The Benton weekly record., 1881-02-18

cattle and u large lltiElStr OF outlaws, With
out any form Of gpYer4Hcnt. itwas over
looked when tho pntlits surveys were made /
and is rpckoneH as 0iA n the finest regions
in the west. @~~T+" |
M, Choice Eet. |
HARRISBURG, Frll,ary lO--The 22l |
ballot: Wallace, af; Beaver, 50; Bayne,
81; scattering, 23.
The 23d ballot: Wallace, SO; Beaver,
Gs; Bayne. 60; scattering, %.
Esss Money. @
RICHMOND, February 10.--Clarcncc II.
Clark bought this morning the Atlantic
Mississippi s. EOhio railroad in the Union
court for himself and associates for $S65,-
600 ..-.
Oil works Consumed. 5..---.-.- 5.
MEMPHIS, February l0.-Ihe Southern
Oil Works burned this morning. Loss
about $l2G, 900. Insurance 100000.
Canada snow
| WINNIPEG. February l0.-Ihc snowfall
for the week ending, last night is altogether
! unprecedented, The amount is from 3G to
2G inches. .~.y
I Texas EiwEan
DENIsoN, February lo,-'li1e wholesale
grocery hnr4e Of T[uhn & Co., the dry
dry goods house IT Louis t'oodsclls S Co.,
aud the UernlN plicc burned yesterday.
| Loss $50 900. Insurance $3i 900.
Steamer Epiaablc%.
| New YORK, Fchkilary ll.-'FtIe steamer
| Batavia was towetl into the harbor to-day
witt, her propeller gone. The entire Sound
fleet remained on the outside all day yes
terlay for fear Of tic fog.
Illinois Floods.
CHICAGO, February lo.-The floods are
reported to be very heavy in the southern
part of Illinois, bIt 10 damage done.
Another EHsa rsfrr.
SANTA FL, FebTjlhry ll.--Early Thurs
day morning at CANADA d'los Alamosa
thirteen miles from here Julian Vigil a
Mexican, killed Ei4 4wiie and Young daugh-
ter, clIopping lilef4Ht with all axe and severe
ly wounded his Soa leaving him for dead.
The man then hung himself to Il raftcr in
: the same room. ~sne cause was insanity
} produced by lilnir.
Canadian ss2ahsz;es,
: WASHINGTON, February 1l.-The COM
} mttec OF; foreign affairs referred to the
| subcommittee, XcWberry's resolution for
a Joint committee from the Senate and
House to investigate the Canadian fishery
frauds alleged byfl'rof. Hind.
. President Garfield
g FASIi1AGToS. February a.--'l'h~ tlrrto
raj count was nountirtad to-slay By 4, &i.2r
: ing James 4 Garfield and Chester A.
+ Arthur, sF.esjlIssst asld Vice Prcsit'en.
The vote O. .43e2&tgia way thrown out u
. vote sttssds ilaEtsls. u 4. !Ialsnock II. 7
4,S~rs~SxtseTabass+8 sf4&RszgsaaFaena.
d WAsuIH@rosf Fpsruagy o.-Blair intrf
II duced into the S=llnte u joint rcsoiutio
r proposing an amendment 10 the tons;itt
Y tion. 1t prohibits after 1900 the inannfa'
tlsre or sale anywhere in the United STATE
:. of distilled alrhohol or Intoxicating liz
" uors, or any Intoxicating liquors mixed {
adultcratcd with ardent spirits, by #ti
person whatever, except for medicinal
mechanical, chemical and scientific pu
poses. Referred.
" From China.
! SAN Francisco, February 0, per "Cit
of Toxic" Hong Kong, January 13.-
~ is rumorcd that 81 Hung Chang will shol
" ly visit Foo Chow officially for the purpo
ii of inspecting the arsenal there. Nv
: master plate layers have been sent for fro
to Europe to join the arsenal staff, Whe
H. work on the iron vessels Of war will
soon commenced. The forts near II
mouth of the Wun and along the river Il
T. being garrisoncd.
0. The vceroys Of the provinces on Il
eastern coast are still engaged in warli
Mt preparations. the Russian descent in +
nj spring is looked upon as inevitable.
Admiral I.cesotl'sky is conyalescent fro
N the result Of an accident by which his /
was broken, and has resumed command
=. the formidable Russian squadron in CT
nese and Japanese waters. There W
soon he a general rendezvous in Yokohan
. vet overland udyiccs from Pekin to Shan
j., lai state that all is quiet on the mort
, western frontier.
hu Railways are almost certain to be int
-, ducc1 into ''linme" provinces. Ii lIrl
-, Chang has melnoriallzel the gorernmt
recommending their introduction.
American merchants 10 not think fay
able Of the rl,morcd pnrport of the II
United States conventions with Chi
, They think America q YES TOO much Il
gets too little. Foreign newspapers
N. China and Japan regard it with diSatisf
-, ton and characterize it as farce.
nj Virginia Floods.
o' RICHMOND, February 12.-The Jar
w river here is about ten feet above HI
water mark. At Columbia, 81 mi
above Richmonl,fE had risen II feet
b.. noon and WAS still rising. At Lynchb'
~ ~ a rise of II feet is reported.
~, Snow i'm Boxva.
us- CoUNCIL BIuFFs, February l3.-A
me rible snow storm has completely isola
the city. No trains have arrived Or
OILS departed since last night.
Blizzard i'm Minnesota.
rn- ST. PAUL, February l4.-The new b
at Zard has made the snow blockade worse
no Louisiana Washed ossa.
ded NEW ORLEANS, February fl,--Ihe I
nd gpahoa river has ovcrllOWcd its bar
washing out the Jackson railroad.
ous ''N w ie"'l" ~ ~'a"'''i@ "' |''''i ~
Station to Lookout is still in Il bad COZ
10 ton, though a large force is at work
pairing it. Passengers by this road c'
by steamer from Pearl River 10 West
and thence by rail to the city.
The Ice Moving.
NEW YORK, February 1l.-The ie
Su- moving out Of the Susquehanna, Ral'
iArtl.1 1nl,