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CENSUS EXPENSE.
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WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 2o.-There are
now l ,247 persons employed by the Census
Bureau in Washington, GGo males and SIS
females, besides ntnety-cight messengers and
seventy-sfx watchmen. The monthly rental
of the buildings occupied in Washington fol-
census purposes is Sl.63S. The number Of
ennn1erators employed in taking the census
is 81 ,22G5, under charge of $50 Supervisors.
THE EXCESS OF EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE,
stated in specie values, for the twelve months
| ended Dec. 81, 1880, was S192, SIC. 407; ended
Dec. 81, 1879, $25l ,S57, ,070; excess of imports
of gold and silver coin and bullion, for tho
twelve months ended Dec. 81, 1880; SIC, ,229,-
81; ended Dec. 81, 1873, SUI, s775 $50; excess
in value Of exports over imports Of merchan-
disc during the first six months Of the current
fiscal year, $1e1, ,os2,o13.
At the meeting Of the House Interoceanlc
Canal Committee to-day the SUBJ Committee
on the Eads Ship-Railway bill reported 1t
back with the guarantee section stricken out
They accompanied their report with a rec
omnendatlon inserted in lieu Of the omitted
section, providing for a guarantee Of Interest
at per cent upon fifteen-year bonds (instead
OF per cent and thirty years., with enlarged
y
paclty, bringing the Inter up to vessels of
1900 tons. .1t.was claimed for this modified
proposition that majority Of the fill Com.
1nittee will favor It, b1t without reaching a
point Of action adjournment was taken.
p" - ,DEsfocRA1Ic CAUCUS: -. =. &a:--
The: Democratic: Se1ato4s IN caucus this
morning: Virtually. determined that Mr.: In
gals resolution concerning the Electoral
count soould be referred to a select commit
tee on: that subject It seems to be- the gen.
eral Impressions that the node Of procedure
for the count may yet be fixed by the House
Of Representatives adopting the Morgan
joint resolution. -.
It was generally agreed, also, that some bill
for Congressional reapportionment ought to
be passed. By this Congress. .'...: -.
~ DECISION
was rendered BY the Law Officers of the Post
Office Department today, in Which it is held
that the law governing the rate to be paid to
telegraph companies for the transmission of
Government business. requires that iu the 4
event Of, 8 reduction. 0f Rates BY any te}e-
graph company, the Government tariff for
business over the lines Of the competing COM
company making the reduction shall be the !
sdme. The decision grew ont Of the inquiry
from the Secretary Of the Treasury relative
to reduction Ut rates by the American
Rapid Telegraph Company, and the effect !
other lines. " *.<.
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
The Board appointed by the Marine Hos
pttat Service has examined candidates for 1
appointments as Assistant Surgeons. Out !
Of IT. he emu numbero Of applioants examined only
Is DR.. Armstrong, OF St. Louis =
ALL TIE REGIn,4R APpRnpuJ 4rrox Drrc.
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OBITUARY..
: 'EZRA'ELIIQTT. 4

CINCINNATI, Jan. 2a.-Ezra Elliott, one OF
the Oldest merchants Of Cincinnati, dfed last
night aged 10. h. came here from Balti-
more COUNTY, Maryland, sixty years ago. -
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PENNSYLVANIA.

No Ballot rakon ~ rors$senator-No Quo
,'-'. ':~t ruin.
HAnn1,BUHa. Pa, jan. oooo-1n joint Con-
yentiop to-tlagbhiy III. members were pres
ent; and the 'ConventiglA being without a
QiesrutRaxadjourned Until Monday without
tak&1tta ballot for United States Senator.
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CLINTON. 1a., Janu.' 299=-charles % a. Smith,
Deputy Revenue Collector. "a rising young
lawyer, son Of Col. j. Fl. Smith. Of comanche,
died at his home hefe this, morning. &, ....
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. CON.TAGION.


Special DtsuateA to The Chicago Tribune.
BEDFORD, Ia.r Jan. a0.-There are several
cases Of contagious p1euro-pneumonia in this
(Taylor) county. AS yet the fact is known
only to a few, but notwithstanding over sixty
deaths have occurred. 1t was introduced by
Eastern calves Twenty thousand OF the lat
ter are scattered through the State Of Iowa.
In Taylor County five carloads of these
Eastern calves were brought in Sept BY Ed
Moss, Of Birmingham, Ia, and taken to
Bedford, where all were sold to
one man, Mr.. S., who lives ten
miles east Of this place. Alr. S., so far,
has lost sixty-1Se head; and not only most OF
the rest. but also q great many Of his other
native cattla, sara coughing and show sy,np;
!thms' thord16ss ph11p. .1n Sit 253tir s1oea'
Drought: H. :sGihe. Mofs:" Eastern 2alyes and
sold.them to other parties. He represented
those calves to be from 'Michignn, but this Is
doubted. They yerv likely are from New
! fork or other parts in the East The exist
ence of contagious. .pleuro-pneumonta i'll this
part Of Iowa Is. established beyond 4 doubt,
and It probably has spread much further
than yet knownii because, as said before,
%, 600 Eastern calves have been distributed
all over the State a gre,l many have also
gone to Illinois, and no doubt exists that the
disease has invaded that State. = Y.
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c1ScxA39 O. b2 apl!sF ; Dswtt 's I.
Angola, Ind, last Aiss.t, ot.old age
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IS CHOLERA COM1NG3


: CINCINNATI, Jan. 2o.-An Interview is pub
lislled to-day with DR.. Blackburn, Of Ken
tucky,: who is ones Of the most experienced
physicians in the country with the cholera.
lie says the country is pretty sure to suffer:
from cholera the&touling season. he says it
is now In Chicago, under the name Of "chol~
crime" His theory is, that it never. failed
that cholera epidenic. followed upon the
heels Of an influenza epidemic. We have
just had that, Men and horses have suffered
from 1t. The:inlqenza epidemics are due to
the too great, PROPORTION OF ozone in the at.
mosphere, and tha:deticiency Of 1t is the con-
aitlon for rcholera> MATURE is constantly run
ming to extremes, end the excess Of ozone is
followed by deficiency" certainly have"
the doctor-Goyernor, "been ex-
pecting cholera TO- make its appearance III
this section, and now that it has appeared In
Chicago, 1t is more thanlikely that we shall
have it." Butt sa1d he. ''therc Is an infa1ti-
Bile preventive for.cholera-"
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SANIUEEtHt7 BROWN.
leading coal operatsa;dial this morning.
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NOTES..

j ir,~
:e: spsetat Dispatch to The catedoo Tribune. !
:. ;.WAs11SaToS.: D. c.: Jan .29-Pennsy1-
vania 1ren here say tonight that the dead
lock at Harrisburg may not ba broken at all.
They say that Cameron has determined not
to be forced to withdraw his candidate by a
"factious minority" and that, sooner than
until the day Of adjournment, The Grow
men, on the other hand, it Is reported, have
also taken pledge not to desert their candi-
date at any cost The singular part OF the
story is that an examination of the Constitu-
ton OF Pennsylvania discloses the fact
that, If there is no election by the
end OF the session, there will be a vacancy,
as the Governor cannot appoint. In this
event Pennsylvania will have but one repre-
sentative In the United States Senate. 80
THE CHINESE TREATY.
Senator ingalls,, by personal effort to-day.
secured full attendance Of the members Of
the Foreign Relations Committee. with the
purpose Of considering the Chinese Treaty,
but the Democratic members were almost
Immediately called away to attend caucus,
and nothing was done. "This was the first
time this. session." said Mr.. ingalls,, "that
there has been q full: attendance Of the Com
nlittee, and presume it wilt be the. last. I
do not expect that anything will be done
wtth-the Chinese Treaty at this session, as
things look now; at least the object may
be considered as postponed indefnltly.".
', REPRESENTATIVE BELroRp,
Of Colorado, has left for Mentor again, to
give Gen. Garfield some more advise ABOUT
his Cabinet. He thinks Grant ought to be
recognized BY the selection Of ex-Gov. Routt,
Of Colorado, for Postmaster-Genernl.' He
also thinks Blaine ought not to be Secretary
If State.
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THE TOW PENlTESTIAfEY.'
DEs A1oISEs,' Ia:, Jan. 29-The report Of
small-pQx in the Fort Madison ,Peritentiary,
telegraphed from this point by special CORE
spordents, proves to be untrue. Warden
Mcmillan says that one convict suffered from
sickness, which was supposed to be 'vario-
ioid. and that the reason for the stopping OF
work was because Of the freezing of the
any scare Oh the uaft Of the contractors.
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CLINTON: Ia, Jun. 2a.-Another case' OF
smallpox has developed here. A.:
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r,,s7g tho Kansas Legislature passed a
.r authorizing the counties and towns
p"h,,s State to make direct appropriations
" ', Nj, ronsv or to issue bonds in order ITO
" '.,,u,,gs the establishment ol manuiac'
, ,.,,. and such other enterprises as may
I ,,'i n develop" said counties or towns
I,.oJipvly the city Of Topeka Issued Its
5,nj, ,I,er the manner prescribed to the
.mouDt OIL one hundred thousand dollars,
.Od v,ye the same as "a donation" to an
Inn bdIga manufacturing company, as q
.,,,idsntion for Ito establishing and car
win, on The business Of making iron
h,dosvlhin the city limits. The interest
,,nDop, fire. due on these bonds were
o,onv,ly paid by msanS Of q special tsT
m tbe property Of the city. When the
interest coupons became due the second
ANA The bonds had passed out oil the
S,Yd, Of the company by sale made In
vootl l,IIh, and thereupon the city refused
"a Uu The interest, on the ground that
tb.l,v vs1 unconstitutional. Legal pro-
e,.dipg, we're begun by the boudholders
In me United Stale Circuit Court, and the
Oo6aoh taken by the city was sustained.
The t,.e Was then taken on appeal to the
United Safes Supreme Court, where in
ls4ths Judgment OF the lower court was
affirmed, The late Justice Clifford alone
dIuepLBg. t.
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NEw YoRE, July 20.-The Board Of
Health Is taking active measures to i'm.
prove the sanitary condition Of the city.
An elaborate set oil rules will be published
In a few days concerning the plumbing
and drainage OF buildings for the guidance
OF the trade. The plans have been adopted
and only require formulating Adulter'
Ated milk is receiving attention and deal.
erS In the. impure article will speedily be
brought to justice. ,.,t'
NEw YoRE, July 2O.-Two cases OF vel,
low fever are now at quarantine. One
patient, Daniel Mcdonnell, came from St.
Jago, and the other is the captain Of the
steamer Brlliah Empire, from Havana.
PIrTsBuRGu, July 29.-There were two
cases, one Of smallpox, the other Of vario.
loid, reported at the Hospital Office to-day.
Mrs. Thomas Steel, who lives at No. ll6
Diamond street. has vsrioloid, and George
Rhodes, Tannerhll street, smallpox.
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TIE nuoNsHISE nnHnEn
or Collector BFay Ton, IN Houih CaroIin
Farce or d CorOneF Iuquent.

NVhPutuE nFhSNuuN MUM GhfUAAuNt
Farce or . CoFOneE's IHqueSt.
WAsHtseToN, July ga detailed re.
port ot the murder Of Deputy Collector \.
L. Brayton has been received. The letter
states that the deputy collectors, on ar.
riying at Central, y. O., found large
crowd Of people assembled, and great
excitement prevailed, an inquest being at
the time in progress. The deputies could
not learn the whereabouts Of Mellow, and
no one was willing To 60 with them 10 his
home except man named knight, who
could be depended upon to pilot the
party, but he was detained ss q witness
before the coroner. THE livery stable In
the town." writes Deputy Noah, "had four
horses idle, but the owner refused 10 hire
them 10 the party" The body OF Brayton
had received no attention from the peo.
pie, and the deputies gave their frat care
to The corpse.
Deputies freeman, Kennedy and Nal.
eombe returned 10 GreenVille tba! night
with the remains, leaving force OF six
men. The coroner's jury brought In .
verdict that Btayton met bis death "at the
hands Of unknown parties" "1his YER
dict" the report says, was given not.
wiihslanding the fact that Mellow
had visited the town In the morning and
openly proclaimed that he bad killed The
revenue officer and was hunting for the
balance oil the ,poste TO kill them" II
appears that McDow's dlstillety has bSen
10 operation the past two yeats within
two miles o. Central, which is what Ia
known 40 "dry town." pr hibihng The
Aale OF spifituouB or malt liquors within
its limits, though MCDow found ready
sale Tor bis liquors at Central. The muf.
deret IL reported 10 have. been On ex.
tfemely dangerous character, aud, II Ia
said, that whenever he visited Central
intoxicated the merchanla closed their
stores, reopening them al or he hid left
the town.
Deputy Noah thinks MCDow isBtill bid.
Ing In the vlCinity oil Central, and having
no fears 6i conviction In the State courts
he will eventually sutendef to The state
Authorities! In the meantime. however,
endeayOfs will be made 10 aeCnts bis Ar.
rest. A reward Of $500 Ia offered by the
commissioners. This has been basis Tor
the organization of several scouting par.
tics, who ate now on the alert fot McDOw.
The Stats authorities report that they have
taken no action In the premises, aud
the statement that Judge Cochran sent A
telegram 10 The Sheriff oi piCkens county
II arrest the murderer ls denied. Ths dllti.
culties ia The way Of arrRiing Mellow In
an on wy are represented principally
irot1l the f,Gls that the people, II mot III
sympalhy with hiui, fear him, and Gobse.
qnSnLiy are hiS lends, ard they will pro.
tect and hatbof him. Hence the revenue
olilcSis con eIpeoi /, Oh Ain litis or no
trustworthy Information aS TO biA whsiea.
knNt6
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a Youlh,s rerrl1le nerrArll1

NEw YoRK, July 29.-James Mayorga,
6itsen years old, was seen this morning ia
dlsplaCe switch on the Hudson River
railroad, at sixty.Grst street and Twelfth
avenue, and pin 1t down. He was arrest
ed to-day and arrAlgned before Police
Court, where he said be was messenger
for the Mutual Telegraph Company. He
was put under 81 900 bonds to answer,
In connection with this case, 1t was said
that alter 7P. NJ, last night, as y train oil
Iour cars, containing children, was coming
from an excursionat Inwood, The engineer
noticed the switch being misplaced; be
applied the brakes and stopped the train
In time to prevent what might have been
q terrible disaster,
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LONDON, July 29.-The Secretary Of The
society for the suppression Of the opium
trade, some time ago wrote to the vlceroy
oi China, explaining the soCiety's views Oh
the tra6c. The vlceroy, 10 reply, says the
opium subject 10 one on which England
and China can never meet on common
ground. China views The whole question
from moral and Ensland from q fisoa
standpoint. The Chinese government Il
impressed with the necessity Of making
strenuous e1orts 10 control the food ol
opium before II ovefw helms the whele
country. The new treaty with Adstic,,
containing a pfohibitory clanps, enrour
ages the belief that the broad principles
oil justice hnd feelings Of humanity will
prevail 10 the intufe relations of China
with the western nations.
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BELL,s INDIOArOR
For Discovering the whereabouts OF Ihe
BaII-A WOndorTuI Piece Of Meehan.

For Discovering the whereabouts OF Ihe
RaII-A WOnderTuI Piece Of meehan.
1Bm.
WASHINGTON, Jnly 2S.-Prol. Bell ls
working diligently on bis electrical appa
ratus for discovering the presence and
locality Of bullets in the human body,
with the view Of trying 1t on the Pres.
dent as soon as the latter becomes strong
enough. Mr.. Bell'a induction balance
consists Of coils Of wire, there being two
coils, one each OF two spoolS, or cylinderS,
go arrangedthas the electricity Ia inductSd
from one coil 10 another, and by arrang
ing the coils at a proper distance from
each other q current OF electricity is per.
iectly balanced by the induction. When
piece Of metal is brought near one
set OF the coils II disturbS the balance.
This disturbance Ia at ance Indicated by
means OF microphone and clock.wotk
indicator, the interruption being marked
by the clicking Of the sscapement Of the
clock. This apparatus has been used with
success In analyEing metals, Prof. Bells
idea 10 10 apply II to the location OF the
bullet. To do this he has been obliged 10
remodel the whole apparatus with view
10 increasing lie senstivenesa. He 10 en-.
deavoring 10 improve II 90 that IL will be
Affected BY q bullet four or five inches be.
low the surface Of the body. This In.
proved apparatus has coils arranged on
cylinders 50 they can be moved about the
body like the cups or hand pieces oi gel.
vanic battery. Bell hopes to get the coils
80 arranged that they will be ,enaitive 10
disturbi6g Influences at some. distance
from them. The sensatlYeness Of the indl'
GATOR has been increased by using q little
thin strip Of metal and o magnet When
The current Uninterrupted each interrup.
ton is noted by ayibratlon OF This thinstTip,
and the apparatus 10 80 finely CONSTRUCTED
that the Interruptions are indicated at the
rate Of 100 or more second, the vibration
Of the strip making musical sound.
When the apparatus is placed II position
In the White Housethe coils only will be
In the Presidents room. The battery and
indicator will be In room In the basement,
connected with the Pfesidenps room by
wires There will also be ielephohe, con.
kneeH0tl between The two rooms. When
dents body t one { ot tbp operators viii
hsve bis ear Of the ttumps. ot the tel.
ephonp. The Instant the Musical
sound ls heard through ths telephone
the position Of The coil will be noted. This
ihvention has never been used by suigsonp
YET but several experiments have been
tried by Ptol Bell upon persons having
bullets ID their bodies. These expeti'
nents Sers only partially succeeltul In 10.
dicating The location Of the bullets, but
they served to point out the lpRfoVenents
necessary 10 perfect the apparatus.
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KE0KUK, Iowa, July ga farmer
named schsnck, living near Memphis,
Mo-, found In bis corn field yesterday a
bottle containing papers, which proved to
have been dropped from the balloon
which left Milwaukee, Wiz, on the even
ing Of July 2d.h. The letter was Bigned
Robert D. Rice, directed to bis father, 9. s.
Rice, No. a4a State streot, Chicago, and
dated 1ln6 ?. NJ, July 2Bth. The letter
stated that the balloon was In q gale, tin.
uontrollahle, and going 10 north Slerly
direction that II was partially destroyed
that he is In gtest distress, and does not ex.
pect 10 see tGsm again. The bottle also
contained letter ID short hand aud lock
OF hair.
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Az APPHEENr rnuuE
In the Railroad War OF Passenger Rates
-EhO RRaIEhl llnia

~ tho AkeitFoho WHf OF passenger RAteI
-'rhs Freight Oats.
NEw York, July Gan armistice haI
apparently been established to-day In thC
war In passenger rates between the rail
road companies leading out OF this city
Tie purpose 10 not yet clear, but certainly
Il has arrived, for each Of the companies
have scouts out Watching the operations
ot the others, and at the frat evidence oil
any attack on the lines they will make .
flank movement. f1l.
The brokers or calptra have not aban
doned the contest, but at present are moi
able TO give much trouble 10 the regular
conteaIlnR loIces, who have interested
themselves strongly by tyStem oil rebate
tickets. TIE attacks OF the brokers were
more principally upon the PennsylyaniS
Central road, aud II Ia claimed By this
company that in their warfare the brokerl
have received aid aud assistance from
some oi the oIhsf contestants. II I
1t was rum1red this morning that The
trunk lines leading out Of this city would,
to-day, begin cutting Iales on westward
bound fteight. This report was denied
BY the freight agents Of every road in the
Uommisalonor Fink, " hen questioned on
the subject, said: III Is my belief that
this story Was started Tor the purpose ol
effCling Dusiness in Wall street. I have
not been officially informed Of any reduC,
lion Of rates on western bound freight
irom this city. The Grand Trunk road ID
carrying freight at lower rates than the
others, but they are privileged 10 do this
as their road IL much longer than the 9th.
erS. On eastern bound freight there ls d
good deal OF cutting, but that have moth.
inE to do with. The war in freight ratea
from Boston to the west still continues,
but ! have not heard Of. any new move.
mentg there to-day"
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PULLED ~ ar PIFTsEURen,
Roads stolen Last March FOund 10 thS
Possession or ihe Supposed Thieves.

PrrrssURaH, July 20,-GeOrgs W. Mel
son, land broker, and D, L. Smith, stock
broker, and Q man named Miller were Ar
rested here to-day .iOr negotiating nearly
Six thouGad dollars worth Of stolen bonds,
the property Of William OonusrS, Of Cat
Hsh, Clarion county, Pa, details Of the
robbery, which was committedin the later
part Of March, were tsIeRraRhed at the
time, in briet, Mr.. ConneEs, who 10 an
aged farmer, supposed to be very wealthy,
was found one morning with his vile,
bound and gsgged. During the night some
half dozen masked men had entered the
house, and alter threatening death and
torturiDg the old people by burning, pro-
cured from them the keys and stole from
the sale Sic, 900, 5000 being railroad and
bridge bonds The thieves left no clue,
and until now none had been obtained.
Yesterday, Nelson negotiated the sale OF
the bonds, which were purchased for the
Citizens National Bank by George !.
Whitney; shortly after the numbers were
found to correspond with those stolen OF
Catfish, and word was telephoned to the
Mayors Office, who had the parties arrest.
cd OF once, Nelson claims to have been
acting for Miller, Smith has been released,
1t having been shown that the only part
In the transaction taken by him was In
selling the bonds. Miller says his home 10
ia Cleveland on his person Was money
order payable to Thos. Roland, Cleveland.
Word was telegraphed to the authorities
there, and Roland was placed under ar.
rest, II is believed that the robbery was
committed by parties belonging to some
Of the lake cities, and that Miller was sent
here to negotiate the sale OF the bonds.
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A Pelty Swludle, Neatly Played.

NEw YORK, July ga very mean
Swindle was exposed yesterday. A young
German, named Oscar Lieterd, has been
for aome time taking passage In stage lines
having a five cent fare aad seating him.
Heli near the box. When fare was
handed up be would put the niCkle In his
pocket and suhatituts q one cent coin,
silvBred by mercury application. The
stage line say they have loss as hiVh IS
Ave dOll,rs day by this scheme. Liefcrd
was arrested, admitted his guilt, and was
held In $500 bail Tor trial. Falling to give
bail he was committed. He has been In
the country but two years, and was en-.
gagged 10 The lottery business until re.
Gently.