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VOL. V.
PUBLIC LAI GRANTS.
if A l l ROADS THAT HA TE FORFEI ZED
THEIR GRANTS. -.
An Extended Report From the Secretary"
of tn«» Interior— The Congressional Can
• «*» . for the Coining Elections of Repre
tenUUveß— Flower to Have Practical
Charge of the Democratic Committee—
. Aid From Ladies for the Oarfield Memo
rial Hospital— Moro of the Chtll-Pf.ru
Matter-General Capital Mews /
Coming Congressional Caucus.
Washington, March 29.— The senate
committee, consisting of Davis (W. Va),
chairman; Morgan, Gorman, Coke, Harris,
Groverandone vacancy, McPherson bavins:
declined, expect to confer with the house
committee in a few days. The senate ( com
mittee is in favor of leaving the management
of the congressional caucus to the house
committee, inasmuch as the election is for
members of the house only. It has been sug
gested that the senate committee shall, in
rtead of tho former part of the regular exeeu
tire committee, confer, and co-operate with
r,hu house committee - and assist them
whuever they could. It is now understood
tbal Representative Flower will really have
the management of th- congressional com.
mlttee. G«n Rosecrans, it is said, is to be sat
isfied with the honor of holding the position
of chairman, and will go home and leave the
direction of th« canvass to Flower. •
Land Grants to Hailroads .
Washington, March 29.— The speaker pre
eeatfld the nous? to-day with a communication
from the secretary of the interior in response
to a resolution by Representative Cobb, call
ing for information relative to those states
?nd railroad corporations to which grants of
public lands have been made to aid the con
btructtoß of railroads, and not completed
wituiu the time required by law. The repoit
names ten states, Mississippi, Alabama, Louis
iana, Florida, Arkansas, Missouri, Michigan,
iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota to which
grants of public lands have been
made lo aid in the construction of
railroads within their limits. It also
names eiubt corporations — tho Northern
Pacific, California & Oregon (now Oregon
branch of the Central Pacific), Oregon Cen
tral (now Oregon & California Railway com
l«aD>), Atlantic & Pacific, Northern Pacific
Railroad company of California (main line),
Oregon Central Railroad company, Texas
Pacific (now Texas & Pacific Railroad com
pany), and New Orleans, Baton Rouge &
Viekeburg (now New Orleans A Pacific Rail
road company),— to which grants of public,
lands were made direct to aid in tho com
pleMoa of their several roads.
The aggregate number of miies of railroad
IHor.uecd to be built by tbet* eight eorpora
tiuiis to which grants of land wcro made
fiiitet, wajß 7,748, of which 1,465 have been
•Mi'jKtiucttd at the time required fyr coinplc
»on of the entire lines. The aggregate
Ptot£ißi of lands granted these eight corpora
tion waa 116,58l > ,008 acres, of which 3,971,891
):**.£ been patented to the (several companies.
Tbe raihoad companies receiving tbe benefit
of the lands granted in tba ten states men
tioned above are: Gulf & Bhip Island, Tusca
loosa cfc Mobile, Mobile <fe Nsw Orleans,
Memphis & Charleston; Mobile & Girard;
c'Jnja, Komc ADalton; Savannah & Albany;
Coosa & Tennessee; Ejton & Beardeblufi;
Atlantic, Gulf & West India Transit com
pany; Pecsacola * Georgia (from Lake City
to Fcimeola, Fla.); Florida, Atlantic & Gulf
Central (from Jacksonville to Lake City/,
North Louisiana & Texts; Little Rock
A- Foit Smith; Iron Mountain; Bt.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern;
Detroit & Milwaukee; Port Huron &
Milwaukee; Jackson, Lansing & Saglnaw;
Northern Central of Michigan; Aniboy, Lan
lifig & Traverse Bay; Marquette, iloughton &
• 'utonajron; Ontonagon & Btate Lint; Sionx
ntv & St. Paul; West Wisconsin; North Wls
roßftinj Wisconsin Central; St. Paul, Minne
apolis & Manitoba; Western Railroad com
pany (formerly the Brainerd branch of tbe St.
Paul & Pacific); Southern Minnesota Railway
extension; Lake Superior & Mississippi; and
Hastings & Dakota— in all, thirty two com
panies. Of these, six constructed ro portion
<>f their roads, and niua have not
had any of their lines yet patented.
Ihe aggregate number of miles of rail
road proposed to be built by the thirty-two
i om panics is 4,812. Tue amount completed
within the time required for the completion of
Hi'? entire amount, 1,665 miles. The aegre'
i: it" amount of their land grants lh 2 1 ,"4^2^349
acres-, patented companies 10,002,100 acrtb;
number of units proposed to be constructed
!i,t)i'»); constructed At the time the completion
"f tbe entire amount was required, ;;,130.
Aggregate amount of land grants, 137,881,357
:i<r>-s; patented to companies 14,873,4.7 acres.
The Garfield Memorial Hospital.
• „ LADIES' AID SOCIETY. \
Washington, March 29.— Tho ladk.- of
Washington organized today a Ladies' Aid
Society for the Garfield Memorial hospital and
chose the following officers: President, Mrs.
Henator Windorn; vice presidents, Mrs. Gen. J.
It. Kicketts and Mrs. Speaker Keifer; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Leonard Whitney; corrc
rpondinc secretary, Mrs. Seonlor. Blair: treas
urer, Mrs. Commissioner Geo, B. Loring.
Commissioners were appointed to perfect an
organization by selecting an additional' ■ vice
!'ie«ldcnt from each state and territory; also to
.-i range for a Martha Washington tea party
in tbc rotunda of the capltol. The commit
tees include the wives of Speaker Kiefer, Sen
ators Butler, Harrison, and Hill, (Colo.) and
of Representatives Springer, Deering, * Long,
r.jiitnau. Burrows, and Cannon, • (Ills); Miss
Swaim, Mrs. Commissioner McFarland, Mrs.
General Ricketts, and Mrs. General Lander.
The membership fee is $1, A large number
of subscriptions have- been handed the : treas
urer. ■
The attendance was large at the meeting to
day, including the wives of many senators
and rcpresenatives and leaders of society here.
Senator Windoin In a brief address said a gen
<^al hospital was greatly needed and would be
a, memorial of Gen. Garfield more suitable to
Ms character than one of marble or brass.
The chairman of the committee on ways and
mtuns stated that almost enough money had
lieen raised to justify placing the hospital
in active operation. -
■-.'"• Star Routes and Lotteries.
Representative Manning says of his resolu
tion adopted by the i house to-day calling for
information in regard to the present relations
of the Louisiana state lottery with the post
office department, that he expects to show a
Kuspsaskm of the order, interdicting the
use of mails < in the interest of . the
! <ui?iauu t lottery. > He was intimately
'.-oiiocrteil with the passage of the star route
dortciency bill in the spring I of 1880, and : says
i bit it was corruptly obtained by General
Brad* »nd a great ring of contractors - inter
ceding in Ihe deficiency appropriation. . \s £
Manning also says there is every reason to
believe the i lobby employed by _ the . lottery
company was strong enough to defeat a meas
u; c so necessary to the I star route ring, and
Hi tt the combination of the two influences
-►vurcd the success of the deficiency bill and
the rescinding of the interdict on the lottery
company.
Chili-Peru Comments- -■:. .
Washington March 2S>.— Mr. Treucott's
declaration that his mission to Chili has ix-cn
practically ruined by the premature publica
tion of his instructions, has caused - a great
deal of talk in political and diplomatic circles
it) this city. Mr, Trescott telegraphs secreta
ry Frelinghuysen}Undcr date of March sth that
(.'hill will not moderate the " terms of peace
. whi?h Mr. Frellnghnypen declared to be hard
and exorbitant. Mr. Trescott adds that "the
publication c! the instructions to him and
the confidential telegram from him has made
it Impossible to secure a modification from
Chili." A gentleman who is entirely familiar
with the Peru-Chilian controversy and who
take a great interest in -i South American
affairs, declares that the instructions to Mr.
Trescott were made public against the most
earnest and repeated wrotests of Mr. Blame.
The president had promised Mr. B aine
the instructions " should . not vbe made
public, and that he afterwards 'yielded to
Mr. Frelingbuy demand for this publi
cation; that Mr. Blame told the president that
a premature publication > would lead to the
failure of the mission, and that Trescott's last
request was that no communication to him
or from him should be ; given to the
press until after bis return
from South America. : Mr. Trescott's
complaint to Mr. Frelingbuysen is denied, for
violating the understanding under which he
eet out upon his mission. It is highly prob
able that the whole subject will now be In
vestigated by the house committee on foreign
affairs, .v ; • ."■,.'.::;.: i '.■ ;
; . General Capital Sews. .
DEMOCRATIC CONOBESBIONAI<cbMMItTEB.
. Washington, March 29-. —The following
Democratic congressional executive commit
tee were appointed this morning. Congress
men Rosecrans, *nd Flower,: of Kentucky,
Randall, of Pennsylvania. Lefevre of Ohio,
Cobb of Indiana, Thompson of Kentucky and
Jones of Arkansas. c . ■ "■'.' - '
■ ■ SCCCEBSFttL 6CICIDE. / .- '
Jacob W. Kerr, until recently paying teller
of theß^nk of the Republic, killed himself
to-day. Ho left a note saying: "Realizing
that I have expended money belonging to
others to an extent that I can never repay, I
have sought this relief from the dishonor,
sorrow and disgrace.'" ..-•■,
, : ACTION F. : .
Wo. William?, Ind., charge d' affairs of the
United States to Paraguay and Uruguay;
Postmasters— Henry ' Mullen, Columbia, Pa.;
Mrs. Maty L. Rose, Newpoit, Ky.; Isaac C.
B. Suman", Valpariaeo, Ind.: Frederick P. Kit
tering, DeWitt, Io^a; Meivin- A. Cushlng,
MiDsok.lH.-' •; ■ ■ ' - - "
j: CON?IHMATIOS6. ;!; . J ; -
United States coun&ul, Edwin Stevene, X*!,
at Ningo; collector of customs, Joseph Ship- ;
herd, district of St. Mary*; Maj. Henry P. \
Tarrow district of Brunswick, Ga. Indian
agents: Henry :J. Armstrong, Kans., Crow
agency, Montana; ? Cbas .E. Monteith, N<z
Perces. Idaho; Postmasters. Harvey F. GrU
coru, Chattanooga, Term., Alfred B.
Mercer, Pa., J. W. 11. Reislnger, MeadvUle,
Pa., Matthew H. Fulton, Backeye, Ohio;
Frank L. Weetover, Bay City, Mich; Wm. A.
Roger, Mount . Aver, Iowa; John • Anderson,.
Paris, Teen. '.'■ "'. s^.-■-"^ : -/:^ "- '-'"V' ' ..-. -'
'*}) r ,.; i^ SHIPHERD NOT SHAMMIXfi. ;y.
Dr. Lincoln, who visited Shipberd at the in
stance of the committee on foreign affairs,
reports that Shipherd is Bufferinr: from facial
erysipelas . and unable' .to leave the bouse,
probably for a week.
■ : '. - -.:.• BUEVITIE2.
Secretary i'olgcr will coon i?-u'' » bond
caii.-\. ;'- r .; : ;; _ '/A r.- : :'::V ; ; " . ■-''• y-'-y~
R. T. Mirriok has been appointed: assistant
counsel in the prosecution of the star route
cases." .'■', v . l~ '. ' .■"■ "..'•.-':•
I The bill modifying the niocey order postal
systeui will bo reported to the . house. with a
favorable recommendation. r .'.' ■f;■" _ ' ; : '\
APPROPK»ATI «NS F')K INDIANS.
Tt:* Principal Tnpiu Id the Senate T«6ier
d»y—Two-Bmil«»ws for Bdacttinz Indian
Children la the ; State*— Oar lisle Cor.
rlacJr » Ills Remark* un ' the Tariff Com
inieolon Bill— Penslots for Presidents*
Wives— An Eastern Judicial District In
■■„•-. Kentucky, - ; ':-'' : .' >'':' "' ' * ; ■"'". 'if^i\
The Senate
Washington, March 2V.— Souator (Jockrell
offered a resolution directing the 6ecreUry of
state to inquire regirding the United States
citizens imprisoned in Irelaud.
Senator Pendleton reported favorably his
civil service bill.
The presidential couut bill waa laid aside
temporarily, when the the senate bill to « tstab*
lish an eastern judicial district of Kentucky
was passed.
The Indian appropriation bill was then
taken up. The estimates for service for 1883
were $55t,171,39t. Amount of appropriations
of last year including deficiencies. $5,000,866.
Amount of preeeut bill as it came from the
house $4,92y,203. Addition* made by the sen
ate committee increased the amount $230,800,
making the total as reported to the senate
$5,160,003, being $8,157 in excess of the LIU of
1883, The total of tbe Items of the Increased
appropriation made by the committee is $316,
-000; deductions $55,203. Among the items
increased by the committee arc: New build
ings for Indian schools, $50,000; education of
Indian children in the states, $17,000. ' Tbe
total appropriation exclusively for Indian
schools Is 8412,200.
In committee of the whole, In gal Is in tho
chair, the committee amendments, with ope
or two exceptions, on which votes were
reserved, were agreed to.
Senator Hoar moved a substitute Tor the
commission amendment appropriating $17,000
for Indian children at schools other tban those
provided for, as follows:
"The secretary of the interior h further au
thorized and directed to provide for the care,
support and education in any of the states, of
all Indian children, lying wee t of the Mississip
pi, and riot belonging to the civilized tribes in
Indian territory or so many thereof
as may be practicable* under
regulations approved by the president at
a cost not exceeding (200 per annum for each
child, and for this purpose there is appropri
ated $2,000,000, or a? much thereof as may be
necessary."
Pending action, Senator Garland introduced
a substitute for the Garland bill authorizing
tbe Texas & St. Louis railway company to
build bridges in Arkansas.
After an executive nrwioii tbe senate
adjourned.
' House t>f Itepresen'atlces.
Washington, : March . 39.— The \ senate
amendment of the bill of the house granting a
pension of $5,000 a year to Lucretia R. Gar
field was concurred in. The . amendment jl in
cludes the names of Sarah C. Polk and Julia
G. Tyler. : ...■■■ . : " . • : ; -
; \ Mr. Kelly reported a bill for the reduction
of taxation.' Referred to committee of the
whole. .
. Mr. Stephens submitted a resolution in
structing the committee on the judiciary to
inquire luto the legality of removal -by
Speaker Kelfcr of IX ayes, ; "the official .steno
grapher. * W;
Lord reported back the bill for the construe
tion of a ship , canal across . Michigan. ; Re
ferred to committee of the whole. :_ . -.
Tee bill for the erection of public buildings
at the following places was rcportea and re
ferred to committee of the whole: - Clarks
burg, W. Va.; New Albany, Indiana; Tcrre
Haute, Indiana. - v " ;_
The House went into committee of th a
whole on the tariff commission bill and - Carl
isle resumed his argument, contending ' that
a protective tariff was not tile cause of . the
increase in i the price r of labor. " ; - •
Everett, (Pa.),Jfavored the pending bill, and
the committee ra6e. * r. *-
. Butterworth, (Ohio,) reported tack the
army appropriation bill. .
', Usher, from the '•■-, committee un coinage*,
-weights and measures, reported the following:
"Any owner of mold bullion or gold coin
may deposit the same at any mint to be formed
into coin or bars for his benefit, . It . shall be
lawful, however, to refuse any % dfposlt " Ad
journed. - ::■■" -•■ ■-."■ -•■■■■• ■■-■-■ ■-■••■ - ". : /
': New black and colored caahimercs -at B. F.
Z«hm * Co.'a.' '■: x . :■ T.'t) :'■' T.'--~ '":';.■■' ■: r ": '. '".
Dailu
THE NEW CAPITOL.
The Reasons Why It .Will Not lie Com
p!ettd Ibis Year- Interview with Got.
■ «' Hubbard, who Explains the Situation
Pally. : 'S, ". '\! r V. i.."■/... "■/.. . '.■',, ' %
. . [Minneapolis Tribune, 29th.] : v
When making his daily round of the state
offices yesterday the Tribune's reporter •was
shown by the executive clerk a communica
tion from Architect BufflngtoD, covering com
plete estimates for the new capitol. It ap
peared that Got. Hubbard on the 14th ult.
addressed a letter ' to Mr. I Bufflngton
requesting him to : submit an estimate .in
detail of the cost of < completing } '.'ln all
respects" the capitol according, to
the plans and. specifications adopted, and also
that the whole should be embodied in the
form of a communication. On the 10th
inst. the governor ■ addressed a note . to Mr.
Buffington, reminding him i of the ' letter I of
the 14th ult. and requesting him ' to - furnish
the information called for as early as possible.
In response to this j Mr. Bufflngton came to
the governor's office with his papers .to give
a verbal statement or explanation of the esti
mat but on being informed that the gover
nor desired a detailed written statement which
could be placed on record, he prepared his es
timate accordingly and enclosed it to the gov
ernor as follows: '; ••-.-. T *
MramuroLU, March 34, 1881 . - Gen . L. F. Hub
bare, Governor, 8 1. Paul.- Dub Bib; In answer
to yours of February the ' 14th -. enoiosed too. nil!
please find an estimate of the new state capitol, in
cluding the .entire cost. ' These estimates have been
obtained from contractors and builders . I The pres
ent contracts let and the foundations put . In last fall
amou&t to about $100,000. Ihe balance of esti
mate is jet to be let. . Very respectfully submitted : i
■-..."■ . L. S.BcrriKGToy, ■
• ' Bop. Aren't, per B.
On applying for permission to copy , the es
timates, the clerk stated that he was instructed
to allow only the total amount . to be made
public. This, he eaid, was $345,000. Remem
bering that the total cost of the building had
been placed much lower when the legislature
had the capitol appropriation bills under dis
cussion, and ilso that the last appropriation
forbade an expenditure :on the building, of
more than was appropriated, the reporter
concluded that there was more \to be learned
than appeared on the surface, and straight
way took himself to the governor's office.
/'Governor," said the reporter, "your clerk
has shown me the total of estimates for the
new capitol. and the correspondence \ calling
on Mr. Bufflngton for detailed estimates in
writ but will not permit me to copy the
details, which I think would be interesting to
the public." " ;- .;.:■:.:* i::^- :;:;:••■ . ; • ..
■■. Governor- -I instructed' him not to give the
details to the reporters, because,although some
contracts ate made, others will have to be let
hereafter, and it might operate against \ the
interests of the state to give bidders the bene
fit of the architect's estimates. '- •;,.; -
Reporter — Well, then, governor, may I ask
you a few questions about the building of your
capitol ? I have taken notes of your . letters
calling for the estimates and a copy of the .
architect's reply, with bis footing of the total
cost, and would like to know a little more
about it. ; . — ■■- --•••;■■■•.: • ■/- ■ -.■■■■■ =:■•:- »
Gov.— l shall be pleased to listen. . ' -■
1 Rep.— ls it probable that the new capitol
will be finished this eoason? . •
Gov.— The appropriations inado for the
purpose are nor. sufficient to complete the
buildiDg, hence I do not see how it can be
done.
Rep..-— The architect's estimates, I see
amount to (245,000. What is the amount of
the appropriations?
Gov. -The total amount available for con
struction and furnishing is $164,000.
Rep. — This would 6how a deficiency of $61,
-000.
Gov.— More than that. The act of the
extra cession, appropriating sloo,ooo, provides
that this amount with the former appropria
tions shall finish and furnish the building.
Rep.— What amount will be required to
furnish the building?
Gov.— l have had no closo estimates made
for the furnishing, as have been made for the
furnishing, but I am of the opinion it will re
quire fully £25,000 to furnish the building in
a complete manner.
Hep.— There would htein then to ba a dc§«
citrncy of about $86,000.
Gov. — About that amount.
Rep -I supj iosc then that you will expend
the appropriations and let them go as far as
they will towards the completion of the build
ing.
(i'jv. Such action might be allowable
under 6ome circumstances, but in this case it
Is not.
Rep.-Why?
Gov. — The act of the extra scssiou making
the 1 tst appropriation prohibits it.
Rep.— ln what way?
Gov.— lt provides the amounts hereby and
heretofore appropriated shall be so expended
as to complete* the building in all reepectt, and
any violation of the provision is made a mis
deiceanor. I will refer you ta the act itself,
which, perhaps, in this connection, it will be
well to publish if it is your purpose to print
this interview, litre is the act. It is a short
one which you can copy in a few minutes:
AN ACT to appropriate money to finish the state
capitol buiitili g and make the sazr eas nearly fire
proof as practicable:
Be it Enacted, eto — Section 1 . There is hereby
appropriated out of the money In the state treasury
th~ sum if ooe hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be ex
pended under direction of the governor, to finish
the state tapltol building, and make the same as
nearly tire-proof as possible; provided that the
amount hereby and heretofore appropriated for this
purpose, shall be so expended as to to complete said
build leg in all respects, and that no contracts ah til
be m ade in excess of such appropriation, and any
violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. this act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Approved ov. 18 1881.
Rep. —lt is your purpose, governor to pros
ccute the work at all this reason?
Gov.— Yos. I have concluded to have the
existing contracts carried out, and such
further work done 83 will put, the building in
condition :o protect it from damage by the
elements.
Reo —To what stage of progro-s will this
bring the building?
Gov. — It will put it under roof.
Rep. — Bat not in condition bo that even a
part of it can be occupied?
Gov.— No. If I felt authorized under the
law to use the entire appropriation without
completing the building in all respects, I
would (leaving parts of it in an uncomplete
state) put the building in a condition to be
occupied by the eta to officers and the legislature
next winter; but as that would be a direct vi
olation of the terms of the law, of course it is
impossible.
Rep. —How did it happen that the legislature
made this insufficient appropriation, and at
the same time placed such restrictions upon
its expenditure?
Gov.— That is a matter of which I was not
personally cognizant, and hence I can give you
no information regarding It.
Rep.— Could you not modify the plans so as
( make a less expensive building?
Gov.— That is impracticable. The founda
tion is already in and contracts made for the
superstructure to such an extent, with ma
terial largely on the ground, that any change
that would materially lessen the cost could
not wll be made. As I have already said,
parts of the birlding could £c left unfinished
—notably the tower and other expensive parts
---but that would not complete the bnildlrg
in all respects, as the law requires, within
the appropriation.
Rep.— How far do the existing contracts ex
tend?
Gov.— They provido for erections of the
walls and principal partitions, and for the
roof and slating, but not fo* the guttering
and other lesser details of the roof.
Buy Wt xr J*rs*y Legislators.
Tueston, N. J., March 29.— When the gov
ernor'B veto of the Jcreey City grant bill (the
bill said to be in the interest of the railroads)
was calied up in the house today, a member
informed the body be had in his possesion
$500 of $1,000 promised him if he would vote
for the passage of the bill not wit standing th*
veto of the governor. A committee of lnves
tigatlnn wsb appointed.
BT, PAUL, THURSDAY MORfIING, MABOH 30, 1882.
DECBEASIN& WATERS.
| Rations SUU N« ed^d, Hut mi Army Offi
"■ cer Sajs April 10 will Probvblr : End
the .goffering — ' Kegroes In : ' Natchez
:':, lief use to Wozk Preferring Rations and
. Idleness— Death In a' Gin Bouse of 130
Persons— Gin House Traps Numerous—
' Reports From all Over Jhn South. - '*,
•i - : '; -j orflCJißS' ;' - '~ r ; :
" St. Louis, > March 29.— Tbe government
. steamer General Barnard, loaded with 150,000
government j rations of meal and - bacon, and
about fifty tons of food and clothing contrib
uted by charitable citizens, left here last night
for Memphis, Helena and Vicksburg, in com
ma of Captain ? Mullinß, . United s States
army. Gen. Beckwith has Just received a re
port from Lieut. B. H. Randolph, Third cav
airy, dated •. Dethi, La., In which the latter
sums up the situation as follow*: . .:
In : the - district i from the » Red river to the
Arkansas line, and | about fifty miles west of
the Mississippi, there has been no loss of life
in this section , except a few children in the
Black river, and there Is no acmal starvation
or destitution at S present. .Tho \ supply of
rations, if judiciously husbanded, will supply
all pressing needs until ■'■ April 10, when,
if there is no improvement in the situation
after that date, there will be general I destitu
tion among all the people, white and black.
Should : the i flood • fall decidedly by April
10, - I . think - at i • tho H most there * will
be needed only about one half rations of . ba
con and meat to May fo 5,000 persons, . who
constitute the clacs «>f small farmers, white
and black. If there is no change for the bet
ter before the 10th of April there will be about
1,800 persons without food or credit, fchould
the water fall decidedly by April 10, probabili
ty is that planting can be done by May 1, and
with that prospect large number! of ; planters
will prepare to feed their own hands, whereas
if the water continues to rise, while the sys
tem of credit and working is npset.ther com
mission merchants "will -• decline : to advance
supplies to ' the country merchants, and the
planters will not be able :to feed laborers. .' I
cannot too strongly recommead .- that all
If6U£6 be discontinued immediately upon tht
subsidence of the water, so that planting can
begin. r-v ; : ■."--,.■ •>:.•>-. .': '>":£ t-_- ::;•'■■.:■/. .--.■,
' Memphis, March 29.— Lieutenants Salterlee
and Richards arrived this morning. -.The j lat
ter has been on an investigating tour through
Mississippi and Crittendeu counties, Arkansas.
He reports three-fourths of Mississippi coun
ty still, under water, which Is. however falling
steadily and a decline : of twelve inches more
will relieve all the lands of flood. There is
about 500 people in the . northern and central
portion of the county that will need aid for
fifteen days longer, In Crittenden county the
destitute number about 2,000 and will \ require
aid for fifteen days. All the county is ;, under
water except in the vicinity ;of ■* Marion % and
Crawfordsville. - He estimates the number of
destitute people in Arkansas 'are 21,000, who
will have to be provided with supplies for
fifteen days. ':■:':.■/ : ; :v ; . ; -;*;•? '..» ' ;^.-:f- : -.- ■:.-:
7 New Orleans, .March s£9.— The ' river lis
stationary: - The relief committee will request
cotton seedj oil mills to discontinue crushing
until the demand from the ovei flowed district
for seed for planting has been supplied. ■.:-'■ ,-
A special from Troy, La., eajs: >s The water
here is three feet ten-Inches above the flood of
1874. A boat which was rescuing cattle is
supposed to have gone down in the storm I on
Monday on Catahoula lake with a hundred
head. Sjit The hills of Catahoula parish -. are
crowded with people and cattle. Tbo people
are dwelling in pine pole huts. ." The water
continues rising at the rate of three and a half
inches per : day. . la f many places it has
reached the eaves of the houses, -compelling
the people to move out. Vv ,'i.- 1", :-.'•-.'. --
At Dindell Place, on /the Black *-. river, on
Monday, a high wind partly unroofed the gin
house in which were twelve f&niiiea aiul nearly
overturned the huMdinjr, Ri^At'y alarming tbu
occupants.'. ' :i^r '■■'' ■'■; ■;', '. '~ rr . '■ .-^' '-.: '-'."-■' '.
BOUND 1O SAVE DIS STOCB.
A man named McAdara sskctl to be Ukeu
from his house with bis family and forty head
of hogs, as the wind was threatening its de
struction, but refused to leave without tbe
btock. The waves raised by the wind*h»k<:
Hie bouses to their foundation*.
Tbe Times Democrat's steamer Black Riycr
steamed dovtn the lanes, over fields and
through the quarters of several" plantations,
exciting the wonderment of the people, who
crowded the Joftß of the gin houses. ■ The
boat ran two and a half miles inland the
waves caused by the boat splashing through
the rooms of deserted houses.
DEMORALIZED DARKIES.
This is a rich cotton section. Stock was on
scaffolds in ruauy places waiting to be taken
to the high ground. The rising waters de
moralized the negroes at Liddle place, where
a womau was drowned on Bunday on
the Mississippi, her house and family washed
away. The ii'm house at Horseshoe, below
Troy, and containing 800 negroes, is throat
ent-il with destruction. The steamers will be
busy for days rescuing people.
Natchez, March 29.— The river is station
ery, with a slight tendency downward. Tbe
backward in Vidalia is receding slowly. A
tatter feeling pervades the planters, who hope
for a fair crop. The city is crowded with
colored refuges. Many have been off-red
work and wages, but they prefer idleness and
government rations.
Natchez, March 'JO.— The back-water is
still rising and tbe destitution on the increase.
A steamer is removing people and stock across
tbe country from tbe Tensas river to Natchez.
The town and country is crowded with refu
gees.
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LITE.
Natchez, March 29 —Information has
reached tois city of the destruction of Ral
ston gin, nuar Luke St. John, Tensas parish,
La., by which 120 refugees lost their lives.
This gin wa3 cne of the largest in north
Louisiana and was packed to overflowing with
negroes from adjoining plantations.
PERSONAL.
J. B. Davis, Rochester, is in St. Paul.
T. Healy, Sauk Centre; C. E. Merritt, Glen*
dive, are at the American.
J. S Stock, of Fargo, and H, A. Sharp,
Moorhead, are in St. Paul.
11. £. Me Murtrie, collector of customs for
this district, with headquarters at Pembina,
is at the Merchants.
Hon. L. B. Hodges is home, after an ab
sence of six weeks, during which he visited
Washington, New York, and other eastern
cities.
Col. C. P. Adams, Hastings, the able state
senator from Dakota county, and editor of the
Hastings Union, made a flying vieit to St.
Paul yesterday.
Gu&tave A. Renz, son of City Treas
urer Renz, is home from Philadelphia, where
he recently graduated from the noted college
of pharmacy, in that city.
P. J. McLaughlin, Esq , a leading attorney
of Grafton, Walsh county, D. T., and the
county attorney, is visiting St. Paul, with
headquarters at the Merchants.
Hon. F. A. Bohrcr, the efficient auditor of
Lc Sucur county, and member of the state
board oi equalization, In the city, paid State
Auditor Braden a social visit yesterday.
Mr. Geo. 8. Heron, who with his wife has
been in California for the last two or three
months, returned to St. Paul yesterday after
noon. He left Mrs. Heron in California, who
will return later in the season.
Mr. W. £. Hartshorn and wife, formerly of
St. Paul, but now of Crookston, are visiting
their friends and relations in St. Paul. Mr.
Hartshorn haa just returned from a trip to
Ohio. They will remain here about a week
longer, when they will return to Crookston.
There will be an important sole of horses at
the Union Stock yards at 10 o'clock this mern
ing. The sale is made without reserve, as the
owner is sick and must dispose of tht property
In order to return home. The ttock is choice
and the best bid takes them.
(Etnbe.
ALL ABOUND THE GLOBE.
The Connecticut house yesterday passed a
charter for a parallel railroad.
Farthing's distillery, of Buffalo, burned last
night Loss $60,000. Insured.
Thirty- one new cases of smallpox were
reported in Cincinnati yesterday.
The New Tctk World declines to actie to
the demands of its striking compositors.
The British government has ordered Col.
Gordon (the Chinese Gordon) to Batulto land.
Tbe schooner Christie went ashore near
Ludtngton, Mich, yesterday, and Is a total
loss.
The State Greenback-Labor committee of
Pennsylvania propose nominating a full 6tate
ticket.
The s to re of Jacob Rover, at a suburb of
Philadelphia, burned jesterday morning. Loss
$50,000.
Conrad Winslech, a leading brewer of Cin
cinnati, was stricken with paralysis and can
not recover.
The case of Graves, under sentence of death
at Newark, N. J., will go to the supreme
court of New Jersey.
Tbe London wool sales yesterday showed
fair spirit, 7,300 bales of Port Phillip bring
ing about the previous rates.
The steamer Lady Lee, of the Kansas City
Star line, sank in the Missouri river yesterday.
Loss, $20,000; insurance, $13,200.
The schooner Fearless went ashore at Frank
ford, north pier, on Lake Huron yesterday
morning, leaving her high and dry.
Forty-six convicted oyster dredgers of Mat
thews county, Va., were marched into the
penitentiary at Richmond yesterday.
The Great Northamptonshire sweepstakes
in England yesterday was won by Son of
York, Pilgrim second, Fiddler third.
A man named J. McHoery, was found mur
dered Bear Tucson, in his house. The murder
was evidently committed by robbers.
A tie vote in tbe Massachusetts house of
representatives last night defeated the bill
prohibiting the eale, etc., of liquor.
Tbe Chlcaeo stock exchange has filled its
maximum membership. Applications have
been received from several Eastern cities.
The postofflce boz of the National bank of
Virginia, at Richmond, was robbed of its
contents Sunday during a big fire near by.
The Massachusetts hottse has refused by a
vote of 105 to 116 to amend the provision sub
mitting tbe prohibitory bill to tbe people.
Most of the grading force of tbe Mexican
National railroad are returning to the- Rio
Grande, owing to failure of receiving their
pay.
Fourteen carloads of horses arrived at Dal
las, Tex., yesterday, t© take part in ihe races
beginning April 11. One hundred horses are
expected.
Gen. SkoLcloli has been nominated to the
commission for the reorganization of Turke
stan. The appointment is considered an hon
orable exile.
Walker hall, the finest of the Amherst col
lege buildings, buraed yesterday. The hall,
with its choice contents, is valued at $250,000.
Well insured.
Polk Wells, arrested for horse stealing and
bank forgery, was sentenced at Sidney, la.,
yesterday, to ten years in the penitentiary on
the forgery charge.
The Wades ville coal mine shaft, PlatUville,
Pa, has been flooded to extinguish the flro.
Three hundred workmen are thereby thrown
out of employment.
C. C. Brown and Fred Newton were drowned
in the lake at Beaver Dam, Wis., yesterday, by
the capsizing of a small boat in which they
were crossing the lake.
John T. Best, of San Francisco, defaulting
clerk ol the Col. Williamson lighthouse de
partment, was yesterday sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
Serious complaints are made in Mexico by
druggists, against the high taxes on entries of
medicines. The United States authorities are
determined to enforce tbe law.
AllmFox, 81 years of age, an old and
wealthy citizen of Louisville, Ky., cut his
thro .t last night. He was old enough to
know better. No reason given.
Sandy Matthews, colored, of Memphis, was
couvicted yesterday of tbe murder of Essie
Park, colored, last October, and on Saturday
he will be sentenced to be hung.
Miss Lamb, sister-in-law to Juuitu Brutus
Booth, after failing as an actress and living a
long life of shame in Chicago, died from an
overdose of morphine yesterday morning.
The Italian representative at Monte Video,
Uruguay, yesterday quitted the city in conse
quence of not boing able to get a satisfactory
explanation of the ill treatment of Italians by
the police.
Henry B. Meyer, aged 87, father of Gen.
Meyer, of "Old Probs.," died in Chicago yester
day. Ho was, it is eaid, the first inventor of
the sleeping or and sold out his patent to
Mr. Wagner.
About thirty publishers of country news
papers met in Indianapolis, Ind., yesterday
and formed an an association called the Edi
tors and Publishers union of Indiana, and
elected officers.
Fire at Toronto, Canada, last night de
stroyed John Oliver ACo's planing mill, tbe
Toronto wagon wheel company's works and
the bu'ldin^s of the CDnsofidated Purifier
company. Loss $60,000.
The contract for a municipal loan, and for
building water works for the city of Havana,
Cuba, has been awarded to Syles & Gibson, of
New Tork, and D. Runklt-, of New Jersey.
The contract involves $9,800,000.
H. K'ndling, a leading merchant of Brown
wood, Texas, was "sentenced to four years in
the penitentiary yesterday for robbing the
dead body of G. H. Hensechel, another mer
chant, of a large sum in November, 1878.
A sheriff and pos-e tried to arrest two des
peradoes, Billy Grounds, alias Billy the Kid,
and Dewing Hunt, near Tombstone, Arizona,
yesterday. They resisted, and both of them
were killed, but one of the posse was killed
and two others wounded.
DllfSouri Murders.
St. Louis, March 2St—J. R. Bowman, late
county judge of Phelp6 county, tired a load of
buckshot into the body of Alfred Hajcs, last
night, as be was walking the street in the lit
tle town of St. James. Mo. It was a regular
assassination, Hayes being taken entirely un
awares.
Wm. 8. Lack, a bully who murdered a man
on the race track in Chicago, a few years ago,
shot Martin Monaban in a political row in
Kansas City, last night.
G. Biokerout, a reputable citizen of Archer
county, Texas, was oiled out of his bouse a
night or two ago by W. W. Parkc, his son
Theodore and a man named Bowles, and riddled
with bullets. The affair grew out of a law
suit la which Parks got worsted.
THE DOOM OF A DRUNKARD.
Independence, Mb., March 29.— Two
young farmers named A. H. Allison and Eu
gene Chilton calied last night at tbe residence
of T. F. Eddington, near Lake City, a few
miles east of here, to spend the evening. Chil
ton, who was drunk, charged M*j. Eddington
with having threatened his life, and drew a
pistol and fired at him, but without
effect. Allison fled, but Chilton con
tinued the attack. Eddington then ptocured
a revolver, returned tbe fire and after an ex
change of aeveral shots Chilton ran away,
crying he was shot. Eddington then went
into the house and kept watch nearly all night,
expecting a renewal of the aitack, but nothing
occurred and this morning he was horrified at
finding Chilton's dead body about fifty rods
from his door, shot through the' lungs. The
coroner's jury justified tbe killing, but Ed
dington was subsequently arrested and lodged
in jail.
A Muddened Mother.
Pike Blctf, HI., March 89.— Mrs. Ballurd,
of Lincoln county, after a disagreement with
h«r husband on Monday morning, took her
children, aged 7 and 4 years, and her 4 months
old infant, and went to a pond near her home,
where she broke the necks of the two oldest,
and threw the bodies Into the pond, and
drowned herself and the infant. The family
are respectable.
•
BILL EASTMAN THRASHED,
THE "JkiNSEJLxoiiia \ PLAN" IXIAO
lf:[: DULED IN the 80VIB .'.7, C•
A Distinguished Citizen of Onr Sister i;i ty
'. Insults •Lady: on the Cars— She Iles
cued by the Passenger* and-, tha Ins ult
Aveogkd .by Her Brother -at Jackson
ville—A Dose of Cowhide Liberally Ad
ministered to W;,W. Eastman Full Par
< ticulars of the "Sad Affair ' -Mr, Bmt
•• nuu'i Side of the Oasts. : \.%jy •'.-, •j ; 1
•| ' [Jacksonville (Fla.) Union, March 24v^f
The most spirited sensation that sti: red
this winter city in a year or ■ more ■ was pro
duced yesterday by the cowhiding of / :; |
■ ■ ; ■ : - k MR. W. W. EASTMAN, „ " : • ■ .
a prominent millowner of Minneapolis, Minn.,
by Dr. F. F. Fales of New = York city. /; The
cowhiding occurred in the main corridor of
the St. James hotel, in fall view of a number
of ladies and gentlemen, and in a few inomi nts
became the sensational topic of conversation
on the streets ;^>-.:' .."•; ."> '■ .-: :^.:«f 'V
Half an hour after the occurrence the card'
of the Union went up to Or. Fales, the ag
gressor in the affair, and in a few -minutes' the
scribe was ushered into the elegant apartment
of that gentleman in the Duval honse, and
was jcourteously received by Dr. Fales, and in
troduced first to his sister, a lovely and ac
complished lady, and ' then to Dr. Douglas of
South Carolina, who, with the inborn cliv
alry Sof - the ■ Palmetto I State/ had lent his
services to the stranger , in this sudden diffi-;
eulty. -'fc v : -'~V ••• -v- ■"•'■■:-v •'- '■' '-r : -f v -_
• By request Of Dr* Fales, his Bister then tar
rated the . circumstances t which led to j the af
fair at the Bn. James. They are as follows '
About 6 o'clock on the morning of Febru
ary 24 the lady - boarded the train at New Or
lean on her way to join her brother, enroute
to Florida. : In the early dawn she walked in
to the car, and being without a protector, i.iid
seeing quite a crowd in front of her, she qui
etly sat down in the first vacant seal* that -he
came to, noticing only a small . satchel In "one
corner, and supposing it belonged to a single
gentleman, who would not mind yielding * his
seat to a woman traveling alone; She had b jen
seated but a few moments when a man came
rudely up, back of her, and "said roughly: :r
"What do you mean by taking that scat?
Don't you see it's taken? : Get up! Get out!"
■■;■-.-■:- V THE LAST ; HI0!
was co dazed at being spoken to 'in: that ay
that she did not rise at once. , v ; . ;: ,:/.-. •\ .
- < The man reiterated his demand, and inserted
a threat: •■" -~:-' :~ r - *:■■:<'■ - - -"■'' \? t \ ; :
j '"Get up! If- you don't get out, Vllpull "■ you
out!" '.*-:.■-'■'-.• •■' '-.-■: ■-'.} ~-^*~- ":...^_
She was now too freightenod to move, with
the man in front of her. ';■;' : •'..;;' -
Carrying out { his threat, the fellow leaned
over, seized her by the waist, in the crow d
car, and . began to - pull . her •, out of the si at.
The screams of the lady brought a gallant
Texan and a Nashville man to the rescue, the
former gently suggesting to her assail mt
that ' he \ would cut his ! thront \if he did jot
loose the lady. ; Under this persuasive ar,;u
ment the ' scene ended : and : the man sought
another seat. In a few moments, however,
he returned and began t' to pour out the most
offensive - epithets and > the vilest abuse | u]>on
the trembling \ woman \ he \ . bad so '. rudely
treated, when the Texan again ; interpoted,
and the second scene ended. ■ ■•::;- J r ■ ;. V.
r. ; The parties traveled together to Mont
gomery, and at that place Mr. J. H. Eakin,of
the Louisville & Nashville railroad, who -had
been one of the lady V rescuers, promised to
find out the name and destination of the ride
passenger, and communicate the same. "lie
lady came on to Atlanta, met Dr. Fales, tier
brother, and proceeded to Charleston, where
she was severely ill from nervous excitement
produced by the shocking treatment she had
received. It was only yesterday that the sister
and brother reached Jacksonville by ' ths
steamer St. Johns. They went immediate!} to
the ' St. James, : and j in ; passing * through ,he
parlor the lady was astonished to recognize in
one of its occupants the wife of her quondam
insulter. She concealed the 'fact ■ from ler
brother, and - the * two \ registered, and %tl ten
went immediately to the postoffice, where they;
found the following letter | from Mr. Eak in,
who had preceded them to Jacksonville: - ■ I '%
■ : - :'-" .-" : '''"l identified. ' '■•■/ "' ■•'' :;'- ,''
Mm.
Agreeab'e to your ; request I , posted . utyielf c mi
ceruiog the natae and residence of the creature > .-lio
so disgraced th-> form of a man last Friday morn! ng.
He it a certain W. W. Eastman from .Minneapolis
and Is doubtless now in Jacksonville, aud probi bly
at the St. Jama*, as soms of the party with whom
he came from New Orleans are there. I learned his
oame by watching the register at Montgomery ; tnd
while en route for thU place my wife met a lady ' /ho
knew him, and she confirmed my previous informa
tion. -■; Again assuring yon * of . my profound r rejfret
that jour -visit to onr suany land . was marred b>
such an outrage, even though the act of an I alien, I
be to remain very respectfully, . t ■ . : * , ;$ .
„./:■..■/.;', y.y,i ■■-, :>. J. Hill Emir- . i :
p Before they received this letter the lady de
cided that it > would * not, under the [ circum
stances, be agreeable far he? to remain at the
St. James, and, please 1 with the cosy appear
ance of the Dv vii 1 , she and her brother changed
their location accordingly. 'After reading the
above letter, Dr. Fales left his sister at the
hot* 1, went up with Mr. Douglass to the 'St.'
James, examined the register, found his men's
name, returned to the Duval, and in 'order to
be careful insisted that ] his sister : should • ac
company him to the St: James in order to
thoroughly identify Eastman. She conser ted
on condition of a promise that no-firearms
should -be . used. ; The New Yorker " ha\lng
equipped him? eif with -'a • good Cowhide, re
turned with hiR 6i3ter, ' who : recognized Eist
man as soon as she entered •• the »; door.
To ■: be "•- thoroughly - certain,^ however,
she -was carried -~ nearer V* to '"••. him,
and th" identification was complete. > ' ] : j*
; The time had come for action. 1 ' '.t;. t; ■ v
i Waving the lady Into the background; Dr.
.Fales - stepped -. up to Eastman, with the ; re
mark:' •■■:■";,*.'. '"' '■-""*.:■• •"■:■''.■ ?,*.<Jti*i
''And so you are the d— d scoundrel that, in
sulted an unprotected woman?" closing the
sentence with a stinging cut with; the taw
hide, which was followed in quick succeei ion
by others, fairly ruimrg the blows upon the
head •*. and - shoulders • of his : adversary,"; and
drawing -- ? -thß blood ' in : an ; ugly gash
across • the ■ temple. -Of v course - : ? this
episode created •:. the • wildest ; ; excitement.
Not knowing the stranger or his grievance,
several of man's acquaintances joineliu
the general melte,' and Dr. Eiles received two
aught blows on the head fromacaue. • It
was with much difficulty in restoring peace.
Mr; Douglas's stepped forward and asked -hat
Dr.Eales be ; allowed ' to ' explain. This pro
duced a lull, and the New York man turne i to
the company andj stating his grievance aga met
his opponent, denounced him as a scoundrel
and a coward W Eastman's reply was: re 1 * I *?
:i "Well; what if I did? <I don't deny it.' He
then spoke again in a disrespectful m«nn< rof
the lady, and her brother sprang forward, but
the crowd '- gathered ; around and further dif
ficulty was prevented. -'-■ . ' ' . : .- :• v- .
;-■•• •:-;.. - EASTMAN'S VERSION." • i ;f" •;
Eastman doesn't deny the main facts of the
statement of his assailant, but says that the
lady took his seat when it was already occu
pied by his valise, and that he did not si<ak
roughly to her. He acknowledges that he
caught hold of her to induce her to leave i.he
seat, but thinks he was justified under the cir
cumstances.
In this we cannot agree. Such rudenesn to
a lady richly deferred the chastisement i ; re
ceived. We arc surprised that the creatur j es
caped so easily in Louisiana. We can assure
the fair victim that if such an affront had >:en
offered in our own chivalrous Florida sho
would not have bad need to wait for a brc ther
to avenge the insult. We are glad that Mr.
Eastman has been cowhided. We trust that
any man or semblance of a man who
shall ever treat a woman with in
dignity or discourtesy may be degraded and
disgraced as he has been, and we hope the
lesson may not be lost upon those who are
NO. 89
lacking in that respect for womanhood which
is the third highest duty of man.
The lady in question is one of the most re
fined and elegant women who have visited the
south this season, and we confess that we
have rarely been more captivated than by the
dignity, manliness anddashrng intelligence of
Dr. F. F. Fales. The two will remain at the
Duval for a few weeks.
Our second deepest regret at the occurrence
consists in tbe annoyance it has occasioned to
Col. Campbell, the universally popular pro
prictor of the St. James. This regret is deep -
ly felt and has been handsomely expressed by
the afgressor in the affair.
Eastman Explain*. •
[Minneapolis Journal, 29th.]
Mr. Eastman'l statement, telegraphed here
to his friends, is to the following effect: Hie
party, consisting of himself and wife, Jndge
Ames and wife, entered a car and secured four
seats. The gentlemen placed their handbag
gage in two of the seats and went out On
returning, Mr. Eastman found a lady occupy
ing his seat. He requested. her to surrender
it, as there were other vacant seats in the car.
This she positively declined to do. Mr. East
man thereupon reached over to get his satchel,
intending to find another seat rather than have
any further words with the lady, but In doing
so stumbled and fell against her. It was a
pure accident, but she chose to regard It as an
insult, denounced him to aer brother, and the
assault followed, as stated. Mr. Eastman, it
is well Known, is an invalid, and an assault
upon him by a vigorous young man cannot
but be regarded as a cowardly piece of busi
ness. '
CITY GLOBULES.
Splendid drying weather yesterday.
"Uncle Dan'i" at the Opera house this
evening.
Tbe April term of the supreme court com
mences next week Tuesday.
The subscriptions to the capital stock of
the Armory association, now amount to more
than $3,000. The more money the better the
building.
It is reported that Mr. Isaac Staples has
just completed the sale of about 83,000,000
feet of lumber at a profit of $6 per 1,000 feet,
or about $200,000.
"How to make Life a Success" will be the
subject of Rev. W. K. Marshall's address be
fore the T. M. C. A. this evening at 8 o'clock,
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
A special meeting of the city council is to
be held to-night to consider the matter of is
suing the bonds of the city of city of Bt. Paul
for the construction of a foot bridge across
the Mississippi river.
Peter Miller of Anoka county, and F. W
Beckwita of Hcnnepin county, were yesterday
restored to citizenship by the governor, they
-Jiaving 6erved their respective senteuces in the
penitentiary, less the credits for good time.
The sum of twenty dollars was collected in
Judge Burr's court yesterday— ten dollar"
from Hugh Mularty for resisting Officer
Cunniff, and five dollars each from William
Harris and James Norton for plain drunks.
A 'preliminary meeting of young men was
held last evening in the basement of the ca
thedral for the purpose of organizing a tern
perance society to be composed entirely of
young men. A gooc" many signed the rol'p
and an excellent feeling prevailed.
George B. Hall, Esq., publisher of the Pic
turesque Northwest, is booming the April
■issue, which ha proposes shall be the finest
number yet issued, bath in its descriptive
matter and illustrations. A very large edi
tion i« to be published for Southern circula
tion.
The members of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Duluth have done themselves the
credit to name their post the," Willis A. Gor
man"' post, in honor of the late Gen. W. A.
Gorman, of this city, the first colonel of the
First Infantry regiment, and one of Minne
sota' d most accomplished and bravest suldierc.
Win. \V. Day, of Janes villc,W*eeca county,
whose arrest and commitment for trial at the
June term of the United States district court,
charged with aiding and abetting Austin Lob
dell, in the mail robbery in that county, Uk
7th inst., yesterday furnished bail in $L,OOu
for hte appearance, and was released from cus
tody.
Alfred Carey, who boarded with Mr. Whit
comb on* Cedar street between Seventh and
Eighth, had the misfortune I > have a sneak
thief enter his room and steal from
him a watch, which was tak*n
from his vest pocket, toeether with $19 in
_ money. No traces of tbe thief have yet been
discovered.
Officer Brosscau found a fellow about mid
night down on Eagle street trying to work a
fellow that was about half drunk. The officer
took them both to the city hall and locked
them up. Oo searching them no money win
found on either. Both were pretty drunk, and
it was quite difficult to discover what they
were up to.
List evening a telephoae was sent to the
city hall to the effect tUat a lot of tramps
were making trouble at the St. Paul foundry,
near Lafayette avenue. An oflicer was sent over
ther-i but the tramps got wind of it and most
of thtin got away. The officer succeeded in
arresting three of them and lodged them in
the city hall.
Phillip Hasp, of Detroit, this state, arrested
recently upon the charge of selling liquor to
the Indiana, and held for trial by the United
Stgtes commissioner at Moorhead, was yes
terday brought before Judge Nelson, of the
United Stares district court, in chamber*, and
pleading- guilty, waa fined $25, which he paid
and was discharged.
Andrew Oehrlien, charged with manslaugh
ter in connection with the killing of Matthias
R ws, near Delano, on Sunday, was taken to
Buffalo, the county seat of the county by
Sheriff Nugent yesterday morning. It is ex
pected that Oehrlein'4 preliminary examina
tion will commence to-day, C D. O'Bhn,
E«q., this city, and W. A. Jackson, E-q.,
Minneapolis, conducting his defense.
Commodore Kittson's recent horse pur
eh:iS3, the black stallion Black wood, Jr.,—
folly described in a recent issue of the GbOfts
— rtacbei Midway yesterday morning, comtng
through from Chicago on the fast mail train.
Tbe horse arrived in good condition, aad is
well lifced by those who visited him during
the day. The fact that he came through in
an express car would indicate that thi new
palace car for t -unsporting the campaigning
string about tbe country, being built in Chi
cago, is not yet completed.
Gov. Hubbard stole a march yesterday on
the army of applicant* and strikers for the
ninth judicial district judgeship, by a master
ly retreat upon Red Wing. By this coup
d'etat the governor will probably be able to
secure a night's undisturbed rest, avoid the
danger for 25 hoars of committing himself,
and give him time for the action of the bar
association of tue district, had at their meet
ing held at Tracy yesterday, to reach him,
which may after all said and done decide the
governor as to his appoiutment.
New Commander at Auinlbolne.
Chicago, March 29.— Maj. Ilges passed
through here today en route to Washington.
He will in a few days take command at Fort
Asslniboine, and Intends to drive tha Cint
dian half-breeds accro?s tbe line luto their
own territory,
Crow D jjc to Uioi(i«.
Deadwood, D. T., Mirca 39.— Crow Djg,
recently convict9d of th 3 mnrcUr of Bp:>tt3l
Tail, was to-day sentenced to be hanged .M«
Uth.