From The Capital

Thus far this week hut very little work has been ficcomplished in either hou-e of congress. Hcitli houscs have discussed tho on oí inoreasing our na val establlshments, 4uf at the rate of progresi made, Hevcral Renerationa will have been born and buried ere we havo any better navv tlian ni the preeent time. The discusaiona aro f rui tf til of personal invectivo and afford an opportunity for the display of a : good deal of oratorical power that bas long lüin donnant. The senate has ', cus, cd the Eads-Tehauntepec bill, but ! without result save the adoption of an atnendnient providing that nothing in the bill onder discussion sballbe construed aa a waiver of any righi v.liich the United States may now bave ander the treaty heretofore made with Mexico. The house has devoted considerable time to the consular und diplomatic appropriation bill, but the only result has i been tho striking out of thafolfowingclauses: [ncrëaging toe salaries of the minister to Ijiheria and the consul-ffeneroJ te Cairo; so much of the (lause providing for con tingent expenses of foreign missions as enables the president to provide for rent, postage, telegraph, furniture, inessenger service clerk hire, etc,, and for printint? in the department of state: appropriating $32,00 1 lor the ereotion of afegation lnulding at Tokio. Japan, and $8.(100 for tho repair of tho legntion premtsea at Bankok, Siam; nll tho increases in the salaries to secretaries of ' legatiins and interpreters and the various items of inórense in the compensa! iun of consuls. Among the presidential nominations ' sent to the senato is the following: Capt. AdolphusW. Greely of the Fifth cavafry to be chiof signal Officer with the rank of brigadier general, to succeed Brig Gen. Hazen. The place may be considered fllled, and al) otherappHcantswithdraw, aa there is no doubt of the speedy confirmation of the nomination. A number of colored men in Mississippi j Sresented a petition in the senate a few ; ays ago asking an appropriatlon of $100 apicce to transport them to Liberia. The ! petition assigns as tho reason for tho ■ posed eniigration "low wages. high rents and despair of doing better," and that so ', far as their labor and votes are concerned, i "the country can very well dispense with their presence." The petition was referred to the committee on education and labor. Count Pulaski, of colonial days is not forgotten, ns a resolution has been adopted in tho senate requesting the president to have seareb made for in the records of the state, war nnd treasury departments lor information as to the services remlered ernl of the United States army in 1777-8 i and !) and untü he was killed in aetion, Í andas to any payment or eoni] ensation ! made to him for his service; also as to ; any just and proper indebtedness of the United States to Gen. Pulaski on account of M expenses and military supplies furnishod for troops in his comraand; and especially as to 100,000 gold livros or other som of money, tran-mitted ly Connt Pulaski's (rienda In Europe. and wbich arrived at the time he was killed in tho battle of Savnnnah - whether sueh funds went into the puVlic treaury or were uscd by the authorities of the state of Georgia for the benefit of the United States. Neither is Cutting, of more recent notoriety, forgotten, as a resolution bas Leon adoptod by the senate asklng the Pre-ideut to furnish that body all correspoudence relating to the arrest, trial and dischare of that individual. As this muy lead to a better understanding with onr neighborin republic, it rceonHles a long sull'ering people to bear a little more Cutting. The senate took up the bill "to increase the naval establUhment." early in the week, and there was a, manifest disposition i to pass the measure, but before debato closed the bill WM i-o amendod that its framer would hardly know it, and it that manner it went over. The senate bill granting a pension to Mrs. Logan still hangs lire in the house cominittee of the whole. That committee sought to be discharged from further consideration of the matter but, as stated, the matter still hangs fire. At last Secretary Manning has resigned, the resignation having been placed in the hands of the President on the 14th inst, to j take effect on the appointment and qualification of his successor. This actiou is taken in order to allow Mr. Manning to accept tho presidencv of the Western National Bank of the city of New York. His letter of resignation will not be made public for some days. ]t is stated at the white house that noimmediate appointment will be made to the office and that Mr. ManI ning will continue to act as s-ecrotary for I several weeks. It is known that tho president parts with Mr. Mauning with sincere regret and that he reluctantly conseuts to his withdrawal from the cabinet. The sub-committee on foreign affairs of the house has made its report on the retaliatory bilis. A substituto bill is recommended for the senate and Belmont bilis. It provides that the president may prohibit Britishvessels entering onr ports and may forbid the importa t ion of Canadian merchandise, cars, locomotives, or other vehiulus, when American vessels are denied treaty rights. This bill was debated at length, but no action was taken. Senator Palmer personally fayors the plan of a temporary bridge i across the Detroit river, as proposed by the attorney of the Michigan Central, but the Senator will do nothing toward furtheringit until he shall have learned the wishes f the people of Detroit, and more particularly of its business men. The president has allowed the act appropriating $400,000 a year to próvido arnis nrtH fin iïiTnint. frtr tho Tnilit.iïi tn Iumnhum a law without his signature. The const itutional limitation of ten days within he should havo actod on thia 1 il X expired ; on the 12th. His failure to sign the bilí ! is regarded as an oversight, as he was not 1 known to object to any of its provisions. Gen. Cutcheon says that the present pension laws are so badly out of repair as to demand a radical chango, and he introduced a bilí in the house the other day providing for tho appointment of a commis.sion composed of the commissioner of ! pension-i, two representativos and to : tora to revise the pension laws. Speaking of the president's veto of the dependent pension bilí. Mr. Cutcheon fays: 'While 1 believe that the bilí is un certain in its items and it is diüicult to say how many would be einbraced under its provisioiís. while it is open to some oí . the other objections which the president raises ngainst it, I am not satisfied that the evils to be apprehended from it are such as to cali for the veto power." The fate of this bilí is still uncertain. i Many congressmen who represent soldier constituencies will vote to pass the bill over the president's head, even though they regard it as a vicious matter. The house nas passed the tenate bilí for the retiieiiiont. and recolnage of the silver dollar, first aiuending it sothat therecoinj age of tliis coin -11,1,1 not be considered as part of the montlily purchuse of silver lullion nuw required. Une of the principal addresses in support of tbis bill was mude by Mr. Tarsney. The seuato has pnssed the South American mail subsidy bill. The question of Gen. Hazen's successor ; is still bttlng agitated, lnasmuch asno s.toi)s ; aro bcin taken at present to transfer the signul service to a civil branch of the goyernment. Col. Black of Fort Wayne, still stands foremost in tho rapidly increasing list of appliuants. It is believed by army ofllcers liere that if the transfer is not made that promotion lies betweou Col. Black and Capt. Greely, the present acting signul otHcer. The sonate has passod a bill providing for the printiug of yü,5(X) copies of the Logan eulogies delivered in the sonate. r l ' L l I 1 ' 1 ■■...' 1 It t I I . 1 II i ■ . . i In. . , i f (li . L A UU I'l.l tïVS I 1 I I I i m i w ' 11 liy Mili Vil LUU speakers, and of course raveived-tlie heaity endorsement of the others, all of wliom are nnxious thiutheir frlends should be ,u)plled with printed copies of their eloquence, and are just as anxious that the goTernnient should íoot the bilí. I : i ! In an exhaustive and very comprehensivo document, tho President has roturned totbehouee without tais approval the blll I tor Ihe relief of dependeitt parents and : honornbly discharged BOldlers and sailors who are nuw dlsabled and lopeudont upon thelr own laLor for rapport." In his veto message the scope and proba: ble effect of the billare considered, :md the E resident 's reasona Btated very plainly. [e considera tlio langnage of the blll very oncertain nnd liable to conllicting construetions, and this alone he considers ', sufHcientground for disapproval. In .'hort, the evils threatened by the bill are such that du tv and the Interest of the country impel (i veto. The l.ill and its accompanylng message boa been referred to the committee n invalid pensions. It is not ut all probable tlmt tho bill will be passed oyer the veto, although the friends of the bill look mjiteriously wise and say this will be done. The senato hns passed a bill grauting to the state of California 5 per cent. of the net proci-eds of tho sale of lands in that state. The conferees on the antipolygamy bill lmve reached a complete agreemont on the pointa of difference betwaon the twu bousea, and tho bill will be reportad in a few days. The bill repeals tlie charter of the Mormon chnrch, Chorchea will not 1)6 interfered with. The charter of iho Mormon iminiration society is revoked. Important features of both hou e and senate bilis are included. Aceording to the provisions of a resolution ndopted by the senate a few days aeo the committee on ednt ation and labor will continue its investigation during the coming recesa, as to the relations between labor and capital. Conferees have beon appointed on the Detroit postoftlce bill as follows: On part of the senate- Mahone, Vest and Palmer; on the part of the house Worthington, Owen and Maybury. It will be seen that the city's interests are to be well looked after by having JIossr.. Palmer and Maybury on the committee. It is also believed that the differences between the two houses can be satisfactorily arranged in a few days and it is possible that final argument may include thó senate appropiation of tl,e00Q,000 which is $2T5,U0ü more than the house aniendnunt allows. As an item of news any referenoe to the Detroit potoffice bill partakes of adecided chestnut flavor, and every Al. C. from Maine to California is thankful that there is a prospect of a settlement of some sort. Whilft tliA ronfei-finr.e (ommittflA on fortiflcations has r.ot reached a definite agreement thero is every prospect of the 1 final passage of tho bilí making adequate appropriations for this purpose before the close of the Bession. There seems to be a very general demand for an adequate appropriation of this cbaracter, so that it is probable that a much larger amount tl ia 11 is askod forby the senate ameudmeut will be recoinmended. The senate devoted oue entire session to eulogizing the memory of the late Ben. Logan. Mrs. l.ogau and her son, daughter, and friends to the number of about 25, occupied seats in the private gallery. Senator Cullom offered the resoiution that business be suspended and thnt the friends and associates of the deeenseil pay fitting tribute to his public and private life. Mr. Cullora delivered a very able and brilliant nddre-s, sketching in brief the principal eveiits of a life so full of honor, and paid a glowing tributo to the honor and probity of the man who had so suddonly been cálled henee. The eulogy closcd with :i quotation ending: uHost, soldier, sta tesman, rest; thy troubled life is o'er." Mr. Morgan did not think of Logan as a foroe that had passed away, but as a living, moving energy, still useful in the groat purposes of divine economy. No Lnile, no evasión, no fines-e, charaeterized ogan, but he was a bold, pionountcd, dignified, oarnest, manly, firm, generous, true man. Senator Eilmunds said Logan was ontit led to the highet praise for his candor, sinipliiity and pemiatence, and for the noble, generous s-pirit which inspired bis life. He thoupht of Logan, not as dead, but as promoted. leaving friends to monrn bis departure, not for his sake. but because lii-i oxample, erperience in publlo afrairs and the wisdom of his counsels were withdrawn. Senator Manderson spoke of the brilliant military qualities of Logan, and Senator Allison also dwelt upon his brilliant military career. Senator Hampton said that none were more willing to pay du tribute to the memory of Gen. Logan than those who had been his political opponents. As a democrat. a southern man, and a confedérate soldier, he was called upon to speak of Logan as a republican, honored by his party, a northeru man who had given his blood to prove the sincerity of his convict.ions, and as a federal soldier whose fame was a widespread as it was fairly achieved. Senators Hawley, Spooner, Cockrell, Fryo, Plumb, Sabiñe, Ransom, all spoke of the noble qualities of the man whom the nation mourned, as a fearless, honest man who had entered into that blessed rest and glorious immortality. Senator Evarts said the looms of time were never idle; the busy fingers of the fates were ever weaving, as in a tapest rv, the mauy threads and colors wblcb make out men's several lives and when these were exposed to eritics and admirers, there would be found few of a brighter color or of nobler pattern than that of Logan. Mr. Palmer said that if Logan had been a Frenchman during the throes of the re volution he cwould have been the Danton of the day, and nis motto that of nis great prototype- "to dare"- and by thnt sigu be would have saved his country. If born in Switzerland be would have been a Winkelride. If there was to be a distinctive type of the Caucausian race, it would have as a substructure the virtues which have made the name of Logan famous- intrepidity of spirit, honesty of purpose, generosity'for the vanquished and catholicity of view for all. The senate bill to encourage the manufacture of steel for modern naval oidnunce and other naval purposes oame up in the house the otherday. bol did notgo through as easily as its triends anticipated, and after wrangliiiR over it nearly the entire session, tho matter was finally referred to tbe committee on appropriaiions. The messape of the President vetoing the pension bill is the one topic of conversation in tbe city. Thediversity of opinión about the matter creates no littlo .-urprise, but one and all agree that, no mat ter how apprehensivo they may be of the rpsult, the President will be sustained. Since the rnilroad accident in Vermont, the pati'tit office ha-, been llooded with I ventions for heating passenger cars that will obviate the dauger of are. Not ouly are inventions coming in from every : source, but the demands for drawings and cojües of the patents continue to come from all sections of the country. Attticlieá of the patent oflk-e express the opinión that the number of car heaters patented in the next year, will be equal to, if it does not exceed, the unnuul list of car couplers. The naval and defense bilis now before cougress are receiving considerable tion, the general opinión being that while all talk oL war with England is simply nonseuse, yet there is imperativo necesMty for immediate legislatiou in the matter. Tho following is tho status of the priation bilis : The army bill is a law. The Indian, sundry civil, pensions and postollico bilis have pased both houses and now await concurrenoe by the house in the senate amendments or adjustment of differences by conference. The river and harbor, military acadcmy, District of , Columbio and agricultural bilis have passed the house and are in the hands of the senate committees. The legislatiye, diplomatic and consular and lüival bill await the action of the house. The deliciency and fortifications (tliis year'e) bilis are yet to be reported by the house. Lust year's fortiliciitious biil is still in conference ■with little prospect of agreement. Appropriation bilis will nndoubtedly engros the uttention of the house during tho greater : part of this week. I A Ni rel Advertisement. A dramatic ind sensational episode oo Jnrred at tht grand opera house in Sin francisco, whi re Adelina l'atti was giving her last conocí t of the seaaon, and wliich was also announcod as her lust. appoaranos in that. citv. Aftur Putti had twico appeared in front of the curtaiu iu response to a recall at the conclusión of an aria from Truviata nnd just :is slic had retired again to the Wingfl a tremendous explosión was dearly ueard above the voices of applanse, and a cloud of snioko was seen j to raie over the railing of the top gallary. ; Instantly everything was confusión, and a panic was immtci nt. Poople in thu gallery were rushioz about, seeklngthe nst limans uf exit an i il. was ouiy ly the es-ion of the newsp tper men present, coupled with that of the diva, that a ■ Btampcde of tbe entire house for out-doors ! was pre nted. The newsp! per ïren were in the stage box nnd qulckly percel Ted tli.it no si'i-ious resiilt had oecurred nnd the danger was ■ over. Tliey oommanlcated by noda nnd i motions with l'alti, who wasstiUin alght in tho ilies, to come bel'ore the cut'tain. Bho comprohended the situation, canie forwnrd qulckly, and began singing "Home, Kweet " Home." Ttais had the calming effect on the audieiice, nd though many left to ascertahi the eau e and etleot of the unexpected pnnotuation to the performance the concert was carritd on to a conclusión. As soon as the location of the trouble could be learned a policeman rushed to the . ■■cene and found a man with a badly burned Face and band ■ moanlng with agony and with the remains of the infernal machine about him. He was pl'iced under arrest nnd conveyed to Irving hospital, where he stated he had stooped to piek up bis hat nnd cano and found a package nnder bis seat, wfaich he picked up. and that as be raised it to see what it. w.is ie exploded. Though he was badly burned about the face and hand, it is belie.ved he received no sorious injurie. No other person is known to be liurt. He gave his name ns Dr. James Hoilges, a dy-pepsia specialist, re-Men e, No. 4 Central place, aged 71. At the hospital, after bla wounds were dressed. the ohli f of pólice ai t.mpted to make him commit bimself, hut was completely unoacoessful. Ho strongly maintained his innoceuce. The chief & Jolice pronouuces him a crank. Cost of This Year's Strikes. A recent numher of Bradstreet's contains detailed estimates of the cost of labor disturbances in this country sin -e January 1, 1SS7, based uponstatisticsgath ered by that Journal. The following table is given to show the araount of wages lost on account of atrikea from Jan. 1 to Peb. 10 of the present ycar: Port of New York, 'longshoremon, boatmen, etc $1,01 Boot and shoe factory emplo)'es 1NK),00) C'oal handlera, New Jersey sfiipping ports '. 455,000 New Vork and New Jersey lüülway frcight hand Iers 140.000 Tobacco and cigar factory operati yes 05,000 Textile carpet and cordage employés 50,000 Iron and steel mili employés 12.0 '0 Glass factory employés 8,000 Miseellaneous 150,01)0 Total wages sacrificed by striking employés $2.650,000 The estimated total loss of wages by about HS,00.) industrial employés thrown out of work tbropgb Bcarctty of coal or on account of strike by others withiu forty days past is $C0.000. Grand total of wages sacrificed sinco January 1, 1SST, Í3,000. 0 i. The total decreae in fhe value of domestic trade at the port of New York due to strikes, as indicated by New York bank clearings, is estimated by Bradstreet's at f5,OijU,000. For the North Pole. Another elïort is about to be mnde to discover the north pole. Alexandor MacArthur of Winnipeg, a gentiemun well up in science, and wlio has made a special study of Arctic explorations, accompaniod by a drug clerk named Young, have started for the north pole. For a long time Mr. MacArtlmr has been in communication with the Smithsonian Institute at Washington and other scientitíc institutinns of the United States with a view of muking explorations in the northern seas and if possible pushing nortliward in the ultímate hope of discovering the north pole. Inaquietway and without saying anything in particular to his friends, ilacArthur went on iierfecting his arrangements, provided nimself with complete lUth'ts. im-liiding cooking utensils, canvas boat weighing twenty seven pounds, plenty of nrearms and four years' supply of ammunition. Before he started he stated he would proliably not return for two or three years. He has secured assistance from sonie American papers and it is American money entirely on which he is maUing the venture. Who Woald Live Therel Advices from Honolulú report that the volcano, Mauna Lao, on the Hawaii islaud is ügain active. Eruptions began Jan, 15, with emissions oL lire, smoke and lava, the latter Howing down thesouth slope. lf its course is uot changed it will flow to the sea without doing much daniage. Karthquake shoeks throughout the island are frequent, but without serious consequences. The Rev. J. D. Paris writes trom KaawoliuHawaii, under date of Jan. 19, saying: "For thirty-six hours tliere lias been one continuous series ot earthquakes. Tremulous jars with pretty hard shakes are intcrspersed, running in to each other, and our house has seemcd like a little craft or bubble floating on a ohopped sea. While I write my table rocks so tuat it is with dilliculty that I eau keep my teat and hold my pen." Atout Socialista'. The polire attempted to disperse a socl" alist meeting which was being held in a bock brewery at Stettin near Berlin the other evening but failed. A forcé of military was then suramoned and with fixed bayonets drove the people from the hall. Several of the people wero wounded by bayonet thrusts and three men are reported to have been kiiled. The hall in which the meeting was held was completely wrecked. At Madgeburg twenty four socialista have been arrested o a charge of belongin to an ülcgal society. nocialists in London are causing great nneasiness. Meetings are held almost nightly. Active Anarchists' A marked activity in the movements of the Anarchist assoeiation of Omaha has cuhninatiHl in a i;lot, which has iust been expo-eil, t morder J. A. Hospodsky, the editor of a Boliemian paper, and Frank J. Kasper, a meniber of thü city council and a partner in the paper. The attempt was iniiled by articles published making sport oL the anarchist generally. A few nights ago, it has been disclosed. seven unarchists went to Hospodsky's house for tlie purpose of killing him. He was absent and thus escaped. He has since been served with a notice to leave the city on pain of death, and has applied for pólice protec-uon. Good Lord, 8pare Va. Cable dispatchosfromEngland announce that Princess l.ouise is seeUing a divorco f rom lier pleblan consort Lorne. It is said there was nn open rupture betWeen the Marqiiis and the Princess f rom the time of thelr iirrival until thoir departure from Canada. From the story whioh comes from London it would appear that the Queen has lieen unable to control the naughty children any longer, and that the world is again to be trqated to another scandal by tho noble and hlstorical house of Argyle, bistoricnl of late years for the interesting matter it has furnished the divorce courta. An $8,009,000 Baif The troubles of the Hocking Valley railroad have culminated in a suit by President John 1'. Sluiw of the Columbus and Hocking Valley & Toledo railway, against Htevenson Burke, M. M. Green. Chas. Hickox, Win. J. McKinnie, Chauncey Andrews, J. W. Ellis and the Ohio Central ruilroad company Judge Bingham granted an injunciion restraiuing the defendanta trom selling their btock. and to compel them to account for their iudebtedDeaa to tlie compnny for both stock and bouds. The case involves i,OJO,ÜOO. Dangerous ürntet. Several wild bulla broke loóse in the City of Mexico wlnle betng driven through the city and kille;! a iiumber of persons. The baila were of the famous Aienco breed, and were destined to be usod in the coming buil llglits. Two of them entered the court yard of the National Palace and were shot down by soldiers. The atïuir created much excitement. The White Tine District Tlie Northern Lnmberman in a recent issue publishes utatistiCB of the lumher trade for the northwest for ISSti The grand tntnl of whito pine lumber produoed was 7,425,808,000 feet. This is HTO.OOO.UOO feet in oxcoss of 1688 and is only slightly short of the total cut for the vears lSbJ 8-1, The greatest gaina ere in the older milling dútricto The grand total of sbingles 184,577,631. Figures are cited as showing tlmt the maximum anaual lumber product of the white pine district have probably not jut been reacbed. Btarving Indlim. Intelligenr-e hls been received that the condition of the Hritish Cree Indiana who fled to Montana last spring is alarining. A band nimil ering tiftv. eoopcd up in the niountains near Sun liiver, lias ten starved punios, litüe clothing, neither food nor arnis and aro Btarring to death. Govern ment ollicials recently decided that the unfortunate t'retjs would be treated as British subjects if they returned to Canada, despite the active part they took in the Northwest rebellion. Men and Horses Bnrned. Tbe large livery stables of Jesse Arnot in St. Louis, Mo., were destroyed by lire on the lOth inst. Af ter the flre had been under way about an hour and while the firemen were making their way into the building, one of the high interior w.ills feil with a orasli, barying several firemen and some spectators in the debris. Thres Cremen wore killed, and several spectators severely injured. There were about 300 horses in the stable, 100 of whicb were burned. The lo.-s is about $150,000Looks Like a Tragedy. A small farm house, near Jefferson, Ia., occupied by a man nimed Ijiioklum, was entirely consumod by fire on the lOtb inst. and Luekluni's eed father, wife and son, were burned to death. Two neighboring wouien saw the finmes and tried to get into the house, but the doors wero fa tened. This, togother with the fact that a gun and revolver were found near the charred remains of the oíd man. indícate foul play, possibly, murder and suicide. Three Prisoner Meet a Fiery -a. -v J i a ..v -.". ui I WVMUVI V A VU 11., 1I1 ill'U nbout 1 o'clock the other morning and three men confined in it perished in the fliimes. The fire broke out atl::!0in the oIBce from an unknown cause. Jailer Jack8on, who was asleop up-stairs, rushod down and opened the door. The ten men in the upper Hoor escaped, but three men in one of the lower cages could not be reached. They cried mteously for help until the llames reached them. To Suppress Vice' A meeting of the citizens was held in Montreal the other evening at the palace oí Archbi-hop Fabre for the purpose of organizing a Roman Catholic association for the suppression of vice. The movement is especinlly directed against intemperance. The archbishop in bis reniarks said there were at prcent 1,100 bars in Montreal. whiih made one drinkiug place forevory 35inhabitants. Death of a Great Grandson of Franklin. Mr. Louis Batch died at his residence in Louisville, Ky., on the Vith in-t., in the 82d year of his age. His father was the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, and the younger Batch was named Louis, by his great grandfather, ufter Louis XVI., of France. on account of a friendhip of long standing. The eider Batch was a colonial soldier and a man of much prominence. A Mormon Victory. Lorenzo Snow has been released from the Utah penitentiary in consequence oí the Uuited States supremecourt's decisión on the legility of segregating the offenso of un luw ml cohabitat ion. The Hormons consider it a high vindication of their principies, and encorted him in with a four norse drag and much rejoicing. A Mother'8 Crime: At West Suffleld, Conn., Rose Daly decapitnted her illegitimate child, threw the heail in a Btove, and placed the liody in a cellar. The head wblch had been cut off with a table knife, v taken from the fire in a cooked condition. The unfortunate young woman is dying. Destructiva Blazes. The opera house, masunic building, and many stores at Augusta. Ga., were burned the other night, entailing n tqtul loss of tl8TvOOO. Mrs. Bower's dramatic company of New York lost their entire wardrobe. The same dny Savanuah, Ga., was visited by a lU0,0U0'flre. Headquaiters for Gas. Dayton will be hendquarters of a new Ohio 'natural gas company, $,000,000 capital, whlch proposes to pipe natural gas trom the southern pnrt of the Lima field v j .M. ■ st tint j ■ f % _i ■ ! mvf - " f v ■ ' J ton, Xenia, Haniilton and Cincinnati. In Hemory of Lincoln. The New York ropublican club celebrated Lineoln's birthday by a banquet on the 12th inst. ilr. Blaine sent a letter of regret, hut there were present many of the distinguished men of the nation, without regard to party ties. Eeleased by Death. William Comstock, the oldest convict in Auburn, K. Y., penitentiarv, died on the 4th inst. He was received at the privón in 1S5S on alifesentence. He killed his father and mother and cut out their hearts and ato the m. Fort Wane's Flood. The flood at Fort Wayne, lnd. thij month is the most disastrous of any that has occurred in that vicinity. The loss to proprty holdurs is very great, and the damage to the scwití of the city amountj to over 115,000.