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CURRENT COMMENT.
THE wheat crop of Washington Ter
ritory for 1886 is placed at 6,800,00
bushels, from an acreage of 445,000.
fniNcfc ALEXANDEB," the deposed
Bulgarian monarch, is lying ill with the
small-pox atfaiatfather's house in Darm
stadt.
IT is stated that fully $200,000 has
already been put up on the great ocean
yatch race, with the Dauntless as the
favorit.
JUDGE THOMAS M. JOSEPH, Treasur-
er of the Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows
of Texas, has lost $23,185 of the lodge's
money in speculation.
LIM.IE DEVEREU BLAKE edits a
woman's paper which is called the
Question. The selection of this paper's
title was a stroke of genius.
A MR S. WEST of Red Bank, N. J.,
has eloped twice with the same man.
She couldn't go West, so she took the
other fellow and went to Canada.
Ex-Gov. CCJKTIN was recently called
upon by a soldier's widow, for whom
he had secured a pension, and given
half a dozen kisses in public for the as
sistance he had rendered
AUGUST BELMONT'S real name is
Schoenberg. When he came to this
country from Germany he assumed the
name he now bears. Mr. Belmont is a
very ordinary appeariug man, and walks
with a limp.
BENJAMI N T. BOBBINS, who died
in Arizona recently, was captain of the
ship Golden Hind, which was wrecked
years ago on the Falkland islands.
After that fearful and memorable expe
rience he never went to see again.
C. T. GUERNSEY of the Macon (Ga.)
tiicycle Club proposes to ride his
wheel this summer from Niagara Falls
to Macon, a distance of about 1,200
miles by wagon route. will go by
the way of Cincinnati, Memphis, Chat
tanooga, and Atlanta.
A NATIONAL Executive Committee
was selected bv the Union Labor Con
vention at Cincinnati. Among the
Western members are: B. Clark.
Illinos: Thomars Gruelle, Indiana W
H. Babb, Iowa W B. Vincent. m
MS E. Hull, Nebraska.
KIN CH KITCHEN, living near Talla
poosa, 6ays he has not been the least
mad or vexed in tifteen years. Mr
Kitchen says fifteea years ago he swore
off from getting mad and has kept his
resolution from that day till this
Probably there is not another kitchen
in the country with a similar record.
Du. WINDTHOKST, Prince Bismarck's
.hief foe in the Reichstag, is described
.ib a little man very ugly to look at,
with eyes like a frog aud mouth reach
ing from ear to ear. He is opposed to
Bismarck ostensibly on patriotic but
realh on personal grounds, his griev
anco being that in 1866 by the annexat
ion of Hanover he was eliminated from
a fat efface which he had held in that
Kingdom.
Mai NOA H, once a famous actress,
is still living at Rochester, in her 80th
year. She says she has not looked into
glass for three years, and will never
do so again, because she does iot wish
to die of frig it from beholding the evi
dence of her great age. She has prom
ised to pi? Lady Macbeth for a benefit
to beg in June.
BISHO ft LIAM MERCE GREEN of
Mississippi, v. ho died a few days ago,
was consecrated Bishop in 1850, and
next after Bishop Lee of Delaware,
consecrated in 1841, was the senior
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States. Bishop
Williams of Connecticut is next in order
of seniority.
JAMES CROWTHER, living at Perry,
Ohio was born February 27, 1787,
indischarge
Maryland and settled in Ohio in 1821,
-When it was a wilderness, and pre
empted the land which BOW constitutes
(his farm. has fourteen ehil4ren,
lorty-six grandchildren and six great*
grandchildren. He is vigorous enough
to perform some light work on the
iarm daily.
MB. P. i ARMOUR of Chicago is
credited by a Cincinnati paper with the
following statement In regard to the
business, of hog-packing in Ciiwmgo:
"To be frank, I think we will neve*
again do as mueh business a in
the,Navy
past We have reaehed our zenith,
an are an the other side. I fully
realize this. The meat-raising district
is moving west. Once it centered in
Cincinnati, then in Chicago, but now
it is in Kansas City. As Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa fill up the
farmers find farming pays better than
stock-raising. 'Then, too, the cattle
ranges are being constantly contracted
as the country grows wore densely
populated."
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HISTORY O THE WEEK.
Mother Angelina, died suddenly at
Notre Danif^nd., at #t. Masy's Aeadetny
March 4. She was 68 years*bfj age.jand a
niece of Thomas Ewing,v secretary ot state
under President Harrison, and was educated
with her cottsin, now the wifcFof Gen Sher
man, at Georgetown convent. She wad also
a cousin of James G. Blaine, both being
born in the same house in Brownsvllie, Pa.,
and both passing their earlier years together.
During her Washington life Mother Angelia,
then Miss Fluvia Gillespie, was a much
courted belle, noted for her learning, and
when 20 years old she left society and joined
the order of the Sisters of the Holy Cross,
and coming to South Bend,where Very Rev.
Father Sornn had already.founded the Uni:
versity of Notre Dame, she established St.
Mary's Academy, and under her adminis
tration it became one of the most noted edu
cational institutions in the country.
Mrs. Ruth H. Harmon, mother of
Mm. Folsom and grandmother of Mrs.sections
Grover Cleveland, ditd at Jackson, Mich
March 6. She was born in 1809 and mar
ried in lb.%. Mrs Folsom was with her
during her last illness. Her burial will
take place at Batavia. N. and President
and Mr*. Cleveland will attend tbe funeral.
Gov Wilson of West Virginia has
a proclamation reconvening the issued State legislature on tbe chird Wednesday
of April, to make appropriations for the
expenses of tlie state* government,
A boiler iu a shingle mill at Alpena,
Mich., blew up Tuesday, killing two men
and badly scalding another.
I N THE KAST.
On the 8th. an accident occurred to
a passenger train on the Pemberton &
Hightown branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Sharon near Bjgbtown, in con
sequence of a broken rail. The mail car
and passenger cars were thrown from the
track and tne former was ourned and all
the mail destroyed. A. A. Perrins of
Hightown, was killed and Levi Wilson, of
Camden, conductor ot the train, was se
riously if not fatally injured. Superintend
ent Bannard sent a number of physicians
up on a special train to look after the in
jured,
A colored man, who keeps the
Pennsylvania railroad ferry house clean
picked up a small glass bottle from behind
the door of the gentlemen's toilet room in
the depot at midnight The bottle, which
contained some kind of an acid, exploded
in his hand and the flooring caught fire.
For a time it looked as though the bigfather
buildiug was doomed, but the company's
fire apparatus was brought out, and the
fire was extinguished before any serious
damage had been done. A man named
Thomas Hennessy has been arrested on
suspicion.
The long contest in the New Jersey
legislature over the election of a United
States Senator was ended on the 2nd, by
the election of Rufus Blodgett, to succeed
Senator Sewoll. The result was brought
about by Republicans voting for Blodgett
to defeat uov. Leon Abbett. Mr. Blodgett
is a railroad man, 53 years of age and a
prominent Democrat though a strong pro
tective tariff partisan. It is said he will
vote with the Republicans to organize the
Senate
At live o'clock Tuesday morning tire
broke out la the store of IficpU the Tailor,
in the Bowery at New York City, doing
damage to the amount of ^0,000, The fire
blockaded the elevated railroad, and when
the trains started the narrow footpath by
the side of the track was so shaken that
passengers were thrown to the street below,
three being instantly killed and two others
injured so that they died in a few hours,.
Massachusetts shoe manufacturers is
sue a manifesto to the effect that the ex
orbitant demands of labor have caused $1-
600,000 loss of wages and trade.
At afire in a tenement row in a New
York City, on the 4th, two colored women
were burned up,
J. W. Low & Son's tannery at Cam
bridge, Mass., was damaged $50,000 by gre,
on the 4th.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The signal service is likely to be
sadly pinched by the failure of the general
deficiency bill. The deficiency estimates
for this service aggregated $23,770, a large
part of the total being estimated for
transportation and mileage. The estimate
for transportation and baggage amounted
to only $3,425, but the failure of congress t
appropriate that gum wijl cause mueh em
barrassment, for, according to the state
ment of the chief signal officer, it is
now impossible to move a man, even to
or re-enlist him, or to replace
those who are dead or dangerouslygill. The
term of service of a number of men has ex
pired, but they must be retained in the
corps from lack of money to send them to
their homes. The most serious consequence
of the failure of the bill, perhaps, will be
the discontinuance of the storm warnings,
cold graves, etc., at a number of ir*Dortan
poipts owing to the failure of the item
appropriating $18,000 for telegraphing and
reporting these warnings.
The following is a statement of the
footings of the appropriation bills passed
the last session of congress:
Agricultural '$1,028,730
Army 23.724,718
Diplomatic and consular 1,429,942
District of Columbia 4,265,890
Indians 5,226,897
legislative 20,711,228
MiBtayy apademy 419,936
25,783,166
Pensions 76,252,500
Postoffices 55 634.650
Sundry civil -22,il8M0
Mexioan pension deficiency 6,000,000
Public printing deficiency 107,000
Miscellaneous appropriations (es-
timated) 3,500,000
Total of actual appropriations. 5247,337,144
Tbe river and harbor bill, which was not
Bigned, appropriated $9,918,800, and the
deficiency, which did nGt pass, thongh it
was agreed upon in conference, carried an
appropriation of e4,S75,oS8.
March 8th, Hon. Arthur McArthur,
associate justice of the.supreme court of the
District of Columbia, at present holding
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for also believed there will anelection
United States Senator.
Tuesday morning at Carr Bros,
shingle niill,13 miles from Alpena, the boiler
blew up. Emory Carr was killed instantly
and "Waldo Carr fatally scalded. Eugene
Carr was also badly scalded. The cause of
the explosion is unknown. The mill was
blown to pieceB.
Gov. Perry of Florida, has appointed
Gen! J. J. Finley of Ocala, to succeed
Senator (J. W. Jones whose term expires
March 4, in the United States Senate. Gen.
Finley has been on the State Supreme
court bench, and served one term in tbe
lower house of congress
The death is announced of ex-Con
gressman Edward Breitung, of Negaunee,
Mich at Kastman, Ga., of pneumonia. Mr.
Breitung was a pioneer of the upper penin
sula, where he lived tor the past 20 years,
representing his district in the 48th con
gress.
The funeral of Mother Angela late
Superior of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of
the United States, took place on Sunday at
South Bet4, Ind., Bishop Gilnxour, of Cleve
land, Ohio, pronouncing the funeral ser
vice.
The business failures during the }ast
seven days, according to R. G. Dunn & Go.,
number for the United States, 303, and for
Canada, 2#, total 329, against 209 last week
and 246 for the corresponding week of last
year.
The state supreme court of Missouri
rendered a decision that the prisoners con
fined in the penitentiary at Jefferson City
cannot be taken therefrom to testify in
criminal courts.
HBBkWSi
the criminal court, handed his resignation
to President Cleveland, to take effect April
1, next. This action pas entirely unex
pected by -the. membe|i\of the bar and
ctmmvn generally. Judge McArthur was
appointed to the supreme Bench of the dis
trict July 19, 1870, and has since been a
most diligent and feitbf ul judicial officer.
He was, before occupying siis position a
prominent lawyer of Wisconsin,-and is said
to have been a recognized leader of the
Republican party of that state.
The decisions of the Secretary of the
Interior in pension cases for~the calendar
year ending Dec. 31, 1887, are now in th
hands of the public printer.' aftd will be.
printed in signatures of ift pages and -sent
to any person, desiring, therp any quanv
tity by forwarding to the printer the cost of"
tbe same and 10 per cent additional. At
the close of the year the completed work
will he found in one volume, but the deHe
mand for extra copies each of signature as it
goes to press is simply immense from all
ot the country.
A Washington correspondent says of
J. M. Trotter, the new District Recorder of
Deeds that he never met President Cleve
land until he called upon him after his con
firmation, and that he^is a genial sort of a
fellow, light-colored and manifests intelli
gence and says he feels the gravity ot the
situation. He insists that the prejudice
against him is because he is a colored man,
but his efforts will be to make persons of all
nationalities respeoc him. He expects to
succeed simply through care and fidelity.
Mr-. Jane Washington Thornton
Beck, died Sunday evening at Washington,
of infiamation of the bowels, having been
ill only three days. The illness was in
duced by cld taken during a carriage ride
on Friday. She was the grand niece and
nearest living descendent of Geo. "Washing
ton. She was born at Auburn, Va Oct.
29th, 1825, and married Senator Beck Feb.
5,1848. Two children, a son and daughter,
survive. Her burial takes place at Lex
iugton, Ky.
Several designs have been received
at the navy department in answer to a cir
cular sent out last August to the naval con,
structors of the United States and Europe
through the department and consular of
ficers, offering a good price for suitable de
signs for the two sea-going, double-bot
tomed, armored vessels, of about 6/4)0 tons
displacement, of 16 knots speed, with torpe
do outfits and effective armament.
At its last secret session the Senate
confirmed the appointment of J. M. Trotter
the Boston colored man for Register of
Deeds of the District of Columbia. Thebut
vote was 30 for confirmation and 11 opposed,
the eleven being 8 Democrats and 3 Repub
licans.
The Postmaster General says that
the failure of the deficiency bill would prob
ably pot in any way interfere with the
operatiops of his, department, except to de
lay the establishment of the free delivery
service in new places.
A decision has been made by the
United States supreme court to the effect
that the "drummers" from one state can
not be taxed by another.
The signal service is likely to bea
badly hampered by the failure of the
passage of the general deficiency bill
Mr. Beecher died at 9:30 Tuesday
morning, never recovering consciousness
after the paralysis reached his brain. His
family were for some hours before about
tbe bedside of the dying husband and
the scene was sad in the extreme,
and the grief of the family at
the great loss was almost limitless and the
few friends that encircled the chamber
were likewise moved. No announcement of
the funeral was made on Tuesday.
The funeral of Mr. Beecher covered
three days Thursday, services for the
family only took place' f*t the house, Rev.
Dr. Hall, of Trinity, an intimate friend,
officiating under the escort of the Third
Regiment, of which Mr. Beecher was
chaplain, the remains were taken to
Plymouth church and on Friday the public
were admitted to view the remains an the
public funeral took place. On Saturday
the remains were placed in Greenwood
cemetery. All the ceremonies were pro
foundly impressive and business was quite
generally suspended in Brooklvn and many
puhhc buildings and stores draped.
MR. UEKCBER STRICKEN.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher suffered
stroke of apoplexy on Saturday morning
March 5th, and his physician. Dr. Wm.
Searle said of him at an early hour Sunday
morning: ''He may live a day and he may
live a week and there is a bare possibility
he may survive the shock, but the mental
and bodily faculties can never be restored."
Mr. Beecher's illness began Friday morning
with an attack ot head ache and vomiting.
Beings quieted he slept until 3.-30 of the af
ternoon, and it was thought he had noth
ing more than an attack 01 indigestion and
billiousness. At 10 p. m., Friday evening
his physician called and he seemed better,
hav ng then full control of all his* faculties,
speech and movements. At 10 a. m., Sat
urday, Dr. Searle found he had partial par
alysis of the left side, not being able to
move the arm or limb or articulate plainly.
Dr. Wm. Hammond was called and pro
nounced the case one of cerebral appoplexy.
Mr. Beecher's age is 73 years.
Mr. Beecher was still alive at 2:30 a
m. March 7, but Dr. Hammond said of him,
"Mr. Beecher will never know this earth
a.gain, at least not to mortal sense." Dr
Talmadge in his prayers and sermons Sun
day made touching allusions to the stricken
man. Assistant pastor Halljday conducted
the Sunday service Plymouth church,
where a great congregation were deeply
affected.
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Reports from Mr. Beecher up to 3
o'clock Tuesday morning were that he was
slowly failing. He remained during Mon
day totally unconscious, simply breathing,
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe telegraphed
from Florida a message of sympathy, but
she was too ill to undertake a journey.
BEECHER HOUSE 4 FEEKSKJLU q{
Mr. Beecher was born at Litohtleld,
Comn., June 24, 1813, the son of Rev. Ly
man Beecher, the most distinguished Amer
ican clergyman in the Congregational
church of his day. When he was three
years pl(i his mother died, and his father
aoQB re-ffiarfying hi ehpdhood ^aj passed
under the tuition of a mo^t devoid* step
mother, who won his love lastingly, |h
age of 21 he graduated at Amherst, and
f"-M?ft
j&j'Vr -^-fr^fr^-fe-jfr/j.
concluded '.^m^jtheological studies at
Lane^emfnary, kt^Cincinnati, Ohio. In
lS^hetjecame the pastor of anew church
tt-T r-
PLTMOTJTII C1TOKCH
Tunes "Norwood," a novel, originally
published in the New York Ledger "Ser
mons from Published and Unpublished Dis
courses," in two volumes "The Life of
Christ," in two volumes, and "Yale Lec
tures on Preaching."
During the civil war he visited England
with a view to disabusing the public mind
there, which was strongly in favor of the
Southern side. He had a stormy reception,
his great courage, logic and eloquence
turned the tide, aud won tor his cause a just
understanding, and from being contemn
ated and derided he became
the admiration and hero of
all classes, performing a patriotic service
for his country of incalculable value. TheMinneapolis,
great shadow of his life, the Tilton accusa
tion in 1874, he met with a categorical de
nial, and the result of the trial extending
oyer mouths, was a disagreement of the
jury, nine standing for Mr. Beecher and
three for Mr. Tiiton. This ended the case in
the courts, -and from the fire of attack Mr.
Beecher ct.me out practically unscathed
and continued steadfast and ever powerful
his work to the end.
In August 1837, be married Miss Eunice
Bullard, and of this marriage three sons and
daughter (Mrs. Scoville, wife of a clergy
man) with Mrs. Beecher survive. In her
the great preacher found a helpmeet that
was the chief human support of his career.
Mrs. Beecher has done quite an amount of
literary work as a contributor to periodi
cals, and author of several books, including
a* cook book of high favor. Much might be
added of a life history so conspicuous but
its salient points have been noted.
TheBetween
work of the master mmd and teacher is be
fore the world, and tbe world of his time
has been made better and purer by the
breadth and charity and hope and faith so
luminous in all his offerings tor the instruc
tion of hjs fellovvmen.
THE OLD WORLD.
Jn the vicinity of Limerick, Ii-eiand,
shortly after midnight on the 4th a series of
Incendiary iires were set. Twenty tenants,
on various estates, extending over a ar ea
of 30 iriles each had a rick of hay des
troyed.
A rumor is current in London that
the appointment of Balfour to the Irish
chief secretaryship ib only temporary and
that other cabinet changes are meditated
United States consul general at
Constantinople, G. Harris Heap, died at
that place, March 6.
Gen. Boulangcr does not intend to
visit the Northeast frontier of France as
reported.
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE, March 3The closing hour
of the 49th Congress are not notable for
anything, unless it be the dignity and deco
rum that prevailed. The great appropria
tion bills were all duly passed, and the only
one concerning which any doubt existed
was the deficiency bill, but that will not
require an extra session ot Congress The
President and members of the Cabinet re
mained on duty at the White House nearly all
night in consideration of the bills trans
mitted Iroin congress. The bills for the
redemption of the trade dollars and the
anti-polygamy bill have become laws with
out tne Executive signature. The post
office appropriation bill was finally pulled
through by a narrow margin."
HOUS E. March 3Two vetoed pri
vate pension bills were brought forward
but failed to pass. The Senate bill to re
peal the tenure of office act passed 172 to
67. The bill accepting certain lands near
Chicago for military purposes passed 147 to
21. Mr. Hepburn, Iowa, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the Senate bill for a
pension to Mrs. Gen. Logan. The motion
was lost, Yeas 145. Nays, 113, not tw -thirds
in the affirmative. At the evening session
a number of private bills passed, also the
Senate bill for a public builamg at Dayton,
Ohio, pa sed over the President's veto, Yeas
13^, Nays 63.
SENATE, March 4At 5 minutes to
12, by the clock, tbe Senate of tbe 49th Con
gress adjourned. The fortification bill
failed because of the disagreement of the
two houses, the Senate standing out for its
$40,000,000 bill, and the House, which had
named $17,000,000 in its bill being unwilling
to agree to the twenty-three million addi
tion. The river aud harbor bill failed, as
it did not receive the President's signature.
Fifty bills failed to become laws owing to
the adjournment of Congress. The defici
ency bill failed because the conference re
port was not decided upon time for ac
tion. Au effort to pass the dependent pen
sion bill over the veto, failed. The Presi
dent and his Cabinet did all they could to
help on matters, all going to the Capitol,
whore a number of bills were signed, and
remaining until after adjournment.
HOUSE, March 4Immediately upon
assembling the House agreed to the con
ference report on the deficiency bill, but
when it was reached in tbe Senate only 17
minutes remained and Mr. Hale found it
mpossible to arrange the amendments so
that the bill could be reported. The Dis
trict of Columpia bill was passed and
signed at the capital, The closing scenes
in the House were about the usual one in that
body, the customary resolution of thanks
to the Speaker was passed, and, bv the
close, at 12 M. the House was adjourned
sine die.
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
It is stated that Miss Caroline Mich
aul, who lived with her brother, Charle
Michael, at Kelso, Sibley
couptyback
was. found1
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a^Lawrenceburgf^Xndiaaa, an,d in 183 9 [email protected] at_rwkiv, wj. _v
aeeepted-thecharge ofaJchurchat Indian*- jrjP?'
ajpohsjTifhich he served ^until 1847, when he
had attained such fame .that he was called
to- the pastorship of Plymouth church a
Bitooklyji, remaining at its head for fortrf
years, and attaining the highest position as
an American divine, 'and the story of his
life is the history of the most remarkable
church organisation that has existed in this
country. As a pulpit orator he, wasC.
without a*peer'in the "world. He "aehelve'd
fame also as a lecturer and journalist, his
first labors in the latter field beginning in
1836 as editor of
theshert
Minn.,
4a Wednesday njgW qf
an old Qutfcousp. She is supposed to P9VP
been murdered. Suspicion rests stvongly
on Michaul's wife, who has been insane for
six or eight years, and who has made sever
al attempts before on the old ladv's life.
The deceased was fifty-four years old.
A dispatch from Shakopee, Minn., on
^be 7th, stated that the snow is melting
fapidly. Indian^, actuated by a certain in
gmc\, s,aytftat there will be a great flood.
They are preparing to Is&ve th W bome.
ateadg the Minnesota river bottoms and
move to higher ground as soon at theNrivw
begins to rise. fsli
Th
a
CuMjinnati Journal: in
1840 he edited for aJ
time the 'Wester
Farmer and Gardner, at Indianapolis from
I86Tto !S63"he"wareaiWr:irf=ehr6for the""Nr
Independent from 1870 to 1S81 he was
the guiding spirit of the Christian Union.
found time for literature, and became
the author of many books which had a wide
circulation, his earlier work in this field
being the "Star Papers." His weekly ser
mons, as taken down by stenographers since
1859, have been published under the title of
"The Plymouth Pulpit" and form about
twenty volumes. He has also published,
'Lectures to Young Men:" 'Industry and
Idleness:" '-Life Thoughts in two editions,
edited by Edna Dean Procter and Augu&ta
Moore "Sermons on Liberty and War
"The Plymouth Collection of Hymns and
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brick residence of Mrs. 3ohn
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re
Wi8
tb*4th. lifter tbe fire Mrs..' Young was
lUiss^d, and. herremaius were found in the
rums, burned ^beyond recognition. Sh
wasjixty-Beven years old. The origin of
the ffre and occasion" of her burnine area
mystery.
The extensive flouring mill plant of
Burkhardt, at Burkhardt, Wis., burned
on1 he6th, withlits contents, including 35,-
000 bushels of wheat, a considerable quanti
ty of flour and feed. The loss exceeds $100,-
000 including the elevator and warehouse.
Insurance $89,500. The mill is to-be rebuilt.
-At-MoorheacH Mimtvr-ffra*gements~
are being made for a banquet in honor of
Senator Comstock in appreciation of hisfor
services at the last session of the legislature.
The affair will be on a grand scale and
occur March 22. .Gov. McGill and other
dignitaries are expected, to "be present.'
Secretai-y Lamar has affirmed the de
cision of the land commissioner in the case
of H. O. Wood and W. Havens against
W. Blanchard, involving the southeast
quarter and southeast quarter section 20,
township 109, range 64, Huron land district.
This decision cancels Blanchard's claim.
It is reported that H. W. Pratt, of
Faribault, the President of the Minnesota
State Agricultural society, has resigned on
account of the pressure of his private
business, and first Vice President W. R.
Merriam, of St. Paur will succeed to the
position,
A passenger train on the N. P. R. R.,
went off the track at New York Mills, Minn.,
on the 4th and seven cars went down a six
foot embankment. Nineteen passengers
were more or less hurt, and five consider
ably so, who were unable to travel.
Samuel A, Dickey, brother of ex-will
Congressm Dickey of Pennsylvania, was
convicted in the United States court at
Bismarck, of selling liquor to Indians. The
penalty is a fine of $250 to $1,000 and imMankato
prisonment from one to five years.
The banking capital of St. Paul,
Minn., will be enlarged in May next by the
establishment of the Commercial National
Bank paid up capital $500, 00, with Albert
Scheffer, President, P. H. Kelly and Chas.
Kittleson, Vice Presidents.
At Pipestone, Minn., Mrs. Smith,
nearly eighty years old, who has' been an
invalid for some time, hanged herself. She
lived a short time after being taken d wn
The deceased was the mother-in-law of Rev
F. M. Rule.
The lumber firm of Beede & Bray
Minn., have assigned, with
liabilties of about $100,000, and assets two
thirds that amount. Losses on their log
cuts for the last three years is given as the
cause.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
appointed M. V. B. Johnson of Sioux City a
gauger for the Third internal revenue dis
trict of Iowa and R. P. Hudd a gauger for
the First internal revenue district ot Wis
consin.
Sunday night Bony Dewey of White
Earth, Adams county Wis., robbed his
uncle, G. B. Bowen, a merchant, of $300
and fled. He was arrested at Egan, Dak.,
Tuesday. Dewey is twenty-five years old.
The largest religious revival ever
known in Fargo's history is now in progress,
400 and 500 conversions are re
ported. Moorhead also participates in the
movement.
The village prispn at Tower, Minn-,
burned Thursday night and the one prison
er in confinement was burned to death.
Faith Failed to Cure.
Oneonta (New York) Herald, Feb.
17: The sudden death at West Lau
rent, Tuesday of Mattie Smith, the
lovely 16-year-old daughter and only
child of Charles Smith, after having
been "restored to health" through the
medium of Mrs. Edwards of Morrisof
faith-cure notorietywill doubtless do
much toward bringing t.o their senses
many of the unreasonable believers in
the power of faith to do what the best
physicians have failed in doing. Mattie
Smith was very ill of inflammation of the
bowels. Drs. Green of West Laurens,
Pomeroy of West Oneonta, and Mc-Durant
Clellan of (Jarrattsville had a consulta
tion over her case Friday and all agreed
that the chance for her recovery was
very slight.
At this time some one suggested re
sorting to the faith cure, and Mrs
Edwards, who is reported to have made
some remarkable cures by means of
prayer, was sent for. She arrived at
the house of Mr. Smith at about 11
o'clock Saturday night, and proceeded
to the sick room and prayed for thein
restoration of Miss Smith, who, told
that faith only was necessary for recov
ery, appeared to grow better under the
excitement, and toward morning a' ose
a dressed herself and partook of
breakfast with the family. During the
forenoon Mrs. Edwards, to show, it
supposed, the genuineness of the "cure,"
said that the young lady must take a
ride in a cutter, and, notwithstanding
her disease would forbid the act, must
walk to the sleigh which she did dedull
spite a protest from the parents. She
was drawn about the yard in the cutter
and on returning to the house was pro
nounced fully cured, Mrs. Edwards re
turning to her home in Morris. A
message was sent to Dr. McLeUa,p au,d
to Dr. Pomeroy gometfting as follows
"You need not come. Mattie xip and
dressed and well." Toward evening,
however, Miss Smith began to grow
worse, and Mrs. Edwards was again
sent for but. though she came and re
sorted once more to prayer the young
lady continued to grow worse, and died
as stated Tuesday morning, the pbjqi
ians not again seeing foey-
More or Less Funny.
A new solution of the time-honored
conundrum, Wh do poor people
marry? is that misery loves company.
The telephone girl resembles the
pictures of saints. There are always
so many hellos around her head.
Doctoi*You handled me very gently
during that cross-examination, Lawyer
Ah, sir, I didn't know how soon you
might be handling me.
A toboggan slide in Fond du Lac,
Wis., descends between an under
taker's shop and marblecutter's yard.
This is a striking illustration of mani
fest destiny.
A professional palmist says a person,
can never tell a lie with his hand
shut. W know people who em
tell a lie wftfe both, hands 8hut
an4 tied behind their backs. Go
to, pajpaist!
Sunday-fohool teacherWhy was
Solomon said to be the wisest man
that ever lived Smart pupil' Cause he
fooled 700 mothers-in-law, and pa says,
it takes a pretty smart ma^n to get
ahead of one m^ner-in-law-,
W I fr ==s^
"I was most ready to return a Wow and
would not brook at all this sort of thing,"
for I knew I could cure all damages with
Salvation il.
,LBTTE$S THK CAPITOL.
ST. PJbetrMx!ef5qdtfa%S7l88
The agonyis ovlrso fair as the passage of
b^if^ncjgmed.^rndw the constitution
9billsjpoui| be passed' after midnight to
night but aajusual the Legislature strained
thj* cpnStitifcfion a trifle and the Senate re
mained in session until after one and the
House until nearly three o'clock in the
morning. When the Senate adjourned it
had everything cleared up. The House had
resolved to abandon attempting to pass any
more House bills after 11 o'clock but it was
nearly midnight when they actually stopped
the passage of House bills and began the
work of passing Senate bills. The
House would, have been glad to have
continued on their own bills longer but as
they-mnstallgo to the Senate after passing
the House and the Senate was not in the
temper to sit through the night to make up
the dilatoriness of the lower branch,
there was no use of giving that body any
more work. The House could, of course,
pass bills that had gone through the Senate
after the Senate had adjourned consequently
that was the order of excercises. The exact
number Of bills lost this evening can not be
given at~this writing but it is between three
and four hundred. Among the billslost dur
ing the day in the Senate was the graded
high license bill offered by Senator Scheffer
and the billamending the charter ot St. Paul
forbidding the issuing of licenses under the
new city license ordinance, offered by Sen
ator Daniels. The resolutions which passed
the House expunging the impeachment
records in the case of E. St. JuUan Cox
also failed in the Senate The -udiciary
committee amended them in such a wav as
to make them worthless and the friends of
Mr. Cox voted them down. It looked at
one time as though the tax bills were going
to be lost making serious trouble if not the
necessity of a call of an extra session but by
a little "judicious management they were
bunched together and worked through so
that all absolute necessarv legislation was
secured and there is no pubJic demand for
an extra session. A good many private
interests undoubtedly suffer bv the loss of
specific woodchucks but the individuals
be obliged to "grin and bear it" until
next time. Late this evening the bill
transferring the Minneapolis & St. Cloud
land grant to the Duluth, St. Cloud &
road was passed, notwithstanding
there was the usual constitutional argument
that the Legislature were making anew
grant by such action. It passed the Senate
some days ago and had seventy votes in
the House to-night. The House spent the
entire day in the passage of bills, the roll
call, of course, occupying the greater
Eortion of the time. There was a
ill which provoked debate occasion
ally, such as this land grant bill
just mentioned but for the most part it was
the monotonous reading of bills and calling
the roll that occupied the tune. There was
much bustle and confusion in the House
owing to the scramble of members and
lobbyists to save bills when it was inevita
ble that so many must fail for lack of time
Numerous efforts were made during the
day to bring bills up out ot their order but
the moment such a attempt was made th
cry
UI object camn up from all quartere
and the House refused to suspend the rules.
Everyone had some wood-chuck some
where and consequently scarcely any one
was willing to op*n the doors for a change
of program lest his woodchuck should
perish and some other one be secured ow
ing to change of order business.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 4, 1887.
This was the last day of the Legislative
session though in reality yesterday was the
last working day. All bills must be signed
by the oflBcers of the Senate and House be
fore the session closes and the object of the
session on the closing day is to give the eu
rolling clerks time to complete their work
and have $he bills signed by the officers.
There is really no business that can be done
on this closiug day and accordingly the
time while they are waiting is given up to
presentations, musements, burlesque reso
lutions and social intercourse among the
members- To-day was no exception to
the rule. Tbe Senate which
is usually a little more circumspect than
the House was fully as boisterous as the
junior branch. Members were packing up
their papers and documents and many of
the documents were flying about 'he
heads of tne Senators. A handsome frame
containing portraits of all the Senatois was
presented to Lieut Governor Rice together
with a gold headed cane. A gold haded
cane was also presented to the secretary of
the Senate, Mr. Cutter, the only absolute
business transacted the Senate was the
election or the president pro-tern. The
nominations were Senator Bucknian, Ward,
Scheffer, Durant Ives. Mr. Durant was
Eemocrats
resented as the nominee of
an L,_
ev
nm
tr tox
and the Merchant* Hatel which had bee.
the rendezvous for the winter seemed quite
and lonesome this evening. As the
laws will soon appear in detail this pape
it is hardly necessajy to recapitulate &om!
In fact it would be difficult p,t tins date to
tell just what had baou parsed or what wfll
become la\Yi- The Governor has until the
8th of March to pass upon bills oefore htm
and probably a number will fail to meet his
approval.
i
What Finger Sails Tell.
He who has white spots on his nails
is fond of the society of ladies, but is
fickle in his attachments,. whoof
keeps them welU^wnded at the tip is a
proud. m,a.. He whose nails are de
tached, from the finger at the further
extremities, and when cut showing
larger portion of the finger than usual,
ought never to get parried, as it would
be a wonder if he were master in his
own house, for short nails betoken pa
tience, good-nature, and, above all,
resignation under severe triaU,
Nails which remain ^Qugaiter being
cut level with the finger end are a sign
of generosity. Transparent nails with
light red mark a cheerful, gentle, a&d
amiable disposition. Lovei's with
transparent nails usually carry their
passion to the verge of madness. If
you come across am an with long and,
pointed nails you may take i^ fprdays
granted that he is either player of
the guitar, a tailor, or an attorney.
He who keeps h^s nails somewhat
long, roupd, ami tfpped with black is a
romantic poet. Any one having the
nail of his left thumb all streaked, as
though it had been stained with snuff,
is sure to be a schoolmaster. Thiefc.
nails indicate obstinacy and iUnature.
He whose nails are dirty *U over is a
recluse, a phUcsapher, a compositor, or
a dyer. 4 man, with, yell*w nails is
Qn.pwh.o indulges In every species of
vice, that of smoking being the most
predominant. Be careful not to con
found with these such as are in the
habit of peelihg their oranges without
a knife.
The owner of verv round and smooth
nails is of a peaceable and conciliatory
disposition. who has the nail of
his thumb slightly notched is a regular
glutton, even nibbling at himself, as,
when having nothing eatable at hand,
he falls to biting his own fingernails.
And, lastly, he who keeps his nails ir
regularly cut is hasty and determined.
Men who have not the patience to cut
their nails properly generally come to
grief most of them commit suicide or
get married. We advise the fair sex to
keep their eyes on the nails of intended
husbands if they are to loek for happi
ness in their wedded life.
Sliver Handles.
New York Mail: The rage for silver
handles for canes, umbrellas, and para
sols has reached such a stage that de
feigners are almost at their wits' end for
new and novel patterns to satisfv the
public. I conversation with a repre
sentative of one of the leading dealers
yesterday a reporter for the Mail and
Express learned that no less than twenty
men are kept busy the year around by
-the finnan designing aud making silver
and gold handles. I silver alone,
since the rage began, over 600 different
design*, have been brought out b\ this
one firm. Just now there is a big de
ad for these handles in solid ilvei
One of the most popular is in imitation
of bnckhorn, and is worth $10.
Another of the latest patterns is a
crook, containing on one side, in raised
letters, the name of the owner in fac
simile of his handwriting. Fully a
thousand of these have already been,
sold, though it is a very recent design.
A handle of this kind is worth $5.50,
and 50 cents additional is charged per
letter. A novelty in this line is a piece
of carved woodusually an Indian's
headwhich is silver plated. Another
odd design is a miniature imitation of a
stump, with a match box in the top and
a corkscrew in the handle.
Other popular patterns are a horse's
hoof, branch of a tree with a beetle up
on i% an eagle's head, a keg, a duck'-,
head, piece of wood with an alligatoi
upon it, ball with a fish in raised work,
and a claw grasping a ball. For the
handles of parasols and ladies1
umbrel-
las the newest styles are large rino and
crooks in imitation of twisted cord.
It takes ten days to perfect a design
and produce it in silver after it hu
been decided upon. They first carve
the design in wood. Then it is plaster
of Paris and an impression is taken.
That is sent to the foundry and a ea-,t
is made. When it comes from the foun
dry it is of course in a very rough state.
and it requires days to bring out its tin**
points by filing. This requires very
skillful workmen. Then the die is
ready to be used. The die is placed
tinder a large drop-hammer, like'a trip
hammer, and the pounding continues
until half the handle i & produced. Th
other half is made in the same wav,
and the two are soldered together.
That also has to be done with much
skill. Then it is taken to the chaser,
and after that to the finisher and nolisher.
Hon. M. A. Foran, of Ohio, member
of House of Representatives, writes that
St. Jacobs Oil relieved him of acute
bodily pains.
JSCOO Story.
London Cable-The libel suit of
George Dolby uguins* the proprietor of
the weekly paper Ticl-Bits came up
to-day before Mr. Justice Stephen.
libel consisted of the publication of
a story told about Dolby and Dickens
by Howard Paid at a banquet of the
Clover Club in Philadelphia last year.
was manager for Dickens when
he made his last tour of America, and
the story told by Mr. Paul was to the
cfi'QCt that Dickens had engaged Dolby
hieiiy because he had a stomach that
oould stand any amount of eating and
drinking, and could, therefore, serve as
a substitute for Dickens at dinners, etc.^
that Dickens oould not posbibh attend.
In giving the case to the 'jury Mr.
Justice Stephen said that it was one
thing to tell the story in a chafling way
aronnd a convival board and quite an
other to publish the story iu an English
newspaper, and thus shutter it all over
England. The jury gave a verdict for
$500, with costs. Dolby is er poor
and improvident, and this monev will
bp accented by him not o much n* a
vindication as a necessity.
theThe
all the other nominees
being Republicans. Mr Sichefter
declined in ad ance to be. a candidate and
urged the senators not to vote for him. The
first ballot s^tood Buckman 16, Ward 9,
91, Iye 6 and Scheffer Qu theDolby
soco.nd b,allot all nominees wey withdrawn
excepting Buckman and Durant and the
vote s.toe4 Buokman 34 and Durant 9.
Senator Buckman made a very happy
speech of thanks and was heartily ap
plauded. He has been a very popular as
well as prominent member of the Senat
during the entire session and his election
for the position was almost a foyegope con
clusion. In the House the burlesque resolu
tions occupied a largp s&ai-e of the time.
A handsomely ft-awied group ot the members
ot the entire Legislature was presented
to the Speaker, who accepted with thanks.
Captain Snyder of Minneapolis a VRrv
clever speech stated that in behatf of friends
the Senate and many m&mbers he pre
sv nted the House a UQ^tl-ait of Mr. Donnelly
andreones.Ve.dltB uceeptauce with the un
derstanding that it was to be placed on the
walls of the chamber. The house accepted
it very heartily and Mr. Donnelly made a
very pleasant speech of thanks. It was
about half past twelve when it was an
nounced in both the Senate and House that
all the enrolled bills had been signed bv
the officers of the respective bodies svna
the Legislature*H&si adjournedtheir ^inhomesW
Most of$the members left on afternoon
Sensation iu Higb Ofe.
The little nerve plant Moxie has iust eai
vured the place. The men drink Moxie and
talk the revolution in drinks. The wom
en hurrah for the drink and take in the rev
olution. Every tired or nervous, woman
should have a drink of Moxie, and if she
once g&tA a taste, you can not keen it from
her and it is no use to try.
t*_
Economy i Man uiiU Woman.
Did you ever- notice the difference,
asks the Toledo Blade, in the economy
of the average man and woman? That
the former comes in spasms, severe
while they last and generally spending
themselves upon some really trivial
matter which counts next to nothing
iu the b'st of their expenditures. Their
cessation is. u,vua% marked some
costly purchase,, excursion* or indul
gence that consumes ten times the
amount saved. Th woman, on the
contrary, looks out for the little odd^
and-ends in every-day life as she goes
along, things which the masculine in
in his prosperous-feeling moments re
gards as trifles not worth counting.
Perhaps the difference has been induced
by the fact that she does not hold the
purse strings, and is held accountable
fca- %he way in which the cash handed
to her holds out. She does not have
of feeling rich, and throwing her
money around lavishly, for she knows
that any unusual lit of generosity on the
part of the cashier is very likely to be
followed by a time of repentance and
reckoning.
It Was an old oriental doctrine that wxta
en have no souls. More enlightened pha
oscphy concedes that they havl pure?, Csr
more exalted soals than men. #u tt'ey aro
too often contained in feeble, wfferin^
bodies, which hamper and retard' tffi fcil
development. For all those paiSIS aH
ments incident to the sex, tGftenSi
"Favorite Inscription" is tuk h*Ut =rSSX.
the world and^s SQW^fer"?
The language
woken English.
,givZ
the telephone speaks-
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