The conservator., 1882-11-18

Il N1dhO az Il 1dAhIOiby N.Y.,
took to pitch hay with lightad pipe in his
mouth. The result was the destruction OF
The Maj rOpera House, the postoti1-.., Buhr s
Hotel, and other buildings, the loss ag re-
eating S. 900 The Opera House was owned
| by the city, and some OF the public records
I were burned
By the burning of the Court House
and jail at Crockett, Texas, two male pris-
oners pehshed. All the records were de-
| s,rOyed-
NEAR Texarkana, Charles Hemey,
Jr., merchant at Lost Prairie, Ark, after a
quarrel with two brothers named Butler,
went home ard was pursued the Buffers
I following him to negro cabin, where he
had taken refuge, and kicking the door
| down. III mey had a doub.e barreied shot
| gun, and killed both brothers as they crossed
the thresho d. He was wounded in the arm
by ball fired by man who came with the
assailants. The Buffers were picked up
dead and buried in one grave.
WASHINGTON.
GEN. SHERMAN, in a report to the
Secretary of War, criticises the system Of
erecti ng forts here and there throughout
the West, and advocates the erection of per-
manent fol tihc tions, which would serve as
half century Work mas begun on the fire.
proof Pension Office at Washin yton, located
on the square bounded by L and G and
Fourth and Fifth streets, and two years Will
be required to erect the s ructure
- A sAMtrss- of the counterfeit Bland
silver dollar which is being extensively cir
culated, especially in the West, has been re-
ceived in Washington The coin is cry
heavii- plated, sists acid tests unless
deep.y cut before appl ed, has a ring simi-
lar to the genuine, and is of the exact
w light The officers of the S CRIT Sery .ce
Department consider the counteife one OF
the most dangerous that has yet app areL
COMMISSIONER MCFARLAND, of the
General Lind Office, in a recent decision
declares that where person has failed to
make entry TO tract O. land through being
misntormed OF his rights By LOCAL officers,
when otherwise EMIT ed to make entry, he
will be protected by he department and lose
nothing, unies quired TO do so by the
actual demands Of the law. In a decision
REM cred the other day the Acting Secretary
of the Interior holds that contest for a
land title instituted by parent cannot be
transferred or Inherited by child, even
though it sh I'll appear that the contest was
instituted Tor the chtlds benefit
GENERAL.
THE successful scheme of Chicago
firms in exporting dressed beef to the sea-
Board cities has excited the ire of the rail-
roads and live stock inte ests, VINO have
formed a company w tn a capital OF $1.0N.-
OtU. OF which W. Arnold, of Chicago, and W.
II. Vanderbilt are members for the purpose
OF opening depOts and underselling the orig
inal projectors IN Their fields OF operation "
Nandelb II has recently sold to savings banks
in New York, i'll quiet way no less thln
$1,000, 900 or his per cent bonds, two points
below the current market price. 1t seems
to be pretty well settled that Vanderbilt has
got possession OF the Nickel-Plate road
The accidental killingof anAlaska chief
incitelthe natives to capture Il launch and
two sailors of the Tn ted States revenua cutter
Corwin, and upon re usal to return the pris-
one, Capt. Merriam destroyed their village
and killed several of the natives Otler
hostile villagers who had taken possession of
an American fur-t trading cOmpanys station
and held the employees prisoners were t. Gated
In the same manner and tie prisoners re-
leased.
The United States Marshal in Indian
Territory seized "a Quantity Of LIQUOR belong
ing to army officers, as the fetferai StaCuJes
permit the entry of spirits only for medc-
nal purposes. A protest has been entered
by the commander of the department. i'll
which Gems Sherman and Snerlda Join
Secretary Teller will be forced to decide the
point. :. Mrs. ScOvi lie is de iverng lectures
In Canada She AYERS that her husband Is
the worst crank IN the Guiteau family.
J. C. TIFFANY, who was indicted in
Arizona for embezzlng $4,000 while Ind an
Agent gave bail in New York to appear at
Tucson for trial in February. The New
York and Texas Mexican railway has pur-
chased 4.OvO,U0O acres of land for colonies.
POLITICAL
SIMON CAMERON remarked TO an in
tervewer that the defeat of the Republican
party in Pennsylvania would have the effect
of keeping the spirit of faction alive. He
does not cnnsid r that his son has been b1div
beaten and believed he caud be his own
successor in the United States Senate if he
SO desired. Bob lngersotl thinks the polit- !
ical cyclone was caused by extravagant ap-
preparations and q refusal to reduce taxa /.
ton, especially on tobacco. He predicts |
that Gen. Sherman will be the next PreSi- I
dent
OF the 293 members of the last House
of presentatives 173 were candidates for
reelection. One hundred and thirty were
re elected and ortv three We're defeated /
This does not include those who were can !
dates but Were defeated in nominating
conventions Less han half the mem
! ers We're returned, althou h the member
ship OF the House has been increased. There ,
viii 1H5 members OF the Forty-eignth |
House who are not members OF the Forty
seventh House. The Boston journal une- .
quivocaliy state that Gov Long viii be
Hoar's successor in the Senate of the Forty
eighth Congress.
THE names of Morrison and Springer.
Of Illinois; Randall of Pennsylvania; Car
Isle, of Kentucky, and Eaton, of Connect
cut are all prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the Speake ship of the next
House o. Representatives. -. Lee, colored
Republican, who w4s defea ed for Congress
by M ckey in the black district Of South
Carolina, viii contest the election.
SAMUEL J. RANDALL presse exs the
opinion that the Democratic successes at
the polls are declaration by the people for
a reduct on in public expenses. He favors
the absolute repeal of all internal-revenue
taxation, and thinks the question of lr-e
trade will not practically arise for a genera
ton yet
BEN BUTLER assumes that the Dem
ocrati Congress will substantially sweep