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would not be possible for him to be here during
the extra session Of the Senate.
Mr.. Edmunds-lcs, but there Is always a
MIR. Whytc-Ycs but thcrc is always deli.
cacy which prevails in this body and offered
the solution To- relieve the senator rom orr
eon Mr. Mtchclp who might feel dclicacy in
Mr. Edmund4 argued that this was tho fret
instance in the history Of the Srnat" in which
an attempt had been uadcto instruct commit
tee to report upon un important uuo stlon wthln
agivcn numhcr of days. -,
Mr. Wadlogh slii tn. ,eommili"c had exam
incd the credentials Of MIR. Kellogg; and thy
were prepared TO report that Mr. Kellogg had
MIR salisbury Dem. DELI sgid h. did not
hr"ve any delay was nee ssarf. II had been
said that the commi.tce was prepared to report
to state that there WAS minority report to DO
Th"amcndncnt of Mr.. whytc was rcjcctcdby
n vote Of yeas ~. nays 80. ~ follows.
rita'I-Mes,r. r,icy nq,ngm, Bey3rd ngck 'okg ,,
'n t m4r, ,,r,nqI Ni , i.,S' Mx NTH.
mon Morgan Randolph. Ransom. saui'hury Thurman.
Nars Mcs.r. wilson. Aniionv blaine, Booth Bruce.
Mancv ,,nkhn;i con.'.r, Dawr- Dorsey Emun =
wool MILAN. Matthew. Niicmn. Morrill,. o. Icsly.
icucf. Wajict-h-55'
MIR. Conkling said thcrc had boon some doub,
oppressed ~ t. whether the credentials ut Nr.
kel logg were still before the committee. aud he
therefore proposed to add TO the resolution the
following:
Tc crcicncal. Of william Kellogg claiming tho cat
committee, and now bcin. before it.
Mr.. Conklng said he offered this amendment
so ms to make II Clearly manifest 10 the commit
tee that it should report on the case of Mr.. KEEL
loa.g as we'll as that OF Mr.. Spoilurl
Mr. Thurman said thnt the iiity-ninth rule
was only for a regular session of Congress. 1t
| proVidn Il that papers before committee At the
end OF the first session OF Congress should bc
returned 20 the respective committees ~ the
| urNt succeeding session: hut panrrS before n
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Srw YoRK. Thursday. oct lS.-Rcceipts o,
beet cattle to-day wcrr ~ car loi ar Oh honi making
u total ut 3t5u since Monday against f.3lj Tor the
RESPONDING time last week. some li Use SELLERS g re
asking small advance. aud hat their stock on head
when the market closed. others. who were willn Ia
accept yesterday prices closed uu early and the tone
the market tribe stronger than either yes"r
day Monday. Common 60 talg tcrs and oxen inclui
Ml Texas. Cherokee md Colorado cattle ranged from
- tn 10 10 dress a, d y, good 20 prime do fro IN
iu5.c TO II a. 10 drr-- idf - Ns
Receipts OF calves i.O2p head making IA Sncs
Monday. against 1880 for the -eur uiur last wrrk
Market shade nrncr with fair trudc at isesc. n
Tor Neals. amt sat, tor gru~."rS
Rec, ipt- sheep and lambs were - ar loads or sc
head making II go since MONDAY AGAINST ~ Nn for ne
time last week SLOW sales az about former h.nre
the common report from both BUYERS AMI sellers
Common 90 good sheen ranged from &c e. Size T. 10
ordinary to lfino amts from tote n b some very
pour lambs went t. low H. sc "a N
Receipts OF ugt o tN were - car Loads nr a'fn hngs
making TO since Monday. AGAINST - ~ tor the -na
tone last week Market iHrlN steady az - ylfstti a
lnu NJ for live hos. with sales OF tilnhiu hos iTu Ms
AVERAGE - ~ = inp hs a. Stap do ~ n, at 500;
and - do. .7s rs. at 4j.tO
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Mystery Regarding the Great Leader. saigo
The Mikado's Twelve Extra wives

SAN FRANc1sco. Oct. 1s.-Yokahoma dates
are to the goth Of September. The chief ncws Is
Of the overthrow Of the rebellion. The last on
gngemcnt occurred on the oath VI September at
kngoshima whore Saigo and his followers
made their final stand. on the worry spot whore
tho insurrcction had been organized. The fntc
Of Sago is still singular mystery. His re-
mains cannot be found and although this fact
is by no means certain evidence that he did not
direct the movements of the last revolt. many
persons declare loudly that he had no control in
the affair." and that either I've was notthcrc at all.
or had been hold in bondage from the begin
ming by the real Insurgents. and finally killed
10y the very men who pretended 10 be led by
him This theory has long been entertained by
an influential minority Of nigh officials. and is
hnend mon tho fact that Saigo was never
proved. 10y evidence. TO have taken an active
part in any battle during the whole rcbell ion.
The more common conviction is opposed to
this idea, hut the doubt ~ nVltating the native
cOnmunify There il great popular anxiety
for the solution Of this mystery The other
chiefs were either slain or captured or COM
IN imperial Prince wos born Sept, % to .hc
Emperor by one of tn" twelve subordinate
mothers. named Vanguard. daughtero OF an
ancient and Influential house OF the old kiuto
nobility. BY II traditional law Of japan the
Mikado has twelve wives in addition to the
legitimate Empress. fhis is to provide for con-
! tulen"ics Of non succession. NJ disgrace at
| tnrLra To- the position W n suhorlinatn mother
| and il Is believed that the purity of tho un-
| broken descent for nearly three thousand years
! is owing to this custom. But IA me present
| state Of opinion there arc many objections To
| the custom and probably the system Will not he
! continued after This reign II the presen; En-
! press had children the custom would be abol-
| NV negotiation have been opened between
! japan and Corcl respecting the ports to ho un,
| closed IN the latter country TO the commerce Of
! the furmcr II wis recently arranged that two
poris should hc op"nei in O ioLer, ono, on tue
cast "oa-i i'm Int 30 10 long ~ 30 ia" other
/
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OIL MEN PREPARING TO TTGHT.
What MAY Follow the PENNSYLVANIA Rail-
ron,I,s NJ ost Recent AcquisitIon.

The sale of the Empire Oil Transportation
Line to the Pennsylvania Railroad for sl.6OO.OoO
was n leading topic down town yesterday
Tho sale was according to many oil producers
and refncrs the result OF q concerted arrange
mcnt to give the Standard Oil Company control
OF all the oil shipped to the seaboard from the
oil regions OF Pennsylvania. There are only
four trunk lines that transport oil from Penn
sylvania to the scnboard, namely; The New
York Central the Eric. the Baltimore and Ohio.
and the Empire tor Pennsylvania Railroad lines.
The first mentioned lines have for n
long time been extensively used by
the Standard Company. Tho Empire
Line has Just been acquired by that COM
pany. and producers and reflncrs. outside OF
the Standard Company have no way Of trans
porting their oil TO this or other cities on the
Atlantic coast. There Is. consequently. II panic
among the oil mon VINO are not in what they
designate AZ the Ring
There was n meeting yesterday Of the out
siders. and "a committee is to meet Col. Scott in
What "A reporter Tor THE Sux inquired Of
one Of the outsiders will be the direct effect ot
the snle OF thu, Empire Line to IL STANDARD OH
rciincrs and I'll producers who are not III what
is called the RingW
We are entirely in the grip of this, gigantic
monopoly They boast OF II capital OF 500;
9DOoOO ana NIX c@ntr2 gv9ry En9 en- q 2'
the Baltimore and Ohio. and the Empire
Lines. which latter line has just passed into the
Pennsylvania Railroads absolute possess ion.
II the oil producers quietly submit to any such
combination | am greatly mistaken. This
Standard Oil Company has the same object in
vicw and is controlled by the same persons
who were connected with the South Improve
mcnt Company which was so inasoriously dis
| banded by the Legislature of PennsylNnnia
| years ago. II has been rumorcd that MIR. W m.
| II. Vanderbilt WIS some time ago large owner
| OF Standard Oil Company stock. Blanchard oi
the Eric hallway. DevercauN of the Atllnti and
| Great Western. and OIL 'crs OF the Baltimore
| and Ohio kairoads. Il is said are interested ~
| the Standard Company. Mr. Vanderbilt has. |
| believe. sold his stock. some say that ne, or
| several II his friends. took United Pipe Line
| sto H. and that il about the same as STANDARD.
| 1t IL rumOrcd that Mr.. Vanderbilt forced Col.
Scott to buy the Empire oil Line and sell i to
! the Standard Oh Company. | feel satisfied,
however. that. II this is the fact, he Mr. Wand r.
| hliU did 50 under Il grave mi.apprehcnslon
| Mr.. Vanderbilt has the int rest Of the Nsw ork
Central at heart. aud he will not be- fnrgrtlul OF
| the puplc's intcrU sis. | firmly believe that
when the facts OF this case are laid hriure him
he viii set b : face against i rs an Illegal com,
| hinatiOn which, II successful viii ruin all oil
producers and reiiners outside the Ring.
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Mlnll mnlnMo1rA rlerMls.
Now She Got Nancy 'r"m GcraNmen and
Other. under False Prctence-

Maria MDDcrmott, fair black-eyod
%. .n. Woman. dressed neatly and wearing
l.uas Ali. oyer wlii was currd an ostrich
.o.tnor. WIS tho prisoner in the court Of Ses-
-ou- u Bropkbn yesterday. 90 ansgor rh1rcc
OF obtaining money undrr false protonros.
After hrr unrest. some time ago. the police
oarnol tint sho hnd o'gl't uliu9 8. nnd that she
breed i'.u l every section of tue city, paying %
f.u,u. confidence enme. She had obtained
money from tho linv. John pirkoronl th" Rev.
! lltnf Smith. whose -tmi ihlc- had been en-
u-. q Oy l'r eloquent story of distress. Shr
r'lr'eeut"d 10 thr tupnrutrudcnt 0i ilymouh
Hu'lrl that she had Doe. % sent e. him b. Mr..
b t'.r"r. aud hr gave lcruld.
llH lubI 'tmrut nuirr witch sh" WIS tried
y'.' relay WIS iir Obtaining money from Ih"o-
d'r'Co u.u los r"prD-"i TINA. tuW she had sick
huinrr uuu a tnn~uuti -" hrOthol in tnr i'ur-
W' M nOu- iNurl FIRST -lrr.t who Woull
y 'uru "a lltI tlo s'r'Dt If she dId not collect
money enough Zoo pas the rrut. She got II from
u.n.. H lIt" ruu lrNN 'th'rs. II wus alter
Wrl "un.d il.u u' number which she gaye
WH' nI i'Nt "i 70 tenement house. hut oi woOd
ynlL lA' Iu, returned "a Nordl" oi guilty,
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THURSDAY. Oct 1s.-FIoun AND MrN.-The
near maIkc' continues very dHli and rrc,' are Wiki
spring wlcStcsiras, s, 7Sss6 DO * and xxx ta259
$50 winter wheat extras - S,stSs - 90 . Ak sn1
shipping extras s5GOasu %. southern bakers and lam.
~ sr"e nrn s. .",gH ;sRE -
Rye -four wnesi 1 esH s'tt { ss rye
CorioN spots were qugi ard uhanscd sle c,U "as
snlf nid Ling "Iapns II l r nriser ic
Gov SoScmncr ii osc OK Deccmb.r oac IoT Iannary
Ann sales iniarc delivery. 3i,ro balos Receipts
Pnovrsiovs-Pork lower with sales ~ 100 hhs mess AZ
SD 2nasll - on the SPOT, aud 80 hbis for January AZ
Beef quiet bacon nomnai a, ssssac tor western aud
e i @eS G'S"y Sg %i S' S . 'i Lard eS y
n n' al ,s ~ nr r ,i , sna a. on ST ~e
t. eh9ge Mscrn s4I .sr ,qT , onsS 81 7 a,
,hs year aud s@72 Tor January pc--ihoss steady a
q sisie Ia u IVA aud arsnl a35c western do do u
a sic. Uhccse dun state factory io@i1'lc.' western
GnAiN-whcnt lower, and active At the decline; sale.
sr &c Ps sr %s 81 gsg }'S 81 80 H at
sl5ols or so Whit aud for niurc delivery 2oi,v
s ~ a., = 3t , ie 81 g% y rrs wr,rr " l,
october Al - FOR November barley 'arS active
sales 1900 bust. a. 5,c Tor prime state ",d s-ssae
4iVobush ut aaa35 &C Tor western mixed; sieioc ics
White Dc" incisins Graded So a IS, cr mixed and
5c Tor White n,o no. 2.hcny" % n , rp'n n, 70
bush at5s@dn &C. for Western mixed, inciulng steamer
mixed At So. g. and for nliure delivery a"nn bush,
including No mixed AZ 1i,c tor October VJ'lc Tor
| NoN,nhcf and ~ iir for December
Groctufs--Raw dul At Sdps'fc. for itir 10
good refining sales 2oo hid. part centrifugal At &c.
Refined IN lair demand ~ 10 loll ipr hards AMI w.
for standard RIO coffee dun AMI weak ~ 10 -
iOisc pud. sales XXI bagscX Pckn ri ls',c Molas-"s
quiet at Yesterday prices Rice IN iaf demand at 80
| 74c. for domestic
suNnKIts-Ocean freight were luct hut Arm. gram 10
Iiycrpo. hy steam was quoted AZ To- chee So token ~
- and gram 10 London by steam ~ -h@hi gram TO
c"fn 'or orders a. q, ~ y" lo "s, s" :" D., -,
dun anl nominal ljc TOR refined and ser Tor crude:
Ruu nuri and unchnugcd sales HI bbl- good strained
At 81 y safl ~ Spirits tnrpeniinc lul II 80 % hle
sold un dock - Hfi,c Whlkov qn.c NJ 81 ii's TAN W
STEADY; sales 500 n at ,7sc manly ut tie lower
| llift
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couniDING 4 snRylNE
Flight after IA Hint that such Acts are Pun
Ishcd In Sew York.

An officer Of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to children. who had been summoned
to 9U6 Wavrrley place. found in Mrs. Clarke's
apartments mulalto rir named Anna Barn
we'll. If years Of age The chld's hands were
tied together with a cord. she was nude 60 the
waist. ana her shoulders wero searrcd and
h,.diug Slo-lld thHt hrr aunt, Ipui-a Samp-
son. hluuENf hor iluti Savannah e. This city IN
Nav lp-i and required hrr Co Nur, about tNr
house, fu.i tin' iur tAa first tow Wrrh- -Nr usr !
her kiullf. hu that o.. "a sur began tn heat h"r.
ON W inrsdly moruins last -n" r,ru'e her
han.i- .and began g. cow aide Nor. thrent
tnrNr lrru huullr.l lrhrs, Tine child nrahe
away ul. i.nN r.'usf lu MI. titer'7 rN'm,
ol Mrs. Sampson. lui Wh. nom thiAril W. NJ
tpnrIDei her Yesterday She was NOT in ln 'nun ],
eAe aAd her husband having hel % Norwich.
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THURSDAY, Oct 1s- p. NJ Speculation
ut the Stock Exchange continued active. accom-
panied by wide and frequent nu etuations. The
bearish tendency Of the general market which
characterized Wednesdays transactions was
further developed during the morning. al
though ght rally was recorded at the Open
ing. Lake Shore and Western Union were the
principal points u attack and under the inllu-
encc of pressure OF these stocks, the active list
soon became weak at further decline Of = 10
y. Z cent Lake Shore broke from GO . to G7a4;
Western Union from 79'. to 767s. seller 3; Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western from so,
to 40. having opened ut 49,; Erie having
sold down a e cent To 12'.. st. Paul
+. to &c.; tine preferred. Il to 81:
Northwestern. 2. TO 8sa; do. preferred
- to 63i. Rock Island. a To 1912; Michigan
Central. .. 10 63 New York Central 3, 10 1861
and Wabash ! = cent. To- - g. Ohius were firm
Ioi..
Tho afternoon business developed n sudden
upward turn in the market. and tier. was. dur
ing the final hour. an artiv" scramble among
the bears To cover their contracts. which i'm
parted II confident tone to the general list and
recovery to- in some c,se5 the best ilgnreS 81
the day WIS established Lake Shore rallied ! =
z cent; Western Uni9n,,. Eric, Della
ware Lanknwauna and Western. o.; North
western. p Northwestern preferred, =. Nor
RS and E-~cX. | 81 Paul. L. and l, for tn"
common and preferred rcsprtt V,y: II 'T,
Hannibal and -. Joseph shares wcre active and
higher at an advance of ~ and 2 q cent. An
* 'itrd mrt ting 81 the stock holders and houd-
holders ~ this lat'er company was held this al
| t'rn'pn. an account Of which Is detalied else
| whore.
The total number Of shares dealt in was 2Gi.-
| %, Of when Lag" shore repres"nled to,VDp;
| s20o; DO preferred. $500; Michigan Central.
| cast Ohios. s?a3' Hrw YORK CENTRAL. 6il59;
| Island. 800: Ham hal Nud -. Io-'ph. 2.-uO:
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9 on Dominion Walker, Richmond City Point, and
Norfolk.
IS Ntrcus fnot', Boston.
- Colnnhu- Reed. Havana.
bHrA Rul kWo,i Bur Nhnrd. st John. \ Is
Rart MAGGIE VI. Peck Waterford
BarN Heiwts. Marukcn. Hamburg
BarN Una. Maxwell Colombo.
Bark Nehemiah Gibson. Bradford. tohu
Bark Norman. Allen. Liverpool
Bark john iIaryie. Lnckhart Bremen.
Bri- Julla langley. Howard. 'Acn
Hris julia Blake. ptun. - John. Z r
Brig Smaragd. Loken. Bergen.
>rhr Aluli. johnson, Windsor y
S,hr Venus CLARK. Windsor. y :
Aiso the usual river aud cut.twi~. ve.-elS
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81, ~, ~ ,,,,4
,'lt,rrue Senate messages from the rrcsi-
,,,i a. c,nminc into tho causes Of the rc-
r...,., Onion nr.. md n rerort of the Sccro-
t.,vuf 'ho navy ON existing deficiencies in the
n,,alaprromini pns. Referred.
N.' 'h. '''- ''' ~ "a, ~ 10 $500,
f.. N. ltiDr nrri'is OF Albany. 10 hester /
,,t ur...lvn y. Y.u4king moro pay, which /
, .,,,,b r.,,,, ,ti,nr SINH ,
f' ''''''' ''- ''''
Hr ff.'i- ir nv 200 'N various ''"''''9'
..f.....f hills v.,r, iuirl,lt .rd and rel FRED. /
r....,,.l., ME- r.,,rJ I'D M. Dclltorc-
M o,1 .ue lv Mr. Cnriefilurs liinu.. VI iohl |
.t..,.., 20 ,h. a.. mt Of |
'h'''| WV
Claims. anil for other purposes.
A. u.,ii,h tp.r i presented rcsolu. |
Nr' N"n"' gt,,,i,.r ~ com. !
m ~r in favor Of the r,peal Of the bankrupt
,,.
w. noy,s Dom. w. va submitted n rcsolu-
ion setting forth that there appeared to he
material differences. alterations. aud discrop-
lt i's in the iihnn'iN' r'p''N Oh W. '''"9"',
Department, anu authorizing the appointment
'i er', ''l ''i''' ", '''' ',','' w.
gate u'h hh'h '"H r'l'''-' anu '"' '''"7 "'''
t'""i"S q" "', '7"'' - ~. -,
w'F D" ''.''' ~ '''' -.
N'ronl'nllf' To- hhN' l'"'l ~ H'h" l'' l''0' US
and papers. and tp take testimony. ~. Mr..
n,s s.il II WIS if,,uar tn that offered hv him
WV STU" VIZ ttta
,v.rt, hn,e All. IN a resolution PASSED but nul-
H. h,ti,,.,,i ,t,,.r. ,v.rn ,,u,erint alterations
' .,,u... g., Mitch, at,,os, .',,,
N. urht thrre w'rr i"rc'd lalano
w. WIS ~ .rr.d tli H. lut',n n' pr,,,''1i
1ni Nr go iir ttn'. Mt ltiN'S gave n"tcc lhil
D., wNnb 'Nll np "l lh curry gay. A., c,..t.
ni t"ort tnr s'n.t" tie resolution OF Mr.
i-....n ID. ifi ~ ,ol which .tinn over from
',-' r.af nat innry w. i,. Sp'Hns w,'S 81
i.-."nn i"N, lr'4 U.H n.y nu; ,"." ,bn
", on ms, ON f.,. sni.itu,, Of Mr
Nf..'i ID. fn Or.rIfl fllat t'... cr.dDutlfl- of
Nr S!u0orl De- rrforrr.l to iao COMMITTEE. IN
lcsaos. apt lr' .n-. On mutton % Mr.
'r'inr,.l on ill., Substitute.
MIR. Elmunl- sal A. would 'ike to hear his
rienl from - lin Mr. Thurman stt' the du-
H. R.iioar. rr'crIrl at wv ii-i- ssii''p.
Mr.. Tu1fuan sand ihr : nator COM Vermont
hr sn1 ll.' a. any , one rl.s. II, h"n r"yiowcd
he history oi lou'' ,an1 ara. rs. mi arsu"d
inn' IN. lr-is,Ur, & XIII, ~
=" state by all h"r courts ana nil mr. people.
VIZ. Sp'nord rec iv.d fi' voices gl aug tlc m H.
rs "i I'm j. ,SlN.h. "r. ~ l ,' , ~ r't "
."'t "a py prh."r,''l' N'l'7 'l IT, '' 4, '
.'" votes ~ an ng, ~. lAH''f ~ %. II il',,
am W"mher- oi mat Nr-'NNy. TAG TX '. 'l
mr. ~ ",nr NO. ~. Al l',,u 'n - scat ""7 ""'
tfr T. ntnd lguhrT "I-9inen', srr l.,,,
's a. S.". Nlr. ~ ..i.', w " N'"'" '''
li,NAi'm N,u in,- 'Ii.' IN, pr, i,,i,,n ,i,r
H-i rm this subject should p. inIu'rnh .'i1.
tN.ihoW nan RS.
W.T. MH'u' ~ uf-u'l Il.l 'fr Nl''HNri 'I'.-
l,h. ".S ui'' n"i ',''sSs W. ." J., "r.i"
Ip.n Mh.' 70 % 7inu.i' .e..','' H. -" I''''H
Mr >r sa.d d. dla n, lr,l d'.r, 7.,i ~
"l,' o. ~, a. ''7. ~ y IN, ,''' 49,,
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" iRINIc JvTELLIG ENCE

MINIATURE ALNAsAC-rNs nav
H. sets. . ~ Noon sets. 2 IS
Hiti wArYR-rHi.
Sandy Hook. II Gov lslanl ~ Hell Gate. n
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Al Hawthorne chcviot- in blacl, and bluc
coor-. ready made or % order, in suits and
overcoats, at Deylin 4 Go. t great storos ado.
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r HEANDRLrli, " d.


CAFF rIrf~,NMANN CO.'S
COMPRESS 10 YEAST
The ccnuin" article htaf- our ttdr mark lnt ms
uf WtI.f iHNl'c .Ifrli A' rn.ili
THY "a FOR BDtkWllEAr CAKE
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ing l. W. MIN.L.uN-e :. nm :. SWIM
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SHOES l.i,rs ANA lnlil rui'rs m ,l,i. moderate
pieces rnfrnnixr MILLER a go 80 Broadway. 30
uutsuc building
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TEOIBLE AHEAD FOR HAYES.
ynEsH n NIGER STGN rs HtNG OFT IN
JUg SENATE YESTLRD.IK

,,u,,nc,nt Speeches and votes on tho Iouisi-
.r, Question NJ. sponord's credentials
t..,errcd VIZ. Kellogg san Claimant
N,,rL for the Committee on Elections.
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MUNlrloNs OF war ron CANADA.
GENERAL Ne us.

A heavy snowstorm prevailed over
the country between Sussex aud
SacllyilIe, New Brunswick, last Tues
day and snow covers the ground,
which is over foot in depth,
There wiN be an important re-
daetion of the regular army of the
United States, on the LIST of July.
At that time, the, Secretary of. War
orders that $4,000 men shall be
discharged.
Gen. Miles, who commands the
army in the Indian frontier, has sent
messaga to Washington, announcing
,hat 500 hostile sayagcs surrendered
to him, April %. Sitting Bail, who
led The Indians III the Custer massacre,
is still retreating; but it is likely that
the cavalry viii soon oyerla5e him, and
his poorly equipped band, before many
weeks.
4 horrible explosion and fire occur
red at Fall River, Mass, early
Thursday morning. And the noise
of It WAS SO shocking, as TO arouse
nearly all the cty's population. II
was caused by the burning Of the
large oil store Of William L. Durham.
This building, together with the har-
ness mandatory adjacent to it, were
totally destroyed, The losses are
estimated TO be very heavy,
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Rev. L. 5. Locke is to remain with
US another year, by order Of the Yer
mont Conference.
On May LIST, constable A. II. b.
nett went to East Haven to arrest one
VIM. Bailey and MoLaner for an as
sault on one Aaron Young, Bailey
has formerly been sailor and is noted
as q rough character, He had made
threats t}Iat 40 officer could arrest
him. The officer learned that he was
at Wilbur H1dsons. As the officer
drove up TO the she'd to hitch his
horse, Bailey took French leave out
the back door as he learned on inquir-
ing where Bailey was. The officer
went in pursuit and tracked him
across She garden to the river then
down the river to a brush fence.
When within two reds of the fence
Baily Jumped up from behind the fence
where he was concealed and started
towards The woods the officer com
manded him to stop and Bailey looked
back concluded that by The size Of the
seven shooter taat he discovered in the
officers hands that he meant business :;
therefore be turned and gave himself
up and quickly submitted to being
handcuGcd and after the officer had
secured the said McLanar they were
conveyed to Island Pond and brought
before n. Iobson Esq, for trial.
They we're held until 10 O'Clock pm.
the witnesses not appearing the case
was continued to the 18th inst, when
they will have their trial. -E1prcss and
SjandurG
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lSTdTE INTELLIGEYCE.


A house belonging to Henry Eolton,
and his barn connected with it, at
West Charleston, were both burned,
on Tuesday. And on the same day,
the store of z. II. Robinson, and the
barns Of Horace Reiter, were destroy
ell. The loss is estimated at $1,000,
which is partly covered by insurance
Rev. Dir. Bartlett, President Of
Dartmouth College, will deliver the
address at the celebration Of the bait le
Of Bennington, next August.
The oldest man, probably, in the
whole State, lately died at .Westfic|d.
His name was JOHN Martin; and both
his sight and hearing continued to be
excellent, until his dccease.
There is bitter rivalry between
the two daily newspapers Of Rutland,
since their respective propriators
refused to merge them into one. Aud
their indignant editors cali each other
opprobrious Names, and use the most
scathing language, in tlisparaging one
another's claims to public patronage.
There will be a grand convention Of
school teachers, at Montpelier, on the
10th, llth, and 18th Of July. A
large number of prominent educators,
college presidents and professors, will
be in attendance many of whom will
read essays. J. G. w.