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Th CrawMie Dnocrat.
CRAWFORDVILLE. GEORGIA.
A VEAR'n nOKH.
fnfrreatlnc from AH Point* for
(bf Year 1884.
Th* Kew York Coffee Exchange sold 7,379,-
200 bagw laHt year.
During 1881 the unknown dead of I miadel
ohia numbered 64. made 13,203
in 1884 the police of New York
arrctftfi, against 20,224 in 1888.
There were 2,401 lire* iu New York city, in
2884, involving a loss of $3,469,539. of New
During 1884 there arrived at the port
York 6,035 foreign and 11,900 coastwise vessels
The eight railroads out of Boston had an in¬
come in J 884 of $29,777,453, against $29,967,
970 in 1883.
The population of Ht. Petersburg is now in
862,000, showing an increase of 25 per cent,
fifteen years. to $8,
The State debt of New York amounts
000,000 and $4,000,000 of it is provided for in the
Sinking Fund.
In Boston, the shipments of cases of boots
and shoes aggregated 2,487,322 in 1884, against
2,568,033 in 1883.
There were 11,805 marriages in New York
city last year, and the births were only 5,000
less than the deaths.
Thirty-five thousand and forty-four deaths
were rej>orted at the Health Department ot
New York city in 1884.
Plans of 2,900 buildings, to cost Department $41,000,000, of
were filed with the Building
New York city, in receipts 1884. Montreal for the
The customs at
pant year were $6,800,000, & decrease of $943,*
000 as compared with 1883.
The receipts fr/in customs at the port of
New York last year were $132,416,696.94, or
$ 12,328,521.80 less than in 1883.
During the year 1884 there were 2,946 new of
buildings erected in Brooklyn. The number
buildings now in Brooklyn is 72,055, indicating
a imputation of 666,509. Boston 117,
The filial sales of wool in were
260,700 pounds in 1884, against 122,373,750
pound* iu 1883, 119,540,000 pounds in 1882 and
126,709,000 pounds m 1881.
The deposits in tlie savings hanks of Boston
amount to $262,720,146, or $10,000,000 more
than was the case a year ago. The open ac¬
counts number 826,008, an increase of 19,998
within a year.
The total receipts for duties at the Boston
Custom House lor the twelve months just
closed amounted to $20,359,668, against $22,*
730,557 for tlie year 1883, showing a dccreasfi
of $2,370,889* the United States Mint in
The coinage at
Philadelphia during last year aggregated 52,*
270 (K>o pieces, representing a valuation oi
$16,949,069. Of this amount $1,740,216 were
hi gold pieces, $14,412,369 in silver, and $796,
483 in base coins. During the year there were
11,273,942 five-cent pieces and 23,261,712
pennies coined.
In New? York city it is estimated that there
are out of employment clothing makers, 20,
000; built hn/s trades, 12,000; tobacco and cigar
makers, 11,000; furnishing shoo goods, artificial
flowers, etc., boot and operatives
3,300; iron and machinery, bread and 2,500; confectionery, musical in
struments, 1,500; 1,000; all,
850, and publishers and discharged printers, clerks In al‘
54,950, or, including iu
hues, at least 60.000.
The earnings of New York Htato prisons in
1884 were $401,159.19—the expenses, $390,-
601.22. Surplus, $10,657.97. Europe for tho
Bhipmeuts from Montreal to
year 1884 wero 18,139 beeves, 62,985 beef. sheep, 75
pigs and about 16,500 quarters ot
iioston shipped to foreign ports in 1884 tho
following: 67,624 beeves, 19,270 sheep, 105,631
beef quarters and 3,482 carcasses of mutton.
The annual review of trade in Chicago shows
an aggregate of $933,000,000 for 1884, against
$1,(DO,000,000 for 1883, a decline of 11 per
cent. tho of New York
Tho total debt of State was
reduced to $4,399,018.02 in 1884. The tax rate
will raise on tho present HUto valuation of
$3,014,691,372 the sum of $7,762,572.78 for tho
needs of government.
During his term of office Gov. Cleveland, of
New York, received 963 applications for par*
dons Of these 79 were granted, 491 wero
denied, 47 commutations, and 1 respite wore
granted, leaving 345 cases to be passed with¬
out prejudice t*> Gov. Hill.
From all tlie United States and Canadian
ports in 1881 there were shipped to Europe 539,091
180,271 live cattle, 86 439 live sheep,
quarters of beef, 61,287 carcasses of mutton and
1,269 pigs (alive and dressed), equal to about
240,900,400 pounds ot beef, 10,340,330 pounds
Of mutton and 150,280 pounds of fresh pork.
In 1884, in all parts of the country, 135
legal executions took place. 180
During the lu-t yenr persons were
lynched in the United 8lutes and Territories.
During 1884 the imports of drygoods into
the port of New York amounted to $113,
906,176.
The Commissioners of New York city cared
for 6,463 widows, orphans, foundlings and
destitute persons during 1884.
In the NVw York City Charit ihle Hospitals
29,920 path nts were received in 1881. Of these
27,969 were discharged; 3,678 died, and 8,778
were there Jan. 1st, 1885.
Tne smpmems or pe etrolenm from rhlladel*
phi* in 1884 were 119,268.919 gallons. bushel* of
Philadelphia shipped 5,200,125
wheat and 2,268,769 bushels of corn last year.
The Minneapolis lumber cut for the past,
season was the heaviest on record—about
315,000,000. centennial the tire loss
During the year exceeded $1( 0,000.9 was 0
only $64 6S0.600, but it
in 1888 anil wus not less than that amount ir
18*4.
The railway mileage of the United States in¬
creased only about 4,HU) miles during 1884,
making the total, in round numbers, 125,600
miles.
The number of |feet of logs pealed the past
year in Mmn soni was 287,000,000; total mar.tl*
facture, ll»9,1X0,000. leaving 118,000,0*. 0 in
booms.
At Buffalo the total receipts of grain for 1984
reached 7U.0; 0.000 bushels. The heaviest re¬
ceipts oil record Mere in 1880, when 111,799,
000 bushels \vt re deliver* d.
Over 8,000,000 bead* of stock were receive 1
at tho Chicago stock ysrfls in ISM. Of these
*.,590,000 ti* ad w ve shipped Last alivi I ho
Value of the stock was $187,387,680.
Tin* 6mlD l’r«i» of 1SSI.
Tim Agri siltural Department, at Washing*
* on mak Dm to lowing estimate of the crop
ieid for 1884:
CORN.
Bushels.
Yield... . 1 , 800 , 000,060
Acreage. 69.000,000
WHEAT.
field...... ... 500,000,000
*A*n age... ... 38,000,000
o.vi s.
>ld...... .. 570,000,000
Acreage... 21 , 000,000
HARLEY
Yield...... 50,000.900
Acreage... 2,500,000
RYE.
\ eld...... .... 25,000,000
Acreage... .... 2,000,060
In the items of corn, wheat aud oats the
tdficiol returns wii dtfier very little from
Aheae estimates.
riyniaulli t luirrh. Brooklyn.
No little interest was manifested in the sale
of the pews in Beecher a Plymouth Church
this season. The fixed rentals this year
amounted to $11,857; lad year they were
$12,833. The total premiums this year were
$15,399. which, with the fixed rentals, make
the total rentals loot up $27,256. l a¬
the total was $84,844, that the falling »ft
this redaction year amounted «o $7,588. or allowing for
the of the fixed rentals about $6,500.
The first choice sold to U. T. Bush for $800
premium and $110 rental; the second choice
to H B. Claflin for $500 premium and $120
rental. Tlie highest rentals were in 1875.
when $68,997 was realised, and tlie lowest in
1585 when the sum reahaed was $27,256.
NEWS SUMMARY
F.BMIrm and middle Stain.
Thk turmoil in New York city local politics Mayor
culminated on New Year’s day, when
Edson, whose first appointments of com¬
missioner ot public works and refused corporation
counsel the board of aldermen to con¬
firm. Mayor Edson gave up the keys of bis
office at midnight, and Alderman Kirk, pres¬
ident of the ohl board of aldermen, and
Hanger, the newly elected president of that
body, both entered upon tlie duties of mayor,
each claiming to hold that office until noon,
when Alayor Grace was sworn in. Thus the
city had three mayors in one day.
Frekjdent-ki.ect Cujvkea.nd held Execu¬ a pub¬
lic reception lasting two hours at the
tive mansion in Albany on New Y'car’s day.
He was surrounded by his military staff in
full uniform, and shook hands with a large
number of visitors.
I.v a newspaper interview Air. Andrew
Carnegie, of the Edgar Thomson Steel works
at Pittsburgh, Penn., and many other indus¬
trial establishments, proclaims himself an
advocate of socialistic principles, When
asked, “Are you prepared now to divide your
wealth?” Mr. Carnegie smiled and said: “No,
not at present, but I do not spend much on
myself. I give away every year seven or
eight times as much as I spend for personal
comfort arid pleasures. Working people extend have
my full sympathy, and I always a
helping hand. Speaking of the present posi¬
tion of the workingman, I lielieve co-ojiera^
tion is his hope."
Dr. Rudolf Taufzky, a prominent New
York physician, during a lit of insanity
brought on by j alousy, shot his young wife,
and then turned the pistol upon himself, in¬
flicting a.mortal wound. His wife’s wound
is not serious.
Abnkr Coburn, governor of Maine in
1862 and 1803, died at Portland, a few days
ago, aged eiglity-two years.
The banking house of Cook & Sackett, of
Havana, N. Y,, susjiended owing to the dis¬
appearance of the senior member, Elbert P.
Cook, with the funds. Cook was treasurer of
the village.
A fire burned down one-third of the busi¬
ness portion $40,000 of worth Holley, of N. property, Y., and destroyed including
nearly Frlsbie’s block, Robb’s
the Standard office,
block anil Masonic Hall.
Gov. Pattison h annual message shows
that the total receipts of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania for tho last fiscal year were
$6,146,000, and the total payment $5,912,662. stringent
The message recommends more
laws in regard to tho sale of liquor, and a
more rigid and less expeditious divorce law.
At the opening of the New York legisla
lalure the following brief resigning message bis office liom
President-elect Cleveland, received; “To the legisla¬
as governor, i hereby was resign tho office of
ture Grover governor
of the Hlate of Now York. Cleve¬
land." Lieutenant-Governor Hill, who has
sue ceded Mr. Cleveland as governor, sent in
his first message to tlie legislature. George
C. Erwin, the Republican candidate, was
elected speaker of the assembly. Senator
Dennis McCarthy was elected president pro
tern, of the senate.
The me-sago of Governor Hill to tlie New
York legislature reviews aiul commends the
executive and legislative work of the Htate
government under Mr. Cleveland's adminis¬
tration, It particularly that of tlie year just be
closed. declares tho public mid finances valuable to
in a satisfactory condition been made in all that pro¬
gress to have
concerns tho .State s material welfare. Re¬
vision of banking laws, par¬
ticularly those relating to desirability private institu¬ of the
tions, is urged, and tho
legislature at once abolishing tho present
prison labor contract system and substituting
one more in accord with tho expressed wish
of tlie public is dwelt upon at great length
Biennial spring elections for municipal officer*
in New York are recommended; close atten¬
tion is called to tho work of civil service reform,
a modification of nalurallzatidir tKWS
vised; careful consideration is invited to the
problem New York of forest preservation; bills because the failure careless of
reform of
wording of is cited legislation, as proof and of need employment of closer
of scrutiny counsel tho legislature tho
gcstcil competent Numerous other to also is sug- dis¬
cussed. topics are
The annual auction sale of pews in Mr
Beecher’s Flymouth Church, Brooklyn, drew
the usual large attendance. The first choice
brought $27,256, $ 800 about , and the entire loss than sale lust realized
or $7,000 year.
It. F. Jones, Chairman of tho Republican
national committee, was elected President of
tho American Iron and Steel association at
u meeting in l'hiladelpbiu.
Sotitlt and W cM.
A train was thrown from tho rail near
Grafton, W. Va., and tho engineer and tire
man wore instantly killed, ana several other
persons wire injured, Tho accident was
c aused by some one who intended to wreck
the entire tram.
Bight iwtsoijs wore lost mid two saved by
the loaded stranding with of the Norwegia Hog i bark bar, Lena, Vir¬
sugar, on Island
ginia. Vessel and cargo were a total loss.
Heavy rains followed by floods have done
much damage in portions of Texas and Ar¬
kansas.
The German bark LIU, with live of her
crew, was lost otf the California coast.
Guards at the scene of the driven Hocking Val¬
ley (Ohio) mine troubles were from a
railroad tunnel, heavily armed timbered crowd. with The solid
walls of coal, by an tun¬
nel was then tired at both sides and de¬
stroyed, causing a heavy loss. A number of
arrests were made.
Hr hk Hariiel, a ballroom jealous lover, discharged
a shot-gun into a near Batchto 11
III., wounding seven young people—two
fatally.
At Chicago a tugboat explosion killed five
persons. One of them was hurled where fifty foot im¬
nigh against a grain elevator, pressed iu the blood
print of bis form was mvd
ou the side of the building.
Two men boarded a passenger train at
Rising Sun, Md., and with revolvers drawn
went through a passenger car. relieving the
passenger- of their money and valuables.
After get ting considerable laxity they jumped
otY the train and disappeared in the woods.
Two residents of Oxford, 1 Vmi.. were caught
in the woods and taken tv) jail at Elk ton.
Dr. Jonx Maxwell, who murdered throe
of his four children Springfield, by poisoning them,hanged
himself in jail at Ohio.
Mr. 1). L. Moody, the evangelist, began
a series of revival nu v etings, lasting ten attended days,
n Richmond, Va. Large crowds
the meetings.
Seven men were found frozen to death
on tho road between Niobrara and Long
Vines. Neb.
Determined upon obtaining revenge be¬
cause officers of the Baltimore and Ohio rail¬
road had arrested her husband for robbing
freight cars, Mrs. Mary Beck put on male
garments and succeeded in IV. wrecking Va., an the ex
press train near Grafton, with
loss of two lives and much destruction of orop
ertv. JShe was arrested and admitted her
guilt.
Way up in Oregon a passenger train which
left Portland got stuck in the snow after
going nl o it forty miles, and whoa last Ir ani
from bad been blockaded eighteen days, with
little prospects of getting out of tho tliirty
foot drifts W'fore next spring! The twenty
five Jieople aboard the train have been regu¬
larly supplied with victuals brought by relief
parties, and fuel out from the surrounding
forests has kept them warm.
Thk congressional committee to investi¬
gate the appointment of United States dep
uty marv hols in Cincinnati at the October
elections, the Hon. Mr. Springer, chairman,
b“gati their work in the city named. United
States Marshal Lot Wright was the first wit¬
ness called.
Washington,
FrEsidOT AriEL K'S New Year’s recejj-
tion at the White House was a bri i ' an t “*■
fair, the ladies’ toilets elegant and tastetui, >
assistefl and the attendance in receiving large. the guests The Presi in J? -he n ,T blue a ' s
room by his sister, Mrs. McEiroy, Jf re - c Alo- re
linghuysen, Airs. Chandler. Henator Aire. Edmunds, Krewsqeft wrs. Mrs.
Culloch, Airs. of
Hatton, Airs. Teller and the wives of \seme
the justices of the supreme court. I
During December the national the\ dgbt onth
again increased, the amount for tot$_debt, m
being «041,:i»4.71. This left $1,418,6481®****** the
less cash m the treasury, $Gi..',475,176.31. at
ca-li in the treasury, \
The coinage executed at the various K°ld
States mints in December was; 101,0-lb V
pieces, worth $2,333,623.50; 2,798,080 ilver
pieces, worth worth (12,425,005.25; 4,018,310
coins, $90,429.30; total coinage,
418 pieces, worth $4,849,958.05. j
H. Kidd has file i a notice of contest
the seat of George W. .Steele, of the Kief 0 !™
Indiana District. Mr. Kidd charges that
votes in his favor were cast out by the) Re¬
publicans. This is the first notice of a;® 00 '
test in the next Congress that has Keen
filed.
The governors of twenty States have ' vn *'"
ing ten expressing the American a desire exhibition to co-operate in in Loiiq ink¬ on
In 1883 a faithful and thorough exposil 1 ™ 1
of the arts, manufactures and prodv j
of the United Washington, States. Mr. John Gilmer SpY?®' lve
the agent at continues to rec<‘ ^
from public men assurances of their supi 101
of the measure to secure an official part*cjP Br
tion in the exhibition by the government it
A decision ot the United States constitutil’T suprJ ae
court just rendered sustains the
ality of the New Hampshire mill act. TA 1 ®
is a decision of great importance in and o ut
ot New England. It determines the ccT
stitutionality of the “mill acts” in force9°
moat of the States, by which land is ooP^
demned to dam streams for water power.
Gem.rai. VF. B. HAZEN'.chiefsienal Holtnorth officer^ of thy
has reduced Sergeant Otto
signal service to the ranks, and has formallT hT
recommended to the secretary of war that
be dismissed from the service for riflinj
Lieutenant Greely s private papers.
Thf. clerk of the House states that in the
next Congress the House will contain 182
Democrats, Democrat (Air. 140 Republicans, Weaver, of Iowa), one Greenback^ and on- 1
Grcenla -k Republican exists (Mr. in Brumm, the Nineteenth of Penn¬
sylvania), congressional A vacancy district of Pennsylvania.
the members of the present House 187
be n re-elected. Arkansas, Delaware,
sas, Maine and West Representatives. Virginia have made no
change in their
Secretary McCulloch has transmitted
to the House an estimate specifying employes the num¬
ber and class of officers and of every
grade and which nature, be with tlie rates of properly compen¬
sation will necessary to
conduct the business of collecting the revenue
at each port of entry in the United States
for the fiscal year ending .June ,'10, 1880. The
number of regular officers and employes is es¬
timated at 4,147, and their salaries at $.">,295,-
139. An additional estimate for miscellane¬
ous items is made, amounting to $1,160,623.
The annual report of the Mississippi River
commission has been sent to Congress. The
amount of money called for by the coin mis¬
sion for the next fiscal year is $10,717,600.
Foreign.
While six little children were playing and on
the ice in Toronto Bay, tlie ice gave way
three were drowned.
Further earthquake shocks have resulted
in continued disaster and death throughout
Spain. Velez Malaga, a town of 13.060 in¬
habitants, was ] artly laid in ruins and aban¬
doned by the terror-stricken residents. A.
thousand houses in Alhania are in ruins. The
town of Albuquerque was completely de
stoyed. The total number of deaths in hpaiu
is estimated at more than 2,009.
At the lord mayor’s banquet in Dublin the
toast to tlie queen was received with ap
pluuso mingled with great hissing.
■- -A ht. - tot d- iih-ii a a )..' 8 $» gififl/ii k scttgl .i t sii
another dynamite explosion. The affair hap¬
pened on one of the underground trains railways
which traverse London, explosion and two badly pass¬
shattered; ing at tho time houses of the shaken and were people
were
thrown down, but no serious in jury upon per¬
son or prot»rty was inflicted.
General Cam fenon, French minister of
war, has resigned because he is dissatisfied
with tho Touquin campaign.
SEVERE earthquake shocks are reported
from Italy and Chili.
Recent floods in India have destroyed
hundreds of houses. Fifty-three persons have
been drowned by the overflow of the Red
Hill lakes at Madras.
At a council of cabinet ministers in Paris
it was resolved to send 12,000 French troops
to the scene of war in Tonquin.
A railroad train left the track in Buenos
Ayres, South America, killing seven and in
juring fifteen people. All the victims were
persons of prominence.
Failures tn (he Country.
Tlie commercial agencies give the followings
3gures of tlie failures in the country duiing
;lie past year:
IN NEW YORK CITY.
Year. Number. Assets. Liabilities.
1881.. .. 391 §3,902,000 §11,130,000
1882 309 5,803,000 13,323.000
1883 478 13,943,000 27.073,00 0
1884.. .. 528 38,615,000 71,543,000
IN THE MIDDLE STATES.
mi.... 2,G03 $57,664,000 $107,025,000 .
IN THE EASTERN STATES.
1884.... 1,551 $8,235,000 $20,566,000''
IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
1884.. .. 2,361 $17,963,000 $36,757,000
IN THE WESTERN STATES.
1881.. .. 4.004 $43,987,000 $73,367,000
IN THE PACIFIC STATES.
1884.. .. 830 $5,319,000 $8,507,000
IN THE TERRITORIES.
1884.. .. 271 $1,452,000 $2,518,000
IN THE UNITED STATES.
1883.. .. 10,299 $90,804,000 134,620,000 f 248,0005600 175,968,000
1884.. .. 11,620
IN CANADA.
1884.... 1,363 $9,074,000 $17,126,000
Till; distinguished dead.
The Not ultlr People who belt I h In 1831.
The necrology of the year 1884 includes
among noteworthy Americans. Charle* Fenno
Hoffman, Charles O’Conor, Judah John P. Lt teller, of
Virginia, Wendell Phillips. Benjamin,
Paul Morphy, Cyrus H. McCormick, Bishop Gan. God¬
frey Weitzel, Robert Hoe, Bishop, Benjamin
Boswortli Snmli, Mme. Anna William
H. Hunt. Jane Grey Swisshelm, Augustus
Schell, William A. Beach, Charles J. Folger,
Sam Waul and “Chevalier” Wvkoff.
Among journalists are: Senator Henry B.
Anthony, of the Providence Journal; "Dr.”
John B. Wood, of the New York fluff; Wilbur
F. Storey, Chicago Times; Dr. Sanford B.
Hunt. Newark Advertiser; Thomas Kin sella,
Brooklyn Eagle, and Gen. James Watson Webb,
ex-editor of the New York Cocrier and En¬
quirer. Abroad the distinguished dead of the
among edi¬
year are Charles lteade, Thomas Chenery, the
tor of the Loudon Titries; R. H. Home,
historian; Henry J. Byron, the dramatist: Sir
Michael Costa,' composer; Gen. Makart, Todleben, the
Marie Taglioni, Cetewayo, Hans
Austrian artist, aud Fannv Eissler.
FOrRTEEN SKTTI.EKS FROZEN
Bodies Found Scattered Alois a Railway
6 radius.
Sioux City, Iowa. Jsn. 7. 18S5.—News has
been received here, which is believed to be re¬
liable, that the bodies of fourteen men have
been found between a point twenty-nine miles
west of Valentine, Neb. »ud ’fhe Gordon City,
Neb., seventy milts west bodies were
found along and near victims the newt railroad grade.
The dead men weie of the recent ter
ribie their blizzard in and for are supplies supposed from to claims be settlers which
on way
they have been built locating near season. the line ot the
new road to be next
SUMMARY £ OF CONGRESS
Senate.
At the opening of the f-'enate after the
holiday recess the chair laid before the Sen¬
ate the credentials of Justin S. Merrill, re¬
elected Senator from Ferment for che six
years beginning March 4, 1885.... Among pe¬
titions presented was one by Mr. Sherman
from the Society of Friends praying that pro¬
vision may be made in the pending arbitration, Spanish
treaty for the settlement, by of
anv differences that may arise between Spain
anil the United States. It was referred
to the committee on foreign relations ...
Mr. Voorhees introduce ! a concurrent reso¬
lution extending the Lieutenant thanks of Congress Emory to
Commodore Schley, ami
all the officers and men of the ships Alert,
Bear, Thetis and Loch Garry for the the daring
a nd skill displayed by them in rescue of
the survivors of the Greely committee Arctic expedition, naval
which was referred to the on
affaire.... Alessrs. Wilson aud Sewell ad¬
dressed the Senate on the inter-state com¬
merce bill.
Nearly the whole day’s session of the Senate
was taken up in discussion of the Oregon
Central land grant forfeiture bill, which was
finally passed. The lands bill applies adjacent to such
portions only of the as lie
to and coterminous with the uncompleted
portions of the line. After declaring
such lands forfeited, it provides that persons
already actually settled thereon shall have a
preference right of entry thereto under the
Homestead laws—such entry to be considered
as of the date of actual settlement, AY hen it
came from the House the bill declared all the
lands granted to the company forfeited....
Mr. Hawley introduced a bill to establish an
international copyright system.
House.
When the House re-opened after the holi¬
day recess, Mr. Hrmth, of Pennsylvania, pre¬ A.
sented the certificate of election of John
Swope, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of W. A. Duncan, from the Nineteenth
congressional district of Pennsylvania, and
Mr. Swope appeared at the bar of the House
and took the oath of office.... The Military
Academy bill, with tSenafe amendments, was
referred to committee on appropriations.... introduced
Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, of river and a
bill harbor providing department, for the which creation shall be a under tile
charge of a commissioner of rivers and har¬
bors, to be appointed by the President, $4,500....Mr. and
who shall receive a salary of
King, of Louisiana, introduced a bill appro¬
priating $7,000,000 for the improvement of
the Mississippi river in accordance with the
plans and estimates of the Aiississip
Sr. River commission. Referred ....
Hiseock moved to suspend internal the rules
and pass a bill abolishing the reve
nue tax on tobaceo, cigars, snuff, cigarettes
and cheroots, the tax on distilled spirits used
for manufacturing or mechanical purposes,
Hie special tax on dealers in tobacco, and the
tax on liquors distilled wholly from fruit.
After discussion the motion to suspend the
rule was lost by 77 yeas to 128 nays....
The motion of Mr. Collins to suspend tho
rules and make the bankruptcy bill the spec¬
ial order for January 22, and following days,
was rejected the by a two-tliirds vote of 136 required. yeas so 76 nays
—less than This
practically kills tlie bill for this session of
Congress. A motion to pass the Mexican
pension bill, as it came from the Senate, was
rejected by 129 yeas two-thirds to 85 yeas—thirteen less
than the necessary majority.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the pensions $59,976,090. appropriation bill,
which appropriates The bilj
was passed, agents’ with fees an to $10, amendment except that limiting writ¬
pension contract for $25 fee be made a
ten a may be¬
tween a claimant and an agent residing in
tlie same receive State, and providing that no agent
shall a fee until the claim is al¬
lowed.
The House passed a joint resolution app-o
priaifiig $50,000 for the support of certain
deatifcte Indians in Montana. These Indians
r of starvation.
appropriates Thf House $59,976,000 passed the Pension $24,000 bill, less which than
or
the dbtimates. The bill has an amendment except
limiting pension agents’ fees to $10,
that's written e ntract for a $25 fee may be
made between a claimant and an agent resid¬
ing in the same State, and providing claim that al¬ no
agent shall receive a fee until the is
lowed.
The Committee on Foreign Relations’ re¬
ported back to the Senate favorably the Nicar¬
agua Canal Treaty, wiVi a recommendation
that it be ratified.
The Senate passed the House joint resolu¬
tion appropriating $50,000 to relieve the wants
of destitute Indians in Alomana.
A resolution introduced by Senator Sewell
authorizes the Secretary of War to pay $25,000
to the Washington Association of New Jersey
fofthe purpose of improving AVashington’s
Headquarters, at Morristown, N. J., and for
tlie purchase of ground in which to place the
remains of Continental soldiers, and to erect a
monument over the Bpot.
The Oregon Central Land Grant Fcr."eitura
bill was passed. The bill app ies to su b por¬
tions only of the lands as lie adjacent to and
cotermiuous with the uncompleted portions forfeited, ot
the line. After declaring such lands
it provides that persons already actually right settled
thereon shall have a preference of entry
thereto under the Homestead laws'—such entry
to be considered as of the date of actual set¬
tlement. When it came from the House the
bill declared all the lands granted to the com¬
pany forfeited.
Mr. Hawley i n trod need a bill to establish an
international copyright system.
♦
THE SPANISH EARTHQUAKE.
Official statistics show that np to Monday
673 corpses have been recovered from the ruins
in the province of Granada. Two hundred
and sixty-nine bodies ha > e been recovered in
Albania, in which city 1,400 houses were de¬
stroyed. At Albunuelos 160 persons were
killed and 260 injured, and at Arenas del Key
135 were killed.
Albunnelas presented an completely appalling ruined. eight.
Half of the town is
Churches, the convent, and the town hall were
thrown to tlie ground. The inhabitants are
gathered outride the town, where they are
shivering around fires. Women and children
are huddled together in carts and wagons.
Sixty wounded pc'rsons are in a tempor¬
ary ambulance. One hundred and ninety
iwo corpsts have been taken from
the ruins, and active efforts are
being made to recover the others. The Mayor
and several wealthy residents are among the
victims. The Mayor’s wife remained buried
waist deep in the rescued ruins for eighteen hours.
Many persons were alive after being
panly buiied for tweutv-six hours. Some were
half craz d with fright. Piteous cries were
heard iu the ruins for twenty-four hours, but
it was impossible to render any assistance
Troops have taken provisions to the needy.
Similar tales are told of the disaster in Alba¬
nia. The inhabitants during the day wander
about their ruined homes, risking their lives
in their endeavors to save something from the
wreck. They remain at night in an impro¬
vised camp of carts, tents and sheds. The late
shock at Granada in the night was more severe
than any since Thursday. The people were
afraid to remain iu their houses aud occupied
the streets all night. It being the tenth
shock since Tuesday, (lie panic already pre¬
vailing among the people left was greatly increased.
Ten thousand persons the city. A singu¬
lar feature of the earthquake was the fact that
in places only three _ -hort and others distance apart some ex¬
perienced the first shock there seventeen flashes shocks.
After were ot
lightning from a clear skv. All the shocks ran
from south to north. Several of the shocks
had a rotary movement
—A statement prepared by the United
States Treasurer shows that there are now
outstanding *26.523.144 iu one doiar notes
and $26,840,217 iu two dollar notes. Each of
these amount* is in excess of the amount of
those note* outstanding in July last. The
Treasurer says that there is now no scarcity
of notes of small de emulations, and he is
prepared to suppij.aU legal demands for them
LATER NEWS
—Not wishing to use arms against the Okla¬
homa invaders, the soldiers in trying to arrest
some of thf people, resorted to a list tig hr, in
which they “ were badly beaten, some <i them
receiving seri. us i f • jury. lie troops will do i ave
orders no w to eject the invaders and so.
—Paymaster General Rochester has notified
General Hancock of the d,s 8 ,,pea.anee of Pay
master W. H. Suivih from bavanti&li, Ga.
— Prof,-s-or George Griffith, of Loekporf, N.
Y., has been anpoimed Statu Saperimeudeut
of Normal {Schools.
—The failures in Nova Scotia during the
rear jmt closed w. re 138, with liabilities of
62.100.000, tin increase of fortv-iine, with
liabi.itks of 61,000,0,0, as compared with 1883.
—Notwithstanding the injunction of Judge
IlZl’ Contmis
in the name of Roiiin AI. Squ re for
siouer of Public Worts, and it w as continued
by a nearly unanimous vote.
—St. John, the Prohibition candidate for
President again domes very emphatically that
he Bold out to either ltepubUcans ‘ or Demo
cratg
—Alajor-Gt-ncral Hancock rec-ived a tele
gram amiouneihg the death of his only son,
Russell Hancock, on his plantation near
Clarksville, Miss.
—Advices from extreme Southwestern Texas
state that the recent cold weather was quite
destiucuve to live stock in that section, many
poor cattle and sheep having perished.
—A collision occurred at Barnsley Junction
England, between a 8neffield excursion train
and a coal train. FoHr persons were killed
aud thirty others were injured.
—The latest advices from Nice show that
there was some excuse for the report of the
overthe world onffie" MthSt The venefaWe
patriot is seriously ill, and has frequent coma
tose spells.
—The Flint and Fere Marquette steamer No.
1 was driven ashore by the wind near Ltiding,
ton, Mich. The passengers escaped; one fire,
man was killed by the bursting of a steam pipe.
—The failure of the Naval Appropriation
bill has caused the discharge of a large nnm
were discharged at the Gosport and other Navy
Yards.
—By the stranding of the Norwegian bark
Lena, on H- g Island bar, Va,, eight persons
were drowned and vessel and cargo were a total
—Great damage has been caused by floods
and heavy rains in Arkansas and Texas.
—The manufacturing potters of Trenton, N.
J., say they will reduce wages, and the opera¬
tives threaten to strike if they do.
—Brooklyn’s sold three per cent, bonds, new is¬
sue, at a fraction above par.
—General AV. B. Hazen. Chief Signal Officer,
has reduced Sergeant Otto Holtnorth, of the
Signal Service, to the ranks, and has formally
recommended to the Secretary of rifling War that he
he dismissed from the service for Lieut
Greely’s private papers.
—A bill of Senator Beck’s proposes a new
tariff commission, to be composed of the Sec¬
retary of the Treasury, five members of the
House ing of Forty-ninth Representatives (next) elected to seTve three dur¬
the Congress and
Senators whose terms extend beyond the pres¬
ent Congress, by re-election or otherwise.
—The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela¬
tions has decided to report adversely upon the
resolutions looking to a discussion of commer¬
cial treaties wirii open doors.
—Representative Townsend will endeavor to
secure tile passage of the Mexican Pension bit 1
as soon as the Interstate Commerce bill is dis¬
posed of.
—Andrew Campbell, the postmaster at
Clemeth, Union county, Ga., has been ar¬
rested for robbing the mails. He admits his
guiit.
—Secretary McCulloch attributes the in
off of public .debt-in- consequent December to the
falling revenues on tire
gener- eprcBsion.
—The Universal Cotton Convention, to be
held in New Orleans on the 10th of February,
promises to be largely attended.
—Paymaster Smyth Paymaster is in Washington General and
has paid he over carried to the with Aim. He the he
motley away himself. says
went on a spree and forgot
-On the side of a Chicago elevator, fifty
feet above the ground, was seen painted in
blood the form of a man who had been blown
against the struciure by a boiler explosion.
—A jealous swain in Calhoun county, Ill.,
firing into a dancing party, killed and wounded
seven persons some of them fatatally.
—Dim, Wimon & Co. report [that during the
past year there was 10,!)G8 failures in the Uni
ted States. The liabilities were $120,343,427.
In th,- Dominion of Canada there were 1 327
failures, wilh liabilities amounting $19,191,-
300. In the United States there were 1,784
more failures than in 1883, and in Canada 57
fewer.
—Passenger train No. railroad 6, west bound, over
the Baltimore and Ohio was tfirown*
from the track about a mile east of Grafton.
liTSVlS," injured, and the engine and tender ™
seriously caused the disaster
wrecked. Train wreckers
—A large collection of interesting relics of
tlie Pueblo Indians has been brought East for
exhibition at the New Orleans Exposition.
—The New England .•'hip Owners favoring Associa
tion of Boston passed resolutions the
Spanish treaty.
thrltTof' bILKoA Ame“iS aC T^
rebels, commanded by General For tu mi to
Bernal, were defeated with severe loss. The
federal troops sided with the State govern
ment, and thus assured the victory.
-It is said that the Western Union Tele
— sir. R r. Ion,, m inW PraMent n,
the Iron and Steel Association, and a resolu
tion was passed opposing eommereial treaties,
but favoring large'subsidies.
—The New Orleans Exposition is now meet
—In Ilillnn, P. . DMotim succeeded D.h.rt iu landing .nd
Bcone and posse of men
in jail live men alleged to belong to a regularly
organized gang of thieves operating in that
city and county during the past winter,
-Airs Clarissa C. Peck leaves nearly half a
SMSS in aheag°o m
-The Western Union Telegraph mistake Company its
has been forced to pav for a over
wires in spite of the iron-ciad contract on th*
message blanks.
—There are signs of a revival in the iron and
steel trade, a number of Western mills having
res uni ed business and orders having increased.
—A fire which caused extensive damage to
property occurred at Holly, N. V.
—Thirteen collieries in the Scranton region
have been suspended and the miners removed
their mining tools.
_The New York Legislature elected George
Z. Erwin, of St. Lawrence, for Speaker of the
Assembly of 1885.
_The ice business of Bangor, Me., has re¬
ceived a severe blow, the ice being spoiled by
kerosene oil wuich ran over it during a fire.
_An Orange demonstration against Catho¬
lics was made at Bay Roberts. X. F. Two lie
demptorist Fathers from the United States
were besieged in their dwelling, and the Cath¬
olic bishop was prevented by armed xuen from
holding. services in his church.
—Illinois farmers are turning their attention
to mineral deposits, and there is a revival of
the lead ruining interests around Galena.
—An ice gorge formed in the Grand River
and caused $50,000 damage at Grand Rapids,
Mich.
—A dynamite explosion occurred on the
underground railway in London, by which the
windows of a train were shattered.
—The Chinese have engaged » large number
of Ge.man drill setgvauU.
A FLOCK OF Slim*.
Tlie Views of n Farmer vrlio hns had Ex*
perience iu Sheep Raising.
Mr, -L. Van Aistyne, KuidernooK, _. , ,
Y., one of our most successful yonug
farmers, in a paper read not long since
before the local club, gave valuable
■ f { hj own experience. Twenty- ~
fa tuat farm r Lad
ve or / - Tears f*° every
sheep, t now, very few are kept, and
flocks do not number over mteen to
twenty*five; 50 is considered large, and
100 exceptional. The dog question is
solviag itself in a degree in our county,
The tax has accumulated such a fund
that farmers can now get paid for dam
Bgedo B e without two or three
years. i>ut the market value of the
bitten sheep does not pay for tile dam
a g e . The whole flock is injured. One
safeguard is hurdles, Six to eight feet
hi h surrounding ?, an inclosure of suit
able size. iuto T . this . the ,, nock ,, , should , ... be
driven at night aud let out early iu the
moruing. Hut sheep do not do well till
del - such circumstances, as in hot
weather they do most of their feeding
a t night. Another plan is to fence the
£ paBture with barbed wires, ’ the lower
three of - the five « __, not more than six
jnchek apart, lest the sheep crowd
turongn. when high . . prevailed
Years ago, prices
for hay and grain, farmers lessened the
number of all kinds of stock, but that
was a mistake. Fine crops of wheat and
clover Used to be raised; now, few farm
ers raise wheat, and clover does Dot
“catch well. Our farms need to be
improved, and sheep-keeping is one way
to do 1L Sheep return 90 per cent, of
what they eat, and their droppings are
we ll scattered, especially upon the high
and dry places jning that 10 need mauure is most,
The rema per cent, returned
*■>.“- •* bj th ‘*“>*»•
ram, so there is no loss. Another argu
ment in favor of sheep is, they can oe
pastured on land stony or managed, otherwise un
tillable. Judiciously such
6oil increases m fertility. In a certain
sense, sheep are scavengers, as they eat
much that horses and cattle reject.
Figures from his account books show
that sheep can be profitably kept on
land worth $100 to $150 per acre—con¬
trary to the opinion of many. Our
farms will not average over 15 bushels
of rye to the acre; at 75 cents per bush¬
el, $11.25; one-haif ton straw, $7.50, to¬
tal, $18.75. Seed, $1.12, labor, $1, total,
$5.12; profit, $13.03. Or, 1 ton hay,
$15; labor, $2.50; profit, $12.50. Some
farms would yield more, but many less.
Fitty sheep can be kept on 27-!,- acres ;
they will average one 80-pouml lamb,
$4; wool, $1.50; total, $5.50, This-will
make a profit of $10 per acre. They
will improve the summer pasture and
the winter feed will yield fifteen to
twenty loads of rich manure, worth $25
to $30, and which always brings large
crops of corn and potatoes. He advised
against buying Vermont sheep; prefers
Michigan sheep, which have wool well
down on the body. Sheep should not
ran upon wet laud. The large sheep
should have their feet trimmed ; over¬
growth of hoof favors foot-rot; this
overgrowth should be pared off with
sharp knife and mallet. Soon as signs
nf Hpi vh B h.- xy. turn at once to butcher.
ag j t alm ' ost Impossible to cureT
Sheen are inclined to be delicate ; their
s , ^ ln . j 18 ... . ~®y ou j * ' 3e h°u 8e d i IU
>
wet weather. Xrambs , exposed to cold
and wet are never so good. Don t
hurry to turn out in the spring, because
the haymow is getting low. They
should be fed grain when they come in
D j„ « hts- Keep A until five years old; they
wl bhear , five and 8 a y, halt if pounds ot
“
wool, and with good care, eight pounds.
At five years old they are full size and
make good mutton. Wool then begins
f 0 drop and they lose their teeth.
Does not keep yearlings as they are
poor mothers and do not shear much,
January lambs need warm shelter;
; i d h ” , f p not to be trusted to look
after them. ilrey need meal ™ or ™n will w, be
stunted. They bring from $5 to §b, but
not much profit considering extra care
and risk. Lambs coming about March
p) an d readv to turn off from July to
Sept ember at $4, are more profitable.
Tke ta*t «■»«•» buy W««» .teep »
about September 1» Xiicy clo prefers better lor
the change of feed. Always to
buy from some section wheie they
ieed so well as lie does. i)on t ea
out too late ill the fall aud feed well
through winter. tiue hav Gives that they just, will enough eat
clover or up
clean. Begins feeding corn not later
than February 1, small quantity at first
aud gradually increase or they will lose
wool. Last winter tried brewers’ grains
ag an experiment. Fed seventy-five
eweg . > th did we ]j. ] am b s strong;
Ui , { jlk Can be puro hased by
i» j™ 10
Uu.bel; in winter, lo to 20 cente. Cost
of feeding grams, one cent each per i \,
and a considerable saving of hay. L*on t
think twin lambs profitable. Keeps
his flocks „ ood by looking them over in
to .oil “j to buloher md buj. »1 olben. poo, one.
Farmers who c*o not care to Keep
sheep through, summer will find it
profitable to winter them. Good lambs
can be bought for §2 to 2.50 each, and
y . r ; n for g6 _ Would begin
in November to feed one bushel corn a
day to 50 sheep; 100 bushels corn, $80; 5
tons of hay, 100 bushels smail pO*
tatoes, §25; total expense feeding, §165.
This leaves a margin for profit besides
twenty loads valuable manure. Having
large apple orchards, he has found it
nrofitable to pasture sheep in them.
Experimented with a flock in one
orchard and next year found the apples
of better quality, fairer and less wormy.
It is a common opinion that sheep do
not need water in winter; they will
drink a great deal of pure water if they
can get it. Dew in summer aDd snow
in winter is not sufficient. Farmers
should eat less pork and more mutton of
their own raising. It would be wisdom to
hold on to the flocks and keep right on
improving their mutton and wool quali¬
ties, especially the former. There is an
increasing demand for good mutton in
our markets.—W. V. S. Beekaiax.
Death.— About a year ago the late I
Mr. Danielson, of the Providence
nal, wrote Senator Anthony’s obituary,
expecting to use it shortly himself in the died, paper. by
When Mr. Danielson
strange coincidence, it was Senator
