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THE WEST.

A DISPATCH from Little Rock, Ark,
dated the Sd inst, says that the bad weather
of the past month injured cotton to an
alarming extent. Not half is picked, and
all that remains in the field is in jured.
A PARTY of Indians, on the 1st inst,
attacked and captured two freight trains on
the Fort Pierre route to the Black Hills
Another party killed three ranchmen at
Speartish, on the same day. The authori-
ties have applied to Gen. Sheridan for aid.
DR.. JOHN r. ALLEN, distinguished
physician, well known Throughout the
northwest died suddenly at Memphis, Tenn,
on the 30th ult., of congestion.
THE Governor of Illinois on the Both
ult., appointed Col. j. n. Reece, of the See
retary of States office, Brigader-G General of
the Second Brigade of Illinois Militia, vice
Gen. +. \. Bates, resigned.
PRIVATE advices, not officially con-
firmed, have been received to the effect that
some LEO of the Indians en- route to the
Missouri river, and now about 100 miles
from their objective point, have stampeded
and left the main body.
EN-CONGRESSMAN r. G.. PARSONS and
Col W. p. Fogg, of Cleveland have pur-
chased the Cleveland Herald for 800, 600
n QUEER case was brought to trial at
st. Louis, on the 2Sth inst, involving the
alleged poisoning and ultimate death of a
little daughter of Wm. G.. Waite, printer
employed on the Republican, and for which
he asks damages against ID. Crawford from
whom some striped stockings were pur.
chased last year, and which were worn by
the deceased child and from the effects OF
which, it is alleged, she was poisoned and
died. The case is attracting general interest.
THOMAS A. STOWE, a well known
journalist and grand master of the ancient
order of united workmen of Ohio, died at
Cleveland, O., on the 2Sth inst.
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CASUALTIES.

A GRAVEL train was wrecked near
Fostorio, Ohio, on the Sd inst, and a con-
ductor named Bradley, killed.
A FIRE at Jackson, Tenn, on the ID
inst, destroyed an entire block of business
houses
WHILE chopping trees few miles
south of Montpelier, Ind, on the 3Oth ult.,
John Wiser, well known farmer was in
stanuy killed by the limb of a tree falling
on him, crushing his skull and killing him
instantly.
ELLIS BRIGGS Touring mill at Rock
Haven, H., with a large amount of grain,
was burned on the 3Oth alt. Loss ST., 900 ;
Insurance $4,000.
A BOAT containing party of immi-
grants was wrecked on the river near Pitts.
burg, Pa, on the 2Sth ult., and five of their
number drowned Another lost his life on
the 29th while attempting to save some
property from the wreck.
EDWARD RowLEY. of Holden, Nc
Lean county, H., fell into kettle of boil
! ing syrup on the 2Sth ult., and was so badly
scalded that he will die.
On the 9th inst, the border mine
near Frostbnrg, Ind, fell in, imprsoning
John Davis and John Hogan. Hundreds OF
men Immediately began digging for them.
| Mrs. E. P. SHALL, proprietor of a
I boarding house at Columbus, O., attempted
to urge along a slow fire by pouring coal
oil on it, on the 2Sth inst, with the usual re-
suit. The lady was seriously and probably
fatally burned.
On the 9th inst, the steamer C. H
Northan, was burned at New York city
Three colored men perished. Loss, s175,.
600.
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ABROAD.

HE Paris Temps says Nj. Dufaur has
been entrusted with the formation of cabi-
n It, and went this afternoon to Versailles to
consult bis friends. At meeting of the
left centre it appeared, in view of the pro-
longation of the crisis, unanimously to be
the opinion at present to refuse to vote the
budget.
The Pope was insenSible for three
hours on the 1st inst, symptom not new,
although the fit was unusually prolonged.
The heaviest fog of the season was
! experienced at London on the lst inst, at
1880 A. NJ. 1t was as dark as midnight for
some time.
GERMANY has Informed Switzerland
that, subjects to the ratification by the Ger
man Parliament, it will contribute an ad-
ditional 100000 toward the st. Gothard
railway.
RICHARD, HOOPER & Sons, wine and
spirit merchants, London, have failed.
Liabilities, 81 100000.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch says the
British fleet which was 10 have left Besika
Bay to winter at Smyrna and Malta, has
been ordered to remain in the bay.
A CORREsPONDENT states that the es-
adjustment of the Roman hierarchy OF
Scotland has been indefinitely postponed.
The report of the committee on
special accounts opened by the De Broglie
ministry during the recent dissolution,
amounting to eighteen millions of francs.
declares the accounts illegal, and that they
cannot be sanctioned by the chamber with.
out compromising the rights of the nation.
ONE HUNDEED persons were arrested
at Paris on the Goth inst, for drunkenness,
raising seditious cries and insulting or re-
sisting the police.
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TWENTY-FOER Turks and Bulgarians
on the oSth, saying they had nothing to eat
there. All the Servian militia have gone to
the frontier.
The Russians were defeated with
heavy loss in an attempt to sieze the june
ton OF roads from OrchanIe and Etropol.
A DISPATCH from Kars, dated the 1st
inst, says the Turks have abandoned khatzu-
bani Heights, near Batoum, and the Russians
have occupied them.
MEHEMET ALI has notified the War
Office that he cannot relieve Plevna unless
strongly reinforced. Great efforts are being
made to reinforce him.
The Russians are raising works against
tt e forts of Erzeroum, and building barracks
for the troops.
A VIENNA correspondent states that
rumors of negotiations for the surrender of
Plevna are contradicted from the Russian
camp itself.
The Russian cavalry have cut the
communications between LON Palanka, be-
low Widin, and the interior. AS the infantry
have now encircled Osman Pasha's army,
the cavalry of Gourko are free to scour the
whole country between Orchanie and Widin,
and they are making good use of their OPP
portunity.
GHAZIE MOUKHTAR PAsHA telegraph
ed from Erzeroum on the 2Sth inst, that the
Russian Bayazid column was encamped be-
tween Zedikan and Karakilssa. Every
thing indicated that the Russians were pre-
pairing to suspend operations and go
into winter quarters. Snow had fallen in
the mountains to the depth of three feet.
THE Turks violently assaulted Tirs-
tenik, Melchka, Polomarka and Kazelevo
on the Goth, but were repulsed at every
point with heavy loss.
THE citadelof Antivari still holds out,
encouraged by assurances of relief by sea.
Turkish iron clads and transports are now
en- route for Antivari.
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THE MARKETS.
New York.

NEW YORK, December 3-3 100 p. NJ
Cotton-1l 5-16@l1 7-16c futures steady.
Flour-Heavy; No. 2 $300@4.20; super
fine, state and western $4.75@52 20; common
to good s535@5.75; good to choice $500
600; white wheat extra $605G16.75: fancy
Sc. .S0aS.23. Wheat-Fair and firm; receipts
162, 900 bus; No. Chicago $l.30; No. Mil
waukee $1.3l@1.31H; No. l spring $l.35
ungraded spring $1.31 No. northwestern
December sl.3o@l.5lH, Rye = Quiet :;
western 74c. Barley-Steady; two rowed
state 67@70c; No. spring S4@ sc; Canada
90@S1.05 Corn-Receipts $4,000 bus; un-
graded western mixed 5S@6334c; steam
mixed December 6l@6lAc; No. 2 December
63Hc. Oats-Dull; receipts 900 bus !;
mixed western and state 35@4lc; white
western do. 39@44c. Petroleum--Crude SC !;
refined BE. Tallow-Steady at 713@734c; /;
Provisions ns-Pork-$13.40. Beef7-Quiet and
steady; western long clear mildles re.
Lard-Firm prime steam $S.42$1S.45. But
ter-Western 9@20c. Cheese-7@12Hc.
Whisky-Steady at $l.10%.
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THE EAST.

SAMUEL BOwLEs, editor of the Spring
field, Mass, RcOubtica'a, who has been i'll for
several weeks, suffered paralysis of the
brain, on the 1st inst. aud his physicians say
that he cannot recover.
The following is the prices of Lacka-
wana coal, per ton of / ,240 pounds, delivered
free on board at Weckawken furnace, New
York: Lump, S2.35; steamer lump, $2.35
CRATE, S2.35; egg, S2.40; stove, $40; chest
nut, $3.50; chestnut No. 2, or pea, $1.75.
AT the election for directors of the
OF the Erie railway company, at New York,
the construction scheme, and of Receiver
Jewett's policy, was elected by votes repre-
senting over $60,000,000 worth of stock
Williams, of the opposition and scattering
representation of the McHenry-Sckles
party, obtained between SIS, 600 and $20, 600
of notes.
SUPERVISORS EGAN, Pashee and Cas-
sill have been indicted for the fraudulent
audit of bills against Renesselear county,
New York, one batch of bills for about $12,-
600 being made up in names of fictitious
persons for work never done. 1t is supposed
that the total amount of illegal bills will
foot up $4,000 for last year alone.
AT New York on the 9th inst, Rob
ert l.. Case, president of the Security Life
Insurance company, convicted of swearing
to false returns made to the superintendent
of insurance, was sentenced to five years in
the sta,e prison.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
A NEGRO laborer shot and killed Mr.

Howell, manager of the Kirby plantations
near Star Landing, Miss, on the Sd inst. A
dispute about wages was the cause of the
fatal deed
CHAs. R. MAGILL, cabinet-maker,
killed his mistress, Mary Kelly, lat Cleve-
land on the I'd inst,
HoRATIo Brown, man SO years Of
age, living near Merrimac, Sauk Co., Wis,
went 10 that village on the evening of the
S0th ult., and deliberately drowned himself
IN the Wisconsin river.
THE body of an unknown man was
found near Indianapolis, Ind, on the 30th
ult. There was pistol wound in the fore
head and one in the left temple, coupled
with broken Jaw and cracked skull, evil
IDENTIFY the work of a budgeon. The pockets
were rif1ed. No clue to the murderer or
identity of the remains.
ABEL F. FIFIELD, late Water Register
OF Cambridge, Mass. has been found guilty
OF emhezZlemcnt upon nine counts.
WM. KELLEY, son of Congressman
Kelley was shot at Philadelphia, Pa, on the
29th ult-, by anegro. The ball entered the
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WASHINGTON,

Mrs. SARAH J. SPENCER and Mrs. Sar-
gent, wife of Senator Sargent, asked the
President to recommend in his message,
legislation by which women would be recog-
nized in foreign as well as in domestic APP
pointments. Also that he recommend an
amendment to the constitution to secure
woman suffrage in the states. The President
replied that at a future time he might state in
writing his views on the subject, but Would
now say that If congress should recommend
such amendment to the constitution ii
would meet his approval.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections, on the 1st inst, by vote of
SIX against three, decided to report resolu-
ton declaring j. B. Eustis entitled to a seat
as senator from Louisiana for the short
term ending March 3, 1879. The following
was the vote: 1eas-Wadleigh, Mitchell,
Hoar, salisbury, Morrison and Hill. Nays,
Cameron, of Wis, Mcmillan and ingalls,.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the operations of the secret service rec
ommend no radical charge in the manage
ment, concede the value of the division,
and pay high tribute to the improved mo
rate of the secret service under the present
management.
The report of the Secretary of the
Navy presents summary of the present
condition of the navy, aud review of it for
the last ten years. The Secretary concludes
that naval legislation has been so fragment
AIRY and in parts so unintelligent as to have
seriously injured the ships and men. He
advocates the creation of frst-class navy
and thinks that the revival of foreign trade
and development of commerce will make a
large navy more essential. The Secretary
recommends an increase in the number and
character OF the vessels, and also favors
liberal appropriation for the Northern navy
yards. He calls attention to the former
mismanagement of the navy appropriations,
and recommends legislation prohibiting the
diversion of one fund TO another.
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XLVth CONGRESS--EXTRA SESSION
Senate.

TUESDAY, November 27.-The sen
ate was in session all night listening TO the testi
mony taken by the committee which visited South
Carolina, Wadleigh holding the floor, yielding
sionay for motiens for recess or adjourn, which
were rejected AT 3 45 A VI. all seats on the Repub-
hcan 5 lde OF the chamber were vacant, and upon
roll call II was discovered that less than quorum
were present. After much talk about compelling
the attendance OF absentees but no definite action
the stray senators came in AT O'Clock, enough TO
make quorum The reading of testimony (at the
request OF Wadleigh, who still held the floor
was continued until O'Clock, when vote a
fact that no quorum was present. Pages were sent
out for the absent members, and quorum again Sc
cured, when the motion rejected, and Wadleigh
Cameron, CT Wis who read brief in favor of Cor
bin, the reading occupying the attention of the SEN
ate till IL NJ when Wadlegh, who held the floor
from 10 O'Clock Monday night, yielded it. Merri-
mon then rose and addressed the senate, arguing
against the presence of federal troops in South Car
olina during the election. Cameron, of Wis,
piled. vote was then taken the amendment,
by Mitchell, providing that Thurman's resolution
be made special order for 1890 to-day, and it
rejected The question then required to the reSo-
luton discharging the committee, 1t agreed
to, yeas %, nays p. Immediately after the vote,
Edmunds ohjecting TO the present consideration of
the credentials, they were laid under the rule
After some further debate relative to adjourn ment
the senate went into executive session, and when
the doors were reopened after continuous session
of twenty-eight hours, adjourned until u O'Clock
Wednesday.
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right cheek and lodged in the back of the
neck. The wound is probably not fatal. The
assailant had been drinking, and shot Kelley
without provocation.
A SPECIAL from Columbia, Tenn,
dated the 9th inst, says Roper alias McGhee
who attempted to rape Miss Bette Temple
ton, was taken from Jail by a mob, who,
after several attempts to lynch him on the
spot, were persuaded to allow a committee of
twenty to take him into the presence of the
lady, and she positively identified him as
the guilty one. He was then taken to the
courthouse, and from the third story.
lynched in the presence of fully 1000 per-
sons.
ALVIN PoE, aged Is years was hor-
ribly carved by Newton Stamps, as is sup
posed, in several places and disemboweled,
in Warren county. KY, on the 25th inst, the
fatal alteration being the result of a joke.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO, December 3-12:00 M.-Flour
Very quiet. Wheat-Steadier at 81 .06E i;
for seller December same; seller January at
$1.074 bid; receipts 100000 bus; ship
ments 27,0O0 bus. Corn-Steady at 42c
for cash; car lots 417sc; receipts 157, 900
bus; shipments II 900 bus. Oats-Dull at
2434c for cash; receipts $4,000 bus ship
ments $4,000 bus. Rye-Quiet at SIC.
Barley-Very quiet; seller January at 81 &c
bid. Pork-Quiet and steadier; seller
January, $11.92H. Lard-Quiet; seller
January, S7.S7K asked. Hogs-Shade
firmer; packers $4.30@4.45.
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A WAsHINGToN dispatch says the sub
treasurer there has been ordered to sell ST.
100000 gold.
THE cabinet on the 9th inst. decided
upon ex-congressman John b. Hawley, of
Illinois, as assistant secretary of the treas
ury to succeed Gov. Mccormick, whose res
IgnatiOn takes effect on the LIST of December.
The cabinet gave attention particularly to
the Presidents message. Heads of depart
ments will not publish their reports until
the day of the meeting of the regular session.
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MiIwAnkQp-

MILWAUKEE, December s. Flour
Market dull and prices nominal, ranging
from $5.25@5.75 on good to choice spring
extras and common at $4.50@5.0O. Wheat
Dull; No. l cash S1.OSk; No. ? sl.0714@
$1.07H: December at Sl.06A@1.075s; Jan
uary at $1.0734@1.077s. Corn-Weak and
firm at 43c. Oats-Very quiet at 24Ac.
Barley-Active at 6613@67c. Rye-At 561a
@57c. Pork-Quiet but firm at $l1.95.
Lard-75s@S4. Hogs-Active at $l30@
4.40
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Foreign.

LONDON, December 3-12 80 p. NJ
Liverpool wheat market opens quiet but
steady. Floating cargoes lower. Mark
Lane slow. Good cargoes mixed American
corn OF coast, at 3Os@30s I'd. English coun-
try markets quiet; French a turn easier.
Farmers deliveries of wheat during the
week 10000 to 45, 900 qrs.
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House.
TUESDAY, November 27.-Banning in

treduced bill providing for the establishment of
ranch mint at Cincinnati: also providing for
the repeal of special taxes imposed upon brew
ers, rectiiers, liquor dealers and saloon keep
Corbett introduced an amendment TO the con-
sttution to give each of the territories and
the District OF Columbia one member
OF Congress- -Crittenden moved to suspend the
rules and adopt his resolution requesting the
President to state what legal impediment prevents
him from executing the laws in relation TO the
Union Pacific railroad and its branches The chair
entertained the motion, and the resolution
adupted-l29 10 41-two-thirds in the affirmative.
Adisurned until Friday
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MANITOWOC
DRY DOCK.

GEN. ORD thinks in ".impolitic" to
chase Mexican cattle thieves across the
Rio Grande with colored troops, "not
because they have shown any want of
bravery, but because their employment
is much more offensive TO the Mexican
inhabitants than that of white soldiers" !"
So hereafter the enemy's country is to be
invaded with troops that are agreeable
to the enemy's taste Graphic.
A PLAY called "The Colorado Beetle"
has been put upon the stage in England
1t ought to run pretty well. Now won't
somebody bring out a grass'opera?-N
y Com. Advertiser
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1T is said that Mr.. John w. Young,
the son of Brigham Young, is hopelessly
bankrupt.
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MODERN marriages, says a cGtempora
ry, begin and end with court.
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Early Governors of Wisconsin.

The territory embraced in the present
state of Wisconsin was formerly a por-
tion of Canada, and under the domina-
tion of the French and English govern
ments. 1t subsequently was included in
the Northwest territory, and was at diff
ferent periods part of the territories of
Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. 1t was
the fifth and last state formed out of the
Northwest territory, under the pro-
visions of the ordinance of 1887. The
following persons have held the office of
civil and military governor, from the
year 1911, when the French government
assumed jurisdiction, to the present time
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NEWSOF THE WEEK.
DEBT STATEMENT.

November statement of the public debt
is as follows:
Six per cent. AS 90 ,e0
Five ner cent bonds ......... 7G3, ,266, ,659
Four and one-balf per cent bonds 100000, 900
Four Der cent bonds ................. 10000, 900
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THURSDAY, November 29.-After the
reading of the journal, consideration resumed
of the resolution for the admission of VIM. Pitt
Kellogg senator from Louisiana, the pending
question being on SaulSbury's amendment to re-
commit the whole subject to the committee on priv
eges and elections with instructions to take testi
mony upon certain charges. long discussion fol-
lowed the rules of the senate and NJ. c. Buffers
case being prominent subjects of debate. Without
action on the amendment the senate went into ex-
ecutive session, and when the doors were reopened
adjourned.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-29
A POWERFUL STRATAGEM OF RHE,

A POWERFUL STRATAGEM OF RHET-
oRIC-Monsieur Chalk d'Est Ange re-
Gently died in Paris. He was one of the
greatest lawyers of France, and his great
est triumph at the bar, and one of the
greatest triumphs ever obtained at the
bar, was achieved in the case of man
called Benoit whom he was prosecuting
for paricide. Benoit had all along per-
sisted in declaring he was innocent, and
there was nothing but circumstantial evil
dence against him. NJ. Chalk d'Est
Ange resolved to employ one of the
most startling and dramatic figures of
rhetoric ever used in court of law.
Turning to the prisoner he placed the
scene of the murder in vivid and strik-
ing language before him:
'There," he cried, sat your father,
quietly reading the paper, near the win
dow. He could not see who came into
the room. You paused one moment and
then raised the batchet-"
"Yes, yes" cried Benoit, "that's it;
that's how l did i'll"
What the repeated interrogatives of
the examining magistrates had failed TO
elicit from the murderer was forced from
him by the eloquence of the barrister.
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By the Late DR.. w. w. Hall.
POIsONs.

Poisons either burn or give other dis
comfort in passing down the throat; these
are organic poisons, and are metallic, de-
stroying the delicate lining of the parts
along which they pass and causing in
flammation more or less painful and dan
gerous, including all strong acids. There
are other poisons which may be swal-
lowed. unawares, as laudanum, paregoric,
morphine and the like.
AS the time for saving life in case of
poisoning sometimes passes within five
minutes or less, every head of family
and every intelligent person should have
some general principles of action, with
GOODNESS of manner, so as to give the
power to act advantageously in any emer-
gency.
or other anodyne-has been taken, all OF
which produce dullness of every grade to
stupor and insensibility, the first point is
to get it out of the stomach as instanta-
neously as possible; put heaping tea
spoonful of salt and as much ground
mustard in half glass of water, stir it
and drink instantly. In moment Of
time violent vomiting takes place, which
should be promoted afterwards by drink
ing warm water, which further dilutes
the poison. In few moments drink
freely of strong coffee; this helps to an
tagonize any of the poison which may re-
main. If the patient seems dull or
sleepy, he should be taken under the
arms by two persons and made to walk
actively until he is fully walked up; if
that cannot be done, put him under the
pump and let the water fall on his head
while sitting up, from distance of two
feet, from pitcher or bucket until he is
fully awake; for if you do not wake him
he dies. In case of organic or metallic
poisoning, scalding the throat in its pas
sage, the first great point is dilution; the
most accessible thing is warm water, but
warm milk is better, and liquid oils or
hogs lard are better still, for they not
only dilute but they soothe and shield
the parts in very grateful manner;
keep on drinking them until free vomit
ing is induced; then swallow the whites
of several fresh eggs, which combine
with the most acrid poisons and form
chemical compounds, harmless and inert,
of any remnant of poison which may be
left after the vomiting. But while these
things are doing, send for physician,
and when he comes tell him all that has
been done and show him what has been
vomited.
For many poisons there are more
specific antidotes than the above; but
most of them are seldom at hand. The
points instantly to be arrived at are, in
painless poisons, to get them out of the
stomach instantly. If painful, dilute
first, cover the burned parts with some
soothing material, as oils, and then get
them out OF the stomach. Strong coffee
and whites of eggs are good for both
kinds of pOisOns.