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trill notbs ed from • *SO $0 •»•••• mBM ettoeftf S5S55S eoy<*#« •wrm*m ̂ *^-~ ; to SQRIM •n RAILWAY -rl" s#«.; XMBU tramp* attacked John Va*ek, N toast-walker of the Lehigh Valley Road, ̂ ^^itoaePa., aad, after brutally beat- ' * " " ID naked, tied him aiued themselves by t*atoain£*tm. V^kwiUproW ... .Gen. Gnat haa decline* t»*e* proffered fond which Mr. Qram* Id and other gentlemen wen collect-. i relieve him of financial embarrasa- •OOt. COBOCKN died at Skochegan, yean. He never recovered 'ftusifcseviere fcttack of illness received 1*1!: whili attending the electoral college at 1? Aogasta. CUPS W. FIJELD can only explain the "&,.t aqtfon of Gen. Grant in declining the hglf- t • >}. fUtd puree by the theory that Vaaderbilt'* j.- claim has been settled by the General's St:f ifalehdo. The property pledgedjs worth ^176,000.... The vridow of Mark Hopkins, ,| . JN California railway promoter, propose to rnstrnet at Great Barrington. ifass., residence to coat |S5,100,06©.:. '«.• 'G. L. Adams & Co.'s tannery,'near Staoud*- Pa»« witli 200 tons of baric and 3,500 w of leather, was burned, the lost* be­ ing $5O,OQ0..., .The will of Geo. Gardner, a Boston minionaiie, directs hisadministra- M to* to fay annually to his widow 1.161 V ounces ojTnora gold, troy weight On. - dyke k Co.,the insolvent New Xorit bank- •ers, will pay creditors in fnlL P*WII slaw Jane so. UH.; i.na,BTi,us 1MS11M w •r.soi.wi United Mita MM held for ie- M,<SS,km «.9aM» *1,068 c2^wE5* eI55fflSer.. Tetol., nm WEST. Aft ice-gorge on the Grand Mm at {tamdSapids, Mich., flooded tire lowlands 0 J On flie west ride of the town and the base- *laents of badness honses on Canal street. ,y.' . A loss of 980,000 was incurred. Floods in the Wabash and White Bivers, in Indi- , ana, submerged the bottoms and carried ' away thousands of saw-logs. Many families were oetnpelled to move....News comes from fce Weat, which ia believed to be reliable. ,. the bodies of fourteen manwere found ' from a point twenty-nine miles west of ;%n Valentine to Gordon City, seventy miles Wert, in Northwestern Nebraska. The i bodies were found along and near the new ! tdraad grade. The dead nieii Were the , • Victims of the recent terrible bbfxard, and I pra supposed to be settlers on the way in far sqpplies, and were on their way from y Che chains they have been locating near the r •' V> JUtlof the new road to be built next season THB exhibition of an illustrated police :-V • newspaper in a hotel at Sutton's Bay,Mich,, i'i u-."«jas folk)wed by remarks bv a commercial %,.+) traveler which caused a detective in the t: . ' party to ask some questions in on unobtru- ^ shre manner. The sequel was the arrest of D. T.Edington, recently elected Prosecut­ ing Attorney for Leelenaw County, Mich­ igan, who proved to be David E.Swan, the defaulting cashier of the Northern Pacific • Bead, • at St. Paul, the scene of i Ins dime. His shortage ia $51,000..... ,- Union Pacific's net earnings for November ' irsre $1,284,000, a decrease of $127,000. as * - Compared with the corresponding month of I88S. For the eleven months ended Dec. t. 1,1884, tiie net earnings show a decrease of . -"v* #1,185,000.... .Five residences at Pe«ito*»t- • ea, BL, were robbed in one night. The kng)u«, who shot at two citizens and drove w L them into their houses, were pursured, and of the stolen property recovered crews are hard at work on the wa and Flambeau Bivers, but men receive only board for mbor The Government Veterinary a# Foil Tatea reports that the ' moles in that region are being by wholesale by glanders, • -if ^ ^ mdst violent form.... PlaA Bnmphreys has been arrested at Mqmmmmi QL, for oansing the death of his •f^dfalhet by atarvatiou... .The boilers of » tpg' boat exploded at Empire City, Ore­ gon, silling five of the crew... . Guy Gait, •ged^!7,̂ committed suicide bypoisonat INBPBOTOB J. D. KIKO, at the Post- |fcffice Department, while in Kansas City, fecently, was shown the body of an un­ known suicide which bad been embalmed ' fey an undertaker as an advertisement Mr. jp« proaaptly identified the corpse as that ,flf Frank G. Martin, who last year eihbez- * ttbd $1,300 in money-orders from '* the postoAce at Pierre, Dak • afi* Moines (Iowa) dispatch: "A Woody melte is reported from Angus. Two hundred striking miners snrrotmded ftrty imported men, and drove them with hxvt-mm* vkdence || Perry, about three miles |.fv, | ftway. The rioHrs toT'eeriotis collision, in ' i'H va CM of the now hands was killed and aome ' «Utezs wounded."... .Generous provision . . , Is made for the foundation of a Hbme for ' Incurables in Chicago by the will of the ".it late Mrs. ClarissacTpeck. DAVID J. CLARK, of Milwaukee, A son 4 one of the famous pioneers of Wiscon- | v >' j «»n, has been convicted of passing counter- ; feit bills and altering Treasury notes B Small-pox is reported to be epidemic in ithe diatiict about Pulaski. 11L SIOVX CM telegram: "Mr. Summer- returned from a hunt southwest of ' ilM • rValentine, Neb., and reports that four •j'%p;j; Iwnters perished in the storm of the 30th i:i 3^-» between Johnstown and the DiBmal * ' J" Shrer branch of the Middle Loup. A man * >'A <<'who arrived here from Running Water v»» JtiBgs news confirming the report of the » death of seven men on the Nio liver road, in Nebraska. Two of them were found sitting in a buggy, frozen •*u* . If i;' Available PrtBctnat ontotaafltnir.. InteEestaocnw^Lnot vrtpald. Utercat paid bjrUnlted Matua....... latwit repaid bar cqmcanles By transporUtlOTBer*fcft...... By «a«b pajrinant^ • net B^lMoeof intnest pi&i byUnlted** tOWIMll J.938,705 «S.09t>,S01 19,017,311 (stow 4S.420.963 A STATEMENT is being prepared by the Postofflce Department at Washington to show Congress the necessity of repealing Section 23 of the Dingley bill, which per­ mits the issue of clearances to ocean steam­ ers before they have received the mails. Under the present circumstances the de- partment finds itself at the mercy of the steamship companies Society at Wash­ ington Is said to have been somewhat affected of late toy *. laek of harmony which springs from pohtioal discord among the leading families. r IT is expected that President Arthur wil be somewhat embarrassed to answer tba in_ qrnry addrftwedhim "by thefionse Commit, tee concemiBg the appointments of KassOn and f>anford as delegates to the African Conference at Berlin. It has hereto­ fore been the' policy of 'the United States not to involve itself in the ifispUteb of the countries of the old world. The administration has now established a precedent, it |s said, which will encourage foreign Powers to interfere in our affairs A report has been submit­ ted to President Arthur by the commisr sion.to. the Central .and South American states. It recites that among the con­ ditions necessary to secure more intimate commercial relations with these coun­ tries are steam communication. commercial treaties, modifications in customs regula­ tions, more intimate knowledge among American mannfaehtiters of the wants of the people of Central and South America, and a system of banking connection. The commission also recommends the establish­ ment of a new execute department at Washington to regulate foreign commerce. • -sp'tyfr^; A CoNGBEKSiontAii committee, headed by Wm. M. Springer, commenced at Cin- 1 cinnati, on the 5th inst., an investigation in­ to the acts of Marshal Wright in tho Octo­ ber election. The accused was the first witness, and testified that he appointed thirteen hundred deputies, all of whom were Republicans, and armed with bulldog revolver*, six hundred of these weapons be­ ing sent to him from New York, he s poaedby the Republican National he sop- Commit- '%&<**. horse having reached a station with his silent drivers." THE ROITTH. Galveston, Texas, for a purse of $500 •%^ championship of the Sonth, Harry ,̂ Cole, of Galveston, defeated Frank Mag- of New Orleans, in a three-ball J* ' Fssneh carrom game of billards. Cole's | A JNTMSM, 66 2-3; Msggioli'e, 16 14-15. Cole sjiti* y.w "» M»e sixth inning... .Coburn & & Bwfag, of Kansas City, havepoid $800,000 ? . for the Munson ranch in the Pan-handle of Z«OS,wldph comprises 100,00(1 acres of land , , W4 46,0«fii«ad of cattle... .The Court .•* MowefieW, W. Va., was thefceene '/*• ^-SwSody.fijJiton the question of who hkd beon lettaUyr • A XTABGE number of State Legislatures convened during the week. At Albany the the New York Assembly organised by elect­ ing George Z. Erwin, the Republican nom­ inee, for Speaker. Gov. Cleveland sent in his resignation, Lieut Gov. Hill becoming Governor. The Nebraska Legislature con­ vened at Lincoln. Church How was elected President of the Senate and A. W. Field Speaker of the House. At Lansing, the Michigan Senate elected T. R. Belknap President pro tern. The house chose New- comb Clark as Speaker. Six oolored men from Detroit were appointed assistant jan­ itors. Organization of the Massachusetts Legislature was effected by the selection of Mr. Pillsbury as President of the Senate, and J. Q. A. Brackettas Speaker. The Colo­ rado Legislature organised at Denver by the selection of James Moynaban as presiding officer of the Senate, and Thomas B. Stunt as Speaker of the House. W. Edgar Si* monds was chosen Speaker of the Connec­ ticut House. E. T. Boylrin was elected President of the North Carolina Senate, and Thomas M. Holt was called to the Speaker's chair in the House. In the Maine Legisla­ ture, William P. Pennell was chosen to pre­ side over the Senate and Charles Hamlin was intrusted with the Speaker's gavel. The Legislatures of Pennsylvania, In­ diana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and Minnesota also met and organized. The Governor of Ohio, in his message, renews his recommendation that in Presidential years the election of State and county offi­ cers be held in November. At St. Paul, the message of the Governor of Minnesota was listened to by Alexander Ramsey, a Territorkl Governor, and General Sibley, the first person elected Governor of H«t rising State. THE latest Cabinet for Cleveland, con­ structed in Washington, is the following: For Secretary of State, Senator Bayard; Secretary of the Treasury, W. C. Whitney, of New York, son-in-law of Senator-elect Payne; Secretary of War, ex-Senator Mc­ Donald; Secretary of the Navy, George B. McClellan; Secreta*|f;*of the Interior, W. F. Vilas, of Wisconsin; Postmaster Gen­ eral, Senator Jonas, of Louisiana; Attorney General, Senator Garland, of Arkansas. AT a meeting of the National Committee of the Prohibition party in New York reso­ lutions were adopted thanking St. John and Daniel for their "able Borvices, rendered without compensation." like atitack& mxH) St Joto's ohsractar were condemned ! for tt»GmUi -mmmm-' «»**». w--gmsio--ly declined. T*»]FC«llfc attnaptmfam ottha London l3««(st|ftit,9ii|tt»«etlv« participation of « . Ci \ -4 .. aW '" . .oe concern- dRj*.:tTSr If op%i«0ott ttMptaw ttM Bifildi possessions in AMsM<tt l»%til as In Africa. itaftngaTtiSm off tiie Spanish coast the |Biitla||̂ |̂ dcIMmI ex^rieucod several earthquakeshoAs lasting fifteen mlnutea. The Sttib WM shaken in every fiber and the idMnj^i' tpiiHng was terrific... .. .Two poMoou^Oii in Paris, furious at attacks by ttiO Ptotpl*, armed themselves with swoitis aad assmlted the editor in his of- ILeOf wounding him badly. One of tho as- wastins seoeived three shots, and cannot stfyriveAia injuries. ,,,, ̂ ; 4.. ( , APDITIOIUL HKWt" .,; ; / Gov. POBTBB'S message to theflndiana Legislature States that the debt is $4,876- 608. He recommends refunding the foreign debt of $585,000, and announces that tho school fiina amounts to $9,339,328. He suggests abolition of the discrimination agaMst colored militia, and that the State gtv<^i financial aid for the organization of the xbtUi'Cin. Two HES went ont from Ontonagon, Mich., wiUtqut matches or food, to hunt 4eer. They were forced to kiH their dog «ad eit the raw flesh, and bad lain down to did whan found, by a searching party A party of eleven persons were poisoned at £ast Liverpool, Ohio, by some person placing a package of "rough on rats" in coffee, of which all partook. One of the victims is dead. IN a report made by the committee- on revenue reform of the New York Chamber of Commerce the statement is made that the niupftrior knowledge and vigilance of the enstoms officers in New York result in higher rates of assessment at that port than at other cittes of the United States. Thus, we report says.' merchants obtain lower Valu­ ations and rSte|7bf duty by entering their goods at othOr ports. Chief Customs Agent Maitin says thfttthis statement is unfair and untrue... .In tho libel suit of the Rev. Dr. Ball against the New York Evening Po#t at Buffalo^ Mr. Locke, for the defense, said it waaa pubHc calamity that Ball had ever been bom.... Fire damaged the stock of Hemgr ftogers. wholesale fancy goods dealer in Nfevif York, $75,000 The cloak manu­ facturing firm of Stix Brothers, Keraan & Co., of New York, has failed, with liabilities of $160,000. FCBTKEB investigation of the Indian land leases is expected to disclose the fact that Secretary of the Interior Teller is con­ siderably mixed up in the business. The Secretary is stated, on credible authority, to be largely interested in the "Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association," which has leased 6,000,000 acres of the best latiH ttt .Itadjan Territory for the piti- fttl waifa of two cents per acre. The association has -been called the "Cattle AssostidiewrtocStrip the Cherokees.".... Cok'Lwnoi&Mr. Cleveland's private seore- tajy,.,*^# pas at the capital last week, said to awiyt^yiewet: "Mr. Cleveland has not yet fixed a day when he will come to Wash- ington, but I,pretty sure he will not ar­ rive uimrwimiiia few days of the inaugu- rat1on.f"y kpbw'he felt as if a great load had beefi lifted from his shoulders when his resignattOn as Governor took effect, for you knoWthat the last week of his adminis- tr&tion wasdm unusually onerous one. He now has time to attend to the future." A aiu. to establtoh a Bureau of Public Health, to be charged with executing all health laws, was introduced in the Senate on the 9th Inst, by Mr. Palmer, ot Michigan, The bill di­ rects that the Commissioner in charge ot the buaeau shall, with the aid oC the Surgeons-Gen­ ital of the army, navy and marine hospital ser­ vice and the Commissioners of Education and Agriculture, prepare a eode of regulations for the sanitation of th*«army and navy, u well as ot all merchant vessels sailing under the United States flag, all schools, and animals in transit from State to State. In conjunction with the President of the American Medical As­ sociation the Commissioner is also instructed to prepare a code of regulations for the practice of surgery and midwifery. All goods designed for food, drink, wearing apparel, etc., so poisoned by adulteration as to be dan­ gerous to human health are declared contra­ band. The Senate passed a bill directing that one of the Greely relief vessels be used as a revenue cutfr off the coast of Alaska. Mr. Cockrell introduced a bill to make the bounty law apply to the heirs of all oolored soldiers lost in Federal servioe. Mr. Garland made a speech oh interstate commeroe, and moved to recom­ mit the Senate measure, which motion was re­ jected by IK to 24. The Committee on Public LandH reported favorably the bill to amend ' the Revised Statutes relating to the entry of coal-lands by reducing the price of such land# from *10 to $5 per acre where the lands are more than fifteen miles from any completed railroad, and from $20 to $lo where the lands are within this limit. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate: Samuel P. McCormick. to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of West Vir­ ginia. Postmasters: James 8. Stocking, Wash­ ington, Pa.; Theodore Ruth, Pomona, Cal.; Arthur Coonforth, Clyde. Kan ; Anthony A. C. Rogers, Pine IJlnfl, Ark.; John 3. Cutter, Parke, 1). T. A resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives, calling upon the Ex­ ecutive for information relative to the arrest of T. R. Moynahan, an American citizen, by the Government of Mexioo. Another resolution was passed requesting information from the Presi­ dent concerning the Congo Conference. Mr. Breckinridge Introduced a bill for the appoint­ ment of a Southwestern River Commission. o ,: . Tftra Fast ttENEKAX* THE KAEXEX8. NEW YORK. tc.ao rft elected County Clerk <f. Or. Sorugham, teller in a national batik ftUflriagton, Ky., is a defaulter for $50,- 0m, and has fled to Canada <3balmers, Associate Justice of SIT R. Hi Saprsms Gout of Mississippi, is dead. t '®EMEis great rejoicing at Knoxville, Jit throughout the region covered (4hs.syftem over the appointment of W»k as reoeiver of the East Ten- Yizglnia and Georgia Baiboad. ate of the late John W. Gahrett, of tho Baltimore and Ohio Bail »aload $35,000,000, of which Wit* personal property. The en- * 'Is bequeathed to the widow and wa New enterprises to the t .,866, embracing almost every manufacture, representing a cap- $166,969,000, were organized in the m States during 1884. -gm A.elsril Ja » etore in Porter, Arkansas, W>a»sfrhtnB oat powder for a party of ' * * a cigar elbowed hi" Fart of the build- but ewry spectator gotsinged. VAinNGTOX. was an increase of $641,384 in ^S public debt daring the month of De- j f - • r . BAKUCZ--No. 9. . Btrrna--Chotoe THB managers ot the American Iron and Steel Association elected officers at Phila* delphia, B. F. Jones being chosen Presi­ dent; James M. Swank, Vice President; and George W. Cope, Secretary. The PnTr, managers oppose eoadtoercial treades as a T.A" means of extending our foreign tzsde, and believe that the stfsst means of enoooxiig- American capital would be the estab- lishmedt of lines of steamships be­ tween our own and foreign ports... Secretary of the ^repmy McCulloch says that in his orpinioit the present business de­ pression wul be abort-lived, and that every indication points to better times.... Sergeant Otto Holtnorth, of the algpal service, has been reduced to the ranks and recommended for dismissal tot Lieut. Greely's private papers It Bcsvaii..... HOGH Fi>0UB--Extra. WHEAT--NA % Spring. No. 3 Bed COBN--No. 2... OATS--^White... POBK--New Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common lo Fair. Hoos FLOUB --FancyWhite Winter Bx. Good to Choice Spriac.. WU*A'I--NO. A Bpnns: No. 2 RedWinter, Conn--No. S OATS--Na 2. RTO--XO. 2. 1175 ftsrsss.- Crwiiiay, Eooe--Assh.w... POTATOU--New, per bu... _ _ 'TOLitDa"" WHSAT--No. A Bed. Cota-Nfc 2 OAT*--No. 2 WBAP-HO S <3oa»--No. % OATS--No. 2 l^M>.... . . .. ̂ ' WHEAT--No. 1 Bed. COBM--Mixed OATS-Mlxed. Rra.. .0654® # .n l^ieut. ureeiys private papers » eost p*ri- •«! the Government $6,4ffl<7W to oollect the ~ OINGIVVAW' revenue at ports of entry daring the fiscal ..OTJCDWATL s«ruot*« la fer lfefte* fitataa M ̂ iSSi SBy»"®» Met®*** A&i'vr&M. fee©!® eisfeaordfEasy if it had been built six years ago, and yet it ia small compared with any year sinoe 1878. Our returns, very oarefuHy oolleoted from oCBolat sourees. show the total «f tin new mate' Una tmck added daring the year to have been a Utile under 4j000railee, which figure an poesibly be reached by final re­ turns. This is about 9,COO miles less than that laid In 1888, and about 7,600 miles 1** than the total reached in the.wondeifidydur 1882. It is also much less than that of the yean 1879, *80, and 81; bfet on the other hand it ftir exceeds the w«k of 187$, '76 '77, and '78. Considering the general condition of the country, the new mileage added in the last year was enough; and yet, with AM exception of a few paral­ lel and unnecessary lines, it can not be said that railway building has been overdone. In general the rOads built were needed for the development of the regions which they enter, and there is room for a large amount more of, new construction of this character. The following is our statement of the new mileage added In the differont States and Territories, arranged in what may be called the nine natural geographical subdivisions of the country. It should be understood that these figures show main lino only, and do not include side tracks, or second tracks, of which many miles have been laid. The intention also is to report only the mileage actually laid down since Jan. 1, 1884, and hence we have thrown out a considerable number of miles officially reported to us as built during the past year, Dut on which we know the mils to have been laid in 1883, and which were included in the report of that year: TRACK LAID DURING THB TEAS UM. No. tt States. Lines. P .New England Maine 8 New Hampshire... Vermont l Massachusetts... S Rhode Island..,. n Connecticut 1 Eastern Middle- New York 1 New Jersey 4 Pennsylvania ...14 Dels wire 2 Md. and D. C.... 4 Middle Western-- West Virginia... 4 Ohio 6 Indiana 3 Michigan........ 4 Illinois s Wisconsin | Southern- Virginia ........ 8 North Carolina.. 8' Sonth Carolina.. 1 Georgia.... Florida*.... Alabama ., Mississippi. 1M 3$ 91 40 394 118 184 7 8 111 8 153 No. Lines. States. Tennesson....... t Kentucky $ Missouri Belt- Minnesota 10 Iowa 11 Missouri 1 Arkansas 4 Louisiana 4 Kansas Belt- Dakota 5 Nebraska........ T Indian Territory"... 70|Texas............ 4 Colorado Belt- Colorado 2 Montana 1 New Mexico...... 2 Utah % Wyoming.... Pacific Belt- California........ I M Nevada .. .. Oregon ft 218 Arizona 1 s .. • 74!Idaho 2 39 .. 3 246; Washington Ter. 1 63 BECAPITULATIOV. „ Na lines. Miles. New EnsrlandStates...*,........ 8 75 Eastern Middle States, 24 332 Middle Western States.....'.T...:.. 39 S64 Sontiiern States least of Mississippi River! so 1,003 Missouri Belt 36 838 Kansas Belt..., 22 a «80 Colorado Belt f r 98 Pacific Belt,......, / 390 Total in 43 (of the 47) States and -' *» i Territories 186 3,870 It will be seen that the railway mileage was increased during the year in every State except the little, finished commonwealths of New Hampshire and Rhode Island, and the inhospitable mountain land of Nevada, and in every Territory except the Indian country, which is still strangely sealed by legislation against the inroads of civilization, and Wyoming, whose mountain wastes offer few inducements to the railway builder. The States an4 Territories showing the greatest addition to their mileage are Iowa and Minnesota, each 279 miles; Dakota, 269; Pennsylvania, 252; Mississippi, 246; Wisconsin, 224; and Oregon, 218. In the others the increase runs from 4 to Mf60 miles. The number of lines reported is 186, against 257 last year, and the average extension is only a little over 20 miles to each road. COMPARATIVE RAILWAY MILEAGE FOQTEN YKABa. Miles Total I Miles Total Year, bnilt. mileage. Year, built mileage. 187 5 1,712 74,696 1801 7,174 »3,4S4 187 6 2,712 76^08)1881. 9.789 103,343 187 7 2,'tfl 79,0891883 11,506 114,838 187# 2,68? 81,776 1883 6,870 131,693 1879 4,731 86,49711884 V-70 135,462 It will be seen that in the last ten years our railway mileage has increased more thwi 51,000 miles, or nearly 70 per cent., and that the total mileage of the United States is now, in round numbers, 125,500 miles. This is an immense and magnificent sys­ tem, but every coming year will add thou­ sands of miles more until these figures shall have been at least doubled. With a country so vast and rapidly growing as ours, none can set bounds to the possibility of our railway extension. IRON AND STEEL. Aa Knwuiiyglng Outlook. The Age of Steel (St. Louis) publishe over 200 letters from prominent manufacturers, in all parts of the country--furnace- men, dealers in iron-working machinery, steam-engine builders, and editors of trade papers--on the state of trade last year and the prospect for the next six months. Taking the whole country together, the volume of sales in these branches in 1884 does not differ materially from that of 1883. There was, however, a depreciation of values in the neigh­ borhood of 15 per cent., so that the margin of profits and the aggregate of sales were smaller than in 1883. The extensions of plants and improvement of facilities for manufacturing were also less than for the previous year. Manufacturers generally take a hopeful view of the future for the following reasons: The values of raw ma­ terials and of manufactured products are now at the lowest point, farther deprecia­ tion being impossible; stocks in the country are unusually light, inquiries for spring de­ livery are numerous, and the production of pig-iron in the United States during the year was about 10 per cent, less than in 1883. The coke and charcoal furnaces in the South, having an annual productive capacity of 920,000 tons per annnm, are not now making above 8,000 tons a week. year. WILLIAM CHURCHILL and four brothers, residents of Newfoundland, are said to have fallen heirs to a fortune of $35,000,000, left by a relative in England. CANADIANS representing a $4,000,000 syndicate have gone to Winnipeg to arrange for the transportation to Montreal of 2,000,- 000 bushels of wheat which they recently fprcbased. . .. The Transcontinental height Association has made sweeping re­ ductions on and glassware be­ tween Pittsburg and California points.... , The second yolupe o| " ~ * " ' "* WHXAT-Xa 3 fed 85 m COM.... 40 S .41 *e 2 .31* Jos*--Mess 11.(0 #12.00 t*" amm-, FLOUU 'immwr- WHEASV-JJ©. 3 Bed, New OAm^Mtxfcdl 11" V.V.'.V.V.'.V.V*" EAtfT LIBERTY. . CATttB-J^t Commo'n.V.'.V.\V. 1 Boos «### THE CABINET. OF 1884. W •a* By urea for tip year 1864. Ra i»Te Ih©.l3nft»d ana the Posalnlon vt past year. tnfi*h» with the liabilities. Fwm the etomlar the following exeeipta Me spde, wUeh will be found of interest in business circles: *AlLtJRM ftf* 18M. States M,a Number In fSfi- Ami at Territories, Irsfanss Maine.... .7 UL4SS New ifoapahixe 7,958 Vermont...*............ e^42 SSSf3ETr.r.:::::(«- UMkUM (.no Conneetteul 14,718 Total Eastern States,. New York New York dty and New JewHayl36.172 Delaware 8,930 Maryland 16,«4T Disufotof Columbia... 3,280 xam. llabiltttea. SSI 1875,367 Km 1,454,306 (17,333,831 10,949,89* 77,875,721 2,593 $112,806,050 193 2,415,364 606,500 1,441,021 877,055 3,412,571 8,001,364 tMWlt 4,305.375 1,140,104 1003,266 1,654,861 170 184 1» 310 2,391 552 113 113 110 412 990 191 $28,318,557 9,710,089 2,985,883 5,775,113 6,714,951 6,946,986 3,786,041 4,352,470 3,495,668 4,510,101 997,041 5,849,456 508,854 1,400,396 Total Middle States. .978,003 Virginia. 14,085 West Virginia. 7,990 North Carolina 9,714 South Carolina 6,437 Oeowda... 13,180 Morida 3,455 Alabama 8,388 Mississippi. 9,043 Louisiana;. 10,085 Texas 18,774 Arkansas. 7,062 Kentucky..... 21,334 Tennessee H,32l Total Southern States. .143,804 Ohio < Cincinnati city....... j • Indiana........... 35,835 Illinois » « «n fflaaffT.:::::*::::;. 2S Wlsoonria........ 36,497 Iowa 29,800 Minnesota 18,164 Missouri I St. Louis ctty........ f 40'*w Kansas. 16,837 Nebraska................ 10,344 Total Western States. 3D6.910 Indian Territory. 351 Oremm.. California. Colorado Nevada Utah New Mexico Wyomlna Idaho Dakota Montana Washington Arizona Alaska Total Pacific States and Territories 54,481 1,841 $ 13,071,996 Grand total 904,759 10,968 236,343,427 Dominion of Canada... 65,994 1,337 19,191,306 An instructive comparison is given as be­ tween 1884 and 1883, and 1878, in the fol­ lowing table, which gives a condensed showing of the geographical distribution of the commercial casualties of these years: , jMSTBIBUTlON AND PERCENTAGE. $54,872,983 .. 2.645 990 1,457,500 J 21,836 888 910 2,411,400 3,758,500 2,389.388 .. 0,011 139 2,411,400 3,758,500 2,389.388 .. 1,890 as 196,800 .. 2,418 90 201,991 .. 1,458 95 189,808 097 9 79,800 . 1,881 8 74,000 . 9.870 117 799,049 .. 2,394 SO 388,640 . a;«94 148 841,200 . 933 90 698,700 86 698,700 STATES. 1884-- Eastern ' tates. Middle States............ Southern States Western States.. FaciHcStates and Territories Total tor the United States Domln'on of Canada....... 1878-- Eastern States Middle States.... Southern bta'es Western States a...... Paclficgtates and Territories Total for theUntted States Dominion of Caijhda.., is®-- Eastern States Middle States Southern States..... Western States.. PacificS tates and Territories Total for the United States Dominion ot Canada Number in | business., Number ot failures. 93,381 378.093 142,894 336,910 51,481 #04,75a 65,994 79,765 339.385 96,397 240,933 38,361 674,741 1,376 9,19 J 3.391 3,369 1,341 10,068 1,327 1,734 8,199 1,415 8,436 . 694 10,478 5^3*7 90,381 303,031 135,159 322,877 53,605 863,993 1,097 1^197 2,136d 1,844 ».961 1,046 9,184 65,4521 1,3N4 STATES, 1W1-- Eastern States.............. Middle States.. Houthero States.......: ; Western States; 1....: PaclflcStates andTerrltories Total for the United States Dominion of Canada 1878-- Eastern States Middle States Southern Stites. Western States. PaclflcStates and Territories Total for the United States Dominion of Canada 1883-- Eastern 8tates Middle States.... Southern States........ Western States. PaclflcStates and Territories Total for the United States Dominion of Canada Amount of liabilities. $17,333,831 .113,856,060 28,318,557 #4,872,083 13,071,996 $326,343,427 $19,191,306 $35,294,036 05,293,466 36,332,961 64,309,503 13,463,176 $234,383,133 $38,908,677 $37,861,897 57,108,534 19,785,60? 46,878,403 11,339,731 $172,874,173 $15,949,361 Aver'ge lia­ bilities. $13,636 43,540 12,861 10,313 9,748 $30,632 $14,462 $30,364 39,788 18,603 18,716 18,967 $33,369 $14,088 $31,631 26,736 10,730 15,832 10,745 $18,823 $11,524 The record of failures extending over twenty-eight years is grouped together in the statistics from 1857 to 1884, inclusive. They are interesting in that they convey an idea of the relative losses by bad debts in the various years. They are as follows: FAILURES FOR 28 YEARS. Amount of Year. 1857...... t,... 185 8 f - 185 9 186 0 1861 1862 1863 1364/ 186 5 186 6 186 7 186 8 186 9 187 0 187 1 1872... 187 3 187 4 187 5 1875 1877 1818 187 9 188 0 1881 1883 1883 Failures. ... 4,939 ... 4,395 ... 3,918 : : : IZ ... 1,653 .....1,505 9,730 3,608 .;..k 9,790 .....8,646 2.915 4,009 6,188 5,830 7,740 9,009 *jm 10,473 6,658 ::::: S3 6,738 9,134 10,968 liabilities. $291,760,000 95,949,000 64,394,000 7«,80r,000 207,210,000 23,049,000 7,899,900 8,579,000 17,625,000 63,788,000 96,666,000 64,694,000 78,054,054 88,343,000 85,303,000 131,066,000 238,499,900 155,380,000 301,000,000 191,117,000 190,649,936 284,883,133 98,149,053 65,753,000 81,155,983 101,547,504 172,874,179 Coscwaes reassembled after tho holida> MB wmetfe>edbrllE.Beskto esssSeaisseat ewa»lBrt80, r»wiuiifi|«i* tte gwaretary of Trewwirv. three Scnstsse^ aid five members: # the House of Bmeseat Uvea, to sarr chaases in the tsatt sad laws. A rsaohittsn was ' isrred exiendfaur thi thaaks tf to the offioera and anws ef Oteely «Met_ wtwiMm. A communication was received from the lemtary of War, to the for leasina IidSn^d^^idinsfor^ttT snb- mtorten of saeh leases to the Seeietanr <f the Interior. Ablllwaa passed to pay P. A. Mont- rny. of MemphjaT $8,080 for proper- taken frsm hha and used Ivy Government during the war. Some dis­ cussion coaemdw the hritontato eeauaeiee Mil followed. btftSe House at Representatives Mr. Herbert introduced a preamble and reeolu- tlon oalUns upon the President to give his rea­ sons tor appointing Messrs. aasson and Sanford as deleftatesto the Afrftoaa oonterenoe at Bwlin. Representative Collins oQered a motion to sus­ pend the rules and adopt the resolution making the Senate bill to establish a uniform system ot bankruptcy laws a spectat order tor Jan. 33. Mr. Henderson, or Iowa, thought that the passage of the Lowell bill might save the country from disaster. Petitions in support of tho Mil were presented from toe business men of St. Louis, New York, and Baltimore. • Mr. Willis opposed the measure, saying that Its passage, would create 5,000 new offices, and would open the door to fraud. , Mr. Collins defended the hill asainst the attack of Mr. WilUs. His motion to suspend the rules and appoint a day for its consideration was, however, lost. Mr. Kelfer'moved to suspend the rules and take up the Mexican pension bilL There was an animated discussion, at the con­ clusion of which the motion was rejected. Mr. Hiscock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill abolishing the Internal revenue tax on tobacco and liquors distilled from fruit This motion was lost. Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a bill authorising the use of the Bar- tholdi Statue as a lighthouse, and another creating the office ot Assistant Chief Signal Officer, to be accompanied with the rank and pay of Colonel This position, it is understood, is intended for Lieut. Oreely. A Mil was intro­ duced by Mr. Taoker increasing the number of Judges of the United States Courts; another by Mr- English providing for the issue ot one, two and five dollar silver oertiflcates; and another by Mr. Breckenrldge creating a River and Har­ bor Department. ATTER a long and animated debate, ihe Oregon Central land forfeiture bill passed the Senate on the 6th Inst. A bill to establlnh Inter­ national copyright was introduced by Mr. Haw- ley. Mr. Manderson offered a bill to grant right of way over the Fort Robinson military reserva- lon in Nebraska to the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad, and Mr. Dolph pre­ sented a memorial trom the Bofrd of Trade of Portland, Oregon, asking the establishment of an assay offloe in that city. In the House, a Joint resolution appropriating $50,000 for the support of destitute Indians in Montana was passed. The House went into committee of the whole, and took up the pension appro­ priation bill. Mr. Warner, of Ohio, attacked the pension claim agents, whom he compared unfavorably with pirates. Messrs. Warner and Kelfer Indulged in some biting repartee. An amendment to the bill providing that no agent shall ieceiye any fee for his servioe* until the claim is granted, and that snch fee shall be $to, except in certain specified cases, was adopted. The bill passed. THE House ioint resolution appropriating $60,000 to relieve the destitute Indians in Montana passed the Senate on the 7th inst. Mr. Plumb presented a petition from the Oklahoma settlers protesting atrainst the cru­ elty of their removal from their lands in the Interest of wealthy and powerful cattle owners, and praying Congress to withdraw the military forces and organize the Territory of Oklahoma Into a Stats. Mr. Morrill called up his resolution declaring that reciprocity treaties with nations of inferior population and re­ sources should be regarded with disfavor, and spoke at length in its support. A long debate on the interstate commerce bill followed, during which , Mr. Ingalls made some very caustic remarks to the effect that the upper house was generally suspected of being controlled by corporations. The Chair presented a renort by the Mississippi River Commission that Capt. Eads had maintained a channel In the South Pass. In the executive session the Nicaragua treaty was reported back from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with the recommendation that it be ratified. The Presi­ dent sent in the following nominations: Sidney L. Willaon, of New York, Pension Agent at [ Luther S. Howlett, of Ore- SS^SSS^S'i Washington Territoi •ire Places Reserved for the Isath. fNew York special to CMoago Tribune.] The great Southern contingent of 163 votes is beginning to present itself to Gov. Cleveland in detachments. Judge O. •. Lochrane of Georgia, Governor-elect Mar- maduke of Missouri, and Congressmen Beese and Clements of Georgia have, with­ in a day or two, paid their compliments at the Executive chamber in Albany. Judge Loch­ rane was called to Albany by Mr. Cleve­ land to talk over the Cabinet question. It is understood that the Governor has de­ cided upon giving two Cabinet places to the South. Having tendered the Attorney Generalship to Senator Garland of Arkan­ sas, the second choioe will in all probability be taken from a Slots farther east in order to equalise the Cabinet geographically. Mr. Bayard's appointment as Secretary of State will not oe charged to the 8outh? The Postmaster Generalship or the Interior Department will be placed at tho of the second Southern member. TUB GALENA. REGIONS. with A MAN in York County, Pennsylvania, had MB wife arrested, for pouring a gallon of molasses on his head. He said he didn't want his taffy that way. ELECTRIC breastpins are the latestin*Ofe» lions for the benefit of hotel • Bmlnl sf Interest In Hlwhf Profitable Basalts. [Galena (111.) special.] Tfee unprofitableness of agricultural labor daring the past year in this section has driven many farmers to mining, and tfs a consequence a large impetus has been given to this industry, which for some years previous had been only par­ tially developed. In the Galena lead legions many new and valuable mines have been discovered, some yielding as high as three thousand pounds per day. In Southern Wisconsin hundreds of farmers and laborers are at work prospect­ ing for mineral, and several new and rich leads have been opened in the vicinity of New Diggings, Hacel Green, Shullsbnrg and Highland. Vast quantities of dry bore and black jack, which a few years ago was regarded as worthless, bat is now used by zmo smelters and paint manufacturers, are being raised in and about Highland, and shipments of this product from that point alone average two train-loads a day. Pres­ ent indications are to the effect that more mining will be done in this section during this season than has been attempted for many years. BENJAMIN F. BUTXEK denies the state- that he is abopt.-$P writ* a Public Moneys at Yhkima. Washington Territory; August Duddenhausen, of Idaho. Register of the Land Office at Oxford, Idaho; Allen W. Eaton, of Idaho, Receiver of Public Moneys at Oxford, Idaho: Luke Lea, At­ torney of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. In the House, of Representatives there was presented fiom the Secretary of the Navy an estimate of $2,500,000 for the erection of a gun-foundry and the pur­ chase of steel-works for the manufacture of heavy ordnance. Mr. O'NeUl's motion to strike from the Interstate commerce bill the section prohibiting railroads from charging more for a short than a long haul was voted down tor 80 to 197. An amendment was adopted giving Federal courts power to issue writs of mandamus com­ pelling railroad oompanlesto forward freight A resolution was adopted asking the Secretary of the Navy to report the cause of toe death of Cadet Frederick S. Strang, of Oregon, who is alleged to have been fatally Injured by hazing at Annapolis. A solcv debate on the interstate commerce bill followed. A resolution was offered by Mr. Gibson declaring it the duty of Congress to Enable the Government to begin at at once the construction of a navy suitable for war A BILL relating to fees of pension claim- agents, embodying the same provisions as those contained in the pension hill recently passed Jjy jthe House, was introduced in the Senate on the jsth Inst. After a long debate It was referred to fthe Pensions Committee. A resolution was of­ fered requesting the President to communicate jto the Senate a historical statement concerning the public policy of the Confederate Government during the late war, which has been reoently filed in the War Department by Gen. Sherman. [In the House of Representatives a bill was re­ ported by the Committee on Appropriations rnaknig additional appropriations for the naval •erviqe for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1885. FThe House resumed the consideration of the gtste commerce bill, the pending question on the amendment offered by Mr. Ham-to the amendfnent offered by Mr. Per- (providlng for a commission), providing xnat the Commissioners shall not be appointed until the 6th of March, 1885. This amendment was agreed to --71 to 12. Mr. Perkins' amend­ ment, as amended, was lost -yeas 98, nays 134. Mr. O'Neill of Pennsylvania, offered as a substi­ tute tor the interstate commerce bill a proposi­ tion for the appointment of five Commissioners, and defining their duties. Lest-35 to 188. Mr. Hepburn moved to recommit the bill. Lost--yeas 92, nays 132. On the pnotion to reoommlt seventeen Democrats and seventy-five Republicans were recorded In the affirmative and 124 Democrats and eight Repub­ licans In the negative. The Republicans who 'voted In the negative were Anderson, Bagrae, J. M. Campbell. Goff, James, Pay son, weaver and York. The bill then passed--veas 158, nays 7#. "This," said Mr. Reagan when the result was an­ nounced, "is a fitting oelebratton for the 8th day pf January." In the Alabama contested-election Case resolutions were adopted unseating Shelley ^Democrat) and declaring Craig (Reptihttap) Mi Billings' Maxims. Next to a kloar oonshience, for solid comfort giv me a pair OT eazy boots. Tho to ail with match welth and littlo learning should do az the bob-tailed kats did--sit down on himself and keep still. • The grate mass ov mankind seem to be kranks--either trieiqg to prove swa­ thing they kant understand, or trieing to understand sumthing they can't prove. Yung man, don't aware--ju may convince yureiself bi swareing, but yn kan't the other phellow. The hardest sinner in the whole lot to convert iz the one who spends haff hiz time in sinning and the other haff in repentance. After wo git the Christiana better civilized than they are nojr, I am in favor of attacking the heathen. Thoze people Who are allwnss. look­ ing forj?erfe«uhan in this world gener­ ally compromise for t aeckond or third rate artikle before they git thru. Menny a phool hu passed thru life witft fair suckcess br taking a faak seat and sticking to it. Thare is a grate deal of spekulashun that iz trieing to untwist the untwist- able. This iz just about az smart az setting down in a waahtnb, taking hold ov the handles, and trieing to lift the unliftable. Yung man, don't git down on yore knees before the world. If yu do it won't be long before the world will in too. •oastaatsd Only TO votes W strength, all for Ma voce, whit* was ft* The roll was to vote. Hrinss WL sad for M< amiounoed Meeslok vol votedfor Vamell,thas _ _ t . . . ent Mid be did not think It norwassi 1 a majority , ̂< should vote tor any FnUer'trfea pSSffi'MEKfef the point wish District Osaabltr* an error. Haines said he was going to bain the RffiKftfgr.S; J&SSSSk K Speakln? ^e haJPgShalf'wayover to"§STR? publloaa alde, but did not see any ehanee to f*t much further. He laid he would notaooept the position If he were eleeted to it, and be was n o t o b l i g e d t o a n y o n e f o r o f f e r i n g I t u a B W M THB report of the committee to wait upon the Governor was presented In the Senate on the 8th Inst.. and the anmm<tf»i-- Mr. feelley presented the eustomary resolution relattnc to the Section of V&lted States Senator, which provides for the Joint meethucof the two bodies on Jan. aj. for the election of United States Senator. %e following UBUs Were then Introduced: _By Semitor JBu, relating to volunteer wljmment. By Senator Ray, to..•®>e«d the law la relation to medical jurisprudence, providing that "juries 1 In all eases Shsll be judges of the facts onlj? By the same, to regulate the nantteg of con­ tinuances in criminal oaees. By the same, to amend the law relating to changes at venae. By the Sameu an amendment to the law of criminal Jurlsprudeaoetomakemoreeflecttvetheoharac- the perscm offering the veto Is upon the register, said register to be made on the Turaday pfc- ceding the election. Senator White asked leave of Tuesday, the 00th, and to pair with Senator Bridges, who desired to leave for home on acooontof ill-health. Upon the ae- ibllng of the House, >n the choice of a Haines was elected, receiving 7 T Votes to 74 latter voting for the roll was called Speaker. for HessUdt (ItepubUaut^Uie'L™'". Hlatt. Mr. Haines refrained trom voting, hut received the vote ot Eocene Sittig (Repub­ lican). .rwUtin* in his elSctton. tte teinp£ ary officials named by the Democratic caucus were next chosen, and a committee of tve cn credentials was named, composed of three Democrats and two ftrndtfleaas, Mr. Klmbrough being made Chairman. The Speaker betoro the House four con­ tests--in the First, Sixth. Thirteenth, and Twenty-aeoond Districts. All are by Demo­ crats. In the FtatThomasDolan contests the seat of FnuKte W. Parker; in the Sixth Cor­ nelius McAullff contests with Eugene A. Slttlg: in the Thirteenth George A. Uupp oontests rfao^MulheanvallDemo- in the Twenty-seeond F. ATwlBoaSw contorts Samuel P. Marshall, both Democrats. When Nesmitai WMi oiooted to the Senate fromOM^on. lnJIio eavlyjpart of the war, he hw nevtexbean to Wash­ ington; never been east of the Booky Monntains, in fact, sinoe he emigrated as a boy to tho Paoific slope to seek his fortune. He had never Men a railroad or a locomotive until he strack the Pan­ ama Road at the Isthmus, and, as he described himself, was "green as a squash." Upon reaching Washington, being too bashful to present his creden­ tials and be sworn in at once, ho spent a day or two looking down upon that distinguished body from a seat in the gallery, so as to get the hang of things a little before he ventured on the floor. His diffidence wore off after a little, and his great fund of anecdote, his fine vein of humor, his frontier frankness and originality of character and man­ ner drew aronnd him warm friends of both parties. Standing one day in a group of Senators who had been ques­ tioning him concerning his adventurous life,* Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, said: "I understand, Senator, that you had never seen a railroad until you came East, and that evervthin£ of that sort in the war of modern improve­ ments was entirely new to you. Now, I am curious to know what struck you as being the most wonderful thing that met your observation on thif side of the continent?" Nesmith hesitated a moment, then said: "Well, I spent my first two or three days in Washington up there in the gallery, looking at the Senate, and I think what most filled me with wonder was the thought that I, who went off to Oregon years ago, a poor, uneducat­ ed boy, should be here as a member oi the highest legislative body in the country. That was my greatest won­ der." "Well--but--I don't mean that ex­ actly," said Wilson, who was chiefly curious about what mechanioal contriv­ ance or invention had excited most surprise; "but what after thai most sur­ prised you ?" "Well," said Nesmith, dropping his serious manner and putting on a quiz- ocal expression, "I think, alter the sen­ sation of surprise at being bera myself, what excited most wonder was how the d-- 1 the rest of you got hec•."--Rookr nttr Po»trExpr*w. A Pfwlt Ifcsk. "Is that brake ba*d to handle?" asked a young man on the front plat­ form of a Broadway oar of the driver. "No," responded that person. "Is that whistle hard to blow f again fetterrogated the youth. "No, gruffly responded the driver. "What is the hardest thing to do on a street oar?" "Answering fools' questions," replied the driver.--X>r«fce'g 2V*Mbr'« Mag* sine. Unwritten Law. So far as men Income good and wise and rise above the state of children ̂so far they beoome emancipated front the written law and invested with the fter- feet freedom which consists in toe full­ ness and joyfulness of compliance with the higher and unwritten law; a law so universal, so subtile, so glorious,.thal nothing but , the heart een keep v.-- Ruakin. "Is THAT your boy, Smith?" "fres;. do you think he takes after me?" "He might have the disposition to do it, but alter you'd had a chance there wouldn't m