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*VSF*W8 3ail$ placed. $ (KlnbE. Official Taper of the City ofSt. IPaxil Printed and Published Every Day in the Year, HALL. NO. 17 WABASHAW STREET, ST. PAUI*. Terms of Subscription for the Daily Globe. By carrier (7 papers per week) 70 cents per month. By mail (without Sunday edition) 6 papers perweek, 60 cents per month. By mail (with Sunday edition) 7 papers per week, 70 cents per month. TAB SUNDAY 6LOBK. By mall the SUNDAY GLOBE will be one dollar per year. THIS WEEKLY GLOBE. She WasxLY GLOBS Is a mammoth sheet, exactly doable the size of the Dally. It la just the paper for the nreaide.contalnlng Inadditionto allthe current news, oheloe miscellany, agricultural matter, market reports, &o. It Is fnrnished to single subscribers at $1.00 per year. Postage prepaid by the publisher on all editions. All mall subscriptions payable Invariably In advance. Daly Globe Advertising JRatea. Fourth Page 5 cents per line every insertion. Third Page 5 cents per line for the first week. All subsequent insertions 8 cents per line. Display Advertising (on Fourth Page only) double atove rates. All Advertising is computed as Non pareil, 10 lines to an inch. Beading Matter Nottce^First, Second and Fourth Pages, 25 cents per line. "Special Locals," Second Page, 15 cents per Une. Blading Matter Notices, Third Page, 30 cents per 1 ne. ST. PAUL, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26, 1879. HE members of the legislature seem to have made up their minds to go to work in earnest to clear np the business before them, and will no doubt hold three sessions a day from this date to the close of the session. Notwithstanding this it is doubtful if the business of the legislature can be closed np in time, and there is a prospect that an'extra session will be necessary. THE public generally will regret to learn that the financial troubles of Archbishop Pnrcell, of Cmoinnati, are not at an end, but seem to grow greater as time advances. Claims against him have now been filed amounting in the aggregate to over three million dollars, and he has only about one third of that amount f assets. No taint of dishonesty attaches to the archbishop for his disoharge of the trust reposed in him, but the verdiot will be unanimous that the ex periment of combining secular with clerical duties is a failure. An appropriation is asked of the legisla ture for $300 for the publication of the pro ceedings of the first annual meeting of the State Daiiymen's association, recently held iii this interest. The object of the associa tion is the encouragement of one of the most important interests of the .State, too long neglected. The proceedings of the associa tion contained much valuable information, and its general dissemination could not but exert a healthy and beneficial influence, and it is to be hoped the legislature will see the wisdom of granting the small appropriation asked in aid of the undertaking. THERE seems to he no immediate prospect of the success of the scheme to unseat Sena tor Butler, of South Carolina, and place Corbm in the position. Senators Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Conover, of Florida, and Patterson, of South Carolina, have an nounced that they will not consent to any such iniquity, and as a consequence it can not be perpetrated for lack of the requisite majority. A vote will be forced, however, at an early day, but there is no danger of its consummation. Cameron is independent of the party whip, while the other two have no further favors to expect from the Republican party and are also on record as opposing Corbin's claim. There need be little fear that the scheme will prove a Bucoess. REPBESENTATIVE BOHAN, of Blue Earth county, is in a sorryfix.Last evening when the bill appropriating moneys for repairs on the normal schools came up for passage, he kept tally of the vote, and thought the bill lacked a vote or two of the number neces sary to secure its passage. He therefore changed his vote from yea to nay for the purpose of moving a reconsideration in case of the failure of the bill. "When the vote was announced and the bill was declared to have been passed, he sought to place himself right on the record, but objection being made he appears upon the journal as voting against an appropriation for needed repairs at the normal school located in his own town. It's a joke on Mr. Bohan, to be sure, but it places him where he don't want to be placed and where he didn't desire to bethe B. JOBDAN, one of the editors of the Min neapolis Tribune, is the agent of the asso ciated press at Minneapolis, and he had the partisan impudenoe and indecency to send the following telegram over the country yes terday: MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25.The taking of testi mony by the contestant in the contested elec tion case of Donnelly against Washburn, in the Third Minnesota district, closed last evening. The investigation extended through forty days' and is generally admitted to have shown the election an unusually fair one. None of the charges have been sustained in any particular, and it is understood Washburn has concluded not to go through the form of taking testi mony. This isa sample of a good deal of the po litical stuff whioh the associated press in dulges in, and it is time there was a remedy. If the statements were true, (which they are not) it is a partisan message unfit for the general press of the country, and Mr. Jordan onght to be dismissed at once for the advan tage which he has taken of his position to perpetrate a partisan outrage. A FEASIBLE FLAN, There have been numerous propositions to pay off the old railroad bonds of 1858 with the 500,000 acres of internal improvement lands. I 1870, we believe, one of the plans was adopted by the people, and only failed because by its terms the surrender of two thousand bonds was necessary to make it operative. These previous propositions involved the literal exchange of the bonds for the lands, compelling the bondholders to take land or nothing. The present plan substitutes land scrip for the bonds, leaving it optional with the bondholder whether he takes scrip and lays it upon the land or holds or sells the scrip. The bill suggested by the Chamber of Commerce proposes that the State Auditor, acting as Land Commissioner, shall appraise the 500,000 acres of internal improvement lands at such prices that the appraisal shall amount in the aggregate to the face of the bonds with the interest coupons attached. Then the holder of bonds, in large or small rv,v, ^*rVmRp&* THE ST, he it ors of the soil. All interest on the bonds ceases when the act is approved by the people. The land sorip neither draws interest or is taxable, but the moment land is taken with the sorip, the land becomes subject to taxation. If the legislature should approve and. the people ri,-~.~ be no agreement of the two houses on sev eral very important measures, and that there- there some hope AN IDIOTIC IDEA. For a few minutes yesterday a little inter est was excited at the capitol by the follow ing paragraph in a Des Moines letter to Bill King's paper: I saw in the Pioneer Press a formidable list of swamp lands in the State of Minnesota which the legislature proposes to turn over to railroad companies.' If those lands were grant ed to the State by the act of Congress of Sep tember, 1850, the legislature of Minnesota will learn by referring to a recent decision of the United States supreme court, Amencan Emi grant Company vs. Adams county, Iowa, that they cannot appropriate swamp lands to anv such purpose. The legislature ef Iowa passed a law authorizing counties toappropriate their swamp lands to railroads, and the supreme court says it is void, and all contracts made under it are void, and the county officers and persons parties to such contracts are confeder ates in a fraud upon the United States govern ment. Although the law of the State provided that those who took the lands should take them subject to the act of Cengress, and release the State and the county from all liability under the act of Congress making the grant to the State, the court says this proviso is void for the reason that the State cannot accept indemnity from private persons for a breach of trustee ship that the State cannot thus throw off an express trust. A very few minutes sufficed to show that the writer was a first-class idiot. The swamp lands are given direct to the counties in Iowa, and Adams county gave a deed in escrow to American Emigrant company, to be de livered on condition that the company per formed certain acts. The conditions were not complied with, but the deed was sur reptitiously recorded, and suit was brought to set the deed aside. The court dismissed the suit, and the county then tried to tax the land, and the assessment was declared to be void, it being held that the decree of the court in dismissing the suit was proper. That is all the suit of Adams county, Iowa, against the American Emigrant Company has to do with the validity of Congressional PAI amount, can surrender his bonds and cou pons and receive therefor land scrip cf a corresponding amount. If he wishes the actual land he can take, at the appraised figures, what he desires and pay for it with his sorip. Or if he does not want the land can put his sorip uponthe market and sell The Senate Starts Twenty New Bills and to those who do desire to become possess- uu wiu wie validity ot Uongressional Protecting the waters of swamp land grants. There would be as and Ca1houn\ faia S^^St^^' much sense anJconnectio.n i.n announcing 6 The Evils of Democratic Rule. [New York World. Boston is a Democratic city and Georgia is a Democratic State, and the accursed corrup- communities that they are now the only two bodies politic in the country, exclusively of the United States, which can float 4 per cent loans at par. The rascally public officials of Georgia, to conceal their nefarious schemes and the exhausted condition of the treasury have even adopted the miserable subterfuge of paying their obligations before they fall due. Such are the fatal results of overthrowing the substituting in its place a ayst em which has no nobler aim than making both ends meet. Wants to Know, You Know. I Louisville Courier-Journal.J Senator "Windom appears to be still agi tating the negro emigration scheme. Mr. Windom should be kind enough to state to communities would like to know, you know. We have heard of no offer from Mr. Blaine of an asylum in his State, nor has Mr. Ed munds intimated that Vermont would like to have some. THE LEGISLATURE. A BRISK DAY IN BOTH BRANCHES AND A HOST OF NEW BILLS. Bills Read th Flr,t Tim. i THE SENATE. ywy A fair business day was witnessed in the adopt this measure, it would not only settle Senate yesterday in the number of bills in- a vexed question, but it would be one of the troduced, the number passed, and the num- greatest immigration movements ever inau- ber considered in committee of the whole, gurated. Every holder of scrip would either Among the bills introduced was one pro- become a land owner himself, or would seek viding for the disposal of the 500,000 acres to make some one else a land owner. The of internal improvement lands, and to en- scrip would necessarily go into the market courage settlement upon the same. The and be picked np by those wishing to secure bill contemplates the payment of the State farms in Minnesota. It is a measure whioh railroad bonds by the issue of land warrants the people of the State ought to endorse as in exohange for the bonds, whioh warrants Young America an aid to immigration if nothing else. may be located upon these lands. The bills CONGRESS. State expenses for the years The backward state of business in Con- 1879 and 1880 were passed, and gress has given rise to a fear that there will also"general a number ofIn appropriating money for the general an wb-ole, fore an extra session will be inevitable. SSSSKff S tlo There is certainly ground for such a fear, the bills relating to savings banks, tramps but yetreacheisby thatan a agreement and. p" 8- oan avoided. A Washingto correspond- that a compromise, or a series of compro- HOUSE BILLS PASSED. Relating towitnesses and evidence. Changing the name of the town of Madison to that of Amiret. Relating tohorses having the glanders. Relating to the practice of medicine and sur gery. Prohibiting the sale and use of unwholesome provisions. Authorizing the State librarian to make copies of judicial decisions. Organizing the county of Polk and attaching Kittson county thereto for judicial purposes Amending the MnpiT *T(WRTTV-* numbe TH on although a considerable number of he vagrants]culture, definindelinquent see sa ar misea, will be affected, and that they will be $ 1,000 per annum in addition to his fees, but pretty much as follows: determined opposition had the effect to de The Senate will not allow the supervisors' j** action on the bill fixing the salaries law tobe repealed under any cirouinstances, ktate officers, that Senators might have an the It is thought that the Democrats wil concede opportunity of informing themselves upon that much in the end rather than face an extra the prospect of the clerk being able to make session. The Senate will not insist upon strik- a respectable living out of the fees of the ing out of the army appropriation bill the office alone clause forbidding the use of troops for elec tions. The House will make no issue over the killing of the army reorganization scheme. It is a dead subject. The Senate will not insist upon the Brazilian mail subsidy, as the House will reject it. The Senate will also concede the repeal of the test oath for jurors. Were it not for anew determination upon the part of the Republican Senators, there would not be much of any doubt about the disposal of the regular business pending be tween now and the 4th of Maroh. The Repub lican Senators intend to bring up the Butler Corbm case, and have announced their inten tion of pushing this to a vote. If this is dqne the Democratic Senators say that they will not allow a vote to be taken if they have to occupy all the remaining time betwoen now and the 4th of March. They Bimply sy that they will not allow a vote to be taken. We certainly trust that there will not be any necessity for an extra session, but if the Democrats should force one, by insisting upon the repeal of the supervisors of elec tion law, we are convinced that the country would uphold them in their conduct. Yet it may be expedient to forego this repeal till another session. The law will be practically inoperative until the general election in 1880,' and in the meantime the law can be repealed by a Congress in which both houses are agreed. If they shall succeed in having the use of troops at elections forbidden, in abolishing the jurors' test oath, and in de feating the Brazilian subsidy steal, they will have accomplished sufficient to entitle them to the gratitude of the country. permit the supervisors of election bill to jjo over, would not, therefore, be a national calamity under the circumstances. It would be sim ply a postponement of the matter, which could be amply atoned for in the future. Routine Report. Senate met at 10 o'clock A. M. BAILBOAD COMMITTEE'S CLERK. court. others of importance interest committee of the W V\ di8P8i to defer the more important ones, and and UUK will be which such contingency grantsd, forest Railroad company, nan V.e v^nA^A A -V\7*l,.-l.^n A O* Seed Grain borrowers. RnlAriaa Stotfl Mr. Shanlra Senator Castle offered a resolution authoriz ing the railroad committee to appoint a clerk with compensation at $5 per day. Adopted. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Senator RiceTo authorize the county of Kandiyohi tolevy a tax for a court house fund. Passed under suspended rules. By Senator HellingTo change the names of certain religious corporations at New Ulm.schools Pased under suspended rules.' By Senator C. D. GilfillanTo authori-e the common council of the city of St. Paul to use the reserve fund in the city treasury for rail road pur oses. Passed under suspended rules. Also, to dispose of the 500.000 acres of the internal improvement landH, and to encourage the settlement of the same. By Senator AdamsTo authorize the Hastings board of education to issue bonds. Passed under suspended rules. By Senator JohnsonAuthorizing the com missioners of Faribault county to issue bonds tor ihe purpose of building a jail. Passed un der suspended rules. By Senator ShalleenTo amend the charter of the town of Taylors Falls. Passed .under suspended rules. By Senator Brown, from the Committee on Retrenchment and ReformTo regulate the compensation of district judges. By Senator MorrisonTo appropriate money for the second asylum for the insane, located at Rochester. By Senator PowersTo allow the Minnesota Odd Fellows' Mutual Benefit association to amend its charter. By Senator MacdonaldTo legalize certain bonds issued by the city of St. Cloud. Passed under suspended rules. By Senator J. B. GilfillanAmending the general statutes relating to the condemnation of private property by corporations.. Also, relating tothe appointment of admin istrators and to provide for the distribution of estates. By Senator SwanstromAmending the gen eral statutes relating tothe sale of spirituous liquors. By Senator HillTo amend the laws of 1873 relating to public highways. By Senator CastleAppropriating $500 for the purchase of a safe for the use of the sur veyor general of the First lumber district of Minnesota. Senator WedgeChanging the time for hold ing terms of court in the county of Freeborn. Passed under suspended rules. By Senator HindsTo authorize the village of Jordan, Scott county, to organize and main tain a fire depaitment. Passed under sus pended rules. By Senator AdamsTo establish school dis trict No. 101, in Dakota county. Passed under suspended rules. By Senator McCrea (from committee on in sane)Appropriating $12,500 for deficiency in the building fund of the insane asylum at Rochester. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Senator E. M. Wilson reported back the bill authorizing the commissioners of Hennepin county to pay for a bridge across Crow river and it was passed under suspended rules. SENATE BILLS PASSED. Appropriating money to pay the salaries of otate omcers. Relating to the adoption of children. Relating to divorces. To legalize the assignment of certain Bchool land certificates. Amending the general laws of 1869 relating to civil actions. Relating to the laying out of roads in two or more counties. a 8 E C0UUty ecess till 2:30 P. M. ro nep urre Recess till 2:30 p. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. ^,a Amending the special laws of 1877 relating railroads, to the village of Duluth. Passed under BUS- "a. pended rules. IN COMMITTEE OP THE WHOLE. Senatoorf Macdonald in the chair. A large Reces till 9.i T, we GENERAL APPBOPBIATION BILLS PASSED Upon motion of Senator Pillsbury the bills appropriating money for the payment of the general expenses of the State for the years 1879 and 1880, were takenup and passed under suspension of the rules. receivers or mortgage BILL INTRODUCED. By Senator BrownTo authorize railroad impanies or receivers or mortgage true thereof to settle the title to lands taken com ame 8 which Northern community he desires to lead tie to be said of it aside from the routine USSS^f* these Southern negroes. Perhans e record of th n~K. _,. The body of B. F. Thompson, of Ooldwater, Miss., was recovered from the river near Little HOCK, Ark., yesterday, with his throat cut. "TOi"n lnompson visited Little Rock some two weeks c(m9ld negroes Perhap thos record of the proceedings. Th onlyepi7 sode of the forenoon was a brief passage a arms between Messrs. Gearey and MoCarty on a local bill whioh the former wished to have passed under suspension of the rules, Mr. Gearey triumphed and nobody was hurt. ThefD afternooofwas consumeuanid the hear--firstnear in 8 ago looking for a place to looate, and carelesslv reading of Senate bills. A good deal of this h,m erable money, it is supposed work was transacted. The evening was de- he was murdered and his body thrown into the voted to the third reading of HouTbult About a dozen of these, none of special im JL DAILY &LQBE. W1DME8DAY MORNINGr^EBRtTARY?26, xr i ri h,8J"raftl Bill In the HouseOver Sixty Senate "W Bills Passed. their way rejoiainc, anda abont thirtv bills of Seventy-fo bill foUo8 is Read the First Time and Thirty troduced sixty-odd Senate billsimwere sent on divers/ J 4 8n a Routine Report. foUowing an 8 bridge punishingrelief- va uoiiumg mm pumsmn va By Mr. Bareness &****- borrowers, salarietaxes, of Stat of the clerk of the supreme court at county'S MomS mi county. Passed under nnenRinn of *h that a man WM onil^ f i, i. Amending the general statutes of 1874 r*. ^T^VT an except of flour, Monday's returns show-- f^ 1876 a 8 Yesterday was emphatically a working day SeWreules0aaty- __ VMWU^U OVOVO V\J -,j *ww wuuwUVUU* UUOIO AD AAW* in the House, and consequently there is lit- Mr. Larssen offered}?** a bil?amending the act uuiiuuaio in tne reports committeesd the bills were pre The House met ate9:30 A.M., Speaker Gilman in the chair. Prayer buypthe *h chaplain. On motion the order of introduction of bills WM ke INTBpDOCnON OF BILLS. By Mr. DennyRelating to civil actions. By Mr. DennyRelating to farmers' clubs. sung America. rk"~" By Mr. DenisqnTo amend section 108, of chapter 1, of the laws of 1878. t^^fr^^Wf^^ .M&SK2 for the settlement of the railroad bond ques- tioTn ofrcounty officers of Carver county. By Mr. FairbankTo amend the ^charter of the village of Dodge Center. Passed under suspension of the rules. By Mr. FridleyTo facilitate the construc tion of the St. Paul & Pacific railroad in the county of Mille Lacs. It grants swamp lands to the company after the construction ofthe road. By thr judiciary committeee By Mr. GoodsellTo remove the county seat W 2 i GoodsellTo remov the countj Mr Mt tnat a man was guilty of murder because he lating to thes surrender off fn^t1L- By Mr. AUenAUowing teachers to attend in onlaye 26.00^t0last Quartertsf oDf forftionr h't that did not exist prior to its passage, attended a prayer meeting. tice. salary. thei tU considered blllf S ni th "Sp i Un a i MT cs ""rt^"""""*"l portance save the appropriation for repair St. Pau to*D"**e issu bonds to the amount of $120,- tne Normal sohools. Mr. Jones' bill for 000 for a reserve fund to pay previously issued re-forming the judicial districts was killed bondB. Passed under suspension of the rules, most effectually, and that gentleman was SENATE BILLS BEAD. therefore ready to throw up the sponge on Senate bills were read a first timeoto incor- all other measures ematingHfrom the com- porate the village of Dundita to promote im- ^iaWSt^S? es cbm teguinea migration relating to the location section ms accustomed good nature, however, and posts relating to the terms of court in Cut Passes the General Appropriation Bills "ad to fight for his measures with tontwood county regulate thessale of barlev for 1879 and 1880-Seventy-four New obstinacy. tha is bleached tto enable town to assist in Thew su:m total of th"enes day' work is the construction of a railroalegalize from Re Wineni werabou-t oom a nature were passed. It is about the first good day's work yet accomplished. -.eappropriat- i u Mr.Riebe-To amend the charter of ize a school district in Waseca county By Mr. A. PetersonRelating to the county Br Mr MeadRelating to the board of con trol of Ramsey county. By Mr. MeadRelating to juries in Ramsey county. Mr. MeadRelating to the redemption and destruction of State bonds. By Mr. OppenheimTo authorize St. Paul to issue bonds to build a market house. By Mr. J. P. WestTo detach certain terri tory from the village of Minnesota Lake. By Mr. J. P. WestRelating to weights and measares. By Mr. J. P. WestRelating to public schools. By Mr. FairbankRelating to the public of Dodge county. By Mr. FairbankTo secure the payment of certain debts by making them liens. By Mr. StilesTo aid a railroad from Little Falls to Glenwood. By Mr. J. Thompson, Jr.Authorizing the supervisors of Minneapolis and Minnetonka to open a road. By Mr. SchrothRelating to the public schools of Winona. By Mr. HicksRelating to the swamp lands granted to the Soldiers' Orphans' Homo. By Mr. Hick-)To authorize the draining of Hill's lake, Hennepin county. By Mr. AmundsonRelating to the compen sation of probate judges. By Mr. JonesTo authorize warehousemen to sell unclaimed packages. By Mr. James Smith, Jr.Relating to the incoiporation of Catholic societies. By Mr. James Smith, Jr.Authorizing the state librarian to insure the library. By Mr. BissellTo authorize the town of Lake, Stearns county, toissue bonds in aid of a railroad. By Mr. BissellAuthorizing the town of Wakefield to issue bonds toaid a railroad. By Mr. BowmanTo change a name. By Mr. BarenessTo change the name of the town of Honolulu tothat of Hodges. By Mr. ComstockTo authorize the village of Moorhead toissue bonds to build a bridge across the Red river. By Mr. ComstockTo legalize the organiza tion of Moorhead. By Mr. ComstockRelating to the running at large of animals in Wilkin county. By Mr. ComstockTo prevent cattle from running at large in Marshall and Kittson counties. By Mr. ComstockTo change a name. By Mr. JonesTo amend the charter of the city of Rochester. By Mr. JonesTo establish a State road from Oronoco to Oronoco Switch. By Mr. EoonsIn relation towire fences. By Mr. GeareyTo give additional powers to the supervisors of Plainview,Wabashaw county. Passed under suspension of the rules. By Mr. FrisbeeAuthorizing certain persons to erect a dam across Turtle creek, Freeborn county. By Mr. James Smith, Jr.Authorizing the Union Improvement and Elevator company of Pennsylvania to do business in Minnesota. By Mr. GoodsellAmending the charter of the village of Grand Meadow. Mower county. Passed under suspension of the rules. By Mr. AllenProviding for the vacation of a street in the village of Le Boy. By Mr. WroolieTo change a name. By Mr. PowersPrescribing the times of holding terms of the district court in Red wood, Yellow Medicine, Meeker and Kandiyohi counties. By Mr. James Smith, Jj:.To dispose of the internal improvement lands. The bill appro priates the lands for the payment of the old railroad bonds. By Mr. James Smith, Jr.A memorial from M9 ^er fugitivets from jus teachers'associations without deduction from ^SratqiSBTOiruio^dvSi* th TtoiT. n,..t~.i, ix. which was seconded,lwhen the bill wasm lost By Mr. RosebrockAmending thespecialt mcorporatmg the cil,y^oi: Owatonna.d Mr. Jones hoped the House wpuld take the ir.nSJ? 8ch ang Bv Mr Btw ToC -I,,. i. i A- committebee on retrenchment. It would show SnT^ a 8ch 0 1 l8tri0 hang mn S Mr Denny-Relatin to the compensa A bill relating tocartways was lost by a vote Hastings-To the incor of im' nty Passed^ undeBamenidn 8 th ora loom Prairie Steel iiy Mr. James Smith. Jr.A memorial to ""t" "VH^ Congres relatingR to swamp lands donated tonontreached tl8eocattlinMmneapo1 dl6PU9al no reached ma Recess till 2:30 P.M. shilling peerr quarter. Sales were not very AFTKRNOOM nwHsmM numerous3, but the tendency has been to- Th nwT^ i on 8 a a The House reconvened at 2:30 P.M., Speaker ward muc recommending itls passage. The report tors, at 37 shillings 7 per quarter trustees ken for ""St? Allen offered a remonstrance aeainst thl footed and the bil passed under suspen against 42,496 quarters,pence at 5 2 shillings 3 railroad purposes, or to make compensation for removal of the county seat of Mower countv P^ooa year. Imports into the United Sherman, or some one else, bat I prefer a such lands. Adjourned. fr Austin. Kingdom for week ending February 15, candidate who has a national reputation, Mr. Allen offered a bilnl 873,776dhundred weights wheat, and 180,525 and whos fidelity to the of THE HOUSE. i eforbiddingLecattle 8tt8 eDBio PaMe *h.e le8 Beneon- Mil WUVUU1U{ V1 Passed ^i^'S 0 M?%^bSkS^i^t^^Mn P.M. Mr. Russell offered a bill amending the char ter of the village of Eyota, Olmsted county. Passed under suspension of the rules. Mr. James Smith, Jr., reported a substitute for Senate bill No. 101, authorising the city of 1879. wuo iu wa amount OX spizv,- in t. Goodhue to money to pay in- ere Jy. Di mug Stat bonds to roads legacsyt association relating to division fences 0OP*y amBe relating to the Northwestern to incorporate the village of Lamberton to au thorize the county of Mower to issue bonds to build a court houBo to regulate the compensa tion of the officers of Houston county (passed under suspension of the rules): providing" for the filing of the official bonds of county" offi cers authorizing municipal corporations to aid lature yesterday morning: railroads toincorporate the village of Monte vedio to locate a State road on the line of Scott, Le Sueur and Rice counties locating certain roads in Hennepin county to appropri ate money for the State institutions to pro vide for repairs on the State capitol to reim burse Cottonwood county for expenses in tax cases to providt for a board of trade for th lu By Mr. DennyTo incorporate the village of benefit of the farmers to appropriate $15,000 forntheo io By Mr. Demo-Providing for the payment of county to levy a tax torectify a mistake to 1 sheriffs and their deputies in attendance at change the name of the town of Edison, Swift ,r uoara or waae tor thee county amending the charter of the village By Mr. GilmanTo authorize StearnB county of Rosemont, Dakota county to prevent the ject from a financial and business standpoint to issue bonds in aid of railroads. running at large of cattle in Mower county, arefirmlyconvinced that th* nmanprihr ,,f +hL ByMr.Gilman-Belatingto cartways and (l^v^m^olto*^).,^- State3*?SSfflPb?KS^ 1 bridges. ing the charter of the city of Austin to organ- iuBtment ofS alll ri,ffJr.oar XZ,i *~AI A. TU By aiiroa a company Minneapolis IO autnorize tne annne- ment of the bonds with th* Kfuinnn X* ByMr.Shanks-To authorize the voters of apolis & St. Louis road to construct a branch internal imprSvemeJt laid. 21t SicaJ mrmount, Martin county, to transact the busi- hue tothe camp meeting ground at Lake Min-- with thatt uaBRfid in IJWO ."*j, Fairmount Marti county to transact the busi Wu to the camp meeting ground at Lak Min with tha passed in 187 0 whic- ,p ness of the town. netonka relating to educational corporations* the approval at the subseouent *lnn f th By Mr. Allen-Amending the charter of the elating to the taking oftestimony relating to voters of the State! and only fai!ed\n conse^ town of Lyle, Mower county. corporationsthe organized for purposes other tha quenceshould of a provision that 2 000da of the 2 27"i By Mr. AllenTo amend the charter of the P6'? Re reorganization of the fo commissioners of Washington county. nesota Central railroad, (passed under suspen- *--*"--JI_-U *,_. -.-..j sion of the rules) relating to the Minneapolis HOUSE 1X1-3 PASSED. House bills were read a third time and passed as follows: Relating to the rebate of taxes on internal improvement lands appropriating money for repairs on the State Normal schools relating to town meetings inflicting a penalty upon school officers who neglect to make re ports to prevent he defacement of public buildings relating to roads and cartways to provide additional security for moneys paid to clerks of courts relating to the discharge of inmates from the hospital for the insane re lating to the eligibility of certain persons for the office of county commissioner relating to town insurance companies relative to fore closures of mortgages. DEFEATED. The bill from the committee on retrenchment providing for redistiicting the State into judi cial districts came up, when Mr. McCracken spoke against its passage. He said the bill was simply intended to legislate Judge Pae out of office, and he protested against the House enm dorsing such a scheme. biUgoove Professions made at ths begin ri Hicks moved the previous question, same ground on al bills reported fro the ncer lanw yeas 20 nays 55 1 dlBtric ho session were. of 52 to 17, when the House adjourned. ENGLISa GRAIN. Wit a Falling Off in Imports, a Slight Ad vance in Prices is NotedWhile the Mar kets Generally Show More Activity. LONDON, Feb. 25. The Mark Lane Express -"w/" "o 10,00^0 ca railroads of business throughout the Mr Ja.r Thompson,e Jr.Relating to the quiet but steady. Speculation is wanting ^uf ^.P^'. CumminsAn amendmenth to the full,y maintained for all descriptions of wheat SKXStt vT LAND SCEIP FOR BONDS. NEW PLAN FOR SETTLING THE OLD STATE RAILROAD BONDS. Memorial to the Legislature by the St. Paul Chamber of CommerceA Proposition to Issue Land Scrip for the Old Railroad Bonds and Apply the Scrip on tne 500,- OOO Acres of Internal Improvement LandsThe Lands to Wipe Out the Entire Debt. i The following memorial and accompanying ~w.. wuuo vui- bill was presented in each branch of the legis- To the Honorable, the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Minnesota. The memoriahl of the chamber of commerce of the cityn of St. Paul respectfully represents, 8e"lement i Tha cti State reform school changing the loca- indispensable toa of bridge in Freebor county Minnesota inasmucrestoration as the charethefcredit renudia authorize the auditor of Dakota tion in dailv aDroaa Ioa tti to 8 Glencoe. thorize the Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis only hone that^7^!! 1 ByMr.Laxssen-To authorize a free wagon railroad compUny from the St. Croix river to wbriStifatr^r^^vMr mL^ ridge and road across the Minnesota rive-. Minneapolis toauthorize the Chicago, Mil- ririiatabM^ve^bmSf^rnn^. ?e Mr Barsness-'Io aid the Grant & Dakota waukee & St.. Paull railroad comnanv to build a ^Zt 11 .!f, S.T^'f JUI. wauke & St Pau railroad company to build a road to Minneapolis to authoriz the Minne hospitan ty of Austin. for the insane at St. Peter to authorize Hen- thus placing it in the power of a couinarativelv By Mr. RussellTo regulate the salaries of nemn county topay for publishing the pro small number of bondholders to defeat the set i of Olmsted county. ceedmgs of the county commissioners tlement by withholding from the surrender Mr. KoonsFor the relief of Theodore J?,_ authhonze county commissioners to pub- contemplated by the law. Your memorialist* chmMn A ^u _x.", Belden and others. hshd their proceedings authorizingi the city of believe that the people thelike an- iutstendin iMr Win to become a stockholder the Min prepared for a settlemenf on terms and Street Railway company to consolidate the school laws of the city of St. Paul, (passed under suspension of the rules) toauthorize the city of Austin toissue bonds to aid a railroad, (passed under suspension of the rales) to an torize the commissioners of Meeker county to abate taxes, (passed under suspension of the rules) to detatch the county of Murray from Cottonwood relating to the census returns of 1875 relating to the condemnation of lands for railroad purposes as to a school district in St. Cloud: to authorize the count of Kandiyohi to levy a tax for court house purposes to an] thorize the city of Stillwater to isoue bonds for school purposes to the amount of $30,000 to change the name of the Lutheran St. Paul's PauFs church at New Ulm, (passed under sus pension of the rules) to authorize the board of education Hastings to isSection sue bonds for certain purposes to authorize the county of Faribault to issue bonds to amend the charter of the town of Taylors Falls to provide for the collection of the taxes of 1878 toauthorize the city of St. Paul to use the reserve fund the treasury to buy depot grounds, (passed under suspension of the rules) to authorize the city of St. Cloud to issue bonds relating to the adoption of children as to divorce relating to civil ac tions relating to costs of civil actions relat ing tothe salaries of State officers to legalize the assignment of a school land certificate to change the time for holding court in Freeborn county to organize a hre depaitment in the village of Jordan, Scott county to authorize the county commissioners of Hennepin to bmld a bridge'across Crow river to establish a school district in Dakota county. The House bill to provide for the election of a superintendent of schools in Dodge county was, on motion of Mr. Fairbank, passed under suspension of the rules. Recess to 7:30 P. M. EVENING SESSION. The House met at 7:30 P. M., Speaker Gilman in the chair. Mr. Jones offered a resolution pledging the House tocontinuo on the order of third read ing of bills until the business was disposed of. Mr. Mead, from the committee on public ac counts and expenditures, reported that they hadexamintd the accounts of the several State institutions and found them correct, except as to the insane asylum. They recommend that a settlement be made with Treasurer Kerr on the payment by him to the State of $373.30. 1Hau says business has been somewhat firmer with ando thereupon the act shall take effect and be an advance a shilling per quarter on sound home grown wheat in a few country markets. iJ^^J^SS^^SSt S"^ J. *day had SUPPI wm iee quarters, "chiefl Ameri Th coarse ha Rnssia sending us nothing. 1 n a fall and trade lost ft he ri lang Gilman the chair. months. Batheur rateis haveo been tle- SCATTEBING BUSINBSS. manded for maize and inquiry was therebey Mr. Benson offered a report on the bill to re- checked. Barley, oats and other feeding peal the law exempting Anoka county from the corn were dull, but late rates were maintain provisions of the district commissioners act of ed. Sales of English wheat were 550 quar rauroaa ohigherre pvail nna/in AmnAnn Din(v tha som running at large inU the town of Boy hundre weights flour. Republicaen party cannotprinciples be questionethe The Sonora Revolution. SAN FBANOISOO, Feb. 25.A dispatch from ties that the p9ople oan heartily Aadvice_s Tucson, Arizona, says:- Private re- Senate amendments toHouse bills amendineg ceived this moining from Sonora state that the charte of St. Paul relation t.ot th,et city the legislature has just transferred extra- and Complete i8Dsuenofrrbondrfori^Ki'n ordirfu powers on Governor Mariscat, and in uranan to*** tbe Governor was assessments in Dodge county: Passed under """Jgraating most vigorous measures to and corroborative, is overwhelming and com- A Colleiw Rebellion suspension of the rules. thoroughly suppress the revolution. Orders plete and it must be admitted, moreover, HABTFOBD, Feb. 25.Students of Trinity On motion of Mr. W. M. Campbell the bill have gone out that each district must fur- that the Democratic ciphers pilfered by Be- allege having disobeyed an order of the H. R. Ferguson, postal clerk, Philadelphia, LXninW K* n 17?VfKs Tus A, nsidr atio the draft a bill providing for the pay men of the bonds with the 500,00 0 acres of W bonds be deposited a sneifip JU,18 proclamation declaring said result, rc0 suspensionact of the The arrivalsofrom abroad have been light, knowledgment on the part of the i .ge reate Df an 10 10,000 quarters, chiefly Ameri- railroad bonds ifio JTI, consumption contipues. Pricessbeen are varieties advanced 6 pence to a a ftek obligation of any kind true intentl anfdthe meaning this act thatrinterest upon al said J' lf SeC railroad bonds, judgments and claims referred to heretofore this act= *'2 shall cease and deter mine from and after the date of the proclama tion of the Governor hereinbefore provided for in section 8 of this act. Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Chandler to Dalxell. Representative Dalzeli, of the Ohio leg islature, has received the. following letter from'Senator-elecfc Chandler: LANSDIO, Mich., Feb 17.DEAB- Sin Yours of the 11th is at haud. Please ac cept my thanks for your congratulations and expressions of friendship. My candi date for the Presidency will be the candi dat of the Republica party, whoever he q^rter during the same period of maey ba. Whether it be" Grant," Biaine, party cannot be Above all, we must have a candidate who can be elected because possessed of quali- dence, direct J3i___ VflF T.TT1ITyT rfl Kf. ntriwiw* VerV trul yourso, Z. CHANDLER. [.A.*'iM la fir a Oonrtrtntion.]endorse ha mrad tb aOvertvhHminji fusion have served a most worthy end in es- arrested in December'last, charged withsteall teWishing beyonfd^ all doubt that the right- cision be reconsidered, but the facultv re- ing letters, poisoned himself in his cell .yester- yi lected Pr en BEADING UNSEALED BETTERS. Mr. Manahip Gives His Version of the Jt'ostofllce Matter. To th Editor of the Globe. Dr. Day, in a half column article in yes terday morning's GLOBE, has undertaken to give the history of a transaction that oc curred Saturday evening, in which, a Mr. Bronson, an employee of the postoflice de partment, and myBelf are the principal actora. I think Dr. Day has been deceived and led unwittingly into making several statements in regard to my action in the case that are wholly devoid of truth, and ifs th of the State rail- bonds, upon a fair and equitable basis, is mria first of- I, an leaving outmentire questiornmemorialists, of morals, and viewing the sub- lefrta without that some notice would place mt in an unpleas ant attitud,e i before the community. lace I I met Mr. Crouquist, the letter carrier, on the corner of Third and Koberc as stated that I asked in a gentlemanly way for the two letters referred to, one addressed to the GLOBE and tbe other to the rioneer, explaining at the time the nature of their contents. Mr. Cronquist satisfied me that the regulations of the postoflice department were such that he could not give them up, but must take them to the postoffice, and pleasantly invited me to accompany him. I did so. I did not "follow him insisting that he should deliver the letter to me." I did not "lose my temper and enter the mailing room in a towering passion," but was in vited there by the carrier, and meekly and quietly as a lamb I stood in the awful presence of the postoffice clerk "robed in his uniform," while a search was being made for the two letters. When found, they were taken to Mr. Bronson, and by him, after some controversy, delivered to me. I positively state that I did not "snatch one ofthem from his hand." The only point of difference between Mr. Bronson and myself was my denial of his right to open and examine documents which I had satisfied him were accidentally dropped into the box and not mailable matter, while I expresseldn myselfprivatea 8 should do so long that the bondholders, who have been s' long """"ma kept in suspense, will accept them as their only P hope of receiving anything, and your memorial ists would deem any adjustment of the matter at issue as far preferable to further inaction and delay. Your memorialists respectfully theless, give them up. nra for tbe nassaffo i.ff the hilll nr int. pray tbe passage the presented here. with, and its submission to the popular vote, and as in duty boUnd will ever pray, etc. WM. D. ROGKBS, HENBY H. SIBLEY, Secretary. President. The Bill. ho ui i An act todispose of the 500,000 acres of inas ternal improvement lands and to encourage the settlement of the same. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Minnesota. 1. The 500 000 acres of land which this State has received, or which it shall re ceive hereafter, under the sixth section of the act of Congress, approved Sept. 4, 1841, and the proceeds thereof, are hereby set apart as a separate fund to be denominated the State in ternal improvement fund, and said lands and proceeds shall be disposed of only in the man ner following: Sec. 2. The said lands yet unsold shall be appraised with the least piacticable delay by the State land commissioner at their relative value at such prices as together with the pro ceeds of said lands already sold shall equal the aggiegdteof the State railroad bond-, and the judgments and claims referred to in the act of the legislature, approved March 4, 1870, with the unpaid interest thereon, said appraisal to be approved by the Governor. Sec. 3. Any holder of said bonds, judg ments,^ claims is hereby authorized to de posit with the said land commissioner said bonds, judgments, or claims or any part there of, and receive in return land warrants signed by said land commissioner and attested by the secretary of state in such legal subdivisions as the said holder may elect, which shall entitle him to a portion of said lands by legal sub division remaining unsold equal at the ap praised value to theamount of the bonds, judg ment or claims deposited, v*ith accrued and unpaid interest, Baid land warrants shall bear no interest and shall be made transferable and may be located upon any of the said lands un disposed of at its appraised value. Sec. 4. When and after all of the said lands shall have been disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this act, the proceeds of such of the said lauds as shall have been sold for cash or its equivalent, shall be devoted by the State land commissioner tothe purchase of the said warrants theu outstanding, on such terms as may be piescribed by him with the approval of the Governor. Provided, That in noand case shall a greater price be pai.i for the said land warrant per acre than the av erage of the appraisal of the said lands required by section two of this act. Sec. 5. Said lands, when sold or disposed of in accordance with the terms of this act, shall be subject to taxation the same with other lands owned by private individuals. Sec. 6. Vhe deposit of said bonds, judgments and claims contemplated by this act is intend ed to embrace all unpaid coupons or other items of interest thereto attached or in aoy wise per taining. Sec. 7. All Minnesota State railroad bonds so deposited as aforesaid, or received in ex change for land warrants as hereinbefore pro vided, shall be cancelled by the land commis sioner and state treasurer in presence of the Governor, and never be reissued. Sec. 8. This act shall be submitted to the electors of this State for their approval or re jection, at a special election to be held on the 1879 the ballots at such election upon the question submitted shall have written or printed thereon as follows: Those in favor of the act '"Payment of bonds with landsYes." Those against the act, "Payment of bonds with landsNo." The polls at said election shall be opened during the time, and said election conducted and the leturns thereof made and certified in the man ner now provided by law for casting, canvass ing and returning votes for State officers, ex cept that said returns shall be made tothe sec retary of state within thirty days after said election, and within ten days thereafter the secretary of state, in connection with the Gov ernor and State auditor, shall canvass the re turns so made, and if ic shall be found that a majority of tho^e voting at said election have approved of this act, then the Govenor shall issue his proclamation declaring said result, aascase,theme-_ni character rt otb f" BtoSTare S ?U- i? ther personalll willing thl thiSs- particular case, there He asserted", wit much warmth), thati heno sse me ssed that right, and roughly took from the two lettersw^-anJIoath with declaring?J, TnfnKnrl *r i aa thatt if I refused to recognize it he would not return the notices to me. He did, never- Th.e only obiectiorl"nonc^J" ._i abl language used was that of Mr. Bronson referred to. I was firm and earnest in vindicating what I still deem to be the right of a citizen, to be exempted from the im pertinent intrusion of a postoffice clerk into private papers which had by mistake come into his hands. There were no such words "church notices"' upon the enclosures re ferred to, so they could not have been seen as stated. The doctor says "he is not prepared to faay whether or not my conduct to the letter carrier all dressed up in his uniform was such as to expose me to the penalties found on page 61, section 95, of the postal code." Whatever that may be, I 6tand in view of page 61, and section 95, and tremble clear down into voy boots. How very fortunate it is for me that the doctor was not quite clear in his interpretation of page 61, section 95, of the postal code. I suppose I was just on tbe point of destruction somehow, but happily did not know it. Some invisible agency in terposed and I still survive, with a conscious ness, however, that "page 61 section 95 of the postal code" is a terrible thing to en counter. This occurrence found its way into print without any intention to give it publicity on my part. It is better, perhaps, that the principle involved in this controversy should be satisfactorily settled for the present, and view of that fact the publication may be ,of service to the community at lare. Respectfully yours, CHABLES H. MANSHIP. STILLWATEE NEWS. Mike Gillespie proved the fortunate holder of the ticket which drew the pony raffled by James Griffin Monday. The Literary and Dramatic club give a miscellaneous entertainment this evening, at the Universalist church. M. T. A. Goodhue, general agent for the Minnesota Chief for the States of Wisconsin Illinois, is in the city on a short fur lough. The social hop at Mamnerchor hall, last evening, was fairly attended, and proved an enjoyable affair. The next dance of the se ries will take place in two weeks. Mr. I. Sax, whose gymnastic abilities have secured him many diplomas and prizes, has been secured by the St. Paul Turnverein to assist in their gymnastic exhibition, Wednes day evening, March 5. Mr. C. C. Clendennin, State deputy of the I. O. M. A., was in the city yesterday, having visited the night previous the newlv-organ ized lodge in this city. This lodge has proved a success, and now numbers over forty members. Wm. Eonkle, who was sent up two months ago for the larceny of a coat from the Phila delphia clothing establishment, was released yesterday, his sixty days' sentence having expired. This was his second sentence, and in all probability he will try and get another in order to putin the winter. Miss Aggie Green has accepted an invita tion extended her by a committee of New Richmond gentlemen to give a reading in that city Saturday evening, March 1. Miss Green hss displayed such ability as a public reader that she will doubtless meet with flattering success in this, her second appear ance in* her new role. W. Wychoff, who runs the Stillwater & Taylors Falls stage, had a valuable bear skin robe stolen from his sleigh Monday evening. Mr. Wychoff has been in the habit of leav ing the stage in front of the Sawyer house during the night with all his robes in it, but heretofore they were not touched. There were several other robes in the stage at the time, none of which were taken. The robe is a very fine one, being highly valued by the owner. The police were informed of the theft yesterday, but have not found any trace of the thief. The Nevada Legislature Threatened With Hanjjing. VIRGINIA CITY, Feb 25.An immense mass meeting was had to-night to take ac tion on the anti-railroad bill, which comes up in the legislature to morrow. Three thou sand people were present, and the excite ment was intense. Senator Lane, who op posed the bill, was asked by resolution to re sign immediately. Propositions to hang members of the legislature who were bought were- received with cheers. It was proposed to start a procession of men to walk to Car son in the morning and demand that then delegates pass the bill. The committee of twenty three met and passed resolutions that proposed demonstration be done away WHU, as they feared hanging and bloodshed. The committee had drawn resolutions to send to Carson to-morrow mornin" by del egates expressive^ the intense feeling here, and declining to be responsible for the con sequences in case the procession starts. ers were suspendeedn andasked required to leave town. Other studentsno town was day with prussic acid and died in a few min- bis office by the foulest frauds that ever dis- refrSe to attend any college exercise utes afterward. graced a political party. have apfiealed to Btehop Williams stts that this de the asked that this de- ^Poses e- of maine obdurate, and the youn men They 3C