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CONGRESS-.

The Senate on the 25th passed the bill
providing tor commission to be appointed on
the alcoholic and fermented liquor tra1ac-3O
to 10. Senator Cameron introduced 4 bill to
authorize the construction ofa pontoon bridge
across the Mississippi river between Lacrosse
Minnesota, also = petition from citizens in
Wisconsin Tor the abolition of the United
States Senate.
The committee on Banking reported
lack to the house adversely, three bills
proposing to repeal the 10 per cent. tax on
the circulation Of non-national banks. The
committee ON pensions reported = bill pro-
viding that except in the oase of permanent
specific disabilities no increase Of pensions
Of the surgeons certificate passed. After con
sideration In the committee of the whole, the
centennial appropriation bill was passed BY .
vote Of l46 to l30-li9 Democrats and u Re-
publicans voting against It. The bill provides
that the money shall be- paid back into the
t!ea: nry out Of any balance before any divi-
dend be paid to stockholders.
The Senate, Jan. 26th, passed the
Hoose bill revising the statutes relative to nat
and homestead entries within the limits OF
railroad grants, was then taken up An at-
tempt was made to have the bill referred to \
committee Of ofperfectton, but MT carried. SEN
at0r Howe then moved to exclude from the
operation Of the bill the st. Croix land grant.
Pending discussion, adjourned.
In tho House the bill regulating pos.
tage on Cd class matter, providing that pack
ages OF that class may weigh four pounds, pos-
tage thereon shall BE- one cent for each two
ounces, was passed without division During
the debate Of this bill! there was much crimi.
nation and le-crimination, but it WAS asserted
that the bill as II stood was rushed through
the last session with no possible chance OF con-
sideration.; e = -"
Senator Window, on tho 9th ult., pre-.
sented to the Senate petitions for the improve
ment Of the Red River of the North. A reso-
luton for tho enforcement Of tho provisit n in
the U. p. railroad laws that after three Yeas
from the completion Of said road its lands not
sold shall be offered at price stipulated in
the law, was adopted. The bill to relieve set
tiers on railroad lands, In which 30 many up
on our frontiers are deeply interested. was
passed by vote OF ~ to 8, and goes to the
The House WAS asked to correct the
t1oo0rlle regazdinG i0putations made aeainst
Fthe oIe1k By ur: hite, ofKy., but correction
wai refused. 31hs House then vent into COM oanI.
mittee Of tho whole on tho military aosiemv
bill. after which itadjuurned. ,:@@ -
On the 18th, in the Senate, the House
bill regulating third. .claas postage, was read
and Referred The House Centennial appro.
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THE NEWS RECORD. =,
GRIMES sANDoR1szlNALs..

- ~80 3030kVA 40s
In tho superior court At New York. on
the 2sth, Lucius W. Pond. The man vhose
Wholesale forge1,es created 80 much surpri,e
and excitement, Withdrew his plea OF not
guilty and was sentenced to fifteen years in
the State prison. There are still thirtv.tvo
indictments against him.
A. G. Hesings editor of the Staafs.Z Zei.
e*ns' and Jacob Rehm, ox-polioe superintend-
ent Of Chicago. were indicted by the grand
jury in the United States District Court on the
10Th. for conspiracy in connection with tho
whisky frauds. The bail Of Hesing was fixed
at s7O, 900 and that ofRehm 1t $4,000.
John Scannell Of New York, the mur-
rot Donahpe, acqaitted on the plea Of in
sanity and sent to the Utica insane asylum,
appears to be in a fair way OF recovering his
liberty. He was tbe other day subjected to a
thorough medical examination and pronounced
perfectly sane, aud his discharge, it is
now said, will speedily follow.
The amount Of forgcries of E. D. Wins.
low OF Boston, loot up in the neighborhood of
$4,000. Tie principal sufferers are w. E.
Shel for sll4.o00: Leopold Mone go, 600;
b. +. Hays @a5, 900. 1t is believed Wipslow
with his family sailed for Brazil Saturday the
29d. Up to the present time no effort has
been made to secure his arrest
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Law In Kentucky.
Warren County (Ky.) Pantagraph. ]

A"o1eA Souuty AAyJ E1ntA8EaPn.l
A young lawyer of this county made
his maiden speech in defence of man
charged with hogs.ealing. A gentle nan
who was present gives this as : literal
report Of the speech: .tGcntlemen Of the
Jury: My client is no more guilty Of
stealing that hog than frog amt got no
tail" I thank You for your attention.
Of course the man was acquitted. 4 gen.
tleman Of this county who Was elected
Magistrate last May, and who was not
altogetherIamiliaz with legal terms, had
the following proceedings in bis court:
Two = torneys, representing opposite
parties. had agreed to have their case
dismissed SO that it light he brought up
again, if found necessary. In accordance
with the agreement, ono OF the attorneys
addressed the Court, asking that the case
be dismissed with prejudice = 9 Certainly
sir, certainly that was what I was going.
to do, for I h.ve no prejudice against
either one Of the parties s'But, Judge,
you don't understand me. I want
ss4cs, I do understand you. i dismiss
the case. and assure you that I like one
Of the parties just rs veil IS the
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GENERAL mATTEles..


Heavy and continuous fighting between
the Carlists and national forces was reported
on the 2sth IN the vicinity of San Sebastian.
A Philadelphia dispatch Of the 26th
says the coal exchange has decided, in conse.
quence Of the glut of the market, to stop all
mining from the 7th Of February to the nth
OF March inclusive.
The Insurgent leaders in Herzegovina,
have issued proclamation declining to &C.
ceptthe Austrian programme Of settlement,
though backed by the powers, and calling tor
the friends Of liberty II answer Il with a. con-
tlnuanoe In OF the war and by stouter resistance.
s,, The grand Jury of Denver, COL. has
returned indictments for murder against eight
ofthe Italians who are believed to have butch.
cred eight oftheir ooun,rymen In that citv
last fall. II IL believed seven Of them will be
convicted oftha amurder.
The London Times has letters from
Constantjnople which gives. details of the
great suffering among American Christians
from, the cruelty OF the Turkish rulers, and
the unrestrained rapine, Of the Koords. Many
ofthe Christians are protesting conversion, IN
hope d escaping oppression. Il: ~ = ..::'.-- !
There IS now going on third rush 'ol
migration BY negroes of Tennessee, wkosatt
induced to go to Kansas BY Representatives.: o
agents OF the land: grant tTallrofds Of thatsst4te
Last year and the year Before thousand5 O
Tennessee negroes hocked into Ksueas, mos
totfwhou havs found their way hack, dispirited
and poorer than ever before. tsisi %t :5ssss
re Ths total of now rail WAYS constructed
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man went here by the name;of Gus Erick.
son, and had been in his employ since
September last, driving wood cart. BE
was good workman, but after hin dsrsi
work was over, he would 70 off and drink,
sometimes remaining. out all niaht. And
f frequently not retnlnhe iof s1da5er two. @
On the 18th Of this month he DISCHARGED
him and paid hin, lll th{t WAS due. wh;ch
x.s the small sun of a5..oS Fl fuesdsv .,'
last about 4 p. NJ he met Erickson on
me .. corner Of Fourth avenue south ma
I1ird street, and talked with him. ia
SAD that Erickson was single man, and
M ~ Ga the dey e. Of l the m murder had 500
"A man BY the name of Linquist has
besn arrested on suspicion. He is now
N aths slock'upsE kiuiuists :asniesz ,tk,
charge, but says he, can + fell Whd
the parties are that didstko deed. Mike
hoy has the picture ofthc murdered man.
and UP to this he has been: identified by
Z great'many. : - 2s...s: !: =. 49,. =,
The man arrested :confcsses, but saws
the other man did the deed. He saws
Erickson threatened. to kill tho man who
murdered him., and that the murderer
came all the way from Hastings with the
knife to kill him with. = =,
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Murder at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Letter, Jan. 28th.

Our citizens were horrified by the dis.
covcry yesterday afternoon that one of
the most fiendish murders of The day
had been committed in our city. The
terrible deed was discovered by Mr..
George H. Andrews. This gentleman,
about three o'clock in the afternoon, was
crossing the marsh which lies between
Fifth street southeast and the Como road.
and while passing throug ID c!ump Of trees
a few rods in the rear of Isaac McNair' 8
residence on Fifth street, he discovered
the body of respectfully clothed man,
living upon his face, dead.
The body was lying face downward.
Upon being turned over the face of fair
complexioncd man was disclosed, with
light hair and chin whiskers,, apparently
from 81 to 30 years of age. He was
clothed in \ suit Of black pantaloons,
white shirt with three gold studs and no
collar, q heavy snuff:colored coat, and
probably stood in life about S feet 8
inches in height. In one Of his pockets =
wallet, empty, was found, and in the
other an ordinary clasp knife.
The exact time Of the preparation of
this terrible deed Of blood cannot be told,
further than that it was since the snow
Of Friday, probably Saturday. or Sunday.
As said above, it was evidently commit
ted by two men, the tracks in the snow
showing three men. entered the grove,
while there were but two leading out from
the fatal spot, where within fifteen feet
Of where the body lay; the knife with
which the horrible deed WAS committed,
was found.
This morning the body was brought to
the undertaking establishment Of Warner
l. McCleavc, and laid out for. sidentifica.
ton. 1T was not long before this was done
by his former employ or sMr.W orthingham
This man is dealer in wood and coal
and has an Office on the corner Of Fourth
avenue south. He says the murdered
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Protecting Foreets.

Mr.. Dunnell, of the First Minnesota
District, has presented = bill providing
for the appointment Of commissioner to
inquire into the destruction of forests,
and to ascertain what measures are nee.
essary to preserve the timber. The bill
is now before the House committee on
Public Lands. It is beyond ques.
tion that there always has been = most
wanton and reckless waste of timber, and
unless some measures arc taken to renew
forests and limit the use Of those al.
ready in existence to what is reasonably
necessary, the country will, at no distant
day, find itself seriously crippled.
Whether Mr.. Dunnell's measure is tho
wisest action which could be taken, We
are not prepared to say, but it is in the
right direction, in that it points public
attention to the Importance Of some pre-
cautionary legislation, The bill is as
Is follows: -, 49,.
Be it e.acted, etc., That the President be
and he is hereby authorized and required to
appoint, by and with the advice and consent
OF the Senate, man of approved attainments,
who Is practically we'll acquainted with meth
DDS OF statistical inquiry, and who has evinoed
an intimate acquaintance with questions re-
!atins TO the national wants in regard to tim
bel, and with the measures that may be best
calculated TO meet these wants as they arise, to
be Commissioner OF Forestry.
| SEC. 2. = That 1t shall be the duty O! said
|commissioner, under tho direction Of the Sec
retary OF the Interior, to prosecute investiga-
tions aud inquiries, with the view Of ascertain
ing the annual amount OF consumption, i'm
Portation and exportation Of timber and other
forest products, the probable supply for future
wants, the means best adapted to their preser-
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Pc lISONAL MATTERS

PERSONAL MATTE KS.
A telegram from Rome says Cardinal
Antonelli il convalescent.
David A. Jerome, Of Michigan, has
been appointed member Of the Board of In-
dian Commissioners.
The Virginia Republican association of
Washington have passed resolutions in favor
OF Blaine for President.
An Amsterdam dispatch says King
William formally opened at the Amsterdam
Crystal Palace, on the 25th, the exposition of
articles destined for the Philadelphia Centen-
nial.
Ernst Wiegand Of Houston county,
Minn., was instantly killed At La
Crosse, Wis., ON the 25th, by run
away team. He was thrown against
the tail-board of the wagon breaking his
neck.
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Ooservattons In -Four Years Travel
i'm the Northwest.
rssWanderinp Yanlrees, IN Ch;ooao v.,..'

In the Northwest.
["Wandering Yankee" to Chicago Inter.
| Oceanl
lhave been travelling for the past four
years in the Northwest. have stopped
IN the different towns from one to three
weeks, and have observed things that
most people would not see, and if the re.
suits are Of any interest to you use them:
The largest planning mill is in Minncapo.
lis; best schools and churches at Roches.
ter, Minnesota; there are seven hundred
lakes in Minnesota; biggest braga in Du.
luth; prettiest girls in Washington, Iowa;
finest buildings III Chicago; richest little
town Ripon. Wis; wickedest men in Keo.
kuk, Iowa; most bald headed men in st.
Louis; the most profanity in Wisconsin;
the poorest coffee in Minnesota; the
busiest men and most energy in Chicago;
meanest railroad men in Wisconsin
most infidels, at Sparta, Wis.,; the red.
head.ist girl, i'll Dubuque; the best no.
tells, in Iowa the meanest man, at Coun.
Gil Bluffs; most Norwegians, in Minncso.
ta; most Germans. in Wisconsin; the
healthiest town, Iowa City; most wide.
stupid arc cabinet.makers most money
and least energy. in st. Louis !; busiest
village and most money, Recdsburg,
Wis.,; most mineral springs, in Wiscon-
sin; polite railroad employees, scarce );
Sunday least observed in: New Ulm,
Mimi. prettiest town and dullest, Beay-
er Dam, Wis.,; largest farmers, in Mime.
sofa; meanest landlord, in Fort Dodge ;
greatest beer-guzzlers, Milwaukee; hard
est boys, Davenport, lows; best hotel,
has not been found; india rubber
beefsteaks, everywhere if you
want to commit suicide and
dread to do so 90 to Duluth.
The strictly honest man has not been
found. Minnesota is the poorest place
for Aardshell Baptists in the winter, as
the ponds freeze solid, and the converts
won t keep until spring; so the Mctho-
dists get them. Green county, Wis, has
the largest stcranberry marshes, one firm
at Berlin employing 1000 men and boys
in picking time. They call. sheboygan
the ''Ever: Green City," and is certainly
truly named. The weather at 40 in Min
ncsota in that dry atmosphere does not
appear as cold as at 10 in Illinois. The
quiet and Stiffness Of Detroit, Michigan,
makes it good place to 60 to die. There
should be fairs in every State for land
lords, where they could meet and discuss
how to make coffee and cook becfsteaks. I
have observed that where the whisky Gle
ment rules in towns, morality and relig.
ion need missionaries. find too mani
churches in small towns employing pool
and cheap preachers, with slim attend.
ance; if al would unite and employ a
smart preacher, and preach Christ in.
stead Of creeds, they would have full
houses and good sermons :>>.
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Commercial Mastcrs.

Commercial Matters.
There Is n. thing new in flour OF grain, bus
iness tor day or two past having been very
quiet in these commodities.
GROUND FERD.--Continues in fair demand
At $9o to consumers for No. qualities, free on
hoard. Large lots arc Offering to dealers at
$3.50.
EGGS are abundant and in not very brisk
only tair demand at 20c for fresh laid, in casla
and tubs.
DREssED Hoes.--The market is active and
frm, packers and dealers being brisk competi.
tors. Several lots have hcen taken by out Of
town buyers. but we hear OF no recent ship
ments to Milwaukee or Chicago. For very
fine lots as high As 37.45 has been paid since
our last report; but most sof the sales have
been at 8. .so97. a5 for prime heavy hogs, and
$7.l097.25 for light.
DRESSED BEEP--Receipts have somewhat
increased within day or two. but the supply
is not equal to the demand, and therefore
prices are unusually firm. Good to choice
qualities have sold At 6X@6c for sides. Buyers
Of small lots are compelled to pay more, the
above prices being about what owners realize,
less commissions.
PouLTRY-Chickens are scarce and wanted
at 8@sxc, according to quality, and some lots
Of very ane have sold as high xs lUc. Turkeys
are not called for 70 freely as chickens, and
sell at 9x@l0x, very good specimens being
offered at l0c. Geese and tame ducks are
dull at 1885,
PRov1sloNs-Mess pork is in good demand
and firm at el9. .5o@l9.75 for job and small
lots from second hands, but the stock is accu-
mulating, the active operations of the packers
producing barreled meats faster than they are
now wanted for consumption. There is,
however, no possibility of decline in value
unless other markets first reduce prices, or an-
less dressed hogs fall. Smoked meats are in
fair demand and unchanged in price, hams,
city cured, selling at 1a@l3Xc.
MlLwAuxEE, Feb. !.
1890 P. Addressed hogs e8 IS per cwt
1P.M.. Wheat dull; No. @l.07x; extra
Clip; hard sl.l6, No. 2 9sxc; January ssxc;
February ssc; March s9Xc; May 81 .06x. Bar
ley dull At s4c cash, January and February.
CHICAGO, Feb. /.
1850 A. M.--Estimated receipts OF hogs $500;
market active and firm and 5@iOc higher on
packing and lo@l6c on light; packers are pay
ing S7.a6@7. .66 for common to choice; the bulk
OF sales are at >7.4507.6o; light selling at
>7.66@7.66 and shippers paying q. .4o@7 10 for
heavy. Cattle quiet and firm; receipts 5000.
1:2O p. m.-Wheat unsettled at 96xc for
February or March. Corn duh At 40X@4Ox
for January, and 45x@45X for May. Oats
quiet At 30x030Xc cash or January, and
3lx@sl xc for April. Barley closes at Tic for
February.
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INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.
The famous race horse Gladiator is

The famous race horse Gladiator is
dead.
Charlestown, W. Va, was the scene ol
three lynchings on the gath. Early in the
day Thomas Hines and William Dooley had
an alteration resulting in the death OF the
latter. Later, Hines, who had been locked up,
was taken from Jail aud hanged by = mob Of
negroes. The same day Dawson and Estep,
charged with the murder Of Lee, were taken
from Jail by mob Of zoo men and hanged.
A Salt Lake telegram Of the 25th says
news from Fort Pease, ON the Yellowstone
river, is that sitting Bulls band Of Sioux at
tackled party near Fort Pease, on the I'd Of
January, killing one man and wounding five
others. Eight horses we're also killed. An
other party Of nine men are cut off from the
tort ny the Indians, who number several hum
dred. It is feared the entire garrison will be
massacred unless speedily assisted.
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POLITICAL.

POLITICAL.
The Ohio Senate has rejected the bill
imposing fine Of S50 for profane swearing or
personal abuse, whether spoken or pub
lished.
The Ontario Legislature has defeated
by small majority the bill giving women the
right to vote at municipal elections and on
many bylaws.
The House Of the Kansas Legislature
on the 25th passed a resolution by q vote Of
81 to IL, thanking the Republicans in Con-
gress Tor defeating the bill granting amnesty
to Jet Davis.
A Jackson, Miss, telegram Of the Goth,
says it is reported the legislative committee
have evidence rendering the impeachment Of
Lieutenant Governor Davis certain There Is
no question about Superintendent Of Educa-
tioa Cardoza's guilt. He will certainly be re-
moved The committee investigating the case
OF Governor Ames are reticent. Notwithstand-
Ing the voluminous testimony the impression
prevails that the impeachment will not be
pressed, as conviction is regarded as unoer-
tain.
Secretary Bristow, in answer to the
Senate resolution gives the sums due to the
government from the Pacific railroads tor the
bper centums Of their net earnings required
under the law, for which. the company's hav-
ing neglected TO pay, suits have been com
nlenced: Nov. -, 1874, Union Pacific COM
pany, o., ,,o4o,o66: Nov. IA, 1874, Kansas Pacific
company, $3os, ,sa; Nov. IA, 1874, Atlantic
branch Of the Union Pacific, ~, 1877; Oct. 81,
1874, Sioux City & Pacific, 81, ,lo4; Nov. -,
1874, Central Pacific, 81 ,836, ,63S.
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society ,hereIre Episcopalisps: iMopey
however does not rulc Sankey's great
choir of 1000 vcices, which fill the Hin.
|podrome as with the roar. of the ocean.
and in which that Of one rich man Would
60. for nothing. :aHf'* = 5.*"'''Stt
Nine ;Brignoii, nee McOulloch, form.
erly = South Carolina belle,a..,. has been
singing at ST. Stephens (Catholic)
where she has been much admired, but is
at present the leading Soprano, of Grace
church,. Returning also for short time
to opera (her proper sphere) she sings
in !! soma prominent .roles With ~Mne nj
items. RosAtlNE MAJ
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An Irishman was asked to define an
Irish Bull. to which he replied: When
you SEQ two COWS lying down in field,
the one that is standing up IS the bull. :,
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zsSa tfal2nta5-95F 80 tsajzjaswts .7ssEtjsasa.
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l came very near getting offended at
that man Whist for, asked asby.standere
Because he called me liar, and knocked
me down stairs. It wouldn't have taken
much moro to have made mo real mad
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). ! |Es
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appear just half her age, but space does
not permit further detail in regard to 50
delicate matter. In the near future the
subject may be resumed. At present, a
word as to
HOW THEY MANAGE CHOIRs,
Not an uncommon and seemingly limo.
cent diversion on the part of our rich
men is to 'srun" church choir-alwavs
that of some fashionable church. Let it
not be presumed that knowledge of mu.
sic is necessary. Greenbacks accomplish
the work more satisfactorily than any
degree Of acquaintance with the divine
art, and, provided pewholder be Willing
and able to pay for it. he may easily
build up = reputation as = musical critic,
and lord it over quaking organists and
singers. The more. profoundly ignorant,
the better 'judge," in his own opinion;
and to see artists, who have spent years
in study, brought up to be criticized by
one of these white-whiskcred dig.
|nitaries fresh from Wall stree,
is one Of those absurd facts
which do not startle US, because We are
accustomed to them. Sometimes the
money bags are distributed among . hsli
dozen, who unite their forces, and criti.
else in . body, the richest ono of course,
being the chairman of tho committee
Rufus Hatch has for years !. past
managed" the music 1T Christ Church,
and VIM. +. Dodge, Jr., not only runs
the choir Of St. BartholemeW's, but il
himself the orgsnist; both Of tho shove
hpinor vnrv fach;nna hlA nh,,..1 ~.
The Red Cloud chief., 1876-08-17

Ben Butler ha- accepted the nor
iuatgn for "nrre- FTofercd b he
republicans Of the III district. Thi>
lookr a. if Na-gachu-ctta wcre rapidly
getting over it. m.uilin sen,imr n~taII,y
and becoming practical and worldly
WISE once. Ga Ben viii fll Blaine
place 10 the House with a. much ter
ror,o TIC 1cmocrats a. Jimmy himself
iu~i,jr.d.