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National Republican., 1880-01-06
NInssaohnsetts MnnIeInal InaugnrntIons.

BosToN, Jan. 5.-Tho new city government
was inaugurated this morning. Mayor Prince
took the oath of office early. After the alder
men and common council had qualified, the
latter organized by unanimously electins
Harvey N. Shepard as president. The mayors
and municipal governments of the various
cities of this State were inaugurated to-day.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Utes OH Their yVay East,

DENVER, Coll, Jan. 5.-Dispatches from Del
Norte state that twelve Utes with their escort,
on their way east, arrived at that point this
afternoon and will tomorrow reach Alamosa,
the terminus Of the railroad. The Indians
are objects of much curiosity, especially Ouray
receive the homage of public curiosity with
stocd indifference.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
pcnnsylynnIn CnnI.nn suits.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-Tho case Of tho
Commonwealth VS.. ROckafcler ct al, popu-
lary known rs the coil cases." was brought
up in the Supreme court to-day by Hon. w.
H. Corbet, who asked that the rule in the case
might DO heard at once. Tho motion pre-
vailed, although opposed by the othersde and
Judge Brewster opened the case to the court
in bano. Hon. William L. Corbct argued
against the rule, and Lewis G.. Cassidy spoke
briefly in reply. The court then held the
matter under advscmeut
National Republican., 1880-01-06
PENNSYLVANIA Sinking rund Report.

HARRISBURG, Jan. Ex-Governor Hoyt is
sued n proclamation this morning in accord
anco with the report of the Commissioner df the
Sinking Fund for 1870. The receipts for the
fiscal year ending November 80, 1879, were
SO, 56S.57, which added to the balance of
F05S, ,G30.sS on hand November 80 1878, made
in cash Sl ,12S, ,199.45. The amount of the
debt redeemed was 81 1854 952; the amount
of interest paid, 81, ,23l 2l059 compensation,
&c, S6,62I6S, and the balance in the sinking
fund November 30, 1879, was 81 ,202, ,373.1s.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
The sIuaILPox,

Three cases of smallpox were reported nj
the health Office yesterday all IN the eastern
section Of the city, and ia houses whore there
were patients sick with the disease, 80 that
the new outbreak was tCNcCablO Immediately
to coutagion. A number Of citizons OF East
Washington called upon the District Commits,
siouers yesterday and protested against the use
OF building at the corner OF Nineteenth and
A streets southeast as a wagon shed and luun.
dry in connection with tho smallpox hos
pital,
National Republican., 1880-01-06
CILTFORNII.
Republlenn OrrnninnlInn I'D tIo Honso

Republican Organization of the House,
SAN FRANClsCO Jan. 5.--.rhe legislature
assembled to day A fusion was talked Of be-
tween tho Democrats, Workugmen and New
Constitution Assemblymen 70 organize tho
house. but it fell through, and on the first
ballot the Republicans elected j. i. Cowdery,
of San Francisco speaker
The Republican senatorial caucus to-day
resolved to send u dispatch to Senator Blaine
and ex-senator Morrill,, congratulnting them
OH the decision Of the Supreme court OF Maine,
their rights,
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rne nonsnomblIng Of oongress.

Congress will reasonable to-day, but no busi-
ness Of importance will bo transacted, as tho
death Of Senator Houston, of Alabama, will be
announced In both Houses soon after the meet.
ing aud an adjournment had out Of respect to
his memory
A large number Of Senators aud Representa-.
tiyes arrived In town last night, and there Is
probably more than quorum Of both Houses
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Fortunate Escape of Factory Hands.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 5.-The yarn man
ufactury of Pollock & .Woltzencraft was dam
aged by fire this morning to the extent of about
$4,000. When the fire was first discovered there
were in the building over 800 hands, including
men, women and girls, and when the alarm
was first given great CONSERVATION prevailed,
especially among the latter, but they all
escaped from the building without sustaining
any injury.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Dishonest officials Sentenced.

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Judgc Blodgett in the
United States court to-day sentenced John w.
Gregg to one years Imprisonment in Jail and
fine of $l,2l7 for embezzlemcnt in the post.
office. William Spauding, custom-house
clerk, was also sentenced to pay fino of 81 ,GlS
for cmbozzlement.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
San Frauolsco,s slx-Dovs wo,,s.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. MurdoclS, of
Red Bluff, was tho winner In the go.as-yo
please match which ended last night with 4S1
miles to his credits Eaton made 470 miles;
Matteson and Kobblcr, 46O each; Reed, 45s;
Scott 437; Mirabeau, 423 and Drew, Ala.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Strike of IsaiIroad Hands.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA, Jan. 5.-Two hun
dred laborers on the extension of the Midland
railroad from Orange Courthouse to Char.
lottesville, struck this morning for an increase
of wages to 81 per day. The road, which is to
be thirty-one miles in length, Is under con-
tract to be finished by July /.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
A Murder Confessed.

Derry LINE, VI, Jan. 5.-Mrs. Grey, now
in Jail ut SherbroolSo with her husband, has
confessed to the murder of Thomas Muligan,
whose body was found burned in his shanty,
near Quebec, on the oath utimo.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Flight of Jail birds.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, Jan. 5.-Tho prisoners
confined in the franklin county jail made a
break fer liberty ut 8 o'clock this evening
just after tho new sheriff had assumed charge
and nine escaped through the entrance door
james Horrell, alias Kerr, indicted for murder
in the first degree, and j. w. Dodge, indicted
for stabbng, are among the missing.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Rolntlng 10 CnllIsions al sen.

Mr., A, r. Spmgue, Of the International Code
Committee, has transmitted to Secretary
Eyuts the recent resolution Of the committee
relating TO collisions at sea, Mr., Evarts has
submitted the matter to the President for his
action,
National Republican., 1880-01-06
The Gcorgiu Rncos.

AUGUSTA, GA, Jan. 5.--Everythng is in
readiness for the races tomorrow. Fifty
horses are on the grounds, including some of
the finest runners and trotters in the South
and West. The indications promise Gno sport.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
STRAWS ON THE SURFACE.
Minor Events that Show the Gen.
eraI Current.
a Pennsylvania Judge hppointcd-Deatho of
IA Noted Comedian-The San Francisco
Pedestrinns-Sundry Bank Officers
In Trouble--NIemph Inviting
the Fever -- ouray and
Ills Utes Coming.
Pres. dent Jndgo AnnoInted.

HARRIsBURG, PA, Jan. Ex-Governor Hoyt
to-day issued commission to Judge Rice, of
Luzerne, as president judge to take Judge
Harding's place.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Arrest for Robblng tho Mails.

HARRrsBURG, PA, Jan. 5.-W. c. Keller, an
attache Of the postoilico in this city, has been
arrested on charge of opening letters and
abstracting their contents IIo was held in
$500 bail
National Republican., 1880-01-06
a RrutnI NIurtlpr.

McGAHEYsvILLE, VA, Jan. 5.-A horrible
murder was committed near Hopkins mill,
not far from here, yesterday. An old man
named Michael was knocked on the head in u
public road by unknown parties
National Republican., 1880-01-06
SPEECH OF WELCOME,

saying that tho people of the State welcomed
him heartily and trusted his journey through
the State would be a pleasant one and that ho
would be able to say to the people of tho couu.
try that they needed no longer to distrust
us-a distrust which ho thought had been
born of misunderstanding and lack OF knowl,
edge Of our people.
lie referred to General Grants visit to the
South shortly after the war and his report
after that visit and the beliefexpressod therein
that the people had accepted the results Of the
war, and were at heart loyal lie believed
that he would have no cause to change his
opinion now, and that his visit would result In
further uniting the people Of all sections, and
that the entire South held him in great esteem
MS their friend.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
NEW YORk.
Nominations in Party caucusos.

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 5.--The Assembly Eo.
publican caucus tonight unanimously uomi
mated General George II. Sharpe Ut Ulster
for speaker. Tho Democrats nom mated John
Stanley, of Kings
National Republican., 1880-01-06
FLORIDHs HOSpIrALIrrEs.
General Grant Entortalned at rornandIl

General Grant Entertained at FornandIna.
FERNANDINA, FLA, Jan. 5.-General Grant
and portion of his party were on the streets
early this morning, and walked for some time
about the city, At 1890 he was escorted by
tho committee headed by General W. S. NJ.
Davis, an ex.oilicer in the Confederate service,
to the city.hall which had been nicely deco.
rated with bunting and some tropical plants
A large crowd of citizens, principally colored
had assembled Tho General, with General
Sheridan, Mayor Browuson and General Davis,
occupied the platform, Tho latter delivered
the
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Tire nt south Cnrynr, Mass.

hlte ~ NoNlh NNlNtir htAa'
BosroN, Jan. 5.-.rho braid mill At South
Carver, Mass, was burned yesterday, Loss,
100000 to $4,000; insurance, 100000 di'
Yided among GlteCn companies,
National Republican., 1880-01-06
0ENERAL GRANTS RGpLY,
roplyI GeneraI GrNnt said

GENERAL DAVIS. CITIZENS or rdu STATE or FLOR.
IDA! IL affords me- great pleasure 10 visit this
state, which 1 DO now for the lrs, time, I am
greatly pleased with the little have seen of II
thus lar and with the cordially of Us oidz5ns who
have Welcomed me most warmly, ] am glad 10 500
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Yankee Locke Denfl

LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 5--George T., better
known rs "Yankee" Locke, tho comedian
died at his home IN Dracutt to-day of typhoid
fovor, aged sixty.two years.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
STATE GOVERN MENTS.
Legislatures in Several Of The States
Assembling.
Caucus Nominations in New York-Uepub-
licans Organize the California House
Fusion Collapse Message of
Governor Bishop, of Ohio
General Garfield the
Coming Senator.

Wisconsin State Officers Inaugurated.
MADISON, WIS, Jan. 5.--Thc Inauguration
Of Governor Smith and other State officers
took place to-day.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
A DAY OF DISASTERS.
Serious Loss of Lives and Valuable
Property.

Burning of Turner's Hall in New Yorls--Ths
Inmates Cut OF from Escape-Leaping
Sixty Feet to the Ground-TerriGo
Explosion of "a Celiuloid Fac
tory-Boiler Explosions
Other Casualties.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
Five Men KILLED and Another Injured


NEWARK, N. j., Jan. ga fearful explosion
occurred about II o'clock this morning in the
converting room Of tho CclUiuid Manufacture.
ing Company, nc tho corner of Ferry and
Ashbridgo streets by which three men were
instantly killed and two others so badly
burned that thoy cannot recover. The men
were in their accustomed places when, from
some unknown cause, q large mass Of CellUlOid
which is highly ulammable substance
suddenly and without warning exploded, dc.
strUying the unC.stOTy brick building with its
contents. The body of William Flnter, aged
fifteen years, was found in the ruins, a ghastly
spectacle; under him lay the dishgured body
Of Frederick stiles, of Roselle, so Charrcd that
it was scarcely recognizable John Yates,
residence unknown, was also killed. Spencer
Atwood died IN ten minutes from conclusion
Of the BRAIN Elmer BOgart, Of 81 Blame street,
and Frederick Pierce, of Pacific street, were
also badly burned, and were taken TO st.
Barnubas Hospital. There is no hope Of thoir
recovery. Stephen w. Wade, of Springfield
avenue was severely but not dangerously in.
jurcd The loss is estimated at $4,000, and
is fully covered by insurance in local and for
eign companies.
CAUSE or THE DISASTER UNKNOWN
NEWARK, N. j., Jan 5-'rhe manager of
the Celluloid Company says it Is impossible to
tell positively what was the cause of this
mornings explosion, but ho thinks 1t occurred
at the mixing and grinding machine run by
Fred Stiles. who was killed, 1t Is probable
tho accident WAS caused by an explosion of
gas arising from the yapor Of alcohol used in
the material.
NEWARK, n j., Jan. 5,-No moro bodies
have been recovered from the ruins of The Are
at tho Cellulod works, and all of the men are
accounted for Bogart and Pierce two Of tho
burned men, ARC still alive at st. BuuabOs
hospital, but their condition is 80 critical as to
preclude hopu of their recovery. Bloom, an
other victim, who lies at st, MGhael's cannot
recover, having inhaled the fire.
National Republican., 1880-01-06
THE IRISH ORATORS.
Invitations to Visit Various Points Eztondo

Invitations To VISIT various fOlntS Extended,
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Mr. Parnell to-day re.
coived a deputaton from Albany representing
tho Irish societies of that city. The delega'
tion requested him to name an early day for u
visit to Albany, and then presented him with
an address. A delegation from Wilmington,
Del, also called and invited Messrs. Parnell
and Dillon to visit Wilmington. Several let.
ters were received inviting them to visit
various other places among them Atlanta,
Ga, and Des Mones, Iowa. kilograms from
Irish societies of PittstOn, Pa to Mr. Parneli
informed him that some hundreds of dollars
had been collected for the Irish Land League
by them and was subject TO his order MIR.
Pamell spent the evening with some friends.
Ho will speak at Newark, N. j., tomorrow
night.
Mass Meeting Proposed,
ALBANY Jan. 5.--All tho Irish societies in
this city-some six or eight in numbor--have
appointed committees to make arrangements
for mass meeting in behalf Of Ireland aud
invite Mr. Parnell to address It, Similar &c.
tion has been taken in Troy,
Vote Against Relief
ToOoNTo, Jan. 5.--The vote to-day by tho
citizens ON the grant ofSl0,000 for tho relief
of hish sufferers, resulted in Its defoat, as fol-
lows For the grant 2,3Oai against II, A270,
National Republican., 1880-01-06

Governor Garcolon stRlos that the decision
Ortho court will not change his attitude toward
the incoming Legislature, The points in the
opinion might serve us a guide in future, but
his work had been performed undor the Con-
stitution and statutes as he understood thom,
and ho should neither withdraw the certih-
Gates nor issue new ones Hore and there
may be found n dissenting voico to this posi-.
tion of the Governor, but IN the main it has
the approval ofthe mass Of tho Fusionists.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-14
Your Own Inclination.

In choosing an occupation for life, follow
your own inclinations, if possible. If boy
is intent on being preacher, lawyer, a
DOCTOR or a merchant, it is useless to attempt
to make farmer of him. Let him go. The
instincts of his nature teach him his position
in life. A close view of the world, however,
will soon convince any one that many have
mistaken their calling. No matter for that.
The man who has failed in his first love would
not have been happy had he been thwarted
by others early in his choice. To him labor
would have been a burden, and life a servi-
tude. Consult tenderly with the promising
boy-set before him, but not in two highly
colored pictures-the advantages and objec-
items to the various vocations of life; then
let him carefully select his choice. But i'm
press upon him the Importance of living
honestly, indpstriously, but to aim higher,
with determination to rise above all COM
petitors in the quality of his work, and in
the integrity, rectitude and virtue of his life
Having done SO much, leave the rest to him.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-14
A Learned Cat and Wise Hen.

Mrs. A. w. Brooks, of East Eliot, in the
State of Maine, has cat l3 years old for
which she has been vainly offered $50. This
learned pussy will stand up at the word of
command, bow slowly or quickly as directed,
walk around the room on her hind legs only,
dance, turn somersaults, go through the mo
tions of holding jewsharp to her mouth
with one paw and playing on it with the
other, NEW when ordered to speak, kiss her
paw to visitors, hold a saucer of milk on her
fore legs and lap the milk, and stand on her
hind feet and with her forepaws catch bits of
bread or meat thrown to her, like base ball
player. Her kitten, year old, will turn
somersaults. The same lady has hen which
always wipes her feet on the mat on entering
the house, and if asked allow do you get
your living, Biddy?" will scratch on the floor,
look to see if she has scratched out anything,
and then look at the questioner to see if the
answer is correct This hen despises the
wooden, chalk and porcelain cheats which
some people palm off on hens for nest eggs
tumbling them out of her nest as often as
they are put in.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-14
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia, has
given $4,000 to the Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary, at Louisville, KY, to en-
dow professorship.
A wife no more believes in business which
takes her husband away from her. than a
manager believes in the sickness of an act
ress, or publisher in that of a writer,
Rev. George f. Pentecost, the revi-
valist. has closed very successful series of
revival meetings in Detroit-the most sue
cessful, it is said ever held in that city.
The value of the church property of the
Northern Methodist church in the South is
estimated at So, 500, 900. The benevolent COL
lections last year amounted to SCI, $50 of
which SO, $50 was contributed by the colored
members.
Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and
Others have for some years enjoyed their de-
nominational watering places and seaside
resorts. Now the Quakers have determined
to be even with them, and have purchased
AGO acres on Brigantine Beach, n. j., for
$4,000. These solid people do not believe
in owing money, and therefore pay hard cash
for the property.
The Methodist General conference meets
in hall in Cincinnati which has 16 private
boxes. These boxes the committee of ar
rangements Lave decided to offer for sale
April 10, to the highest bidders. This, says
the announcement, "will enable those who, in
company with their families or friends, wish
TO epresent day by day to secure accommo-
dations for the same without embarrassment
to other visitors"
On the Thames embankment, in London,
an ecclesiastical art exhibition building is
about to be erected. 1t will be sort of
crystal palace, the glazed part being of
stained glass, the work of famous British
and European artists. As the types of &C.
clesiastical art represented in this building
will be chiefly those which are in favor
among the ritulslists and other high church
men, the Wesleyan Methodists are going to
have an ecclesiastical museum of their own
This will contain relics of the founders of
Methodism, and of the leading men who
have been conspicuous in connection with
the denomination during its history. There
will also be trophies and curiosities from va
rious missionary fields cultivated by the
MethOdists.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-14
A Mistake Often Made.

Boys and young men sometimes start out
in life with the idea that ones success de-
ponds on sharpness and chicanery They
imagine, if man is able always to "get the
best of bargain" no matter by what deceit
and meanness he carries his point, that his
prosperity is assured. This is a great mis-
take. Enduring prosperity can not be founded
on cunning and dishonesty. The tricky and
late, to the influences which are forever work
ing against him. His house is built upon the
sand, and its foundation will be certain to
give way. Young people can otgive these
young man is safe who eschews every phase
of double-dealing and dishonesty, and lays
the foundation of his career in the endurin Q
PRINCIPLES of everlasting truth.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-14
Is Mars Inhabited.

There is no other planet of the solar system,
says Science for All, which offers so close an
analogy to the earth as Mars: The telescope
reveals to us the figures of broad tracts of
land and expanses of sea upon his surface.
The durations of his day and night almost
coincide with our own. His exterior expe-
riences the alternating changes of the seasons.
His nights are illumined by two satellites,
which present all the phenomena of our own
moon, and more frequently, owing to their
greater velocity. An atmosphere probably
surrounds this planet; in fact, the existence
of air is indispensable to his other features.
Hence the inference that Mars is habitable
globe appears a very obvious and fair con-
clusion, and it would be inconsistent to mag
inc that this planet, provided apparently
with all the requisite natural facilities to rem
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-14
An Afectionate Cow.
LAND and Water.l


have read in your paper lately many in
teresting anecdotes of the affection of ami
mails, and 1 am tempted to give you the fol-
lowing instance of the sagacity of the COW,
which occurred at Beaconsthorpe some years
ago to the nephew of a deceased relative,
from whose diary take the story:
A fine boy of about 10 years of age, the
son of Mr.. Ivers, had for some time been
INDUCED in the habit of milking favorite
COW; he was one day doing so in field adjoin-
ing the farmyard, when mischievous bull,
which was in the same field. ran at the child
and tossed him; the cow, seeing its innocent
attendant thus treated, became enraged, and,
running furiously at the bull, gored him so
dreadfully In the side as to render him wholly
incapable of renewing his attack upon the
child, which he was about to do. Mr.. Hud-
derstone, a neighboring farmer, was passing
through the field at the time, and took UP the
child in state of lnsensibility, but he had
received no very serious injury.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-14
Webster And Planked Shad.
Washington Correspondence of the st. Lor
Globe Democrat

Washington Correspondence of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat
1t has been said that the presence of shad
in the Potomac, the adjacent oyater-beds of
the Chesapeake and the reedy flats of the
Eastern shore where canvas-back ducks do
congregate, have done more than anything
else to Illustrate the designs of capital-mov-
ers. The matter of planked shad is some
thing historical. Daniel Webster was an
artist in this line, and prided himself greatly
on his talents. His only rival was an aged
slave, a character on the river, called Sam.
There were those who declared that Sam was
the only one who knew how to cook planked
shad, and others protested that the great
statesman was supreme. On sunny spring
days, when parties of gentlemen went down
the river to recreate and rusticate to spin
yarns and watch the fish, nailed to their
boards sizzling and browning before the
blaze of an outdoor fire, it was arranged to
have contest, trial for the championship,
between old Sam and Mr.. Webster.
Either contestant was well backed the
lights of those early political days were all
there. First Sam split the shad, seasoned
them as he knew would most nearly suit
Mr.. Webster's taste, and laid them before
the orator done to a turn. "Really, Sam,
this is the best planked shad l have ever
eaten," quoth Daniel, and applause rang
from Sans adherents. Next Webster laid
aside his toga and lowered around the fire,
knife and salt-box in hand, watching the
shad that he had prepared in the way he
knew would best suit Sans taste. Sam ate
three mouthfuls rapturously, and exclaimed,
"Fore God, Mr.. Webster, neber have tast-
ed planked shad before" Webster yielded
gracefully the palm to Sam, outdone by him
in compliments as well as in cooking.