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The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
WedneSddy, January so.

NOuHeSUuVS cNANu2y OOs
SENATE MIR. Blair presented a volumine
Gus petition from about 1000 citizens
Of the District of Columbia praying for the
passage of a bill to prevent the manufac
ture or sale of alcoholic liquors with
in the District OF Columbia and the terri
tories. He expressed regret that no action
had been taken upon former petitions ofthis
kind, and thoug. Il the subject must eventu-
ally compel the attention OF statesmen.
The petition was referred to the committee
OF the District of Columbia. where it will
slumber with its predecessors.
No business was transacted on account OF
the funeral OF Mr.. Mackey of the house.
The president sent the following nomina-
tons IT, the senate to day:
Charles r 1berts, register of the land of
fee at Humtoldt. Cal Richard 8. Tuthill
Chicago, United States attorney for the
northern district of Illinoi.; James A. Con-
nelly, Illinois, United States attorney for
the southern district of Illinois.
Postmasters-Jsmes B: Budd, Houma. La ;
linger, Luling, Tex; James H. Ashcraft;
Paduceh, KY; Harry w. Grantley,, Apple
ton City, Mo-; Lindell s. Cantwell, Rich,
mond, Mo; Adrian c. Case, Albany, Mo-
NJ. hereafter, Jessup, Dardnell'. Ark; John
Watts. Ames, Iowa; George E Eoernart,
Cefal Falls, Iowa; Elihu EaoF, Waukesha,
Wis; James Cry, Ro', e., Mich; q. Kim
hall, Crystal Falls, Mich; E;hplbe1tJ j. Brew.
ster, Midland, Mich; J.mes G. Bain, Mar.
tineviiles. Ind; Jabez H. Casson, Kasson,
Man.; Royal N. Hubbard, Longmont,
Colo; Mrs. j nnie Goodwin, San Buena-
vil4tura, Colo; A. Pedler, Woodland, CAL;
Richard Melrose, Anaheim, Cal ; Benjamin
McElrny, Frankfort, Kans; N. A. Yeager,
Augusta Kans.; George Huger, Ellsworth,
K.ls,; Ralph NJ. Crimes, Kearney, Neb.;
Joseph @ Keppler, Glendale, Mont.
HousE.-Atter the presentation and refer.
ence of several reports of commlttees, fun.
eral services of the late Representative
Mackey, of South Carolina, were observed
and the house adjourned.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
CONDENSED NEWS.
washington news Notes.

WO0usI&SOAs GNS"0 ASOOO0s
Senator Sewell has reported favorably the
a bill which provides that no regimental or
| company officer shall hereafter be detached
from duty with his regiment or company
any officer heretofore or hereafter detailed,
who shall be returned to duty with his com.
papy or regiment, shall not again be detailed
except temporarily, and not then for a period
of more than sixty days, until after the ex-
piration of three years from his retarn to his
company OF regiment. The secretary of war
and Gen. 81 eridan oppose the provisions of
the bill on the ground that they could not
be carried out without great detriment to
the service and because Its enactment into
law would so abridge the powers of the
president, ard those under him, as to seri-
ously impair the administration Of the army.
Sheridan does not think it proper for con
gress to assume direction over what proper
ly belongs to details of internal economy Of
the army.
Gen. Washburn gave q very pleasant din
ner party at his house on the LIST inst.
Among those present were the speaker and
Mrs. Carlisle, the British minister nj airs.
West, the French minister, M. Ronfton, Mr..
and Mrs. Hiscock, Senator and Mrs. Miller
OF California, Gen. n Mrs. sheridan, Gen.
and Mrs. McFeeley, Senator and Mrs. Glib.
son, and Mss Washburn, daughter ole
Gov. e. B. Washburn.
In sspeaKer had some difficulty in max
selections of members to serve on the
Keller. BoyAton committee, because one of
Inc parties is an ex speaker, and because
oitn B3ynton and Keifer are Republicans.
This latter consideration may cause Mr.
Carlisle to give tie Republicans q majority
representation on the committee.
The annual report of operations of the
patent Office for the calendar year shows IN
increase OF IL per cent. in the number Of
patents, trade marks and labels issued over
the previous year. Cash receipts increased
$137.O 900. Excess of receipts over expendi-
lures, $500, 600. Cash on hand, $2,676.476.
At a mass meeting at Red Lake Falls q
ia delegation in congress to accent a with
drawal of Mr.. Washburn's bill and to cordi-
ally support tie bills of Mr.. Nelson for
opening the Red Lake reservation, and to
push the same to q successful termination.
Washington Personal: Senator Sabin has
twenty. eight pairs of boots in his rooms at
Washington, and in these days o fp.rsislent
office seekers he will probably need them.
The best use that he could make of n pair
would be to boot the author of the silly
paragraph.
Delegate Raymond declined on the 4th
inst, to introduce the bill to authorize a
constitutional convention in Dakota. and
the bill was introduced by Delegate Magin.
mis-. The bill has been given in these dis
patches.
Members of the public lands say a bill
will be reported declaring forfeited all land
Along that portion of the Northern Pacific
not completed within the time specified in
the granting act.
Commissioner Dudley objects to abolish
ing pension agents.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Ages 10 ana is.

At Eau Claire, last week, Joe La Motto, a
youth OF nineteen was married by q Justice
to Edith Nelson. q girl Of fifteen, after an &C.
quaiatance of only a few hours, and without
the knowledge oftheir parents. The moth.
er of the young bride, with no knowledge OF
the affair took the train for home accom-
panied by the girl. The marriage had since
come to the ears OF the parents of Edith,
and her father te'egraphed to La Note to
meet him in st. Paul. where the infant bride
will be delivered into his care and custody.
There is no disposition on Mr.. Nelson's
part to fight against the inevitable.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
"Bless,ng Of the Throat"

Apeculiar and novel ceremony took place
on the Sd at St. Rapb@i's cathedrel in Du.
buque. 1t was what is called the Blessing
of the Throat" aud was inaugurated with.
in the past year or two, owing to the spread
of diphtheria and kindred thr at troubles.
The ceremony consisted in the congregations
going in single file to the altar, where the
priests held lighted candles, which were
placed under the chin of each applicant in
The form of q cross, while the priests reel.
ted prayer. The church was crowded all
day long with the faithful, many bringing
children to receive the blessing. 1t took
three priests to attend to all the applicants.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Friday, Feouary 4.
sENArE.-Not in session.

IN session..
HousE.-After Eve days of debate, the
house passed the bill for the relief of Fitz
John Porter by q vote of 1874 to
70. Strenuous efforts were
resorted to by the opponents to Save off q
vote by flibusteripg, but when at s o'clock
those in favor conceded an hour for debate,
the opponents Of Porter accepted the situa.
ton. The beneficiary %occupieda seat in the
private gallery, and the eagernesss as the eli
max approached we're marked ny the vast
throng in the galleries, who had given up
their dinner to witness the last scene. As
the names of republicans were recorded
in favor of the bill, they were
applauded vigorously. There was -on-
siderable buster and loud talking
during the closing proceedings. but
both sides were good-nstured, as the result
was q foregone conclusion before the roll
call was half completed.
Messrs. Wexford, Phelps, Laird, Henley,
and Curtin spoke in favor of the bill, and
Messrs. Calklns and Boatelie against it. All
Minnesota members voted in the negative.
Adjourned until the 9th inst.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

The census of 1880 showed that there
were 6,G332 $40 colored persons in this
country, and $685. 43 persons OF foreign
birth. Of these latter, 1,s54,57l were
born in ireland; 1856, ZAP in Germany;
3s663 in Austria; 1885 in Belgium;
S5,36l in Bohemia; 5000 in Holland;
1926 in Hungary; 1857 in Poland, and
IS, Cpl in Switzerland,
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
that no dividends shall hereafter be- made !

that 40 dividends shall hereafter be made
by the Union Pacific but from the actual
net earnings thereof, and no new stock be
Issued, or mortgages or pledges made on
property OF net earnings Of the company
without leave Of congress, except for the
purpose o. funding and securing debts now
existing, or for the removal thereof, aud
any director or officer who shall pay or de.
clare, or aid in paying or declaring, any
dividend or creating. any mortgage or
pledge prohibited by this act, will be sub
Ing two years, and a fine got exceeding
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

London has doubled its population in
f%orty-one years. At the beginning of
the present century out of every nine
inhabitants of England and Wales, one
only lived in London. Now the proper
tim has risen to one out of seven.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Montana is holding a convention with
a view of applying for admission as a
state, but it is not believed that Mon
tana stands any better chance than Da-
kota, for some time to come, and the
prospects of Dakota's admission are not
good at present.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

The Pennsylvania railroad has done a
>considerate and wise thing in forbidding
semployes giving their superiors presents.
This rule ought to prevail everywhere
1t is a little less than robbery in a ma
jority of cases, when rich gifts are made
by employees. The i~nstigator is often q
sycophantic sneak, and the victims are
those who dare not refuse to give.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
Personal Gossip.

New York, Special Telegram, Feb. 3.-Mr.
Beecher took for his subject in his sermon
this morning, sThe Moneyed Princes of This
City"
What sort of a man is that, said Mr.. .Beechcr,
Drink soul, and be merry? But this soul,
unfortunately, has an immense postcrity. Then,
with the 4 portraits mi in his mind, Mr.. BcecheI
most pitiable tlssgs in the world. 1 am
not sorry for those whom 1 see going into the
Better AG of, sp iHtS s,9' than manS many an 'a shat
are housed in marble. i say to the poorrich man,
there is nothing Of you. Many and many a man
been q power, and 10! o breath DESTROYED him,
and he became a laughing stock among men. i
see q row OF warehouses, and also ANOTHER row Of
He must be a principal man among you?'
Yes. he is a very heightened and honorable
man. What's all this turmoil in the market?"
criminately a bull or a bear, and people watch
him to try to get points from him, and I think
Of him as a nightingale, singing sweetly
think of him as a rainbow; but no, he is yellow
all the way through, and it dries him up. i tainA
of him as Il friend to humanity; but I approach
is q devourer of men; a man whose soul sits
dow on the dunghill of faith, and Gods angels
hold their noses when they look at him.
Thilda King of st. Paul, commenced suit
against Gustave Peterson, for breach OF
promise and seduction, claiming damages
in the sum of So 600. Her complaint sets
forth that shs is % years ofage and has lived
in Ramsey county for two We rs; that Gus
tave is twenty-three years OF age. The par.
ties became acquainted in 1881, and in the
spring he became her protested lover. In
June, 1883, they decided to get married in
September, but when the time came around
he failed to keep his promise. Through
pro mise OF marriage he accomplished hel
ruin.
Matt Morgan, the %cartoonist, drew q
sketch of Nicholas Longworth, when the
latter visited his studio, wearing a magnif.
cent $3.50 Russian overcoat. Longworth il
his delight clapped the garment and his ful
cap on the artist and made him q present O
them.
The divorced wife of Foote, Brick Pom.
sroy's forging partner at La Crosse, is rov
Mrs. Seymour, her husband being con.
ductor On the Green Bay & Minnesots
road.
Twelve hundred invited guests saw Nath.
aniel Parrott. ofthe Maryland club, mar
ried to Miss Lizzie Lane, a noted belle il
the colored Baptist church of Baltimore.
Judge P. Benjamin denies to the Psril
Morning News the story in the New Yorl
Tribune that he proposed in 1869 that tn
south be annexed 10 England.
Mrs. Catherine Morgan Dix widow o
Rev. Morgan DIX, died in New York at tn
advanced age of seventy-seven years.
The Phonix Glass works at Phillipsbury
on the Ohio, We're burned. Less $125, 900
George W. Cable is sick at Marx Twain's
house in Hartfo. d, Conn.
4 Mcmillan don't want the jndgeship.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

On Saturday, the ID, John L Erickson, a
young man twenty-five years old. living At
Prairie Creek, Rice county, was found dead
in his bed. He retired on Friday night in
good health. Heart disease is supposed 10
have been the cause I his death.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Russia has been induced to promise
protection to the Jews by the frowningo of
the Rothschilds on aRussian loan until
such q promise was given.~
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
From the Old World.

The prince of Wales started on his re.
turn from Bristol to London on the 31st. A
large crowd assembled at the station to wit
ness his departure and cheered him enthu.
siastical)y. The Bristol police, warned
the prince not to walk on the suspex.
siop bridge after dark, for fear he would
come to harm. Atrain from London to Bris.
toll, upon which it was Known that a Fen
ian was travelling, was watched along the
entire route by detectives. The MAYOR of
Bristol has received letters threatening the
death Of the royal family. A farmer who
purchased q gun With the avOwed intention
of shooting the prince, and who was arrest
ed here, on the Goth, has been sent to an
asylum.
The Turkish ambassador to Great Britain
informs the British secretary Of foreign at-
fairs that the porte is preparing a note to
the powers insisting III on retention OF Sou
dan as an integral part of Egypt under the
sultan's suzerairty, and stating that the
porte desires the S ,udan question referred
to a conference of foreign ambassadors in
London or Constantinople.
Herr Eilinger, a well-kpown sportsman
of Vienna, committed suicide at Monte
Carlo owing to losses at the gambling table.
The pope has given q private audience to
prominent members OF the society for the
suppression of gaming tables at Monte Car
10, as there is a powerful movement to sup
press the tables.
Alexander Trimble, the Texan arrested
by state rangers, charged with being one OF
the leaders in the Mexican National train
robbery last November, aud who was
broaghtto San Antonio by the United States
marshal, was released by order of Secretary
FreliDghuysen.
P. W. Thomas G. Son, London brokers,
failed the 3lst inst. Liabilities $685.. 600.
They have been declared defaulters. They
were carrying q large speculative accounts,
Grand Trunk, Mexican and other ordinary
accounts. One member has ~absconded.
The earl of Huntington gave a dinner re-
Gently at the Arlington hotel. in Washing
ton, in honor OF Thomas Mast. The earl
has gone to Texas TO buy 100000 acres OF
land.
A conlagation at Laurvig, Norway, de-
stroyed sixty.two dwellings, causing a loss
of ESQ. 900.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
The Casualty Record.

The victims of the dynamite explosion at
Michipicoton river, 14O miles from Port
Arthur, Manitoba, arrived at the latter place.
The names are: Contractor Sidney H. Fay.
his brother, J. Burbsck Fay. Joseph Nc.
Gillie, Johr McDougall, Magnus Mcclure.
The explosion was caused by tha&ing dyn
amite near q stove in a room adjoining
that in which the victims were. All were
lived three hours.
All of the scenery and a great deal of the
property of the DenverAcademy of Music
was destroyed by fire. The St.. Paul Fire
and Marine insurance company is interested
to the amount of 50, 500.
The wife and little daughter of Morgan
Martin, a farmer living near Galliopolis,
Ohio, were burned to death in their DWELL
ing.
Col. A. w. Sheldon, associate justice of
Arizona, a native Of Granville, Chic, died
suddenly at the Palace hotel, San Francisco.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
CornerIne the Rascals.

Senator Van Wyck introduced a resolu-
ton to which the senate agreed, providing
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

Mcmillan don't want the ~jodgeship.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

New York, Special Telegram, Feb. 3.-Mr.
Beecher took for his subject i'll his sermon
this morning, "The Moneyed Princes of This
City
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-17
Adopt the Platform OF 1870.

The tariff plank adopted by the
Democratic National Convention
at st. Louis in 1876 was written
by or approved by Mr.. Tilden be.
fore that body met. 1t read as
follows:
We denouncc the present tariff
LEVIED upon nearly 1000 articles as
u monster piece Of injustice, ine-
quality and false pretenses. 1t
yields q dwindling, not a yearly
rising, revenues; it has impover.
ished many industries to subsi-
die o few; it prohibits imports
that might purchase the products
of American labor; 1. has degra-
ded American commerce from the
first to an inferior rank on the
high seas; it has cut down the
sales of American manufactures at
home aud abroad, and depleted
the returns of American agricult-
ure an industry followed by half
our people; it costs the people
fve times more than 1t produces
to the treasury; obstructs the
processes of production and
wastes the fruits Of labor; It pro-
notes fraud, fosters smuggling, en-.
riches dishonest officials and bank
rupts honest merchants. We de-
mand that all custom-house taxa
tion shall be only For revenue.
The Democratic party is some
thing, or It is nothing. 1t is for
the people or for the protected
monopolies. If it be anything II
is a revenue reform party. And
as a revenue reform party It can
not afford to occupy an equivocal
position on this now ovetshadow-
ing issue. 1t cannot afford in ite
management to be both for and
against the people. II must stand
somewhere-in some place. And
the place is on the time-honored
Democratic declaration adopted
by the Democratic National Con
vention in 1876, and reiterated IN
substance in 1880.
The National Convention, when
assembled at Chicago in July next
should reaffirm the declaration oI
1876 without altering word. II
is Democratic doctrine.-Arkan-
sas Gazette.
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CsustY Prisoners
ATTORNEY -GESEkAL's OFrTcR, !
JACKSON, Hiss, April e, 1854. :


JACKSON, Hiss, April e, 1854.
Hon. E. L Sykes, Sheriff, Aberdeen.
Dear Sir-You ask my opinion
upon the following state of facts /:
A. B. is sentenced to pay q fine Of
ten dollars and cost, aggregating
thirty dollars-total forty dollars.
He is hired to q contractor at ten
cents per day, but receives him.
self forty cents per day andis con-
sequently entitled to n discharge
at the end of one hundred days.
Code 1880 section 3l69. But for
this one hundred days the county
only receives ten dollars, the
amount of the fine. The question
now is whether the county is liza
bic for costs in any amount, or it
so, to amount exceeding the sum
received from the contractor.
In my judgemet there can be
no donbt that the county is liable
Tor the Xhole mount of the costs
without regard to the sum receiv.
ed from the contrsctor. The pris-
oner is allowed forty cents per day
for his labor by the county and at
this rate has paid to the county
the amounn of his fines aud costs.
1t then becomes the duty of the
county to pay the costs, which
she is supposed to have received
from the prisoner, to the proper
sarties, and the case is not affected
by the question rs to how much
has been In fact realized from the
prisoner.
The right Of the Sheriff and 9th
er officers to their costs, cannot
be defeated by the operation of
the contract made by the county
for the keeping Of prisoners. This,
in my opinion, is the only inter-
probation Of section 315S. Code of
1880, which provides that "the
clerk charge such contractor, on
the book kept by him for such
purposes, with the amount of the
fine and costs. including jail fees
In each case, and shall credit the
Sheriff accordingly"
Very Respectfully,
7. @. CAToHlNGs,
Attorney General.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-05-17
R
CRIME.


The criminal docket In this
county is crowded, and recogniz-
ing the fact that crime is beng
committed almost daily, what is
to be the result IL the offenders
are not brought to justice ! We
means to be applied in order to
make the punishment commensu-
rate with the offensc committed.
the majority of criminals, through
the intricacies Of the law, the In
gonuity of counsel and aintelli-
gent juries. fail to have visited
upon them that justice which they
so well deserve. Law Is the EN-.
bodiment of the win Of the people,
and unless II is more rigidly en-
forced in bringing violators to
Justice. lawlessness viii increase
to such IN extent II this county
"a to render II fearful 70 eontenl-
plate. much zesz eounteHanee-
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y OF State of the Confederaey he
was the author of many able pa
pers, which elected praise from
all parts Of Europe. He always
had the implicit confidence of
President Davis, and to this day
that distinguished gentleman
speaks in the highest terms of
the ability of his late Secretary.
But in Mr.. Benjamin's social
qualities, perhaps, he appeared
greatest OF all. He was modest.
genial, generous, loving. high-ton.
ed and most honorable. At the
great dinner given to him ON his
retirement from the bar by the
judges, lawyers and statesmen of
Great Britain, all the speakers
seemed to dwell lovingly on his
social qualities. 1t was not mere.
ly the intellect, the genius, which
commanded their admiration, but
the noble qualities of the true and
warm-hearted gentleman.
Among the many remarkable
traits In the character of Mr.. Ben.
jamin one of the most striking was
his wonderful spirits. Nothing
depressed him. In the gloomy
closing hours of the Confederacy
he was light that cheered all
around him. He never lost cour-
age, never ceased to hope-el..
couragcd every man to do his du-
ty-and when finally, he was com.
PEELED to recognize the great cause
as really lost, he did it with a man.
" dignity and lofty spirit. The
writer was with him when all hope
was gone; when he was a refu-
gee, under an assumed name,
travelling in the wilds of Georgia
and Florida; when his chief was
a captive, and all was lost save
only life and honor, and not once
did We hear from him O word of
complaint or despair. With the
elastic spirits of a boy he spoke
Of a new career In other countries,
and even in that dark hour he
seemed to foresee some little of
that brilliant life that awaited him
in distant lands.
His death will he lamented
wherever he has lived; but no.
where so keenly as in Louisiana,
where the best part of his hfe and
and where the great traits Of his
character were best known.
We understand that appropri.
ate honors will be paid his memo
ry by his brother lawyers in the
Supreme Court ON next Monday.
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circulars or otherwise the facts,
plans, etc, to the people; butnoth-
ing more.
The contributions must be abso.
lutely voluntary-unsolicited 1t
is, therefore, the unalterable pur.
pose Of those in charge that, so far
as the committee can control,
there shall be no soliciting of funds
for this object. Nor is this at all
needed. Already the contribu-
tions come so freely dn some cases
from sources entirely unknown to
the committed as to give assur-
ance Of abundant means for the
accomplishment of the great work
which is destined to exert so pow
erful an influence upon the future
of our united country.
j. B. GORDON, Chairman