Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1881, Page 2

CUNCAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, NUARY PoM N PAGIN., early tieonts hours lite, Thet y Hoek> mit here, bit the passengers W ken to the hotels and taken care Gt hy thy Teiiroad Compe ny. There ure alll many tad deifte alone tho Tings and the road caine got Into quod runs blog ovaer for everal divs yet COLUMBUS. OF Spteiat Pispatca te The Chieago Tribune Conusnes, O.. Feb, th—The recent heavy | talus, which bave swollen the streams to an une preeedented extents’ iinve atao- avertlowed thousands of acres of wheat, whieh Jt fs feared will be rorlonaly damaged by the drowning out and saiden freezing tip of the wround in all see: tons of the stne, Gentlernen who returned to tho elty to-day report that vast flelds of whont whieh looked moat promlting on Thitrsday list, were nearly or entirely catered with water hv the rain on Friday, and tho enld tluat whiel fol lowed yeatorday Tad tho effeet of covering tho folds with fee. The dhumaces It Ist 1, witl te of fo serlous f miture as Lo necessitate the plows ing up of the Nelda tn many localities. he ene Rincer of the Columbne & Voledo Rid}rontd alates that (¢willtake thirty duys to repair the dame to thofr trestles and drhdees betere they will be ablo to enter the ©: , Speetat Disnateh to The Crteago Tribunes ANIA TL, Fob, 3.—The anowestornt of Satire rH ben serious loss tothe rnllrowls centerlig: fn this city, all freeht trains belay abtndoned and missenger trains generatly from ong to threo hours late, Hthough no necidents hive yet been reported, ‘The river at this point ts rising quite mpldly, beim now about enmht fect above Jowewater mark and stilt rishyr at tho rate of about three Jnehes every days The Pew Which carried away a portion of the Delige nt Tat Salle is expeeter Yr day here nbout Monday Mano Sane will prove slisastraus to the water ernft tr doe In tho Peoria Lakes as the ler, whieh [about two feet thick, his not broken up, and they cannot get into the lnrbor below the elty. Partrhiga’s poas toon-briige, nt Uae te 4 short distines above townawill doubtless bosweptinwyyybut ho. } wagon bri Wilt peenauty not be drimaged, ns 148 gitavded by fcu-breakers, which: will protect iUunloss nn untookedefur risein the river should take plice. KA Scrry, MO. Spreiat Dispatch ty The Chleagu Tribune. * ralhoad aw Kasaas Crry, Mo, 13.—'The snow-blok- ade contimtes to Interfere with railroad trafic in all directions, but,as thd wind ling entirely dledout, the worst ts belleved ty be over, The first passenger-tratn from Denver sinve inst ved Co-nieht at 10 o’clovk over the Acie Hod, but the Atchizon, Topekn Getill remulns In a state of slege. The Port Seort & Gulf dave hit ens Bines out on te roud, all day, and travel Will be renewed on Manday, The Chieazo & Alton, Chicagn, lovk [stand & Pacitie. aud Hans nibal Joseph have bid no trains in trom tho AIL tho west-bound ust Knee Pridity trains on tho Alton ire held at Alton, but it is not kiown where those on the other Ihnes are ‘blockaded. ‘The Wabash, St. Louis & Pacitle and tho Missourt Paeiic Rouds both had traits in this morning, and started: tring for the Bast on tho regular time to-night. “BARALOO, WIS. Special Dispatch to Tie Chicago Tribune, Taranog, Wis., Feb, 1.—Three of tho eloven feet of snow promised In December have cane, and from present appenrances we are not to bo disappointed inthe other elght feet. We have had unequal quantitics of rain, sleet, sunshine, nod snow this week, the latter clement prelomne inating. Snow commenced falling xt neon ye torday, and continues to tall with unabated vigornt the present writing. ‘on the Northwestern are detnyed, wid other kinds of travel sadiy dinpeded. ‘fhe north-bound ox press, ue here at 3 this imorting, was geven hours behind tme; and the south-bound tram, due at Sn. tn, had not beer heard from at noon, . MILWAUKER, WIS. Speetat Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune, Mipwavken, Feb. 1.—Tho storm has censed hore, but tho siganl bas been bolsted again, The weather Is clear and cold, As the whit bas buen from tho west, tho Grand Haven barbor is prohe ably led with lee, and the veesela will not ut tommpt to eross for aday or two. ATLtho pripel- pal rethway tines in this region have beenelearcd of snow, and trains wilt ron reguliriy to-night and temoreow, The Clieage trains were ti thine to-day. ‘Pwo of the street-ratlwiy lines fn this elty are stil Lioekid CEDAR: RAPIDS, LA Special Dienateh to ‘The Chicaga Tribunee CrepAr Rarips, Ja, Fob. 1.-Owlng to enka weather and au finmense force of. men, the bleeknde will be broken carlier than contd po: slbly he expected yesterday. Tho Northwest passenger train snowed inwest of here came in this evening, drawn by three onuines, and 1 stuall trata with a double header stiptedt for tho eust té-night. ‘Craing will probably bo arranged: on ll reals by to-inavrow, if there ts no inore snow or wid, Eleven hundred enra of Cretett, de-trueised between Murking= Durlington, Cedar putin north 2 at Raplds & Novthari OMAITA, NE. Spectal Dispatth to The Chicago Tetoane, Omaita, Neb, Feb, "To-day hus been pleas Ant, and the ralfraads are all clearing the tracks as fast as possible, The Unfon Paeihe and Bur+ Mngton & Missourd main Ines are eb Yesterday and to-day" Union pussenger tralns from the west arrived this afternoon, «A train Wits erent out for Chluago this afternoon aver the Chicasa & Northwestern. Delayed trains from Chienge WH probably arrive before toemorrow mornin. The Union Pacitie wexte bouml express train departed on time without, ony tern connections. Tne delryed train from Krnsas Clty arrived at Tl o'vlook this morning. GRIGGSVILL The Bpeerat Vispitteh to The Chicago Tribune: Guicasvinte, Hh, Feb, 32—The thaw here ended In asevere sf on Friday, which turned fnto a show-slorin which Ineted noth this after. noon. ‘This isthe most disagreealile day of the winter, Bueiness has been iterrnpted since ‘Thursday. Delfts are found ‘over hve feet in depth, INDICATIONS, Orricr OF THE Cree Basar OFricen, Wasi rnaToy, D.C, Fob, H—tacin—For the Lower Lake region, file weathor, preceded by ovca- sonal) light snow, nortawvesterly winds, strtion+ ary or lower tempernture, rising barometer, For Tennessee and the Olio Vatley, clear ar partly eloudy weather, winds mostly narthwest= erly, stationary or blgher temperature; in the eust portions, risin, inoter, For the Upper Lake region and the Upper Mis- pt Val denr or partly cloudy weathor, nortuweaterly wine onury or lower tem perature, rising followed by etutionary or fuil- aye barometer e For the partly cloudy: coming variably 0 higher tempers ture; In south portion, lower barometer, f Misslaaippl Valley, clear or tt vesterly witils, bes iaron ‘ und Instrument t Salted Knew Mean Iaray to menaura, niente temperature, yor hum tomperture, Si RATIONS. GuIAan, Fou. ~ 1s 13, 1, 2} Blations. Wer Alvan Stomnnea SerkexT sas 3h om 3 od teeta | okotas&: bandueky. San Franch Bhrevenar Sprinateld ee eee PROBABLE STRIKE. Loursvin.e, Feb. li-g}t ty prouanle stove-motders of Louladiie witl go intu that tho bu strike for au advance of wages of 15 por cent, but as 2¢t the Union bus tuken no open acto, \ I. WASHINGTON. wean e President Hayes and His ‘Monroe Doctrine in a Tight Place. De Lesseps Now at Panama with a Corps of Engineers Ready for Business, The Question Now Is, What Is Mr, Hayes Going to Do About It? Some Limitations Likely to Be Imposed on Cabinet Aspirations. ¥ Judge Folger, of New York Now Mentioned for the , Treasury. Varying Views as to the Proba- ble Necessity for an Ex. tra Session. Southern Disagreements as to the Mississippi River Appro- priation. In Splto of the Black Hye Ho Got Last Saturday, Eads Is still in the Ring. . ( Ous of Le Duo's Sorchum Pans Which “Appears to Have Panned Out Badly, WHAT WILL Hh DO? THE PRESIDENT AND THE MONIION Doce Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasiisatox, 0D. Uy Feb. 13.—" Now will President Hayes do avout it?" has been a weneral question asked to-pay in view of the dispatches from Paonmn saying unt - De Lessep's engineers and business managers have wetunily arrived thera and begun aetive oper: ations. Of course, the new Monrog doctrine, ay promulguted In -two messages to Congress, 18 Imfracted, It is tua, worsy condition thin the Senate's Infracted digulty in tho ense of the os- caped Chinese treutles. ‘The situation Is, without doubt, embarraasing, A little star-spangied Danner tak about not allowing foreigners to dig canal across tho isthmus with out tisking our permission and us control was menningless enough «nd safe enough to try as on menus of making a little ‘popular npphitge su long as Do Lesseps was only talking on the other side of tho ocenn; but, how tht his advance force buds natually landed and yone to work, this OFFICIAL GASCONA DE In regard te tho Mouros dovtrine turns out to be useriona thing,—that is, serious for those who have indulged in lt, Tho ianging at Panama brings the President fred to face with a very practical affair. The atestion for him fs, * What. Pout he done with the Impatent Prenchmnan?” or, » rather, Can anything be done with him? Tho actual situation causes much comment, aoqthere ign geneml citriosity to know whut the President will.do. Although those on the outside do not seo what he can do, there are dome who feel thatho must have hind ag erat iden of what he could do ine sages did not keep Do fF, ps at home, or he certainty would nover have promulznted his docteiae in regard to Isthmis wtairs. 10 be: Les aope tut only walted three weeks he would have relleved Preshtent Hnyos from all further re- sponsibility and embnrrasainents, Hut, as such, wserious deftance of two Presidential messes cannot be sitforod to pars withoit oxelting UNPLEASANT DICE athome and abroad, It is thosght posalile that the Prestdent will take some notley of the niit- ter, The Stute Department mallet the present week ought to bring oflleit notice of thé land- inge of Do Lesgeps' force, und when tut arrives tho President will bo ina positlon where he can take notice of the matter, ON THE AROUND. « When De Lessepa’ ougincers ureived at Colon, ihe local ofticers met them and presented an ad: dress, A tured crowd bad voliceted, und when tho Profect enlled for * vivas" the response spontaneous and hearty, The expedition ig al- vided into district sessions or departments, ‘IE COMING CABINE'L. A LIMITATION ON THE CHANCES OF ASPI- TANTA, Svectat Dispatch to The Chieago Tribune. Wasiuxatos, D.C. Feb. 1.—Thore (4 one eles ment In the tmatterof Cabloet-making under Gen. fdnriietl which the sevond, — third, fourth, and fifth-rite atitesinen who are ap: PiyIng and boning wll thelr friends for eertti- entes of ftness uve not bearing fn ita. ‘This eloment Is ability aud ttness ta aceupy a Cable net beet, In eael branch of Congress and io expound and defend Executive measures. ‘tho DML giving Cabluct Ministers seats in) Congress ‘ia vt Mkely to pasa during Gen, Garteil's torm, “He [4 known te bu dn faver of it, and he w ttdoubtless have this contingouey in mind, white selecting hla Cabinet, It needs no Keeond thought tu tag how — campletely thia = posslbility =o shuts sont | oabout on dozen or those who roxard themeelvos as likely to Le favited to Cublnot postions, What a fine Nyure a number of those gentle- wien would cut standing before the Senate, or the House for that matter, trylog to answer tha questions of tho skied or nolo mon in Compress, or atrugiling to muke matters of State palloy plan to Congiess and tho country, It may bo necepted ag eertaiy dint Gen. Garileld will run no risks inthis dreetion by eeleottiiug a lot of wentlomen who could hot hold thoirown ala. all eqiners in Congress, ONE QUESTION which Gon, Garfield will asic hhnself quite as suo ns thoge relutiag to Stites, ar the campaign, work done, or tho wmonat of money contrib uted, or questions of Grant and antl-Qrant, Conisting and antl-Conkling, will bes “Can thls mun bene blmself on the floor of Congress tn such a munner as to rellest credit: on my Ade ininistration?’ Aside from the question ot publle polley whieh thls view of a Cabluct line poses, Ht reduces thoy who-are avalluble on the Jong list of asplrauté to a very reasonable mune bor, THE LATEST REVOt : concerning the new Cablact emanates from an Jutimute political friend of Senator Conkiiny's, Jt is that the Troasury portfollo Js to be given to New York, and that Congressman Morton will Hot be thom. Ut is learned from the ane, Kource that Chlef-dustice Felyer, of the Now York Court of Appeals, und formerly United Btutes Agubtunt Preasuror ut Now York, huis Deen altered tho position, and bs bolding Its ace ceptanes unidor adyisemunt, STATE OF BUSINESS, AN EXTRA SESSION NOT MPROBAULE, Speciut Dupateh to The Chicago Trinune, Wastinatox, 1.0, Fob, th—Tho rapid ap. Prowh of tho end of tho session und the fivt Mut so much business remains done enuses sume anxluty ud to an extra session, * It hia heen stated by leaders io both parties that if tho Vundhayg Gi whould fail an extra ecesion would be upavoldable, asthe Adniintstration would bo ett without any ineans of providing for tho imatirhagy €600,060,000 of bonds, It Is true that tho bonds are redecmable, and not payable; but, ‘both parties seem to think that souie proyision stould he tmade to stop tho payment uf unnecusary Interest, ‘tho party whieh abould full todo this would Justly be charwed with negtoct of public business, . Yet the Fund> ing bit fe ue further advanced than it wus a week uyo, ‘The Coumpittes bag reported Its bill bo the Senate, but there is nothing qu iudicate wiving-[ tit. are rome ont rate in tte, bat there are ale nny who do not eve atelicng out tho fifth or anttNattonal- sections Ker Tandall meanwhile $4 orzanizin cea ta indnee tho House to indian pot cent rate, nnd: tho strange vate by whieh rate wae adop! e-EL ren en task, ‘The fate of the Funding DL will timate. Iy be settled in conference, ind Speaker ftandiall oo uppolntmentt of the conterces, ‘Th condition of the Wpnrapeintion Ullls, pare In the Sennte, §8siren that Uhat borty with pelled to be very Industrlous to) perform tho Revessary routing legialation. Ta Vlew of thts faet, tho Senate, begining to-morrow, will conte menee its sessions an hour wurlier, A CONTRARY VIE Mr. Frye and some other tepublican membors of the House do pot agree with some Republican Seuntors that an extra seadion will be uccessnry: ir the Funding bit should full, Neither de they arree with Senator Ediinds and other Repube lean, who favor tented cession in order that tho Hose Committee ot Elections may be ors eanized and tnetructed to fnvestiente Ue sup. pression af the Hepublican vote nw muinber of Tontereasiunal districts in the Southern’ States, ‘Those who ondveunte - thls cour are impelled te do so because they believe that inless Xouthern tepublionns are reassured by sone atetion of tho House of Representatives: fewill be tnpossitie for nay Republican who h dit nates of contest in ity Congres« mal district In South Carolla, Mahan, Mee aipps or Lintlatrtna to powmuns the tostiniony: to ish ida clalin, however jist itmay be. The recent outraweous provecdings fe the Second Florida District are elted to su port this view of the matter, and with congldes uble effect. z RIVERS. AND IATBORS. ANNVAL ATEAL EXCITING MORE THAN HE REGULAR SAL OFPOSITIC Specht Dispatch ta The Chitaga Tribune, Wasttsatox, 0.0, Feb, £L—The managera of {ho Hiver and Harbor bill propose to bring it up aguin to-morrow as saon ns the regular Monday Musiness can he disposed of and to contig st Until the minorlty which Is opposing it shall be overcome. Tho only compromise that seems probahlo Is with respect tethe Missalssippl Itly Aphropeiutions, The Southern and Western then whe are fu favor df thls are much annoyed at the flat declaration of Chaliners ‘that tho Southerners admit that the purpose of tho ap. proprintion is sat leust: to give Inel- dental - protection to tho levers, Ran dail Glvson, however, on behalf ot the South, announces that such ‘Is not the purpose: Of the appropration; that theSouth doesnot ex- pret.any part of the$1,000,000 shall be devoted to tho repale of braken levees or to the protection of the alluvial lands, and Uiat the Northern men cin place any restrlotions they may desire upon the expenditure of this sum fn order to inake it vertuln (mt nota dollar of it shall be used for the luvecs. : SUCH AN AMENDMENT Uns been prepared, and [f the Southern men ne- cept it, as the probability is that they now will be glad to do, a very grettt obsti¢le. to the pas- sage of the till willbe removed. But tho op- position, which tha supporters of tho bib awe pleased ta.cnll soreheaded opposttton, bus nat beun placated, Upedegraft of lowa, represent- Ing the Republican dissatisticd clement, secims tu have Joined forces with Cox on the Demo- erate side to weaken tho bill by ridicule. fhe Engtivers' report, now at bund, furnishes nbun- dant material for a campaign of that kind. ‘The Uttle strenins, three inches deep, runing be- neath overhnoging trees, which miuht be made navigable - if bundreds of thousands of dollars dont be. appropriated, and the mill-dum sites be moditied, will be extracted out of tho labyrinths of the. Englieers* report tai presented to the House as iiustrations of the method in which tho bill has been framed, nivbile Henderson, of Minolta, a very fair Impartial miti, a inember of tho Conmittee, it there Hever his heen so Jlat and aw Rlver and Harbor DI presented fa thy use since ha has been In Congress. tle tt tnits thit there are SOME UNWISE APPMOPRIATIONS in It, 3 it woth! he hardly possible to frante a blll to whieh fifteen men could gree without some Improprieties in it: but the teyregite of these: potty abuses, tis claimed, 13 dnsiniiieant. At the present rte of progress on the bi twill take several days to complete tt, and thore aro no Muiduay’s 10 spice now In tls Congress. FPRDERAL SORGHUM, ONE OF LE DU HOMUIES WHICH DORSN'T PAS OUT WEIL. Spectat Dismtteh to Ths Chieago Tribune, Wasittsaton, D.C. dike privitte lettep from Elgin, ML, gives some Interesting statts~ tes In regird to the construction, costs, and ap. erations of tho experimental sorghum caters priso of Commissioner Lo Due. According to this letter, it seems that ha secured the ruins of anokt didlery, and on the stoue foundation ereeted nw bottom-bonarded stritetire whieh bes cane known throughout that section na the “Great Northy rt United Stutes Sorghum Depot.” ‘Lhe report mong the farmers ts that. this bullting, will a few bellers, seconid- hand engines, a fead-pump or two, crush Ing rollers, and on oynennm, with a fow other urtieles of “Government machinery, cost BI, The farmers throughout that Hon were prevatied updn to plant sorghum and. furnish the enne to this Government Institution, The agreemont with the farmers was hat they were to revelve Oheethird tho valueof thoir eine on delivery, and the batuice fn ninety days. This lit of thine prsaed lougaluee, but nathing, 80 far ag the farmers have ascertained, his been pal to ny ono in pursuance of this ngroement, y aud bie The ‘airyp was shipped to Chiengu by Maj), MuPowell, the Superintendent ° of tho sugaretlll, and tho ¢armert who furnished tho eane from whieh thls sirup wea extracted gre very anxious to 13- certatn the amount for whieh It sold, tnd tho. wnownt whieh has been turner ite the fren ury ng the proceveds of this “tireat: Northives ern United States sorghum Depot’ Tho sta. Hon agent at tly town also prefers an ftom of 290 for board for tho Superintendent anid tires men, and-n portion of this he also says Is chirges able agalnst Commissioner Le Duc hinsell for aubsistonda during. tho tics when he has tu Apectent thi4 Linpartant auerleuttural post, aeurlous question hits algo anion th regard to tho non-payment of alrafts for purchy mony of tie viluable colteetion of maehinere alluded to above, with which thid the Onited Surtes began this grewt sugar iterprise. TUE SUBSIDIES, ABAD OUTLOOK FOR THEM AT TTS 8ES5ION, Svectat Dispateh to The Chicago Trtiunes Wastrxatos, 2, C4 Feb. th—The fiends of Subskilea io the Senate who’ thought thnt thay: hada working mujority beenme more extrava- saint fie thelr deninnds yesterday, and the conse- quence [8a renetion whieh does not look well Tor the passage of subsldy appropriations, ‘The Indications now aro that the subsidy amend- ments will be defeated toemorrow when tho Vost-Olllee bil Is takon up, With Eads’ kehene tabled in the (louse, and the Roneh amendment derented in the Senate, tho subshitats muy as well pack up thofr gripsacks far thia Compress, , BADS NOT WHOLLY DISCOURAGED, ‘ Capt. Huds ls a very extraordinary mane Ute auntches victory froin the Juwsol detent, as will be suen from the following tne with Wine ‘Veanune correspondent thid evening, sild Capt Hulls: “Tam notat all discouraged by tho action of the Hauseln using the Inter- ocennle railway amnithe “upon the table, be remember that the proposition for opentag the manth of the Misslystppl River was defented in the Ilrat wesston when it was introduced. This undoubtedly — tndientes that ono} action will be taken by the Houso’ at ‘this session intless tho subject comes before It sn inciaure from tho Seuate, Lhave been hetory the Senate Committes on Forelgn Relations once, thd am to address them further on next ‘Cuusduy, The uctlonof the House Bluctpy, shows: the upposition of cup member of the hady, aad rather Indteatess fede on hia part thatthe House woudl consider the subedt favorably (f any dta> caasfon of tho reat nierltsor the propostion was to tile phiee, ‘The DHL wis introduced weit uingt Unfortiinte Fane, and wine kilt avide ataply he cng OF HB AntaOntaM with Luiportant ttets tires which hud been longer wnder consideration by members of uia bady." Blugulariy esuugh, at tho vers thie when Me. Voge, of Callfornts, was making his. olforts 40 cHapose of the ship-rallway proposition adverses jy, the beytainture af his State wus) gonsbtoring rosolutions warin! slurs it, asia proved ly the Yulee uraphic Htspatey from the We oF the California Huuse af topreseuta. uy AMEN TO C vocitutions Ladoryt tho Hou tosttay ment of the peuple PENSIONS, HOW TO FACILITATE THEIR AT THE DAME TI vite Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasnisaras, D.C, Fob. Y.—On the sth of Jumiury Mee BB. Lorhug, of Boston, ealied on the President und presented petitions fron nearly all tho Grand Army posts of Mussels she The -altailar aceaslons, and. thls was the first a6 gutta, uaking (iat some qetion bo token ty secure the epeody aettlement of pension clatis, ‘The President wus ’urged tu send a special message to Cougress upon the subject, and promtsod to tnke tha inattey tnty carnest consideration, ox- preadiug nt tho sume thie bls own deep interest duit. The Proshlent syon wftorwards referred the petition with the avcowpunylpg lotter te tha Secretary of the Tnterior, who tn turn sent thet to the Commniasioner of Venstons, reattesting at expression of hia opinion upon the pubject. uu ymikes tes followhne swe westlot The delays and tnjusttee te chitin unt and the fade upon the Goyernment fre mainly duo ta the everet ex-parte methods of preparing evidence and tolnsutticlent elert force In tha Venston-Ollice, A different 9} Ander which testimony can be taken tn publics Is revommended, nx well as an addition to tha eterlent force, ‘These additions should be of mon edttented inthe law aud eapable of exers elstug juiticm! diseretion. Promptness In tho suttloment of clalins would be greatly promoted hy such a system, ‘To adequately Inerense the force, however, so that tho work could be done tondvantage, Ht would be ngeessary to divide tho busitesa of the,oltice, ‘This has heen tm prnetivabla suo far, as tho reeords have wot - beon capable cof lytsion. «Lately new records for a consldernbla portion of the work bave been tilshed, midn parttaldls Vision world now be proctienble., 1 Comzreas, alutilitecide ta fnerease tha fores there shoakh ho att Innedlate addition of 100 Examtners, witht correspondiyg ninnber of aopylsts on daly toad fn nddition a corresponding number of clerks should bee siven to. eral and Addutint-Gener We Fores af Speclal Apgonty al ap tat thoy: conld minke spectil favestigation® on the And an appropriation of 225,004 reeoninented for that purpoge, und Jt 44 also atugrested that, the liw be ume s0 tit the Speeint Agents wonkd have authority to inverthate suspected sion elait ", Henttey prerers the first, In substance tho prine mn DEL ‘i he Surgvon-lens OMEN At f 1 eipte of tho SL. NOTES, DISMANCK READY FOR A. MONETARY CON: : 4 PERE: Svectal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribtine. Wasinxarox, 1D. Cy Feb. ttn connection with the report that the Tnternitional Monetary Conference has heen culled by France it is tearned (hat Bisinnrek, stinee tls refusal.to pare tleipate in the Conference of 1877, bas been con- sidering tho propricty cof calling new. Conference. After tha Couference of tki7 Bismarck ondmitied to a trent, now in this country, that he lind mnde aw omistake in not stipporting the Conferenee, The dia- turbed monetary condition of Germany since that time has coniirmed bis ¥ Tt had been expected hero that Bismarck would have ute teurpted to use uly to call the Conferanee, but Franeo bos taken an littative which Germany will not be glow to fuilow, GROVEN'S IBALTH. ' The Democrats are somewhat unnerved about the health of Senntor Grover, whe tny not be. able to attend the executive sesaion whfeh will P commenced on the 4th of M A. It is not pe iubly that the Republicans would. pate with hin ort question of oriulantion, nies one of their own mtumber should bo iil. In view of tho narrow nitrcin in the te, Grover's Hines gives the Democrats CUT CASUALTIES, DISASTROUS EXPLOSION, Special Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune. Pronta, IL, Feb, A torritia. explosion ove curred at the Peorla sisar-retinery about 0 o'clock this mornin, by which Mike Carney was killed outright, John Curry and Ugh Donnelly: sealded so severely that thelr Injuries will probe ably prove fatal, and Bd Hall, Robert Murstor, Witla (ayes, all employes, were serlousiy Injured. ‘Tho facts, ns near as can be nscer- tained at present, avo thaton Saturday night, after tho usual cleaning out of the bolters, one of tho fron manhenls to the mud-drum was found to be cracked, nnd tho head engineer bad a wooden manhend, composed of two thick- nesses of tyo-luch ash, mude and put in fits plaice. Ditring the Ligh pressure kept up through tho night, while the ineehiiery was all running, It appeared to he nll sete, and tho frat tatimation of its weakness was whon It blow out this: morning, resulting so dlaastrously, Thero are ttsualty only one or two men om “ployed abust that battery of bollers, but on this occasion the pressure hid all been taken of and tho machinery stopped in order that somo repairs contd bo made on tho stonui-plpes in the: hoiler-room, and ‘elght omen were onguyed Ine this work at the -time of the oxptoston, tivo of whom only escaped une injured. Curey, the niin killed, was at work on. WW xtucing song twenty fect nbove tho defective InnNhewl, and when it blew ot tho steam Dilnded and bowldered bit, so that In teylue to esenpe from it he Cell into the seething ealdron of gtetn and boiling water, and when found, dome 1ifteun inintes after te explosion, wis dead John Curry and Hugh Donnetty aro bath Dudly senlded about the head, cheat, and back, und” doubts. are entertalued ns to cy recovery, Tho other = threo In- Juretl will abte to go to wawin, ‘THe and the onelncer, Omar 3 ered to bon careful andeonpere that he tad used wooden muanhemds an st Airy rendered i ot that Carney eae to hla falling from the atari into n pool of hot reseapiig from the battery of bullers, Uh of whose iiudedrum had’ blown out while tho mavhinery was nt yest, wud while there: wna w presstre of only fifty to Ufty-tve pounds: of steam, and exonerated tho inanagers, en xincers. und bmployés of tho refnery from any bine in tho matte Unat he bac experienced, “"he } verdict to the death by CRUSNED LO DEATH. . Specint Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Batevnoo, Wis. Fob, GLA man named Reant, brother of the seeuon-hoss un the North Froese dom seetion division of tho Chivaga & Northe western Toad, ntet his death yesterday abont Ave miles south of this placo In an attempt to honrd tho No. 6 frotzht-train, which was moving: stowly along tho heavy urade at Devil's Nose. 8 was walling along the track toward Pitre rinken hy the train, tried He wits thrown upon the netod by tho wheels, AN, ARAL BROKEN, Speetat Dlepatch to The Chicage Tribune, Jackson, Mich, Feb. th—duseph W. lehey, head planer at tho Prison shops, lind bis arm broken by a pleco of board switch dew from a tuchine and struck bin above tho felt elbow, yesterday, é é ae . COLLIS Naw OnLeAns, Fob, 13.—The atonmship Alton owor, from Antwerp, with neuro of yeatn and, cotton, coming down Bouth Pass Saturday, entnie. fu collfaion with the bark Ontario, tn tow for thts alty, ‘The stoner returned tor repuirs, CARELE SMe CINCINNATIY Feb, WA Gazette Hueyrus, 0., spcetal says. an employéot tho gus-works went wiih n Hight to explore 1 leat in the retinery tos day. An oxplost fullowed, demolishing tho buliainge Loss, $4,000. 4 = ———— FLORIDA, OrangesCulture inthe Vicialty of Boron= ford—Deneripiion of y Grove Owned by a Chicagenn, ‘., Spelt Correspondence of The Chicago Tribuiis, Denesvoup, Fhe, Jan, 3—From all our ears respondents comes tho Inquiry, Are the,orange+ trees killed In Florida? davksonvilte Is not Florida, neithor ts Palatkn, Wy of (hose ities bad a better showing of people, but uot quite se mueh uf the prodtets | of the sul, a8 the country farther south, This place, Beresford, ls in litituda * 30 deg. Ne It fa ona luko ol tho smo name at priv Of the Kt. Joha'y River, Foun tho land dug: commences the “Orungo-Belt,” ns tt ts called, about six miles wide and twenty-tvo: aittes in length, ‘This belt comprizes the tava variety of lunds tn Floridajpine-lands and “hummocks." ‘The plieelands ure deseribed by. thoir mame, but tho hanmeck-lundd are the great patches of the ‘Lroples svattered over the: Btute. Too vegotation is entiroly diferent, as wellad tha soll, that of the placelinds belngy nore sandy, Whereas In tho bammucks It ts rol nif black, though the orm grows equally well Jn elthe! . In reply to tho queation sven above, lob me tell you whut T know about it at this potnt. The avcommta you have alyeady, regarding the frost, apply only to the groves north of this locality, commencing at Jack soiville, aud reaching soutls 49 far as Palutka,—perhaps further, You should ava i orungesqreve which TF visited threo days ayo, uenrly BevGn mules from tha landing, My: visit wagplanned Ly the owner, Maj. Norris, of Chleago, who spends bigwinters ut Spring Gare den, a auiall settlement of Nogthern people, bo- tween the grove und Beresford Landing. We Jett the Major's house ufter dinner, Wo wore four lidies, Asthe conveyance promised tte to bo sent from the grove did not appour, wo sturted on foot, walking through tho pina-woouts a willo or go, Presently the curt appeared, cdtrawa by a mule, a brother of our host driving, Acurt is quite a popular envrlige In’ Florida, It has onty two wheels, and these are high and broad, to prevent their alnking into the saudy avll of the rouds, ‘Tho cart cumoe lo a stands sul, Hew could four women and uue man ride on one gent? ‘This queadieg was answered by 0 simple expedicnt, Lhe board at the cud of the cart waa tuken out, and & seat extemporlsed back of the one already In it, ‘Tho yeutlewan ‘ walked bohind as, Ag thé thermometer was ip Atioiye the Mia, Cbs wits y proot of chivalry quite touching, -nitnost neither. And didn't wi wake the echoes among tht fous place? Tones knew Hema who sab he was always deliebterdt vet there was a fire, av-that he could: go out pon the toot nnd laloodte his: heart's content, ‘oir women 1h the pine-weods Of Florida had very inueh the same fecttng. After riding and Huy our Oihwe for aingle or twowhienh nD trong fo Florkda te ru! ‘s {ings.—wo re ton gateway Witt long streteh of fone silo ar Thia was opened, and we ene E Like the | rides: tho Bole C are not without a formidabie a a he pricklyspear atands sentinel nt the yte, anid olds out hia matted and thorn, The Spanish bayonet, with a bundred wuts AeNg At the portal, stored, and plumed at ‘once into a. Troplenl Jun; thisis a remarkatle feature: of Florted t hands, tho soll far, i he AppeIrances were few. minute: plneswoods of Now En ghd: but here wag a wild revel of Trople: luxuries, ‘The lofty dive-onk, with (ts sombre deapery of moss; tho graceful palmetto, with {ts crown of foltare; tho bewmthal magnolia, with its shining leaves glimmering Urough tho Foreat glo: the vines, Uke hire serponts, twa iFoand outorall this lixurinnees the Teens eebine jeasiuiitie sparking with stray: cums OF gushing, —these wre the chaructristles: of the hammoen- hinds of Florkta. s A Few mluutes' drive broiysht at change when we least expected it. Saddeniy a ornnge-tree, laden ta the very top. apuorred: thea another, and another, seate hore and there amoty tho mntives ‘of the “hamntock.” This grave, s Mo innay othors, was inade from one alrendy More of sour ar native ortnges, These trees: were probably pinnted by the niatrds In the early days of thy settleviont of the vountry, Tt Is conatlered quite a ttesteable ting ta get pose loa oY none rove,” ag the tops cin be eHtoi and the ¢ buddedl with any “the sweet orange. ts rove hits he thisway, ‘The old trees were bind af years ago, and now thoy yield enormously, Mere are about 102 acres whlch vetocn made 10 prodhtee tho sweet orange by this process, But we mre: near the pacing hans ‘his strtids close by thy edge of a take,--Spring Gare den Lake, welt ts ouledwhich is, Uke: Letke Hereaford, n part of the St John's itiver. Hero fn pier where u littte steamer comes every few days for the trensitres. Tut whit a sight ‘was before tis! Onunzes in geet bliss ornmges on shelves, with open sluts to dry off any possible: moisture; prank ‘$s in delluate tissue-paper fn open boxes; wd constunt succession of cart: Jods of tho fruitatthe door. But those gold. en apples must be eurefully handled, Every: one ts ert from the stem and dropped into a by or basket by the pleker. “Same ane sity atthe door as they ere brought In. They are tinker from the, gure and run down a slope of open sluts of different widths, and in this manner the sorting of sizes fg done—the fruit falling into boxes henentthas ft reaches the particalte width or opentig suited to its elzc. ‘Tho oranges are then pigeon the shelves, ‘Then they aro care. Cully looked over, or “cule” Every orange that has been brutsed tn the handling, or Is in tho least defective, Is put away aineng the eulls, To mean d tive ns, to color or shane, but Ucoutd wish for no better feast than these sauna “ents.” One party were. speechless: from another reason than admiration. Cer- tainly duck Frost had not been down to 2) deg.3° that Is, tf ho ait come, he did not toch the oranges, The wrapping in tasue-paper is doug by women and girls. ‘tho onuiges are cacetinty packed In boxes holding: about 1, . When sight and taste ware fully sutislled, wo wall to the pler to look for the alllgatar whove home fg amang the ll f-submergedsernb: paltiettos below, and tu imnke wv husty sketeh of tho Inke, with its doubis row of pilmettos ralnst weunset-sky, and fn tho intrror below, Then came a laugh ata sketch of the artist we by one af the inen dn tho pagiing-house, te mounted to our, perelt In ane of tho scelig une pitient unite suc- ted froin tt vine as toush its it telegraph-wire, wo sturted homeward, phinglog ito the gloom of tho “hamimuck.” here aod ore Hiented wp by: the soller lamps of thd mngestrees, Wo were tuken by wt elreulious road, su that we could see tho extent of the grove, and [ta pectitinvition, [twas an weled ind wonderfal drive. A great muy of the ilyve-onks hind bee tholt bare nnd crooked mingesky, with thelr tattered dripery of gray moss,—the me! cants of the forest. We piized somewhat mourn: fotly upon no mugniticent Hve-ouk who: was pronoun by the owner of the gre which, he toll us, would be worth far more nn orunge-tree in New ¥ cost no sina subi of money to transport thither. All the country twelve tiles from tho lake is Ja oranso-vroves, and a tow yenrs witt taake (ta ontinnons ane, if they an nt mito, ns there 3 seared wn int His between thom. Tn meny cases there are Hozon Within the rides of hall a mile. ds pradtice equally well. ‘These nre more easily cleared, Indeed, It f.alinost Impose sible to clear the “hammocks. fhe eleared groves nre more artificial In appearance than this fT have degeribed, and they are sut out in regulie rows, ‘Tho product of Maj. Norris’ ravy this ben, wilt bring him from 810,00) to 2.000, wid tho'praduct is neurty doubled, fm vy year, ‘hu groves [n this vicinity are kenerally owned by persons who have lett the severe regions of the North for this soft clinate, aud here found renewed health from tha ehunge, and who expect to get wenlth, tis well.ns anew Iago of tho meng of enjoying it It is quite a remnrkabile fret that hindsof the owners of groves whom | liavescen hivecome to this pinee to’ yet roltet from that most distressing com- plilot, the asthma; and, what is more strange, Mey have been cured by the ohay, a i ia extrit wicdicd, and they lita FIRE RECORD. AT WATERBURY. CONN, Wartennuny, Conn, Fob. 13—Tho button shop of the Scovilio Manufacturing Company was burned this morning. ‘The loxs ts estimated ut $200,009; insuranco, $125,000, Over 200 hands ary thrown out of employment. While tho jlumes wero raging, « accond alarm was sound- sed, nnd tho factory of Mexia & ‘Uratt waa dis- covered to be on fires Its fully covered by ine surance, A third alarm eae forth from a other district, but the tames were Koon ex: tinguished, Great excitement provatlod. CHICAGO. ' The alarm from Hox It at MH o'clock yester- any forenoon was cause by a flr in tho two- story aud basemont stone frout No. 2113 South Park avenue, owned and occupied by Leppald Loewenstein 3a residence. Dimge nominal; insured for $10,000 In varlous commantes. Cause, carele of a servantin Jaying wider tho kitchen sins a brush whieh had tuken tre white sho wus engaged In polishing a heated stove, AT S' LOUIS, _ 8t. Lowa, Feb. 1.—Tho copper, brass, anid shvot-iron works of Conrad Seibel, 810 to Bt Routh Savond street, were diinaged by fre at Zotelook tis morning. . Loss, £11,000 aurea $18,000; In tho Joffersan of Now York. $1,000; in the ‘Tradesmun's of New York, $2,700; In tha Park of Now York, $100; and $13,100 In Bt, Louly companics, + —— * AT ST, PAUT. “ St. Pauly Minn, Fob. (.—A thro toentyht ina dutidhag ownod by Adam Fink and oeoupled by 1.2, Opor & Son, grocers, and DD. Morrill & Co, stutlonora, eased nt loss by wotting to the stock of 8,000 to S100), covered by Insurance, ‘The dumuge to the building was slight, : 1 * PITTSBURG, TEX, Gacveston, Feb, 12—Hrinek'd saloon nt Miesburg burned with Wait & Megs’ Uvery- stable and tho Post-Oltive, ‘ AY AKRON, O. CLEVELAND, O. » Hh—The Akron, 0, Can= regional Church ngs damaged $5,000 by fro fastintght. Insured. : AT LALTIMORE, 4D. Barritons, Md, Feb. th--Horner & Co.'s paper-stuck warchonse, Chowan Unser stroote, was burned. dongs, X0,000;. instrnaee, 818,000, OHIO. a Gov, Bostoy Not to Go finto Presldont Gartlolds Cabinet — NarroweGauge Megistntorsstalwart Doltght Over Stanley Matthows Piight-Seoutor ‘Thurnian upd the Young Bomocracy, Special Dispatch ta The, Chicago Tytbune, Conair, Oy Feb. 8.—White Hide pag been sittd of Inte relative to Coy, Fostur's ocoupying. wCablnat-ollica, Jtis tho general bollef that the Muekvye State will for tho Hirst time In twouty: yeurs bo’ without a representative in the Cab- inet, It has been knows for several weeks thut Gov, Foster had nd aspirations in that diree- ton, bis culef aim bots the United States Sen- atorship, which position It 4 quite provable hb would soon MH hud he not been indaced ta wihdniw froma. contest with Sonutor Sherman. in the interest of harmony, ‘hat Gov. Voster doos not expect to go Into tho Cabiner of President Qarileld is made quite clear by the announcement thut bls famnlly— conalsting of Mra, Foster und her two daughters —willleave bere for an extended Southern trip | the latter part of tho present month, stopping for a ahort time Ja Attints, where Judge and Misd Wood wit Join thei, and proceeding to. Now Orleans for tho purpose of witnessing the Mardi-Grag., Mir. Fred T Btusaoy, the Goverue os Private Beerotary, wilt accompany the irgy. Goy, Foster will romatd herd untll March 3. when hy will xo to Washington to take part in she luaugural ceremonies. Ho wil) be uecom- punted by bis stail, the Governor's Guurd, tho erack tullitary. company af tho tute, ond the famous United States: Miltary Bam stationed here, After the Iningural, Gov. Foster will pro- ceed toNow Orleans and joln his fanily, and, after ashort yisit, make a tour of tho Bouth tt epeotat car, stopping several days tn Florida, UL ia hardly necessary to any that such a trip world not have been Cully arranged, and the annonce: ment inady, hud thera been any probability of the Gar Lonnet s suted Et tat to WH. nok ft ‘tim ‘Th ay 1 Ht publican Convention next sprig will stoulstte: y. Foster for retleetion it with his wrent pops to on it by the of narrow» present General Axsembly, a body aura sint Tw ho hive iver more attegtion To tnfurious and harttul legisiutlon than any Legisiature tits for several yer ‘The agitate thon of Uh i rit Local Optton, aud kindred © misures which woud pot nnd ls givlag (ho Nemoerata me ext vamp whieh, [tis unticcessury to sny, will be burtful, dod, WHT a weaker eandiditte Unie Moste: probable the fepublieans quite Hed pea The old orhelual stalwarts, who lseked against Hayes’ poltey tn 18¢7, lowke sigan th hntueinget0y of Stanley Matthows name dn the didichry Comii ttee with hueav etal. delight. a Matthews Mrug his Just deserts Listing anuddlo fone yenes muy. Furny nirh bis entiurstnse, but tho pleas- 3 lit Mutthaws’ mortification Is Apparent when he ays? “Woda not wonter that the Henate gravely halts befure the 4 Jon of contiraing Satley Matthews gts Judge of Ce Supreme Court of the United States, Mr. Matthows has always been the chosen favorit of the sreut corporations of tho country; and, if ho should carry with int to the Supreme Bench the sunte spirit In regard to them that be exhilted in tha Sennte, his elevie Ton to tit bigh Judichit seat would be feurehe with peril to the best in sof the peop “Woe all remember how, when he was a cand: Vato for tho United Stites Some, the agonts wd leading men of tho great corporations swarmed Into the halls of thy Ohlo Legisinture to lobby for him, wha, without regard ty partys rejoieed and foustud over bis election, When te went to tho Senite he seemed to regard hinsele stnply ns tho attorney of those men. Would he plas: the sie role on the Supreme Bench? We rope nots we belleve Hut Is ft neeessary to endeavors to rn the pent risk invotved for the sake of pros viding for one more relative of Me Muvest © For those who repudiated the terrible erime fuvolved In the betrayal of Loulstinn and South Caroling, there are, of course, other grave rune sons why Mr Matthews should not be coutirmed, Not only was bo dest and foremost ty that enor minus treavhery, but, in his reintions with Ate derson wile the whamefol teasagiion wis tke" lng shape and form, he narrowly exenped, ff In= deed he esenped ntall, huving his skirts stalned: with pergoni dishonor,” = . While the Rapubkean members of tha Gen- eral Assembly ure putting thelr purty on the de- fansive, the Demovrats are look over the Held for an available candidate one whe en heat Charia. Foster,” they sus; tut Just who to welect is the question which most “trouiles them. ‘Chore are acliss of the old-liners: who wat Senntor Thupuimntaenter the feld on Inore, With him, it ig thought by many, the Democracy might wnt cole Into cunt dt iP peahte he would by promised ship it he would but carry. couple of the HI task, ft is hardly probable dint the vene Die Bourbon could be Induced ta rans and, oven were he to como before the convention ns ft cane dlidatg for tho nominition, Itls quite that the hat-headed y ervey, led by Allon O. Myers, wot orgunizo A inenagarie tho Senator. eS rich the convention and defeat his nowt ton. From tho timo of the Stato Convention hist spring, whieh elect mutes to the Nau eotlon, tt hus been apparent that J Cor 0 ‘Khurtiita bad Jost control of tho party in lilo, Tho very questionable support he received atCli- sation, as well as the disgraceful snub in giving him on Som pllincat ary vote for Senntog by io Demoeratic men bersof tho wl Assembly, pluiniy ahows th st lender of his party, M Churmin hay Ue. and thd, 100, before i snecessoy ted, ovis within sight. With Mi Tht he retired Ust, John G. ‘Thompson Igtikely to drop from the prominetca be he ihiined as Cluuvin and Mieuaging Director of of the Pemooratia machine, It isu well-known fact that he would have toppled over long ao tind net bo bi hpport by Me. Thitrinin; bat, with wnat in Hentlal support withdrawn, even i thousand © from Wood County" will not aval in keeping pin G, suiicientty cloyuted to exercise. hls pes ine tratts, New blood is what the youngators f tho Domucratly faith want.—a new and fresh anid itate, that hasn't been shorn or bled; ot sthat hus the “boodle," and will nite up a ta Churile Foster, With siteli a candidate the boss ean Ket Up onthushini and wage ib ligeresslve warfare. ‘fhey lave holy eye on the Hon. Mt. D. Harter, of ehiand County, who, they ay ts 23 populate as Charly Foster, and who will sper his money. [ets understood that Allen O, slyers {9 desirous of buldin the office of Pield-Marslial fu the campaign this dimmer, With him at the head of nifairs, there woulll be musts In the afr, and tho Demoerntio nutes would be given brinh- stone without stint. CRIMINAL NEWS. LAWLESNESS A‘ JACKSON, MICH. Spectat Disputen to ‘Lhe Chicago Tribune, JACKBON, Mich, Feb. 3.—1n1 wt fraeus on MIL street at intdulght, Christopher Selle had ns throat cut with a razor by a colored girl named: Edith Murdock. Schule ty stllt ative, bit tes a weritiea! condition, The ytrland her brothur, Lovejoy Murdock, were arrested and ure in gall, The reports of tha fruens are contiicting, One story is Cit the negrovs were haylug a row, and Sehule and companions, who were soit home, rushed in, und Belle was eut. At 6:50 o'clock this afternoon a negro named Peter Poot was arveated, and, upon betng taken in the presonee of Schule, he fdentivied flu’ as the one who eut him. Schulu claling he was locking his shop door when Pook ussaited dim, enttiog him witha razor, Pool isin Jail, ‘Tho wound of Sehule is ugty, DU now la not thought drogerous, For two days there has been somo excitement here. One Coglbutgh, a youn man residing In Jeon Township, clreutttud a stery tit He Y. Gardner, Postinuster of Leoni Villuge, had fumpcratt with four of his tetters, “Gardner til Coulbaugh arrested, charged with sluider, hu venae was tried boforo Justice Palmer, and the Jury found Coulbaigh guilty and dion tim gi. Agonviet, Mallip Duqtivne, esesped trem Ure Stato Veisun tere Monday night. Ho went north, teavela nighte and hit days. Hit objective point waa Grand Rapids, whence heeume lust Cui for burglary ter four and a tult seard, Yostertuy, when near Vermont- ville, tho cold dvove hin out, ad he sturted 10. will to get. warun, and was captured, Hu eanie baek lust nfgtit tu prison. Lae On Friday a horse and’ wugay belonging to Jaiues I Baton was stolen from’ the street by at qin nied Witiat Gorman. Ho drave inte the eauntey and attempted to enter the bouse ut VL. G, Pierce, bit it was loc! Then he went to tho burn, wid here, Merce appearing, Gor man drove hint away by threutonmy toe shoot fli, Plerca gat uk wn eeened Gorman wwny with Ut Url att hie. dorman esenped, and Sitturday mmurolig turned up hn strawstack on dlaxais brothers’ ytirm, Moxon gave hin a pelreot ant he cume to to when ho wits ars rested, ‘Tho horse and buggy were returned to the owner. Gorniun ohitiied not to remember NTE He is now jutled. A notorious plice culled “Oyster Bay” was rulded last night jet ag twa Khula were fired. ‘The proprictoy and Tnsuates avo fe jail, Eugene Russell and his two men, claret with pela hg Huge Block, aro in jail, buld hie 1,500 wall cach, FATALLY SHOT, AUAtial Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, Seunanton, Pa. Fob, 1.—Vatrick Payton, 60 years of uge, was shot at 1 o'clock lust night by the proprietor ithe saloon of Hilly Burke, 1 Plavbrpok, a suburbof Berangon, Payton and a nuutbur of othora were drinking in tho plice, and the former bevame fivolyed I a politival discussion with Burke. ‘Tho fitter clatmed that une of the candidates for Constable ta the ward could not read or write, Dayton disputed the usserdion, wid Hurke drew a revolver ad shot him in" tha lett aide, Payton oxelulued, “Ho hita shot ano,” and fell coe the floor, Burke hurried fram to house, Pulls olicers sracked hin through the snow to a house ut Olyphant, sls tailos from thls elty, Hoe was arrested nt 4 o'clock dan tho’ morping, aftor a short realstance, Payton dled at noun to-day, Burke was conmultil te prison. For many Sears ho was kaown vs a desporado of tho wordt vharneter, god served a four-yenrs' teri tn the Venttenthiry for beating wamin, ‘There ts uch oxvitoment in tho elty over last mght's crime, —— TUE MOCK MURDER 'TRIAT, Speetat Dupatch to The Chicago tribune, Taraverte, Ind, Feb. m.—The Mock murtor triul la becamtug somowhat Interosting, Ie his been stated In those dispatches that the defense ulfered testimony to the elfect thut Hock did not strike Shumpaun with o weapon of any kind, but that one Hennett, of Kokomo, struck tho Tutal Diow, A aubpmna was lysed for Hennett, but the Bherlf of Howard County reports that neauch man can be Commh One withess testis Hed hat bo saw Bennett strike Thompson, and that 0 brather of the deveased appronehed bliin recontly, aid olfered to give blu Sie he (he Witness) woukl sweur that hu saw Hock strike Thowpron with vn inace, which was broken by tho stroke; and, further, that he aw Hock stoop down and plek ip_the broken pleee and put it {autor ble pocket. De, Thompsun, the accused, bua been glted’ to appour on Weduesitay, and show cuusa why be should not be attached for indirect contempt of court, A DESPERADO KILLED, Suetny Orry, Fob, W.—Cam Raney wis shot Sand instantly killed at Moreland Station, on eho U, 8, Hallroud, Inst ovening, by Witham Gresbun and 8 man named Reld. Tho weapous used were double-barroted shotywuns loaded with buckebut, Mutusey was shot turce tuted, once in the bowels aud twieo in the facoand bend, anay matriete, Grodin Wis ervey alta Penitentiary: for ku nu a aun erated fe tks Milledgeville several yeura ago. dryly feud existine between the: partie ah tine, “Ramsey has been ane ce pes far tay berate men i his part ot tha sea let dre etd titd at the the of bbs dent tt Many pond to ausieer fae shtuoting with neat eee ee hid GAMBLERS EN DIET) Sprelul Disvateh to The Chteusy Trinan Sr. Lous, FC Nour of the bropriet tho lending gambline-howes tis thie been indleted: by the Grant dus charges of gambling and keoyy houses, vhey are Jolin and dani dines Torran Marshall says ; , entered Inst night and thi’ y see teenth and ‘Twenty-third Precincts stolnn, preatined the work of xame ane with the Fetlerat C fi ninnber of citizens are te be the charge of violutlon of the c FOUND MURDERED, Spectat Mepateh ta ‘The Chie ATLANTA, Gt, Feb. L.—Yeste Hay atte Ata duty hour, fy Macon, n whit wenn eee Nuncy Dykes was found dewt tu her hontee te stubs in the brenst. She had been ving witha, Negro niuped {arp Thomas, and 1 Jelited her on necount of Jealousy: | Heuebe ag 29 Trtbune, KILLED RY vO ARIE GaAtvysros, Tex. Feb, 1: Neel nee saya n youue Min mAMed Davis was killed thy evening, noar MeDate, by Dave ¢, ; Jolnaig Nash, who clalm that ny restating arcest, “CANADA, IN PARLIAMENT, Speetat Mapatch to The Chica Tribune, Orrawa, Feb, V4—U1 the House of Connon, Mr, Molsnae inquired whether Prof, Me! Aebren, of Montreal, bus concluded hts investigation at tho enuses and character af the catthesdismg whieh prevailed Just summer at Merlzonich ang adjoining distriets In Nova Beatlus aud, fy whethor his report wilt he laid on the title Ant published. Sir Charies Tapper sail thatan te Vestiation bad bown made, und (t hud teen ae eertained tat there {9 no pleuro- pneumonia og lunz-disenge mmong cattle In that section, ‘Tho Minkster of Customs presented a retumtg Parllament, whieh shows the names at at Pate Ces who have linported wheat tor the purpaceg grinding in bond; also, tho quantity of tourer ported by each party from the tet of April tot fever Dovetnters iG, An evansnatieee roturas ahows that tho witllors, withoutun ex ception, who avialied thentsoives of the regulte tlons, wore located along tre Tne of the trunks Ines’ runniine through Catnda, or ating ths luko-shore. Li Ontario, a Let bushels of whos worg imported during the time named. for ths purpose of eeindhiy In bonds and, of thisquane ity of wheat, GISL barrels’ ware exported ia (tour, “In the’ Province of Quehne, ols of wheat were imported’ and, of tha Uty, 74,440 Inishels were e: ORS barrels In flaur, ‘be tol wheat fmported thus tn both Pravin ss, 001 Lastels, of which T1580 bushels ported of whent, and 155,105 barrels of Hour, Mr, Rykert asked whethor the attention of the Government tins been drawn to tho fact that ng proviston ha-Pieen mada far tar ng vessels of kD Teer Keel nnd upwards in the Welland Canul ifao, whethor tt is the tntention of the Gov mont to remedy this serious defect b oto Hull completion of the canal.” Sit ups per sid the prinetpat bisiness of the canal for some Yenrs to cule must be through trade, and thore were no mits or factories near wliteh vee sels would need to unloud. The locai business between St. Catharines and Luke Ontario wat expected to be dong by the. present ennat, Foe these reusong ithad been deemed iumecessiry co make uw bushi for the larger class af vexed, Jt suet basin were In fatu’ ilred, Ht could bo constricted Just ay ensily as walle the wark 6 tho canal was in progress, and ta the. ny the interest on the money woubl be aaveds and. the presunes of unwieldy bridges on the tow path would bo avoided, Pa rter ang, Davis was kid quia at and ie the : CRIMINAL, Special Dispatch to The Chicogs Tribune, “Montneat, Feb. .—Emina Laurin, who come mitted an outrage upon ber mistress by throw: Ing 1 qttantity of hot water Intu her face, wat convicted, wid sentenced to six months’ nprise gnment. Nneclat Dispatch to The Chteaao Tribuna, NAPANeE, Feb. 13.—The eoetat evil In Napaneg has nssumed atarmiog proportions, and virtuoy, people are becoming alarmed. A Town Coun; ellor cuted attention to the matter, and urge: the authorities to tuko monsures for tho sup pression of tho view, fhe stated that there wera seventy professional prostitutes i the toma, or want 3 por eentof the population, The get imunorality of Napanee Is the talk of the pulpit, tho tulle on the streets, the balic an ratiways tralus. The Rt-ev, Dewn Bowert. preached + seth big seratonon tho evil. AV reselition way enrricd in the Connell: calling on the Mayorta enforce rizorously tho by-huvs for tue suppres slo of the ¥leo. BAD ARCHITE! Special Miapateh ta The Chteayo Tr Orrawa, Ont, Feb, 1—This morning tha Sexton on opening the new Baptist Tabernacly on Elgin street. found that fully three-quarters of the celling had fallen during the night. [Had tho neeidont oveurred while services were fit peer certshed 1 ict of the materiale sents a itnpid 1 by thonsunas thit The ettse of the ne Ho gneg te the Feat WHS lor of thi appearance, and wus. yi nfternvon and eventig. dont Is attrlbuted by rome pra fenilty of the structure, nid uation of the recent protrae: wenthor, ‘Tho theory gener: the framework was torced fr tho settling of the buildings. arehitect and contractor will agninst legnlly unless some compromis fected, A MYSTERIOUS APA Special Dispatch tq ‘The Crteaga Tribe Montitvat, Feb. U,—The yor recelvet & fetter from a frlar in the Pranciscan Monaster is fe nceeten taihst frat at Romlont, N.Y.) a day or two ago, asking ht Information about a lady nnmed Mry Hlizabet Behoetrs, recently decensed at No, 16 I eyontd street, Victoria Squnce, Montreal, Canada. Ut the Istot the present month a letter was eelved ut the monastery, signed Louis Lerits AUUCKO thal Mrs, Sehoet ee fied ted, wad tts hinge sum of money to the Ori jew la U a TL bimselt as Me eid the frat junyta’ 110% afterward, woman intvodue: Louls Demle, of Montreal, and bei w check for 82.000 on the Mere stzned © Victor E, Stemming & Was nt once forwarded and tank, when Et was learned thu exiated here, THE LUMBER-TARIPE: ‘Spectal Diasvateh to Tae Chicngo Tribnnt Orrawa, Fob, 1,—The deputation of len = ion Appointed to walt on the Pana mnent in reference to the exts turitt on ues ire tomect tho Eon, Me, Cla Ms on tho 16th dust. Ue da suid i aly thy Government will consent ty the present taritt, but will consent (ole cumntng Into operation HAti) next yee A WORK ON CANADA. Spectut Diavatch to The Chicags Tune “Toronto, Feb. Eh—Mr, Veter Ole agaln returned to Canada atter his ee tho Old Country. Ho has smude yreamiety for thy publication af nuotier work on Cs White the tresifan of immise \ko on of tha featires of the new book; Le will oly an EF Mr. O'Leary's lust. work, be merely 0h cy, xrante’ gulie, but will deal with the rane soclal, and paliticnl questions of the CORN-MILD BURNED. cot Hanivax, N. 8,Feb, 1-8. A. W ian ‘t steam corn-iill, containing Leahy chy dae corn and: 1,800 barrets of meat, wits Ma tyed by fro last night. Insured. —<—$—<—<———— : GEORGIA BANKS. ibiinis Bpectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicag THOU ng ATHANTA, City Feb, 13,—The Ae ie condition of tho Stute banks of Gemma, quired by byw to make gemi-ennnlh have buen forwarded to tho juvernur al Wired aagrre gate 354,870,110 iy sities P $71,735,101 dicount” paper, 8" 1a considyred bad Of the tweHlly TT sok unis tn Georgiu oly twa tua a huore thao Diels al ute Suan Mithesg state banks cleentate 29 : ——————— JOURNALISTIC. Speetal Pit to The Chiea3? he Pirrsnuya, Pay : gcript, 8 penny paper stu 4: tnontha ago by Mossrs.gsinith and ECM (o-luy for wand of patronage, TN onl cheng news venture Jb Pitts! failed within alx njunths. ssh ji nee a LOST CHILD. — ‘ -, Ganvesron, Feb, (13.—Tho 4-yen dusoph body started thee ‘Yucaday, accompanied by th yout lost, and tg not yet found. turned.