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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ELEVENTH YEAH o ! OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 80 , 1882. THE TARIFF TINKERS. Commission Bill Being Dis oussed in the House , The Liability of Its Being < Adopted Still a Matter ' of Doubt. The President Not to Touch the Chinese Bill Before Fri day's Cabinet Meeting. The Nomination of Teller to bo Secretary Again Postponed Till Next Week. nClncollanoooa Notoi of n National Character. CONGRESS. KUtonal Associated Proa * . PKOCEEDIIsOS IN TUB flENATK. WASHINGTON , March 29.Mr. . Dock- roll presented a resolution of the St. Louis land league concerning Amori- coma in Irish j uls. The bill establishing the eastern ju diciary circuit of Kentucky passed. ' The Indian appropriation bill was taken up. Mr. Miller presented n bill to es tablish an assay offho at Dead wood. Mr. Oockroll offered a resolution directing the secretary of state to aacer tain if American citizens aio impris oned in Ireland and why , and what tops for their release have boon taken by the government. Mr. Pendl ton reported from the committee on civil service reform his own bill for reform m the civil aor vice. vice.Mr Mr Pugh offered a resolution that it ia the first duty of congress to re- vcrao and readjust the tariff this ses sion and that the power of congreaa to lory taxes was for revenue power only and not oonstruablo aa a po * or to re strict importations. Ho added a third resolution that.congress should make a free list that would embrace all articles not made or produced in this country , and gave notice ho would call it up at an early day. Consideration of the Indian appro priation bill was continued till 4:15 p. m. , when executive eossion follow , ed and the senate adjourned at 4:50 : p. m. The senate to-day confirmed as post master , Harry F. Griscomb , at Chattanooga - tanooga , Teiin ; Mitthow H. Fulton , at Bucyrus , Ohio ; Frank L.Evestover , at B ly City , Mich. ; John Anderson , at Paris , Tonn. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. Mr. Stephens presented resolutions inquiring into the speaker's conduct in removing the house stenographer , H. G. Hnys , and appointing Daw ort without furnishing the house hia rea " son , as nquired by the rules , pud in I ) / * structing the judiciary committee to ft/ inquire into and report. Stephens presented a letter of Hays' domindiiig 1 the reasons for removal , and Koifor'a reply , saying that ho would receive noithtr public nor private persona to give hia reasons. Stephens aakod unanimous consent to speak on the resolutions , but was shut off by Mr. Robesonobjecting , andtho | resolutions were referred. Bills were favorably reported , per nutting exchange of gold for gold bond ? , for the sale of the Cherokuo reservation in Arkansas , making St. Louis and K insas City ports of de livery , for f'o aurvey ot the ship canal across the state of Michigan , abolishing all internal revenue tuxes except those on liquors and tobacco , nd reducing those. The house at 1:15 : p. m. went into into committee of the whole on the tariff commission bill , Mr. Carlisle re suming his speech. Keifer privately eaid ho removed Hajs because lie had employment outside as agent of the Associated Press and that employment made it impossible for him to pigpnrly attend to the duties of house repuuer ; be sides , the rule orders employ s of tlio house to have the approval of the speaker , and Hays' mis appointed before Keifor became speaker. The bill paying tun claims for losses by the depredations in the White river must-aero of 1879 passed , The senate amendment to the bill pensioning Mrs. Gartield , including widowa of other presidents , was con curred in. Bills were passed granting the right of way to the Polatka & Indian river railroad over public lands and provid ing tor settlement of estates of de ceased Indians in Kinaatj. Mr. Errott follovvoJ , favoring the bill , holding that a commission of ex ports and me nbors could do the work bettor than u commitieo of congress or the two bodies of congress thorn- solves. Mr. RuBsell ( MJ is , ) , tpoko in sup port of the bill favoring a protective Uriff. The army appropriation bill was re ported from tl.o committee , stightly amended. A communication was received from the president , transmitting statements of the secretary of the interior on lands granted to railroads and un earned by thorn ; IXHO a communica tion from the secretary of the interior urging legislation to prevent trespass ing on Indian reservation. The former was in response to a resolution of in quiry by Mr , Cobb ( ind , ) , who lias u , bill pending repealing the laws grant ing public lauds to railroad companies whore the lands have not boon earned by the compamuB in accordance with the act making the grants , declaring their right in the lands forfeited and the lands subject to sale as other public lands , the not pro-seeds to bo distributed among the several states and the District of Co lumbia , in proportion to the number of children iu each , to become a por- mauoht'sohoal fund. The report ia very voluminous , giving the provis ion pf the various grant * ; the amount of land granted ; the amount cleared ; whore located , etc. The following table gives the number of acre * granted and the number patented 01 deeded to the companies by the gov ernment , they having , in the opinion of the Interior Department , earned fiuch portions by the constructions ol portions of their roads , which they have boon given title to. The full amounts granted thorn in the land qrants arc not included in the report , the resolution of in quiry , only asking for those which have not earned the full amount of the urants. The lollowing table ahowe the amount of land granted and the amount patented to the roads : Acre * Acres lltmd Or.mtcil by Acts. Pdtent'd * Northern I'jHflc , . , . , 48/2l l4 Atlaiit.c A PftclHc 40n ) , M filG9(01 Southern I'm Ida 851 , SO tinpon I'ciitml California Oicu-nn 2,180 I2i 1,337,919 New Orleans Pacific . . . . . . . K3.SII tnfcaHupirlor & Mississippi PW.2- ! Ila < ti8 ! & Dakott. . . . . . . 1.293,40 Sl'JTC Sou t him Mlnnis IA. . 1,787M'3 4 277 Rlotix Lilt A : Ht. I'AUl 487,210 J07.DIO Wciti n WlfcoiBtn. , . 1 03 MK > 8I2.SH ) Nonhern Wlnonsln 1,403 4fi2 ( 4tf87 WnwiiuMn Central. , . . . 1 , OP,0 I 157.M4 St. Vincent K tenn on ' 117J3t Pctiolt * Jlll ntil < co. . . . 'attjii ) Port Huron & Milwaukee. . 312,831 10,408 Jickxon , Lntisln ? tt Northern orn Control of Michlgin. , , ic,2un 741,001 437 2c < 5 Ontario & Short Line 2S2. < 1C7 fiS4 Mttle Kock & Ft. Sml b Il7i,4 ! Votth Louisiana % Tcxa , . J,77' ' , ' Poilna. Rome $ Dalton. , . . 041,2 6 4 7,215 A. , il. k W. I 1I7 , OV I9ln Pcnso oh fc OroicK . , ,77fi 670 Florida. Atlantic a 0. . . . 2 > ,3gl Con .t'lO'inesifo . . . . 140im 87.7C Mobile ft Olrarl 859 621 1X14,145 Mr. Carlisle closed hia spcocli a 2:10 : , and was followed by Mr. Spoor ( Go. ) , who opposed the bill , saying that the country and the people wor Buffering from.tho present tdr.ff Bya- torn , and should bo relieved by the immediate action of congress , and nol bo delayed by the long action of the commission bill proposed. Ho devoted voted much time to denunciation ol the revenue act , saying thatata bur- dona were unnecessarily heavy in their requirements , and that thia gen eration waa bearing a burden properly belonging to that which IB to follow. Ho referred , especially , to the effocta ) f the revenue laws in the south , de- louncinr : them as burdensome and in just to the people of thataoctinn , illoging that moat of the so-called sapturo of illicit distilleries in the louth are founded on distorted state- nonta of facts and in many cages were > ut rages on the people concerned. The tariff bill wont over and the louse adjourned. CAPITAI , NOTES. iatlonal Aiwxiated from ( JODNTHV 1'OSTMAKTKUB. WASHINGTON , March 20. Postman- , er General Howe has recommended o the house appropriation committed ; hat pofltmastorfl of the fourth cla s be flowed to act as disbursing officers mder certain restrictions. This will lave money in printing * and signing ol varrantB. Titiwcorr'a INKTUOCTIONK. Hoferripg to Trqscott's complaint of ; he premature publication of liis cor espondence , the Post of to-morrow vill say. editorially : "A Rentlomun .vho . is entirely familiar -with the Peru-Chili controversy and who takes ; roit interest in South American iff lira , declares that the instructions ; o Trescott were made against the mosl sarnest and repeated protests ol 3laint > ; that the president had prom- sod Blaine the instructions should lot ba made public and that he iiftor- vards yielded to Frolinghiiyaon's de- mind for their publication ; that Jlaino told the president that prema- uro publication would lead to failure ) f the misaion and that Troscott'a last 'equest ' before leaving was tint no loinmunieation to him or from him hould bo given to the press until iter his return from South America , lenco Trescott'a complaint to Fre- inghuyaon for violating the under- tanding under which ho sot out upon lis mission. It is highly probable hat the whole subject will be invest- ! ated by the house committee on for- ign affaire. " Tbo Sue and Fox Indiana conferred rith Secretary Kirkwood to-day ro- arding removal to Indian territory , ut came to no conclusion and another onfcronco will bo had to-morrow. The InuHt ) committee on conimorco card Mr. llopan , who will conclude o-monow , IJopreHontativo lilack's phyaician nys that his patient is somewhat im- roved and says that now , while there i some hope of recovery , his disease i of such n character that ho will bo holly crippled in the lownr limbs. The president is deluged with ad- ice personally and by mail as to his uty on the Ohinojo bill , but will not ot before the cabinet meeting Fiiday , 'acilio coast members tire confident 0 will sign it , The general impression ia that Tel- ir and Chandler's names will bo Hunt ) early next week. Richard , T , Moniok , prominent. aunsol for Mr. Tildon before the lector.il commission , has been relined - lined in place of lirewator , who will , owovor , as attorney general , take art in the atar route cases. The house post oflico coramittto vrood to a bill to increase the postal rder limit from 950 to $100 and pro- ide money cards for small sums , Folu'er will make another bond call 1 a few days , The democratic oxtoutivo congrei- onal campaign committee consists F Rosecrans ( Gala. ) , Flower ( N. Y ) , Lindall ( Pa ) , Lofovre (0. ( ) , Oobb [ ml. ) , Thompson ( Ky. ) , and Jonou \rk. ) Tlio ladies' Garfield memorial hos- ital iaorganued , with Windompresi- out. Fatal TSoilor Zlzploiloit. iUon I As oclat d Vita. LEXINGTON , 0. , March 29. , ho bailer of a portable Haw mill , bo- inginct to Reuben Dutro , exploded -doy , instantly killing one man and lortalljr wounding four others. NOT SO FRIGHTFULLY BAD StatMUnfc Concerning the flood ! by a Prominent Planter , The Destitution is Not as Gen Aral ao People are Apt to Believe. And the Planters Can and Are Getting Beady to Put in the Usual Crops. A Good Deal of the Complain ing is Done by the Chronic Croakers. And They rvro Goliic B&oh to Thol XV ivtti'Relatives iu the State * . National At aoclatad Prrw. LITTLB ROOK , March 29. In an in terview to-day Gen. D. U. Reynold * , a leading citizen and planter of Chtco county , said the condition of affitira there had been greatly exaggerated. There was a bigovotflow ana much destitution but little that the citizens of the county could not relievo. Tim planting of crops has commenced and nearly aa much land aa usual will bo cultivated. The waters nro every where steadily receding aud the spin ( a of the people are on the increase. Ho expect * the entire county will bo fcvo from flood watar very soon. Every body ia hopeful. Government aid waa volojmr. but all who now want to work cnu got it. Gen. Rcynoldi , who ia well ao rjuaintod with the overflowed district * in this state , Mississippi and Louisi ana , thinks the ollects will not bo aa disastrous aa represented. Capitalists from Boston and elsewhere are avail ing themselves of the opportunities to purchase lands in the overflowed districts at unusually low prices. Many small farmers in the flooded portions af St. FrancisandothorcountieHhaving everything swept away , are prep vring bo return to the states they came from , [ f no further rise occurs Gen. Rey nolds thinks thia state will come out all right. Marine Intolllceaoo National Associated Prem. < March 29.-Bailod- NKW YOKK , - - The Amatordum for Rotterdam , the Qallia for Liverpool , the Franco for S wro , the Elbe for Bremen. Arrived The Geizer from ( Jppen- tiagon , the Canada from London , the Westphalia from Hamburg. LIVERPOOL , March 29. Arrived rtio Alaska and the I uly from Now YVrk. LONDON , March 29. Arrived The Greece , f rotn Now York. SOUTHAMPTON , March 29 Passed The Oiler from New York for lire- men , the Hermann from Baltimore for Bremen. Gr isoowj March 29 Sailed On the L'8th , the State of Nevada for Now York. LONDON , March 29. Sailed On the 2Gth , the State of Indiana for Now York. Mnrdoroil By a Dranlion Man. S'atlonil Au&ociated I'rora ST. Louis , March 29. Alexander P. Wingato , of Lexington , Ky. , was shot iu the bowels and killed this uorning , at 1:35 : , ou an Ohio & Mis liesippi train , between Sharpsvilloand Modora. Hia assassin was an un known man who was crazed by drink md had no provocation for the shoot- ng. After th 'tragedy the man jumped rom the train while it waa going at a ate of forty mileo an hour , landid lafply , walked half a mile to a cretfk , itrippcd himself naked , and jumped n to the stream , where his dead body vos found thin morning. The clothes vero found hanging on a bridge and iontained $90 in cash , a gold watch , md express receipts for § 100 , sent rotn El Paeo , Texas , to Now Salem , ) hio , and a quart bottle of ginger > randy alntit half full. Hoth bodies vero brought to this city and an 111- jucit will bo held to-morrow. Vooidont to tbo "Frying Dutch man. " iatloiml AxMdattkl I'riwa ST. PAUL , Minn. , March 29. The apress truiri on the Minnesota & St. jouis road called the " , commonly "fly- tig Dutchmm , " had an extreme iwr- ow oBcapo from catastrophe at a Into lour last n glit. On entering a cut a hort distance this side of Hosting * ho ran into a boulder weighing a ton k'hich has accidentally detached itself rom the overhanging cliff , and lay .cross thu track , The boulder wits lartially pushed aside by the con atelier , but the engine was badly iscd up , the journalH of every car irokon , and the baggage car derailed. Irakeman EUorlrook jumped from ho train and Mas bruised. No ono Ise was hurt. The oacape from a ilungo into the river bordered on the ninioulous. Passougura were delayed hroo hours. to a Mail Rofcbery. fatlonal AtwoclaUxl 1'rcw. ST. PAUL , March 29 ; W. W. Day , if Janpavillo , Wis , , was brought to his city by the postal authorities , hitrged with being accessory to the nail robbery committed by Austin "obdell on the7th last. , on the route > etweon Janearillo and Alma City. ) ay wa $ sub-contractor of the route , nd know Tobdell cut the pouch. Ho ook money from Tobdoll , keeping it ii hia possession twenty-four houis iaforo reporting thu uaino , thus al- Dwing the latter to escape. Day raivod an examination , and in do- inilt of $1,000 b ill was committed to ail to awuit the next turn of the dis- rict court. A Crazy Worann , rational Ansodatod Prcw. PINK ttLvvn , Ark. , March 29 , ( Irs , Ballard , of Lincoln , Lincoln ounty , after a row with her husband , ook their ohiliUiio , Huron and oloren years old , and an infant to R pond She broke the nock of the two eldest throw the bodio § into the water ant then drowned herself. Minoari Trb N Uon J AraodAtod FTfM KAKSAS CITT , March 29. Dic Little , ono of the leaden of the Jamoi gang of robbers , hai boon in the handi of the officers hero for eomo lima and the pant operations of the whole ganp are known. They were all engaged in the Winston robbery of the Rock Island train and it was Jewc Joraoa who killed Conductor Westfall. They were also engaged in tliO robbery of I ho Uhicoqo A Alton train at Blue Out , SoitU-mbor 7th. Since then it i b liuved Jesio James haft killed Wood Hito , brother of Jeff Hito , who was recently nent to the pon- iUmtiary for participation in the Winston robbery. Full particu lars cumot now bo fjivrn , John Lnnd , who is now in jail in Independ ence , gives the names of the follow ing parties M participants in the Blue Cut robbery : Jcsso ami Frank James , Jim CummingB , Ed Miller , and Dick Little , of the old James boys' KAIIR ; John and Win. Bulger , Cred Chap. man , Frank Armstrong , Charles Don. dorf and John Mottn , all of the Cracker Neck neighborhood in this county. John llolU was the tele- urnph operator ac Qlondala. The trinl of Motls , the Bugler brothers and Ciod Chapman will bo in at Inde pendence to-morrow if a jury is se cured. John Land is the principal witness for the prosecution. Firm. National Attaoclated Preo * HINDSBORO , 111. , March 29. A destructive - structivo confl igration originated iu , W. Helm's dry gooda store , spread ing to Abe Miller's store , then to Stork & Hearns' drug store and hard ware atoro , then to Taylor & Simpion'A dry good store , completely dt'itroyiog the houses invaded. LOFBOS - Helm , 50,000 ; Taylor & Simpson , $8,000 ; Stork & Hearns , $4,000 ; smaller lessen , $1,000. Insurance about ouo- lialf. TOBONTO , March 29. John 'Olmer & Co.'s pianino ; mill at Saho , the foundry and a car manufactory corn- pan J'B premises were destroyed b ; tire this morning. Losa $00,000. e. . . . _ . _ . - - , . _ . ; T. y. , - , . , . , . . . , Killed \VTillo Drnnk. National Awoclated I'rum. KANHAB CITY. March 20. Eugene Chilton was murdered on Tuesday night last by Tiiomas Eddington near Independence , this county. 0'iilton waa spending the evening with Ed- dineton's daughter. Ho had a flisk of whisky witti him and became intoxi cated. In that condition ho quarrelled with Eddington and attempted to shoot the latter , but was prevented by the daughter The father procured a pistol , put Chilton out ot the house and fired at him. Chilton was hoard to exclaim : "lam shot , " but ran away. The next morning his body was found lying in the road where ho had died. toinlt ofan Old Fena/ / Associated Pfc , _ ' ' Jasporfhist evening Gilbert Shopshiro ohca and instantly killed John Ryder and his son George and put , a bullet through the arm of Dave , another of Rydor'a sons. The tragedy is the sequel quol of a feud between the families tor years The trouble grow out ol the alleged criminal intimacy between Shopshire's wife and Jim Ryder , son of John and brother of George. Great bitterness has grown out of the trial of the case in court. Mexican Matters. National Aiwocla'cd Proas. Oirv OK MEXICO , March 29. The authorities havu determined to raioo by the issuing of bonds $18,000,000 , to effect city improvements by the in troduction of a system of water [ ) ipes , relaying pavements of streets md building of slaughter houses , to be conducted under the management uf the city authorities. Forman's calendar atone , which haa remained for 100 years on the outside rf thu cathrcdral , in to bo removed to the national muboum. lix-Govuriior Mono * Natloual Anso.mroo ivi-on. NbW Yonic , March 29. Franklin J. Moses , ex-governor of South Onro- Una , Was ancstod to-day on the charge of HwiudlifK FrooborV. . Smith , a piano manul icturer , to whom ho rep resented himself as a brother of Gov , Uolquit , of Georgia , out of 875 There ire quite a number of similar chargee igdinst him , and during the day ho A as i Jontifiod by several of his vie- , \me \ , To-moirow they will appear ig.iinst him in the Tombs court , Murdarur National AmiocUtca I'ruiui KANHAH CITV , March 29.- William Stock , who shot Mike Monolian in a mloon in WtBt Kantas City last night , iras captured thm evening in Kansas iVbout ono thoucand of Monolian'o 'rionds assembled and attempted to ynch the prisoner , but the ofllcors lucceuded in grabbing him and ledged lim in jail , where ho is now safely wnfinod. iboe tSmdo Out of a Negro' * Hide. National A CLtatod fiutn. MILWAUKUK , March 29. Quito a > roozo has been occasioned hero by u liapatch that a prominent physician laily wears H pair of ahoos from the lido of the negro Samuel Btornborjr , vho was not long ago hanged near Ubany , N. Y. Stcrnbon , ' willed his kin to the physician's father , an at- ' ornoy , for defending him. Sarceant MUIOQ'V Wife. Uthnal AluuciaUid ITOM. WASHINGTON , March 29. The Mrs , itaaon fund amounts to nearly 81,000 , She ia out in u card of thanks and ays where further donations may bo out , MinUter Lowell. Utloaal Awoclatod 1'rBoA. ALBANV , N. Y. , March 29. In the louse J , J , Costello offurod a resolution or the recall of Minister Lowell be- IMIBO of his indifference concerning ! ri American inbjocU. A CHANNEL INVASION. The Hightmare that Haunts th English Mind Protest Against the Construe tton of the Great Engi neering Schomo. Rumor that the British Gov wnmont Will Puh a Stop to Work on It. Gorman Army Ofllcers Continue - tinue Sending Challenges to General Skobelbif. News that Came Over tlio C.vblo. Natlnnil Aniodatod I'rtm I/ONBOK , March J10 A protoat i , published in the morning papers i < g\iiiHt the coiiati notion of the chan nel tunnel. It U allied by a number of peers , conservative and liberal members of thu house of commons , .Messrs. Tennyaon , Browning , Her bert Spencer and several other authors , Generals Simmons , Have lock and many other prominent military Rontlomim , numerous finan ciers and several journalist ! , . It ia reported thn government intends to put a atop to thu work. BBULIN March --Kxtoneivo , - - pc troloutn wells have boon discovered at Linden , a tuburb of the city of Han- jvor. jvor.Tho The police of this city broke up a secret meeting of social democrats uid arrestt'd twenty-seven of tLem. Several. German oflicera hrvo out iliallongen to Gun. SkobolelT to fight luela. MADBIU , March 29. A dowonstra : ion occurred throughout Catalonl igainst the French treaty. Industrial taxuiaatorn have oora- monccd a general lock-out , which af. ftcts several hundred thousand opera- lives iu Barcelonia. There boa been torioua rioting. KOJIK , March 29 Italy has BUI- peudod diplomatic relations with the bloiro u o > government on account i f their declining to render satisfaction tor the ill treatment of two Italians by the police. LONDON , March 29. A Vionnadis patch says the powers have agreed to antrust settlement of the Egyptian question to England and Franco. A dispatch from Moutono nUtna a balloon , in attempting to cross the Mediterranean , fell into the oua. The ( uronauti were rescued. TJoatlm Cnxuod by tbo Blizzard * 'l Aflfo laj < l Pi Das. Sr. PAUL , Marchi 29. The rccont blizzard went very aexoro on tlio 'Wiuo- iij & St. . Potcr roaJd InDakotrs' nd . pressed by the poowle end the ruili-0ar authorities , in the vicinity of Wnjc r- town , Rodiiold and Ordway , are just coming to light. Many livoi wrre doubtless lost on the prairies which are not known. The 'following is defi nite information : A lieutenant , name unknown , from Fort Siasoton , Dak. , en his way homo to Germany on a furlough , started in company with a stage driver named Howard to tuko thu cars at Watortown ; both perished. A Mrs. Long and son Aiboit , aged 19 , living near Krausorburi ; , started with a team to visit a sick neighbor on the prairie ; both wore found dead throe miles northwest of Goodwin , Dak. On Monday twelve land explorer ? , riding ponies , left Aberdeen for Water- town , and have not since been heard from , but two of their ponies have been found A few days more will probably develop additional cases of from the storm. Southern Military. National A v . ( la-oil t rceii. BinK HOCK , March 29. The Qua liatv Guards , of this city , have decided to contest at the intor-tUte military Jrill at Indianapolis in .Inly next , provided the olhir thrto noted . ,0111 [ mnk'Bof the south the Clnqknuaws , > f Memphis , thu I'ortur IMlea , of NuBhvillo , and the Orescent Cuys , of Now UrlnuiiD will be present. If ; hese latter do n H appnnr at Indian ipolis the Qualm AHull go to Boston , ind there meet the famous Uliiclm- iawH , and dutermiuo the clmmpion- ihip of the Houth and the country Dronzo Gunn For Monument. Oongrefis began to enact lawn twelve > r lifteen yuuis a o giving condemned ironx.o or iron cann n to various n.suo liations , to bo UHed in the eruption of loldiera' monumunts or in casting sta- uts ia honor of distinguished t'ener- ils ot tlio cival war. A largo number if billa which gavu away cannon have > con introduced arc on the calendar. V bill of this sort in behalf of a mon- imcnt to President Gartiold was in- roduood , but the comuiittoo decided 0 give a sum of money instead of the ; una. Congressmen and the people yho urge them to introduce BUCII > > ila | mght to know the real condition of he supply of useless cannon , The ; ovornment haa now only 281 con temned bronze guns , of which 217 > ro iu the aiBenals and 04 in the fotta L'hero are , liowtvtr , 04G other broi z | uns , aorviccnble but obsolete. An if these bronico gm a can bo USD n manufactures ol the ordnancu do , lartmont. They are worth 10 cuito t pound , or about $1110,000. Thcry ire also 774 cost-iron guns , which ard lithur unaervlcoablo or of obsulut- nodoland 98 guns of stt'ol or wrotigho roa in tlio aamo condition , Thcat : an not ho utilized in nnuiufacturd by ho ordinance dopartment. The iron ; uns are worth 1. } cents a pound , or ibout $05,000 , aud the wrought iron md atool guns 10 conta a pound , or plO.OOO , Bixteon lawn were enacted 1 1870 , and many others amco that tmo , providing for the contribution pf guns , but the guns have not ye ooon delivered. Ono of thoao lawi baaaod 12 yoara ago , gave CO guns fo iho West Point monument ; another 8 guns to bo placed around the monument mont in memory of Gen. Lyon. B , uther laws of that year , an indofinit number of Rims were given away fo UBO in making an fauoatrian monument ment in memory of Gen , ItawlinBam an iiidcflnlto number were given tc 'ho Lincoln Monument association In obedience to ( his law 12 suns have been delivered , and application IIM boon mode for 240 more , or nearly 300,000 pounda of bronze. Under a similar law only 35 guns have yet boon 31 VCM to bo used by the Gettysburg ll > ttlo-lield Memorial association. Among the many associations whicl ire etii'tlcd to guns under lawn passed > inco 1870 are thono in Providence , It. I ; Udstford and Lcdyard , Conn. ; lorcey City , N. J. , and Syracuse , N. i. ntnucrioN or THK NAVY. The experience uf Senator McPherson - son , who WIIB cliaiimin of the aonatn committee an naval nlTuirs while the U'luocnxta wore in power , haa led him o believe that the naval establish- nont can bo reduced with benefit to ho acrvlco , and a largo Hiving to the government. Ho line , therefore , pro- < arod a bill which he will pri'sontty ntroducu. The proiimblo doclarra hat there are now in the several staff orpa more olllccra than are nccdoJ , r u ill bo needed in future. It nl , o cclarea that the government ouu'ht ot to maintain , nt a largo annual 01- leiiao , nine navy-vards , and etations n Atlantic and gulf aeabo.irda. Some > f tin BO am characterized as worao Imn uaolusa , and others , it is said , lould be catnbliahed aa ponnanent iitttutions , and put in condition of Iliooncy neccasary for o > in&truction tid ropaira of vcteola of the United ( at os. IOWA ITEMS. Rov. A. 8. HciUBton , of the Wfcro- oaiau mitsion of the A. B. 0. F. M. , aa orduiued an ovangoliat at Grii.noll n Friday evening lost , by a council f churches of the Congregational raer. A prominent citizen of Marshall- town awoke the other night and iiought ho saw a burglar in the room , lo pulled hia revolver outfrom under ia pillow and taking careful aim , mlled the trigger. Ho now haa n bul- ot hole in hia Sunday pants , which were hanging on n clothes rack in thu oom. oom.Mr. . Groavonor Knapp , for several 'ears bnRs of a gang of men in the 0. , J & Q machine shops at Creston , ma been appointed to the foronnn- hip of the ootnpany'a locomotivoand car department at PaciGc .Junction. Joe Phillips , who has been indicted at Vinlon for wrecking a train at M > Vuburg some time ago , haa plead gu > y of manslaughter in the second r ; reo , and will bo sentenced to tlu < pen > .qutiary for a term of ton to ti\ only 'oara. The Pioneer and Old SeUlora' As- ociationof D.ea Moiuca county num- ipff < ' 07 mp.nU > r . Of } ho I'lonoera six ol the aoisn iHTtheearly data'of 1833 ; aro.iiow liviny ; Iwc/vo / came in 1835 , thirty-four and thirty-ono in the years following , and fifty-eight in the year 1837. As a freight train on the Illinois Central railroad was rounding a curve near Dubuque , it struck a man sitting m the track with a pick-ax in his lands , striking him in the brva * breaking his bones , and mangling his body in a terrible manner. He was ibout sixty yearn of ago , and was stu pefied with liquor. Mrs. Van Pult , well known in news paper circles in lown , has been ten- lured a position in the ollico of a man ufacturing company at Klkhart , Ind , , to take charge of the correspondence : > f the firm , and is BOOH to assume the lulies of her position. According to the ( inures given in the consua report of 1880 , there woio n thin state 282 villages uiid towim : ontainiiiK from 200 to fiOO inhabi- ailt ; 120 towns containim ; from COO to 1.00019 ; between 1,000 and 2,000 ; from 2,000 ta 5,000 there were 29 ntios ; between 5,000 and 10,000 there .vero five cities ; while within our borders there were three cities ouch ; ontaining over 20,000 people. Athmtiu has ; i building boom. Now jiiildingsure being erected inullpartii ) f the city , and this yoir promisoa to 3t ) more lively in that liiu thun any nevioim year in the history of that mUirpritii'tf c y Thonius SpiMi , livm/near Missouri Valley , waB ilutcrmint > l to t.ikn I > { R ife. Ho ( in- cut dm t'.ioit ' uit'i ' u mif md tin n liniij ; lui i .clf b/jump- ii { ' ll'ii log , luviiit lit > > i t"l 'i rope i' ' < .1 I ia tri'ii mil | . c il a uooan D lUiul hiu " ek. D , D NV ' ' .irver , of I'lio Dubucjuo leruld has purchased 5,100 asrea pf and , and a Texas paper-Buys ho will t ick it with hli top and cattle. J , 0. iIoXoll , of Waterloo , haa purchased t,000 acri'a in tlio aamo neighborhood. L'ho land ia on the line of the Auatin t Northwestern uillroad. Indioatloaa. l Anodated 1'ruu. WABIIINOTON , D. 0. , March 30 , ' 'or the Lower Missouri valley ; ' 'air weather , colder northerly winds , hifting to warmer past to south , ris- ng followed by falling barometer. Prohibition Again Defeated. latlon&l Anouated l'rc " . UOHTON , March 29. After u abort lobato the house of reiircBentatives ejected the prohibitory liquor bill by t tiu vote. Health Ronower , " greatest umudy on eaith for' impotence , lean- leas , suxual debility , fco. Ono dollar it druggiat'a. Depot , C , F , Good- ' on. (5) ( ) Political , National Atuociatcd 1'rvtw. HAKUIBIIUUO , Pa. , March 29. The next Greenback State convention will DO hold in this city on May 18th. MONOPOLY M8K V. The How JoKey Railroad at Their Old Garno. An Asaomblymnn Ohargoa an Attotxpt Waa Made to Bribe Him. To Gain His Vote Towards Carrying a Bill Over the Governor's Veto. And Then Help { to Donate the Jersey City Wnter Front to the Robbers. IliTocttinonjFaly Corrobont nt tlin lnvmtlatl it. Satlonal Awoclalwl frtx THKNTON , March 29. When th railroads' JotBoy City water front bill. imo up in the assembly this after- 10011 , Assemblyman Sliinn nude luirgcH of bribery , Buying ho wo * called out by John J. Ununer , keeper f the Arlington House at Capo May. nd handed 8500 by a stranger ami irouiised $500 mnro after his vote lad been cast in favor of the bill , ho party an ) ing the ruling figure or vote * was $500 , and the bill had 1 ready coat a good deal of money. Shinn turned the money over to the ommitteo apwintcd to invcstigiU ! io matter , and at the ncssion ihia veiling tostiGed to the matter , and overal witiiosses corroborated Shinn. nd showed that money ia being uaou o inluoncovoles ( ] , BO as to override the [ overnor'a veto , the bill having al- oady passed the nnnato. Brief Telreraia * . attonal Ainociateil Prom. SAN FKNCiBtx > , March 20. The nttom i tucers seized fifty pounds pf piuw found hidden in an air pump in 10 onaiuo room of the steamer City f Tokio. GOLU HILL , Nov. , March 20. The 'ollow Jacket pump stopped at 8 'clock yesterday afternoon. The lullion bulkhead ia BO nearly coin. ilotcd that it can be nnished before * ha water rises to 190 feet necessary o reach it. CHICAGO , March 29. A car load of Malaga grapes that were shipped to ) jnver last fall to keep till spring has arrived hero in good condition. The air of Colorado being dry * r , fiuit can > o kept for a long timo. As very few ; ra''i' are to bo had at this season the ilii | > | > er will realize a good profit out f t' n cxrorimont. ' -win Alarch 29. The body of A * I' > | Uo , aged 4& , was found in 1. . , . .j.tir at tb India otrect bridge toi'1" * 'iiof/l been partially ia- flan < j fi , Memo tim It is thought that elio comjmitted KANKAKB * , III. , , ' . March Emolinoj.o rominent former yoatprday by on acclaoiitnl Wow from a BludiO hanjmor iu the Hand * of hw son-in-law. I/They / were driving fence posts , the old gentleman standine on the ground holding the posts , while the young man stood in a waguu aud used n hammer. DAYTON , O. , March 29. A. K. Gm- liam , sgud 21 , of Van Wort , Ohio , u irakcmnn on the Toledo , Dolplios & [ Turlington road , nas instantly killed > y falling from the top of n freight : ar to-day , while in the act of trying , o save the life of another man. Gra- mm had intended to quit railroading ind waa making his final trip. Frank Yalioker , a saloouist , wan itruck in the head with n atone by John Flantiery , on Sunday , during a row in the foimor'a bar room , ilia ) liyaician aiys ho cannot recover. Fzanno-y has been arrested. The 'acts have just come to light to-day. DBTUOIT , March 29. Williams was innvictod of an attempt to poison iVm. Allen in tlio Wayne circuit court hia morning. The Evening Nou'a Hiiecinl saya a orrible tragedy occurred at Craw ford , i Hpttlement about eight miles south > f Farwell , yenterday , in which a man mined Jacob Smith , aged about 05 Miurs , was kilied in a mo-it brutal naimer by a man named J. Huchor. "t appears that Smith , who ia a rol lout of HarriBon , wont to Uuchor'n vith Mm. IJiinher , who has boon di- orcid from her luuband and wont to lia pl.ioii to get her children. Buchor i liMi'il t" give up thu children. Smith uti-otii luu\i ) , nhureniion liuohor iiul , luir with IIH lint mid followed it ip wall a vfo ( lr < ii nm'lcr , criHliiitr hia 'lotim'tt t.k ill , Hutl Killiui ; him on the pot. Buclif I-'B hou , who is a lad of . 't , nayri hi ) father subsequently jurned the man , and cleared up the > loody evidence of hh guilt in thu leer yard , CIIICAOO , March 29. The fact has oakod out to-day that Arthur Heaver , ) nok-keopor for F. F. Dwight , oom- nisaion Iiouso , and James Kerz , book cooper for llpwoll & Ciopaer , also in ho commission buainenH , decamped in Monday. Heaver is ahort about ? 500. Kerz wont through the offioe jifo before leaving , and secured a small .mount. OL Swindling Teller. taUoaal Asaoclatsd freaa. INUIANAI'OUH , March 29. A. Muller - ler , teller of the Central bank , left the city on Saturday and it now ap pears ho ia short in his accounts with the bank 922,000 , and has various debtu. Last week hesold his property to his mother for 810,000. Aiiigued. Mtloiuil AiHOUutix ) 1'ii'iu. NEW YOIIK , March 29. Dispatches received by Bradstreet from San Frannisco state that G , Mosgravo & Bni. , dealers in dry gooda , have assigned - signed , Liabilitiea ostiinatecl at $100- 000. _ i'uko "BLACK-DRAUGHT" and you will uutt'jb bili
