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WASHINGTON.

Though the deadlock in the senate was bro,
ken over week ago with a promise that the
legitimate business of the senate should now
be promptly attended to, the truth is, that the
fight between the administration and Conkling
so far absorbs attention that little else is
thought Of No doubt the sympathy of sena-
tors is strongly on Conkllng's side, though
they shrink from the sacrifice it Involves to
vote with him. The stalwart senators want
their share of the spoils, and therefore must
have peace with the administration. For the
maintenance of that peace they supposed
Dawes and his steering committee had fully
provided by the arrangement to act on the I'M
contested appointments and to let that of Rob
ertson, Chandler, &c, go over. TO this Conk-
ling was agreed, so that the persistence of Gar
field IN forcing action on Robertson, even to
the extent of declaring war on Conkling by
Tenny, &c, upsets the whole republican sena-
torlal plan and naturally inclnes them to re-
gard Conkling in the light of a sort of mar
tyr. Nevertheless the President knows his
power feels confident of being able to
crush" Conkling, and Is certain Robertson
will be confirmed within week Meantime
the caucus holds daily meetings, searching in
vain for way out.
At the same time that this beautiful fight IS
progressing others are wondering how anoth-
er fight-conslsting of positive DIVISIONS in
the cabinets to continue so long without
producing an open rupture. Nothing is more
certain than that the warmest friends and
most obsequious tools of Blaine are the star
route ring, while McVeagh and James are
waging a relentless war on them. The attor-
ney general can not be pulled off the scent,
and the president Will soon have to take part
in the contest.
The only real work done by the senate
in executive session during the week wor-
thy of note has been the confirmation of the
appointment of Stanley Matthews to the su-
preme bench, by the close vote of 90 to %.
There Is said to be a faint hope that this afro.
cious Appointment may be defeated on a recon.
sideration of the vote. Other nominations
confirmed by the senate were Gen. Longstreet
to be marshal for Georgia, and Albert Wood
cock to be revenue collector at Galena, ILL.,
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Suppose the New York worlds fair of 1888
has petered out, isn't the Yorktown centennial
left! 1t Is believed that not less than half a
million of people will gather on the old York
town battle-ground next October, and as there
are no hotels or other buildings there to feed
or shelter the crowd, 1t will be the biggest bas-
ket picnic ever gathered on this continent.
The commission having the matter in charge
have purchased a tract Of i've hundred acres
as a site for the memorial shaft. The Moore
house, in which CORVALLIS signed the capitu-
lation, will be fitted up as headquarters for
President Garfield, and the corner stone of the
will be laid by the Masons of Vir-
ginia
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be observed, that while the human voice was be.
In O transmitted the 1yirns wnrn hnin " ON nlny.

be observed, that while the human voice was be.
ing transmitted, the wires were being employ.
messages, Moreover the experiments were
conducted between the hours Of ten and four,
that IS, in the busiest part of the day, when the
wires are in unceasing requisition, "The IN.
vcntor, says Herdid dispatch, after DIES.
cribng the experiment, maintains that it is
just as easy to talk across the Atlantic as from
one room to another, and he has succeeded so
well In the first practical Illustration Of his
apparatus that one is scarcely justified in
doubling his assertion that he has found out a
system by which words spoken from the other
side of the ocean can be fixed on their arrival
here and treasured up for further usr'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

The import OF opium in 1876 into the United
States showed an increase of 70 per cent. over
that OF 1867; but the import of 1880 was l4O
rcr cent IN excess of that of 1876. Four
years ago the American opium eaters were be-
lieyed to number 100000, but since then their
numbers have doubled, and 1t is now calculat
ed that they consume 100000 grains per an.
mum. Vast of the Mississippi the Chinese
have almost monopoly of the drug but in H.
LIMOS, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky there are
said TO be three opium eaters to every hun.
dred Of population. Physicians druggists
and traders all report that the use of opium Is
alarmingly on the increase, and they attribute
it chiefly not to the disuse of intoxicants, but
to the increased use of the hypodermic syringe
for injections of morphIa. 1t is noteworthy
that women supply four fliths of the victims OF
opium.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

The internal revenue reccipts for the ten
months ending April 30 of the present year
are s9,SOOOOO greater than the receipts for the
corresponding period of the previous fiscal
year, and it is estimated for the twelve months
ending June 30 the increase will be $4,000
600. This large increase shows an augment
ed consumption of the excsed articles, spirits,
beer and tobacco; but the greater portion of it
comes from sudden enlargement of the new
business of cigarette manufacture For some
reason the American people are taking to
cigarettes, and the enlarged consumption of
them reflects itself in increased receipts of in.
ternal revenue.
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1t IS generally conceded that the ruling ma
Jority in the present United States senate, with
the garrulous Dawes In the lead, is made IN
OF guns of smaller bore than ever before domi.
Rated IN that body. The Springfield Mass
Republican, an administration organ, says
The man who IN youth fonnd five cent
piece at his feet and walked with his eyes on
the ground ever after seems to be the model
Tor American senators at this period. It is a
session Of small potatoes and nothing can re.
deem 1t from the curse Of pettincss and igno
bIlty. Senators will be astonlshcd, when they
adjourn, TO see how big the country IS and
how easily they and their issues will lose
themselves in it, Try it."
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LEGISL

The work of the senate during the past weel,
includes the passage Of the following among
other bills;
Bill appropriaung $lOjOO 20 buy a garden
spot for the pcnitcn,ary atJolet; also $4,000
to the deaf and dumb institution at Jackson
VILE
Bill to amend the law IN regard to public
ton Of grain, 1t provides that the railroad
and warehouse commissioners shall have pow.
or to establish and define the boundrics OF in.
spection districts in which warehouses, eleva.
tors, and granaries of class A may be licensed
and operated
Bill to amend the drainage law.
Bill IN regard to administration of estates
Bill to authorize county authorities to pay a
bounty on wolf scalps.
Bill to revise the law IN relation to clerks of
courts-in regard to turning over papers, fees
&c. to their successors in office.
House bill to establish probate courts in
counties with 10000 population
Bill to continue present county school super.
intendcnts in Office until the election in 1882
The senate killed Wheelers express taxing
bill also the bill in relation to schedules of
reasonable maximum rates for railroad trans.
portatlon of freights and passengers; and for
the last time, the Kinds temperance bill
The House, on Friday morning of last week,
after considerable wrangling over the journal
of the previous day ana the proper record of
the speakers outrage" IN declariH the house
adjourned to defeat the railroad pooling bill,
refused to put upon record protest of 40 men,
beers against the speakers action, some of the
40 breaking down when the protest was read,
and finally ended up the whole matter by re-
terring the protest to committee!
Among the bills passed by the house during
the week were:
Bill to submit to vote OF the people the
necessary appropriation to complete the state
house
Senate bill appropriatng $4,000 to the
southern Normal School at Carbonate.
The senate resolution to adjourn on the 27th
inst. was amended by the house by striking
out the eth and inserting the Both, and in
that shape sent back to the senate.
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One of the ways the Chicago Times has of
showing its independence" is to take the OBJ.
posite of the obvious or commonly conceived
view of almost any given topic OF the day.
Thus while even brother Swing, of the ANi.
dnce admits that the Hubbel letter of Garfield
is disgraceful one, and few but the most
hide-bound and devoted administration organs
pretend otherwise, the Times affects to see IN
1t nothing TO indicate that Garfield expected
anything more from Brady than might be ex
pected from any office holder" The Times
ignores every authorized or unauthorized
statement of the circumstances under which
the letter was Notwithstanding that OF Hub
bell himself. 1t is conceded that the Repub
lican National Committee was "hard up" for
money for the Indiana campaign; that every
government clerk, messenger, common laborer
and scrub woman had already been assessed
three times, including OF course Brady and the
rest OF the post Office force and that the Golfers
oil the committee were empty. In this emer
gency Hubbell bethought him of Brady. Why
to make fourth assessment on HIM, and an
assessment Of $4,000 at that? And Brady
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agreed to stand the assessment if Garfield ask.

agreed TO stand the assessment if Garfield ask.
cd it of him-to give $4,000 out of his own
pocket! Tell that to the marlnes Iiubbcll
says 1t was not Brady but the star mail con
tractors he was after through Brady But
if Garfield would ask HIM TO- And thcreupon
Garfield wrote that innocent letter to IIubbcll
I'm which the star route contractors were never
thought OFF, The Indianapolis journal which
the Times refers TO is correct \ more dam.
aging and damnng proof of completely with
fraud was never made public than is afforded
by that disgraceful letter of Garfield to Hub.
hell
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FOREIGN.

The debate on the Irish land bill was re
sumed in parliament on Monday evening,
John Bright, III long speech, defending the
emigrant clauses Of the bill. The debate was
then adjourned to Thursday. On the latter
evening William Shaw made a speech advo.
eating the suspension of evictons, when the
debate was again adjourned.
Arrests continue to be made under the coer.
cion act, among the latest victims beng
Michael Gibbons James Gibbons and John
Marum, living near Roscommon, who were
taken to Galway
In the commons on Wednesday Parncl
asked the government to state precisely what
Dillon had been arrested for declaring that
lens thcned confinement would be fatal to him.
The government vouchsafed no answer
A great deal Of feeling is being worked up
all over Europe in regard to the France and
Tunls affair. In spite Of the protests of France
to the contrary, it is evident that she means
conquest. The government statement submit
ted to the chamber of deputies on Thurday
seems to leave no room for doubt on the sub.
jcct France says this paper, requires
durable pledges, and the hey will be held
bound to allow France to take in his territory,
measures of precautlon for the protection of
her territory, which he is man.fcstly unable
to take by his own unassisted force" This is
universally understood to mean occupation by
French troops, and that amounts to conquest
and annexation. The hey has sent circular
to the powers on the subject, and that will
probably lead to demand upon France for
explanation.
Vienna has been for a week past the scene
Of unbroken festivities over the marriage of
the Crown Prince Rudolph and the Princess
Stephanie of Belgium, which was formally
at the church at st. Augustine in
Vienna on Tuesday. 1t is stated that oyer 10O,-
300 strangers from all parts of the empire
gathered at Vienna to participate in the fcs-
tivities, while to the Nicnnese themselves the |
week was an uninterrupted holiday
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One of the objective points of the railroad

One of the objective points of the railroad
system now being introduced into Mexico by
American capitalists is the famous iron noun.
tain in Durango. This mountain is described
as nearly two miles in length and one mile
wide, and about 700 feet high. Above the
surface, uncovered and in sight, II shows about
a00,0O00 900 tons of pure ore, ready to be shov-
eled or rolled, without any cost OF mining, in.
to the furnace erected at its base. Much of
this ore ranges from 20 to 30 per cent. and
some is carried directly to the forge. 1t works
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eXccration.

William Kimball, tried last week in the
Kane county circuit court at Geneva for the
murder of Billings Wright, a fellow workman
in the car shops at Aurora in October last,
was acquitted on the plea OF insanity. There
was no doubt about the murder, but no ade
quate motive could be assigned for it, and So
as the man must either have been drunk or
crazy, or both-and good deal of the evil
dence pointed strongly to both-the jury seem
ed to think he was not IN a condition to be
responsible for what he did and acquitted him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

SPEAKER THOMAS, of the Illinois legisla.
ture, is getting pretty thorough drubbing
from the local press Of Illinois without regard
to party. His ruling in the house on Thurs
day of last week, by which the bill against rail.
road pooling was declared defeated though
there was palpable majority of the house In
favor of Its passage, was such an indecent ex.
hibtion of subserviency to the railroads, that,
especially from granger point of view, 1t
must consign him to everlasting contempt and
eXccration
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

The present legislature of this state are en-.
deavorlng to patch up the mudde existing
from the adoption of the late constitutional
amendment concerning the election of county
Judge and other county officers, by repeating
the present law providing for an election of
such officers at the election in November
next, and providing for an election In Novem.
Der, 1882. This will operate to extend the
term of office of the present incumbents The
constitution provides that mo law shall be
passed which shall operate to extend the term
of any public officer after his election or ap-
pointment." Const Art. 4, Sec. 2S.-Chtcago
Legal AdoiSer.
But the constitution also provides that the
present officers shall hold "untl their success.
sors are elected and qualified" and the new
constitutional amendment puts off the cleo.
ton of said successors" until 1882 How
can the change of the present law so as to
make it conform to the constitutional amend
ment, be said to be such Legislation as "oper-
ates to extend the term of any public offlcer!"
1t Is the constitution ITSELF as amended that
so operates"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

TALKING ACROSS THE SEA.-A Frenchman
has invented an improvement on the telephone,
which he calls the electrophone, by which he
claims TO be able TO transmit telephone sounds
across the ocean with the same ease and facili.
ty with which sounds can now be transmitted
a mile or two by telephone. The instrument
was tested on last Saturday MAY 7th) between
CALAIS and Dover and words even whispered
into the apparatus a. Dover were distinctly
heard at Calais, and rice rersa. 1t should also
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

Mr.. Henry Renbrook, of Somersetcounty
New Jersey, In letter to the Forest and
Stream, states that, after raising quail in cap.
.ivity to the third generation, he has fully sue
ceeded IN demonstrating them so that they can
now be raised as easily as chickens or turkeys,
1t has long been denied that quail could be
domesticated, and Mr.. Bcnbrook claims to be
the only man IN the United States who has
succeeded IN the attempt
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in Wow Of the unbroken series of quarrels
for precedence wrangles over spoils, and sena
torlal deadlocks since March 4, it is amusing
to recall the prophecies made on every hand,
after the November election that so.called
era Of good feeling in politics had come, and
that the Garfield Administration would move
upon path Of harmony as broad and con,inu-
GUS as If modelled upon one of Schuyler
ColtaX's smiles.
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Prohibition In Name seems to be about as
profitable to the larger cities in the way of
fines collected for illegal liquor selling rs If
they were allowed to grant licenses. During
the past six years the authorities of Portland
have collected and paid into the city treasury
1926, 90 from liquor sellers for violating
the prohibitory law; and still the sale goes
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

very kindly and easily assumes the form Of
steel. There is every reason to belIeye that
ores of such rare superiority, when subject to
all our modern Improvements in iron making,
will produce iron and steel unsurpassed any
where IN the world, either IN Sweden, or BIS.
cay in Spain or England, or the United States.
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The body of Elmer Foster, which was re
covered on Wednesday morning near the rail
road bridge at Elgn, was the last of the sew.
en- known to have been lost by the ferry boat
disaster at that place a few weeks ago, the
other six bodies having previously been found
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

Our good friend Zwanzig, of the Herold, was
day morning last At Roberts corner he was at
tackled by Mrs. c. Heinrich, who, armed with q
| rawhde, began to thrash him. He received a
cut or two when her husband came up, whom
Iwanzig toppled into the gutter. Iwanzig then
took to his heels to VIM. Brauers place, where
he remained for q few minutes. When he again
appeared on the street the woman attempted to
repeat her performance; but was interfered with
by the police The trouble was caused by q word
used by Mr.. Iwanzg in his paper Mrs. Hen
trlch during the winter reBted masquerade suits,
but lately has become milliner. Three weeks
ago Mrs. Mates, mlliner and dressmaker, ad-
vcrtsed in local" editorial notice that she
was the only person in business in town capable
OF supplying the wants OF the German ladies of
this city. To this Mrs. III. replied next week
through the Wochen6ldu that she was in the bust.
ness and able to serve the German ladies proper
ly, and accused Mr.. Zwanzig of speaking as
strongly as he did in Mrs Mates adver. because
she Mrs. IL. had refused to advertise with him!
Mr. Iwanzig replied, last Friday, that what no
ton, the public well knowing that the RESPONSE.
shoulders of the advertisers; bat unfortunately
he added as \ climax sentence that not even
the gods above can contend with the stupidity
(BornirtheiD of a, literally, masquerade box"
(Maskeraden .Schachtcl but vulgarly, ian old
hag." To which naturally Mrs. II. objected
Hence the excitement. The same evening, how
eyer,a German shoemaker in espOusing Mrs. HIS
cause tackled Mr. Zwanzig ia very abusive Ian.
guage. Not being woman, the follower OF
Crispin was soon standing on his head in tho
gutter wiser man, If not better.
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Judge Walker, on his way to attend the
spring term o! the Supreme Court at Mount
Vernon IN this state, a week ago, had his peck.
ct picked Of three hundred dollars
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

The glass works at Rock Island were de-
stroyed by fire on Saturday evening, causing
loss of $4,000, and throwing $50 men out
Of employment
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At Normal, H., fiveyearold child of Mr.
Bliss fell seventy feet into well. The father
got rope and went down, where he found the
little one almost uninjured in five feet Of water
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-14

Ocean grain freights are said to be lower at
present than at any time within the last SIX
teen wears
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homo on Thursday after an absence OF seven
weeks in New York, resuming coLtrol OF her

homo on Thursday after an absence OF seven
weeks in New York, resuming control OF her
business here.
DELASo.-"Loosh" Deano is the proudest
man in Ottawa by odds, When Charley Edwards,
of 4. Whites returned, n short time ago, from
England he brought with him for Mr.. ID. a
brecch loading shot gun of the finest make OF
Damascus steel barrels. The weapon is worth
800 at least, and is probably the finest piece OF
fire arms ever seen In Ottawa.
LELAND.-Sherman Leland asonished aad de-
lighted the women folks the other evening by
carrying up town to his Office cactus pink with
about 80 blossoms. 1t was sight indeed. The
history of the plant is quite curious. The orgi-
mails were a sorry looking little cactus called
"Pope's Head" and II cutting from another breed
of cactus. Mrs. l.. saw something about graft.
ing the cactus so sharpening one end of the
cutting and cutting hole in his Ioliness's Head
a graft was madcl The graft was success and
after many long months came the beautiful bios.
SONS, now an ornament to the abstract office.
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altered at the Post Oce at OHdod M, as Second CdsS
MAI Matter.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-09-20
By JAS. @. KAYs, Under Sheriff a.'
To All Whom it Nav
Concern.

Notice is hereby. given that on Mon
day. the srd day Of October, 1881, at ten
O'Clock A. M, or as soon thereafter as the
application can be heard. at the Super.
Angeles county, In the city of Los An
geles. application will be made by the
undersigned, VIM. H. Perry and Wal
lace Woodworth. to the Board of Super.
vlsors OF said county for authority to
construct wharf on the estuary or inlet
situated in the said county and known
as Wilmington Bay or the Inner Bay of
san Pedro, with license to take tolls for
the use of the same for the period of
twenty years. The location of the wharf
for which a franchise Will be asked is as
follows, to wit:
Commencing at point on the line es-
Engineer having charge of the improve
ments of the United States in said estu-
airy and harbOr Of Wilmington as the
easterly boundary line of wharf i'm
provements in the waters of said estua.
ry, one hundred and fifty u50)feet north
erly from the northeast corner OF the To-
GATOR OF the wharf OF the southern Pa
cihc hailroad Company, as described in
ors. dated the - day OF August, 1881,
granting a franchise therefor and in the
map accompanying the petition OF said
corporation to said Board; thence north
erly along the said established easterly
line OF wharf improvements one thous-
and feet tlO00) to a point; thence wester-
~ In line perpendicular to said estab-
lished easterly line of wharf improve
ments seventy-f1ve feet: thence souther-
ly in curved line parallel to said es-
tablished easterly line OF wharf improve
ments one thousand feet Q000 feet to q
point distant in . perpendicular direc-
ton from said established line seventy
i've feet us ft); thence in a direct line
seventy.five feet, or a little more, to the
point Of beginning.
VIM. H. PERRY.
a2G-4w WALLACE WOODWORTH.