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o O O e e O O o O o o 322 SS5jt3S 30 ) O 3 O 0 O O THE ENTEBPRiSi. 0::E JON UiT. OIIL'GO.N. FEl. 1, 170. tt ... Oregon at t!l? Centennial. The Centennial Board of Com- jnissioners for Oregon report that 3 they have in an advanced state of preparation for shipment to Phila- delphia, "a well selected assortment of specimens, illustrating the agri cultural, mineral,'' forest, marine and industrial resources, of Oregon, including our interesting native flora and ftiunri;" but complain in a series of resolutions, that at least seven thousand dollars will be need- ed in order to settle past expenses and to prepare a good place in a suitable manner for the display of our different products. A modest sum and fully deserved; and ve feel assnrel our legislature wili make the needed appropriation with QcaMely the formality of debate. Now that the success of the National Exhibition is, by the million a . I a half dollars appropriated by Con gress, most fully assured, it would be akin to suicide for Oregon to hold back for the purpose of retaining a comparative bagatelle. Visitors at the exhibition on seeing a meagre display or perhaps no representa tion at all from Oregon," will not be slow to conclude that either our State must be a poor place for farm ers, miners, or mechanics, or that we are poor in purse. Either of these conclusions being equally bad, each speaking volumes to our cdetri ' tnent. With our resources properly rep resented and judicious' displayed the advantages redounding are scarcely to be computed. Immigra tion agencies, in efficiency, are like a drop in a bucket, compared with the returns that must necessarily follow a creditable show at Philadelphia. Thousands of people will daily visit the exhibi'ion, many, no doubt, with the purpose of comparing the products of the different States with the price of land per acre. The press will be represented by corres pondents from all parts of the world; agents from different farmers' associ ations and mechanics' unions will be sent to report on the feasibility of im migrating, while that element of our population known as the rolling stones, with our fisheries, mines and agricultural advantages properly set 5 before them will undoubtedly ilick in great numbers to our shores. Hon. II. !!. Sl.irli'.veitilier. Henry Howard Staikwoather, Rep resentative in Congress from Con necticut, and brother of Hon. W. A. Starkweather, of this county, died ou the 28th nit., nt Washington. He Was born at 1'reston, Xew Liondou, Connecticut, April L"Jth, lWlV; His father was a farmer, and he learned in his early boyhood that if we would accomplish anything in this life, we must do it by patient toil. With an innate love of books, and that zal and perseverance so characteristic of the New England boy''he h;id laid the foundation for a thorough Eng lish education at the early age of IS. Before he had completed his nine teenth year, he commenced studying law, was admitted to to the bar after tho usual course, and commenced the practice of his profession in his native State. His personal ability and industry soon gave him popular ity and lucrative business. He occupied a prominent place among the politicians of his State, and had been elected four times to the lower House of Congress. Such was his pyrsonal popularity that he was .elected repeatedly when almost the entire State went Democratic. Ho was serving out his fourth term when the summons came, "(Jo up higher." He was a man of strict lv moral habits, and a devout 'ember of the Baptist Church from his bov hood," In his death, not only tho State of Connecticut but the nation has lost one of its great and good men. O Gexeual Satisfaction. Seely's bill to give the control of the Indians to the States iu which they are locat ed, the Xew York Tribute says, 'meets with general satisfaction from the members." That may be, and it may also meet with the approval of thos Slates in w hich no Indians live; but to us, here in Oregon, and in oth er States in which "Eo" has pitched his wigwam, we think that if the ex pense of keeping him were shared by the States escaping his proximity, it would be much more apt to give "general satisfaction" to us. Secretary Chandler has rendered an important decision in fhe case of Montgomery vs Eickards contestants for tracts of land in Oregon, revising a former decision of Secretary Delano, and cancelling a patent certificate heretofore issued to Kfekarda. The case was argued by Senator Mitchell in favor of the cancellation of the patent certificate, one of the prirei nil points being the right of the Secretary to overrule a decisi his predecessor. n of The Boston Post thinks it was a good joke in Speaker Kerr to appoint Alexander H. Stephens, the lightest man in the House, Chairman of the Committee on Weights and Measures. e 0 o Allies .and Cider. Under this heading, the New York . 7'ojex fills a column, dilating ou the health-giving qualities of apjiles and and regretting that so little of each is being consumed. It is the j verv fuct of tjie ai,uluiance of this j flUit that mafes us so apparently j indifferent to its luseiousuess and i -!irJ.rm?.ri3t;s Tf mmles were ha I'd to get, at a dollar apiece, they would be looked upon as the most delicious fruit in existence. The Times says, "there are no apples to be compared with American apples, either in size or flavor." We can truthfully nar row this down to saying Oregon in stead of America, and then reduce it f still more, and say that our own Clackamas is the banner fruit county 0f Oregon, and consequently the producer t the best apples in the world. Tlm fact of an Alden Dryer being in our midst has made a decid ed impression, in the quantity .of'ap ples usually to be had. Yet we think no one will dispute that we have al ways had plenty for eating and cider purposes. The apple is not a2pieci ated. We, iu Clackamas county, do not seem to realize what a boon we have in this fruit. It affords fully as much nourishment as the potato, and those who are known to be apple eaters are rarely if ever bilious or dyspeptic. "The apple is a tonic in quality, and contains phosphorus in greater quantity than any other veg etable. Therefore it is a most fitting diet for us Americans who live in such a stale of mental excitement, and are so indisposed to bodily exer tion. It feeds the brain, stimulates the liver, which is just what we need." As for eider, when taken in mod eration, it i. the most healthful bev erage known. In the olden times, cider was ass plentiful in Xew Eng land and Xew Jersey as viu ordinaire in France, and the consequence of its being now so little used is tho de cay of a vigorous people into irrita bly nervous whisky drinkers. "It has virtues which give it a great and specific value in one of ti;e most painful and distressing diseases to which the male sex is subject." When your children ask for apples, give them as many n.s they can possi bly manage; eat them in abundance yourself, and we predict a less dys peptic community in Clackamas Co., than exists anywhere in the State. Strychnine and Suiiirrels. Some of our county Ci rangers com plain that an indiscriminate use of strychnine is being made to kill oil squirrels by other of our county fanners. They attest that this poison is applied very recklessly, and in consequence is frequently the cause of a valuable animal's death. Well trained dogs, they say, will clear a field of the above mentioned pests in much less time and with more satis faction than the killing with strych nine, without any of tho attending risks or unfortunate consoqr.encs. We do i:ot Aisli to be understood as taking any sides in this question, merely stating what has been told us for fhe benefit of the public. The only law in' the General Laws of Or egon, bearing on this subject, is as follows: "If any j'erson shall ma liciously or wantonly kill, wound, ... disfigure or injure any animal, the property of another, or shall wilfully administer any poison to any such animal, or shall maliciously expose any poison with the intent that the same shall be taken by any such ani mal, or shall maliciously or wantonly in any manner or by any means, not otherwise particularly specified in this chapter, destroy or injure any personal property of another, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not. less than six months nor more than three years, or by im prisonment in the county jail not less than three mouths nor more than one year, or by fine not less tl an fiftv, nor more than ona thousand dollars." An ()ki:oon Pitcss Association. We are in favor of u Press Associa tion, as advocated by the Albany lh'i)it i-((t and Salem 3f-'rcttr ; but, if we are not mistaken, the formation of such a society has been often tried here, and lrhs invariably failed. Eet the originator, or rather" the resur rector of the scheme, address the different newspaper men privafeh-, asking their presence at such a con vention, to he held, say, at Portland, on the 22d of February, and see how the idea "takes." If the great ma jority of the fraternity is iu favor of the move, why, "lvt the good work go bravelv on." A correspondent to the St. Paul P;t-r Press states that "it is true that none but rich men have mneh chance on this -oast." In respect to this State, at least, this remark is false, as the mere fact of there being so few really rid, i:tr-i! among us will 1 . . . Tr.l . snow, ji ti.-e writer of tl os nction has been travelling In the gni-e (.f a. tramp, then of course we can under stand l.i dissatisfaction ,.!.. ..t .'onus verily "have no chance, in this Mate. If ho bo u mechanic, the master of any trade, willing to work, ready to locate and clear a farm, even should he be without a dollar to "bless himself with," he can find a good place to settle in this very county. J "3Iurder Most Foul' To show tho terrible extremes to which jealousy will at times drive a man, we submit the following tele gram descriptive o the most horri ble murder that we recollect ever ery: "Simmons came to the house about 1) o'clock Thursday evenino-. hrintrinir f(,r i lm 1 it. tie girl. There was some brandy and beer in the house, and after drinking all the beer. Fuchs went o , - 0 - o . . . .. . . out to get three pints more. All of! us drank, and Simmons said he was ashamed to go home drunk; so I said he might stay and sleep with Fuchs and I would sleep with Ellen (we had only two rooms), and Sim mons agreed to it. My husband says I slept on the floor, and that I was unfaithful, but I was so drunk I knew nothing of it. My. husband and child put me to bed, and while they were so doing I fell on the floor and cut my face. When I got up in the morning I saw the body on the floor of the kitchen, and Fuchs tak ing it by tho heels, dragged ;fc into the bedroom to cut it up. When I saw it I called out "We will be hung" but Fuchs said, he would make it all right. I drank too much Friday, and did not see the body cut up." As the woman told this story she wept bitterly, saying again and again that if she had only been sober the murder would not have been committed. Andreas Fuchs, or Vic tor Krelze, as the murderer calls himself, said he had known Simmons and worked with him for three years but once had difficulty w ith him on account of which he left the manu factory for six months. He said Simmons was in the habit of visiting his wife while he was at work and that about six months ago he detect ed them in crime. He said Sim mons came to his house on Thurs day evening, about o'clock, and as he had some beer both drank of it. Simmons then ravo him money to buy more beer and when he return ed found his wife violating her mar riage vows. Calling his stepchild, E'li'ii vv!io was asleep in the lied, as a witness of her mother's crime, he seized "a hatchet behind the stove and struck Simmons dead with one bl ow on hh nec 11c asse ted ht struck Simmons' head off at one blow but afterwards accounted for cuts about the neck by swearing that he had hacked it off the next morning as it was not entirely severed, lie declared he intended to give himself up, but his wife pr.-naded him not lo do so, iind on Friday, he dragged the body info the bedroom , and put it up into packing pieces away in different places unt 1 he could got rid of them. The officers w ho first inspected the apartments reported there were pails in tho kitchen ;uid I'edrooiu containing meat which they thought might be pieces of pickled pork. Close examination of the premises was then made, and under the led was a hoavv hammer boating bloody stains, ami a common handsaw-stooped with blood and fringed with bits of hair. There "were also heavy hatchets or a -, and thse were covered with half obliterated bloodmarks. In another corner un der a conch was a sin ill tin p:.ii tilled io the' brim with f ragmou'.s of ' a human body cut in-to pieces, not more than two or three inches in length. At the side of the bed was a large pine chest, dyed iu ehouv. 2ai t with blood, as ihough a bloody body had bet n hastily juimc d in it. In a common black leather traveling trunk was found another portion of tho mutilated body. In another part of tho chamln. r was a large boiler tilled with the man's limbs, pieces of arms, legs and fact. In the midst oi these remains was the trunk of the body, the ribs stripped clean of skin and llesh. The officers next searched the bod, and turning the ticking uncovered the fragments of a human body. Then they went through tho kitchen, and digging deep under the brick of the fireplace brought out many other remains similar to those discovered in the bedroom. They gathered up the bloody fragments and sent them to the morgue. The axes, saw and hammer were taken to the police station. HoMKSTEA I AN D l'J-KMl'TION Tl Tr.rs. In another. place we give in full the bill to confirm pre-emption and homestead entries of public lands within the limits of railroad grants, in cases where such entries have been made under regulation of the land department. This will be interesting to many land holders throughout the State. As we under stand it, the bill requires the approv al and patenting of all the pre-emption and homestead claims located af ter the railroad companies filed their plats in the department of the inte rior and prior to the time when fhe local officers received notice to w ith draw odd sections within limits of the grants. Tho bill was passed in the Senate bv a vote of 41 yeas to 0" nays, and will in all probability ic ccive similar treatment at the hands of the Kopresontatives. When we consider the harsh treat ment of the press, the utter hopeless ness of tbe woman's movement and the unnecessary extravagance into which ?Jrs. Duniway plunged when she copyrighted her alliterative tale, we feel coustrained to commend the spirit of economy which prompted her to say that we can not get off anything at her exi-ense. A Washington b h ram of the 20th nit. s:ns the Ho i so committee on foreign affairs, t' ,l,erh opposed to the joint resolfition of Iienres.-i.t.d ive Piper. re.pvstinL' iNo President to use all expedient means to have the existing treaties f ur government with that of Chi ' -o modified as to prevent the further imniigr iti n of subjects of that em, i; o to the United States, have consented to withhold a report to the House until the re ception of the resolutions of the Cal ifornia Legislature on that subject. New York Jan 31 -The horrible with a speech on the linaucial qnes- ! appropriate 1.W0 to remove the itlUictments for murder against eight "Vm I Zr.r , mm-der an l' mutilation of W W tiou. He advocated a speedy return uau 11 my nig. late U. S. of tbe ittlliauSf Vl ho are believed to thepol tical opinions avowed in their Simnf basis, which he held could minister to Ecuador from Quito to ; b;iye lmtchered four of their fellow ; f Jl d"a ' tora-?AMo": exS ement here MrV FiVdrs wTfe ' alone give that confidence to insure j the cemetery at Louisville; referred. ; c.mutrvmen in this city last fall. f 1 are lonapurtirf8f 1 eituemeui .utit. mix. xuciis, wiie, .,,.i,,4. Spencer, from the committed nn t. ti. I lie nubbcans, and 4-j who are describ- LI LL 1 Li l- ' 1 .'. UVlll V . . ULirU. .A lilt "VtJi. v..,.. - . - 1. J I I il . t m V 1 1 L . 4 V i , i . - 11 L ..I ' i 1 1 of ti e murderer tells t ip stnrv nf 1 nvcsimtni- oi caiutLu amuuusiiucui - . .muwi v., i , ouu. -o. xnu ic- i - . . 1 T oi u.l uiuiueui, aiii. me siory oi . 1 1 military affairs, renorled with mi! - , . ' l4...i i. : ed as both Jlonarchistd and Imuen- COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, COXGHESSIOXAL. norsE. Washington, Jan. 20. House met as in committee of the whole, Eden in the chair, for general debate. Few seats of members were occupied, as no business whatever was to be trans- Sneechws on finauce were also made bv Ward and Campbell, ami . . ... , ..., . against protective larin uy Jims, ! auJ tue House adjourned, .... !n' . The Speaker caiieil tue mates ipr bills. Under the call, bills were introduced and referred as follows: By Willis, for the reconstruction of all tariff and collection laws; also for an addition of prize money. By Ward, to repeal the duties on packages (commissioners' transporta tion and covering of goods) ; also to provide for the responsibility of the government for all imported merchan dise while iu its custody: also, for a reduction of the duty on laces manu factured by h.nd. By Morrison, to revise and simplify tho tariff; referred to the committee on ways and means. The bill pro vides that, in lieu of present rates oi) and after July 1st, l!S70, the fol lowing rates shall prevail: On cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, of all kinds, per pound; tobacco in leaf, un manufactured aud not stamped, 40 cents per pound. Wools are classi fied from ; to 10 cents per pound; woolen cloths and shawls, and all manufactures of wool of every de scription made w holly or in part of wool, 70 cents per pound; flannels and blankets, at from 20 to 10 cents per pound; readymade clothing and wearing apparel of every description, fi'l per pound; coffee, li cents per pound; tea, 15 cents per pound; oranges iu boxes, 18 cents per box. By Monroe, to establish an edu cational fund and to apply a portion of the proceeds of the sale of public lands to public odueatioi , and to provide for the more complet:- endow ment and support of national colleges for the advancement of scientific and J industrial education. ly Stone, organizing a nation, il railway company for tho purpose of constructing, operation and main taining a double track cheap, freight railway from tne Atlantic seaboard to St. Louis, Chicago and Council BIufts,with branches toother centers. By Ou nter, granting oo0 acres of land to each survivor of the Mountain Meadow massacre. By Piper, to relinquish the title of the United Sta'es to certain prop erty in San Francisco. By Luff roll, declaring the Fort Crook military reservation open to pre-emption or homestead entry. By Wiggins, relating to lands with in the Chippewa half-breed strip in California. J5y Strait, of Minnesota, joint resolution of the Mluesola legislature tor the protection of tlie rights of certain settlers on the lino of tho Northern Pacifia railroad; also for an exbr.sion of lime for the construc tion of that ra:!r ad. j5y I.ae.e, of Oregon, for the con-slruc-ioii of the Portland, Du'dosaml Salt Lake Kail road and Telegraph Co. Pa:e oiTored a long preamble aid resolution denunciatory of the Mor mons and their vile and degrading dogma of polygamy; charging them with unprovoked, cord blooded and brutal murders of men. women and children; tho subornation of wit nesses and terrorism over courts to shield and protect the most nefarious and infamous criminals; declaring that immediate steps should betaken to compel Mormons to obey the con stitution and laws of the United States. It directs the judiciary com mittee to report, a bill for that pur pose, so as to remove this foul blot from thecivilizatioh of the nineteenth cent ury. The House refused to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution. Atkins offered a resolution instruc ting tlie judiciary committee to in quire whether or not the Union Pacific Bailroad Company has for feited its charter. Adopted. The House then went, into com mittee of the whole, llaskins in the chair, on the military academy ap propriation bill. Hnrlbnt offered an amendment for the detail of a competent staff officer to act as quartermaster and commis sary for the battalion of cadets, and that all supplies shall bo furnished at actual cost, etc. ; adopted. The committee then rose, and the hill passed. The pay of the cadets is fixed at 54(1, without rations. The other umondmerts, except that offered bv Hnrlbnt, were reject ed. Adjourned, Pierce, from the committee on eommmerce, reported a bill granting an American register to the Hawaiian bark Artie. After a protracted dis cusionjho bill passed. Goodwin, from tho eommithe o:i public hinds, reported a bill provi 1 ing for the sale of Kansas Indian lands. The morning hour having expired, the bill went over to the next morn ing hour, and the House took up, as special order, the proposed amend ment to the Constitution reported by the judiciary committee, which is that no person, who has held, or mav hereafter hold tho office of President, shall over again be eligible to such office. To this proposition Fry offered the following as a sub stitute: From and after the 4th of March 1&H5, the term of office of the President and Vice President of Hie United States shall be six years, and any person having been elected toandiield the office of President, or who has for two years held such office, shall be ineligible to re-election. Knott gave notice that he would call the previonsquestion on Wednes day at the expirati u of the morning hour. The House then adjourned. A Democratic caucus was then an nounced for this evening SENATE. Washington, Jan. ol. Seuate bill3 were introduced and referred as follows. Booth submitted a resolution re- questing the Secretary of the Interior i sbudly killed by Stephen Baker at to transmit to the Senate copies of j 10 o'clock last night Baker sus the correspondence with the com- j pected intimacy between Robinson mitteeof the 13d Congress respecting I and his wife. the taxation of lands granted to ' States and corporations; agreed to. i Logan, from the committeee on ! military affairs, reported favorably on the senate bill, to reduce tho number and increase the efficiency of the medical corps of the U. S' Army; placed on the calendar. j ..IcLreery introduced a bill to amenomeiu trie senate V111 . re; A if f . i. nqu.su trie interest- oi tne umteu States in certain laud to the city aud county of S in Francisco; placed on tno calendar an uio senate est, oi Louisiana tvresented a not it hi f i h-mtw Louisiana in favor of aid to the ' - - I ' A. V.XLAj'u4v3 VTA m -r ,. ... . j.i.....j xuiiuo iiuiiu.ui. loieiioei io uvtic I'.initi.i , r i. ....... i . . ., ' , lIJ7 " mreou rauroaas .1 ... .. ' , Xt-0UV:1' ili0l,uTt out ior xue auiiutication ot title to i v. ,.i .: i i t . .-.!, luuua ciuiuieu uy dose Apis ana l aoio Apis in the State of California; re- f erred to the committee on private land claims. Sargent presented the petition of Henry M. Xaglee of San Jose, Cat, asking to be reimbursed for internal revenue stamps destroyed before being used; referred to the committee on finauce. Windom of Minnesota, presented the resolution of the Minnesota legislature in favor of an extension of time for completing the Northern Pacific railroad ; referred to the com mittee on railroads. . After the expiration of the morning hour the consideration of the Hojise joint resolution to pay interest on the 3 05 District of Columbia bonds, was resumed. e Morton gave notice that as soon as the bill to pay tho interest on the '. 05 bonds was disposed of, lie would ask the Senate to take up and dispose of the resolution submitted by him with regard to the late election in Mississippi. s Cameron, of Pennsylvania, said he hoped not. as ho . desired to have the centennial bill considered soon as that now before tlie Senate w as finish ed. Adjourned, Washington, Feb. 1. Sherman, from the committee on finance, re ported adversely on the bill introduc ed by Bogy' early in the session, au thorizing the payment of duties on imports, in legal tender and national bank notes; put on the calendar with the adverse reports, at the re quest of Bogy. Hamilton, from tlie committee on public lands, reported adversely on various petitions and the joint resolution of the Michigan Legisla ture, asking for the passage of a law to give soldiers of the late war 200 in money in lien of bounties, and tlie committee discharged from further consideration. Oglesby i resented a petition of citizens of Illinois, asking the repeal of the specie resumption act, and the substitution of legal tenders for tlie National bank circulation, etc.: re ferred. The perilling question lxinor on the amendment bv Sar-'eut ivrovidinir t tha' certiiiij ites heretofore issued by the board of auditors. including those 1 converted into .'3-u'5 bonds and those which have i,ot been so converted ! and certificates hereafter to be issued by the bo;rd of auditors and their ' r-.ueeossors in office, shall not exceed, I in the aggregate, the sum of 15, 000, ! 000, and tho question being on the j amendment of Sargent above quoted, it v. as agreed to. - o 'i i:? ,t:;:KAt'Ez:c . i;'s. Sariiif Ceas'. San Fkancisoo, Jan. 20. On the corner of Seventh and Howard streets, yesterday, a little boy named Edward Dwyer, IS months old, was run over by an ex pi ess wagon, the wheels of which passed over his neck, in flicting fatal injuries. The storm has entirely cleared away, and the weather is again clear and pleasant. The case of J. II. Dawson against the publishers arid reporters of the San Francisco J'ost, and members of tho Presbytery canio up in tlie nineteenth district court to-day. An affidavit was tiled by the defendants, rehearsing the wliolo story of Daw son's, ciimes and peccadillos, and avcring their abilitye to prove the truth of all publications made iu con nection witn Dawson's affairs. The case was continued until Friday next. WATsoNViim; Cab, Jan. 30. A serious riot occurred t'.iis evening at 5: t"0 among the Chinese residents of China alley. The row arose from gambling and resulted in the almost entire decapitation of one and the wounding of others. Salt Lake, Jan. 2S. A bill is pending iu the legislature to protect the Mountain Meadows assassins from prosecution. It provides that no person shall be tried for public offenses committed previous tolSOO, but no limitation of time shall lie imposed upon prosecutions for mur ders committed since then. San I'i: ancisco, Jan. 31. There was a meeting to-day to take steps in arranging the preliminaries for the coming Fourth of Ju y celebration. The' report that Wild Idle has been broken down and gone East is denied. It is staled that the horse is but slightly injured and is now in Sacramento. Toano. Xev., Jan. 31. The over land passenger train, bound west, which arrived to-day is still here wailing for the track to be cleared, the snow-plow and four locomotives being entirely buried in a snow-drift about two miles west of here. The snow is sfill drifting. S.vir Lake, Jan. 31. The follow ing telegram has been received from Green river, Wyoming: Passenger train and pay car going west this morning both stuck in the snow near Bridger Station. The passenger train, bound east, has been abandon ed for to-day. San Fkanctsco, Feb. 1. The Japanese Centennial Commissioners have arrived at this place. Over 170,000 trade dollars were shipped to China on the Great Re public to-day. Tho Grangers bank opened to-day at the corner of California and Davis streets. Moses Robinson was shot and in- Iastern . O.iyiiv Jan. 29. A Ufgo number r,t ..,r,,w lft .lnrino- tlie nast week for the Black Hills. Many persons u,ns were held by the electoral col are arnvhig daily en ro:ite from the Cnl.fto returns have . : been received from all parts of France O Denver Jan ill). -The grand jury . MLl'' V . "V ; arrived hear this afternoon and were f t lkeu to his late rtvsidence on Laurel Hill, accompanied by the Congres sional delegates, Post Master Geneal Jew ell and a Jarge n umber of citizens. Tlie uncral tsikus plat.e Monday ' ' next O T T..,. OO r'.ii.f IT, i,l O L XJUI in. tSilll. -J. ..l'li. - HI ! ' i t Jjin 11 ion A If. ii Til n -Lo u IOIJ 3 UiU XtUUl AH.) this city t() ay-distance twenty- j rive miles-in his lif fe saving appa- ...lf . lams. I fiiT.i-Mni-a .T-i?- 0 -Tn flio Sonnte bills were introduced to make ha bitual drunkenness for one yi;ar a sufficient cause for divorce. Chicago, Jan. 2'J. Thegrand jury yesterday returned five indictments, including the names of 11 distillers, as follows,; Simon Powell, L- S. Haas and Thomas F. Bailley, of the south branch; Edward Lawrence, J. M. Ballentinttand John Robinson, of of tlie lIlinois'listfifFry; and II. B. Miller, Fred T. Reed, Orlando Dickinson, Jonathan Abel and John liurrougiis. Brri-ALO, Jan. 30. J. Sellwagen private banker, who suspended last week, committed suicide last night, by drowning in Erie bsin. The body was found there this morning. Partially out of water aud frozen solid. There was about 1,000 in hispockets. The assets of the bank were 110,000; liabilities, 108,000. Pmn.uELiMUA, Jan. 20. Speaker Kerr has written a better to J. H. Beall, in which he urges tlie nomin ation of Gov. Hendricks for Presi dent. St Loeis, Jan. 20. --The court room was thronged this morning in anticipation of the argument of D. W. Voorhees closing the defense of Win. MeKee. He heaped flic most bitter invectives upon the witnesses who had sworn for the government, and then compared with them tlie defendant a.man of unsulli ed character up to tho present time. His speech was one of the ablest ever made at the St Louis bar. Col. Broad head followed, closing the argument. His rpeoch was unpretentious, devoted to giving testimony in a concise and conne cted form for the jury. He laid particular stress upon the fact that tife defer. so had freely admitted the rxistence of the con spiraevs, even, too by evi dence of accomplices; but when the same kind of testimony was brought directly against their client, they pronounced it perjured aud worthy of no consideration. After Uroadhead finished, tho court adjourned. The jury is to be instruclcd Monday and the case will be given to them by noon. St. Loi is, Tan. ol. 'Die jury iu the ca-ie of Win. MeiCee, charged with complicity in the whisky m.- icr : r;. tiu ii'.e j'iiioii. .iut.;e iron cuijo ing. The charge was very full and in the usual stylo. He va-::d the jury particularly aga mneh v.eii'.ht to .tie t idvin'r too o testimony of jury ietir d at :t a quarter past conspirators. ! ..o 11::'0 A. M.. f.nd 10 P. M.. Judge Treat on the hone) the j-iry returned a verdict of guilty.0! The next trial w a- that of Magmro. t ..: .. i : . I ici ior a ou ii i i. s. i XoKwicii, Conn.. Jan. 31. Tho funeral of the late Congressman Starkweather took place thi. after noon at the Central Baptist church. The public ouildings we're very gen orally draped in mourning, ami j there was ea general suspension of business. Xi:w YoKN, Feb. 1. The S -amless Clothing .Company is reported to have failed. Liabilities, IO:000- 400 operatives thrown out of employ ment. . The treasurer of the St. Lawrence Company is reported a defaulter. St. Loris, Feb. 1. It has been agreed between t:e counsel and ac quiesced in by fhe court that none of the juror-; s-doeted, for Magu ire's trial shall bo drawn for Bibcock's case. Indian-atoms. Feb. l.-rn t;,ft jr S. Court this morning, the following named pai ties, for crooked whi.-kv operations, were sentenced by Jndge Graham to two years' imprisonncMit hud a fine of 1,000 each: Philip Ehowire, Geo. T. Simonson, J) ivid M. Lewis, Harrison Miller, Win. Mnmford. Hiram B. Snvder Alfred M. MoGoff, and John E. Phillips. Jack Hill, three years in the peniten tiary and a fine of 1,000; Thomas Robb, one year in Gibson county jail and a tine of 1.000; Henrv Jaqnes, Christopher O'Connor, John Grispl D. Reilly. each six months in Gibson county jail and a fine of 500; Goo. Hogan six months in the Yander burg county jail and a fine of 500. The passing of sentence on J. W. Bingham has been postponed. Pkovioknce, Feb. l.T'uo House of Epresonativos passed, without division, a bjll providing that land occupied or owned by churches, schools, colleges and charitable in stitutions shall no longer be exempt from tixation. Boston, Feb. 1. A special from East Lyndon, Yt., states that Silas Wilder, a resident of that town, killed his father and mother, this mornintr. with an ax. and then cut his wife's throat. He then hung himself. His wife was aliye at the latest date. WAsnrNOTON, Feb. 1. The public debt statement for January shows a reduction of 1.500.155. Coin in the treasury, 73.001,311; currency in the treasury, 11.202,580; coin cer tificates. 31,001 ,00; special depos its, legal tenders. 10,000.000; out standing legal tenders, 371,273,110. l.'orcign. Bk.iu.tn, Jan.. 20. The Reichsta" to-day concluded the second reading of the penal code bill." The so-called Arnim clause was adopted 179 to 120. It is thought here that Turkey has determined not to declare war' with Montenegro. Ragcsa, Jan. 29. The insurgents are marching north of Frebigne, pursued by the Turks. The insur rectionists have burned nine villages. Madkid, Jan. 29. In an cngage- 11- rutipta. tit tin i IS ri(T. COll IT I - v,.i, i . o- 0 ! ment in the province of ALira, the ! Carlists whio Qlnfuvi j lo!?eS HUetl Ja mounded.0 1 v-i i-v-vi. Tf x til HKZiX V Y ' 1 ... " l 1 1 t i - - r M ; . -A-ivis, jan. ou. Senatorial elec- T lii T HA . . . - j tn? two districts of Pny de i DoiV)(and colonies. Tim snfroscfnl alists. The remains of Lemaitre the actorQ were buried to-day at Mont Marie. The funeral was attended by an im mense .and somewhat noisy crowd. Victor Hugo delivered a funeral ora tion. Sr. Peteusbo:g, Jan. 30. The Gazette, of this city, complains tlmt American ships have for a long time been committing abuses in Ochstosh seas. The inhabitants, being bribed with spirits, have allowed Americans to usurp rights of fishing and hunt ing iu those waters. Maiiui, Jan. 31. The report is officially confirmed that Gen. Lorna, having captured Valmaseda, is ad vancing on Durango, compelling the Carlists to abandon the siege of Bil boa, and evacuate their fortified po sition there. The whole mining dis trict is now free of the Carlists. Gen. liiiveraaptured Fort Santa Barliaru. near Estella. and Gen. Campo has occupied Porte Vilite. The Royalists are closing in upon Don Carlos. The division of Gen Morales attacked the Ctrlist Foit at Aratzaiu on the 20th, but was repulsed, losing 200 killed, including one colonel. o London, Jan. 31. Advices from Berlin say the Spanish government has intimated to Great Britain that it.undertakes to end the war in a week or ten days, after which it will have a large force of men for the subjugation of Cuba. Ro:.ie, Jan. 31. Cardinal Simconi has been instructed to quit Madrid if the government assents to an ap proval by the Cortesaif the clause of the proposed constitution Qdi owing liberty of worship. London, Feb. 1. The "Weefcitj Word I says prof, Juo, TynYlall will shortly many the daughter of Rt. Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton. The well known Methodist divine and author, Jabez Burns, is dead. Serious and bloody feuds are an- O nounced as having occuredo among the tribes on the Seiude lrontier. Tlie Time-;, of India, fears a general rising Throughout Belloehistan. It is reported that the Indian Govern ment contemplates occupying Khetat and deposing the Khan. Tho Morn'my, Hour understands that a warrant has been issued for t he apprehoason of Wm. Smith ofO Smith S : Co., solicitors. It is feared that he has used a large amount of money belonging to various clients and that his debts amount to 750, (:00. o San Srn vsTi.vN, Feb. 1. Advices received here aunounce that Ctji, .Martinez Campos is advancing into the heart of Bhizan valley, diiving ihe Carlists towards the mountains of tlje frontier. A great panic is aid to prevail among the Carlists at i ra and other points on the Bidassoa river. XKTil'S IT I '.VIS. O Xorwegian and Sweedish immi grants are coming to the Sound country i i large numbers. The puylic school at Port Ludlo has b. on ciosed on account of the p: eva'.ence of scarlet fever O ah bodies of John Crofts, enjri- icor of the Black Diamond, and Willie Pratt, w ho wer drowned n Piiyaihip Bay, have been picked up by the Indians. A young man at Port Lndlnw 7:it week, slept 39 hours from the effects ot an overdose of opium. Late advices from Salt Lake say that in the contested cases between Foote(Geiitile) and At kins (Mormon) for a seat in the Legislature, it was proved the latter had received about b00 illegal votes. Foote, member elect, is excluded by a vote of the House. Loggers are now making arrange ments to commence work at the dif ferent places on the Sound. Bismarck came within seven dob7) lars of reaching a salary that would make it u presidential office. The sa'ary was 993. Thurston county has KJ school houses and 951 scholars. Two miles of road are in workin' ordc order from black river, near Seattle, q to Steele's ranch, on the Dawamisli t' river. There are 2G priests in the Diocese of Xes.jivally, od churches, 2 orphan asylums, :; male and 0 female acade mies, 1 religious house of priests, 11 parochial schools for boys and girls,. 2 colored schools, houses of female religions. The Catholic population is reported at 12,000. The dirtiest man in Montana llaUt Nelson, better known as Mountain Dew, has fallen heir to 50,000. The President of the Rescue mine has left Idaho for the East. His ob ject is to induce capitalists to Invesfoo in the rich mineral lands in Warren district. The people around Waitsburg W. T. favor the annexation to Oregon. Indians are killing buffalo for their hides around Middle Park. The yt-tcs is the name of a paper just published at Dayton, W T. o o Dayton has got a woolen uianufac- turing company. The Smelters and Silver mills of Utah w ill devote one days run as their exhibit at the Centennial. Gamblers are crowding into Chey enne p-.eparatory to departure for the Black Hills. There were 1,192 arrests made in Salt Lake City in 1S75. Boise City has an egg G inches in circumference. Keejj it tillEaster. The Statesman wants Idaho to Lave an Immigration Board. A young man named Al. Goodrich cut his tongue off in Boise City last week. He was deranged, and said his was a bad tongue, and that it did not alwav tell the truth. What a silent place this would be if our peo ple resorted to similar treatment tin der similar complaint. o O O o o o o c O e o uaiviTY OF CALIFORNIA, PAT T cm niiT
