JVEIFS > * X1 > NOTES.
A Record of Proceedings in JJoth Mrancliet
oftlie tT. S. Congress.
SENATE , March 6. The senate was not in
BCFsion , having adjourned from Friday un
til Monday.
HOUSE , March 6. Immediately upon as-
Bembling the house went into committee of
-jK wholo on the state of tho union for
general debate. Mr. Millard addressed the
committee on the silver question. Mr.
Rowell submitted an argument in opposi
tion to the suspension of silver cninageand
in favor of the double standard of value.
. Neither business honesty nor commercial
necessity > requh-ed a suspension of silver
coinage. Such suspension would result in
n great shririknge of values. It would be in
the interest of the stron-j against the weak ,
and amount to a crime. Other speeches in
opposition to tho suspension of silver coin
age were made by Messrs. Peelo of Arkan
sas , Lo Fevre of Ohio , Glass of Tennessee ,
and Toole of Montana. The committee
then rose and the house adjourned.
SENATE , March 8. Senator Plumb intro-
; duccd a bill to amend section 5192 of tho
[ revised statutes so as to include the cities
of Kansas City , Omaha , St. Paul Minne
apolis and Indianapolis among them whose
national bank transactions may consist
hi part of balancing one association by
another. Among the petitions presented
were a large number from local assemblies
of Knights of Labor favorfng the building
of the-'Hcnnepin canal. Plumb , in present ?
ing somo of these petitions , said they all
seemed to emanate from some central
source , as they were handsomely printed ,
and while greatly respecting the bodies that
sent the petitions , he presumed there must
be some private interest behind this move
ment in the interest of the Hennepin canal.
Vance offered a resolution directing tho
committee on civil service i-eform to report
forthwith the bill before them providing
for the repeal of the civil service laws. The
resolution , at Vance's request , was for tho
present laid on the table. Stanford an
nounced the death of Miller , of California ,
and , out of respect to the memory of the
deceased senator , moved an adjournment.
HOOSE , March 8. Henley offered for ref
erence a resolution for the appointment of
a sub-committee to inquire into the alleged
evasions of the Thurman act by the Union
Pacific Railroad company and to deter
mine whether , by reason of any violation
of the provisions of that act , the corporate
rights , powers and franchises of the com
pany have become forfeited. Morrow arose
and said : The melancholy duty devolves
on me to announce tho death of Senator
A , . John F. Miller , of California , who died in
this city to-day , after a prolonged illness.
Congress will undoubtedly set apart somo
day hereafter for the purpose of 'giving ex
pression to the sentiments entertained for
tho character and great public services of
Senator Miller. I offer the following reso
lutions : That the house has received with
profound sorrow the intelligence of the
death of Senator John F. Miller. Thai.out
of respect for his memory , this house do
now adjourn.
SENATE , March 9. Under the head of un
finished business the senate took up the res
olutions reported by Edmunds from tho
judiciary committee. These resolutions ,
among other things , condemn the attorney
\ general for refusing to transmit to the sen
ate papers called for by the senate , and
declare that refusal to be a violation by
tho attorney general of his official duty
and subversive of the fundamental prin
ciples of the government and good admin
istration. The resolutions also condemn
the discharge from the government service
of ex-union soldiers. The resolutions wero
read by the chie ? clerk after which Edmunds
addressed the senate. In conclusion he
said it did not seem to him that the senate
could fail to get the papers on the ground
that the statute 011 thesubject had become
obsolete , or gone into a state "innocuou-
desuctude. " [ Laughter. ] The president
himself had sent to tho senate G43 in
stances of obedience to that law. G43 nom
inations made under it , and Edmunds
f 'f therefore took 'it that the law was still in
force. The committee on commerce re
ported the bill authorizing the Central Mis
souri railway to consructa railroad bridge
across the Mississippi river at or near
Alton , III. . The bill was read tho third
, time and"passed. Puch obtained _ the floor
and tho senate went into executive session
and soon adjourned.
HODSE , March 9. The house passed tha
bill requiring the Pacific railroads to pay
the cost of surveying their lands and to
.take out patents thereto. On behalf
of the committe on labor , James called
up the bill to prohibit any officer , ser-
v vant or agent of the government to hiro
or contract out any labor of prisoners
incarcerated for violating the laws of
the United States government. The bill
was passed yeas 249 , nays 8. The Indian
appropriation bill vas then considered
without final action.
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SENATE , March 10. The land grant for
feiture bill was taken up. An amendment
offered by McMillan was rejected after somo
debate. The chair laid before the senate
resolutions from the judiciary committee
concerning the relations of the senate and
president. Ptigh said he had expressed his
views fully in the report made from the ju
diciary committee by the minority and tho
main object ho had now in addressing tho
senate was to reply to the senator from
Vermont. It was to prevent , if it was in
his power to do so , which he admitted was
a difficult undertaking , the senator from
changing the.character of the question be-
tween"tho "senate and president. The real
character ol that controversy could bo
misunderstood or misrepresented , as it has
arisen from facts apparent uponrecord arid
reported by a majority of the judiciary
committee. Pugh related the facts con
nected with the Duskin case and said tho
senate resolution did not call for public or
official documents , but for private docu-
' menta and papers relating exclusively to
an official act of tho president in the sus
pension of Duskin as district attorney.
Tho senate adjourned , leavingtheEdmunds
resolution as the unfinished business.
HOBSB , March 10. Rogers , of Arkansas ,
from tho committee on Pacific railroads ,
reported tho bill requiring tho Northern
Pacific railroad company to pay the cost
of surveying its land. Plared on the house
calendar. The morning hour having ex
pired-pending action , the house went into
-'uttee of the whole ( Townshend in tho
on the Indian appropriation bill.
SENATE , March 11. Hawley , from the
committee on civil service reform , reported
adversely the Vance bill for the repeal of j
the civil service law. Logan , from the i
< . . w.-/ of the committee on military af-
' .lairs , submitted its views on the Fitz John
Porter biH , which is the same as that pre
sented by the minority in tho last congress ,
with the addition of the Logan matter in
reply to the Grant article in The North
American Reviewjustifying the conduct of
Porter. Thobill for the forfeiture of apart
of the land granted to the state of. Iowa in
the construction of railroads was debated
and laid over. Senator Stanford intro
duced suitable resolutions regarding the
death of Senator" Miller , wHfch were
adopted and , after executive session , the
V. senate adjourned.
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HOUSE , March 11. In committee of the
whole Weaver quoted from the report o !
tho superintendent of Indian schools tc
show that at the Shilocco school there was
no law available to protect the school froir
incursions of Indians or raids of cowboys.
The cattlemen grazed their herds on the
school farm and defied any one who at
tempted to interfere with them. A race
course had been laid out on the school
farm and horse-racing and whisky sellinj
had been introduced , and it was safe to say
that more drunkenness could be seen at
that school than at all the agencies in the
Indian territory. If this was true of the
school generally then he pronounced the
industrial school a farce and a shame , and
a blot-upon ourcivi ization. Hethemvent
on to advocate opening to settlement the
Oklahoma and Cherokee strips and reser
vations to the southwest of Oklahoma.
On motion of Morrow a resolution was
adopted authorizing the appointment of a
committee of seven members to join n
similar committee on the part of the senate
to accompany the remains of Senator J.F.
Miller from Washington to California.
SEN-ATE , March 12. On motion of Plumb ,
the senate resumed consideration of the
bill to forfeit the lands granted to tile
state of Iowa in aid of-railroads. Plumb
opposed the amendment heretofore offered
by Stoner , withholding from the operation
of the act certain of the hinds as to which
suit is now pending in the United Stnt'es
supreme court. The bill itself , Plumb said ,
provided a perfectly impartial tribunal for
the settlement of tho rights of all claim
ants. Tho bill was a bijl for peace. He
feared the amendment might prove to be
a Troibau horse. The amendment was re
jected , and after considerable debate the
bill was passed. Discussion then took
place on resolutions reported from the
judiciary committee on the relations be
tween the president and senate as to the
right of the senate to have papers and in
formation relating to suspensions from
office.
HODSE , MH rch 12. Weaver , of Nebraska ,
asked leave to offer the following preamble
and resolutions : Whereas , Nearly evccy
congress embraces one crank ; and whereas ,
the present congress is no exception to the
rule ; and whereas , it should not bo in the
power of an idiot , insane man or crank to
prevent the consideration of any measure ;
therefore , be it resolved , that tho rules of
this house be so amended that it shall re
quire at least two members to object to tho
consideration of a bill. Tho reading of tho
resolutions was greetod with applause , but
Springer objected to it on the ground that
it was not respectful to the house. The
houfae , at its evening session , pnssed forty-
five pension bills and at 10:10 p. in. ,
adjourned until to-morrow.
THE IXCKEASK I.AHOR STRIKES.
Master Workman I'mcilrrly Stales Ilii Ylctcs
to a llfjitii-lcr.
Philadelphia dispatch : Grand Master
Workman Powderly head of the Knights
of Labor organization , is in this city at
tending a mooting of the general executive
board. Powderly , upon being asked
whether he did not think that the increase
in the number of strikes just now was owing
to the knowledge of an increased power by
the organiztions of labor , said : "I doubt
it , and I think that I can speak for the
general executive board. They do not
think that it is wise to inaugurate so many
strikes unless it can be shown that there is
an extreme necessity for them. If many of
the men who are striking would display a
little more common sense and use
a little more patience they would
get all they are striking for and save their
time and money in the bargain. If they
would exercise proper moderation in their
negotiations with their employers and sub
mit their claims firmly made and properly
represented , to arbitration , I am free to
say that I am sure that nine out of ten
cases which end in a strike could be as sat
isfactorily arranged without resorting to
such extreme and generally doubtful expe
dients. Indeed , in nine cases there would
be no necessity for a strike. There is a
feeling now that labor must be recognized
by employers ; that tihe employer must lis
ten to the employes , and the time has come
when the shopman , mill owner , and manu
facturer in every department of trade must
be ready to listen to tho demands of his
men and to yield to them when these de
mands are reasonable. Organization , dis
cipline and tho realization of the right and
the might in the case had brought about
this change , andthese advances on the
part of the employer should not be fre-
pulsed by hasty and inconsiderate action
on the part o ! workingmcn. "
"Arbitration , then , and not strikes is the
theory of the order ? " said the reporter.
"Yes , arbitration always when it is pos
Bible , a strike only as a last resort ; but
when that point is reached , strike hard ,
strike in earnest , and never surrender ex
cept to just concessions. Why , this board , "
pointing to the members who were listen
ing , "has since the first of January settled
by arbitration 350 cases , which would
otherwise have resulted in strikes without
tho gain of a single point by the strikers.
The Knights of Labor and other organiza
tions in sympathy with its plans , consti
tute at the present time the most powerful
organization of workingmen ever known in
the history of the world , Its strength is
increasing every day and its influence is
felt every day in every branch of trade in
this country. It is dangerous to abuse
this powerIt can always insist upon just
demands carefully considered and thought
fully digested. It cannot afford to fritter
itself away on every "little pretense of
wrong ; hastily formulated and pigheadedly
insisted upon. The growth of the power of
labor should be an occasion for calm
deliberation and moderation. Working-
men should be careful to see to it that they
do not sap and undermine their strength
by extreme demands and unreasonable
assumptions of inmortanco and cower. "
SCOriLtE , TELE PERSECUTED.
Anotlier Suit Against lite Laicyer of Guiteau
Jfotorleti/ .
Chicago dispatch : From presen tlndlca-
tions it would seem that t'ae courts of Chicago
will never see the lastof the Scoville-Howe
troubles , or that unfortunate , Geo. Scoville
will never recover that peace of mind which he
enjoyed prior to the advent of the assassin
Guiteau upon the political horizon. Some
time ago an execution wus issued against Mr.
Scoville , who is a lawyer with a good practice ,
at the instance of his divorced wf e , Frances
M. Howe , sister of Guiteau , who claimed that
he owed her several hundred dollars for back
alimony. Scoville has now filed a statement
showing that from 1SS3 to March of the pres
ent year , he has given her amounts aggregat
ing twelve hundred and twenty-five dollars , or
over one hundred dollars more than the decree
required him to pay. Then the ex-husband
goes'on to complain that his ex-wife obstinate
ly refuses to lire in a Krtain house , and to
sub-let rooms for lodgirgs so as to reduce the
rent. To make matters worse , Scoville retali
ates upon his former wife by filing a petition
asking the court to give him the custody of
the child Berthawlio has been in the mother's
care for some time. Mrs. Howe has been or-
dered to answer this petition within ten days ,
and as she is devoted to the child , sensational
aevelopments may be expected , if Judge Mo-
ran should order her to surrender it to the
lather.
POLITICS jr.VJ5.VGIivl.yO.
Hartington and James Decline to fcad the
Opposition to Gladstone.
London telegram : Lord Hartington and
Sir "Henry James have disappointed tho
whigs . 'nd tories alike. Their speeches the
past week have been expected with eager
interest in the belief they would consent to
head tho opposition to Gladstone. Both
declined point blank. Neither will attempt
to construct a cave. Hartington would
not discuss projects yet to be revealed , but
exhibited a dread of home rule and a mis
trust of Gladstone. It is clear , however ,
he cannot sunder old ties since he made a
vigorous onslaught on tho tories for their
treatment of thnIrish question , and desired
to exculpate Gladstone. He rejects all in
vitations to join Lord Salisbury , and will
not lead an independent movement. The
week has been full of rumors of cabinet
schemes and consequent resignations.
Many declare the government will collapse
next week , but this is not the opinion of
tho cabinet themselves. Chamberlain ,
however , is yet to be reckoned with. It
appears Gladstone has definitely decided
on a sweeping measure of home rule. This
favors the notion that he leans to Morley
rather than to Chamberlain , and hence
there is a prospect of a difficulty.
But the fact is neither has greatly in
fluenced him. He has his own strong
views and has drafted whatever there
is with the help of Lord Spencer and. Sir
llobert Hamilton , consequently the scheme
is sure to be thorough , but immediate legis
lation is unlikely. The probability is that
a declaratory resolution in favor of giving
an independent parliament to Ireland will
be propo "cd. If the government keeps to
gether the resolution will be carried and
legislation postponed till next year.
Meanwhile the land question may be
tackled. Gladstone does not see his way to
tho Giffens plan of wholesale appropria
tion. To add 8200,000,000 to the debt is
extremely repugent to his financial concep
tions , even if the country would stand tho
enormous yearly charge involved , which is
very doubtful. This is the puzzle of the Ir
ish question to the liberals when they think
of their constituents. If Gladstone can
satisfy them here he will gethis majorityin
the commons in spite of Chamberlain's op
position. If that should come about , .Icsse
Collings declares Chamberlain will never
consent to an Irish parliament. Thisshows
Chamberlain is still cherishing the scheme
of national councils , altogether exploded.
PIZOJEnV-EA'T JtE.V AXD WOME1T.
It is reported that Christine Nilsson will
retire from public life next year.
Jay Gould's daughter does not spend
two-thirds of her § 5,000 pin money.
Theodore Tilton is living quietly in
France , and will not return to America.
Bismarck costs Germany § 18,000 a year
hardly up to a big railway officer's pay
here.
Edison on the day of his marriage trans
ferred to his wife $1,000,000 worth of real
estate.
Mrs. Langtry is cast for tho part of Hel
en of Troy in a Greek play in London in
next May.
Mrs. Gen. Sheridan is very punctilious
about returning calls. She devotes a por
tion of each day to this purpose.
The widow of General Santa Anna is in
Mexico spending her declining years in a
rocking chair smoking cigarettes.
The late William F. Weld of Philadelphia
was the richest man that ever died in that
cfty. He was worth § 53,000,000.
Bismarck has been reducing his weight.
His doctors say by the Banting system , but
the New Orleans Picayune thinks Ii3 has
probably lost the combination of the beer
vault lock.
Miss Cleveland has her quiet receptions
as well as public levees , in which one can
see her and have a chance for a pleasant
talk , without feeling that one must ; "move
on" and let somebody else come in.
Pierre Lorillard has been elected to the
presidency ofthe Monmoulh Park Racing
association in place of G. L. Lorillard , de
ceased , James Galway has been elected to
fill the vacancy in the board of directors.
Mrs. Langtry seems to be attempting to
revolutionize the present craze for gorgeous
apparel on the stage , as in her now piece ,
"Enemies , " an adaptation by Mr. George
Coghlan , the brother of George Coghlan ,
the dresses are all very plain ansimple. .
Whether she will succeed is to be doubted.
XEWS XOTES iy BRIEF.
Ben Brown , a colored Nashville mur
derer , has been sentenced to death.
David Snow , a prominent citizen of Cam-
den , Ark. , shot himself through the brain.
Money and seed potatoes are being fur
nished the sufferers on the islands west of
Ireland.
Edward Hogan was mysteriously mur
dered at Quincy , 111. He was a Hannibal
& St. Joseph train man.
The British government has decided soon
to attach to the colonial office an emi
grants' information bureau.
The Greenwood , Ky. , miners have given
the legislature two weeks to withdraw the
convicts from work in that section.
A Grafton , W. Va. , fiend attempted to
poison the poison the family ol F. H. Ross
by putting strychnine in vessels containing
sugar water.
The application of the Illinois Central
railroad for an injunction to restrain the
Chicago , Burlington & Northern railway
from using the Illinois Central right of way
has been denied.
All the unions connected with the build
ing interests of St. Louis have decided in
favor of the eight hour plan , and have
given the members instruction to consult
with their employers on the subject and re
port at an early day.
The committee of the academy of science
having the matter under consideration has
reported definite proposals for the estab
lishment in Paris of a hospital to be'called
the "Institute Pasteur , " which shall bo
open to the world and is supported by in
ternational donations.
The production of cut nails and cut
spikes in 1885 were 6,696,815 kegs of
100 pounds each , showing a falling off of
near 100,000 kegs from 1884 , and over
100,000 kegs from 1883. The decreased
product in 1883 was largely due to the
many western manufactories being closed
seven months by labor troubles.
THE STEWART ESTATE.
Alex. Stewart , the Vermont farmer , who
claims to be an heir to tho estate of A. T.
Stewart has filed a complaint in the United
States court in New York in an equity suit
against Judpe Hilton to recover $100.000.
Stewart hao been adjudged , a lunatic in
Vermont , and the net 'is brought by hia i
guardian , Benjamin F. Fieldcn. I
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I'OTJIICALANI * PERSONAL A OTES.
The apportionment bill now before the
Iowa legislature tacks a strong republican
county to Gen. Weaver's district.
Senator Evarts promises that his speecli
on tho coinage question , when it comes ,
will be a speech for the wholo people.
The fact that Senator Mahone occasion
ally gives republican dinners and does not
invite Senator Riddleberger is attracting
notice in Washington.
Joseph Cook doesn't readtho Sunday
papers on Sunday. He reads them on
Mondnj' , however , and the Sunday papers
come out just the same.
The Boston Herald says the president's
' 'attitude toward tho senate" is that of a
250 pounder , with hands on his hips and a
look on his face which plainly asks : "Well ,
what are you going to do about if. "
The prohibitionists in Georgia arc push-
ins ; the war into the counties of that state
which still permit the sale of liquor , and it
is believed that at the next election tho
piesent dozen of "wet" counties will nearly
Jill go "dry. "
Prof. John Avery , of Bowdoin college , a
gtadimtc of Amherst in 1861 , who is
familiar with many languages , is compiling
a dictionary of a language existing in the
feouth of India , with which , it is said , no
other American is familiar.
Mr. Cleveland pays little attention to
anything about Washington city. He said ,
to Colonel Lament the other day : "I think
uhen we get through with our white house
work we had better remain over for two or
three days to visit the town. "
Senator Ingalls , of Kansas is quoted as
defining Senator Evtirts as a "political
arclucologist who has made subtle explora
tions into this subterdnean recesses of the
constitution and the inner consciousness
of the founders. "
The British houso of commons now re
grets that it gave Mr. Bradlaugh so much
prominence by refusing him a seat in that
body. He proves to be a weak and silly
debater , and utterly incompetent to grasp
political questions of any magnitude.
TJIE O3LUIAS AXT >
President Cleveland transmitted to con
gress a communication from Indian Agent
Potter of the Omaha and Winnebago In
dians , with a petition signed by 210 heads
of families of the Omaha tribe , and com
munications from thft commissioner of In
dian affairs and secretary of the interior.
The petition is signed by the Indians by af
fixing their marks , and states that the
Omaha Indians , having received patents to
their lands and being desirous of making
further improvements of their farms , and
needing money for that purpose , therefore
ask that the money due them under the
treaty of 1854 , amounting to § 90,000 , be
paid them within the present year. A
draft of a new bill accompanies the com
munication , which appropriates § 90,000
to be paid the Omaha tribe in two annual
payments of15,000 each in lieu of their
present installment , to enable the members
of the tribe to further improve their condi
tion by the purchase of btock , agricultural
implements , etc. Commissioner Atkins
writes that the Omahas are a , steady , in
dustrious and sober people and number
1,1 ! ) 1. ' Mr. Atkins urges the passage of tho
bill.
COXE TTKO.VG ST $78,278.33.
A special from Vincennes , Ind. , stys : An
examination of the books , concluded this
afternoon , shows an approximate shortage
against County Treasurer Hollinsworth of
§ 78,278.33. Everybody is dumbfounded
and mortified at this gigantic expose. Hol
linsworth was a prosperous and wealthy
farmer when ho took possession of the
office. What ho has done with this im
mense sum of money puzzles everybody.
The conjecture is that it has been squan
dered in margin gambling and in a woman
affair , over which Hollinsworth has had
one suit in court. Ex-County Treasurer
W. W. Berry has been installed in charge
of the treasurer's office.
WHISKY THE PRUfCIPAZ CAUSE.
Everett S.oSmith , a well-known composi
tor and secretary of the Nashville Typo
graphical union , committed suicide in
Spring park , that city , on the night of the
6th , and was found dead Avith a bullet
through his heart next morning. He left a
letter ascribing his woes to whisky and con
fessing that he was behind with the funds
of the union , of which he was secretary.
During the early part of the afternoon ho
mixed freely with his friends , and , it is siid ,
drank heavily , though not of sufficient
quantity to make him drunk. Later in the
evening he disappeared from the streets
and was seen no morebyhisacquaintances
until his remains were brought to tho
undertaker.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2 60 @ 62
BARLEY No. 2 45 @ 50
RYE No. 2 40 @ 50
Conx No. 2 mixed 23 @ 25
OATS No. 2 26 @ 27
BDTTEK Fancy creamery. . 30 @ 35
BUTTER Choice roll 13 @ 16
EGGS Fresh 10 @ 11
CHICKENS Dressed per Ib. . . 8 @ 10
TURKEYS Dressed perlb. . . . 8 @ 9
DUCKS Dressed per Ib 8 @ 9
LEMONS Choice " 400 @ 450
APPLES Choice . 250 @ 300
ORANGES Mesina 2 00 @ 4 00
BEANS Navys 1 25 @ 1 50
ONIONS Per bushel 90 @ 1 00
POTATOES Per bushel 55 @ 60
GREEN APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 75 @ 3 24
WOOL Fine , per Ib 14 @ 16
SEEDS Timothy 2 25 @ 2 50
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 30 @ 1 40
HAY Baled , per ton 5 50 @ 6 00
HAY In bulk 6 00 @ 7 00
HOGS llixcd packing 3 85 @ 3 95
BEEVES Butchers 3 10 @ 3 50
SIIEEP Heavy grades 2 73 @ 3 75
NEW YORK.
JViinAT No. 2 red 96 @ 9G1
WnEAT Ungradcd red 90 @ 92J
CORN No. 2 45 @ 48 %
OATS Mixed western 37 @ 40
PORK 10 00 @ 10 50
LARD 6 35 @ 6 38
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Choice winter 440
FLOUR Spring extra 3 70
WHEAT Perbushel 85 ,
CORN Per bushel 40i
OATS Per bushel 32
PORK 10 35
LARD 5 85
HOGS Packing &shipping. 4 25
OATTLE Stockers 3 00
SHEEP Western 3 00 ( of 3 80
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red
CORN Perbushel 35j | @ 36 $
OATS Per bushel 30 @ 30
HOGS Mixed packing. 3 90 @ 4 20
CATTLE Stockers & feeders 300 @ 320
SHEEP Common to choice 2 50 @ 3 50
KANSAS CITY.
SVHEAT Perbushel 72Jj@ 74
SOUK Per bushel 28J { @ 29
DATS Per bushel 27 @ 29
CATTLE Exports 5 00 @ 5 30
Boas Good to choice. 4 00 @ 4 25
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 75 @ 3 75
THE JEST.
In a tavern quaint and"old
Of a gabled German town ,
"Where the ulgkVwind up ana down
Through the winding streets blew cold.
Gay travelers chanced to meet
Around a bountiful hoard ,
Where the fire that leaped and roared
Flamed out on the silent street. >
Aa Ihe wine they freely quaffed ,
One rubicund stranger guest
Related a merry jest ,
And. the company loadly laughed.
But just as the mirth had died
A weird sound , undefined ,
Was borne on a gust of winl
From the arras at their side.
And he on whose lips a toast
Was lingering , paled with fear ,
" \Vhile aghast , all hushed to hear
Ihe laugh of a listening ghost !
Clinton Scollard.
ANOTHER EPOCH" OPENED.
The Passing or a Generation.
Beginningwith the canvass of ISoG
and ending with that of 1880 , fifteen
candidates contested for the presidency ,
who belonged to the generation which
brought on. or carried tlirougb. tho war ,
Buchanan and Filmore ; Lincoln , his
three rivals in 1860 , Douglas , Breckin-
| ridge and Bell , and his sole opponent
in 1864 , McClellan ; Grant , and tho men
whom lie defeated in 1868 and 1872 ,
Seymour and Greeley ; Garfield and
Hancock , the candidates in 1880 , are
all dead. There remain of the whole
list only Fremont , no longer a "path
finder ; " Tilden and Ilayes.
The conspicuous men of Lincoln's
cabinet are mostly dead , like Seward ,
Chase and Stanton , or in the retirement
of old age , like Simon Cameron ; "the
war governors" are nearly all gone , or
where a stray one , like Curtin , of Penn-
elvania , lingers , no longer powerful ;
the great leaders in congress before ,
during and immediately alter the war ,
like Charles Sumncr , "Henry Wilson ,
William Pitt Fessenden , "Ben" Wade ,
Oliver P. Morton , Thomas A. Hen-
dricks , "Thad" Stevens and Schuyler
Colfax , are either dead or remain only
as political relics , like N. P. Banks and
Lyman Trnmbull. In congress to-day
sit but a few men who sat in that body
before the war , and of these few John
Sherman and John A. Logan alone re
tain a commanding position , while
Secretary Lamar is the only man in the
cabinet , whose political record dates
back of 1861.
There is something remarkalbe about
the speed with which the political gen
eration of the rebellion period has
passedfrom the stajre. The contrast
with the generation of the Revolution
ary era renders it more noteworthy. It
"
is now barely twenty-one years "since
Appomatlox , and yet nearly all the
leaders in the struggle arc physically
or politically deceased. The Revolu
tion ended in 1783 , but it was not until
182o , forty-two years later , at the ex
piration of Monroe's second term , that
the country ceased to elect presidents
who had entered public life before or
during the long contest which began in
1775. The senate to which Monroe ad
dressed his last annual message in
December , 1824 , contained several men
who had been soldiers in the Revolu
tionary army nearly half a century be
fore , like Ruins King , of KCW York ,
John Chandler , of Maine , and j athan-
iel Macon , of North Carolina , and it is
easy to sec that the proportion of men
still in active political life who "were
actors in the revolution was , even at
that long remove , quite considerable.
This was due in no small measure to
the youthful precocity of these surviv
ors , "the Senator Macon of 1815 to 1828
having been only a boy of 18 when he
left Princeton College in 1775 to enlist
in the patriot army , and the President
Monroe of 1817 to 1825 , but 18 years
old when he joined the revolutionary
has entered upon another epoch as dis
tinct from the last as that which begun
with the inauguration , of John Quiney
Adams , the first President who was not
of the Revolutionary day , in 1825 , and
which eyded in the organization of par
ties upon new lines. New York Eve
ning Post.
Ifo Sinecure.
Dr. Pighead visits Mr. Coldham , the
great pork manufacturer.
"Well dear sir I don't
, my , see that
there is anything really wrong with
'
you. Go to bed early , don't drink any
thing stronger than coffee , and you'll
te all right in a week. "
"What , you are not going to give me
any medicine ? "
"Certainly not. You don't need it. "
"Bot you get your $25 just the
same. "
"Yes.Just so. "
"Well , I don't think it is a square
deal. Sposin' you bleed me , put a.mus
tard plaster on the back of my neck
and gimme a dose of salts. Everybody
that works for me's got to earn his sal-
Humbler.
.BONDS OF THE CONFEDERACY ,
London Sp ° culators AVlio Anticipate
Reaping 1'ortuiics from tuo
Worthless Paper.
A Washington corresp'ondont , writing
to the Pittsburgh Tost , says : It has been
often noticed and commented upon
that at this date , when the war
has been over for twenty years ,
and the Southern confederacy is known
only to the history of the past , that in
London confederate bonds are hold at
a value , even though the value is so
low as 1 of 1 per cent. Timid people
of the North , who have read tho speeches
of Logan and Boutelle in the Congress'
tonal Record , or who have heard John
Sherman upon the stump and still be
lieve in the vengeful iictions that sur
round the bloody shirt , may'perhaps
take these bond"quotations as another
evidence that the South is unrecon
structed still , and that it only keeps up
a semblance of loyalty to get approp
riations for the Mississippi river. At
lirst blush it does seem strange that the
securities of a dead confederacy should
have a value except as relics. A bond
is presumably good for nothing if there
is nothing behind it , and why should
London bankers , who have the reputa
tion of being "the most conservative
financiers in the world , invest in these
bonds , even at so low a rate as half a
cent on the dollar ? The truth is that ,
although the Southern confederacy has
passed out of existence for all time , and
the war is only being carried on in the
halls of congress and upon the stump ,
there is in existence a large amount of
money deposited in European banking-
house's credited to the confederate
states , and no one had the authority to
withdraw when the confederate govern
ment expired. This amount is variously
estimated at from $250,000,000 to $500-
000,000 , and it certainly is not less than
the first-mentioned sum. During the
closing months of the war all the money
that the ollioers of the confederacy could
scrape together was sent to London ,
Paris and Brussels to pay for equip
ments : arms , and ammunition , and it is
a well-known fact that a Belgian firm
had completed on the very day that Lee
surrendered , an order for 150,000 stands
of arms for the confederates , the maney
for which was readas soon as they
were placed on shipboard.
All this vast amount of money is
somewhere. The European bankers
know where it is if anybody does , and
"
as long as this money" in existence
confederate bonds will have a nominal
value , even though the government
that issued them lias forever passed
from view. How they expect to get
hold of it and convert their bonds into
available assets is known only to them
selves , but that they expect to accom
plish it some time and by some means in
very patent. It may be asked , why
does not the United "States attempt to
collect it for damages sustained during
the rebellion ? In reply it may be stated
that Benjamin H. Bris'tow , when secre
tary of the treasury , conceived this
idea. He sent special agents to the
European capitals to find out where tho
funds of the collapsed confederacy had.
been deposited and in what amounts.
They were very successful in obtaining
the objects of "their mission , and their
reports are now in the secret archives
of the treasury department. When the
matter was broached at a cabinet meet
ing Pierro.pont , then attorney general ,
suggested that if the United" States as
sumed to collect the assets of the late
confedracy it would then become liable
for its debts. That settled the matter ,
and no further attempt has ever been
made in that direction.
If anyone has a right to the money it
would seem that the original purchasers
of the bonds should receive it , but as
the bonds have long since passed out of
first hands and are now in the hands of
speculators it is a matter of little conse
quence , from the standpoint of justice ,
what becomes of it.
Crippled Brakemeii.
One has to be among brakemen for 3
time to realize how many of them are
crippled. A man with ten sound fingers
is almost an exception. Their hands
and faces are like the limbs of the little
Jelly-boys , perfect calendars of distress.
Of course if a man loses a leg or an
arm , so that he is of no further use , he
must leave the service unless a place
can be found for him as llagman or
caller. Accidents , particularly in the
winter season , are numerous. If it is
the mere loss of a thumb or a crushed
foot the chances are that it is not heard
of outside of the company's oflice , bub
all such accidents of a serious nature
that occur in this state mu t be report
ed to the Railroad Commissioners. It
has been calculated from figures thus
obtained that 70 per cent , of train
hands employed on the road for five
years become crippled. A railroad
manual estimates that 1,100 railroad
employes are injured every year in the
United States while in the discharge of
their duty. In ten years this amounts
to quite an army of cripples. Whether
or not a brakeman gets any remuner
ation for time lost by accidents met
with in coupling trains depends on the
chance of his proving that he was using
his coupling stick at the time , or rather
the probability of the company's prov
ing that he was not using it. If the man
was not using a coupling stick it is con
sidered a violation of the rules , and he
muse live as best he can until he gets
well again. If it is otherwise , he gets
half pay until he is able to resume work ,
on consideration that he accepts it as a
quit claim of possible damages against
the company. Sometimes , if the casa
is very destitute , he gets a wooden leg
New York Times.
A New Boy Evangelist.
A new boy evangelist has appeared
in St Louis. His name is Louis Myson-
heimer , and his age is 22. His pulpit
manners are described as unique , not
to say ludicrous. "One moment he is
calmly reading a passage of Scrip-
tare , and the next will be upon a seat
out in the body of the church exhorting
the people to turn from their evil ways
ind be saved ere it is too late. "
"What are your terms ? " asked a re
porter of the "evangelist.
"I have no terms , " was the answer.
"I require no salary. The preacher
xnd the Lord attend to that. I go by
he sixth chapter of Matthew. "
