Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-08

quire into the charges against
Judge Blodgett of the Western
District of Illinois.
Harrison rose to question of
high privilege and offered a resolu.
tion reciting that Hewry w.
Blodgett, United States District
Judge fer the Western District of
Illinois, had been guilty of gross
misconduct and corruption and pro-
vidipg for select committe Of five
members to examine such charges,
to inquire into Judge Blodgetts Of
| fetal conduct and report what ac-
tion the House should take in the
premises. Referred to the Judi.
ciary Committee.
Kidder introduced bill for the
admission of Dakota as a State.
The deaths Of B. B. Douglass, ol
Virginia, and A. s. Williams, Of
Michigan, were then announced
and the House, In respect to theil
memory, adjourned.
Cabiues Meeting.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-All the
members of the Cabinet were pres.
ent to-day except the Postmastel
General. A large amount of rou
tine business was transacted an(
the condition of the finances of the
country was again discussed. AL
expressed qualification at the sue
cess so far attending the resump
tion Of specie payment and saw nc
reason why 1t should not be main
tanned successfully. Secretary
Sherman called attention to thu
fact that the Treasury now hold,
large amounts of gold, silver an(
greenbacks, much more than ther,
Is any use for at present. Refer
ence was also made to the reports
from all parts of the country tina
resumption had given cenfidenc,
to business and that both at hom,
and abroad business seems to b,
stimulated and is being conducted
with renewed activity. The ar
rsngement of the Treasury Depart
ment with national bank depos
itors is, that all subscriptions to tn,
four per cent. loan to be mad,
through them are are to be paid TO
in coin. Subscriptions through
other sources can be paid for il
greenbacks. The subscription o
thirty millions of dollars made re
Gently, was payable partly in coir
and partly in greenbacks. The sub
scription made on the 81 inst, b,
a New York national bank, o
$500, ,266, was paid in coin. On Jan
uary 1st the national bank depos
itories held $4l, l,996,346 in coin ant
on account of subscriptions to the
four per cent. loans $725,325.
The Next Census.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 7th.-Repre
sentative Cox, of New York, to-da,
introduced bill to provide fo
taking the census on the 1st Of June
1880.
Asks Co be sIIvesatseied.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 7th.-Judg
Blodgett, in a letter to Speake
Randall, urges investigation.
|
| BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 7th.-Th
snow blockade has been effectuall,
removed and all trains are runnin,
regularly nearly on time.
Bhnting ns Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 7th.-Ther
is skating in Atlanta for the frs
time in twenty years. Thousand
of pounds of ice are cut and pack o,
here. 1t Is the first time such
thing was ever known. There i
great suffering among the poor
The city is relieving the sufferers
Fne Nebraska Crematers.
OMAHA. Jan. 7.-Kearney juno
tion just now is the centre of attrac
t!on in q criminal way. Olive anC
his herders, who were arrested a
Plum creek, on the charge of burn
ing Mitchell and Ketchum in Gus
ter county, are now confined there
together with Richards. Olive anC
three others are kept under strong
armed guard in the Court House
the Jail not being large enough Il
hold them, there being fourteen ar
rests made up to to-day. The res
of Olives gang are scattered aroun(
town in twos and threes, each party
being we'll guarded night and day
The prisoners are afraid of bein,
mObbed, but there is no danger, fO
the citizensare anxious and determ
ined that they shall be legally tried
and, if guilty, shall be legally hung
They will have their preliminary
examination Immediately after th,
trial of Richards, which begins OF
the 18th. Olive is q rich man, own
ing {, 1000 head of cattle worth owe
| 100000, and has employed abb,
lawyers for his defence. Their,
have been various rumors that thu
prisoners friends would make
raid on Kearney and rescue them
but it is not likely that they will
do anything so rash, as the Kear
ney people are on the alert and pre-
pared for any emergency. It Il
claimed that already sufficient evi
dapoo bo q hann v,roonraI 70 oan,; n