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Mr. and Mrs. John R Mclean Of Oinoinnat
are in Washington for the winter.
Secretary Lincoln said to Star reporter thai
recent publications made il useless for him 70
continue at present to search for ,HowgAte, and
he believed they were made IA the interest Of
that defaulting oAleiAa.
The secretary OF the treasury having received
Information that The Swiss government par
loned convict on condition that he would 60
o the United States, has notified collectors Of
ho principal ports to prevent his landing and
sond him back to the port whence he came
Chief Justice Waite, VINO was taken sick
recently, was absent from his seat in the Unit
ed States supreme court for the first time
since he assumed tho duties Of the Office. His
illness is not regarded as serious, but he ID
confined to his bed Justice Miller il acting
~ chief jAshce.
The board Of managers Of the Various na-
ional homes for disabled volunteer soldiers,
appeared before the house committeeon sppS06-
,riations and asked an increase Hf Is per cont
,ver the current Appropriation for the homes
Tor the next AecAl year Members Of the
board expressed the opinion that the number
Of inmates of the homes would during next
year increase about Is per cent
The secretary Of the interior, in response to
house resolution, informs the house Of rep
resentatvSs that S3S72 fee contracts at rs
sach have been filed in the pension Office under
the act of July 4, 1854 Of this number 1t is es-
efmated that not less than IS, 600 relate to pep-
sion claims fled prior to July 4, and for which
$40 fee only can be legally charged On this
srick, claim agents hoped to secure 4 largo
amount of money they are not entitled to.
The opposition 10 the Spanish treaty in the
country at large, particularly on the part Of
those interested in tho cultivation and manu-
facture of sugar and tebacco, is daily becoming
more manifest Senators and representatives
are receiving letters by the hundreds protest
ing against it's ratification. The opinion appears
to be gaining ground that the senate will refuse
to approve it, and that in any event the house
VIII not concur in the necessary isSislation-
For some time past tho work of exhuming
bodies from an old cemetery located in the
ncrthsfn portion of the city has been in pro-
gress The remains of Payne, who was execu-
ted for participating in the conspiracy which
resulted in the assassination of President
Lincoln, were buried here. When Payne Was
buried written history of his crime aud eae-
cution was placed in bottle securely corked
and deposited in the coffin Payne's body was
found exactly where expected, but the bottle
was empty, however, only some remains Of
stopper and consumed the paper, being left
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One good authority says that the net

One good authority says that the net
result of agriculture in the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland for
the period from 1878 to the beginning
of 1884 was a shrinkage of the aggree ate
capital of the farmers of the British
Isles amounting to 1867 ,00O,0 900. That
is tremendous sum to be lost in tilling
the soil in country as rich and general
~ prosperous as Great Britain, and it
is not strange that the farmers of the
United Kingdom show signs Of great
uneaspess.
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Garfield and Tucker,

Mrs. Garfield did very graceful and
q very sensible thing in asking John
Randolph Tucker, Of Virginia, to act d
the guardian of her infant children dur
ing their legal minority. Graceful, be-
cause Tucker was one of Garfeld's
truest friends; sensible. because q bet
ter man could not have been found fol
that responsible position. When Tuck
er came up from his professorship in
''the University as the Virginians call
it, brilliant, scholarly, big hearted
old fashioned Virginia gentleman, to sit
in the House of Representatives, he
sougth out the more cultivated among his
colleagues and made them his friends.
This was not difficult, for no one ever
knew him long without loving him.
Among them all he found no one so con-
genial as Garfield. Although they diff
fered Numerically in most things, yet
they had much in common. Garfield
was big Drained, big hearted boy, his
enthusiasm tempered only by his cul.
ture. Tucker was personally as de-
lightful as Garfield, excelling him in
his ability to tell good story, and was
Intellectually his peer in every respect.
At the same time he was morally strong,
as honest as he was fearless, although he
was no better equipped for political life
than Garfield. Of course, their polit.
ical views differed in toto. Tucker
was a state-rights man; Garfield was
. nationalist. Tucker was free-trader
Garfield o protectionist. But one
day, after their friendship had
become fact. Garfield came over to
fuckers desk on the democratic side OF
the house and said: "Tucker, you
know I am protectionist, but want
that there should be free trade hereaf.
ter between you and me in matters lit
erarv." "With all my heart" respond
ed Tucker, and from that time to the
day of Garfield's death thev were the
closest friends. They both loved liter
ature-all letters ancient and modern,
but perhaps most of all, the Greek and
Latin classics. Every day they man
aged to steal time from even the most
engrossing of their legislative duties
for an excursion into those ever bloom.
ing fields. Sometimes they met in the
library, sometimes in committee-room
or again on the floor of the house itself
Was hington Correspondence of the
Philadelphia Record.
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3aSOol1aAoouD 1oWD Notes.
Secretary Hart reports $244, ,5S3 expended on
Minnesota paupers during the past year.
The indebtedness Of W. L Dickey Co.,
of Minneapolis is 81, 900; assets, $15,240
At Boston the well-known firm of John Null
.iker Il Co., oil dealers, has assigned to Samuel
Powers
Else Banker of Peekskill, N. Y, aged eighty
fve surprised his children by bringing home
bride, formerly Widow Dunscomb, aged
forty-fve.
Committees from St Paul and Minneapolis
have agreed upon site for Union Fairs, mid
way between the two cities, and accessible with
all the railroads.
The report Of the state salt inspector shows
the salt product of Michigan for the year end
ing Nov 30, 1884, was 3, ,252, 175 barrels--the
largest in the history Of the salt manufacture
n the state.
AtBuffalo, n Y, Riegel Robinson, clothiers,
made general assignment to George Rosen-
oorger Of Rochester. Liabilities, $120, COO
Stock and assets foot up $10O, ,0O0O; preferred
CLAIMS, $54, goo.
The alatial residence Of George G. Buchanan
It Louisville was recently the scene Of an auc-
ton sale Of furniture in the interest Of the
trust company, while the unfortunate family
still occupy rooms IN the house.
Notwithstanding the general complaint Of
nard times, and the talk concerning depression
in trade no less than SS1 new business con-
Germs have come into existence in St Paul
during 1884. The number for 1888 was sos.
The woman, Margaret Porter, whose skele-
ton was supposed to have been found in cleft
of rock near Bellaire, Ohio, has turned up
alive. She left home mysteriously twenty
years ago, and has lived - domestic ever
since.
Richard Bracken, IN Irish Nationalist, living
1t Philadelphia, who recently inherited nearly
one million dollars by the death Of IN uncle in
Brazil, has contributed 4100, 600 "to be scientif
ically used for the cause Of Ireland In the
heart Of England"
The Duluth land es1acs. SINCE ths gold excite
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France is suffering, like England,
from the growth of manufactures in
other countries, but with the differences
that the farmers, who are clamoring
there for protection, are the wealthiest
classes in the country; the suffering is
in urge industrial centers, and that
trade is in the wors. condition among
dealers in the costly arsuoles of luxury.
In Paris the number of stores in the
principal streets marked "To let" is
fairly startling. There is nothing to
compare with it in any other European
city except Dublin.
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Nevada has proved to be q rotten
borough. Its populations is steadily
dwindling. The Carson (Nev.) Tribune
estimates that there are now not more
than 1900 voters in the State. In
1880 the total vote was 1851. Only
one county has 5000 voters, and of all
the others only three have q voting
population in excess of 1000 each.
One county Is credited with 200 voters
only, and there are five counties whose
combined vote will not exceed $500.
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The disease which has caused SO muck
suffering in the highlands of Western
Virginia and Eastern Kentucky is pro-
nouncsd by competent medical author-
ity to be malignant form of efdysentery,
engendered by poisonous malarial
germs in stagnant water. and not by
poisonous mineral substances. Since
the late copious rains the malady has
largely disappeared.
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Columbus Wells, carpenter committed sui
eide at Minneapolis by taking stfychnine
At Minneapolis Won Hessen and Smith, al
legged to have robbed Andrew Berg Of $500
were held to bail
A daring attempt was made by inoendiaries
to burn the city hall Of Atlanta, Ga, which
contains records involving 500, ,00O, 600
L D. Richardson, Chicagoan, commission
or Of the Ohio river pool, was robbed in = hotel
at Indianapolis, Of money and vaIuables to the
amount Of 81 Goo
The second mate and boatswain Of the ship
J. F. Chapman, from San Francisco, have been
arrested at Liverpool on q charge of causing
the death Of q seaman named Jansen.
Edward Cuttings, aged twenty five years, was
sentenced at Baltimore to the penitentiary for
five years for arson, and died the same night
at Z o'clock qittlngs was carried by two
sheriffs into the court room, and he had to be
supported while Judge Phelps sentenced him
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Assurance has been given, on the au.
thority of the government engineer,
that the Canadian Pacific Railway will
be completed by November l, 1885.
The company's engineer promises that
the work will be done a month or two
earlier. Perhaps it would be safe to
say that By the end Of next year the
road will be open from Montreal to the
Pacific ocean distance of 1896 miles,
OF which 1895 have been already built
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LESS DEATHS, MORE BIRTHS.

Statistical Account of tho Birth and Death
Rates in Minnesota for tho Year 1888
Comparisons With 1882.
Commissioner of Statistics Nordin has pre-
pared the appended table, by counties, OF
births and deaths in Minnesota during the
year 1888. Comparison with the figures Of
the previous year show an increase in births
Of some Ave thousand, and decrease id
deaths of about one thousand five hundred
The totals for the two years are as fol-
lows: Births, 1882, "a, ,5O4; 1888, 32,111.
Deaths, 1892, 1888; 1883, 1O,7O4. The
tables are as follows:
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A person in Florida who desires to
open saloon must first obtain the writ
ten consent Of two-thirds of the regis
tered voters in the precinct in whieh the
saloon is to be opened, and obtain Ii
cense from the city, county, State, and
United States, costing in all 5000. In
one of the county seats, the saloons,
some time ago, were clos ed for two
months, for want Of funds and the nec-
essaryencour agement of the voters.
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Robert Morris. formerly of Kentucky, was
recently, in New York, crowned the 'tpoet lau-
reate" of Freemasonry.
Leave of absence six months, on . surgeons
certificate of disability, with permission to
leave the department Of Dakota, is granted
Capt Louis e. Sanger, Seventeenth infantry.
MRS. Howgate, the wife Of the fugitive, "
says Washington telegram to the Boston
Herald, 'sis keeping a small boarding house
here, and Miss Ida Howgate, his clever daughter
is an instructor in military academy at
Cleveland"
Rev. T. B. Fuller, bishop Of Niagara, died
Wednesday morning. Several days ago he &C.
cidentally ran three-cornered file into his
hand. At first the wound did not give much
trouble, but in q day or two after it festered
and gangrened. Blood poison set in, from the
effects Of which he died
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Caring for sick Paupsrs.

Secretary Hart has completed his statistics
OF the expense of hospital care of paupers.
Goodhue and Ramsey alone have county hospi-
tails The latter is good institution, and ac-
commodated last year a daily average Of thirty
eight patients at an average cost OF $5 81 per
week, including medical attendance. The
Goodhue county hospital is just opened.
Minneapolis city patients are cared for at
five different hospitals, St Barnabas,
College, Sisters, Homeopathic and North
western. Last year the city had an aver
age of thirty-two patients, at an average
Of IS. 50 per week, besides medical attendance
furnished by the city physician Washington
county pays the saltwater hospital q gross
sum of fl65 per month for board and care of all
county patients The county furnishes medi-
cal attendance ST. Louis county pays 81 day
for board and care of each patient at st. Luke
hospital, Duluth, the county providing medl-
cal attendance, but not undertaking to pay
more than $50 per month for any one patient.
Clay county pays 81 day, and Cottonwood
and some other counties IS cents
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4 Fatal Asoog,,itioA.

At8o'clock last Thursday evening farme
named Harrington, living two miles fron
Geneva, Ohio, was called to the door by a
knock, and opening it, was confronted by .
masked man, who sighted along the barrel OF
revolver and demanded, 81 want your mon.
ey." Harrington took small sum from hif
pockets and handed it to to the robber, who
took it and cried, THAT is not all I want the
balance" At that moment the handkerchief
fell from his eyes, and Mrs Harrington, stand.
ing near exclaimed, ooh, know him" ''You
do, do you.,' shouted the ruffian. Take that
then!'' and he fred, the bullet going through
her shoulder She ran out of the house
to d neighbors for help, returning
with friends. Evidences of desperate strug-
gle were found in the house, and Harrington
lay dead on the floor with bullet hole in hls
forehead Mrs. Harrington recognized the
murderer as fellow named Teck, who lived
two miles from the farm Citizehs are seour-
ing the country for him Lewis Webster hae
been arrested on a,charge for numbering Perry
Harrington. He was the man recognized by Mrs.
Harrington, but whose name was first gwen az
Peck. The prisoner is d dissapated young tel.
low, belonging to q respectable family.
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MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES,
POINTS ABoBT rue PAtjpERS.

A Comparison Bst,w.een EAtrava sapcce and
Economy = Expenditure: In Miinnnnssot.
Counties with More Than Ii, 900 Popula-
s'OsA' ~ .cI u. "a
Secretary Hart has prepared, the following in
teresting table Of average expenditures for pau
pers in 1884 by what he calls the stingy and ex-
travagant counties. Although local circum-
stances may be an excuse In some counties, as q
rule an expenditure Of over 80 cents per capita
of population may be considered extravagant,
and an expenditure Of less than IL cents I'M
plies q probable niggardliness. The tables are
as follows:
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The papers abound in cabinets fo1
President Cleveland, but as yet only
one name is mentioned, that of Senator
Thomas Bayard-which is sure to stand
for one member-prohably in the posi-
ton of Secretary of tho Treasury.
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ment began, has been . scene Of the greatest
interest Most Of the time for the last few
days it has been filed with men of all classes
and modes Of life, examining maps, locating
lands and buying them. or taking Up home
steadA
Congregational ministers III Chicago arrs
taking measures to prohibit tho .''SpSp and
shameless theatrical ;advertisnentss III that
oity. 1mmodest and indecent pictures, they
declare, aFs displayed ii show windows, on
fencss, wallis and bill boards, appealing TO the
bAsest passions Of Ill classes.
Eztrem. cold weather and istaoDn strong WINDS We're
reported Frid.4 night fstM I'll parts in New
England At Mount Washington the weather
Is the most severe since 1875 Tho mercury
10 frozen, but the minimum registered by the
spirit thermometer is ~ below zero and still
falling A northwest hurricane, with an esti-
mate velocity of over one hundred thiles IN
hour, prevailed II IL impossiblS 70 obtain The
exact velocity, as the xnenometar, is ,blowr
away. and cannot Be replaced Until the wealth.
81 moderated In Boston the thermometer
registsrod5 5 Ia deg. below zero 1t IL. The
velocity of thu Wind Is eleven miles an hour.
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Northern Pacific earnings for the second
week in December were s19S, 7S1, an increase
as compared with last years corresponding
week.
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The burning Of the Catholic orphan asylum
at Brooklyn Thursday night proves to have
been more terrible affair than at first report
ed Search brought to light no less than thir-
teen bodies Of children burned to death, and it
Is thought that more remain in the ruins.
Hundreds Of children in the asylum we're
tenderly protected against all harm, except
that which could hsEe been easily guarded
againt-fre There was very large water
hydrant in the yard with four butts, but there
was no hose in or about the building nor any
other means of extinguishing fire, so what be-
gun in trivial accident ended in an awful
tragedy. The great trouble the fremen had
to encounter was the mansard roof on the en-
tire main structure, built Of wood, allowing
free access to the flames. It acted simply %
6ua ALI efforts Of the fremen were futile in
their attempts to combat the flames. The gates
were also locked and young men OF the neigh
borhood who saw the fire 6rst had to burst
open the gates with ramming iron before
they could get in
The upper stories Of the asylum were divided
into dormitories by stud and lath partition
walls. The flooring and wainscoting were Of .
yellow pine, and the space between the ceiling
and slate roof was not filed in, 90 that the fire
rapidly made it's wsy along the upper floor.
There we're no dividing walls Of brick at any
point On thls door.
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Colorado was admitted to the Union
August l, 1876. It's population, as Civ
en- by the United States census of 1880.
9 l94, 1927,
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1u9Hots OF Foreign 1oWA
The cotton crop OF Egypt is ono of the larg-
est ever raised, and will probably exceed g.
PSI, O,OOO cantAra
The bishop Of Meath has been elected arch.
bishop Of Dublin in place Of Archbishop
Trench, resigned
1t is reported that Louis Kossuth, tho Hun
garian patriot, has died at Turin, whore he haS
lived the past twenty years
Sir John Macdonald opposes an imperial alli-
Ance between England, Canada and Australia;
also annexation to the United States.
Tho pope has written letter to Cardinal
Parrocht, strongly denouncing the divorce bill
noW in italian chambers.
The Pail Mall Gazette, commencing on thu
proposed Nicaragua treaty, says Granville op-
posed ths attempt Of Secretary Blaine to annul
the Clayton -Bulwer treaty, and it is hardly
likely that Granville will assent to the propose
now. The St James Gazette says the powers
now assembled at Berlin lave obviously stake
in the proposed Nicaraguan canal, and they arr
likely to cooperate with England to oppose
the project In that case they would find .
strong auxiliary force opposing America,
which would make it difficult fer that seuntra
to carry out the project
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Counties spending more Counties spending less
than SOC per capita oil than lao per capita Of
population. population.
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CURRENT EXPENDITURES
Current expenditures for panper support in
counties of Minnesota reporting above IL, 900
population, for the year ending September 80,
1884:
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St Paul. 5000; to the Ladies' Relief Asso-
ciation Of St Paul $5, 600; to Sophia Carlson,
residing with her at the time of the willis prep
aration, 81, GOO; and all the residue of her es-
tate is bequea;hed to her husband, Alexander
Ramsey, and her daughter, Marion r. Furness,
to he equally divided between them
shooting affrav occurred just across the line
from Red Wing in Dakota county, recently Ma
~ Nelson had John o O'Shaughnessy, arrested last
fall, on the charge that he was the father Of
her child. He was brought before Judge Gra-
ham and on preliminary examination, bound
over to the winter term OF the district court,
and the case was set for this week. Sun
day the parties were at church, and as they
we're about ready to start for home, the girl
went up behind o O'Shaughnessy and fired three
shots, one entering at the side through the
muscles, the two penetrating the skin and fol-
lowing around the body. A physician was i'm
mediately called, who extracted one ball, and
left the patient in comfortable circumstances.
Last Thursday was the coldest dav of the
season at St Paul, the mercury at no time dur.
ing the twenty-four hours going above zero.
According to some private thermometers the
mercury was as low as 36 degrees. These in
struments, however, were badly out of order,
as that in the signal service Office showed 20
degrees below to have been the lowest liquid
touched Outside of st Paul the weather was
even colder, as shown by reports received Al
the various railroad offices. The lowest report
was 30 below, at jamestown, on the Northern
Pacific Il was 33 below at Orookston on the
Manitoba, 81 below at several points on the
Duluth, and % below on the Omaha.
Mr.. A. P. McKinstry, assistant superintend.
ent Of dairy products for the New Orleans ex'
position, has received from Mrs. Mary r. Kel
ley of Pennington, Oak, cabinet of fame,
butter work. The work comprises large va
riety with bouquet of flowers in the center
all worked from butter, including calla-hlliee
dahlias and other flowers, 80 perfectly formed
in every part that they have real life-like ap
pearance; birds nest within bunch of leay q
and branches, with dainty eggs, is in the mos
perfect form; . fruit dish, containing larg,
bunch of grapes; dish of the most delicior,
appearing strawberries. the parts and texture
OF which are rs visible as are natural fruit;
basket Of shell work, candies, ETC., all bearing
perfection in symmetry and natural appear
aAce,