-r VOL. X. OMAHA , NEBEASKA , THUESDAT. DECEMBER 9 , 1880. I NO 147. Established 1871. MORNING EDITION. PlA/O / * > L WILLIAMS SONS , Dodge and Fifteenth Bts. We are Now Displaying an El gant line of Ladies' ! DOLMANS of the LATEST BtoT APPROVED - STYLES. ' A Good Cl.dk for A Good Cloak for $3.00 A Nicely TriinmcJ An AIWool < 103 , $5.00 AXIcc One fo . . . $7.50 Soinctttinine at $10.00 aud up to $40.oO. and DOLMOSTS , CLOAKS and DOLMMS. SEETHLM , SEE THEM , SEE THEM , -AT- ! ATAMS' . COATS , CUTS ( , GIIF4DREX'S COATS , Tor a Child 2 years and upwards. MISSES' GLOAKS & ULSTERS at Pleasing Prices. This is the Best Line o Children's and ! Wssesf Cloaks to be found in the city , and our Prices are always the Lowest. LADIES' AND CEILDEEN'S H03B3 , LADIES' 45TD CHILDREN'S SACQUES , LADIES' AND OHE.DBEN'S CHENILLE SCARFS , All u at WILLIAMS' . Immeqse Stock of Grey Blankets from $1.50 to $8.00 per pair. White Blankets from $2.00 to $12.00 per pair. Our S2.00 White Blankets are a Wo.der at the Price. TEXT'S , L41IIES * AND H1L. BKEVS UXOEltWEAB. L. B. WILLIAMS & SONS , Cor. 15th and Dodge Sts. , SIGN OF THB CCLDEN PIANO & FRAME , I r A. HOSPE JR. t . , . , d Pianos and Organs First Class C K on Easy Monthly Payments , Itn Sheet Musio and Mnsi- Ite cal Instruments. P FIXL SiUCK OF 1 ! O TJ L ID I OST C3S . hv 'f * ramw t great v ly r'daccd ( irlccs. hPT SrlO Frames. 1 inch. WnlnuU PT ' jOxli " 1 PTr.i 10x11 " 1 r.i 12x18 " 1 r.ih h 12X18 " 1 r.ihi hi Bustle 8x1 Of rune . . . 15 hiol C hromoo fr 1 , nall. 25c , Clirouintfritmed lar.x , 1 B , 0.Ti irn ra iiiK 'rj' " 60c np ril , .Ti riioiosnph fr m < M from 15c upwardg , .TiG AVindoCorlc 875c wiiulowaod jpwardi G Lamhrequlrj * 00 per window and upw&rd * . tr Cornlc-o PolcsS SOper whirlo * anil upwardl , trcc Volret frame * S6c cli tn5 00 ccai HUTITSIO- ai Violin Sttincs Ibc , \HoHn 1 76 , 2 60 , 3 and npntrxig , Guitars B 00 , 6 00. 7 00 and upwards , I ! njo9 1 00. 3 00. 6 00 , and upward * , Acconleons from 1 00 up. cheapest In city Send forttnplet and citilocuo of moulding and Bhml TOUvtc. A.HOSPE.JR. , dl [ U19 DCM.VB St _ enxt iloorto Harris and Pith ci Oraalia Ki > b. dlTl r A. W. NASOX. Tl TlSt 13 B3 IsT T I S St < * , ierner Cipltol . and te lKhSstrect.-n h . Keh. au A. \D iYf A ! CONSULTING1 PHYSICIAN SP liAS rSKMANETfTLT. OCATEH HIS 1IKD- 1 , IOAL OFFICE , 1an iBS Troth'Sttoet , - > f OMAHA , SEBRASKA or OKerta ; U * serrlcee la all departments o bane . mtdndna and both lot general au pedal pracUM . acute mod chronic diseases. Ca no be coMUked cbt aad.day , andwdlrlalta tri part of the ritf and county 'on rocelot of latto < OK t * 99H * r < r at home. SamplM wet U > 3 I VOf'Uf free. Address StloMn & Co Portland. lie. m , . bo [ VINEGAR WORKS ! pc up i EENST EREBS , Manager. Jc Iff M nutinrtT of aHtlndi of th Jcret St Set , -9 Wlk. OMJLCIA. SEE. CO on i J. H.FLIEGEL&CO. of an ofatl Saccc9 Vt to J. n. TUIELE.V atl IIEROIAMT TAILORS , Spe No. 122JJ3qugIas ( Street , 10 A Bttmi * * * / * * & " - "K - - f - . DOMESTIC DOINGS , New York Anti -Tammany- ites About to Retire John Kelly. A Mexican Gunboat Captain De fies the Authority of a San Francisco Judge. The Streets of New York to be Lighted by Electricity. lurdered While Kvintiopf. . _ J DUjAVch to The Be * . WADENA , Minn. , December 8 10 Pm. . Orb Hendrictcson was mur dered Sunday in Todd county , whil hunting with his brother , by thre _ men , -with whom he had a difficulty about a daer that had been killed The body was found with three bulle boles and several knife wounds in it. His brother tracked the assassins sir miles in the snow , but they escaped. Suicide. SpodaTDIsratch to The Bee. GILSOJT , 111. , December 8 10 p. The body of a w-ll-dre sed m n w s found in a Geld a few miles from he-e with B bullet hole in his breast ind a revolver lying near , one cham ber of which was enpty. : A drove of swine had eaten the flesh from the face and hands. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of-suicide. Base Ball Conference. Special Dispatch to The Be. NEW YORK , December 8 10 p. ta. The board of directors of the Na tional Base Ball league , met at the St. Jamei hotel this morning. The championship was awarded to the Chicago cage nine. Appeals wore made in be * half of George Hall , W. H. Craven and A. H. Nichols , for the removal of their disabilities resulting from their .expulsion from the league for dishon est playing. The resolution was adopted that notice is served on the persons named , or their defenders , that the board of directors of the league will never remit penalties in flicted on such persons , nor will they hereafter consider any appeal from them or in their behalf. The Bostons aud .he Nationals , nf Washington , were admitted to the league. Frozen to Death. Special dispatch to'.TnK BKK. CHICAGO , December 8 10 p. m. Mrs. Annie Morgan , wife of Peter Morgan , was * found by her son at G o'clock this morning frozen lo death by a fence about a hundred yards from their house on Thirty-first street She was addicted to liquor , and went to get.uomo last night while the rest of the family were abad. Criminal Carelessness. CHICAGO , December 8v-10 p. m. A switch engine on the Michigan Southern railroad ran Into an Arche avenue car at midnight last night Ibe car was demolished , and , the pas sengers , about twenty-five in number ilmost Inextricably mixed up with the wrreck. Some eight or ton were in jured , but none fatally. The driver Cornelius Hallnranhadhislcg broken rhe engineer , N. J. Ford , was arrest 3d. He says the flagman slgnallec lira to come ahead , and he did not see the street car until too late. The con luctor of the car says he saw the light > f the locomotive , but thought it was leveral blocks away. Overdue Steamers. Ipec al Dhnatch to 1 ae Be * . NEW YoEKDecemter 8 10 p. m. Che "City of New York , " ia the only European steamship that has arrived rithln the last twenty-four hours , ler voyage was attended with head rales and tempestuous ana , and on November 27th severe hurricanes were incountered. Thirteen vessels are till overdue from foreign ports , and nay he reported any moment. John Kelley In a Corner. pedal dispatch to Tfr Etc. NEW YoEK | December 9 1 a. m. t was reported yesterday that ar- augments have been perfected be- ween republican and antl Tammany democratic aldermen whereby Mayor ' ! ooper'a nomination fur ci'y offices rill be confirmed , and that John Kel- * ' sy will be superceded by an unti-Tam- . janv man as comptroller , and the oth- P ' r offict B will be divided b § t weon re- ublicans and anti-Timmanyitea. It inw ' w i reported thit , at a conference held ore , in which Senator Conkling and rio President elect Arthur particl- tr ' % tcdtho arransement was perfected , trwi 'his ill be a preat vic'orv for the olitical enemies of John Kulley. It 11 td been expecttd that Kelley would i a able to prevent the continuation [ sny successor nominal e by May * r onper. wh Be term of < ffice expires t mn ry 1 , &nd th t T race would reappoint Kelley as comp. rc oiler. The announcement of the imblnatlon creates great excitement nong local politicians. Western Union Profits. Da iedal DIci tch to Tnx Bi * . NEW YORK , December 8 10 p. mAt -At the quarterly meeting of the rectors of the Western Union tele- aph company , held to-dny , a divi' M ! and of li per cent , was declared. f ho ret profits for the quarter ending ir .ptember 30 , were 51.070,827. Af- ire. r paying the dividend thnro was a e.n i irplus from earring of $132.000. indications. ectl DUpat jh to Ta 11. WABHDfOToy , D. C. , December 8 a. m. For the upper Mississippi id lower Missouri valleys : Char partly cloudy weather , with lower .rometor ; higher temperature with aiP irth to west winds in the latter dis- P ! let tic Befused to Deliver. mi edal dispatch to The Bee. SAN FEAJTCISCO , December 9 1 a. ne The captain r.f the Mexican can- at "Democrata" refuses to deliver Cladomlvie Cata en n habeas cor- the court and po & from superior , les idge Latimer has directed the sher- oil to proceed to the vessel and bring oilMi e prisoner and arrest the captain for iti ntempt of court. Cato was arrested wa a "warrant of Governor Perkins on extradition from the government Lower California. Ihe sheriff will tempt to board th * vessel. Jealous Gallants. ' Plspateh to Tbe Bee crc Tenn. , December 8 , ilic : p. a. Pazton P. Zpoty , . former rei ident at the university hero ajd a Lo in namedStilllngs , quarrelled yea- terday , over which shonld assist a lady on her horse. Finally Stillings was in the act f helping bar to the saddle , when Zooty pnahed him away and fired Fovan bnlhts into his body , killing him Instantly. Both were married men. Zaoty was arrested. Trutn's ri'al38toods.J Special Dispatch to Tbe B e. NEW YORK , November 8 10 a. m. Trnth this morning , in anc-'torial ) commenting upon tbe alleged discov ery by detectives , of tha author of the Slorey-Ohinese letter in Brookly. , eaya : "The letter is not a forgoi ills genuine. The tampering with the envelopa WM B atrong indica tion that it WM not authentic , we must confess , bat there are indica tions of genainoneds which complet ly turn the scales tLu other way. With in a week e lita received p > siivo ( information regarcing the whole his tory of the letter preceding its rs- cept by tHe United Stutes authnri- ties , which will boon be made pnblic through our columns. A three thou sand dollar clerkship is now an ob stacle , but that will soon bo removed and then the facts will come out. " CABLE NEWS. The Land League Spread ing Among All Creeds and Classes , A Landlord's ' Solicitor Rough ly Handled by Irish Tenants. President Hayes' Bemarks' on Spanish Cruisers Stirs Dp 'the Madrid Press , CHEEKY COMMUNISTS. SpeeUl Ditpatchej to TBB Bn PARIS , December 9 , 1 a. m. The communists express much indignation at the refnsal of the town council to grant them a site en which to erect a monument to the communists who were killed in 1871 , when Paris was captured from their hands , as well as to other communists afterwards tried and shot or exiled. The council re fused , it is understood , on the ground of the absurdity of a municipality as sisting to commemorate the acts of men who violated law and order , and attempted a riotous means to over throw it. SPUNKY SPANIARDS. , Special Dicp&tch to The Rce. MADRID , December 9 1 'a. m. Considerable excitement prevails in lolitical circles aud on 'change , caus ed by the passage in President Hayes * message roferrini ; to the aggression nf cruisers on American vessels in Cuban waters. The press of this city are uniting' bittBnsniaila5trUi)8rrtt."Thi ) : ministerial organs state that the dis patch of the Spanish minister at Washington led them to suppose that the matter had been satisfactorily ter minated by tin Inqniry instituted by he naval department , and by the American admiral at Havana end the ndemnities that t'era paid. GROWTH OF THE LAND LEAGUE , pedal DJ-.ftch lo TJO tie. DUBLIN , December 9 1 a. m. [ t is fcocaming in rj evident every lay that the laud ler ce intends to ipmhhie with the land agita- icn a demand for EOUJO degree of ' elf-government. T ! ; < 3 ur anizaiion is uw approachycrfcctios. ] . Thirty > r forty bianctirs ; thn loaguj are crazed every w ck. 7he i they give much of tlieir spaca o ki no meetings , make no pratensn if printing the proceedings of ali. If , lowever , the precnt tide of success ; ia rot taken at the fl od , a few nontliB will , In ? ll prclatilily , wii- L6BS the pr.cipititl.-.a of a cri-is , nnd hereafter a gradual breaking up of he organization. THE COMMON CAUSE. O'Kelley and Sexton were expocied hiac 0 spaak Brookborjugh Tcsday whoa acci he meeting was dispersed by tao CJ'i- cidi tabulary. The most remarkab'e tn 1 vi nt in connection with this episode tnSI 1 the part taken 07 a Protestant r c- sh jr , who issc J tlj follofiig notice : Sire 'Men of Ulitr-r : Satn j evil-die 4 csjd ersos , d3irin t * : tir up strife anu re ; luso Moodt ! : i in cur ntijjhbnr .iort , fin i .i posted i.p a n tica c-.llir < / up a arab 'ratestant fcrmcrj to cpp"S3 tje latid This uiovcsr.ent ia identical s 'ith ttie interests of the Pr. tr oant farmdra r.s we'l &s with tm Ath'lia tenant farmers. As your ( P 'ue friend I c i ! up JH y-u to treat ab ith c 'ntumt , : " - ca advice. Tos- ! _ teen creed been h unaed creed en is * u. * * uu against i.AwLu : this unhappy' on KAIDIKG A SOLICIT P. . , er Aa extraordinary prwsding. nn- pa' ' as yet in tha &oti h of Se eland , took place Monday at Mu > - ie , county Limerick. John Hayesa , ime kesper of Sir Crocktr Barring- m , was summoned before a magn ate at the Murrro ecsdins for she t- g tha fcrcjhoun ; ? of a farmer , MiMi imnd Ry.3 , antl for hnviag h'rad at . V. Acm ie Win. Ryaa , also a farmer. Tee own prosecuted. The bearing of e case wis attsr.dcd by a connidora- e nunjb'r of psfplc. Mr. James solicitor attended b hlf cm oran , a , on * the land loasu : , to support the we osecution. Mr. Patrick Conolly , $21 licitor , defended the accused Up- far his arrival at the court room on i e sec-.nd day of the trial , he was tri ; iot-ed and jacied by the immense altitude , and was so hard pressed nt he was obliged to seek refuge in by neighbsriHg Lou1 : . . The crowd : ro aocnt to break into the hruse at len they wore infcrod by one of the & ( ad league iffirxra that Cccolly was dw ady to cffcr r.rs ax > locy for hia ac- ki ! ins. Ho shortly appeared , and uuntlng o cbair expressed scrrow at ving acted professionally fcr an oli- xljus land . wn ( < rand that he would nio vcr servo ancthor ejcctaent for Ne at. His apolojy , however , would Da t allay tha angry foolic s cf the y to protect him frum tl.oir fury , In ad and clubj wens flung tt him , and em as with difficulty that h ? made his y out of the n ijhborhood. by de ] JW J if J'-.O h -t . i Ei . W ( Charles Cclnv-.ro Grant I.ai bsen Ca : satcil aron Lnrquil , of the pn.7- Te < a < if Qiebsc , by Qaeen VictoriB , rivlnea fsailly title of the time of ty , Ne Lord Ripen , viceroy of India , la suffering from sunstroke resulting ftv-v. exposure while attending to his offiiirl c.utios. Returns cf the English board of Irarla aye generally favorable , although thty show that the shipments of iron for last month have declined to 15,700 ton ? . Renewed shocks of earthquake h 8 been exp-rieuced nt Agram , Aus tria. No po-itivo damage has yet bcbu dune , but tbe Irbabitauta are j.e tly : rcit.dan ( 1 a real panic exists Sir. Forster , chief secretary for Ire- la-d , has Issued a circular to magis trates , nrging the enforcement of the lw affainst unlawful assemblages , thriate&iirj , etc. Mr. Shaw LaFevra , secretary of th9 admiralty , delivered a speech at Reylma , Fvglina- yesterday , ! ] L wl-Jch ne advocated tie cradual grad- u il croition of peasant proprietors In Irslatid. Ho also repudiated having auy syrpp uhj- with the land league. Adi'patch from Paris lays the porte has cet ei Cre'e to Germany on simi lar terms as Cyprus was cedeJ to Enn- la-.d. Tie rfgitta on tlio Tyne , proposed by the Americar iniiiuf-icturing com pany , has butn abandoned. Jt is reported on gO' < d authority that ship loads if gum and ammnni- ti-jns are being shipped from Germany to Slonica. The t.'iini'terial press of Madrid now advocate a rafcrm in Cuban tar- iffj lo propara thq way to closer c im3irrchlr'iiatiins with the Unite i Stages an ; t' a L uiss. Mr. MtiJLol'and ' , a bailiff , was shot dead yestei ay by a faimer named Goily , ar Cookstown , nrar Newry , Ir&krd , while ho was executing a de- crse eg'in t GorJy. FOUL - MOUTHED MAY. A Storm of Indignation Baised by the Pavtisan Speech of the Irish Chief Justice , Whose Conduct is Denounc ed in High Official Circles. Parnell Determined to Risk Arrest by Attending Parliament. DISGRACING THE BENCH. Spedal Dispatch to The Bee NEW YORK , December 8 4 p. m. A special caoiegram says that the speech of Chief Justice May , refus ing postponement of the Irish state trials , has caused profound indigna tion among the land leaguers , and jvcn in London , and it is rumored hat4he-lordkIiancollpr .will enter his protest against the tone of it. LEAGUE WORK. 8 Parnell intends to risk arrest for eaving Dublin when parliament neets , and will try to bring before the louee tbe whole Irish question. It ia lelitved Parnell will be arrested and erlous consequences will follow. The jcaguers' propose to instruct tenants 0 deduct the police tax from their enta before offering them to their indlords. BOYCOTTING A LADY. A Dublin special to the Herald &ya "Miss Harriet Gardiner , " of 'arm Hill , Killdare , has been for &ars on bad terms with her tenants ad was shot and wounded in her own is ouse a few years ago. She was ac- isci Dstcd yesterday by a woman , while ciai aasing through the street and called ai > me vile name. Tne woman then aiof : ruck her across her face ofc ! ; ith a teapot. Afterward Miss Gar- cl iner entered a hardware shop , accom clG anied by the town commissioner , G nd was in the act of buying goods , ' hen the proprietor entered and or- ar tred Miss Gardiner out , declining te er ' er custom. The lady then walked teed : ross thestreet , followed by an excited fri owd , yelling and hooting. She row a six-chamber revolver , and , : ruing , pointed it at the crowd. G e h ? commanded them to stop , spying : mi wou'd ' the if . ie use pistol necessary. ba 10 was escorted to her hotel by the baGt i lice , and finally accompanied to her s'den e by two constables. She is excellent shot aud always goes 8p < raed. . DU SIBERIAN FISHERIES. edal D'apatch to The Bee. ST. PETERSBURG , December 8. 4 in. The Rusmn government is out to snd the c'U'ser "Taroslave ' int rcppt American fi'hing vessels Qa crnachuig npnn the fi here3 ! of the ho her'un const. The ' 'Taroslave" is dered to cruise in the Pac fie. Sev- lej int il regimt-n's wi1 ! shortly be dea jus 'ched to the C-uicassus from Co vastopol and ehewhere. EH1EFS. Civ set ' 3 -t * Bt nh .usa at Crooknton , ret JU j i > to Jl.e St. Pul , is . ! . Eai & M.iitv.a comjrany , sri - c inpj jontroy. . Ib/CroTues- i a y r.ij'iwith ivroLci'motives. Lais res ; 50,0D cot JT. SI. 0nkhitp , a banker of Flor- cor Wis. , flm iJu ccnrtry last k. rn'l hia bondsoren era outtbout mu i COO It is supposed he Is in the ser HO t Die electric llijht will bj given a Da 3 ! ii ; the streets of NOT York our- res ; Ohriitniai wck , WIIPL. over a ape jsrb mile of the city will fca lighted electric burners. cor A terriCc boilt-r explosion occurred tur the pa ier miUs of Morrison , Barr act Gi- . Rearing Springi , Pa. , yeater- the > F. David Ackie , an employee , W3i asme led. The me dumrge amounts to the )0COO. ) _ Ad Efce board of review of the nations- . l'ni ' : ; rsi ciaUon met yeiteada/ set rr.i ' ia the Fifth Avenue hotel , cal w Fcr.'c. Judge James Grant , of jec vecpcrt , In , presided. coi coii i FOSTOKFICE CHANaES ate Nebraska during the week & en ilng December 4,1880 , furnished Wra. Vau Vleck , of the postoffice partment : Postmasters Appointed Amboy , dla Bb-.ter county , Edward Gilford ; Int : re-co , Saundcrs county , Joseph am ichnnn ; Henrietta , Nemaha coun- of Clarence E. Clagett ; St. Dervln , lat 2 : > imaha county , J. W. Taylor , Jr. tie Discontinued Clark , Burt county. eel WASHINGTON. The Senate Moving in the Matter of Congressional Eeapportionment The Electoral Eesolution Occu pies the Undivided Attention - ' tion of the Eousa. Republican Members Hold a Caucusto Adopt a Course to b Objections Urged Against Oonkling's Man for Secre tary of th& Treasury. NOMINATIONS. Spedal Dispatch to The Etc. WASHINGTON , December 8 The president to-ihy sent to the senate n batch of nominations , including C1. . W. B. Hazen , to be chief signal offi cer , with the rank of brigadier gmier- al ; Col. Nelson A. Miles , of the Fifth infantry , to be brigadier general ; Asa Oldroy , to the United States commis sion of French chima , and the follow ing consuls : H. Atherton , of Now York , at Pernambuc-j , Almont Birrcs , ofVermontatCuraccoH. ; H. Oraack , of tennBylvani < > , St. Helena ; Henry Horstman , of Pennsylvania , ni Wtir- temburg ; A. C. Prindlea , of New York , at Bohin ; G. W. Eoiswell , of Pennsylvania , at Matanzai ; Samuel Speckman , of Tenn. , at Munich ; 0. A. Young , of New York , at JIar.ills. Also a number of district attoinaja appointed during the recess , and a number of army promotions , and J. H. Cogging to be collector at Newport - port ; VV. L. Ashmore , at Burlington , N. J. ; W. L. Lowens , at Sag Harbor * Mich. BEPUDIATIN SILVER. The first popular obstacle tbct has been placed in the way of the silver dollar comes from South Carolina , which state was one cf the forenoct in demanding silver. The treasury departmsnt was yesterday informed that at Chester , S. 0. , the banks re fuse to receive silver certificates r.t par , and that , as a consequence , tha merchants and planters decline there. The bank takes this action , ii r.r.va , because they fear the coinage of to ! silver dollar at the present rate , wonld sooc cause its depreciation , aud consequently quently a depreciation of the certifi cates. CAPITAL NOTES. { Tee president will to-day nominate i John Hall to be United : tata mar- ' ibal for the western distrLt of Penn- lylvaaia. -It-ia undersized Axccrbia tSu ce 5vrayne , of the supreme court , will , hortly tender his r-jsu-nation. Hon. | j ! 2tatley Matthews will be appointed } o tli 3 vacancy. Mr. Thompson , secratarof ; he lavy of the Unitei State ? has sent a able message to M. DJ Lesacps , ac- apting the chairruaushfp of tie Par. ma canal company. It can be stated upon the highe&i , utkouty that Attorney-Genera' \ Ijvens will not be appoiutad to sue- ? ied Justice Strong upon the supreme J ench. It is probable a souther t tan will ba nominated to fill the vn- incy. Congressman Nesfberry , of Dettolt , undfretood to ba a ca.didra f i-a ibinet position in Ge'i. G r5 pi linistratiou. Mr. New'-erry'j ' re said to be fixed up-.m the t a.ti ; . w secretary of the racy. H-.J i- p , tli aim he ia especially fitted to h.i large of the navy Jepii\me5t. Gen. McGouki b'l ! lo 1----3 ' " . „ rant upon the rai'trtd 1 : . ; f , w ! " 'my , with the rank Ri l pay --t n 'al , created a deal of ilifcuisi n . rday. Gen. McCo\ is r.ot t z " . - " I in New York ai ienJof that faction of rty which idolizes Gen. Gri t. Hr iwevur , is a besom friend of G < " jrtiald , and whaterer he te. u u end ? concerning GOD. Grant i. , i reasonably supposed to have Gen ] ( I wfield's approval. SENATE. 5Cl l Dilpatch to The Bee. it WASHnfQTON , December 8. A imber of petitions were presented ! d several bil's ' introduced during e first half of tha session of the late under the general business of j a morning hour. Among those pre- ited were petitions by Messrs. Iver- r'rJ n and Ferry for the passage of the use bill increasing tbe dn < y on bar- ' and malt , and by Mr. Etton aa-c i the consent of congre > s to the ad 11- itmentof the boundary line between 11nai nnecticut and > ew York. nai Mr. Etton also introduced a bill , > ing t e consent of congress to such tlements. Mr. Pendleton introduced a bill to itn nove certain claims from the de- rtment to the court of claims. Re- tin red to tha judiciary committee. Mr. Teller introduced a bill to . ulate the election of members of igress. Referred to the judiciary * ° . nmittee. r. . A member of the executive com- mications were laid before the , late and referred. WASHINQTOK , December 8 2Ir vis , of West Virginia , offered a olntioni declaring the necessity for sedy legislation in relation to the , pointnent of representative : in Sil ] igress , to enable the state le isla- CCI es about meeting , to take necessary it- ion , bnddirec'in the secrataiy ct iton interior to communicate , early ec ! practicable to the senate , a state- ecm at of the population according to chi s returns of the tenth census , lut ' lopted. ass Da motion of Mr. Anthony , the of late will proceed to buoineas on the ofuc endar , Acting upon such billn r.i ob- o'e : itions are made to. such > rder to itinue daily until 1:30 o'clock. On motion of Mr. Whyto , the f-e. s bill for tha relief of S. Roscnfeld 1 : Co. , of Baltimore , refunding rev St. ue tax on tobacco , paid in duplicate , 3 taken np , considered and passed. A bill for the relief of Henry P. dfo was , on motion of Mr. Teller , ipcsed of in a like manner. Mr. Morgan offered a joint rcsolu- lon , proposing thn follnw : g ao"su lendcient to the 12th article in : the ccnstitntion , as founrl jjerction Congress ahall have power t3 lagia- e and establish rules and regtaa- mi for certifying , transmitting , re iving and opening the votes of the : electoral college , and for ascertaining and counting such votes by the seiiato and house of representatives , and f.r djciarlng the result of the election arJ for the government of the eenato end house of ropresentlves when they are rjecto count the vote of such ei-otoM. 5 > joh 'aw shall ba enacted , or altered , Rnendedor repealed wiihiti the period rf'one year before the , ime fixed by tie laws of the United States. Re ferred to the judiciary committee. Atl:05p : m. the senate on motion of Senator Davis ( III. ) went into exec utive syaMonj and in twenty minutes adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Newton N. Clements , elected to succeed Lawis , of Alabama , who hfs resigned , appeared and was sworn , /heitfuse then immediately had the subject of tliu order 6f busincis sprung. Mr Fernando Wood said it was very important that the funding bill shotTd be pasad at this session , but in view. the action of the house yesterday , h - S proposed that the debate fih.'ii'd . ru- on the resolution with regard to the electoral count in the hope tint a vote would soon be reached. He proposed after that subject was dispoamt of , to Tidi' vor to bri g ' > ehousa down to iis luyiiimiitH w - r to exclu o al partixm discu33 < on in ordir ihrtt he consideration of the bill which Mr. Conger and his friends were ansion-1 to discuaa yesterday might bo com pleted. Mr. Conger , who has usurped th * republican leadership , or has been put forward by hia p\rly aa th < j lead er , advanced to the democratic cidi and asked Wood if he did not propoai t > puah the funding bill. Mr. Wood replied that the gen tleman knew very well that that bil would be cilled np as soon as thi peniHnging discussion was completed. Mr. Conger eaifl he supposed the gentleman would deelre to call up the bill kometime during the present aes The ropublicr.n.- ! unanimously vnb i agAt ist dispensing wlt * > the morning hour , .and then , with n view of 3 S'iraiiig all tha time posibln , they in dicated a purpose to demand the fu-l reading of the bill. The democ ati mooilora of the committee took the hint , nd refrained from ron. r in their bills. The hour was thereto * connumod , when the electoral ras'L tion came up , and Mr. Willits , of Michigan , obtained the floor. He argued that congress va.i not a re turning board , and denied that they had any right to make a pass-gc. Da nying , as he did , the right of congress to change a single vote cf the college , ho would vote against the resolution. After Willets had concluded , ro on3 on iha republican aide seemed ur-par ed to speak , and after waiting a few moments , Mr. Bicknell ros-3 to call the previous question , and to demand * voto. Mr. Ginger , Mr. Keefer , j-d others , who wore in the retiring r 'm at this moment , hastened to the liall , and said that Mr. Whyte was f laxt entitled to the floor , but fie was. ' : - nporariiy absent. Mr. Finley sug- * jested that perhaps Mr. Whytj and H3 friends would like the hrnse to aka a recess to await his pleasure. Mr. Robinson , of New Jersey , laiin-"d the floor. He said it would i-l be denied that the qneatii'n cntisr "yideration was one of the highest tnport nce to the government and th > > "oplo of the United Stiten. The rholr queatica WES whether thb "rc"1- lent should be made "by electois op- ointcd by states or by the irreapon i- le will cf a legislative aaaerubly. Ho as willing to admit that there was a rccedent for the adoption of a joint i lie. , Tfce debate on the electoral bill wan antinued at some length , and was urticipated in by Messrs. Hurter , [ cLane , Davis ( N. C. ) , and others , ho ar ued K ainst Mr. Robcaon'a le rythac the two houses had no ght to doteraiino the qneition of ie ulrctoral count in a judicial way. Mr Huuton , resuming , asked Mr. nboaon to state whether there wrs . . " power to throw out a vote which spIn < * demonstrated to be fraudulent. ' illustrate" ! tha case of a stcte Inwi hich had been in rebellion in 18G4 , wiwl . .1 inquired whblhci , if that state wl id seat up an electoral vote , there cf xild not hava bedn a power to throw is oat. cleme : . Kcifer proposed to answer that meGe < v- KID , and said no president of the Ge nut wonld count a fraudulent f inj getl vote. Mr. Quuton wanted t- sui ' iow wiiat power there wa to t'iro ' f P out. If t'-aro wai nooower in tb VUl Q "ase , therq wai no p < iwor in tl tn" lit-r. Horc'errrd to tbe L niaian 8rl 53'n the 1'st election , when it vra ns' ved that thenamcs if tbn j electoro elli r j ? "rged , and ho in itc'l tint tb'g ; " 11 > reject them should havrtst- i v mew'-ern. ' j. „ In r. C s s H Mini wl an f. prfcn' lent Vet d hit should > I his f , tu.'pusa ' tha ' . oral vet -f yea sw Yir ! shuulil La atolcn , cr tl o the rnes of Hancock and English bt- offi t < tuted fur tho-ie of Gat Geld ani. we thnr , the gentleman contondoil that fro ru was no power to reject fraudu- wit it ctrtmcctas. ; n3 Llr. Robvi'O.i - the * * ' . replie-l to qi - cor ti pr < ponndccl , end argued thai > 01' tliOii-ic.itinn of ti3 ! brck f thti tir- Ap Ijl > e3 ma siffi.iont evidunco of diii tether thare WLTO gcats or aheep to vie 'jo counted. D insiatod that the me of the vice president was a miuh- ser iul , LI ' not a judicial a3t. det ; Mr. D .via , of North Carolina , put ma - qucati'ir. whether , If a vote was offi /un to ba fraudulent , tba members lua sit by as 7itne3sea and s-30 tbu i5 vole counted If tha vice Spci L Jn j chose to ci ; t them. r. Roh-enn said it was r.-.t to ba ppoiedtbrt th > / vise pr sii1. it would am int -"raidulent vote , ovt fcuu rejs top 193 a In ? i iiu jici , but lu.t a rule iu an j o .f cr cnoy. In c ncluding hid - ' , T imo IIP wocV o'Ter - rt mo 'ion tha' . the two ho'ws f congrc scniblo in th * chamb r of the hoasi me tl e 3fcon ; ' Wed- wh iy of Fa ruary , 1881 , at 12 re reA iocc ! ; 'he president of the senate A ? ; all prrj'dy ; that two toilers shall be the pointed from ; ach I.nnsj ; that the rej suit of the electoral vote shall bs de by the presidout of thj E n- Without further diEcnsaion th ; : 3 zdjonrn-d. JIOKTONS ELIOIEnjTT. tie n slatemeut fiat Lovl P. Morton nu for the position f socra- be the treasuary under Garfield's yl ( ' tratiou ha ? bean repeatedly Tt L , . ! . > > j > hin the past two weeks. The tr ( won given f-/r Morton's alkpd in- da Igi" ilitj' to fill llr. Sherman's ah as , that section 243 of the roviaod 83 .tutei hid in his way. Thiscectiou cioros that no parson shall be ap- lei pointed secretary of the treasury who ahull be dirtily or ind-'rectly interested - ed in carryini ; on b-isinpss , t'aile , or commerce , or l-o .vr-crs , in whole or in part , o any 8 a vtsaeJ , or ciga jd in thupuic1" " i f nny pub lic sccuriiits. Thf C33 j f the late A. T. Stewart , who ( Van jd t' ' ba secre tary of the treasury undc'r Clrant , and was provcntccl by thia law , ia cited as an inatanco appl ini-1 M < r : u'a can- cidacy. Mr M rtun' friei'd ' ) siy that the cases Era in t nt - " parallel. Stewart proposed to pac : i . ' ' ' 3 business In the hnnds t a trust : * . 1 5 it waa too cviiient tJ'at sus : . R pr efii v/ould simply hav-ibirn en- > i ot * ha intention cf l'f 'aw. ' ! ' -run ia a merubor of tli j firra of i'.I.ttfi . , Bliss & Jo. , of Now York. T ojiina is cpgaeed in the sil i of ptib'ic ' ercu- rtLi. : 1 is now hr'ld by n t ny that L' . uk1 OouVlin 'a ii'iu g t'l. sacre aryship , l o < vill be curup H ! tc sov- "r bis r.'htidiw with the Xow l rk lirr-i , aud ic Is L r < Uy pn b.i'ile ' tha : ha will consent t < sucli * scr " r. TUB liOUSri O UCLS Tie republicans of the h : ao of n > pr-'sentitiv 3 had a cauciu laat ai-Mit. which laitod tilt -.issrly 1 o'c.tck , f r the purpose of Rrraii'-iiitf lie "ourco for thejirty toUMii'j { on the i'liai reolu'ion in rolati .1 to the clactur.il c uj.t i o" > p diag in the honao. Mr. Frye , cf Wai' o , presided. All members w ri vsry r ticotit aa to what transpired. Ic is usj. rate -J no defiiiito romlt was r ! icK-J ! , Ljt it nas detenniaoil to cail a j sict caucns of the tenato ana hon ' nl an early day A convorsiti n L < U l.y a corroj- pi/r.dfnt with ni'-niiiora w-vjld sefm indicate thatihcro WES notmncb har mony 5u the caucns. So r. monibers are restive nnder tbo loaderahip f Conger and Keifcr , wio have come to the front us exp-'i . t ? ; tliu views of ths liouao - > f r pr-s. ta'ivca nn thia joint role. Ti' . ? thi ! < t * ' " could do better unJor oiltnr 1 .dor- ship. There are others vli-i t pp'jto ' the fight that ia niedo a-jai : at thocou- aiilcratian of eo.ne route of action for the two houses on * l celectoral crunt. Th y are not willing to acpt thp p. ud-n ro'olut' , ' ut will be willing to consider it , p-i M 1 tlie Ji-mocrit- it majority will [ tnn't amnndaienta o be i/ll red and veiled upon. Thpy 'i ve no doubt that it would ba c n c-deJ. There do s noi aeumtubo ny serioui fear that the election Gen. Garfitld will ou qnrntiimed , and it ia believed a sufficient nunbcrof democratic v > tcs cm be obtnitied tn jo amend the resolution aa to make it acceptable to all parties. A SIGNAL SUCCESS , Sen. Hazen's Audacity and Perseverance Places Him Above His - Brethren , Vhile Howgate Indicates His- Indignation by Resign ing. Truth , " Tiioiga levied to the Gutter Kises Up to Lie Again. he Election Question Con tinues to Irritate the Polit ical Leaders of the House. TTiile the Senate Pigeon-Holes a Number of Bilis and Petitions. Haz&n'a Appoln'.ment. eclal DispaUh to Tlie bee. OHICAOO , December 8,4 p. m. TLo ler-Ocean publishes an itetciow th a p-omluent army ollL r , from n'ch itapp = ) ara that the spp firmmt General flazon chief BUIUM ! . fiicer , not well received in m.lit-ry cir- s. The officer says "tl-e ai nr- jnt creates no sjrprrse , h-c * " o ineral flazan fa the m < : ; p 'raster- j T , the most audacious and the must cceasfol officer in the servics. In a liticil way helma rccivcl more f.i- ra from the present aiminisrmtioti \n any oth ° r min in the ny , bat , so far as I know , ho has nt cor recc'ved ' an PO TS tnent from su a cf hia fe'low ' ofllera " rn Ho-wgata Resigns. WASHINGTON , D U. , December 8 veSt > . m Capt. H. W. Howqite , wull- be from own Throughout the country connfcton with thoBignil service , ce tit iterday tendered his resignation to > president. Capt. Howgafe was an cer of the twentieth infantry , H-known throughout the coun'ry m his lifo conn ° ction : h the signal service and Arctic expedition. HM army red - d is most honorablo. Up n appli- inn of the rbief signal rfli.-er on nl Gth , 1867 , ho was assigned to iy as Instructor in tl e sf n I * er- tt U 0 uniil congress added the ttu. teorolo ical wins to the siVnal u.8tl vice , when he to"k cJi&rs.'o of the 8tln , aih of the orjan ; zation and reined InTe in the. Te ined constantly on duty TeWi ce , over ainco that date wiS"cut Wi vo of absence. V.CC' A Kodel Southron , C' ' pttcli t it4 B . ATLANTA , G.u , Decumber 8 4 p. rn. St rhtro is considerable commo. ioi > _ 1 federal oflice-holdera here , n > u2 p. sr the investigation of CT. S. Mar- p.Al il F tzSinimofiS , agiirat whom seri- inVaih ! cOarges have been made - on. Hia bondsrnbii hive caked 1 they be relio > d xnd ha bo re ived. It ia chatgfd thac ho has thheld larte ; auina du the govern- int and also suirs due his deputies , 10 are loud in their complaints The renue departm-int has sent Spf cinl ert A. B. ISewcomb , wfio ia sroughly inveat'gating the offieo and port aaya , has made eome startling velopmentM. UK as County Protective Aasocla. tlon. The Farmers' Protective asaiocl.v in of Dongl'8 county held its an- lal meeting , at Millard , on D < jcera- r3 , 1880. The mtnut-sof the pre- 3us meeting wore rea < 1 andivcspted. i treasurer reportrd GIG 40 in tha jSshry. The following cfaen were ily elected , and the rneetfog ad- urned for one year , to meet at the me place : Henry Eicke , president ; John Hoi- nbeck , secretary ; Allen Root , treas- I X j i i SBICKSON arann lartttrin : ; EWELER8 - & Er\ * \ irutd.es . and Jewuiyin tlicj ! ill , . ne ,111 , See Pin- Stock * WQ Will Be Pleased to SIioF Goods. RGKSONr ! , Dppooita Posf NAILS , Iron and V/agon Stock , ; * iiiii Prins. and 1214 ilarney Stiwl , Oniafia. ' " " ' " _ O i n ITSCH * 0 f ? QA teiL- rer andcaptsin ; AVx. A'hr ) . 'I. ' S. [ alleubeck , J.IL Timine , t ! > f'l'Hii- eck , John Cro Iu and . ! . . < f. .fin , eutenants The deaeripti'iM' r ani- ias bcloijsjin' ; to the inemH Ta of tha aociatinri is not complete , m4 each idinhcr is hereby r que U < l .n furnish ie secr tiry with a minute cl MC-'I' > on of imtuiiili l > oloniiiii to h.n. : , " ' malue , a * , heigh' , wei ; > . , ct > W , id sach oher marks : ts wuui J wt ni i identify a stolen animal. Win n iis isdone the association will b < > in jed j ) od working order , well or MiistH'l , i id mean business. No thi .f wilt b f ilTered to cscapa alive with an nf- j hi b > l > njin ; [ ; so a member ) i tbe f Bor-iatirm , if it can possibly be pre- mted. Anyo- wishing to bccoino a mem- r can do ao by paying a ton ff fifty uts aud sub'cribine ; to tbe > cons'.itn- jn. DBNUY EIOKK , Prts. Joiix HALLENCKCK" , Sec. ; ARKETS i : Now Yorls. Money and Stoclifl. V.'ALI. STMi'T , December S. irnSEY " pot coat. ; exen BKrt , tfrni 731 © ! 82. 82.OOVEKSUBHlb. . S. 6'8. " 81 1 ( Ml S. 5's tOl | Corwssy 'a. . . . } 35 S. 4'0 1 l''i 5TOOKS-ThcstoekzaarkettltfaworniiMf w Her or : : anil hi < r.er. I'r'cra uP to tli * h' w owim : an advanfo ef } to 3 pt tent , 'ha l z- hicaau. Northw ern , St. P-tt , K VMS xif. iluilson , Delaware , La.k w.i' f * ssiern , Omadii oouthern , Hlinoi ; i6'-trAt cll < farrci , C. C. C. * I. , and hi" ft fi-9 , to nUo conspicuotw in th r . ' &IC 8S W B \V 1 1 | NYU P.j'trred 180 NJ3 y 1 S | KP Pitferrcd. 110 Pretertd : / 138 PJI - It O 174J Oawta Ion 11" Pner * l S * C. C. & I . . . - 10i fleadteg * J Jo 22 I M * * > * to J UP t'H ; Canil 85 1 * & -I * 0 OwW 99 } IO -Jbl P pfefe-1 . . _ " ) Pn na 4 Joe 3 AU 'i Prrfered 93J CP * 3 &X b ! K AT. * > H 121J A A P. ili O H i Proctace OHIUAOO , December S. Wheat No. 2 spring ftp p./d Jc icjh.r , bnt closed' 2 @ ? i' 1 - ; r07i@l ( 4 | f > r January , c utwt - ' I 04J 1 Wi ; December s .Id < : 1 06 | ) l 031 , closing at 81 03 | < l 04 ; SVb aarysold at $103@lt'5J | , dm at t SI 053. C ru : J.-Slc lowrr : > 'o ; 2 s-'d ' it C40Jc for c eh ; 404Io Icr J + H ary ; 45jiCgc fnr 3L / , t 40c f. > r cash or Dceaibe , > r January ; 40ic for Pebrmv .IGgc'for M y ; 41 ( o fiw Jane. ? 33s for cash ; 32 33 for January ; Hay , c'.rsincr at 32Jo for ; S25'c January ; 32c I for F bmary ; 3Hc ( tor Slay. Rye Steady at 87c for No. 2. Bwle ? Q'llet ; No. 2 in store- sold at $ t 03 ; options ware inactive and nominal Fork Mew , ilOfia2Jc lower , per bo ! . ; safes * t 1.117A13 40 for Jan- airy ; elrsing it ) il 7o@1325 for cuh ; Wl 75 for Dpop nfvr 3 22 § for Jan uary ; $13 35@3 374 f"f Febrnary ; f3 ! 524@1J 5f r March. Lard D < clijipd 5ip r 1001ba.and i les werea * $8 47 8 55 for January ; i losing at 99 4 < K3 45 for cash or December ; fytTi 8 47 f r January ; f8 37 | lor Pubraitiy : S8 70 for March Wbteky Firm at. gl 13. Chicago LJv Sioct Market CHICAO > , cember8. . H-igs Aoi'va n i 5 < % 10c higher per 100 * ib . forbiMt ; ( ipta , hovraver , WBWI lijjht and ' < il"wo' at S4 40 ® 4 70 for ligh * p * k'nir ; 5-t 50@5 CU f-r f ir to good extra heavy packing ; SI 50@5 GO for f < > tit cnod extra hcwjr pack we ; $4 6035 00 for oed to * sfw"nfoot havy shipping lots. 18 tOO d d'S 'S * 1,000. St. Lout * Produce Marmot. Kr Loura. December 8 Flur St ' 'y d 'inch i nedXX ; , 3 7U-93 20 ; XXX , * 4 3 ,4 55f ; ra- f , ? f 7 ( 4 50 ; ev" icn to VVat Opened si m r , bat de- ehamff mu4 eloced wit.it doirnwsid move -ont ; N"o. 2 ml ripter , $1 03 } ty 1 0 2 t'.r cah ; 81 06fl 03 for Jau- onry ; 1 09 @ 1 08 tor February ; Si 124 ( 110 f March ; No. 3 do , II 01J ; No. * tin , 94 | . Com 1 > ) H "id l > we ? at 4242c for w b ; 42.41j fur December ; 41 J , © -Irtjc for J i uary ; 12 @ 41jo for ilarchj 43a i t 4pril ; 44 | 44 c for Map. Map.Q t * Firm ard si'W at Stofor eMb : 35jc b > d LT January ; 3uc bid for 7 bru ry. KfCoi ! at 87io. B rfoy SU ly ; Gbole * to fancy , 1100(31 ( 20. Batter tTna&angwi. AOE * Better ' , -i7c. Wbi ky Lower at 21 12. Pr > rk-Hg'r ? t $13 25 for cash ; (1337 $ for ftruary. . Dry S h Me.i'3 Firmly held and higher t > 4 1"O4 2S GC5@67 3 6 85 < S 95 wked. -jli MM ! nnchanged. w at f8 2&IS8 30. flaw , 9000 bbU ; wheat , 24,000 bw ; P * 48000 ; oats , 1200 ; . , 1000 bbh ; / flumt , JUOWi oorn i,10,000oat5l,000i ;