The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, March 06, 1886, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextWESTERN SCHOOL STATISTICS. As Set Forth In the Report oftlic Com mlsKlolior of I'llucutloii. The report ol tiio commissioner ot educa tion for 18S3 and 1SS 1 bus just appeared. It contains tbe following summaries ot western school statistics: Illinois, with over 1,000.000 youths ot le'nl school nso (G to 12), reported in 188:5-81 an enrollment ot 720.CSI in tlio public 8choolsand483,G2iMn average daily attendance, or nliout 08 per cent ot tlio scliool population enrolled nnd nearly 40 per cent in averago attendance. There were nlso 7f,821-ftttcndins private or church schools, which, ndded to the number in public schools, would givo 7" per cent ot school population under instruction iluriiin soino portion ot the year. Xearly 12,000 public school children were taught, the averago term for the state being Hi I days, nnd $0,1 US, 108 was expended on them. The statistics iih for year past, continue to show nu advance in nearly nil the items reported. Michigan, with about f,"7,000 youth within the lcsal school ago (ii to 20), re ported that over -100,000, or 70 per cent, were enrolled in public schools, besides 27. 250 in private- schools. J'ublic schools were taught for a term ot 125 days at ti costot over 1, 0110,000 in bchool houses valued, with oilier school property, at nearly 511,000.000. The tl cures show an increase ot more than 111,000 in tlio num ber of pupils attending public schools, and ot nbout'l.COOin the attendance of private schools; of four days in the average public school term throughout the state, of about 500.000 in the valuation ot public school property, mid of $.'570,402 in the amount expended ou public schools. There was also a slight advance in thepuy of teachers, tho average monthly salary of men being $1.03 more and that ot women $1.10. Wisconsin -vtntistics show that of f2S, 750 youths of legal school ago (1 to 20) in 1883-S4 nearly 317.000, or about 00 per cent, were enrolled in tlio public schools, an increase for the year of over 7.000 in the enrollment, and 1S.C52 in school popula tion The reported attendance in private schools (15,015) decreased consid -rably during the year, but theso statistics were iiicoinpletc.'iuniiy largo cities tailing to re port on th:a point. About 83 per cent of all children between 7 nnd 15 years of ng? attend the public schools, an increase for tho year of 3,40(5, and for two years of 11, 021; and tliosupcrintondent thinks that the tailor statistics on this point would show that nearly all of that nge attended during some portion of the year. Minnesota with 350,300 youth 5 to 21 years ot ugo iu 18S3-S 1. enrolled 22:5,20!) in her public schools, or 52 per cent, and had 1 00.0:57, or 2S per cent, ot the school youth in averago daily attendance. The schools were taught an average of It 2 dnvs throughout, tlio slato at ft cost of "2,2811,711, in 4,701 school build ings, ot wh c.li .'501 were now, valued with sites and other property, at $5,415, 501). Tiu-so figures show an increase for the year of tiDout 115 700 in enrollment and 8,500 in average attendance, agub st an increase oT 22,000 in youth of scliool ngu. There was also an increase in the number ol teachers employed, in the number who had taught tluvo years or more, and in Hint ot normal school graduates, in the averago pay of both mon and women, ns well ns in the expenditure for .all school purposes, and the valuation of school property. Jowa reported over 021,000 of school ng (5 to 21) in l.HS:S-S4. with about 400. 500 enrolled in the public schools and 300, 000 in average daily attendance. Tho schools taught an average of 140 days, in 11,021 buildings, valued, witli other scliool property, at over 10,000,000, and about J5,85l,000 was expended during tlio year for public school purposes. Theso figures show an advance of 8 per cer.t in tho pro portion ot school population enrolled, and 0 per cent in tho proportion of school popu lation in uvorngo attendance. NobniMcn, with her 200,4:50 youth ot legal scliool age (5 to 21) reports 157,018, or nenrly GCjwr cent, enrolled in tho pub lic schools, and 81,4:50, or nearly 30 ijer cent, in nverigo daily attendance, an in croaso during tlio year ot 11,580 in enroll ment, mid 10,2158 in averago attendance. With 21,1570 inoro youths ot school ago, more school districts wcro reported and more in which schools wore sustained for six month., the averago term for tho stato: more school houses wero built. Tho valua tion of school property increased, as did tlio number of teachers employed, their uvcruco nay. tho wliolo amount expended for puldic schools, and that ot tlio schools ucrmunciit aim temporary. THE HENSEPIN CANAL SCHEME. A KIM for GoiiHtriiclloii or tho Canal lto-iorled Iroui tho Home Commit tee. "Washington . special: Mr. Murphy, by direction ot tho committee on railways and canals, to-dny reported favorably tho bill for tho construction of tho Hennepin canal, nnd it was placed on the calendar ot tho committee the whole of the house. Tho bill reported is that introduced by General Ilendorson of Illinois, and provides for ac-. cepting tho offer made by tho stato ol Illi nois of Uie Illinois and Michigan canal. For tho construction of tlio work contem plated front Hennepin to tho mouth ot tho Hock river tho main canal would bo about eeveuty-fivo miles long, nnd tlio feeder to Dixon thirty-seven miles. Tho report of the committee presents a comprehensive explanation of the Hennepin enterprise, showing dearly that it is in no sense local in its nature, and tlio great benefits which will follow its construction will bo shared by all sections of tho country, llolnga work that will distribute its benefits to tho country nt large it is held to ba national in character, and therefore its construction should bo authorized by congress and directed by tlio government. The cost of tho work is cstlmutid at $9,000,000, of which 50,073.000 is for tho construction of tlio coiiaj and feeder, and $2,298,000 for tho enlargement ot the Illinois and Michi gan canal. Statistics aro used in tlio re port to show that tho saving of expense in the transportation ot grain to the seaboard would in less than ono year pay for tho construction of tho canal. It is tlio pur pose of tlio committee to call up tlio bill lor consideration at nu early- clay, nnd to innke an effort to have it inada a special order. Friendsof tho mensuroara hopeful that the bill will receive tho aouroval ot the house. Twcnty-Nhio Italtllnff Rounds. After twenty-nine rounds tho much talked of glove content between Charles Whlteud Hilly Voung, which took placo in a private room at Washington Cfty. was declared a draw. Kitty spectators cheerfully paid $3 each for tho privilege of seeing what proved to bo a very sclentilic sparring bout. Throe ounce gloves wero used. They sparred on o carpet framed with heavy woolen chairs. From tho llr.it Young forced tho lighting, although in the filth round a vicious cut by Whiti draw first blood and both wore badly bruised about the body. White, who was comndcrab'y heavier than Vonuj. seemed afraid to exert las bitting powers, content in; himself with gutting away cleverly from his man, Tho referee ken t the men nt work until the spectators unanimously decided to havo a draw declared. Another match ' is probable between tho same mon, as Loth j wore lu favor of thjhtitig to a Duidh. I POSTMASTERS' CONVENTION. ItctolulloitM Put Forth nt the Second l)njr' Session At tho second day's session ot the Post masters' National convention held in Chi cago the committee on mailing letters rec ommended to congress that postal clerks be supplied with cards, and they shall enter thereon all letters, cards and pnpers, nnd their denomination and return to tho mail ing point, nnd that tho respective post ofllces receivo'credit for nil such mails. The committee on resolutions made tho follow ing report: We, representatives of the United States of the third nnd fourth classes, in national convention assembled, hereby resolve: j,jrst That wo point with pndo to tho postal system ot tlio United States at built up and extended by successive administra tions of tho national government until it stands to-dny a marvel ot simplicity, econ omy nnd cllicicnry, transacting the most complicated and laborious ot public busi ness, witli Mich facility, convenience nnd dispatch as to command the respect and confidence of the nation. Second That in the president's recom mendations to congress lclativoto postal affairs, we recognize Mr. Cleveland's admin istration ns a worthy successor to any which preceded it, and in Pout muster-Con-rral Vilas and Assistant Postmaster-General Stephenson vo recognize earnest and consistent champions of every valuable improvement in tlio postal service and in the conditions of its employes; that wj realize tlio iclativo position which third and fourth-clans postmasters -ctain to tho public, and that wo earnestly recommend thnt ench individual postmaster consist ently study public conveniencennd in overy way possible aid the department in mnking tho servico moro ctllcicnt and of greater usefulness to the public. Thiid That tlio present operntion ot tho postal regulations, fixing salaries nnd al lowances ot third and fourth-class post master, has been found by prncticnl experi ence to work great hardship to incumbents ot theso olllccs, tho reasonable demands ot the public ns to convenience ii tlio hand ling ol mnil making tlio administration ot theso ofllces very expensive in proportion to tlio salaries allowed, these expenses hav ing to bo borno entirely by postmasters out of their slender salaries, and in nil cases consume u larger proportion of it nnd in most cases moro tliiin Mirce-tpinr-ters of it, leaving them ns a t-ttiru for tho entire time devoted to t:io postal servico of the public in pos'tious of great responsibil ity and constant labor nnd watchfulness a compensation which is entirely inadotpiato nnd out of proportion to tho labor and re sponsibility involved. Fourth That wo recognize in tlio Poat mastciB' National association, as tho order is to be formed by this association, the ofticial representative or tlio third and fourth-class postmasters of tlio United States. To thoni wo delegato the duty of preparing a memorial to congress specify ing in particular the irreguhuities in tho piescnt postnl law as affecting salaries and compensation, authorizing them to pre pare and havo submitted to con gress suitable legislation looking to re lief; that to our senators and represen tatives in congress wo recommend these, our representatives, respectfully asking for them patient hearing and oquitnblo con sideration of claims wh'ch they may pre sent, having tho utnnst confidence that tho representatives of tlio people in con gress will Iford to their postal servants sufficient mans to fairly meet the reason able requirements of tho people in regard to the proper administration of their otilces. Tho resolutions wero heartily applauded and adopted without question. 'i he commit too on money orders recom mended that letters of advice be abolished ns cumbersome, nnd that the name of tlio payee and remitter bo written in tho fuco of tho order and a copy entered on the stub after tlio stylo of tho present postal note. Tlio committee nlso recommend tliit tho fees charged on issuing money orders bo reduced and graded ns lotions: follows: SI to $10, 8 cents; ,10toS15, 10 cents; 15 to 30,15 cents; $30 to S50, 20 cents. It was resolved to nppoiut nn advisory committee of five to work in con i, mrtion witli tho national committee. .1. II. Patterson was mado a member of the national committee. THE RAJLI10AI) DISRUPTION. General Ittnnngor Cnlloivay or tho ITnlon I'ncllle SpculiM ol' the UlfUcul tles. In responso to a telegram sent from tho general ofllco of tlio Associntod Press in Chicago to S. It. Calloway, general manager of tho Union Pnciflc railway, asking tor a statement trom him respecting tlio disrup tion ot tho Transcontinental association, Mr. Cnllowny telegraphed from Boston, citing that tho pooling arrangement be tween tho California roads expired by lim itation a mouth ago, but thoro was a tacit agreement ami. tig the roads to maintain rules pending the timo when they could ngreo upon a bnsis of reorganization. Nevertheless, all lines appear to cut rate moreor less, and tho Southern Pacific with its water linotoNowOrlcanscut tho lowest. At tho Now York meeting, Mr. Calloway says, tho Atchison demanded 50 per cent, ot tho southern California business anil 28 per cent, of tho remaining Pacific coast business, or, ns Mr. Calloway asserts, 30 per cent, ot tho whole. Ho also declares that thero nro threo systems touching southern California the Southern Pacific, tlio Atchison and tho Central and Union Pacific lines nnd that objection was iimdo to the Atchison obtaining one-halt ot tho business. This would havo increased its percentage 7 per rent., n'prcscnting about 28,000, and Mr. Calloway states that tho other companies wero willing to leavo the subject to arbitration, and oven concedo something additional to the Atchison rond, but tho latter held to Its demand and tho meeting adjourned, followed by the presout open rato cutting. The telegram cites that the Pacific Mail Steamship company, owing to its loss ot SWi.OOO monthly subsidy granted it by the transcontinental lines, and which ended by tho disruption ot tho association, has do cided to put on a weekly lineot steamers to (California by way of tlio Isthmus ot Pannma, nnd to buy one new steamer, nnd to construct another witli a view to ob taining its full share of the overland tratlic. Foul Play Feared. At Silver City, Iowa, Philip Hastings, a prominent young mnn, son ot a wealthy farmer, was found sitting upright in a chair at his father's house with a bullet hole through ills head. A 38-calibrq revolver lay at his sido on tlio floor. His parents ' and other memliers of tho family had beeu lto.if In T.'l.nrf I- nnvnviil ilnua Tim pnua i .. IV 1 1 V. 11 I. ... J ..win.,.. (tll.T II. II U Villi" looks like siiicido. Young Hastings bore such a high character that many loliove in foul uluv. A Scheme to Scare Indians. An Ottawa six-cial says: Tho covera mniit Iihh decided to eud throu-ih tho No i tliwt'ftt a flying column composed of A and l bulterici. and detachments from the cuwilry ami infantry school. An inlviiiice will prob.ilily be made lim ing the llrnt week In Ma nli. Gun. Middlotoii will tiikuioiu maml and will, n fur as posnlble, vint Urn pswryalioiiH wheie dUHifft'etloii him already bucu fcUowu. THE MONUMENT TO GEN. (5 KANT. The Now York Committee Il'.-ironr- ust-d Over .Siniill Contribution. Now York dispatch: Only 20 ot tho 000 members of the Grant Monumental asso ciation aii8wcred to-dny the call that was issued for tlio special meeting held in tho Mutual building on Nassau street, to dis cuss tlio permnucnt organization ot tho new Grant Fund association, under the re cent net ol incorporation pnsscd by the legislature. Tho twenty members who did attend, though, indulged in soino pretty plain talk about the Inactivity of the grcnt majority ot tho members who didn't at tend. Tho tnlk began right niter Levi M. Bates was chosen chnirman. Oliver Hoyt, who turned in 193.75 of subscription be fore tho meeting opened, started to talk. Ho said he was discouraged by tho fnlluro of tho committee to do anything. Ho had expected that it would have hnd at lenst 500,000 in the treasury by this time. In stead ot that there was only about $115. 000. The committee hnd been so inelll cient in tlio main that tho lookout was gloomy and unsntit-lactory. Tho rich men of the city, he said, who should have given from 1,000 to 25.000, had, with the ex ception of a very few, done nothing at nil lor the committee yet. Tl.o committee had taken no sort ot adequate interest in its work itself. From the stock exchange, nn institution which ought to havo given 50, 000, only 3,000 had been obtained. Mr. Farrelly said tluit ot 100 appeals ho sent out himself only six or seven brought subscriptions. Others brought sarcastic re plies that as soon as he vus ready to go into something ot national instead ot local interest they would bo glad to participate. .I..1. Little said that although ho sent 1,100 appeals to the city and country at large ho got not a single contribution. Chairman Bales agreed witli Mr. Little that it was a matter for regret that no money was coming in, nnd that tho peoplo ot the country wcro apparently taking no interest in the work. Immigration Commissioner Stephenson said very decidedly that tho committeo couldn't do any good tor tho fund, and it would ba useless to continue it. Never since ho hnd been a member had more than one-tenth ot tho 000 members ever attend ed. Tlio other nine-tenths didn't bother their heads aboutit. Alter the speeches tho twenty members passed Oliver lloyt's motion, that Cor nelius N. Bliss and William H. Wickmnnbo appointed to audit tlio accounts of tho O'd Fund association, and thatall tho moneys, books and nssots ot tho old association bo turned over to tlio thirty-two trustees ot tho now incorporated Grant Fund associa tion ns soon as it should bo organized. Then tho twenty committeemen unani mously adopted Committeeman Farrclly's motion that tho old committeo of 000 ad journ sine die. THE NATIONS OF AME1HCA. Senator l'ryc'o 15111 Providing lor nn international Congro. Senator Fryo proposes to invito dele gates from tho American nations to moot nt Washington this fall. Ho will iutroduco tlio following bill in t ho senate: Bo it enactod, etc., That tho president be, and he is hereby authorized and direct ed to invite, on behalf of tho government nnd peoplo of tho United States, delegates trom each republic of Central and South America, including Mexico and San Do mingo, nnd tho empire of ltrazii, to lissom ble in tho city ot Washington on tho llrst day of October, 1880, to consider and do cido upon such questions ns sh:ill net to tlio mutual interest and common wolfaroof tho American people, so that each iimo piMidcnt nation of this hemisphere shall bo entitled to send as ninny delegates as cadi may for itself determine, but in tho decis cisicms of questions in the congress no dele gation shall havo moro than one vote. Sec. 2. That in forwarding this invita tion to tho constituted authorities of tho several independent governments ot tho Ainericnn hemisphere, tlio president ot tho United States shall sot forth that said con gress is called to consider First, measures that shall tend to preservo tho peace and promote tho prosperity ol tlio American nations, nnd to present united resistance against tho encroachnionts of Kuropoau monarchial powers, and to preserve tho in tegrity and present territorial constitutions of each ngainst forciblo dismemberment. Second, measures toward tho formation of nn American customs union, under which tho trade of tho American nations shall, so far as is practicable and profitable, be con fined to American waters, and thero shall bo tree interchange ot tho peculiar, natural nnd manufactured products of each. Third, tho establishment of direct, regular nnd frequent lines of steamship communication liet ween the ports of tlio American conti nents. Fourth, tho establishment ot a uniform system of customs regula tions in each independent American stato to govern the exportation and importation of merchandise, a uniform method of classification and valuation of sucii iiicrehuudiso imports of each country, and a uniform system of invoices. Fifth, tlio ndoptiou of a common systom of weights and measures nnd uniform laws to protect persons and property, patent rights anil trade marks of citizens ot cither country in tlio others. Sixth, tho adoption of a common bllvcr coin, which shall bo ihsucd by each government in such an amount as shall bo proportionate to tho population of each, tho same to bo legal tender on commercial transactions be tween the citizens ot nil American nations. Seventh, an agreement upon nnd recom mendation for adoption to their respective governments of a definite, plan for tho ar bitration ot all questions, disputes and differences that may now or hereafter exist between them. Sec. 3. Thnt such delegates ns may at tend such congress shall be the guests ot the government of tlio United States, and bhall bo entertained from the timo ot their arrival in this country until tho timo ol their departure in such manner ns shall bo consistent with tho dignity ot this nation and tlio importance of tlio duty thoy nro appointed to perform, nnd that tlio sum of 100.000, or so much thereof ns may bo necessary, is lioroby appropriated out of any money in tho treasury not otherwise appropriated, the samo to bo disbursed under tho direction ot the secretary ot state. Sec. 4, That the president of tho United States shall, before adjournment of tho present congress, by nnd with tho advice nnd consent of tho senate, appoint twenty lour delegates to said congress, sclocted equally from tho two political parties, at lenst threo of whom shall bo learned in in ternational law and tho remainder men who nro actively engnged In agriculture, manufacturing and the exportation and Importation of merchandise, and said dele gates appointed on tho part of tho United States shall servo without compensation other than their actual expenses. Suicide of u Nun. Sister Euphrosmn, of the order of St. Francis, committed suicide at St. Louis on tho 10th by throwing her lelf from a fourth-story window of the dormitory of tho scliool of the Holy Trin ity, In that city. It Is supposed that she was suffering from dementia at the time, as she left no word explaining her nctlon. No other muse ran bo unsigned for the art, and this view Is strengthened by tho fact thnt tor some time previous to a few weeks ns she had been confined ia the St, Vincent asylum. 1'AYINW THE IIONDEI) DEHT. Secretary ninnnliis'K Iidlrr in Itcply to tho Vii) nul Cleans Committee. The bccrctnry ot tho treasury has sent to Col. Morrison, chnirman of tlio committeo on ways and means, a communication in reply to a letter from that committee ask ing his opinion on tho proposed joint reso lution declaring tho pnymcntof thesurplus in tho treasury in excess ot 100.000,000 on tho public debt, hi his reply the secre tary quotes tho language of tho resolution, which provides that whenover tho surplus or balance in tho tiensury, including tho amount held for redemption ot United States notes, shallexreed tho sum ot 100, 000,000 it shall bo theduty of the secretary ot tho trensurv to apply such excess in sums ot not less than 10,000,000 per month during tlio existence ot such surplus to tho payment ot Interest bearing indebt edness ot the United States, payable at tho option ot the government, nnd snys: The language ot ttvs resolution is such nn to include surplus or brdunco in the treas ury. Tho amount held for redemption ot United States nrtes isinnoseuso a surplus, but is set apart and appropriated ns a minimum security and reserve tor the re demption and payment id 3 tti.GSl.OlO ot United States notes which have boon issued, both ot which aro specifically promised in tlio net of March IS, 1809. (It. S. 30931. This reserve, amounting to 100.000,001), should, ot course, bo held above nil possi bility of nn encroachment like that which my distinguished predecessor (McCul lough) made in his last annual re port (pngo 32), and which I am con strained to exhibit and deplore. The reso lution now before mo requires that thero should be at no timo a surplus in the treas ury available for tho needs ot tho govern ment to exceed $10,000,000, and that when this sum is reached it should be Im mediately paid upon tho public debt. Alter nearly twelvo months' oxpciienco in tlio conduct of this department, and forecast ing ns well as I am able tho future require ments ot tlio treasury, as now defined by tho existing laws, nnd ns thoy mny bo nt fected by legislation yet to como, and con sidcring'tho cnuso ot future receipts, which aro liable to influence from many causes, such as fluctuation ot imports, prolonged depression of trade and marketing of moro or less of our agricultural products abroad, 1 cannot now foresee a stato ot things which will mako it. prudent to limit tho surplus reserve in tho tiensury to a sum ranging from nothing to a maximum ot $10,000,000. Tlio legislation now before congress relating to pensions will, if per fected, increnso tlio demands upon tho ti ensure to an amount which it is inipnssl. ble to estimate, nnd t lie Into decision of tlio superior judge ot tho supremo court sub jects the government to tho repayment of duties collected tho nggregato ot which is large, but altogether indcllnito. Theso tilings nro mentioned to remind tho com ruiUce that nolther cnlls upon tho treasury nor tiio exact timo thnt such demands must be met, can bo precisely foreseen. It would seem to follow as a business propo sition, that if tho government is to main tain its credit in tlio senso ot bo'ng pre pared to meet all just demands, which nro impossible of ascertainment in advance, there should bo a reasdnablo sum inid by or kept on hand tor that purpose Ho Bpcctlully yourt, Danii:i Manning, Secretary. THE SCHEMES OF IilSMAHCK. The AVIIy Ccriiinn Cliuiieollor mill 1IK Alleged Mirreniler to the Vatican ot Home. "1 sco a good deal in tho press about J5ls march's having surrendered to tho Vati can," said nn attache ot tho foreign lega tions to a cablo news representative this evening. "In diplomatic circles tho matter is understood quite otherwise. Bismarck has not surrendered anything tangible; at nny rato, hi has made an empty confession in order to gain a practical advantage. Tho Folk laws havo served their purpose. They havo moulded tho methods of Ger many in regard to internal political rela tions with tho priesthood, and tho systom that has grown up will not bo abandoned on account of any verbal reconciliation Tilth tho Vatican. The essential features ot tho laws have, in tho courso of tho last do endo, been intorwovon in nil tho other laws ot tlio empire, and oven it tho May laws were repealed entirely, which 1 do not un derstand is proposed, their spirit would remain, unless thoro could bo nu eutlro recodification of tlio wliolo legal anatomy of Germany, and this would bo noxt to im possible. Now, tho practical adviintago which Bismarck has is that ho will get rid of a compact body of opponents in tho rolclistug, in tho shapo ot the clerical party. Horr Wuidthorst, tho leader of tho ultra niontnues, is a regular cat. Bismarck got tired of trying to seduce him by political inducements long ago. Now ho has gone over to Windthorst, bend to Ids master, nnd without any irrovcronco may say that ho has seduced tho pope." His holiness has shown that lib is in fluenced by very much tho samo induce ments that modify the notions of men in less exalted stations. In fact, though in fallible by lliodecreo of nn ecumenical coun cil, he is fallible by tho decrco of a nntiiro which has made him n man betoro ho ho canio a pontiff by shrewdly humoring tho desiro ot Leo XIII, to bo recognized us an arbitrator in disputes among nations, by holding up before him in tho matter ot tho Carolines islands, a piratical dispute real ization dream of a church restored to su premacy among the nations ot tho earth. Bismarck has so far won tho pope's friend ship and his gratitude, that all ho has to do to completo the restoration of cordial relations witli tlio Vatican is to go through this empty form ot shelving laws, that tho mere process of timo Itself had already made superfluous. Thus, without really lowing anything ol value, Bismarck breaks up tho most formidable opposition to his schemes of domestic administration. Horr Windthorst may inwardly rago nt tho lomplalsanco ot his superior, but ho Is too loyal a subject to disputo orders. Ho will bo obliged to support Bismarck, nnd wo will sco tho paternal go vernmeutschomes of tho great chancellor rushed through with little further delay. CONVICTS AT A DISCOUNT. TliOke In tho IlllnoU l'eiiltenllary Not I Wunted by Coiurucloro. Toilet (III.) telegram: A remarkable phase ot the convict labor problem was presonled hero to-dny. Tho state peniten tiary authorities seem to have a surplus (it ronvict labor. An advertlhouicnt has a pcaretl in a halt dozen lending papers for a month past offering men to bo contracted for to tho highest bidder for from five to tight years. To-day tho board of commis sioners met nt the penitentiary to open bids for convict labor, but no bids were re ceived, much to tlio surprise ot the board, Tho members concluded that tho agitation ol the convict labor question has Intimida ted contractors to such nu extent as to cause convict labor to bo placed at a dis count. The authorities nro lu n quandary mm to what to do with the men. It Is thought that the convict labor question will bo submitted to a vote of the neoolo of tho statu at the next general election, uud j that it will be ubolinhcd lu this uttito. ' HATI0NAL CAPITAL NOTES. Chairman Ilium!, of the house couiuiitteo on i oinnge, weights ami measures, ha pro-pni-il a miiioiity report ot the bill to pro vide for the fro.- coinage o' silver, which was reported adversely trom his commit tee, nnd which Is now on the house ralen ilar. The report is signed by Messrs. lilund, l.nnham and ISynuiu, and str.rts ott with tlio declaration that the volume of met alio money Is not subject to the control ot legis lation, but it reg.ilnted by nature, lb-cognizing the principle thnt nature should sup ply the volume of money, the only duty that devolves upon the legislator is to es tablish by law the ratio of value tor tho coinage of the two metals and to provide for the unlimited or free coiimgo ot both at the ratio established. Tho report, con cludes: Believing that the unlimited coin nge of silver is the logical solution of tho silver question, and since gold and silver seem to have been roiiHlitutional money intended for the use of the states in adjust- I lug their legal tcnderlawsatidollierrcasons heielu stated, nnd yet others that, might be urged lor restoring silver to where it was before it was demonetized by the act ot 1S73. we recommend the passage ot houso bill No. 5,090, which aims at this result. The secretary of the treasury has issued n call for 10,000,000 3 per cent bonds, the principal and ntvrtied interest ot which will bo paid April 1 next. DEATH 0E JOHN II. HOUGH. Tho tiront Temperance l,celurer I'limoi Away from tho CillVctN of l'aral) nN. John 15. Gougli, tho eloquent tempernncfl lectuiv.i, died on tho 18th at tho residence ot Dr. It. Bruce Burns, in Frankfort, Pa., where ho was taken a few nights previous when stricken with paralysis while lectur ing nt the Frankfort Presbyterian church. Hid wife was at the bedsido when he died. It lias been recalled that tho last words spoken by Gough wcro, "Young men, make your record clean." John B. Gough was 04 years old, having beeu born in lVnnsvlvnniiviii 1822. His pa rents were poor, and both died when he was very young. He was reared among tlielow Host people ot tho mining regions, and never attended school utter his eleventh year. When n young mnn he drank immoderate ly, and became a drunkard ot the most dis gusting character. Suddenly, by liiniii strength ot personal will, he forsook his former companions ami stopped drinking. From that time ho began to study nt such times us he could, nnd without any instruc tor. When 22 he took to tho lecture plat form, nnd devoted himsclt to the most en ergetic temperance work, In which he was engaged until his death. Oaoot Ida avowals was that he had years before ottered a sol emn prnye. that if ho ever spoke in public without making some reference to the evils of drink, his tongue should cleave to tho root ot his mouth ami his right hand lefuso to do ills bidding. Mr. Gough bad a won derful memory, nnd an ondiess fund of striking stories illustrative of the terriblo consequences ot intemperance. He was one ot tho best anecdotal lecturers lu tho coun try, and was always in great demand. POLITICAL NEWS AND NOTES. Congressman Uengau is 70 years old nnd hns lived forty-seven years in Texas. Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, is credited with a wish to occupy Senator Sawyer's seat. Fast Tennessee has a lull lino ot candi dates for tho democratic nomination for governor. Banks and Butler nro snid to bo tho two Massachusetts men most talked about in Washington. A contemporary nvurs that thoro is not a mini in tho United Stales senate who writes poetry. Both tho Kansas and Iowa legislatures nro considering propositions to give women tlio right of suffrage. Tho governor of Minnesota says hlsstalo is strong for Blaine ami would give Iilui tho vote ot her delegation it tho convention wore held now. Tho assistant secretary of the Interior, George A. .leaks, is commented upon by correspondent of all parties us tho ablest mnn in his department. He is a splendid lawyer. Tho poll tax, ns a prn-requlsito for voting, seems doomed in Massiichueotts, ns tlio ro publicans havo declined to continue a party support of it and tho democrats havo gen erally been against it, though it hns not been made a party question fora long time. Tho Louisiana senators nro thus de scribed: Senator Gibson is nn accijiii plishcd man ot tho world, and represents more particularly tho old regime; Senator Fuslis tho practical element. Both woro confederate generals. Gibson is a courtier. Hustis would command a court. Both are lawyers and scholarly speakers. Senator Kuntls Is exceedingly suave and has a rich, sonorous voice. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. Wiihat-No. 2 03 tyfl Baiu.i:v-No. 2 40 () 40M Itvi:-No. 2 44 41)" Coiin-No. 2 mixed 22 22 Oath-No. 2 2WM 21" BuTTiut Fancy creamery.. 25 (a) 27 Bt;rTi:it Cliolco dairy 12 13 ICddH-Fresh 17 18 Ciiicki:nb Dressed per lb... 7 8 Tuiikkvs Dressed perlb.,.. 0 (Sj 10 Ducks Dressed per It 8 W) 0 Gi:i:si: Dressed per lb t) ( 10 Liimo.nh Choice 4 00 4 50 AlTl.ns-Cholco 2 50 (T$ 3 00 OiiANUEh-Mcslna 2 00 4 00 Dkanb Navys 125 150 Onions Per bushel 70 75 Potatohs Per bushel 40 CO Oiiuun Airi.KS-Pcr bbl.... 2 75 3 21 WooiFino, per lb 11 10 SKKiis-Tlniothy 2 25 2 50 Snuns-Bluo Grass 130 140 IlAY-Dnled. per ton 5 00 dp 0 00 Hay In bulk COO 7 00 Hoos Mixed packing !I 00 .5 75 Bui:vics-BuUhors U 00 3 50 , NEW YOIJK. Wiikat No. 2 red 02! 0.1 WiiUAT-Ungradod red 00 02).j Cokn-No. 2 40X 47 Oats Mixed western !57 42 Pokk 10 50 1100 Laud 0U0 0 40 CHICAaO. I'Youit Choice winter 4 40 4 85 Fi,oi)-Sprlng oxtra 8 70 4 00 WliUAT-Per bushel 78?,' HVA CoitN-Per bushel H0K .10" OATS-Per bushoi 2!), HO" Poiik 10 75 1100 Lahii 0 07J,' 0 10 Hoos Packing Ashlpplng. 4 25 5 05 Cattle Blockers 2 75 4 25 Bheki Western 2 00 4 CO ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 red 90 DDtf Coun-Per bushoi 154 JIG OAT-Per bushel 29X 150 Hons Mixed packing 4 00 4 25 Cattms StockersA feeders 3 00 4 25 SiiEKr Common to choico 2 SO 3 CO KANSAS CITY. Wheat Per bushel 72J.J 72 Con Per bushel 20! 30 Oath Per bushel "1VM 30 Oatti.k Exports 5 10 C 30 Hous-Good to choice 4 00 4 20 Sukei- Cowmoa to good., 2 7C H 76 HERE AND THERE. Howards nro oflorod for harvka in scver.il Virginia counties. Tlie Georgia Press association meets this year in Macon, May o. Tramps have established largo camps around Jacksonville, Flu. Collogo professors in tho United Stntes get an average salary of $1,530. A Boston man has a $1,000 ovorcoat which contains sixty-niuo llnsslan sa bleskins. It has been decided by tho Connecti cut supremo court that Ya!o sttulcnU can not vote. The Simco (Oregon) reservation Ui said to bo capablo of supporting eight thousand families with gooti farms. At St. Helena, Cal., a few ilavs ago, several thousand gallons of 10-ycar-old California wine sold for !1 cents a gallon. High-toned alllietion manifests itself in New York by sending outfunoral in vitations on note-pupi'r edged with real crape. Ono of the peculiar attractions in Columbia. S. C, is a cook-pit which is licensed by tho city council for $300 per annum. Tlio rules of William and Mary col logo in 1772 forbade tlio students to drink anything except "cider, boor toddy, anil spirits and water." Dartmouth college issued tho first college paper over published in this country. It was called The Dartmouth Gazette, and appeared in 1810. Tho transposition of ('notation marks in a recent nittsio catalogue caused tho following astounding announcement: 'Sho heaved a sigh in E llat for 35 conts." A Chincso merchant nt Borden, Cal., has been imitating some of his Caucasian fellow-tradesmen by failing for 55 cents on tho dollar and then resuming busi ness. His liabilities wero very largo. Mr. A. W. Yardwide, whoso namo and remarks thereon havo promoted him to unexpected prominence in too Nebraska legislature, has a local repu tation as the champion corn-htiskcr in tho state. About 1 per cent, of all deaths aro classed as sudden. Of theso four out of iivo aro referable to causes acting di rectly on the brain a'nd its appendages; ono in seven to tho heart, and ono in sovenly-livo to the lungs. Pennsylvania lias it standing army of ignorance 325,000 children who do not attend the public schools. Lack of proper accommodation, as woll as dis inclination ou tho part of tho children ia huid to be the cause. Albany, which abounds in fino coasts, has produced u double runnor forty throo feet long, with a width of fifteen inches. Jt weighs eighteen hundred pounds and is decorated with a hand some painting of Hrooklyn bridge. It has been estimated that nn iron car wheel will travel soino 40,000 miles while a steel tiro will run tho enormous distance of 200,0"0 miles boforo wear ing out; thus, though costing so much more, steel lias greatly tho advantage. A doctor who has had much experi ence in treating laborers in gas-works says that persons who havo bucoiuo in sensible from breathing illuminating gas will usually revive after the admin istration of a few drops of acctio other in water. Woodland, Yolo county, Cal., is tho home of a phenomenally honest man. Ho purchased a pair of horsos which subsequent events seemed to show had been stolen, and now ho advertises for information concerning tho rightful ownor. The Home (Ga.) Courier reports a tremendous landslide. A few days ago about ono mile of tho north sido of Scraper mountain.livo miles from Sterl ing, slid down into tbo valley, choking up tho Chattooga river. The noise of tho avalanchu was heard a distance of ten miles. A benevolent lady who can-led flow ers to tho sick poor ono day ollbred a spray of blossoms to tho smallest child of a poor family. "What will you do with it?" sho askod. Tho answer was most jiractleal. "Soak it," said tho small boy with decision. It is estimated that fifty thousand conversations take pluco ovor tho wiroa in Now York overy twenty-four hours. For each message thoro must bo at least; fivo "Hollos," which would mako two hundred and lifty thousand "Hollos." going ovor tho wires daily. Francis Scott Key, of "Slar-Spanglod Banner" fame, has been dead only forty-throo years, and thero is really a prospect that Philadelphia will put up u monument to his memory, since it is now proposed to opon 5-cont subscrip tions in tho public schools. Since tho now Pennsylvania mnrriago law went into oll'eet thero has boon a falling oil' in marriages of about three hundred in four months, as compared with tho sumo period of a year ago. Tho chief reason scorns to bo tho require ment of tho consent of parents or guardians. A Now York jowoler says that tho demand for secret sooioty badges i3 dying out in tho east. In tho south and west thoro is still a doniand for thorn, but in this section Masons, Odd-Follows nnd others of that ilk profor rings on gravod with tho mystic embloms to tho conspicuous badges onco so fashionable. Ev-Roprosontntlvo II. B. Smith, of Smlthvillo, N. J., captured a inooso alive In Canada last summer, and has slnco had him trained to harness. Ho will soon appear on tho road with tho anlmai hitched to nn Esqui.unu sledge, and tho farmers of Ilurlln 'ton county will turn out en masso to so tho sight. Mr. Thomas Median, tho Philadel phia botanist, concludes that tho uso of tho spines in tho' cactus is to break tho full force of tho sun on tho loaves, riant-lovers set out their treasures in summer nudor "arbor" of (ish-netting or galvnnlzod who, knowing by experi ence how tho moving shadows of the twlno or wire lower tho temperature. An oncrgotlo pedestrian of Boston provides hijnsalf with a paper bse filled with ashos, Whoa ho roaches a slippery place ho scatte,rii his ashes and walk aeroaa with eufety and ease. II UilnU his method moro olllpient. than t) usual plan pursued by tho olty RHthor ities, and believes that ha U bk) wring a benefit upon his fellow-ojtfaww.