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CRAWFORDVII.LE. GEORGIA
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate.
The Senate am e-l to a resolution provid¬ Insti¬
ing for the deposit in the Smithsonian
tute of the silk flag presented of 'alifomia, U> the tSi-nate lielng
to- Mr. Joseph Newman, mail? < of American
the fir-1 American flag establish and
filk ...The lloute bill to
tnnintain a bureau of labor statiatii-swas
report* 1 favorably: also .Mr. Blairs
hi 1 to provid ■ for the study of physiology and
tli effects of Intoxi ating, narcotic and i.oiv
DU" s stbstancea on life, health and welfare
among the j eoule of th i Territories and tlie
Id trict of < 'ofunihia... .The Senate voted to
lnsi t upo i it- amendments to the naval ap¬
pro riatlon bill.... Mr. Wilson s sike on Ills
joint nsolut.oii relating to inter state com
Sier -e.
The devoted greater to portion the bill to of establish the day’s bureau session
was a
cl animal industry, and to extirpate conta¬
gious cattle diseases. On motion of
Jlr. Goke the disease known ns
“Texas f.-ver" was exempted from diseases
fnten led to lie included within the meaning of
the net,, » i far as it concerned tranaporta
tlon to market. altogether An amendment lie reference was adopted to the
to strike out *
slaughter qf animals. The amount to lie ap
propi iatixl by the bill was reduced to
gl.iO.Miu... .Thebill to cons di late the bureau
of military justice and tli i corps of judgo ail
v irate* Mr Edmunds' oi tne army f ill was to passed. adjust tho account*
of th- United States with tho subsidized
l'n fi ■ rauroads was favorably rer jort «1....
The bill lot-(ho sde of the Iowa 1: n lian res
ervation in Nebraska nil I K an--- was pa sed
.... Afler debate, the bill toest.iblish a bure iu
of anim d industry and to exterminate conta¬
gion- ilisea-es among cattle was passed.
The Senate devoted the greater portion of
tli • -e-s on 1 1 the consideration of the shi|e
ping bill ...A joint resolution was jmssed
appropriating 125,000 to pixy for tho core
tnonie* of the VVi shington monument dedica¬
tion.
lloime.
In his piayor Hip cbupl bn of the House In
vo e I divii eprotection lor the Grerly relief
ex edition, anil dirme aid for a successful
t< i minnt.on of its mss,on. .. Tim lull for the
relief of Myra Uiark (oi.m s w.is after debate
in r< mmi toe of tin- win 1 , 1 ii I a-i lo with a
fnvora I - reeommendeti n... .The House
.......... to (he confe: o lee nqiort *n the little
detl-ieivy bill ... At the evening ses-ion Sev¬
ern’ peiiKion bil'swere p.t -cb.
Mr. Hewi t reiterate 1 the-t'it*ment mndo
I ■ V him on ihe previous Friday that Secretary
('handler had received $30 t.ofl > for the saleof
e ndennied ve-se's, and hail not yet turne l
the law. money lie into tho tren-ury, deposited as with rejuired the
by the said relit, It was the of
trea- ry to , of nwretary
the navy, and he could draw out the whole of
i at any time on his more check without
voueincs. He Impnt d no inte ntion on the
jisrt oft he secretary to do any dishonest thing.
But the i sue wits whetliei n great olllei rot the
government pit, He asserted lied obey, d the the eomtnund of the
Mr. 'ulkm-, hid that defended s eretary lift I not.
t ol ana, Secretary
Can: dler. He said tlie law re luinslonly that
th'ii t oro-i‘“ ls Isi eoveret into the t reas¬
ury. The net pro ce,Is of the s lie could not
t e obtain'd until nil ovt f enditini H had lieon
fettled for. and this lui not yet be ai done.
. ...\t the evening wssi n sps-ches were
made Van Eat by Me of sr Mississi Wolford, ot keaturky, of and the
Morrison ai, tariff hill, >pi. by in Messis. favor
and Storm
mid Lawrence,of I'enusylviinia, in opposition
to it.
'! he House jmssed the joint resolution di
reeling the President to demand and enforce
an immediate* M-Ulcmcnt of Mr. J. K. Whim
and lock's claim for inflicted indemnity for gross outrages
tortures upon him by an oifleu
Of tile government of Venuzuein, An attempt
wns made by the Venezuela ulHier to extort
from Mr. Wheclo k n eonfesition of n
crime of which he was not guilty
The army bill was reported, anil referred to
fie committee of the whole The amount apt
less l rotmaL hls $24,36i),4#U, which is $4 2,800
liis. tuan ock, Hurd. the 1»»1 Morse appropriation.... Dingley. and Mea-rs. oth
a id
«'S K]» ike in the (f inite on tho Mormon tiriff
lull.
e'e-inWl A report was of submitte O'Fori all d again in the t. contested Paul, de
eaao
elarin ■ tie* i ontestaut entitle t t*> ths mt...
A | o till te’egraph lull was r< port id favor
nb v ..Debate on too Morrison tariff bill
w as resumed.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC
Lour* T.vttun intend* to write a play for
Ilk; Mary Anderson.
Madame 1’atti, of Maple-um sop mtroupe,
lias sail'si from Now York to Fair pc.
Henry Irvinh's roc dots during hi- 1 Amor
i nn engagement are estimated at over $100,
0t)n.
Karikh- is at work >u a new for pl y. the
C'lie' ;p u t of whi h is niton hd Bern¬
hardt,
Fravi.kin Marie S ii.hat is a pop tea:*
ond Astern. :i(va:iip!i;hed pro'iss.onil violm.st In
In Him Fran isco f lei ster re viva 1 n floral
tie e sixte n feet high, mil l’atti silver
11 : lip's Worth stnernl thousand dollars.
"■•Jt K\T1N Matsys." u new opera bv Jne
quet. a military band master, lms lava well
r. ixivedat the Theatre Royal, Antwerp.
to Align t the great ;]>** tsell* of "Kie'ia
now the rage in run-, will lie pj-esi tlte l by
tae KiralfYH at tho Mar theatre. New Yor«.
There are tb e ver ions of au old German
<pe tae e called - The Seven Rax e:re.” which
aiv i 11 ou >e o; tnindatiou tab.* p ave 1 next
’reason.
Mathilda Gottrei.i.v is to create the
character of “Nell Gwymie ' in this country York
\v hen that opera i; produced at the New
Gas i no.
Beethoven's and Schubert's remains are
to le disinterred from th - Wnhring oaurali
yard, ienna. and linn .lerivtl to the Central cemetery,
s
G r- sod is writing nn important work to
demolish VV agn r it will iv divided into
three ivu-t- ’ The Man. ' “The Artist,'" and
“Tr.c 8 chool"
Lawrence Biuuuirr will return from Eng
land July 1. opening in Denver exp. sition
week, lie ctx-s tlienoe t * f^ult Lake teity and
San Frans is he
Rcbenstein. since his vbit to this country,
has lost the use of one eye by a catarn -t. l’he
surgeons fear to operate up n it. as the other
•ye may !»• on langere 1 thereby.
Mmf. Sour mann. widow of Robert Schu¬
mann. re -ixty five, and -ho ha* licen before
tin* public as a pianist for fifty six years. She
creates a- , rest eutou-ia-uu as ever.
Lawren. i "'*4R*rr ’a p-ayu’K befo-e full
t ut not c owded ho s s m ihe . yreum
theatre. Lou on All t v p q* rs pra se lus
lute 1 g are ,, b .1 say he cuuuot attani the
highest ’
effre ts.
Man aokrs in New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia are bv king for an influx o: good at¬
tractions into tin ir country in the lad. Th v
th ilk the pre sidential elect on in the Stat s
will drive them thit .-rwa-L Theproape>
live tea-t ui iv end iu famine
J.iE Jeeh'Rson -. n .\t season will '-ons.s
df twititv week> cttlv, and m st of the time
1 ;:.
Uvn, »ili hi* Louisiana
I, when he return to plan
t&t.vttl.
“Hkbe’s your roast beef, sab,” said
the waiter: “1 served it some time ago.”
“Oh, indeed? roast beef? Why, so you
did. I thought ail tlie time it was a
crack ia the plate. ”
CURRENT COMMENTS.
Undzb the operation of the Harper high
license law Chicago hag issued 3,000 liquor
licensea thus far with aggregate receipts
amounting to 1400,000. The majority of the
licenses are for four months, and it is estima
ted that the year’s receipts will not be less than
61,500,000. About 000 saloons have been fro
zen out.
The Boston Journal says that the weekly
sales of oleomargerinc in that city amount to
200,000 or 150,000 pounds, that ail the regular
jobbing stores down town keep it for sale for
just what it is at prices ranging-from twelve to
twenty cents per ponnd. 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 States. There are at present twelve as¬
sociations, numerous stock companies, a colony
of Italians in Texas, a German colony in North
Carolina, a settlement of Norwegians in Geor¬
gia and several colonies of Mennonites in Kan¬
sas engaged 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.
cess has been assured by a gift of $200,000
from John Jacob Astor. Other generous gifts
have been received, one of $25,000, oneof $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
tlic guillotine is rapid enough to satisfy any
one. When too criminal’s neck is fairly under
the knife a lever is touched, the blade flashes
downward, tho head fails into a zinc case
standing in readiness to receive it, the body is
thrown into a tumbril, and tho remains are
galloped off to the Turnip Field, there to bo
buried with paupers and unclaimed inmates
from tlie morgue. The spectators at these ex¬
ecutions comprise dandies, Ioobo women, jour¬
nalists and the riff raff. Everything goes off
quietly.
In the middle states since 1874 farming lands
havo decreased in value fully fifty per cent.
The depreciation is not due to any general and
heavy fall in tlie prices of farm products. The
explanation given by a recent writer is that
the taxcH levied by the general government
Binco the war arc vastly heavier than they
were before tlie war. As tho burden of all
taxation falls ultimately on productive indus¬
try, it follows that land, which is the founda¬
tion of that industry, must fall in value bb the
tax burden is made heavier, and rise in price
whenever this burden is made lighter.
Since the departure of Mr. Henry Irving the
newspapers are comparing his receipts with
tlioso of other talented dramatic artistes.
Bernhardt’s total earnings here for 20 weeks
were $300,000. Jim. Langtry’s total wab $22!),-
663. Irving’s receipts were $405,604. '
Irving’s greatest Buccess was in Boston. There
iu one week ho played before 27,000 licarcrB.
The week’s receipts were $24,087. It must be
recollected that Mr. Irving began with quali¬
fied success and ended by eclipBing ail com¬
petitors.
U rxB lias now 10,000 small farms averaging
twenty-five acres, and tho wliolo must be irri¬
gated. There is only ono largo farm iu tlie
territory, and it is owned by a eompanv. Tlie
Great Salt Lake,(according to Elcitr Cannon,
contains enough salt to supply America for
centuries. All that is necessary in preparing
it for the market is to drive to tho edge of tho
lako with a wagon and a man with a pair of
rubber boats can load it with a shovel. Tlie
salt lies on the bottom of tho lako 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 citablishiug a chain of international station 8
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 station on Stanley Tool, at
the head of the lower cataracts, and tho key of
the upper Congo, was founded, and four steam¬
ers were launched on the great river. In 1883
the station of Stanley Falls, 1,000 miles up the
river, was founded. About 2,600 miles of river
transit of tho Congo and its tributaries are
opened to commerce by this chain of stations.
The imports to tho west coast of Africa laat
year were over $22,000,000, while the export
were over $27,000,000.
Acoobdino to Mulliall's Dictionary of Statis.
ties murder is a cause of death:
In England...............to 237 per 10,000,000
In Belgium...............to 240 H
In France................to 265
In Scandinavia...........to 266 44
In Germany..............to 279
Iu Ireland (1879)......... to 294 4 4
In Austria....... ......to 310 «i
In Russia...... ......te 323
In I tally........ .......to 604 44
In Spain........ ......to 533 44
In the United Statia .to 820 44
The exceedingly unfavorable record of the
United State* i» the natural result of alow con¬
dition of public sentiment on die subject of
murder.
The American climate is not so much respon¬
sible for (list are as damp heme* caused liy bad
drainage, the nae of tobacco, the drinking of
whiskey at all times ami especially between
meals, the excessive use of strong tea and cof¬
fee, the frying pan, the soda baking powder,
and patent purgative pill*. Overwork ia rarely
the disease. The present hot water craze i*
capable of doing as much harm at good
While hot water may be used with advantage
iu a limited number of eases, it has not been
writbout ita disadvantages. It has helped the
x t d ^ drinkers whole nervous
syatvm will ,, uot stand , the , strong stimulant. , A
cup of hot water tinged with Eagliah breakfast
tea and a lit le sugar makes a beverage that
cheera but doe* not stimulate. Some time
there will be a regular system of scientific diet
for disease,
In* the better day* of the republic our great
ptausincu were geueraliv impecunious. For
^ Wel^r put
$UW,000 at interest for him. and if it had not
- . . , .
1 r 1 r "' ' ' ‘year e
ster would ., Lave reared ,, from the senate, for he
declared !u reuld not give hu Ufe to his coun
lr fv ’ r The friends of Tom tor win
-
came to hi* relief at leaat once and paid hia
debt*. Henry Clay wa* toe recipient of a sun
iUr teaumonUl from hu frwnda. He apent a
whole generation in congress, lived beyond h
means, and the mortgage on his Ashland plac
; would have been foreclosed if it had not beto
privately cancelled by his whig friends jus
after his defeat for the presidency, Bento;
was thirty years in congress but he never t*
came a rich man, and never, while in office
availed him self of any opportunity to make
money,
The 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
ture. On all the hill sides and slopes of
north and east and of the Pacific states,
the original forest growth has been removed, it
is advisable to restore it. Very steep and high
hillsides should be permanently covered with
trees, and so should lowland tracts that are
stouey, 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
states 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 Jo
sweep all over the country.
The future of wheat raising is Xtjlracting
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 Ameiica. Alfeiiiy
with a crop of 85,000,000 bushels short the
price of wheat has gone 18 cents below that of
the time when our wheat crop was the largest
ever kuown. Iu future when Egypt, India and
central Africa pour their wheat into the mar¬
kets the farmers of this country will abandon
all hope of profitable competition. The .\H ,-j,
ican farmer must now adopt methods^rV u
will make him comparatively ’
ing which i im¬
pendent of the world’s wheat market. The
lesson taught hy the East India experiment
with wheat is enough to open our eyes, and now
that England is preparing to open a short road
to the vast fertilo districts in Africa tbire is
no estimating the outcome,
Grinnell is tho pioneer temperance city of
Iowa. Thirty years ago a few families settled
on tho Grinnell tract and went to work to
build up a town. Tlie owner of tho land incor¬
porated a provision in every deed to the effect
that any lot on which liquor was sold should
revert to the first owner or liis 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 manufacturing industries
which employ several hundred men of V& ious
nationalities and every shade of religion! and
political belief. There is no desire to change
tho present order of things because taxis are
low, real estate is advancing, and a good class
of people come to the place. There (po five
churches. Of the inhabitants from test to
last not one ever went to jail, to prisms or to
the poor house. The cyclone of 1882 destroyed
all ihe colleges, 100 dwellings and 40 lives, but
there has been a full recovery from the effects
of one of the most disastrous storms oj record.
Grinnell enjoys an enviable reputation for
good order, entci’Drise and prosper,!/. The
temperance people may well be prom} >f it, and
after thirty years it can hardly be called an ex¬
periment. It is an accomplished fact;
Irtenr consular rejorqi ^re ;ta eneff-> if ^>liej|Wl,
Mexico is no place for men of
they Americans have of abundant large capital. mak E reprising; (honey in
means can e
Mexico, but it is no country for men.
Everything iu Mexico is 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. Tho governors of the several state!
are responsible to the central power which ox
praises a preponderating influence in elections,
Public education is now pushed for all it i:
worth. There has been a great advance in tin
condition of the cities. Real estate has doub
led and in some instances trebled in value. Tin
Capital is now gridironed with mule railway!
leading out into tho country for miles in even
direction. Agricultural lauds do not advance!
in proportion. The cost of irrigation in almost
every section is a big item and keeps agricul.,
tore iu the background. One great drawback
to the progress of the country is the condition
of society. There are only two classes in Mel
0 , the highlit and the lowest. There is no
Middle class. Tne wealthy, educated non-pro
Aucera , never mingle , in • any way with ,,, the , eom
mon people, and it is not at all surprising as
thelattcrare the lowest and most degraded
specimens of humanity to be found anywhere
iu the world. The Americans xvho have
•warmed into the country are in the main a bad
lot, composed of border ruffian*, filibusters,
•peculators, coarse adventurers and broken
down profemional men. The Mexicans fear
and suspect these new-comers and it must ba
admitted that until we send a better clas* of
settlers there we can not expect our flag, our
civilization and our citizens to be respected.
Imported Cabbages.
The season for imported cabbages is
nearly over. A very large business is
done in New York, where line cabbages
command $16 per hundred. The origin
of the importation was a scarcity of
vegetables about three years ago, and an
effort was made to bring over all kinds
of European thing garden stuff, but cabbage
was the only that proved a success.
The shipments are made every fourteen
days, and range The from 100,000 to 250,000
head in each. importation this sea¬
son of red cabbage for pickling has not
l>een so large, the aggregate being about
150,000. These cabbages are much
smaller than the white cabbage, but are
equally Holland, compact. and They are brought
from shipments are made
every ten days. The demand being
more limited, the importation has been
restricted to prevent a glut in the
market.
The Kat.— A rat trainer says: “Take
the most ferocious rat, throw it into a
pail of water, and leave it there until it
becomes exhausted and is about to
drown: then take it out, roll it in wad¬
ding and pnt it in a warm place; when
the rat comes to, it will evince the
deepest / gratitude, and follow von about
tll honse like a dog.” We print this
paragraph They for the will benefit of our lady
readers. want to test the
cipe, and it will be a refreshing spectacle
to see them catching “the most ferocious
rat - ”—Aorrutotcn Herald,
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Xastern end Kiddle States
Dr. VVilliard Parki:r, one of the nv«
famous Hampshire, surgeons in America, a native or
bur a resident of New York
many years, died in that city a few days
since in his eighty-s ,-cond year.
ConsiicERaULH ex itenwnt and on?
resulted from a f*u d.ui aivane o four cents
a bushel in the pi i e o: wheat at the New
York produce exchange.
The Massichus tts Greenback State con
vention at Lynn eie ted del-gates at large to
the Ind ana, olis national convention, and
adopted molutions faroring General Butler
for President, declaring that ei ht hours
should constitute a day s work, demanding a
graduate de i income greenback t ix and asserting would that the
strur lor money be con¬
tinued.
Major-General Emerson Opdycke died
at his residence in New York fron the effects
of a wound receive 1 bv the accidental dis¬
charge of a pistil which he was cleaning.
General Opdycke was fifty-five yeaisoli, and
had be •- a prominent Federal officer lio n
Ohio in ... i la te war.
Ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward, of New
Jersey, died at his home in Newark, the
other day, aged 71 years. He was elected
governor of New Jerse,' in 1865, in 1868 w as
chairman of the Republican national com¬
mittee, and in 1872 was elected to Congress.
Georoe E. Ew-’INQ, a prominent Philadel¬
phia sculptor, came to New York for the
purpose Henry Irving, of modelling^alto-relievo the English actor, models and his of
principal support. Mr. Miss Ellen Terry. A few
momui gs ago, Ewing was found (lend in
bed at his hotel. He had turned on the unlit
pa- and been asphyxiat d. Mr. Ewing came
from Scotland two year- ago and hud ac¬
quired considerable reputation inart article-.
A National Conference of Colored Men
met in Pittsburg, the with delegations from all
part- of country in attendance. The ob
j: cfc of the conference, as stated by a delegate,
was to secure to the colored people, North
and South, ths re -osrnition under the laws to
which they are entitled. Various papers p er¬
tinent to the occasion were rtad and dis¬
cussed.
Charles L. Vose. a retired New York
inert hant, and Antonio Moreno, a metropoli¬
tan commission merchant, were impelled a
somnia few days ago by physical suffering death. and in¬
to shoot themselves to
A fire at (*len*s Falls. N. Y.. destroyed
both opera houses, (he Presbyterian . hi;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 di-trict of
New York city destroyed property val ed at
$250.0'0. During t.ie progress of toe fire
a ladder fell on a group of of newspaper re¬
porters. injuring one them—Samuel F.
Donnelly,employed on the Sun— dangerously.
The steamer Falmouth was burned at her
wharf in Portland (Me. I harbor. Three of
the crew p rished in the names. The esti¬
mated less is $175,000.
8. F. Donnelly, the New York reperter
struck by a falling ladder at a fire, died from
toe effects of his injuries.
James R. Keene, the great New York
stock ojiirator, lias failed to meet his obliga¬
tions after losing some $4,000,000 in the past
six months. Mr. Keene came from San Fran
cisco to New York about six years ago with
n fortune estimated at from Wall $1,(00,000 to
$5,000,000. He went into street, specu¬
lated heavily, and recently has been engaged
in selling stock privileges. A heavy fall in
toe muiket led to his downfall.
South and West.
Later ret urns put the vote in Louisiana
about as follows: Democratic State ticket,
legislature 86,107; Republican State ticicet, 42,931. Thj
will stand 112 Democrats to thirty
all otters.
Miss Ida Davis, a young lady of high so¬
cial standing,while outriding on horseback in
Bolivar county, Miss., was attacked by John
Header on, a colored man, dragged from her
hi rsa and assaulted with probably fatal re¬
sult. Henderson was caught by neighbors,
slowly strangled, and when limb nearly dead was
riddled with shot and torn from limb.
• W. J. Buchanan has been nominated for
|ravpniorl|y the Timieisee Greenback Cl'S.
Many persons were killel, about 1 0 in¬
jure 1, ana an immense am unit of damage to
property w is don by a lonudo in the v.c n
lty of Dayton, Oh o! The town of James¬
town was entirely destroyed.
Dudley Francis, of Mcssvill?, Ill., and
two of his children were diown.d by the up¬
setting of a rowboat.
Moses Fraley, an extensive St. Louis
speculator in grain, has failed for about $1,
0 )0,000. By a sudden rise in wheat he lost
$250,000 in mss than an hour.
Thomas L. Thompson and Daniel Jones
(white), Jack Womankiller (Cherokee!, John
Davis (Ch ictawi anil Fanny Echols (negress),
convicted in the U niter S ateei ('ourt of mur¬
der in the Indian Territ ry, and Mat Music
inegro!, convicted of criir.in.il assault in the
Inman Territory, have been sentenced to ba
hanged on.Friday, July 11.
Ex-Governor Henry M. Matthews, of
West Virginia, died at his home in Lewis
burg, W. Va . aged fifty years. He had
serve 1 in th ■ Conti derate army, was elo t il
attomev-g. ne.al of West 5 irginia. anil gov¬
ernor ill 18.6.
An i xoU sion of dynamite at a huge stone timber* quarry
neir Fl et:s\ ille, Ind.. hurled
and pile s of iron in ever, direction, kill it
on man cn l injured twelve, several with
fatal effect,
One ni-ht r.xentlv Hirnni Jefferson T was
iiSm his home at Audobon. Ia., by
three*men and hanged. His son, Cicero Jeffer
son. has lonfessod that he and his brothers
in-law, J. J. Wilson an 1 J. A. Smyth, were
The murderers.
i William Neal, ths List of the three men
Implicated in tho as-a fit an t niurd *rof three
children at Adrian 1. K v„ has l e n sent n ed
to death. It xva too attempt t si <_ lynch with th-e
three men wh ch 1 -d t * a cd hi th i
Kentucky militia and air w 1. nnlthe death
bf several men.
i'an A fire at Harford. Mich., destroyed toe
Buran County poorhouse, and fift.en in
nates lost their lives
roreiga.
The British government has ndooted a
Writing policy in the Soudan, »nd will prob
eb v not attempt to rascue General Gordon
ai Khartoum until the autumn.
injuiedbv . ««»•*- an rsr.TaaBis accudrtit hro g
t _
way tiam was :ro n ° ‘ “
r.Ter near te i.nl d ne*l, tel ■
Bv the upsetting of a ya ht at Miolarn.
Ontario, thrae men were drowned.
Fire in London burned out William White
iey. a causing large dealer in goods of every descrip
tion a loss of $1,Odd.000.
Many persons are dying continually of
yellow fever on the isthmus of Panama.
* of , Italy T w opened the
, The king and , queen «
international exposition at iuun.
Afire at causing Panama tosses destroyed which two aggregate blocks ^
of houses, large mob
<37X1.000. During its progress tired a by
of aruiid buildings plunderers and several were killed. upon own
srs of
The ministerial party has been successful
in tSb electi. ns in Spain.
„ Thirti con\ S 1. ’J hs ts»ci,t.
den tall of a ixir. of the'Wtam Wrack;in to m rro pro
cess of eract.on at I ort.-ououth. Lugla.M.
A greater loss of life than was at first re
ported resulted from the tumbling of a train
of cars through a bridge ut-ar teuidad-Keai.
Spa n. Srirty-eight c orpses having been taken
from tli* wreck. Fifty soldiers were reported
missing
A Fs inch fishiit g schooner was run down
bv a Nonrerivn bark off t e banks o ' New
fduudlxnd durin; a fog. Twelve of the ei,h
te n tisiermen on board toe schooner lost
their lives.
Two gunpowder magazines at Havana
alu ost everv street within the custom heuse
*
w.ti
Queen Victoria led the bridal procession
at the marriage of her grand slaughter, Louis, Prin¬ of
cess Victoria, of He*e. to Prince
Battenber.g, in Darmstadt, Germany.
By the powder magazine explosions killed in and Ha¬
vana twenty-one injured. i ezsons were
seventy-nine
Floods resulting from heavy rains have
caused great damage to property Republic. and some
loss of life in the Argentine A
nu nber of hou es fell i:i Buenos Ayres, four
bien ch'.ldr n w- date* re killed, 1 and man/ vi.iages hare
inn n
Washington.
The House iommit.ee on rub-committee posto’H e- anl
post road- h is directed a to
prep ir ■ a bill providing for a contract sys
tem of postal telegraphy.
The House committee on military affair
will ask for the appointment of a special com
xn'ttee to investigate the management General of the
Soldiers’ home at Dayton, Ohio.
Patrick, charged governor of the home, and has inhu¬ be n
with being overhead lg
man in his treatment toward the inmates.
Representative Stewart, of Texas, hr is
been directed by 'he House Commit
tee on foreign affairs to fir -par; a bill
pioviding mi-sir for the visit appointment .Mexico o Central three com and
ner-to an i
So .th A merica to se cure information re a
tive to inc easing the commercial interests
between those our.tr es and the United
Stares, The bill is to contain an appropria¬
tion of $10,B 0.
The H u e committee on apnropriations
agree 1 to lvpoifc Mr. Eliiss bill, with amend¬
ments the A providing ( -levins for o-it a loan of This $1,000,000 is to to
ew ex; o i. sum
le returned :o the govrrnmentaiter the pay¬
ment of curie t expenes, and tefore any
dividend is paid to stockholders.
Mr. Nimmo, chief of the bureau of statu¬
tes leoife that the to al values of
the import s of merchand s - f jr the
twelve months em el March 31, 1884,
were $183,35v,012, and for the twelve months
ended March 31, 1 n.se, $742.5(18.875. The
Tallies of the exports of merchandise for the
twelve months ended March 31, 1-84, were
$701,733,431, and for the twelve months ended
March 31, 1883, $808,727,8-1“
The consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill, a- report d n $377,275 the Hou-.-, than a ipiopriit s
$H. 7.770. which is 1 si the esti¬
mates, and $318,11.85 hs- than the appropria¬
tion lor Ihe present year.
J acob Cole, boatswain of the Jeannette,
died the other clay in .-'t. Elizabeth's Hos¬
pital for the Insane, at Washington. He
ha 1 bee (he mo insane of too from Jeannette. hardships endured
after wreck
In t ie contested election case of Wallace
vs. McKinley, House committee of Ohio, a sub-committee by of
the of elections, a vote
of three to two. decided to report to the full
committee in favor of the sitting member,
Mr. McKinley.
„ The wor-col , „. laying . stone toe Washing
on
ton monument has be n resumed at a height
of 41-1 feet, tne i omt reached at the susp n
sion oi wor - as. lad. A coarse each day will
be laid during favorable weather. Stone is
prepared to raise toe -tract.ire to a height of
4i0 feet.
Engineer Melville appeared before the
House committee of investigation and give
his version of the life on tua Jeannette, ra
loumiug the officers. ihe various raid little had differences between
He he never been in a
vessel where there was less quarreling.
The President has sent to Congress a com¬
munication from the secretary of state ex¬
plaining matic the need and of advising the consular against and diplo¬
service any re¬
duction of the appropriations.
During the present Congress 6,858 bill
have been introduc -d in the House of Bepre
resentative-. In the last Congress during
the same period the number of bill-, intro¬
duced was 0,0.1,
In tho criminal court at Washington the
case of the United States against William
l'itt Kellogg was begun. Mr. Kellogg
was while charged United with States having received mono/
a Senator for str
vic es ' rend era l in relation to a contract
with too Unite! States in violation of section
1.783, testified revised that he statutes. had paid Contractor Price
obtaining Kellogg $50,000
lor the (Xuedition of service upon
his (Price’s; routes from the nos :o.lice depart¬
ment.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
Provisions of tlie Xeimtc Bill Estab¬
lishing (he Bureau.
As emended end pased by the Unit d
States Senate, the bill providing for the es¬
tablishment of a bureau of animal industry
and the extirpation of contagious cattle diss
eases provides that toe commissioner of agri¬
culture shall organize in h s department a
bureau of animal industry, with n ch ef who
shall he a competent veterinary surgeon,and
who shall investigate and report th- condition
of the domestic animais of the United States,
an 1 tae cause of contagious, infectious anil
communicable diseases among to m. He
shell also colle. t s ch oth r inforin-iti n
on these sub e 'ts as may be valuable to
the agricultural an 1 commercial int r
e-ts of the United .5 tales. For thepurpo. es
of the bureau the commissioner of agricul¬
ture is authorized to employ a force not to
exceed tw enty persons at one time. The s il
ary of the chief of the bureau is fixed at
$3,000: that of the clerk at $1,50 ). The com¬
missi' ner is to appoint two competent agent;,
who shall be practical raisers of or men ex¬
perienced in cornmer ill tranra tions affe t
ing live stock, who shall report the best man¬
ner of transporting and caring for animals,
and the means to be a 1 opted to sup ness and
extirpate pleuro-pneumonia and other dan¬
gerous contagious or i omm miesbl - diseases.
J he com: e isation of such agents is fixed at
$ 10 per day.
The commissioner is to prepare as early be as
possible such rules and regulations as may named
necessary to extirpate the diseases the utivc
and certify such rules, etc., to exe
authority of each State and Territory, and
invite the co-operation of such executive
authority in the execution of the act of Con
grass. \Yhen the rules, et shall have been
accepted by su h executive authority, toe the
d mmissioner may expend in be State so
accepting so much money as may ne ves
s&swfeeris feciion and quarantine ss sxsess be
measures of as may disease
from neces ary to prevent Territory toe spread into another. toe
one state or
j a or> j er p, promote exportation of live
stock special iavtsligation shall be made rs
to the existence of contagious disease along
th-* dividing line between the United States
and foreign countries, and along toe trans
porta tion lines tram all parts o ihe United
States to ports from which . a. le are ex
ported, and reports ,‘ h‘C maie to the secret with ;r c the oi
State thetreasnry v shall co-operate corporation;.
and mmiiciial au: ho rite,
and persons engaged in transportation of neat
cattle by land or water, in estil lishingregu- ihecitte
latlons for the safe conveyance of
and ; reventinj the spr<a iof dbei.se: a d th •
secretary of the treasury is authorize 1 to
t ike such steps a; may be ne -easily,
hot inconsistent with the act to pre
cattle affe .
vent the exisvrtation of ten
witfa a ’ lv c °h7agious disease, especially pleu
r^pneunonla. j Transportation cattle affe companies with
ar forbidden t > transport te t rer
any contagious disease from one State or
ritory to another. l>ut the so-called splenetic
or Texas fever is excented fromtheiategory ragard;
u{ co umunicable diseases, so f .r as
the trans; ortation of cattle to market. X io
latio i of the act by railroad companies th* or ves- of
sels is de dared a a * to me nor on t art
the manager or captain, punishable by fine
no: to exceed $J*,0J0. > r imprisonment not to
exceed one year, or by both. It is ma ie the
duty of the Unit 'd Mat s di trivt attorne s
to prosecute the eas ; ?
the bureau, a lift o. all per. ons employed,
their com iensa-ion. etc.
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.
Election in Various States of Bele»
gates to -at onal Con.entions.
At the Massaehuse:ts 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. The tariff plank
of the platform adopted was as follows.
“We advocate tariff laws which, while fur¬
nishing necessary revenue, shall favor ths
labor anl industrial enterprises of tlie conn
try and reduction not assail of them. duties A hile becau: we ir.s.sj; e o 1
ureon a cus om
the dangerous surplus in the treasury re"
ceipts. at the same lime we deem it essen¬
tial that this reduction should be male
with the least possible injury to the labor,
and manufacturing interests of the country,,
and we condemn the arbitrary per¬ the
centage redutio.i proposed of Representa¬ by
presen: Democratic House inequali¬
tives, because it fails to reform any
ties of taxation, disregards the business
wants of the country, and. if adopted, would
cr.pple many industries and at the same time
would probably increase the revenue.” Presi¬
dent Arthur s administration is wannlv com¬
mended, but no preference is express ed as to
his successor, except to demand that the can
di iate shall be "a man of proved fidelity in
public life, and whe s i relations to the party
are su ch that ail o " its members can heartily
unite in Massachusetts his support.” Democratic State
The con¬
vention. held in Worcester, balloted for dele¬
gate! at large to the national convent'on
w.th the following result: BeniaminF. But¬
ler, 634: Jcslah G. Abbott, 608; M. J. McCaf
lerty, 37.1; Janes Delaney, 353; and these
were dec'ared ele te 1. A motion was c 'Tried
unanimously that it was the sense of _th - con¬
vention that General Butler should
be nominate 1 for Piesident of toe
Unite ! States at the national Democratic
convention in Chicago, Another motion
teat the delegates at large be instructed to
vote at the Chicago convention on every
ballot fi r General B. F. But.er for candidate
for President, was tabled, The platform
alopteri deprecates ail tendencies to class
distinctions or toward the creation of
mono; olies: advocates frequent elections and.
limited tenures of office; reaffirms the re-olu
t ons of toe 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 the working people by govern¬
Republican ment both Stats -'net and of Federal; the fisheries denounces indus
-
t:y and ookBrircial navigation; de¬ of
nounces the official abuses
patronage and to: rotten condition of to©
public service as demonstrated by the Star
route fraud-, and demands reform; demands
a red in tion of the tariff, and declares that
t , le bardea o£ taxation should be removed
frjm tlle necossisie 5 of life, and not from
whiskv and tobacco; tenders thanks to Gov
ernol . - But;e( . for his aMe an q fearless adm n
i- tra: ion, and commends his energy in public
New Hampshire Republicans, at their State
convention in Concord, elected as dele rate i
at large: Charles B. Sawyer, George H. How¬
ell. Edward H. Rollins and Joseph B. Clark. be
Two of these delegates are understood, to
for Arthur, one for Edmunds and one for
Riaine. The platform adopted congratulates flat¬
the Kepubli an-o 'other States on the
tering prospects for another triumph of
Republican principles, . omraend- Ar¬
thur s administration, demands such ex¬
ercise of power bv toe national gov¬
ernment ns will in-uro the enjoyment ot his
constitutional rights to every citizen in tin
South, condemns the horiioatal reduction ol
duties an i maintains toe doctrine of protec
t on. favors a reduction of duties on the nec¬
essaries of life an 1 in reasa of those upon
luxuries, urges the eradication service,demands of polygamy toe
and a reform in toe civil
susp riSion of toe coinage of the silver dollar, bill
and approves toe national education
passed by toe Senate. convention,
Ihe Maine Republican State
held in Bangor, renominate 1 Fredeiiek Rome
for governor, by aeclamat on. General John , ? •
S. Cas ‘.of Rockland an 1 Weston F. Millikin, 1
of Portland, were chosen presidential electors. Chicago f V
The following delegates at large to
were chosen: J. R. Rodwell, George C. Wing, I .
Jo-. S. Wheelright. and J. H. Drummond.
The platform adopted favors though the firm, protective foreign
policy: urges a prudent, toe of Janies G.
policy; presents their choice name for the presidency;
Blaine as
aoprove; toe present administration
expresses S3vere disapproval of the action of
the the Morrison Democratic Tariff majority bill and in Congress, the shipping upon
on
bills, and reaffirms approval of tho poliGy of
prohibition. The Maine Straightout Greenback
conven¬
tion at Augusta nominated W. F. Eaton, of
Cape Elizabeth, for governor. convention Delegates and to
the National Greenback two
presidential electors were chosen. A motion I
to ins :ruct the delegates for General Butler
was defeated.
At the Vermont RepubT-an State conven¬
tion in Montpelier the following werechessn: delegates at
large to (he national convention
J. Gregory SmTh, Re lfield Pro-tor, Freder
i -k Billings. Broughton D. Harris. The dele- I
gition's ch i e is Edmunds. The platform
adopted reaffum- all-giance to the great
parcy, and re-oU es that the party of cannot rest
on its past, but must be a party progr:ss.
It declares that Congressmen and office
h older.- must be relieved from the importunity
of office-seekers. The system of pro¬
tection which has developed labor rich na¬
tional industries, made desire
and living cheep, the is approved, and a of the
is expressed wool for and woolens, reiastatement and call is
duties on a
made for a reduction of taxarion on nects;a
ries rather than luxuries. George F. Ed¬
munds is i resented as a representative ot
what i- best in th ■ Republican party, and as
one whose high and unselfish public service,
aggres ive integrity, unblem ability, shed sagacity, record, fit states¬ him
manship and
above all other- for adunni-trution the ch ef magistracy President of
the nat-i n. The of
Arthur i i heartily c ommended as free from
reproa h. It in-tracts the delegates to vote
for Edmun 1- a- long as he stands before ths
national convent on.
The Iowa Republic an State Blaine convention delegation at
Des Moines cto e a solid
for the national i on vention and a (opted
resolution- which declare strongly in favor of
t ie Republican poslti n o:i the tariff.demand destructive
that C'liigiv s shall holt in the
woru pro - se! by the Morrison fill and de
c are that Jam s G. Blaine is the choice of
the Republicans of Iowa for President.
Kansas Republicans, at their State eonven
tion in j. Topeka, elected four delegates at
laree favorable to Blaine and chose two
_
pre-idential electors. The resolution* adopted
strongly commend Arthur's administration
a d favor nati nal legis.atlon to regulate
inter-State commerce. State
The West Virginia Kepubli four can delegates conven¬
tion at Martin* lrg elec-red at
large 1 1 the national convention anl passed
a r • ol rion n-tr i tin : the delegates to vote
for F laine as .o.ig as there was a reasonable
chance i f bis nomination.
Virginia ft ai/ Richmond, .t mt Repucllcans, el cted at unin- their
eonv ntion in an
5 ru .-id 1-x-a ion :o tLe national conven
ti n. b . t deelar -it in toe ir re so. utions t ? at t ne
nomination (>f Biiine and ton "In would in¬
spire -ol rage among toe Republicans of toe
8 onto.
ihe Michigan Greenback State convention
at D. tror was attend -d ny Governor B gole
and pr minent Gre nback rs. The debt-ares
chosen to th- national c nvention at indian
apoiis were instru t d to vote for Butler for
President. State
At to Wisconsin Republican ted de.egats con
ven ion in >Ia iisoa uninstru
t ■ the national convention were .chosen.
Fair child is the first choice of the delega es
for Pre.-i.lenr.
Nebra-k t R. pu’ li -ans. at their Sta e con¬
vention i i iomah i. ele ted a Blaine dtlegatroa
to the Chicago convention.
Nevcdi Repnd liean* sent an uniur traded
delegation to Chicago, for President but pas-ed a resolu¬
tion favor jig Blaine
London ha» tiu-ee mitoons of working peo
la.