Republic County Journal (Newspaper) - February 27, 1878, Scandia, Kansas J Q i In Essentials in NonEssentials VOLUME REPUBLIC FEBRUARY TERMS 50 per Year NUMBER THE report of the National ment of Agriculture now in course ol yield of wheat the United lor the year was pr more produced the amount nec essary for consumption in and upward of can be spared of winter wheat for is greater than that of The corn product was with Ing yield of THE House Committee on Military Affairs have adopted the following That in view of the condition of affairs in the Mexican frontier and the dan gers outbreak Indian any measures looking toward a reduction of force of the army is not Justified by condition of the coun is aud AT a of the Silver in held on the of the it af er considerable to refer the Senate to ihe Committee on banking and Quito anum er in fayor Of passing with the Senate but only three or four tejd out against the decided A WASHINGTON special says that the has failed to find any mode for on the part of in the Louisiana prosecutions in their present if he is of the opinion that they may assume such shape as will place it in tnc power of the Government to reach on Territories will report favorably upon the for the creation of the Territory of to be ojf portions oithe Ter of Dakota and Wyoming so as to include all the Black r J as ij passed substitutes for free coinage an ap propriation of td silver bullion at the market and its coinage by the Government to an amount less than nor more than the Coin to be used to purchase other and thus The other provisions of the authorizes the opening of negotiations with foreign countries as to the establishment of an international the relative values of silver and gold make silver a except when it ifl otherwise stimulated in the and the issue of certificates for silver coin deposited in the The only point of mo terial between the Senate and the House that limited instead of free OF the 3Jrvotes in the the 12 contributed by New four by New one each by South Califor States that voted solid for the North u of Louisi recently had a protracted interview with the President regarding Louisiana and the assurance that he Administration has never lated interference by the United States or with the of or the State Government of and that while the President the prosecution of Anderson and it would not alter his toward the State or the people if It was a matter which their and heir Ellis informed he President of the condition of af airs in and corrected what 10 Ellis considered errors and mis of Secretary Sherman and in regard to the Returning Board THE House Committee on Banking and have authorized their Chair to which proposes to substitute Nation 11 bank notes a new description of treasury notes which shall be in payment of customs dues all claims or demands Against he United except obligations m existing and shall be receivable at par for per The Comptroller of hef in an argument against he proposed urges the objection hat its enactment would be an infringe ment of vested Grov has no constitutional power to ake this action in regard to National anks while charters West Vir apd and eight States half their votes for l and making a total f f by the Paul of the wheat of was If it will place Minnesota at the head of the wedding in of r the w the ling the the and pf the lau of the Prince o and many Among the tional by rs o de pay Mian is producing a similar condition brought on England attempt to THE new Pope is lie was chosen on the third taken 10 and 11 oclock on the 20th of He has as umed the title of Leo He was he choice of the who ed their votes on the first two ballots between and to the third ballot Cardinal ranchi prevailed upon his supporters o give in their adhesion to which Tho announcement was made to public the Grand Gallery pf Vatican and soon afterward new clad in his appeared and pro the Leo is an by birth and is 68 years of He was created Cardinal in and was the Chamberlain of the late Con on the was presided overly The plat adopted f Ivors the substitution of formerly of Cov a at STANLEY has been in by tbe King of Belgium to visit him at and he is expected there after his visit to LORD and Lady Dufferin visited Mon and were honored with a which is described as the most ele gant affair taken place in Canada since tbe of the Prince of Tho raised on the Windsor Hotel 4n Pres ident who was the Lord THE President has sent the following nominations to the Senate Bayard Tay Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany Jehu Minister resident to Venezuela Minister resi dent to Belgium United StateR Kansas of Governor of Dakota AMOS a pioneer and prominent citizen 6f died on the aged DON AUGUSTIN the lead ing millionaire of died at near Edwards was a selfmade and through his and business aptitude be amass ed a upwards of tho slayer of Jim is said to be about to remove to aged died at his residence in on tho of a well known lawyer died in on the aged THE controversy growing out of in New York fras been amicably Lord se having made an allowance of per annum to each of his and Lond in the which is now valued at LATE NEWS making greenbacks a full except Specifically provides for payment taxation of United States notes in common with other plac pur debt among our own restoration of the old silver the of of the Bank rupt The nominees for State officers are John Shanklin for pec a capital of at has suspended payment The nominal assets nro largely in excess of and James living on a farm 10 miles from brutally murdered by a negro named entered the house during the night and fell upon his victims with a while The murderer lived on an adjoining and the horrible crime was committed on account of a personal Cherry was arrested and was likely to be An investigation into the cause of wreck of the fact her timbers were so rotten as to render her entirely testified to hav the Captain after Ofe by of he not to make halfway business of it if he made a wreck of ship he should make it be declares thig story entire The old mansion of Daniel flt burned It was occupied by Fletcher An explosion demolished Leet Smiths factory at Spring the and killed Otis Jodge Dillon has declined to make a in the known as pro rate Kansas Union of the United States for District of and for the Kansas has tho i and Owen first of the Were overboard and ed on the last voyage from Beavers was hanged at Madr on the for of John Sewell areal of In The crime of and the Street As a that members of Min State Legislature wore being Representative the other day pro a which had been paid him by zealous lobbyists in tho interest of Eastern textbook It is per haps needless to add that the scene which ensued was quite dramatic A fire caused by kerosene burned 14 stores at on the of Madison was shot in the door of bis own house and instantly on the night of the No clew to the A shooting affray occurred in the streets of on the about 4 oclock Four men were armed guns and and some 15 snots were tired in One of the by was killed was fatally wounded and a citizen and looker was also se It was an old quarrel that was being postal clerk on the Union Pacific was arrested at near on the charged with stealing a money package from the mails in Tbe money was in Canadian bank and an to negotiate them a few days by another led to the ar THe money was all August Schieffer died at South a few days from eating diseased pork made up into A portion of the mans larger than a on being under the re well of tri who also ate of the is likely to but two oth ers of the family are thought to be beyond A prospecting party from headed was attacked by In dians on Clarks the 1st of Sep tember and six were Rover was hanged at on the for the murder of near in Christian to burglarize a house in ng of the He was an old Juhn aged fell in love aged the daughter f his a wealthy at 1808 Market Maggie reciprocated the mt the father became enraged and ordered ohn to A days sub the lovers went to the and engaged a and on he following February they vere discovered dead in she with a over the left and he with a one in his right were and he still a revolver in his They were both persons of intel and attractive personal There seems be iio doubt the fatal act was fully premeditated by to irst end her existence his The Conclave of Cardinals their first vote on the was no A correspondent says The uncompromising divided some favoring Cardinal 3ilio for the and some Cardinal The moderates hesitate between and Times of the 19th says bonds have surprised many people by instead on receipt of the hews that the had passed manner that will insure its be law incite present The Havana Me all the insurgent leaders have given in their adhesion to Friends of eaune in deny the Thomas and for years Pacific died at on tHp in his 62d is be being specially live W d ta Super of and the leading that 8 e Concord rs one of at bis has a the oc of Unfi waning the a TbV was both that was hini to an ax and have brained but jj c L j Jarrett on night the Col James Blood was killed had ish a member 0f taken prisoner t id reported tbat Vicente Garcia a iu he Excelsior I Ti ed that together with tne Dispatches of the 18th state that the Russian troops have been ordered not to cross the line of demarcation fixed by ihe A Paris dispatch Bays it is un that Russia has circular the that she haH re Ihe occupation of Constantinople at the request Of Emperor Lord Derby stated in the House of Lords that the movement of the British fleet to not due to any and that no progress had been made in the mat ter of the assembling of the la the in which he he did not believe in a European as the Pow ers who opposed have to as sume the responsibility of the legacy left by Germany was in favor of has tening the assembling of the which perhaps will meet in tbe tirst He rejected emphatically all that it should and declared that Germany was willing honor ably to but did not wish to exer uise tbe office of arbiter of The London Times in its comments upon Bis marcks speech says that it simply elim Germany from and the is sue rests between Austria and Eng In the the tbe House Joint declaring that a reduction ol tin tax on distilled spiritH passed 40 intro a to provide a meut for the Territory of mid bena tor Dorsey another to the Territory of Senator Voor a inf the Judiciary to into hind t i States at such time within six months as may bo mutually agreed upon by the Executives of joining in the When over the Governments BO three of shall have signified their willingness to unite In the the by and with the advice and consent of the Sen appoint attend mieli the United and who shall report doings thereof to tho Vno shall transmit tho same to Said Commissioners shall ouch miin of to bo approved by the Secretary of and to pay such expenses is hereby appropriated out of any money in tbe Treasury not other wise any bolder of the coin anthor same with the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the United in sums not less tban and receive therefor Certificates of not less than corresponding with the of the States Tho coin deposited for or representing the certificates shall bo re in tho Treasury for thn payment of the same on certificates shall be receivable for aud all public and when so received may In the on the a large number of petitions were A resolution to have inquiry made into the legislation needed to prevent the introduction of yellow fever was Hills for the relief of settlers under the and to amend the net of March to provide for the preparation and publication of a now edition of the Revised Statutes of the United In the House the Silver with the was ordered Tim compensating Giddings for mail service rendered prior to the war District of Columbia business was considered in Committee the the into certain hind inn the and Southern branch he Union 1iicitlc and other railroad to jf have issued bonds predicated upon conditional land grants and to whom such bonds were Laid over lit suggestion of Tne Silver up at tho expiration of the morning and Senator Jones of Nevada spoke at in favor Sou ator followed in advocacy of the subI by iu the the from tho 01 thf that the ly on account of agitation In re the tax on tobacco and recommending tlie In the on the the amended Tension restoring to the pension rolls the names of all persons now heretofore pensioned account of service in the war of 1S12 01 any of the Indian whose stricken on ac count of was 17 to tho Chairman of tho called up of from the fourth Louisiana the majority report being In favor of the and the minority in favor of the sitting member A long dis cussion led oil by iu reply to a speech made by Gibson on previous In the course of his said that no ground for prosecution of if the and that there i was a thut the pro in Louisiana had its its ls that n in many who that lieen unl driven inr 11 ward liv restless did not mean ever the Presidents title bud been and that the President of the United the In on the consideration of the Silver was were made by Senators Allison anl The quest ion being on the amendment of out of the the free clause and insert in lien thereof clause ad the of t ho out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise to from time to silver not less than per nor more than per and cause the same to bo the amendment was ayes nays An amendment providing for an international to a com mon ratio between gold and was adopted yeas nays An amend ment to the clause making the silver dollar a legal tender tor all debts and public and except where otherwise provided ly so ns instead of provided express ly stipulated the was adopted providing that consist of its power also to one limiting The Senate was In session over the Silver until 5 on the when annul vote was resulting in the passage of the by a vote of 48 yeas to 21 uys as follows Yens Cameron West Jones ery McDonald i JIMf Mov EUROPEAN Tlie Flinch Government has declined of to send a fleet to The French journals de ie too Iste for England to German papers that Bismarck will counsel as The Vienna Journals maintain that Russia has broken her and that to march order to force Bussia to be to her and return to her former The British fleet passed fBo Dardanelles consists of six Admiral to enter tjie straits leave and to matfe to Secure his fop Pwo at the outlet the other four are stationed tele graphs on the Kith Russian forces iiit thb hostile but forts commanding the and the British understands of state that all Including have agreed a at Tho tp The 1lu and Uan anil would have voted in the were paired Will Hill and voted in Absent and not vot On motion of Senator the title of the was so as to A to authorize the of a silver re Thu at 5 after continuous session of adjourned Monday The following is the full text of biJl an passed Bo it enacted by tlie and House Representatives of tho of in Congress Tbat there shall be at tile several of the o ro lioU at inaugurated m or who committed a had escaped Hi denied that the was on tn the ol i lie the authorities of Louisiana and the Federal it not only for not only for his hut for tlie President and his They could not lie of a also made a of in which he the Louisiana authorities TOr of the Returning In the on the Senator Cock roll a resolution instructing the Commissioner of Agriculture to furnish to the Senate information and facts as may 1u in his possession relative to tho disease of commonly called hog with suggestions as lie may deem Agreed After tno expiration of the morning was resumed of the to the compensation of for and Senator an amendment as an additional tbe and of the Dele gates in Secretary of the Senate Clerk of the House of Representa may send through the all and printed communications not exceeding two ounces iu After a brief discussion as to the propriety restoring the franking tho amendment agreed The was then read a third time ami The Senator follows But mt If 1 f i Jones Mor Senator for tho was Senator who would voted against the election case of tlie Fourth former was after the in favor of Danall 115 to ap before anil was al United like bo a nominal value public ani legal tender at except and tbe Secretary of tho Treasury is authorized and directed to time tp silver bullion at tho market price worth per nor more worth and as as so into carry out the pjf this act is oat of tjie not otherwise and any or arising tr and Sweet Oh HoVari the kind who the eat ia oj May Fair wealth and luxury the cold I a tiny my f a i