Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1877-03-07

              u COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1877. NO. 56. VOL. XXXVIII. mm- iimm REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENCY! FO It SALE: Brick House on High street.... $10,000 Brick House on High 9,000 Brick House oo Broad 6.000 Brick House on Broad 11,000 Brick House on Town 15,000 Brick House on Town 10,500 Brick Hoibje on Town 7,000 Brick House on Town 12.000 Brick House on Town 3,600 Brick House on State 8,000 Brick House on State 7,000 Brick House on State 8,000 Brick House on State 6,500 Brick House on HUte 3,000 Brick House on Rich 15,000 Brick House on Hich 10,000 Brick House on Rich 10,600 Brick House on Rich 4,500 Brick House on Rich 2,800 Frame House on Rich 2,400 Frame House on Rich 3,600 Brick House on Friend 7,000 Brick House on Friend 3,600 Brick House on Friend 3,000 Brick Houee on Friend 8,000 Brick Ho ise on Friend 3.600 Frame House on Friend 2,160 Frame House on Mound 1,400 Frame House on South 1,200 Brick House on Oak 8,600 Brick House on Oak 6,500 Brick House on Oak 3,800 Brick House on Onk 6,000 Brick Houee on Oak 2,500 Brtck House on Oak 2,200 Brick House on Gay 7,500 Brick Houbb on Gay 1,800 Brick Home on Long 4,000 Brick House on Spring 2,000 Brick House on Spring 6,000 Brick House on Washington avenoe.. 6,500 Frnrae House on Front St 4,000 Brick House on Front St 3,600 Frame House on Front St 1,400 Brick House on Front St 9,000 Brick House on Front St 10,000 Brick Hooae on Front St 4,600 Brick House on Third Aye 6,000 Brick House on Boon St 3,600 Brick House on Eeventh St 2,500 Brick Home on Seventh St 4,500 Brick House on Albert St 4,000 Brick House on Albert St 3,800 Brick House on Mt. Vernon At 6,000 Brick House on Mt. Vernon Av 2,8C0 Brick House on Sixth St 6,500 Brick House on Gill St 6,000 Brick House on First Ay 8,000 Frame House on Maule St 1,650 Brick House on Fifth St 2,000 Brick House on Franklin At 4,600 Brick House on Water St 1,800 Frame House on Second Ay 1,400 Brick House on Starling St 1,600 Frame House on Hunter St 1,600 Etc., Etc., Etc, Etc. . SIcBERT & LILLEY. Blank Book Manufacturers, BY TELEGRAPH TO TUB OHIO HTATR JOURNAL Printers, Binders, Stationers Ar,d Legal Blank Publishers. BOOK BINDING description, by the Edition or single volume. Meeting of the Retiring Cabi net Officers. every Attorney General Taft Speaks on Louisiana Affairs. OPEMA HOUSE MOLDING, (Op Stain.) aprl COLCHBON. Further Reports About the New Cabinet, Ohio Merchant Tailoring Co., T General Devens 1o Represent New England. aid DiAuaa in Lamar Sworn in as Senator from Mississippi. (touts' Fine Furnishing tioods, No. 163 SOUTH UI6U ST., (Opera House Block), COLUMBUS, 0. Blaine's Speech la Favor of Admis sion of Keilogg. JNO. RICH, Supt. and Trees. , BUNTING. Foreman. mvl ly temper Idem. Standard" JOCKEY CLUB Hand-Wads Q 4SH Warranted Strictly Purx. N. P. DOUGLASS & CO., Prop's Office, 788 Madison Street, COVINGTON, KY. feb23 deodtwSm GEO. T. I) WALL, MERCHANT TAILOR 157 SOUTH HIttH ST., OOXjTJ2Vt33TJffi, O. augn ly ip Call and Examine my List of Mouses and Lois for Sale before purchasing elsewhere. UHlret High, Pearl and Chapel Sts. . COM LY. A. W. rBANCISCO, COMLY & FRANCISCO, PUBLISHERS AND l'RHPRIETUK8. JAHES M. COMLY, .... Editor. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY Indication! for Tennessee and Ohio Val leyFalling, followed by rising barometer southwest, veering to colder northwest winds. and light rain or snow, followed by clear weather. Houses and Lots for Sale Everywhere. All Sizes and Prices. Some Desirable Building Lots to Exchange for Small House. Must be in good repair and good location. Will give difference of $500 to $1200 in Cash. Call soon. Mortgage Notes Bought and Sold. LEBISLATIVE SUMMARY. Culled States Senate. March 6. The credentials of L. Q. O. La mar. R4 Senator from Mississippi, were taken fmm the tnble, bv a vote of 58 to 1 and Mr. Lamar was sworn in as Sena tor A resolution to refer the creden tinla nf William P. Kellogg, claim' ing to be Senator from Louisiana, to the committee on rnvuegen i'-u uwiwu. ... r,ffor,i and debate ensued. Mr. Blaine made a speech in favor of the admission of Kellogg, on me general gruuuu j,ui, m u, miaainn would be consistent with the de, termination of the Louisiana Electoral vote, Pending discussion the Senate aojeurnea. General Assembly. Maro 6. There was not a quorum pres ent in either branch, and no businesi transacted. Negotiating Loans and Selling City Property a Specialty. desirable Store Room on High St., between Gay and Long Sts. Agent for Sale of Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Lauds iu States of Iowa and Nebraska. 50,000 Aores In Iowa and 855,000 Acres In Nebraska at prices and terms that put them In the reach of everybody. Excursion Tlcketn for sale to view lande. In case you buy lands, oost of ticket allowed. Circulars giving full Informa-tlon sent to any address. Send Tor Cir culars. Vstrtifs wishing to aell proper tv are invited to give me call. NAI,EJ NO CHARGES. letters ot inquiry promptly answered. A. D. HEFFNER'S Heal mto,t e AND LOAN AGENCY. tllO SOUTH HIGH STREET. ESTABLISHED 1S70.) fullllcothe Motes. Chillicothb, March 6. To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal: Out of respect to the memory of reil- erick List, the man who was drowned Sat urday night, and also in order that the employesmigbtattend the funeral of their fellow workman, the Marietta ana oin cinnati railroad shops were closed yeater Aon aftomnnfl -. Ya.tarriHV H temOOn ine rooi 01 iuro, Hammill's frame house, which adjoins the Methodist Church, on Walnut street .lr firo fmm an imnerlect Hue. it lssaiu but tbe fire was soon extinguished, with but slight damage. This morning wa came very near ex. perlencing another fire. This one was discovered in the cellar of Gartner 4 Disque's grocery, but was extinguished without accomplishing uy iuju.j, a WASHINGTON. to meet again to-morrow morning. The Kellogg case, now before the Senate, was alluded to, but it was only discussed in a general way with other matters. CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT. President Hayes received a great number of people at tbe Executive Mansion to-day, including Wells and Anderson, of the Louisiana Returning Board, and delegations from the different States. The East room was thronged. The floral eagle presented President Hares was placed on a pedestal in the center of the room. THE NEW CABINET. There are many rumors this afternoon of opposition to names that have been prominently mentioned in connection with Cabinet officers, but nothing is yet defined, and probably will not be until the nominations are sent officially to the Senate. . . PRIVATE SBCBETABY. William K. Rodgers, Private Secretary of President Hayes, took possession of his office this morning. a hnnt hulf.naat seven o'clock this morn ing Mr. George Howard was found lying upon tbe floor of his room located over his brother's (Mr. John Howard) undertaking establishment, on Second street, a few doors east of Paint, with his throat cut from car to ear, the deed having been committed with a razor, ne was bachelor, aged about fortyeight, ad has four sisters and one brother in (hp city. He was a sober, industrious man, a car: penter by trade, and hail a large circle of friends whom he gained by his quiet, unobtrusive manners. It is not positively known what induced hint ' commit this rash act. r Illpmtnailou at I.okuii. Logan, O., March 6. To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal ! The citiiens of our town got on their natriotio harness last night, and, com pared with the Bhort notice they had of who would be the coming man, maae aulte s showing. ' Shortly after dark the Republican of fice, the residences of Mr. A. Keith, n, K. Tritsch, J. T. Jack, L. A. Culver, Dr. Pniior, .nil several others, were bril liantly illuminated, and about midnight the din of thunder and the whoops and for Haves and Wheeler were loud. A few tricksters indulged in the sport of draping a few of the resident of the late "Tilde") and Reform" Demo crats. THE HAMPTON GOVERNMENT. Washington, March 6. The publish ed statement that Senator Gordon has a letter from President Hayes promising to withdraw the troops from the support of Governor Chamberlain in South Carolina is untrue; but the Senate has such assurances from those near President Hayes as give him reason to believe that within a few days Governor Hampton will he left unembarrassed and in undisputed possession of the Executive office. CABINET MEETING. The members of the Cabinet who met with the President to day remained at the Executive Mansion two hours. The ses sion was devoted altogether to presenta tion of the affairs of their respective departments, aud thorough explanation from different members of tbe condition of public matters intrusted to their con sideration in the orainary routine, secretary Morrill, representing the Treasury Department, presented very brieny the favorable condition of the National finances. He spoke of the increasing dis- Dosition abroad for investment in our se cur Hies. The other principal subject of National interest alluded to at the session to-day was the political CONDITION OF LOUISIANA, the situation there seeming to ba regard ed as the central point upon which South em affairs may turn. Attorney General Taft very fully expressed his views regarding tbe subject, it being one, as it ap. Deared. which has called lor deliberation in the Department of Justice. Judge Taft declined to state precisely what posi tion he assumed in presenting this case to the President, but there is reason to believe that he was not disposed to suggest any course which, if determ ined upon, could be disastrous to the hopes of the Packard Government. As far sb can be learned, it is judged that further consideration was thought to be necessary, and that official reports on file in the Denartment of Justice in relation to this State were respectively reterred to the consideration ot the new Attorney General when he shall be appointed. CONSULTATION WITH IYNEB. There was a long conference between President Hayes aud the Postmaster lien-eral on the subject of pending appoint ments and applications that nave re ceived recent consideration. Postmaster General Tyner remained in consultation with the President for some time alter tbe other members bad retired. Generally the business was routine, and only for the purpose of giving tbe President a thor ough insight into public attairs. Presi dent Hayes was not backward in stating his appreciation ot arduous duties tnai lay before him, and thanked tbe members of the- Cabinet for the information given him, of which he made a note for his guidance. At the adjournment ine members of the Cabinet bade the Preei dent an official farewell, as it was regarded as almost absolutely certain that the next reeular dav of meeting would witness en- tirely a new assemblage of this character, WEST POINT. The Military Academy and post of West Point has been constituted a sepa rate military department. 1 lie com mander will report directly to tbe Gen eral in Chief of the Army, who, under the War Denartment. shall have super vision and charge of the Academy. He will watch over its administration and discipline and instruction of cadets, and will make reports thereof to the Secretary of War. By order of the rresident Ma lor General Scofield is appointed com. mander of the new military department apd will make his reports direct to the Adjutant ueuerai, me enuia as uivimuu commanders. In matters of instruction and financial administration he will ad dress the Secretary of War through the Adjutant General. LATEST CABINET REPORTS. The Cabinet scenes have shifted some' what to-day. To-night it is decided that General Charles Devens, of Masachu- setts, shall be selected as Mew England representative in the Administration, in which caBe he will probably be Secretary of War, although the relative positions of none of the proposed appointees are definitely fixed other than thoeeof Evarts and Sherman. If Devens takes the War Department, Richard W. Thompson will nrobablv take the Navy Department. Carl Schuri is still certain of a Cabinet appointment, but may have some other than the Interior, to which he baa hitherto been assigned. General Key arrived to-night rrom lennessee, and is in com munication with the President. SENATORIAL CAUCUS. The Republican members of the Senate had a caucus this morning tQ arrange for the election of standing committees. Messrs. Morton, Sargent, Morrill, Allison and Dorsey were appointed a committee to iRvise the lists for Republican member- eiiip and rppTt to a future meeting of the caucus. Angrewas bo some uenui-tory interchange of views in regard to the course to be pursueu concerning me Mississippi and Louisiana pontests, but no action was taken, The President has received a letter from Senator Davis resigning from the Supreme Court. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The Democratic Senators held a caucus this afternoon after the adjournment of the Senate, over which Senator Wallace president. A general discussion of the political situation and ppli."T to be pursued by the Democratic party took place. MeesrB. Thurman, Bayard, Kernan, Ran-torn and Gordon expressed their views. Nn resolutions were introduced and no action wag taken. The caucus adjourned Halted BiteaSenale Extra SmmIob. Washington, March 6. Mr. Wallace submitted a resolution that the credentials of L. Q. O. Lamar, Senator elect from Mississippi, be taken from the table and he be sworn. Mr. Anthony moved tbe Senate adjourn. Rejected yeas 15, nays 36, many Republicans voting with the Democrats against adjournment.Mr. Blaine said Mr. Lamar's credentials were entirely regular, and he was just as much entitled to be sworn as he (Blaine) or any other Senator sworn in yesterday. A lively debate ensued upon Mr. Wallace's resolution, and Mr. Spencer called for the reading of the report of Boutwell's committee upon Mississippi affairs, submitted at the last session; but the fceimte refused to have the report read. Mr. Dawes advocated swearing in, uomiug that Mr. Lamar presented himself with the proper certificates. w r. limine argueu tnai ine report in me Mississippi case miubt show that the Legis lature which elected Lamar was not a legal body, but be should be sworn in now, and all this was a matter for subsequent inquiry bv tbe senate. It was a dangerous tning to stop a Senator taking oath who presented himself witn propercreaenuais. Alter further ueDate Mr. spencer sam ne was opposed to seating Lamar because the Legislature which elected him was a fraud. He then Bent to the Clerk's desk and had read as part of his remarks the report of Boutwell s committee on Mississippi Anmrs Mr. Hamlin, from the committee to notify the President that the Senate was organized, reported that the President would communicate to-morrow in regard to Executive business. Mr. 1 burman said no matter what wsb contained in Boutwell's report there was nothing affecting prima facie the case of Lamar in the Senate, mere was not one word in that report which touched the ques tion before the Senate, and It was out of order to call upon the senate to sit here an hour to listen to tbe reading thereof. Morton said tbe Senator from Ubio (Thurman) laid down a doc!riue in regard to prima tacie cau9e, but he (Morton) neggea eave to remind tbe senator tnat one year ago the Senate stood on the other side in the case of Pinchback. According to tbe doctrine of the senator there could be no investigation as to the Legislature which elected Lamar, but there could be as to the one which elected Pinchback. He (Morton) had not changed bis mind, but held to the same doctrine now that he did in tbe Pinchback case. There had been sudden revolution on the part of the Democracy. He believed the Senators obieoted to should be call ed in the regular order in which they are named. The Senator from Louisiana (Kellogg) was here with a legal certificate, but objection was made to swear ing him in yesterday. On the very ground uuon which be was stopped taking his seat yesterdny, the Senator from Alabama (Spencer) bad rightto interpose an objection in the case ot Lamar, ltseemea to nimi Morton i that this was an attempt to have one doctrine in one case and another doctrine m another cm. A motion to refer the credentials of Sena tor Lamur to tbe committee on Privileges and Elections was reiected yeas 1, nays 68. I be original resolution was tben agreed to yeas Of, nays l wauieign. Mr. Lamar was tben escorted to tbe desk of the presiding officer by Mr. Davis of West VirgiDii1, and tne oatn ot ouice was auminiS' tered by Vice President Wheeler. Mr. J mine submitted ine following: Resolved. That the oath of office required bvtbe law be now administered by the vice President to William ritt Kellogg, whose credentials as Senator from Louisiana were Dresnted on the 20th of January, 1877 Mr. Bayard asked tbe Senator to withdraw that resolution for the present, that hemight submit on to have General John T. Morgan. Senator-elect from Alabama, sworn in. will se est was similar to mat oi air. La mar. Mr. Blainesaid tbe case of Kellogg came before either Lamar or Morgan, in order. Therefore it had better be acted on now. Mr. Bayard then submitted the following substitute for the resolution of Mr. Blaine: Resolved. That the credentials of Wil liam Pitt Kellogg, claiming to be Senator from the State ot Louisiana, do now lie upon the table until the appointment ot the com mittee on Privileges and Elections, to whom they can be referred. Mr. Blaine said: I do not desire. Mr. President, to detain the Senate by any lengthy presentation of Mr. Kehogg a case, retmrdin? him as 1 do as regularly and duly elected Senator from Louisiana. I could with lhat there would be no objection to his being sworn in. 1 bslieve ne was elected by the legal Legislature of Louisiana. 1 be lieve tljat he was elected by and represents tbe legal Government of Louisiana. I do not see to-dav and that is tbe main uoin 1 desire to pre ent how any Senator who voted in this chamber that tne eieC' toril vote of Louisiana was legal ly and properly cast for R. B. Hayes and yourself, Mr. President, is permitted to doubt font a.-B. Packard is equally ot right the (jovernor of that State. There may be some technicality, there may be some keen form of logic which I have not yet heard, and which I do not think I shall ever be able to comprehend, by which a man who had nearly one thousand votes more than tbe electoral ticket received was not eiecieu uov-ernor when the electoral ticket was chosen and I frankly repeat that I am not per mittel to doubt the legality. Certainly tbe other side of the chamber is not per mitted to doubt legally that the electoral vote of Louisiana was properly cast for Hayes and Wheeler. It was decided so by a tribunal created by that side ot the chamber. Tbe Senator from Uopneclicut ((laton) dowi to me. He and 1 are guiltless of that tribu nal ( augbter). But witb tbe singi exception of this Senator from Con necticut every gentleman on thai side of the chamber, in the Congress just closed, voted to establish the tribunal, and it came in with peans and shouts and congratulations that the day of political railleniiiurn bad at last dawned, and that wo have now established a tribunal distin guished above all human instrumentalities tnr itnnartialitv. and to whose decision we would all bow in tbe most ready spirit of cordial acquiescence. 1 ney took toe quesuuu into consideration and heard it elaborately argued, and decided, as I believe, rightfully, that ine electoral votes oi i.ouigiua ueiuup- ed to Haves and Wheeler, Mr. Thurman Will the Senator allow me to interrupt him f Mr. Blaine Certainly, Mr. Thurman The Electoral Commission decided that it could not look behind the de cision ot tbe Returning Board. Mr. Rl ul no Precisely, bnt it did dfcB Mr. Thurman I am not through. The de. xlslnn was that it con Id not look behind it, rphorafnrn It wnnld rftpiva nn nvidenre. But rlnra not the Senator say that the Senate of the United States is made judge of the quali ficailons and returns or its members r Mr. Blaine (interrupting) The Senator too rapid. I am coming to that part. tion) That the Senate can not look behind that Returning Board? Mr. Blame 1 am coming to tnat in due season. Tbe Senator will permit me to say. owever, that the Electoral Commission of hicn be was an honored member did de, de that the Louisiana Returning Board was constitutionally and legally competent to count the eleciroal vote ot that state. Am right? Mr. Thurman A maiority did. Mr. Blaine -A maiority constitutes the Board. Laughter. Tben I understand the Senator from Ubio to admit tbat the Electoral Commission did decide that the Louisiana Returning Board was a legal and constitutional body, competent to do what they did do, aud tbey were unable to review or reverse it, and that the same Board, competent to declare who were tbe Presidential electors of that State, declared also who were tbe Legislature of tbat State, and tbe Legislature, performing a mere ministerial duty, declared who was Governor of tbat State, and I stand here, 1 stand alone to say tbat the honor and credit and faith of the Republican party, in so far as tbe election of Hayes and Wheeler is concerned, are as indissoluble in maintaining tbe rightfulness of the return of that body as tbe illustrious house of Hanover that sits on the throne of England to-day is in maintaining the rightfulness of the revolution in 18B8. 1 on discredit rackaru anu you dis credit Hayes. You bold Packard is not the legal Governor of Louisiana, and President Hayes has no title to his seat, and the hon ored Vice President who presides over our deliberations has no title to hia nkair. T aav. therefore, that on the action of the Returning Board, which tbe Senator from Ohio admits was determined by the Electoral Commission to be a competent and constitutional body, rests tbe authority of ti. B. Packard to exercise the Governorship of that St ite, and on the authority of that Board rests the Legislature of that State, by whom William Pitt Kellogg was duly elected senator. Thus determin- be comes here commissioned as senator, bearing the great seal of the State, as I maintain, and I do not, unless challenged upon tbe point, desire to go into any details of tbe election. Mr. Thurman Do I interrupt the Sena tor? Mr. Blaine Not at all. Mr. Thurman Does the Senator under stand that lhat Returning Board counts tbe vo'ej tor tiovernor and declares who is elect ed Governor? Mr. Blaine The Legislature did that. Mr. Thurman Then the Senator is in great error. Mr. liiaioe no, l never saiu any sucn thing; but they were based on the same returns precisely, and the same Returning Board counted the members ot the legisla ture, and also counted and transmitted to the Legislature the votes for Governor. That is onlv a degree off in lineal descent. It is the difference between son and grand son. I Laughter. J Mr. Thurman I beg to say to the Sena tor that tbe Electoral Commission never de cided that the Returning Board was the Constitutional board for counting anything but the electoral vote tor President and Vice President. Mr. Blaine Do I understand the Senator, tben, to maintain tbat the Returning Board was good enough to count in electors for President, but not good enough to determine ho was Uovernor I Mr. Thurman If the Senator asks my opinion, I say it was not good enough for anything except to be bung. Great laugbter.j Mr. Blaine I want to hold the Senator to the point tbat the Legislature, the Governor, and Presidential electors of Louisiana all de rive their legality and their right to act from the same source and tbe same count; tbat if one is discredited the other discredited. Actuated bv tbe highest tribunal known to the Constitution and laws, lie is preclavted from raising a doubt on that question, and it is therefore I mention lhat without any elaboration of argument, that resting, as Kellogg does, his claim to the Senatorehip here on as broad a basis, and pon precisely the same foundation tnat toe 'residential electors rest upon, be is entitled to be sworn in; and I say to the Senator from Delaware, always desirous ot treating mm with courtesv. tbat I believe the right of Kellogg is lust as absolute as that of Mor gan, aud therefore I could not find that 1 was ? j1 u,:..: :.l.l .1.. . .k UUuei uuv uuiiuuuu w jficiu iuc uuo bU iuc other. Mr. Bayard I did not signilyany obliga tion. It was a mere matter ot practicable convenience. Mr. Blaine I knowtbere has been a great deal said, here and there, in the corridors of the Capitol, around and about, in by places and in high places, of late, that some arrangement had been made by which Pack ard was not to ne recognized ana upneia that be was to be allowed to slide by and Nicholis was to be accepted as tbe Uovernor of Louisiana. I want to know who bad autboritv to make any such arrange. ment? I wish to know if any Senator on this floor will state in his place that any person, speaking for the administration that was coming in, or tbe one that was going out, bad any right to make any such arrangement. 1 deny it. i denv it without being authorized to speak for the Administration that now exists; out I deny it on the simple, broad ground tbat it is an impossibility mat tne Administration of President Haves could do it. 1 deny it on the broad ground that President Hayes possesses a character for common sense, self-respect and patriotism, all of which be has a nigh measure ana in an emi nent degree. I deny it on all tbe grounds that influence human action, on all grounds on which men can oe neia to personal and political and official responsibility 1 denv it for him. and I shall find myself grievously disappointed and wounded and humiliated if mv denial is not vindicated in the policy ot tbe Administration. Bin whether it be vindicated, or whether it be not, I care not. It is not the duty of a Senator to inquire what' the policy of the Administration may be, but what it ought to be; aud 1 hone a Republican Senate will say that on mis noim mere sniu De no auiuumy iu ima land lares enough or adventurous enough to compromise tbe nonor oi me national ao- ministration, or the good name ot the great Republican parly that called that Administration into existence. Applause in the gallery, which was promptly checked by the presiding oincer.j Mr. Havard tben took the floor, but before proceeding with nis remarks yieiaea lor motion to adjourn. The senate adjourned until to-morrow. tional particulars of the fire at the Bate-man Houee yesterday : Up to uine o'clock this morning five bodies have been taken from the ruins. The remains of N. Brown jr.. of 230 Chestnut street, Pliila dclphia, have been identified by a key check. Charley Bateman, aged twelve. who was rescued by his father, died of ins injuries this morning. Mr. Bateman, the father, and only remaining one of the family, lies in a very critical condition. Jacksonville, Ills, March 6. The southeast portion of the fquare known aa Stacy's corner, was burned this morning, together with stocks of boots and shoes, millinery, tobacco and other kinds of merchandise. Tbe fire was evidently incendiary in its origin. Loss $16,000; insurance about $10,000. CRIME AND CASUALTY. A Dlaastroua Collision. Philadelphia, March 6. About 7 o'clock this morning a train on the Nor-ristown branch of the Reading railroad came in collision with a one-horse car on the northern extension, Thirteenth aud Fifteenth streets railway, instantly killing policeman James P. Boyer, and breaking the legs of another officer named Henry Lucas, and badly injuring the driver, William Bartal. The collision is attributed to tbe negligence of the flagman. Arrested for Burglary. Boston, March 6. Jimmy Blanchard, who created a sensation some time ago in the character of Chrley Ross, has been arrested at Milford, N. H., for burglary. Another Indian Village. Deadwood, D. T., March 6. A courier in Irom tne front to-day reports tbat scouts have discovered another Indian village, containing between fifty and sixty lodges, located Bixty miles north of Dead- wood. Captain V room's battalion, con sisting of companies C, B and L, Third cavalry, augmeuted by civilians, will proceed to attack at once. which, if they can be accomplished, will redound to his honor and that of his country." Onlo. Henrv Farmer, of Newville, Pennsyl VHuia, has been arrested iu Dayton on a charge of horse-stealing. ' H. B. Mayo, for six years Probate Judge of Vinton county, died at McAr-thur Monday morning. By papular vote, on Saturday last, the Republicans of Steubenville nominated the following ticket: For Mayor, John Irwin; Marshal, W. J. Doyle; Solicitor, A, U. Battin; Street Commissioner, ('. Beans; Trustee of Water Works, W. F. Richardson. A special from Forest, 5th, says : A tramp tried to commit a rape upon the person of an old lady named Louis, residing in Patterson, Ohio, to-day, and had it not been for the timely aid of two gentlemen passing by he would have accomplished his designs. The tramp is till iu tbe woods near by, aud parlies are iu pursuit of him. miuleler Waahbnrue. New York. March 6 E. B. Wash- burne, American Minister to France, now here, says he will remain in this country three or four weeks only; that his arrival has no political significance. His reasons for coming are purely private, and he has no intention of going to Washington. He will probably start for Maine to-morrow. A Tennessee Indorsement. Memphis. March 6. The reDort from Washington that President Hayes had tendered ex Senator Key the position of Postmaster General is received with great satisfaction by all parties, not only as a worthy tribute to Mr. Key, but as indicative of the conservative policy of the new President toward the South. Spring Indian Campaign. Omaha. March 6. General Sheridan, accompanied by Colonel Sheridan, of his stab, arrived here to-day ana proceeaea West on the Union Pacific railroad train to Cheyenne, whither the general goes to perfect the spring campaign against tbe hostile Indians. Celebrations In California. San Fbajicisoo, March 6. Dispatches from various Doinis in the interior report the celebration of the inauguration of Hayes by salutes, mass meetings, etc. Death of Judge Hoses. Columbia, March 6. Chief Justice Moses, of the South Carolina Supreme Court, died at one o'clock to day. BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. Tire Record. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Fostobia, March 5. About 1 o'clock this morning, Leonard's Opera House block, one of the finest in Fostoria, was discovered on fire, and in spite of every effort, it was burned to the ground. Rob- bine's large brick marble shop, adjoining, was also cleaned out, the walls and lower floor only remaining. The loss is nearly if not quite covered by insurance, Leonard having $7200 insurance, and Robbins $3000. The fire was the work of anincendiary. During the fire a Bremen named Joel Hale fell from a ladder, and was very seriously injured. There were several other very narrow escapes irom iaiiing walls, etc. Foster & Co.'a large warehouse, opposite the burned block, parrowly escaped destruction. Western Asioeiated Press Telegrams. Cleveland. O.. March 6. Leonard's Opera House was totally and RobbinB'e block partially destroyed by fire early this morning, at Fostoria, Ohio. The loss on the Opera House is $10,000; insured in the Home, of New York, tor 4UUU; uoop er.of Dayton, $1000; Millville, -of New Jersey, $1000, and $1200 on contents in the Jefferson. The loss on the block is $5000. insured in the Home, of New lork, tor $1500; Phetnix, oi .Brooklyn, $1500. The origin of tbe fire is unknown, Pittsbubo. Pa.. March 6. A Earns Mr. Thurman (disregarding the interrpp- Uty telegram gives tne iouowmg aaai Fox hunting is fine along the Niagara river. Mormon missionaries are operating at Dallas, Texas. Henrv W. Matthews was inaugurated Governor of West Virginia on Monday A comuanv is being organized in New Albany for gold hunting in the Black llills. One of the railroad yards at Terre Haute, Indiana, is blockaded with cotton trains. Nearly two million bushels of corn is stored by producers in St. Clair county, Missouri. One firm at Fort Worth, Texas, have received and shipped 80,000 buffalo hides tbis season. Joe Coburn. the pugilist, convicted of attempting to kill polionmen, nas been sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the State prison. Weldon. who attempted the life of Governor Packard, has arrived at Phila (Mollis. He is under $5000 bail. It is intimated that he will not be prosecuted, owing to the interposition of friends of bis father, itev. u. weiaon. At Whitehall. Michigan. February 28, a Swede named John Anderson cut his throat from ear to ear with a jack knife, iumned out of a two-story window, ran around the nouBe to a wen aoout nity leet away, and jumped in. He left no lamuy and is supposed to have been insane. The average attendance at the public schools ot Jowa last year was zsa.oio, oi a total of 652.920 of schcol age. There are 10,908 school houses in the State, of which 108 are built of logs, the aggregate value of all being S9.37o.833. ihesala, ries of tencherB amounted to $2)784,- 099.64. The number of teachers' certih-cates issued was 16,681, while 3902 appli cations tor certificates were rejected. Foreign. Bullion withdrawn Irom the Bank of England on balance yesterday, 225,000, The Japanese troops have captured four steamers from the insurgents of Sat' sunia and Kumomats. President MacMahon insists on the re tention in the press law relative to defania tion of foreign sovereigns. It is reported that the German Post. master General wil shortly propose to the Postal Union the introduction ot postal cards serving for all countries in the Union, at the rate ot ope penny eacn, The Pall Mall Gazette, in an article on General Ignatieff 's mission, thinks i-ng land can not consent to an arrangement which would simply fix the time lor general scrimmage over Turkish territory. "... ... t I unless .Europe agreea to give ivueam uer own way tkere when tbe lime came. The Grand Vizier has received a tele. gram from Prince Milan, ratifying the condition of peace, and diplomatic rela tions have been restored. Montenegrin delegates visited the Grand Vizier, and the Foreign Minister nas oruers, wuicu have been issued to the Turks, to evacu' ate the territory in twelve days. President HayeB'B inaugural was published in full in London, and created t verv favorable impression. The Times Din Hio areater rjart of it was of a char acter that might have been well received by men of all partieB. The Daily NewB ava: "The principles President Hay enunciates are excellent." The Telegraph says: "We do not imagine that even his candid opponents will complain of the tone and temper of the address, which deals with questions of tbe highest mo ment. Hayes speaKs wnn tne aignuy am (ranknens becoming a Chief Magistrate c a great people, and poipta the way to endi Zaueavlue Itins. Zanebville, O , March 6. o the Editor of the Ohio Stale Journal : Charles Depew, a noted gambler and an uncle of the Deputy Marshal lately ex pelled for his conduct In the Jessie Ver non affair, has been fined $300 and sentenced for ten days in the jail for keeping gaming device. He h8 given notice that he will carry the case to the Supreme Court and will, in all probability, worm out of the imprisonment in some manner. A colored woman iiere, named jacneon, died a singular death a few days Biuce. She had grown so enormously fleshy that the heart and lungs became so crowoeo that abe was suffocated to death. The city was alive, Monday night, with enthusiastic Republicans. Artillery was brought into use; a brass band paraded the streets, and skyrockets shot into tbe air until a very late hour. Democrats are crying, "Mornsey de clared his bets all off;" but Republicans reply, "We didn't, did we " Consequently tailors and hat dealers promise to have lively time. A Kallroad Incident. As the Missouri Pacific train was leav ing Miller's Landing, Ho., one night last week, a gentleman came aboard carrying stick, to which was curiously attached a hornet's nest. He had found it in the woods, and it had the appearance of be ing tenantless; But when brought into the warm atmosphere of the car, and placed near the stove, the heat soon awakened its dormant life, and a low, hum- ing noise from the interior warned tbe embryo naturalist and hia compan ions in desuned misery tnat tne Bor row was about to begin. A frantic effort to throw the neat from the wiudow released the imprisoned insects, and the next instant they swarmed through the car, each individual hornet armed with fury and savagely bent on the war path. They struok right and left, and every where lett in their trail aery ot agony. Women shrieked and men vented curses loud and deep. But the Borrow waxed aoace and the misery increased. People nmbled over seats ana groveiea on me our. One fat old lady took a recum bent position, and sticking her abnormally large pedal extremities straight up in the air, executed an evolution that won id nave done creuii to Soidene'a kicker. Polonaises were torn and scattered in promiscuous confusion, and shapely extremities were exposed in a frantic search for hornetB that had ventured in directions that hornets have no right to penetrate. Bald-beaded men mopped their shining pates in agony, and d d the fool who had turned that happy car into a carnival of pain. Rushing to the rescue ot his oeieagureo passengers Conductor King was met on the threshold ith such a warm reception that his in quiry, 1 What the uevn r may not bave been so far wrong niter an. out toe conductor only clasped his lips with both bands and commenced an Indian war-dance in perfect keeping with the conduct of bis passengers. He seemingly lost an anxiety to inquire any further, or if his cnrinsitv was not aoneased he prudently refrained from expressing it. Finally the doors and windows were thrown open and the hornets began to leave the oar. In a little while only a few stray ones were left, and these the passengers kindly re frained from hurrying, hut allowed to take their time, which, everything con sidered, was magnanimous on the part of people who had undergone so much dis comfort on account of the intrusion of tbe hornets. as bankruptcy prevails, and hard times increases prostitution, forgery, gambling, abortion, murder, and every Known crime.' The effect of business stagnation upon marriage is illustrated by the following figures taken from a recent inane of the New York Sun : The statistics of niarringes in the city of New York from 1860 to the present year afford an interesting subject of study. In 1860 the number of marriages was 4088. Then it fell off greatly during the four years of the war, running from about 2800 to 3200 a year. Alter the war there was a great increase in the re ported marriages, 1866 showing 6792, and 1867 the large number of 7S13, while in 1869 they reached 8695, or more than double the number of 1860. From 1850 up to 1874 the number averaged between eight and nine thousand. In 1875. they fell off to 7565, and last year they got down to 7099. The late decline in marriages seems to have sympathized with the decline in business prosperity. Ibe number is not only positively less than it was three or four years ago, but also comparatively to the population of the city is very eignilioautly reduced. SADLY a nlFICANT. lrug Stores Caiil'ornla and Australia. California corresponds in geographical position to Australia, tne one being in North and the other in oouiu latuuue. and it is remarkably similar in natural resources and industrial history. Gold and other precious metals abound in both, and gold was the lodestone wbicn attract. ed emigrants to both. But in late years, Australia and California, nave oom iouna that wheat aud wool produee more than gold, and both have cultivated the vine with encouraging success. At tne uen tennnial Exhibition the wheat of Austra lia, if not the best, was equaled only by that grown in California and its sister States of the Pacific slope. Of the development of the wool growing industry in California some evi dence is afforded by an annual report made bv a San Francisco farm of wool dealers who have been engaged in the business for twentyhve years, iheir re port is based upon returns which are not strictly, but approximately,correct. Their books nhow that in 1854 the wool product of California was 175,000 pounds; that in 1857 it had reached 1,000,000 pounds; in 1862 had passed 6.000,000, and in 1868 10.000.000 Douuda. and that it has gone on increasing steadily until in 1876 it reached the enormous total of ou,oou,au pounds. The average for the last five years baa exceeded 88,000,000 pounds. California does not compete with Aus tralia and South America in tbe production of fine wools, but growB a medium grade most successfully. Marriage and Hard Times. Express. The worst and most lasting effects of the business depression are not seen upon the surface. They lie deep in social life, and are not easily traced. Unfortunately, there is as yet no perfected Byatem ol statistics of marriages, divorces, births, abortions, the causes of sickness .and death, nrnstitntion. theft, and other crimes. Such statistics would throw stronger light nnon tbe subiect of human progress and decay than any other facts, and it is to be regretted that our census report, admirable so far as it goes, does not deal in these important fignree. Individual investiga tors have collected valued social statistics of localities, but there has been no at tempt at a general system. Buckle discovered that the number of marriages in England fluctuated witb the price of corn, and that the great social and religious institution of matrimony is swayed and controlled by the price of food and by the rate of wages. If we bad all the facts before us. we should discover that marriages, births, school attendance I and innocent social enjoyments decrease SlulNler Customers New York World. 1 As a World reporter was chatting with a druggist on Ninlh avenue the conversation was interrupted by the entrance of rather a pretty young girl with a very pale face, plainly and neatly dressed. She hesitated at the door, as if desirous of entering before she could change her mind. Going to the dark end of the shop she waited for the druggist to move toward her, and then carried on with him an animated conversation in whispers. What she asked he evidently at first refused to give ; then, though she tried to conceal her face, it could he seen that she was pleading with him explaining, promising; then, with apparent reluctance and apparently many injunctions, he made np and gave her a little package of powder, which, after paying for, she thrust into her bosom. Then she hurried out, mill averting her face, which was curiously red and pale by turns, "There is a tragedy in that girl's face," said the reporter. "Quite probable. She wanted arsenic." "Which of course " "I did not give her any. She wants it to poison rats with, she Bays. Couldn't see why she should be refuped it without a doctor's order, and wouldn't give her name and address. Mnally on her promise to be very careful in using it, and not to let it fall in the way of any human beings, I gave her what she believes to be arsenic. You eaw how she hurried away ?" "YeB. Does she live near here ?" "Of course not. She comes from the east side. If Bhe lived in tbis vicinity she would go over to some place on Third avenue. She will go home and take what I gave her and it will make her dreadfully Hick. She will hardly have swallowed it when she will repent aud want to live, and she will live and not try suicide again. I Beo two or three women of that sort every week, and as many more who come for other drugs not aimed at their own life. If I didn't give them some thing they would go on and find some of the idiots abounding in our business who would be more credulous or less conscientious. When a woman really wishes to commit suicide, she jumps into tbe river. Cutting her throat or blowing out her brains messes ber corpse so tbat sbe does not likeil; besides she is a coward to physical pain, and if she takes poison it is usually in a moment of passion or despair, and in the majority of instances no sooner lias she swallowed it than the love of life reasserts itself. Curious things,women." Hnildlnsr Honses of Paper. The New York Mail says: We some times hear of building a house on paper, but building a house of paper la something of a novelty. Yet there is a large manufactory in Wisconsin tbat keeps three mills constantly running on building paper, having the capacity for making sixteen tons per day. The business was started by a Yankee, of course; or rather by two of them. As long ago as 1857 tbe company began the manufacture of paper for building purposes, and, to proltot themselves in that business which bad required tbe expenditure ot a large amount of capital in the erection of mills specially adapted to its manufacture aud ils introduction they sought and obtained patents. ' 1 be paper used lor business purposes is a thick, hard pasteboard, wound in rolls of 25 to 100 pounds each, and usually 32 inches wide. While in process of manufacture, it is subject to a pressure of hundreds of tons, which compresses the fibers together into one solid body, thus making an absolutely air tight sheet, and, as paper is one of the best non-conductors known, it resists the action of both heat and cold; and so a building lined with it is made warm in winter and cool in summer. It does not shrink like lumber, and is not affected by froBt, cold, heat or dampness, and it is known that it will not burn as readily as wood, on account of its hardness and solidity, and by its use a bouse can be made almost, if not absolutely tight, It is far better for the retention of warm air in a building than an inch board. W underfill Work of Blue Glass. Blue glass is doing its perfect work on tbe Pacific Blope. A correspondent of the 8an Francisco Chronicle, who had suffered from chronic rheumatism for many years, placed blue glass in the windows of bis bath-room and filled the tub with water. He was suddenly called out of town on urgent business and did not return for several days. When he opened the door of the bath-room he was impressed with the efficacy of blue glass, lhesearehis own words: "I found the room filled with nastv. slimy reptiles somewhat re sembling shrimps, but very much larger in fact, a great many of them would weigh a pound. After 1 had recovered from my fright 1 called my wire and ae-manded an explanation. Where did these things come from, and why have hcv been nlaced in this room I She looked into the room, BCreamed, and faint ed. I carried her to bed and called for the camphor bottle, and after he had sufficiently recovered her Benses, she cried out, 'Oh, these are the nasty things that are in the water; these are the Cyclops.' Under the influence of blue glass tne minrnaonuic creatures had developed into such enormous proportions that they had crowded themselves out ot tne oatn-tiiD until they lay on the floor at least two feet deep." Mr. Hugh J. Jewett, Receiver of the Erie Railway company, says that the company has a claim amounting to several hundred thousand dollars against the firm of Bischoffeheim & Goldschmidt, in London, England, which he haa every reason to believe, if prosecuted, will result favorably to the company. He haB petitioned the Supreme Court for permission" to prosecute the suit through Mr. John Morris, of London, and for leave to file a bond or deposit of 500 as security for costs, the bond or the money to be sent either to Mr. Morris or Sir Edward Watkins, Chairman of the English Bondholders' committee.