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The Weather in tn. we.,

NEW YORK, Jan. l3.-At a m to-day, W ash.
ington time. the temperature observed at the
places subjofned were as follows Vincent, "A
degrees below zero, fall of 80 degrees; Moose
mead, 30 celoW. fall OF %; st. Paul below. fall
below, fall OF "a: Duluth. 16 below. fall OF 90:
CHEYENNE, 8 below, fall OF Al: MiIaukee, IS
above, rise of Is Chicago, 81 above rise OF Ia st.
Louis, above, rise OF &c: Indianapolis, 40
above, rise of %; Cleveland, IS above. rise OF
36; Cincinnati. As above rise 81; Toledo. 3s
above. rise OF %: Pittsburg 4s above. rise Of 25:
Sandusky, 3. above, rise OF ID: Detroit, 80
Rochester, &c above rise OF %; Erie, IS above.
rise OF 81; Albany. % above. rise of 4; Washing
ton. 29 above, rise of 9; Philadelphia 81 above.
rise Or9.
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kilograms to The Star
THE NEW YORK SENATORSHlP,
joint II RcPN blfCan Caucus Ta.nirhl

ALBANY. n. Y, Jan. l3.-After the adjourn
mtIt or the house. Speaker Sharpe announced
that he had received the following resolution
Just adopted by the senate joint caucus CON-
m1ttee:
Resolved. II the assembly caucus committee
concur, That a joint caucus OF the republican
members OF the legislature OF 1881 be held IN
tne assembly chamber on Thursday. January
l3. at $50 pm, TO nominate a republican eau
oldate for Senator or the United States
lSignedl Il. MCCARTHY.
w. W. ROCKWELL
GEORGE ii. FOsTER
Inc assembly joint caucus commit tee then
met IN the speakers room and concurred In the
resolution. " ~
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A FROZEN TOE CAUSES LOCKJAw.-At Easton
Pa, few days ago Phillip Garts an empl0ye
Of the Glendon Iron company, froze the grea
TOE on one OF his feet. AT the time nothing wa
In treating the case. Yesterday, however, the
toe ana foot began swelling rapidly, and at
night, after intense suffering, the front toe
In the death OF the man at noon Tueeday. He
was 80 years old and leaves family In poor
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CONNECTICUT SENATORAHlp.
QE~

HARyFOkD, CONN. Jan. l3-Buth houses os
the legislature have adjourned to Tuesday, Jan
uary 18th. at noon. In each house the election
OF [. S. Senator is made the order or the dav ,r
Tuesday at 1890 p. m. At a caucus or the dem
ocrat1c members OF the legislature today SEN
ator Eaton was renominated for United States
Senator,
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WIFE NuRDER AND SuICIDR-At Peterbore,,
NH, last evening Hatch Walsh. aged 20. and
the snow. she dead, with her throat cut. and he
near by With his throat cut from ear 70 ear,
and dying In few minutes after being folud.
razor was found In the house. II Is supposed
that after cutting her throat he cut hfs own,
and both went out They have tour children
No cause n known for the deed
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ASSESSMENT FRAUDS IN CHICAGO.-The county
clerk at Chicago yesterday discovered that
numoer OF changes had been systematically
been passed upon and approved by the county
board. Assessments against q number of large
firms whose total valuation amounted to $S4 900
were found reduced to SO, 500, thereby reducing
the taxes from over s., 600 to s. 800. The inves-
tigati0n Is going on.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13.-In the Court or Com.
mon Pleas No. this morning Judge Allison
presiding, the application OF Robert McCalmont
and others for an alternative mandamus TO
compel the board OF directors OF the Ph1ladel-
ph1a and Reading railroad company to issue q
call for the annual meeting OF the stockholders
to hold an election for president, managers
secretary and treasurer came up, and before the
formed counsel that he would postpone cOnsid-
Grafton OF the subject until Monday next Ia
order to allow the managers OF the company
time to take action In the premises
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Phtladelphia's Republican NOmi.
mating Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13.-The republican city
nominating conventions were held here this
morning. For mayor, Wm S. Stokley received
100 votes; George De Il. Keim 5; most OF his
delegates withdrawing and refusing to vote
For city solicitor; VIM. Nelson West was nomi-
Iated on the first ballot. George G. Pierre was
nominated for receiver OF taxes; John Hunter
receiving votes.
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AN HISTORICAL Observation-Disclosures swami
which the Port Tobacco correspondent OF the
Snn described yesterday as having overflowed
to such an extent that it is dangerous to at
tempt to cross 1t, Is the same swamp In which
himself. At that time, however, the swamp
could be forded easily. Booth afterwards hid
himself in an old vault at st. Thomas Catholic
site the residence of the late Chief Judge Brent,
The vault was built during the early DAYS of
tie settlement of Maryland as q refuge In case
OF an attack from Indians. Old St. Thomas
church was built in 1885, but about fourteen
years ago 1t burned down and was rebuilt. The
church is in charge of the Society OF Jesus,
which owns about eco acres of land In south.
ern Maryland. Booth was shot In Jett's barn.
King George county, Va, and his remains were
finally buried in Greenmount cemetery In this
city,-RQN, Sun tO-{1du
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GEN1RAL GRANTS JAPANESE VALET myster-
iously disappeared from the train which took
the general to Elizabeth, N. j., Tuesday morn
from. The general took the disappearance
very phiosclh lh1cally, saying the young JaD
was no doubt able 70 take care Of hinseH
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Forty RelONV ZerO,

TORONTO, ONT. Jan. l3.-The meteorological
ofice reports this morning that the weather Is
again intensely cold In the northwest terrific
r1es, the temperature ranging from thirty to
forty degrees below zero
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GIN. GRANT, Collector Arthur and other New
York nOtableS dined with Col. David Is. Austin.
OF the 18th New York regiment, In Brooklyn.
yesterday, and In the evening attended q con.
cert by DodW orth's band at the armoTy, and
afterwards reviewed the regiment
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A great many young lambs were frozen to
death In the Eastern Shore counties Of Naryland
during the cold enap.
Jsmes Brown was taken out OF tail at Lake
hmppo6t, for the murderO Of City Narshal Ma
gutre, year ago.
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SUDDEN DIATH.-Ex.Judge BENZ. Mott, for.
merly of the New York court OF common pleas.
dent OF the Union college, died suddenly at
East Orange, N. J., Tuesday. Of ap0piexy.
while sitting In Q chair In drug store HIS
death was superinduced BY too close applica.
ton to literary labor,
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OTTAWA, UNT., Jan. 13.-ln The House OF Com
mons Yesterday, in reply TO Mr.. Blake. Sir
Charles Tupper laid on the table letter writ
ten by three members OF the syndicate which
notfled the government OF their acceptance OF
the tm0n Pac1nc railroad as 1T was In Febru-
aTy. 1873, as the standard OF construction for
the Canadian Pacific. The debate on the Pa
clnc railway syndicate's terms was continued
IN committee. At a. M, the resolutions were
ranged between the leaders OF the government
ana the opposition. and the House adjourned
Further debate will take place when the reso-
iutlOnS come up for concurrence In the House
WneD the opposition Will move q series OF
amen0ments to tie provisions OF the contract.
The debate Will last at least fortnight longer.
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GIN. GRANT AND THE ISTHMUs CANAL.-The
Chicago Tribune publishes q three-column
article over the signature Of q. s. Grant, alleged
1t sets forth his unbOunded confidence In the
practicability OF the work. its probable cost and
best route. he considers that everything is
band the Nicaragua route has distance, ease
OF construction and economy In its favor
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The M3fkets.


bALTIM0RE " MORE ian lSS-vi.sin,. g. si1es. deferred.
past due coupons, 90k; do new ten -fortiec. 4sS !;
do ten,foIty coupons. S4H bid to-day.
BALTIMORE, Jan. l3.-COtton steady-mid-
ding, dhng alhi Flo, Flour frm but unchansed. Wheat.
western steady and nrm-southern red. l. i5al. Is:
do. amber. 1.22al. .28; No. 2 western winter red,
spot and January. l.l7hal. TN; February. l.. lS4
al1Sh; March. l. 20h al. 20H. Corn, southern
efeadyand quiet: western quiet but firm soutaern
snd sq ysSS ss Mss1n 1es
s4xa54X: Oats scarce higher and frm.western
white. lba47; do mixed. 44a46 Rye quiet, IO0a
lO2 Hay unchanged. Provisions hrmer but
without quotable change. Butter lower except for
western packed. l3a25; roll lsa2l; Eggs firm
Coffee quiet-Rio cargoee, ordinary to fair, liza
lSn Sugar s!eady-A soft. 9x. Whisky dull,
IL 1Sal 3Sa "a. Freights unchanged Receipts-aour.
q @ 9bmshels saIes-wheat. 29S. COS bushels: corn.
NEW YORK. Jan ls-stocks irregular. Money,
Sa6 E1change-lons. 9sk; short. 9s's. Gov.
NEW YORK. Jan. ls.-Four quiet. whe.. dull.
Corn dul.
INV YoAK AARKH1e TIM AFTERNOON.
1ne following aSotations we're current IN Ne~
johnson Z %: -. 9. par eenn., ll3X bid. llSx
sss ONO e sss :Ss s
Eippd. S9X: Erie. 6OX; Michigan OsntTa. I24:
Hsnnibel and et Joseph. 621<; Lake Shore 1S2;
tan, 81; Rock tsland 1876; q. Paul uSx; 90.
as 3a. T1ssn ~ g. 1cs saa aSa ~! A
". D. Teegrapb. 1ilEi q. O. and ]. O., 2lX,
RactAo AaL 6lX; Northern Pacific. ll6k
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WALL STREET TODAY.
Strong Stock Marke cts and Cursing


NRw YORK. Jan. 13.-The Post, 10 its financial
article to-day. says the general stock market,
under the influence OF the news from Washing
ton respecting rerunding, started on very
strong, and In the main has been SO since, al
though the market has been feverish and the
nave been Intervals OF weakness and some ap-
prehenSion respecting the effect CT the tele-
graph speculation on the general list. IL per-
hapS should go On the record that no sp6cu-
latfye movement In Wall street ever caught so
many ma professional spectators Ia the trap as
Telegraph. The profits OF II have been
made by comparatively few, the losers
nave been many, and the amounts lost have
114k having been so rapid, and In the aggre
gate they have been immense; it is not strange
therefore that the cursing among the spscula-
which have been notably strong have advanced
to the following figures: Milwaukee & St. Paul,
to 1893 from ia: Union Pacific, TO 1l6 from
i12,4; Central Pacific, TO 974 from S6; Wabash.
to 12ss4 from l2I d, and Reading 10 65H from 62.
The remainder OF the list has advanced halk.
the latter ID. L. & w. The market for foreign
exchange Is only fairly steady. The money
market is easy al Sac per cent on call, 4a5 per
cent on time and 5a5H per cent on prime mer-
camille paper. All the conditions continue
'ballooning" OF prices at the stock exchange.
The ColOred Men and Gen. G fairfield.
James B. Devereux, Of Georgia, Samuel Lee,
w. Price, 1r, and George L. Mabsor, OF North
Carolina, all colored men, arrived at Mentor
last evening In an interview they said they
were the fOrerunners OF representative colored
men OF the South who expected to meet here
TO day and confer, after which, probably on
Friday. they would 60 to Mentor In q body
and wait on Gen. Garfleld. Being asked tor
what purpose they had Travelled so far 10 see
him they declined to say anything In advance
OF q conference, except that they wish to repre-.
sent to him the condition OF the colored people
Of the south as they know 1t. In reply TO q
question as TO why they took such pains to
present that subject at this particular time
nom answering at present, but disclaimed any
intention OF pressing the claims OF senator
Bruce, J. II. Langeton, or Any other man for q
kind or degree
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Irish Excite meur i'm Par1ia s,,en,

LONDON, Jan. l3.-The Daily NejrS, in a lead
1ng article this morning, referring 10 the ex-
cited discussion Ia the house Of commons yes
teroay, arising from the obstructive action OF
irish members. says: Such wrapgleS are dan
gerous eXperime nts upon the f0rbearance o.
the house of Commons
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IIUNDUN, JAN. IS-The London COTreSpOndent
OF the Manchester Guardian says: In the inter
view with the parliamentary deputatfon yester.
day in regard TO the Irish land question. Mr.
cally little difference between himself and the
deputatfon. The greater portion OF his oues-
tons were directed to the fixity OF tenure. The
Two other points, namely, fair rents and free
sales, were conceded. The deputation left with
the conviction that the bill to be introduced by
the government will be found to embody their
Recommendation OF the principles OF security or
nNlty OF tenure In connection with periodical
IeyaluatiODs OF rents.
The Times Advice 10 Nr. Gladstone.
The Times, 10 Leading article, this norniny
says: The clemor against the land bill, befor,.
any OF It's provisions are known, Is clearly in-
tended to force the hand OF the government. hy
committing its chief to large and vague pledges
Mr. Gladstone must grapple at once and strenu.
ously With 1llegit1mate opposition In the House
of Commons
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THE WREKY STAR for this week Is now ready.
1t Is brim full with fifty-fve columns OF good
reading matter. For sale in wrappers at the
counter or will sent by mall for three month
for fifty cents
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Increase Of Agrarlan Outrages.


ATHENS Jan. l3.-Last evenings papers re-
gard the proposal of the arbitration or the
Greek question as having been verbally rejected
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THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENT ITEM
Gen. Wright, chief engineer o; the army; Gen.
Gilmore, president Of the Mississippi river
commission; Capt. Eads and Mr.. Harold, were
Invited before the House committee on COM
merce to-day, to give their views with refer
ence to tie appropriation of 81, 500, 600 for the
Improvement OF Ihe Mississippi river. TIE
same gentlemen Will be heard again to-
MORROW.
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TIE FRAMING ABUSE INvEsTIGAr The
Special committee appointed to investigate the
alleged abuse Of the franking privilege by mem
ber5 OF Congress during the recent preside tial
election held meeting to o-day, and d reo ted
subpoena TO be issued upon Postmaster Anger
OF this city, to appear before the committee
and testify to morrow.
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SENATOR HILLS Son FIGHTING IN CoURr.-A
telegram from Atlanta. Jan. IL says In the
supe rior court this afternoon, young Ben Hill,
solicitor general of the Atlanta circuit and son
OF Senator Hill. while prosecuting man named
Donovan, charged with pocket-pfcking, st ated
10 the jury that the money taken from the per-
son robbed, q man named Mosely, had been
paid back TO Mosely fer the puri ,e OF getting
MIN out OF the city, whereupon Gen. Luclus j.
Gartrell, the lawyer for the defense arose and
said TO Solicitor Hill: "Do you mean to in
Situate that psid money to MOsely to get him
out of the city?" Hill said: 81 mean 10 say that
money was paid to Mosely to run
Inn out Of town." Gartrell replie1:
You are an Infamous liar" At this, Hill
seized dipper from the water bucket and
struck at Gartrell, who lodged the blow,
clutched him by the collar, and backing him
1eTked away from Gartrell, and selling chair,
Wastn the act OF striking him on the head when
the sherfn, with the aid OF several attorneys,
parted the comoatantA George Hillyer, the
presiding judge, did not fine the dlsputants, and
the anar was amicably adjusted
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THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip,

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY. Internal
revenue, S433. .96l .6s; customs. $464. 772.09.
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THE CENSUS AND REAPPORTIoNMENT.-Alt Of
the official data touching the population of the
country as developed by the recent census has
now been received by the Census Bureau. ex-
cept small town named CoyingtOn, In Clear
field county, Pennsylvania. A special meSSen-
ger las been sent for this data. When It iS
received the official figures will be sent to Con-
gress by Gen. Walker, which will be followed
by reappOrtionment bill. which will be pre-
pared by Mr.. Cox, OF New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-13

SEATOR BLAINE In conversation with Tribune
correspondent yesterday, spoke emphatically
in favor OF placing General Grant on the re-.
tired list OF the army with the rank which was
created for him; Ii IS. he said. debt which the
nation owes him, and he hoped the democrats
In Congress would La time, take the same view
Of the matter,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-04-09

2. The next law reduces the num-
her Of the jury Of inqcest from
twelve to six. This number should
lie sufficient, and this amendment TO
the existing law will doubtless meet
with general approval.
, Heretofore the jurors At Al irr
Gues, have no, received any c"mpen-
satlon The new law allows them
the same per diem aud mileage AZ
jurors III the Superior court. Ihls
IS rigl, and ju.,. The %jnr"rs At On
inquest are tar more entitled til
c, m~,,en@s,ion then one attending
court, tor their dates are more diss-
xr.t,b,c Ia I~rforal.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-04-09

matter about which great feeling
had been aroused, TO take the es,ab.
lished rule Of our House Of Repre-
sen,atives as the proper law TO gov
err tits case.
The President replied that be did
not feel authorized, when = Question
was presented in the Senate 40 dc
Icy his own viii VIVA, the Senate had
i~lled or refused TO do tor itself, and
undertake to limit its powers, no.,
~ubs,anding other high bodies
should see 1T TO establish snch rule.
for their government.
NJ. Parish moved tbat the co..
sheraton Of the motion TO recon
slider he postponed until Wedaesda,
next. Lost.
Mr. Dortch demanded the previ
Gus question upon the passage Of tht
bill, which vas sustained.
Gu the motion Of Ar. King to re,
co..-lde', &c,
Mr. .P.,ish dems9ded the aye.
and noes, Which were ordered, and
The motion to reconsider prevailed,
ayes "a, noes II.
/ Question recurring upon The mo-
,ion OF Sir. Dvrtch to table the mo.
ton tn reconsider the vote by which
the bill failed TO pass ito second
reading, Mr.. Dortch asked and Oh.
tanned v"nsent to withdraw the mo.
ton to table.
The motion 70 reconsider the
vote by which the bin failed TO pass
its second reading prevailed.
Question required upon the pas.
sage Of the bill on its second read.
ing. The bill passed, ayes %, noes Ia
The bill passed its third reading
on>the 9th. -
The above is a correct statemen,
Of the whole matter, aud l an sure
no intelligent, fair-minded person
can find aught to criticize or con
denim, unless it be the action Of
ma ority of the Senate in the course
pursued. about which there may bt
an homes, difference of opinion ; Ger
ta.Dly the presiding officer cannot b.
obnoxious to criticism or censure
Those who know Gov. Robinson
best recognize in him a true, honest
faithful and able officer, citizen AM
gentleman. He aspires to nothing
more, IL incapable Of ANYTHING less
| trust those OF my brethren of tn
press who have criticized Gov. Il
will do him the justice to publish
this. X. n. FuRAAN.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-04-09
ITEMS OF NEWS.

Queen Victoria made four2thou-
sand dollars on stock farming las;
year.
The census shows there are $685.
298 more men than women in the
United Strtes.
A decree has been published pro-
hibiting the importation iato France
Of sailed pork, bacon aud ham from
the United States.
The negro population is found to
be 6,517,l57, against '4,44l,830 in
1860, showing an ~increa.e in twenty
years Of SO per cent.
Twenty-eight quarts Of strawber-
ries, the FIRST shipment of the season
from Jacksonville, Fla, sold in New
York. a. g. SO per quart.
On vote being taken by the
Legislature Of tArkansas as to wha,
the name Of that State should be, II
vas decided to call it.Arkansaw.
The most expensive building in
the countr y, when completed, will
be the Mormon Temple At Salt
Lake City, the cost OF which is est
matedtat $27 100000.
Six million bales is now believed
to be . possible figure for last year,
cotton crop. This enormous amount
would be almost . million bales
greater than that Of the year before
Ic the Pennsylvania House Thurs
day q proposed constitutional amend
ment passed it's second .rea lag, BY
SO 10 38, to prohibit the n,anufac
ture and sale of all Intoxicating
liquors in the State, except for med
icA or scientific use.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-04-09

The war 10 the g. s. Senate still
continues. The Republicans have
resolved to stand BY their position,
which cannot be justified. In fact,
it il untenable and unwise. The
Democrats. from the beginning, have
tried to have the Legitimate public
business transacted. But no, say
the Radicals ; we mean to turn out
the present officers of the Senate
first. Public business may go to che
dogs, but. political Offices must he
captured at ali hazards. Let the
Democrats remain firm. They
should never agree to help the Rad
icals rewar d Malone by electing hit
man Riddleberger. Stand by you,
guns.- Wilmington Star,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-04-09

IL MANY counties II the S;s,e tie
cost oi coroutr> inlncsts have been
s,ry large and lotuci no iucons.l
erallc lae' 81 tie ,"lny 5 ,sren&a.
There ll> been much complaint. aud
therefore the ATE Len. Atute has
eudeaNorel 1" rci.,d, tie matter
hv cra.tn ;hirc ass concerning
corouvr> naquy>ts Ihc editor ~
the Chatham Record eAp.a:us the
changes thus
| According TO battles lse,:>s,,
(chaptcr - section II was TIE
duty 4 Tie 10 summon
twelve %ilrn.> aud hold an In0acs,
upon tie bod. .! any pe.~pn who
was slam a. III ldcniy lied. o.
course thee wcte e IN
stances 81 persons dying suiden'.
aud yet II" foul pay suspected, bu,
....l j, was the laty 81 the ron
to hood an inquest and thus The
county b. subjected /" UNNECESSARY
costs. The new law provides las We
understand ~ that no inquest shall
be held u.Iess there is probable
cause for thinking that the person
has been murdered. This will
largely reduce the number Of in
quests and relieve the counties from
unnecessary and burdensome costs