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VERY LATEST- Walter P. Flanders, an old resident of Milwaukee, is dead. A cablegram from Wiesbaden an nounces the death of Flotow, the composer. Trustee Chaffee will pay a dividend of 10 per cent on the Sprague mortgage notes February 6. Garfield Learned, of Boston one of the publishers of the Shipping List died Monday. The remains of Archbishop Hughes have been transferred from tne old to the new cathedral in New York. The authorities of Dublin have pro cured iron huts in which to protect in formers. Anthony Comstock boasts of having seized within a year six tons of gamb ling furniture and apparatus. An effort in the Missouri house to re- Cial the felony clause in the gambling w was defeated 99 to 12. Conn's brass horn factory at Elkhart, Indiana, employing one hundred skill ed workmen, Was ruined by fire Mon day, causing a loss of $60,090. Under the recent act of the Maryland legislature, a colored wife-beater, uamed Edward Forte, was given seven lashes by the jailer in Baltimore. Andrew Cutter, a turfman known all over the United States as the owner of Black Cloud, is fatally ill at Parma, Michigan. Troops from Fort Mcintosh are in pursuit of a band of Indians and Mexi cans who crossed the Rio Grande below Fort Duncan, Tuesday. One of the Chinese students ordered home from Yale college is about to re turn and graduate a year later than his classmates. The Ohio senate has adopted the Kin ney resolution for a constitutional amendment giving the legislature abso lute power over the liquor traffic. Chris Harbach. a pioneer settler of Des Moines, the founder of a large fur niture factory, died in New Orleans, where he hoped to regain Iub health. John A. Norbary, of St. Louis, who lired a saloon in order to secure the in surance, has been sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. It is rumored that Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson is to be appointed bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New Orleans. Charles Derby, an inmate of the alms house at Salem, Massachusetts, is slow ly dying from leprosy contracted in the Sandwich islands. Two prisoners in Kilmainham jail, Dublin, have been identified as the Phoenix park murderers, and the car on which they rode has been recognized. The United States supreme court denies the right of General Ward B. Burnett, of New York, to draw double pensions. The legislature of Colorado has elect ed Thomas M. Bowen senator for the full term and H. A. W. Tabor to fill the Teller vacancy. Eighteen students of the senior class at Hillsdale college have been suspend ed for sleigh-riding after permission had been refused by the president. Elizabeth VVessels,a handsome Bos ton girl of 14 years, killed a drunken and brutal brother-in-law who assault ed her brother. Minister Sargent reports that strong opposition has developed in Germany to the proposed exclusion of American pork. Should Davitt, Ilealy, andOuinn per sist in their refusal to give bail, they will be sentenced to solitary confine ment at hard labor in Kilmainham jail. The grand iury at Washington has indicted William Dickson for an en deavor to influence the vote of his fel low jurors in the late star-route trial. The judiciary committee of the Maine legislature will report bills prohibiting the use of toy pistols and to compel the erection of fire-escapes in hotels. John C. Downing, a soldier of the 13th infantry, was killed in cold blood at Fort Stanton by cowboys, who nar rowly escaped lynching. A charter has been issued in Pennsyl vania for a Vanderbilt road 800 miles long, from Harrisburg into Allegheny county, with a capital of $18,000,000. Among the passengers who lost their lives in the Cimbria was Miss Dora lienninges, of Cleveland, who made her debut in opera in Chicago. Vanderbilt 's familv and friends ar rived at Montreal in five palace-cars to attend the carnival. For the ball Fri day, one thousand persons paid $10 each for tickets. A Long Islander, named Henry Edg erton, on a wager ate thirty-seven hard boiled eggs ana two mince pies in nine ty minutes, washing it down with two quarts of ale. Dr. Peterhausen, of Detroit, sudden ly became insane, lie made two efforts to kill his sister, and when placed in the police station cut seven serious gashes in bis own body with a lancet. L. G. Addo, a jeweler at Sedalia, Mis souri, found on returning from supper that his store had been entered at the rear and robbed of fiOO in - ash and - eighteen watches. Near Fowling Station, Texas, on the International road, an American rob ber Sunday stopped two Mexicans, kill ed one and severely injured the other, and took their horses and arms. For the past two years David Clark and wife, resid ng near St. John's, Michigan, have lived very urinappily to gether, and on Friday night she shot I n m dead at the bedside of a dyingchild. De Roulade, founder of the patriotic league of Paris, who had scarcely re covered from a wound received in a duel, was seriously injured Sunday in an affair of honor with a journalist. J. W. Wilson, a St. Louis crank, who had been fasting lor seventeen days, was arrested by tho police, forced to resume his meals, an sent to the city hospital. The Michigan Grape Sugar company, which expended $300,000 on its plant at retroit, has deeded its entire property to some New York creditors, who assume a mortgage of $.'10,000. Two of the men who attempted the robbery of a Central Pacific train near Montello were shot dead in western Utah by a posse sent out from Salt lake. In a New York court-room. Judge (Jildersleeve advised the grand jury to indict only for manslaughter unless the evidence is ample to secure n con viction for murder. The court of claims has given the ex- - scUtOTS of James Green judgment for $82,750 for the use of Jhe Mansion house in Alexandria. Virginia, during the war. The administrator of the estate of W. II. Wharton, a postal clerk on the Pan Handle roail, who was killed in a recent ollision, has been given $7,000 to settle 1 1 ... ,.,. . ,,, F. A. Wordell. of Detroit, late a special agent of the pension department, has pleaded guilty to tour charges of forgery, and his friends will make vig orous efforts to secure a light sentence. Congress is asked to vote $20,090 for 152 letters from Washington to Koch am Lean, and $8,000 for Matt Carpen ter's collection of supreme court decis ions and briefs. Ashley W. Wr right, who is said to have been a colonel of an Illinoiscaval ry regiment during the war, killed him self with a revolver at Merced, Califor nia. Thirty men gathered Monday on the public square at Kansas City and ar ranged to ship their wagons and sup- Elies to Coffey ville, Kansas, to join the klahoma raiders. Marshal Gosling, of western Texas, went to Tennessee with Defaulter Polk, and the federal court was compelled to adjourn for lack of attention. He has been reported to Attorney General Brewster. ' By a vote of 26 to 23, the senate of In diana has decided that the prohibition snd woman-suffrage amendments to the constitution are not legally pending, and can only be considered as new matter. The bill to authorize the Southern Pacific, Chesapeake and Ohio, and six connecting roads to consolidate into a transcontinental line has been favora bly reported by the senate committee on railroads. Walker & Co.. whisky merchants, of Louisville, have succumbed to the agi tation in congress over the bonded peri od, and placed their stock in the hands of an assignee to meet liabilities of nearly $40,000. W. II. Vanderbilt states that he is not ready to start for San Francisco next Wednesday. He claims that he can traverse the country in any direc tion without kidnapers learning of his movements five minutes in advance. The resignation of the French minis ter of marine appears to have been followed by that or all the other mem bers of the cabinet, and Follieres and Jules Ferry are in conference with President Grevy. On a plantation in Laurens county. South Carolina, some negroes killed ana ate a goose which had been bitten by a mad dog. Five of the family have died, and four others were in convulsions at the time of the last report. The execution of George W. Traugh ber at Taylorville, Illinois, is claimed to have been one of .the quickest on record, the murderer being dead in nine minutes from the time he climbed the scaffold stairs in his velvet slippers. Reports from the Oklahoma colonists are to the effect that six hundred are concentrated near Arkansas City; that fifty left Kansas City for Coffeyville, ana that one thousand will within three days cross the boundary line. There is good reason to believe that Jay (iould induced Thomas C. Piatt to order Harvev D. Colvin, of Chicago, to drop the Western Union telegraph scheme in which he has achieved such notoriety of late. The steam-pipes laid in the streets of New York exploded last week at two I points. At the corner of Broadway and Maiden lane. Sunday noon, two men were seriously injured, and piecei j of iron were blown into third-floor win i dows. A committee of the grangers of Penn ! sylvania, assisted by Judge J. S. Black, j have prepared an act which proposes tp ! abolish all taxation except on $0,000, i 900,000 of property in that state, and the : imposition of a tax of five mills on each ! dollar, producing $30,000,000 per annum. A citizen of Des Moines, Iowa, has secured an injuncton against a muni I cipal loan of $70,000 with which to pay for the new city buildings,on the ground mat tne city debt or $700,000 already exceeds the constitutional limit of 5 per cent, on the taxable property. There is now before the Nebraska house a resolution which has already passed the legislatures ot Kansas, Iowa, Colorado, and Wyoming, asking con gress to provide means of protection against the introduction of contagious diseases among the herds. A bill has been introduced in the sen ate of Minnesota to force the submis sion to the railroad commissioner of all arrangements for pooling or dividing traffic, and giving him power to pass upon new roads before they are thrown open to the public. A space of nearly forty acres above the Delaware and Hudson mine at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, caved in Wednesday morning, the dwellings sinking from six inches to two feet. The cause is believed to be the decay of the props. The postmaster general has forbidden the delivery of money-orders to five pretended grain-brokerage firms of Chicago, operating under the titles of Flemming & Merriam, R. E. Kendall & Co., Charles J. Henri & Co., Bennet, Holtmann & Co., and Cudworth & Co. 1 After prospecting for eighteen j months in the state or Durango, Mexi ! co, ( 'ant am Freeman has returned to ; St. Louis with a ton of smelted tin and rich ores, and claims to have obtained from the government valuable grants ! for working the mines. A snow-slide near Irwin, Colorado, ! early Tuesday morning, traveled a mile to the bottom of the gulch, sweeping away eight men and the shaft-houses I of six mines. J. W. Goodspeed, a broth er of the Baptist clergyman of Chicago, was recently buried a hundred feet by a slide near Gothic. In the Ohio house, Tuesday, Miller, of Mercer county, who was on the verge of delirium tremens, created a deep sensation by threatening Speaker Hodge with violence. The inebriate has been sent to prison and his seat will be de clared vacant. He has been intoxicated all this year. Forty citizens of New Braunfels, Texas, armed with guns and axes, broke the jail door to secure and lynch a murderer named Napoleon Pitts. With a revolver in each hand the jailer drove the vigilants pell-mell into the street, and they abandoned their de sign. A resolution has been introduced in the Kansas house reciting that, as the Oklahoma lands are part of the public domain, senators are instructed to se cure the passage of a law forbidding the exercise of arbitrary power in prevent ing the settlement of said lands by cit izens. Slugger Sullivan demands of Jem Mace and Slade an increase of the stake money for a fight, claiming that he will not enter the ring for less than $10,000. Maif is anxious to arrange a match and then go to Europe with Slade. Henry Bergh has appealed to Mayor Ed son to enforce the law against the brutal business. Detectives from Massachusetts were hunting for Kate Judd, a domestic who has frequently robbed her employers nnd fired their liomea. when thev notic ed in the dispatches the burning or j. G. Weaver's villa at Newport. They reudily found the criminal, and she made a clean breast of her work. A cry of distress comes from a band of eicht hundred Piutes in the vicinity ot Winnemucca, Nevada. The intense cold prevents them from hunting, and citizens are contributing toward their support . They receive no annuities, and are tempted to kill stock to keep from starving. The grand jury of the criminal court of St. Louis, after investigating the dram-shops, reports that 80 perceut. of the crime ana pauperism emanates from them, and therefore recommends a maximum license of $1,000 for liquor saloons, and $500 for places which sell only wine and beer. . It is announced from Kansas City that a colony of thirty families will leave Monday for Indian Territory, led by Captain B. S. Walden, the last man of Payne's party 10 leave when driven out by federal troops two years ago. It is said that five colonies will be met at Coffeyville, and that a march will be made 120 miles into the territory. Mrs. 11 at tie w. Williams, a handsome widow of Hartford, has sued a dry goods merchant named Charles H. Em mons for $15,000 damages for seduction and breach of promise, alleging that he aided her in procuring an abortion. Emmons has made himself prominent in the First Baptist church. The deadlock in the senatorial contest of Minnesota is of the triple order. Windom has 51 supporters, his republi can opponents number 40, and the dem ocratic strength is 34. In the balloting in Nebraska. Boyd has 33 votes and Millard 19. In the Michigan struggle, Ferry has 46 friends and Stout 44. The stockholders of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis road met Tues day at Cleveland and elected a Vander bilt board of directors, and Fred Van derbilt was chosen secretary and treas urer. The president states that the Nickel-Plate will be maintained as an organization separate from the Lake Shore, and if the former does not pay fixed charges the Lake Shore will not meet the deficiency. j By the admission of four eastern men to the directory of the Denver and Rio Grande road, , the control of that corporation will be removed to New York. L. H. Meyer was elected first vice president, and will manage the road in the absence of General Palmer in Mexico. A St. Louis journal has dis covered that the change is wholly in the interest of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. I Miss Emma Bond, of Taylorville, I Illinois, is again reported at the point of death. As showing what she has of late endured, it is stated that in one day she had thirty-two fainting spells and thirteen nervous chills. Her father is prostrated with diptheria. Tin? houses of Montgomery and Pettis are con stantly guarded by some members of their families, armed with Winchester rifles. The police of New York were order ed by Chief Walling to prevent a sparring-match between Mace and Slade. Speculators had invested largely in tickets, when Mace telegraphed that he had been arrested. Twenty officers kept people away from the garden where the contest was to take place. Mace and the Maori were taken to the Thirtieth street station, where Harry Hill gave $500 bail for each. Ten deaths from small-pox occurred in a logging-camp near the northern boundary of Minnesota, and physicians have been sent thither. The first suf ferer from the disease in Boston this i year has been traced hy the board of health to Haiti more, and a quarantine 1 order has teen issued against vessels from that port. Sixty deaths are report ed from Cabin Creek, Indian Territory, but the physicians sent there from i Little Rock have stamped out the dis- ! ease. All the leading business houses of i Milwaukee were closed Thursday, on ! the occasion of obsequies over the char j red remains of forty-six victims of the I Newhall house calamity. Impressive j services were held at St. John's cathe j dral for the Catholic dead, and at the I Exposition building for those of the I Protestant faith. The chief civic and military societies of the city took part I in the sad procession. The streets of Berlin were decorated Thursday in honor of the silver wed ding of the crown prince, but the recent death of Prince Charles prevented any festivities at court. Over three thous and congratulatory letters and tele grams were received by the crown prince, and a hundred packages of pres ents have not yet been opened. Queen Victoria sent a marble statue of her self. The ten chief towns of Prussia gave dining-room furniture valued at 70.000 marks. C. W. Wetsel. an attorney of Vincen nes, Indiana, recently struck Miss Anna Stewart for dogging his foot steps, after she had procured a mar riage license and attempted to force him to become her husband. He has been discharged from arrest, and there are fears of a tragical ending of the case. A bill for Wetsel's protection has been introduced in the Indiana legislature, making it a criminal offense to persecute a man in the manner abovs described. WASHINGTON NOTES. Colonel 0. II. Irish, chief of the bureau f engraving and printing, died of paralysis or tne heart. President Arthur openly declares that un less the re wiuie from the tariff is largely reduced he will call another session of con gress. A deed recorded Thursday conveyed to Theodore N. Valle the house and lots of Thomas J. Hradyand wife, near Farragut square, the alleged consideration being $1A000. Secretary Teller has concluded not to per mit the ratification of leases of lands in In dian Territory to cattle men, whether made by Individual Indians or by the councils. Pasturage privileges from season to season can still be granted. General Grant Is said to have been sur- C filed at the opposition of MMTWMMfl to lie clauses or the proposed commercial treaty with Mexico. It seems certain tht no further concessions can be obtained from that country, and that the scheme will fall The appropriations committee of the house of representatives recommend non concurrence in the senate amendments to the postoftlce bill appropriating IIMlUOQ for special mall facilities, and fixing July 1 as the date for 2 cent letter pOttfcfO. The marquis of Lorne on Saturday oceu- f)led a sent in the members' gallery of the e ase with Speaker Kolfer while'Mr. Mc Kinlcy spoke mi the degradation of labor in Kngland. An introduction to members fol lowed, when the visitor was conducted to the senate chamber and presented to lead ing senators. Ked Cloud claims that (Jen. Crook seized and sold for Jo, not) a large number of Indian ponies, the agreement being that the money was to 1m exj'iided for cows for his tribe, which was not done. A search of the rec ords of the Indian bureau moved fruitless. aim an explanation win oeasneu irom mono who made the sale. A similar transaction at Cheyenne agency was faithfully carried out. flU OKItMATI TRICATY. The substitute introduced in the house I for a resolution proposing the formal term ; ination of the existing treaty between the I United states and the North German union requests the president to take tiie necessary ! steps to win (I negotiating a new treaty with I the German empire, for the purpose of se I curing more 11 beral and just provisions re : specting the rights of citizens, native born or naturalized, of the United Slates and German empire. HOI NEXT HOUSE. Clerk Mcl'herson has made up the roll of I the next house. All the districts are rep resented except the Sixth Louisiana, Seo l oud Mississippi, and Third North Carollua. The Lmisiana and North Carolina repre ; sentatives have died since the elections last ! fall. In the Mississippi case Mr. Manning, who holds the certiticate, has asked that his name be not put on the roll until it is de termined whether Chalmers or he is to rep resent the district. EPIDEMIC DISEASES A MONO CATTLE. The Agricultural Department, through the Veterinary Division, nave neon engaged during the past year In investigating epi demic diseases among domesticated ani mals. Last June a committee, consisting of Dr. Salmond, New York; Dr. Iliues, Washington, and Dr. Saunders. Virginia, was appointed to study cattle diseases, and requested to report the result of their work to Congress. This report will be presented next week. It will snow the total numler of cattle In the United States to be 83,Mi, 3V, valued at $tt .9,1: 9,1W. In Texas alone there are 4, iTi, 240 cattle. The loss from epi demic diseases Is 10 per cent. Much of the time since the committee was appointed has been spent in examinim; the causes of Tex as fever, and the sections of the country subject to it. This disease, it is found, was first introduced in this country in North Carolina in VMS. The committee has traced the disease along ("ape Fear river to the mountains in North Carolina, thence along the James, thence up the Potomac. The trace was lost on the Delaware river in Pennsylvania. The disease appears be tween June and October, and Is seldom known to exist after frost. It is believed that if the cattle are driven from the Infect ed districts during the heated term, the loss occasioned by Texas fever can be entirely abated. Investigation shows that the Tex as fever among cattle is very much like the yellow fever which has occasioned such a loss of life among men. THE CIVIL-SEKVICE COMMISSION. A great many anxious inquiries are heard here about the president's purpose In regard to the civil-service commissioners whom he is called upon to appoint, under the Pendle ton bill, recently signed. There are many gentlemen in Washington ready, and even eager, to serve on this commission, and it is an interesting ractinat one or tnein. an in 1 telligent literary man, with a good know! I edge of government affairs, has talked with Ills friends about the expediency of secur ing signatures to a letter to the presidont urging him to appoint this aspirant to a place. The idea of getting up such a letter was dropped when the inconsistency was pointed out of such a means of securing place under the Pendleton bill, which di rectly prohibits the use of "Influence" in obtaining appointments. The president. It is said, has considered the subject of the nominations, but has not decided upon any i one, and does not regard it as Imperative upon him to act hastily in making up a com mission intnisted with so important a work. ARTHITII S VIEWS ON THE TAK1FF. The president is expressing to members of congress the interest he feels in the pend ing proK)sitions to reduce internal aim cus tom revenues. He says, in terms, that he deems it very important that such reduc tions as he mentioned In his message should be made. He regards it as essential that there shall be a sharp reduction In internal taxes and a considerable revision of the tariff. In the matter of Internal revenue, it will be remembered that in his annual message he recommended the abolition of all taxes of this class, "except those upon tobacco in its various forms, and upon dis tilled spirits and fermented liquors, and ex cept, also, the special tax upon the manu facturers and dealers in such articles." In the matter of the tariff, he still urges, as then: "An enlargement of the free list, so as to Include within it the numerous articles which yield inconsiderable revenue; a sim plification of the complex and inconsistent schedules of duties upon eel t.i in manufac tures, particularly those of cotton, iron and steel, and a substantial reduction upon those articles, and upon sugar and molasses and silk, wool, and woolen goods. If a gen eral revision of the tariff shall be found to be impracticable at this session, I express the hope that at least some of the more con spicuous inequalities of the present law may be corrected before your final adjourn ment." Some of those who have heard the president talk express the opinion that, If congress adjourned without action in the directions indicated by the president, he will call an extra session very soon after the 4th of March. 1.00 an's ahmy 111 i.i, . Senator Logan's army bill provides that the number 01 enlisted men In the army, Including an engineer battalion of 520 men, hospital stewards, and 1,(NX) Indian scouts, shall not exceed $30,000; increases the pay of privates from $13 to S1K per month, and nou commissioned officers and subalterns in proportion ; allows commissioned officers to employ privates as servants first obtaining their consent and the consent of the com- j maudlin; officer, and provides that the pay Of the private in such case shall be deduct ed from the pay of the officer. The provisions relative to staff duty in Washington are: No officer shall remain absent from his regiment on duty at Washington, or on the staff of a major general or brigadier general for a longer period than three years at any time: Pkovided, This provision shall not apply to officer! on the staff of commanding general of the armv. The following provision of the house bill was stricken out: That for the better accomplishment of the objects of the actsauthori.iug the construc tion of the railroads herein referred to, and better to secure to the government the use and benefit of the same, all acts authorizing the building and construction of those rail roads which have received, in addition to land grants, government nid by loan or guarantee of bonds by the United States and all other acts, parts of acts, and provi sions having relation thereto, are hereby so altered, amended, and modified that here after the eompensal Ion had or allowed for the carrying and transportation of property or troops of the United States by such rail road companies or their assigns or success ors shall not exceed Super centum of the amount paid by private parties for the same kind of service. AMERICAN I'OIIK. Mr. Sargent, United States minister to Germany, has made to the state department an official report with regard to the threat ened exclusion from that country of Amer ican products. Sargent says: 1 have the honor to report that a very strong feeling of opposition has been arous ed in Herlin and other German cities-, us well as in the man. if acta ring districts gen erally, against the threatened exclusion of American pork products. Strong protest! are being sent in to the blindest at h, and committees of merchants and others have visited the capital to protest against tho tin .' ure. Editorials In leading papers have fully exposed the falsity of the excuses for the exclusion. If this were strictly a gov ernment of public opinion, in the American sense. tbOtt general public appeal., backed as thev are by solid reasoning Upon indis putable factl wo, ild prevail and the project would be abandoned. I have sought by all apt menus to OppOM the measure and nave lost no opportunity to expose its true char cter and to show 'that the health of Amer ican swine is unimpaired and American Swine products entirely wholesome. I do not think these latter propositions are now seriouslv disputed by people of intelligence. The movement is merely selfish and In dis regard of the interests of the United States. l ne oniy argument wmca wuum 11 euev tive would be the fear of reprisals. We could not insist upon any people receiving from us articles deleterious to health, but we can as little submit to the exclusion of our products upon false pretenses - pretenses so obvious ly false as in this instance. " oonoeessionalT" SBNATfl. Jan. 2k To-day having been set apart 1 for services In honor of the late Senator Hill, of Georgia, on motion of Senator Brown, Immediately after the reading ot the journal, remarks eulogistic of the de ceased were begun. At the conclusion there ! j1 the senate adjourned and the republicans 1 resumed their caucus 011 the tariff. I Jan. 2C In the seuate, an adverse report ; was made on the bill to Increase the pan- slons of one-armed and one-legged soldiers. Mr. Piatt introduced a bill to add Jt per ! month each to all pensions of $!'4 or 83 1 I The committee on agriculture reported In favor of holding a world's centennial cot 1 ton exposition in ISM. Consideration of the tariff bill was resumed. Tbe duty on Hat 1 bar Iron was reduced to Sis per ton, and tin round or square bar Iron to 820 per ton. On Iron or steel rails the rate was made eight tenths of a cent per pound and on tin plates I cent. Jan. 27. In the senate, a petition was received from the council of Six Nations of Indians, asking a recognition of their inter est in certain lauds in Kansas. Some work , was done on the tariff bill. Jan. 29. Mr. Ingalls presented the reso lutions of the Legislature of Kansas, ask Ipg the establishment of a soldiers' homo on tne Fort Riley military reservation. Mr. Walker, of Arkansas, presented Mr. Gar land's credentials of re-election. Filed. A brief executive session was held, during which a large number of nominations were confirmed. The doors were reopened short ly after 12, when the consideration of the tariff was resumed. Jan. 30. The senate wasted time to-day in discussing an amendment made just be fore adjournment last night, und one that when subjected to the test of a vote had on ly fourteen senators behind It. The prop osition was the one of Mr. George, of Mis sissippi, to admit at a duty of only 10 per cent, all textile machinery made out of tho materials which had been made subject to duties ranging from 80 to ") or 60 per cent. This extraordinary proposition, which is neither in the interest of revenue or protec tion, had no backers except a little band of southern senators, who felt obliged to put themselves on record as favoring the admis sion of machinery for southern cotton-mills at a nominal rate of duty. Nearly half tho democrats present voted against It, but It was the pretext on which senators on both sides of the house talked at ea h other all dav. The whole ground of protection and free trade was gone over. The matter was debated till 11 o'clock and then without ac tion the senate adjourned. T'OUSB. Jan. 24. The house went lntocommltteo of the Whole on the naval appropriation bill. A paragraph was adopted to provide for the completion of one of tne double-tur-reted monitors, either in a navy-yard or on proposals from ship-builders. The bill was reported to the house, and the amendments were adopted In bulk, except the one pro viding that chiefs of bureaus shall receive no additional pay. Jan. 25. The house passed the naval ap propriation bill, after rejecting an amend ment to provide that chiefs of bureaus shall receive no additional pay und adopting a clause to give Asa Weeks $o0.000 for tho use of his torpedo invention. Tributes to the memory of Senator Hill were offered by Messrs. Hammond, House, Hooker, and Cox, when an adjournment was taken. Jan. ML In the house, three members firesented petitions aguinst the transfer of j he revenue marine, life-saving, marine hospital, aud signal service. A bill was re ported granting the right of way for a rail road through the Fort Smith military reser vation. The tarirr bill was taken up lncoin mittee of the whole and Mr. Kelley declared it the best ever submitted to congress. It was agreed that general debate on the meas ure shall close at 5 o'clock to-day. Jan. 27. The house spent the day In committee of the whole on the tariff bill. Mr. Wand charged the republicans with en deavoring to choke the pending measure through congress under threats by the presi dent of calling an extra session. Mr. Kel ley asked the authority for such a state ment, and Mr. Kcagan said it came from a senator who had discussed the matter with the president. Useless debate consumed the remainder of the session. Jan. 2 '.In the house Mr. Belmont made a minority report on the Hawaiian treaty, under which he believes colossal frauds up on the revenue have been perpetrated, urg ing an Immediate inquiry into the matter. A bill was reported authorizing the sale of timber on lands of Menominee Indians In Wisconsin. A measure was presented to give a pension of 850 per month to the wid ow of I)o Long, the Arctic explorer. A spirited debate took place in regard to the rate of duty on spirits brought hack from foreign countries. Jan. ML The house passed upon three out of the 140 pages of the taritf bill to-day and adopted only three out of t hirty amend ments offered. The tariff-reformers kept up a running fire upon the bill ull day, and members of the majority of the committee of ways and means were obliged many times to explain their work or apologize for it. After a fruitless session of six nours the democrats forced an adjournment. Notice. J. If. Brokaw will purchase live poultry during the fall and winter of 1882 and 1883 at his store in Owosso. Those having poultry to dispose of please call and see him before selling. Fat Turkeys will be in request for the holidaps. and fowls of all descriptions later. No poor, scrawny poultry wanted at ;inv price. 28 Lumber Yard ! PLANING MILL ! GEORGE W. OAKES, DEALER. IX LUMBER. Lath, Shingles, Siding, Flooring, Ceiling, Ac. 100.000 It. of Dry Hoofing and Sheeting just received, WILL Bfl SOLI) CHEAP. FINK STOCK OF MOULDINGS Scroll Sawing, OWOSSO, - - MICIf. PATENTS, Solicitor, of 17. H. and F,r. i lwn 1'ik enu. No. Too 8 mi ii flu oct. cor. O. onn. t'. m. i-,,t. rnt OQco, Wixshlnjrton . C Corn ip nlciir o Itrlf'i. No hrir for urtT'co No 100 cliarffrcl un ion, fulfil t lnullowcrt. lfof rtnrtf Lewis Johnson ft Co., lUnk'T. und I'ostimiHior, Wetltlniiton. L. C Pamphlet of Instrucilous fro. GENERAL MARKETS. CHICAGO. Wiir.AT.-Hlgher; Jan.. ILOtiMMMfr Feb., Sl.Oli 1.03X; May, ftl.O7&M.08. Cokn. Lower: January, 54a644c: Feb., fSo-M'vc; May, M(wb6Kc. Oats. Higher: January, tfMCIVtfu; Feb., : OJfauic ; May, .S8f.a?,9c. a Hyk. Firm ; January, OltaOlHc; Feb., HI c. Provisions. Mess Pork higher; Jan.. PITrttf 17.50; February, 17.40ra 17.50; Mar h, S17.r,2W(rtd7.fi Lard Steady ; January wild at MO.70010.75; February, SH. 70 10.80; March, flO.S&rflO.Wtf Cattle. Market firm. We quote: Fane heavy export bteers fAOOfMllfi Choice fat steers, 6.756.00 (iood do 5.26Vas5.65 Medium grade steers 4.00O4.25 Fnir to medium steers 8.75a4.25 Hogs. Market firm. Sales ranged from I .Wgfl.40 for light packing and shipping; 023.80 for heavy packing, and from Pn.'i5&fl.80 for fair to choice smooth heavy tliinping lots. Hpttkr. Steady snd firm. We quote: Choice to Faucy Creamery at 85a36c ft; oidlnury to good do. WuSOc; irood to fnncy 1'niry at 25aS0c; common to fair do. 18a24c: I. .idle-packed, 15a 10c; packing stock at 18 1hc Grease, Italic. NEW YORK. Wheat. Higher; No. 2 Jan., H.M M4J; February, tl.laXjn.15Vf: March, fl.TTjtal.rTW. ohn. Quiet; Mixed West ern Spot, e2S'Cf70c. CINCINNATI. Flour. Market quiet; Family, S4.75(?r 5.75. Wheat Firm: No. 2 lied Winter, II. 05fM.0t, Corn. Higher; No. 2 Mixed, X. Oats. Higher; No. 2 Mixed, 41c IIte. Quiet; No. 2 Fall, flBWe, Provisions Pork dull at S17.50. Lard quiet at $10.50. Hulk Meats firm; Clear sides ?6.87(tt9.10. Bacon dnil ; Clear sides 910.75. MILWAUKEE. Wheat.-Higher; Jan.. 81.01; Feb.. tl.OlH' ; March, fLOtVf ; No. 3, 85c. Corn. Lower at Sto for No. 2. Oatb. Firm; No. 2 White, UJV. ItYE. Higher; 69c. No. L Uarlkv. LowAr at 75c for No. 2. PP. LOUIS. WnEAT. Lower: No. 2 Red Jan., tl.OK fifl.03; February, SI. 03. Corn. Lower; January, 4747c; February. 47u47c. Oats Lower; January, ! ij (u 8c. Kye liOwer at 59c. Harley. .Steady at 00 (ettfe. Provisions. Pork dull; 17.25. Dry Salt Meats quiet at S0.40, 8.75, 9.00. BacOfl steady at 8.00, IO.OO, I0.S7W. Lard higher: S10.45. Hooh Lower; Packing, tVUKgtJS; butchers' to best heavy, 96.20& 6.4a BALTIMORE. Floitr. Quiet; Western Superfine, 58.25 A8.7A; do. extra, S4.09(tf4.75; Family, 55.00 (r.O0. Wheat Western higher; No. 2 Winter Ked Sixt and January, 51.13? l.wk; February, $.uk(l.U)i- Corn. Western iower; Mixed Spot and January, C7H'(afi8c. Oats. Western White, 50 51c; Mixed 74(ar3c. do. 47(sJ49. ItYE Higher n't BO0TOK. Wool. Demand active; Ohio and Penn sylvania extras 89a45c: Michigan extra, MiVaHSc; No. 1 lleeces, 42a44c; combing delaine fleeces, tfOMtto; pulled wools 26a MB. Examination of Teachers. The examination of teachers in Shiawas see county will be held as in the following schedule : Regular semi-annual examination at Cor unna, March 30th and 31st, I8S3. Terry, Sj'urday, April 15th, 1883. Corunna. Saturday, August iSth, 1S83. Examinations will commence at 8 o'clock, and it will be difficult lor applicants coming in later than then to finish work the same day. Teachers wishing second or first" grades can write at the two day's MOfkNl ot the board at Cor. iima. Those teachers whose standing is satisfac tory (irom last year's examination) can re ceive second grades by passing a satisfactory examination in the additional branches. The examination at Corunna, August 18th, is for the benefit ot those :cachcrs who wish to teach fall terms. Unless further notice is given, examina tkmi will he held in the school buildings in the above named places. Applicants will provide themselves with pen. ink aud paper. "No certificates will ke renewed, And no certificates Irom other counties will be en dorsed." School Law. Teachers are informed, that all who apphr to the board for regular certificates will have an examination less rigid than from special certificates by the Secretary. Also theachers beginning schools without certificates wiLI hot be examined lor specials by the Secretary. For further information, apply to any member of the board of examiners. All interested in the welfrae of our school are invited to attend. Hy order ot Board of Kxaminers, Geo. W. SlCKLM, Secretary, Vernon, January 24th, 1883. 1,000 CORDS OF WHITE BASSWOOD BOLTS (riLARIlKI) TO AVKR.VOi; 4 INC II KM THICK. ) AT TIIE Excelsior Factory, owosso. QPBoMi inuit he exactly 18 btafcn long, nnd bark removed. CASH PAID ON DELIVERY. 91.25 PER CORD. Feb. 2 88. GOULD vV M AKTIN. OWOSSO LUMBER YARD I hare now in St. Charted over 2 Million ft. of Dry Lumber Which is OOMlag hero at the rate of fifty M fii per lny. which added to stock now on hand i yard. makcH over three million feet, three time, tho largest iitook ever held in any one place ia Shiawassee county. MUST BE SOLD FOR CASH And noon. COMK AND 8KK MK. cash paid von Ash, Basswood, Red Oak, Cherry. Butternut, and Wal nut Lumber, and Walnut Plugs or Butts. Cut 88 inches 1our-8 inches and upward ALSO FOUR FOOT WOOD. L. K WOODARTi.