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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, »T- VAN 8LYKE, ISdttor. PA I> T? D Maybe found on TAl r>Jl tile at GEO. P. rWSIit. ft CO.'S Newspaper Advertising • (10 Spruce Street), where ad vertisirtg " W N E W Y O R K . asr Joseph C. Rankin, member of tCongreM from the Fifth Wisconsin District, died In Washington Sunday, tfter t Ion r and painful Illness. MVSaturday night the County Poor* ^fiouse, near Jackson, Mich., was de- •treyed by Are, and five of the inmates perished In the flames. A number of JHHJ rescued had their feet badly frozen <4M they^rere compelled to stand on the faow for some time before aid came. Richard Lombard, an old Mexi- 4»n war veteran, who'is blind, and had ||!:v#>een reduced to penury, on Saturday ... Received from the Government a draft as arrears of pension, the si > i^Uim for which had been In dia|p{$ for r / tfwoy years. ^ (9* Dr. De Leon, of Chicago, who '^ad an office in Rockford, has vanished leaving many unpaid bills. Hie wife It is alleged, keeps a ooarding house In ICrie street,Chicago; but another A>m* pto. Emma J. Rosa, whose parents live 2J>n West Van Bureu street, claims that ;-;:|ie recently married her in Davenport. ; J|owa, under the name of Dr. Charles jHampton^but deserted her thirty-six tioars later. n explosion of lire damp oc- £ curred in a coal mine at A liny Wyo- taing Teritory, on the 13th, by which f\. thirteen men were instantly killed. ^S/Iiuckily, the day force bad not yet w «utered the mine, or hundreds of lives must have been lost, for the force of the explosion was such that every per* | son in the mjne most have been killed * instantly. A train of thirteen cars ^^^({oliig down into the mine at the time of the explosion was broken into frag­ ments and shot out as though from the mouth of a cannon. The body of I". • one man wbo was on the train was found seven hundred feet from the §1- • » mouth of the slope. A thousand cubic ^ „ yards of rock were torn away from , the mouth of the slope and scattered t. " over the adjacent country. "V.. ht %y. m-A y§ ISTThe House on the 16th passed »the Hoar bill providing for. the succes­ sion to the presidency through the ? cabinet officers, and the bill now awaits * the action of President Clevela&d. The vot« stood 183 to 77, and was'Hot on * party lines, as 37 Republicans support­ ed the measure and two Democrats I voted against it. The bill removes the ij president pro tempore of the Senate ' and the Speaker of the House from the ? Hoe of succession to tho presidency -and bestows it upon the cabinet officers i beginning with the Secretary of State If the bill is approved by the Presi­ dent and Mr. Cleveland should die or * become disabled during his term, Sec­ retary Bayard will become President, v and in the event of his death or dis­ ability the presidency of the United ?States falls to Daniel Manning s^TA- tary of the Treasury. W- f&*In connection with the Presi­ dent's nominations, there is no man in :%he Senat«^oxqiuch misrepresented as Senator Logan. It has been assumed that lie would make war all along the •fioe of nomination for the sake of ||bowing his hostility to the adminis- ,, tration. No one well acquainted with tjlhe General for a moment believed >ny such thing, but they did and still believe that be will oppose the condr- ;tnation of a bad men. considering each • case on its merits. Of a piece with ". this are stories told of who L.ogan wants to till elective offices In Illinois. It oaay be ^afely said that all such are ,silly fabrications for the benefit of • »eo who feet^t^ir own weakness and would, without authority, use a great 5name to give them standing. There i is no man in public life who attends more strictly to his own business in "•uch matter* than Senator Logan. He •- Interferes la no local contests, nor ; does he desire the promotion of lyiy one to office not the honest choice of ^ the constituency concerned. He will ; treat the administration fiirly, but will ancover its false pretenses when the law is clearly violated. Special Correspondence. WASHINGTON, D. a, Jan. 25,1886. Some echos. very like a "rebel yell," Issued from some of the brigadiers in the House Friday evening, when die* cussing Boutell's resolution to inquire into the removal of Union Soldiers from office, and the defacement of in­ scriptions commemorative of Union victories. "We are In the house of our fathers, and; have come to Rtay," ex­ claimed Geo. D. Wise, of Virginia, when twitted by the author of the resolution for alluding to'Unlon Veter­ ans as "our soldiers," and hurried on, declining to be interrupted, but deny­ ing no importaut implication, of the resulntion. After spirited debate, or crimination, thCrcsolution passed as it was reported from the Naval commit tee, amended so as to cover Chandler's term in the Naval Department; A very noticeable nervousness pervades the Democratic side of the House when ever any matter is up which incites reference to fhe "Lost Cause," and they listen to cut off debate at such times, as was the case ou Friday. The silver men are in the saddle, booted and spurred, and it is not easy to determine in which party the «vhlte metal has the most zealous friends, and It has ceased in any sense to bo a party question. The most sweeping proposal, growing out of the subject, comes from Representative Payson, of Illinois, who declares himself in favor of Impeaching the Secretary of the Treasury for violating the silver coinage act. "This war upon silver is an outrage. The Treasury officials are responsible for any depreciation in value sliver has Sustained. They resist the law and should be impeached, and I think I shall bring the matter before Congress," he said. Another severe measure is the bill of Senator Van Wyck, making it a felony to require payment of contract debts in gold ex­ clusively, and these two proposi'ions illustrate the tsoiper of the silver men. So far Senator Morrill is the only senator who has beeu bold enough to make much show of fight against the big dollar, and his effort was not a success in vigor or novelty. He de­ clared that it would be violation of publ.c faith to pay bonds in anything but gold, and that it was only against excessive coinage that he protested. And so the wordy war goes on, and it is not probable that any change will be made, so bitter has the feeling become thus early in the session, but it Is ex­ pected some proposition will soon be brought to a vote, which will compel a division and eoa the contest for the present. The banking and currency committee have voted 8 to 4 to report the old Mc- Pherson bid of last session, to author­ ize the issue of notes to National banks tf the full value of the bonds de­ posited to secure circulation. This will be the signal for another financial discussion, and forgiving to the coun­ try another batch of treatise on politi­ cal economy, which will appear in the "Record," exclusively, The anti-bank members of the committee, Messrs. Miller, of Texas, Brumm, of Pennsyl­ vania, Woodman, of Nevada, and Sny­ der, of W. Va., will bring In a minority report against the measure. The most frequent legislative topic about the Capital to-day, and of con­ versation for days past, is the question of admitting Dakota. The matter could be settled in an -hour if Dakota wou.d go back inte the dsrk ages and come in as a Democratic State, as It is very evident all opposition is based on partisan grounds. And this opposition is the crowniug blunder of the present majority in Congress, and so inconsist­ ent that even Mr. Butler, of South Carolina has been forced to abandoned his charge of treason against the peo Ve of the Territory, and to crawfish with a show of decency, has Introduced a bill providing for the election of 175 delegates, to meet next December for preliminary organization, the state then to be admitted by presidential proclamation. On the contrary, Mr. Morrison's bill providing for tiie imme­ diate admission of South Dakota is rapidly gaining friends, and may yet pull through. if^' v Th® O'l-eary-Weaton Walk. The long distance tramp betweeu »he old-time rivals, Dan O'Leary and Edward Piyson Weston, is now rapid­ ly drawing to a close, and as the genuineness of the contest between the two most famous pedestrians that the world has ever known becomes ap­ parent, the piore Interest Is taken In the (batch by the public. The articles of agreement provided that the men should walk 2,600 miles, twelve con­ secutive hours per day every day ex eept Sunday, for a purse of #3,000 and the net gate receipts. This great race began at Newark, 0N. J.. Dec, 7. the men being started by bis honor the Mayor, and has continued ever since the men appearing In the following cities: New ifork, Albany, Syracuse Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, and Cleve land* The finish of the race is to take place la Chicago, commeucing next Thursday, at the Le GraM Rink corner of North Clark and Elm streets Starting at 12 o'clock, and continuing ••flh day until the whole distance of 1,000 miles are completed. O'Leary is * a resident ot Chicago, where he has accomplished some of his greatest Weston is also well-known The finish Is likely to be close exciting, as Saturday uight at 6 Retook they were but nine miles apart, IHMore at that time being: O'Leary lJNJaUes; Weston, 1.9B. able living, There are plenty of other* that done as well, and better. The amount one has to pay for oue year's rent in Illinois would enable him to get a good farm In Dakota. So I say as Horace Greeley did: "Go West, young man. go West" At the present time wheat is worth seventy-five cents per bushel for NoM hard. Potatoes are worth 60 cents per bushel. Butter 2S cents:per pound. Eggs 20 cents per dozen. Everything in the sriocery line can be bought for about the same as they can In the Eastern dinrkot; although flour Is cheaper here. Buck­ wheat Is worth four dollars .per hun* dred. As for fuel It does not cost much morejhere than in Illinois. Hard COJU is worth $8.75 per ton, and soft coal is cheapeythan wood. Have had a very pleasant winter so far. The month of December has been an exception to the usually cold month that is gener­ ally experienced in the northwest. Had beautiful weather all the fall, and there was two weeks in December that it thawed every day and froze but very little at night. The people here could cry mud, mud, as weU as our more southern neighbors. Some of the farmers got out tlieir drags and went to work, thinking they would not wait for the robins to come. But the first week in January a cold wave from the north pole struck us, or at least we Im­ agined it came from that quarter. Mercury started downward and she never stopped until she struck forty- two degrees below zero. She rested there for a day or two.' It has warmed u-p since then and we have had about three inches of snow. It is very light so we can look for a small blizzard. The coldest days men have went to Lisbon with grain, and distance of forty miles. The young men of to-day have far greater advantages, even now than the Illinois farmer had, after he had spent ten or fifteen year* digging np stumps in order to have a few acres to plow. Such are a few of the many advantages of Dakota life. Yours Truly, RANSOM CO., DAKOTA. • Dakota Letter RANSOM Co., DAKOTA. Jan 17,1886. To the Readers ot;the Plaindealer: do not think I ever saw a letter from Ransom Co., Dakota Territory, in the PLAIKDEALEB, and I hardly think it will look out of place. Cer­ tainly there ought to be a few induce­ ments brought forth to the people of northern Illinois to encourage them to help settle up North Dakota, for Illin­ ois is not very well represented here. I know they think it is a God-forsaken country, but whether it is or not I will not attempt to be the Judge, But one thing I do know: there are preach­ ers enough and plenty of preaching done. As to the climate of Dakota, it could not be better for the health of the people. There is very little sick ness, consequently the M, D.Vdo not get rich very fast. What is better than good health atpd to be able to eat your regular rations every day? kota Is not as bad as most of the people- imagine; In fact I think It jisjust the place for young men to begin life. I mean young men that are persevering and are determined to make a living. I will just simply quote one case that is uppermost in my mind, This young man to whom I refer came to Dakota two years ago, took up his land, built a shanty and commenced housekeeping 1 his last year he built a house,, that cost him five hundred dollars. That is considered quite a mansion for a farm­ er in this country. He paid a debt of one hundred dollars and had two hun­ dred left to go feast with, and get housekeeper. That young man his no fault to find with Dakota. That ought to be encouraging to tiio*e that want farms and to those that larm it for living. 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