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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

A SON Of Bret Harte is travelling with the
Boucicault company.
NJ. CooUEL1N, the French comedian, will
visit the United States next year.
MRS. LANGTRY has taken a house in New
York for her mother and the season.
Mrs LANGTRY. on her recent return TO
New York. la ii twenty-five trunks filled with
her wardrobe.
THERE il said to he about twelve society
ladies writing plays for the Madison Square
theatre, New York.
EVEN Jewish songs are prohibited in Rus
sia, the Hebrews being compelled to use
either English, Fren h or German
MARK TWAIN is said TO be preparing
another play for Mr.. John y. Raymond,
which will be brought out in New York III
January.
PREPARATIONS are being made at Ham
burg to hold in 1885 grand festival ON the
occasion Of tho bi-centenary of the birth OF
the composer Handel.
SALvINI will begin farewell our of Italy
November 4, prior to retiring from the stage:
1t is possible he nay include the United
States i'll his final season.
THE play of "a Mountain Pink" written
by two Chicago journals st; for Louie Syl-
vester, has Just b en- bought from the authors
by her manager for sj,OW.
ANNIE LOUISE CARY has had painted for
herr eff de 'orativc work in several panels
containing figures from the various operas
i'll which she La been a favorite.
NICTOnCH SARDoU, the French play
wright, has given Fanny Davenport the re-
fusal of the American right to hrs next four
plays, the leading parts of which will be fe-
male.
IT is intina.ed that the attraction for next
season ~ Drury Lane, London, will be a
japanese spectacle play, with dresses and
scenery from Jalan The name of the play
is Nonins.n
RUMCR has it that Suppc viii soon rise
above the opera comique sage, for which he
has so successfully Wi ten for years, and
give the world u serious opera, The
Vendetta" the scene of the book being in
Corsica.
Mr. j. F. RHO D S, the solo vio,inist of the
Kellogg cOncerO conn any, is being highly
praised by competent critics. He is a Phil
delThian of about twenty three years of age,
and ha' recently returned from an extended
course of study i'll Leirsic
Miss KELLoGG's first a! pear ance on the
stage tock place when she wa' q child of five
or six years of are at a juvenile concert in
Birmingham. She sang n song entitled and
ending, " W no Will buy my roses red" and
as she uttered the last line, at the same time
holding forth the flowers, Thomas NJ. Newson.
then editor of the UdUy journal, exclaimed:
:" will buy them, and paced bright new
silver coin in the hands of the half-frig hit
ened young singer.
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report to the secretary of the interior on the
condition of affairs in that Territory
with reference to the Mormon
TO execute the laws of Congress and of the
Territory with fidelity, mercy and with what
nullify the laws of Congress has long existed
i'm Utah. This conspiracy held open rebellion
at one time, and continues at all times to
evade AID defeat the plain will of
Congress aud the President, and the
Adjudication of the supreme court"
The governor warns the country of "dan-
gers that beset the country in this. another
irrepressible conflict" and says that for over
thirty years an unlawful Mormon govern
ment has exit in Utah in the face of Con
gres; and the country.
The United States supreme )urt has Just
decided the civil rights bill of 1873 to he UNI
constitutional Five oases submitted to the
court year ago have been so decided
These cases were prosecutions under the civil
rights act for not admitting certain colored
persons to equal accommodations and privi-
leges IN hotels. railroad cars and theatres in
various raIts of the country. The defense
set up in every case was the alleged uncon-
stitutionalty of the aw. Justice Harlan
dissented from the decision of his eight col
leagues.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has confirmed the
sentence of dismissal in the case of Com
nla10eT IRE lcflck H. OlnlUn, bllu-u ObiutS
navy tried by court martial for duplicating
his pay accounts, but has m1tigated it to sus-
pension from rank and duty for one year.
REGISTER BRUCE, of the treasury, and
other prominent coiorcd citizens of Washing
ton. comment with much severity ON the de-
cison of the United States supreme court
declaring the civil rights act an unconstitu-
tional invasion of the rights of States
Consul GADE sends to the state depart
ment an account of new industry, or
rather the use of a new raw mater al for the
manufacture of paler-white moss, found
extensively in the countries ramed-whch
has sprung up in Norway aud Sweden.
THE general land Office is continuing vigor-
ously the crusade inaugurated against what
are known as Gland cruisers in the W est.
These land cruisers are engaged in fraudu-
lently possessing themselves of the Iubhc
land, and wherever discovered the fraudulent
entries are Immediately Cancelled.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

STEDMAN.-E. C. Stelman, the "poet-
banker of New York, intends to mend his
broken fortune by literary WORK.
BoUTwELL.-Ex-Secre Boutwell, has
given up his law office in Boston and will
hereafter live in Washington permanently.
VILLARD.-The combined salaries of Mr..
Henry Willard, president of the Northern
Pacific railroad, amount t. over $50, 900 per
annum.
GARFIELD-The rane of Mrs. Lucretia r.
Garfield appears ON the pension list. She is
one of the greatest beneficiaries of the govern
ment, her monthly payment being Sil6,G65s.
TILDEN.-It is now aIthoritatively stated
that Mr.. Samuel j. Tiden will spend the en-
tire winter in his yacht Yosemite, cruising
with half-dozen friends in the West Indian
waters.
CAMERoN.-Senator Don Cameron. of
Pennsylvania, will not be able to attend at
the opening Of Congress. His health dee
not improve in Europe but he writes a de
script.on of his carriage ridefrom Edinburgh
to London to his Washington friends
SHERMAN-GeneralW w. T. Sherman's elder
SON Thomas. is in the Roman priesthood;
the younger, Tecumseh, is schoolboy. Two
of his daughters are still unmarried The
general will continue, after his retirement to
draw about $1,000 in sa airy and allow
anceS.
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SOME LARGE FAMILIES.

Christopher Mann, of Independence, Mo-,
has be N married twice and is the father Of
wenty six children.
The mother of tweniy-eight children is
still living in Atlanta, Ga. though twenty
three of her offspring are Geld.
Mrs Mary p. Jones, of Stevenson. Ala,
who has celebrated her one hundredtn irth-
day, has PIG lineal descendants.
Mrs Ann OFT. wh1 lives near Hudson,
has been married four tines and has brought
sixteen chill iren into the worli.
VILE Moore. of South Washington,
Fender county, N c., took an iventory of
h : descen ants the other dav and found the
number up to that date to be IN, including
children. grandcAil hen, great and great
REORGANIZATION.
Eliza Biggs, a native of Scriven county,
Ga, went to Florida at six years of age, mar
ried at thirte n, and her first child wa, born
when she was only fourteen. She is now
thirty-one and has eighte N children twins
twical, fifteen of whom are living
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LATER NEWS.

Two balconies of the Harvard college boat
nouse at Cambridge, Mass, were crowded
with students waiting to witness boat race.
when they suddenly gave way, precipitating
about fifty students into the mud and water
ten feet beneath. Ten or twelve students
were injured in various degrees of severity.
HENRY IRVING, the leading actor of Eng.
lanl is in New York.
A HEAVY squall which struck the fishing
feet Off PROVING town, Mass, caused the
probable loss Of eighs men who were out in
small beats.
ABOUT 12,OO) acres OF corn and cotton
were submerged in Arkansas by heavy rise
in the White river, and the loss to large
number of small farmers is great
ZoRA BURNS, a servant girl, was found
murdered lear Lincoln, Neb, and the evil
dence pointed strongly to her employer, o.
A. Carpenter, man of family and one of the
woalthiest business men of Lincoln, as the
murderer Carpenter was arrested The
case has aroused extraordinary public
interest and excitement in that part of the
country.
An avalanche in Catania, Sicily, buried
six men working on a railroad, killing five of
them
A TREATY of peace has been signed be-
tween Chill and Peru.
LATER details confirm the statement thai
the first accounts of the earth quake in Asia
Minor were gro atty exaggerated. At NOurla,
near Smyrna, where 200 hus were wrecked,
only two persons were killed and seven in iure1.
One thousand inhabitants are quart red in
long tents outside of the ruinel village. Ten
hamleis near Chosneh suffered more or l,ss.
Altogether tifty-seven persons were killed
and 100 injured in tna5 district. The fore
going number Of persons killed represents
the total loss of life although 1i,G1S persons
were rendered homeless.
TRICHINoIs has been raging in Ermsle
ben, Germany. Out of 2G6 cases twenty.
three deaths occurred, and only fifty out Of
"a houses were free from the dread disease
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FASHION NOTES.

Leather bonncts are among millinery
novelties.
Epaulet trimmings are much worn by
young girls.
The Shaker poke is the latest fancy in
big bonncts.
Hats have high crowns and small
brims, or else moderate crowns and broad
brims.
Moss green, reseda, sage green and
all shades of dark green are very fash
ionable
Many new felt hats are high crowned
with narrow brims and the trimmings
all on one side.
Egyptian red is the most lasting of all
the aesthetic colors; it will be as popular
as ever this winter.
Velvet epaulets mounted on stiff
muslin and wire appear on many hand
some imported dinner costumes.
There is a tendency toward the re-
vival of colored wraps for occasions of
high ceremony and for carriage wear.
The most exclusive and fashionable
dressmakers of Paris announce the revival
of the short waists of the first umpire.
Wide worsted braids are much used in
trimming fall suits Sometimes line of
fine gold soutache edges the wide braid,
but this is only for house wear.
Among the fall novelties in neckwcaI
are ottoman silk scarfs, woven in odd
antique patterns showing an artistic in
termingling of scarlet, green, bronze and
bright gold. These scarfs are to be fast
ened up close in the throat outside the
street Jacket, and are tied in the same
manner as the steenkirk of white lace
worn two years ago-a style of neck
dressing closely initiating that worn by
noblemen and gentlemen in the reign of
Charles III.
Many of the newest pelerines are
opened on the shoulders and strapped
across with tiny bands and buckles, or
buttons with cords laced in and out.
Others are draped on one shoulder, then
carried over and fastened on the other
with bow, and floating ends of satin
ribbon run through a gold or silver slide.
There are also graduated capes, the edge
of each finished with a delicate vine pat
tern in embroidery or braiding in fine
arabesque designs.
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THE PENSION OFFICE,
Annual Report OF t7,c Commissioner
OF Pensions.

The annual report of the United States
commissioner of pensions for the past fiscal
year, just made public, shows that there
were 3O3,6l pensioners on the roll at the
end of the fiscal year During the year
the names of s., lt2 new pensioners, and the
names of 796 whose pensions have been
dropped previously, were restored to the roll,
making 3S,95S passions added during the
year, an excess of 10, 645 over the preceding
year. The average annual value of each pen
sion was SlO6. Is, and the a aggregate annual
value of all pensions was 81, 2i5, 1872, an in
crease of s., 904, 090 The amount Paid for pen
sions was $40 0G4 ,0O9, ex ,eeding their annual
value several million dollars. The bulk of
this excess was on account of arrears of pen
sions covering the period prior to the allow
ance of claims. The whole number of claims
filed since 1861 was SSG, Isl, of which 5O,93S
were allowed. During the same time S62l,-
072, 291 were paid for pensions and the costs
of disbursements
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THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Rerot Of the FIRST Assistant Post
mast sr-General.
The Number Of PostoHces in tie Uni
ted States now 47,S63.

The report of Assistant Postma ter-Gener-
al Hatton for the past fiscal year shows that
the whole number of postoflices was 81. St3
mn increase of 1872 during the year.
pennsylvania las the largest number
of any of the States, BIG New York fol
lows with 3,0,2, and Ohio is third with 1920
The whole number of presidential Offices was
2,l4j, an lncre Sc during the year of 1872, a
larger number than il any previous year.
The number of money order { fiji
5,S3i, an in rease of 4Sl. Lock boxes are
used III 500 pOstoilices, the postnas;ers
j. Ling i'll trust an aggregate of S 10000,
depos ted with them by box renters,
to st cue the sare return of the KEYS. Under
the law which took effect on Cctobe' !. the
sa'arie' Of presi lental postmasters viii here
"a ter he clualite and placed upon the basis
OF the gross receipts of their of COS. The
report says t, al as a rule postotlce clerks are
UNDER al t. especially at SEPARATING oil ces,
and that in many such offices postmasters
are compelle to employ clerks at tn il own
expense
The aggre rate sum Of the a NAL salaries
of 2,l9j pr, dent al Iortnastcrs amounts to
5000 0, fjrty-four ncw ofl.c IS having been
al led to the list dur.ns the last a. ter. 1t is
thought that ninety aldtiona olit es will be
assigned to this grade during III pres mt fiscal
year With favorable surroundings. such
a MAJ be expected. the adjustment Of
StldTleS Oh PRESIDENTIAL IOStnlaStcrS Tor the
fist a. year ending June 80. $50. will involve
III round u nLers rot lie IS than Il 10000
10 provide for tle more speedy delivery Of
certain ass of correspondence after the
delivery closes for tn day the report Jug
gest' that Il special stamp BE- provided which,
when affixed to u lett r. whether mail CT
local, in addition to the ordinary postage
STAMP. shall be regarded by tie offica adj
dire sod as emitting the letter to immediate
delivery up to | p. NJ, and Il at boys b. EN-
ployed and required to procure receipts
from the party addressed or some authorized
per on.
In view Of the excess of receipts Of postage
on local matter alone over tie cost of its de-
livery Isl Oh .e:i), it seems, says the report,
tn It the time has arrived VIII IL the postage
on local lette:s at Offices where the cl1rier
system is i'll operation can he reduce from
two 'nts to one cent. Such reduction will
surely result in a very large increase of local
bus ness The report of the inspectors who
investigated the unlawful dispatch
companies shows that the del al tment
is losing thousands of dollars an
nually By their competition. They offer
no better facilities than the department. and
the only thing gained by their patrons is tie
Swing of one cent on letter. \ reduction
of local postage would result in a very great t
il c'ea e in business. as well as NEE the de
nnanGs of the cities now served by carriers.
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" THAT Reminds Me-"

Secretary Teller seems to have had
novel experience with the road agents
during his excursion with the "last
spike party on the Northern Pacific
railroad. The secretary and Mrs. Teller,
intending to make an extended trip
before reaching home again, took two
large trunks of clothing. BY accident
the trunks were set off the baggage car
at the little station where the spike was
driven, and, of course, they suddenly
disappeared After diligent search the
trunks were found concealed in an cx-
cavation near the railroad. They were
not entirely empty, for the considerate
robbers, after taking off the locks and
removing the contents of the trunks had
carefully placed the locks inside the
trunks and then left them. g So
/ have only to send them to a
locksmith and have them repaired" said
Mr.. Teller to-day. "Iwas as glad to get
them back as the minister was to recover
his hat after sending it on fruitless err
rand through a stingy congregation.
never think of that story" continued the
secretary, "without being reminded of a
clause in a miners deed, which | once
came across in making "A search respect
ing the title of piece of mining prop
erty in Colorado. That was Il good
many years ago, when the miners used
to draw their own deeds of conveyance.
This one began as follows: Know all
men by these presents, that for and in
consideration of one good hat (and glad
to get it, too), sell and grant, convey,
etc The property turned out to be
quite valuable, but its first owner evil
IDENTIFY did not SO regard it. Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
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SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
TXyenty-Ihrcc E1Orses Killed by the
Fumes of Ammonia.

A singular accident occurred at Cincinnati
the other night Through some oare'essness
of the engineer in charge, Il condenser in a
huge ice machine at Moerleins brewery, M
tanning several hundred gallons of ammonia,
permeated the entire neighborhood, driving
Teople out of their rooms for quite distance
in hot haste One man in the brewery was
rendered insensible, but afterward recovered.
The cloud rolled into the street and nearly
Frustrated cardrivers and passengers ON the
line near The stables were directly adioin-
ing the building containing the condenser,
and all the fine horses in the stalls, twenty
three in ALL were killed by the fumes before
they could be libera.ed
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Real Life i'm Play.

Let us play we are married." said
little Edith, "and / will bring my dolly
and say, See, baby, papa"
Yes" replied Johnny, and I will
gay, Don't bother me now; want to
'ook through the paper ,"
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lation, ne must express his dissent from the
opinion. He had not had time since hearing
that opinion TO prepare a statement of the
ground of his dissent, but he should prepares
AMI file one as soon as possible, and in the
meantime desired to nut upon record this ex-
preston of his individual judgment.
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AMERICAN playwrights are booming in
England Beside Mrs Burnetts play of
" ksmeralda,' which the st. James theatre.
of London, las pr duced. under the name of
Young Folks Ways" Mr. Brander Mat
thews has a comedy &C pied at the Court
theatre to follow g The Millionaire
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Washington.
GOVERNOR MURRAY, Of Utah, has made Il
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The number of loaded cars handled at this
point was follows: Received, 8,5OI; cars for
warded, 1926; total, 16.S27. Decrease from
movement week ending Jan. 90, 485 cars.
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Legislative Matters,

The bill. S. B. No. l25, to authorize charitable
associations to change their names and declar-
ing emergency, has finally passed both
houses of the General Assembly. Though gem
eral in it's character, the special object OF the
bill Is to enable the trustees of the Vigo County
Orphans Home, founded by the generosity OF
Hon. Chauncey Rose, of Terre Haute, to change
the name of that institution to tho Rose Or
phans' Home.
The woman suffragists have succeeded in OBJ
tanning the creation of joint committee on
woman's claims consisting of Senators McIn-
tosh, Yancey, Foulke aud Hilligass, and Repre-
sentatives McMullen, Bowers, Chittenden,
Campbell and Wiley.
The discussion of the constitutional amend
ments will continue, and probably conclude, in
both houses to-day. The Senate meets at 1890
o'clock, and the House at O'Clock this after
moon.
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THE DAYS RAILWAY NEWS.
Freight Agents Want No Middle Man
to Arrange Rates.
West-Bound Business ImPrOving-The Facts
Regarding the Air Line.
Personal Points.


Ford Wood. assistant general freight agent of
the l., B. & W. system, spent the Sabbath with
friends in this city.
C. f. Henderson, general manager of the In
diana Bloomington q Western, has gone to New
York. and will be absent until the latter part of
the week.
e. G. Frazier, late auditor OF the Washington IL
Waynesburg road, has accepted position in the
auditors office of the Pennsylvania Company
at Pttsburg.
Russell Elliott, auditor of the Chicago & At
lantic, returned from Chicago yesterday. He
SAYS the programme is to open the road for bus-
Ness Feb. 10 between Chicago and huntington.
G. G. Eddy, formerly general passenger agent
of the Chicago & Northwestern, has been ar
pointed general Eastern agent, with bead-
quarters in New York, OF all the Gould roads,
vice L. Fl. Nutting, assigned to other duties
Ben Kimball formerly Western passenger
agent of the Canada Southern road, has received
the appointment Of agent of the Michigan Cen
trial az Milwaukee. W. R. Wiley, who lost his
life i'll the burning of the Newhail House, had
filled that position for some years.
George L. Bradbury is exhibiting considerable
ability as general manager of tue Peoria, Decatur
& Evansville road. The affairs of the road move
aiong smoothly, 1t is operated economically ana
the pay car makes its monthly rounds with
regularity that keeps the employees In good
humor.
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THE FACTS IN THE CASE,

THE FACTS IN THE CASE,
Within the last few weeks much has been said
as regards the apparent anxiety of the parties
constructing tho Louisville, Evansville & St.
Louis Air Line to sell out, and various reports
have been circulated but 1t appears there ia no
truth in these rumOrs other than that there are
negotiations pending between the Air Line and
the Chesap eRlSe & Ohio railroad to make a con-
Meeting Line at New Albany between the two
roads, ana thus form new route East and West.
AT one time the Air Line folks contemplated sell
ing out, aud even went so far as to invite Ger
AIT Line, ana the Evansville e. Terre Haute
railroad did make an offer, which the Air Line
company would not entertain for moment.
PRESIDENT French, OF the Air Line, then went to
New Albany and Louisville and held a confer
ence with the gentlemen interested in the Ches-
apeake & Ohio railroad, and also made personal
inspections of the terminal factties of both his
own road and che Chesapeake & Ohio railroad,
at the same time inspecting the Indiana and
Kentucky bridge property at Sand Island. just
what conclusions these Investigations brought
about is not known, but it is generally believed
that an arrangement VIII soon be made to run
Trains thrOugh from the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad over the Air Line to st. Louis, and that
the building of II bridge across the Ohio will be
one OF the first movements IN that direction.
FREIGHT BUSINESS.
Asexpected, the train records show decreased
movement of cars In tho week ending Jan. 81
Cold weather, doubtless, is the chief cause. as
cars than at any time for sixty days past, there
being an increased movement in grain to the
seaboard, and New England points we'll Then,
In west-bound traffic very marked increase Is
noticeable with nearly all lines. Merchandise
largely constitutes the west-bnund freights. The
north ana south roads still doing but little,
and there no indications of much improve
ment until the lumber trade sets in. Local bust
ness ia very quiet-seldom lighter than al
the present time yet with the comfortable
weather, an early Improvement is looked for.
Below Is given the number OF cars received and
forwarded at this point in the week ending Jan.
27, as compared with the movement of the week
proviOus