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The National tribune., 1882-05-13

In the House on Wednesday the bill creating
an Executive Department of Agriculture was
passed-yeas Up, nays Z. THE bill provides
that the Department Of Agriculture shall be
an Executive Department, under the super
vision and control of Secretary of Agrl-
culture who shall be practical agriculturist,
and establishes the following bureaus of that
Department: of agricultural products, of an
nual industry, of lands and of statistics. The
bill has yet to pass the Senate. Should it be-
come law it will add another member to the
Presidents Cabinet.l The District of Columbia
appropriation bill was passed.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

Mr.. HENDERSON introduced joint resoiu-
tion granting the use of articles, tents, @c.' d.
soldiers reunion to be held by the SOLDIERS
Reunion Association of the State of Illinois III
the year 1882. Read first and second time
and referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
The bill TO enlarge the powers and duties Oh
the Department of Agriculture was discussed
until the hour of adjournment. Among tne
petitions presented was one hy Mr.. RusSeh
from Charles II. Coburn aud ftty-three others,
citizens of Lowell, Mass, for the passage OF
Senate bill granting pensions to soldiers ana
sailors of the late war who were confined IN
confederate prisons.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

AMONG the 734 emigrants that arrived at
New York Thursday, in the France from
Havre, were a number of grape growers and
wine distillcrs, who are going to California
One of their number in conversation said it
was aSgreat trial for them to leave their own
country, but that the times were so hard that
they had no alternative. Everything in
France he went on to say, was in very dis
tressed state, and the working classes were
now compelled to drink cider, as they could no
longer afford wine"
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

THE Indian excitement in Arizona and New
Mexico is reported as completely quieted. In
dians are reported near Deming, n NJ. The
defeat of Loco's band and the death of Loco in
the fight with the Mexicans under Col. Garcia
are confirmed. 1t is said 141 whites and Mexi-
cans have been killed by the Indians during
the last two weeks. The outbreak of the Ban
nocks and Shoshones is denied. Gen. Sheridan
has telegraphed Gen. Pope, expressing his sat-
isfaction with the efficient services of Colonel
Enrsytha
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

In the House on Tuesday the Agricultural
Department bill was discussed, the entire ses-
sion being devoted TO its consideration. Sew
eral amendments offered to the bill were re-
jected.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

commission bill several speeches were made,
among them one by Mr.. McLane, appealing to
the Democrats to stand together for the tariff
of 1876
In the House on Friday almost the entire
session was consumed in the consideration of
the tariff commission bill. At the evening
session several personal pension bills were
passed. Among the petitions introduced were
the following:
BY Mr. JOYCE: The resolution of Post No.
Is, Grand Army Of the Republic, of Vermont,
and of John II. Allen and others, citizens of
Vermont praying for the passage Of the bill
now pending before Congress to increase the
pension of the soldiers and sailors of the late
war who lost an arm or leg while in the line of
duty. Referred to tho Select Committee on
Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay.
By Mr.. KAssoN: The petition of M. T. Clark
and others, for the passage of the bill nJw
pending granting pension to the soldiers and
sailors of the late war who were confined in
confederate prisons. Referred to the Select
Committee on Pensions Bounty and Back Pay.
On Saturday in the House the Indian appro-
nrlaJlOn OIL Wis ICp llolI tliC
of conference. The tariff commission bill was
further considered and passed-yeas Isl, nays
S3 The contested election case of MADISON VS..
Oates (third district of Alabama) was disposed
of by the adoption of resolution permitting
the contestant a. A. Mabson) to withdraw his
papers without prejudice.
On Monday in the House bill was intro
duced to abolish postage on newspapers sent
from publication Offices to regular subscribers
The bill relating to the presidential count IRE
ferred to elsewhcre) was taken up and referred
to the special committee on that subject.
Mr.. TowNsHEND, of Illinois, presented q
preamble and joint resolutions of the thirty
second General Assembly of the State of Hi
nois, in relation to the arrest and imprison-
ment of American citizens in Ireland. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

PERSECUTION of the Jews Is not confined to
Russia, for Germany has given striking in
stance of hostility TO the race. Professor Vic
tor Meyer, popular chemist at the University
of Zurich, recently accepted the post of pro-
fessor of chemistry at the University of Hall,
but the German government steps in and de-
clares that Herr Meyer, who is of Jewish
descent, must allow himself to be baptized in
the Christian faith, or he cannot be admitted
q professor.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

Utah; John S. Mayhugh, of Nevada, Western
shoshone agency, Nevada; Charles WilIoughby,
Neeah Bay agency, Washington Territory.
Navy-Lieutenant-Com Francis Morris,
to be commander; Lieutenant Fred. K. Miller,
to be commander; Master VIM. A. Marshall, to
be lieutenant; Ensign George H. Worcester, to
be master; Midshipman Albert N. Wood, to
be ensign.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

A SPECIAL cablegram from Kolymsk, Siberia
confirms the report of the burning of the
United States Steamer Rogers, in ST. Lawrence
Bay, on November 80, 1881. 1t says that all
efforts to save the ship were unavailing. The
people landed safely with but little clothing
and only one months provisions saved. The
fire was discovered at nine o'clock in the morn
ing when it was too late to save the ship. All
the forenoon was spent in getting only 500
yards from the beach. The crew could not
walk on young ice or force the boat through.
The boats were hauled ashore by a line. The
last boat left the ship at eleven o'clock at night
and landed at two o'clock the next morning
They could not beach the ship. There was
little wind. The vessel drifted with loose ice
to deep water and sank. The officers and men
are now living in Chuekche huts in the vicinity
of ST. Lawrence Bay. Native food is abundant,
but it is chiefly rotten walrus meats and herbs.
There is no danger of the crew starving.
They were two nights on the shore without
any shelter than that of their boats sails before
the natives arrived and took them on to the
huts. The natives were very kind.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

MAJOR VIM. J. Twining, U. S. A., detailed as
Engineer Commissioner of the District of Co
lumbia, died on Friday of last week after
brief illness of pneumonia. Major Twining
was native of Indiana, and was appointed a
cadet to the military academy from that State
in 1859. During the late war he served with
distinction, and was brevetted colonel for gal
liant and meritorious service. When the Dis
trict of Columbia was given permanent form
of government under board of three commits
sioners, he was detailed as the engineer mem
Der, in which capacity he served in the most
acceptable manner until his death. His funeral
took place on Monday last, and was very largely
attended by distinguished military men and
civilians.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

REAR Admiral John Rogers, who had been
suffering acutely for some weeks from Bright's
disease, died at his residence on Georgetown
Heights on Friday, May 5. Admiral Rogers
was7 72 years of age, and had been for number of
years superintendent of the Naval Observatory
at Washington. He was born in Maryland in
1902 and entered the navy in 1926. He served
with distinction as commodore at the battle of
Port Royal in November, 1861. In May, 1862,
he attacked Fort Darling or Drury's Bluff, on
the James River, with the iron-clad Galena
and other gunboats, but was repulsed. He
commanded the Weehawken in the attack on
Fort Sumpter in April, 1863, and captured the
iron-clad Atlanta near Savannah in June of
that year. He was complimented by the Sec
retary of the Navy for these heroic and service
able acts In 1870 he was raised to the rank of
rear admiral.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

THE funeral of Hon. Horace Maynard, ex-
Postmaster-General,t took place at Knoxville
on Friday of last week. The remains were in
TERED in Gray Cemetery. The University of
Tennessee, the public schools and the courts
were closed all day, and business houses in the
afternoon. Lieutenant Washburn Maynard.
U. s. N, James Maynard, and Mrs. DR.. Kidder,
of Washington, children of the deceased, were
present, and also Frank Hatton, First Assist
ant Postmaster General, and other officers of
the Post Office Department. The funeral pro-
cession was the largest ever witnessed in Knox
vile.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

On Wednesday in the Senate a bill was in
troduced to turn over to the Interior Depart
ment parts of the Camp Douglas military
reservation in Utah Territory. Various mat
ters of no special interest were considered and
the remainder of the session occupied in hear
ing speeches on the bill for intermediate ap-
pellate courts.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
HOUSE

On Thursday, in the House, the entire ses-
sion was consumed in considering the tariff
commission bill ; several speeches were made,
among them one by Mr.. McLane, appealing to
the Democrats to stand together for the tariff
of 1876
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01
Photograph of an Explosion.

The United States Engineers recently photographed the explosion of wreck, which was blown to pieces by subma- r1ne charges of dynamite, to ascertain, among other things, how long the speo- tacle really lasted. The result was exceedingly interesting. There were six cameras employed, and the instant of the explosion, as also the several in- stants when the exposures were made by shutter, were electrically timed by a chronograph.
 A photograph taken one-tenth of a second after the explosion showed the vessel broken, and column of water seventy feet high aphotograph secured 1.5 seconds after the instant of explo- sion showed column of water 16O feet high third photograph, taken 2.3 seconds after, showed the column at it's full height of 18O feet, while fragments of wreckage were in the air, but none had fallen to disturb the surface of the water fourth picture, taken 3.3 sec onds after, showed the column falling, and the surface of the water disturbed : while a fifth photograph, secured 4.3 seconds after, showed that all was over
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01
THE PENN CELEBRATION.

The parade of the Knights Templars on Thursday was one of the most at tractive features of the Penn celebration in Philadelphia. It was in five divisions and there were over five thousand men in line. In splendor of uniform, horse trappings and banners the pageant ex celled anything of the kind ever seen in Philadelphia.
 A reception was rendered the visiting Knights in the evening. The same day the Welch singing societies gave prize concert. Tho $500 prize for the sing ing of Haydn's '' Hunting Chorus " was given to the Wyoming Valley Society. The $500 prize for the best singing of $ The Daughters of Israel' became the property of the Lackawanna Society. The Callcott obtained the $4OO prize fo, the best singing of that delicious com. position, The Lord is My Shepherd ' (Schubert). The large $1,2OO prize amid great applause, was presented tc the Plymouth choir. The Ohild's Our WIS then presented to the Lackawanna choir.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01
Saving the Train.

The usual crowd of autumn liars were gathered together in the store, occupy ing all the grocery seats-the only gross receipts that the proprietor took no pride in-when 8 little, blear- eyed, weazen-faced individual sneaked in by the back door, and slunk into dark corner.
 "That's him." said the eungrammatical hummer with green patch over his left eye.
 "Who is it ?" asked several at once.
 "Why, the chap who saved train from being wrecked" was the reply.
 "Come, tell us about it," they de- manded, as the small man crouched in the darkness, as if unwilling that his heroic deed should be brought out under the glare of the blazing kerosene lamp.
 After much persuasion, reinforced by stiff horn of applejack, he began:
 ''It was just such night as this bright and clear aud was going home down the track, when, right before me, across the rails, lay great beam. There it was. Pale and ghastly as lifeless body, and light as it appeared, I had not the power to move it. A sudden rumble and roar told me that the night express was laundering down, and soon would reach the fatal spot. Nearer and nearer it approached till, just as the cowcatcher was about lifting me, I sprang aside, placed myself between the obstruction and the track, and the train | flew on unharmed."
 The silence was so dense for a moment that one might have heard dew drop. Presently somebody said:
 "What did you do with the beam ?''
 "I didn't touch it," he replied ''but | it touched me-"
 "Well,'' persisted the questioner, ''ii you couldn't lift it. and didn't touch 1t, howin thunder did the train get over it ?
 "Why, don't you see ?" said the sad | faced man, as he arose from his seat and sidied toward the door. "The ob struction was a moon-beam, and jumped so that the shadow of my body took it's place, and"
 Bang flew ham against the door and if it had struck the body of the re- treating hero, there would have been { much bigger grease-spot frescoed on the panel. 7r0velers' MagaSine
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01
GunpOwder Engine.

A powder engine has been patented in Germany by Herr Beck. In it a piston is forced to and fro in horizon tai cylinder by small quantities of pow der ignited on either side alternately. Powder pans are provided on the bot tom within, on which at the proper moment, powder falls through passages from two holders which rest on distri- button slides. The igniting of the powder is effected by means of spirit or gas flame from the cylinde
 cover, drawn in through an oblique aperture by the suction force of the piston. The access is regulated by slides. The gases of explosion are ex- pelled through holes furnished with slides, on return of the piston. The heavy residues are pushed by the piston into bags, which are emptied at inter- vals. It is claimed for the new motor that, with small occupied space, it is very eff. ctive and easy set at work. The consumption of powder is comparatively small, and the engine regulates itself
 The danger is represented ss slight.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 1882.
 The following thanksgiving proclama- tion has been issued to-day
 By the President of the United States of America,
 A PROCLAMATION.
 In accordance with custom, the an- nual observance of which is justly held in honor by this people, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby set apart Thursday, the 3Oth day of November next, as day of pub lie thanksgiving.
 The blessings demanding our grati- tude are numerous and varied. For the peace and amity which subsist between this Repub lie and all the nations of the world: for the freedom from internal discord and violence for the increasing friendship between the different sections of the lands for the liberty, justice and constitutional government for the devotion of the people to our free insti- tutions and their cheerful obedien ce to mild laws for the constantly increasing strength of the Republic while ex- tending its privileges to fellow men who come to us; for the improved means of internal communication and the increased facilities of inter. course with other nations for the gen. eral prevailing health of the year for the prosperity of all our industries, the liberal return for the mechanics toll, afording 8 market for the abundant harvests of the husbandman; for the preservation of the national faith and credit :; for wise and generous provision to effect the intellectual and moral edu- cation of our youth for the influence upon the conscience of a restraining and transforming religion, and for the joys of home. For these and for many other blessings we should give thanks.
 Wherefore, I do recommend that the day above designated be observed throughout the country as day of national thanksgiving and prayer, and that the people, teasing from their daily labors, and meeting in accordance with their several forms of worship, draw near to the throne of Almighty God, offering to him praise and gratitude for the manifold goodness which He has vouchsafed to US, and praying that His blessings and His mercles may continue.
 And do further recommend that the uaf IAus aPpoAAGou Do Mauo Speclti occasion for deeds of kindness and char. ity to the suffering and the needy, SC that all who dwell within the land may rejoice and be glad in this season of na- tional thanksgiving.
 In witness whereof l have hereuntc set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done at the city of Washington this twenty-ffth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun, dred and eighty-two, and of the inde. pendence of the United States the one hundred and seventh.
 LIS. CHESTER A. ARTHUN&
 By the dent-FREDERIoK TT FREL1NaHUYsEN, Secretary of State.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01

HOMEOPATHIC Medicines, as rule, are not amenable to the chemical tests and analyses used in testing drugs gen. orally. Their reliability, therefore, de- ponds solely on the character and repu- tation as to probity of those preparing and putting them up. It is, therefore, of paramount importance that the pub lie satisfy themselves that the hom oeo- pathic medicines they buy are obtained from @ house of recognized standing and reliability. Boericke & Tafels Homeopathic Pharmacy is established since 1885. Send for their descriptive price current, Medi cine cases and books to 145 Grand street, New York, or 234 Wabash avenue, Chicago.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01
They Didn't Sell Stoves.

Four or five weeks ago woman with an undecided look on her face entered 8 Detroit hardware store, says the Free Press, threaded her way for sixty feet among coal stoves of every pattern, and .timidly inquired
 "Do you keep stoves here?"
 "Yes'm."
 "Coal stoves ?'' x
 "Yes'm."
 She said she had been thinking of getting coal stove for the winter, and the clerk took her in hand. He showed her how the doors worked and how the dampers were arranged, and the fues situated, and he talked of double drafts, great savings, increased cheerfulness, reduction in price, and all that, and she said she'd think it over and drop in again.
 In about three days the woman reap peared and inquired of the very same clerk if they sold coal stoves. He re- piled that they did sell one now and then, and he cleared his voice and began the usual thirty minute lecture on the Michigan, the Detroit and the Peninsular base-burners. The beautiful nickel plate, the place for the tea-kettle, the ornamental legs-tne anti-cl1nker shaker all points were touched upon and praised and explained, and the woman said she wouldn't take one along under her arm just then, but would call again. She called again the same week, heard the same lecture from the same clerk, and started for the bank to draw the money to pay for 8 base-burner. That was the last seen of her for a week. Then she walked softly in and inno- gently inquired
 'I suppose you keep coal stoves ?"-
 "No ma'am."
 "Not any kind"
 "Not one. We used to, but went out of the business year ago."
 There were twenty coal stoves on the floor, but if she saw them she didn't let OF. She heaved sigh of disappoint- ment, glanced around her, and went slowly out with the remark:
 "Well, I don't know as want to buy one, but thought it wouldn't do any harm to look at some of the latest makes B
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01
A Hint to Advertisers.

About this time of the year advertis- ing sharks begin to lay plans to gull and rob business men with holiday sheets and schemes. They are never half what they are represented and many of them never circulated at all, and the only ones benefited are the sharks and schemers. Business men should be very careful not to throw away large share of their holiday profits on these advertising frauds. The newspapers are the only sure, safe and legitimate medium of communica- ton with the people.-Elnair0 Sunday Telegram.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-01

Joseph M Dolph, republican, was elected United States Senator from Oregon on the forty first joint ballot.
 FOREIGN ITEMS.
 The British Parliament passed vote of thanks to the commander, officers and men of the British army in Egypt.
 Professor Palmer and his party of English explorers in Egypt are said to have been killed by order of the Cover nor of Nakhl.
 Details of the revolutionary con- spiracy in France show that the country was divided into a number of districts in each of which secret society carried on a seditious propaganda, the whole being directed by central committee in Geneva. -
 -Smallpox is spreading in Colombia
 The damage done to the Panama Railroad by the recent earthquakes is estimated at $80,0O0.
 Egyptian rule in the southern provinces has received a disastrous blow from the victories of the False Prophet.
 The cost of the Egyptian war amounts to nearly $20, 900, 900.
 Professor Schweinfurth says that in Egypt the False Prophets troops have been beseiging the capital of Kordofan for forty days.
 The damage done by fire to the Neva timber yards, in Russia, is esti- mated at 2,500, 900 rubles.
 -Soutar, convicted of complicity in stealing the Earl of Crawford's body, has been sentenced in England to five years penal servitude.
 -Arabi's correspondence has been seized at Cairo. It is believed to prove his intimate relations with the Sultan. There are rumors in England that the trials will be avoided by sentence of exile against the Egyptian ringleaders.
 The coal owners of West Lancashire, England, have decided to advance miners wages ten per cent. This action prac- tically ends the dispute in Lancashire. The coal owners of South Yorkshire have agreed to offer the colliers an advance of five per cent. in their wages in order to avert strike.
 The city of Manila, capital of the Philippine Islands. has been almost destroyed by typhoon the shipping in the harbor was also greatly damaged.
 A woman fired twice at King Milan, of Servia, in the Cathedral on Monday. The King was not hurt. The Kings assailant is the widow of Colonel Jefrew Markowitch, who was executed with several other rioters in May, 1878, by order of Milan. It is suspected that the attempt is not merely attributable to revenge, but partly to political mo- lives. The Kings sssailant has been suffering from melancholia ever since the execution of her husband, and she can scarcely be considered responsible for her actions.
 Considerable uneasiness is felt in France on account of rlotous demonstra- tions. At Lyons the mob overpowered the police and blew up restaurant attached to theatre; several persons connected with the riots at Montceau- les- Mines have been arrested; strike i, threatened in the furniture trade in the Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. Justin McCarthy and Michael Davitt, trustees of the Land League fund, deny that certain inaccuracies ex- ist in Mir. Eagan's statement of receipts and expenditures made to the late Ma tional Conference, as was charged by an anonymous writer to the Irish Times.