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:. COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

~. faat Wholesale Markets, Feb. IS.
Wheat IS to:7sc. .Cornsfirm :..t SO to .
0oc. Oats ~ to 55c- Flour % to SIS. RYE
nour *2.75 to 50 per sack. -Buckwheat
tiour to Sc per pound. Corn meal So to
$250. Ground feed t28 to $50. Shorts
~ 70 $23. Brsn 90: Pork $40 to $1o.50.
Hams IL to l4c.s Lard ID to 15c. Bacon
"A to IA l:2:. Eggs scarce and firm, 1t
Il to 24c. Fresh table butter Is to 28c.
Dressed chickens 8 to &c.. Turkeys 9to
loc: !, Dressed hogs I to 7l.2c. Dressed
beef to 1-2c by carcass and shoulder.
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OUR NEW SENATOR.
What II said Of Him at Home and
Abroad.
From the CHICAGO Tribune !


The Republican members of the Minne-
sote Legislature came to their senses yes
terday, being aided thereto, perhaps, by
the vigorous antiseptic administered by
Col. Bill King, and elected a United
States Senator to succeed Ramsey. The
spectacle presented by the Republican
leaders in Minnesota, from the beginning
Of the session until yesterday, was wholly
demoralizing in its effect npon the party,
and the withdrawal of it is a fit subject
for congratulation. The election of Loeb.
rem, which at one time seemed imminent
would have been gross political blunder
one which could not have been easily
repaired before the next Presidential
election. The danger has been happily
averted. Judge Mcmillan, the Senator
elect, is sound Republican on principle,
yet in no sense an iron-bound partisan.
He has never held any other than judi
cial Office; and, from the very nature Of
his professional training, is peculiarly
fitted to sit in body having the hig n
deliberative and judicial functions Of the
United States Senate. Mcmillan will
take rank with Christiancy as states.
man, who, whatever his ability as q
speechmaker or manager of caucusses,
will never be found wanting in his devo.
tion to the best interests of the people.
The party which can send such men as
these to the United States. Senate is GER
tainly not undeserving Of confidence and
respect.
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Hou!ss, feb. 90 Consideration Of the reve-
niue hill wa1 resumed III COMMITTEES of tho
whole. After discussion motiops to strike out
sections were rejected and the committee rose,
when apprnpriste euiogies were pronounced
on Msssis. Croker, Hersey, Rice aud Hooper.
recently deceased, after which adjoorned.
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{, Chicago, Feb. 23.--Wheat quiet and lower
than Saturdays quotations, at S5xc cash; IS X
@ooxc ior March and 86x@86xc for April.
Corn fairly active and a shade higher. at 64Xo
cash; 64xc for March and G5 Xc for April. :
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sExAr., Feb. 22.--see,veraa petitions. memo.
! rials. etc. were uresented and referred. among
them one from colored citizens OF Georaia foF
the passage OF the civil rights bill. From citi
zens OF Michigan asking that e2O0 in legal ten
ders, instead OF l60 acres Of lands, le! grante:i
Dakota Territory tor opening Of the Black
propiaticn Till passed. The military academy
bill was then taken up. Thurman offered an
amendment reducing the number of cadets
one-half, Oh the ground thAt officers were now
largely in excess Of the. ueeds, Of Ahe service.
Hia proposition was very gsllfra!N agreed in,
but as its adoption ~ 1his time would
eadangtr the Whole bill, the amendment wsa
coming up next, Mr.. Morton made an effort to
incorporate his proposition for the counting OF
votes for President and Vice President, as an
amendment, but without success. The postal
appropriation bill was considered at length
and completed, except in that part
relating to annulling the Pacific Mail
contrast, which, comes up Tuesday. The
ing privilege va: rejected except 50 far as re-
Congress, which are to pa:s Tree till December
l. 1876. The amendment providing for a
postal telegraph was also defeated.
HOUSE, Feb. 22.-A bill was introduced and
referred, providing that the 44th Congress, and
all future Congresses, shall meet on the day on
which the Congressional term begins, the 4t::.
OF March. The river and harbof appropria-
Il bill passed substantially as it came from
the committee. The rules were suspended and
the bill passed to secure the Indictment Of
Wm. 9. King for perjury. The motion to fix
aday for the consideration OF the Texas Pacific
railway bill was rejected. The bill prohibiting
traffic in Chinese women passed. The Till
to restore the writing of the original Dec
laration Of Independence, with the signatures
thereto, passed. The bill to provide COM
mission to obtain statistics of the alcoholic
trade was rejected. The rules were suspended
and the bill for payment of awards OF the
Southern claims commission, about $76O, QUO,
passed, as was also the bill recrganizing the
quartermaster's department. An evening ses-
sion WIS held tor consideration OF District Of
Columbia Affairs.
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CH1sAoo County Post: DR.. Wilkes of
Harris Station has absconded, and left
his wife's bed and board, There was =
Beecher in the fence and a ragged
edge around y the neighborhood.
His wife got sick of the
affair, it appears, and shipped him, Civ
ing him money enough to get away with
providing he would never come back,
svhich ke nrnnaiaAd. = tsss Il I a.3# y ~
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Milwaulxoe Grain Marker.

MLwAgKRE, Feb. 23.---Wheat Steady; No.
81 hc; No. 86 Nc; April e6 xc; May 81 xc:
receipts 66,00O bushels; shipments IL 600.
Corn &C. Oats &c. Rye el.OG. Barley 81. IL.
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nee but judicial. He studied law in the
office Of Edwin d: Stanton and Judge
Shaler, has always been an outspoken
and =, radical Republican, is man Of fam.
ny, present residence st. Paul.
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kWas thrown nom the tI1Ck near She@eld, ILL.,;
Saturday, one passenger car going down = IF.
teen foot embankment, killing one person-,
school teacher-and iatur!ng IA others. No
names given 80. Phillip OlX.li Of New York
city, surrendered himself % the authorities
yesterday, alleging tkatAe. had killed IN nm
known man in q drunkens adray in hishotise
Saturday night The. lolice behevie
that the murdered man vas ! British deserter:
and that dwell killed him supposing he had
money go. A man was arrested At LARAMIE
City, Neb., yesterday, for living in lascivioua
loohsbitation with two daughters. one l6 and
the other Is years Of age. One of the daugh-
ters las just been delivered Of child by the
ather.
WsDnEsoAy, Feb. M.-Among the nomina-
tons yesterday by ths President were two
postmastcn for Minnesota, VIM. Wetherbee Of
Wabashaw aud Chas. Lord Of Shakopee 900.
The Americana in Germany appropriately re-
membered Washington's birthday 80. The
lower river steamer, Cora Belle, was burned
neal, Pocahontas yesterday 49,. R,nst Ort rein
was hung yesterday"zat At Pittsburgh, Pa. His
crime was the murder Of the Hammet family.
consisting Of husband and wife, two daughters
and bound boy named Robert Smith, in
April 29th last, Ortweln confessed his crime
soon after arrested and expressed him.
self ready to pay the penalty
Of his crime 80. The Congressional committee
recently in Louisiana have made their report.
They admit in the declaration that the action
Of the recent returning board in refusing 10
the five Democrats afterwards elected by the
military was fraudulent; favor the restoration
Of Aellogg a. Governor, and final measure
for the complete restoration Of friendly rela-
tions between all the people, the withdrawal
Of federal troops, leaving the people Of that
State to govern themselves So. The prosecu-
tion in the Tlton-B -Beecher trial rested its case
yesterday with the redirect examination OF
Mrs. Moulton and the court adjourned. Gen.
Tracy is to open the case for the defense, and
it is reported his address will occupy nearly
or quite three days.
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From the Winona Republican,

He is man in whose integrity the best
men in both parties in the State have un-
bounded confidence, and he will make a
worthy successor to Senator Ramsey,
whose; long and honorable career in the
Senate has been SO creditable to himself
and useful to Minnesota: -
There is no doubt that the election OF
Judge Mcmillan will have a tendency to
unite the factions in the party and pre-.
vent turmoil and bitterness among Re-
publicans in this State during the coming
year.
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SENATE, Feb. l9.-The credentials of Cam
eron Of Wisconsin, and Mcdonald of Indiana,
were received and filed. Mr.. Edmunds gave
notice that he should move otake up the
civif rights bil as soon as tie Indian appro-
priation bilIAas disposed Of. a, resolution
Wespsesented for the appointmank OF com.
mittee Of five to examine into the several
branches OF the civil service with view to re-
organization. '..r
HOUSE,, Feb 10 dawes attempted to take
up the revenue bill, but the House refused by
III to l16, going into committee Of the whele
on the private calendar. The reading Of the
journal showed that there was passed last
night IS bills granting pensions to individuals,
The army appropriation was taken up, slight
|ly amended and passed. Mr.. Poland from the
committee on Arkansas affairs, reported reso-
luton that in the Judgment OF the House mo
that State, by any department., il advisable,
and gave notice he weuld call it up for aetion,
early next week. -
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STATE SENATE, Feb 23.-Bius Lost: House
bill providing for biennial sessions of the Leg
islatore. Senate bill appropriating 500 70,
survey of ca,.al route between Lakes Mime
tonka and Waconia. Senate bill relating ia
rates of interest House Bius Passed
Amending and consolidating the acts charter
ing Owssonna. Changing court time in Wat
ing older ofngument on indictments in dis.
trfct courts. Appropriating 500 to O'Dillon
bethune for a wagon taken by United States
troops in 1869. Allowing tax lists to be pub.
llshed away from the county seats. Making
towns liable for damages from bridges, roads.
etc., out Of repair. Authorizing Clay county
to fund its floating debt. For per1ecting chains
O. n.9 atles to estates passing through probate:
Of overflow. Requiring fehways over dams,
Allowing judges to grant divorces out of term.
Providing for inspection Of mineral oils.
State Prison: The substitute bill for location
OF second State prison by commissioners was
recommended to pass. Railroads.: The House
bill requiring railroad companies to receipt for
actual quantity Of grain and deliver according
was substituted for MIR. Donnelly's track-scale
bill and recommended to pass.
HousE-Bi1s Lost: Mi. Kruger's for per-
mitting cattle to run at large in Florence town
ship: House bill amending special law Of 1872
relating to Minnesota Central railroad CON-
pany. Homsstead Exemption: The judiciary
committee WAS instructed to amend the pend.
ing bill and fix the limit of homestead exemp-
ton at 3, 600. Senate Bills Passed: Provid.
ing for maintenance of paupers discharged
from State Prison. Authorizing parties in
Kandiyohi county to drain certain lakes; the
State Auditor to abate penalties for non pay
ment upon swamp and school lands; the legal
voters of Dodge Center to vote upon
license Repeating chapter 25 OF 1878
relating to spearing fish in northwestern coun-
ties: incorporating Moorhead village House
Bills Passed: Authorizing Marshall county ia
issue t16, 900 bonds for wagon bridge at Lit
tie Falls; Minneapolis to issue bonds for bridge
purposes. Limiting the territory to be en-
braced in school district For preventing the
destruction Of fal bearing animals; the catch
ing Of fish in Lake Ripley. Reimbursing John
A. Jackson and David Benson tor contested
e election e1renses Granting swamp lands to
rating hinneiska village; school district in
Brown county. Amending statutes relating to
catching trou:. st. Paul & Pacific Brancl
Lines: BY Mr.. Delano declaring the forfeiture O
rights and franchises, was discussed at length
and finally referred to the Judiciary committee
for inquiry as to its legal aspects.
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From the st. Panl Pioneer. !


The objections to Judge Mcmillan as
Senator, in Congress aresfew. They we're
referred to in yesterdays Pioneer, and
are not of sufficient importance to warrant
repeating. After all, as our correspond
ent elsewhere reminds us, it is sad fact
that an education in politics and know.
ledge Of men are Of greater assistance to
member of Congress in securing needed
legislation. than an education in political
economy or in practical craftsmanship !;
and it may be well. that in this respect
Minnesota has set a needed example
Judge Mcmillan is man of exceptional
virtues, Of high character, Of unbending
integrity, and Of absolute freedom from
all entangling alliances and all corrupt
rings. He will gocinto the Senate with
clean hands not only, but clean heart.
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SENATE, Feb 23.-Mr. Logan reported the
House bill for equalizing hounties and asked
Its immediate consideration, but objection was
made by Howe. A memorial was presented
from Republican members Of the Alabama Lee-
lslat9re, claiming that the change msde in the
penal code Of that State in effect disfranchised
S5,OW Republican voters that the Democrats
proposed legislation nullifying the constitu-
tlonal amendments, and asking the President
to be empowered to suspend the writ OF habeas
corpus; referred. The House amendments to
the postof8ce appropriation bill annuling the
contract Of 1872 with the Pacific Mail Company
was 'concorred in and the bill, As amended,
passed: The n army appropriation bill was
taken up; The appropriations for officers,
safe keeping Of stores, etc., for tho manufac.
ture of metallic ammunition, and + the man
Qfacture OF the new model breech- loading mus
ket, Were increased in the aggregate 92kO, ,vtO !;
~, 600 WA also added for general reorgani-
zation OF our coast defenses. The bill then
passed. The proposition to estabtish branch
mint a9 at some Point in the West W. indefinitely
State was taken up, but without action, ad.
journed.
House., Feb 2s.-The new tariff bill
number Of amendments had been
made, one OF which was to restore the income
tax, 1t was reported to the House, when Nj.
UaWeS, on behalf OF the committee OF ways and
means, Withdrew the whole bill, and offered
as substitute bill taxing whisky to be here
after made 80 cents gallon, tobacco and sugar
Is in the awarded bill, and restoring the 10 per
cent. on manufactured goods, ard on that he
moved the previous question, which was seo-
onded and the bill passed. The report Of the
Congressional committee which recently Wis.,
tied Louisiana was received and ordered print
ed. All the members concur in the assertion
that the action of the returning hoard in throw.
Ing out Conservative members was illegal: tie
majority agree that there was nointimidation Of
voters at the Late election, and also to compro-
mise recognizing Kellogg as Governor, and to
give the majority Of the House to the Conser-
vative delegates.
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[From the Minneapolis Tribune.]

The State.i in general, and the Republi.
cans in particular, are to be congratulated
upon this result. Senator Mcmillan is in
every way worthy Of the high honor con.
ferred upon him, and cannot fail to be &C.
ceptable to every section of the State.
He is loyal, staunch and wcll-tried Re.
publican, who is such from principle and
from no impure motive. There has been
no bargaining or trafficking on. his part
to secure the position, and no trades with
office seekers. He owes his election ia
his steadfast adherence to principle, and
to his excellent ability.
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Chicaxo Produce NgarIx..-
Chicago Grain market,

CH1cAao, Feb. %, 1:9oP ?. x.-Wheat steady
e ~ s;9S*as6*o fr March and ssxsexc for
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FRIDAY, Feb. l9.-The President has issued
his proclamation convening the Senate in ex-
tra session from 10 o'clock H. Of the 9Th of
March next, to receive and act upon such
communications as may be made to it by the
executive 80. Lieut.. Baldwin, chief of Gen.
Miles, scouts, just returned from the Indian
country, reports that some tribes are restless
snd dissatisfied, and that apprehensions are
felt Of = renewal of hostilities in the spring go.
By the recent decision of the U. S. Supreme
Court as to the right Of counties to tax eubsid-
izsd railroads in Nebraska, some $300, 900 is to
be paid to the various county treasurers by the
ailroads -. One Ward, representing Grant
parish in the Louisiana Legislature was ex-
PEELED yesterday for disorderly conduct by \
vote OF 40 to 9. .... A negro having been admit
ted to the senior class Of the high school at
New Orleans, 20 out Of 20 in the class left the
school. The President has approved the
Joint resolution Of Congress authorizing Thos.
w. Fitch, engineer of the navy, to accept =
wedding present from the Khedive Of Egypt
to his wife, Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch .. A
fight occurred a. q religious meeting at Will
lard. KY, Wednesday night, in which man
named Rourk was dangerously shot, another
named Rose slightly, and Miss Motley also
wounded, probably fatally .... The English
Parliament yesterday, on motion OF Disraeli,
expelled John Mitchell, recently elected from
Tipperary, Ireland, on the ground that he was
ineligible, being convicted felon.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

SENATE, Feb. 1.-THE vote by which the
bill to grant quit for the Peabody school at St.
Augustine, Pla., was reoonsidered. The Sen
ate then resumed consideration of the resolu-
tion to admit Pinchback, which was discussed
up to the hour of adjournment without reach
ing conclusion at midnight, at which time
the Senate was still in session.
HOUSE, Feb. 17.-Without tzansacting any
general business the House went into commit
s;e Tee Of ths xhole on the tariff bill The discus,
Nessrs: Banning, tc9, Harris, u Brisht' s IN NIB. 3.
lack, Wood, and others, especial objection BE-
ing manifested to the section providing a re-
TRACTION tax on whisky. One or two amend
ments were offered and made, and recess was
taken till 7:30. At the evening session But
ler's telegraph bill was the principal matter
under discussion, which went over without
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SENATE, Feb. 18.-The consideration of Nor
toms reeolution for the admission OF Pinch
back as Senator from Louisiana, continued
through the night of Wednesday and to 4 r.
N. on Thursday. when vote was reached on
motion OF Mr.. Morrill, Of Vermont to lay the
resolution on the table, which was carried,
yeas 80, nays %. The session lssted % hours.
one Senator, Merriam, making speech Of six
pletely exhausted. The Indian appropriation
btllwssthen taken up IT appropf;ates <, ,O9O,-
adjourned. :" IL
/" HoUsf, Feb. 18.-The tariff bilf was taken nm
but without having made much progressit waa
laid aeide. The bill adopting Capt. Eads
jetty plan for deepening the mouth or the Mis-
sissippi passed.
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SATURDAY, Feb. 2O.-The House committee
on Pacific railroads have agreed to report and
recommend the passage of the Texas Pacific
railroad bill. No change was made in its pro-
visions q agreed to by the subcommittee.
The vote on adoption of the subcommittee
report stood against 5.... The Maryland dele.
CATION in Congress yesterday invited Gen. But
lerto deliver the address al he'agricultural fair
next fall, but the General declined, saying he
expected to be In Europe at that time -. A fire
At Port au Prince, on the 18th inst, destroyed
nearly two-thirds Of the city, and rendered
between six and seven hundred families home
len. The loss is estimated at O., ,O00, 900. The
fire originated from an explosion of kerosine.
....A broken rail yesterday threw = train OF
i've cazs on the Pittsburg. Cincinnati & Saint
Louis railroad. over twenty foot embank.
ment near Mango Junction Ohio. The cars
were set on fire by the fall and burned. No
lives were lost.
MONDAY, Feb. 22.--A dispatch from Angus
ia, Ga., says Ike Hooper was executed there
Friday, for the murder Of Howard, white,
Chopper being colored Jon the night OF Dec.
18th, 1873. 80. Brigham Young, who has been
spending the winter in Southern Utah, reach
ed Salt Lake, Saturday .... Patrick Hassett
Of Chicago was arrested Saturday for muir
der committed three years ago. The informa-
ton was furnished by a son named Daniel,
whose arrest and fine for = misdemeanor the
father had caused. The son swore that his
ather chopped the man to pieces. put bis re-
mains in barrel and threw: him into the
river. He Is also said TO have MUIR
dered . man in Paris, Ohio, in
1854 ...... The bill remo-ing the
Capital Of West Virginia from Charleston to
Wheeling has become law by limitation 90.
A verdict has been given against the New
York & New Haven railroad for $4,000 in
favor Of man robbed Of that amount in one
of the oompany's cars, tho court holding that
the company must protect its patrons.
TUESDAY, Feb. 23.-.The glue works Of Wahl
Bros, Chicago, covering eight acres Of ground
were almost completely destroyed by fire yes
terday, together with large amount o. stock,
Loss, exclusive OF insurance, case, 600. One
i, hundred labo,ers were thrown ont Of employ
mens by the fire.. Three hildren
named VBEien, ranging ia age from
eight to eleven years, were frozen to death
in Otsego county, New York, last week. The
children were basket peddler' and were OF.
dered out ON their regular tour ,notwithstand.
ng this terrible cold. The next morning tn.
bodies of the two children were frozen Il
death, the eldest with his arms around tn.
neck Of the youngest .... Washington.
birthday was very generally observet
throughout -. the Union. Probably thl
most significant demonstration was at Nash
vile, Tenn, where the people turned out al
most en- 1sase. md With banners lying, can
non booming, and the music OF many bands
e1-federl and ex.confederate soldiers, thl
blue and the grey, white and black, nnde
command Of an ex-iederal genera, united in,
E grand procession and marohed through Ii
1Etncipd Y streets ..,A train Of oar