Mr. Blaine delivers his address on Garfield on the 27th inst. in the House.

President Arthur gave his first state dinner to the diplomatic corps yesterday.

A cold wave is coming, and colder fair weather is predicted for Saturday.

Patti's sore throat has resulted in two postponements of her appearance in Cincinnati.

Joseph Earl Sheffield, the founder of the Yale Sheffield Scientific School, died yesterday.

An explosion occurred yesterday in an English coal mine, by which 120 persons were entombed.

A boy and girl aged seventeen and fourteen respectively were married yesterday, in Maryland. It was the girl's second husband.

The anti-polygamy bill has been passed in the Senate after a long debate. The House, after much discussion and some excitement, agreed to fix the new representation at 325 members.

An important conference of government officials, naval officers and congressmen was held yesterday, in Washington, to consider our naval needs and plans to supply them. A fleet of steel cruisers was deemed necessary.

The faculty of Williston Seminary at Easthampton has so far expelled seven students. Most of the senior class is still in rebellion; but with the other classes the trouble is thought to be substantially over. The faculty proposes to hold firm. The members of the senior class have prepared a statement for publication.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 17, 1882, 1 A. M. For New England, rain or snow, followed by colder, clearing weather, winds veering to northwest, followed by rising barometer.