The Republican journal., 1882-02-23

The Wisconsin Senate, Thursday. passed a
| Dill t" restore capital punishment.
Over 100000 stamps were sold at the New
York Post Oltrc or st. Valentines day.
| 4 defective tuc. il il now settled. caused the
fire in the "Word" building. in New York.
Hon. John d. New If Indiana has been ap-
| pointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Tdrn, income is established bv a well-in-
| formed New York correspondent at $50, 900 a
| year.
The cereal crop of 1881 in this country. with
| the exception Of oats. was the poorest for many
| wears.
| \ Massachusetts man is reported to have put
/ a Splttoon on ca~tor~ and 10 BE- asking Il patent
for il.
Gen. Tom Thumb celebrated the 10Th ami
| Ncr>ary Of his marriage by dinner in st. Louis
last week.
.Nenezucla gracefully adopts Mr.. Blaine'> in
| vltatIon t" the peace congress. So likewise do
| Mexico and Brazil
| Mr.. Scovill" has written a letter to Mrs. Gar
! field in which >hc makes 4 touching appeal to the
| latter for Guicau.
! Prof. Jacll~on'~ pyrotcchnic work, at Ches-
ten, Pa, Aplodrd Friday, killing fourteen peo-
pie and Wounrng about fifty others.
The opponents of Captain Eads' ship railway
PROJECT are using strong efforts to give new
energy to the Nicaragua canal scheme,
The best lawyers in The senate on both sides
| Of the chamber say that the EdmundS bill, if
enacted, Will rilrrtualy stamp out polygamy.
| The total cotton acreage Of the South is l6I
million acres. an increase Of ) per cent in 1881
The To-, by the caterpillar last season 300
| 900 bales.
| In Maryland lad of seventeen and girl
! of fourteen We're married. The youthful bride
has recently obtained divorce from her step
| father. who is >iNty-tivc wears old
Hon. Israel Wa>hburn. ,Ir.. has been elected
| one Of the vicc-prcsdents of the New England
| Divorce Reform League, and Gen. J. l.. Cham
| herlaln one of the executive committee.
| The New York Herald editorially says; THE
cigarette annually kills thousands and thousands
| or children and Young men. and those whom it
| does not destroy physically it mentally ruins"
1t is proposed to admit part of Dakota as Il
state. Ihe total population Of the Territory is
80, III divided among 81 counties Dakota has
| land enough to make three or four States; all
| she needs is inhabitants.
Houston, Texas. is making Il settlement with
it, bondholder> by giving new four per cent.
to six per cent tax receivable bond at fifty cents
on the dollar III exchange for the present issue
The Marquis of Lorne has a high opinion of
! Canada as a matrimonial field for Young women
He said not long ago that those happy maidens
emisralng to that country would get an offer
| of marriage about every day.''
Thursday the Senate passed the Edmunds
| ant-poly@amy bill by Il unanimous vote The
House declined to pass bill penSioning the
widows of all the presidents, but passed bill
giving Mrs. Garfield $4,000 pension.
The business portion of IIaverhll. Massa-
chllsetts was swept by Il confederation last Fri
dav night. The burned district covers fen acres
and embraces the largest part of the shoe man
ufact0ries The fire broke out about midnight
| Engines We're sent from neighboring towns No
| loss Of life is reported.
The House debated the apportionment bin.
| Thursday. by vote of 1862 to 104 adoDted an
amendment fixing the number of Representa-
tiycs at 32o y motion to table Il motion to re-
consider another amendment was lost for W ant
of quorum, the Democrats refrainino from
voting. The Senate will concur if is said
Heretofore il has been customary to l,se the
| expression ''DccOratOn day" and .Memora]
day" as the fancy of the speaker or writer sug-
ge>ted. But by Il recent vote of the National
Encampmcnt of the q. A. r.. hereafter only the
phrase Memorial day" will be used bv the De.
partments and Posts in reference to the ANIMAL
memorial ceremony.
Commissioner Raum recommends thai .as oleo-
margarine. cidcr-champagne and glucose are
seldom sold to consumers under their proper
names. but are used chiefly as aduterants a tax
be placed on them high enough to make them
more expensive than the articles which they ar,
used to aduiterate. that their use NAV be ren.
dered Improbable.