The Benton weekly record., 1881-02-18

abandoned The passengers have been re-
moved.
Dals0ta TO be Split.
WASHINGTON, February 1l.-'I'he Senate
Territorial Committee authorized Senator
Saunders TO report favorably the bill ere
ating the Territory of Tembra out Of the
northern, half Of Dakota.
Spanish Claims i'm Florida.
WASHINGTON, February l1.-The House
Committee OH Foreign Affairs will report
that the Spanish claims III the east of Flor
ida should be put in the way of adjustment
and payment with interest by the United
States. -
A Woman Suicides. .U-... -...
CHICAGO, February 11.-The Euening
Journa1's Ann Arbor (Mich) special says:
| Ann Reed. Il Medical University student,
| drowned herself in the lake. No cause is
assigned.
Floods are reported in northern Illinois;
| bridges destroyed, etc.
Unprecedented storms.
| WAsHrNGToN, February 1l.-No trains
leave for the South ria Alexandria, and
trains from the North over the Baltimore
anl Potomac road stop several squares
| from the depot. Passengers are transfer
red III coaches and wagons through the
water which extends from Pennsylvania
avenue a distance of about three squares
and is from two to four feet deep. The
wires between Washington and Alexan-
dria are all down and the Western Union
Company send their Southern business to
| Alexandria by couriers on horseback who
cross the ac1ueduct bridge at Georgetown
where the water is almost up to the bridge.
The piers of this bridgea are pounded by
| the ice with tremendous force, but the
/ ice is too soft to effect much damage. AT
| IIarper's Ferry the river is II feet above
low water mark and rising. Nearly at the
mills at Nanchichunck and Il number Of
dwellings have been inundated. The loss
on the stock and machinery is estimated
to exceed 100, 900.
The Southwest.
New YORK, February ll.-The South
western Immigration Company, establish
ed by the Texas and Pacific, the Intcrlla-
tiOnal aud Great Northern and the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railroad companies
Joined by the Missouri Pacific, the Missou-
RI Kansas and Texas, the st. Louis, lro
Mountain and Southern and the nalla;
and Wichita companies, have opened Il bu'
rcau of information concerning the South
west, its lands and resources, and are
= about opening similar offices in London
: In connection with the bureau here and il
2 London will he maintained a display o
i. the soils, mineral, agricultural and othe
! profittesst5s''s 1f ytas SsFIton fcpfgSent~sn =
tbutail may olssss Al an5accurate knoWlede
81 tie country Sshch invites them. Get
graphical and photographic maps will ais
II be prepared anl distributed from theE
l. offices to show the character and form;
= ton Of the soil, the various water course
IS the available Watcr-poWer, the location I
l. mineral deposits. and the rainfall al
ii healthfulncSs Of the country. The san
y plans which resulted successfully in PEI
i, plng Kansas and Nebraska are to be trit
l. in connection with the Southwest. 1t
remembered by old Californians that
1865 u bureau of precisely similar cha
" acter was opened by the citizens Of the p
1t cific coast for the same object, in this city
t. Forcing DeEineuemts.
&C OTTAWA, February l3.-A company
10 infantry have been detailed to enforce Il
m writ Of Judgment against the delinque
re taxpayers of this county.
be Senator Cosai&IiHg.
le WAsHISGToS, February 12.-Conklii
re begins to cvince disposition to be frien
ly with the personal friends Of CARTEL
he The stalwarts of late make no complai
kc about Blaine's probable power in the III
he administration.
Say Gould.
m New YORK, February l2.--Thcre
cg good authority for the assertion that Gov
Of has purchased the Montreal telegraph co
IL pany, and with Il system organizing
il! Mexico he is the altocrit of the wires
IA, the continent.
o. At Mentor.
H. MENTOR, February Ex-senator Log
and gentleman, supposed to be Postm
ro- ter General Maynard, had a long intervi
nr witl Garfield.
,nr Railroad Contract.
NEW YORK, February 12.-Thc Trib7
or- says: 1t WAS stated yesterday that
o,,, freight contract between the Pacific NJ
~. Steamship Co. and the overland rairo
,,, was to be continued and that when
:, Southern Pacific railroad was complete
,o would have IN equal interest with the
ion and Central Paciics on through trat
1t was said that an agreement had b.
. reached Thursday before the departure
;n, Trenor w. Park and several Others 70
~, thirty days rest in Flori'a. Sidney
49, lon, President of the Union Pacific, sta
,,.o. that nothing definite as to the contin
ton Of the contract had been reach
There have been several consu
tions between the representatives
ter the different companies, and a proposil
TED that the Union Pacific should purchase
de- San Francisco Il China steamers, City
Pckin and City of Toxic, was still un
~ consideration.
e~ Excitement i'm England.
: NEW York, February l2.-The IFor
London special says It is now asse
an that last nights rumor of the arres
lNS' Of Parncll, though not founded
Inc fact, is believed to have its origin in
&c announcement that when the aims
hal- purposes Of the Land League were m
re- public members would probably be arl
omc ed. 1t was also said that publicity VIZ
End soon ,,a rivnn to all The secrets Of
Land League. In consequence of
London is again agitated with the viii
G is rumors, and even though the Decell
itan expectation Of Il bloody Christmas
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