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POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.
flection in Various States of Dele¬
gate# to National Contentions.
At the Massachusetts Republican State
Convention, held in Boston, Messrs. Hoar,
Crapo, Long and Lodge were chosen dele
gates to the national convention. They are
for Edmunds and Lincoln. Thu tariff plank
of the platform adopted was as follows.
“We advocate tariff laws which, while fur¬
nishing ne 'essary revenue, shall favor tha
labor ani industrial enterprises of th? coun
try upon and a reduction not assail of cus.om them. duties While became we insisj o*
the dangerous surplus in the treasury re’
ceipts, tial at the same time we deem it essen
that this reduction should be mads
with the least possible injury to tha labor
and manufacturing interests of the country,
and we c mdemn tha arbitrary per¬
centage Democratic redti tio i proposed by the
tives, present because fails House of Representa¬ inequali¬
it to reform any
ties of taxation, disregards the business
wants of the country, and. if adopted, would
cripple many industries and at the same time
would probably increase the revenue. ” Presi¬
dent Arthur's administration is warmlv com¬
fiis mended, but no preference is expressed as to
successor, except to demand that the can¬
didate shall be ,l a man of proved fidelity in
public life, and wh< si relations to the party rtily
are such that all of its members canl
Unite in his support.”
The Massachusetts Democratic State con
vention, held in Worcester, balloted for dele
ga'63 With the at following large to result: the national Beniamin convent F. But- on
ler, ferty, 054; 37;); Jcsiah G. Abbott, Delaney, 608; 353; M. and J. McCaf- th>so
James
Were dec’ared ele tei. A motion w as carried
Unanimously that it was tho sense of the con¬
vention that lieneral Butler should
be nominate l for President of the
United States at the national Democratic
c invention in Chicago, Another motion
that tho delegates at large convention be instructed to
vote at the Chicago on every
ballot for General B. F. Butler for candidate
aloptefdeprecaTs Jdl’tomlenctes ’tcfc'lasa
distinct ons or toward the creation of
monopolies; advocates lrequent elections and
limited tenures of office; reiflirms the resolu
t ons of the last national Democratic conven
tion; opposes extravagance of Republican accumula¬
expenditures, and denounces the
tion of a surplus revenue from the taxation
of the people; demands the recognition of
the rights of tha working and Federal; people by govern
men s, both State ttenounce3
Republican neglect of the fisheries indus
tiy and commercial navigation; de
bounces the official abuses of
pubUc'seradce^ as^demMstiatetl‘by demands tb® Star
route frauds, and demands reform;
a reduction of the tariff, and declares that
frem b the e nec(L) , ifief 1 of 1 life,"“nUnot “frem
whisky and tobacco; tenders thanks to Gov
ertior Butler for his able ant fearless adm n
{ tra ion, and commends his energy in publij
New Hampshire Repub’icans, at their Stats
contention in Concord, elected as dele ate?
Ht large: Charles B. fcawyer, George H. How
fwo otXeseKat^ a^unStooi tobe
for Arthur, one for Edmunds and ons for
[Blaine. The plattorni adopteJ congratulates the flat
the[Kepubli *ans o? other States on
&i?an^Vcteler^oLSS' thur administration, demands such ex
s
ercise of power by tne national gov
eminent as will insure the enjoyment in ol th< hu
constitutional rights to every citizen
South, condemns the horizontal reduction ol
duties an 1 maintains the doctrine of protec
t on, favors a reduction of duties on tno nec*
essaries of life and in-rease of those upon
aM^refonn in^he^ivil's^rvd etdemanls dollar. tha
susp nsion of the coinage of the silver bill
anti approves the national education
passed by Bangorf the Senate.
heltHn renomtea'e 1 Frederick Robte
for governor, by acclamation. General John
8. Cas‘.of Rockland arid Weston F. Mihii n,
were chosen: J. R. Rodwell, George C. Wing, id.
Jos. 8. Wheelright, and J. H. Drummo
The platlo'-m adopted favors the protective foreign
policy: urges a prudent, though of firm, James G.
policy; presents tho name
Blaine as their choice for the administration presidency;
approves the disapproval present of the action of
expresses severe
the Democratic majority in Congress shipping upon
the Morrison Tariff biil and on tho
bills, and roadirms approval of the policy of
prohibition. The Maine Straightout Greenback conven¬
tion at Augusta nominated W. F. Eaton, of
Cape Elizabeth, for governor. Delegates and to
the National Greenback convention two
pres’dential electors were choS3n. A motion
to instruct the delegates for General Butler
Vras defeated.
At the Vermont Republican folio" ing State delegates conven- at
tion in Montpelier the
large to the national convent im were ch s-n:
J. Gregory Smi h, Belfield Broctor, Fro ier
l-k Billings. Broughton I). Harris The dele
gitions choice is Edmunds. The piatform great
adopted reaffitma altegiance to tho
party, and re-ol es that the party cannot rest
on its past, but must 1 e a party of prozr sa
It declare, that Congressmen and otfl e
h'ilders must bo relieved from the importunity
of office seekers. The system of pro
tettioi whi h bas developed na- h
tional industries, made labor n
and li■ ing the; p, is approved, an l a desire
is expres-tt d for the rei 'statement of the
duties on w. ol and woolens, an I a tall is
made for a reduction o' taxa ion on ncccsa
ri -s rather than luxuries. Geo g> r. Ed
. muntls is i resented as a representative and o.
what it best in th Itep iWi an party, as
on 1 whose high and uneel isb pub l •; er.-i- e.
a-gres ive integrity, ahilitv. ;ag.;city, rt ites
• manshiii and unblemshed re. o il, fit li ra
above all other; for tfe eh ef magistra y of
tho liati n. The admini-tretion or Fre-i lent
At thur i- heartily commended as free from
re >roa h. It in tra ts the del gates t) vote
fer Edmunis as long as he stands before tha
national c n ent on.
The Joava Republi an State convention at
Des Moines eho e a solid Blaine de'egat on
for the national convention ard a ioptod of
resolutions which declare strongly ni favo
t e Rt publican positi n o i the ari l'.d >mand
that C itigre s s tall halt in the d str ictive
work p o n se i hy the Morrison I ill rni de
c'are that Jam s G. Blaine is the choice of
the Republicans of Iowa tor Pres d nt
Ivans'S Republicans, at their State conven¬
tion in Topeka, ele ted four delegatet at
laree fa-ora le to Blaine and ch-*) two
pre-identu; tie tors The resolution - a lop' ed
Blrongiy tomrae d Arthurs adminis r.iton
a d favor nati oral leg.s.at on to regu ate
uiter-State commerce. Virginia Repnhli’an State conven
The Wes' four delegates at
tio i at Mar in b trg elec e l
lar re to the national convention and passed
a re ol ttion nstr u tn; th) 'lelegate' t) vote
for Blaine as ong as there was a reasmab.e
chan'e'f l is nouiinat on. their .
Virginia i t aig it mr Rep iblicans, at t.nin
conv ntion in • ich month • 1 c.cd an
B ru test d 1 ga ion o t. e national < inven¬
tion but deelar 1 1 in tin ir rt so utions t at the
nomina’ion of Bl tine and Lin "in would in¬
spire courage among tte itepublicans of tie
*■The Michigan Greenback State Go coa vent B gole ion
at Di troi’ was attend d by v rno dele?a ’
and prominent Gre nback rs. T, e is
chosen te th ■ nat onal c nvent on at Indian
nptfiis were inrtru t d to vote for Butler ior
President. BepubU’an State
At tne Wisconsin con
ven ion in-Malison amnstru ted detegate.
t> the i ationat conven.ion we e osen.
Fair :Hi!d is the first choice of the delega es
for Fre-iden . their Sta
Nt braski R'pu' li ans. at e con¬
vention i a t mah ■, ele ted a Blaine delegation
to the Chicago on enti en. .
Nevd i Republican; sent an umnstra . ted
delegation to Chi ago, but pasted a reaolu
tion favor.ng Blaine for Pres dent
Don’t Like the Audience*
There is in Southern Africa a small
animal of the lizard species, about six
inches long, which is peculiarly It inhabits suscep¬ the
tible to musical sounds.
mimosa thorn tree, and those who wish
to see the creature go near the tree and
sing, or play upon some musical instru¬
ment. The lizard, charmed by the
notes, cornea out from its retirement
toward the performers and will even
remite^veW p^on'ous^th^'orch^tea the approach of the
generally retires at
audience. The Boer name of this sin
(rular animal signifies in English, “The
JFevu'6 Manikin, *
I
Hamilton Journal.
VOL. XII. NO. 20.
CURRENT COMMENTS.
Ubdxs the operation of th# Harper high
license law Chicago has issued 8,000 liquor
licenses thus far with aggregate receipts
amounting to $400,000. The majority of the
licenses are for four mouths, and it is estima¬
ted that the year's receipts will not be less than
♦1,500,000. About 600 saloons have been fro¬
zen out.
The Boston , Journal . , says that ... the ., weekly ,,
sales of oleomargarine in that city amount to
200,000 or 150,000 pounds, that all tho regular
Jobbing . .,. stores , down , town , keep . it for sale for ,
just wliat it is at prices ranging from twelve to
twenty cents per pound. A choice article can
be bought for fifteen cents, and it is largely
used in manufacturing communities.
The silk culture industry is growing in the
United StateB. There are at present twelve aa
sociations, numerous stock companies, a colony
of Italians in Texas, a German colony in North
Carolina, a settlement of Norwegians in Geor*
gj a an( j gyveral colonies of Mennonites in Kan
Bas en £*8 ed , in feeding , chopped mulberry __
leaves to the dainty silk worm,
The establishment of a cancer hospital in
New York was a magnificent idea, and its sue
~ has been assured by J a gift 6 of $200,000 ’
from John Jacob Astor. Other generous gifts
have been received, ons of $25,000, one of $20,
000, another of $15,000, besides five amounts of
$5,000 each, and four of $1,000 each. A vacant
lot worth $35,000 was presented by a lady,
Work will be begun as soon as plans can bo
drawn and the contracts made.
--
The French mode of executing criminals . . by
the guillotine is rapid enough to satisfy any
° the n0 knife ' ^ hta lever l** 1 touched, the blade flashes
a is
downward, the head falls into a zinc case
***** thrown into \ n a tumbril, * and re Ce _ ™ the remains are
galloped off to the Turnip Field, there to be
buried with paupers and unclaimed inmates
from the morgue. The spectators at these ex
ecutions comprise dandies, loose women, jour
nalists and the riff raff. Everything goes off
quietly. ,
_ _
^ the middlc Btate8 einc6 1874 farmin g lands
have decreased m . value fully . fifty ... per cent, «««$
ij»be depreciation is not due to any general and
^eavy fall in tho prices of farm products. The
explanation given by a recent writer is that
the taxes levied by the general government
since the war are vastly heavier than they
were before the war. As the burden of all
taxation falls ultimately on productive induB
^ f 0 n 0W8 that land, which is the founda
that industry, must fall iu value as the
tax burden is ma-le heavier, and rise in price
whenever this burden is made lighter.
Since tho departure of Mr. Henry irving the
newspapers are comparing his receipts with
those of other talented dramatic artistes.
Bernhardt’s total earnings hero for 26 neeks
were $390,000. Mrs. I.angtry’s total was $229,-
663. Irving’s receipts were $405,604. Mr.
Irving’s greatest success was in Boston. There
in one week he played before 27,000 hearers.
The week’s receipts were $24,087. It muHt be
recollected that Mr. Irving began with quali
fled success and ended by eclipsing all com¬
petitors.
Utah has now 10,000 small farms averaging
twenty-five acres, and the whole must be irri¬
gated. There is only one large farm in the
territory, and it is owned hy a company. The
Great Salt Lake, according to Elder Cannon,
contains enough salt to supply America for
centuries. All that is necessary in preparing
it for the market is to drive to the edge of the
lake with a wagon and a man with a pair o(
rubber hosts can load it with a shovel. The
Balt lies on the bottom of the lake in small
coarse crystals. After loading it is taken to a
grinding machine and being run through it is
fit for the table.
In six years Henry M. Stanley has succeeded
in establishing a chain of international station,,
across tho African continent. In 1880 he foun¬
ded Viva, the first of the series of stations in
western Africa. Before the end of the third
year Leopoldville, a Btation on Stanley Pool, at
the head of the lower cataracts, and the key of
the upper Congo, was founded, and four steam¬
ers were launched on tho great river. In 1883
the station of Stanley Falls, 1,000 miles np the
river, was founded. About 2,600 miles of river
transit of the Congo and its tributaries are
opened to commerce by this chain of stations.
The imports to tho west coast of Africa last
year were over $22,000,000, while the export
were over $27,000,000.
Accordino to Mnlhsll’s Dictionary of Ststis.
tics murder is a cause of death:
In England......... .to 237 per 10,000,000
In Belgium......... .to 240 it
In France.......... to 265 a
In Scandinavia..,.. to 266 it
In Germany........ to 279 «(
Di Ireland (1879)... .to 294 «
In Austria.......... to 310 <*
In Russia.......... ts 323 <«
.
In I tally............ to 504 u
■
In Spain........... to 533
In the United States .to 820
The exceedingly unfavorable re'
United States is the natural result f
dition of public sentiment on tb*
murder.
The American climate is not so muen
sible for disease as damp homes causc-o
drainage, the use of tobacco, the dr
whiskey at all times and especially
meals, the excessive use of strong tea
fee. the frying pan, the soda baking -
and patent purgative pills. Overwork .
the disease. The present hot water
capable of doing as much harm as
While hot water may be used with adv.
in a lim ited number of cases, it has rot been
without its disadvantages. It has helped the
strong tea and coffee drinkers wfiose nervous
svstem will not stand the strong stimulant. A
cup of hot water tinged with English breakfast
tea and a lit le sugar makes a beverage that
cheers but does not stimulate. Some time
there will be a regular system of scientific
for disease.
In the better days of the republic onr great
statesmen were generally impecunious.
many years the friends of Daniel Webster put
$100,OOo at interest for him, and if it had
been for this provision of $6,000 a year
eter would have retired from the senate, for he
declared he could not give his life to his
try for $8 a day. The friends of Tom
HAMILTON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1884.
came to his relief at least once and paid his
debts. Henry Clay was the recipient of a sim¬
ilar testimonial from his friends. He spent a
whole generation in oengress, lived beyond hie
means, and the mortgage on his Ashland placs
would have been foreclosed if it had not been
privately cancelled by bis whig friends just
after his defeat for the presidency. Benton
was thirty years in congress but he never be¬
came a rich man, and never, while in office,
availed himself of any opportunity to make
money.
Tint chief of forestry of the agricultural de¬
partment at Washington, has published a pam¬
phlet advising the planting of forests in order
to restore the balance of the lost forces of na¬
ture. On all the hill-sides and slopes of the
north and east and of the Pacifio states, where
the original forest growth has been removed, it
is advisable to restore it. Very steep and high
hillsides should he permanently covered with
trees, and so should lowland tracts that are
stonoy, sour, sandy or otherwise wanting in
fertility. The answer to “What to plant,”
must be determined by climate, soil, bus¬
iness purposes and other things. Several
statee have established forestry departments,
journals of forestry are now published, and the
matter is discussed even in the public schools.
A great treeplanting movement is likely to
Bweep all over the country.
The future of wheat raising Is attracting
attention. Within a few years American farm
ers will have to meet strong competition in the
grain markets of the old world. We must now
admit that India can produce eno ugh wheat to
seriously affect prices in America. Already
with a crop 0 [ 85,000,000 bushels short the
price of wlieat haH gone 18 C6Bti below that ol
time when our wheat crop was the largest
ever kuown. In future when Egypt, India and
central Africa pour their wheat into the mar
kets the fanners of tins country will abandon
a n j 10 p 0 0 f profitable competition. The Amer.
icaa farmer must now adopt methods of farm*
i Dg which will make him comparatively inde*
pendent of the world’s wheat market: The
} e ggon taught by the East India experiment
with wheat is enough to open our eyes, \ and now
that . England „ , , is . preparing . to . open a short . road #
to tha y ‘ 8t fertile di “ triot8 » Africa there is
no estimating the outcome,
Ghinnell is the pioneer temperance city of
Iowa. Thirty yesrs ago a few families settled
on the Grinnell tract and went to work to
build up a town. The owner of the land incor¬
porated a provision in every deed to tho effect
that any lot on which liquor was sold should
revert to the first owner or his heirs. There
has never been a reversion, and never a saloon
in the place, and no holder of real estate has
been known to favor the sale of spirits. The
town has now between 3,000 and 4,000 people,
three railways, and mannfactnrtns industries
which employ several hundred men of various
nationalities and every shade of religious and
political belief. There is no desire to change
the present order of things because taxes are
low, real estate is advancing, and a good class
of people come to the place. There are five
churches. Of the inhabitants from first to
last not one ever went to jail, to prison or to
the poor house. The cyclone of 1882 destroyed
all the colleges, 100 dwellings and 40 liveB, but
there has been a full recovery from the effects
of one of the most disastrous storms on record.
Grinnell enjoys an enviable reputation for
good order, enterprise and prosperity. Tho
temperance peoplo may well be proud of it, and
after thirty years it can hardly bo called an ex¬
periment. It is an accomplished fact.
If our consular reports are to be believed,
Mexico is no place for men of energy unless
they have abundant capital. Enterprising
Americans of large means can make money in
Mexico, but it is no country for poor men.
Everything in Mexico iB now in a transition
state and it is difficult to predict the outcome.
The government is autocratic, the president
possessing greater power than any potentate in
Europe. The governors of the several statos
ire responsible to the central power which ex
Brcises a preponderating influence in elections.
Public education is now pushed for all it is
worth. There has been a great advance in tho
condition of the cities. Real estato has doub¬
led and in some instances trebled iu value. The
Capital is now gridironed with mule railways
leading out into the country for miles in every
direction. Agricultural landB do not advance
in proportion. The cost of irrigation in almost
every section is a big item and keeps agricul.
ture iu the background. One great drawback
t# the progress of the conntry is the condition
of society. There are only two classes in Mex
o, the highest and the lowest. There is no
middle class. Tne wealthy, educated non-pro¬
ducers never mingle in any way with tho com¬
mon people, and it is not at all surprising as
the latter are the lowest and most degraded
specimens of humanity to be found anywhere
in the world. The Americans who have
swarmed into the country are in the main a bad
lot, composed of border ruffians, filibusters,
speculators, coarse adventurers and broken
down professional - '-ar
and suspect these
admitted th
ers the’
ft «
Bwaia^ c~ iiv'idL.
serious sickness l
“Stop. Mister, I believe yon haven’t
paid me for the cider.”
“Not paid yon for the cider 1” says I,
“what do you mean by that ? didn’t
the biscuits I gave you just come to the
cider ?”
“Oh, ah, right!” says he.
So I started to go ag-un, and says he:
“But stop. Mister, you didn’t pay me
for the biscuit.”
“What!” says I, “do you mean to
imjooee upon me? do you think I am
going to pay you for the biscuits, and
let you keep them too? A’int they
there now on your shelf, and what more
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
»nd Middle States
Db. Wii,liari> Parker, one of the mos
famous surgeons in America, a native of Now
Hampshire, but a resi lentof New \ ork for
many years, died in that city a few days
smeo in his eighty-s ‘conn } ear.
Considerable ex itemenfc end on* failure
resulted from a mi d n a tvarc? o four cents
a bushel in the pri® oi wheat at the Ne.v
York produce exchange.
The Massuchus tts Greenback State con
vention at Lynn ele tod delegates at large and to
the Ind ana olis national oonv< General ntion, nutlcr
adopted resolutions favoring
for President, declaring that ei ht hours
should constitute a dav s work, demanding a
graduate i income tax and usserting that tho
struggle for greenback money would be con¬
tinued.
Major-Genfral Emerson Opdycke dioi
at his resident e in New York front theofiecto
of a wound received h by the d accidental ois
charge of a pistol whic i hi "as cl. aning.
Get eral Opdycke was fifty-five you sol l, anil
had be nt a prominent Federal officer from
Ohio in the late w ar.
Ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward, of New
Jersey, died at his home in Neav rk, the
other day, aged 71 years. He was elected
governor of New Jcrse -’ in 1865, in 1168 was
chairman of the Republican nnt onnl com¬
mittee, and in 1872 was elected to Coagress.
George E. Ewing, a prominent Philadel¬
phia sculptor, came to New York for the
purpose of model ing al'o r lievo models of
Henry Irving, the Enilish actor, anti his
principal support, Miss r Hen Terry. A lew
mornings ago, Mr. Ewing ivns found de d in
bed at his hotel. He had turned on the unlit
I a and been asphyxiated. Mr. Ewing had came
rom Scotland two years ago and ac¬
quired considerable reputat ion in art article t.
A National Conference of Colored Men
met in Pittsburg, with delegations from all
part-; of the country in attendance. Theob
jt ct of the conference, as stated by a delegat ■,
was to secure to the ct dot ed people. North
and South, the re cognition under the laws to
which they are entitled. Various papers per¬
tinent to the occasion were read and dis¬
cussed.
Ciiart.es L. Vose, a retired New York
mer. liant, and Antonio Moreno, a impelled metropoli¬
tan com ni-sion merchant, suffering were and in¬ a
lew somnia” days ago shoot by themselves pliyst al to death.
to
A Eire at Glen's Falls, N. Y., destroyed
both opera houses, the Presbyterian h r h.
and Gi dei sleeve s Union hall building, en¬
tailing a total loss of about $200,000.
A fire in the great dry goods district of
New York city destroyed property valued at
$2’)0,0r0. During t te progress of the fir#
a ladder fell on a groun of newspaper re¬
porters injuring ono of them—Samuel F.
Donn, lly,t mployed on the Sun— dangerously.
The steamer Falmouth was burned at her
wharf in Portland (Me.) h rbor. Throe of
the crew p'risked in tha It Ames. The esti¬
mated It st is $175,000.
8. F. Donnei.uy, the New York rep irter
struck by a falling ladder at a fire, died from
tho effects of his Injuries.
James R. Keene, the great New York
stock operator, has failed to meet his obliga¬
tions after losing some $4,000,000 in the past
six months. Mr. Keene came irorn Ban Fran
cisco to New York about six yenrs ago with
a fortuno estimated at from $ 1 ,( 00,000 to
$.1,000,000. II. •*■■ »' i'.-' » XXr.ll ’ engaged -*
latcd heavily, and recently lias been fall in
in selling stock privileges. A heavy
the market led to his downfa'l.
South and West.
Later return: put the vot* in Louisiana
about as follows: Democratic 8tate ticket, [Ill
8'i,107: Republican .Slate ticket, 42,031. thirty
legis'ature will stand 112 Democrats to
all othi rs.
Miss Ida Davos, a young lady of high so¬
cial standing, while out riding on horseback in
F'oli) nr county, Miss , was attack 'd by John
Hender on, a colored man, dragged frotn her
hrrse and assaulted with probably fatal re¬
sult. Henderson was caught hy neighbors,
slowlv strangled and when nearly do wl avas
riddled with shot and torn limb from limb.
W. J Buchanan has been nominated for
governor by tho T nne see Greenback rs.
Many persons were kil o I, nbo it K 0 in¬
jure 1, an t an immense am nmt of dawag ■ to
property was don - by a torn tdo in the v c n
lt,y of Dayton, Oh o. The town of James¬
town was entirely destroy e 1.
Dudley Francis, of MossvlTe, III., nnd
two of his f'liildrh i were d own d by the up¬
setting of a rowboat.
Moses Fraley, an ext nsivo St. Louts
speculator in grain, has fai ed for about $1,
0 0,090. By a sudden rise in wheat ho lost
$250,090 in ers than an hour.
Thomas L. Thompson anti Daniel Jones
(white). Jack Womaokiller (Cherokee', John
Davis iCh " ’awi and Fanny Echols inegross),
convicted in the United S atm t oiirt, of mur¬
der in the Indian Territ ry, and Mat Music
(negro■, convicted of crin mil assault in the
Indian Territory, have been sentenced to b#
hangol on Friday, July 11.
Ex-Go- EitNOR Henry M. Matthews, of
We t Virginia died at his homo in I ow s
burg, V> Va. aged fifty years. He bad
serve i in th font derate army, was ele t d
attorney -g ne al of Wet \ irginia, and gov¬
ernor in 18 (i.
An i x'tlt sion ill of ind., dynamite h rled at a huge sto le li quarry nberi
ne'r I 1 etc a ',
and pieces of iron in ever/ direction, kill d
rne man rn l injured twelve, s-veral with
fatal ete t.
One night r’tently Hiram Jefferson was
take i from IPs home at Ando on In ly
tl ree men un I hanged. Hi (son, < i era Je tin-
son, h.-.s t on essjd that be and bis br th rs
in-law. J. fi. Wilson aril J. A. Smyth, were
the murderers.
Wili iAvf Neal, th’ Inst of the three m n
imp i 'Hb*d i i the rs a i t end murd r of thr.va
cniidren at Ash an t. Kv., has t e n lynch sent th n td
to death. It" a tne attempt, t. th e
thre e men wh ch 1 <11 > a l 1 si ni with i
__- 1 ... th-) dah
Kent c’(,v militia and atr wl. rn
of rev ral men.
A *»t Hatt VO' 1
Van P
Tl' *
r'
t* i • © • . it »s mil, w
rr ent-; p; o it i ig for a oan of $l,b Le
the e v t ■’ I al)- ex, o it o ■. This sum
le ctu ii'd o ho tor r men a'ier the .• .
I: (nt fi ca e t expen es i nrl before any
divderd iepeid to stockholders.
Mr, Niu-.n, chi-f of the bureau of static
t cs leseite that the to a! values of
the impr t 'f me-chanus) ftr the
twelve months cn-el March 31, months 1884,
were $588.298,642, tnd f ar tl e twelve
cn let March 31. 1 >*\ $ 43,508,875. Tha
vilrv .f the export, of nicr.:-! andi» for tbs
ft-,. . ' rt It! • .• :-i J’t.'h I’M. we-e
l;-™ 11 - 1 -" 4
The <; i.snFr an-tdi lio iious-. na i- aopropriatian aupropriat-s
b $977,770. 11, a report'd which Ls n $347.2751 t):e than the (s'.i
s
mate*, and $.’. 18 . 'M Fs< than the approprut
Urn tvr tb* pnssnt year.
Jacob CoLX, boatswain of the .Teamin'te,
died the other day in St. Elizabeth s Hos
the h^M^s^endur”!
after the wreck of Jeannette,
In t , e ( ,„ ntosted election case of Wallace
McKinley, of Ohio, a sub-committee of
tho House committee of elections, by the a vote full
0 f tliree to two, decided to report to
com:n j^ McKinley. ;ttee in favor of the sitting member,
r>
The work of laying stone resumed on the Washing- height
ton monument lias l>e n at a
of 41 * feet, tie point reached at the Misp n
t [ on G [ W oi\t ,ast fall. A t ourse eauh day will
be laid during favorable weather. Stone is
prepared to raise tho struct ire to a height of
\ 0 feet,
House Engineer committee Mri.vh.t.e of investigation appeared bo-ore and tho
Jeannette, g ivo
his \ orsion of tho life oil f ro ro
<o inling the various littletlifferorit es between
tho olli ers. He said he hud never been in a
vessel "-here there was loss quarreling.
The President has sent to Congress a com¬
munication from tho secrotary of state ex¬
plaining the need of tho consular and diplo¬
matic service anil advising against any re¬
duction of the appropriations.
During the present Congress 6,8X8 bills
have he n introduc st in tho House of Bepre
rosontative . In tho last Congress bills daring intro¬
the same period tho number of
duced was ti,0 1.
In tho criminal court at Washington the
case of the United States against William
l’itt charged Kellogg with was having begun. received Mr. Kellogg
was money
while a United States Senator for str
vi< es rendered in relation to a contract
with the United States in violation of section
1.78.’, revisetl statutes. Contractor Price
testified that ho h id paid Kellogg $'-’0,000
for obtaining the x icihtion of ervice depart¬ aipon
his (T'rice’s; itutes irom the pos.offite
ment.
Foreign.
The British government has adopted will a
w iting i olit y in the Soudan, and prob
nb y no attempt to rescue Coieral Go.d*W
at Khartoum until the autumn.
Several persons were killed and twenty I
in jui ed by un eecid nt through which a i a
■way Gain was thrown irom a bridge into the
river near Cuid d tied, Spain.
Bv the upsetting of a y a ht at Midland,
On'ari a, thr. e men were di owned.
F.re in I ondon burned out William White
ley, a large dealer in goads of every descrip¬
tion, causing u loss of $1,UOO,IIO(>.
Many persons are dying continually of
yello.v fever on the isthmus of Panama.
The king and queen of Italy opened the
international expo tit ion at Turin.
A fire at Panama destroyed two blocks
of house#, causing losses which largo aggregnt mob i
$500 000. d During its progress lirotl a by
of arm plunderers were killed. upon o«n
srs of buildings and several
The. ministerial party hits been successful
in the elections in Spain.
Thirty convict# wore injured by the sud
den fall of a part of the new barracks in pro
cess of erection at Portsmouth, England.
A greater loss of life than wns nt first re
ported remit nl from ths tumbling of a train
of cars through a bridge near Cnidad-Roal,
Spa n. thirty-eight, carps s having been taken
J,„n, tt,., vliok. Fifty SOMli rr, —-oi-o report,, ,!
missing.
A FhE.ncit fishing srhooner was run down
by a Norave 1 in bark o,l t e hanks o‘‘ New
foundbinddur.n? a log. Twelve of t lie ei li¬
fe n bslit rmen on board tho schooner lOHt
their ives.
Two gunpowder m: gazin' s nt Havana
wer t blown up with terrific e feet. A num¬
ber of artillerymen and the men guarding the
st ick wt re killed. In Havana ground balconies,
windows and ihutt rs fell to the in
al l ost every street within the custom house
wall.
CWeen Victoria led the bridal procession
at the marriage of her granddaughter, Prin¬
cess Victoria, of He tie. to Prince J touis, of
Bnttenberg, in Darmstadt, Germany.
By the powder magazine oxplotlo ts in Ha
vma twenty-one i orsons were killed a .d
S'vouty- 'ine i"j trel.
(’ROMU'ENT PEOPLE.
Patti, tho singer, plays billiards almovt as
well as -ho warbles.
The late duke of Buccleuch ownotl the
greater part of three Scotch counties.
United Stater Senator Logan’s fiithm
was n:i Irish doctor, nnd t amo to America in
1833.
General Gordon is said to bo the only
Christian who is prayed for in Iho mosques at
Mecca.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, Iho
novelist, is a tenant in Washington of Gener¬
al Grant.
Edward Eggleston's daughter, Allegra.
is claimed to bo tho best woman woo l carver
In America.
The empress of Austria sets type with the
grace and skill which nmracterizo an intelli¬
gent compositor.
Dom I’edro, having as-ended the throne
of Braz 1 at tho age of six, has now reigned
longer than any other living so e eign.
President Jewett, of the Erie road, is id a
cons ant sufferer from rheu nati m, awl i
affliction it said l e telling on his otherwise
rugged constitution.
The Karl of Aylesford, who has paid $75,
000 for a ranch in Texas anti has bought a
hotel at Big Hprin :s in tint State, is b— to
an estate of $i8,IKtO,(KK).
Verdi, the composer, i- e r
look ng old Ilian, wits -
n-us ache. Hitv ri ’
tailing ever *F
Neither
General
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$1.00 A YEAR.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Sion ate.
The Senate ajn e l to a resolution pro id
Iri'j for the do|«isit in the Smithsonian Insti¬
tute Mr. of the Joseph silk Newman, flag presented of Ca'ifomia, to tho Senate being
bv
tie fir t American Hag matte o American
tilk....The llou e bill to establish anl
maintain a bureau of lalior statistics was
rct’ortel favorably; alto Mr. Blairs
bi I to p ovid o’ tho study of physiology and and oit
the effects til intoxi tating, h narcot c d welfare j
ono s substances on life, altn a
among the | eo tie of th 1 Te erritories an 1 the
1 i trietof Columbia... .The benate voted to
insi t ttpo i its amendments lo tho naval ao
oro ri cion hill ... Mr. Wilson s «>ke on his
joint rcROluton relating to intor-State com
•'VI, The *“• greater . portion „ of , the dav , s session .
mis devoted to the bill to establish a bureau
«f animal industry, and to extirpate ronta
f totts cattle diseases. (In motion of
iJe’ foke tho disease known as
“'1 exas fever” was exempt id from diseases
(ntrn led to tie included within t h > meaning of
the net, s> far as !t concerned t anstwla
tion to market. An amendment was ailoptod
to strike out alto tether t 1 • reference to t ie
slaughter of animals The amount to in ap
propria.ed by t e bill wne reduced to
♦ loti.rtM... .The bill to cons>li.late the bureau
of military justice and till corps of judge ad
▼orates of tho army was passed.
Mr Edmunds' WU to adpist the accounts
of tho it Un tel . States with the subsidized
7” r ‘) r ud* was lavurably the report.si.... fn
The . bill .. for the s do of owa ban res
ervation In Nebraska an I Kansas vvas pa sod
... .Alter debate, tho lull toost illishn Imre u
of animal industry and to exterminate conta
giousdisca es amon; cattle was passed
The Smuts devoted the greater portion of
th e seas on to the consideration of the ship
ping apjireiprljting bill... A t-o.000 joint resolui to pay ion for was the Passed cere
irionios of the Y\ < siinRion monument riediea*
t' on -
House.
Jn his ptayer the t ha, l tin of tho House !n
vo e 1 divine protection for tho Uroely relief
ex oditinn. and divine aitl ior a s toessful
tenninat on of its miss on .. .Tho bill for tho
relief of My ri C ark (la iu s w is after debate
In committee of the wlit l , 1 fi 1 ft i t) with a
fttvora 1 * recommend at i n....Tl:e House
agre d to the oonfo'e tee report rn the little
delii ieivy bill ....At the evening session sov
rra' Mr. pension Hewi treiterated till’s were passed. the titiment nintie
by him on 'he previous Friday that Secretary
Ciiaudler hail received $20 i no) t or the sale of
c ndomned vet o s, and hud not yet turned
tho money into tho tree icy, ns re uirctl
by law. He said it "«s do os.tad with the
trens try to the credit of tho ;ecrotary of
the navy, and he could draw out tho bole of
It at any time on his more check without
vouchers. Ho imput 'd no intention on the
part of ■ he secretary todoany dishonest thin If.
But the issue was whether n great o dicer of the
goveinment asserted hud obeyed Mint the the command crctary had of not. the
law. He dofen s Secretary
Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, mired to t only that
Coal: tiler. He said thelswre
than t "ro owls lie covereI into the treas¬
ury The not pro ends of the sa e could not
Le obtained until all expenditures had bee*
lettlcd for, a td this ha 1 not yet Im m d'lis
...At, the eo ting Wolford, st"Hi n o' Kontueky, speeches wo:o and
ninth, by Me Hr , ipi. ill favor of the
V an Eaton, of Mississi
Mon i on tariff l ill, anil hy Mess s. Hto m
ami Lawrence,of l eiiiisylvatiia, iu opposition
to it
'I he House passed the joint resolution ill
meting tho President Mi demand nnd enforee
an immediate settlement of Mr. J. E. Wheo
ltH-k’s ela m for ind. m'litf for gross outrages
ami tortures inflicted upon h m bv an ofllet I
of tho govo ’iimen. o' \ o tezueln. An attempt
v, as mat le by the Vonetni' a officer to extort
from Mr. Whe''ok a confession of a
crime of which he was anti not referred gti'.ty.... to
The army bill was repor t'd, The amount
1 1 ? ' n limi'teo of the whole. 2,800 nl>
I roprintz d is $34 259,459, which is $4
less t inn the last np reprintion.... id DingJey, nnd Mes nth- rs.
His ook, Hurd Morse a triff
a I si Kike in M.e tl bale on the .Uorriton t
bill. submitted In the contested
A report was of (Her 1 1 again t Raul, de
e'e’ on rase entitle a the .(at...
el,arin - 1h - ■ ontestant, t t >
A)O ta' te eapli b li was rtqvirl.tst favor
el, y I t hat t on tho Mot risen torilf bill
.
via - resumed.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
I, OKI) Lytton inton Is to writo a play for
Mi ;s Mary Anderson.
Madame Patti, of Maple ton’s ojYTatro (po
has sailotl from Ne .v York to For po.
Henry Irving’s roe dpts durin ; Fit Auior
i an engagement are ostlmat d at o er $' >•!,
00 , 1 .
SARDOII is nt work tin a lod now for |1 y, the
c'liol' ‘part of w.tl h it iulen o rn
ha dl.
Fhaulein Marie S imiat is a pop i a■
smi accomplished pro" saioml viiun st in
A stria.
In San Fran isco Getster newrivo 1 a floral
rie - six te n feet high, sn I Fat! I
Images worth several tho isaml dollars,
“■jukntin MathyR.’ a new opera hus by
onet, a military band master, boen
r oeived at t he Theatre Loyal. Antw, rp.
In Augu t the great spa ta-le of “rite a
nowth- iage In Paris, wifi be pres' ntod
toe Kira'fiS, at tho Mar the itre N» - For
There are five versions o'' an ■
rfie tac e raff'd "The Seven Ha
are i i i ou to o. tran-lation tob
season.
Mathilda Cottrel.lt is to
ara-.-ter of ¥ '~ --a" *
' that -
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
Provisions of the Senate Bill Estab¬
lishing the Bureau.
As emended end pa'sed by the Unit’d
States Senate, the bill providing for the es¬
tablishment of a bureau of an'mal industry
and the extirpation of contagious cattle dis¬
eases provides that the commissioner of agri¬
culture shall organize in hs department*
bureau of animal industry, with a chef who
shall 1 e a competent veterinary surgeon,and
who shall investigate and ri port the condition
of the domestic nni;ua s of the United States,
and the cause of contagious, infectious and
communicable di e ses among them. He
shall alio collect s ch nth r information
on these subje as as may bo valuable to
the agricu’tur&l and commercial int *r
e ts of the Uni ed States. For the purpo ea
of the bureau the commissioner of agricul¬
ture is authorized to employ a force not to
ex eo! twenty persons at one time. The sil
ary of the chief of the bureau is fixed at
*UK)0; that of the e’erk at $1,7.01. The com
nussinn-r is to opnointtwocompetent agents,
who si ad he pract cal raisers of or men ex
porienced in coromer ial tranw tlons affo t
ing live stock, wl.o shall report the best man¬
ner of transposing and < aring for animals, and
and the means to he a lopted ti sup other press dan¬
extirpate pleuro-pneumonia ommunienbl) and diseases,
h gerous ho contagious isa'ion or of < such agents is fixed at
♦ com; day. e
111 lie
Tho commissioner is to prepare as early as
possible such rules and regulations as may be
necessary to extirpate the diseases named
and certify su h rules, etc., to the exe utirn
authority of each State and Territory, and
invite the co-operation of such executive
authority in the e vec it on of the act of Oon
gr, st. When th 1 rules, et shall ba e lie on
a vented ' by su h etecutirie auth rity, the
llis ,|, ' expend in the State so
t , m m r m.y ’’ ,\oy lie
,,, mu h mo fts may ne -es
M , purpose of the investigations disin
c mtomiilated by th 1 ft 't end for s ten
faction and quarantine measures as may be
r to prevent ' the spread of the disease
f ,. om , 1110 stn te or T o,riti ry into another,
l„ 0 r;cr to protroti exportation of live
sto'k special i lvus'igntion shall bimade ss
to the existence of contagious United dis-aseaong Mutes
th i dividing line 1 etwe and n the a’ong thotr
and foreign \ countries, J, n nho United ms
ktutos , K(ltotil u in ,, H lro u p ., rt8 0
to i orts from which t affile are ex
ported, and reports n a le to tho secretary of
the treasury, "ho shall co operate with the
Sf.ti and muni i,al authority, tation corporation?, of neat
nm j j | W , g() . s ” j„ transpo’ ^txUtshing
c ltt c hy lanil r wati , r> in regu
latlonsfor the safe 00 lvcynn le of the citt o,
£l ni prevent in; the spr a 1 of diretse; and the
secretary *.Jh of tile treasury is authorize t to
felkB steps ns may bo no essary,
„ ot in( . (ms stent with the act, to affected p;c
t tho cxpov .; t u ti m of cattle
with a . iy ( . on 2 i olIS disease, especially companirs pleu
ro-pnoumonia. Transportation affe te 1 with
aro forb'ddon t) transport cattle Ter¬
any cont agions disease (rom ono -State or
ritory to another, but the so-called splenetic
or Texas fever is excepted from the category regards
of eotnmunta ible diseases, so far as
the transportation of cattle to market. Vio
lafcio i of the net by railroad *1* companies th» pert or ves¬ of
sels is do lared a no me mor on by
th e manager $5,000, or captain, imprisonment punishable not 1'iw to
not to exce« d or made the
exceed ono year, or by botn. It is
duty of the i Jnitad Stat s district attorney s
to prosecute the cas s of
tho The t su is n $150,00 appropriated >. 'I ha for the ssioner purposes of ag¬
a < omm
riculture is re uired to re ort annually of to
Cong ess a full ac ount all of tha op’rations empl >yed,
the bureau, a list o ’ per. ons
their compcnsa'ion, ct
AT CHIOAfK).
Hoav I’nlognies (« tho It eon hi'ran
1‘rrsiitoulial ton run tion (tianil.
As a matter of genera' interest we give tha
fol ow ng o timatn, made in Now York, of
the way in which most ol tha delegates'o:.‘
to the I’ep ib lcan I residential o invention in
Chicago, will vote on the first ba'lot:
For Arthur—Alabama, le.rgiIllinois, :.(): Arkansas, 14;
Do! "are. 1; Florida, 8; I Kentucky, 18;
B; Indiana. 6; Kanstis, 2:
T o tlsintia, 11; M. ryla itl, 2 ; Massa
rhtsette, 12; Mlss’stqmi, 17: Missouri,
10; >ehraska, 2; Neav Hanushir’, »; New
Jersey, 6: New York, 28; North Carolina,
10; lVnnsyIvania 17: Rhode 'slanfi 4; South
Cnrolinn, 8 Tennessee, 8; Texan II: \ tr
gi it, .4; Wisconsin 7; District-of Columbia,
2; Wyoming, 2 ; t tab, Total 333.
For Blaine Caliiornla, III; Dolnwnre, Kc teky, 5,
Indiana, 7; Iowa, id; Kansas, M; Mulligan, it 18;
4; M inn, 12; Jar Mtssizslppl, Iml, 1.; .smart,
Minnesota, 1(1; Hampsh 1; Al 1;
11; N b ns',a I; New re,
New Jeisey, 12: New York, 10' N :vada,
NtT.li Car'ina 1; (fill o, 27;
Oregon, 6; l o'Jiisylvanln 43; Rhode Vir.;inia, Bland,
2; ‘jo:uiosB"e, 4; Texas Ft; Wc-t
1!; tel fulfil. 2: Arizona, 2; Dakota, 2;
WratHngto 2. Total. 311,
lor , '.m mils aiatsaaliimotts, 16; Michi¬
gan, 8; Mum sila, 4: Now llAmtishire, 'loimessw, 4:
New York, II; it'ole tV.se Kliml,'2; 1 Total, BL
1; Vermont. 8; >n 1 . 6. 7: Kan
For l.ogan—HI no s :ri; Inliutn.
sas ,,3: MFsot ri, 7 IVimots e, I. Total, 55.
For Jo in Sherman ml nan, 4; Oh o, I'J.
Total, 21.
For Jo eph R. Hawley—Connecticut, 12.
For Gresham - In l,ana, B,
F or Fa reliild 1
Ft r Giant—Maryland. 1. tickv*. Total,
Douhtf I Colorado,6; Ko
10 .
RECAPITULATION.
Arthur.... .....333 Hawley.. 13
lila'ii t..... .....till (lie a,mu. S
Flu mu nit.. .....03 l-Vvrehiu!, 4
Login .... ...... 55 1 Grant.... 1
Shcritimi.. ...... '33 | I o ibtful 10
Total R0H
...
Not report: d li
Total......................... 120
Net e si ry ta a cho'co.................’ll
The it dot’ l ul delegates from Colorado
er i b-liove l to bo tor PH- tour fro n
Kentucky are again-:'
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