THE TRIBUNE.
F. M. & E. M. KUHMXIX , Pubs.
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peoTal ineoting-of tho'Stato Farm-
er'fl Alliance Is to be hold at Kearney Janu
ary 16 and 17 next.
Plum Creek Pioneer : A horse was
Btolon laflt Sunday , froii'tho rancho of Capt.
C. W. McNamar , on Wood river , this
'county ? by a b'oy' employe < Pbjrnhecaptaii ]
as a sheep border. The lad , who is about
fifteen years old and small for his age , lit
out.with a'fino bay horse about noon- , the
folks all being away from the house at the
time visiting neighbors. , t'he next day pur
suit was commenced , and the young can
didate for a cell in the penitentiary was
overhauled at Kim Creek by Henry McNa-
mar , the captain's oldest son , just as he was
preparing to wend his way further east.
The lad is a stranger in thin part of the
world , having been here but a short time.
Hebron Journal : Years ago a large
amount of pottery was manufactured Just
south of Hose Creek City close to the
Thayer county line. The ware Was excel
lent and found a .ready sale. Clay of the
some kind is found in largo quantities near
h.ero. It would pay to establish such a
manufactory at this place , as the machinery
is inexpensive , and a ready market can be
found for the pottery.
The Oakdale Journal says a trapping
party of Indians from the Omaha nation'have
been encamped on the Elkhorn a mile or
two below that town and brought in , fceyeral
beaver furs duiing the week.
Lincoln Journal special from Hamp
ton'Yesterday morning some small boys
were attracted by some noise in an outbuildIng -
Ing connected with the depot. Going in
they found a man fallen In a fit. They gave
the alarm and ho was conveyed to the hotel.
Medical assistance was called , but too late ,
as he died at 1 p. m. On his person were
found $2.73 in money and two letters ad
dressed to JohnH. Ford , David City , and
one from a young lady to whom he was to
be married Chribtmas. Two prescriptions
wore fonnd also for fits. The doctors pro
nounced apoplexy the cause.
Auburn.Post : Tom hall made what
he considered a safe bet the other day. Ho
bantered his sister-in-law , Mrs. Mark Hall ,
for a wager on corn-husking. She accepted
a bet of a new dresa that she could husk
fifty bushels of corn in ten hours , and exe
cuted the work in a little over five. Is there
another lady In the state who can beat it ?
The Exchange national bank of
'Hastings will make its first issue of bank
notes about the 5th of January. The issue
amounts to 22,500. It starts out as a na
tional bank the first of the year.
Alma Tribune : We notice in some
of the county papers that some one in New
York ia going to bring a car-load of paupers
to this county and distribute them out
among the farmers and others. "We need
hope no one will be so foolish as to have
anything to do with the scheme.
Receipts rom entertainments in the
opening of the new opera house at Alma
mounted to over $600.
A sad accident occurred the other
dayafewmiies northwest of Juniata , says
the Gazette-Journal. A man by the name
of 1'eter Anderson started for Juniata with
a load of wheat , taking with him his daugh
ter , about seven years old. The father and
child , getting cold , got off the wagon to
walk , and while the daughter was walking
alongside the wagon , she slipped and fell
between the wheels , and the hind wheel of
the wagon containing forty bushels of wheat
passed over'her stomach. On Thursday
she was still alive with fair prospects of her
recovery.
Falls City Journal : Our community
was shocked on Tuesday by the report that
old'Dr. Newkirkwas dead. Monday night ,
about 11 o'clock , he was sent for to vMttho
wife of a man living in a shanty in the
woods. He was in his two-wheel road
cart , and when near his destination the
horfce became frightened at a log and shied ,
causing the wheels to strike some saplings ,
which overturned the cart , [ throwing the
doctor to the ground. He was uble to go
to the house and prescribe for the sick
woman , when he began tovomit. He was
put to bed and his son sent for , who soon
arrived , and was with Mm until he died ,
which was about 1 o'clock. Dr. Newkirk
was 64 years of ase , but was remarkably
active and energetic.
The car department in the Union Pa
cific shops at Omaha is now busied with the
construction of thirty new passenger
coaches for use on the. main line , from
which some of the coaches now in use will
be sent on the branches for duty. The new
cars will be of the latest and best'style , and
will be quite an addition to the rolling stock
of the road.
Red Cloud Cloud Chief : A peculiar
natural material phenomena is manifesting
iteelf in the central part of "Webster county.
The water in the wells rises and falls some
six to eight inches as regular as the tida
wave of a large body of water. It is also af
fected by the wind. "When the wind blows
from the south the water rises. , and r s it
verges to the north the water lowers. This
strange subterranean "tide is accompanied , j
the farmers say , with strange noises resembling - !
sembling the creaking of doors , the whistle
of a steam 'engine , and the sound of waves
striking 'against the side of'a boat.
"When jour wife's health is bad , when
your children are sickly , when you feel
worn out , use Brown's Iron Bitters.
Rubies and diamonds are now worn
by brides.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
GENERAL.
, Vennor roads the' ruddy skies toinean
* * * < , * / * , . , s iys
unusual , oven summer warmth during the
Jailor part of December and much of tTaim-
jJ7it tint thinks < < March and April will
prbffabTy glVe"ufl { hecoid * and snow lacking
through the first half of the winter. ' '
In a quarrel at Grafton , W. Va. , Car
ter Smith drove a scissors through George
McDanlel 'er heurt/killmg-hlm.instantly * ' . '
.Charles Weaver , immured m the
1fifaijei * ar * . ' * r1 * V . . " 7
Sunbury ( Pa. ) Jail , confessed to connection
with a gang.pf burglars , and gave the names
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and addresses of all the members.
The lunatic asylum on Ward's Island.
New Yors harbor , caught ffre , causing
grca't .excitement among the 1,320 patients ,
but all were removed in safety. The damage
is 25,000.
Edward Moran , sent by the Irish
"World to London to investigate , reports
thatlhe adverse feeling of the English people
ple prevented General Pryor from taking a
more prominent part in the defense of
O'Donnell.
At the annual dinner of the Brook
lyn New England society , President Ar
thur , General Grant , Henry Ward Beecher ,
and others made short speeches. Two hun
dred and fifty persons were present.
The supreme court of Michigan
affirmed the Judgment from the superior
court of Detroit In the case of McLean vs.
Scrips. This was the libel suit of Dr.
McLean against the Evening News , of De
troit , in which McLean was awarded $20 , -
000.
000.Miss
Miss Gabriel Greely , daughter of the
late Horace Greely , was thrown from a
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sleigh at the depot at Pleasantville , N. Y. ,
her horse taking fright. She wag not se
riously injured.
Lorrillard & Co. , Jersey City , dfs-
tributed $16,500 among their factory
hands on Christmas.
Judge Van Verse , of the. supreme
court of New York , has given a decision in
the suit of Harvey Kennedy against Henry
H. Porter , president of the Minneapolis &
Omaha railway , lioswell P. Flower , David
Dews and others , ordering Porter to make
the accounting sought for.
Judge 'Loufbourrow , of Atlantic ,
Iowa , was transferred by Governor Sher
man from the circuit judgeship of the Thir
teenth circuit to the district judgeship of the
Thirteenth district , made vacant by the res
ignation of Judge Reed elected to-the su
preme bench. Major Lyman , of Council
Bluffs , is appointed to the vacancy of circuit - .
cuit Judge.
An Orangemen procession at Harbor
Grace , N. F. , was attacked by a mob on the
26th , and three men instantly killed and
several mortally wounded.
Mrs. General Sherman and daughter
Rachael , had a narrow escape from death
Dn the 26th at St. Louis. They had been
ittending Xavier church , on Ninth and Lu
cas avenue , and had adjusted themselves in
their buggy to go home , when the horses
besame frightened and dashed madly up
Lucas avenue until reaching Eleventh
street , where they collided with a lamp post
md awnihg. The ladies were taken from
: he wreck uninjured but badly shocked.
Archbishop Perche , who for some
iveeks has been in falling health , was In such
in alarming condition on the 26th that it
vas deemed imperative to administer the
ast sacrament. The archbishop suffers
nore by age than sickness. His death is
ixpectcd momentarily.
Wm. McCaffery , a prominent ward
lolitician and assistant superintendent of
narkets at New Orleans , was shot and mor
ally wounded iu a gambling saloon by Dud
lenand , one oi the proprietors of the cs-
ublishiueut.
Three men digging coal near Jirard-
ille , Pa. , were buried by falling earth.
> ne was fatally and the others seriously in-
ired.
A petition requesting congress to
revcnt the importation of foreign laborers
nder contracts made abroad , has received
lany signatures of workingrnen in Pennsyl-
ania.
The president left Washington on the
3th for New York for the purpose of at-
mdlng to private business and also to at-
jnd the reception given thereby SethB.
'rench.
Two hundred and fifty members of
ic Northwestern Traveling Men's associa-
on met in annual session at Chicago on the
Tth. The report of the treasurer showed
balance of $13,18i : receipts for the year ,
58,290 ; total amount paid out since the as-
> ciationhas been in existence , $400,470.
he election of officers was hotly contested.
Statistics just Issued by the Dutch
avernment show that. an area of at least
! ,000 acres has been recovered from the sea
iiring the lust three centuries.
'ATorqnto man died of small-pox
venty-six years ago , ami last week his
randchild slept upon the same- bed and
IOK the disease. The doctor says the
miis of the disease were there all that
me.
me.Officials
Officials oi the Jocal miners' organi-
ition-at Pittsburg , 1'a.j pronounce thein-
mded fctrike on the first of the year of 20- ,
K ) miners in "Westmoreland , CleSrfield ,
cdford and Huntington counties as absurd
hey say there are not that many miners in
ic district and the men are not in a con-
ition to strike , having had but little work
id not much money.
A farmer named Stephen Fitzwick
was found six miles northwest of James
town , Dakota , frozen to death. While goIng -
Ing home he became lost and wandered
about until exhausted and laid down. , ,
T he. Qcremony of representing 'the
fnneral of YVDonnellj'wtip was hanged In
London , , topk pface , 'li Sim'Francisco on the
30tb3 | There Vere great effortsifto "nmke it a
grand\lemonstrahoriisbutvtheC'bbard of su
pervisors and prominent Irish organization *
declined to take part , and it resulted In a
dismal failure.
EKa BartHpTdi pedestal , Tund art
loan exhibition at the Academy of Design
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waVngaitf'opene'd'to-thepublic'inNew'Yorb
on the 28th. Two thousand visitors were
present. NointerfeFekcewast'raade > by the
Sundav closing league , althoug"bjit . . "was re-
* > * * M r > * V7 r-M * -t / - "in. * f &
ported that : m attempt ; would be made to
close the exhibition.
CRJTVt K.
Bill Younger , onek of the Younger
brothers , and a companion of Jesse James ,
has leeni captured irearfW rren'Ala.-on a
requisition fromthego'ye'rnor of Missouri.
He'confessed'hlB'idJrft'ity'to a neportcr/and
stated that he had been .associated with Jes
sie James , but denied that he and his
brothers were concerned in the Musell Shoals
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robbery.
Mrs. Olive Guuther , aged 80 , and her
daughter and grand-daughter , were mur
dered at Chatham church , near Mbncure ,
N. " C. The weapon used'was an axe. All
three were struck * several blows. No clue
to the murderers.
Five prisoners escaped from jail at
Des Moines , Iowa , on the 23d.
An exciting and serious shooting
affray took place In a St. Louis boarding
house on the23d. D. C.Gibson , a contrac
tor and builder-was the chief actor. Gib
son and his wife separated a few months
ago. Since then Gibson has been in Texas.
A few days ago telegrams were received
from Fort Worth stating that Gibson hud
died and his body was on the way to St.
Louis. Mrs.'Gibson , suspecting the telc-
gramswere .false , Jcommxinlcated with the
coroner at Fort Worth , who satisfied her
that she was not yet A widow. There had
been bad blood between Gibson and John
Buffington , the husband of Gibson'p step
daughter , and also between Gibson
and Arthur , .and Eugene Mullhol-
land' ' , stepsons of Gibson's. On the night
of the 23d , while the family was quietly at
supper with * their boarders , Gibson ap
peared In the flesh , entered the dining-room
with a drawnpistoland opened fire on
Buffington ; The first shot missed him and
struck Arthur Mullhollaud in the neck. Thte
second shot entered Bufllngtons neck. The
third struck Buffington's left arm. Gibson
then turned the weapon upon himself with
good success-putting a ball through his
head * Gibson is dying , Bnfflngton will die ,
nd'Mullhollaud ' may recover.
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William Hatfield , an escaped convict
from Michigan was arrested by Sheriff
stackwell at Malone , N. Y. Hatfield stab-
aed the sheriff a'nd also Allen Stackwell 'and
ivife. Hatfield was finally captured after
icing shot through the thigh. The sheriff
md son are not dangerously hurt.
Chaterbbel , a Choctaw Indian , a
riolater of the'inter-council law , was killed
vhile resisting arrest at Double Springs , I.
C. , by Elias Yarby , a member of the Choc-
aw Light-horse.
A Galveeton News' McDade special
aye : Last night at 11:30 Henry Pfelffer ,
Vrigntand Thad McLamore were taken
rom a saloon here by fifty well armed
aasked men and carried into the brush and
tanged to a tree. Thad McLaciore was un-
ler arrest at the time , having been taken
arly in the evening on a charge of burglary ,
ireferred by S. J. Walker , of this town ,
'he other t\ro Lappened to he present when
be lynchcr ? arrived. Pfelffer was under
adiutment for horse theft.
The Oruigemen's procession , at Har-
or Grncc , N. P. , on the 25th , was attacked
y a mob ami three men instantly killed and
even mortally wounded. The riot at last
ccounts was not quelled. Detachments of
ifantry , cavalry and police were being dis-
atched by train and steamer to the scene ,
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Reed and Pearce , murderer s of W.
r. McMillan , were sentenced at Emporia ,
"s. , to remain in the penitentiary one year ,
nd at Mich time thereafter .is the governor
lall set they shall be hanged within the
risen walls.
George " \ \ \ Lewis , ex-chief of the
oulsyille fire-department , was convicted of
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sfrauding'theicity of its revenue while { he
as in the tax department and was sen-
meed to three years in the penitentiary.
John A. Clark was hanged in the jail
ird at BozemauJ1 Montana , on the 27th , for
ie murder of Tliomas Rogers in June last.
e died protesting his innocence. Frank
ouiig , who was to have been hung the
; me day , has been respited for sixty days
f President.Arthur , to allow his case to
me before the supreme court.
Two. negroes , arrested for shooting
vo whites , were taken from jail at Brook-
lie , Pa. , end shot dead.
William Fox was executed at Nevada ,
xnjion thc28th , fpr the murder of Tom
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oward , May 0 ifist. The doomed man
ade no address from the scaffold. After
ie black cap was put on he shook hands
ith the sheriffand , deputies. Ten thoiss-
idmen , women and children witnessed
e execution.jj
A terriblafjght between a posie and
> rse thieves , in which several were killed
id wounded , is reported from the moun-
1ns north\vest of Arkansas.
As Sheriff Thompson and Jailer
rilliams , at Walla Walla , Oregon , were
visiting the cells on the night of the 30tL
for the last time , they were attacked bj
Elfces and Owen , two condemned mur
derers , , who , knocked them senselehs with
bricks they had secreted. On the jailer
bho-vlng signs of recovery , they took a knife
from hirpocket and hacked hint to pieces ;
They then fled. The whole country Is in
The coroner's jury , after five days'
investigation , has found that Mrs. Summer-
field and her child , whose remains were
found in the ruins of their burned house , at
Beverly , West Virginia , were murdered'bc'-
forqjthejiouset > vasjlred > , and charged John
Flannlgan , who is now in jail , with thd
murder. „ ,
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'WASHINGTON.
There is about the usual diversity of
views expressed by congressmen In regard
to the composition of the houne committees.
Representative Willis , of Kentucky , whose
relation withCarliblo is known to be intimate ,
, says that in making up the committees the
speaker paid moHt reqnrd to the character
and experience of the mento.be placed , and
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there was no intention or desire to punish
anybody for the part taken in the speaker-
ship pontest. As a proof of the latter asser
tion , Willis refers to' tho. fact that Itandall
and a number of his prominent supporter
were given important chairmanships , and
all the members of the New York delegation
occupy committee placet ) o.f responsibility.
Gen. McKenzie , commander of the
department of Texas , has been temporarily
relieved from command on account of nerv
ous prostration , which disturbed his mind.
The affairs of the department will be direct
ed by General Schofield. The condition of
General McKenzie causes * grave apprehen
sion by his friends.
Under the provision of the last ap
propriation bill , when the compensation of
any postmabter of the fourth-class reaches
$2oO for four confecutive quarters , exclusive
of commissions on money order business , he
will be assigned to the preuidontial grade.
The issue of silver dollars last week
was $41. ) ; 500. „
The secretary of the interior , Inspec
tor Benedict , Agent Tufts , and Special
Agent Townsend , will proceed at once to
Muscogee , Indian Territory , and investi
gate the Creek troubles arising from the re
cent election of : i chief , and making recom
mendations looking to their settlement.
Their recommendations will form a basis
for final action by ( he interior department.
The gentleman above named are instructed
to inform the Creeks that the department
will , if necessaryenforce the action recom
mended.
The funeral of ExGovernor.Lowe . ,
of Iowa , took place at the capital on the
26th , from his late residence. A large num
ber of prominent citizens and distinguished
friends of the dead man assembled to pay
their last tribute to hb > memory.
Secretary Folger has recovered his
health and resumed his duties.
The wife of.Gen. . . Kosecrans is deac
iftcr a lingering illness.
Representative Morrison , chairman
3f the ways and means committee , In an
interview , is reported as saying : "Th
jommittee will report a bill to make a prettj
general reduction in existing duties , ant
; hat in arranging the provisions of the bil
, he committee will lo jk to the possibility o
ireparing a measure that can pass congres
) ut whether or not the bill can get through
he house without being amended so as to
lestroy its usefulness , is a matter of mere
: onjeeture. " Morrison said he was not in
aver of disturbing the tax on whiaky and
obacco.
During the first five months of the
iresen * fiscal year the total internal revenue
ollet&i'ns were $51,279,433 , being $11-
42,911 less than the corresponding perioc
ist vear. In spirits , the total increase of
ollections were $2,074,771 ; total decrease
f collection in the tax on tobacco , $9,191-
07 ; from banks and bankers , $1,068,292 ,
liscellaneous taxes , $3.506,231.
The secretary of the navy has issued
n order to puspend work in the Boston
avy yard on January loth and dismiss at
; ast half the forces The breaking tip of
ondemned vessels will continue and the
ard be converted into a rope walk. An
rderfor closing the League Island navy
ird and converting it into a construction
ird for steel vessels , will be issued soon.
Upon evidence showing fraud
i making entry , the commissioner general
' the land office , during last week , can-
illed twenty-one entries of public lands in
olorado , twelve in Dakota and peventeen
L New Mexico.
The president has approved the ae
on of the court martial in the case of
baplain Toussint Mesple , of the United
: ates army , convicted of having duplicated
ij accounts , and sentenced to dismissal
om the sen-ice. He also approved the
mtence of the court martial , in the case of
iptain Chambers 3IcKibben , of the United
ates army , convicted of a similar offense ,
it who , in view of mitigating circumstan-
: s , was only sentenced to be reduced ten
jmberrf in the relative ranks of captains of
fiintry.
Ife is understosd that the court-mar-
il which tried First Lieutenants W. Clark ,
the Twenty-third infantry , and J. T.
immings , of the Third infantry , enlarges
larges of duplicating pay accounts , found
em guilty and sentenced them to be dis-
issed from the service.
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FOREIGN.
CHINA.
The governor of French Cochin ,
lina , reports that the council of the re-
gency of Hue notified him that IHephema
abdicated the throne of Aunaiu , and a new
king , aged 15 , was crowned December 21th ,
under the name of Kicnphuiu The Anna-
mite minister of , finance , who is hostile to
tho-French , thSnfbecame the ; head of the
council , The crisis lasted several hours ,
during which the gate , of thX ciUd& was
Closed andj ub 'plaood'In .aJtaio.of blege.
When the gates were reopened , the death
of Hiephcma was announced. The country
was agitated , and armed bands occupied
the suburbs of Hue , threatening the French
legation. Clnmpeaux , the French resident
minister , has since reported 11 better situa-
'tioirof affairs. 'Hd advisealhat'stronVpres-
sure'bo exerciued in thu , council , and re
fuses to open relations withUieiiphua until
recognized by France.
KRANCK.
It is reported that the French govern
ment has telegraphed Admiral -Coubert ,
urging him to follow up his victory at Son-
tay with the utmost promptness and energy
compatible with prudence. It is reported
that Admiral Coubet will make an attack on
Hanghoa before marching against Bacnluh.
RUSSIA.
Thu health of the czar is improving
and his pains and iniiiiniation , caused by the
recent accident , are rapidly hiibsidiug.
SPAIN.
The Count and Countess of Paris will
vis'lt King Alfonso In January.
At the Spanish cabinet council the
ministers explained the political situation to
King Alfonso , and expressed their fears
that an agreement between the ministerial
ists and the bupport-s of SagabU is impossi
ble.
KKGLANI ) .
Some anxiety is felt at Liverpool in
regard to the steamer Celtic , which la over
due. The Celtic sailed from NOTV York De
cember 15th for Liverpool.
ITALY.
The American bishops at Homo deny
that auy agreement was arrived at conccni-
Injr the attitude of the Catholic clergy of the
United States towards fenwniijni in Amer
ica. The bishops state that neither at the
propaganda conference , nor at the Vatican ,
have they had any agreement or disagree
ment , or discussion in any manner con
nected with fenianipm. Before the bihhops
left America for Rome , u was1 arranged by
them that this topic ( fenliinism ) in particu
lar , and political matters generally , were
not to be imported into their mission.
KEANCK.
It is stated that a definite agreement
has been concluded between the SUCK Canal
company and the British .ship owner * upon
terms satisfactory to the company.
A Canton dispatch says : The vicc-
gecretary has been 01 dcred to send troops to
he Tonquin frontier. It is rumored that
the French have besieged Bacniuh , the oc
cupation of which is imminent.
l-RANCK AND CHINA.
It is stated that no offer of mediation
Between France and China will bo accepted
by France'until Hong I oi and Bacnluh are
3ccupied by the French.
It is reported that the French loss in
killed and wounded in the capture of Son-
tay was 36 officers and nearly 1,000 men.
The loss of the Black Flajf army at the same
jattle , 6,000. The bulk of the Black Flag
irmy , after the defeat at Sontay , retreated
; o HongHoa. The French found $2,000.000
itSontay. It is reported also that China ,
icting UDderadvicesfrom Eiiropcanpowers
as withdrawn her troops from Kacninh.
The decree prohibiting the importa-
lon of salted meats into French porte is
mblished. It admits till July20,18S1 , only
ully cured , wholesome , perfectly preserved
, nd completely salted in eat ? , and they mu.-t
ie so pronounced by expert * .
Colored Men in Convention.
The executive committee appointed
V the colored national convention at Loui -
llle met at Washington on the 19th.
Twelve states and the District of Columbia
esponded to the roll call. Tl > e chairman
fated that since the meeting of the conven-
! on the civil rights decision of the supreme
ourt had caused conciderable agitation
mong the colored people , and this would
0 doubt incidentally affect the discussions
f the present meeting , but the members
lould not lose sight of the main principles >
numerated at the Loutevllle convention.
Fred Douglas said the public mind was
irgely divided on the recent deci&ion of the
iprcjne court , lie suggested that if a
narimous deci.-ion waporfnible by the
> mmittee in the dissenting opinion of Jus-
ce Harlan. it would be the proper thing
ir the committee to take such action. In
ewofthc present political situation , he
lought it would be weil for them to hold
ie national convention just prior to those
! the two great powers.
A committee was appointed to prepare an
idrcss to the public on the subject of the
lllng of negroes in Virginia , and the chair-
tin was instructed to call upon the pres-i-
jnt and ask him on what day it would be
mvenieut for the committee to call and
iy their refcpects.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE December 24 Mr. Cock-
11 presented , a memorial " f/om the mer-
lants ; manufacturers'and "business men of
. Louis opposing the repeal of the vapor
ing law of 1879 , which permits vinegar
anufacturers to produce low u-ine for the
irpose of making vinegar without the pay-
ent of United' Statei , > tax. After executive
ssion tne senate adjourned until Janu-
y 7.
HOUSE The speaker laid before the
iuse a message from-the president trans-
itting the report of the secretary of state
id papers relating to the trial and execu-
> n of the late Patrick O'Donnell. Laid
1 the table for future action. The speaker
inounced the standing and select commit-
Baand the house adjourned until Januiry 7.