Republic County Journal (Newspaper) - April 17, 1878, Scandia, Kansas r T f r r 1 1 i i 4fc 1 In Essentials in NonEssentials 60 per Tear REPUBLIC Secretary House Com in regard to the preparations for resumption and ability of the Treasury rtb was held The Secretary stoutly weaken his faith in the power of Treasury the resumption and reasserted his convictions both of bis ability to do so and of the good policy of the THE House on by a vote of 189 to adopted a resolution declar ing the position of Doorkeeper of the of Representatives and temporarily devolving the duties of that upon the THE Democratic members of the of Representatives met in caucus on the evening of the 5th for the pur pose of nominating a Doorkeeper in place of Charles Field of was nominated on the first the vote being as follows of 69 of 20 j Hurry Mc of 18 Walter of 7 of West Total vote Field is a native of lie graduated at West Point in the and served in the Confederate army under and soon after he close of the war entered of the Khedive of where he remained until when he returned to the United His po disabilities were removed a few months A the Chicago from Your corre has in a letter from a received here evidence that the jetties are a of the It is stated notwithstanding the high the scour or wash is going and vessels drawing 23i feet come and go with There is every indi cation that Eads will reach his 24feet Companies pay into the United States in addition to the whole of the Governments not to ex ceed for the former company and for the latter per The Government retained all of the Governments al though onehalf of them has been due to the The objection made to the Mil amount to be paid into the sinking buTto other sections of the includ ing the declaration of a right to alter or repeal the should it become a Senator hi bis remarks on the these sections in manner which deprived them to some extent of ble The amount due the com panies hereafter from the for transportation and other which has heretofore been held in the United States Treasury without benefit or interest to the im mediately on the becoming a bear compound interest as a part of the sinking and be placed to the credit of the two THE Senate Committee on Military Affairs have agreed to recommend the passage of Spencers appropriating for a military telegraph from Deadwood to em bracing the line of military posts on the Yellowstone and Big Horn THE House Committee on Mississippi Levees have agreed to report the funding providing for tho im provement of Mississippi levees from Louis to the mouth of the The provides for the appointment of three army officers by the Secretary and three civilians by the Presi whose annual salary shall not ex ceed The appropri ates to defray the expenses of the including and of the survey Committed on Revision of the Laws Regulating the Counting of Electoral Votes Ibr President and Vice agreed to a proposition election of President and by direct vote of the IN tbe House 0f on the Lord moved an address of thanks Queen for her message calling lout and with a re The address was agreed tq without Sir Stafford moved address f in the House of and made a He was followed by who said that he did not intend to contest the ad by an cause on supplemental estimates would afford a better opportunity in dis policy of the Governments The Chancellor of the Exchequer had failed to show the ex istence of an emergency justifying the of Gladstone urged the acceptance of pro posal for a preliminary No vote was debate in the House of Com mons upon the address tothe Queen in reply to her message was concluded on the The Radicals offered an amend contesting the necessity of calling oyt the This was rejected to Many Liberals abstained vot The address was then agreed to without A REPUBLICAN Congressional Caucus was held on the evening of the at which a National Republican Con gressional Committee was consisting of one member from each State and There was some discussion of the Pres idents and Senator Sargent offered a series of antagonistic and urged their immediate Sen ator interposed an and moved their reference to a with power to confer with the President on the which was agreed Senator Elaine and Senator Conkling were both THE Ways and Means Committee of the House of by a vote of 6 to hare determined to report an income tax THE war between the Chicago and Louis railroads composing the late Southwestern Rate Association is now fairly rates to Missouri River points are being reduced to un low ent parishioners and announced hta deter not to accept the position to which he was of New a retired officer of States has been tried by courtmartial for neglect Ing to pay over the fund contributed by in a monument on Stone River and President Hayes has approved the which is that Shepherd be confined within the limits Of at Fort tor one year and thereafter until the terest from shall be Ex MOSES oi South Car olina was arrested in New York City on the upon a requisition from Governor upon a charge of and Miss Sher man will be married in Cleveland on May recently appointed United States for Cali THE President has nominated Justin of United States Con sul General at the City of Cbl aurn haH been the chief Washington corre of the New York Times for a num aer of THE House Elections Committee have agreed by unanimous vote to dismiss the South Carolina contested election case of against the sitting THE wife of of has received a dispatch from San stating tint her who mysteriously disappeared a few weeks is in that city and HIRAM of former director of the National Bank of that is reported absconded with trust and borrowed pastor of the at was accidentally shot and killed on the by one of the militiamen who were called out by the Governor to suppress the rail road THE Kentucky House of Representa tives has voted to build a monument to John THOMAS commandant at Fort Wyoming died at his homo in New York City a few days THE Oregon Greenbackers have a full State ticket in the headed by Wil kins for and have nominated Campbell for set by an insane The building was of grated widows and and the 60 in mostly insane and were se curely locked in and utterly helpless to effect their The scene is as heartrending In the One thousand spectators witnessed nn arena between a lioness and a bull near San on the The fight lasted 12 at the end of which time the lioness lay impaled under the bulls spec NEWS Treasurer of the Union Fall is a de faulter to the company to the amount of nearly is also Presi dent of the Second National Bank and the Savings Bank of Fall and a prominent stock holder in many financial and manufacturing The so far as fall entirely upon the Union whose paper he used freely in all his The the whole and several of them will be financially ruined by the THE Governor of on the issued a proclamation ordering the Santa Fe Rail road strikers to and called out the militia companies of Topeka and Leavenworth the SECRETARY SHERMAN was in New York hada lengthy conference a of prominent bankers whom he had invited to meet was strictly Its it was an in views to the finan cial of the and the ie THE Iowa State of Green backers was held at Des Moines on the and a full State ticket placed in headed by Farns of for Secretary of The platform adopted is sub the same as that adopted by the National meats 1st A THE f reply to Lord THE House Committee on Elections have dismissed the Oregon contested elec tion case Mcpowell against and also the Mississippi contested case of Lynch against TAYLOR was banqueted by a number of eminent New gentlemen on the prior to his departure fpr Bor eas Lord Salisburys assertions but the eral tone of his tp He f act the treaty is preliminary indicates that has not the definite and has left room for an THB Pacific passed by Senate makes the Union and Central Pacific of formerly State Entomologist of Missouri has been appointed Entomologist In the Ag Department at is He an born in and PRESIDENT HAYES and several mem bers of the Cabinet visited Philadelphia on the 6th to witness the launching of tbi steamship City ot of the New Brazil DB of New of the Springfield Protestant Episcopal has finally yielded to the solicitation of WB It is reported in Chicago that two English gentlemen are in that and have agents throughout the for the pur pose of buying ostensibly for streetcars In Scotland and Judging by the character of the animals they they are intended rather for active t movements than for draft The steamer from with 500 bales of cotton and other was totally destroyed by fire oh the miles above New The passengers saved their but lost all their personal A general strike of the engineers and firemen upon the and Santa Fe was Inaugurated on the A recent reduction of wages and the discharge by the company of two Brother hood engineers are stated as the cause of the At on the night of during a variety trapeze held an apple on her and known on the stage as was to it recklessness and danger of the performance being increased by the shooter standing with her back to the taking aim by a reflection In a The ville was discharged and Volante fell dead on the shot through the Franklin was taken Into custody by the A coal train on the Lehigh Valley standing on the track Slating was run into on the 5th by an oil train going at full The oil cars were heaped up in a confused which took and several of the tanks burning a large number of persons serious ly and getting oji fire depot and bridge and all al which were totally were killed and 19 other persons badly burn six A large number of per including women and were slightly making the total casualties about Henry his wife and two chil were drowned while fishing in a pone near their residence about seven miles west of Battle on the At on the Clemens aged killed hie wife and himself Jealousy was the cause An attached to a train on the Railroad was captured a about six miles west of Dallas on the Bight of the by four masked men The robbers got about in express pack and also took o registered letters from the mail apartment The robbers are said to be the same gani the Central train some time bug at and latterly at both thel has leaving about in debts behind The Indian has ordered the of the Apache Indians to the South Pnj Ute an Indianapolis lum has committed forgeries to the amount of His forgeries extended through several Representative Springer has perfect ed a authorizing the al to facilitate letter correspondence by is suing to the with postage stamps printed upon postal lelter of good which can be used for short written messages which are too long to upon a but which can bo written a sheet of note with an arrangement so that they can be partially The Sandy a small steamer running from up the exploded her boilers on the night of the ith at the mouth of the and sunk in three minutes in nine feet of had on board 40 passen gers md Joseph a mer chant of ind names were and others seriously About onehalf of the business portion of was burned on the j Thirteen frame buildings on Market Texas were burned on the notorious who has been in jail nearly a year it awaiting trial on pleaded guilty to five counts has been sentenced to 20 years the He has largely ln tlie It is reported from Santa New that William Sheriff of Lin coln in that and his depu on the 1st shot and killed by a party of four men of the two factions now and for some time past at eadly They were waylaid and assus from behind a stone Four United States Deputy Marshal were arrested and held by the commandant at Fort Stan The trouble in South Afri an territory has gnd Sir artle Frere has another campaign on his on the The Earl of Leitrim was buried in Michaels on the A rowd of about 300 hooted and outside the The leutenant of Ireland has proclaimed the comprising Lord Don gal peace to offer a substitute for tho and offered tho following Th at the House proceed to the election of a Butter objected to the proposed and In a somewhat speech taunted the Democrats with having bound In caucus to support an In opposition to then sent to the Clerks desk and Inid rend u letter to himself from oski UK him when the Senate Increasing his pension to 50 month should come be fore tlie to try it add ing that others who had done were on the retired and that this kind act would not injure him Butler In New Mr mien offer amendment to the Senate all Democrats would vote for After still fur which was participated in by and the previous question and and the Oil the resolution offered bjt Clymer na a substitute for Sutlers that thn House do now proceed to tho election of Door and it was party vote with fv exception of Collins anil who voted with the Republicans in the Ori the announcement of the rose anil said I nominate a citizen of as Doorkeeper of this of Massachusetts I the tried and true Union soldier of two James eral United States Randolph nominated John of The vote was then taken and re 123 101 Tlie for Field were all cast by Democrats those for shields all by except one by Springer of Upon the announcement of the Field WHS declared duly and was there upon sworn taking the asked unanimous consent to introduce for present consideration a authorizing the President to appoint James a of the United Suites on the retired his pay to commence from the time of passage of tlie White moved to suspend the rules and puss the A vote was then taken antl the was nays the negative votes being east by O Jones and Cox of and from tho Committee on reported the Postoffice appropri ation Referred to Committee of the It appropriates In the on the Senator Morrill reported from the Finance Committee u to repair and put in operation a mint at New Placed on the Senator Morrill said it was the opinion of the coui that this would afford all additional mint facilities The to provide for a public building at The Pacific Railroad Funding us reported from tho Judiciary was then taken up and passed nays HIaines and all other amend ments being defeated or In tlie ft current proposing to issun United States to be known as national to be for all public nnd and be placed in HEBE AND Louis of a poor boat has fallen heir to A GIRL working in a in Orange recently ripped in gold out of an old has a genuine Her name is Mary She was born in Ireland in of owe a nor can it be run debt unless by direct vote of tho AMONO the guests at a recent Lex ington wedding were the grandfather and of headquarters are at The passen gers were not disturbed The German Emperors letter to Pope Leo While extremely courteous in th expression of a willingness to entertain friendly relations with the gives u of a basts for The boiler ol a 60horse power origin in the Boston Stamping Companys Work at exploded on th fitting the engineer and severely injur ing several Due County near burned on the night of the and 15 in mates in the The tire CIRCULAR signed by a number o the leading of the race in New has been addressed to the Jewish congregations throughout this country appealing for help to suffering Hebrews in the riots last summer were a pret ty costly Torn Scott figures it out that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany lost of its while he estimates its entire mer and at A LIVERPOOL has been fined and costs for going on a spree and leaving his birds and animals un Some were others weak and tottering with had literally gone the same day a teamster was fined and costs for leaving a horse unfed till it began to de vour i he wood of an old Two Paul men have in vented and patented an ironclad ex press which it is expected will be proof against and render the murder of agents It is of and so ar ranged by means of un ingenious mechanical the in of the car he may hap pen to can instantly close arid holt every window and loopholes In the on the a riding tor a select committee to consider tlie of taking the tenth census was greed The House authorizing the ol War to prescribe rules nd regulations to be observed In the submission and approval f contracts under the War Depart nent Tho Pacific Railroad Fund pc was discussed at dis Butler Intro a to supply a convenient currency which the minor business transactions f the people may be It for the issuing of twentyfive and 1fty cents in fractional The that the position of Door keeper of the House of Representatives and hereby declared vacant was to the resolution that until tho appointment of a now Doorkeeper tho duties of tho office shall devolve on the Arms was also to In the on the the Naval Ap propriation The Pacific Railroad funding was then taken and after some discussion further debate was cut off by a motion to adjourn till which was 32 to the the Senate joint resolution providing a place for deposit of records of proceedings of the Electoral Commission Butler put In nomination for Jho position if A long and exciting lebate of partici pated tti principally by Butler and i Democrats resisting tho right as a question of ti ox to make the motion as a question of pr and the Republicans trying to the Speaker declining to decide the question whether the motion to proceed to the election of Doorkeeper was a privileged submitted It to the House for its and on motion of Beebe the consideration o the question was postponed till Monday tbe Democrats all voting for the postponement and the Republicans all against The House then adjourned till circulation at the earliest possible Chairman of Committee on Banking and report ed bil the issue of of Treasury notes for the redemption of the national bank which are to be inpayment of onethird of to Committee of the The House then Committee of the Sayler in upon tho Tar and Chairman of the Com on and made a long s icech In explanation and advocacy of the In the on the the to re peal the Bankrupt act came up as unfinished and Senator Matthews offered as a substitute for the his own to estab lish a uniform law on the subject of and made a speech in advocacy Tho Senate then went into executive In the a number of bills were intro and after which the Pension Appropriation considered In Com of The appropriates and provides that after July pensions shall be paid by the of the United States under direction of Sec of the Treasury and of the The Items of the appropriation are as follows For army for widows and for Survivors of the of for widows of soldiers of the War for fees of examining sur for navy widows and fees for carrying out provisions of the The committee rose without taking action on thd THE EUROPEAN In the on tbe at the expiration of the morning hoar the Pacific Railroad Funding came up as unfinished and Sargent continued his which were Interrupted by the adjournment Debate ensued between Bar Bayard and and Ed munda obtained the but gave way to who said a number of Senators had one some of them not feeling and 6 bad said he would a vote on any of the propositions but would oak the Senate to finish the The Chair laid before the credentials of George Laid on tne a from the Secretary of asking an A Vienna dispatch of the Cth states that Count Andrassy has to Lord declaring he also regards the ac of the treaty as impossible and asking for specific stipulations from Eng It is said that Prince will make a similar Russia is se for a large A London dispatch of the 6th says There seems to be some hope of the renewal of the Congress unless a col is precipitated by the necessity for counteracting the military is pushing forward on both sides of the Dan The position at Constantinople is re garded so even for that of the situation might be considered to war rant an act which would amount to a breach of from Petersburg via seems to indicate that the peace party is acquiring greater influence in the Counsels of the It is reported that the Czar will solicit the good offices ol the Em peror of Germany as a mediator between himself and The Russian reply to Lord Salisburys circular it is lay particular stress upon the absence of a defi ol the Confederate In toe there a very fun attend ance of and the galleries were in expectation of an scene upon the of election of a Door Immediately after the reading of the Speaker said the first ques tion in order was whether the resolution pro on Friday last by the gentLeman fr nite counter This will be the main point London dispatches ot the 9th say that the drift of the news from is again strongly New objections have been taken by the Turks against the Russian military The Russian garrisons have relieved the Roumanians at and and the Rue Bians uow hold its month to the Servian Petersburg the that give him a chance to shoot as many be siegers as he MARTHA a widow of 39 Henrico six miles from was ried March for the sixth She was first a widow at the age of to John Wood she was a widow at 24 was married was married on second widowhood at the age of oh third widowhood at on fourth widowhood at on fifth widowhood she has been joined in the happy bonds to Major Henry This lady is well pre is a handsome and has no WELLS should be cleaned out once a and cisterns every spring and au In the if swm be col in place those barrels u good distance from if the wastes of the kitchen are thrown dig pits in tho garden into which they may be and cover the earth over these opening new ovy Jay or two there are bad smells in or immediately around the search for theif sources as you would look for the of a for worse than a housebreaker turlis about your Plant creeping vines about your doors and for they will arrest and take into their growth many invisible ene mies which feed plant life and destroy animal life but so trail them as to exclude from your apartments the glorious and lifegiving Footers Health Stewart Hotel for Women in New York is now Board and lodging wilt cost per week a single room per week extra a large parlor room may be had for to per week The hotel being intended for the use of the greatest number it will con it is desired that each occupied by at least two A limited number of rooms will be set apart for women visit ing the city on The library contains more than volumes of se literary to which boarders have free access with the use of writing materials at all THE English diamonds have arrived at the Paris Exposition and are valued at They are in a thick iron and are guarded by sentinels day and There is a diadem of eightysix diamonds of vari ous in the middle the celebrated valued at also a collar of 108djatnbovdB setts a Question of Butler The presented question being put to vote yeas that the House having just decided the resolution to be a question of the resolution was before tlie it is in these words That the to tnp maimed James oi be chosen to that asked Butler to Allow him some formula will Invented remove all obstacles to assembling pf the t The pacific and argumentative tone of the Russian reply to circular is recognised with bf the London papers as indicating A purpose and giving hope of making arrange ments by the Lords Salisbury are thought to point proba bility of wac and to hold out small of to be lie purest and the only possible way of reaching a pacific
