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The Dickinson press., 1883-12-29

Representative WashDurn's bill to
repeal the laws allowing pre-emptiom
of the public ! ands and amending the
homestead and timber culture laws, is
in some respects similar, to the amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation
bill by Mr.. Washburn last session and
adopted by the house, but stricken out
in the senate under the rule. This
amendment is so modified by Mr.. Wash
burns bill this session. as to overcome all
Important objection heretofore urged
against the repeal Of the presumption
laws. This objection is that the pre-.
cnption laws enabled a person who has
failed to project his title under the
homestead laws to obtain q piece of land
under the presumption laws. The bill
allows a person to make second home
stead entry in lien Of the presumption
prevailing repealed. Mr.. Washhurn's
bill is important to would-be settlers.
and will no doubt receive Il great deal
Of attention in congress but there i.
some doubt Of its passage on account OF
the pressure Of influence that prevailed
against the measure last year.
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the estimated damage to property reaches
200,O 600 rouhles. At sea the result of the
nunbsr of human lives lost is even more
narrowing and dreadful than on land. Six
large ships, with more than 100 people on
board, and fifteen c~oasting vessels, manned
by about $50 sailors, were pitilessly hurled
against the rocky shores and miserably
wrecked.
Two boilers in ID. z. Rsighard's oil rein
cry on Fifty-first street, the line OF the AL
legheny Valley railroad, Ptttsburg, exploded
at noon the 18th inst, with terrific
force, scattering debris in all directions aud
inju1ing q number of workmen. Two of
them, Samuel Henderson and West Roub,
are believed to be fatally hurt. Others are
still lying in the boiler house. Six men in
sill were injured.
At Cleveland, the family of Henry Hage-
dorm, a well.to-do carpenter, was found
suHocated from coil gas, which escaped
from common sa.burner. Mrs. Hage.
dorm ard young daughter were found dead.
| The baby who lay beside its dead mother
and sister, and Ragedorn and his littla son,
| who were in another bed were barely alive.
At Bloomington, ILL.,, a German family
named Colt and six boarders are suffering
from a malignant case..of trichinosis, caused
by eating raw pork sausage. The hogs
from which the sausage was made were
raised by Colt at his home. Colt is suffer.
ing horrib e sgony and . ill die. His son
will probably die. Several OF the boarders
are in a precarious condition.
John Bunk, fireman in the engine room,
of the Fuller Electric Light company. 6
Arcade court, Chicago, WIS caught in the
betting this noon and whirled against the
stone wall. His arms and legs were torn
of and he was disembowled. His remains
were scattered all over the ROOM.
Blanchard's lumber mill at Winterburn,
Pa, was entirely destroyed by fire. loss,
$4,000 fully insured. origin, explosion OF
a lamp.
Two new buildings near the rail way sta.
ton IN Helena, Mont, were burned recent.
II. Loss, $1,000,
The Irving school building in Minneap.
oils was totally destroyed by FIRE during in
termission.
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another power to send "a expedition to the
Negroes Still Indignant Over an Old
Robbery.

Washington Special: The co!ored Ma.
tional committee met recently and appoin-
ted delegates 10 the convention at Rich
mond, Va, July, 1884. Each COMPRESSION.
al district is allowed two delegates. Fred
Douglass, Register of the Treasury Bruce of
the District Of Columbia aud Col. William
Mur ell OF Maryland we're elected members
of the national committee. The committee
on the Freedmen's bank made It's final re-
port, memoralizinS congress to reimburse
the depositors, and denouncing the former
act OF congress creating a commission at
5000 each to settle the affairs OF the insti-
tuition. In support o. the adoption OF the
report, Murr.ll said the Freedmen's bank
was the most disgraceful, sin ul swindle
tn t ever stained eartn or shocked heaven.
The commission appointed at 5000 per
year each were like q hvena %devouring a
carcass, and then like a liol, smashing its
n and sucking the marrow therefrom;
and, furthermore, o republican congress
maze this commission the pail bearers of
the same CARCASS. The committee adjourned
to meet in Chicago June 2 next. =.
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Losses on Willard Stocks.

A Wall street broker who said he spoke
from personal experience, said the other
day that the following amounts had been
lost in Willard stocks during the lass two
months:
D. o. Mills, $500 900; Drexel, Morgan &
Co., between $50o,Om aud 5000. 900; Horace
Porter, $40, OOh; G.. 4. Higginson Il Co.,
$3.50. ono; Wipsl w, Lanier & Co., between
$3.50, COO and $4Do. coo; ex President Billings,
$500. go; Decker, howell e. Co, $500, GOO;
Samuel Bobcock, $3oo,ooo; Work, Strong &
Co $25), 1000. Against these figures are the
mounts which accrue to the bears: Woer-
shotter e. Co., $500, COO; Henry Clews & Co.,
5000, COO; Hamburger & Co.. $500, 0C0; WI.
liam r Travers, $500, 600. There are other
people. myself included, who took orr lit.
tie sha,es out for the Willard railroad.
There are PROBABLY a hundred other people
who have lost fortunes in Mr. Wizards
stocks whose stories will never be heard.
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About Amber.
From tbs Philadelphia Times.

From tbs Philadelphia Times.
"ls amber found in this country?"
asked the reporter.
"Yes. it occurs at Gay Head. MATTHIAS
Vineyard and Camden, N. J. In the
latter place, some years ago, several
barrels were taken from the green sand
but burned by mistake, or rather
through the ignorance of the finders.
AT the present day it finds its g eatest
value as an adjunct to the smokers ont
ct, but in olden times it was considered
d jewel and worn as such. In an Irish
,nmuius a cup Of amber has been found
that would hold halfa pint. The Car OF
Russia possesses q tea Set cut from nm.
Der blocks that are probably worth
much more than treble their weight in
gold.
"For commercial purposes tue raw
material is separated into different class
es. The finest generally goes to Con.
stantinople, there being made into
inontllpieces. The next class, com
posed of smaller pieces, are made into
beads. They find lively sale abroad,
but 90 off rather slow here. \ set o!
amber jewelry-pia, earrings -can be
bought very reasonable l'ere. bat ut
present there is no call for it.. The low
price IS on account Of their being no du-
ty on it; c%uriouslv enough, it comes I'M.
der the heaa Of guns and is admitted
!ree., For the last year nearly $4,000
worth OF it was imported, showing that
there is some demand for it: but, as /
have said, it comes from smokers. The
dealers here buy it by the weight: where
about2oo pieces make Il pound it is Sl.53,
but where four pieces go to a pound
it runs up. to So or 500, as the case may
valued, though others prefer black, that
matches we'll with colored meershaum.
The real amber yellow, however, brings
the best price; the cloudy is pretty. bu.
not SO valuable"
re large pieces rare??" asked the re-
porter.
yes" was the reply, "5oth rare uad
costly. There is q pie. e weighing eiyh.
teen pounds in tho Berlin Museum, Tor
which 81 900 was paid, n previous 10
this 5000 was refuse for an eighteen
pound lump found in Prussia. The
mines all along the Baltic coast yield
yearly about 3D, 900 pounds, and some
II estimated that tho amount still in
the amber district is worth 81, 25O, 600.
The vast amounts taken seem% incredible
yet since the beginning of this century
1000 tons have been Quarried and fol-
the last 5000 years over $4,000 tons have
been taken from the Baltic locality and
made up into ~jewelry and articles of
luxury AS the amber is taken from the
mines it is placed in baskets and slowed
away in vaults arranged sccordinsto the
size and quality. In the vaults of Patch
er Douglas the records can be seen Of
mining rs early as l5oe."
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Huron people have contributed $3.50
for Mrs. Young, whose husband and son

Huron people have contributed $3.50
for Mrs. Young, whose husband and son
were drowned.
Rev. II. Swift, a gentleman who has
been a missionary among the Sioux In
dians for YER ten years, a Y regarding
the opening of the Sioux reese, walton to
settlement, that the Indians are perfect
~ aware that the reservation must soon
be opened to settlement, and "on!v
want it done legally, and don't want the
people to rush on the reservation and
usurp land which they desire for them
selves and their children"
Rev. j. G. Kelso, a minister of the Adj
vent faith, is orsanizing a church of that
denomination at Mitchell, and is meeting
with success. He will commence a mis-
sion in January, and will be assisted by
some eloquent diviner from Minnesota.
He is booked to lecture against prohibi-
ton, and is said to be a fine speaker.
A decision was rendered by the SUI
preme court of the United States in the
original habeas corpus case of the Sioux
Indians, Crow Dog, who was tried in the
district court for the First judicial dis
trict of Dakota for the murderil tine In
dian country Of Spotted Tail, and upon
being found guilty, was sentenced to
death. Tie court granted Il writ and 90
Grow Dog lives.
Last season the eleven steamboats,
between Bismarck and Fort Benton car
ried up 3,089,57 pounds of government
freight, and l7,397,243 of private. They
carried down stream 2S2, COO pounds or
the government and 23,5G5144 pounds
for individuals. There were, in all,
both ways. 965 passengers. There were
the steamers were destroved-the B. Y.
Horn sank April 80 below Poplar creek.
and the Butte burned July 81 neal Fort
Peck.
The most fashionable wedding ever
witnessed in Huron took place last week,
that of Amy, daughter of ]. H. Miller,
assistant cashier of the First Ma ional
bank. to s. w. Glenn, sergeant of the
signal service.
Joseph Diehfalls, q we'll. known farmer
living six miles west of Mitchell, had some
farm property destroyed by fire some
time sine, which lie says was ignited
by sparks from an engine on the st.
Paul & Milwaukee. The road paid him
S9o on a compromise, a much smaller
sum than he claimed. He has Just been
caught loading on lumber at the depot
and hauling it to his farm. When ar
rested he told the police he was getting
even with the road, but it was lumber
belonging to a city lumber company. He
gave bonds to answer.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany's iron and steel bridge over the
Missouri at Bismarck is oflour spans,
each 400 feet long. 1t costs u fortune,
largely because it was found necessary
to change the course of the river to
make it more manageable. This was
done by a dyke which the accommodations
Of the muddy stream are converting
into an impossible barrier against itself.
The Missouri at this point rises thirty or
forty feet at certain seasons, and is sub
iect every spring to tremendous gorges, SO
that a bridge which is to stand has to be
very STRONG. Foundations for piers were:
therefore carrie to unusual depths. and
a quarry was opened by the company
in its search for heavy stone.
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Uedncsday, December 10.

SENATE -Bi Is were introduced for 4
commission to investigate rail way transpor.
tation, consolidating the bureau of military
justice and the corps oil Judges advocate ri
the army. The new rules were considered.
and the clause in the first limiting to three
days the period for which the wee president
may designate a senator to preside over the
senate in his absence was elected. Various
other clauses n rules we're voted upon,
some being rejected and others adopted.
The senate agreed to the house resolution
for a holiday recess, after SD amending it as
to fix Jan. ! as the date of Resembling.
went to the senate Dec 18th inst. the ma
jority of them postmasters. The fol Lowing
nominations were contirmed:
Walter Evans, commissioner of internal
revenue; Albert W. Wyman, treasurer oil
the United States: Elwa d o. Graves. as.
sistant treasurer OF the United States; Rich.
ard Gibbs, New York, minister resident and
consul general, Bolivia; Charles B. Frail,
secretary OF legation, Brazil; William T..
+. Walther, collector of internal revenue,
Nineteenth district of Pennsylvania; Math.
ew r. Barr. Erie. Pa, and Henry Ward,
Leaaville, Colo, Indian inspectors; Indian
agents, Denny d. Waters, Connecticut, Col
vile agency, WASH; James F. Gardner, Col
orado, Odray agency, Utah; u isha w. Da-
Wis, Colorado. Uinlah agency, Utah: Oliver
Ward, Ohio, Neal Bay agencv, Wash; Ben.
j,min W. Thompson. West Virginia, Sisse-
ton agency, D.k; Sanderson r. Martin.
Pennsylvania, Shoshone agency, Wyo.
EousE.-After a long debate, in which
Mr.. Bedford (Rep) spoke in favor of Skinner
Dem.) whose election as representative
from the first district of North Carolina vas
contested by Pool (Rep) J. Skinner was Civ.
en- the seat and sworn In. A concurrent
resolution providing ior a recess from NJ an.
day, 9th inst. until Tuesday. January 3,
was adopted. Toe committee, on rules
reported o resolution tor the creation
OF several new committees
after an amendment for a committee on
the alcoholic | quor traffic had been adop-
ted, by 143 to s8. A resolution increasing the
membership Of twenty.thr c standing con-.
mittees, from eleven to thirteen members
each, was adopted, A resolution was re.
ported from the committee on rivers and
harbora. The senate amendment to the
holiday rec, So resolution was concurred in.
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Foreign Items of News.

1t is reported that Kerrigan, an informer,
was shot during a disturbance in County
Mayo. Kenigan's testimony in The Huddy
family murder case, in 1882, convicted three
man who were hanged. He was also an in
former in the Joyce murcer trial, which al
so resulted in the hanging of three men.
For a long time he was protected by the
government owning to threats against his
lille, among the expedicais for protection
beng All iron hut iinpervious to riff, shots,
in which he lived.
The remains Of De Long and comrades of
the Jeanette expedition arrived at Pus-
truck, Soeria. They we're borne in process sion
through the streets on the 21st escorted by
adetschment o. troops. A multitude Of
were placed upon the cottirs, and
printed copies of poems describing the ex-
ploits and unhappy end of the PARTY were
distributed among the crowd. The remains
will be taken to America.
London Gable: The Fenian scare is sub.
siding, owing 10 the reported official con
traditions Of sensational rumors which are
chit ti9 traceahlet to the Central News agency.
The Upitei lrishmen demands t:at the
legislature should step in and check the Or
ganized circulation of these falsehoods.
which. it says, helped TO fan the English
craze about dsnamitards and IDyincibles,
and Through these lies the English mind
becomes intlan.ed into the passing OF coer-
cion bills"
The tnn'r Il OF Henri Martin, the nistor.
ian, in Paris, on the 10th inst, was attend.
ed by the prime minister, minister OF the
interior, leading members of the deputies
and authors. President Grevy was repre-.
scented bv Gen. Piltie, his secretary. Delega.
tiuns OF Italian and Greek residents deposi.
ted wreaths upon the coffin.
The ballet girls in a Paris theater wear
small electric lamps in their hair, from
wh'ch beams OF remarkable brilliarcy dart,
producing a most supernatural effect.
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"A Bad Woman Entrappcd.

AT Leadville, Col, Mary Kofford called
on DIR. Rose, a prominent dentist, and made
the startling request that he furnish her
with poison which could not be detected
by an autopsy. Size otterej $500 compsn-
s w,aSed 10 1e ast I;d ~ b sam5 bG,g.n that Hs shs
Kotord. that her husbands brother of
whom she was en,mored, and herself might
together enjoy the insurance of$5, 500 which
her husband carried. After makirg an ap.
pointment to meet both at his office the
doctor arranged with the police and several
interested insurance men to be present but
concealed. AT the interview the whole dia-
hoIical plan was made known. The couple
was Immediately arrested and jailed. The
younger brother IS sixty years of age and
the woman thirty. five.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Tuesday, December IS.

sESArE.-Mr. Sherman moved that Arson
g. McCook be chosen secretary of the sem
ate.
Mr.. PeLdleton moved to amend by substi.
tuting the name of L. @. Washington.
Lost-Yess 90. nays 80. The maia res
olution was agreed to and McCook sworn
in. The reaaining% republican nominations
were elected as follows: Chief clerk,
CHARLES W. Johnson, Minnesota; ex.
,cu,iye clerk, James 4. Young,
E EfiiGssi psWitt Huutls Sh'R bist1iot Of co1 Rev:
bia; sergeant at arms w. 2. Canaday, North
Carolina.
The president sent a long list of nomina.
tionssto the senate, mostly recess nomiaa.
tinn-postnIasters, Utited States marshals,
United States attorneys. district judges, ma.
va { Ulcers, etc. Combinations: Lawrence
Weldon, Illinois, judge of the court Of
claims; j. r. Tanner, Illinois, United
States marshal, Southern district
OF Illinois; Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachu.
sets, Uatted S ates marshall of Massachu.
setts; Alouzo Gesner, Oregon, Indian agent
Mt the Warm Springs agency aud PaHnee
Otoe age.cy; Col. Samuel B. Holabird,
qlartermaster general; John s. Toker,
Michigan, secretary Of Montana; Robinson
Locke, Ohio, United States consul at New.
castle.
The consideration of the report of the
committee on rules was resumed.
HoUsE.-Not in session.
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Crimes and Criminals.

Dan aud Mary Crouin were found guilty
of disturbing worship in q Catholic churca
n Brooklyn, New York. They accused the
pastor, Rev. Florence MCCARTHY. with hav-
ing caused a priests death by starvation,
the reve end gentleman prot ted his jnno-
cence they called him q liar. The defense
adm tied the charges, and asked the court
to look into he matter in mitigation Of the
sentence. The sentence was withheld pend
ing the result ola civil action brought by
the Cronins against the priest.
Mrs. Judith Fitzpatrick, a widow aged
seventy, living at Lecompton, Kans., YVES
murdered at her home the other night, and
an attempt was made to burn the house,
with the evident purpose OF concea ling the
crime The motive is supposed to have been
rabbery, as the old lady was known to
have several hundred soil ars.
The negro, Big Ike, who. while attempt
ing to burglarizs the bank of Durango, N.
NJ, last week shot dead Bruce Hunt, son OF
ex. Gov. Hunt, died the other night in Jail
ed on himself in jumping headlong from a
forty.foot eaabankment to avoid being cap.
tured alive.
Thomas Drewes. who was sentenced to
eleven years in the Manitoba %penitentiary
for the murder of Pat Maloney in Rat
Portage in March last, committed suicide
~n the 18th inst by hanging himself in his
cell.
There is great excitement at Fowlar, Ind,
over the confession ofa Labarge girl, aged
twelve years, who says thai Luke Bisset,
her uncle, has had for the past year I'M
proper intercourse with her. Bissett was
bound over in the SUN OF $500.
Ker, the S55,GO0 Chicago detaulter, huhs
down his tools in the Joliet prison and re-
fused to make barrels. He was changed to
stone cutting.
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Though stocks of nearly all sorts are
lin the slough of desponI," the New
York Herald says, that or iinary business
this far in December is 10 per cent.
greater than last year; that money is dirt
cheap; that goods are moving freely and
buyers are laying in large stocks. On
the whole the prospect for a large and
cafe business in the spring, is highly en-
c~ouraging Notwithstanding the wedding
out of weak and unsafe concerns.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-29
Railroad News.

One ofthe lines contemplated by the Bur
lington is from Dubuque to St. Paul, to
connect with the Northern Pacific. The
election of Mr.. Eodicot as president of the
Oregon Transcon.iaental aud Mr.. Coolidge
as president of the Oregon hallway & Navi-
CATION company, Goth interested in Bur
lington, points to q union of interests be-
tween the Burlington and Northern Pacific,
and the new line from Dubuque to St. Paul
is to form the connecting link.
Probably the wealthiest railroad cond:c-
tor in America is employed on The East
Tennessee, Virginia 8 Georgia road. He is
said to be worth $50, 600.
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Personal Gossip.

An intimate friend of Mr.. Blaine said
tllnt the reason the Maine statesman has re.
tired from the presidential contest at this
tine was because he could not carry New
York. The friends OF Mr.. Conkling and
Gen. Grant would Tot allow it.
TIE wife of Adirondack Murray hes Sc.
cured diI Iona as physician from tb
Vienna Medical eel .ege.
Carlisle declines to allow his name to &c
used as a candidate Tor senator from Ken.
lucky.
Gen. Martin. the new mayor of Boston,
wa. adrsyman not thirty years ago.
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other pastors, discharged the duty of chap.
lain in both branches ofthe state legislature.
He was next made the presiding elder of the
Madison district. In June. 1869, he was
elected ne president G Of the Lawrence pnive1si.
college in the state, entering upon the dis
charge OF his duties the following month.
The degree of d. d. was conterie ed upon
him by the, East Tennessee Wesleyan uni.
versity 10 1879, and during the same year
the Iowa State university conferred the de.
gree OF LID. In April, 1889, he was made
pastor of the Metropolitan NJ. i. church
through the recommendation of B shop
Simpson.
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more was ever sait about the matter un.
Til Mr.. Taylor learned causally several
months later that the Spartan youth had
received the w%alloning and filed away
the dollar for future reference. The boy
was afterward heard to say that no
favored a much heavier fine in cases of
that kind. One whipping was sufficient,
b ie:t.-Detroit Froe Press.
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-29
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Dakota Constitutional Vote.

The official board of %canvassers. Bartlett
Tripp, president Of the State executive COM
mittec: Hon. j. h. Teller, secretary and acting
governor; the Hon. A. j. Edgerton, chief JUS
tite; Hugh J. Campbell, United States attor-
neg, aud W. s. Bowen. member Of the State
executive committee, met Saturday at Yankton
and counted the returns on the election heli
last November TO ADOPT tho constitution drawn
mp at Sioux Falls. The vote for and against
the paperstood as follows:
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Casualty Record.

A fearful storm swept over the Black sea
On the l7th inst, causing great destruction
OF life and damage to property. 1t is yet
impossible to ascertain the full extent of tn.
damage. Hundreds of houses in the vi
lagos along the northern coast were utterly
demolished. and many persons killed in the
falling structures. In the town OF Abadza
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The New Chaplain Of the Senate.

The Rev. DR.. F las Dewitt Huntley, the
republican caucus nominee for chaplain of
the senate, was born in Elmira, N. Y, April
10, 1s4o. He graduate IL Gsnessee college,
Lima, N. Y, in 1866, and the same year
entered the ministry. In 1853 he was trans
ferred from the T. lst Genessee conference of
the NJ. E. church to the West Wisconsin
conference. He was stationed at Madison
for three yeers. and, in conjunction with
The Dickinson press., 1883-12-29

Vice President Cakes, who is now in
Oregon reports as the result Of most
careful inspection, that the Northern
Pacific is in first rate condition and full.
ly equipped for doing fifty per cent,
more than its present business, which is
greatly in excess of previous estimates.
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TIE Observers Cairo dispatch says the
government has explicitly informed

Egypt that it will not attemp. TO %reconquer
the soudan nor permit Egypt to make the
attempt. England, however, is willing that
any o!her power do scat Egypl's r. quest,
providing the khedive tncuF- no expense.
England is willing to end a fleet to Alex
sndria and assist in tIe defense Of strictly
by Ell Mahdi. Reutr's Cairo correspond
emit, however, denies ,bat England is willing
to dispatch a feet toAlexe4dria, or permit