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Impeaching Judge Blodget.

CHICAGO, JAM 29.-The inquiry by the sub-oom
mittee of the House judiciary committee into charges
OF Official misconduct against United States District
| Judge Il. w. Blodgett was begun this morning, the
prosecution being conducted by Messrs. Cooper.
knlckerbocker and Sheldon, and the defence was
represented by Messrs. Trumbull, Cloudy and Camn-
bell. Judge Blodgett himself was present The fret
charge was read. 1t is that Judge Blodgctt as dis
trlct judge entered into an unlawful scheme to de-
fraud the creditors of the bankrupt Germana
ance company by means of orders secretly and cor
ruptly entered by him. The creditors were thereby
defrauded out of $4,000. The specifications Of this
published in the newspapers. They are in brief that
Judge Blodgett allowed two notes to revert to their
maker, A. G. Hessing, at sum much less than they
were WORTH that he caused the records of transfer
to be made, and conspred to prevent these records
and orders entered from becoming public. Mr..
Campbell read long reply prepared by Judge Blodg-
ett making general denial.
He claimed that no orders were suppressed by him
and showed by means of letters from prominent bus
ness men, including the first bankers in the city that
tho amount obtained by the sale of the Hessjns notes
was the largest that they could be sold for Most of
the writer's had declined to take the notes. except for
much smaller sums than was finally obtained These
letters were now on file in the assgnees reports
Witnesses were then called by Cooper VIM
Bradley, for twenty years clerk in the United states
courts here identified the two DEGREES of SALE one for
the bic and one for the private sale of the Hess
Ing notes. but could not say Why after the public sale
had been advertised private sale should be decreed
Wltness would not say positively that the entry on
~ ~ uiiooeiae Ptivate SAFE was not made later
I9an the date under which it appeared on the book.
He did not think the docket had been tampered with
The law reporters of the various city papers at the
date on which this sale was made, April 1eth 1874,
were summoned and testified that they would have
made an extended notice of the sale of the
notes had they seen the decree on the record book
AS they had not mentioned such sale in their law
columns they were constrained to believe the order
was not on the book as itnow appeared to be-
q. +. Pietsch, secretary of the Illinois Staats lei;
.ung company testified that the ITO shares of stoct
1or which $4,000 was given Hessjnr and which IN,
DER the order of the court sold to Henry Grean
Daum for 900 were worth 1873 cents on the dollar
or OF nearly $s6,0Oo. Hessings financial standing on
the date in question was good as far as the ind.l
ments against him were concerned. 'i-0 JUG
Joseph Medill, editor of the Tribune, and A. T..
patterson, of the Times, We're called and examined
~ .e proDaple worth OF the ITO shares of Stats
notn considered them worth par provided the cen.
aluon OF the Stdats Zeitung was as had been nra-
sented. Adjourned. n p'o-
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THE ANTI-CHINESE BILL.

How 1T Is Received in California-COm-
ments of tho Press, aud Expectations of
LEGAL Politicians.
San FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-The chamber of
commerce has adopted memorial to Congress
asking the passage of Mitchell's bill authoriz-
ing another revenue cutter for Alaska,
The leading journals comment on the passage
by the House of the anti Chinese bill. The
C0u congratulates the community on the action
OF the House, and claims that the Senate cannot
refuse its prompt passage without throwing
away all chances of a Republican victory in
California in the Congressional election. The
PoSt approves the measure and argues that the
manner IN which the question managed,
though transient Democratic success will not
affect the relative status of parties in California
IN the coming election. The Alta is silent,
The Chronicle contents itvelf with a brief edi
torial review of the nature of the bill and it's
management by the Democratic members. The
Buttetin considers the bill will solve the trou-
blesome industrial problem, and dwells strong
" on the protection it will afford against cp-
denies, citing the plague now prevailing in the
Orient, and previous small pox visitations to
this coast. 1t believes the Senate, by promptIv
passing the bill, can deprive the Democracy Of
any advantage they may have gained in the
House.
The Sacramento Record Union characterizes
the manner of the passage of the bill as des-
perate attempt on the part of the Democrats to
recover lost prestige in California. The bill
itself is a glittering generality which should be
repudiated, together with the party that offers
1t. The Ecamiher approves the bill, giving
the Democracy mainly the credit for it.
Local representatives of the Democratic party
are jubilant over the action OF the House, and
claim the bill is strictly Democratic measure,
The Republicans regard it as an attempt to
make Democratic capital, but are grateful for
1t as a restrictive measure. Kearney calls it
mere political dodge and says Congress would
never have touched it but for campaign pur-
poses. Ex-Minister to China F. F. How be-
ieved the bill would be of little practical eff
feet. At the Chinese consulate the bill is con-
sldered antagonistic with treaty provisions
and likely to result in complications with
Great Britain.
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Lanesboro Fillmore County, Journal, Jan. Is. |
Terrible affair.

Lanesboro (tlllmore County, journal, Jan. Is.
Terrible affair.
Several days ago the house of G. 8. Glidden,
south of this place, and over the Iowa line q
few miles, was consumed by fire, on extreme
ly cold night. Mr.. G. had placed some Goals
in his cellar to prevent his vegetables from
freezing. During the night he found his house
on fire. With a view to examining the con-
dition of his danger, he rushed into room i'm
mediately over the cellar. The floor was
80 burned underneath that the mo-
ment he stepped upon 1T it gave way and he
was precipitated to the bottom Of the cellar with
the flaming floor. Being strong man, and
the case desperate one, he made an almost SUI
perhuman effort and escaped from what could
only be likened to the crater of volcano. He
then went and rescued his wife and her sister
and other members of his family, and returned
after all this and removed a sewing
machine, and was in the act of re-
turning to remove an organ, but
was prevented by his wife from doing so. By
this time the house was enwrapped in mass
of fame. All clothing was beyond reach, and
nothing in that line was saved except that in
which the unfortunate family slept. One
quilt was saved-nothing more, and the vic
Tins of the cruel catastrophe were almost naked,
and exposed to one of the coolest nights of the
present winter: The proprietor of the house,
who performed such heroic feats in saving
himself and family, had every stitch of cloth
ing burned from his body except the
wristbands of his shirt, and has since died. A
school teacher, named Read, who slept up
stairs, escaped in his night clothes, and was so
frozen before he could reach a neighboring
house with the unfortunate Glidden family
that the soles of his feet have sloughed off.
Every member of the family was more or less
frozen before reaching protection and shelter,
and the details of their sufferings are not only
heart-rending, but sickening.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.

At New Ulm places of business are now
closed on Sunday.
At an election lately held in Marshall,
"license" carried By ten majority.
Seven persons were immersed in the Bap-
fist church at Owatonna, Jan. "a.
Martin county has 45O,G5O acres of arabic
land, only 100000 of which are subject to
taxation.
There are several cases of diphtheria in
the country round about st. James, Waton-
wan county.
Owatonna, with population 5000, has
four weekly newspapers, three English and
one German.
The union revival meetings are still in
progress in the NJ. E. church at Fairmouut,
and are largely attended.
The st. Peter Times says that diphtheria
has broken out at Kasota, and has already
carried off a number Of its victims.
The county officers of Nicollet report their
fees as follows: Clerk, $1,O28.5O; register
of deeds, $815l4; sheriff, ST. ,O20.08.
''Did anybody asks Minnesota local
paper, sever know winter like the present
to be followed by poor crop of wheat?''
Evtn chronic croal1ers are not heard to
0o.1PA''in VI LILO H1CoOAU iIlO WcdtGcF. LII Is
perfect neither too mild nor too cold-but
just right.
Pickerel fishing is yielding fine sport in
the lake at Rush City, Chisago county. One
fisherman caught lot the other day that ag-
gregated 100 pounds.
John Valentine, colored, aged 38, died of
delirium tremens in Owatonna January "a.
He is said to have been the first black man
that ever died in Steele county.
A man broke into the jailer's house in
Benson the other night. The jailer put him
out. He broke in again, when the jailer put
him into cell and locked him up.
Knauf, charged with rape on his daughter,
in Renville county, has plead guilty to as
sault, and has been sentenced to one year. g
imprisonmentin the Renville county Jail.
The worry about diphtheria at Dodge
Center, was caused by false alarm. There
were no cases. or very light ones, and the
schools are going n'as if nothing had hap
pened.
John Bailey, resident in an unorganized
township in Otter Tail county, committed
suicide recently by shooting himself. while
laboring under mental arrangements. He
leaves wife and two children.
At moorhead, Clay county, $500 team
got frightened and ran away. They plunged
off from bridge on to the ice below. One
horse was instantly killed, the other had his
back broken, and died soon after.
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HUDsON'S BAY NAVIGATION.
Il Report of Interest to Canada and the Fa
N0YfbpyeSf

Il Report of Interest to Canada and the Far
Northwest.
Ottawa Correspondence Toronto Globe.
Under the authority of the department. of
the interior report on the navigation of
Hudson's bay has been issued. The report
contains the whole of Prof. Kinds testimony
on this subject given before the committee
of immigration and colonization last winter,
and it is supplemented by a paper from the
same gentleman on the whale fisheries of
Hudson's bay, in support of his statement
that the great inland sea contains extensive
fishery wealth. A letter from Mr.. O. Horetsky,
formerly of the Hudson Bay company's
service, is also given, which sustains Prof.
Kinds contention, and is based on expert
ence gained by five years. residence at
Moose Factory. The report is accompanied
by map of Canada, with each province col
ored, to show its latest boundary decisions,
and the extent, situation and character Of the
public lands of the country, and its geograph-
ical relations to the British isles. On the
map the route from Liverpool to Port Nelson
is traced, and placed at 1896 miles, and in
his introductory report Lieut. Col. Dennis,
surveyor general, contends that by such a
communication, should the same be found
feasible, assuming a railroad to be in
operation westerly up the valley Of
the Nelson river, Immigrants may be placed
on land at Prince Albert settlement, on the
Saskatchewan, moro cheaply, and within a
few hours of as short time as they can be
set down in London, in Ontario, by the pres
ent lines of travel either through Montreal
or New York. From the occurrence Of this
passage in the report has emanated the ru-
NOR that the government intends to con-
struct the railroad referred to. It may be
mentioned in this connection that the pro-
posed road fron, Port Nelson will join the
Canada Pacific railroad at or near Prince
Albert, which settlement is situated almost
centrally in the great fertile belt; and if the
bay is navigable for four months in the year,
Canada, it is claimed, will be enabled, on &C
count Of the shortness of the route, to defy
competition in carrying through freight for
that time. Whatever may be the future of
the scheme, it is probable that the govern
1nent will ask parliament to vote sum suf-
fciently large to equip a steamer to finally
decide the question of the possible naviga-
ton of the bay during the coming summer.
gentleman we'll. acquainted with the Hud-
son bay district, says that there is harbor
at the mouth of Churchill river, further
north than Port Nelson, which has the
double advantage OF being free from ice
some weeks earlier than Port Nelson, and
which lessons the length of the sea voyage
| while it does not make a material increase
in the length of the road.
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n 1Fheat-DeaL Suit.
Chicago Tribune Jan, 26. I

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suit for recovery of money, which promises
to attract great deal of attention in the bust
ness community, has been commenced in the
circuit court by W. p. McLaren & Co., commits
sion merchants, against Jeff G.. McKenney.
the present District attorney of the county.
The complaint AYERS that the defendant was
unfortunate in wheat-deals made during July.
1878, and is indebted to them for unsettled
balances in the sum of 81 ,322.50. The account
of the firm with the defendant accompanies the
complaint, showing that McKenney was at one
time fully $4,000 ahead on his transactions
but subsequently lost all this and enough
more to leave him indebted in the sum named.
The answer fled by Mr.. McKenney recites that
instead of being indebted to McLaren & Co. to
the the extent Of 1900, he owes the firm only 5000;
To Offset this sum of 5000, he asserts that the
firm owe him 1000 on Chicago wheat-deal
during April and May, 1877. Then as the mar
ket was liable to realize for him anywhere from
$4,000 to 800, 600, the grain men '.kicked" on
the ground that he had made altogether too
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laws. Several of the tribes have each code
of laws, which provides for the punishment
of all otfenses against person or property
among themselves. Although these state
ments do not harmonic with those of int"
ested persons who represent that anarch /.
lawlessness and violence reign supreme j..
the Indian Territory, yet, as made by o
judicial officer of high reputation, who must
necessarily be well-informed as to the con-
dition of affairs there, and who can have no
motive to misrepresent it, they deserve gen
eral attention. One fact which is matter
of record, is especially significant. Only
one-ffth of the murders and other crimes
are committed by Indians, though the latter
outnumbsr tho whites ten to one. Another
fact which is equally significant is that
property and life are moro secure in the In
dian Territory than they are in Arkansas
and Texas.
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PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES.
Horace White on the Prospects Of the Sere7.
al Aslirassts Co the Presidency

Horace White on the Prospects Of the Sever
al AsHi''a"ts Co the Presidency.
Gath in Cincinnati Enquirer.
do you think there is probability of Gen
eral Grants nomination in 1892"
Yes, am beginning to think so now. Nc
other candidate seems to develop much rival
strength. Yet it has generally been the case
that when man is so far ahead two years be-
fore the nomination he doesn't get it,
Isuggested that Grant had been as far ahead
in 1866. and still got the nomination.
That IS so,' said Mr. White. II would
rather see Republican President according
to my present notions two years hence; but /
don't believe l can vote for Grant. think his
nomination will produce revolt"
THURMAN.
"Whom do yon regard as the probable Demo-
cratic candidate?'
Il don't think Thurman can be- said Mr.,
White, His behavior in Ohio on resumption
and the currency, l should think, would beat
him. There doesn't seem to be left much of
an imitation element in either party"
1.-THE President of the United States told me-
sir, that he thought Thurman had set the
watch-word for the next attack on the Republic
party-that is, to substitute greenbacks
for the national bank notes.
II don't believe' said Mr.. White, 'that an
examination will bring out any thing worth
fighting on this head. 1t appears at first sight
to be point Of vantage, but there is nothing
to make political campaign of in fighting the
national banks. 1t will melt away"
isn't there an idea afoat that some day we
will have positive government currency not
necessarily to be redeemed in gold!''
mo such currency can be established with
out universal consent. The banks can not be
compelled by law to lake any fat money on de-
pOsit or in the settlement of accounts anv
more than they do silver. You have got to
imagine state of things where every BODY
would agree to take such money without re-
gard to the law"
mir. White, is it not possible that General
Grant has learned great many things, and
would make better President after his foreign
experienced"
He didn't learn any thing better after his
first term was over" said Mr.. White, 'The
second term was, if possible, worse than the
first Grant seems t. ME to make most of his
mistakes through the same quality which rro
cured his military success-his obstinaey He
antagonizes with individuals and elements
which criticise him, instead of regarding him
self as typical of the State and its wants.
SHERMAN.
Nobody is being brought out on the Repub-
lican side of any position unless it be Wash
burn or Sherman?"
II don't think either of those will do. I
don't know that any thing can be proved
against Sherman, but his course on the fnan-
viction. He has omitted from his book q
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WHEAT GRADING.

Dozen With the Grass Kettle--Gire Us the
Sealed Hull BMsIseI of Our Daddies !---4n
INDIGNANT Farmers FOrciJle Denatncia-
ton of Fraud.
Editor of the Alexandria Post.
I am not accustomed to corresponding
with newspapers, bat when see how GER
tain things in which have an interest are
being managed it seems as if I must speak.
cannot keep silence any longer. speak
in regard to the wheat question, the grading
and testing of wheat in the little brass kettle,
in which I can see nothing fair OF honest
A thing that is no test. A thing that they
can't fill twice out of tie same grain and give
tho same result. It is perfect swindle. A
device invented by the devil to cheat tile
poor farmer out of his honest labor.
And what for? 70 swell the purses of
few rich men, q monopoly who
have already moro money than they know
what to do with, unless it is in spending it
in grinding poor men into the dust. No.
wheat should weigh SO pounds to the
measured bushel; if it falls one pound it is
Mop, which takes off eight cents on the
bushel; if it falls off two more it takes off 13
cents more, but still they take 60 pounds to
the bushel all the same. Now will the
bushel of No. l wheat make 81 cents worth
more of flour than the No. will,
or does it cost any more to freight
the No. 8 to Minneapolis than it
does the No. 1, and if it is fair to take off
SO much of the price when it is one pound
short of being fifty eight pounds, why is it
not right to pay the farmer extra when it
runs over? There was a very good law made
in the legislature in the year 1869 in regard
to the testing of wheat OF other grain, but the
same law was very quietly repealed in the
legislature in the year 1870, in whose inter-
est you may well guess.
Farmers, we have just passed through two
grasshopper years. How some of us have
gone through God and ourselves only know.
I've heard tales of suffering that would make
the blood run cold. Last year we were
blessed with bountiful crop. We have
plenty to eat, thank God, and with the rest
we expected to pay our debts. How many
of us can do it? But if we are cornered
now, let us not be always 80.
Our men that we have sent to the legisla-
ture have pledged themselves to do all they
can this session. Let US help them by get
ting up rousing petition and sending it to
them, doing away with brass kettles and all
other devillsh devises and give us sealed
half bushel and scales, with which we can
have our grain tested honestly.
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DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN.
Experiences of a Man Locked in q Tault
avith Hall DO>e3a Corpses.
Toledo Blade.1

Experiences of a Man Locked i1a Vault
aoita Hall u Do=esa Corpses.
Toledo Blade
Not long ago the widow of gentleman
who had recently died desired the vault
wherein the remains had been temporarily
placed to be watched, so that body -snatchers
could have no opportunity to ply their ne
farious calling. Thinking that the vault
would be watched better by the sexton than
any one else, Mr.. Ladbone was hired to keep
sharp lookout At dark he took lantern
and blanket and made up a bed in front of
the vault, so that any one approaching it
would have to step over his body. But after
lying there sometime it grew quite cold, and
he thought he could watch the corpse just as
we'll if he we're inside the vault, out of the
cold. So he unlocked the vault and went in,
but found that he could not lock the vault
from the inside. That would never do, and
yet he was determined not to stay outside.
Finally he went back to the house and
reused his hired man and the two
went back to the vault. MIR. r. then took
his lantern and blanket and went inside,
made bed on the floor, and laid down for
the night, having for companions to while
away the tedious hours six corpses. The at
tendant locked the door from the outside
and went back to the house and his warm
bed, leaving the sexton alone in the vault
with his silent companions.
There was nothing to disturb his tran
guilty during the early part of the night.
Everything was quiet and still until about 1
o'clock, and then there was a gentle noise,
as though some one were taInpering with
the vault lock. Mr.. r. took up his lantern,
and the noise stopped for few moments,
only to begin again when he laid down on
his blanket. This time it appeared to be
in an opposite corner of the vault.
He could see nothing and could
only hear that steady scratch, scratch, which
became more and more distinct every in
slant. Mr.. r. is brave man, but he con-
fesses that when locked in vault with six
dead men, with no living soul within a half
mile, and at that early hour to have such an
unexplainable noise as that it was more
than men with ordinary nerves can stand.
At any rate, his hair began to raise, and just
as he was thinking of the best way to de-
fend himself against his spiritual foes, q lit
tie chip-munk dashed from a dark corner,
ran past him and darted out between the
bars in the vault door. From that time on
nothing occurred to mar his quiet watch, but
in the morning he was rather glad to be re-
leased from his dull quarters.
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good n bargain. Mr.. McKenney's account
with McLaren Co. is appended, to show that
IN about two weeks deal he won and received
nearly 1000. The trial of this suit will bring
ulation. 1t will show how men who are en-
rlched one day may find themselves impever-
lshed the next. Also that the whole business is
not whit better than to sit down at faro
table and bet money on cards. The interest is
likely to become general before result can be
reachad
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speech he made in Ohio giving way the
bonded currency qcestion. I understand that
Washburn does not talk with admiration of
Grant, but he can't be made into PRESIDENTIAL
candidate
TILDEN.
Some of Tilden's friends think it possible to
nominate him again, by an appeal to the feel
ings of the convention, bringing forward his
rights and how he was cheated"
Il should not be surprised if that could be
done. Tilden is a man of much information.
1t takes some time to discover that he has
much in him. 1 saw great deal of him last
summer at Long Branch