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Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16
FORTY.SEVENTH CONGRESS,
:. 6.-In the Senate, petitions were

DEC. 6.-In the Senate, petitions were
presented to increase pensions of persons
who lost an arm or leg in the service. A reso-
luton calling for complete list of all persons
on the pension roll was adopted. .....ln the
House resolution was adopted to embody in
the POSt-Office bill clause reducing letter
postage to two cents.
DEC. IA bill was introduced in the
Senate to repeal the Internal Revenue act.
In the House the Indian bill, appropriating
s., ,200 1899, was passed.
DEC. 8.-Numerous petitions were pre-
sented in the Senate on behalf of tobacco
manufacturers and one armed pensioners.
The Internal Revenue bill was recommitted.
The resolutions on political assessments and
the Bankruptcy bill were discussed. In
the House the Consular and Diplomatic bill,
which appropriates 81, 25S, ,255, was reported |;
also bill reducing letter postage to two
cents
DEC. 9.-After various petitions had been
disposed of in the Senate, a resolution was
adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treas
ury for information as to the cost of collecting
the revenue and the number of employees in
each district. The Bankruptcy bill was taken
up and discussed. bill was introduced to
make restrictions against political assess
mentS more binding. In the House, a leSO-
luton was adopted calling on the Secretary of
War for information whether or not the mon
ey appropriated in the River and Harbor bill
navigation. The Consular and Diplomatic
bill was passed.
DEC. 11.-Bills were introduced in the
Senate to prohibit political assessments and
for increase OF pensions. IL, the IIouse, a
bill to stop the coinage of silver dollars was
introduced. Mr. Springer offered a resolu-
ton for Constitutional Amendment relative
to the election of President and Vice Presi
dent and members of Congress. 1t fixes the
terms of the President and Vice President at
six years, and makes the President ineligible
to election for the next succeeding term abol
ishes the Electoral College and provides for a
direct vote for President. Every State shall
be entitled te as many votes as it has Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress, and the
vote of each State shall be cast in proportion
to the popular vote in the State for each can
didate. The term of members of Congress is
fixed at three years, and each session shall
begin the first Wednesday in January. In
counting the votes cast for President in joint
convention each Senator and member shall be
one vote.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16
High Life in New York.

What do you think of the queer lives
led by ianitors' families? | know a
ianitor who has charge of a huge build
ing down Broadway who has four little
tots of children, and they don't get
down into the street more than once a
week or 50. Two Of them were born in
the seventh story of an immense iron
building, Just under the roof. One of
them to my certain knowledge has new
er been down in the street at all. That's
fact. 1t will be down some day 1t
was born only last week. Where do
you think the childrens' playground is?
1t is the roof, and rare good yard il
Is, too, with flowers growing on it, and
everything just like good, big, paved
yard. There is large ledge around the
four sides 50 there is no danger of the
Youngsters falling off. And there are
clothes-lines there, and tubs standing
about, and clothes-pins lying on the
ground everything SO natural you
might easily imagine yourself in some
bodv's backyard. Those children sell
dom see anything of the world down be-
low; and their mother hardly ever does,
for she has her hands full taking care OF
the Youngsters. There is a nice secluded
life for you, with no danger of annoy
ance from prying neighbors. There i:
something attractive about it, too. just
think OF the janitor, at dark, shutting up
the whole place and barring the big iron
doors with himself inside. There he i
with his family about him, and all the
world securely locked out. 1t is as good
as living in a castle with the bridge
drawn up and the m0at full OF water.
But even when the outer doors are
locked the ianitorS are not alwaye shut
in from the outer world. There is a
block of buildings in one of the princi
pal business centers of the city all about
the same height. Each building has it;
ianitor, and each janitor has his family
When the outer doors are shut and
locked and no outsider can by any posi-
bility make his way in, the janitors
families begin to visit. The roofs form
their avenues and boulevards, their
grand promenade. There is something
slightly curious about that way Of liv
ing, isn't there; having your neighbol
dropping in through the roof instead ol
coming through the door? 1t is some
thing like the way of living of the ole
cave-dwellers in the Southwest.-N. Z.
Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16
PITH AND POINT.

If we viii do for our children half
as much as we wish our parents had
done for us, the rising generation will
have abundant reason for gratitude.
Admitting that the machinery of
silk mills goes like clock-work, it must
be admitted that there is someIing out
of joint when the hands begin to strike.
The Judge.
--Fogg has stopped his paper. He
says he did it out of kindness to the
publishers. Their paper is an organ,
and the more stops an organ has the
hetter.-Boston Transcript.
Somebody has discovered that the
correct pronunciation of the word Khe-
dive is "Kedowa." They might as well
tell US that the proper way to pronounce
beehive is behowa. a.--N0rriSt0D1 Her.
GLd
--ssWhat is the difference betwane
the youths and the Minis departments
at the big clothing shopp" asked an
irishman OF friend; and, receiving no
reply, he continued, "Because at tho
wan / buys me clothes, and at the other
Iclothes ~ b'ys. ."-HarUard Lampoon.
An do you call them?" asked a
sssn1dll bp NJ Of young Brown, who
was mA1e call. "What do I call
themP WY 4 should call them BEANS"
"There, said the small brother, turn
ing triumphantly to his sister, ''you said
chat Mr. Brown didn't know beans, but
he does" A nine-year-old boy left the
room wearing a twelve-year-old smile.
Rochester Post -ErDreSs.
A minister was called in to see a
man who was very i'll. After finishing
his visit, as he was leaving the house, he
said to the mans wife: "My good wom-
an, do you not 60 to anJ church at alp"
"Oh, yes, sir; we gang to the Barony
Kirk" ''Then why in the world did
you send for meP Why didn't you send
for Dr.. Macleod?" "Na, ma, sir; deed
no. We wadna risk him. Do ye no
ken it's dangerous case O. typhusP'
Among the crowd watching the
seals at a geological garden were newly
married couple on bridal tour. They
gave all the rest of the animals the go-by
to observe the seals in the stone basin,
and it was full hour before they grew
weary. Chilled by the raw air, and inn
patient over the waiting, the husband
said: "Come, darling, let's go'n see the
hyenas. The feller who said them seals
would fly around and sing at o'clock
either lied to us or else this ERE watch
has gone ahead ON me ag'in'-Er-
ch1310e
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A Florida youth has discovered that
strong, soft, flexible rope can be made
from the fiber Of the common cocklebur
bush.
The deepest mine in the world, ac-
cording to Prof. III. Hoefer, is the Przi
BRAN silver mine in Bohemia. The
lowest depth $500 feet below the sur
face.
"A species of cactus is made useful in
Florida. The strong fiber of the leaves
is turned into rope, its juice into
pleasant beverage, and its trunk, after
the removal of the pith, into'pails.
"A progressive Atlanta (Ga.) man
claims to have invented milk pail that
is kept in motion by a spring, and when
he gets through milking cow the milk
has been churned into delicious butter.
"A Boston genius has invented a
stone-cutting machine that was shown
capable of performing in twenty-five
minutes what small army of men could
not have accomplished in the same time.
The invention will, it is thought, work
complete revolution in the granite-cut-
ting trade.
Sailing, M. L. FOuriment asserts, is
not necessarily fatal to trichine imbed-
ded in meat. These parasites may live
in salt provisions for fifteen months.
Sailing, indeed, often serves to preserve
the vitality of trichin@, as it protects
them to some extent from the destruc-
tive influence of heat.
Mr.. James b. Smith, Of Hackets-
4o-. ba ;nuan4ad opH natantof
an improved signal for railroad cross
ings, tunnels, and dangerous places,
which is declared to be cheap, durable,
and incapable of disarrangement. A
bowed spring is placed near the rails,
so that the wheels of the passing train
operate upon it, and by means Of lever
and wire attachment work gong bell
and signal which are placed at the re-
auired distance ahead on the track.
The signals remain exposed until the
trains have passed, and by means of
another spring are restored to place.
Christian Union.
A needle mandatory has been es-
tablished at Brooklyn, and is the only
one in the country, all needles hitherto
having come from Europe. They are
10 DC Ilduc NY udCHiuOl " WHICH VIII DO
the first attempt of the kind. The
manufacture has been entirely by hand
and requires many operations; the con-
version of the wire into rough needles
requires twenty; the tempering and an
healing nine; polishing five, which are
repeated seven or eight times, and sort
ing five. The Brooklyn enterprise will,
it is to be hoped, prove a success
Brooklyn Eagle.
A new building material called
ssfossil coral" has been discovered in a
small island in the Bay Of Suva, FIJI.
When it Is first removed it is soft and
easily cut into square blocks or any 9th
er desired shape, but when it is exposed
to the open air for some time it grows
very hard and assumes some of the
characteristics of fire. brick What the
actual origin of this substance may have
been is uncertain and will form an in
teresting problem for geologists. AT
any rate it has been found 80 useful for
building purposes that the Fijiaa Gov
ernment have given a large order for
cubes of it.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

The issue of standard silver dollars
from the Washington Mint for the week
ended December was 81, ,1S9, ,499. against
1884, Q87 for the same period last year.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

ATRUsT company in New York was
recently handed s., $50, 900 in behalf of the
Panama Canal Company. to finish payment
for the Panama Railroad.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

IT is reported that Mana commands
Che ApacheS who are raiding in Mexico.
qhe whole State Of chihuahua was on the
10th said TO be under arms.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

A VERDICT for $25, 900 has been Sc
cured by James F. Malloy, Of Edgefeld, S.
G., against the New York Herald for libel.
The case would be appealed.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

Tur Mexican Government has ap-
oo;,taa two commissioners to act with Gen
Gr,nt and Mr.. Trescott in preparing a com
mereial treaty.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

1 FEW DAYS ago the last rail on the
,,b;o,ro & Atlantic Railway was laid near
huntington, Ind, giving the Erie Road ac-
ross to Chicago.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

THE large Riverside Rolling Mill and
the Briton Cotton Mill, at New Castle, Del,
have closed for an indefinite period. Four
hundred hands were thrown out of employ
ment.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

IHE official canvass of Wisconsin, re-
Gently completed, shows that at the last
election the total vote in the State was 2l6,- :
w. OF which the Democrats polled 1O3, $50;
nnepuoIlcans, 4,606; Prohibition, 10 800;
G,reen5ack, 2,496. The Senate will stand II
dir,spuolcanS, ~ 10 Democrats, Independent.
liz Assembly 45 Republicans, SO Demo-
e'A'S' Independents, giving the Democrats
majority on Joint ballot.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

THE number of agrarian outrages in
ireland during November was eighty
rine. This contrasts fayoraby with previ-
ous lists.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

The Project has ordered the police
% eXpel all Jews residing within the
municipal boundaries of st. Petersburg
Without official permission. The Senate has
decided that the Jews are incapable Of hold
mg landed property in Russia.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

THE official canvass of Dakota gives
IoBr B. Raymond, Republican, for Con-
rre,,. majority of 80, ,2S6. The total vote
Of the Territory is A. 1913.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

A RECENT dispatch from Berlin says
that the loss by floods in the Rhenish dis
tricts amounted to millions of marks. The
damage to the town of Doisburg alone was
amiion marks. Sixty houses near May
ence had been swept away.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

THE official vote of Iowa on Secre-
tary of State at the recent election was:
Hall, Republican, 149, ,O59; Walker, Demo-
crat, 112, lS0; CASTOR, Greenbacker, 30,S17.
Halls plurality, 36,6S1; majority over all,
I -0A
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16
NEWS And NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.

TpF Chamber of Commerce of every
.,.,ort in Germany has protested against
.ta exrlusjon ol American pork.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

ACCORDING to the report of the Com
missioner Of Railroads, at the end OF June
last the Union Pacific Company owed the
Government S63,620,570, and the Central
Pacific was indebted TO the amount of $52,-
l4OS13
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

THE Government has brought suit at
New York against Harrison Johnston, for
mery Treasury agent, for the recovery of
nearly 100000 arising from the sale Of
confseated cotton, for which he had failed
10 accnlInt
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

GROUND has been broken on the Mex
lcan side Of the border line for a railroad
through Lower California, crossing the
colorado River near its mouth, thence
through Sonora to Calabassas, Arizona. The
capital was secured in England.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

SECRETARY FOLGER has ordered
me canceiing Of bonds delivered to the
United States by the executor of the late
Joseph l.. Lewis, amounting to $950,000.
These bonds will be included in the reduc-
uon OF the debt for the present month.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

In Massachusetts, smoking at the
polls is prohibited by law.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

4 DISPATCH from Chihuahua, Mex.
states that the recent massacre in Casa
h'auue oy Indians proves to have been a
hue Ls'i ailalr. A band Of Apaches, num-
Jo o'lU5 hye hundred, crossed the border,
il ,1iueo upon the little town, and began
f,,o 'uo'scflminate massacre, fully seventy
an5 persons falling victims. Several girls
.I,r.o o'"en We're carried off by the savages.
was So seo, ,gu"n'lly Of stock and other property
NayIa'. ,o'e"' The houses Of the unfortunate
Il, i n'o' o.o,ns We're burned and their dead bod
e,rr ,9, q Stripped Of their clothing and Jew
to ,'' m In murdered persons were among
pr,r,is1l. s"l."iest class, several of the most
TIM 1nt ~, families being among the vic
seena ,,oopS mad been dispatched to the
rbsir ,.5 ou' Tue Indians having long start,
'D'F capture was not expected
Huntsville gazette., 1882-12-16

iHE transit of Venus was successfully
ped Poseryed at Chicago, where Profs, Hongb.
con.oo,1 anu 2'arrlson took the time Of the
Rev ~ ~ anu secured ten photographs, and
tiops i, oWazey made morning observa-
for, =. ue french astronomers at the old
sa,i,s g. Augustine, Florida, were highly
p,r,, with their labors. The German
tiIo5 a. Aiken, South Carolina, partially
ass, S', III their object. Prof. Waldo and his
torr I '-ss at Yale College reported satisfac-
nI,'.. .ssuits' Prof. Wilson securing $50 full
to1ros, ~ Al San Francisco forty-eight pho
MI "Pns OF the transit were obtained. Prof.
graz, 1''er great difficulty, took 2O4 photo
~ 1pls y al San Antonio, and Prof. Honzeau.
ras.n III D'iglan astronomer. took 12o measure.
f. Ihe transit was totally invisible
"''A 9Feenwieh Observatory at London.
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reason ,ha. maoy Democrats remained
from the polls on the in,h of October.'
Mr. Lucas said he was not ia favor OF
adding to the list of officers for polical
parposes. That in 1861 there wcro 81 600
Office holders; 1871. 62 001; 1880, ln2..
600 That the las, Coasr ess allied L..
SOC recruits, ansl the proposition ia TO
dress them in unifJrm: you aud | sup.
port them in their life ienures- Look
at the record aud see how our reprcsen-
tatives voted. want TO send repre-
sentative Democrats who have princi-
pie and n religion; who can advocate
those which underiie the Constitution.
want the Jetrersonian Democracy.
My Republican friends don't con-
Fratulate yourselves too soon ahsrs is
life in the old land yet
Mr., Lucas devoted the reminder OF
lis time TO the discussion of tho ten
dency toward Capitalization of Tie pow
ers OF our Government. its effect. result
anu the danger IN be npprehended
from moaopo.!es.,reaaiu- the following
extract from letter written hy Hon.
David DAVIS, once Judge of tic Su.
preme Court, nov Senator Of tho u
nited States: Great corporations and
consolidated monopoies are fast seiz-
ing Tie avenues of power that lead 10
the control OF the Government. IL i
an open secret that they rule States
through procured legislature aud cor
rupted courts; that they are strong in
congress, and that they are unscfu--
pulous in the use OF means To conqser,
prodJud.co and acquire influences. This
coalition of things Is truly alarming.
Tor unless II be changed quickly anu
thoroughly, free Institutions are DOOM
cd TO be suhver,o | lay an olgsrchy res.
ting upon basis Of money aud OF COR
pora,e power
And Tie ensuing from Daniel Web
stc.:
The fees, government canuo, long endure
when The tendency OF the law is to create rem.
I'd accumulation OF property in the hands oil
the few. ene to render tie mlsses Of the people
poor and dependent
lie also used these lines from James
a. Garfield:
The modern barons, mere uowe, fil than ,be;,
military prototypes, own our greatest highways
ana ieFey tribute at will upon our vast indus
ines And as the cid feudalism was fnall y
controlled aud suoordinated only by the com.
oined eior's OF The kings eod the people OF The
free cities aud towns, so our modern leudAlism
can be sutold:na,ed TO the public good only bv
the great body of lie people, ncting through
their government ny wise aud just laws.'
Mr. Lucas here concluded his adj ,fess
IN eloquent aud cxp,sesiye language,
anna lac shouts and applause Of lprge
audience, who repaired f;om The CouIt
House, having been highly entertained
10 az edifying and cultured manner. by
one OF the a0est orators Of the State.
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FLoAT TIN 8.

AT Davenport, Iowa, on the Isl
inst, } Judge Hayes decided that the
prohlbltory amendment has not been
legally made part Of the constitu-
ton OF the State ....At Dakota
late election 1878 votes were cast for
probate Judge and there were 2,37s
names. Every man had voted for
himselt.........We live in the midst of
an iniinity ofp pleasures and disappont-
ments, with senses capable of being
touched by the former and wounded
by the latter. a little reason will
cause Us to enjoy the good as gently
"a possible. and to accommodate our,
selves to the evil as we can II the
Yosemite produces tile trees OF lar.
gcst circumference IN the world Aus
tralian treesgrow othe greatest height.
An Euca yptus tree measured 435
feet in length, and another was csti.
mated TO be $50 feet from the ground.
lie who does bis best, however
little, is always distinguished from
him Who does nothing 5000 Among
railway jumping off places the Kansas
City (Mo). station is deemed the most
uged-sO many lines converging there.
The depot restaurant rents az twenty
thousand dollars IA noble part OF
every true life is 10 learn 10 undo what
is wrongly done----At New Rich
mond, Ohio, recently, Albert and Jas.
Thornton, colored, we're found in the
field Of jacob and George Light, bad.
ly wounded with shot and bullets and
unable TO move. No one can tell
how it occurred. but it Is thought ibey
were sh0i while stealing conn.,.
Chicago Times: II tie jury lad a.
greed. Sir. Dorsey might have been
secretary Of the interi0r-of tine Al
bauy pcnitentiary Il is upon the
smooth ice we slip, tie toughest path
IS The safest. Please bear this in
mind Mr. Rowland Ward sends 70
the London Times a list OF the fossils
recently discovered at Charing Cross,
IN the heart of London, when the
deep excavations were made for
Mcs7rs DrummOnd'5 banking house.
Tho specimens are more than one
hundred ia number. They include
bones OF the cave lion, tusks and
bones Of tie mammoth, tusks and
bones OF extinct elephants, remains oil
extinct Irish deer, remains oil red
deer, remains of species allied 10 tbe
iailOW deer, remains Of rhiuOecros.
remains OF extinct oxen from the
pleistocene gravels, bones OF the horse
lhe sheep. aud the shorthorn from re.
cent deposits
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PERsoNALl TO MEN oN1Yl

The Vollaic Bel, Co, Marshall. Mich.
will send DR. Dyes Celebrated Electro
VoItaic Belts & Electric Appliances on
trial for thirty days to men yyouua or
ODD who are afll cted with Nervous De-
bility, Lost, Vitslity & Manhood & kin d.
tired troubles, guaranteeing speedy
AMI complete restoration Of hsllt q and
manly vigor. Allress "a above. y. g..
No risk is incurred as thirty days trial
is allowed.
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COURT DIRECIOnY.

.!' 'WW: Courts for The several Couples Of
.'' Ir Use i'th JuGicinl ,iicuit will htieac or
.d NJ DC, sLd IL held ps follows.
Ig ne county e Hen r,hire on the frs,
.'f'y IN Feb uary, the second Tuesday in
.!' ana ne iiId Tuesday ia september
.a' Ire county 81 Hardy. on The sec nd Tues
- NHfrh. The last ,sday in May std The
Tu'slAj in Ocloher
lo' 'Nc county a. Cont on the fourth Tues
.l N'l'h the Est 1u+s diy ia Ju..., mad
gf Tuesday in O,,sh+r
80 ne county 'f ftLcitlon on the second
! VA AWil, the Wednesday amer ,a,.
To, eddy IN JaGe. aud the f.sl Wu,shes.
s' 10 Ngye;ler
'ae county o. Mineral for the year 1892
."' G'r i"esds! IN ApiI, the f;rsi Tues
. I' r.''eH'-T. ',li the fourth Tue-d : ia
.'.'.',. rTd tor he yebr 1889 nut ,lIcte
'"' rtcvtd iIosdsy ia January. tie toutta
cay IA Aliii, and he first Tuesday la
miner.
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COMMISSIONERS Ne OF.

THE accou g. ~ Joseph NJ. Smith
I aui William ~ Pepper. Executors
OF Joseph Smi'h decd. being before
me flr settlement. notice is her, bv Given
thst I viii attend ~ my house in Rom
Ley. West Va, on tie 2l'h day of RIO
vemher. 1892 f,r tho purpose Of roceiv~
ing proof of debts or demands against
said Joseph Smith or his estate.
Given under my hanj THE 2ui day Of
October, 1882.
JANES a. GIBSON,
Commissirner Of Accounts
October 6, 3S2..-7w.