Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-31
GENERAL NEWS.

Caleb Cushing intends leaving for
Madrid early in February.
There are 1900 more women than
men in New York City.
Prof. J. F. Holton, one of the first
botanists in the country, died at his
residence in Everett, Mass, yesterday,
Of disease Of the heart
General Butler viii await the Presi-
dents message on Louisiana affairs
before introducing bill for n new
election in that State.
The Kentucky legislature has pass
cd bill providing for the registra-
ton of all births, marriages and
deaths in that State.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 26.-The
President viii not send his message
to Congress on Louisiana affairs until
tomorrow, after submitting the same
to the Cabinet.
1t is estimated that there are $780,
600, 900 railroad ties in use in the
United States, and that it will require
! $50, 900 acres of well timbered land to
produce the supply.
In the Ohio lower house Tuesday a
bill to secure pay to persons perform
ing labor or furnishing materials for
the construction of railroads was
passed.
The secretary of the interior Will do
the job of removing the KickRpoo,
and other roaming tribes of Indians,
| from Mexico for one hundred and fif-
| teen thOusanl dollars
The Boston school committee yes
terday evening refused to grant seats
to the ladies elected to the board
The vote declaring them legally dis
qualified stood forty-s;x to thirty
nine.
The lower-house of the Missouri
| legislature on Tuesday, after a spirit
ed debate, defeated the bill to allow
women to be elected to Office under
the school laws, by a vote of thirty to
seventy-seven.
There are three Territorial and
| twenty-five State Legislatures now in
/ session, as follows: Colorado, Utah
aud Montana; and California, Florida,
! Georgia, Illinois, Iowa Kansas, Ken
! lucky, Louisiana, Maine MARYLAND,
| Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi
/ pi, Missouri, New JERSEY, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.-Ap-
peal.
LOUISVILLE, ian. 22.-In Roman
county, Kentucky, last Sunday, John
Martin shot and instantly killed his
] brother-in-law, Preston NJ. Blair. It
/ appears that Martin and Blair both
belonged to a large gang of horse
thieves operating in the Kentucky
mountains. Blair was recently cap
tured, charged with DEMONSTRATING,
but was out on bail. He was writing
book claiming to expose the deeds
of the gang, and duplicating Martin.
Martin got possession of the manu-
script by taking it from under Blair's
head while he slept, and meeting him
on the day mentioned, shot him twice.
Dies MONIES. Jan. 22.-The two
parties in the House of Representa-
tives of the Iowa Legislature have
finally tonight made caucus agree
ment to break the dead lock in the
organization of the House by a COM
promise by which the Republicans
secured the speaker and the anti
MOnopolists all other offices; Repub-
icans take the Craftsmanship of all
standing committees, the members of
which are to be equally divided be-
tween the parties; anti-MonopOlists to
have the chairman of all Investigating
committees, and a majority of the
members. There is a rumor ahoat
tonight that the Monopolist candi-
date for speaker is organizing a bolt,
but the rumor is unconfirmed.