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OVER THE STATE.
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TnK I.ATK JAMKS T. AI.I.AX. At the lute
meeting of the state horticultural society
at Lincoln ex-Governor Furnus delivered a
memorial address on the life and serviced
of tliu late secretary of , Uiu association ,
JamcH T. Allan , who passed from thin life a
few weeks ago. Amongothcr things lie nuid :
I had tlie honor and good fortune to
know , and be intimately acquainted und
coiitiiinoiiHly associated with the late and
lamented James Thonnus Allan , for over a
quarter of a century thirty years. 1 use
these terms in their fullest , broadest nml
most comprehensive iniort. | To know the
man ns I have known him , was "both an
honor ami good fortune. .Few nacn knew
him. lie was modest , retiring and nnas-
tmining. Yet a volume an encyclopedia of
rare worth. His educated , well trained
brain , vivacious and indefatigable pen
knew only to better his fellows and pro
mote the welfare ol his adopted hand. ' 'The
world is better and wiser because of his ex
istence" and labors. Along the highways ,
'and in every nook and corner of this state ,
ate the groves , orchards , vineyards , gar
dens , lawns and flowers , evidences of his
work monuments as enduring as time
itself. The inspired pemniir knew whereof
he wrote , in saying :
' "They rest from their labors , and their
works do follow them. "
Referring to that particular branch of
work to which he had long , and especially
of late so .assiduously devoted himself , I
quote his own words :
"The study of horticulture resembles
that of life. The horticulturist lives , labors
and dies. As the plant furnishes seed for a
new and superior life , so do his works fol
low him. Wearied with the toil and work
of a lifetime , he has laid himself do\\n
beneath the cypress to rest till the great
awakening. Summer's heat , nor winter's
blast affect him , find as the years succeed
each other nature will pay her tribute to
one who worshipped at her shrine , and
read her open book of teachings , with all
its beauties , by decking his grave with ver
dure and the earliest flowers of spring. So
his companions in horticulture will follow
till , like him. they are lost in the mists of
futurity. Whoever engages in the work
will find an increased longing to enter the
inner temple of nature to learn how per
fect are her works , in causing plants to
grow and flowers to bloom , and thus be
led to a higher , holier and happier life , and
to a better land to which the human soul
is invited by visions of beautiful trees and
llowers. "
These indicate the thought and soul of
the man better than 1 have language or
pen to portray. He could have contri
buted much of the early history of Ne
braska , and often promised me , as presi
dent of the State Historical society , to do
BO. He held honorable and responsible
positions in the state , especially in con
nection with the postal service at Omaha.
He was for years president of this State
Horticultural society , and as all know , was
its eflicient secretary at the time of his
death. He was associated with me in con
nection with the state exhibit at New
Orleans last winter , where he rendered in
estimable service in many ways. While
there his health was much improved , and
1 hoped for him a new lease of life.
ZHSCEZZANEOUS STATE 3IATTERS.
THE commissioners of Lancasters county
estimated the expenses for 1886 at § 140- ,
475. This is an increa&e of § 17,000 over
last year.
HEHE is the composition of Willie Frank ,
an Omaha school-boy in the fourth E
class : GENERAL. GRANT. General Grant
helped ns to fight the Mexican War and the
Civil War. He was president for eight
years and because he helped ns fight he was
not M coward. He ate at the Queens' and
Kings' houses and all the people would ask
him to come in and eat with them. He
traveled over the world and then the'peo-
ple gave him money. I do not think he
was very rich becausevlien he came home
he had to pull money out of his pocket.
When he was poor he wrote a book , so
when he died his wife could get money for
it ; He was a good man all his lifetime. He
died at the last of .Tu'-y and everybody was
sorry. He was "buried in the place of Riv
erside Park , N. Y. City.
THE M. E. people of Beatrice are having
quite a religious revival. There is a largo
and increasing attendance.
A SPECIAL election will be held in
City , February 23 , for the purpose of vot
ing on the question of issuing bonds to the
Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad.
THE manager of the Hastings operahouse
cancelled the engagements of several com
panies because the heating apparatus of
the opera house was out of order.
. ARLINGTON wants its postofiice to have
money order privileges.
FREMONT is expecting the pipe for its
water works every day , as' well as a man
to see that the distribution is properly
made.
KEARNEY is to have a new hotel 130x130
feet , three stories high.
MBS. E. ROBINSON , living on the Abe Sin
clair plaice. near Tekamah , came near being
bitten by a mad dog one day last week.
The dog was.a . ] pa-mtly all right until
Thursday , when , r.Ro'unson noticed that
he acted curioiibi . F.iring that hydro
phobia might b' the cause , he instructed
his wife to be very careful about opening
the door , lest the dog might spring into the
house. Mrs. Robinson had occasion to
open the door Thursday when the dog
made a jump for her throat , only being
prevented from biting her by the doorbeing
shut quickly and catching the dog , ia which
position Mrs. Robinson held him until her
husband came and killed him. Fortunately
no damage was done.
WASHINGTON special : Gcn.Holman ia here
to see about the sale of the Winnebag
lands and to secure patents for the Santee- *
Sioux Indians and the rights of citizenship
which they claim under the treaty. These
matters , however , are already partly pro
vided tor by Senator Manderson's amend
ments.
THE Nebraskastate firemen's association
elected the following officers : President , J.
Butler , Omaha ; first vice president , A. C.
Ledcrman , Grand Island ; second vice presi
dent , W. H. Newbtiry , Lincoln ; secretary ,
I. L. Lyman , Lincoln ; treasurer , W. R.
McCallister , Grand Island.
THE commissioners of Richardson county
estimate the expenses for the pre sent year
at § 111,000.
FOUR school houses and fifteen teachers
guide and shape the young idea of Blair at
an annual cost of § 71435. \
Tim state horticultural society , in session
in Lincoln , passed the following resolution
That the Nebraska state horticultural so
ciety request its members of congress to
favor a liberal appropriation to thedepart-
ment of agricultural for the purpose of pro
viding for the study of fungi injurious to
vegetation.
SPECIAL from Chadron : W. C. Guilders , a
freighter between this place and Fort Rob
inson , was found frozen to death in a cabin
on Cottonwood Creek , about ten miles west
of here. Childers started from Chadron
with a load of fruit bound for Fort Robin
son , and later his body was discovered in a
cabin frozen stiff , butcovered with blankets.
It is supposed that he was nearly frozen
before reaching the cabin. Deceased leave ?
a largo family in destitute circumstances.
A slxTY-ACRE cemetery has been laid out
near Hastings.
A SAUXDERS county blacksmith is the
possessor of an English silver watch 228
years old. It was made in Liverpool in
1G58 , and keeps time with the best watch
of modern make.
MR. PACC , living a few miles northeast o !
Nelson , reports hundreds of rabbi Is covered
by a snow-drift in a plum thickpt , in which
they harbor. Many of them have since
worked their way out , but otill make the
drift their refuge.
HENUY G. J. LKHMAN , of Omaha , fell un
der the oars at Lincoln and had his leg so
badly injured that amputation was neces
sary.
AT Lincoln last week a man was robbed
of § 180 at the B. & M. depot. He had
been working on a farm near Seward the
past summer , and with the amount saved
was on his way to his home in Illinois. His
loss represented all ho had save a few dol
lars.
lars.A.
A. M. DAY , a Lincoln jeweler , is in trou
ble , financially. His liabilities , which are
estimated at § 10,000 , exceed his assets by
about § 2,000.
A CEMETERY association has been formed
at Hastings and sixty acres of land pur-
chabed , which will be improved and laid
out.
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THE Beatrice Canning company intends
to put up at least 1,000,000 cans of corn
next year.
Miss JENNIE E. BURTON , for several years
deputy clerk of Adams county , has re
moved to Washington and opened a pen
sion claim agency.
THE Beatrice Express says the somewliat
notorious case of Aspinwall vs. Aspinwall ,
which has been in the courts for several
months past , has come to an abrupt con
clusion. It was the suit of Lena Aspinwall
vs. Oliver Aspinwall , for divorce and
alimony , on the ground of cruelty , in Avhich
the defendant responded that they were
never legally married. About a week ago
both parties filed a stipulation dismissing
the suit and entering into an acknowledge
ment that they did the same of their own
free and voluntary act and deed.
W. H. WHITNEY , of Arlington , is probably
one of the oldest locomotive engineers in
the state , if not in the country. He began
railroading in 1845 and for th-rty years he
eat on the right hand side of a locomotive
cab and handled the lever and throttle.
He pulled the throttle on the first engine
that ever entered Jersey City. He also
was on the right side of the first engine that
ever came into Omaha over the C. , St. P. ,
M. & O. railroad.
THE young town of Cambridge , Furnas
county , expended § 85,003 in building im
provements last year.
THE right of way for the Elkhorn Valley
road through Fremont will cost § 25,000.
The price is said to be very reasonable , and
will doubtless be acceptable to the officers
of the road.
A HARTINGTON special says : Affidavit
was made before the proper officer , under
section 2 , page 300 , Compiled Statutes of
Nebraska , 1881 , for the purpose of secur
ing the award provided for in that section
for the discovery of coal. The coal is of
excellent quality of hard , or a very fine
quality of soft , and discovered on thenorth
half of section 32 , township 33 , north of
range 2 east , and belongs to Mr. Gerhard
Kohls , an enterprising German farmer and
a large land owner in Cedar county. At a
depth of 400 feet the vein is over six feet in
thickness.
GEO. M. ALVORD , a brakeman employed
on the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and
Omaha road , while coupling cars near Flor
ence , met with a painful accident which
cost him three of his fingers.
JOHN G. BRUNER , one of tho prominent
pioneers of Nebraska , died at his home in
West Point last year in the eighty-fourth
year of his age. Mr. Bruner's aged wife
survives him , the couple having celebrated
the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage
on August last.
THE citizens of Tecumseh are agitating
the formation of a stock company to start
a packing house.
MRS. JOHN ALEXANDER , of Hastings , asks
for a divorce from her husband , who is on
the night police force of that city , because
she alleges that he is intimate with the
wd women.
PLAINVIEW'S new school building is ready
for occupaney. The structure cost about
§ 3.000.
THE annual meeting of tho Beatrice can
ning company was held last week , at which
the following directors were elected for the
ensuing year : S. C. Smith , G. W. Washing
ton , J. Klein , Thomas Yule , C. M. Root ,
John Ellis , H. W. Parker. A dividend of
10 per cent was declared upon the capital
invested. It was also voted to increase
the capacity of the factory. Ithadbecome
evident that the demand for goods was
greater than the factory could meet. Tho
stockholders are well satisfied with the
business of the factory since it started , and
will make preparations for a big year's
work next season.
KEARNEY has an average school attend
ance of nearly GOO.
BEATRICE is having a great religious
awakening. Protracted meetings have been
leld for some time and the attendance is
constantly increasing.
THE Congregationalists of Omaha have
collected § 25,000 toward a new church to
je erected some time the preseiiL icason.
A YOUNG man named Teetsaw has beej
arrested at Kennard charged with stealinc
ft registered letter from the postofiice at
that place.
33x-Gov. ST. JOHN , of Kansas , recently
made a political temperance speech at Liu-
coin , advocatina absolute prohibition. ,
THE system of water-works that were
constructed by Fairbanks & Co. were ten
dered to the city council of Blair some time
ago , but were not accepted on account o
the insufficient supply of water. There
seems to be no immediate prospect of an
a nicablc adjustment of the matter , and
quite likely it will go into the courts.
THE Inter-State Fair association of Wy
more and Blue Springs has been a financia
success from the beginning , and the secom
annual fair will be held in September. The
street car track has been extended to the
fair grounds.
THE Gage county agricultural society has
elected the following officers : President
P. J. Myers ; first vice-president , W. D
Nicholl.s ; second vice-president , C. B
Dempster ; secretary , C. G. Hoyt ; genera
superintendent , A. W. Bradt ; treasurer
Joseph Ellis ; board of managers , A. V. S
Saunders , Jacob Klein , John Ellis. The
time of the next county fair was set foi
September 7 , 8 , 0 and 10 at Beatrice.
POSTMASTER KLOKE , of West Point
denies the report that lie endeavored to
resign in favor of some democrat , for
cash consideration.
PROF. STISASSRURGER , ot Omaha , has
eloped with Anna Schafer , a German gir
from Lincoln , taking with him § 300 be
longing to his wife , who is an invalid.
JACKSON blacksmiths have adopted r
regular scale of prices for work in their line ,
AN Atkinson man marketed a 090 pound
porker , and it wasn't so very fat either.
C. T. JOHNS , of Ponca , has over 1,000
head of cattle on his ranch in the Loup
valley.
A SON of John Moles , of Jefferson county ,
while engaged in shelling corn one day lasl
weekgothis clothing caught in the tumblin
rod of the horse power and had an arm
broken and was otherwise bruised.
THE village fire ordinance of Schuyler has
been found lacking , and amovementisbeing
made to pass another , remedying the de
fects. The new one has been read once ,
and contains provisions declaring it to bo
a nuisance to erect woodenbuildingswithin
certain limits , and prescribing a penalty
therefor.
MR. TDRVEY , aged OS , of Custer county ,
suddenly fell dead week before last while
busy about the house doing chores. It is
believed that death resulted from heart
troubles.
THE case of Mr. J. E. Baldwin , who was
charged with having hit a man-namedTres-
ter with a five-pound weight some time ago
at North Lotip , was tried at Ord. Mr.
Baldwin was accompanied to Ord by his
counsel , Redlon & Clarke , and a multitude
of friends , says the Mirror , and after hear
ing the cas3 the justice decided that the
blow was entirely justifiable , and the de
fendant was triumphantly acquitted.
THE prospects for a canning factory at
Falls City are said to be improving.
A COMMITTEE at Wymore has issued an
appeal to tho citizens for aid for the poor.
OMAHA has extended its fire limits , and
hereafter all within the prescribed ground
must put up brick or stone.
THE charity ball in Omaha this year will
be held in the new exposition building , that
covers half a block.
A COMMITTEE of ladies at Tekama has
been looking after the poor of the place and
doing much toward relieving their wants.
THE body of Wenzel Lapour , lynched at
Schuler , according to Coroner Miles and
Mr. Cannon , was interred in the Schuyler
cemetery , and not shipped to the Omaha
medical institute as reported. The Herald
of that place says it was strange that some
medical man did not claim the body for
dissecting purposes , as no trouble would
have been experienced in getting it.
THE board of directors of the inter-state
fair association held a meeting at Wy more ,
at which it was decided to hold the next
annual exhibition the week following tho
state fair.
A TREMENDOUS ice crop io being gathered
in all sections of the state. Fears of the
famine that prevailed in the early days of
winter is a thing entirely of the past.
AARON CUE , who was struck by a snow
plow near Columbus , .January 4 , and who
wandered insensible on the prairie for sev
eral houis and was finally found nearly
frozen , had all the fingers on both hands
amputated a few days ago.
Two CLERKS In the B. & M. railroad office
at Omaha have been jailed for forgery.
Tickets sent in for cancellation were altered
so as to be saleable to brokers , and in tins
way it is supposed tho road has been
swindled out of thousands of dollars.
THE Albion News nay.s that one evening
last week the team driven by the mail car
rier between that place and Dublin , came
into town without driver ci" mail sacks.
The team was captured and cared for and
surmises were indulged in as to what had
become of the driver. Foul plajwas sus
pected , but the next , morning about. 8
o'clock the missing man came trudging into
town with Uncle Sam's pouches on his
shoulder. At Roselman postoflice where
lie stop.s to exchange mail he had taken
tho sacks and went into the house , leaving
the team as usual unhitched , but as it was
a cold day , and , becoming impatient at
the attendant's long j > tay took to tiie
road without guide , making the distance
dafelv. butleavinc the mail behind.
KEARNEY has a new hotel on paper , and
there is strong hope that the structure in
brick and mortar will rise some time during
the present year.
THE new county commissioners of Dawcs
county have removed the county seat from
Chadron to "Section 20 , " near that town ,
which they claim is the legal county seat.
TIIE irrO.MJ.VG LEGISKATUHE.
Gov. Warren , of Wyoming , transmitted
: o the legislature a communication from
, he secretary of the interior hhowing the
enormous expense incurred by the Arizona
egislatnre in creating officials for that
body. The list includes fifty clerks. It is
evident that.the Wyoming legislature will
not need such s. warning , as it is a remark
ably economical body , ' and has refused so
ar to tako any newspapers , has no com
mittee clerks , and no unnecessary officials.
STILT. READJUSTING.
In the Virginia senate a joint resolution
was offered proposing an amendment ta
: he state constitution providing that all
evidences of state debt outstanding not
already funded under the Riddleberger bill ,
which are not presented and funded in ac
cordance with the provisions of said act
within ninety days after the ratification of
this amendment by the people , shall be for
ever barred.
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LEGISLATIVE HEWS AND KOXES.
JL Record of Proceedings in JJotU Sranchet
of the IT. S. Congress.
SENATE. In tho sc iate Senator Dawcs ,
from the committee \ n Indian affairs , re
ported favorably a bil prohibiting under a
penalty of fine and imprisonment , the tres
passing on Indian lands. Senator Van
Wyck introduced a bill to prevent the de
monetization of American coin. It is us
follows : Section 1. Any promissory check ,
draft , bill of exchange , or any contract or
agreement requiring payment of money
which stipulates and requires payment
thereof to be made in gold coin * ilone shall
be void and of no effect. Section 2. In any
prosecution of any such note , check , draft ,
bill of exchange , or any other contract or
payment requiring payment in gold coin in
any territory of tho United States or in
any federal courts besides the ordinary
costs charged against tho plaintiff , the
court shall also allow 10 per cent ol
tho amount to be entered in judgment * r
the defendant ns a part of the costs to be
paid by the plaintiff. Section 3. Any per
son , or agent , or attorney , oranypeison
who shall demand or receive any such note ,
draft , bill of exchange , or other contract or
agreement requiring payment of money in
gold shall be guilty of misdemeanor and
punished by a fine iSf not less than § 100 or
more than the full amount mentioned in
such promissory note , draft , or bill of ex
change , or contract of agreement.
HOUSE. Bragg announced tlie death o
his colleague , Itankin , and offered the cus
tomary resolutions , which were unani
mously adopted and , as a mark of respecl
to the memory of the deceased , tho house
adjourned at 12:15. The speaker ap
pointed Messrs. Brasg , Vanschaik , Steven
son , Gunther , Carlton. Henderson , of Illi
nois , and Johnson , of New York , as a com
mittee on that part of the house to accom
panying tho deceased to his home in Wis-
cnnaion.
SENATE. A joint resolution from the
house of representatives was placed before
the senate , appropriating money for the re
lief of the Northern Cheyenne Indians.
Upon examination the spelling of some
words in the bill was found to be wrong.
Dawes said the misspelling was such as to
render the intent of congress doubtful , and
the matter went over so as to permit of
correction. Among bills introduced were
the following : By Morgan Providing that
members of any tribe or nation under tha
jurisdiction of the United States shall be
eligible to appointment as postmaster ,
mail agent , postal clerk , deputy collector
of internal revenue , deputy marshal , Indian
agent or Indian inspector , or to any other
office relating to the conduct of Indian af
fairs or to the goverment of any Indian
tribe or nation. By Van Wyck To in
crease the pension to widows and depend
ent relatives , and granting a pension to in
valid and dependent so'diers ami sailors.
It provides , among other things , that the
pension now granted widows or minor chil
dren of deceased soldiers and sailors shall
be increased from § 8 to12 per month. By
Cullom Increasing the pension for total
disability and for total helplessness to § 100
per month. By Bowen Providing that no
action shall be begun by the United States
to cancel land patents after three yeara
from the date of entry.
HOUSE. Bills and resolutions-vere intro
duced as follows : To limit the jurisdiction
of tho United States courts in patent cases ,
and to protect persons , who without notice
arc bona fide manufacturers , purchasers ,
venders or users of articles for exclusive
use , manufacture or sale , of which a patent
lias been or may hereafter be granted. By _
Mr. Willis , of Kentucky Providing that in
the employment of labor on public works
preference shall be given to citizens of the
United States , and prohibiting the employ
ment of convict labor. To prohibit tho
importation of pauper labor. Authorizing
the payment of postal notes by money or
der offices. Fixing at § 5,000,000 tho max
imum limit of the capital stocks of na
tional banking associations. For tho
relief of railroad mail clerks who
have been in the postal service
for twenty years. A resolution calling
on the scctctary of the interior for copies
of any and all contracts orleases which are
to be found on file in his office between the
Southern Pacific Railroad company and
any railroad to which land grants have
been made or which have received bonds
Tom the United States. Alsoor a copy
of the charter of the Southern Pacific rail
road , and also for copies of any contract
on file between the Pacific Mail Steamship
company and any of the subsidized roads.
Mr. Moirison of Illinois , from the commit
tee on ways and means , reported a bill re
lating to the taxation of fractional parts
of a saliun of distilled spirits. Mr. Adams
of Illinois , from the committee on banking
ind currency , reported a bill to enable na
tional banking associations to increase
their capi4al and to change their location
ai.d name. Placed on the IIOUSB caKjndar.
SENATE. This being tho day appointed
for senate addresses in mcmoriam of tho
late Vice-President Hendricks , the galleries
of the senate began to fill at an early hour.
When , therefore , at noon the president pro
tempore ( Mr. Sherman ) called the senate
to order all the scats in the galleries were
occupied , the larger proportion of the oc
cupants being ladies. Mr. Voorhees called
up his resolution expressive of the senate's
deep sense of the public loss in the death of
the late yice-Presideiit Hendricks. For
the eminent citizen of the republic , he said ,
who lately fell from his place and who now
sleeps in honor in the bosom of the state he
loved so well and served so faithfully , we
can do no more than has already been
done by the tongue , and by every method
which human affection can inspire. All the
honors due to the most illustrious dead
have been paid by the chief magistrate of
the government , by the authority of the
states and by the unrestrained affection of
the people. In the senate , however , we
may not be silent , even though the cup of
honor to his memory is full and overflow
ing. In this exalted theatre of action , here
on this brilliantly-lighted stage , he fulfilled
his last official engagement and closed his
long and commanding public career. In
conclusion Mr. Voorhees said : "As long as
American history treasures up pure lives
and faithful public services , as long as pub
lic and private virtue , stainless and with
out blemish , is revered , so long will the
name of Thomas A. Hendricks bo
cherished by the American people as
an example worthy of emulation. In the
busy harvest , of death of the year 1885
there was gathered into eternity no nobler
spirit , no higher intelligence , no fairersoul. "
Mr. Hampton followed Mr. Voorhees. He
said that when death laid its inexorable
hand on Thomas A. llcndricks , vice presi
dent of the United States , we had a now
and faithful illustration of the truth of the
old adage , "Death loves a shining mark. "
Mr. Hendricks was best loved where he was
best known. Crowned with almost every
civil honor which a grateful people could
bestow , blest by domestic happiness as per
fect as it was beautiful , he did , indeed , offer
a shining mark. When one of the great
actors in the political arena fell all ani
mosities were buried with him. In the aw
ful presence of death friends and foes alike
strove to do justice. The scenes around
the death bed , Mr. Hampton said , proved
ihe brotherhood of mankind , and showed
that one touch of nature made the whole
world akin. This thought made a deep im-
iression , was indelibly fixed by the extra-
irdinary spectacle beheld at the funeral ol
jencral Grant. Other speeches were made
at conclusion of which the resolutions in
memoriam were , agreed to , and as afurther
syidencpof respect for the memory1 of its
ate presiding official , the senate , on mo-
ion of Mr. Harris , adjourn *
SENATE. Ingalls presented a memorial
of the legislature of Kansas praying for tho
establishment ot two additional military
stations in that state as protection against
the depredations of Indians. The senate
took up the bill to.divide part of the Sioux
reservation in Dakota and secure the rj-
linquishment of the Indian title to the re
mainder. No definite conclusion was
reached. Harrison called up the bill for
the admission of Dakota. The bill having
been read , Harrison addressed the senate
in its support. He said that no man could
suppose that the descendants of tho men
who in 177G complained of the appoint
ment o * their officials by others than them
selves would long be content with tho
treatment- their affairs as territorial
and colonial. We should remember who
these people were who inhabited the terri
tory of Dakota. They had been , until
lately , citizens of the several states , nnd
exercised all the privileges of citizenship.
They , therefore , knew how valuable was
the privilege of citizenship. Harrison spoke
of the immense products of the territory
last year , and of the general thrift of its
people. Hutlcr then took the floor in
leply to Harrison , but yielded for an ex
ecutive session,4after which the bcnate
adjourned.
SENATE. Among bills introduced was one
by Sherman to discontinue the coina o
the silver dollar and provide for the pur
chase of silver bullion in bars of not less
than two million ounces nor more than
four million ounces per month , at the mar
ket price , and for the issue in payment
thereof of coin certificates of not less de
nomination than § 10 each , the bullion to
remain in the treasury as security for the
payment of the certfficateIngalls -pre
sented a petition of Frederick Douglass and
other leading colored citizens of the District
of Columbia , complaining against discrimi
nation against them at the theatre and
other places of public entertainment in the
city of Washington and praying that tha
license laws of the District of Columbia-be
HO amended as to prevent such discrit.una-
tion. Tlie Dakota bill was discus-ied with
out action. A message from the house of
representatives announced the death of
Hon. Reuben Ellwood , late member of that
body from the state of Illinois. Mr. Lo-an
characterized tho deceased as a man well
equipped for the positions of trust to which
his constituents had called him , a man of
high honor and unblemished integrity , who ,
by unremitting energy and industry , had
amassed a fortune which he knew how to
utilize in benevolence and charity. Ad
journed.
HOUSE. The senate resolution touching
the death of Vice Piesident Hendricks was
presented to the house and , on motion of
Holnian , it was laid upon the table for the
pre&ent. Tlie house considered the bill to
declare foifeited certain land grant.s to the
states of Mississippi , Alabama and Louisi
ana to aid in the construction of railrods.
The bill is identical u ith that passed by the
house in the Forty-eighth congress , but the
committee on public lands recommends an
amendment excepting the Gulf and Ship
Inland road , of Mississippi , from the opera
tion of the bill. The question being an
amendment of the committee excepting the
Gulf mid Ship Island road , it was rejected
yeas S3 , nays 178. Holrnan , of Indiana ,
offered an amendment that the lands re
stored to the public domain shall bo sub
ject to entry and settlement under the pro
visions of the homestead law only ; pro
vided , however , that if sales of such lands
have heretofore been made by the United
States such sales are hereby confirmed.
The amendment was adopted and the bill ,
as amended , passed.
HOUSE. Weaver , of Iowa , introduced a
bill to provide for the organization of the
territory of Oklahoma , for the allotment
of homesteads to Indians in severally and
open up the unoccupied lands to the actual
settlers. Referred. Wheeler , from tho
committee on military affairs , reported the
bill authorizing the president to restore of
ficers to the army in certain cases. [ The
bill refers to the case of Fitz John Porter
and it was placed upon the public calen
dar. It may be called up for action any
time during the morning hour , an advan
tage which is not enjoyed by the specific
Fitz John Porter bill , which i.s upon the
private calendar. ] Gibson , from the com
mittee on expenditures in the department
of justice , reported a resolution calling on
the secretary of the treasury for a report
of all balances due and from the United
States , as shown by the books of the office
register and sixth auditor of the treasury
from the 20th to the 30th of June. 1S85.
The secretary of war and postinaster-nen-
eral are also called on for a statement ol
balances as shown by the books of their
departments. Adopted.
SENATE , Jan. 20. Amongbills introduced
was one by Call , at the request of the gov- .
ernor of Florida , toauthorize the secretary
of the treasury to.settleand pay the claims
of the state of Florida on account of ex
penditures in suppressing Indians. I'lnlt
submitted a resolution for reference to the
committee on rules , and it was referre I ,
providing that executive nominations
should have to be considered in open se.s
fiion. Platlxaid he would not care tospeak
on the resolution if it should be favorably
reported on by the committee on rules , but
would probably sodo if adversely reported
on" Tlie Dakota bill was discussed with
out action and the senate adjourned until
Monday.
HOUMJan. . 20. After a few private
measures hail been reported by the com
mittees , the house , at 1:30 , went into
committee of the whole on the private cal
endar. The house at the evening session
passed about fifty pension bills and ad
journed until Monday.
SEXATOIt I-A I'.VK'.sy.
Senator I'ayne has mailed a letter to the
chairman of the recently appointed invcsti
gating committee of the lower honsinf the
Ohio legiblature , of which the follunin , * i.s a
copy :
U.viTirn STATES SE.VATI : Cii\\ : iuVsn -
INKTOX. I ) . C. . January 22. TluHun. .
Charle.s A. Cow-jill. Chairman.Columbus , O
Sir : As one branch uf thegener.il as e.u-
bly has appointed a spe.-ial conim'ttee. of
which you are chairman , to investigate tin-
conduct of the democratic canciis. uhich in
January. 16S4. nominated a canilhl.ite for
United States senator , and a.s the matter
i.s thus raised to a plane of respectability
and placed in charge of intelligent an < l lion
arable gentlemen , I propose to give it ap
propriate attention.
For m.xM-ly , I invite the most thorough
and ligid senility. My private c ir .pond-
cure and books of account.will l > e rluvr-
Fully Htibniil ted to your in-pert inn if you
denireil. I only in.sist , in c.i-e any testi
mony i.s given which in the .slimiest droe
inculpate.- f may be a'forded an npi.nr-
ttinity of npp ( ' : > : : .ii < > before the < rnittee
I -mi very ivspctfully , your obedient s. > r
VHHt. It It I'lV.NK.
EXl'ELLIXG THE CIIIXESE.
The recent murder of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
C. Wichersham , near Cloverdale , Sonoia
county , California , by their Giinese cook ,
has again thoroughly aroused the anti-
Chinese sentiment throughout the Pacific
coast. As soon as the facts of the murder
were confirmed , anti-Chinese organizations
were effected in many of the most import
ant towns in the state. Resolutions to
boycott Chinese were adopted , and other c
measures devised for getting rid of then
At Cloverdale tho Chinese were notified to g ;
leave within forty-eight hours. Should
they not heed the warning , a meeting waa
to be held to take more effective measures
fotheir expulsion.
\
n IX THE J1EAVTIFUT-
A Colora.no Snow Slide Jtesnlts in Consider
able Tovt of Life. fi
An Aspen , Colorado , special says : The
Maroon Pass road has been the scene of fear
ful loss of life dilrlng the recent storm. The
'horrors show the pass to be a snow bound ,
tomb. While men were hunting for the bod-
lea word was received of anotncr further up
the canon. The avalanche struck thclatter
place at midnight. Clayton Gannett , ifo
Camp , Charles Tuttle , Martin RHey , Jap
Farrls , August Goodwin , Al Sams and Martin
Patterson were asleep in a cabin which wa *
supposed to be safe , as It was built in a grove
of heavy tlmbi-r , but when tho slide came
down it snapped tho trees as though ,
they were plpestems , hurling them against tne-
cabin and crushing every thing to a inass
Martin Riley and A. Goodwin had their backi
broken , and Riley suffocated. Wnen the
slide struck the timber It divided , part rush-
Ing across the Gulch , burying a cabin ,
on the opposite side occupied by thrie
men without injuring them. These men ,
worked their way out and started to rescue
theim. After cutting through numberless fall
en trees , they effected an entrance the cabin
and found three dead , and the other five suf
fering terribly from suffocation. Sol Camp-
lay on his fa-as dcail. His dying toiivulsions
Uu-arly caused the death of the man under
neath him. He had sustained si cut ou the
head from whie'i the blood flowed , profusely ,
lie became terribly thirsty , and b ing ,
iu a. position where his could lioU his.
hands under his bleeding head and lift
them to his mouth , ho quenched hU thirst by
his own blood. All the men. alive weru nearly
crazy when found. All were undressed and
had bitten thems-elves , hands and arms in tlu-ii
delirium and presented u. sicken ng spectacle.
They w ill all recover , but the caao of one 01
two is extremely doubtfuL
When the Hood came down several hundred ,
families had to leave home , but have mostl *
moved back. Tne mails for Son Francisco are-
bent by way of Demlng. There-Is inueh dam
age In the surrounding country , , especially
about Riverside. The Southern railroad , be
tween Colton and San Dicgj ) is washed out
worse than for two years and badly cut up in.
tlie canon pas * . Through trains areexpected
to run soon. Six bridges arc gone In the vi
cinity of San Bernardino , and It may be six
weeks before trains are run to Rivcrsiile.
THE JfAITOXAL HOARD Of THADEi
A Ilccor-Z of Proeenllni/s of tJte Annual Con
vention In It'asliinyton.
A Hayes City dispatch says : The report
iliac two men froze to death here
the storm is a mistake. Although
City has had some very cold weather , there
has been no loss of life. It was thought
the loss of cattle would be very great , as
the storm came so very suddenly and was
very severe , but the cattlemen are finding
many that' drifted away in - the-storm ,
which they presumed to be dead.
Petitions fo > - the bond election to the-
amount of .c 2. " * ' > for the Missouri Pacific
extension fr m C imcil Grove to Ottawa ,
' been ' . GOO of the voter
e si'jii.- > t by over *
of Jsage City , lienii ; over 7 o per cc.it ot the
total vote of the city.
E. H. Stuart , formerly United State *
revenue collector of the Owensboro ( Ky. )
distillery , took an overdose of morphineat
Eldorado and died soon after. lie was-
discovered in an unconscious state shortly
after the morphine was taken and immedi
ately remedies were applied to save his life.
A ? 10,000 depot will be erected in Junc
tion City this year.
Following is a recapitulation of earnings
and expenditures of the stateprison for the
fiscal year ended June 30,1883 : Karnings :
Convict labor , § . " 58,912.14 ; boarding for
eign prisoners , § 0,000.03 ; incidental re
ceipts , § 2,833.01 ; coal sales , § 48,130 ; coal
to state institutions , § 24,310.83 ; coal for
royalties , § 234.03labor ; on permanent im
provements , § 30,391 ; special appropria
tions for permanent improvements , § 13- ,
871.33 ; total earnings , § 100,400.91. Ex
penditures : Expended for general support ,
§ 132.309.40 ; expended for waterworks ,
§ 8,871.33 ; expended for Leavenwortt
road , 7OOO , ; total expenditures , § 148- ,
180.70.
irOtt/vT.YGM/7.VTALK
His I'lvics iii Hrtfdrtl to Enforcement nf lite
Washington dispatch : At a recent meet-
ng of the committee on labor of the house
of representative * , statements were made
hat the spirit of the eight-hour iaw was
jcing openlyiolatcd , ignored or evaded in
certain of the government depaitmentb ,
i ml Chairman O'Xeill was empowered to
jrcsent to the house a. resolution of in-
aiiry to the various secretaries asking in
direct term * nhe'Jiertl.e law W.-JH lieing en-
forced by them. Pending the introduction
of the le.solution. O'Xcill sought an audi
ence with the president , which was granted
this afternoon and lasted for over an hour.
On the matter of the eight-hour l.uv thi >
president said : "I believe that l.iw is ; i
Minnd one ami a good one , and that , it
should be enforced ( o the letter. I haveno-
information regarding instances of its vio
lation I'vuhiuii but if
or , such instances sire
presented to me I will see that the abuse in
remedied anil the full spirit of the huv is
enforced. which , 1 nndwhtrind , to be to pav
workmen ii. I lie government employ foY
eight houiri of work daily what w
paid outside of the "government
employ for a full day's work. Thegov-
einmi-nt cannot afford to .set -x.unpleof
non-fiiforcciiient and non-observance of itn
own enactments. " The president further
baid " 1 appreciate tlie effect
upon me
chanics of the country of the constantly
increasing line of labor-saving machinery
und I can think of no more practical relief
for Uie unemployed surplus of. labor tlian
the occupation by it of public lands. I do
not hesitate to say that I am heartilv in
favor of any feasible plan for tin-encourage
ment and assistance of the prospective
American settlers upon the public domain
by the general government. " In tin.con
nection the president expressed home very
radical views upon the subject of the occu
pation of vast tracts of public land In- .
foreign capitalists. The president seemed
Jertirous of impressing upon O'Neill hw
willingness to heartily co-operate with
congre&s in any efforts it may make to
elevate the working class and improve the
social condition of the bread-winners.
E MISSISSIPPI GOUGED.
The Mississippi river is blocked by a
iolid mass of ice from St. Louis as "far
lorth as the mouth ol the Illinois river ,
ind as far south as Styneville , a distance
jf sixty-fire miles. The ice ia sixteen or
seventeen inches thick and resembles the
org which blockaded the river in 18G5 and
emained intact from Dec. 31 to March 2.
Phis year the river was closed the 12th ol'
lamiary , and is
expected to break up
ibrat the latter part of February.