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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
THE DEATH OF MRS. NORTON.

The County Physician examined yesterday The
body of Sarah Norton who died in jersey City OH
Saturday night and hose husband, Michael. Nor
tom was arrested suspicion OF hav Ing killed her.
DR. Converse could find no evidence Of violence and
thought that the woman died of apopexy. The
home of the Nortops, at No. 1873 MoTcer-st., and
the house was visited yesterday by crowds of the
neighbors, who Denounced the husband. Norton
rs ,fill in prison lie expressed the greatest gIief
al the death of his wife and professed entire gnO-
rance of what had occurred on Saturday night. lie
said that he was drunk but had no recollection of
srrking his wife. Captain Farrier says that two
women will testify this morning hat they saw
Norton knock his wife down and KICK her several
fimea Mrs Norton died half an hour aftcrward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

MATTINGs-Large assortment just received
our own importation White Red Check Fine, Fancy Pat
terms, and Gold cOOrs. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
RUNNING AMUCK IN sECoND-AvE.

Joseph Bowling, of No. 2,0S5 Second-aVe. was
encountered By Officer Hartman. on Saturday after
noon in Second-ave. near ne-hundred-
somewhat under the influence of liquor and very
noisy The officer warned the fellow TO keep quiet,
when Bowling drew knife; and shouting that he
would kill the first man he saw, started On q run
and-fourth-st he met John Clark, of No. 302 East
ne-hundred- and fourthst, total strangerto him,
Inc his face ia several places stabbing him in
the back of the neck. Officer Hartman quickly
arrested the ruffan. Mr.. Clark taken TO the
Presby terrain Hospital. In the Harlem Police Court,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

NV daughter and myself, great sufferers from
cured by Eys Cream Balm My sense OF
NJ stanley dealer In shoes ithaca, NY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

Save your time money and strength by usin
pYEs Pr ARLENE instead Of soap Tho millions OF packag
sold annually prove practical Beware Of limitations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC,
sunriss 3d. SETS GAO Moon sets 215 Moons aysdys
HIGH WATER TO-DAY
AMsandy HOOK 800. Gov. Island 1881; Hell CAT. 800
PA-Sandy Hook 3:25; Gov Is>nd 405i He'll DATA b.5I
FOREIGN STEAMERS DUE At THIS PORT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
yesterday, Bowling was committed to await the re-
suit of his act.
A DAY OF CLOUDS, SUNSHINE AND FOG.

DAY OF CLOUDS, SUNSHINE AND FOG.
The question which arose in the minds OF churcn-
goers as they stepped forth into the open air yester
day morning was, Will il rain to-dayi" The sky
certainly did not look propitous, banked IN as ,t
at any moment to drench the earth with moist
ture In spite of threatening clouds, however, the
churches were we'll filed with worshippers. When
the sun suddenly broke through the clouds and
flooded the earth with its genial rays.
No sooner had the air been cleared of its mists
people began TO wend their way toward the parks:
Early In the afternoon the walks and drives OF
Central Park were well filed with men, women and
do TO carry those wanting to sail upon the waters
Last evening heavy fog settled down upon the
city, making navigation along the river front some
what difficult.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

Earl &, Wilson'S f and w brand of Mems
Collars and Cuffs the best sold everywhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
Announcements.

"Buchu- Paiba.r Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney and Urinary diseases. 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

The police on the BOwery were ordered YESTERDAY
to enforce stricter obedience than heretofore on
Sundays to the excise laws In consequence, the
many liquor shops in that neighborhood were
nearly all closed. Many arrests were made OF IN
cautious liquor sellers early in the morning and In
each case bail was furnished. Some dealers kept
their side doors open, but admitted no strangers.
In the Sixth Precinct Captain Petty made several
arrests and made special efforts to close up the
Atlantic and Pacific Gardens on the B3wery.
After being bailed out the proprietor OF the lat
prietor of the Atlantic Garden, defed the police,
and continued open after he had been arrested and
bailed out. -Four of his bartenders were arrested,
but bail was ready for each of them the moment
they reached the station-house If had the
power" said Captain Petty, ITO refuse bal ana
keep the proprietors locked up here all night, 1
might succeed in making them close up. but so
long as they can get bail they are all right"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

LONG ISLAND soUND-FoG SIGNAL DISABLED
The fog signal trumpet Execution Rock Light station,
Long Island sound disabled and will not be operated until
further notice.
BY order Of the Lighthouse Board .-
GEORGE BROWN. Captain USN, Inspector
ofce of Lighthouse Inspector. Third District
Tompklnsville, n A.. April IA. 1883.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16

A kLiSLiC WALL PAPERS.-5O0 900 rolls of
ns nans raPen 80 c,s per roll factory price 20 ots
ssoes Of Csrpets ana on Cloths eta per yard
2sS Audsoast. near springst W. WAS
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

and the enacted bill is quality. The secret can
Ger that is wearing away the yitals of the govern
ment clerk is the lack of any motive. His am
bition has no scope. Reward is the same wheth-
er he idles or works. He soon begins to vegetate,
presently loses his self-respect, directly dies to
all high endeavor. The extension of time is one
more stroke towards the destruction of his soul.
Few of them have any spirit now. Don't make
them slaves.
If the foregoing is a true picture, and
we suppose it is, the quicker the present
array of government clerks cease from
their labors, the better for them and the
better for the country. The man who is
unwilling to perform good honest hard
work is fit for nothing but to be slave.
And slave he is to to his inertia and use
lessness. 1t is scarce wonder that no
good thing comes out of Washington, or
at least from the class who describe them
selves as is to be seen above. No measure
of civil service reform can adequately
reach and improve such people.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

The English sparrow is to be extermi-
mated, if the Massachusetts legislature can
accomplish it. The Committee on Agri-
culture has been engaged in hearing argu-
ments in favor of offering bounty for the
destruction of the sparrows. Testimony
was adduced to show that these little birds
are the source of great injury to mankind.
It was stated that the sparrows are causing
great and increasing damage to crops, car
rying off whole fields of grain, and last
season destroying fully one-half the apple
crop of the Bay State. The witnesses gave
the sparrow a very bad character indeed,
avering that it drives away other birds that
would consume Injurious insects, while it
will not destroy insects at all, but preys
upon the farmers fields and con-
sumes the fruit of his toll. It
was said that should the bird
become common in the West,it would, as a
grain eater, become a great nuisance. As
no one appeared for the sparrows, the con-
clusion is that the birds must go.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

cents for three hundred miles, and from
five hundred to a thousand, twenty five
cents. In 1874 congress provided
that for the distance of three
thousand miles and less the postage should
be five cents, and over that distance ten
cents. In 1851 congress provided the
three-cent letter postage rate. Now, after
thirty years, thereis popular demand for
two-cent postage. Congress is favorable
to it, and there is every reason why the
country should have it. Witness the
changes forty years have wrought. The
adoption of the five and ten-cent rate was
bold step, and of the three-cent rate, a
still holder measure. Grant now the two
cent rate, and decade or less will see let
tiers carried for one cent postage, and there
will be millions in it for Uucle Sam. Fifty
or sixty millions of people write many let
ters
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

The probability is the Hon. Thomas W.
Ferry, of Michigan, will not be returne d
to the United States senate. On the Sd
instant the joint convention adjourned IN
til Feb. 10, when the session of the legis-
lature is to expire by joint resolution of
both houses. When the senatorial dead
lock seemed the most stubborn, a financial
crash overlook the senator and his brother,
and their business house at Grand Haven
suspended. This was Immediately fol-
lowed by suit brought at Lansing
against the senator for hotel bill of 49,
800, and taken altogether Mr.. Ferry's SEN
atorial prospects have taken on a most
hopeless aspect. To sum it all up, the SEN
ator turns out to be both a poor politician
and an unwise business man.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

THE fears of the czar of Russia seem to
have been completely dissipated recently
No longer do dreams of nihilistic plots
disturb his sleep or haunt his waking
hours, for those disturbers of social order
seem to have vanished into thin air. He
has issued an ukase appointing the day
for his public coronation at Moscow, and
commanding the attendance thereat of all
Russian municipal dignitaries. He has
also made public announcement of his fu-
ture outgoings and incomings for three
months to come, and the guards have been
removed from the winter palace. The
change wrought within the past few
months is almost magical, and by what
prescription he has succeeded in curing
the national distemper does not appear.
He might do the world benefit by send
ing his prescription to Gladstone for ap-
plication in Ireland.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07
ELEGANT GOVERNMENT
THE
CLERKS.

CLERKS.
In the congressional Legislative appro-
priation bill is clause requiring the de-
partment clerks to work from $50 a. N. to
4:30 p. m. The department clerks have
organized grand kick against this re-
quirement, and have organized lobby to
defeat it. They argue that seven hours is
too much time to spend at their desks, that
six is quite enough, and that four or five
hours is all that their elegant constitutions
will admit of. The poor fellows must in
deed have hard time, if we may believe
their own story, for they say that every
one of them can exhaust his daily capaci-
ty in seven hours. In their urgence
against the new regulation the lobby, rep
resenting the overworked and oppressed
department clerks, say that to require
thesepeople to do full days work, Swould
degrade the SERVICE" Then follows this:
1t would degrade the service. The tone of the
departments is none too high now. It is exceed
ingly difficult for government clerk to keep his
self-respect as it is now. He can hardly be
called man. Business men consider him an in
beetle. Congressman treat him as slave. Soci-
ETY. regards him as an ass, and women look upon
him as a clinging, dependent creature whom if
they were to marry they would have to support.
Extend his day to eight hours and you pull him
down another peg. The most ignorant stone
breaker or hod-carrier in the government en-
ploy is only required to work eight hours. Let
congressman have some mercy on their own rela-
tives and frieads, if only for the sake of having
decent connections.
1t is directly in the teeth of the Wanted civil
service reform. The keynote of that movement
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07
WHITE MARAUDERS.

Capt. Payne Again Invades the Indian Ter
ritory-The Savages in a Ferment-What
the war Department is Doing.
LITTLE Rock. Feb. 6.-Advices from the
Indian territory are to the effect that the
Indians are greatly excited and stirred up
in regard to the threatened invasion of Ok
lahama by Payne and his followers. They
fear Payne's persistence will ultimately
force the government to compromise or
the settlement of that part of the territory.
Opinion is divided among the leaders as to
whether the expulsion of the invaders ought
to be left wholly to the government, or
whether the Indians ought not to assist in
driving them out. Should the latter be de-
cided upon, the probabilities are that blood
will be split. Gen. Pope's troops are
guarding the border, but so far no cap
lures are reported, nor does it seem to be
known whether any movement has yet been
made on the territory.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 6.-Secretary
Lincoln has furnished the secretary of the
interior with copies of kilograms from
Gen. Pope, describing the preparations
made by the military to secure the Okla
hama lands from intrusion. Gen. Pope
says he does not expect forcible resistance,
but in any event is prepared to enforce the
removal of raiders.
Mr.. Haskell introduced bill in the house
to-day relative to the invasion of the In
dian territory, proposing an amendment
to the revised statutes, to provide for the
imprisonment for two years hard labor of
any person convicted of invasion, with
provision against its application to en-
igrants probably passing through the ter
riforv
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07
NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS.

The Annual Blowout of the Crescent City
"A Large Attendance, Elaborate and
Unique Pageant and Original Travesties.
New ORLEANS, Feb. 6.--Madi Gras was
celebrated with usual festivities and grand
street spectacles to-day. The city was
gaily decorated and Illuminated al night.
There is an immense crowd in the streets,
including $4,000 visitors. The king of
the carnival appeared with grand
pageant of twenty cars, followed by phorty
phunny phellows with fourteen cars,
and the Independent Order of the Moon
with sixteen cars. The royal pageant was
preceded by Baeuf Gras and attendants,
who illustrated Atlantis, or the lost
continent, described by Pla-
to. The tableaux presented
were designed to represent Atlantians in
their social. religious and political Gus
toms. The costumes from Paris were
were not received, owing to the non arrival
of the steamer Dryburg Abbey. There
about 120 characters in the pageant
and seventy pieces of paper mache work.
The subject of the fifth representation by
the phorty phunny phellows was as usual
comic, and embracing travesties on the
drama and opera. Among the tableaux
were burlesque illustrations of Hamlet, the
Merchant of Venice, Mascot and Patiencel
The Independent Order of Full Moon,
for their third procession, presented gro
tesque illustrations of familiar rhymes.
cleared, and during the progress
of the Rex procession the sun
shone brightly for two hours. the first time
in three days. At night occurred the
ninth pageant of the knights of Menus =
subject the ''Moors in SPAIN" the cars,
eighteen in number, illustrating scenes
from the legends and romances, and con-
quest of Granada. In the display there
were were some ten or twelve horses, life
size, of papier mache. The cars were
magnifcently decorated. The royal re-
ception at the Imperial palace was at
tended by an immense crowd. The num-
Der of invitations was over $4,000. The
throne room in which the king and queen
received, together with Lord and
Lady Baltimore, was painted to represent
the bottom of the sea where the Atlantic
sank. The queen was Susie Richardson,
daughter of Col. Edward Richardson, cot
ton planter. The maids of honor were:
Misses Virginia Hopkins, of St. Louis,
Lula Bohn, Mehle and Alice Aldige, of
New Orleans. The Knights of Menus quie
gave brilliant ball at the French opera
house, and the Priority Phunny Phellows at
the ST. Charles theater. Many other enter
tainments are in progress, closing the
pleasant carnival season of 1883. The
ships lining the whole city front were gay
with flags and bunting. Many buildings
were illuminated.
The steamship Dryburgh Abbey, from
Liverpool Jan. 3, arrived this evening with
the Mardi Gras costumes. Capt. Horton
reports the first eleven days they expert
encedvery tough weather. On the twenty
second the steamer ran aground on the
Moselle bank, off the Bahamas. After
Tightening portion of the cargo and
throwing overheard lot of phosphate, the
steamer foated and proceeded, but was
detained at Port Eads since Sunday by
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

AS has been before stated in these col
umns, there is considerable agitation of
the temperance question in Ohio, where
under the no license constitution there is
free rum everywhere. The legislature of
the state has been struggling with the
question all winter, and in the midst of
the debate on the subject, Representative
Miller, of Mercer county, appeared in the
House suffering with delirium tremens. He
threatened the life of the speaker, and sew
eral of his colleagues, and had to be taken
away by force. This scene made power
full impression, and the Senate, which had
been weakly hating between two opinions
adopted, during the same day, joint reso-
luton to remove from the constitution the
Limitation which has for thirty years, pre-
vented legislative regulation and control OF
the liquor traffic.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

CONGRESSMAN die, are mourned, and
buried, much as are other people. A con-
gressionaI cemetery is provided at gov
eminent expense, where their remains may
repose. If sepulture occurs elsewhere a
congressional committee attends, at the
cost of the government, and apparently
have a jolly time. In a recent issue, the
GLOBE contained an itemized bill of the
charges of congressional funeral com.
mittee, but none of the items re
vealed any apparent congressional
woe, although the total sum paid for the
trip from Washington to Massachusetts
town was $4,000. But this is not all
After time comes the funeral orations
Several ponderous colleagues of the de.
ceased deliver touching eulogies, and, Of
courses, "a day, is wasted, and no one is ben
efited.s. The fact Isl this hollow solemnity
has proceeded to a point that renders il
an abuse, and some of the sensible mem
bers of congress- are proposing that the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

A WISE bill was introduced in the Min
nesota house yesterday by Mr.. Grimshaw,
bearing on the liquor problem. 1t provides
that any minor who shall obtain liquor
from the keeper of saloon by represent
ing himself to be OF full age, shall be pun
ishd by an exemplary fine, and any con-
frmed drunkard who shall obtain intox-
icants by means of deceit, shall suffer like
penalties with the saloon-keeper who sells
it. This law, if passed and enforced, will
contribute largely towards decreasing the
evils of intemperance.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

THERE are queer folks in this world,
some of the queerest of the queer ones
are out in Kansas. A petition has been
presented to the Legislature of that sanity
State praying for the passage of a law to
''restrict immigration" The petitioners
humbly say: SAT the present rate of I'M
migration all our lands will be taken up
to the extent that our children's children
will not be able to obtain farm in Kan
sas." Oh, blessed Kansas! Oh, sacred
soil! Let the immigrant beware and keep
himself away. This generation bars the
gate AMI throws away the key. Their
''children's children" are to possess and
occupy the land. But no! ye Immigrant,
the great Northwest still invites you, our
fertile acres, thriving towns and growing
cities will welcome you. Abide with US,
and prosperity and happiness are yours
for aye.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

The idiosyncrasies of legal conclusions
are never failing. In Liverpool suit was
brought against a pawnbroker to recover
the value of two coats which had been
''spouted" by a citizen in need of Temporal
ry assistance. The damage to the coats
occurred by mice eating away the pockets.
1t was in evidence that there were crumbs
in the pockets of the coats when
the crumbs attracted the mice. The
learned court held that the plaintiff was
guilty of ''contributory negligence" and
decided the case in favor of the defend
ant.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

THE statement of our Washington cor
respondent that ex-Secretary Blaine had a
finger in the Minnesota senatorial pie may
have grain of truth in it, but the Maine
statesman had far less to do with the re-
suit than is assumed. The causes that
contributed to WINDOWS defeat were
principally local. He had proved false to
other friends than Blaine who were power
full enough to work out their revenge. Mr..
Blaine's friends here, as well as elsewhere,
h owever, are highly pleased at the result,
for WINDOWS assininity in supposing him
self presidential possibility no doubt con-
tributed to the defeat of the plumed knight
at Chicago.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07
House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-After transacting
some unimportant business the house went
into committee on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Tucker moved to reduce the duty on
cost polished plate glass undelivered above
"a by 80 inches square, and not exceeding
81 by 60 inches, from 25 to Is cents per
square foot. A running debate followed,
and at last Mr.. Kelly moved that the
committee rise for the purpose of closing
debate.
This proposition was taken up and met
considerable opposition, but the motion
finally prevailed, and in the house Mr.. Kel-
" moved to limit debate on the pending
paragraph to five minutes.
Mr.. Mills hoped the house would not
submibto be gagged, and Mr.. Berry moved
to extend the time to twenty minutes. Mr..
Berry's motion was lost, yeas 85, nays. 1913.
Mr.. Mills moved to make the time ten
minutes. Lost, yeas 95, nays 1913.
Mr.. Kelly's motion was then agreed to-,
and the house again went into committee,
and Mr.. fuckers motion was lost.
Various other amendments by Mr..
Tucker, reducing the duty on plate glass,
were lost.
The consideration of the metals schedule
was then entered upon.
Mr.. Kelly, under instructions from his
committee, moved to increased from so to
75 per cent. per ton the duty on iron ore,
including manganiferous iron ore, also the
dross or residuum from burnt pyrite.
Mr. Cox, stating that his colleague, Mr..
Hewitt, was unable to attend the session of
the house on account of sickness, obtained
leave to have printed in the record let
ter received from that gentleman, in which
he takes strong grounds in favor of free
iron ore and free scrap iron.
Pending the action on Mr.. Kelly's mo-
ton, the committee rose, and public bust
ness being suspended, appropriate resolu-
ton upon the lives and public services of
the late Representative Updegraf, of Ohio,
and Hawk, of Illinois, we're offered.
After addresses eulogistic of Representa-
tive Updegraff by Messrs. J. D. Taylor,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

PENNSYLVANIA charters, that are being
promiscuously hawked about the country
for sale to the highest bidder, form the
subject of a special message from Gov
Pattison to the legislature. He pro
nounces the existence of such state OF
affairs as disgracefuI to the common
wealth, and cites instances, among them
the Credit Mobilier, in which these char
tiers, that ought to have lapsed long ago
to show they have been abused. Penn
sylvania is not the only state in which such
abuses exist.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07

The subcommittee of the house COM
mittee on military affairs has agreed upon
a bill placing Gen. Grant on the retired
list of the army with the rank of general.
Fortunately there is little likelihood that
the bill will pass at this session. 1t should
never pass congress at any time, for Grant
has already been recompensed thousand
fold for the service he has rendered the
country. He is fast acquiring the right
to the rank of The great national mendi-
cant by the persistent efforts of himself
and his friends to foist him upon the pen
sion rolls.