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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

No sooner had the House gone into Com
mittce OF the Whole on the Legislative Appro-
printion bill than Mr.. BAgNIEG Of Ohio SEIZED
the chance to pny his respects to his colleague
the cx-Rev. DE GoLYER GARFIELD. In one Of
his speeches last week DE GoLYER GARFIELD
had said that one Of the Cincinnati members
meaning Mr.. BANNING. but characteristic
eally not naming him-w0s indebted for
his seat to men since locked up in tho
penitcntiary for illegal voting. This as
scrton Mr.. BANNING described rs an
Infamous ana malicious falsehood. and its au-
thor n person reckless Of truth. DE GoLYER
GARFIELD explained that he had not Intended
to be personal. and the Ohio members had a
discussion all to themselves about the political
affiliations Of the ballot box suffer EPH HoL-
LAND. whom HAYES pardoned out. This ended.
| the pending amendment. 10 repeal the law ere
| ating Federal Supervisors Of Elections, was Sc
| rously debated by Messrs. DAVIS, HEWITT.
| WHITTHoRNE and DAVIDSON. EUGENE HALE
gave notice that the Republicans would not
permit the repeal OF the law. aud
| Mr.. SOUTHLAND gave notice that they
would havo 10. Tho amendment being
adopted in Committee the hill was reported to
the House When this amendment was reached
all but three OF tue republicans refused to
answer 20 their names. leaving the House one
vote short Of a quorum. Thereuuon Speaker
! RANDALL voted aye. and the amendment was
adopted. HAZE moved 10 lay the bin on tho
table. aud again all but four OF the Republicans
RETAINED from voting; but again the Speakers
vote made the necessary quorum, the motion
was defeated and the bill was passed.
The Senate spent the day in amending and
swelling the Deficiency bill. OGc Of the items
added is a gilt Of 81. 600 TO the widow OF the late
BAYARD TAYLOR An amendment 10 psy the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company $4,000 for
carrying tho mails year before last was voted
down.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

II, after all, the Pacific coast delegates in
the next Republican National Convention give
their votes to somebody else than BLAINE.
BLAINE will find himself in the fix Of the colorcd
brother who rot tho power under the mis-
taken Impression that ho was listening to
WHITFIELD.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

senator HARRIS took advantage Of the
alsenco tsiX members yesterday to call up his
unfair kpportionmcnt hi'. and push ii to third
reading motion to substitute Sr. SKINNER
bin. which is more Just. failed by u"
vote us did motion 10 substitute the
HEPBURN bill, which was passed in the As
sombly last week. Republicans who hi,her.o
have had mHnlincss enough to oppose
unfair apportionment measures were dashed
into voting for the HARRIS bill by vigorous use
Of tho party whip. The HARMS bill gives New
York twenty-three members Of Assembly whom
she should have twen;y-six. and Kings County
eleven when she should have thirteen. Il rs the
same measure that tho Conference Committees
Of las, years. Legislature agreed upon. hut for
which. 10y reason II It's uniarness. honest Re-
puhicans could not vote.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

In'eXcavatng for y factory in Brooklyn a
hosncnrly seventeen feet deep WAS dug. slop-
ing latorny in such u way that the frozen sur
face Of the ground formed sort OF roof over
th. workmen. Yesterday four laborers went
uOUn this shell Of frozen earth with picks "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26
Mr.. BLAcKprRx Of kentucky nut the fact

Mr.. BLAcKBuRN Of Kentucky put the fact
very mildly when lie described tho passage
without n word Of discussion. of hill taking
nearly seventeen millions Of dollars out Of the
Treasury. rs unsafe legislation 1t is not
legislation Mt all. in the proper sense Of that
much abused word. Rather ia it wicked alb
dicntion by the legislators Of the functions
with which the people have intrustcd them
and for the supposed faithful discharge Of
which they punctually draw their salaries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

Tho Sundry Civil Servtcc bill at Washing
ton corresponds to the Supply bill at Albany
but OF course il is framed on Il much larger
scale. This bill always abounds in abuses. 1t
is made the receptacle Of all the Jobs that are
unable TO pass Congress on their own strength.
and therefore are logJ0lod through in one bill.
This year the approximations in the bill. rs 1t
passed tho House are larger than usual.
amounting to aboGt Sl7.0O0,000, And il went
through under a suspension OF the rules. with
hardly moments debated II is now pending
in the Senate. which 50 far from reducing tho
items will pursue the usual course of increas-
ing both the number and amount
These growifg abuses should lead 10 an
amendment Of the Constitution whereby the
veto can be applied to particular items in an
! Appropriated bill without affecting the rest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

Like Mayer CooPRRs investigation, the
Missouri Senate Commltee's investigation Of
the Police department OF ST. Louis is being con
Quoted with closed doors. Tho charges are
known as well as tho charges that Mr.. ERHARDr
has made against the Police Department OF New
York. Even Gov PHELPS is reported as saying;
81 have heard stated that an investigation into the
rfrr ~ gnruput would show u tu have been used
the luilefr deg ina aud hWmliug down rcfrr ttie
lah. 20 MI, men u make lcm victims VI NlAcA nail
ratirf ihHu tul a., hgiuhA,c purposes
That accusation il moro serious than Mr.,
EuhsseDrs. Tho accused in both cities should
he allowed 10 meet their accusers. Whotherthc
chargers arc true or not, tho Investigations
should be open, and tho proceedings heard by
the public.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

There was quick work in the trial OF
DAVID rE%pIL, who recently tore n diamond
ring from the ear Of lady In Fifth avenue.
The jury, a'tcr only twenty minutes weighing
Of the evidence for the prosecu,!on-,hcre was
no attempt 10 Offer any evidence for the defence
found him guilty Of robbery in the first de
gree, aud he was condemned to the most severe
punishment POSSIBLE under the law. twenty
years OF Imprisonment at hard labor. An this
WIS probably done In accordance with the law.
Judge G1LDERsLgGvE. who sentenced PrsDER
took occasion recently 70 rcbuke the ura,t.co
that some ladies have OF carrying their porte
monnaics in an exposed fashion. and said that
the street waits are tempted To sten these porte
monnaies He might have referred Yesterday to
tie tempting habit that some Indies have Of
wearing very costly jewclry Ia the streets
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

Ifyou want "a cure cough usr Or Buls Cough syrup
TIE reliable remedy, fnec, % eenIs.-Ais.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

Tho now rules for billiards printed in yes.
terday's Sun have not been promulgated any
eoo soon 10 save one OF the prciticst and live
Hest Of games from dcgcnerating into one Of
the dullrst. The big runs that have become so
common Of late years make q show in the news
paper repors. and are pleasant enough. no
doubt. for persons who have money stakcd on
the man who is making the run; but for look
ers-on who love the game for itself and not for
the money to be made out Of it 10y betting. they
are drcasy aud stupid. Under the now rules
which are Hs fair for onc MS for another there
will be fewer hg runs. but a great deal more Of
original aud brilliant playing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

Some foolish philosophers are so cnamorcd
o. the idea Of centrala iion that they would have
Congress DO grea, many things that are now
done T., the State Legislatures. Their argu-
ments are not kelly to be- Of much effect so long
as the closing di)s e the session present such
spectaclcs ~ thoai now being enacted at Wash
inston. II will be early enough to think Of in
crcasing the work u Congress when that body
shows iisen e,.Hal e. the work now connded u
II 10y the Constitution: when It learns TO exer-
Csc useiully the powers 1t now has. there will
be time 10 think about giving II new ones.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-26

Get HId Ut Your Cough by Using
Jayne's ENpoctotaut -.tir,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-30
SALES AT AUCTION.


lsssS sES#s S$ssas
sT sSSEES eH S yS Sss
SGESSkKh R1 bisr 81 f Md6a &C
silk Eassse Grscan STYLES and eSony and s1d
net UprisS Cabinets bookcases, Desks Easy Chairs OH
Sns BY walnut Sna
Sets Bedsteads Dressing Cases Bureaus washstands,
pets, Extension Tables, Buffet chairs in leather and cane
w s Hal saa' ds nsERT
KRAMER. Anctoneer. Goods packed, shipped, &c
AuorISSyy SALE Airs s THIS p pil6r1osGE MkyEsDAD'
ELEGAST HoTSE q xor ETkNIruRE,
PAINriNGs, BR0NzEs.
,2owEs i's Esd hD's ST., S SsaS" STn Av,
pAR1oR SUITS in al silks.
quetry Cabinets and Tables Eageres Centre and Con
Mantc large collection of Bronzcs and statuary
Also tho srEe., and most valuable assortment of Oil
Paintings offered this season; x,cv nv coxnr
w fSASp SSS EyyhslGS RRSS SSSa
Ard 80 Others both modern and w..h
stands. chonniss hair and sprag B0s.srs
AnS ns
Stand, Chairs, &c.
n WILL SELL THIS 9TH Y RSDAr) MOhNlNG,
10 O'CLOCK PROMPT.
AT PRIVATE RESIDENCE NO. II WEST 18TH ST.,
BETWEEN 9TH AND 9TH AVS,
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN GOING ABROAD.
STElNWAY PIANOFORTE.
CHICKERING UPRIGHT PIANO.
We beg call particular attention to this sale, tho fur
order by best city manufacturer
and in but short time.
satin silk; Turkish Lounges Arm Chairs, ebony
and buhl Cabinet, Ccntre and Card Tables
93 PIECES BRONZE.
81 VELVET AND BRUSSELS CARPETS
CHAMBER SETS, LIBRARY AND DINING
FURNITURE, BEDSTEADS, DRESSING CASES.
Easake and Queen Anne styles; nlaid gilt Bedsteads,
Dressing Cases, Bureaus. Wardrobes, Washstands,
Lounges Rockers marble Tables 81 hair and spring
Mattresses Pillows rep plush. haircoth Suits Mirrors
Dining Fnrniture-E xtenson Table, Buffet Chairs in
leather Dinner and Tea Sets Sverware, Cutlery; also
Hall Stands, Chairs Kitchen Furniture
N: BGoods boxed for shipping, II required Take any
A -TUNIS JOHNSON, AUCTIONEER,
old stand 81 Nassau St.
THIS DAY (THuRSDAY). JANUARY 80, at II O'CLOCK.
SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE CARPETS.
Ocloths. . rosewood Pianos elegant Showcascs black
walnut Counters Platform Scales, Mittnach Safe also
w ''"N McKiILOP 4 spHAGUE COZ
lnrge lot OF Upholstery Goods &C, Re.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-30
SALES AT AUCTION.

g HERMAN. AuCTIONEEE
k.Mortgage sale of Trunks, Nases, Satchels Sewing
Machines, &c.TIlS DAY Thursday January 80, at 10
o'clock, sharp Mt Nos. 49, and IL Bowery,
the entire stock of Trunk Manufacturer consisting OF
large and fine of all kinds OF Trunks Ladies'
Sachels, vases Hat Cases Railroad Bags: Sewing Ma.
Chimes Showcases Desks &c Sale positive IN lots TO SUIT
dealers BY order of Leopold Levy, Attorney Tor Mort
gagee
WILLIAM ABBOTT. AUCTIONEER.-By VIRTUE OF
w chatte mortgage will sell this day at ci"ck
sharp at tho auction 93 Beecker tho contents
OF Drug store--one Matthews marble Soda Fountain,
Showcases brass Scales Mortars and Postas, large
number of labelled Bottles &C.
WILLIAM i. KENNEDY ATTORNEY for Mortgagee.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-30
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

D0sToN.-FARE REDUCED VIA FALL RfvEh
Dime Only 81 80 TO Boston. Tickets limited and goot
only day continuous passage steamer
train. leaving Fall River tho following morning a 80 o
train between Fall River aud Boston. Magnificent steamer
NEWPORT and OLD COLONY leave New York daily tSun
DAYS cxccpted from pier ~ North River at 30 r.
Leave Brooklyn via Annex" boat Mt r. NJ.
EoR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST;
Steamers STONINGTON and NARRAGANSETT. from
pier 81 n r. foot Jay 80 NJ Sundays c<ecpted)
PROVIDENCE LINE, freight only. daily (except Sun
days. from pier 20 N r. foot of arren st. Mt r. ".
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-30

. sailing from pier "a North River,
for NORFOLK, PETERSBURG and RICHMOND, TUES
DAY TIL RS DAY and SATURDAY, At NJ, connecting
with all RAILROADS for the SOUTH SOUTIiW EST and
INGTON, N. c., steamers for LEwES, Del and RENO.
BOTH BEACH and connecting railroads, TUESDAYS
Through passenger tickets and bills Of lading all
points at Lowest Insurance for Norfolk &C., at
per Frcghts received daily pier 81 North River
n L. McCREADY, President
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10

He ex-Empress Eugene has not
cd sympathy in her deep and sud-
bereavement. The sovereigns of
land and Germany in particular
) shown their sincere regret at the
mely death of the young Prince,
the courts of both countries have
> into mourning for him. The pri-
character of young Louis had won
many friends. He had received a
education at the military school at
oiwich, and, quite independently
any imperial ambitions, he was a
ng man of much promise. To be
3hered by savages at the age of %
sad fate. It has been rumored that
Imperialists will rally around Prince
jor, the eldest son of Prince Jerome
'oleon Bonaparte; but conflicting
)rts are circulated at the present
) concerning the movements of what
aims of the Imperial party.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10

AT a recent dinner of the Massachu-
sets Medical Society, in Boston, Presi-
dent Eliot, of Harvard College, in an
amusing speech, called the attention of
the doctors to peculiar disease existing
among the students of Harvard. Twen-
ty-one per cent. of the Senior class
were SO affected with diseases in the
throat and lungs that it was impossible
for them to go to prayers-so the doc
tors of the Massachusetts, Medical So
ciety had certified. Among the curious
facts in connection with this disease
was that it had increased from 10 per
cent. in the Freshman class to 81 per
cent. in the Senior class, which showed
how unhealthy the college course must
be in this respect. It was a disease
which existed only few moments in
each day. It did not prevent the
students from going to breakfast even
when the prayer.bell was ringing, nor
from going to the theater almost every
night in the week. Some of them we're
the most athletic men in college, and
sang in the glee club while thus affect
ed. These diseases were all certified to
by members of the Massachusetts Med
ical Society; the college took no other
certificates. Il don't know" said the
President, seriously, "any greater harm
physician can doa young man between
Is and 81 than to give him false ex-
cuse for avoiding a duty"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10

WASHINGTON correspondent says
Postofice Department is about to
)rporate in its regulations an order
ly to materially reduce the postal
3nue. Some years ago there was a
passed authorizing the sender of a
spaper to place upon it some de-
OR inscription to indicate the send
Of it. Under this law ruling has
1 made which will allowa very large
unit of matter hitherto considered
ter of the first class to go at rates
:ged for third class matter, or for s
IS instead of 96 cents per pound.
J includes large amount of insur-
and banking business, and gener-
would permit a great many bust
blanks, in which there is little or
writing, to go at the cheap rates.
Postmaster of an Eastern city has
ady protested against the PROPOSE
, claiming that it will result in the
of 100000 to the postal revenue
a his Office alone.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10
Mistakes by Travellers.

One of the first lessons to be learned
in travelling is to place no confidence in
the supposed ignorance of the people
you meet. It is the most natural thing
in the world to talk freely and careless
ly in English when surrounded by for
eigners, and one rarely appreciates how
general is the knowledge of the princi-
pal modern languages all over Europe
until he has been Inundated at least
once by the discovery that whatever he
may say in any language and at any
place is quite sure to be understood by
some one present Very amusing in
stances are related of mistakes In esti-
mating the character of fellow travel
ers, and the latest which has come to
my ears is concerning the poet, Long
fellow, who, it is well known, is often
claimed to be ali Englishman. The
story goes that Ernest Longfellow, the
son of the poet, met in railway train
in Italy an agreeable and apparently
well-informed Engishmau, with whom
he had an entertaining discussion On
the merits of the English poets as com
pared with American. The English
man calmly counted Longfellow in the
list of his countrymen, and was much
disturbed at the positive assertion of his
young fellow-traveler that the poet was
American. Both supported their opin-
ions with the assurance of unquestion-
able knowledge, and the discussion only
terminated when at last the young
American produced his card and an.
nounced that as he was the son of the
poet, he might be supposed to know his
nationality. One hears SO often scraps
of English, evidently not intended fol
general understanding, that at last the
sound of the language in foreign
country gives him almost the same i'm
preston as it does to find himself al
involuntary eavesdropper. For M,
own part, when hear English, I am al
ways tempted to stop my ears. -Pari
! letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10

AN italian official report lately pub
lished gives summary of the criminal
statistics of the first four months of this
year. During that time there were 545
murders, 406 attempts to murder, 1.40O
assaults with serious bodily injury, and
7,015 assaults with slight injury. This
gives daily average Of 50 armed at
tacks against persons. Very remarka-
BILE is the different proportion in which
these crimes fall to the share of the
several provinces Foremost stands
Sicily, in which during those four
months there was murder for every
$4,000 inhabitants; next comes the
province of Rome, with murder for
every 10000, In the Neapoitan dis
trict the ratio was murder to every
$4,000; in Sardinia, one to every 26, 1000;
in Tuscany, one to every 56,000; in
Piedmont, one to every $4,000. The
condition of things in the former Aus
trian provinces was the most satisfacto-
ry. In Lombardy the ratio was one
murder during the four months to
every 100000 inhabitants, while in the
districts formerly comprised under the
term Venetia the ratio had decreased to
one in every $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10
Trials of q Telegraph Operator.

New telegraph operators have to un-
dergo reception which borders on the
treatment known to college Freshmen
as hazing. The Operator thus de-
scribes it: The new man walks into
an Office full of strange faces, not a
friendly hand to shake, with nothing to
recommend him but his ability as an
operator and his implicit confidence in
that ability fer his only encouragement.
He approaches the managers desk, and,
after five or ten minutes, the manager
condescends to glance upward, and, in
tone full of thunder, bluntly inquiries,
Well, sir, what is it?" The "fresh-
man" states his business, and the man
ager proposes to give him trial. Ac-
cordingly he is assigned to an instru-
ment and told that he is to receive a
special" His feelings at this juncture
are about the same as those supposed
to be experienced by man who is
about to be hanged. Nervously grasp
ing the pen, he begins to copy. The
perspiration trickles down his hand,
which makes that member adhere to the
blank, his pen sticks fast, the ink is the
thickest ever encountered, and there is
nothing left for him but to break.
Casting guilty glance about him to
see if anyone is looking, he reaches for
the key and explains to the sender that
he is new man" please take it steady"
but this only makes matters worse.
The sender begins to "whoop EN- up,"
and, as the cold chills run down his
spinal column. the freshman's" pen in
dites characters upon the blank resem
bling the Chinese hieroglyphics on a
tea box. This torture usually occupies
about half an hour, when the welcome
n m (no more) falls soothingly upon
his ear. He breathes sigh of relief
and looks about him. Behind him
stand half a dozen operators, with grin
ming countenances. In moment light
begins to dawn upon the freshman .
he is the victim of joke. A glance in
another direction discloses the fact that
the most rapid sender in the Office had
been transmitting to him from the COL
umns of daily paper for the amuse-
ment of the boys" If he accepts the
situation as joke he is initiated, but,
if he becomes angered, he is still a
freshman"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10
Indian Prospects.

There is in India a population of
about 250,000,O00, ever increasing,
while the production of food shows lit
tie development. The margin beyond
the wants of the country is narrow;
large populations, particularly in Ben
gal, subsisting, even in good years, on
the coarsest grains, and in dry seasons,
not famine years, on roots and wild
fruits. This necessarily weakens the
stamina of the people, and makes them
unable to resist the effects of such fear
full visitations as those through which
they have lately passed. The loss in
cate moreover, the only agricultural
labor-power in the country, has been
very great, and, together with the con-
sumption of seed grain, will make culti
walton, even supposing the season to be
favorable, extremely difficult for some
years to come. Altogether the pros
pect is most gloomy, and brings home
to us in marked manner the fact that
our future in the East is above all, as
Mr.. Fawcett has reminded us, ques-
ton of finance,-Londo4a Athe110euno.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10

have. ooh, I brought my lunch with
me- innocently replied the man. He
pulled two crackers from one vest pocket
tished out large chunk of cheese and a
piece OF cake carefully wrapped in brown
paper from another pocket, and asked
II he could be accommodated with glass
OF water. The baker replied that they
were out OF water, and tried his best to
sell the man glass of milk, which he
refused. He was observed to wrap up
half q cracker and return it to his pocket,
smack his lips, get into a hay-rack and
drive off.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10

l. AND MRS. BowLAN parted in San
cisco, and the wife began suit for
zee. The disunited pair met in a
terry by appointment, one day, to
d to the removal of the remains of
only child. Mutual grief for the
little one appears to have softened
animosity toward each other, for
agreed on the spot to become
aciled, Mrs. Bowlan promising to
the lawsuit and live with her hus-
I again. But her heart hardened
DON as she was out of the grave
and when, on the following day,
Ian visited her to complete the
aciliation, she told him that she
her mind. He thereupon
Tered her.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-10

The transfer of the control of Brig
ham Youngs property from the loca
Probate Court of the Mormons to the
District Court threatens to cause quite
an airing of Mormon scandals. Mrs.
Emeline A. Young Mcintosh, one of
Brigham's heirs. accuses the trustees in
charge of his $2,5O0OO0 with wasting
and appropriating half of it and using
gross favoritism in distributing the rest
among the heirs. There is likely to be
music in that Zion before the matter is
settled, for John Taylor, the present
boss Mormon, and his ring are involved.
Brigham, Jr., tried to bulldoze Mrs.
Emeline into dropping the case by
threats of damaging exposures, but she
promised to do the same by him if he
did, and the exposures are left to the
slower movements of the courts.