The frontier., February 23, 1882, Image 1

About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965

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nBUUl IKTKUST8.
It weald be out of the fashion to Ihn
la DeWItt eadaot ewa a doc.
There ia considerable talk aboa
building mom brick beUdlnn hi taataa
parposeest Doniphsn this year.
The officer* of Beatrice recently ar
rested two prostltntee of that town, aad th
court lined then *10 each. Mary Any. on
of them, was formerly the wife of a reepeeta
Me cttlsen, now deceased.
Ber. W. G. Springer, formerly o
Marengo, Iowa, has been engaged by th
Christian church association of Beatrice
Ber rice* ere to be held weekly.
A base ball nine will be oiganlaed ai
rairmonu
The resident Catholics in and abonl
Fairmont bars about decided to erects chord
edifice in that Tillage next fall. If the seaaoi
should prore a favorable one and the farmen
are rewarded with abundant crepe it will
surely be built
**"*“ ' rTie Index suggests that another ele
rator would do much to bring the product of
surrounding farms to Doniphan, remarking
; “Strange as It may seem, and as hard as It It
for us to say It, It Is nevertheless a fact that
not one-third of the vast amount of wheal
raised In this Immediate vicinity has been mar
keted here on account of the prices standing
all the time a few cents lower than buyers
were giving all around us.”
The Burlington and Missouri railway
In Nebraska have discharged seven con
ductors.
Crete will put herself alongside other
towns In the west, In having a meeting ol
citizens on the 22d Inst, to nrge onr congres
sional delegation to support some one of the
more stringent measures before congrees for
the suppression of polygamy.
The 15th instant was the first time In
the history of the Nebraska university that
Charter day has been observed in any form.
During the day tie atndenta spent the time as
best they might, gymnastics foot ball, etc.,
being the principal objects of Interest. In the
evening the ezerclree nnder the supervision
of tho Hesperian aasoclatlon were well at
tended. The chapel was crowded to Its ut
most capacity, the receipts of the evening be
ing about $45. The programme was princi
pally a burlesque on the different departments
of the university.
Work upon the Methodist church, at
Plnm Creek, has commenced, the frame Is up
and will be Inclosed In a few weeks. This to
the fourth church edifice In tbst town, the
Episcopal,Presbyterian and Catholic societies
each having neat church buildings. A fifth
church building will soon be stsrted by the
Evangelical society.
Petitions nre being oiroulated, re
questing the poet office department and rail
road authorities to change the name of this
post office and station to “Ontario.” Some
change In name would seem eminently pro
per end perhaps this 1s as good as any. We
have heard a few objections to the name, but
none that, In our estimation, are Important
or pertinent.—[Plum Creek Press.
The newspaper men at Omaha, recent
ly gave a banquet to Mr. Donnelly, editor of
tho late Evening Telegram, on the occasion
of hie departure tot New York, when he
again re-enter* the journalistic field. It wee
e pleasant and entirely successful affair.
Tho prospects for establishing a
creamery at Schnylsr an very flattering.
6The hay business is reported not so
profitable at Schuyler as it was earlier In the
season.
During the absence of Chancellor
Fairfield from the city loot week, some one
played what might be called a very practical
and ei pensive joke upon him. A man by the
name of Holliday, engaged in the lightning
rod business wee ordered to put fouj rede on
the chancellor’! barn. The rode wen pnt np
according to order of the unknown joker, and
Mr. Holliday was awaiting the return of the
chancellor to gather In the shekels. A few
days since he called npon the chancellor and
presented his bill, when he was Informed
that he didn’t want the lightning rode,
wouldn't have them and never had given any
order for them. Mr. Holliday Is now looking
for the man who told him to rod the chancel*
lor’s barn end present the bill to him tor the
same.—[Lincoln Journal.
Wallace Bolyx, u Decatur boy, while
rldlcg a horse furiously down the street, met
with an accident, by the (tumbling of the an!
mal. In the fall young Bolyx got under the
borte, which rolled over him, and he »ue
talssd a severe attack of concussion of the
brain. It was thought at first that he could
not recover, bnt after a time consciousness
slowly returned, and he was In a fair way to
get well at last accounts.
That alliterative phrase, “the build
. Ing boom,” Is s common intruder Into the
local columns of Nebraska newspapers. Few
exchanges come to our desk that do not re
cord some present or contemplated Improve
ments, which means that 18S8 will equal oi
surpass any year In the matter of rearing
monuments of permanent wealth.
Tho DeWitt Times says: “This horse
stealing business le becoming too numerous
In DeWitt, and It la time steps were being
taken to prevent It From the way hones
are being stotos In onr oonnty, It looks ts
• ‘ though there n.oet be an organised gang liv
ing In onr midst who shelter one another un
til the excitement liter a theft to committed
diet out when the stock to ran off and sold.
The farmen should organize against eucl
depredations, and each man belonging to said
organization, provided with a rope wtthwhlel
every hone thief may be strong np."
. An unusual amount of wood is piled
up In DeWitt. The cause of It to the mild
winter.
Winter 1m the Heath.
CkttaoKtw*.
Xue rural districts of the north havi
husking bees, with their exhilarating
rewards to the finders of the red ears,
tally pullings, of which the viscit
, strings are not the only sweets passing
about, and the apple butter boilings, a
which the pairing of youths and maid
ens in taking turns at stirring the po
may bring together lasting helpmates
but the far south may hare all these i
it chooses, together with a merry-mak
ing of its own that can never be intro
dooed at the north. It is an orang
. wrapping. Files of the golden fruit am
packages of tissue paper are furnished
and the young folks at each dexteron
twist enelose an orange in its pape
cover. A darkey musician strums ;
banjo accompaniment to the song< th
workers sing and picks time for th
reels that follow the evening’s task. A
for refreshments, while there may be
lack of doughnuts and cider,who woul
not enjoy fragrant juicy pineapple!
fully ripened before cut, luscious oai
anas, plumped and sugared by the su
in a war the north vets no idea of, an
„ big oranges, red and yellow, to* del
cate for shipment to market, but del
cious to eat. . ■.
The health of Mrs. Harriet Beech*
Stowe is improving.
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Hr*. Geo. Sooville, wife of Gultaau’i
eouMV ad deter of tks eaueln, lately
wrote e lengthy letter to tbe rltoir oTfidt
dent Garfield. It ie e pethetie tppeel tor the
good womer’i forgirenee* to the wretched a
will, end mercy on his distracted slater. The
letter says in enbetence that nonrl the tending
the Jury’* verdict, Oniteeu fired the fetal ehot
while ont of hie mind. Hre. Garfield haa re
ceived tie letter, and, ae might have been ex
pected, decline* to anewer It Herdletaate for
publicity, which became eofamon* during the
tadioue campaign and afterward* a* the lady
of tbe white honor, 1* now mingled with the
craehlng eorrow of her late mlafortnne, and
the vlehee to be epued the tortnre of uaeleaa
notoriety. She, however, haa enthorlaed the
etatrment through Mr. J. H. Bhodre, eeereta
ry of the Cleveland Garfield monument com
mittee, and a near friend, that toward the
elayer of her buaband aba cherleheeno malice.
He molt anewer only to hi* God and the
American people. For the eiater and all
memnera of the family ahe feel* only pro
found pity. _
cun aniMtoeuiB.
naiLwar acomiXT*.
Five trackmen were recently killed
In a tunnel of the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad, near the Union depot at Baltimore,
by the locomotive Maryland. The men were
named David Grier, Timothy Kennedy, Ed
ward Birmingham, James Irvin ad Patrick
McGaff. They stepped from the track to get
out of the way of a passing train and walked
directly In front of the locomotive on the op
posite track. A similar accident occurred to
Mrs. Daly and Mrs. Lennett, near Indiana
polis, who stepped from one track to another
to avoid an approaching train. An unob
served engine on the track to which they
stepped struck them, causing death. Both
had families.
THWABTXD.
Three young men, aged 18, were ar
rested near Kansas City, charged with at
tempting to wreck a west-bound Missouri
Pacific train. They were heavily armed and
provided with mask*. They are supposed to
have four accomplice*.
nr Eosnas remain.
The mystery surrounding the blow
given by an unseen person, that killed Oscar
Hammer In Omaha on Christmas morning,
deepens as time progresses. Therp has been
no positive evHenee that testers dealt the.
fatal blow—unless some was developed by the
Investigation before the grand Jury which Is
not known outside—end now a detective of
Omaha says he Is In possession of facts which
fasten the crime upon a person who has not
hitherto been connected with It In any way.
But the detective declines to say any more,
and It remains to be settled whether he baa
started the rumor to gain a sentiment of sym
pathy for Koeters, who has been Indicted, or
for some other purpose. The coroner’s Jury
had but little trouble In attaching the crime
to Kotters, and, It appears from the prompt
and decisive action of the grand Jurors, that
they met with nothing that threw doubt on
the guilt of tbe accused. However, a trial
will take place shortly and the facts will then
be screened, and made known.
axorau txs asm.
In the New York senate Mr. Fitts
called up hit resolution to vest the appoint
ment of committee* In the lieutenant
governor. The three Tammany senators voted
with tbs republicans and adopted the resolu
tion, and the lieutenant-governor will now ap
point the standing committees.
aidiko tes raws.
At a meeting in Philadelphia called
by the mayor to make provision for Jewish
refugees from Russia, (5,000 was subscribed.
Another publte meeting will soon be held.
■onnrATion.
The president has sent the following
nominations to the easts: United States
consuls, Bruno Taschuek, Nebraska, Vera
Crux; Thomas Wilson, District of Columbia,
Nates; George Gifford, Maine, La Rochelle.
United States marshals, Henry R. Denny, dis
trict of Minnesota. Postmasters, Jacob Ham
mond, Bushvlllo, Illinois; V. A. Stuart, Fair
mont, Nebraska; Charles H. Petal, Hastings,
Nebraska.
woman.
«n n’cabtht unman.
The house of commons on the 14th
resumed the debste on the address. Hr. He
Certhy’s amendment, condemning the govern
ment's Irish policy end urging sn Immediate
return to eonstltullonnl methods was re
jected, US to 80. The address was adopted,
87 to flL
■SHLIID.
In the house of commons, Dilke, un
der secretary of foreign affairs. In regard to
the Jews in Russia, said that an precedent
Showed that English Interference In the In
ternal affairs of a foreign country would do
more harm than good.
noses or nniana
Two boxes containing infernal ma
chines, which had been dellTered to two differ
ent addresses In Edinburgh, exploded on be
ing opened, and eight persona Injured. A
mason named Costello was arrested In eon
■ nectlon with the outrages, which are bellered
to be prompted by personal motives.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
thb norosno rraw canmr omen.
The house committee on agriculture
I have agreed to report -favorably the bill to
; make the agricultural department an execu
. tlve depart ment and lta chief a cabinet officer,
. and the friends of the bill are conldent that
) It win pass congress.
I tmscott nr emu.
On January 14th, Mr. Tresoott war
! formally received by the Chilian government
k His remarks in presenting his credential!
} were exceedingly conciliatory, stating on thi
, part of the president of the United Btater
l that the misunderstanding was nnfortnnati
i and only required an explanation to be satis
1 factorlly cleared up. Ike Chilian presided
, cordially replied to Treecott, giving him ever.
- assurance of kindly Intent on the part of hii
i government toward the United States.
J TNU TWO HIGH AUNT ATPOIXTMSSTS.
r The nomination of Major Boohestei
to be paymaster-general of the army, kasbeei
reaommlttcd by the senate to the commltte
r on military affairs for examination of eartali
rhsigsi to tbeeSsct feat be was guilty o
greet uglert of Mr in allowing KM
: H°M«i, tbeddanltlng Wtahiagtoc parman
Mr, • author at jtan m to ton create
, MMMrhBiM^ pniwUm. laatead oi
[ jpMMM—iftohMiMini MBt
ared. Tho nnotlnailon of CoL Backer u
miartoninotm (Mill. iHta|k randrud
erlthoat eateadad debate, gate rite to eoadd
, onblo erlttekm on the ground that It prorided
I for placing an odleer 70 jeon of aft In apo
I dtion which ha* jut (mod nude meant bj
moan of Gen. Xdgi hating attained the age
of Mk. It m generall; conceded, howotor,
that Col. Bocker'e long and faithful aortlea
both In the llu and etaff of the army, and the
fact that he atood next to Gen. Melga In order
of promotion, entitled him to apedal conald
eratlon with a tlew to hla being hereafter re
tired an the rank of brlradler-eeneral. '
'• * i a me ranrion.
▲ memorial has arrived at Washing
ton more than 5,000 feet long, signed by
merchants, turner*, tazpeven aad other* of
nearly every state in the union, end will lie
■ faaeWHearentiriami committee,.
It eeke that the tax on bank deposits, end the
two cent etampe on checke aad draft* be
abolished.
so ceassb.
Official* of the Pennsylvania railroad
company have answered a question on the
subject by the honse committee by saying that
the services rendered by them, daring and
after President Garfield's Illness and death,
were regarded by them as doty nd that no
chargee were to be made for them.
iMPoaTijrr to oub v ashbbs.
The senate committee on public lands
discussed at length the resolution to Instruct
the attorney general to defend the titles to
western homesteads, which are claimed by
railroad companies, and have It Included In
the land grants to them. This resolution In
volves directly the lands Included in the re
cent decision of Judge Miller at Omah , but
indirectly It touches the titles of many other
homesteads. The question Is whether entries
made upon the lands included In railroad
grants before that land was formally and
finally withdrawn by the government was
good or not. Senator Plumb stated that he
knew at least fire hundred cases where this
question entered Into the title, and that there
were hundreds of other cases. The commit
tee did not come to any conclusion.
hovisatbd.
John C. New, of Indiana, for assis
tant secretary of the treasury.
us stahus to tist.
The military committee unanimously
reported back the nomination of Major Roch
ester for paymaster general of the army fa
vorably. The committee after Investigation
exonerated Rochester from all responsibility
for the defalcation of Paymaster Hodge. The
committee declar-., ochester followed
the usual custom of the department In passing
npon Hodge’s papers, and that Rochester’s
record as an officer Is excellent.
pits josh rasas.
The cabinet recently considered Fits
John Porter’s case. It Is stated that the only
legal redress Is for the president to pardon
him, thus removing his disqualification from
bolding office and then restore him to the
jumj by nomination to the senate.
ramsons. ^
. A vast number of petitions are being
received by both houses, praying for legisla
tion to regulate Inter state commerce and to
prevent extortions and discriminations by
common carriers
AOBICULTUBAL IPPBOrsiATIOH.
The agricultural appropriation, ill
is baaed on an estimate aggregating $159,200,
and It appropriates $902,480, which Is $86,
770 less than asked for by the commissioner,
and an Increase of $11,993 over the appropria
tion last year. The principal Items of Increase
are $06,000 for the collection of statistics, $75,
000 for additional chemical force, $10,000 for
reclamation of waste and arid.lands. Among
the objects for which the appropriation Is
made are the following: For the purchase,
propagation and distribution of seeds, $80,
000; for Investigation of diseases among
swine and other domestic animals, $25,000;
for continuing investigations as to Insects
Injurious to agriculture, $35,000; for exami
nation of wood and animal fibre, $10,000; for
collecting data respecting the agricultural
needs of the country west of the Rocky
mountains, $5,000; to enable the commission
to Investigate and report npon the subject of
forestry, $5,000; to continue Investigation
In that section of country where the Rocky
mountain locusts are supposed to breed, with
a view to reporting the amount of damage
likely to be lnflleted In the Mississippi valley,
$500.
a rsorossD^TsiF.
General Sherman, accompanied by
General Pope and Colonel Morrow, will leave
March 1st for a tour of Inspection of the de
partments of Texas, Mew Mexico and Ari
sons, visiting the principal posts on the fron
tiers of those states. A visit will also be paid
to the Tosemlte valley and Ban Francisco.
The trip will occupy eight or ten weeks.
PUBLIC BDUOATIOH.
Miller has presented to the senate a memo
rial from the Union League du of New York,
signed by ex-Secretary Ev.rts, favoring
Blair’s bill, to appropriate $15,000,000 for
public education.
XOKIHATSB.
The president has nominated Wake
field G. Frye, of Mala , as consul general to
Halifax.
US. OIHPBXLL’S OOmOSSISX.
The president has signed the commis
sion of John Campbell to be surveyor of cus
toms for the port of Omaha, Nebraska.
POSTAL SAVIKQS BILL.
The postal savings bank bill will be
reported favorably to the house.
oamnuMOMi. noommraa.
■nun.
Monday, February IS.—Bills were
introduced: To provide for the disposition of
Fort Lamed, at the mlllUrr reservation In
Kansas, restoring the lands to settlement and
cultivation and requiring an appraisement so
aa to secure to the government their Increased
value; also to promote efficiency In the navy,
making drunkenness or Incapacity, arising
from misconduct and not contracted In the
line of duty, sufficient reason to prevent an
officer of the navy from being placed on the
retired list, and allowing him, upon discharge
by the president, oae year’s pay_The bill
on the calendar for the relief of Sampson
Goliath, Involving the right of congress to
remit sentence of court martial, was re
committed to the committee on military af
fairs on motion of Logan, who said be
doubted not the committee would assent to a
favorable report on the bill after a full Under
standing of its principles Dawes by special
assignment then addressed the senate In favor
of the civil service reform; bill referred to the
committee on civil service_Plumb, from
the committee on public lands, reported favon
; ably the bill providing for the payment of the
. S per cent, claim for public land in states, In
regard to lands entered within their limits by
> military scrip and land Warrants:...A bill
was Introduced by Plumb to regulate promo
tions In the army and increase its efficiency
....Adjourned.
moon.
, Herndon introduced a biQ 'for A con
i stitutlonal amendment fixing the membership
of the house at 385... .The supplemental ccn
1 bus bill making available an appropriation for
l the payment of cenyus employes was passed...,
BOli Introduced end referred: ByPeyton,
of IlUnole. prohibiting polygamletafrom to«
tagorhoMmffTn tlM UrritoriMi pj
m, of LoafiUm. to enthorfee the tone"1*
tftOB of i ehlpeaaal to connect Lake Pooehar
Mew aad the Ktaeimippl river; by Herdr, of
Ntr York, to provide lor the collection into
tlee bnpaeed by lew on ell eogarimported
(m do HeweUee Meade....The tenet*
awodment to the hone* bill for the relief of
colored emigrant* wae eeaeamd in...-he
a_ «r_ gk^.' the eemHlM flu
_inn* w*» OWWIW eee....~
derma, of Keneee, from' the committee cm
egricui.nre, reported e bill enlarging power*
of the department of ajpicnltnre. Pieced on
the honee calender—Batch, of Mleeonn,
from the came committee, repeated e bill to
prevent the apread of infection* or contagion*
dieeitec among anlmala_The epportioij
ment biD wee again coneldered, end me bourn
adjourned.
ToiiDiT, February 14.—The peneion
errean bill came np, end Mr. Call, vhowae
given the door, deferred hie remark* tOl to
morrow.
Edmonds atked for a vote upon his motion
to take np the anti-polygamy Mil and the bill
wee taken np and laid over a* the dret bnti
neet following Cell’e remark*.
A bill wee Introduced by Call to exempt vee
ael* of let* than twenty-dve tone on the Inmad
water* of the United State*, and not engaged
in the traneportatlon of puienger*. from tit
iptfttQAMnUMIMe „ .v y'-'~ •
Morgan offered a resolution which wa» re-,
ferred, requesting the president to bring to
the attention of the government of Ntcaraugua
the necessity for arranging by convention for
a final settlement of aliunad justed claims ex
isting between the United States and Nicar
augua, and of cltlaens of either of said gov
ernments against the other government.
Adjourned.
HOURS.
Willetts, from the committee on judi
ciary, reported s bill to prevent persons bring
in bigamy or polygamy, from holding any
civil office of trust or profit in any territory of
the United States and from being delegates to
to congress. It was placed on the boose
calendar. t
Orth, from the committee on foreign affair!
reported adversely on the resolution originally
offered by Robinson, of New York, calling on
the attorney-general for his opinion as to
whether Joseph Kelfer, Alonso B. Cornell or
Charles Carroll should be arrested in the Brit
ish empire without having committed any
crime, tne English government by suspending
the writ of habeas corpus could lawfully detain
them on an Indefinite suspicion, without trial
or without right, if the United 8tates was to
demand his release; resolution tabled,—yeas
117, nays 108.
Orth also reported adversely on the rerolu
tion requesting the president to communicate
what correspondence of the British govern
ment is on file in the state department in re
ference to the case of O’Connor, a citizen of
the United States, now imprisoned in Ireland.
Orth stated the papers referred to had already
been asked for bv a previous resolution of
the house. The house refused to lav the re
solution upon the table by a vote Of 71 to 7V.
Cox,of New Yoik, offered an amendment,
with a view to securing a speedy trial for D.
H. O’Connor and other American citizens,
but the point of order being raised that the
amendment was not germane, it was not re
ceived.
The discussion was somewhat personal;
Robinson, of New York commenting upon the
necessity of an American congress taking
some steps for the release of American citizens
from Irish prisons, took occasslon to make
some reflections upon Robeson, of New Jer
sey, and that gentleman, in turn, applied to
Robinson tbe epithet of ’’demagogue,” and
intimated that he had been mendacious In bis
statements. The bouse was in great confu
sion throughout Robeson’s speech. Robeson
finally yielded the floor to Orth to allow him
to demand the previous question upon his re
solution.
Confusion was increased as Randall, of
Pennsylvania, Cox, of New York, and Hooker
of Wisconsin rose with points of order against
the speaker awarding the floor to Orth, con
tending that as tbe recommendation of tbe
committee on foreign affairs had not been
agreed to, control of the measure had passed
out of the hands of Orth, and the speaker
should recognize the opponents of the com
mittee’s recommendation. - _
Robeson reminded Randall that lie Was US
longer sneaker of the bouse, and Randall in
dignantly replying claimed his right to speak
as a member of the house in good standing.
Tbe speaker overruled tbe point of order and
held that ss no one had claimed tbe floor to
take control of the measure, he was bound
to recognize tbe gentleman from Indiana,
(Orth,) to demand the previous question.
From this decision Cox, of New York, ap
pealed, but the appeal was tabled; yeas 128,
uavs 112.
Randall stated he wished to call the atten
tion of the country to the fact that the reso
lution had come to the house without the con
sent of the committee.
Cox, of New York, moved to recommit the
resolution, with instruction to the committee
to insert therein the names of Michael Hart,
H. u’Mahony and John McEnery, and to add
a clause requesting the president to demand
of the British government the prompt trial of
these citizens, or their prompt release.
Orth stated he had no objection to that no
tion, and the resolution was accordingly re
committed with instructions as stated.
SWATS.
Wednesday, February 16.—Jackson
introduced a bill presented last congress, ap
propriating (150,000 as compensation (for tbe
property of book agents of the M. E. church
destroyed at Nashville in 1861, or any other
time.
The senate took up and temporarily passed
over the regular order for tbe anti-polygamy
bill, and Call, on leave, addressed the senate
in support of his proposed amendment to the
pension arrears resolution, declaring in favor
of pensions to the survivors of the Indian
wars of 1845.
At 2:25 the anti-polygamy bill was taken up
and the amendments proposed by the commit
tee on Judiciary, read ana agreed to up to the
fifth section, which authorizes the president
to grant amnesty to those classes of offenders
guilty before the passage of the act of bigamy,
polcgamy, or unlawful cohabitation, on such
conditions as he shall think proper. The sec
tion as amended and] retaining committee
amendments to the eighth section, was adopt
ed. Tbe eighth section provides for the con
duct of elections, registration and canvas
sing of votes, etc., in the territory until pro
vision for the same is made by a legislative
assembly provided for in a bill by appointees
of a board of five persons to bejappolnted by
the president and confirmed by the senate,
all of whom shall not be members of one
political party.
Brown moved to amend so as to require that
not more than three of this board shall be of
the same political party.
A discussion followed which was partici
pated in by Call, Edmunds, Test, Garland
and others, the latter remsrklng: It was
complained that the provisions of the bill were
Intended to be severe and rough. Let it go to
the world, he added, that congress recognizes
the organization of a territory founded upon
tbe theory that one man is Inspired by God
for a certain purpose, and we may leave our
statute books and give full license to the in
spiration of Gulteaus everywhere. As long
as it retained Its distinct features tbe Utah
government could not by any possibility be
r pub] lead.
An arrangement was made to continue the
debate immediately after the morning busi
ness hour to-morrow.
Adjourned.
housh.
ine morning hour was dispensed
with, and the house resumed consideration of
the apportionment bill.
Herbert opposed an Increase of member
ship.
Joyce protested against the bill reported by
the census committee, saying it wss a blow at
New England.
Hewitt did not fear an increase in the num
ber of members, provided a rational system
was adopted for transacting the public bus
iness. As now arranged, the whole machin
ery of congress wat. made on the principle of
how notto it. In consequence of the re
sulting paralysis business was suffering all
over the country. He warned congress
that calamities greater than those which
visited this country in 1873 would come upon
us unless congress addressed itself to the
intelligent and patriotic regulation of in
ternal revea ue and tariff questions.
Tillman said during Oram’s administration
the house was proportionately smaller than it
had ever been before, and there was a time
that executive authority ran riot, and when
the lobby dominated legislative authority to
accumulate public money and property in in
dividual bands. He was in favor of making
the house of representatives a Gibraltar Im
pregnable to bribery or intimidation.
Cox, of New York, submitted a modification
so as to fix the total number of representa
tives at 31ft.
A motion to adjourn was voted down by
the republicans.
It was finally agreed to call the previous
question to-morrow after an hour’s debate,
and the house adjourned.
mean.
Thubsdat, February 16.—After a
■tort executlTC tylon tbe inU-polygamy W
wai proceeded with,
jftamn esked whether Hit MB would it
#»t*de from hi* mt In the home the deh
Oje nomUUh, who ni represented to be
_ mmondi nld e reply to the inanity wool
MMade in doe time on beheliaf the onmmll
Mfewhieh reported the blU.
®t disc melon we* lone.
Jfeet denounced the bill In it* every fee tar
■ehill of attainder, Inflicting punishmen
totbout Judicial trial end conviction, whlc!
w prohibited by the conctltatlon.
tatter remark* by other aenntor* on the VI
rinn* amendment*, the bill wa* reported t
the **n*te from the committee of the wholt
Brown then renewed hi* amendment re
aniriut that not more than three of the mem
hereof the board of commladonre* ihall b
Store of the tame political party, whicl
■(reed to by a party vote—aye* X, nay
p*
Davis, of mtnoi*, voted aye with the demo
■to, and Mahone wu absent.
Another amendment offered by Brown ti
the laat section of the bill was adopted, pro
htbitlng toe board from disfranchising aw
one on account of h.s opinion on toe anbjec
Of bigamy or polygamy.
Several amendment* were proposed and de
bated by dedaive vote*, and after a rear
rangement of It* aectlon* the bin Snail]
JHN>" commltiefc on military affaire reported
idamtoa aenate resolution directing Inquiry ai
legtalatlon la necessary toenule old
to wbat 1 .
owa and heirs of deceased soldiers to recelvi
the benefit of bounties to deceased soldiers
the same being and remaining unpaid at tot
time of their death. The committee In theii
report, present the information prepared b]
Second Auditor Ferris, of the treasury do
pertinent. Ferris recommends an amend
ment of the law of April 1873, which provide!
that volunteers who enlisted prior to July 32,
1861, end were actually mustered In before
August 6, 1881, shall be paid (100 bounty.
This act. Ferris suggests, should be amended
by striking out the words “before August 6,
1861,” andextendlng its provision to wldowt
and friends of toe deceised soldiers, and also
to further amend toe law so that all claims
for bounty which have been disallowed may be
reopened and re-examined.
Adjourned.
HODSU.
Cox, from the committee auditing the
expenkee arising from the illness and death
of President Garfield, reported a bill v ranting
a pension of (5,000 per year to Mrs. Garfield,
Passed.
The following bills were reported: By Car
lisle, from the ways and means committee, to
regulate the collection of tax on Weiss beer.
From the committee on territories, for ad
mi eg Ion of Dakota as a state. House calen
dar.
By Hooker, from committee on Indian af
fairs, to provide training schools for the In
dian yonth. House calendar.
Donnell, from the ways and means commit
tee, reported a bill fixing the term of office of
collectors of Inti ' ‘ "
Internal revenue at four years.
House calendar.
Horr reported adversely from the civil ser
vice reform committee, the bill to reduce the
salaries of heads of departments and mem
bers of congress. Referred to committee of
the whole.
Consideration of the apportionment bBl
was resumed.
A vote was taken on the amendment offer
ed by Anderson of Kansas, fixing the num
ber at 825, and It was agreed to, yeas 163, nays
104.
Nebraska la allowed three members, Iowa
eleven.
Without final action the house adjourned. ■
sxxan.
Friday, February 17.—After con
sidering several bills on the calendar without
action the senate agreed to adjourn over un
til Monday, and then ordered an executive
session.
When the doors reopened the pension ar
rears resolution was taken up and laid over as
unfinished business. Adjourned until Mon
day.
Botjsn.
The apportionment bill came up, and.
amendments to change the number proposed
bYthebtUwererejerfed. , v %- '
The hill then passed without division. It is
as follows:
Be it enacted, etc., That after the 8d day of
March, 1883, the house of representatives
shall be composed of three hundred and twen
ty-five members, to be apportioned among the
several states as follows: Alabama, eight;
Arkansas, five; California, six; Colorado,
one; Connecticut, four; Delaware, one;
Florida, two; Georgia, ten: Illinois, twenty;
Indiana, thirteen; Iowa, eleven; Kansas,
seven; Kentucky, eleven; Louisiana, six;
Maine, four; Maryland, six; Massachusetts,
twelve; Michigan, eleven; Minnesota, five;
Mississippi, seven; Missouri, fourteen;
Nebraska, three; Nevada, one; New Hamp
shire, two; New Jersey, three; New Yorfc,
thirty-four; North Carolina,nine; Ohio, twen
ty-one; Oregon, one; Pfniisylvania, twenty
sight; Rhode Island, two; South Carolina,
Bcven; Tennessee, ten; Texas, eleven; Ver
mont, two; Virginia, ten; West Virginia,four;
Wisconsin,nine.
8ec. 2. That whenever a new state Is ad
mitted to the union, the representative or re
presentatives assigned it, snail he in addition
to the number 825.
Sec. 8. That in each state entitled under
this apportionment,the number to which such
state may be entitled in the forty-eighth and
each subsequent congress shall be elected by
aistricts composed of contiguous territory,
and containing as nearly as practicable, an
equal number of Inhabitants and equal in
number to the representatives to which such
state may be entitled in congress, no one dis
trict electing mire than one representative:
Provided, that unless the legislature of such
state sha'lhave otherwise provided before,the
election of such representatives shall take
place as provided by law. Where no change
shall be hereby made in the representation of a
state, the representatives thereof to the forty
eighth congress shall be elected therein as now
provided by law. If the number as hereby pro
vided for shall be larger than It was before this
change, then the additional representatives
allowed to said state under this apportion
ment may be elected by the state at large and
alter the representation io which the state is
entitled by tee districts as now prescribed by
law In such state; and if the number hereby
provided for shall in any state be less than it
was before the change hereby made, then the
whole number to which such state is hereby
provided for shall be elected at large, unless
the legislatures of said state have provided,
or shall otherwise provide, before the time
fixed by law for the next election of represen
tives therein. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Memorials against the treatment of Jews
in Russia and polygamy in Utah were pre^
sente d.
nous*.
Saturday, February 18.—A bill to
promote efficiency in the life saving service
Was reported, and the house went into com
mittee of the whole on the Immediate defi
ciency bill which appropriates $1,822,983.
The item of deficiency for public printing
gave rise to a debate, during which Atkins
state 1 that the great cost of the public print
ing was in a great measure doe to the extrav
agance of the committe on printing of the last
flOTlf rflfl
Over the dense In the immediate deficiency
hill appropriating (75.000 for the construction
of vaults in the treasury snd sub-treasury,
long discussion arose.
After further discussion upon Tenons items
in the bill, the committee rose and reported
to the houee. The bill paesed—yeae, 155;
nays, 26.
AdjonrneA^^^^^^^^^
Why Some are Peor.
Cream is allowed to mould and spoil.
Silver spoons are used to scape kettles.
The scrubbing brush is left in the water.
Nice handledknives are thrown into hot
water. Brooms are never hnng up.
Dish cloths are thrown where mice can
destroy them. Tubs and barrels are
left in the sun to dry and fall apart.
Clothes are left on the line to whip to
pieces in the wind* Pie-crust is left to
sour instead of making a few tarts for
tea. Dried fruit is not taken care of in
season and becomes wormy. Vege
table are thrown away that would make
a good dinner. The cork is left out oi
a syrup jug and the flies take, posses
sion. Bits of meat are thrown away
that would make excellent hash for
breakfast. Coffee, tea, and spices are
left tostandopenand lose their strength.
Pork spoils for the want of salt ana be
cause toe brine wants scalding.
What It Does.
Kidney-Wort moves the bowels regularly
cleanses the blood, and radically cares kia
ney disease, gravel, piles, billions headache
and pains which are earned by disordered
liver and kidneys. Thousands have beei
cored—why should you not try it?—[Con
trlbutor.
i ' good man.
1 Good night—the little llpi touch 0111%
^ The little arms enfold at;
■ And oh, that thue through cooing yean
They might forerer hold at I v •
1 Good night! we usurer beck end smile,
| And ktu ther drooping eyes;
Bat In the trembling hurt the while
The wlsfal queries rlee:
»
. Who, In the jure to come,
When we ere hid from eight, -
' Will deep the little hinds end Urn
l Theee little llpt "good night!"
> —[Arrow.
THE AD YE MURES OF A PEIRCE
■rail C. Very, In St. Nlcbolaa for FebroniT.il*!.
Ever so many years ago,—long be
fore white people came to America,—
there lived, down In what we now cal
Mexico, a little Aztec prince namec
Nezahualcoyotl. A long, fanny name,
is it not? What do you suppose the}
called him “for short?”
'* *-Bukin spite of aoeh§ Jong name, h«
proved himself, as he grew older, tot*
one of the bravest princes and brightest
boys of whom history tells,—as an
American pripce should be.
Great longs, although they have
beautiful palaces to live in, ana every
thing to mako them happy,'endure
heavy cares of government which at
times make them gloomy and sad; yet
one would imagine that a boy prince,
too young to assume responsibilities,
would have no other care than.te do
right, and be happy. But poor
Nezahualcoyotl had more cares than
you imagine.
A few years before shis story opens,
his father had been killed in a terrible
battle, and, soon after, a wicked uncle
n’amedMoxtla was crowned king, al
though he knew that Nezahualcoyotl
was rightfully the ruler. And when
the boy’s friends advised him to hide
from Moxtla, who, of course, jealously
watched his movements, the lad said:
“Why, surely, he will not be unkind
to me!”
So, on the coronation day, when
everybody was gayly dressed, and a
great banquet was to be held at the
place, Nezahualcoyotl dressed himself
in his best and went bravely to the new
king’s dwelling to offer his* congratula
tions.
But when the crowd stepped aside to
let him approach his uncle, and when
he knelt down and said, “Uncle, I hope
you will be happy," and handed him a
bouquet of flowers, hia uncle turned
rudely away and began talking with
his officers. By this, Nezahualcoyotl
knew that his uncle was unkindly to
him, and he hurried, as friends advised
him, to a palace in a distant part'of the
country.
One bright morning, soon after, the
prince was playing ball in the palace
court yard, and as he was laughing
and tossirg the plaything against the
wall, an attendant came running up,
and said:
“Oh, sir, there are some armed men
coming from the king!” And after
pausing to catch his breath, he said,
“Oh, hide, or they will kill you!—
quick!”
The prince turned very pale at this,
but, quieting hisfriends and attendants,.
he showed them how foolish it would be
to show his fright at this time,and urged
them to stand by him.
In a few minutes up came the armed
men, with the feathers on their heads
nodding in the wind, and they were all
ready to kill the prince, although he had
done no harm.
But he stepped forward to greet them,
and welcomed them to his palace, and
invited them to dine with mm. Being
treated so courteously, they walked in,
and soon were seated at the table.
Now, among the Mexicans (or Aztecs)
of those days, it was a mark of respect
to bum incense when great men were
visiting at a house; so, before long, the
incense began to send up its curling
wreaths of smoke in the door-way leach
ing to the next room, while Nezahual
coyotl politely entertained, his cruel
guests.
As he talked pleasantly with them,
and they were enjoying the meal, he
quietly rose, and saying “Excuse me a
moment,” passed into the next room.
The doors were wide open, so that his
enemies did not suspect anything at his
departure.
But, as the servants fed the fire of the
incense, the clouds of smoke became
denser and denser, and completely hid
Nezahualcoyotl from the feasters.
Glanoin/ back through the wavering
clouds of incense at his enemies, he saw
them dreamily watching the curling
smoke and evidently not thinking of
his movements. So he quietly opened
a door, and there close by it lay a long
pipe, through which water fortnerly
had been brought to the palace, but
which had been lor some time unused.
Softly closing the door behind him, he
quickly dropped into the long dark
pipe, and lay there safely hidden until
night-fall, when he came out, and with
some faithful followers hurried far away
from his persecutors.
Bow just think how angry Moxtla
must have been when he heard of this
—and how severely he would punish
the men he had sent to kill the Prince
Nezahualcoyotl. lie immediately - pro
claimed that an enormous prize would
be given to any one who would bring
the prince to him, dead or alive.
Therefore poor Nezahualcoyotl was
compelled, with a small band of friends,
to wander about in the night over high
mountains, and cross lonely plains; and
seldom in day-time could he safely ven
ture out, for, as he knew many persons
in all parts of the country were vigilantly
watching to capture him. Poor boy!
He continually urged his faithful fol
lowers to leave him, lest they should
endanger their own lives. But they re
fused, for they loved him; and, indeed,
even the cruel soldiers of his uncle
thought of the little prince with tender
And this was a fortunate thing .for
him. For, one day, as he lay concealed
in some bushes, he heard the tramp
of many feet, and saw the soldiers in
the distance.
Nearer and nearer they came, until
about sunset they pitched their tents
close to the hidden prince, and ended
the day by a lively dance. The keen
glance of one of the soldiers spied the
poor prince trying to hide among the
bushes near by. Quick as a flash the
kind-hearted fellow picked him np and
put. him into the great drum, and while
the other soldiers in a ring around the
camp-fire were noisily singing, they
little knew how snugly the long-desired
prize, for which they had traveled so
for, lay concealed at iheir very feet.
Ana at last a change came for both
the wicked uncle ana the young prince.
Men tired of Moxtln's seventy and
. cruelty, and lamented the alteration
since the peaceful rule of Nezahual
1 coyotl’s father. Then they thought o!
; the prince, and resolved to fight foi
him,
Gladly he received this good news
and returning with his faithful follower
he fought a great battle; and being si
fortunate as to gain the victory, he wa
crowned king, and reigned over Mextm
for years afterward, a wise and rax
ruler.
WEBSTEB'8 7AH0U& SPEECH.
w«i Tkm ■ ■■ppnaM4Bp«MhT-~TOUk'
Jo*h*a It. eiddlaia aad muni
Storeas 8*14 About It.
Boston Trmrellw.
Hon. John B. Alley 1b one of the fiv
remaining Massachusetts men whc
took an active part in the free sol
movement, and whole reoollectioni
cover the stirring period of which Mr
Webster's 7th oFuarch speeoh was om
of the most exoiting episodes. Learn
ing that he was in the city for a fov
days, a. Traveller representative callec
upon him, and had the following tall
on the ourrentcontroveny touohing tha
memorable oration:
Traveller representative—Mr. Alley
yon have, of course, observed the con
tversy touching Ifr. Webster's speed
‘be 7th of March, MMh and as to
whether or not he ever prepared an
other speeoh which he suppressed, anc
for which the speeoh be delivered wot
substituted. We have heard it stated
that you have some personal knowledge
that would throw light on this question.
Is that so?
Mr. Alley—The statement whioh has
been made, that Mr. Webster prepared
a speech of quite a different character
as regards the duty of the north than
that whioh he delivered on the 7th of
March, 1860,1 think there can be no
doubt. Still, I am reluotant to meddle
with any controversy of this character,
although at the time I regarded Mr.
Webster’s speeoh, as I do .now, as a
great blot upon his reputation. Pre
vious to the organization of the free
soil party in 1848, I had a great ad
miration for Mr. Webster, as one who
had the courage of his conviotions and
an intellectual giant. At that time his
friends had Btrong hopes, and not with
out reason, that he would aid'the free
soil oause, as his declarations in tha
spring and summer of that year were of
such a character that nearly all the free
soil wbigs were confident that in the
then approaching presidential contest
we should have if not the active support
of Mr. Webster, certainly his moral in
fluence in favor of the free soil cause.
Joshua R. Giddings and Stephen C.
Phillips both said to me. as many other
free soil whigs, that Mr. Webster was
really in sympathy with us, and Mr.
Giddings in particular related to me a
conversation which he had with Mr.
Webster, in which Mr. Webster spoke
strongly in favor of the free soil cause
and expressed a determination to make
a speech in the senate in which the
north would beset entirely right in that
matter, but that for reasons which were
well understood by his friends at the
time he was dissatisfied with the nomi
nation at Buffalo; and although he de
clared publicly that Gen. Taylor’s was
■ a nomination not fit to be made,” yet
he earnestly advocated his election. In
the session of 1849-60 his friends all
supposed that he would sustain the
north as against the south on the ques
tion of slaveiy, and in confirmation of
such a View Mr. Giddings related to me
this fact; that a short tune before Mr.
Webster made that 7th of March speech,
in a conversation with him, he spoke of
the disposition of the north to succumb
to the south in all its unrighteous de
mands upon the slavery question, and
said he thought the time had come
when it should be clearly shown to the
country and the world that tbore was a
north, and stated to him that he had
prepared a speech upon whioh he would
like to hare his criticism and opinion.
He told me the speech was sent him,
that he read it very carefully and was
greatly delighted with it, and returned
it to Mr. Webster, and in a reply to a
Suestion to Mr. Webster if he thought
lat would be entirely satisfactory to
the anti-slavery sentiment of the north,
Mr. Giddings said that it would not
only be satisfactory but it would prove
the greatest speech of his life and would
immortalize his name Mr. Webster
replied that he should deliver that speech
at the earliest opportunity. Shortly
afterwards he delivered his famous 7th
of March speech which was of an entire
ly different character from the one sub
mitted to Mr. Giddings for his criticism,
and Mr. Giddings, who had a great ad
miration of Mr. Webster's vast powers,
rkeofittome long after Webster’s
ease as having been a great surprise
to him and to many of Mr. Webster’s
best friends in both houses of congress.
The late Thaddeus Stevens also told me
that that speech which Mr. Giddings
alluded to was submitted to Mr. Mere
dith, who was at the time. I believe,
secretary of the treasury, and a strong
personal and political friend of Mr.
Webster's, ana by his invitation Mr.
Stevens was asked to hearit read. Mr.
Stevens, whose anti-slavery convictions
were very strong, said ho was greatly
pleased, and felt, as did Mr. Giddings,
that it would immortalize the name of
Webster. A few days afterwards,
while in the hall of the house of
representatives, he was informed that
Mr. Webster was delivering an ultra
pro-slavery speech in opposition to
northern sentiment, and ho rofused to
believe that any such speech was being
made, and declared that he had seen
the speech himself, and that it was of
an entirely contrary tenor. But those
who reported to him were so confident
that he was making a speech quite the
reverse of what Mr. Stevens supposed,
that Mr. Stevens went over to the senate
and listened for himself, and he stud be
soon discovered that Mr. Webster was
making an entirely different speech
from we one that he contemplated but
a few days before.
He went back to the house, he said,
and expressed his disapprobation and
disgust in very short terms. I know
that many of Mr. Webster's friends in
Boston at that time were greatly dis
appointed and expected a speech of a
wholly different character. What rea
son had they to expect such a speech
other than Sir. Webster’s well-known
previous sentiments, I do not know,
but that Mr. Giddings and Mr. Stevens
both spoke by authority I never had
the least doubt; and it is surprising to
me now that the sorrowing friends of
Mr. Webster should deny that the 7th
of March speech was not in directoppo
sition to his well-known previous senti
ments.
That Mr. Webster was actuated, as
many supposed at the time, by • pro*
miss from the south of the presidency,
I have no imowledge. He might have
been frightened at what he regarded at
the imminent danger of the dissolution
of the Union, which so operated upoi
his fears that his motives mjght not
have been other than patriotic ones
however much he might have been mis
taken. All who lived in those times re
member that the agitation of the slaver]
question at that tune and the discussioi
I upon the compromise measures of tha
, period filled the hearts of many patri*
i otto men of all parties, wth fear and
i consternation for the safety of the
i Union, and it would not be surprising 'f >•
i that Mr. Webster should hare ohangeu
1 his views, in view of the threatening
aspect of affsus, involving, as so
many uppo* d, the destruction of the *
Union.
“I dislike,’’ said Mr. Alley in oon
i elusion, ••very much to bring up these,
matters in the present time to tarnish
the name and fame of any public man,
but 1 suppose it is due to the truth of
history, in view of the contradictions
that have been made, that the exact
should be preserved.” s
George Eliot and Ernei son.
“Topic* of the Time," In the Century for Kehrunry.
The world U never without its men
of spiritual vision—a kin of insight in
; to reality essentially different from
; George Eliot's keen analysis of human
' nature. It is a genius of higher order
than hers; it is teloscopio, reaohlng the
heavens, where hers was miorosoopio,
revealing the things of earth. Mr.
, Myers names George Eliot, Carlyle,
and Raskin as three prophet* liut we
havo in Emerson a greater prophet
than any of the three; healthy when
Carlyle was dyspeptio, serene and all
viewing whereRuskin is partial and pas
sionate, a seer where George Eliot was
an analrst. She knew the thought of
ner day and generation, and was mast
ered by it: be knows it, and masters it.
No one is freer than he from bondage
to tradition. No one secs more clearly
the meanings of soience. He is so free
from all false or exaggerated fervors
that to many he seems cold. In him
the brilliant rays of oolor—of insight,
passion, tenderness, imagination, wor
ship, love—seem to blond in the clear
white light of truth. And his sincere
message rings always with a jubilant
tone of faith, and hope, - and joy. In
everything he sees divinity,—the token
and the very presence of God. For him,
life pours from every urn a wine of ex
quisite joy, which never intoxicates,but
yields a celestial vigor. With the
heavens opening above and about him,
he yet keeps his feet always on the Hrm
ground of familiar fact. His poems are
inspirations of serene joy. The present
is to him so full that he will scarcely
dwell on the futnre. Yet, In his
“Threnody,” born of a groat sorrow,
we have the foretaste, ana almost the
:-3
(
■‘■I
present sense, of eternity. How nobly,
in '“Social Aims,” he writes of immort
ally. He goes deeper than any oonvio
tion about man’s futurity, to that ab
solute trust in all-ruling good which Is
the heart of spiritual faith. “I think
all sound minds rest on a certain pre
liminary conviction, namely, that u it
be best that conscious personal He shall
continue, it will continue; if not best,
then it will not.”_
Lincoln’s Story •• tho Cennlry JutUen.
Chicago Journal.
A correspondent in sending the fol
lowing aneodote says it was often re-*
lated by Lincoln, with that peculiar ex
pression and fasination of manner that
tboso. only oan fully appreciate who
knew, him:
While yet a humble surveyor in
Mound county a friend of President
Lincoln, who then, like himself, had
little education, but strong attachments,
was elected a justice of the peace. Feel
ing the importance of tho position to
which he had been elected, he had mado
a rough desk, standing on four legs, to
hold his “statoot” and papers, and be
hind it a large, old-fashioned arm-chair,
with “splint-bottom." Soon after his
commission was received, giving him
authority to dispense justice, a neigh
bor, a friend of his, called to commenco
the first suit and get out the first sum
mons. The summons was duly issued
and served, and the day fixed for trial.
On the day of trial the wholo neigh oor
hood were ou hand, eager to see and
hear and learn tho result of this litiga
tion. The only room in tbo justice’s
cabin was occupied for the court, and
the justice, clean shaved and sh rted,
and dressed in his best “jeans,” took
his seat in the old arm-chair, at one side
of the huge fire-place, and behind the
rudo desk. The court was opened, the
evidence heard, and the case promptly .
decided in favor of his friend—the plain
tifl.
While the defendant and his friends
were leaving the room* in no pleasant
mood, the justice rose from bis scat,
walked over to where the plaintiff
stood, surrounded by his witnesses and
frionds, rubbed his hands, bowed and
smilingly said: “I’m glad this case
went that way.”
A Han That Was Saved.
At a recent local temperance meeting
near Lewiston, Me., a speaker, In
dwelling upon the degradation caused
by the appetite for liquor, said he
knew a man that drank to such an ex
tent that his whole person seemed im.
pregnated with aloohol; bis lungs,
even, b .came so charged with it that
in blowing out a candle one day his
breath took fire as if it were naptha.
At the conclusion of these remarks a
blear-eyed and ragged man staggered
forward from the rear of the hall. The
audience-room was packed. People
standing in aisles mado a passageway
for the groping inebriate. Ali present
thought another reformation was to
come and that the trembling toper was
on his way forward to sign the iron
clad pledge. The people onthestaeo
stood ready to welcome him gladly.
The besotted and rum-poisoned ap
pearance of the old fillow made a sad
and quieting impression on the crowd
and the utmost silence prevailed. He
pushed his way along to the place
where the last speaker sat. With a
tremulous voice and swaying body he
said: “My frien’ (hie). I want to
shake hands with you. You’ve saved
me (hie). [Applause from the audi
ence.] Til swear to yo (hie), stranger,
that I’ll never blow ont another can
ule’s long as I live.”
Alarming Decrease of Fine.
Milwaukee; Hentlnc'!.
Bv Prof. Sargent’s recent publication.
The Forestry Bulletin, of Michigan, it
G shown from statistics carefully com
piled from official figures in the Census
office that there are $82,010,000,000-feet
of merchantable pine in the states of
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
Of this vast amount Wisconsin has near
ly 41,000,000,000, the Michigan Penin
sula 85,000,000,000, and Minnesota a
little more than 6,000,000,000. At the
rate this pme timber was cut in the
census year 1880 it would be exhausted
in twelve years, the amount on that
occasion being 7,085,507,000. However,
as the percentage of lumher manu
factured increased 88 per cent during
the intervening years from 1870 to 1880,
the outlook is anything but pleasant.
Mr. Marvin, the man who married
■ fifteen wives, tried to escape from tbo
i Virginia penitentiary the other night
; bnt failed.