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fvcrt otntf o. AVItUAMS EKAKE, Publishers. ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA. PITH OETHE NEWS, GOSSIPFROST WASHINGTON. Rev.

Dr. Hicks, spirtual adviser of Charles Gaitean, has executed a legal instrument transferring to Surgeon General Crane all his right title to Guitean's body. The paper recites the clause of the will by which Guiteau bequeathed his body to Dr. Hicke, and it bears evidence of acknowledgment before a justice of the peace. Surgeon General Crane is unable at present to give information of the final disposition of the assassin's remains.

The senate appropriation committee has amended the postoffice appropriation bill, so it provides that 2 cent postage will begin July 1,1883. They strike out the house provision regarding compensation of subsidized railroads for carrying nails, insert an appropriation of $185,000 for necessary anil special features on trunk, with tbe view of continuing the fast mail service, and in- creas the item for the steamboat ervice. The secretary of the interior, in a communication to congress, states that no lands have been patented to land grant roads for any uncompleted road since March 27,1882, except in case of the Wisconsin Central. Senator Frye denies that he charged the American commissioner on the Halifax fishery commission with being drunk, but he thinks a pretty large price to pay for a few mackerel. The president nominated Roger S.

Green, Washington Territory, to be chief justice oi Washington Territory, and Joseph Wasson, of California to be United States consul at San Bias. Mexico. CRIMES AND CRIMINALS. Efforts have ceased to compromise the case of Samuel Ruth, cashier, and Dr. R.

J. S. Thompson, accomplice, charged with the embezzlement of $120,000 belonging to the sa rings bank, at Washington, Pa. At Minneapolis, a locomotive engineer named Frank M. Pierce being invited to the supper table rose and blew his brains out with a revolver.

L. B. Parker, superintendent of hte Robinson mine, Colorado, has defaulted the stockholders assert to the amount of $400,000. It is now believed that Polk, the defrauding Tennessee treasurer, is sale" beyond pursuit Mexico. THE CASUALTY RECORD.

Lincoln Brothers' flour mill, elevator and dwelling house located at Olivia, burned recently. The total loss is about loss on buildings, insured for $9,500 in the Millers' Mutual, of Chicago. Lincoln Brothers lost 5,006 busbels of wheat and 1,500 barrels of flour--insured for in St. Paul and Springfield, Mass. Strait Shakopee, had 4,000 bushels of wheat in elevator, which was insured for $4,000 in the New York Underwriters.

The lurniturein- the house was saved. The burning of this inill is a severe loss to the community, as there is no mill now nearer than Beaver Falls, eighteen miles away. The woolen mills of Fitzpatrick Holt, "at Monayunk, were burned on Friday. The 400 operators were only saved by being Msriplined in a fire drill, leaving the burning ouildings in an orderly manner. The fire epidemic has reached Chicago The works on the south side burned Monday morning, causing a loss oi over $100,000 in money, but no lives.

GENERAL NEWS GOSSIP. The Minneapolis flour mills begin the year with a maximum capacity of producing 20,650 barrels of flour a day, in twenty-five establishments. During 1882 they received 18,403,700 bushels of wheat, shipped 2,054.500 bushels of wheat, and made barrels of flour. Of this latter amount ahoul 75,000 barrels were used in the Minneapolis home market, and in 1881, 1,181,322 barrels of flour, worth $7,678,964, was shipped directly to Europe. Practically the entire wheat and flour of Minneapolis is transported by rail.

The flour product of 1882 was below that of 18S1, chiefly on account of the damaged condition of the crop harvested in 1881. A bill was introduced in the Florida assembly, yesterday incorporating the Florida Ship Canal company, contemplating th construction of a ship canal from the At' lantic'to the Gulf of Mexico, across the pen insula. The bill names as incorporators Towusend Cox, William Fullerton, Willian Lawson, S. T. Meyer, Michael Jacobs aa( David McAdams of New York.

A Sun River, Mont, special to the Helena Herald says. A party ust arrived from the Northwest Territory, Canada, reports a verj severe winter. In the Bow river conntri and vicinity the snow is over two feet on the level and frozen solid. The cattle are in a deplorable condition and dying in large numbers. It is stated that a clause has been adde to the Yellowstone park lease which pro vides that the privileges which it is proposed to grant shall not be exclusive, but shall be open to others.

The secretary of the inter- rior will have the power to decide between applicants for sections of the park. The attended lease has been submitted to Senator Vest and i( is believed will meet his approval. Owing to the falling off in freight to England from Boston and the increase of Can adian freight the Allen line has withdrawn from Boston for the winter and ships wil run from Portland and Halifax. A fort nightly will run between Bostoi and Glasgow. The select and common councils of Phil adelplua recently elected William M.

Tag gart city controller, in place of Gov. Patti sen. The governor had already sent to th senate the name of R. Davis Page for tha office. A legal contest is expected.

The deficit in the Jersey Oily bank ac count foots up On the day before th doors were closed the president and cashic divided the cash on hand, except a Mnal matter of which in their piodiga carelessness they overlooked. Theincrcase of assessed of rea estate in New York in tlie.ast jear has bee $58,500,000. It is estimated that this adds $1,125,000 to the tax collections of the city, assuming ihat the same be paid in. A school of pharmacy, for the education of women only, has been organised in Louisville, under the auspices of the Polytechnic society, of Kentucky. PEESONAL MENTION.

The American Field publishes a reply from Capt. A. H. Bogardus to Dr. Carver's challenge for a pigeon match'accepting and offering lo shoot 100 pigeons oacb at Louisville, between Feb.

1st and JOIh, and to decide the wing shoot cnampionsdip of he world. Three other matches to-wit: 00 double birds, 100 single birds, ground raps, 21 yards rise, and 100 birds, hurling- ham 30 yards rise, $25 to $500 a side, each with $1,000 to $2,800 on tbe general nult: Bogardus also dtfers to sboot 500 ingle Clay pigeons and 500 half single and lalf-double, Carver to name the amount lo shot for. Gen. Grant says he thinks congress will ratify the reciprocity treaty with Mexico without hesitation, because there was really nothing objectionable in it to the interests which demand protection on the one hand, nd on the other it opened a field which Business men of the United States had been to enter for a long time. If Admiral Bryson.

is selected to com mand the Asiatic squardron it is believed ie will take advantage of the forty years' ervice law and be retired at once. In this vent Commodore Simpson will probably ucceed Admiral Clitz. The wife of Mayor Fox of Cambridge, has sued for divorce and maintenance. furnished money for her to secure a livorcefrom her first husband and then married her, but the union naturally proves an unhappy one. 'Mr.

Nelson Ludington died in Chicago, in Monday last. He had been ill for weeks but his ailment took an aggravated orm after the Milwaukee fire, when it was eported that his nephew was burned. Representative Williams (Wis.) will, it is understood, upon the expiration of his term the house, be appointed register of the and office at Watertown, Dak. The vice-regal party left Richmond las night on the regular mail train, over the Atlantic Coast line, for Charleston. Rev.

Thomas Harrison in seven weeks ris- revival meetings in Decatur, 111., lias cored 650 conversions. FOREIGN NEWS NOTES. Dublin Dispatch- Four informers will be examined Saturday. Some of the persons recently arrested have been watched by deceives for two years. Evidence will be given of the existence of a Fenian armory ilso the information of a plot to murde Lord Frederick Cavendish, Earl Spencer md other government officers.

Proof will be submitted of the companionship ofaome of the persons with persons found guilty ol murderous outrages. There is a perfect ranic among the conspirators. One inform- is a man recently convicted. The police secured a revolver purchased along with the one with the attempt was made on Judge Lawson's life. If is believed govern- meufc will be able to prove the existence of a conspiracy to mnrder government officers.

In the German reichstag Thursday the sresirfent announced that he had received 'rom'Germans living in St. Louis, Mo and Louisville, 30,000 marks and marks, repsectivoly, for distribution to the sufferers by the floods. Dr. Knapp proposed to express to the donors thanks )f the house, which was agreed to, with loud applause. Gustave W.

Cashian, formerly employed in St. Paul, is in trouble in Sleepy Eye connection with a forged check. He go! lold of a check payable to Gustave Willius of St. Paul, and altered it to Gustave Willius Cashian. He is reflecting upon his mistake in jail.

Mile. Corvisart, the daughter of the doc-, of that name, who was the medical man jf Napoleon III. during the last years of hi iife, has been sent for by the Empress En lenie, who intends to take charge of 'her. ler father having died suddenly. The vice of intemperance is growing so fast in Switzerland as to become a source grave anxiety among public men of all classes.

One of the results is that failures, bankruptcies and forced sales of property are alarmingly on the increase. England recedes from her position thai she shall control the destinies of Egypt, ant recommends the appointment of a joim financial advisory board. TJie Next Republican National Convention. The Republican National committee me at the Arlington Wednesday morning, al the States, the Territories asd the district Columbia being represented. Marshall Jewell presided.

He submitted the resignation ot Dorsey as secretary, which wa: accepted, and John A. Martin was unan imously elected secretary. Alter fill consideration and a lengthj debate the following was adopted' The Republican National convention shal consist ol four delegates at large from eacl state, and two delegates from each congres sional district. The delegates at large shal be chosen by popular delegate state con vention, called on not less than twenty days published notice, and held not less than thirty nor more than sixty days before tne time for the meeting of the national conven tion The republicans of the various con gressional districts-shall have the option electing three delegates at separate popula delegatejconventions called on a bimilar no tice' and held in the districts at any time within twenty days prior to the meeting the state conventions or by sub-divisions state conventions into district conven tions and delegates to be chosen in the lat ler method if not elected previous to the meeting of the state conventions; all distric delegates to be accredited by the officers such district conventions. Two delegate shall be allowed from each territory, an( from the District of Columbia, similarly chosen.

Notices of contests may be givei to the national committee, accompanied by full printed statements of the grounds contest, which shall also be Jmade public and preference in the order of hearing am determining contest, shall be given by th convention according to the dates ot the re ceptiou of such notices and statements bj the national committee. of Senators. Senator Frye.of been re-electee Hon. Isham G. Hanis, of Tennessee was ie elected to the United States senate on the first ballot.

Hia vote stood 17 in the senat and 58 in the house. The West Va. democratic caucus of th legislature nominated John E. Kennetfo United States senator. Two senatorial questions were settlec Wednesday.

Cullom was elected in 111 nois and Ransom in North Carolina. In New Jersey a bitter personal warfare i beim; waged against MePherson. The position will probably concentrate thei strength upon Attorney General Stockton In Nebraska one vote was taken Wednes day, Saunders taadinc; Millard by one vote Thayer coaling in third with eleven an Cowan lou'th with ten. Millard's demo cratic constituency have not yet rail! around his barrel. In Massachusetts- Hoar leads Long by large majority, but there has yet been choice.

A Louie-Democratic combinatio was defeated Wednesday, by an ndroii put motion lo adjourn. At the opening of the winter term Princeton College, President McCos railed special attention to the Sucessiv interest in nthlitic sports'now in American and advised i regression. priyate otter reciv.ed in Now Yor from 'Pans states thatHenry M. Stanlej the explorer, lias disappe'ared'from thi city in a most mysterious manner and i supposed to have returned to Africa. THE LEGISLATURE.

Senate, Tuetday, January Jit. Resolutions were adopted for a special committee of saven to investigate alleged ribery in senatorial contest, introduced by Senator Dorau, and for joint committee of seven to investigate into alleged illegal mplion from tax of lands granted railways, and sold by them. Senator wheat's bill to reduce contract rate of interest from 10 to 8 per was efinitely postponed, and Senator Castle's, to reduce rate of interest on gales of lands, rec- mmended for passage by committee of the whole. fufidtty, January It. The judiciary committee reported back be usury bid of Mr.

Ra'iilly, with recommendation that it be indefinitely post- xmed, but it was ordered printed and sent i committee of the whole. The members' mileage was reported. J. E. Child offered a resolution of censure or Mr.

Dnnnell for being absent from his xst of duty, which was indefinitely post- wned and expunged from the record. Bills rere introduced to regulate the carrying of passengers on railroads, amending the game aw and regulating the carrying of freight railroads. The coneurrentresolution offered by Judge Wilson, and adopted by the house, after tating the granting of lands to several railway companies and that certain of said ands have been exempted from taxation mtil sold, goes on to say that it is the duty )f the railway company to report sucU sale hat the same may be taxed, and that it is elieved that some of such railroad com- anies have made such sales and lot reported them, and hundreds of thousands of acres are exempt which should be axed, being the property of private per- A committee of three from the senate and bur from the house is called for to inves- igate this matter and report as soon as )racticable, stating the lands which arc eld exempt and should be taxed. bniatc, Wednesday, January Bills affecting the school district ot Stillwater were passed; Senator Craig introduced a bill amending the statutes relating to Compensation of county auditors, Senator lark, one allowing villages to regulate iquor licenses. The bill relating to the reduction of tax on sales of public lands was re-referred to he committee of (lie whole.

On Senator Mliam's bill forbidding loans or dona- ions to corporations, committee ie- orted progress. Jfouir, Wednesday, Jitntiftry 3.7. Mr. Child made another effort to get the resolutions of ceniure of Mr. Dunn ell on the records, and succeeded.

A motion to send Mr. Rahilly's railroad bill to a special com iittee went over under notice of debate, fudge Brown intioduced a resolution for nvestisation of charges of bribery in the senatorial contest. B.lls were introduced to regulate the handing of grain: repealing general laws relating judgments of United States cou-ts; adding election days to the legal holidays; nine bills amending the insurance law; giving chambers of commerce power to sell ruem- lerships to pay assessments; amending statutes relating to the sale of mortgaged property; reducing the rate of inter- at from 10 to 8 per cent; for a township drainage act. providing for the diainage and reclaiming ot land when adjoining land is be entered; authorising Crow Wing coun- to issue bonds for a bridge, appropriating to Stearns county for expenses in the suppression ofsniall pox. Senate, Tlinnday, January IS.

Speaker Oilman announced the com" mittee to investigate bribery according to Senator Doran's resolution. A bill authorizing.Todd county to borrow $25,000 for the erection of a court house, was passed; also one annexing unorganized territory to Marshall county. An appropriation of 580,000 from internal improvement fund to pay legislative expenses, was authorized. memorial tnen sets forth that believing the decision of the attorney general in this matter wasan error, and that the-officen in question have a jmt claim against the Mate, ask that au appropriation be bj the 9, time, to pay such officers sued fees--the sum ol $5,320,65. Bills were introduced amending the act relating to commitments to the Reform school; to fix the charges and control the transportation of freights on railroads in thin state; amending statutes relating to the recording ol certificates of real estatt; to provide for iho organization of the National guard, amending statutes relating to the conveyance of land and on sundry local subjects.

The bill appropriating $80,000 for legislative expenses was pawed. The house concurred in the resolution ior an investigation into the status of the railroad land grants, and for the investigation of the charges of bribery and corruption in the senatorial matter. MINNESOTA SENATOBSHIP. No Choice on the Separate Ballotlaga or the Two Houses. On Wednesday, 17, the two houses of the Minnesota legislature balloted separately for the United States senator.

In the senate, after various names bad been placed in nomination, the senators proceeded to vote as follows: For William so on the third. This leaves Mr. Wfh'dom'i status in the senate exactly as it was at UMI close of Wednesday's balloting. He gained Houltonand lost Lawrence, but.Waihburn, ia rick, is a Windom the house he gained Morris for one ballot, and Baker him, but was absent Bell, Corbiw and John Peterson. On Friday 19th'j there were four more fruit- lesB ballots for senator, as follows: Second Tbird Fourth Name.

billot, billoftwllot billot WISDOM 53 WILSON 35 COLE 14 DBNNELlj 11 HUBBABD 9 KINDREP 6 8TABT DAVIS 3 FABUEB 3 BERRY GILMAN CASILE STRAIT WAKEF1ELD S. G. 51 ai 15 11 10 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 51 17 IV 0 6 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 50 33 15 11 9 0 4 3 i i i i i i Acterman, BillsoB, Chandler, Compton. Cjoutock, Fleicher, Gilfilian. C.

Giltillan. J. Goodrich, Greenleaf, Johnson, Lawrence, ShaliMn, Truax, Waite. Plllsbury, Rice, Jloitic, Unirstlaij, January JS. Bills were introduced- Amending the act in aid of the Cannen Falls Im provement company; amending Sec.

216, Chap. 66, statutes of 1878, relating totriils by jury; exempting the property ofthePhil- harmonic society in Winona from taxation, and upon sundry other local topics. The house yeiy emphatically sat down on a proposition made by Mr. Eahilly in the form of a reso'nHon tosupercedethe railroad committee in the performance of its commonly accepted umu ions Mr. Kaliilly is the author of a bill to regulate the carrying of freights and passengers; four other gentleman have proposed similar bills in the house and in the usual course they have gone to the railroad toramittee Mr.

Kahilly proposed a reference of his bill to a special committee of fifteen members of the house, all whom are pretty well known to be in favor of so-called granger resolution. Speaker Ftetcher, in constituting the committee on railroads, selected Messrs. Sabin, Cole, Collins, Boardman, Smith, James, Nelson, Johnson Anderson Sa'lley, I)yar, Spanlding, Moore. Potter, Buck, Child E. A.

and Emery, believed to represent all sides of the question. The bouse evidently believed it would be a wrong to this committee and the speaker to supersede them in the performance of their duties, and after expressions of that character at the of Messrs. Chijds, J. E. Grimshaw, Cole, Smith, James, sad Bourdman, to which Mr.

Kahilly replied, the resolution was indefinitely postpond. Scnalv, J'riday, January lit. Senator O'Brien introduced a I ill allowing Houston county to borrow $30,000 to build a court house, and the bill passed; the committee on agriculture reported favorably on Senator Traux's amendment to the game law; the special committee reported the mileage of members. In committee of the whole 1he bill providing for the amendment to the constitution prohibiting aid to railway or private corporations was in order. Senator Wilson moved that the committee report for its passage.

Senator Bilson opposed. Senator OiUillan moved to amend by adding a clause prohibiting public credit from being loaned to anj indnidual or individuals. Before action could be taken, the hour for special order having arrived, 'and on motion of Senator Doran the committee rose and reported progress on the bill. Upon reassembling it was ascertained tliat tbe house had adjourned until to-day only, nn.l th" senate took like action. House, Friday, -TaHvary 19.

James Smith, presented a petition in the house from L. K. Stannard, J. P. Owens, and others, praying for money due-them by the state as land officers ill the Taylors Falls For Thomts Wilson (Democrat): Wheat.

Total, 23. Doran, FSaclett, Vo'lmer, Welch-- Total, 9. Van Hoesen. Total, 5. Cattle.

Christiansen, Craie. Peek, For GorJon E. Cole: Blake, Clement, Clark. Kaudaon, For Mark H. Dnnnell: Crosby, HolHsler, 'WarJ-- Total, 4 Cushman K.

O'Brien-- ToUl, 1. For Charles Kindred: Buckmin-- Total, 1. For Lucius F. Hubbard: Peterson-- Total, 1. For Charles Start: JIottiEon-- Toial, 1.

For J. S. Castle: Wilson-- Total, 1. For C. GilSllan: Hnulton-- Total, 1.

Grand total, 47. The secretary then counted the votes and the president announced the result as follows: Wmdoiu, 23, Cole, Hubbard, Kindred, Wilson, Dunnell, Davis, Start, 1: Castle, Gilfillan, U. 1. Total, 47. In The house tbe vote resulted as follows: Totals 14-1 1U 143, 143 Windom lost on the first ballot from th last ballot Thursday, Senttor Billsdu who voted for G.

F. Kindred, and. Senator Mc- Laugblin, -who voted lor G. El Cole. 'The in the 2d ballot vere Groetsch, TiVindouito Hubbard.

Moftenson, Wilson to Cole. Torgerson, Windom to 8 0. Cornstock. In the third ballot the changes were Baarnaas, Windom to Farmer; Emery excused from attendance; McJTauiara, Hnbbard to Cole; Torgersou, Couistock to Windom; White. Windom to Cole.

On the fourth ballot the changes were Dilley, Wilson to Femur; Mortenson, Col. to W'ilson; Thayer, AVinilom Farmer, and White, Coleto Wilson. For William Wmdom: Anderson. II Anderson, Baker, BarVer, Baiehelfler, Been, Boudman, Bolilefer, Bohtand, Burmeistbr, 3-ipaer, Child, J. E.

Minis, CorniHli, 'Daniels, Deiaeules, Dyar. Kmery, Ende, Gotzian, Gray, Grostsch, Halgren, Uleks, 'flolmstfom, Jobnson, M. Lydiard, Merriam, Miller, Nelson, Paulson, H. Peterson, Joan Peterson, J. A Peterson.

Oie Plummsr, Porter, fiidcner, Smith, J. Spaulmng, Strong, Swenson, Thayer, Tbocipnon, TorzerMm, Turrell, Fletcher-- 47. For Thomas Wilson-Baumgarten, Becker, Brown, Buck, Ohilds E. Cbisholm, Farrar, Frank, Gregory, Hill. Jacklin, Lenz, Mortensen, Patterson, Rahilly, Randall, Bichardpon, Smith Stablman, AVhite.

2o. Piiioy, Doyle. For H. Dunnell-- CarsoQ, Greer, Frohtn, Fincl), Potter, Simpson--6. For Gordon E.

Cole-Morris, Seymour, Wells, Morse. May. --5 For Charles F. Kindred-Hartley, Parker. Moore, Satiley--t For D.

A. Dickinson-Blackmail, Crawford. Johnson, AV. 3 For C. K.

Davis-- Grimsliaw, McKuaick--2. For Thomas S. Armstrong-Bell, Peterson. 0 --2. For L.

F. Hubbard-Hulebak, Paulson, For John IT. Berry- Gordon Cole--1. For Charles A. (iilman-- Van Dyke--I.

Grand total, 78. Not votmz--Baaruaas, Eorrt, Ciillen (paired with Satan), Liandl, Sabiu (paired with CalleoJ--5. IS JOIST CONM.NrtOX. There being no clioie2 the two bo dies voting separately, on Wednesday two ballots were taken in joint convention with the following result: First Secon Ballot. Ballot Ii5 61 37 34 11 12 a 9 4 Name.

WINDOM WlthOX COLE DAVIS KINDRED STAET STRUT OILMAN BEP.RY ARMS1RONG. FARMER 2 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 147 347 Those who voted for Mr. Wmdoni on the first Tuesday and did not do so Wednesday, are, as lolluws: Senator Ackerman--POT H. B. Strait.

Senator Sergeant--For J. Q. Farmer. BepMentative H. Anderson--For H.

B. Strait. Representative Capser--For Thomas Wilson. 1'cpresentath Emery--For Thomas Wilson. On the second ballot Johnson deserted the Windom rank, and J)aniels, Paulson and Dyar followed.

Frank 'de- sorted Wihon and went over to Uyar left tbe Wilson ranks and wont over to Stait. The vote for Mr. Windom on the first roll call, was sixty-five out of a total of 148 votes cast, being a falling off of five froni his vote of the previous day. The discouraging effect of this showing was manifested in the second calling of the roll, when his vote fell to 01, a loss of nine from "his. Tuesday count.

On Thursday, 18th, three ballots were had without choice, or very material alteration, AVindom losing slightly. The ballots stood as follows: First Nnme. Ballot. WINDOM 58 WILSON 35 COLE DUNNELL II HUBBARD 8 KINDRED 5 HTART 4 DAVIS 3 FARMER 2 STRAIT 2 1 CASTLE 1 1 BERRY 1 WAKEFIBLD Second, Ballot. 57 34 14 10 11 5 4 4 2 1 1 146 Thira liallot 05 34 1G 11 9 Totals 146 The roll call shbw.ed Senator W4Bhburri and Representatives uaarnaas, 'BaKer, cul- len'and 8abin only U5, but Minnesota Horticultural Society.

At the annual meeting held at Minneapolis last week, the society proceeded to elect officers for the ensuingyear, and thefollow- mg were elected: President --J. S. Harris, La Crescent. Vice presidents. A.

W. Sias, F. G. Gould, Oscar lloost, G. W.

Fuller, E. H. 8. Dart. Secretary--OUver Gibbs, Lake City.

Treasurer--J. T. Grimes, Minneapolis. Kxecative Committee--J. M.

Underwosd. Lake City; M. Pierce, Minneapolis; W. E. Brimhali, St.

Paul; 0. V. Brand, Faribault; K. G. Gould, Excelsior.

Eepresentatives to Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society--J. T. Grimes. Delegates to Wisconsin State Horticultural Society--Oliver Gibbs, J. S.

Harris. Delegate to Iowa Association--E. H. S. Dart.

Entomologist--R. J. Mendenhall. Committee on Seedling Apples--Prof. Porter, Minneapolis; G.

W. Fuller, Litchfield; S. M. Emerj, Lake City A. W.

Lias, Koch- ester, H. D. Eldridge. Excelsior. The president was then instructed to appoint all the other as he was absent the committees were not appointed.

The Key City block in Moorhead was burned Thursday night. The fire was discovered about 11:30, and the building was in ashes in half an hour. The wind was blowing in from the northwest, and that saved the Grand PaziSc hotel, which was simply across the street. The Key City block was a brick vaneered structure completed in 1881, and at a cost of $10,000 by Brnns Pleins. Some forty persons were in the block, and all escaped but some very narrowly.

The insurance was $20,000 on the block. F. B. Chapin and three other men were arrested at Detroit, Becker county by the village marshal for They were locked in a room in the rear of Bowen's saloon. The marshal gained entrance by responding to the call for thebirtender, and arrested he four and raked in the chips CONGEESSIOm.

land district. SChe memorial sets forth that'i Baarnaas tflftde liis" first appearance after congress in 1861 passed an act by which, a fee of $1 was allowed to registers and receivers lor the entry of each 360 acres of land, except; 'agricultural, and that during session of 1866, ihe legislature of ttte state passed an act by which this act was applied' to stpte lands, and that attorney general has decided that fees for entries oi swamp lands were not embraced ia tbe pa vision of the acts in Question. The the conuaenced, and.byi per- raissionb'isiyote was -recorded fpr Wil- AeEernian voted for Strait but went to Cole 2 a A Farmer, wliile to Judge'Start; Senator Lament? orrison- remained true Lis.al- Saturday, January IS. bill was introduced by ilr. Ingals for the investigation of the question of railway transportation by a commission to report to congress in December next.

The bill for the relief of Ben Halliday coming up, Mr. Plumb movel to strike out all after the enacting clause and substitute a bill to enlarge the powers and duties of the department of agriculture. The senate adjourned without taking action. HOISL--The pension and fortification appropriation hills, calling for $85,000,000 and W2.5,000, respectively, parsed, as did also a special pension bill increasing the pension for those made wholly or cactiallv blind or deaf while in the military or naval service. The most important item passed was one in relation to the increase of pensions in the of blindness dr deafness.

Under its provisions such pensioners as lost receive $12 a month, and in cases where the injury to the one eye manifatly affects injuriously the other, the pension is increased to $25. All who, underlikecircnni3tanc.es, have lost of ohe eye, the other having been previously lost, shall be entitled to a pension of $50. The pension for loss of hearing in lioth eais is hxed at $25, and for any loss of hearing less than total deafness in one or both ears an equitable portion of the fall pension. Another bill which excjrcd a cood deal of discussion was one to exfend'tfie time for the completion of applications of men or non-enlisted men to two yeafa after the passage ofjtlie act. This bill was opposed very earnestly, bv Mr.

Bragg, of Wisconsin, and to. Dunn of Arkansas, on the graund tuat it would open the door wide for thousands of improper claims. Gen. Rosencrans advocated the bill. Sfottrltty, January Iff.

number of petitions were pro sented on various subjects. The bill for the relief of Ben. Halliday and the tariff bill were considered all day without final action. Wheeler took the oath as representative of the Eighth Alabama district. Bills were introduced to convene the Forty-eighth congress the first Monday in March, 1SS3, and to allow newspapers to he sent through the mail free to subscribers.

Several members from committees moved to suspend the rules, passing some bills, and making others special orders for future days, with varying degrees of success. The house woundup the day's work with a wrangle over a war issue which was introduced by Mr. Wise of Virginia. He wanted the officers of a Richmond bank given permission to go before the court oi claims to establish (heir right to certain money, $100,000 in gold, seized by States when the Southern confederacy col Inpsetl. He endeavorcJ to show that the money was notj for the use of the rebel forces, but a report on tbe subject made in 1867 to congress effectually ditnosed of this assertion.

Tbe wind-tip of the ease to Mr. Eeed of'M'inei who said thatjiq thought tne people of the country were tirea of ii)g war issues raised, and speaking fer his side of the house he knew that they wete. To open this titee, it was -proposed; without it tbe test of loyalty, -would open the door lana' horde of claimants from the 11UI I The conjtfelMial? rJportMaatUlished the fact that Money in question had been loaned to confederate, government to pay off Lee's -forces, "and it longed to the United States as spoils of war. Tueidag, January tt. some routine work tbe wosto took up the tariff bill and made considerable pro- gMM thereon.

there was an executive session, and the following appointments were confirmed: Everett B. Sanders, receiver of public moneys, Wausau, John Clark, ot Michigan, agent for the Indian of the Colorado Hirer agency, Arizona. Postmasters: E. B. Brainerd, What Cheer.

Robert H. Lamoureiix, Sac City, William B. Bell, Washington, C. A. Bvjneit, Granite Falls, Minn.

E. Taylor took the oath as representative from the" Sixteenth Ohio district, to incceed the late Bepresentative Updegraff. The bill amending tbe act regulating tbe removal of causes from state to federal courts was discussed at length and finally pasted. After the disposition of tbe court bills in the house recently, the war claim of Massachusetts was taken up. It involves about $200,000 in harbor defences, in 1862, and for which the state now asks to be reinbursed.

Bragg of Wisconsin and Hoi- man held that it was not a war claim, and the Massachusetts delegation solemnly moved over to Jhe democratic side to argue the case. Morse, the Boston clothing man, asked Holman one or two questions, the replies to which so upset him that he contented himself with chewing a bad cigar, a usual. The contest resulted in fdvorof the econam- ists of the house, who struck the enacting clause from the bill and thus killed it. The way sand means committee's tariff bill was reported. The judiciary committee reported in.

the case of the contingent representative from KeBraska holding fioa- jots, the contingent in question, i for misrepresentation which induced the f' committee, during the former session of this congress, to makea report in his favor. Wednesday, J.f. only important meaure in- tioduced in the senate was ilr. Edmunds' bill for a rail way He proposes to have seven commissioners, three of them to be experts appointed by the president, who shall consider all question 1 rates, bearini; upon inter-state commerce, and re- poHtocouKiessontheftrstMoaday in December. Senator JlcUiil introduced a bill providing for the dutributJou of public documents, lie proposed to have them placed in charge of i he secretarv of the interior, to be fold at cost to jjercna The postof- iicc appropriation bill was discussed at considerable length, and then -work was resumed on the tariff bill.

HOUSE --Charles I. Doxeymas and J. T. Caine were sworn in, tbe foiiner as the late Mr. Oth's suecfs-o- freru the Ssnlh district of Indiana and the latter as delegate from Utah.

The only other business done was the discussion and adoption os a joint resolution favoring the appointment of a neff commission on Venezuelan claims to vpon the action of the former commission. January IS. SEN a long discussion, the amendment to the appropriation bill appropriating for fast mail service on trunk lines, was agreed to. The tariff bill was discussed until adjournment. HOCSE--The day was devoted to uninteresting routine work and the consideration of the the naval appropriation bill.

Friday, January 19. Harrison from the committee on territories, reported a bill authorizing the county to Yankton, to issue bonds. He said the majority of the com-" mittee were satisfied of the desire on the part of thepeop of that country to have such legislation as will enable them to refund iheir debt and get rid of the tint of repudiation. He would ask the senate to consider the bill at an early day. Garland gave notice that three members of the committee disapproved the bill and would oppose its passage most strenuously.

Mr. Hale presented Frye's credentials of re-election. After a debate on the postage reduction clause of the postofiice bill, the tariff bill came up and consumed the remainder of the clay. The discussion finally developed Into a debate upon the labor question. Hfi IE--5fr.

Moore introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment enabling congress to prevent repudiation in any Slate The day wa moitly devoted to the pri- I laportant to Pre-emptors. "Washington Special to Cincinnati Com- mercial Gazette: Secretary Te'ler has re- seised a decision of tbe commissioner of the general land office in regard to the pre-emption of public lands, which is tu cover raauy cases now pending, and to be at variance with the generally accepted cus- torn in certain portions of the far, west. -It is important to all pre-emptors. The pa i- ticulars are briefly as follows: 'A'man, named Flanagan filed a declare- tory statement May, 1SSO, alleging Settle- nient in the ifarch preceding, on a tract of land near Miles City, Montana. Another settler, named Garland, made a timber cul- tare entry in January.

1S81, and applied for the cancellation of Flanigan's filing for fad- ura to'comply with the requirements of the Flanagan waa given'a hearing, and testi fied that he drove a stake describing his claim, March 21, 1880, hauled logs in May, and pntupaloghousemitwe days, and slept therein during the nights. He left the land for five months, and came back in October, dug a well in twelve days, improved the house, and cut a ton of hay," which he stored in a pen, and left again Jan. 3,1881. During this time he was a resident housekeeper, with his family, at Miles City. He alleges, as an excuse lor his absence, sickness in his family.

On these facts the commissioner sustained tbe filing ojf Flanigan, on the ground'that good faith characterized his intension, which intention he stated is the controlling feature for consideration. The secretary does not concur in tais view. He says: The law is not satisfied by intentions. They are not the equivalent of the actual residence and improvement but continuous compliance with the requirements of the law is essential, and failure therein will not he overlooked, except under urgent circumstances and for controlling A reasons. Flanigan's neglect to establish a residence' on tlio tract during eleven of the thirty- three which a pre-emptor must perfect; his entry, and with slight movements, manifest a want of good faith, and a pnrnose tp'acqnire a tract of land without cpmpliaTiee with therequired'conditions.

FSanigan, is not within the requirements of the pre-enjplion either as to inhabitancy or improvement, and his filing should be cancelled. A writer wlio signs bimsii" writes: "Dr. Guysott's Yellow Dock and Stoaaparilla has' cured me bf great weaknjss, disturbing dreams, etc. I am now in perfect health and am never-troubled iu my sleep, therefore am.