Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1885 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. A tt HABBHAJLU - Pubusbqb*.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

TUB BAST. Frank Kunkle, of Allegheny City, plaoed a mixture at turpentine, tar and linseed oil On the stove in his kitchen. The mixture boiled over, and an explosion followed, scattering the blazing fluid in all directions. The clothing of three children who were in the room took fire, but Kunkle rushed to the scene, throwing each in turn through a window into the yard. One of them died in an hour, bnt the others may Recover. Kunkle himself and another man roeived s severe burns.... Dr. Albert F. Goersen, wbo poisoned his wife five years' ago, was banged last week at Philadelphia. The following bulletin in regard to Gen. Grants health is telegraphed from New York:

There ia no lonirer doubt that the General’s malady has assumed an alarming form. Ur. Douglas thinks there is no reason to expect any Improvement of a permanent character. Ti e groat danger lies in t he loss of strength incident to the difficulty of giving him nourishment which he can retain on his stomach The retching which food induces aggravates the terrible agony he suffers from his malady. At such times not even cocaine is powerful enough to neutralize the pain. The recent prostt ation following the reception of the news from Washington, which was necessarily exciting and bracing, indicates how little strength the General has. The disease itself, too, has come to the surface at other points, indicating that it has been progressing rapidly within the past few days. The diseased tissue lies in such a place that the knife can not be used, and there is no hope of prolonging the life of the distinguished patient beyond a few weeks. Only a few of the most intimate friends of the family are admitted to the house, and no visitor entei s the sick chamber.

• After the banging of Dr. Goerson at Philadelphia, Joseph Barrett was found dead in his cell, and Joseph Taylor, under sentence of death, was discovered writhing in convulsions. Physicians attribute the casualties to fright— Paul Bauer, proprietor of the West Brighton Hotel, at Coney Island; Thomas Glass, proprietor of the Glass Palace Hotel, Brooklyn, and William Peters were sentenced at Brooklyn for pool-selling, the first to three months in the penitentiary and $750 fine, the second to two months and SSOO fine, and the third to twenty days and SIOO fine. Bauer is said to be worth $300,000.,..A hotel at Bradford, Pa., was set on firs fay the explosion of n lamp. Two men were btirned to death and two others were injured by flames. SnrON Cameron passed the 86th anniversary of his birth at his home in Harrisbnrg, Pa., being confined to his room by sickness. He hopes to be able to go to Fortress Monroe next week.

THE WEST.

After eating oysters at a church social in Silver Mills, Ohio, fifteen persons were taken violently ill, two of whom died in a few hours. A physician declares it to be a ease of arsenical poisoning.... Six convicts escaped from the State Prison at Jackson, Mich., by a tunnel thirty-five feet long which they had dug under an abandoned shop, clear through the main wall twelve feet Suck.... H QaDmun. of Marion Center. J£an„ has been sentenced to forty imprisonment for debauching girls of tender years who were members of the Sunday school of which he was Superintendent' He is 40 years old, and is believed to have a wife in Indiana... .Capitalists from various points have been examining the country in titie vicinity of Augusta, Ind., where silver ore is said to have been found in the hills. ... .The Supreme Court of California has decided that Chinese children must be admitted to the public schools. Indians on the Winnebago Reserve, recently opened, have been summoned to Fort Thompson, and en route have set fire to the prairie grass. Settlers are now left unmolested. Hundreds of persons have invaded the Winnebago Keservation in Dakota on the authority of a dispatch saying that the President bad restored it to the public domain. The Sioux Indians are manifesting bad blood over these aggressions by the whites. In their efforts to prevent the invasion they have fired several of theshanties hastily erected in the disputed district There are wild rumors of bloodshed, but settlers lately returned say that no open break has occurred. The choice claims along the border are taken by squatters, some portions hav.ng more settiers than there are quarter sections..,. Josiah Locke, who once owned and edited the Journal at Indianapolis, fell dead while visiting that office the other day. Of late years he has been interested in a colony near Los Angeles, California. Dispatches from tire West state that there are about 600 boomers at Arkansas City. A dozen or more of their leaders waived examination by a United States Commisslbner at Wichita, and gave bail. Five companies of cavalry have camped near Arkansas City, and two companies of infantry are at Ponca agency. —— —The brilliant ballet spectacle, “Zanita," which’has been running so long at McVicker’s Theater, is now in its last week. Nothing in the way of ballet and spectacle has ever been more conscientiously and effectively given in this country. The dancing of Signorita Della quite realizes that well-worn phrase, “the poetry of motion.” She is as pliant and graceful as the fairy of popular tradition. Henry Stull, 105 years of age, died at Batavia, Ohio. He served in the war of 1812 at Lundy’s Lane and Chippewa. He went to the polls last November and voted for Cleveland. Tbb action taken by Congress in its closing hours with regard to the Oklahoma question was briefly this: The Western Representatives defeated the Dawes bill, which had passed the Senate, and the Byan amendment to the Indian bill was adopted, directing the President to enter into negotiations with the Indians with a view to opening Oklahoma to settlement The question as to whether these negotiations shall be opened through the agency of a commission or not is left to the President’s discretion. Ryan and other friends of the settlers think that the negotiations will result in the opening of the lands to colonists.——A dispatch from the West states that “Capt Couch and Gen. Hatch have both left Wichita, Kas., for the border of Indian Territory, the former to confer with the co’onists assembling there and the latter to station his troops to prevent the contemplated movement toward Oklahoma.” •.'GOY-Martin, of Kansas, has signed the "temperance bill which passed the State Legis ature last week. The bill contains a provision which invests the County Attorney with all the power of a grand jury. Citizens are required to appear before him

and testify on oath concerning their: knowledge of the pnrohase and Bale of liquors. He becomes both the Judge and the Prosecuting Attorney, and is allowed a fee of $25 for each conviction. This provision was disapproved Of by -the Governor, although he signed the bill, on 4he ground that it was dangerous to rest such powers in any man.. ..A horse disease which carries off more than half the animals attacked prevails over a wide area of Western Ohio. Pleuro-pneomonia has appeared among a herd of, Jersey catJtq belonging to the Missouri Lunatic Asylum at Fulton.... A tramp was found in a haystack on a farm near Lawrence, Kan. ,in a comatose condition from cold and hunger. After being resuscitated he said that he hnd not tasted food for eighteen days.... The failure is announced of George A. Davis <fc Co., dealers in agricultural implements at San Francisco, with liabilities of $170,000. .. .The Opera House Block at Albany, Mo., was destroyed bv fire entailing a loss of from $50,000 to $75,000. Thr Indiana State Board of Finance has awarded the temporary loan of $600,000 to Walter Stanton, of New York, who bid 101 1 per cent... .Three of tho convicts who e caped from the Michigan State Prison were traced through the snow from MosherviUe to Jonesville, jaded and hungry, and sent back to serve out their sentences.

TUB SOUTH.

Bl a legislative act. Dorsey County, Arkansas, originally named for ex-Senator S. W. Dorsey, has been changed to Cleveland, in honor of the new President. According to an arrangement between thorn, August Schaefer poisoned his wife, at Burnet, Tex., and after she was dead took tho deadly dose himself. They left a 2-year-old chiid. Near Grenada, Miss., a collision occurred between mail and ? xpfeSs trains on the Illinois Central Road, the engines and four cars being knocked into splinters, Both firemen and an unknown man were killed, and several persons were injured. Gross neglect on the part of employes of both trains caused he disaster. The prospects for the fruit crop in Arkansas are not flattering. In Mississippi and Texas the outlook is fair, but the crops are backward.

WASHINGTON.

The decrease in the public debt for February Was $3,204,975. The interest-bearing portion of the debt is now $1,195,149,050. Deductingrthe cash in the Treasury, the United States owes $1,406,923,350. Following is the official statement issued from the Treasury: Bonds outstanding— Four one-half por cents. $250,000,000 Four per cents 737,707,200 Three per cents 194,190,500. Refunding certificates. 251,350 Navy pension fund. 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt $1,196,149,050 Matured debt $5,401,395 Debt l&aring no interest— Lecal-tender notes. ............. 346,739.116 Certificates of deposit 30,580,000 Gold and silver certificates 294,530,051 Fractional currency 6.968,306 Total without intere5t........... $678,817,473 Total debt 1,880,387,918 Total interest 10,021,988 Cash in Treasury 448,466,557 Debt, less cash in Treasury. 1,405,923,350 Decrease during Februafrv 8,204,975 Decrease since June 30, 1884,.. 44,125,885 Current liabilities— Interest due and unpaid $1,483,140 Debt on which interest has ceased.. 8,401,395 Interest thereon., . 246,918 Gold and silver certificates 294,630,051 United States notes held for redemption of certificate of deposit. 30,580,000 Cash balance available 152,225,052 Total $484,466,557 Available assets— Cash in Treasury $484,466,557 Bonds Issued to Pacific RailwayCompanies, interest payable by United States— Princfual outstanding.... $64,623,512 Interest accrued, not yet natrt. Gi6,235 Interest paid by United States.....;. 65,038,209 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service. „/ $19,043,657 By cash payments, 6 per cent net earnings 655,198 Balance of Interest paid by United States... 45,339.353

President Cleveland’s first official act, after the nomination of his Cabinet, was to affix his signature to the commission of Gen. U. S. Grant ns an officer on the retired list of the army... .Washington telegram: The figures given by the railroad companies show that the number of visitors hero inauguration day was even greater than before estimated. The two' principal railroads, the Baltimore and Potomac, or the Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and Ohio, the avenues of travel for the North and West, brought nearly 110,000 persons. If to this great number be added those arriving b the Southern roads and those who came in from the surrounding country by private conveyance, the aggregate will not fall short of 150,000, not including those who have been coming for Borne weeks. When it is considered that Washington furnishes as many more, some idea may be formed of the enormous multitude that witnessed the great parade. The rush of visitors at the White Honse is an diminished. President Cleveland has given notice that persons who call upon him in regard to appointments shall be referred to the heads of the departments who are to have charge of these matters..lt is understood that Gen. Hazefi has written to the new Secretary of War asking that no steps be taken to dissolve the courtmartial recently ordered to try his case.... Secietary Lamar has retained E. P. Hanna as his private secretary. Mr. Hanna has occupied this position under four successive Secretaries. .Brig. Gen. D. B. Sacket, Inspector General of the army, died last week at Washington... .The receipts of the Government daring the eight months ending Feb. 28 show a falling off of nearly $20,005,000.

POLITICAL.

Both houses of the Minnesota Legislature passed an amended railroad bill last week. The bill provides for the appointment of two Commissioners, who shall, With toe present Commissioner, constitute a Board of Grain and Warehouse Commissioners. They are granted the right of looking into the affairs of railroad corporations. Corporations are required to grant free rental of land for elevators, and are to provide side-track facilities and grain cars without discrimination. No discrimination in freight rates is permitted. Representatives Bayne, His cock, and Millard called upon President Cleveland, at Washington, and had a long talk with him. They told the President they approved the attitude he had taken in his inaugural, and in carrying out the policy therein declared he would have their hearty support In this they spoke as Republicans, and said they believed they spoke for s large majority of their party. The President received their advances in the best possible spirit, and thanked them with

much feeling and earnestness for theii promises. Gen. John C. Black, of Danville, HL, went to Chicago the other day to attend a reunion of his old comrades of the Thirtyseventh Illinois Volunteers. Shortly after his arrival he received a telegram from Washington reading as follows: The President thinks yonr official connection with fais administration will contribute to his success, and desires me to ascertain if yon will assume the duties of Commissioner of Pensions. I cordially Join in the request. * . Ij. Q. C. I,AMAB. After a short consideration the General replied as follows: To L. Q. O. Lam AS: I thank President Cleveland and yourself. If my wpointment will contribute to the success of the administration I will accept the position. Telegraph when I should arrive In Washington. J. C. Black. Gen. Edward C. Walthall has been tendered and has accepted the appointment of United States Senator from Mississippi, to succeed Secretary Lamar.... The Kansas Legislature passed a resolution of sympathy with General Grant... .An extra session of the Indiana Legislature will be necessary to pass appropriation bills.

AT high noon on Saturday, the 7th of March, Messrs. Bayard, Whitney, Garland and Endicott entered the office of the Secjretary of State at Washington, where M r - Bayard took the oath as Secretary of State. The party then went to Secretary Chandler’s room, where Mr. Whitney was sworn in as Secretary of the Navy. In Secretary Lincoln’s office, where Gen. Sheridan and staff and other army officers were assembled, the oath was administered to Mr. Endicott Attorney General Garland was sworn into office at the Department of Justice. From the Department of Justice the party went to the United States Treasury Department, where Secretary Manning took the oath. Soon after Secretary Manning had qualified all the bureau, officers and chiefs of division visited his office and paid their respects. Secretary Lamar and Pos- master - General Vilas were also sworn into office. In the various departments the retiring Secretaries bade the chiefs and clerks who had served under them good-by, and complimented them upon their services. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times is authority for the statement that “the Senators and the new Congressmen from Alabama, after agreeing upon a scheme for the distribution of Federal patronage in their State, went to the White House and laid it before President Cleveland. He smilingly remarked that they seemed to have forgotten the civil-service law, and assured them that he would send a printed copy to each of them.”

GENERAL.

Leland Stanford, President of the Central Pacific Railroad, has officially announced the consummation of a long-con-templated consolidation of transcontinental interests. Hereafter the Southern Pacific Railroads of California, Arizona, and NeW Mexico, the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio, the Louisville, Western Texas and New Orleans, and Mo gan’s Louisiana Railway and steamship lines will be operated under one general organization. The Texas and Pacific, and Missouri, Kansas, and Texas system of roads will form the northern outlet, although not included in the combination. Railroad men say that the Hunting-ton-Stanford consolidation scheme will ultimately be perfected by the operation of tho Union Papificand fentyal Pacific Railroads as one continuous line. PRESjnpjpT Charles Francis Adams of the Union Pacific Railroad, in a letter which was laid before tho Senate, states the views of the Directors of the road, concern - ing the bill reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee regulating future payments to be made by the company. The letter contains an elaborate criticism of the bill and makes a number of suggestions regarding what he considers the true policy for the Government to pursue. Mr. Adams states that he was not Mr. Gould’s choice for the place ne occupies, and that Mr. Gould has no mere influence in the management of the road than any other director?... There were 222 failures in the United Slates last week, a decrease of thirty-two as compared with the previous week. Special telegrams to Bradptreei’a from leading trade centers give a brighter look to the general trade situation than had been reported for some months. Not only has the accumulated freight at Chicago and elsewhere at the West been cared for, but there is a demand at shipping points West and Northwest for cars.. Livestock shipments East have been increasing, as well those of grain. At New York the movement of merchandise has increased somewhat. The dry goods jobbers report a larger business, but the commission houses are doing little or nothing. Groceries are moderately active only. Boston jobbers in dry goods say trade has improved, bnt commission houses report the reverse. Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and other- distributing points announce a better inquiry for dry goods: At no center is there any radical improvement iM iron. The promoters of the Canadian Pacifio road sent out the surprising statement that inquiries have been made by the British military authorities when the line can be used to transport troops between England and India.... A Washington dispatch states that ex-President Arthur is going to Europe in July, to remain abroad several months.

FOREIGN.

The German Parliament has passed a bill providing for an assistant minister for Prince Bismarck. Eabl GraiAtlle stated in the House of Lords, on the 3d insfc, that Russian troops had been advancing in the disputed territory of Afghanistan, and refused to withdraw when requested by the English. Sir Peter Lumsden had advised the Afghans to dispute every inch of ground, in which the British Government would uphold them. Granville declined to answer a question by Salisbury whether peace between England and Russia depended on a squabble between Russian and Afghan outposts. The Latest suicide at Monaco was that of a young Englishman, recently married, who lost $250,000 at the gambling-table.... .The German Parliament rejected a motion in favor of a bimetallic standard for moDey. The defendant in a ease in the polioe court at Berne, Switzerland, emptied a revolver at the Judges badly wounding the clerk and the usher. It has transpired that a year ago a distinguished officer of the British army in India was sent for to advise with the Government regarding the practicability of a Russian invasion of Afghanistan. This officer said that snch on invasion was quite possible by the very route which the Russians have since taken. He alsb informed the Government that Russia could within sev-enty-seven days pnt 23,1KK) troops into Herat, and' 1 follow np this force with an equal number forty days later. Thirteen thousand-men could be thrown at once into Kabool, with an equal dumber of reserves close at hand... .Emperor William of Germany is said to have written • .?*? ... 1 ‘ . 1

to the Czar impressing upon him the necessity of reaching an agreement with England in order to preserve the peace of Europe. ...A disastrous explosion occurred in a colliery at Karwin, in Austrian Silesia. At the time of the accident there were 147 men in the mine. One hundred and twenty-three deadbodies had been taken out at last accounts].. .Justin McCarthy has severed fhys connection with United Ireland because of the recent attacks made by that paper upon the Prince of Wales it is reported on the authority of the St. Stephen’s Review that Premier Gladstone recently bought 100 hats in one day, and that his mind is giving way. a

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

When the Supreme Court met on the 9th inst, says a Washington dispatch, there was a large crowd in attend ince to witness the presentation to tho court of the new Attorney General by the retiring head of the Department of Justice. When the Justices had taken their seats,Mr. Brewster arose and asked permission of the court to present his successor, the Hon. A. H. Garland. Mr. Brewster then said he desired to make a grateful acknowledgment of the court’s unceasing kindness to him. Attorney General Garland acknowledged the kindness of Mr. Brewster in presenting him, and, addressing the court, said: “I shall attempt, with every possible exertion of my power, to discharge my duties before this court, and So to demean myself, as to merit your respect and entire confidence.” The Chief Justice then directed the Clerk of the court to enter the commission of the Attorney General upon the record, and. turning to Mr. Brewster, said: “The court will be glad to see the ex-Altorney General before its bar.” This ended the ceremony and the court proceeded to routine business. ~ .The position of Senior Impedor General of the army, made va ant by the death of Gen. Delos B. Sicket, will faU 'o Col. Nelson H. Davis, now on duty in Chicago.... Gen. J. W. Singleton, of Illinois, is a candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture. There are reasons to believe that Dr. Miller, of Omaha, will be First Assistant Postmaster General.

Near Bond’s Mills, Wise County, Va., Mary Reynolds, a rustic beauty, eloped with and married James Henton, greatly to the chagrin of one Mitchel, who was Henton’s rival for the girl’s hand. The young couple attended a spelling-bee a few nights later, but"never returned to theii - home, and after a search both their dead bodies were found. Both had been shot, after which the assassin disfigured their faces by tearing off the flesh. Mitchell has disappeared. Chicago elevators contain 15,473.367 bushels of wheat, 1,914,727 bushels of com, 570,685 bushels of oats, 135,615 bushels of rye, and 113,458 bushels of barley. Total 18,207,852 bushels of all kinds of grain, agrinst 22,687,973 bushels a year ago... Gov, Pierce has vetoed the bill for the removal of the capital of Dakota from Bismarck to Pierre, holding that it impairs the obligations of a contract. On charge of bribery in connection with the bill, three mend ers of the Territorial Legislature were arrested and held to bail... .Jack Burke has deposited SSOO to cover the challe-'g- 1 issued by Paddy Rvau, but insists that the fight must be outside of Chicago. Ryan says he will meet Sullivan for $5,000 after he is through with Burke. Mossgrove’s United States Hotel and the adjoining block at Steubenville, Ohio, were burned, creating a loss of $135,000. A fireman was killed by falling walls.

Communications from the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Attorney General, conveying notification of their acceptance of Cabinet positions and requesting the President of the Senate to so notify the Legislatures of their respective States, were read to the Senate on the 9th inst. The President sent to the Senate the following nominations: C. S. Fairchild, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; John C. Black, of Illinois, to be Commissioner of Pensions. Mr. Van Wyck’s resolution making inquiry of the Secretary of the Interior regarding the issue of patents to the “Backbone" Railroad was taken up. Mr. Van Wyck detailed the “mysterious record" of the Backbone Road. He said that Gould and Huntington were at the bottom of a sch ;me to get possession of the land-grant. It was claimed that there was a special meeting of the Cabinet to legalize the fraud; but the settlers did not have any advocate there. The Cabinet did not protect them. On the contrary, it turned them over to the tender mercies of the corporation. The' whole history of the land bureau of the Interior Department was a record of demands by land grant corporations and decrees of the department in obedience thereto. When the demand was too exacting, as in this case, the opinion of the Attorney General was songht behind which to hide. By what mvst Tious power, Mr. Von Wyck asked, could this compary coerce the Government into an extra session of its Cabinet and compel ttje Interior Department to work nifhfs wad Sundays in order to secure action foreclosing Congress and the people from rending the spoiler from his prey? Mr. Van A yek gave notice that the patents issued would be contested. Ex-Secre-tary Teller in his r< ply Baid that Mr. Van Wyek was a professional anti-monopolist, and that his object was to pose before the public and to gain notoriety. Mr. Teller’s speech was an elaborate legal argument to show that the “Backbone" Company was entitled to the grant

THE MARKETS.

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INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

After a very protracted debate, House bills eiUnrging the powers of building associations was advanced to second reading in the Senate on the sth inst. The Honse bill on the amendment of the drainage law was passed to a second seeding, with k score of amendments, all of which were ordered printed. The bill reducing the eost of the .Supreme Court reports from $3.50 to $2.75 was read, with a minority report that it he on the table. The bill itself is a substitute for Senators Fonlke and Supers’ bill, which provides that the reporter of the Supreme Court shall receive a salary, and that the reports shall be sold at an advance of .5 cents on the cost of produowen, which would plac? the reports In the market at abont $1.25. A long d iscussion on appellate courts ensued, no decision being reached. In the bouse the special order of business was thee ntinnatlonof the consideration of Senator Howaru's bill for the l eorgamzation and maintenance of the State militia, and the entire morning sessi< n was devoted to speech-making. The bill was opposed by Representatives Biowning, Gordon, Gooding, barrell, Murphy, 8 i.ith, of Warrick, and Garrison, who alleged that it was not constitutional; that there was no necessity for an extended military organization; that l;s tendencies would be to oppress the laboring men who might organize strikes for tbe purpose of securing their rights, and that it would involve the State in very great expense, which wonld increase from year to year. The bill was supported by Messrs. Dittemore, Pendleton, and Barrey, who claimed that its passage was demanded by the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as a majority of .the people of the State, and that Indiana Was behind her sister States in organising and maintaining the militia. The opposition to the'bill was much more active and v.gorous than its support in the House, although hard work had been done for it in the lobbies. Almost every member explained his vote on the bill, a majority of those voting for it saying they were greatly intluenoed to do so by numerously signed petitions from their constituents. The bill hnally pass dby a vote of 66 to 35. the announcement o. the result being received with applause. Another attempt was made to take up the tippropriatlon bill, but failed. The Republicans solidly ffoted against it, together with a few Democrats. The amendment to the we'ght and measure bill, fixing the weight of a bushel of sweet potatoes at fifty pounds, was defeated m the Senate on the 6th Inst. Senator Bailey’s 12 o’clock liquor bill was taken from the table by a vote of 19 to 16. On the question of its second reading the Democratic Senators Mclntosh, Magee, and Hlillgass spoke earnestly against its passage, un<L so voted; The yeas « were 21 and nays 21. The responsibility of deciding lay on Gen. Manson, who was greeted with much laughter. He said:- “Now this is not so funny a position for the Chair as you may think.” Richardson here changed his vote from nay to yea, and the C air was relieved from his dilemma. The vote then stood yeas 22, nays 20, and it was moved that it be read a second time and engrossed. Mr. Bailey's bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine, butterine, and other fictitious butters, was pagsed to a third reading. A resolution passed indorsing Cleveland’s inaugural. In the House, Mr. Kruger's resolution proposing an amendment to the State Constitution fixing the terms of all county officers except the Surveyor at four years, and making them ineligible for re-election, was passed by a practically unanimous vote; and Senator Dun< an's bll} providing for the election of County Commissioners, and the terms thereof, was passed by.a vote of 70 to,T2. It authorizes the election of only two t ommissionr rs at the same time. Mr. Pendleton’s bill appropriating $.'.5,616.68 to John Martin for brickwork done on the Insane Asylum came up on its final reading and i rovoked a long discussion. Nearly every member on the tioor explained his vote, and the bill ultimately failed for want of a constitutional majority by four votes, the aves bein : 47 and the noes 39, with fourteen members absent. Attempts were renewed to take up the appropriation bi 1, but they failed is usual. Gov, Gray signed the Congressional and legislative apport:onment bills and vetoed the militia hill. The Governor also sighed the following bills, and the same are now laws; An act empowering voluntary associations to establish homes for the care of aged females; an act appropriating $3i),000 to the Indiana University; an act providing means for securing the health and safety of employes of coal mines; an act authorizing township authorities to bridge streams forming the boundary line; an act fixing the time of holding court in the Fourth Judicial Circuit. :

A bill for $2.25 for telegraphing the Senate's congratulatory message to the President and Vice President on their peaceful Inauguration, and wishing them a happy and prosperous administration, was presented in the Senate on the 7th inst. Mr. Youche objected to the payment of a partis‘U congratulation, and Messrs. Magee, Mclntosh, Siploss, and others immediately asked that the objection be entertained, and that they be allowed to pav the bill themselves. Mr. Magee paid it. The House joint resolution for amending the Constitution so as to make regular sessions of the Legislature endure one hundred days and anextra session fifty, their pay to be fixed by law, was road a first time. Senator Winters’ bill amending the Justices’ act was passed under a suspension of the rules. In the nouse, the Appellate Court bill passed, after a long and acriu.onious debate. Speaker Jewett and Judge Gooding both participated. Mr. Reevis, from the special committee appointed to Investigate the condition of the State House fund, made a report which found that the Auditor of the State, in accordance with the custom of his office, had from year to year turned back Into the treasury all unexpended balances from special appropriations, and the State House Commissioners, in consequence, thought they had a very large balance to t eir credit, whereas they had on'y about $706,000. They had made large contracts, and if additional means were not provided the work would have’ to stop. From an investigation of the State’s finances the committee was of the opinion that there conld be no money in the general fund that co.uld be so appropriated, and they therefore r commended the passage of a bill authorizing a temporary loan of $450,000 to complete and furnish the building. The report, bill, and recommendations were ordered l rinied. Mr. Thompson’s civil service hill and the May claim passed. Only a feeble effort was made to call np and dispose of the appropriation bills. Governor Gray signed the Congressional apportionment bill. The new districts are arranged as loliows: First District—Posey, Vanderburg, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Pike, and Gibson. Second District—t rawford, Dubois. Orange, Lawrence, Greene, Knox, Daviess, and Martin. Third District—Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Washington, Jackson, Jennings, Scott. Fourth District—Jefferson, Switze land, Ohio. Ripley, Dearborn, Franklin, Decatur, and Union. Fifth District—Bartholomew, Brown. Monroe, Owen, Morgan, Johnson. Hendricks, and Pntnam. Sixth District Rush, Fayette. Wayne, Henry, Ra dolph. and Delaware. Seventh District—Marion, Hancock, Shelby.and Madl on. Eighth District—Sullivan, Clay, Vigo, Vermilion, Parke, Montgomery, and Fountain. Ninth Distr ct—Howard, Warren, Tippecanoe, Tipton. Clinton, Boone, Hamilton, and Benton. Tenth District—Carrol, Cass, Fulton, .Puli ski, ■White, Jasper, Newton, Lake, and Porter. Eleventh District—Grant, Blackford, Jay, Adams, Wells, Huntington,Wabash, and Miami. Twelfth District—Allen, Whitley Noble, De Kalb, Steuben, and Lagrange. Thirteenth District—Kosciusko, Flkhart, Marshall, St. Joseph, La Forte, and Starke.

A Ghastly Scarf-Pin.

A harmless yet ghastly scarf-pin is a mechanical skull of enameled gold, with a moveable under jaw, and diamonds set back in its hollow sockets for eyes. The skull is worked by a current of electricity generated by a little battery carried in the pocket, and transmitted over wires no heavier than strands of thread. Pressing upon a button which completes the electric circuit, the teeth rattle. They are made in Paris and are worth SIOO, The price is rather steep, but the ornament has to be very carefully and nicely adjusted, and it is made of platinum and the best of gold; besides, the diamonds alone are of some value, No cheap counterfeits have yet been made. The ability of the average American school-marm to take care of herself is renewedlv illustrated in the case of Mina Mattie Worley, a teacher in Greenwood County, Kansas. She has earned enough money by teaching to buy 100 . acres of land, although she is not twenty years old and has been receiving only S4O per month. A clerk in Indianapolis was arrested for embezzling 1 cent The value of n ton of pure gold is $602,799.21. \ ‘ i ••. x

NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS.

togsofCongma Br vigilant work in Its last bans, Congress succeeded tat clearing np the week before It te the extent of avoiding the neeesrfty of anextra session. The river and harbor bill was the only one of the appropriation series which failed, the Senate tabling it. Just before adjeu> nment on the 4th, by a vote of 28 to 20. Almost the very last act of Congress was the passage of the bill for the retirement of Gen. Grant. When Senator Bdmnnde affixed his signature to the bill, it being abont noon, the assistant doorkeeper turned back Os hands of the clock. Only a few minutes were consumed by President Arthur in nominating B. S. Grant to be General on the retired list, and the Senate confirmed the nomination amid an outburst of appltfuse. Extra Session of tbe Senate. President Cleveland sent to the Senate, on the fith Inßt, the' names of the geatlemen be has selected as Cabinet officers. They are aa follows : Secretary of State, Thomae F. Bayard, of Delaware; Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York; Secretory of War. William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts; Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New York; Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi; Postmaster General, William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin; Attorney General, A. H. Garland, of Arkansas. On!motion of Senator Sherman, the Senate went into executive session. There is a time-honored custom in the Senate of confirming ail appointments without reference or discussion where the person appointed is, or has been, a member of the Senate. This role wotrld not be violated by any Senator who had any sdr-p spect, except for grave reasons. A confirmation can not be made at once, if a single objection is raised. There was an objection promptly made to Senator Bayard, by Senator Riddlcberser. Neither of the Readjuster Senators finds much, if any, friendly recognition, upon the Republican side. The majority of the Democratic Senators will not even speak to them, if they can avoid it, so much do they dislike them. Kiddleberger made his objection in a ringing, defiant voice, and with a swagger of manner. that called for no reply. Senator Allison turned to expostulate with Kiddleberger, but Senator Van Wyok caught him by the arm. Senators Mandersou Palmer, Ingalls, and other Republicans came up to the Virginian, and begged hhn in low tones to res> ect the courtesy of the Senate and withdraw his objection. He stubbornly refused, and then began to give his reasons. He regarded Bayard as too much of an Englishman. His recent resolution denouncing the dynamite outrages in London was enough to unfit him for the post of Secretary of State. Ho then repeated paragraphs from his former harangues against the original resolution of Mr. Bayard. No one ventured to answer any of his remarks. Mr. Van Wyck introduced tbe following resolution in the Senate, on the 6th insti, for vyhieh he asked immediate consideration, but Mr. Edmunds objecting, it went over for a day; “ lte <oived. That the Secret*, y of the Interior be directed to inform the Senate whether patents have been issued for lands granted in 1871 to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg, popularly known as the * Backbone’ Railroad. If so, for what number of acres; to what corporation of individuals; whose receipt was taken for it when signed; whether unusual means were used to hasten the preparation and execution of said patents; whether the clerical force employed worked nights and' on Sundays, so they might be completed before the 4th of March; what day they were ready for tbe signature of the President; wbat necessity existed for any special exevtion to secure their completion and signature before the 4i-h of March, arid whether anything was done to protect a tual settlers in their right s to any such lands; also, whether previous to the 4th of M rch anything was done or written in regard to any other unearned land grants, the forfeiture of which had been considered by the Forty-eighth Congress.” The Senate then went into executive session, and all the Cabinet nominations were confirmed without debate or division, and by the unanimous vote of the Senate.

“Pot-Boilers.”

“Pot-boilers” are highly colored and well-varnished paintings, carelessly, rapidly and conventionally executed, with the sole purpose of selling as soon as possible. Although such a picture is bad art, it is better than the “manufactured 4 ’ paintings done by the yard from patterns and seat te auction rooms as “genuine oil paintings in real gold gilt frames,” In even a “potboiler” the artist feels some interest in his work, and weaves into it some fragmentary glimses of his mere loyal mciods. As for composition the popular “pot-boiler” always has a surrounding of purely conventional and stereotyped arrangement, a distance, middle distance and foreground, a tendency to vivid yellow, purple or emerald. Sunset scenes and marine views are very oommon, the latter for tfi’o reason that an economical perspective, and an expanse of lifeless blue or green waves, can be “painted in” with vast rapidity. The gay barge in the center of tne canvas cflih be gotten up with little drawing and much color. The entire picture may be “done” by an accomplished “pot-boilerist” without a sketch before him. He knows to a cent the price he will get for the result, and his art is leveled to almost the grade ©f {he frame-maker. —The Hour ,

Just Like ’Em.

“Now, for instance,” he began, “suppose you were poor—very poor.” “Yes, sir.” > t “And your husband was sick—very sick.” “Yes, Bir.” “And you were to be burned out of the house for non-payment es rent.” “Isee.” “Well, a philosopher eomes along and gives yon S2O to pay rent and bny medicines. ” “Well?” . ... “But your husband dies, you are poor, the city buries him at it» expense. In some cases the undertaker simply comes in a wagon and takes the body away, but in this case the city sends a carriage for the mourners to ride m.” ■;aiT!” “Wpll, now, you are a widow, rent unpaid, and S2O in your pocket, and what would yon do ?” “Well, if i had money I * “But you have money. Tho philosopher gave yon $20.” “Yes, but when the city got ready to bury my husband I order four extra carriages for the funeral procession, and that used np my last cent.”—Detroit Free Press.. F.ut out at sea along both' the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Florida are several springs of fresh water. They are well known to the spongers and fishermen, who frequently visit them to, replenish their water casks. On this same coast is an oil spring whieh diffuses a calm over the troubled, waters and affords a safe refuge to small vessels during a gale. The Glasgow Herald thinks that if Americans would substitute oatmeal for pies and hot cakes they would be calmer, less lively, leiss speculative, less bombastic, and happier. Nurture your mind with ..great thoughts; to believe in * makes heroes.—Z Disre fl " > a_ , : —“ipc to become wisdo Fob know in God. the soul must be xf . ‘ he •ri.toc.cr d t tory. jur