A freight train jumped the track on
the Little Rock & Fort Smith railroad
near Reynolds spur Friday night in
Arkansas. The engine and seven cars
rolled down a steep embankment. En
gineer Brown, Fireman Freeman and
Brakeman Kennedy were killed. The
damage to the railroad property will b_ ;
about $40,000.
On Wednesday morning a freight and
accommodation train on the New York,
Ontario & Western railroad, at Smyrna,
Chenango county, was run into by a htrht
engine goingin an opposite direction. The
engineers of boih locomotives were killed.
Oae man is missing.
CONGRESS.
Tuesday, Jan. 5.
Senate. —Among the bills int oduced
were the following: For the local govern
ment of Washington territory; prohibit
ing free passes on railroads except in cer
tain cases Mr. Kyle, appropriatings2,ooo.-
000 for sinking artesian wells in arid
districts and foi the encouragement of
agriculture, not more than $300,000 to be
expended in any one state; Mr. Peffer, to
protect interstate commerce; to prevent
dealings iu options and futures; to prohib
it the formation of trusts, and to punish
conspiracies against the freedom of trade
among the people. The president sent a
long list of nominations to the senate this
morning, among others being James W.
McDill, of Iowa; Wm. M. Lindsay, of
Kentucky, and William R. Moirison, of
Illinois, for interstate commerce commis
sioners.
House.— Speaker Crisp being sick, Mr.
