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E> iBrroxt am> PtMLXBum. Mmw " |K|f>s«e;ir '-it; ,i.' -. * *m<* • ,fIU*; \Yf •• Thm JTHg..Htm....John Cfta*Uader, Judge of, the United States District Oeturt fortheEaet- * 'Si District of ^Pennsylvania, dhd of typhoid f^tinOQi, a few days ago, at Philadelphia, in Mt 74th year, He was a grandson of Gen. jotm OadwftBadcr, of Bevolationary fame-- The mother of Geo. W. & Hancock died lately, at Morris town, Pe , aged 79--The Dela­ ware Legislators have elected Robert J. Bey- MM fttate Treasurer for the next two years, W& John P. Staats, Auditor. * '51THE boiler of a locomotive mttiiig • trial trip over an elevated railway, nearllab- bbck station, Pa., exploded, instantly Killing , *ne men. Fowr others were seriously iajured. <*nf®ra Granite Woolen Company's mill, itBunrellville, R, 1, went up in flames the other >" : •••• nfc» wm. i «U.] ?'* V *• ,,f TUB Missouri State Lciiafe'Asylfim, fvr «• i Joseph., was destroyed by fire the other tho inmates, 230 in number, ct<c&pioi£. *, Jl^e less amounted to about §900,000, ,-* ,f, THE Kiralfj Brokers, with their - ' great spectacle, "Around th®\vorld in Eighty i Days," are once more at Haverly's Chicago *Ml' • ' ^heater, following the Royal Italian Opera. 4* «' *y%jH |g pUt upon the Btage with all the scenery " and costumes with which it was recently pro- noed in New York, and with Mile. De Rosa and 1 Mile. Paglieri at the head of a ballet of fifty ,«£-u t '?HK Wisconsin Legislature has just * ? %)w the 8*** of «*-Gov. Washburn's mag- . niicent residence, near Madison, far educa- _ 4 f tional purpose#. ; THE investigation of the charges against Judge Blodgett before tho Congressional •ttb-committee is now in progress in Chicago. ... .A donble execution took place lately at In- dfcnapoKs. William G. Merrick was hanged Vsr the murder of Ms- wife, Sept. 14,1878; and John Achey was executed far th« fatal shooting ; at a gambler, last July. ,.S, .ASKBRIBX-E explosion is reported from Beoor, Woodford county, 111. The saw mill of I*<GassiMr was almost totally destroyed instan­ taneously, timbers and boards being thrown a iqaarterr of a mile by the explosion of the boiler. Boar persons were instantly killed, their bodies toeing horribly mutilated, and one throwu 308 fast through the air. Another was fatally in- ' ' t ,ST. JOSEPH. H^MIGND about $300,- w> Igr a fire the .other nighty Hax's furniture . «stablishi»a;u and Bailey's dry-goods store being cremated -.. .The example of that "noble "feed man,* Bitting Bull, in seeking "fresh fields ' IM pastures new" for himself and tribe, has teen followed by a great numy Canadian Indi­ ans. The game baa become scarce in the cold •ctoaa the border, and Uncle Sam will * > f f t r n i s h s u p p l i e d } f e . < * • • Th, South. the mm' '• 1 two convicted members of Bwnri UMinly (Fla.) Canvassing Board re- 0|>ltljfjfy>teyy^ to the, penitentiary have es­ caped from jail... .Three negroes and an eqnal t ^iftiitabor or whites got into a fight at Meridian, u Iftta.. tooefnSy.'lrt-which ond white man and *a*> e*giS«B Were killed. • mil '> IQUMOI «T MM Ashland (Ky.) #6#.!'̂ «in» Works and: Fumias Mines still oontinues. •it* on 1&&I ®? mmmsare oa guard at the iron V.'"iqP?kaft» prevent those .who wish to resume ••v „ jrokk^btm doing so. Over 1,000 employes are * thus wrcwu out of work, causing great dis- 'f® * *Hfe among their families. nt f* Tag Tennessee Legislature has phased . bill repealing the dharter of Memphla, and ; tM ^f--inding ft t» the territory of Tenneesee for ' ^ -.IpQ^ioytnMMmi... .Bishop Wingfleid, fonner- ; muaioQaxy Bishop of Northern California* <4 has been selected as Episcopal Bishop of '" Louisiana, in place of the late Bishop Wflmer. ̂THIETEEK buildings bnrned lately at "<)pbson*8, Tenn., causing a loss of about 950,000. .SevSn colored people were killed, the other Senate Judiciary Committer caused by the appointment of Senator ObxHtiancyM Minister ! a draft upon the State OsMnl to Peru....Dr. H. R of I WfnTRLAfT. it tb« capit^ &Mt »«, of j Tribune, was Itaft^e the committee on the 30th ia... .Lieuiteat Oammrader nit, when he Usttfal that he rweived a pack «thsIgnited Stakes aavy, who, during ! ̂ ̂ "cipher dispaMfaM" item mwmm. h ' Chan^«r, auAv4m» tmm Mx. Hfaoock,of the insulting letter to Senator KoUog£, flf jhai | oomndttee. B» ^ «^ v«0Mp4naiia, State, has been sentenced by ocwurt-martial to with the xesrnxk : " H«re are two volumes of bp dismtssal from the service; Itho dispatches received by n*e." Messrs. Has- .• qr«r«« M «l)A'|tn»nl of V*M and'Grav.y&jr <M thed&iSlreKr<i«k of ^ *' _ . ̂ lafinn 1UT** Ibr inreatigating the y^low-teyer epiaemio 01 •ri i 5 •: aVIuka, MlaaV by a very destructive tor- jia»j ^ *••!•>*» whiib aiWBp»«|Kfe them torn the south- % j |m»*. Four heusm and Tone churoh were blowa 'fe * a <xmsiA»rabU» property low oe- +t*\ 1 ' *§93'i * X \tWh-. ; t«il' f^cent doslfuctipa ffeh^ W Louisville, Kj't was a } for a lu-al-clasa horror. the fine irtiere were chiefly agad intalidi, imbeciles MMttd tetlpples, of which large number only five ^«lrltix)oetewtr lives. HM building was said to •i» worth •I'»<e00. i. :i fWlftwl, . •;!: r u.l k TBB Afekanm LegislatoMi have took- . Mil I !«athe dead ioek ^diich coatimad for several : ^ -t rdays,va«d eluosln JL D. WaJkeras United States ^ %iU/h _ V »\ 9AMVV# <4 Pemperaftio Senators and Eeprosentatives has pronounced in faroor I so ibuififteeu Mongolians to £IS 5a llrom any one veesel. ^ lI The vacanoy caused by the death of . Cleverly B. Douglas has been filled by the elec- 1 l4iiM of K'L t* Beal to the present Congress. !®e |g thej Bepreswrtatiw^leet to the Fdrty- B< F. JONAS has been elected to take piaof ia the United States Senate now filled( J- * sEwPfr ef Lonisiapa^ and John J. ^ ,***** as Senator from • Itlftjfl : % > «4-<- WiufUnfUm* , P^BEaiPSKT Hayes having signed the t*a id 'ill?1 ̂ i°gpeosions from the time of disability, *. , if to. now a law.' An appropriation is necessary, ?*'*H J j ; ^%t|i(J^eTer, before paymrait can be mado under *** V* this act.-...Mr. Finley, Chairman of the Com- ^! ' «nictee on Printing in the House, has presented if-..: ' :» fc/ r^*srt^upoo tins ooodttiou of affaire in the e •Hi /. v - JBriaiiiog.Qflto», ie which violations in I ff are charged to.fee muMes of pur- .cliaaing materiaL A deficit in money aad «m»- ' jpliM ia aleo said to exist ^ t*Jl< -i, : ' ,• - THE pj«eion to Peru has been aeoept-' Jbjr.J&aoAtor jChxiatiancy, of Michigan. He ia til*im* ttiat kmiml* '.»t# . jttililUm /houses of Congress have passed -hott»'ac Washing Ws tirthdav, Feb. 23 fwi* O^^^ll^UyilViAlday in the Distiiet of Columbia. \ fiik) *V ̂ HOBT. WUXIAU B. ALLISON, of Iowa, apprfptedto fill the vacancv in «he urn im* mmm^b • j 1878 reoommend* that the necessary steps be taken by^Qjugross to secure the eo-oper*tion •f the Spanish and other foreign Governments, in an earnest effort to aseertala the cause Or causes which perpetuate the yellow fever ia the West India islands, and to devise ways? to re­ move the cause or to lessen the chances of transporting the poison to the United States or other countries. An efficient national quaran­ tine is alfio recommended. MteeelUtneoua, THE exhibition of American manu­ factures and produces taken to the City of Mexico by the excursionists from this county was formally opened by President Diaz last week. IT is stated that another trip to the Interior of Africa is to be made by the great explorer, Henry M. Stanley. - ., *• THE third installment ol the Mexican indemnity., @300,000, has just been paid to tke State DepartaMot. The iPottw CmmnMat, THE'time of the Potter Committee wua taken up on Jan. 25 by the examination of Saint Martins, another witness of the Anderson stamp, in regard to the doings of the Louisiana election investigating committee, in 18^3. He testified to having heard Mr. Weber say that he knew nothing of any letter from Mr. Sher- |̂an, and to the bribery of witnesses by per­ sons claiming to act for Mr. Tilden. Gen. Butler subjected the witness to a long cross- examination, but felled to cause much change in his statements. AT the session of the Potter Commit­ tee of Jan. 27, the investigation of the cipher telegrams was commenced by the examination of managers and clerks of the Western Union Telegraph Company as to the authenticity of the dispatches. Prof. Edward 8. Holden, of the Naval Observatory, was then sworn to translate them. James G. Green testified that he had made search for the dispatches between, Messrs. Tyner and Chandler, and burnt some of them, There were seven or eight altogether. One was a tel­ egram from Mr. Tyner about making two ap­ pointments in the Interior Department at sala­ ries of $2,500 each, and having the money de­ pots! tod in some national bank, so that it might be drawn in Indianapolis by the Republican committee. The telegrams also contained the names of the persons to be appointed. Mr. Chandler telegraphed that lie had deposited the money as requested. BEVOKE the Potter Committee, in session at Washington, Jan. 28, Assistant Post­ master General Bra% said that he suspected the contents of & package given to him for safe­ keeping by Mr. Bullock. He had copies made, and gave a portion of the originals to William £. Chandler, and another part anonymously to WMtelaw Reid. The remainder were given to Chandler and Hiscock. The telegrams of both parties were in the bundle, and both aides of the question were revised by them. William & Chandler testified that he left the majdr part of the tokgeagne that were given by him to Gen. Brady in the private office of Geo. Butler. Another package he took to the Wash­ ington office of the New York Tribune, Mr. Chandler stated, with- reference to the dis­ patches he recently sent to the New York Tribune, that he took ao eopies, and that his impression was that they related to Oregon, Florida, Louisiana, and perhaps South Caro­ lina elections. * I first furnished them twelve or fifteen Florida copies," he said, u which they returned to me. I afterward forwarded to them all the remaining Florida copies. Subsequently they received by way of Mr. Hiscock all the re­ maining copi<* of telegrams. * THE Potter Comniittee, on the 29th alt, recalled William E. Chandler, who said when he first saw the cipher dispatches he did not know teak meaning. William P. McClel­ land, an expert, on examination of the writings, testified to deciphering the Oregon dispatches. There was no one present at the time except Senators Morton and Mitchell and Mr. Burback and two expertsfrom Oregon. Gen. Brady was recalled, and produced the telegrams alluded to in Us previous testimony. Translated, they iieiiaafollows* <• • »•. * ' TAIOUEUSSEJ5, D«*v 1« <tjftthn WpHfr WdWnffton: Florida will go for Hayes. - Bnainr. WASHINGTON, D. C.--Oen. Brady, Tallakamee: Florida In trouble. I spe£r advisedly. Have no otber fean. JAS. N. TYNKB. WAfiHUU>T0N.T-rCfeM./)rtMy, TaUakwmtt: Reliable information hen my» Democrats claim tw« of Florida Returning Board. Do you believe ltt Wiwo. TAIXJLKAMOCI.-<VM» WHm, Washington: Wehava no intimation of treachery, except on the part of one of our own number. If we come to grief, it ia through him--the New Yorker. We are advised he recommends contrary to our interests. His many and mysterious interviews arouse suspicion. Bunt. The witness, on cross-examination, explained that "New Yorker" meant Gen. Barlow, while "John Wing" was a ficticious name for John N. Tyner. The committee next called Mr. Tyner, who proceeded to explain the meaning of -the cipher telegrams that passed between hin> and John W. Foster, of-..,Indiana He said that tho phrases, "Emiffi arrangement, "Brown arrangement," art) the word# " oertain" aad "early " were the ciphers used. "'Smith arrangement" referred to securing the ser­ vices of the Greenbackers, which were f• und desirable by the Republicans of Indiana at that time. "Brown arrangement meant the purchase of the Indianapolis Sen­ tinel, which was proposed, and placing it in charge of a competent Green backer, in order that the Greenback voters should be taken from the Democratic ranks. * Certain" meant $5,000, and " early " meant f I0,U00. To carry out the former arrangement #5,000 would be required and the latter #10,000. As to the die patches exchange 1 "between him and Zach Chandler, Mr. Tyner stated that in these die patches the phrase# "one Indian Agent" :and "two Indian Agents" were respectively •osMl to represent #5,000 and #10,000. It was estimated that about the sum of 15,000 was necessary to pay persons for bringing out Votes, and that #10,000 was the amount which onld be used to advantage for the legitimate purposes of the campaign. Chandler had 1 stated that the National Committee had about #10,000 which it could place to the credit of In< dfau*. The money was to he deposited in a New York bank to the credit of the Central iwnl tf th«» hftrt MAr i »m* been any complaint from the parties to whom the tefeKrams were attributed. Mr. Reid replied that with the exception ©f Mr. Marble there had been no direct complaints, and in that case Mr. Marble was perfectly justified, as he was not the author of the telegram attributed to him in the publication. The first of the Oregon dispatches were not deciphered and published in the Tribune, but in Some other paper. An Associated Press dispatch drew at­ tention to the fact that the cipher used was aa old mining cipher, and was taken from the *• Household Dictionary." The Tribune experts then procured this dictionary, and the cipher was plain. Mr. Beid testified that he never knew Gen. Brady or Eugene Hale in connec­ tion with the transaction. Witness met Gov. Tilden about the time the publication of the dispatches commenced, and told him they were bothered by these ciphers, and he ought to give them the key. Tilden replied in some jocular way, and subsequently at Saratoga said he did not know anything about tho ciphers, and did not believe any had been delivered at his house. Beid understood him to mean that he did not even read the telegrams then being published. ON the 31st tilt., the Potter Commit­ tee commenced wfth a seeret session, at which it was decided to send a sub-committee of five to New York. Messrs. McMahon, Stenger, Springer, Cox and Hiscock were named as this committee, who will take evidence in regard to the ciphers. A. R Potts, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Sub committee sent to New Orleans,stated that St Martins was Deputy Sorgoant-at-Arms of that committee from the 10th to the 22d of July. Whatever subpoenas St Martins had he received from witness. He received no instructions with regard to them, except to serve them. The Chairman examined Mr. Blackburn, who testified that he had never spoken to St Martins in his life except perhaps to say "good-day." Mr. Stenger testified that the first time he saw Weber was in the committee-room at New Or­ leans. Never saw St Martins until be was ap­ pointed. Believed he was appointed at the sug­ gestion of Weber, who recommended him as one who knew where to find witnesses. Never had any conversation with Maddox, and did not speak to Carter until the committee returned to Washington. ( The Mteetttm Tn»e»tt0att»n. OH the 25th of January witnesses ware examined before the Teller Investigating Committee in regard to the voting of tissue ballots in Bichland county. Gen. Johnson Hagood, Comptroller General, described the moating at Sumter Oct 12, testifying that both races were excited, and the whites expt>oi»d to be attaoked the negroes. White and colored Democrats from Sumter county testified there were from 1,500 to 2,000 colored Democrats in the county, and hundreds of them were seen to vote the Democratic ticket Two testified to being cursed, jeered at, and threatened by oolored Republicans, one being obliged to leave his church. Three Republicans from Colleton county testi­ fied to intimidation, and the use' of tissue bal­ lots in that eeunty. k •were fifty-nine tissusp. flatly contradicted by the Democratic County Chairman, who swore to the thoroughness and peacefulness of the Democratic canvass. At New Orleans, a number of witnesses testified to the voting of the Democratic ticket by many negroes THE Teller Committee WM occupied mainly, Jan. 87, in hearing Democratic testi­ mony as to the conduct of ihe canvass and election in Williamsburg and Sumter counties. John Lee, colored Democrat, had been told by Republicans that lie ought to be hung abd his wife be burned. Many colored Democrats had been threatened and their red shirts torn off. Others had been pulled from their horses and their wives advised to leave them. Saw large numbers of colored Republicans vote the Dem ocratic ticket Edward Perry, a printer of Charleston, was put on the stand, and swore that be printed 10,000 Republican tissue tickets for E. W. Mackey, Republican candidate for Congress. IN the investigation at Charleston, S. C., Jatt 28, William Riley (colored), Republican, from Barnwell, testified that the night before the election he was taken from his house by a band of white and colored men, tied to a tree, and severely beaten because he was a Repub­ lican. Several other black Republicans tes­ tified to persecution for the sake of their political opinions. On the other side, Thomas H. Moses, colored Democrat, testified that the majority of the oolored people In the thickest oolored sections of the oountv were Democrats. L. J. Iselar, Mayer of Blackville, testified that Republicans indorsed the whole Democratic ticket, except two candidates for the Legisla­ ture. Orangeburg county was next taken up. Sandy Keith, oolored Republican, Deputy Mar­ shal, testified that at Orangeburg the Republi­ cans were delayed In voting; that he«saw a Democrat stuff Democratic tickets into the box, and that he was arrested for insisting on going into the polling-room to witness the count After the election' he had been assaulted, and was afraid to go back home Hundreds of oolored men have been tamed off by their employers because they did not vote the Demo­ cratic ticket Two colored Supervisors testf- fied to an excess of tickets in the boxes and to the solidity of the colored vote. B. Byas, ool­ ored, testified to threats of oolored Republicans against colored Democrats. Onecolorod Demo­ crat was aev rely beaten for distributing red shirts. W. L. Doggett, white Democrat, testi­ fied he had printed different kinds of Demo­ cratic tickets for the election, including some thousand tissue tickets. THE Teller Committee adjourned on the 29th of January, to meet at Washington Feb. 3. The testimony of the last day was in many respects similar to that previously given. Two Republicans testified that Georgetown county was given to the Democrats by throwing out Republican votes on aeoount of alleged in­ formalities. R. Smith, a colored Democrat, was positive that over 3,000 oolored meet ia Charles­ ton voted the Democratic ticket at the late elec tion. rsentts--At last aeoonnts from Sooth Afrioa the war with tho Zulus WM about to Oefewayo, the King at Jba biadts, had all concessions and oollected 8,000 men to de­ fend his frontiers. The English troops were lag Astrakhan^ and is reported in lbe vicinity of Moscow, Russia THE reVHions natives of Bo!or, in •Csttteea, It**© %» PocittKiiC^ l^a* <QAA tiMAMi >iit5«iwv WW* «UUU) MiMuutMg Europeans and two offioen. Tne Governor of Guinea has been suptrssded. A corvette with 200 men han been <Mspalched from Lisbon. /.. Cardinal Aatenwevi 4i#d recently at Ancomk v , , -r , l ' i V , « FIRE recently destroyed Hinks & Hons' lamp works, at .Birmingham,, England, throwing 300 men out of employment... .A ter­ rible fathine is reported in the upper provinces of Egypt.... A large quarry has caved in near Oporto, Portugal, burying several hounes, and destroying many lives. PRESIDENT MacMAHO*, of Franoe, has resigned his office, on aoeotmt of non-agree­ ment with the majority of the governing body.' At the meeting of the Congress at which his resignation was read, M. Gambetta nominated M. Jules Grevy for his successor. He was elected as President of France for seven yean from Jan. 90, i8?9. M. GAMBETTA hSs be$n elected as President of the French Chamber of Deputies. ... .The Russian authorities ere - thoroughly alarmed by the spread of the plague. The German Government is also taking measures of precaution. FRESH indemnity was paid on Jan. the day it was due. This make# #90^000 re­ ceived on account of awarda to Ameri­ can citizens. "* : •', THE entire sale of public laada---(}ov- *wtd State- -4uiisig tho 1 iaai wm 113v2,2iB awtm. Tkb ia a large exoess over the sales for 1872, the year preoeding the panic'. * , l i i . ' * ; $wvf tilings could seem iflcoh- gruous at first thought than a railroad in the Holy Land, but that is what we shall presently see, Thomas D. JLovett, a prominent Cincinnati engineer, having just completed a contract with French capitalists to bnild a narrow-^mge road from Jerusalem toJafia. _ ̂ , vJf s -. j,. THE returns of the PrtiMl&fi iiseome tax show that there are only 1,240 per­ sons who report incomes of $12,000. In the whole kingdom there are only 179 persons who have an income of $36,000. The Times 'hinks there are at least 2,000 persons in the city of New York whose annual income exceeds $12,000. tfOn OMESSIONAJL one of the dullest W#.- JANUABY 26.--This was days of the present Congress. The Senate was not in aeulon, and the House was engaged the entire day upon the Postoffloe Appropriation bill.' JANUABT 27.--In the Senate, the credentials of Senator Shields, of Missouri, were presented, and he took the oath of office....A large number of bills were referred, including one by Mr. Ferry, to reorganize and discipline the militia oft_he United States....The bil^ to abolish the volunteer navy of the TThlted States was pasaed. ....Mr. Edmunds, from the Judiciary Commit­ tee, reported back the House joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution pro hibiting the payment of claims of disloyal persons for property injured or destroyed ia the War of the Rebellion, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Iflaced on the calendar....The claim of Warren Mitchell, amounting to $12-\000. for cot­ ton seized during the war, gave rise to considera­ ble debate. Ben Hill, of Georgia, made the prin­ cipal speech, in which he took vigorous grounds against war claims of every description.... The New York nominations engrossed the'attention of the Senate in executive session. The time was chiefly devoted to the reading of Arthur's reply to Secretary Sherman. Mr. Conkling contented himself with making a formal report of the action of his committee, which was adverse in the cases of Merritt for Col-, lector and Burt for Naval Officer, but in tho case of Graham, nominated for Surveyor in place of Merritt, as this was the filling of a vacancy, the committee reported in favor of confirmation. After considerable discussion It was decided by the Senate to remove the injunction of secrecy from all the papers. In the House, Mr. Wright's bill loanisg $600 to every man who ia not worth' $J500, who desires to take ad­ vantage of tho provisions of the Homestead law, •was taken, up. After discussion, the ..bill was de­ feated-- yeas.22; nays, Slit... .Mr. Haekell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill authorizing the Secretary of War to erect headstones over the gmvm of Union soldiers interred In private, village or city cemeteries. Agreed to. JANUABY 28.--Tho proceedings in both houses were dull and uninteresting. In the Senate a few unimportant bills were introduced, including OM by Mr. Edmunds authorizing the Ptesident to prescribe suitable police regulations for the gov­ ernment of Indian reservations, after which the aiiii ̂ frrcen Mitchell cotton claim was discussed at 1 nihmj asifcflwally defeated by the decisive, vote of The testimony WS» 17 yeas to 80 nays.-- -The House took up and pawled the bill to restrict the immigration of Chi­ nese. It prohibits any United Status vessnl from, bringing to this country more than fifteen Moat golians at one trip. JANUABT 29.-- Iu the Senate, Mr. Hamlin called up the Senate bill for promoting the effi­ ciency of Chaplains of the United States nav/, and It was passed without discussion. The bill pro­ vides that no person under 86 years nor over 86 be appointed Chaplain, and fixes the relative rank, and the whole number not to exceed twenty... .The pension cases on the calendar being dis­ posed of, the Senate went Into executive session, on motion of Mr. Conkling, and the nomination of Senator Ghristiancy to be Minister to Peru was unanimously confirmed, and without the usual reference.- In the House, after a short struggle, the Republicans, who desired the morning hour, were voted down, and. by a vote of yeas 118. nays 115. the Houso went into committee of the whole on the Postoffice Appropriation bill. JANUARY SO.--in the Senate, the resolutions of Mr. Edmunds, declaring the validity of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the constitution, were taken up, and Mr. Mor gan advocated his substitute of Jan. JO;---- In the House, the Postottoe Appropriation bill was passed after many of the amounts were in­ creased. .. .The struggle fof the morning hour then began, and Mr. Hewitt, by filibustering, prevented a renewal of the war-claims debate. JANUABT 31.--In the Senate, Mr. Sannders, from the joint committee to inquire into the expe­ diency of transferring the Indian Bureau from the Interior Department to the War Department, re­ ported (hat the committee had been un­ able to agree, and submitted a report, signed tyy foux members of, ths commit­ tee, in favor of the proposed transfer.... In executive session, after reading the President's message and Secretary Sherman's Utter regarding the New York Custom House nominations, Senator Conkling made a speech, closing with an expression of opinion that the Senate should proceed to con­ sider and act upon t'-e pending nomination without further postponement. \ motion by Mr Matthews to postpone further consideration of the nomina­ tions till Monday, F«b» S. was ndopted by veu* 3S, nays 26, the Democrats all voting iu the afflnna- tive. -In ttoe Oonse tlie day waa spent in wrang- ling over another Southern claim- a bill to pay for rent for a college building in Virginia, used by troops during ths war. It was defeated by & vot« of 89 yeas to 121 nays. THK election tobies of the vote in Texas last fall have just been published. The total vote was 240,812, counting the votes for leading candidates. The total vote for Governor was 237,337, the democrats polling 158,933, the Green* backers 55,002, and the Republicans 23,402. The Bepublican vote in 1876 was 50,000, and the Democratic 150,581. On the basis of the vote in 1878, this Galveston News estimates the j^opula- tion of the State at 1,685,000. A WASHINGTON correspondent says that "Mrs. Senator Bruce has succeeded in rubbing out' the color-line' to a won­ derful degree. Senator Bruce resides in a handsomely-furnished house on M street, between Ninth and Tenth streets, which is the most fashionable quarter of the city. Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. McCrary and Mrs. Ed­ munds led the way in calling on her, and they have been followed by many of the best people, who ace much pleased with Mrs. Bruce." A SHORT time ago the largest locomo­ tive ever made in this country was sent from Philadelphia to take its place on a long and heavy grade in the Rocky mountains, upon the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Ee railroad. The weight of Jomj amount to about $50,0(9,000.. Gov. McCiellan ingjffjjjil particuliriy into the subject as tc nine cities of State--Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark, ¥<mm, Efesabeth, !|tira»y, Nmr Bn^irick, T*nta», and Camden-and finds that their aggravate/indebtedBaaa is $86,I>02?'lt25 or »x>«rly one-sixth of' thfesr «&s£ble |*.w-^^i.'by» T.«ts 6ity ttijUVi ill ihaaa in 034. The per-capita debt in some of these cities is as high as $243, and the- expenses per head #23. If these citi<p» pay their debts they will have to confis­ cate the property of the^r taxpayers. . G«w. SHIELDS is not only the " hero of two wars*" but heis a-^Aeiy|or from three States.* His career has been rer markable. He was born in the county Of Tyrone, Ireland, in 1310*^1 settled in Kaskaskia, HI., in 1832. He has been a member of the Illinois and Missouri. Legislatures, Auditor of the State of Illinois, a Judge of her Supreme Court with Douglas, her Senator in Congress, a»Senator also from the State of Minne­ sota, a Major General in the war with Mexico and the war of the Rebellion, Governor of Oregon Territory, and Commissioner of the General; Land Office. He has now been elected by the Missouri Legislature to fill out the term in the United Slates Senate of the late Mr. Bogy. * ' - t c H FATAL, METEOM^z ' A» Indian* Man Killed fry a jiet*oH+ Stone While Aaleep, [From the Indianapolis Journal Leonidas Grover, of Newtown, Foun­ tain county, met his death in a way that is probably without parallel in this or any other country. Mr. Grover was a widower, living on his farm with a mar­ ried daughter and her husband. The married couple had been absent on at visit to some neighbors, and, upon xe» turning at a late hour, entered, the house, finding everything to all appear­ ances in usual order, and, supposing^ that Mr. Glover had already retired, went to bed themselves. Next morning the daughter arose, and, having prepared breakfast, went to the adjoining room to call her father, and was horrified to find him lying upon his shattered bed a mutilated corpse. Her screams brought the husband quickly to the bedroom, and an inspection disclosed a 'ragged opening in the roof, directly over the breast of the unfortunate map, which was torn through as if by a camion-shot, and extending downward through the the engine is 118,000 pounds, and its bedding and floor other holes showed eight driving-wheels are merely to dis- ^ u A. mi._ tribute the weight, for if it rested on but four no track oould withstand the pressure. The weight was so great that the Western railroads over which it had t<»>paas would not , permit it to go over bridges, so it had to be taken to pieces and carried in sections. EOMEIOA INTELLIGENCE, IN England* the North of France and Hollaed, the winter so far has been unusually severe. Traffie was interrupted by suow on land and foe in the rivers, and a great increase Bank Ait Indisoapolj*. as ttift Pr««M»nt nt <tia nf (iMHfaiHrtn «W/I f-m v, S " k / f^TT TIMS nrW w DETROIT'S LATEST BOT PHKNOMK- JfOH. Detroit has developed another foy phenomenon. This time it is a 9-year- old lad, who tells instantly the day of the week of any given date, whether past or future. Thus, if one says to him," I was born Aug. 12,1843, what day ol the week did it fall on?" he will reply instantly and correctly. He is equally ready in that regard concerning the future. He has been subjected to many tests, but thus far he has invari­ ably been correct. He has no knowl­ edge of the method by which he ar­ rives at these results. When asked how he knows, he replies," Because I know it's so." The most surprising feature of the case is the fact that the boy is semi-idiotia--Detroit Free Prest. CH^PMTJKK Bkins are discovered by tl • people of Oregon to be available for the manufacture of kid gloves. THOMAS K. BKECHXB is President of A WOMAN has solved the problem, which baffled the wits ol Edison, of deadening the noise of the New York elevated railways. She clapped a hand­ ful of sand between two shingles, brought the outfit to the managers of the road, and asked them how much the idea seemed to be worth. They took time for reflection and experiments, and said it seemed to them worth about $10,000, and gave her $1,000 down. But, of course, woman is nothing and nobody, hasn't got the constructive oonvolution in her brain, and ought ta j|̂ y «^ l^oine and mindthe baby. ̂ EIGHT years ago a burglar killed Arthur Dysom, a skillful and popular railroad engineer in Cleveland. The villain escaped at the time, and the mat­ ter passed from the attention of the public. The faithful wife of the mur­ dered man, however, never gave up the idea of overtaking the assassin. And now she is about to be rewarded for her diligence. Some timesinoe she received news of the capture of a thief who is supposed to be (ihe murderer of her hus­ band at Sheffield, England. She has now gone to England for the purpose of identifying him, if possible. Mu. GKORGK W. CALLKNDKH, one of the most celebrated surgeons in En­ gland, has been visiting this country. The medioal men of New York, Phila­ delphia, and Baltimore dined and wined him in the most bountiful manner. Re­ turning to New York, he requited the hpspitality that had been showered upon him by taking charge of A clinic at Bellevue Hospital, where he ampu­ tated at the thigh the leg of a man who had suffered from disease of the knee- joint for thirty years. Mr. Cailender's specialty is amputating at the thigh; and, though it does not appear that this patient particularly needed to be treated in thja manner, they turned him in. The operation was admired by aU who saw it. '. : THKRE is scarce a municipality in the land that, during the wild times of spec­ ulation, did not incur indebtedness now proving exceedingly burdensome. The cities ef Illinois owe $52,000,000, those of Ohio about $41,000,000. Gov. Hart- ranft, of Pennsylvania, says that under the present system the bankruptcy of the larger cities of that State is only a question of time. Municipal debts in S t e t e . * 5 the direction taken by the deadly mis­ sile. Subsequent search revealed the fact that the awful calamity was caused by the fall of a meteoric stone, and the stone itself, pyramidical in shape and weighing twenty pounds and few ounces, avoirdupois, and stained with blood, was unearthed from a depth of nearly five feet, thus showing the fear- •ful impetus with whioh it struck the dwelling. The position of the corpse with other surroundings, when found, showed that the victim was asleep when striken, and that death tp him VM- painless. ' ^ THE Burlington Free Press mentions- the case of a family in Cornwall, Vt., the children of which were sent twice unsuccessfully, to a neighbor's to catch the measles. Afterward the parents learned, to their horror, that the neigh­ bor's children were afflicted not with the measles, but the small-pox. At last ao- oounts, however, the children of those peopie WerewelL" ^ A WBSTERK wconaa hat,' lb# two husbands by lightning. 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