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VOLUME L. NEW ORLEANS, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1886. NUMBER 176. WALL PAPER, Window Shades, nr Screens, Fir Board Prints, BTAIMKD CLASH SUBSTITUTE, Letters and Numbers For fcluw inuowp and Train soma. best selected and largest s.ock In the city.

Na. Camp street. papar HudcIkk done by tbe boat -workmen. Samnles of Wall Paper sent to the eooauy. ornamental glass stained, cut and etched, i Venetian and Cathedral Glass all Tints.

H. W. BOSS, 6 Perdldo street, NEW ORLEANS. F26 lstptf Dr. J.

II. MALONEY, Josephine, Carver of Camp Foarth Diau Tour Tlrst-elasa Medals for Tins Artificial Work. Teetn Inserted -without plates or extracting' tia roota if desirl. Fillings and extraction wltbnt pain. LOWESThiKOK.

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Its profits remain here. It pays heavy licenses and taxes for the benefit and support of our city and Btate Government. Its losses are promptly adjusted and paid. It insures at lair snd eiTUirnble rates. It is a "HOME INSTITUTION." OFFICERS JVIIIj 1115 lKU kit, XI.

Uiuui, ico rrauucu SCOTT McGEHEE, Secretary. FINANCE COMMITTEE: JOHN T. MOORE. M. SCIT WABACIIER, THOS.

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V. ti. ERNST. NOTICE TO THE l'UliJlU. LILIENTIIAIS PhotoRraph and Ail Establishment will remove on or about Oct.

1, to 32 A 34 Chartres x' Street, one block from Canal. All stock oa band, consisting or Palnt'nea, Engravings, Frame and Albums, etc etc, -will aolt at arrest sacritice to laci itte removal. -in, kkh mn mt ttii wiu uuauaao ru uo uikni iuo ipiuiw iixtb. tra charge for irronrs Hanrt'Otue souvenirs given away to every person having hoot graphs taken Please call before going ele where, ElCrab Orchard Water Genuine Crab Orchard Gaits in scaled packaees CRAB ORCHARD WATfcK itoptb. rop'ra.

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Oall Grocert, VrusgiMs, Min. Wt. Dialer BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN Lowest Coarse iu the City lor first Class Dentistry. G.

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ILLS PROHIBITION. Vicksburg Barrooma Closed on Sunday. Defeated at the Polls, the Anti-IJquor People Determine that tbe taws Shall be Enforced I More Unlicensed Deadfalls to be Tolerated. Vicksbtjkg, July 18. ISpeciaL For the first time in many years Vieks-burg has experienced a genuine Sunday, or Sabbath day.

NOT A BARROOM OPEN. The statement is almost incredible, nevertheless it is true. At an early hour this morning Capt. Thos. Billetts, of the city police force, accompanied by an officer, by direction of Chief of Police J.

B. Browne, made the rounds and told the barroom men to close up for the day. The order, with the fewest of exceptions, has been up to this hour (6 P. obeyed. The election held Saturday was brought on by the whisky men's petition to the Board of Supervisors.

The temperance people made the best fight they could, having been forced into the prohibition issue. Your correspondent was informed today by a prominent attorney of this city, that there was not a barroom in the city that held a license that had been issued IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. The mother of young Richardson, a white man who was killed in Cray ton's a colored man's barroom on Sunday morning about 1 o'clock some months ago, employed an attorney to bring suit on Cray ton's bond for damages as provided for in the suit. The attorney went to the city clerk's office and asked that gentleman to let him see the bond. The clerk replied that Craytou had not had a bond for three years." Cray-ton is a member of the Board of Aldermen, and it was in his house that John Wilson, his barkeeper, was shot Friday night.

THE TEMPERANCE PEOPLE are thoroughly organized under the new law, and not discouraged. They 6ay they are not obstructionists, and while they do not intend to stand in the way of the wishes of the people, they intend to see that only persons of good reputation, and persons who are sober and suitable persons to receive a license shall have the same. When a person has conducted his business de cently heretofore they will in all prob ability not trouble him. They say that they mean to see that all the provisions of the law, in regard to procuring licenses, is complied with, and when the license is obtained they will put any liquor dealer's bond IN SUIT AT ONCE if he fails to comply with the law now in force, and particularly the law re quiring them to keep an orderly house, not to sell to drunkards or minors, nor keep open on Sunday. The whisky men must comply with the following provisions of law: A petition with the signa tures of twenty -live real estate owners must be gotten up recommending that the person applying be of good reputation, and a sober and suitable personage to have a license to retail liquors.

This must be filed with the Board of Mayor and Aldermen when the application is for license to retail in a city, and with the Board of Supervisors when it is in the country outside the city. This petition lies over for one month for consideration and FOR THE RECEPTION OF COUNTER PETITIONS, as before the election, and should the citizens object to such applicant having a license they can still get up a counter petition and should they get a majority of the qualified voters against the applicant, or be able to show that he is not of a good reputation, nor a sober and suitable person to receive -such license, then the body having jurisdiction of the application cannot' grant him a license. Iu case no fight is made against the applicant the body having jurisdiction makes an order directing the sheriff and tax collector to grant a license upon the applicant executing a bond in the sum of $2000, to be approved according to law, containing among other things that he will keep a qUIET, PEACEABLE AND ORDERLY HOUSE, that he will not sell to a drunken man, a minor, or keep open on Sunday, and that he will in all things comply with the law in regard to the retailing of liquors. When the order is made he takes a certificate thereof and his bond approved as the law directs, to the sheriff, who. upon his paying the privilege tax $350 in the city and $200 in the country isaues him a license for one year.

At the expiration of that time he has to go through the same operation to obtain a license again. Any violation of the law subjects the principal and his bondsmen to SUIT ON HIS BOND, and he forfeits the whole penalty thereof $2000. The informant gets one-half of the penalty. The election Saturday holds good for two years, and at tha end of that time another election can be held. No female can obtain a license to eell whisky under the new law.

The above are the main features of the law that governs the whisky traffic in this State, and are given at length for the benefit of the many Picayune readers in Mississippi. Tha temperance men say that they will not prosecute for past offenses, but have able counsel -who will see that the law is complied with to the letter in the future. The evidences of to-day already establish the fact that, while the temperance cause was outvoted, MUCH GOOD HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED by the agitation of the question. A large number of the citizens who roted against prohibition will sustain every effort of those who strive to enforce a strict obedience to the bill. SOUR stomach Is ona ot the first symptoms a eomlac bilious attack, and If remedied la tine a severe spall of aloknoaa bt bo prevented; take Dr.

J. H. MeLean'a Liver ana juuty nueia, cents per vial. AT.A-F ATVTA, BIRMINGHAM. The Moulders Strike Ended An Exciting Toplo In a Religions Body.

Birmingham, July 18. 1 Special. The striking moulders at Linn Iron Works last night agreed to go to work to-morrow, and submitted to the discharge of the three who had been the causs of the shut-down of the last ten days. There was a breezy discussion in the Baptist State Convention last night on the subject of tbe government of the theological students. The College Board of Ministerial Education, established two years ago to provide means for the education of preachers, established a mess hall at the college for their students, and now warmly support this chansre mainly on the ground of economy.

The trustees of the college and their backers spoke warmly in favor of putting the theologists back into the barracks with the other students. A good deal of feeling was shown on both sides in the debate. Dr. Cleveland, of this city, President of the Board of Mission, went so far as to say he would not serve again if the barracks plan was forced on the board. The question was at length referred to a committee.

GEOEO-IA. CARTERSVILLE. Rryan Strickland Shot. Atlanta, July 18. Bryan Strickland, of Cartersville, was shot and killed in that town to-day by a party headed by Town Marshal iukett.

An inquiry is in progress. JTIRTsTTTJ O-K. V- MOUNT VERNON. Murder of the Moore Brothers. Louisville, July 18.

A special says: Jack Moore, who was shot on Friday in the street fight at Mount Vernon, is dead and his brother Tom cannot live. Particulars of the terrible affair are about as follows: Judge G. W. McClnre, Lee Carter and Jack and Tom Moore had a dispute about the recent Ku Klux trouble in the county, and a tight ensued. McClnre grappled with Jack Moore and was fired upon by Tom Moore.

Carter then opened upon Tom Moore, and they emptied tueir revolvers at each other. Jack Moore and McClure were separated. Tbe Moore boys then armed themselves with guns and were walking down the street when they met Carter. Jack fired at Carter but missed, and Carter shot him down with a load of buckshot. Tom's shot also missed and he in turn fell by his brother, pierced with six balls.

McClure was shot twice but not dangerously. Ho gave himself up. Carter escaped uninjured and has fled. McClure is ex-sherift and was judge of the connty court. The Moore boys are sons of a Methodist minister.

Carter is a lawyer. There is fflBCb excitement over the aftair and friends of both sides are flocking into Mt. Vernon, though no further trouble is expected. MISSISSIPPI. ARTESIA, A Tirakeman Killed.

Artesia. July 18. Special. R. II.

Hawkins, a brakeman on a freight train Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, fell off the train this morning, at Crawford Station, and received injuries from which he died. TENNESSEE. MEMPHIS. Suicide of a Merchant. Memphis, July 18.

has. N. Erich, wholesale dealer in queensware, at No. 821 Main street, shot himself with- sui cidal intent at an early hour this morning, inflicting what the physicians pro nounce a fatal wound. Domestie infelicity is said to have been tbe cause of the self-murder.

The bullet from the pistol used entered the forehead and remains buried in his brains. TEXAS. LAREDO. Crossing tha River to Join the Revolu tionist. San Axtonio, July 18.

Special. A letter received by the Assistant City Marshal here to-day from an ac quaintance in Mexico, announces that a revolt in Tamaulipas, Mexico, is imminent and that a bonus of $20, arms, equipments and horses are being offered to parties on this side of the Rio Grande, and that the latter are crossing the river in small parties to avoid attracting suspicion and moving to an obscure point midway between New Laredo and Matamoros. CAPITAL AND LABOR. The Chicago Assembly. Chicago, July 18.

There was some excitement in trade and labor circles here yesterday on account of reports that at the meeting to be held to-day the anarchist element would endeavor to get control of the affairs of that organization. The meeting was very largely attended, but nothing of an alarming nature tranRDired. The business of the session was the election of officers ot the en suing year. These were elected i follows President, Charles W. Rowan, of the Cigar Workers union; vice Jf resident, Thomas J.

Lvon: Financial Secretary. Wm. E. Thornton: Treasurer. John Folev.

The election is a victory for the conservative element, which will interfere considerablv with the reported Inten tion of the anarchists to get control of the allied trades' asairs. Captared la Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, July 18. The po lice to-nignt arrestea a man wnomtney V.1 i ayta -tr hs Samnftl K. Gar.

the Am. bezziing pension clerk who left Pittsburg a day or two since. He was captured in a House of ill repute on information given by a woman who recently came from Pittsburg, and who knew Uay there. Tha nriaoner savs he is not Gar. hnt that hia name is Samuel Dennison.

a commercial traveler from Buffalo. In his pocket, however, were found several letters addressed to Samuel K. Gay and cards bearing that name. ThMA. the nrisoner savs.

were ativen to him by Gay, but he offered no further explanation. He will be held aa a fugitive from justice until the Pitts- Dars vouee are neara zrom. SAM SMALL Sermon in Jackson by tha Great Evangelist To an Immense Audience that the Church, Would Not Mold Ilia Future Uorements. Jackson, July 18. Special.

Mr. Small preached at the Baptist Church this morning to an audience almost packed to suffocation. The crowd that came late stood in the sun at the windows with listening ears, anxious to catch every sentence uttered by this celebrated evangelist. He took for his text the 18th chapter of Acts of the Apostles, 20th verse: "When they desired him to tarry longer time with them he consented not." He described Paul as he went among tne jpnesians, and found them working and worshiping all of the arts known to history at that day. Some of them had heard of the Lord and professed him, but Ephesns, being a great commercial point, mercnants from all over Asia had come thereto interchange ideas of commerce, and worshiped not the spirit of tne Christ.

asked them Have ye not received tbe Holy Ghost since ye believed!" and they answered that they knew not of this Holy Uhost; ana then the few were baptized and were received into tbe Holy Ghost. It was the secret, as Paml showed the Ephesians, of a true Christian character, and without the Holy Ghost we ean't be Christians or follow ers of Jesns Christ. Perhaps there are men in the city of Jackson wh are claiming tbe smiles of Christian men and the applanse of God, when they don't know anything about being a Christian. It took Paul twenty-seven years to teach them that their lives were not true, and to confess the fact and bring up tbeir associations of evil and born them before the eyesight of their fellow-men, and 60 everywhere the Word of God will not prevail until we burn these treacherous instrumentalities. Hence, if we want to be Christians, we must seek diligently and beg our Master to give us the Holy Ghost, which brings wisdom and power.

Go where we will in America to-day, and we see the church suffering and abounding in all the temporal affairs of the flesh and members in complicity with eviL They live lives of mere Christian courtesies: they have not that dominant spirit that points all men to Christians ana have men to say, there goes a zealous Christian, and let us follow him. Friendship to the world is enmity with God. God has drawn the line of demarcation between the world and the church, and said Be thou Beparato." You cannot serve man and God; you can't live on both sides of the line, We have the right ot choice. He made no free, moral agents, and when we agree there is a conjunction which makes us men. Jesus drew the line and gave us the choice as to whether we serve the flesh and devil or God, and if we serve tiod.

we must have bo hand, no part or parcel in the world's sin. And if we profess and do not renounce the flesh, then we are hypocrites and a sham. The righteous and the unrighteous do not go together. There is no greater curse than to have a man yoked up with con tamination. It brings contempt upon Him and His word, and a disgrace to the church.

You look around you and see members in perfect ease and unity with the world, and when you find a church in this condition the only thing that distinguishes it from any other building is its spire. To some of yon church members it does not seem to hurt your feelings a bit to receive an invitation to go to a theatre, a cirous, of a dance, or take a drink and when you accept you advertise yourself to the world as not having received the spirit of the Holy Ghost, and you are not a Christian or you would take an invitation to run after and go with the amusements of the world as an insult. When they ask you to go with them into such places they intend it is an insult, and want to let you know they have no confidence in your profession, and you run your little charity balls to help the ehurch. I had as soon run a game of charity faro or charity poker as a charity balL There is a joyous jubilee in hell when the church mixes up in such things as these. What do you want I To prostitute the church to give color and decency and respectability to these affairs You might as well undertake to make your choir on angelio opera company.

These little schemes inviting the devil and his crowd to come and join you anything to help out in the church. I'll tell you such was not the teachings of Jesus. If you cant run the church in decency and without having the side-shows in it I would go to the woods for worship, which were God's first temples. In a church where the Holy Ghost abides there is no necessity in asking for alms and go around on the streets begging. ICriesof "that's so." What did the Ephesians do when they were talked to by Paul They came with their arts and their books and burnt them before the eyes of men.

That is one of the firi-t things you have got to do confess your sins and your deeds to him and offer your body as a living sacrifice to Him who gave it. Will you When you do this men will dispute with you as Demetrius did to the Ephesius, and so men will tell you that to do these things we will lose our trade and our crafts will be idle, ana they appeal to you to stop, and then your greed and desires for worldly pleasures will come and you commit yourself the Devil. You have men in Jackson who, are counterparts of Demetrius, and if it were not for the laws of your country, you have men who would seize the church and tear it down, and they would catch your minister and say, "Down with him!" and they would seourge him, and they would hang him. I could beat the roll for such a crowd, and they would come filing out of the back rooms of the saloons. There ia where you would get the crowd for such work, and they would go at it with willing hands.

Some oiyon say, "I Join the church with a reserve. I dorft exactly agree withthechurchinsomethings." When you go into the ehurch in that way you disagree with Jesus Christ, and Jesus will disagree with you in that great Judgment Day. I mean to preach to yon all the way you should live in the church, and I don't care whether you like it or not; I want you -church members to move nearer to God and receive the Holy Ghost. I don't believe cards and taking a drink, etc, will send you to hell; but when you came to the church altar you took the oath of allegiance to God, and when you do those things you. perjure yourselves, and God will punish yon for lying.

He won't submit to the prostitution of his name. I can't see how a man can confess Christ and then associate with all that ia inconsistent with Jesns and His teachings and damage a man against all of the influences that will lift a man up from the mire of hell. j. The man who would betray Christ for the sake of business is a true brother to Jadas iscariot. I say to vou renounce the world and receive from God tha Spirit of the Holv Ghost.

Thon will the church be as Christ desires His oriae. attirea without spot or wrinkle, but radient in the unritvof her eternal hymeneal robes. She will be estrblish-ed on the acts of the twelve apostles witn tne gospel as tne cmet corner-stone; she will be walled in with God's ever- lasting strength groined and archedwith His omnipotence, domed witn the 53X) true and faithful promises of His word, lighted with the stainless radiance of eternity, spired with the Christian's hope of heaven and climaxed with the cross of His triumph. In this citadel of rest and safety, around the bounteous tames of uods providence, we can peacefully await the advent of the glorious desire of all nations, even Jesus hrist the righteous. Mr.

Small preached a powerful sermon to the negroes this evening. It was very effective, and was made in language not to be misunderstood by them. A full text of his sermon will be published Tuesday morning. He is preaching now to a vast crowd at the Robert Smith Park. He leaves immediately after his sermon for Atlanta, from whence he will join Mr.

Jones in Missouri. CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS Session of the Conference at St. Paul. St. Paul.

July 18. Several ministers attending the Conference of Charities and Corrections preached in the city churches this morning. The only session of the conference was that at the Plymouth Church tonight on the subject of prison reform. Of the two regular papers, the first was a report by the Rev. J.

Lb Milligan, of Allegheny, delegate from Pennsylvania to the International Prison Congress held in London in 1872, and also to the second cos press held in Stockholm in 1S78. He said that President Cleveland, as well as the National Prison Association, commissioned him to the third International Prison Congress held, at the close of last year, in Rome, where it met on the invitation of the King of Italy. Its sessions were opened and held in the palace of fine arts. Tbe Prime Minis ter, M. Do Pretis, was made the President, and spoke the welcome of Italy to the Congress.

The number of delegates from Europe, Asia, England and America was large, and made up of experienced men. The reception and hospitalities extended bv the King and Queen, in person, and by other high officials of the government were most charming. The session continued eight davs. The display of prison products of every conceivable manufacture occupied nine large halls the palace of fine arts. The congress was divided into three sections for morning work, and in the afternoon it met in general convention to hear and pass upon the work of the sections.

The Questions treated and the conclusions reached pertained to criminal jurisprudence, prison discipline and preventive measures. The proceedings will make two, large volumes, and can be secured through our Secretary of State. These only can e-ive a fair idea of the breadth and im portance of this, congress. The next one will convene in ou i ewereuui jj. Th.

aflensd. saner waa one bv Clen. of Ohio. It embodied such principles of prison reform as are now recognized as axioms by all leading rienolomsts. The dominant idea in the creation of prisons should be the protection of so ciety by tbe reformation or permanent detention or prisoners, ine oia aoc-trine of retaliation or vengeance is hot tenable under the Christian dispensa tion, and experience has shown that it is not effective.

In the reformation of prisoners the requirements are L. Classification: reformation of prisoners with all offenders in association with other prisoners is hopeless as the purification of a fountain with a cess pool discharging into it. For this reason American jails with less than half a dozen occupations are schools of crime, and our penitentiaries not much In jails each prisoner should be kept entirely separate from every other prisoner, and penitentiaries should be regarded and class ill ed under the Cro-tonor Elmira system. 2. The indeterminate sentence under which criminals are sent to prison as moral hospitals, from which they are not to be dischargeduntil they are cured.

8. Industrial employment, in which labor should be a privilege and not a punishment, and in the earnings of which prisoners should receive a share. The old slave system of contract labor should be abolished, and the best substitute, in most cases, would be the piece price plan. 4. No prisoner should be discharged until he has been tested under his parole or ticket-of -leave with police supervision.

5. In prison a school is just as important as a workshop, and no prisoner should be discharged until he can read and write. 6. Prison punishments which inflict bodily torture should be abolished. These are injurious, and instead of helping discipline, degrade manhood.

7. Religious construction, especially a Christian spirit and example, are indispensable for the best administration of prisons. Prison reform is a child of Christianity, and will always need its fostering care. A general discussion followed, in which a number of delegates spoke brieflar5 WEATHER. The Drouth.

v'' St. LoTJiflV'July 18. Dispatches from the Indian Territory say that the drou a continues over nearly the whole of tha Territory. The range is rapidly being ruined, and prairie fires are already burning in every direction. Murrain has broke out among the cattle in several localities, and many are dying.

Unless there is rain soon a regular, epidenuo among the stock is feared. A dispatch from Topeka Bays that tha present drouth in Kansas is the worst the State has known since 1873. Unless rain falls during the coming week tbe corn prospects will be ruined. The corn is just beginning to tassel and is where ram is most needed. The last rain was in the latter part of June.

Since then the weather has been intensely hot. There have been local showers, but not enough to be of any service. The oat and wheat harvests have exceeded the estimate of the State Board of Agriculture; but from present outlook tha corn crop will be greatly re-duceiL MARITIME. The XjOss of tha St. Andrew.

Philadelphia, uly 18. A special cablegram from London tells of the loss of the English steamship St. Andrew, from Biuefields for Philadelphia. The crew are safe, but the vessel is a total l0Tha St. Andrew sailed from Hull, Eng.

The loss on the vessel and cargo wiU amount to It has been discovered that the rivers of Bankaoron and Kassai are tally navif able, so that tne astern region of the Osngo stata can be reached without a long Aetou to the aorta- WASHINGTON. The Tree Delirerj. A Special Session to Discuss tha Pro. posed Extension of the System. The Blair Bill IU Friends Still Hopeful of Success in the Bouse.

Washington. July 18. Special 1 At to-morrow night's special session of tha House the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads will have the exclusive) privilege of calling up their bills, and it is understood that among the meas ures to be passed to conclusion is the bill to extend the free delivery system to cities of 10.000 inhabitants and nn- wards, provided the revenue of thai post offices in such places amount to at least $10,000 per year. Tli i a will fkAnAfifc nitijka In lli. South that do not now have the free il.liirarir Tlin Kill will 4a V.

Eass the House without any ut it is not certain that it will be considered by the Senate during the present session owing to the crowded con ditiou of the Senate's calendar. Col. Morrison will introduce in tha House to-morrow a joint resolution ia referftno.A to adjournment of Don orsns. He will leave the date blank, but it is thought that July 29 will be inserted by he House. The leading members of the House sav that thev think that an arransa ment can db maae to aajoum on wax date, but of course this is largely spec ulation unnii the views of senators can be obtained.

Ths Hnnas PnmmiftAB nn RnlAa nv decided that Tuesday shall be given exclusively to the Committee on Publio -Lands to dispose of railroad land for feiture bills. Wednesdav and Thnrsdav have been. allowed the Naval Committee to call up the naval reconstruction bill, and it is understood that the Naval Committee have decided to ask for an annronriaw tion of only $3,500,000, instead of $7,000,000, which the bill originally; It is probable though that the Hons will adopt amendments making the appropriations larger than the first named amount. Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, who haa taken such an active part in advocating the passage of the Blair educational bill, says the friends of that measure have not given up hope so far as this session is concerned, and that they will do their utmost to have a day set apart ior tne conbiaerauon ox ias urn oeiorej the adjournment, but the prospects of turocM are nut sa ungut aa uis uneiiuav of the bill would desire.

Tbe Coming Week InjCongressV. Washington. Julv 18. The oleomar garine bill is to be further debated in the Senate to-morrow, and its managers express a hope, which, however, is not shared by the majority of the that fiual action will, be reached to-' morrow night. lie reports upon tne rayns case, privileged question, are to be taken up on Tuesday, and if present intentions; are adhered to the debate will be left to the Republicans entirely.

The purpose of the Democratic members of the Committee on Privileges wuu aJvvivuo svos VMVta vwow af was. their report, gives some ground for the belief that the question may be brought, TIT -4 If the oleomargarine bill is not disposed of to-morrow, it will be taken up ajain after a vote is reached on tha Payne case and carried to its The civil appropriation bill will probably be next taken, and a long debater' is expected on it. A day will probably be taken beforsi the end of the week for the considers tion of THB riR.TT?. ri KT CARES on the calendar of the nominations. It is possible, though not probable, that Mr.

Dawes will find opportunity during ills wees to csu up tuo uuaui-mous report of rthe Indian Committee, recommending the passage over the veto of the bill granting railroads the right of way through the Indian reserj vation or rtonn sioniaaa. mi 1 i. me una grant loneiiures, uiicisusw commerce and the fortification appro priation bills are the subjects tha promise to engross the attention of tha AAVUOV alAlMBJ VUV If WaM The unexpected wreck of the last ap propriation bill the fortification billon Saturday has somewhat disturbed the plans of the Democratic "steering committee," and it may be found necessary to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee so that it may ba replaced by a measure not likely to suo cumb to the point of order which waa made with such fatal effect as in tha case of the original bill. XX tnia euujeoif csuirauuyuHuvi ia season to-morrow, it will be in order to suspend the rules and pass bills upon the recommendation of committees. Attempts will be made to pass the bill to increase tbe annual appropriation for tbe support of the militia, the bill con cerning the life of patents, and, possibly, the bill to increase the pensions of soldiers wno nave lost a iimo.

The introduction of one or more concurrent resolutions fixing a day for rrrn irrwiT. is expected, but while the present indications point to an adjournment about the first of next month, it is tolerably certain that the Ways and Means, Com- mif sill tint nnnrt a raonlntion on lV ww that subject until the last possible mo ment. The reason aasiamed is that if the two 1 a ulinnrnmsnL motions to suspend the rules of tha Houses or xtepreseniauea wvu. order at any time during the last six days of the session, and the "steering committee" would thereby lose control ii. Kn.inAii nf ths Hania, It is" believed that the final adjournment cannot be delayed after tha passage of the appropriation dui.

The positions of those not yet sent to the President are as follows Tha fortifications bill awaits passage by tha House the general debciency bill haa reached the Senate commute auu. win probably be reported on Tuesday tha sundry civil bill has been reported to the Senate and is ready for the action, of that body; the naval, river and harbor and legislative bills are IN THE CONFERENCE STAGS of precedence, subiect of two conferences, and all but two or three of the points of difference having been adjusted. The most troublesome of the remaining points is tne senate's amenamena pruvitmua private secretanea lor senators wna Senate has voted to adhere to this, holding that in matters exclusively its own the other branch of Congress ou ght not to interfere. A contest over this, matter occurs) each year resulting in a victory for tha Senate. y-w'' -j In Union Township, Ohio.

Is a mound feet hlh and 60 feel In circumference, and a party of explore ra. under the auspices or tne -leaDoay jauaeum, are uis They have already found flint knlTeS arrow heads and many skeletons..