Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-02-14
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ready saileI from here to relnfoTce ! Wolseley's force in the SJudan. Others will be dispatched immediately.
 Continued Cold Weather.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The mercury here registered eighteen degrees below Zero at < o'clock this morning, but reports from points throughout the northwest indicate that the weather IS modeIatins rapidly. St Paul is reported eight dc grees below; Winuepeg nineteen below Des MOines reports from points ID Iowa state trains, both passenger and frieghts are beginning to move agaIh fms morning. In Illinois, however. the blockade still continues; TWO trains only left for the east thls morn ing; roads to the southeast still blocked and n large number of passenger and freight trains are snowbOund. 1 ho state ment Is made that thousands or cattle and hogs are frozen to death in aban- doned freight trains.
 Counting tI:e Electoral Votes.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.--On motion of Keifer. the Clerk of the House was di rected to inform the Senate tha, at twelve o'clock they would be prepared to re- ceive that body in conference under the proyission of the concurrent resolution relating to counting the electoral votes. At a few minutes before twelve, the Speaker pro tenn requested the members to clear the first two rows of seats for tine accommodation of the Senator's, and at precisely twelve the Senate of the | United States was an- Ounced, and headed by MT. Edmunds and tine officers of that body. the Senators filed in and took the seats assigned them, the Presi dent of the Senate seating himself by Acting Speaker Blackburn.
 Edmunds, in calling the assembly to oIder said: 1.-The two Houses of Con gress have met in pursuance of the con stitutiOn and laws, and the cOncurreu res olutiOn, for the purpose of executing the duty required by the constitution and laws iu the matter of counting the elec tOral votes for President and Vice Presi- dent of the United States cast by t@e electors of the several States, for the term commencing the 4th of March, 1885. The teliers appointed by the two Houses will please take their places"
 Senators Hear and Pendleton, and Representatives Clay and Keifer, having taken their places at the Clerks desk, Edmunds said: "The President of the Senate will open the certificates one after the other, of the several States, in alphabetical order
 The call of the States proceeded, and when New York was reached the certIh cate was read by Clay of Kentucky, and as some vague rumOrs were in the air this morning that trouble would be mode over the counting of the vote of New York, murmur of relief went up when Clay finished his reading and announced that the certificates of the electors was certi- fled by Grover Cleveland, Governor. \ slight manifestation of applause was promptly suppressed by Edmunds. who ordered tine Sergeant at Arms to arrest any person who disturbed the order of the proceedings by applause or other manifestations. The call or the States vas then proceeded with.
 Later the presiding officer of the Sen ate announced that Grover Cleveland and Thomas \. Hendricks had received majority uf the electoral votes for the respective offices of President and Vice President of the United States. This declaration, he said. wa5 made only as a public statement in the presence of the two Houses of Congress, and not as possessing the authority of law to de- clare any legal conclusion whatever. Heavy Losses by snow and Ice.
 CHICAGO, Feb. Chicago seems to have been tine center of the snow asea, and for distance of about sixty miles in every direction it has fallen to a great depth, and is drifting badly. Most of it Was very moist when it fell, winch makes 1t very heavy and as hard to handle al- most as sand. having been frozen hard and ground almost to powder by drift ing. The level character of the country in every direction. and its freedom from forests, facilitate its carriage by wind and Judgement wherever railroad cut furnishes a place for 1t to drop into. In consequences of this, and Of the ex- treme!y low temperature which has pre- vailed ali day, it has put the railroads III a worse condition, if that were possible. than they were yesterday. lt Is next to | impossible for the men tO work. and about as difficult t1 keep steam mp in the engines. From every direction re- ports come of engines "jead' ani side tracked. Suburban trains in every dI- rectiOn are moving slowly. but many persons fear to risk n night in the cars. and remain in the city. Tine cattle at the Stock Yards are suffering intensely from cold. Many stock trains are showed in on the various roads, and as the mer- cury goes down, the hopes of shippers and consignees go down corresponding lv. Dealers assert that unless speedily released, most of the c0Oped-up stock will perish. entailing a loss which can not be estimated. Twelve cars Of cattle were brought to the yards today by eight locomotives. "D0uble headers were started ont with trains.
 More Mexican ,Iaraudcr,.
 SAS ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 11.-Carizzo Springs is up to the highest pitch of excitement. X band Of one hundred Mexicans crossed the Rio Grande to re- lease some Mexican cattle thieves who have been confined in that place. The citizens of Demmi:t. Mayerik and Zaval- la Counties combined, rallied and set forth to meet the brigaEis, and several bloody encounters took place. ia which some Americans were killed or wounded. | and a number of Mexicans killed. \ large posse Of ranchmen are securing the country, and heavy and serious fight is expected before the border is cleared. One Hundred Babies Delivered tO Chinese. !
 SAN FEASCIsCC, Feb. 1.-The trial Of ] Mrs. Leonora Wilson charged with sell |.