Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1877-01-06

              fflJtT IT 0 If VOL. XXXVIII. COLUMBUS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1877. NO. 5. SIBEBT & LILLEY. Blank Book Manufacturers. Printers, Binders, Stationers And Legal Blank Publishers. BOOK BINDING ever? description, by the Editton or single Volume. tohriMM milium bhildijko, (Up Stairs.) aprl (OLIJIBIN Ohio Merchant Tailoring Co., T AND DBAL1R3 Iti heuta' Fine Furnishing Woods, NO. 168 SOUTH HIGH ST., (Opera House BIcoJO, COLUMBUS, 0. JNO. RICH, Hupt. and Treaa. J. B0NTIKR. Foreman, mvl ly GEO. T. D UVALL, MERCHANT TAILOR 157 SOUTH HIGH ST., OOXjTJaVKiOTJS, junl lm In o. Ollicei Hitch, Pearl mill Chapel Sts. J. 1C. C0M1T. A. W. FBAKCIICO. COMLY & FRANCISCO, PVBMSHEBB AND PROPRIETORS. JAKES M. OOJILT, - Editor. OFFICIAL, PAPER OF THE CITY LEGISLATIVE. SUMMARY. Con g ream. Jas. B Striate Mr. Morton called up the resolution declaring W. M. Turner, Manager of the Jacksonville, Oregon, telegraph office, in duty bound, under his oath, to answer questions propouuded to him. On a vote, zio quorum appeared, and the Senate adjourned till Monday, 8th inst. Mouse Senate amendments to the bill making appropriations for invalid and other pensions were concurred in Manager Barnes, of the New Orleans telegraph office, submitted bis answer in writing, and it was refered to the Judiciary committee The contingency deficiency bill was passed. General Assembly. Jan. 5. Senate A bill was introduced to lepeal the sections of the legal advertising act which directs puulieatioa in a paper of each political party The House bill to authorize codification of ordinances in Cleveland was passed The House joint resolution for investigation of the Ashtabula accident was referred to the Judiciary committee, to report Tuesday a. resolur . tion was adopted asking for ":e official opinion of the Commissioner of Railroads nd Telegraphs us to the condition of the AshtabuU bridge at the time of the last inspection.Mouse Bills introduced: To amend the act prescribing weights and measures, and attaching penalties; prescribing an oath to be taken by those elected to office that they have not used money or liquors to secure votes; to give common pleas courts jurisdiction in casas of non-residents certified from justices' courts; to prevent the occupation of McLean avenue, Cincinnati, by the Cincinnati Southern railway; to repeal the legal advertising act; to protect plaintiffs in bastardy cases against worthless notes given by defendants; to authorize sale of real ea tate under execution on the premises; to exempt from taxation United States bonds held by banks incorporated under the laws of Ohio; providing that side ditches may be made to county dUches; to allow time in the sale of the Mercer county reservoir lands. .....Bills passed: Rouse bill authorizing the Athens eounty commissioners to transfer from the railroad to the general fund; House bill authorizing compensation to the Cincinnati board of equalization and assistants The bill to provide for the appointment of a Comptroller of the Treasury was laid on the table The House went into joint convention with the Senate, and the votes for State officers were counted. Milton Barnes was declared elected Secretary of State. Indication for Tennessee and Ohio Val ley Falling and stationary baromehr ; minds mostly from northeast to southeast, and generally warmer and cloudy weather. Gold closed in New York yesterday at 106g. ' Governor Baqley, of Michigan, his message, recommends a law making insurance policies as simple in form as a promissory note, the adoption of the nonforfeiture system, and the removal of the clauses denying the payment of policies in cases of death resulting from insanity, suicide or drunkenness During the session of the Legislature, just commenced, the Ohio State Jounal will be especially interesting, for its full reDorts of the proceedings of that body. But aside from this, it is in all respects a first-class Republican newspaper, edited by General Comly, the wittiest para-graphist of the Ohio press, and is filled, - not only with sound political reading, but Ju with entertaining and instructive matter for all classes of readers. Highland Hem. Taming Prairie ( nlckens. According to Mr. James A. Storm, ol fit. Joseph, prairie chickens or pinnated f rouse are more easily tamed than any irds of his acquaintance. He has had them eatfiom his hand in the space of lye or six days fri'to the time they were ,"ht. Thev will also breed while con fined l.' provided with a suitable run, He proposes .'his year to try me experiment r nmpatica'ting and breeding them, and thinks they carf be raised to great advantage. One object J his experiment is to obtain a cross between them and the bantam. This, he thinks, will give the bantam mote stamina and hardiness, making it less liable A? disease, as will as tending to keep it of the iiminutive slie so much of: or If crossed with the Domi nique bantam, he thinks the original markings of the prairie chiokw.e "ill be (i0f ate Journal tinereby retained. BY TELEGRAPH TO TBS OHIO STATE JOURNAL OREGON. Governor Grover Before Senate Committee. the Hoadly's Letter and the Correspond' enoe with New York, Tracing Up Hue Financial In. ducementi. The Pecuniary Fart of the 'i'ilden Trick. Wabhinton. Jan. 5. Governor Gro ver, of Oregon, was examined before the Senate committee on Privileges and Elections to-day. He stated that he Issued certificates of election to the three highest electors eligible, in so doing he acted in conformity with the Constitution, and in accordance with the best legal authority ue couia procure. hoadly's letter. In answer to questions from Senator Morton, Governor Grover said he received a letter from Judge Uoadly, of Cincinnati, in which four authorities relating to cases of ineligibility of persons to office were oited. It was a three page letter, and was received at the Executive office about a week before the witness rendered his deci sion in the case of Watts. Witness was unacquainted with Judge Eoadly and wuu uih puiiuua. TELEORAMg FROM NEW YORK. He had no correspondence by letter with any pereon or persons in New York in re gard to the Wattts case. He received a telegram from ex-Senator ttwln. statins: stating that certain prominent leiral sen tlemen thought Watts ineligible, and he wanted to know by what time the quei tion had to be settled. Abram S. Hewitt. at new lora, sent the witness a communication in which two decisions in Indiana, one in Maryland and one in Penn sylvania were cited as being applicable in the Watts case. Manton Marble, of New xork, telegraphed the witness, calling attention to the Watts case, and mtness an swered that he had the ease under consideration. fAIfilOK. Witness has met Mr. Patrick occe. He met him in the Executive office a; Salem Patrick was introduced to the witness by Senator Kelly, Witness knew nothing about Patrick, and looked on his call at the Executive office as a compliment. .Before the Senate committee on rrivil- eges and Elections to-day, Augustus F. xv, Martin, ot the hrm of Martin & Kunyon, stock brokers of New York, testified that it appears from the stub in the firm check book, that a check was drawn by them on the bank of North America, December 6, 1878, for $8000, ayable to Ladd & Dash, Of Salem 'tie stub was in the hand writing of G. H. Hughes, their book-keeper. The witness knew nothing about the check except from his partner and book keeper, l'he latter bad told him that the check was returned the same day it was issued. Senator Keman objected to any fur ther questions being put to the witness regarding the check, as he bad testified he had no personal knowledge ooncerning it, and as the other persons named could be summoned to appear. Senator Mitchell then elicited from the witness that he was accompanied to Washington by Barton Harrison, of New York, to whom he was introduced yester day by his partner, Mr. Runyon, who told htm Harrison was going to Washington and would give him advice and help htm along with his business. They came over on the train together. Ibe only advice given by Harrison was to testify to nothing more than he knew, or in other words to give no hearsay testimony. He did not think he needed such advice. Laughter. He bad no previous acquaintance with Harrison, and Could not say what his (Har rison's) business occupation was. He was introduced to him in his (rlamson s) office in Pine street. The witness is a Republican, and his partner, Runyon, is a Democrat. LOUISIANA, senate Committee. ' New Orleans, Jan. 5. The Senate committee this morning examined three oolored men in regard to the election in Morehouse parish, all of them testified that a large oujpber of colored men voted the Democratic ticket at the last election, and there was no intimidation. Two more witnesses testified to a loir and peaceable election in Morehouse par ish, and that numbers ot negroes voluntarily voted the Democratio ticket. Senator Saulsbury read the affidavits of Captain Theobald and J. G.Logan, denying Eliza Pinkston's and Cora Williams's charges that they tookpart in the murder of Plnkstou and Williams, and that both could prove an alibi; that they declined to obey the summons to testify unless guaranteed that they would not be arrested, as was done in the case ot Lyons and Phillips, when here to testify before the Returning Board. The committee declined to order their depositions taken, i as asked for by Mr. Saulsbury. Senate BUb-ConimlHee. New Orleans, Jan. 5. The Senate subcommittee heard the testimony of Lieutenant George Aob, Third infantry, in relation to the election in fait Baton Rouge. His general testimony was to the effect that it was fair and peaceable. He saw no disturbance on the day of election. On that day Deputy United States Marshal MoAlphine complained that he had been excluded from the polls by the Baton Rouge police. On investigation lie found McAlphins had not informed them of his official position until after he was excluded. Mayor Browski, of Baton Rouge, substantiated the testimony of Dr. Dupree; said he was a member of the 29 Society, but had not met with it since the election. He thought be could get permission to tell all about it. Major Bascom, 13th infantry, testified as to the Constitution of the Union Rights-Stop Club. He said the oath bound members to secrecy and to obey orders. The resolution in regard to killing after the third invitation to join was OU a separate piece of paper, and without date. He had turned it'over to the civil authorities. Amodie Delambre testified in broken English to the organization of the bulldozers, or regulators, in East Feliciana, for the purpose of preventing stealing. He and others had subscribed to arm those unable to arm themselves. Frank Powers was chief commander. During the cross-examination the witness became much excited, and spoke of "your gang stealing the votes" and "your scalawags," but immediately apologized to the committee. At the demand of the Chairman for a preenjptory answer to a question, the witness jumped up and asked the Chairman if he wanted to fight. House Committee. New Orleans, Jan. 6. Before the House oommittee to-day J B. Harris, of Point of Cape parish, Liberal Republican, testified that he had accompanied Packard into East Baton Rouge, and East and West Feciliana, and found that the colored Republicans felt they could not vote their ticket with safety in the country, and that the Republican speak? ers there were jeered at and insulted, but were well treated in Richland parish. On lengthj cross-examination the witness said he had superintended the preparation of affidavits in the Custom House at the instance of Packard, and had a two-fold purpose in preparing them, viz : for the use of the Returning Board, and to assist United States Supervisor Wolfley in making his reports; and that the latter had furnished the copies incorporated in Sherman's report, Witness thought the National Republican ma jority in the State was cbout 10,000, and that no considerable number of colored men voted the Dsmocratio ticket of their own choice. D. B. Gorham, of Natchitocles, Dis trict Attorney there, testified that during the campaign be visited Uuachita and found a reign of terror there; found col ored people afraid to attend Republican meetings, and joining Democratio clubs for Home Sub-Committee, New Orleans, Jan. 6. The House sub-committee heard several witnesses in reference to Livingston parish. E, B, Lockport, Republican candidate for Bher- ltt, stated that he was fairly defeated and the election fair and peaceable. George White, oolored, said his house was burned because his sons were accused of stealing hogs. He never said it was burned because he was a Kepubtioan. If affidavits to that effect were before the Re turning Board they were false. Israel Rogers, colored, testified that colored men were intimidated by Democrats. Colored men were whipped in nearly every ward in the parish, and oolored churches were fired into eight or nine times while service was going on. Tlio Two Legislatures. New Orleans, Jan. 6. Tbe Repub lican Legislature has passed a bill re pealing the law limiting the supply of stationery to three dollars worth for each member for tbe session. It has passed a bill supplying each member with oopy of the Kevised Statues; also, a protest against the closing of Bayou La fourche. Tbe Democratic Legislature adopted an address to the people of Louisiana, reviewing the recent canvass and tbe action of the Returning Board, the events of January 1, the barricade of the State House, etc, Kellogg has nominated Alfred Shaw for Judge of the new Superior Civil Court. .Nichols and Packard will be inaug urated on Monday by their respective fol- owings. Lacb, ot the Governors will doubtless proceed to organize a State Government.Commodore Vanderbilt. New York, Jan. 5. The interior and surroundings of the house of late Com modore Vanderbilt this morning wore an air of unusual quietness. There were no oarrlugca in front of the building, no otterers on the sidewalk, and but very tew callers. The undertaker was present for a short time, engaged in the duties of his office, but none of the near relatives of the dead man made their appearance. the room In which Commodore Van- denbilt died is a large, plainly furnished back room on the seoond floor. It haBtwo windows looking toward the sou tti. In this room the Commodore's body now lies. packed in ioe. His physicians very much desire to hold a post-mortem examination, but thus tar the consent ot the Commo- ore's family haB been withheld. The funeral services are positively faxed for half past ten o'clock next Sunday morning, and no change will be made in that feature of the arrangements which xoludes the presence of pall bearers and owers. Dr. Deems's exeroiaes in the the Church of the Strangers will be in keeping with this resolution. Dr. Jared Lineley. lor tbirty years the late Commodore's family physician and confidential friend, says that to him cau tion always seemed to be the controlling element io Commodore Vanderbilt's char acter. When the Commodore's mind was fully made up he hammered away persist ently; but previous to action his delibera tion was great. later. Commodore Vanderbilt s body will be in state for an hour on Sunday morning; in the main hallway of his house. A large number of New York Central railroad employes will view the remains and esoort them to the church. Thurlow Weed, Augustus Schell, Peter Cooper, Wra. Turnbull and other friends are expected to be present, but the general public will not see the body. The immediate family will meet at the house and follow tbe remains, which will be oarried on a bier to tbe church on foot. The im mediate relations, personal friends, and employes of the New York Central and Hudson Jtiver railroads, will be quite numerous to fill the edifice. Rev. Dr. Deems and Rev. Dr, Hutton will perform the bnrial services, and Dr. Deems will make an address. There will be no pall bear ers or floral display, and the cortege will Btart for Staten Island via tbe battery, at the conclusion of the services. One hundred carriages have been ordered by the family for friends. A post mortem examination will be held to-morrow. Kilning AfT.iIrs In Pennsylvania, Match Chunck, Pa., Jan. 5. About twenty leading operators, representing the Lebigh, Mabonoey and Wyoming re gions, met here to-day. The question of reduction ot wages was postponed, ana it was informally agreed that wors would be resumed next Monday at the old wageR. A committee was appointed to inquire into the matter of restricting tonnage after consultation with large companies, consisting of G. B. Linderman, on the part of the shippers of the Lehigh Valley railroad; Charles Parish, on the part of the Lehigh and WilkeBbarre Coal company, and John Leisenring, on the part of the Shippers' Central railroad of New Jersey. This committee ha. full power to curtail or suspend shipments, and the meeting agreed to sustain any action they might take after an agreement with the large companies was reached. Message of tjovernor Hendrloks. Ihdianajot.is, Jan. 6 Governor Hen-drick's message to the Legislature was delivered this morning. It reiates wholly to State aflalre, with the exception of a reference to tbe presence of United States troops in South Carolina, saying; "The Constitutional and independent authority of the State Courts and Legislatures is endangered if not now supported by a patriotic and liberty loving sentiment so strong among the people that party an 4 partisans dare not defy it. During the four years of my administration our State has not been wholly free from domestic troubles. The peace on more than one occa sion baa been threatened. Strong bodies of men, moved by some real or supposed wrongs, have threatened to assert and vindicate their rights whofly independent of the remedies and proceedings provided by law. Io no instance has the authority and power of the United States been invoked against them, but in every instance have the people preserved the public peace and maintained the authority of the State and the supremacy of her laws. A people so careful of their own institutions, and so capable of preserving them and of maintaining the Constitutional rights and prerogatives of their own State Government, can not be indifferent when other States are threatened with overthrow or the destruction of rights and privileges without which no free State can exist" CRIME AND CASUALTY. Fooling witn Giant Powder. New York, Jan. 5. Michael Mulroy, a quarryman, yesterday entered the house of John Kailor. Mott avenue and 149th street, with a number of cartridges of giant powder which bad been frozen to gether, and set about thawing them be' fore a stove. Mulroy sat down, holding the cartridges close to the stove, and con versing with the inmates.' Suddenly six two-pound cartridges exploded, com pletely demolishing the rear of the build ing. George Kailor, four years old, was instantly killed, and Mrs. Kailor and an infant were very seriously injured. Mul roy was badly burned about the body. Forgery In Covington. Cincinnati, Jan. 5. W. J. Sandford City Clerk of Covington, Kentucky, haB been charged with forgery by Mr. Shinkle, President of the City Coancil, and in a meeting of that body Mr. Shinkle stated that several city orders had been "raised" by Band lord, and the tatter's books bad been made to agree with the amounts taken. A warrant was sworn out to-day by Shinkle for Sandford's arrest, but he could not be found. The amount of the forgeries is not yet known. The Coving ton Council to-day suspended him from othce. A Victim or the Flames. New York, Jan. 5. Minnie Lonsdale. tbe actress bo terribly burned in .Newark, last Wednesday evening, through her clothing having caught fire accidentally io her dressing room, died last eveningl at St. JNicolas Hospital. Miss Lonsdale s real name was Mary Reagan, Wire Polaoner Hanged. Concord, Jan. 5. Elwin Willis Major, convicted in December, lso, at JNashua, of poisoning his wife, was hanged at the State prison here this morning. Major spent last tught In religious devotions. At the scaUold he reiterated hiB declaration of innocence. Before the drop was sprung he fell upon his knees, utterly broken down. He died without a strug gle. Xl.lVlh Cougrean Necond Beeelon. Washington, Jan. 5. SENATE. Mr. Morton called np the resolution sub mitted by the committee on Privileges and Elections on Wednesday last, declaring Wit liam M. Turner is in duty bound, under his oath, to answer questions propounded to him by tbe committee in regaia to tne transmis sion of telegraph messages through bis office at Jacksonville, Oregon, and that he cannot excuse himself from answering me same bv reason of his official connection with the We (tern Union Telegraph company, as manager of their office at Jacksonville, Oregon. Mr. Kelly hoped the resolution would be adopted, mere was no reason why telegraphic communications should not be made public when justice demanded. It was a well known principle of law that written communications, no matter how confidential, must be produced in courts of justice when necessary to serve the ends ot justice, and nothing was more sacred than a confidential letter between two persons. Turner had unquestionably been leaky. He bad disclosed something about dispatches passing through the office, and now be should be made to tell the whole truth. He (Kelly) was very confident that no communications which passed over the wire referring to political events at Salem, Oregon, would show that anything wrong had been done. If any improper telegram had passed over the wire he (Kelly) would have known something about it. He was satisfied nothing improper could be shown; that not a dollar had been expended unlawfully and improperly. He was present at Salem at the time, and knew of all the transactions. The question was discussed at length, and finally a vote was taken, which resulted yeas 33, nays 3. No quorum voting, the Senate adjourned until Monday, HOUSE. On motion of Mr. Atkins of Tennessee, the Senate amendments to the bill making appropriations for payment of invalid and other pensions were concurred in. The House then went into committee of the Whole, Mr. Hooker in the chair, on the private calendar. When the committee rose the question of the recusant witness, Mr. Barnes, the New OrleanB Manager of the Western Union Telegraph company, was taken up. Mr. Barnes was before the bar of tbe House, and submitted in writing his answer, ss prepared by his counsel, the answer being under oath. The answer of the witness and all questions relating thereto have been referred to the Judiciary committee. Tbe Sergeant-at-Arms was directed to retain Mr. Barnes in custody. The House then went into committee of the Whole on the Contingency Deficiency bill, Mr. Haskins, of New York, in the chair. After about two hours spent over the Deficiency bill the committee rose and the bill was passed, and the House adjourned till tomorrow. The Military. Cheyenne, Wy., Jan. 6. A court martial for the trial of Colonel J. J. Reynolds and Captain Alex. Moore, both of the third Cavalry, convenes here tomorrow. It consists of Brigadier General Pope, Colonels King, Gibbon, Davis, Smith, Flint and Sicken, and Lieutenant Colonels Bradley, Lugenbeel, Huston and Beckwith. Temporary headquarters of tbe Department of the Platte are established here, the troops composing the late Powder river expedition being distributed from this point. The Ninth Infantry goes to Omaha, the Twenthlrd to Fort I Leavenworth, a battalion of the Fourth Artillery returns to the racinc coast, and the Fonrth Cavalry goes to Red Cloud agency, where Colonel Mackenzie will take command. The department headquarters of the Fifth remain at Fort Russell anl 'be Third at Fort Laramie. Anolber Oregon Witness. - San Francisco, Jan. 5. A Salem, Oregon, dispatch says Bush, of Ladd i Bush, bankers, has been summoned to Washington, Bush came to the State House about noon on the day of the casting of the electoral vote, the Democrats awaiting his arrival with great anx-sety, and asserted at the time that he was Tilden's disbursing agent, and the programme carried out then was not assured till his arrival at the Hihte House. Grand. Trnnk Beeonelliatlon. Montreal, Jan. 6. P. M. Arthur, Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and the Grievance committee and ten engine drivers of the Grand Trunk, had a long interview with Mr. Hickson, Manager of the road, to-day, resulting in a permanent reconciliation between the company and men. Ba$Iroad. Incorporation. S?RINOFlELD, ILL,, Jan. 5. Articles of incorporation were filed in the Secre- tay of State's office here to-day on behalf of the loledo, Wabash and Western rail' road. The company will be known hereafter as the Wabash Railway company. Similar articles were filed in Indiana and Ohio, ASHTABULA. Further Evidence on the Water Question. Why the Fire Department was Not Put in Service. Auolher JList of JLont Pawsen. gem. Clkveladd, O., Jan. 5. The Leader1 special gives the following : The Coro ner a jury resumed tbe examination of witnesses at 1 p. m. John P. Manning was sworn. He resides at Ashtabula; is manager of the depot telegraph offices at the Lake Shore omces; lias means knowing of all messages received at that depot while there; was at the depot at the time of the accident; remained at his post from that time until Sunday morning at about three o'olock. No record is kept in his office of dispatches which might be Bent by any railroad official along tbe line of the road to any officer here. He had knowledge of all such communica tions sent during that night. No mes' sage was received by an offioial here oon cerning tbe application ol water to the ore, JNo messages relating to the fire were received by him. He tele graphed to Mr. Couch, Superintendent of the division, that the fireman on tb ground had no knowledge, whatever, of anv order being received to let the wreck burn. He has no knowledge ot any gen eral orders, understanding or desire exist. ing between tbe officers of the corporation to let a wreck burn in the case of fire where lives have been lost. Charles L. Scoville was sworn. He resides in Ashtabula; is engineer of the steamer Neptune; went to the depot with his engine, which was then in condition for use; heard some one say that they did not need water, but fielp. Many per. sons asked mm wny lie diun t throw water. He answered that he had orders to return with his engine. They told him bodies were burning, and he said : "If that is the case I will eet my engine." He did so, and then blew the whistle for hose, but no hose came, lie then went to view the wreck, and In search of the hose; could not find the hose; looked down on the wreck and saw bodies burning and said : "My God, why don't they throw water 7" He then returned to the engine. He could have thrown water then if he had had hose; had no control over the hose. W. W. Simons was sworn. He resides in Ashtabula; is night ticket agent at the Lake Shore depot; knows nothing of any order being received that n'ght by Mr. Strong concerning throwing water on the has never told any one that Biicn or der had been received. Henry Althorp was sworn. He resides n Ashtabula; is employed by the Lake Shore Railroad company and Western Union Telegraph company jointly. He heard the crash of the falling bridge and hastened to the wreck. Climbing into a sleeping car be helped one man out, who was almost unconsciouB; thinks that was the only passenger left in that car. He went'to the next car and found no one. Bs went then in search of the day coaches. which are generally mar. norly filled than the sleepers. He has no knowledge of any orders from any railroad officials that water was not wanted on that fire; thinks Mr. Strong did all In the power of mortal man to save the wounded and victims of the wreck. identified. The body of Dr. G. H. Hubbard, of Polk, Iowa, was to-day identified at the Ashtabula Iriegbt nouse, wnere it lias been laying since Saturday. A shawl strap and two shirts were found several dayB since which were known to belong to Dr. Hubbard. A brother came on to day and fully identified the body. ADDITIONAL LIST. Following are additional names of per sons now known to have been lost in the wreck : Mary Austin, Omaha; Ellen Austin, Omaha; Dr. A. W. Hopkins, Hartford Four Corners, Vermont; George IT. Spooner, Petersham, Massacbusett; William Wilson, Boston, Massachusetts. JrrOJKJElICiJM. The Eastern Question. New York, Jan. 5. A Berlin special says Russia intends, after final rupture of the negotiations, to ask the powers for authorization to entorce tbe proposals of the Conference in their name. Turkey's final refusal is anticipated, and tbe Conference will then have no further business at Constantinople. Russian papers are greatly exasperated at what they term the pusillanimity ot tiermany and Austria.London, Jan, 5. There is reason to believe that the modifications of the European proposals adopted at the confidential meeting of European plenipo- tentanes on Tuesday last, were not mentioned at the sitting of the Conference yesterday. The Emperor William has issued a special order forbidding German officers on the activo list from entering the Russian army. London. Jan, b. A dispatch from Constantinople says Austrian Sclavs here are all becoming more and more incensed against Russia, in consequence of the project of the Russian plenipotentiary of annexing old servia to one ot tne provinces, into which Bulgaria, according to the Russian proposals, is to be divided. News has been received confirmatory of the deep indignation of the Greeks at the proposal of the Porte which tends to sub ordinate tbe Greeks to the Bulgarians and sacrifice the Turkish-Greek population to mn ocmVH. xua uupe is uiiuuuuuub turn Midhat Pasha will be able to carry out .l ri'u- I : : i.i reforms single handed. Great Britain. London, Jan. 5. The amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance to-day was 103,000. London, Jan. b. It is reported that the Anchor line steamer Asyria, from New York December 16th, which arrived at Glasgow January 3d, jettisoned part of her cargo on tbe passage, Tbe Official Gazette announces that the English Minister at Teheran tele graphs that in consequence of appre bended scarcity ol exportation of grain from Bushire and the Persian Gulf is prohibited. Germany. Berlin, Jan. 5. The Imperial Bank of Germany has reduced its rate of discount for bills to four per cent., and for advances on securities to five per cent. London, J in. 6. The Federal Council of Germany has made an important constitutional concession to Alsace-Loraine, having agreed to the proposal that measures passed by the Provincial Board of Representatives, if approved by the Federal Counoil, shall become law without previous approval or cognizance of the German Parliament. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has sustained the lower court in its decis ion that Isralites must be held amenable to the laws of this State regulating ob servance of the Sabbath. The case grew out of an attempt to keep a store open on mat uay. BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. The Arkansas Legislature meets next Monday. It has been decided to re-establish the poBtoffice at Granada, Miss. The President has nominated G. VV Putton for United States Marshal for West Virginia, The House Investigating committee left Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday morning, for Washington. In a pigeon shooting match at San Francisco vssterdar. Boeardus was the victor over Dr. W. S. Carver. Thirty soldiers passed throutrh St. Lou. is yesterday, from Fort Leavenworth bound for Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Boston Board of Trade vesterdav reaoiveu inai congress ne ureed to ex tend the time in the charter of the North ern Pacific. The Boston Board of Trade has taken ground in favor of an international con vention to consider the subject of remone tiAiug silver. The House committee on Pacific rail roads has agreed to report the Senate bill to extend the time for the completion of toe iMortnern r acme railroad eight years. A Washington dispatch says the ap propriation for the transportation ol United States notes and securities for the present fiscal year is exhausted, and un less a deficiency appropriation is imiuedi alely made the Treasurer will not be able to move funds from one point to another, and the result will be a virtual suspension of the payment by the Government in several localities. Anotner complication lias arisen re garding tbe will of the late A. T. Stewart Ibis time the papers come directlv from Ireland, and the claimants eet forth in af fidavits attached thereto that they are urst couBins to the late A. i. Stewart. The papers are in the hands of a lawyer, and have not yet been filed in court. They have no connection whatever with the claim of the Bailevs. of Brooklvn. al though the same branch of the family is represented. For nearly two years we have not had rain enough to thoroughly wet the ground, or to raise the waters in the creeks and branches, or to fill up the wells. Unless we have some good trains this winter, we rear tnat tne crops lor the next year will be exceedingly short. During the past winter or so we have had oceasional light rums, jmi enougn 10 wei ine suriace and make it seasonable to give us a reasona ble crop. We need a good, old fashion ed, soaking ram, one to fill up the creeks. saturate the earth, and to wash away the traah. Lampasas ( Texas) Diinateh. A Washington special to the Pittaburs Commercial Bays: Official information received here shows that the reported out-ragescommitted on American citizens resident in Mexico, especially in the vicinity of Matamoras, are in the main correct. The United States Bteamer Rio Bravo. with several armed steam launches, are now patrolling tbe Rio Grande, and a considerable force of United States troops are also patrolling the country along the river above and below Laredo. The class of outrages lately complained of are, however, committeed on Mexican soil, and therefore out of reach of tie naval and military force. HORSE AND TURF NOTES. The trotting gelding Dick Swiveller was sold recently by Mark Hollingworth to John F. Nerrow, of Boston, for about $6000. About five hundred Indian ponies were sold at St. Paul, Minnesota, last week. The' prices were very low, the high est being $40 and the lowest $7. S. W. Wheclock, of Moline, Illinois, has Bold to Mr. R C. Mersereau.of Chicago, the stallion Young Kirkwood, by Kirk-wood, dam Maggie Davis, by Star Davis. Tbe price was $1800. R. S. Strader, of Lexington, Kentucky, sold on the 26th ult., for Joseph H. Bryan,to Robert Bonner, of New York, the wonderful four-year-old bay colt Eric, who has the fastest time on record for a four-year-old 2:28J-. He is by Ericsson, dam by John Dillard, granddam by Gaines's Denmark. Eric is about the best young trotter in the country, and Mr. Bonner has secured a great prize by his purchase. Mr. A. Keene Richards, Blue Grass Park, Georgetown, Ky., has sold to Mr. Larry Hart, New Orleans, La., the bay colt Redman, 4 years, by War Dance, dam by Solferino; Clemmie G., chestnut filly, 3 years, by War Dance, dam Alexandra; Redding, chestnut colt, 4 years, by Harry of the West, dam by Joe Stoner, and Henry Owens, bay colt, 3 years, by Gilroy, dam Estolie, by Star Davis. This sale was made alter the close ot the New Orbans races, where Mr. Richards's stable was very successful. Tne Torture of lleartng-Belus. The severe bearing-rein as used by coachmen generally is nothing more cor less than horrible and needless torture to the poor suffering horse torture while in harness, and the causa of internal maladies when he is put back into bis stall for food and supposed rest. If there is one thing more opposed to natural health than another it is the increased production and then the waste of the saliva which is so necessary to the functions of the body. Who ever saw a horse in a field foaming at the mouth ? Who ever saw a properly bitted hunter do so when ridden to hounds in an easy bit and obedient to a light hand ? I never saw it, nor do I think that any one else has seen it; therefore, to begin with, tbe position of the carriage-horse's head, gagged with a bearing-rein, out of place, and that profusion of saliva falling from the mouth, must show something essentially wrong. The perpetual tossing head arises from the fevered state of the poor animal, and his consequent attempts to get rid, of an irritating infliction, and not from the vulgar idea of a fiery wish to be put in motion. Of this I am certain, that the less artificial restraint you Kut into a horse's mouth the better. The ;ss you encumber his gracefal limbs with lumber in the shspe of harness the better. The freer you keep his limbs and his respiratory organs the longer he will serve you, and the greater will be the labor he will perform for you. Mon. QrantUy F. Berkeley. Tbe Wool Market. Boiton Comm.rolsl Bull.tln, Dec, 30. The slightly increased activity last noted has been followed by a very dull week, the sales footing up less than 850,- 000 pounds. The small proportion of fleeces among the sales is noticeable, and also the number of sales of pulled, though the aggregate amount is not large. Californias have had about the average demand. Prices are firmly sustained, except, "as previously noted, for fall Californias, and these are no lower this week than last. There is a very general feeling in the trade that large sales could be made at a shading, but no house is yet willing to reduce its pretensions. Thus far we have heard of but two vessels on the way direct from Australia, and these are of very small capacity. Prices are very firm in all the foreign markets. There is very little wool on tbe way from South America, hides paying better than wool to freight the vessels there with. The actual stock of wool on hand in B iston, as compiled by our reporters yes tenia? from the statements by each house. is 14,680 lbs., against 12,100,000 lbs.. at this time a year ago. The stock is divided ss follows : Fleece, 4,900,000 lbs.; pulled, 1,750,000 lbs; California, 6,800,000 lbs.; Territory wool. 250,600 lbs.; Texas. 320, 000 lbs.; Oregon, 850,000 ibe.; scoured and tub-washed, 500,000 lbs.; and foreign, 260,000. Of the California, 5,400,000 lbs. is lau ueece, ine remninaer Deing ozo.uw lbs. spring, and 175 lbs. pulled. The Territory wool is mostly Colorado. The foreign is composed of 200,000 lbs. Aus- tralian, 8000 lbs. Smyrna, 10,000 lbs. Mediterranean carpet, 6500 lbs. Cape, and 34.000 lbs. Canada combing. Io comparing the above with the de- tails of the stock a year ago the most marked difference is the much heavier stock of California, Texas, Oregon and Territorial wools held now than then The total is now 7,320,000 lbs, or half our whole stock of wool, while it was then only 4.300.000 lbs. There are about 400, 000 lbs less fleece wool in stock than then, 25,000 lbs more pulled. 125,000 lbs less scoured and tubwashed, and 100,000 lbs less foreign. Wools are on the whole a little lower now in price than they were then. Rceipls have been very light this week. footing only 2095 bales domestic and 100 bales foreign. Sales foot up sOO.OOU lbs domestic and 6U,wo lbs foreign. Human Lealuer. Scientific America. j The question is whether, in this age of utilization, we are going to allow the bodies of the dead to remain unutilized Although the majority of mankind will doubtless promptly dispose of this not over agreeable consideration by an un equivocal affirmative, two shoemakers in this city think otherwise; and they ex hibit a handsome pair of boots made from human leather in auDnort of their views. The skin wad furnished from the front and back of a dissecting room subject, who had died suddenly from accident and upon decay had not yet begun to act. It was placed in a solution of hemlock and white oak barks, and, after the tanning, which lasted three weeks, emerg. ed in the shape of a soft, pliable, light brown leather, like tine calf skin, but more porous. The available skin on a , . . good sized man, says these progressive Crispins, will make the legs and uppers of two pair of boots after allowing for reasonable waste. This is the second tilization that has been proposed. The other was to cremate the bodieo in gas re- Bince Br,e became seriously ill. Miss Mil-torts, and to convert the volatile matter ler waB a most amiable and accomplished uiu niuuiiunuHg gno, me uuuco mi : n i i i phosphates. Frozen to Death In eight of Home. w York World. On Friday night, while the blinding snow storm was at its bight and the cold wind was sweeping over the Newark meadows from the Sound, J. Kehoe, an employe of the Central railroad, heard cries of distress in the neighborhood of tbe sewing machine factory at mzabeth- port. Stopping a moment, bis ear dis tinctly caught the words, ' Save me, save me, I'm lost 1" but whence the voice came ho omild not tell. After nnswerinff sev eral limes as louuiy as ne couiu anu uut hearing the cries repeated, he searched for awhile in the gloom, but becoming chilled through, wen't home satisfied in his own mind that some poor fellow had fallen in one of the innumerable Bait holes in that section, and that whoever he was he had either got out of the way or h.H ,il,d At .n n'nlnclc on finndav mn mi tier BODurfll riti-ZPna Wfifl hflri hp0n searching for Michael O'Neill, a well-to- do resident of Elizabeth, who had been misBinB from his home since Friday morning, found his body frozen stiff in the snow a short distance from the tac- tory, and almost in sight of home. Trimming Apple Trees. Though some farmers claim that June is really the best time to trim their orchards, very few attend to it then, on account of the pressure of other work, and so we muBi aueoa io u iu me uiiiu uays oi win- i ter. To trim properly, using Judgment a n A nnnA aa-aa la ..tha. a nji. nnar.fiin and hence it is better to select mild pleas- , ant weather. A man up in an apple tree, with the thermometer at sero, is not in a position to stop and thick and examine very critically. We do not like to be oompelled to sut off very large limbs. Training and shaping ought to be attended to while the tree is young, and then there will seldom be a necessity for re moving very large branches in trimming. The object is to get rid of waste dead wood, limbs that cross each other, that hang too low, the sprouts that start out lU.iln,, a th. Im. Pn, .mnntl, V,,, t not too closely. All the trees in an orch ard should be carefully examined at least as often as once a year, and such limbs as grow out of proportion shortened in a little, and all surplus wood taken out. The Past of Sheep Husbandry With lis Lessons. During the last thirty years there have een a half dozen ebbs in the prices of beep and wool, and yet those breeders who "held on" came out all right. What we need most is good breeding rams, and we annex what an old sheep raiser pays : The best bred and best formed Merino rams may now be had for $50 to $100, and the long wooIb or Downs are quite as cbeap; and when we reflect that we have fifty to one hundred lambs from a single sire, what a waste of money it is to use an inferior, flat-sided ram because he can be had tor $10 to $151 The defects of a bad sire, used for a single season, will be visible in a flock for many generations, so that the iniury done cannot be estimated; and the services of such an animal will never be accepted by an intelligent breeder, if tendered as a gratuity. The selection of the breeding ram. where mutton is produced, must be from the long wools, or the Downs. If we make choice from the former, we must be careful to have an animal of stout and robust constitution. These sheep have been bo generally forced with artificial food, that many of them lack tbe hardiness required by the farmer's purposes. What we must have is a straight, round barrel on short legs, with short, stout neck and vigorous, masculine appearance about tbe bead. Ibe body should be well covered with a long and lustrous staple of uniform quality. If the selec tion be of the Southdown breed, we should have the same general form as here described, but we ought to have a more sompaot and snug carcass, with a good deal more weight for bulk, than in tka long wool breeds. Farmer't Fritnd 3 Old farmer Z., of Cantcn, Miss., be-oame unpleasantly involved with his parson about going to meeting. The farmer was greatly remiss in his Sunday duties, and spent his Sabbath mornings in his orchard, just opposite the meetinghouse. The scandal came to a head when farmer Z., in answer to pious expostulations, had the face to say that he was in hiB orchard to see that the Christians didn't steal his apples. Thereupon, and according to the law as it then was, they brought him into court and had him fined as an absentee from the house of God. Next Sabbath early he presented himself in the broad aisle and took his seat bolt upright before the congregation. But when the paron began to pray, he pulled out of his coat pocket a big bat of cotton wool, and proceeded to stuff both ears with it. The dangling white I ends of it, both sides of his big busby head, did not aid. durine that service, tha devotions of his fellow-citizens. He corn- - plained afterward bitterlv to the narnmi about paving his parish tax. "I don't hear you," he said, "and I oughtn't to help support you." "Very well," said the. parson, T am in my pulpit every Sunday, and if you don't hear me it's your own fault, not mine." "Ah ha I" said farmer Z. In the fall the parson ' was surprised to receive a bill from the farmer for two pigs. "How's this ?" Baid the parson; "I haven't had yonr pigs." "It's your own fault, parson," said "th farmer; "them pigs 's ben in tbe pen ail summer waiting for ye and there's the bill." Host Butter from SealdeJ Milk. In answer to a question as to whether the scalding of milk increases the amount of cream and butter, Prof. L'. B. Arnold writes in tbe New York Tribune that the scalding of milk, fresh from tbe cow. and perfectly sweet, and setting it while not in shallow vessels for the cream to rise, makes it rise more rapidly than to set the same away without scalding. There are several reasons for this : 1. Cream rises faster when milk is hot than when it is cold, all other considera tions being the same. 2. JNotwithstandiner the loss of water by evaporation, heated milk is thinner or more fluid than that which is not scalded. d. Cream rises faster when the tempera ture of milk is falling than when it is stationary, and milk, set away hot, has a wider range of temperature to fall through than that which is not scalded. 4. Ihe cream from scalded milk chums easier than from milk not scalded, and hence churns more completely, leaving less cream in the buttermilk. Hence a little more butter is the result of scalding nd setting in shallow vessels, THE CITY. Death of JIIss Anna Miller. The death of Miss Anna Miller, only daughter of Mr. T. Ewing Miller, is an- nounced this morning. Her friends have i. i, ... been much, pained during the laBt two or 1 . uu""s "," l"" u three months to witness her rapid decline on account of disease of a pulmonary character. She was nf rlplirmto nr...!,.. Hon. but it ban heen hnt. o w, , , m. young laoy. There was a modesty and grace a gentleness of disposition about her, that attracted all who met her: and these qualities, combined with her intellectual endowments and fine educa tional attainments, made her at once the joy and pride of a happy household, and a tavonte in a large circle of acquaintance. The deep affliction which haB fallen upon Mr. Miller and his family through her death, will be keenly appreciated by very many friends in Columbus and else where. The funeral will take place on Sunday next. The time is announced elsewhere. Drmuxiu xmoruiiumeni. A dramatic entertainment was given . . , . , , " '"""gbt at the Eneey House, which was err ujoyuie unair io moBe wno naa the good fortune to be present. Thenlav produced was The Spirit of '76. with tha fn . . , .. follwing cast of characters : Mr. Wig- fall, W. H. Harrison: Tom Carberrv. F. Lahm; Wolverine Oriffin, Mrss Ada 9ultner! MrB- Badger, Miss Carrie tBrlI5or.e; Viclonne, Miss Grace Husey; the Judge (MrB. Wigfall), W.W. Daniel. were wen presented, an.n, lD08e representing them gave good evidence of dramatic talent worthv of cultivation. Connty Commissioners The Board of County Commissioners met yesterday with all the members pres- gQt, The following bills were allowed : Fnklin County Agricultural Society, for annual allowance, $200; Uhlman 4 Glock, towel racks for court rooms, $1.20; L. T. Shenard. onnstahla fee SS L. T. Shepard, constable fees, i The Hoard contracted with a. H, Archer to remove ashes and garbage from the Court House yard at $1 per month. There being no further business the Board adjourned. Marriage Licenses. The following licenses to marry have been Issued hv tb Prnhaio .Tioo .l,,rin J 6 B the past week : Charles Miller and Wilhelmina F. Krorn. Daniel McFarland and Matilda Thompson, Samuel Taylor and Lydia Seeds, George L. snedeker and Saran A. Humes, Lewis ft). Sheets and Mary C Drumheller, James Shanklin and Annie E. Hillis. (Jassius Ma-guire and Klla Levi, Jacob M. Myers and Sarah Jose McUroosis, Jacob Smith and Willlielmina Zedier, Philip Truex and Em- ' ma Rusk, Conrad H. Kramnert and Rachel Bryant, James Henry Spencer and Sophia Grossle, John Allen and Margaret Dehmer. About Labor Nnspenslon. To the Editor of the Ohio State Journal : In an article in Thursday evening's Statesman entitled " Workingmen, or the Outlook in Columbus," there was a statement amongst others ooncerning John L. Gill's works, which was incorrect in several particulars. Labor has at no time been suspended for one wholo week since the establishment was foumlul, more than half a century ago. A year sgo at which time the article says, hii works were closed, there were a hundred and twenty five men at work. One month in 1875 there were but fiftytwo names on the pay roll, but no other month in many years has approached that one in dullness. During the year just closed more than twice as much work was turned out as duiing the preceding year, and the business outlook is far more cheering than any time since 1878. MARRIED. OAwroEi.L bell January 4, 1877, at tbe residence of the bride's parents, at Cambridge, Ohio, by Rov. W. V. Millinan.Mr J. C. Uaupbsll, of Columbus, Ohio, and Miss Anqik L. A bkll, of Cambridge, Ohio. No cards. Cincinnati papers please copy. DIES. Miller Friday morning, January 5,1877, Anna, only daughter of Thomas Ewing Miller, aged twenty-one years. Funeral from the family residence on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. 11 "iTOU WANT LETTER-HEADS PRINTED CALL AT TBI statu jorKs..1r. officii- f The! AdYisuig.te, The ptfttJnii inmeni cireuia- anv uftiiy id vjvui