breeding of shorthorn cattle ore cordially invited to be present. A British corporation carrying on business as a cattle company in Wyoming sned John T. Stewart of Council Bluffs, lowa, who sold his cattle range to the plaintiff, claiming that when the cattle were ronndod up and counted there was a shortage in the herds. The jury gave the plaintiff $55,000.... A broken mil wrecked a Wabash train near Edwardsville, 111., severely injuring four employes. Two men were killed by an accident on the Canadian Pacific Road, near , Smith’s Falls, Ontario, and three coaches were burned.. . .Roswell Grant, aged 85 years, an nude of Gen. Grant, - died at Charleston, W. Vn. He was the last of a family of eight children, and had voted for seventeen Presidents, all of whom had been elected.... W. H. Gumersell A■; Go.. a St. Louis dry-goods firm, failed. The liabilities exceed $200,000, while the assets amount to only $31,000... . Michael Roch murdered his wife at Cleveland, and then committed suioide... William and 0. J. Wilson, hankers, Earlville, 111., have been indicted for etffbezzlement.,. .John J. Orton, one of the best-known lawyers of Milwaukee, died last week, leaving $300,000 to bis wife and two children.... C. E. Andrews, a larking-powder manufacturer of Milwaukee, has made an assignment. Assets, $02,000; liabilities, SIBO,OOO. The special Grand Jury of Cook Conntv. 111. , in returning indictments against eightythree election judges, declares that the laws are inadequate to secure honest returns in Chicago; that the appropriation of SIOO,OOO for extra policemen was actually defeated by the voters, and that there is a deficit of ninety fhousand in the returns for the State House appropriation.... There is said to be hardiy a town in Kansas which has not a colony of from fifty to 500 ready to start for Oklahoma as quickly as the lands are thrown open te settlement. General sympathy with the cause is manifested throughout tile State. Atchison has a colony of 150 members, who held a meeting last week and adopted a resolution calling a State convention of boomers to meet in Topeka. Colonies all over the State are invited to send delegates. A dispatch from Anoka, Indian Territory, gives meager particulars of a bloody affray in which five men were slain; “A dance was held at the house of Jim Bounds, in the Chickasaw Nation, by a ‘renter’ named Buck Smith. During the progress of the dance several white men arrived on horseback, coolly tied their horses, andentered the bouse without on invitation, and they were treated indifferently. Presently one of the strangers fired a pistol into the ceiling. This was the signal for a gen•eral fusillade. One of the guests, named Gordon, opened on the leader of the intruding gang and killed him, but Gordon then received a -bullet in his heart. The lights were extinguished atod the battle raged. Over a hundred shots were fired. - The women ran Screaming from the room out into the woods. After five minutes’ continual firing two of the five strangers rushed ont, mounted their horses, and escaped, When lights were brought two of the strangers were found dead on the floor, covered with blood and gore. Near by lay three dead guests, including Gordon, while Buck Smith and one Other guest were found dying. ” thu£ south. Mbs. Julia Ward Howe has appealed to the United States Exposition Com-

missioners at vmjw Orleans to place in her hands the $50,000 appropriated for her department, of which sum she has only Been able to obtain so far $3,900 from the management. For want of money Mrs. Howo has been compelled to curtail the original designs for the exhibit, and her landlady is threatening to distrain her property for her board.... Wood's gambling-honße nt San Antonio, Texas, was entered by six masked men, who bound the employes, opened the safe with chisels, and secured $4,000 in coin and currency. At a hamlet in Kentucky called Green’s Store, the Widow Maguffing heard a noise in her barn at night. She stepped out with n rifle, fired; at a riioving figure, nnd shot through the heart u notorious colored hog thief. A troop of the Fourth United States Cavalry had a fight with Mexican bandits in Arizona. Four of the latter were killed and. twelve were taken to Fort Yuma. It is believed they are part of the force of soldiers which recently mutinied at Escenada.... The special Grand Jury engaged in investigating the election frauds at Chicago lias found true bills against 255 judges of election and the late canvassing hoard for negligence in making returns,... Arkansas City (Kan.) dispatch of Jan.'22: "Gen. Hatch has surrounded Conch’s Oklahoma boomrirs at Stillwater, and intends to starve them out. Those willing to leave Couch’s camp are permitted to go, and nttmixers arc taking advantage of the order. ” Ex-CONGRESSMAN Ui'SON. of Texas, says that grazing companies have taken possession of the public domain and fenced it in so that the cattle-trails are all closed. There is no ronte to drive without going hundreds of miles ont of the wav. It is estimated that the loss to stockmen in Texas on. account of the recent cold snap will exceed $1.W0,000... .The Louisville A Nashville Railroad lias cut the rate from Memphis, Tenn., to Chattanooga from $9.30 to $2. ... S. D. Mcßeynolds a private banker of Bentonville. Ark. , failed with liabilities es-timivted all the way from $125,000 to $200,000.

IVABHIAGTOA. The followiug official instructions were, on the 21st of January, sent from the War Department to Gen. Augur, regarding the course to be pursued with the Oklahoma invaders: Brie. Gen. Augur, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.:' In accordance with instructions from the Secretary of War, the Lieutenant General directs that you be informed that the President’s order for the removal from Indian Territory of the intruders therein is to be enforced. It is hoped that it may be done without conflict, but the responsibility for any bloodshed must rest upon those who dp not accept the warning of the proclamation of the President, July 1, 1884, and who attempt with arms to resist the troops ordered to compel their removal. In order that the mischievous influence of the leaders of the present intrusion to incite conflict may lie reduced as much as possible,! the military forge should be increased so that all intruders may see the hojielessness of resistance. The Lieutenant General, therefore, directs that you immediately re-enforce Col. Hatch by the remaining companies of the. Ninth Cavalry, and also send him re-enforcements from the Tenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-second Infantry, until the force he now has on hand shall be increased by Bto additional men. R. C. Drum, ” Adjutant General. It has been discovered by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that Townsend, a former agent of the Indian Bureau, negotiated with an agent a lease of the lowa Reservation. Just before the-lease yeas signed Townsend resigned. The lease includes nearly the whole of the lowa Reservation, and gives tlpe exclusive right of occupancy of 'some hundreds of thousands of acres to Townsend and his partner. The lessees paid the Indians $2,000. Nobody witnessed the payment and there was nobody to protect the Indians’ rights. No fences were put tip, and the money paid for the lease went back into the pockets of Townsend and bis partner, who w ere licensed traders at the agency... .The of .internal revenue for the first half of the fiscal year decreased $4,270,786, chiefly in the item of spirits... .The wife of Justice Stanley Matthews, of the Supreme Court, died at 'Washington. Because of an affront offered a young lady a son of Congressman Holman struck Don Carlos de Castro, of the Venezuelan Legation, in the Stewart residence at Washington. Blows were exchanged-, but the pax-ties were soon separated. It transpires that De Castro was not -the- offender, and that Holman mistook his- man. The Venezuelan refuses to accept au apology, demands persona! satisfaction, aml n duel is impending, i William Penn Nixon, of the Chicago Inter Ocean; Morrison Mumford, of the Kansas City Times; and D. R. Locke, of the Toledo Blade, were before the House Committee on Postoffiees nnd Post-Roads in behalf of the reduction of newspaper postage. The committee appointed Representatives Money nnd Bingham to recommend to the committee appropriate legislation to be embodied in the postofflee appropriation hill proriding for -the reduction of postage on newspapers from 2 cents to 1 cent per pound. If the Appropriations Committee should find it impraeticable to comply with recommendations, the Postoffice Committee will, endeavor to secure the passage of a bill embodying this provision under the.suspension of the rules, on the third Monday in February. A distinguished Republican Senator says that in his opinion the United States cannot maintain exclusive control over a canal such as that proposed by the Nicaragua treaty. If we should - close the canal m time of war all the nations of the earth would lie after A canal can only be cut through Central America under conditions of absolute neutrality, and it must be as free as the highway of the sea itself,,,. A delegation of lowa settlers upon lands along the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad is urging the Senate Public Lands Committee to act favorably on the bill already p ssed by Congress declaring the forfeiture of these tracts. It is represented that many of the settlers will be ruined if the railroad is permitted to hold the lands, which are Woith over $1,000,000. There does not seem to be much prospect for the passage of the bill bythe Senate this session. . . .The committee arranging for the inauguration of President Cleveland expeet to have 100,000 men in proeessjon and 100 bands of" music Democratic Congressmen have been heard to express their belief that the Nicaragua treaty will be ratified at this session,

POLITICAL. A number of the State Legislatures elected United States Senators on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Daniel W. Voorhees was re-elected in Indiana, his Republican competitor being ex-Gov. Porter. Wm. M. Evarts received a majority of the votes in both houses of the New York Legislature, Edward Cooper polling the Democratic strength. Jonathan Chase Was elected Senator from Rhode Island over Isaac Bell. Jr., of Newport. O. H. Platt was chosen by the Legislature of

— ■ - :j p 'Connecticut over W. H. Barnum. A ballot in (he Arkansas Legislature placed Poindexter Dunn, Republican, •in > .lie lean. Secretary Teller received in'the Colorado Legislature 33 out of (the 38 votes required to elect,. Senator Hill getting 17. Senator Vest received the Democratic cuicus nomination in Missouri, J. Donald Cameron was indorse 1 by the Republican caucus—hf the Pennsylvania Legislature, and the California Republican cnTietis expressed its preference for Lelund Stanford. Col. John C. Spooner was nominated by (he joint Republican legislative caucus at Madison, Wis,, for United States Senator on Wednesday, Jan. Blv The nomination was made oiljoint ballot, Spoouler receiving 54 votes against-25 for Fairchild. Secretary Henry M. Teller was elected United States Senator from Colorado,and J. D. Cameron was choffen as his own successor in the Senate from Pennsylvania. Gen. Edward S. Bragg, of I’ond da Luc was nominated by the Democratic legislative caucus at Madison, Wis., for United States Senator... .The lowa Temperance Convention, which was attended by 490 delegates from all parts of the State, passed resolutions to secure tlio enforcement of the prohibitory law by the Use of all proper means, even to its amendment by the Legislature. A committee of the Minnesota Senate * . ii recommends the passage of a bill granting permits at $5 each per annum to all maleadults who eau prove that they_are only moderate drinkers, and that their families cr friends are not liable to. suffer by their tipplings. These permits will be necessary to secure drinks in taloons and penalties are provided. The money thus raised is to be turned into tlir State reserve fund,... Gov, Squire, of Washington Territory, urges its admission into the Union, 't he Territory now 1 hns a population of 147,000 Gov. Trittle’.s. message to the Arizona Legislature favors the ].urchasft by Congress from Mexico of enough of the State of Sonora to give Arizona a deej) water outlet for its foreign commerce. .... The Texas Senate will probably, pass the Shannon bill to regulate railway passenger rates .... The Indiana House voted to fix the legal rate of interest at 6 per cent.

GENERAL. What was supposed to be a friendly sparring contest between James McHugh, who claims the light-weight championship of New York State, aifd James Wilson, of Buffalo, took place at the Pa'ace Theater in the latter city. It turned out to be a regular prize-fight, in which Wilson had considerably the best of it. The police stopped the fight in the second round amid hisses and great excitement... .Patrick Cleary and Alfred Nichols met in the ring in the armory tit Nanticoke, Pa., to spar three three- minute rounds with gloves for S3OO a side. Nichols was rushed upon by Cleary in the third round tiud thrown over the ropes. —A genuine fight ensued, nud Chief of Police Coiirov separated the combatants and forbade any fur her fighting Two aristocratic young NewYorkers, Rutgers Vanßiuut, of the Knickerbocker Club, and John Rosoevelt. of the Union Club, had a set-to itt the parlors of a Murray Hilb mansion. Both combatants were badly mauled, mid the mil! was declared a “draw. ”... .In ft three-found contest nt New Y'ork Jack Dempsey (140 pounds) thrashed Jim Fell (180 pounds), the Canadian heavy-weight, champion; iu a remarkable manner .... When “Paddy” ! Ryan, the pugilist en route to Chicago, reached Troy (his old home) he was met by a brass band, and was the recipient of other honors at the hands of admiring friends. ‘ There were 380 failures in the United States last week, a decrease of .59 as compared, with the previous week. In,the principal trades they were, as follows: General stores, 00; grocers, 47; clothing, 31; shoes, 21; dry goods, 19; hardware and agricultural implements, 19; liquors, 16; drugs, 13: paper, books, printing., etc., 12; jewelry, 12; grain, flour, and millers, 11; Lakers and’ confectioners, 19: fancy goods, 10; furniture, 10; hotels and restaurants, 9; produce, provisions, and fruits, 8; tobacco and cigars, 7; harness, 7: lumber and material, 6: millinery, 0: enrpeuters and builders, 5; manufacturers, 5: -markets , 4; hanks, 3; carriages, 3: hats, 2; coal and wood. 2... .Thomas J. Chapman, the murderer of Nicholas Hubbard,, was hanged at Charleston, Illinois. A negro named Anthony Walker was swung off at Marshall, Texas, for shooting William Henry, the wife of the latter agreeing to give -.the murderer 150 acres of land and SSO dollars in money Window-glass manufacturers say that a reduction in wages will be necessary, and that in all probability work will be suspended from April 1 to Sept. 1. when a new scale will go into effect The Liberty Bell was taken from Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, and shipped by special car to the New Orleans Exposition. During the mon h of December. 1884, the value of merchandise exports from'HJiis country was $91,294,810, or about 000 a day. This has been exceeded but twice before.... Manitoba has secured •telegraphic communication with ' the Candiau capital outs de of the territory of the United Stites by the completion of a link around the north shore of Lake Superior... .The Montreal express on the Canadian Pacific Railway ran off the track near Smith's Falls, Ont. Four cars were burned, two men were killed, and several seriously injured.

FOREIGN! . The alleged text of an agreement between England and Turkey, cabled across the ocean, provides for the deposition of the Khedive of Egypt, the Sultan to appoint ibis successor from another family... .Famine prevails in the governments of Arch--1 (ingel and Yolgada, Russia. M. DE Giers, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has issued an order forbidding the delivery of several thousand rifles ordered by the Chinese Government from Russian manufacturers on the ground that it would be a violation of neutrality obligations between Russia and France. The Marquis Tseng has made ap.travailing protest. ...A proclamation has been issued at Hong Kong declaring that in the event of war between two nations with which England is at peace the men of war of neither of the belligerents will be furnished with equipments or supplies at British ports. ..A Soudan dispatch—of —Jan 24 says"Tjie British’War office has received no reports from General Stewart, but press dispatches state that he has ntrenched himself in the desert, surrounded by the rebels, to await re-enforcements from General AYoiseley.” ... .France is said to be willing to modify - tier Egyptiap,policy if England will rai dg. uize the French occupation of Tuhis. At the American exhibition in London next year it is being arranged to hold national congresses of Freemasons, engineers, yachtsmen, bicyclist*, and bull clubs. Much of the New Orleans show will he in

the general exhibit. Mach anxiety la felt in Germany in j'Cgauftd the condition of the Emperor, who shows frequent signs of failing health, his great age aiding the advancement of ordinarily slight ailments .. . Admiral Courbet was defeated in an attack on the mines at Ke Lung.... .Two Nihilists shot at Police Superintendent Kallert, of Bt. Petersburg. They were arrested..... The revolutionists in the United States of Colombia are overturning the present Government, and it is reported that they have cuptured President Santo Domingo Vilo. ... .The troops at Panama are joining the Radicals, nnd it is believed tliijtt President Nunez will be forced to resgn. u

‘ - ADDITIONAL NEWS. The excess of value of exports over imports of merchandise for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 188-1, is $120,706,727. The total value of imports of merchandise s os the twelve months eude l Dec..’ 31, 18-44, was $ <2,),227.730; fordhe preceding twelve mouths, $687,060,216, a decrease of $57,8:18.18 !:’ TEo value exports of melchandise-for the twelve months ended Dec. <ll. 1884, was $/49,30 (.802; for the preceding twelve months $705,203,316, a decrease of $45,905,514. A London dispatch of Jan. 27 says that excitement in that city over the dynamite explosions continues at fever heat, Immense crowds are .attracted to the vicinity of Westminster Pall and the Tower. Several arrests have been made. Cnnhingham the man who was arrested 0 > suspicion, has given a very contradict ny account of himself. The in;n.-e;l policemen,- Cox and Cole, see-sa likely to recover.- The approaches to all the public buildings are rigidly guarded. Persons carrying parcels on the street arc frequently stopped and the parccds* examined. It is reported tint the police have discovered an important clew. The official estimate of the damage- done by the exp’osions is $70,009. The royal apartments in Windsor Castle have been ordered closed by the Qneeu. The London newspapers are calm in .tone but the provincial journals bristle with horror. Vigilance committees are-pro-posed, and a system of espionage is suggested over all persons "of • Irish extrictiftn. The adoption by the Am :-rican Senate of Mr. Bayard’s dynamite resolution is hailed with delight in England. “Great anxiety is felt in London,” says a cable dispatch, “for the safety of- Gen. Stewart's little army, and apprehensions of disaster are gaming ground, notwithstanding! the fact tli it Gen. Wolseley telegraphs that there is no cause for alarm. A regiment is to be sent at once to Malta, and is to proceed to Egypt if occasion requires. An unofficial dispatch state v that Gen. Wolseley has sent re-enforcements to Stewart from Korti, and- is himself about to press forward. No news of the battle at Abu-Klea Wells has reached Korti'except the dispatches brought iir four days after the tight by the Kashi-Bazouks. ”

Ma. Bayard’s resolution expressing indignation at the attempt to destroy the British Parliament buildings, and denouncing such deeds as crimes against civilization, passed trie Senate on the ,26th of January, by a v te of 03 to t. Mr. Riddleberger, ot Virginia, spoke anti cast the only vote against the resolution. The Senate pa-sed the bill to quiet and confirm the tilTe to certain lands in Saginaw Bay. Mich. The bill involves certain accretions aftd ma sh lands in respect to which there is no contiiytiiig claim. Mr. Sawyer presented a protest from forty or fifty iron mining companies against the Spanish treaty. The Nicaraguan treaty was discussed about two hours in executive session. Messrs. Sherman, Miller. Edmunds, and Ba ard were amonjrrilro speakers. Mr. Bayard's position is substantially that of Mr. Sherman. Me trinks tne Clayton-Bulwer .treaty is still in force. He also holds that the incoming administration ought not to lie embarrassed bv action upon the question at this time. The President sent the following nominal! ns to the Senate: Commodore Samuel It. Franklin to be Rear Admiral. Postmasters - Theodore B. Patton. Altoona, i'a.: S. S. Munger, Lampasas, Texas: Charles E,. jVilson, Lebanon, Ind.; Thomas 1). Campbell, Ottawa, Ohio; Jonathan F. Scotield Painesvilie, Oli o: J. W. Hostetter, Orrville, Ohio; W. B. 1-ish, Anamosa, Iowa: T. J. Ross, Nevada, Iowa; J.M,Bacon. Oregon City, Ore.y4>. McDonald, Grand Forks, Dakota; Pi. O. Kennedy, Globe, Arizoua. In the Bouse of Representatives a bill was intro diced by Mr. Rosecrans appropriating *l m.ihh) to aid and encourage the pcrfec.ing of the highest’ class of guns. Mr. Findlay and Mr. Hewittoffered resolutions asking the Secretary of State for information as to whether any citizen ,cr resident bf the United States liad been < oucevned in the dynamite ex losons in London. Anotlier resolution was or.or si by Mr. White of Kentucky condemning the ex tens on of the Bonded-period for wtljisky an l all ili-hing -thfr office of Commissioner of Internal Rewp je and the entire system of internal revenue tq'xaii&a. Mr. Bland introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Ti e sury for information eoncerniug the alleged refusal of tli * New York Clearing-House to receive silver dollars or eer- ! tifieates in settlement of balances; also, |as to w hether any national bank has i attempted to discredit the silver dollar. Mr. DorsheiiAer introduced the Edmunds bill for the punishment of crimes committed by means of explosive compounds. Mr. Korney reported the ar;-:y appropriat on bill, c tiling tor $14,12.1,0>3. A bill was introduced to approj riate $!0 ',OOO for a navy yard at Brunswick, Ga. Mr. Wfke offered a resolution requesting Secretary Chandler to ini form the House in regard to the last cruise ot the Tallapoosa, which sunk off Newport a few months ago. The resolution inquires why the vessel was sent on her vovage. under whose orders she w as crujsing, and why she was lost.

THE MARKETS.

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INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Thk most important feature of the Senate proceedings on the 32d vas the regular order, Mr. Foulke’s bill for aconßtltntional convention. The bill was read a second time. A majorit of the Committee on Judiciary’ had previously sated adversely to it. The question was, '’Shall the majority report prevail'! 1 ” Senator Foulke mo vod that tae Senate adopt the minorit y report, and on this hfe made a long speech. He was followed by Messrs. Hilligass and McCullough in opposition. Petitions were presented sot the abolition of capital punishment and for an appropriation for Purdue University. The Judiciary Committee reported bill hi, with amendment, and a recommendation that it; ass; also that bill 47 be amended and pass; also that bill 52 be indefinitely postponed. In the House she Moody resolution providing for the appointment of a special committee to investigate the question of the' need ot addtional accommodations tor the insane wassailed up. Mr. Moody moved tuat the resolution De referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures, wltu instructions to consider the same, and report whether the appointment o such committee would be advisable. Tlie Committee on Judiciary, in its report, recommended the indehn.te postponement of the Patton ri ll to abolish the Grand Jury system. Mr. Patton made a vigorous speech iji opposition to this action. He declared that the Grand Jury system was a relic of barbarism, and he complained that the Judic ary Comm.ttee had not given his bill a fair consideration. In deference to his wishes the measure w. s recommitted by the House to the same com mitt ic. The indefinite postponement of Mr. Jameson's bill to amend Section 4 of an act entitled "An act concerning husband and wife," approved April 10, 1881, was also recommended bv the Judiciary Committee, which led to a prolonged discussion. The provisions of the bill were that "a married woman shall not enter into any contract of suretyship, whether as indorser, guarantor, or in any other manner, and snch contract as to her shall be void: provided, that nothing contained in this act shall 1 prevent a married woman from joining with her husband in mortgaging her real estate, or that held by the husband and wife by entirety to secure the debt of the hus-i band or any other person." The friends of the measure made a gallant tight, but the bill was .defeated, 54 ta 30. Patton's resolrttion, providing for an investigation of the State Treasury, was discussed. A motion to refer it to the Committee on Ways and Means was lost. Mr. McSUtllen offered, as a substitute, a resolution for an inquiry as to why Gov. Porter failed to do liis duty in the premises during the four years he was in office. , This was, after a long debate, adopted. Mr. Foui.ke’s Constitutional Convention proposition was defeated in the Senate, Jan. 21, after a prolonged discussion. Committees reported on bills in the Senate as follows: That Senate bill 76, exempting pro-seating attorneys trom liabilities when pro-editing ex-relatie, do pass; that bill 74, defining the Twenty-fifth and creating the Forty-sixth Judicial Crcuits, do pass; that bill 04, empowering certain courts to employ short-hand writers, be amended and pass; that bill 02, for a con- 1 tinuance of terms of court when a trial is in progress at the regular time of its closing, do pass; that bill 07, concerning collect on 6f taxes in cities, be amended and pass; that 78, a bill amending practice in civil cases, lie on the table: that bill 4'J. on highways, pass; that bill 118, fixing Compensation of County Superintendents, do pass; that bill siti. on common •schools, public libraries, > nd compensation of school boards, do pass; that hill 81), providing that Clerks of the Supreme Court keep a re ord of all fees received by them, aud pass the same to their successors in office, do pass; that bill 73, for the -better government of the Hospital for the Insane, do pass. In the House the regular order of business was l esnmed, and the report of the Committee on Rights and Trivileges, recomm ending the indefinite postponement of the civil rights hill, introduced by Mr. Townsend,colored, of Wayu \ was taken up. Mr. Gooding moved that the bill be recommitted to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to report wh it d sorimlnation exists against the colored race. Mr. Townsend favored the recommitment, and it was so ordered. Tie bill ord ring elections of County School Superintendents in 18hi> was jiassed. Mr. Robinson's bill to repeal the act authorizing aliens to h-dd real estate was engrossed and ordered to a third xeadqng, as was also Mr. Staley's to require the teaching of “hygiene and physiology" in the public schools, with special reference to the effects of alcohol upon the human system. Mr. Williams, of Knox, moved to strike our, the enacting clause of this bill, intending to thus kill it, and the yeas and nays were called tor, result-* ingin the deteat of the motion by a close vote of 45 in the affirmative against 4m in the negative. Mr. McMullen's bill requiring pauper physicians of counties to 'conduct post-mortem examinations of bodies upon which inquests are held by Coroners, when post-mortems shall be deemed necessary, came up for second reading, and was discussed at some length. Mr. Smith, of Tippecanoe, opposed the bill because lie thought pan per physicians, as a rule, were not competent to make such examinations, and he projiosed an amendment to strike out this part ot the bill. The House alone held a session—and that was very slimlv attended—on Jan. 24. Mr. Murphy’s concurrent resolution, advising Congress to faithfully guard the interests of the Union soldiers in the way of pension legislation, was adopted. A favorable rgport was made by the special committee to whieh was referred the joint resolution urging the repeal of the limitation act, relating to the pensioning of soldieis, and the same was unanimously passed. The following bills were read the second time, and ordered engrossed: To exempt pio-ccutgi s and State officers from liability for costs in certain cases; to require a widow to take i niter the will of her deceased husband unte-s she elects to take under the law; to amend Section 5-.) of an act concerning proceedings in civil cases; to authorize appeals from the County Board of Equalization to the Circuit Cou-.t: to provide certain duties for the County Commissioners. -The bill fixing trie legal contract rate of interest at 7 per cent, came npforionsideration and led to prolonged speech-making, in which the members generally participated. Mr. Pleasants moved to amend the bill by striking out 7 per cent, aud inserting 6 per cent. Messrs. Browning, Smith of Tippecanoe, Killison, Williams, and others entered a vigorous opposition to the amendment. Mr. Browning thought its effect on the school fund would cause incalculable evil, and Mr. Smith thought it would result indriving capital out of the State. Mr. Williams spoke of the depression now existing, the number of people out of employment, etc., and said it would be inadvisable to make a reduction o? more than 1 percent. Mr. Pleasants and o hers stated that the same argument was used when the reduction from Id to 8 per cent, was made, but the country had not gone to rtun, as many predicted. On the contrary, irfonev was as plenty as when the interest was higher. The amendment prevailed by a vote of 3!J to 3:1, and the bill wks then engrossed.

He Was Not Afraid of the Gallows.

Little Johnny Fizzletop was rebuked bv his father 'for throwing stones at another boy. “If you keep on in that way you will commit murder and be bung sbme of these days,” said the parent. “Oh, if I am going to be bung, I’ll have a nice time. The newspapers will bring out my picture, and the pretty girls will visit me every day in my cell, and bring me flowers, and I’ll get into heaven sure, and that will be bully, won’t it,*pa ?”—Texas Siftings.

Made Up.

" “No. George, my mind is made up,” said Miss Fuasanfeatlier to her fiancee, young Grimsonbeak, when that gentleman was trying to persuade her to go somewhere against her will. “Is it ?” asked lie, rather tartly. “Yes, it is,” was her grim reply. “Well, it isn’t the -only thing that’s made up aboutyon,” said the blooming blood, brushing the ifowrler from' the lapel of his coat and reaching for liis hat. —Yonkers Statesman. To form hard plaster casts, to a pint of milk of lime hdd ten to fifteen drops of liquid silicate of soda ( water-glass), then mix in plaster of paris until the consistency of a thick cream. This will set in about five minutes. IN Jerusalem the leper quarter is outside of the city near the Zion <5 ate, and presents a horrible Sight, beside which the lazar house of the Sandwich Islands is an earthly paradise. Freddy Gebhabd is among the receu ■ anivals in Faris.

CONGRESSIONAL.

The Work of the Senate and Hop* of Representatives. Thk proceedings in the Senate were dull and nnintereating on Jan. 21. Mr. Coke's speech on the. interstate commerce bHI and eulogies on the late Congressman Evina, ot Siinth Carolina, filled the entire time. In thy Abuse of R present*tives, Mr. Kelly reported a bill io allow drawrbacks on Imported articles used in manmacturing tobacco for export. While in committee of the wholeffm the Indiau appropriation bill, Mr. Bnrnes declared that Oklahoma is practieally in possession of cattle companies, to the exclusion of individual settlers. Tho agricultural appropriation bill was referred to the Houae. It appropriates $546,21)0. The statuq of Oklahoma lands was theohici subject for debate in the Senate. Jan. 22. Mr. Vest urged the passage of his resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report oq what terms the Oreeksand Seminoles would surrender the remaiuing rights in the tract. Messrs. Daw-s, Vest. Harrison, and Maxeyheld that the law forbade the invasion of these lands by white men, and that the traothad never been surveyed • r sectiont/.ed. Mr. Plumb claimed that, without the consent of tbe Indians, the lands could be opened to settlement by the action of Congress and the President. Mr. Plumb's resolution, calling upon the President for his views of the present status of the Oklaho i.a lands, was agreed to. The House of Representatives agreed to the conference report on the bill to forfeit the Oregon Central land grant. In committee of the whole on tho Indian appropriation bill, an amendment to set aside $50,000 to relieve extraordinary cases of distress among —the tribes was ruled out. It was resolved to appropriate $25,000 for the erection ot an Imi an industrial school at banta Ei. A clause was adopted te open the Territorial courts to litigation bV Indians, as well as to subject them to ir al for grave criminal offenses. An amendment was adopted for the commencenfeut of negotiations witii three tribes for the f lining of the Oklahoma lauds to white settlers.

When Mr. Vest’s resolution for negotiations with three Indian tribes for the cession’ of the Oklahoma lands came np in the Senate fen Jan. 23, Mr. Plumb offered a substitute for a bargain with the red men for all lands above 160 acres to each head of a family, the‘ surplus to be used for actual settlers only. MrConger denounce i the system of robbing judians of their lands, "whether to accommodate Oklahoma boomers or pleuro-pneu-mono cattle from Texas." Mr. Ingalls replied that nothing could resist the march of the Anglo-Saxon race. The remaining 2G.000.000 acres ot arable land uutside of Government re ervations wonld inevitably be absorbed ..within five years. Both resolutions were referred- Thj President sent to the Senate $ the following nominations : .Henry -F. Huidekoper, Postmaster at Philadelphia; Stanford E. Chaille, Louisiana, member of the National Board of Health; Lucius H. Foote, of California, Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States, at Corea; Nelson A. Dunning, of Michigan, Consul of the United States at Auckland; Capt. Alinon F. Rockwell, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Major and Quartermaster; Andrew S. Draper, New York, Judge of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims; John T. Hartranft, Collector of Customs District of Philadelphia; William S. Steele, of Pennsylvania, Coiner of the Mint in Philadelphia. In the House of Repressntatives the constitutional lawyers took an inning in the discnßsion of a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to investigate and report whether in jts opinion the Senate, by originating, passing, and sending to the House for its action bills appropriating money, has thereby attempted to invade the constitutional prerogatives of the House, Friends of the educational bill were greatly relieved when the resolution was tabled by a majority of four votes, that measure being particularly specified in the preamble. Each bouse of Congress received a fine American flag made of silk, raised, spun, and Woven in America, and this achievement of American industry evoked some highly commendatory resolutions from Mr. Beok, freetrader, in the Senate, and Mr. Kelley, protectionist, in the House. Senator Edmcniis introduced a bill in the Senate, on Jan. 24, making it a felony to manufacture dynamite for use at home or abroad, and a few moments later the news reached tho Senate of the London explosion, which is noted as a singular coincidence. After the news Senator Bayard introduced a resolution expressing the indignation and .sorrow of -the country at the- cvept. The House went Into committee of tha whole on the agricultural appropriation bill There was no general debate, and the bill was road by paragraphs tor amendment. On motion of Mr. Dibble, an amendment was adopted appropriating s3,o<k) for the cultivation and distribution of fehe tea plant on the Government farm. The committee then rose, tho bill passed, and the House adjourned.

Horseshoes.

Now that the horseshoe, as a pretty symbol of good luck, forms so much a part of household decoration, it may not be amiss to saya word about its significance in the olden times. The horseshoe was anciently believed to be an effectual protection against witchcraft and witches, who could no more overcome the sanctity of its semi-cir-cular form than they could the movement of a stream, which even the most powerful could not cross, if in theehape of a running brook, as witness the race of Tam O'Shanter, who, pursued by them, passed the keystone of the bridge himself, while the tail of his good mare, on the wrong side thereof, became the prey of the pursuing warlockß. We have seen the horseshoe nailed to the lintel of bams and masts of vessels, for a witch, mounted on her broomstick, might take it into her head to descend upon some unlucky craft, or she might call up the surging* waves to engulf it, unless it were protected by this holy symbol. For a horse to cast a shoe was a bad omen when a gallant, knight was about to start upon some expedition; hence, if a horse stumbled, which he would be sure to do if imperfectly shod, it was unlucky. We do not in our day believe much in witches or “bad signs, ” but everybody is pleased with the good luck implied in the finding of a horseshoe. By an old Norman custom, which has l>een preserved to the prqp ent, the venerable castle as Oskham is plentifully bedecked with horseshoes. The Lords de Freres were in olden time entitled' to demand from every BarOn on his first passing through the town a shoe from off one of his horse’s feet. There are several shoes over 200 years old, the most notable being one given by Queen Victoria. Tho Princess of Wales recently visited tho town, and, in conformity with the custom, a gilt shoe with her name inscribed upon it ’ will be fastened to the castle wall. In our day it is not mnch to give a gilded horseshoe, as did the Princess of Wales, but it -was a serious thing to an old knight, who, giving direct from his horse’s hoof parted with his good luck. —Brooklyn Magazine.

The Reason for It.

“Curious how mnch cleaner rfll the people look,” exclaimed a Texan who had been away on a trip for a couple of months. “Yes,” replied the old settler with whom he was talking; “you have no idea what , thundering lot of rain has' fallen here this season. ” — Ex. r A Nbwbubg, N. Y., man thawed*but a live turtle which bad been frozen up in a cake of ice for ten months. A tunnel 5,000 feet long has I>eef discovered, on the Island of Samos.