Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TRIBUNE.
F. M. & E. 31. K1M3IKIX , Pubs.
McCOOK , : : : : NE
OVER TgE STATE.
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.BUFFALO BILL ON THE INDIAN PHOBLEI
Buffalo. Hill , of .Nebraska , in a Chicaj
News .interview of January 7th , says : '
have just returned from a two weeks' hun
ing expedition with Mr. Booth , n wealth
Englishman. We started from my ram
in northwestern Nebraska , and had a ti
top time. I am not playing anyLtheatric !
engagements this winter , as I have larj
stock interests to look after. I have ren
Gen. Sheridan's report on the Indian quo ;
tion , and think that what he recommend
is the best thing to do. Ho was long i
.command of the military division in whic
the Indian reservations arc located , and i
which tho troubles have occurred. He i
therefore the best informed regarding tli
character and needs of the red men. Th
Indians have no need of these large resei
-rations. Take tho Sioux tribe , for ir
stance. They number 65.000 , and have
territory as largo as the state of Wisconsii
There JB no game on it , and therefore the
have no occasion to roam over it. As tli
land is held by the tribe there is no incer
tive for individual enterprise in cultivatin
it. If each Indian had say 320 acres se
apart for him , and he knew it was his , h
would take an interest in making it prc
ductive. Thelndian is generally smart an
alive to his own interests. By giving eac'
Indian family the amount of land now a !
lowed to them by law the greater part o
these vast reservations would be throwr
open to settlement and tho public greatli
benefited. The proceeds of the sale of th
lands could be put into bonds and the in
forest devoted to the payment of annuities
Tho Indians of the west must grow inti
the ways of civilization just as those of th
cast have done. "
AMERICAN EXHIBITION , LONDON. Receiv
ing as I do. hundreds of letters from all
sections of Nebraska , ns well as the north
west generally , concerning the American ox
hibition at London , opening May , 188G , il
is due all concerned that in this publii
manner advice be given that I have ten
dered the management at London my resig
nation , both as member of "the executive
council" and. "executive commissioner o
the United States ; " also declined the offei
-ol an honorary commission kindly ten
dercd by Gov. Dawes as tho representative
-ol Nebraska ,
"While I am strong in tho faith that Ne
braska ought to be represented atLondon ,
and that in failing to do so we neglect o
golden opportunity of again showing to the
world our wondrous resources and capabili
ties orratherto finish up ourgrand exhibit
at New Orleans a carefril canvass of the
matter causes me , reluctantly , to abandon
the project as one not feasible under exist
ing conditions. Neighboring states , with
which we are more or less intimately con
nected in common interests , are not view
ing the enterprise as favorably as might be.
"We have no appropriation from which the
expense of collecting an exhibit could be
met. And yet I thinkwith proper and
united effort , means could be improvised
without looking for legislative aid. I have
not time , however , to devote to this and
to secure such an exhibit as I would bo
willing to stand sponsor for on such an oc-
cason. I do not care to serve , even in the
prominent and honorable positions volun
tarily extended to me by the London man
agement and governor , unless I could take
with me my own state. Hence , action on
my part as indicated.ROBERT
ROBERT W. FUUNAS.
XEBRA8KA SHUTS AND NOTES.
THE Schuyler Sun says that a year ago
, this last Christmas , Stewarb Edgar swore
off drinking. Mr. Joseph Bliss promised
him § 25 if ho held out for one year. Stew
art kept his resolution like a man , and on
Christmas Mr. Bliss handed over 525 , all
in ten-cent pieces , representing the dram
money Stewart had saved by abstaining.
Stewart says he finds it too beneficial to his
family to ever take to drinking again , and
it is the hope of all his friends that he never
will.
TiiETekamahpapers complain of thobad
behavior of the boys of that town on the
streets , at church and at places of enter-
ment.
LINCOLN now has a paid fire department.
THE state has § 15,000 worth of 4 per
cent registered government bonds which
were purchased at par , but are now worth
a premium.
A LINCOLN man who made himself too
Tree and fresh with another man's wife was
fined § 25 and costs , something over § 50
in all.
DEDICATION of tho Methodist church at
Friend has been temporarily postponed on
account of inclement weather.
SEVERAL monied citizens of Calhounhave
subscribed § 1,400 toward the erection of a
creamery.
A YONNO man is in jail at Lincoln for
stealing geese , and the outlook is that when
ho gets out it will be to take a trip to the
reform school.
MERCHANTS of Humphrey report an im
mense holiday trade , nothing like it ever
"before having been experienced.
SCIUBNEB'S building improvements for
1885 foot up to § 50,000.
A WYMOUE boy named Wolf took to
school the other day a bottle full of amber
colored liquid ( hard cider ) which he said he
"had taken from a jng full of tho stuf * that
his pa takes for a pain in h.s right side.
BEN HOGAN , the evangelist , is holding a
. oeries of religions meetings at Schuylcr.
Ben is said to draw largo audiences ami is
doinz much cood in towns that ho tackles.
SOME cuses of diphtheria are reported in
Friend ; but thus far none have been fatal.
THE ice in the Missouri river at Brown-
ville went out about Christmas and the
lorry boat resumed regular trips.
A GOOD deal of corn is yet in 'the field ,
and from present appearances is likely to
remain there until spring.
MRS. W. S. DICKEN , of Syracuse , had a
narrow escape from death by poison. Sho
was suffering from an aching tooth , and a
physician was called for the purpose of ex
tracting the same. In pulling the tooth , a
portion was broken off. Some aconite was
then placed on a piece of cotton and put in
the cavity left vacant by the tooth , to re
lieve the pain. A portion of this was swal
lowed. Prompt action by a physician
Drought her out all right , but it was a close
call.
call.AT
AT North Loup a man named Baldwin
ait one Trester with a six-pound wedge ,
laying him out in a most decided manner.
The man is badly hurt and may never
fully recover from effects of the blow ,
trouble was all about a woman , and a
married one at that.
THE winter term of Orleans seminary
now Orleans college opens pleasantly wii
bright prospects for tho future. There is
good , and constantly increasing atten
an cc.
THE boys in the Chadron postoffico st
have plenty to do. During the last qua
ter 5,800 registered letters passed throui
the office , besides 631 registered at tin
place. Nearly $1,000 worth of stam ]
were sold , and § 1,373.52 worth of suppli
received.
THE soil of Dawes county gets the folloi
ing send-off through the columns of tl
Chadron Democrat : Our soil appears 1
have all the elements necessary to produ
vegetation. At the beginning of last wint
Mrs. O'Linn had a pit dug in the bottom
tho cellar under her house and some pot
toes buried therein. The cellar is aboi
ten feet deep and the pit two or three fe
deep , making the soil at the bottom aboi
twelve or thirteen feet below the surface
the ground. Last spring the potatoes we
taken out-and used , but a few were eve
looked in the bottom of tho pit , and th
fall when the hole was being prepared f <
tho reception of the new crop it was four
that what been left there had sprouted ar
produced about half a bushel of fine larj
new potatoes.
THE Free Methodists of Orleans a :
about to build a house of worshic-
A SIDNEY Hppcial says : Tto jury in tl
state of Nebraska versus Jim Rcnnolds , fo
She murdPr of James and John Pinkston
ather and son , on Pumpkin creek , thirty
ivo miles from here , September 16th , ren
dered a verdict of murder in the first de
gree. Judge Hamer suspended judgment a
; ho request of counsel. The verdict i
leartily approved by tho people here , wh <
deprecated mob law. The Pinkstons wen
aged respectively 5O and 22 years. The ;
came from Fairville , Saline county , Mia
souri. On the night of the murder the ;
were visited by Rennolds disguised as i
negro. After a short conversation Ren
nolds grabbed an axe and felled tho ol <
man , splitting his head open. Then turn
ng upon the son Rennolds served him ii
ike manner. Both died instantly.
THE Kitchen Bros. , of Omaha , have pur
chased the Commercial hotel at Lincoln
paying therefore § 80,000 ,
NJNE ntfNDREfi 'persons called at the Y
M. C. A. rooms , Omaha , on New Year'f
day.
day.THE
THE Nemaha Times says thab Mr. W. H
Combs of that city owns a cow which is
quite a curiosity as a milker. She was
nine years old last April , and tho only call
she ever had was when she was two years
old , since which time she has been givinj
milk constantly. And in the whole seven
years she has not failed to give at least
two gallons at a milking.
MR. ALLEN , near Clear Creek mills , PI attc
county , had a narrow escape from a singu
lar complication. Arunaway horse scared
his team , turning them square across the
road , when the runaway jlimped into hia
buggy , breaking both axles and three
wheels , but doing no damage to Mr. Allen
except spraining his arm.
SAMUEL CRISMAN brings suit against the
Omaha Horse Railway company torecovi-i
damages in the sum of § 1,000 , for personal
injuries alleged to.have been received while
in the employ of the company as a driver.
Plaintiff claims that his knee was injured
by his car slipping down a hill , and that the
company did not use the necessary precau
tion in keeping the track in good condii.iou.
LYONS shipped during tho month of De
cember nearly one hundred cars of grain.
' EDSHVILLE has made very substantia
irogress during the year just past.
THE past year Omaha did a great deal of
juilding , but she expects next year to dou-
tffi the amount.
CHADRON is gaining quite a reputation as
a jobbing town.
GIN. FUNKE'S widow , living at Lincoln ,
lias received § 5,000 , the amount of the
policy held by tho deceased in the Mutua
Benefit life insurance company.
THE now proprietor of the Commercio
'lotel ' at Lincoln will make some importan *
: hanges in tho structure.
IT is said that Henry Pepwell , living near
Pierce , shoots deer from his doorstep.
THE Omaha White Lead company has
jeen organized , with a capital of § 90,000
THE ice packers and sawyers of Omaha
lave organized for mutual protection , ana
lave fixed tho wages for the present sea-
ion's work at § 1.75 per day of nine hours.
A LARGE amount of game , principally
> rairie chicken and grouse , is being shipped
rom Clearwater to eastern markets.
TUB farmers of Olive , Butler county ,
lave organ'zed a union among themselves
or mutual improvement , by an intcr-
hange on all important questions , for
mited action in all matters pertaining to
, heir interests-
THE Beatrice Express says that one of
he last official acts of County Judge Kret-
inger was the collection and payment to
tic state of § 700 from the estate of Allen
'erry , deceased. Ferry left no heirs , and
onsequently his estate escheats to the
bate. He was the old man who died in a
dug-out" on the Blue river bank betwean
leatrice and Homesville in 1SS3. He lived
lone and very little was known of him.
Co had formerly lived in Thayer and Jef-
irson counties , and was about 60 years
Id. After a diligent search , no living heirs
ere found , and the money goes to the
: hool fund of the state. This is the first
loney that has ever escheated to the state ,
bout § 400 remains to be collected , which
jnsists of a judgment and promissory
ote in Thayer county.
O. S. MULLIGAN , a Colfax county farmer ,
ist a valuable mare a short time since ,
ad was unable to determine from what
iiise until a few days after he heard his
lildren talk about having broken a bottle
jrae days previous'in the oat bin , when he
) ncluded that the beast must have swal-
iwed some of the broken gloss.
A DOG supposed to be mad appeared on
ie streets of Omaha tho other day and
lade great scampering among thoso whom
2 met on the sidewalk. The alarm was
fief , for in about five minutes the dog was
; ad.
THE B. & M. will build a good deal of
> ad in Nebraska this year , but just where
is nob in order n6w for officials to say.
AN Omaha woman took her drunken hus-
ind from jail the other day and ticketed
m to Pennsylvania. In his absence she
ill apply for and hopes to obtain a di-
> rce.
8. F. HOAO advertises in the Ainsworl
papers that if the citizens will encoura ;
him with a loan for three years at a lo
rate of interest he will erect a fif ty-barr
steam flouring mill. >
THE Auburn Republican recently'pul
lished a six column history of that tov
for the past seventeen years.
AT the ctoeyenne county oar banquet r
Sidney last week plates were laid for Bff
enty-five guests , and tho occasion wi
marked for its grace and splendor.
JOHN RAY , an old settler of Lancasti
county , living in the vicinity of Roca , whi
returning home from Firth a few weeks agi
met with an accident resulting in a coup
of broken ribs and several severe bruise ;
His team became frightened at somethir
and ran away , breaking up the wagon coi
eiderably and injuring Mrs. Pray slightly.
THE Beatrice Express says the late ;
Kansas-Nebraska railroad projected is tl
Omaha , AbileneWichita. . Sedgwic
county ( Knnsap ) has voted § 75,000 sul
scfiotion to the stock ; Marion count
§ 150,000 , and Dickinson county , of whic
Abilene is the county seat , is to vote c
$150,000 to the proposition at an earl
date , with a certainty that it will carr ;
Soon as this last proposition becomes
fact , the company will be ready to mal
contracts for grading and building the roac
POZITXCAX XEirS AXD .VOTES.
A revision of the laws relating to natura
fzation and expatriation is earnestly sough
from congress.
President Cleveland will accept no invitf
tions to dine from persons other than th
members of his cabinet.
Ex-Congressman Whitthorne , of Tonne :
see , has aspirations for the osnato whe
Mr. Jackson's term expirc3.
Talk about southern generals and Mif
souri colonels ! GOT. Hill , of New Yorl
had 11,000 applications for places on hi
military staff.
The Iowa and Nebraska men did no
figure very prominently in Speaker Ca ]
lisle's mind wiu.n he was making up the lis
of committees announced in the house. C
lowans Gen. Henderson gotthe most d (
sirabb position. lie was assigned to nr
propv-ations , tbn most pvor.iinent commit
tei : of the lo'i.
Sepubllcaii Ihembers of tho Ohio legisla
lure held an open joint caucus and nomi
nated the Hon. John Sherman for th
United Stated senate , to be voted for atth
joint convention of the two houses of th
state legislature. The vote was unnnhnou
and open , there being no other name sug
rested to the caucus.
Mr. Laffoon , o ! Kentucky , has intro
duced a bill in the house to amend th
civil service act , by limiting examination
to only the matters which may fairly tea
the appplicant's fitness for position * it
nch he ? ceks appointment. It n' o pro
vides that all offices in the classified servici
filled by appointment prior to January 115
1883 , ( the date of the approval of th' '
civil service act ) shall be declared vacant
and shall be filled according to the pro vie
ions of the act. The person dismissed un
der the above-mentionerl section may
however , be reappointed after p.issing t
satisfactory examination.
A FIRST-CLASS YOUXG 11OGTJE.
Chicago dispatch : Adolph Spe'elbenger , a
youth who claims to be 18 years of age , but
who scarcely looks more than fifteen , sat In
the dock at Justice Woodman's court. If all
that is alleged against him is true , he has all
the elements of a first-class rogue and bids fair
to blossom into an experienced confidence man
unless his career is cut short. A few days ago
he put in an appearance at Sig. Cohen's aristo
cratic gambling house , claiming that he had
lost § 300 at cards , and demanded that amount
in spot cash upon the pain of reporting the
place to the poh'ce and having Cohen arrested
for fraud. Instead of complying with his de
mands Cohen kicked the youngster into the
street , whereupon as soon as his rear extrem
ities had recovered from the shock , he hied
himself to the central station and swore out a
warrant for Cohen's arrest. Investigation de
veloped the fact that he had tried the same
game upon several of the gambling houses
with better success ; many of them consenting
to be mulcted in sums ranging from § 20 to § 50
rather than run the risk of being pulled. The
precocious kid will have a chance of explain
ing to Justice Woodman , and his propects for
a six months' sojourn in the Bridewell are ex
tremely bright.
THE DAKOTA MEASURE.
Washington special : A compromise is tc
be offered by the democrats in congress on
the Dakota question. They have pre
pared a bill which will be introduced this
week , proposing division of the territory on
the north and south line on the one hun
dred and first meridian , which runs imme
diately east of Bismarck , placing that city
in the west half , which is to be'known a
Lincoln , and naming Aberdeen as the capi
tal of the east half , which will retain thi
lame of Dakota. The line leaves the Mis-
jouri river at the north of Fort Rice mili-
; ary reservation. It is believed that this
lompromise will be accepted by all parties ,
Because it throws the agricultural portions
ind mineral sections into a separntr terri
tory. The eastern boundary will be repub-
ican and the western territory will be
lemocratic , the Black Hills country being
i democratic stronghold. After the' terri-
iory is thus divided , an effort is to be made
o admit both to statehood.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR AGITATED.
The local stove moulders and Knights of
abor generally of Pittsburg are in deep
oncern about a circular that has been is-
ued by a committee of the National asso-
iation of the stove moulders. The circu-
xr states that 80 per cent of the foundries
re non-union and advises the employes to
oycott all union workmen in the trade.
Tie former will hold a national convention
tLouisville , Ky. , next month to discuss
he committee's advice. A prominent
lember of the stove moulders' union , in
peaking of the circular , said : "We will
ive them plenty to do shortly if they even
int about meddling with our union. We
re getting stronger every day and mean to
tact some concessions from them , and
aen they will understand whether or not
e are to be supplanted by apprentices. I
lay ask that buyers of stoves will be asked
) boycott some of those anti-union man-
Cacturers. "
WILT. APPROVE THE FIXDIXG.
Secretary Whitney has decided not to
mvene a court-martial in the case of Pay-
aster-General Smith , of the navy. He
ill approve the findings of the court and
ibmit the case to the president for his ac-
on.
CO'ttSHTTEES OF run HOUSE ,
After Stature Deliberation , Spealter Carlls
Slakes Them , Public.
The following is a lull list ol the most in
portant house committees as announce
by Speaker Carlisle :
Ways and Means Messrs. Morrisoi
Mills , Hewitt. McMillan , Harris , Breckei
ridge ( Ark. ) , Mayberry , Breckenridge ( Ky ;
Kelly , Hiscock , Brown , Reed. McKinley.
Appropriations Messrs. Randall , Fo
ney , Holman , Townshend , Burns , Cabel
Lafevre , Adams ( N. Y. ) , Wilson , Cannoi
Ryan , Butterworth , Long , McComas , Hei
dorspn ( la. )
Coinage , Weights and Measures Messr
Bland , Lanaham , Seymour , HernphiH , No
wood , Scott , McCreary , Byrum , Jainei
Rockwell , Little , Felton , Fuller ( la. , Too
( Mont. )
Rivers and Harbors Messrs. Willii
Blanchard , Jones , Murphy , Gibson , Stev
art. Carlton , Cutchings , Glover , Henderso
(111. ( ) i Bayne , Stone , , Burleigb , Grosveno
Marklmm.
Foreign Affairs Messrs. Belmont , Clen
ents , Cox. Singleton ( Miss. ) , Worthingtoi
Daniel , McCreary , Grain , Rice , Wait
Ketcbani. Phelps , Hitt.
Naval Affairs Messrs. Herbert , Hewit
"Wise , Ballentine , McAdoo , Norwood , Lori
Sayers , Harmer , Thomas , Goff , Boutell
Buck.
Public Lands Messrs. Cobb , Henley , Va
Eaton , Foran , Laffoon , Stevens , Lamlii
McRae , Strait , Anderson , Payson , Stepher
son , Jackson , Voorbees ( Wash. Ter. )
Territories Messrs. Hill , Springei
Spriggs , Burns , Sadler , Boyle , Perry , Dav
son , Struble , Baker , Cooper , Ilennar
Symes Joseph.
Mines and Mining Messrs. Clardy , O'Fei
rail , Hill , Skinner , Jones , New , Gay , Berrj
White , Woodburn , Lindsley , Syraes , Mi
Kenna ( Gala. ) , Bean ( Arz. )
Pacific Railways Messrs. Throckmoi
ton , Crisp , Cabal , Dunn , Bliss , Tillmar
Outhwaite , llk-hardson , Haniback , Holmes
Everhart , Hayden , Weaver.
Elections Messrs. Warner. Lo vy , Rol
ertson , Martin. Pettibone , Ilahn , Hopkin
(111. ( ) , Dorsey ( Neb. ) , Boyle , Henderson ( IS
C.J , Greene , Cockton. Hall ( la. ) , Payne
Ely.Commerce
Commerce Messrs. Reagan , Clardy.Crisp
Caldwell , O'Ferrall , Tarnsey , Pulitzer , Bj
rum , Irion , O'Neill ( Pa. ) , Davis , Dunhan
(111. ( ) , 'Weaver ( Neb. ) , Johnson , Morrow.
Judiciary Messrs. Tucker , Hammond
Culberson , Collins , Seney , Ontes , Eden (111. ( )
Rogers , Bennett , E. B. Taylor. Parker
Ramsey , Hepburn ( la. ) , Steward , Caswel
( Wis. )
Banking and Currency Messrs. Curtin
Miller , Candler , Wilkins , Arndt , Snjcler
Howard , Hutton , Dingley , Brumm , Adam ;
(111. ( ) , Brady , Woodbury.
Agriculture Messrs. Hatch , Aiken , Green
Winans , Frederick ( la. ) , Davidson , Stahl
necker , Morgan , Glass , White , Funston
Price ( Wis. ) , Higers , Pi&rce , Swinburne
Gifford ( Dak. )
Military Affairs Messrs. Bragg ( Wis. )
Wheeler , Wolford , Ermentrout , Dorgan
Find lay , Viele , Anderson , Steele , Lain
( Neb. ) , McCutchcon , Houk , Negley , Carey
Postofllces and Postroads Messrs
Blount , Ward , Riggs ( III. ) , Taylor , James
Dockery , Warner , Merrinmn , Barry. Bing
ham , Wakefield , Burroughs , Guenthe :
( Wis. ) , Millard , Peters , Cainc.
Indian Affairs Messrs. Wellborn , Peel
Skinner , Storm , Felix , Campbell , Hale , Al
'en , ( Mass. ) , Ward (111. ( ) , Perkins , Nelson
Lafoilott ( Wis. ) , Sessions , Allen ( Mass. )
Hailey.
Railwaj's and Canals Messrs. Davidson
Murphy ( la. ) , Irion. Ellsbury , Henderson
( N. C. ) , Stone ( Colo. ) , Ridelock , Atkinson
Plumb (111. ( ) , Weber , VanSchaick ( Wis. ) ,
Pierce.
Manufactures Messrs. Wise , Sowpe , La
fevre , Wilson , Coleridge , Lawler (111. ) , Pin
dar , Campbell , West , Van Schaick ( Wis. ) ,
Hires.
Public Buildinss and Grounds Messrs.
Dibble , Reese , Snyder , Henley , Wilkins ,
Worthington (111. ) Cole , Johnston , Milli-
nen , Brown , Rockwell , Wade , Owen.
Levees and Improvements of Mississippi
River Messrs. Rankin ( Wis. ) , Van Eaten ,
Kleyner , DowdneMcRea , Glass , Dawson ,
Brown , Whiting , Merrill , Bunnell , Grout.
Education Messrs. Aiken , Chandler , Wil
lis , Curtin , Miller , Mayberry , Burns ( III. ) .
Mahoney , Strait , Whiting , Campbell , I H.
Taylor. O'Donnell.
Labor Messrs. O'Neill ( Mo. ) , Foran ,
Lovering , Weaver , ( la. ) , Lawler , ( Ills. )
Daniels , Tarsney , Craine , Funston , James' ,
Haynes , Bound and Buchanan.
Militia Messrs. Muller , Forney , Forney ,
McAdoo , Peele , Collins , Ballentine , Breck-
enridgc , Compton , Hopking , (111. ( ) Hayden ,
Meflit , Gwen , Wade.
Patents Messrs. Mitchell , TTalsell. Town-
send (111. ( ) Martin , Barnes , Morgan , Fisher ,
Cowles , Atkinson , West , Lchlback , Gilfillaii ,
Plumb (111. ( )
Invalid Pensions Messrs. Matson ,
Winans , Lovering. Neill , Ikes , Swope , Taul-
liee , Pidcock. Ellsbury , Pindar , Merrill ,
Ilaynes. O'Hara , Sawyer , Conger ( la. ) ,
Loutitt.
Pensions Messrs. Eldridge , Woolford ,
Tones , Scott , Cowles , Landes (111. ) , Ma-
lioney , Hutten. Struble ( la. ) , Taylor ,
Brady , White , Thompson , Cairns , Springer
(111. ( ) , Muller , Lanham , Shaw , Dougherty ,
Trigg , Neal , Sowden , McKenna , Warner ,
Fleeger , Buchanan , Gallinger.
War Claims Messrs. Geddes , Kleiner ,
Stone , Campbell , Richardson , Perry , Corn-
stock , Reid , Libby , Smalls , Heistond , John
ston. Lyman { In. ) .
Private Land Claims Messrs. Halsell ,
Barksdale , St. Martin , Eldredse , Sadler ,
Droxton. Hall ( La. ) , Reid , Osborn , Ely ,
Thomas ( Wis. ) , Dorsey ( Neb. ) , Thompson.
District of Columbia Messrs. Barbour ,
Hemphill , Campbell , Dowdnev " , Compton.
3ay , Ford , Heard , Rowell ( "ill. ) . Wads-
ivorth , Scranton , Davenport , Grant.
Revision of Laws Messrs. Gates , Turner ,
\dams ( N. Y. ) , Outhwait , Ford , Taffoon ,
Dougherty , Hales , Payne , Thomas (111. ( ) ,
Fuller ( la. ) , Gilfillan , White.
Expenditures in the State Department
ilessis. Bennett , Tillman , Lore , Arnot ,
scranton , Lyman ( la. ) , Loutitt.
Expenditures in the Treasury Depart-
nent Messrs. Lowery , Bland. Brecken-
idge , Shaw , Hahn , Bennett , Johnson.
Expenditures in the War Department-
Messrs. Robertson , Wheeler , Viele , Ander-
ion , Johnson , Warner , Fleeger.
Expenditures in the Navy Department-
Messrs. Taylor ( Tenn. ) , Souden , Davidson ,
'amabell , Rowell (111. ( ) , Brown , Thomas
Expenditures in the Postofiice Depart-
nent Messrs. Reese , Ward , Warner , Da-
'idaon , S. E. Taylor , Hyman , Bound.
Expenditures in the Department of Jus-
ice Messrs. Gibson , Hammond , Seymour ,
Yard ( III. ) , Millikin , Hamback , Sawyer.
Expenditures in the Interior Department
-Messrs. Weaver ( la. ) , Dargare , Harris.
Julberson , Brumm , Libby , Davenport.
Expenditures on Public Buildings and
JroundsMessrs. . Beach , O'Neill ( Mo. ) ,
leney , Riggs (111. ) , Pettibone , O'Hara , Gal-
iucer.
Accounts Messrs. Sprisg , Dockrry , St.
fartin , Gibson , Trig ? , Adams (111. ( ) , Evans ,
pooner , I. H. Taylor.
Joint Committee on Library Messrs.
ingleton , Stahlnecker , O'Neill ( Pa. ) .
Select Committee on Reform in the Civil
ervice Messrd. Cox , Clements , Storm ,
ilanchard , Findlay , Mitchell. Stone , Pulit-
? r , Bayne , Spooner , Little , Sehlback , Far-
nhar.
American Ship-Building and Ship-Owning
iterests Messrs. Dunn , Holman , Mills ,
.ing. Bliss , Rankin ( Wis. ) , McMillan , Com-
; ock , Dingley , Wadswortb , Osborne , Fel-
> n , Romeis.
Committee on Election of President and
ice-President Messrs. Caldwell , Eden
11. ) i Erraentrout , Beach , Dibble , Gibson ,
'card , Johnston , Laird ( Neb. ) , Baker ,
lustand , Cooper , Meffitt.
Ventilation and Accuostics Messi
Green , Stewart , Campbell , Allen , Evan
Swinburn , O'Donnell.
Select Committee on Alcoholic Liqui
Traffic Messrs. Campbell , Carldon , Fre
erick ( la. ) , Tautbee. Geaver , Morriso
Price ( Wis.EverhartLiijdsley ) , Roineis.
THE NATION'S LAW-MAKERS.
Their Hldke-Up as Set Forth in the New Cot
grcsslonal Director/ .
From advance sheets of theCongressiom
Directory giving the autobiographies of a
the new congressmen , with a very few e :
ceptions , the Washington correspondent (
the Cleveland Leadergivessome.interestin
matter in regard to the representation <
the various states. Some states are repn
sented entirely by native-born congress
men , and Kentucky , Maine and South Ca :
olina constitute these. The eight states <
California , Colorado , Kansas , Nebraskr
Minnesota , Oregon , Iowa , and Wisconsi
have no native-born citizens in this honsi
Their delegations are made up of pioneer
and carpet-baggers. The PennsyIranian
lead. There are thirty-four of them , am
only two of the largo state delegation ai
born outside of its borders. Henderson o
Kansas , Burrows of Michigan , Wakefiel
and Strait of Minnesota , Weaver of Ni
braska , and Price of Wisconsin , and Andei
son , Seney , Townsend of Ohio , were a
born in Pennsylvania.
New York has twenty-nine nntive-bor
representatives in this congress. Its stnt
delegation consists of thirty-four , but onl ,
seventeen of these were born in New Yorli
and the other twelve New Yorkers fror
other states are as follows : Felton am
Markam , of California ; Lawler and Plum
of Illinois ; Eldridge , of Michigan , nndLnirtl
of Nebraska. William Walter Phelps wa
born in New York. The colored congress
man , O'Hara , first saw light in New Yorl
City. Bound , of Pennsylvania , is a NOT
Yorker. Warner , of Ohio , is a New Yorker
and Gifford , of Dakota , and the brave littl
Bragg , of Wisconsin , are both of New Yorl
by birth.
Ohio has twenty-four representatives ii
the forty-ninth congress. Eleven of iti
delegation were native born , and its othc :
representatives from states all over tin
union. The red-headed Symes , who take ;
the red-headed Osborne's place , came fron
Ashtabula , Ohio. The noiy Pettibone , o
Tennessee , was born on the outskirts o
Cleveland. The cultured and diplomatic
Hitt , of Illinois , came front the centra
Dortion of the state. Kansas nnu Jowji
mve each three members in the delegation
who date from Ohio. They are Frederick ,
tlepburn and Holmes ol the latter , and
Funstun , Perkins and Peters of the former
delegation. Van Eaton of Mississippi is an
Ohioan , Wado of Missouri is an Ohioan ,
and Judge Ward , of Indiana , in of Ohio
birth. Ohio has in this house thirteen
members representing other states , but
leads the list of states in the matter of out
side representatives , New York coming next
and Pennsylvania following.
The Indianians in this house are 12 , the
North Carolinians 13 , the Tennesseeans
and Virginians 14 , the Vermonters 11 , and
Massachusetts 10. South Carolina has 0
native representatives , Maryland 8 , Michi
gan , Georgia and Kentucky 7 , Illinois ,
Maine and New Hampshire 6 , Missouri 5 ,
Alabama and West Virginia 4 , Rhode
Island and Louisiana 3. Arkansas , Missis
sippi , Florida and Delaware each 2 , and
Texas , which is the largest state in the
union , has only one native-born represen
tative. Tom Ochiltree used to say he was
the first native-born Texan ever elected to
congress. His successor was al.so born in
Texas , but he is as quiet as Ochiltree was
blustering.
There are nineteen foreigners in the new
house , and the Germans now lead as the
Irishmen did in the last congress. There
are six Germans. Guenther , of Wisconsin ,
was born in Prussia ; Pulitzer , of New York ,
in Hungary ; Hahn , of Louisiana , and
Romeis. of Ohio , in Bavaria ; and Lehl-
bach , of New Jersey , and Morrill , of New
York , tool : their first breath in the land of
saner-kraut and lager. The five Irishmen
of this congress are Downey , of New York ;
McAdoo , of New Jersey , and Collins and
Lowry , of Indiana. Mahoney , who takes
Richelieu Robinson's place , though he has
an Irish name , first saw light in New York.
Five members were born in Great Britain.
Caine , the Mormon , comes from the Isle of
Man ; West , the wealthy paper box man ,
was born somewhere in England , as was
also Crisp of Georgia. Farquhar , of New
York , and Henderson , of Iowa , are each
Scotchmen , and in addition to these we
haA-e Stevenson , of Wisconsin , born in New
Brunswick , Gallinger , of New Hampshire ,
from Canada , and Krute Nelson , of Minne
sota , who was born in Norway. The for
eign delegation of the house is scattered as
follows : The states of Wisconsin , New Jer
sey and Massachusetts have each two for
eigners in their delegation. " New York has
five , and Indiana , Iowa , Ohio , Minnesota
and New Hampshire have each one.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS ,
A dispatch from Cairo states that the Arab
oss in the battle at Geniss was GOO killed.
Many wounded men were left on the field and
he houses were occupied by the British sur-
; cons. The Arabs are now fleeing toward
Dongola.
Great political demonstration was made at
2ork on the occasion of the funeral of Mr.
Jurkley , a prominent Fenian. Several mom
ers of parliament rode in the procession , and
nany trades unions and beneficial societies
laraded with bands and banners , and the line
if mourners who followed the hearse on foot ,
mmbered several thousand.
A Sofia dispatch represents that the meet
ng of Prince Alexander and Madjio , pasba of
he Turkish army , to arrange matters in regard
0 the union of Bulgaria and Eastern llomne-
ia was of the most cordial character. Tht
itter informed the former that the sultan
( . cognized the proposed union on certain con-
itions , provided the powers concurred.
The Pall Mall Gazette says it is able to
nnounce that Gladstone is ready to entertain
feasible proposal from the marquis of Sulis-
ury to jointly concert for a settlement of the
ome rule question. The Gazette urges a coa-
tion of the liberals and conservatives to deal
ith the subject.
M. Pasteur has agreed to receive a Ilunga-
an physician to study his science in inocuJa-
on against hydrophobia if he comes accredited
3 the nominee of Italy.
FZAGUE STRICKEN.
A dispatch from Albany , N. Y. , says th
ounty penitentiary there is a plague-
tricken spot. Its 1,000 inmates , includ-
ig 150 women , are exposed to a deadly
> rm of typhus fever , which gained a foot-
old there two weeks ago and has since baf-
ed the attempts of the physicians to check-
is spread. Two patients died Thursday
nd seven the followincday. The epidemic
1 said to have all the characteristics of the
lack plague , which decimated London
ears ago.
n WITH .1
At Cleveland. Ohio , Miss Ina Norton , a
city blonde , while attending a whist
irtv at the liouse of : i friend , suddenly
ft the table , went into the hall and di.sap-
lared. It now transpires that : t negro
lined Gus Barber has been paying .secret
.tcntion to the young girl and procured a
arriage license during the day. It is be-
sved that the couple were married and
ok a train east.
1
DIFFICULTIES I3f THE SOUDAfT.
The Jtrithh Amitj Itcstimlng Operations In-
flint CouHlri/ .
Its representative has cabled to tho Boston
CTo&e as follows : Tho best informed of the
evening papers announce that a considerable
force of British troops will shortly be sent to-
Egypt In pursuance of an amicable under
standing with the porte as reinforcements to
the army now under Gen. Stephenson's com
mand. The agreement between England and A
Turkey is said to Include farte Uancns for Eng-
land BO far as military operations In Egypt are-
concerned , but also provides for unreserved ire- /
knowledgment of Turkey's sovereign rig ! t
over the country. England thus gains pracU. '
cal benefits through the good will amVco-opcr-
ation In maintaining the obvious interests of
English bondholders In the khedlve's domin
ions , while conceding to tho sultan tie nomi
nal prerogative of which he Is so jealous. It Is
also said the understanding reaches still fur-
ther and contemplates aid to Turkey In main-
talning her authority In Asia wherever Eng
land can use her Influence to this end , though
active military support la not definitely prom
ised in the latter respect.
France Is still dialling at the fact that her ti
loss of prestige In Asia is contemporaneous /
with English gain of intlucncc in that dircc-
tion , particularly In connection with the ab- \
sorptiou of Burmah as part of the Indian em- !
pire. Though Salisbury's assurance that the
French interests In Burmah would be sedu
lously protected seemed at the moment to al
lay the apprehensions of the French cabinet , >
It now appears that new representations on
the subject have been made by the French
minister at London and that the 111 feeling la
regard to the matter Is growing more marked ,
as correspondence between the two govern
ments proceeds. The French companies that ,
tiad obtained valuable trading concessions- , t
from King Thecbaw , do not seem disposed to- \
let their magnificent prospects , vanish without
making a struggle for at least a partial rcallz- *
atlon of what they had confidently counted on
achieving. Their fate Is doubtless scaled , how
ever , as the annexation of Burmah Is bc3'ond
doubt an accomplished and Irreversible fac >
and even shoujd Salisbury desire to guarantee \
he equal rights of the French traders in that
region , the Burmese-Indo-Chinese railway np\v
icing opened , ami which of course , is con-
rolled by British capital , will bo too powerful
n defeating French enterprises tQ be over
"
come by any diplomatic amenities. -
CAPITAL NOTES. ' ,
DURING the month of January the com- uj *
missions of over 100 presidential post- N * " j "
masters will expire. The terms cf about I
ths same number terminated in December '
but comparatively few changes were made , .
It is said that a largo number of nominn- /
tions will be made as soon as congress1 '
meets. Since the first of July there have '
been over 9,000 changes made in fourth-
class offices , of which there are over 4 9,000. !
CAPT. MEADH , of the Dolphin , has not
made an official report to the secretary of J
the navy. Ho declines to be interviewed , j
with regard to the performance of his ship ,
rhu Dolphin sailed from New York for the
: apes , and thence turned towards tho Bur-
tnudas in search of agale. She encountered ±
n twenty-four hour gale , during which tho " ,
ivind reached a velocity of seventy miles sui j
iiour. The vessel was placed in several '
trying positions with regard to thesca , an < 7 j
the shaking up which the officers and crew
cccived made all seasick. The ship made
twelve knots an hour throughout the gale.
From this it is inferred that her perform- "ir" | ,
vnces were very good. It is not learnctt
; hat she suffered any damage. ,
Tun best lawyers in congress say they '
lonsider tho decision just rendered by
Thief Justice Waite , of the United States
supreme court , confirming the acts of the
ailroad commission created by the state
cgislaturo of Mississippi in March , 188 J- ,
letermines the constitutionality of the
iroblem involved in the Cullom , Reagan
ind other inter-state commerce bills.
A COLORED ZIAy AS A CLERK '
fassinff a Sitccesfful JZxntnlnation and Get- I
ting a Position Worth $1OOO. I
Washington special : The clerks and other I
*
) fficials at the postoffice department are
. -cry much agitated over the unexpected in-
itallation of a colored man as a clerk un-
ler the civil service rules. He is an Arkan- " 7
las school teacher , named John T.Morton ,
ind he takes thousand-dollar
a - appoint-
nent. He passed anexcellentcxnmination
> ut west under the civil service board. HLs (
: olor was an unknown quantity to the
: ommission , from whom ha received hiscer-
.ificate upon his record. ,
There is nothing now remarkable in a.
icgro receiving a clerkship , and it is only
> ecause this one comes in unexpectedly
lirough the civil service and after a fair
: ompetitive examination with white candi-
lates and is assigned to an office where no
: olored men have yet been appointed th'at
t creates comment. There are a number
if men of his race in the various branches
if the treasury department. When a son
if Fred Douglas was appointed to a clerk-
hip in the treasury several years ago ib
reated an awful row. Young Douglas' was
ho first appointment of the kind , and so
reat was the reluctance of white clerks to
. ork in the same room with him that it
icmoralized the whole office for a while and
he man had to bo assigned to a room by
imself. A dozen years have changed
hings materially , and the prejudice of race
: O longer governs appointments or assign-
nents. Negroes are doing clerical work
longside of whites in a good many rooms ,
t is not likely that any of the clerks in
fr. Stevenson's office will resign on account
f the colored school teacher.
"PUGG" O'LEARl- JIORK
"Fuggy" O'Leary , one of the greatest des-
eradoes Chicago has ever sei-n , lias crossed
ic bridge of bighs that separates the county
ill and court house on the north side and was <
'
! aeed in the prisoner's pen in the latter build-
ig. Whed he again crosses the bridge the
orld will be closed upon him and he will be j
ndcr a sentence of imprisonment for life. 1
uggy pleaded guilty of the deliberate murder
[ his sister Kate and his mistress Lizzie
ampbell , whom he shot down on the pave-
ent in the Town of Lake last August. He /
icn skipped off to Kansas City , where he was /
iptured. He pleaded guilty to save his neck 1
om the noose and claimed in extenuation that
i shot the women because he found them in V\ . f
icstiouable society. t " - /
GO.
San Francisco dispatch : The arrival of
10 eastern eigarmakers was made the oc-
sion of quite an imposing demonstration ,
ley were met at the ferry by delegations
Dm several labor unions , who escorted
em through the city. The eastern men
ide an excellentimpression. Several cigar
anufacturers , each employing 100 China-
2n , have announced their intention of
scharging the Chinese and employing
lite labor.