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BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.-In the
Superior Court to-day the Central
Pacific Railroad Company com
menced suits against the Sheriffs
end Tax Collectors of the following
counties, viz: Suffer, Shasta, Mer-
ced, Tulare, Nevada, Sacramento,
Butte, A alameda, Placer, Stsnislaus,
YuOa, San Joaquin, Sierra, Santa
Clara and Tehama, to compel them
to accept the amounts offered for
taxes by the plaintiff, and asking
ipJunctions pending further pro-
ceedings.
WnsN,Dxs"u Nns.s.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The 1ri-
bune's Washington special says
that The Anti P0lygamy bill! will
probably pass the Senate to-day
without material change.
AT meeting Of the secretary OF
the Navy and members of the ad.
v,sory board aud the Naval Com
mittees of both houses for q gener-
al discussion Of plans for a new
Navy, the harmony Of views was
Indicated by the remarks of those
present.
The House Committee on Bank
ing and Currency will report a bill
to retire the trade dollars.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The
funeral of A. M SOtel3o took place
from his late residence yesterday
afternoon. The attendance was
very large. Nearly every Wash .
ingtOn bureau was represented and
q number Of Congressman were
present.
6rsnps IeI"rnre %" the W...e-
Hts stock .JnbD.ug Pr.cnvtUes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16,-General
Grant is causing n good deal OF snt-
prise among his friends by the
marked change In his character in
the last six months. Instead of
being determined in his opinions
he has become vacillatiDg. Many
instances to this effect are cited. A
friend in New York says the Gen.
eTal is becoming strongly avari.
cious of late years, and Is going into
every kind Of speculation. His
name has appeared upon nearly
every bill board in New York as Il
director. The result has been to
lessen his influence aud withdraw
from him the conf ience OF his
friends. AT the outset Of the sd-
ministration he WAS very ipf1uen.
tial with Mr.. Arthur, tut to-day he
eXerts no more Influence than any
other prominent Republican.
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Boston, Feb. 16.-The Tran.
script says that Col, Mutt. Presi-
dent of the Atlantic and Pacific
Company, has received word from
the Atchisbp, Topeka and Santa
Fe Company that it's $780, 900 At
lantic and Pacific subscription had
all been taken.
The Aati- Nosmosa BuOSn.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 Washing
ton specials 10 the Mail and Er-
press say: The discussion in the
Senate y yesterday points to the pas
sage to-day of the bill to suppress
MOrmOnisn II is evident that
something severe in this matter IL
intended at this session by both
Houses, and whatever bill is pass
ed the President willsiga it. New
ar before WAS 30 much feeling ex.
hibited. and the Mormon delegate
from Utah il almost distracted
with the situation
Rescue of Wrecksd M~ra"~rs.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The ship
Glenmofag arrived to-day. She
picked upa boat with eleven of the
crew and two of the passengers OF
the steamer Bahama. from Porto
Rico for New York, wrecked In u
hurricane. One of the boats, with
seventeen persons on board, was
swamped. Three of the crew re.
fused to leave the ship, preferring
to take the cnances of remaining,
the boats were 30 heavily loaded.
Su.-:sn Of Territory.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The Her.
AIDS Washington dispatch says
that Guatemala has offered to
Mexico treaty, which will be &C.
cepted, cedipg to that country the
disputed territory.
A Town UOder Water.
GALVESTON, Feb. 16.-It is re-
ported that the town OF Colum bia,
in BRACES county, is inundated by
water from the BRACES river.
a sssrtiiag oenfessio".
Rock RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 49,
Before the coroner's jury who are
investigating the murder OF John
LanahHn, who was killed while
sitting near his window Saturday
night, Maggie, his oldest daughter,
confessed that she did the shoot
ing. She also implicated her
mother, her sister Anna and the
latter's lover, a young man named
Birch. The girl testified that 1t
had been agreed to between them
some time ago to put the father
out of the way at the earliest OPP
portunity.