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MARVELOUS SHOTS. Make the Trigger Finger Twitch , One day I followed a doe's tracks trom 11 a. m , till sunset without hav- obtained anything like the merest jjllmpse of ray game. I was fast losing hope , as but a. few moments of day light wore left mo , when , on coming to the edge of a flat , covered by heavy yellow birch timber'and terminated on the further side by an abrupt bank , like that of a river , I saw the old doe standing half way up the bank , broad side to , the fawn below" her , its slender neck upstrotchod exactly in line with its mother's shoulder. At that dis tance ( ninety very long paces ) the & nocjc looked about the size of a hoe- ' " handle , but I took a quick look IS ? through the double sights and fired. 'The fawn went down ifiie a stohe ; the Jfe floe gave one convulsive bound , nearly twenty feet , to the top of the bank , dropped dead in her tracks and rolled back across her-fawn. My next shot , purely one of chance , C think can be classed as wonderful. I was following the tracks of a doe and fawn. Within twenty rods of where I struck the tracks I suddenly saw half of the neck and head of the fawn , tvhich was lying'down , partly turned from me , placidly chewing its cud. A 3hot through its neck stretched it life less , and , with my rillo held ready for i second shot , I advanced cautiously , sxpectiaor to see the doe ; but , nothing stirring , I concluded that she had got iway unobserved in the thick spruce jjrowth. So setting away my rille , I oegan to dress the fawn , which proved to DO a very large one. In doing this C had _ changed . . my position _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ so that on * tn ! T 1. x. f it ij * ji-- J 1 rising I caught full ight of the doe ly ing dead , twenty feet away to the left , ' and at right angles with the line of i' are. Half stupefied with amazement [ walked up to her , and found the varm blood still trickling from a bul let-hole in the center of her belly-and saw that she had died in her bed with out a kick. On going back to the fawn to investigate , I found that the X- bullet ( a pointed one ) , about four feet oeyond the neck of the fawn , had passed through 'a hackmatack sapling XI iwo inches through , a little to the left of the center , tearing the left side out I and cutting the tree nearly half down ; then turning at a right angle , it had struck the doe as mentioned , passed 3irectly upward between the kidneys , suiting off the big artery , and burying itself m the spine. The deer was as safe from a direct shot as though the Rocky mountains had interposed be- iween us. At anothoi time , when following a big , fat doe in a feathery snow , which idhered to everything , on. coming to in alder run , about eighty yards across , filled with these bushes from She size of a knitting needle to over an oich through , I caught sight of her black tail uanging down motionless. There was about one chance in a thou sand of getting a bullet through , but I always1 took all such chances , and fired without a moment's hesitation. The : ail disappeared instantaneously and , fixing my eyes on an object in range , so as to advance in a direct line , I followed the path of the bullet. Half way across I found * an alder about as big as a pipe-stem cut off clean ; but half way from there , to where the deer stood , and fully ten feet to the right of the line , I saw another alder fully an inch in diameter cut off not more than a foot above the ground and thrown three feet from its stump. ' That settles it , I said to myself , and started rapidly forward to take up the track again. 'On reaching the spot I found some black hairs lying on the snow exactly as if cut out"by a bullet and the first bound of the deer was nearly twenty feet. This looked like a wounded deer , but , smiling at the absurdity of the idea , I pressed for ward and within ten rods came upon ny game stone dead , with a bullet ex- ctly through the center of its tail. To have struck the deer at all after being deuected ten feet out of its course would have been sufficiently remark able , but to go exactly to the spot aimed at was a singular chance. Forest and Stream. fattening Cattle and Hogs. It has been demonstrated that in practice it does not pay to grind corn for cattle. Theory would go to show that the more complete digestion se- sured by grinding would compensate for the expense and leave'a margin of profit. But it is the testimony of those who have honestly tested this matter that grinding does not pay. When cat tle eat whole corn there is a consider able waste. Many grains are passed intact , and the droppings of the ani mals will contain in addition many pieces of grain. To allow this food to waste is already too extravagant in many portions of the country , and is becoming so in other sections. The only way to utilize this food in the iropprngs is by the agency of some an- mal which will eat if in the condition in which it is found , and the only farm animal which will do this is the hog. Hence it has become the common practice in many places to have hogs following the fattening cattle , the former obtaining all their sustenance from the droppings of the latter. This shows how surprisingly great is the waste of food by reason of incom plete digestion , for it is found that for every one hundred bushels of corn fed the cattle , the hogs subsisting on the droppings will add to their weight al most five hundred pounds of pork. These figures may seem altogether too large , but they have been proven cor rect by Mr. Gillett , probably the most careful feeder in Illinois , in tests covering - -ering many years. It is commonly said that "when corn is worth forty cents per bushel , pork should be worth five cents per pound. At this price , from forty dollars' worth of corn consumed - -sumed by the cattle there would bo made from twenty to twenty-five del lars' worth of pork , fully equal to "half the value of the corn. The man who docs not have hogs to follow his -fattening cattlegets only half of the -value of the corn he feeds to them ; erin in other words , the man who has hogs to eat the grain passed in the drop pings gets twice as much for the corn as the man who does not have the jhojjs. Here * " is too much gain to be over- * looked. It matters not how cheaply a man may bo able to produce beef , he ' can' not afford to waste half of the corn fed to the cattle. In even the most fav.ored localities the farmer who owns the land upon which he feeds his cattle finds the profits of his business small enough. He can in crease those profits by feeding corn , for this will not only make cheap beef , but improve the quality and consequently quently enhance the price of the en tire carcass. And when he feeds corn he can yet further increase the profits by having hogs to follow the cattle. It might be conjectured that the hogs would become diseased , but it is found that hogs which gain their liv ing in this way are no't more disposed to disease than are others , and that if otherwise well treated the danger from disease is not great. In fact , many claim that hogs which follow fattening cattle are unusually healthy , and it is certain that these hogs are not so much subject to disease as those confined in pens. Their food is filthy , it is true , but it is not filth that con tains the germs of swine disease , or that contaminates the body. The manure 'is not hurtful , as is fifth in sleeping quarters or the effluvia in sur face water. Active , strong hogs should be select ed for this purpose , as those of the weaker , more indolent breeds will often be injured by the cattle. But a hog , if one of the strong , lively breeds , will take care of itself ; injury to such as these is very rare. No matter what breed the hog may belong to. 'it will soon become accustomed to its sur roundings and keep out of the way of the cattle. Jacob Swift , in Texas Farm and llanch. A Word for the Jersey. It is not our purpose in presenting the merits of the little Jersey to abuse an } ' other breed of cattle. The noble Short Horn is known over the civil- zed world as a most royal animal. It las mersts for the dairy as well as for ; ho butcher'pen. Besides the Short 3orn , as a peer , at least for beef , stands the noble and symmetrical Here- : ord. Then , too , comes the Polled Angus , its advocates claiming for it all ; he merits of both the above breeds. Then the Devon , meek , kind and gen tle , looks out of its bright eye upon a world of admirers , who contend that 'or the dairy , for the butcher and for work animals there is no superior. The Holstein and the Ayreshire and the Guernsey and even the little Guinea cow maintain undisputejd credit for worth in the dairy , in the stall and in the field. All are grand , and even the native breeds loom up in the hands of careful bleeders as often worth the weight of their long horns in standard dollars. But here we desire , espec- ally , to present merits of the "pride of the dairy , " the grand little Jersey. She is particularly a family cow , contributing , under kind treatment , which she so well deserves , to the lappiness of those who watch over and nourish her. With good care , she s gentle and kind , always ready to jive her flow of good , rich milk , turn- ng out more butter for the same num- Der of pounds of lacteal fluid than any other known cow. It has been com puted that a pound of first class Jersey jutter can be made almost as cheaply as a pound of beef from the best beef animal , but the butter is worth several times as much as the best meat. A gentleman owning a Jersey herd , near Ian Antonio , has not sold "a pound of butter for less than fifty cents for years , and he is selling several hundred dol- ars worth per month. Another gen tleman , living near Austin , receives- similar prices for his Jersey butter , and it is in great demand. A good Jersey will give from ten to fitteen pounds of butter per week , while fancy records have gone away above the highest figure. At ten pounds per week the yield would be. lor thirty-two weeks in the year , 340 pounds , worth at thirty-five cents per Dound SH9. This is more money than a well fattened high bred. Short Horner or Hereford , three years old , would command in the beef market , and the Jersey cow would not eat in one year as much as the beef. The Jersey is a little dairy queen , and wo wish the jreed in its purity were widely dis tributed over the land. Texas Farm and Ranch. Three Totes Decide -Question. . Hot Springs , Ark. , has become ano- icense town for two years in a curi ous way. There is : i statute that at each state election , the question of li cense shall be submitted to the ballot. [ f a majority of the voters be not for Icenses , then it is unlawful for the county court to grant them. At the [ ast election the question was over looked inadvertently. It was taken tor granted chat by common consent licenses would be voted. The returns showed three -ballots in the county against license , and none for. Thus ie anomaly of three votes closing all the saloons in the county for two years and thwarting the will of thousands is presented. There were thirty saloons in Hot Springs , which paid a revenue of $32,000 to the county and city. The matter was taken before the courts , 3ut the saloon-keepers were defeated and they must suspend business foi the next two years : Rochester Demo crat and Chronicle. . Cocoanut Raising : in Florida. Coconnut planting in Florida is now : n progress under direction of E. A. Osborn , of Middleton , N. J. , who sent a vessel to South America for 135,000 plants to be set out on Biscay no Is land , Fla. , and who also sent via Key West all the necessary men , houses , provisions , boats , mules , etc. This planting will occupy 1,500 acres oJ land. The 100,000 cocoanut trees Mr. Osborn planted last winter are grow ing finely , and are from three to five feet high. Mr. Osborn is also making arrangements for planting 1,000 acres of oranges on the famous Indian rivei and then will be one of the largest fruit growers in the world. The trees should bear , at five years Of age , front 150 to 200 nuts annually , realizing from $3 to $5 per tree if ail goes well. Philadelphia Times. Should a cat's cradle be made "cate-cor nercd ? " Chicago Sun. UEAD-LETTEB SALES. The Singular Articles Kent Through the Malls and Never Called For. A most remarkable government sale has just closed herewrites a Washing ton correspondent to The Cincinnati TimeS'Star , remarkable because it shows the curious uses to which the mail- ) are put , and interesting in the hint it conveys to-those who use them. It is a sale of "dead letters. " At least it is so termed , though in point of fact it is not a sab of letters at all. Let ters , themselves , which are sent to the dead-letter office , are not made public. But there is a large accumulation of articles of greater or less value , usual ly less , which arrive at the dead-letter office , which are never called for by those to whom they are addressed , and whose owners or senders can neither of them bo found. When these articles and packages of articles have accumu lated in sufficient quantity to warrant it there is a sale , by auction. Former ly there was one in every two or three years ; now the accumulation is so great that it is found necessary to have the sale every year. The packages which are examined at the doid-letter office are made up again , sometimes the contents of two or three put in one , sometimes bun dled together again as they were re ceived , wrapped in brown paper , and sent to some auctioneer to be sold. The sale is advertised , and usually draws a pretty largo attendance. No body is permitted to examine the con tents of the package being sold. The printed catalogue tells briefly the con tents of each , but not with sufficient detail to give much idea of what they really contain. And the catalogue fs not consulted by all the bidders. So the buying of these packages , number ing thousands as they do , is much like a lottery venture. Indeed , it is large ly because of this that the sale attracts so largo a number of people. The auction-rooms where it is conducted are usually crowded , and the sale is very interesting and sometimes amusing. The class of articles making up these mysterious packages is so varied and so ludicrously combined as to cause shouts o'f laughter where they are opened. As a rule buyers do not open the packages at the auction-rooms , for they know that they run a risk of mak ing themselves laughing stock. There are usually enough who run this risk , however , to keep the crowd in a good- natured roar , and show the funny uses that are made of the mails. One pur chaser at the sale just closed got in one of the packages which he bought a black wool hat , an old life , and a pair of old red drawers. His amuse ment and chagrin were no greater , however , than that of a man who found the contents of his package to be a lot of damaged and soiled under clothing for the gentler sex , four lady's linen collars , and a small feath er for a lady's hat. Still another lot turned out on examination to be a child's bib , a pair of cheap finger-rings , two spools of thread and a rubber diaper. Another got as his prize sev enteen papers of "line-cut tobacco , a button-hook , and a pair of socks. One package which excited roars of laught er from everybody but the purchaser contained some cheap jewelry , a but ter-knife , a sugar-spoon , eleven old toothbrushes , and a button-hook. Still another had two pairs of children's shoes , two handkerchiefs , a worn apron , and four old nightcaps. One purchaser was made happy by finding in his very heavy package Gaskell's Compendium and an old jelly glass. One individual ; presumably a" govern ment clerk , got in his package a book entitled "Why We Are Democrats , " another bought a handsomely bound bible , and another a copy of "Hoyle's Games , " whatever that is. There were large numbers of corsets , large numbers of "harmonicas , " and hun dreds of packages containing , both men's and women's underwear and and overwear in all stages of cleanli ness and otherwise , ana all conditions as to wear and wearing possibilities. False teeth , worn rubber shoes , a cir cular saw , a pound of tea , bottles of tooth wash , electric batteries , suits of clothing , several watches , and quanti ties of jewelry were among the curious articles intrusted to the mails. The postoffice department accompanies the catalogue of'articles with a brief sug gestion to the public that if those send ing packages would see that they are well wrapped , carefully addressedand bearing on the corner the name and address of the sender , the loses would not be one tenth what they are now , for if they were uncalled for and un delivered they would be returned to the senders. Cookery as a Home Art. A writer in a recent English paper complains that , with the general ad vance in the useful arts , that of cook ery has remained in the hands of care less and unskilled workers , almost entirely undeveloped. "If it were not so , " he says , "they would not have left an art so important so entirely to traditionary teaching , would have developed it in a way they have not done ; and would have combined to secure pleasant meals in a way they carefully avoid. " A consideration of this matter recalls some recent dis cussions of the questions of combina tion and co-operation , which have thus far failed to give any practical solution of this complex problem. Until some more effectual means of general advancement in the knowledge and practice of cookery can be devis ed , the matter seems to rest , as it has for ages past , solely in the hands of the house-vife , and upon her comes the weighty responsibility of prepar ing the daily food , on which the health , happiness and usefulness of her family so largely depend. In the knowledge which is necessary to an intelligent and easy handling of the matter , either in the way of direction or act ual work , the American housewife is sadly deficient , often leaving the pre paration of food entirely to an un trained and unreasoning servant , and more often doing it herself with an ignorance and lack of interest which make it the most irksome drudgerv. There is more than a grain of truth m the remark of a German physiciar that American women never think o dinner until half an hour before it it time to eat it , and then they hav something fried. There are thousand of intelligent women who are willing to devote a large part of their time t < some branch of art study in which they can never hope to become any thing more than imitators or common place amateurs , who regard thi practice of cookery as a mental em ployment , instead of a line art which is worthy of careful and intelligen study. "I am born for something better , ' disdainfully asserts the ambitious or the incompetent woman when the sub ject is presented to her. Doubtless for something better than the drudg ery of dishwashing and similar merely mechanical work which can be done under direction , by an unskilled do mestic. For something better , also than tha routine methods and tradi tions without reason which make up the sum of many a housewife's culin ary education. But the wise and en lightened developenient of an art which , in all the centuries past , has scarcely advanced beyond the bare gastronomic necessities of a race that must eat to live , which has not yet outgrown many of the mistakes of its earliest experiments , and which holds possibilites for physical growth and well being without'which a higher ant more harmonious moral and menta ! growth are well-nigh impossible , opens a field where any woman may become a royal benefactress , not only to the few who make up the little kingdom of her home , but to many yet to live in this growing and wisdom-gaining world. * And this knowledge is not difficult to attain. Thought , intelligence and in terest will solve many problems and achieve man } results which will bring their "own exceed ng great rewards , rewards without a suspicion of drudg ery or degradation. With the newly found knowledge of cause and effect , of reason and fitness , which a general interest in this art will diffuse , will come a recognition of this necessity of pure air , of cleanliness and meth od , and of improved and convenient appliences for kitchen work. Per haps , even , the modern parlor , with its confused and ill-assorted decora tions , and its uselessness for honest family comfort , will become of less importance than a bright , cleanly , well-appointed kitchen , where the housewife , be she rich or poor , will not find it punishment to spend the time necessary for the wise discretion , or even manual work required. The woman who , because she does not like housework , remains in willful igno rance of the truth that upon the diet of a people its health , its character and its power for usefulness and attainment also wholly de pend , is not fit to assume the responsibilities of a housewife. In replying to some poetic masculine yearnings suggested by a remark of Dr. .Johnson , made in the days when the classic tongue was in higher favor than it is at present , to the effect that a man would rather see a good dinner on his table than have his wife speak Greek , a witty woman poetically ex presses the belief that , if such wild fancies were to become facts , the world would be full of "starved brutes making love to tired cooks. " But to know the properties and uses of different kinds of food , and the best 'methods of cooking to obtain nutriment for brain , bone and muscle , will add pleasure and interest to the ) manual labor , and , at the same time , make it less complicated and tiresome. It is a hap-hazard fashion of taking up the duties of daily life , the doing what she must and shirking what she can , that makes the life of many a house-mother one long , dreary task , barren of acquisition for herself , or of benificial results for others. Wholesome food , well prepared and daintily served , whether it be coarse or delicate , will materially lessen the number of starved brutes , tired cooks and exacting gourmands. Until the time when the science as well as the art of cookery becomes generally understood , and the work can be honestly and economically done for the people by trained professional workers , "the separateness in cook ing , " which the English writer de plores as being pushed everywhere to preposterous limits , " is the best means which the world has at com mand , and should be made as influen tial for health and consistent develop ment as knowledge , interest and careful thought on the part of the individual housewife can make it. Martha Howe Davidson , in The Current. Ex-Treasurer Spinner's Signature. This fact called to the min of Assistant Treasurer Graves an amusing incident during Treasurer Sp'nnePs administration. "One day , " said Mr. Graves , "a letter was received - ed with a Confederate note inclosed. The sender wrote that , as the United States had confiscated the late Confed eracy , he supposed the liabilities would be assumed , and he trusted that the bill would be promptly ex changed. The Treasurer was in one of his gouty moods that day , and in answer to my request for instructions in replying he growled , 'Tell him to goto h . ' In'obedience to the orderl wrote a letter in which it was stated that , as the headquarters of the con cern which issued the note had been removed to the place of inception , the infernal regions , the Treasurer advises vou to present the note there for pay ment in person. Mr. Spinner laughed flryly as he signed the letter , and re marked that he supposed this would slose the correspondence. We heard nothing from the writer for sometime and had about forgotten the incident , tvhen one day a letter was received from him again , in which he apolo gized for the delay in answering , and said it had been due to the time con- > umed in complying with the advice jf the Treasurer. He added : "I have been to the place indicated , md was so unfortunate as to find the [ ) ld Boy himself behind the counter. Vluch to my surprise he cashed the note at once , with the remark that , old Spinner's indorsement was good there at any time. ' " Washington Correspondence of the Columbus Journal i Eggs will hatch much more readily under a hen than in an incubator il thejrare much over a week old. A norosrroB TAX WICK. HM Senate Ptuaea a Bill Tnrretulng Pension * to Widows of Soldier * . In the senate on the 17th a small bill was passed granting a pension to a New York soldier's widow , and the following important amendment by Senator Van Wjck was adopted : That all widows or minor children of soldiers who , as such , are now receiving under existing laws , general or special , the sum of $3 per month , by reason of the death of such soldiers * and sailors in service or from a disability con- tractcd in the military or naval service of the United States and in line of duty shall , from and after this date , bo entitled to and receive the rate of $12 per month In lieu of said rate of $8 ; and all such widows or minor children who shall hereafter be found to be entitled to the rate of $8 per mouth under existing laws , shall be entitled to and receive the rule of $12 In lieu of said rate of $3. Mr. Van AVyck said : "This is precisely the same language which the senate incorporated in the Mexican pension bill , as it is called. The majority of the senate , no doubt , felt then as now that If there was any general legisla * tlon to be had it should be * to increase the meagre compensation giren to the widows of soldiers who had fallen upon the field of battle. I have felt it my duty to call the at tention of the sctmte to the matter by way of amendment to this bill. It is proposed to u house 1)111. 1C the senate adopts it and i laces it upon flic bill , and the house refuses to lon- cur , theu we can readily consent that the sen ate shall recede from its amendment so as not to imperil the bill for the relief of the person now seeking the pension. I am anxious , inas much as there is no possibility of legislation on this branch of the question unless it be done in this way , that the senate should at least seek this opportunity to do this , act of justice. " There is also another provision which covers the case of dependent parents , which should be put in. I should have incorporated that in the amendment , except that some senator might fear we were proposing to do too much. I failed to see any force in the suggestion that we should place the Mexican pension bill In peril by agreeing to the amendment I pro pose. It ism peril to day , and it is defeated substantially. The ouly question is whether we should attempt to do something which 1 think both branciies of the American congress desire , and which the nation universally de sires , to Increase the pensions of those whose pensions are far below what they should be in the estimation of the nation. The Mexican pension bill stands defeated , and as far as tha veterans of the Mexican wnr is concerned the bill is defeated by the action of the senate. The senate was so uuwilllng that that meas ure should stand upon its own merits , that they plactd amendments upon it which they believed to be just and ri ht. The only prac tical question which we are to meet tp-day in regard to pensions is whether we shall do this act of stern justice or refuse to do it and do nothing. Neither the Mexican soldier nor the other classes who were considered in the amendments of that bill will receive any consideration at the hands of this congress before the 4th day of March. We can now save something for the most needy of all these classes , and that is the widows who are only receiving $8 per month , and I suggest to.my Iricnd that it puts nothiug in peril , not even the bill. If we place tills amendment on the bill and the house refuse to concur , then I shall be willing that the senate recede from our amendment. % Vc shall have done all in our power ; we shall have satisfied the nation tLat we are disposed to do justice to those who are receiving least from its bounty a-id generosity. We can come in here special ! } and give tue widows of some admirals and giuerals $50 per month , and of others § 2,000 a year. That im perils nothing ; but when we reEOlve to take out of the ditliculty in which tbuy are plac-'d that class which , of all others , is entitled to relief , we are told we should pause a moment to give the subject consideration ; and when a remedy is within our reach , as it is now , to save them and do them justice , it will be no answer , and my friend from New Hampshire cannot answer the widows in New Hampshire , and New England , and the United States , who are receiving this pittance , by saytng that it is sought to do something ilse , and he fears' this would put something else in periL SWALLOWED UP JJF AX AVALANCHE. Thirty Persons Killed & ; / a Snow Slide In Cotlontoood Canon. Salt Late dispatch : The relief party sent to Alta to rescue the living and bring back the dead who were killed In the recent snow slide which overwhelmed that town , returned late last night. The rescuing party had a very trying experience. Coming down the deep de files of- the mountain side , dragging sleds on which the bodies were placed , sewn up in blankets , they were beset by deep drifts and whirling particles of snow driven before the howling blasts of winter in the thin mountain air pricked like so many needles. Fortunately however , all the brave men who risked the fatigues and dangers of the journey to save the unfortunates Ouried beneath the drifts of the avalanche , returned without having re ceived serious harm. Twelve bodies were brought down the canon in a mournful p'ocessjon , single rile , laslu d upon sleds. The first sk'd bore the body of Ma tii Hickcy , tuo next Timothy Madden , Jeremial Regan , David B. Evans , James Watson , Barney Gibson and Mrs. Ford with her baby lashed to her breast. The last sled-carried the four children of Ed ward Ballou. The following persons reported dead were rescued alive : Andrew White , after being under the snow twelve hours , slightly injured ; Frederick Culinan , alter btiug buried sixteen hours , alsD hurt but not serious y ; Mr. Keist was in the drift six hours. Besides these , Mr. Ford , though not covered with the avalanche , was badly nurt. The body of one of the Chinamen w as not found Mrs. Ford , it appears , had a premonition of danger , and begged her husband to take her and their ihil- dren to a place of safety that fatal night , saying she felt sure the avalanche was coming. Snow slides in the neighborhood of Alta are of dally occurrence. One occurred last Satur day in Superior Gulch , which the survivors at Alta felt sure resulted in the death of Samuel Trescott , B. Angere and John White , working there. Two men , going there to see if they were safe , got in sight of their cabin and tun nel , when they saw a snow slide start , and in an instant almost the cabin was obliterated in a sea of snow. The concussion of the slide threw them violently to the ground , and they hurried awaytfor fear of another slide. 3s is " reported that" man named McD-iniels , living south of Alta , was killed by the slide of Fri day night Nothing has been seen or heard of him since. In three slides a' Alta , all of which occurred on Friday , thirty persons have been killed. Clereland Preparing His Inanyural. From Albany it Is reported hat Cleveland 8 at work on his inaugural address and will devote bis attention to it exclusively until finished. It is the impression -nong leading democrats acquainted with Cleveland cni Manning that while-the latter has not been formally tendered the appointment of Eecre- : aryof the treasvry , at th3 prt = cnt moment ; here is little d-mbt that his name will bs found in the list on March 4th for the tre-j my jortfoiio. Manning ; according : to his friends. : elt more of an a version than incilt ation to take any cabins , position , preferring1 a 1 & 3 iromincnt and less responsible position in Ife , but as Cleveland has In a degrte insistol hat Manning- shall be one of his ad vitois , tuo utter consented to accept the post. Xltanla lo Hussion Officers. ? Se senate committee on foreign relations reported an amendment to the sundry civil bill to appropriate $15,000 to enable the prcsi- lent to bestow testimonials upon thoseofScera and subjects of the Kusslan government who aided the survivors of the Jeannettc cxpedl Lion or who aided the search parties sent after the members of the expedition. This also recommended inothe order that tha president nay convey to the government and people of Russia an expression of hltrh of appreciation which the United Btatea hold the services re n icred. STATE LEUISLAT1 YE J > OTTOS. 4s ForthadoieeA in a Consented Keport of tlte Xttirailta Ltgltlature. ' * * SENATE. In the senate on the 17th ( Ho 53 s to legalize the incorporation .of certain rail way companies and railway bridge companion was read a third time , and on motion of Borland it wai recommitted. Senate file 07 , providing for the foreclosure of tax liens , and house roll 80 , relating to- matriculation fees , were passed. Senate file IDS , providing for attorneys In foreclosure cases , was taken up ai\d recom mended for passage. The capltol appropria tion bill was also recommended for passage. Senate file 29 , relating to railway companies , and regulating rates on through freight , was Indefinitely postponed. House roll 233 , appropriating moneys to pay the incidental expenses of the legislature , was taken up and amended from { 83,000 to 340,000. It was recommended for passage as amended. HOUEB In the house , senate flic 14 , relating to passenger rates ou railroads , was placed on general file. House roll 153 was considered. This bill re lates to public roads , and provides that county boards , before opening public roads on section i lines , shall direct the county survevors to T i plant monuments on such lines , of durable [ material , and make a record of the same. It ' was recommended for passage. I The bill appropriating $30,000 for a reform j school at Kearney was considered. A motion j to recommit it was lost by a vote of 43 to 21. I The bill then passed. * The bill providing for a geological survey of Nebraska and for appointment of a geologist and au assistant , at a salary of $3.000 and § 1,800 per year respectively , $5,000 being al lowed lor the actual expenses , was Indefinitely postponed. SENATE. In the etnato on the 18th the cap ltol appropriation bill ( one-half mill on the > dollar ) was reported favorably. j The following bills were passed : House roll 1 2 , the same as Howe's senate file 2 , relating to accounts against counties ; senate file 153 , concerning township organization ; house roll 118. making an appropriation for the capltol I building ; also the house bill appropriating f 510,000 for the Home of the Friendless. i , Senate file 53 , to Incorporate certain railway and bridge companies , was read the third time 1 and recommitted. i House roll 373. appropriating 510,000 for the i Home of the Friendless , was taken up. It . was recommended for passage without amend- } incnt. ' HOUSE. The chairman of the committee on J miscellaneous subjects reported for Indefinite , , postponement house roll 119 , regulating the , practice of medicine and surgery , and house roll 32o , providing for a state board of health. ' The following bills were passed : House roll j 15 , requiring railroads to furnish double-decked ' ' cars to shippers of stock ; 147 , suspending the , herd law In certain cases ; 152 , relating to railways - i ways ; 235 , classifying railroads and establish ing freight rates. Senate tile 142 , defining the boundaries of Logan county , was passed ; also f the bill establishing the boundaries of Dawes countv , and Howe's senate bill , providing for the repeal of the penalty clause of the tax j law and for the repayment of the penalty col- I lected. The bill providing for a state board of * charities was defeated. SENATE. In the senate on the 19th the fol lowing bills were passed : S. F. 123 , relating" to mechanic's lien ; S. F. 123.relating to the national cattle trail ; S. F. 193 , providing for attorney fees in certain cases ; S. F. 99 , pro viding for the impeachment of county com missioners ; S. F. 30 , authorizing precincts , townships and towns to aid works of Internal improvements ; S. F. 10(5 ( , relating to counties and county seats ; S. F. 77 , to prevent spread of infectious diseases anionscdomesticanimal * . House roll 2 3 , appropriating ? 40,000 for he incidental expenses of the legislature , was pasGcd , as was also the joint memorial to con gress asking repeal ol the law requiring a homesteader and pre-cmptor to publish at.nis own expense "intention to perfect title. " A bill was also passed amending the law relative to original bills of exceptions. HOUSE. lu the house on the 19tli a number of bills were reported. House roll 190 was read the third time ani passed. The bill makes it the duty of rail road corporations to erect and maintain a station and other shipping facilities upon their lines of road within the corporate limits of all towns , villages and cities having a population , of 500 inhabitants and upwards , through which. their roads shall pass , and to btop their trains at such stations. In the house in the afternoon the appropriation - t tion bill for the current expenses during the * ensuing two years was considered In commit tee of the whole. The various appropriations were taken up separately and adopted , until the university appropriation was reached. The finance committee recommended an ap propriation of 5100,000 for the various depart ments connected therewith. The committee rose without action in reference to the uni versity appropriation. Steven , from the committee on constitutional amendments , introduced a bill to amend article 3 of the constitution , relating to the length of the session and fixing the pay of the members of the legislature. SENATE. In the senate Paul called up the house bill appropnating ? 30,000 for the reform school"at Kearney , and it was reported for passage. Burr introduced a memorial and joint reso lution , which was passed , urging congress to place General Grant on the retired list. House roll 324 , relating to railway tariffs , which passed the house , came before"the sen ate for consideration. It was indefinitely post poned by a vote of 20 to 13. Durland's bill , providing for the incorpora- t'on of certain railway companies and bridge companies , which had been recommitted three times , was taken up and passed. House roll 4C2 , appropriating moneys for the salary of state officers uuder the constitution was reported for passage. In the afternoon session of the house Hozen , from the committee on penitentiary , reported that the institution is In excellent condition. With tiiis report was a petition signed by thir teen hundrt d citizens of Douglas county pro testing asrainst contracting for convict labor , which was returned without recommendation. The raihay commission bill , senate file 187 , was considered by the committee of the whole but not disposed of. HOUSE. Newcomer , from the committee on fed ralielations. reported favorably upoi the following bills : H. K. 340 , relating to rightsot citizens ; 303 , joint nAlution opposing na tional cattle trail , ana 104 , amending road law. law.The The house then went into committee of the whole to consider hou-e rolls 401 and 402 , the same baing appropriation bills. The consideration of the penitentiary esti mates brought many members to their feet , who explained what they did not know about prison affairs. The amendments of the committee on finance were agreed to after cutting off S1OJO when the estimates for the fish commission were reached. Nettleton favored scaling tha same , and moved to strike out everything re lating thereto. The motion was lost and the amounts given in the bill were accepted. The entire appropriations of the bill having been considered , it was reported for passage. * i m PURELY A ZOKE SIATCff. A Toung ClcrJ : of 2X Joins Hl # Fortunes to ct Frishy Widow of 7 J. To-day , says a Birmingham ( Conn. ) dispatch , every one bos been on the qui vivo in consequence quence of a strange marriage between Harry Baldwin , a young clerk of 22 , who is employed In the general store of Frank D. Jackson , at a salary of about fSOO a year , to Mrs. Charlotte Canfleld , a frisky old widow , who has already passed her 75 summers , and who Is possessed ot -nuvf little lortune of about S-UOU ) . The wedding occurred to-night at 8 o clocrf. Ihe young bridegroom was dresssd in dark clothes with a short sack coat , as he sat in the parlor of his prospective bride this afternoon. She was dressed inablacksllkdress , and appeared to be a withered-up old lady of about ninety pounds avoirdupois. Be alleges that be mar ried the.old lady lor pure love. As soon as it was known that the knot had been tied all the dium corps and bands in town turned out. playing ; 'o/ous tunes , such as "Come , , Haste to the Weeding , " etc. The streets weie illu minated brilliantly , and snouts of Joy went up from the throats of men and boys. They rang the church and fire bells , and assembled in front of the house where the wedded parties were , and the groom came out on the front steps and distributed funds to treat the crowd.
