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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, MARCH 10, 1881.
VOL. I.-NO. 17.
NEWS SUMMARY.
Important Intelligence from All forts.
Congress.
Ijc the Senate on the 1st Mr. Eaton, from
the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported
back sundry toilla and resolutions recommending the construction of ship canals or railways across the isthmus, and stated that the
committee asked to oe discharged from the
consideration of all these Subjects, thinldn°-
that tlie time had not yet arrived when Congress should express an opinion in regard to any particular route. The
request of the committee was complied with. The Conference reports on the
Hiver and Harbor and the Fortifications Appropriation bills were concurred in. House
tells were passed: To dispose of Osage Indian
lands in Kansas; to open a portion of the Port
Kidgely reservation in Minnesota to homestead and timber-culture entry; to authorise
the registration of trade-marks and to protect
the same—The General Deficiency bill, the
last of the appropriations, was reported: in the
House. The Senate amendments to the Agricultural Appropriation bill were concurred in,
one of whichgives $10,000 for the investigation
of pleuro-pneu monia. The Conference report
oatheRiver and Harbor Appropriation bill
was agreed to, making the total appropriation
$11,141.S00. The Funding bill came up, and Its
consideration extended into the e%rening session. After several of the Senate amendments
had been concurred in a majority of the Republicans refused to vote on the demand for
the previous question for concurrence in
amendment No. 36, thus indicating no quorum
present, and at a little after midnight a recess
was taken.
The credentials of Mr. Maxey (Texas), reelected, and of John I. Mitchell (Pa.) were presented and filed in the Senate on the 2d. The
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was amended
and passed. The Deficiency Appropriation
bill was receive i from the House and referred. The Funding bill was also received
from the House and signed by the Vice-President—The House passed the Deficiency
Appropriation bill. After rejecting several
proposed amendments the Senate amendments to the Funding bill were all finally
agreed to without any change, and the bill as
thus amended was then passed. Mr. Carlisle
then moved to suspend the rules and pass a
bill amending the Funding bill just passed, ao
as to make it conform to the amendments
recommended by the Committee on Wavs and
Cleans; among the amendments Is one providing that nothing In the act shall be so construed as to repeal, modify, or affect Sections
5.020,5,031, ofiZi, 5,023 and 5,03i, Revised Statutes. After some diseu'sion the motion prevailed and the biJl was passed, without division. The Speakb-r laid before the House the
enrolled Funding bill, and it was signed by
him.
Ik the Senate on the 3d the Conference reports outhe Sundry Civil and on the Deficiency Appropriation bill3 were agreed to. A
number of private pension bills were passed.
The thanks of the Senate were voted unanimously to Vice-President Wheeler. The
House bill making appropriations for the pay-
meutofthe claims allowed by the Commissioner of Claims, under the act of March'3,
1ST1, etc., and tbe Japanese Fund bill,
•directing the uayment to Japan of §1,46'?,-
224, were passed....The President's message
vetoing the Funding bill was received and
readin the House, and a motion was adopted
—135 to 116—to lay it on the table for future
cons deration. The Apportionment bill introduced by Mr. Cox was amended by the insertion of 319 members in-;tead of 307. and the
bill as amended Wa^ then nassed—U5 to 133.
The Conference repor s- on'the Sundry Civil
and the Deficiency Appropriation bills were
agreed to.
T-'E Senate remained in session all night on
the 3d, and took a recess from daylight to
10.--30. a. m. on the 4th. The galleries were soon
packed with ladies. General Hancock was
escorted Into the chamber by Mr. Blaine, and
received a cordial greeting from Mr. Conkling and other leading Senators. The advent
of General Sheriaan wassigniaed by cheers.
The Chinese aad Japanese Embassies appeared in their national costumes. At noon
Vice-President Wheeler took leave of
the body, and Vice-Presid-'-nt Arthur
made a brief address and took the
■oath of office. The new Senators
were sworn in, Edmunds and Mahone being
the only absente-js. An adjournment to noon
on the 5th was effected, and a lush was made
forthe portico to witness the inauguration of
President G arfleld In the House Mr. H urchins stated that, in attempting to enter the
Capitol at the Senate wing, he had been repulsed by an a^med soldier, and oifered a res-
olu-ion of censure, which provoked considerable discussion. Mr. Conger presented a resolution of thanks to Spenker Randall, whljh
was carried, and Mr. Randall then made a few
remarks aad formally declared the House adjourned sine die.
The Senate met at noon on the 5th, and took
a recess until three o'clock. A resolution,
oifered by Mr. Hoar, was unanimously adopted
extending to General Hancock the 'privileges
of the floor during his stay in Washington.
Mr. Blaine, in accordance wilh a notice given
by him some weeks before, submitted a resolution for tbe appointment of a special committee of five Senators to take int o consideration the-msde of voting for President and
VieeHPies'denfc of the United States, and the
made of counting and certifying ihe same,
who shall report suca propositions for a
change In the law and Constitution as may
seem expedient, and that said committee
have power rp sit during the recess of
Congre.sj, and that they be directed to report
on or before the second Wednesday in January, 1-382. The Vice-President sta.ed tbat he
had receivel for presentation a number Of
petitions for special legislation, but his own
opinion, bused, upon rules and precedents,
was that tbey could not be presented at an
extraordinary session of the Seriate. He submitted tbe question as to the disposition to be
mti'le of the communications, and itwas ordered: tiiat the. petitions be retained by the
Vice-President,, to be submitted by him at the
next legislative session. AII the Cabinet nominations sent in by President Garfield were
confirmed ia executive session.
Z>omestic.
On the 2d a man whose face was covered
with eruptions of small- pox in its most in -
factious sta^e walked into police headquarters in New York, where all the Captains
were waiting for their checks, and elbowed
his way through them to the Health Ofliee,
where lie asked to be attended to. He was
hustled out to the. hospital.
It is stated that Frauk J. Wright, a reputable lawyer of Westminster, Md., was recently
hanged in the mountains of Colorado, by a
band of yieiiantes, for the alleged theft of
mules which he had purchased from a
stranger.
TKKgE children were recently burned to
death in a cabin on a farm belonging to Dad-
ley Hunter, near Shelbyvillc, Ky.
The followiqg failures were announced on
the 2d; Kelly, Purefry & Brewer, .grocers and
cotton brokers, of Raleigh, N. C—liabilities
$'j0,0,jQ; VV. A. Hall & Co., hardware merchants, of Mont20mery, Ala.—liabilities $30.-
000, assets $30,030; and Robinson, Leslie &
Co., Troup Station, Ga.—liabilities §50,000.
There were coined at the various Government mints throughout the country during
the month of February §9,558,000, of which
$2,807,010 were of silver.
The plasterers ot Boston struck on the 2d
for three dollars per day.
A CAix has heeii recently prepared in
Washington and sent to all nations engaged
in the last Monetary Conference for a meeting in Paris on the 19th of April, to discuss
the silver que&tfon upon two general points,
as follows: First, to have coinage unlimited
in countries participating in the conference;
Second, to make silver unlimited1 egal tender
on the basis of fifteen and one-half of silver
to one of told. There are several other propositions, but they are all matter* of" detail.
This action was taken because of a request
by France that th's country Join her iu requesting the nations represented in tbe last
Conference to meet again.
A bahh of young robbers was recently captured in New York City. The eldest was ten
and the youngest seven years of age. The
hovs bad handed together for the purpose of
robbing children going to and from school,
and had made a number ol successful assaults, divid rt the plunder, consisting of
slates, books, Jackkoives-and odd p"eanie8-
The miners of the Connellsville (Pa.) coke
region struck on the 2d for an advance of
Ave cents per wasjon for mining coal, and ten
cents for drawing coke. The strike was
quite extensive, affecting several thousand
men. Nearly all of the works*had suspended.
Two tramps, who went to sleep a few
nights ago on a cinder heap, near Paterson,
N. J., were burned to death. Several^weeks
ago a similar occurrence was reported from
the same place.
Ax Albany (N. Y.) undertaker 'named
O'Reilly has been sent to jail for three years
for swearing to fraudulent bills against the
county for burying the* pan per dead.
On the 4th the Springfield (Mass.) Silk
Company was forced to suspend in consequence of the discovery of a deficit of §S5,000
in the accounts of its treasurer, Henry Hallett. On the same day the American Mills of
Warwick, E. L, made an assignment because
of the failure of A. J. G-raeffe, of New Tork.
The liabilities are placed at 190,000, Hugh
E. Healy,- of New York, a wholesale dealer in
molasses, has also failed, with liabilities of
§130,000, and caused the suspension of his
brother, John A. Healy.
Ox the 4th the Italian bark Ajaee was
wrecked off Coney Island. Ten of the crew
were drowned, and four others cut their
throats in despair.
An explosion of gas in the Central Pacific
coalmine at Almy, Wyoming, on the evening
of the 3d, killed thirty-five Chinamen and
three whites. Fire has raged in the mine for
five years, but it has been isolated by stone
walls.
Bx an explosion at the Eureka powder*
works at San Francisco on the 4th two Chinamen were killed and five others wounded.
The strike of the Boston plasterers ended
on the 4th, the workmen agreeing: to work at
old rates until April, when an advance is
promised.
Fred Exosse, a German boy of Cincinnati,
eleven years old, shot his brother Otto, a lad
nine years of age, on the 4th, in a fit of anger,
with a toy pistol. Fred was arrested and had
a hearing in the Police Court, and would
probably be sentto the House of Eefuge.
The cotton-seed oil mills at Hickman, Ky.,
were destroyed by lire on the 4th, causing
$60,000 damage.- ^Irs. Pearsons, who lived
in a frame house adjoining, was burned to
death. The Pearl Hominy Mills at Baltimore were also burned, the loss being §70,-
000.
The recent -New York walking match,
which ended on the oth, was a financial failure. Panchot, who* bade fair to beat any
previous record, stopped at an early hour, with
541 miles to his credit, and would receive
about §1,900.
Thomas Smith, charged with cruelty to
his son Thomas, by compelling him to engage in a walking matck, was convicted in
New York on the 5th, and sentenced to
prison for ten days and to pay a tine of §100.
St. Patrick's Church at Peoria, 111., was
destroyed by fire on the morning of the 5th.
Loss over $50,0-„0.
A horrible death from hydrophobia occurred at Harrisonburg, Va., on the 5th.
Mr. Benjamin H. Karcofe, an old man living
near Sangersville, was about fourteen years
ago bitten by a mad dog. Antidotes were
given him at the time, and the fear of hydrophobia passed away. A few days before his
death Mr. Karcofe was seized with convulsions at the sight of water, and the truth
flashed upon his iriends that he was suffering from hydrophobia. He suffered horribly
and had lucid intervals at times. He died in
great agony, foaming at the mouth and barking like a dog. In his contortions it took several men to hold him.
The train to which ex-President Hayes'
special coach was att ehed was wrecked at
Severn Station, Md., on the 5th, by collid.ng
with a train of empty cars drawn by two engines. J. W. Young, of Shamokin, Pa., was
instantly killed, and eight other passengers
were injured. A baggage-master was also
killed, and eight other railroad employes were
injured more or less seriously. The Presidential party escaped injury, and left at midnight for Fremont, Ohio.
A Eire occurred in the Pennsylvania Insane Asylum at Danville on the evening of
the 5fch, which caused the: destruction of the
greater part of the structure, involving a loss
of about ?600,0 0. The institution contained
30 j inmates, all of whom were rescued.
Personal and Political.
The Supplemental Funding bill passed by
the National House of Representatives on the
2d contains the following provisions: **
Section 1 provides that the Inst sentence of
Section I of the Funding bill shall, read- as follows: •'It shall be the duty of the Secretary
of the Treasury, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to authorize public
subscriptions at not less than "par, to be received at ail depositories of the United States,
and itt all National banks, and such other
banks as he may . designate,. for. the
bonds and for the Treasury notes herein
provided for, for thirty days before he
shall contract for or award any portion of
said bonds or Treasurynotes to any syndicate
of individuals or bankers, or* otherwise than
under such public subscription; and if it
shall happen that more than the entire
amount of said bonds and Treasury notes, or
Of either of them, have been subscribed
within the said thirty days, he shall award the
full amount subscribed to all persons who
shall have made bona fide subscriptions in order of time of* said subscriptions at rates
most advantageous to the United States."
Section 2 amends Section (i of the same bill
so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to use, from time to time, not exceeding
$50,000,000 at any one time of the standard
gold and silver coin in the Treasury for the
purpose mentioned in said section.
Section 3 amends Sections of the same bill
by adding thereto the following: "■ And provided, further, that nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to repeal, modify,.or in any
manner affect Sections 5,020. 5,021,5,023, 5,023
and 5,02-i of the Re vised Statutes of the United
States."
A LocaL-Op'tiox bill, prepared by the State
Temperance Alliance, passed the Delaware
House of Representatives on the 2d.
The G-reenbackers of the Seventh Michigan
Congressional District have nominated W,
Ellithorpe to fill the vacancy in the National
House caused by the election of Conger to
the Senate.
AtX. the Appropriation bills passed by the
Forty-sixth Congress at its last session were
sigped by President Hayes, and, therefore,
became laws.
At a special meeting of the old Cabinet in
Washington early on the afternoon of the
5th President Garfield askel that each remain in his position until his successor should
qualify. Mr. French, Acting Secretary of the
Treasury, presented a request from several
National Banks to be allowed to redepos t
their bonds and withdraw the green baiks recently handed in to retire their circulation.
No conclusion was reached on the question.
%i. B. Boomer, of Chicago, the famous
bridge-builder, died of apoplexy at the Wind
«or Hotel, New Yock, on ,the 6th.
The following Cabinet nominations, senthy
President Garfield to the Senate on the 5th,
were promptly confirmed by that body, in
executive session:
Secretary of State—Jame3   G.  Blaine,  of
Secretary of the Treasury—William Windom,
of Minnesota.
Secretary of War—Robert T. Lincoln, of Illi-
Secretary of the Navy—William H. Hunt, of
I/duisiaca.
Secretary of the Interior— Samuel J. Kirk-
wood, of Iowa.
Postmaster General—T. L. James, of New
Tork.
Attorney General—Wayne MacVeagh, of
Pennsylvania.
Foreign.
The correspondent who was with General
Colley at Spitzkop, and who was captured
and subsequently released by the Boers, has
written a very graphic description of the engagement. His statement shows that, with
every advantage on the side of the British,
the Boers carried the day by sheer fighting.
General Colley had 600 men, and a position
that was regarded as absolutely impregnable. His troops were so well sheltered
that, although the Boers fired incessantly
and with remarkable precision, there were
only five casualties in the first four hours.
The Boers, who numbered about 1,000, made
several attempts to carry the position with a
rush, but each time'-they were driven' back
with the bayonet. At last they made a
tremendous charge, and the British were
routed. -It was an instantaneous change
from apparently perfect safety to- total
defeat.
The revolt against the payment of taxes is
becoming general throughout the Turkish
provinces, and the authorities are completely
powerless to enforce payment.
The Coercion bill passed its third reading
in the British House of Lords on the 2d and
received the Royal sanction.
The heaviest gale for sixty years has recently occurz-ed off the Newfoundland coast.
Much damage was doue to the shipping at St.
John's, and many lives were lost.
Axnoungemest was made in the British
House of Commons on the 2d that the Government had no evidence of the prevalence of
trichina? at Chicago.
A recent Paris cablegram announces the
death of Drouyn de L'Huvs, who. was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first Cabinet of
President Louis Napoleon, and afterward under the Empire. He served as Ambassador
to London, and represented France in tlie
Conference of Vienna.
The Committee of Inquiry in the casj of
General De Cissey, ex-Minister o£ War of
France, have unanimously decided to report
him not guilty of treason Or corruption, and,
by a vote of 12 to 6, not guilty of irregularities prejud-cial to the State.
An earthquake shock was experienced in
Switzerland on the 3d. No great damage
was done.
The Darlington Iron Company of London
failed on the 4th,. its liabilities being enormous.
The Orange Emergency Committee of
Dublin has appealed to its brethren in Canada
for funds to relieve the persecuted Irish loyalists.
F»m, returns of the census just taken in
Germany show a po; ulation of 45,194,172.
The Pope has asked the Czar to grant
amnesty to the bishops and priests exiled to
Siberia.
In the British House of Commons on the
4th Mr. Parnell declared that the Ministry
couid not drive men like himself and Dillon
outside the lines of the Constitution, and
that the Arms bill would not prevent the
shooting of bad landlords.
The Ceath of Prince George Charles, of
Hesse Darmstadt, is announced.
A London telegram of the 6th says the
British Cabinet had agreed upon terms of
peace to be offered to the Boers.
Large land meetings were held at Tralee
and Mullingar, Ireland, on the 6th.
Up to midnight on the 6th there had been
a continuous snow-storm in Scotland for
seventy hours. Travel and tram.- were en-
t rely suspended.
A Frenchman who served as Captain under
Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812 was one of t e
jurors on a coroner's inquest at Montreal a
few days ago.
An inform ition was lodged against Dillon
on the 5th for advocating the Boycotting of
certain persons inimical ta the Land League.
An earthquake occurred a few days ago on
the island of Ischia, off the coast of Italy,
which caused an appalling loss of life. In
one village alone more than a hundred dead
bodies have been found.
LATER STEWS.
J. C. Bancroft Davis, at one time Assistant-Secretary of State, under Hamilton Fish,
and afterward Minister to Berlin, has been
appointed Assistant-Secretary of State under
Secretary Blaine.
A££ the members of the new Cabinet, except Mr. Lincoln, qualified and formally entered upon their official duties on the 7th.
The Democratic Senators in Washington
held a caucus on the 7th and resolved to attempt to organize the Senate on the Sth. A
Republican caucus was also held, at which it
was determ ned to oppose this effort at organization on the part of the Democrats
while there Were vacant seats to be filled.
The United States Senate was in session
only afew minutes on the 7th. Immediately
after the reading of the journal Senator-elect
Mahone, of Virginia, was sworn in, subscribing to the modified oath. He took his seat
upon the Republican side.
A Dublin telegram of the 7th says Secretary Forster had just left Ireland after having sworn out forty warrants, under the
Coercion act, against prominent Land
Leaguers.
On the 7th the Republican members of the
Wisconsin Legislature met in caucus, and
balloted twenty-eight times for a candidate
for United States Senator, and then adjourned without making a nomination. The
last ballot resulted as follows: Cameron,- 40; Keyes, 26; Dixon, 15; scattering, 11.
Another walking match began in New
York on the morning of •the 7th—an international go-as-you-please contest for. two
purses of $5,000 each. Four contestants
6tartad—Rowell, O'Leary, Vaughan and
Albert.
A gentleman in Baltimore has received a
letter from Paul Boyton, who was reported
killed by the Chilians, written at Lima on
February 7, in which he announces that he
was a prisoner of war, and had been slightly
wounded in two places. '" ■
Nine vessels were lost on the Scottish
coast during the recent storm, and one hundred persons drowned.
A Constantinople telegram of the 7th
announces the lippearance of the plague in
Mesopotamia. There had been eighteen deaths
at Nefer, thirty at Cuaaro and thirty-five in
the Bagdad provinces.
A New YoiiKspecial of the 7th to the Chicago Tribune states that Rev. Dr. Philip
Hehaff, Chairman of the Bible-Revision Committee, had announced that the revised New
Testament will be published by the
English University presses in May, in
different sizes and styles of binding,
at corresponding prices; that the
American Committee had given its sanction
to the University editions; that the Committee had no connection with any of the proposed reprints; and that the publication of
tbe revision will be precisely ow the same
footing as the present authorized version,
that is, protected by copyright Iu England and
free in this country.
THE CABINET.
Brief Biographical Sk<-tchc* of the President'* Official Family—Who the S >creta-
rles Are, "Where They Came From, and
"What They Have Heretofore Accomplished.
The following are brief biographical
sketches of the members of the new
Cabinet:
JAMES G. BLAINE—Secretary of State.
Mr. Blaine was born in Washington County,
Pa., January 31,1830; graduated at Washington
College, Pennsylvania; adopted the editorial
profession, and we ut to Maine, where he edited
tho Portland Advertiser and the Kennebec
Journal.; was a member of the Maine Legislature in 1S59,'60,'01 and '62, serrving the last
two years as Speaker of the HOuse; was
elected to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth,
Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty-second and Forty-
third Congresses (serving in the Forty-
first, the Forty-second and the Forty-
third as Speaker); was re-elected to the
Forty-fourth Congress as a Republican;
was elected to the United States Senate to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of Lot M. Morrill, appointed Secretary of the
Treasury, and was elected for the ensuing
term, which will expire March 3,1883. The
people are familiar with his great campaigns
for nomination for the Presidency.
THOMAS L. JAMES—Postmaster-General.
Mr. James was born at TJtiea, N. Y., March
29,1831; was educated at the TJtiea Academy,
and at the age of fifteen was apprenticed to
learn the printing business to Wesley Bailey,
the veteran abolition editor of the Liberty
Press. He served with Mr. Bailey for five
years, and then purchased the Madison County
Journal, then a Whig paper published at Hamilton. When the Republican party was
formed he made the Journal a Republican paper and labored for the election of Fremont.
For five years he hold the position of Collector
of Canal Tolls at Hamilton, and then removed
to New York City, where he secured an appointment as Inspector of Gustoms under
Hiram Barney, Collector of the Port. In 1864
he was made a Weigher, and in I860 Deputy
Collector. Upon the inauguration of the Uivil-
Service Reform he was made President of the
Board of Examiners for the Custom-House.
In 1873 ho was appointed Postmaster of New
York by President Graut, and held the posi-*
tion until his appointment as Postmaster-General.
ROBERT T. LINCOLN—Secretary of War.
Mr. Lincoln, the eldest son and only surviving child of Abraham Lincoln, was born in
Springfield, 111., August 1,1813. He prepared
for college at Phillips' Academy, Exeter, N.
H., and, having entered Harvard, graduated
the summer of 1864. Four months subsequently he became a member of the Harvard
Law School. But, before finishing the course,
he went into the army and was on General
Grant's stair with the rank of Captain, from
February 20 to June 10, 1865, serving until the
war closed. He then returned to-his lawbooks, and completed his studies. He located
in Chicago, and was admitted to the Bar by
the Supreme Court of the State, February
25,1867. In September of the following year
he was married in Washington, by Bishop
Simpson, to Mary Harlan, daughter of ex-Senator Harlan, of Iowa. He and his wife spent
six months of the summer and fall of 1872 in
Europe, and, on returning to Chicago, he associated himself with Mr. Edward S. Ishum, in
law practice, and the two have been partners
ever since, the firm being one of the best
known in thecity, and doing a large and lucrative business. Mr. Lincoln, politically, followed in the footsteps of his illustrious father,
an 1 is a "stalwart" Republican,, thomrb, with
local exceptions, he has taken no active part
in politics. Ho was a Presidential Elector in
the Jast election.
WAYNE M AC VE AG H—Attorney-GenerAI..
Mr. MacVeagh was born at Phcenixville,
Chester County, Pa., April 19,1833, and is thus
in liis forty-eighth year. He was named after
Isaac Wayne. He received his early education in Chester Connty, but was prepared for
college at Freelnnd Seminary, in Montgomery
County, under the instruction of J. W. Sunderland, LL.D. He graduated at Vale College
in the famous class of 1853, and then studied
law with the Hon, Joseph J. Lewis, of Westchester, and was in that borough admitted to the bar April 26, 1856. Soon
alter his admission to the bar he was
elected District Attorney of Chester County,
and served in that capacity for three years.
During the war for the Union Mr. McVeagh
was twice in the service, first as a Captain of
a company of cavaliy. which was In the service for two weeks only, when the invasion of
tbeStatowas thi eatened, in September, 1862,
and as a Major on the staff of MajorGeneral
Couch during the emergency of the following
year. In early life Mr. McVeagh married a
daughter of Mr. Lewis, his law preceptor, and
after her death, in 1S67 he married a daughter
of ex-Senator Simcn Cameron. In 1870 he was
appointed to succeed E. Jay Morris as Minister
to Constantinople, a position which he held
until iho close of 1S7L
WILLIAM WINDOM—Secretary of the
Treasury.
Mr. Windom was born in Belmont County,
Ohio, May 10,1827; received an academic education; studied law at Mount Vernon, Ohio;
practiced his profession in Ohio and in
Minnesota until 1859; wus elected Prosecuting
Attorney for Knox County in 1852: removed
to Minnesota in 1855; was a Representative in
the Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-
eighth, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses;
was appointed by the Governor of Minnesota,
in July, 1870, to fill the unexpired term of the
sHon. Daniel S. Norton, deceased,in the Senate
of the United States: was subsequently elected as a Republican, and was re-elected in 1877.
His term of service would have expired March
3,1883.
SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD—Secretary of
the Interior.
Mr.Kirkwood was born in Harford County,
Maryland, December 20, 1813; received a
limited education at the academy of John
McLeod in AVashington City; removed to
Richland County, Ohio, in 1835, and studiedlaw
there; was admitted to the bar inl843; was
elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1845 and again
in 1847; was in 185)-*51 a member of the Convention that formed the present Constitution
of the State of Ohio; removed to Johnson
County, Iowa, in 1855; was elected to the
State Senate in 1856; was elected Governor in
185) and again in 181}]; wasinlK63 nominated
by President Liucpln and confirmed as Minister to Denmark, but declined the appointment; was in 1806 elocted to the United States
Senate to fi.l the unexpired term of the Hon.
James Harlan; was in 1875 again elected Governor of Iowa and resigned that office January
31, 3877; was elected in January. 1876, to the
United States Senate as a Hcpublicftn to
succeed Geo-goG. Wright, Republican. His
term of service would have expired March 3,
IS83.
WILLIAM H. HUNT-Secretary of the
Navy.
Mr. Hunt is a native of Louisiana, and
cornea of a prominent family. When the war
broke out he adhered to the Union side,
and remained a steadfast supporter of the
cause to the end. For this reason ho was ostracised by his family, and, when politics be
gan to reshape themselves in the South after
the war, became a Republican and has
been n Republican ever since. He was
first brought into prominence in Louisiana
politics when ho became the counsel for Gov.
Kellogg in his conte.it with McEnery. He subsequently became a candidate for Attorney-
General on the Republican ticket, was elected, and Served one term; he was re-elected as
Attorney-General on the ticket with Packard.
Curiously enmigu, he was thrown out of ollict
through the influence of the MacVcaeh Commission which overturned the Packard Government and installed Nicholls while the preparations were being made to seat Hayes in
Washington. MacVeagh, the head of the
Commission, and Hunt, the overthrown Attorney-General of Louisiana, now meet on fi
common plane in General Garfield's Cabinet
The Funding BUI Tet«wL
Washington, D. C, March 3.
The following is the message of President Hayes, vetoing the Funding bill:
To the House of Representatives:
Having considered the bill entitled "An act
to facllitatethe fundingof iheNationaldebt,"
tarn constrained to return it to the House of
Representatives, in which it originated, with
the following statement of my objections to
its passage: The imperative necessity for
prompt action, and the pressure of public
duties in this, the closing week of my term of
office, compel me to refrain from any attempt
to make anyfully satisfactory presentation of
my objections to the bill. The importance of
the passage at the present session of Congress of a suitable measure for refunding the
National debt which is about to mature is
generally recognized. It has been urgeaupon
the attention of Congress by the Secretary of
tbe Treasury, and in my last annual message.
If successfully accomplished, it will secure a
large decrease in the annual interest payments
of the Nation, and I earnestly recommend that
if the bill before me shall fail, another
measure for this purpose be adopted before
the present Congress adjourns. While, in my
opinion, it would be wise to authorize the
Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to
o3er to the public bonds bearing 3l/t per cent,
interest in aia of refunding, I should not
deem it my duty to intorpose my Constitutional objection to the passage of the present
bill if it did not contain in its fifth section provisions which, in my judgment,
seriously impair the value and tend to the destruction of the present National Banking
system of Ihe country. This system has now
been in operation almost twenty years. No
safer nor more beneficial tanking system waa
ever established. Its advantages as a business
are free to all who have the necessary capital.
It furnishes a currency to the public whioh,
for convenience and security of the bill-
holder, has probably never been equaled by
that of any other banking system. Its notes
are secured by deposit with the Government
of interest-bearing bonds of the United
States. The section of the bill before me which
relates to the National Banking system, and
to which objection is made, is not an essential
part of a refunding measure.   It is as follows-:
"Section 5. From and after the first day
of July, 1881, the three-per-cent. bonds authorized by the first section of this act
shall be the only bonds receivable as security
for National Bank circulation, or as security
for the safe keeping and prompt payment oi
the public motley deposited with such banks,
but when any such bonds, deposited for the
purpose aforesaid, shall be designated for
purchase or redemption by. the Secretary ol
the Treasury, the banking association depositing the same shall have the right to substitute other -issues of the bonds of the
United States in lieu thereof; _pro»idsd,thatno
bond upon which interest has ceased shall
be accepted or continued on deposit as security for circulation or for, tho safekeeping ol
the public money, and in case the
bonds so deposited shall not be withdrawn, as
provided by law, within thirty days after inter
est has ceased thereon, the banking association depositing the same shall bo subject to
liabilities and proceedings on the part of the
Comptroller provided for in Section 5,234 ol
the Revised Statutes of the United States; and
provided further, that Section 4 of the act oi
June 20, 1874, entitled 'An act fixing the
amount of United States notes and providing
for the redistribution of National Bank currency and for other purposes,' be and the
same is hereby repealed, and Sections 5,159 and
5,160 of the Revl-ed Statutes be and the same
are hereby re-enacted."
Under this section it is obvious that no additional banks will hereafter be organized,, except possibly in a few cities or localities where
the prevailing rates of interest in ordinary
business are extremely low. No new banks
can be organized, and no increase of the capital of exisii ig banks can be obtained, except
by the purchase and deposit of three per cent,
bonds. No other bonds,of the United States can
be used for that purpose. Tbe one thousand
millions of other bonds recently issued by the
United States, and bearing a higher rate of interest than three per cent., and, therefore, a
better security for the bill-holder, cannot,
after the 1st of July next, be received as security for bank circulation. This is a radical
change in the Banking law. lt takes from the
banks the right they have heretofore had under the law to purchase and deposit as security for their circulation any of the bonds issued
by the United Stntes, and deprives the bill-
hOlder of the best security which the banks are
able to give, by requiring them to deposit
bonds having the least value of any bonds
issued by the Government. The average
rate of taxation of capital employed in banking is more than double tho rate of taxation
upon capital employed in other legitimate,
business. Under these circumstances, to
.Amend the Banking law so as to deprive the
banks of the "advantage of securing their notes
by the most valuable bonds issued by the
Government will, it is believed, in a large
part of the country le a practical prohibition
of the organizing of new hanks, and prevent
existing banks from enlarging their capital.
The National Banking system, if continued at all, will bo a monopoly
iii the hands of those already engaged
in it, who may pu chase Government
bonds bearing a more favoable interest than
the three-per-cent. bonds, p ior to next July.
To prevent the further organization of banks
is to put in jeopardy the whole system by taking: from itthatfeaturethat raakesit,asitnow
iB, a banking system free, upon the same
terms, to all who wish to engage in- it. Even
the existing banks will be in danger of beihy
driven from business by the additional disad-
vftntages to which they will be subjected by
this bill.
In short, I cannot but regard the fifth section of the bill as a step in the direction of
the destruction of the National Banking system of our country, which, after a long period of business dep-ession, has just entered
upon a career of unexampled prosperity.
The withdrawal of cuirencyfrom circulation
by the National Banks.and the enforced winding up of the banks in consequence, would
inevitably bring serious embarrassments and disaster to the business of the
country. Banks of issue are essential instruments of modern commerce. If the present
efficient and admirable system of banking i«
broken down, it will inevitably be followed by
a recurrence to other and infer.'or methods of
banking. Any measure" looking to such a
result will be a disturbing element in our
financial system. It will destroy confidence
and surely check the growing prosperity of
the country.
Believing that the measure for refunding
the National debt is not necessarily connected
with the National Banking law, and thatnnyll
Refunding act will defeat its own object if it
imperiled the National Banking system or seriously impaired its usefulness, and convinced
that section 5 of the bill before me would,
If it should become a law, work a great barm,
I herewith return the bill to the House of Hep-
rescntatives, for that further consideration
which is provided for in the Constitution.
(Signed) Huthkrfqkd B. Hayes.
Executive mansion, March 3.1881.
A school-teacher in Berks County,
Pa., has whipped fifty-eight pupils and
had lights with seventeen fathers, sint-o
November 1. l>uring the holidays he
breaks colts and hunts wolves.
The estimated rent of the new build*
ing on the corner of Bi'oadway and
Wall Street* New York, will net to its
owners the princely sum of $180,000 a
year.
JL Runaway Train.
The most hair-raising episode that,
ever happened to a New Mexican
Mountain railway train fell to the lot of
Conductor Blessingham Thursday afternoon at three o'clock, on the west slope
of Glorietta Summit. The train comprised nearly thirty loads, and as it en^
tered upon the descent, Jake Brown,
the engineer, threw on the water brake,
but found that it was broken and would
not work. The train gained a momen--
tum to such a frightful extent that the
switch cables and hooks lying on. the
pilot base in front were hurled from
their place into the air, breaking one
of the locomotive's guard-rails. Brown,
called for brakes, but the train men, had
already set every one, and realized that
the train was beyond their control.
Seeing that nothing, could be done to
stop the mad course the train was running, Brown jumped from the cab
while going at the rate of sixty miles
an hour and landed seventy-two feet
distant, actual measurement. Blessing-
ham, who was on the caboose with
Pawnee Charley and wife as passengers, fearing that the train was going
to destruction, cut his way-car loose
and checked it with the brakes, while
the train continued its velocity down
the long grade. The fireman stood at
his post like a hero, and while the engine was plunging down the flight at a
giddy speed, he, crawled out on the
foot-board and poked sand through the
sand-box, thinking that it might assist
the wheels in getting a grip upon the
rails. As the train sped around Material Curve, which is " short and
steep," the velocity was so great that
the locomotive ran on one rail, and
overbalanced so greatly that it came
within an ace of losing its equilibrium.
The brakemen on deck were obliged to
lie flat and cling to the running-boards
for safety. For six miles those badly-
frightened men stuck to the ship and
faced the horrors of death. Below
Cononcito is a natural basin, with three
miles of level track, and it was on this
stretch the runaway train was mastered
and stopped. Some of the cars were
laden with iron for the front, but they
were unloaded before the train stopped
by the material being hurled in all directions. Just how the train held the
rails as well as it did is a mystery
'Which the philosophers must solve—we
can't.—Las Vegas (N. M.) Optic.
A Foolish Practical Joke.
A dreadfully funny man did something yesterday to look back on which
must give him intense satisfaction today. TChomas Reaney is agauger who
lives in Jersey City. He had been
gauging a number of barrels of alcohol,
and after finishing his work he washed
his face andhead with some of the fluid.
The funny man, who is also a 'longshoreman and a friend of Beaney's,
could not resist so charming an opportunity. So he lit a match behind his
victim and promptly set him on lire.
In a twinkling Reaney's head was in a
blaze. By singular luck and presence
of mind the poor man was able to clap
his hands over his eyes; and by the act
he saved his sight His hair 'was consumed and the skin of his face, ears and
neck were badly burned. Reaney was
taken to the Chambers Street Hospital,
and his wounds were dressed there. Had
he made a complaint his humorous as-r
sailant would probably have been kicking his heels to-day in a cell. In this
case his exploit would have seemed to
him far less arch and piquant than at
first it did. But the worthy Reaney,
though suffering terrible pain, would
not proceed in the matter. He said he
knew that he was only set on fire "for
fun," and refused to make any complaint whatever. The merry incendiary
has therefore gone scot-free; but as the
next person on whom he practices his
diverting pranks may be less lenient he
will be more cautious, let us hope, in
the future.—N. Y. Evening Post.
Dangerous Dogs.
In Godeau against Blood* a Vermont
case, it was held that in an action for
the bite of a dog it need not be proved
that the dog had previously bitten mankind, but it is sufficient to prove that
the dog was of a ferocious nature, had
bitten dogs and horses, and that its
keeper had been/told by his neighbors
that it was unsafe to allow it to run at
large, and had kept, it confined a part
of the time, and muzzled a part of the
time when he had allowed it to run at
large. The Court said: "The duty
which the law casts upon the keeper of
a malicious and dangerous" domestic
animal is but the enforcement of a common moral duty, binding upon all men,
that a man should so keep and use his
own property as not to wrong and injure others. In a populous place like
Burlington, where the streets are full
of all kinds of people—children sent on
errands, going and returning from
school or church, or playing by the
wayside—it is not a light thing that
they are in danger of beincr torn to
pieces, as was this plaintiff. Dogs have
their rights; but if'the jury found this
dog to be, as described by one witness.
4 the moSt wickedest kind of a dog,' as
we think is most probable, from the
perusal of the evidence, then his right
was accurately defined by Chief-Justice
Lee, in Smith against Pelah: ' Such a
dog should have been hanged on the
first notice; the-safety of the King's
subjects ought not afterward to be endangered.1 ''''—Albany Law Journal.
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The Ways of life.
A middle-aged woman- called on the
Poor Commissioners yesterday for aid,
and said: "This is the last place that I
ever expected to call to get means for a
livelihood; but poverty has compelled
me to. My husband was formerly a
wealthy banker in Ontario, and we lived
in a stvle becoming his position. He
engaged heavily in speculations, and
before he knew it he lost all. W e th en
removed to this city, and are now poverty stricken."
Superintendent Martin informed a
reporter of the Free Press that "within
the past few days he sent a man to the
County House who was formerly worth
$100,000; another, who was once a
wealthy brewer, and a third who a few
years ago was a prominent lumber deal-*
er in the interior of the State.—D&lroit
Free Press,
SCHOOL AID CHURCH.
—Out of the 358 colleges in the
United .States, 153 admit women—most
of them Western institutions.
—The cost of maintaining the Chinese course at Harvard last year was
over $4,000 and the fees received therefrom were but $30.
• —Fourteen hundred students of the
University of Berlin take active part in
the anti-Shemitic agitation, which is becoming more violent every day.
—It is understood that the late J ohn
M. Pinkerton, of Boston, left by his
wdll $200,000 to the Academy in Deny,
NT. H., founded by his grandfather.
—Moses Coit Tyler, Professor of English Literature in the University of
Michigan, is about to take holy orders
in the Episcopal Church. He was for
two years the pastor of a Congregational
Church at Poughkeepsie.
—Bishop Haven, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, has been assigned to
San Francisco, where he will remain
for special work for one year. After
the year he will be relieved by some
other Bishop, although his permanent
residence will be on the Pacific coast
—Seldom has there been a more
practical "charge" delivered on the
occasion of the installation of a pastor
than that which the Rev. Robert Colly er
gave to his former congregation in Chicago when his successor was recently
installed. He said: *' Seldom find fault
with your minister, but when you do,
don't tell him on Monday, then he feels
blue; don't tell him on Tuesday, he is just
pulling out; don't tell him on Wednesday, he is getting ready for his sermon ; don't tell him on Thursday, he is
writing it; don't tell him on Friday, he
is finishing his sermon; don't tell him
on Saturday, because he is getting rested
for Sunday ; and if you don't tell him
before Saturday night you never wEl
tell him.".
—AVashington University, at St.
Louis, has a total attendance in all departments of 1,367 students. The institution comprehends the Smith Academy, Manual Training School, Mary
Institute, College, Polytechnic School,
School of Fine Arts and Law School.
It was founded in the year 1853, and is
intended to embrace the whole range
of university studies except theology.
By the terms of its constitution "noinstruction, either sectarian in religion or
partisan in politics, shall be allowed in
any department of the University; and
no sectarian or partisan test shall be
nsed in the election of professors,
teachers, or other officers of the Uni-
vei*sity; nor shall any such test ever be
used in. the University for any purpose
whatsoever. This article shall be understood as the fundamental condition
on which all endowments, of whatever
kind, are received."
Some Derivations of Women's Names.
Annabella is not Anna-bella, or- Fair
Anna, but is the feminine of Hannibal,
meaning gift (or grace) of Bel. Arabella is not Arabella, or beautiful altar,
but Orabillia, a praying woman. In its
Anglicized form of "Orabel, it was much
more common in the thirteenth century
than at present. Maurice has nothing
to do with Mauritius, or a Moor, but
comes from Amalric—himmel-reich—the
kingdom of heaven. Ellen is the feminine of Alain, Alan or Allan and has
no possible connection with Helen,
which comes from a different language
and is older by about a thousand years
at least. Amy is not from aimee, but
from amic. Avic, or Avis does not exactly mean advise, as some- seem to
think. It comes from JEd-wis, and
means happy wisdom. Eliza has no
connection with Elizabeth. It is the
sister of Louisa and both are the daughters of Heloise, which is Helewis, hidden wisdom. There is indeed another
form of Louisa, or rather Louise, which
is the feminine of Louis, but this was
scarcely heard of before the sixteenth
century. The older Heloise form of the
name, Aloisa, Aloisia, or Aloysia, was
adopted into mediaeval English, as
Alesia—& name which our old generalo-
gists always confuse with Alice. Emily
and Amelia are different forms of one
name. Emily is from JEmylia, the
name of an Etruscan gem. Amelia
comes from the Gothic amala—heavenly. Reginald is not derived from Regi-
na and has nothing to do with a queen.
It is Rein-alt-exalted purity. Alice,
Adelais, Adelaide, Alisa, Alix, Adeline,'
are all forms of one name, the root of
which is adelr—noble. But Anne was
never used as identical with Annis, or
Agnes (of which last the old Scottish
Annas is a variety) nor, as 1 sturdily
maintain, was Elizabeth every synonymous with Isabel.—Notes and Queries.
Midnight in the Sanctum.
It was past midnight and the lights
in the sanctum shone brightly on the
brave men of the staff there assembl'M.
The news editor reached over forthe
brush to fasten a paragraph down over
its credit.
" It paste to be honest," he murmured.
44 Especially when you are acseissory
to the act," said the city editor.
44 But this," said the editor, lifting
the old stove polish cut from a pile of
loose manuscript, " is what gives the
paper-weight."
"And this," said the associate, holding an original poem on *4 winter" in
the gas jet, "lends It an airy lightness."
44 Nary lightness is it," said the news
editor, " for there's pounds and pounds
of it in the drawer."
44 Take care of the pounds," said the
city editor, "and the pencil take care of
itself."
"I should re-mark," said the proofs
reader, as he called for a revise.
44 And I should dollar," saidthe.business manager, coming in with a hat fulL
of manuscript.
44 Now you're shoutin'," sang the
chorus, " say your piece."
441 have come to co-operate with
you," said the business manager. "See?
these are the new adze."
44 Put a pica head on him," saidthe
foreman.
And longer had they sung, but with
a frown the funny man impatient rose
and remarking that this "was a noose
paper, joked off all further debate and
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