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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-20

DklMK NEW CURKAMTS, Ctron ard
x Raisins ust rc.ipel BY
dec }. G.. BILBURN.
, 1880-11-17

unbrokeu rain period. :. The tropical g soils.
titial rain seasons have on the ocean q much
more limited extent than has been supposed,
Tor they extend little over the region periodi-
oally affected BY the zone of Gains; and so,
In the southern hemispbsse,Tot nearly SO far as
on the adjoining the land. Beyond 5deg. n.
latl, and to the PolaE pirc,es the summer sea-
son is nearly everywhere, on TIE ocean, the
most deficient In rain. as3 A complete analogy
between the regions Nuth snd AID pOsth Of the
meteorological equator lying about 6deg. N.
can be found only in the ZONES with tropical
rains reaching l0deg. on either side. Beyond
this, there Ia only partial analogy ; aud in par.
%ticular, the region of winter rains, embracing
nearly the whole North Atlantic beyond the
tropics, has its analogue in the South All niic
only In the neighbourhood of the Cape, while
the region with double equinoctial maximum,
comprises the larger part of the South Atlantic,
has no proper analogue 10 the Northern hemi-
sphere. 4. On the Atlantic may often be OBJ
served a gradual retardation Of the rainy aud
dry seasons with increasing distance from the
equator, and not only at times when the deCli-
nation OF the sun varies in the same sense, but
frequently also WHEN the SUMS motion is Oppo.
site-e.q., on the southern hemisphere, during
the frst of the year. Thus the causes which
determine the rainy and dry seasons seem Of.
ten to have their action gradually propagated
from the tropics towards the poles.
, 1880-11-17
THE FRENCH MINISTRY.
Times 18th Oct

Rumours of dissensions in the Cabinet
are again beginning to circulate. 1t Is
affirmed by some, aud denied by others,
that the Ferry, like the De Freycinet Cabi-
net. is divided. certain of its Members
siding with MlFerry land others with NJ.
Cons tans. The latter Is understood to de.
mand perfect freedom of action as to the
dispersion of the non,reeognised religious
orders, while NJ. iFerrylis anxious to mode.
rate the ridicule beginning to be incurred
by this campaign in behalf of the chief
point ofthe French Democratic programme.
M. Ferry thinks that it is a paltry
thing to direct his efforts to the dispersion
of $4,000 non. recognized monks and nuns
when there are liz, 900 who cannot be dis
turbed, being already recognised. M. Con-
stants, on the other hand, regards the dis.
persion O these $4,000 persons of both sexes
as an achievement which may dispense
with the necessity of any other programme
In view of this conflict, M. Ferry has beg
ged Nj. Gevy to hasten his return, and the
President. accelerating his departure by
two days, reaches Paris tonight. so as to
preside over q Cabinet Council tomorrow.
Then it is expected, will be decided the
great battle between the two parties, one
representing the dictates of M. Gambetta
the other leaning, or hoping to lean, on NJ.
Grevy. Whether these rumours be correct
or not, and apart from details of merely 10.
cal interest, the question is now just what
it was three weeks ago-A Conflict between
open and Responsible power and occult
irresponsibility ~ The coAfiictt win 60 on In
various shapes il will periodically iisquist
the country :if viii render French domes-
tic policy ~preeariops, ast Iongg IS the logic of
things is not accepted as long az power
and responsibility are disjoined ; rs long as
M. Gambetta does not agree eithert to cease
pulling the strings or to take Office. One
of these alternatives is Indispensable in the
interest, not only Of France, now subject to
constant uneasiness, but of N. Gambetta
himself, whose prestige is daily lessening,
seeing that his friends reproach him with
, 1880-11-17
" TFlI ItEf u
RUSSIA AND CHINA,

There are various reports as to the pre-.
sent relations between Russia and China.
The St. Petersburg Herald announces on
good authority that aswar seems inevitable,
and that extensive preparations are being
made for the contingency Admiral Less
owsky even, according to another account.
has recommended an immediate advance on
Pekin By land and sea. avowing that the
Chinese army, despite all it's efforts, is in.
capable of resistance. The Norddeutsche
Allqemeime Zeitung, on the other hand,
which rarely makes an assertion in promi
nent type without complete justification for
it, hears from st. Petersburg that The Chi.
nese have finally become convinced of the
necessity for making concessions, and have .
therefore, furnished their representative in
the Russian capital with full powers, with
the view of bringing the long.spun-out ne.
gotiations to a final and satisfactory close.
BE this the case or not. the Russians will
scarcely be inclined to embark on an en-.
counter with China until certified that there
is no immediate occasion for a display of
their military power in Europe. And they
must be rather in doubt about this STILL
Times.
, 1880-11-17
RAINFALL ON THE ATLANTIC.

A recent examination, BY NM Koppsn aud
Spruag, Of 178 log books Of vessels that bad
sailed on The Atlantic within . period Of two
years, had reference to the number Ut days on
which rain fell, aad the Results, though profess
sdly not Of . complete character, yet throw
considerable frssh light 90 the subject. Ideas
previously current need correction (according
to the suihors) 10 the following respects 81.
The rumbsr Of days With aqueous prscipitates
Il. % the Atlantic 10 general. and especially In
the trade wind regions, greater than 10 COM
moaiy supposed. Beyond q region defined by
liass con1eciing four poinh-vis, Opor.o SIS
deg. W. and Is deg. n. Cape 81. Rogue. and
Gaps ct Good Hopt-thsre are no months 10
which the normal probability Of rain on the
oeeaa iio below O.20, except perhaps on the
vest eoast Of Patagonia. On the other hand,
within tho defined region, there Is no portion
(spsrt from some mountainous islsndsl With
, 1880-11-17

sccomplices came to the appointed
spot with the electric battery
they could not, despite all their
eHorts, succeed in bringing the battery
in connection with the double mine
under the rails. All the trouble
taken in acquiring the most minute
details concerning the Cars journey,
about the Imperial train, its length,
its speed, about the carriage in which
the Gar was seated, etc. was entirely
useless. The explosion was to have
taken place on both sides OF the rail-
way, and the dynamite loading was
q times stronger than necessary to
burst the rails and destroy the whole
train. Besides it was expected that
the train would fall down the en-
bankment These are the circum-
stances which, near Alexandrowsk,
have saved the Gear from a death
which seemed inevitable. In what
manner he afterwards avoided the
psrils near Moscow is already gen.
orally known.
The Marriage of the Gar with Princess
Dolgorouki seems to be an accomplished
fact, although the Russian papers do not
say a word of it. A correspondent from
st. Petersburg to the Cologne Gazette writes
that the press. regulations forbid mention.
ing family matters of tho Emperor, but
according to rumour, the marriage, took
place OH the 10th of July Told style) in the
chapel Of the imperial palace. The impe-
rial family, whose members are against this
marriage, was for the greater part alb
sent. The Czarewitch was i'll Esth-
land, and the princes vladimir and Con.
stantin were abroad. Among the few
witnesses to the marriage.ceromony were
Prince Nicolas and the Minister of War.
The newly married couple is now in Livadia
with their children, of whom the eldest is
already a half grown boy. This second
consort of the Gar Princess Dolgorou.
XII, belongs to the most ancient Russian
nobility, the family Russikovitski, which
il said to descend from Rurik, the founder
of the Russian Empire, she is thus not
inferior to the Emperor with regard to
descent.-(FrOm the Dagblad.)
, 1880-11-17

Sinking Office. and his opponents begin to-
question his decided governmental abilitiesr
Nobody, indeed, has been waited higher
by events, and nobody has been more ill
served by circumstances since for it would
almost seem a though, since his attain.
ment to power, q malicious fairy had sys.
tematically thwarted his best.laid schemes.
, 1880-11-17
Dental Notice.

n WOULD beg to intimate to my
friends and to all persons who may
require my attendance to apply at an
early time, it being my intention
shortly to leave here on a profession
al visit for an indefinite period.
St Thomas 23rd October 1880.
JAS. GORDON.
, 1880-11-17

We quote from the New York letter
OF the st Thomas Times the following
regarding the Presidential Contest
The Republican Candidates, Garfield and
Arthur, have CARR led a 'isolid North" with
the exception of New Jersey and Nevada.
against a .'soId SOuth'-219 Electoral votes
against $50, as the following table will
show:
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

It now seems to be settled fact
that Ben Husselton, a lunatic from
Worthington and who is now in
the Niccollet county Jail, is the per-
son who set the Insane Asylum on
fire. He was supposed by the off,
GERS of the institution to be harm.
less and for that reason was allowed
full liberty to 60 in and about the
entire building. On the evening
of the fire Husselton had been en-
ployed on some work outdoors, and
had been detained somewhat later
than usual. When returning to his
supper lie found the same to be
cold, upon which he swore that he
would have revenge on the atten-
dants if he had to burn the whole
hospital to do it. No attention was
paid tc his threats, but short time
afterwards the fire was discovered
in the north wing of the building.
The maniac told after his arrest that
he used naphtha for starting the fire,
and this has partly been confirmed
by some firemen, who say they
heard dull explosion from the eel.
lar. He also said that he had plac..
ed another can Of naphtha under
che wing Of the building occupied
by the females, but this had failed
to ignite, thereby saving hundreds
of those PATIENTS.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01
Welcome 10 Minnesota.

Hon. H. H. Young, secretary of
immigration, has received a letter
from leading citizen Of St. Cath
arines, Ontario, who represents a
colony Of about fifty Canadian fam
lilies who propose to settle in MIN
nesota next spring. This gentle
man states that after travelling 3, 900
miles, he considers certain portions
of Minnesota and points in Dakota
near Bismarck and Jamesto
as most desirable for colonizing pur.
poses. He has completed arrange
ments to send a colony to Dakota,
and is now perfecting plans for his
Minnesota colony, which embraces
an intelligent class ofpeople, thor
oughly hmericanized, all OF whom
are possessed of means. Minneso.
ia If only too glad to welcome such
immigrants to her lands, and offer
them every possible inducement to
come, as we'll as every facility for
securing homes. We have plenty
of room for a large number of such
colonies, and a climate and fertility
of soil which cannot fail to album.
DAINTY satisfy them.--Dispatch;
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

Asa White, one of Blue Earth
county's pioneer business men, died
at Winnebago Agency on the NOR
ming of the 25th inst. He came to
this State in 1848, and commenced
trade with the Indians along the up
per Mississippi. In 1850 he formed a
partnership in that business with
Isaac Marks, now city treasurer Of
Mankato, and the partners moved to
the latter place in the year 1855 ard
at that time built the stone block
opposite the lcvee. This was the
first permanent building erected in
the city. The firm OF White &
Marks was we'll known to tho early
settlers far and wide, as they did u
very extensive retail business, get
ting their customers from nearly all
parts of southwestern Minnesota
and also from Northern Iowa
About the year 1868 the firm failed,
since which time Nj. White has re-
sided on his farm at the old Winnie.
bago Agency. The cause Of his
death was infammatory rheuma-
tism.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01
e English Grain Market.

LONDON, Nov. 23.--The Mark
Lane Express says: Storms. floods,
and unsettled weather over the
whole United Kingdom somewhat
seriously delayed wheat sowing in
Sussex and some other backward
districts. Threshing continues to
show that the wheat crop is very de.
ticient. Prices in provincial mar.
kets in many instances are shill-
ing worse. Sellers are unable to
obtain any advance on foreign wheat
on spot, but cargoes off coast and
other positions are improving day by
day. The closing was strongly in
favor Of sellers, in consequence of
the smallness of the quantity on pas.
sage and little prospect of an excess.
i've supply
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

Lieut.. Governor elect Robinson,
Of Colorado, was shot BY the guard at
a mine last Saturday night. The fol-
lowing are the particulars:
There was q dispute about posses
sion of a mine there and a guard had
been placed to watch it, last night.
Gov. Robinson and the manager of
the mine went to it after dark. The
guard not recognizing them and not
hearing the answer to an inquiry who
they we're, fired he says, into rock
overhead. Gov. Robinson fell, shot
in four places. He is still living, but
the wounds are believed fatal. The
fact that there has been trouble be-
tween the miners and the manager
during the last week, the guards
story and the peculiarly OF tho
wounds, make the theory that it was
accidental unsatisfactory. @a
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01
The Text Book Vote.

The canvass Of the votes cast for
and against the text book acts, was
made at the capitol at St. Paul on
Monday and Tuesday of last week.
There were A, 739 votes cast in fav-
or Of the book acts, and rs, 465 votes
against, making an apparent major.
ity of726 against the same. But
according to the law it requires a
ma ority of the electors present and
voting on election day to defeat the
measure, and it has been found that
10, $3.50 votes were cast for president
and hence it required 60,316 votes
against the law in order to defeat it,
instead Of the IS, 465 that were cast
against. The board of canvassers
have therefore decided that the law
remains in force.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

-Four men were instantly killed
and one severely wounded, on Tues
day afternoon of last week, near
Hopkins station on the Hastings
and Dakota road, while engaged in
removing earth from cut. The
men had been digging into the bank
leaving thick frozen crust above,
but this broke loose Ind buried them
beneath. They were soon extricat.
ed by another gang of men, but life
had been extinct for some time be.
fore they were recovered from the de-
bris. The fifth man had one leg
nearly severed from his body, the
different parts being held together
by few muscles. He has since
died.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

The Democrats elect one presiden.
tial elector in Indiana, but then
they lose one in California 80 that,
after all, it will be about an even
thing. In Indiana the Republican
managers failed to place the name
of the defeated elector upon several
thousand OF the election tickets.
This elector had been substituted by
the State committee for one who
had been withdrawn, but it seems
that in some portions of the State
the people were not aware of the
change, hence this remarkable blum.
der.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

With reference to the managers
Of the St. Peter Asylum the New
York Tribune OF the 18th says:
If there was any care which they
might have taken and did not take.
then they arc guilty of manslauzh.
ter: That is the logic of the matter
and we defy any goodnatured exten.
uator to get away from it. We shall
presently be told that nobody is to
blame-neither architect nor build
er nor superintendent nor servant,
We take issue in advance. We saw
this general acquittal of everybody
is mere nonsense. There is no lunat.
ic in the country who does not know
better. Something was done which
should not have been done, or left
undone which should have been
done.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

The suffering for fuel on the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road
has been so great, that on Saturday,
the 10th inst, at Britt, Hancock
county, Iowa, a party of so farmers
armed with pistols, took possession
of the coal house at that place be
longing to the company. It seems
they were driver to take such course
on account of suffering in their fam
lies
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

Early on Monday morning of last
week, broken rail near Walnut
Grove dumped the caboose from the
track and over an embankment. Mr.;
Rowley, the conductor, and Mr..
Crouch and Mr.. Josslyn who were
in the car at the time, were consid-
erably bruised. The car took fire
from the stove which fell over and
was entirely consumed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01
West and South.
From Washington.

ISAAC P. GRAY, late Lieutenant Governor.
has taken the oath of office as Governor of the
State of Indiana.
On the 22d Augustus Werner, Of Canton,
O., died of lockjaw, causing by spraintng his
ankle in jumping out of bed.
An Indianapolis dispatch of the 23d says
that Indiana has chosen one Hancock Elect
or, D. w. Chambers defeating B. 8. Parker,
through the blunder of the Republicans in
making up the tickets for Perry, Floyd, Bar
tholomew, Putnam and Wells Counties.
THERE is trouble at Bracket, Texas, on the
Mexican frontier. 1t appears that some
Mexicans recently murdered United States
soldier, and his comrades retaliated by burn
ing the Greasers' dwellings. Troops and
citizens were patrolling the town on the 23d,
and great excitement prevailed.
ACCORDING to Detroit telegram Of the 23d
there were seventy-four loaded vessels, bound
for Chicago, frozen up at various points in
Lake Erie, and twenty-eight in st. Clair Riv-
er, bound for Buffalo.
TIE official canvass of the recent election
In Michigan shows q total vote of $50, 655.
Garfield received 1856, 1875; Hancock, 131 .9O1 ;
Weaver, "a, SOS; Dow, 942; scattering, 1922.
o8r0olVS pAuIallLy, Oo,oo43 uAJOIAty OvOI dAy
1885,
On the morning Of the 2sd Prof James c.
Watson, astronomer at the Wisconsin State
University, died after q short illness.
TIE official canvass OF the vote of North
Carolina shows the following results. Han
cock, LA, 204; Garfield, 1866. Haneock's
majority, s,5Ss.
JAMES L. PUGH, the Democratic caucus
nominee, has been elected Senator from Ala
bama, to fill the vacancy caused by the dealt.
Of Ex-Governor Houston.
AN inmate of the Minnesota Insane
Asylum, named Ben Hasselman, confesses
that he fred the building, and wishes all had
been burned.
ACCORDING to q Cincinnati telegram Of the
23d A. ]. Tullis, q lawyer. and Jacob Nine,
who we're indicted for forgery, had been ar
rested, aud Cornelius McGoldrick, an asso.
ciate, would soon be arrested. They are
charged with the forging Of title deeds to
large tracts Of land in Illinois, Iowa and 9th.
er States, thereby defrauding innocent pur.
chasers. The forgeries Of which they are
charged arc Of startling character, being
A1zeds to large quantities Of land owned 5bl
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

A portion of the Merchants hotel
of s.. Paul caught fire on Thursday
evening Of last week, involving a
loss Of about 81, 200 to the hotel; but
this does not include the individual
losses of the hired girls, nearly all of
whom lost all their pers onal effects.
Nothing is known in regard to the
origin Of the fire. It W as first
discovered in the engine room,
kitclsu, and girls apartments, all
which were enveloped in flames at
the same time. It was with great
difficulty that the building was
saved,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

The steamer Oncle Joseph sank in
the Gulf of Spezzia, off the coast
Of Italy, on the morning of the Oath
inst. About $50 persons were
drowned and only about 50 saved.
This terrible disaster Was caused by
a collision between the sinking vessel
and another vessel, the Ortica, which
was also considerably damaged but
no lives lost from the SAINT. The
passengers on board of the Inflated
steamer were bound for South Am.
erica, and great many English
and Americans were among the
number.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01
Mrs. WeiSCha r Convicted.

In the case of Mrs. Mary Weishar,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band in April last, at their home
about four miles below Mankato, the
jury brought i'll a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree. The case
was tried last week at LIE Sueur and
concluded on Friday night, the jury
being out about three hours before
they brought in their verdict. ..
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01
An Ugly War Vessel.

Capt. John Eoclrsn, the inven.
tor of theMonitor, has invented pro-
jectile boat that throws projectile
containing $50 pounds of dynamite,
which explodes by concu ssion when
it strikes the object fred at. The
boat is an iron clad, perfectly invul,
nerable. and the mightiest hips of
war in the world are said to be COM
pletely at its mercy. CAPT. Ericsson
is expert menting in New York har-
Dor with it.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-12-01

The grist' and saw mill at Mime
sofa Falls, owned by Austin & Wor-
den was burned on Sunday morning
the 21st inst. The fire originated in
the saw mill, which had not been
used for some time, and it is there.
fore thought the firing was the work
Of an incendiary. Ex.Gov ernor Aus.
tin was the senior member of the
firm