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•frv ,a,firt^ir pV hW-iT •r* 's & •'. l?ftje ^ttwtnce. A. P. MILLER, Publisher. WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA. The fire losses in the United States average over $75,000,000 a year. In 1881 hey were more than $31,000,000. The year 1899 will bring the 40th anni versary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, and the papers are already talking about celebrating the event by tha greatest World's Fair in the history of such enterprises. It is a long time ahead but it will do no harm to talk about the matter and to suggest plans. New England lias had a very cold winter and is also suffering from a severe drouth. The streams have not been so low for many years, and some of them appear to be gradually drying up. The consequent embarrassment to manufac turing establishments, some of which have already come to a standstill lor want of water power, is a serious mat tor. Ex-Vice President Colfax thinks that a season of stagnation is awaiting us next fall, and that the country will be suffer ing from a financial stringency. He gives four leading reasons viz. The change in the balance oi trade, which is now against us the low prices we are get ting for our crops the evtravagance of the people last year, and the very ex tensive building of railroads, and he says these reasons are acting now. Mineral lands cannot be pre-empted or homesteaded. But if the lands are underlaid with coal, or have salt or alum beds upon them, are pre-empted, and :i deed secured from the government be fore the coal or salt is worked, the own er has the privilege of working them. Mineral veins—that is, ore veins—are lo cated only as mining claims, and are (!00 or more feet along the vein an.d 500 or more feet on each side of it, and cer tain improvements must be made to en title the discoverer to possession. The complaint of the unreliability of the weather bureau is be. coming general all over the country, and people are beginning to lose faith in it under its present direction. When it was under the control of Gen eral Meyer (the original "old probabilit ies") there was a reception of accurate intelligence and a capacity of judging upon it, which averaged a correctness of probabilities for the period of twenty four hours to an average of ninety per cent., which was all that might be rea sonably expected, and was enough for practical convenience. A well-known detective says that ab duction of young girls and the kidnap ping of very young children is the pres ent "racket" with thieves. An examin ation of rerords preserved by the Pink vrton detective agency shows that with in the year over twenty girls from 14 to 17 years of age have been abducted. In the mass of criminal notes these abduc tions are not noted much, and are soon forgotten. The majority of the victims are daughters of wealthy parents. The abductors steal girls because the parents will have the double fear of murder and outrage to prompt them to offer large rewards. Some governors have referred to this new phase of crime, and there is a loud call for severer punishment. The increase of insanity in the United States has been made more evi dent than ever before through recent messages of governors and re ports of superintendents of asylums, and the most discouraging feature is in the fact that the increase is altogether out of pro portion to the increase of population. Of the causes there are various theories, but from the concurrent testimony of the time it appears evident that the pressure upon nerve and brain, to which the testes and trials of real life subject tho individual members of society ave fearfully telling upon the present gen eration. It is possible to train the men tal as well as physical athlete altogether too fine for his work. The Railway foreclosures in 1872, ac fording to the Railway Age of Chicago, numbered sixteen, with a total mileage of 807 1-2 miles, and represented by $26. 180,500 of capital and $20,265,000 of bonds and floating debt. With two exception?, the roads sold under these foreclosures were short lines, ranging from five to sixty miles. The Age shows by a sum mary of forced sales in seven years, that 273 lines, measuring 23,791 miles, and representing invested capital of $1,418, 9*2,000—twenty per cent, of the present mileage in tbe country, and nearly twenty-five per cent, of the total in vestment in railway enterprises in the United States—have been passed through bankruptcy foreclosure and re organization. The moral of the above is according to the Age.^ that railway build ing and railway financiering must be conducted with greater prudence, or the history of disaster will repeat itself. Ihere :s room and need for building thousands of miles of railway every year but there is no room for parallel or pure ly speculative roads, which the business of the region to be traversed does not justify.^ Let not capitalists invoke their own ruin by reckless enterprises, and meantime, also let not the people who receive the benefit of the investments of capital prevent it from receiving a fair return by inspiring unjust and ungener ous legislation. An era of railway fore closures means an era of disaster to every other interest. Chased by Coyotes. In India the tiger sometimcj nuiir, the hunter, and a Montana paper tells oi coyotes that chase dogs, and keeps at a little distance from the sheep, and howl in the early morning and at night. The shepherd dogs area great protection, as they will run the coyotes off, although they cannot whip them* Recently, however, this order of things was reversed, and a band of coyotes cor ralled a valuable shepherd dog and ran him off through the hills. The absence of the dog, fortunately, was soon dis covered, and herders, mounted on fleet horses, followed in search. The dog was at length seen at a dis tance. completely surrounded by about ten of the cunning coyotes, who were successfully driving the faithful creature away from the camp. At intervals the dog would attempt to break his cordon of wild herders and re turn to bis charge, but the fierce animals, anticipating the movement, would close their ranks and present a snarling, un broken row of shining ivory. At the approach of the horsemen tin cowardly coyotes at once dropped their tails and disappeared, almost as sudden ly as if the earth had opened •wal lowed them. Chief of Police Shipley, of Faribault, who was shot by Louis M. Sage, fa exhibiting bad symptoms and his case is passing through a crisis which may result in serious consequen ces. His assailant waived preliminary hearing when the physicians testified to this condition Qf bis victim, '.v. WASHINGTON NEWS Smhmley,/MMiy19. KETAT*.—A bill was introdooed by Mr. In gals for the investigation of the question of railway transportation by a commission to report to congress in December next, the bill for the relief of Ben Haliiday coming up, Mr. Plumb movei to strike out all after the enacting clause and substitute a bill to enlarge the powers and dutiM of the de partment of agriculture. The senate ad* joumed without taking action. HOUSK —The fanaion and fortification appropriation bills, calling for $85,000,000 and 1325,000, respectively, passed, as did also a special pension bill increasing the pension for those made wholly or partially blind or deaf while in the military or naval service. The most important item passed was one in relation to the increase of pensions in the case of blindness or deafness. Under its provisions such pensioners as lost the sijht of one eye shall receive $12 a month, and in cases where the injury to the one eye manifestly affects Injuriously the other, the pension is increased to $25. All who, under like circumstances, have lost the sight of one eye, the other having been previously lost, shall be entitled to a pension of $50. The pension for loss of hearing in both eais is fixed at $25, and for any loss of hear ing less than total deafness in one or both ears an equitable portion of tbe full pension. Another bill which excited a good deal of discussion was one to extend the time for the completion of applications of militia men or non-enlisted men to two years after the passage of the act. Tnis bill was opposed very earnestly by Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Dunn of Arkansas, on the ground that it would open the door wide for thousands of improper claims. Geo. Resencrans advocated the Momdny, Jannary 18. SEXATB.—A number of petitions were pre sented on various subjects. The bill for the relief of Ben. Haliiday and the tariff bill were considered «U day without final action. HOOTS.—Joseph Wheeler {COT the oath as representative of th« Eighth! Alabama district. Bills wera introduced to convene tbe Forty-elgnth eongress the first Monday in March, 1883, and to allow newspapers to sent through the mail free to subscribers. Several members Kom committees moved to suspend the hiles, passing some bills, and making others special orders for future days, with varying degrees of success. The house woundup the day's work with wrangle over a war issue which was in troduced by Mr. Wise of Virginia. He wanted the officers of a Richmond bank giv en permission to go before the court of claims to establish their right to certain money, $100,000 in gold, seized by the[United States when the Southern confederacy col lapsed. He endeavorc.1 to show that the money was not for the use of the rebel forces, but a report on the subject made in 1867 to congress eflectually disposed of this assertion. The wind-up of the case was intrusted to Mr. Reed of Maine, who said that he thought the people of the country were tilled of hav ing war issues raised, and speaking fer his side of the house he knew that jthey were. To open this case, it was proposed, with out applyiug to it the teet of lovalfy, would open the door for a horde of claimants from the south. The congressional report had established the fact that the money in question had been loaned to the confederate government to pay off Lee's forces, and it proberiy be longed to the United States as spoils of war. The bouse took tha same view of the matter and killed the bill by a vote of 123 to G-l. Tuesday, January 10. SENATE.—After some routine work the senate took up the tariff bill vid made considerable pro gress thefeon. Afterwards there was an executive session, and the following appointments were confirmed: Everett 6. Sanders, receiver of public moneys, Wausau Wis John W. Clark, 01 Michigan, agent for the Indian of the Colorado River agency, Arizona* Postmasters: E. 8. Brainerd, What Cheer. Ia. Robert H. Lamoureux, Sac Citv, la.: William B. Bell, Washington, la. 0. A. Bennett, Qranite Falls, Minn. HOUSE.—Joseph E. Taylor took the oath as representative from the Sixteenth Ohio district, to succeed the late Representative Updegraff. The bill amending the act reg ulating the removal of causes from state to federal courts was diacttsefed at length aad finally passed. Aftet the disposition of the court bills in the house recently, the war claim of Massa chusetts was taken up. It involves about $200,000 expended in harbor defences ih 18G2 and for which the state no# Asks to be reinbursed. Bragg of Wisfcons'n and HcJ man held that it was not properly a war claim, and the Massachusetts delegation solemnly moved over to Ihe democratic side to argue the case. Moxse, tbe Boston clothing man, asked Eoiman one or two questions, the replies to which so upset him that he contented himself with cnewing a bad cigar, as usual. The contest resulted In favor of the econom ists of the house, Who struck the enacting clause from the bill and thus killed it. The ways and means committee's tariff bill was reported. The judiciary commit tee reported in the case of the contingent representative from Nebraska holding ma jors, the contingent, in question, resnonsible for misrepresentation which induced the committee, daring the former session of this congress, to make a report in his favor. Wednesday, January, 17. SENATE.—The only important measure in troduced in the senate was Mr. Edmunds' bill for a railway commission He proposes to have seven commissioners, three of them to be experts appointed by the president, who shall consider all question of rates, etc., bearing upon inter-state commerce, and re port to congress on the first Monday in De cember. Senator KcDill introduced a bill provid ing for the distribution of public documents. He proposed to have them placed in charge of the secretary of the interior, to.be sold at cost to persons desiring tnem. Tbe poltof flce appropriation bill was discussed at con siderable length, and then work was re sumed on the tariff bill. HOUSE.—Charles I. Doxeymas and J. T. Caine were sworn in, tbe former as the late Mr. Orth's successor frem the Ninth district of Indiana and the latter aa delegate from Utah. The only other business done was the discussion and adoption ot a joint res olution favoring the appointment of a new commission an Venezuelan claims to pass upon the action of the former commission. Thursday, January lit. SENATE. After a long discussion, th amendment to tbe postofflce appropriation bill appropriating $185,000 for fast mail ser taSff°KMirun }}nea agreed to. The tariff bill was discussed until adjournment. HOUSE The day was devoted to uninter «#\ihf£mtine,work and th® consideration of the the naval appropriation bill. Friday, January 19. SENATE.—Mr. Harrison from the com mittee on territories, reported a bill author izing the county to Yankton, Dak., to issue bonds. He said the majority of the com mittee were satisfied of the desire on the part of the peope of that country to have such legislation as will enable them te re. fund their debt and get rid of the tint of re puliation. He would ask the senate to con sider the bill at an early day. Mr. Garland gave notice that three mem bers of the committee disapproved the bill and would oppose its passage most strenu ously. Ifr. Hale presented Frye's credentials of re-election. After a debate on the postage reduction clause of the nostofflcOiili. the tariff bill came np and consumed the' remainder ot the day. The discussion finally developed into a debate upon the labor question. HOUSE—Mr. Moon introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amend ment enabling congress to prevent repudia-' tion in any State. Tbe day was mostly devoted to the pri vate calender. Resignation of PotMjr. Ex-Senator Dorsey has written a letter resigning the office of secretary of the repnb Mean national committee. He says: There was no act of mine in respect to the management of the presidential campaign, either as to its general scope or to any of its numberless details, that was not thoroughly known to our candidates for the president and vice president, and by them, and each of them fully approved, both before and af ter the election. In the Very nature of the circumstance I was forced to do many things upon my own responsibility, and ytet inthat entire campaign nothing wils done by me that was not most heartily sanctioned by Gens. Garfield and Arthur. The only regret on their part seemed to be that there was a limit to my physical endurance, and even this regret vanished when the result was made known in November, 1880, when all supposed a great victory had been achieved. Owing to engagements elsewhere, I have not been able to attend the last two meet ings of the committee. Besides I have been affected with a disease of the eyes since last May, and for the last three mbnths haVe been confined to mjr house, tcoknpellea to re main in dark room. THE MILWAUKEE HORROR. George Scheller, Proprietor of the Newhall House Bar, Milwaukee Charged with Kindling the Fire Which Resulted in Such Appalling Loss of Human Life. George Scbeller, lessee of the bar-room at the Newhall house, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of having set fire to the hotel. Scheller savs that he closed the saloon at 1:30 a. m., feut it has been found out since, that tn company with Will San derson and Tom Dunbar, he returned to the saloon after 3 a. ni. Scheller did not seem very much surprised and made no statement. He looked pretty bidly broken up. He has beea drinking beaVily since ihe fire and his face shofts the effects of the spree. The prisoner was locked up on a Ch&rge oil arson, and was immediately transferred to tbe county jail, where he was locked up in an uppar cell. He did not speak to the jailer. The officers are very reticent about the details of the arrest. It is reported that Scheller was arrested prin cipally on the statement of Linehan a Another employe, who claim they saw Scheller in the wood room, where Linehan says the fire originated. Sehellen was fin ally taken to the Waukesha, Wis., jail as protection against mob violence. Sheller came to Milwaukee with Mr. An tisdel from Detroit about nine years ago when tbe latter nssumed charge of the New hall bouse. He bad been chief clerk of the Biddeil bouse in that city when Antisdel kept it. The two men, it is said, have al ways been warm personal friends, Scheller learned the printer's trade in his youth, and worked at it in Detroit for six years." Be sides Scheller's well known financial diffi culties and hi insurance, another thing gave rise to the first suspicion. This was not less than an at tempt to blow up the Newhall house by a gas explosion some two weeks ago. About this affair William Hughes, head porter makes this statement: I am in the habit of going to the hotel about 6 o'clock in the morning- About two weeks ago I went up the mainpntrance, abd when I got near the elevator 1 smelt gas right aWay. The sfaell of gas *as tefribly strong and Seemed to coiiie from the bar room. I ppened the door and was nearly knocked down, tbe odor was so overpower ing. Just as I opened the door the bar keeper, Henry McCormick, came in the front way. I asked hira what the trouble was, and he said he didn't know, but thought it was the gas meter. We both rtfthea in and looked at the meter, but it was all right. We cftn o\it into the bar-room- and threw open the door3. I then noticed a small blue flame on one of the burners way back in the room. I then looked up and found that every one of tlie six chandeliers had the gas turned on full force. I could hardly believe what I saw, and said to Mc Cormick "My God? What's this for?" He said he didn't know* and that Scheller was in tbe place when he left. Wfe turned all the gas on, and I went up stairs. I told Mr. Antisdel about it, and he asked me if I lit a match. I told him I did, and he said I did wrong. Scheller didn't cohi'e around the next day at all. tt was three uays before he showed up, and he said he was sick.* He was asked about the gas, and he said some one must have had a key to the door and got in and turned them all on." Hughes added that a boy known as Little Pete, who worked in the bar-room, said that lie lefl Scheller in the place about 3 o'clock in the morning. Another body Was found in the ruins but was an Unrecognizable mass, so that it Was impossible to ascer tain whether it was thfe body Of a,niah bra woman. Thisinakiei iiiflll foi-ty bodies taken from the WinS since the morning of the fire. Twenty-three being identified, the loss of life so far as known, foots up sixty-three, with twenty missing. Businesw of the First. Week in Jan nary. The report of the clearing house ex changes says the exhibit during tbe week is a decidedly unfavorable one when com pared with that of the corresponding week of last year. General trade throughout the country is still suffering from the suspen sion incident to the close df the year. Speculative trade of all kinds has been e± ceedingly dull. The aggregate clearings for the week just closed were $1,091,832,392 against $889,765,376 for tbe previous week. As compared with tfoe corresponding week of last year, the clearings show aper cent age of decrease of 18.1 per cent, against ade creaseof 33.5last week and adecreascof 18 5 for the previous week. In New York the clearings show a decrease of 23.4, against a decrease of 30.1 last week and a decrease of 23.9 the pievious week. During the week ending Jan. 5, the toal number of shares of stock sold at the New York stock exchange were 1,571,000, against 2,445,000 the corre sponding week. Multiplying their sales by double par value each, we have a total of $344,200,000 as representing the amount of exchange to be credited to stock sales this year against $449,000,000 last year, a fall ing offof $34,800,000. Latest North ern Patehts. The following were issued on the ioth: Harvey Fraier, &epenskeun. Wis., car coupling A. S. Hanscon, Moorhead, Minn., traction engine Edward J. Hoffman,assignor of one-half to D. P. and P. J. Wagner, Sioux C"y» |,owa device for preventing incrusta tion Frederick L. Howland, assignor of one lialf to j. H. Abbott, Blue Earth City, Minn., sorghum evaporator and rotary skimmer Horace H. Hutchins, Maquoketa, Iowa, roofing compound James B. McLenan, Os kosh. Wis., cord knotter for grain binder FrankF. Neinitz, Winnebago agency, Minn., weighing apparatus for threshing machines W. Ormsby, Milwaukee, lime MB Theodore G» Pelton, Lyons, Iowa, expand ing rose bit Eugene L. Perry, Parker.-burg, Iowa, straw stacker for threshing machines: Henry F. Humphrey, Fairfield, Iowa, coupling of res of electric conductors Patrick Rooney, Chariton, Iowa, straddle row cultivator Charles Ruddocke, Benson, andN. Ruddocke, Granite Falls, Minn., bundle-separating attachment for self-bind ing harvesters Ira W. Russell, Storm Lake, Iowa, wind mill James P. Thomp son, Milwaukee, dralt ban for sleighs John B. Woolsley, Bloomfield, Iowa, trace buckles. Iowa Prohibition Amendment In valid. Tbe supreme court of Iowa has affirmed the decision of the court below, declaring the prohibition amendment unconstitution al, and therefore null and void. The opin ion recites the origin of the amendment, and tracing it through the house finds that the senate a substitute for the original measure was introduced, adopted and agreed to in due form, being woraed as fol lows, as shown by tbe senate journal "No person shall manufacture for sale, or keep for sale as a beverage, or to be used, any in toxicating liquors whateverr including all wine and beer." In this shape it went to tbe bouse. The journal shows that the proposition agreed to read as follows: "No person shall, manufacture for sale, or sell or keep for sale, as a bever age, any intoxicating liquors whatever, in cluding ale, wine and beer." The difference between these two clauses is where the trouble lies, and the court decided that both a»e invalid, i. e., that no amendment was constitutionally submitted or adopted. Death of Col. Greenbury IJ. Fort. Col. Greenbury L. Fort, ex-member congress and ex-union soldier, died at La con, III., Sunday night from embolism of the brain, after seven hours' illness. Green bury L. Fort was born in Ohio, Oct. 17, 1825 he removed with his parents to Illinois in April, 1834 studied law and was admit ^*r» *nd practised his profession until the breaking out of the war, when he entered an Illinois regiment, April 22,1861, serving until March 24,1866, when he was mustered out with the rank of colonel. He was elected to the XLIVth, XLVth and XLYIth coDgresses as a republican. W -5- *£5^ THE NEWS IN BRIEF. EVENTS IK WASniFQTOy. tn the hottseHr. rage o!California has introduced a bill providing for the volun tary retirement of officers in the army It provides that any officer of the army who shall have served thirty yean or more, con tinuously or otherwise, in any of the mili tary forces, under twenty or twenty-five years or more as a commissioned officer in the regular or volunteer forces or fifteoi years in the rank of captain in the regular army shall, at his own request, be retired from active service and placed on the retired list of the army with the pay and rank of maj or. The bill to increase the efficiency of the army introduced by Logan and approved by the military committee of ths senate, with general favor among army officers, who contend that its passage would put in great degree an end 'o desertions. Tne bill embodies all the principal recommendations contained in the last annual report of tbe secretary of war. Those who should know say that there is no truth in the report that the Fits John Porter bill baa been the subject ofdist ussion in the cabinet, and that the president has decided to vetc it. Indeed, one cabinet offi cer is authority for tbe statement, that the subject has never onca been mentioned. The grand jury returned an indictment against Frank H. Fall, charging kim with having attempting to corruptly control the vote of Brown, juror in the first star route trial. NElPjg OF THE RAILROADS. A brokon rail caused a serious accident on the Midland branch of the Chicago & Northwestern railway, twelve miles north of Clinton, lowi, last night. A long train of live stock passed sately over the break, but the liist car, loaded with merchandise, and the pay car went down a twenty foot embankment killing the rear -bnlkeman, J3. L. Clark, and injuring Conductor I). W. Richardson. Nineteen passengers weraall more or It ss bruised, but none seriously. THE CRIMINAL RECORD. In the case of Henry W. Burnett, convict ed purloining letters from the Minneapolis postoffice, a sentence of one year's imprison ment in the county jail was rendered in the United States district court at St. Paul. Messra Pike, Dodge and Wood, ofLubec, Me., have been convicted of smuggling. One of the parties is a deacon in a Baptist church. They had defrauded the govern ment out of $14,000. Mrs. Mary Griffin and Kate Conway, sis ters, charged with the murder of the infant child of Mrs. Griffin, were tried at the pres ent rerm of court at Rochester and acquitted. John H. Moore, fenyipaster in the em ploy of the New York Ferry company, has been ai-rested on a change of eoibtiiligg about $40,000 from ihe company. A keg of gold worth $50,000 was stolen from an express shipment from California, via Panama. RECORD OF CASUALTIES. Charles Finnegan A brakeniaii tit Minne apolis, was killed on Sunday night, by ship ping from the top of a car and falling under the wheels. The engineer of the train and another brakeman named Hickey were looking at the deceased ',as he was walking on the car, and suddenly noticing his lan tern circle on the air and disappear, both exclaimed, "He has fallen ttuder the carl" and stopped the train at once. He was con scious when they reached hinn and re mained so tip to his death, liis first words being, "You area godd man take riie away and kill me. I know I cannot live." Tweddle Hall block, Albany, including the Opera bouse and tbe Albany County bank, eight or ten retail stores and a num ber of offices, were totally destroyed by -ire Wednesday morning. The loss is very heavy. The building was a fine four-story freestone, 88 feet on State ard 116 on North Pearl st. The lowef stories Were devoted to stores and places above which Was a fine hall 100 bv 75 teet. The Original cost Was $100,0 0 anil the property is hoW assessed.at $^30,0^0. The total loSS i$ estimated at $300,000, In surance aboiit $200,000. A fire took place on Saturday last ft the Fort A. Lincoln ordnance depot, wbich re sulted in the destructiod of the building, in which were located, the armory shop, tne pffire and the sdodler shop. The greater portion of the contents, including the en gine and much valuable machinery, were entirely destroyed, the damage being esti mated at $5,000. The fire is believed to have resulted from a defective smokestack. Davis Evans was blown to atoms by an explosion of dynamite at Scranton, Pa. EXE ttJ NEft'S XntES. This ioist anniversary of the birth pf Dan iel Webster was celebrated by the Webster Historical society of Boston, by a dinner Thursday evening. A large number wero present. The invited guests numbered ahout 200 prominent gentlemen, but many of them were unable to be present. The special report of the committee on permanent organization recommends the security of a permaaent endowment fund of $100,000, the income of which to be annnaliy ex pended in the publication of volu es con taining selections from speeches touching constitutional principles by statesment in the past as well as select papers by distin guished expounders of the constitution these volumes to'be judiciously distributed, mainly Where theif teachings affect the rls ing generation of statesmen. William Fink, late receiving teller of the German-American bank, appeared before the ofilters of the bank on Mohday and re ceived hia formal discharge frbih that posi tion. Mr. Willius, president of tne bank, informed a reporter that the Shortage in Mr. Fink's accounts amounted to about $290 caused wholly bv culpable negligence and carelessness. Knowing that his ac counts were not in good shape and tbi the committee were to make an examination on Monday, Mr Fink lett St. Paul until the condition of affairs should be made known. He then returned and was allowed to make good his deficiency and depart in peace. At the reunion of the Second Minnesota in St. Paul 47 were present. Gen. J. W. Bishop was elected president and George W. Shu man of Minneapolis secretary of the organi sation. The boys bad a grand time at Geti. Bishop's residence in the evehing f, It is said that a movement is ofganiiSed to bring Grant out next year as a full-fledged candidate for the presidency. The man agers think the third term clamor, as they call it has died out. At Glendon, Pa., 12,000 tons of Rock were destroyed by a blast containing 66,500 pounds of powder. The entire surface of the hill—400 feet long, 150 feet deep—was rent by the explosion. Tbe failure of William Damer, wholesale boots and shoes, of Toronto, yesterday, caused much surprise. The liabilities ate $75,000, and the assets $3,000. R*adjustar Gov. Cameron of Virginia says that Gen, Butler sent his check for $1,000 to aid the Readjuster canvass. BRIEF FOREIGN NEWS, Earl Spencer, Lord lieutenant of Ireland, in replying to an address from inhabitants pf Portarlington, congratulating him Upon his wise and merciful adminstration or the law and the success of his efforts to preserve order and prosperity iu Ireland, said: After the events of recent years, it is improbable that lawlessness can at onee be eradicated. Its baneful influence will, from time to time make itself felt, and it needs anxious watch ing. The government will rely upon the support of all classes to maintain order. Dublin Special: There are two distinct secret societies here. One belongs to the old "Head Center" Stephens Fenian party, which advocates open warfare, and the oth er is known as the senate or council, a body which advocates murder. An effort will be made to prove that some of the prisoners recently taken into «ustady have been in for the purpose of assassinating a.hfgn official but the attempt was post poned for abetter opportunity, which never arose. It is stated that it will be shown that there was a plot to destroy the lord lieutenant and his escort by bombs thrown from unoccupied houses. Another arrest has been .made in connection with the con spiracy to murder. President Grevy, of France, regards Flo quet's proposal prohibiting the presence France or Alfeeria of any member ot former French dynasties as tyrannical. It is ex pectedttiat Prince Napoleon will be expelled frbm France at once, and that a decree ex pelling pretenders to the throne will he is sued immediately afterwards. It is reported that the Orleans prinees are preparing to quit France if necessary. It is-asserted that' •earch warrants will be issued for visits at the houses' of several friends of Prince Je rome Napoleon. In the chamber of deputies Dornane, Bonapartist, declared he had him self posted Prince Napoleon's manifesto and gave notice Of an interpellation against the violation by the government of the lawa of 1881 relating to placards. George Darwin, son of the late Charles R. Darwin, the evolutionist, haa been elected professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy of Cambridge university. Counsel Taylor of Winnipeg, has red fife wheat grown in latitade 57 north, on Peace river, 1,200 miles north of Winnipeg. Its product was forty bushels to the acre. The Danube floods have subsided, leaving desolation behind them. Small pox is raging in Manitoba. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Fire Marshal Sexton of St. Louis wore out a valuable driving whip on a profes sional masher for insulting ladies on the street. The business men of the city have presented him with a new whip, and pledge themselves to keep him in'stock to the full supply of the demand. The Hon tfraneis Plunkett, who is re infeiuherfed,Tdt Washinglon, and who mar ried Miss Morgan, Is mentioned as the prob able English minister to the COMMERCIAL. ST. PAUL. FlXUB—Quotations: Paionts, $6@6.50 clears $5Tc5.'J5 straights, $5.50(^0: common brands. $4@5 in bbls, 25c extra. Buckwheat flour, $6, 0.50 per bhl. Rre flour, $4@4.S5 per bbl. Gra ham. $4.60(S9.23 per bbl. WHEAT—A good demand was again noted, and in liinitedoffeiingii Prices wero firmt being strength' ened also by reports, from other ooints. Hard Nos. bid: No. 2, ,90c bid, $1 asked Np. 3 85cj No. 4, 75c rejected G5c—ill bide Futures: No.l hard. $!.OS March and April $1.10 May $1.12—all bids. CORN"—Dull and weak, though sellers held at stronger prices. No. 2 old, 52c askod new jnixed, 48c asked: rejected, 40r bid. Futures—No. 2 old, February, 48c bid, 52c atked March, 53c nsked April, 54c asked Mar, 52c bid, 5Uc asked. Sales—3 cars new, 45!£c 1 oar new, 47c. OATS—The market was held at higher prices, but purchasers wero offish, and business la first bauds did not rnnount to much, though bids showed improvement upon ThursJay's figures. No. 2 mixed, 3Gc bid: February, 37c bid March, 37,Hjc bid April, 38c bid May, 39c bid, 40c anked No. 3 mixed,*35c bid No. 2 white, 36^e bid, 40c asked No. 3 white, 35c bid rejected, 33*20 bid. .Bales: 1 car mixed oats, 39^c, sack* included. MINNEAPOLIS. Flotjfi—1The local output was of tlio usual daily amount for the fteasoft. Firm prices exist and a (air distribution is reported. l?be firmness so far had been attended with hardly any speculative feel Iriffi purchases being almost entirely for present Use. Patents are quoted at. $6i36.G5J straights, $5.50@G cloatsi $3.23^3.50: low grades* $233 per.bbi. MlLLSTUFFS—The feeling was very (Jniet In tkis market, with no more than the ordinary trading. Was selling.for !f9^59.50 per ton. Some owners a*kfcd $10, but none was reported as sold at that figure: Shorts $10.50® ll asked: nominal. MIXED FEED—Sold at $19.75. but $20 was gen erally asked on track, and $'J0©20.50 f. o. b. There was no tradirg in coarse mea'. WHEAT—Thi3 market Opened with spot Ko. 1 hard offered at $1.10, and seller May offered $1.16, with bidders at $1.09g tor spot, and at $1.06 for No. 2 hard spot $1.07 was bid for some No. 1 northern in special bin. the bulk being hard wheat. Among the sales on'.change wero 2 cars condemned on track by sample at $1.01 3 cars, grade not gireo, at $1.08. and 3 car* do at 98c: 5,000 bu No. 1 bard sold at $1.10. to arrive: 3 cars No. 1 by sample brought $1.07 and 1 car No. 2 by sainpie sold at $1.02, There Wete several large sales reported outsida on private teniiSi The tango for the different grades was as follows No. 1 bard, $1.09@1.09i2 No. 2 hard, $1.05C61.0«: No 1. $lf)1.07 No. 2, 96c@$1.02: No. 3 85 9.3c. The reason Of the wide range in pric below the hard grades is on account of differ euce ia vaiiies of the varieties entering into thens grades. The price of a grade when sold by sample depends more on the proportion of hard or soft wlirat contained than on all other matters. CORN—The sales of corn were smaller yesterday than for some duys previously. The bidding .s at 48c for spot No. '2 50c for month, and 49c for February. Sellers usually asked ^c above these figures. Samples of no grade were held at 43@46, according to quality. OATS—Tbe:e wero no sales reported. No. 2 in store were offered at 35^c, with 33o bid. Re jected were quoted about 2c below No. 2 by grade, and No.-2 white by grade 1c above No. 2. Sam ples ranged from 32@37& MILWAUKEE, Jan. —Flour, in moderate de maud. Wheats easier: No. 2 hard. $1.12: No. 2 and January^ $i.001e: February, $1.0013 March, $1.01=8 May, $!.07« No. 3,83c No. 4, 69c. Core,quiet: No. 2, 56%c: new, 48»aa Oats, firm and advancing: No. 2, 37\c: white, 39^ Rye, higher No. 1,63c No. 2, 60c. Barley, stronger: No. 2. nominal: extra No. 3, 53aa Provisions, lower: mess pork, $17.35 cash and January $17.55 March. Dressed hoes, wanted at $737.25. Butter, dulL Cheese, quiet. Eggs, firmer: fresh, 20328c. Receipts—Flour, 8,212 bbls: wheat, 20.55O btt barley, 14,840 bu. Shipments —Flour, 5,875, bbls wheat, 925 on: barley, 11,425 bu. CHTCAOO* Jan. 19. --Flour, firm: common to choice springs, $3.50^4.75 Minnesota. $3.50® 4.25 patents $5.50(^5.75 Southern Illinois and Missouri winter, $4^?5 05. Wheat, strong and higher regular, $1.01 January $1.01 l.OlSg February $ 1.02-02ft '.At#.- .M-'aii Vatican iuSH', March:$1.03 April: $1.08% May No. 2 Chicago spring, $1.01 £l.01*a: cash, rest same as regular No. 3 Chi cago spring, SO^c No.2 redwinter, $1.02. Corn, active, firm and higher C4%@65c cash January, 56%c February. 5578c:March, 57Mc Mav, 47)£c. O.it*, steady 37ssCu37$4- cash: 37& January 377gc February: 38 March 38c April 39J63 39% May. Rye, strong and higher at 67c. cash: 75c, May. Barlev, quiet at 80@81c. Flax seen, quiet at $1.2991.29. Pork, in fair demand at lower rates: $17.1d@17-20 cash and January: $17.30@17.324 February $17.50(317.52!$ March: $17.67^317.70 April: $17.87^16,90 May $18 bid June. Lard, in fair demand at lower ratesr $lo.60@10.6213 cash and January: $10.6"" "4^10.70 February $10.80(310.82a March $10.90«$10.92^ April $11.023®11.05 May: $11.071s@11.10 June. Bulk meats, in fair demand shoulders, $6 75 short ribs. $9: do clear, $9.25. Sngar, dull and unchanged. Eggs, irregular 25©2Hc for fresh. Whisky, steady at $1.15. Call—Wheat, weaker declined Corn,steady and unchanged. Oats, easier, but not quotabiy tower. Pork, steady and unchanged. Re ceipts—Flour, 12.000 bbls wheat, 27,000 bu: corn, 110,000bu: oats. 23,000 bu: rye. 6.500bu barley, 32,000 bu. 8hliments—Flour, 15,000 bbls wheat, 14.OO0 bu corn. 92,000 bu: oats, 49,000 bu rye, 92,500 bu barley, 28,000 bq. -'.J if di plomatic delations are opened with the pope. Tuesday evening Mr. Walter Robinson and Miss Nellie Hess, members of the Cr rrinne Merry Makrrs troupe, were married on the stage of the New Haven Opera house. Tbe mortality among the members of congress is getting alarming. Representa tive Shackelford of North Carolina is the latest additoin to tb£ sick list. Representative Shackelford of North Carolina died recently. A Homestead Decision. Washington Dispatch to the St. Louis Globe Democrat: In the case of the home stead entry of Mrs. Graham on lands claimed by the Hastings & Dakota railway the commissioner of tne general land office has awarded the land to the former. The case has been taken UD on appeal and is now before the secretary. It is understood that tte decision has already been writ ten and is favorable to the settler and against the railroad company. The attorneys for the road have asked for a delay ot the de cison to produce an additional argument. A law Was passed during the war allowing a man in the army to make an entry while ia the service* with the idea that* the land Should be Occupied by some membei of his family:' In i8$0 the entry in question was made, while Grahaiii was in th€ service. The grant to the road was also made in 1860. The company claim that as the land had never been occupied by any member of the Graham family at that time the land would inure to the grant. It is held, on the other hand, the filing being legal, and upon the face of it fair, it took the land lrom the operations of the grant. The ca£e has been called up by Mr. Strait at different times, and he has endeavored to secure an early decision. Latest Northwestern Patents. Patents were issued to the following on the 9th: Louts Belan, assignor of one-fjurtli to J. lloerck, Iowa City, Iowa, corn plant er fidward R. Bristol, Madison, Wis., car ofakej Lawrence (Jarr, Shakdpee Minn., hamb Williard A. Clarke assignor to North western Manufacturing & Car company Stillwater, Minn., exhaust nozzle for steam engines, also cutoff valve also steam engine cylinder John Collis, Des Moines, Iowa, steam trap and boiler feeder Charles R. Groff, St. Paul, preparing coffee compound Jonathen R. Hamilton, Kingston, assignor of one half to P. Johnson, Dissel, Minn., holder for mower and reaper knives A. J. Andrew and C. Ingles, Horricon, Wis., wind wheel C. Jackson, Waukesha, show stand fdr sample books A. Si Jones, Olitet, Dak., magazine fire arm Louis It. Munsdnj. Brain erd, M.nn. railway signal Friederich Rich ter, Milwaukee, beer cooler Christian Sven disen, Clinton, Iowa, roof Andrew Tracey, Richland, Iowa, shuttle carrier for sewing machines: STATfe LEGISUTUfiE. to*ateti'ue»4my,fmn*tary 10. Resolutions were adopted for ipiolil committee of seven to investigate alleged bribery In senatorial contest, introdooed by. Senator Doran, and for joint committee of seven to investigate into alleged illegal ex emption from tax of lands granted railways, and sold by them. Senator wheat's bill to reddoe contract rate of interest from 10 to 8 per oent.. was definitely postponed, and Senator Castle's! te reduce rate of interest on sales of lands, reo ommended for passage by committee of the whole. Jf»uw, Tuesday, January 10. The judiciary committee reported back the usury bid of Mr. Rahilly, with recommendation that it be indefinitely post poned, but it was ordered printed and sent to committee of the whole. The membera' mileage was repotted. J. E. Child offered a resolution of censure for Mr. Dunnell for being absent from his post of duty, which was indefinitely post poned and expunged from the reoord. Bills were introduced to regulate the carrying oi passengers on railroads^ amending tbe gam* law ana regulating the carrying of freight on railroads. The concurrent resolution offered by Judge Wilson, and adopted by the house, after tating the granting of lands to several rail way companies and that certain of said lands have been exempted from t»T»tinn until sold, goes on to say that it is the duty of tbe railway company to report such sale that the same may be taxed, and that it is believed that some of such railroad com panies have fnade such sales and not reported them, and hundreds of thous ands of acres are exempt which should be taxed, being the propeity of private per son*. committee of three from the senate and four from the house is called for to inves tigate this matter and report as eoon as practicable, stating the lands which arc held exempt and should be taxed. Senate, Wednetduy, Jauumry 17. Bills affecting the school district of Still water were passed Senator Craig introduced a bill amending the statutes relating to compensation of county anditors 8enator Clsrk, one allowing villages to regulate liquor licenses. The bill relating to the reduction of tax on sales of public lands was re-referred to the committee of tbe whole. On Senator William's bill fosbidding loans or dona tions to corporations, committee re ported progress. House, Wednesday, January 17. Mr. Child made another effort to get the resolutions of censure of Mr. Dunnell on the records, and succeeded. A motion to send Mr. Bahilly's railroad bill to a special com mittee went over under notice of debate. Judge Brown introduced a resolution for investigation of charges of bribery in the Senatorial contest. Bills were introduced to regulate the hand line of gfain: Repealing general laws relating to Jud^riife'nW of United States courts adding election days td ih6 legal holidays nine bills amending the insurance law giving chambers of commerce power to Bell mem berships to psy assessments amending stat utes relating to the sale of mortgaged property reducing the rate of inter net from 10 to 8 per cent. for a township drainage act. providing for the drainage and reclaiming of land wheri adjoining land iy to be entered authorizing Crow Wing coun ty to issue bonds for abridge appropriating $5,000 to Stearns county for expenses in the suppression of small pox. Senate, Thursday, January 18. Speaker Oilman announced the com" mittee to investigate bribery according to Senator Doran's resolution. A bill authorising Todd county to borrow $25,000 for the erefc'tidn of a court house, was passed also one annexing Unorganized territory to Marshall county. An appropriation of $80,000 from inter nal improvement fund to pay legislatives penses, was authorized. Bouse, Thursday, January 18. Bills were introduced: Amending the act in aid of the Cannen Falls Im pfovement Company amending Sec. 216, Chap. 66 statutes of 1873, relating to trials by jttry exempting the property of the Phil harmonic society in Winona irom taxation, and upon sundry othw local topics. The house yeiy emphatically sat down On ft proposition made by Mr. Rahilly in the form of a reSd'nMon to supercede the railroad committee in the performance of its commonly accepted mnu ions. Mr. Rahilly is the author of a bill to regu late tbe carrying of freights and passengers four other gentleman bare proposed similar bills in the house and in tne usual course they have gone to the railroad committee. Mr. Kahilljr proposed a reference of his bill to a special committee of fifteen mem bers of the house, all o' whom are pretty well known to be in favor of so-called gran ger resolution. 8peaker Fletcher, in con stituting the Committee on railroads, selec ted Messrs. Sibin, Cole* Collins, Boardman, Smith, James, Jr., Nelson, Johnson M., Anderson K., 8adley, Dyaf, 8pauld ing, Moore, Potter, Buck, Child 13. A. and Emery, believed to represent all sides of the question. Tbe house evidently believed it wonld be a wrong to this committee and the speaker to supersede them in the performance of their duties, and after expressions of that character at the of Messrs. Chi Ids, J. E. Grimshaw, Cole, Smith, James, Jr., and Boardman, to which Mr. Rahilly replied, the resolution was indefinitely postpond. Senate, Fridayf January 19. 8enator O'Brien introduced a I ill allowing Houston county to borrow $30,000 to build a court house, and the bill passed the com mittee on agriculture reported favorably on Senator Tranx's amendment to the game law the special committee reported the mile age of members. In committee of the whole tbe bill pro viding for the amendment to tbe constitu tion prohibiting aid to railway or private corporations was in order. Senator Wilson movei that tbe committee report for its passage. Senator Bilson opposed. Senator Gilfillan moved to amend by ad ding a clatise prohibiting public credit from being ioaned to. any individual or individu als. Before action conld be taken, the hour for special order having arrived, and on motion of Senator Doran the committee rose and reported progress on the bill. Upon reassembling it was ascertained that tbe house had adjourned until to-day only, and th? senate took like action. House, Friday, January 19. James Smith, Jr., presented a petition in the Louse from L. K. Stannard, J. P. Owens, and others, praying for iuoncy due them bv tbe state as land officers in the Taylors Falls land district. The memorial sets forth that congress in 1861 passed an act by which a fee of $1 was allowed to registers and receiv ers tor the entry of each 1G0 acres of land, except, agricultural lands, and that during the session of 1866, the legislature of the state passed an act by which this act was applied to state lands, and'that notwithstanding thia the at torney general has decided that fees for en tries of swamp lands were not embraced in the provision of the acts in question. The memorial then sets forth that believing the decision of the attorney general in this matter was an error, and that the officers in question have a just claim against tbe state, ask that an appropriation be made by the legislature, at this time, to pay such officers such fees—the sum ot $5,326,65. Bills were introduced amending the act relating to commitments to the Reform school te fix the charges and control the transportation of freights on railroads in this state amending statutes relating to the recording of certiHcates of real estate: to pro vide forlho organization or the National guard, amending statutes relating to the conveyance of land and on sundry local sub iects. The bill appropriating $80,000 for legislative expenses was passed. The house concurred in the resolution for an invest igation into the status of the railroad land grants, and for the investigation of the charges of bribery and corruption in the senatorial matter. a Gov. Marshall haa become satisfied that raising wheat does not pay, and is going to try dairying and stock raising. He will put fifty cows on his farm here the coming season. Mrs. Frisby of Detroit has mysteriously left her home, taking all the cash and pro perty, leaving her husband bewildered at her departure. The firm of Miller &.McMaster, of Fergu "v" Falls, haa diaaolved, Mr. Miller rrtfring and P. McMaster taking charge of the business and property. The firm were one of the largest real estate dealers in tbe city, Mr. McMaster having control of a large amount of Scotch capital. MINNESOTA SENATORSHIP. No Choice on the Separate Balloting* of the Two Honaea. On Wednesday, Jan., 17, the two houses of the Minnesota legislature balloted separately for the United States senator. In the senate, after various names had ben placed in nomination, the senators pro ceeded to vote as follows: For William Windom: Ackermaa, Goodrich, Sergeant, Billsoe, Greeoleaf, Sballasn, Chandler, Johnson. Bteenarsoa, Compton, Langdon, Truax, Cjmstock, Lawrence. wait«L Fletcher, McLaughlin, Washburn, Gilfillan. C. D., Pillsbury, Wheat. Glltlllan. J. B., Rice, Total, 23. For Thomas Wilson (Democrat): Castle. Doraa, gackett, Christiansen, Griggs, Vollmer, Craig. Peek. Welch—Total, 9. For Gordon E. Cole: Blake, Clement, TanHoesea. Clark. Knudson. Total. A. For Mark H. Dunnell: Crosby, Hollister, Hickman, Ward—Total* 4 For Cnshman K. Davis: O'Brien—Total, 1. For Charles F. Kindred: Buckman—Total, 1. For Lucius F. Hubbard: Peterson—Total, 1. For Charles M. Start: Morrliou—Total, 1. For J. N. Castle: Wilson—Total. 1. ForC. D. Gilfillan: Hnulton—Total, 1. Grand total. 47. Tbe secretary then counted tbe votes and the president announced tbe result as fol lows: Windom. 23 Cole, 5 Hubbard, 1 Kindred, 1} Wilson, (dem.,) 9 Dunnell, 4 Davis, 1 Start, 1 Castle, 1 Gilfillan, C. D., 1. Total, 47. In the house the vote resulted as follows: For William Windom: Anderson. H. Dyar. Peterson, A. Anderson. W. Emery* Peterson. Ole tarker, aker, Ende, Piummsr, Gotatan, Porter, Batcheider, Gray, Rideuer, Been, Groetsch. Smith, 3. Boardman, Halgren, Snow, Boblefer, Hicks, Spaulding, Bohlaod, 'Holmstrom, Strong, Burmeister, Mnwi,lL Swenson, Capser, Lydlard, Thayer, Child, J. B. llerrlam* Thompson, Collins, Miller, Torgerson, Cornish, Nelson, Turrell, •Daniels, Paulson, H. Fletcher—47. Demeules, Peterson, John For Thomas Wilson— Baumgarten, Farrar, Rahilly, Becker, Fraqk, Randall, Brown. Gresory, Rchardson. Bucr, Urn. Smith as., Jr., Childs E. A, Jacklin, Stahlman, Chisholm. Lenz, Btigeman, Cook, McNamara, White. Dilley, Mortensen, —25. Doyle. Patterson, For Hark H. Dunnell— Carson, Greer. Frohm, Finch, Potter, Simpsoa—6. For Gordon E. Cole— Morris. Seymour, Wells. Morse. May. —5 For Charles F. Kindred— Hartley. Parker, Moore. Sadiey—4 For D. A« Dickinson— Blackman', Crawford, Johnson, W. H.—3 For C. K. Darii— Grimshaw. McKosick—3. For Thomas S. Armstrong— Bell, Peterson. O.—2. For L. F. Hubbard— Hulebak, Paulson, T.-2. For John M. Berry Gordon E. Cole—1. For Charles A. Gilman— Fan Dyke—1. Grand total, 78. Not votihg-^Baarnaas, Borrk, Ctillen (paired wit! Sabin), Linnell, Sabin (paired with Cutlea)—5. IIC JOIKT CONVENTION. There being no choice in tbe two bo die* voting separately, on Wednesday two ballots were taken in joint convention with the following result: First Becon Name. Ballot Ballot. WINDOM 05 61 WILSON 37 34 COLE 11 12 DUNNELL 9 O DATIS 4 3 KINDRED 5 5 HUBBARD 3 8 START 2 4 DICKINSON 3 a STRAIT 2 2 GILMAN 1 1 BERRY 1 1 ARMSTRONG 1 1 CASTLE 1 1 GILFILLAN 1 1 FARMER 1 1 Totals 147 147 Those who voted for Mr. Windom on the first Tuesday and did not do so Wednesday, are, as follows: Senator Ackerraan—For H. B. Strait. Senator Sergeant—For J. Q. Farmer. Representative H. Anderson—For H. B. Strait. Representative Capaer—For Thomas Wil son. Representative Emery—For Thomas Wil son. On the second ballot Johnson de serted the Windom rank, and Daniels, T. Paulson and Dyar followed. Frank de serted WiLon and went over to Cole, and Dyar left the Wilson ranks and wont ever to Start. The. vote for Mr. Windom on the first roll call, was sixty-five out of a total of 148 votes cast, being a falling off of five from his vote of the previous day. The discour aging effect of this showing was manifested in tbe second calling of the roll, when bis vote fell to 61, a loss of nine from bis Tues day count. On Thursday, 18th, three ballots were had without choice, or very material alteration, Windom losing slightly. The ballots stood as follows: Name. WINDOM WILSON COLE DUNNELL HUBBARD KINDRED START.... DAVIS FARMER STRAIT GILMAN CASTLE ARMSTRONG BERRY WAKEFIELD First Second Third Ballot Ballot Ballot. 58 57 55 35 34 34 14 14 16 11 io 11 8 11 0 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 140 146 146 Totals Tbe roll call showed Senator Washburn and Representatives Baarnaas, Baker, Cui len and Sabin absent, leaving only 145, but Baarnaas made his first appearance after the balloting had commenced, and by per mission his vote was recorded as for Wil liam Windom. Senator Ackerman voted for Strait at first, but went to Cole on the 2d and 3d. On the first and all ballots Senator Houlton went over to Windom. Senator Johnson voted for Hnbbard, and Sergeant for Farmer, while Morrison remained true to Judge 8tart. on the second ballot Senator Lawrence voted for Hubbard, as al so on the third. This leaves Mr. Windom's status in the senate exactly as it was at the close of Wednesday's balloting. He gained Houlton and lost Lawrence, but Washburn, who is siek, is a Windom man. In the house he gained Morris for one ballot, and Baku is for him, but was absent. He lost Bell, Corbisn and John Peterson. On Friday 19th, there were four more fruit less ballots for senator, as follows: First Second Third Fourth ballot, ballot bailot ballot Name. WINDOM WILSON COLE. DUNNELL HUBBARD KINDRED START DAVIS FARMER ARMSTRONG..... BERRY GILMAN CAS1LE STRAIT WAKEFIELD..... S. G. COMSTOCK. 53 35 14 11 9 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 51 34 15 11 10 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 51 32 17 11 0 6 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 144 144 143 143 Windom lost on the first ballot from th last ballot Thursday, Senator Billaon who voted for C. F. Kindred, and Senator Mc Laugblin, who voted for G. E. Cole. Tne changes in the 2d ballot vereGroetscb, Windom to Hubbard. Mortenson, Wilson to Cole. Torgerson, Windom to 8. G. Corn stock. In the third ballot the changes were Baar naas, Windom to Farmer Emery excused from attendance McNamara, Hnbbard to Cole Torgerson, Comstock to Windom White, Windom to Cole. On the fourth ballot the changes were Dil ley, Wilson to Farmer Mortenson, Col.' to Wilson Thayer, Windom to Farmer, and White, Cole to Wilson. The Minnesota Corn Growers' Association at the late meeting in Minneapolis elected the following officers: President—Capt. Russell Blakeley. 8t. Panl. Vice President—'Wyman E'liot, Minnea polis. Secretary and Treasurer—Prof. E. D. Por ter, Agricultural college. Executive Committee—Koasell Blakdey, Wyman Elliot, E. D. Potter, Beth H. Ken n^y, W.G. Ford. mf Minnesota Horticultural Society. At tbe annual meeting keld at Minneapolis last week, the society proceeded to elect officers for the ensuing year, and the follow ing yrere elected: President —J. 8. Harris, La Crescent. Vice presidents. A. W. Sias, F. G. Gould, Oscar Roost, G. W. Fuller, E. H. 8. Dart. Secretary—Oliver Gibbe, Lake City. Treasurer—J. T. Grimes, Minneapolis. Executive Committee—J. M. Underwood. Lake City M. fierce, Minneapolis W. E. Brimball, St. Paul: O. F. Brand, Faribault F. G. Gould, Excelsior. Representatives to Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society—J. T. Grimes. Delegates to Wisconsin State Horticultur al Society—Oliver Gibbs, Jr., J. S. Harris. Delegate to Iowa Association—E. H. 8. Dart. Entomologist—R. J. Mehdenhall. Committee on Seedling Apples—Prof. POr* ter, Minneapolis G. W. Fuller, Litchfield S. M. Emery, Lake City A. W. Lias, Roch ester H. D. Eldridge, Excelsior. The preBidtnt was tben instructed to ap» point all the other committees,but as be was absent the committees were not appointed- What is a Creole? Even in Lonisiana the question would be variously answered. The title did not here, first belong to tbe descendants of Spanish, bat of French settlers. Bat such a meaning implied a certain excel lence of origin, and so came earlv to in clude any native, of French or Spanish descent oy either parent, whose non-al liance with the slave race entitled lum to social rank. Later the term was adopted by not conceded to the natives of mixed blood, and is still so used among themselves. At length the spirit of commerce saw the money-valne of so honored a title,broadened its meaning to any creature or thing of variety of manufacture peculiar to Louisiana that might become an object of sale, as Cre ole ponies, chickens, cows, shoes, eggs, wagons, baskets, cabbages, negroes, etc. Yet the ^Creoles proper will not share their distinction with the worthy "Aca dian." He is Creole by courtesy only, and in the second person singular. Be sides French and Spanish, there are even, for convenience of speech, "color ed" Creoles but there are no Italian, or Sicilian, nor any English, Scotch, Irish, or "Yankee Creoles unless of par entage married into, and themselves thoroughly proselyted in Creole society. Neither Spanish nor American denom ination has taken from the Creoles that French vernacular. This, also, is part of their title and, in fine, there seems to be no more servcitable definition of the Creoles of Louisiana than this: that they are the French-speaking, na tive, ruling class. There is no need to distinguish between the higher and hum bler grades of those from wnom they sprang. A few settlers, only, were per sons of rank and station. Many were the children of tbe casket-girls, and many were of such stock of society pro nounces less than nothing yet, in view of that state, of society which the French revolution later overturned, any present overplus of honor may as well fall to the children of those who filled the prisons before, as of those who filled them dur ing thatbloody convulsion.—G. W. Cable in January Century. A Human Elephant. During the war, the treasury depart ment had an elephant on its hands in the person of a brother of the famous John Brown. He was a harmless, garru. lous old man, who had been detailed to almost every bureau, and dismissed from each as incompetent and insubordinate, his delight was to stand in a corridorand pour a stream of talk upon any one who would listen to him. He was employed at one time in the office of the light house board, of which Admiral Shubrick was the acting chief. Brown had the habit of sitting with his feet elevated upon a table even in the presence of his official superiors. He was remonstrated with, and told that be ought, at least, to resume a de cent position when Admiral Shubrick en tered the room. "I don't see whv I should." he an swered "the admiral don't take down his feet when I come in!" Once Admiral Shubrick, desiring to send him out with a commonication, asked him,— "Mr. Brown, do yon know where the navy department is?" "No," answered Brown. "Do you know where the war depart ment is?" "No." "Do you know where Wilder's build ing is?" "No." "Well," emphatically demanded the old admiral, "what do vou know?" "I know," cooly replied Brown, "that Admiral Davis is a gentleman." Brown had to be abated. And so he was appointed keeper of a light-house, situated upon a rock-bar off tbe coast of North Carolina. How Hawthorne's Photo Was Taken. While Hawthorne was ever ready to sit for his portrait, he objected strenous* ly to having his photograph taken. J. Lothrop Motley, who well knew Haw thorne's aversion, set a trap lor his friend in this wise: He invited him to walk one day in London, and, as they were passing the room of a well-known photographer, Motley asked Hawthorne to step in and make a selection from Eome pictures of himself which were ready, he supposed, for examination. They entered, chatting pleasantly to gether, Hawthorne being in the best of spirits. Dropping into a chair which Motley placed for him, he looked after his friend disappearing behind a screen in quest of the proofs. At this moment, and with this look of animation upon his face, his photograph was taken, the art ist having made all necessary preiwira tions, Motley's proofs were produced and examined, and Hawthorne was never told that he had been "taken." Ixmgfellow and Mo^feaka. Fiom Temple Bar. The day after Modjeska^ first appearance in Boston- Mr. Longfellow called upon her, and won her respect at once by his appearance. His long white beard gave a picturesque dignity to his face, which was often illuminated by a singularly beautiful, calm smile. He talked a great deal of Poland, and of some Polish ladies whom he knew devoting himself to all that he thought would interest his new acquaintance. His delight ful manner and charming simplicity touched her heart at once. He never talked of him self, as too many great men do. He invited Madame Modjeska to lunch, with her son, who was traveling with her.* M. Chilapow ski had not vet joined her. Mr. Longfellow showed himself equally delightful in his own house. He read aloud a poem of Campbell's about Poland, which touched Mada re Kodjeska'a feelings and moved her to tears. He talked to her of literature of tbe poems of Germany, France, and England, but never spokp of his own work except once, when she saia some thing to him about playing the Spanish Stu dent. '•Why don't yon play itr he asked. It is very difficult," she answered. "I don know if I am eqnal to the task." Longfellow laugbea at ibis, and said he would make the cuts" himself if she would doit He was very kind to her, and she after ward spent many beandful boun with him. She found his home life so delightful it filled her with reverence. Her friendship with him was one of the most charming episodes of her life. They often met when she was in Boston she 'recited to him in Polish, and he thought the language very beautiful. He said he would like to read translations of the Polish poets, and «ii«h«H them sent to him. He raid them, and at terward wrote to her about them indeed, heoontinued to correspond with her until the end of his life. He was most interested in seeing her performance of Juliet, and to her great delight he was satiated with it. He admired especially her unconvential treatment of the character and she was never again so much afraid of playing it when he had praised her for she was cer tain that he would not tell her what was nottnn. *^3 3 A. II I 4