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THE LEAVENWORTH WEEKLY TIMES
LEAVENWORTH KAKSAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 13. 187.).
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THURSDAY, MARCH, 13. 1S79.
A IMtOIJD VICTHKV.
Every man who hag a regard for the good
name of Kansas, will Cad reason for re
joicing, in the elispa.ch which accoucces
that the enemies of Senator Invalid, after
laboring diligently throughout the whole
Heerion of the Legislature, and raking all
the moral slums of Kansas and a part of
Missouri for some shadow of evidence
wbereith tobUcken his character, have
been forced to bring in a report fully ac-e-nittirg
him of the charge which they
themselves had preferred against him. A
committee, rai-ed by his enemies,
app-intcd by a Shaker whose Mile
niis-ion in the Legislature was to
"fight Ingalls," and conipoed in the ma
jority of men vho were bitterly oppo-td to
Ingalls, afier making the most thorough
feirch for corruption have J been forced to
acknowledge that the only corruption they
found w:n Kinong their own friend, and to
brnig in a report exonerating Mr. leg ills,
and testifying to his integrity. Such a re
Btilt, under such circumstances, ia one of
the proudest victories that any man ever
achieved.
WHY Is THIS I'll CHI
A National Cheese Convention i in ses
sion in Chicago, and yet George T. lingers
ii Toptka.
l.M'lllSS III M.VN.
Express companies, are declining to fur
ther extend their bu-ines to the traif pe
tition of men, women and childrtn'
Anion.' the reasons civen is that the mes
sengers hive all that they can do watching
o'her articles without soothing maniacs,
cirrying around invalid, and cursirg
bibies.
Tin: i: i it a i.s.io.
Mr. Hewitt stales that a a business mn
he looks upon an extra eession of Congress
as a mi-fortune; that the business interest '
of the country will so regard it; tint thev
"wanted Congrei to go in jaoe," and to
leave them undistuibed by the fierce parti
siii strife which, in existing circumstances,
an extra session implies
i:i.t.l Tltlf I.II.IITsi.
Two sys teuis of elee'ric lighting appara
tus were nn exhibition last Monday in Bos
ton, one leingfhown in Muic Hall and the
other in th Chanib-r of the Board of Al
derman ; and the 7ifrssys there was a
general opinion lint neiiher care was the
jirac icab'.lity nf n-c in small roon. demon
Htrated The glare and ilicVerine in b-th
cases were ipiite painful to the eye, and a
Bne of relief was exjArienced Hhen"the
lights went out."
iiii.i.s Miiiiii kaii.i:i.
Amorg the bills which failrd to pass
Cjngr-s at the recent ses-dou were the fol
loin: The Presidential Election, the'
Geneva A ward, the Sngir Tariff, the Steam-
b-at, the Inter State Commerre, the It-il ',
way Telegraph bill ; the bill to punish !
frauds at national elections; alro the Na
tional Quarantine bill, and eiuite a nuiulier i
CiTTiT
of others quite as important as any that ' in one breath blown sway.
iassed. A latge number of private relief j The result proves exactly what The
bill pasid, but the number of important j Times said at the firt, that the whole pro
bills that failed far exceeds the number of ceeding was base and malicious without ore
thore enacteel.
ette: iv.atii.n Tilt: lien sc
In rrg'rd to the organization of the nxt
Hou-e, a rejKirt comes from W.ii-hington
to the effect that the GrtcnbacVers have
proposed to the Kepublicans that they will
vote Jor Judge Kell.y for Seaker, if the
Republicans will ncminate him, and will
allow the commutes to be composed by the
Republican caucus, rith the exception of
three, provideel the greenbackers can name
the Clerk, and one half the employes of the
Hcue, and the sele-ct Committees on Ways
and Meanrs. I! inking and Currency, and
Coinage, Weights and Measures.
emi or tiii: v.Mii:itiin.T nun.
The Yandeibilt will case has been
brought to an end through a compromise.
The consideration is tli- payment by Wil
liam II Yandftbilt of i'l.OOOOOO each to
his brother, Corneliu-, and his si'ter, Mrs.
LeRau. with cots ol the ruit, which is i
withdrawn, along with all its charges, and
specially the charges of "undue it fluecce"
held against the widow of the late Com
modore. All the other heirs have been
ealii-fied, anil numerous beneficiaries by
memoranda, left by the testator with Wil
liam H. Yanderbilt, will receive their full
claims.
Tin: oi.n noi.i.nr.
Standard rilver dollars are accumulating
ia the United States Treasury at tb rate-of
about sixty thousand daily, and this in
crease, added to what is on hand, will make
some thirty-five or forty millions by Janu
ary. This fact, trgether with the huge
appropriations cf Cocgress, has brought the
Treasurer to the conclusion that there dol
lars must It? paid out on salaries, checks,
etc. He says it would CiUe tall swearing,
and a good deal of it, but with the Trea
sury threateneel with deficiency, he thinks
this is no time to keep revtral millions in
silver hoarded and the stock accumulating
at the rate of a million acd three quartets
monthly. The Treasurer was to have had
a consultation with Secretary Sherman en
the f ubject yesterday, and an attempt will
ht made to adopt a plan by which silver
dollars will be paid out as fast as coined,
two millions monthly.
imtv a ew i.ivr.n.s vteit,.
We publish in another column an artie'e
from the St. Louis GUH'I)cmtra: referring
to the very petty manner in which certain
lawyers swindle their clients. That paper
tays that in St. Louis the more unprincplcd
lawyers put their advertising in cewspa-
.- ! which will pay them a commission.
k lTie saice practice is carried on here. "We
aave receives! several proposals frotn law
yers saying that they would give us their
advertising providing we would allow them
s rebate of 20 or 25 per cent and seme
times they ask half the amount of the bill.
The Times charges a certain reasonable
price for its advertising, jut -what it is
worm, ana uu muir, anu neTcr allows a
lawyer or agent any commission. If that
class of people prefer to insert their adver
tisements in sheets of questionable charac
ter and of tmall circulation where the
notice desired to be given by law, will prob
ably never be seen they are at perfect lib
erty to do so, if their clients allow such an
imposition and cheat.
nnvru or clihg rcikritt.
Elihu Burritt, well known for nearly a
half century as "the learned blacksmith,"
died st his residence near7ew Britain,
Connecticut, yesterday. He was born, at
the same place, in December, 1810, and
hence was a -little oTer eixty-eight years
old. He was master of a large number of
languages, and was well known as a acholtr
and philanthropist in nearly all portions
of .the civilixd world. He went to England
in 1616, and there organized the "League I
of Universal Brotherhood," whose object
was "to employ all legitimate means for the
abolition of war throughout the world."
He was for several years American consul
at Birmingham, andre'.urced to the United
States after a residence of about twenty-five
years in England. He published a consid
erable cumber of books and lectures, but
was bet known as a philologist. He
has been in leeble health for same time
past, and his death is therefore not a mat
ter of surprise.
TIIGPUMTMA OFTIIKIMirjilliET
Cabinet officers say that the Itej ublicans
cf the country need have no fear about the
attitude of the President should the Demo
crats ini-t upon the repeal of the election
laws at the sacrifice of appropriation bills.
They siy that the President will take his
po-ition on this subject in the message he
will send to the new Congris", and will no
tify them that he will not lie intimidated or
tr fi d with. Secretary Sherman says that
if th-I'emccrats insist upon repeal there
will be a prospect of a continuous session
from the lSih of March next till the 4th of
March, 1S1, before the President will
yield, but the iinprcetion is gaining ground
that Senators iiayard, Whyte, Hill, Kf man,
and other Democrats in both houses who
do not approve of mcli revolutionary pro
coding as Bck and Thurman propose,
will assert themselves and force Congress
into decency.
THETKru:T jnnJM:xi'isxrr:
As we noticed in these columns a few
days ago, New York is moving in the direc
tion of doing something to abate or, at
least, to mitigate the tenement home
nuisance. New York is said to be in a worse
I condition than London. It is ststed that
oOO 000 of the population of New York live
in tenement boue, some of - hich are five,
fix or seven stories high, with but one com
mon f nlrance for all. Iirge numt-erof
lhese houses are destitute of every appli
ance for comfort. In some parts of tLe
city the population is 2 000 to a block, and
in single h- uses as many a fifty families
have lt-en found In one ward of thecilv
ti xj illation U 32GO0 to the acre One
block contains Til tenement hnn-es, havirg
."19 fniilies, representing S.S-'C erons
Dj the Chinese do wore ? Saven-tenths of
the deith" which occur are in the'e over
crowdel localities, and forty-six rr cent,
of the deaths are children under five years
ofrg-. Sixty per c?nt. of the arrests are
from occupants of the tenement houe.
Should an epidemic break out, its remits
might lie appaling. The problem is a ?e
r"ous one.
lUTi; a.m 'ii.ie:i: KAii-fi.
Our readers who have elay by day been
advised of the progress of the investigation
of the late Senatorial elcc'ion will see by
the spec! 1 tel-'eram on our first paj;e from
Toeka that the report of the committee
fully fii-tains what The Timis has said
from the first.
Th report of a mtjjrity of the commit
tee fully exbonerates Senator Ingalls. Mr.
Hall, a bitter partisan Democratic trader
pliant tool of Pang and the Kansas City
T.otm thinks theie may have been some
tbiog wrore with one of the memliers and
that i all. The blowing and terrific charges
of Pane and the Kansas Citv Tint's are all
particle of evidence to warrant the appoint
ment of the e-ommittee. The effect eif the
investigation and the report will lie to
tamp Pargborn as the lowest, dirtiei-t, i
lying elog that ever poiluteil tho soil of
Kanfs, and will rflord a lesion to
all future legislatures to avoid
contact with him, as they would the
nake ard the skunk.
Our State hv been di-graced by him and
those who have ued him as their mouth
peice. and we trust this is the last time the
skunk will ever be tolerated in elecent so
ciety. The members of the legislature who
have been weak enoiigh to follow this ctci
ture, ought by this time, to be disgu'teel
with themselves and will probibly now be
rcadv to swear thpr never knew him.
M"v rlt Ie;.l.i.s.
In the coming Continsi the Democrats
will have a maj irity in both branches, and
it is a matter of congratulation to Republi
can", nil over the country, that the Repub
lican parly is. rei relented, especially in the
Senate, by cd many of its able and solid
men, and it is a matter of special pride to
the people of Kansas that among the ablest
and most prominent of Republican Senators,
ranks the senior Senator from this State.
Mr. Ingalls is regarded not only in Kan
sas but throughout the whole country, ra
one of the foremost members of the Senate,
and as seen in the light of present events
his defeat by the unholy combination made
again-t him last winter would have been
regarded by Kpublicans in all portions of
the Union, as little less than a calamity.
No member of the United States Senate,
during one term's; service, ever made for
himself a better or wider reputation than
Mr. Ingalls lis gVintd during the
nix years thtt he has occupied
a seat in that body, and no Kanas Henx.
tor ever before enjoy ed such a favorable to
sition in the Senate and b- Ijre the conn
try. Though unknown to the public, be
yond his own Slate, at the beginning of
his first term, his name is cow fa
miliar to the people of the whole natioi as
oae of the ablest men cf the R;publican
party, and one of those upon whom the
prople rely for defeating and frustrating
the mischievous tchtmeJ of the opposi
tion. He enters upon hi second term of ser
vice with renewed and increased strength
His election, over the combination of place
hunters acd spoil-wckers arrayed against,
him in the late campaign brought forth
congratulatory messages from hundreds of
the most prominent men of the country,
who regarded his re election as a victory
fjr talent over plunder, and .for worth
anl competency over hatred and malice.
The triumphant vindication that he has
now just received, from the hands cf his
opponents, by coating out unccathed from
one of the most infamous attempts ever
made to ir jare the character of any public
man, is also a source cf congratulation to
Republicans in all parU of the country.
The prestige of re election, and the ad
vantage derived from his six years exp eri
dace.will caure Mr. Ingalls to be recogniisd
hereafter as one of the leidicg sena
tors upon the Republican side; he will be
ranked with Conkling, Blaine and Ei
munds; the sphere of his usefulness will be
accordingly enlarged, and he will be able
to accomplish much more for his state in
the future than he has accomplished in
the pa't. True to the interests of hia
State, true to the interests cf the country,
and true to the principles of his party,
Kansas has reiscn to be proud cf the pou
tion he occupies as one of the most able,
most prominent and most useful members
of the United States Senate.
Tte Old Han Hit ihe Bnltti eje,
Cincinnati Commercial-
Zich Chandler wag the first man who
spoke the word with the hickory bark on it
about Jeff Dariava
THE IMJIIAS.
Another Indian war is among the proba
bilities of the near future. Everything, cf j
course, depends on the weather, is the red '
men sever leave the itgercies until the
spring season is bo far advanced that they
can be comfortable without Government
aid.
"tiiiJmkpoht
We publish elsewhere the msj itity report
of the investigating committee of the Leg
islature the same that was adopted by the
TT .! T : ;.- ...r-l.
House yesteruay. awu ujiuuuij t-wa ,
were submitted, but of course, amount to
-AiLtn A.nA ttiA mirtitr rprnrt wfl
adopted.
vnTiii-.i it.vMiitiipr l rV.
Galveston. Texas, wants to follow the ex
ample cf Mempli', acd "throw up her j
hand." A petition to the State Legislature J
is beirg numerously signed, praying for the j
abolishment of the City Charter and the ap-1
pointment of three administrators to take I
charge of the afTiirs of the municipality,
under the Eupervi-ion of the County Court. J
the LCITCU Call- II its
We learn from the Chicago Ur Ote-inr
Washirg'on special that the bill increasing
the pay cf letter carriers, U not to bj in
ojcrative, as was at iir-U rerxjrted, on ac
count of a clerical error. The dispatch
says :
ltlstjnMhat thTeMn apparant Bmblit
nliy In plinth tu ttm bill, but the I'osUm -terUeii'ral
will coinitiuu It s It whs tutpn
fletl.nnd will lucrease the - of carriers ac
coiJIrgly. TlliSTimUIH.Ir OF KUSI.
Ill the midst of frequently recurring
Niliilb-t plots with which the Russian au
thorities are on'tantly confronted, it is
now slid that political dircussion has bro
ken cut near the throne, and that the Czir
and Crirowitch are at loggerheads on some
important question of State jxilicy. Te
story cotr.es from Berlin tint the htir-ap-parcat
is under furveilance, and not allowed
to leave the palate, lest fome intrigue
r-hould b t on foot ia oppo-ition to the
Czar's desiree.
TIIKCO.I. Hll.l. IMSSt-.P.
Mr. Gable's bill for i-iuking a coal shaft
at the penitentiary pas-ed the Senate jeB
terday. Having passed the House several
days ago, it cow only lacks the Gov
ernor's signature to become a law. This is
a measure of genuine importance to tLe
whole State, but it is eficially important
to Leavenworth, and promise, to be of
greater value to cur lecal interest Ihsn any
other law that has been passed for years.
It will solve the coal question, and guar
antees cheap fuel to Leavenworth snd her
manufacturers.
piti.n.t Tiou: i.viiii:sri: r
nurii.
The report of the investigilicg ccrctnit
tee was resd in the Legislature Friday af
ternocn, and was publUhed in the Kansas
City T.njn the next morning. The report,
with the evidence published crcupied
twelve solid columns, in small tyf. It was
not possible for the rorref jicndent of the
Timet to have copied i, or fr the conirosi
tore cf the jfime to have fft it up, in the
time that tlapcd between the resdirg of
the report and ihetime of i-suirglhepai'er.
A rapid writer weiuld require at least two
full days in which to copy it. Hecc it is
clear that the committee, pretending to
keep its report secret, allowed thp
whole matter to be in the hands of theTe'n.es
correspondent for at least two days. Mr.
Hall, the Democratic member of the com
mute?, is charged with this treachery, but
the chairman e.f the committee, Mr. Rin
dolph, being the custodian cf the papers
and documents, is held retonsibV. Can
be explain how it is that euch favors, de
nied to the Republican press cf Kansas,
are extended to a Democratic partr in
Misouri, and extendi to the lying
scoundrel in violation of their oaths? These
coaspiritors do not hesitate at perjury,
Tin: spi:ki:uiii i.
The most exciting que.-liou cow before
the country is the approachirg fiht for
the speakership cf the House. All ac
counts from Washington agree that this
contest is now the all she r'jirg tpic at the
Capital, but the r.ew members of Congress
ate rather slow in arriving, and the old
ones all have their minds made up, hence
there is cot much progress made. As an
offset to the assertion of Miller, of Ters,
that he and four other Democrats will
never vote for Randall, even though their
refusal to support him should elect a Re
public in, it is reported that Morse, of
Matsichusetts, has declared that he
and several other Democrats, have
as firmly determined that they will never
vote for B'ackburn, or any other ex-confederate.
He says that the Democrats of
his section cf iha country have cot yet
been educated up to the idea of electing nn
ex-rebel to the speakership, and that if the
contest narrows itself down to a fight be
tween a rebel and a Republican, he and
several other northern Democrats of his
acquaintance, can be counted on as siii-
porting the R'publ'can, all the time. The
Itr-(kcnn correspondent, always well in
formed in relation to aflairs at the Capital,
savs it is a matter of great con
cern to the leaders of both parties
where the Greenbackers are going to get the
twenty-one votes they claim in the next
Houre. The election return, as reported
by standard authorities on political statis
tics, give the Greenbackers fourteen men,
as follows: Korsythe, of Illinois; De la
Matyr, of Indiana; Weaver and Gillett, of
Iowa; Ladd acd Murch, of Maine- Foidt
of Missouri; Smith, of New Jersey; Rus
stll, of North Carolina; Kelley, Yocum,
and Wright, of Pennylvani; Jones, of
Texas, and Barlow, of Yermont. Of these
Kelley and Barlow are certain to act with
the Republicsns, acd Wright with the
Democrats, leaving tLe number cf Green
backers at eleven, although at the recent
meeting of Greenbackers at Washington
both Barlow acd Wright took part
But a prominent Greenback leader
sta'ed a few days ago that
if an opportunity came when the new
party could assert itself, they were certain
of votes of the fourteen gentlemen named,
and also the following: Singleton and
Stevenson, of Illinois; Sneer, Feltor, and
Person', of Georgia; Lowe, of Alabama,
Sawyer, of Missonri, which ccmpletes the
list of twenty-one. Kelly is tLe only man
who will thus be drawn from the Republi
can ranks, which will leave the composi
tion of the House; D.mocrats, 140; Re
publicans, 126 ; National Greenback
ers, 21; TaDancies, 6. Total, 203
There is one Republican seat (Smith, cf
New York) and one Democratic seat
(Schleicher, of Texas), vacant by death
This is the Greenback calculation, and they
proceed to tkow that, with 141 membeis
necessary to constitute a quorum, they can
dictate the organization to either party,
acd will accept the best bargain. TLe
Democrats have sent messengers to inter
cept some of the doubtful men which is the
best evidence of their lack of confidence.
A Claim ibai will fee BUpnt-diaa
Ores! .Hmur Qnarlera..
(Globe-Democrat, C)
SL Louis ii entitled to the blue ribbon
for the three most useless members of the
Forty.fif ti CoBcrees.
A Klcc OiiCiiiiic fnr Debt It liter Kliu
bill. (Kansas City Journal, e )
Now there's an opportunity for Kimball,
the church debt raiT, to di-tingnih him
self. Let him tackle the SO 000,000 short
age of Bishop I'urcell, of Cincinnati.
Ttic e;ood I'm I of nr. llandair
precti.
Clilraso Times J
The one sentence of lh speech which
will ha greeted with applause snd delight
all over the country W3S the closing one :
"This House stands adjiurned without
day."
A Ureal Tral ! I-.teriltiliijr Out Re
liglon.
Chlcigo Tilbcne, T.J
Justin D Fulton "said last Sunday thit
there was too mucL co 7rdire in the pulpit
There is a srreat deal cf everything in tte
pulpit, it teems, hot ie-liaion.
DenlU ol luo Kiuliicnl !ltrTiii'r.
l1ilcago Trlbuae, T,
Two deiths cccuried jcerday among
the Riman Catholic clc gv in Wis oisin
the Wry Kev. Martin Kii'di?, V;car-Gen-eral
of Milwaukee, acl 7' ; and the Kev.
Fatln-r Louis I)el. "f S. Pa rick's Church,
Fond du Lac, aged 57.
fttie MKiiiMlriKt ! Him.
Iliwheye.
"Whit does your hu-lund do?'' asked
the cn-us man." "He ain't doiu' nothing
at this tim" ot the year." replied the young
wife. "Is he a paurer?"' a-ked the census
man. Sh blushed scarlet to the ears.
"Law me !"' she exclaimed, somewhat in
digently. "We ain't been married n-ore'n
six weeks."
Mo Onl-lite- lliilclom at llinl S.lr.
Manhattan Knterpri-sf, 7.1
What Kiley county may roree to: The
people of Scotland county, Missouri, are
resisting the payment of iuterrt on certain
railroad bonds. Jud-ments were obtained
in the United Slates di-trict court, nud per
sonal property of tax-pajers was levied
npon acd brought to sale the other diy.
The judge of the county writes that at Ihe
sale there were no out-ide bidders, aril that
owners bought in their horses, mnln acd
other stock at from five to ten ctnts per
head.
Hon' l.HTMrri lieal Tneir riic.i'
1st Louis Globs iKmucrat, ,
I there is any wrong in tht system of
legal adverti-ing, as at pre-ent conducted,
it is in the habit of lawyers elemandinj: and
recrivirg a "rebate" on "11 advertising bills
piid bv their clients. Newspapf rs like the
OlXt-Donotn t will not allow any rebite,
but there ere trilltrg roccems, with i-mall
circulation, which will, acd the lawyers
patronize there in order to make :i msll
sum at the expen-e of their cli-iiH. The
clients have to piy full rate-", but in order
to set a "rebate' for thenirelves, ll e law
yers go to newspapers which elo not value
their space very highly, and are willing to
divide.
AKok ol Smile iililt.rli!e .imciii
I title.
Washington Sredal to Intcr-Occan.T
The Cleik of the Ibni'e his received
some suggest! jus regarding the illegality cf
the last Conarei-ional rlec'i us in Iowa, a
matter that was thor- tidily di-cii'-rd at
the time it cecurrnl. The State Constitu
tion requires elections fjr Cong! itch to bi
held in Uctobbr, while Congress pi-seil an
act requiring all the Statie. except in rer
tain ca-es, to lie held in Novenibr. '1 he
Iowa Congressmen were elected in O;tob-r,
tint it isi not believed that Clerk Adams
will as-ume the responsibility of leaving
them eff his rol's. Bii' if he does it in or
e'r to secure a certain Djni .cratic maj riiy
there will hi a row of snuc magnitude on
the lS.h of March.
MicnRili In Vmrielr nuel 1'imir in
Ilitrrity.
Illostou Traveller, 3 J
It is the theory of the republic in Auier-
ica that there is strength io variety and
K.v.er in diversiiy of origin and d,iT-reine
of civilizat"' i. ltisagreitcrrorto iiippo-e
that everything lelonging to our civiliza
tion is good, and that ever? thing iuthecivili
zttion .f other conctries is unworthy our
attention. Hie C'uim i.d Japanese may
teich us many things of value In our -ivili-zilion,
and if America is to be the firi-t e.f
uati'jts f the earth itsbould bcrrow what
ever Ls good in othns i-n! reform snd im
prove whatever is bad or iuiprilect in iu
own ideas and conduct.
'Til e 'III i lips'5 ill "bion
Slippers of satin, embroidid with seed
pearls, are worn by ladles.
The fashionable color f.ir children's
dres-ts acd wra8 ill robin's egg bine.
Dark navy blue acd brown are the most
f-shionahle colors lor cambnrs
Icicle fiirg- for evenirg drt-sses is made
of strings of white class lieads.
Very little i'wtlrv is worn on the street
nnw by fahiuuab!y dres-ed ladies.
Outside j i-Xc s far fiiiis are sti'.l mie!e
cut-way, with vrlvet or silk vests. J
I'led Swiss muslins are madeover col- j
ored m1cj and garni'.uned w'th lace atd
ribbons.
A KoocI Uorel Itir Niniilrj,- JIat lieu.
Ilnter-Ocean, C I
The Ll-r-Ocem from time to time In?
criticised the Hon. Stardey Matthew', 1.
S Senator from Onio, but his nurse in the
last few weeks, and pir.icularly l.:s able
sticch on the last niitht of the session, ha
done much to ehange the public rentlirent
toward him. His speech is characterize d
as "'on of the i blest ever heard in the
Senste," snd he seems to have utterly de
moli'hed the logic ot his cdlgue, S-na-tor
Thurman. In fact this great I,Vtno
crntic leader showed to rourli disadvantage
when hi aro-e to reply with his common
place argument. ' he J..t r (I tan regre's
tint, when Senator Mstthews seems to lie
just on the eve e.f accompli-hirg so much,
he ehould be compelled to retire to private
life.
e;ntir. rre-.liSiitlnl Ticket
I recommend for President Gen. Snield!
Both l-ou-eeof Congress and Ben Bd Ier
aie afraid of him. He was in he Pelopo
nrsian war and hit Agamemon with sn
Irish potato. He was in at least threre
Punic wars and at the capture of Bargojne.
He represented enough States as Senator 'o
te elected 11 he can carry ineni an. ue
fought up and down the valley, like S'utcl
and Fremont, acd had a lieautiiiit smile.
For Vice President, Mrs Chrisliancy! Al
ter her husbsnd has beat Z.ich Chandler by
a great moral coaliticn. the Wat iheioali
tion, and "rai-ed" the hut-bard for Chscd
ler's benefit. She properly said a S-na.or's
wife is no exchange fjr youth end fond
ness. "No! Seed me to Europe to see the
voung men as I ehall want a secor.d bus
bend bevond the vale cf tears " This for
titude demands con-ide ration.
Tte Sollel untti snr ri!.te:i.
AuRasta, COa.) Chronlcli
The ifise ones may be utterly confounded
at last, but the dominant drift cf the pub
lic mind is -n the direction of T.Iden. on
tSe one hand, and Grant on the other. The
truth is, Mr. Tilden, old and repellint as
he miy be, has the lead in all calculations
He cannot be put down by acy methods of
the political jiggler. The wrorg dure
him in 1S76 mut remain as a living i-.rH',
and in that is-ue Mr. Tilden's figure is the
most conspicuous. While persons deride
uim for what thty are "pleased to call his
antcf pluck, many more will tulcgiz
him as one who preferred petce to wir,
and chose to make a personal sacrifice
rather than injure his country. He has
likewise emerged from the cipher investi
gation with credit, and next November,
hen a gracd struggle at the poll-tikee
place, his opportunity will probably be im
mense. New York is the pivotal State in
the next IVertdeatial election.
Sir Vacancies. In ttie IIone A Pat Ha
rueiilarF Question.
Washington IDispatch to Intel -Ocean,?.
There will be in the House of Represen
tatives only 237 members C Tictccies ex
istingone in New York, one in Texis.'and
four in California. One of the questions to
come np iu organ'zation is e heather a
majority of the members on the rolls or a
msjority of the number to which the House
is entitled is a quorum. This will make a
difierence of four votes to the Democrats,
acd Speaker Randall established a prece
dent the other dav by deciding a point of
order after a cu'-and dried plan in favor of
the nrst horn ol tee dilemma. that a
maturity of the members on the rolls con-
litate a que rum. The small Democratic
majority will make the organization cf the
Hours a very interesting acd extitingeveni
ard if the tix Democrat) whj cow say they
will never vote for Randall adhere to their
pledges tie organization may he mongrel.
Speaker Randall said that be had seveuty
is:ht votirs pledged, which is a majority of
five.
.Tlnd Abont Ihe DlvUtna of Spoil.
Vickaburg (Miss.,) Herald, Dcra.
Our Democratic friends of the North
either cannot or will cot aid us. They
consider us a dead weight. We have heard
a great deal of bosh acd gush about the
way they fought rr'litary rule. As far as
MUsi ippi is cocce.-ced.ehe overthrew the
Southern Radical thieves "ithout any out
side help wb .te -T, ard ihere-ft-r of coTse
no soldiers, were needed. By our on
efforta we placed honest men in the offices
ol this State, aid we are sure' that it we are
treated as cqi'.lsin the Union it "ill lie
by our own honest, manly struggle". We
must cut loose from dead weight of all
kind', bury the past, asd work for the fu
ture regardless cf party dicttneuous in the
North.
I'ropntltlon to put a (.lna ICoof Over
(tiirof llie I roil, utl.nuctun.
Londoners are discussing the project for
covering Regent f treet. their finest thor
oughfare, with a glass .oof stretching above
the eaves of the houses on ti'her side, and
to have the htiee sraide ".hich such a
course wculd make, illuiiinasd h electric
lights. A writer i.i the Boston Juurnnl tuns
Says of that nnd sim.lsr projtctsi "If Be
gent street takes the iu'tiative in the mat
ter, perhaps the Washington strej's, the
Broadways anl Chestnut streets on this
side of the vater will follow
so distinguished an example. Roof
ing a whole street with glas, though
it might be advisable in the case of a
narrow, crovdeel tho ouglu'are. would be
too expensive for general adoption where
the stieets were e.f good width. Covering
the sidewalks with gla' roofs would lie
comparatively inexiwnsive, and the cost
would be many time repaid, even in eme
generation, by the pro ettion iitlo'ded from
rain, sno', and i e, and in ijaimer from
the hot sun, by the awnings with which the
-oofs would be provided in sunny locations.
It does not need any special gift of proph
ecy to believe tint the city of ill" future
will pay some attention to the comfurt of
jiedestr'an-: Ihs.t in the rear future people
will read with wonder of the dNcoiuforls
i-ulniitted to '-y this generation without
even a protest"
The lropeife-if Aeiiemtiiieiil
to tho
Coniiiiitlmi.
Toiekti 4. oniiiionwealtli, 7.1
Our rejiorter was in error ve-terday in
intiunting tint a propo-e-d atcecdment to
the (institution reqiiireil ihe sianalure of
the Ciovernor. It does not. When two
thirds of the members of both houses vote
affirmatively nn a proposed submission it is
submitted without any signature of the
Governor. Governor's hair, in some in
stances, sigreel such prox-itions, but the
best informed say that there is no necessity
fur it. No harm cmie-, however, from his
signing it.
The roj option to prohibit the site acd
nianiifaclu e of intoxicating liquors in
Karsa-, will be voted upon at the General
Election in November, ISM). It it receives
a timjirity vote it berouies at occj, we be
lieve, a prt of the rocstitution; out there
would Ih- ho law lor its enforcement.
It would b; the duty cf the Legislature
of IS-d, to pass Uws to enforce the new
provirioii (if adopted br the jsojile) The
call for a Cor-ti utional Convention, which
has al-o pa-reel bath lloiixs by the requir
ed two ihirds wo'e, will be vol el iiikiti st
the same lime, that is, November 15:0. If
i rtcvivrx a majority vote, the Legislature
ed l"3l would provide by law for the elec
tion of dtlrgatesto the C invention, and fix
ihetimeof us meeting, ll would probiblv
be in the summer or fall of 1SS1. This
bxly, if called, would revise the Con-titu-tion,
which in turn would have to be sub
mitted to the people for rej-clion or ratifi
cation ll is probable that it would be so
submitted in Novemlier, 1SS1.
A ''Inst ItoligliiKome ConTeroation.
(Jreat talkers are very apt to be mocolo
gists, and io 'ike nersocs most who inter
re.i' llirm least. 'I tiey are likely, however,
t) delude theiu-?hes with the notion that
they ar fond of conversation, when they
are simply ensmorcd of 'he sound of lhir
own voic". Ier:nh Magoilin, ex Governor
of Kentucky, ar.d a promioent polilicisn of
thit state, Ins an infirmily of this k;od
and exciiiplified it recriitly while making a
j.iilwav jmri.ev from Cincinnati to Lexing
ton. Ueshirrd his seat with a ilea?ant
faced, inieil'geut man, and altera few cum
uion place remarks, to which the stranger
smiled anil codded aent, opened the
sluices of his lilk.and poured forth a steady
stream of pecii. He disCDtir-ei" upoa the
richness, b-auiy, and manifold virtues of
theStte-eT,ry Kentnckisn is pieterna
turally voluble en litis topic ; upon the
scenes of the c'vil wir, up-in the 1 orse
vaces he had witnes-ed, ujion the politictl
cimpaigns he fought, and upon the widely
apprciited excellence, in iheoIdCommon
weelth, of Bourbon whi-key. The litre
slipped away, and on reaching Lexington
the tno were .-o mutually pleased that ihey
exchar-r d card. The Governor drove to
an ir.r, and told some friends he met there
that ihe ride had never seemed pi shori;
that he hr 1 encountered a delightful gen
tleman, and had Iml a most interesting
conversation with him on a variety ot top
ics. His remarks had shown him to be a
man of rare powers r.f miDl. "Who is h ? '
"Hii name is King." "Not Rib Kirg?'
"Iit me see; I have his card. Ye; Rob-rt
King'' A roar greeted Magoffin as they
shouted: "B.b King is deaf and dumb.
Governor. He was born so."
Tin-r.ni-iirc of tao nineientente.1.
Nothing can exceed the audacity ct the
Russian socialists, whose movements
throughout th enipiie reveal a unity of
purp n-e which is due to some central ard
organize! control. They are evidently
perfectly organized and ready to begin their
bloody work. It is alleged that pome of
the medical men in the retinue of Profes
sor Bjtkin, the ( zar's physician, are Nihi-li-t,
acd that tcey put in circulation the
rumors of tin breaking out of the plague
in Sl Petersburg in orde-r, no doubt, to
produce a state of alarm throughout the
country which would be favorable to their
secret work. Thtra is no further doubt
that the Governor cf Charkoff was shot in
pursuance of tht ser.tence of a Nihilist se
cret court At Kiiff, thectherday thepolice
di-coveied asecret priming press,and em en
tering the rorm were fired on by jbeinmate.
Onecfficer was killed ami another wounded
This may hive been thi press whoee
work ha re-en circulated broadcast through
the empire for the last two or three years,
but thechsr.ees.aie that itscocfiscation will
rot put an ecd to the publication of nihilis
tic docua eits, by any meanr. AH classes r.f
Russian society and the public service are
sj honejeombed with nihilism that al
mtvt arv piece of clandestine work is pos
sible, ih s fact con-tilntes the great dan
ger from Ihe consjirscy. The czir does
not know what on cf his police official,
his bureau chief, his generals, his very con
fidential advis-rs, nnv not ha member of
the terrible nr.ler. The nihiWts are more
troai-hep us and more formidable enemies
thin ti Ttir- ir ihe Tartars ir.finitely
mure f jruild b'e than the Brili-h L'.on.
It Is ".V..rih atrial.
"I was troubled for many yars wih
Kidnev Complain', Gravel, etc; my blood
"a tut; I was dull acd inactive; could
hsr.il v erawl Hbout, acd whs an old won
out man all over, acd could st nothing to
help me, until I got Hop Hitter., and now 1
am a uoy again. eiy uiisjii ana Kiunejs
are all rlitbt, and I am a-jtfee a' a man of
30, nltlioiuh I am 7i, and I have no doubt
it will do as well for others of my sge. It
is wcrlh the trial." (Father.)
eir York J.urnlisai.
Po-!on Ailverllrfr
The New York I1VU is to ha turced
into a two cent folio sheet, and it is said
that Geo. W. Childs, of the Philadelphia
JVwfyer, has bought a controlling interest in
the concern, and lhat ample capital will be
provided for a pr-istent effort to establish
a rival of the .?-. It is nn ierstood that
the new Wcrll will be not Democratic or
eren independent, but neutral in politics.
AnlTarqnal Distribution of the Bricks
Xew York Tribune
General Butler has destroyed forever his
reputation as an impartial distributor of
bricks. He bestowed a whole half al on the
Wormier conference, and couldn't spare
even a chip for the cipher dispatches,
KANSAS NEWS.
The Clay county Dipotth hss com-
pleted its sixth year.
St. Patricks dsy will be gererally ob
served through the State by the Catholici.
The Colored Cilizm at Topeka has been
reduced in size.
Francis Murphy is to lecture in Liw
rence soon, probably about the 14th.
The second psg of the Baxter Springs
Tma has been greatly improved lately.
KANSAS rATEXTS
Composition for Drain Tiles, Paving
Blocks, etc W. II. Waight, Leavenworth.
orERAToii surra K" i:eed.
(TopetaComtpo-a,ea:th, 8 )
E. I- Smith was Yesterday released from
the custody cf the Sergeact-at-Arms of the
House.
A NEW CHIEF CX.KKK.
Atchison IVtriot. it
We undtrntand that Mr. Chas. Singleton
will lie the chief clerk in the potcllbc-fter
April 1st.
COM NO All. THE TIME.
(tclilsoi niampion.r)
About twenty five emigrant wagons
pasted throu Atchison yesterday for the
wr't. They come nbt here to 'bast,"
financially speakirg.
(iCOD IF TKUE.
ICliasu county Leaeler C
It is reported that a three and a half foot
vein of coal has been struck at the depth of
tweniy-five feet, near Waltou, on the Santa
Fe road, weot cf Peabody.
SWELLING BUDS.
Lawrence Tribune, 71
The unusual warm weather is pushing
vegetation forward very rapidly. Goo-e-
berries have grown nearly an itch, and the
leaf buds on tome trees are nearly swel.ee'.
HEAVY IMMIGRATION".
Topeka Commonwealth, T
The Santa Ke train going west,jeslerday,
was co.riOred of two s ctions. In one
were eleven cars, and in the other, seven.
Each car was loaded to the fullest capacity,
A DAVOEKOfi LOCVLirF.
Osage Wlv-Ioa Journal;
O-iage Mi-sion has four millinery stores
on one street, acd all within the spice of
one hnndred yards. The men avoid that
street as much asjios'lble.
TIlETOrEKA INSANE ASYLUM.
Oliitlie Progress, C.J
Mr. Geo. Parker, of this city has been
appointed Steward of the Topeka Insane
Asylum, and his wife ha-, been appointed
as Mation. They are both good appoint
ments. DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE LND OFFICE
i tills County Har G)
Our fellow townsman S. Molz, left on
Saturday nisjht for Washington as th? rep
resentative of our citizens to prevent if pos
sible the .immediate removal of the Land
office.
A HECKLE'S ITEM.
Ottawa Daily News. 5 J
David Croak, a man who was convicted
of insanity in 1S7:! tfcaj ed from the asy
lum in 1870, and is row arcuitd town set
tling up accounts. He has b;en perfectly
sane ever since hisetcape.
A NEW r.RIPOE FOK CHEROKEE COUNTY
IS ixter j-prlnits Tim. s. It.)
The ieople of Lola and Sheridan town
ships want a bridre over Lightning creek
heic the Columbiis and Oiwego road
crosses that s.ream, and will a-k for an ap
propriation c f 51 ,000 at the next sitting vi
the county bDaid.
EUILDUO KVLKYtMIEItn.
I.arntlChrotioscoi- 1
Building! Building:; Buildins!!! all
over town. Such a pulling up of houses
we never efid see. Every elay a ces; house
is begun somewhere, a-d before one knows
it, a new family is comfjrtably fixed, where
hut je'lerday was as. the barren plain.
WA-KEESEY HAS A NEWS FA TER.
The WaKeeney ll'sliy JJ'c-M is the name
e f a new paperetarliel lately in Wa-Keecey,
Trego ciunty by Mr. W. S Tilton. Trego
is a good county acd Brother Tilton has a
fine opportunity to "grow np with the
country." Wc hope he will do it, to his
advantage.
A ECUTE SENTENCED,
(eilathe I'rosru, )
Nd Biley, alias Httcklelnne, the negro
who attempted to murder .Mrs. Moll, upon
being arraigned at the bar of justice last
Monday, plead cuilt- and was sentenced
to 1 vears servitude in the State Peniten
tiary.
A COMFAItlsON.
Abilene Cizelte, T
The farmers of Dickinson county are
busy sowing spring a heat acd oats, acd are
plowing groum lor early corn planting.
In some of the eastern acd northern States
snow is a foot deep, rnd every prospect is
eluuial. .Moral tjtne to runny iams.
A CAUI).
WlndeM Teleenm, ."..
In future, gentlemen with cowhide, pis
tols, and other formidable "weepeni" with
which they desire to prsctice, will plesse
go elsewhere, as onr time is all taken up
witn the various duties of ths crace, and
hereafter we can d'vote no attention to
asbionable amusen.ents.
WIIEVTSOW1NO IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
(Unas Journn!,C)
the larmers have commenceel sowing
wheat. John Lewis sowed a field about ten
dais ago. The grass varietv is most gener
ally urtd for reed this sprirj- A much
larger acreage will be planted this spring
than U3Uil.
KELMIVE TO THE TEACH CROP.
Wicfleld Courler.l
The peach crtyp is ruined that ii to say
we suppose it is Such a s atement alwavs
goes around at this of the year, ruin or no
ruin, and we might as well print the fcs
now as wait lor some bocy to say so. vie
know just as much about it cow as we "hall
by wailing for future advice.
TnE NEW CWNTIE5.
Htoclitoa News, 5.
The unprecedented tide of immigration
fiow're into Kansas this spring has reached
the extreme frontier and hundreds of settlers
are daily locating in this and adjoining
coun'.ies. Lands are being taken in Graham
Sheridan and Thomas counties by thethou
sands of acres.
REAPPOINTED.
West. E. Wilkinon ha i been reappointed
postmaster at Senca.
Oa the J7th of December last, the post
office at Seneca was promoted from the low
est grade of c faces in the service to a third
clasi office to take eff-ct the fallowing 1st
of January. By law this change made a
re-appointment of postmaster I eccti-cry.
STILL LOOKING AFTFR Tn.VT OLD WIII.-KY.
yandolte HeraM, C
About 25 yea's ago a steamboat Ioded
weth whi-ky, going np the Mi'souri river
struck a susg and rnnk. Since then the
river has changed its cour-e and is some
distanceeast cf where it was at that time
Major Orerton anl some others have leen j Kern's hon, and every effort made to rc
prosecling for it and yesterday they struck 1 vive him. but he died em Sunday tnomicg.
ine noai eiguieeu jeei L-eicw ice euriace ci
the ground.
STOCK DISEASES IN JEFFfRSON COUNTY.
IOikalooa Independent, 5.
It is singular tint the mad itch should
so unexpectedly make its appearance
among the stock en one farm acd be heard
of co where tLe. Mr. L. B. Conwcll hss
now lost five Lead, the last being a cow,
which died las'. cefc. The cattle are
seized suddenly, without any premocitcry
symptoms and die ia a day or two.
A DI3AGREEADLE FCNEEAL.
Oeneca Courier, 7
Mrs. Moss' funeral on Wednesday was
attended by very embarrassing circamsUn
ces. She continued limp after death; and
at the funeral Mr. Sipner thocght there
were signs of life; and when the procession
arrived at the grave, it was decided not to
barv, but to return to town for medical ad
vice. Drs. McNeal, Kaytbitr. and Snyder
were sect for, and stated the limpness w.rr.
caused by decomposition; but death was
po'itivr.
hO ONE VTILI. DliTUKB THAT CLAIM,
(ForelCcnnty Globe, C
On the door of a sod house, about ten
;DiiIes frum Dodge City, is the following in-
scription: This claim belongs to .
Devols. So if you call rcucd don't disturb
aniihinj. for the owner is a friend to every
body. He i sick and is gone to Ohio, but
will be back in the spring."
A NEW PAPER IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
We have received the first numb.r of
Volume 1, of the Kansas City Ti-ioane, pub
lisheel at Kansas City, Kansas by Messrs.
Byrne & Ca-tle. It is the intention of the
publi-hers to make the Tribune entirely a
state paper. They will have a -"hard row
to hoe but we vish them unbotindetl suc
cess.
TO ItOP.E FU1S e DAI. 11 FiW.NEE COUNTY
I I.-irned ChronoM-ope, o.
Tie Lamed Coal & Mining Company has
received its lease for th ''ground of ojiera
tiocs," and will immediately prosicute the
ork of boring and pro-pectins for coal and
other minerals. We hope the company
may have the best of success and not end
as the commtdity ihey search for i1m in
ashe-s.
THE WEALTH OF LINN COUXIT.
Unn county Clarion T 1
The coal and macnesian lime stone of
Linn county will one elay bring it a reve
nue, the magnitude ct which is but little
thrught of at j rei-ent. The east half of the
county abounding in co-1 and ihe west half
underlaid with a very superior quality of
msgnesian lime store, and both covered
with rich and productive soil, forms a basis
for future wealth cf which few have
dreamed as yet.
OKANII OFFIt ER3 I. O. O. F.
The following are the names and address
of the grand officers of the order of Oid
Fellow; J. G Nortlicrsft, of No. 6e Abi
lene, M W. G. Master; J. S. Codding, of
No. '"J, Louisville, I: W. Ikp. G. Master;
f'hss H Krebs, of Nn. 3. Atchisou, R. W.
G. Warden: Samuel F. Burdett, of No. 2,
Leavenworth, R. W. G. Secretary; L. Mayo,
of No '27, Iav.nworth, R. W. G. Treasu
rer.
A LITTLE MORE TACT MR. LTGIfLVTUP-E.
(Topeka Commonwealth, s )
When in Committee of the Whole in the
Ssnateon lhetemiierantebilI,yesterday,Sen
atcr Matthewson was in the chair. A mo
t-on was msde to recommend that the bill
be pieced on Third Heeding. Strargely,
none of the opponents of the bill saw that
this action could nnt lie had in Committee
of the Whole, and the Chairman was forc
ed to rabe the point of order himself.
AN ALLrr.ED CHURCH IMP03IOP.
Hiawatha Herald CJ
Jamfs I.onERTA This man, formerly
of Mission township, in the county, is
tramping from hott-e to hou-e anl beugirg
in ihe name ti a Chri-tian. or Bnptist, as it
uits hi purpose best. I can not speak for
the Biptist brethren, but for the Chri'ti in
brotherhooel in this county I can s ey, we
regard him as a base hypocrite, and warn
all good cen to beware cf him.
J. S. Berry.
NE-.IUI v
C rsrir HAS A PART OF THE
ayer estate.
'-sense e Coulter, 7.?
Probate Judge Grihani has received a
certified transcript of the last will ami tes
tament of the late J. C Ayer, the on-e
treat patent medicine manufacturer, who
died at Lowell, Miss., oa July 31, 1S7.-'.
Mr. Ayer owned prorty in this e-ounty,
and the will is sent here that ihe estate
uiy be en'.trtd to probate.
PERSONAL.
'TopekaCoiiiiiiouwetiltii, s.)
Alfred Ennis, E-q, returned home yes
terday alternoon from St. Louis, where he
went to attend a special meeting of the
Board of Directors of the St. Loui-1, Ksnsss
and Arizona railway company. Mr. Knnis
reports the General outlook in railroad cir
cles exceedingly favorable for Kansas.
Mrs. John M. Price, of Atchison, and her
little son acd daughter, are in the city, the
guets of Mrs Judg
?peo.r. They will
nmain a few divs.
TICE FOR THE REMAINDER OF MAItCir.
9h and 10, clear or fir; 11th to 11th
clouding and threatening weather, with lo
cal rains or snow storms; 14th toltith, clear
or clearins; lo.h to 2')th, ending in cloudy,
threatening weather, with heavy and se
vere storms in places; 2u.h to i"Jnd, clear or
fair; 23.1 to "ij'.li, clouding and threatening,
coding with local storm-; "tith to USth, clear
or fair; I9ih to SNt, clouding and threaten
ing we itber. with heavy and severe storms
about ihe olsL
THE e.IRUlI? FRES3 MAT.
Topeka Commonwealth, .,
In Committee of the Whole, in the Sen
ate, ye-terday, while the Price raid bill was
le.ng considered, Ihe Journal Clerk, Mr.
A. P. Riddle, leaned back in his chair and
fell into a cloze, from which he was awak
ened by hearing a pjict of order raised on
him by Senator HalloeII, to find his head
decorated with scraps ot pacr. He ex
plained that he was in the habit of going to
-leep during service, and he thonght they
were prajin now preyiDg on the Treas
ury. SERIOUS I.OS EY A PRAIRIE FIRE.
IStncca Cotirle', 7.1
Mr. Me'z-r, living near Vermillion, had
his three h- res, barn, and tight hogs burn
ed by prairie fire last Friday night; also a
fine young orchard, anl Mr. Williams,
his neighbor, had a , rove of young maples
containing five nens destroyed. W. II.
Dewalt, living in the neighborhood, was
burning stalks, and let the fire get from
under control. AVe are informed this is
ihe second time he has had that accident
hap'ien to him, and we aresorry to see him
lo-e-his property to make up the IoH;bat
will learn him not to put out fiic aain in
windy weether. It being the second offence
makes it the worse for him.
THE ANNEX TION OF K.Vsl CITY.
(Topeka Coinmonweuitli.j
Senator Murdoch, chairman of the Spe
cial Committee on Annexation of Kansas
Ci'y to the State of Kansas, received the
hollowing telegram yesterday :
Kans .s City, Mo , March 0, 1S79.
Senator T. B. Murdock, Toptka, Kansas:
A committee of the City Council, with a
large delegation of citizens, leave here to
morrow, Friday at 0 a. m , for Topeka. to
confer with jour committee on the annexa
tion question. W. II. Wisakis
Chairman.
TO REMOVE TO TOPEKA.
roiK.-kA Commonwealth, 7.1
Judge Hortonhas found it necessary for
him, iu the di-charge of the duties of his
office, to be in Tojieka so much of his time
and thus Lecessarlly separated from his
family, that he hs concluded to try the
experiment ef living in our city awhile
In this view, he hm leased the re-idence
now occipied by Mr". Chri-man, near tha
State House, fnr two yeare He will take
pasession in May, and thus be convenient
ly located for ids work, cloecbv the Cspi
tol. IiEVTH OF AN OP1C3I FATEK.
Ablllne (izette. T 1
A stranger was found in a helpless con
dition last Saturday, oear lb- public road
about a half a mile south cf C. F. Kern's,
oi Lyon's Creek. He was taken to Mr.
He had a ciuantity of opium, enough to
last at least-a year under orninary circum
stancesbut wrclher he died from an over
doe of the poison, or from an apoplectic
fit, cr exposure, medical skill could not de
termine. FPRISO.
The Atchi-on Champim has dug up tc5
following from somewhere : Sprirg, aweet
weet spring, will soon b here. The green
grass will sprout; the keco-player and the
lambkin will gini ; the young man's fancy
will lightly turn to thoughts of love ; the
bumble-bee will bnmble his first bumble;
the festive yellow.jicket acd the small boy
will rccew relations ; straw hata will come
out ; so will dniters, wait pants, straw
berry Lslivals, boiLs and campaign papers,
and the spring pee: will mount the editorial
t-iir with cheerful face and ten pounds of
manuscript. Spring is at hand.
A CCTE TRICK DETrCTED.
Lawrence Tribune, 7.
This morning the police arrested a man
having in his possession a horse that suited
the decrlpti"ii of on- rn-ep.tly stolen from
La Cygne The man said he had ju-t rid
d;n the horse ihrcujh from Verc: o it, hav
ing ridden thirty mile ech dsy since
starting Eat Burlicgame being him-elf
a Yermonter, told the fellow that Vermonl
ers didn't wear butternut, nor ride Califor
nia saddles, and that a horse that had just
been ridden sixteen hundred miles wcnld
have aod!e marks, and would cot have
fresh collar niarki-: aid that owing to the
thinner's cf his story he would have to bold
him until Li Cygne ce nM he heard from.
AN UNroRllNAlF. FARMER.
(HoUoti Iteeoriter, .)
A frame dwelling house in Circleville,
owned by Deyid Mvers and cccupied by a
gentleman from II iuo:s, was I ti ceil to the
ground, Sunday morning. I'orle fve
wjll rebuild at once. The man from Illi
nois appears to bs extremely unlctky. Oa
the road i tre one of his hcr-es dieel, and
the other, which was removed from the
barn at the time cf the fi.-c and hitched to
a post, choked to death, while in the burn
ing hr.tisj a porlwu of hia g-cd wre consumed.
Ar.RE?TiION THECHALCE OF I.I L.ISll A
rodr OFFICE.
Toicka Itlade. 5.
Last Sunday Deputy, United Slates
Marshal Johnson brought to thi city and
lodged in jiil two prisoners by the nams
of Rogers and Sai lib, ho had wi bin the
past few days been arretted in Texas on a
clnrgeof robbing thu Os-ege Mission Post
office last summer. United States Detec
tive Terrill visited the j-l yesterday and
identified Rogers from a photograph as
being a man connected wiih a counterfeitirg
scheme, and guilty of passing counterfeit
money in Ohio some two years ago. Mr.
Terrill has been looking for him since then
and is sati-fied that he has found the
right man.
A DAMXlELEBLACKUAILINb SCHEME.
(Topekii Commonwealth. s
Mr. Callen in his speech yesttrdiy ie
citeil a retolution parsed by ihe llou-e,
which directed the committee, if evidence
was produced implicating any member or
Senatorial candiate, to give that member
or candidate notice, so that he could be
present Liaiself or by coun.-el. He slid that
the fact that thecommittee had only notified
Mr. Hossack to apear. was eviderce, that
thry thought no other one was implicated.
He stated tint at ore tim, the committee
were so far imposed upon by blackmailers,
that it as uu the p.iint of iutroduciug a
resolution expelling Mr, Hossack A fur
ther examination of wi'ne-rss sati-fied the
committee that the uhole affair was a
blackmailing rcheine, acd one it the dark
est and most damn-hie ever attempted in
KaLsjs.
A THRIVIXC. Y0UC1 TOWN IN JOHNSON
COUNTY.
Iii writing of Cellar Junction, a corres
pondent of the Olathe JVci- v s ijs ; 'I his
town was started in lS7t by Thomas Bon
ner, Mark Gray acd Piestou Argiihright.
Being the junction of two iuii ortaui loans it
was thought that its certain acd spe.dy
gro-vth was a-ur.-'. But iu a few mouths
one of thee roads, the Ij. . P. 11 sus
pended bpe.rations and it hieiked a though
another wrtck of fniry had lten stramltd
tijxin of one fact. But in due tiu.e the road
brg in oper.itioas under a new manasement,
au.I then capital anl enterprise le-in to
pour in like lightning rcsl irddltrs af er a
thunder showtr, ami where eighteen months
jgo e could show nothing we ar? now
able to turn out four hotels, four stores,
one mill, ore blacksmith shop, one wagon
shop one broom and brtisfi factory, a drem-uiakins-
eelabluliuient acd a laundry.
THE BROWN COUNTY UKAMlERd INTROUCLE.
Illlauatll.l Ul-patch, i.
Hearicg that the Patois of Husbandry
had sent the Mierit! cfter Frid Buhl, our
Depiry Sheritl and ex alesman of tin
Grange co-operative store, we called arourd
at the district clerk's office to tea the pajiers
acd learn what wss the matter. We found
the documents with Mr Falloon, Mr. Rohi's
lawyer, who kindly pinuilted us to investi
gate them for the information of thep blic.
The amount of goods waij'i came int' his
hands when be louk charge, was $1,S1 '..,
and afterwards the further sum of tl bV -21,
maklrg In all iiliitilb. 'Hint in ad.Ii
Hon theicii. said goods were sold at a profit
of at least ;", per cent, making a f.ir her
sum of c-1 200 I-o. Also, that he sold pro
duce that he bought with the means of said
Association, upon which there was a furth
er pre lie That said I.'jht'ssalary amounted
to SoJl! u.o; aril that the ai-scciation I- -s re
ctived from him, only the sum c f iOK) ahd
a few futures, leaving the aforesaid deficit
of $1 -mOIS, which he has neglected acd
refused to pay.
THE KICKAPOO INDIANS IN A CtD CONDI
TION, i lliawatliu Dispatch, r.i
The Indian question at the present being
otic of some interest e seut onr reporter
down to the KicKapoo rt-ervation a few
ago, to learn what the Kichajoo think
about it. We find tlift there are bet 2 IS
souls Kit of this once ropulir tribe. ick
cess and misery iceiu Io be tl ing on their
rsnks rapidly. The iiiesgr-Le cf their
allowance does nor furnisii them cti-,s. ary
means of protection from the severe winter.
At the Mi-siort Buildtrg there is a farm
man, mv.ioo, teacher, b.arksmithacd cook,
under liiedirectioa cf the- Indian agent,
who p'lU in an spjieararcs jvery
seldiini ap-1 knows but lil-
lit.le whst is goiDgon amoog the In
dians. TLre is co doctor to attend the
sick, and no one to projicrly see to them as
nunc d.irings.iknef)'. -everal deaths oc
currcd lt winter, taking some e-f the best
men. Tney do not teci to know anything
about taking medie-ine.
Man ci these Indians can not speak
Eigli-'i. Manv of theci dress in the In
dian fashion, while seme wear the white
man's garb. Their annuity smounts to f-'Si
tr year each, payable semi-annually. Ls
uaily, long before their sir months are up,
they have traded out their 12 V).
DRAWS EY AX IGNORANT MAX.
Tojk ConuiK.liweallli, s J
The report of the Democratic number of
the Investigating Committee, the only one
who foucd anv evM.i.re cf fraud en the
part of Mr. Ingtlls, or any other Senatorial
candidate wis drawn by a Democrat of
Tot eka. Ha I, of -Mi n gotnery.ihen.eiiber
of the Committee to whom we refer, has not
scn-e enough to write an intelligible sen
tence. The re ort which bear3 his came
is a shrewd di cument, and bears ih- ear
marks cf the loi-eka. Democrat aforesaid
By reciting bits ct evidence htre acd there
as taken before the ccmmitto acd leaving
out all explanatory evidence, he makes a
plau-ible xase Lndoubtedly it was the
hop; acd expectation of the men who drew
the report thjt the te.limong would not b
( lilted. If cot the report would go out acd
make a prima facie case.
Tte House had too much gocd sense to
allow the poison to go out without the an
tidote. The evidence will le printed with
the reports of the; committee. Everyone
can then see that the evidence, when taken
together, fully bears out the majority report
cf the committee, which fully exonerates
not only Mr. Ingalls, but all other candi
dates. In fact, four out of five of thecom
mittee exonerate every candidate. While
Mr Randolph made a separate report, it
in fact coincides ith lint of Messrs. Cal
len, Harlchorce acd Keller in the main
points.
A HOUSE ELOWXTO riEClS EY GUNPOWDER
Ford County eilo'j-", 6 J
Last Friday evening about C o'clcck the
citizens cf this quiet inetrcpolis were
startled by a loud report similar to that
made by the dt-tharg: ot a cannon. IL
earth seemed to shake for an icsiact ai.d
the superstitious inhabitants rodoubt shiv
ered and trembled at what they supposed
to btj Kingdom comen." iae misttnous
noise wa, however, soon explained as a
cloud of eluist was observed iu the vicinity
of the tannery buildirg in the south westers
suburbs cf the city. Upon repiirirg to the
spot it was ascertained th.toce of the taall
hou'es built party in the hillside was a
perfect wreck, the roof and upper part of
the structure luring been blown to .atoms.
Mr. King, nhoresid. d in the bcurer, togeth
er with his little tors, gve the- following
explanation : A shotgun hs.nging on the
wall had accidentenully fallen from its
resting plare and di-chargfd itself, letting
fire to a pile of gunny sacts ljiag on the
floor. Ho one was the house at the time
but the boy, a lad nice years old, who
stamped out the tire ami soon after went
out of the house. Bat it is often the case
in such instances the fire was only smoth
ered, acd soon revived sufficiently to reach
out with its contagions breath acd touch
c ff a can of powder near by. The powder
being e.f a restless dtspcoition mitle the
most of its, opportunity with the result as
above sttted. The leg probably containe d
tea or fifteen pounds.
LITTLE WAIFS.
U.-ht-M3Ulobe,i;
Conductor Anderson, of the ,SjnU Fe,
last evening brought in the smallest co ipie
he-has ever taken tickets from in a long
exierience on many roads. Tbey were
brother acd sister, traveling from Arkansas
Ciiy to Cedar Uapids, aud the boy was
aed eeven, andthegtrl two a mere baby,
and very prvity one. After leaving To e
ks, the little girl began to cry for 'mam
ma !' and there was many a moist eye in
thectrwhn her brother explained'that
their mother had just died, acd that they
were goinj to live ith theirgracd-parect-.
Tu kiod lady passengers did cveryihtc,;
! quiet the e-J.ild, but the would cot cease
Mhbirg until Cocducter Anderson took hr
on his knee, and heo the train reached Ateh
i-.n little Mabel was last asleep, acd her
brother carried her tenderly into theEa.-ltra
train.
THE NATIOXAL GUARDS BILL DEFEATED
I l'opeka Commonwealth.)
Senate Bill 10 An Act to provide for
the enrollment cf the military for th or
ganizuion of the National Guards of the
State of Kansas, acd for the public defense,
was defeateel in the Hotii-e yesterday.
Mesrrs. Legate, Riggs. Armsticcg, Robb
and Manning ailvocated the passage, while
Mr. Albin was oppo-.cd to the enactment of
the law, assigning as a reason for his oppo
itien, that, in his opinion, it would cost
ihe St ite at leas: SIOO.OOO the first year, to
carry into effect the provisions of the bill.
The vote on the passage cf the bill was as
follows: Yeas, KJ; nays, "!. After the
announcement of the result, Mr. Legate
stated that the bill was framed principally,
as a means of defense to the border counties
of the State, brt as the bfll had bevn de
feated he moved that th tuhje-ct and all
matte's relating thereto he indefinitely
po-toned; the motion prevailed, and thus
another important measure was disposed of
for ihe prti-ent session.
mint llic .-! 'ii-.ii. Will Tell In.
Chicago Times, i
Great improvement has betn made in the
cience of censtn-takicg since Ihe com
mencement of the century. ( riginally in
the 1'nitrd States a mere political neces
sity btcau-eof congresMonnl apportionment
on the bisis of population, it did not great
ly improve for a time. Kcau.-e the strtrt
constiuctionii-ts urged that the constitution
contemplated a iliieunial enumeration acd
nothing more. The census of TO even was
taken under the law of '.0, or a decade l:i
i r, lecaue the advancement it was pro-k-
ed to take under a later bill seemed too
much for the conservatives, and the bill
f.eiVd. The census of 0 will lie a marked
improvement upon any statistics l.iiherto
obtained in th:s way.
Not only will the population be enumer
ated, though not wi'h the certainty that
might lie desired, for, icsteail of nuking the
count in a single day it will lie prolonged
over a ieriod of four week, bat i vast ar
ray of i'lh, r information will be obtained.
Tie public h.dib.tdcess of states and mil
nucipalities, the ownership of United
States securities in this country, and the
amounts held ; full statistical information
ot all the railroad coriorations of the
country, such us. their cipital stcck,indcbi
elners, rarniogs, ex'tmes, the amount of
their lai.it grant, if any, the amount cf i-ucli
grant remaining unsold, the salaries and
wages paid, the number e.f employes aul
number of passengers carritd ; information
in eletail of insurance, exprets acd tele
graph companies, etc., will be ascertained
as accurately as possible.
A SID STORY IN REAL LIFE.
1 Lawrence bLiLdardU
Som? time ago a baby was left en the
doorstep, at the residence of Mrs. Garrett
north of the city. Where the little waif
came from was unknown, except to the
parlies who wire inhuman enough to leave it
ihere and allow it to run the risk of it
ishing from cold ar.d burger. The babe
was found, however, I17 Mrs. Garrett acd
cared for until yesterday, when we are
informed, it was claimed and taken away.
It appears that not very many miles
f.oui Law-cues lb-re irf a -widower who owns
and lives upon a farm, and has iu his
employ as housekeepers a widow woman
acd her daughter. The daughter was se
duced and then left by the brute who er
ietraled the wrong, to face the sufiVncg
nod disgrace alone. The attempt to kiep
eecret the knowledge of her condition was
stieuc tsful that only a very few weie
aware of what had happened. Even the
gentleman who owned the place were the
mother acd daughter hired, was partially
deceived. Oae night, however, he was
awakened by what sounded like; the cry
ing of an infant in the room below, where
the women were. He did cot go dot.ii,
and next morning, much to his astuui-b-uient,
there was no trace cf any child
ihcugh the girl was sick.
Shortly after he heard that a new born
chilil had been left uon the doorstep of
the residence b? -Mri. Garrett, and that goon
lady, true to her motherly instincts, had
caredfor it until some claimant, if claim
ant there was, rhould come -m take the
huh one where it belonged.
Sjuon after (be gentleman who owced the
place where the mother acd girl lived
learned of the finding of the baby he de
cided to tell the rick girl what he ha
heard, acd see if she evinced any rflsried
tnierea'. Following this plan, he found
lhat the girl could not conceal an intense
concern lor thej welfare of the little cne.
i-ne began to improve and wis soon able
lo lie out.
One day the mother and daughter told
tlitir employer that they had decided to
leave his places and go elsewhere. Any reu
rs.uforto doing they could not give. He
then decided to introduce the closing sceije
in the little darma acd told the wom 11
lhat he knew their secret. He told the girl
that he knew she was the mother of ihe;
child, acd lhat the child must be reclaimed
and cired fur by its mother. The girl and
inn' her then both ciufessed that the cl ild
hd 1-tcn born in bis house, en the eight
when he had heard the luby s voice, r.l
that it had been carritd away by its inhu
man father, who had condescended toafloid
so innch relief to the girl whcelife he had
blighted. They declared that tl.ey were
not only ready, but anxious to take bacu
the little one and show it thetecc'irtst care.
The; girl repented the f jlly and sin thai she
had been guilty of in sending it away, and
imploied the gentleman to bring the child
child back to her. This was done and ihe;
meeting letween mother acd b.be was at
ftcting in the extreme.
We cacnot leave this recital without giv
ing the young man who caured alt this
trouble a hick-handed slap. He U about
t-ecty years old, is well known and has
Ikci respected, but the pegs are set that
will raaLe ioicc mos. unlovely mu-ic for
him.
RAILROAD NOTES.
IMMIGRANT?,
Condnctor White of the Chicgo, Rock
Island fi Pacific bronght in another party
of immigrants numbering thirty in all. from
the e-sl Friday, mornin, for the Karsss
Pic:fic Ileint ahount the same r.ntulr
from Bererly via the K. C St. Joe fc C I! ,
to Kans is Ciy, and about nicety from Ed
gertcn to the Atchison, Topeka ."iSenta V
Tho-? who went out ih- Kansas Pacific
wete well supplied with bajgage.
KAN3 PACIFIC EARNNISCS.
AtchUon Patriot
Th? Kansas Pacific freight earnings'fjr
the first two months of the year make a
splecdedshowing. The increase; ever ihe
same period last year 13 ;C3,Q0l.
MEETING OF rASTENGER AGENTS
The Western Association of general pas
senjer agents, will meet at the Metropolitan
hotel, New York, March 13th. The nat
ional as-o-iation meets at thesameplaca
the following day.
Leavenworth's new road.
Chkloosa Inedpendent,
A civil engineer, Mr. Himrod.' of Leavens
enwottb, stopped in town last night. He is
cut looking uj the mcstprac;icable route
for the proostd line of railway from Leav
enworth to Topeka by w7 of this place,
and his instructions, we believe, to put a
con-s of purveyors oa the route at once.
Tuere is more than one practicable routa
and two or three of our citizens went cut
with the gentleman Thursday mornicg to
look 07r the ground.