The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
The Colorado legislature elected N. P. Hill Republican, United States Senator.
From Washington.


 From Washington.
 Representative g. s. Cox has introduced bill in the House providing scheme for tak= ing the national census in 1880.
 Julian Hartridge, member of the House from the first Georgia district, died after 8 few days illness of pneumonia, aged 46 years.
 The discussion on the subject of proposed change in the tariff on sugar, has begun before the House ways and means committee. A petition signed by the most prominent bankers. sugar importers and refners of New York and Baltimore was presented the chairman of tue committee asking that competent expert be sent to Demerara to investigate the charge that Demerara dark centrifugal sugars are artifcially colored there.
 Secretary Schurz has replied to Gen. Sheri- dans supplemental report, charging abuses in the administration of Indian affairs. The secretary asserts nothing has been proved aganst the present administration, and prints the indictments and prosecutions against Ind ian traders and contractors as evidence the present good management of Indian affairs. The funeral services of Congressman Hart ridge.were held in the Hall of Representatives at the capitol. The impressive ceremonies were witnessed by the President and cabinet. judges of the supreme court ln their robes Of office, and both houses of Congress. This was the first occasion on which the President made his official appearance in the House, and tine first time the Senate and House met since the counting of the electoral vote. The dead Copgressman's desk was appropriately decked in black and ornamented with flowers, and the | funeral services were conducted by the Senate and House ehaplains.
 l The Potter committee held meeting and decided-all the Republican members refrain ing from voting-to investigate the cipher tel | egrams in relation to votes of Southern States made public recently in the New York Tribune. Another Congressman is dead Representa- 1 tive Gnstave Schlecher, Democratic member from Texas, succumbing after brief illness MT. Schleicher was German by birth, was a civil engineer, and ennigrated to America in 1s47. He was fifty six years old, had been re- elected to the Forty sixth Congress and was personally popular on all sides
 AS at Congressman Hartridge's funeral ser vices, the obsequies of Representative Schlei cher in the Hall of Representatives were at tended by the government in all it's branches.
 The size of some of the grain and fruit crops for 1878 IS shown in the report of the depart ment of agriculture. The corn crop for last year is larger than that of the year preceding by some 30, 900, ,000 bushels. The oat crop for l 1878 is somewhat in excess of the very large crop of 1877, making 1t the largest crop ever raised in this country. The total barley product l for 1878 will be, in round numbers, AS, 900, 900 bushels while in 1877 it was 34 ,500, 900 bush ! els. The rye crop turns ont one-sixth larger than in 1877, being nearly 6O000,000 There is & decline in the potato crop this year as compared with 1877, owing to the extreme heat, which was in some places combined with drought, and in others with excessive moisture, causing rot so that the average yield of the whole country will be sixty-nine bushels per acre, against ninety -four bushels in 1877, thus making g. total product. in round numbers, of 124 000, ,000 bushels for 1878 against 170 00O GOO in 1877. The hay crop is twenty per cent greater this year than last. Of the large tobacco-producing States, Virginia, Maryland Connecticut and Massachusetts report an im- provement in quality. Twelve States, repre- senting the bulk of the total production of the +, last year as follows: Kentucky. 60; Virginia. 73 Missouri. 56 Tennessee, 53; Ohio, 91 {; Maryland, 84 Indiana. 83 ]; North Carolina, 89; Pennsylvania, 86; Illinois, 50 Connect cut, 86; Massachusetts, 95. The conditions of fruit growth during 1878 were quite unfa- vorable. The grape product of the Atlantic slope and Mississippi valley was very much re- duced. California, however, reports greatly increased yield. The apple crop shows an in- creased yield in al of the New England States, Texas and the Pacific States. In all other States it shows falling of, Missouri reporting less than half of last years crop.
 John P. Jones has been reelected United States Seuator by the Nevada legislature.
 The Potter committee has been taking testi- mony in regard to the Louisiana electoral re- turns. Thomas G. Kelly, who had been Gov. Kelogg's messenger, testified that the namea of Levisee and Joffrion to the second set of re- turns had been forged that the forgery in the case of Joffrion had been committed by B. P. | blaDcnafO, clerk h h61l0GR OfncG, and thar Blanchard was dead.
 2. communication from Secretary Sherman WAS \ presented alleging large number of reasons for Jhea of Messrs. Arthur and Cornell from th1 kfprk custom house, and Senate, Conkling made speech defending them and denounclDg the administration. Upon Senator Conklipg's motion the communication was re- ferred to the committee on commerce.
 Foreign News.
 The Russian press acknowledge that Shere Ali, the ameer of Afghanistan-whose flight from Cabul followed the defeat of his troops by the British-is within the borders of Russia. His son, Yakoob Khan, is preparing to follow his father to the Russian frontier. Meanwhile the British, after occupying Candahar, will suspend hostile operations in the Afghan ter. ritory until the winter is over.
 The English steamer Bayard, on her way to Rouen, France, from New Orleans, foundered I drowned.
 Don Baldomero Espartero, ex-regent soldie, and statesman of Spain, is dead in his eighty | eighth year.
 I The Consett Iron Works company, the largest makers of ship-plates in England, ern ploying 6000 to 1000 hands, and owning nine colheries, owing to the dulness of their busi ness have been obliged to stop work at mos of their mills and forges and discharge s0t miners.
 John W. Hull was captured at Moncton N. B., with 1928, GOO of the $30,0 900 alleged tt have been the proceeds of bonds stolen by hin from Field Jones, New York brokers.
 Considerable excitement has been caused throughout Germany by Prince Bismarcks bil to limit the freedom of debate in the German parliament, providing for the punishment o members who make speeches offensive to th. majority, and making it penal ofense for thu press to publish speech which has been cen sured.
 The British troops have occupied Candahar the capital of Afghanistan, & fortified city con taining about 100, GOO inhabitants
 The popes long circular against socialism communism and nihilism has been published
 The library of the Birmingham and Midland institute, at Birmingham, England, number ing 80, 900 volumes, and containing the fines collection of works relating to Shakespeare ir the world, was destroyed by fire, only 8 few books escaping the flames.
 Fifty-eight miners are reported to have been killed by an explosion in colliery at Ponty- pridd, Wales.
 M Louis Joseph Martel hes been elected president of the French senate.
 A bridge across the river Arda, in Turkey broke down. precipitating railroad train int the water. A Russian general, several otlle officers and two hundred priyates were repoEte e drowned.
 President MacMahon has pardoned 1,30 imprisoned French communists.
 At Brecon Mills, Ontario, Miss Walker sTlfl denly dropped dead. Her betrothed, Edwar Cousins, hearing of her death, cut his throat and Miss Walkers mother, on seeing he daughters corpse also dropped dead.
 
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