Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1878, Page 1

‘THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR RUILDINGS, Pennsyivan venue corner ilth street, | | SEY | The Evering Star Newspaper Company, &. H. KAUFFMA | NN, Pres’t. —"“. E NG STAR 1s served to subscribers In wae cy by carticrs, on their own aeconnt, at 10 cents per week, or #4cenis per month. Copies at the counter, 2° cents eac iy mail—postage pre- pald—€0 cents a month: one year, $6. THe WEEELY STAR—publisbed on Friday—$2 a he Evening Star. | that wh res prepaid. 10 copies for $15; 20 copies ;__ ir $20. \ A Ml mail snbseriptions must be paid in ad. ‘Vance; LO paper sent longer than so paid for, | ‘Bg Kates of advertising made known ou applica- | tion. } TO-MOE D tend the fit Bro. Gro. E SAWL A special Tuternal GOVERNMENT Receipts To. revenue, $200,598.73 MASONIC Bor ace ems bn 8 CHAPTE | : dither uasty-and cnomt E Y ON RL AL R No. | . © CALLERS dinner part, 3, will be held at the Chapter Chamber, Masonic | AMON@ THE , t . wilt Ne Bek EVENING, atBorciock. | te nators Blaine, Hamlin, Mitchell, | tertainments. ‘emple. on THURSDAY EVE A tall witendsiee Ee reaueciod. Mombors of Sister | pecttully invited, Dy fende edt tothe, MU- PROTECTION FIRE INS 4 ad the FIREM hingten and Geo aud prompt paym GRADUAL CHANGES —Secretary Sehurz will ke the retovats in the Indian offiee «1 e < ally, in order that the business of the bureau | held in the evenin, may not undergo the shoek which a sudden and violent change in its officials would cause. terday. nial meeting of the . FIRE INSUR- | Treasu trict of Columbia, | New York, a medal for preserving eighteen wagers to serve theen= jj... id at the Office of, ine lives. 2 2 Polls . THE PRESIDENT ON COLORED EMIGRATION The President has written which he says:—"T have given some consideration to your question as to the + gration of colored people from Florida to Domingo. Tam not well informed as to the | pleasant greetings FE | advantages offered by San Domingo to immi- | Conversation. They - | grants, but my impression is that your people | Semble more should not be i n deciding to leave this | house than mere difference imate is & | Miss Platt i ion to remo The it such removals, NOTICE, The 3 of the ANY of { f Set . of | We looking espe tractiy were inthe back | THE ANNUAL EE’ WASHINGTON ORPHAN LUM will be heid at the Memorial chureb. 14:h WEDNESDAY EVENING, Rev. Dr. Buti TING OF US ¢ suiler | appropriate It is which now i 1 hop | therefor a young ladie __ J. BROWN, Being the f ATTENTION, BRICKLAYER! true, tried knight of the tro inst the proposed eniigr is ent with the TER 7 ve c eed | bre te be present on THURSDAY | THE BacHErORGeaMay Cuve have changed | Who was accompan inst. Mr, ALFRED THOMAS will Ss the | the date of their neat ainment from | most of the € meeting. (Mar 1, J. JOYCE, Pees. | Wednesday, January 2d, to Friday, Jan- | engaged ing i | uary 18th. he isin” > HOLIDAY GOUDs, Toiogne Sets, tn great variety: Odor Cases, Cut | THE COLON TION SOCIET and Decorated Toilet Bottles, Ivory Brushes, Cel- ae CK Indoid Sets in Cases. pis Shelf Combs, Farina | directors of the Ameriean Colonization So- ane piss nee Colegnes, Lubin and Atkinson's Handkerchief Ex. | ciety met at half-past o'clock this morning— | flonde i i acts. We SOM ooN. Latrobe, and Win. Cop- | becoming blue silk. | pinger, secretary. = irectors in a body COUGHS AND COLDS YIELD READ- Preside, who Dressed” war vores ; SCHENCK3' PU ‘sy seh | alleffurts to benefit the colored people of the | With? diplon » SCHENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP, wan | rien ge cretary Tompgor Comme. | UE, ilo Shufeldt and Rey. Dr. T.D. Wor and Pe ected additional vi ty. Mr. J. H.B. Latrobe was ele ident for the twenty-sixth time. the board of | twod ily ely. It heals the soreness, | Hoocens the phlegm aud expets It from the syse | | and’their f tem with scarcely an effort on the part of the nd his w y of State and M 0 Chief Justice Tue WOMEN oF UNIoNTOWN.—Senator Dor- sey presented a petition in the Senate to-day from the women of Uniontown, D. uur amendinent to the constitution that U, | lon by all Draggists. s> HOT SODA, Witt : COFFEE, TEA AND CHOCOLATE, aT Admi MILBURN'S, 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, = . ie buila- ERAL WATER on THE SENATE COMMITTEE on pudlie build ee LD St ND MINE - A sechamepibener ir ings and grounds decided this morning to in- diplomatic. " of Claims. The committee will also report TAR BUILDING. back adversely the bill proposing to remove the national capital from Washington to st. pat uid her ft OFFICE yee GREAT EUROPEAN NOVELTY. | Louis. A, = | THE FIRST INDICATORY vote of the pass: pretty vena tani aad, SUNS AD FANGS. | of the Mattlews' resolution was taken in the | pave Bredele eee Senate today. Ona motion to refer the reso- NEW APERIE and noes were ordes Specially recommended for richness in aperient | defeated by a vote of L to 1s. ised embroide: ss in Billo ks, prevention | Wilh steel | of Pil idas ordinary aperient, te } REMOVAL OF THE OBSERVATORY ae | lace. On ihe coi y HENEY THOMSON and tim case medion! prec | ate committee on naval affairs met this mor formed. of Clamond Tession in Eo J. K. _BAE Thy any wt DR. J. MA \i nd a Sargent’s bill tor | tory) The billy | im Jed int the ha Was worn a dark with large pe ‘pork favorably on Mr move he navi » bitter uded in one or ortant particulars. sid The nes AT ANY rine ban PoLK—A pri thrown around © | AGAINS? Doc | cireular was exter e the House ¢ Doorkee Ray was brilliantly DE. ALFRED L. LOOMIS vork, *:The | Polk has dis Wand precedents | Gaughter whos 4 most pr specially | of his offic S atcts in hastily apport. | inte society. Th we ons Sew Fae ing and in ng Without” sufticient | toned wich ev ise competent pe his tendering to Wan any pe dngreeante anda | clamorous Representative ge number of ete eas - - appointments to. others the DR, LEWIS A. SAYRE, New York, * Preferred Ane eee to any other laxative. > i ery one of the door- the pre ion. nm and falsification of the ‘doc the popular disgust excited by his these “things demand that the sert its rights, defend its digni si that the duties of doorkeeper be d A WINEGLASSFUL A DOS departnients Every genuine b ‘ars the name of THE APOLLINAKIS Co. «1), London, For Sale by Dealers, Grocers and Drug- gists. ES nw f,eow. + of wine fine perfect dy trimmed wi floweis. 7s eo proper. and honorable nvan- wit ON PRS TO THE Parts Exvost- | lvely boquets wh CHILDREN’S CLOAKS. TION.—The President to-day appointed Geo, | Of her debut bail auisite toilet of pi Ella Ray, a very t ed witha : commissioners to | All the dre: They were nominated | Waists and ver A. Halsey and Wim. W. Shippen, of ¥, snd Bronson Bayless and Pete nesses, LO De honorary aris Exposition. From this day to January Ist | will give twenty- Eve per cent. off on my sivck CHILDREN’S CLOAKS, by the governors of their respective states. CHAS. BAUM, PERsowgt.—Zach Chandler was on the floor | ning of this week 408 Seventh street, of the Senate to-day. 2alyas the Spa Gec26-1m Between D and EF. pose viving thei Texas, arrived from home in W rahe Ring ot Sp as —— = evening. Mr. Maxey’s father REX THE YEAR WITH a | 2 P.G Crois, of the in the cit edd, and ring | ARY. - wear He WOoMAN SUFFRAGE) Hpe in the! rer BA | Dy. Mary Walker. atlarge: and Mrs. Cr tended some of th asso! to select fh le. at-large . P) se es caper to seteet tro | ford, of Arkansas, were allowed to make ar. | evening guments before the House judiciary commit . FANCY BASKETS AND WALL rocKens | teethis maruing is onie the asto confer suk. | Inthe Onto seh ATA frage upon wome fon 3 ared thi REDUCTION OF 20 PER CENT. THE TeRKISH RETREAT.—The town of Phi- | cans voting blank. Off our recent prices. Hippepolis has been ev nated, and the Turk. | ton received lered it to be burned. | Kentucky les SOLOMONS & CHAPMAN, | The towns of Ajudos bad have ceived | been burned by the retr ks. The | Lindsay ating Te 71 Pennsyleania avenues | yussian government has ordered additional | [i tite | torpedo boats, to be middle | ballot LUMBER. | of April. Server vk publics i Revanlik yesterday, and will probably | i rive at the ne of the negotiations on BUMEER- LUMBER. | The Grand Duke Nicholas is fi =p — | vested with full powers to treat for peace. oor MORTON ON THE CHU | Be DOM SES TO STORE TOK: AXPECTED UNDERG! WILLET &@ LIBBEY, Det w Justice mines a number of hire ve bey mhection between the eS expected to be when the drifts me the Alta and | Will be pre: fightin e pn which the | @ vines is momentariiy CORNER SIXTH STREET AND N. Y. AVENUE. ate the decease OUR PRICE LisT 18 THE LOWEST THE Iowa Lrorsiaren phn Was elected Speaker of the Towa house. yeste ON day, Gov. Newbold, in his message fo the leg lature. says the finances are in a bad dition. The floaiing debt has in LATHS! LATHS! LATHS: | HI or 90,000 in excess of the constitu. | ought to ti | Nonal limit. — 192.00 Opp FELLOWS’ ( | The Ode JOIST STUDS; per hundred feet............. 1.58 | ma. | the LATHS—Best Bangor; per thousand... COLONY IN MINNESO’ ws in Minnesota are engaged in | and £2 C0 that state, to be composed |} entirely of members ot the order. They have |p; sured three townships of land in Watouwan | {2 FENCING 136, 16 Fexr; per bundred....... 1.50 | County, and invite the Odd Bellows. of the unity who may wish to locate on homesteads | . to join them in the enterprise next spring. WASHBOAEDS, Dressed & Jointed; CLEAR 1.50 | “0 Families can be accommodated with jon each. IDE TECH BORED Drea renner EO | teortien (TAT, aga PRACEMA p the Indians at spotted Tail agency | Of Ah against the local authoritie and bs " the lives of some of the ofiicials, | Lenderson, with M | Spotted Tail interposed to quell the disturb: = TTERNS, With | #2e, but was infor! PAILINGS. DRESSED, 4 PA bad | Wes that while they regarded him as their R—A few | during the GEORGIA HEART FLOORING, LARGE STOCK. present eireumstances. Spotted Tail then | Would ‘readily selt DEY LUMBEE Under Cover in our Large DRY | drew his revolver and Killed two of the instr. estes Bacamber SH: he gents, when the balance retreated and have i ae LUMBER SHED. | not since been heard of. statement, together w WALLET & LIBBEY. CoeeER SIXTH STREET AND N. Y. AVENUE. Samuel Jones and Win. | 40 so. Montgome! | f e been arrested on acharge treet, t nps, h _—_ ds. a i n them, 3 ALp.—Judge Pratt of the supreme court ren- ‘tape trench Conte-Oi | proof of ihele passing. the spurious colae Tho dered a decision this mornin au | commissioner committed em tot , man to strike ou part of the answer of James | A Ligvor DumKine Civs.—For tl tor lon ‘nnett, proprietor of the era, in ME. J-ARMIES. yn ree | ute years the lown of Warsaw, N.Y. his suit to Tecover $0,00 damages for libel. No. tase PAS, DRESS) "AVENUR. | been Strictly a no-license town. No matter | The judge denied the motion, and the answer _ SctS3-Astp, 3m Between 14th and 16th streets. | for what purpose the liquor was needed, itcould | therefore stands as ori = = not be had for love or money in the place. | ¥. Post, Wt. (00'S IMRERIAL CHAMPAGNE. ‘There has been formed there within the past The best American wine in the market; dry, production accor The soviety consists o1 "Per case, S15 GO ery and treasurer, besides an executive comi- | count was defeated HALL Fi mittee. Applications for membership have — hundred. The initiation fee is fifty cents, - BI—N?®. 7,736. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 1878. TWO CENTS. UE Society. | THE EVENING STAR. | sucscay nas, innate aia night for so. == = <== | eiety at the national eapital. | 2. a were the temptations offered that it was puz- | Washington News and Gossip. | iirc now tomake a se! We divided the evening between the White House, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ray's ball and Gen. and Others attended a and then the two last-named en- So numerous tion, but nota few nd many more went first to the and Ogiesby. Representatives Dun- | epera and then to Mrs. Ray’s residence. c i i dinner to’ Miss Edith -and | which young people only were present. Mei. P. 1. Wren, Kerr, van | Robeson gave JOH PICKELL, Seer | Vorbees, Willian 1 ~ A CARI | Hon. Gaiusha Grow. ud Mis. Eugene Hale invited guests t Chandler at dinner. * The first publie receptio inauguration was of the pleasantest in th White House. While. the parlors were well Bled there was no Such crush asso often de- , —The Seeretary of the | stroys all the pleasure of these so/rees, Mi A ine PRESERVER-—The Secretary oF th vebb Hayes snade the latroduotions 1 Bis father and Col. Casey to Mrs. Hayes, who ally pretty in Chamber ovev ik trimmed with t The waist was high and the 1 a Tete: -olored | With white tulle. Mis teiter to a colored | Ariss smith. the latter a1 tive addition to the White House cir rt of the room, movi ! | from one to another of the guests, exchanging he same mater ; of the su | paid upon $1,000, e reception reé- an ente rl sti and formal siate oc especially to be commende etin repartees, which ar nd invariabl ment to the person she 3 med were tastefully dressed. reception, mostof made a point of bein: nply a compli- | ient’s f inet counsellors: ruing there. v mated conversatio e Was constantly H about having — the State department. if he is c uvineed sucit | —The board of | an innovation would be favorably re: sure to all who p: n engaging | Offices of the tr ir comple: aughters attended, and ree respects to the | attention. The Misses Schur ed warm interest in | complished linguists, ai E ble to conver S of different nations in their | Attorney Gene ent: the latter accompanied hy handsome wife end. Miss Cheatham 1 Assistant ie, and the Assi >. praying | Wold, of Connecticut: Sir Edward) Th the Peruvian ns be not disfranchised on account of | The Spanish minister, My. Dall and his) wile, Senor Gore Jones, Cot ps, Were presey bers of Con => SAMUEL ©. YOUS | troduce a bill for the purchase of the Freed. ea crs Ss * “NOTARY PUBLIC, | men’s Bank building for the use of the Court an Were. avconige me with th Sherman Madame cousin, Miss De | ruary there shall be elect e pink satin was high Tv WATER. lution to the judiciary committee the ayes | Céstingue. Twas a lov and the motion was | With a very long t Vu ng the neck we | the Dist vet ribbon, studded | About ten o'clock Mrs. Ha i ikea th sis euston diving the evening. its residence of M | joury tnd Mis. Ross en to inte eens and tastelu ed flow adorned the mantels, i yea Mis. Ray and th ved their guests inthe sm » silk, retioved loved velvet, and TL loopsel white sati rof fine white flowers, “Sent is souvenirs jt Ray wore an ex- nd her cousin, Miss gauze xarnish- steful whit idsome wreath of fl eribed had decolle short sleeves. The Bachelors’ german club have de ve their next entertainment on Friday eve- stead of Wednesday, minister and his wi fete in honor of the m; 1 On the latter date. U his bride have re- tended the ball last eveni becoming brida own house, on ’ mand Judg festivities together S just de: Charles C. Glover anc \ THREE STATES. for United States | 25 demoerats to $ republi- In the house M Johnson 3, blank ture yesterday Wi for Cnited sta ry 18, Boyd 1. —A portion of the report of the cxp.—a | Senator Morton, of Indiana, on the Chin ey.) dispatch says owing to | duestion was found among his papers, and ZFeSS AS an incomplete ugh of it to in- men | Minority report. Ther recommending a hum tment of the C! de. Trouble is expected | liberal policy in the tre a REPEAL OF THE RESUMPTION ACT.—A re- Stone | port was made inthe P a representatives at Harrisburg, yesterday. the committee on fed use of this house that the bill to rep to | the restimption act, now pending in Congress, ome a law. APO A DESPERATE ENO! y terday between Philip Grasty, tobacconist, a Robinson, me ville, originating in charges of forgery made Robinson. to the effect that ¢ ed his (Robinson's) books when Robinson's arm’ was broken by a pistol and Grasty received severe stabs. DO PROPERT w York Sun special from says: Thomas Lord, amine ito the condition ‘ Lord, spent two da nvestigating the court 1 iby the tuconient par. | ported everything tu the } head ehief they would not obey him under | Property whieh, if for | further down he unearthec best possible shap: 1 unencumbered A upon the market, $250,000 or $300,000. real estate dealers commonest Mrs. Hicks, although importuned to sell eer. ARREST OF CoIN, COUNTERFEITERS.— At | tain sections of land, ha steadily refused to H f passing counterfeit silver half dollars, | | THE $50,000 Liner SciT AGainsr THE HER- on the motion rv Louis Fleiseh- iginally presented.—[V. few weoaha au Lg fates we iranaw 1 iisisna ance a eon n the Uniow Club, whieh has for its des' izns the OUisial Senate a ution instruetin; Jrapedicd renal ee sense of aicouol than aay | evasion of the local option laws of the town, | ators aud members of Congress to vote Imporied brand. Good taste aud regard for home | £Vsi¢ sists of a president, secretary | investigation of alleged frauds in n the electoral ya ie ol cy. 2 HUME, Jané-tr already been received to the number of AN EXPLOSION OF SULPHUR Gas in Pott’s —_S07 Market Syace. 4 ‘tor colliery, near Ashiand, Pa., last evening, killed whieh checks are issued in five eent tickets. | so far as known, four men and injured several ‘The club room is stocked with all kinds of | others. Considerable excitement exists at liquors. The rooms are only accessible to | Ashland and Locust Dale, The mine is mid- | members and their guests. way between those places. Popularizing the Four Per Cents. NOTICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREA- SURY. “RY DEPARTMENT, Jan. 16, 1878. notice that, from the further not for the 4 per cent. funded loan par and accrued interest in coin The bonds are redeem: from July 1, 1877, and. be guarterly, on the Ist da July and October, of eae empt trom the payment t the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by under state, municipal or local authority. The subscriptions may be made for coupon $50, $100, $500 and $1,000, and for_re- r interest, p: thes and are ex. gistered bonds of $50, $100, SH, $1,009, $5,009 and $10,000, Two per cent. of the pur accompany the subseriptior The ther at time of subscription or within thirty | days thereafter, with interest on the amount scription, at the rate of four per cent. per annum, to date of payment. Upon the re full ps ill be transinitted free of ors one per of subse! rge to the sub. 1%. Will be allowed uy ption, but no commis iy’ single subseription less than Forms of application will be furnished by ; the tre S surer_at Washington, the Ts at Baltimore, i |, New Orle Louis and San F nks and pplications must specify the amount nominations required, and for r bonds, the full name and post-office address the person te whom the bonds shall be 1 payable. treasw united of the holder, and maile The check is payable on. presentation, properly endorsed, at the ner of the United States. mveniens rtment will also pin, called bonds of the Uni 3 pons past due or maturing. within th or gold certi issued under the March 2, Signated as aries under ates, to receive deposits on nounder regulations to De scribed. JOHN SUERMAN of the Treasury. The District in Congress. IMPOKTANT MEETING OF THE HOUSE COMMIT: VEE The House committee on the District of Co: lunbia today had under consideration th Hendee bill to provide a form of gove for the District of Columt nearly two-thirds considerec as follows:—That on the th and ay Tuesday in F ppointed three cgminissioners, as follows: One t ed by the President and confirmed by the Sen , Tor four years: the second to be élected | House of Representatives for two year: and the third to be elected: by the Senate fc six years. The two elected. by the House 3 iL to be vetual residents Colwubia for tive ye: rlection. and the pe ident shall have v mts Lo his appointme: ne committe With the subject pending as to w the United States should pay to the Dist annually. Myr. Hendee’s bill’ p bes 1 the federal government shall pa ity perc vot rs prey | dent of the United > tum of the expense, but Mr. Bragz moved an nun, aiid aunt make it forty pe pending the discussion, the commiitee ad Journed until Mond: t ‘Lhe commiti wilow the Mut District to iin Ivith authority to. eal cst nee com) Apital sto t $100,000 of iL ties. Iso agreed to rep tion to certs authorities—the bill whieh ex Surveyor Forsyth has been trying to deteat. SUBURBAN RAILWAY COMPA aU" Senator I ot Minois, by (offered bE in th + today to incorporate the Suburban ‘ompany. ot Washington, an, Robert K. Elliot, J. Bb. F ohn ohnson, W.'G. Palme Octavius Knight, Amos Hunt, Andrew K r, Win. He Clagett, John ©. Me alter Il Irwing nklin » Leopold Luchs, John V Hives. Lewis 'Clephan Nelson Ch: ors.” The proposed rai to begin at the junction of 19th and s northeast, as described en the. su of Rosedale and Isherwood estates, additi to the city of Washington : then ve through Vth st Benning’s_ bi wester road: then ly direction forming hence northerly and ssing afong the Lover the northw nearly in line with the town bridge and eros: ing the timore and Ohio Railroad thr the lands of J. Say id. There road. the tir inini of the road, direction through pi with F aud loth streets northeas! through F street to its ju’ West: thence norther junction with G st in i, and through G to it junction with 7th Street northwest. The neh of the road be and will be tov t. passing in front of the Distr nue: thence through said ave navy ital of the pany shall not exce be divi shares of #50 each, ‘1 company is autho: by the billto te outsideot Washing ton city a strip of ) feet wide, with feet in the cle ges propelled by steam power, and to chi ve cents p second branch western termin: street track ssenger Within the limits. The company, as an equi priveleges granted it by the city. propos S. when the F street braneh is completed. to build a railway from the City Hall to the for the transportation of prisoners. The road. is to be completed within three years after its organi ation, Xe, Ke. —_— _____ EPiscopaL.—The sianding committees of are of the Pi copal church have voted to the the diocese of Delaw election of Re’ Springfeld ti. Dr. ¢ ined the West Virginia bishopri A WELL-DiGGeEn’s Discover day Mr. Joseph Rankin, a farme! ing down some six feet he came a skeleton of a man. Going some t second aun, and several ol sof a coin were visi the graves. Mr. Rankin number of rocks, wer complete, “and a there were silve bund the ankle and cent.—[Datt is (Texas) Journal, Jan. SAVANNAH Ra h vannah oa Jockey club opened yes- rday with delightful weather and large’ at- tendance. | Jim Bell won the Ten Broeck stakes, mile dash in 1.51, Wash Booth won the two mile dash in 3.483¢, and Risk the hur- dle in 2.0334. Dalgasian’ fell, throwing his rider at the second hurdle, but the: latter re- gained his seat and continued the race. Tue New Krve oF Irary also has a long tail to his kite. Suceess to Hum! Charles Emmanuel Jean Marie. Ferdinand ‘re he would. have been Euowa Eugene. Happy is he, not to. in Ameri whe shi Hom. '—[ Courier. Pee BET Ne n'y aa-In the Oka Indian trial for arson, at Montreal, Canada, yesterday, 1 3us% rekon elle aes seven Freneh Canadian being Yor conviction, and five English Pro- testapts for acquital, FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. WEDNESDAY, January 16. SENATE.—Mr. Blaine presented 2 protest ef the Cherokee nation against the passage of a bill in relation to Indian suffrage. Mr. Dorsey introduced a bill to incorporate y of Oklahoma. Referred. Mr. Hamlin offered a resolution to “ vacancy in the board of regents of the institution, and asked that it lie on the table for the present. . . Mr, Davis (Ill) introduced a bill to rate the Suburban railroad ef the Dis! Mr. Sargent, from the naval committee, re- ported Back the bill for the removal of ‘the Naval observatory. Placed on the ealeudar, The Matthews silver resolution unfinished bu “Telegrams to The Star. | RUSSIA'S VICTORIOUS ADVANCE. Turkey at the Feet of Her Foe. TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK GIGANTIC TEXAS LAND FRAUDS. MORE BUSINESS FAILURES. RUSSIA‘'S VICTORIOUS ADVANCE. Turkey's Last Field Army in Danger of Annihilatio ‘, Jan. 16.—If the disp s Telegram Company. opie, st ting that a ‘ary of the Treasury hereby gives | ith instant, and until | f the United ed below, at Smithsonian able after 30 years y ble of January, April, or duties to proceeded to vote on the pending amend. | Mr. Morrill moved to refer the bill tot diciary committee. i 3l—as’ follows: e money must the remainder y be paid at the pleasure of the purchaser, Messrs, Anthony, Bar sah Dawes, Eaton, E han, MePherson, Rollins, Sargent and V ays—Messrs, Arn ‘dmunds, Hamlin, Hi Mitchell, Morriill, P ment the bonds i ‘ and Philippopolis and a commission of one-fourth of n the amount jon will be (Wis.) Cockre! Ke Coke, Conove: Grover, Harris, He: ood, MeCreery, , Merrimon, Mor: spencer, Teller, MeMullan, Matthew ordered the inh and that the Russian arching on Ye ins of the only | south of the Balkans, nihilation befo Chirpan is about an 10 miles from the v over Which the Turks must to reach Adrianople. The state t ns have reached Chirpan is not im s there is no Turkish ik to hinder sw 2 he utmost terror and disc nts to leave that town, have reached Chirpan. tion sprung up as to the order of bus. ion of Mr. Matthews. vote on Monday next, ad perhaps had weight in ators to be absent to-day, and M a l that he had supposed M 1 tospeak on the resolution. id he desired to anticipating the announcement it ath would be made, he y in papers which he desired for refer- nd the decla gi ‘ans, New York lel. rmy between he interest on the registered bonds will be nid by check, issued by the treasurer of the Philippopolis stricken fugitives continue to ol by thousands. em are men. At the suggestion of Mr. Eaton, the order of | business was postponed until Friday. after the morning hour, (to-morrow having’ been as. ne treasurers} ined for the announcement of the death of | e line leading to Con- yments may be made in coin to the me ape icadine 40 con ef committee have ui Y to prevent wholesale loss hunger and exposure. England and Austria. The Londen Deiy Telegrapl b spatch trom Constantinople containing an improbable story that the Aust ‘ is opposed to a | nd Intends to support nd_ further, thi ave grave quest My. Cockrell then announce his late colle: | souri, and off ed the death of gue, Hon, L. V. I red’ the eustomary | hhe proceeded with a eulogy of the late Senator. 7 axey followed in a brief culogistical ot the United states at Washington, Itimore. Boston, “uns, New Y 4 is, and San i arks were also made }} and Armstrong ional banks will be de- he provistons evised statutes of the United eased the Set treaty of Paris, r. Lynde presented a communi- izabeth Thompson, of New informing the House that she had pur- % inting representing Pre- neoln and his Cabinet read al draft of the procla- : and offering the ft to the United States, and ‘King Congress, if it accepts the gift, to fix a ts Teception. arfield moved that the communi: Thompson be spread upon the journal: offered a joint resolution acee] id painting on behalf of the nd returning the thanks of ‘Thompson for her publie : int committee on the libra. nge for the proper icture on Tuesday, Febri a place for it in'the Capitol. nit a copy of the “This communi Cpls dispateh. is here a n understanding between England and Austria’s Attitnde. ich to Reuter’s wstantinople, hy, the Austrian a yesterday to Se before the latter's d ceived instruc. Austria could sign that there considering the 0) ion of eman Lonpoy, Jan. mien | bill was tions from Vienna prevent the conclusion of an the basis of pe; United state Congress to Mi and directing the | ce preliminar y of the treaty of T be appoini- nut her assent to its differe | tria would be prepared t the means at her dispo: — NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS. ate and ephens Seconded the resolution, and ed that the gift would beg At the proper time he we rks upon the subject of the paint- mivention assembled. here today. Col. ———_—_~«+e-_____ \ KINDS OF METHODISTS. Methodist Alin a Methodist organizations in the Unit with the numberot members belong’ ese principles ’ avass by the {a majority of more that | were sworn on their + iblican party stern terime by which the p | me {J to report a bill to | ny of the o A 28 dist Episcopal Church South, Colored Methodist Chareh, $0,006 rulers of their choic African M. E. ed Brethren in C luist lding it up to ! | citizens upon the ha sued through the a moeratic prin- ation in refer | ence to the southern states; favoring a stable rreney and the honest payment of the pub opposing all measures by which the public eredit may be impaired ; re: . ion to all schemes for de easury or bestowin ds in aid of private congratulating fessed eleventh-hour rt favor: in records of 1 ©. Methodist, Prote ada the Method . ‘at Britain and her ¢ q The aggregate of Methodist C members in al 4,383,888, The total net increase of la 77, hroughout the world, is Colored M. E. Church, the newest of these, has now four bishops, 600 traveling preachers, 682 local pr between 80,000 and 90,000 members. bishops—Lane—is deseribed as a native of ‘ennessee, forty-three years old, tall, erect and showing in his general ap} ponderance of Anglo- posed of Joseph Brown, corporations or 1 the people upon the p conversion of the republi shire to this standard i i iding faith in the doctrine of ty nited States isa federal re. dlependeit Slates as set f Independen: government of limited powers vantage, and states respectively. people, the entire control under’ the constitu- i 1 matters pertaining to the governments and soc! elden, public of free forth in the De united under for mutual protection and leaving to the kon blood. He was a and never had the oppor- t to its termination at the | tunity of attending THE BED OF THE OCEAN.— I, religious and THE GREAT TEXAS LAND FRAUDS. Names of the Alleged Swindlers. Sr. Lor Mo., Jan. 16.—It will be recollected ) Ham & Stevens and others were asas City some three months ndous swindling in Texas lands, Was expressed to learn the se engaged in the frauds and asdeeds. These names, ter part of them, are now sip. by special agent Amos P. Foster, of the postal service, who arrested Ham vens, and who has been eu working up the case. mes is important for th antities of land were rested go for stip great anxiet names of who issy or tra and it ts pretty neark in that all the titles whieh have emanate ight _or ten years (rom any of fraudulent and of no value Phey are as fellows. KE. E. Atwell, oS. Barry, John Burt. Gea. D: Thoma on, H. A , ui Herman Job M. Davis, George Dawson, vos, JR Hamilton, Johw R. Hall, Bartlett, Heekman, Jno. 1. Hudson, James A) Hawes, A. M. Jones, W.G. Keiiey, John M. Mercer, John M. Mag: Lin, Or » Kiger, Alexander Kelly, John T Martin, D ewbern, a Oakes, Alle ey. Bar John Ryan, Uriah h, Robt. stein, A George H. The NEW YORK NEWS. Foul Play. ‘Ew YORK. Jan. 16—A few days age the schooner H. Pray was found floating tn Ub river having been scuttled avaluable carge. It was as the work ol river pi eW had been murdere nd gutted of first supp ad that the . but it new turns out that th stv (€ the crew were the guilty parties. ‘Th rgo Was found yesterday inan old schooner anchored on Conimunipaw fats in ch: of th of the Pray, who made the abo Another Victim o tory Fire. Mary Doherty, who was injured in the Bar- clay street fir lied yesterday. ATORSHIP, Ballot To-day. The v torin joint convention of the k ¥ Was :—Denpis, 0; Thomas, 15 *: Blair_and W Join Ax*ArOLIs, MD., Jan. 1 mveniion then adjourt cratic ea upon a ca ved. A demi Hus Will be held tonight t lidate to be voted fe The Coal Combination Ratified. New Yor ol coal nianagers { edinto by the operators was ratifi day the combination ente 1 The Market BALTIMORE, January 16 cinta sixes, deferred, 4 od, B44: North Carolina sixe eW, Sbid to-day, Sagar steady Bacon 1 leum dab: aid nominal and lower— Rio cargoes, 15018 Whisky nominal. Receipts—th 33.000. $4,000: oats. 37.000; coin, 169,500. YORK, January 16.—Mo 1.02. Exchange, long, 481; short, 483°) tients firn NEW YORK, January 16.—Flour_ heavy. Wheat, ‘: and 14 cents lower, orn about steady, LOCAL NEWS. The Homicide at the Capitol. TRIAL OF THE ALLEGED MURD WASHINGTON M'GRATH, Tn the Crir Sourt to-day the ¢ Dishman and ¢ Logan alias G more. indicted with I murder of Wa 1. IRv7. Was called ok for Dishing or N. Thomas and J and EB. Hay and Du elf 1. This homicide, ii will be r mem ‘kK place near the western p lico of the Capitol directly after the inauj tion of President Hayes, and created som citement at the time. Th PRORS ing selected --——.e0. C,H. lor, G. D. Livingston, edward Crusor®, Ca Chas. Jas. Keed® and Jol The fol wer fence :—J. HL. Russe Brooke, Delozier Dav das. L. Pal 1 Clark*, Dennis hard Futlalove, de Hunter® was chalier nent W.R. Gill, Henry Otterback and John Riley had formed opinions. ‘Those marked witha © are OPENIN District Att that at the time named two wh ssing the Capitol and were set the prisoners and beaten ina bratal rT, and one of them died of his iujur They expected to show that Dishman after: wards boasted of having killed a white man, and exhibited his beets to show how he had bursted them in kicking him; and they also expected to sh. that Baltimore admitted bis participation in the erime. THE FIRST WITNESS was Joseph N. Mayne, who testified ¢ on the day in question, about 7!¢ o'clock, he met twe bootblacks, one of whom said, * He was a d—d fool for letting the othe n strike him.” by the During the past summer we witnessed deep- € pas e eral tariff, so that it shall operate to sti sea ploughing in the harbor of Belfast, Maine. rather than restrict trade an honest revenue rather than the oppres- i first pond he , | back and looked, aud saw these part j gaged in a fight with colored men. | Went up and cried out, ©S ; SAW one of the white men lying on the jaye j Ment, while the other continued to figli® | When witness cried out, | | such a ) him, into which the vels penetrates with difficulty to loosen it ahugh Michigan plough was set to work under the water, n the shore, using a wire rope to form connections, The water at high tide was about twenty feet deep when the plough was ‘The man that held the divers armor, and supp a flexible tube connecting withan a on board of a vesse up at our req horth side ugh revision of the law: ry direction that the personaity of 1 equal Share of the pub- nd that no property shall be sub. jouble taxation: demanding a drawn by steam ate shall bea nh yles Brown to the state of re to be two branches of beginning at the western nd ranning in a westerly ate lands to the junction 1 thence ion with 4th north- aid street to its | reet jected to a more complete protecti the industrial classes by as control of savings ban and other institutions in which the people's money may be invested, etc. Was encased ter supervision floating above. quest, amd after 1" | sack ou his shoulder, and he went ion with the pump, ppearing under water, went on will the ‘ploughing. Thi i id So far as we can le; ted. The conven Noted for gover j of Nashua. receiving 592 votes. clared the nomi proceeded to nomi from the ated on 19th ct jail | mn, it was the made.—[Bos- » of the convention, which Ailroad cominis- of Bristol, was ten Journal of Chemis nated for suc! MANIA FROM A DoG Brve.—There is at Tren- city hall confined in one of ment a person who is ex- nh among the physi oe elis of the ba citing great attent His name is John Finne: ed until recently as a packer at the works of the Mercer pottery com; Weeks ago while pla: was bitten upon the h he complained from time to the locality of the wounds and aiso higher up rm. He showed no fear of the effects of the bite and was not annoyed by reference On Saturday night, however, the board- 's at Mrs. Arrison’s, on Grant avenue, where Finney resided, were alarmed by his actions atthe table, which suddenly became strange and violent. One of the boarders sitting near nney undertook to quiet 1 s quently fought injuring those present and dishes and furniture. With some difficulty he Was finally conveyed to the cells under the city ‘arman was called to aitend | Finney was at this time a raving Hypodermic injections of anodynes | sunday evening He, however, ré- nd on the route of the road Some. three small dog, he subsequently other motive rge fares of not more than er i city limits, and five cents additional outside the city vent for the i bridge crossing the Farmington west of the village. The train was bound for Millertown, an carried passengers fo stations between this city and that place, who came in to attend the M Two engines, a three passenger coaches wen! western end of the oridge, the engines reach- ree cars breaking through eet of water, and one ear nd on the pier. \ BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED up to 2 o'clock a.m., and others were believed to be in the wreck. Among the dead were Mrs. Benjamin Curman, Miss daughter of He Moody aid Sankey age car and down at the ing the shore, and thi the ice in three f in, andfour men ard to keep him from 5 sent to the election of Rev. Dr. Eccleston as bishop of West Virginia, and to refuse to assent to the | Di ymour ay bishop of ‘cleston has already de- | Minnie Allen, a Allen, and the two M. McCarger, all of Winsted: one woman and two men who have not been identified. Miss of Canaan, and Uri Whitney, are missihg; perhaps included among the three bodies not almost certain that other bodies lave not been ‘THE MORE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED were Rev. W. H. Thomas, Methodist pastor of broken and side injured ; of Herston, hall, and Dr. Jamel Warner, were administered. beeame suddenly rational. fused todrink water, and persisted in his re- fusal Monday showing great repugnanee to it, and becoming very nervous when it was men: t Satur. | ne in county, began digging a well. After go- | | Winsted, both legs Engineers Franey and Hatch, badiy sealded, the latter pro! A. Pinney, of Winsted, head of Canton, ribs broken : hamsted, head and ribs: en. There is injured. The ARMY OFFICERS.— ‘The life of the Russian officer, as I have been able to observe here, away from the glitter of parades and the excitement of battles, is oc- pied chiefly by routine dui leard and _billiai portionately in the order named seems hard and tedious, but to some Ame! nish coins. No Camp LIFE OF RUSSIAN in either one of curiosity being aroused, he proceeded. and had dug but a few feet farther when the third skeleton was brought to light. Here, though there was no | sigh of a cofiin, there were piled around a The bones of the skeleton | Dwight Case, of Park J.C. Riggs, of Ne a large number of wounded may be numbered at f ty, tea-drinking ‘orfolk, leg brok f less jously, They ted went north and the other south, and the witness, on descending the Cap- | itol steps, met two white men, both dru who went up the steps. When opposite the ise above, and turned Ww top fighting,” stopped aud looked at him them that it was a shame way as that. They took » d witness turned to go away, when he jored man coming up the sieps with a few steps kK. and went t him a blow and sack aud ut for the Witness the prisoners as of the saw from the ties, put d part identify The trial Wasim pr closed ess when our report ————ws A BROKEN ARM.—About 11 o'clock to-day Martin Brown. while driving Ira Cook's huek- ster Wagon, was thrown out al th 9th and D streets northwest, by the » horse run- ning away, and his right arm was broken above the elbow. Officer Byrnes (ook him to Drew's drug store, where he was eared and subsequentiy took him to his home, of Sth and E streets. 909 A WIFE POISONER CONVICTED BY HIS LITTLE CuiLp.—By the side of Bowman in the court house sat a fairfaced little girl, hardly 12 d,and ever and anon she would ron Pk against head till his bearde ek pressed hers, she ig into his eyes wi id’ ‘and st, and he into hers with all a father's fond devotion. It was not for efleet, for the first day Bowman was arrested she sat in his lap * the entire time fondling him the same way. And yet that child's lips were the first to ory vison and murder against her father. Eliza dane is ber name. She was silting in the kitchen door a few minutes afier her mother died, and a liitle negro girl was putting on her shoes when Miss Martha € il Miss Eliza- beth Cobb passed in. As ladies generally in- quire, when in the house of death. Miss Cobb remarked to Miss Cole, ° I should so much like to know Mrs. Bowman's last words.” “I'l tell you,” said £ told father she Was pisened juor he give her this mornin she said.” — [Reidsville N. A DREADFUL RAULROAD ACCIDENT oceurred last evening near Hartford, Conn. An exeur- trains from Robey res an surgeons, reach after the accident. bells were rung, all tied —_ Possible. on planks or rude sleds Tarifiville side. The woun it on the Hartfor train took the rest round Fishkill and canal roads, to New the western road. ———_—_____ BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. More Failures caus it would seem harder to drink five or six large tumblers of tea three or four times a day. The “dentchiks” (official servants) do nothing but attend to the making of tea and their master’s pipes all day. Every time the officer returns to his quarters tea must be pre ared and the lo + hot only for r bands, while «unique | | trinkets of gold and silver were found adja- ‘$—The spring meeting of pes ready to rf any number with him. Thetobaceo used is always of Turkish brands, or at least sold as such. The Ukraine is a tobacco-pro- province, but the teaf-cannot be en. yy anybody beside the Ukraine ith their horse-eonstitutions. It would be height of impudence for. any’ lungs to ride in a smoking-ear half a-day, for ‘of ie ances {Russian Cor. eae with: weak mummy intwenty-four San Freneiseo ‘ae-The statue of Jim,” another on meeting; “1 heat our fiend has ia sion train with passengers that had been at- tending Moody and Sankey’s revival services fell into the Farmington river. Two engines, a bagyage car and three " Cars through the bridge. The loss of life had not been ascertained, but from fifteen to twenty. five wounded had been taken out. 49-Most persons who pass a blind beggar fn is 4 5 meu,” says the Worcester Press oud 6 atter panos be ‘square, up- Be-The day 1s fast a man can be carried dead out ot ah whiter’ office without prov the sensational _— of a coroner's SE, Andrews’ be to