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PENNSYLVANIA.
A Man and Woman Hung.

W1LL1AMsPoRr, Feb. 3.-George Smith and Catharine Miller were executed to-day at 11:3O o'clock. They died without struggle. The crime of which they were convicted was the deliberate murder, by clubbing to death of the husband of Mrs. Miller, that they might live together. She a very Hitter ate person and could not clearly understand why she must be executed when she not present at the murder. although she a party to the conspiracy to kill the old man. Smith was resigned to his fate and devoted all his time to reading the Bible and making preparation for his death A day or two ago he was visited by his aged mother, brother and brother-in law, his two sisters and two small boys, who are soon to be made or phans, their mother having died a few years ago The parting scene was terrible one, and those who beheld it were melted into tears The venerable mother was almost overcome with grief when she realized that this was the last time that she would see her wayward son alive. This is the third of the executions of women in this country since 1865, the first being that of Mrs. Surratt and the second that of the woman hanged in New Jersey few weeks ago.
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Ladies, seamen,s Friend Society

Contributions to the Ladies' Seamen's s Friend society for the quarter ending Jan 31 !, 1881:
 Mrs. Julia Dickerman. Mrs. E. H. Trowbridge, each S25 Mrs Mary Skinner, Mrs. Nelson Hall, each $20 Third church Sunday school, S15; North church collection, S6; Mrs. E. Trowbridge, rs T. Ketchun, Mrs. T. D. Wheeler, Mrs. H. Farnham, Mrs. E. Blake Mrs. E. Sanford. Miss Leek Mrs. s. Baldwin, Mrs G. Curtiss, Mrs F. Browning, Mrs Ezra Read, Mrs B. Coe, Mrs. J. Wilde, Dea. Osborne, each s Mrs T. Trow- bridge, Mrs. H. Trowbridge, Mrs. Wm. T. Fitch each B. Mrs. W. Trowbridge, Mrs. H. Hotclkss, Mrs CA. Betts, Mrs D. Alden, Mrs. F. Whitney, jr., Mrs G. Farnam, Mrs. A. Skinner Mrs. c. Robinson, Mrs. L. Bradley, Mrs J. Forbes, Mrs. J. Hotchkss. Mrs. J. English, Mrs. C. Murdock Friend Mrs. W. Day. Mrs. T. Ensign, Mrs. F. Bliss Mrs. NJ. Thomas, Mrs. Dr. Mrs; H Blake. Mrs. Metcalf, Mrs. L. Morris, Mrs. Dsrt;n DszteT Mrs , Collins Mrs l. WinshiP Mrs p i Mrs. A. Barnes. Mrs R: Bradley. Mrs. Anaeten, Mrs H.Ee. Dr: Sanford MaS Mrs Tons e; Day; u. Mrs Foote, Miss Foote, Miss Townsend, Miss Shipman, Mrs. H. Trowbridge 2d, Mrs. C. White, Mrs. W At Atwater, Mrs. A. Osborne Miss J. Sanford. Mrs Dr. Bromley, Mrs. l. Anderson Mrs. H. Stowe, Mrs. Whit ing, Mrs. M. Chapman Mrs. Weir, Miss Morgan Mrs. Fuller, Mrs Coe Mrs. Augur, Mrs. Bright, Mrs Hal 1awell, Mrs E. Peck, Friend, Mrs G. Marion Mrs. E. Clark Mrs. H. Champion, Mrs L. Punderson Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs Atwater, Mrs H. Day, Mrs. A. Treat. McAlister. Mrs E. Holt, Miss Uford, Mrs. S. Beers Mrs. R. Rice, Miss Treat, Mrs. Vim. Peck, Mrs. J. Adam; Mrs Es Ensign s Mrs cady Mrs Law Mis- Miss C. Sanford, Mrs. S. Dutton, Mrs. c. A. Pierce, Mrs. Swift Mrs P. Kelsey, Mrs c. Smith, Mrs H. L. Cowles, Mrs. F. w. Pardee Mrs, J. Grifing, Mrs S. Smith, Miss Leete, Mrs. Chas. Foote, each $1 Mrs o. Dorman, Miss Hull, Mrs. A. Bean, Mrs L. Davies, Mrs Dr. filling, Miss Cone Mrs. H. Hoadley, Mrs. R. Mills, Mrs. F. Green Mrs. Knowlton, frierd Miss Evans, New Britain, each 50 cents.
 D. R. filling, G. Benedict, each ton coal
 Gratuitous printing by the Palladium Register and
 HELEN L. Cow1Es, Treasurer
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HALLTORENT,
FARM FOR SALE.

N4.A, THE large and comnodious Hall 303 Chape ET street. will be rented during the season for So- Ak,lL cials, Parties Fairs or Lectures Kent low. nquire on the premises, Room No 15.
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FIRE RECORD.
Burned to Death while Asleep.

Burned to Death while Asleep.
 ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 3.-A special from Audubon says: About o'clock this morning, Tobias o. Chester, of this place. was awak- ened by intense heat in the room where he slept, when he got up and found his lamp gone from the stand, the bedding and floor on fire and the room ull of smoke. In get ting from the bed to the floor he tumbled over 0 can filled with kerosene, which ignit- ed and gave a greater start to the already fiery mass The room now being so full of flames he was unable to save his wife and two children who slept with him, and they per ished in the flames just where they lay in bed.
 Burning of a Costly Church.
 BOSTON, Feb. 3.-The First Baptist church Cambridgeport, was entirely destroyed by fire this evening. The church cost $1OO, ,OOO, insured for $57 1000. A defective fiue was the cause of the fire.
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List of Patents
LAsG OA EsAteflGs JssIled from the United Stafes Patent Ofioa f.

Issued from the United States Patent Office the week ending Feb. l 1881, for the State of Con- necticut furnished from the office of John E, Earle. Solicitor of Patents, New Haven Conn.,: Henry A. House, Bridgeport assignor to Union Paper Bag Co.,, paper bag machine
 Chas. H. Reid Danbury, hat brim trimming ma chine
 Linus H. Williams, Cromwell, assignor to Cromwell Plate Co., liquor mixer.
 William Gates, New Haven, assignor one-half to Albert L. Babcock carriage top-lock.
 Max Adler, New Haven corset.
 John H. Cranston Norwich, device for giving posi- tive motion to sliders of printing presses.
 Geo. W. Eddy, New Britain assignor to E. B. Ives & c. Blakeslee, toy pistol.
 Ebenezer Hill, South Norwalk, air compressor Alfred c. Hobbs, Bridgeport, assignor to Union Metallic Cartridge Co.,, cartridge reinforce pasing machine.
 s. J. Hoggson x G. E. Pettis, New Haven, method of producing and treating pyroxyline and the facture of articles therefrom
 Nicholas Jenkins, New Haven, machinery for dove tailing wood, stone, etc.
 Nicholas Jenkins, New Haven, machine for dressing panelling stone, wood or other material.
 Nicholas Jenkins, New Haven, machine for dressing panelling stone, wood or other material.
 J. L. Jeyce, New Haven, shoe fastening.
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THE SOUTH.
Georgia.

Destruction by am Overf1Oyvfng River.
 ATLANTA, Feb. 3.-A dispatch from Dublin, Ga., says the Ocounee river is higher than since 1S43, and the rains of the last few weeks has caused great damage along its banks. Many miles of fences and number of factories have been badly damaged and great numbers of COWS, horses and hogs drowned At this place Jones' turpentine distillery, High Towers mill and Moore's brick yard with several other business places are submerged
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The curtain has been rung down in the last act of the farce of Democratic tariff reform for this session, the Ways and Means com
 nittee this morning having voted to postpone consideration of the Hurd tariff resolutions for four weeks-that is forever. This is probably the last action on the tariff of any sort that will be taken by the now expiring Democratic Congress. 70
 The Senate Finance committee held pro- tracted session on the funding bill this morn ing The time was spent. in general discus sion of the bill, and without reaching vote the committee adjourned to meet again to- morrow morning. strong effort is being made by the minority of the committee to have the House bill adopted without amend ment It is pretty evident, however, that they cannot succeed and that important amendments will be made to the bill
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WANTED.

IT ADIEs to engage art work be done at
 IL home; pays we'll to those wishing to devote the
 whole part of their time. Por particulars, apply to FRANKLIN ART ROOMS, S37 Chapel Street tone dightO.
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At midnight Thursday night the dwelling house of Mir. Samuel R. Fuller, in West Granby, was burned to the ground. The in mates, consisting of Mir. Fuller's son-in law and family, escaped, but most of the furni- ture and contents of the house were destroy ed There was only $4OO insurance the Hartford County Mutual How the fire took is not known
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THE WEST.
Indiana.
Another Revolutionary Hero Gone.

Another Revolutionary Hero Gone.
 MOUNT VERNON, Feb 3.-Henry Lane, the oldest person in Indiana, died last night, aged, according to his claim which was pretty clearly established, 123 years. He was a body servant to General Mercer during the American revolution and claimed at the time of the great fire in Richmond he had passed his majority. He came to Mount Vernon in 1881 in company with the wellknown pio- neer Baker Hummer in the capacity of a hostler. He was possessed of more than ordi- nary merit and during the campaign of 1914 made speech on the public square advocat- ing the election of Henry Clay.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 1851.
 Money closed at Az per cent. Exchange closed steady at 4s3a4s6. Governments closed steady.
 The stock market to-day opened weak. but soon be- came firm and advanced < to 2k per cent the latter in Western Union Subsequently there decline of Az per cent, the latter also in Western Union This followed toward p. m. by partial recov- cry and still later by areaction, and the market st second call was weak Toward the close. however the market became active and strong and prices ad- yanced from to per cent from the lowest point oi the day, The features of the market for the whole
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK, Feb 3.-Sailed, the Herder fol Hamburg, the City of Montreal for Liver pool, the State of Nevada for Glasgow, the Saratoga for Havana. Arrived, the Greece from London, the Niagara from Havana.
 LiverpooI-Arrived. the Arizona from New York, the Moravfan from Boston, the Erin from New York. Sailed, the Germanic for New York
 Queenstown Sailed, the Indiana for Phil adelphia.
 Giasgow-Sailed, the Circassia for New
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8oaro al1b Roonts.
For Sale at a Bargain.

Houses & Lots For Sale or Exchange AsS4a number of Brick Houses for sale, E#iisiI located central in the First ward. House EzaU on Liberty street, $4, 900. new Brick Houses, with all the Improvements the line of the horse cars can be bought for $3,OOO each one half remain. on mortgage. new Cottage House Ferry street, near Grand, s, POO. A twO- fla mily House Ferry street for $3000.
 FOR RENT,
 A good Furnished House. also a number of first class Houses, central, one with barn. Money loan on improved property.
 Real Estate Office 49 Church Street, Room Hoadley Building. Office open evenings. ja28 L. F. COMSTOCh.
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Following are closing bids:
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New York Produce Market.

New York Produce Market.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 3. FLOUR-Quiet and unchanged at B O0a3 65 for No. 2 95a6 75 for trade and family brands South flour steady but quiet.
 WHEAT-opened ha24c lower, and closed a shade frmer on moderately active business. Spot sales of No red winter at S1 15a1 169 No. do., s1 14a AK; No. white at $1 Hal 14a4 No. do at $1 CORN-Opencd AasSc lower, closing steady but quiet, Spot sales No. mixed at Al < steamer do. 554 No. mixed March, sold at 553<, and do. May 54
 oATs-Quiet Spot sales of No. 1 white at 4614 /; No 2 do. at 44A No. mixed at 4354, and NO. , mixed at 433z.
 RYE-Quiet and in demand at .s1a1 O3.
 BARLEY-Quiet.
 PoRK-ouiet. Ordinary mess, for early delivery, $14 5O
 LARD-Quiet. Spot sales of western steam at $9 90 and city do. at S S5.
 BEEF-Steady but unchanged. Plain mess, So 50 a10 %; extra mess, $1O 5Oa$11.
 CUT MEATS-Quiet and unchanged Picked hams 919 shoulders, 6.
 WHISKY-Dull and nominal.
 SPOT COTTON-Lower. Midlands, Il 1916; flu lures, weak.
 PETROLEUM-Quiet.
 BUTTER-Creamery. fancy, s4; do. good, 31a 32 fair 23a25 State dairies, choice, 25a26 o good -a24 fair. -a23; State hrkins choice, 24a25 fair to prime 22a24 State pails and tubs, fne 28a29 i; good, 26a27 fair 23a25.
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On Trial for Alleged Fraud
New York City.
NEW YORK. Feb. i:

NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The total amount of forgeries committed by John A. Sweezey, the dry goods merchant who absconded last week, as far as can be as- certained, amount to 1884, 75O. To-day Mir. Dart, the junior member of the firm, made an assignment giving the preference to all legi- innate creditors.
 Young John Hope, convicted of complicity in tLe Manhattan bank burglary and sen fenced to twenty years in State prison, was removed to Sing Sing to-day. He still pro- tests his innocence and says he is made a scapegoat because he will not turn against ig fofb
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Nfnety-One Thousand Insurance,

The following Connecticut companies had risks on the works of the Bristol Brass and Clock company, Forestville Orient, Hart ford, $3,64O; National, Hartford $2,275 j; Peoples, Middletown, $3, 1885; Security, New Haven, $2, ,73O. The entire loss is estimated at $175, 1000, on which there is insurance of $9l OOO
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LOCAL NEWS.

Quarterly Conference of Catholic Clergy.
 A quarterly conference of the Catholic priests of this district was held yesterday at the parochial residence of Rev. Father Shef- frey. After the transaction of business 8 fine dinner, served by Radcliffe, was partaken of by the assembled clergy. There were some fifty or sixty clergymen in attendance
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Seaman's Bethel.

stirring meeting was held at the Sea- mans Bethel last evening, and great interest was manifested. Many sailors were present and four rose for prayers. MT. Thresher, the superintendent, led the meeting and a good work is in progress among the sailors
 The meetings are largely attended, especially now that many vessels are locked in by the
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TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGs.

The rejection by Italy and Germany oi whole cargoes of bacon with trichine in 1t has glutted the French market, and the evil effects of eating it are manifested in the bar racks and in private families. The prefect of police of Paris, has consequently issued precautions against it's rse
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ke44 TWO or three furnished rooms suitable for
 Es;is light housekeeping centrally located Terms Eg.I must be moderate. Address stating terms MODERATE" f3 This Office WANTED. experienced cook must have frstc1ass rec "A concentrations. Call at Protestant Industrial Association,
 fe2 3t sA WHITNEY AVENUE.
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THE PACIFIC COAST.
California.

Great Damage by the Floods.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-The rain is not over yet. The rivers are full and the flood is still coming down. It is showing in the mountains, swelling the rivers and causing them to overflow their banks. Grand Island levee has broken and the island is overhowed. The damage to orchards and vineyards will be immense. Marysville levee had not broken up to o'clock this evening, but ii the river rises it will break tonight. Mer- rift Island is oyerfowed
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NEW YORK.

| The Telegraph Generalization Effected A Card From President Green. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Meetings of the stock holders of the Western Union, American Un- ion and Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph com panies were held in this city to-day and the agreement entered into by the directors of said companies on January 19, 1881, for 8 consolidation of the companies was ratified and the Western Union Telegraph company through John Van Horne, vice president, took formal possession of the American Union and Atlantic and Pacific this evening, the signs and blanks of the Western Union being substituted for those used hitherto by the other companies.
 OFFICE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co.,. NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 1881. The Western Union Telegraph company having this day completed the purchase and taken possession of the lines and all the rights and privileges of the American Union Tele- graph company and of the Atlantic and Pa ciic Telegraph company, David H. Bates has been duly appointed agent of this company and general manager of the lines, offices and operation of the properties and rights turned over by the American Union Telegraph com pany, and Albert B. Chandler has been duly appointed agent of this company and general
 
 over by the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph company until further notice of con centration of management. All officers and employees of either of said companies will be retained in the service of this company till further mo- tice, and all business done and revenues &C., cruing in the operation of said lines will be reported and turned over to this company.
 (Signed) NoRvIN GREEN, President.
 That S2O, ,OOO Trot On.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The $20,00O trot be- tween Frank Works Edward and Foster Dewey's Richard, the articles of which were to have been signed yesterday, is of, MT. Lorillard, who desired to back Richard, be- ing compelled to be in Europe when the trot should come off.
 On Trial for Alleged Fraud.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Leo Von Heller, said to be an Austrian noble, and Joseph Adler, an agent employed in the Metropolitan Life In- surance company, were arraigned at the Tombs Police Court to-day on charge of conspiring to defraud the company out of large sums of money by forging certificates of death The prisoners, who denied their guilt, were remanded for further. investiga- ton. The police claim that the prisoners have been carrying on the business for years and have defrauded the company out of many thousands of dollars.
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THE COLD SNAP.

King Frost Triumphant-The Icy Breath
 of WInter-The Mercury Running
 Amuck-Perils Of Sound Navigation.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-At o'clock thls morn ing the mercury indicated general rise of temperature at the west, though in western New York it was colder than on Wednesday. The thermometer registered below zero at the following places: Buffalo T. fall of i; Cleveland 2, fall of 1 Erie 8, a fall of z; A1pena 20, rise of 5; Detroit 3. rise of ?; Escanaba 15, a rise of ? i; Marquette 13, rise of l. At the following places the mercury stood above zero: St. Paul 15, rise of 5; Lacrosse 13, rise of ?; Leavenworth 28, rise of 3; Chicago 12, rise of 1; Davenport 13, rise of 1 Moorhead 14, rise of 9; Cincinnati II, rise of 4 !; In- dianapolis IA, a rise of 4; Toledo 6, rise of 6 Rochester ,, rise of 4 Pittsburg zero rise of ?; Albany f, a rise of '; Washington 8, 8 rise of 5 Philadelphia 4, 8 rise of 4 Baltimore 9, rise of Duluth 4, a fall of 2 Milwaukee If, fall of 3; Omaha 20, a fall of 1 7; Cheyenne 40, fall of 6; St. Louis 13, a fall of 10; Sandusky6, fall of 8.
 The steamer City of Boston, which left last night for New London, worked her way through the ice and arrived at New London at Il a. m. to-day, when the steamboat train was made up for Boston. The captain re- ports all the steamers for New York lying at different points between Sands Point and Stratford, with slight chances of their get ting through to this city. Up to noon all the westward bound Sound steamers were block aded by ice above Hart's Island, with little possibility of soon reaching their docks in this city. The more staunch craft of those blockaded are trying to break a passage through the ice. There is little prospect of any of the Boston or Connections boats sail ing from here this evening.
 The ice in the river, the bay, and in Long Island Sound grows heavier every hour. The only strip of water to be seen from the upper windows of the Western Union building is about quarter of mile wide and three miles long, on the Jersey side of the North river. All the rest of the surface of the North river, as far as the eye can see, is GOV cred with ice, as is also the East river from the New York to the Brooklyn shore, and the whole bay from the Battery to the Mar rows.
 The weather is still clear but cold, the thermometer at 8. m. 6 above, 3 p. m. 20, midnipht a.
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Strange Phenomena in Montgomery
 County.

MONTGOMERY, N. Y., Feb. 3.-In this To- cality early yesterday morning, there was 8 second shock which appeared more like a heavy report. Many people imagined it to be a heavy blow on the roofs of their houses, the report being so loud as to awaken them. The thermometer at the time stood at 220 below zero, and the temperature was the same a week ago when the other shock was felt. Some persons attribute the shock to atmospheric pressure.
 The ice in the Waikiki was found yester- day to be three feet thick. It had frozen fast to the dam, and the water in rising had lifted the whole dam bodily from it's fasten- ings to the rock.
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Ice Obstructions at Newport,

NEWPORT, R. l., Feb. 3.--From and after to-day until the ice breaks up in Mount Hope Bay, Newport, instead of Fall River, will be the terminus of the Fall River line. The steamer Newport was obliged to stop here this morning on her way from New York. The steamer Eolus, connecting with the Shore line at Wickford, was unable to get beyond the head of Long Wharf this morning with her mails and passengers, and was compelled to return. Persons now walk across the har- bor to Fort Adams and Goat Island.
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,M4 SPOONS in the second story of II Martin Eiiii street; price $8 per month. Also Rooms fo Eaiii SIO. Also Barn with shed and water hydran in rear of l2l Park street. A. WHEELER,
 ia18 115 Park Street.
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FORTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.

SENATE.-After the morning business was disposed of Mir. Morgan called up his resolu- tion declaring that the president of the Senate is not invested by the Constitution with the right to count the votes of electors for Presi- dent and Vice President of the United States SO as to determine what votes shall be re- ceived and counted, or what votes shall be rejected The motion by Mir. Edmunds to lay the resolution on the table was rejected by party vote of 22 to 32, except MT. Davis of Illinois, who voted yea.
 Yea and nay votes on setting aside unfin- ished business, on dispensing with the regular order, on taking the resolution up again &c. were demanded and it was o'clock before the resolution was before the Senate. Dila- tory motions and remarks were made and amendments offered until 5:30 p. m., when a vote on the resolution developed no quorum, the Republicans not voting, and motion of Mr. Morgan the Senate adjourned.
 HousE.-On motion of Mr. Johnston, of Virginia the House took up and passed the bill appropriating $5, GOO toward the expense to be incurred in the centennial celebration of the Battle of Groton Heights, Conn.
 MT. Atkins, from the Appropriation com- mittee, reported back the Senate amend ments to the naval appropriation bill. The bill now goes to a committee of conference MT. Wells, from the Appropriation commit tee, reported back the Senate amendments to the Indian appropriation bill with recom- mendation to concur in some and to non-con- in others. The principal item non-con- cured in was that appropriating $1O,0O0 to continue the Indian peace commission.
 The regular order was demanded and the House took up the apportionment bill. MT. Cox offered an amendment to the bill origi- na1ly presented by him fixing the number of members at 301.
 After number of speeches each side, and without disposing of the bill, the House adjourned
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day the Lehigh shares Coal Elevated and trunk line stocks. The grangers were. also st times fea-
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DEATHS.
SAFE FOR. SALE,

Committee on Claims. TTNHIS Committee will hold meeting at Room 10
 IL City Hall at 8:30 D. n., Friday, Feb. 4, 1881. All parties interested will please attend without ther notice. JAMES P. PIGOIT,
 fa4 1t City Clerk.