THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONKS 6c CUANCItV, Publishers.
UNION,
OREGON.
LIFE STUDIES.
tlV 1.1(1 U llltOVf.V.
Tho man who whistlei is the isilcul
partner of tho gods.
Tho man who is chronically hard-up
is generally down at JJ)u,Jieel.
J he man who ;haa;e.s, bubbles will bo
sure to bark iis 'shins, sooner or later.
The trouble with tha administration
Jias been explained. The President
jikoh hard-boiled eggs.
It bogies to look as though tho book
ngent would have to go. Somebodv
has invented artificial eggs.
An eastern physician lias published a
woik telling now to prevent scars. A
treatise on minding one's own business,
most iiKoiy.
Tho nveraire lenirlh of life is said to
be on this increase, but the man who is
waiting for somebody's old shoes don't
seem to Iiml much comfort in tlie li
covery.
"Colored Jewels are to bo all tin
rains this season," savs a fashion item
What's tho odds whether the cook is
whito or black so long as she under
stands her business.
"All men are ruled bv trifles, savs
an essayist, hut ltn";ms
ullirins that
any man who calls his wifo a trillo don't
know what ho is tnlkinjr about. Shu
weighs over two hundred.
A scientist somewhere lias been trv
mir to prove tliai siiniiirhl is nine, in
will find the present, an excellent time
to push his theory. Too holiday bills
are beginning to conns in.
If there is anvwhere in life a silver-
fringed, 18-karat, full-jeweled moment,
it is tho diaiiioiid-bespun:lud instant
when tho voting husband first discovers
that his wife knows how to cook.
Dr. Mary Walker was forcililv eject
ed from one of the departments at
Washington I he other day. on account
of impertinent conduct. If she wants
to bo treated as a irenlleiiian she should
helravcasHiich..
Tho blissful elasticity of spirit which
n self-made man is supposed to posses,
is despondency itself compared to that
ecatiftio biioyuncy of soul which ptir
inciitcs the being of tho street arab
wliohos learned to play a tune on tho
mouth organ. Chiatyo lu'dijcr.
Ahead of Timo.
There is a little piece, of household
diplomacy which I have never bcun able
to comprehend, and for which 1 have in
vain sought a satlsuictorv explanation.
I refer to lie practice of keeping tho
family clock in such a condition that it
indicates anywhere from liftcen minutes
to an hour ahead of the correct time.
If tho object bo to deceive anyone in the
domestic circl into more hurried prc-
nraltous m the morning, I lien there
might be something in it if the person
don't know the trick; but if it always
happens that everybody concerned
knows that the timepiece is incorrect,
and governs himself accordingly. And
so tho little fnreegoes on. from week to
to week, deluding no one unless I i the
incorrect visitor who call io spend tlm
evening, and to whom the true state of
ninth's is probably not explained if he
happens to belong to the genus "bore.
Hut there comes a time when the head
of the household gets ashamed of him
self of perpetuating the deceit, ami in a
spasm of virtiiotisrentor.se lie turns back
the hands to the proper hour, and won
ders to what extent he Is responsible for
tlio talseitootl lie lias till along been en-
.... Ill i m
couragiug. nui no win now iiiuku
amends from henceforth he will keep
tlieclocic right on the dot; and with this
praiseworthy determination lixed upon.
ho retires for the night. A period of
innniinaiton naturally ensues, troin
which ho is at length half-roused by tho
c'ook striking six the next morning.
All forgetful of his great act tho previ
ous night, he drowsily mutters, "Well,
that, makes it. live o'clock - I'll snooze a
little longer." And ho snoozes. Another
vynrnlng from the clock -one, two, throe,
four, live, six, seven! lie wakes in
time to count thu sirokes -lie rubs his
tyes, and the ' -.true situation Uashc
through his mind, mid he is clothed and
down stairs h.fur you could sav ".Jack
Hoblson" if you said it slow enough.
Hut it is too late. The train Hint is to
take tlio lishlng party awav is at this
time pttllhun out of the depot, and the
rest are wondering what hits become of
Hrown.
Hrown? Well, talk about being as
mad as a hornet -It is iiotliintr eoumur-
I'll UMll HIS slllflt 111 llll llir. Il k
... . - i
about a woman holim- dlsni.noliili.il over
thu non-arrival of her new bonnet -
well, Unit some what approaches Hrown's
condition. And how lie scowly at the
innocent little clock, as he places upon
it the whole blunio for spoiling his an
ticipated day of pleasure. Hut he will
he revenged. He approaches the ticker
with a determined look on his face, hor
ridly grnsiw it--and turns thu hands on
again until they aro us incorrect as be
fore, nnd henceforth they May in that
condition,
.Slight though the ticking of the clook
may bo, its sudden cessation has a wi n
derful inllueneo upon the inmates of the
room in which the timekeeper is locat
ed. A dim reiillitatlon of something
wrong steals oyer the senses - u feeling
as If something of nlue had been lost,
or a friend iiad gone iiwaj perhaps
novor to return, or in if soiuo of tlio
olid Iron wore sick, ttiif.il Maidenly sotuo
ono looks up and o.wluiius, "Whv, the
will) ill MMll '.V 1111111.1) m II 1 im f
clock's stopped!" And iiiMiie.liately
.. ... . ' . .. . .. .. .
thu lll-dclhii'd forebodings dliputo, the
shadow of gloom melts away, and. as
thu winding-up pi-noons in completed,
and tho cheery tick-tick roeouinu'tices,
tho family circle regains its wonted
buoyancy of spirits and the member
wmTil.u. ivl...t l u-.i,. H.Mt n.,1.1,. ilium .
feel no gloomy i; fow moments b.'f ore
l'Ulsburyh Chronicle-lUrnUl.
Tlilttl olHorviitlouH on the cturii ivmtot
Aiucifca liate acquired u mm Importuned ulue
tlm eoabl turvey )u i-uunniHil by, ittvnt ol
nurvatloiiB die olilcr noj,'ntloa tliut tliomatv
tlilal lluxc hi tho gull ttrjiun tuul viirlntfrtat
Ju IU velocity line to liali-mmiltih oliaiiguii In'
tlio rvlatlvu tea lcvfl or I'm Atiantlw- ami yj
(iulf of Moxliu.
TIIE good' wifk knew it.
Kxperlenrn afn Drtinknrtt AVtin Ono Iloj
Ilroke tlio Kimliivln IlttblU
Now York Sun.
There io a retired cobler living in
Angelica who deserves the respect of
his couiitiymcn for moral courage.
Ten ycarx nuo ho wns, and lind been
for a long time a confirmed inebriate
--not a periodical spreer, but a eenti
ino Hoikcr, warranted not to draw u
?ober breath from sun to nun. Occa
-iionnHV'jitlio fumefl of tboAvJijsUy with
.1 l. . I; 1 1.! If It t
'iviiicnnepiiei-;niuiscu. wunju cipiu
away from his bcfoKKed brain, and at
such times his mental equilibrium
would wrestle, with tlio problem ol
total or oven partial abstinence, to be
utterly wrecked at tlio siulit of his
haunts or the first faintcallof bis sys
tern for tlio stimulant which long use
had rendered peremptory.
One day, however, a halt wns called
and this la tho wnv bo tells of it
"I was on iny way to tlio barn
when I saw a small snake in my path
I kicked it with my boot and it turned
to a bit of crooked tw.g which l Hiian
pud in my band and threw away. J
thomdit nothing more of tho matter
until I reached the barn, when directly
before me a second snake twisted
across tlio Hoards, with a nuicK
spring I seized it, mid it proved to be
, , I a i-i r Ml r
a wnipiasn. a sutiuen norrioio icar
made me faint and weak. I sat doyn
on the lower rtingof theladder loadiiij.'
to the loft and wiped tlio cold sweat
from mv forehead
" 'bnakes, by Jericho! 1 exclaimed;
Hint, means business
'"J hen I stared stramlit aliead at n
cornstalk, that soon began slowly to
wriL'elo and curve. ith btirstine
eyeballs and all tho strength of mind
1 possessed 1 forced that corn-stalk
back from thoaniiniil to tlio vegutnbli!
kingdom, and then I stnggered feobly
out into tlio open air. I leaned against
a fence, and, for fear I should see
more of those horrible twisting tilings,
J clung to a post and closed my eyes.
""J lino is called, Jim, J said to my
self, 'whisky and you part company
to-day; and soberer than J had been
for many months, though with no
moro strength than a baby, 1 manag
ed to get back to the house
"There was a hght.thoughl 1 didn't
toll my wifo, fori had made a good
many promises Hint hndn t held wa
tor, and I thought I'd go it nlono for
awhile. J got up in the morning after
a terrible night, with tlio thirst ot
chased fox upon me. Water wouldn't
quench it, and f tried nunc. 1 crept
into the milk room, slipped a straw
into tlio edge of a cream-colored pan,
and sucked out thomilk until only the
cream was left, lowered smooth, and
unbroken to tho bottom. Then I
tackled another and another, until
the fierce craving was somewhat dulled.
It was a household mystery what be
canieof tho milk. No cat could lap it,
my wife said, and leave tlio sides and
cream untouched, anil where did it
go?
f let thorn talk, for t first niggle was
too sore and fearful to be spoken of,
and 1 went on drinking the mill;
" I ho road from my houso to niv
shop lay by tho groggery. When 1 left
my gate in tlio morning I took thu
road, and on a deait run, us if pur
sued, I made thedistanee. J ran hard
all the way home fo dinner, and back
alter that mo il, never, in tner, trust
ing myself to walk, or even take t the
side-walks for months, 'I ho l ine was
slow. I keep till the brakes hard set
vet. A single glass of hard ciderwould
undo t he work of all these years, but
you can bot that glass doesn't touch
my lips while the memory of those
little crawling black reptiles stays with
me.
And did your wifo finally lenru
what became of tho milk?" ho was
asked.
Yes," and his voice broke. "I told
her on hor deathbed
Mini, dear,' she said, when Iliad
finished, witli Iter hand clasped in
mine Mini, dear, 1 knew it all tho
tune.' "
Jdfo ofu ISiislucss Swell.
Frank Hurr, writing to tlio Ho.ston
Herald from Now York, tolls how tho
fast business swell leads a merry bub
transitory file:
J lu was dressed in tlio top of fashion
and a valet stood by his hide, while
tho porter blacked his boots in tho
entry way loading to tho Hoffman
houso barroom. The young man
threw the Irishman, a half-dollar lor
the job, and then slipped to a tublo
not far away, ordered a pint of cham
pagne, drank it and sauntered out.
ii-si, lint... .nut ....,,, .....r.w.t- I ...... ..f
lull llllil' uni m ini luim tl) IU -
tl" yoting pw Yorker." said a triei
ml
who knew the fellow who was so well
dressed and who gave the bootblack
fifty cents for a .shine. "He is a broker
who is just blooming out for himself,
and has made a fat deal. Money is no
object to'hini just now, and hcishunt-
ing any iiuSv vice or extra vaganeo ho
can Hud. His life will not be long. If
ho succeeds for any length of time, his
dissipations will kill him, for, like
most of fits class, lie burns the caudlo
at both cuds. Ho is only ono of tho
many who help to innko hotel life in
New York needlessly expensive.
Chance lias brought him a fortune,
and it is handed out as easily as it
came. 11 tho man who polished Ins
boots got fifty cents, tlio boy who
nerved his breakfast probably received
a dollar. While his practice gets him
well waited upon, it compels other,
people to bu equally extravagant or
bo slighted. This lavish tipping of
i i I i
waiter has become so common hero
tlnitiitiiittvt 1 11 1 no mill ... .ii...... il.i.....
unit many nines ami in many places
they iimku tliomsclvM positively dts
agroeablito guests who do not fee,
them with open hand. This ono is but
a fair typo of tho "swell" business
num. lie sits up all night, rites in
tuuo to cot to Ins olllco and pitches
uiio wiu exciionieni oi mo uay only
half rested. Wine takes the place of
sloop in koeping him in condition todo
business. The average length of such
a hfo is only about ten years. Some
may stand tho whirl for fifteen, but
the rtrent majority havo lost, their
vitality at tun, and tilt Iter (Iff, get
hroko or go out cf the rush iiml hurrv
of tha itcot."
THE FORTT-NISTIl.CdNGRESS.
Record of I'rorcoillnzn In
Ilrniicliea of the Same.
Doth
IIouhk. Urnfj? reported a bill for the re
lief of Fit z John Porter, l'lnccd on tlio
Iiouho calendar. It authorizes the prod
uuni io appoint i'iiz joun 1'orier to n
position ot colonel In tho nrniy and, In liia
discretion, to tiliuo liitn on tlio rutircd lint
of that Rnule, providing i'ltz John Porter
snnll receive no pay, compeiiHiitlon or
iil.'ownnco whatsoover prior to lilsnppotnt
tiient under this net. Harrison, from the
coniiniltoe.otviiiillciiiry.- renorted back the
pill to pcovuiit.clidinHQf.vrur tnxeH under
J 1 . 1 t ' l i ' . f i on I 1 11.. I, .
I riU ilCb Ul illlKUHli (I, J.OUL, llj WII3 UnilCU
.States bclni; set off H'iuiiiHt states bavin"
-Inhns acaiiiflt tlio United States. In the
.Horning hour, Nelson, of .Minnesota, on be
half of tho cointnittei on Indian affairs,
culled up tlio bill authorizing tlx use of
certain iiiioxpnile(l balances, amounting
to 512,000, for tlio relief ot tho Northern
Clityenno Indians in Montana. Nelson
stated thnt the object of tlio bill vnH to re
hove about 700 Cheyennca on tlio HoHchml
and Tongu'o rivers, who were In a destitute
condition, with their annuities entirely ex
hausted. Tho houso then proceeded to the
spniijo resolution at-ceptins the statue of
President. lair.es A. Garlleld, presented by
tho state of Ohio. Tho resolution was
adopted.
BKNAte. liawloy, trotn tho commttteeon
military nfInirB,'re)brK'd n joint resolution
appointing Gen. .1 oh n V. llartrauft, of
Pennsylvania, as ono of tlio malingers of
tho National SoldierV homo in phic-o of
Gen. McClellan, decousi'd. Tho resolution
wns passed. Infills olfored a resolution,
whlcii, without debate, was agreed to, di
recting tho serotary of the treasury to in
form tho senate as to what amount of sil
ver bullion lind lioen pm dinned tor coinage
since July 1, IHHfi.in what marlct thesame
has been purchased in each case, nnd Troni
whom and tho price paid: also, whether, in
any lustaiiro, all hide hnvo beon rejected
and it so, for what reasons nnd in what
money or currency tho payment for such
silver bullion has beon made. The presi
dential count bill wasplaced before tlioson
ate, but informally hud aside. Iugnlls' res
olutiou was placed beforo tho somite, cell
ing on tho secretary of tho trenstiry for in
formation as to what proportion of tlie-
$10,000,000 bond call for Fcbrunrv 1st
wns bold by tho national banks, and how
much by each bank. Ingalls modified his
resolution by withdrawing tho clause rn
quiring the miming of specific hankr. Ho
did tliis, he said, at tho request of persons
Interested la hoiiid banks whose uonds lind
been called for payment on tho lmi of I'elv
runry anil who lenrod that tlio piimicatton
i I lie tart might liilorljro with orimuuir
umir credit.
Skvatk. la the senato Sonntor IV.wen,
from the committee on Indian affairs, re
ported favorably a bill prohlhitiiw undent
penalty of fine and imprisonment, tho lies
passing on Indian lands. Senator Van
U'yck introduced a bill to prevent tho .Io
mount uatiou ol American com. It is in.
follows: Section 1. Any promissory cheek.
draft, bill of exchange, or any contract ut
agreement requiring payment of money
which Htipulutcs and requires payment,
thereof to bo uiado in gold coin alone nliiill
bo void nnd of no effect. Section 13. In any
pniHcctilinu of any mieh note, check, draft,
1111 if exchange, or any other contractor
payment requiring payment in gold coin in
liny territory of the i;iutcil htnteti or in
any federal courts besides tho ordinary
osts charged luninst the plaintiff, the
court shall also allow to per rent of
the amount to bo entered in judgment for
the defendant ns a part of tho costs In bo
paid by the plaintiff. Section .'. Any per-
Min, or agent, or attorney, or any peiu
ho hIiiiII demand or recei vo any surh note.
fraft, bill of exchange, or her contraet i.r
ngrt'oinent reipiirin; payment of money hi
gold shall bo guilty of niiHilemeniior and
punished ov a linn of not less than .Jon or
more than the full amount mentioned in
mirb proninnory note, draft, or bill of x
change,. ircnt:',.uct. of agreement.
IIocsi:.- fliTieg announced the doivth ol
bis colleague, Kankiii, and offered the cut
tomary reeolutions, which wore unani
mously adopted and, as a murk ot respect
to the memory of the deceased, tho house
adjourned at 12:15. Tho speaker ap
pointed Messrs. Ilra.'g, Vaasrhaik, Steven
son, (blather, Carlton, Henderson, of Illi
nois, and Johnson, ot Now York, as a com
mit tee on that part of the hous'i to nccoin.
punying tlio deceased to hid Uoiue in Wis
ciuinioa. j.tri.vri:. A joint resti'ution from tho
Douse of ropivrtontatives was placed b.?or
the senato, appropriatin; money tor Uimm
licf ot the Northern Cheyeiiuo Indians.
Upon examination tlio spelling of sumo
words in the bill was found to be wrong.
Dawes said tli ) misspelling was such as to
lender the intent of congress doubtful, and
the mutter went over so as to oermil i t
i orreet ion. Among bills introduced were
the following: Ily Mot-gun Providing that
members of any tribe or nation under tho
liiriMliellou of tlm t'nited St.ites shall bo
eligible to appointment as postmaster,
mall agent, postal clerk, deputy collector
of internal revenue, deputy marshal, Indian
agent or Indian Inspector, or to any other
olllco relating to the conduct of Indian af
fairs or to the goverinent of any Indian
tribe or nation. Ily Van Wyek To in
crease the pension to widows and depend
ent relatives, and grunting a pension to in
valid and dependent ho diers and sailors.
It provides, among other things, that tlio
pcus'ou now granted widowH or minor chil
dren of deceased s ildiers and .sailors hIiuII
be ineronscd from JS to J 1 - per month. Ily
t'ulloiii--liicrciiNliig the peiiHiou for total
disability nnd fortotal helplessness toS.100
per month. Ily Ilowen Providing Unit no
action shall bo begun by the United States
to cancel land patents after three years
rou; the date of entry.
ASKS TO UK ItKLIEVEl).
(Tit II Service (NiiiiiiiUlinor lCiilon
TomlciH 111m ICcnI;:uuIIiii.
Dormnii It. Milton, civil service commix.
sinner, seat the president tho following let
ter tendering bis restitution:
Snt:--I beg very respectfully to tender
yon my resignation ot me oiueo oi civil nor-
vice commissioner to luKo eueci on inn :itu
day ol .March. .My acceptance of tho olllre.
as on arc well aware, was accompanied
with the declaration that I could not con
sent to bold it longer than my service
inijlit bo useful in connection, with an ex
position of the annual report of the com
mission, the giving ot any information
congress mUit require and the new com
missioners become lumiuur n un uittiluties.
The political question which seems to havo
l ice u raise i over my nominal ion, ami
which did not allow an earlier offer of my
ivsliiiutiuii, makes it pri"'r for ino to s.iv
that when you liomitiuUHl mo you well
knew the fact thai I as still nil atlliereut
of the republican party, as 1 had been from
Its origin in evory sense; t line I was a id
iiubllcau when aupoiatiHl i-ouimissiou'r.
either by President (Iraut or President Ar
thur. 1 have the honor ol neiiig your olio-
dleat servant, Doun.w II. K.vTott.
Maxwell littiul (Jrant Case.
,1 uilg llrow -r, ot tlio l' lilted Stats rlr-
rult ctiurt at lnvr, 111 I an opinion In
the .Maxwol) land cntnt cus, Th dscisiou
was for the dolondants. Suit was brtuight
hi IIib vovuriuuiMtt to wusotl hind natonts
rlaliuwl to haye bf-en obtuhiMl by Maxwell
llll OtIIOIH.
ritOMI.VEXT MEN ANDVOMEX.
M. Vsteur's latest notion is tho compel
sory 1.. v-uliiliou oi all dogs.
Wal'a r lilaiue him returned to Augusta,
where lie Is to pass some time.
Nilsson is coming to tho United StuW
It is fair to presume that the gifted cnutii
trice s on ilk account needs extension.
l.ady l'eneiiiet is to be married asain to
n man of 10 y ars. She 's only 2S, and Sir
JiiMiih wns i.t when ho inu'lo her Ins wifo.
Mark Twain told a New York reporter
that his new-book, now ia press, was tho
worst he hud over wiltten, and would cap
the climax for stupidity.
'Mrs. Prances Anne Kcmble attribute
her nttuininVnt of her 7oth year in full
healtli and vigor to her life-joag pcrsistonco
hi out door exercises, especially on horse
back, in all sorts ot weather.
C. P. Huntington, the railroad magneto,
has control east of the .Mississippi river o
1.SH2 miles of road. Ho can travel from
New rk to San Irunc'sco over a system
of transportation largely controlled by
in nisei I.
(Jcrtrude Garrison, literary editor of tlio
New York American Press association, is a
'fonde, and etremnly handsome. Her
hair is really golden, and her eyrn like the
bluest of .lime skies.
Mine. Sides I-avre, widow of the orator,
has just founded a prizo at the Preach
academy, to b" compote.! for hv women ot
letters. ItumountH to f .000 francs, aul
is to negiyen every aivp years.
A movement is on foot in the house nf
lords at London, to present Karl Granvlllo
with a testimonial in honor of his thirtv
years service as iihenil icailer. The sum
of 4.1,(10(1 lias already been collected. Tho
present will probably be in the form of a
pic t tiro of his wif and children.
SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN.
liepresenia ii vo iiiyior. oi Tennessee, is
nnother who wants the civil sorvicu law re-
p aled.
Speaker Carlisle has changed bis Kon
tie-ky residence from Covington to Mew
pi rt, in until ncr county.
Congressman 1 ownshend thinks Mr. Til-
den's letter on tho coast, defenses will have
great weight with congress.
Kdiiiunds snys whenever a majority o!
the women of -tlm United States in,. any
state tlesirt the sutfrage lie will vote for it
Senator Walthall, Secretary Lamar's
successor in congress, is one of the tallest
unci thinnest inuu in Washington. Ho is
said to be an effective speaker.
Coiigrcsninn Koran, of Ohio, snys ho will
not seek re-election at tho end of his term,
because it costs a coimrcsHiuun more than
his nulii rv to livo in Washington, and he
emi t afford it.
A Washington dispatch says that ex
Gov. Cumphjll, of Iowa, is in that city to
conduct, his contest for Gen. Weuvei's sent
in the house. Hon. I'rank Hind is there
a'so in connection with his contest. The
house election committee has organized
ami ordered all the evidence in the various
cases "o bo printed, and it will tako some
time to have this done.
Washington special:-- 'A "gentleman whois.
in a imsitiou to know, states that Congress
man Springer, ot Illinois, at tho close of hie
present term, will decline a nomination
ami will, for the presoat, withdraw from
politics. It is said to bo bis intention to
remove Irom Illinois to Now Mexico, whor
he already bus largciuterests in iiiiiiingand
iitock-raising, and wheio ho has a strong
grip on tho politics of the territory.
POIiITICATj NEWS AND NOTES.
.loan Higelow's declination of thooflico of
nssistiint treasurer of the United States Is
now attributed to his wife, who thought
the cire of t73,000,0U0 too great a re
sponsibility. iteprespiitntlvo Loatitt, of California said
to a Washington interviewer the otherday:
".My father was a blacksmith and so am I
a blacksmith. I believe I would bo better
ut my anvil than in congress."
'I he president has consented to delay ac
tion in the case of Paymaster General
Smith. P. S. N., until after tho counsel ot
that olllcer had opportunity to prepare an
ur umeiiL in his hchall for the president h
information.
Kurort special: A privato letter recei ved
from Washington snys that an agreement
bus been arrived at by the leaders of both
parlies providing for the admission of Da
kota, Montana and Washington Territory,
mid that the plan will be carried out in a
few weeks.
Cannon, comptroller of tho currency, has
nolillcd tlm prodtlent that in view of his ac
ceptance ot the positioned vice president of
the National Hunk ut the Republic of New
York, mid for other reasons of a private
nature, it will be impossible for him to re
lain his present olllc-i after the Illst inst.
The liousecominitteeon territories heard
nruimeuts from .Misses. I.ioiiiiiion and
Johnson, prominent citizens of Dakota, in
favor oi the admission of the entire terri
tory of Dakota as a state, and against a
division. They said the inleiests or tho
entire slate weie identical, and that the
slate's resources should be kept together.
They did not think the northern portion of
tlio state Hiiouid lie cat oil. .Mr. Johnson
saitl a north nnd south division was a
political scheme gotten up by Judge Moody
to semi himself to the senate. If tli state
is divided at all it should 1 e divided from
east to west, and they claimed such was
tho sentiment of the peopleof Dakota, with
the exception of Judge Moody and a few
others
THE TltOUllIiti OVER S.UIOA.
II.Yplaiiutloii ot'Geriii iiij-'n Alleged An
nexation Sclicmc.
Capt. W. U. Churchward, lato Pritisb
consul at Samoa, ou his way to London,
said in explanation ot tlio recent S.uuoaa
German dilllctilty
"Mullin Point, in tho city of Apair, tho
seat of the Suiuoan government, many
years ago came into the bands of Mr.
Weber, the tormerGeriuaii consul and head
of the leading firm at Samoa. Notice was
given the government to romove, and
though Weber iin offered a previously
agreed-upon price for the land, he refused
to accept it ami theSamoaii king wo com
pelled to remove bis residence to another
part of Africa. Weber's action was sup
ported by the German consul, Stcubel, at
this place. The king boistrtl thu Sauioaii
'Hag. Subsequently, upon an alleged insult
to theGerman uovernmeatby theSaiuoues,
Consul Steubel forbad., the king to display
his ling anywheiv within the municipality
of Apia. He went personally to him nnd
couiiniiuded him to pull it down. This tho
king refused to do. Stenlwl went on board
the German gunboat Albatross, which hap
pened to be In the hurbor, and brought a
party of armed sohpers ashore, forcibly
and against the protests of tho United
States and llrltish consuls, pudjd down
the Hue."
Capt. Churchward eoncbaliisl by stating
thin two of tho Saiuoitn liig'i chiefs wont to
Nw 'iilund to claim sympathy in their
troubles, ami from their storv the reports
ot Germany's annexation of Samoa prob
ably arose. Capt. Cliurrliwanl's mission
Is to lay his dispatches relative to this dis
till burnt) before tho ItrlCsli forvign ollle.
The vttswl nr-iitainbuf tlu Gnraian dis
patehos regarding thU affair failed to con
utMt at Honolulu with the stwuner which
liOUht tslipt. Churchward hem and will
coiisispiwntly b tuiue time Inter in reach
ing Ilorliu.
THE CASE OP THE CIIOCKT.UVS.
Judgment Alio vel Tlicm by tho Court
or Claims.
The court of claims has decided tho enso
ol the Choctr.w tuition against the United
St.ites and rendered judgment in favor ot
the nation for SH.S(j,C02. This case was
sent to tho court of claims by act of con
gross of March 3, 1881. providing "for the
ascertainment of the amount due thoChoC'
taw nation." Tho clnim resulted from
violation by tho United States of certain
treaties entered into with tho Choctaw s in
,183(1. 1 8511,11 nil iSOfil bo,' principal sub
ject oi conceiiwon resulted-' Irom the lailiiro
of the United States to secure to theChock
taws, la severalty, lands which tho United
Binies guaranteed to them by the treaty
of lS.'tO. They did not receive those hinds.
but they were sold bv tho United Stales in
violation of thu terms of tbotreatvand tlio
amount, received from tho sale thereof paid
into the treasury moro than tifty years
ago. j it ibou the senato ol the Uirit
States, under the oiithorPy of the treaty
of ISSo. awarded the Clioctaws, on ac
count, of these losses. SU, 1)87, (100. This
award was suhMcoucntlv recoiiimcd bvcoti
gross by an appropriation in part payment
thereof, in 18(51, of SUoO.OOO. Since Hint
time fourteen reports recognizing the valid
ity and exclusiveness of that award have
been made by committees of both houses
,Tha court, of ycluitns noiv, holds that the
award ol the senate in favor of the Choc
taws was set nsiilo because the Choctaw
nation availed itself of tho provision of the
art of 1881 and brought its suit under tho
terms of that act in tho court of c aims.
Tlio judgment is based upon considerations
independent, of the award of tho senate. In
announcing the decision, the court declared
it to be tlie most important case it has.
ever been culled upon to decide. Tho case
will now go to the supremecourt on appeal
uy noiu aides.
Money Wns Their (Jml.
St. Louis dispatch: Seven brothers, all
raving maniacs, en routo Tor tho Jackson
ville (111.) nsylum, passed through this city
yesterday. Tho commissioner in charge of
tlio lunatics states that prior to tho war a
wealthy farmer by tho name of Anson Ar
nold settled in Hickory county', Mo., with
a large family. The acquirement of money
sx'ined to bo their aim of life, and the
whole family, seven sons and five daugh
ters, deprived themselves of the necessities
ot life in order to gam it. About three
years ago a stranger visited their home,
and, aftei convincing them that they could
in a short timo likely increase their wealth,
induced tlicm to invest their all in what
proved to bo a mythical silver mine in Ne
vada. Alter mouths of anxiety they
learned that tbev bad been imposed on,
and all seven of the brothers, xipon receipt
of the news, became afllicted with a violent
form of insanit v, which is tho cause of their
urcHcnt trin to Jacksonville.
International .Metallle .Men.
Lpjiilnti.' dispatch: The-unniinl -meeting
the International Monetary Standard
association was. held to-day. Henry H.
Gibbs, governor of the flank of England,
presided, and m bis address admitted that
tho progress ot bimotiilisni was slow in
iigluud, butsn'd it wan advancing in Ger
many, ilesaitl lie beliovod the royal eoni
tnittet; on the depressed condition of trade
Great iimniu would report that the
prcsuutcouditiou of the silver tpu stion had
an important bearing on the depression.
Henry It. (ironfetl. also of the I lank ol
Ciigland, expressed conlidenco that the
United States congress would not alter the
onditions of the Island b.ll. Iliinetahsiu,
Mr. Grouted said, wan of vital interest to
trade and asriculture.
Thomas Sutherland and Samuel Mon
tague, members of parliament, and either
gentlemen also delivered addresses. The
meeting tesolved to form a gold and silver
league on a popular basis.
AtlllllSSKlll or If.lKOtll.
Last week Senator Voorhecs introduced
a bill to admit Washington territory as a
state, and now ho has introduced a bill to
admit Montana as a state. Tho senator
was asked if lie intended to make tho ad-
illusion of Dakota conditional on the ad
mission of Montana, as has been icported
the democrats were disposed to do. Ho
replied: "1 can only speak for myself. I
think the best arrangement we can make is
o admit Dakota, Montana and Washing
ton together. They iiMst all come in soon,
and they might as well come in now. I do
not see how wo can prevent Dakota's
oniiiiL' in. Shu bun a voting population of
80,0UU and is certainly entitled to admit
tance. 'I tiiousht at iiit-t 1 should opposu
a division ol Dakota, but do not see bow I
an. The territory has mi area etiual to
live times mv own state and South Dakota
will be about as large as Ohio and Indimia.
Montana has a voting population of 20,-
000 and Washington -10.000.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
Wim.iT-No. 2
(UfVuD
48 fcfl
t-1
H.viti.uv No. 2
Kyi: No. 2
Coa.v No. U mixed
O ts-No. 2
Ht'TTKit Ka any creamery..
Ilirrnat Choice roll
Kens Krosh
Ciiickuns Dressed nor lh...
rcUKUVs Dressed peril)....
Dl'Cics Dressed per Iti
Gkksi: Dressed per lb
Lu.mons Choice
(i :
Aei'i.us Choice :
Oiuniius Mosinu
llK.iNs-Navys
Onions Per bushe,
Pot.uous Per bushel
Giiku.v Aiti.ks Per bbl....
Sukds- Timothy
Skuds Hlue Grass
1 1 av Haled, per ton.,
Hay In bulk
Hoos Mixed packing !
Ukkvks llutchers ;
NEW YOICK
Whkat No, 'J red.
Wiikat Ungraded red
Coiin ..'. if
Oath Mixed western..
il'OIIK..
Laiiii..
io. sir.-
o no
CHICAGO
I'l.oiui -Choice winter
Ki.oi'u Spring extra
Wiikat Perbushel
Coiin Per bushel
() vts Per bushel
. soyni 8 1
.10 TT'iteilO 8')'
Poiik
Lwit
(t Vi.Sm
:t '.io m -i 2."
2 Til) I Ol)
2 23 ft 75
Hons Packing it shipping
Ctm.K -Stockers
Sm:i:i' Western...:
ST. LOUIS.
Win: t-No. 2 red
Coiin - Perbushel
Oats Pur bushel
Hons Mixed parking I
Catti.u Stockoixtfc fotsltun II
SiiKUi' Common tochoioe 2
KANSAS CITY
Wiikat Per bushel
71
Coiin Per hush).
Oats Pur busliol.
11
Catti.u Bxpnrts,
Hons Good to choice.
4 80
2 CO
Siium Cuminoii to good
GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES.
Jesso C. Wickerstmm nnd vrife were mur
dered at their ranclio near Cloverstlale
(Cain.) Suspicion rests upon their Chinese
cook, who bus disappeared.
Tho law- and order lenguo of Cincinnati
has ro'ncliided an ntnlcnhleiirruiitoment by
which no more Sunday theatrical perform
ances wiil be given. They will now turn
their attention to the concert saloon.
In the lower bouse of tlieGcrniau landtag;
resolutions were inttoduced oxptrssiug
satisfaction that the imperial speech prom
ised measures for protection for German
interests in the east Prussia.
It is rumored GOr'ma'iiy isemlearnVing to
negotiate mi allotment of tho Samoa it
islands between herself, England and thu
United States.
Huron (Dak.) parties claim n:i agree
ment bus been reach by wlsch Dakota,
Montana and Washington will bo admitted
to statehood.
Civil Service Commissioner Dnrninu It.
Mat on lias sent to the president a letter
tendering b s resignation.
The damage to the Klorida orange crop
during the hi to frost is ostium tcsl at $ 1,100,
oOO. Thu board of directors of tlij St. Paul
(Minn.) Ti est. company in making no e.v
intubation .f the miitterHipertuiuiir.; io the
estate of the lute W. L. Culbertsoii. tbsrov
trod a shortage in accounts which bus been
truied to 0. S. Kess. treiisuier and secre
tary. J Io has been arrested for embezzle
ment. When arrested he mis gettiagreadv
to leave the city. The hhurtage it said to
be $10,000.
Germany has oxprei-Hrd berse'f in favor of'
the coinage of silver of a full value.
Kochefort's bill ia the chamber of depu
ties to pardon all political prisoners is git
hie President Grevy a r-pul ib-.ilof trouble.
A special from Henderson, Ky., says!
At 2 o'clock this morning a mob look Cal-
Simpson, tho mulatto murderer of Mrs.
Graves, from jail and hung him to a treo
about a mile from here, after which they
ridillcd his body with ballots. Tho moH
told him to say his nrayais, which
ho did. They then .--nsked him. -why
ho killed'Mrs. Graves, fie r"plied that the
Lord asked him to do so. They thc;i said:
"Up you go to the Lord," and strun hint-
up mid left liimhangins.
The examination of Deputy MnrsbaJ Col
lin at Salt Lake for shooting McMurin,
the tithing olllco watchman; was concluded
on tho 2. illi after lour days. This is tho
case that made so much excitement in the
latter part of November livst. Tho com
missioner d Hchm-jed Collin. Hiivuti no
doubt a plot had existed to nsdassinatc or
do him great bodily harm.
Alexander Steele, a bachelor 50 yeais
old, who has a farm on St. Vrain creek,
Colorado, committed suicide, it is sup
posed, by shooting himself IhroiiL-h tha
chest. He was a consumptive ami bad suf
fered grfeatlv from heiuorrlriigo.s,' ahif to bis
despair over his condition his suicide is at-
t nbutcd.
Senator Piatt bus reported favorably
from the committee on tsrritnrioH tha bill
for tho admission of tho territory of Wash
ington, togiither witli what is known as tho
Panhandle of Idaho.
The sennte committee on public build
ings decidetl to report favorably bills mak
ing appropriations for public buildings at
Sioux City, la.. (S100.000). and Oshkosh.
Wis., ($100,000).
MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION.
Tliclr Siipolciiieiitul Itenort Trniin-
inlttctl by lite Secretary or IVur.
The secretary ot war lias transmitted to
(he house of representatives tho supple
mental report of tlie Missouri river com
mission. It says during tho pant year the
river has been surveyed from Fort Kenton
to Traver's point, a distune of 2-10 miles.
Work on tho Missoiiri liver from Sionx
City to Foil 1'oasou has been confined to
the upper portion of the river, with a view
either to iucreasetlio depth over the rapids
in that portion of tho river by damming
tlio water back ortosweopu way tho ghoul
of sand by concentrating tho current.
These operations so far ha to been success
ful, but tlio work has been suspe-.tded owing
to the exhaustion of the oppropi ia Hons.
Operations for the improvement of the
Missouri liver from its mouth to Sioux-City
hits been coiillned Ui the construct ion tit
revetment for lite protecting of caving
banks ia the vicinity of St. .Jcsenh and
Kmis. is City, .Missouri. Ths work will bo
coul lulled until the stono covering is deem
ed essential to protect tho revetment from
ice ami Hoods is completed. Tho com
missioner savs tlio amount-, of nmm.v
available after touiploting the work now in
progress is not larger than should bo re
tained to moot the emergencies which may
occur at any tune, and that general re
sumption of work is theiefore impossible
until congress makes additional upnropri-
ations. la this connection, it says, not
inure than six months' work run bo donn
on tho Missouri river each year, ami that
work should 1m begun by Aptil 1. More
over, it room rou considerable tuuo to get
the plant in win kin order, pio'imiuary ar
rangement, and engage skilled men. etc.
As the iipproprist'ou for tho current liscal
year would not In available until .July 1,
t is leconiineailed -that CO pei- cent of tho
amount nsked for the coming fiscal year be
appropriated mid miideiinniedintely avail-
Able. Ino total mnoe'.'.t asked for tho
next flKculyeuris $1 .H25.O00. The.imount
available on Novoaiber J10, 1SS5. for con
tinuing the improvements of tho Missouri
river was 5 '75,752.
FOREIGN ITELLIGENCE.
ThoGrcsjU government, in reply to the
note, of tho marquis of Salisbury. says that
tho representations of Unhand infringe oa
international ami diplomatic olwcrvancos
and declares Greece reserves perfect freedom
of action. The answer further says that
Greece linn not declared war nor has she
given rnuse for England to interforo re3'ard
ing her attitude.
A dispatch from WilhelmHhrff'Jd, ono of
the principal German navalstationsou the
North sea, says. Tho iron rind Priuco Fred
erick Kurl is being rapidly IHttnl out for
sea. Hcrilrsti'tution is tlio port of Athens.
The Prince Frederick Karl carries sixteen
guns of ten tons each. Sho ia of 0,000
tons disp'iuement and fl. l.'O bursa-power:
German Amiricans of the island ot
Foohr. whose expulsion from Germany was
recently ordered, have petitioned tha cot
eminent for leave tore i alii until April 1st.
Patrick O'Krien, secretary or the Liver
pool branch of the National league, bus
saWtd ns the nationalist randidato
for purl'mut'tit for the dlvwion of Armagh,
left vacant by tho death of John McLune,
loyalist.
Grout activity exists in Turkish military
and naval olreles. Troow and horsns ore
being dlspalohetl to Salonio. Thotmns.
portathin department is.ittg extraordi
nary uHoitd to aecolen)to tlto moveniont nf
troops and uiualtiotia ol war to the Gretk
frontier.