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10
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February
Year
1886
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Uk. Rnmi i i'.; mi a oflered n resolutlou In the Sennte on the :w tlmi the Preddonl Is ooi nttiieted iy law ha rernoi i, mi t h At tho Sonate lm tto rtgul io requiree Mntentenl trt in raaaona lor auspenalona Mr. I'iil'Ii lubmltted a aubatitute, deolaring ih dent reaponalble to the people ror remo hN oi ;i pen lona frotn uffioe Thi Rleotoral-CouDt bl] Hraa ¦ ¦ nutu '¦! Mr ( haae lul i oduccd a hlll io p men tim rec ollicc. umi Mi Harrls a mea ure approprlstin(i Í75.00U to eatabllsh bureau oi public hcalth . In th6 House the day wat deroted 10 puloglesof Vuv-l'fM leut Heodi Thk cimir lajd bsfora tfca Benate on the na Ilio rcsolutlon lablBlttBd tin1 ilny lniore by Mr. Mddtobergw, and the aubatltut for It subraltusd by Mr l'nli. ivlnuvc to the rela betwcriMtn.1 l'iti.iciit jpi theSenateln ï-eard u laformatloa aml pap Gvernmeni offloera mipended appi Mr. Edmuiuln tno ci lo ii the re o the talle, In. 'li motlon, aftel lome hrlal re uitirks by Nrarfti Bonatort, prevt led, only one voiee beinif heinrt In the neyatlvc Subsequeotly, on molion r Mr rer. his roaolutlon wns taken froni the ïti!{'. :imi. on motlou of Mr. Moiitii, ji waa r to the Oommtttee oo Privllefres and 1 li Messrs. Logan Rutler and Morgan took pari in tho debate on the Dakntii blU, lutlie Hoime oommlttee raoorti rere auhni To enlarge the povierand dutleaol the Depaitinent of AVrloulture: to proteol noniostettd sottlors u-ithtn rrtiiwm Hm : to annex a portion of the Terfitory oi lrtahn to w msIiintrlon Tenitoiy, and to prohlbit an offioer of the (ïo Tiuunn trom hiiniu or oontraoting out the Irtbor ot pi ItoiMra In the Senate on theitk the lulla provlding for an Assistiini Beoretary ol the Navj and for tho admmsion ol Dakota mm debatad, but DO aelion waá tikcn. A petltion was pre scntr t urglng thHt the Oklaboma Terrftory be oponed to settlonient In the HoUM a blU iraa passed abolltliing oortaln oomalar feei affeotiug slii ownera and maater and i ne providlng tiiit in addltlon to the pi method of caktng depoiltlona ol vltitoaaea In oaaea nending bofore iiir i'nlt ii Btutea Courto, 11 fh'ill 1h? inwint to tako depoaltlona in the tnoile prcseribed by the Inws ol the State In whieh the court Isheld. In tho Semita on Mu."tli the liill divldiiifi the Teriitory of ÜHkota at the foitysxth parallel of Irttitu'U mul aAralttlng the soiithern portion as a State and onranbtlng tho Terrltory of Lincoln in the northerii part vns pftaaed bj vote Ot M tO U. The Tf .Initiale "I the lfetoottonol shiiiimn. ui iihlo, wui'C rt.d nnd tlleii. Adjourned to the sth ..In the House the Pens on-Appvopr.iition bill ifTS.I.M.ZfMi wiis reponed ,.,,.! referred A reaolutlon wn adopte. l uiaking the Flu John Poner blU a eontinuiny special order trom the 11 th luct .uittil th. [gth mil. Adiourned totheth. DO MEST IC. The ice caraira! at St. Paul, Minn., was fortually iMUgurated ou the evening of the lstbytue oponiiiK of the ice palace, the proceasion of uniformed clubs conipris-ing tive tlioiiMund persons. Almost the entire portion of Brownwood, Tex., including the postofflee, was burned on the lst by an incend'm'y flre. A petholkum well that will yield in excess of 150 barrels daily wa stmck on the 3d ner Lima, O. A coukier brought inforinatiou on the 2d to Fort Bayard, N. M., that the Apache Chief Gerónimo had uin-mjitionally surrendered to Lieutenant Mans. Dükixg the mout li of Junnary the United States mint eoined 8,796,000 pleoM of gold and silvei-, valued at 16,909,470. Tni: blunder of a sleepy brnkoman on the 3d cau.-'il a OOlUlion on the Clie.vtpeake & Ohio road ai Steunton, Va . one man being killed hikI Utre other ri .- 1 njured. The silk niHmifii't uviiifí tínns of the United States have de'idel to advance the priee of silk thread and twist ten per cent. Bolmno Pahkek, a farmer of Nansemond Couuty, Va., killed liis wife and sister the otber morning while insane. In portions of the south a severe snowstorm pievniled on the M. At Memphis the snow was four inchesdeep, at Nashvilleten inches, and in Ai kansas one foot in depth. In Northern Michigan the thermometer on the 21 ranged (rom forfcy to (orty-four degrees below zero. Abibid dog ran through the gtreets at Parsous, Kan., on the 2d, during a terrible storm, and bit Ave persons before it could be Killed. Th terrible siifTerings from livdi ophobia of George Waterhouse, a lad of (torteen yean., of Cohoes, N. Y., wei" ended on the 3d by his doctors, who said that rulief was imposüibk' mul t'uat it ni a uiockery of the henling art to allow tlie poor wretch to writhe iu 8uch terrible tortures. Ycy therefore smothered him. James Bhown and William Snyder were drowned in the Allegheny river at Pnrimmshs, Pa., on the 2d, by the upsctting of a boet. Wii.mam Neissf, a farmer living near Cantón, O., was gored to death by his Ticious buil on tl Youno carp to the nuinber of thirty thoussnd were recently frozen to deth in the State pond in Texas, and the attempt to breed them would doubtleae be abandoned. Ide Murphy Temperance Society at Youngstown, O., passed a resohition on the 3d a.skmg the manufai'turprs of tbo State to change the pay day of laborera to Tuesday in plaee of Satui-day. Thb Coramis9ioner of Pensions estímate that $75,800,000 will be required for pensions the uexi fiscal year. On the 3d a tug-boat in the river at New York collided with and upset a small boat coutaining eleven men, five of whom were drowned. Eioht car-loads of imported laboren were on the 3d sent into the coke región of Pennsylvania, but the striking Hungarians persuaded them not to commeuce work. In the (tables of C. R. C. Dye, at Troy, O., seventy-two imported Jereey cattle were roasted alrve in a fire on the 3d. Tuk third annual convention of the International Associations of Kairs and Expositions began a Indianapolis, Ind., on the 3d, with representativos froiu ten States and Canada is ttendance. Advichs of the 3d from Texas say that in the nine months of war waged by Gerónimo and his Indians there were nearly two hundred settlers and soldiei-s killed. The surrender of Gerónimo has ended the conflict. The Chinamen in Chicago celebrated their New Year's Day on the 3d. Snow feil to the depth of several inches on the 3d at Washington "and at various points in Ktntucky, Arkansas, Texas and Virginia. CoMMissiosíR Sparks made the discovery on the 3d that ten miüion acres in North Dakota, embracing the Bismarck, Grand Forks, Mouse River, Turtle Mountain and otíer districts were still vested in the Indians, and surveys had been ordered suspended. It wu announced on the 3d that Miss Jennie Sherman had converted two hundred sinners at Cameron, W. Va., and oollected funds o purchase a saloon and pour the liquors into the street. The Government directora of the Union Pacific road on the 8d reported its grose debt at W6,98,Oao, wd stated that without the branch yitem the line would be bankrupt. Thï families of the striking cokeworkers in Pennsylvania were being driven from their houses on the 3d. Trouble was feared. A Mam named Lemmon, his wife and six children, were found frozen to death on the prairie near Oberlin, Kan., a few days ago. Edwakd Crowl, of Cleveland, O., was arrested on the 4th on the charge of having drawn 1100,000 from his motbjr's bank account and forged her name to notes for $60,000. Advices of the 4th say that the cold spell has proved very disastrous to Central Illinois farmers and stockraen through serious losses in stock. Numbers of fat hogs have been froien to death. THÏ January fire loss of the United States and Canada was on the 4th estimated at ?12.((),000, which is $3,00ü,U00 more than the average January loss in the last ten rean Ovbh two thouaand street rallroad employés ín New York Oity struck on the 4th for twelve hours as a working day with no Mdnottaa in wagen. Tbe otli'-ials graiitert llx'in i.heir wishes Kufi'8 Ekminan, a merchaut of Frankfort, Ind , Uanged bimself on the 4th, as the muit of despondency over the death of his father-in-law. Thk Territorial Normal School at Madison, D. T, one of the Hnest structures in the Teri'itory, was destroyed by flre on the 4th, entailing a los of $20,000, with no insurance. MdE8 Ikks feil against a aaw the other day in a mili at Camella, Oa., and was cut in IihIvüs f rom the head downward. A Gekman who was placed in the lock-up at Critfield, Md., committed suicide on the 4th by settiug the building on tire. Advicis of tbe 4th from the East and South say that the receut saow-storin was the worst known for yeare. The streets of New York were blockaded, and at various pointe throughout Virginia, Maryland, Dclaware, Kentucky, Georgia and Tenues - see trafile was interrupted by the snow. What was declared to be rich silver quartz was fouud on a farm near LattaTille, Ross County, O., on the 4th, causing great excitemeut in the neighborhood. Owino to a strike the extensivo milis of the Bates Manufacturing Compaay at Lewiston, Me., were closed on the 4th, throwing neuily two thousand employés out of work. The Secretary of the Treasury at Washington stated on the 4th that the conscience fim.l, the flrst item to its credit being made in 1827, now amounts to $220,747. Tns California Reflnery on the 4th reduced the price of sugar one-half to one cent per pound. Miss Bbtsy Job, an old lady of eighty years, was burned to a crisp in her home at Martin's Ferry, O., on the 5th. It was supposed that she was robbed and murdered. At a crossing at Edgerton, O., on the 5th a sleigh containing fourteen persons was struck by an engine, aivd six persons were wouuded, one of them fatally. Two PA8SBNQEU trains were in collision on the Iron Mountain road, near Piedinont, Mo., on the 5th, three employés being killed and several travelers slightly injured. A plaque of diphtheria threatened on the 5th to depopulate the towns of South Malone and Duane, in Franklin County, N. Y. Fibf.s at Greenrille, 8. C, the other night destroyed sereral stores. The loss was estimated at $100,000. Onk of the owaers of the Ritzinger Bank at tndianapolis stated on the 5th that creditors would receive seventy-five per cent. of their claims. Business failures throughout the country for the seven days ended on the 5th were 253 for the United States and 34 for Canada, a total of 287, against 389 for the previous seven days. Dennis W. Dilda was hanged on the 5th &t Prescott, A. T., forthemurderof Deputy Sheriff J. M. Murphy, and Si Minich was executedat Leadville, Col., for the minder of Samuel Baldwin. Some misereant at East St. Louis on the 5th poured oil down the chimney of a shanty occupied by seven railway laborera, all of whom were dangerously burned. TnE mercury throughout Virginia on the ."th shmved a teunperature of from four to thaly-live degrees below zero, the most severe weather being at Stauuton In Washinioii two degrees below was recorded. Wn.UAM J. HicioiNs, of New York, was bitten by a inad dog six months ago. The fear that he would have hydrophobia took possessio of h i ui and on the 5th he shot liiniM.'lf dead I m'unmi.'t.y cold weather prevailed on the Sth throughout the East and along the Atlantic rimst. Heary snows lay on the ground in New England and the Middle States, and the mercury ranged from six degi-ees below gero in New York City to thirty below in the interior of the State, and it marked forty degrees below in Vermont. In Pennsylvania railroads were blocked by huge drifts, the snow in some iDstauces overtopping the cars, and in the Shenandoah section collieries suspended work and schools were closed owing to the low temperature. In a hotel at Waco, Tex., a few evenings ago William Lamb, a Chicago, traveling man. was ehot and killed by J. E. Graham, of St. Louis. The qtiarrel was caused by Lamb declaring that "aman who traveled for a St. Louis house was no good." Gborge K. Sims, who was sent to the penitentiary for three years for participation in pension frauds at Chicago, has been pardoned by the President. John Lading, a Germán miser, flfty-flve yearg of age, who lived in an old shanty, was fouud at Delphos, O., frozen to death on the 5tlj. A large sum of money was ako found. John MoMahon, who, while Collector of Revenue at Hoboken, N. J., two years ago, embezzled $51,000, was on the 5th sentenced to five years' imprisonment. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Both houses of the Iowa Legislatura passed resolutionson the2d askingCongreie to impose high licenses on the sellers oí butterine aud oleomargarine. Daviu T. Lineoar, of Cairo, 111., died at bis home on the "id after an illness of some months, at the age of flfty-six years. He was a inember of the last Illinois Legislatura. Tue funeral of Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Secretary of State, took place at Wilmington. Del., on the 2d. Tue next National Encampment of the G. A. R. will be held at Han Francisco, bezinning August 3. Genkral David Huntbh, U. 8. A. (retired), died suddenly in Washington o tbe 2d. He was a veteran of the Mexicau war and served with distiuction in the war of the rebellion. Govkkvor Foraker, of Ohio, on tieMremoved the Cinciunati Pólice Commissioners from office, thus leaving the control of the department in the hands of tbe mayor. The health of ex-President Arthtir is o poor that on tbe 3d he was said t look toa years older tliau he did sic months ugo. The seoond volume of General Oraat's memoirs will be out March 10. Th sale of the book has reached 885,060 copies in tuis country. In the Circuit Court at Chicago on tfceéth Justice Oeorge A. Meech brought guit against Rev. A. E. Kittredge for 127,000 damages for slanders uttered in a recent sermón in connection with the punishment of gamblers. Tin: Conference Committee of the Ohio Senate reached an agreement on the 4th and submitted its flndings to the Senate, which agreed thereto. The principal points are that two Republican members shall be added to the Committee on Privileges and Election8; that a sub-comtnittee of three of each party shall investígate the election frauds charged; and that on points on which the latter may . disagree Hon. A. G. Thurman and Hon. R. A. Harrison shall decide, such decisiou to be final. Georoe T. Laniqan, well known to journalist8 throughout the country, died in Philadelphia on the 5tb, of heart-ditiearo, aged forty-one years. Rkv. Dr. J. G. Akmsthono, one of the most eloquent Episcopal clergymen in the Southern States, having been convicted of drinking beer and visiting disreputable houses, was by Bishop Beckwith sentenced on the 5tU to suspension for ten years. FOREIGN. Mr. Gladstone arrived at Osborne on the lst and received the personal command of the Queen to form a Cabinet. The British reformatory snip Clarence, lying in the Mersey at Liverpool, was on the lst the scène of a mutlny, in which the lads used flre-arms and belaying-pins. Twenty persons were wounded. UiriiTHERiA aud scarlatina were rapidly spreading in Montreal on the 2d, and in towns adjoining snmll-pox had broken out n fiiin At Douglwtown, N. B , on th 8d Aiibm Ranney, aged aerea, while eoanting, ulid into the rivor Her brother Robert, aged oiue, and Harry Hutchineoa, in t.ryiug to save her, were altio carried into the ri ver. and all tbree wen drowned. At a represen tati ve meeting of English agriculturisU in London on the 'M speeches were made in favor of protectire taties on corn, sugar and manufactured articles. The Nova Scotia Öugai-Rofining Company of Halifax has failed with llabilities of $500,000. Bismakck'8 policy of expelling the Poles ha created great excitement throughout Germany and Austria. A huoe block of buildings in Manchester, Eng., valued at (500,000, was destroyed by flre a few days ago. Ssow feil in the vlcinity of the City of Mexico on the 3d tor the flrst time in thirty years. In Montreal diptheria was raging on the 4th. There were forty-nine deaths from the disease in January, and a leading physieian said there were more than on thousand cases in the city. A PRIK3T at Guadalajara, Mex., while listening a few days ago to the confession of a strenge man, was ftabbed totbe heart. H 11,11 water in the Hoira river flooded a portion of Belle ville, Out., on the 4th, doiug great damage. Si'eaki so on the 4th of the Irish issue Mr. Gladstone said : "Although the difflcultie of the task make it impu . le to anticípate success with confidenee, v# jnall draw comfort from the knowledge that we are engaged in a great work of peace." The Freeman't Journal of OubTin declared on the 5th that Mr. Gladstono recognized the fact that no settlement of the land or education question was possible without Irish self-government. A keign of terror was reportad on the 5th as prevailing at Matamoras, Mexico. Respectable people were afraid to go upon the streeto after dark. LATER NEWS. Advices of tbe 6th state that fifty Crkmoester (Mass.) men engagtni in the flsheries havi been lost bince Chrixtmas. By the explosión of a boiler recently naar Pittsburg, Tex., one man was killed and seven others probably fatally wounded. John (ri Biit, a leading merchant of 3t. Johns, Newfoundland, after perpetrating forgeries to the amount of (100,000, fled on the lt li to Halifax. The Adams Tobacco Company, of Montreal, witb liabilities of (175,000, has failed. At New Cautie, Del., flve thieves were on the 'ii h laahed on their bare backs and a forger was placed in the pillory for an hour. At Cleveland, O., on the 6th the remains of the late President Garfield were placed in a bronze sarcophagus. DrRiso a heavy fog at New Orleans on the 6th the British steamer Castle Craig refused to obey her rudder, and swung about until she had done damage to öve other rmsels iimounting to $100,000. Aivin:s of the Öth say that severa! poor persons in the City of Mexico have diod from exposure to the unusually cold weather prevailing in that quarter. Skv -eral deaths from cholera occurred at Taritn, Spin, on the 7th. QSOROB and Frank Taylor, nephews of a prominent Cincinnati lawyer, were shot dead ly a posse of raen a few days ago at Oakilale Junction, Tenu., on suspicion tliat they were Inirglars. The event has causod great indiKuatiou. BovcoTTiNfi is being practiced by the Knights of Labor against the Kansas State militia. The livery stable of Azor B. Lewis, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was destroyed by an incendiary flre eaiiy on the ïuorning of the 7th. Kifteen horsos ierisbed iu the flames. It was repoi-ted on the Mb that during tho recent Ktorai and cold weather in Texas about two hundred thousand head of cattle perished in the upper pan-handle country. The Chinamen were on the 7th being driven out of Seattle, W. T. The Celestials were marched to the wharf and put on board vessels for San Francisco. The situaation was deemed bo grave that the mayor of Seattle asked the aid of United States troojiK. Ho oreat is the danger of a flood at Washington when the ice in the Potomao melts that over one hundred merchants in the District petitioned the House Appropriations Committee on the 6th to take prompt action. Dcrino the recent cold weather in Georgia ten persons were frozen to death. At twenty-six leading clearing-houses in the United States theo exchanges during the week ended on the 6th aggregated (1,061,801,382, against $1,006,914,659 the previous week. As compared with the corresponding week of 18i, the increse amounts to 4ft.l per cont. I was unab'e to walk and my right arm had to be carried in a s'ing because of rheuniatism. The li r-t dose f Athlophoros relieve I me, :mcl befor ¦ Ihe bottle Ma i-mpty I went to work iind have had no return of rlienmatisin. Fulton VVait, Elk Rapid.s, Michigan. Hu Knbw his Business.- "Well, I never kiiew that before," said Mr?. Gummidge, lookinj; over the edge of the newsPm per. " What is that, my denr " agked Mr. G. " Why, that Mr. Parnell ia a bachelor." " Well, you might have gueesed it. lle's in favor of home rule.1' Mis. Oumiiiid{e was silent a long, long time, woadeiitift just what her hnsband meant. Meantime Mr. Gummidge went nut :iiid sat on the back doorsten, like n

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