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Congressional.

WASHINGTON, Dec 20th-The hnuse
committee on River Appropriations will
probably report Tomorrow. The amount
will aggregate $50 0.O0G,OO0 The senate
has confirmed F. NJ Sutliffc as collector
Of customs for th. Willamette district
Secretary Sherman says that his election
as senator from Ohio Is certain Inter
est on L. s. bonds is being reduced.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

--Winslow, the Raw. Boston forger, Is
again missing.
Samuel Smiles book sells SO well thkt
Samuel smiles.
-Tennyson considersave hours writing
good days work.
Mr.. Fairchild, the new Minister 10
Spain, is 50yenrs old.
-senator-elect Garfield has Eve children:
he has two sons In college.
--Iohn Kelly, sachem Of Tammany, fell
from street car and dislocated his shoul-
der.
JOSH BILLINGS has tickled 100000 out
of the public during his sixty-three years OF
life.
lex, Coy. Fsnton who has been spend
ing tue wintor in Califoxnia, is about 70 90
to Arizona,
As soon as Patti Is dressed for the
opera she begins to earn ssysn dollars
minute.
Horatio Seymour says; 'Monerchs
will be safe from bullets when food is cheap
and abundant"
Prince Bismarck Is reported to have
bought 40 600 seedlings Of the American
maple, to plant in the forest OF the saches
void.
The young wife Of our Minister b
Peru, Mrs. Christiancy, has returned home
and is now visiting her parents near Wash
ington.
Mrs. Trollope, the novelist, wonder
If there are no ugly women in the Unite'
States, tor fhe sees only beautiful American
4 girls in Europe.
Mrs. Bell, the wife OF the Bell telephcn
man, ID q mute, but sha and her sisters, tn
Misses Hobbard, are counted among Wash
| ington's beautiful ladies.
Tho Duke Of Edinburgh recently mad
his appearance in the orchestra among th
| first vioIins at o charity concert given l
the Royal Albert Hall London.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27
MAGNOLIA, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY FEBRUARY ~ 1880

there appeared TO be no bound or bottom.
Mr.. Finley advocated his bill 10 equal
ixe bounties. He asserted IL would not
probably involve the expsnditure OF more
shan twenty millions, instead of one humid
red millions, as estimated by the secretary
Of the treasury Mr., Hayes discussed the
many phases Of the financial question
he hoped that for one session at least Con-
gress would ceas all attempts to change or
disturb it. The people wanted no more con-
grcssional tinkering with the currency. !.
Mr.. Joice spoke in opposition to the recipro-
city treaty between Canada and the United
States. Mr.. Never followed in favor Of
the bill introduced some time ago by him-
self for the retirement Of national bank
notes. House adjourned.
FKB. l6.--Bills introduced and referred:
BY Mr.. Townsend (Ill.) y To repeal the duty
on medicines. BY Mr. Henderson; Reauc-
ing the duty on iron and steel by Mr..
Parsons: Admitting frec Of duty machinery
for the manufacture OF cotton fabrics. By
MIR. House: Requesting tho President to
open negotiations with certain foreign gov
ernments relative to the importation Of to-
of Mr.. Bragg, the Senats bill for the removal
Of the body of the late Cen. Sykes from Vt
Brown, Texas, to West Point, was taken
from the Speakers table and passed. MT
Neal, from the Committee on the District o.
Columbia, reported bill prohibiting ths
publication Of lottery schemes in the Dis
1 trict Ordered engrossed and read thirt
time. Pending further action, the Hons'
adjourned.
Fen. 1S.---Chairman Cox, of the Com. or
Foreign Affairs, submitted n unanimoul
report OF the committee in regard TO thu
| charges made against Mr.. Acklen. Thl
Committee find him guilty Of having re
| ported bill from the Committee on For
| ign Affairs, of which he is not member
and asked to be discharged These finding
were referred to the Judiciary Committee
with instructions to further investigate tn
matter, and TO report the action nccessar.
to be taken by the House. The House tbei
resumed in morning hour, consideration Q
the bill to regulate the removal of cause
from State TO Federal courts. Mr.. Knot
completed his argument in support OF th
bill Mr.. Hurd also supported the bill. Ad
journed.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

The American Union Telegraph Gem
pany ia now considering, with view TO
purchase, plan of a multiplex tele-
graph, which is far superior to the
French plan recently tried at Hartford.
This plan is the invention of gentleman
named w. III. Thompson, and Is capable
Of transmitting from sixteen TO twenty
four dispatches over single line OF wire
at the same time.
The plan consists in dividing a tele-
graph lines into q number of branches
at each station and carrying these
branches through q series of rapidly OPP
Grating automatic switches, by means Of
which the several branches at each sta-
tion are connected and disconnected
with the line in rapid succession. A re-
Law in one Of the branches secures the
synchronous action Of the automatic
switches being operated by local batter
| les. The corresponding branches AZ the
various stations are therefore connected
and disconnected with the line at the
same time. By this means, when bat.
terry is connected with any Of the branch
es, the line and the corresponding
branches at the other stations will re-
ceive succession of brief electrical
charges so long as such battery conneo-
ton Is maintained. Relays, with arma-
lures so constructed as TO vibrate at the
same rate as the automatic switches, are
placed in each branch. The contact
connections Of the relays are SO devised
| that when they are vibrating they close
a local circuit controlling saunders. Ths
battery connections are effected by
means of the ordinary key From this
above description it will be seen that
when any of the keys are closed the 70.
lays in the corresponding branches at all
the statious will vibrate their armatures
and close their surrounders, while this
relays in those branches in which tha
keys are not closed viii be unaffected.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

PnRsoHs using nitrate Of soda as fer
tilizer ought TO bear in mind that, Of all
fertilizers, it is the easiest washed out
from the sell
To make chicken coop--Get store
goods boxes (about lSx30), put strips the
short way, about three inches apart. Be
sure to put in floors
A CORRESPONDENT writes: Last scar
on l kept the striped bugs from my Gu
cumbers by saturatiEg ashes with kero-
ssne and applying handful to hill
In trimming off branches they should
be close to the trunk, so that no dead
stumps shall disfgure the tree also
that the bark may more readily grow
over.
GERMAN ivy grows freely from the
alp, though well-started plant may be
bought ofa florist for a mere trihe, thus
saving much valuable time In the rails
ing.
THE Dutchess Farmer says; If farm
ers would plan recreation for their wives
and families they would remove one
cause Of gloom and sickness from their
homes.
a WRITER in the Garden says that II
potting soil is placed for day or two in
4 the hen yard every particle Of it is dug
over, and all grubs and eggs Of insects are
picked out.
CALIFORNIA cultiyates Brazilian arti-
chokes. which yield 400 bushels to tb9
acre. They are fine for stock, but arc
difficult to get out Of the ground whom
once established.
4 FoR 1879 Nebraska gives the largest
average yield Of corn per acre, amounts
ing TO forty-hve bushels, and Colorado
the largest average Of wheat, amounting
to 20 bushels per aero.
ANY of the cereals may be cut at the
roots when the kernel is in the milk
and the seed will ripen Just the same,
showing that at that time all the ele-
ments for perfecting the grain are In The
plant.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27
NEWS IN a NUT SHELL.
EVENTS OF THK PAST WEEK FROM Az.L
OVER THE WORLD.



PRoF. BrAHD wants $4,000 to furnish
hsh-hatching steamer for the coast Of South
Carolina and Forida.
THR Superintendent Of the Census IN a
circular to Supervisors says the appointment
Of enumerator must be entirely Ron-par-
tisan.
The Congressional Printer asks for de-
ticicncy appropriation of $3.50, ,000 the extra
session making necessary great amount Of
extra printing.
a CONVENTION of the United States quar-
antine officials has been called to meet in
Washington, early In May, for the purpose
of revising quarantine rules and regula-
tions.
INFoRMATIoE was submitted TO the COM
mittee on Ways and Means in which 1t was
shown that there would be no difficulty in
floating three and ahaf per cent. bond in
Europe.
THE President appointed doorge Browne
| Goode to represent The United States and
have charge of the American Fish Exhibit
ae the International Exhibition at Beilin
April next.
The House COMMITTEES on Territories
agreed 10 report favorably on the bill pro-
hihiting the President of the United States
from locating any more Indians in the In
| dian territory.
THE Revenue Agent, Brown, has notified
the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue,
from Dayton, O., that Collector Williams
deposited Sl0,455, being the amount Of de
| ficit by his cashier, Ashley Brown. Brown
is in Canada and has returned to Collector
| Williams 81, 750.
TIE House Committee on Ways and
Means adopted the report Of the sub-com
mittee charged with preparing . refundins
bill, with an amendment that $780, ,00t
in Treasury notes, provided for In this bill
shall bear 81 per cent. permanent interest
the same rs 2O-4 bonds
The Senate Committee ON Military Affair
authorized Senator Maxey to report fol
passage the bill extending to aon-commis
stoned officers of the army the same privil
ages of retirement, after thirty years merit
orious service, provided by law for com
nissioned officers.
THE proposition 10 expel Representative
Acklen, ON account of making a report Il
the House without authority, will excit
considerable discussion. Ar. Acklen is still
about the Capitol though, and as unani
nous as ever. The Committees report
while avoiding any specific recommenda
ton, Is extremely severe on MIR. Acklen
snd among other things, stated that the in
iications point TO the fact that he had som
personal interest in the claims which h
reported.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

SMALLPOX among the Rcssbud agency
Indians, Is proving very destructive TO
life.
THn California Legislature has passed q
bill, and the governor has approved it, en-
forcing the clauses In tha new constitution
against the Chinese. twill soon be before
the courts.
Mr.. II. T. ALIEN retiied merchant Of
Sandwich, ILL.,, was murdered in his bed BY
two men who broke into the house and
proceeded at once to his bedroom. Several
arrests have been made.
A SAN l7nAEcrsco special says: In conse.
aenca of the demonstration OF unemployed
workingmen the Mission Wooden Mills ano ans
the Oakland acific Jute Factory have dis
charged their /, 200 Cinnamon until the con
stituronality OF the new State anti-Chiness
law is determined in the United States Su'
preme Court. Other mills will follow suit
and large amount Of white labor will
probably be discharged also, increasing th'
existing Distress
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

February, preparations are being made to
enable Gen. Bright 5 division 10 move np
and ro-enfcroe Gen. Roberts.
1T Is reported that Dean Stanley says
that the erection of monument to ths late
Prince Louis Napoleon in Westminster Abb
bey has been irrevocably determined upon,
although il is not likely to be carried out
Immediately.
Tho speech from the throne on the
opening Of the Italian Parliament treated
almost exclusively of intarnA affairs. 1t
recommends the abolition Of the grist tax,
the adoption Of election reform and bills in
regard TO foreign affairs. The speech says;
Italy has made peace; il IL therefore easy
for her to support the observance Of the
treaty Of Berlin and remain faithful TO her
promise 70 be an element Of progr.M and
civilization in Europe.
The session of the Austrian and Hunga-
rian delegations has closed. Baron Won
Haymerle conveyed the thanks Of the En-
peror to the delegations, President Schuser-
ling, replying in the Austrian delegation,
said the increase Of the armies in several o.
the European States imperiied the welfare
of the people; he hoped Austria would moi
follow their example. Herr Haynald, II
the Hungarian delegation, declared conhd
once in the maintenance Of peace.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

THE military fever Is raging In mest Of
the counties Of southern Georgia.
GoAr-sKrNs worth $4,000 were shipped
from Corpus Christi. Texas, few weeks
ago.
THE exports Of hides from Texas in a
single year amounted 70 very nearly 81, 600, X
600.
NRAn Hampton, Va, very Large eagle
was killed by lightning during thuuder-
storm.
NUMBER Of farmers are very success
fully cultivating upland rice in Monroe Co.,
Georgia.
THE News: Deep water at Galveston
will double the value Of every acre Of land
in Texas
The amount Of lumber exported from
Pensacola, Fla, during January was 4,2so,-
900 feet
FIFTEEN Tennessee stables are to be repre-
sented at the spring meeting Of the chicago
! jockey Club.
A weMAx locked up in New Orleans on q
charge Of drunkenness, tried to commit sui
eide by hanging, but was cut down by ths
| turnkey.
| TIE wife of United States Senator VIII
| kinson Call. Of Florida, Is the youngest Of
ali the Senator'S wives andsis said TO be shs
most beautiful She was Miss Shrinking
| of 3. Carolina.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

The following extract from sermon
preached by Sydney Smith to her mai
esty Queen Victoria, on her accession to
the throne, is, thinks the London Truth,
worthy of recalling: 'Extingnish in
your heart the fendish love for military
glory from which your sex does not me-
cessarily exempt you, and to which the
wickedness Of fatterers may urge you
Say upon your dQathbed, I have made
few orphans in my reign; haze made
few widows. Ny object has been peacs.
have used all the might Of INV charae-
ter and the power Of my situation 70
check the irascible ps8si0ns Of mankind
and turn them to the arts Of industry -
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

MRS LlvERMonE. the lecturer, says the
VIZ fires which cook our breakfasts cook
me women who stand over the stoves,
andthat there is waste of wood and q
WASTE Of women. In the same lecture
fHe speaks Of advances made in science,
and tells how, being in the mousse Of q
Aasnd, she heard through the telephone
smezage from the lady's daughter, who
wanted her mother to look out Of the
window while her darling was driving
pasi the house with beautiful new
honnat
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

Council Bluffs had lively sensation
short time since. A man from Chica-
70 arrived at one Of the hotels in the
former place, and the clerk. thinking he
had nice surprise for his guest, told
him that his wife was In the house.
"rhat cannot be- said the c. NJ, "for |
left her at home few days since, and
she said nothing of making a joarney."
"Well," said the clerk, esilr's In the
house, and I'll prove II by showing her
to you"
Going to her room he knocked and
told the lady her husband was down
stairs and wouli like 10 see her. She
almost tainted, aid the clerk Didn't
know what il all meant. The secret,
however, soon was disclosed that she
was clipping with another man and
thought her husband had gone to Cali.
fornfa
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

TIM cost Of the materials used In the
execution Of Frank Baker, murderer,
Of Sussex county, in December last, as
appears by the itemized account present
cd to the Auditor by the Sheriff, was as
follows; ITO executing Baker, s5; rope,
twenty-five cents; one black cap, forty
cents; coffin, $3.50; nails used in gallows,
hirty-tive cents. Total, Slo,50.- Rich
nload Vd.) Chronicle.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

Al. GAMeErTA's love for iresh-laid eggs
Is attracting attention in France. Not
that the tastidious Gambetta eats the
egg Of the common hen, for he accords
preference 10 eggs Of the lapwing only.
AZ the lapwing is rare bird in France,
he has rented a large hirze-heath in Ha-
noyer, which is reserved for breeding
birds TO supply the Lucullian tables Of
the President Of The Chamber.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

B. r. AVERY & soS, plow manufactur-
srs, Atlanta, Ga, received two barrels,
which, being opened, were found to con-
tain three corpses of half-grown people
packed in charcoal As they dealtin no
goods Of that kind, the police ware noti-
fed, and search revealed the fact that
they were shipped to Avery, druggist,
Peachtree street, for the Atlanta Eclee-
tic Medical College.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

SARA BnRNHARDr, in parts requiring
mn dress, is 50 meagre and scrawny that
she has to wear false neck, made OF
many layers of gauze, the outer one Of
which has a thin dressing Of wax, and
above the laces and flowers Of the dress
Ma illusion is perfect.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

President Greyy made his daughter 4
present on New Years day Of breech-
loader Rather an odd present foi an
elderly and Paci1c old barrister to make
to his only daughter: Mlley yGreyy, how
evor, Is dsiigh'ed with the gun, 1t APP
pears, and shows 1t TO all who call upon
the family at the Elysee, proudly an
nounclng thar no lady In France has the
same kind q gun save the Duchess de
Dondeaudsillel
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

c1raN paper rags are selling at four
.ants pound in the Chicago market.
paper shavings--that is, the trimmings
.s-orn BOOK and fiat papers ARE vorth
sbree and one-half cents per pound.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

THE present postage stamps used IN
Hngland will be superseded next year
Ii has been found thatthe black obliter-
atinq mark can be taken out SO well that
the stamps can be used again without
tho certainty Of detection. To obviate
this paper OF thinner texture viii be
sssd and the color will be altered.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

A PANS dispatch gives the amount Of
Frances loss through the late Louis Ma
poleon's "a Berlin exploitation as ST.
5s7 100000. In 1878 the Minister Of FL
nance, Leon Say, stated that the direct
sost ofthe war and foreign occupation Of
ls7o-7s was 81 ,s57 ,576 400. The last re-
port includes the loss in resources. The
interest on frances war debt amounts
V nearly 5000, 600 900 annually.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

TEE heavy rains among the mountains
Of Tennessee did considerable damage
to the Cincinnati Southern railroad by
causing Iandslides. Hundreds Of thous-
ands Of dollars will berequired after this
road j. turned over to the carrier com
pany for completion and maintenance,
to put it in complete and permanent
running condition.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

Mrs. HARRIET LANE IoHNsox has be
come the owner Of "Stony Batter the
smell estate in the Cumberland valley
whereon her uncle, James Buchanan,
was born. The house in which that
event took placc--a little old log build
ing-was removed half a century ago,
and now stands in Mercersburg, in ex-
eellent preservation.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

FHr Italian papers pretend that the
oause Of the continued residence Of the
crown Princess Of Germany at Pegli, in
I,alv. is her willful disposition and her
anpopulsrity with. her husbands fam
~ at the Court of Berlin.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27
Tlls East.

TnH Governsr of Maine in message 70
the Senate, places the States expenses
caused by 'csuning outp at $4,000.
T.F. PnrLLrrs, aretired merchant aged
sixty, was garroted and robbed in Thomas
street, New York, by three oolorsd women,
who were arrested
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

ON California editor shoots another
fos calling him horse-thief- This is
rrope. for two reasons. One is that the
brother may have been lying in error,
snd the other is that he may be telling
The truth.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27
TIMELY TOPICS.

W,4u diamonds made 60 order, trot-
MI horses s1oo, and electric lights up
.,a;ys M and down, who would trade this
country. for any other2
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

OurDA ia writing new book. The
last one. 1t viii be remembered. was
about woman with shining golden hair
who wandered among the Lilies. It -
therefore this heroine'e turn to be ced~
hsadsd and walk il the sneW
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-02-27

PErsfqASs fenoiamend Dr. Buli's Cough
Syxup nhen al ether medicines fail ss .
eer{&in cars fa1 Bronchitis, Bore rhroef,
xn& t'enxhs or Colds Of long stAndlm&. EaE
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-15
MINING NOTES.

Dutch Fiat hydraulic mines have started
up on full time.
The Modoc Company's furnaces at Look
out, Inyo county, started up December
l0sh.
About 500 men are working and pres
pecting about Angels Camp Calaveras
county.
A great deal of work is being done on
the Piety Hill mines, Sonora, Tuolumne
county.
The Morristown ditch, Sierra county, is
completed to Craigs Flat. The camp is
very lively.
The Unionville, New, anthony mines
are shipping % tons per month, and find
it profitable.
The richness of the cinnabsr obtained
from the new strike in the Sulphur Bank
mine, Lake county, is subject OF re-
mark.
In the various mining districts adjacent
to Silver City, New Mexico, new locations
are made every day. The Bremen mines
are running night and day on fair ore.
In Deadwood District, Trinity county,
on the Brown Bear mine, a number of men
are at work grading the site for mill. A
20-stamp mill with steam-power will be
erected.
Near Vallecito there are miles of ancient
river channel from 100 to 200 feet deep,
that have never been opened, but the
gravel of which is supposed to be enor-
mously rich.
At Auburn the Pugh mill has run stead
lily on custom rock since last May, and the
general average of the ore has been salts
factory. In addition to the work of this
mill several other mills have crushed more
or less custom ore.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-15
THE MONROE DocrR1nE.

The Haunting of the Monroe doctrine in
opposition to the Panama canal scheme Of
NJ. Lesseps may be productive of some
good, if it compels the country to realize
how impotent it is to maintain any such
theory beyond the range Of mere discus
sion. The plain and painful truth is that
the United States does not possess the
power to support its pretensions as against
foreign powers. If the French Govern
ment had determined to take prominent
interest in the Panama canal, and if our
Government had objected to such course,
the objection could not have passed beyond
the region of diplomacy. No doubt the
American nation is very rich and very
capable, but before governments can hold
strong language on questions like the
Monroe doctrine they must be In a
position to back up their theories by
physical force in the last resort, and that
is just where we are impotent. We have
not naval force strong enough to en-
counter even such power as Spain. Be-
fore the fleets of France, or england, or
Germany, or even Russia and Italy, we
should be quite helpless. 1t is therefore
simply ridiculous for Us to attempt to
buster about the Monroe doctrine. That
doctrine is one which foreign powers may,
if they choose, agree to; but assuredly
we cannot compel them to do so, and If
they refuse we shall have to back down, or
we shall have to accept war with the GER
tainty of being worsted until we can build
an adequate navy. That is the truth Of
the situation, and it ought to demonstrate
the absolute necessity OF bringing our navy
up to level with those of Europe.