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COXGilF.SSION AT. PROfKlKINOS.
Fmitl AKV 10. In the Senate, after a brief
' icciitiiesoshinn.lhn rcdeutiiilsof Mr Plumb,
le-cleefed .-senator Irom Kansas, woro read
mid Hied. Memorial of the I.e0IStnVe of
KaMM) line asking that lumber lie pla' cd on
the free list and number lor legislation to
prevent the spread of p4cwfo-piiSiieieeSa,n pre
presented. A lemons' i anre of citizen.
in csewcii. a romons' i nnce of citizen.
wincuosm mrnUt-l pnltfsg lumber on th free I
I il w IIS 111 () lee IW'l. A Hill III IIIIK'II I tin
law In relation 'o Irespass. i s on'I nil uui land
wa reported. The Pension Appropriation tijii
was culled up and p:t--d. Tin- Tariff lull
was then taken u p and the amend me nl reduc
ing the iiiteriial revenue on snuff ant tobacco
to eight cents jut pound a agreed to. An
additional section was adopted regarding
gorgf In liond wh-n that bill goe.i into effect.
onsldcratlon of the hill in eomm tt
completed and tlieeotnnil lee report
as
d the
lull to the te In the llou-e. a joint
resolution to pro Idc for the admission lice,
of diits of article !. In'ended for I hj.pecifil e -hibltton,
to he h id at Philadelphia bv tho
Franklin Institute, wan par ma. Ooasidera
tion of the I'm III bill WM resumed in com
mittee, and I he motion to fi x U0 duty on col -Ion
ties at thirty five percent, was defeated.
A lengthy discussion en. nod on n motion to
r-duee the rale on cut nails, and the motion
W.h lost.
KFnnt'AHY 12. In the Senate the creden
tial d Mr. Kenna, elected -nator IrotB Weal
Virgin ia. were rend and filed. Several petitions
from Southern Mates Making national aid for
com 1 1 1 n school, and a petition Ifoiu citizens
of Wl .cousin ask in; thepassag of an Inter
state commerce bill, werv pceacnied. v hid
was iutro'liu cd I o legalise Ihe hicdvporalion
: national trmlen union The senate re
nin I i onsidnrat ion of the Tariff bill, and at-
t di. posing of amendments made In I oin
mlnee of the Whole lo ilie Internal revenue
sections, tariff aim ll luc .t WOI e l..
en --"gjs, Motn" slight eltaiiiri-s Were
niri'li' m the iron h In du e The net Ion
. the eommt'tee in i Ihdfl vr ltunler on ihe
Iree liat wiu. di.ia ifraed to' and tiro rate re.
Htoi i-I. A uiolion was rtiade to re luce- i he ad
lit ion it I dntv on -aiiTara, bui a' -Hon n as post
Jioned...,
nil l o las
of I. .ltd V
The rarfi
nutlet., s,
on ehain
the vMr&
lb- l.ii
up nnd ai
ol e : leet
..in tfc
iloUsa 111 Ml' !' ;s bllN W
Sing to pndilblt the sending
lAlilents (brongii the mails.
driti ston
Ml IfM
1 ' '
tsbeil le.
ed' in eo u
In the dntv
efn made i n
nth ill hill VTIl -
eb ine the ni
mi il ih nets
I t UKl AJtr i;;. Tfee S. na'c ptss. d I be
Im nt reaolnilon admitting 1 1 ee of doty a im m
oiiifiirtsi i. enti nl Washington, to Imported
nj ine socimy oi i.iik i niiai I riMlauelphla.
The i reauilli.ils of .yr Mel'hei .ssni. re eleeted
Seiiulo? front New JetHt-y, wi re tiled. The
Pre i lent laid before the Senate resolutions ol
the Nabreaku LepUtlafure asking lor the ad
mi- ion of t'liiiadian Inmb' i f i eo of ln! mid
thankugMr an Wick I"r lii efforts to jui
luinber on the freclLst. also, resohiHons of
the Climif M lllgl Kxclnuijjc of Chicago
iepiea(4ac the ptniV Of n bankrupt law.
Two nilln were introduced to Improve the
ii l igation of the Mtsb'ssippl. The Tai l rl hill
was titkfn up and Hie auititr schedule was
dl-pme 1 of, lurge reductions being made In
all grades. Considerable r rogress was made
on the bill In the llo ie t he bill au'lim
iini-llie Kniedmcn's Trust i onipaiiv to oav ,
di idoiida on aci-oiiats w as pa-scd. The Hiver I
nnd Harbor bill was ordered printed. The
appropriation recoimnea led Is 7 ,irr.O0O, The
Tariff hill was consMerfxl in committer and
Ihe metal schedii ie coin dm led, excepting one
s. el Ion.
FlcillTIJ Uk t 11 A bill was inlredneed in
1 he Senate 1 1 prohibit the employment of eon
vht-on public works. A resolution of In
ipilry as to tiro authority ol tbe Ti easury tte
paitiiieiit ill a .on e and allowing the ac
connts ot spci-iai attorney s employ ed x the
Department ol Justice was ordered i r nted
mill in lii over until to-morrow, t'on-ddora
tion of the T ariff t ill was lesnincd and Ihe
amend moil t rcini Ing to le uiks wile BO modi tied
that it applies only to such as in e printed in
the Kngli-b lanifiinge, the dntv remaining 111
teen percent, ad va orem The Ifonendia
poseil of the shipping clause oi the I'arlff bill
nnt took up the sell dnle et wood nnd wood i
enware. A motiOM to put lumber on the 1 1 ec
liat was defeated, end all effort to change the
wood schedule tailed.
Kl-.HItl AltV I.V In the senate, petitions j
ol Mls-oiiri (.runners lor the creation of n
Secretary "f Agriculture ; also, one from lev-
i al edui'iitioual institutions of Mi-souri fori
i he appointment ol a oraetti al astronomer as
BnpOilntendenl of ihe N ival observatory, i
.-inn im ine eon -i ii tei ion oi an omwrrsioiy
under sclent! Ac supervision, were pre
sented. A remonstrance a-atnst any redue
1 ion of the t a' iff on books below twenty five
per cent., rigeedny OMverWendell Wotnlea,
T. 11. Aldru h and John O. Whittlftr. was alee
presented. After a short executive aession
lb- Senate attain ieunied consideration ot
the Tariff bill In the House the confer
ence report on tbe Japanese Indemnity bill
was agreed to, and the sugar schedule of the
Turill inll was discussed In eommdtcc The
evening snsm wan occupied with discussion
ol ihe I .eislativc Appropriation bill in com
mil tot.
ITKSONAL, ANO POLITIC At.
Thk ilouee Penaiona C'oiumittco hrus
favoraldy r .'ported a bill to pay $."0 per
month pension to Mrs. Sepliiua Kaudolpb
kfelklebam, the ouly surviving grandchild
of Thomas Juffersna.
In opening the Canadi in rarliamcnt,
the other day, tiie Oeteieoi Oaneial stated
that In pa-sing through Ihe l ulled Slates
lie observed many evhleaces of regard for
the British Umpire. Md hoped the friend
ship would prove enduring.
The Prohibitionists of Kentucky will
bold a convention for nominating State oaV
cers in Louisville March .
The last survivino; sop f Words
worih. the poet, died in London, Rag., a
few days s-o.
THI Colorado legislature adjourned
Hte die on Hie IJth.
The death of Major C.onora! George
Webb Moircll occurred at tvarIorough. N. I
Y . . a few da i s ago.
Tut members of the French Cabinet
have resigned, In consequence of the
Senate's aeiion on the Expulsion LilL v
The death of c Governor Fdwin I).
Morgan was announced al Nsw York on the
14th.
Richard Waonku, the famous Ger
man composer, died 111 Venice, Italy, the
other afternoon, aged seventy year.
Mtss Clara Coffin, who taught
school for sixty ye a is, died at Sandstone,
Mich., Recently, al the age of KM yea re.
Thk Minnesota llouo of Representa
tive, ha., decided to indefinitely postpone
the bill providing (or the submission of a
prohibitory amendment to a vote of the
people.
Pin dciith of ox-Governor William E.
Smith occui red at Milwaukee; Vis., a few
dayga-c. He was twity elected Uoxemort
of Wiscon-in, and had previously served as
Staff Treasurer nnd held other offices.
The Maine State Senate has passed a
prohibitory amendment, ihree vol ing against
It,
crimes and casualties.
New Ktea 0t nickels, eo perfectly J
gold-washed as to deceive many ignorant
persons and pass readily among thrm as five I
doPar fWcl-pleees, were lately discovered'
al Washington, D. C.
N r mk noes casos of frauds by pension
s . ui 011 Western claimants h c been dis- !
covered.
Thk Knitting mills at Amsterdam, N.
Y.. were wrecked bv an explosion of caso- I
aft- 1 I
line i!;e oilu 1 morning.
The preliminary examination of Con
ductor 11. V . Iteirl and Tlr.1kem.1n John Pal
ton, charged with criminal negligence in
connection with Ihe recent terrible railroad
accident at Tehaehapl, Cal., was com
menced at Hakrr-tield a few days ago, and
would probably lat several days.
Thk rains of the 13th and Hth had
sutliced to maintain the floods in Ihe Ohio
Valley at full height, and in some placet to
increase them. The distress and damage
caused were taking wider range. Cincin
nati was practically cut off from railroad
cooimuulcation with the rest of the world on
the north cast and west. Cleveland was
Hi. calmed with another O vet flow by the
( uyabega, and grave apprehensions w ere felt
pa the Lower Mississippi,
T
A ki'kk on the farm of I'icrro Ixuil-
lard
lwn, ti. J., the other ilav.cre-.-four
Urafl-hor-rs and six
inn
In Mnd
bv the fun
n, Wis., the hoase occapted
of John Sheffield, a dissolute
' character, who bad abandoned them, was
I set on fire tin- olhcr day and two of his
I daughters, one aged fourteen and the otlier
i an infant, were burned to death. It was
believed I hat She fliel J lired the bouse.
R. J. Fi.kmmino, of Chicago, was ar
rested in Toronto, Cans., recently, on a
charge of obtaining money under false pre
letiaea, It was alleged that bis frauds
amount to nearly M,tX). He claimed to
he innocent and that bis arrest was a. scheme
to siieeze mnev "lit of htm.
Thk Globe rubber-jewelry factory at
New Ynik was burned the other afternoon, j
, alising a loss of $100, ''00.
. , . . ... . . ,T
i ii k aaunicr nnu wtie oi .J. ti. voor
hers were jailed XTPatayaon, N. .1., recent -'
ly, on a charge of attempting to murder
; him. Both were members of the Salvation
; Army.
Gkowje Sheldon, son of Chief-
.lustico Sheldon, of the Superior Court of
j Ituffalo, N. Y., left that city lately, and it
j was discovered that be had forged title to
sevr.d'real estate deeds, on wiiicb he had
raised some $'2,000 in mortgages.
B. B. Skaks and the "Judge," who
I weie aT nas ted at Decatur, Tex., recently for
stage robbing near Leidville, Colo., were
idenlihcd by Deputy Cnitcd .-states
Mat shall Smith, of Colorado. Smith took
the prisoners to Denver.
Di;kin; a general melee at Sajre,
I'll., the other night, Henry Hoover, a tire -
man, was stabbed in the heart and diod al
j most instantly. Charles Sensabaugh, a
i brakeman, was arrested as the murderer.
St iiwkn Zokkstek, an eP'ven-yoar-old
bov, was arrested at M inneapolis, M inn.,
the olliei day, cliarcd vvilh slabbing Allien
terwiiHgcr, agesl ten years, in a street Bgflf .
Tarwilligcr died (Vithin tlirec minutes after
being cut.
CiiK AOo (Til.) detectives arrested a
(lamp barber named Ki ed Langendorf the
other day, and claimed they had evidence
thai they believed would convict UM of the
shooting of Mi-s McGregor, near Rock ford
receeUr, and would show Swarlzell, ar
retted in St . I .in ii-. to be innocent.
A COLLISION occurred on the Cincin
nati Nnrtbern Itailroad near Avond.tle, ).,
Ihe other day, and one man was killed and
several others were severely injured.
The flood in the OMo River began to
recede on the loth, but heavy rains will keep
it at full height for some lime to come. At
l,;iwreiii'.ciiiiri, ind , ine refugees from m- i
,, l ,ii. ,.. i i., u.
. ' 1
tiuihiings. in inese crowded piai ters hf-
In these crowded
teen babies bad been born and numerous
deaths had occurred since the breaking out
of Ihe Hood. An explosion of sewer
gns at Cincinnati demolished a three
story building having seventeen oc
cupants, live of wliom were killed
and several others seriously wounded.
Tbe Miami and Mad rivers were slowly fall
ing at Day Ion , after having done great dam
age at that place and throughout the coun
try. The flood al Louisville was unabated.
No additional loss of life was reported, but
probably one or two hundred additional
dwellings and luisiuess housf-s were over
flowed. Keporls from all parts of Arkansas
stated that Hp rivers were all rising, and
fears of another overflow were general. The
Monongahela was stationary at Pittsburgh,
I'a. ; Ihe Allegheny was slightly rising.
A'legheny and Pittsburgh wore under
water, and many families had been coin-
pelted
to de-ert their homes for a third
time within ten days.
Li I'K.vicK VYeher, residing near De
catur, Ind., put arenic into a bottle of
whisky the other day and dranU enough lo
cause his death. He was tifty-ono years of
age and left alarce family.
Koiru gamblers had a dispute over a
game of poker at Kock Springs, Ulna, the
other day, which resulted in one of them
being shot fatally and another being lodged
in jail.
A kew days ago Henry Russell Green
wood and Henry Harding were arrested at
Louisville, Ky., on a charge of obtaining
money on false pretenses. Soon after it w as j
learned they were wanted at Detroit, Midi., !
to answer lo a charge of robbery aad at-
I era pled murder, and they were turned over j
to the Michigan authorities.
Ml.s i;i.i.am:oi .s.
Tiikui: wero sevorai batupiets in f
Madrid, sp un, on I lie litis in celcbr.it ion of
the Sf anish Republic.
Mokr Sophomore were ordered to
leave Bowdola College, ISrunswick, .Me., a ;
few days ago on account of their connection
ith h:ilng. This made twelve who were f
obliged to leave, wilhin two week.
s
inon I
Louisa Montaoi k, the
" " i
beauty, recovered ?I.V) from A lam Fore-
P"tb recently, for breach of contract, and
11:1,1 luM Ior damages on account of failing
item the back or an elephant while tn Il
linois two years ago. She received a salary
of $100 per wviek during her travels.
It was stated a few days ago that
loaded frei-bl cars had for a uiqutti been
si sliding oil the tracks in Montr, al. Cans..
traJBo having been demoralized by the !
snow - ban k.
The places of the striking cotton mill
operatives ai Wtlmiagtoa, Del., had been
I filled on the LMi, and the mills were run-
i 1 ing.
KM Sesiiui-Centennial of the settle
I tleaaeaf Of Georgia by Ueneral Oglethorpe
. was cele' 'rated with due pomp at Savannah
I on tbe 13th.
At W lllianisport, I'a., on the li'th
they were cutting achannel through a gorge
twenty miles long to avert flood disaster.
All the visible assets of the coal and
j iron firm of Begets .V Co., one of the oldest
houses in Chicago, III., established forty
ears ago, was seized bv the Sheriff the
other day. The liabilities were estimated at
$135,000.
At Waterbury, Conn., nearly three
hundred persons were reported seized with
winter cholera the other day, supposed to
be the result of a mixture of melted snow
w itb city water.
Til Baited Slates made last year
l,62S, SSI tons of pig iron: almost .mmkm)
tons in. ire t ban ever ma le in one ye ir in
this country.
Thk late Karl of Ashbornhajn.'s col-
lection of manuseripis has been ottered for f-"-Usli snips were oruere.i mere,
sale 10 the itritisb Museum. I It was reiorted recently that a Portu-
L"HR Light 1p disc Hoard, at a meeting Jgucse squadron was tilting out 10 take pos
In Washington, H. C.. t be other day, voted sr-sion of portions of the West African coast
down a proposition to transfer the service near the Congo.
to the Naxy Department. A BROKER rail ditched a Grand Trunk
1 Ieaw gales and Hoods were reported train near Flint, Mich. , the other day, and
prevailing in Kngland and Ireland on the '' 0,10 passenger was killed and a number in
ljlh. Mured, three it was thought fatally.
Thk Maine Central Kailroad Com- I In the Dublin (Ireland) consoiracv
pany has been indicted for killing Dr. A.
J. Pickard, struck by a train.
The flood in the Ohio River was
terribly disastrous on the LUh. Al Cincin
nati the Southern Railroad depot was un
dermined and fell. The water lose to sivtr
tive feet one and a balf inches.
At Louisville a break In an rmbankmcni -eurred,
and a sqy,sre mile.of inhabited low
011ml w soon ti aided, s.mw loss ,.t of. i
ic-nlted. Oreat damage to properly was j
reported at various points. I
j Lawhencb BMNItill found dead
I the o her morning in the mines of the I lain
I ly Coal Company, Nelsonville, O. His bead
: was crushed by a hetvy fall of slate.
V. K. Fdstkr, Secretary of the Mas
Kachuaetta Keder.it ion of Trade and Labor
DniOtMsj t tie other day made specific recom
I niendatioiis before the Senate Committee on
i Kdneation and Labor of measures which he
believed would remedy existing evils in the
j labor system.
, Thk Alabama Legislature lias passed
I a bill lo allow live counties negotiating with
j holders of bonds extension of time to pay
j taxes to the State. This relief wnuld enable
the distressed counties to compromise on a
cash basis.
Thk petroleum exports from the
; United Slates for the twelve months ended
December SI, lKS- were $44. 02-1,074.
It is reported that Knglish capitalists
will establish at Warsaw, N. Y.. the only
so la a.-li factory in the I'nited States. A
thousand men will be employed.
The Secretary of the Interior has
lately decided that the preference right of a
parly who secures the cancellation of a
homestead entry is purely a personal one,
i oiging to contestant only, nnd does nut
descited to another upon his death, but
dies with him.
The Boston (Mass.) Hoard of Alder
men has passed an order that the entire city
be illuminated by electricity.
A mine in the Helena District, Mon
tana, was sold a fewla-B ago for $l,fi:y),)00.
Anotiif.ii twenty-five mile section of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, in Montana,
has been accepied by the President.
Thk Postruaster-.ienerans response
to the recent senate resolution inquiring
concerning the expenditures for ocean mail
service -bowed t hat during the fiscal years
from 1SS to rSRS inclusive, the total amount
paid by the United States for the transport
ing of mails to foreign countries was .$31,
?i,4';7, of which JF?4,9! 1,538 w as pail to
oomp mies owning steamers or other vessels
sailing under the American flag.
P RESECT indications are that Utah
and Montana are likely to he well repre
sented at t he Am-terdam Mining Exposi
tion, w hich opens in March. Large num
bers of specimens and representations of
the different mines are in the hands of the
Commissioner for transportation there. A.
7. Chandler, a Hollander, will represent
both Territories.
A Director of the Canada Manu
fac: tiring Company, which failed recently,
-ays Thomas, the absconding Manager, took
front $15,000 to $2o,000 in cash with him.
The failure of State Senator Sargent,
lumber dealer, was said to have caused a
sensation" ht Albert Lea, Minn., a few days
ago.
The Supreme Court of New York has
affirmed the decision of the Hoard of Audit
disallowing the claim for $110,000 of the ex
ecuton of the late Sheriff of New York for
poundage for the arrest of William M.Tweed
in the $, 000,000 suit.
A recent teiegram from Cairo,
Egypt, reported that a revolt had broken
out in the Province of Dongola, Upper
Nubia.
The English Parliament reassembled
on the loth. The ueen in her address
takes a satisfactory view of affairs in Egypt
and Ziiluland, claims improvement in the
social condition of Ireland, and indicates
thai the Corrupt Practices bill will be
pushed. A motion of l'arnell for a com
mittee of inquiry as to Hcaly's arrest was
defeated.
The Secretary of the Interior trans
mitted lo Congress the other day a request
for an appropriation of $.'US,000 to supply
with oxen and cows '.',i;s 1 families of Sioux
Indians, who had gone to farming at various
agencies, in accordance with the stipula
tions of the siouv treaty of lii'.
Italy has again demanded satisfac
tion from tiie SulMuJ of Turkey for insults
lo Italians in Tripoli.
The Iii-di parliamentary party held a
caucus in London, Eng., OB the 14th, elected
Parnell chairman, and partially arranged a
programme.
A RECENT dispatch from Santa Fe,
. M., slated that t.overnor Sheldon had
ordered two companies of Territorial militia
under arms to stop depredations on cattle
and stock in Southern New Mexico. This
action was found necessary as about 1.000
bead of stock had been stolen within the
past month by rustlers and driven into Mex
ico and Arizona. Some bloody work was
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
In th
United States Senate on the
Itiili the Japanese Indemnity bill was agreed
to. The discussion of the iron schedule of
the Tariff bid was resumed. An advance of
three dollars a ton was made on charcoal
iron further advanced than pig. The dntv
. . . . .
on Jute was changed to an ad valorem basis.
Efforts to abolish the tobacco tax an I re
duce the whisky tax failed. The House
went into Committee on the LegWaMve Ap
propriation bill, which passed. The Tariff
diseu-ion was resumed.
The business faiiuros in the United
States for the seven days ended on tne Kith
were 2"4, being twenty-one less than the
I'r,''""s seven days.
A N (Vr 1 1 K 11 tori-illlo .oil niinn iliflnatiii-
wa- reported to have occurred on the Mth.
The heavy thaw caused a great cave-in at
raid wood, III., and seventy-four I. yes
were s;i i ( to have been lost.
The hijh water in the Ohio and its
tributaries was beginalag to recede en the
Kith, and hope was again reviving among
the sufferers, though there were thousands
still homeless and hungry, as the extra mis
tortun - incident to the flood had but just
commenced. Kelicf would be needed yet
for several days. At ten o'clock p. m. the
river at Cincinnati had receded to sixty
three feel live inches, being a fall of two
feet eleven inches from the highest stage,
on the loth.
In the star-route case at Washing
ton, I). C, Iterdell, oue of the defendants,
unexpectedly entered a plea of guilty on
the 16th.
The (xovernor of New Jersey has
signed the Mil recently passed by tbe Legis
lature legalizing labor strikes.
Foil ei iN residents at Guayaquil,
Sooth America, asked for protection on ac
count of a revolution, recently, and the
American gunboat Essex and French and
j cases tt was said on the Wlh that the iden 1
tication of ihe four Pheseta Park assa-sins
1 who rode in Kavanagh's car bad been made
complete.
General Ha.kn, Chief of the 7 sited
States Signal Service, the other day re-
' quested the Secretary of War to ask the
Senate to investigate charges made in de-
' bate against the service. Secretary LbB
coin has declined to make ine request, on
ground that there was no precedent for
uch action.
SOUTHERN (iLIOANTNfJS.
The Texas Live Stock Association
permanently organized at Austin the other
day by the eleoiion of the following officers:
J. M. Miller. Gonzales, President; William
North, Austin; C. L. Carter, Palo Pinto;
Henry Jones, Corsicana, Vice-Presidents;
Geo. Loving, Fort Worth, Secretary ; J. M.
Day, Austin, Treasurer. A constitution and
by-laws were adopted fixing Austin as tb
domicile of the association, and the time ol
meeting the first Tuesday in January ol
each year.
Two men named Laubert and Simp
son, who were suspected of being the same
parties who robbed the Birmingham, Ala.,
Post-office recently, were arresied in Nash
ville, Tenn., the other day. They had a
complete set of burglars' tools in their pos
session. A fifteen-year-old boy named Hawkes,
a mail carrier in Wythe County, Va., was
arreted a few days ago on a charge of steal
ing letters. ;
James Johnson and Andrew Jenkins
were killed by the derailment of a material
train near Petersburg, Va., a few days ago.
A physician who had kept a register
of the doctors who have died in Texas dur
ing the year 1S.S2. as furnished by newspa
pers, reported thirty-one deaths. Of this
number three were assassinated, five sui
cided, while the-remainder died of common
complaints.
A party of South Carolina moonshin
ers were captured by revenue officers in
the Saluda Mountains, a few days ao. Four
distilleries were raided, two of which were
captured and destroyed, along with about
n.OOO gallons of beer and 100 gallons of whis
ky. Jack Gospel was captured, as were Ids
son, Wei boon Gosncl, James Brown, Dock
Trununel and John Cox.
Ex-Judge William Lewis, a noted
character of State celebrity as a politician
lecturer and author, died in Ihe City Hos
pital at Dallas, Tex., a few days ago
whither he was removed from a miserable
hovel. He was a friend of Sam Houston,
a veteran of the war of TexsS independence
aud had just completed a life of General
Houston when he died.
A shooting affray occurred near Pilot
Kock, fifteen miles northeast of Hopkins
ville, Ky., the other day, between Kd Lacy
and his sons Wallace and "Woodson on one
side and Romeie Martin and his son Isaac
on the other. Ed Lacy was knocked on the
head and badly hurt, Bomele Martin
was shot and killed and his son was mor
tally wounded, it was said by Woodson
Lacy, ivho escaped and was still at large
James Ballew lost his wife and two
children in Arkansas from small-pox. He
then returned to his former home near
Greenville, S. C, since which time seven oi
the family had beep stricken with the dis
ease. Croat excitement, prevailed in the
surrounding country the other day, and it
was feared tbe disease would spread, as
many people had been in contact with it.
Ihe State I reasurer of Texas the
other day refused to receive foJd.fiPJ as full
payment on 1,00' suiveys of land. Here
fused on the grounds that the lands applied
for were withdrawn by a law passed the 3d
inst., withdrawing school lands from the
markel. The tender was for lands claimed
under the celebrated Gibson will.
L. M. Frazer was drunk and lying on
Millard Irwin's doorstep at Louisville, Ky.,
Hie other nlgbt. the latter ordered him
away, and during a fight which ensued Ir
wurs tbroat was cut. It was thought be
would die. Frazer was jailed.
Governor McKnery suspended W. W
Bradley, .Sheriff and ex-offu io S f ;i t e and
Parish Tax -Collector, East Carroll Parish
La., a lew days ago. It having been charged
that he was a defaulter for :;, 000. Bradley
would be prosecuted.
Burglars entered the store of B. Rode
ker at Austin, Tex., recently and made an
effort to open the safe, but it resisted. Fail
ing to get into the safe they stole some ra
zors, hatchets, etc., and set fire to the build
ing. The fire was extinguished without
much damage. The thieves escaped.
At Uvalde, Tex., the other day, while
prisoners in the jail were taking their morn
ing exercise wilhin the wall surrounding
the cells, the Jailer went to an adjacent sa
loon for a match, and on returning all had
escaped.
A fifteen year-old boy named James
Jarvis, w hile felling trees near Charleston,
W. Va., the other day, was crushed to death
by a Iree falling on him, ntanglidg his body
in a frightful manner.
Captain Hafe Moss, the oldest pilot on
the Cumberland itiver, died at his home, a
few miles above Smithlan I, Kr., the other
day. He began piloting on the first Talley
rand, Captain Jake Hunter, and had been
on tbe river ever since.
The City Hospital at Austin, Tex.,
was totally destroyed by lire a few days ago
caused by the explosion of a lamp. A child
of the hospital cook was burned to death,
and the mother seriously injured in attempt
ing to save it.
A petition has been presented to the
County Court of (ireene County, Tex. , by
the citizens of Paragould asking that the
place he incorporated.
What was said to be an incendiary
fire destroyed Hubert Johnson's handle
factory at Dalton, ia., the other day, caus
ing a loss of $8S,000 insurance, tO.OiK).
Dr. Hugh Brownlee, formerly of
Illinois, was convicted of theft in the Dis
trict Court at McKinney, Tex., the other
day and sentenced to five years' imprison
ment. He pleaded kleptomania, but his
plea bad no weight with the jury.
The house of J. C. Myrick, of Helena,
Ark., was closed the other day with (32,000
of attachments upon it. The assets of the
bouse were given in at about f4r,i)00. It
was one of the leading houses of the city.
At Chattanooga, Tenn., the other
evening, Tom Wiggins, colored, cut his
wife's throat and then cut his own. Jeal
ousy caused the deed. Both were thought
to be dying.
Arkansas has over MO blind persons.
Three cousins, named Hightower, in
Greenville County, S. C., fought a triangu
lar duel With axes the other day, in which
one received a gash in t he left side six inches
ipvg. through Which the left lung could be
seen. He would die. Another had a gash
in the back.
At Ixmisville, Ky., Henry Peck, a
German aged fifty-two years, whose mind
had been in a morbid condition for some
time, the other night drank a ladle full of
doubly concentrated lye, it was said with
suicidal intent, and died some hours after
ward in horrible agonies.
A Texas man intends to corral 10,000
antelope and ship them alive to St. Loui.
Governor Bate stated a few days ago
that the Treasury of Tennessee was com
paratively empty, and recommended that
the contingent debt be settled at fifty cents
on the dollar,, to bear three per cent, in
terest. A younsr man in Logan County, Ky.,
named Samuel Uladwell, was kicked in the
face by a wild horse some time since, and
died from tbe effects of the injury a few
days ago. The -car on his forehead where
the horse's hoof struck was not as large as
a nickel, and be was conscious up to the
time of bis death.
TIIE l'HLMX PARK HURBESal
Almost Conclusive Evidence of irtcwaMl
Kainuairh. farman. Who Turned In
former Tbe Murderers Intended to I i
Iturke Only, and sleW Cavendish He.
He Happened to He Present,
IJrm.iN. Ireland. February 10.
Joseph Brady, Timothy Kelly, James Carey.
Town Conns -b r; Carman Fits-Harris, Law
r nee Hanlou, Joseph Mullett, .lames Mullet?,
Edward OTlr.on, William Maronoy, David
Cwrley, Daniel Delaney, Fagnn and Thomas
Doyle were arraigned today.
Miehiel Km an gh, a chtibii, turned In.
former against the prisoners charged with
conspiracy tomurderth Gov eminent officials.
'Jh'- thirteen are charged with conspiracy to
minder Hurke and Lord Frederick Cavendish
and iitlMk Fie d. Ori?at e.xcitemeot ensued
when KaVana.h was placed in the witness
seat, lxtivunaj-h apparently labored under
great excitement. On being sworn, he deposed
that be drove B ady, Kelly nnd two other men
whom he did not know to Phenix Park on the
cm ninsr of the nssa siuation of Cavendish and
Bi.ike. ,lnm 's f'nrey and Daniel Deleney were
on a at s on the s'de ot the rood in tbe nark.
Deianey said they were watching' the Chief
8 -cretary.
Euterinir into fuller details, he deposed thai
on the 6th of May last he was at the Royal Oak
public Mease on Park Cato street. He was en
gaged by four men Brady and Kelly and two
sti angers. (B.-ai!" here uttered a loud gut
tural threat, tint no distinct words wersb.eaid.
There was n i laughter to-day among the pris
oners w hen Kav inagh identitiel them.) Kp.va
nugh then pohatail t Pntrick Dolan y as. an
other of the men present. Ho drove the four
nv-n into the park by the Tsland Bridge gate to
Phenix Monument, nnd along the main road to
Gmigh Monument, and there got down. They
said there was no siirn of ' skin the goat," mean
ing James Fitz-Hariis. the carman. Fitz-Harris
her - shouted: " I'ou't call me nick-names."
Afterthe prisoner had sicd there was no sign
of Fitz-Harris, witness saw hiin with a
call coming from the opposite direction and
saw four men alight from tho cat). The cab
stopped a long way up the road, w.th thn
horses' heads turned towarl Dublin. A short
lime after he saw two gentlemen approaching,
and Beats! a cry. On looking around ho saw
one gentleman fall- He did not see the other
fall, but the four men he drove to the park
jumped on his ear and drove away. Brady s it
on the right side of the car. (Kiivnnagh iden
tified Fitz-Harris us the driver of tho cub.) Ho
deposed that h i saw Lord Cavendish and
Burke approa' hing. Some one among those
he drove said the tall man was to txi assassin
ated. Knvanagh said ho subsoouently drove
by the Ch ip d road round town to Pnlmerston
1'nrk. Kelly alighted at the terminus. Brady
pu d him 1.
Afterthe men left, witness drove to the
park; had alighted there; he put a nosebag
on his horse while wait ng. He heard a per
si n speaking to James O'Brien. Deianey nft
erward instructed him (Knvanagh) to look
nharp and be ready to start. Upon this ha
drove n -arer to the waiting group, which in
cluded some persons he did not know. Two
gentlemen (not Lord Cavendish anil Burke)
were approaching arm in arm. James Carey
mill Ii lanoy, who had come back on the car
from the place where it was waiting, jumped
down and joined tho group. Witness heard
some owe say : Tt is the tall man." Kavanagb
was then ordered to go f urthcr away by some
of the conspirators. As bo did so, witness
heard some one, he cou'.d not tell whom, ro
P'K'i "Mind, it is the tall man." As the gen
tlemen came along either Carey or Deianey
seized a white handkerchief. While he was
waiting, a cnruinu passed by driving a pas
senger around towards Dublin. He was
a so passed by some bicyclists. wffneSf
sad, on looking around, ho thought he
saw only one of them fall, an 1 saw the other,
who hud an umbrella, was lying on the
ground. On driving from tho scene of the
murder, they took the turn t the left, and
th n crossed (ho bridge to the tight along
Incbscare Boad. Deianey directed bim where
to drive. He drove rapidly until he reached a
point three miles Irom the pnrk. Here Tim
Kelly alighted. He then drove round to
Locson Para, and stepped at a public house
near Ceeson bridge. Bradj- then paid and dis
missed him. On Sunday morning he mot
Brady again at Toivns -nd street and received
two pounds sterling. Brady afterward bought
him a harm-s. He allowed tho car to r main
as it was for some time alterwnrl. nnd then
had it painted. On tho night that Field was at
tacked he was on tho College street stand,
.be- Brcuty again ensriigod him. They drove
into Fleet street, Delano? then got on thn
car, nnd they drove to Hardw ' k street, where
th -y ulight d. They told him to wait. While
waiting Kelly and Lawrence Huiilan rami" up.
Kavanagh said Kelly lost his hat when he
mounted the car after the attack on Field
The car fe l by a circuitous route. In Town
Send street Kelly bomrlit another hat. Atlho
gas-works Brady aud Kavanagh wrapped some
k ind of swords in paper and threw them into
tin1 basin. Brady again paid for the car on
this oi" asioii. Ho (Kavanngh) had been twice
in Phenix Park before May the fi, with tho
four men whom ho drove on Uie day of the
murder. Thi mis Doyle was p csent when h"
was sworn into the secret society. He identi
fied Doyle as having told him he must, on tho
day alter the swearing, drive anywhere they
required. Prisoner Doylo hcreiiMn ex
claimed: " it's a lie!"
Kavanagh sa d ho was so near two scene of
the ns-assiiiatiou that he heard one of the vic
tims cry "Oh I"
The tall i ictim (Bnrkc) xvas lying In tho road
after this exclamation; tho othi r victim was
standing in tbe rood with the umbrella in his
hands. Kavanagh afterwards saw hi in lying
in the road, as before stated.
Knvanatfb deposed that Fitz-Harris on ono
occasion told him they wero a tor Judge Law
Bon. Kav anagh said he became an imformcr
on Thursday last. He had been sworn into a
society by Kelly. The task assigned him was
to "drive the boys."
Kavanagh said that Doylo told him that
James Mullett and a lot of big people were at
t ached to the society.
I'pon Kavanagb entering into further de-
tnits ns to various times that he drove the as-
sassrns ai't'-r tho Phcn x Park murders, Fitz
Harr s called him a "liar."
During the reading of h s deposition Kava
nagh leaned back in his seat resting his head
on his hand with a dogged expression of
countenance.
Kavanagh's evidence is felt to bo conclu
sive. Little can In- added to It. as the Crown
will not accept the evidence of Ihe actual p ir
ticipants. The prisoners evidently feel that
the game is up. All of th"m now exhibit a ns
liant demeanor, except James Carey, who sits
motionless, g.iimr fixe lly at tho bench. The
others move about and hold whispered con
ferences, and sometimes laugh at any Inci
dent.
As the examination progressed the prisoners
appeared in sheer desperation. Not ono of
them looked toward the court except Hanlun.
'n Kavanagh Id ntifying Debiney and James
Casey, the latter of whom ho said he knew
we I, thete was such n commotion iii court
that the Magistrate threatened to clear it.
Brady afterward somewhat recovered his
composure and endeavored to smile.
Independent witnesses corroborated having
seen Kavanagh previous to the Phenix Park
murders at the public houses ho im utioned iu
his evidence as having visited liefore he drove
to the park.
Doyle, Patrick Deianey aud Kitz-Harris said
they had no questions to ask Kax anairb.
Tim Kelly's counsel endeu vi .risl to sbakr
Ka anagh's evidence by asking him questi me
concerning' the interviews at the castle and the
money promised to h m, but he did not appar
ently produce much impression.
Kavanagh identified lajran as an associate
of the assassins.
A tis mine sail to be the only one in the
United States has been discovered in Clay
County, A lab m aid a company has been
formed to develop it. in the same county
copper, goid. Iron, magnetic iron and mica
are to be foand la paying quantities.
There arc nearly seven thousand Chinamen
at work in British Columbia, and numerous pe
titions from that i rovinee have been forward
ed to the Dominion Pailiaraeut. asking legis
lation to stop the immigration of Celestials.
George K. Ahdersow, of Htusvlle, Pa.,
has his life insured for $315,000. This is
thought to be the largest personal insurance
tn tbs United States
TIIE OHIO FLOODS.
The Worst Inundation Ever Known at Cin
cinnati ami Suburbs Thousands of Po,-s-ns
Driven from Their Homes and Con
fronted by Starvation Pitiable Scenes.
Cincinnati, February 1;.'.
The Ohio at eleven o'clock to-night hud
fin he I a depth a' the water-works in this
e ty ' I si.iy-four feot and thr.e and a hair
inches. This is half an inch higher ihan th S
memorable mark of Fobi uary is, ISe.'the high
est point the river 1ms ever before W ach' d
since the city wns founded. Daring the last
h lur the r se has beffn throe-quarters of an
inch. Those who are ecqua iiud with the city
will re lix' the enormous ext'nt of the flood
whe.i it i - slated ghat a coal-oarae was easily
Boati d tn-dayiilo g Second street, across Main,
Walnut. Vino and Race streets. 1 h:s ;n ic
Very h a t of Ih wholesale busint -s of the
city. Xi a ly all the waVebous "s, th p oduo
business, tho large inanufaclor es. th tuimeoo
hous s th'-gisw.rks and ra lruad depots arc
in lower I't-ound thin Hecond street nt tho
points mentioned. The loiscs cannot lie edi
ma c L Tnoy arc much th" uios: s r ous th
city lias ever sufered from any cause wh it
h ver.
Ifusiue -s is completely' prostrated in every
department. Thon-nnds of families are liv
ing in t i.e second stories of their hous 's. nnd
tbe police st a tii, n i and other public buildings
lire i rowded with people who hav 0 b en
. r v n fioiii th ir homes, and are in a condi
tion of to not utter dsstitution. Those
who have r.-n ami d in th ir houses aie for
th most pirt w thoiit eith r food or fuel.
They rre beirtg supplied t a v ry limited ox
toul b the b'ticvolnt. organi '.ations of the
0 ty, which have sent men through the inun
date portion of the city in skills lo ided w th
P '"x sions.
A herd if M) catttfc were drownc 1 iu Mill
1 reek f -day.
But one railroad on the norih side i f the
I ihio can be used and w iter is over tho tracks
of that one in some places. No steamboats
cither h ave or arrive.
'I he -t cets of the city are lighted i
the moon. Lamp and c miles a c usi
b t Is. newspaper an I toieg nph ottic
in prie0'(- hous s, so far ai they could
enrol There Is not oil eat TOgh to sip
b
the
1 u
ii n I
b pro
p'y the
dema id for mo c th in one
loud can prob ibly be got d
day but a be g '-
iwn from Rashers-
bur r t. i-in urow.
The extent to which gcrcrnl bttSteeet has
suffered is shown by the bustaess at the rev
ewes oll c . The sales of stamp to-day
mm tinted to bet we -n $7 and I sually the
sales amount lo 110,000 and f 4.i,( 0 I a day.
OUMMINSVII.l.R
Cumminsvil e, a p ipnlnr suburb lying north
of the city, is on" vat lake. The w iter h s
reache I Knowion's Corner, at the iiiler-.ee i n
of Spring (irev avenue and Hum I on pike,
nnd all tbe res 'o cos and bus : no -s-pi aces be
tween that point and Mill Creek ar su1
merged. Husbands may be seen curry ng
wives and ch Idren on their backs re places of
safety. Tbe district hounded n the south
and east by th M irlottu Knilr ind, md on the
noith and west by Hoffner street and the C n
cinmili. Ham I on & Dayton Baiboad. is all
under water, and all of the families who have
not moved out are row in the second stories.
West Fork is bucked up to Hamilton, all the
gardens in the valley being submerged. Ther
1s a foot of water on the avenuo bridge.
There arc 5J0 families in CumminsvUle in dis
tress. NEWPORT.
The city of Newport, on the cast hank of thi
Licking River opposite Cincinnati, contains
20, f 0 inhabitants. A great number of working
people live there. It fs estimated that there
are 1,000 dwelling houses which fie water has
invaded to a sufficient extent to drive the in
matesfroui the first floor. Numbers of bouses
are submerged to the oavos. Soveral cottage
have floated away.
At the Newport bridge-steps th" water to
day w is foil rt"cn feot, and at thn street-car
track leading on to the br'dge the water was
seven feet in depth. Tho only way of reach
ing Cn innati is by the Short-Lino Railroad
bridge tr 'gtlowork. Business, of course, is
intir ly suspended. Merchants and others
who have escaped th" tlood have tinned out
en masse tonsdst th ise in distress.
The scenes al the vnrious landing-places to
day were indeser bnble. Tho s ck In many
instances who had been removed to tho sec
ond stories had to bo tnken out to-day and
lowered into boats. tit. Pauls Episcopal
Chur h is crowded with hone less peo
ple. This afternoon sick child was
taki n the e. Th story was started that
it was suffering from the smull-pox. and a
stampede ensued. A phvsiclan examined the
iii. Id Mid reported that it recently had (he
small-pox, but he thou ht tho saes too far
advanced to be contagious. The people, in the
absence of other shelter, then slowly returned
to the church.
IIEILEVI'E.
In Beliovue, a town of &6gj! inhabitants, a
awe above Newport, the situation is not quite
SSjfcadi All the houses on Front street are
completely submerged, (he water being up in
some of-them higher than the w udows. Tho
residen's of tbe lower side of Kbensford street
have all moved except two or three.
OA VTON.
Dayton, Ky., Is situated two miles abovt,
BelUwue. All day yestorduy tno expresses
and grocery-waiTon", as well as coal-carts and
wheelbarrows, were re-ought into requisition
to convey furniture from Ihe Inundiitod d s
tricts. It Is estimated that In this town of
2. sou Inhabitants ov.-r one hundred families
h ivo bMen forced to llee from their homes to
plai es of safety. On account of ibo 1ayton
bak ries being all located 111 tho subino ged
district tbe bakers won; unable to furnish the
c tlzcns with bread, and before nin o'clock
Saturday night all the groceries In town had
sold out the r stock of breadstuffs, and the
people in some instances were compelled to go
hungry. All day to-day people could ho
seen carrying baskets of provision to the
watery captives in skiffs. Those driven from
their homes are a l quartered in the Baptist
Chun h and the different public halls The
citizens nobly onened tnoir doors to their un
fortunate neighbors, and eyery available
means was brought into power to save tho
property.
Telephone communication Is entirely cut
off, and tbe only means of getting lo Newport
Is by skiffs. Covington, directly opposite Cin
cinnati, contains no 00) Inhabitants. Tho
larger part of them aro employed or do busi
ness in Cincinnati. TjMoatp way of getting
from the Cincinnati end of the Suspension
Bridge is by skiffs, and tint very few eom
p irntively were abb; to get oyer. Tho water
is up to Third street, west of Madison, and
n-sidents of that street have been driven up
stairs. The city is supp' ed with water by the
Ho'ly system. The pumps havo refused to
work, and only those who have cisterns havo
any water.
CINCINNATI Kg TOTAI. DARKNESS.
Four hundred soldiers of the First Regiment
Ohio National Uuanls in fatigue uniform.
wilh pieces loaded, are on the streets doing
patrol duty to-night. The extinguishing of
private electrical iisrbts st midn ght left tho
city in total darkness.
P7TI IBr.B SCENES.
A most pitiable case was discovered by
Chief-of-Polioc Smith in a bouse at the lower
end of Chestnut street, where a woman named
Mary Hall lost her mind and was wad ng around
on the floor n several ft of water, she
stiiblxirniy refused any ass stance, and her
family sere compelled to desert her tbe n ght
tef ore and seek safe quarter s. It required tba
united - trength of four m.nto lake-her out
and bold her fast In the liOfit.
An aged woman named Hamilton, who lived
on Kim street, while beinr lowered into a boat
fell anl dislocate I b r hip-bone. She was
tnkon to tho Episcopal Church.
A woman in the last stages of consumption
was rescued from a second-story window on
Belle vim street.
A family- named Applegate. livinr on Relle
vue and Central avenue, the fat her and mother
prostrated with sickness, were taken out of a
w ndow this morning.
A New Yoaa jnry has given a verdict
rR.iinst aell-known banker, fornearly g0)0,
due from him to a washwoman who had been
several. years in his employ. JV. T. Sun.
A liiti.s rrirl, about four years old was
badly cruh d and her nose broken recently
at Galveston, by her drunken mother, whom
the was leading home, falling upon her.
It Is said that the death of Mr. Crltchett,
the eminent English ocul.st, was hastened by
remorse for a grave "dstakc made by him 10
an pnerstion.
Anti-Monopoly ftatleaal Convention.
The text of the cull
Nat'onal Convention
for th" Antl M m qxdy
In CbiciMO July I is us
Tc Hows:
ANTMKISnrotr.
(Ad tress all common cation i to C C. Post,
Au -Monopoly Headquarters, Briggs House,
'hii ago. i
The undoes good join in a call for a Nation il
delegate -i nvention, which will be h i I in
Chicago on tbe 4th day of July, ln-u, tor ti e
norpnse of organising un w political paitv to
esp -use the .' use of I gitim-nto indu try In
ihe ii rejtresslble c net slrea l etro od upon
between the confederated monopotb s and the
people.
All who favor ihe restriction of the power
Of co porations. the ho .Peg of tbe public
I nlnfur wtiinl softer-, fh susp ess on of
iiuml.linix in the noccasilacs. of life, nnd of
'omhtaetonft which fir trees against th -naiur.d
laws of nude, tbed strm. llou ol legal
rights in vested wrongs, an l the o erlhroW of
all nononoics aud of ail systems and laws
ma !e in the inb rest of the f w and against
the many; a 1 who oppose the control ol tbe
currency by bunks of issue, and ih" taxation
of all industry for tiie benAt of favored en
ter, rises under the gti se of tt protective
lar ffj all who favor the el ction of the Prosi-
fletirend Cn ted glares remit rs by a direct
Vote of tie i ; -ad wh i iaor ample a'td
just government its tiguitist thut which Is com
plex and corrupt-a e invited tuchoo-o dele
gates lo r -present them In the cnuteienue, the
basis of representation being tour di legates
tor ihe Distiict ol Columbia, four for each
Territory, and four for cmh Congressional
disirict in tbe Culled Stilton.
Belter liny Hint u crisis, lorced by the power
of organised greed. Is npprntichina. not alone
in our National a'la n. but in civilisation
iiBOtr. wc appeal to the freemen of A mo lea to
orgeni'.c themselves anew u stan I as they
and ihcir fathers have stool ts-fore, forth
rfllijufiniiii and tu dignity of huinuii ua
tu ".
l-Mwin Lee Br wn, President Illinois Anti
Monopoly Le gue, ( hii'ngo; A." s. Bnrdley,
Secrolury 1 bno.s Anti-Monopoly Lc 'guo. i h.
ago; i'. (I. Ilium, Ch cn n i bilrmm Exo-u-tive
Committee Anti-Moupol pariv of t ook
( dimly; C. C. Post, ludianapo ! Hev.
Myron W. Reed, Indiauiip dis; f. w. Ham
ilton, Pan Francisco, I resident central
Anti-Monopoly club; :. A. He Die a, smi
Francisco Secretary Central Ant'-Moiiop-oly
Club; John T. I'oylc, Menio Park,
Gel ; Dr. George Hewsfon, San Francisco,
President Ant -Mocjopvly League of Catt
forn a: Abnnrin B. Paul. Mm Fran Isco; Hor
ace Adam, San grandson; Moses i;. Cobb,
San Francisco; Robert Wilson Vu rhy. M. D.,
San Krancisco; Alvin C. Turner, I Sn Fraiii is
c: T. J. Bolts, Ottuniwa. Iowa; P. P. iBgalM,
Grand Island. Ni b., editor AnH- gimouobul ; O.
T B. Williams, Sownrd. Neb.; Allon Boot,
Omaha, Neb.. Secretary Anti-Monopoli t Slate
Central Committee; J. B. Ininfo th. Itis-k
Island, 111 editor rh s'onit r. . I'. Blac.i,
Chicago; L A. Mulhollund. Topoka, Kan..
S a rot ry Farmers' S ale Alliance; Joseph
Goer, liorrlsiown, Minn.; Louis F. Post, New
York, editor of Vutoi i Ihe Daigisi H.
B. McCraw, Hustings, Neb. Peoretary
Adams County Farmers' AiUSSKMI W.
A. Johnson, Aurora, Ni'b.; Hon. II.
It. Harris, Mayor Michigan City. Ind.: J.
Burrows. Melroy, Neb., S( cretary Stntc Farm
ers' Alliance S. P. Davis, PaolC Kan.: D. M.
c. Clark, New VorV. In . President State I'a lit
ers Aliiuii o; Colonel W. J Fleminlng, editor
AQf of Pro Yht, Tort Worth, Tex.; A W.St.
Johns, Cnrfh ige. Mo., od tor Carthage 1're;
Charles H. Williams Lawt 0. Mich , Sccret irv
Mat Fiiimeis' AMasee; K H. Beaton, Wclis
Mills. Neb.; Pie i e I niton. Aurora. 111., editor
Hca'd, and Ihe following m m'wrs of the Ne
braska State Leg slntcro: senators si. S. Itcy
nolds. W. H. Io k. William Dye, I,. I). Darker,
Dai id Butler, H. M Itich, A. H. Conner, Goo.
I. Brown, S. S. Alley. W. F. Dodir . Ken e-
sentst Vt-S H. Q. Arniitnge. W. J. Weihan. W.
I- Conk, D. M Harney. F. J Sadelek J -ha
Palmer, W. A. Town, B iiiamui Young, B K.
Dodd A Stodwell, H. Berkley, J. it. Balcll.r,
J. H. Stickle.
A Successful (iiinll Eater.
Mr. Walcott came up smiling yesterday art
ornoon to d own his last bra e of quails. His
jrolonged diet on the birds seemed to hasp
Ires ned him In reply 1 1 an In m ri as to
his condition, he said : ' Ifeel as well it's whoil
1 Started In, and 1 don't know but better."
in ii - ii, spectators in the rowd en tho
pon-h wen Drs. ADdorf nnd Nlvson, of West
Forty-second sin ot. Dr. Alsdorf said lhal bo
came tilie In at the dr'iilh.fliid Dr. Nivison
remarked that it wns his third visit to an ap
parent ly healt hy patient Mr. Bunnell, or mu
seum fame, held the watch on Mr. Wnlcott's
final performance. Tho quail man cleaned
the bones of bird lifty-nmc iu Hire minuO'S
th rty seconds, and blnl sixty in three min
utes forty s conds; si von miuules ton mic
onits total time. Th s finished th" thirty pairs
in thirty nsccuttvc days, with uu extra one
on Friday last.
The match, according to Mr. Case, originated
In thi-wise: On Jniiuary 4, three dayirbefore
waus ttoegan gts task, a trroun or borSflmen
in (iiiliii'd place wit talking about tbe strong
appetites possessed by ceriain men. In th I
course of tli' conversation Mr. Jiunri Moffat
remaraed that he eoull pn idnce a man t at ho
woul I back to cat n brace of quails a day for
thirty consecutive days. Mr. I use said to Mr.
Moffat: "How much money will you put upon
your man - '
" I wil bet gfSO," replied Mr. Moffat.
" I will take thill bet," a lid Mr. Case. "Name
your man."
" W. s. Walcott is my man."
Then Gabe knew that he bad a dangerous
customer, for Wuioott atari stioees led in estlns
one ipoul u day for thirty days, on a wager, iii
n Sixth nveiiue oyster h iue,' in 1TS Wnle nt
nnd a man name I B. Trim in in of Washington
were the only men know n to have succeeded
In the teat, alihough muuy have attempted it.
Froutnsan went thmugli the ordeal In Feb
ruary, L7U, on a wager of MOO a side.
Atewdnvs after Wab-ott beiriin to cat tho
birds, th" bet between Messrs. Moffat and 'ass
was increased to gjgg ,, side. Mnny tnttside
liels ivi re made OB even terms hs soon us tho
sffa'r : era ate u matt t of public ialk. Mr.
Walcott devour d his brace a day without any
apparent trouble until January Kt, two w, k"s
from (h" stnrr. when Wiilcott came up to his
work decidedly unsteady and sqsie wuatdemor
ab'cd Bets were then offered or g m lotia
thai ho WOU'd not complete his task. His
backer became di gusti-d, mid (so Wnlcoit
savsi advised him to give up the match A
gentleman w ho Is said lobsic been linanelslly
Inii reeled, as wll as having u friendly desire
t" see Woicetl succe -d, took hold of Ihe qua I
man. steadied him down to h s work, and
cmiehed him to II al i asy i jciory.
I Miring the last hntf of Ihe match Mr. ("use
hi dged so thut he came out nearly even on his
bets.
Tbe quail man se ms to be th 1 1 ne who win
make the lead out of the venture. Gshe snld
that h did not see how hi" could lie exp etc I
to give much. Wo hut furnish d the brls
and trimmings nt consider tide ctpiuisc nnd
boil bet aaulnsi the rnnm in fnv- r of (he bir Is.
Walcott did i ot look for anyth ng from his
oviginnl backer. He appeared ra'her dubious
wh' n oiiostloned in lo whoi e bis pteaHs came
in. no pure i inilT s line who bad Bel on
him promised to roue mlier him when tbey i
ccived their winnings. y. y. .sari.
Ciirrency Reform Conference.
W siiim(ito.v. fVbruarvO.
Tho "Currency Reform" fjontew ne has
c'osed its scss ons. and SeforaseSS t sslav Is
suod an ad ress to the conn ry. In which they
define their position w th reference to SOSOS
of the principal poiitioal issues of thi? Usee.
The address begins as follows:
'Monopolist influence I hroatens the liberty
Ol the p -ople. ti has divided American citi
zens into classes of rich and poor those who
live on flvod Income yet produce nothing,
and those whose lalxir p iys all taxes aud snp
p u-ts nil clsssii It controls th" principal
Hienues of commerce a-d travel, and tho
trmsmlsslon of intelligence. It wields undue
Ini uciico oyer the pu' lie p ess and elea lions.
It corrupts all Legislative, Jndfdal and Kx
ecutlve olticors. an I, above all, it inlhites and
Son t mis th" volume 1. r eurrenev and credits.
Which enables it to create paniea, destroy
pruiierty-vHbies.parnlye business, throw lals.r
0 it of empioi meiit, and stop tho demand lor
Its p oduet ons."
Ihe attention of "all patriotic dtl7cns" Is
1h"n invited to a statement of principles In
wh eh ereadvooated the piompt payuiem at
th pub lc debt: the Issuance ly the Govern
ment of all currency of the country, such
currency to be legal teener for ail dues putn
lb-and pri i ate; the establishment of a fov
ernmeiit Postal Telegraph system: the re
strbthni of ra 10.11 1 corporations to pro
mote the public welfare and prevent town
from beeondng oppressive m mopol es: tbo
rein-si of all cl 8' logtslntlon. and the en
actment of laws compelling all pgonerty to
b ar is Just p rt on of the burden-of taxa
tion: lb" reteni on of the public domain for
the bejieOt of actual settlers: economy in
pub lc expenditures: honesty In administer
ing be Government : an American civil serv
ice that will place oflicla's more directly under
the euntro or ihe people, and, finally, purity
01 the tndl t through laws adding 4 sf ancblso
m -nt to ui. is nine' i feir all who buy or . Il
votes .r render fHlsc returns of elections.
Th'S statement or address contains citations
from lieniamin Kmnklin. (ieorgn Wasnlng
Um. Thomas .lerTerson, Daniel Webster. John
Sherman. I'ly-ses S. Grant. Georsre PteVeneoa
the Duke or Wellington. Ar,totc, nn I .lose pi,
Nlmmo, .Ir . as authorities to Illustrate and
prove the correctness of the views of the con- '
rerenc" upon ihe subject of the currency and
class or monopolistic" Icflslatlou.
The Mayor of Vadulestl, fb. utnaids, flnd
ing many of the ritlzons in arrears for taxes,
seized npon tbe wiies of the de'lnquents snd
lucked them up for security for the debts.
Tbe delinquents liked their freadoss at first,
-md msde jolly over It; but at the end of
forty -eiirht hours every wife had Keen re
ieemcd by the payment of the tax for which
tbe bad been held.
Ma. BlOTorTT, of the Rhode Islan 1 LsglS
Isture, offered a reeo ut on and rne.n.t Be
tarcatm by it that a dictionary be purcuaetd
lth (rgjWl Al2 Jec every member.
FACTS AND FIOUKtcC
The Now Yerk Central Kailma!
CcunpHMy owns Asm passentrer cohches
and I1..1 ireiorht cars, nie F.rie ha..
141 coaelies and 32,268 freight cars.
The Brinish posse sions in Austrajje
t ovcr 3. OTA. 000 ttftMtt niilei. The pop
u'atii n wliite and colored, number
-.8'lV."i, by tar the greater part being
concent rated in a few tdtios.
In 188:', soinel odv in the I'nited
Slates .swallowed 7:i,.o0,0 allous of
distilled spirits, 25,628,071 gallons of
wines, and Sf7,09ti8fj tfaltblis of l eer
over (i'Ktuoo.Hi'O irallona all sMi,
and 1 here wtis probably some Water
Bsed daringj the same period. Detroit
'1 here are, according1 to Froncli sla
tistics, IS, 487 stiilino; vc-ssois in tin
wot Id. Willi a lonti'i;c of nearly four
teen millions. Knpintid heads the list,
and then come in their order An eric 1.
Norway, Gttrmaiiy, Italy, Kussia and
France, (ireat Britain has '..'il, steani-
crs, liirrvitivf o, O'.UihJ
cornea America, witli 504:
loiis. XSext
then France,
with 1 1 I.
In the British Army Report for
l'-ciU, just publislicd. it is slated lliattlm
total nttmbgr of recruits inspected dor
ingr the year wax 10,1(10, and of theso
leS,7yi. or 107,61 per 1.IMX were reject
ed. Il is believed l hat most ot the B
were driven to the recruit inj; Office by
sheer no ess ty. Of the number of up
plieatlts, 27.8 d were laborers a&d lius
bandmefl by profession, and iiflOoof
these were i'tuind Bttfjl to bo soldiers.
Harper H. Hlaek. of HartmrrJ
County, Maryland, hag several peci
mens of Continental currency. Dim
nole is lor twenty shilling's issued by
Ihe Stale of Delaware in 17.)'.'. Another
is a rote of the denomination of 00,
issued by Ihe state of Maryland in l7o7.
Cm the face is the Man land ol-of-arins,
with the motto "CfWSCite et
Milltip.tt 'amini." I n the reverse of
each note is Inscribed: "Tig Death l
Louaterfa t."
The reports of Ihe Maine Kailroml
Commissioners tor Ih.so Bhow a mm y
gratifying comlition of prosperity in tho
roads of thai State. The total income
of till the roiids amounted to 07,071,
540.04, and the expenses to fA.M"..
708.15, leaving a bala f 02,352,-
7H1.4". The who e length d the main
lines operated has be n J'.OOO.OO. Tho
total asset! of the llalBe Central nrelho
largeat, atnotintiBg to r.',7,Mi ,.iV,
the BoatoB iV: Maine coming next with
$12,4..0,;l'.!.4.
A lirm in Huston that thirteen
rears ao employed only live women.
now employs .wo: another iirm that six
years njro employed onl fifty now em
ploys DO. 1 nd -still another ana giOes
work to 1.200, Everywhere there is a
drift of women into industrial employ
ment. Tho wages f some of ihefu,
however, are sj andaloosly low, nnd it is
hard to hjggfiM how they manage to
live; so that the oueftion as to whetli
er the resun will be altogether for 1 ho
good of women remains as yet undecid
ed. Ho. lun if'i ewisss
The W arden of the Illinois Peniten
tiary lias collected ligtifei as mi the
death rnle in penal institutions, and s
lou shinir rafsationg are shown. While
at S ii)j Sing the yearly deaths from
1 ,0110 inmates number less than MVen,
at Auburn they lire twelve, mid nt CMa
ton over twenty. The lowest rate is
Ihree in Wis or.s'n (Hid the hi.-hest g
seventy seven in Mississippi. Ho says
1 hat tho practice of let ! ing con v icts work
in mines and upon railroads, without
proper food or lodgings, causes fright
ful deal tu tioii of fife in several Booth
era States, but lie cannot understand
why the figure Is so high as forty e ght,
in New Hampshire.- A'. J'. 0BM
HIT AMI IVISDOH.
The certain way to I g oriented is to
fancy one's self more cuaning than
ot hers, f v, arron.
f-eek for a Iv.'int age. distinction and
honor not fro.u birth, position or
wealth, but rather from capacity and mj
tegrily. -We are apt to he kinder to tho
bruins that lo. c us than to Ihe women
that love us. Is il because the bl Ulcs
are dumb? worgc Klit.
I'ies date baek to fhe l ine of tho
Romans, and came originally from
Plcardy. Some of the original pie- are
still on sale ut i ;nli oad restiiurniits
A Hartford woman who ad rert ised
the loss of a pocket-book containing fif
teen dollars received no less than seven
proposals of marriage during the nexl
three days. Ifotton 'n
- -Lead poisoning is a disease BOVOTlO
be trilled with, but it is peculiarly filial
when, as out West recently during a
somewhat heated discussion, it is caused
b, a bullet, which is expected to con
vince ou that vonr argument is a weak
one. 'y. . Hcrabt.
Yesterdav a boy about sixteen years
old got a tumble on a coal bole and wan
evidently pretty badly hurt Hi gol
fing up he swore fluently' and a clergy
man. passing, paesed nnd asked him
why be d sioursed so irreligiously, to
w hicli t he lad replied that he was too
big to cry. and, by hokey, he'd got to
do soiuef long, lio lnn roM.
Iron is a very much more useful
metal than tfohl. it has been our habit
for many vars to deny OUrSelf for the
good of otbr-rs, and in this matter We
will preserve our o'isstleresttKiBess.
You may ttike all the iron and lie hap
py with il, and we will try to be com
fortable wil h gold, which is only second
best.
Tin; conceited young man.
A spruce sud Sense led loiiug Mr
Fell In love with a oth' i obap's sr.
with ht sweet Httleoane,
At Ihe end lit the lane.
He met nnd he rabi Would have kr.
Hut h tr d on her train.
At the end of the lane,
And a slpou his lace in ide a blr.
"What on earth makes you an
nounce that you extract teeth without,
pain? Didn't I hiiar en rv patient yoe
had up here yell?" " You did. sir, " re
plies the peripatetic dentist "but tho a
were shrieks of ytty which they uttered,
sir. They were so delighted, s r, at
being pa nlessly relieved that they could
not restrain their enthusiasm " -V. '.
l.f d'ji r.
A valuable cow in Kentucky broke
into a corn-field and gorged herself so
thai she was about to die, when a sur
geon made an incision in her side and
'took out over six I ushels of corn,
corn-stalks and grass.'' It is thought
tint if the cow bad been hungry she
would have eaten out tbe entire corn
field. Including seventeen panels 4
post and rail-fence and four white oak
stumps Xorristown Ihral't.
A milb r. who attempted to be witty
at the eagessM of a youth of weak intoU
le t. accosted him With: "John. eo
ple sav that you an- a find." On Ihis
John rooted "I don't know that I
am, sir; I know some things, sir. and
some things I don't know, sir." "WeU.
John, what do you know?" " I know
that miller- always have fat hogs, sir."
"And what don't you know?" "I
don't know whose corn they eat, sir.''