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Grange Advance.
H. H. YOUNG, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
REDWING. MINNESOTA
KEC011B OP THE NEWS.
Political, Personal and Foreign Do
ings and Gossip.
Review of the Markets.
Gold remains at the quotation of
the past two weeks—$1.05x, and will prob
ably experience no ohange in the market un
til the settlement of the Presidential question.
In mercantile circles a good spring trade is
anticipated by the wholesale dealei s, keeping
prices well up in all staple articles. Cotton
goods are constantly advancing, standard
lines being quoted cent higher than at our
last report. Ginghams have advanced 1 cent
per yard.
The wheat market is good in the West, but
badly demoralized in the East at least buy
ers are. The majority ot large operators in
Chicago and Milwaukee are handling the
grain much as they would coals ot fire—hold
ing it only sufficiently long to transfer it to a
proper place. The prices paid at latest ad
vices were as follows for No. 2: New York,
$1.49—last week 91.41 Chicago, $1.32—last
week §1.29 Milwaukee 91.35-last week
§1.33. In St. Paul and Minneapolis the
price has ruled steady at $1.30 lor No. 1 $1.
25 for No. 2 and $1.20 for No. 3. Reports
Irom country buyers are that there is a con
siderable wheat in the hands of the farmers,
but the bulk of it is owned by parties who are
able to carry it, and it will not be sold until
after the spring seeding is completed, and the
grasshopper problem is settled. Nearly all
are expecting higher prices fortheirgrain than
is now current.
Green hides, country slaughtered, are quot
able at 6c, city butchered, 6#c. Sales
have been made at 6#c,but this is above the
market. Cured, are taken by shippers at
•707^0.
St. Paul dealers in furs are paying 8@10c
ior rats 5c for kits, 75c@9l.25 /or mink, 60c@
$1.00 lor coon, 50c@§1.60lorrediox, $2@$3 50
for cross, $1@?3 for timber wolf and 75c@$1.50
for prairie, but they were not anxious to se
cure stock.
Apples are firmly held at $3 50 bbl. for
sound, good selections, and stocksare runinng
low. Oranges are higher and advancing in
New York heldhere at96.00. Lemons, 96.50,
with a tendency to higher prices. Stocks ot
oranges and lemons are ample, and sales
large.
Attempted Assassination of Gov. Packard ot
Louisiana.
An attempt was made, on the 15th,
Tlo
assassinate Governor Packard, of Louisiana,
in the executive office. The statement given
of an eye-witness, given shortly after the oc
currence, is that two men, one of them W. H.
Weldon, and a slim, one-armed man called
at the door of the State Capitol and asked to
see Mr. Packard. There was some demur
about admitting them, when one proclaimed
himself to be an ex-federal officer, and the
other a discharged soldier. They were
brought to the head of the stairs. The name
of Joseph Huttle was sent in, but the one
armed man declined to enter. Weldon
reached the executive office, where he found
Mr. Packard seated at his desk, talking to
Judge Boarman, who occupied a chair on his
right. Weldon sat down in a vacant chair
immediately on Mr. Packard's left, and after
an instant somewhat sharply asked, "When
can I see you Packard turned around and
found a pistol aimed at his head. He imme
diately struck it down, and the weapon was
discharged, the ball striking him in the right
knee cap andinflicting a slight wound. Pack
ard immediately dealt the man a blow with
his fist, striking him between the eyes and
knocking him down. Several persons in the
room drew their pistols and fired, wounding
the would-be assassin, but not fatally. The
man who tried to kill Packard says his name
is William Henry Weldon, and his home is
in Ohio. With regard to his attempt to kill
Packard, he says that there were four others
with him, who were to have assisted him in
the undertaking but that upon reaching the
door of the State House they refused to go in,
and left him to carry out the intended plan ot
assassination alone.
Failure of the Penikese School.
Another philantrophical scheme has
failed. Mr. Anderson, of New York, whose
renown has been based solely on the quality
of his fine-cut tobacco, gave Prof. Agassiz
Penikese ls.aud, in Buzzards Bay, on which
to found the Anderson School ot Natural His
tory. He put iu the island at 9100,0110 and
gave $50,000 in bonds. The enthusiastic nat
uralist gratefully accepted it, and buildings
were put up and the school opened. But the
fund was hardly more than enough to pay
for the houses necessary and to keep them in
order. Agassiz energy raised enough to pay
the deficiency. He died, Mr. Anderson's
puree-strings were tightened, and he refused
to help support it. The younger Professor
Agassiz, who had succeeded his father, made
one more effort, and offered to pay halt the
total expense if there were students enough
to pay the remainder. These were not forth
coming, and Mr. Agassiz has given up the
island, which is really valueless. Mr. Ander
son's gift in cash amounted to little more than
$45,000, and he had all the honor. Professor
Agassiz gave all his collections to the muse
um, and his amij4[ eside their time and tal
ents, have giveriJto it without conditions over
a quarter ol a million of money.
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More Crooked Whisky Doings.
North Carolina specials say While
United States Commissioner W. G. B. Morris
was engaged in the trial of Walter Newman
for alleged violation of the revenue laws, with
Deputy Marshals Harking and Merritt in at
tendance, the court was startled by the sound
of fire arms, and in a iew moments the house
was surrounded by armed men, who .began
an indiscriminate firing into the room. The
Commissioner, and Capt. Merritt fled, but
•Capt. Harkem drew his revolver and fired
4ipon his as8aUants,woundingoneman named
Fisher, and in turn was shot down and would
have been killed but for Newmun and George
Rhodes. Fisher was brought to Hend rson
ville jail. His brothers made an attack later
upon the jail, but were put flight with the
loss of Wash Fisher, mortally wounded.
Harder in Minneapolis.
Wm. H. Sidle-, son of H. G. Sidle,
president ot the First National Bank of Minne
apolis, was fatally wounded by a girl named
Kate Noonan, on Friday evening, the 16th in
that city The girl claims to bear the relation
of discarded mistress or victim of the wound
ed man, and has heretofore instituted pro
ceedings against W. G. Sidle and others, to
recover damages for alleged false imprison
ment. The shouting oocurred in the vicin
ity of the Nicollet House. The young man was
as isted into the office ot the Gas Light Com
pany, but was subsequently removed into the
Nicollet House where be could be made com
fortable as possible while the surgeons (sev
eral ot whom were present) were examining
the wound, which seems to have been pro
duced by a ball from a pistol ot small calibre
At first the wound was not thought to be fa
tal, but a change tor the worse occurred at a
late hour in the -vening,and he died before 12.
The woman was at once arretted, and alter
reaching the look-up she mfoimed Chief
Munger that she had shot Will Sidle, and
thrown the revolver away, and stated where
it might be found. She further asked the
Chief if Sidle had been badly hurt, and when
informed that bis wound was dangerous she
expressed a stiong desire to see him, and
wished the return of the pistol, so that she
could kill herself. This demand ould not be
complied with, of course. During the eve
ning up to a late hour she appeared greatly
excited, her condition bordering on insanity.
In the opinions of the police authorities, it is
quite evident from her action and statements,
both prior and subsequent to the shooting,
that this terrible, bloody episode on the
streets was nothing more than the active exe
cution ot a plan formed months ago, and that
the arrest upon which the action ior false im
prisonment is based was a judicious move
ment and thoroughly defeasible, no matter
from what point it may be considered. After
the shooting she frankly assumed the respon
sibility for the crime, and expressed an evi
dently sincere desire to destroy her own lite
and thus remove her shame and her revenge,
and blot out from her own sight at least what
must ever remain a pitiiul story.
Mexico.
Brownsville, Feb. 7—Gen. Revueltas
and several subordinate officers are preparing
in evident haste to quit Matamoras. It is un
derstood that they will cross the Rio Grande
ai-d take a steamer at Brazoo, Texas, New
Orleans. Although Revueltas tor weeks yast
has proclaimed he was acting by authority
of Diaz, it is now believed his pn tended or
der* from Diaz were not genuine, and that at
ter plundering all the foreign merchants he
could his flight is to avoid General Canales,
who is said to be on the way totake command
of this frontier for the Diaz Government. It
is not known who will commanduntil Canales
comes, but it is feared that Cardinas' banditti
will come in, and there is consequently great
excitement and apprehension among foreign
ers of their being again plundered.
Opening the iflar ttras Carnival at Mem
phis.
A dispatch of the 12th says: "His
majesty, the King of the Carnival, arrived
2:15. He was mounted on alive elephant.and
his baggage train, consisting of ten live cam
els, was escorted by along line ot retainers
and the royal household. Conspicuous in the
procession was an immense golden crib, with
a well grown baby snugly ensconsed therein,
to whom the King delivered the key of the
city, after receiving it in the usual form, and
proclaimed the baby King of every house
hold. The king was saluted with a hundred
guns and bands from St. Louis and Louisville
with the Chickasaw Guards and Bluff City
Greys,attended by the municipal authorities.
Full twenty thousand persons witnessed the
ceremonies. Thecity is crowded with visitors.
The number ot visitors alr°ady here is unpar
alleled in the history of this city.
Brutal Minder In Iowa.
A Fairfield, Iowa, speciil dispatch to the
Burlington Hawkeye, gives account ot an un
provoked murder at Batavia Feb. 12th, and
great excitement in that section concerning
it. Theo W. Hill, a druggist, having closed
his place of business, was visited at his resi
dence by three or four men, who demai ded
liquor from the drug store. Hill refused to
go with them, and one of them, with abusive
language, drew a revolver and fired several
shots, three taking effect. Hill was not ex
pected to recover at last accounts John
Wright, one of the cr wd, has been arrested,
and is in jail in default of$5,000 bail. Frank
Henry, who did the shooting, has not been
captured, although there is little reason to
doubtthat he will be soon.
Russian Preparations for War.
The Russian army are ready to move
against the Turks, numbering, at Kishenoft,
1*2,000 infantry 8,000 cavalry and 438 guns.
The two corps at Odessa would make a total
of the army ot advance, 180,000 infantry, 12,
000 cavalry, and 720 guns. A thousand
horses have been bought for the bridge train
lying here which is capable ol bearing the
whole army over the Danube in a day. The-e
are also 13 enormous steam launches, two
large barges, seven smaller boat', and masses
of other things, even to the smallest details,
waiting at Kidhenoff. The mobilization hat
proceeded so satisfactorily, that within a
a month lour army corps could move across
the Pruth.
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Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier,
recognized all over the World as the best ton
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puny and weak children, or delicate females,
an absolute necessity. Dr. H. McLean, 314
Chestnut street, St.'L'inis.
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We understand that the wheoping-cougb
is quite prevalent in the towns around us
but that no cases have proved fatal. Some
families use nothing but Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment. Our Doctor, ho*ever, hays a little
ipicac, to produce vomiting, would be an ad
vantage.
The Presidential Tribunal.
The House resumed consideration of
the Florida decision on Monday, and Mr.
Field offered the following resolution
Ordered. That the counting of the elec
toral vote of Florida sha lnot proceed in con
formity with the decision of the Electoral
Commission, but that the voteof Call, Yonge,
Hilton and Bullock be counted as the votes
from the State ot Florida for President and
Vice President of the United States.
Mr. Hale moved as an amendment:
Ordered, The counting ot the electoral
votes from the State of Florida shall proceed
in conformity with the decision of the Elec
toral Commission.
Proctor Knott proposed a substitute re
citing the provisions of the electoral
bill, referring the matter back to the
commission asking them to explain
how they arrived at their conclusion.
Alter some debate the Speaker declared
that the matter could not be referred
back and hence Knott's motion was out of
order. Two hours -ebate then ensued upon
the resolutions quoted, Messrs. McCrary
(Rep ), and Carr, ot Indiana (Dent.), speaking
in lavor ot sustaining the commission and
Messrs. Tucker and Field agaiust it. Carr op-
Ejrates
^sed the passage of the electoral bill, and he
hid Democratic brethren for passing
it, but now that it was a law, insisted upon
accepting the results in good faith Upon the
vote being taken Hate's resolution was reject
ed by 79 to 167, and Field's was adopted. The
Senate having on Saturday voted to accept
the report of the Commission, this disagree
ent leaves the vote of Florida standing for
Haji es and Wheeler. As soon as this decision
as reached the two Houses again met in
joint session to continue the count. Georgia
w«s the next state cilled and was counted tor
lilden. Then followed Illinois tor Hayes, In
diana tor Tild-n, Iowa and Kansas for Hayes,
and Kentucky tor Tilden. Then came the
certificates from the State of Louisiana, show
ing 8 votes for Hayes and Wheeler, the pre
siding officer statins that the certificate had
been received by mail, and that the corres
ponding one had leen received by messenger
The messenger appointed for that purpose
was Thos. C. Anderson, one of fhe returning
board. This was authenticated by Kellogg as
Governor,he being himself one oi the electors
The certificate having been read the pre
siding officer handed to the tellers another
certificate from the same State, and with a
corresponding one received by mail, showing
8 votes lor Tilden and Hendricks. This was
authenticated by McEnery as Governor ot the
State. Still a third certificate was opened and
read, corresponding with the one having been
received by mail, with the votes for Hayes
and Wheeler, authenticated by Deslonde, Sec
retary oi State. A fourth, burlesque certificate
was read announcing John Smith No. one
two and so on as electors and giving
their votes for Cooper and Cary. The
Democrats interposed objections to counting
the vote of Louisiana for'Hayes and the Re
publicans met them with objections to count
ing it for Tilden. The two Houses then sep
arated and referred the disputed State to
the Commission, which commenced the con
sideration of the case on the 13th.
The argument in the Louisiana case
was opened by Senator McDonald and contin
ued throughout the entire day on the 13th,
and the electoral Commission adjourned un
til the 14th with the debate incomple.
The entire day was occupied on the
13th with arguments before the Commission
in the Loutsianacase. Senator McDonald and
Representative jenks spoke in behalt of the
Democr ts and Senator Howe and Represent
ative Hurlbut in behalt ot the Republicans.
At the evening session Matt Carpenter spoke
iu favor of counting Louisiana tor Tilden. He
said he voted lor Hayes, and would do so
:gain, and that he did not appear tor Tilden,
but for 10,000 legal voters In Louisiana who
had been disfranchised by the Returning
Board The evening session terminated with
Carpenter's speech incomplete.
The argument in the Louisiana case
was continued before the commission on the
14th. Matt Carpenter concluded and was fol
lowed by Lymau Trust bull on behalt of the
Demociats. Messrs. Stoughton and Shella
berger spoke on behalf of the Republicans.
Democrats endeavored to have the report ot
the House committee which,went to Louisiana
received but the commission refused.
The main argument in the Louisiana
ca-e was concluded on the 15th,Evarts sneak
ing tor the Republicans and Judge Campbell
for the Democrats The question oi admitting
evidence mas taken under advisement by the
commission, and additional argument may
ensue on that point.
At 5 p. m. on the 16th, the Commis
sion thr'-w open its doors and made public
that the following business had beentransact
din secret session
Mr. Hoar offered the following:
Oidered, That evidence be not received.
Mr Abbott offered the following as a sub
stitute
Resolved, Thntevidence be received toshow
that so much of the act oi Louisiana establish
ing the returning bo ird ot that State is uncon
stitutional, and the acts of said returning
board are void.
This was rejected by the following vote:
YEAS—Abbott, Bayard, Cliffoid, Field Hun
ton, Thurman, Payne—7.
N»y8.—Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen,
Gai field, Hoar, Miller, Morton Strong —8.
Mr Abbott offered another substitute as
follow s:
Resolved, That evidence will be received
to show that the returning board of Louisiana,
at the time of canvassing and compiling the
vote ot that State, was not legally constituted
under the la* establishing it, in* this that it
a* composed of ur p* rams of one politicalport
party, instead ot five persons of different par
ties.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr. Abbott then off- red another substitute:
solved, That the Commission will receive
testimony on the subject ot frauds alleged in
the spec fications ot counsel lor the objectors
to certificates one and three.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr. Abbott then offered a fourth substitute:
Resolved, That testimony tending to show
that the so-called returning board ot Louisi
ana had no jurisdiction to canvass the votes
tor electors lor President and Vice President
is admissible.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr. Abbott then offered a fifth substitute,
hieh was rejected by the same vote, which
was as follows:
Resolved, That evidence is admissible that
statements and affidavits purporting to have
beejp made and forwarded to said returning
board in pursuance ot the provisions ot section
26 of the election law of 1872, alleging riot, tu
mult, intimi'tntiolrMnd Violence, st 'or near
certain parishes were false and fabricated and
loiged by certain disreputable persons under
direction and knowledge of *aid returning
board thttt said returning board, knowing
said statements and affidavits to lw false and
forged, and that none of such statements and
aflid ivits were made in the manner or lorm,or
within the time required by law, did know
ingly, wilfully and fraudulently fail and re
fuse to canvass or compile more than ten
thousand votes oast, as is shown by Commis
sioners ot election.
Huntonoffered asixthsubstitute.as follows
Resolved, That evidence be received to
prove that the votes cast and given at said
election ou the 7th ot Noyeuiber last, as
shown by the return made by ttteXommlsMon
ers of Election for said polls and voting
places, in said State, have never been oom-
Eoard
tied'or canvassed, and that said returning
never even pretended to compile or
canvass the returns made by said Commis
sioners of Election, but that said returning
board only pretended to canvass the returns
made by the State Supervisors of Registration.
Rejected by the same vote.
An eighth substitute was offered by Bayard,
as follows:
Resolved, That no person holding an office
ot trust or profit under the United States is
eligible to be appointed an elector, and that
this Commission will receive evidence tend
ing to prove such ineligibility, as offered bv
counsel tor objectors to certificates No. 1 and
3.
Rejected by the same vote.
Justice Field offered the 9th and last sub
stitute, as lolllows:
Resolved, That in the opinion of the com
mission evidence is admissahle upon the sev
eral matters which counsel tor objectors to
numbers 1 and 3 offered to prove.
This was also rejected by the same vote and
the question on the original order submitted
by Hoar came up, viz "That the evidence
offered be not received."
Mr. Payne moved to strike outthe word not.
Rejected by the same vote.
The vote on the original order was then ta
ken, and it was adopted bythe following vote.
Yeas—Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen,
Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton, Strong—8.
Nays Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hun
ton, Payne, Thurman—7.
Upon this action being made known to the
connsel, the Democrats declined to make any
further argument, and the Commission again
went into secret session,when Senator Morton
offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the persons named as elect
ors inc rtificate No. 1 were the lawful elect
ors of the State ot Louisiana and their votes
are die votes provided by the Constitution ot
he United States and should be counted lor
President and Vice-President.
This resoluton was adopted by a vote ot 8
to 7, as follows:
Yeas—Bradley, Strong, Miller, Edmunds,
Frelinghuysen, Gufield. Hoar and Morton.
Nays- Abbott, Bayard, Clifford,Field,Mun
son, Payne and Thurman.
Justice Miller and Bradley and Representa
tive Hoar were appointed a committee to
adopt a report ot the decision to be submitted
to Congress.
Upon the assembling of the Senate'
on the 17th the decision of the Commission in
the Louisiana case wasread, and the Senate
adopted a motion that it was ready to meet
the House and proceed with the count. The
House, however, declined to proceed on Sat
urday, but by a vote ot 152 to 111 adopted a
resolution that they would meet the Senate
to continue the count in joint convention at
11 A M. on Monday the 19th.
ACCEPTING THE RESULT.
An exciting Democratic caucus was held at
Washington on the evening ot the 17th. Two
resolutions were offered refusing to accept the
decision of the Electoral Commission, but
they received few affiimative votes. After
an extended debate, the following resolution
offered by Reagan of Texas with the last
clause added bv Mr. Bright, was adopted by
avf.teof60to40:
Resolved, That the count of the votes
shall proceed without dilatory opposition to
the orderly execution of the act ot Congress
creating the Electoral Commission whose de
cision shall be received and acted upon in
accordance with*the provi-ions of said law.
But this resotution is accompanied with the
solemn tnd earnest protest of the Democratic
party againstthe gross and shameless violation
of law, justice and truth contained in the de
cision of a majority who signed the same in
the cases ef Florida and Louisiana.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Second Sessio
On the 9th and 12th no other busir
ness was transacted by either house except
that recorded under the head of Presidential
Tribunal in another column.
In the Senate on the 13th a joint res
olution of the Illinois legislature was present
ed asking tor protection to inventors that
they should receive a just compensation for
their inventions. Mr. Windom presented the
joint resolution ot the Minnesota legislature
tor a survey of the St. Croix and St Louis
rivers and Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin a joint
resolution of the legislature for an appronri
ation to complete the Sturgeon Bay and Lake
Michigan shfp canal. The arrest of Jourdan,
the N. Y. bank cashier who refused to testily
in the Oregon case, was ordered.
A bill was passed by the House, on
the 13th, authorizing the laying of a telegraph
cable from Baltimore to France A debate
sprung up on the Florida electoral count, and
Mr. Dunnell spoke in support ol the minority
report ol the investigating committee. Mr.
Purman, of FIcrida, who has heretofore acted
with the Republicans, spoke at some length,
declaring the Florida election to have been
the most peaceful ever held in the State, and
he claimed that every man, woman and child
in bis State knows that the Tilden elec
tors were tiuly elected. Mr. Purman was re
minded that the same canvassing board
counted him (Purman) into Congress, in the
same manner as they counted in the Hayes
electors.
In the Senate on he 14 the joint
resolution ot the Minnesota Legislature for
the improvement of Red River ot the North
was received. The bill providing for the
publication of anew revision of tHe statutes
was passed The most of the time tor the
day ww given to the discussion ot the Pacific
railroad bill, relating to the Central and Union
Pacific lines
The House adopted the majority re
ot the Florida'investigating eommittee
by a strict pariy vote. The remainder oi the
session was devoted to the consideration ot
the naval appropriation bill.
The Senate on the 15th discussed the
bill for the support of the government ot the
District of Columbia at great length, and the
bill passed. Theunfinished business was an
amendment to the Pacific railroad acts so as
to create a sinking fund lor the liquidation
indebtedness due the government, but a de
cisive vote was not reached.
The naval appropriation bill passed
after slight amendment. The political disa
bilities ot Joseph E. Johnston were removed.
The Sioux treaty bill regarding cession of the
Black Hills, which come from the Senate,
passed, with an amendment providing that
nothing iu the act should authorize tue re
moval ol the Indians to the Indian territory.
The Senate on the 10th spent the en
tire day in discussing the bill amending the
Pacific railroad act and creating a sinking tund.
Mr. McMillan presented a joint resolution
of the Minnesota Legislature asking a dona
tion of land to aid the construction of and
right ol way tor a line ot railroad from St.
Paul and Minneapolis to the Falls of Sault
Ste. Marie.
The House transacted no business of
a general character, but while in committee
ot the whole spent some time on the bill fix
ing the tariff on freights over the Omaha
bridge.
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In the present state of alarm re
garding the safety of theatres, the
ballet would seem to be an entertain
ment most likely to inspire confidence
among the spectators, judging from
the large amount of hose" displayed on
the stage. ,,.,
Minnesota Legislature.
The Governor has approved sixty-
three bills up to the 12th, showing an active
session thus far. In the Senate, on that day
bills were introduced to reduce the number
copies of certain public documents to I*
printed for the appointment ot deputy clerks
of court to authorize certain towns inCarvrr,
Wright, McLeod, Hennepin and Stearns oun
ties to vote b*nds. A bill was also introduced
to amend the general tax laws. The amend
ment gives three years redemption, but does
not reduce the rate ot interest or penalty the
other changes are slight. Senate bills passed
allowing fishing in Kandiyohi county two
school bills ior Wright county relating to
payment ot delinquent taxes, preonal taxes,
and road taxee inspection ot mineral oils
authorizing town insurance companys: for
relief of judgment debtors exempting Men
nonites from military duty bounties for pock
et gophers, and for the collection of delin
quent taxes. House bills passed relating to
school district boundaries fishing in LeSueur
and Pope counties allowing bouds to be is
sued in Renville and McLeod counties al
lowing Iowa railroads to extend lines into
Minnesota incorporating Carver and Lewis
ton for a State road from Shakonee to St.
Paul. Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock the
contest between ex-Senator Meighen and
Senator Edwards will commence.
The Senate, on the 13th, had a lively
discussion on the bill to raise 1 mill tax
lor school purposes, Mr. Donnelly being the
chief opponent of the measure. He said the
bill would add more than one hundred thou
sand dollars to the taxation ot the State. The
bill finally went back to the committee ot the
whole. The bill appropriating f5U0 each to
Manning and Wheeler as a reward tor kill
ing the Northfield robbers, was indefinitely
postponed. Mr. Stacy's bill ior the test of if
luminating oils was recommended to pass.
A number of unimportant bills were
introduced in the House on the 13th, and re
ferred to appropriate committees Senate
bills were passed to incorparate the village ot
Plainview empowering to city vouncil oi
Owatonna to aid the public library amend
ing the charters of Shakopee, and Albert
Lea authorizing Nobles and Ramsey coun
ties to issue bonds amending the laws relat
ing to legal process and relating to appoint
ment of guardians. The Senate bill to pay
the L. S. & M. railroad company for certain
stumpage was defeated. House bills were
passed authorizing the issue ot bonds in Pope,
Carverand Wright counties for the removal
ot the county seat of Becker countv lor the
organization of new counties, and pro
viding ior legal service upon non-res
ident land owners. The railroad commit
tee presented a compromise bill regarding va
rious interests in the St P. & P. extension
lines. The bill contains fhe following pro
visions All frinchises in question an* for
feited to the State the bondholders shall have
first right to construct either line and take its
franchises but must file their acceptance by
May first, and must give security to complete
the toad from Melrose to Alexandria in one
year from date of such notice, and. from Alex
andria to Fergus Falls in two years, and to
Glyndon in three years the line from Crooks
ton to St. Vincent must be commenced June
1st 1877, and completed without delay. In
case of failure of the bondholders to come in,
the offer is available to others who may com
ply with the terms. The bill repeals the Gil
man bill of last winter.
A joint resolution was presented in
the Senate, on the 14th, returning the thanks
of the State to Manning and Wheeler and
other citizens ot Northfield, lor their heroic
conduct in repelling the gang of robbers
Senate bills were passed, among others, for
po-ting up constitutional amendments on
election day reducing ttaetest ot kerosene to
110 degrees for ascertaining the feasibility
of making an insane asylum ot oneot the Nor
mal School buildings to require county treas
urers to visit townships to collect taxes only
when ordered by the commissioners appeals
fiom probate courts relating to the
stay of executions. House bills passed:
lor the incorpoiation ol religious bod
ies abating tax penalties in grass
hopper counties relating to sheriff's
deeds preventing killing deer in Morrison
county tor the discharge of indigent persons
in jail regulating the construction otditcb/s.
In committee ol the whole the grasshopper
bounty bill was under discussion, but final
action not taken. The committee on state
railroad bonds reported two bills to the Senate,
one to devote the 500.000 acres of internal im
provement lands providing for a settlement
with the landholders.
In the House the bill for the repeal
of the Inebriate Asylum act was reported
back from the commitiee by majorty and
minority recommendations. The bills intro
duced were for uniformity and the free use of
text books for repealing the law lor Publish
ing session laws in the newspapers abolish
ing the offices of insurance Commissioners,
Adjutant General and Railroad Commissioner.
Senate bills were passed appropriating §4,000
to pay reward lor the capture ot the robbers,
and regulating salaries of county officers. The
temperance bill was taken up and discussed at
length. A strong lobby of ladies had been
present for several davs, as also had promi
nent representatives "of the liquor interest.
The debate was the warmest and most inter
esting ot the session, and was participated in
by Prot. B. Wilson, Messrs. Mott. Fred
icks, Bean, Mills and others against the bill,
ind by Messrs. Bentley and hild in its favor.
The.bill was lost 53 to 50. The text book biil
next come up and it was as warmly discussed
as the previous measure, but no action taken.
The Senate, on the 15th, in com
mittee oi the whole, recommended the House
grasshopper bounty bill to pass only two
votes being given against any ot its provis
ions. Among the bills introduced was one to
declare dogs to be personal property, also one
to allow limited divorce. A Senate bill was
passed fixing teru.s ot court in the fourth ju
dicial district. The House bill tor a tax ot 1
mil.s to support the common schools came up
as a special order, and was discussed at
length Messrs. Wilkinson, James Smith,
Jr., and Yale opposed the bill as calculated to
tux the cities to the extent ol 40,000 for the
support of other localities. Messrs. Whee
ock, Donnelly, Robbinsand others supported
the bill, iind it was ordered to a third reading
by a large majority.
In the House on the 15th a bill was
introduced ior a general law authorizing
towns and villages to issue bonds to aid iu
the construction of railroads. A bill was
also introduced to authorize Stearn.*, Meeker,
McLeod, Sibiev and Nicollet couut'es to issue
bonds to aid the St. Cloud & St. Peter rail
road. Senate bills were passed vacating the
plat ot the village of Janesville and amending
the act incorporating East Janesville and
House bills were passed requiring town clerks
to make reports to county auditors ol town
meetings, and amending the exemption laws
relating to mechanic's tools. The text book
bill, providing tor the i-sue of cheap text
books for the ootumon schools was discussed
at length and after amendment was referred
toa special committee lor perfecting its
amendments.
In the Senate on the 16th a bill was
passed opening UD tax judgments in certain
tax sales, also a bill for relief of settlers on
salt spring lands and a bill reducing county
officers' salaries in Lyon countv. A bill also
pissed creating the village of Duluth out of
the city of Duluth. A bill similar tothe House
bill, authorizing the counties of Stearns.
Wright, McLeod, Hennepin and Carver coun-
ty to issue bonds, was passed. Theschool tax
bill occupied a laige portion of the day and
was made the especial order for Tuesday. The
House bill appropriating 975.) 00 lor ed grain
was passed, also the H-use bills lor extending
the University grounds and tor paying the
expenses of theSoldiers' Orphan's Home. The
evening session was devoted to the contested
seat ol Senator Edwards.
In the House, on the 16th, bills were
introduced on a greatvariety of local subjects,
but none of general interest. Senate bills
were passed, legalizing the plat and amend
ing the charter ol Stillwater relating to
catching trout legalizing trans era of real es
tate heretofore made with but one witness
duties ot sheriffs incorporating Alexandria,
and amending the chatter of St. Charles.
The joint resolution to Congress to make ten
acres the amount required to be planted un
der the tree-culture act, instead ot lortv acres,
was passed and sent to the Governor. The
text book bill was put over until Tuesday. In
committee of the whole the complicated af
fairsofthe St. Paul & Pacific railroad compa
nies were under consideiation and after a pro
tracted debate the bill for the repeal ol the
Gilman law Ot last winter was recommended
to pass by a decisive vote.
The Senate had a brief session on
the 17th. Bills were introduced lor the es
tablishment ot a ferry at Reads auth ri2ing
St. Louis county to issue bonds relating to
the duties of county treasurers, and appro
priating S 1,200 annually ior the salary ol the
janitor of thecapuol.
In the House a resolution was adopt
ed on the 17th against draining lakes. Bills
were introduced or various local subjects, and
amending the liquor license law ot the stat
utes ot 1866 relating to the juris
diction ot justices of the peace refuting
to trespassing on lands by hui.ter-*'
also a bill amending the law relating to si-ll
ing liquor to minors and inebriates which
bill provides rules of evidence in suuh cases.
Senate bills were p.ssed relating to the jol.
lowing subjects: county treasuiers' bonds
stenographic reporters in the courts assign
ments ot judgments civil actions suits
against corporation* allowing prisoners of
other States to be taken through Minnesota,
and relating to judgment debtors. The Sen
ate bill codifying the school laws was lost.but
reconsidered and laid on the table.
•-•-.
A Young Couple In fe mdu«ky.
Sandusky (O.) Eegister.
A young man and a young woman
are now passing through a terrible or
deal of agonizing suspense. They are
engaged to be married, and their fate
rests upon the decision of the Presi
dential election. The young man is a
staunch supporter of Hayes, and the
young woman is a firm friend of Til
den. They made a bet, staking no less
than their future happiness on the re
sult of the election. Such a wager may
seem exceedingly foolish to cool-head
ed older people, but in the heat of an
exciting campaign, when both sides
claim the election, the young man and
woman whose minds are wandering far
off in Utopian realms cannot be ex
pected to exercise the same judgment
that characterizes the clear-headed
politician. But the bet is made, and
the parties propose to stand by it to
the bitter end je love each other
with all the fervor and passionate ar
dor of their young natures, and tht-ir
very souls seem to catch the inspira
tion of each other's presence. Those
who have been there know how it is
themselves. The lovers eagerly scan
the daily papers and devour with
avidity everything touching on
the vexed political question. The bet
which they made is as follows: If Til
den should be inaugurated President,
the young man is to marry the young
lady but if Hayes should be inaugur
ated President, the young lady is to
marry the young man. The couutine
of the electoral votes and the an
nouncement of the result is anxiously
awaited, as that,and th tt only, can de
cide which one of the parties is to
marry the other.
A Peculiar Marriage Ceremony.
On the wedding day in Borneo the
bride andbi idegrbom are brought from
opposite ends of the village to the spot
where the ceremony is to be perform
ed. They are made to sit on two bars
of iron, that blesMngs as lasting and
health as vigorous may attend the pair.
A cigar and betel leaf, prepared with
the areca nut, are next put in the
hands of the bride and bridegroom.
One of the priests then waves two fowls
over the heads of the couple, and, in
a long address to the Supreme Being,
calls down blessings upon the pair,
and implores that peace and happiness
may attend the union. After the heads
of the affianced have been knocked
against each other thiee or four times
the bridegroom puts the prepared betel
leaf and cigar into the mouth of the
bride, while she does the same to him
whom she thus acknowledges as her
husband.
A Wisconsin lumberman offers $30
in cash for "a rattling good wife—one
who is not too high nosed to grow fat
on bean soup."
The IJospel ol flerit.
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