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ILLEGAL RULING.

The following paper has been circulated
in the house 10y the democrats, for sigma
lures 1t touches on the ruling of Speak
er Collins on the Harper bill, which was
antagonistic TO the best recognized rules
of parliamentary law. After the sigma
lures have been received, it will be pre-
sented, and under the constitution of the
state will be spread on the minutes of the
house.
We, the undersigned members of the
house Of representatives of Thirty third
general assembly, in the exercise of con
stitutional rights, most respectfully and
earnestly protest against the rulings of the
Speaker of this house,'upon the supposed
passage of the following resolution, viz:
ReS0iUed, That the several house and
senate appropriation bills and road and
drainage bills and all bills on the subject
of license will be made the special order
and continued from day to day until dis
posed of
In overriding the point of order made
by Mr., Linegar, of Alexander, that it re-
quired two-thirds majority Of the house
to pass the pending resolution, we enteI
a protest for the following reasons
First. The rulings of the speaker are
contrary TO the plainest and best recog-
nized rules of parliamentary law.
Second The rulings are In the very
teeth of rule 81, and adopted by the house
under the power conferred upon it by the
constitution.
Third The rulings are in violation Of
the rules of Cushing's Unabridged Manual
of Parliamentary Law, as indicated in
section l AIS to .492, all of which We
ask to have spread at large upon the
records of this house
Rule 81 is as follows
g.. No rule shall be dispensed with
unless by the concurrence of two-third'
of the members present; nor shall any
rule be rescinded or changed without one
days notice being given of the motion
thereof; But new rule, not in conflict
with existing rules, may be added, after
such notice, by majority vote.
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A Signal Dsfaat.

care you the man who said | owed
everybody and paid none?0 demanded
little man of a very tall one, as they met
on Fulton ferryboat yesterday.
Wasn't it true?' asked the tall man,
laconically. Don't you owe every
body who will trust you. and have you
paid me the ten dollars | loaned you a
year agoP"
"But that don't say l can't payr"
growled the little man, seeing that the
big one didn't weaken. ''The way ]
heard it, you said couldn't pay, and
that is untruep'
Il don't believe you can pay cent
on the dollar!'' retorted the tall man,
contemptuously.
Il can't, can't I?" reared the little
man, enraged beyond his self-control by
the GOODNESS of his antagonist. 'Tve
got friends / have, and don't you forget
it! can borrow money enough in IN
hour to get out of debt in a minute
Understand that!'
And the big man walked away, while
the bystanders smiled softly at his de
feat. Brooklyn Eagle,
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Fashion in the Wilderness.

During my residence there, says the
Autobiography of Thurlow Weed, F"
Mr.. Wattles and family moved into the
neighborhood. He came, / think, from
what was then called the triangle"
somewhere in. Cbenango County, and
was sub-land agent. They were, for
that region, rather stylish people, and
became the subjects of a good deal of
remark; one thing that excited especial
Indignation was, that persons going to
the house were asked to clean their
shoes at the door, a scraper having been
placed there for that purpose.
A maiden lady Miss Theodosia Wat
tles) rendered herself especially obnox-
ious to the spinster neighbors by ''dress-
ing up" week day afternoons. They
all agreed in saying she was "a proud,
stuckup thing" as in those days Ego.
connecting clothes" were reserved fol-
! Sundays.
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Iova Items.

DIES MONIES Iowa, June 9-+Mr. McMul-
len, of Oskaloosa, viii argue the prohibitory
! amendment case before the supreme court to-
day, on a new point-that the printed jour
nal of the legislature is not verbatim copy
of the original record and that the original
record was destroyed by the CLERKS Of both
houses, except one leaf, which has been found,
and which agrees with the enrolled ascend
ment ON file with the secretary of state,
In case where person purchased sec
ond-class ticket on the Chicago & Northwest
elm road and then secured a berth in the
sleeping car, and the conductor demanded
additional fare for a first-clasS ticket, which
was refusen, and the passenger left the train,
the board Of railroad commissioners have do
cided that & passenger must pay first-class
rates for firstS:laSs accommodations, and that
sleeping car fare docs not include transporta-
finn
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Marine News

HAvRE, June ARRIVED the France,
from New York
New YORK, June 9.-ATived, the Elbe,
from Bremen.
PoRT HURON, Mich, June 9-Noon pas
sages for the past twelve hours: Down
Steam-barges Wallula with schooner Jura
David w. Rust with schooner T. C. Butts
D. L. Clint and NJ, Allen; Oswegatchie with
barges Wyandotte, Sweepstakes, j. Ketchum
and Amherst; propeller China; steamer M.
d. Ward: tug Ontario.
Up-Propellers st, Paul and Winslow
steamharges N. K. Fairbank Queen of the
West; steamer j. P Clark; tugs Stickney,
Katie Moffatt with W. H. Vanderbtnlt,
Hawk, Ida Keith, Ontario with scov Aunt
Ruth. ~
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An amusing Incident was noticed at
the Railway Exposition in this city, says
the Chicago Her4d. While white
haired mechanic was examining one of
the old-time locnmGt YES, Il friend APP
preached and introduced another old
man, when. 10 the aStuH.sEmCnt of the
spectators, both mechanics fell upon
each others nCckS and nearly wept.
Such a hand shaking and holding off
and looking at each other. Then they
explained that they had worked togeth-
er, thirty years before, on thai same
identical locomotive Then they sat
down on bench and for some time re-
called each other and all those about
them with memories of early railroading
in Pennsylvania They asked for old
acquaintance, long dead, or old tod
dlers like themselves, and told of the es-
capes they had had from death at the
switch or by the broken rail and bridge.
At last John mentioned about an i'm
plu7emeut he had applied to the old en-
CINE, away back in 1858.
John" said Bill in wonder, ''you
must mean the patent pistor-rod that l
made"
''That made said John.
''That I made - said Bill.
"Why, Bin" said John. "Why,
John, said Bill. ''You must be mis-
taken" Never" ''Tou never had n
good memory" Better memory than
you had II remember making it as
if it were yesterday " Nonsense;
you were there, but | made it. ''How
can you say such 4 thing?n I'm as
tonished at your slubbornness. ''And
l at yourimpudance ME impudent?
Well, l like that "Why do you want
to rob me of the credit" Il don't; it S
you who are doing the robbing. I'm as
tonished at you. AT your time of life,
too" "My time of life? Why, you are
! old enough to be my father And you
lived in Mauch Chaunk before the
mountains" "Oh, don't make fool of
yourself" ''Oh, dry up"
Biff! Bing!! Whizz!n And Bill and
John had banged each other in the nose,
and were rolling one another about on
the floor When they were separated ii
was found that Johns fist had teles-
COPIED Bills nose, and Johns head had
been used as 8 bumper for Bill's foot.
Just then the friend who introduced
them said: ''Why, you overgrown boys,
don't you remember? TWAS jim Peters
of Pittsburg. who invented that piston
rod and put it on the 'HOwlcr' while
you were running herr
well, I'll be DANCED" said John.
$50 it was, Bill, here's my hand. "
That's all right, john, let's water
up"
And they watered.
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HUMAN SKIN AGAIN.
A Roman Catholic Priest Fails to
Identify a Piece, and Governor
Butler says the Priest Buried the
Pauper From Whom 1t was Taken.

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Boston, June 9.--The Rev Father Gigault,
| of Lowell testified before the Tewksbury in
vestigation committee yesterday that for
/ six years he has performed the last religious
rites over the bodiesiof all the inmates who
have died in the Catholic faith
| The governor then offered the witness a
piece of tanned human skin, on which was
tatooed a crucifix and the name c. T. E.
Klund, with the further inscription, "Fodd
den eth March, an 1920"
Father Gigault said he did not recognize it,
The governor said he would stop the doubts
of those doubling Thomases who still doubt
that the skin of the states dead paupsrs have
been tanned He continued: Il will show
that they allowed nlis man to make the
mummery Of funeral service on that man s
body when that body was sent to Har-
ward medical school, and that the piece
of skin was taken out with his name upon it,
corresponding to the register, so that there
can be no doubt about it. The priest of their
church says ashes to ashes, dust to dust
That form should be changed to ashes to
ashes, and the dust toifarvard college"
The chairman said that they had seen
tanned human skin before during the investi-
cation, but that it was never connected with
| Tewksbury.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
Debate on Egypt In the British Far.
hament---Erringto in Disgrace
at the Vatican---Notes
and Items.

LONDON, June "a debate occurred in the
house of commons last evening, relative to
the execution of Sulieman Daoud. The MEM
bers opposed to the execution were led by
Sir George Campbell and Mr.. Molloy, the
members from Kings county, Ireland, who
urged the government to telegraph request
ing a stay of the execution. Sir Drummond
Wolff asserted that the death of Sulieman
Daoud was hurried inorder to silence charges
against the kliedive
Lord Fitzmaurice, under foreign secretary,
replied that Sir Edward Malet, the British
consul general in Egypt, was ordered to in
quire as to whether there was anything in
the case calling for the Intervention of the
British government.
Premier Gladstone finally declared that, as
Mallet had not informed the government that
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WREsTLING ToURNAMENT.
THE SOUTHERN CROPS.
Reports as to the Condition of Cotton
and Corn.

MEMPHIS Tenn, June 9-The following
are the replies received by Messrs. Hill, Fon-
tame g. Co, of this city, in response to 35C
letters of inquiry sent to planters and mer-
chants in the cotton belt tributary to
Memphis which embraces west Tennessee
north Mississippi north Arkansas and north
Alabama.
Acreage-160 reports increased the acreage
planted in cotton az compared with last year
and 1874 about the same; GO decrease The
average increase, g 1-6 per cent
Weather-1s0 report the weather having
been more favorable than last year, excepting
frost, cool weather May q, y, %, "a, one
quarter less favorable.
Corn-1O8 report an increased acreage Of
planted corn, liz report a decrease, $50 about
the same average. Decrease, * per cent.
Condition of the corn crop-27S report thu
corn crop in good condition, % fair eondi
ton.
Miscellaneous favorable reports come from
mississippi and Tennessee of increased at
tention being paid to raising hogs, potatoes
small fruits, peas sorghum, etc.
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dangled before him by the republicans
he jumped at the bait like the trout at the
fly, and was quickly Melted by the expert
anglers Of the dominant party. Mr.. Davis
is an excellent type of the men who are
governing this country at the present
time. These men do not like Tilden be-
cause he stands so high above them that
they cannot understand him, and they do
not want him to be president because
they cannot use him, Notwithstanding,
however, Tilden and Palmer would make
a capital ticket, one the ARGUS believes
that would sweep the country like cy-
clone.
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BIG FIRES AT CHICAGO.
Two Elevators Fire Up to the Tune of
SI20.OOO--A Blaze at WiIlOughby
Hill IL Cas-


CHICAGO, June 9.--Two large eleva-
TOYS situated at the corner of Dear
born and Sixteenth streets belonpinr
to the firm of Douplas Stna,t & FORREST
oatmeal millors took fra ohon+ q o,clocl tb;s
mornino and 1ya,o Nv, 1ast ,,,oa ,,,,r+,o,
with their contents which consisted IF ,,onv
thousands of bushels Of corn oats harley
oatmeal and corn-meal Tho total lose is esti-
ma+ad ~ e1oO noo IT, b,,;l1;,,r.- -;
merry were were worth IS 600 There was
about 100000 insurance upon the elevators
and their contents.
The fire originated on the first floor of the
smaller and rear elevator, either from the
heat of the oat dust or from the boilers which
were located there. 1t was not discovered
until it had gained great headway and was
rushing through into the main elevator. The
fire department was quickly ON hand after
the alarm was sounded. but a glance showed
that there was little hope Iof STAYING the
masses of flames. and a second alarm was i'm
mediately turned in. closely followed bv n
third alarm,
By the united efforts of many engines and
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vator shaft to the second floor. The engine
used for running the elevators, the electric
light machine, and most of the fixtures in the
basement were destroyed. No stock on the
first floor was burned, but much of the cloth
ing carried in stock by the firm is both soiled
by smoke and considerably damaged by
water The loss is estimated variously from
$4,000 to 1900 Mr. Willoughby thought
the loss would be the latter figures princi-
pally by smoke and water, Full insurance
was CARRIED
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-11

NEW YORK, June 9-The City of Rome is
aground off Gedney channel, outward bound.
CHICAGO, June 9.-Fhe following people
are on board the City of Rome; Mrs, G. NJ.
Smith, Miss Kinsman, Mr.. Wyburn, Mrs.
Wyburn, Mr.. Louis Kinsman, Mrs Kinsman,
Mr.. Hollingsworth, Mrs. Hamburg,
Mr.. Hamburg, Master Leon Hamburg,
Mr.. Frank Stralers, Miss Kate Stralers
Mr.. John Mead, Mr.. Charles Lilley, Mr. W.
Barre, Mr.. James Davies, Mr. r. p Boyer,
Mr.. Lynn and wife, Miss Jennie Weyburn
Mr. Alex Smith, Miss Henderson, Mr. w M
NOakes, Mr.. j. W. O'Hea, Mr.. H NJ All.
wood, Mr. David Jacks, Mr.. John Hales, Mr..
W. Riley, Mr.. E. L. King.
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Suspensions and Appointments.

WASHINGTON, D. G., June 9.-The president
has directed thesuspension of Charles c. Wal
colt, collector of internal revenue in the
Seventh district of Ohio, spd appointed
William S. Furay, of Colur&bus, Ohio, to
fill the vacancy 1t is understood the
above action was taken upon the sugges-
ton of Mr.. Keifer. The president has also
appointed Morris C. Hutchins postmaster at
Maysville, Ky, vice Stockton, whose com
mission has expired, and Calvin S. Brewster,
of Laredo, Tex, collector of customs at
Brownsville, Tex, vice Payne, suspended
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stolen Relgian securities.

Boston, June 9-Judge Field, of the Su-
preme court, to-day entered decree direct
ing the proprietors Of the Union Safety De
post vaults to open, in the presence of the
clerk of the supreme court, the vault hired
by Canon Leon Bernard in April 1881, i'll
which is supposed to be deposited the money
and securities alleged to have been .mbezzled
in Brussels by Bernard
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SPRINGFIELD Ill, June O. Fifty members
assembled in the house this morning, and
they were in a fair way to do some business,
when, a cali of the roll was ordered, and a
lack of quorum demonstrated The house
then adjourned till Monday evening.
The senate is INST in session, but win be on
Tuesday, when, it is expected, the high license
bill will come over from the house and be
pushed forward, with all possible expedition,
to its passage 1t is also expected that the
sine die adjournment resolution and the Chi.
cago justices will be acted on by the senate
early in the week.
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Treasury statement.

WASHINGTON, June 9-The following is
the condition of the treasury: Gold coin and
bullion, $l94, PIG, 511 silver dollars and bull
ion, $ll3, SIS, 1871; fractional silver coin, $2S-
All ,09G; United States notes, S51, 515, 109 ;
total, $685., 95S, 449. Certificates outstanding:
Gold, $50 SIC, $40; silver, ST., 552 sol currency
S12, 10000
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yTissiurr RiIlsFouud.

BOSTON, June 9.-The public bills supposed
to be stolen from the governors Office have
been found The one relating to the Tewks-
bury appropriation has been sent to the sec
rotary of state as law without the COVER
nors signature, while the Plymouth county
Jail bill is now on the governors table 1t is
said full statement as to the finding of the
bills will exonerate the governors depart
mant
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Surnrise Eos. Gem sheridan

WASHINGTON, June 9-Friends of Gen.
Phil Sheridan have bought one of the finest
residences in the city to present to him when
he comes here to succeed Gen. Sherman The
house belonged to Judge Adds, of the court
of claims. 1t is on Rhode Island avenue, in
the most fashionable part of the city The
price paid for it was $4,000 This is the cur
rent rannrt ------ -------
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UnrnlY NAVAL Cadets.

BALTIMORE, June "a special from An
napolis to-day says: When Cadet Green, the
first graduate, marched up to receive his
diploma to-day, twenty graduates applauded,
among them three of the graduating class
Glasscock, Webster and Gray Captain
Ramsey sent them to the frigate Santee, and
would not let them graduate
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Ball Playing.
CHICAGO, June 9.-To-day's league games
of base bali resulted: Providence0 0, Chicago
Il; Detroit s, Boston 50; Philadelphia /,
Cleveland Is; New York :, Buffalo 8
JEROME PARK.
New YORK, June 9-The first RAGS, mile,
was walkover for Trombone The second
race y miles, was won by Geo. Kinney in
2;421@; Trombone second, Renegade third
The third race, IL miles, was won by Mamie
Fields in 2:4234 Macbeth second The fourth
race, l = miles, was won by Ipconstant in
2:03; Carlyle second, Volusia third The fifth
race Emile, was won by Dan &. in $50;
Krupp Gum second
The sixth race, steeple chase, full course,
was won by Spider in 4:29I3 Lilly Monson,
second; Judge Murray, third
CONVICTION RACES.
CovINGToN, KY, June 9.-The first race. 1
mile, was won by MARYLAND in 49, Rena
B. second Cleaner third. The second race,
Is mile, was won by Eva S. in 104l4; Mona
second Nirvana third The third race, IL
miles, was won by Leonatus in 2:4oLl Drake
Carter second, Lord Raglan third
The fourth race, IL miles selling. was won
by Matte Rapture in 300 Little Joe second,
Manitou third
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
ST. LOUIS, June 9.-At the worlds wrest-
ling tournament yesterday Clarence Whistler,
of Kansas City, defeated Edward Bibby, of
England, after one hour and six minutes of
hard work Tom Cannon, of London, threw
Charles Biscermos, of France, in three
minutes and half Andre Christol. of
France, and Fred zachritz, of st. Louis,
wrestled one hour, when draw was de
cided. Tom Kelly refereed, and the attend
ance was large, notwithstanding the bad
weather, rain falling during the progress of
the tournament.
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Major Nickerson% Disgrncs.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 9.-Adjutant-
General Drum to-day received an official
telegram from Philadelphia, announcing that
the decree of divorce in the case of Major A.
H. Nickerson, United States army, has been
set aside and the former verdict declared null
and void. Immediately upon its receipt,
the general of the army directed Gen Drum
to issue papers for the immediate arrest of
Maj Nickerson, preparatory to his being
tried by court-martial on charges of conduct
unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
Nickerson has fed and his whereabouts is
unknown y
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A Horrible Fate.

NEW York, June S-Mrs. Pam Meyer, &c
years of age, and the respected mother of
seven children, was dragged into the woods
and outraged by two men, near Plain Edge,
L. l., on Thursday night. She was left un-
conscious, with her hands tied behind her.
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Suicide.

CLEVELAND, O., June 9-Jacob Wecker,
once prosperous master cooper, but lately in
reduced circumstances, committed suicide
this morning by shooting himself in the head.
Bodily infrmities and loss of property caused
him to take his own life. He was 50 years of
age His divorced wife and three children
live in Chicago ;$i married daughter here
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TERRIFIC Exnlnsfnn.

New YORK, June 9.-By the explosion of
the twenty-five-ton vulcanizer in the Ansonia
Rubber Works st College Point, Long Island
Engineer Joclen, Andrew Hoppe and Will
lam Kelly were killed Two other workmen
were fatally hurt The building was partly
demolished. Loss. S12.C COO.
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An Insane Mans Bite.

ATLANTA, Ga, June "A colored man in
the Warrior district, insane from witnessing
the hanging of Bailey and Wimbush a week
ago, attacked his wife and children, and sit
the latter so terribly that she is reported dead
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Sentences for Murder and Arson.

DANvILLE, Va, June O. William L. bod
son, found guilty of murder in the second de
gree for killing James Reed, was to-day SEN
fenced to five years in the penitentiary, and
three years additional for burning the house
in which he killed Reed.
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Wants Big Pay for Being Horse
whipDed

GENEsEo, fl, June DIR G. A. vawter,
who was publicly horsewhipped at Cam
bridge on Wednesday by Holmes TiIlson and
accomplices on a charge of trying to outrage
Tillson's wife, has brought suit against the
participants in the sum of $1,000 damages.
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State Reoister: The people breathe

State Register: The people breathe
easier since the lower house has resolved
to adjourn on the 18th of June. The
time will probably not be extended unless
tlere is another base ball match or foot
race. 1T is gratifying to know that the
the long session has not been without
some good results BY the hanging on
of the democrats they have held down the
republican schemes to rob the state, and
as consequence many thousand dollars
have been saved.
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there had been any injustice done to Sulle-
man Daoud, they had distinctly declined to
interfere in the matter. He said Lord Dufferin
had informed him that the charges made
against the Khedive were ridiculous
The recent letter from the Pope to the Irish
bishops, it is said, was intended to be secret
ETington, the English emissary, had copy
before the Irish bishops received theirs. He
communicated it to the London Times The
English party in Rome, which has been very
influential at the vatican, is in disnay at the
Pope's emphatic refusal to give audience to
Erringt5n. It is reported that Erring-
ton win Ieave Rome for England
BOSTON, June "a correspondent of The
Pilot cables the following:
RoslE, June 9.--The pope today refused to
receive EfTington who asked an audience.
This may indicate complete change in the
Irish policy. ETTington is in absolute dis
grace with the Vatican
LONDON, June 9-Bidgood, Jones & Viii
son, wooden warehouse men, have failed
Liabilities, 9115,000.
MADAGASCAR.
The Madagascar e.lvoys state that, while
to their treaties with other countries, they
will not entertain any question involving a
French proteetorate over Madagascar.
CHINA.
PARIS, June 9.-M Brun, the minister of
marine, to-day informed the cabinet that the
government had received intelligence that
the brotherin-law of the king OF AMMAN was
in command of the Annamite forces in Ton
quin; Brun also announced that telegram
had been received from the French consul at